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bowed<00:12:07.299><c> himself</c><00:12:07.720><c> towards</c><00:12:08.240><c> the</c><00:12:08.559><c> ground.</c>

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them<00:12:13.580><c> continue</c><00:12:14.120><c> on</c><00:12:14.399><c> into</c><00:12:14.700><c> Sodom.</c><00:12:15.139><c> They</c><00:12:15.259><c> are</c><00:12:15.399><c> entertained</c><00:12:15.779><c> there</c><00:12:16.159><c> by</c>

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lots<00:12:16.899><c> in</c><00:12:17.559><c> chapter</c><00:12:17.980><c> 19.</c>

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He<00:12:24.240><c> is</c><00:12:24.960><c> described</c><00:12:25.480><c> in</c><00:12:25.720><c> the</c><00:12:25.940><c> chapter</c><00:12:26.240><c> as</c><00:12:26.519><c> Yahweh</c><00:12:26.740><c> himself.</c>

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He<00:12:27.759><c> is</c><00:12:28.240><c> representative</c><00:12:29.120><c> of</c><00:12:30.000><c> Yahweh,</c><00:12:31.299><c> the</c><00:12:32.019><c> most</c><00:12:32.539><c> senior</c><00:12:33.059><c> of</c>

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the<00:12:43.139><c> west,</c><00:12:44.299><c> in</c><00:12:44.399><c> the</c><00:12:44.399><c> words</c><00:12:44.559><c> of</c><00:12:44.740><c> Hebrews</c><00:12:45.000><c> chapter</c><00:12:45.299><c> 13.</c>

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I<00:12:46.700><c> don't</c><00:12:47.059><c> think</c><00:12:47.340><c> that</c><00:12:47.580><c> is</c><00:12:47.799><c> right.</c><00:12:49.539><c> I</c><00:12:49.700><c> think</c><00:12:49.899><c> Abraham</c><00:12:50.360><c> knew</c><00:12:50.639><c> very</c><00:12:51.100><c> well</c><00:12:51.340><c> who</c>

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He<00:12:53.919><c> has</c><00:12:54.840><c> interacted</c><00:12:55.840><c> with</c><00:12:56.200><c> the</c><00:12:56.360><c> Lord</c><00:12:56.600><c> before</c><00:12:57.480><c> and</c><00:12:58.220><c> when</c><00:12:58.779><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:12:59.299><c> the</c><00:12:59.659><c> angel</c><00:13:00.039><c> bearing</c><00:13:00.340><c> the</c><00:13:00.500><c> name</c><00:13:00.740><c> of</c><00:13:00.940><c> Yahweh</c><00:13:01.279><c> came</c><00:13:01.580><c> with</c>

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two<00:13:02.299><c> other</c><00:13:02.659><c> angels</c><00:13:03.039><c> in</c><00:13:03.240><c> his</c><00:13:03.559><c> train</c><00:13:03.779><c> towards</c><00:13:04.159><c> Abraham</c><00:13:04.740><c> then</c>

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Abraham<00:13:05.419><c> recognized</c><00:13:06.159><c> him.</c>

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Yes<00:13:07.000><c> I'm</c><00:13:07.159><c> sure</c><00:13:07.419><c> Abraham</c><00:13:07.759><c> was</c><00:13:07.980><c> a</c><00:13:08.120><c> man</c><00:13:08.200><c> of</c><00:13:08.480><c> hospitality</c><00:13:09.100><c> but</c><00:13:09.419><c> he</c>

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didn't<00:13:10.059><c> usually</c><00:13:10.559><c> behave</c><00:13:10.919><c> like</c><00:13:11.299><c> this</c><00:13:11.480><c> to</c><00:13:11.659><c> run</c><00:13:11.899><c> personally</c><00:13:12.700><c> when</c><00:13:13.240><c> he</c>

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had<00:13:13.580><c> so</c><00:13:13.879><c> many</c><00:13:14.120><c> servants</c><00:13:14.500><c> at</c><00:13:14.659><c> his</c><00:13:15.059><c> disposal</c><00:13:15.519><c> to</c><00:13:16.000><c> take</c><00:13:16.399><c> the</c><00:13:17.019><c> best</c>

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the<00:13:23.899><c> cakes</c><00:13:24.080><c> that</c><00:13:24.340><c> they</c><00:13:24.559><c> were</c><00:13:24.679><c> to</c><00:13:24.879><c> eat.</c>

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speak<00:13:39.759><c> to</c><00:13:39.940><c> him.</c>

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And<00:13:40.820><c> he</c><00:13:40.980><c> doesn't</c><00:13:41.299><c> want</c><00:13:41.679><c> it</c><00:13:41.840><c> to</c><00:13:42.080><c> pass</c><00:13:42.360><c> by.</c><00:13:42.679><c> He</c><00:13:42.860><c> wants</c><00:13:43.200><c> it</c><00:13:43.419><c> to</c><00:13:43.620><c> come</c><00:13:43.720><c> in</c>

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and<00:13:44.240><c> enter</c><00:13:44.600><c> into</c><00:13:44.879><c> his</c><00:13:45.139><c> tents.</c><00:13:45.419><c> He</c><00:13:45.639><c> has</c><00:13:45.980><c> this</c><00:13:46.340><c> familiarity</c><00:13:47.159><c> with</c><00:13:49.700><c> the</c><00:13:49.980><c> Lord.</c>

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No<00:13:52.639><c> I</c><00:13:52.720><c> think</c><00:13:53.039><c> that</c><00:13:53.320><c> when</c><00:13:53.500><c> the</c><00:13:53.600><c> rest</c><00:13:53.740><c> of</c><00:13:53.940><c> the</c><00:13:54.080><c> Hebrews</c><00:13:54.360><c> says</c><00:13:55.200><c> that</c><00:13:56.279><c> here</c><00:13:56.460><c> by</c>

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in<00:14:00.139><c> chapter</c><00:14:00.440><c> 19.</c>

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That<00:14:01.919><c> those</c><00:14:02.360><c> two</c><00:14:02.659><c> angels</c><00:14:02.960><c> went</c><00:14:03.240><c> to</c><00:14:03.500><c> Sodom</c><00:14:03.840><c> and</c><00:14:04.120><c> intended</c><00:14:04.519><c> to</c><00:14:05.120><c> abide</c><00:14:05.519><c> in</c><00:14:05.740><c> the</c><00:14:06.059><c> streets</c><00:14:06.340><c> and</c><00:14:06.759><c> Lot</c><00:14:06.980><c> knowing</c><00:14:07.320><c> the</c><00:14:07.659><c> character</c><00:14:07.879><c> of</c><00:14:08.159><c> the</c><00:14:08.360><c> street</c><00:14:08.659><c> then</c><00:14:09.360><c> he</c><00:14:09.679><c> urged</c><00:14:10.059><c> them</c><00:14:10.519><c> to</c><00:14:11.299><c> come</c><00:14:11.519><c> into</c><00:14:11.740><c> his</c><00:14:12.139><c> house</c><00:14:12.379><c> for</c><00:14:12.639><c> a</c>

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measure<00:14:12.960><c> of</c><00:14:13.279><c> protection.</c>

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He<00:14:15.100><c> didn't</c><00:14:15.340><c> know</c><00:14:15.500><c> that</c><00:14:15.639><c> they</c><00:14:15.779><c> were</c><00:14:16.019><c> angels.</c><00:14:16.899><c> That</c><00:14:17.100><c> was</c><00:14:17.460><c> his</c><00:14:17.879><c> concern</c><00:14:18.700><c> for</c><00:14:19.519><c> any</c><00:14:20.299><c> passing</c><00:14:20.980><c> stranger</c><00:14:21.700><c> that</c><00:14:22.460><c> entered</c><00:14:22.720><c> the</c><00:14:23.000><c> gates</c><00:14:23.220><c> of</c>

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that<00:14:24.100><c> wicked</c><00:14:24.440><c> city</c><00:14:24.860><c> Sodom.</c>

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He<00:14:26.000><c> was</c><00:14:26.259><c> the</c><00:14:26.419><c> one</c><00:14:26.580><c> who</c><00:14:26.960><c> entertained</c><00:14:27.480><c> angels</c><00:14:27.919><c> unawares</c><00:14:28.700><c> but</c><00:14:29.299><c> for</c><00:14:29.600><c> my</c>

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part<00:14:30.000><c> I</c><00:14:30.080><c> think</c><00:14:30.460><c> that</c><00:14:30.659><c> Abraham</c><00:14:30.879><c> is</c><00:14:31.139><c> quite</c><00:14:31.460><c> aware.</c>

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He<00:14:32.080><c> knows</c><00:14:32.340><c> exactly</c><00:14:32.860><c> who</c><00:14:33.059><c> it</c><00:14:33.279><c> is</c><00:14:33.620><c> and</c><00:14:34.059><c> so</c><00:14:34.179><c> he</c><00:14:34.360><c> makes</c><00:14:34.519><c> these</c><00:14:34.860><c> tremendous</c><00:14:35.379><c> preparations</c><00:14:36.039><c> that</c>

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he<00:14:37.019><c> really</c><00:14:37.480><c> wants</c><00:14:37.879><c> to</c><00:14:38.340><c> share</c><00:14:38.539><c> this</c><00:14:39.080><c> intimate</c><00:14:39.419><c> moment,</c><00:14:39.960><c> this</c>

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fellowship<00:14:40.720><c> with</c><00:14:41.480><c> the</c><00:14:41.740><c> angel</c><00:14:41.919><c> of</c><00:14:42.159><c> the</c><00:14:42.299><c> Lord.</c>

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He<00:14:43.340><c> wants</c><00:14:43.340><c> to</c><00:14:43.519><c> be</c><00:14:44.159><c> able</c><00:14:44.820><c> to</c><00:14:46.440><c> further</c><00:14:47.320><c> enlarge</c><00:14:49.080><c> his</c><00:14:49.480><c> experience</c>

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that<00:14:50.580><c> the</c><00:14:50.740><c> Lord</c><00:14:50.960><c> has</c><00:14:51.460><c> given</c><00:14:51.759><c> to</c><00:14:52.059><c> him</c><00:14:52.240><c> in</c><00:14:52.460><c> the</c><00:14:52.700><c> various</c><00:14:53.179><c> times</c>

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that<00:14:53.980><c> he</c><00:14:54.120><c> has</c><00:14:54.779><c> spoken</c><00:14:55.139><c> to</c><00:14:55.419><c> him</c><00:14:55.600><c> that</c><00:14:55.860><c> manifest</c><00:14:56.360><c> himself</c><00:14:57.259><c> to</c><00:14:58.320><c> him.</c>

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Just<00:14:59.820><c> notice</c><00:15:00.340><c> how</c><00:15:00.860><c> Abraham</c><00:15:01.200><c> describes</c><00:15:01.899><c> himself.</c><00:15:03.139><c> Knowing</c><00:15:03.539><c> the</c><00:15:03.820><c> character</c><00:15:04.320><c> of</c>

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He<00:15:09.720><c> doesn't</c><00:15:10.019><c> presume</c><00:15:10.460><c> to</c><00:15:10.659><c> call</c><00:15:10.860><c> himself</c><00:15:11.559><c> a</c><00:15:12.139><c> friend.</c><00:15:12.919><c> He</c><00:15:13.139><c> is</c><00:15:13.720><c> a</c><00:15:14.259><c> servant.</c>

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Verse<00:15:28.379><c> 5,</c>

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servant<00:16:00.000><c> whilst</c><00:16:00.779><c> they</c><00:16:01.700><c> ate.</c>

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Now<00:16:04.139><c> he</c><00:16:04.620><c> doesn't</c><00:16:04.940><c> claim</c><00:16:05.159><c> to</c><00:16:05.340><c> be</c><00:16:05.460><c> the</c><00:16:05.600><c> friend</c><00:16:05.779><c> of</c><00:16:06.039><c> God.</c><00:16:07.659><c> It's</c><00:16:08.120><c> the</c><00:16:08.259><c> Lord</c><00:16:08.620><c> in</c>

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bestows<00:16:14.600><c> that</c><00:16:15.879><c> beautiful</c><00:16:16.440><c> description</c><00:16:17.080><c> of</c><00:16:17.320><c> the</c><00:16:17.659><c> intimacy</c><00:16:18.000><c> and</c><00:16:18.220><c> the</c><00:16:18.440><c> fullness</c><00:16:18.679><c> of</c>

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and<00:16:23.240><c> his</c><00:16:23.399><c> God</c><00:16:23.799><c> in</c><00:16:24.559><c> the</c><00:16:24.799><c> course</c><00:16:25.179><c> of</c><00:16:25.840><c> the</c><00:16:26.039><c> chapter.</c>

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But<00:16:27.039><c> we</c><00:16:27.220><c> don't</c><00:16:27.480><c> want</c><00:16:27.700><c> to</c><00:16:27.879><c> stay</c><00:16:28.100><c> with</c><00:16:28.480><c> Sarah</c><00:16:28.879><c> now.</c><00:16:29.539><c> We</c><00:16:29.679><c> want</c><00:16:29.899><c> to</c>

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go<00:16:30.159><c> on</c><00:16:30.360><c> to</c><00:16:30.519><c> the</c><00:16:30.779><c> section</c><00:16:31.159><c> that</c><00:16:31.419><c> we</c><00:16:32.120><c> read</c><00:16:32.600><c> by</c><00:16:33.379><c> way</c><00:16:33.639><c> of</c><00:16:33.860><c> introduction</c><00:16:34.539><c> this</c><00:16:35.379><c> morning.</c>

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They<00:16:36.419><c> finished</c><00:16:36.940><c> their</c><00:16:37.259><c> meal</c><00:16:37.500><c> and</c><00:16:38.919><c> the</c><00:16:39.340><c> message</c><00:16:39.779><c> about</c><00:16:40.700><c> the</c><00:16:41.100><c> coming</c><00:16:41.340><c> of</c>

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Isaac<00:16:41.899><c> has</c><00:16:42.159><c> been</c><00:16:42.480><c> delivered</c><00:16:42.960><c> and</c><00:16:43.179><c> Sarah</c><00:16:43.740><c> through</c><00:16:44.120><c> that</c><00:16:44.340><c> experience</c><00:16:44.919><c> has</c>

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been<00:16:45.480><c> strengthened</c><00:16:45.840><c> in</c><00:16:46.100><c> her</c><00:16:46.419><c> faith</c><00:16:46.740><c> that</c><00:16:47.039><c> through</c><00:16:47.440><c> faith</c><00:16:47.720><c> she</c>

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receives<00:16:48.740><c> strength</c><00:16:49.179><c> to</c><00:16:49.539><c> conceive</c><00:16:50.019><c> as</c><00:16:50.620><c> the</c><00:16:50.840><c> writers</c><00:16:51.080><c> of</c><00:16:51.279><c> the</c>

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Hebrew<00:16:51.600><c> says</c><00:16:51.840><c> in</c><00:16:52.000><c> chapter</c><00:16:52.299><c> 11</c><00:16:52.679><c> concerning</c><00:16:53.240><c> the</c><00:16:53.559><c> faith</c><00:16:53.899><c> of</c><00:16:54.299><c> Sarah.</c>

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And<00:16:55.519><c> then</c><00:16:56.019><c> verse</c><00:16:56.460><c> 16,</c><00:16:57.139><c> The</c><00:16:57.179><c> men</c><00:16:57.460><c> rose</c><00:16:57.740><c> up</c><00:16:58.019><c> from</c><00:16:58.240><c> their</c><00:16:58.500><c> tents</c>

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and<00:16:58.960><c> looked</c><00:16:59.279><c> towards</c><00:16:59.799><c> Sodom</c><00:17:00.759><c> and</c><00:17:01.299><c> Abraham</c><00:17:01.720><c> went</c><00:17:02.379><c> with</c><00:17:02.820><c> them</c>

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to<00:17:03.539><c> bring</c><00:17:03.879><c> them</c><00:17:04.039><c> on</c><00:17:04.279><c> the</c><00:17:04.500><c> way.</c>

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And<00:17:06.539><c> the</c><00:17:06.680><c> two</c><00:17:06.859><c> other</c><00:17:07.200><c> angels</c><00:17:07.559><c> continue</c><00:17:08.220><c> on</c><00:17:08.640><c> towards</c><00:17:09.059><c> Sodom</c>

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and<00:17:10.880><c> there</c><00:17:11.099><c> they</c><00:17:11.359><c> encounter</c><00:17:11.900><c> lots.</c>

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But<00:17:14.200><c> Abraham</c><00:17:15.740><c> still</c><00:17:17.519><c> stays</c><00:17:18.000><c> with</c><00:17:18.799><c> the</c><00:17:18.980><c> Lord.</c><00:17:20.779><c> The</c><00:17:20.880><c> Lord</c><00:17:21.180><c> is</c>

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there<00:17:22.079><c> with</c><00:17:23.180><c> Abraham.</c>

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The<00:17:26.559><c> men</c><00:17:26.799><c> rose</c><00:17:27.019><c> up</c><00:17:27.240><c> from</c><00:17:27.460><c> their</c><00:17:27.599><c> tents</c><00:17:27.720><c> and</c><00:17:27.859><c> looked</c><00:17:28.019><c> towards</c>

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Sodom<00:17:28.680><c> and</c><00:17:28.839><c> Abraham</c><00:17:29.039><c> went</c><00:17:29.240><c> with</c><00:17:29.440><c> them</c><00:17:29.539><c> to</c><00:17:29.720><c> bring</c><00:17:29.900><c> them</c><00:17:30.039><c> on</c><00:17:30.240><c> the</c><00:17:30.460><c> way.</c>

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And<00:17:31.079><c> the</c><00:17:31.240><c> Lord</c><00:17:31.700><c> said,</c><00:17:33.160><c> Shall</c><00:17:33.339><c> I</c><00:17:33.619><c> hide</c><00:17:33.940><c> from</c><00:17:34.240><c> Abraham</c><00:17:34.880><c> that</c><00:17:35.259><c> thing</c><00:17:35.559><c> which</c><00:17:35.880><c> I</c><00:17:36.279><c> do,</c><00:17:37.700><c> seeing</c><00:17:37.859><c> that</c><00:17:38.119><c> Abraham</c><00:17:38.440><c> shall</c><00:17:38.700><c> surely</c><00:17:39.019><c> become</c><00:17:39.319><c> a</c>

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great<00:17:39.680><c> and</c><00:17:39.839><c> mighty</c><00:17:40.079><c> nation</c><00:17:40.579><c> and</c><00:17:40.779><c> all</c><00:17:41.000><c> the</c><00:17:41.119><c> nations</c><00:17:41.319><c> of</c><00:17:41.519><c> the</c><00:17:41.599><c> earth</c><00:17:41.759><c> shall</c><00:17:41.960><c> be</c>

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blessed<00:17:42.539><c> in</c><00:17:42.740><c> him,</c><00:17:43.380><c> for</c><00:17:43.700><c> I</c><00:17:44.059><c> know</c><00:17:44.460><c> him,</c><00:17:45.720><c> or</c><00:17:46.640><c> literally</c><00:17:47.440><c> I</c><00:17:47.819><c> have</c>

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known<00:17:48.980><c> him,</c>

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that<00:17:50.539><c> there</c><00:17:50.700><c> is</c><00:17:50.960><c> a</c><00:17:51.160><c> relationship</c><00:17:51.900><c> there</c><00:17:52.579><c> that</c><00:17:52.940><c> he</c><00:17:53.099><c> will</c><00:17:53.440><c> command</c><00:17:54.000><c> his</c>

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children<00:17:54.759><c> and</c><00:17:54.960><c> his</c><00:17:55.200><c> household</c><00:17:55.599><c> after</c><00:17:56.119><c> him</c><00:17:56.660><c> and</c><00:17:57.099><c> they</c><00:17:57.339><c> shall</c>

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keep<00:17:57.759><c> the</c><00:17:57.960><c> way</c><00:17:58.079><c> of</c><00:17:58.279><c> the</c><00:17:58.420><c> Lord</c><00:17:58.559><c> to</c><00:17:58.799><c> do</c><00:17:58.980><c> justice</c><00:17:59.579><c> and</c><00:18:00.140><c> judgment</c>

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that<00:18:01.299><c> the</c><00:18:01.559><c> Lord</c><00:18:01.819><c> may</c><00:18:02.180><c> bring</c><00:18:02.460><c> upon</c><00:18:02.740><c> Abraham</c><00:18:03.359><c> that</c><00:18:03.980><c> which</c><00:18:04.279><c> he</c>

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has<00:18:04.880><c> spoken</c><00:18:05.440><c> of.</c>

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Now<00:18:09.500><c> there</c><00:18:10.279><c> is</c><00:18:10.960><c> the</c><00:18:11.079><c> Lord</c><00:18:11.480><c> changing</c><00:18:12.519><c> the</c><00:18:13.700><c> relationship</c><00:18:14.440><c> with</c><00:18:15.319><c> Abraham.</c>

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Where<00:18:17.660><c> Abraham</c><00:18:18.259><c> has</c><00:18:18.660><c> recognised</c><00:18:19.160><c> himself</c><00:18:19.680><c> as</c><00:18:20.019><c> a</c><00:18:20.400><c> servant</c><00:18:21.019><c> before</c><00:18:21.960><c> the</c>

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representative<00:18:22.900><c> of</c><00:18:23.200><c> Yahweh,</c><00:18:24.799><c> then</c><00:18:25.420><c> the</c><00:18:25.960><c> representative</c><00:18:26.500><c> of</c>

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Yahweh<00:18:27.579><c> changes</c><00:18:28.660><c> the</c><00:18:30.400><c> basis</c><00:18:30.819><c> of</c><00:18:31.039><c> the</c><00:18:31.240><c> relationship.</c>

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Just<00:18:33.779><c> see</c><00:18:34.279><c> how</c><00:18:34.440><c> that</c><00:18:34.720><c> language</c><00:18:35.140><c> is</c><00:18:35.480><c> reflected</c><00:18:35.839><c> in</c><00:18:36.039><c> John</c><00:18:36.279><c> chapter</c><00:18:36.619><c> 15.</c>

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A<00:19:06.839><c> passage</c><00:19:07.359><c> about</c><00:19:07.599><c> the</c><00:19:07.839><c> true</c><00:19:08.079><c> vine,</c><00:19:08.740><c> isn't</c><00:19:08.920><c> it,</c><00:19:09.299><c> in</c><00:19:09.440><c> the</c><00:19:09.640><c> terms</c>

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in<00:19:09.940><c> which</c><00:19:10.099><c> the</c><00:19:10.180><c> Lord</c><00:19:10.380><c> Jesus</c><00:19:10.740><c> Christ</c><00:19:10.920><c> describes</c><00:19:11.500><c> himself.</c>

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He<00:19:14.700><c> has</c><00:19:15.220><c> no</c><00:19:15.559><c> doubt</c><00:19:15.900><c> quarried</c><00:19:16.240><c> the</c><00:19:16.480><c> language</c><00:19:16.880><c> from</c><00:19:17.220><c> the</c><00:19:17.220><c> prophet</c><00:19:17.799><c> Ezekiel</c><00:19:18.480><c> and</c><00:19:18.759><c> the</c><00:19:19.039><c> language</c><00:19:19.359><c> of</c>

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the<00:19:19.779><c> vine</c><00:19:20.000><c> there.</c>

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But<00:19:20.680><c> as</c><00:19:20.859><c> so</c><00:19:21.119><c> often</c><00:19:21.319><c> with</c><00:19:21.640><c> the</c><00:19:21.779><c> scriptures</c><00:19:22.079><c> and</c><00:19:22.279><c> with</c><00:19:22.500><c> the</c><00:19:22.640><c> mind</c>

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of<00:19:23.039><c> the</c><00:19:23.160><c> Lord,</c><00:19:23.839><c> then</c><00:19:24.079><c> there</c><00:19:24.339><c> are</c><00:19:24.460><c> many</c><00:19:24.799><c> scriptures</c><00:19:25.240><c> being</c>

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brought<00:19:26.119><c> together.</c>

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And<00:19:27.660><c> the</c><00:19:28.000><c> purpose</c><00:19:28.339><c> of</c><00:19:28.640><c> the</c><00:19:28.779><c> analogy</c><00:19:29.119><c> of</c><00:19:29.359><c> the</c><00:19:29.599><c> vine</c><00:19:29.759><c> is</c><00:19:29.940><c> that</c><00:19:30.180><c> we</c>

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should<00:19:30.519><c> understand</c><00:19:31.140><c> most</c><00:19:31.579><c> clearly</c><00:19:32.019><c> that</c><00:19:32.599><c> our</c><00:19:32.940><c> purpose</c><00:19:33.559><c> in</c><00:19:34.180><c> being</c><00:19:34.519><c> grafted</c><00:19:34.960><c> into</c><00:19:35.140><c> the</c><00:19:35.319><c> Lord</c><00:19:35.480><c> Jesus</c><00:19:35.900><c> Christ</c><00:19:36.240><c> is</c>

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to<00:19:36.920><c> bear</c><00:19:37.259><c> fruits.</c>

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The<00:19:38.819><c> vine,</c><00:19:39.380><c> verse</c><00:19:39.519><c> 1,</c><00:19:40.079><c> bears</c><00:19:40.339><c> fruits</c><00:19:40.960><c> and</c><00:19:41.640><c> it's</c><00:19:42.019><c> purged,</c><00:19:42.359><c> so</c>

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it<00:19:42.559><c> might</c><00:19:42.859><c> bring</c><00:19:43.200><c> forth</c><00:19:43.640><c> more</c><00:19:44.119><c> fruits.</c>

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And<00:19:45.400><c> verse</c><00:19:45.740><c> 5,</c><00:19:46.339><c> the</c><00:19:46.420><c> father</c><00:19:46.700><c> is</c><00:19:46.940><c> looking</c><00:19:47.200><c> for</c><00:19:47.599><c> much</c><00:19:48.039><c> fruits.</c>

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Verse<00:19:49.380><c> 8,</c><00:19:50.059><c> then</c><00:19:50.460><c> by</c><00:19:50.700><c> the</c><00:19:50.880><c> bringing</c><00:19:51.140><c> forth</c><00:19:51.519><c> of</c><00:19:51.819><c> much</c><00:19:52.240><c> fruit</c><00:19:52.539><c> the</c>

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father<00:19:53.119><c> is</c><00:19:53.680><c> glorified.</c>

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Then<00:19:55.460><c> we</c><00:19:55.740><c> are</c><00:19:56.000><c> concerned</c><00:19:56.400><c> with</c><00:19:56.799><c> fruitfulness.</c>

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There's<00:19:58.119><c> an</c><00:19:58.339><c> echo</c><00:19:58.599><c> of</c><00:19:58.940><c> Abraham</c><00:19:59.200><c> there,</c><00:19:59.980><c> as</c><00:20:00.059><c> we</c><00:20:00.259><c> thought</c><00:20:00.480><c> about</c>

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yesterday<00:20:01.220><c> in</c><00:20:01.500><c> Genesis</c><00:20:01.579><c> chapter</c><00:20:01.900><c> 17,</c><00:20:02.380><c> verse</c><00:20:02.640><c> 6.</c>

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I<00:20:03.160><c> will</c><00:20:03.420><c> make</c><00:20:03.680><c> thee</c><00:20:04.000><c> exceedingly,</c><00:20:04.859><c> I</c><00:20:05.160><c> will</c><00:20:05.440><c> make</c><00:20:05.680><c> thee</c><00:20:05.940><c> mighty,</c><00:20:06.420><c> mighty</c><00:20:06.839><c> fruitful.</c>

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And<00:20:08.779><c> that</c><00:20:09.039><c> too,</c><00:20:09.500><c> perhaps,</c><00:20:10.579><c> is</c><00:20:10.740><c> just</c><00:20:11.880><c> referenced,</c><00:20:12.380><c> echoed</c><00:20:13.059><c> in</c>

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the<00:20:13.420><c> language</c><00:20:13.720><c> that</c><00:20:13.980><c> the</c><00:20:14.019><c> Lord</c><00:20:14.220><c> Jesus</c><00:20:14.720><c> Christ</c><00:20:15.579><c> uses.</c>

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So<00:20:17.119><c> Abraham</c><00:20:17.400><c> is</c><00:20:17.740><c> here</c><00:20:18.039><c> and</c><00:20:18.220><c> then</c><00:20:18.400><c> he</c><00:20:18.440><c> says</c><00:20:18.700><c> in</c><00:20:19.359><c> verse</c><00:20:19.680><c> 13.</c>

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Greater<00:20:22.640><c> love</c><00:20:23.039><c> hath</c><00:20:23.319><c> no</c><00:20:23.579><c> man</c><00:20:23.799><c> than</c><00:20:24.099><c> this,</c><00:20:25.440><c> that</c><00:20:25.579><c> a</c><00:20:25.859><c> man</c><00:20:26.119><c> lay</c>

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down<00:20:26.660><c> his</c><00:20:26.920><c> life</c><00:20:27.299><c> for</c><00:20:27.619><c> his</c><00:20:28.019><c> friends.</c>

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Ye<00:20:29.819><c> are</c><00:20:30.240><c> my</c><00:20:30.579><c> friends,</c><00:20:31.720><c> if</c><00:20:31.880><c> you</c><00:20:32.160><c> do</c><00:20:32.380><c> whatsoever</c><00:20:33.019><c> I</c><00:20:33.380><c> command</c><00:20:33.839><c> you.</c>

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Henceforth<00:20:35.660><c> I</c><00:20:36.079><c> call</c><00:20:36.220><c> you</c><00:20:36.480><c> not</c><00:20:36.920><c> servants,</c><00:20:38.000><c> for</c><00:20:38.180><c> the</c><00:20:38.460><c> servant</c>

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knoweth<00:20:39.400><c> not</c><00:20:39.740><c> what</c><00:20:40.039><c> his</c><00:20:40.299><c> Lord</c><00:20:40.539><c> doeth.</c>

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And<00:20:50.400><c> of</c><00:20:50.599><c> course</c><00:20:50.779><c> the</c><00:20:50.960><c> Lord</c><00:20:51.180><c> is</c><00:20:51.799><c> talking</c><00:20:52.160><c> about</c><00:20:52.440><c> his</c><00:20:52.660><c> relationship</c><00:20:53.119><c> with</c><00:20:53.299><c> his</c>

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disciples,<00:20:54.180><c> with</c><00:20:54.299><c> the</c><00:20:54.640><c> twelve</c><00:20:55.079><c> specifically.</c>

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But<00:20:57.500><c> there's</c><00:20:57.779><c> the</c><00:20:57.940><c> language</c><00:20:58.220><c> of</c><00:20:58.359><c> Genesis</c><00:20:58.680><c> chapter</c><00:20:59.140><c> 18,</c><00:20:59.599><c> isn't</c><00:20:59.819><c> it?</c>

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Shall<00:21:00.559><c> I</c><00:21:00.880><c> hide</c><00:21:01.240><c> from</c><00:21:01.480><c> Abraham</c><00:21:02.039><c> that</c><00:21:02.500><c> thing</c><00:21:02.779><c> which</c><00:21:03.079><c> I</c><00:21:03.400><c> do,</c><00:21:04.160><c> seeing</c><00:21:04.380><c> I</c>

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have<00:21:05.059><c> known</c><00:21:05.480><c> him?</c>

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That's<00:21:07.859><c> the</c><00:21:07.980><c> way</c><00:21:08.240><c> in</c><00:21:08.400><c> which,</c><00:21:08.700><c> as</c><00:21:08.900><c> the</c><00:21:09.079><c> Lord</c><00:21:09.240><c> explains</c><00:21:09.819><c> it,</c><00:21:10.660><c> a</c>

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man<00:21:10.920><c> interacts</c><00:21:11.500><c> with</c><00:21:11.720><c> his</c><00:21:12.039><c> friends.</c>

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That<00:21:13.299><c> you're</c><00:21:13.559><c> no</c><00:21:13.759><c> longer</c><00:21:14.180><c> servants,</c><00:21:15.000><c> as</c><00:21:15.299><c> Abraham</c><00:21:15.599><c> recognized</c>

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himself<00:21:16.759><c> to</c><00:21:17.000><c> be,</c>

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but<00:21:17.500><c> you</c><00:21:17.720><c> are</c><00:21:17.960><c> my</c><00:21:18.319><c> friends,</c><00:21:19.019><c> says</c><00:21:19.140><c> the</c><00:21:19.319><c> Lord</c><00:21:19.480><c> Jesus</c><00:21:19.940><c> Christ,</c>

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because<00:21:20.799><c> I</c><00:21:21.019><c> have</c><00:21:21.140><c> not</c><00:21:21.380><c> hidden</c><00:21:21.779><c> from</c><00:21:22.220><c> you</c><00:21:22.920><c> all</c><00:21:23.559><c> that</c><00:21:23.759><c> my</c><00:21:24.079><c> Father</c>

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hath<00:21:24.880><c> revealed</c><00:21:25.759><c> unto</c><00:21:26.420><c> me.</c>

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And<00:21:27.700><c> there</c><00:21:27.839><c> was</c><00:21:28.160><c> Abraham</c><00:21:28.640><c> being</c><00:21:28.980><c> confirmed</c><00:21:29.420><c> as</c><00:21:29.779><c> the</c><00:21:30.079><c> friend</c>

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of<00:21:30.799><c> God,</c>

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because<00:21:31.980><c> the</c><00:21:32.240><c> representative</c><00:21:32.900><c> of</c><00:21:33.180><c> Galway</c><00:21:33.579><c> said,</c><00:21:34.079><c> I</c><00:21:34.099><c> will</c><00:21:34.460><c> not</c>

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hide<00:21:35.019><c> from</c><00:21:35.359><c> him</c><00:21:36.119><c> that</c><00:21:36.559><c> which</c><00:21:36.819><c> I</c><00:21:37.140><c> do,</c>

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because<00:21:37.920><c> I</c><00:21:38.240><c> know</c><00:21:38.619><c> him,</c><00:21:39.440><c> that</c><00:21:39.660><c> there</c><00:21:39.920><c> is</c><00:21:40.039><c> a</c><00:21:40.259><c> relationship</c><00:21:40.980><c> between</c><00:21:41.519><c> us.</c>

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And<00:21:45.960><c> the</c><00:21:46.160><c> status</c><00:21:46.559><c> of</c><00:21:47.799><c> Abraham</c><00:21:48.359><c> is</c><00:21:49.019><c> elevated</c><00:21:49.539><c> in</c><00:21:49.859><c> chapter</c><00:21:50.240><c> 18.</c>

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That's<00:21:52.359><c> the</c><00:21:52.539><c> indication</c><00:21:53.640><c> that</c><00:21:55.059><c> he</c><00:21:55.279><c> is</c><00:21:55.559><c> the</c><00:21:55.799><c> friend</c><00:21:55.980><c> of</c><00:21:56.259><c> God,</c>

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that<00:21:57.680><c> the</c><00:21:58.160><c> Almighty</c><00:21:58.640><c> would</c><00:21:59.119><c> share</c><00:21:59.740><c> with</c><00:22:00.519><c> Abraham</c><00:22:01.400><c> those</c><00:22:02.400><c> things</c><00:22:03.200><c> which</c><00:22:04.359><c> he</c><00:22:04.819><c> does.</c>

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And<00:22:05.279><c> I</c><00:22:05.400><c> know</c><00:22:05.640><c> him,</c><00:22:05.900><c> I</c><00:22:06.099><c> have</c><00:22:06.339><c> known</c><00:22:06.559><c> him,</c><00:22:07.000><c> that</c><00:22:07.140><c> he</c><00:22:07.279><c> will</c><00:22:07.539><c> command</c><00:22:07.880><c> his</c><00:22:08.180><c> children</c><00:22:08.579><c> to</c>

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do<00:22:09.019><c> justice</c><00:22:09.359><c> and</c><00:22:09.579><c> judgment.</c>

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And<00:22:11.579><c> here</c><00:22:11.779><c> is</c><00:22:12.039><c> the</c><00:22:12.140><c> Lord</c><00:22:12.339><c> Jesus</c><00:22:12.759><c> Christ.</c>

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This<00:22:14.599><c> is</c><00:22:15.140><c> my</c><00:22:15.400><c> commandment,</c><00:22:16.519><c> ye</c><00:22:16.740><c> are</c><00:22:16.940><c> my</c><00:22:17.220><c> friends,</c><00:22:17.880><c> if</c><00:22:18.059><c> you</c><00:22:18.279><c> do</c>

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whatsoever<00:22:19.180><c> I</c><00:22:19.900><c> command</c><00:22:20.480><c> you.</c>

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Again,<00:22:23.200><c> it's</c><00:22:23.259><c> the</c><00:22:23.380><c> language</c><00:22:23.740><c> of</c><00:22:24.000><c> Genesis</c><00:22:24.759><c> chapter</c><00:22:25.539><c> 18.</c>

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That's<00:22:27.960><c> the</c><00:22:28.160><c> character</c><00:22:28.519><c> of</c><00:22:28.779><c> the</c><00:22:28.980><c> friend</c><00:22:29.339><c> of</c><00:22:30.559><c> the</c><00:22:30.740><c> Lord,</c><00:22:31.200><c> to</c>

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And<00:22:33.059><c> surely</c><00:22:33.279><c> again</c><00:22:33.559><c> in</c><00:22:33.700><c> that</c><00:22:34.019><c> context</c><00:22:34.599><c> of</c><00:22:35.359><c> Abraham,</c><00:22:35.859><c> which</c><00:22:36.140><c> is</c>

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being<00:22:37.079><c> echoed</c><00:22:37.480><c> here</c><00:22:37.720><c> amongst</c><00:22:37.960><c> other</c><00:22:38.319><c> passages,</c>

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where<00:22:39.240><c> he</c><00:22:39.519><c> says,</c><00:22:40.880><c> greater</c><00:22:40.880><c> love</c><00:22:41.240><c> hath</c><00:22:41.500><c> no</c><00:22:41.740><c> man</c><00:22:41.940><c> than</c><00:22:42.200><c> this,</c><00:22:42.480><c> that</c><00:22:42.619><c> a</c>

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man<00:22:43.019><c> lay</c><00:22:43.220><c> down</c><00:22:43.440><c> his</c><00:22:43.700><c> life</c><00:22:43.940><c> for</c><00:22:44.160><c> his</c><00:22:44.500><c> friends.</c>

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Then<00:22:45.599><c> our</c><00:22:45.799><c> minds</c><00:22:45.880><c> are</c><00:22:46.079><c> going</c><00:22:46.220><c> to</c><00:22:46.420><c> go</c><00:22:46.460><c> to</c><00:22:46.599><c> Genesis</c><00:22:46.920><c> 22,</c>

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That<00:22:52.839><c> there</c><00:22:53.119><c> was</c><00:22:53.359><c> the</c><00:22:53.660><c> evidence</c><00:22:54.460><c> that</c><00:22:55.700><c> when</c><00:22:55.960><c> the</c><00:22:56.160><c> Lord</c><00:22:56.380><c> commanded</c><00:22:57.160><c> that</c>

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Abraham,<00:22:59.220><c> his</c><00:22:59.700><c> friend,</c>

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did<00:23:01.019><c> what</c><00:23:01.339><c> was</c><00:23:01.740><c> commanded</c><00:23:02.200><c> of</c><00:23:02.539><c> him,</c><00:23:03.279><c> even</c><00:23:03.640><c> to</c><00:23:03.880><c> the</c><00:23:04.180><c> offering</c>

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The<00:23:19.359><c> Almighty</c><00:23:19.880><c> acknowledging</c><00:23:20.839><c> the</c><00:23:21.200><c> depth</c><00:23:21.559><c> of</c><00:23:21.859><c> the</c><00:23:22.119><c> relationship</c><00:23:22.960><c> between</c><00:23:23.779><c> them.</c>

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James<00:23:25.539><c> picks</c><00:23:25.920><c> it</c><00:23:26.099><c> up,</c><00:23:26.400><c> doesn't</c><00:23:26.400><c> he,</c><00:23:26.559><c> in</c><00:23:26.700><c> chapter</c><00:23:26.940><c> 2,</c><00:23:27.220><c> as</c><00:23:27.400><c> we</c>

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But<00:23:35.319><c> let</c><00:23:35.619><c> me</c><00:23:35.859><c> make</c><00:23:36.460><c> an</c><00:23:36.980><c> observational</c><00:23:37.759><c> to</c><00:23:38.160><c> here.</c>

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James,<00:23:40.059><c> chapter</c><00:23:40.279><c> 2.</c>

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Verse<00:23:49.599><c> 21.</c>

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Was<00:23:54.259><c> not</c><00:23:54.559><c> Abraham</c><00:23:54.980><c> our</c><00:23:55.240><c> father,</c><00:23:55.680><c> justified</c><00:23:56.279><c> by</c><00:23:56.720><c> works,</c><00:23:57.200><c> when</c>

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he<00:23:57.480><c> had</c><00:23:57.700><c> offered</c><00:23:58.000><c> up</c><00:23:58.599><c> Isaac</c><00:23:59.200><c> his</c><00:23:59.420><c> son</c><00:23:59.720><c> upon</c><00:24:00.019><c> the</c><00:24:00.279><c> altar?</c>

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Seest<00:24:02.079><c> thou</c><00:24:02.380><c> how</c><00:24:02.720><c> faith</c><00:24:03.140><c> wrought</c><00:24:03.519><c> with</c><00:24:03.759><c> his</c><00:24:04.079><c> works,</c><00:24:04.460><c> and</c><00:24:04.559><c> by</c>

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works<00:24:05.220><c> was</c><00:24:05.519><c> faith</c><00:24:05.880><c> made</c><00:24:06.299><c> perfect?</c>

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And<00:24:07.680><c> the</c><00:24:07.859><c> Scripture</c><00:24:08.559><c> was</c><00:24:09.380><c> fulfilled,</c><00:24:09.980><c> which</c><00:24:10.359><c> said,</c><00:24:11.420><c> Abraham</c>

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believed<00:24:12.740><c> God,</c>

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and<00:24:13.559><c> it</c><00:24:13.720><c> was</c><00:24:13.960><c> imputed</c><00:24:14.420><c> unto</c><00:24:14.779><c> him</c><00:24:15.099><c> for</c><00:24:15.500><c> righteousness,</c><00:24:16.920><c> and</c><00:24:17.240><c> he</c>

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And<00:24:21.160><c> so</c><00:24:21.440><c> James</c><00:24:21.960><c> associates</c><00:24:22.880><c> being</c><00:24:23.619><c> the</c><00:24:23.880><c> friend</c><00:24:24.099><c> of</c><00:24:24.480><c> God</c><00:24:24.900><c> with</c>

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the<00:24:26.180><c> events</c><00:24:26.400><c> of</c><00:24:26.579><c> Genesis</c><00:24:26.880><c> chapter</c><00:24:27.279><c> 22,</c>

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when<00:24:29.420><c> Abraham,</c><00:24:30.079><c> in</c><00:24:30.339><c> James's</c><00:24:30.900><c> terms,</c><00:24:31.180><c> was</c><00:24:31.400><c> justified</c><00:24:32.079><c> by</c><00:24:32.680><c> works.</c>

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Just<00:24:33.700><c> note</c><00:24:34.180><c> how</c><00:24:34.599><c> James</c><00:24:35.140><c> writes</c><00:24:35.700><c> here.</c>

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The<00:24:40.599><c> Scripture,</c><00:24:41.140><c> verse</c><00:24:41.380><c> 23,</c><00:24:42.880><c> was</c><00:24:43.460><c> fulfilled,</c><00:24:47.140><c> as</c><00:24:47.519><c> if.</c>

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When<00:24:50.180><c> God</c><00:24:50.619><c> spake</c><00:24:51.000><c> to</c><00:24:51.220><c> Abraham</c><00:24:51.500><c> in</c><00:24:51.700><c> Genesis</c><00:24:52.079><c> chapter</c><00:24:52.460><c> 15,</c><00:24:54.019><c> or</c>

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the<00:24:54.359><c> Inspired</c><00:24:55.240><c> Record</c><00:24:55.519><c> records</c><00:24:55.880><c> in</c><00:24:56.039><c> Genesis</c><00:24:56.400><c> chapter</c><00:24:56.759><c> 15,</c>

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Abraham<00:24:58.240><c> believed</c><00:24:59.299><c> God,</c><00:25:00.059><c> or</c><00:25:00.220><c> believed</c><00:25:00.480><c> the</c><00:25:00.680><c> Lord,</c><00:25:00.980><c> and</c><00:25:01.039><c> it</c><00:25:01.059><c> was</c><00:25:01.299><c> counted</c><00:25:01.579><c> to</c>

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him<00:25:02.160><c> for</c><00:25:02.599><c> righteousness,</c>

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that<00:25:04.759><c> in</c><00:25:04.980><c> a</c><00:25:05.059><c> sense</c><00:25:05.200><c> it</c><00:25:05.339><c> was</c><00:25:05.559><c> a</c><00:25:05.720><c> prophecy.</c>

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That<00:25:08.000><c> was</c><00:25:08.319><c> fulfilled</c><00:25:09.339><c> when</c><00:25:10.180><c> Abraham</c><00:25:10.680><c> was</c><00:25:11.039><c> prepared</c><00:25:11.680><c> to</c><00:25:12.079><c> offer</c>

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up<00:25:12.640><c> Isaac</c><00:25:12.940><c> in</c><00:25:13.200><c> Genesis</c><00:25:13.539><c> chapter</c><00:25:13.940><c> 22.</c>

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Of<00:25:15.759><c> course</c><00:25:15.880><c> it</c><00:25:15.940><c> was</c><00:25:16.160><c> quite</c><00:25:16.380><c> true</c><00:25:16.940><c> that</c><00:25:17.680><c> God</c><00:25:18.480><c> spoke</c><00:25:18.859><c> to</c><00:25:19.039><c> Abraham</c>

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about<00:25:19.660><c> his</c><00:25:19.880><c> purpose,</c>

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about<00:25:20.640><c> Abraham's</c><00:25:21.200><c> seed</c><00:25:21.279><c> in</c><00:25:21.460><c> Genesis</c><00:25:21.819><c> chapter</c><00:25:22.180><c> 15.</c>

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Tell<00:25:23.400><c> the</c><00:25:23.779><c> stars,</c><00:25:24.299><c> if</c><00:25:24.319><c> you</c><00:25:24.440><c> could</c><00:25:24.599><c> be</c><00:25:24.740><c> able</c><00:25:24.880><c> to</c><00:25:25.200><c> count</c><00:25:25.460><c> them,</c>

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then<00:25:26.180><c> so</c><00:25:26.420><c> should</c><00:25:26.579><c> your</c><00:25:26.839><c> seed</c><00:25:27.059><c> be,</c>

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and<00:25:27.440><c> Abraham</c><00:25:27.700><c> believed</c><00:25:28.339><c> the</c><00:25:28.460><c> word</c><00:25:28.779><c> implicitly</c><00:25:29.519><c> in</c><00:25:29.660><c> what</c><00:25:29.900><c> God</c>

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had<00:25:30.539><c> spoken,</c>

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and<00:25:31.480><c> it</c><00:25:31.619><c> was</c><00:25:31.859><c> counted</c><00:25:32.119><c> to</c><00:25:32.279><c> him</c><00:25:32.500><c> for</c><00:25:32.839><c> righteousness.</c>

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And<00:25:35.579><c> yet</c><00:25:35.779><c> here</c><00:25:36.019><c> is</c><00:25:36.259><c> the</c><00:25:36.519><c> filling</c><00:25:36.819><c> up</c><00:25:37.900><c> of</c><00:25:38.799><c> that</c><00:25:39.920><c> belief,</c><00:25:40.720><c> the</c><00:25:41.119><c> full</c><00:25:41.819><c> assurance</c><00:25:42.640><c> of</c><00:25:43.200><c> faith,</c>

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the<00:25:45.960><c> demonstration</c><00:25:46.720><c> of</c><00:25:47.619><c> the</c><00:25:47.880><c> measure</c><00:25:48.259><c> of</c><00:25:48.779><c> faith</c><00:25:49.119><c> that</c><00:25:49.400><c> Abraham</c><00:25:49.819><c> had</c><00:25:50.980><c> achieved,</c>

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that<00:25:55.880><c> when</c><00:25:56.240><c> God</c><00:25:56.759><c> commanded,</c><00:25:59.039><c> take</c><00:25:59.200><c> now</c><00:25:59.420><c> thy</c><00:25:59.720><c> servant,</c><00:26:00.079><c> offer</c>

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him<00:26:00.339><c> upon</c><00:26:00.599><c> the</c><00:26:00.779><c> mountain</c><00:26:01.039><c> of</c><00:26:01.279><c> Moriah,</c>

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that<00:26:03.500><c> his</c><00:26:04.099><c> confidence</c><00:26:04.779><c> of</c><00:26:05.200><c> faith</c><00:26:05.539><c> in</c><00:26:05.700><c> the</c><00:26:05.900><c> Almighty</c><00:26:06.380><c> was</c><00:26:06.980><c> such,</c>

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his<00:26:08.500><c> belief</c><00:26:08.859><c> in</c><00:26:09.200><c> resurrection</c><00:26:09.779><c> as</c><00:26:10.039><c> the</c><00:26:10.099><c> New</c><00:26:10.299><c> Testament</c><00:26:10.940><c> confirms</c><00:26:12.000><c> for</c><00:26:12.519><c> us,</c>

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that<00:26:14.039><c> he</c><00:26:14.220><c> will</c><00:26:14.420><c> get</c><00:26:14.619><c> up</c><00:26:14.839><c> early</c><00:26:15.200><c> in</c><00:26:15.359><c> the</c><00:26:15.480><c> morning</c><00:26:15.880><c> and</c><00:26:16.119><c> without</c>

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hesitation<00:26:17.339><c> do</c><00:26:18.559><c> those</c><00:26:19.000><c> things</c>

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that<00:26:20.319><c> the</c><00:26:20.579><c> Father</c><00:26:20.819><c> has</c><00:26:21.200><c> commanded.</c>

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That<00:26:22.579><c> here</c><00:26:22.779><c> is</c><00:26:23.059><c> the</c><00:26:23.700><c> demonstration</c><00:26:24.700><c> of</c><00:26:25.119><c> the</c><00:26:25.480><c> extent</c><00:26:25.960><c> of</c><00:26:26.339><c> the</c>

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maturity<00:26:27.119><c> his</c><00:26:27.519><c> faith</c><00:26:27.980><c> has</c><00:26:28.740><c> reached</c>

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in<00:26:29.599><c> his</c><00:26:30.000><c> willingness</c><00:26:30.720><c> to</c><00:26:32.480><c> do</c><00:26:32.779><c> that</c><00:26:33.000><c> which</c><00:26:33.180><c> the</c><00:26:33.359><c> Father</c><00:26:33.960><c> asks,</c>

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a<00:26:36.240><c> fulfilling</c><00:26:37.140><c> of</c><00:26:37.859><c> the</c><00:26:38.079><c> principle</c><00:26:38.880><c> of</c><00:26:39.339><c> Genesis</c><00:26:39.940><c> chapter</c><00:26:41.319><c> 15.</c>

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And<00:26:42.480><c> in</c><00:26:42.819><c> that</c><00:26:43.400><c> he</c><00:26:43.960><c> was</c><00:26:44.240><c> called</c><00:26:44.420><c> the</c><00:26:44.599><c> friend</c><00:26:44.819><c> of</c><00:26:45.059><c> God</c><00:26:45.240><c> because</c><00:26:45.559><c> it</c><00:26:45.779><c> was</c><00:26:46.359><c> a</c><00:26:47.039><c> confidence</c>

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based<00:26:48.779><c> upon</c><00:26:49.019><c> understanding,</c><00:26:49.880><c> based</c><00:26:50.000><c> upon</c><00:26:50.240><c> that</c><00:26:50.519><c> full</c><00:26:50.819><c> acquaintance,</c>

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based<00:26:51.940><c> upon</c><00:26:52.200><c> that</c><00:26:52.839><c> familiarity</c><00:26:53.579><c> with</c><00:26:53.880><c> the</c><00:26:54.099><c> God</c><00:26:54.319><c> whom</c><00:26:54.500><c> he</c><00:26:54.839><c> worshiped,</c>

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that<00:26:56.299><c> his</c><00:26:56.660><c> faith</c><00:26:57.019><c> had</c><00:26:57.420><c> reached</c><00:26:57.779><c> such</c><00:26:58.160><c> an</c><00:26:58.400><c> extent</c><00:26:59.099><c> because</c><00:26:59.700><c> he</c>

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really<00:27:00.380><c> knew</c><00:27:02.220><c> the</c><00:27:02.619><c> God,</c>

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the<00:27:03.480><c> living</c><00:27:03.740><c> God,</c><00:27:04.079><c> the</c><00:27:04.319><c> creator</c><00:27:04.559><c> of</c><00:27:04.740><c> the</c><00:27:04.859><c> heavens</c><00:27:05.079><c> and</c><00:27:05.319><c> the</c><00:27:05.519><c> earth,</c>

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and<00:27:06.579><c> knowing</c><00:27:06.880><c> him,</c><00:27:07.960><c> then</c><00:27:08.240><c> there</c><00:27:08.480><c> was</c><00:27:08.660><c> no</c><00:27:08.980><c> question</c><00:27:09.680><c> in</c><00:27:10.339><c> his</c><00:27:10.559><c> ability</c><00:27:11.079><c> to</c>

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trust<00:27:11.819><c> him,</c>

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that<00:27:13.819><c> his</c><00:27:14.460><c> faith</c><00:27:14.900><c> was</c><00:27:16.019><c> the</c><00:27:16.259><c> demonstration</c><00:27:16.940><c> of</c><00:27:17.220><c> the</c><00:27:17.519><c> depth</c><00:27:18.059><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:19.319><c> relationship</c>

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that<00:27:20.160><c> had</c><00:27:20.339><c> been</c><00:27:20.660><c> formed</c><00:27:20.920><c> between</c><00:27:21.519><c> them.</c>

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It's<00:27:23.880><c> there</c><00:27:24.079><c> in</c><00:27:24.200><c> the</c><00:27:24.319><c> Lord</c><00:27:24.500><c> Jesus</c><00:27:24.859><c> Christ,</c><00:27:25.480><c> isn't</c><00:27:25.680><c> it?</c>

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We<00:27:26.200><c> are</c><00:27:26.519><c> saggots.</c>

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Sometimes<00:27:28.660><c> the</c><00:27:28.880><c> mind</c><00:27:29.099><c> rebels</c><00:27:29.539><c> against</c><00:27:29.920><c> this,</c>

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that<00:27:30.859><c> whilst</c><00:27:32.440><c> we</c><00:27:32.640><c> know</c><00:27:32.839><c> it</c><00:27:32.960><c> to</c><00:27:33.099><c> be</c><00:27:33.420><c> true,</c><00:27:34.460><c> then</c><00:27:34.680><c> how</c><00:27:34.920><c> could</c><00:27:35.079><c> it</c>

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be<00:27:35.440><c> possible</c>

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that<00:27:36.839><c> one</c><00:27:37.200><c> sharing</c><00:27:37.660><c> our</c><00:27:38.079><c> nature</c><00:27:38.940><c> was</c><00:27:40.299><c> able</c><00:27:40.759><c> to</c><00:27:41.000><c> remain</c><00:27:41.380><c> without</c><00:27:42.000><c> sin,</c>

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that<00:27:43.799><c> that</c><00:27:43.960><c> is</c><00:27:44.160><c> so</c><00:27:44.460><c> completely</c><00:27:45.640><c> divorced</c><00:27:46.319><c> from</c><00:27:46.579><c> our</c><00:27:47.000><c> experience</c><00:27:47.519><c> of</c><00:27:47.740><c> trying</c><00:27:47.980><c> to</c><00:27:48.299><c> serve,</c>

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that<00:27:49.079><c> almost</c><00:27:49.420><c> the</c><00:27:49.599><c> mind</c><00:27:49.779><c> rebels</c><00:27:50.220><c> from</c><00:27:50.460><c> it.</c>

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How<00:27:50.859><c> is</c><00:27:51.019><c> it</c><00:27:51.299><c> possible</c><00:27:52.059><c> that</c><00:27:52.599><c> the</c><00:27:52.740><c> Lord</c><00:27:52.920><c> Jesus</c><00:27:53.240><c> Christ</c><00:27:53.480><c> could</c>

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truly<00:27:54.160><c> be</c><00:27:54.460><c> man,</c>

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sharing<00:27:55.299><c> our</c><00:27:55.880><c> nature</c><00:27:56.319><c> and</c><00:27:56.619><c> yet</c><00:27:56.779><c> remain</c><00:27:57.140><c> at</c><00:27:57.380><c> all</c><00:27:57.700><c> times</c><00:27:57.980><c> consistent</c><00:27:58.559><c> with</c>

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the<00:27:58.839><c> will</c><00:27:58.920><c> of</c><00:27:59.099><c> his</c><00:27:59.299><c> Father,</c>

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without<00:28:01.160><c> sin?</c>

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And<00:28:02.640><c> perhaps</c><00:28:02.940><c> we</c><00:28:03.200><c> never</c><00:28:03.420><c> fully</c><00:28:03.700><c> understand</c><00:28:04.319><c> that,</c><00:28:04.839><c> this</c><00:28:04.839><c> side</c>

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of<00:28:05.160><c> the</c><00:28:05.319><c> kingdom,</c>

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but<00:28:05.819><c> there</c><00:28:05.980><c> are</c><00:28:06.460><c> various</c><00:28:06.960><c> reasons</c><00:28:07.500><c> that</c><00:28:07.700><c> we</c><00:28:07.819><c> can</c><00:28:08.039><c> bring</c><00:28:08.279><c> to</c><00:28:08.579><c> bear,</c>

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and<00:28:09.019><c> one</c><00:28:09.259><c> of</c><00:28:09.460><c> them</c><00:28:09.740><c> is</c><00:28:10.140><c> the</c><00:28:10.339><c> quality</c><00:28:10.720><c> of</c><00:28:10.940><c> the</c><00:28:11.099><c> faith</c><00:28:11.299><c> of</c><00:28:11.500><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:28:11.799><c> Jesus</c><00:28:12.180><c> Christ.</c>

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That<00:28:13.619><c> faith</c><00:28:13.940><c> and</c><00:28:14.319><c> obedience,</c><00:28:15.240><c> Brother</c><00:28:15.640><c> Neville</c><00:28:15.880><c> was</c><00:28:16.079><c> saying</c>

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to<00:28:16.700><c> this</c><00:28:17.279><c> to</c><00:28:17.420><c> us</c><00:28:17.559><c> last</c><00:28:17.880><c> night,</c>

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in<00:28:18.299><c> effect,</c><00:28:18.619><c> go</c><00:28:18.680><c> hand</c><00:28:18.940><c> in</c><00:28:19.140><c> hand,</c><00:28:20.420><c> that</c><00:28:20.900><c> the</c><00:28:21.619><c> perfect</c><00:28:22.119><c> obedience</c><00:28:22.759><c> of</c><00:28:22.980><c> the</c>

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Son<00:28:23.319><c> of</c><00:28:23.539><c> God</c>

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was<00:28:24.599><c> a</c><00:28:25.000><c> demonstration</c><00:28:25.819><c> of</c><00:28:26.259><c> the</c><00:28:26.759><c> absolute</c><00:28:27.339><c> certainty</c><00:28:28.000><c> of</c><00:28:28.279><c> his</c>

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faith<00:28:28.779><c> in</c><00:28:28.960><c> his</c><00:28:29.180><c> Father.</c>

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That<00:28:31.059><c> faith</c><00:28:31.920><c> leads</c><00:28:33.140><c> to</c><00:28:34.660><c> obedience.</c>

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And<00:28:37.019><c> here</c><00:28:37.279><c> is</c><00:28:38.079><c> James</c><00:28:38.339><c> just</c><00:28:38.660><c> illustrating</c><00:28:39.579><c> that</c><00:28:40.079><c> for</c><00:28:40.380><c> us,</c><00:28:40.759><c> the</c>

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example<00:28:41.339><c> of</c><00:28:41.599><c> Abraham,</c>

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the<00:28:43.059><c> example</c><00:28:43.799><c> of</c><00:28:44.940><c> rain.</c>

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These<00:28:48.359><c> are</c><00:28:48.660><c> the</c><00:28:48.819><c> words.</c>

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This<00:28:51.339><c> is</c><00:28:52.059><c> the</c><00:28:52.259><c> Scriptures</c><00:28:52.819><c> preeminent</c><00:28:54.220><c> illustration</c><00:28:55.279><c> of</c><00:28:56.839><c> the</c>

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good<00:28:57.420><c> works</c>

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that<00:29:00.900><c> the</c><00:29:01.019><c> Lord</c><00:29:01.180><c> Jesus</c><00:29:01.519><c> Christ,</c><00:29:01.779><c> the</c><00:29:01.940><c> Father,</c><00:29:02.480><c> is</c><00:29:02.500><c> looking</c>

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for<00:29:03.119><c> from</c><00:29:03.339><c> those</c><00:29:03.660><c> who</c><00:29:03.839><c> are</c><00:29:04.079><c> his.</c>

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That<00:29:07.039><c> good</c><00:29:07.299><c> works</c><00:29:08.200><c> are</c><00:29:10.079><c> not</c><00:29:10.500><c> necessarily</c><00:29:11.460><c> good</c><00:29:11.779><c> works</c><00:29:12.160><c> in</c><00:29:12.380><c> the</c>

00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:15.539
way<00:29:12.720><c> which</c><00:29:13.079><c> the</c><00:29:13.319><c> world</c><00:29:14.000><c> would</c><00:29:14.400><c> recognize</c><00:29:15.019><c> them.</c>

00:29:15.539 --> 00:29:20.000
But<00:29:15.839><c> they</c><00:29:16.000><c> might</c><00:29:16.319><c> be.</c><00:29:17.180><c> Good</c><00:29:17.299><c> works,</c><00:29:17.440><c> of</c><00:29:17.700><c> course,</c><00:29:18.099><c> are</c><00:29:19.079><c> good</c><00:29:19.500><c> works</c><00:29:19.839><c> in</c>

00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:21.000
caring<00:29:20.339><c> for</c><00:29:20.559><c> the</c><00:29:20.819><c> sick,</c>

00:29:21.079 --> 00:29:23.299
in<00:29:21.220><c> being</c><00:29:21.460><c> compassionate</c><00:29:21.900><c> towards</c><00:29:22.339><c> those</c><00:29:22.640><c> in</c><00:29:23.000><c> need.</c>

00:29:23.619 --> 00:29:26.160
But<00:29:23.720><c> those</c><00:29:23.980><c> are</c><00:29:24.279><c> good</c><00:29:24.579><c> works,</c><00:29:24.960><c> but</c><00:29:25.079><c> they're</c><00:29:25.259><c> not</c><00:29:25.480><c> necessarily</c>

00:29:26.160 --> 00:29:26.940
good<00:29:26.519><c> works.</c>

00:29:27.019 --> 00:29:30.119
They're<00:29:27.180><c> only</c><00:29:27.460><c> good</c><00:29:27.740><c> works</c><00:29:28.079><c> in</c><00:29:28.259><c> the</c><00:29:28.539><c> Scriptures</c><00:29:28.960><c> sense,</c><00:29:29.880><c> if</c>

00:29:30.119 --> 00:29:32.160
they<00:29:30.299><c> are</c><00:29:30.500><c> works</c><00:29:30.839><c> of</c><00:29:31.180><c> faith.</c>

00:29:33.099 --> 00:29:36.579
That<00:29:33.279><c> a</c><00:29:33.480><c> good</c><00:29:33.740><c> work</c><00:29:33.940><c> is</c><00:29:34.119><c> a</c><00:29:34.400><c> work</c><00:29:34.799><c> motivated</c><00:29:35.640><c> by</c><00:29:36.140><c> faith.</c>

00:29:36.660 --> 00:29:39.700
And<00:29:36.880><c> here</c><00:29:37.000><c> are</c><00:29:37.200><c> the</c><00:29:37.380><c> preeminent</c><00:29:37.779><c> examples,</c><00:29:38.799><c> things</c><00:29:39.059><c> that</c><00:29:39.339><c> are</c>

00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:42.160
abhorrent<00:29:40.720><c> to</c><00:29:41.099><c> the</c><00:29:41.299><c> natural</c><00:29:41.759><c> man,</c>

00:29:42.160 --> 00:29:48.559
that<00:29:42.640><c> a</c><00:29:43.059><c> man</c><00:29:43.359><c> should</c><00:29:43.640><c> take</c><00:29:43.940><c> his</c><00:29:44.299><c> son</c><00:29:44.480><c> and</c><00:29:44.839><c> offer</c><00:29:45.119><c> him</c><00:29:45.740><c> in</c><00:29:46.140><c> obedience</c><00:29:46.579><c> to</c><00:29:46.819><c> the</c><00:29:46.960><c> command</c><00:29:47.279><c> of</c><00:29:47.559><c> God.</c>

00:29:49.440 --> 00:29:51.839
The<00:29:49.619><c> natural</c><00:29:49.799><c> man</c><00:29:50.019><c> says,</c><00:29:50.240><c> how</c><00:29:50.319><c> can</c><00:29:50.539><c> that</c><00:29:50.759><c> be</c><00:29:50.960><c> a</c><00:29:51.059><c> good</c><00:29:51.359><c> work?</c>

00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:55.519
To<00:29:52.579><c> sacrifice</c><00:29:53.160><c> your</c><00:29:53.480><c> son</c><00:29:53.920><c> in</c><00:29:54.240><c> obedience</c><00:29:54.599><c> to</c><00:29:54.839><c> God's</c><00:29:55.299><c> word,</c>

00:29:55.599 --> 00:29:58.420
to<00:29:55.740><c> have</c><00:29:55.940><c> such</c><00:29:56.200><c> complete</c><00:29:56.940><c> faith</c><00:29:57.299><c> in</c><00:29:57.440><c> God's</c><00:29:57.900><c> word</c><00:29:58.059><c> that</c><00:29:58.180><c> you're</c>

00:29:58.420 --> 00:30:00.319
prepared<00:29:58.759><c> to</c><00:29:59.039><c> do</c><00:29:59.299><c> that.</c>

00:30:00.740 --> 00:30:05.079
The<00:30:01.000><c> example</c><00:30:01.400><c> with</c><00:30:01.640><c> Rahab,</c><00:30:03.240><c> here's</c><00:30:03.460><c> a</c><00:30:03.539><c> woman</c><00:30:03.680><c> who</c><00:30:03.859><c> is</c><00:30:03.980><c> a</c><00:30:04.180><c> traitor.</c>

00:30:05.400 --> 00:30:08.900
As<00:30:05.599><c> far</c><00:30:05.799><c> as</c><00:30:05.900><c> her</c><00:30:06.119><c> city</c><00:30:06.500><c> of</c><00:30:06.740><c> Jericho</c><00:30:07.099><c> is</c><00:30:07.319><c> concerned,</c><00:30:07.599><c> she</c><00:30:07.839><c> is</c><00:30:08.180><c> a</c><00:30:08.440><c> traitor.</c>

00:30:08.900 --> 00:30:16.619
And<00:30:09.740><c> there</c><00:30:09.960><c> are</c><00:30:10.259><c> few</c><00:30:10.799><c> that</c><00:30:11.240><c> are</c><00:30:11.559><c> regarded</c><00:30:11.940><c> worse</c><00:30:12.299><c> in</c><00:30:12.539><c> human</c><00:30:12.759><c> society</c><00:30:13.440><c> than</c><00:30:13.700><c> those</c><00:30:14.079><c> who</c><00:30:14.440><c> are</c><00:30:15.279><c> traitors</c><00:30:16.039><c> to</c>

00:30:16.619 --> 00:30:17.099
the<00:30:16.839><c> cause,</c>

00:30:17.099 --> 00:30:18.740
particularly<00:30:17.619><c> in</c><00:30:17.859><c> time</c><00:30:18.079><c> of</c><00:30:18.339><c> war.</c>

00:30:19.079 --> 00:30:24.819
And<00:30:19.380><c> that</c><00:30:19.599><c> is</c><00:30:20.079><c> a</c><00:30:20.319><c> preeminent</c><00:30:20.779><c> work,</c><00:30:23.220><c> as</c><00:30:23.579><c> far</c><00:30:23.740><c> as</c><00:30:23.859><c> the</c><00:30:23.920><c> New</c><00:30:24.099><c> Testament</c><00:30:24.500><c> sets</c>

00:30:24.819 --> 00:30:26.440
it<00:30:25.039><c> before</c><00:30:25.440><c> us,</c>

00:30:26.460 --> 00:30:28.099
because<00:30:26.700><c> it's</c><00:30:26.940><c> a</c><00:30:27.059><c> work</c><00:30:27.240><c> of</c><00:30:27.640><c> faith.</c>

00:30:28.579 --> 00:30:33.460
It<00:30:28.700><c> was</c><00:30:29.000><c> motivated</c><00:30:29.759><c> by</c><00:30:30.099><c> her</c><00:30:30.400><c> faith</c><00:30:31.000><c> in</c><00:30:31.599><c> the</c><00:30:31.759><c> living</c><00:30:32.019><c> God</c><00:30:32.380><c> of</c><00:30:32.619><c> Israel.</c>

00:30:33.460 --> 00:30:36.740
And<00:30:34.180><c> as</c><00:30:34.380><c> I</c><00:30:34.579><c> say,</c><00:30:34.839><c> good</c><00:30:34.980><c> works</c><00:30:35.359><c> in</c><00:30:35.579><c> the</c><00:30:35.700><c> sense</c><00:30:36.000><c> of</c><00:30:36.299><c> doing</c><00:30:36.500><c> good</c>

00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:37.799
to<00:30:36.980><c> others,</c>

00:30:37.819 --> 00:30:42.640
of<00:30:37.900><c> course</c><00:30:38.279><c> an</c><00:30:38.740><c> important</c><00:30:39.160><c> part</c><00:30:39.640><c> of</c><00:30:39.940><c> our</c><00:30:40.559><c> walk</c><00:30:40.940><c> in</c><00:30:41.619><c> Christ</c><00:30:42.279><c> are</c>

00:30:42.640 --> 00:30:44.420
not<00:30:42.940><c> of</c><00:30:43.119><c> themselves</c><00:30:43.599><c> good</c><00:30:43.960><c> works</c>

00:30:44.420 --> 00:30:49.799
unless<00:30:44.779><c> they</c><00:30:45.039><c> are</c><00:30:45.380><c> a</c><00:30:45.519><c> genuine</c><00:30:47.000><c> response</c><00:30:47.839><c> of</c><00:30:48.259><c> faith</c><00:30:48.799><c> to</c><00:30:49.599><c> the</c>

00:30:49.799 --> 00:30:52.779
things<00:30:50.000><c> that</c><00:30:50.259><c> God</c><00:30:50.500><c> has</c><00:30:50.740><c> done</c><00:30:50.980><c> for</c><00:30:51.240><c> us.</c>

00:30:55.700 --> 00:31:02.779
Let<00:30:56.319><c> me</c><00:30:56.940><c> just</c><00:30:59.119><c> say,</c><00:30:59.359><c> I</c><00:30:59.359><c> think</c><00:30:59.619><c> that</c><00:30:59.880><c> in</c><00:31:00.039><c> our</c><00:31:00.240><c> community</c><00:31:00.839><c> at</c><00:31:01.480><c> the</c><00:31:01.680><c> moment,</c>

00:31:02.859 --> 00:31:07.180
to<00:31:03.200><c> speak</c><00:31:03.420><c> for</c><00:31:03.660><c> the</c><00:31:03.779><c> UK,</c><00:31:04.599><c> perhaps</c><00:31:04.920><c> I</c><00:31:05.180><c> can't</c><00:31:05.500><c> speak</c><00:31:05.740><c> for</c><00:31:06.019><c> Australia,</c>

00:31:07.579 --> 00:31:11.619
if<00:31:07.799><c> I</c><00:31:08.079><c> don't</c><00:31:08.400><c> have</c><00:31:08.680><c> the</c><00:31:09.000><c> detailed</c><00:31:09.420><c> knowledge</c><00:31:09.920><c> of</c><00:31:10.220><c> your</c><00:31:10.480><c> ecclesial</c><00:31:10.859><c> affairs</c><00:31:11.240><c> as</c><00:31:11.480><c> I</c>

00:31:11.619 --> 00:31:13.119
do<00:31:11.720><c> at</c><00:31:11.920><c> the</c><00:31:12.140><c> UK,</c>

00:31:13.720 --> 00:31:19.299
but<00:31:14.039><c> there</c><00:31:14.299><c> is</c><00:31:14.539><c> a</c><00:31:14.819><c> movement</c><00:31:15.700><c> towards</c><00:31:16.920><c> preaching</c><00:31:17.640><c> by</c><00:31:18.299><c> good</c><00:31:18.740><c> works,</c>

00:31:19.299 --> 00:31:25.720
by<00:31:19.859><c> those</c><00:31:20.680><c> things</c><00:31:20.900><c> that</c><00:31:21.099><c> are</c><00:31:21.240><c> perceived</c><00:31:21.700><c> by</c><00:31:22.039><c> society</c><00:31:22.759><c> as</c><00:31:24.079><c> good</c><00:31:24.500><c> works.</c>

00:31:25.960 --> 00:31:29.859
And<00:31:26.680><c> it's</c><00:31:27.099><c> no</c><00:31:27.220><c> doubt</c><00:31:27.500><c> commendable</c><00:31:28.299><c> that</c><00:31:28.700><c> brethren</c><00:31:29.000><c> and</c><00:31:29.259><c> sisters</c><00:31:29.559><c> wish</c>

00:31:29.859 --> 00:31:32.160
to<00:31:30.539><c> express</c><00:31:31.140><c> a</c><00:31:31.420><c> love</c><00:31:31.599><c> for</c><00:31:31.880><c> others,</c>

00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:36.279
a<00:31:32.440><c> compassion</c><00:31:32.920><c> towards</c><00:31:33.279><c> others</c><00:31:33.599><c> in</c><00:31:33.779><c> the</c><00:31:33.940><c> things</c><00:31:34.400><c> that</c><00:31:34.859><c> they</c><00:31:35.220><c> do.</c>

00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:40.799
But<00:31:37.079><c> it</c><00:31:37.220><c> oftentimes</c><00:31:38.759><c> misguideds.</c>

00:31:41.319 --> 00:31:45.279
I've<00:31:41.519><c> been</c><00:31:41.660><c> travelling</c><00:31:41.980><c> to</c><00:31:42.500><c> Africa</c><00:31:42.960><c> and</c><00:31:43.160><c> Nigeria</c><00:31:43.519><c> most</c><00:31:43.880><c> frequently</c><00:31:44.519><c> for</c>

00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:46.140
over<00:31:45.480><c> 20</c><00:31:45.720><c> years,</c>

00:31:46.140 --> 00:31:54.279
and<00:31:47.039><c> above</c><00:31:48.480><c> all,</c><00:31:49.720><c> preaching</c><00:31:49.839><c> by</c><00:31:50.220><c> good</c><00:31:50.519><c> works</c><00:31:50.940><c> in</c><00:31:51.259><c> Africa</c><00:31:51.779><c> is</c><00:31:52.200><c> counterproductive.</c>

00:31:55.019 --> 00:32:00.339
It's<00:31:55.240><c> done</c><00:31:55.519><c> out</c><00:31:55.799><c> of</c><00:31:56.039><c> compassion,</c><00:31:57.440><c> and</c><00:31:57.519><c> yet</c><00:31:57.700><c> so</c><00:31:57.920><c> often</c><00:31:58.759><c> compassion</c><00:31:59.720><c> from</c><00:32:00.240><c> a</c>

00:32:00.339 --> 00:32:01.319
Western<00:32:00.619><c> point</c><00:32:00.980><c> of</c><00:32:01.140><c> view</c>

00:32:01.319 --> 00:32:05.960
with<00:32:01.599><c> Western</c><00:32:02.079><c> standards</c><00:32:02.779><c> is</c><00:32:03.259><c> utterly</c><00:32:03.740><c> corrupting</c><00:32:05.279><c> to</c><00:32:05.680><c> those</c>

00:32:05.960 --> 00:32:08.480
who<00:32:06.140><c> are</c><00:32:06.299><c> living</c><00:32:06.500><c> in</c><00:32:06.700><c> a</c><00:32:06.880><c> completely</c><00:32:07.240><c> different</c><00:32:07.779><c> situation</c>

00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:12.519
and<00:32:08.799><c> culture</c><00:32:09.400><c> that</c><00:32:10.160><c> even</c><00:32:10.480><c> with</c><00:32:10.700><c> repeated</c><00:32:11.180><c> visits</c><00:32:11.960><c> we</c><00:32:12.240><c> can</c>

00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:14.160
barely<00:32:12.880><c> comprehend.</c>

00:32:15.240 --> 00:32:19.579
Our<00:32:15.759><c> preaching</c><00:32:16.279><c> has</c><00:32:17.079><c> to</c><00:32:17.279><c> be</c><00:32:17.480><c> led</c><00:32:17.759><c> by</c><00:32:18.039><c> the</c><00:32:18.200><c> Word</c><00:32:18.400><c> of</c><00:32:18.599><c> God.</c>

00:32:20.319 --> 00:32:25.099
The<00:32:20.599><c> effective</c><00:32:21.119><c> power</c><00:32:21.480><c> of</c><00:32:21.640><c> the</c><00:32:21.759><c> Word</c><00:32:21.960><c> of</c><00:32:22.220><c> God</c><00:32:22.700><c> has</c><00:32:23.240><c> to</c><00:32:23.440><c> go</c><00:32:23.819><c> first.</c>

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:29.400
We<00:32:25.400><c> are</c><00:32:25.640><c> concerned</c><00:32:26.079><c> with</c><00:32:26.299><c> people's</c><00:32:27.640><c> salvation,</c><00:32:28.420><c> not</c><00:32:28.640><c> with</c><00:32:28.880><c> giving</c><00:32:29.059><c> them</c><00:32:29.299><c> a</c>

00:32:29.400 --> 00:32:30.700
better<00:32:29.680><c> life.</c>

00:32:30.859 --> 00:32:33.059
I<00:32:30.920><c> guess</c><00:32:31.119><c> of</c><00:32:31.380><c> course</c><00:32:31.720><c> when</c><00:32:31.940><c> our</c><00:32:32.099><c> brethren</c><00:32:32.299><c> and</c><00:32:32.519><c> sisters</c><00:32:32.720><c> are</c>

00:32:33.059 --> 00:32:33.720
in<00:32:33.240><c> need,</c>

00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:37.200
as<00:32:34.660><c> they</c><00:32:34.799><c> are</c><00:32:35.079><c> in</c><00:32:35.240><c> Nepal</c><00:32:35.579><c> and</c><00:32:35.839><c> Vanuatu</c><00:32:36.259><c> at</c><00:32:36.480><c> this</c><00:32:36.700><c> time,</c><00:32:36.980><c> it's</c>

00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:40.759
right<00:32:37.720><c> that</c><00:32:38.119><c> we</c><00:32:38.339><c> should</c><00:32:38.579><c> dig</c><00:32:38.819><c> deep</c><00:32:39.039><c> to</c><00:32:39.339><c> help</c><00:32:39.640><c> them.</c>

00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:46.539
But<00:32:41.259><c> to</c><00:32:43.500><c> spearhead</c><00:32:44.039><c> our</c><00:32:44.299><c> preaching</c><00:32:44.740><c> with</c><00:32:45.619><c> good</c><00:32:45.880><c> works</c><00:32:46.279><c> that</c>

00:32:46.539 --> 00:32:50.180
are<00:32:47.119><c> recognised</c><00:32:47.660><c> as</c><00:32:47.980><c> good</c><00:32:48.259><c> works</c><00:32:48.640><c> by</c><00:32:49.039><c> men</c>

00:32:50.279 --> 00:32:52.559
is<00:32:50.880><c> often</c><00:32:51.339><c> counterproductive.</c>

00:32:52.779 --> 00:32:55.359
We're<00:32:52.900><c> getting</c><00:32:53.059><c> up</c><00:32:53.299><c> problems</c><00:32:53.599><c> with</c><00:32:53.900><c> welfare</c><00:32:54.359><c> in</c><00:32:54.839><c> third</c><00:32:55.140><c> world</c>

00:32:55.359 --> 00:32:58.619
countries<00:32:55.880><c> when</c><00:32:56.140><c> the</c><00:32:56.339><c> Word</c><00:32:56.519><c> of</c><00:32:56.759><c> God</c><00:32:56.900><c> has</c><00:32:57.140><c> come</c><00:32:57.460><c> first.</c>

00:32:58.799 --> 00:33:01.380
If<00:32:59.039><c> we</c><00:32:59.240><c> go</c><00:32:59.500><c> first</c><00:32:59.720><c> with</c><00:32:59.920><c> welfare</c><00:33:00.339><c> and</c><00:33:00.680><c> follow</c><00:33:00.859><c> with</c><00:33:01.119><c> the</c><00:33:01.220><c> Word</c>

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of<00:33:01.660><c> God,</c>

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we<00:33:02.200><c> sadly</c><00:33:03.259><c> are</c><00:33:04.839><c> creating</c><00:33:05.279><c> difficulties</c><00:33:06.039><c> that</c><00:33:06.619><c> we</c><00:33:06.880><c> need</c><00:33:07.160><c> not</c>

00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:11.559
and<00:33:08.599><c> do</c><00:33:08.960><c> not</c><00:33:09.420><c> regularly</c><00:33:10.119><c> rebound</c><00:33:10.660><c> to</c><00:33:10.859><c> the</c><00:33:11.000><c> honour</c><00:33:11.160><c> and</c><00:33:11.339><c> glory</c>

00:33:11.559 --> 00:33:12.160
of<00:33:11.779><c> our</c><00:33:11.940><c> God.</c>

00:33:12.299 --> 00:33:17.380
We<00:33:12.339><c> have</c><00:33:12.539><c> to</c><00:33:12.619><c> go</c><00:33:12.940><c> first</c><00:33:13.599><c> with</c><00:33:14.599><c> the</c><00:33:14.759><c> Word</c><00:33:14.940><c> of</c><00:33:15.220><c> God,</c><00:33:15.940><c> absolutely</c><00:33:16.319><c> vital.</c>

00:33:17.660 --> 00:33:20.640
Sadly,<00:33:18.359><c> certainly</c><00:33:18.680><c> in</c><00:33:18.859><c> the</c><00:33:18.960><c> UK</c><00:33:19.220><c> it</c><00:33:19.480><c> appears</c><00:33:19.660><c> there</c><00:33:19.839><c> is</c><00:33:20.000><c> a</c><00:33:20.140><c> movement</c><00:33:20.480><c> to</c>

00:33:20.640 --> 00:33:21.700
want<00:33:20.740><c> to</c><00:33:20.940><c> do</c><00:33:21.019><c> good</c><00:33:21.279><c> works</c>

00:33:21.700 --> 00:33:24.019
and<00:33:21.980><c> say</c><00:33:22.119><c> this</c><00:33:22.319><c> is</c><00:33:22.700><c> the</c><00:33:22.920><c> reflection</c><00:33:23.319><c> of</c><00:33:23.559><c> the</c><00:33:23.680><c> character</c><00:33:23.859><c> of</c>

00:33:24.019 --> 00:33:24.799
the<00:33:24.079><c> Lord</c><00:33:24.200><c> Jesus</c><00:33:24.539><c> Christ.</c>

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Of<00:33:24.980><c> course,</c><00:33:25.599><c> yes</c><00:33:25.779><c> it</c><00:33:25.900><c> is,</c><00:33:26.359><c> but</c><00:33:26.420><c> to</c><00:33:26.619><c> do</c><00:33:26.779><c> it</c><00:33:26.980><c> not</c><00:33:27.180><c> because</c><00:33:27.519><c> it's</c>

00:33:27.819 --> 00:33:30.319
the<00:33:28.059><c> reflection</c><00:33:28.440><c> of</c><00:33:28.640><c> the</c><00:33:28.759><c> character</c><00:33:29.079><c> of</c><00:33:29.240><c> the</c><00:33:29.299><c> Lord</c><00:33:29.460><c> Jesus</c><00:33:29.880><c> Christ,</c>

00:33:30.319 --> 00:33:33.819
but<00:33:30.640><c> because</c><00:33:31.339><c> the</c><00:33:31.599><c> world</c><00:33:31.799><c> doesn't</c><00:33:32.119><c> criticise</c><00:33:32.759><c> that.</c>

00:33:34.160 --> 00:33:38.160
This<00:33:34.319><c> modern</c><00:33:34.660><c> western</c><00:33:35.000><c> world</c><00:33:35.279><c> criticises</c><00:33:36.019><c> us</c><00:33:36.519><c> when</c><00:33:37.319><c> we</c><00:33:37.680><c> speak</c>

00:33:38.160 --> 00:33:39.559
the<00:33:38.539><c> truth</c><00:33:38.799><c> of</c><00:33:39.099><c> God</c>

00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:42.740
about<00:33:40.299><c> the</c><00:33:40.539><c> wickedness</c><00:33:40.960><c> in</c><00:33:41.119><c> our</c><00:33:41.279><c> society</c><00:33:41.880><c> from</c><00:33:42.140><c> this</c><00:33:42.420><c> world.</c>

00:33:43.180 --> 00:33:49.900
It<00:33:43.519><c> commends</c><00:33:44.000><c> us</c><00:33:44.880><c> when</c><00:33:45.359><c> we</c><00:33:45.640><c> do</c><00:33:46.400><c> works</c><00:33:46.779><c> of</c><00:33:47.039><c> compassion</c><00:33:47.900><c> and</c><00:33:48.420><c> sometimes</c><00:33:48.920><c> it's</c><00:33:49.180><c> easier</c><00:33:49.599><c> to</c>

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do<00:33:50.180><c> those.</c>

00:33:52.579 --> 00:33:55.519
But<00:33:52.660><c> the</c><00:33:52.759><c> Word</c><00:33:52.920><c> of</c><00:33:53.140><c> God</c><00:33:53.440><c> and</c><00:33:53.779><c> the</c><00:33:53.980><c> truth</c><00:33:54.140><c> of</c><00:33:54.279><c> God's</c><00:33:54.720><c> Word</c><00:33:55.099><c> must</c>

00:33:55.519 --> 00:33:56.599
come<00:33:55.920><c> first.</c>

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Genesis,<00:33:57.460><c> this</c><00:33:57.700><c> is</c><00:33:58.299><c> what</c><00:33:58.559><c> good</c><00:33:58.779><c> works</c><00:33:59.000><c> are.</c><00:33:59.240><c> This</c><00:33:59.400><c> is</c><00:33:59.619><c> the</c><00:33:59.740><c> pre</c>

00:33:59.900 --> 00:34:00.619
-emptive<00:34:00.220><c> example.</c>

00:34:00.880 --> 00:34:04.900
Works<00:34:01.220><c> motivated</c><00:34:01.880><c> by</c><00:34:02.220><c> faith,</c><00:34:02.640><c> that</c><00:34:02.839><c> the</c><00:34:03.299><c> absolute</c><00:34:03.799><c> faith</c><00:34:04.259><c> of</c>

00:34:04.900 --> 00:34:08.320
Abraham,<00:34:05.400><c> the</c><00:34:05.539><c> friend</c><00:34:05.720><c> of</c><00:34:05.940><c> God,</c><00:34:06.240><c> was</c><00:34:06.680><c> prepared</c><00:34:07.279><c> to</c><00:34:07.559><c> offer</c><00:34:07.700><c> his</c><00:34:08.099><c> son.</c>

00:34:08.659 --> 00:34:11.760
That<00:34:08.960><c> Rahab</c><00:34:09.480><c> was</c><00:34:09.840><c> more</c><00:34:10.159><c> concerned</c><00:34:10.739><c> with</c><00:34:10.940><c> the</c><00:34:11.119><c> economy</c><00:34:11.400><c> of</c><00:34:11.619><c> God</c>

00:34:11.760 --> 00:34:15.079
in<00:34:11.940><c> Israel</c><00:34:12.400><c> than</c><00:34:12.760><c> that</c><00:34:12.900><c> she</c><00:34:13.019><c> became</c><00:34:13.380><c> a</c><00:34:13.619><c> traitor</c><00:34:13.880><c> to</c><00:34:14.280><c> her</c><00:34:14.480><c> people.</c>

00:34:15.500 --> 00:34:19.260
Then<00:34:15.860><c> that</c><00:34:16.219><c> is</c><00:34:16.539><c> where</c><00:34:17.179><c> good</c><00:34:17.579><c> works</c><00:34:18.260><c> start.</c>

00:34:19.260 --> 00:34:24.300
And<00:34:20.099><c> then</c><00:34:20.260><c> let's</c><00:34:20.420><c> come</c><00:34:20.699><c> back</c><00:34:21.000><c> to</c><00:34:21.500><c> Genesis</c><00:34:22.019><c> chapter</c><00:34:22.900><c> 18.</c>

00:34:24.300 --> 00:34:49.159
And<00:34:25.340><c> here</c><00:34:44.079><c> is</c><00:34:44.320><c> the</c><00:34:44.460><c> Lord</c><00:34:45.139><c> revealing</c><00:34:46.000><c> his</c><00:34:46.559><c> counsel</c><00:34:47.199><c> to</c><00:34:48.039><c> Abraham.</c>

00:34:49.380 --> 00:34:52.179
And<00:34:49.900><c> one</c><00:34:50.159><c> of</c><00:34:50.320><c> the</c><00:34:50.380><c> reasons</c><00:34:50.840><c> that</c><00:34:51.059><c> the</c><00:34:51.199><c> revelation</c><00:34:51.619><c> is</c><00:34:51.880><c> given</c>

00:34:52.179 --> 00:34:54.019
is<00:34:52.460><c> because</c><00:34:52.760><c> of</c><00:34:53.079><c> Abraham's</c><00:34:53.639><c> household.</c>

00:34:54.079 --> 00:34:56.500
It<00:34:54.179><c> was</c><00:34:54.300><c> there</c><00:34:54.500><c> in</c><00:34:54.559><c> verse</c><00:34:54.719><c> 19.</c><00:34:55.219><c> We</c><00:34:55.340><c> read</c><00:34:55.519><c> it.</c>

00:34:59.880 --> 00:35:02.800
He<00:35:00.400><c> will</c><00:35:00.679><c> command</c><00:35:01.039><c> his</c><00:35:01.300><c> children</c><00:35:01.659><c> and</c><00:35:01.860><c> his</c><00:35:02.099><c> household</c><00:35:02.340><c> after</c>

00:35:02.800 --> 00:35:05.179
him<00:35:03.219><c> and</c><00:35:03.500><c> they</c><00:35:03.719><c> shall</c><00:35:03.860><c> keep</c><00:35:04.159><c> the</c><00:35:04.340><c> way</c><00:35:04.500><c> of</c><00:35:04.639><c> the</c><00:35:04.800><c> Lord.</c>

00:35:05.559 --> 00:35:10.300
One<00:35:06.000><c> of</c><00:35:06.219><c> the</c><00:35:06.340><c> reasons</c><00:35:06.679><c> for</c><00:35:07.119><c> sharing</c><00:35:08.280><c> this</c><00:35:09.159><c> with</c><00:35:09.380><c> Abraham</c><00:35:09.940><c> is</c>

00:35:10.300 --> 00:35:13.059
that<00:35:10.460><c> it</c><00:35:10.699><c> might</c><00:35:10.920><c> be</c><00:35:11.280><c> marked</c><00:35:11.559><c> out</c><00:35:11.920><c> as</c><00:35:12.139><c> an</c><00:35:12.219><c> act</c><00:35:12.420><c> of</c><00:35:12.639><c> God</c>

00:35:13.059 --> 00:35:16.880
that<00:35:13.659><c> those</c><00:35:13.960><c> who</c><00:35:14.219><c> are</c><00:35:14.780><c> the</c><00:35:15.179><c> seed</c><00:35:15.340><c> of</c><00:35:15.559><c> Abraham,</c><00:35:16.079><c> those</c><00:35:16.380><c> who</c><00:35:16.599><c> are</c>

00:35:16.880 --> 00:35:18.820
commanded<00:35:17.280><c> and</c><00:35:17.619><c> instructed</c><00:35:17.980><c> in</c><00:35:18.199><c> the</c><00:35:18.340><c> things</c><00:35:18.480><c> of</c><00:35:18.659><c> God</c>

00:35:18.820 --> 00:35:22.340
might<00:35:19.059><c> recognize</c><00:35:19.679><c> the</c><00:35:20.000><c> activity</c><00:35:20.420><c> of</c><00:35:20.780><c> God</c><00:35:21.079><c> and</c><00:35:21.619><c> be</c><00:35:21.860><c> able</c><00:35:22.079><c> to</c>

00:35:22.340 --> 00:35:23.260
learn<00:35:22.679><c> from</c><00:35:23.000><c> it.</c>

00:35:23.360 --> 00:35:26.659
The<00:35:23.480><c> Lord</c><00:35:23.619><c> Jesus</c><00:35:23.960><c> Christ</c><00:35:24.300><c> will</c><00:35:24.699><c> draw</c><00:35:24.900><c> a</c><00:35:25.079><c> lesson</c><00:35:25.300><c> in</c><00:35:25.480><c> Luke</c><00:35:25.659><c> chapter</c><00:35:26.000><c> 17</c>

00:35:26.659 --> 00:35:31.380
from<00:35:27.360><c> the</c><00:35:27.880><c> fact</c><00:35:28.059><c> that</c><00:35:28.320><c> God</c><00:35:28.760><c> intervenes</c><00:35:30.239><c> in</c><00:35:30.559><c> these</c><00:35:31.019><c> things.</c>

00:35:31.780 --> 00:35:37.079
These<00:35:32.179><c> things</c><00:35:32.460><c> are</c><00:35:32.840><c> recorded</c><00:35:33.340><c> for</c><00:35:33.619><c> the</c><00:35:33.860><c> benefit</c><00:35:34.300><c> of</c><00:35:34.579><c> those</c><00:35:35.099><c> who</c><00:35:35.719><c> learn</c><00:35:35.960><c> the</c><00:35:36.219><c> ways</c><00:35:36.480><c> of</c><00:35:36.840><c> God.</c>

00:35:37.139 --> 00:35:39.940
But<00:35:37.300><c> it's</c><00:35:37.460><c> a</c><00:35:37.599><c> lesson</c><00:35:38.159><c> first</c><00:35:38.719><c> for</c><00:35:39.159><c> Abraham.</c>

00:35:39.940 --> 00:35:44.519
At<00:35:40.860><c> Abraham,</c><00:35:41.360><c> verse</c><00:35:41.579><c> 22,</c><00:35:42.219><c> having</c><00:35:42.559><c> heard</c><00:35:43.659><c> of</c><00:35:43.860><c> the</c><00:35:44.039><c> Father's</c>

00:35:44.519 --> 00:35:47.440
intention<00:35:44.900><c> and</c><00:35:45.199><c> counsel</c><00:35:45.599><c> concerning</c><00:35:46.179><c> Sodom,</c>

00:35:47.440 --> 00:35:49.980
verse<00:35:47.739><c> 22,</c><00:35:48.239><c> the</c><00:35:48.300><c> men</c><00:35:48.539><c> turned</c><00:35:48.820><c> their</c><00:35:49.019><c> faces</c><00:35:49.340><c> from</c><00:35:49.619><c> thence</c><00:35:49.900><c> and</c>

00:35:49.980 --> 00:35:51.239
went<00:35:50.320><c> towards</c><00:35:50.679><c> Sodom.</c>

00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:53.500
But<00:35:51.659><c> Abraham</c><00:35:52.000><c> stood</c><00:35:52.340><c> yet</c><00:35:52.699><c> before</c><00:35:53.000><c> the</c><00:35:53.239><c> Lord.</c>

00:35:53.559 --> 00:35:57.039
Here<00:35:53.739><c> he</c><00:35:53.860><c> is</c><00:35:54.019><c> yet</c><00:35:54.280><c> in</c><00:35:54.559><c> the</c><00:35:54.820><c> presence</c><00:35:55.400><c> of</c><00:35:56.079><c> the</c><00:35:56.400><c> representative</c>

00:35:57.039 --> 00:35:57.780
of<00:35:57.360><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:35:57.880 --> 00:36:01.900
And<00:35:58.039><c> verse</c><00:35:58.239><c> 23,</c><00:35:59.440><c> Abraham</c><00:35:59.940><c> drew</c><00:36:00.579><c> near.</c>

00:36:04.719 --> 00:36:07.199
Let's<00:36:05.239><c> just</c><00:36:05.599><c> kind</c><00:36:05.860><c> of</c><00:36:05.940><c> keep</c><00:36:06.019><c> the</c><00:36:06.139><c> thing</c><00:36:06.219><c> in</c><00:36:06.380><c> Genesis</c><00:36:06.639><c> 18,</c><00:36:07.039><c> pick</c>

00:36:07.199 --> 00:36:09.199
up<00:36:07.360><c> the</c><00:36:07.539><c> connection</c><00:36:07.780><c> to</c><00:36:07.980><c> Hebrews</c><00:36:08.280><c> chapter</c><00:36:08.739><c> 10</c>

00:36:09.199 --> 00:36:12.920
because<00:36:09.420><c> this</c><00:36:09.599><c> is</c><00:36:09.820><c> the</c><00:36:09.980><c> language,</c><00:36:10.960><c> you</c><00:36:10.960><c> know,</c><00:36:11.780><c> Abraham</c><00:36:12.039><c> giving</c><00:36:12.320><c> us</c><00:36:12.639><c> a</c>

00:36:12.920 --> 00:36:16.639
pattern<00:36:13.340><c> of</c><00:36:14.280><c> the</c><00:36:15.900><c> wonderful</c><00:36:16.139><c> blessing</c>

00:36:16.639 --> 00:36:21.219
that<00:36:16.840><c> we</c><00:36:17.059><c> have</c><00:36:17.260><c> been</c><00:36:17.500><c> given</c><00:36:17.920><c> in</c><00:36:18.739><c> the</c><00:36:18.940><c> Lord</c><00:36:19.159><c> Jesus</c><00:36:19.619><c> Christ.</c>

00:36:22.719 --> 00:36:25.920
Abraham<00:36:23.239><c> drew</c><00:36:23.760><c> near.</c><00:36:24.000><c> Here,</c><00:36:24.360><c> the</c><00:36:24.539><c> coming</c><00:36:24.760><c> to</c><00:36:25.039><c> God's,</c><00:36:25.699><c> Hebrews</c>

00:36:25.920 --> 00:36:27.539
chapter<00:36:26.260><c> 11,</c><00:36:26.519><c> where</c><00:36:26.699><c> we</c><00:36:27.059><c> started,</c>

00:36:27.539 --> 00:36:31.079
means<00:36:27.980><c> a</c><00:36:28.280><c> drawing</c><00:36:28.559><c> near,</c><00:36:29.059><c> an</c><00:36:29.159><c> approach</c><00:36:29.659><c> in</c><00:36:29.920><c> worship.</c>

00:36:31.139 --> 00:36:38.519
We<00:36:31.380><c> find</c><00:36:31.619><c> the</c><00:36:31.820><c> same</c><00:36:32.099><c> word</c><00:36:32.340><c> as</c><00:36:32.500><c> we</c><00:36:32.619><c> find</c><00:36:32.920><c> in</c><00:36:33.159><c> Hebrews</c><00:36:33.539><c> 11,</c><00:36:34.960><c> the</c><00:36:35.039><c> coming</c><00:36:35.500><c> to</c><00:36:35.920><c> God</c><00:36:36.500><c> in</c><00:36:37.300><c> chapter</c><00:36:37.739><c> 6</c>

00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:41.480
in<00:36:38.880><c> the</c><00:36:38.960><c> way</c><00:36:39.320><c> in</c><00:36:39.539><c> which</c><00:36:39.739><c> we</c><00:36:39.880><c> are</c><00:36:40.179><c> exhorted</c><00:36:40.559><c> in</c><00:36:40.780><c> chapter</c><00:36:41.079><c> 10</c><00:36:41.340><c> of</c>

00:36:41.480 --> 00:36:43.460
Hebrews<00:36:41.800><c> and</c><00:36:41.960><c> verse</c><00:36:42.159><c> 19.</c>

00:36:44.480 --> 00:36:48.579
Having<00:36:44.820><c> therefore,</c><00:36:45.659><c> brethren,</c><00:36:46.539><c> boldness</c><00:36:47.000><c> to</c><00:36:47.219><c> enter</c><00:36:47.539><c> into</c><00:36:47.719><c> the</c><00:36:47.960><c> holiest</c><00:36:48.360><c> by</c>

00:36:48.579 --> 00:36:49.619
the<00:36:48.739><c> blood</c><00:36:48.900><c> of</c><00:36:49.059><c> Jesus,</c>

00:36:49.920 --> 00:36:53.619
by<00:36:50.159><c> a</c><00:36:50.480><c> new</c><00:36:50.719><c> and</c><00:36:51.099><c> living</c><00:36:51.340><c> way</c><00:36:51.739><c> which</c><00:36:51.980><c> he</c><00:36:52.239><c> hath</c><00:36:52.599><c> consecrated</c><00:36:53.239><c> for</c>

00:36:53.619 --> 00:36:56.940
us<00:36:54.159><c> through</c><00:36:54.619><c> the</c><00:36:54.860><c> veil,</c><00:36:55.139><c> that</c><00:36:55.320><c> is</c><00:36:55.559><c> to</c><00:36:55.699><c> say,</c><00:36:55.960><c> his</c><00:36:56.400><c> flesh,</c>

00:36:56.940 --> 00:37:00.199
and<00:36:57.440><c> having</c><00:36:57.659><c> a</c><00:36:57.900><c> high</c><00:36:58.099><c> priest</c><00:36:58.460><c> over</c><00:36:58.699><c> the</c><00:36:58.900><c> house</c><00:36:59.119><c> of</c><00:36:59.400><c> God,</c><00:37:00.059><c> let</c>

00:37:00.199 --> 00:37:01.539
us<00:37:00.579><c> draw</c><00:37:01.059><c> near.</c>

00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:05.940
There<00:37:02.280><c> it</c><00:37:02.460><c> is,</c><00:37:02.679><c> let</c><00:37:02.840><c> us</c><00:37:03.059><c> come</c><00:37:03.519><c> to</c><00:37:03.920><c> God,</c><00:37:04.320><c> let</c><00:37:04.420><c> us</c><00:37:04.679><c> draw</c><00:37:05.079><c> near</c><00:37:05.500><c> as</c>

00:37:05.940 --> 00:37:07.460
Abraham<00:37:06.500><c> drew</c><00:37:06.980><c> near</c>

00:37:07.460 --> 00:37:12.039
with<00:37:07.860><c> a</c><00:37:08.219><c> true</c><00:37:08.519><c> heart</c><00:37:09.079><c> in</c><00:37:09.619><c> full</c><00:37:10.239><c> assurance</c><00:37:11.059><c> of</c><00:37:11.619><c> faith.</c>

00:37:12.460 --> 00:37:16.059
And<00:37:12.760><c> that</c><00:37:12.900><c> was</c><00:37:13.099><c> what</c><00:37:13.340><c> Abraham</c><00:37:13.699><c> was</c><00:37:14.000><c> doing,</c><00:37:14.579><c> having</c><00:37:14.780><c> our</c><00:37:15.079><c> hearts</c><00:37:15.320><c> sprinkled</c><00:37:15.880><c> from</c>

00:37:16.059 --> 00:37:17.119
an<00:37:16.320><c> evil</c><00:37:16.539><c> conscience</c>

00:37:17.119 --> 00:37:20.139
and<00:37:17.360><c> our</c><00:37:17.579><c> bodies</c><00:37:17.800><c> washed</c><00:37:18.380><c> with</c><00:37:19.199><c> pure</c><00:37:19.840><c> water.</c>

00:37:20.639 --> 00:37:24.980
So<00:37:20.860><c> here</c><00:37:21.039><c> is</c><00:37:21.300><c> Abraham</c><00:37:21.559><c> back</c><00:37:21.760><c> in</c><00:37:21.940><c> Genesis</c><00:37:22.179><c> chapter</c><00:37:22.599><c> 18</c><00:37:22.920><c> drawing</c><00:37:23.639><c> near</c>

00:37:25.500 --> 00:37:32.519
because<00:37:26.280><c> of</c><00:37:26.599><c> this</c><00:37:27.659><c> information</c><00:37:28.659><c> that</c><00:37:28.920><c> the</c><00:37:29.079><c> Almighty</c><00:37:29.480><c> has</c><00:37:30.159><c> shared</c><00:37:30.840><c> with</c><00:37:32.119><c> his</c>

00:37:32.519 --> 00:37:36.340
servants,<00:37:34.260><c> with</c><00:37:34.519><c> his</c><00:37:34.920><c> friends.</c>

00:37:38.920 --> 00:37:41.579
Now<00:37:39.079><c> just</c><00:37:39.239><c> think</c><00:37:39.480><c> about</c><00:37:39.780><c> this.</c>

00:37:42.340 --> 00:37:46.059
Abraham<00:37:42.559><c> would</c><00:37:42.820><c> never</c><00:37:43.159><c> have</c><00:37:43.360><c> prayed</c><00:37:43.800><c> in</c><00:37:44.780><c> the</c><00:37:44.860><c> way</c><00:37:45.059><c> that</c><00:37:45.219><c> he</c><00:37:45.440><c> prays</c><00:37:45.840><c> in</c>

00:37:46.059 --> 00:37:47.320
Genesis<00:37:46.440><c> chapter</c><00:37:46.860><c> 18</c>

00:37:47.320 --> 00:37:50.639
if<00:37:48.039><c> God</c><00:37:48.340><c> hadn't</c><00:37:48.699><c> given</c><00:37:48.980><c> him</c><00:37:49.260><c> that</c><00:37:49.480><c> information.</c>

00:37:51.480 --> 00:37:56.920
God<00:37:52.039><c> provokes</c><00:37:52.599><c> the</c><00:37:52.760><c> situation,</c><00:37:53.880><c> as</c><00:37:54.199><c> it</c><00:37:54.480><c> were,</c><00:37:55.699><c> that</c><00:37:55.960><c> he</c><00:37:56.239><c> gives</c>

00:37:56.920 --> 00:37:58.500
Abraham<00:37:57.579><c> the</c><00:37:57.880><c> information</c>

00:37:58.500 --> 00:38:01.400
that<00:37:59.519><c> simulates</c><00:38:00.119><c> his</c><00:38:00.460><c> prayer</c><00:38:00.719><c> for</c><00:38:01.119><c> Sodom.</c>

00:38:01.880 --> 00:38:04.440
He's<00:38:01.960><c> praying</c><00:38:02.079><c> of</c><00:38:02.260><c> course</c><00:38:02.480><c> for</c><00:38:02.760><c> Lot</c><00:38:02.980><c> and</c><00:38:03.159><c> the</c><00:38:03.340><c> Ecclesia</c><00:38:03.619><c> in</c><00:38:03.920><c> Sodom.</c>

00:38:04.659 --> 00:38:07.079
That's<00:38:04.880><c> what</c><00:38:05.079><c> motivates</c><00:38:05.699><c> his</c><00:38:06.099><c> prayer.</c>

00:38:07.119 --> 00:38:09.340
But<00:38:07.300><c> he</c><00:38:07.500><c> prays</c><00:38:07.780><c> for</c><00:38:07.960><c> Sodom</c><00:38:08.139><c> because</c><00:38:08.360><c> the</c><00:38:08.559><c> Lord</c><00:38:08.699><c> has</c><00:38:08.960><c> told</c><00:38:09.199><c> him</c>

00:38:09.340 --> 00:38:10.300
what's<00:38:09.639><c> going</c><00:38:09.780><c> to</c><00:38:09.960><c> happen.</c>

00:38:10.760 --> 00:38:17.579
There's<00:38:11.059><c> some</c><00:38:11.340><c> evidence</c><00:38:11.780><c> that</c><00:38:11.960><c> when</c><00:38:12.159><c> it</c><00:38:12.440><c> says</c><00:38:12.920><c> there</c><00:38:14.159><c> in</c><00:38:15.880><c> verse</c><00:38:16.619><c> 22,</c>

00:38:17.599 --> 00:38:18.320
the<00:38:17.739><c> end</c><00:38:17.880><c> of</c><00:38:18.000><c> the</c><00:38:18.099><c> verse,</c>

00:38:18.320 --> 00:38:21.179
that<00:38:18.519><c> Abraham</c><00:38:18.840><c> stood</c><00:38:19.159><c> yet</c><00:38:19.460><c> before</c><00:38:19.800><c> the</c><00:38:20.059><c> Lord,</c><00:38:20.780><c> that</c><00:38:20.900><c> actually</c>

00:38:21.179 --> 00:38:22.960
the<00:38:21.380><c> clauses</c><00:38:21.679><c> are</c><00:38:21.980><c> the</c><00:38:22.079><c> other</c><00:38:22.280><c> way</c><00:38:22.539><c> around.</c>

00:38:23.059 --> 00:38:27.480
That<00:38:23.300><c> the</c><00:38:23.539><c> Lord</c><00:38:24.159><c> stood</c><00:38:24.659><c> yet</c><00:38:24.960><c> with</c><00:38:25.280><c> Abraham</c><00:38:25.940><c> as</c><00:38:27.000><c> if</c><00:38:27.199><c> the</c><00:38:27.360><c> Lord</c>

00:38:27.480 --> 00:38:28.300
was<00:38:27.760><c> waiting,</c>

00:38:28.699 --> 00:38:33.559
giving<00:38:28.880><c> Abraham</c><00:38:29.300><c> the</c><00:38:29.519><c> opportunity</c><00:38:30.420><c> to</c><00:38:31.619><c> make</c><00:38:32.059><c> this</c><00:38:32.579><c> prayer.</c>

00:38:33.880 --> 00:38:40.519
And<00:38:34.000><c> then</c><00:38:34.300><c> Abraham</c><00:38:34.679><c> makes</c><00:38:35.099><c> this</c><00:38:35.559><c> prayer</c><00:38:35.980><c> in</c><00:38:37.679><c> such</c><00:38:37.880><c> a</c><00:38:38.059><c> tenacious</c><00:38:39.000><c> manner.</c>

00:38:40.539 --> 00:38:43.599
In<00:38:40.679><c> verse</c><00:38:40.920><c> 33,</c><00:38:41.519><c> the</c><00:38:41.679><c> Lord</c><00:38:41.920><c> went</c><00:38:42.159><c> his</c><00:38:42.500><c> way</c><00:38:42.800><c> as</c><00:38:43.059><c> soon</c><00:38:43.219><c> as</c><00:38:43.340><c> he</c><00:38:43.440><c> had</c>

00:38:43.599 --> 00:38:45.179
left<00:38:43.840><c> communing</c><00:38:44.260><c> with</c><00:38:44.519><c> Abraham.</c>

00:38:45.179 --> 00:38:52.059
And<00:38:45.940><c> it's</c><00:38:46.400><c> as</c><00:38:46.579><c> if</c><00:38:46.780><c> the</c><00:38:47.019><c> Lord</c><00:38:47.320><c> determined</c><00:38:48.760><c> the</c><00:38:49.199><c> end</c><00:38:49.559><c> points</c><00:38:50.199><c> of</c>

00:38:52.059 --> 00:38:54.880
that<00:38:52.559><c> engagement</c><00:38:53.300><c> in</c><00:38:53.840><c> prayer.</c>

00:38:56.320 --> 00:38:58.920
And<00:38:56.400><c> what</c><00:38:56.599><c> we</c><00:38:56.840><c> know</c><00:38:57.000><c> that</c><00:38:57.219><c> Abraham</c><00:38:57.420><c> didn't</c><00:38:57.719><c> know</c><00:38:57.920><c> at</c><00:38:58.139><c> that</c><00:38:58.360><c> time</c><00:38:58.679><c> is</c>

00:38:58.920 --> 00:39:00.260
that<00:38:59.019><c> when</c><00:38:59.199><c> Abraham</c><00:38:59.440><c> had</c><00:38:59.679><c> stopped</c><00:38:59.880><c> at</c><00:39:00.159><c> ten</c>

00:39:00.260 --> 00:39:03.460
that<00:39:00.460><c> there</c><00:39:00.599><c> weren't</c><00:39:00.960><c> ten</c><00:39:01.340><c> righteous</c><00:39:01.800><c> in</c><00:39:02.059><c> Sodom.</c>

00:39:05.260 --> 00:39:09.159
So<00:39:05.860><c> the</c><00:39:06.460><c> Lord</c><00:39:06.679><c> has</c><00:39:06.980><c> created</c><00:39:07.440><c> this</c><00:39:07.719><c> opportunity</c><00:39:08.480><c> for</c><00:39:08.880><c> Abraham</c>

00:39:09.159 --> 00:39:10.360
to<00:39:09.519><c> pray.</c>

00:39:10.559 --> 00:39:15.139
And<00:39:11.199><c> then</c><00:39:11.460><c> as</c><00:39:11.559><c> it</c><00:39:11.719><c> were</c><00:39:11.900><c> terminated</c><00:39:12.420><c> it</c><00:39:12.699><c> before</c><00:39:13.000><c> Abraham's</c><00:39:13.539><c> got</c><00:39:13.860><c> sufficiently</c><00:39:14.539><c> low</c><00:39:14.780><c> enough</c><00:39:14.940><c> in</c>

00:39:15.139 --> 00:39:17.280
numbers<00:39:15.480><c> to</c><00:39:15.699><c> achieve</c><00:39:16.019><c> his</c><00:39:16.239><c> ends.</c>

00:39:20.380 --> 00:39:24.940
And<00:39:20.460><c> here</c><00:39:20.619><c> again</c><00:39:20.840><c> is</c><00:39:21.179><c> Abraham</c><00:39:21.599><c> being</c><00:39:22.039><c> challenged</c><00:39:22.780><c> and</c><00:39:23.699><c> stimulated</c><00:39:24.440><c> in</c><00:39:24.619><c> his</c>

00:39:24.940 --> 00:39:29.539
understanding<00:39:25.699><c> by</c><00:39:27.960><c> the</c><00:39:28.599><c> ways</c><00:39:28.840><c> of</c><00:39:29.199><c> God.</c>

00:39:29.739 --> 00:39:33.300
That<00:39:29.840><c> the</c><00:39:29.980><c> ways</c><00:39:30.239><c> of</c><00:39:30.539><c> God</c><00:39:30.739><c> are</c><00:39:31.079><c> often</c><00:39:31.599><c> times</c><00:39:32.300><c> challenging.</c>

00:39:33.300 --> 00:39:38.619
That<00:39:34.139><c> we</c><00:39:35.679><c> have</c><00:39:36.039><c> to</c><00:39:36.340><c> trust</c><00:39:36.920><c> that</c><00:39:37.699><c> the</c><00:39:37.820><c> judge</c><00:39:38.000><c> of</c><00:39:38.159><c> all</c><00:39:38.300><c> the</c><00:39:38.460><c> earth</c>

00:39:38.619 --> 00:39:39.699
will<00:39:38.980><c> do</c><00:39:39.340><c> right.</c>

00:39:39.880 --> 00:39:44.320
And<00:39:39.960><c> at</c><00:39:40.039><c> times</c><00:39:40.340><c> we</c><00:39:40.480><c> don't</c><00:39:41.099><c> understand</c><00:39:42.139><c> how</c><00:39:43.300><c> he</c><00:39:43.500><c> is</c><00:39:43.719><c> working</c><00:39:44.059><c> in</c>

00:39:44.320 --> 00:39:47.719
the<00:39:44.579><c> circumstances</c><00:39:45.139><c> that</c><00:39:45.380><c> impact</c><00:39:45.880><c> upon</c><00:39:46.199><c> our</c><00:39:46.519><c> lives.</c>

00:39:48.139 --> 00:39:52.860
And<00:39:48.199><c> here</c><00:39:48.380><c> is</c><00:39:48.519><c> the</c><00:39:48.639><c> Lord</c><00:39:48.800><c> with</c><00:39:48.980><c> Abraham</c><00:39:49.239><c> stimulating</c><00:39:50.079><c> this</c><00:39:50.380><c> situation</c><00:39:51.039><c> and</c><00:39:51.739><c> then</c><00:39:52.000><c> not</c><00:39:52.219><c> allowing</c><00:39:52.559><c> him</c><00:39:52.760><c> as</c>

00:39:52.860 --> 00:39:54.820
it<00:39:53.079><c> were</c><00:39:53.199><c> to</c><00:39:53.420><c> achieve</c><00:39:53.679><c> his</c><00:39:53.960><c> ends.</c>

00:39:55.159 --> 00:39:57.920
Abraham<00:39:55.519><c> goes</c><00:39:55.800><c> to</c><00:39:55.980><c> bed</c><00:39:56.159><c> that</c><00:39:56.360><c> night</c><00:39:56.599><c> absolutely</c><00:39:57.340><c> confident</c>

00:39:57.920 --> 00:40:01.000
that<00:39:58.539><c> Sodom</c><00:39:58.900><c> has</c><00:39:59.139><c> been</c><00:39:59.460><c> saved</c><00:39:59.780><c> by</c><00:40:00.079><c> the</c><00:40:00.280><c> intercession</c><00:40:00.639><c> that</c><00:40:00.880><c> he</c>

00:40:01.000 --> 00:40:01.519
has<00:40:01.280><c> made.</c>

00:40:01.519 --> 00:40:03.780
And<00:40:01.900><c> he</c><00:40:01.980><c> gets</c><00:40:02.219><c> up</c><00:40:02.440><c> early</c><00:40:02.699><c> in</c><00:40:02.840><c> the</c><00:40:02.920><c> morning</c><00:40:03.159><c> as</c><00:40:03.340><c> was</c><00:40:03.500><c> his</c><00:40:03.679><c> loss</c>

00:40:03.780 --> 00:40:06.559
and<00:40:03.920><c> goes</c><00:40:04.199><c> to</c><00:40:04.400><c> the</c><00:40:04.500><c> place</c><00:40:04.659><c> the</c><00:40:04.860><c> next</c><00:40:05.079><c> day</c><00:40:05.239><c> and</c><00:40:05.300><c> looks</c><00:40:05.539><c> out</c><00:40:05.760><c> towards</c><00:40:06.039><c> the</c><00:40:06.320><c> plain</c>

00:40:06.559 --> 00:40:09.500
expecting<00:40:07.320><c> to</c><00:40:07.559><c> see</c><00:40:07.699><c> Sodom</c><00:40:07.980><c> still</c><00:40:08.400><c> there.</c>

00:40:09.900 --> 00:40:13.019
And<00:40:10.000><c> the</c><00:40:10.179><c> smoke</c><00:40:10.340><c> of</c><00:40:10.500><c> the</c><00:40:10.659><c> burning,</c><00:40:11.059><c> the</c><00:40:11.199><c> evidence</c><00:40:11.400><c> of</c><00:40:11.599><c> the</c><00:40:11.719><c> destruction</c><00:40:12.239><c> rises</c><00:40:12.739><c> up</c>

00:40:13.019 --> 00:40:14.300
from<00:40:13.159><c> the</c><00:40:13.380><c> plain.</c>

00:40:14.699 --> 00:40:18.280
And<00:40:15.079><c> how</c><00:40:15.619><c> his</c><00:40:15.920><c> heart</c><00:40:16.480><c> must</c><00:40:17.159><c> have</c><00:40:17.420><c> fallen.</c>

00:40:20.159 --> 00:40:23.719
I<00:40:20.219><c> wonder</c><00:40:20.300><c> how</c><00:40:20.480><c> long</c><00:40:20.719><c> it</c><00:40:21.000><c> was</c><00:40:21.480><c> before</c><00:40:21.880><c> he</c><00:40:22.119><c> knew</c><00:40:22.719><c> that</c><00:40:23.280><c> the</c><00:40:23.480><c> Lord</c>

00:40:23.719 --> 00:40:26.820
had<00:40:24.519><c> brought</c><00:40:25.059><c> Lot</c><00:40:25.320><c> out</c><00:40:25.599><c> of</c><00:40:25.760><c> the</c><00:40:25.920><c> burning.</c>

00:40:27.059 --> 00:40:31.519
The<00:40:27.539><c> difficulties</c><00:40:27.880><c> of</c><00:40:28.159><c> communication</c><00:40:28.780><c> and</c><00:40:28.980><c> the</c><00:40:29.199><c> destruction,</c><00:40:29.840><c> maybe</c><00:40:29.900><c> it</c><00:40:29.980><c> was</c><00:40:30.500><c> weeks,</c><00:40:30.840><c> months,</c><00:40:31.340><c> maybe</c><00:40:31.480><c> it</c>

00:40:31.519 --> 00:40:32.079
was<00:40:31.760><c> years.</c>

00:40:32.320 --> 00:40:35.380
Maybe<00:40:32.659><c> Abraham</c><00:40:32.880><c> never</c><00:40:33.239><c> knew</c><00:40:33.960><c> that</c><00:40:34.400><c> Lot</c><00:40:34.519><c> had</c><00:40:34.679><c> been</c><00:40:34.980><c> saved</c><00:40:35.179><c> from</c>

00:40:35.380 --> 00:40:36.920
the<00:40:35.539><c> destruction</c><00:40:35.940><c> of</c><00:40:36.179><c> Sodom.</c>

00:40:37.179 --> 00:40:39.800
That<00:40:37.360><c> actually</c><00:40:37.679><c> his</c><00:40:37.880><c> prayer</c><00:40:38.059><c> had</c><00:40:38.360><c> been</c><00:40:38.639><c> heard</c><00:40:38.940><c> and</c><00:40:39.280><c> answered</c>

00:40:39.800 --> 00:40:42.579
but<00:40:40.599><c> not</c><00:40:40.780><c> in</c><00:40:40.920><c> the</c><00:40:40.980><c> way</c><00:40:41.139><c> that</c><00:40:41.300><c> he</c><00:40:41.579><c> expected.</c>

00:40:43.019 --> 00:40:44.460
Not<00:40:43.219><c> in</c><00:40:43.380><c> the</c><00:40:43.480><c> way</c><00:40:43.619><c> that</c><00:40:43.760><c> he</c><00:40:43.980><c> imagined.</c>

00:40:44.619 --> 00:40:46.940
This<00:40:44.679><c> is</c><00:40:44.980><c> so</c><00:40:45.300><c> often</c><00:40:45.480><c> our</c><00:40:45.800><c> experience</c><00:40:46.300><c> that</c><00:40:46.480><c> the</c><00:40:46.599><c> Lord</c><00:40:46.699><c> hears</c>

00:40:46.940 --> 00:40:49.440
our<00:40:47.320><c> prayers</c><00:40:47.539><c> and</c><00:40:47.739><c> grants</c><00:40:48.039><c> an</c><00:40:48.320><c> answer</c><00:40:48.480><c> but</c><00:40:48.699><c> not</c><00:40:48.940><c> in</c><00:40:49.139><c> the</c><00:40:49.260><c> way</c>

00:40:49.440 --> 00:40:50.420
that<00:40:49.639><c> we</c><00:40:49.960><c> expect.</c>

00:40:50.820 --> 00:40:53.619
It's<00:40:51.079><c> there</c><00:40:51.260><c> in</c><00:40:51.380><c> Genesis</c><00:40:51.679><c> chapter</c><00:40:52.039><c> 19</c><00:40:52.579><c> verse</c><00:40:52.880><c> 29.</c>

00:40:53.619 --> 00:40:57.139
It<00:40:54.219><c> came</c><00:40:54.679><c> to</c><00:40:54.980><c> pass</c><00:40:55.199><c> when</c><00:40:55.440><c> God</c><00:40:55.719><c> destroyed</c><00:40:56.280><c> the</c><00:40:56.500><c> cities</c><00:40:56.719><c> of</c><00:40:56.920><c> the</c>

00:40:57.139 --> 00:40:59.659
plain<00:40:57.380><c> that</c><00:40:57.920><c> God</c><00:40:58.320><c> remembered</c><00:40:58.920><c> Abraham</c>

00:40:59.659 --> 00:41:02.760
and<00:41:00.599><c> sent</c><00:41:00.960><c> Lot</c><00:41:01.119><c> out</c><00:41:01.400><c> into</c><00:41:01.559><c> the</c><00:41:01.679><c> midst</c><00:41:01.840><c> of</c><00:41:02.039><c> the</c><00:41:02.239><c> overthrow.</c>

00:41:03.139 --> 00:41:07.579
That<00:41:03.300><c> Lot</c><00:41:03.519><c> was</c><00:41:03.840><c> saved</c><00:41:04.139><c> because</c><00:41:04.519><c> of</c><00:41:04.699><c> the</c><00:41:04.960><c> prayer,</c><00:41:05.360><c> the</c><00:41:05.559><c> intercession</c><00:41:06.059><c> of</c><00:41:06.320><c> Abraham.</c>

00:41:10.760 --> 00:41:15.199
And<00:41:10.880><c> yet</c><00:41:11.079><c> Abraham's</c><00:41:11.559><c> heart</c><00:41:11.780><c> sank</c><00:41:12.139><c> that</c><00:41:12.380><c> morning</c><00:41:12.900><c> thinking</c><00:41:13.380><c> that</c><00:41:14.059><c> Lot</c><00:41:14.280><c> would</c><00:41:14.539><c> have</c><00:41:14.719><c> perished</c><00:41:15.039><c> in</c>

00:41:15.199 --> 00:41:15.940
the<00:41:15.360><c> destruction</c>

00:41:15.940 --> 00:41:18.940
that<00:41:16.159><c> he</c><00:41:16.320><c> had</c><00:41:16.480><c> answered</c><00:41:16.619><c> the</c><00:41:16.920><c> evidence</c><00:41:17.300><c> of</c><00:41:17.860><c> when</c><00:41:18.340><c> Sodom</c><00:41:18.739><c> and</c>

00:41:18.940 --> 00:41:21.079
its<00:41:19.000><c> sister</c><00:41:19.280><c> cities</c><00:41:19.619><c> were</c><00:41:20.059><c> destroyed.</c>

00:41:22.460 --> 00:41:26.539
Then<00:41:23.059><c> the</c><00:41:23.239><c> Lord</c><00:41:23.400><c> is</c><00:41:23.760><c> challenging</c><00:41:24.360><c> in</c><00:41:24.820><c> the</c><00:41:24.980><c> way</c><00:41:25.320><c> in</c><00:41:25.519><c> which</c><00:41:25.800><c> he</c>

00:41:26.539 --> 00:41:27.780
sets<00:41:26.800><c> things</c><00:41:27.139><c> before</c><00:41:27.599><c> us.</c>

00:41:27.940 --> 00:41:31.139
But<00:41:28.019><c> this</c><00:41:28.820><c> latter</c><00:41:29.099><c> section</c><00:41:29.500><c> of</c><00:41:29.719><c> Genesis</c><00:41:30.019><c> chapter</c><00:41:30.400><c> 18</c><00:41:30.659><c> is</c><00:41:30.860><c> to</c>

00:41:31.139 --> 00:41:35.960
me<00:41:31.739><c> one</c><00:41:32.719><c> of</c><00:41:32.820><c> the</c><00:41:32.960><c> most</c><00:41:33.320><c> staggering</c><00:41:33.760><c> sections</c><00:41:34.219><c> of</c><00:41:34.460><c> the</c><00:41:34.559><c> Old</c><00:41:34.800><c> Testament.</c>

00:41:36.980 --> 00:41:40.900
Again<00:41:37.480><c> the</c><00:41:37.760><c> depiction</c><00:41:38.239><c> of</c><00:41:39.059><c> the</c><00:41:39.380><c> death</c><00:41:39.679><c> of</c><00:41:39.940><c> the</c><00:41:40.199><c> relationship</c>

00:41:40.900 --> 00:41:46.000
that<00:41:41.179><c> the</c><00:41:41.420><c> friend</c><00:41:41.639><c> of</c><00:41:41.900><c> God</c><00:41:42.360><c> had</c><00:41:43.159><c> developed</c><00:41:43.920><c> with</c><00:41:45.320><c> the</c><00:41:45.539><c> Almighty.</c>

00:41:46.000 --> 00:41:50.059
That<00:41:46.340><c> he</c><00:41:46.539><c> would</c><00:41:46.900><c> speak</c><00:41:47.780><c> to</c><00:41:48.679><c> the</c><00:41:48.820><c> Creator</c><00:41:49.119><c> of</c><00:41:49.340><c> heaven</c><00:41:49.599><c> and</c><00:41:49.840><c> earth</c><00:41:49.840><c> in</c>

00:41:50.059 --> 00:41:51.719
this<00:41:50.380><c> fashion.</c>

00:41:53.920 --> 00:41:56.420
Would<00:41:54.400><c> you</c><00:41:54.619><c> speak</c><00:41:54.820><c> to</c><00:41:54.960><c> God</c><00:41:55.179><c> like</c><00:41:55.519><c> this?</c>

00:41:57.099 --> 00:41:59.260
Do<00:41:57.340><c> you</c><00:41:57.579><c> speak</c><00:41:57.760><c> to</c><00:41:57.880><c> God</c><00:41:58.119><c> like</c><00:41:58.440><c> this</c><00:41:58.619><c> in</c><00:41:58.760><c> your</c><00:41:59.019><c> prayers?</c>

00:41:59.579 --> 00:42:01.460
It's<00:41:59.780><c> the</c><00:41:59.920><c> language</c><00:42:00.099><c> of</c><00:42:00.280><c> the</c><00:42:00.500><c> market</c><00:42:00.860><c> almost.</c>

00:42:01.659 --> 00:42:03.860
It's<00:42:01.820><c> kind</c><00:42:01.920><c> of</c><00:42:02.280><c> a</c><00:42:02.360><c> reverse</c><00:42:02.860><c> auction.</c>

00:42:04.000 --> 00:42:05.679
But<00:42:04.079><c> what</c><00:42:04.860><c> about</c><00:42:05.179><c> 50?</c>

00:42:06.139 --> 00:42:07.420
Yes<00:42:06.480><c> I'll</c><00:42:06.739><c> say</c><00:42:06.960><c> that.</c>

00:42:07.440 --> 00:42:08.619
What<00:42:07.659><c> about</c><00:42:07.880><c> 45?</c>

00:42:08.860 --> 00:42:10.059
Will<00:42:09.000><c> you</c><00:42:09.159><c> say</c><00:42:09.260><c> it</c><00:42:09.400><c> for</c><00:42:09.500><c> 45?</c>

00:42:10.139 --> 00:42:10.920
Yes<00:42:10.300><c> for</c><00:42:10.480><c> 45.</c>

00:42:11.039 --> 00:42:12.179
What<00:42:11.199><c> about</c><00:42:11.480><c> 40?</c>

00:42:12.639 --> 00:42:14.639
And<00:42:12.960><c> so</c><00:42:13.199><c> on</c><00:42:13.400><c> down</c><00:42:13.579><c> to</c><00:42:13.719><c> 10.</c>

00:42:17.039 --> 00:42:20.960
Absolutely<00:42:17.559><c> tenacious</c><00:42:18.079><c> as</c><00:42:19.159><c> he</c><00:42:19.380><c> intercedes</c><00:42:19.880><c> for</c><00:42:20.099><c> the</c><00:42:20.239><c> Ecclesia</c><00:42:20.559><c> in</c><00:42:20.820><c> Sodom.</c>

00:42:20.960 --> 00:42:21.860
He<00:42:21.079><c> gets</c><00:42:21.179><c> down</c><00:42:21.400><c> to</c><00:42:21.599><c> 10.</c>

00:42:22.000 --> 00:42:24.199
He<00:42:22.000><c> thinks</c><00:42:22.579><c> there's</c><00:42:22.980><c> 300</c><00:42:23.360><c> in</c><00:42:23.639><c> my</c><00:42:23.880><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:42:24.219 --> 00:42:26.199
There<00:42:24.320><c> must</c><00:42:24.599><c> be</c><00:42:24.800><c> 10</c><00:42:25.099><c> in</c><00:42:25.159><c> the</c><00:42:25.340><c> Ecclesia</c><00:42:25.679><c> at</c><00:42:25.920><c> Sodom.</c>

00:42:26.199 --> 00:42:27.719
And<00:42:26.340><c> he</c><00:42:26.420><c> thinks</c><00:42:26.599><c> he's</c><00:42:26.880><c> done</c><00:42:27.119><c> sufficient.</c>

00:42:28.099 --> 00:42:29.900
It's<00:42:28.260><c> the</c><00:42:28.440><c> Ecclesia</c><00:42:28.860><c> that</c><00:42:29.000><c> he's</c><00:42:29.340><c> concerned</c><00:42:29.599><c> about.</c>

00:42:30.019 --> 00:42:32.440
It's<00:42:30.159><c> not</c><00:42:30.300><c> the</c><00:42:30.460><c> city</c><00:42:30.679><c> of</c><00:42:30.920><c> Sodom.</c>

00:42:36.239 --> 00:42:37.280
Absolutely<00:42:36.760><c> remarkable.</c>

00:42:37.480 --> 00:42:42.719
And<00:42:37.500><c> yet</c><00:42:38.539><c> although</c><00:42:40.079><c> he</c><00:42:40.460><c> prays</c><00:42:40.820><c> so</c><00:42:41.099><c> tenaciously,</c><00:42:42.320><c> he</c><00:42:42.480><c> is</c>

00:42:42.719 --> 00:42:43.679
always<00:42:43.019><c> reverent.</c>

00:42:43.679 --> 00:42:51.380
He<00:42:44.519><c> never</c><00:42:44.940><c> forgets</c><00:42:46.699><c> the</c><00:42:46.900><c> difference</c><00:42:47.539><c> between</c><00:42:48.199><c> the</c><00:42:48.420><c> God</c><00:42:48.659><c> who</c><00:42:48.780><c> he</c><00:42:49.139><c> serves</c><00:42:49.539><c> and</c><00:42:49.739><c> his</c><00:42:49.960><c> position</c><00:42:50.539><c> as</c><00:42:51.199><c> a</c>

00:42:51.380 --> 00:42:52.900
mortal<00:42:51.679><c> man.</c>

00:42:53.199 --> 00:42:57.320
I<00:42:53.199><c> am</c><00:42:54.460><c> but</c><00:42:54.719><c> dust</c><00:42:55.059><c> of</c><00:42:55.260><c> ashes,</c><00:42:55.699><c> verse</c><00:42:55.900><c> 27.</c>

00:42:57.500 --> 00:43:00.719
And<00:42:57.599><c> Job</c><00:42:57.820><c> expresses</c><00:42:58.360><c> the</c><00:42:58.579><c> same</c><00:42:58.800><c> thought</c><00:42:59.000><c> in</c><00:42:59.179><c> chapter</c><00:42:59.420><c> 42,</c><00:43:00.199><c> verses</c><00:43:00.400><c> 3</c>

00:43:00.719 --> 00:43:01.599
to<00:43:00.940><c> 6,</c>

00:43:01.800 --> 00:43:06.440
when<00:43:02.019><c> he</c><00:43:02.320><c> is</c><00:43:02.500><c> humbled</c><00:43:03.039><c> by</c><00:43:03.460><c> the</c><00:43:03.739><c> appearance</c><00:43:04.179><c> of</c><00:43:05.699><c> the</c><00:43:05.880><c> Almighty</c>

00:43:06.440 --> 00:43:09.099
and<00:43:06.820><c> the</c><00:43:07.079><c> things</c><00:43:07.460><c> of</c><00:43:08.360><c> his</c><00:43:08.739><c> ways</c>

00:43:09.099 --> 00:43:11.679
that<00:43:09.380><c> he</c><00:43:09.960><c> draws</c><00:43:10.300><c> to</c><00:43:10.579><c> Job's</c><00:43:11.000><c> attention.</c>

00:43:11.679 --> 00:43:14.340
I<00:43:12.119><c> am</c><00:43:12.519><c> but</c><00:43:12.820><c> dust</c><00:43:13.199><c> of</c><00:43:13.380><c> ashes.</c>

00:43:14.800 --> 00:43:17.480
Abraham<00:43:15.039><c> is</c><00:43:15.300><c> aware</c><00:43:15.619><c> of</c><00:43:15.820><c> the</c><00:43:16.000><c> difference</c><00:43:16.400><c> between</c><00:43:16.920><c> them.</c>

00:43:17.699 --> 00:43:18.239
Verse<00:43:17.840><c> 30.</c>

00:43:18.380 --> 00:43:21.099
Let<00:43:18.599><c> not</c><00:43:18.940><c> the</c><00:43:19.119><c> Lord</c><00:43:19.340><c> be</c><00:43:19.679><c> angry.</c>

00:43:21.960 --> 00:43:24.360
Again<00:43:22.260><c> verse</c><00:43:23.019><c> 32.</c>

00:43:25.440 --> 00:43:28.440
He<00:43:26.179><c> recognizes</c><00:43:26.920><c> the</c><00:43:27.940><c> difference.</c>

00:43:28.659 --> 00:43:29.280
He's<00:43:28.780><c> reverent.</c>

00:43:29.400 --> 00:43:35.179
He's<00:43:29.699><c> respectful</c><00:43:30.440><c> despite</c><00:43:31.679><c> the</c><00:43:31.960><c> tenacity</c><00:43:32.699><c> with</c><00:43:33.420><c> which</c><00:43:33.719><c> he</c><00:43:34.099><c> pleads.</c>

00:43:35.639 --> 00:43:36.599
And<00:43:35.739><c> it's</c><00:43:35.940><c> right.</c>

00:43:36.659 --> 00:43:40.780
His<00:43:37.260><c> appeal</c><00:43:37.579><c> rather</c><00:43:37.940><c> is</c><00:43:38.360><c> based</c><00:43:38.820><c> upon</c><00:43:39.539><c> three</c><00:43:39.880><c> things</c><00:43:40.239><c> perhaps.</c>

00:43:40.780 --> 00:43:43.679
And<00:43:40.940><c> it's</c><00:43:41.500><c> expressed</c><00:43:41.840><c> there</c><00:43:42.340><c> in</c><00:43:42.800><c> the</c><00:43:43.039><c> start</c><00:43:43.239><c> of</c><00:43:43.420><c> the</c><00:43:43.539><c> prayer.</c>

00:43:43.739 --> 00:43:46.980
Verse<00:43:43.900><c> 24.</c>

00:43:47.139 --> 00:43:49.519
Peradventure<00:43:47.699><c> there</c><00:43:47.820><c> be</c><00:43:47.980><c> fifty</c><00:43:48.360><c> righteous</c><00:43:48.739><c> within</c><00:43:49.019><c> the</c><00:43:49.300><c> city.</c>

00:43:49.639 --> 00:43:52.139
Wilt<00:43:49.760><c> thou</c><00:43:49.960><c> also</c><00:43:50.260><c> destroy</c><00:43:50.719><c> and</c><00:43:50.920><c> not</c><00:43:51.159><c> spare</c><00:43:51.380><c> the</c><00:43:51.639><c> place</c><00:43:51.900><c> for</c>

00:43:52.139 --> 00:43:54.500
the<00:43:52.539><c> fifty</c><00:43:52.960><c> righteous</c><00:43:53.420><c> that</c><00:43:53.679><c> are</c><00:43:53.940><c> therein?</c>

00:43:54.739 --> 00:43:58.840
That<00:43:55.019><c> be</c><00:43:55.300><c> far</c><00:43:55.719><c> from</c><00:43:56.000><c> thee</c><00:43:56.159><c> to</c><00:43:56.400><c> do</c><00:43:56.679><c> after</c><00:43:57.059><c> this</c><00:43:57.420><c> manner,</c><00:43:58.000><c> to</c><00:43:58.219><c> slay</c><00:43:58.559><c> the</c>

00:43:58.840 --> 00:44:00.860
righteous<00:43:59.260><c> with</c><00:43:59.559><c> the</c><00:43:59.840><c> wicked,</c>

00:44:01.059 --> 00:44:03.280
and<00:44:01.219><c> that</c><00:44:01.380><c> the</c><00:44:01.599><c> righteous</c><00:44:01.900><c> should</c><00:44:02.239><c> be</c><00:44:02.519><c> as</c><00:44:02.820><c> the</c><00:44:03.000><c> wicked.</c>

00:44:03.360 --> 00:44:06.960
That<00:44:03.559><c> be</c><00:44:03.820><c> far</c><00:44:04.159><c> from</c><00:44:04.539><c> thee,</c><00:44:05.159><c> shall</c><00:44:05.400><c> not</c><00:44:05.619><c> the</c><00:44:05.900><c> judge</c><00:44:06.179><c> of</c><00:44:06.420><c> all</c><00:44:06.780><c> the</c>

00:44:06.960 --> 00:44:08.659
earth<00:44:07.179><c> do</c><00:44:07.480><c> rights?</c>

00:44:09.599 --> 00:44:12.599
And<00:44:10.159><c> his</c><00:44:10.460><c> appeal</c><00:44:10.619><c> is</c><00:44:10.800><c> based</c><00:44:11.019><c> firstly</c><00:44:11.280><c> upon</c><00:44:11.579><c> faith.</c>

00:44:12.880 --> 00:44:14.000
That's<00:44:13.440><c> rhetorical.</c>

00:44:14.159 --> 00:44:15.380
That's<00:44:14.320><c> not</c><00:44:14.659><c> a</c><00:44:14.980><c> question.</c>

00:44:15.420 --> 00:44:18.920
He's<00:44:15.599><c> not</c><00:44:15.880><c> saying,</c><00:44:17.219><c> does</c><00:44:17.219><c> the</c><00:44:17.460><c> judge</c><00:44:17.679><c> of</c><00:44:17.840><c> the</c><00:44:17.960><c> earth</c><00:44:18.059><c> sometimes</c><00:44:18.480><c> do</c><00:44:18.719><c> right</c>

00:44:18.920 --> 00:44:20.019
and<00:44:19.079><c> sometimes</c><00:44:19.500><c> do</c><00:44:19.760><c> wrong.</c>

00:44:20.099 --> 00:44:21.380
That's<00:44:20.380><c> a</c><00:44:20.519><c> rhetorical</c><00:44:20.980><c> question.</c>

00:44:21.539 --> 00:44:22.539
That's<00:44:21.780><c> his</c><00:44:21.940><c> understanding.</c>

00:44:22.880 --> 00:44:24.400
That's<00:44:23.239><c> his</c><00:44:23.519><c> faith.</c>

00:44:24.420 --> 00:44:27.940
The<00:44:24.579><c> judge</c><00:44:24.860><c> of</c><00:44:25.079><c> all</c><00:44:25.260><c> the</c><00:44:25.420><c> earth</c><00:44:25.559><c> whom</c><00:44:25.780><c> I</c><00:44:26.099><c> serve</c><00:44:26.300><c> always</c><00:44:27.420><c> does</c>

00:44:27.940 --> 00:44:29.699
that<00:44:28.219><c> which</c><00:44:28.420><c> is</c><00:44:28.699><c> right.</c>

00:44:32.599 --> 00:44:34.079
Yes<00:44:32.920><c> he</c><00:44:33.039><c> does.</c>

00:44:34.239 --> 00:44:36.139
That's<00:44:34.619><c> our</c><00:44:34.820><c> confidence.</c>

00:44:36.539 --> 00:44:39.440
Although<00:44:37.219><c> it's</c><00:44:37.380><c> difficult</c><00:44:37.820><c> sometimes</c><00:44:38.260><c> to</c><00:44:38.519><c> understand</c><00:44:39.039><c> it,</c>

00:44:39.539 --> 00:44:41.380
this<00:44:39.840><c> side</c><00:44:40.099><c> of</c><00:44:40.280><c> the</c><00:44:40.440><c> kingdom,</c>

00:44:41.699 --> 00:44:45.500
that<00:44:41.900><c> that</c><00:44:42.260><c> explanation</c><00:44:42.900><c> is</c><00:44:43.800><c> the</c><00:44:44.159><c> expression</c><00:44:44.559><c> of</c><00:44:44.800><c> his</c><00:44:45.159><c> faith,</c>

00:44:45.599 --> 00:44:46.900
of<00:44:45.860><c> his</c><00:44:46.179><c> confidence.</c>

00:44:47.360 --> 00:44:50.039
And<00:44:47.780><c> he</c><00:44:47.940><c> reveals</c><00:44:48.320><c> his</c><00:44:48.659><c> understanding</c><00:44:49.219><c> of</c><00:44:49.420><c> the</c><00:44:49.539><c> ways</c><00:44:49.679><c> of</c><00:44:49.880><c> God</c>

00:44:50.039 --> 00:44:51.179
as<00:44:50.300><c> well.</c>

00:44:51.280 --> 00:44:54.780
His<00:44:51.559><c> appeal</c><00:44:51.820><c> is</c><00:44:52.059><c> based</c><00:44:52.360><c> upon</c><00:44:52.639><c> God's</c><00:44:53.139><c> righteousness,</c><00:44:54.480><c> not</c>

00:44:54.780 --> 00:44:56.320
God's<00:44:55.300><c> mercy.</c>

00:44:56.980 --> 00:45:02.139
He<00:44:57.280><c> doesn't</c><00:44:58.300><c> appeal</c><00:44:58.880><c> for</c><00:44:59.139><c> God</c><00:44:59.400><c> to</c><00:44:59.579><c> be</c><00:44:59.800><c> merciful</c><00:45:00.239><c> for</c><00:45:00.579><c> Sodom.</c>

00:45:02.659 --> 00:45:07.019
He<00:45:03.239><c> knows</c><00:45:03.820><c> that</c><00:45:05.260><c> sin</c><00:45:05.639><c> has</c><00:45:06.039><c> to</c><00:45:06.219><c> be</c><00:45:06.400><c> dealt</c><00:45:06.679><c> with.</c>

00:45:07.099 --> 00:45:10.559
He<00:45:07.300><c> knows</c><00:45:08.039><c> the</c><00:45:08.559><c> wickedness</c><00:45:09.039><c> that</c><00:45:09.280><c> emanated</c><00:45:09.739><c> from</c><00:45:10.139><c> Sodom.</c>

00:45:10.920 --> 00:45:15.159
His<00:45:11.159><c> appeal</c><00:45:11.360><c> is</c><00:45:11.599><c> based</c><00:45:11.820><c> not</c><00:45:12.019><c> on</c><00:45:12.280><c> mercy,</c><00:45:13.260><c> but</c><00:45:13.340><c> upon</c><00:45:13.639><c> God's</c><00:45:14.119><c> righteousness.</c>

00:45:15.239 --> 00:45:17.980
His<00:45:15.480><c> concern</c><00:45:15.820><c> is</c><00:45:16.039><c> not</c><00:45:16.239><c> for</c><00:45:16.519><c> the</c><00:45:16.699><c> society</c><00:45:17.300><c> of</c><00:45:17.619><c> Sodom.</c>

00:45:18.139 --> 00:45:21.500
His<00:45:18.420><c> concern</c><00:45:18.780><c> is</c><00:45:18.960><c> for</c><00:45:19.099><c> the</c><00:45:19.280><c> ecclesia</c><00:45:19.579><c> within</c><00:45:20.019><c> Sodom.</c>

00:45:21.860 --> 00:45:24.920
And<00:45:22.119><c> yet</c><00:45:22.260><c> the</c><00:45:22.539><c> compassion</c><00:45:23.340><c> that</c><00:45:23.900><c> he</c><00:45:24.039><c> has</c><00:45:24.219><c> learned</c><00:45:24.500><c> from</c><00:45:24.699><c> a</c>

00:45:24.920 --> 00:45:26.900
close<00:45:25.159><c> association</c><00:45:25.780><c> with</c><00:45:26.039><c> things</c><00:45:26.300><c> divine</c>

00:45:26.900 --> 00:45:30.519
would<00:45:27.440><c> lead</c><00:45:27.659><c> him</c><00:45:27.900><c> also</c><00:45:28.239><c> to</c><00:45:28.579><c> spare</c><00:45:28.699><c> the</c><00:45:29.079><c> entire</c><00:45:29.440><c> city.</c>

00:45:32.280 --> 00:45:37.860
And<00:45:32.820><c> his</c><00:45:33.039><c> prayer</c><00:45:33.400><c> is</c><00:45:33.679><c> based</c><00:45:34.059><c> upon</c><00:45:34.300><c> a</c><00:45:34.619><c> concern</c><00:45:35.239><c> for</c><00:45:36.159><c> God's</c><00:45:36.659><c> honor.</c>

00:45:39.079 --> 00:45:42.159
That<00:45:39.260><c> God's</c><00:45:39.599><c> name</c><00:45:39.880><c> might</c><00:45:40.179><c> not</c><00:45:40.360><c> be</c><00:45:40.619><c> misunderstood</c><00:45:41.440><c> or</c><00:45:41.719><c> spoken</c>

00:45:42.159 --> 00:45:44.239
against<00:45:42.679><c> amongst</c><00:45:43.059><c> the</c><00:45:43.400><c> heathen.</c>

00:45:44.559 --> 00:45:48.639
A<00:45:44.679><c> bit</c><00:45:44.800><c> like</c><00:45:45.539><c> the</c><00:45:45.679><c> way</c><00:45:45.860><c> in</c><00:45:45.960><c> which</c><00:45:46.139><c> Moses</c><00:45:46.579><c> intercedes</c><00:45:47.099><c> in</c><00:45:47.300><c> Exodus</c><00:45:47.559><c> chapter</c><00:45:47.980><c> 32.</c>

00:45:48.960 --> 00:45:51.519
You<00:45:49.179><c> can't</c><00:45:49.619><c> destroy</c><00:45:50.239><c> this</c><00:45:50.440><c> nation</c><00:45:50.719><c> of</c><00:45:51.000><c> Israel,</c><00:45:51.480><c> Lord,</c>

00:45:51.559 --> 00:45:54.000
because<00:45:51.800><c> then</c><00:45:52.059><c> the</c><00:45:52.260><c> people</c><00:45:52.500><c> will</c><00:45:52.840><c> say</c><00:45:53.219><c> that</c><00:45:53.480><c> he</c><00:45:53.619><c> brought</c><00:45:53.820><c> them</c>

00:45:54.000 --> 00:45:54.800
out<00:45:54.260><c> of</c><00:45:54.440><c> Egypt</c>

00:45:54.800 --> 00:45:56.639
that<00:45:54.960><c> he</c><00:45:55.039><c> wasn't</c><00:45:55.320><c> able</c><00:45:55.639><c> to</c><00:45:55.900><c> bring</c><00:45:56.059><c> them</c><00:45:56.280><c> in.</c>

00:45:56.739 --> 00:45:58.860
And<00:45:57.039><c> your</c><00:45:57.280><c> name</c><00:45:57.460><c> will</c><00:45:57.679><c> be</c><00:45:57.940><c> spoken</c><00:45:58.199><c> against.</c>

00:45:58.860 --> 00:46:02.260
They'll<00:45:59.219><c> get</c><00:45:59.320><c> the</c><00:45:59.460><c> wrong</c><00:45:59.760><c> impression</c><00:46:00.599><c> of</c><00:46:01.179><c> the</c><00:46:01.300><c> God</c><00:46:01.480><c> of</c><00:46:01.639><c> Israel.</c>

00:46:02.760 --> 00:46:04.559
And<00:46:02.840><c> Abraham</c><00:46:03.119><c> is</c><00:46:03.340><c> interceding</c><00:46:03.840><c> in</c><00:46:04.019><c> similar</c><00:46:04.300><c> vein.</c>

00:46:04.920 --> 00:46:08.559
If<00:46:05.460><c> you</c><00:46:05.719><c> destroy</c><00:46:06.380><c> the</c><00:46:06.639><c> righteous</c><00:46:06.920><c> with</c><00:46:07.219><c> the</c><00:46:07.440><c> wicked,</c>

00:46:11.900 --> 00:46:16.000
then<00:46:12.400><c> people</c><00:46:12.699><c> will</c><00:46:12.940><c> misunderstand</c><00:46:14.000><c> the</c><00:46:14.599><c> beauty</c><00:46:15.059><c> of</c><00:46:15.199><c> your</c><00:46:15.500><c> character</c><00:46:15.760><c> and</c>

00:46:16.000 --> 00:46:17.659
your<00:46:16.280><c> ways.</c>

00:46:18.639 --> 00:46:21.820
That's<00:46:19.320><c> the</c><00:46:19.739><c> basis</c><00:46:20.199><c> of</c><00:46:21.019><c> his</c><00:46:21.360><c> appeal.</c>

00:46:22.219 --> 00:46:24.940
Appeals<00:46:22.900><c> with</c><00:46:23.519><c> tenacity.</c>

00:46:26.019 --> 00:46:28.739
And<00:46:26.179><c> yet</c><00:46:26.340><c> the</c><00:46:26.500><c> Lord</c><00:46:26.840><c> does</c><00:46:27.500><c> show</c><00:46:28.079><c> his</c><00:46:28.380><c> mercy.</c>

00:46:28.739 --> 00:46:32.519
Doesn't<00:46:29.000><c> he?</c><00:46:29.760><c> Verse</c><00:46:29.760><c> 16</c><00:46:30.380><c> of</c><00:46:30.599><c> chapter</c><00:46:30.920><c> 19.</c>

00:46:34.179 --> 00:46:37.320
When<00:46:34.340><c> he</c><00:46:34.699><c> that</c><00:46:34.820><c> his</c><00:46:35.059><c> lot</c><00:46:35.219><c> lingered,</c><00:46:35.960><c> the</c><00:46:36.039><c> men</c><00:46:36.280><c> laid</c><00:46:36.599><c> hold</c><00:46:36.900><c> upon</c>

00:46:37.320 --> 00:46:37.920
his<00:46:37.679><c> hand</c>

00:46:37.920 --> 00:46:40.420
and<00:46:38.119><c> upon</c><00:46:38.260><c> the</c><00:46:38.440><c> hand</c><00:46:38.619><c> of</c><00:46:38.780><c> his</c><00:46:38.940><c> wife</c><00:46:39.300><c> and</c><00:46:39.639><c> upon</c><00:46:39.860><c> the</c><00:46:40.039><c> hand</c><00:46:40.239><c> of</c>

00:46:40.420 --> 00:46:41.239
his<00:46:40.639><c> two</c><00:46:40.860><c> daughters,</c>

00:46:41.380 --> 00:46:44.420
the<00:46:41.539><c> Lord</c><00:46:41.880><c> being</c><00:46:42.420><c> merciful</c><00:46:43.219><c> unto</c><00:46:44.000><c> him.</c>

00:46:44.699 --> 00:46:47.340
And<00:46:45.039><c> mercy</c><00:46:45.280><c> is</c><00:46:45.500><c> the</c><00:46:45.659><c> compliment</c><00:46:46.000><c> of</c><00:46:46.239><c> judgment,</c><00:46:46.699><c> isn't</c><00:46:46.960><c> it?</c>

00:46:47.639 --> 00:46:51.119
That<00:46:47.920><c> mercy</c><00:46:48.340><c> is</c><00:46:48.920><c> meaningless</c><00:46:49.380><c> without</c><00:46:49.940><c> judgment.</c>

00:46:52.460 --> 00:46:54.019
The<00:46:52.780><c> two</c><00:46:52.920><c> go</c><00:46:53.179><c> hand</c><00:46:53.440><c> in</c><00:46:53.679><c> hand.</c>

00:46:54.019 --> 00:46:57.119
Because<00:46:54.519><c> God's</c><00:46:55.159><c> justice</c><00:46:55.559><c> is</c><00:46:56.019><c> real,</c>

00:46:57.260 --> 00:47:00.619
and<00:46:57.360><c> his</c><00:46:57.599><c> truth</c><00:46:58.039><c> requires</c><00:46:58.820><c> that</c><00:46:59.400><c> it</c><00:46:59.579><c> will</c><00:46:59.860><c> be</c><00:47:00.099><c> effected</c><00:47:00.460><c> in</c>

00:47:00.619 --> 00:47:00.920
the<00:47:00.780><c> earth</c>

00:47:00.920 --> 00:47:02.579
with<00:47:01.099><c> the</c><00:47:01.139><c> return</c><00:47:01.440><c> of</c><00:47:01.619><c> the</c><00:47:01.639><c> Lord</c><00:47:01.860><c> Jesus</c><00:47:02.219><c> Christ</c>

00:47:02.579 --> 00:47:06.159
to<00:47:02.840><c> destroy</c><00:47:03.420><c> the</c><00:47:03.800><c> wickedness</c><00:47:04.300><c> of</c><00:47:04.539><c> man's</c><00:47:04.980><c> society,</c>

00:47:06.940 --> 00:47:12.019
that<00:47:07.059><c> God's</c><00:47:07.500><c> mercy</c><00:47:07.840><c> is</c><00:47:08.340><c> real</c><00:47:09.059><c> to</c><00:47:10.519><c> those</c><00:47:10.920><c> who</c><00:47:11.119><c> respond</c><00:47:11.480><c> in</c><00:47:11.780><c> faith,</c>

00:47:12.119 --> 00:47:16.679
whom<00:47:12.219><c> he</c><00:47:12.440><c> takes</c><00:47:12.900><c> by</c><00:47:13.420><c> the</c><00:47:13.699><c> hand</c><00:47:14.099><c> because</c><00:47:14.599><c> of</c><00:47:14.880><c> their</c><00:47:15.260><c> yet</c><00:47:15.599><c> lingering</c><00:47:16.119><c> ties</c>

00:47:16.679 --> 00:47:18.019
to<00:47:16.940><c> the</c><00:47:17.059><c> things</c><00:47:17.219><c> of</c><00:47:17.420><c> this</c><00:47:17.719><c> world,</c>

00:47:18.019 --> 00:47:25.119
to<00:47:18.579><c> remove</c><00:47:19.539><c> them</c><00:47:20.380><c> from</c><00:47:21.179><c> that</c><00:47:21.539><c> place,</c><00:47:21.960><c> to</c><00:47:22.199><c> a</c><00:47:22.360><c> place</c><00:47:22.679><c> of</c><00:47:23.639><c> salvation.</c>

00:47:31.559 --> 00:47:33.760
Abraham<00:47:32.079><c> has</c><00:47:32.599><c> saved</c><00:47:32.860><c> Lot</c><00:47:33.000><c> twice.</c>

00:47:34.039 --> 00:47:36.380
Let's<00:47:34.179><c> see</c><00:47:34.420><c> this</c><00:47:34.659><c> in</c><00:47:34.780><c> the</c><00:47:34.920><c> pattern</c><00:47:35.059><c> of</c><00:47:35.300><c> the</c><00:47:35.400><c> records.</c>

00:47:36.679 --> 00:47:39.900
He<00:47:37.000><c> saved</c><00:47:37.300><c> Lot</c><00:47:37.539><c> in</c><00:47:37.699><c> Genesis</c><00:47:38.000><c> chapter</c><00:47:38.360><c> 14</c><00:47:38.860><c> that</c><00:47:38.980><c> we</c><00:47:39.139><c> read</c><00:47:39.320><c> together</c><00:47:39.699><c> the</c>

00:47:39.900 --> 00:47:40.480
other<00:47:40.159><c> day.</c>

00:47:40.559 --> 00:47:42.960
He<00:47:40.800><c> acted</c><00:47:41.219><c> for</c><00:47:41.460><c> him</c><00:47:41.719><c> as</c><00:47:42.119><c> saviour.</c>

00:47:43.380 --> 00:47:45.219
When<00:47:43.619><c> with</c><00:47:43.780><c> those</c><00:47:44.019><c> who</c><00:47:44.079><c> were</c><00:47:44.360><c> confederate</c><00:47:44.800><c> with</c><00:47:45.019><c> him</c>

00:47:45.219 --> 00:47:46.739
and<00:47:45.360><c> the</c><00:47:45.500><c> armed</c><00:47:45.679><c> men</c><00:47:45.840><c> of</c><00:47:45.920><c> his</c><00:47:46.059><c> own</c><00:47:46.400><c> household,</c>

00:47:46.980 --> 00:47:50.920
he<00:47:46.980><c> went</c><00:47:47.199><c> and</c><00:47:47.820><c> overcame</c><00:47:49.099><c> the</c><00:47:50.059><c> northern</c><00:47:50.360><c> power</c>

00:47:50.920 --> 00:47:53.940
to<00:47:51.260><c> redeem</c><00:47:51.699><c> them</c><00:47:51.940><c> back</c><00:47:52.159><c> from</c><00:47:52.659><c> the</c><00:47:52.880><c> captivity</c><00:47:53.380><c> to</c><00:47:53.639><c> which</c><00:47:53.780><c> they</c>

00:47:53.940 --> 00:47:54.619
had<00:47:54.119><c> been</c><00:47:54.380><c> taken.</c>

00:47:54.639 --> 00:47:57.019
He<00:47:54.800><c> acted</c><00:47:55.099><c> for</c><00:47:55.380><c> Lot</c><00:47:55.500><c> as</c><00:47:55.780><c> saviour,</c>

00:47:57.280 --> 00:48:02.719
and<00:47:57.739><c> now</c><00:47:58.079><c> he</c><00:47:58.440><c> saves</c><00:47:58.639><c> Lot</c><00:47:58.920><c> again</c><00:47:59.440><c> in</c><00:47:59.920><c> his</c><00:48:00.260><c> capacity</c><00:48:00.820><c> as</c><00:48:01.300><c> intercessor</c>

00:48:02.940 --> 00:48:05.800
as<00:48:03.539><c> he</c><00:48:03.699><c> makes</c><00:48:03.920><c> this</c><00:48:04.219><c> prayer</c><00:48:04.480><c> for</c><00:48:04.760><c> Sodom.</c>

00:48:08.900 --> 00:48:12.840
This<00:48:09.500><c> Australian</c><00:48:10.099><c> clock</c><00:48:10.579><c> has</c><00:48:11.000><c> been</c><00:48:11.360><c> speeded</c><00:48:11.739><c> up.</c>

00:48:15.280 --> 00:48:17.599
Earlier<00:48:15.760><c> in</c><00:48:16.019><c> the</c><00:48:16.099><c> week</c><00:48:16.320><c> it's</c><00:48:16.460><c> going</c><00:48:16.679><c> faster</c><00:48:17.099><c> today.</c>

00:48:17.880 --> 00:48:22.380
Let<00:48:17.920><c> me</c><00:48:18.159><c> just</c><00:48:18.639><c> share</c><00:48:18.820><c> with</c><00:48:19.079><c> you,</c><00:48:19.320><c> come</c><00:48:19.599><c> with</c><00:48:19.780><c> me</c><00:48:20.019><c> to</c><00:48:20.260><c> Luke</c><00:48:20.480><c> chapter</c><00:48:20.800><c> 17.</c>

00:48:33.559 --> 00:48:36.599
Actually<00:48:33.800><c> we</c><00:48:33.980><c> want</c><00:48:34.079><c> to</c><00:48:34.219><c> pick</c><00:48:34.340><c> up</c><00:48:34.480><c> the</c><00:48:34.639><c> beginning</c><00:48:34.860><c> of</c><00:48:35.039><c> Luke</c><00:48:35.280><c> chapter</c><00:48:35.599><c> 80,</c>

00:48:37.059 --> 00:48:40.679
but<00:48:37.539><c> let's</c><00:48:38.000><c> remember</c><00:48:38.340><c> the</c><00:48:38.579><c> chapter</c><00:48:38.880><c> division</c><00:48:39.260><c> isn't</c><00:48:39.719><c> there.</c>

00:48:40.820 --> 00:48:43.980
This<00:48:41.340><c> little</c><00:48:41.800><c> parable</c><00:48:42.300><c> at</c><00:48:42.539><c> the</c><00:48:42.539><c> beginning</c><00:48:42.800><c> of</c><00:48:42.940><c> Luke</c><00:48:43.099><c> chapter</c><00:48:43.460><c> 18</c>

00:48:43.980 --> 00:48:46.579
is<00:48:44.360><c> part</c><00:48:44.619><c> and</c><00:48:44.940><c> parcel</c><00:48:45.219><c> of</c><00:48:45.400><c> what</c><00:48:45.579><c> the</c><00:48:45.579><c> Lord</c><00:48:45.760><c> Jesus</c><00:48:46.119><c> Christ</c><00:48:46.340><c> is</c>

00:48:46.579 --> 00:48:48.000
talking<00:48:46.900><c> about</c>

00:48:48.000 --> 00:48:50.800
at<00:48:48.260><c> the</c><00:48:48.460><c> end</c><00:48:48.739><c> of</c><00:48:48.860><c> Luke</c><00:48:49.079><c> chapter</c><00:48:49.480><c> 17.</c>

00:48:51.219 --> 00:48:52.300
Chapter<00:48:51.400><c> 18</c><00:48:51.719><c> and</c><00:48:51.860><c> verse</c><00:48:52.079><c> 1,</c>

00:48:52.300 --> 00:48:54.360
He<00:48:52.480><c> spake</c><00:48:52.739><c> a</c><00:48:52.940><c> parable</c><00:48:53.260><c> unto</c><00:48:53.500><c> them</c><00:48:53.719><c> to</c><00:48:53.960><c> this</c><00:48:54.199><c> end</c>

00:48:54.360 --> 00:48:58.300
that<00:48:54.519><c> men</c><00:48:54.820><c> ought</c><00:48:55.119><c> always</c><00:48:55.679><c> to</c><00:48:56.019><c> pray</c><00:48:56.320><c> and</c><00:48:56.659><c> not</c><00:48:57.019><c> to</c><00:48:57.559><c> faint.</c>

00:48:59.099 --> 00:49:01.980
We<00:48:59.239><c> might</c><00:48:59.500><c> not</c><00:48:59.679><c> have</c><00:48:59.880><c> thought</c><00:49:00.039><c> that</c><00:49:00.360><c> prayer</c><00:49:00.500><c> was</c><00:49:00.739><c> the</c><00:49:00.900><c> antidote</c><00:49:01.260><c> to</c><00:49:01.460><c> fainting,</c>

00:49:02.039 --> 00:49:04.019
but<00:49:02.260><c> that's</c><00:49:02.579><c> what</c><00:49:02.739><c> our</c><00:49:02.920><c> Lord</c><00:49:03.099><c> tells</c><00:49:03.559><c> us.</c>

00:49:04.480 --> 00:49:07.820
To<00:49:05.000><c> be</c><00:49:05.420><c> faint</c><00:49:05.699><c> is</c><00:49:05.980><c> to</c><00:49:06.119><c> be</c><00:49:06.420><c> spiritless,</c><00:49:07.000><c> to</c><00:49:07.059><c> be</c><00:49:07.320><c> exhausted,</c>

00:49:07.820 --> 00:49:10.500
to<00:49:08.039><c> lack</c><00:49:08.320><c> courage,</c><00:49:08.900><c> to</c><00:49:08.960><c> lose</c><00:49:09.360><c> heart.</c>

00:49:10.519 --> 00:49:13.159
That<00:49:10.679><c> if</c><00:49:10.840><c> we</c><00:49:11.000><c> will</c><00:49:11.199><c> lose</c><00:49:11.519><c> heart</c><00:49:11.880><c> in</c><00:49:12.119><c> spiritual</c><00:49:12.619><c> things,</c>

00:49:13.440 --> 00:49:15.739
if<00:49:13.679><c> we</c><00:49:13.860><c> are</c><00:49:14.000><c> becoming</c><00:49:14.320><c> dispirited,</c><00:49:15.420><c> discouraged,</c>

00:49:15.940 --> 00:49:18.059
then<00:49:16.000><c> the</c><00:49:16.260><c> antidote</c><00:49:16.639><c> is</c><00:49:16.860><c> to</c><00:49:17.119><c> pray.</c>

00:49:19.239 --> 00:49:25.019
And<00:49:19.559><c> this</c><00:49:19.840><c> parable</c><00:49:20.300><c> is</c><00:49:20.679><c> specifically</c><00:49:21.380><c> for</c><00:49:23.539><c> our</c><00:49:23.840><c> generation</c>

00:49:25.400 --> 00:49:29.059
and<00:49:25.960><c> for</c><00:49:26.159><c> those</c><00:49:26.380><c> who</c><00:49:26.579><c> saw</c><00:49:26.760><c> the</c><00:49:26.960><c> terrible</c><00:49:27.260><c> events</c><00:49:27.579><c> of</c><00:49:27.820><c> AD</c><00:49:28.059><c> 17.</c>

00:49:30.119 --> 00:49:31.639
At<00:49:30.300><c> the</c><00:49:30.460><c> end</c><00:49:30.619><c> of</c><00:49:30.760><c> the</c><00:49:30.940><c> parable,</c><00:49:31.300><c> verse</c><00:49:31.460><c> 8,</c>

00:49:31.699 --> 00:49:35.300
I<00:49:31.920><c> tell</c><00:49:32.199><c> you</c><00:49:32.739><c> that</c><00:49:33.059><c> he</c><00:49:33.340><c> the</c><00:49:33.460><c> Lord</c><00:49:33.679><c> will</c><00:49:33.940><c> avenge</c><00:49:34.280><c> them</c><00:49:34.619><c> speedily,</c>

00:49:35.300 --> 00:49:37.440
nevertheless<00:49:36.039><c> when</c><00:49:36.360><c> the</c><00:49:36.559><c> Son</c><00:49:36.699><c> of</c><00:49:36.820><c> Man</c><00:49:37.059><c> cometh,</c>

00:49:37.559 --> 00:49:39.559
shall<00:49:37.679><c> he</c><00:49:37.900><c> find</c><00:49:38.179><c> faith</c><00:49:38.679><c> on</c><00:49:39.039><c> the</c><00:49:39.239><c> earth.</c>

00:49:39.860 --> 00:49:42.159
But<00:49:40.039><c> this</c><00:49:40.260><c> is</c><00:49:40.460><c> a</c><00:49:40.619><c> parable</c><00:49:40.840><c> for</c><00:49:41.119><c> the</c><00:49:41.320><c> last</c><00:49:41.719><c> days,</c>

00:49:42.539 --> 00:49:45.219
that<00:49:42.840><c> above</c><00:49:43.139><c> all</c><00:49:43.559><c> generations,</c>

00:49:45.440 --> 00:49:48.300
if<00:49:45.739><c> we</c><00:49:45.940><c> are</c><00:49:46.119><c> not</c><00:49:46.340><c> engaged</c><00:49:46.860><c> in</c><00:49:47.199><c> prayer,</c>

00:49:48.480 --> 00:49:52.179
then<00:49:48.659><c> it</c><00:49:48.860><c> is</c><00:49:49.360><c> likely</c><00:49:50.019><c> that</c><00:49:50.760><c> we</c><00:49:50.940><c> will</c><00:49:51.219><c> become</c><00:49:51.519><c> dispirited</c>

00:49:52.179 --> 00:49:54.300
and<00:49:52.400><c> lose</c><00:49:52.639><c> heart</c><00:49:52.960><c> and</c><00:49:53.219><c> fall</c><00:49:53.420><c> by</c><00:49:53.699><c> the</c><00:49:53.920><c> way.</c>

00:49:54.619 --> 00:49:56.940
And<00:49:54.880><c> he's</c><00:49:55.000><c> been</c><00:49:55.239><c> talking</c><00:49:55.539><c> at</c><00:49:55.780><c> the</c><00:49:55.820><c> end</c><00:49:56.000><c> of</c><00:49:56.139><c> chapter</c><00:49:56.420><c> 17</c>

00:49:56.940 --> 00:50:02.460
about<00:49:57.420><c> the</c><00:49:57.860><c> days</c><00:49:58.500><c> of</c><00:49:59.139><c> the</c><00:49:59.340><c> Son</c><00:49:59.500><c> of</c><00:49:59.719><c> Man,</c><00:49:59.980><c> the</c><00:50:00.300><c> days</c><00:50:01.000><c> plural.</c>

00:50:03.139 --> 00:50:05.619
There<00:50:03.619><c> is</c><00:50:03.900><c> a</c><00:50:03.900><c> day</c><00:50:04.099><c> of</c><00:50:04.260><c> the</c><00:50:04.380><c> Lord</c><00:50:04.559><c> in</c><00:50:04.739><c> AD</c><00:50:04.980><c> 17,</c>

00:50:05.920 --> 00:50:07.539
or<00:50:06.059><c> there</c><00:50:06.199><c> was</c><00:50:06.360><c> a</c><00:50:06.539><c> day</c><00:50:06.619><c> of</c><00:50:06.619><c> the</c><00:50:06.760><c> Lord</c><00:50:06.920><c> in</c><00:50:07.059><c> AD</c><00:50:07.219><c> 17,</c>

00:50:07.579 --> 00:50:08.300
was<00:50:07.780><c> there</c><00:50:07.980><c> not?</c>

00:50:08.739 --> 00:50:11.579
And<00:50:08.900><c> those</c><00:50:09.199><c> who</c><00:50:09.480><c> faced</c><00:50:09.800><c> the</c><00:50:10.219><c> difficulties</c><00:50:10.659><c> of</c><00:50:10.920><c> that</c><00:50:11.260><c> time</c>

00:50:11.579 --> 00:50:12.480
needed<00:50:11.900><c> to</c><00:50:12.199><c> pray.</c>

00:50:12.860 --> 00:50:15.159
And<00:50:12.980><c> there</c><00:50:13.159><c> is</c><00:50:13.320><c> a</c><00:50:13.440><c> day</c><00:50:13.579><c> of</c><00:50:13.780><c> the</c><00:50:13.940><c> Lord</c><00:50:14.119><c> that</c><00:50:14.320><c> is</c><00:50:14.619><c> coming</c>

00:50:15.159 --> 00:50:17.119
with<00:50:15.860><c> the</c><00:50:16.000><c> return</c><00:50:16.320><c> of</c><00:50:16.480><c> the</c><00:50:16.579><c> Son</c><00:50:16.760><c> of</c><00:50:16.900><c> God.</c>

00:50:17.239 --> 00:50:20.059
And<00:50:17.380><c> those</c><00:50:17.639><c> days</c><00:50:18.260><c> are</c><00:50:18.840><c> like</c><00:50:19.099><c> the</c><00:50:19.260><c> days</c><00:50:19.440><c> of</c><00:50:19.739><c> Noah,</c>

00:50:20.239 --> 00:50:21.420
says<00:50:20.539><c> the</c><00:50:20.739><c> Lord</c><00:50:20.900><c> Jesus</c><00:50:21.260><c> Christ,</c>

00:50:21.460 --> 00:50:23.739
with<00:50:21.619><c> the</c><00:50:21.860><c> violence</c><00:50:22.300><c> that</c><00:50:22.619><c> ripped</c><00:50:22.760><c> those</c><00:50:23.059><c> societies.</c>

00:50:24.099 --> 00:50:28.420
But<00:50:24.420><c> the</c><00:50:24.820><c> day</c><00:50:25.599><c> singular</c><00:50:26.219><c> is</c><00:50:26.519><c> like</c><00:50:26.760><c> the</c><00:50:26.980><c> days</c><00:50:27.159><c> of</c><00:50:27.420><c> Lot.</c>

00:50:28.780 --> 00:50:31.699
This<00:50:29.079><c> world</c><00:50:29.539><c> is</c><00:50:29.920><c> so</c><00:50:30.019><c> full</c><00:50:30.340><c> of</c><00:50:30.719><c> immorality</c>

00:50:31.699 --> 00:50:34.760
akin<00:50:32.300><c> to</c><00:50:32.460><c> that</c><00:50:32.659><c> of</c><00:50:32.940><c> Sodom,</c>

00:50:34.840 --> 00:50:36.559
that<00:50:34.840><c> characterizes</c><00:50:35.480><c> the</c><00:50:35.699><c> age</c><00:50:35.940><c> that</c><00:50:36.099><c> will</c><00:50:36.340><c> see</c>

00:50:36.559 --> 00:50:38.559
the<00:50:36.719><c> return</c><00:50:37.079><c> of</c><00:50:37.639><c> the</c><00:50:37.739><c> Lord</c><00:50:37.980><c> Jesus</c><00:50:38.320><c> Christ.</c>

00:50:38.659 --> 00:50:39.860
And<00:50:38.659><c> he's</c><00:50:38.820><c> thinking</c><00:50:39.159><c> about</c><00:50:39.500><c> Abraham,</c>

00:50:40.019 --> 00:50:41.119
he's<00:50:40.099><c> thinking</c><00:50:40.440><c> about</c><00:50:40.880><c> Lot,</c>

00:50:41.179 --> 00:50:43.500
he's<00:50:41.340><c> thinking</c><00:50:41.679><c> about</c><00:50:42.000><c> the</c><00:50:42.219><c> circumstances</c><00:50:42.800><c> of</c><00:50:43.099><c> Sodom,</c>

00:50:43.679 --> 00:50:47.179
that<00:50:43.780><c> his</c><00:50:44.059><c> coming</c><00:50:44.340><c> will</c><00:50:44.699><c> be</c><00:50:44.900><c> like</c><00:50:45.260><c> the</c><00:50:45.539><c> days</c><00:50:45.739><c> of</c><00:50:46.179><c> Lot.</c>

00:50:48.079 --> 00:50:49.739
And<00:50:48.539><c> he's</c><00:50:48.739><c> thinking</c><00:50:49.019><c> about</c><00:50:49.260><c> Lot's</c><00:50:49.599><c> wife,</c>

00:50:49.820 --> 00:50:53.199
verse<00:50:50.039><c> 32</c><00:50:50.539><c> of</c><00:50:50.780><c> chapter</c><00:50:51.059><c> 17,</c><00:50:51.440><c> remember</c><00:50:51.940><c> Lot's</c><00:50:52.400><c> wife.</c>

00:50:53.579 --> 00:50:55.679
Then<00:50:53.780><c> he's</c><00:50:54.519><c> thinking</c><00:50:54.880><c> about</c><00:50:55.300><c> Sodom</c>

00:50:55.679 --> 00:50:58.280
and<00:50:55.739><c> the</c><00:50:55.900><c> circumstances</c><00:50:56.619><c> of</c><00:50:57.139><c> Genesis</c><00:50:57.460><c> chapter</c><00:50:57.840><c> 19</c>

00:50:58.280 --> 00:51:00.639
in<00:50:58.480><c> a</c><00:50:58.500><c> more</c><00:50:58.840><c> extended</c><00:50:59.360><c> way.</c>

00:51:00.920 --> 00:51:03.360
And<00:51:01.119><c> then</c><00:51:01.400><c> in</c><00:51:01.659><c> that</c><00:51:01.960><c> context</c><00:51:02.639><c> he</c><00:51:02.880><c> says,</c>

00:51:03.800 --> 00:51:07.000
men<00:51:04.000><c> ought</c><00:51:04.239><c> always</c><00:51:04.619><c> to</c><00:51:04.920><c> pray</c><00:51:05.139><c> and</c><00:51:05.380><c> not</c><00:51:05.659><c> to</c><00:51:06.059><c> faint.</c>

00:51:09.000 --> 00:51:10.940
And<00:51:09.239><c> this</c><00:51:09.460><c> is</c><00:51:09.699><c> a</c><00:51:09.900><c> parable,</c>

00:51:11.159 --> 00:51:12.340
like<00:51:11.380><c> a</c><00:51:11.480><c> number</c><00:51:11.679><c> of</c><00:51:11.820><c> the</c><00:51:12.059><c> parables,</c>

00:51:12.380 --> 00:51:14.920
particularly<00:51:12.780><c> about</c><00:51:13.099><c> prayer</c><00:51:13.380><c> in</c><00:51:13.599><c> the</c><00:51:13.719><c> third</c><00:51:13.960><c> gospel,</c>

00:51:14.980 --> 00:51:18.239
that<00:51:15.139><c> is</c><00:51:15.320><c> by</c><00:51:15.559><c> one</c><00:51:15.699><c> of</c><00:51:16.079><c> contrast,</c><00:51:16.719><c> not</c><00:51:16.940><c> comparison.</c>

00:51:19.059 --> 00:51:21.099
It's<00:51:19.239><c> not</c><00:51:19.460><c> a</c><00:51:19.719><c> comparison</c>

00:51:22.039 --> 00:51:23.960
between<00:51:22.559><c> the</c><00:51:22.920><c> Lord</c><00:51:23.099><c> of</c><00:51:23.260><c> all</c><00:51:23.440><c> the</c><00:51:23.699><c> earth</c>

00:51:23.960 --> 00:51:25.780
and<00:51:24.420><c> the</c><00:51:24.719><c> judge</c><00:51:25.039><c> here.</c>

00:51:26.280 --> 00:51:27.760
It's<00:51:26.579><c> a</c><00:51:26.760><c> contrast</c>

00:51:27.760 --> 00:51:32.820
that<00:51:28.739><c> if</c><00:51:29.099><c> this</c><00:51:29.619><c> judge,</c><00:51:30.199><c> this</c><00:51:30.639><c> unjust</c><00:51:31.300><c> judge,</c>

00:51:33.119 --> 00:51:36.780
was<00:51:33.300><c> prepared</c><00:51:33.860><c> to</c><00:51:34.639><c> heed</c><00:51:34.960><c> the</c><00:51:35.239><c> appeal</c><00:51:35.460><c> of</c><00:51:35.699><c> the</c><00:51:35.820><c> widow,</c>

00:51:36.860 --> 00:51:38.179
because<00:51:37.119><c> it</c><00:51:37.219><c> was</c><00:51:37.360><c> more</c><00:51:37.639><c> convenient</c>

00:51:38.179 --> 00:51:40.519
than<00:51:38.460><c> her</c><00:51:38.820><c> continually</c><00:51:39.340><c> coming</c><00:51:39.639><c> and</c><00:51:39.900><c> wearing</c><00:51:40.159><c> him</c><00:51:40.400><c> down</c>

00:51:40.519 --> 00:51:42.179
by<00:51:40.760><c> nagging</c><00:51:41.159><c> him</c><00:51:41.380><c> about</c><00:51:41.739><c> it,</c>

00:51:42.480 --> 00:51:43.679
then<00:51:42.739><c> how</c><00:51:42.960><c> much</c><00:51:43.300><c> more,</c>

00:51:43.900 --> 00:51:45.940
the<00:51:44.159><c> character</c><00:51:44.480><c> of</c><00:51:44.639><c> the</c><00:51:44.760><c> God</c><00:51:44.920><c> whom</c><00:51:45.119><c> he</c><00:51:45.360><c> worshiped,</c>

00:51:46.000 --> 00:51:49.980
how<00:51:46.260><c> much</c><00:51:46.559><c> more</c><00:51:46.840><c> ready,</c><00:51:48.280><c> willing,</c><00:51:48.659><c> able</c>

00:51:50.159 --> 00:51:52.039
to<00:51:50.760><c> meet</c><00:51:50.920><c> the</c><00:51:51.159><c> needs</c><00:51:51.320><c> of</c><00:51:51.500><c> his</c><00:51:51.719><c> servants</c>

00:51:52.039 --> 00:51:54.280
and<00:51:52.179><c> to</c><00:51:52.380><c> answer</c><00:51:52.719><c> their</c><00:51:53.039><c> appeal.</c>

00:51:54.739 --> 00:51:55.400
Verse<00:51:54.940><c> 7,</c>

00:51:55.559 --> 00:51:58.239
Shall<00:51:55.880><c> not</c><00:51:56.199><c> God</c><00:51:56.559><c> avenge</c><00:51:57.079><c> his</c><00:51:57.320><c> own</c><00:51:57.539><c> elects?</c>

00:51:58.239 --> 00:51:59.539
Of<00:51:58.559><c> course</c><00:51:58.800><c> he</c><00:51:59.059><c> will.</c>

00:51:59.920 --> 00:52:01.079
And<00:52:00.300><c> he's</c><00:52:00.420><c> with</c><00:52:00.619><c> Abraham.</c>

00:52:01.300 --> 00:52:04.679
Shall<00:52:01.460><c> not</c><00:52:01.739><c> the</c><00:52:02.000><c> judge</c><00:52:02.199><c> of</c><00:52:02.420><c> the</c><00:52:02.559><c> earth</c><00:52:02.699><c> do</c><00:52:02.900><c> that</c><00:52:03.179><c> which</c><00:52:03.360><c> is</c><00:52:03.659><c> right?</c>

00:52:07.079 --> 00:52:10.340
The<00:52:07.639><c> contrast</c><00:52:08.199><c> is</c><00:52:08.440><c> between</c><00:52:08.699><c> the</c><00:52:09.000><c> judge</c><00:52:09.239><c> of</c><00:52:09.440><c> all</c><00:52:09.699><c> the</c><00:52:09.900><c> earth</c>

00:52:10.340 --> 00:52:13.139
to<00:52:10.659><c> whom</c><00:52:10.820><c> Abraham</c><00:52:11.400><c> made</c><00:52:11.679><c> his</c><00:52:11.900><c> appeal</c><00:52:12.139><c> in</c><00:52:12.380><c> understanding</c>

00:52:13.139 --> 00:52:16.360
and<00:52:13.900><c> the</c><00:52:14.159><c> unjust</c><00:52:14.500><c> judge</c><00:52:14.800><c> of</c><00:52:15.059><c> man.</c>

00:52:17.780 --> 00:52:18.920
And<00:52:18.000><c> he's</c><00:52:18.340><c> saying</c>

00:52:18.920 --> 00:52:22.659
that<00:52:19.900><c> if</c><00:52:20.059><c> we're</c><00:52:20.300><c> not</c><00:52:20.559><c> going</c><00:52:20.739><c> to</c><00:52:21.139><c> lose</c><00:52:21.480><c> heart,</c>

00:52:22.840 --> 00:52:25.079
if<00:52:22.960><c> we're</c><00:52:23.239><c> not</c><00:52:23.679><c> going</c><00:52:23.880><c> to</c><00:52:24.039><c> become</c><00:52:24.340><c> dispirited</c>

00:52:25.079 --> 00:52:27.260
in<00:52:25.260><c> these</c><00:52:25.599><c> last</c><00:52:26.019><c> days,</c>

00:52:27.360 --> 00:52:31.199
then<00:52:27.539><c> we</c><00:52:27.800><c> need</c><00:52:28.099><c> to</c><00:52:28.440><c> pray</c><00:52:28.679><c> as</c><00:52:29.059><c> Abraham</c><00:52:29.599><c> prays.</c>

00:52:31.320 --> 00:52:34.300
We<00:52:31.619><c> need</c><00:52:31.900><c> to</c><00:52:32.159><c> pray</c><00:52:32.320><c> with</c><00:52:32.619><c> the</c><00:52:32.900><c> tenacity,</c>

00:52:34.539 --> 00:52:36.000
with<00:52:34.760><c> the</c><00:52:35.059><c> resolution</c>

00:52:36.000 --> 00:52:40.639
that<00:52:37.000><c> Abraham</c><00:52:37.460><c> displayed</c><00:52:38.139><c> in</c><00:52:38.360><c> Genesis</c><00:52:38.800><c> chapter</c><00:52:39.260><c> 18.</c>

00:52:41.119 --> 00:52:43.420
A<00:52:41.739><c> prayer</c><00:52:41.960><c> based</c><00:52:42.260><c> upon</c><00:52:42.519><c> understanding</c>

00:52:43.519 --> 00:52:45.159
of<00:52:43.800><c> the</c><00:52:43.920><c> ways</c><00:52:44.099><c> of</c><00:52:44.360><c> God's</c><00:52:44.679><c> purpose</c>

00:52:45.159 --> 00:52:46.780
and<00:52:45.739><c> his</c><00:52:45.980><c> character.</c>

00:52:46.780 --> 00:52:49.519
A<00:52:47.820><c> prayer</c><00:52:48.519><c> that</c><00:52:48.940><c> flows</c>

00:52:49.519 --> 00:52:51.679
from<00:52:49.840><c> the</c><00:52:50.039><c> full</c><00:52:50.320><c> assurance</c><00:52:50.739><c> of</c><00:52:51.139><c> faith</c>

00:52:51.679 --> 00:52:54.159
that<00:52:52.420><c> we</c><00:52:52.659><c> have</c><00:52:52.900><c> developed</c><00:52:53.400><c> in</c><00:52:53.659><c> him.</c>

00:52:54.460 --> 00:52:56.000
A<00:52:54.739><c> prayer</c><00:52:54.940><c> that</c><00:52:55.360><c> recognizes</c>

00:52:56.000 --> 00:52:57.719
the<00:52:56.239><c> difference</c><00:52:56.679><c> between</c><00:52:57.019><c> him</c><00:52:57.260><c> and</c><00:52:57.440><c> us</c>

00:52:57.719 --> 00:53:00.320
that<00:52:57.960><c> we</c><00:52:58.119><c> are</c><00:52:58.820><c> but</c><00:52:59.260><c> dust</c><00:52:59.599><c> and</c><00:52:59.840><c> ashes</c>

00:53:00.320 --> 00:53:04.039
and<00:53:00.659><c> yet</c><00:53:01.179><c> reverently</c><00:53:01.739><c> approaching</c><00:53:02.420><c> him.</c>

00:53:04.079 --> 00:53:07.380
Prays<00:53:04.760><c> persistently,</c><00:53:05.860><c> tenaciously,</c>

00:53:07.840 --> 00:53:09.260
without<00:53:08.139><c> ceasing,</c>

00:53:10.059 --> 00:53:11.800
that<00:53:10.139><c> he</c><00:53:10.360><c> will</c><00:53:10.599><c> meet</c><00:53:10.760><c> our</c><00:53:11.119><c> need</c>

00:53:11.800 --> 00:53:16.199
in<00:53:12.380><c> sending</c><00:53:12.780><c> his</c><00:53:13.260><c> Son</c><00:53:13.699><c> to</c><00:53:14.639><c> the</c><00:53:14.920><c> earth.</c>

00:53:17.280 --> 00:53:18.960
Let's<00:53:17.579><c> just</c><00:53:17.980><c> conclude</c><00:53:18.420><c> with</c><00:53:18.679><c> the</c><00:53:18.760><c> words</c>

00:53:18.960 --> 00:53:20.940
of<00:53:19.159><c> Hebrews</c><00:53:19.400><c> chapter</c><00:53:19.840><c> 7.</c>

00:53:22.420 --> 00:53:24.579
Here<00:53:22.480><c> we</c><00:53:22.639><c> have</c><00:53:22.800><c> those</c><00:53:23.079><c> who</c><00:53:23.260><c> are</c><00:53:23.480><c> coming</c><00:53:23.679><c> to</c><00:53:23.860><c> God</c><00:53:24.079><c> again,</c>

00:53:25.000 --> 00:53:26.699
those<00:53:25.239><c> who</c><00:53:25.460><c> are</c><00:53:25.719><c> drawing</c><00:53:26.059><c> near</c>

00:53:26.699 --> 00:53:29.260
as<00:53:27.340><c> Abraham</c><00:53:27.900><c> drew</c><00:53:28.239><c> near.</c>

00:53:29.400 --> 00:53:31.840
And<00:53:29.579><c> Abraham</c><00:53:29.960><c> gives</c><00:53:30.280><c> us</c><00:53:30.539><c> in</c><00:53:30.659><c> his</c><00:53:30.920><c> dealings</c><00:53:31.219><c> with</c><00:53:31.639><c> Lot</c>

00:53:31.840 --> 00:53:33.500
a<00:53:32.579><c> pattern,</c>

00:53:34.420 --> 00:53:36.659
a<00:53:34.699><c> pattern</c><00:53:35.019><c> of</c><00:53:35.239><c> the</c><00:53:35.400><c> work</c><00:53:35.579><c> of</c><00:53:35.820><c> the</c><00:53:35.940><c> Son</c><00:53:36.139><c> of</c><00:53:36.360><c> God</c>

00:53:36.659 --> 00:53:39.980
who<00:53:36.940><c> first</c><00:53:37.599><c> acted</c><00:53:38.219><c> for</c><00:53:38.880><c> Lot</c><00:53:39.179><c> as</c><00:53:39.500><c> Savior</c>

00:53:39.980 --> 00:53:43.679
and<00:53:40.440><c> then</c><00:53:41.539><c> as</c><00:53:42.079><c> his</c><00:53:42.500><c> intercessor</c>

00:53:43.679 --> 00:53:46.539
in<00:53:44.139><c> chapter</c><00:53:44.800><c> 18.</c>

00:53:47.079 --> 00:53:48.639
Just<00:53:47.400><c> as</c><00:53:47.619><c> the</c><00:53:47.900><c> intercessory</c><00:53:48.440><c> work</c>

00:53:48.639 --> 00:53:49.780
of<00:53:48.840><c> the</c><00:53:48.920><c> Lord</c><00:53:49.079><c> Jesus</c><00:53:49.460><c> Christ</c>

00:53:49.780 --> 00:53:50.940
in<00:53:49.940><c> which</c><00:53:50.119><c> he</c><00:53:50.280><c> is</c><00:53:50.440><c> engaged</c>

00:53:50.940 --> 00:53:53.760
are<00:53:51.760><c> part</c><00:53:52.300><c> now,</c>

00:53:53.920 --> 00:53:56.659
is<00:53:54.019><c> the</c><00:53:54.340><c> counterpart</c><00:53:54.920><c> of</c><00:53:55.199><c> his</c><00:53:55.400><c> work</c><00:53:55.619><c> of</c><00:53:55.840><c> atonement</c>

00:53:56.659 --> 00:54:00.840
achieved<00:53:57.639><c> in</c><00:53:57.860><c> his</c><00:53:58.079><c> death</c><00:53:58.559><c> and</c><00:53:59.699><c> resurrection.</c>

00:54:03.139 --> 00:54:07.239
Here<00:54:03.519><c> is</c><00:54:03.800><c> the</c><00:54:04.019><c> grounds</c><00:54:04.539><c> of</c><00:54:05.280><c> our</c><00:54:06.280><c> confidence.</c>

00:54:07.239 --> 00:54:10.059
Verse<00:54:08.360><c> 24.</c>

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That<00:54:13.039><c> this</c><00:54:13.440><c> man,</c>

00:54:15.199 --> 00:54:16.760
even<00:54:15.400><c> our</c><00:54:15.659><c> Lord</c><00:54:15.920><c> Jesus</c><00:54:16.380><c> Christ,</c>

00:54:16.940 --> 00:54:18.739
because<00:54:17.179><c> he</c><00:54:17.579><c> continueth</c><00:54:18.159><c> ever,</c>

00:54:19.039 --> 00:54:22.000
hath<00:54:19.360><c> an</c><00:54:19.639><c> unchangeable</c><00:54:20.599><c> priesthood,</c>

00:54:22.280 --> 00:54:24.960
wherefore<00:54:22.800><c> he</c><00:54:22.980><c> is</c><00:54:23.239><c> able</c><00:54:23.639><c> to</c><00:54:24.039><c> save</c><00:54:24.380><c> them</c>

00:54:24.960 --> 00:54:26.599
to<00:54:25.380><c> the</c><00:54:25.679><c> uttermost,</c>

00:54:26.699 --> 00:54:28.860
to<00:54:27.000><c> save</c><00:54:27.320><c> completely</c>

00:54:30.980 --> 00:54:33.159
those<00:54:31.780><c> that</c><00:54:32.239><c> draw</c><00:54:32.559><c> near</c>

00:54:33.159 --> 00:54:34.860
with<00:54:33.880><c> the</c><00:54:34.019><c> Revised</c><00:54:34.460><c> Version,</c>

00:54:34.860 --> 00:54:36.880
those<00:54:35.300><c> that</c><00:54:35.699><c> come,</c>

00:54:37.039 --> 00:54:37.880
those<00:54:37.460><c> that</c><00:54:37.760><c> come,</c>

00:54:37.880 --> 00:54:38.420
same<00:54:38.139><c> word,</c>

00:54:38.519 --> 00:54:39.920
Hebrews<00:54:38.679><c> 11</c><00:54:39.000><c> verse</c><00:54:39.320><c> 6,</c>

00:54:40.119 --> 00:54:45.159
those<00:54:40.420><c> that</c><00:54:40.880><c> come</c><00:54:41.380><c> under</c><00:54:41.940><c> God's</c><00:54:43.199><c> by</c><00:54:43.519><c> him,</c>

00:54:45.199 --> 00:54:46.519
seeing<00:54:45.420><c> he</c><00:54:45.760><c> ever</c><00:54:46.079><c> liveth</c>

00:54:46.519 --> 00:54:49.019
to<00:54:46.780><c> make</c><00:54:47.039><c> intercession</c><00:54:47.599><c> for</c><00:54:48.059><c> them.</c>

00:54:50.039 --> 00:54:51.480
With<00:54:50.260><c> that</c><00:54:50.460><c> tremendous</c><00:54:50.980><c> privilege,</c>

00:54:51.559 --> 00:54:53.539
blessing<00:54:51.900><c> and</c><00:54:52.119><c> opportunity,</c>

00:54:53.920 --> 00:54:56.699
may<00:54:54.079><c> we</c><00:54:54.260><c> be</c><00:54:54.519><c> encouraged</c><00:54:54.860><c> in</c><00:54:55.099><c> our</c><00:54:55.400><c> prayers</c>

00:54:57.539 --> 00:55:00.980
to<00:54:58.219><c> seek</c><00:54:58.900><c> to</c><00:54:59.420><c> demonstrate</c>

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the<00:55:02.360><c> passion,</c>

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the<00:55:04.619><c> understanding,</c>

00:55:05.699 --> 00:55:07.119
the<00:55:05.760><c> tenacity</c>

00:55:07.320 --> 00:55:10.420
with<00:55:08.019><c> which</c><00:55:08.199><c> the</c><00:55:08.440><c> Friend</c><00:55:08.699><c> of</c><00:55:08.900><c> God</c><00:55:09.199><c> prayed</c>

00:55:10.469 --> 00:55:13.119
as<00:55:10.820><c> those</c><00:55:11.199><c> who</c><00:55:11.360><c> in</c><00:55:11.460><c> the</c><00:55:11.599><c> Lord</c><00:55:11.760><c> Jesus</c><00:55:12.219><c> Christ</c>

00:55:13.119 --> 00:55:15.739
have<00:55:13.599><c> been</c><00:55:13.780><c> let</c><00:55:14.019><c> into</c><00:55:14.539><c> the</c><00:55:15.280><c> blessings</c>

00:55:15.739 --> 00:55:18.179
of<00:55:16.059><c> the</c><00:55:16.380><c> secret</c><00:55:16.800><c> of</c><00:55:17.099><c> his</c><00:55:17.219><c> purpose.</c>