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the<00:12:23.220><c> spirit</c><00:12:23.960><c> of</c><00:12:24.840><c> adoption.</c>

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We<00:12:26.559><c> are</c><00:12:27.000><c> called</c><00:12:27.659><c> the</c><00:12:28.120><c> sons</c><00:12:28.360><c> and</c><00:12:28.620><c> daughters</c><00:12:28.860><c> of</c><00:12:29.179><c> God.</c>

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But<00:12:29.960><c> notice</c><00:12:30.220><c> what</c><00:12:30.379><c> he</c><00:12:30.539><c> then</c><00:12:30.679><c> goes</c><00:12:30.860><c> on</c><00:12:31.059><c> to</c><00:12:31.259><c> say</c><00:12:31.419><c> in</c><00:12:31.679><c> verse</c><00:12:32.039><c> 22.</c>

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pain<00:12:37.559><c> together</c><00:12:38.179><c> until</c><00:12:38.519><c> now.</c>

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first<00:12:42.700><c> fruits</c><00:12:42.919><c> of</c><00:12:43.100><c> the</c><00:12:43.340><c> spirit,</c>

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even<00:12:44.299><c> we</c><00:12:44.620><c> ourselves</c><00:12:45.519><c> groan</c><00:12:46.240><c> within</c><00:12:46.600><c> ourselves</c><00:12:47.440><c> waiting</c><00:12:48.279><c> for</c>

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So<00:12:52.019><c> we</c><00:12:52.179><c> have</c><00:12:52.480><c> again</c><00:12:52.860><c> received</c><00:12:53.320><c> the</c><00:12:53.820><c> spirit</c><00:12:54.480><c> of</c><00:12:55.580><c> adoption.</c>

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But<00:12:57.519><c> it's</c><00:12:57.679><c> only</c><00:12:57.919><c> a</c><00:12:58.240><c> glimpse.</c><00:12:59.460><c> It's</c><00:12:59.539><c> only</c><00:12:59.799><c> a</c><00:13:00.120><c> foretaste.</c>

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And<00:13:02.320><c> then</c><00:13:02.419><c> he</c><00:13:02.440><c> gives</c><00:13:02.659><c> us</c><00:13:03.100><c> an</c><00:13:03.559><c> idea</c><00:13:04.259><c> of</c><00:13:05.320><c> that</c><00:13:05.700><c> which</c><00:13:05.860><c> is</c><00:13:06.159><c> beyond</c>

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the<00:13:06.779><c> veil,</c>

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which<00:13:07.299><c> is</c><00:13:08.840><c> the</c><00:13:09.059><c> adoption</c><00:13:09.620><c> in</c><00:13:09.879><c> the</c><00:13:10.159><c> truest</c><00:13:10.379><c> sense</c><00:13:10.679><c> of</c><00:13:10.860><c> the</c><00:13:11.019><c> word</c>

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which<00:13:11.740><c> he</c><00:13:11.960><c> describes</c><00:13:12.419><c> at</c><00:13:12.600><c> the</c><00:13:12.659><c> end</c><00:13:12.840><c> of</c><00:13:13.019><c> verse</c><00:13:13.220><c> 23</c><00:13:13.860><c> as</c><00:13:14.519><c> the</c><00:13:14.860><c> redemption,</c>

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not<00:13:16.279><c> just</c><00:13:16.519><c> a</c><00:13:16.879><c> spiritual</c><00:13:17.460><c> redemption</c><00:13:17.940><c> coming</c><00:13:18.279><c> out</c><00:13:18.500><c> of</c><00:13:18.740><c> spiritual</c><00:13:19.279><c> Egypt,</c>

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but<00:13:20.299><c> a</c><00:13:20.700><c> redemption</c><00:13:21.419><c> of</c><00:13:22.019><c> our</c><00:13:22.220><c> body.</c>

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We<00:13:24.220><c> no</c><00:13:24.500><c> longer</c><00:13:24.980><c> will</c><00:13:25.779><c> be</c><00:13:26.220><c> shackled</c><00:13:27.419><c> with</c><00:13:27.940><c> this</c><00:13:28.480><c> body</c><00:13:28.879><c> of</c><00:13:29.220><c> death</c>

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that<00:13:35.059><c> easily</c><00:13:35.419><c> besets</c><00:13:35.899><c> us.</c>

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We<00:13:37.620><c> feel</c><00:13:37.620><c> the</c><00:13:37.860><c> weight</c><00:13:38.019><c> of</c><00:13:38.259><c> mortality,</c><00:13:38.840><c> the</c><00:13:38.940><c> all</c><00:13:39.080><c> that</c><00:13:39.220><c> we</c><00:13:39.419><c> get,</c>

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That's<00:13:52.379><c> the</c><00:13:52.539><c> hope</c><00:13:53.159><c> that</c><00:13:53.960><c> saves</c><00:13:54.259><c> us.</c>

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This<00:13:56.500><c> is</c><00:13:56.620><c> what</c><00:13:56.759><c> Paul</c><00:13:57.039><c> also</c><00:13:57.399><c> touches</c><00:13:57.639><c> on</c><00:13:57.899><c> back</c><00:13:58.100><c> in</c><00:13:58.299><c> chapter</c><00:13:58.620><c> 7.</c>

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You<00:14:01.320><c> notice</c><00:14:01.820><c> in</c><00:14:02.379><c> chapter</c><00:14:02.759><c> 7,</c><00:14:03.139><c> he's</c><00:14:03.340><c> talking</c><00:14:03.700><c> about</c><00:14:04.139><c> how</c><00:14:04.580><c> sin</c>

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works<00:14:05.980><c> within</c><00:14:06.460><c> us,</c>

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something<00:14:07.940><c> that</c><00:14:08.139><c> we</c><00:14:08.320><c> all,</c><00:14:08.700><c> of</c><00:14:08.899><c> course,</c><00:14:09.139><c> have</c><00:14:09.399><c> experience</c><00:14:10.080><c> of,</c>

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something<00:14:11.240><c> that</c><00:14:11.440><c> we</c><00:14:11.679><c> wrestle</c><00:14:12.080><c> with</c><00:14:12.360><c> every</c><00:14:12.620><c> day</c><00:14:12.779><c> of</c><00:14:12.940><c> our</c><00:14:13.080><c> lives.</c>

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But<00:14:14.019><c> notice</c><00:14:14.200><c> in</c><00:14:14.440><c> verses</c><00:14:14.740><c> 5</c><00:14:15.340><c> to</c><00:14:15.580><c> 11,</c><00:14:17.159><c> he's</c><00:14:17.480><c> talking</c><00:14:17.860><c> here</c><00:14:18.240><c> about</c>

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how<00:14:19.799><c> law,</c>

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it<00:14:25.139><c> just</c><00:14:25.600><c> produces</c><00:14:26.899><c> sin</c><00:14:27.899><c> because</c><00:14:28.460><c> of</c><00:14:28.659><c> the</c><00:14:28.759><c> weakness</c><00:14:29.019><c> of</c><00:14:29.240><c> the</c><00:14:29.440><c> flesh.</c>

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So<00:14:31.139><c> verse</c><00:14:31.480><c> 5,</c><00:14:32.019><c> it</c><00:14:32.039><c> says,</c>

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when<00:14:32.399><c> we</c><00:14:32.639><c> were</c><00:14:32.779><c> in</c><00:14:32.960><c> the</c><00:14:33.220><c> flesh,</c><00:14:33.620><c> the</c><00:14:33.740><c> motions</c><00:14:34.080><c> of</c><00:14:34.379><c> sins</c><00:14:34.759><c> which</c>

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were<00:14:35.659><c> by</c><00:14:36.059><c> the</c><00:14:36.340><c> law</c>

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Don't<00:14:41.139><c> go</c><00:14:41.500><c> back</c><00:14:41.779><c> to</c><00:14:41.980><c> that</c><00:14:42.179><c> law</c><00:14:42.519><c>-based</c><00:14:42.820><c> religion.</c>

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It's<00:14:43.799><c> going</c><00:14:43.899><c> to</c><00:14:44.019><c> produce</c><00:14:44.379><c> sin</c><00:14:44.620><c> and</c><00:14:44.860><c> death.</c>

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He<00:14:46.519><c> says,</c><00:14:46.820><c> when</c><00:14:47.139><c> we</c><00:14:47.399><c> were</c><00:14:47.600><c> in</c><00:14:47.879><c> the</c><00:14:48.139><c> flesh,</c>

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suggesting<00:14:49.980><c> that</c><00:14:50.279><c> right</c><00:14:50.500><c> now</c><00:14:50.759><c> in</c><00:14:51.019><c> Christ,</c><00:14:51.279><c> we</c><00:14:51.440><c> are</c><00:14:51.639><c> not</c><00:14:51.919><c> in</c>

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But<00:14:53.320><c> of</c><00:14:53.559><c> course,</c><00:14:53.799><c> he's</c><00:14:54.000><c> talking</c><00:14:54.379><c> about</c><00:14:54.620><c> it</c><00:14:55.000><c> spiritually</c><00:14:55.399><c> speaking.</c>

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We<00:14:56.340><c> are</c><00:14:56.639><c> still</c><00:14:57.100><c> flesh</c><00:14:57.539><c> and</c><00:14:57.799><c> blood.</c>

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But<00:15:01.440><c> what</c><00:15:01.559><c> he's</c><00:15:01.779><c> saying</c><00:15:02.019><c> here</c><00:15:02.299><c> in</c><00:15:02.460><c> verse</c><00:15:02.779><c> 5</c><00:15:03.200><c> down</c><00:15:03.480><c> to</c><00:15:03.620><c> verse</c><00:15:03.899><c> 11</c>

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We've<00:15:09.720><c> come</c><00:15:09.899><c> out</c><00:15:10.100><c> of</c><00:15:10.220><c> that</c><00:15:10.460><c> bondage</c><00:15:11.299><c> of</c><00:15:11.720><c> law.</c>

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And<00:15:13.100><c> all</c><00:15:13.360><c> the</c><00:15:13.600><c> verbs</c><00:15:13.960><c> in</c><00:15:14.159><c> verses</c><00:15:14.440><c> 5</c><00:15:14.860><c> to</c><00:15:15.019><c> 11</c><00:15:15.379><c> are</c><00:15:15.759><c> in</c><00:15:15.960><c> the</c><00:15:16.220><c> past</c><00:15:16.659><c> tense.</c>

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Just<00:15:18.299><c> scan</c><00:15:18.559><c> your</c><00:15:18.899><c> eyes</c><00:15:19.200><c> down</c><00:15:19.480><c> there.</c>

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I've<00:15:19.980><c> marked</c><00:15:20.200><c> all</c><00:15:20.460><c> the</c><00:15:20.600><c> verbs</c><00:15:20.879><c> there,</c><00:15:21.120><c> and</c><00:15:21.220><c> they're</c><00:15:21.379><c> all</c><00:15:21.580><c> in</c>

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We<00:15:23.559><c> were</c><00:15:23.980><c> in</c><00:15:24.100><c> the</c><00:15:24.419><c> flesh.</c>

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The<00:15:25.639><c> motions</c><00:15:25.940><c> of</c><00:15:26.200><c> sins</c><00:15:26.320><c> which</c><00:15:26.700><c> were</c><00:15:27.200><c> by</c><00:15:27.460><c> the</c><00:15:27.659><c> law</c><00:15:28.080><c> did</c><00:15:29.200><c> work</c><00:15:29.799><c> in</c>

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And<00:15:30.659><c> so</c><00:15:30.759><c> it</c><00:15:30.860><c> goes</c><00:15:31.080><c> on</c><00:15:31.340><c> down</c><00:15:31.500><c> to</c><00:15:31.620><c> verse</c><00:15:31.840><c> 11.</c>

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Everything's<00:15:32.500><c> in</c><00:15:32.600><c> the</c><00:15:32.799><c> past</c><00:15:33.039><c> tense.</c>

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We've<00:15:33.840><c> left</c><00:15:34.100><c> that</c><00:15:34.399><c> behind.</c>

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We<00:15:40.860><c> still</c><00:15:41.379><c> feel</c><00:15:42.100><c> very</c><00:15:43.059><c> human</c><00:15:43.720><c> despite</c><00:15:45.100><c> being</c><00:15:45.539><c> new</c><00:15:45.899><c> creatures</c>

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So<00:15:57.440><c> he</c><00:15:57.460><c> says</c><00:15:57.639><c> in</c><00:15:57.820><c> verse</c><00:15:58.100><c> 14,</c><00:15:58.639><c> I</c><00:15:58.860><c> am,</c><00:16:00.059><c> right</c><00:16:00.399><c> now,</c><00:16:00.940><c> carnal.</c>

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Verse<00:16:02.500><c> 15,</c><00:16:02.940><c> for</c><00:16:03.059><c> that</c><00:16:03.259><c> which</c><00:16:03.600><c> I</c><00:16:04.059><c> do,</c><00:16:05.519><c> I</c><00:16:05.700><c> allow,</c><00:16:07.659><c> I</c><00:16:07.919><c> would,</c><00:16:08.820><c> I</c><00:16:09.080><c> do,</c><00:16:09.860><c> I</c>

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hate,<00:16:10.860><c> I</c><00:16:11.059><c> do.</c>

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And<00:16:11.539><c> so</c><00:16:11.659><c> it</c><00:16:11.799><c> goes</c><00:16:12.100><c> on</c><00:16:12.299><c> where</c><00:16:12.440><c> he</c><00:16:12.740><c> describes</c><00:16:13.360><c> his</c><00:16:14.399><c> present</c><00:16:14.720><c> state</c>

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despite<00:16:16.860><c> being</c><00:16:17.259><c> redeemed</c><00:16:17.899><c> from</c><00:16:18.120><c> the</c><00:16:18.299><c> bondage</c><00:16:19.179><c> of</c><00:16:20.259><c> law,</c><00:16:23.039><c> of</c>

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spiritual<00:16:23.480><c> Egypt,</c>

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he<00:16:25.120><c> still</c><00:16:25.460><c> feels</c><00:16:26.039><c> that</c><00:16:27.000><c> humanity</c><00:16:27.580><c> which</c><00:16:27.820><c> is</c><00:16:28.419><c> very</c><00:16:28.779><c> much</c><00:16:29.019><c> a</c><00:16:29.220><c> part</c><00:16:29.399><c> of</c>

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our<00:16:30.080><c> physical</c><00:16:30.480><c> nature.</c>

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And<00:16:33.519><c> so</c><00:16:33.659><c> again,</c><00:16:35.679><c> our</c><00:16:35.820><c> position</c><00:16:36.179><c> in</c><00:16:36.419><c> Christ</c><00:16:36.720><c> Jesus</c><00:16:37.120><c> now</c>

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is<00:16:38.879><c> in</c><00:16:39.259><c> prospect</c><00:16:39.860><c> of</c><00:16:40.620><c> that</c><00:16:41.379><c> greater</c><00:16:42.240><c> freedom,</c><00:16:43.759><c> liberty</c><00:16:44.019><c> from</c>

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bondage<00:16:44.720><c> to</c><00:16:44.960><c> come.</c>

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Now<00:16:49.639><c> just</c><00:16:49.820><c> notice</c><00:16:50.120><c> the</c><00:16:50.320><c> language</c><00:16:50.799><c> that</c><00:16:51.080><c> Paul</c><00:16:51.279><c> uses</c><00:16:51.580><c> here.</c>

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And<00:16:52.679><c> what</c><00:16:52.799><c> he's</c><00:16:53.019><c> doing</c><00:16:53.259><c> is</c><00:16:53.480><c> he's</c><00:16:53.759><c> picking</c><00:16:54.039><c> up</c><00:16:54.379><c> in</c><00:16:54.600><c> chapter</c><00:16:54.879><c> 8</c>

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on<00:16:56.639><c> the</c><00:16:57.059><c> example</c><00:16:57.440><c> of</c><00:16:57.620><c> Israel</c><00:16:58.159><c> in</c><00:16:58.600><c> the</c><00:16:58.759><c> wilderness.</c>

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We<00:17:01.759><c> have</c><00:17:02.399><c> words</c><00:17:02.940><c> like</c><00:17:03.519><c> sons</c><00:17:04.039><c> of</c><00:17:04.359><c> God,</c><00:17:06.420><c> bondage.</c>

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Liberty.

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We<00:17:10.160><c> read</c><00:17:10.339><c> the</c><00:17:10.440><c> word</c><00:17:10.700><c> groaning</c><00:17:11.339><c> in</c><00:17:11.759><c> verse</c><00:17:12.099><c> 22,</c><00:17:12.819><c> the</c><00:17:12.980><c> whole</c>

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creation<00:17:13.539><c> groans.</c>

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In<00:17:15.000><c> verse</c><00:17:15.259><c> 23,</c><00:17:15.819><c> we</c><00:17:16.039><c> ourselves</c><00:17:16.579><c> groan.</c>

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And<00:17:18.960><c> we</c><00:17:19.119><c> have</c><00:17:19.259><c> that</c><00:17:19.539><c> word</c><00:17:20.099><c> redemption.</c>

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When<00:17:22.779><c> you</c><00:17:22.819><c> put</c><00:17:22.960><c> those</c><00:17:23.359><c> words</c><00:17:23.740><c> together,</c><00:17:24.839><c> sons</c><00:17:25.099><c> of</c><00:17:25.400><c> God,</c>

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bondage,<00:17:26.839><c> liberty,</c><00:17:28.019><c> groan,</c><00:17:28.880><c> redemption,</c>

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it's<00:17:30.900><c> all</c><00:17:31.099><c> language</c><00:17:31.519><c> taken</c><00:17:31.900><c> from</c><00:17:32.079><c> the</c><00:17:32.359><c> example</c><00:17:32.599><c> of</c><00:17:32.799><c> the</c><00:17:33.079><c> Exodus.</c>

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You<00:17:33.980><c> just</c><00:17:34.220><c> want</c><00:17:34.380><c> to</c><00:17:34.519><c> turn</c><00:17:34.700><c> quickly</c><00:17:35.000><c> to</c><00:17:35.279><c> Exodus</c><00:17:35.680><c> chapter</c><00:17:36.059><c> 2.</c>

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And<00:17:38.640><c> this</c><00:17:38.839><c> should</c><00:17:39.160><c> illustrate</c><00:17:39.619><c> the</c><00:17:39.900><c> point</c><00:17:40.920><c> nice</c><00:17:41.759><c> and</c><00:17:42.000><c> simply</c>

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for<00:17:42.579><c> us.</c>

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The<00:17:46.420><c> Exodus,</c><00:17:46.759><c> of</c><00:17:47.039><c> course,</c><00:17:47.339><c> is</c><00:17:47.700><c> a</c><00:17:48.819><c> pattern</c><00:17:49.119><c> of</c><00:17:49.380><c> our</c><00:17:49.599><c> lives.</c>

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This<00:17:50.559><c> is</c><00:17:50.680><c> what</c><00:17:50.779><c> we're</c><00:17:50.960><c> going</c><00:17:51.180><c> through</c><00:17:51.420><c> with</c><00:17:51.660><c> the</c><00:17:51.819><c> teenagers</c>

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in<00:17:52.559><c> the</c><00:17:53.160><c> third</c><00:17:53.359><c> session</c><00:17:53.700><c> with</c><00:17:53.940><c> them.</c>

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We're<00:17:54.200><c> looking</c><00:17:54.380><c> at</c><00:17:54.619><c> our</c><00:17:55.180><c> spiritual</c><00:17:55.900><c> Exodus</c>

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and<00:17:56.700><c> how</c><00:17:57.259><c> the</c><00:17:57.660><c> Exodus</c><00:17:58.000><c> of</c><00:17:58.200><c> Israel</c><00:17:58.619><c> is</c><00:17:59.680><c> the</c><00:18:00.519><c> map</c><00:18:00.779><c> of</c><00:18:01.019><c> our</c><00:18:01.259><c> lives</c>

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as<00:18:01.740><c> we</c><00:18:01.980><c> journey</c><00:18:02.299><c> towards</c><00:18:02.640><c> the</c><00:18:02.799><c> Kingdom</c><00:18:03.059><c> of</c><00:18:03.259><c> God.</c>

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And<00:18:04.359><c> notice</c><00:18:04.519><c> how</c><00:18:04.720><c> the</c><00:18:04.920><c> Apostle</c><00:18:05.279><c> Paul</c><00:18:05.500><c> in</c><00:18:05.619><c> Romans</c><00:18:05.900><c> is</c><00:18:06.200><c> picking</c><00:18:06.460><c> up</c>

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on<00:18:07.039><c> the</c><00:18:07.180><c> end</c><00:18:07.420><c> of</c><00:18:07.660><c> Exodus</c><00:18:07.980><c> chapter</c><00:18:08.380><c> 2</c><00:18:08.720><c> here,</c>

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where<00:18:09.660><c> the</c><00:18:09.880><c> children</c><00:18:10.200><c> of</c><00:18:10.380><c> Israel</c><00:18:10.980><c> are</c><00:18:11.559><c> feeling</c><00:18:12.039><c> the</c><00:18:12.640><c> burden</c>

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of<00:18:13.720><c> being</c><00:18:14.059><c> in</c><00:18:14.500><c> Egypt.</c>

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We<00:18:16.480><c> know</c><00:18:16.640><c> what</c><00:18:16.779><c> they</c><00:18:16.960><c> had</c><00:18:17.039><c> to</c><00:18:17.220><c> go</c><00:18:17.500><c> through</c><00:18:17.680><c> with</c><00:18:17.859><c> the</c><00:18:18.119><c> taskmasters</c>

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and<00:18:19.740><c> how</c><00:18:19.880><c> it's</c><00:18:20.279><c> a</c><00:18:20.380><c> symbol</c><00:18:20.720><c> of</c><00:18:20.940><c> the</c><00:18:21.160><c> bondage</c><00:18:21.740><c> of</c><00:18:22.240><c> law,</c><00:18:23.000><c> sin,</c><00:18:23.599><c> and</c><00:18:23.779><c> death.</c>

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And<00:18:25.740><c> so</c><00:18:25.880><c> in</c><00:18:26.160><c> Exodus</c><00:18:26.500><c> 2</c><00:18:26.940><c> verse</c><00:18:27.359><c> 23,</c>

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it<00:18:30.319><c> came</c><00:18:30.559><c> to</c><00:18:30.819><c> pass</c><00:18:31.059><c> in</c><00:18:31.240><c> process</c><00:18:31.599><c> of</c><00:18:31.859><c> time</c><00:18:32.079><c> that</c><00:18:32.279><c> the</c><00:18:32.380><c> king</c><00:18:32.559><c> of</c>

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Egypt<00:18:32.980><c> died</c>

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and<00:18:34.140><c> the</c><00:18:34.319><c> children</c><00:18:34.660><c> of</c><00:18:34.859><c> Israel,</c>

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so<00:18:37.079><c> here</c><00:18:37.420><c> is</c><00:18:37.779><c> God's</c><00:18:38.680><c> son,</c><00:18:39.359><c> the</c><00:18:39.480><c> children</c><00:18:39.880><c> of</c><00:18:40.180><c> Israel,</c>

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sighed<00:18:41.940><c> by</c><00:18:42.180><c> reason</c><00:18:42.579><c> of</c><00:18:43.319><c> the</c><00:18:43.559><c> bondage,</c>

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and<00:18:45.500><c> they</c><00:18:45.779><c> cried</c><00:18:46.160><c> and</c><00:18:46.339><c> the</c><00:18:46.559><c> cry</c><00:18:46.859><c> came</c><00:18:47.119><c> up</c><00:18:47.440><c> unto</c><00:18:47.700><c> God</c><00:18:48.299><c> by</c><00:18:49.079><c> reason</c>

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of<00:18:49.640><c> the</c><00:18:49.819><c> bondage,</c>

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and<00:18:51.099><c> God</c><00:18:51.700><c> heard</c><00:18:52.220><c> their</c><00:18:52.579><c> groaning.</c>

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God<00:18:54.319><c> remembered</c><00:18:54.819><c> His</c><00:18:55.099><c> covenant</c><00:18:55.380><c> with</c><00:18:55.599><c> Abraham,</c><00:18:56.480><c> Isaac,</c><00:18:57.539><c> and</c><00:18:57.740><c> Jacob.</c>

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So<00:18:58.660><c> here</c><00:18:59.279><c> are</c><00:18:59.460><c> the</c><00:18:59.539><c> sons</c><00:18:59.859><c> of</c><00:19:00.099><c> God</c><00:19:01.559><c> crying</c><00:19:02.279><c> for</c><00:19:02.579><c> liberty,</c>

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groaning<00:19:04.200><c> for</c><00:19:04.599><c> redemption</c><00:19:05.119><c> from</c><00:19:05.420><c> Egypt</c>

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because<00:19:06.619><c> of</c><00:19:06.799><c> the</c><00:19:06.980><c> bondage</c><00:19:08.119><c> that</c><00:19:08.420><c> they</c><00:19:08.539><c> were</c><00:19:08.759><c> suffering</c><00:19:09.119><c> under.</c>

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And<00:19:09.839><c> God</c><00:19:10.099><c> brought</c><00:19:10.500><c> them</c><00:19:10.680><c> out</c><00:19:10.880><c> of</c><00:19:11.039><c> that.</c>

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Yet<00:19:13.539><c> of</c><00:19:13.740><c> course</c><00:19:13.900><c> that</c><00:19:14.019><c> was</c><00:19:14.359><c> not</c><00:19:14.660><c> the</c><00:19:14.819><c> end</c><00:19:14.960><c> of</c><00:19:15.220><c> the</c><00:19:15.359><c> story.</c>

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God<00:19:17.259><c> brought</c><00:19:17.660><c> them</c><00:19:17.940><c> out</c><00:19:18.200><c> that</c><00:19:18.339><c> they</c><00:19:18.519><c> might</c><00:19:18.759><c> then</c><00:19:19.339><c> walk</c><00:19:19.660><c> through</c><00:19:20.039><c> the</c><00:19:20.220><c> wilderness</c><00:19:20.519><c> of</c><00:19:20.839><c> life</c>

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towards<00:19:21.880><c> the</c><00:19:22.119><c> Kingdom</c><00:19:22.380><c> of</c><00:19:22.559><c> God.</c>

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They<00:19:23.180><c> are</c><00:19:23.500><c> free</c><00:19:23.920><c> from</c><00:19:24.180><c> Egypt,</c><00:19:24.880><c> but</c><00:19:25.079><c> they</c><00:19:25.319><c> still</c><00:19:25.500><c> have</c><00:19:25.700><c> to</c><00:19:25.859><c> walk</c>

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towards<00:19:26.779><c> the</c><00:19:27.099><c> Kingdom.</c>

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They<00:19:27.880><c> still</c><00:19:28.160><c> have</c><00:19:28.299><c> to</c><00:19:28.480><c> keep</c><00:19:28.579><c> that</c><00:19:28.960><c> vision</c><00:19:29.299><c> alive</c><00:19:29.920><c> of</c><00:19:30.460><c> the</c>

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promised<00:19:31.019><c> land.</c>

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It<00:19:31.880><c> wasn't</c><00:19:32.119><c> an</c><00:19:32.359><c> instant</c><00:19:32.779><c> thing.</c>

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You've<00:19:33.299><c> come</c><00:19:33.440><c> out</c><00:19:33.619><c> of</c><00:19:33.740><c> Egypt</c><00:19:34.039><c> and</c><00:19:34.259><c> suddenly</c><00:19:34.619><c> you're</c><00:19:34.839><c> in</c><00:19:34.980><c> the</c><00:19:35.140><c> Kingdom.</c>

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So<00:19:36.880><c> there's</c><00:19:37.200><c> the</c><00:19:37.460><c> pattern</c><00:19:37.720><c> then</c><00:19:38.220><c> that</c><00:19:38.480><c> Paul</c><00:19:38.759><c> follows</c><00:19:39.279><c> in</c><00:19:39.920><c> Romans</c><00:19:40.299><c> chapter</c><00:19:40.660><c> 8.</c>

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We<00:19:41.200><c> have</c><00:19:41.460><c> the</c><00:19:42.259><c> spirit</c><00:19:42.980><c> of</c><00:19:44.259><c> adoption,</c>

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the<00:19:46.299><c> spirit</c><00:19:46.960><c> of</c><00:19:48.359><c> redemption,</c>

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but<00:19:50.920><c> it's</c><00:19:51.140><c> all</c><00:19:51.420><c> looking</c><00:19:51.839><c> forward</c><00:19:52.279><c> to</c><00:19:52.920><c> that</c><00:19:53.299><c> which</c><00:19:53.480><c> is</c><00:19:53.759><c> beyond</c>

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the<00:19:54.319><c> veil.</c>

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Let's<00:19:57.559><c> turn</c><00:19:57.740><c> to</c><00:19:57.839><c> Ephesians.</c>

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Paul<00:19:59.240><c> says</c><00:19:59.559><c> a</c><00:19:59.779><c> very</c><00:20:00.059><c> similar</c><00:20:00.319><c> thing</c><00:20:00.559><c> in</c><00:20:00.779><c> Ephesians</c><00:20:01.319><c> chapter</c><00:20:01.660><c> 1.</c>

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And<00:20:12.099><c> we</c><00:20:12.200><c> notice</c><00:20:12.420><c> the</c><00:20:12.799><c> same</c><00:20:13.140><c> little</c><00:20:13.539><c> phenomenon</c><00:20:14.460><c> in</c><00:20:15.240><c> this</c><00:20:16.279><c> chapter.</c>

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In<00:20:23.980><c> verse</c><00:20:24.299><c> 7</c><00:20:24.660><c> of</c><00:20:24.880><c> Ephesians</c><00:20:25.299><c> chapter</c><00:20:25.640><c> 1,</c>

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he's<00:20:28.440><c> talking</c><00:20:28.720><c> about</c><00:20:29.079><c> our</c><00:20:29.500><c> position</c><00:20:29.920><c> in</c><00:20:30.259><c> Christ</c><00:20:30.579><c> Jesus</c>

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in<00:20:33.539><c> whom</c><00:20:34.019><c> we</c><00:20:34.660><c> have</c><00:20:35.579><c> redemption</c>

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through<00:20:38.079><c> His</c><00:20:38.359><c> blood</c><00:20:38.619><c> the</c><00:20:38.900><c> forgiveness</c><00:20:39.259><c> of</c><00:20:39.579><c> sins</c><00:20:39.779><c> according</c>

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to<00:20:40.420><c> the</c><00:20:40.559><c> riches</c><00:20:40.839><c> of</c><00:20:41.019><c> His</c><00:20:41.220><c> grace.</c>

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It's<00:21:34.160><c> the</c><00:21:34.339><c> same</c><00:21:34.680><c> thing</c><00:21:34.940><c> he's</c><00:21:35.380><c> saying</c><00:21:35.539><c> that</c><00:21:35.740><c> we</c><00:21:36.019><c> have</c><00:21:36.359><c> right</c><00:21:36.900><c> now</c>

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Notice<00:21:56.980><c> also</c><00:21:57.460><c> in</c><00:21:57.579><c> this</c><00:21:57.799><c> chapter</c><00:21:58.099><c> how</c><00:21:58.279><c> he</c><00:21:58.460><c> speaks</c><00:21:58.720><c> about</c>

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in<00:22:12.099><c> heavenly</c><00:22:12.380><c> places</c><00:22:12.779><c> in</c><00:22:13.059><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:22:14.079><c> he</c><00:22:14.180><c> goes</c><00:22:14.380><c> on</c><00:22:14.619><c> to</c><00:22:14.779><c> list</c><00:22:15.299><c> these</c><00:22:15.700><c> spiritual</c><00:22:16.200><c> blessings</c>

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So<00:22:26.559><c> he's</c><00:22:26.619><c> talking</c><00:22:26.759><c> about</c><00:22:26.960><c> the</c><00:22:27.200><c> same</c><00:22:27.519><c> thing</c>

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We<00:22:33.579><c> are</c><00:22:33.900><c> called</c><00:22:34.279><c> sons</c><00:22:34.559><c> and</c><00:22:34.819><c> daughters</c><00:22:35.140><c> now</c>

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Let's<00:22:43.920><c> just</c><00:22:44.000><c> go</c><00:22:44.160><c> back</c><00:22:44.380><c> to</c><00:22:44.779><c> verses</c><00:22:45.039><c> 13</c><00:22:45.579><c> and</c><00:22:45.759><c> 14.</c>

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And<00:24:05.359><c> he</c><00:24:06.160><c> describes</c><00:24:06.880><c> this</c><00:24:07.559><c> Spirit</c><00:24:08.180><c> of</c><00:24:08.599><c> promise</c>

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And<00:24:15.880><c> that</c><00:24:16.019><c> word</c><00:24:16.240><c> earnest</c><00:24:16.819><c> means</c><00:24:17.720><c> a</c><00:24:18.640><c> deposit</c><00:24:19.259><c> or</c><00:24:20.500><c> a</c><00:24:20.700><c> down</c><00:24:20.980><c> payment.</c>

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what<00:24:37.640><c> Paul</c><00:24:37.900><c> is</c><00:24:38.140><c> getting</c><00:24:38.319><c> across</c><00:24:38.740><c> here.</c>

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And<00:24:54.680><c> he's</c><00:24:55.180><c> expressed</c><00:24:55.720><c> that</c><00:24:56.099><c> promise</c>

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in<00:24:57.579><c> calling</c><00:24:57.900><c> us</c><00:24:58.460><c> sons</c><00:24:58.700><c> and</c><00:24:59.000><c> daughters,</c>

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in<00:25:00.039><c> redeeming</c><00:25:00.779><c> us</c><00:25:01.440><c> spiritually</c><00:25:01.900><c> speaking,</c>

00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:06.000
in<00:25:02.839><c> counting</c><00:25:03.180><c> us</c><00:25:03.859><c> righteous</c><00:25:04.299><c> because</c><00:25:04.640><c> of</c><00:25:04.839><c> our</c><00:25:05.079><c> faith,</c>

00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:11.619
in<00:25:08.259><c> raising</c><00:25:08.599><c> us</c><00:25:08.960><c> up</c><00:25:09.539><c> in</c><00:25:09.940><c> heavenly</c><00:25:10.319><c> places</c><00:25:10.720><c> in</c><00:25:10.940><c> Christ</c><00:25:11.279><c> Jesus</c>

00:25:11.619 --> 00:25:14.420
as<00:25:11.740><c> he</c><00:25:11.880><c> goes</c><00:25:12.059><c> on</c><00:25:12.240><c> to</c><00:25:12.400><c> talk</c><00:25:12.579><c> about</c><00:25:12.819><c> in</c><00:25:13.460><c> the</c><00:25:13.579><c> rest</c><00:25:13.819><c> of</c><00:25:14.059><c> the</c><00:25:14.160><c> book.</c>

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We're<00:25:14.900><c> in</c><00:25:15.019><c> this</c><00:25:15.420><c> spiritual</c><00:25:16.039><c> state</c><00:25:16.460><c> now.</c>

00:25:19.119 --> 00:25:21.339
And<00:25:19.279><c> it's</c><00:25:19.480><c> all</c><00:25:19.779><c> a</c><00:25:20.000><c> down</c><00:25:20.339><c> payment.</c>

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It's<00:25:21.740><c> all</c><00:25:21.920><c> a</c><00:25:22.079><c> deposit.</c>

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It's<00:25:22.839><c> all</c><00:25:23.140><c> in</c><00:25:23.500><c> prospect</c><00:25:24.299><c> of</c><00:25:25.240><c> that</c><00:25:26.440><c> greater</c><00:25:26.960><c> promise</c><00:25:27.319><c> to</c><00:25:27.619><c> come</c>

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in<00:25:28.700><c> the</c><00:25:28.900><c> kingdom</c><00:25:29.220><c> of</c><00:25:29.460><c> God.</c>

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So<00:25:32.259><c> let's</c><00:25:32.480><c> just</c><00:25:32.779><c> note</c><00:25:32.960><c> some</c><00:25:33.160><c> of</c><00:25:33.279><c> the</c><00:25:33.420><c> language</c><00:25:33.779><c> here.</c>

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We<00:25:34.420><c> have</c><00:25:34.559><c> this</c><00:25:34.759><c> word</c><00:25:35.019><c> sealed.</c>

00:25:37.119 --> 00:25:40.660
The<00:25:37.279><c> idea</c><00:25:37.519><c> of</c><00:25:37.740><c> the</c><00:25:38.099><c> promise</c><00:25:38.660><c> which</c><00:25:39.220><c> is</c><00:25:39.619><c> the</c><00:25:40.279><c> earnest</c>

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or<00:25:40.900><c> the</c><00:25:41.220><c> down</c><00:25:41.559><c> payment</c><00:25:42.140><c> of</c><00:25:43.000><c> our</c><00:25:43.799><c> inheritance.</c>

00:25:46.180 --> 00:25:48.799
And<00:25:46.319><c> that's</c><00:25:46.619><c> all</c><00:25:47.000><c> waiting</c><00:25:47.420><c> for</c><00:25:47.880><c> the</c><00:25:48.180><c> redemption</c>

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of<00:25:49.500><c> the</c><00:25:49.779><c> purchased</c><00:25:50.579><c> possession.</c>

00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:54.599
Now<00:25:52.740><c> why</c><00:25:52.799><c> does</c><00:25:53.019><c> Paul</c><00:25:53.339><c> use</c><00:25:53.799><c> this</c><00:25:54.099><c> language?</c>

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Why<00:25:54.960><c> the</c><00:25:56.160><c> redemption</c><00:25:56.859><c> of</c><00:25:57.180><c> the</c><00:25:57.339><c> purchased</c><00:25:57.799><c> possession?</c>

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Well,<00:25:58.980><c> the</c><00:25:59.079><c> reason</c><00:25:59.380><c> is,</c><00:25:59.759><c> brothers</c><00:25:59.880><c> and</c><00:26:00.079><c> sisters,</c>

00:26:00.599 --> 00:26:03.900
is<00:26:01.099><c> he</c><00:26:01.240><c> is</c><00:26:01.480><c> remarking</c><00:26:02.059><c> here</c><00:26:02.319><c> on</c><00:26:02.640><c> an</c><00:26:02.839><c> Old</c><00:26:03.079><c> Testament</c><00:26:03.460><c> passage</c>

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from<00:26:04.140><c> Jeremiah</c><00:26:04.759><c> chapter</c><00:26:05.579><c> 32.</c>

00:26:06.940 --> 00:26:09.160
If<00:26:07.079><c> you'd</c><00:26:07.220><c> like</c><00:26:07.220><c> to</c><00:26:07.440><c> turn</c><00:26:07.579><c> that</c><00:26:07.839><c> up,</c>

00:26:09.480 --> 00:26:15.220
we<00:26:09.559><c> find</c><00:26:09.859><c> here</c><00:26:10.119><c> Jeremiah</c><00:26:12.000><c> purchases</c><00:26:13.539><c> a</c><00:26:14.299><c> piece</c><00:26:14.420><c> of</c><00:26:14.660><c> land</c>

00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:18.519
but<00:26:16.400><c> in</c><00:26:16.599><c> quite</c><00:26:16.920><c> unusual</c><00:26:17.579><c> circumstances</c>

00:26:18.519 --> 00:26:22.980
which<00:26:18.880><c> according</c><00:26:19.819><c> to</c><00:26:20.119><c> human</c><00:26:20.500><c> thinking</c><00:26:20.960><c> is</c><00:26:21.200><c> ridiculous.</c>

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In<00:26:31.019><c> Jeremiah</c><00:26:31.460><c> chapter</c><00:26:31.920><c> 32,</c>

00:26:33.700 --> 00:26:36.440
look<00:26:33.940><c> at</c><00:26:34.099><c> the</c><00:26:34.220><c> situation</c><00:26:34.819><c> Jeremiah</c><00:26:35.440><c> finds</c><00:26:35.819><c> himself</c><00:26:36.200><c> in.</c>

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:39.319
He<00:26:36.779><c> is</c><00:26:37.059><c> by</c><00:26:37.279><c> now</c><00:26:37.539><c> an</c><00:26:37.700><c> old</c><00:26:38.160><c> man.</c>

00:26:41.599 --> 00:26:44.819
He's<00:26:42.359><c> feeling</c><00:26:42.619><c> the</c><00:26:42.900><c> weight</c><00:26:43.299><c> of</c><00:26:43.779><c> mortality.</c>

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And<00:26:45.500><c> not</c><00:26:45.660><c> only</c><00:26:45.880><c> that,</c>

00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:50.559
but<00:26:46.599><c> the</c><00:26:47.059><c> city</c><00:26:47.319><c> is</c><00:26:47.599><c> surrounded</c><00:26:48.039><c> by</c><00:26:48.660><c> the</c><00:26:48.920><c> Babylonians,</c><00:26:49.599><c> verse</c><00:26:49.799><c> 1.</c>

00:26:50.660 --> 00:26:52.500
The<00:26:50.700><c> word</c><00:26:50.940><c> that</c><00:26:51.160><c> came</c><00:26:51.279><c> to</c><00:26:51.480><c> Jeremiah</c><00:26:51.880><c> from</c><00:26:52.140><c> the</c><00:26:52.319><c> Lord</c>

00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:54.799
in<00:26:52.700><c> the</c><00:26:52.859><c> tenth</c><00:26:53.059><c> year</c><00:26:53.299><c> of</c><00:26:53.539><c> Zedekiah</c><00:26:54.039><c> king</c><00:26:54.299><c> of</c><00:26:54.519><c> Judah,</c>

00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:57.799
which<00:26:55.380><c> was</c><00:26:55.640><c> the</c><00:26:55.859><c> eighteenth</c><00:26:56.259><c> year</c><00:26:56.460><c> of</c><00:26:56.619><c> Nebuchadnezzar.</c>

00:26:58.059 --> 00:27:00.900
For<00:26:58.200><c> then</c><00:26:58.440><c> the</c><00:26:58.559><c> king</c><00:26:58.799><c> of</c><00:26:59.039><c> Babylon's</c><00:26:59.539><c> army</c><00:26:59.740><c> besieged</c><00:27:00.359><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:27:00.900 --> 00:27:03.000
and<00:27:01.140><c> Jeremiah</c><00:27:01.640><c> the</c><00:27:01.819><c> prophet</c><00:27:02.119><c> was</c><00:27:02.460><c> shut</c><00:27:02.640><c> up</c>

00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:04.400
in<00:27:03.359><c> the</c><00:27:03.579><c> court</c><00:27:03.740><c> of</c><00:27:03.920><c> the</c><00:27:04.079><c> prison</c>

00:27:04.400 --> 00:27:06.640
which<00:27:04.859><c> was</c><00:27:05.019><c> in</c><00:27:05.240><c> the</c><00:27:05.420><c> king</c><00:27:05.619><c> of</c><00:27:05.880><c> Judah's</c><00:27:06.259><c> house.</c>

00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:11.599
So<00:27:07.240><c> if</c><00:27:07.460><c> anyone</c><00:27:07.759><c> is</c><00:27:08.019><c> in</c><00:27:08.279><c> bondage,</c><00:27:09.759><c> right</c><00:27:09.980><c> now</c><00:27:10.200><c> it's</c><00:27:10.559><c> Jeremiah.</c>

00:27:12.859 --> 00:27:16.720
Not<00:27:13.519><c> only</c><00:27:13.779><c> is</c><00:27:13.920><c> he</c><00:27:14.079><c> feeling</c><00:27:14.420><c> the</c><00:27:14.759><c> bondage</c><00:27:15.700><c> of</c><00:27:16.099><c> corruption</c>

00:27:16.720 --> 00:27:20.079
of<00:27:17.160><c> his</c><00:27:17.380><c> own</c><00:27:17.660><c> mortal</c><00:27:18.019><c> body</c><00:27:18.359><c> being</c><00:27:18.579><c> an</c><00:27:18.779><c> old</c><00:27:18.960><c> man,</c>

00:27:20.940 --> 00:27:25.160
he's<00:27:21.180><c> in</c><00:27:21.319><c> the</c><00:27:21.619><c> bondage</c><00:27:22.759><c> of</c><00:27:23.460><c> the</c><00:27:23.720><c> court</c><00:27:23.880><c> of</c><00:27:24.059><c> the</c><00:27:24.259><c> prison</c>

00:27:25.980 --> 00:27:30.339
and<00:27:26.640><c> the</c><00:27:26.799><c> city</c><00:27:26.960><c> itself</c><00:27:27.900><c> is</c><00:27:29.519><c> in</c><00:27:29.660><c> the</c><00:27:29.859><c> bondage</c>

00:27:30.339 --> 00:27:33.180
of<00:27:30.539><c> the</c><00:27:30.740><c> siege</c><00:27:31.140><c> of</c><00:27:31.519><c> the</c><00:27:31.700><c> Babylonians.</c>

00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:38.839
So<00:27:34.859><c> in</c><00:27:35.039><c> a</c><00:27:35.220><c> triple</c><00:27:35.539><c> sense</c><00:27:35.980><c> he</c><00:27:36.299><c> is</c><00:27:36.779><c> under</c><00:27:37.200><c> bondage.</c>

00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:41.859
And<00:27:39.700><c> yet</c><00:27:39.859><c> in</c><00:27:40.160><c> that</c><00:27:40.480><c> context,</c><00:27:41.240><c> brothers</c><00:27:41.359><c> and</c><00:27:41.579><c> sisters,</c>

00:27:42.079 --> 00:27:45.240
notice<00:27:42.359><c> what</c><00:27:42.579><c> Jeremiah</c><00:27:43.119><c> is</c><00:27:43.420><c> asked</c><00:27:43.519><c> to</c><00:27:43.740><c> do.</c>

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Verse<00:27:45.559><c> 6.</c>

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And<00:27:47.640><c> Jeremiah</c><00:27:48.039><c> said,</c>

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The<00:27:48.440><c> word</c><00:27:48.680><c> of</c><00:27:48.839><c> the</c><00:27:48.960><c> Lord</c><00:27:49.119><c> came</c><00:27:49.400><c> unto</c><00:27:49.559><c> me,</c><00:27:49.900><c> saying,</c>

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Behold,<00:27:51.019><c> Hanimeel</c><00:27:51.500><c> the</c><00:27:51.619><c> son</c><00:27:51.839><c> of</c><00:27:52.059><c> Shalom,</c>

00:27:52.380 --> 00:27:54.559
thine<00:27:52.559><c> uncle,</c><00:27:53.079><c> shall</c><00:27:53.220><c> come</c><00:27:53.480><c> unto</c><00:27:53.680><c> thee,</c><00:27:54.480><c> saying,</c>

00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:58.240
Buy<00:27:55.359><c> thee</c><00:27:55.579><c> my</c><00:27:55.940><c> field</c><00:27:56.500><c> that</c><00:27:56.940><c> is</c><00:27:57.160><c> in</c><00:27:57.400><c> Anathoth,</c>

00:27:58.559 --> 00:28:03.220
for<00:27:58.759><c> the</c><00:27:59.079><c> right</c><00:27:59.619><c> of</c><00:28:00.039><c> redemption</c><00:28:00.619><c> is</c><00:28:01.319><c> thine</c><00:28:01.720><c> to</c><00:28:01.940><c> buy</c><00:28:02.140><c> it.</c>

00:28:04.660 --> 00:28:10.200
If<00:28:05.140><c> you're</c><00:28:05.420><c> an</c><00:28:05.519><c> old</c><00:28:05.839><c> man</c><00:28:06.180><c> in</c><00:28:06.559><c> prison,</c><00:28:08.759><c> under</c><00:28:09.079><c> a</c><00:28:09.339><c> siege,</c>

00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:12.119
and<00:28:10.799><c> you</c><00:28:10.880><c> know</c><00:28:11.119><c> the</c><00:28:11.319><c> city</c><00:28:11.519><c> is</c><00:28:11.660><c> going</c><00:28:11.779><c> to</c><00:28:11.960><c> fall,</c>

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:14.000
you<00:28:12.279><c> know</c><00:28:12.480><c> the</c><00:28:12.660><c> people</c><00:28:12.880><c> are</c><00:28:13.019><c> going</c><00:28:13.140><c> to</c><00:28:13.140><c> be</c><00:28:13.279><c> let</c><00:28:13.380><c> to</c><00:28:13.599><c> Babylon,</c>

00:28:14.380 --> 00:28:18.779
you<00:28:14.500><c> know</c><00:28:14.700><c> this</c><00:28:14.940><c> is</c><00:28:15.220><c> the</c><00:28:15.339><c> end</c><00:28:15.680><c> of</c><00:28:17.119><c> Judah's</c><00:28:17.660><c> commonwealth,</c>

00:28:20.099 --> 00:28:22.460
and<00:28:20.200><c> someone</c><00:28:20.359><c> comes</c><00:28:20.680><c> along</c><00:28:21.000><c> to</c><00:28:21.140><c> you</c><00:28:21.259><c> and</c><00:28:21.380><c> says,</c>

00:28:22.680 --> 00:28:25.000
Buy<00:28:22.799><c> the</c><00:28:23.079><c> field</c><00:28:23.279><c> in</c><00:28:23.500><c> Anathoth.</c>

00:28:26.140 --> 00:28:28.440
What<00:28:26.619><c> on</c><00:28:26.940><c> earth</c><00:28:27.220><c> is</c><00:28:27.420><c> the</c><00:28:27.599><c> point?</c>

00:28:29.019 --> 00:28:30.680
Why<00:28:29.440><c> would</c><00:28:29.619><c> I</c><00:28:29.779><c> want</c><00:28:29.900><c> to</c><00:28:30.039><c> do</c><00:28:30.220><c> that?</c>

00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:33.819
It<00:28:31.460><c> doesn't</c><00:28:31.579><c> make</c><00:28:31.799><c> any</c><00:28:32.180><c> sense</c><00:28:32.599><c> whatsoever.</c>

00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:36.980
I<00:28:34.200><c> don't</c><00:28:34.359><c> care</c><00:28:34.660><c> that</c><00:28:34.819><c> the</c><00:28:35.019><c> right</c><00:28:35.200><c> of</c><00:28:35.420><c> redemption</c><00:28:35.799><c> is</c><00:28:36.119><c> mine.</c>

00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:38.839
What<00:28:37.400><c> would</c><00:28:37.539><c> I</c><00:28:37.640><c> want</c><00:28:37.759><c> to</c><00:28:37.900><c> do</c><00:28:38.000><c> with</c><00:28:38.200><c> some</c><00:28:38.500><c> field?</c>

00:28:38.880 --> 00:28:41.299
When<00:28:39.019><c> I'm</c><00:28:39.220><c> going</c><00:28:39.359><c> to</c><00:28:39.519><c> die,</c><00:28:40.160><c> the</c><00:28:40.259><c> city's</c><00:28:40.539><c> going</c><00:28:40.640><c> to</c><00:28:40.759><c> be</c><00:28:40.980><c> burned,</c>

00:28:41.599 --> 00:28:43.599
we're<00:28:41.700><c> going</c><00:28:41.779><c> to</c><00:28:41.839><c> be</c><00:28:41.980><c> led</c><00:28:42.160><c> captive,</c><00:28:42.940><c> and</c><00:28:43.059><c> it's</c><00:28:43.259><c> the</c><00:28:43.420><c> end.</c>

00:28:43.619 --> 00:28:45.599
What's<00:28:43.900><c> the</c><00:28:44.019><c> point</c><00:28:44.259><c> of</c><00:28:44.440><c> all</c><00:28:45.019><c> of</c><00:28:45.319><c> this?</c>

00:28:46.059 --> 00:28:48.839
And<00:28:46.500><c> of</c><00:28:46.680><c> course</c><00:28:46.900><c> from</c><00:28:47.099><c> a</c><00:28:47.359><c> human</c><00:28:47.660><c> standpoint,</c>

00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:50.880
without<00:28:49.460><c> that</c><00:28:49.859><c> hope</c><00:28:50.119><c> beyond</c><00:28:50.440><c> the</c><00:28:50.660><c> veil,</c>

00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:52.799
it<00:28:51.240><c> would</c><00:28:51.460><c> be</c><00:28:51.759><c> pointless.</c>

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But<00:28:56.200><c> of</c><00:28:56.319><c> course</c><00:28:56.460><c> Jeremiah</c><00:28:57.119><c> knew</c><00:28:57.779><c> that</c><00:28:57.940><c> this</c><00:28:58.160><c> was</c><00:28:58.400><c> not</c><00:28:58.799><c> the</c><00:28:59.079><c> end.</c>

00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:04.339
He<00:29:01.140><c> saw</c><00:29:01.619><c> beyond</c><00:29:02.319><c> his</c><00:29:02.740><c> present</c><00:29:03.000><c> predicament,</c>

00:29:05.160 --> 00:29:07.740
beyond<00:29:05.460><c> the</c><00:29:05.779><c> siege,</c><00:29:06.500><c> beyond</c><00:29:06.700><c> the</c><00:29:06.940><c> fact</c><00:29:07.079><c> he's</c><00:29:07.339><c> in</c><00:29:07.559><c> prison,</c>

00:29:07.880 --> 00:29:10.619
beyond<00:29:08.160><c> his</c><00:29:08.420><c> own</c><00:29:08.640><c> mortality</c><00:29:09.279><c> even,</c>

00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:14.579
and<00:29:11.220><c> with</c><00:29:11.299><c> the</c><00:29:11.460><c> eye</c><00:29:11.619><c> of</c><00:29:11.859><c> faith</c><00:29:12.099><c> he</c><00:29:12.220><c> looked</c><00:29:12.519><c> forward</c><00:29:12.980><c> to</c><00:29:13.160><c> that</c><00:29:13.420><c> time</c>

00:29:14.839 --> 00:29:23.640
in<00:29:15.480><c> which</c><00:29:15.700><c> once</c><00:29:16.099><c> more</c><00:29:17.140><c> cities</c><00:29:18.140><c> and</c><00:29:19.220><c> lands</c><00:29:20.000><c> would</c><00:29:20.680><c> be</c><00:29:20.880><c> dwelt</c><00:29:21.200><c> in</c><00:29:22.759><c> Israel.</c>

00:29:23.859 --> 00:29:26.900
And<00:29:24.119><c> so</c><00:29:24.559><c> he</c><00:29:24.799><c> says</c><00:29:25.200><c> in</c><00:29:25.940><c> verse</c><00:29:26.240><c> 9,</c>

00:29:26.900 --> 00:29:29.960
I<00:29:27.500><c> bought</c><00:29:27.980><c> the</c><00:29:28.240><c> field</c><00:29:28.559><c> of</c><00:29:28.799><c> Hanimeel,</c><00:29:29.220><c> my</c><00:29:29.380><c> uncle's</c><00:29:29.900><c> son,</c>

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:31.059
that<00:29:30.099><c> was</c><00:29:30.220><c> in</c><00:29:30.420><c> Anathoth,</c>

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:34.440
and<00:29:31.619><c> weighed</c><00:29:31.819><c> in</c><00:29:32.039><c> the</c><00:29:32.180><c> money</c><00:29:32.440><c> even</c><00:29:32.839><c> seventeen</c><00:29:33.319><c> shekels</c><00:29:33.799><c> of</c><00:29:33.980><c> silver,</c>

00:29:34.700 --> 00:29:36.460
and<00:29:34.900><c> I</c><00:29:35.140><c> subscribed</c><00:29:35.759><c> the</c><00:29:35.980><c> evidence,</c>

00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:39.200
and<00:29:37.099><c> I</c><00:29:37.799><c> sealed</c><00:29:38.099><c> it,</c>

00:29:39.359 --> 00:29:41.019
and<00:29:39.640><c> took</c><00:29:39.880><c> witnesses,</c>

00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:44.720
and<00:29:41.480><c> weighed</c><00:29:41.720><c> him</c><00:29:42.000><c> the</c><00:29:42.119><c> money</c><00:29:42.680><c> in</c><00:29:43.480><c> the</c><00:29:43.660><c> balance.</c>

00:29:45.660 --> 00:29:48.380
This<00:29:46.019><c> is</c><00:29:46.299><c> the</c><00:29:46.460><c> idea</c><00:29:46.920><c> that</c><00:29:47.160><c> Paul</c><00:29:47.380><c> is</c><00:29:47.599><c> picking</c><00:29:47.859><c> up</c><00:29:48.119><c> on</c>

00:29:48.380 --> 00:29:50.799
in<00:29:48.779><c> Ephesians</c><00:29:49.220><c> chapter</c><00:29:49.579><c> 1.</c>

00:29:51.180 --> 00:29:53.660
Of<00:29:51.339><c> course</c><00:29:51.500><c> Jeremiah</c><00:29:52.119><c> is</c><00:29:52.539><c> not</c><00:29:52.759><c> going</c><00:29:52.920><c> to</c><00:29:53.079><c> receive</c>

00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:55.799
that<00:29:54.000><c> inheritance</c><00:29:54.519><c> there</c><00:29:54.839><c> and</c><00:29:55.039><c> then.</c>

00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:58.980
We<00:29:56.599><c> know</c><00:29:56.819><c> this</c><00:29:57.059><c> story,</c><00:29:57.440><c> the</c><00:29:57.579><c> end</c><00:29:57.799><c> of</c><00:29:58.019><c> Jeremiah.</c>

00:30:00.019 --> 00:30:02.059
It's<00:30:00.140><c> like</c><00:30:00.240><c> they</c><00:30:00.440><c> get</c><00:30:00.700><c> that</c><00:30:01.059><c> field.</c>

00:30:03.460 --> 00:30:06.240
So<00:30:03.599><c> he</c><00:30:03.700><c> makes</c><00:30:03.980><c> this</c><00:30:04.339><c> down</c><00:30:04.660><c> payment</c><00:30:05.039><c> and</c><00:30:05.240><c> he</c><00:30:05.519><c> seals</c><00:30:05.839><c> it,</c>

00:30:06.359 --> 00:30:10.259
but<00:30:06.500><c> he</c><00:30:06.720><c> understands</c><00:30:07.460><c> the</c><00:30:08.059><c> power</c><00:30:08.599><c> of</c><00:30:08.880><c> the</c><00:30:09.140><c> promise,</c>

00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:13.920
and<00:30:11.599><c> he's</c><00:30:11.859><c> looking</c><00:30:12.220><c> forward</c><00:30:12.799><c> to</c><00:30:13.039><c> the</c><00:30:13.319><c> redemption</c>

00:30:13.920 --> 00:30:18.500
of<00:30:14.839><c> that</c><00:30:15.240><c> purchased</c><00:30:15.759><c> possession</c><00:30:16.440><c> that</c><00:30:17.019><c> he</c><00:30:17.140><c> just</c><00:30:17.460><c> makes.</c>

00:30:19.339 --> 00:30:23.819
And<00:30:19.539><c> that's</c><00:30:19.799><c> the</c><00:30:20.140><c> spirit</c><00:30:20.359><c> with</c><00:30:20.640><c> which</c><00:30:21.759><c> Jeremiah</c><00:30:22.559><c> lived</c><00:30:23.319><c> his</c><00:30:23.599><c> life,</c>

00:30:23.819 --> 00:30:26.279
and<00:30:23.900><c> that's</c><00:30:24.299><c> the</c><00:30:24.460><c> spirit</c><00:30:24.640><c> with</c><00:30:24.859><c> which</c><00:30:25.200><c> we</c><00:30:25.579><c> must</c><00:30:25.839><c> live</c><00:30:26.079><c> our</c>

00:30:26.279 --> 00:30:27.940
lives<00:30:26.500><c> too.</c>

00:30:28.319 --> 00:30:30.720
Basing<00:30:28.799><c> our</c><00:30:29.359><c> actions,</c>

00:30:31.339 --> 00:30:33.359
not<00:30:31.539><c> on</c><00:30:31.779><c> the</c><00:30:32.019><c> here</c><00:30:32.220><c> and</c><00:30:32.400><c> now,</c>

00:30:33.640 --> 00:30:35.799
but<00:30:33.779><c> on</c><00:30:33.960><c> our</c><00:30:34.259><c> future</c><00:30:34.579><c> hope.</c>

00:30:38.420 --> 00:30:40.039
Buying<00:30:38.819><c> up</c><00:30:39.099><c> our</c><00:30:39.299><c> opportunities,</c>

00:30:40.299 --> 00:30:42.460
redeeming<00:30:40.920><c> the</c><00:30:41.240><c> time,</c>

00:30:42.680 --> 00:30:44.299
right<00:30:43.059><c> now,</c>

00:30:44.940 --> 00:30:47.380
in<00:30:45.099><c> prospect</c><00:30:45.460><c> of</c><00:30:45.640><c> the</c><00:30:45.759><c> Kingdom</c><00:30:46.019><c> of</c><00:30:46.259><c> God.</c>

00:30:48.599 --> 00:30:51.099
Even<00:30:48.960><c> against</c><00:30:49.400><c> all</c><00:30:49.900><c> hope.</c>

00:30:52.119 --> 00:30:53.559
So<00:30:52.619><c> in</c><00:30:52.799><c> verse</c><00:30:53.079><c> 13,</c>

00:30:53.599 --> 00:30:55.380
I<00:30:53.799><c> charged</c><00:30:54.140><c> Barak</c><00:30:54.579><c> before</c><00:30:54.940><c> them</c><00:30:55.160><c> saying,</c>

00:30:55.559 --> 00:30:57.859
thus<00:30:55.579><c> says</c><00:30:55.799><c> the</c><00:30:55.980><c> Lord</c><00:30:56.160><c> of</c><00:30:56.359><c> Hosts,</c><00:30:56.619><c> the</c><00:30:56.680><c> God</c><00:30:56.839><c> of</c><00:30:56.940><c> Israel,</c>

00:30:57.900 --> 00:31:00.460
take<00:30:58.140><c> these</c><00:30:58.460><c> evidences,</c><00:30:59.119><c> this</c><00:30:59.240><c> evidence</c><00:30:59.539><c> of</c><00:30:59.720><c> the</c><00:30:59.900><c> purchase,</c>

00:31:00.779 --> 00:31:03.460
both<00:31:01.039><c> which</c><00:31:01.259><c> is</c><00:31:01.559><c> sealed,</c><00:31:02.259><c> and</c><00:31:02.359><c> this</c><00:31:02.579><c> evidence</c><00:31:02.839><c> which</c><00:31:03.039><c> is</c><00:31:03.200><c> open,</c>

00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:05.119
and<00:31:03.680><c> put</c><00:31:03.839><c> them</c><00:31:04.000><c> in</c><00:31:04.099><c> an</c><00:31:04.319><c> earthen</c><00:31:04.700><c> vessel,</c>

00:31:05.519 --> 00:31:08.680
that<00:31:05.619><c> they</c><00:31:05.839><c> may</c><00:31:06.079><c> continue</c><00:31:06.880><c> many</c><00:31:07.539><c> days.</c>

00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:11.940
For<00:31:09.640><c> thus</c><00:31:09.859><c> says</c><00:31:10.099><c> the</c><00:31:10.299><c> Lord</c><00:31:10.539><c> of</c><00:31:10.740><c> Hosts,</c><00:31:11.039><c> the</c><00:31:11.099><c> God</c><00:31:11.299><c> of</c><00:31:11.519><c> Israel,</c>

00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:15.720
houses,<00:31:13.319><c> and</c><00:31:13.640><c> fields,</c><00:31:14.420><c> and</c><00:31:14.680><c> vineyards,</c>

00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:18.680
shall<00:31:16.059><c> be</c><00:31:16.420><c> possessed</c><00:31:16.900><c> again</c><00:31:17.279><c> in</c><00:31:17.460><c> this</c><00:31:17.680><c> land.</c>

00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:21.079
So<00:31:19.619><c> that's</c><00:31:19.960><c> what</c><00:31:20.059><c> we</c><00:31:20.200><c> look</c><00:31:20.460><c> forward</c><00:31:20.839><c> to,</c>

00:31:21.119 --> 00:31:24.859
the<00:31:21.380><c> redemption</c><00:31:21.839><c> of</c><00:31:22.279><c> the</c><00:31:22.460><c> purchased</c><00:31:23.160><c> possession.</c>

00:31:29.279 --> 00:31:32.720
So<00:31:29.900><c> let</c><00:31:30.079><c> our</c><00:31:30.599><c> lives</c><00:31:31.019><c> be</c><00:31:31.700><c> governed,</c>

00:31:33.380 --> 00:31:35.799
as<00:31:33.460><c> it</c><00:31:33.640><c> was</c><00:31:33.859><c> with</c><00:31:34.119><c> Jeremiah</c><00:31:34.480><c> by</c><00:31:34.799><c> this</c><00:31:35.039><c> hope.</c>

00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:41.960
Let<00:31:37.680><c> that</c><00:31:38.019><c> hope</c><00:31:38.359><c> be</c><00:31:38.880><c> a</c><00:31:39.160><c> motivation</c><00:31:39.779><c> for</c><00:31:40.119><c> everything</c><00:31:40.539><c> we</c><00:31:40.839><c> do.</c>

00:31:42.299 --> 00:31:46.140
We<00:31:42.460><c> base</c><00:31:42.720><c> all</c><00:31:43.119><c> that</c><00:31:43.299><c> we</c><00:31:43.420><c> do</c><00:31:43.819><c> on</c><00:31:44.579><c> that</c><00:31:44.839><c> future</c><00:31:45.160><c> reward.</c>

00:31:47.160 --> 00:31:48.680
And<00:31:47.759><c> really,</c><00:31:48.019><c> brothers</c><00:31:48.240><c> and</c><00:31:48.480><c> sisters,</c>

00:31:48.680 --> 00:31:55.380
this<00:31:48.940><c> is</c><00:31:49.240><c> why</c><00:31:49.940><c> faith</c><00:31:50.619><c> is</c><00:31:51.859><c> counted</c><00:31:52.440><c> as</c><00:31:54.359><c> righteousness.</c>

00:31:56.359 --> 00:31:59.480
We<00:31:56.480><c> know</c><00:31:56.619><c> that</c><00:31:56.819><c> principle</c><00:31:57.180><c> very</c><00:31:57.579><c> well</c><00:31:57.779><c> in</c><00:31:58.000><c> Scripture,</c><00:31:58.400><c> don't</c><00:31:58.519><c> we?</c>

00:32:00.180 --> 00:32:02.839
God<00:32:00.619><c> looks</c><00:32:01.160><c> at</c><00:32:01.460><c> our</c><00:32:01.779><c> faith,</c>

00:32:03.319 --> 00:32:06.220
and<00:32:03.440><c> He</c><00:32:03.660><c> counts</c><00:32:04.039><c> it</c><00:32:04.619><c> as</c><00:32:05.099><c> righteousness.</c>

00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:08.359
Why<00:32:06.759><c> does</c><00:32:06.960><c> God</c><00:32:07.160><c> do</c><00:32:07.420><c> that?</c>

00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:11.779
Seems<00:32:09.579><c> kind</c><00:32:09.799><c> of</c><00:32:10.039><c> arbitrary</c><00:32:10.420><c> when</c><00:32:10.599><c> you</c><00:32:10.740><c> look</c><00:32:10.920><c> at</c><00:32:11.019><c> it</c><00:32:11.119><c> on</c><00:32:11.240><c> the</c><00:32:11.400><c> surface.</c>

00:32:11.779 --> 00:32:17.200
Why<00:32:12.079><c> should</c><00:32:12.619><c> God</c><00:32:13.019><c> count</c><00:32:13.400><c> our</c><00:32:13.839><c> faith</c><00:32:14.279><c> as</c><00:32:16.180><c> righteousness?</c>

00:32:18.579 --> 00:32:19.680
Let's<00:32:18.960><c> trace</c><00:32:19.180><c> the</c><00:32:19.480><c> idea.</c>

00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:21.619
Let's<00:32:19.859><c> go</c><00:32:20.019><c> back</c><00:32:20.240><c> to</c><00:32:20.359><c> Romans</c><00:32:20.700><c> chapter</c><00:32:21.059><c> 4,</c>

00:32:21.920 --> 00:32:24.700
because<00:32:22.099><c> this</c><00:32:22.599><c> connection</c><00:32:23.099><c> between</c><00:32:23.519><c> faith</c><00:32:23.859><c> and</c><00:32:24.079><c> righteousness</c>

00:32:24.700 --> 00:32:28.700
is<00:32:25.480><c> all</c><00:32:25.779><c> to</c><00:32:26.039><c> do</c><00:32:26.240><c> with</c><00:32:26.559><c> this</c><00:32:28.000><c> principle</c>

00:32:28.700 --> 00:32:33.119
of<00:32:29.859><c> basing</c><00:32:30.299><c> our</c><00:32:30.680><c> actions</c><00:32:31.380><c> on</c><00:32:32.140><c> future</c><00:32:32.640><c> hope,</c>

00:32:33.380 --> 00:32:36.319
of<00:32:33.559><c> being</c><00:32:33.920><c> saved</c><00:32:34.500><c> by</c><00:32:35.220><c> hope,</c>

00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:43.000
of<00:32:37.839><c> being</c><00:32:38.160><c> motivated</c><00:32:39.039><c> by</c><00:32:40.599><c> that</c><00:32:40.920><c> future</c><00:32:41.420><c> inheritance.</c>

00:32:48.839 --> 00:32:51.519
Romans<00:32:49.019><c> chapter</c><00:32:49.339><c> 4,</c><00:32:49.640><c> we</c><00:32:49.779><c> know</c><00:32:50.079><c> this</c><00:32:50.720><c> passage</c><00:32:51.039><c> very</c><00:32:51.400><c> well</c>

00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:55.519
in<00:32:51.640><c> which</c><00:32:51.839><c> we're</c><00:32:52.039><c> told</c><00:32:52.279><c> that</c><00:32:52.559><c> Abraham</c><00:32:53.140><c> was</c><00:32:54.440><c> justified</c><00:32:54.900><c> by</c><00:32:55.220><c> faith.</c>

00:32:55.619 --> 00:32:57.519
Verse<00:32:55.859><c> 3,</c><00:32:56.559><c> for</c><00:32:56.680><c> what</c><00:32:56.839><c> says</c><00:32:57.059><c> the</c><00:32:57.259><c> Scripture,</c>

00:32:57.619 --> 00:32:58.920
Abraham<00:32:58.059><c> believed</c><00:32:58.519><c> God,</c>

00:32:59.240 --> 00:33:04.000
and<00:32:59.619><c> that</c><00:32:59.980><c> faith</c><00:33:00.299><c> was</c><00:33:00.680><c> counted</c><00:33:01.059><c> to</c><00:33:01.279><c> him</c><00:33:01.900><c> as</c><00:33:02.740><c> righteousness.</c>

00:33:05.420 --> 00:33:08.039
Why<00:33:06.079><c> was</c><00:33:06.359><c> it</c><00:33:06.559><c> counted</c><00:33:06.799><c> as</c><00:33:07.059><c> righteousness?</c>

00:33:09.720 --> 00:33:11.119
Because<00:33:09.980><c> this</c><00:33:10.180><c> is</c><00:33:10.339><c> what</c><00:33:10.599><c> faith</c><00:33:10.880><c> is.</c>

00:33:11.140 --> 00:33:15.920
Faith<00:33:11.400><c> is</c><00:33:11.740><c> not</c><00:33:12.619><c> simply,</c><00:33:13.440><c> yes,</c><00:33:13.859><c> I</c><00:33:14.180><c> believe</c><00:33:14.680><c> in</c><00:33:15.000><c> God.</c>

00:33:17.220 --> 00:33:20.359
Faith<00:33:17.680><c> is</c><00:33:18.319><c> implicit</c><00:33:18.960><c> trust.</c>

00:33:21.339 --> 00:33:27.119
But<00:33:21.539><c> when</c><00:33:21.900><c> God</c><00:33:22.339><c> says</c><00:33:23.500><c> something</c><00:33:24.940><c> is</c><00:33:25.180><c> going</c><00:33:25.319><c> to</c><00:33:25.480><c> happen</c><00:33:25.720><c> in</c><00:33:25.900><c> the</c><00:33:26.099><c> future,</c>

00:33:28.440 --> 00:33:33.400
I<00:33:29.039><c> trust,</c><00:33:29.619><c> I</c><00:33:29.920><c> believe</c><00:33:30.680><c> that</c><00:33:31.779><c> it</c><00:33:32.039><c> will</c><00:33:32.339><c> happen</c><00:33:32.660><c> in</c><00:33:32.839><c> the</c><00:33:33.000><c> future,</c>

00:33:33.599 --> 00:33:37.319
and<00:33:33.900><c> that</c><00:33:34.200><c> then,</c><00:33:34.960><c> that</c><00:33:35.279><c> future</c><00:33:35.819><c> prospect</c><00:33:36.359><c> of</c><00:33:36.599><c> God's</c><00:33:37.039><c> Word</c>

00:33:37.319 --> 00:33:41.980
coming<00:33:37.640><c> to</c><00:33:37.940><c> pass</c><00:33:38.599><c> becomes</c><00:33:39.220><c> this</c><00:33:39.599><c> motivating</c><00:33:40.259><c> power</c><00:33:41.220><c> inside</c>

00:33:41.980 --> 00:33:42.819
of<00:33:42.220><c> me.</c>

00:33:43.079 --> 00:33:46.660
And<00:33:43.339><c> that's</c><00:33:43.579><c> the</c><00:33:43.819><c> Spirit</c><00:33:44.200><c> of</c><00:33:44.460><c> God</c><00:33:44.779><c> driving</c><00:33:45.420><c> me</c><00:33:45.759><c> forward.</c>

00:33:47.339 --> 00:33:51.200
And<00:33:47.559><c> that's</c><00:33:47.759><c> what</c><00:33:47.900><c> Paul</c><00:33:48.140><c> goes</c><00:33:48.359><c> on</c><00:33:48.559><c> to</c><00:33:48.779><c> develop</c><00:33:49.180><c> in</c><00:33:49.660><c> verse</c><00:33:49.920><c> 16.</c>

00:33:51.619 --> 00:33:53.960
He<00:33:51.799><c> says,</c><00:33:51.980><c> therefore</c><00:33:52.480><c> it</c><00:33:52.599><c> is</c><00:33:52.819><c> of</c><00:33:53.099><c> faith,</c><00:33:53.339><c> not</c><00:33:53.660><c> law.</c>

00:33:53.960 --> 00:33:56.700
We're<00:33:54.220><c> not</c><00:33:54.339><c> motivated</c><00:33:55.180><c> by</c><00:33:55.539><c> law.</c>

00:33:57.559 --> 00:34:00.220
It's<00:33:57.900><c> faith</c><00:33:58.380><c> that</c><00:33:58.660><c> drives</c><00:33:59.059><c> us.</c>

00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:03.940
That<00:34:01.059><c> it</c><00:34:01.180><c> might</c><00:34:01.339><c> be</c><00:34:01.539><c> by</c><00:34:01.720><c> grace</c><00:34:02.180><c> to</c><00:34:02.400><c> the</c><00:34:02.500><c> end</c><00:34:02.640><c> of</c><00:34:02.839><c> the</c><00:34:03.079><c> promise,</c>

00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:06.039
might<00:34:04.380><c> be</c><00:34:04.759><c> sure</c><00:34:05.059><c> to</c><00:34:05.299><c> all</c><00:34:05.619><c> the</c><00:34:05.880><c> seed,</c>

00:34:06.160 --> 00:34:09.380
not<00:34:06.279><c> only</c><00:34:06.519><c> to</c><00:34:06.619><c> those</c><00:34:07.539><c> which</c><00:34:07.720><c> is</c><00:34:08.860><c> of</c><00:34:09.019><c> the</c><00:34:09.179><c> law,</c>

00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:11.699
but<00:34:09.579><c> to</c><00:34:09.739><c> that</c><00:34:09.840><c> which</c><00:34:09.980><c> is</c><00:34:10.199><c> of</c><00:34:10.280><c> the</c><00:34:10.559><c> faith</c><00:34:10.880><c> of</c><00:34:11.139><c> Abraham,</c>

00:34:12.059 --> 00:34:13.739
who<00:34:12.159><c> is</c><00:34:12.320><c> the</c><00:34:12.599><c> Father</c><00:34:12.900><c> of</c><00:34:13.059><c> us</c><00:34:13.320><c> all.</c>

00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:16.639
As<00:34:14.500><c> it</c><00:34:14.639><c> is</c><00:34:14.820><c> written,</c><00:34:15.199><c> verse</c><00:34:15.380><c> 17,</c>

00:34:16.780 --> 00:34:21.300
I<00:34:17.059><c> have</c><00:34:18.039><c> made</c><00:34:18.559><c> you</c><00:34:19.219><c> a</c><00:34:19.500><c> Father</c><00:34:19.960><c> of</c><00:34:20.500><c> many</c><00:34:20.739><c> nations.</c>

00:34:21.300 --> 00:34:23.639
And<00:34:22.219><c> the</c><00:34:22.380><c> key</c><00:34:22.699><c> word</c><00:34:23.079><c> there,</c>

00:34:23.800 --> 00:34:26.579
in<00:34:23.940><c> which</c><00:34:24.119><c> Paul</c><00:34:24.340><c> discusses</c><00:34:25.059><c> the</c><00:34:25.239><c> faith</c><00:34:25.420><c> of</c><00:34:25.639><c> Abraham,</c>

00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:28.420
is<00:34:27.179><c> the</c><00:34:27.260><c> word</c><00:34:27.400><c> have.</c>

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:32.000
Have<00:34:30.199><c> you</c><00:34:30.199><c> ever</c><00:34:30.400><c> noticed</c><00:34:30.699><c> that</c><00:34:30.900><c> in</c><00:34:31.079><c> your</c><00:34:31.199><c> readings</c><00:34:31.460><c> in</c><00:34:31.719><c> Genesis?</c>

00:34:32.260 --> 00:34:36.139
I<00:34:32.480><c> have</c><00:34:33.500><c> made</c><00:34:34.159><c> you</c><00:34:34.739><c> a</c><00:34:35.179><c> Father</c><00:34:35.380><c> of</c><00:34:35.539><c> many</c><00:34:35.760><c> nations.</c>

00:34:36.239 --> 00:34:38.880
Not<00:34:36.500><c> I</c><00:34:36.960><c> will</c><00:34:37.539><c> make</c><00:34:38.019><c> you.</c>

00:34:39.400 --> 00:34:40.780
I<00:34:39.659><c> have.</c>

00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:43.559
Because<00:34:41.159><c> it's</c><00:34:41.360><c> so</c><00:34:41.780><c> sure,</c><00:34:42.460><c> it's</c><00:34:42.800><c> so</c><00:34:43.119><c> certain.</c>

00:34:44.039 --> 00:34:48.320
God's<00:34:44.559><c> promises</c><00:34:44.920><c> are</c><00:34:45.599><c> absolutely</c><00:34:46.219><c> 100</c><00:34:46.860><c>%</c><00:34:47.380><c> certain.</c>

00:34:48.460 --> 00:34:49.500
This<00:34:48.760><c> world</c><00:34:49.000><c> has</c><00:34:49.179><c> a</c><00:34:49.340><c> saying,</c>

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:52.039
there's<00:34:49.679><c> only</c><00:34:50.019><c> two</c><00:34:50.559><c> things</c><00:34:50.900><c> which</c><00:34:51.099><c> are</c><00:34:51.380><c> certain</c><00:34:51.539><c> in</c><00:34:51.860><c> life,</c>

00:34:52.139 --> 00:34:53.739
death<00:34:52.440><c> and</c><00:34:52.699><c> taxes.</c>

00:34:54.380 --> 00:34:56.920
But<00:34:54.500><c> what's</c><00:34:54.679><c> even</c><00:34:55.059><c> more</c><00:34:55.460><c> certain</c><00:34:55.679><c> than</c><00:34:55.920><c> any</c><00:34:56.300><c> of</c><00:34:56.559><c> that</c>

00:34:56.920 --> 00:34:59.340
is<00:34:57.460><c> the</c><00:34:57.719><c> promise</c><00:34:58.079><c> of</c><00:34:58.360><c> God.</c>

00:34:59.659 --> 00:35:02.920
I<00:34:59.940><c> have</c><00:35:00.480><c> made</c><00:35:00.800><c> you</c><00:35:01.000><c> a</c><00:35:01.179><c> Father</c><00:35:01.360><c> of</c><00:35:01.480><c> many</c><00:35:01.679><c> nations.</c>

00:35:03.280 --> 00:35:05.340
Before<00:35:03.739><c> Him</c><00:35:04.440><c> whom</c><00:35:04.719><c> He</c><00:35:05.059><c> believed,</c>

00:35:05.420 --> 00:35:07.719
even<00:35:05.699><c> God</c><00:35:06.159><c> who</c><00:35:06.659><c> quickens</c><00:35:07.099><c> the</c><00:35:07.420><c> dead</c>

00:35:07.719 --> 00:35:10.739
and<00:35:08.260><c> calls</c><00:35:08.780><c> those</c><00:35:09.340><c> things</c><00:35:09.659><c> which</c><00:35:10.019><c> be</c><00:35:10.260><c> not</c>

00:35:10.739 --> 00:35:13.000
as<00:35:11.440><c> though</c><00:35:11.960><c> they</c><00:35:12.599><c> were.</c>

00:35:13.400 --> 00:35:15.780
That's<00:35:14.079><c> being</c><00:35:14.599><c> spiritually</c><00:35:15.260><c> minded.</c>

00:35:15.780 --> 00:35:18.639
That's<00:35:16.440><c> the</c><00:35:16.679><c> mind</c><00:35:17.079><c> of</c><00:35:17.260><c> God.</c>

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:24.079
Before<00:35:22.519><c> it</c><00:35:22.760><c> happens,</c>

00:35:25.619 --> 00:35:28.019
you<00:35:25.619><c> can</c><00:35:26.019><c> see</c><00:35:26.219><c> it</c><00:35:26.480><c> right</c><00:35:26.780><c> there.</c>

00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:29.900
And<00:35:28.360><c> that's</c><00:35:28.579><c> the</c><00:35:28.719><c> faith</c><00:35:28.860><c> that</c><00:35:29.139><c> Abraham</c><00:35:29.559><c> had.</c>

00:35:30.139 --> 00:35:31.960
That's<00:35:30.420><c> the</c><00:35:30.519><c> faith</c><00:35:30.760><c> that</c><00:35:31.000><c> Jeremiah</c><00:35:31.559><c> had.</c>

00:35:32.159 --> 00:35:34.659
That's<00:35:32.460><c> the</c><00:35:32.599><c> faith</c><00:35:32.760><c> that</c><00:35:33.000><c> we</c><00:35:33.280><c> need</c><00:35:33.460><c> to</c><00:35:33.739><c> have.</c>

00:35:35.199 --> 00:35:36.800
That<00:35:35.360><c> we</c><00:35:35.500><c> can</c><00:35:35.940><c> picture</c><00:35:36.300><c> ourselves</c>

00:35:36.800 --> 00:35:39.480
in<00:35:37.199><c> the</c><00:35:37.380><c> Kingdom</c><00:35:37.639><c> of</c><00:35:37.840><c> God.</c>

00:35:41.159 --> 00:35:45.420
And<00:35:41.800><c> so</c><00:35:41.920><c> it</c><00:35:42.000><c> goes</c><00:35:42.219><c> on</c><00:35:42.820><c> to</c><00:35:43.360><c> describe</c><00:35:43.719><c> his</c><00:35:45.139><c> hope,</c>

00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:47.840
verse<00:35:45.760><c> 18,</c><00:35:46.159><c> who</c><00:35:46.360><c> against</c><00:35:46.800><c> hope,</c>

00:35:47.900 --> 00:35:50.920
against<00:35:48.239><c> all</c><00:35:48.719><c> human</c><00:35:49.559><c> reason,</c>

00:35:53.199 --> 00:35:55.980
he<00:35:53.480><c> too</c><00:35:53.599><c> was</c><00:35:53.780><c> under</c><00:35:53.940><c> the</c><00:35:54.219><c> bondage</c><00:35:54.719><c> of</c><00:35:54.960><c> corruption.</c>

00:35:57.400 --> 00:35:59.059
His<00:35:57.699><c> wife</c><00:35:58.000><c> was</c><00:35:58.239><c> not</c><00:35:58.400><c> only</c><00:35:58.639><c> barren,</c>

00:35:59.079 --> 00:36:01.179
she'd<00:35:59.320><c> gone</c><00:35:59.519><c> through</c><00:35:59.780><c> menopause.</c>

00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:04.780
His<00:36:01.900><c> body</c><00:36:02.199><c> was</c><00:36:02.519><c> dead,</c><00:36:03.099><c> his</c><00:36:03.340><c> wife's</c><00:36:03.880><c> womb</c><00:36:04.039><c> was</c><00:36:04.360><c> dead,</c>

00:36:05.280 --> 00:36:07.179
humanly<00:36:05.719><c> speaking,</c><00:36:06.539><c> corruptible,</c>

00:36:07.179 --> 00:36:09.519
no<00:36:07.679><c> chance</c><00:36:08.099><c> of</c><00:36:08.280><c> the</c><00:36:08.480><c> promise</c><00:36:08.659><c> coming</c><00:36:08.940><c> to</c><00:36:09.199><c> pass.</c>

00:36:09.780 --> 00:36:10.980
But<00:36:09.900><c> against</c><00:36:10.420><c> that</c><00:36:10.719><c> hope,</c>

00:36:11.239 --> 00:36:12.500
he<00:36:11.340><c> believed</c><00:36:11.960><c> in</c><00:36:12.219><c> hope</c>

00:36:12.500 --> 00:36:15.519
because<00:36:12.900><c> he</c><00:36:13.199><c> trusted</c><00:36:13.579><c> that</c><00:36:13.840><c> God</c><00:36:14.059><c> was</c><00:36:14.320><c> right.</c>

00:36:18.119 --> 00:36:19.639
So<00:36:18.340><c> in</c><00:36:18.539><c> verse</c><00:36:18.780><c> 20</c><00:36:19.199><c> it</c><00:36:19.360><c> says,</c>

00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:24.260
he<00:36:20.000><c> staggered</c><00:36:20.619><c> not</c><00:36:21.019><c> at</c><00:36:21.460><c> the</c><00:36:21.719><c> promise</c><00:36:22.480><c> of</c><00:36:23.059><c> God.</c>

00:36:25.480 --> 00:36:26.820
He<00:36:25.519><c> was</c><00:36:25.820><c> strong</c><00:36:26.260><c> in</c><00:36:26.559><c> faith,</c>

00:36:26.960 --> 00:36:29.860
giving<00:36:27.159><c> glory</c><00:36:27.500><c> to</c><00:36:27.679><c> God</c><00:36:27.840><c> and</c><00:36:28.000><c> being</c><00:36:28.400><c> fully</c><00:36:29.000><c> persuaded</c>

00:36:29.860 --> 00:36:32.340
that<00:36:30.679><c> what</c><00:36:31.099><c> he</c><00:36:31.380><c> had</c><00:36:31.719><c> promised,</c>

00:36:32.599 --> 00:36:35.099
he<00:36:32.960><c> was</c><00:36:33.320><c> able</c><00:36:33.780><c> also</c><00:36:34.280><c> to</c><00:36:34.559><c> perform.</c>

00:36:35.099 --> 00:36:39.760
And<00:36:35.619><c> therefore</c><00:36:36.460><c> it</c><00:36:37.119><c> was</c><00:36:37.380><c> imputed</c><00:36:37.780><c> to</c><00:36:38.000><c> him</c><00:36:38.219><c> for</c><00:36:38.539><c> righteousness.</c>

00:36:41.539 --> 00:36:42.440
And<00:36:41.679><c> there's</c><00:36:41.860><c> the</c><00:36:42.119><c> connection</c>

00:36:42.440 --> 00:36:44.920
between<00:36:42.840><c> faith</c><00:36:43.300><c> and</c><00:36:43.840><c> righteousness.</c>

00:36:45.059 --> 00:36:47.559
Abraham<00:36:45.380><c> had</c><00:36:45.719><c> such</c><00:36:46.059><c> a</c><00:36:46.440><c> strong</c><00:36:46.840><c> trust</c>

00:36:47.559 --> 00:36:49.940
in<00:36:48.059><c> his</c><00:36:48.239><c> Heavenly</c><00:36:48.599><c> Father</c>

00:36:50.099 --> 00:36:52.920
that<00:36:50.739><c> it</c><00:36:51.059><c> drove</c><00:36:51.420><c> him</c><00:36:51.659><c> to</c><00:36:51.960><c> do</c><00:36:52.280><c> things</c>

00:36:52.920 --> 00:36:55.429
which<00:36:54.139><c> were</c><00:36:54.420><c> completely</c><00:36:55.059><c> against</c>

00:36:55.659 --> 00:36:58.440
what<00:36:55.880><c> the</c><00:36:56.239><c> flesh</c><00:36:56.480><c> would</c><00:36:56.659><c> have</c><00:36:56.800><c> told</c><00:36:56.980><c> him</c><00:36:57.139><c> to</c><00:36:57.280><c> do.</c>

00:36:59.579 --> 00:37:02.360
Faith<00:37:00.320><c> produces</c><00:37:01.059><c> righteousness.</c>

00:37:04.400 --> 00:37:06.280
Let's<00:37:05.000><c> look</c><00:37:05.159><c> at</c><00:37:05.300><c> one</c><00:37:05.420><c> more</c><00:37:05.639><c> example</c><00:37:05.980><c> of</c><00:37:06.139><c> this</c>

00:37:06.280 --> 00:37:08.300
in<00:37:06.500><c> Hebrews</c><00:37:06.900><c> chapter</c><00:37:07.340><c> 11.</c>

00:37:09.019 --> 00:37:10.940
And<00:37:09.179><c> again,</c><00:37:09.320><c> you</c><00:37:09.420><c> know</c><00:37:09.599><c> these</c><00:37:09.880><c> passages</c><00:37:10.260><c> very</c><00:37:10.760><c> well,</c>

00:37:10.960 --> 00:37:14.619
but<00:37:11.099><c> let's</c><00:37:11.400><c> just</c><00:37:12.280><c> really</c><00:37:12.960><c> get</c><00:37:13.199><c> the</c><00:37:13.480><c> essence</c><00:37:13.820><c> of</c>

00:37:16.079 --> 00:37:18.860
this<00:37:16.679><c> most</c><00:37:17.079><c> fundamental</c><00:37:17.820><c> of</c><00:37:18.219><c> characteristics</c>

00:37:18.860 --> 00:37:20.780
that<00:37:19.099><c> God</c><00:37:19.300><c> wants</c><00:37:19.559><c> us</c><00:37:19.739><c> to</c><00:37:20.380><c> develop</c>

00:37:20.780 --> 00:37:23.920
of<00:37:21.139><c> faith</c><00:37:21.639><c> in</c><00:37:22.260><c> his</c><00:37:22.559><c> promise,</c>

00:37:24.659 --> 00:37:28.199
trusting<00:37:25.079><c> that</c><00:37:25.380><c> the</c><00:37:25.579><c> hope</c><00:37:26.340><c> he</c><00:37:26.800><c> has</c><00:37:27.000><c> given</c><00:37:27.199><c> to</c><00:37:27.480><c> us</c>

00:37:28.199 --> 00:37:30.340
will<00:37:28.639><c> come</c><00:37:28.920><c> to</c><00:37:29.179><c> pass.</c>

00:37:32.519 --> 00:37:34.239
And<00:37:33.039><c> so</c><00:37:33.239><c> Hebrews</c><00:37:33.619><c> chapter</c><00:37:33.980><c> 11,</c>

00:37:34.260 --> 00:37:36.860
again<00:37:34.519><c> looking</c><00:37:34.760><c> at</c><00:37:34.960><c> the</c><00:37:35.079><c> example</c><00:37:35.440><c> of</c><00:37:35.639><c> Abraham,</c>

00:37:36.940 --> 00:37:38.760
verse<00:37:37.260><c> 8,</c><00:37:38.480><c> it</c><00:37:38.559><c> says,</c>

00:37:39.119 --> 00:37:41.860
By<00:37:39.119><c> faith,</c><00:37:40.719><c> Abraham,</c>

00:37:42.699 --> 00:37:44.599
when<00:37:42.920><c> he</c><00:37:43.059><c> was</c><00:37:43.320><c> called</c><00:37:43.500><c> to</c><00:37:43.619><c> go</c><00:37:43.840><c> out</c><00:37:44.019><c> into</c><00:37:44.199><c> a</c><00:37:44.420><c> place</c>

00:37:44.599 --> 00:37:46.099
which<00:37:44.820><c> he</c><00:37:44.980><c> should</c><00:37:45.159><c> have</c><00:37:45.380><c> to</c><00:37:45.579><c> receive</c>

00:37:46.099 --> 00:37:47.400
for<00:37:46.739><c> an</c><00:37:46.940><c> inheritance,</c>

00:37:47.719 --> 00:37:48.579
obeyed<00:37:47.940><c> and</c><00:37:48.019><c> he</c><00:37:48.179><c> went</c><00:37:48.340><c> out</c>

00:37:48.579 --> 00:37:50.460
not<00:37:48.800><c> knowing</c><00:37:49.099><c> whither</c><00:37:49.340><c> he</c><00:37:49.579><c> went,</c>

00:37:51.280 --> 00:37:54.440
faith<00:37:51.800><c> drove</c><00:37:52.320><c> him</c><00:37:53.079><c> out</c><00:37:53.460><c> of</c><00:37:53.679><c> Ur.</c>

00:37:55.059 --> 00:37:57.619
Faith<00:37:55.579><c> drove</c><00:37:56.099><c> him</c><00:37:56.300><c> to</c><00:37:56.559><c> walk</c><00:37:56.780><c> many</c><00:37:57.079><c> miles</c>

00:37:57.619 --> 00:37:59.820
towards<00:37:58.579><c> an</c><00:37:59.760><c> inheritance</c>

00:37:59.820 --> 00:38:02.440
which<00:37:59.820><c> he</c><00:38:00.199><c> hadn't</c><00:38:01.239><c> received.</c>

00:38:03.320 --> 00:38:05.639
He<00:38:03.900><c> hadn't</c><00:38:03.980><c> even</c><00:38:04.280><c> seen</c><00:38:04.599><c> the</c><00:38:04.800><c> land.</c>

00:38:07.139 --> 00:38:09.239
We<00:38:07.300><c> know</c><00:38:07.460><c> what</c><00:38:07.860><c> Stephen</c><00:38:08.219><c> says</c><00:38:08.480><c> in</c><00:38:08.679><c> his</c><00:38:08.920><c> speech</c>

00:38:09.239 --> 00:38:13.039
that<00:38:09.619><c> he</c><00:38:09.900><c> didn't</c><00:38:10.199><c> even</c><00:38:10.500><c> receive</c><00:38:10.860><c> through</c><00:38:11.099><c> his</c><00:38:11.420><c> life</c>

00:38:13.159 --> 00:38:15.900
even<00:38:13.739><c> enough</c><00:38:14.039><c> of</c><00:38:14.199><c> that</c><00:38:14.400><c> land</c><00:38:14.659><c> to</c><00:38:15.199><c> put</c><00:38:15.360><c> his</c><00:38:15.599><c> foot</c><00:38:15.699><c> on.</c>

00:38:15.920 --> 00:38:17.559
He<00:38:16.000><c> didn't</c><00:38:16.239><c> receive</c><00:38:16.780><c> the</c><00:38:17.059><c> inheritance.</c>

00:38:17.900 --> 00:38:19.940
It<00:38:18.000><c> was</c><00:38:18.199><c> all</c><00:38:18.440><c> in</c><00:38:18.780><c> prospect.</c>

00:38:20.639 --> 00:38:22.599
That's<00:38:21.019><c> the</c><00:38:21.300><c> faith</c><00:38:21.539><c> that</c><00:38:21.800><c> Abraham</c><00:38:22.099><c> had.</c>

00:38:23.019 --> 00:38:25.460
That's<00:38:23.280><c> the</c><00:38:23.480><c> faith</c><00:38:23.659><c> that</c><00:38:23.840><c> we</c><00:38:24.099><c> need</c><00:38:24.280><c> to</c><00:38:24.519><c> have.</c>

00:38:26.400 --> 00:38:28.099
So<00:38:26.599><c> why</c><00:38:26.900><c> did</c><00:38:27.159><c> Abraham</c><00:38:27.539><c> obey?</c>

00:38:28.099 --> 00:38:29.820
Verse<00:38:28.519><c> 10,</c>

00:38:29.900 --> 00:38:32.400
for<00:38:30.119><c> he</c><00:38:30.300><c> looked</c><00:38:30.699><c> for</c><00:38:30.940><c> a</c><00:38:31.039><c> city</c><00:38:31.320><c> which</c><00:38:31.559><c> has</c><00:38:31.780><c> foundations</c>

00:38:32.400 --> 00:38:35.079
whose<00:38:32.679><c> builder</c><00:38:33.139><c> and</c><00:38:33.820><c> maker</c><00:38:34.159><c> is</c><00:38:34.800><c> God</c>

00:38:35.079 --> 00:38:38.820
because<00:38:35.380><c> he</c><00:38:35.699><c> trusted</c><00:38:36.280><c> in</c><00:38:37.440><c> the</c><00:38:37.699><c> future</c>

00:38:39.090 --> 00:38:41.099
spoken<00:38:39.400><c> by</c><00:38:39.719><c> God.</c>

00:38:42.460 --> 00:38:44.239
Look<00:38:42.539><c> at</c><00:38:42.599><c> verse</c><00:38:42.820><c> 17.</c>

00:38:46.760 --> 00:38:48.559
By<00:38:46.940><c> faith,</c><00:38:47.260><c> Abraham,</c><00:38:47.760><c> when</c><00:38:47.920><c> he</c><00:38:48.059><c> was</c><00:38:48.280><c> tried,</c>

00:38:48.760 --> 00:38:50.179
offered<00:38:48.860><c> up</c><00:38:49.099><c> Isaac.</c>

00:38:50.840 --> 00:38:52.679
And<00:38:51.000><c> he</c><00:38:51.400><c> that</c><00:38:51.559><c> had</c><00:38:51.639><c> received</c><00:38:52.039><c> the</c><00:38:52.340><c> promises</c>

00:38:52.679 --> 00:38:55.000
offered<00:38:53.039><c> up</c><00:38:53.260><c> his</c><00:38:53.380><c> only</c><00:38:53.699><c> begotten</c><00:38:54.139><c> son.</c>

00:38:55.760 --> 00:38:58.119
Why<00:38:56.360><c> did</c><00:38:56.639><c> Abraham</c><00:38:56.960><c> go</c><00:38:57.260><c> through</c><00:38:57.519><c> with</c><00:38:57.739><c> that?</c>

00:38:58.159 --> 00:39:00.099
Completely<00:38:58.719><c> against</c><00:38:59.340><c> what</c><00:38:59.559><c> the</c><00:38:59.900><c> flesh</c>

00:39:00.099 --> 00:39:01.460
would<00:39:00.280><c> have</c><00:39:00.440><c> said.</c>

00:39:02.500 --> 00:39:03.820
To<00:39:02.800><c> sacrifice</c><00:39:03.320><c> your</c><00:39:03.639><c> son,</c>

00:39:04.059 --> 00:39:05.699
the<00:39:04.260><c> promised</c><00:39:04.559><c> seed.</c>

00:39:05.860 --> 00:39:06.960
Ridiculous.

00:39:07.940 --> 00:39:09.519
The<00:39:08.159><c> 25</c><00:39:08.659><c> years</c><00:39:09.000><c> of</c><00:39:09.260><c> waiting,</c>

00:39:09.800 --> 00:39:11.639
finally<00:39:10.199><c> the</c><00:39:10.519><c> promise</c><00:39:10.760><c> comes</c><00:39:11.059><c> to</c><00:39:11.320><c> pass</c>

00:39:11.639 --> 00:39:14.059
and<00:39:12.119><c> God</c><00:39:12.380><c> says</c><00:39:12.619><c> now</c><00:39:12.940><c> sacrifice</c><00:39:13.500><c> your</c><00:39:13.760><c> son.</c>

00:39:14.340 --> 00:39:15.780
Doesn't<00:39:14.440><c> make</c><00:39:14.599><c> any</c><00:39:14.900><c> sense</c><00:39:15.179><c> whatsoever</c>

00:39:15.780 --> 00:39:19.659
from<00:39:16.500><c> a</c><00:39:16.880><c> carnal</c><00:39:17.599><c> minded</c><00:39:18.239><c> point</c><00:39:18.559><c> of</c><00:39:18.739><c> view.</c>

00:39:20.659 --> 00:39:22.980
And<00:39:20.840><c> I</c><00:39:21.000><c> used</c><00:39:21.219><c> to</c><00:39:21.440><c> think</c><00:39:21.699><c> that</c>

00:39:22.980 --> 00:39:25.579
the<00:39:23.260><c> faith</c><00:39:23.539><c> of</c><00:39:23.800><c> Abraham</c><00:39:24.260><c> was</c><00:39:24.719><c> that</c><00:39:24.920><c> he</c><00:39:25.159><c> knew</c>

00:39:25.579 --> 00:39:28.619
that<00:39:26.000><c> God</c><00:39:26.360><c> would</c><00:39:26.920><c> stop</c><00:39:27.139><c> his</c><00:39:27.420><c> hand.</c>

00:39:30.179 --> 00:39:32.059
That's<00:39:30.280><c> not</c><00:39:30.460><c> what</c><00:39:30.639><c> Abraham</c><00:39:30.960><c> believed.</c>

00:39:32.760 --> 00:39:34.739
Abraham<00:39:33.139><c> believed</c><00:39:33.599><c> that</c><00:39:33.800><c> he</c><00:39:34.000><c> really</c><00:39:34.400><c> was</c>

00:39:34.739 --> 00:39:36.800
going<00:39:34.920><c> to</c><00:39:35.199><c> kill</c><00:39:35.639><c> his</c><00:39:36.039><c> son.</c>

00:39:37.260 --> 00:39:38.800
Stone<00:39:37.739><c> dead.</c>

00:39:40.559 --> 00:39:42.400
The<00:39:40.780><c> faith</c><00:39:41.019><c> of</c><00:39:41.300><c> Abraham</c>

00:39:42.940 --> 00:39:45.079
was<00:39:43.340><c> that</c><00:39:43.480><c> he</c><00:39:43.760><c> believed</c><00:39:44.139><c> that</c><00:39:44.460><c> God</c>

00:39:45.079 --> 00:39:47.619
could<00:39:45.699><c> bring</c><00:39:46.260><c> life</c>

00:39:47.900 --> 00:39:49.480
out<00:39:48.300><c> of</c><00:39:48.539><c> death.</c>

00:39:52.039 --> 00:39:55.900
And<00:39:52.679><c> so</c><00:39:52.980><c> it</c><00:39:53.199><c> says</c><00:39:53.619><c> in</c><00:39:54.119><c> verse</c><00:39:54.539><c> 19,</c>

00:39:56.260 --> 00:39:58.679
the<00:39:56.360><c> reason</c><00:39:56.619><c> why</c><00:39:56.880><c> Abraham</c><00:39:57.260><c> went</c><00:39:57.539><c> through</c><00:39:57.860><c> with</c><00:39:58.139><c> that</c>

00:39:58.679 --> 00:40:01.360
is<00:39:59.400><c> again</c><00:39:59.719><c> that</c><00:39:59.900><c> he</c><00:40:00.159><c> saw</c><00:40:00.400><c> beyond</c>

00:40:01.360 --> 00:40:03.280
the<00:40:02.280><c> bondage</c><00:40:02.639><c> of</c><00:40:02.860><c> corruption.</c>

00:40:03.400 --> 00:40:06.679
Verse<00:40:03.659><c> 19,</c><00:40:04.719><c> accounting</c><00:40:05.260><c> that</c><00:40:06.139><c> God</c>

00:40:06.679 --> 00:40:08.739
was<00:40:07.179><c> able</c><00:40:07.639><c> to</c><00:40:08.059><c> raise</c><00:40:08.260><c> him</c><00:40:08.460><c> up.</c>

00:40:08.760 --> 00:40:11.139
He<00:40:08.980><c> knew</c><00:40:09.320><c> that</c><00:40:09.559><c> even</c><00:40:09.760><c> if</c><00:40:09.920><c> he</c><00:40:10.159><c> killed</c><00:40:10.420><c> his</c><00:40:10.719><c> son,</c>

00:40:11.460 --> 00:40:14.519
God<00:40:11.780><c> could</c><00:40:12.039><c> bring</c><00:40:12.300><c> life</c><00:40:12.820><c> out</c><00:40:13.219><c> of</c><00:40:13.440><c> death.</c>

00:40:15.420 --> 00:40:16.820
Our<00:40:15.539><c> brother</c><00:40:15.699><c> Peter</c><00:40:15.980><c> earlier</c><00:40:16.340><c> in</c><00:40:16.460><c> this</c><00:40:16.679><c> week</c>

00:40:16.820 --> 00:40:19.000
reminded<00:40:17.260><c> us</c><00:40:17.639><c> that</c><00:40:17.920><c> faith</c>

00:40:19.380 --> 00:40:20.940
is<00:40:20.019><c> based</c><00:40:20.320><c> on</c><00:40:20.599><c> fact.</c>

00:40:21.079 --> 00:40:22.659
We<00:40:21.139><c> don't</c><00:40:21.340><c> have</c><00:40:21.559><c> a</c><00:40:21.880><c> blind</c><00:40:22.260><c> faith.</c>

00:40:22.739 --> 00:40:26.039
We<00:40:22.840><c> don't</c><00:40:23.019><c> go</c><00:40:23.300><c> through</c><00:40:23.900><c> trusting</c><00:40:24.340><c> in</c><00:40:24.679><c> God</c><00:40:24.980><c> blindly.</c>

00:40:27.460 --> 00:40:30.320
Our<00:40:27.820><c> faith</c><00:40:28.179><c> is</c><00:40:28.460><c> based</c><00:40:28.739><c> on</c><00:40:28.900><c> the</c><00:40:29.420><c> confidence</c>

00:40:30.480 --> 00:40:33.519
of<00:40:31.119><c> what</c><00:40:31.599><c> God</c><00:40:31.860><c> has</c><00:40:32.099><c> done</c><00:40:32.260><c> before.</c>

00:40:34.980 --> 00:40:37.860
If<00:40:35.099><c> you</c><00:40:35.179><c> look</c><00:40:35.340><c> at</c><00:40:35.559><c> the</c><00:40:36.820><c> life</c><00:40:37.159><c> of</c><00:40:37.460><c> Abraham</c>

00:40:37.860 --> 00:40:39.559
and<00:40:38.019><c> what</c><00:40:38.260><c> went</c><00:40:38.420><c> before,</c>

00:40:39.579 --> 00:40:42.480
you<00:40:39.699><c> won't</c><00:40:39.940><c> find</c><00:40:40.360><c> anyone</c><00:40:40.699><c> being</c><00:40:41.019><c> raised</c><00:40:41.280><c> from</c><00:40:41.500><c> the</c><00:40:41.639><c> dead.</c>

00:40:44.219 --> 00:40:46.440
How<00:40:44.639><c> did</c><00:40:45.300><c> Abraham</c><00:40:45.820><c> know</c>

00:40:46.440 --> 00:40:50.519
that<00:40:46.880><c> God</c><00:40:47.440><c> could</c><00:40:47.739><c> raise</c><00:40:48.239><c> Isaac</c><00:40:48.840><c> from</c><00:40:49.420><c> the</c><00:40:49.559><c> dead?</c>

00:40:53.380 --> 00:40:55.340
Well<00:40:53.599><c> of</c><00:40:53.699><c> course</c><00:40:53.840><c> Abraham</c><00:40:54.179><c> had</c><00:40:54.539><c> experienced</c><00:40:55.079><c> this</c>

00:40:55.340 --> 00:40:57.059
in<00:40:55.460><c> his</c><00:40:55.579><c> own</c><00:40:55.780><c> life.</c>

00:40:57.659 --> 00:41:00.179
Paul<00:40:57.880><c> in</c><00:40:58.059><c> Romans</c><00:40:58.360><c> says</c><00:40:59.320><c> that</c>

00:41:00.179 --> 00:41:02.280
Abraham<00:41:00.780><c> understood</c><00:41:01.239><c> that</c><00:41:01.480><c> his</c><00:41:01.739><c> body</c>

00:41:02.280 --> 00:41:05.059
was<00:41:02.820><c> as</c><00:41:03.099><c> good</c><00:41:03.559><c> as</c><00:41:04.039><c> dead.</c>

00:41:06.659 --> 00:41:10.059
Abraham<00:41:06.920><c> understood</c><00:41:07.460><c> that</c><00:41:07.699><c> his</c><00:41:08.460><c> wife's</c><00:41:09.099><c> womb</c>

00:41:10.239 --> 00:41:12.119
is<00:41:10.699><c> dead.</c>

00:41:13.360 --> 00:41:15.300
And<00:41:13.480><c> yet</c><00:41:13.639><c> out</c><00:41:13.820><c> of</c><00:41:13.940><c> that</c><00:41:14.199><c> death,</c>

00:41:15.980 --> 00:41:19.179
God<00:41:16.659><c> brought</c><00:41:17.340><c> life.</c>

00:41:21.559 --> 00:41:23.119
And<00:41:21.659><c> so</c><00:41:21.820><c> Abraham</c><00:41:22.159><c> could</c><00:41:22.519><c> see</c><00:41:22.780><c> beyond</c>

00:41:23.400 --> 00:41:26.280
this<00:41:23.880><c> bondage</c><00:41:24.920><c> of</c><00:41:25.300><c> corruption.</c>

00:41:26.619 --> 00:41:28.980
And<00:41:26.940><c> it</c><00:41:27.119><c> drove</c><00:41:27.460><c> him</c><00:41:27.900><c> and</c><00:41:28.019><c> it</c><00:41:28.340><c> motivated</c><00:41:28.719><c> him</c>

00:41:28.980 --> 00:41:31.039
to<00:41:29.239><c> obey</c><00:41:29.739><c> his</c><00:41:30.099><c> heavenly</c><00:41:30.500><c> father.</c>

00:41:31.340 --> 00:41:32.199
Not<00:41:31.559><c> through</c><00:41:31.860><c> a</c><00:41:32.059><c> law,</c>

00:41:32.260 --> 00:41:36.900
this<00:41:32.440><c> was</c><00:41:32.659><c> all</c><00:41:32.900><c> before</c><00:41:33.260><c> the</c><00:41:33.519><c> law</c><00:41:33.760><c> came</c><00:41:34.699><c> into</c><00:41:35.780><c> operation.</c>

00:41:37.659 --> 00:41:40.219
This<00:41:37.860><c> is</c><00:41:38.079><c> all</c><00:41:38.320><c> based</c><00:41:38.659><c> on</c><00:41:38.880><c> his</c><00:41:39.199><c> faith.</c>

00:41:41.000 --> 00:41:45.260
But<00:41:41.519><c> when</c><00:41:41.739><c> God</c><00:41:42.119><c> speaks,</c><00:41:43.659><c> it</c><00:41:43.900><c> is</c><00:41:44.219><c> done.</c>

00:41:46.460 --> 00:41:48.300
And<00:41:46.579><c> so</c><00:41:46.659><c> brothers</c><00:41:46.900><c> and</c><00:41:47.139><c> sisters,</c>

00:41:49.340 --> 00:41:52.719
do<00:41:49.559><c> we</c><00:41:49.760><c> base</c><00:41:50.079><c> our</c><00:41:50.440><c> actions</c><00:41:50.880><c> on</c><00:41:51.119><c> the</c><00:41:51.400><c> power</c>

00:41:53.039 --> 00:41:56.579
of<00:41:53.559><c> that</c><00:41:53.860><c> hope</c><00:41:54.639><c> that</c><00:41:55.840><c> is</c><00:41:56.059><c> within</c><00:41:56.340><c> us?</c>

00:41:56.599 --> 00:41:59.860
That<00:41:56.739><c> when</c><00:41:56.860><c> we</c><00:41:57.199><c> feel</c><00:41:57.460><c> the</c><00:41:57.760><c> weight</c><00:41:58.019><c> of</c><00:41:58.380><c> sin</c><00:41:58.579><c> and</c><00:41:58.739><c> mortality,</c>

00:42:02.760 --> 00:42:04.519
when<00:42:02.900><c> we</c><00:42:03.159><c> feel</c><00:42:03.320><c> in</c><00:42:03.480><c> our</c><00:42:03.619><c> bodies</c><00:42:03.860><c> that</c><00:42:04.019><c> we</c><00:42:04.239><c> know</c>

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we're<00:42:04.699><c> going</c><00:42:04.840><c> to</c><00:42:05.039><c> die,</c>

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the<00:42:08.059><c> older</c><00:42:08.260><c> we</c><00:42:08.519><c> get,</c><00:42:08.940><c> the</c><00:42:08.940><c> newer</c><00:42:09.179><c> we</c><00:42:09.360><c> get</c><00:42:09.559><c> to</c><00:42:09.760><c> the</c><00:42:09.980><c> grave,</c>

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do<00:42:12.380><c> we</c><00:42:12.559><c> trust</c><00:42:13.360><c> that</c><00:42:14.860><c> God</c><00:42:15.059><c> will</c><00:42:15.300><c> be</c><00:42:15.460><c> able</c><00:42:15.699><c> to</c>

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raise<00:42:17.480><c> us</c><00:42:17.800><c> from</c><00:42:18.139><c> the</c><00:42:18.340><c> dust</c><00:42:18.559><c> of</c><00:42:18.739><c> the</c><00:42:18.920><c> ground?</c>

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Change<00:42:22.000><c> our</c><00:42:22.280><c> bodies</c><00:42:22.619><c> to</c><00:42:22.820><c> be</c><00:42:23.059><c> fashioned</c>

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like<00:42:23.559><c> into</c><00:42:23.780><c> the</c><00:42:24.039><c> glorious</c><00:42:24.519><c> body</c><00:42:24.840><c> of</c><00:42:25.099><c> His</c><00:42:25.260><c> Son?</c>

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Do<00:42:28.380><c> we</c><00:42:28.619><c> believe</c><00:42:29.019><c> that</c><00:42:29.300><c> that</c><00:42:29.679><c> means</c>

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that<00:42:30.199><c> we</c><00:42:30.380><c> shall</c><00:42:30.480><c> be</c><00:42:30.679><c> in</c><00:42:30.840><c> the</c><00:42:31.000><c> Kingdom</c><00:42:31.219><c> of</c><00:42:31.460><c> God?</c>

00:42:33.719 --> 00:42:35.119
The<00:42:33.860><c> sons</c><00:42:34.039><c> and</c><00:42:34.260><c> daughters</c><00:42:34.579><c> of</c><00:42:34.880><c> God</c>

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in<00:42:35.219><c> the</c><00:42:35.579><c> truest</c><00:42:36.039><c> sense</c><00:42:36.460><c> of</c><00:42:36.639><c> the</c><00:42:36.820><c> word,</c>

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being<00:42:37.880><c> completely</c><00:42:38.460><c> free</c><00:42:38.960><c> from</c>

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this<00:42:39.460><c> bondage</c><00:42:40.500><c> of</c><00:42:40.719><c> corruption.</c>

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We<00:42:44.280><c> really</c><00:42:44.619><c> believe</c><00:42:44.940><c> it,</c><00:42:45.219><c> brothers</c><00:42:45.300><c> and</c><00:42:45.539><c> sisters.</c>

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Let<00:42:47.320><c> it</c><00:42:47.440><c> be</c><00:42:47.679><c> a</c><00:42:48.400><c> massive,</c><00:42:49.119><c> motivating</c><00:42:49.699><c> force</c>

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in<00:42:50.500><c> our</c><00:42:50.699><c> lives</c><00:42:51.340><c> as</c><00:42:52.820><c> we</c><00:42:53.019><c> encourage</c><00:42:53.639><c> one</c><00:42:53.880><c> another</c>

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in<00:42:55.840><c> our</c><00:42:56.500><c> walk</c><00:42:56.780><c> towards</c><00:42:57.679><c> that</c><00:42:58.900><c> awesome</c>

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Kingdom<00:42:59.679><c> of</c><00:42:59.920><c> God</c><00:43:00.139><c> that</c><00:43:00.320><c> is</c><00:43:00.440><c> before</c><00:43:00.760><c> us.</c>