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says,<00:11:06.110><c> look,</c><00:11:06.690><c> you</c><00:11:06.909><c> are</c><00:11:07.429><c> adulteresses.</c>

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There's<00:11:14.570><c> only</c><00:11:14.769><c> one</c><00:11:14.990><c> Greek</c><00:11:15.190><c> word</c><00:11:15.389><c> there.</c><00:11:15.610><c> He</c><00:11:15.789><c> calls</c><00:11:15.990><c> them</c><00:11:16.269><c> adulteresses.</c>

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ecclesial<00:11:20.730><c> life,</c>

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God,<00:11:25.029><c> we</c><00:11:25.289><c> become</c><00:11:26.009><c> adulteresses.</c>

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Do<00:11:27.529><c> you</c><00:11:27.809><c> not</c><00:11:28.029><c> know</c><00:11:28.230><c> that</c><00:11:28.529><c> friendship</c><00:11:29.129><c> with</c><00:11:29.549><c> the</c><00:11:29.889><c> world</c><00:11:30.190><c> is</c>

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enmity<00:11:31.090><c> with</c><00:11:31.350><c> God?</c>

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Whoever<00:11:32.610><c> therefore</c><00:11:33.110><c> wants</c><00:11:33.429><c> to</c><00:11:33.590><c> be</c><00:11:33.769><c> a</c><00:11:33.929><c> friend</c><00:11:34.029><c> of</c><00:11:34.169><c> the</c><00:11:34.350><c> world</c>

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So<00:11:36.850><c> what</c><00:11:37.129><c> a</c><00:11:37.649><c> contrast</c><00:11:37.970><c> to</c><00:11:38.309><c> Abraham,</c><00:11:39.250><c> the</c><00:11:39.429><c> friend</c><00:11:39.610><c> of</c><00:11:39.830><c> God,</c><00:11:40.389><c> who</c>

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his<00:11:44.690><c> heavenly</c><00:11:45.049><c> father.</c>

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We're<00:12:13.909><c> walking</c><00:12:14.210><c> away</c><00:12:14.490><c> from</c><00:12:14.690><c> God</c><00:12:14.950><c> as</c><00:12:15.149><c> a</c><00:12:15.450><c> spiritual</c><00:12:15.789><c> adulterer</c>

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Are<00:13:38.070><c> we</c><00:13:38.129><c> going</c><00:13:38.250><c> to</c><00:13:38.450><c> fight</c><00:13:38.570><c> it</c><00:13:38.769><c> out?</c>

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Are<00:13:42.710><c> we</c><00:13:42.830><c> going</c><00:13:42.929><c> to</c><00:13:43.029><c> do</c><00:13:43.149><c> that</c><00:13:43.350><c> in</c><00:13:43.429><c> the</c><00:13:43.529><c> ecclesia?</c>

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Or<00:13:44.929><c> are</c><00:13:45.190><c> we</c><00:13:45.350><c> going</c><00:13:45.590><c> to</c><00:13:45.970><c> have</c><00:13:46.129><c> that</c><00:13:46.529><c> peaceable</c><00:13:47.190><c> fruit</c><00:13:47.429><c> of</c><00:13:47.610><c> righteousness,</c>

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that<00:13:49.009><c> spirit</c><00:13:49.389><c> that</c><00:13:49.649><c> is</c><00:13:49.950><c> willing</c><00:13:50.289><c> to</c><00:13:50.769><c> yield,</c>

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going<00:13:54.330><c> to</c><00:13:54.529><c> see</c><00:13:54.669><c> in</c><00:13:54.850><c> the</c><00:13:54.950><c> life</c><00:13:55.129><c> of</c><00:13:55.350><c> Abraham.</c>

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So<00:13:57.789><c> that's</c><00:13:58.230><c> at</c><00:13:58.250><c> least</c><00:13:58.649><c> a</c><00:13:58.909><c> start</c><00:13:59.029><c> for</c><00:13:59.230><c> this</c><00:13:59.429><c> week.</c>

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That's<00:14:01.570><c> like</c><00:14:01.730><c> the</c><00:14:02.049><c> overall</c><00:14:02.429><c> bubble</c><00:14:02.870><c> of</c><00:14:03.129><c> the</c><00:14:03.269><c> week,</c>

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is<00:14:03.889><c> to</c><00:14:04.070><c> get</c><00:14:04.230><c> a</c><00:14:04.450><c> hold</c><00:14:04.570><c> of</c><00:14:04.750><c> Abraham's</c><00:14:05.309><c> life,</c><00:14:05.690><c> get</c><00:14:05.789><c> a</c><00:14:05.889><c> hold</c><00:14:05.990><c> of</c><00:14:06.149><c> his</c><00:14:06.389><c> spirit,</c>

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so<00:14:07.269><c> that</c><00:14:07.389><c> when</c><00:14:07.529><c> we</c><00:14:07.789><c> face</c><00:14:07.970><c> our</c><00:14:08.250><c> problems</c><00:14:08.570><c> back</c><00:14:08.850><c> home,</c>

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we've<00:14:09.309><c> got</c><00:14:09.409><c> some</c><00:14:09.669><c> kind</c><00:14:09.830><c> of</c><00:14:10.169><c> a</c><00:14:10.429><c> backdrop</c><00:14:10.750><c> to</c><00:14:11.129><c> fall</c><00:14:11.350><c> back</c><00:14:11.590><c> on</c><00:14:11.750><c> as</c>

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to<00:14:12.029><c> how</c><00:14:12.190><c> we</c><00:14:12.389><c> should</c><00:14:12.529><c> react</c><00:14:12.850><c> and</c><00:14:12.970><c> what</c><00:14:13.090><c> we</c><00:14:13.269><c> want</c><00:14:13.389><c> to</c><00:14:13.509><c> try</c><00:14:13.649><c> to</c><00:14:13.809><c> do.</c>

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So<00:14:14.970><c> that's</c><00:14:15.409><c> the</c><00:14:15.610><c> plan</c><00:14:15.830><c> anyways.</c>

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All<00:14:17.090><c> right,</c><00:14:17.429><c> the</c><00:14:17.629><c> promises</c><00:14:17.870><c> to</c><00:14:18.129><c> Abraham.</c>

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I<00:14:19.029><c> know</c><00:14:19.309><c> all</c><00:14:19.549><c> of</c><00:14:19.669><c> you</c><00:14:19.769><c> are</c><00:14:19.929><c> very</c><00:14:20.250><c> familiar</c><00:14:20.590><c> with</c><00:14:20.789><c> the</c><00:14:21.090><c> promises</c>

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This<00:14:22.490><c> comes</c><00:14:22.750><c> up</c><00:14:23.009><c> all</c><00:14:23.250><c> along.</c>

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We<00:14:23.629><c> do</c><00:14:23.750><c> them</c><00:14:23.830><c> in</c><00:14:23.929><c> the</c><00:14:24.070><c> readings.</c>

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We<00:14:24.490><c> talk</c><00:14:24.730><c> about</c><00:14:24.950><c> it</c><00:14:25.090><c> in</c><00:14:25.169><c> our</c><00:14:25.370><c> first</c><00:14:25.570><c> principal</c><00:14:25.929><c> lectures</c><00:14:26.509><c> all</c>

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So<00:14:27.909><c> what</c><00:14:28.169><c> I</c><00:14:28.289><c> want</c><00:14:28.389><c> to</c><00:14:28.509><c> do</c><00:14:28.570><c> with</c><00:14:28.750><c> you</c><00:14:28.950><c> all</c><00:14:29.110><c> is</c><00:14:29.169><c> we'll</c><00:14:29.309><c> just</c><00:14:29.490><c> run</c>

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through<00:14:29.830><c> them</c><00:14:29.950><c> pretty</c><00:14:30.250><c> quick,</c>

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just<00:14:30.809><c> to</c><00:14:31.029><c> get</c><00:14:31.129><c> a</c><00:14:31.169><c> little</c><00:14:31.389><c> summary</c><00:14:31.690><c> of</c><00:14:31.809><c> what</c><00:14:32.009><c> God</c><00:14:32.269><c> promised</c><00:14:32.610><c> Abraham,</c>

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and<00:14:33.289><c> then</c><00:14:33.429><c> we'll</c><00:14:33.570><c> look</c><00:14:33.750><c> at</c><00:14:33.870><c> them</c><00:14:34.009><c> in</c><00:14:34.090><c> general</c><00:14:34.490><c> and</c><00:14:35.309><c> see</c><00:14:35.490><c> what</c>

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So<00:14:37.789><c> back</c><00:14:38.090><c> in</c><00:14:38.289><c> Genesis</c><00:14:38.669><c> chapter</c><00:14:39.029><c> 12,</c><00:14:39.909><c> in</c><00:14:40.029><c> chapter</c><00:14:40.330><c> 12,</c>

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Get<00:14:43.330><c> out</c><00:14:43.529><c> of</c><00:14:43.610><c> your</c><00:14:43.769><c> country,</c><00:14:44.309><c> from</c><00:14:44.450><c> your</c><00:14:44.710><c> family,</c><00:14:45.129><c> your</c>

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father's<00:14:45.669><c> house,</c>

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to<00:14:46.129><c> a</c><00:14:46.330><c> land</c><00:14:46.610><c> that</c><00:14:46.870><c> I</c><00:14:47.009><c> will</c><00:14:47.169><c> show</c><00:14:47.370><c> you,</c><00:14:47.570><c> so</c><00:14:47.730><c> we</c><00:14:47.850><c> know</c><00:14:47.950><c> the</c><00:14:48.210><c> lands</c><00:14:48.409><c> involved.</c>

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I<00:14:49.490><c> will</c><00:14:49.690><c> make</c><00:14:49.909><c> you</c><00:14:50.330><c> a</c><00:14:50.649><c> great</c><00:14:51.009><c> nation.</c>

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I<00:14:52.029><c> will</c><00:14:52.289><c> bless</c><00:14:52.549><c> you</c><00:14:52.830><c> and</c><00:14:53.009><c> make</c><00:14:53.129><c> your</c><00:14:53.350><c> name</c><00:14:53.529><c> great,</c>

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and<00:14:54.470><c> you</c><00:14:54.669><c> shall</c><00:14:54.789><c> be</c><00:14:54.970><c> a</c><00:14:55.110><c> blessing.</c>

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And<00:14:55.850><c> I</c><00:14:55.950><c> will</c><00:14:56.110><c> bless</c><00:14:56.289><c> those</c><00:14:56.590><c> who</c><00:14:56.830><c> bless</c><00:14:56.990><c> you,</c><00:14:57.269><c> and</c><00:14:57.350><c> I'll</c><00:14:57.590><c> curse</c>

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and<00:14:58.909><c> in</c><00:14:59.129><c> you</c><00:14:59.389><c> all</c><00:14:59.710><c> the</c><00:14:59.950><c> families</c><00:15:00.309><c> of</c><00:15:00.549><c> the</c><00:15:00.710><c> earth</c><00:15:00.929><c> shall</c><00:15:01.129><c> be</c><00:15:01.370><c> blessed.</c>

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See,<00:15:02.649><c> we</c><00:15:02.750><c> should</c><00:15:02.950><c> have</c><00:15:03.009><c> done</c><00:15:03.190><c> that</c><00:15:03.470><c> verse</c><00:15:03.649><c> before</c><00:15:03.929><c> we</c><00:15:04.049><c> had</c><00:15:04.129><c> the</c>

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See,<00:15:05.230><c> that</c><00:15:05.409><c> would</c><00:15:05.529><c> have</c><00:15:05.669><c> helped</c><00:15:05.769><c> some</c><00:15:05.990><c> people</c><00:15:06.210><c> out.</c>

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Actually,<00:15:07.750><c> most</c><00:15:07.990><c> of</c><00:15:08.110><c> the</c><00:15:08.309><c> passages</c><00:15:08.529><c> I</c><00:15:08.789><c> throw</c><00:15:08.929><c> up</c><00:15:09.110><c> on</c><00:15:09.250><c> the</c><00:15:09.429><c> screen</c><00:15:09.570><c> this</c><00:15:09.809><c> week</c>

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are<00:15:10.330><c> going</c><00:15:10.529><c> to</c><00:15:10.590><c> be</c><00:15:10.750><c> out</c><00:15:10.850><c> of</c><00:15:10.950><c> the</c><00:15:11.090><c> New</c><00:15:11.190><c> King</c><00:15:11.429><c> James.</c>

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So<00:15:12.409><c> if</c><00:15:12.549><c> you</c><00:15:12.730><c> find</c><00:15:12.909><c> them</c><00:15:13.070><c> a</c><00:15:13.129><c> little</c><00:15:13.210><c> bit</c><00:15:13.429><c> different</c><00:15:13.570><c> than</c><00:15:13.769><c> yours</c>

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But<00:15:17.190><c> that's</c><00:15:17.549><c> what</c><00:15:17.830><c> I</c><00:15:18.090><c> use.</c>

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Most<00:15:18.649><c> of</c><00:15:18.769><c> our</c><00:15:18.870><c> folks</c><00:15:19.070><c> back</c><00:15:19.330><c> home,</c><00:15:19.809><c> that's</c><00:15:19.809><c> what</c><00:15:20.269><c> most</c><00:15:20.549><c> of</c><00:15:20.710><c> our</c>

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ecclesias<00:15:21.289><c> actually</c><00:15:21.649><c> switch</c><00:15:21.889><c> to.</c>

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Well,<00:15:35.029><c> for</c><00:15:35.169><c> all</c><00:15:35.269><c> you</c><00:15:35.409><c> careful</c><00:15:35.710><c> readers,</c><00:15:36.250><c> you</c><00:15:36.350><c> see.</c>

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He's<00:15:42.970><c> in</c><00:15:43.450><c> Herod.</c>

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Oh,<00:15:44.690><c> yes.</c>

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That's<00:15:45.690><c> one</c><00:15:45.830><c> of</c><00:15:45.870><c> those</c><00:15:46.169><c> tricky</c><00:15:46.490><c> things</c><00:15:46.909><c> that</c><00:15:47.070><c> when</c><00:15:47.169><c> you're</c>

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it's<00:15:49.450><c> hard</c><00:15:49.610><c> to</c><00:15:49.889><c> figure</c><00:15:50.009><c> all</c><00:15:50.269><c> that</c><00:15:50.529><c> out</c><00:15:50.990><c> until</c><00:15:51.429><c> you</c><00:15:51.669><c> look</c><00:15:51.830><c> at</c><00:15:52.110><c> Stephen's</c><00:15:52.669><c> speech</c><00:15:52.870><c> in</c>

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Acts<00:15:53.490><c> chapter</c><00:15:53.929><c> 8</c><00:15:54.450><c> there.</c>

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That's<00:15:55.350><c> actually</c><00:15:55.570><c> in</c><00:15:55.710><c> Acts</c><00:15:55.889><c> 11.</c>

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That's<00:15:56.470><c> what</c><00:15:56.610><c> actually</c><00:15:56.990><c> clarified</c><00:15:57.570><c> it</c><00:15:57.769><c> for</c><00:15:57.909><c> most</c><00:15:58.129><c> people,</c>

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is<00:15:58.490><c> that</c><00:15:58.629><c> you</c><00:15:58.809><c> realize</c><00:15:59.210><c> that</c><00:15:59.389><c> when</c><00:15:59.509><c> God</c><00:15:59.730><c> first</c><00:16:00.149><c> called</c><00:16:00.429><c> Abraham,</c><00:16:01.029><c> he</c><00:16:01.029><c> was</c>

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in<00:16:01.389><c> Ur,</c><00:16:01.570><c> the</c><00:16:01.690><c> Chaldees.</c>

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Then<00:16:02.610><c> he</c><00:16:02.710><c> goes</c><00:16:02.889><c> up</c><00:16:03.110><c> to</c><00:16:03.330><c> Heron</c><00:16:03.549><c> and</c><00:16:03.789><c> spends</c><00:16:03.990><c> some</c><00:16:04.269><c> time</c><00:16:04.490><c> there.</c>

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And<00:16:05.129><c> then</c><00:16:05.250><c> he</c><00:16:05.409><c> finally</c><00:16:05.629><c> comes</c><00:16:05.909><c> back</c><00:16:06.169><c> down</c><00:16:06.389><c> into</c><00:16:06.590><c> the</c><00:16:06.830><c> land.</c>

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So<00:16:07.649><c> that's</c><00:16:08.370><c> just</c><00:16:08.610><c> at</c><00:16:08.730><c> least</c><00:16:09.009><c> a</c><00:16:09.450><c> little</c><00:16:09.750><c> tidbit</c><00:16:09.990><c> to</c><00:16:10.210><c> note.</c>

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Genesis<00:16:11.129><c> 13.</c>

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You<00:16:12.830><c> know,</c><00:16:13.029><c> again,</c><00:16:13.370><c> after</c><00:16:13.629><c> Lot</c><00:16:13.830><c> separates</c><00:16:14.309><c> from</c><00:16:14.529><c> Abraham,</c>

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he<00:16:15.230><c> tells</c><00:16:15.490><c> him</c><00:16:15.809><c> to</c><00:16:16.230><c> look</c><00:16:16.429><c> from</c><00:16:16.649><c> the</c><00:16:16.809><c> place</c><00:16:16.970><c> where</c><00:16:17.129><c> he</c><00:16:17.190><c> is,</c>

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northeast,<00:16:18.049><c> southwest,</c>

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for<00:16:19.169><c> all</c><00:16:19.570><c> the</c><00:16:19.809><c> land</c><00:16:19.970><c> which</c><00:16:20.190><c> you</c><00:16:20.470><c> will</c><00:16:20.529><c> see</c><00:16:20.669><c> I</c><00:16:20.809><c> will</c><00:16:20.970><c> give</c><00:16:21.090><c> to</c><00:16:21.370><c> you</c>

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and<00:16:22.049><c> to</c><00:16:22.210><c> your</c><00:16:22.409><c> descendants</c><00:16:22.909><c> forever.</c>

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So<00:16:23.870><c> the</c><00:16:24.090><c> promise</c><00:16:24.429><c> of</c><00:16:24.629><c> the</c><00:16:24.889><c> land</c><00:16:25.190><c> to</c><00:16:25.470><c> him</c>

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and<00:16:26.149><c> his</c><00:16:26.429><c> descendants</c><00:16:27.029><c> forever</c><00:16:27.490><c> is</c><00:16:27.809><c> in</c><00:16:27.990><c> Genesis</c><00:16:28.330><c> 13</c>

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and<00:16:29.509><c> that</c><00:16:29.690><c> he</c><00:16:29.769><c> would</c><00:16:29.970><c> make</c><00:16:30.149><c> his</c><00:16:30.429><c> descendants</c><00:16:30.850><c> as</c><00:16:31.190><c> the</c><00:16:31.370><c> dust</c><00:16:31.590><c> of</c>

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the<00:16:31.929><c> earth.</c>

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So<00:16:32.669><c> that's</c><00:16:33.029><c> Genesis</c><00:16:33.389><c> 13.</c>

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Genesis<00:16:35.070><c> 15</c><00:16:35.769><c> in</c><00:16:36.450><c> verse</c><00:16:36.750><c> 4</c><00:16:36.950><c> there.</c>

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Because<00:16:41.830><c> this</c><00:16:42.350><c> is</c><00:16:42.470><c> when</c><00:16:42.570><c> he</c><00:16:42.710><c> was</c><00:16:43.049><c> pleading</c><00:16:43.629><c> that</c><00:16:43.970><c> Ishmael</c><00:16:44.409><c> would</c><00:16:44.610><c> live</c><00:16:45.230><c> in</c>

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his<00:16:45.629><c> sight.</c>

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Nope,<00:16:46.549><c> it's</c><00:16:46.649><c> not</c><00:16:46.830><c> going</c><00:16:46.950><c> to</c><00:16:47.049><c> be</c><00:16:47.210><c> Ishmael,</c>

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but<00:16:47.929><c> one</c><00:16:48.429><c> who</c><00:16:48.690><c> will</c><00:16:48.929><c> come</c><00:16:49.230><c> forth</c><00:16:49.509><c> from</c><00:16:49.730><c> your</c><00:16:50.029><c> own</c><00:16:50.389><c> body</c><00:16:50.750><c> shall</c>

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be<00:16:51.110><c> your</c><00:16:51.350><c> heir.</c>

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And<00:16:51.870><c> he</c><00:16:51.970><c> brought</c><00:16:52.129><c> him</c><00:16:52.269><c> outside</c><00:16:52.730><c> and</c><00:16:52.990><c> said</c><00:16:53.110><c> to</c><00:16:53.289><c> Abraham,</c>

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look<00:16:53.850><c> now</c><00:16:54.210><c> to</c><00:16:54.429><c> heaven</c><00:16:54.649><c> and</c><00:16:54.909><c> count</c><00:16:55.070><c> the</c><00:16:55.370><c> stars</c><00:16:55.629><c> if</c><00:16:55.789><c> you're</c><00:16:55.929><c> able</c>

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to<00:16:56.330><c> number</c><00:16:56.490><c> them.</c>

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And<00:16:56.990><c> he</c><00:16:57.230><c> said,</c><00:16:57.710><c> so</c><00:16:58.029><c> shall</c><00:16:58.289><c> your</c><00:16:58.610><c> descendants</c><00:16:59.110><c> be.</c>

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And<00:17:00.110><c> that's</c><00:17:00.549><c> when</c><00:17:00.769><c> Abraham</c><00:17:01.350><c> believed</c><00:17:01.929><c> God,</c>

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and<00:17:02.409><c> it</c><00:17:02.570><c> was</c><00:17:02.789><c> counted</c><00:17:02.970><c> to</c><00:17:03.129><c> him</c><00:17:03.289><c> for</c><00:17:03.529><c> righteousness.</c>

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The<00:17:04.430><c> only</c><00:17:04.609><c> time</c><00:17:04.809><c> that</c><00:17:04.970><c> word</c><00:17:05.150><c> righteousness</c><00:17:05.549><c> is</c><00:17:05.769><c> actually</c><00:17:05.990><c> even</c><00:17:06.230><c> used</c><00:17:06.410><c> in</c>

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his<00:17:06.750><c> life</c><00:17:06.930><c> there</c><00:17:07.170><c> is</c><00:17:07.309><c> in</c><00:17:07.490><c> Genesis</c><00:17:07.750><c> 15.</c>

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So<00:17:08.890><c> part</c><00:17:09.910><c> of</c><00:17:10.150><c> the</c><00:17:10.309><c> promise</c><00:17:10.529><c> is</c><00:17:10.710><c> that</c><00:17:10.849><c> it</c><00:17:10.950><c> would</c><00:17:11.069><c> be</c><00:17:11.369><c> somebody</c>

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from<00:17:11.910><c> his</c><00:17:12.150><c> own</c><00:17:12.410><c> body</c><00:17:12.650><c> that</c><00:17:12.809><c> would</c><00:17:12.950><c> be</c><00:17:13.089><c> his</c><00:17:13.309><c> heir.</c>

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That<00:17:14.230><c> was</c><00:17:14.369><c> when</c><00:17:14.490><c> he</c><00:17:14.630><c> was</c><00:17:14.789><c> thinking</c><00:17:15.049><c> about</c><00:17:15.230><c> it</c><00:17:15.289><c> was</c><00:17:15.349><c> going</c><00:17:15.470><c> to</c>

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be<00:17:16.230><c> the</c><00:17:16.670><c> fellow</c><00:17:16.809><c> in</c><00:17:16.970><c> his</c><00:17:17.150><c> household</c><00:17:17.430><c> there.</c>

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And<00:17:18.410><c> to</c><00:17:18.670><c> count</c><00:17:18.869><c> the</c><00:17:19.150><c> stars</c><00:17:19.430><c> and</c><00:17:19.750><c> so</c><00:17:19.869><c> would</c><00:17:19.930><c> his</c><00:17:20.210><c> descendants</c><00:17:20.569><c> be.</c>

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That's<00:17:21.630><c> Genesis</c><00:17:21.950><c> 15.</c>

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Later<00:17:23.730><c> on</c><00:17:24.009><c> in</c><00:17:24.130><c> that</c><00:17:24.329><c> chapter,</c><00:17:25.049><c> and</c><00:17:25.049><c> by</c><00:17:25.230><c> the</c><00:17:25.390><c> way,</c>

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for<00:17:25.650><c> those</c><00:17:25.829><c> of</c><00:17:25.950><c> you</c><00:17:26.069><c> that</c><00:17:26.190><c> are</c><00:17:26.529><c> catching</c><00:17:26.769><c> notes</c><00:17:27.049><c> and</c><00:17:27.150><c> you</c><00:17:27.289><c> think</c><00:17:27.369><c> I'm</c>

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going<00:17:27.670><c> too</c><00:17:27.910><c> fast</c><00:17:28.130><c> for</c><00:17:28.329><c> you,</c>

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if<00:17:28.829><c> you</c><00:17:29.009><c> want,</c><00:17:29.150><c> I'll</c><00:17:29.289><c> leave</c><00:17:29.490><c> a</c><00:17:29.750><c> memory</c><00:17:29.970><c> stick</c><00:17:30.170><c> up</c><00:17:30.329><c> here</c><00:17:30.509><c> somewhere,</c><00:17:30.890><c> a</c>

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flash<00:17:31.190><c> drive,</c>

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and<00:17:31.589><c> you're</c><00:17:31.750><c> welcome</c><00:17:32.009><c> to</c><00:17:32.269><c> copy</c><00:17:32.509><c> those</c><00:17:32.869><c> if</c><00:17:32.990><c> you'd</c><00:17:33.269><c> like</c><00:17:33.390><c> to</c><00:17:33.589><c> on</c>

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your<00:17:33.930><c> own</c><00:17:34.130><c> stuff.</c>

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Any<00:17:35.009><c> of</c><00:17:35.109><c> you</c><00:17:35.190><c> that</c><00:17:35.410><c> have</c><00:17:35.869><c> laptops</c><00:17:36.250><c> here</c><00:17:36.549><c> or</c><00:17:36.670><c> somebody</c><00:17:36.869><c> in</c><00:17:37.029><c> your</c>

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cleavage<00:17:37.430><c> that</c><00:17:37.589><c> has</c><00:17:37.769><c> one,</c>

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you're<00:17:38.569><c> welcome</c><00:17:38.710><c> to</c><00:17:38.869><c> have</c><00:17:38.970><c> the</c><00:17:39.190><c> PowerPoints</c><00:17:39.930><c> or</c><00:17:40.450><c> anyway,</c><00:17:40.809><c> we'll</c><00:17:40.990><c> find</c><00:17:41.210><c> some</c><00:17:41.430><c> way</c>

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for<00:17:41.690><c> you</c><00:17:41.750><c> to</c><00:17:41.890><c> get</c><00:17:42.009><c> them.</c>

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So<00:17:42.450><c> you</c><00:17:42.529><c> don't</c><00:17:42.630><c> have</c><00:17:42.730><c> to</c><00:17:42.849><c> worry</c><00:17:43.009><c> about</c><00:17:43.710><c> catching</c><00:17:43.950><c> all</c><00:17:44.190><c> this</c>

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stuff<00:17:44.529><c> first</c><00:17:44.789><c> time</c><00:17:44.970><c> through.</c>

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In<00:17:46.150><c> Genesis</c><00:17:46.430><c> 15</c><00:17:46.930><c> then,</c><00:17:47.390><c> then</c><00:17:47.670><c> he</c><00:17:47.930><c> reminds</c><00:17:48.289><c> him</c><00:17:48.390><c> at</c><00:17:48.549><c> the</c><00:17:48.609><c> end</c><00:17:48.710><c> of</c>

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his<00:17:51.170><c> descendants</c><00:17:51.630><c> are</c><00:17:51.829><c> going</c><00:17:51.930><c> to</c><00:17:51.970><c> go</c><00:17:52.170><c> down</c><00:17:52.450><c> into</c><00:17:52.690><c> a</c><00:17:52.890><c> land</c><00:17:53.069><c> and</c><00:17:53.430><c> serve.</c>

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So<00:17:53.809><c> they're</c><00:17:53.930><c> going</c><00:17:53.990><c> to</c><00:17:54.089><c> be</c><00:17:54.349><c> slaves</c><00:17:54.670><c> in</c><00:17:54.849><c> for</c><00:17:55.170><c> 400</c><00:17:55.470><c> years.</c>

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And<00:17:56.549><c> then</c><00:17:56.750><c> afterward,</c><00:17:57.150><c> they're</c><00:17:57.329><c> going</c><00:17:57.410><c> to</c><00:17:57.509><c> come</c><00:17:57.670><c> out</c><00:17:57.869><c> with</c>

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great<00:17:58.349><c> possessions.</c>

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And<00:17:59.450><c> as</c><00:17:59.670><c> for</c><00:17:59.890><c> you,</c><00:18:00.049><c> you</c><00:18:00.130><c> will</c><00:18:00.269><c> go</c><00:18:00.390><c> to</c><00:18:00.470><c> your</c><00:18:00.650><c> fathers</c><00:18:00.890><c> in</c><00:18:01.170><c> peace.</c>

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So<00:18:01.569><c> this</c><00:18:01.769><c> was</c><00:18:02.009><c> like</c><00:18:02.329><c> the</c><00:18:02.529><c> warning</c><00:18:02.710><c> to</c><00:18:02.990><c> Abraham</c><00:18:03.329><c> that</c><00:18:03.690><c> this</c><00:18:04.029><c> is</c>

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going<00:18:04.269><c> to</c><00:18:04.470><c> happen</c><00:18:04.650><c> a</c><00:18:04.930><c> long</c><00:18:05.150><c> time</c><00:18:05.369><c> down</c><00:18:05.609><c> the</c><00:18:05.829><c> line</c>

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and<00:18:06.529><c> you're</c><00:18:06.789><c> going</c><00:18:06.890><c> to</c><00:18:07.029><c> actually</c><00:18:07.390><c> die</c><00:18:07.809><c> first</c><00:18:08.329><c> and</c><00:18:08.730><c> therefore</c>

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Abraham<00:18:09.630><c> would</c><00:18:09.789><c> have</c><00:18:09.970><c> to</c><00:18:10.150><c> live</c><00:18:10.269><c> again.</c>

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So<00:18:11.309><c> it's</c><00:18:11.609><c> good</c><00:18:11.789><c> passage</c><00:18:12.150><c> on</c><00:18:12.390><c> trying</c><00:18:12.549><c> to</c><00:18:12.930><c> impress</c><00:18:13.150><c> people</c><00:18:13.410><c> with</c>

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resurrection<00:18:13.990><c> from</c><00:18:14.210><c> the</c><00:18:14.390><c> dead.</c>

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In<00:18:15.490><c> Genesis</c><00:18:15.789><c> 15</c><00:18:16.190><c> and</c><00:18:16.329><c> verse</c><00:18:16.509><c> 18</c><00:18:16.849><c> there,</c>

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And<00:18:17.329><c> on</c><00:18:17.509><c> the</c><00:18:17.750><c> same</c><00:18:17.930><c> day,</c><00:18:18.269><c> the</c><00:18:18.269><c> Lord</c><00:18:18.430><c> made</c><00:18:18.630><c> a</c><00:18:18.869><c> covenant</c><00:18:19.049><c> with</c><00:18:19.269><c> Abraham</c><00:18:19.769><c> and</c><00:18:20.269><c> saying</c><00:18:20.589><c> to</c>

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your<00:18:21.670><c> descendants,</c>

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I've<00:18:22.569><c> given</c><00:18:22.690><c> this</c><00:18:22.990><c> land</c><00:18:23.230><c> from</c><00:18:23.410><c> the</c><00:18:23.569><c> river</c><00:18:23.730><c> of</c><00:18:23.910><c> Egypt</c><00:18:24.150><c> to</c><00:18:24.329><c> the</c>

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river<00:18:24.670><c> and</c><00:18:24.849><c> so</c><00:18:24.990><c> on.</c>

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It<00:18:25.349><c> lays</c><00:18:25.490><c> out</c><00:18:25.789><c> where</c><00:18:25.950><c> the</c><00:18:26.150><c> land</c><00:18:26.309><c> actually</c><00:18:26.710><c> is.</c>

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So<00:18:27.450><c> again,</c><00:18:27.789><c> to</c><00:18:28.049><c> your</c><00:18:28.250><c> descendants,</c><00:18:28.630><c> I've</c><00:18:28.990><c> given</c><00:18:29.190><c> the</c><00:18:29.509><c> land.</c>

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So<00:18:29.910><c> we</c><00:18:30.049><c> got</c><00:18:30.170><c> a</c><00:18:30.369><c> lot</c><00:18:30.470><c> of</c><00:18:30.609><c> things</c><00:18:30.769><c> about</c><00:18:30.970><c> the</c><00:18:31.230><c> land.</c>

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Genesis<00:18:33.069><c> 17,</c><00:18:33.609><c> if</c><00:18:33.890><c> you</c><00:18:34.049><c> pick</c><00:18:34.170><c> up</c><00:18:34.329><c> in</c><00:18:34.529><c> verse</c><00:18:34.750><c> four</c><00:18:35.009><c> there,</c>

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So<00:18:41.430><c> now</c><00:18:41.869><c> this</c><00:18:42.150><c> is</c><00:18:42.690><c> expanding</c><00:18:43.029><c> out</c><00:18:43.490><c> to</c><00:18:43.710><c> not</c><00:18:43.910><c> just</c><00:18:44.210><c> be</c><00:18:44.490><c> Abraham's</c>

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direct<00:18:45.829><c> descendants,</c>

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but<00:18:46.990><c> now</c><00:18:47.349><c> this</c><00:18:47.569><c> is</c><00:18:47.730><c> going</c><00:18:47.869><c> to</c><00:18:48.109><c> include</c><00:18:48.289><c> the</c><00:18:48.549><c> father</c><00:18:48.970><c> of</c><00:18:49.190><c> many</c><00:18:49.450><c> nations.</c>

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And<00:18:50.430><c> so</c><00:18:50.609><c> his</c><00:18:50.809><c> name</c><00:18:51.009><c> was</c><00:18:51.269><c> changed</c><00:18:51.509><c> here</c><00:18:51.750><c> to</c><00:18:51.970><c> Abraham</c><00:18:52.470><c> because</c><00:18:53.190><c> he</c><00:18:53.369><c> will</c><00:18:53.490><c> be</c><00:18:53.609><c> the</c><00:18:53.869><c> father</c><00:18:54.170><c> of</c><00:18:54.390><c> a</c><00:18:54.470><c> multitude,</c>

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the<00:18:55.089><c> father</c><00:18:55.309><c> of</c><00:18:55.450><c> many</c><00:18:55.569><c> nations.</c>

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And<00:18:56.450><c> in</c><00:18:56.569><c> verse</c><00:18:56.769><c> six,</c><00:18:57.109><c> he's</c><00:18:57.410><c> got</c><00:18:57.569><c> nations</c><00:18:57.950><c> coming</c><00:18:58.210><c> from</c><00:18:58.450><c> him.</c>

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Kings<00:18:59.190><c> will</c><00:18:59.490><c> come</c><00:18:59.650><c> from</c><00:18:59.869><c> him.</c>

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Verse<00:19:01.309><c> eight,</c><00:19:01.650><c> you</c><00:19:01.730><c> can</c><00:19:01.970><c> see</c><00:19:02.109><c> all</c><00:19:02.369><c> the</c><00:19:02.569><c> land</c><00:19:02.710><c> of</c><00:19:03.009><c> Canaan.</c>

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He<00:19:03.490><c> gets</c><00:19:03.690><c> us</c><00:19:03.869><c> an</c><00:19:04.089><c> everlasting</c><00:19:04.470><c> possession.</c>

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I<00:19:05.430><c> will</c><00:19:05.569><c> be</c><00:19:05.730><c> their</c><00:19:05.930><c> God.</c>

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And<00:19:07.549><c> finally,</c><00:19:07.769><c> in</c><00:19:07.930><c> verse</c><00:19:08.130><c> 10</c><00:19:08.369><c> there,</c><00:19:08.609><c> you</c><00:19:08.710><c> have</c><00:19:08.769><c> the</c><00:19:09.049><c> covenant</c>

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of<00:19:09.630><c> circumcision</c><00:19:10.130><c> that's</c><00:19:10.490><c> thrown</c><00:19:10.630><c> in</c><00:19:10.809><c> in</c><00:19:10.970><c> this</c><00:19:11.170><c> chapter</c><00:19:11.369><c> as</c><00:19:11.630><c> well.</c>

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And<00:19:12.089><c> then</c><00:19:12.349><c> God,</c><00:19:12.990><c> God,</c><00:19:13.349><c> in</c><00:19:13.529><c> a</c><00:19:13.630><c> sense,</c><00:19:13.869><c> takes</c><00:19:14.109><c> Abraham</c><00:19:14.509><c> and</c><00:19:14.710><c> makes</c><00:19:14.829><c> a</c>

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family<00:19:15.230><c> with</c><00:19:15.450><c> him</c>

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and<00:19:16.009><c> uses</c><00:19:16.349><c> circumcision</c><00:19:17.069><c> as</c><00:19:17.309><c> the</c><00:19:17.490><c> basis.</c>

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So<00:19:18.069><c> we'll</c><00:19:18.230><c> look</c><00:19:18.390><c> at</c><00:19:18.529><c> that</c><00:19:18.710><c> later</c><00:19:18.970><c> on</c><00:19:19.150><c> in</c><00:19:19.309><c> the</c><00:19:19.430><c> week.</c>

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And<00:19:20.329><c> then</c><00:19:20.589><c> finally,</c><00:19:20.849><c> in</c><00:19:21.049><c> chapter</c><00:19:21.289><c> 22,</c><00:19:22.250><c> after</c><00:19:22.750><c> Abraham</c><00:19:23.369><c> believed</c><00:19:23.930><c> God</c><00:19:24.289><c> and</c><00:19:24.430><c> was</c><00:19:24.650><c> willing</c><00:19:24.950><c> to</c>

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offer<00:19:25.529><c> up</c><00:19:25.710><c> his</c><00:19:26.069><c> son</c>

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and<00:19:26.569><c> fulfill</c><00:19:27.130><c> that</c><00:19:27.589><c> prediction</c><00:19:28.089><c> that</c><00:19:28.410><c> he</c><00:19:28.849><c> believed</c><00:19:29.170><c> God,</c>

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God<00:19:30.450><c> says</c><00:19:30.710><c> in</c><00:19:30.910><c> verse</c><00:19:31.109><c> 16,</c><00:19:31.670><c> by</c><00:19:31.829><c> myself</c><00:19:32.349><c> I</c><00:19:32.569><c> have</c><00:19:32.849><c> sworn,</c><00:19:33.769><c> which</c>

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Paul<00:19:34.269><c> picks</c><00:19:34.529><c> up</c><00:19:34.750><c> in</c><00:19:34.950><c> Hebrews</c><00:19:35.210><c> six</c>

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and<00:19:35.950><c> says,</c><00:19:36.210><c> through</c><00:19:36.430><c> the</c><00:19:36.730><c> two</c><00:19:37.029><c> immutable</c><00:19:37.549><c> things</c><00:19:37.930><c> in</c><00:19:38.109><c> which</c>

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it's<00:19:38.509><c> impossible</c><00:19:39.009><c> for</c><00:19:39.289><c> God</c><00:19:39.470><c> to</c><00:19:39.730><c> lie,</c>

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by<00:19:40.490><c> the</c><00:19:40.829><c> promise</c><00:19:41.329><c> and</c><00:19:41.690><c> the</c><00:19:41.990><c> oath</c><00:19:42.309><c> that</c><00:19:42.869><c> God</c><00:19:43.210><c> had</c><00:19:43.490><c> at</c><00:19:43.609><c> this</c><00:19:43.950><c> point</c><00:19:44.230><c> fixed</c><00:19:44.630><c> the</c>

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fact<00:19:45.130><c> that</c><00:19:45.390><c> he</c><00:19:45.730><c> would</c><00:19:46.109><c> accomplish</c><00:19:46.549><c> it</c>

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and<00:19:47.490><c> that</c><00:19:47.690><c> the</c><00:19:47.910><c> promises</c><00:19:48.109><c> to</c><00:19:48.369><c> Abraham</c><00:19:48.650><c> would</c><00:19:48.849><c> be</c><00:19:49.089><c> fulfilled.</c>

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So<00:19:50.190><c> in</c><00:19:50.369><c> verse</c><00:19:50.569><c> 17</c><00:19:51.069><c> there,</c><00:19:51.430><c> in</c><00:19:51.430><c> blessing,</c><00:19:51.910><c> I</c><00:19:51.910><c> will</c><00:19:52.109><c> bless</c><00:19:52.369><c> you.</c>

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And<00:19:52.690><c> in</c><00:19:52.789><c> multiplying,</c><00:19:53.470><c> I</c><00:19:53.470><c> will</c><00:19:53.690><c> multiply</c><00:19:54.089><c> your</c><00:19:54.369><c> descendants</c>

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as<00:19:55.009><c> the</c><00:19:55.210><c> stars</c><00:19:55.349><c> of</c><00:19:55.569><c> heaven,</c>

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as<00:19:56.049><c> the</c><00:19:56.250><c> sand</c><00:19:56.450><c> which</c><00:19:56.609><c> is</c><00:19:56.690><c> on</c><00:19:56.890><c> the</c><00:19:57.069><c> seashore,</c>

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and<00:19:58.230><c> your</c><00:19:58.609><c> descendants</c><00:19:59.029><c> possess</c><00:19:59.650><c> the</c><00:19:59.869><c> gate</c><00:19:59.950><c> of</c><00:20:00.069><c> their</c><00:20:00.250><c> enemies.</c>

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And<00:20:01.170><c> in</c><00:20:01.390><c> your</c><00:20:01.769><c> seed,</c><00:20:02.430><c> all</c><00:20:02.690><c> the</c><00:20:02.930><c> nations</c><00:20:03.329><c> of</c><00:20:03.609><c> the</c><00:20:03.769><c> earth</c><00:20:04.009><c> shall</c>

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be<00:20:04.549><c> blessed</c>

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because<00:20:05.549><c> you</c><00:20:05.829><c> have</c><00:20:05.990><c> obeyed</c><00:20:06.410><c> my</c><00:20:06.710><c> voice.</c>

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So<00:20:07.710><c> when</c><00:20:07.990><c> you</c><00:20:08.210><c> put</c><00:20:08.410><c> all</c><00:20:08.670><c> those</c><00:20:08.849><c> together,</c><00:20:09.509><c> I</c><00:20:09.509><c> think</c><00:20:09.630><c> it's</c><00:20:09.869><c> fun</c>

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to<00:20:10.349><c> sort</c><00:20:10.450><c> of</c><00:20:10.690><c> categorize</c><00:20:11.230><c> some</c><00:20:11.410><c> of</c><00:20:11.509><c> the</c><00:20:11.670><c> promises</c><00:20:11.930><c> to</c><00:20:12.190><c> Abraham.</c>

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And<00:20:13.289><c> really</c><00:20:13.490><c> they</c><00:20:13.670><c> come</c><00:20:13.869><c> in</c><00:20:14.069><c> like</c><00:20:14.289><c> two</c><00:20:14.549><c> flavors.</c>

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There's<00:20:15.710><c> one</c><00:20:15.990><c> flavor</c><00:20:16.250><c> that</c><00:20:16.430><c> deals</c><00:20:16.690><c> with</c><00:20:16.910><c> the</c><00:20:17.230><c> national</c><00:20:17.609><c> promises</c><00:20:18.130><c> to</c>

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Abraham's<00:20:19.390><c> descendants,</c>

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the<00:20:20.430><c> ones</c><00:20:20.630><c> that</c><00:20:20.849><c> would</c><00:20:21.069><c> come</c><00:20:21.289><c> naturally</c><00:20:21.730><c> through</c><00:20:22.009><c> his</c><00:20:22.250><c> family</c><00:20:22.589><c> line.</c>

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So<00:20:23.549><c> we</c><00:20:23.789><c> find</c><00:20:23.970><c> that</c><00:20:24.170><c> he</c><00:20:24.289><c> would</c><00:20:24.450><c> be</c><00:20:24.589><c> made</c><00:20:24.750><c> a</c><00:20:24.930><c> great</c><00:20:25.049><c> nation,</c><00:20:25.710><c> which</c><00:20:25.990><c> they</c><00:20:26.309><c> were.</c>

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They<00:20:26.829><c> came</c><00:20:26.970><c> out</c><00:20:27.190><c> of</c><00:20:27.349><c> Egypt</c><00:20:27.589><c> later</c><00:20:27.910><c> on.</c>

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They<00:20:28.450><c> were</c><00:20:28.769><c> a</c><00:20:29.029><c> great</c><00:20:29.150><c> nation.</c>

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He<00:20:30.309><c> would</c><00:20:30.529><c> bring</c><00:20:30.690><c> them</c><00:20:30.829><c> out</c><00:20:30.950><c> of</c><00:20:31.109><c> Egypt</c><00:20:31.390><c> after</c><00:20:31.650><c> the</c><00:20:31.910><c> 400</c><00:20:32.190><c> years.</c>

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That's<00:20:33.150><c> Genesis</c><00:20:33.529><c> 15.</c>

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And<00:20:34.450><c> I</c><00:20:34.630><c> think</c><00:20:34.890><c> the</c><00:20:35.130><c> 400</c><00:20:35.390><c> years</c><00:20:35.769><c> there</c><00:20:35.930><c> probably</c><00:20:36.269><c> dates</c><00:20:36.569><c> back</c>

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to<00:20:37.069><c> this</c><00:20:37.269><c> time</c><00:20:37.470><c> when</c><00:20:37.569><c> he</c><00:20:37.750><c> actually</c><00:20:38.069><c> received</c><00:20:38.329><c> the</c><00:20:38.589><c> promises.</c>

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He<00:20:39.789><c> gave</c><00:20:40.009><c> them</c><00:20:40.190><c> the</c><00:20:40.289><c> land</c><00:20:40.450><c> of</c><00:20:40.710><c> Canaan,</c><00:20:41.549><c> which</c><00:20:41.930><c> he</c><00:20:42.250><c> said</c><00:20:42.369><c> he</c><00:20:42.509><c> would</c><00:20:42.690><c> do,</c>

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and<00:20:43.029><c> he</c><00:20:43.210><c> gave</c><00:20:43.349><c> them</c><00:20:43.529><c> the</c><00:20:43.730><c> land.</c>

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He<00:20:44.569><c> let</c><00:20:44.730><c> them</c><00:20:44.950><c> inherit</c><00:20:45.210><c> that</c><00:20:45.490><c> land.</c>

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And<00:20:46.329><c> so</c><00:20:46.430><c> in</c><00:20:46.589><c> a</c><00:20:46.750><c> sense,</c><00:20:47.130><c> a</c><00:20:47.190><c> lot</c><00:20:47.349><c> of</c><00:20:47.509><c> these</c><00:20:47.690><c> were</c><00:20:47.950><c> either</c><00:20:48.309><c> fulfilled</c><00:20:48.690><c> or</c>

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partially<00:20:49.410><c> fulfilled,</c>

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the<00:20:50.470><c> national</c><00:20:50.970><c> promises</c><00:20:51.509><c> that</c><00:20:51.890><c> God</c><00:20:52.190><c> gave</c><00:20:52.569><c> to</c><00:20:52.869><c> Abraham.</c>

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But<00:20:54.529><c> what</c><00:20:54.789><c> we</c><00:20:55.009><c> want</c><00:20:55.089><c> to</c><00:20:55.230><c> focus</c><00:20:55.490><c> in</c><00:20:55.710><c> on</c><00:20:55.869><c> this</c><00:20:56.109><c> week</c><00:20:56.390><c> are</c><00:20:56.589><c> not</c><00:20:56.789><c> just</c><00:20:57.009><c> the</c>

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national<00:20:57.609><c> promises,</c>

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but<00:20:58.390><c> the</c><00:20:58.650><c> promises</c><00:20:58.950><c> to</c><00:20:59.170><c> the</c><00:20:59.410><c> spiritual</c><00:20:59.750><c> line</c><00:21:00.009><c> of</c><00:21:00.210><c> Abraham.</c>

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Because<00:21:01.190><c> we</c><00:21:01.529><c> find</c><00:21:01.849><c> in</c><00:21:02.069><c> Genesis</c><00:21:02.390><c> 17</c><00:21:02.890><c> that</c><00:21:03.089><c> he</c><00:21:03.230><c> was</c><00:21:03.390><c> going</c><00:21:03.490><c> to</c><00:21:03.549><c> be</c>

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the<00:21:03.869><c> father</c><00:21:04.170><c> of</c><00:21:04.630><c> many</c><00:21:05.089><c> nations.</c>

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That<00:21:06.089><c> doesn't</c><00:21:06.369><c> happen</c><00:21:06.809><c> naturally.</c>

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You<00:21:07.430><c> don't</c><00:21:07.549><c> be</c><00:21:07.690><c> the</c><00:21:07.950><c> father</c><00:21:08.230><c> of</c><00:21:08.470><c> many</c><00:21:08.690><c> nations.</c>

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That<00:21:09.589><c> was</c><00:21:09.750><c> going</c><00:21:09.849><c> to</c><00:21:09.930><c> have</c><00:21:10.109><c> to</c><00:21:10.289><c> come</c><00:21:10.349><c> in</c><00:21:10.470><c> a</c><00:21:10.630><c> much</c><00:21:10.910><c> broader</c><00:21:11.369><c> spiritual</c><00:21:11.890><c> sense</c><00:21:12.230><c> of</c>

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all<00:21:13.289><c> God's</c><00:21:13.990><c> children</c>

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who<00:21:14.730><c> became</c><00:21:15.069><c> incorporated</c><00:21:15.789><c> and</c><00:21:16.190><c> adopted</c><00:21:16.549><c> into</c><00:21:16.990><c> the</c><00:21:17.630><c> olive</c><00:21:17.990><c> tree</c><00:21:18.210><c> of</c>

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salvation<00:21:18.990><c> of</c><00:21:19.210><c> the</c><00:21:19.529><c> family</c><00:21:19.910><c> line</c><00:21:20.109><c> of</c><00:21:20.349><c> Abraham.</c>

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Those<00:21:21.549><c> are</c><00:21:21.730><c> his</c><00:21:22.009><c> spiritual</c><00:21:22.410><c> descendants.</c>

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Because<00:21:23.230><c> remember,</c><00:21:23.670><c> not</c><00:21:23.750><c> all</c><00:21:24.269><c> of</c><00:21:24.549><c> Abraham</c><00:21:24.950><c> are</c><00:21:25.269><c> really</c><00:21:25.609><c> of</c><00:21:26.130><c> Abraham,</c><00:21:26.670><c> as</c>

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Paul<00:21:27.170><c> says.</c>

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In<00:21:28.369><c> Genesis</c><00:21:28.750><c> 22,</c><00:21:29.490><c> multiplying</c><00:21:30.150><c> the</c><00:21:30.430><c> descendants</c><00:21:30.829><c> as</c><00:21:31.130><c> stars</c>

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and<00:21:31.750><c> sand,</c>

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that<00:21:32.210><c> that</c><00:21:32.329><c> wasn't</c><00:21:32.569><c> really</c><00:21:33.049><c> going</c><00:21:33.230><c> to</c><00:21:33.430><c> happen</c><00:21:33.690><c> literally</c><00:21:34.210><c> just</c><00:21:34.589><c> through</c><00:21:34.750><c> his</c>

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natural<00:21:35.289><c> descendants.</c>

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That's<00:21:36.170><c> something</c><00:21:36.410><c> much</c><00:21:36.769><c> broader</c><00:21:37.210><c> that</c><00:21:37.549><c> included</c><00:21:38.009><c> all</c><00:21:38.490><c> these</c><00:21:38.829><c> Gentiles,</c>

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the<00:21:40.690><c> people</c><00:21:41.029><c> that</c><00:21:41.130><c> would</c><00:21:41.329><c> be</c><00:21:41.529><c> adopted</c><00:21:41.789><c> into</c><00:21:42.029><c> the</c><00:21:42.230><c> family.</c>

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Genesis<00:21:43.470><c> 22</c><00:21:43.910><c> also</c><00:21:44.230><c> has</c><00:21:44.349><c> the</c><00:21:44.609><c> promise</c><00:21:44.890><c> of</c><00:21:45.329><c> the</c><00:21:45.650><c> seed,</c><00:21:46.430><c> the</c><00:21:46.589><c> Messiah</c><00:21:47.009><c> that</c>

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was<00:21:47.329><c> going</c><00:21:47.470><c> to</c><00:21:47.690><c> come.</c>

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That<00:21:47.930><c> would</c><00:21:48.069><c> be</c><00:21:48.250><c> the</c><00:21:48.410><c> basis</c><00:21:48.670><c> of</c><00:21:48.910><c> all</c><00:21:49.089><c> this.</c>

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And<00:21:49.450><c> what</c><00:21:49.569><c> a</c><00:21:49.809><c> great</c><00:21:49.950><c> place</c><00:21:50.210><c> to</c><00:21:50.450><c> give</c><00:21:50.569><c> that</c><00:21:50.910><c> promise</c><00:21:51.210><c> after</c><00:21:51.569><c> Abraham</c><00:21:52.049><c> had</c>

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just<00:21:52.450><c> been</c><00:21:52.609><c> willing</c><00:21:52.869><c> to</c><00:21:53.170><c> offer</c><00:21:53.329><c> up</c><00:21:53.470><c> his</c><00:21:53.630><c> only</c><00:21:53.930><c> son.</c>

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And<00:21:54.869><c> God</c><00:21:55.089><c> will</c><00:21:55.289><c> take</c><00:21:55.470><c> him</c><00:21:55.609><c> through</c><00:21:55.789><c> the</c><00:21:55.970><c> motions</c><00:21:56.289><c> of</c><00:21:56.470><c> what</c><00:21:56.589><c> it</c>

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feels<00:21:57.230><c> to</c><00:21:57.430><c> give</c><00:21:57.569><c> your</c><00:21:57.829><c> son</c><00:21:58.150><c> for</c><00:21:58.450><c> the</c><00:21:58.670><c> sake</c><00:21:58.910><c> of</c><00:21:59.130><c> the</c><00:21:59.289><c> community.</c>

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And<00:22:00.549><c> Abraham</c><00:22:01.109><c> experienced</c><00:22:01.849><c> that</c><00:22:02.049><c> in</c><00:22:02.210><c> himself.</c>

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And<00:22:03.210><c> the</c><00:22:03.329><c> hope</c><00:22:03.470><c> of</c><00:22:03.730><c> resurrection</c><00:22:04.089><c> from</c><00:22:04.329><c> the</c><00:22:04.529><c> dead</c><00:22:04.690><c> that</c><00:22:04.849><c> he</c>

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expresses<00:22:05.430><c> there.</c>

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And<00:22:06.430><c> Paul</c><00:22:06.630><c> takes</c><00:22:06.950><c> those</c><00:22:07.230><c> promises.</c>

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And<00:22:07.910><c> in</c><00:22:08.009><c> Romans</c><00:22:08.269><c> 4,</c><00:22:08.990><c> he</c><00:22:09.569><c> expands</c><00:22:09.809><c> on</c><00:22:10.089><c> that</c><00:22:10.210><c> and</c><00:22:10.410><c> shows</c><00:22:10.589><c> you</c><00:22:10.789><c> that</c><00:22:11.009><c> the</c>

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promise<00:22:11.450><c> to</c><00:22:11.710><c> Abraham</c><00:22:12.089><c> wasn't</c><00:22:12.490><c> really</c><00:22:12.930><c> even</c><00:22:13.309><c> just</c><00:22:13.690><c> the</c><00:22:13.990><c> land.</c>

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It<00:22:14.390><c> was</c><00:22:14.609><c> really</c><00:22:14.930><c> to</c><00:22:15.190><c> inherit</c><00:22:15.549><c> the</c><00:22:15.890><c> world.</c>

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And<00:22:16.930><c> so</c><00:22:17.069><c> you</c><00:22:17.210><c> realize</c><00:22:17.549><c> it's</c><00:22:17.809><c> not</c><00:22:18.109><c> just</c><00:22:18.509><c> his</c><00:22:18.789><c> natural</c><00:22:19.089><c> descendants</c><00:22:19.490><c> there.</c>

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And<00:22:20.329><c> in</c><00:22:20.569><c> Galatians</c><00:22:20.970><c> 3,</c><00:22:22.049><c> Paul</c><00:22:22.269><c> deals</c><00:22:22.569><c> with</c><00:22:22.809><c> how</c><00:22:22.930><c> you</c><00:22:23.150><c> become</c><00:22:23.430><c> heirs</c><00:22:23.690><c> to</c>

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the<00:22:24.009><c> promises.</c>

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How<00:22:24.869><c> do</c><00:22:25.009><c> you</c><00:22:25.150><c> become</c><00:22:25.430><c> one</c><00:22:25.690><c> of</c><00:22:25.829><c> those</c><00:22:26.230><c> many</c><00:22:26.509><c> nations,</c><00:22:27.450><c> people</c>

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from<00:22:27.950><c> other</c><00:22:28.170><c> nations</c><00:22:28.509><c> and</c><00:22:28.650><c> get</c><00:22:28.829><c> adopted</c><00:22:29.250><c> into</c><00:22:29.589><c> the</c><00:22:29.890><c> olive</c><00:22:30.130><c> tree</c><00:22:30.289><c> of</c>

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God's<00:22:31.369><c> family?</c>

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And<00:22:32.170><c> that's</c><00:22:32.529><c> through</c><00:22:32.750><c> faith,</c><00:22:33.309><c> through</c><00:22:33.490><c> the</c><00:22:33.670><c> faith</c><00:22:33.829><c> that</c><00:22:34.049><c> Abraham</c><00:22:34.390><c> has</c>

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and<00:22:34.950><c> then</c><00:22:35.170><c> baptism</c><00:22:35.470><c> into</c><00:22:35.910><c> Christ</c><00:22:36.250><c> Jesus.</c>

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So<00:22:37.470><c> adopting</c><00:22:38.150><c> the</c><00:22:38.369><c> kind</c><00:22:38.509><c> of</c><00:22:38.690><c> faith</c><00:22:38.869><c> that</c><00:22:39.069><c> Abraham</c><00:22:39.450><c> had,</c><00:22:39.750><c> which</c>

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was<00:22:40.170><c> the</c><00:22:40.349><c> faith</c><00:22:40.529><c> of</c><00:22:40.789><c> Jesus</c><00:22:40.990><c> Christ.</c>

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Now,<00:22:42.910><c> what</c><00:22:43.069><c> are</c><00:22:43.190><c> the</c><00:22:43.390><c> aspects</c><00:22:43.789><c> of</c><00:22:43.990><c> the</c><00:22:44.210><c> promises</c><00:22:44.490><c> to</c><00:22:44.730><c> Abraham</c>

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that<00:22:45.170><c> we</c><00:22:45.410><c> don't</c><00:22:45.710><c> spend</c><00:22:46.089><c> a</c><00:22:46.269><c> lot</c><00:22:46.390><c> of</c><00:22:46.549><c> time</c><00:22:46.769><c> on</c><00:22:46.890><c> as</c><00:22:47.109><c> Christadelphians?</c>

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Just<00:22:48.049><c> so</c><00:22:48.369><c> you</c><00:22:48.529><c> can</c><00:22:48.970><c> see</c><00:22:49.450><c> a</c><00:22:50.329><c> slightly</c><00:22:50.630><c> different</c><00:22:51.250><c> side</c><00:22:51.609><c> or</c><00:22:51.769><c> maybe</c><00:22:51.990><c> a</c><00:22:52.130><c> little</c><00:22:52.390><c> bigger</c><00:22:52.650><c> picture</c><00:22:53.009><c> to</c>

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all<00:22:53.390><c> this</c><00:22:53.730><c> shows</c><00:22:54.269><c> up</c><00:22:54.509><c> in</c><00:22:54.769><c> Acts</c><00:22:55.049><c> chapter</c><00:22:55.430><c> three.</c>

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And<00:22:57.549><c> this</c><00:22:57.829><c> and</c><00:22:58.069><c> again,</c><00:22:58.230><c> this</c><00:22:58.390><c> is</c><00:22:58.569><c> all</c><00:22:58.789><c> stuff</c><00:22:58.970><c> that</c><00:22:59.230><c> I</c><00:22:59.329><c> know</c><00:22:59.490><c> you're</c><00:22:59.710><c> all</c>

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familiar<00:23:00.190><c> with</c><00:23:00.390><c> this</c><00:23:00.589><c> a</c><00:23:00.730><c> lot.</c>

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So<00:23:01.329><c> this</c><00:23:01.950><c> one</c><00:23:02.109><c> may</c><00:23:02.309><c> be</c><00:23:02.470><c> not</c><00:23:02.650><c> so</c><00:23:02.910><c> much,</c><00:23:03.150><c> though,</c><00:23:03.769><c> in</c><00:23:03.950><c> Acts</c>

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chapter<00:23:04.509><c> three.</c>

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Watch<00:23:05.369><c> what</c><00:23:05.750><c> happens</c><00:23:06.130><c> as</c><00:23:06.470><c> the</c><00:23:07.329><c> because</c><00:23:07.549><c> this</c><00:23:07.869><c> is</c><00:23:08.049><c> really</c><00:23:08.269><c> a</c>

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place<00:23:08.750><c> where</c><00:23:08.890><c> you</c><00:23:09.049><c> wouldn't</c><00:23:09.309><c> expect</c><00:23:09.769><c> this.</c>

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But<00:23:10.190><c> when</c><00:23:10.410><c> Peter's</c><00:23:10.970><c> giving</c><00:23:11.150><c> this</c><00:23:11.509><c> speech</c><00:23:11.750><c> in</c><00:23:12.009><c> Acts</c><00:23:12.190><c> chapter</c>

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three<00:23:13.109><c> and</c><00:23:13.309><c> he</c><00:23:13.529><c> runs</c><00:23:13.849><c> down</c><00:23:14.210><c> the</c><00:23:14.470><c> history</c><00:23:14.910><c> of</c><00:23:15.289><c> what</c><00:23:15.470><c> was</c><00:23:15.710><c> happening</c>

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and<00:23:16.230><c> how</c><00:23:16.430><c> Messiah</c><00:23:16.890><c> would</c><00:23:17.089><c> end</c><00:23:17.269><c> up</c><00:23:17.470><c> dying</c><00:23:17.750><c> for</c><00:23:17.990><c> the</c><00:23:18.130><c> nation</c><00:23:18.549><c> and</c>

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that<00:23:19.369><c> God</c><00:23:19.589><c> would</c><00:23:19.869><c> raise</c><00:23:20.109><c> him</c><00:23:20.329><c> up.</c>

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He<00:23:21.529><c> at</c><00:23:22.990><c> the</c><00:23:23.190><c> end</c><00:23:23.309><c> of</c><00:23:23.470><c> the</c><00:23:23.690><c> chapter,</c><00:23:24.009><c> you</c><00:23:24.349><c> see,</c><00:23:24.670><c> he</c><00:23:24.890><c> talks</c><00:23:25.130><c> about</c>

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You<00:23:29.529><c> are</c><00:23:30.190><c> sons</c><00:23:30.690><c> of</c><00:23:31.009><c> the</c><00:23:31.309><c> prophets</c><00:23:31.789><c> and</c><00:23:32.630><c> of</c><00:23:32.910><c> the</c><00:23:33.210><c> covenant,</c><00:23:33.750><c> which</c><00:23:33.890><c> God</c>

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made<00:23:34.430><c> with</c><00:23:34.630><c> our</c><00:23:34.890><c> fathers,</c><00:23:35.529><c> saying</c><00:23:35.630><c> to</c><00:23:35.970><c> Abraham,</c>

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and<00:23:37.230><c> in</c><00:23:37.869><c> your</c><00:23:38.529><c> seed,</c><00:23:39.349><c> all</c><00:23:39.789><c> the</c><00:23:40.069><c> families</c><00:23:40.609><c> of</c><00:23:40.890><c> the</c><00:23:41.089><c> earth</c><00:23:41.329><c> shall</c>

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be<00:23:41.730><c> blessed.</c>

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So<00:23:42.549><c> here's</c><00:23:42.710><c> all</c><00:23:42.910><c> these</c><00:23:43.109><c> people</c><00:23:43.430><c> that</c><00:23:43.589><c> are</c><00:23:43.769><c> gathered</c><00:23:44.109><c> there</c><00:23:44.410><c> in</c>

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Jerusalem<00:23:45.089><c> at</c><00:23:45.289><c> this</c><00:23:45.490><c> time,</c><00:23:45.730><c> really</c><00:23:46.069><c> people</c><00:23:46.329><c> from</c><00:23:46.670><c> other</c>

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nations<00:23:47.349><c> even.</c>

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And<00:23:48.309><c> so</c><00:23:48.549><c> you</c><00:23:48.730><c> could</c><00:23:48.869><c> say,</c><00:23:49.029><c> here's</c><00:23:49.289><c> where</c><00:23:49.430><c> this</c><00:23:49.690><c> comes.</c>

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This<00:23:50.170><c> is</c><00:23:50.369><c> like</c><00:23:50.750><c> all</c><00:23:51.349><c> the</c><00:23:51.650><c> families</c><00:23:52.089><c> of</c><00:23:52.390><c> the</c><00:23:52.509><c> earth</c><00:23:52.650><c> are</c><00:23:52.809><c> going</c>

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to<00:23:52.990><c> be</c><00:23:53.210><c> blessed,</c><00:23:53.529><c> not</c><00:23:54.109><c> just</c><00:23:54.730><c> Jews,</c>

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because<00:23:55.690><c> they</c><00:23:55.890><c> had</c><00:23:55.990><c> people</c><00:23:56.329><c> there</c><00:23:56.529><c> from</c><00:23:56.730><c> all</c><00:23:56.950><c> these</c><00:23:57.170><c> different</c><00:23:57.390><c> nations</c>

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as<00:23:57.990><c> well.</c>

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And<00:23:58.869><c> in</c><00:23:59.009><c> verse</c><00:23:59.230><c> 26,</c><00:24:00.490><c> to</c><00:24:00.710><c> you</c><00:24:01.470><c> first,</c><00:24:02.690><c> God,</c><00:24:03.069><c> having</c><00:24:03.450><c> raised</c><00:24:03.950><c> up</c>

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his<00:24:04.470><c> servant,</c><00:24:04.769><c> Jesus,</c><00:24:05.809><c> sent</c><00:24:06.009><c> him</c><00:24:06.349><c> to</c><00:24:06.789><c> bless</c><00:24:07.230><c> you</c><00:24:08.289><c> in</c><00:24:08.789><c> turning</c>

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every<00:24:09.609><c> one</c><00:24:09.769><c> of</c><00:24:09.970><c> you</c><00:24:10.369><c> away</c><00:24:10.789><c> from</c><00:24:11.049><c> your</c><00:24:11.269><c> iniquities.</c>

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See,<00:24:12.990><c> that's</c><00:24:13.369><c> not</c><00:24:13.650><c> an</c><00:24:13.890><c> aspect</c><00:24:14.269><c> of</c><00:24:14.470><c> the</c><00:24:14.690><c> promises</c><00:24:14.950><c> to</c><00:24:15.210><c> Abraham</c>

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that<00:24:15.710><c> we</c><00:24:15.910><c> often</c><00:24:16.309><c> stress</c><00:24:16.750><c> as</c><00:24:17.009><c> Christadelphians.</c>

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It's<00:24:18.230><c> just</c><00:24:18.470><c> like</c><00:24:18.710><c> the</c><00:24:19.009><c> section</c><00:24:19.269><c> in</c><00:24:19.549><c> James</c><00:24:19.809><c> about</c><00:24:20.049><c> being</c><00:24:20.369><c> friends</c><00:24:20.750><c> of</c><00:24:20.950><c> the</c><00:24:21.109><c> world,</c><00:24:21.769><c> because</c><00:24:22.089><c> this</c><00:24:22.430><c> one</c><00:24:22.670><c> cuts</c><00:24:23.089><c> to</c>

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the<00:24:23.589><c> heart.</c>

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So<00:24:24.589><c> this</c><00:24:24.769><c> is</c><00:24:25.009><c> not</c><00:24:25.210><c> just</c><00:24:25.509><c> getting</c><00:24:25.809><c> baptized</c><00:24:26.390><c> and</c><00:24:26.710><c> just</c><00:24:26.990><c> like</c><00:24:27.349><c> living</c><00:24:27.589><c> a</c>

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life<00:24:28.150><c> in</c><00:24:28.349><c> the</c><00:24:28.490><c> Christadelphian</c><00:24:29.009><c> community</c><00:24:29.450><c> of</c><00:24:29.710><c> doing</c><00:24:29.910><c> the</c><00:24:30.150><c> readings</c><00:24:30.329><c> at</c><00:24:30.549><c> home</c>

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and<00:24:30.910><c> showing</c><00:24:31.109><c> up</c><00:24:31.329><c> to</c><00:24:31.509><c> meeting</c><00:24:31.750><c> and</c><00:24:31.910><c> all</c><00:24:32.049><c> these</c><00:24:32.269><c> things</c><00:24:32.549><c> that</c><00:24:32.950><c> we</c><00:24:33.190><c> do</c><00:24:33.309><c> that</c><00:24:33.450><c> can</c><00:24:33.589><c> be</c><00:24:33.789><c> like</c><00:24:34.009><c> up</c><00:24:34.109><c> on</c><00:24:34.269><c> a</c>

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surface,<00:24:34.890><c> but</c><00:24:35.130><c> not</c><00:24:35.369><c> change</c><00:24:35.670><c> our</c><00:24:35.990><c> life.</c>

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Peter<00:24:37.470><c> says</c><00:24:37.829><c> that</c><00:24:38.150><c> really</c><00:24:38.490><c> part</c><00:24:38.869><c> of</c><00:24:39.089><c> the</c><00:24:39.289><c> blessing</c><00:24:39.789><c> of</c><00:24:40.150><c> Abraham,</c><00:24:40.970><c> a</c><00:24:41.150><c> huge</c>

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component<00:24:42.230><c> of</c><00:24:42.450><c> it</c><00:24:42.670><c> was</c><00:24:43.049><c> that</c><00:24:43.650><c> God</c><00:24:44.069><c> was</c><00:24:44.349><c> going</c><00:24:44.490><c> to</c><00:24:44.769><c> change</c><00:24:45.029><c> your</c><00:24:45.390><c> life.</c>

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He<00:24:46.509><c> promised</c><00:24:46.930><c> Abraham</c><00:24:47.529><c> that</c><00:24:47.910><c> he</c><00:24:48.170><c> would</c><00:24:48.430><c> take</c><00:24:48.789><c> people</c><00:24:49.329><c> of</c><00:24:49.589><c> this</c>

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world<00:24:50.250><c> and</c><00:24:50.730><c> develop</c><00:24:51.190><c> in</c><00:24:51.569><c> them</c><00:24:51.890><c> the</c><00:24:52.509><c> same</c><00:24:52.970><c> faith</c><00:24:53.549><c> that</c><00:24:53.829><c> Abraham</c>

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had<00:24:54.670><c> so</c><00:24:55.190><c> that</c><00:24:55.470><c> people</c><00:24:55.789><c> would</c><00:24:56.049><c> actually</c><00:24:56.490><c> learn</c><00:24:56.670><c> to</c><00:24:57.089><c> live</c><00:24:57.289><c> like</c><00:24:57.630><c> Abraham</c>

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and<00:24:58.309><c> really</c><00:24:58.710><c> walk</c><00:24:59.069><c> in</c><00:24:59.329><c> the</c><00:24:59.589><c> steps</c><00:24:59.849><c> of</c><00:25:00.170><c> Abraham,</c><00:25:00.869><c> obeying</c><00:25:01.569><c> God</c>

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instead<00:25:02.430><c> of</c><00:25:02.650><c> doing</c><00:25:02.849><c> what</c><00:25:03.029><c> they</c><00:25:03.289><c> wanted</c><00:25:03.470><c> to</c><00:25:03.750><c> do.</c>

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And<00:25:04.589><c> Peter</c><00:25:04.910><c> takes</c><00:25:05.269><c> that</c><00:25:05.529><c> and</c><00:25:05.630><c> says,</c><00:25:06.049><c> Look,</c><00:25:06.109><c> this</c><00:25:06.309><c> is</c><00:25:06.569><c> part</c><00:25:06.849><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:07.210><c> blessing</c><00:25:07.509><c> to</c><00:25:07.789><c> Abraham</c><00:25:08.170><c> in</c><00:25:08.549><c> your</c><00:25:09.130><c> seed.</c>

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All<00:25:10.269><c> the</c><00:25:10.529><c> families</c><00:25:10.869><c> of</c><00:25:11.150><c> the</c><00:25:11.289><c> earth</c><00:25:11.450><c> will</c><00:25:11.609><c> be</c><00:25:11.849><c> blessed.</c>

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And<00:25:12.950><c> God</c><00:25:13.529><c> sent</c><00:25:13.869><c> this</c><00:25:14.250><c> to</c><00:25:14.630><c> you</c><00:25:15.069><c> first.</c>

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But<00:25:15.910><c> he's</c><00:25:16.230><c> talking</c><00:25:16.490><c> to</c><00:25:16.829><c> those</c><00:25:17.089><c> Jews</c><00:25:17.309><c> that</c><00:25:17.509><c> had</c><00:25:17.690><c> gathered</c><00:25:17.990><c> there</c><00:25:18.809><c> saying</c><00:25:19.470><c> to</c>

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you<00:25:19.970><c> that</c><00:25:20.250><c> he</c><00:25:20.569><c> would</c><00:25:20.789><c> bless</c><00:25:21.109><c> you</c><00:25:21.589><c> in</c><00:25:21.910><c> turning</c><00:25:22.329><c> away</c><00:25:22.970><c> every</c><00:25:23.529><c> one</c>

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of<00:25:23.930><c> you</c><00:25:24.190><c> from</c><00:25:24.410><c> your</c><00:25:24.630><c> iniquities.</c>

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And<00:25:25.569><c> see,</c><00:25:25.670><c> this</c><00:25:25.869><c> is</c><00:25:26.130><c> what</c><00:25:26.269><c> the</c><00:25:26.509><c> blessing</c><00:25:26.710><c> of</c><00:25:26.950><c> Abraham</c><00:25:27.289><c> really</c><00:25:27.589><c> was.</c>

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It<00:25:28.410><c> was</c><00:25:28.690><c> developing</c><00:25:29.269><c> this</c><00:25:29.650><c> faith</c><00:25:29.829><c> of</c><00:25:30.029><c> Abraham</c><00:25:30.430><c> where</c><00:25:30.589><c> we</c><00:25:30.849><c> turn</c>

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away<00:25:31.329><c> from</c><00:25:31.549><c> our</c><00:25:31.769><c> iniquities.</c>

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We<00:25:32.609><c> try</c><00:25:32.910><c> to</c><00:25:33.170><c> serve</c><00:25:33.329><c> our</c><00:25:33.630><c> God.</c>

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We<00:25:34.130><c> walk</c><00:25:34.430><c> in</c><00:25:34.569><c> the</c><00:25:34.730><c> steps</c><00:25:34.910><c> of</c><00:25:35.130><c> Abraham</c><00:25:35.549><c> and</c><00:25:36.009><c> we</c><00:25:36.269><c> treat</c><00:25:36.470><c> other</c>

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people<00:25:37.329><c> like</c><00:25:37.670><c> Abraham</c><00:25:38.190><c> treated</c><00:25:38.529><c> people.</c>

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That's<00:25:39.130><c> what</c><00:25:39.309><c> we</c><00:25:39.470><c> do.</c>

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We<00:25:40.150><c> walk</c><00:25:40.470><c> in</c><00:25:40.670><c> the</c><00:25:40.869><c> steps</c><00:25:41.069><c> of</c><00:25:41.329><c> Abraham</c><00:25:41.710><c> and</c><00:25:42.170><c> Peter</c><00:25:42.450><c> throws</c><00:25:42.750><c> it</c>

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in<00:25:43.150><c> Acts</c><00:25:43.349><c> chapter</c><00:25:43.589><c> three.</c>

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And<00:25:44.309><c> a</c><00:25:44.390><c> lot</c><00:25:44.470><c> of</c><00:25:44.609><c> times</c><00:25:44.789><c> we</c><00:25:45.029><c> skip</c><00:25:45.269><c> that</c><00:25:45.509><c> on</c><00:25:45.710><c> the</c><00:25:45.869><c> promises</c><00:25:46.109><c> to</c><00:25:46.349><c> Abraham.</c>

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We<00:25:46.750><c> don't</c><00:25:46.930><c> even</c><00:25:47.109><c> bother</c><00:25:47.349><c> with</c><00:25:47.549><c> it.</c>

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But<00:25:48.049><c> it</c><00:25:48.190><c> was</c><00:25:48.390><c> a</c><00:25:48.650><c> major</c><00:25:48.849><c> component</c><00:25:49.349><c> of</c><00:25:49.529><c> this,</c><00:25:49.849><c> one</c><00:25:49.990><c> that</c><00:25:50.170><c> Peter</c>

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stressed<00:25:50.809><c> right</c><00:25:51.130><c> from</c><00:25:51.329><c> the</c><00:25:51.490><c> beginning.</c>

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This<00:25:52.230><c> is</c><00:25:52.430><c> going</c><00:25:52.509><c> to</c><00:25:52.630><c> be</c><00:25:52.769><c> a</c><00:25:53.009><c> religion</c><00:25:53.250><c> that</c><00:25:53.529><c> changes</c><00:25:53.869><c> your</c><00:25:54.190><c> life,</c><00:25:54.829><c> not</c>

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just<00:25:55.190><c> something</c><00:25:55.470><c> that</c><00:25:55.670><c> you</c><00:25:55.970><c> walk</c><00:25:56.170><c> like</c><00:25:56.410><c> the</c><00:25:56.730><c> Jews</c><00:25:56.890><c> had</c><00:25:57.049><c> been</c><00:25:57.309><c> doing</c><00:25:57.509><c> in</c><00:25:57.690><c> a</c>

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formal<00:25:58.250><c> ritualistic</c><00:25:58.869><c> religion.</c>

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So<00:26:00.130><c> Paul</c><00:26:00.750><c> picks</c><00:26:01.029><c> that</c><00:26:01.170><c> up,</c><00:26:01.490><c> too,</c><00:26:01.650><c> in</c><00:26:01.769><c> Galatians</c><00:26:02.190><c> chapter</c><00:26:02.589><c> in</c>

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Galatians<00:26:03.569><c> three,</c><00:26:03.789><c> when</c><00:26:03.890><c> he</c><00:26:04.069><c> talks</c><00:26:04.289><c> about</c><00:26:04.589><c> the</c><00:26:04.829><c> blessing</c><00:26:05.150><c> of</c>

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Abraham<00:26:05.710><c> or</c><00:26:05.869><c> the</c><00:26:06.069><c> promises</c><00:26:06.329><c> to</c><00:26:06.609><c> Abraham</c><00:26:07.069><c> in</c><00:26:07.829><c> verse</c><00:26:08.029><c> 16</c><00:26:08.450><c> there,</c>

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where<00:26:08.890><c> he</c><00:26:09.009><c> says,</c><00:26:09.369><c> look</c><00:26:09.369><c> to</c><00:26:09.690><c> Abraham</c><00:26:10.109><c> and</c><00:26:10.250><c> his</c><00:26:10.509><c> seed</c><00:26:10.690><c> where</c><00:26:10.849><c> the</c>

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promise<00:26:11.309><c> is</c><00:26:11.509><c> made.</c>

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And<00:26:12.130><c> he</c><00:26:12.210><c> doesn't</c><00:26:12.529><c> say</c><00:26:12.789><c> to</c><00:26:13.170><c> seeds</c><00:26:13.509><c> as</c><00:26:13.829><c> of</c><00:26:14.049><c> many,</c><00:26:14.390><c> but</c><00:26:14.450><c> as</c><00:26:14.670><c> of</c><00:26:14.890><c> one</c>

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and<00:26:15.309><c> to</c><00:26:15.470><c> your</c><00:26:15.730><c> seed,</c><00:26:15.950><c> who</c><00:26:16.049><c> is</c><00:26:16.289><c> Christ.</c>

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Now,<00:26:17.529><c> I</c><00:26:17.730><c> really</c><00:26:18.049><c> think</c><00:26:18.230><c> that</c><00:26:18.410><c> in</c><00:26:18.569><c> Galatians</c><00:26:18.970><c> chapter</c><00:26:19.250><c> three,</c>

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when<00:26:19.630><c> Paul</c><00:26:19.910><c> says</c><00:26:20.230><c> that,</c><00:26:20.509><c> just</c><00:26:20.609><c> to</c><00:26:20.789><c> give</c><00:26:20.890><c> you</c><00:26:20.990><c> a</c><00:26:21.170><c> perspective</c>

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of<00:26:21.730><c> the</c><00:26:21.930><c> chapter,</c><00:26:22.410><c> he's</c><00:26:22.789><c> emphasizing</c><00:26:23.250><c> all</c><00:26:23.630><c> the</c><00:26:23.670><c> way</c><00:26:23.789><c> through</c>

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that<00:26:24.329><c> chapter,</c><00:26:25.130><c> not</c><00:26:25.450><c> just</c><00:26:25.849><c> that</c><00:26:26.150><c> Jesus</c><00:26:26.650><c> Christ</c><00:26:27.009><c> is</c><00:26:27.329><c> the</c><00:26:27.650><c> only</c><00:26:27.990><c> seed,</c>

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but<00:26:28.789><c> he's</c><00:26:29.150><c> saying</c><00:26:29.289><c> it's</c><00:26:29.769><c> not</c><00:26:29.970><c> like</c><00:26:30.230><c> God</c><00:26:30.509><c> sent</c><00:26:30.690><c> into</c><00:26:31.029><c> seeds</c><00:26:31.329><c> of</c>

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as<00:26:31.670><c> many</c><00:26:31.930><c> like</c><00:26:32.269><c> as,</c><00:26:32.650><c> you</c><00:26:32.650><c> know,</c><00:26:33.069><c> seeds</c><00:26:33.190><c> that</c><00:26:33.349><c> you</c><00:26:33.450><c> might</c><00:26:33.609><c> use</c>

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for<00:26:34.009><c> like</c><00:26:34.210><c> radish</c><00:26:34.490><c> seeds</c><00:26:35.029><c> and</c><00:26:35.289><c> cucumber</c><00:26:35.769><c> seeds</c><00:26:36.329><c> and</c><00:26:36.529><c> all</c><00:26:36.750><c> these</c><00:26:36.950><c> different</c><00:26:37.230><c> types</c><00:26:37.609><c> of</c><00:26:37.890><c> seeds.</c>

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There's<00:26:38.690><c> only</c><00:26:39.130><c> one</c><00:26:39.650><c> kind</c><00:26:40.049><c> of</c><00:26:40.410><c> seed,</c><00:26:41.029><c> which</c><00:26:41.289><c> is</c><00:26:41.809><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:26:42.970><c> then</c><00:26:43.089><c> as</c><00:26:43.230><c> he</c><00:26:43.470><c> develops</c><00:26:43.769><c> through</c><00:26:44.029><c> Galatians</c><00:26:44.369><c> chapter</c><00:26:44.690><c> three,</c><00:26:45.470><c> the</c>

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goal<00:26:45.970><c> is</c><00:26:46.269><c> to</c><00:26:46.450><c> be</c><00:26:46.609><c> that</c><00:26:46.950><c> kind</c><00:26:47.190><c> of</c><00:26:47.450><c> seed</c><00:26:47.630><c> to</c><00:26:47.829><c> become</c><00:26:48.089><c> incorporated</c><00:26:48.829><c> into</c><00:26:49.190><c> Christ.</c>

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So<00:26:50.470><c> that</c><00:26:50.650><c> by</c><00:26:50.869><c> the</c><00:26:50.950><c> end</c><00:26:51.089><c> of</c><00:26:51.230><c> the</c><00:26:51.410><c> chapter,</c><00:26:51.750><c> you</c><00:26:51.890><c> know,</c><00:26:52.009><c> he</c><00:26:52.130><c> could</c>

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say<00:26:52.630><c> that</c><00:26:53.029><c> those</c><00:26:53.289><c> that</c><00:26:53.470><c> are</c><00:26:53.730><c> Abraham's</c><00:26:54.710><c> seed</c><00:26:55.049><c> are</c><00:26:55.730><c> now</c><00:26:56.230><c> members</c><00:26:56.670><c> of</c><00:26:56.910><c> the</c>

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body<00:26:57.470><c> by</c><00:26:57.750><c> adoption</c><00:26:58.269><c> into</c><00:26:58.529><c> Jesus</c><00:26:58.930><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:26:59.349><c> they're</c><00:26:59.509><c> all</c><00:26:59.670><c> part</c><00:26:59.769><c> of</c><00:26:59.869><c> the</c><00:27:00.029><c> family</c><00:27:00.250><c> of</c><00:27:00.450><c> God.</c>

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But<00:27:01.869><c> in</c><00:27:02.029><c> verse</c><00:27:02.210><c> 17</c><00:27:02.690><c> there,</c><00:27:02.910><c> he</c><00:27:03.029><c> goes</c><00:27:03.190><c> on</c><00:27:03.369><c> to</c><00:27:03.569><c> say,</c><00:27:03.690><c> and</c><00:27:03.789><c> I</c><00:27:04.009><c> say</c>

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this<00:27:04.289><c> at</c><00:27:04.430><c> the</c><00:27:04.670><c> law,</c><00:27:05.069><c> which</c><00:27:05.150><c> was</c><00:27:05.549><c> four</c><00:27:05.730><c> hundred</c><00:27:06.049><c> and</c><00:27:06.230><c> thirty</c><00:27:06.390><c> years</c><00:27:06.650><c> later,</c><00:27:07.329><c> cannot</c><00:27:07.690><c> annul</c><00:27:08.289><c> the</c><00:27:08.609><c> covenant</c><00:27:08.930><c> that</c><00:27:09.130><c> was</c><00:27:09.390><c> confirmed</c><00:27:09.809><c> before</c><00:27:10.170><c> by</c>

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God<00:27:10.670><c> in</c><00:27:10.950><c> Christ</c><00:27:11.150><c> that</c><00:27:11.329><c> it</c><00:27:11.549><c> should</c><00:27:11.650><c> make</c><00:27:11.910><c> the</c><00:27:12.190><c> promise</c><00:27:12.450><c> of</c><00:27:12.710><c> no</c><00:27:12.950><c> effect.</c>

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Or<00:27:13.869><c> if</c><00:27:14.049><c> the</c><00:27:14.269><c> inheritance</c><00:27:14.670><c> is</c><00:27:14.990><c> of</c><00:27:15.210><c> law,</c><00:27:15.670><c> it's</c><00:27:15.769><c> no</c><00:27:16.049><c> longer</c><00:27:16.329><c> a</c><00:27:16.609><c> promise.</c>

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But<00:27:17.349><c> God</c><00:27:17.849><c> gave</c><00:27:18.170><c> it</c><00:27:18.450><c> to</c><00:27:18.670><c> Abraham</c><00:27:19.130><c> by</c><00:27:19.670><c> promise.</c>

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So<00:27:20.750><c> in</c><00:27:20.910><c> Galatians</c><00:27:21.369><c> three,</c><00:27:21.750><c> he's</c><00:27:22.029><c> looking</c><00:27:22.269><c> at</c><00:27:22.470><c> this</c><00:27:22.690><c> aspect</c><00:27:23.150><c> of,</c><00:27:23.569><c> look,</c><00:27:24.190><c> the</c><00:27:24.710><c> salvation</c><00:27:25.289><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:25.750><c> race,</c><00:27:26.089><c> the</c><00:27:26.309><c> adoption</c><00:27:26.650><c> into</c><00:27:26.890><c> the</c><00:27:27.109><c> family</c><00:27:27.329><c> of</c><00:27:27.549><c> God</c><00:27:27.750><c> was</c><00:27:27.970><c> going</c><00:27:28.130><c> to</c>

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come<00:27:28.609><c> by</c><00:27:29.069><c> promise.</c>

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You<00:27:29.769><c> can't</c><00:27:30.170><c> earn</c><00:27:30.329><c> it.</c>

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And<00:27:30.930><c> he</c><00:27:31.210><c> stressed</c><00:27:31.450><c> that</c><00:27:31.690><c> through</c><00:27:31.890><c> Galatians</c><00:27:32.289><c> three</c><00:27:32.630><c> that,</c><00:27:32.950><c> you</c><00:27:33.109><c> know,</c><00:27:33.210><c> by</c>

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works<00:27:33.789><c> of</c><00:27:34.089><c> law,</c><00:27:34.650><c> no</c><00:27:34.930><c> flesh</c><00:27:35.309><c> will</c><00:27:35.650><c> ever</c><00:27:35.990><c> be</c><00:27:36.329><c> justified.</c>

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This<00:27:37.450><c> was</c><00:27:37.690><c> a</c><00:27:38.049><c> promise</c><00:27:38.329><c> God</c><00:27:38.569><c> made.</c>

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He<00:27:39.650><c> will</c><00:27:40.009><c> do</c><00:27:40.250><c> it.</c>

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It's<00:27:41.130><c> not</c><00:27:41.329><c> like</c><00:27:41.569><c> we</c><00:27:41.869><c> work</c><00:27:42.089><c> at</c><00:27:42.289><c> it</c><00:27:42.369><c> from</c><00:27:42.529><c> the</c><00:27:42.730><c> bottom</c><00:27:42.890><c> up</c><00:27:43.049><c> and</c><00:27:43.190><c> we</c>

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try<00:27:43.450><c> to</c><00:27:43.609><c> become</c><00:27:43.890><c> good</c><00:27:44.210><c> enough</c><00:27:44.470><c> that</c><00:27:44.650><c> God</c><00:27:44.869><c> will</c><00:27:45.049><c> want</c><00:27:45.210><c> to</c><00:27:45.529><c> save</c><00:27:45.670><c> us.</c>

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It's<00:27:46.490><c> all</c><00:27:46.789><c> coming</c><00:27:47.089><c> from</c><00:27:47.390><c> the</c><00:27:47.730><c> top</c><00:27:48.150><c> down</c><00:27:48.690><c> that</c><00:27:49.230><c> God</c><00:27:49.630><c> is</c><00:27:49.930><c> doing</c>

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it<00:27:50.329><c> all.</c>

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He's<00:27:51.210><c> operating</c><00:27:51.509><c> in</c><00:27:51.670><c> our</c><00:27:51.829><c> life.</c>

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What<00:27:52.230><c> we</c><00:27:52.369><c> have</c><00:27:52.509><c> to</c><00:27:52.650><c> do</c><00:27:52.730><c> is</c><00:27:52.849><c> let</c><00:27:52.990><c> him</c><00:27:53.109><c> do</c><00:27:53.329><c> it.</c>

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We've<00:27:54.109><c> got</c><00:27:54.130><c> to</c><00:27:54.250><c> let</c><00:27:54.390><c> him</c><00:27:54.769><c> operate</c><00:27:55.130><c> in</c><00:27:55.309><c> our</c><00:27:55.470><c> life</c><00:27:55.589><c> like</c><00:27:55.869><c> that.</c>

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So<00:27:56.150><c> it's</c><00:27:56.390><c> all</c><00:27:56.769><c> of</c><00:27:56.990><c> God</c><00:27:57.210><c> in</c><00:27:57.430><c> the</c><00:27:57.470><c> end</c><00:27:57.609><c> because</c><00:27:57.869><c> he</c><00:27:58.130><c> gave</c><00:27:58.329><c> it</c><00:27:58.670><c> to</c>

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Abraham<00:27:59.289><c> by</c><00:27:59.650><c> promise.</c>

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And<00:28:00.529><c> there's</c><00:28:00.769><c> no</c><00:28:00.990><c> way</c><00:28:01.130><c> that</c><00:28:01.269><c> you</c><00:28:01.369><c> could</c><00:28:01.529><c> ever</c><00:28:01.730><c> earn</c><00:28:01.910><c> it.</c>

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Now,<00:28:03.069><c> when</c><00:28:03.190><c> you</c><00:28:03.450><c> say</c><00:28:03.650><c> that</c><00:28:03.849><c> it</c><00:28:04.069><c> came</c><00:28:04.490><c> 430</c><00:28:05.490><c> years</c><00:28:05.869><c> later,</c><00:28:06.470><c> I'm</c>

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just<00:28:07.009><c> going</c><00:28:07.150><c> to</c><00:28:07.269><c> throw</c><00:28:07.430><c> this</c><00:28:07.650><c> up</c><00:28:07.769><c> now</c><00:28:08.049><c> because</c><00:28:08.250><c> as</c><00:28:08.450><c> you're</c><00:28:08.609><c> going</c><00:28:08.789><c> through</c><00:28:09.150><c> the</c>

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life<00:28:09.529><c> of</c><00:28:09.750><c> Abraham,</c><00:28:10.170><c> when</c><00:28:10.309><c> you</c><00:28:10.410><c> get</c><00:28:10.569><c> later</c><00:28:10.789><c> on</c><00:28:10.930><c> in</c><00:28:11.150><c> Genesis</c><00:28:11.509><c> 15,</c>

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and<00:28:13.289><c> you</c><00:28:13.450><c> wonder</c><00:28:13.609><c> like</c><00:28:13.970><c> why</c><00:28:14.150><c> he</c><00:28:14.410><c> told</c><00:28:14.589><c> Abraham</c><00:28:15.069><c> that</c><00:28:15.289><c> your</c><00:28:15.470><c> descendants</c><00:28:15.809><c> would</c><00:28:16.130><c> be</c>

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strangers<00:28:17.549><c> and</c><00:28:17.849><c> they</c><00:28:17.970><c> would</c><00:28:18.170><c> be</c><00:28:18.410><c> slaves</c><00:28:18.670><c> 400</c><00:28:19.250><c> years.</c>

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And<00:28:19.970><c> yet</c><00:28:20.130><c> Paul</c><00:28:20.450><c> says</c><00:28:20.869><c> that</c><00:28:21.109><c> the</c><00:28:21.349><c> promise</c><00:28:21.630><c> was</c><00:28:21.930><c> made</c><00:28:22.309><c> 430</c><00:28:23.349><c> years</c><00:28:23.690><c> later.</c>

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If<00:28:24.509><c> you've</c><00:28:24.609><c> ever</c><00:28:24.809><c> tried</c><00:28:24.990><c> to</c><00:28:25.230><c> figure</c><00:28:25.390><c> out</c><00:28:25.609><c> the</c><00:28:25.849><c> 400</c><00:28:26.190><c> and</c><00:28:26.410><c> 430</c><00:28:26.970><c> years,</c><00:28:27.349><c> here's</c><00:28:27.569><c> at</c>

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least<00:28:27.849><c> a</c><00:28:28.130><c> suggestion</c><00:28:28.470><c> as</c><00:28:28.670><c> to</c><00:28:28.769><c> how</c><00:28:28.930><c> it</c><00:28:29.130><c> actually</c><00:28:29.390><c> plays</c><00:28:29.630><c> out.</c>

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Now,<00:28:30.349><c> you</c><00:28:30.650><c> may</c><00:28:30.849><c> not</c><00:28:30.950><c> be</c><00:28:31.069><c> able</c><00:28:31.230><c> to</c><00:28:31.329><c> see</c><00:28:31.430><c> that</c><00:28:31.589><c> real</c><00:28:31.809><c> good.</c>

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That's<00:28:32.230><c> a</c><00:28:32.369><c> Bible</c><00:28:32.650><c> insert.</c>

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I<00:28:33.069><c> made</c><00:28:33.210><c> my</c><00:28:33.450><c> Bible</c><00:28:33.730><c> probably</c><00:28:34.289><c> 25</c><00:28:34.769><c> years</c><00:28:35.069><c> ago</c><00:28:35.230><c> or</c><00:28:35.390><c> something</c><00:28:35.589><c> just</c><00:28:35.809><c> to</c>

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map<00:28:36.170><c> this</c><00:28:36.410><c> stuff</c><00:28:36.549><c> all</c><00:28:36.809><c> out</c><00:28:36.970><c> so</c><00:28:37.150><c> I</c><00:28:37.190><c> could</c><00:28:37.349><c> make</c><00:28:37.569><c> sense</c><00:28:37.809><c> of</c><00:28:37.869><c> it</c><00:28:38.049><c> myself.</c>

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But<00:28:39.069><c> I</c><00:28:39.509><c> just</c><00:28:39.809><c> copied</c><00:28:40.049><c> it</c><00:28:40.210><c> up</c><00:28:40.329><c> there.</c>

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So<00:28:40.630><c> I</c><00:28:40.690><c> think</c><00:28:40.809><c> you</c><00:28:40.970><c> can</c><00:28:41.089><c> at</c><00:28:41.210><c> least</c><00:28:41.349><c> see</c><00:28:41.609><c> along</c><00:28:41.849><c> here</c><00:28:41.990><c> that</c><00:28:42.089><c> here's</c><00:28:42.390><c> the</c>

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430<00:28:43.230><c> years</c><00:28:43.549><c> back</c><00:28:43.829><c> here</c><00:28:44.049><c> and</c><00:28:44.170><c> there's</c><00:28:44.450><c> the</c><00:28:44.670><c> 400</c><00:28:44.990><c> years.</c>

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And<00:28:45.789><c> the</c><00:28:45.990><c> suggestion</c><00:28:46.349><c> is</c><00:28:46.549><c> that</c><00:28:46.690><c> they</c><00:28:46.930><c> both</c><00:28:47.190><c> end</c><00:28:47.390><c> at</c><00:28:47.549><c> the</c><00:28:47.710><c> same</c><00:28:47.930><c> place.</c>

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They<00:28:48.710><c> both</c><00:28:49.009><c> end</c><00:28:49.309><c> in</c><00:28:49.509><c> Genesis</c><00:28:49.869><c> and</c><00:28:50.250><c> Exodus</c><00:28:50.529><c> 19</c><00:28:51.049><c> 20,</c><00:28:51.430><c> where</c><00:28:51.569><c> the</c>

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law<00:28:51.930><c> was</c><00:28:52.230><c> given</c><00:28:52.670><c> on</c><00:28:53.190><c> Mount</c><00:28:53.490><c> Sinai.</c>

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The<00:28:54.430><c> difference</c><00:28:54.809><c> between</c><00:28:55.109><c> the</c><00:28:55.349><c> 430</c><00:28:55.849><c> and</c><00:28:55.990><c> the</c><00:28:56.170><c> 400</c><00:28:56.509><c> is</c><00:28:56.750><c> where</c>

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you<00:28:57.269><c> start</c><00:28:57.509><c> those</c><00:28:57.829><c> years.</c>

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And<00:28:58.789><c> the</c><00:28:58.990><c> suggestion</c><00:28:59.410><c> is</c><00:28:59.750><c> that</c><00:28:59.910><c> if</c><00:29:00.029><c> you</c><00:29:00.269><c> listen</c><00:29:00.470><c> carefully</c><00:29:00.950><c> this</c><00:29:01.269><c> morning</c><00:29:01.509><c> in</c>

00:29:01.670 --> 00:29:04.970
the<00:29:01.809><c> Bible</c><00:29:02.049><c> quizzes,</c><00:29:02.509><c> how</c><00:29:02.670><c> old</c><00:29:03.049><c> was</c><00:29:03.349><c> Abraham</c><00:29:03.730><c> when</c><00:29:03.950><c> he</c><00:29:04.109><c> left</c><00:29:04.289><c> her?</c>

00:29:04.990 --> 00:29:06.630
I'm<00:29:05.230><c> sorry,</c><00:29:05.410><c> when</c><00:29:05.470><c> he</c><00:29:05.609><c> left</c><00:29:05.789><c> Heron?</c>

00:29:06.769 --> 00:29:07.690
Seventy<00:29:07.210><c> five,</c><00:29:07.529><c> right?</c>

00:29:07.829 --> 00:29:09.769
Well,<00:29:08.029><c> what</c><00:29:08.089><c> I'd</c><00:29:08.250><c> never</c><00:29:08.470><c> picked</c><00:29:08.730><c> up</c><00:29:08.950><c> before</c><00:29:09.210><c> as</c><00:29:09.450><c> well.</c>

00:29:09.809 --> 00:29:12.609
How<00:29:10.170><c> old</c><00:29:10.430><c> was</c><00:29:10.650><c> he</c><00:29:10.750><c> when</c><00:29:10.869><c> he</c><00:29:11.049><c> really</c><00:29:11.269><c> got</c><00:29:11.430><c> the</c><00:29:11.710><c> promises?</c>

00:29:12.930 --> 00:29:15.910
And<00:29:13.190><c> so</c><00:29:13.329><c> the</c><00:29:13.650><c> suggestion</c><00:29:14.230><c> is</c><00:29:14.690><c> that</c><00:29:14.910><c> the</c><00:29:15.130><c> folks</c><00:29:15.269><c> that</c><00:29:15.430><c> have</c><00:29:15.569><c> tried</c><00:29:15.710><c> to</c>

00:29:15.910 --> 00:29:19.470
figure<00:29:16.029><c> this</c><00:29:16.269><c> out</c><00:29:16.529><c> is</c><00:29:17.029><c> that</c><00:29:17.210><c> what</c><00:29:17.450><c> that</c><00:29:17.690><c> maybe</c><00:29:17.890><c> gives</c><00:29:18.069><c> us</c><00:29:18.250><c> a</c><00:29:18.329><c> little</c><00:29:18.490><c> hint</c><00:29:18.690><c> about</c><00:29:18.930><c> back</c><00:29:19.170><c> here</c><00:29:19.309><c> is</c>

00:29:19.470 --> 00:29:22.170
that<00:29:19.650><c> although</c><00:29:19.930><c> Abraham</c><00:29:20.349><c> was</c><00:29:20.609><c> seventy</c><00:29:21.109><c> five</c><00:29:21.450><c> when</c><00:29:21.670><c> he</c><00:29:21.950><c> left</c>

00:29:22.170 --> 00:29:25.029
Heron,<00:29:22.930><c> when</c><00:29:23.029><c> he</c><00:29:23.210><c> left</c><00:29:23.410><c> Heron</c><00:29:23.789><c> and</c><00:29:23.990><c> came</c><00:29:24.150><c> down</c><00:29:24.390><c> into</c><00:29:24.589><c> the</c><00:29:24.809><c> land,</c>

00:29:25.029 --> 00:29:27.950
this<00:29:25.529><c> may</c><00:29:25.789><c> be</c><00:29:25.990><c> an</c><00:29:26.190><c> indication</c><00:29:26.609><c> to</c><00:29:26.809><c> us</c><00:29:27.029><c> that</c><00:29:27.170><c> he</c><00:29:27.269><c> actually</c><00:29:27.670><c> was</c>

00:29:27.950 --> 00:29:30.490
seventy<00:29:28.309><c> years</c><00:29:28.630><c> old</c><00:29:28.809><c> when</c><00:29:28.930><c> he</c><00:29:29.069><c> left</c><00:29:29.269><c> Er</c><00:29:29.529><c> the</c><00:29:29.650><c> Chaldees,</c><00:29:30.309><c> came</c>

00:29:30.490 --> 00:29:33.309
up<00:29:30.670><c> the</c><00:29:30.829><c> Euphrates</c><00:29:31.190><c> River,</c><00:29:31.930><c> stopped</c><00:29:32.230><c> in</c><00:29:32.549><c> Heron</c><00:29:32.710><c> for</c><00:29:32.930><c> a</c><00:29:33.069><c> while</c>

00:29:33.309 --> 00:29:36.849
and<00:29:33.769><c> seems</c><00:29:34.029><c> to</c><00:29:34.450><c> stay</c><00:29:34.650><c> there</c><00:29:35.130><c> long</c><00:29:35.430><c> enough</c><00:29:35.690><c> to</c><00:29:35.869><c> where</c><00:29:35.950><c> his</c><00:29:36.250><c> father</c><00:29:36.490><c> died</c>

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at<00:29:37.069><c> that</c><00:29:37.269><c> point.</c>

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And<00:29:37.890><c> then</c><00:29:37.990><c> he</c><00:29:38.130><c> comes</c><00:29:38.430><c> down</c><00:29:38.769><c> into</c><00:29:38.970><c> the</c><00:29:39.210><c> land</c><00:29:39.430><c> and</c><00:29:39.630><c> he</c><00:29:39.710><c> comes</c><00:29:39.910><c> down</c><00:29:40.170><c> to</c><00:29:40.490><c> Shechem.</c>

00:29:41.150 --> 00:29:44.990
And<00:29:41.369><c> it</c><00:29:41.470><c> may</c><00:29:41.609><c> actually</c><00:29:41.990><c> be</c><00:29:42.210><c> that</c><00:29:42.329><c> when</c><00:29:42.450><c> he</c><00:29:42.710><c> stopped</c><00:29:42.890><c> at</c><00:29:43.150><c> Shechem,</c><00:29:43.609><c> there's</c><00:29:43.690><c> some</c><00:29:43.910><c> indications</c><00:29:44.369><c> he</c><00:29:44.569><c> bought</c><00:29:44.750><c> a</c>

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burial<00:29:45.210><c> plot</c><00:29:45.549><c> at</c><00:29:45.789><c> that</c><00:29:46.009><c> point.</c>

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And<00:29:46.630><c> he</c><00:29:46.789><c> may</c><00:29:46.910><c> have</c><00:29:47.029><c> actually</c><00:29:47.289><c> brought</c><00:29:47.529><c> his</c><00:29:47.849><c> father</c><00:29:48.130><c> into</c><00:29:48.329><c> the</c>

00:29:48.569 --> 00:29:50.410
land<00:29:48.690><c> and</c><00:29:48.950><c> buried</c><00:29:49.130><c> him</c><00:29:49.269><c> down</c><00:29:49.470><c> there</c><00:29:49.609><c> in</c><00:29:49.789><c> Shechem.</c>

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It's<00:29:50.930><c> an</c><00:29:51.049><c> interesting</c><00:29:51.390><c> thing</c><00:29:51.609><c> you</c><00:29:51.690><c> can</c><00:29:51.849><c> look</c><00:29:52.109><c> at</c><00:29:52.289><c> in</c><00:29:53.190><c> Stephen's</c><00:29:53.750><c> speech</c>

00:29:53.869 --> 00:29:55.990
in<00:29:54.049><c> Acts</c><00:29:54.190><c> seven</c><00:29:54.430><c> when</c><00:29:54.589><c> all</c><00:29:54.829><c> the</c><00:29:55.029><c> fathers</c><00:29:55.269><c> came</c><00:29:55.549><c> back</c><00:29:55.769><c> and</c><00:29:55.869><c> they</c>

00:29:55.990 --> 00:29:57.369
were<00:29:56.109><c> all</c><00:29:56.309><c> buried</c><00:29:56.490><c> in</c><00:29:56.730><c> Shechem,</c><00:29:56.990><c> he</c><00:29:57.210><c> says.</c>

00:29:57.710 --> 00:29:59.130
It<00:29:57.849><c> wasn't</c><00:29:58.150><c> just</c><00:29:58.769><c> Jacob.</c>

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They<00:29:59.430><c> all</c><00:29:59.750><c> got</c><00:29:59.970><c> all</c><00:30:00.069><c> the</c><00:30:00.269><c> fathers</c><00:30:00.529><c> got</c><00:30:00.769><c> buried</c><00:30:00.970><c> there.</c>

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So<00:30:01.789><c> including</c><00:30:02.490><c> Joseph.</c>

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So<00:30:03.410><c> it</c><00:30:03.849><c> may</c><00:30:04.029><c> be</c><00:30:04.250><c> that</c><00:30:04.430><c> that</c><00:30:04.630><c> little</c><00:30:04.890><c> five</c><00:30:05.130><c> year</c><00:30:05.250><c> period</c><00:30:05.549><c> right</c>

00:30:05.809 --> 00:30:09.210
there<00:30:05.970><c> between</c><00:30:06.269><c> the</c><00:30:06.529><c> seventy</c><00:30:06.789><c> and</c><00:30:06.970><c> the</c><00:30:07.130><c> seventy</c><00:30:07.450><c> five,</c><00:30:07.690><c> that's</c><00:30:08.089><c> actually</c><00:30:08.509><c> where</c>

00:30:09.210 --> 00:30:11.470
the<00:30:09.430><c> four</c><00:30:09.589><c> hundred</c><00:30:09.890><c> and</c><00:30:10.109><c> the</c><00:30:10.309><c> four</c><00:30:10.490><c> hundred</c><00:30:10.630><c> and</c><00:30:10.750><c> thirty</c><00:30:10.890><c> years</c><00:30:11.250><c> come</c>

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to<00:30:11.730><c> play.</c>

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And<00:30:12.369><c> that's</c><00:30:12.650><c> why</c><00:30:12.809><c> you</c><00:30:12.990><c> have</c><00:30:13.130><c> the</c><00:30:13.309><c> extra</c><00:30:13.569><c> thirty</c><00:30:13.829><c> years</c><00:30:14.089><c> in</c><00:30:14.250><c> there</c><00:30:14.390><c> is</c>

00:30:14.529 --> 00:30:19.029
because<00:30:15.130><c> this</c><00:30:15.450><c> is</c><00:30:15.630><c> the</c><00:30:15.750><c> four</c><00:30:15.890><c> hundred</c><00:30:16.069><c> and</c><00:30:16.230><c> thirty</c><00:30:16.369><c> years</c><00:30:16.730><c> started</c><00:30:17.150><c> from</c><00:30:17.450><c> when</c><00:30:17.630><c> Abraham</c><00:30:18.009><c> first</c><00:30:18.470><c> received</c><00:30:18.750><c> the</c>

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promise<00:30:19.289><c> in</c><00:30:19.529><c> Er</c><00:30:19.769><c> and</c><00:30:19.950><c> they</c><00:30:20.230><c> run</c><00:30:20.369><c> all</c><00:30:20.750><c> the</c><00:30:20.869><c> way</c><00:30:21.069><c> through</c><00:30:21.369><c> to</c><00:30:21.849><c> Exodus.</c>

00:30:22.309 --> 00:30:25.769
Nineteen<00:30:22.769><c> twenty</c><00:30:23.029><c> when</c><00:30:23.549><c> the</c><00:30:24.049><c> when</c><00:30:24.049><c> the</c><00:30:24.730><c> law</c><00:30:24.950><c> was</c><00:30:25.190><c> actually</c><00:30:25.490><c> given.</c>

00:30:26.210 --> 00:30:28.630
The<00:30:26.430><c> reason</c><00:30:26.650><c> I</c><00:30:26.890><c> made</c><00:30:26.970><c> that</c><00:30:27.250><c> chart</c><00:30:27.390><c> actually</c><00:30:27.730><c> years</c><00:30:27.890><c> ago</c><00:30:28.170><c> wasn't</c><00:30:28.410><c> just</c>

00:30:28.630 --> 00:30:30.289
to<00:30:28.789><c> figure</c><00:30:28.910><c> out</c><00:30:29.029><c> the</c><00:30:29.210><c> four</c><00:30:29.349><c> thirty</c><00:30:29.589><c> and</c><00:30:29.750><c> four</c><00:30:29.869><c> hundred</c><00:30:30.109><c> years.</c>

00:30:30.309 --> 00:30:33.049
What<00:30:30.450><c> really</c><00:30:30.690><c> surprised</c><00:30:31.150><c> me</c><00:30:31.410><c> in</c><00:30:31.490><c> the</c><00:30:31.650><c> sort</c><00:30:32.170><c> of</c><00:30:32.490><c> a</c><00:30:32.670><c> fallout</c><00:30:32.890><c> of</c>

00:30:33.049 --> 00:30:35.589
all<00:30:33.190><c> this</c><00:30:33.369><c> is</c><00:30:33.509><c> I</c><00:30:33.630><c> didn't</c><00:30:33.869><c> realize</c><00:30:34.369><c> down</c><00:30:34.650><c> here</c><00:30:34.890><c> if</c><00:30:35.029><c> you're</c><00:30:35.369><c> ever</c>

00:30:35.589 --> 00:30:36.369
looking<00:30:35.849><c> at</c><00:30:36.069><c> that.</c>

00:30:36.369 --> 00:30:42.309
There's<00:30:36.829><c> only</c><00:30:37.210><c> fifty</c><00:30:37.630><c> nine</c><00:30:37.950><c> sixty</c><00:30:38.289><c> years</c><00:30:38.710><c> from</c><00:30:38.930><c> the</c><00:30:39.150><c> time</c><00:30:39.369><c> when</c><00:30:39.710><c> Joseph</c><00:30:40.049><c> died</c><00:30:40.609><c> until</c><00:30:41.269><c> Moses</c><00:30:41.690><c> was</c><00:30:42.009><c> born.</c>

00:30:42.410 --> 00:30:43.549
And<00:30:42.509><c> that</c><00:30:42.630><c> really</c><00:30:42.890><c> surprised</c><00:30:43.329><c> me.</c>

00:30:43.710 --> 00:30:47.730
I<00:30:43.869><c> had</c><00:30:44.130><c> not</c><00:30:44.410><c> had</c><00:30:44.630><c> that</c><00:30:44.890><c> perspective</c><00:30:45.369><c> reading</c><00:30:45.730><c> through</c><00:30:45.990><c> the</c><00:30:46.170><c> readings</c><00:30:46.430><c> all</c><00:30:46.849><c> the</c><00:30:46.990><c> time</c><00:30:47.170><c> and</c><00:30:47.329><c> looking</c><00:30:47.529><c> at</c>

00:30:47.730 --> 00:30:49.269
the<00:30:47.849><c> life</c><00:30:48.089><c> of</c><00:30:48.509><c> Moses</c><00:30:48.829><c> and</c><00:30:49.069><c> Joseph.</c>

00:30:49.450 --> 00:30:57.329
I<00:30:49.630><c> thought</c><00:30:49.809><c> there</c><00:30:49.970><c> was</c><00:30:50.210><c> this</c><00:30:50.569><c> major</c><00:30:51.029><c> amount</c><00:30:51.369><c> of</c><00:30:51.650><c> time</c><00:30:51.910><c> from</c><00:30:52.170><c> the</c><00:30:52.369><c> time</c><00:30:52.509><c> when</c><00:30:52.769><c> Joseph</c><00:30:53.069><c> died</c><00:30:53.410><c> until</c><00:30:53.670><c> finally</c><00:30:53.990><c> Moses</c><00:30:54.309><c> comes</c><00:30:54.569><c> along</c><00:30:54.930><c> and</c><00:30:55.269><c> the</c><00:30:55.410><c> community</c><00:30:55.769><c> had</c><00:30:56.049><c> grown</c><00:30:56.190><c> into</c><00:30:56.470><c> millions</c><00:30:56.750><c> of</c><00:30:57.009><c> people.</c>

00:30:57.630 --> 00:30:59.230
And<00:30:57.809><c> it</c><00:30:57.930><c> turns</c><00:30:58.130><c> out</c><00:30:58.349><c> that</c><00:30:58.509><c> really</c><00:30:58.730><c> isn't</c><00:30:58.890><c> true.</c>

00:30:59.250 --> 00:31:01.170
There's<00:30:59.410><c> only</c><00:30:59.690><c> fifty</c><00:30:59.970><c> nine</c><00:31:00.230><c> sixty</c><00:31:00.509><c> years</c><00:31:00.809><c> in</c><00:31:00.990><c> there.</c>

00:31:01.170 --> 00:31:02.670
So<00:31:01.490><c> it's</c><00:31:01.710><c> an</c><00:31:01.809><c> easy</c><00:31:01.990><c> number</c><00:31:02.230><c> to</c><00:31:02.410><c> remember.</c>

00:31:02.769 --> 00:31:04.849
It's<00:31:02.809><c> only</c><00:31:02.950><c> about</c><00:31:03.230><c> 60</c><00:31:03.529><c> years</c><00:31:03.849><c> from</c><00:31:04.049><c> the</c><00:31:04.210><c> time</c><00:31:04.349><c> when</c><00:31:04.589><c> Joseph</c>

00:31:04.849 --> 00:31:07.670
died<00:31:05.490><c> until</c><00:31:05.829><c> the</c><00:31:06.029><c> time</c><00:31:06.190><c> when</c><00:31:06.369><c> Moses</c><00:31:06.690><c> was</c><00:31:06.990><c> actually</c><00:31:07.369><c> born.</c>

00:31:07.789 --> 00:31:09.730
That's<00:31:08.190><c> not</c><00:31:08.430><c> really</c><00:31:08.730><c> all</c><00:31:08.990><c> that</c><00:31:09.170><c> many</c><00:31:09.369><c> years.</c>

00:31:10.130 --> 00:31:12.269
And<00:31:10.329><c> I</c><00:31:10.569><c> remember</c><00:31:10.690><c> being</c><00:31:10.930><c> surprised</c><00:31:11.329><c> at</c><00:31:11.569><c> that.</c>

00:31:12.369 --> 00:31:14.750
Now,<00:31:12.950><c> one</c><00:31:13.109><c> of</c><00:31:13.230><c> the</c><00:31:13.369><c> things</c><00:31:13.490><c> on</c><00:31:13.690><c> the</c><00:31:13.869><c> promises</c><00:31:14.069><c> to</c><00:31:14.309><c> Abraham</c><00:31:14.589><c> I</c>

00:31:14.750 --> 00:31:16.809
want<00:31:14.809><c> to</c><00:31:14.930><c> look</c><00:31:15.049><c> at</c><00:31:15.190><c> this</c><00:31:15.430><c> morning,</c><00:31:15.869><c> especially</c><00:31:16.150><c> for</c><00:31:16.529><c> all</c><00:31:16.670><c> of</c>

00:31:16.809 --> 00:31:20.069
you,<00:31:17.009><c> because</c><00:31:17.170><c> you're</c><00:31:17.529><c> familiar</c><00:31:17.849><c> with</c><00:31:18.049><c> them</c><00:31:18.210><c> and</c><00:31:18.369><c> some</c><00:31:18.569><c> of</c><00:31:18.670><c> these</c><00:31:18.950><c> other</c><00:31:19.170><c> aspects</c><00:31:19.630><c> we</c>

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don't<00:31:20.190><c> look</c><00:31:20.410><c> at</c><00:31:20.529><c> all</c><00:31:20.710><c> the</c><00:31:20.869><c> time.</c>

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How<00:31:21.769><c> do</c><00:31:21.910><c> you</c><00:31:22.089><c> fit</c><00:31:22.190><c> the</c><00:31:22.529><c> promises</c><00:31:22.710><c> of</c><00:31:22.970><c> Abraham</c><00:31:23.269><c> in</c><00:31:23.430><c> with</c><00:31:23.589><c> the</c><00:31:23.750><c> law?</c>

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What<00:31:24.369><c> in</c><00:31:24.470><c> the</c><00:31:24.609><c> world?</c><00:31:24.930><c> What</c><00:31:25.029><c> was</c><00:31:25.190><c> the</c><00:31:25.450><c> purpose</c><00:31:25.809><c> of</c><00:31:26.049><c> the</c><00:31:26.210><c> law</c><00:31:26.509><c> if</c>

00:31:26.769 --> 00:31:28.450
you<00:31:26.910><c> already</c><00:31:27.069><c> gave</c><00:31:27.250><c> the</c><00:31:27.549><c> promises</c><00:31:27.809><c> to</c><00:31:28.089><c> Abraham?</c>

00:31:28.450 --> 00:31:31.450
And<00:31:29.150><c> so</c><00:31:29.509><c> this</c><00:31:29.809><c> is</c><00:31:30.049><c> actually</c><00:31:30.349><c> good</c><00:31:30.569><c> for</c><00:31:30.769><c> our</c><00:31:30.950><c> kids</c><00:31:31.089><c> to</c><00:31:31.329><c> know.</c>

00:31:31.650 --> 00:31:36.250
And<00:31:31.650><c> those</c><00:31:32.109><c> of</c><00:31:32.210><c> you</c><00:31:32.329><c> that</c><00:31:32.450><c> teach</c><00:31:32.630><c> CYC</c><00:31:33.210><c> and</c><00:31:33.390><c> Sunday</c><00:31:33.609><c> School,</c><00:31:34.269><c> somehow</c><00:31:34.569><c> this</c><00:31:34.869><c> doesn't</c><00:31:35.150><c> come</c><00:31:35.470><c> through</c><00:31:35.690><c> real</c><00:31:35.990><c> clear</c><00:31:36.150><c> a</c>

00:31:36.250 --> 00:31:37.390
lot<00:31:36.430><c> of</c><00:31:36.589><c> times</c><00:31:36.769><c> to</c><00:31:36.950><c> our</c><00:31:37.130><c> children.</c>

00:31:37.509 --> 00:31:41.369
And<00:31:37.589><c> they</c><00:31:37.670><c> get</c><00:31:37.970><c> the</c><00:31:38.430><c> Abrahamic</c><00:31:38.950><c> covenant</c><00:31:39.230><c> and</c><00:31:39.849><c> the</c><00:31:40.049><c> Mosaic</c><00:31:40.430><c> law</c><00:31:40.910><c> sort</c><00:31:41.170><c> of</c>

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all<00:31:41.690><c> blending</c><00:31:41.910><c> together.</c>

00:31:42.750 --> 00:31:44.849
And<00:31:42.970><c> you</c><00:31:43.029><c> can</c><00:31:43.250><c> see</c><00:31:43.390><c> why</c><00:31:43.549><c> that</c><00:31:43.849><c> happens</c><00:31:44.190><c> and</c><00:31:44.329><c> why</c><00:31:44.549><c> it</c><00:31:44.730><c> happened</c>

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to<00:31:45.069><c> the</c><00:31:45.230><c> Jews.</c>

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Because<00:31:46.349><c> in</c><00:31:46.569><c> Genesis</c><00:31:46.829><c> 17,</c><00:31:47.369><c> when</c><00:31:47.609><c> God</c><00:31:47.890><c> gave</c><00:31:48.250><c> circumcision</c><00:31:48.970><c> to</c>

00:31:49.250 --> 00:31:53.250
Abraham<00:31:49.710><c> and</c><00:31:49.869><c> his</c><00:31:50.089><c> descendants,</c><00:31:51.250><c> circumcision</c><00:31:51.809><c> became</c><00:31:52.190><c> incorporated</c><00:31:52.930><c> into</c>

00:31:53.250 --> 00:31:53.910
the<00:31:53.549><c> law.</c>

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And<00:31:54.269><c> then</c><00:31:54.490><c> it's</c><00:31:54.750><c> almost</c><00:31:55.109><c> like,</c><00:31:55.410><c> well,</c><00:31:55.789><c> there</c><00:31:55.890><c> was</c><00:31:56.089><c> the</c><00:31:56.309><c> promises</c><00:31:56.569><c> to</c><00:31:56.849><c> Abraham</c><00:31:57.269><c> and</c>

00:31:57.509 --> 00:31:59.049
then<00:31:57.670><c> there</c><00:31:57.809><c> was</c><00:31:58.029><c> the</c><00:31:58.210><c> law.</c>

00:31:59.329 --> 00:32:02.710
And<00:31:59.329><c> we</c><00:31:59.470><c> can</c><00:31:59.650><c> make</c><00:31:59.930><c> our</c><00:32:00.170><c> kids</c><00:32:00.470><c> can</c><00:32:00.730><c> make</c><00:32:00.890><c> the</c><00:32:01.109><c> same</c><00:32:01.250><c> mistake</c><00:32:01.589><c> that</c><00:32:01.829><c> the</c><00:32:02.029><c> Jews</c><00:32:02.190><c> made</c><00:32:02.470><c> of</c>

00:32:02.710 --> 00:32:05.869
thinking<00:32:02.930><c> that,</c><00:32:03.369><c> well,</c><00:32:03.529><c> once</c><00:32:03.750><c> the</c><00:32:04.009><c> law</c><00:32:04.190><c> came</c><00:32:04.470><c> along,</c><00:32:05.089><c> the</c><00:32:05.289><c> promises</c><00:32:05.609><c> to</c>

00:32:05.869 --> 00:32:08.630
Abraham<00:32:06.049><c> sort</c><00:32:06.250><c> of</c><00:32:06.450><c> got</c><00:32:06.650><c> infiltrated</c><00:32:07.369><c> and</c><00:32:07.730><c> incorporated</c><00:32:08.329><c> into</c>

00:32:08.630 --> 00:32:09.150
the<00:32:08.890><c> law.</c>

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And<00:32:09.470><c> now</c><00:32:09.650><c> it's</c><00:32:09.809><c> all</c><00:32:09.970><c> one</c><00:32:10.170><c> big</c><00:32:10.390><c> package.</c>

00:32:11.329 --> 00:32:14.329
And<00:32:11.589><c> that</c><00:32:11.750><c> really</c><00:32:11.930><c> isn't</c><00:32:12.190><c> true.</c><00:32:12.710><c> That</c><00:32:12.849><c> was</c><00:32:13.089><c> not</c><00:32:13.450><c> one</c><00:32:13.670><c> big</c><00:32:13.890><c> package.</c>

00:32:14.710 --> 00:32:18.349
Although<00:32:15.029><c> circumcision</c><00:32:15.730><c> was</c><00:32:16.009><c> picked</c><00:32:16.250><c> up</c><00:32:16.470><c> in</c><00:32:16.650><c> the</c><00:32:16.829><c> law,</c><00:32:17.410><c> it</c><00:32:17.529><c> was</c><00:32:17.789><c> picked</c><00:32:18.049><c> up</c>

00:32:18.349 --> 00:32:21.190
as<00:32:18.809><c> the</c><00:32:19.069><c> promises</c><00:32:19.549><c> to</c><00:32:19.849><c> Abraham,</c><00:32:20.269><c> as</c><00:32:20.390><c> the</c><00:32:20.509><c> Abrahamic</c><00:32:20.890><c> covenant</c>

00:32:21.190 --> 00:32:23.049
in<00:32:21.650><c> the</c><00:32:21.950><c> national</c><00:32:22.529><c> sense.</c>

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But<00:32:23.509><c> that</c><00:32:23.829><c> didn't</c><00:32:24.150><c> mean</c><00:32:24.569><c> that,</c><00:32:24.809><c> see,</c><00:32:24.970><c> that</c><00:32:25.210><c> was</c><00:32:25.430><c> not</c><00:32:25.829><c> really</c>

00:32:26.230 --> 00:32:27.990
the<00:32:26.609><c> whole</c><00:32:27.089><c> Abrahamic</c><00:32:27.690><c> covenant.</c>

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And<00:32:28.430><c> it</c><00:32:28.529><c> was</c><00:32:28.809><c> riding</c><00:32:29.109><c> way</c><00:32:29.569><c> above</c><00:32:29.769><c> the</c><00:32:30.049><c> law</c><00:32:30.309><c> in</c><00:32:30.529><c> this</c><00:32:30.769><c> whole</c><00:32:30.950><c> thing.</c>

00:32:32.289 --> 00:32:35.269
So,<00:32:32.849><c> as</c><00:32:32.849><c> Paul's</c><00:32:33.210><c> argument</c><00:32:33.549><c> in</c><00:32:33.750><c> Galatians</c><00:32:34.130><c> 3</c><00:32:34.450><c> is</c><00:32:34.730><c> that,</c><00:32:35.230><c> look,</c>

00:32:35.710 --> 00:32:38.509
when<00:32:35.970><c> God</c><00:32:36.250><c> gave</c><00:32:36.549><c> Abraham</c><00:32:36.930><c> the</c><00:32:37.190><c> promises,</c><00:32:37.690><c> when</c><00:32:37.809><c> he</c><00:32:38.089><c> gave</c><00:32:38.309><c> him</c>

00:32:38.509 --> 00:32:41.490
that<00:32:38.750><c> back</c><00:32:39.210><c> in</c><00:32:39.410><c> Genesis</c><00:32:39.769><c> 17,</c><00:32:40.329><c> and</c><00:32:40.470><c> he</c><00:32:40.589><c> made</c><00:32:40.809><c> the</c><00:32:41.049><c> covenant</c><00:32:41.230><c> of</c>

00:32:41.490 --> 00:32:43.049
circumcision<00:32:41.930><c> in</c><00:32:42.109><c> Genesis</c><00:32:42.490><c> 15,</c>

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Abraham<00:32:43.710><c> believed</c><00:32:44.109><c> God</c><00:32:44.349><c> and</c><00:32:44.470><c> it</c><00:32:44.589><c> was</c><00:32:44.789><c> counted</c><00:32:44.930><c> to</c><00:32:45.069><c> him</c><00:32:45.210><c> for</c><00:32:45.410><c> righteousness.</c>

00:32:45.789 --> 00:32:50.430
When<00:32:46.450><c> the</c><00:32:46.769><c> Abrahamic</c><00:32:47.430><c> covenant</c><00:32:47.710><c> was</c><00:32:48.390><c> started,</c><00:32:49.009><c> really,</c><00:32:49.170><c> it</c><00:32:49.190><c> was</c><00:32:49.430><c> almost</c><00:32:49.650><c> like</c><00:32:49.890><c> just</c><00:32:50.089><c> a</c>

00:32:50.430 --> 00:32:53.549
continuation<00:32:50.869><c> of</c><00:32:51.089><c> the</c><00:32:51.230><c> Adenic</c><00:32:51.490><c> covenant</c><00:32:51.869><c> there</c><00:32:52.289><c> with</c><00:32:53.009><c> slight</c>

00:32:53.549 --> 00:32:56.369
additions<00:32:53.990><c> in</c><00:32:54.150><c> with</c><00:32:54.369><c> Abraham's</c><00:32:54.910><c> family</c><00:32:55.170><c> now</c><00:32:55.549><c> as</c><00:32:55.930><c> to</c><00:32:56.069><c> how</c><00:32:56.150><c> you</c>

00:32:56.369 --> 00:32:58.730
get<00:32:56.569><c> adopted</c><00:32:57.029><c> into</c><00:32:57.289><c> the</c><00:32:57.509><c> family</c><00:32:57.750><c> of</c><00:32:58.049><c> God.</c>

00:32:58.789 --> 00:33:02.269
The<00:32:58.990><c> law</c><00:32:59.289><c> came</c><00:32:59.809><c> 430</c><00:33:00.930><c> years</c><00:33:01.289><c> later,</c><00:33:01.990><c> you</c><00:33:02.089><c> see.</c>

00:33:02.509 --> 00:33:05.930
So<00:33:02.809><c> because</c><00:33:03.130><c> the</c><00:33:03.390><c> law</c><00:33:03.569><c> comes</c><00:33:03.890><c> 430</c><00:33:04.650><c> years</c><00:33:04.910><c> later</c><00:33:05.210><c> right</c><00:33:05.509><c> here,</c>

00:33:06.170 --> 00:33:08.970
and<00:33:06.369><c> then</c><00:33:06.569><c> the</c><00:33:06.809><c> law</c><00:33:07.089><c> ends</c><00:33:07.450><c> right</c><00:33:07.750><c> here,</c><00:33:07.910><c> just</c><00:33:08.150><c> because</c><00:33:08.450><c> it</c><00:33:08.670><c> came</c><00:33:08.789><c> at</c>

00:33:08.970 --> 00:33:12.390
that<00:33:09.210><c> point,</c><00:33:09.650><c> the</c><00:33:09.930><c> law</c><00:33:10.250><c> didn't</c><00:33:10.569><c> get</c><00:33:10.869><c> rid</c><00:33:11.069><c> of</c><00:33:11.250><c> the</c><00:33:11.470><c> promises</c><00:33:11.750><c> to</c><00:33:12.029><c> Abraham.</c>

00:33:12.849 --> 00:33:13.230
No<00:33:12.869><c> way.</c>

00:33:13.230 --> 00:33:19.490
The<00:33:13.890><c> law</c><00:33:14.230><c> was</c><00:33:14.589><c> only</c><00:33:15.069><c> designed</c><00:33:15.650><c> to</c><00:33:15.930><c> be</c><00:33:16.170><c> a</c><00:33:16.589><c> temporary</c><00:33:17.809><c> schoolmaster,</c><00:33:18.970><c> a</c><00:33:19.130><c> tutor,</c>

00:33:19.950 --> 00:33:24.029
to<00:33:20.190><c> help</c><00:33:20.509><c> a</c><00:33:21.069><c> huge</c><00:33:21.450><c> nation</c><00:33:21.829><c> of</c><00:33:22.150><c> people</c><00:33:22.589><c> be</c><00:33:22.970><c> under</c><00:33:23.329><c> control,</c>

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Abraham's<00:33:24.750><c> family.</c>

00:33:25.569 --> 00:33:28.210
And<00:33:25.869><c> the</c><00:33:26.049><c> law</c><00:33:26.230><c> was</c><00:33:26.589><c> designed</c><00:33:26.950><c> in</c><00:33:27.210><c> such</c><00:33:27.390><c> a</c><00:33:27.549><c> way</c><00:33:27.690><c> that</c><00:33:27.829><c> it</c><00:33:27.970><c> would</c>

00:33:28.210 --> 00:33:31.849
teach<00:33:28.509><c> them</c><00:33:28.750><c> about</c><00:33:29.069><c> Messiah</c><00:33:29.650><c> that</c><00:33:29.869><c> was</c><00:33:30.089><c> coming</c><00:33:30.430><c> and</c><00:33:31.190><c> show</c><00:33:31.549><c> sin</c>

00:33:31.849 --> 00:33:34.990
to<00:33:32.029><c> be</c><00:33:32.250><c> exceedingly</c><00:33:32.730><c> sinful</c><00:33:33.150><c> so</c><00:33:33.630><c> that</c><00:33:33.849><c> what</c><00:33:34.049><c> God</c><00:33:34.390><c> had</c><00:33:34.730><c> hoped</c>

00:33:34.990 --> 00:33:38.349
is<00:33:35.470><c> that</c><00:33:35.710><c> folks</c><00:33:35.930><c> that</c><00:33:36.289><c> lived</c><00:33:36.470><c> under</c><00:33:36.869><c> the</c><00:33:37.150><c> law</c><00:33:37.529><c> would</c><00:33:37.829><c> realize</c>

00:33:38.349 --> 00:33:40.049
they<00:33:38.569><c> could</c><00:33:38.849><c> never</c><00:33:39.210><c> keep</c><00:33:39.549><c> the</c><00:33:39.769><c> law.</c>

00:33:40.049 --> 00:33:43.450
And<00:33:40.430><c> by</c><00:33:40.930><c> works</c><00:33:41.430><c> of</c><00:33:41.690><c> law,</c><00:33:41.970><c> nobody</c><00:33:42.309><c> would</c><00:33:42.509><c> ever</c><00:33:42.690><c> be</c><00:33:42.910><c> justified</c>

00:33:43.450 --> 00:33:46.529
so<00:33:43.970><c> that</c><00:33:44.170><c> you</c><00:33:44.309><c> would</c><00:33:44.490><c> in</c><00:33:44.710><c> the</c><00:33:44.890><c> end</c><00:33:45.130><c> have</c><00:33:45.509><c> to</c><00:33:45.750><c> depend</c><00:33:46.049><c> on</c><00:33:46.309><c> the</c>

00:33:46.529 --> 00:33:48.549
Abrahamic<00:33:46.970><c> covenant</c><00:33:47.250><c> for</c><00:33:47.430><c> your</c><00:33:47.609><c> salvation.</c>

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And<00:33:48.769><c> that's</c><00:33:49.230><c> that's</c><00:33:49.329><c> what</c><00:33:49.430><c> God</c><00:33:49.630><c> had</c><00:33:49.829><c> actually</c><00:33:50.089><c> hoped.</c>

00:33:50.750 --> 00:33:53.890
Now,<00:33:51.269><c> just</c><00:33:51.390><c> because</c><00:33:51.710><c> the</c><00:33:51.990><c> Jews</c><00:33:52.190><c> messed</c><00:33:52.529><c> that</c><00:33:52.809><c> up</c><00:33:53.009><c> doesn't</c><00:33:53.210><c> mean</c><00:33:53.410><c> that</c><00:33:53.650><c> God</c>

00:33:53.890 --> 00:33:54.549
had<00:33:54.069><c> messed</c><00:33:54.289><c> it</c><00:33:54.450><c> up.</c>

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It<00:33:54.670><c> wasn't</c><00:33:54.970><c> as</c><00:33:55.230><c> though</c><00:33:55.410><c> God</c><00:33:55.710><c> had</c><00:33:56.009><c> failed</c><00:33:56.250><c> or</c><00:33:56.390><c> the</c><00:33:56.650><c> promises</c><00:33:56.950><c> had</c><00:33:57.250><c> failed</c><00:33:57.470><c> as</c>

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Paul<00:33:58.269><c> deals</c><00:33:58.490><c> with</c><00:33:58.750><c> in</c><00:33:58.910><c> Romans.</c>

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The<00:33:59.430><c> mistake</c><00:33:59.910><c> was</c><00:34:00.190><c> in</c><00:34:00.450><c> flesh.</c>

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Humans<00:34:01.690><c> couldn't</c><00:34:01.950><c> do</c><00:34:02.170><c> it,</c><00:34:02.369><c> and</c><00:34:02.490><c> they</c><00:34:02.670><c> got</c><00:34:02.750><c> it</c><00:34:02.910><c> all</c><00:34:03.069><c> mixed</c><00:34:03.369><c> up.</c>

00:34:03.549 --> 00:34:09.329
And<00:34:03.690><c> by</c><00:34:03.809><c> the</c><00:34:03.990><c> time</c><00:34:04.170><c> Jesus</c><00:34:04.470><c> came</c><00:34:04.750><c> along,</c><00:34:05.150><c> they</c><00:34:05.289><c> held</c><00:34:05.549><c> the</c><00:34:05.809><c> law</c><00:34:06.089><c> way</c><00:34:06.289><c> up</c><00:34:06.549><c> there</c><00:34:06.710><c> and</c><00:34:06.849><c> the</c><00:34:07.029><c> promises</c><00:34:07.289><c> to</c><00:34:07.569><c> Abraham</c><00:34:07.910><c> were</c><00:34:08.110><c> just</c><00:34:08.389><c> like</c><00:34:08.809><c> just</c><00:34:09.130><c> a</c>

00:34:09.329 --> 00:34:11.269
little<00:34:09.550><c> minor</c><00:34:09.809><c> detail</c><00:34:10.349><c> or</c><00:34:10.530><c> part</c><00:34:10.690><c> of</c><00:34:10.869><c> the</c><00:34:11.030><c> law.</c>

00:34:11.630 --> 00:34:14.289
So<00:34:11.889><c> that</c><00:34:12.230><c> whole</c><00:34:12.469><c> issue</c><00:34:12.789><c> right</c><00:34:13.050><c> there</c><00:34:13.190><c> can</c><00:34:13.409><c> easily</c><00:34:13.769><c> get</c><00:34:14.070><c> mixed</c>

00:34:14.289 --> 00:34:15.469
up<00:34:14.489><c> in</c><00:34:14.650><c> our</c><00:34:14.869><c> kids</c><00:34:15.070><c> minds.</c>

00:34:15.570 --> 00:34:19.889
And<00:34:15.710><c> for</c><00:34:15.929><c> some</c><00:34:16.130><c> reason,</c><00:34:16.449><c> and</c><00:34:16.570><c> just</c><00:34:16.710><c> going</c><00:34:16.869><c> through</c><00:34:17.150><c> Sunday</c><00:34:17.349><c> School</c><00:34:17.570><c> and</c><00:34:17.789><c> CYC</c><00:34:18.170><c> for</c><00:34:18.369><c> years,</c><00:34:18.949><c> I've</c><00:34:19.150><c> noticed</c><00:34:19.369><c> that</c><00:34:19.570><c> many</c><00:34:19.750><c> of</c>

00:34:19.889 --> 00:34:23.610
our<00:34:20.090><c> children</c><00:34:20.349><c> never</c><00:34:20.650><c> picked</c><00:34:20.949><c> that</c><00:34:21.230><c> up</c><00:34:21.429><c> in</c><00:34:21.630><c> our</c><00:34:21.889><c> CYC</c><00:34:22.369><c> and</c><00:34:22.550><c> Sunday</c><00:34:22.730><c> School</c><00:34:23.090><c> as</c>

00:34:23.610 --> 00:34:26.309
to<00:34:23.750><c> the</c><00:34:23.929><c> Abrahamic</c><00:34:24.369><c> covenant</c><00:34:24.650><c> and</c><00:34:24.889><c> the</c><00:34:25.349><c> law</c><00:34:25.570><c> of</c><00:34:25.849><c> Moses</c><00:34:26.030><c> and</c>

00:34:26.309 --> 00:34:27.670
how<00:34:26.530><c> they</c><00:34:26.710><c> were</c><00:34:26.909><c> actually</c><00:34:27.210><c> connected.</c>

00:34:27.670 --> 00:34:30.550
And<00:34:28.110><c> it's</c><00:34:28.369><c> important</c><00:34:28.650><c> to</c><00:34:28.849><c> realize</c><00:34:29.210><c> that</c><00:34:29.429><c> God</c><00:34:29.670><c> only</c><00:34:30.070><c> intended</c>

00:34:30.550 --> 00:34:34.289
the<00:34:30.809><c> law</c><00:34:31.010><c> of</c><00:34:31.130><c> Moses</c><00:34:31.269><c> to</c><00:34:31.489><c> be</c><00:34:31.690><c> there</c><00:34:31.949><c> until</c><00:34:32.570><c> Christ</c><00:34:33.190><c> came,</c><00:34:34.010><c> until</c>

00:34:34.289 --> 00:34:35.829
the<00:34:34.670><c> reality</c><00:34:35.110><c> was</c><00:34:35.449><c> there.</c>

00:34:35.969 --> 00:34:38.269
And<00:34:36.210><c> then</c><00:34:36.329><c> there</c><00:34:36.429><c> was</c><00:34:36.650><c> no</c><00:34:36.889><c> need</c><00:34:37.030><c> for</c><00:34:37.230><c> the</c><00:34:37.449><c> shadow.</c>

00:34:38.409 --> 00:34:39.929
So<00:34:38.550><c> Paul</c><00:34:38.849><c> ends</c><00:34:39.110><c> Galatians</c><00:34:39.630><c> three.</c>

00:34:40.210 --> 00:34:44.889
Then<00:34:40.250><c> you</c><00:34:40.510><c> are</c><00:34:40.789><c> all</c><00:34:41.150><c> sons</c><00:34:41.489><c> of</c><00:34:41.789><c> God</c><00:34:42.150><c> in</c><00:34:42.409><c> verse</c><00:34:42.650><c> twenty</c><00:34:43.070><c> six</c><00:34:43.329><c> through</c><00:34:43.889><c> faith</c><00:34:44.449><c> in</c>

00:34:44.889 --> 00:34:45.650
Christ<00:34:45.210><c> Jesus.</c>

00:34:45.710 --> 00:34:47.710
It's<00:34:46.030><c> really</c><00:34:46.250><c> through</c><00:34:46.429><c> the</c><00:34:46.690><c> faith</c><00:34:46.829><c> of</c><00:34:47.070><c> Christ</c><00:34:47.269><c> Jesus.</c>

00:34:48.190 --> 00:34:52.309
And<00:34:48.269><c> when</c><00:34:48.349><c> we</c><00:34:48.630><c> have</c><00:34:48.789><c> his</c><00:34:49.130><c> faith,</c><00:34:49.369><c> which</c><00:34:49.570><c> was</c><00:34:49.849><c> Abraham's</c><00:34:50.530><c> faith,</c><00:34:51.050><c> that's</c><00:34:51.750><c> the</c><00:34:51.949><c> mechanism.</c>

00:34:52.309 --> 00:34:56.769
That<00:34:52.610><c> is</c><00:34:52.889><c> the</c><00:34:53.210><c> one</c><00:34:53.670><c> central</c><00:34:54.349><c> constant</c><00:34:55.090><c> thing</c><00:34:55.349><c> that</c><00:34:55.769><c> incorporates</c><00:34:56.349><c> you</c><00:34:56.610><c> into</c>

00:34:56.769 --> 00:35:00.110
the<00:34:56.989><c> family</c><00:34:57.230><c> of</c><00:34:57.429><c> God,</c><00:34:58.010><c> not</c><00:34:58.309><c> circumcision,</c><00:34:59.329><c> not</c><00:34:59.650><c> baptism.</c>

00:35:00.389 --> 00:35:04.510
It's<00:35:00.510><c> that</c><00:35:00.869><c> everybody</c><00:35:01.449><c> had</c><00:35:01.909><c> the</c><00:35:02.309><c> faith,</c><00:35:02.949><c> the</c><00:35:03.210><c> faith</c><00:35:03.530><c> of</c><00:35:03.869><c> Christ</c><00:35:04.190><c> Jesus</c>

00:35:04.510 --> 00:35:05.590
or<00:35:04.690><c> the</c><00:35:04.869><c> faith</c><00:35:05.010><c> of</c><00:35:05.190><c> Abraham.</c>

00:35:05.949 --> 00:35:09.090
That<00:35:06.170><c> will</c><00:35:06.349><c> be</c><00:35:06.530><c> the</c><00:35:06.829><c> one</c><00:35:07.110><c> key</c><00:35:07.369><c> central</c><00:35:07.710><c> theme</c><00:35:08.030><c> that</c><00:35:08.429><c> everybody</c>

00:35:09.090 --> 00:35:11.530
that's<00:35:09.489><c> in</c><00:35:09.630><c> God's</c><00:35:10.030><c> family</c><00:35:10.250><c> will</c><00:35:10.469><c> have</c><00:35:10.590><c> been</c><00:35:10.869><c> saved</c><00:35:11.190><c> by.</c>

00:35:12.010 --> 00:35:15.889
And<00:35:12.150><c> for</c><00:35:12.409><c> our</c><00:35:12.610><c> age</c><00:35:12.869><c> today,</c><00:35:13.090><c> for</c><00:35:13.329><c> as</c><00:35:13.510><c> many</c><00:35:13.670><c> as</c><00:35:13.889><c> you</c><00:35:13.989><c> who</c><00:35:14.130><c> were</c><00:35:14.429><c> baptized</c><00:35:14.949><c> into</c><00:35:15.309><c> Christ</c><00:35:15.670><c> to</c>

00:35:15.889 --> 00:35:18.570
put<00:35:15.989><c> on</c><00:35:16.289><c> Christ,</c><00:35:16.849><c> neither</c><00:35:17.050><c> Jew</c><00:35:17.269><c> nor</c><00:35:17.570><c> Greek,</c><00:35:18.030><c> neither</c><00:35:18.269><c> slave</c>

00:35:18.570 --> 00:35:20.789
nor<00:35:18.869><c> free,</c><00:35:19.429><c> there's</c><00:35:19.670><c> neither</c><00:35:19.909><c> male</c><00:35:20.130><c> nor</c><00:35:20.349><c> female.</c>

00:35:20.789 --> 00:35:23.570
For<00:35:21.070><c> you</c><00:35:21.250><c> are</c><00:35:21.570><c> all</c><00:35:22.030><c> one</c><00:35:22.409><c> in</c><00:35:22.789><c> Christ</c><00:35:23.110><c> Jesus.</c>

00:35:23.849 --> 00:35:26.610
See,<00:35:24.090><c> that's</c><00:35:24.150><c> why</c><00:35:24.349><c> Galatians</c><00:35:24.829><c> three</c><00:35:25.070><c> is</c><00:35:25.230><c> all</c><00:35:25.409><c> about</c><00:35:25.570><c> this</c><00:35:25.889><c> one</c><00:35:26.230><c> idea.</c>

00:35:26.630 --> 00:35:30.010
There's<00:35:26.829><c> only</c><00:35:27.190><c> one</c><00:35:27.630><c> kind</c><00:35:27.949><c> of</c><00:35:28.269><c> seed,</c><00:35:29.050><c> which</c><00:35:29.150><c> is</c><00:35:29.349><c> Christ</c><00:35:29.650><c> Jesus.</c>

00:35:30.110 --> 00:35:33.570
And<00:35:30.369><c> all</c><00:35:30.610><c> of</c><00:35:30.750><c> us</c><00:35:30.909><c> have</c><00:35:31.090><c> to</c><00:35:31.230><c> get</c><00:35:31.369><c> into</c><00:35:31.750><c> him</c><00:35:32.230><c> as</c><00:35:32.750><c> Paul</c><00:35:33.030><c> ends</c><00:35:33.289><c> this</c>

00:35:33.570 --> 00:35:37.849
chapter,<00:35:34.010><c> that</c><00:35:34.130><c> if</c><00:35:34.389><c> you</c><00:35:34.610><c> are</c><00:35:34.849><c> Christ,</c><00:35:35.769><c> then</c><00:35:36.070><c> you</c><00:35:36.329><c> are</c><00:35:36.550><c> Abraham's</c><00:35:37.530><c> seed.</c>

00:35:38.050 --> 00:35:41.690
So<00:35:38.210><c> you're</c><00:35:38.510><c> part</c><00:35:38.789><c> of</c><00:35:39.010><c> the</c><00:35:39.170><c> seed</c><00:35:39.289><c> of</c><00:35:39.489><c> Abraham,</c><00:35:40.469><c> heirs</c><00:35:40.750><c> according</c><00:35:41.210><c> to</c><00:35:41.530><c> the</c>

00:35:41.690 --> 00:35:44.150
promise,<00:35:42.409><c> if</c><00:35:42.630><c> we</c><00:35:42.869><c> really</c><00:35:43.090><c> are</c><00:35:43.309><c> living</c><00:35:43.530><c> in</c><00:35:43.889><c> Christ.</c>

00:35:44.530 --> 00:35:45.809
So<00:35:44.730><c> that's</c><00:35:45.190><c> his</c><00:35:45.349><c> challenge.</c>

00:35:45.929 --> 00:35:48.429
That<00:35:46.190><c> was</c><00:35:46.469><c> the</c><00:35:46.710><c> gospel</c><00:35:47.130><c> that</c><00:35:47.369><c> Paul</c><00:35:47.590><c> set</c><00:35:47.809><c> out</c><00:35:47.969><c> to</c><00:35:48.190><c> preach.</c>

00:35:48.429 --> 00:35:52.250
The<00:35:49.510><c> promises</c><00:35:50.050><c> are</c><00:35:50.469><c> actually</c><00:35:50.929><c> part</c><00:35:51.190><c> of</c><00:35:51.389><c> Paul's</c><00:35:51.690><c> gospel,</c><00:35:52.130><c> the</c>

00:35:52.250 --> 00:35:53.010
gospel<00:35:52.550><c> of</c><00:35:52.769><c> grace.</c>

00:35:53.489 --> 00:35:56.889
You<00:35:53.630><c> see</c><00:35:53.829><c> this</c><00:35:54.150><c> in</c><00:35:54.570><c> Romans</c><00:35:54.929><c> chapter</c><00:35:55.349><c> four,</c><00:35:56.269><c> when</c><00:35:56.409><c> he</c><00:35:56.670><c> talked</c>

00:35:56.889 --> 00:35:59.909
about<00:35:57.289><c> the</c><00:35:57.710><c> whole</c><00:35:58.050><c> exposition</c><00:35:58.610><c> in</c><00:35:58.889><c> Romans</c><00:35:59.170><c> of</c><00:35:59.369><c> bringing</c><00:35:59.610><c> up</c>

00:35:59.909 --> 00:36:02.309
David<00:36:00.170><c> and</c><00:36:00.409><c> Abraham,</c><00:36:00.989><c> as</c><00:36:01.050><c> he</c><00:36:01.289><c> did</c><00:36:01.469><c> in</c><00:36:01.710><c> chapter</c><00:36:01.989><c> four,</c>

00:36:02.329 --> 00:36:05.570
giving<00:36:02.530><c> the</c><00:36:02.809><c> example</c><00:36:03.250><c> of</c><00:36:03.769><c> David,</c><00:36:04.510><c> who</c><00:36:04.630><c> had</c><00:36:04.869><c> committed</c><00:36:05.190><c> murder</c>

00:36:05.570 --> 00:36:08.909
and<00:36:05.849><c> adultery</c><00:36:06.289><c> for</c><00:36:06.510><c> which</c><00:36:06.730><c> there</c><00:36:06.949><c> was</c><00:36:07.250><c> no</c><00:36:07.869><c> sacrifice</c><00:36:08.610><c> under</c>

00:36:08.909 --> 00:36:10.429
the<00:36:09.130><c> law</c><00:36:09.329><c> that</c><00:36:09.510><c> you</c><00:36:09.630><c> could</c><00:36:09.769><c> ever</c><00:36:10.010><c> offer.</c>

00:36:10.849 --> 00:36:14.050
And<00:36:10.989><c> then</c><00:36:11.110><c> he</c><00:36:11.269><c> brings</c><00:36:11.510><c> up</c><00:36:11.849><c> Abraham</c><00:36:12.510><c> in</c><00:36:12.909><c> Romans</c><00:36:13.230><c> chapter</c><00:36:13.590><c> four</c>

00:36:14.050 --> 00:36:17.530
and<00:36:14.550><c> shows</c><00:36:14.829><c> that</c><00:36:15.150><c> Abraham</c><00:36:15.570><c> wasn't</c><00:36:15.909><c> saved</c><00:36:16.190><c> by</c><00:36:16.449><c> works</c><00:36:16.690><c> of</c><00:36:16.929><c> law</c><00:36:17.090><c> either,</c>

00:36:17.530 --> 00:36:20.329
because,<00:36:18.150><c> you</c><00:36:18.510><c> know,</c><00:36:18.710><c> as</c><00:36:18.849><c> he</c><00:36:19.070><c> reminds</c><00:36:19.369><c> the</c><00:36:19.730><c> Jewish</c><00:36:20.010><c> thinking,</c>

00:36:20.409 --> 00:36:24.590
this<00:36:20.610><c> is</c><00:36:20.789><c> the</c><00:36:20.909><c> wonderful</c><00:36:21.250><c> part</c><00:36:21.510><c> of</c><00:36:21.769><c> Paul,</c><00:36:22.250><c> he</c><00:36:22.449><c> knew</c><00:36:22.670><c> the</c><00:36:23.010><c> Jewish</c><00:36:23.230><c> argument</c><00:36:23.769><c> so</c><00:36:24.190><c> well.</c>

00:36:24.989 --> 00:36:27.269
It<00:36:24.989><c> was</c><00:36:25.170><c> just</c><00:36:25.329><c> like</c><00:36:25.610><c> he</c><00:36:25.809><c> just</c><00:36:26.090><c> like</c><00:36:26.369><c> cuts</c><00:36:26.570><c> right</c><00:36:26.869><c> through</c><00:36:27.090><c> all</c>

00:36:27.269 --> 00:36:27.750
their<00:36:27.429><c> thinking.</c>

00:36:28.070 --> 00:36:30.469
So<00:36:28.250><c> he</c><00:36:28.510><c> knew</c><00:36:28.690><c> that</c><00:36:28.969><c> when</c><00:36:29.250><c> you</c><00:36:29.409><c> mentioned</c><00:36:29.590><c> Abraham,</c><00:36:30.150><c> they'd</c><00:36:30.329><c> be</c>

00:36:30.469 --> 00:36:32.550
thinking<00:36:30.650><c> right</c><00:36:30.889><c> away</c><00:36:31.010><c> about</c><00:36:31.269><c> circumcision,</c><00:36:32.050><c> circumcision.</c>

00:36:32.710 --> 00:36:33.929
Yeah,<00:36:32.889><c> Abraham</c><00:36:33.130><c> was</c><00:36:33.469><c> circumcised.</c>

00:36:34.070 --> 00:36:37.010
And<00:36:34.550><c> then</c><00:36:34.809><c> Paul</c><00:36:35.010><c> lays</c><00:36:35.269><c> that</c><00:36:35.510><c> out</c><00:36:35.730><c> in</c><00:36:35.989><c> Romans</c><00:36:36.250><c> four</c><00:36:36.489><c> and</c><00:36:36.630><c> he</c><00:36:36.690><c> said,</c><00:36:36.909><c> all</c>

00:36:37.010 --> 00:36:37.789
right,<00:36:37.130><c> think</c><00:36:37.409><c> about</c><00:36:37.670><c> it.</c>

00:36:37.789 --> 00:36:38.690
When<00:36:37.949><c> was</c><00:36:38.110><c> Abraham</c><00:36:38.449><c> circumcised?</c>

00:36:39.110 --> 00:36:40.610
That<00:36:39.329><c> was</c><00:36:39.570><c> Genesis</c><00:36:39.989><c> 17.</c>

00:36:41.010 --> 00:36:44.349
And<00:36:41.269><c> when</c><00:36:41.469><c> did</c><00:36:41.630><c> God</c><00:36:41.889><c> say</c><00:36:42.349><c> that</c><00:36:42.690><c> it</c><00:36:42.869><c> was</c><00:36:43.269><c> counted</c><00:36:43.550><c> to</c><00:36:43.869><c> him</c><00:36:44.090><c> for</c>

00:36:44.349 --> 00:36:45.789
righteousness<00:36:44.730><c> because</c><00:36:45.010><c> he</c><00:36:45.269><c> believed</c><00:36:45.469><c> God?</c>

00:36:45.789 --> 00:36:48.289
Oh,<00:36:46.289><c> that</c><00:36:46.389><c> was</c><00:36:46.610><c> Genesis</c><00:36:47.050><c> 15,</c><00:36:47.789><c> wasn't</c><00:36:48.150><c> it?</c>

00:36:48.289 --> 00:36:49.610
Yeah,<00:36:48.510><c> that</c><00:36:48.610><c> was</c><00:36:48.789><c> a</c><00:36:48.889><c> little</c><00:36:49.030><c> bit</c><00:36:49.230><c> earlier.</c>

00:36:49.869 --> 00:36:52.449
And<00:36:50.030><c> he</c><00:36:50.130><c> doesn't</c><00:36:50.369><c> let</c><00:36:50.570><c> them</c><00:36:50.889><c> weasel</c><00:36:51.250><c> out</c><00:36:51.489><c> of</c><00:36:51.650><c> that</c><00:36:51.849><c> idea</c><00:36:52.250><c> that</c>

00:36:52.449 --> 00:36:54.949
it<00:36:52.590><c> was</c><00:36:52.909><c> circumcision,</c><00:36:53.489><c> that</c><00:36:53.710><c> Abraham</c><00:36:54.030><c> was</c><00:36:54.289><c> saved</c><00:36:54.449><c> by</c><00:36:54.710><c> works</c>

00:36:54.949 --> 00:36:55.929
that<00:36:55.190><c> way.</c>

00:36:56.090 --> 00:36:58.449
Yeah,<00:36:56.349><c> that</c><00:36:56.550><c> fulfilled</c><00:36:57.190><c> his</c><00:36:57.570><c> belief.</c>

00:36:58.489 --> 00:37:00.070
But<00:36:58.650><c> that's</c><00:36:59.469><c> that's</c><00:36:59.530><c> good</c><00:36:59.630><c> old</c><00:36:59.829><c> Paul.</c>

00:37:00.230 --> 00:37:02.150
You<00:37:00.289><c> see,</c><00:37:00.510><c> it</c><00:37:00.570><c> would</c><00:37:00.730><c> have</c><00:37:00.849><c> been</c><00:37:01.010><c> fun</c><00:37:01.190><c> to</c><00:37:01.389><c> have</c><00:37:01.469><c> him</c><00:37:01.690><c> around</c><00:37:01.949><c> to</c>

00:37:02.150 --> 00:37:04.050
talk<00:37:02.389><c> to</c><00:37:03.010><c> the</c><00:37:03.329><c> Judaizer</c><00:37:03.710><c> element.</c>

00:37:04.489 --> 00:37:06.489
He<00:37:04.730><c> would</c><00:37:04.989><c> take</c><00:37:05.170><c> Paul</c><00:37:05.389><c> with</c><00:37:05.630><c> you</c><00:37:05.710><c> because</c><00:37:05.849><c> he</c><00:37:06.030><c> knew</c><00:37:06.170><c> all</c><00:37:06.349><c> their</c>

00:37:06.489 --> 00:37:07.849
thinking<00:37:06.769><c> so</c><00:37:07.110><c> well.</c>

00:37:07.889 --> 00:37:13.530
So<00:37:08.130><c> in</c><00:37:08.309><c> Romans</c><00:37:08.610><c> four,</c><00:37:09.030><c> then,</c><00:37:09.110><c> when</c><00:37:09.230><c> he</c><00:37:09.409><c> talks</c><00:37:09.610><c> about</c><00:37:09.969><c> David</c><00:37:10.429><c> and</c><00:37:10.690><c> then</c><00:37:10.909><c> Abraham</c><00:37:11.329><c> and</c><00:37:11.710><c> lays</c><00:37:11.989><c> that</c><00:37:12.309><c> out</c><00:37:12.610><c> for</c><00:37:12.949><c> folks</c><00:37:13.289><c> to</c>

00:37:13.530 --> 00:37:15.250
look<00:37:13.710><c> at</c><00:37:14.030><c> as</c><00:37:14.250><c> to</c><00:37:14.429><c> the</c><00:37:14.590><c> Jewish</c><00:37:14.829><c> mind,</c>

00:37:15.250 --> 00:37:17.889
he<00:37:15.570><c> says,</c><00:37:15.869><c> look,</c><00:37:16.530><c> therefore,</c><00:37:17.150><c> it's</c><00:37:17.289><c> a</c><00:37:17.590><c> faith.</c>

00:37:18.269 --> 00:37:20.909
See,<00:37:18.530><c> this</c><00:37:18.769><c> is</c><00:37:18.949><c> what</c><00:37:19.150><c> God's</c><00:37:19.630><c> looking</c><00:37:19.809><c> for</c><00:37:20.090><c> in</c><00:37:20.269><c> all</c><00:37:20.510><c> of</c><00:37:20.670><c> us.</c>

00:37:21.070 --> 00:37:22.929
He<00:37:21.269><c> wants</c><00:37:21.530><c> us</c><00:37:21.730><c> to</c><00:37:21.909><c> have</c><00:37:22.050><c> the</c><00:37:22.250><c> faith</c><00:37:22.389><c> of</c><00:37:22.550><c> Abraham.</c>

00:37:23.349 --> 00:37:25.070
So<00:37:23.510><c> that's</c><00:37:23.610><c> why</c><00:37:23.769><c> we</c><00:37:23.989><c> study</c><00:37:24.190><c> Abraham</c><00:37:24.590><c> this</c><00:37:24.909><c> week.</c>

00:37:25.130 --> 00:37:26.429
We<00:37:25.329><c> got</c><00:37:25.550><c> to</c><00:37:25.730><c> have</c><00:37:25.869><c> that</c><00:37:26.170><c> faith.</c>

00:37:26.929 --> 00:37:28.869
That<00:37:27.190><c> is</c><00:37:27.550><c> the</c><00:37:27.769><c> faith</c><00:37:28.130><c> that</c><00:37:28.530><c> saves.</c>

00:37:29.090 --> 00:37:32.329
When<00:37:29.170><c> you</c><00:37:29.389><c> believe</c><00:37:29.829><c> God,</c><00:37:30.429><c> no</c><00:37:30.489><c> matter</c><00:37:30.730><c> what,</c><00:37:31.590><c> as</c><00:37:31.769><c> James</c><00:37:32.110><c> would</c>

00:37:32.329 --> 00:37:35.130
call<00:37:32.429><c> that</c><00:37:32.789><c> single</c><00:37:33.090><c> mindedness,</c><00:37:33.769><c> you</c><00:37:33.909><c> don't</c><00:37:34.130><c> one</c><00:37:34.369><c> day</c><00:37:34.570><c> say,</c><00:37:34.769><c> oh,</c><00:37:34.969><c> I</c>

00:37:35.130 --> 00:37:36.409
believe<00:37:35.309><c> what</c><00:37:35.449><c> God's</c><00:37:35.809><c> doing</c><00:37:35.909><c> in</c><00:37:36.050><c> my</c><00:37:36.250><c> life.</c>

00:37:36.449 --> 00:37:39.090
And<00:37:36.550><c> then</c><00:37:36.690><c> the</c><00:37:36.829><c> next</c><00:37:37.070><c> day</c><00:37:37.170><c> we</c><00:37:37.409><c> waver</c><00:37:37.710><c> and</c><00:37:37.809><c> we</c><00:37:37.949><c> say,</c><00:37:38.110><c> well,</c><00:37:38.670><c> maybe</c><00:37:38.889><c> that</c>

00:37:39.090 --> 00:37:40.530
just<00:37:39.309><c> happened</c><00:37:39.630><c> as</c><00:37:39.909><c> a</c><00:37:40.070><c> statistic.</c>

00:37:40.730 --> 00:37:43.010
You<00:37:40.730><c> know,</c><00:37:41.210><c> maybe</c><00:37:41.429><c> we</c><00:37:41.610><c> had</c><00:37:41.750><c> an</c><00:37:41.969><c> accident</c><00:37:42.409><c> and</c><00:37:42.590><c> we're</c><00:37:42.750><c> one</c><00:37:42.889><c> of</c>

00:37:43.010 --> 00:37:43.530
the<00:37:43.250><c> stats.</c>

00:37:43.530 --> 00:37:46.429
So<00:37:43.650><c> maybe</c><00:37:43.929><c> we've</c><00:37:44.250><c> gotten</c><00:37:44.429><c> sick</c><00:37:44.829><c> and</c><00:37:44.969><c> we're</c><00:37:45.110><c> one</c><00:37:45.250><c> of</c><00:37:45.349><c> the</c><00:37:45.530><c> statistics</c><00:37:46.030><c> that's</c><00:37:46.309><c> out</c>

00:37:46.429 --> 00:37:49.190
there<00:37:46.610><c> because,</c><00:37:47.269><c> you</c><00:37:47.369><c> know,</c><00:37:47.690><c> forty</c><00:37:47.969><c> two</c><00:37:48.170><c> point</c><00:37:48.349><c> three</c><00:37:48.610><c> percent</c><00:37:48.909><c> of</c><00:37:49.030><c> the</c>

00:37:49.190 --> 00:37:50.210
people<00:37:49.349><c> get</c><00:37:49.550><c> this</c><00:37:49.769><c> or</c><00:37:49.989><c> that.</c>

00:37:50.550 --> 00:37:52.269
That's<00:37:51.010><c> not</c><00:37:51.210><c> single</c><00:37:51.510><c> mindedness.</c>

00:37:52.409 --> 00:37:58.610
Single<00:37:52.710><c> mindedness</c><00:37:53.389><c> believes,</c><00:37:54.469><c> believes</c><00:37:55.110><c> to</c><00:37:55.489><c> the</c><00:37:55.989><c> to</c><00:37:56.110><c> the</c><00:37:56.449><c> nth</c><00:37:56.690><c> degree</c><00:37:57.170><c> that</c><00:37:57.889><c> God</c><00:37:58.309><c> is</c>

00:37:58.610 --> 00:38:01.670
in<00:37:58.849><c> control</c><00:37:59.269><c> and</c><00:37:59.510><c> that</c><00:37:59.789><c> God</c><00:38:00.070><c> is</c><00:38:00.409><c> bringing</c><00:38:00.670><c> these</c><00:38:01.050><c> things</c><00:38:01.369><c> into</c>

00:38:01.670 --> 00:38:04.889
our<00:38:01.969><c> life</c><00:38:02.230><c> because</c><00:38:02.550><c> he's</c><00:38:02.829><c> trying</c><00:38:03.210><c> to</c><00:38:03.610><c> shape</c><00:38:03.829><c> us</c><00:38:04.190><c> and</c><00:38:04.429><c> mold</c><00:38:04.630><c> us</c>

00:38:04.889 --> 00:38:05.650
like<00:38:05.170><c> stones.</c>

00:38:05.989 --> 00:38:09.130
Get<00:38:06.110><c> us</c><00:38:06.389><c> ready</c><00:38:06.610><c> in</c><00:38:06.809><c> the</c><00:38:06.989><c> quarry</c><00:38:07.309><c> that</c><00:38:07.449><c> he</c><00:38:07.650><c> can</c><00:38:07.909><c> slide</c><00:38:08.429><c> us</c><00:38:08.710><c> into</c>

00:38:09.130 --> 00:38:10.550
eternal<00:38:09.590><c> life</c><00:38:09.889><c> in</c><00:38:10.070><c> his</c><00:38:10.250><c> family.</c>

00:38:10.789 --> 00:38:11.809
That's<00:38:11.030><c> what</c><00:38:11.110><c> he's</c><00:38:11.369><c> trying</c><00:38:11.469><c> to</c><00:38:11.650><c> do.</c>

00:38:11.809 --> 00:38:13.929
And<00:38:12.349><c> so</c><00:38:12.730><c> that's</c><00:38:13.110><c> what</c><00:38:13.250><c> we</c><00:38:13.449><c> have</c><00:38:13.570><c> to</c><00:38:13.769><c> have.</c>

00:38:14.030 --> 00:38:15.630
We<00:38:14.050><c> have</c><00:38:14.210><c> to</c><00:38:14.369><c> have</c><00:38:14.369><c> the</c><00:38:14.730><c> faith</c><00:38:15.030><c> of</c><00:38:15.309><c> Abraham.</c>

00:38:15.690 --> 00:38:16.909
So<00:38:15.829><c> that's</c><00:38:16.070><c> what</c><00:38:16.150><c> comes</c><00:38:16.369><c> from</c><00:38:16.650><c> us.</c>

00:38:17.289 --> 00:38:18.909
We<00:38:17.630><c> have</c><00:38:17.849><c> to</c><00:38:18.090><c> exhibit</c><00:38:18.329><c> that</c><00:38:18.690><c> faith.</c>

00:38:19.210 --> 00:38:23.690
And<00:38:19.449><c> when</c><00:38:19.690><c> we</c><00:38:20.030><c> do</c><00:38:20.289><c> that,</c><00:38:21.010><c> then</c><00:38:21.309><c> it's</c><00:38:22.090><c> according</c><00:38:22.369><c> to</c><00:38:22.710><c> God's</c><00:38:23.309><c> grace.</c>

00:38:24.190 --> 00:38:29.170
There's<00:38:24.489><c> Paul's</c><00:38:25.050><c> gospel</c><00:38:25.329><c> of</c><00:38:25.650><c> grace</c><00:38:26.110><c> so</c><00:38:26.530><c> that</c><00:38:26.829><c> God</c><00:38:27.190><c> just</c><00:38:27.730><c> freely</c><00:38:28.469><c> gives</c>

00:38:29.170 --> 00:38:31.989
us<00:38:30.110><c> eternal</c><00:38:30.489><c> life,</c><00:38:31.349><c> forgives</c><00:38:31.730><c> us.</c>

00:38:32.150 --> 00:38:37.170
He<00:38:32.329><c> extends</c><00:38:32.550><c> mercy</c><00:38:33.030><c> and</c><00:38:33.389><c> forgives</c><00:38:33.829><c> us</c><00:38:34.010><c> of</c><00:38:34.250><c> all</c><00:38:34.489><c> our</c><00:38:34.789><c> sins</c><00:38:35.110><c> because</c><00:38:35.849><c> we're</c><00:38:36.329><c> showing</c><00:38:36.610><c> him</c>

00:38:37.170 --> 00:38:40.570
the<00:38:37.710><c> faith</c><00:38:37.989><c> of</c><00:38:38.210><c> Abraham,</c><00:38:38.849><c> believing</c><00:38:39.250><c> that</c><00:38:39.570><c> God</c><00:38:39.750><c> is</c><00:38:39.929><c> in</c><00:38:40.110><c> control.</c>

00:38:40.570 --> 00:38:43.670
God's<00:38:41.130><c> changing</c><00:38:41.469><c> us</c><00:38:41.769><c> and</c><00:38:42.070><c> he's</c><00:38:42.289><c> going</c><00:38:42.449><c> to</c><00:38:42.730><c> shape</c><00:38:42.869><c> us</c><00:38:43.210><c> into</c><00:38:43.429><c> the</c>

00:38:43.670 --> 00:38:46.590
image<00:38:43.989><c> of</c><00:38:44.230><c> Jesus</c><00:38:44.570><c> Christ</c><00:38:45.010><c> so</c><00:38:45.489><c> that</c><00:38:45.710><c> we</c><00:38:45.889><c> really</c><00:38:46.130><c> will</c><00:38:46.289><c> be</c><00:38:46.409><c> part</c>

00:38:46.590 --> 00:38:47.750
of<00:38:46.710><c> his</c><00:38:46.909><c> family.</c>

00:38:47.829 --> 00:38:49.809
And<00:38:47.969><c> so</c><00:38:48.409><c> that's</c><00:38:48.730><c> what</c><00:38:48.909><c> God</c><00:38:49.130><c> does</c><00:38:49.349><c> to</c><00:38:49.590><c> us.</c>

00:38:49.949 --> 00:38:53.769
It's<00:38:50.130><c> according</c><00:38:50.409><c> to</c><00:38:50.690><c> his</c><00:38:50.929><c> grace</c><00:38:51.469><c> so</c><00:38:52.150><c> that</c><00:38:52.409><c> the</c><00:38:52.829><c> promise</c><00:38:53.409><c> might</c>

00:38:53.769 --> 00:38:55.789
be<00:38:54.250><c> sure</c><00:38:54.570><c> to</c><00:38:54.929><c> all</c><00:38:55.190><c> the</c><00:38:55.449><c> seed.</c>

00:38:56.090 --> 00:38:57.789
See,<00:38:56.309><c> this</c><00:38:56.570><c> is</c><00:38:56.730><c> how</c><00:38:56.929><c> Paul</c><00:38:57.230><c> sees</c><00:38:57.550><c> it.</c>

00:38:57.949 --> 00:38:58.949
We<00:38:58.250><c> do</c><00:38:58.389><c> the</c><00:38:58.710><c> faith.</c>

00:38:59.170 --> 00:39:05.269
God<00:38:59.429><c> extends</c><00:38:59.929><c> the</c><00:39:00.409><c> grace</c><00:39:00.909><c> because</c><00:39:01.590><c> it's</c><00:39:02.130><c> his</c><00:39:02.610><c> promise</c><00:39:03.349><c> to</c><00:39:04.070><c> everybody</c><00:39:04.849><c> who</c>

00:39:05.269 --> 00:39:06.909
is<00:39:05.570><c> of</c><00:39:05.809><c> the</c><00:39:06.070><c> seed</c><00:39:06.190><c> of</c><00:39:06.409><c> Abraham.</c>

00:39:06.909 --> 00:39:12.429
The<00:39:07.469><c> seed</c><00:39:07.730><c> of</c><00:39:07.949><c> Abraham</c><00:39:08.369><c> isn't</c><00:39:08.690><c> just</c><00:39:08.949><c> that</c><00:39:09.130><c> you're</c><00:39:09.230><c> one</c><00:39:09.429><c> of</c><00:39:09.590><c> Abraham's</c><00:39:10.349><c> descendants</c><00:39:10.869><c> by</c><00:39:11.409><c> nature.</c>

00:39:12.550 --> 00:39:14.449
And<00:39:12.630><c> he</c><00:39:12.769><c> deals</c><00:39:13.010><c> with</c><00:39:13.230><c> that</c><00:39:13.369><c> later</c><00:39:13.610><c> on</c><00:39:13.789><c> in</c><00:39:13.929><c> Romans</c><00:39:14.170><c> 9.</c>

00:39:14.550 --> 00:39:16.670
He<00:39:14.550><c> says,</c><00:39:14.949><c> look,</c><00:39:14.949><c> Abraham</c><00:39:15.289><c> had</c><00:39:15.489><c> two</c><00:39:15.750><c> children</c><00:39:16.190><c> through</c><00:39:16.449><c> two</c>

00:39:16.670 --> 00:39:17.349
different<00:39:16.889><c> wives.</c>

00:39:17.670 --> 00:39:19.289
He<00:39:17.769><c> had</c><00:39:18.010><c> Ishmael</c><00:39:18.570><c> and</c><00:39:18.670><c> he</c><00:39:18.730><c> had</c><00:39:18.929><c> Isaac.</c>

00:39:19.449 --> 00:39:22.869
So<00:39:19.710><c> look,</c><00:39:20.070><c> you</c><00:39:20.210><c> already</c><00:39:20.710><c> know</c><00:39:21.150><c> it</c><00:39:21.309><c> isn't</c><00:39:21.630><c> all</c><00:39:21.949><c> of</c><00:39:22.150><c> Abraham's</c>

00:39:22.869 --> 00:39:27.269
natural<00:39:23.130><c> seed</c><00:39:23.469><c> because</c><00:39:23.809><c> you</c><00:39:23.989><c> realize</c><00:39:24.389><c> Ishmael</c><00:39:25.949><c> was</c><00:39:26.170><c> cast</c><00:39:26.510><c> off.</c>

00:39:27.309 --> 00:39:29.650
So<00:39:27.309><c> Paul</c><00:39:27.909><c> later</c><00:39:28.250><c> on</c><00:39:28.429><c> says,</c><00:39:28.630><c> you</c><00:39:28.829><c> got</c><00:39:29.110><c> the</c><00:39:29.269><c> idea.</c>

00:39:29.670 --> 00:39:30.550
You<00:39:29.809><c> know</c><00:39:29.909><c> how</c><00:39:30.050><c> this</c><00:39:30.289><c> works.</c>

00:39:30.690 --> 00:39:34.010
Not<00:39:30.969><c> everybody</c><00:39:31.469><c> who's</c><00:39:31.650><c> of</c><00:39:31.869><c> Abraham</c><00:39:32.230><c> is</c><00:39:32.550><c> really</c><00:39:33.409><c> a</c><00:39:33.630><c> descendant</c>

00:39:34.010 --> 00:39:34.570
of<00:39:34.210><c> Abraham.</c>

00:39:34.650 --> 00:39:36.250
So<00:39:34.809><c> you're</c><00:39:34.949><c> not</c><00:39:35.050><c> really</c><00:39:35.269><c> of</c><00:39:35.389><c> the</c><00:39:35.610><c> seed</c><00:39:35.789><c> of</c><00:39:36.010><c> Abraham.</c>

00:39:36.250 --> 00:39:38.929
And<00:39:36.730><c> then</c><00:39:36.909><c> if</c><00:39:37.030><c> you</c><00:39:37.230><c> think,</c><00:39:37.449><c> well,</c><00:39:37.670><c> that's</c><00:39:37.969><c> just</c><00:39:38.170><c> because</c><00:39:38.469><c> there</c><00:39:38.610><c> was</c>

00:39:38.929 --> 00:39:41.010
Sarah<00:39:39.190><c> Hagar</c><00:39:39.590><c> involved</c><00:39:40.090><c> in</c><00:39:40.389><c> Romans</c><00:39:40.730><c> 9.</c>

00:39:41.050 --> 00:39:43.070
He<00:39:41.170><c> goes</c><00:39:41.269><c> on</c><00:39:41.489><c> and</c><00:39:41.570><c> says,</c><00:39:41.769><c> all</c><00:39:41.949><c> right,</c><00:39:42.030><c> what</c><00:39:42.170><c> about</c><00:39:42.309><c> the</c><00:39:42.510><c> next</c><00:39:42.769><c> line?</c>

00:39:43.389 --> 00:39:46.690
Well,<00:39:43.550><c> the</c><00:39:43.690><c> next</c><00:39:43.969><c> family</c><00:39:44.269><c> is</c><00:39:44.550><c> Isaac</c><00:39:44.929><c> and</c><00:39:45.570><c> Isaac</c><00:39:45.969><c> and</c><00:39:46.309><c> Rebecca,</c>

00:39:46.829 --> 00:39:48.329
only<00:39:47.170><c> one</c><00:39:47.489><c> man,</c><00:39:47.869><c> one</c><00:39:48.090><c> woman.</c>

00:39:48.389 --> 00:39:50.889
And<00:39:48.610><c> she's</c><00:39:48.949><c> got</c><00:39:49.150><c> twins</c><00:39:49.570><c> inside</c><00:39:50.130><c> her.</c>

00:39:50.949 --> 00:39:54.909
And<00:39:51.010><c> God</c><00:39:51.309><c> shows,</c><00:39:52.570><c> I</c><00:39:52.750><c> think</c><00:39:52.889><c> he</c><00:39:53.250><c> chose</c><00:39:53.469><c> Jacob</c><00:39:53.969><c> and</c><00:39:54.349><c> he</c><00:39:54.590><c> didn't</c>

00:39:54.909 --> 00:39:56.170
choose<00:39:55.570><c> Esau.</c>

00:39:56.570 --> 00:39:59.449
So<00:39:56.829><c> it's</c><00:39:57.250><c> like</c><00:39:57.530><c> it's</c><00:39:57.989><c> God's</c><00:39:58.409><c> election</c><00:39:58.710><c> that</c><00:39:58.869><c> he</c><00:39:59.030><c> deals</c><00:39:59.210><c> with</c>

00:39:59.449 --> 00:40:00.570
in<00:39:59.630><c> Romans</c><00:39:59.849><c> chapter</c><00:40:00.230><c> 9.</c>

00:40:00.710 --> 00:40:05.090
And<00:40:00.929><c> it's</c><00:40:01.210><c> for</c><00:40:01.449><c> those</c><00:40:01.809><c> people</c><00:40:02.289><c> that</c><00:40:02.510><c> are</c><00:40:02.670><c> of</c><00:40:02.849><c> the</c><00:40:03.230><c> seed</c><00:40:03.610><c> of</c><00:40:03.909><c> Abraham,</c><00:40:04.889><c> not</c>

00:40:05.090 --> 00:40:06.090
natural<00:40:05.489><c> descendants.</c>

00:40:06.090 --> 00:40:09.090
Spiritual<00:40:06.750><c> descendants</c><00:40:07.230><c> because</c><00:40:07.630><c> we</c><00:40:07.909><c> walk</c><00:40:08.150><c> in</c><00:40:08.369><c> the</c><00:40:08.570><c> steps</c><00:40:08.809><c> of</c>

00:40:09.090 --> 00:40:09.809
faith<00:40:09.269><c> of</c><00:40:09.469><c> Abraham.</c>

00:40:10.250 --> 00:40:12.789
So<00:40:10.289><c> that's</c><00:40:10.570><c> the</c><00:40:10.650><c> way</c><00:40:10.829><c> he</c><00:40:10.869><c> ends</c><00:40:11.130><c> up</c><00:40:11.530><c> Romans</c><00:40:11.849><c> 13</c><00:40:12.309><c> right</c><00:40:12.570><c> there.</c>

00:40:13.050 --> 00:40:16.530
But<00:40:13.130><c> it's</c><00:40:13.389><c> not</c><00:40:13.570><c> only</c><00:40:13.869><c> to</c><00:40:14.190><c> those</c><00:40:14.630><c> who</c><00:40:14.829><c> are</c><00:40:14.869><c> of</c><00:40:14.969><c> the</c><00:40:15.190><c> law,</c><00:40:15.489><c> but</c><00:40:15.690><c> also</c><00:40:16.289><c> to</c>

00:40:16.530 --> 00:40:19.690
those<00:40:16.809><c> who</c><00:40:17.050><c> are</c><00:40:17.250><c> of</c><00:40:17.369><c> the</c><00:40:17.630><c> faith</c><00:40:17.989><c> of</c><00:40:18.309><c> Abraham,</c><00:40:18.909><c> who</c><00:40:18.949><c> is</c><00:40:19.090><c> the</c><00:40:19.250><c> father</c><00:40:19.510><c> of</c>

00:40:19.690 --> 00:40:20.610
us<00:40:19.889><c> all.</c>

00:40:20.869 --> 00:40:23.250
So<00:40:20.869><c> whether</c><00:40:21.110><c> you</c><00:40:21.329><c> were</c><00:40:21.469><c> living</c><00:40:21.670><c> under</c><00:40:21.929><c> that</c><00:40:22.170><c> Jewish</c><00:40:22.469><c> law</c><00:40:22.869><c> back</c>

00:40:23.250 --> 00:40:27.030
in<00:40:23.409><c> that</c><00:40:23.650><c> time</c><00:40:23.829><c> when</c><00:40:23.969><c> the</c><00:40:24.090><c> law</c><00:40:24.269><c> came</c><00:40:24.530><c> in</c><00:40:24.769><c> or</c><00:40:24.969><c> whether</c><00:40:25.210><c> you're</c><00:40:25.469><c> living</c><00:40:25.789><c> now</c><00:40:26.250><c> as</c><00:40:26.469><c> a</c><00:40:26.590><c> Gentile,</c>

00:40:27.070 --> 00:40:30.969
it<00:40:27.230><c> doesn't</c><00:40:27.530><c> really</c><00:40:27.829><c> matter</c><00:40:28.250><c> because</c><00:40:28.849><c> the</c><00:40:29.309><c> overriding</c><00:40:29.909><c> principle</c><00:40:30.449><c> all</c>

00:40:30.969 --> 00:40:35.210
along<00:40:31.349><c> was</c><00:40:31.929><c> that</c><00:40:32.550><c> God</c><00:40:32.949><c> will</c><00:40:33.369><c> save</c><00:40:33.710><c> his</c><00:40:34.070><c> family</c><00:40:34.489><c> by</c><00:40:34.869><c> faith.</c>

00:40:35.210 --> 00:40:38.329
And<00:40:35.769><c> if</c><00:40:35.949><c> it</c><00:40:36.110><c> didn't</c><00:40:36.389><c> happen</c><00:40:36.750><c> by</c><00:40:36.969><c> the</c><00:40:37.130><c> law,</c><00:40:37.489><c> if</c><00:40:37.610><c> the</c><00:40:37.789><c> law</c><00:40:37.969><c> didn't</c>

00:40:38.329 --> 00:40:41.750
generate<00:40:38.829><c> you</c><00:40:39.070><c> up</c><00:40:39.309><c> to</c><00:40:39.550><c> level</c><00:40:39.809><c> two</c><00:40:40.230><c> to</c><00:40:40.369><c> where</c><00:40:40.550><c> you</c><00:40:40.769><c> learn</c><00:40:40.909><c> to</c><00:40:41.150><c> live</c><00:40:41.230><c> by</c><00:40:41.570><c> faith,</c>

00:40:42.050 --> 00:40:44.349
you<00:40:42.210><c> could</c><00:40:42.389><c> go</c><00:40:42.590><c> through</c><00:40:42.809><c> that</c><00:40:43.030><c> law</c><00:40:43.289><c> every</c><00:40:43.670><c> day</c><00:40:43.829><c> of</c><00:40:43.989><c> your</c><00:40:44.170><c> life,</c>

00:40:44.449 --> 00:40:47.769
all<00:40:44.610><c> your</c><00:40:44.829><c> life</c><00:40:45.050><c> long,</c><00:40:45.230><c> get</c><00:40:45.369><c> all</c><00:40:45.610><c> done</c><00:40:45.929><c> and</c><00:40:46.210><c> not</c><00:40:46.389><c> be</c><00:40:46.590><c> saved</c><00:40:46.809><c> because</c><00:40:47.510><c> it</c>

00:40:47.769 --> 00:40:49.230
didn't<00:40:48.230><c> generate</c><00:40:48.769><c> faith.</c>

00:40:49.650 --> 00:40:51.510
And<00:40:49.829><c> that's</c><00:40:50.349><c> Paul's</c><00:40:50.670><c> argument</c><00:40:50.969><c> in</c><00:40:51.090><c> his</c><00:40:51.230><c> letters.</c>

00:40:51.750 --> 00:40:54.769
We<00:40:51.989><c> have</c><00:40:52.230><c> examples</c><00:40:52.590><c> of</c><00:40:52.809><c> that</c><00:40:52.949><c> where</c><00:40:53.110><c> a</c><00:40:53.230><c> whole</c><00:40:53.389><c> generation</c><00:40:53.989><c> didn't</c><00:40:54.389><c> go</c>

00:40:54.769 --> 00:40:58.650
in<00:40:54.989><c> because</c><00:40:55.369><c> it</c><00:40:55.750><c> didn't</c><00:40:56.269><c> generate</c><00:40:56.889><c> faith</c><00:40:57.329><c> in</c><00:40:57.489><c> those</c><00:40:57.670><c> who</c><00:40:57.889><c> heard.</c>

00:40:58.769 --> 00:41:01.329
And<00:40:59.030><c> that's</c><00:40:59.489><c> our</c><00:40:59.710><c> warning</c><00:40:59.929><c> for</c><00:41:00.150><c> us</c><00:41:00.329><c> today</c><00:41:00.590><c> is</c><00:41:00.769><c> that</c><00:41:00.969><c> we</c><00:41:01.210><c> have</c>

00:41:01.329 --> 00:41:03.909
to<00:41:01.510><c> have</c><00:41:01.670><c> something</c><00:41:02.010><c> which</c><00:41:02.230><c> will</c><00:41:02.489><c> generate</c><00:41:02.969><c> faith</c><00:41:03.389><c> in</c><00:41:03.650><c> us.</c>

00:41:03.909 --> 00:41:06.510
And<00:41:04.269><c> that's</c><00:41:04.510><c> why</c><00:41:04.690><c> we're</c><00:41:04.889><c> here</c><00:41:05.070><c> this</c><00:41:05.329><c> week</c><00:41:05.610><c> for</c><00:41:05.909><c> ourselves</c><00:41:06.369><c> and</c>

00:41:06.510 --> 00:41:07.730
for<00:41:06.710><c> our</c><00:41:06.869><c> kids.</c>

00:41:07.989 --> 00:41:10.369
Now,<00:41:08.349><c> why</c><00:41:08.530><c> do</c><00:41:08.670><c> we</c><00:41:08.809><c> call</c><00:41:08.969><c> them</c><00:41:09.130><c> the</c><00:41:09.449><c> promises</c><00:41:09.789><c> to</c><00:41:10.050><c> Abraham?</c>

00:41:10.590 --> 00:41:12.230
You<00:41:10.769><c> know,</c><00:41:10.769><c> why</c><00:41:10.869><c> don't</c><00:41:10.989><c> we</c><00:41:11.409><c> use</c><00:41:11.610><c> other</c><00:41:11.849><c> terms?</c>

00:41:12.230 --> 00:41:13.469
We<00:41:12.449><c> call</c><00:41:12.590><c> it</c><00:41:12.710><c> the</c><00:41:13.070><c> promises.</c>

00:41:13.929 --> 00:41:17.210
And<00:41:14.110><c> why</c><00:41:14.309><c> did</c><00:41:14.489><c> God</c><00:41:14.789><c> emphasize</c><00:41:15.510><c> that</c><00:41:15.789><c> idea</c><00:41:16.230><c> that</c><00:41:16.449><c> through</c><00:41:16.690><c> two</c>

00:41:17.210 --> 00:41:20.250
immutable<00:41:17.690><c> things</c><00:41:18.230><c> in</c><00:41:18.429><c> which</c><00:41:18.550><c> it's</c><00:41:18.829><c> impossible</c><00:41:19.309><c> for</c><00:41:19.570><c> God</c><00:41:19.750><c> to</c><00:41:19.989><c> lie,</c>

00:41:20.369 --> 00:41:23.309
through<00:41:20.510><c> the</c><00:41:20.829><c> promises</c><00:41:21.210><c> and</c><00:41:21.530><c> the</c><00:41:21.789><c> oath</c><00:41:22.070><c> that</c><00:41:22.610><c> we</c><00:41:22.869><c> have</c><00:41:23.030><c> now</c>

00:41:23.309 --> 00:41:24.750
been<00:41:23.530><c> given</c><00:41:23.690><c> salvation?</c>

00:41:25.389 --> 00:41:28.030
Well,<00:41:25.869><c> you</c><00:41:26.349><c> can</c><00:41:26.650><c> see</c><00:41:26.730><c> what</c><00:41:26.969><c> happened</c><00:41:27.150><c> to</c><00:41:27.349><c> the</c><00:41:27.510><c> Jewish</c><00:41:27.750><c> mind.</c>

00:41:28.130 --> 00:41:30.869
When<00:41:28.329><c> God</c><00:41:28.630><c> lays</c><00:41:28.929><c> out</c><00:41:29.230><c> for</c><00:41:29.369><c> us</c><00:41:29.570><c> the</c><00:41:29.710><c> way</c><00:41:29.769><c> he</c><00:41:29.929><c> wants</c><00:41:30.150><c> us</c><00:41:30.369><c> to</c><00:41:30.550><c> live,</c>

00:41:31.329 --> 00:41:33.789
inevitably<00:41:31.710><c> we</c><00:41:32.010><c> want</c><00:41:32.190><c> to</c><00:41:32.289><c> go</c><00:41:32.449><c> home</c><00:41:32.730><c> and</c><00:41:33.010><c> create</c><00:41:33.250><c> checklists.</c>

00:41:33.789 --> 00:41:35.889
We<00:41:33.969><c> want</c><00:41:34.170><c> to</c><00:41:34.250><c> go</c><00:41:34.429><c> through</c><00:41:34.650><c> and</c><00:41:34.769><c> say,</c><00:41:35.070><c> well,</c><00:41:35.070><c> if</c><00:41:35.170><c> I</c><00:41:35.269><c> do</c><00:41:35.449><c> this,</c><00:41:35.750><c> if</c>

00:41:35.889 --> 00:41:38.110
I<00:41:36.010><c> go</c><00:41:36.150><c> to</c><00:41:36.289><c> Bible</c><00:41:36.550><c> class</c><00:41:36.889><c> Wednesday</c><00:41:37.190><c> night,</c><00:41:37.550><c> if</c><00:41:37.710><c> I</c><00:41:37.750><c> go</c><00:41:37.909><c> to</c>

00:41:38.110 --> 00:41:38.590
Sunday<00:41:38.309><c> school,</c>

00:41:38.630 --> 00:41:41.070
if<00:41:38.789><c> I</c><00:41:38.969><c> attend</c><00:41:39.110><c> the</c><00:41:39.369><c> CUSD,</c><00:41:39.789><c> I</c><00:41:39.889><c> get</c><00:41:40.050><c> involved,</c><00:41:40.289><c> I</c><00:41:40.550><c> join</c><00:41:40.730><c> the</c><00:41:40.929><c> hall</c>

00:41:41.070 --> 00:41:41.690
cleaning<00:41:41.389><c> team.</c>

00:41:41.809 --> 00:41:43.590
Wow,<00:41:42.369><c> that's</c><00:41:42.869><c> a</c><00:41:42.909><c> good</c><00:41:43.090><c> one,</c><00:41:43.269><c> you</c><00:41:43.469><c> see.</c>

00:41:43.789 --> 00:41:45.829
And<00:41:43.949><c> we</c><00:41:44.170><c> start</c><00:41:44.369><c> all</c><00:41:44.590><c> these</c><00:41:44.809><c> different</c><00:41:45.030><c> things</c><00:41:45.309><c> like</c><00:41:45.590><c> that.</c>

00:41:45.929 --> 00:41:47.989
And<00:41:46.050><c> we</c><00:41:46.230><c> start</c><00:41:46.429><c> piling</c><00:41:46.789><c> them</c><00:41:46.969><c> all</c><00:41:47.130><c> up</c><00:41:47.309><c> thinking,</c><00:41:47.590><c> well,</c><00:41:47.730><c> if</c><00:41:47.849><c> I</c>

00:41:47.989 --> 00:41:50.070
do<00:41:48.170><c> this,</c><00:41:48.349><c> if</c><00:41:48.449><c> I</c><00:41:48.610><c> do</c><00:41:48.769><c> this,</c><00:41:48.929><c> if</c><00:41:49.030><c> I</c><00:41:49.170><c> do</c><00:41:49.329><c> this,</c><00:41:49.469><c> if</c><00:41:49.570><c> I</c><00:41:49.710><c> do</c><00:41:49.869><c> this,</c>

00:41:50.369 --> 00:41:52.849
that<00:41:50.530><c> God</c><00:41:50.710><c> will</c><00:41:50.929><c> somehow</c><00:41:51.170><c> look</c><00:41:51.389><c> at</c><00:41:51.489><c> me</c><00:41:51.670><c> as</c><00:41:51.989><c> better.</c>

00:41:53.289 --> 00:41:54.530
And<00:41:53.650><c> that's</c><00:41:54.010><c> human</c><00:41:54.210><c> nature.</c>

00:41:54.710 --> 00:41:56.610
That's<00:41:55.070><c> the</c><00:41:55.250><c> way</c><00:41:55.449><c> we</c><00:41:55.789><c> are.</c>

00:41:56.650 --> 00:41:59.610
Every<00:41:56.849><c> religion</c><00:41:57.329><c> on</c><00:41:57.590><c> this</c><00:41:57.829><c> planet</c><00:41:58.170><c> is</c><00:41:58.469><c> built</c><00:41:58.710><c> that</c><00:41:58.989><c> way,</c>

00:41:59.750 --> 00:42:01.289
except<00:42:00.429><c> God's</c><00:42:01.010><c> family.</c>

00:42:01.750 --> 00:42:03.289
It<00:42:01.989><c> doesn't</c><00:42:02.429><c> generate</c><00:42:02.949><c> that</c><00:42:03.210><c> way.</c>

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He's<00:42:03.550><c> not</c><00:42:03.769><c> after</c><00:42:04.170><c> you</c><00:42:04.389><c> going</c><00:42:04.570><c> home</c><00:42:04.809><c> and</c><00:42:05.050><c> do,</c><00:42:05.269><c> do,</c><00:42:05.469><c> do,</c><00:42:05.610><c> do,</c><00:42:05.769><c> do,</c>

00:42:06.110 --> 00:42:08.269
so<00:42:06.110><c> that</c><00:42:06.289><c> you</c><00:42:06.349><c> can</c><00:42:06.550><c> have</c><00:42:06.670><c> a</c><00:42:06.829><c> bunch</c><00:42:06.949><c> of</c><00:42:07.150><c> things</c><00:42:07.329><c> to</c><00:42:07.570><c> pile</c><00:42:07.730><c> up</c><00:42:07.909><c> and</c><00:42:08.090><c> say,</c>

00:42:08.510 --> 00:42:10.510
look<00:42:08.690><c> at</c><00:42:08.789><c> what</c><00:42:08.949><c> I've</c><00:42:09.110><c> done</c><00:42:09.309><c> for</c><00:42:09.489><c> you,</c><00:42:10.010><c> God.</c>

00:42:10.570 --> 00:42:14.889
What<00:42:10.690><c> he</c><00:42:11.190><c> wants</c><00:42:11.449><c> us</c><00:42:11.690><c> to</c><00:42:11.849><c> do</c><00:42:12.010><c> is</c><00:42:12.150><c> go</c><00:42:12.309><c> home</c><00:42:12.510><c> and</c><00:42:12.690><c> do</c><00:42:12.869><c> all</c><00:42:13.070><c> those</c><00:42:13.329><c> things</c><00:42:14.070><c> out</c><00:42:14.610><c> of</c>

00:42:14.889 --> 00:42:17.469
love<00:42:15.329><c> for</c><00:42:15.650><c> him</c><00:42:16.150><c> and</c><00:42:16.610><c> for</c><00:42:16.809><c> his</c><00:42:17.070><c> family.</c>

00:42:17.849 --> 00:42:19.590
So<00:42:18.070><c> that</c><00:42:18.190><c> when</c><00:42:18.329><c> we</c><00:42:18.489><c> get</c><00:42:18.590><c> done</c><00:42:18.769><c> with</c><00:42:18.949><c> an</c><00:42:19.130><c> activity,</c><00:42:19.389><c> you</c><00:42:19.510><c> don't</c>

00:42:19.590 --> 00:42:21.929
just<00:42:19.789><c> say,</c><00:42:19.929><c> oh,</c><00:42:20.190><c> I</c><00:42:20.349><c> did</c><00:42:20.469><c> that</c><00:42:20.730><c> one,</c><00:42:20.889><c> but</c><00:42:21.030><c> I</c><00:42:21.150><c> hated</c><00:42:21.289><c> that</c><00:42:21.550><c> and</c><00:42:21.730><c> I</c>

00:42:21.929 --> 00:42:22.989
really<00:42:22.130><c> didn't</c><00:42:22.250><c> want</c><00:42:22.349><c> to</c><00:42:22.510><c> do</c><00:42:22.630><c> it.</c>

00:42:23.090 --> 00:42:26.690
Or<00:42:23.250><c> when</c><00:42:23.329><c> we</c><00:42:23.409><c> go</c><00:42:23.469><c> to</c><00:42:23.670><c> visit</c><00:42:23.829><c> somebody</c><00:42:24.150><c> in</c><00:42:24.329><c> the</c><00:42:24.429><c> hospital,</c><00:42:24.849><c> we</c><00:42:24.949><c> don't</c><00:42:25.070><c> just</c><00:42:25.210><c> go</c><00:42:25.389><c> over</c><00:42:25.570><c> and</c><00:42:25.949><c> just</c><00:42:26.170><c> say,</c><00:42:26.389><c> oh,</c><00:42:26.570><c> I</c>

00:42:26.690 --> 00:42:27.730
hear<00:42:26.750><c> some</c><00:42:27.010><c> things</c><00:42:27.250><c> and</c><00:42:27.429><c> whatever.</c>

00:42:27.849 --> 00:42:30.630
And<00:42:28.090><c> I</c><00:42:28.309><c> did</c><00:42:28.489><c> my</c><00:42:28.769><c> job</c><00:42:28.949><c> and</c><00:42:29.170><c> check</c><00:42:29.309><c> it</c><00:42:29.510><c> off</c><00:42:29.630><c> that</c><00:42:29.789><c> I</c><00:42:29.949><c> visited</c><00:42:30.210><c> the</c><00:42:30.510><c> sick.</c>

00:42:31.090 --> 00:42:32.429
That<00:42:31.389><c> isn't</c><00:42:31.610><c> how</c><00:42:31.869><c> it</c><00:42:32.110><c> works.</c>

00:42:32.849 --> 00:42:38.289
It's<00:42:33.210><c> supposed</c><00:42:33.449><c> to</c><00:42:33.610><c> be</c><00:42:33.849><c> generated</c><00:42:34.369><c> by</c><00:42:34.849><c> love</c><00:42:35.389><c> through</c><00:42:35.789><c> love</c><00:42:36.530><c> serving</c><00:42:37.130><c> one</c><00:42:37.530><c> another,</c><00:42:38.190><c> as</c>

00:42:38.289 --> 00:42:39.829
Paul<00:42:38.570><c> says</c><00:42:38.869><c> in</c><00:42:39.050><c> Galatians</c><00:42:39.429><c> 5.</c>

00:42:40.329 --> 00:42:43.510
That's<00:42:40.690><c> the</c><00:42:40.969><c> motive</c><00:42:41.389><c> that</c><00:42:42.050><c> law</c><00:42:42.269><c> could</c><00:42:42.469><c> never</c><00:42:42.769><c> get.</c>

00:42:43.590 --> 00:42:48.289
See,<00:42:43.809><c> if</c><00:42:44.070><c> we're</c><00:42:44.369><c> operating</c><00:42:44.750><c> by</c><00:42:45.150><c> law</c><00:42:45.469><c> or</c><00:42:45.670><c> just</c><00:42:45.929><c> like</c><00:42:46.210><c> doing,</c><00:42:46.510><c> doing,</c><00:42:46.829><c> doing,</c><00:42:47.030><c> because</c><00:42:47.570><c> the</c><00:42:47.869><c> Bible</c><00:42:48.050><c> said</c><00:42:48.190><c> I</c>

00:42:48.289 --> 00:42:49.949
have<00:42:48.489><c> to</c><00:42:48.610><c> do,</c><00:42:48.769><c> I</c><00:42:48.829><c> have</c><00:42:48.989><c> to</c><00:42:49.070><c> do,</c><00:42:49.170><c> I</c><00:42:49.250><c> have</c><00:42:49.449><c> to</c><00:42:49.590><c> do,</c>

00:42:50.449 --> 00:42:52.750
or<00:42:50.809><c> the</c><00:42:51.010><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:42:51.309><c> said</c><00:42:51.449><c> I</c><00:42:51.610><c> have</c><00:42:51.750><c> to</c><00:42:51.889><c> do,</c><00:42:52.070><c> or</c><00:42:52.190><c> mom</c><00:42:52.369><c> and</c><00:42:52.530><c> dad</c>

00:42:52.750 --> 00:42:53.869
said<00:42:52.909><c> I</c><00:42:53.070><c> have</c><00:42:53.250><c> to</c><00:42:53.369><c> do,</c><00:42:53.550><c> or</c><00:42:53.650><c> whatever,</c>

00:42:54.050 --> 00:42:56.269
we're<00:42:54.309><c> like</c><00:42:54.489><c> young</c><00:42:54.670><c> children</c><00:42:55.110><c> that</c><00:42:55.389><c> listen</c><00:42:55.610><c> to</c><00:42:55.789><c> mom</c><00:42:55.989><c> and</c><00:42:56.130><c> dad</c>

00:42:56.269 --> 00:42:58.070
and<00:42:56.389><c> say,</c><00:42:56.530><c> you</c><00:42:56.590><c> have</c><00:42:56.750><c> to</c><00:42:56.909><c> do</c><00:42:56.969><c> this,</c><00:42:57.130><c> you</c><00:42:57.210><c> have</c><00:42:57.369><c> to</c><00:42:57.489><c> do</c><00:42:57.550><c> this,</c><00:42:57.690><c> you</c><00:42:57.789><c> have</c><00:42:57.969><c> to</c>

00:42:58.070 --> 00:42:58.449
do<00:42:58.170><c> this.</c>

00:42:58.449 --> 00:43:02.050
And<00:42:59.030><c> that's</c><00:42:59.730><c> fine</c><00:43:00.070><c> maybe</c><00:43:00.309><c> when</c><00:43:00.469><c> we</c><00:43:00.650><c> first</c><00:43:00.969><c> start</c><00:43:01.150><c> out</c><00:43:01.489><c> in</c><00:43:01.650><c> the</c><00:43:01.829><c> truth.</c>

00:43:02.409 --> 00:43:06.090
But<00:43:02.610><c> as</c><00:43:02.929><c> time</c><00:43:03.250><c> goes</c><00:43:03.550><c> on,</c><00:43:04.190><c> you</c><00:43:04.190><c> see</c><00:43:04.329><c> that</c><00:43:04.550><c> perfect</c><00:43:04.989><c> love,</c><00:43:05.750><c> it's</c>

00:43:06.090 --> 00:43:07.070
going<00:43:06.250><c> to</c><00:43:06.510><c> develop</c><00:43:06.769><c> in</c><00:43:06.909><c> us.</c>

00:43:07.110 --> 00:43:08.809
We<00:43:07.210><c> have</c><00:43:07.409><c> to</c><00:43:07.550><c> have</c><00:43:07.670><c> that</c><00:43:07.969><c> faith</c><00:43:08.170><c> of</c><00:43:08.389><c> Abraham.</c>

00:43:09.070 --> 00:43:11.429
When<00:43:09.190><c> we</c><00:43:09.329><c> go</c><00:43:09.570><c> home</c><00:43:09.769><c> and</c><00:43:09.909><c> we</c><00:43:10.070><c> say,</c><00:43:10.369><c> what</c><00:43:10.389><c> can</c><00:43:10.610><c> I</c><00:43:10.710><c> do</c><00:43:10.809><c> to</c><00:43:11.050><c> help</c><00:43:11.230><c> in</c>

00:43:11.429 --> 00:43:12.489
my<00:43:11.610><c> Ecclesia?</c>

00:43:12.510 --> 00:43:13.489
We<00:43:12.849><c> say</c><00:43:12.989><c> that</c><00:43:13.090><c> ourselves.</c>

00:43:13.530 --> 00:43:14.610
What<00:43:13.710><c> can</c><00:43:13.889><c> I</c><00:43:14.030><c> do</c><00:43:14.130><c> to</c><00:43:14.369><c> help?</c>

00:43:14.789 --> 00:43:15.969
Because<00:43:15.170><c> I</c><00:43:15.409><c> want</c><00:43:15.590><c> to</c><00:43:15.750><c> help.</c>

00:43:16.150 --> 00:43:17.050
I<00:43:16.309><c> love</c><00:43:16.510><c> these</c><00:43:16.750><c> people.</c>

00:43:17.130 --> 00:43:18.010
It's<00:43:17.269><c> God's</c><00:43:17.670><c> family.</c>

00:43:18.329 --> 00:43:19.269
What<00:43:18.510><c> can</c><00:43:18.650><c> I</c><00:43:18.769><c> do</c><00:43:18.869><c> to</c><00:43:19.050><c> help?</c>

00:43:19.469 --> 00:43:21.630
And<00:43:19.670><c> whatever</c><00:43:19.929><c> it</c><00:43:20.110><c> is,</c><00:43:20.289><c> we</c><00:43:20.449><c> jump</c><00:43:20.710><c> in</c><00:43:20.889><c> and</c><00:43:20.969><c> get</c><00:43:21.150><c> involved</c><00:43:21.469><c> with</c>

00:43:21.630 --> 00:43:24.349
a<00:43:21.809><c> good</c><00:43:22.030><c> spirit</c><00:43:22.349><c> and</c><00:43:22.650><c> attitude</c><00:43:22.989><c> because</c><00:43:23.590><c> we're</c><00:43:23.849><c> not</c><00:43:24.010><c> doing</c><00:43:24.170><c> it</c>

00:43:24.349 --> 00:43:25.530
to<00:43:24.550><c> pile</c><00:43:24.690><c> up</c><00:43:24.869><c> a</c><00:43:24.949><c> bunch</c><00:43:25.110><c> of</c><00:43:25.309><c> works.</c>

00:43:25.530 --> 00:43:29.530
So<00:43:26.130><c> what</c><00:43:26.429><c> God</c><00:43:26.769><c> had</c><00:43:27.150><c> to</c><00:43:27.349><c> do</c><00:43:27.489><c> with</c><00:43:27.710><c> Abraham</c><00:43:28.150><c> from</c><00:43:28.469><c> him</c><00:43:28.809><c> on</c><00:43:28.989><c> is</c><00:43:29.190><c> make</c><00:43:29.329><c> it</c>

00:43:29.530 --> 00:43:32.690
very<00:43:29.789><c> clear</c><00:43:30.210><c> that</c><00:43:30.690><c> it</c><00:43:30.929><c> wasn't</c><00:43:31.250><c> going</c><00:43:31.469><c> to</c><00:43:31.590><c> be</c><00:43:31.750><c> based</c><00:43:32.030><c> on</c><00:43:32.449><c> law.</c>

00:43:32.909 --> 00:43:33.949
It's<00:43:33.150><c> a</c><00:43:33.449><c> promise.</c>

00:43:34.409 --> 00:43:36.389
And<00:43:34.590><c> you</c><00:43:34.869><c> can't</c><00:43:35.369><c> earn</c><00:43:35.670><c> a</c><00:43:36.010><c> promise.</c>

00:43:36.769 --> 00:43:40.050
You<00:43:36.949><c> can't</c><00:43:37.449><c> earn</c><00:43:37.710><c> the</c><00:43:38.070><c> gift,</c><00:43:38.389><c> as</c><00:43:38.610><c> Paul</c><00:43:38.849><c> calls</c><00:43:39.170><c> it,</c><00:43:39.389><c> the</c><00:43:39.750><c> free</c>

00:43:40.050 --> 00:43:43.050
gift<00:43:40.329><c> of</c><00:43:40.530><c> God</c><00:43:40.829><c> is</c><00:43:41.050><c> eternal</c><00:43:41.409><c> life</c><00:43:41.769><c> through</c><00:43:41.969><c> Jesus</c><00:43:42.309><c> Christ</c><00:43:42.590><c> our</c><00:43:42.769><c> Lord.</c>

00:43:43.409 --> 00:43:45.670
And<00:43:43.670><c> the</c><00:43:43.849><c> reason</c><00:43:44.050><c> he</c><00:43:44.230><c> wants</c><00:43:44.449><c> it</c><00:43:44.670><c> that</c><00:43:44.869><c> way</c><00:43:45.050><c> is</c><00:43:45.210><c> so</c><00:43:45.309><c> that</c><00:43:45.469><c> we're</c>

00:43:45.670 --> 00:43:48.429
all<00:43:45.909><c> impressed</c><00:43:46.250><c> with</c><00:43:46.489><c> the</c><00:43:46.650><c> fact</c><00:43:46.869><c> that</c><00:43:47.170><c> it</c><00:43:47.289><c> was</c><00:43:47.550><c> God's</c><00:43:48.030><c> initiative.</c>

00:43:48.650 --> 00:43:50.010
It<00:43:48.769><c> was</c><00:43:49.090><c> God's</c><00:43:49.670><c> promise.</c>

00:43:50.289 --> 00:43:51.769
It's<00:43:50.670><c> all</c><00:43:51.190><c> of</c><00:43:51.469><c> God.</c>

00:43:51.809 --> 00:43:53.590
And<00:43:51.949><c> he</c><00:43:52.030><c> doesn't</c><00:43:52.210><c> want</c><00:43:52.489><c> any</c><00:43:52.909><c> flesh</c><00:43:53.130><c> to</c><00:43:53.349><c> boast.</c>

00:43:53.590 --> 00:43:54.889
In<00:43:53.789><c> the</c><00:43:53.789><c> end</c><00:43:53.949><c> and</c><00:43:54.090><c> say,</c><00:43:54.269><c> well,</c><00:43:54.389><c> I</c><00:43:54.469><c> did</c><00:43:54.670><c> this.</c>

00:43:55.030 --> 00:43:55.469
I<00:43:55.050><c> did</c><00:43:55.230><c> that.</c>

00:43:55.489 --> 00:43:57.610
And<00:43:55.710><c> therefore,</c><00:43:56.329><c> I</c><00:43:56.530><c> made</c><00:43:56.789><c> myself</c><00:43:57.250><c> better.</c>

00:43:57.630 --> 00:43:59.510
And<00:43:57.889><c> now</c><00:43:58.090><c> God</c><00:43:58.250><c> is</c><00:43:58.469><c> going</c><00:43:58.570><c> to</c><00:43:58.809><c> save</c><00:43:58.969><c> me.</c>

00:43:59.610 --> 00:44:00.710
That<00:43:59.769><c> isn't</c><00:43:59.909><c> how</c><00:44:00.150><c> it</c><00:44:00.369><c> works.</c>

00:44:01.150 --> 00:44:04.250
It's<00:44:01.409><c> all</c><00:44:01.690><c> of</c><00:44:01.909><c> God</c><00:44:02.150><c> and</c><00:44:02.409><c> all</c><00:44:02.610><c> the</c><00:44:02.849><c> change</c><00:44:03.050><c> that</c><00:44:03.190><c> he</c><00:44:03.369><c> takes</c><00:44:03.550><c> place</c><00:44:03.889><c> that</c>

00:44:04.250 --> 00:44:05.590
he<00:44:04.469><c> works</c><00:44:04.670><c> out</c><00:44:04.789><c> in</c><00:44:04.949><c> us</c><00:44:05.070><c> over</c><00:44:05.369><c> time.</c>

00:44:06.050 --> 00:44:07.710
It's<00:44:06.130><c> really</c><00:44:06.409><c> all</c><00:44:06.690><c> the</c><00:44:06.889><c> result</c><00:44:07.190><c> of</c><00:44:07.469><c> him.</c>

00:44:08.010 --> 00:44:09.969
It's<00:44:08.150><c> his</c><00:44:08.769><c> operation</c><00:44:09.429><c> in</c><00:44:09.630><c> our</c><00:44:09.789><c> life.</c>

00:44:10.110 --> 00:44:11.510
It's<00:44:10.250><c> his</c><00:44:10.530><c> spirit</c><00:44:10.809><c> that</c><00:44:11.030><c> works</c><00:44:11.170><c> in</c><00:44:11.369><c> us.</c>

00:44:11.610 --> 00:44:13.809
It's<00:44:11.789><c> his</c><00:44:12.030><c> word</c><00:44:12.349><c> that's</c><00:44:12.730><c> changing</c><00:44:12.969><c> us.</c>

00:44:13.889 --> 00:44:16.250
So<00:44:13.989><c> Jesus</c><00:44:14.309><c> had</c><00:44:14.489><c> to</c><00:44:14.710><c> deal</c><00:44:14.809><c> with</c><00:44:14.989><c> the</c><00:44:15.210><c> same</c><00:44:15.389><c> basic</c><00:44:15.690><c> problem</c><00:44:16.070><c> of</c>

00:44:16.250 --> 00:44:18.130
the<00:44:16.469><c> promises</c><00:44:16.730><c> to</c><00:44:16.989><c> Abraham</c><00:44:17.349><c> and</c><00:44:17.610><c> God's</c><00:44:17.949><c> children.</c>

00:44:18.190 --> 00:44:20.889
Just<00:44:18.349><c> so</c><00:44:18.449><c> you</c><00:44:18.530><c> can</c><00:44:18.750><c> see,</c><00:44:18.929><c> this</c><00:44:19.110><c> wasn't</c><00:44:19.329><c> just</c><00:44:19.590><c> Paul</c><00:44:19.949><c> or</c><00:44:20.510><c> James</c>

00:44:20.889 --> 00:44:21.309
or<00:44:21.070><c> whatever.</c>

00:44:21.309 --> 00:44:23.130
The<00:44:21.510><c> whole</c><00:44:21.730><c> New</c><00:44:21.949><c> Testament</c><00:44:22.289><c> is</c><00:44:22.510><c> full</c><00:44:22.710><c> of</c><00:44:22.889><c> this.</c>

00:44:23.530 --> 00:44:25.869
When<00:44:23.590><c> Jesus</c><00:44:23.929><c> went</c><00:44:24.130><c> out</c><00:44:24.389><c> to</c><00:44:24.590><c> talk</c><00:44:24.769><c> to</c><00:44:24.949><c> the</c><00:44:25.130><c> Pharisees</c><00:44:25.610><c> and</c><00:44:25.710><c> the</c>

00:44:25.869 --> 00:44:28.030
Sadducees<00:44:26.269><c> and</c><00:44:26.389><c> they</c><00:44:26.489><c> would</c><00:44:26.630><c> come</c><00:44:26.869><c> along</c><00:44:27.210><c> when</c><00:44:27.389><c> he</c><00:44:27.510><c> was</c><00:44:27.670><c> talking</c><00:44:27.889><c> to</c>

00:44:28.030 --> 00:44:28.510
the<00:44:28.210><c> people.</c>

00:44:28.989 --> 00:44:30.429
Look<00:44:29.130><c> at</c><00:44:29.289><c> that</c><00:44:29.449><c> argument</c><00:44:29.750><c> in</c><00:44:29.989><c> John</c><00:44:30.230><c> 8.</c>

00:44:30.650 --> 00:44:35.250
This<00:44:30.869><c> whole</c><00:44:31.190><c> argument</c><00:44:31.530><c> that</c><00:44:31.670><c> he</c><00:44:31.750><c> goes</c><00:44:31.929><c> through</c><00:44:32.030><c> in</c><00:44:32.230><c> John</c><00:44:32.469><c> 8</c><00:44:32.610><c> with</c><00:44:32.769><c> them</c><00:44:32.949><c> was</c><00:44:33.130><c> all</c><00:44:33.429><c> about</c><00:44:33.590><c> they</c><00:44:33.829><c> thought</c><00:44:33.969><c> they</c><00:44:34.130><c> were</c><00:44:34.309><c> descendants</c><00:44:34.650><c> of</c><00:44:34.869><c> Abraham.</c>

00:44:35.670 --> 00:44:38.050
And<00:44:35.789><c> they</c><00:44:35.889><c> could</c><00:44:36.130><c> trace</c><00:44:36.429><c> their</c><00:44:36.750><c> genealogy</c><00:44:37.389><c> all</c><00:44:37.630><c> the</c><00:44:37.710><c> way</c><00:44:37.829><c> back</c>

00:44:38.050 --> 00:44:38.610
to<00:44:38.289><c> Abraham.</c>

00:44:38.969 --> 00:44:40.769
So<00:44:39.170><c> Jesus</c><00:44:39.429><c> says,</c><00:44:39.889><c> well,</c><00:44:39.989><c> yeah,</c><00:44:40.110><c> sure</c><00:44:40.309><c> you</c><00:44:40.510><c> can.</c>

00:44:40.929 --> 00:44:47.849
But<00:44:41.090><c> look</c><00:44:41.349><c> at</c><00:44:41.510><c> just</c><00:44:42.010><c> like</c><00:44:42.469><c> Ishmael,</c><00:44:43.250><c> who</c><00:44:43.389><c> is</c><00:44:43.630><c> also</c><00:44:44.150><c> one</c><00:44:44.349><c> of</c><00:44:44.510><c> Abraham's</c><00:44:45.130><c> descendants,</c><00:44:46.010><c> you're</c><00:44:46.230><c> mocking</c><00:44:46.710><c> the</c><00:44:47.130><c> son.</c>

00:44:48.309 --> 00:44:50.690
Claiming<00:44:48.829><c> he's</c><00:44:49.070><c> illegitimate,</c><00:44:50.110><c> because</c><00:44:50.110><c> as</c><00:44:50.429><c> you're</c><00:44:50.590><c> going</c>

00:44:50.690 --> 00:44:52.809
to<00:44:50.829><c> see</c><00:44:50.949><c> in</c><00:44:51.110><c> Abraham's</c><00:44:51.550><c> life</c><00:44:51.730><c> when</c><00:44:51.849><c> he</c><00:44:51.909><c> goes</c><00:44:52.110><c> down</c><00:44:52.329><c> to</c><00:44:52.489><c> Egypt</c>

00:44:52.809 --> 00:44:55.250
and<00:44:52.949><c> then</c><00:44:53.170><c> comes</c><00:44:53.349><c> back,</c><00:44:54.030><c> there</c><00:44:54.289><c> was</c><00:44:54.469><c> some</c><00:44:54.769><c> speculation.</c>

00:44:55.349 --> 00:44:57.869
Well,<00:44:55.789><c> who</c><00:44:56.170><c> really</c><00:44:56.469><c> was</c><00:44:56.670><c> the</c><00:44:56.789><c> father</c><00:44:57.269><c> of</c><00:44:57.610><c> Isaac?</c>

00:44:57.969 --> 00:45:02.989
Was<00:44:58.090><c> it</c><00:44:58.269><c> really</c><00:44:58.530><c> Abraham</c><00:44:58.989><c> or</c><00:44:59.150><c> was</c><00:44:59.369><c> it</c><00:45:01.250><c> the</c><00:45:01.289><c> king</c><00:45:01.969><c> down</c><00:45:02.230><c> there?</c>

00:45:03.230 --> 00:45:06.530
So<00:45:03.369><c> easily</c><00:45:04.150><c> the</c><00:45:04.889><c> children</c><00:45:05.190><c> could</c><00:45:05.449><c> mock</c><00:45:05.690><c> and</c><00:45:05.909><c> Ishmael</c><00:45:06.269><c> could</c>

00:45:06.530 --> 00:45:08.590
laugh<00:45:06.929><c> at</c><00:45:07.130><c> Isaac</c><00:45:07.409><c> and</c><00:45:07.610><c> say,</c><00:45:07.730><c> yeah,</c><00:45:07.909><c> you're</c><00:45:08.070><c> really</c><00:45:08.349><c> not</c><00:45:08.510><c> an</c>

00:45:08.590 --> 00:45:09.449
illegitimate<00:45:09.110><c> child.</c>

00:45:09.829 --> 00:45:12.369
So<00:45:10.190><c> Jesus</c><00:45:10.530><c> went</c><00:45:10.769><c> through</c><00:45:10.969><c> the</c><00:45:11.269><c> same</c><00:45:11.610><c> experience.</c>

00:45:12.369 --> 00:45:15.769
So<00:45:13.150><c> he</c><00:45:13.429><c> says</c><00:45:13.690><c> to</c><00:45:13.829><c> them,</c><00:45:14.250><c> look,</c><00:45:14.449><c> you're</c><00:45:14.670><c> not</c><00:45:14.849><c> really</c><00:45:15.130><c> Abraham's</c>

00:45:15.769 --> 00:45:18.190
children<00:45:16.030><c> because</c><00:45:16.530><c> you</c><00:45:16.869><c> don't</c><00:45:17.150><c> live</c><00:45:17.389><c> like</c><00:45:17.730><c> Abraham.</c>

00:45:18.610 --> 00:45:22.590
You<00:45:18.750><c> don't</c><00:45:18.929><c> do</c><00:45:19.090><c> the</c><00:45:19.269><c> works</c><00:45:19.469><c> of</c><00:45:19.730><c> Abraham,</c><00:45:20.150><c> works</c><00:45:20.489><c> of</c><00:45:20.989><c> faith,</c><00:45:21.429><c> you</c><00:45:21.530><c> see,</c><00:45:21.710><c> not</c><00:45:21.829><c> works</c><00:45:22.050><c> of</c><00:45:22.309><c> law.</c>

00:45:22.809 --> 00:45:25.329
They're<00:45:23.090><c> keeping</c><00:45:23.349><c> all</c><00:45:23.570><c> this</c><00:45:23.829><c> law</c><00:45:24.030><c> and</c><00:45:24.170><c> going</c><00:45:24.309><c> through</c><00:45:24.489><c> the</c><00:45:24.730><c> motions</c><00:45:25.050><c> of</c>

00:45:25.329 --> 00:45:28.170
keeping<00:45:25.510><c> things</c><00:45:25.829><c> by</c><00:45:25.989><c> the</c><00:45:26.269><c> days</c><00:45:26.530><c> and</c><00:45:26.670><c> the</c><00:45:26.929><c> calendar</c><00:45:27.269><c> and</c><00:45:27.590><c> washing</c><00:45:27.809><c> their</c>

00:45:28.170 --> 00:45:29.150
hands<00:45:28.429><c> and</c><00:45:28.610><c> all</c><00:45:28.769><c> this</c><00:45:28.949><c> stuff.</c>

00:45:29.329 --> 00:45:31.170
They're<00:45:29.590><c> doing</c><00:45:29.769><c> all</c><00:45:30.050><c> that</c><00:45:30.349><c> legalistic</c><00:45:30.869><c> stuff.</c>

00:45:31.409 --> 00:45:33.590
But<00:45:31.550><c> he</c><00:45:31.730><c> says,</c><00:45:31.869><c> you</c><00:45:32.010><c> don't</c><00:45:32.170><c> really</c><00:45:32.409><c> do</c><00:45:32.550><c> the</c><00:45:32.769><c> works</c><00:45:32.929><c> of</c><00:45:33.190><c> Abraham.</c>

00:45:33.769 --> 00:45:36.769
Abraham<00:45:34.210><c> lived</c><00:45:34.449><c> by</c><00:45:34.789><c> faith</c><00:45:35.050><c> and</c><00:45:35.469><c> his</c><00:45:35.730><c> works</c><00:45:36.010><c> came</c><00:45:36.289><c> as</c><00:45:36.510><c> a</c><00:45:36.610><c> result</c>

00:45:36.769 --> 00:45:37.409
of<00:45:37.090><c> faith.</c>

00:45:37.829 --> 00:45:39.590
And<00:45:38.070><c> they</c><00:45:38.550><c> just</c><00:45:38.909><c> couldn't</c><00:45:39.130><c> do</c><00:45:39.389><c> that.</c>

00:45:39.590 --> 00:45:42.789
So<00:45:39.730><c> as</c><00:45:40.150><c> he</c><00:45:40.329><c> deals</c><00:45:40.570><c> with</c><00:45:40.829><c> here,</c><00:45:41.230><c> Jesus</c><00:45:41.570><c> did</c><00:45:41.869><c> and</c><00:45:42.170><c> as</c><00:45:42.369><c> Paul</c><00:45:42.530><c> deals</c>

00:45:42.789 --> 00:45:48.610
with<00:45:43.030><c> in</c><00:45:43.170><c> Romans</c><00:45:43.409><c> nine,</c><00:45:44.250><c> that</c><00:45:44.550><c> not</c><00:45:44.829><c> all</c><00:45:45.250><c> Abraham's</c><00:45:45.909><c> descendants</c><00:45:46.289><c> were</c><00:45:46.570><c> really</c><00:45:47.070><c> children</c><00:45:47.469><c> of</c><00:45:47.769><c> Abraham.</c>

00:45:48.650 --> 00:45:52.510
So<00:45:48.909><c> for</c><00:45:49.130><c> us</c><00:45:49.349><c> brothers</c><00:45:49.570><c> and</c><00:45:49.789><c> sisters</c><00:45:50.030><c> today,</c><00:45:50.489><c> look,</c><00:45:50.809><c> let's</c><00:45:51.230><c> remember</c><00:45:51.630><c> this</c><00:45:51.889><c> week</c><00:45:52.130><c> long</c><00:45:52.329><c> as</c>

00:45:52.510 --> 00:45:57.849
we<00:45:52.710><c> study</c><00:45:52.869><c> the</c><00:45:53.050><c> life</c><00:45:53.190><c> of</c><00:45:53.429><c> Abraham,</c><00:45:54.389><c> appreciate</c><00:45:54.989><c> your</c><00:45:55.510><c> grafting</c><00:45:55.989><c> into</c><00:45:56.269><c> the</c><00:45:56.489><c> promises</c><00:45:56.750><c> of</c><00:45:57.010><c> Abraham.</c>

00:45:57.969 --> 00:45:59.329
Nobody<00:45:58.250><c> here</c><00:45:58.550><c> deserves</c><00:45:58.989><c> it.</c>

00:45:59.730 --> 00:46:01.070
Nobody<00:46:00.010><c> here</c><00:46:00.289><c> can</c><00:46:00.610><c> earn</c><00:46:00.789><c> it.</c>

00:46:01.409 --> 00:46:03.510
It's<00:46:01.809><c> all</c><00:46:02.070><c> the</c><00:46:02.369><c> result</c><00:46:02.590><c> of</c><00:46:02.809><c> God's</c><00:46:03.210><c> grace.</c>

00:46:03.849 --> 00:46:07.070
He's<00:46:04.409><c> freely</c><00:46:04.849><c> given</c><00:46:05.150><c> you</c><00:46:05.449><c> the</c><00:46:05.630><c> opportunity</c><00:46:06.230><c> of</c><00:46:06.409><c> being</c><00:46:06.570><c> a</c><00:46:06.769><c> member</c><00:46:06.909><c> of</c>

00:46:07.070 --> 00:46:07.590
his<00:46:07.309><c> family.</c>

00:46:07.590 --> 00:46:12.670
It's<00:46:07.869><c> just</c><00:46:08.110><c> wonderful</c><00:46:08.550><c> that</c><00:46:08.710><c> he</c><00:46:08.809><c> would</c><00:46:09.010><c> just</c><00:46:09.289><c> like</c><00:46:09.590><c> go</c><00:46:09.750><c> out</c><00:46:10.030><c> and</c><00:46:10.469><c> bring</c><00:46:10.650><c> people</c><00:46:11.010><c> into</c><00:46:11.170><c> his</c><00:46:11.449><c> family</c><00:46:11.889><c> either</c><00:46:12.429><c> as</c>

00:46:12.670 --> 00:46:15.150
a<00:46:12.750><c> result</c><00:46:13.130><c> of</c><00:46:13.369><c> witnessing</c><00:46:13.710><c> activities,</c><00:46:14.570><c> their</c><00:46:14.730><c> parents</c><00:46:14.989><c> that</c>

00:46:15.150 --> 00:46:17.150
have<00:46:15.329><c> prayed</c><00:46:15.510><c> for</c><00:46:15.750><c> you,</c><00:46:16.309><c> grandparents</c><00:46:16.650><c> that</c><00:46:16.849><c> have</c><00:46:17.010><c> worked</c>

00:46:17.150 --> 00:46:17.590
with<00:46:17.369><c> you.</c>

00:46:17.849 --> 00:46:19.690
It's<00:46:18.309><c> all</c><00:46:18.789><c> of</c><00:46:19.309><c> God.</c>

00:46:19.989 --> 00:46:22.909
And<00:46:20.130><c> it's</c><00:46:20.929><c> just</c><00:46:21.170><c> important</c><00:46:21.550><c> to</c><00:46:21.750><c> keep</c><00:46:21.869><c> that</c><00:46:22.110><c> perspective</c><00:46:22.610><c> there.</c>

00:46:23.130 --> 00:46:26.250
And<00:46:23.150><c> certainly</c><00:46:23.510><c> Abraham</c><00:46:24.030><c> realized</c><00:46:24.489><c> that</c><00:46:24.730><c> he's</c><00:46:25.250><c> sitting</c><00:46:25.369><c> over</c><00:46:25.590><c> there.</c>

00:46:26.469 --> 00:46:29.469
No<00:46:26.869><c> hope</c><00:46:27.269><c> at</c><00:46:27.469><c> all</c><00:46:27.610><c> until</c><00:46:27.849><c> God</c><00:46:28.230><c> finally</c><00:46:28.590><c> works</c><00:46:28.969><c> with</c><00:46:29.170><c> him</c><00:46:29.369><c> and</c>

00:46:29.469 --> 00:46:30.090
his<00:46:29.690><c> family.</c>

00:46:30.449 --> 00:46:35.269
And<00:46:30.550><c> he</c><00:46:30.670><c> would</c><00:46:30.829><c> have</c><00:46:31.010><c> realized</c><00:46:31.309><c> if</c><00:46:31.510><c> God</c><00:46:31.889><c> hadn't</c><00:46:32.230><c> have</c><00:46:32.630><c> saved</c><00:46:32.849><c> them</c><00:46:33.110><c> out</c><00:46:33.329><c> of</c><00:46:33.530><c> her</c><00:46:33.710><c> and</c><00:46:34.349><c> work</c><00:46:34.610><c> with</c><00:46:34.829><c> them</c><00:46:34.929><c> in</c><00:46:35.070><c> a</c>

00:46:35.269 --> 00:46:37.769
special<00:46:35.469><c> way</c><00:46:35.829><c> that</c><00:46:36.130><c> he</c><00:46:36.329><c> would</c><00:46:36.469><c> have</c><00:46:36.650><c> never</c><00:46:36.849><c> found</c><00:46:37.230><c> salvation</c>

00:46:37.769 --> 00:46:38.309
on<00:46:37.969><c> his</c><00:46:38.130><c> own.</c>

00:46:38.349 --> 00:46:38.670
Really?

00:46:38.829 --> 00:46:40.869
It<00:46:38.969><c> would</c><00:46:39.050><c> have</c><00:46:39.190><c> never</c><00:46:39.369><c> got</c><00:46:39.550><c> his</c><00:46:39.829><c> family</c><00:46:40.070><c> as</c><00:46:40.309><c> a</c><00:46:40.449><c> part</c><00:46:40.570><c> of</c><00:46:40.670><c> it.</c>

00:46:41.050 --> 00:46:43.309
So<00:46:41.230><c> you'll</c><00:46:41.530><c> see</c><00:46:41.690><c> that</c><00:46:41.909><c> in</c><00:46:42.070><c> the</c><00:46:42.150><c> life</c><00:46:42.250><c> of</c><00:46:42.449><c> Abraham</c><00:46:42.710><c> and</c><00:46:43.050><c> Isaac</c>

00:46:43.309 --> 00:46:45.550
and<00:46:43.650><c> Jacob</c><00:46:43.909><c> that</c><00:46:44.090><c> they</c><00:46:44.389><c> thank</c><00:46:44.630><c> God</c><00:46:44.869><c> all</c><00:46:45.070><c> the</c><00:46:45.269><c> time.</c>

00:46:45.849 --> 00:46:48.550
And<00:46:45.969><c> let's</c><00:46:46.190><c> go</c><00:46:46.409><c> home</c><00:46:46.650><c> committed</c><00:46:46.969><c> to</c><00:46:47.289><c> walk</c><00:46:47.570><c> in</c><00:46:47.769><c> the</c><00:46:48.030><c> steps</c><00:46:48.269><c> of</c>

00:46:48.550 --> 00:46:52.050
the<00:46:48.809><c> faith</c><00:46:49.070><c> of</c><00:46:49.289><c> Abraham</c><00:46:49.730><c> and</c><00:46:50.409><c> show</c><00:46:50.690><c> God</c><00:46:50.949><c> we</c><00:46:51.230><c> really</c><00:46:51.690><c> want</c><00:46:51.929><c> to</c>

00:46:52.050 --> 00:46:52.789
be<00:46:52.150><c> part</c><00:46:52.309><c> of</c><00:46:52.409><c> his</c><00:46:52.590><c> family.</c>

00:46:52.849 --> 00:46:53.469
We<00:46:52.989><c> love</c><00:46:53.190><c> this.</c>

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This<00:46:53.670><c> is</c><00:46:53.829><c> what</c><00:46:53.909><c> we</c><00:46:54.090><c> want</c><00:46:54.190><c> to</c><00:46:54.309><c> do</c><00:46:54.409><c> forever.</c>

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We<00:46:55.250><c> want</c><00:46:55.449><c> to</c><00:46:55.550><c> be</c><00:46:55.630><c> with</c><00:46:55.789><c> these</c><00:46:56.050><c> people</c><00:46:56.429><c> and</c><00:46:56.789><c> that</c><00:46:57.010><c> will</c><00:46:57.210><c> end</c><00:46:57.369><c> up</c>

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producing<00:46:58.010><c> fruit</c><00:46:58.329><c> for</c><00:46:58.590><c> Abraham.</c>

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So<00:46:59.690><c> when</c><00:46:59.829><c> we</c><00:46:59.929><c> go</c><00:47:00.110><c> home</c><00:47:00.289><c> at</c><00:47:00.449><c> the</c><00:47:00.510><c> end</c><00:47:00.610><c> of</c><00:47:00.730><c> the</c><00:47:00.809><c> week,</c><00:47:00.969><c> whether</c><00:47:01.190><c> you're</c><00:47:01.349><c> going</c><00:47:01.530><c> back</c><00:47:01.789><c> to</c>

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your<00:47:02.130><c> Ecclesia</c><00:47:02.469><c> or</c><00:47:03.449><c> whether</c><00:47:03.670><c> you're</c><00:47:04.130><c> riding</c><00:47:04.329><c> home,</c><00:47:04.650><c> that's</c>

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for<00:47:05.050><c> the</c><00:47:05.230><c> kids</c><00:47:05.349><c> on</c><00:47:05.530><c> the</c><00:47:05.710><c> school</c><00:47:05.889><c> bus,</c><00:47:06.050><c> you</c><00:47:06.250><c> see.</c>

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And<00:47:07.010><c> when</c><00:47:07.289><c> they</c><00:47:07.429><c> go</c><00:47:07.550><c> off</c><00:47:07.710><c> to</c><00:47:07.889><c> school</c><00:47:08.230><c> or</c><00:47:08.809><c> whether</c><00:47:09.210><c> you're</c><00:47:09.670><c> living</c><00:47:09.909><c> in</c>

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your<00:47:10.269><c> house</c><00:47:10.710><c> or</c><00:47:11.050><c> whether</c><00:47:11.230><c> you're</c><00:47:11.429><c> out</c><00:47:11.510><c> at</c><00:47:11.750><c> work,</c><00:47:12.349><c> we</c><00:47:12.650><c> have</c><00:47:12.989><c> to</c>

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in<00:47:13.369><c> all</c><00:47:13.690><c> these</c><00:47:14.010><c> different</c><00:47:14.230><c> aspects</c><00:47:14.650><c> of</c><00:47:14.849><c> our</c><00:47:15.070><c> life,</c><00:47:15.630><c> God</c><00:47:15.929><c> has</c>

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provided<00:47:16.630><c> us</c><00:47:16.909><c> all</c><00:47:17.150><c> these</c><00:47:17.469><c> different</c><00:47:17.750><c> mechanisms</c><00:47:18.309><c> to</c><00:47:18.710><c> test</c><00:47:19.150><c> and</c><00:47:19.730><c> give</c><00:47:19.869><c> us</c>

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an<00:47:20.250><c> opportunity</c><00:47:20.909><c> to</c><00:47:21.489><c> practice</c><00:47:22.110><c> walking</c><00:47:22.849><c> in</c><00:47:23.150><c> the</c><00:47:23.389><c> steps</c><00:47:23.670><c> of</c><00:47:23.929><c> the</c><00:47:24.050><c> faith</c><00:47:24.289><c> of</c><00:47:24.489><c> Abraham.</c>

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I<00:47:25.550><c> don't</c><00:47:25.789><c> know</c><00:47:25.869><c> about</c><00:47:26.010><c> you,</c><00:47:26.309><c> but</c><00:47:26.329><c> for</c><00:47:26.530><c> years</c><00:47:26.750><c> of</c><00:47:26.909><c> my</c><00:47:27.070><c> life,</c><00:47:27.250><c> I</c><00:47:27.309><c> used</c><00:47:27.510><c> to</c><00:47:27.650><c> think</c><00:47:27.789><c> that</c><00:47:27.909><c> when</c><00:47:28.010><c> I</c>

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went<00:47:28.250><c> to</c><00:47:28.489><c> work</c><00:47:28.650><c> that</c><00:47:28.769><c> that</c><00:47:28.909><c> was</c><00:47:29.050><c> like</c><00:47:29.230><c> a</c><00:47:29.369><c> different</c><00:47:29.550><c> part</c><00:47:29.769><c> of</c>

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my<00:47:30.090><c> life.</c>

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And<00:47:30.429><c> then</c><00:47:30.530><c> when</c><00:47:30.650><c> I</c><00:47:30.809><c> came</c><00:47:30.989><c> to</c><00:47:31.170><c> meeting,</c><00:47:31.349><c> I</c><00:47:31.489><c> got</c><00:47:31.630><c> all</c><00:47:31.809><c> the</c><00:47:31.989><c> stuff</c>

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of<00:47:32.289><c> God</c><00:47:32.489><c> done.</c>

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I<00:47:33.190><c> didn't</c><00:47:33.389><c> realize</c><00:47:33.750><c> that</c><00:47:33.929><c> God</c><00:47:34.130><c> uses</c><00:47:34.409><c> the</c><00:47:34.710><c> whole</c><00:47:34.929><c> package,</c><00:47:35.909><c> whatever</c><00:47:36.230><c> it</c>

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is<00:47:36.630><c> that</c><00:47:36.769><c> you're</c><00:47:36.949><c> doing</c><00:47:37.150><c> your</c><00:47:37.389><c> job,</c><00:47:37.969><c> your</c><00:47:38.190><c> family</c><00:47:38.590><c> life</c><00:47:38.789><c> at</c>

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home,<00:47:39.349><c> your</c><00:47:39.510><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:47:40.369><c> all</c><00:47:40.670><c> these</c><00:47:40.949><c> different</c><00:47:41.150><c> things.</c>

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Those<00:47:41.610><c> of</c><00:47:41.750><c> you</c><00:47:41.849><c> that</c><00:47:41.949><c> are</c><00:47:41.989><c> still</c><00:47:42.190><c> in</c><00:47:42.469><c> school,</c><00:47:43.030><c> these</c><00:47:43.349><c> are</c><00:47:43.650><c> all</c>

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the<00:47:44.269><c> places</c><00:47:44.610><c> we</c><00:47:45.130><c> practice</c><00:47:45.949><c> righteousness.</c>

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And<00:47:47.210><c> it</c><00:47:47.349><c> doesn't</c><00:47:47.590><c> matter</c><00:47:47.989><c> where</c><00:47:48.190><c> we</c><00:47:48.469><c> are,</c><00:47:48.829><c> wherever</c><00:47:49.130><c> we</c><00:47:49.469><c> are,</c>

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we<00:47:49.929><c> have</c><00:47:50.150><c> to</c><00:47:50.329><c> be</c><00:47:50.650><c> practicing</c><00:47:51.090><c> righteousness.</c>

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And<00:47:52.269><c> it's</c><00:47:52.449><c> not</c><00:47:52.610><c> like</c><00:47:52.769><c> there's</c><00:47:52.949><c> all</c><00:47:53.130><c> these</c><00:47:53.389><c> different</c><00:47:53.730><c> things</c>

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and<00:47:54.309><c> there's</c><00:47:54.650><c> God's</c><00:47:55.090><c> life</c><00:47:55.230><c> over</c><00:47:55.489><c> here</c><00:47:55.630><c> and</c><00:47:55.730><c> then</c><00:47:55.869><c> there's</c><00:47:56.110><c> our</c>

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life<00:47:56.489><c> over</c><00:47:56.809><c> here.</c>

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The<00:47:57.590><c> whole</c><00:47:57.829><c> package</c><00:47:58.269><c> is</c><00:47:58.550><c> the</c><00:47:58.710><c> way</c><00:47:58.929><c> he</c><00:47:59.329><c> brings</c><00:47:59.670><c> and</c><00:48:00.030><c> develops</c>

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his<00:48:00.630><c> children.</c>

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So<00:48:01.630><c> as</c><00:48:01.909><c> we</c><00:48:02.130><c> leave</c><00:48:02.289><c> the</c><00:48:02.489><c> school</c><00:48:02.630><c> later</c><00:48:02.889><c> on</c><00:48:03.030><c> this</c><00:48:03.269><c> week,</c><00:48:03.409><c> hopefully</c><00:48:03.690><c> we</c><00:48:03.849><c> can</c>

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take<00:48:04.190><c> some</c><00:48:04.369><c> of</c><00:48:04.469><c> those</c><00:48:04.650><c> lessons</c><00:48:04.969><c> with</c><00:48:05.210><c> us,</c><00:48:05.530><c> brothers</c><00:48:05.550><c> and</c><00:48:05.789><c> sisters,</c><00:48:06.329><c> and</c>

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appreciate<00:48:07.110><c> those</c><00:48:07.510><c> promises</c><00:48:08.130><c> that</c><00:48:08.530><c> God</c><00:48:08.909><c> made</c><00:48:09.289><c> to</c><00:48:09.570><c> Abraham</c><00:48:09.989><c> and</c><00:48:10.610><c> really</c><00:48:11.130><c> come</c><00:48:11.369><c> to</c>

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thank<00:48:11.869><c> God.</c>

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And<00:48:12.650><c> because</c><00:48:13.269><c> of</c><00:48:13.429><c> what</c><00:48:13.570><c> he's</c><00:48:13.789><c> done</c><00:48:14.030><c> for</c><00:48:14.289><c> us,</c><00:48:14.989><c> all</c><00:48:15.289><c> coming</c><00:48:15.610><c> from</c>

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God<00:48:16.309><c> down,</c><00:48:16.730><c> not</c><00:48:16.949><c> from</c><00:48:17.250><c> us</c><00:48:17.570><c> up,</c><00:48:17.949><c> we</c><00:48:18.230><c> simply</c><00:48:18.590><c> reflect</c><00:48:19.210><c> it,</c><00:48:19.369><c> we</c><00:48:19.710><c> develop</c><00:48:20.010><c> it</c>

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and<00:48:20.449><c> we</c><00:48:20.769><c> thank</c><00:48:20.929><c> God</c><00:48:21.170><c> for</c><00:48:21.429><c> it.</c>

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Let's<00:48:22.130><c> let</c><00:48:22.309><c> those</c><00:48:22.630><c> things</c><00:48:22.869><c> influence</c><00:48:23.429><c> the</c><00:48:23.630><c> way</c><00:48:23.730><c> we</c><00:48:23.969><c> live</c><00:48:24.190><c> when</c>

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we<00:48:24.489><c> go</c><00:48:24.670><c> home</c><00:48:24.949><c> and</c><00:48:25.150><c> how</c><00:48:25.329><c> we</c><00:48:25.630><c> treat</c><00:48:25.889><c> our</c><00:48:26.369><c> spouse,</c><00:48:27.090><c> how</c><00:48:27.210><c> we</c><00:48:27.469><c> treat</c>

00:48:27.590 --> 00:48:30.389
our<00:48:27.849><c> children,</c><00:48:28.610><c> how</c><00:48:28.769><c> we</c><00:48:29.070><c> treat</c><00:48:29.190><c> our</c><00:48:29.429><c> brothers</c><00:48:29.690><c> and</c><00:48:30.010><c> sisters</c>

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that<00:48:30.769><c> God</c><00:48:31.250><c> has</c><00:48:31.630><c> brought</c><00:48:31.869><c> into</c><00:48:32.190><c> our</c><00:48:32.409><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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And<00:48:33.369><c> let's</c><00:48:33.670><c> be</c><00:48:33.809><c> very</c><00:48:34.230><c> kind</c><00:48:34.489><c> and</c><00:48:34.889><c> patient</c><00:48:35.269><c> and</c><00:48:35.570><c> compassionate</c>

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with<00:48:36.690><c> everybody</c><00:48:37.349><c> like</c><00:48:37.909><c> God</c><00:48:38.269><c> was</c><00:48:38.610><c> with</c><00:48:38.829><c> Abraham.</c>

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And<00:48:39.889><c> we</c><00:48:40.050><c> put</c><00:48:40.150><c> those</c><00:48:40.630><c> principles</c><00:48:41.010><c> to</c><00:48:41.269><c> practice</c><00:48:41.550><c> in</c><00:48:41.769><c> our</c><00:48:41.929><c> life.</c>

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Thanks.<00:48:43.429><c> Great</c><00:48:43.570><c> time.</c>