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and<00:11:39.980><c> to</c><00:11:40.240><c> cleanse</c><00:11:40.559><c> us</c><00:11:40.860><c> from</c><00:11:41.120><c> all</c><00:11:41.399><c> unrighteousness.</c>

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Now,<00:11:43.320><c> John</c><00:11:43.480><c> does</c><00:11:43.840><c> not</c><00:11:44.340><c> express</c><00:11:44.919><c> this</c><00:11:45.200><c> in</c><00:11:45.299><c> terms</c><00:11:45.700><c> of</c><00:11:46.059><c> faith</c><00:11:46.320><c> and</c><00:11:46.559><c> justification.</c>

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What<00:11:47.860><c> he</c><00:11:48.080><c> does</c><00:11:48.399><c> is</c><00:11:48.820><c> expresses</c><00:11:49.080><c> it</c><00:11:49.440><c> in</c><00:11:49.500><c> terms</c><00:11:49.980><c> of</c>

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bringing<00:11:51.460><c> their</c><00:11:52.279><c> mind</c><00:11:52.860><c> in</c><00:11:53.559><c> line</c><00:11:53.879><c> with</c><00:11:54.080><c> the</c><00:11:54.320><c> Father's</c><00:11:54.779><c> thinking.</c>

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Because<00:11:55.700><c> this</c><00:11:55.899><c> is</c><00:11:56.100><c> really</c><00:11:56.559><c> the</c><00:11:56.840><c> idea</c><00:11:57.200><c> of</c><00:11:57.539><c> confess.</c>

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When<00:12:00.220><c> you</c><00:12:00.860><c> look</c><00:12:01.080><c> into</c><00:12:01.320><c> the</c><00:12:01.460><c> background</c><00:12:01.940><c> of</c><00:12:02.740><c> modern</c><00:12:03.080><c> translation,</c>

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and<00:12:04.740><c> you</c><00:12:04.919><c> read</c><00:12:05.159><c> anything</c><00:12:05.480><c> about</c><00:12:05.919><c> the</c><00:12:06.100><c> work</c><00:12:06.320><c> of</c><00:12:06.519><c> Tyndale,</c>

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who<00:12:07.500><c> was</c><00:12:07.779><c> instrumental</c><00:12:08.299><c> in</c><00:12:08.679><c> translating</c><00:12:09.379><c> the</c><00:12:10.299><c> Bible</c><00:12:10.580><c> into</c><00:12:10.799><c> English,</c>

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and<00:12:12.200><c> actually</c><00:12:12.440><c> it</c><00:12:12.620><c> is</c><00:12:12.639><c> his</c><00:12:12.919><c> translation,</c>

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which<00:12:13.740><c> forms</c><00:12:14.059><c> much</c><00:12:14.559><c> of</c><00:12:15.159><c> the</c><00:12:15.320><c> basis</c><00:12:15.659><c> of</c><00:12:16.159><c> the</c><00:12:16.440><c> King</c><00:12:16.679><c> James</c><00:12:16.919><c> Version.</c>

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He<00:12:18.139><c> translated</c><00:12:18.639><c> this</c><00:12:19.159><c> word</c><00:12:19.539><c> confess,</c>

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which<00:12:20.279><c> he</c><00:12:20.500><c> found</c><00:12:20.659><c> to</c><00:12:20.860><c> be</c><00:12:20.919><c> quite</c><00:12:21.600><c> churchy</c><00:12:22.600><c> in</c><00:12:23.720><c> its</c><00:12:23.720><c> insinuation,</c>

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to<00:12:25.200><c> acknowledge,</c><00:12:25.919><c> he</c><00:12:26.179><c> translated</c><00:12:27.000><c> it</c><00:12:27.360><c> acknowledgement.</c>

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And<00:12:28.740><c> that</c><00:12:28.919><c> really</c><00:12:29.200><c> captures</c><00:12:29.700><c> the</c><00:12:30.500><c> sense</c><00:12:30.820><c> of</c><00:12:31.059><c> the</c><00:12:31.179><c> word</c><00:12:31.320><c> much</c><00:12:31.620><c> better.</c>

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If<00:12:32.600><c> we,</c><00:12:33.600><c> and</c><00:12:33.980><c> actually</c><00:12:34.659><c> the</c><00:12:35.220><c> Greek,</c>

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conveys<00:12:36.519><c> the</c><00:12:36.740><c> idea</c><00:12:36.940><c> of</c><00:12:37.240><c> like</c><00:12:37.600><c>-mindedness.</c>

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If<00:12:39.039><c> we</c><00:12:39.379><c> bring</c><00:12:39.600><c> our</c><00:12:40.039><c> thinking</c><00:12:40.340><c> in</c><00:12:40.620><c> line</c><00:12:40.799><c> with</c><00:12:40.980><c> the</c><00:12:41.200><c> Father's</c><00:12:41.720><c> thinking,</c>

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if<00:12:42.539><c> we</c><00:12:42.799><c> come</c><00:12:43.000><c> before</c><00:12:43.419><c> him</c><00:12:43.740><c> and</c><00:12:43.899><c> in</c><00:12:43.980><c> a</c><00:12:44.200><c> spirit</c><00:12:44.379><c> of</c><00:12:44.600><c> humility</c><00:12:45.000><c> confess,</c>

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and<00:12:46.419><c> acknowledge</c><00:12:46.980><c> our</c><00:12:47.460><c> need,</c><00:12:48.139><c> and</c><00:12:48.299><c> our</c><00:12:48.580><c> plight,</c><00:12:48.879><c> and</c><00:12:49.019><c> our</c><00:12:49.320><c> state,</c>

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then<00:12:50.440><c> the</c><00:12:51.440><c> whole</c><00:12:51.720><c> process</c><00:12:52.179><c> of</c><00:12:52.460><c> forgiveness</c><00:12:52.860><c> and</c><00:12:53.259><c> justification</c>

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and<00:12:54.620><c> rendering</c><00:12:54.919><c> one</c><00:12:55.220><c> righteous</c><00:12:55.700><c> can</c><00:12:56.340><c> take</c><00:12:56.659><c> place.</c>

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So<00:12:57.740><c> we</c><00:12:57.919><c> find</c><00:12:58.179><c> that</c><00:12:58.600><c> this</c><00:12:58.919><c> whole</c><00:12:59.179><c> idea</c><00:12:59.460><c> of</c><00:12:59.519><c> faith</c><00:12:59.879><c> and</c><00:13:00.139><c> belief</c>

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and<00:13:00.659><c> conviction</c>

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begins<00:13:01.840><c> to</c><00:13:02.139><c> take</c><00:13:02.320><c> on</c><00:13:02.840><c> a</c><00:13:02.980><c> much</c><00:13:03.220><c> more</c><00:13:03.720><c> rounded</c><00:13:04.120><c> and</c><00:13:04.440><c> fuller</c><00:13:04.759><c> meaning.</c>

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Here<00:13:05.759><c> is</c><00:13:05.919><c> an</c><00:13:06.059><c> individual</c><00:13:06.659><c> who</c><00:13:06.899><c> has</c><00:13:07.039><c> come</c><00:13:07.240><c> to</c><00:13:07.379><c> God</c>

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and<00:13:08.379><c> acknowledged</c><00:13:09.039><c> that</c><00:13:09.279><c> all</c><00:13:09.600><c> that</c><00:13:09.740><c> God</c><00:13:10.000><c> has</c><00:13:10.279><c> said</c><00:13:10.419><c> is</c><00:13:10.720><c> right</c>

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and<00:13:11.320><c> true,</c>

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particularly<00:13:12.639><c> about</c><00:13:13.500><c> men</c><00:13:13.940><c> and</c><00:13:14.779><c> women</c><00:13:15.159><c> themselves.</c>

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That<00:13:16.500><c> what</c><00:13:16.659><c> the</c><00:13:16.820><c> Bible</c><00:13:17.120><c> says</c><00:13:17.539><c> about</c><00:13:17.779><c> the</c><00:13:17.940><c> nature</c><00:13:18.220><c> of</c><00:13:18.440><c> man</c><00:13:18.559><c> and</c>

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man's<00:13:19.179><c> need,</c>

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is<00:13:19.899><c> absolutely</c><00:13:20.779><c> correct.</c>

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And<00:13:22.120><c> it's</c><00:13:22.440><c> this</c><00:13:22.720><c> kind</c><00:13:23.059><c> of</c><00:13:23.299><c> faith,</c><00:13:23.759><c> it's</c><00:13:23.899><c> this</c><00:13:24.120><c> kind</c><00:13:24.379><c> of</c><00:13:24.720><c> acknowledgement,</c>

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it's<00:13:25.980><c> this</c><00:13:26.519><c> state</c><00:13:26.860><c> of</c><00:13:27.159><c> humility,</c>

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which<00:13:29.480><c> we</c><00:13:30.120><c> find</c><00:13:30.399><c> in</c><00:13:30.620><c> godly</c><00:13:30.940><c> men</c><00:13:31.100><c> and</c><00:13:31.279><c> women,</c>

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which<00:13:32.179><c> enables</c><00:13:32.899><c> the</c><00:13:33.480><c> relationship</c><00:13:34.059><c> to</c><00:13:34.320><c> proceed.</c>

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It<00:13:35.440><c> enables</c><00:13:35.740><c> fellowship</c><00:13:36.320><c> to</c><00:13:36.759><c> be</c><00:13:37.000><c> created</c><00:13:37.460><c> between</c><00:13:37.820><c> God</c><00:13:38.120><c> and</c><00:13:38.259><c> men.</c>

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It<00:13:39.259><c> enables</c><00:13:39.620><c> the</c><00:13:39.840><c> whole</c><00:13:40.120><c> process</c><00:13:40.440><c> of</c><00:13:40.759><c> salvation</c><00:13:41.460><c> to</c><00:13:42.039><c> ensue.</c>

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And<00:13:43.220><c> this</c><00:13:43.360><c> is</c><00:13:43.500><c> what</c><00:13:43.700><c> Abraham</c><00:13:44.240><c> brought</c><00:13:44.679><c> to</c><00:13:44.899><c> his</c><00:13:45.080><c> relationship</c>

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with<00:13:45.759><c> God.</c>

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Now,<00:13:48.220><c> one</c><00:13:48.419><c> last</c><00:13:48.740><c> passage</c><00:13:49.179><c> to</c><00:13:49.960><c> flesh</c><00:13:50.139><c> this</c><00:13:50.399><c> out.</c>

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concerning<00:13:59.820><c> the</c><00:14:00.120><c> Pharisee</c><00:14:00.519><c> and</c><00:14:00.600><c> the</c><00:14:00.860><c> publican.</c>

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And<00:14:03.279><c> we</c><00:14:03.500><c> see</c><00:14:03.799><c> this</c><00:14:04.039><c> whole</c><00:14:04.320><c> process</c><00:14:05.039><c> in</c><00:14:05.539><c> action.</c>

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Verse<00:14:08.000><c> 9</c><00:14:08.399><c> of</c><00:14:08.539><c> Luke</c><00:14:08.779><c> 18,</c>

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And<00:14:10.120><c> he</c><00:14:10.340><c> spake</c><00:14:10.559><c> this</c><00:14:10.840><c> parable</c><00:14:11.220><c> unto</c><00:14:11.539><c> certain</c><00:14:11.799><c> which</c><00:14:12.059><c> trusted</c>

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in<00:14:12.580><c> themselves,</c>

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that<00:14:13.299><c> they</c><00:14:13.480><c> were</c><00:14:13.779><c> righteous</c><00:14:14.259><c> and</c><00:14:14.679><c> despised</c><00:14:15.620><c> others.</c>

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Two<00:14:17.179><c> men</c><00:14:17.460><c> went</c><00:14:17.679><c> up</c><00:14:17.960><c> into</c><00:14:18.159><c> the</c><00:14:18.360><c> temple</c><00:14:18.559><c> to</c><00:14:18.799><c> pray,</c>

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the<00:14:19.740><c> one</c><00:14:19.940><c> a</c><00:14:20.120><c> Pharisee,</c><00:14:20.620><c> the</c><00:14:20.700><c> other</c><00:14:20.940><c> a</c><00:14:21.100><c> publican.</c>

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The<00:14:22.220><c> Pharisee</c><00:14:22.779><c> stood</c><00:14:23.139><c> and</c><00:14:23.320><c> prayed</c><00:14:23.620><c> thus</c><00:14:23.799><c> with</c><00:14:23.980><c> himself,</c>

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God,<00:14:25.440><c> I</c><00:14:25.679><c> thank</c><00:14:25.879><c> thee</c><00:14:26.080><c> that</c><00:14:26.159><c> I</c><00:14:26.360><c> am</c><00:14:26.440><c> not</c><00:14:26.639><c> as</c><00:14:26.799><c> other</c><00:14:27.059><c> men</c><00:14:27.259><c> are,</c>

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extortioners,<00:14:29.120><c> unjust,</c><00:14:29.580><c> adulterers,</c><00:14:30.159><c> or</c><00:14:30.299><c> even</c><00:14:30.539><c> as</c><00:14:30.740><c> this</c><00:14:30.960><c> publican.</c>

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I<00:14:32.100><c> fast</c><00:14:32.360><c> twice</c><00:14:32.659><c> in</c><00:14:32.840><c> the</c><00:14:32.960><c> week,</c><00:14:33.240><c> I</c><00:14:33.500><c> give</c><00:14:33.720><c> tithes</c><00:14:34.039><c> of</c><00:14:34.159><c> all</c><00:14:34.340><c> that</c><00:14:34.440><c> I</c><00:14:34.639><c> possess.</c>

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And<00:14:36.139><c> the</c><00:14:36.340><c> publican,</c><00:14:36.840><c> standing</c><00:14:37.179><c> afar</c><00:14:37.539><c> off,</c>

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would<00:14:38.519><c> not</c><00:14:38.779><c> lift</c><00:14:39.000><c> up</c><00:14:39.220><c> so</c><00:14:39.460><c> much</c><00:14:39.600><c> as</c><00:14:39.779><c> his</c><00:14:40.059><c> eyes</c><00:14:40.440><c> unto</c><00:14:40.659><c> heaven,</c>

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but<00:14:41.639><c> smote</c><00:14:42.100><c> upon</c><00:14:42.360><c> his</c><00:14:42.620><c> breast,</c><00:14:43.299><c> saying,</c>

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God,<00:14:44.440><c> be</c><00:14:44.799><c> merciful</c><00:14:45.259><c> to</c><00:14:45.519><c> me</c><00:14:45.720><c> a</c><00:14:45.840><c> sinner.</c>

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I<00:14:46.879><c> tell</c><00:14:47.139><c> you</c><00:14:47.340><c> this</c><00:14:47.559><c> man</c><00:14:47.860><c> went</c><00:14:48.039><c> down</c><00:14:48.320><c> to</c><00:14:48.460><c> his</c><00:14:48.580><c> house</c><00:14:48.980><c> justified,</c>

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rather<00:14:50.700><c> than</c><00:14:50.879><c> the</c><00:14:51.080><c> other.</c>

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For<00:14:51.899><c> every</c><00:14:52.320><c> one</c><00:14:52.480><c> that</c><00:14:52.840><c> exalteth</c><00:14:53.259><c> himself</c><00:14:53.679><c> shall</c><00:14:53.919><c> be</c><00:14:54.139><c> evased,</c>

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he<00:14:55.059><c> that</c><00:14:55.340><c> humbleeth</c><00:14:56.100><c> himself</c><00:14:56.720><c> shall</c><00:14:57.120><c> be</c><00:14:57.460><c> exalted.</c>

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So<00:14:58.700><c> we</c><00:14:58.919><c> find</c><00:14:59.159><c> that</c><00:14:59.379><c> the</c><00:14:59.559><c> whole</c><00:14:59.720><c> issue</c><00:15:00.059><c> of</c><00:15:00.399><c> faith,</c>

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the<00:15:01.399><c> faith</c><00:15:01.659><c> that</c><00:15:01.960><c> results</c><00:15:02.340><c> in</c><00:15:02.620><c> justification</c><00:15:03.379><c> and</c><00:15:03.919><c> the</c><00:15:04.100><c> forgiveness</c><00:15:04.419><c> of</c><00:15:04.759><c> sin,</c>

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is<00:15:05.600><c> a</c><00:15:05.779><c> faith</c><00:15:06.000><c> that</c><00:15:06.259><c> is</c><00:15:06.399><c> first</c><00:15:06.779><c> and</c><00:15:06.980><c> foremost</c><00:15:07.419><c> an</c><00:15:08.000><c> action</c><00:15:08.320><c> of</c>

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profound<00:15:09.200><c> humility.</c>

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That<00:15:10.600><c> one</c><00:15:10.919><c> comes</c><00:15:11.340><c> to</c><00:15:11.559><c> God</c><00:15:11.879><c> and</c><00:15:12.100><c> acknowledges</c>

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that<00:15:13.000><c> all</c><00:15:13.179><c> that</c><00:15:13.320><c> God</c><00:15:13.559><c> says</c><00:15:13.879><c> is</c><00:15:14.100><c> right</c><00:15:14.299><c> and</c><00:15:14.539><c> true.</c>

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All<00:15:15.539><c> that</c><00:15:15.659><c> God</c><00:15:15.899><c> has</c><00:15:16.200><c> promised</c><00:15:16.559><c> will</c><00:15:16.779><c> come</c><00:15:16.980><c> to</c><00:15:17.220><c> pass.</c>

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And<00:15:18.080><c> we</c><00:15:18.340><c> submit</c><00:15:18.720><c> ourselves</c><00:15:19.220><c> to</c><00:15:19.419><c> that</c><00:15:19.639><c> whole</c><00:15:19.960><c> process.</c>

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And<00:15:21.519><c> because</c><00:15:22.000><c> of</c><00:15:22.379><c> the</c><00:15:22.659><c> acknowledgement</c><00:15:22.980><c> of</c><00:15:23.200><c> our</c><00:15:23.360><c> need,</c>

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we're<00:15:23.720><c> prepared</c><00:15:23.980><c> to</c><00:15:24.279><c> enter</c><00:15:24.559><c> in</c><00:15:25.360><c> to</c><00:15:25.820><c> what</c><00:15:26.080><c> God</c><00:15:26.379><c> has</c><00:15:26.659><c> set</c><00:15:26.840><c> forth</c>

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for<00:15:27.440><c> men</c>

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in<00:15:28.220><c> order</c><00:15:28.519><c> to</c><00:15:29.220><c> alter</c><00:15:29.600><c> and</c><00:15:29.820><c> to</c><00:15:30.100><c> change</c><00:15:30.480><c> and</c><00:15:30.799><c> to</c><00:15:31.120><c> mold</c>

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that<00:15:32.740><c> which</c><00:15:32.919><c> we</c><00:15:33.080><c> are</c><00:15:33.220><c> all</c><00:15:33.419><c> born</c><00:15:33.620><c> with,</c>

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human<00:15:34.159><c> nature</c><00:15:34.559><c> and</c><00:15:35.100><c> a</c><00:15:35.279><c> propensity</c><00:15:35.840><c> to</c><00:15:36.120><c> rebel,</c>

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to<00:15:37.279><c> do</c><00:15:37.659><c> what</c><00:15:38.080><c> is</c><00:15:38.360><c> wrong.</c>

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And<00:15:39.299><c> we</c><00:15:39.559><c> find</c><00:15:40.019><c> in</c><00:15:40.539><c> this</c><00:15:40.740><c> whole</c><00:15:40.940><c> little</c><00:15:41.139><c> scenario</c><00:15:41.700><c> two</c><00:15:42.159><c> men,</c>

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one<00:15:43.019><c> who</c><00:15:44.120><c> refused</c><00:15:44.879><c> to</c><00:15:45.700><c> humble</c><00:15:45.960><c> himself</c>

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and<00:15:46.940><c> take</c><00:15:47.220><c> upon</c><00:15:47.440><c> himself</c><00:15:47.840><c> the</c><00:15:48.059><c> faith</c><00:15:48.259><c> of</c><00:15:48.419><c> his</c><00:15:48.559><c> father</c><00:15:48.799><c> Abraham,</c>

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and<00:15:49.840><c> as</c><00:15:50.019><c> a</c><00:15:50.159><c> result</c><00:15:50.340><c> he</c><00:15:50.679><c> despised</c><00:15:51.179><c> others.</c>

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In<00:15:52.740><c> his</c><00:15:53.059><c> life</c><00:15:53.419><c> and</c><00:15:54.080><c> in</c><00:15:54.200><c> his</c><00:15:54.539><c> relationship</c><00:15:55.639><c> with</c><00:15:55.899><c> other</c><00:15:56.120><c> men,</c>

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he<00:15:56.559><c> was</c><00:15:56.860><c> unable</c><00:15:57.460><c> to</c><00:15:58.159><c> put</c><00:15:58.379><c> into</c><00:15:58.679><c> action</c><00:15:59.120><c> those</c><00:15:59.460><c> principles</c>

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which<00:16:00.940><c> God</c><00:16:01.340><c> would</c><00:16:02.100><c> have</c><00:16:02.299><c> us</c><00:16:03.500><c> engage</c><00:16:04.000><c> in,</c>

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the<00:16:04.840><c> principles</c><00:16:05.220><c> of</c><00:16:05.480><c> kindness</c><00:16:05.840><c> and</c><00:16:06.059><c> compassion</c><00:16:06.559><c> and</c><00:16:06.799><c> love</c>

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and<00:16:07.460><c> all</c><00:16:07.899><c> those</c><00:16:08.159><c> things</c><00:16:08.440><c> that</c><00:16:08.620><c> we</c><00:16:08.779><c> see</c><00:16:08.940><c> manifested</c>

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in<00:16:09.740><c> the</c><00:16:09.840><c> love</c><00:16:09.960><c> of</c><00:16:10.080><c> the</c><00:16:10.259><c> Father</c><00:16:10.519><c> and</c><00:16:10.639><c> the</c><00:16:10.740><c> love</c><00:16:10.899><c> of</c><00:16:11.080><c> the</c><00:16:11.220><c> Son.</c>

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And<00:16:12.019><c> it</c><00:16:12.139><c> all</c><00:16:12.340><c> stemmed</c><00:16:13.100><c> from</c><00:16:13.440><c> a</c><00:16:14.120><c> faith</c><00:16:14.379><c> that</c><00:16:14.519><c> was</c><00:16:14.700><c> really</c><00:16:14.960><c> no</c><00:16:15.179><c> faith</c><00:16:15.419><c> at</c><00:16:15.659><c> all,</c>

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because<00:16:16.559><c> it</c><00:16:16.779><c> never</c><00:16:17.120><c> brought</c><00:16:18.259><c> this</c><00:16:18.539><c> individual</c><00:16:19.000><c> to</c><00:16:19.259><c> a</c><00:16:19.360><c> state</c>

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of<00:16:19.700><c> humility</c>

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into<00:16:20.840><c> a</c><00:16:21.159><c> realization</c><00:16:21.679><c> of</c><00:16:21.860><c> his</c><00:16:22.059><c> own</c><00:16:22.340><c> need.</c>

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When<00:16:23.299><c> we</c><00:16:23.519><c> realize</c><00:16:23.980><c> our</c><00:16:24.240><c> own</c><00:16:24.480><c> desperate</c><00:16:24.860><c> plight,</c>

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that<00:16:26.580><c> turns</c><00:16:27.019><c> us</c><00:16:27.419><c> into</c><00:16:28.220><c> individuals</c><00:16:28.860><c> who</c><00:16:29.120><c> can</c><00:16:29.360><c> now</c><00:16:30.360><c> exercise</c>

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compassion<00:16:31.460><c> and</c><00:16:31.700><c> kindness</c><00:16:32.039><c> and</c><00:16:32.299><c> love</c><00:16:33.039><c> towards</c><00:16:34.019><c> those</c><00:16:34.419><c> around</c><00:16:34.779><c> us.</c>

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If<00:16:35.720><c> we</c><00:16:36.539><c> refuse</c><00:16:37.200><c> to</c><00:16:37.899><c> exercise</c><00:16:38.840><c> that</c><00:16:39.460><c> state</c><00:16:39.700><c> of</c><00:16:39.899><c> humility,</c>

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that<00:16:41.259><c> state</c><00:16:41.500><c> of</c><00:16:41.799><c> recognition,</c>

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that<00:16:43.379><c> spirit</c><00:16:43.860><c> of</c><00:16:44.139><c> acknowledgement,</c>

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then<00:16:45.120><c> we</c><00:16:45.220><c> will</c><00:16:45.600><c> never</c><00:16:46.059><c> ever</c><00:16:47.360><c> reach</c><00:16:48.159><c> that</c><00:16:48.500><c> point</c>

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where<00:16:49.559><c> God</c><00:16:49.820><c> can</c><00:16:50.019><c> look</c><00:16:50.220><c> upon</c><00:16:50.519><c> us</c><00:16:50.980><c> and</c><00:16:51.740><c> see</c><00:16:52.240><c> that</c><00:16:52.799><c> his</c><00:16:53.019><c> word</c><00:16:53.179><c> has</c>

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taken<00:16:53.659><c> root</c>

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and<00:16:54.460><c> is</c><00:16:54.639><c> having</c><00:16:54.879><c> activity</c><00:16:55.500><c> in</c><00:16:55.740><c> our</c><00:16:55.960><c> lives.</c>

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I'm<00:16:58.059><c> missing</c><00:16:58.340><c> a</c><00:16:58.639><c> watch</c><00:16:58.860><c> and</c><00:16:59.279><c> I</c><00:16:59.440><c> don't</c><00:16:59.700><c> have</c><00:16:59.860><c> any</c><00:17:00.139><c> clock.</c>

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If<00:17:01.539><c> somebody</c><00:17:01.740><c> can</c><00:17:01.960><c> lend</c><00:17:02.059><c> me</c><00:17:02.259><c> their</c><00:17:02.580><c> timepiece,</c>

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I'll<00:17:03.480><c> stop</c><00:17:03.740><c> on</c><00:17:04.039><c> time.</c>

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Thank<00:17:05.359><c> you.</c>

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Okay,<00:17:08.359><c> so</c><00:17:08.539><c> with</c><00:17:08.660><c> that</c><00:17:08.839><c> bit</c><00:17:08.960><c> of</c><00:17:09.180><c> groundwork,</c>

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let's<00:17:10.259><c> consider</c><00:17:10.559><c> the</c><00:17:10.779><c> example</c><00:17:11.259><c> of</c><00:17:11.759><c> Abraham,</c>

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because<00:17:13.240><c> not</c><00:17:13.480><c> only</c><00:17:13.660><c> do</c><00:17:13.839><c> we</c><00:17:14.059><c> have</c><00:17:14.339><c> Abraham</c><00:17:15.019><c> the</c><00:17:15.240><c> father</c><00:17:15.539><c> of</c><00:17:15.720><c> the</c><00:17:15.880><c> faithful,</c>

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but<00:17:16.920><c> we</c><00:17:17.119><c> also</c><00:17:17.539><c> have</c><00:17:18.420><c> Abraham</c><00:17:19.279><c> the</c><00:17:20.660><c> father</c><00:17:21.019><c> of</c><00:17:21.200><c> the</c><00:17:21.380><c> humble.</c>

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We<00:17:23.839><c> not</c><00:17:24.099><c> only</c><00:17:24.380><c> see</c><00:17:25.180><c> the</c><00:17:25.960><c> faith</c><00:17:26.160><c> of</c><00:17:26.380><c> Abraham</c>

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demonstrated<00:17:27.400><c> in</c><00:17:27.599><c> all</c><00:17:27.759><c> that</c><00:17:27.880><c> he</c><00:17:28.039><c> did,</c>

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but<00:17:28.859><c> we</c><00:17:29.039><c> also</c><00:17:29.400><c> find</c><00:17:29.660><c> in</c><00:17:29.880><c> Abraham's</c><00:17:30.359><c> life</c>

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a<00:17:30.759><c> tremendous</c><00:17:31.220><c> spirit</c><00:17:31.519><c> of</c><00:17:31.759><c> humility.</c>

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And<00:17:33.079><c> when</c><00:17:33.240><c> we</c><00:17:33.400><c> go</c><00:17:33.640><c> through</c><00:17:34.579><c> the</c><00:17:35.640><c> various</c><00:17:36.039><c> ways</c>

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Abraham<00:17:36.940><c> reacted</c><00:17:37.460><c> to</c><00:17:37.700><c> different</c><00:17:37.940><c> situations,</c>

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we're<00:17:38.779><c> going</c><00:17:38.960><c> to</c><00:17:39.160><c> see</c><00:17:39.339><c> that</c><00:17:39.480><c> this</c><00:17:39.680><c> came</c><00:17:39.940><c> through</c><00:17:40.160><c> in</c><00:17:40.299><c> the</c><00:17:40.460><c> man</c>

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again<00:17:41.500><c> and</c><00:17:41.680><c> again</c><00:17:41.940><c> and</c><00:17:42.019><c> again.</c>

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As<00:17:44.359><c> an</c><00:17:44.799><c> initial</c><00:17:45.099><c> example,</c>

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we<00:17:45.680><c> consider</c><00:17:46.420><c> Abraham's</c><00:17:47.559><c> interaction</c><00:17:48.059><c> with</c><00:17:48.259><c> his</c><00:17:48.420><c> nephew</c><00:17:48.720><c> Lot.</c>

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You<00:17:49.720><c> know,</c><00:17:49.900><c> so</c><00:17:50.140><c> often</c><00:17:50.460><c> we</c><00:17:50.880><c> look</c><00:17:51.079><c> at</c><00:17:51.220><c> that</c><00:17:51.440><c> situation</c><00:17:51.920><c> in</c><00:17:52.099><c> Genesis</c><00:17:52.460><c> 13,</c>

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where<00:17:54.200><c> the</c><00:17:54.579><c> herdsmen</c><00:17:55.019><c> of</c><00:17:55.339><c> Abraham</c><00:17:55.799><c> and</c><00:17:56.059><c> the</c><00:17:56.140><c> herdsmen</c><00:17:56.539><c> of</c><00:17:56.740><c> Lot</c>

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were<00:17:57.240><c> in</c><00:17:57.599><c> conflict.</c>

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And<00:17:59.099><c> we</c><00:17:59.819><c> actually</c><00:18:00.160><c> look</c><00:18:00.359><c> at</c><00:18:00.500><c> the</c><00:18:00.640><c> situation</c><00:18:01.240><c> as,</c>

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well,<00:18:02.140><c> an</c><00:18:02.220><c> example</c><00:18:02.599><c> of</c><00:18:02.799><c> where</c><00:18:03.019><c> Lot</c><00:18:03.140><c> was</c><00:18:03.380><c> off</c><00:18:03.680><c> base</c>

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and<00:18:04.119><c> he</c><00:18:04.259><c> should</c><00:18:04.420><c> have</c><00:18:04.539><c> let</c><00:18:05.119><c> his</c><00:18:05.619><c> uncle</c><00:18:06.119><c> pick</c><00:18:06.859><c> out</c><00:18:07.019><c> the</c><00:18:07.200><c> best</c><00:18:07.359><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:07.700><c> land.</c>

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And<00:18:08.759><c> we</c><00:18:09.700><c> really</c><00:18:10.000><c> see</c><00:18:10.200><c> the</c><00:18:10.400><c> incident</c><00:18:10.700><c> in</c><00:18:10.859><c> terms</c><00:18:11.279><c> of</c>

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how<00:18:12.740><c> poorly</c><00:18:13.019><c> it</c><00:18:13.279><c> reflects</c><00:18:13.519><c> upon</c><00:18:13.900><c> Lot.</c>

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But<00:18:14.799><c> an</c><00:18:15.059><c> actual</c><00:18:15.440><c> fact,</c><00:18:16.200><c> that</c><00:18:16.700><c> may</c><00:18:17.039><c> well</c><00:18:17.200><c> be</c><00:18:17.420><c> the</c><00:18:17.539><c> case,</c>

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that<00:18:18.339><c> also</c><00:18:18.759><c> reflects</c><00:18:19.299><c> very</c><00:18:19.799><c> wonderfully</c>

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upon<00:18:20.640><c> the</c><00:18:20.819><c> spirit</c><00:18:21.079><c> of</c><00:18:21.259><c> the</c><00:18:21.359><c> man</c><00:18:21.500><c> Abraham.</c>

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The<00:18:23.019><c> fact</c><00:18:23.339><c> that</c><00:18:23.579><c> Abraham,</c><00:18:24.259><c> in</c><00:18:24.480><c> dealing</c><00:18:24.700><c> with</c><00:18:24.920><c> this</c><00:18:25.059><c> situation,</c>

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never<00:18:26.380><c> pulled</c><00:18:26.700><c> rank</c><00:18:26.960><c> on</c><00:18:27.279><c> Lot,</c>

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he<00:18:28.279><c> never</c><00:18:28.660><c> stood</c><00:18:28.839><c> back</c><00:18:29.160><c> and</c><00:18:29.279><c> said,</c>

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Look,<00:18:29.759><c> Lot,</c><00:18:30.339><c> you're</c><00:18:31.220><c> just</c><00:18:31.400><c> going</c><00:18:31.500><c> to</c><00:18:31.500><c> have</c><00:18:31.680><c> to</c><00:18:31.740><c> let</c><00:18:31.880><c> me</c><00:18:32.140><c> pick</c>

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the<00:18:32.559><c> best</c>

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because<00:18:33.480><c> I'm</c><00:18:33.799><c> the</c><00:18:34.000><c> eldest</c><00:18:34.259><c> and</c><00:18:34.559><c> respect</c><00:18:34.940><c> is</c><00:18:35.140><c> due</c><00:18:35.259><c> unto</c><00:18:35.420><c> me.</c>

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Abraham<00:18:36.599><c> took</c><00:18:36.859><c> the</c><00:18:37.119><c> initiative.</c>

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Abraham<00:18:38.380><c> went</c><00:18:38.619><c> to</c><00:18:39.000><c> the</c><00:18:39.380><c> younger</c><00:18:39.680><c> and</c><00:18:39.859><c> said,</c>

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Look,<00:18:40.460><c> Lot,</c><00:18:41.039><c> things</c><00:18:41.319><c> aren't</c><00:18:41.559><c> working</c><00:18:41.839><c> out</c><00:18:42.059><c> between</c><00:18:42.359><c> us.</c>

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We're<00:18:43.559><c> going</c><00:18:43.720><c> to</c><00:18:43.759><c> have</c><00:18:43.960><c> to</c><00:18:44.039><c> go</c><00:18:44.160><c> our</c><00:18:44.339><c> separate</c><00:18:44.619><c> ways.</c>

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Let<00:18:45.160><c> it</c><00:18:45.319><c> not</c><00:18:45.440><c> be</c><00:18:45.619><c> with</c><00:18:45.779><c> Ranker.</c>

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You<00:18:46.839><c> pick</c><00:18:47.019><c> the</c><00:18:47.259><c> best</c><00:18:47.680><c> and</c><00:18:48.539><c> I'll</c><00:18:49.200><c> head</c><00:18:49.380><c> off</c><00:18:49.599><c> in</c><00:18:49.700><c> my</c><00:18:49.920><c> direction.</c>

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Now,<00:18:52.480><c> Lot</c><00:18:52.480><c> might</c><00:18:52.759><c> very</c><00:18:53.099><c> well</c><00:18:53.400><c> have,</c><00:18:54.099><c> could</c><00:18:54.480><c> have</c><00:18:54.680><c> said,</c>

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No,<00:18:55.859><c> Abraham,</c><00:18:56.319><c> you're</c><00:18:56.640><c> my</c><00:18:56.859><c> uncle.</c>

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You<00:18:57.740><c> pick</c><00:18:57.940><c> the</c><00:18:58.160><c> best.</c>

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But<00:18:58.799><c> suffice</c><00:18:59.279><c> it</c><00:18:59.359><c> to</c><00:18:59.559><c> say</c><00:18:59.859><c> that,</c><00:19:00.980><c> you</c><00:19:01.359><c> know,</c>

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however<00:19:02.440><c> much</c><00:19:02.779><c> Lot</c><00:19:03.059><c> should</c><00:19:03.319><c> have</c><00:19:03.539><c> argued</c><00:19:03.839><c> the</c><00:19:04.059><c> issue,</c><00:19:04.700><c> he</c><00:19:04.700><c> didn't.</c>

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Abraham<00:19:06.200><c> certainly</c><00:19:06.640><c> comes</c><00:19:06.920><c> through</c><00:19:07.200><c> as</c><00:19:07.339><c> an</c><00:19:07.559><c> individual</c>

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who<00:19:08.799><c> was</c><00:19:09.299><c> quite</c><00:19:09.559><c> prepared</c><00:19:10.059><c> to</c><00:19:10.259><c> take</c><00:19:10.460><c> a</c><00:19:12.039><c> second</c><00:19:12.359><c> seat,</c>

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not<00:19:13.359><c> at</c><00:19:13.640><c> all</c><00:19:14.660><c> inclined</c><00:19:15.460><c> to</c><00:19:15.740><c> advance</c><00:19:16.059><c> his</c><00:19:16.259><c> own</c><00:19:16.460><c> cause.</c>

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And<00:19:17.579><c> we</c><00:19:18.000><c> see</c><00:19:18.259><c> in</c><00:19:18.400><c> this</c><00:19:18.859><c> a</c><00:19:19.319><c> wonderful</c><00:19:19.779><c> spirit</c>

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that<00:19:21.200><c> we</c><00:19:21.359><c> would</c><00:19:21.500><c> do</c><00:19:21.640><c> well</c><00:19:21.779><c> to</c><00:19:21.980><c> emulate.</c>

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Now,<00:19:23.259><c> further</c><00:19:23.599><c> on,</c><00:19:24.920><c> we</c><00:19:25.819><c> find</c><00:19:26.259><c> Abraham's</c><00:19:27.000><c> interaction</c><00:19:27.460><c> with</c><00:19:27.700><c> Melchizedek.</c>

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And<00:19:29.279><c> again,</c><00:19:29.480><c> I</c><00:19:29.640><c> think</c><00:19:29.799><c> we</c><00:19:30.019><c> see</c><00:19:30.220><c> in</c><00:19:30.319><c> this</c><00:19:30.519><c> situation</c>

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the<00:19:31.859><c> humility</c><00:19:32.359><c> of</c><00:19:32.619><c> Abraham</c><00:19:33.019><c> coming</c><00:19:33.319><c> through.</c>

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Because<00:19:34.819><c> Melchizedek</c><00:19:35.380><c> comes</c><00:19:35.640><c> forward,</c>

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King<00:19:36.220><c> of</c><00:19:36.460><c> Salem,</c><00:19:36.740><c> he</c><00:19:36.900><c> brings</c><00:19:37.099><c> forth</c><00:19:37.420><c> bread</c><00:19:37.579><c> and</c><00:19:37.799><c> wine.</c>

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He<00:19:38.119><c> was</c><00:19:38.319><c> the</c><00:19:38.500><c> priest</c><00:19:38.680><c> of</c><00:19:38.799><c> the</c><00:19:38.900><c> Most</c><00:19:39.119><c> High</c><00:19:39.259><c> God,</c><00:19:39.519><c> verse</c><00:19:39.759><c> 18.</c>

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He<00:19:41.000><c> blesses</c><00:19:41.539><c> Abraham</c><00:19:42.079><c> and</c><00:19:42.500><c> Abraham</c><00:19:43.039><c> in</c><00:19:43.259><c> return</c><00:19:43.660><c> gives</c><00:19:44.000><c> tithes</c>

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to<00:19:44.880><c> Melchizedek.</c>

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We<00:19:46.059><c> know</c><00:19:46.279><c> how</c><00:19:46.500><c> that</c><00:19:46.680><c> Paul</c><00:19:46.880><c> in</c><00:19:47.079><c> Hebrews</c><00:19:47.319><c> picks</c><00:19:47.599><c> up</c><00:19:47.819><c> on</c><00:19:47.960><c> this</c><00:19:48.160><c> situation</c>

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and<00:19:50.000><c> expounds</c><00:19:50.480><c> upon</c><00:19:50.799><c> the</c><00:19:51.079><c> priesthood</c><00:19:51.359><c> of</c><00:19:51.480><c> Melchizedek,</c>

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and<00:19:52.259><c> how</c><00:19:52.259><c> that</c><00:19:52.519><c> Christ</c><00:19:52.799><c> is</c><00:19:54.319><c> after</c><00:19:54.579><c> the</c><00:19:54.759><c> order</c><00:19:54.920><c> of</c><00:19:55.079><c> Melchizedek.</c>

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And<00:19:56.460><c> the</c><00:19:57.000><c> status</c><00:19:57.400><c> of</c><00:19:57.619><c> Melchizedek</c><00:19:58.259><c> is</c><00:19:58.519><c> demonstrated</c>

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in<00:19:59.279><c> that</c><00:19:59.460><c> Abraham</c><00:20:00.079><c> was</c><00:20:00.859><c> blessed</c><00:20:01.200><c> of</c><00:20:01.380><c> Melchizedek.</c>

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The<00:20:02.279><c> greater</c><00:20:02.539><c> blesses</c><00:20:02.960><c> the</c><00:20:03.119><c> lesser.</c>

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And<00:20:04.099><c> Abraham</c><00:20:04.480><c> gave</c><00:20:04.759><c> tithes</c><00:20:05.220><c> to</c><00:20:05.339><c> Melchizedek.</c>

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Now,<00:20:06.559><c> that</c><00:20:06.700><c> is</c><00:20:06.900><c> all</c><00:20:07.099><c> fine</c><00:20:07.259><c> and</c><00:20:07.480><c> well.</c>

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But<00:20:08.200><c> it</c><00:20:08.500><c> certainly</c><00:20:09.019><c> indicates</c><00:20:09.579><c> to</c><00:20:09.859><c> us</c><00:20:10.099><c> the</c><00:20:10.339><c> spirit</c><00:20:10.640><c> of</c><00:20:10.779><c> the</c>

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man<00:20:11.000><c> Abraham.</c>

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He<00:20:12.200><c> was</c><00:20:12.440><c> the</c><00:20:12.640><c> one</c><00:20:12.779><c> who</c><00:20:12.900><c> was</c><00:20:13.099><c> the</c><00:20:13.240><c> recipient</c><00:20:13.599><c> of</c><00:20:13.779><c> the</c><00:20:13.940><c> promises.</c>

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He<00:20:14.940><c> was</c><00:20:15.180><c> the</c><00:20:15.339><c> one</c><00:20:15.500><c> to</c><00:20:15.680><c> whom</c><00:20:15.779><c> God</c><00:20:16.079><c> had</c><00:20:16.380><c> said,</c>

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of<00:20:16.880><c> your</c><00:20:17.180><c> seed</c><00:20:17.339><c> all</c><00:20:17.539><c> the</c><00:20:17.720><c> families</c><00:20:17.960><c> of</c><00:20:18.119><c> the</c><00:20:18.220><c> earth</c><00:20:18.339><c> should</c><00:20:18.559><c> be</c><00:20:18.839><c> blessed.</c>

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Who<00:20:19.960><c> could</c><00:20:20.240><c> enjoy</c><00:20:20.500><c> a</c><00:20:20.640><c> higher</c><00:20:20.920><c> status</c><00:20:21.400><c> in</c><00:20:22.000><c> the</c><00:20:22.140><c> world</c><00:20:22.339><c> at</c><00:20:22.519><c> that</c>

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time<00:20:22.859><c> than</c><00:20:23.019><c> Abraham</c><00:20:23.400><c> himself?</c>

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And<00:20:25.099><c> Abraham</c><00:20:25.400><c> was</c><00:20:25.640><c> fully</c><00:20:25.960><c> cognizant</c><00:20:26.680><c> of</c><00:20:26.960><c> all</c><00:20:27.200><c> that</c><00:20:27.299><c> God</c><00:20:27.480><c> was</c>

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saying<00:20:27.880><c> to</c><00:20:28.099><c> him.</c>

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And<00:20:28.819><c> yet</c><00:20:28.920><c> when</c><00:20:29.140><c> Abraham</c><00:20:29.579><c> met</c><00:20:29.920><c> this</c><00:20:30.160><c> man</c><00:20:30.359><c> Melchizedek,</c>

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Abraham<00:20:31.460><c> at</c><00:20:31.680><c> no</c><00:20:32.000><c> point</c><00:20:32.720><c> came</c><00:20:33.359><c> off</c><00:20:33.700><c> as</c><00:20:34.539><c> if,</c>

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well,<00:20:35.539><c> you</c><00:20:35.539><c> know,</c><00:20:35.819><c> Melchizedek</c><00:20:36.519><c> were</c><00:20:36.799><c> on</c><00:20:37.000><c> some</c><00:20:37.240><c> kind</c><00:20:37.420><c> of</c><00:20:37.619><c> equal</c><00:20:37.819><c> standing</c><00:20:38.220><c> here</c>

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or<00:20:38.759><c> equal</c><00:20:38.960><c> plane.</c>

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Abraham<00:20:41.619><c> in</c><00:20:42.180><c> no</c><00:20:42.480><c> way</c><00:20:43.200><c> attempted</c><00:20:44.000><c> to,</c><00:20:46.440><c> in</c><00:20:46.599><c> his</c><00:20:46.799><c> attitude</c><00:20:47.059><c> to</c><00:20:47.220><c> Melchizedek,</c>

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diminish<00:20:49.559><c> Melchizedek's</c><00:20:50.339><c> status</c><00:20:50.759><c> and</c><00:20:51.099><c> advance</c><00:20:51.359><c> his</c><00:20:51.599><c> own.</c>

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Abraham<00:20:52.619><c> was</c><00:20:52.859><c> quite</c><00:20:53.160><c> happy,</c><00:20:53.680><c> quite</c><00:20:53.920><c> willingly</c><00:20:54.299><c> prepared</c>

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to<00:20:55.519><c> acknowledge</c><00:20:56.079><c> that</c><00:20:56.299><c> Melchizedek</c><00:20:56.880><c> was</c><00:20:57.099><c> the</c><00:20:57.339><c> greater.</c>

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No<00:20:58.539><c> hesitation,</c><00:20:59.859><c> no</c><00:21:00.339><c> flinching</c><00:21:01.299><c> in</c><00:21:02.099><c> Abraham's</c><00:21:03.140><c> attitude</c>

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in<00:21:03.960><c> doing</c><00:21:04.200><c> what</c><00:21:04.359><c> was</c><00:21:04.660><c> right</c><00:21:04.920><c> and</c><00:21:05.180><c> proper</c><00:21:05.380><c> and</c><00:21:05.619><c> appropriate.</c>

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The<00:21:06.680><c> man</c><00:21:06.819><c> was</c><00:21:07.180><c> quite</c><00:21:07.480><c> happy</c><00:21:07.920><c> to</c><00:21:08.539><c> acknowledge</c><00:21:09.099><c> the</c><00:21:09.759><c> greater</c><00:21:10.059><c> status</c><00:21:10.400><c> in</c><00:21:10.539><c> Melchizedek.</c>

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And<00:21:12.000><c> again,</c><00:21:12.299><c> it</c><00:21:12.500><c> indicates</c><00:21:12.900><c> to</c><00:21:13.160><c> us</c><00:21:13.660><c> the</c><00:21:14.059><c> degree</c><00:21:14.359><c> of</c><00:21:14.599><c> humility</c>

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which<00:21:16.400><c> Abraham</c><00:21:16.799><c> was</c><00:21:17.019><c> prepared</c><00:21:17.440><c> to</c><00:21:17.660><c> demonstrate.</c>

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And<00:21:19.119><c> likewise</c><00:21:19.880><c> in</c><00:21:20.059><c> his</c><00:21:20.220><c> dealings</c><00:21:20.460><c> with</c><00:21:20.740><c> Sarah.</c>

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And<00:21:21.579><c> of</c><00:21:21.740><c> course</c><00:21:21.900><c> here</c><00:21:22.039><c> was</c><00:21:22.259><c> a</c><00:21:22.400><c> situation</c><00:21:23.059><c> in</c><00:21:23.640><c> which</c><00:21:23.819><c> Abraham,</c>

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you<00:21:25.119><c> could</c><00:21:25.279><c> argue,</c><00:21:25.519><c> would</c><00:21:25.640><c> be</c><00:21:25.759><c> well</c><00:21:26.000><c> within</c><00:21:26.180><c> his</c><00:21:26.440><c> rights.</c>

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Here<00:21:27.299><c> was</c><00:21:27.519><c> Sarah</c><00:21:27.740><c> kicking</c><00:21:28.019><c> up</c><00:21:28.240><c> a</c><00:21:28.380><c> fuss</c><00:21:28.500><c> about</c><00:21:28.799><c> Hagar.</c>

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It<00:21:29.940><c> was</c><00:21:30.079><c> Sarah's</c><00:21:30.400><c> idea</c><00:21:30.680><c> in</c><00:21:30.859><c> the</c><00:21:30.980><c> first</c><00:21:31.140><c> place</c><00:21:31.380><c> to</c><00:21:31.519><c> give</c><00:21:31.700><c> Hagar</c>

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to<00:21:32.339><c> him,</c>

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and<00:21:32.599><c> now</c><00:21:32.960><c> Sarah</c><00:21:33.099><c> was</c><00:21:33.279><c> all</c><00:21:33.460><c> upset</c><00:21:33.779><c> because</c><00:21:34.099><c> Hagar</c><00:21:34.440><c> had</c><00:21:34.619><c> gotten</c>

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high<00:21:35.440><c> and</c><00:21:35.599><c> mighty</c><00:21:35.779><c> with</c><00:21:36.000><c> her.</c>

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Sarah<00:21:37.180><c> came</c><00:21:37.440><c> to</c><00:21:37.660><c> Abraham</c><00:21:38.180><c> and</c><00:21:40.000><c> said,</c><00:21:41.019><c> look,</c><00:21:41.140><c> verse</c><00:21:41.619><c> 5,</c>

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I<00:21:42.799><c> was</c><00:21:43.039><c> despised</c><00:21:43.640><c> in</c><00:21:43.779><c> her</c><00:21:44.039><c> eyes,</c><00:21:44.299><c> the</c><00:21:44.440><c> Lord</c><00:21:44.640><c> judge</c><00:21:44.859><c> between</c><00:21:45.200><c> me</c>

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and<00:21:45.640><c> thee.</c>

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Here<00:21:46.579><c> was</c><00:21:46.859><c> a</c><00:21:47.039><c> point</c><00:21:47.400><c> which</c><00:21:48.539><c> you</c><00:21:48.960><c> could</c><00:21:49.180><c> say</c><00:21:49.420><c> Abraham</c><00:21:49.799><c> could</c>

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very<00:21:50.299><c> reasonably</c><00:21:50.740><c> have</c><00:21:51.000><c> pulled</c><00:21:51.200><c> rank</c><00:21:51.480><c> and</c><00:21:51.720><c> said,</c>

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don't<00:21:52.720><c> bother</c><00:21:52.980><c> me</c><00:21:53.160><c> with</c><00:21:53.319><c> your</c><00:21:53.519><c> problems,</c><00:21:54.000><c> I've</c><00:21:54.200><c> had</c><00:21:54.359><c> enough,</c>

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you're<00:21:54.880><c> out</c><00:21:55.019><c> of</c><00:21:55.160><c> line,</c>

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you<00:21:55.799><c> just</c><00:21:56.039><c> get</c><00:21:56.220><c> along</c><00:21:56.579><c> and</c><00:21:57.240><c> let</c><00:21:57.559><c> that</c><00:21:57.759><c> be</c><00:21:57.940><c> the</c><00:21:58.000><c> end</c><00:21:58.180><c> of</c><00:21:58.279><c> it.</c>

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Abraham<00:21:59.180><c> doesn't</c><00:21:59.700><c> react</c><00:22:00.119><c> that</c><00:22:00.400><c> way</c><00:22:00.559><c> to</c><00:22:00.759><c> his</c><00:22:00.960><c> wife.</c>

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When<00:22:02.140><c> Sarah</c><00:22:02.440><c> comes</c><00:22:02.920><c> to</c><00:22:03.460><c> him</c><00:22:03.599><c> with</c><00:22:03.799><c> a</c><00:22:03.960><c> problem,</c><00:22:04.740><c> he</c><00:22:04.920><c> responds</c><00:22:05.500><c> in</c><00:22:05.940><c> a</c>

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very<00:22:06.339><c> genteel</c><00:22:06.900><c> spirit.</c>

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He<00:22:07.779><c> responds</c><00:22:08.339><c> in</c><00:22:08.759><c> a</c><00:22:08.980><c> spirit</c><00:22:09.259><c> which</c><00:22:09.779><c> indicates</c><00:22:10.440><c> to</c><00:22:10.720><c> us</c><00:22:10.960><c> that</c><00:22:11.220><c> Abraham</c><00:22:11.799><c> was</c><00:22:12.700><c> not</c><00:22:13.019><c> an</c>

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individual<00:22:13.779><c> who</c><00:22:14.500><c> would</c><00:22:15.119><c> pull</c><00:22:15.440><c> rank.</c>

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He<00:22:15.920><c> was</c><00:22:16.099><c> not</c><00:22:16.240><c> an</c><00:22:16.500><c> individual</c><00:22:16.960><c> who</c><00:22:17.559><c> would</c><00:22:18.160><c> brush</c><00:22:18.440><c> aside</c><00:22:18.960><c> life's</c>

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problems<00:22:19.940><c> by</c><00:22:21.500><c> a</c><00:22:21.980><c> bullyish</c><00:22:22.720><c> attitude.</c>

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Verse<00:22:24.000><c> 6,</c><00:22:24.559><c> but</c><00:22:24.700><c> Abram</c><00:22:25.079><c> said</c><00:22:25.319><c> to</c><00:22:25.579><c> Sarah,</c><00:22:25.859><c> behold,</c><00:22:26.920><c> thy</c><00:22:27.140><c> maid</c><00:22:27.380><c> is</c>

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in<00:22:27.720><c> thy</c><00:22:27.920><c> hand,</c><00:22:28.160><c> to</c><00:22:28.359><c> do</c><00:22:28.460><c> with</c><00:22:28.619><c> her</c><00:22:28.799><c> is</c><00:22:28.900><c> it</c><00:22:29.079><c> pleaseeth</c><00:22:29.480><c> thee.</c>

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When<00:22:30.259><c> Sarah</c><00:22:30.559><c> dealt</c><00:22:30.859><c> hardly</c><00:22:31.200><c> with</c><00:22:31.400><c> her,</c><00:22:31.599><c> she</c><00:22:31.779><c> fled</c><00:22:31.960><c> from</c><00:22:32.160><c> her</c><00:22:32.400><c> face,</c>

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which<00:22:33.720><c> might</c><00:22:34.079><c> not</c><00:22:34.299><c> have</c><00:22:34.480><c> reflected</c><00:22:34.779><c> well</c><00:22:35.039><c> on</c><00:22:35.259><c> Sarah,</c>

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but<00:22:36.059><c> nonetheless</c><00:22:36.579><c> the</c><00:22:36.799><c> whole</c><00:22:37.079><c> situation</c><00:22:37.700><c> I</c><00:22:37.859><c> would</c><00:22:38.039><c> suggest</c>

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reflects<00:22:39.640><c> upon</c><00:22:39.980><c> the</c><00:22:40.160><c> humility</c><00:22:40.519><c> of</c><00:22:40.759><c> Abraham</c>

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that<00:22:41.839><c> even</c><00:22:42.180><c> in</c><00:22:42.339><c> a</c><00:22:42.480><c> domestic</c><00:22:42.900><c> squabble</c><00:22:43.740><c> he</c><00:22:44.059><c> was</c><00:22:44.559><c> prepared</c><00:22:45.579><c> to</c><00:22:46.279><c> manifest</c><00:22:46.920><c> a</c>

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cooperative<00:22:49.039><c> spirit,</c>

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a<00:22:50.599><c> spirit</c><00:22:50.960><c> which</c><00:22:51.519><c> in</c><00:22:51.940><c> no</c><00:22:52.220><c> way</c><00:22:53.059><c> smacked</c><00:22:53.519><c> of</c><00:22:53.779><c> harshness</c><00:22:54.660><c> and</c><00:22:56.400><c> dictatorialness</c><00:22:57.539><c> and</c>

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any<00:22:58.299><c> kind</c><00:22:58.539><c> of</c><00:22:58.740><c> tyranny.</c>

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Abraham<00:23:00.240><c> was</c><00:23:00.579><c> indeed</c><00:23:00.900><c> a</c><00:23:01.140><c> humble</c><00:23:01.400><c> individual.</c>

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And<00:23:02.720><c> in</c><00:23:02.900><c> like</c><00:23:03.059><c> manner</c><00:23:03.359><c> in</c><00:23:03.500><c> his</c><00:23:03.680><c> dealings</c><00:23:04.019><c> with</c><00:23:04.279><c> the</c><00:23:04.420><c> three</c><00:23:04.680><c> angels</c><00:23:05.039><c> that</c><00:23:05.200><c> came</c><00:23:05.420><c> to</c>

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visit<00:23:06.019><c> in</c><00:23:07.460><c> chapter</c><00:23:08.140><c> 18,</c><00:23:09.099><c> verse</c><00:23:09.259><c> 8,</c>

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Abraham<00:23:12.819><c> in</c><00:23:13.279><c> providing</c><00:23:14.220><c> hospitality</c><00:23:14.940><c> for</c><00:23:15.859><c> these,</c><00:23:16.799><c> and</c><00:23:17.059><c> he</c><00:23:17.140><c> did</c><00:23:17.319><c> not</c><00:23:17.480><c> know</c><00:23:17.640><c> they</c><00:23:17.799><c> were</c><00:23:18.000><c> angels</c><00:23:18.200><c> at</c>

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this<00:23:18.920><c> point,</c>

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he<00:23:19.460><c> simply</c><00:23:19.900><c> accepted</c><00:23:20.759><c> them</c><00:23:20.980><c> as</c><00:23:21.200><c> three</c><00:23:21.460><c> strangers.</c>

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He<00:23:22.720><c> took</c><00:23:22.960><c> butter</c><00:23:23.279><c> and</c><00:23:23.500><c> milk</c><00:23:23.779><c> and</c><00:23:23.980><c> the</c><00:23:24.180><c> calf</c><00:23:24.359><c> which</c><00:23:24.539><c> he</c><00:23:24.720><c> had</c><00:23:24.940><c> dressed</c><00:23:25.160><c> and</c>

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set<00:23:25.500><c> it</c><00:23:25.680><c> before</c><00:23:25.980><c> them,</c>

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and<00:23:26.920><c> he</c><00:23:27.339><c> stood</c><00:23:27.839><c> by</c><00:23:28.440><c> them</c><00:23:28.839><c> under</c><00:23:29.180><c> the</c><00:23:29.400><c> tree</c><00:23:29.519><c> and</c><00:23:29.640><c> they</c><00:23:29.759><c> did</c><00:23:29.900><c> eat.</c>

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And<00:23:30.000><c> here</c><00:23:30.400><c> was</c><00:23:30.660><c> Abraham,</c><00:23:31.299><c> the</c><00:23:31.400><c> master</c><00:23:31.740><c> of</c><00:23:31.900><c> his</c><00:23:32.059><c> household.</c>

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Here<00:23:33.180><c> was</c><00:23:34.119><c> this</c><00:23:34.779><c> individual</c><00:23:35.440><c> who</c><00:23:35.880><c> had</c><00:23:36.019><c> been</c><00:23:36.259><c> promised</c><00:23:36.500><c> the</c><00:23:36.740><c> earth</c><00:23:36.940><c> as</c>

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an<00:23:37.640><c> inheritance.</c>

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Here<00:23:38.700><c> were</c><00:23:38.900><c> three</c><00:23:39.220><c> strangers.</c>

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Abraham<00:23:41.000><c> did</c><00:23:41.220><c> not</c><00:23:41.339><c> know</c><00:23:41.500><c> from</c><00:23:41.720><c> whence</c><00:23:41.980><c> they</c><00:23:42.099><c> came</c><00:23:42.339><c> or</c><00:23:42.460><c> who</c><00:23:42.680><c> they</c><00:23:42.859><c> are</c>

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or<00:23:43.180><c> what</c><00:23:43.359><c> kind</c><00:23:43.519><c> of</c><00:23:43.740><c> characters</c><00:23:44.099><c> they</c><00:23:45.599><c> would</c><00:23:45.799><c> turn</c><00:23:46.000><c> out</c><00:23:46.180><c> to</c><00:23:46.359><c> be.</c>

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And<00:23:47.359><c> in</c><00:23:47.559><c> his</c><00:23:47.839><c> interaction</c><00:23:48.400><c> with</c><00:23:48.700><c> him,</c><00:23:48.839><c> he</c><00:23:49.380><c> manifested</c><00:23:49.940><c> the</c>

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most<00:23:51.079><c> profound</c><00:23:52.279><c> deference</c><00:23:53.519><c> and</c><00:23:55.160><c> kindness</c><00:23:55.680><c> and</c><00:23:56.740><c> conciliation.</c>

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And<00:23:57.539><c> he</c><00:23:57.599><c> in</c><00:23:57.819><c> no</c><00:23:58.140><c> way</c><00:23:59.240><c> set</c><00:24:00.079><c> himself</c><00:24:00.500><c> up</c><00:24:00.880><c> in</c><00:24:01.180><c> any</c><00:24:01.460><c> kind</c><00:24:01.640><c> of</c><00:24:02.079><c> a</c><00:24:02.240><c> pompous</c><00:24:03.039><c> Lord</c>

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of<00:24:03.720><c> the</c><00:24:03.900><c> manor</c><00:24:04.240><c> attitude.</c>

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Abraham<00:24:05.619><c> was</c><00:24:06.119><c> immediately</c><00:24:06.740><c> ready</c><00:24:07.079><c> to</c><00:24:07.519><c> deal</c><00:24:07.720><c> with</c><00:24:07.900><c> these</c><00:24:08.099><c> individuals</c><00:24:08.660><c> in</c><00:24:09.640><c> a</c>

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beautiful<00:24:10.220><c> spirit,</c>

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a<00:24:11.480><c> spirit</c><00:24:11.799><c> which</c><00:24:12.180><c> was</c><00:24:12.619><c> full</c><00:24:13.059><c> of</c><00:24:13.460><c> godliness</c><00:24:13.960><c> and</c><00:24:15.059><c> humility.</c>

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And<00:24:17.339><c> likewise,</c><00:24:18.160><c> when</c><00:24:18.339><c> he</c><00:24:18.480><c> does</c><00:24:19.160><c> find</c><00:24:20.220><c> out</c><00:24:20.960><c> that</c><00:24:21.779><c> these</c><00:24:22.160><c> individuals</c><00:24:22.740><c> are</c><00:24:23.180><c> angels,</c><00:24:23.880><c> of</c>

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course<00:24:24.279><c> that</c><00:24:24.559><c> attitude</c><00:24:24.900><c> persists.</c>

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And<00:24:25.599><c> in</c><00:24:25.720><c> his</c><00:24:25.980><c> discussion</c><00:24:26.619><c> with</c><00:24:27.759><c> the</c><00:24:27.920><c> Lord</c><00:24:28.259><c> over</c><00:24:28.640><c> Sodom,</c><00:24:29.039><c> and</c>

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of<00:24:29.220><c> course</c><00:24:29.460><c> the</c><00:24:29.700><c> Lord</c><00:24:29.940><c> in</c><00:24:30.079><c> this</c><00:24:30.259><c> case</c><00:24:30.519><c> was</c><00:24:30.799><c> the</c><00:24:31.000><c> chiefest</c><00:24:31.740><c> of</c>

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these<00:24:32.440><c> angels,</c>

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two<00:24:32.980><c> of</c><00:24:33.039><c> them</c><00:24:33.220><c> moved</c><00:24:33.480><c> on</c><00:24:33.819><c> to</c><00:24:33.960><c> deal</c><00:24:34.140><c> with</c><00:24:34.339><c> Sodom.</c>

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One<00:24:35.200><c> stood</c><00:24:35.460><c> behind,</c><00:24:36.480><c> Abraham</c><00:24:36.819><c> addresses</c><00:24:37.660><c> them</c><00:24:37.880><c> as</c><00:24:38.079><c> the</c><00:24:38.240><c> Lord,</c>

00:24:38.920 --> 00:24:42.359
and<00:24:39.380><c> this</c><00:24:39.599><c> discussion</c><00:24:40.039><c> ensues</c><00:24:40.660><c> over</c><00:24:41.119><c> Sodom.</c>

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And<00:24:42.759><c> Abraham</c><00:24:43.359><c> in</c><00:24:44.279><c> his</c><00:24:44.579><c> dealings</c><00:24:45.119><c> with</c><00:24:46.059><c> this</c><00:24:46.599><c> angel,</c><00:24:47.339><c> again</c><00:24:47.920><c> the</c><00:24:48.420><c> spirit</c><00:24:48.700><c> of</c>

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deference<00:24:49.359><c> and</c><00:24:49.880><c> humility</c>

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and<00:24:51.160><c> all</c><00:24:52.660><c> that</c><00:24:52.819><c> was</c><00:24:53.119><c> appropriate</c><00:24:53.559><c> and</c><00:24:53.839><c> proper</c><00:24:54.200><c> comes</c><00:24:54.980><c> through</c>

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in<00:24:55.359><c> the</c><00:24:55.460><c> man</c><00:24:55.619><c> Abraham.</c>

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Now,<00:24:58.259><c> another</c><00:24:58.579><c> situation</c><00:24:59.279><c> which</c><00:25:00.240><c> reflects</c><00:25:01.519><c> upon</c><00:25:01.859><c> Abraham's,</c>

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this<00:25:03.460><c> quality</c><00:25:03.819><c> of</c><00:25:04.039><c> Abraham,</c>

00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:07.480
is<00:25:04.579><c> in</c><00:25:04.680><c> chapter</c><00:25:04.960><c> 20</c><00:25:05.500><c> in</c><00:25:05.839><c> his</c><00:25:06.119><c> reconciliation</c><00:25:06.680><c> with</c><00:25:06.880><c> the</c><00:25:07.039><c> Bimelech.</c>

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And<00:25:08.140><c> here's</c><00:25:08.420><c> a</c><00:25:08.619><c> situation</c><00:25:09.299><c> which</c><00:25:10.579><c> really</c><00:25:11.220><c> says</c><00:25:11.759><c> a</c><00:25:11.980><c> lot,</c><00:25:12.220><c> is</c>

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very<00:25:12.619><c> telling</c><00:25:13.039><c> about</c><00:25:13.619><c> the</c><00:25:13.799><c> man</c><00:25:13.940><c> Abraham,</c>

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because<00:25:15.119><c> of</c><00:25:15.880><c> course</c><00:25:16.039><c> we</c><00:25:16.180><c> know</c><00:25:16.400><c> that</c><00:25:16.559><c> the</c><00:25:16.660><c> whole</c><00:25:16.839><c> thing</c><00:25:16.980><c> was</c>

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Abraham's<00:25:17.740><c> fault.</c>

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Had<00:25:18.460><c> he</c><00:25:18.599><c> been</c><00:25:19.160><c> honest</c><00:25:19.559><c> and</c><00:25:20.440><c> forthright</c><00:25:21.019><c> about</c><00:25:21.460><c> his</c><00:25:22.460><c> status</c>

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with<00:25:23.200><c> Sarah,</c>

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the<00:25:24.319><c> situation</c><00:25:24.859><c> wouldn't</c><00:25:25.079><c> have</c><00:25:25.299><c> happened</c><00:25:25.480><c> in</c><00:25:25.640><c> the</c><00:25:25.779><c> first</c><00:25:25.980><c> place.</c>

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So<00:25:27.279><c> he</c><00:25:27.400><c> has</c><00:25:27.599><c> put</c><00:25:27.740><c> a</c><00:25:27.859><c> Bimelech</c><00:25:28.240><c> in</c><00:25:28.400><c> this</c><00:25:29.140><c> very</c><00:25:29.720><c> compromised</c><00:25:30.420><c> situation,</c>

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which<00:25:32.019><c> really</c><00:25:32.720><c> threatened</c><00:25:34.140><c> a</c><00:25:34.319><c> Bimelech's</c><00:25:34.740><c> very</c><00:25:34.880><c> existence</c>

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inasmuch<00:25:35.960><c> as</c><00:25:36.579><c> God</c><00:25:36.960><c> said,</c>

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you<00:25:37.299><c> are</c><00:25:37.500><c> but</c><00:25:37.640><c> a</c><00:25:37.779><c> dead</c><00:25:37.900><c> man</c><00:25:38.180><c> because</c><00:25:38.420><c> you</c><00:25:38.579><c> have</c><00:25:38.839><c> another</c><00:25:39.180><c> man's</c>

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wife<00:25:40.140><c> in</c><00:25:40.920><c> your</c><00:25:41.140><c> household.</c>

00:25:44.160 --> 00:25:46.299
The<00:25:44.380><c> situation</c><00:25:44.980><c> is</c><00:25:45.400><c> reconciled.</c>

00:25:46.299 --> 00:25:50.859
Abraham<00:25:46.779><c> and</c><00:25:47.019><c> Sarah</c><00:25:47.160><c> go</c><00:25:47.359><c> on</c><00:25:47.539><c> their</c><00:25:47.700><c> way</c><00:25:48.420><c> and</c><00:25:49.900><c> everything</c><00:25:50.640><c> is</c>

00:25:50.859 --> 00:25:51.279
put<00:25:51.059><c> right.</c>

00:25:51.559 --> 00:25:54.079
But<00:25:51.680><c> notice</c><00:25:52.299><c> Abraham's</c><00:25:53.019><c> reaction</c><00:25:53.420><c> to</c><00:25:53.660><c> it</c><00:25:53.839><c> all.</c>

00:25:54.380 --> 00:25:57.680
See,<00:25:54.559><c> the</c><00:25:54.740><c> natural</c><00:25:55.200><c> reaction</c><00:25:55.579><c> in</c><00:25:55.779><c> a</c><00:25:55.940><c> situation</c><00:25:56.400><c> like</c><00:25:56.819><c> this,</c>

00:25:57.880 --> 00:26:00.059
after<00:25:58.200><c> having</c><00:25:58.480><c> been</c><00:25:58.799><c> found</c><00:25:59.119><c> to</c><00:25:59.359><c> be</c><00:25:59.480><c> in</c><00:25:59.579><c> the</c><00:25:59.779><c> wrong,</c>

00:26:00.220 --> 00:26:05.920
after<00:26:00.500><c> having</c><00:26:00.799><c> been</c><00:26:01.440><c> exposed</c><00:26:02.220><c> as</c><00:26:02.900><c> being</c><00:26:03.480><c> dishonest</c><00:26:04.319><c> and</c><00:26:04.500><c> having</c><00:26:04.740><c> caused</c><00:26:05.000><c> another</c><00:26:05.240><c> man</c><00:26:05.500><c> trouble,</c>

00:26:06.339 --> 00:26:10.220
is<00:26:06.700><c> to</c><00:26:06.980><c> really,</c><00:26:07.460><c> okay,</c><00:26:08.180><c> everything's</c><00:26:08.819><c> fine,</c><00:26:09.380><c> I'll</c><00:26:09.700><c> be</c><00:26:09.839><c> on</c><00:26:10.000><c> my</c>

00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:11.400
way,<00:26:10.500><c> you</c><00:26:10.720><c> be</c><00:26:10.920><c> on</c><00:26:11.099><c> yours,</c>

00:26:11.460 --> 00:26:13.400
and<00:26:11.700><c> we'll</c><00:26:11.900><c> just</c><00:26:12.079><c> avoid</c><00:26:12.299><c> each</c><00:26:12.519><c> other</c><00:26:12.700><c> from</c><00:26:12.859><c> now</c><00:26:13.140><c> on.</c>

00:26:13.400 --> 00:26:16.440
Abraham<00:26:14.160><c> doesn't</c><00:26:14.480><c> take</c><00:26:14.799><c> that</c><00:26:15.460><c> tact</c><00:26:15.720><c> at</c><00:26:15.960><c> all.</c>

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Verse<00:26:16.720><c> 17,</c>

00:26:17.599 --> 00:26:20.819
So<00:26:17.940><c> Abraham</c><00:26:18.359><c> prayed</c><00:26:18.819><c> unto</c><00:26:19.079><c> God,</c><00:26:19.500><c> and</c><00:26:19.559><c> God</c><00:26:19.859><c> healed</c><00:26:20.200><c> a</c><00:26:20.319><c> Bimelech,</c>

00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:23.900
and<00:26:21.299><c> his</c><00:26:21.480><c> wife,</c><00:26:21.859><c> and</c><00:26:22.039><c> his</c><00:26:22.240><c> maidservants,</c><00:26:22.819><c> and</c><00:26:23.019><c> they</c><00:26:23.220><c> bare</c><00:26:23.359><c> children.</c>

00:26:24.339 --> 00:26:26.339
For<00:26:24.420><c> the</c><00:26:24.559><c> Lord</c><00:26:24.720><c> had</c><00:26:24.960><c> fast</c><00:26:25.200><c> closed</c><00:26:25.380><c> up</c><00:26:25.599><c> all</c><00:26:25.799><c> the</c><00:26:25.960><c> wombs</c><00:26:26.119><c> of</c><00:26:26.240><c> the</c>

00:26:26.339 --> 00:26:27.299
house<00:26:26.500><c> of</c><00:26:26.619><c> the</c><00:26:26.720><c> Bimelech,</c>

00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:28.980
because<00:26:27.640><c> of</c><00:26:27.920><c> Sarah</c><00:26:28.160><c> Abraham's</c><00:26:28.700><c> wife.</c>

00:26:29.339 --> 00:26:34.640
It<00:26:29.539><c> really</c><00:26:29.900><c> takes</c><00:26:30.180><c> a</c><00:26:30.519><c> tremendously</c><00:26:31.099><c> humble</c><00:26:31.579><c> individual</c><00:26:32.319><c> to</c><00:26:33.019><c> admit</c><00:26:33.440><c> that</c><00:26:33.619><c> they</c><00:26:33.819><c> had</c><00:26:33.960><c> made</c><00:26:34.099><c> a</c><00:26:34.259><c> mistake,</c>

00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:37.519
that<00:26:34.880><c> they</c><00:26:35.039><c> had</c><00:26:35.279><c> caused</c><00:26:35.440><c> somebody</c><00:26:35.819><c> else</c><00:26:36.319><c> hurt</c><00:26:36.859><c> and</c><00:26:37.160><c> harm,</c>

00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:42.180
and<00:26:38.480><c> to</c><00:26:38.900><c> respond</c><00:26:39.319><c> to</c><00:26:39.500><c> that</c><00:26:39.680><c> person</c><00:26:40.019><c> in</c><00:26:40.279><c> a</c><00:26:40.400><c> kindly</c><00:26:41.039><c> and</c><00:26:41.480><c> humble</c><00:26:41.720><c> fashion.</c>

00:26:42.180 --> 00:26:48.640
The<00:26:42.779><c> natural</c><00:26:43.359><c> man,</c><00:26:44.099><c> when</c><00:26:44.180><c> found</c><00:26:44.720><c> out</c><00:26:45.140><c> to</c><00:26:46.539><c> be</c><00:26:47.460><c> mistaken,</c>

00:26:48.880 --> 00:26:53.660
usually<00:26:49.299><c> reacts</c><00:26:49.920><c> with</c><00:26:50.799><c> a</c><00:26:51.059><c> fair</c><00:26:51.180><c> degree</c><00:26:51.640><c> of</c><00:26:52.440><c> hurt</c><00:26:52.619><c> feelings,</c>

00:26:54.660 --> 00:26:56.700
his<00:26:54.940><c> pride</c><00:26:55.180><c> comes</c><00:26:55.480><c> to</c><00:26:55.640><c> the</c><00:26:55.859><c> fore,</c>

00:26:56.779 --> 00:27:01.420
he<00:26:56.960><c> wants</c><00:26:57.240><c> to</c><00:26:57.819><c> recover</c><00:26:58.220><c> as</c><00:26:58.420><c> much</c><00:26:59.400><c> esteem</c><00:27:00.200><c> as</c><00:27:00.380><c> possible,</c>

00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:04.500
and<00:27:02.180><c> denigrate</c><00:27:02.519><c> everyone</c><00:27:02.819><c> else</c><00:27:03.079><c> around</c><00:27:03.380><c> him</c><00:27:03.559><c> to</c><00:27:03.700><c> make</c><00:27:03.859><c> himself</c><00:27:04.200><c> look</c><00:27:04.420><c> a</c>

00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:05.900
bit<00:27:04.579><c> better</c><00:27:04.819><c> in</c><00:27:04.960><c> the</c><00:27:05.099><c> situation,</c>

00:27:05.940 --> 00:27:07.259
and<00:27:06.180><c> get</c><00:27:06.339><c> on</c><00:27:06.500><c> about</c><00:27:06.680><c> his</c><00:27:06.859><c> business.</c>

00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:11.740
That<00:27:07.960><c> is</c><00:27:08.359><c> the</c><00:27:08.579><c> natural</c><00:27:09.019><c> reaction,</c><00:27:09.660><c> and</c><00:27:09.660><c> we</c><00:27:10.119><c> all</c><00:27:10.640><c> experience</c><00:27:11.299><c> it,</c>

00:27:12.019 --> 00:27:15.339
in<00:27:12.259><c> home</c><00:27:12.539><c> life,</c><00:27:12.880><c> in</c><00:27:13.000><c> Ecclesia</c><00:27:13.319><c> life,</c><00:27:13.839><c> when</c><00:27:14.019><c> we're</c><00:27:14.180><c> at</c><00:27:14.279><c> the</c><00:27:14.440><c> workplace,</c>

00:27:15.359 --> 00:27:19.599
every<00:27:15.559><c> now</c><00:27:15.799><c> and</c><00:27:15.940><c> then,</c><00:27:16.240><c> all</c><00:27:16.579><c> of</c><00:27:16.779><c> us</c><00:27:17.099><c> are</c><00:27:17.599><c> going</c><00:27:17.819><c> to</c><00:27:18.180><c> blow</c><00:27:18.339><c> it</c><00:27:18.440><c> on</c><00:27:18.660><c> occasion,</c>

00:27:19.640 --> 00:27:23.740
and<00:27:20.079><c> consider</c><00:27:20.599><c> our</c><00:27:20.920><c> reactions</c><00:27:21.279><c> in</c><00:27:21.440><c> those</c><00:27:22.480><c> situations.</c>

00:27:23.799 --> 00:27:27.640
Do<00:27:24.099><c> we</c><00:27:24.279><c> find</c><00:27:24.519><c> our</c><00:27:24.720><c> heart</c><00:27:24.960><c> filling</c><00:27:25.779><c> with</c><00:27:26.339><c> resentment,</c>

00:27:28.279 --> 00:27:32.099
and<00:27:28.759><c> this</c><00:27:29.240><c> feeling</c><00:27:29.539><c> that,</c><00:27:30.119><c> well,</c><00:27:30.400><c> okay,</c><00:27:30.700><c> I</c><00:27:30.880><c> blew</c><00:27:31.059><c> it,</c><00:27:31.420><c> but</c><00:27:31.539><c> don't</c><00:27:31.920><c> say</c>

00:27:32.099 --> 00:27:32.799
too<00:27:32.299><c> much</c><00:27:32.500><c> about</c><00:27:32.700><c> it,</c>

00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:33.960
I<00:27:32.900><c> don't</c><00:27:33.019><c> want</c><00:27:33.079><c> to</c><00:27:33.160><c> hear</c><00:27:33.259><c> your</c><00:27:33.500><c> criticisms,</c>

00:27:33.960 --> 00:27:36.799
I<00:27:34.440><c> get</c><00:27:34.660><c> the</c><00:27:34.940><c> point,</c><00:27:35.339><c> now</c><00:27:35.500><c> be</c><00:27:35.680><c> quiet</c><00:27:35.980><c> and</c><00:27:36.079><c> let</c><00:27:36.220><c> me</c><00:27:36.299><c> get</c><00:27:36.460><c> on</c><00:27:36.579><c> about</c>

00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:37.839
my<00:27:36.940><c> business.</c>

00:27:38.180 --> 00:27:40.759
Abraham<00:27:38.619><c> was</c><00:27:39.079><c> not</c><00:27:39.579><c> that</c><00:27:39.819><c> kind</c><00:27:40.059><c> of</c><00:27:40.180><c> an</c><00:27:40.319><c> individual,</c>

00:27:41.119 --> 00:27:44.059
he<00:27:41.319><c> was</c><00:27:41.599><c> prepared</c><00:27:42.079><c> to</c><00:27:42.400><c> fully</c><00:27:42.640><c> reconcile</c><00:27:43.180><c> with</c><00:27:43.380><c> the</c><00:27:43.539><c> Bimelech,</c>

00:27:44.200 --> 00:27:47.720
to<00:27:44.319><c> the</c><00:27:44.500><c> point</c><00:27:44.740><c> that</c><00:27:45.059><c> he</c><00:27:45.539><c> had</c><00:27:45.779><c> to</c><00:27:46.019><c> pray</c><00:27:46.319><c> to</c><00:27:46.859><c> undo</c><00:27:47.119><c> the</c><00:27:47.400><c> damage</c>

00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:48.579
that<00:27:47.940><c> he</c><00:27:48.099><c> had</c><00:27:48.279><c> done,</c>

00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:53.039
and<00:27:49.140><c> that</c><00:27:49.819><c> says</c><00:27:50.279><c> volumes</c><00:27:50.960><c> for</c><00:27:51.700><c> the</c><00:27:51.880><c> man</c><00:27:52.019><c> Abraham.</c>

00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:56.119
And<00:27:53.339><c> then</c><00:27:53.539><c> lastly,</c><00:27:53.980><c> and</c><00:27:54.099><c> it</c><00:27:54.259><c> certainly</c><00:27:54.559><c> is</c><00:27:54.920><c> not</c><00:27:55.059><c> an</c><00:27:55.339><c> exhaustive</c><00:27:55.839><c> list,</c>

00:27:56.500 --> 00:28:01.500
but<00:27:56.720><c> in</c><00:27:57.420><c> Genesis</c><00:27:57.740><c> 23,</c><00:27:59.359><c> when</c><00:27:59.880><c> Abraham</c><00:28:00.299><c> goes</c><00:28:00.599><c> to</c><00:28:00.880><c> buy</c><00:28:01.079><c> the</c><00:28:01.299><c> cave</c>

00:28:01.500 --> 00:28:03.059
of<00:28:02.000><c> Machpelah,</c>

00:28:03.059 --> 00:28:08.579
we<00:28:03.440><c> find</c><00:28:04.019><c> Abraham's</c><00:28:06.019><c> interactions</c><00:28:06.519><c> with</c><00:28:06.900><c> these</c><00:28:07.980><c> sons</c><00:28:08.279><c> of</c><00:28:08.539><c> Heth,</c>

00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:13.019
the<00:28:08.779><c> children</c><00:28:09.079><c> of</c><00:28:09.279><c> Heth,</c><00:28:10.079><c> to</c><00:28:10.299><c> again,</c><00:28:11.980><c> reveal</c><00:28:12.039><c> to</c><00:28:12.200><c> us</c><00:28:12.440><c> a</c><00:28:12.599><c> man</c>

00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:15.619
who<00:28:13.440><c> was</c><00:28:14.400><c> exceedingly</c><00:28:15.099><c> contrite,</c>

00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:19.440
exceedingly<00:28:16.220><c> humble,</c><00:28:17.319><c> in</c><00:28:17.460><c> his</c><00:28:17.640><c> dealings</c><00:28:17.920><c> with</c><00:28:18.119><c> his</c><00:28:18.299><c> fellow</c><00:28:18.500><c> man.</c>

00:28:19.700 --> 00:28:22.559
And<00:28:20.079><c> again,</c><00:28:20.640><c> there</c><00:28:20.720><c> are</c><00:28:21.220><c> mitigating</c><00:28:21.700><c> factors</c><00:28:22.140><c> here,</c>

00:28:22.559 --> 00:28:24.700
which<00:28:22.740><c> could</c><00:28:22.900><c> have</c><00:28:23.079><c> affected</c><00:28:23.559><c> Abraham's</c><00:28:24.279><c> behavior.</c>

00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:27.119
After<00:28:25.380><c> all,</c><00:28:25.599><c> these</c><00:28:25.839><c> were</c><00:28:26.079><c> the</c><00:28:26.240><c> inhabitants</c><00:28:26.640><c> of</c><00:28:26.880><c> the</c><00:28:26.960><c> land,</c>

00:28:27.220 --> 00:28:27.940
the<00:28:27.420><c> Canaanites,</c>

00:28:28.359 --> 00:28:31.799
those<00:28:28.700><c> individuals</c><00:28:29.480><c> who</c><00:28:29.880><c> were</c><00:28:30.779><c> going</c><00:28:30.960><c> to</c><00:28:31.140><c> be</c><00:28:31.339><c> expelled</c><00:28:31.599><c> from</c>

00:28:31.799 --> 00:28:32.079
the<00:28:31.940><c> land,</c>

00:28:32.079 --> 00:28:35.240
this<00:28:32.200><c> was</c><00:28:32.380><c> Abraham's</c><00:28:32.900><c> land</c><00:28:33.119><c> after</c><00:28:33.500><c> all,</c><00:28:33.940><c> it</c><00:28:34.039><c> had</c><00:28:34.160><c> been</c><00:28:34.359><c> promised</c><00:28:34.579><c> to</c><00:28:34.859><c> Abraham.</c>

00:28:35.640 --> 00:28:38.839
Here<00:28:35.799><c> he</c><00:28:35.900><c> was</c><00:28:36.099><c> in</c><00:28:36.220><c> a</c><00:28:36.319><c> position</c><00:28:36.680><c> of</c><00:28:36.859><c> having</c><00:28:37.180><c> to</c><00:28:37.559><c> buy</c><00:28:38.000><c> that</c><00:28:38.640><c> which</c>

00:28:38.839 --> 00:28:40.240
God<00:28:39.059><c> had</c><00:28:39.240><c> given</c><00:28:39.380><c> him.</c>

00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:44.400
And<00:28:40.700><c> Abraham</c><00:28:41.019><c> might</c><00:28:41.319><c> very</c><00:28:41.740><c> well</c><00:28:42.119><c> have</c><00:28:42.660><c> let</c><00:28:43.019><c> that</c><00:28:43.539><c> gone</c><00:28:43.819><c> to</c><00:28:44.019><c> his</c><00:28:44.240><c> head</c>

00:28:44.400 --> 00:28:48.319
and<00:28:45.259><c> rendered</c><00:28:45.559><c> him</c><00:28:46.140><c> quite</c><00:28:47.099><c> high</c><00:28:47.660><c> on</c><00:28:47.859><c> himself,</c>

00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:52.180
inasmuch<00:28:49.240><c> as</c><00:28:49.420><c> he</c><00:28:49.599><c> had</c><00:28:49.720><c> been</c><00:28:49.900><c> the</c><00:28:50.140><c> recipient</c><00:28:50.519><c> of</c><00:28:51.059><c> such</c><00:28:51.299><c> lofty</c><00:28:51.859><c> things.</c>

00:28:52.579 --> 00:28:56.480
But<00:28:52.920><c> in</c><00:28:53.400><c> no</c><00:28:53.700><c> way</c><00:28:54.119><c> did</c><00:28:54.339><c> this</c><00:28:54.640><c> attitude</c><00:28:55.000><c> of</c><00:28:55.279><c> mind</c><00:28:55.559><c> creep</c><00:28:55.940><c> into</c>

00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:59.200
Abraham's<00:28:57.460><c> dealings</c><00:28:58.059><c> with</c><00:28:58.359><c> those</c><00:28:58.599><c> around</c><00:28:58.920><c> him.</c>

00:28:59.200 --> 00:29:02.500
And<00:29:00.000><c> all</c><00:29:00.299><c> that</c><00:29:00.480><c> he</c><00:29:00.700><c> did</c><00:29:00.920><c> and</c><00:29:01.140><c> said</c><00:29:01.299><c> with</c><00:29:01.519><c> these</c><00:29:01.720><c> sons</c><00:29:01.960><c> of</c><00:29:02.160><c> Heth,</c>

00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:07.500
he<00:29:02.859><c> showed</c><00:29:03.079><c> himself</c><00:29:03.640><c> to</c><00:29:04.039><c> be</c><00:29:04.200><c> an</c><00:29:04.380><c> individual</c><00:29:04.799><c> of</c><00:29:06.420><c> good</c><00:29:06.980><c> taste,</c>

00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:11.740
of<00:29:08.380><c> all</c><00:29:08.640><c> that</c><00:29:08.819><c> was</c><00:29:09.380><c> proper</c><00:29:09.839><c> and</c><00:29:10.480><c> godly</c><00:29:10.900><c> and</c><00:29:11.119><c> right</c><00:29:11.339><c> in</c><00:29:11.539><c> his</c>

00:29:11.740 --> 00:29:13.519
dealings<00:29:12.059><c> with</c><00:29:12.220><c> other</c><00:29:12.420><c> individuals.</c>

00:29:13.579 --> 00:29:18.400
And<00:29:13.900><c> it</c><00:29:14.339><c> appeared</c><00:29:14.619><c> at</c><00:29:14.799><c> one</c><00:29:15.039><c> point</c><00:29:15.339><c> that</c><00:29:16.299><c> Ephron</c><00:29:17.180><c> was</c><00:29:18.079><c> prepared</c>

00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:20.319
to<00:29:18.619><c> give</c><00:29:18.779><c> him</c><00:29:19.420><c> this</c><00:29:20.019><c> cave,</c>

00:29:20.359 --> 00:29:22.720
and<00:29:20.539><c> Abraham</c><00:29:20.880><c> would</c><00:29:21.140><c> not</c><00:29:21.339><c> have</c><00:29:21.480><c> it</c><00:29:21.700><c> so,</c><00:29:21.920><c> he</c><00:29:22.039><c> wanted</c><00:29:22.299><c> things</c><00:29:22.539><c> to</c>

00:29:22.720 --> 00:29:23.960
be<00:29:22.799><c> done</c><00:29:23.019><c> decently</c><00:29:23.420><c> and</c><00:29:23.579><c> in</c><00:29:23.700><c> order,</c>

00:29:23.960 --> 00:29:27.200
he<00:29:24.380><c> wanted</c><00:29:24.619><c> to</c><00:29:24.859><c> purchase</c><00:29:25.160><c> this</c><00:29:25.460><c> land</c><00:29:25.819><c> for</c><00:29:26.420><c> what</c><00:29:26.579><c> it</c><00:29:26.720><c> was</c><00:29:26.940><c> worth</c>

00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:29.359
so<00:29:27.720><c> that</c><00:29:27.819><c> he</c><00:29:27.880><c> could</c><00:29:28.099><c> bury</c><00:29:28.319><c> his</c><00:29:28.599><c> dead.</c>

00:29:29.539 --> 00:29:34.859
And<00:29:29.759><c> these</c><00:29:30.200><c> examples</c><00:29:30.839><c> I</c><00:29:31.500><c> would</c><00:29:32.099><c> suggest</c><00:29:32.599><c> do</c><00:29:33.140><c> present</c><00:29:33.579><c> to</c><00:29:33.819><c> us</c><00:29:34.299><c> a</c>

00:29:34.859 --> 00:29:35.559
side<00:29:35.039><c> of</c><00:29:35.259><c> Abraham</c>

00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:40.619
which<00:29:35.920><c> is</c><00:29:36.440><c> definitely</c><00:29:36.859><c> characterized</c><00:29:37.519><c> by</c><00:29:37.900><c> a</c><00:29:38.299><c> beautiful</c><00:29:38.660><c> spirit</c><00:29:39.240><c> of</c><00:29:39.779><c> humility.</c>

00:29:40.900 --> 00:29:46.599
Now,<00:29:42.460><c> not</c><00:29:42.740><c> only</c><00:29:43.319><c> is</c><00:29:43.720><c> Abraham</c><00:29:44.380><c> the</c><00:29:45.079><c> father</c><00:29:45.359><c> of</c><00:29:45.539><c> the</c><00:29:45.700><c> humble,</c>

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:49.619
but<00:29:46.960><c> as</c><00:29:47.200><c> we</c><00:29:47.319><c> would</c><00:29:47.519><c> expect,</c><00:29:48.000><c> Abraham</c><00:29:48.440><c> is</c><00:29:48.640><c> also</c><00:29:48.940><c> the</c><00:29:49.119><c> father</c><00:29:49.400><c> of</c>

00:29:49.619 --> 00:29:50.180
the<00:29:49.779><c> kind.</c>

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:55.160
Because<00:29:50.940><c> quite</c><00:29:51.380><c> often,</c><00:29:52.299><c> well,</c><00:29:53.059><c> always</c><00:29:53.579><c> and</c><00:29:53.880><c> axiomatically,</c>

00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:58.420
a<00:29:55.380><c> spirit</c><00:29:55.640><c> of</c><00:29:55.880><c> humility</c><00:29:56.400><c> is</c><00:29:57.059><c> going</c><00:29:57.359><c> to</c><00:29:57.519><c> produce</c><00:29:57.819><c> a</c><00:29:58.059><c> spirit</c><00:29:58.200><c> of</c>

00:29:58.420 --> 00:30:02.019
kindness<00:29:58.880><c> and</c><00:29:59.400><c> compassion</c><00:30:00.059><c> in</c><00:30:01.019><c> that</c><00:30:01.279><c> same</c><00:30:01.500><c> individual.</c>

00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:04.990
And<00:30:02.579><c> when</c><00:30:02.720><c> we</c><00:30:02.900><c> consider</c><00:30:03.220><c> the</c><00:30:03.400><c> example</c><00:30:03.859><c> of</c><00:30:04.160><c> Abraham,</c>

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:10.339
we<00:30:05.839><c> again</c><00:30:06.460><c> see</c><00:30:06.920><c> this</c><00:30:07.180><c> demonstrated</c><00:30:07.839><c> quite</c><00:30:09.440><c> fully.</c>

00:30:10.539 --> 00:30:13.900
Consider<00:30:10.880><c> chapter</c><00:30:11.259><c> 14</c><00:30:11.859><c> again</c><00:30:12.339><c> in</c><00:30:12.480><c> his</c><00:30:12.619><c> dealings</c><00:30:12.900><c> with</c><00:30:13.180><c> Lot.</c>

00:30:14.460 --> 00:30:17.759
And<00:30:15.119><c> when</c><00:30:15.440><c> we</c><00:30:15.579><c> do</c><00:30:15.799><c> consider</c><00:30:16.119><c> Abraham's</c><00:30:16.779><c> interactions</c><00:30:17.180><c> with</c><00:30:17.460><c> Lot,</c>

00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:25.500
we<00:30:18.299><c> find</c><00:30:19.039><c> an</c><00:30:19.920><c> individual</c><00:30:20.519><c> who</c><00:30:21.079><c> at</c><00:30:21.359><c> no</c><00:30:21.700><c> point</c><00:30:22.440><c> led</c><00:30:22.920><c> his</c><00:30:23.240><c> thinking</c><00:30:23.599><c> and</c><00:30:23.880><c> his</c><00:30:24.240><c> attitudes</c>

00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:29.039
become<00:30:26.500><c> tainted</c><00:30:26.920><c> by</c><00:30:27.200><c> the</c><00:30:27.400><c> other</c><00:30:27.579><c> person's</c><00:30:28.039><c> behavior.</c>

00:30:29.119 --> 00:30:31.900
And<00:30:29.240><c> Abraham</c><00:30:29.599><c> could</c><00:30:29.859><c> very</c><00:30:30.220><c> well,</c><00:30:30.859><c> from</c><00:30:31.059><c> the</c><00:30:31.279><c> outset,</c><00:30:31.839><c> when</c>

00:30:31.900 --> 00:30:32.680
Lot<00:30:32.079><c> went</c><00:30:32.279><c> his</c><00:30:32.539><c> way</c>

00:30:32.680 --> 00:30:35.220
and<00:30:32.859><c> went</c><00:30:33.019><c> down</c><00:30:33.319><c> towards</c><00:30:33.799><c> the</c><00:30:34.319><c> cities</c><00:30:34.599><c> of</c><00:30:34.759><c> the</c><00:30:34.960><c> plain,</c>

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:37.960
Abraham<00:30:36.039><c> could</c><00:30:36.240><c> have</c><00:30:36.460><c> written</c><00:30:36.680><c> Lot</c><00:30:36.980><c> off</c><00:30:37.440><c> and</c><00:30:37.779><c> said,</c>

00:30:38.140 --> 00:30:40.220
Okay,<00:30:38.460><c> Lot,</c><00:30:38.660><c> we</c><00:30:39.000><c> know</c><00:30:39.160><c> where</c><00:30:39.299><c> you're</c><00:30:39.500><c> coming</c><00:30:39.799><c> from.</c>

00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:43.000
I<00:30:40.740><c> see</c><00:30:40.880><c> what</c><00:30:41.019><c> you</c><00:30:41.220><c> have</c><00:30:41.420><c> picked.</c><00:30:41.940><c> I</c><00:30:42.140><c> see</c><00:30:42.299><c> where</c><00:30:42.480><c> you're</c><00:30:42.680><c> headed.</c>

00:30:43.359 --> 00:30:45.799
Go<00:30:43.680><c> on</c><00:30:43.859><c> your</c><00:30:44.039><c> merry</c><00:30:44.279><c> way.</c><00:30:44.599><c> I've</c><00:30:44.839><c> washed</c><00:30:45.039><c> my</c><00:30:45.259><c> hands</c><00:30:45.460><c> of</c><00:30:45.640><c> you.</c>

00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:50.400
If<00:30:46.720><c> that's</c><00:30:47.700><c> the</c><00:30:47.880><c> direction</c><00:30:48.140><c> you</c><00:30:48.279><c> want</c><00:30:48.500><c> to</c><00:30:48.619><c> head</c><00:30:48.740><c> in,</c><00:30:49.039><c> so</c><00:30:49.319><c> be</c><00:30:49.500><c> it.</c>

00:30:50.440 --> 00:30:54.119
Abraham<00:30:50.759><c> never</c><00:30:51.720><c> deals</c><00:30:52.359><c> with</c><00:30:52.579><c> his</c><00:30:52.779><c> nephew</c><00:30:53.059><c> in</c><00:30:53.559><c> this</c><00:30:53.779><c> fashion.</c>

00:30:54.359 --> 00:30:56.660
And<00:30:54.539><c> you</c><00:30:54.660><c> might</c><00:30:54.920><c> say,</c><00:30:55.240><c> well,</c><00:30:55.480><c> that's</c><00:30:55.700><c> because</c><00:30:56.000><c> there</c><00:30:56.160><c> was</c><00:30:56.359><c> a</c>

00:30:56.660 --> 00:30:58.180
natural<00:30:57.019><c> relation</c><00:30:57.460><c> between</c><00:30:57.799><c> the</c><00:30:58.000><c> two.</c>

00:30:58.500 --> 00:31:01.380
That's<00:30:58.799><c> not</c><00:30:59.000><c> necessarily</c><00:30:59.460><c> the</c><00:30:59.660><c> case</c><00:30:59.920><c> at</c><00:31:00.140><c> all.</c>

00:31:02.359 --> 00:31:05.859
Quite<00:31:02.819><c> often,</c><00:31:03.539><c> there's</c><00:31:03.940><c> as</c><00:31:04.119><c> much</c><00:31:04.420><c> animosity</c><00:31:05.000><c> between</c><00:31:05.440><c> family</c>

00:31:05.859 --> 00:31:08.440
members<00:31:06.319><c> as</c><00:31:06.859><c> there</c><00:31:07.000><c> is</c><00:31:07.240><c> between</c><00:31:07.500><c> non</c><00:31:07.799><c>-family</c><00:31:08.059><c> members.</c>

00:31:08.460 --> 00:31:11.240
So<00:31:08.720><c> I</c><00:31:08.799><c> don't</c><00:31:09.059><c> think</c><00:31:09.240><c> that</c><00:31:09.859><c> is</c><00:31:10.299><c> neither</c><00:31:10.519><c> here</c><00:31:10.740><c> nor</c><00:31:10.920><c> there.</c>

00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:15.079
The<00:31:11.640><c> simple</c><00:31:12.019><c> fact</c><00:31:12.380><c> is</c><00:31:12.660><c> that</c><00:31:12.880><c> Abraham</c><00:31:13.539><c> was</c><00:31:14.339><c> a</c><00:31:14.500><c> man</c><00:31:14.640><c> of</c><00:31:14.819><c> profound</c>

00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:17.160
humility<00:31:15.619><c> and</c><00:31:15.819><c> a</c><00:31:15.880><c> man</c><00:31:16.079><c> of</c><00:31:16.279><c> profound</c><00:31:16.599><c> kindness.</c>

00:31:17.579 --> 00:31:21.319
And<00:31:17.700><c> this</c><00:31:17.819><c> is</c><00:31:18.059><c> demonstrated</c><00:31:18.619><c> in</c><00:31:18.980><c> all</c><00:31:19.319><c> that</c><00:31:19.579><c> he</c><00:31:19.920><c> does</c><00:31:20.619><c> with</c><00:31:21.099><c> and</c>

00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:21.980
for<00:31:21.660><c> Lot.</c>

00:31:22.460 --> 00:31:26.019
And<00:31:22.700><c> when</c><00:31:23.140><c> Lot</c><00:31:23.420><c> finds</c><00:31:23.759><c> himself</c><00:31:24.140><c> caught</c><00:31:24.420><c> up</c><00:31:24.619><c> in</c><00:31:24.839><c> this</c><00:31:25.700><c> battle</c>

00:31:26.019 --> 00:31:28.160
between<00:31:26.500><c> the</c><00:31:26.839><c> Northern</c><00:31:27.259><c> Confederacy</c>

00:31:28.160 --> 00:31:32.859
and<00:31:28.819><c> the</c><00:31:29.680><c> five</c><00:31:29.940><c> kings</c><00:31:30.180><c> of</c><00:31:30.339><c> the</c><00:31:30.519><c> plain</c><00:31:30.839><c> and</c><00:31:31.319><c> finds</c><00:31:31.579><c> himself</c><00:31:32.000><c> swept</c><00:31:32.339><c> off</c>

00:31:32.859 --> 00:31:34.539
as<00:31:33.279><c> a</c><00:31:33.440><c> captive</c><00:31:33.720><c> with</c><00:31:33.940><c> all</c><00:31:34.099><c> his</c><00:31:34.259><c> goods,</c>

00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:38.140
Abraham<00:31:35.319><c> immediately</c><00:31:36.000><c> responds</c><00:31:36.640><c> and</c><00:31:37.079><c> goes</c><00:31:37.299><c> up</c><00:31:37.559><c> and</c><00:31:37.759><c> rescues</c>

00:31:38.140 --> 00:31:38.680
his<00:31:38.299><c> nephew</c>

00:31:38.680 --> 00:31:43.660
and<00:31:39.400><c> restores</c><00:31:39.920><c> Lot</c><00:31:40.259><c> to</c><00:31:41.599><c> his</c><00:31:42.279><c> former</c><00:31:42.559><c> position.</c>

00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:46.500
And<00:31:44.099><c> Abraham</c><00:31:44.519><c> could</c><00:31:44.799><c> very</c><00:31:45.079><c> easily</c><00:31:45.480><c> say,</c><00:31:45.680><c> why</c><00:31:45.859><c> should</c><00:31:46.079><c> I</c><00:31:46.240><c> bother?</c>

00:31:46.599 --> 00:31:50.180
Why<00:31:46.779><c> should</c><00:31:47.019><c> I</c><00:31:47.259><c> expend</c><00:31:47.640><c> myself</c><00:31:48.339><c> for</c><00:31:48.920><c> this</c><00:31:49.420><c> nephew</c><00:31:49.740><c> of</c><00:31:49.960><c> mine</c>

00:31:50.180 --> 00:31:52.099
who<00:31:50.339><c> has</c><00:31:50.519><c> got</c><00:31:50.640><c> himself</c><00:31:51.039><c> into</c><00:31:51.359><c> this</c><00:31:51.779><c> fix</c>

00:31:52.099 --> 00:31:53.799
due<00:31:52.640><c> to</c><00:31:52.779><c> his</c><00:31:52.940><c> own</c><00:31:53.160><c> foolhardiness?</c>

00:31:54.099 --> 00:31:57.640
So<00:31:54.480><c> easy</c><00:31:54.720><c> to</c><00:31:55.019><c> say.</c><00:31:55.619><c> So</c><00:31:55.880><c> easy</c><00:31:56.099><c> to</c><00:31:56.339><c> respond</c><00:31:56.619><c> that</c><00:31:56.859><c> way</c><00:31:56.980><c> to</c><00:31:57.140><c> one</c><00:31:57.279><c> another.</c>

00:31:58.039 --> 00:32:01.180
When<00:31:58.140><c> we</c><00:31:58.299><c> look</c><00:31:58.519><c> at</c><00:31:59.180><c> different</c><00:31:59.759><c> situations</c><00:32:00.480><c> that</c><00:32:00.720><c> individuals</c>

00:32:01.180 --> 00:32:02.359
have<00:32:01.440><c> gotten</c><00:32:01.559><c> themselves</c><00:32:02.019><c> in</c>

00:32:02.359 --> 00:32:07.119
and<00:32:03.140><c> very</c><00:32:03.700><c> easy</c><00:32:04.059><c> to</c><00:32:04.559><c> play</c><00:32:05.359><c> a</c><00:32:06.180><c> part</c><00:32:06.299><c> of</c><00:32:06.480><c> the</c><00:32:06.680><c> individual.</c>

00:32:07.119 --> 00:32:09.140
It<00:32:07.519><c> just</c><00:32:07.980><c> doesn't</c><00:32:08.240><c> want</c><00:32:08.400><c> to</c><00:32:08.500><c> get</c><00:32:08.640><c> involved.</c>

00:32:09.579 --> 00:32:12.500
And<00:32:09.740><c> we</c><00:32:09.859><c> come</c><00:32:10.019><c> up</c><00:32:10.180><c> with</c><00:32:10.519><c> innumerable</c><00:32:11.400><c> excuses.</c>

00:32:12.619 --> 00:32:14.779
And<00:32:12.779><c> the</c><00:32:12.960><c> first</c><00:32:13.180><c> and</c><00:32:13.400><c> foremost,</c><00:32:13.960><c> it's</c><00:32:14.099><c> their</c><00:32:14.400><c> fault.</c>

00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:17.259
They<00:32:15.279><c> hadn't</c><00:32:15.460><c> been</c><00:32:15.660><c> so</c><00:32:16.059><c> stupid</c><00:32:16.339><c> and</c><00:32:16.579><c> foolish.</c><00:32:16.900><c> They</c><00:32:17.039><c> wouldn't</c>

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:18.279
be<00:32:17.500><c> there</c><00:32:17.599><c> in</c><00:32:17.759><c> the</c><00:32:17.880><c> first</c><00:32:18.079><c> place.</c>

00:32:18.299 --> 00:32:19.700
Why<00:32:18.500><c> should</c><00:32:18.700><c> I</c><00:32:18.920><c> undo</c><00:32:19.119><c> it</c><00:32:19.319><c> for</c><00:32:19.579><c> them?</c>

00:32:20.140 --> 00:32:21.519
Abraham<00:32:20.480><c> didn't</c><00:32:20.720><c> think</c><00:32:20.980><c> that</c><00:32:21.259><c> way.</c>

00:32:21.859 --> 00:32:24.160
Abraham<00:32:22.279><c> saw</c><00:32:22.519><c> an</c><00:32:22.680><c> act</c><00:32:22.900><c> of</c><00:32:23.099><c> kindness</c><00:32:23.319><c> to</c><00:32:23.500><c> be</c><00:32:23.640><c> done</c><00:32:23.700><c> and</c><00:32:23.799><c> he</c><00:32:24.019><c> did</c>

00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:26.920
it<00:32:24.720><c> because</c><00:32:25.200><c> of</c><00:32:25.440><c> his</c><00:32:25.859><c> relationship</c><00:32:26.420><c> with</c><00:32:26.599><c> God.</c>

00:32:26.980 --> 00:32:29.900
Not<00:32:27.140><c> because</c><00:32:27.460><c> of</c><00:32:27.599><c> his</c><00:32:28.140><c> relationship</c><00:32:28.740><c> or</c><00:32:28.940><c> lack</c><00:32:29.140><c> thereof</c><00:32:29.460><c> with</c><00:32:29.660><c> Lot.</c>

00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:33.400
That<00:32:30.420><c> wasn't</c><00:32:30.720><c> the</c><00:32:30.960><c> factor.</c><00:32:31.319><c> It</c><00:32:31.460><c> was</c><00:32:31.700><c> because</c><00:32:32.000><c> Abraham</c><00:32:32.660><c> was</c><00:32:33.160><c> a</c>

00:32:33.400 --> 00:32:34.359
servant<00:32:33.619><c> of</c><00:32:33.799><c> the</c><00:32:33.980><c> Almighty.</c>

00:32:34.359 --> 00:32:39.380
And<00:32:34.839><c> it</c><00:32:34.940><c> was</c><00:32:35.180><c> for</c><00:32:35.460><c> the</c><00:32:36.740><c> sake</c><00:32:37.039><c> of</c><00:32:37.240><c> that</c><00:32:37.400><c> relationship</c><00:32:38.140><c> that</c><00:32:38.779><c> Abraham</c><00:32:39.160><c> was</c>

00:32:39.380 --> 00:32:40.559
prepared<00:32:39.660><c> to</c><00:32:39.839><c> do</c><00:32:39.960><c> these</c><00:32:40.259><c> things.</c>

00:32:41.059 --> 00:32:46.279
And<00:32:41.279><c> if</c><00:32:41.460><c> we</c><00:32:41.720><c> predicate</c><00:32:42.240><c> our</c><00:32:42.859><c> behavior</c><00:32:43.519><c> on</c><00:32:44.500><c> the</c><00:32:44.759><c> basis</c><00:32:45.160><c> of</c><00:32:45.660><c> what</c>

00:32:46.279 --> 00:32:47.980
different<00:32:47.019><c> individuals</c><00:32:47.579><c> do,</c>

00:32:48.319 --> 00:32:50.079
we're<00:32:48.480><c> never</c><00:32:48.700><c> going</c><00:32:48.839><c> to</c><00:32:48.900><c> do</c><00:32:49.059><c> much.</c>

00:32:50.220 --> 00:32:55.539
Because<00:32:50.519><c> more</c><00:32:51.539><c> often</c><00:32:51.920><c> than</c><00:32:52.220><c> not,</c><00:32:52.980><c> we</c><00:32:53.359><c> do</c><00:32:53.680><c> not</c><00:32:53.960><c> commend</c><00:32:54.319><c> ourselves</c><00:32:54.799><c> one</c><00:32:55.019><c> to</c><00:32:55.259><c> another.</c>

00:32:55.880 --> 00:32:59.900
We<00:32:56.039><c> do</c><00:32:56.240><c> not</c><00:32:56.400><c> give</c><00:32:56.619><c> individuals</c><00:32:57.259><c> good</c><00:32:57.660><c> reason</c><00:32:58.299><c> for</c><00:32:58.720><c> being</c><00:32:58.940><c> particularly</c><00:32:59.420><c> nice</c>

00:32:59.900 --> 00:33:00.759
to<00:33:00.059><c> us.</c>

00:33:00.759 --> 00:33:05.440
Because<00:33:01.440><c> in</c><00:33:02.200><c> our</c><00:33:02.319><c> own</c><00:33:02.660><c> and</c><00:33:03.039><c> various</c><00:33:03.380><c> ways,</c><00:33:04.380><c> we</c><00:33:04.660><c> perpetrate</c><00:33:05.259><c> so</c>

00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:08.180
many<00:33:05.640><c> acts</c><00:33:05.980><c> of</c><00:33:06.660><c> thoughtlessness</c><00:33:07.180><c> and</c><00:33:07.460><c> unkindness</c>

00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:12.599
and<00:33:08.660><c> inconsideration</c><00:33:09.579><c> that</c><00:33:09.880><c> we</c><00:33:10.140><c> leave</c><00:33:10.380><c> any</c><00:33:10.579><c> number</c><00:33:10.900><c> of</c><00:33:11.480><c> excuses</c><00:33:11.920><c> for</c>

00:33:12.599 --> 00:33:13.900
individuals<00:33:13.039><c> to</c><00:33:13.299><c> walk</c><00:33:13.480><c> away.</c>

00:33:14.200 --> 00:33:16.880
That<00:33:14.420><c> cannot</c><00:33:14.740><c> be</c><00:33:14.960><c> the</c><00:33:15.099><c> case</c><00:33:15.400><c> amongst</c><00:33:15.720><c> ourselves.</c>

00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:21.980
And<00:33:17.720><c> furthermore,</c><00:33:18.460><c> later</c><00:33:18.740><c> on,</c><00:33:19.559><c> Abraham</c><00:33:20.000><c> goes</c><00:33:20.279><c> to</c><00:33:20.500><c> great</c><00:33:20.740><c> lengths</c><00:33:21.119><c> to</c>

00:33:21.980 --> 00:33:24.559
preserve<00:33:22.440><c> the</c><00:33:22.680><c> cities</c><00:33:22.960><c> for</c><00:33:23.240><c> Lot's</c><00:33:23.759><c> sake.</c>

00:33:24.640 --> 00:33:28.319
And<00:33:25.000><c> again,</c><00:33:25.839><c> it</c><00:33:26.400><c> reflects</c><00:33:26.740><c> upon</c><00:33:27.099><c> this</c><00:33:27.359><c> kindness</c><00:33:27.640><c> of</c><00:33:27.859><c> Abraham.</c>

00:33:28.319 --> 00:33:30.720
He<00:33:29.119><c> could</c><00:33:29.299><c> very</c><00:33:29.619><c> easily</c><00:33:29.900><c> have</c><00:33:30.140><c> turned</c><00:33:30.319><c> away.</c>

00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:35.200
And<00:33:31.119><c> yet,</c><00:33:31.920><c> he</c><00:33:32.299><c> presses</c><00:33:32.640><c> the</c><00:33:32.940><c> issue</c><00:33:33.160><c> over</c><00:33:33.599><c> and</c><00:33:33.740><c> over</c><00:33:33.980><c> again</c><00:33:34.420><c> with</c><00:33:35.000><c> the</c>

00:33:35.200 --> 00:33:37.759
Lord<00:33:35.500><c> to</c><00:33:36.180><c> spare</c><00:33:36.579><c> that</c><00:33:36.920><c> city.</c>

00:33:38.880 --> 00:33:42.140
So<00:33:39.019><c> desperately</c><00:33:39.359><c> does</c><00:33:39.680><c> Abraham</c><00:33:40.140><c> want</c><00:33:40.519><c> good</c><00:33:40.779><c> things</c><00:33:41.039><c> to</c><00:33:41.299><c> happen</c><00:33:41.660><c> to</c>

00:33:42.140 --> 00:33:42.759
his<00:33:42.339><c> nephew,</c>

00:33:43.119 --> 00:33:47.460
who<00:33:43.299><c> he</c><00:33:43.559><c> knows</c><00:33:43.940><c> has</c><00:33:44.140><c> put</c><00:33:44.279><c> himself</c><00:33:44.779><c> in</c><00:33:45.619><c> a</c><00:33:45.859><c> compromised</c><00:33:46.279><c> situation.</c>

00:33:47.900 --> 00:33:51.599
Now<00:33:48.099><c> when</c><00:33:48.279><c> we</c><00:33:49.460><c> consider</c><00:33:49.940><c> other</c><00:33:50.339><c> examples</c><00:33:50.740><c> of</c><00:33:50.880><c> this,</c><00:33:51.180><c> we</c><00:33:51.259><c> find</c>

00:33:51.599 --> 00:33:54.140
that<00:33:52.019><c> it</c><00:33:52.319><c> was</c><00:33:52.500><c> not</c><00:33:52.619><c> only</c><00:33:52.940><c> Lot</c><00:33:53.119><c> but</c><00:33:53.299><c> other</c><00:33:53.559><c> individuals.</c>

00:33:54.140 --> 00:33:58.740
For<00:33:54.140><c> example,</c><00:33:55.480><c> Ishmael,</c><00:33:56.859><c> who</c><00:33:57.099><c> Abraham</c><00:33:57.559><c> takes</c><00:33:57.859><c> a</c><00:33:58.039><c> very</c><00:33:58.400><c> kindly</c>

00:33:58.740 --> 00:34:00.640
and<00:33:58.940><c> loving</c><00:33:59.160><c> attitude</c><00:33:59.680><c> to.</c>

00:34:00.680 --> 00:34:05.680
And<00:34:00.880><c> again,</c><00:34:01.500><c> Abraham</c><00:34:02.220><c> could</c><00:34:02.799><c> very</c><00:34:03.279><c> easily</c><00:34:03.839><c> have</c><00:34:04.880><c> fallen</c><00:34:05.359><c> into</c>

00:34:05.680 --> 00:34:07.200
line<00:34:05.980><c> with</c><00:34:06.180><c> the</c><00:34:06.380><c> thinking</c><00:34:06.599><c> of</c><00:34:06.880><c> Sarah.</c>

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:12.239
Sarah<00:34:07.779><c> obviously</c><00:34:08.300><c> was</c><00:34:08.840><c> quite</c><00:34:09.139><c> resentful</c><00:34:10.179><c> of</c><00:34:11.460><c> Hagar</c><00:34:11.920><c> and</c>

00:34:12.239 --> 00:34:13.599
Ishmael's<00:34:12.780><c> presence.</c>

00:34:14.739 --> 00:34:17.860
Ishmael<00:34:15.340><c> was</c><00:34:15.579><c> around</c><00:34:15.820><c> because</c><00:34:16.199><c> of</c><00:34:16.559><c> Sarah's</c><00:34:17.119><c> bright</c><00:34:17.280><c> idea.</c>

00:34:18.199 --> 00:34:20.320
But<00:34:18.420><c> nonetheless,</c><00:34:19.400><c> it</c><00:34:19.420><c> had</c><00:34:19.639><c> not</c><00:34:19.820><c> worked</c><00:34:20.019><c> out.</c>

00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:21.860
Sarah<00:34:20.579><c> knew</c><00:34:20.760><c> it</c><00:34:20.920><c> wasn't</c><00:34:21.099><c> working</c><00:34:21.420><c> out.</c>

00:34:21.860 --> 00:34:26.940
But<00:34:22.719><c> Abraham,</c><00:34:23.260><c> in</c><00:34:23.460><c> response</c><00:34:23.920><c> to</c><00:34:24.159><c> this,</c><00:34:25.480><c> is</c><00:34:25.860><c> really</c><00:34:26.179><c> quite</c><00:34:26.440><c> heartbroken.</c>

00:34:27.159 --> 00:34:31.260
He<00:34:27.199><c> wants</c><00:34:27.739><c> Ishmael</c><00:34:28.460><c> to</c><00:34:28.980><c> enjoy</c><00:34:29.539><c> a</c><00:34:29.980><c> status</c><00:34:30.400><c> with</c><00:34:30.780><c> God.</c>

00:34:31.719 --> 00:34:33.960
Ishmael<00:34:32.340><c> is</c><00:34:33.099><c> his</c><00:34:33.360><c> firstborn.</c>

00:34:34.400 --> 00:34:37.920
And<00:34:34.519><c> even</c><00:34:34.699><c> though</c><00:34:35.019><c> he</c><00:34:35.440><c> was</c><00:34:35.780><c> the</c><00:34:35.880><c> son</c><00:34:36.039><c> of</c><00:34:36.199><c> a</c><00:34:36.400><c> handmaid,</c><00:34:37.280><c> Abraham</c>

00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:42.039
is<00:34:38.500><c> by</c><00:34:38.780><c> no</c><00:34:39.039><c> means</c><00:34:39.820><c> insensitive</c><00:34:40.960><c> to</c><00:34:41.420><c> Ishmael</c>

00:34:42.039 --> 00:34:47.159
and<00:34:42.320><c> to</c><00:34:43.320><c> his</c><00:34:44.699><c> situation</c><00:34:45.500><c> and</c><00:34:46.139><c> good</c><00:34:46.400><c> things</c><00:34:46.639><c> that</c><00:34:46.820><c> could</c><00:34:46.960><c> come</c>

00:34:47.159 --> 00:34:47.900
Ishmael's<00:34:47.639><c> way.</c>

00:34:47.900 --> 00:34:51.840
In<00:34:48.579><c> chapter</c><00:34:49.000><c> 17</c><00:34:49.460><c> verse</c><00:34:49.699><c> 18,</c><00:34:50.380><c> Abraham</c><00:34:50.440><c> said</c><00:34:50.659><c> unto</c><00:34:50.860><c> God,</c><00:34:51.599><c> Oh,</c>

00:34:51.960 --> 00:34:53.619
that<00:34:52.159><c> Ishmael</c><00:34:52.539><c> might</c><00:34:52.719><c> live</c><00:34:52.940><c> before</c><00:34:53.420><c> thee.</c>

00:34:53.880 --> 00:34:56.780
And<00:34:54.099><c> this</c><00:34:54.280><c> is</c><00:34:54.500><c> after</c><00:34:54.860><c> God</c><00:34:55.099><c> had</c><00:34:55.300><c> said,</c><00:34:55.500><c> Look,</c><00:34:55.820><c> Abraham,</c><00:34:56.099><c> I'm</c><00:34:56.420><c> going</c><00:34:56.579><c> to</c>

00:34:56.780 --> 00:34:59.539
provide<00:34:57.059><c> you</c><00:34:57.340><c> a</c><00:34:57.420><c> son</c><00:34:58.039><c> through</c><00:34:58.500><c> Sarah.</c>

00:34:59.619 --> 00:35:02.340
And<00:34:59.900><c> Abraham</c><00:35:00.179><c> immediately</c><00:35:00.800><c> advances</c><00:35:01.139><c> the</c><00:35:01.400><c> cause</c><00:35:01.599><c> of</c><00:35:01.800><c> Ishmael.</c>

00:35:02.619 --> 00:35:04.780
I<00:35:02.639><c> mean,</c><00:35:02.840><c> the</c><00:35:02.980><c> natural</c><00:35:03.320><c> man</c><00:35:03.599><c> might</c><00:35:03.800><c> have</c><00:35:03.900><c> said,</c><00:35:04.239><c> Great</c><00:35:04.480><c> Lord,</c>

00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:06.099
let's<00:35:05.360><c> get</c><00:35:05.579><c> to</c><00:35:05.820><c> it.</c>

00:35:06.340 --> 00:35:07.820
Ishmael<00:35:06.800><c> is</c><00:35:06.980><c> the</c><00:35:07.000><c> son</c><00:35:07.119><c> of</c><00:35:07.280><c> a</c><00:35:07.480><c> handmaid.</c>

00:35:08.320 --> 00:35:11.960
He<00:35:08.760><c> doesn't</c><00:35:08.980><c> quite</c><00:35:09.239><c> have</c><00:35:09.420><c> the</c><00:35:09.679><c> status</c><00:35:10.059><c> that</c><00:35:10.760><c> a</c><00:35:10.960><c> proper</c><00:35:11.239><c> firstborn</c><00:35:11.719><c> son</c>

00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:12.539
should<00:35:12.219><c> have.</c>

00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:15.880
Let's<00:35:13.480><c> put</c><00:35:13.679><c> this</c><00:35:13.960><c> right</c><00:35:14.159><c> in</c><00:35:14.320><c> the</c><00:35:14.440><c> eyes</c><00:35:14.579><c> of</c><00:35:14.840><c> everyone</c><00:35:15.059><c> else</c><00:35:15.320><c> around</c><00:35:15.599><c> me.</c>

00:35:15.880 --> 00:35:18.159
Abraham<00:35:16.599><c> was</c><00:35:16.860><c> not</c><00:35:17.159><c> that</c><00:35:17.380><c> kind</c><00:35:17.579><c> of</c><00:35:17.739><c> individual.</c>

00:35:18.400 --> 00:35:23.239
He<00:35:18.400><c> did</c><00:35:18.679><c> not</c><00:35:19.239><c> in</c><00:35:19.360><c> any</c><00:35:19.619><c> way</c><00:35:19.940><c> seek</c><00:35:20.239><c> to</c><00:35:21.500><c> cater</c><00:35:21.900><c> to</c><00:35:22.360><c> appearances</c><00:35:22.800><c> or</c>

00:35:23.239 --> 00:35:27.260
to<00:35:23.860><c> the</c><00:35:24.300><c> status</c><00:35:24.699><c> seeking</c><00:35:25.039><c> conscience</c><00:35:25.659><c> of</c><00:35:26.679><c> those</c><00:35:26.960><c> who</c><00:35:27.119><c> might</c>

00:35:27.260 --> 00:35:28.980
have<00:35:27.380><c> been</c><00:35:27.519><c> around</c><00:35:27.820><c> him.</c>

00:35:29.360 --> 00:35:32.780
Abraham<00:35:29.800><c> had</c><00:35:30.159><c> genuine</c><00:35:30.579><c> love</c><00:35:30.880><c> and</c><00:35:31.179><c> care</c><00:35:31.480><c> for</c><00:35:32.000><c> this</c><00:35:32.179><c> son</c><00:35:32.360><c> of</c><00:35:32.559><c> his.</c>

00:35:33.159 --> 00:35:36.559
And<00:35:33.420><c> when</c><00:35:33.820><c> it</c><00:35:34.239><c> came</c><00:35:34.559><c> time</c><00:35:35.000><c> for</c><00:35:35.260><c> Hagar</c><00:35:35.539><c> and</c><00:35:35.719><c> Ishmael</c><00:35:36.059><c> to</c><00:35:36.260><c> leave,</c>

00:35:36.780 --> 00:35:41.659
and<00:35:36.840><c> they</c><00:35:37.039><c> had</c><00:35:37.300><c> to</c><00:35:37.559><c> leave,</c><00:35:39.039><c> Abraham</c><00:35:39.559><c> did</c><00:35:39.800><c> not</c><00:35:39.960><c> do</c><00:35:40.179><c> this</c><00:35:40.760><c> lightheartedly.</c>

00:35:41.659 --> 00:35:46.159
It<00:35:42.239><c> did</c><00:35:42.500><c> not</c><00:35:42.679><c> come</c><00:35:42.960><c> without</c><00:35:43.599><c> genuine</c><00:35:44.360><c> sacrifice</c><00:35:45.119><c> to</c><00:35:45.599><c> himself</c>

00:35:46.159 --> 00:35:48.539
in<00:35:47.019><c> 21</c><00:35:47.659><c> verse</c><00:35:47.980><c> 11.</c>

00:35:48.940 --> 00:35:51.699
And<00:35:49.000><c> the</c><00:35:49.119><c> thing</c><00:35:49.340><c> was</c><00:35:49.679><c> very</c><00:35:50.199><c> grievous</c><00:35:50.599><c> and</c><00:35:50.860><c> Abraham's</c><00:35:51.559><c> sight</c>

00:35:51.699 --> 00:35:53.820
because<00:35:52.340><c> of</c><00:35:52.599><c> his</c><00:35:52.880><c> son.</c>

00:35:54.099 --> 00:35:57.900
Abraham<00:35:54.380><c> was</c><00:35:54.599><c> a</c><00:35:54.800><c> man</c><00:35:55.059><c> who</c><00:35:55.420><c> knew</c><00:35:55.800><c> what</c><00:35:56.039><c> it</c><00:35:56.920><c> meant</c><00:35:56.940><c> to</c><00:35:57.239><c> feel</c><00:35:57.480><c> love</c>

00:35:57.900 --> 00:35:59.840
and<00:35:58.159><c> compassion</c><00:35:58.659><c> and</c><00:35:58.960><c> kindness.</c>

00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:02.820
Abraham<00:36:00.280><c> was</c><00:36:00.719><c> a</c><00:36:01.039><c> kind</c><00:36:01.300><c> and</c><00:36:01.519><c> loving</c><00:36:01.699><c> individual.</c>

00:36:03.480 --> 00:36:06.559
And<00:36:03.599><c> turning</c><00:36:03.760><c> back</c><00:36:04.059><c> to</c><00:36:04.280><c> that</c><00:36:04.739><c> situation</c><00:36:05.300><c> with</c><00:36:05.519><c> the</c><00:36:05.739><c> angels,</c>

00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:09.739
just<00:36:07.300><c> as</c><00:36:07.480><c> it</c><00:36:07.619><c> was</c><00:36:07.780><c> an</c><00:36:08.000><c> example</c><00:36:08.340><c> of</c><00:36:08.719><c> Abraham's</c><00:36:09.300><c> humility,</c>

00:36:09.739 --> 00:36:14.559
it<00:36:10.280><c> also</c><00:36:10.800><c> provides</c><00:36:11.440><c> for</c><00:36:11.860><c> us</c><00:36:11.980><c> an</c><00:36:12.159><c> example</c><00:36:12.519><c> of</c><00:36:12.739><c> Abraham's</c><00:36:13.340><c> kindness</c><00:36:13.760><c> that</c>

00:36:14.559 --> 00:36:16.280
when<00:36:14.719><c> these</c><00:36:14.980><c> individuals</c><00:36:15.440><c> came</c><00:36:15.739><c> to</c><00:36:15.940><c> him,</c>

00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:23.500
he<00:36:16.639><c> immediately</c><00:36:17.159><c> responded</c><00:36:17.780><c> with</c><00:36:19.039><c> a</c><00:36:20.179><c> spirit</c><00:36:20.480><c> of</c><00:36:21.139><c> hospitality,</c><00:36:21.900><c> a</c><00:36:22.039><c> spirit</c><00:36:22.179><c> of</c><00:36:22.440><c> generosity.</c>

00:36:23.780 --> 00:36:26.519
And,<00:36:24.320><c> you</c><00:36:24.440><c> know,</c><00:36:24.519><c> we</c><00:36:24.679><c> might</c><00:36:24.900><c> argue,</c><00:36:25.280><c> well,</c><00:36:25.519><c> this</c><00:36:25.739><c> was</c><00:36:25.960><c> the</c><00:36:26.099><c> custom</c><00:36:26.340><c> of</c>

00:36:26.519 --> 00:36:30.159
the<00:36:26.679><c> day</c><00:36:27.380><c> in</c><00:36:28.519><c> a</c><00:36:28.940><c> Middle</c><00:36:29.119><c> Eastern</c><00:36:29.360><c> situation.</c>

00:36:30.539 --> 00:36:35.699
It<00:36:30.900><c> was</c><00:36:31.139><c> expected</c><00:36:31.539><c> of</c><00:36:31.820><c> someone</c><00:36:32.300><c> to</c><00:36:33.340><c> provide</c><00:36:34.380><c> a</c><00:36:35.179><c> hospitality.</c>

00:36:35.900 --> 00:36:38.239
So<00:36:36.019><c> Abraham</c><00:36:36.300><c> was</c><00:36:36.500><c> just</c><00:36:36.719><c> falling</c><00:36:36.940><c> in</c><00:36:37.159><c> line</c><00:36:37.260><c> with</c><00:36:37.519><c> etiquette.</c>

00:36:38.239 --> 00:36:43.159
But<00:36:38.619><c> when</c><00:36:38.880><c> we</c><00:36:39.659><c> consider</c><00:36:40.500><c> the</c><00:36:40.780><c> way</c><00:36:40.980><c> Abraham</c><00:36:41.320><c> conducted</c><00:36:41.820><c> himself,</c><00:36:42.500><c> I</c><00:36:42.599><c> think</c><00:36:42.820><c> this</c>

00:36:43.159 --> 00:36:47.820
transcends<00:36:44.099><c> proper</c><00:36:44.559><c> etiquette</c><00:36:45.300><c> and</c><00:36:45.900><c> simple</c><00:36:46.219><c> custom</c><00:36:46.559><c> of</c><00:36:46.719><c> the</c><00:36:46.860><c> day.</c>

00:36:48.239 --> 00:36:50.840
The<00:36:48.679><c> verse</c><00:36:48.880><c> one,</c><00:36:49.199><c> the</c><00:36:49.239><c> Lord</c><00:36:49.460><c> appeared</c><00:36:49.780><c> unto</c><00:36:49.980><c> him</c><00:36:50.139><c> in</c><00:36:50.280><c> the</c><00:36:50.460><c> plains</c><00:36:50.619><c> of</c>

00:36:50.840 --> 00:36:53.599
Mamre,<00:36:51.639><c> and</c><00:36:51.699><c> he</c><00:36:51.980><c> sat</c><00:36:52.199><c> in</c><00:36:52.400><c> the</c><00:36:52.579><c> tent</c><00:36:52.679><c> door</c><00:36:52.900><c> in</c><00:36:53.059><c> the</c><00:36:53.079><c> heat</c><00:36:53.179><c> of</c><00:36:53.340><c> the</c><00:36:53.440><c> day.</c>

00:36:53.659 --> 00:36:58.179
So<00:36:53.840><c> Abraham</c><00:36:54.159><c> was</c><00:36:54.420><c> enjoying</c><00:36:54.780><c> a</c><00:36:55.500><c> comfortable</c><00:36:55.860><c> period</c><00:36:56.500><c> during</c><00:36:57.800><c> a</c>

00:36:58.179 --> 00:37:00.179
time<00:36:58.300><c> of</c><00:36:58.440><c> the</c><00:36:58.539><c> day</c><00:36:58.699><c> when</c><00:36:58.840><c> it</c><00:36:58.960><c> was</c><00:36:59.119><c> quite</c><00:36:59.420><c> uncomfortable</c><00:36:59.980><c> to</c>

00:37:00.179 --> 00:37:00.719
move<00:37:00.340><c> about.</c>

00:37:01.219 --> 00:37:04.079
And<00:37:01.440><c> he</c><00:37:01.639><c> lift</c><00:37:01.800><c> up</c><00:37:01.980><c> his</c><00:37:02.159><c> eyes</c><00:37:02.480><c> and</c><00:37:02.739><c> looked</c><00:37:03.019><c> and</c><00:37:03.320><c> lo,</c><00:37:03.579><c> three</c><00:37:03.840><c> men</c>

00:37:04.079 --> 00:37:04.719
stood<00:37:04.260><c> by</c><00:37:04.559><c> him.</c>

00:37:04.719 --> 00:37:08.539
And<00:37:05.239><c> when</c><00:37:05.400><c> he</c><00:37:05.619><c> saw</c><00:37:05.900><c> them,</c><00:37:06.380><c> he</c><00:37:06.420><c> ran</c><00:37:07.000><c> to</c><00:37:07.179><c> meet</c><00:37:07.400><c> them</c><00:37:07.980><c> from</c><00:37:08.280><c> the</c>

00:37:08.539 --> 00:37:10.940
tent<00:37:08.699><c> door</c><00:37:08.940><c> and</c><00:37:09.300><c> bowed</c><00:37:09.699><c> himself</c><00:37:10.079><c> toward</c><00:37:10.380><c> the</c><00:37:10.579><c> ground.</c>

00:37:11.340 --> 00:37:15.460
And<00:37:11.460><c> said,</c><00:37:11.739><c> My</c><00:37:11.900><c> Lord,</c><00:37:12.280><c> if</c><00:37:12.460><c> now</c><00:37:12.659><c> I</c><00:37:12.780><c> have</c><00:37:12.980><c> found</c><00:37:13.139><c> favor</c><00:37:13.420><c> in</c><00:37:13.619><c> thy</c><00:37:13.840><c> sight,</c><00:37:14.639><c> pass</c><00:37:14.820><c> not</c><00:37:15.019><c> away,</c><00:37:15.219><c> I</c>

00:37:15.460 --> 00:37:17.099
pray<00:37:15.639><c> thee,</c><00:37:15.800><c> from</c><00:37:15.980><c> thy</c><00:37:16.179><c> servant.</c>

00:37:17.119 --> 00:37:19.400
Let<00:37:17.239><c> a</c><00:37:17.360><c> little</c><00:37:17.480><c> water,</c><00:37:17.780><c> I</c><00:37:17.980><c> pray,</c><00:37:18.219><c> you</c><00:37:18.380><c> be</c><00:37:18.579><c> fetched,</c><00:37:18.980><c> and</c><00:37:19.139><c> wash</c>

00:37:19.400 --> 00:37:21.760
your<00:37:19.639><c> feet,</c><00:37:20.199><c> and</c><00:37:20.380><c> rest</c><00:37:20.579><c> yourselves</c><00:37:21.019><c> under</c><00:37:21.239><c> the</c><00:37:21.500><c> tree.</c>

00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:25.059
And<00:37:22.260><c> I</c><00:37:22.619><c> will</c><00:37:22.860><c> fetch</c><00:37:23.019><c> you</c><00:37:23.280><c> a</c><00:37:23.380><c> morsel</c><00:37:23.659><c> of</c><00:37:23.860><c> bread,</c><00:37:24.500><c> and</c><00:37:24.760><c> comfort</c>

00:37:25.059 --> 00:37:25.760
ye<00:37:25.239><c> your</c><00:37:25.440><c> hearts.</c>

00:37:26.099 --> 00:37:28.639
After<00:37:26.400><c> that</c><00:37:26.579><c> ye</c><00:37:26.760><c> shall</c><00:37:26.900><c> pass</c><00:37:27.239><c> on,</c><00:37:27.619><c> for</c><00:37:27.659><c> therefore</c><00:37:28.059><c> are</c><00:37:28.239><c> ye</c><00:37:28.360><c> come</c><00:37:28.519><c> to</c>

00:37:28.639 --> 00:37:29.179
your<00:37:28.900><c> servant.</c>

00:37:29.179 --> 00:37:32.900
And<00:37:29.760><c> they</c><00:37:29.900><c> said,</c><00:37:30.800><c> So</c><00:37:30.800><c> do</c><00:37:31.480><c> as</c><00:37:32.219><c> thou</c><00:37:32.460><c> hast</c><00:37:32.719><c> said.</c>

00:37:33.000 --> 00:37:36.500
And<00:37:33.119><c> Abraham</c><00:37:33.599><c> hastened</c><00:37:34.539><c> into</c><00:37:34.960><c> the</c><00:37:35.219><c> tent</c><00:37:35.320><c> and</c><00:37:35.539><c> said</c><00:37:35.820><c> to</c><00:37:36.260><c> Sarah,</c>

00:37:36.500 --> 00:37:37.519
you<00:37:36.760><c> know,</c><00:37:37.019><c> make</c><00:37:37.119><c> bread.</c>

00:37:37.980 --> 00:37:41.340
Verse<00:37:38.099><c> seven,</c><00:37:38.519><c> Abraham</c><00:37:38.820><c> ran</c><00:37:39.559><c> into</c><00:37:39.800><c> the</c><00:37:40.019><c> herd</c><00:37:40.219><c> and</c><00:37:40.840><c> fetched</c><00:37:41.119><c> a</c><00:37:41.199><c> calf.</c>

00:37:41.380 --> 00:37:43.079
This<00:37:41.539><c> is</c><00:37:41.679><c> when</c><00:37:41.760><c> it</c><00:37:41.900><c> was</c><00:37:42.079><c> the</c><00:37:42.199><c> hottest</c><00:37:42.360><c> time</c><00:37:42.599><c> of</c><00:37:42.719><c> the</c><00:37:42.820><c> day.</c>

00:37:43.440 --> 00:37:46.880
As<00:37:43.579><c> soon</c><00:37:43.739><c> as</c><00:37:43.900><c> these</c><00:37:44.099><c> individuals</c><00:37:44.539><c> come</c><00:37:44.820><c> Abraham's</c><00:37:45.360><c> way,</c><00:37:45.599><c> he</c><00:37:45.800><c> doesn't</c><00:37:46.059><c> respond</c><00:37:46.539><c> in</c><00:37:46.760><c> a</c>

00:37:46.880 --> 00:37:47.860
lackadaisical<00:37:47.519><c> way.</c>

00:37:48.079 --> 00:37:50.360
He<00:37:48.219><c> doesn't</c><00:37:48.380><c> snap</c><00:37:48.679><c> his</c><00:37:48.960><c> finger</c><00:37:49.199><c> and</c><00:37:49.440><c> say,</c><00:37:49.619><c> Hey,</c><00:37:49.900><c> servant,</c><00:37:50.159><c> do</c>

00:37:50.360 --> 00:37:51.559
this.<00:37:50.639><c> Hey,</c><00:37:50.960><c> servant,</c><00:37:51.079><c> do</c><00:37:51.260><c> that.</c>

00:37:51.960 --> 00:37:54.900
Abraham<00:37:52.280><c> does</c><00:37:52.539><c> it.</c><00:37:52.940><c> He</c><00:37:53.199><c> gets</c><00:37:53.440><c> up</c><00:37:53.639><c> and</c><00:37:53.860><c> extends</c><00:37:54.059><c> the</c><00:37:54.380><c> hospitality.</c>

00:37:54.900 --> 00:37:58.179
He<00:37:55.579><c> shows</c><00:37:55.860><c> the</c><00:37:56.099><c> generous</c><00:37:56.480><c> spirit</c><00:37:56.880><c> and</c><00:37:57.280><c> the</c><00:37:57.519><c> kind</c><00:37:57.739><c> spirit</c><00:37:58.059><c> and</c>

00:37:58.179 --> 00:37:59.239
the<00:37:58.440><c> compassionate</c><00:37:58.780><c> spirit.</c>

00:37:59.400 --> 00:38:02.780
This<00:37:59.760><c> was</c><00:37:59.980><c> the</c><00:38:00.119><c> man</c><00:38:00.300><c> Abraham.</c><00:38:00.980><c> He</c><00:38:01.219><c> didn't</c><00:38:01.420><c> do</c><00:38:01.699><c> things</c><00:38:01.960><c> in</c><00:38:02.179><c> half</c><00:38:02.360><c> measure.</c>

00:38:03.119 --> 00:38:09.340
When<00:38:03.300><c> there</c><00:38:03.500><c> was</c><00:38:03.760><c> a</c><00:38:04.260><c> job</c><00:38:04.519><c> of</c><00:38:04.860><c> kindliness</c><00:38:05.239><c> to</c><00:38:05.760><c> be</c><00:38:06.300><c> done,</c><00:38:06.920><c> Abraham</c><00:38:07.400><c> was</c><00:38:07.820><c> enthusiastic</c><00:38:08.559><c> about</c><00:38:08.900><c> it</c>

00:38:09.340 --> 00:38:11.960
at<00:38:09.519><c> a</c><00:38:09.760><c> time</c><00:38:09.980><c> when</c><00:38:10.119><c> it</c><00:38:10.239><c> was</c><00:38:10.559><c> most</c><00:38:10.920><c> uncomfortable</c><00:38:11.400><c> to</c><00:38:11.599><c> do</c><00:38:11.760><c> it.</c>

00:38:12.420 --> 00:38:16.079
I<00:38:12.920><c> think</c><00:38:13.099><c> we</c><00:38:13.380><c> have</c><00:38:13.579><c> here</c><00:38:13.820><c> an</c><00:38:14.039><c> example</c><00:38:14.460><c> of</c><00:38:14.599><c> an</c><00:38:14.800><c> individual</c><00:38:15.320><c> in</c>

00:38:16.079 --> 00:38:20.619
whom<00:38:16.340><c> the</c><00:38:16.699><c> spirit</c><00:38:17.159><c> of</c><00:38:18.059><c> God</c><00:38:18.440><c> and</c><00:38:18.599><c> the</c><00:38:18.820><c> spirit</c><00:38:19.000><c> of</c><00:38:19.199><c> Christ</c><00:38:19.800><c> had</c>

00:38:20.619 --> 00:38:21.860
matured<00:38:21.280><c> tremendously</c>

00:38:21.860 --> 00:38:25.380
and<00:38:22.559><c> was</c><00:38:22.760><c> evident</c><00:38:23.199><c> in</c><00:38:23.460><c> very</c><00:38:23.820><c> practical</c><00:38:24.360><c> ways.</c>

00:38:25.539 --> 00:38:32.519
And<00:38:25.559><c> then</c><00:38:25.940><c> lastly,</c><00:38:27.500><c> in</c><00:38:27.539><c> his</c><00:38:27.699><c> dealings</c><00:38:28.000><c> with</c><00:38:28.159><c> the</c><00:38:28.340><c> family</c><00:38:28.619><c> in</c><00:38:28.860><c> Heron,</c><00:38:29.519><c> when</c><00:38:29.659><c> he</c><00:38:29.840><c> sends</c><00:38:30.019><c> Eliezer</c><00:38:30.659><c> to</c><00:38:31.900><c> get</c><00:38:32.360><c> a</c>

00:38:32.519 --> 00:38:33.300
wife<00:38:32.659><c> for</c><00:38:32.860><c> Isaac,</c>

00:38:33.719 --> 00:38:37.679
again<00:38:34.039><c> we</c><00:38:34.239><c> find</c><00:38:34.539><c> that</c><00:38:34.760><c> Abraham</c><00:38:35.159><c> is</c><00:38:35.780><c> in</c><00:38:35.980><c> no</c><00:38:36.219><c> way</c><00:38:36.500><c> stingy,</c><00:38:37.380><c> in</c><00:38:37.480><c> no</c>

00:38:37.679 --> 00:38:42.599
way<00:38:37.880><c> tight</c><00:38:38.219><c>-fisted</c><00:38:38.579><c> in</c><00:38:39.139><c> his</c><00:38:39.900><c> dealings</c><00:38:40.400><c> with</c><00:38:40.659><c> the</c><00:38:41.059><c> family</c><00:38:41.480><c> up</c><00:38:41.739><c> north.</c>

00:38:42.639 --> 00:38:46.599
As<00:38:43.239><c> we</c><00:38:43.400><c> come</c><00:38:43.559><c> to</c><00:38:43.780><c> find</c><00:38:44.019><c> out,</c><00:38:44.820><c> the</c><00:38:44.960><c> Laban,</c><00:38:45.840><c> the</c><00:38:46.099><c> head</c><00:38:46.239><c> of</c><00:38:46.340><c> that</c>

00:38:46.599 --> 00:38:49.360
household,<00:38:47.139><c> was</c><00:38:47.440><c> exceedingly</c><00:38:48.000><c> tight</c><00:38:48.320><c>-fisted</c><00:38:48.579><c> and</c><00:38:48.880><c> stingy.</c>

00:38:49.480 --> 00:38:50.940
But<00:38:49.699><c> Abraham</c><00:38:50.059><c> certainly</c><00:38:50.460><c> wasn't.</c>

00:38:50.940 --> 00:38:54.460
Here<00:38:51.460><c> was</c><00:38:51.679><c> a</c><00:38:51.880><c> man</c><00:38:52.179><c> who</c><00:38:52.800><c> had</c><00:38:53.000><c> been</c><00:38:53.219><c> dealt</c><00:38:53.420><c> with</c><00:38:53.639><c> generously</c><00:38:54.099><c> by</c>

00:38:54.460 --> 00:38:57.559
God<00:38:54.860><c> and</c><00:38:55.340><c> was</c><00:38:55.519><c> by</c><00:38:55.820><c> all</c><00:38:56.079><c> means</c><00:38:56.360><c> going</c><00:38:56.579><c> to</c><00:38:56.739><c> deal</c><00:38:56.920><c> generously</c>

00:38:57.559 --> 00:39:00.019
with<00:38:58.380><c> those</c><00:38:58.639><c> around</c><00:38:58.960><c> him.</c>

00:39:00.980 --> 00:39:05.500
And<00:39:01.139><c> then,</c><00:39:02.980><c> not</c><00:39:03.000><c> only</c><00:39:03.280><c> is</c><00:39:03.460><c> Abraham</c><00:39:03.820><c> the</c><00:39:04.059><c> father</c><00:39:04.360><c> of</c><00:39:04.639><c> the</c><00:39:05.039><c> humble</c><00:39:05.320><c> and</c>

00:39:05.500 --> 00:39:07.199
the<00:39:05.659><c> father</c><00:39:05.880><c> of</c><00:39:06.079><c> the</c><00:39:06.260><c> kind,</c>

00:39:07.559 --> 00:39:10.900
but<00:39:07.679><c> as</c><00:39:07.880><c> we</c><00:39:08.019><c> know,</c><00:39:08.239><c> Abraham</c><00:39:08.659><c> is</c><00:39:08.840><c> the</c><00:39:09.039><c> father</c><00:39:09.340><c> of</c><00:39:09.559><c> the</c><00:39:09.860><c> obedient.</c>

00:39:11.159 --> 00:39:14.639
Abraham<00:39:11.719><c> did</c><00:39:12.260><c> as</c><00:39:12.559><c> God</c><00:39:12.900><c> bid</c><00:39:13.119><c> him</c><00:39:13.380><c> to</c><00:39:13.639><c> do.</c>

00:39:16.539 --> 00:39:20.440
In<00:39:17.099><c> all</c><00:39:17.440><c> situations</c><00:39:18.159><c> and</c><00:39:18.320><c> in</c><00:39:18.440><c> all</c><00:39:18.800><c> circumstances</c><00:39:19.460><c> that</c><00:39:19.780><c> Abraham</c><00:39:20.079><c> found</c>

00:39:20.440 --> 00:39:23.460
himself<00:39:20.860><c> in,</c><00:39:21.659><c> Abraham</c><00:39:22.000><c> responded</c><00:39:22.539><c> with</c><00:39:22.800><c> a</c><00:39:23.039><c> spirit</c><00:39:23.239><c> of</c>

00:39:23.460 --> 00:39:25.019
profound<00:39:23.780><c> obedience.</c>

00:39:25.059 --> 00:39:28.940
He<00:39:25.159><c> was</c><00:39:25.400><c> prepared</c><00:39:25.820><c> to</c><00:39:26.059><c> do</c><00:39:26.260><c> as</c><00:39:26.500><c> God</c><00:39:26.739><c> had</c><00:39:27.000><c> said,</c><00:39:27.679><c> not</c><00:39:27.920><c> always</c><00:39:28.179><c> knowing</c><00:39:28.519><c> what</c><00:39:28.719><c> was</c>

00:39:28.940 --> 00:39:29.639
going<00:39:29.099><c> to</c><00:39:29.360><c> happen,</c>

00:39:30.119 --> 00:39:33.840
not<00:39:30.340><c> always</c><00:39:30.840><c> fully</c><00:39:31.119><c> informed</c><00:39:31.639><c> by</c><00:39:31.920><c> God</c><00:39:32.280><c> as</c><00:39:32.559><c> to</c><00:39:32.800><c> all</c><00:39:33.059><c> the</c><00:39:33.260><c> ins</c><00:39:33.420><c> and</c><00:39:33.519><c> outs</c><00:39:33.679><c> of</c>

00:39:33.840 --> 00:39:35.059
this<00:39:33.980><c> situation.</c>

00:39:35.139 --> 00:39:38.380
Certainly<00:39:35.500><c> this</c><00:39:35.699><c> was</c><00:39:35.960><c> the</c><00:39:36.099><c> case</c><00:39:36.519><c> when</c><00:39:37.079><c> Abraham</c><00:39:37.519><c> left</c><00:39:37.880><c> Ur</c><00:39:38.139><c> and</c>

00:39:38.380 --> 00:39:40.900
then<00:39:38.659><c> Heron</c><00:39:38.920><c> at</c><00:39:39.000><c> God's</c><00:39:39.559><c> express</c><00:39:39.760><c> instruction.</c>

00:39:41.280 --> 00:39:44.000
We<00:39:41.800><c> know</c><00:39:42.039><c> from</c><00:39:42.239><c> the</c><00:39:42.300><c> New</c><00:39:42.480><c> Testament</c><00:39:42.900><c> that</c><00:39:43.159><c> Abraham</c><00:39:43.480><c> did</c><00:39:43.719><c> not</c>

00:39:44.000 --> 00:39:47.099
know<00:39:44.539><c> what</c><00:39:44.860><c> lay</c><00:39:45.059><c> ahead</c><00:39:45.300><c> of</c><00:39:45.440><c> him,</c><00:39:45.880><c> but</c><00:39:46.039><c> he</c><00:39:46.280><c> trusted</c><00:39:46.599><c> in</c><00:39:46.920><c> God.</c>

00:39:47.219 --> 00:39:49.000
He<00:39:47.440><c> obeyed</c><00:39:48.380><c> the</c><00:39:48.599><c> Father.</c>

00:39:49.179 --> 00:39:52.760
He<00:39:49.280><c> did</c><00:39:49.480><c> not</c><00:39:49.739><c> second</c><00:39:50.059><c>-guess</c><00:39:50.920><c> the</c><00:39:51.199><c> things</c><00:39:51.420><c> God</c><00:39:51.679><c> told</c><00:39:52.000><c> him,</c><00:39:52.519><c> but</c>

00:39:52.760 --> 00:39:55.659
rather<00:39:53.179><c> he</c><00:39:53.500><c> very</c><00:39:53.860><c> willing</c><00:39:54.139><c>-heartedly</c><00:39:54.559><c> and</c><00:39:54.699><c> without</c><00:39:55.019><c> argument</c>

00:39:55.659 --> 00:39:57.559
did<00:39:56.179><c> as</c><00:39:56.360><c> God</c><00:39:56.619><c> said.</c>

00:39:58.019 --> 00:40:01.880
We<00:39:58.539><c> see</c><00:39:58.860><c> that</c><00:39:59.260><c> characteristic</c><00:39:59.860><c> manifest</c><00:40:00.480><c> over</c><00:40:00.940><c> and</c><00:40:01.000><c> over</c><00:40:01.280><c> again</c><00:40:01.500><c> in</c>

00:40:01.880 --> 00:40:02.579
the<00:40:01.880><c> Worthies</c><00:40:02.159><c> of</c><00:40:02.360><c> Old.</c>

00:40:02.820 --> 00:40:05.119
They<00:40:03.000><c> were</c><00:40:03.320><c> obedient</c><00:40:03.840><c> to</c><00:40:04.039><c> the</c><00:40:04.219><c> Father.</c>

00:40:05.460 --> 00:40:09.380
As<00:40:05.639><c> Brother</c><00:40:05.980><c> Peter</c><00:40:06.179><c> is</c><00:40:06.280><c> bringing</c><00:40:06.519><c> out</c><00:40:06.739><c> in</c><00:40:06.840><c> his</c><00:40:07.019><c> classes</c><00:40:07.239><c> on</c><00:40:07.480><c> Elijah,</c><00:40:07.920><c> Elijah</c><00:40:08.480><c> did</c><00:40:08.820><c> what</c><00:40:08.960><c> he</c>

00:40:09.380 --> 00:40:10.099
was<00:40:09.659><c> told.</c>

00:40:10.099 --> 00:40:13.460
He<00:40:10.599><c> wasn't</c><00:40:10.900><c> constantly</c><00:40:11.500><c> providing</c><00:40:12.280><c> God</c><00:40:12.539><c> with</c><00:40:12.860><c> alternatives.</c>

00:40:13.940 --> 00:40:16.179
Father,<00:40:14.420><c> can</c><00:40:14.599><c> I</c><00:40:14.739><c> do</c><00:40:14.880><c> this?</c><00:40:15.159><c> Father,</c><00:40:15.400><c> can</c><00:40:15.559><c> I</c><00:40:15.719><c> do</c><00:40:15.900><c> that?</c>

00:40:16.659 --> 00:40:21.099
In<00:40:16.980><c> fact,</c><00:40:17.360><c> when</c><00:40:17.539><c> we</c><00:40:17.780><c> compare</c><00:40:18.119><c> Abraham</c><00:40:18.619><c> with</c><00:40:19.019><c> Lot,</c><00:40:20.079><c> and</c><00:40:20.280><c> it's</c>

00:40:21.099 --> 00:40:24.159
not<00:40:21.280><c> our</c><00:40:21.460><c> intention</c><00:40:21.860><c> to</c><00:40:22.519><c> cast</c><00:40:22.840><c> any</c><00:40:23.139><c> aspersions</c><00:40:23.579><c> on</c><00:40:23.800><c> Lot,</c>

00:40:24.460 --> 00:40:27.320
because<00:40:24.760><c> we</c><00:40:24.900><c> know</c><00:40:25.119><c> from</c><00:40:25.320><c> Peter</c><00:40:25.559><c> he</c><00:40:25.739><c> was</c><00:40:26.039><c> a</c><00:40:26.219><c> godly</c><00:40:26.500><c> man</c><00:40:26.860><c> whose</c>

00:40:27.320 --> 00:40:30.539
righteous<00:40:27.719><c> soul</c><00:40:27.940><c> was</c><00:40:28.260><c> vexed</c><00:40:28.940><c> by</c><00:40:29.159><c> the</c><00:40:29.360><c> ungodliness</c><00:40:29.840><c> about</c><00:40:30.199><c> him.</c>

00:40:30.739 --> 00:40:33.159
But<00:40:30.940><c> we</c><00:40:31.099><c> do</c><00:40:31.400><c> see</c><00:40:31.579><c> in</c><00:40:31.739><c> Lot</c><00:40:31.960><c> certain</c><00:40:32.280><c> areas</c><00:40:32.619><c> of</c><00:40:32.840><c> weakness.</c>

00:40:33.559 --> 00:40:37.480
When<00:40:33.760><c> God</c><00:40:34.039><c> told</c><00:40:34.559><c> Lot</c><00:40:35.119><c> to</c><00:40:35.380><c> flee</c><00:40:35.519><c> to</c><00:40:35.639><c> the</c><00:40:35.780><c> mountains,</c><00:40:36.659><c> Lot</c><00:40:37.000><c> did</c>

00:40:37.480 --> 00:40:39.340
second<00:40:37.800><c>-guess</c><00:40:38.059><c> the</c><00:40:38.300><c> command</c><00:40:38.579><c> of</c><00:40:38.719><c> God</c><00:40:39.019><c> and</c><00:40:39.219><c> said,</c>

00:40:39.340 --> 00:40:41.780
Well,<00:40:39.500><c> can't</c><00:40:39.820><c> I</c><00:40:40.099><c> just</c><00:40:40.300><c> go</c><00:40:40.500><c> off</c><00:40:40.659><c> to</c><00:40:40.760><c> this</c><00:40:40.900><c> little</c><00:40:41.179><c> city,</c><00:40:41.599><c> Zor?</c>

00:40:42.000 --> 00:40:43.440
Could<00:40:42.179><c> you</c><00:40:42.420><c> spare</c><00:40:42.599><c> it</c><00:40:42.800><c> for</c><00:40:42.940><c> my</c><00:40:43.179><c> sake?</c>

00:40:43.820 --> 00:40:45.320
And<00:40:44.059><c> God</c><00:40:44.340><c> does</c><00:40:44.920><c> that.</c>

00:40:45.500 --> 00:40:48.039
In<00:40:45.559><c> the</c><00:40:45.639><c> end,</c><00:40:45.900><c> Lot</c><00:40:45.920><c> ends</c><00:40:46.099><c> up</c><00:40:46.320><c> in</c><00:40:46.380><c> the</c><00:40:46.519><c> mountains</c><00:40:46.900><c> anyway.</c>

00:40:48.480 --> 00:40:54.559
But<00:40:48.639><c> nonetheless,</c><00:40:49.699><c> in</c><00:40:49.940><c> Abraham,</c><00:40:50.900><c> who</c><00:40:51.920><c> we</c><00:40:52.280><c> acknowledge</c><00:40:52.739><c> manifested</c><00:40:53.420><c> a</c><00:40:53.800><c> higher</c><00:40:54.079><c> degree</c><00:40:54.380><c> of</c>

00:40:54.559 --> 00:40:55.480
spiritual<00:40:54.960><c> caliber,</c>

00:40:55.920 --> 00:40:57.460
did<00:40:55.960><c> not</c><00:40:56.199><c> do</c><00:40:56.480><c> that</c><00:40:56.719><c> with</c><00:40:57.000><c> the</c><00:40:57.119><c> Father.</c>

00:40:57.800 --> 00:41:00.480
When<00:40:57.980><c> God</c><00:40:58.219><c> says,</c><00:40:58.719><c> do</c><00:40:58.719><c> it,</c><00:40:59.219><c> Abraham</c><00:40:59.639><c> does</c><00:41:00.019><c> it.</c>

00:41:00.719 --> 00:41:05.739
In<00:41:00.900><c> a</c><00:41:00.980><c> like</c><00:41:01.099><c> manner,</c><00:41:01.559><c> when</c><00:41:01.659><c> Abraham</c><00:41:02.760><c> circumcises</c><00:41:03.800><c> his</c><00:41:04.079><c> family,</c><00:41:04.760><c> he</c><00:41:05.099><c> does</c><00:41:05.380><c> it.</c>

00:41:05.739 --> 00:41:08.599
There's<00:41:06.380><c> not</c><00:41:06.559><c> a</c><00:41:06.659><c> lot</c><00:41:06.880><c> of</c><00:41:07.179><c> argument</c><00:41:07.480><c> and</c><00:41:07.780><c> disputation,</c><00:41:08.500><c> well,</c>

00:41:08.599 --> 00:41:09.940
why<00:41:08.860><c> this</c><00:41:09.139><c> and</c><00:41:09.280><c> why</c><00:41:09.599><c> that?</c>

00:41:10.280 --> 00:41:12.139
And,<00:41:10.679><c> you</c><00:41:10.800><c> know,</c><00:41:10.900><c> this</c><00:41:11.059><c> was</c><00:41:11.260><c> really</c><00:41:11.500><c> a</c><00:41:11.619><c> big</c><00:41:11.780><c> hassle.</c>

00:41:12.159 --> 00:41:13.599
And<00:41:12.300><c> at</c><00:41:12.460><c> Abraham's</c><00:41:12.860><c> age,</c><00:41:13.059><c> it</c><00:41:13.219><c> was.</c>

00:41:13.880 --> 00:41:16.300
I<00:41:14.079><c> mean,</c><00:41:14.139><c> that</c><00:41:14.300><c> was</c><00:41:14.539><c> an</c><00:41:14.860><c> exceedingly</c><00:41:15.320><c> painful</c><00:41:15.760><c> process.</c>

00:41:16.619 --> 00:41:21.159
In<00:41:16.820><c> fact,</c><00:41:17.059><c> his</c><00:41:17.179><c> whole</c><00:41:17.360><c> household</c><00:41:17.900><c> was</c><00:41:18.199><c> subjected</c><00:41:18.699><c> to</c><00:41:19.360><c> this</c><00:41:19.960><c> right</c><00:41:20.239><c> of</c><00:41:20.579><c> circumcision.</c>

00:41:21.639 --> 00:41:26.239
And<00:41:21.960><c> Abraham</c><00:41:22.280><c> immediately</c><00:41:23.099><c> busies</c><00:41:23.440><c> himself</c><00:41:24.000><c> with</c><00:41:25.239><c> doing</c><00:41:25.739><c> what</c><00:41:26.000><c> God</c>

00:41:26.239 --> 00:41:27.380
has<00:41:26.539><c> said.</c>

00:41:27.619 --> 00:41:34.380
In<00:41:28.179><c> chapter</c><00:41:28.739><c> 17,</c><00:41:29.280><c> verse</c><00:41:29.420><c> 23,</c><00:41:31.559><c> when</c><00:41:31.960><c> God</c><00:41:32.760><c> had</c><00:41:33.000><c> expounded</c><00:41:33.420><c> to</c><00:41:33.599><c> him,</c>

00:41:35.760 --> 00:41:38.159
further<00:41:36.320><c> expounded</c><00:41:36.739><c> to</c><00:41:36.860><c> him</c><00:41:37.019><c> the</c><00:41:37.199><c> covenant</c><00:41:37.559><c> and</c><00:41:37.860><c> different</c>

00:41:38.159 --> 00:41:39.199
aspects<00:41:38.579><c> of</c><00:41:38.760><c> the</c><00:41:38.920><c> covenant</c>

00:41:39.199 --> 00:41:43.000
and<00:41:40.000><c> the</c><00:41:40.280><c> whole</c><00:41:40.559><c> issue</c><00:41:40.900><c> of</c><00:41:41.159><c> circumcision,</c><00:41:42.000><c> it</c><00:41:42.139><c> would</c><00:41:42.320><c> be</c><00:41:42.559><c> a</c><00:41:42.679><c> sign</c><00:41:42.840><c> in</c>

00:41:43.000 --> 00:41:44.079
their<00:41:43.260><c> flesh</c><00:41:43.480><c> of</c><00:41:43.679><c> the</c><00:41:43.860><c> covenant</c>

00:41:44.079 --> 00:41:46.699
that<00:41:44.239><c> God</c><00:41:44.440><c> had</c><00:41:44.619><c> made</c><00:41:44.760><c> between</c><00:41:45.079><c> Abraham</c><00:41:45.659><c> and</c><00:41:46.199><c> himself.</c>

00:41:46.739 --> 00:41:51.039
And<00:41:46.960><c> it</c><00:41:47.019><c> was</c><00:41:47.219><c> to</c><00:41:47.380><c> be</c><00:41:47.780><c> imposed</c><00:41:48.360><c> upon</c><00:41:48.659><c> all</c><00:41:48.940><c> those</c><00:41:49.420><c> who</c><00:41:50.380><c> were</c><00:41:50.820><c> in</c>

00:41:51.039 --> 00:41:52.260
the<00:41:51.219><c> household.</c>

00:41:53.219 --> 00:41:54.059
Verse<00:41:53.639><c> 22,</c>

00:41:54.099 --> 00:41:56.699
And<00:41:54.320><c> he</c><00:41:54.519><c> left</c><00:41:54.820><c> off</c><00:41:55.099><c> talking</c><00:41:55.460><c> with</c><00:41:55.659><c> him,</c><00:41:55.940><c> and</c><00:41:55.980><c> God</c><00:41:56.199><c> went</c><00:41:56.460><c> up</c>

00:41:56.699 --> 00:41:57.880
from<00:41:56.900><c> Abraham.</c>

00:41:57.900 --> 00:42:00.780
And<00:41:58.019><c> Abraham</c><00:41:58.480><c> took</c><00:41:59.019><c> Ishmael</c><00:41:59.440><c> his</c><00:41:59.559><c> son</c><00:41:59.739><c> and</c><00:41:59.940><c> all</c><00:42:00.219><c> that</c><00:42:00.340><c> were</c><00:42:00.539><c> born</c><00:42:00.659><c> in</c>

00:42:00.780 --> 00:42:01.300
his<00:42:00.980><c> house</c>

00:42:01.300 --> 00:42:03.780
and<00:42:01.699><c> all</c><00:42:01.960><c> that</c><00:42:02.079><c> were</c><00:42:02.280><c> bought</c><00:42:02.380><c> with</c><00:42:02.579><c> his</c><00:42:02.760><c> money,</c><00:42:03.159><c> every</c><00:42:03.559><c> male</c>

00:42:03.780 --> 00:42:05.099
among<00:42:04.019><c> the</c><00:42:04.159><c> men</c><00:42:04.280><c> of</c><00:42:04.420><c> Abraham's</c><00:42:04.840><c> house,</c>

00:42:05.400 --> 00:42:08.280
and<00:42:05.800><c> circumcised</c><00:42:06.500><c> the</c><00:42:06.760><c> flesh</c><00:42:06.940><c> of</c><00:42:07.079><c> their</c><00:42:07.260><c> foreskin</c><00:42:07.719><c> and</c><00:42:08.019><c> the</c>

00:42:08.280 --> 00:42:11.139
self<00:42:08.619><c> same</c><00:42:09.039><c> day</c><00:42:09.659><c> as</c><00:42:10.159><c> God</c><00:42:10.340><c> had</c><00:42:10.500><c> said</c><00:42:10.599><c> unto</c><00:42:10.780><c> him.</c>

00:42:11.380 --> 00:42:14.039
There<00:42:11.719><c> wasn't</c><00:42:11.940><c> any</c><00:42:12.199><c> big</c><00:42:12.420><c> debate.</c><00:42:12.860><c> There</c><00:42:12.960><c> wasn't</c><00:42:13.199><c> any</c><00:42:13.460><c> big</c><00:42:13.659><c> meeting.</c>

00:42:14.460 --> 00:42:17.420
There<00:42:14.480><c> wasn't</c><00:42:14.719><c> any</c><00:42:14.980><c> big,</c><00:42:15.760><c> well,</c><00:42:15.860><c> look,</c><00:42:16.039><c> you</c><00:42:16.159><c> know,</c><00:42:16.360><c> I</c><00:42:16.619><c> just</c><00:42:17.039><c> want</c><00:42:17.360><c> to</c>

00:42:17.420 --> 00:42:18.139
let<00:42:17.579><c> you</c><00:42:17.780><c> fellas</c><00:42:17.960><c> know</c>

00:42:18.139 --> 00:42:20.280
this<00:42:18.320><c> is</c><00:42:18.440><c> what's</c><00:42:18.639><c> going</c><00:42:18.739><c> to</c><00:42:18.920><c> happen</c><00:42:19.119><c> and</c><00:42:19.460><c> well,</c><00:42:19.639><c> what</c><00:42:19.719><c> do</c><00:42:19.820><c> you</c><00:42:19.980><c> think?</c>

00:42:20.280 --> 00:42:24.519
None<00:42:21.119><c> of</c><00:42:21.340><c> that.</c><00:42:22.099><c> It</c><00:42:22.260><c> wasn't</c><00:42:22.519><c> an</c><00:42:22.780><c> issue.</c><00:42:23.360><c> God</c><00:42:23.539><c> had</c><00:42:23.800><c> said</c><00:42:23.940><c> it,</c><00:42:24.340><c> and</c><00:42:24.440><c> it</c>

00:42:24.519 --> 00:42:25.960
was<00:42:24.679><c> going</c><00:42:24.780><c> to</c><00:42:24.880><c> be</c><00:42:25.059><c> done.</c>

00:42:26.239 --> 00:42:30.739
The<00:42:26.760><c> spirit</c><00:42:27.219><c> that</c><00:42:27.480><c> we</c><00:42:28.360><c> see</c><00:42:28.639><c> in</c><00:42:28.780><c> the</c><00:42:28.980><c> man</c><00:42:29.179><c> is</c><00:42:29.519><c> tremendous.</c>

00:42:30.760 --> 00:42:33.460
And<00:42:30.860><c> it</c><00:42:31.000><c> has</c><00:42:31.320><c> to</c><00:42:31.480><c> be</c><00:42:31.679><c> a</c><00:42:31.940><c> powerful</c><00:42:32.400><c> motivation</c><00:42:32.880><c> to</c><00:42:33.059><c> ourselves,</c>

00:42:33.619 --> 00:42:35.019
brothers<00:42:33.699><c> and</c><00:42:34.260><c> sisters,</c>

00:42:35.340 --> 00:42:37.699
that<00:42:35.460><c> when</c><00:42:35.619><c> we</c><00:42:35.820><c> are</c><00:42:36.019><c> faced</c><00:42:36.340><c> with</c><00:42:36.579><c> the</c><00:42:36.880><c> clear</c><00:42:37.059><c> and</c><00:42:37.420><c> expressed</c>

00:42:37.699 --> 00:42:38.519
will<00:42:37.880><c> of</c><00:42:38.059><c> God,</c>

00:42:38.940 --> 00:42:41.219
that<00:42:39.260><c> we</c><00:42:39.420><c> are</c><00:42:39.599><c> prepared</c><00:42:39.980><c> to</c><00:42:40.199><c> respond.</c>

00:42:41.260 --> 00:42:45.659
Now,<00:42:42.619><c> it</c><00:42:42.639><c> is</c><00:42:42.960><c> certainly</c><00:42:43.940><c> fair</c><00:42:44.239><c> to</c><00:42:44.500><c> say</c><00:42:44.800><c> that</c><00:42:44.940><c> there</c><00:42:45.159><c> are</c><00:42:45.380><c> many</c>

00:42:45.659 --> 00:42:47.019
situations<00:42:46.239><c> in</c><00:42:46.380><c> our</c><00:42:46.579><c> lives</c>

00:42:47.019 --> 00:42:50.239
which<00:42:47.800><c> are</c><00:42:48.059><c> not</c><00:42:48.199><c> as</c><00:42:48.539><c> clear</c><00:42:48.760><c> cut</c><00:42:48.960><c> as</c><00:42:49.159><c> this</c><00:42:49.480><c> specific</c><00:42:49.940><c> command</c>

00:42:50.239 --> 00:42:52.019
to<00:42:50.460><c> circumcise</c><00:42:50.880><c> the</c><00:42:51.000><c> household.</c>

00:42:52.199 --> 00:42:55.659
There's<00:42:52.440><c> much</c><00:42:52.679><c> in</c><00:42:52.900><c> life</c><00:42:53.139><c> that</c><00:42:53.360><c> boils</c><00:42:53.599><c> down</c><00:42:53.980><c> to</c><00:42:54.219><c> hard</c><00:42:54.519><c> decisions.</c>

00:42:55.820 --> 00:43:01.280
And<00:42:55.940><c> that's</c><00:42:56.599><c> what</c><00:42:57.820><c> God</c><00:42:58.400><c> would</c><00:42:59.719><c> like</c><00:42:59.940><c> us</c><00:43:00.219><c> to</c><00:43:00.460><c> do</c><00:43:00.760><c> is</c><00:43:00.960><c> to</c><00:43:01.139><c> make</c>

00:43:01.280 --> 00:43:01.980
these<00:43:01.559><c> decisions</c>

00:43:01.980 --> 00:43:04.920
and<00:43:02.199><c> to</c><00:43:02.360><c> make</c><00:43:02.500><c> them</c><00:43:03.280><c> as</c><00:43:03.699><c> best</c><00:43:03.900><c> we</c><00:43:04.079><c> can.</c>

00:43:05.119 --> 00:43:08.780
That's<00:43:05.500><c> not</c><00:43:05.940><c> the</c><00:43:06.320><c> situation</c><00:43:06.940><c> that</c><00:43:07.360><c> we</c><00:43:08.099><c> have</c><00:43:08.300><c> in</c><00:43:08.500><c> mind.</c>

00:43:08.940 --> 00:43:14.119
In<00:43:09.079><c> fact,</c><00:43:09.239><c> sometimes</c><00:43:09.760><c> we</c><00:43:10.019><c> take</c><00:43:10.719><c> situations</c><00:43:11.440><c> that</c><00:43:11.699><c> are,</c><00:43:12.960><c> you</c>

00:43:14.119 --> 00:43:15.059
know,<00:43:14.579><c> difficult</c>

00:43:15.059 --> 00:43:17.460
and<00:43:15.480><c> there's</c><00:43:15.800><c> mitigating</c><00:43:16.219><c> factors</c><00:43:16.599><c> and</c><00:43:16.719><c> we</c><00:43:16.860><c> do</c><00:43:17.000><c> try</c><00:43:17.179><c> to</c><00:43:17.340><c> turn</c>

00:43:17.460 --> 00:43:19.099
them<00:43:17.599><c> into</c><00:43:17.800><c> black</c><00:43:18.079><c> and</c><00:43:18.260><c> white</c><00:43:18.440><c> type</c><00:43:18.679><c> things</c>

00:43:19.099 --> 00:43:22.340
and<00:43:19.659><c> we</c><00:43:19.960><c> do</c><00:43:20.260><c> that</c><00:43:20.519><c> to</c><00:43:20.820><c> our</c><00:43:21.559><c> own</c><00:43:21.780><c> disservice.</c>

00:43:22.760 --> 00:43:26.219
But<00:43:22.980><c> in</c><00:43:23.440><c> this</c><00:43:23.639><c> particular</c><00:43:24.079><c> case,</c><00:43:24.900><c> it</c><00:43:25.159><c> was</c><00:43:25.380><c> a</c><00:43:25.559><c> clear</c><00:43:25.719><c> command</c>

00:43:26.219 --> 00:43:27.099
of<00:43:26.539><c> the</c><00:43:26.739><c> Father</c>

00:43:27.099 --> 00:43:30.539
and<00:43:27.820><c> Abraham</c><00:43:28.239><c> adhered</c><00:43:28.659><c> to</c><00:43:28.960><c> it</c><00:43:29.519><c> without</c><00:43:30.079><c> question.</c>

00:43:30.800 --> 00:43:33.400
And<00:43:30.940><c> there's</c><00:43:31.139><c> certainly</c><00:43:31.420><c> many</c><00:43:31.739><c> things</c><00:43:32.199><c> in</c><00:43:32.619><c> our</c><00:43:32.860><c> lives</c><00:43:33.159><c> that</c>

00:43:33.400 --> 00:43:34.480
fall<00:43:33.559><c> into</c><00:43:33.739><c> that</c><00:43:33.980><c> category,</c>

00:43:34.820 --> 00:43:36.280
the<00:43:35.099><c> express</c><00:43:35.400><c> command</c><00:43:35.739><c> of</c><00:43:35.960><c> God.</c>

00:43:36.699 --> 00:43:38.900
And<00:43:36.940><c> in</c><00:43:37.059><c> like</c><00:43:37.219><c> manner,</c><00:43:37.619><c> when</c><00:43:37.860><c> Abraham</c><00:43:38.179><c> was</c><00:43:38.380><c> told</c><00:43:38.579><c> to</c><00:43:38.760><c> send</c>

00:43:38.900 --> 00:43:39.639
Hagar<00:43:39.300><c> away,</c>

00:43:40.019 --> 00:43:42.340
we<00:43:40.280><c> already</c><00:43:40.519><c> touched</c><00:43:40.780><c> on</c><00:43:40.960><c> this</c><00:43:41.139><c> situation.</c>

00:43:42.480 --> 00:43:46.900
Despite<00:43:43.079><c> the</c><00:43:43.340><c> grievousness</c><00:43:43.960><c> of</c><00:43:44.139><c> it</c><00:43:44.739><c> in</c><00:43:45.880><c> Abraham's</c><00:43:46.539><c> mind,</c>

00:43:47.199 --> 00:43:50.820
despite<00:43:47.480><c> the</c><00:43:48.099><c> profound</c><00:43:48.480><c> personal</c><00:43:49.000><c> sacrifice</c><00:43:49.619><c> entailed</c><00:43:50.480><c> in</c>

00:43:50.820 --> 00:43:52.280
sending<00:43:51.019><c> Hagar</c><00:43:51.460><c> and</c><00:43:51.639><c> Ishmael</c><00:43:51.940><c> away,</c>

00:43:52.780 --> 00:43:53.960
Abraham<00:43:53.179><c> did</c><00:43:53.500><c> it.</c>

00:43:54.400 --> 00:43:55.920
He<00:43:54.800><c> didn't</c><00:43:55.059><c> try</c><00:43:55.300><c> to</c><00:43:55.559><c> undo</c><00:43:55.699><c> it.</c>

00:43:55.960 --> 00:43:57.360
He<00:43:56.019><c> didn't</c><00:43:56.239><c> come</c><00:43:56.440><c> up</c><00:43:56.579><c> with</c><00:43:56.760><c> alternatives.</c>

00:43:57.860 --> 00:44:01.239
And<00:43:58.059><c> that</c><00:43:58.099><c> has</c><00:43:58.340><c> to</c><00:43:58.460><c> be</c><00:43:58.539><c> one</c><00:43:58.699><c> of</c><00:43:58.840><c> the</c><00:43:59.079><c> hallmarks</c><00:43:59.880><c> of</c><00:44:00.639><c> godly</c><00:44:01.019><c> men</c>

00:44:01.239 --> 00:44:03.519
is<00:44:01.420><c> they</c><00:44:01.679><c> do</c><00:44:02.059><c> unpopular</c><00:44:02.719><c> things</c>

00:44:03.619 --> 00:44:05.159
and<00:44:04.219><c> follow</c><00:44:04.519><c> through</c><00:44:04.739><c> with</c><00:44:04.960><c> them.</c>

00:44:05.639 --> 00:44:10.539
The<00:44:06.059><c> ungodly,</c><00:44:06.699><c> those</c><00:44:06.940><c> who</c><00:44:07.179><c> fall</c><00:44:07.440><c> short</c><00:44:08.360><c> of</c><00:44:09.239><c> a</c><00:44:09.539><c> Christ</c><00:44:09.780><c>-like</c><00:44:09.980><c> character,</c><00:44:10.400><c> as</c>

00:44:10.539 --> 00:44:11.159
it<00:44:10.719><c> were,</c>

00:44:11.159 --> 00:44:16.000
again<00:44:11.860><c> and</c><00:44:11.980><c> again</c><00:44:12.699><c> try</c><00:44:13.119><c> to</c><00:44:13.500><c> alter</c><00:44:13.840><c> the</c><00:44:14.039><c> situation</c><00:44:14.559><c> to</c><00:44:14.800><c> suit</c><00:44:14.920><c> themselves.</c>

00:44:16.019 --> 00:44:18.099
You<00:44:16.079><c> take,</c><00:44:16.340><c> for</c><00:44:16.519><c> example,</c><00:44:16.860><c> a</c><00:44:17.000><c> man</c><00:44:17.159><c> like</c><00:44:17.420><c> King</c><00:44:17.719><c> Saul.</c>

00:44:18.500 --> 00:44:22.619
Over<00:44:18.860><c> and</c><00:44:19.179><c> over</c><00:44:19.539><c> again,</c><00:44:20.280><c> he</c><00:44:20.380><c> had</c><00:44:20.579><c> the</c><00:44:20.940><c> express</c><00:44:21.260><c> command</c><00:44:21.619><c> of</c><00:44:21.800><c> God</c><00:44:22.199><c> to</c>

00:44:22.619 --> 00:44:23.880
do<00:44:22.920><c> this</c><00:44:23.159><c> or</c><00:44:23.280><c> to</c><00:44:23.460><c> do</c><00:44:23.639><c> that</c>

00:44:23.880 --> 00:44:28.300
and<00:44:24.000><c> he</c><00:44:24.199><c> couldn't</c><00:44:24.539><c> help</c><00:44:24.920><c> but</c><00:44:25.739><c> twist</c><00:44:26.239><c> it</c><00:44:26.480><c> slightly</c><00:44:26.780><c> to</c><00:44:27.059><c> suit</c><00:44:27.219><c> himself.</c>

00:44:28.400 --> 00:44:31.400
There<00:44:28.659><c> was</c><00:44:28.920><c> the</c><00:44:29.179><c> spirit</c><00:44:29.340><c> of</c><00:44:29.539><c> a</c><00:44:29.639><c> man</c><00:44:29.820><c> unwilling</c><00:44:30.300><c> to</c><00:44:30.800><c> comply.</c>

00:44:31.760 --> 00:44:35.559
We<00:44:31.940><c> see</c><00:44:32.179><c> it</c><00:44:32.340><c> at</c><00:44:32.960><c> the</c><00:44:33.039><c> very</c><00:44:33.300><c> outset</c><00:44:33.599><c> of</c><00:44:33.739><c> man's</c><00:44:34.199><c> existence</c><00:44:34.659><c> in</c><00:44:35.159><c> Cain.</c>

00:44:35.940 --> 00:44:38.500
It<00:44:36.119><c> was</c><00:44:36.320><c> so</c><00:44:36.719><c> simple</c><00:44:37.000><c> just</c><00:44:37.340><c> to</c><00:44:37.539><c> do</c><00:44:37.619><c> what</c><00:44:37.800><c> God</c><00:44:38.079><c> said.</c>

00:44:38.860 --> 00:44:41.019
But<00:44:39.239><c> no,</c><00:44:39.500><c> we</c><00:44:39.780><c> just</c><00:44:40.260><c> can't.</c>

00:44:41.019 --> 00:44:43.659
I've<00:44:41.639><c> got</c><00:44:41.639><c> to</c><00:44:41.719><c> do</c><00:44:41.900><c> it</c><00:44:42.059><c> my</c><00:44:42.239><c> own</c><00:44:42.639><c> way.</c>

00:44:44.119 --> 00:44:46.800
And<00:44:44.219><c> those</c><00:44:44.760><c> of</c><00:44:44.880><c> us</c><00:44:45.079><c> with</c><00:44:45.280><c> children</c><00:44:45.579><c> see</c><00:44:45.880><c> that</c><00:44:46.179><c> spirit</c><00:44:46.440><c> over</c>

00:44:46.800 --> 00:44:47.539
and<00:44:46.920><c> over</c><00:44:47.119><c> again.</c>

00:44:48.019 --> 00:44:51.340
You<00:44:48.280><c> tell</c><00:44:48.559><c> a</c><00:44:48.619><c> kid</c><00:44:48.739><c> to</c><00:44:48.980><c> do</c><00:44:49.179><c> something</c><00:44:49.480><c> and</c><00:44:49.840><c> just</c><00:44:50.059><c> a</c><00:44:50.239><c> minute,</c><00:44:50.780><c> wait</c><00:44:51.139><c> a</c>

00:44:51.340 --> 00:44:54.099
second,<00:44:52.199><c> I'll</c><00:44:52.800><c> do</c><00:44:53.000><c> it</c><00:44:53.139><c> later.</c>

00:44:54.840 --> 00:44:58.980
They've<00:44:55.360><c> got</c><00:44:55.500><c> a</c><00:44:55.559><c> million</c><00:44:55.800><c> and</c><00:44:56.039><c> one</c><00:44:56.280><c> alterations</c><00:44:57.039><c> to</c><00:44:58.239><c> just</c><00:44:58.719><c> the</c>

00:44:58.980 --> 00:45:00.480
express<00:44:59.260><c> command</c><00:44:59.619><c> of</c><00:44:59.840><c> mom</c><00:45:00.000><c> and</c><00:45:00.139><c> dad.</c>

00:45:00.840 --> 00:45:01.780
Well,<00:45:00.980><c> we're</c><00:45:01.059><c> no</c><00:45:01.320><c> different.</c>

00:45:02.219 --> 00:45:05.480
We<00:45:02.500><c> receive</c><00:45:02.900><c> the</c><00:45:03.119><c> express</c><00:45:03.460><c> command</c><00:45:03.800><c> of</c><00:45:03.940><c> the</c><00:45:04.119><c> father</c><00:45:04.420><c> and</c><00:45:05.079><c> we've</c><00:45:05.420><c> got</c>

00:45:05.480 --> 00:45:06.300
our<00:45:05.659><c> just</c><00:45:05.900><c> a</c><00:45:06.119><c> minute</c>

00:45:06.300 --> 00:45:07.820
and<00:45:06.619><c> I'll</c><00:45:06.980><c> do</c><00:45:07.179><c> it</c><00:45:07.420><c> later.</c>

00:45:07.820 --> 00:45:12.179
Or<00:45:08.079><c> give</c><00:45:09.559><c> me</c><00:45:09.780><c> a</c><00:45:09.980><c> sec</c><00:45:10.099><c> while</c><00:45:10.260><c> I</c><00:45:10.420><c> think</c><00:45:10.539><c> of</c><00:45:10.659><c> an</c><00:45:10.800><c> alternative</c><00:45:11.199><c> idea.</c>

00:45:12.380 --> 00:45:16.239
This<00:45:12.760><c> is</c><00:45:13.039><c> the</c><00:45:13.139><c> spirit</c><00:45:13.400><c> of</c><00:45:13.599><c> man</c><00:45:13.940><c> and</c><00:45:14.460><c> Abraham</c><00:45:14.860><c> had</c><00:45:15.099><c> come</c><00:45:15.239><c> to</c><00:45:15.400><c> terms</c><00:45:15.619><c> with</c><00:45:15.820><c> it.</c>

00:45:16.579 --> 00:45:22.039
And,<00:45:16.800><c> of</c><00:45:16.840><c> course,</c><00:45:17.360><c> when</c><00:45:17.500><c> God</c><00:45:17.780><c> called</c><00:45:18.019><c> upon</c><00:45:18.280><c> Abraham</c><00:45:18.719><c> to</c><00:45:19.000><c> offer</c><00:45:20.179><c> Isaac,</c>

00:45:22.340 --> 00:45:26.559
we<00:45:22.579><c> find</c><00:45:22.880><c> in</c><00:45:23.039><c> this</c><00:45:23.199><c> situation</c><00:45:23.940><c> a</c><00:45:25.019><c> man</c><00:45:25.420><c> who</c><00:45:25.639><c> was</c><00:45:25.900><c> wholly</c><00:45:26.300><c> given</c>

00:45:26.559 --> 00:45:28.380
over<00:45:27.079><c> to</c><00:45:27.500><c> the</c><00:45:27.579><c> will</c><00:45:27.699><c> of</c><00:45:27.900><c> the</c><00:45:28.039><c> father,</c>

00:45:28.679 --> 00:45:30.699
to<00:45:28.840><c> the</c><00:45:29.039><c> point</c><00:45:29.219><c> where</c><00:45:29.360><c> he</c><00:45:29.519><c> was</c><00:45:29.659><c> going</c><00:45:29.840><c> to</c><00:45:30.059><c> offer</c><00:45:30.280><c> that</c><00:45:30.519><c> which</c>

00:45:30.699 --> 00:45:31.800
was<00:45:31.039><c> dearest</c><00:45:31.340><c> to</c><00:45:31.539><c> him.</c>

00:45:31.800 --> 00:45:36.340
And<00:45:32.300><c> then,</c><00:45:32.800><c> lastly,</c><00:45:33.739><c> we</c><00:45:33.820><c> have</c><00:45:34.039><c> the</c><00:45:34.179><c> example</c><00:45:34.800><c> of</c><00:45:35.260><c> Abraham</c>

00:45:36.420 --> 00:45:38.500
insisting<00:45:36.880><c> that</c><00:45:37.000><c> a</c><00:45:37.179><c> godly</c><00:45:37.420><c> wife</c><00:45:37.679><c> be</c><00:45:37.820><c> sought</c><00:45:38.000><c> for</c><00:45:38.260><c> Isaac.</c>

00:45:38.840 --> 00:45:41.940
And<00:45:38.960><c> now</c><00:45:39.179><c> this</c><00:45:39.360><c> was</c><00:45:39.679><c> not</c><00:45:40.360><c> the</c><00:45:40.739><c> express</c><00:45:41.039><c> command</c><00:45:41.360><c> of</c><00:45:41.539><c> God.</c>

00:45:42.300 --> 00:45:44.440
God<00:45:42.559><c> did</c><00:45:42.760><c> not</c><00:45:42.860><c> go</c><00:45:43.019><c> to</c><00:45:43.179><c> Abraham</c><00:45:43.400><c> and</c><00:45:43.539><c> said,</c><00:45:43.780><c> look,</c><00:45:43.840><c> you</c><00:45:44.059><c> pick</c><00:45:44.239><c> out</c><00:45:44.380><c> a</c>

00:45:44.440 --> 00:45:45.300
good<00:45:44.599><c> wife</c><00:45:44.800><c> for</c><00:45:45.000><c> Isaac.</c>

00:45:45.679 --> 00:45:48.639
Abraham<00:45:46.079><c> of</c><00:45:46.199><c> his</c><00:45:46.400><c> own</c><00:45:46.599><c> volition</c><00:45:46.980><c> did</c><00:45:47.199><c> that</c><00:45:47.699><c> because</c><00:45:48.099><c> he</c><00:45:48.380><c> knew</c>

00:45:48.639 --> 00:45:50.719
what<00:45:48.920><c> the</c><00:45:49.340><c> will</c><00:45:49.539><c> of</c><00:45:49.699><c> the</c><00:45:49.860><c> father</c><00:45:50.039><c> would</c><00:45:50.260><c> be.</c>

00:45:51.079 --> 00:45:54.199
And<00:45:51.219><c> Abraham</c><00:45:51.480><c> was</c><00:45:51.699><c> prepared</c><00:45:51.940><c> to</c><00:45:52.099><c> put</c><00:45:52.219><c> that</c><00:45:52.480><c> into</c><00:45:52.679><c> practice</c><00:45:53.059><c> as</c><00:45:53.340><c> well.</c>

00:45:54.460 --> 00:45:58.699
And<00:45:54.559><c> then</c><00:45:54.840><c> lastly,</c><00:45:56.519><c> we</c><00:45:56.639><c> have</c><00:45:56.860><c> Abraham</c><00:45:57.400><c> the</c><00:45:57.739><c> perceptive.</c>

00:45:58.699 --> 00:46:03.719
And<00:45:59.500><c> we're</c><00:46:00.920><c> just</c><00:46:01.199><c> about</c><00:46:01.400><c> out</c><00:46:01.599><c> of</c><00:46:01.760><c> time</c><00:46:01.940><c> so</c><00:46:02.099><c> we're</c><00:46:02.280><c> going</c><00:46:02.400><c> to</c><00:46:02.539><c> have</c><00:46:02.719><c> to</c>

00:46:03.719 --> 00:46:06.179
move<00:46:04.019><c> through</c><00:46:04.260><c> this</c><00:46:04.579><c> at</c><00:46:04.780><c> a</c><00:46:04.940><c> fairly</c><00:46:05.139><c> good</c><00:46:05.360><c> clip.</c>

00:46:07.500 --> 00:46:12.139
But<00:46:07.500><c> Abraham</c><00:46:08.300><c> was</c><00:46:09.260><c> a</c><00:46:09.480><c> man</c><00:46:09.760><c> who</c><00:46:10.179><c> understood</c><00:46:10.840><c> and</c><00:46:11.500><c> perceived</c>

00:46:12.139 --> 00:46:13.599
all<00:46:12.539><c> that</c><00:46:12.659><c> God</c><00:46:12.840><c> had</c><00:46:13.039><c> told</c><00:46:13.239><c> him</c>

00:46:13.599 --> 00:46:17.519
about<00:46:14.059><c> his</c><00:46:14.400><c> plan</c><00:46:14.579><c> and</c><00:46:14.780><c> purpose</c><00:46:15.280><c> with</c><00:46:16.400><c> the</c><00:46:16.739><c> earth.</c>

00:46:17.539 --> 00:46:20.719
Abraham<00:46:17.900><c> was</c><00:46:18.119><c> the</c><00:46:18.320><c> father</c><00:46:18.760><c> of</c><00:46:18.980><c> those</c><00:46:19.280><c> who</c><00:46:19.599><c> understood</c><00:46:20.199><c> and</c>

00:46:20.719 --> 00:46:24.219
appreciated<00:46:21.780><c> the</c><00:46:23.159><c> precepts</c><00:46:23.719><c> and</c><00:46:23.840><c> principles</c>

00:46:24.219 --> 00:46:26.440
upon<00:46:24.599><c> which</c><00:46:24.840><c> God</c><00:46:25.099><c> dealt</c><00:46:25.500><c> with</c><00:46:25.960><c> humanity.</c>

00:46:26.440 --> 00:46:29.699
Abraham<00:46:27.059><c> understood</c><00:46:27.619><c> the</c><00:46:28.059><c> eternal</c><00:46:28.380><c> implications</c><00:46:28.980><c> of</c><00:46:29.199><c> the</c><00:46:29.239><c> promises.</c>

00:46:30.099 --> 00:46:31.820
He<00:46:30.199><c> understood</c><00:46:30.519><c> the</c><00:46:30.679><c> concept</c><00:46:31.059><c> of</c><00:46:31.320><c> resurrection.</c>

00:46:32.280 --> 00:46:35.960
We<00:46:32.440><c> know</c><00:46:32.820><c> from</c><00:46:33.599><c> Hebrews</c><00:46:33.940><c> 11</c><00:46:34.480><c> that</c><00:46:34.920><c> when</c><00:46:35.059><c> he</c><00:46:35.159><c> went</c><00:46:35.300><c> up</c><00:46:35.480><c> to</c><00:46:35.619><c> that</c><00:46:35.840><c> mount,</c>

00:46:36.059 --> 00:46:38.440
he<00:46:36.239><c> expected</c><00:46:36.719><c> to</c><00:46:36.920><c> receive</c><00:46:37.139><c> Isaac</c><00:46:37.500><c> again</c><00:46:37.820><c> from</c><00:46:38.039><c> the</c><00:46:38.199><c> dead.</c>

00:46:38.860 --> 00:46:41.360
He<00:46:39.039><c> understood</c><00:46:39.400><c> the</c><00:46:39.559><c> principle</c><00:46:39.880><c> of</c><00:46:40.159><c> justification.</c>

00:46:41.440 --> 00:46:44.820
He<00:46:41.579><c> knew</c><00:46:41.960><c> that</c><00:46:42.179><c> you</c><00:46:42.619><c> did</c><00:46:42.880><c> not</c><00:46:43.039><c> commend</c><00:46:43.340><c> yourself</c><00:46:43.739><c> to</c><00:46:43.900><c> God</c><00:46:44.179><c> because</c><00:46:44.559><c> of</c>

00:46:44.820 --> 00:46:46.019
some<00:46:45.039><c> stream</c><00:46:45.300><c> of</c><00:46:45.500><c> good</c><00:46:45.699><c> works</c>

00:46:46.019 --> 00:46:49.440
you're<00:46:46.519><c> going</c><00:46:46.659><c> to</c><00:46:46.820><c> present</c><00:46:47.079><c> to</c><00:46:48.000><c> the</c><00:46:48.199><c> father</c><00:46:48.519><c> come</c><00:46:48.719><c> Judgment</c><00:46:49.179><c> Day.</c>

00:46:49.760 --> 00:46:54.460
He<00:46:50.019><c> knew</c><00:46:50.320><c> that</c><00:46:50.480><c> his</c><00:46:50.679><c> relationship</c><00:46:51.159><c> with</c><00:46:51.659><c> God</c><00:46:52.099><c> was</c><00:46:52.679><c> based</c><00:46:53.099><c> upon</c>

00:46:54.460 --> 00:46:55.780
faith<00:46:54.940><c> and</c><00:46:55.219><c> conviction.</c>

00:46:55.780 --> 00:46:59.219
Furthermore,<00:46:57.099><c> he</c><00:46:57.139><c> understood</c><00:46:57.579><c> the</c><00:46:57.800><c> blessing</c><00:46:58.079><c> to</c><00:46:58.260><c> be</c><00:46:58.380><c> the</c><00:46:58.539><c> forgiveness</c><00:46:58.860><c> of</c>

00:46:59.219 --> 00:47:02.340
sin<00:46:59.679><c> as</c><00:47:00.380><c> expressed</c><00:47:00.940><c> in</c><00:47:01.199><c> Acts</c><00:47:01.420><c> 3.</c>

00:47:02.519 --> 00:47:04.380
Abraham<00:47:02.519><c> appreciated</c><00:47:03.639><c> these</c><00:47:03.960><c> things.</c>

00:47:04.760 --> 00:47:08.119
He<00:47:04.940><c> appreciated</c><00:47:05.480><c> the</c><00:47:05.699><c> nature</c><00:47:05.980><c> and</c><00:47:06.239><c> character</c><00:47:06.440><c> of</c><00:47:06.599><c> the</c><00:47:06.719><c> God</c><00:47:06.880><c> whom</c><00:47:07.019><c> he</c><00:47:07.239><c> worshiped.</c>

00:47:08.400 --> 00:47:11.559
You<00:47:08.500><c> consider</c><00:47:08.860><c> Romans</c><00:47:09.179><c> 4</c><00:47:09.460><c> verses</c><00:47:09.739><c> 19</c><00:47:10.139><c> to</c><00:47:10.320><c> 22.</c>

00:47:12.139 --> 00:47:14.320
We'll<00:47:12.619><c> look</c><00:47:13.019><c> at</c><00:47:13.159><c> that</c><00:47:13.320><c> briefly.</c>

00:47:15.480 --> 00:47:20.400
The<00:47:15.579><c> very</c><00:47:15.920><c> attitude</c><00:47:16.420><c> that</c><00:47:16.659><c> God</c><00:47:16.940><c> had</c><00:47:18.099><c> to</c><00:47:19.360><c> the</c><00:47:19.500><c> situation</c><00:47:20.119><c> was</c>

00:47:20.400 --> 00:47:21.980
the<00:47:20.659><c> same</c><00:47:20.860><c> that</c><00:47:21.099><c> Abraham</c><00:47:21.539><c> did.</c>

00:47:21.980 --> 00:47:27.300
We<00:47:22.980><c> have</c><00:47:23.260><c> that</c><00:47:24.000><c> wonderful</c><00:47:24.699><c> passage</c><00:47:25.139><c> in</c><00:47:25.320><c> Romans</c><00:47:25.559><c> 4.</c>

00:47:27.719 --> 00:47:29.639
Verse<00:47:27.920><c> 17</c><00:47:28.599><c> will</c><00:47:29.300><c> begin,</c>

00:47:29.940 --> 00:47:31.980
As<00:47:30.039><c> it</c><00:47:30.159><c> is</c><00:47:30.360><c> written,</c><00:47:30.739><c> I</c><00:47:30.739><c> have</c><00:47:30.920><c> made</c><00:47:31.099><c> thee</c><00:47:31.320><c> a</c><00:47:31.420><c> father</c><00:47:31.639><c> of</c><00:47:31.800><c> many</c>

00:47:31.980 --> 00:47:34.340
nations<00:47:32.500><c> before</c><00:47:33.199><c> him</c><00:47:33.559><c> whom</c><00:47:33.760><c> he</c><00:47:33.980><c> believed,</c>

00:47:34.480 --> 00:47:37.900
even<00:47:34.739><c> God</c><00:47:35.219><c> who</c><00:47:35.739><c> quickeneth</c><00:47:36.159><c> the</c><00:47:36.400><c> dead</c><00:47:36.539><c> and</c><00:47:36.780><c> calleth</c><00:47:37.039><c> those</c><00:47:37.300><c> things</c><00:47:37.519><c> which</c><00:47:37.739><c> be</c>

00:47:37.900 --> 00:47:38.920
not<00:47:38.059><c> as</c><00:47:38.280><c> though</c><00:47:38.420><c> they</c><00:47:38.599><c> were,</c>

00:47:39.280 --> 00:47:43.480
who<00:47:39.539><c> against</c><00:47:40.059><c> hope</c><00:47:40.519><c> believed</c><00:47:41.219><c> in</c><00:47:41.480><c> hope</c><00:47:41.840><c> that</c><00:47:42.320><c> he</c><00:47:42.619><c> might</c><00:47:42.900><c> become</c><00:47:43.260><c> the</c>

00:47:43.480 --> 00:47:44.420
father<00:47:43.719><c> of</c><00:47:43.900><c> many</c><00:47:44.059><c> nations</c>

00:47:44.420 --> 00:47:46.820
according<00:47:44.820><c> to</c><00:47:45.099><c> that</c><00:47:45.360><c> which</c><00:47:45.539><c> was</c><00:47:45.880><c> spoken.</c>

00:47:46.900 --> 00:47:50.320
So<00:47:47.179><c> shall</c><00:47:47.460><c> thy</c><00:47:47.780><c> seed</c><00:47:47.980><c> be</c><00:47:48.280><c> and</c><00:47:48.519><c> be</c><00:47:48.739><c> not</c><00:47:49.420><c> weak</c><00:47:49.699><c> in</c><00:47:49.980><c> faith.</c>

00:47:50.320 --> 00:47:55.599
So<00:47:50.940><c> just</c><00:47:51.199><c> as</c><00:47:51.420><c> God</c><00:47:51.820><c> looked</c><00:47:52.079><c> upon</c><00:47:52.900><c> the</c><00:47:53.400><c> situation</c><00:47:54.219><c> as</c><00:47:54.780><c> it</c><00:47:54.980><c> already</c><00:47:55.380><c> having</c>

00:47:55.599 --> 00:47:56.400
been<00:47:55.900><c> accomplished</c>

00:47:56.400 --> 00:47:59.460
though<00:47:56.699><c> the</c><00:47:56.880><c> things</c><00:47:57.079><c> had</c><00:47:57.260><c> not</c><00:47:57.420><c> yet</c><00:47:57.679><c> transpired,</c><00:47:58.440><c> so</c><00:47:58.699><c> did</c><00:47:58.860><c> Abraham.</c>

00:47:59.820 --> 00:48:03.360
He<00:48:00.099><c> looked</c><00:48:00.320><c> upon</c><00:48:00.639><c> his</c><00:48:00.840><c> situation</c><00:48:01.519><c> considering</c><00:48:02.199><c> not</c><00:48:02.599><c> the</c><00:48:02.800><c> deadness</c><00:48:03.119><c> of</c>

00:48:03.360 --> 00:48:03.920
Sarah's<00:48:03.719><c> womb,</c>

00:48:03.960 --> 00:48:08.559
considering<00:48:04.480><c> not</c><00:48:04.800><c> his</c><00:48:05.039><c> age,</c><00:48:05.679><c> and</c><00:48:05.960><c> accepted</c><00:48:06.320><c> all</c><00:48:06.699><c> that</c><00:48:06.840><c> God</c><00:48:07.119><c> said</c><00:48:07.780><c> as</c>

00:48:08.559 --> 00:48:10.119
a<00:48:08.940><c> complete</c><00:48:09.199><c> and</c><00:48:09.360><c> utter</c><00:48:09.519><c> reality,</c>

00:48:10.360 --> 00:48:13.019
even<00:48:10.619><c> though</c><00:48:10.840><c> it</c><00:48:10.880><c> was</c><00:48:11.119><c> not</c><00:48:11.360><c> yet</c><00:48:11.539><c> before</c><00:48:11.820><c> his</c><00:48:12.099><c> eyes.</c>

00:48:13.099 --> 00:48:16.519
And<00:48:13.260><c> then</c><00:48:13.639><c> lastly,</c><00:48:15.340><c> and</c><00:48:15.440><c> most</c><00:48:15.860><c> importantly,</c>

00:48:16.519 --> 00:48:19.659
Abraham<00:48:17.300><c> understood</c><00:48:17.920><c> the</c><00:48:18.159><c> means</c><00:48:18.440><c> by</c><00:48:18.639><c> which</c><00:48:18.800><c> God</c><00:48:19.179><c> would</c><00:48:19.440><c> save</c>

00:48:19.659 --> 00:48:20.239
the<00:48:19.900><c> world.</c>

00:48:20.599 --> 00:48:22.400
Now<00:48:20.679><c> this</c><00:48:20.840><c> might</c><00:48:21.039><c> be</c><00:48:21.260><c> the</c><00:48:21.380><c> subject</c><00:48:21.599><c> of</c><00:48:21.840><c> some</c><00:48:21.980><c> debate,</c>

00:48:22.900 --> 00:48:26.300
but<00:48:22.960><c> I</c><00:48:23.219><c> am</c><00:48:23.400><c> convinced</c><00:48:23.800><c> that</c><00:48:24.159><c> Abraham</c><00:48:24.619><c> knew</c><00:48:25.099><c> that</c><00:48:25.699><c> the</c><00:48:26.019><c> seed</c>

00:48:26.300 --> 00:48:27.699
which<00:48:26.639><c> God</c><00:48:26.820><c> had</c><00:48:27.079><c> promised</c><00:48:27.440><c> him</c>

00:48:27.699 --> 00:48:30.639
was<00:48:27.900><c> going</c><00:48:28.119><c> to</c><00:48:28.500><c> die</c><00:48:28.880><c> for</c><00:48:29.119><c> the</c><00:48:29.300><c> sins</c><00:48:29.440><c> of</c><00:48:29.619><c> the</c><00:48:29.760><c> world.</c>

00:48:30.860 --> 00:48:33.420
And<00:48:31.260><c> if</c><00:48:31.699><c> I</c><00:48:31.800><c> am</c><00:48:31.980><c> correct</c><00:48:32.400><c> in</c><00:48:32.800><c> this</c><00:48:33.000><c> conclusion,</c>

00:48:33.480 --> 00:48:36.960
we<00:48:33.659><c> have</c><00:48:33.920><c> in</c><00:48:34.099><c> Abraham</c><00:48:34.519><c> a</c><00:48:35.119><c> man</c><00:48:35.340><c> of</c><00:48:35.639><c> incredible</c><00:48:36.300><c> understanding.</c>

00:48:37.360 --> 00:48:40.000
And<00:48:37.679><c> I'm</c><00:48:37.940><c> convinced</c><00:48:38.260><c> of</c><00:48:38.440><c> that</c><00:48:38.619><c> because</c><00:48:38.900><c> of</c><00:48:39.019><c> what</c><00:48:39.179><c> the</c><00:48:39.360><c> Lord</c><00:48:39.559><c> says</c><00:48:39.860><c> in</c>

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John<00:48:40.300><c> 8,</c>

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that<00:48:41.440><c> Abraham</c><00:48:41.860><c> rejoiced</c><00:48:42.559><c> to</c><00:48:42.760><c> see</c><00:48:42.960><c> my</c><00:48:43.320><c> day</c><00:48:43.500><c> and</c><00:48:43.780><c> saw</c><00:48:43.980><c> it</c><00:48:44.099><c> and</c>

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was<00:48:44.340><c> glad.</c>

00:48:44.820 --> 00:48:48.360
Now<00:48:45.440><c> Abraham</c><00:48:45.880><c> surely</c><00:48:46.519><c> was</c><00:48:46.980><c> not</c><00:48:47.280><c> simply</c><00:48:47.579><c> looking</c><00:48:47.900><c> forward</c>

00:48:48.360 --> 00:48:51.900
to<00:48:48.599><c> the</c><00:48:48.679><c> day</c><00:48:48.960><c> when</c><00:48:49.440><c> this</c><00:48:50.059><c> seed</c><00:48:50.300><c> would</c><00:48:50.519><c> arise</c><00:48:50.820><c> and</c><00:48:50.940><c> be</c><00:48:51.119><c> a</c><00:48:51.179><c> good</c><00:48:51.380><c> individual.</c>

00:48:52.360 --> 00:48:54.780
When<00:48:52.539><c> Abraham</c><00:48:52.980><c> looked</c><00:48:53.440><c> and</c><00:48:53.679><c> saw</c><00:48:53.960><c> the</c><00:48:54.079><c> day</c><00:48:54.239><c> of</c><00:48:54.380><c> the</c><00:48:54.519><c> Lord,</c>

00:48:55.079 --> 00:48:57.099
he<00:48:55.199><c> must</c><00:48:55.460><c> have</c><00:48:55.599><c> seen</c><00:48:55.820><c> all</c><00:48:56.239><c> that</c><00:48:56.360><c> it</c><00:48:56.639><c> implied.</c>

00:48:57.460 --> 00:49:00.340
This<00:48:57.900><c> seed</c><00:48:58.159><c> which</c><00:48:58.440><c> would</c><00:48:58.599><c> be</c><00:48:58.780><c> the</c><00:48:59.000><c> basis</c><00:48:59.400><c> of</c><00:48:59.619><c> the</c><00:48:59.760><c> world's</c><00:49:00.019><c> redemption,</c>

00:49:00.679 --> 00:49:05.280
he<00:49:00.860><c> knew</c><00:49:01.059><c> that</c><00:49:01.300><c> because</c><00:49:01.539><c> his</c><00:49:01.679><c> own</c><00:49:02.039><c> son</c><00:49:02.480><c> had</c><00:49:03.320><c> been</c><00:49:04.679><c> called</c><00:49:04.960><c> upon</c>

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to<00:49:05.420><c> sacrifice</c><00:49:05.960><c> his</c><00:49:06.119><c> own</c><00:49:06.420><c> son.</c>

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And<00:49:07.320><c> Abraham</c><00:49:07.559><c> had</c><00:49:07.719><c> been</c><00:49:07.980><c> stopped</c><00:49:08.440><c> from</c><00:49:08.699><c> doing</c><00:49:08.980><c> it.</c>

00:49:09.679 --> 00:49:12.280
So<00:49:09.920><c> Abraham</c><00:49:10.280><c> knew</c><00:49:10.719><c> that</c><00:49:10.940><c> the</c><00:49:11.139><c> seed</c><00:49:11.260><c> had</c><00:49:11.519><c> not</c><00:49:11.719><c> yet</c><00:49:11.940><c> arrived</c>

00:49:12.280 --> 00:49:15.420
and<00:49:12.519><c> that</c><00:49:12.699><c> seed</c><00:49:12.820><c> when</c><00:49:12.960><c> he</c><00:49:13.119><c> came</c><00:49:13.599><c> would</c><00:49:14.079><c> die</c><00:49:14.519><c> and</c><00:49:14.900><c> be</c><00:49:15.159><c> raised</c>

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again<00:49:15.739><c> from</c><00:49:15.940><c> the</c><00:49:16.139><c> dead.</c>

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It<00:49:16.980><c> had</c><00:49:17.219><c> to</c><00:49:17.400><c> be</c><00:49:17.599><c> so.</c>

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Otherwise<00:49:18.679><c> the</c><00:49:19.440><c> Lord's</c><00:49:20.860><c> words</c><00:49:21.179><c> in</c><00:49:21.460><c> John</c><00:49:21.780><c> 8</c><00:49:21.980><c> simply</c><00:49:22.440><c> did</c><00:49:22.699><c> not</c>

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mean<00:49:23.099><c> much.</c>

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If<00:49:23.980><c> they</c><00:49:24.179><c> mean</c><00:49:24.380><c> anything</c><00:49:24.840><c> at</c><00:49:25.039><c> all,</c>

00:49:25.380 --> 00:49:29.340
they<00:49:25.480><c> mean</c><00:49:25.900><c> that</c><00:49:26.539><c> Abraham</c><00:49:27.019><c> was</c><00:49:27.440><c> fully</c><00:49:27.800><c> cognizant</c><00:49:28.440><c> of</c><00:49:28.699><c> all</c><00:49:29.000><c> that</c><00:49:29.119><c> God</c>

00:49:29.340 --> 00:49:30.099
intended<00:49:29.639><c> to</c><00:49:29.860><c> do,</c>

00:49:30.420 --> 00:49:35.920
even<00:49:30.860><c> the</c><00:49:31.500><c> issue</c><00:49:31.960><c> of</c><00:49:32.380><c> the</c><00:49:32.699><c> suffering</c><00:49:33.159><c> Savior,</c><00:49:34.440><c> the</c><00:49:34.659><c> seed</c><00:49:35.019><c> which</c><00:49:35.280><c> would</c><00:49:35.519><c> die.</c>

00:49:36.219 --> 00:49:39.260
Abraham<00:49:36.559><c> might</c><00:49:36.800><c> not</c><00:49:36.960><c> have</c><00:49:37.079><c> known</c><00:49:37.380><c> how</c><00:49:38.219><c> that</c><00:49:38.539><c> seed</c><00:49:38.739><c> would</c><00:49:38.980><c> die,</c>

00:49:39.260 --> 00:49:41.960
but<00:49:39.659><c> he</c><00:49:39.880><c> knew</c><00:49:40.099><c> that</c><00:49:40.420><c> seed</c><00:49:40.599><c> would</c><00:49:40.840><c> die</c><00:49:41.159><c> for</c><00:49:41.340><c> the</c><00:49:41.500><c> sins</c><00:49:41.599><c> of</c><00:49:41.760><c> the</c><00:49:41.840><c> world</c>

00:49:41.960 --> 00:49:44.280
and<00:49:42.119><c> be</c><00:49:42.280><c> raised</c><00:49:42.539><c> again</c><00:49:43.019><c> from</c><00:49:43.760><c> the</c><00:49:44.000><c> dead.</c>

00:49:44.639 --> 00:49:48.079
So<00:49:44.880><c> we</c><00:49:45.139><c> have</c><00:49:45.340><c> not</c><00:49:45.599><c> only</c><00:49:45.840><c> Abraham</c><00:49:46.199><c> the</c><00:49:46.440><c> humble,</c><00:49:47.179><c> Abraham</c><00:49:47.500><c> the</c><00:49:47.800><c> kind,</c>

00:49:48.300 --> 00:49:51.179
Abraham<00:49:48.599><c> the</c><00:49:48.860><c> obedient,</c><00:49:49.599><c> but</c><00:49:49.760><c> Abraham</c><00:49:50.179><c> the</c><00:49:50.400><c> perceptive,</c>

00:49:51.400 --> 00:49:54.980
a<00:49:51.639><c> man</c><00:49:51.960><c> who</c><00:49:52.639><c> had</c><00:49:53.000><c> the</c><00:49:53.219><c> Gospel</c><00:49:53.539><c> preached</c><00:49:53.880><c> to</c><00:49:54.059><c> him</c><00:49:54.219><c> in</c><00:49:54.380><c> all</c><00:49:54.539><c> its</c><00:49:54.719><c> fullness</c>

00:49:54.980 --> 00:49:57.719
and<00:49:55.519><c> understood</c><00:49:56.039><c> all</c><00:49:56.420><c> that</c><00:49:56.559><c> it</c><00:49:56.780><c> implied.</c>

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Thank<00:50:18.139><c> you.</c>