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that<00:11:06.720><c> Abram</c><00:11:07.100><c> was</c><00:11:07.440><c> cognizant</c><00:11:08.039><c> of</c><00:11:09.200><c> God's</c><00:11:09.700><c> intent.</c>

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into<00:11:13.279><c> the</c><00:11:13.299><c> land</c><00:11:13.519><c> of</c><00:11:13.720><c> Canaan,</c>

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but<00:11:14.580><c> they</c><00:11:14.740><c> came</c><00:11:14.980><c> to</c><00:11:15.179><c> Haran</c><00:11:15.539><c> and</c><00:11:15.759><c> settled</c><00:11:16.019><c> there</c><00:11:16.299><c> instead.</c>

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It<00:11:17.279><c> was</c><00:11:17.480><c> only</c><00:11:17.759><c> later</c><00:11:18.159><c> that</c><00:11:18.399><c> God</c><00:11:19.159><c> undoubtedly</c><00:11:19.679><c> again</c><00:11:20.220><c> came</c><00:11:20.480><c> to</c><00:11:20.740><c> Abram,</c>

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and<00:11:22.279><c> at</c><00:11:22.779><c> that</c><00:11:23.059><c> point</c><00:11:23.360><c> the</c><00:11:23.659><c> move</c><00:11:23.899><c> to</c><00:11:24.120><c> Canaan</c><00:11:24.320><c> was</c><00:11:24.559><c> made</c><00:11:25.039><c> on</c><00:11:25.500><c> a</c>

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permanent<00:11:25.879><c> basis.</c>

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So<00:11:27.580><c> in</c><00:11:27.860><c> actual</c><00:11:28.240><c> fact,</c><00:11:28.919><c> the</c><00:11:29.000><c> family</c><00:11:29.500><c> suffered</c><00:11:29.899><c> two</c><00:11:30.200><c> upheavals.</c>

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Haran<00:11:44.299><c> being</c><00:11:44.679><c> no</c><00:11:44.940><c> less</c><00:11:45.399><c> the</c><00:11:46.240><c> urban</c><00:11:46.580><c> center</c><00:11:47.120><c> that</c><00:11:47.580><c> Ur</c><00:11:47.779><c> was,</c>

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and<00:11:48.320><c> we've</c><00:11:48.700><c> all</c><00:11:48.879><c> heard</c><00:11:49.100><c> about</c><00:11:49.340><c> Ur,</c><00:11:49.720><c> its</c><00:11:49.879><c> sophistication,</c>

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the<00:11:51.799><c> life</c><00:11:52.039><c> that</c><00:11:52.200><c> it</c><00:11:52.279><c> would</c><00:11:52.419><c> have</c><00:11:53.480><c> had</c><00:11:53.639><c> to</c><00:11:53.919><c> offer</c><00:11:54.600><c> to</c><00:11:55.340><c> its</c><00:11:55.500><c> citizens,</c>

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and<00:11:56.759><c> we</c><00:11:57.340><c> well</c><00:11:57.700><c> know</c><00:11:58.019><c> that</c><00:11:58.519><c> quite</c><00:11:58.740><c> often</c><00:11:59.179><c> stability</c><00:11:59.740><c> and</c><00:12:00.820><c> a</c><00:12:01.039><c> home</c><00:12:01.240><c> life</c><00:12:01.639><c> surrounded</c><00:12:02.159><c> by</c>

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all<00:12:02.519><c> the</c><00:12:02.720><c> amenities</c>

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is<00:12:03.919><c> sometimes</c><00:12:04.360><c> somewhat</c><00:12:04.620><c> more</c><00:12:04.960><c> important</c><00:12:05.340><c> to</c><00:12:05.820><c> our</c><00:12:06.240><c> sisters</c>

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than<00:12:06.860><c> it</c><00:12:07.019><c> maybe</c><00:12:07.200><c> is</c><00:12:07.379><c> to</c><00:12:07.539><c> the</c><00:12:07.700><c> brethren.</c>

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They<00:12:09.279><c> are</c><00:12:09.720><c> more</c><00:12:09.980><c> inclined</c><00:12:10.360><c> that</c><00:12:10.639><c> way,</c><00:12:12.159><c> generally</c><00:12:12.480><c> speaking.</c>

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Twice<00:12:14.559><c> Sarah</c><00:12:15.039><c> had</c><00:12:15.220><c> to</c><00:12:15.399><c> give</c><00:12:15.539><c> all</c><00:12:15.779><c> that</c><00:12:15.960><c> up</c><00:12:16.500><c> and</c><00:12:16.940><c> move</c><00:12:17.320><c> with</c><00:12:18.159><c> first</c><00:12:18.559><c> the</c>

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whole<00:12:18.940><c> family</c>

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and<00:12:19.440><c> then</c><00:12:19.559><c> with</c><00:12:19.779><c> Abram</c><00:12:20.220><c> himself</c><00:12:20.840><c> to</c><00:12:21.519><c> go</c><00:12:21.740><c> into</c><00:12:21.960><c> this</c><00:12:22.279><c> land</c><00:12:22.559><c> of</c><00:12:22.799><c> Canaan,</c>

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and<00:12:23.700><c> not</c><00:12:24.120><c> knowing</c><00:12:24.419><c> where</c><00:12:24.620><c> they</c><00:12:24.820><c> went.</c>

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The<00:12:26.080><c> move</c><00:12:26.299><c> into</c><00:12:26.580><c> Canaan</c><00:12:26.720><c> was</c><00:12:26.960><c> really</c><00:12:27.240><c> quite</c><00:12:27.440><c> an</c><00:12:27.779><c> unknown,</c>

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and<00:12:29.019><c> it</c><00:12:29.320><c> seemed</c><00:12:29.460><c> to</c><00:12:29.600><c> have</c><00:12:29.659><c> been</c><00:12:29.820><c> a</c><00:12:29.980><c> foregone</c><00:12:30.320><c> conclusion</c><00:12:30.899><c> that</c>

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once<00:12:31.240><c> they</c><00:12:31.480><c> got</c><00:12:31.720><c> there,</c>

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there<00:12:32.480><c> would</c><00:12:32.679><c> now</c><00:12:32.919><c> no</c><00:12:33.120><c> longer</c><00:12:33.340><c> be</c><00:12:33.519><c> any</c><00:12:33.759><c> city</c><00:12:34.000><c> life,</c><00:12:34.700><c> there</c><00:12:34.799><c> would</c><00:12:34.980><c> no</c>

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longer<00:12:35.399><c> be</c><00:12:35.600><c> any</c><00:12:35.840><c> amenities.</c>

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There<00:12:38.059><c> was</c><00:12:38.320><c> a</c><00:12:38.519><c> degree</c><00:12:38.620><c> of</c><00:12:38.840><c> stability</c><00:12:39.279><c> as</c><00:12:39.519><c> we</c><00:12:39.799><c> indicated</c><00:12:40.100><c> in</c>

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but<00:12:41.620><c> it</c><00:12:41.980><c> certainly</c><00:12:42.340><c> wouldn't</c><00:12:42.659><c> have</c><00:12:43.059><c> matched</c><00:12:43.740><c> that</c><00:12:44.559><c> which</c><00:12:45.019><c> they</c><00:12:45.440><c> were</c><00:12:45.679><c> enjoying</c><00:12:46.100><c> in</c>

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an<00:12:46.980><c> established</c><00:12:47.460><c> city.</c>

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And<00:12:48.820><c> on</c><00:12:49.799><c> both</c><00:12:50.059><c> occasions,</c><00:12:51.100><c> we</c><00:12:51.600><c> seem</c><00:12:51.820><c> to</c><00:12:51.980><c> have</c><00:12:52.080><c> the</c><00:12:52.299><c> willing</c><00:12:52.519><c> participation</c><00:12:53.279><c> of</c>

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all<00:12:53.799><c> parties</c><00:12:54.080><c> concerned,</c>

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including<00:12:55.399><c> the</c><00:12:55.899><c> woman</c><00:12:56.139><c> Sarah,</c><00:12:57.100><c> and</c><00:12:57.299><c> when</c><00:12:57.539><c> we</c><00:12:57.720><c> consider</c><00:12:58.039><c> that,</c>

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we<00:12:58.500><c> find</c><00:12:58.840><c> her</c><00:12:59.200><c> a</c><00:12:59.299><c> marked</c><00:12:59.820><c> contrast</c><00:13:00.740><c> to</c><00:13:01.039><c> Lot's</c><00:13:01.379><c> wife,</c>

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who<00:13:02.580><c> was</c><00:13:02.759><c> quite</c><00:13:03.000><c> unwilling</c><00:13:03.340><c> to</c><00:13:03.639><c> leave</c><00:13:03.779><c> the</c><00:13:03.919><c> stability</c><00:13:04.299><c> of</c>

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city<00:13:04.860><c> life,</c>

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who<00:13:05.720><c> looked</c><00:13:05.899><c> back</c><00:13:06.360><c> to</c><00:13:06.600><c> her</c><00:13:06.779><c> own</c><00:13:06.980><c> destruction.</c>

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Sarah<00:13:08.639><c> was</c><00:13:08.879><c> not</c><00:13:09.200><c> that</c><00:13:09.460><c> type.</c><00:13:09.679><c> She</c><00:13:09.820><c> did</c><00:13:10.019><c> not</c><00:13:10.179><c> look</c><00:13:10.399><c> back.</c>

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She<00:13:11.299><c> threw</c><00:13:11.480><c> in</c><00:13:11.620><c> her</c><00:13:11.799><c> lot</c><00:13:11.940><c> with</c><00:13:12.179><c> Abram</c><00:13:12.919><c> and</c><00:13:13.539><c> apparently</c><00:13:14.000><c> with</c>

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no<00:13:14.399><c> dissension,</c>

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made<00:13:15.500><c> that</c><00:13:15.840><c> move</c><00:13:16.120><c> into</c><00:13:16.399><c> the</c><00:13:16.539><c> relative</c><00:13:16.940><c> unknown.</c>

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So<00:13:18.399><c> we</c><00:13:18.639><c> have</c><00:13:18.899><c> here</c><00:13:19.340><c> a</c><00:13:19.980><c> sister</c><00:13:20.320><c> wife</c><00:13:20.700><c> who</c><00:13:21.120><c> was</c><00:13:21.360><c> no</c><00:13:21.519><c> less</c><00:13:21.720><c> committed</c><00:13:22.279><c> to</c><00:13:23.360><c> that</c>

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which<00:13:23.840><c> God</c><00:13:24.120><c> had</c><00:13:24.379><c> set</c><00:13:24.500><c> before</c><00:13:24.879><c> them,</c>

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and<00:13:26.279><c> she</c><00:13:27.000><c> again</c><00:13:27.340><c> commends</c><00:13:27.679><c> herself</c><00:13:28.120><c> to</c><00:13:28.360><c> us</c><00:13:28.620><c> as</c><00:13:29.480><c> an</c><00:13:29.700><c> individual</c>

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who<00:13:30.340><c> was</c><00:13:30.840><c> indeed</c><00:13:31.100><c> infused</c><00:13:31.779><c> with</c><00:13:32.539><c> the</c><00:13:32.779><c> same</c><00:13:33.019><c> faith</c>

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and<00:13:33.820><c> who</c><00:13:33.940><c> was</c><00:13:34.059><c> able</c><00:13:34.259><c> to</c><00:13:34.480><c> work</c><00:13:34.720><c> cooperatively</c><00:13:35.460><c> with</c><00:13:36.100><c> her</c><00:13:36.259><c> husband</c>

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so<00:13:37.019><c> that</c><00:13:38.320><c> God's</c><00:13:38.759><c> will</c><00:13:39.240><c> could</c><00:13:39.799><c> be</c><00:13:40.519><c> worked</c><00:13:40.720><c> out</c><00:13:40.980><c> in</c><00:13:41.159><c> their</c><00:13:41.340><c> lives.</c>

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Now,<00:13:44.399><c> another</c><00:13:44.500><c> aspect</c><00:13:45.000><c> of</c><00:13:45.220><c> Sarah's</c><00:13:45.500><c> character</c><00:13:45.940><c> and</c><00:13:46.320><c> how</c><00:13:46.519><c> it</c>

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impinged<00:13:47.100><c> on</c><00:13:47.240><c> her</c><00:13:47.340><c> relationship</c><00:13:47.759><c> with</c><00:13:48.000><c> Abraham</c>

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was<00:13:49.240><c> the</c><00:13:49.500><c> fact</c><00:13:49.679><c> that</c><00:13:49.919><c> Sarah</c><00:13:50.820><c> looked</c><00:13:52.039><c> upon</c><00:13:52.360><c> Abraham</c><00:13:52.919><c> with</c><00:13:53.580><c> a</c><00:13:54.279><c> large</c><00:13:54.519><c> degree</c><00:13:54.799><c> of</c>

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respect<00:13:55.419><c> and</c><00:13:55.720><c> honor.</c>

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We<00:13:56.799><c> know</c><00:13:57.000><c> this</c><00:13:57.179><c> to</c><00:13:57.320><c> be</c><00:13:57.480><c> the</c><00:13:57.620><c> case</c><00:13:58.639><c> because</c><00:13:59.639><c> of</c><00:13:59.820><c> two</c><00:14:00.399><c> scriptures</c>

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which<00:14:00.960><c> are</c><00:14:01.139><c> really</c><00:14:01.340><c> quite</c><00:14:01.519><c> interesting.</c>

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We<00:14:03.259><c> go</c><00:14:03.659><c> to</c><00:14:03.799><c> 1</c><00:14:03.980><c> Peter</c><00:14:04.379><c> 3</c><00:14:05.539><c> verse</c><00:14:05.759><c> 6,</c><00:14:07.500><c> and</c><00:14:07.600><c> Peter's</c><00:14:08.100><c> comment</c>

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concerning<00:14:08.899><c> Sarah,</c>

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and<00:14:09.559><c> then</c><00:14:09.600><c> he</c><00:14:09.679><c> sets</c><00:14:09.899><c> her</c><00:14:10.220><c> up</c><00:14:10.519><c> as</c><00:14:10.700><c> an</c><00:14:10.899><c> example</c><00:14:11.639><c> to</c><00:14:13.419><c> sisters</c><00:14:13.720><c> of</c><00:14:13.960><c> all</c><00:14:14.220><c> generations</c><00:14:14.899><c> as</c><00:14:15.620><c> a</c>

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godly<00:14:16.379><c> woman.</c>

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Verse<00:14:17.120><c> 6,</c><00:14:17.419><c> even</c><00:14:17.639><c> as</c><00:14:17.919><c> Sarah</c><00:14:18.120><c> obeyed</c><00:14:18.779><c> Abraham,</c><00:14:19.720><c> calling</c><00:14:19.919><c> him</c><00:14:20.139><c> Lord,</c>

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whose<00:14:21.419><c> daughters</c><00:14:21.860><c> ye</c><00:14:22.139><c> are,</c><00:14:22.720><c> as</c><00:14:22.980><c> long</c><00:14:23.200><c> as</c><00:14:23.379><c> ye</c><00:14:23.519><c> do</c><00:14:23.899><c> well,</c><00:14:24.600><c> and</c>

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are<00:14:25.100><c> not</c><00:14:25.299><c> afraid</c><00:14:25.600><c> with</c><00:14:25.820><c> any</c><00:14:26.019><c> amazement.</c>

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Now,<00:14:26.960><c> there's</c><00:14:27.179><c> a</c><00:14:27.340><c> lot</c><00:14:27.460><c> in</c><00:14:27.659><c> that</c><00:14:27.919><c> verse.</c>

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We'll<00:14:29.340><c> touch</c><00:14:29.559><c> on</c><00:14:29.740><c> this</c><00:14:29.919><c> issue</c><00:14:30.399><c> of</c><00:14:30.860><c> Lord,</c><00:14:31.320><c> calling</c><00:14:31.480><c> Abraham</c><00:14:31.899><c> Lord,</c>

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but<00:14:33.220><c> Peter</c><00:14:33.480><c> goes</c><00:14:33.679><c> on</c><00:14:33.820><c> to</c><00:14:33.960><c> say,</c><00:14:34.379><c> whose</c><00:14:34.379><c> daughters</c><00:14:35.000><c> ye</c><00:14:35.480><c> are,</c><00:14:36.340><c> as</c>

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long<00:14:37.240><c> as</c><00:14:37.559><c> you</c><00:14:37.820><c> do</c><00:14:38.299><c> well,</c>

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and<00:14:40.000><c> are</c><00:14:40.259><c> not</c><00:14:40.519><c> afraid</c><00:14:41.279><c> with</c><00:14:41.700><c> any</c><00:14:41.919><c> amazement.</c>

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And<00:14:43.019><c> that</c><00:14:43.379><c> touches</c><00:14:44.080><c> on</c><00:14:44.279><c> what</c><00:14:44.419><c> we</c><00:14:44.600><c> just</c><00:14:44.799><c> discussed,</c><00:14:45.340><c> that</c><00:14:45.600><c> Sarah</c><00:14:45.820><c> was</c>

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prepared<00:14:46.419><c> to</c><00:14:46.740><c> follow</c><00:14:46.940><c> through</c>

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with<00:14:48.080><c> the</c><00:14:48.279><c> commands</c><00:14:48.500><c> of</c><00:14:48.740><c> God</c><00:14:48.899><c> without</c><00:14:49.379><c> fear</c><00:14:49.759><c> and</c><00:14:49.960><c> without</c><00:14:50.259><c> amazement.</c>

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She<00:14:51.419><c> was</c><00:14:51.679><c> prepared</c><00:14:51.940><c> to</c><00:14:52.059><c> go</c><00:14:52.220><c> into</c><00:14:52.379><c> the</c><00:14:52.580><c> unknown</c><00:14:52.799><c> just</c><00:14:53.019><c> as</c><00:14:53.220><c> Abraham</c><00:14:53.580><c> was.</c>

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She<00:14:54.419><c> was</c><00:14:54.659><c> not</c><00:14:54.919><c> fearful</c><00:14:55.399><c> of</c><00:14:56.019><c> those</c><00:14:56.299><c> things</c><00:14:56.480><c> which</c><00:14:56.720><c> lay</c><00:14:56.879><c> ahead</c>

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of<00:14:57.220><c> her.</c>

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She<00:14:57.500><c> was</c><00:14:57.679><c> not</c><00:14:57.879><c> fearful</c><00:14:58.200><c> of</c><00:14:58.440><c> light.</c>

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She<00:14:59.539><c> was</c><00:14:59.860><c> not</c><00:15:00.100><c> a</c><00:15:00.919><c> woman</c><00:15:01.539><c> given</c><00:15:02.059><c> to</c><00:15:02.259><c> any</c><00:15:02.460><c> temerity.</c>

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She<00:15:03.779><c> was</c><00:15:04.019><c> prepared</c><00:15:04.399><c> to</c><00:15:04.620><c> do</c><00:15:04.700><c> as</c><00:15:04.899><c> God</c><00:15:05.159><c> said</c><00:15:05.539><c> and</c><00:15:06.000><c> entrust</c><00:15:06.539><c> her</c><00:15:07.000><c> life</c><00:15:07.440><c> in</c>

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his<00:15:08.100><c> hand,</c>

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just<00:15:09.340><c> as</c><00:15:09.759><c> Abraham,</c><00:15:10.299><c> as</c><00:15:10.679><c> we</c><00:15:10.840><c> well</c><00:15:11.019><c> know,</c><00:15:11.220><c> was</c><00:15:11.360><c> prepared</c><00:15:11.639><c> to</c><00:15:11.860><c> do.</c>

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And<00:15:12.799><c> as</c><00:15:13.139><c> well,</c><00:15:13.639><c> Peter</c><00:15:13.759><c> says</c><00:15:13.980><c> of</c><00:15:14.159><c> her,</c><00:15:14.340><c> she</c><00:15:14.559><c> did</c><00:15:14.960><c> what</c><00:15:15.159><c> was</c><00:15:15.480><c> right,</c><00:15:15.759><c> she</c>

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did<00:15:16.519><c> well.</c>

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And<00:15:18.000><c> we</c><00:15:18.620><c> do</c><00:15:18.840><c> recognize</c><00:15:19.399><c> that</c><00:15:19.620><c> at</c><00:15:19.759><c> times</c><00:15:20.019><c> Sarah</c><00:15:20.620><c> strikes</c><00:15:21.100><c> us</c><00:15:21.519><c> as</c>

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somewhat<00:15:22.100><c> of</c><00:15:23.200><c> a</c><00:15:23.220><c> hard</c><00:15:23.519><c> character,</c>

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but<00:15:24.539><c> nonetheless</c><00:15:24.879><c> the</c><00:15:25.179><c> divine</c><00:15:25.740><c> estimation</c><00:15:26.379><c> of</c><00:15:26.559><c> her</c><00:15:26.799><c> is</c><00:15:27.019><c> she</c>

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did<00:15:27.799><c> well.</c>

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She<00:15:28.840><c> obeyed</c><00:15:29.259><c> Abraham,</c><00:15:29.620><c> calling</c><00:15:29.840><c> him</c><00:15:30.019><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:15:31.139><c> as</c><00:15:31.360><c> we</c><00:15:31.539><c> know,</c><00:15:32.059><c> the</c><00:15:32.259><c> only</c><00:15:32.620><c> occasion</c><00:15:33.220><c> that</c><00:15:34.080><c> we</c><00:15:34.299><c> have</c><00:15:34.519><c> this</c>

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recorded<00:15:35.259><c> for</c><00:15:35.539><c> us</c>

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in<00:15:35.820><c> the</c><00:15:36.019><c> patriarchal</c><00:15:36.639><c> record</c><00:15:36.960><c> is</c><00:15:37.759><c> in</c><00:15:37.960><c> chapter</c><00:15:38.279><c> 18,</c>

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that<00:15:39.019><c> same</c><00:15:39.279><c> chapter</c><00:15:39.600><c> where</c><00:15:39.759><c> they</c><00:15:39.960><c> entertain</c><00:15:40.259><c> the</c><00:15:40.539><c> angels.</c>

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When<00:15:42.259><c> the</c><00:15:42.500><c> angels</c><00:15:42.740><c> did</c><00:15:43.000><c> reveal</c><00:15:43.240><c> themselves</c><00:15:43.700><c> as</c><00:15:43.960><c> such,</c>

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and<00:15:44.820><c> told</c><00:15:45.039><c> Abraham</c><00:15:45.419><c> and</c><00:15:45.700><c> Sarah</c><00:15:45.860><c> that</c><00:15:46.000><c> they</c><00:15:46.139><c> would</c><00:15:46.299><c> have</c><00:15:46.440><c> a</c><00:15:46.580><c> child,</c>

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that<00:15:47.100><c> the</c><00:15:47.240><c> time</c><00:15:47.360><c> of</c><00:15:47.539><c> life</c><00:15:47.659><c> would</c><00:15:47.860><c> return</c><00:15:48.279><c> to</c><00:15:48.480><c> Sarah,</c><00:15:49.440><c> in</c><00:15:49.700><c> verse</c><00:15:50.360><c> 12,</c>

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therefore<00:15:52.220><c> Sarah</c><00:15:52.679><c> laughed</c><00:15:53.120><c> within</c><00:15:53.360><c> herself,</c><00:15:54.159><c> saying,</c>

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And<00:15:58.539><c> of</c><00:15:58.539><c> course,</c><00:16:00.259><c> did</c><00:16:00.259><c> Sarah</c><00:16:00.480><c> say</c><00:16:00.700><c> this</c><00:16:00.980><c> out</c><00:16:01.220><c> loud?</c>

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No,<00:16:01.639><c> she</c><00:16:01.840><c> said</c><00:16:02.039><c> it</c><00:16:02.179><c> in</c><00:16:02.299><c> her</c><00:16:02.539><c> heart.</c>

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This<00:16:03.779><c> was</c><00:16:04.080><c> a</c><00:16:04.159><c> condition</c><00:16:04.659><c> of</c><00:16:04.899><c> Sarah's</c><00:16:05.200><c> heart.</c>

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This<00:16:06.240><c> was</c><00:16:06.539><c> not</c><00:16:06.740><c> an</c><00:16:07.000><c> attitude</c><00:16:07.220><c> of</c><00:16:07.460><c> mine</c><00:16:07.700><c> that</c><00:16:07.899><c> she</c><00:16:08.179><c> wore</c><00:16:08.860><c> thinly</c>

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on<00:16:09.580><c> the</c><00:16:09.720><c> outside.</c>

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It<00:16:10.259><c> was</c><00:16:10.419><c> not</c><00:16:10.559><c> a</c><00:16:10.679><c> veneer.</c><00:16:11.480><c> It</c><00:16:11.580><c> was</c><00:16:11.759><c> not</c><00:16:12.039><c> politeness.</c>

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It<00:16:13.139><c> was</c><00:16:13.379><c> not</c><00:16:13.679><c> the</c><00:16:14.000><c> right</c><00:16:14.240><c> thing</c><00:16:14.419><c> to</c><00:16:14.700><c> say.</c>

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It<00:16:15.259><c> was</c><00:16:15.500><c> not</c><00:16:15.700><c> social</c><00:16:16.100><c> decorum</c><00:16:16.700><c> or</c><00:16:16.919><c> etiquette</c><00:16:17.340><c> that</c><00:16:17.820><c> Sarah</c><00:16:18.100><c> was</c>

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complying<00:16:18.779><c> with.</c>

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It<00:16:19.419><c> was</c><00:16:19.759><c> genuine,</c><00:16:20.779><c> sincere,</c><00:16:21.799><c> heartfelt</c><00:16:22.299><c> attitudes</c>

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that<00:16:23.879><c> Sarah</c><00:16:24.360><c> maintained</c><00:16:25.600><c> within</c><00:16:26.360><c> the</c><00:16:26.700><c> inner</c><00:16:27.539><c> recesses</c><00:16:28.179><c> of</c>

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her<00:16:28.480><c> mind</c><00:16:28.639><c> and</c><00:16:28.840><c> heart.</c>

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It<00:16:29.820><c> was</c><00:16:30.100><c> there</c><00:16:30.639><c> that</c><00:16:31.200><c> Sarah's</c><00:16:31.740><c> faith</c><00:16:32.019><c> and</c><00:16:32.320><c> godliness</c><00:16:32.799><c> was</c><00:16:33.299><c> lodged.</c>

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And<00:16:34.299><c> as</c><00:16:34.519><c> such,</c><00:16:35.340><c> she</c><00:16:36.360><c> stands</c><00:16:36.659><c> before</c><00:16:37.039><c> us</c><00:16:37.220><c> really</c><00:16:37.679><c> as</c><00:16:38.200><c> a</c><00:16:38.360><c> towering</c><00:16:38.899><c> figure</c>

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of<00:16:39.980><c> faith</c>

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and<00:16:40.700><c> of</c><00:16:40.860><c> that</c><00:16:41.059><c> which</c><00:16:41.340><c> is</c><00:16:41.799><c> good</c><00:16:42.000><c> and</c><00:16:42.299><c> right,</c><00:16:42.919><c> calling</c><00:16:43.159><c> him</c><00:16:43.460><c> Lord</c>

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in<00:16:43.879><c> her</c><00:16:44.100><c> heart.</c>

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Sarah<00:16:45.740><c> recognized</c><00:16:46.460><c> Abraham</c><00:16:46.960><c> to</c><00:16:47.500><c> have</c><00:16:47.659><c> that</c><00:16:47.919><c> position.</c>

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And<00:16:49.259><c> as</c><00:16:49.759><c> we</c><00:16:50.600><c> realize,</c><00:16:52.440><c> that</c><00:16:52.740><c> attitude</c><00:16:53.120><c> of</c><00:16:53.379><c> mind</c><00:16:53.580><c> on</c><00:16:53.840><c> Sarah's</c><00:16:54.240><c> part,</c>

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calling<00:16:56.139><c> him</c><00:16:56.399><c> Lord,</c><00:16:57.559><c> certainly</c><00:16:57.960><c> did</c><00:16:58.220><c> not</c><00:16:58.519><c> reduce</c><00:16:58.960><c> Sarah</c><00:16:59.360><c> in</c>

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her<00:17:00.059><c> activity</c>

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to<00:17:00.879><c> some</c><00:17:01.159><c> kind</c><00:17:01.539><c> of</c><00:17:01.700><c> mute,</c><00:17:02.779><c> inactive,</c><00:17:04.119><c> mindless</c><00:17:04.539><c> individual.</c>

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When<00:17:06.819><c> we</c><00:17:07.119><c> consider</c><00:17:07.700><c> further</c><00:17:08.160><c> interactions</c><00:17:08.640><c> between</c><00:17:09.019><c> Abraham</c>

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and<00:17:09.539><c> Sarah,</c>

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and<00:17:12.099><c> this</c><00:17:12.259><c> is</c><00:17:12.400><c> where</c><00:17:12.539><c> Sarah</c><00:17:12.920><c> probably</c><00:17:13.380><c> gets</c><00:17:13.660><c> her</c><00:17:14.000><c> bad</c><00:17:14.220><c> reputation,</c>

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we<00:17:15.440><c> see</c><00:17:15.759><c> that</c><00:17:16.039><c> Sarah</c><00:17:16.259><c> was</c><00:17:16.700><c> very</c><00:17:17.400><c> much</c><00:17:17.900><c> a</c><00:17:18.160><c> stalwart</c><00:17:18.519><c> individual.</c>

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She<00:17:20.079><c> had</c><00:17:20.519><c> ideas</c><00:17:20.980><c> of</c><00:17:21.220><c> her</c><00:17:21.359><c> own.</c>

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She<00:17:22.660><c> had</c><00:17:23.319><c> things</c><00:17:23.740><c> that</c><00:17:23.940><c> she</c><00:17:24.099><c> wanted</c><00:17:24.299><c> to</c><00:17:24.519><c> see</c><00:17:24.640><c> done</c><00:17:24.779><c> in</c><00:17:24.960><c> the</c><00:17:25.079><c> household,</c>

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and<00:17:25.539><c> she</c><00:17:25.660><c> was</c><00:17:25.819><c> not</c><00:17:25.960><c> afraid</c><00:17:26.299><c> to</c><00:17:26.579><c> bring</c><00:17:26.759><c> those</c><00:17:26.960><c> forward.</c>

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And<00:17:28.000><c> in</c><00:17:28.200><c> response</c><00:17:28.559><c> to</c><00:17:28.799><c> that,</c><00:17:29.140><c> we</c><00:17:29.220><c> find</c><00:17:29.460><c> that</c><00:17:29.680><c> Abraham</c><00:17:30.160><c> recognizes</c><00:17:30.980><c> in</c><00:17:32.140><c> Sarah</c>

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a<00:17:33.319><c> position</c><00:17:33.880><c> of</c><00:17:34.200><c> rulership</c><00:17:34.539><c> in</c><00:17:34.660><c> the</c><00:17:34.819><c> household.</c>

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Abraham<00:17:37.420><c> was</c><00:17:37.960><c> recognized</c><00:17:38.440><c> as</c><00:17:38.680><c> Lord</c><00:17:39.039><c> on</c><00:17:39.539><c> Sarah's</c><00:17:40.019><c> part,</c>

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and<00:17:40.400><c> in</c><00:17:40.519><c> like</c><00:17:40.720><c> manner,</c><00:17:41.680><c> Abraham</c><00:17:42.099><c> was</c><00:17:42.359><c> quite</c><00:17:42.579><c> willing</c><00:17:42.839><c> to</c><00:17:43.119><c> accept</c>

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that<00:17:43.960><c> Sarah</c><00:17:44.319><c> had</c><00:17:44.619><c> spheres</c><00:17:44.880><c> of</c><00:17:45.200><c> responsibility</c>

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and<00:17:47.140><c> acquiesced</c><00:17:47.599><c> to</c><00:17:47.839><c> them</c><00:17:48.099><c> when</c><00:17:48.339><c> it</c><00:17:48.460><c> was</c><00:17:48.660><c> appropriate.</c>

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We<00:17:50.119><c> turn</c><00:17:50.420><c> to</c><00:17:50.779><c> 1</c><00:17:51.019><c> Timothy</c><00:17:51.799><c> 5,</c><00:17:53.339><c> verse</c><00:17:53.500><c> 14,</c>

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because<00:17:58.579><c> we</c><00:17:58.819><c> have</c><00:17:58.980><c> in</c><00:17:59.079><c> this</c><00:17:59.279><c> particular</c><00:17:59.720><c> passage</c><00:18:00.259><c> a</c><00:18:01.079><c> role</c><00:18:01.319><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:02.019><c> woman,</c>

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which<00:18:06.400><c> is</c><00:18:07.079><c> quite</c><00:18:07.319><c> interesting</c><00:18:08.140><c> in</c><00:18:09.119><c> 1</c><00:18:09.339><c> Timothy</c><00:18:09.680><c> 5,</c><00:18:09.960><c> verse</c><00:18:10.180><c> 14.</c>

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I<00:18:11.559><c> will</c><00:18:11.859><c> therefore</c><00:18:12.339><c> that</c><00:18:12.539><c> the</c><00:18:12.779><c> younger</c><00:18:12.960><c> women</c><00:18:13.279><c> marry,</c>

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bear<00:18:14.500><c> children,</c><00:18:15.220><c> guide</c><00:18:15.660><c> the</c><00:18:15.960><c> house,</c>

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give<00:18:17.019><c> none</c><00:18:17.200><c> occasion</c><00:18:17.539><c> to</c><00:18:17.720><c> the</c><00:18:17.940><c> adversary</c><00:18:18.319><c> to</c><00:18:18.559><c> speak</c><00:18:18.740><c> reproachfully.</c>

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Some<00:18:20.359><c> of</c><00:18:20.500><c> us</c><00:18:20.660><c> may</c><00:18:20.859><c> know</c><00:18:20.980><c> and</c><00:18:21.079><c> some</c><00:18:21.299><c> of</c><00:18:21.400><c> us</c><00:18:21.539><c> may</c><00:18:21.759><c> not,</c>

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but<00:18:22.599><c> the</c><00:18:23.220><c> phrase</c><00:18:23.579><c> guide</c><00:18:24.079><c> the</c><00:18:24.299><c> house</c><00:18:24.700><c> in</c><00:18:24.900><c> the</c><00:18:25.079><c> Greek</c><00:18:25.220><c> is</c><00:18:25.420><c> literally</c><00:18:25.799><c> the</c>

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house<00:18:26.420><c> despot,</c>

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the<00:18:27.660><c> house</c><00:18:28.000><c> ruler,</c><00:18:28.420><c> the</c><00:18:28.559><c> house</c><00:18:29.059><c> overseer.</c>

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Paul<00:18:31.099><c> is</c><00:18:31.539><c> instructing</c><00:18:32.140><c> the</c><00:18:32.339><c> younger</c><00:18:32.519><c> women,</c><00:18:32.759><c> the</c><00:18:33.019><c> sisters</c><00:18:33.279><c> in</c>

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the<00:18:33.660><c> Ecclesia,</c>

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to<00:18:34.619><c> take</c><00:18:34.819><c> on</c><00:18:35.019><c> this</c><00:18:35.319><c> role</c><00:18:35.519><c> of</c><00:18:35.799><c> leadership</c><00:18:36.240><c> in</c><00:18:36.440><c> the</c><00:18:36.599><c> home,</c>

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not<00:18:37.920><c> to</c><00:18:38.359><c> the</c><00:18:40.099><c> disrespect</c><00:18:40.720><c> or</c><00:18:41.039><c> the</c><00:18:41.299><c> overthrowing</c><00:18:41.960><c> of</c><00:18:42.420><c> the</c>

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man's<00:18:43.019><c> leadership,</c>

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as<00:18:43.599><c> it</c><00:18:43.799><c> were,</c><00:18:44.380><c> but</c><00:18:44.539><c> rather</c><00:18:44.819><c> that</c><00:18:44.980><c> they</c><00:18:45.240><c> should</c><00:18:45.420><c> take</c><00:18:45.720><c> responsibility</c>

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for<00:18:47.559><c> those</c><00:18:47.839><c> areas</c><00:18:48.180><c> that</c><00:18:48.380><c> God</c><00:18:48.559><c> has</c><00:18:48.779><c> given</c><00:18:48.940><c> them,</c>

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the<00:18:49.960><c> bearing</c><00:18:50.160><c> of</c><00:18:50.420><c> children</c><00:18:50.759><c> and</c><00:18:51.259><c> the</c><00:18:51.579><c> instruction</c><00:18:51.920><c> and</c><00:18:52.140><c> the</c><00:18:52.319><c> guiding</c>

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of<00:18:52.700><c> those</c><00:18:52.920><c> children</c><00:18:53.160><c> in</c><00:18:53.319><c> the</c><00:18:53.440><c> ways</c><00:18:53.619><c> of</c><00:18:54.140><c> holiness</c>

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and<00:18:55.579><c> setting</c><00:18:55.940><c> a</c><00:18:56.420><c> high</c><00:18:56.819><c> spiritual</c><00:18:57.420><c> tone</c><00:18:57.720><c> and</c><00:18:58.000><c> caliber</c><00:18:58.319><c> in</c><00:18:58.940><c> the</c><00:18:59.119><c> household.</c>

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And<00:19:00.180><c> of</c><00:19:00.319><c> course,</c><00:19:00.579><c> if</c><00:19:00.880><c> that</c><00:19:01.079><c> was</c><00:19:01.279><c> set</c><00:19:01.420><c> in</c><00:19:01.579><c> the</c><00:19:01.720><c> household,</c>

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it<00:19:02.220><c> would</c><00:19:02.440><c> have</c><00:19:02.700><c> its</c><00:19:03.240><c> spillover</c><00:19:03.740><c> effect</c><00:19:04.039><c> upon</c><00:19:04.359><c> the</c><00:19:04.579><c> Ecclesia</c>

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at<00:19:05.079><c> large,</c>

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because<00:19:06.039><c> the</c><00:19:06.299><c> strength</c><00:19:06.539><c> of</c><00:19:06.740><c> Ecclesias,</c><00:19:07.099><c> as</c><00:19:07.240><c> we</c><00:19:07.420><c> know,</c>

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resides<00:19:08.200><c> in</c><00:19:08.400><c> the</c><00:19:08.619><c> strength</c><00:19:08.859><c> of</c><00:19:09.359><c> the</c><00:19:09.519><c> individual</c><00:19:09.880><c> families</c><00:19:10.319><c> in</c>

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our<00:19:11.059><c> Ecclesias.</c>

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Sarah<00:19:12.380><c> was</c><00:19:12.680><c> just</c><00:19:13.000><c> that</c><00:19:13.259><c> kind</c><00:19:13.559><c> of</c><00:19:13.920><c> house</c><00:19:14.220><c> despot.</c>

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Of<00:19:15.259><c> course,</c><00:19:15.440><c> in</c><00:19:15.559><c> Sarah's</c><00:19:15.819><c> case,</c><00:19:16.720><c> we</c><00:19:16.920><c> readily</c><00:19:17.579><c> associate</c><00:19:18.339><c> her</c>

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with<00:19:18.779><c> the</c><00:19:18.859><c> idea</c><00:19:19.099><c> of</c><00:19:19.240><c> a</c><00:19:19.380><c> despot,</c><00:19:20.279><c> but</c><00:19:20.960><c> while,</c><00:19:21.579><c> again,</c>

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we<00:19:22.900><c> might</c><00:19:23.099><c> feel</c><00:19:23.319><c> uncomfortable</c><00:19:23.859><c> by</c><00:19:24.400><c> some</c><00:19:24.900><c> of</c><00:19:25.059><c> her</c><00:19:25.259><c> reactions,</c>

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nonetheless,<00:19:26.599><c> Sarah</c><00:19:26.900><c> was</c><00:19:27.220><c> executing</c><00:19:27.740><c> this</c><00:19:28.160><c> role</c><00:19:28.400><c> as</c><00:19:28.779><c> she</c>

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should<00:19:29.319><c> have,</c>

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the<00:19:30.339><c> first</c><00:19:30.640><c> example</c><00:19:31.140><c> being,</c><00:19:31.640><c> of</c><00:19:31.660><c> course,</c><00:19:32.579><c> when</c><00:19:33.279><c> Hagar</c><00:19:33.779><c> got</c><00:19:35.200><c> well</c><00:19:35.440><c> out</c><00:19:35.640><c> of</c><00:19:35.799><c> hand</c>

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and<00:19:36.819><c> Sarah</c><00:19:37.299><c> became</c><00:19:38.880><c> very</c><00:19:39.160><c> put</c><00:19:39.319><c> out</c><00:19:39.440><c> about</c><00:19:39.660><c> it,</c>

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verse<00:19:40.779><c> 4</c><00:19:41.039><c> of</c><00:19:41.200><c> chapter</c><00:19:41.500><c> 16,</c>

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Now,<00:20:14.220><c> a</c><00:20:14.380><c> lot</c><00:20:14.599><c> of</c><00:20:14.759><c> interesting</c><00:20:15.099><c> things</c><00:20:15.359><c> going</c><00:20:15.619><c> on</c><00:20:15.859><c> here.</c>

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Sarah<00:20:17.400><c> does</c><00:20:17.900><c> what</c><00:20:18.180><c> was</c><00:20:18.599><c> appropriate</c><00:20:19.160><c> for</c><00:20:19.359><c> the</c><00:20:19.500><c> day</c><00:20:19.680><c> and</c><00:20:19.819><c> age.</c>

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She<00:20:20.200><c> is</c><00:20:20.400><c> unable</c><00:20:20.599><c> to</c><00:20:20.779><c> bear</c><00:20:20.940><c> children.</c>

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She,<00:20:22.940><c> not</c><00:20:23.440><c> wanting</c><00:20:23.720><c> to</c><00:20:23.940><c> see</c><00:20:24.180><c> the</c><00:20:24.720><c> family</c><00:20:25.099><c> go</c><00:20:25.359><c> childless,</c>

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gives<00:20:26.440><c> her</c><00:20:26.660><c> handmaid</c><00:20:26.920><c> unto</c><00:20:27.119><c> her</c><00:20:27.319><c> husband</c><00:20:27.579><c> that</c><00:20:27.779><c> children</c><00:20:28.059><c> might</c><00:20:28.279><c> be</c><00:20:28.539><c> produced.</c>

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Under<00:20:29.519><c> the</c><00:20:29.619><c> auspices</c><00:20:29.619><c> of</c><00:20:29.619><c> her</c><00:20:29.619><c> husband,</c>

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actually<00:20:30.099><c> under</c><00:20:30.299><c> the</c><00:20:30.559><c> auspices</c><00:20:30.920><c> of</c><00:20:31.579><c> Abraham</c><00:20:31.920><c> and</c><00:20:32.220><c> Sarah,</c>

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although<00:20:33.200><c> it</c><00:20:33.279><c> would</c><00:20:33.519><c> be</c><00:20:33.700><c> Hagar's</c><00:20:34.440><c> child.</c>

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Now,<00:20:36.339><c> that</c><00:20:36.559><c> having</c><00:20:36.779><c> happened,</c><00:20:37.299><c> Hagar</c><00:20:37.660><c> immediately,</c>

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not<00:20:38.500><c> being</c><00:20:38.779><c> the</c><00:20:39.119><c> godly</c><00:20:39.440><c> individual</c><00:20:39.859><c> that</c><00:20:40.079><c> Sarah</c><00:20:40.319><c> was,</c>

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begins<00:20:41.759><c> to</c><00:20:42.059><c> despise</c><00:20:42.519><c> her</c><00:20:42.980><c> mistress,</c>

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undoubtedly<00:20:44.420><c> hoping</c><00:20:44.839><c> to</c><00:20:45.099><c> dislodge</c><00:20:45.640><c> Sarah</c><00:20:46.160><c> as</c><00:20:47.059><c> Abraham's</c>

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rightful<00:20:48.099><c> wife</c>

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and<00:20:48.779><c> take</c><00:20:49.119><c> Sarah's</c><00:20:49.619><c> place.</c>

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What<00:20:51.180><c> good</c><00:20:51.440><c> is</c><00:20:51.519><c> Sarah</c><00:20:51.859><c> to</c><00:20:52.039><c> you?</c><00:20:52.160><c> She</c><00:20:52.279><c> can't</c><00:20:52.599><c> produce</c><00:20:52.859><c> you</c><00:20:53.039><c> children.</c>

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She<00:20:54.400><c> should</c><00:20:54.640><c> recognize</c><00:20:55.140><c> her</c><00:20:55.460><c> uselessness,</c>

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move<00:20:56.460><c> out</c><00:20:56.640><c> of</c><00:20:56.740><c> the</c><00:20:56.839><c> way</c><00:20:56.940><c> and</c><00:20:57.059><c> let</c><00:20:57.220><c> me</c><00:20:57.920><c> become</c><00:20:58.880><c> the</c><00:20:59.799><c> chief</c><00:21:00.240><c> woman</c>

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of<00:21:01.160><c> the</c><00:21:01.319><c> establishment.</c>

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Sarah<00:21:02.940><c> was</c><00:21:03.420><c> not</c><00:21:03.599><c> about</c><00:21:03.839><c> to</c><00:21:03.980><c> put</c><00:21:04.079><c> up</c><00:21:04.200><c> with</c><00:21:04.400><c> that</c><00:21:04.559><c> and</c><00:21:04.759><c> rightly</c><00:21:05.059><c> so.</c>

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Hagar<00:21:06.160><c> was</c><00:21:06.519><c> way</c><00:21:06.799><c> out</c><00:21:06.960><c> of</c><00:21:07.140><c> line</c><00:21:07.500><c> and</c><00:21:08.099><c> Sarah</c><00:21:08.460><c> does</c><00:21:08.640><c> that</c><00:21:08.880><c> which</c>

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is<00:21:09.180><c> right.</c>

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She<00:21:09.519><c> goes</c><00:21:09.819><c> to</c><00:21:10.079><c> Abraham</c><00:21:10.460><c> and</c><00:21:10.680><c> says,</c>

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Look,<00:21:11.779><c> you</c><00:21:12.000><c> got</c><00:21:12.200><c> a</c><00:21:12.380><c> situation</c><00:21:12.819><c> to</c><00:21:13.019><c> deal</c><00:21:13.160><c> with,</c><00:21:13.640><c> you</c><00:21:13.980><c> deal</c><00:21:14.180><c> with</c><00:21:14.420><c> it.</c>

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You<00:21:15.019><c> are</c><00:21:15.180><c> the</c><00:21:15.319><c> lord</c><00:21:15.440><c> of</c><00:21:15.579><c> this</c><00:21:15.759><c> household.</c>

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Things<00:21:16.779><c> have</c><00:21:17.019><c> gotten</c><00:21:17.180><c> out</c><00:21:17.380><c> of</c><00:21:17.500><c> hand.</c>

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I'm<00:21:18.160><c> putting</c><00:21:18.400><c> this</c><00:21:18.640><c> situation</c><00:21:19.180><c> at</c><00:21:19.359><c> your</c><00:21:19.640><c> feet.</c>

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Take<00:21:20.839><c> responsibility</c><00:21:21.599><c> for</c><00:21:21.799><c> what's</c><00:21:22.039><c> going</c><00:21:22.259><c> on</c><00:21:22.460><c> around</c><00:21:22.700><c> here</c>

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and<00:21:23.319><c> put</c><00:21:23.500><c> things</c><00:21:23.759><c> right.</c>

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And<00:21:25.059><c> really,</c><00:21:26.079><c> the</c><00:21:26.220><c> example</c><00:21:26.559><c> she</c><00:21:26.859><c> sets</c><00:21:27.460><c> for</c><00:21:28.200><c> couples</c><00:21:28.480><c> is</c><00:21:28.680><c> quite</c>

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a<00:21:28.960><c> good</c><00:21:29.099><c> one.</c>

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Quite<00:21:30.400><c> often,</c><00:21:31.759><c> in</c><00:21:31.900><c> a</c><00:21:32.079><c> situation</c><00:21:32.559><c> where</c><00:21:32.960><c> the</c><00:21:33.299><c> brother</c><00:21:33.619><c> is</c><00:21:34.200><c> not</c>

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inclined<00:21:35.000><c> to</c><00:21:35.359><c> take</c><00:21:35.619><c> active</c><00:21:35.980><c> leadership,</c>

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the<00:21:38.140><c> sister</c><00:21:38.519><c> will</c><00:21:38.920><c> do</c><00:21:39.299><c> and</c><00:21:39.759><c> at</c><00:21:39.880><c> times</c><00:21:40.160><c> to</c><00:21:40.339><c> the</c><00:21:40.559><c> exclusion</c><00:21:41.180><c> of</c>

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her<00:21:41.819><c> husband.</c>

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She<00:21:43.440><c> sees</c><00:21:43.960><c> that</c><00:21:44.440><c> things</c><00:21:44.640><c> aren't</c><00:21:44.839><c> getting</c><00:21:45.059><c> done.</c>

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She<00:21:46.339><c> tends</c><00:21:46.599><c> to</c><00:21:47.579><c> get</c><00:21:48.039><c> a</c><00:21:48.079><c> bit</c><00:21:48.299><c> disdainful</c><00:21:49.200><c> of</c><00:21:49.579><c> her</c><00:21:49.920><c> husband</c><00:21:50.180><c> or</c>

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brother<00:21:51.460><c> husband</c>

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and<00:21:52.559><c> being</c><00:21:53.160><c> maybe</c><00:21:53.480><c> a</c><00:21:53.660><c> capable</c><00:21:53.980><c> individual,</c><00:21:54.799><c> steps</c><00:21:54.880><c> into</c><00:21:55.140><c> the</c><00:21:55.319><c> void</c>

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and<00:21:55.720><c> begins</c><00:21:56.019><c> to</c><00:21:56.339><c> run</c><00:21:56.559><c> the</c><00:21:56.700><c> show</c><00:21:56.859><c> herself</c><00:21:57.339><c> to</c><00:21:57.779><c> the</c><00:21:58.059><c> exclusion</c>

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of<00:21:58.480><c> her</c><00:21:58.599><c> husband.</c>

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Sarah<00:21:59.920><c> was</c><00:22:00.119><c> not</c><00:22:00.460><c> going</c><00:22:00.720><c> to</c><00:22:00.880><c> do</c><00:22:01.059><c> that.</c>

00:22:01.960 --> 00:22:04.900
She<00:22:02.220><c> recognized</c><00:22:02.859><c> where</c><00:22:03.059><c> the</c><00:22:03.240><c> leadership</c><00:22:03.599><c> lay,</c><00:22:04.000><c> where</c><00:22:04.140><c> it</c><00:22:04.339><c> should</c><00:22:04.480><c> lay</c>

00:22:04.900 --> 00:22:07.759
and<00:22:05.339><c> in</c><00:22:05.579><c> a</c><00:22:05.680><c> right</c><00:22:05.839><c> and</c><00:22:06.059><c> appropriate</c><00:22:06.420><c> spirit,</c><00:22:07.119><c> she</c><00:22:07.299><c> goes</c><00:22:07.519><c> to</c>

00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:09.519
Abraham<00:22:08.259><c> and</c><00:22:09.319><c> says,</c>

00:22:09.680 --> 00:22:12.000
Look,<00:22:10.279><c> you</c><00:22:10.559><c> get</c><00:22:10.720><c> about</c><00:22:10.980><c> the</c><00:22:11.140><c> business</c><00:22:11.420><c> of</c><00:22:11.660><c> leadership.</c>

00:22:12.380 --> 00:22:13.460
You<00:22:12.559><c> step</c><00:22:12.819><c> into</c><00:22:13.000><c> the</c><00:22:13.259><c> void.</c>

00:22:13.859 --> 00:22:15.819
You<00:22:14.380><c> do</c><00:22:14.720><c> what</c><00:22:14.900><c> you</c><00:22:15.140><c> should</c><00:22:15.240><c> be</c><00:22:15.480><c> doing.</c>

00:22:16.220 --> 00:22:18.799
And<00:22:16.519><c> it</c><00:22:16.660><c> was</c><00:22:16.819><c> certainly</c><00:22:17.140><c> no</c><00:22:17.440><c> disrespect</c><00:22:17.940><c> on</c><00:22:18.180><c> Sarah's</c><00:22:18.539><c> part</c><00:22:18.640><c> to</c>

00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:19.240
do<00:22:18.940><c> that.</c>

00:22:19.240 --> 00:22:23.180
She<00:22:19.740><c> was</c><00:22:20.059><c> not</c><00:22:20.259><c> out</c><00:22:20.440><c> of</c><00:22:20.599><c> line</c><00:22:21.119><c> to</c><00:22:21.859><c> call</c><00:22:22.200><c> Abraham</c><00:22:22.640><c> to</c><00:22:22.880><c> task</c>

00:22:23.180 --> 00:22:25.559
and<00:22:23.880><c> request</c><00:22:24.279><c> of</c><00:22:24.420><c> him</c><00:22:24.519><c> that</c><00:22:24.660><c> he</c><00:22:24.759><c> do</c><00:22:24.880><c> his</c><00:22:25.160><c> job.</c>

00:22:25.920 --> 00:22:29.200
And<00:22:26.160><c> that's</c><00:22:26.480><c> a</c><00:22:26.619><c> far</c><00:22:26.779><c> better</c><00:22:27.039><c> thing</c><00:22:27.259><c> to</c><00:22:27.460><c> do</c><00:22:28.059><c> than</c><00:22:28.640><c> to</c><00:22:28.839><c> go</c><00:22:28.960><c> ahead</c>

00:22:29.200 --> 00:22:30.440
and<00:22:29.319><c> usurp</c><00:22:29.700><c> his</c><00:22:29.940><c> authority</c>

00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:34.160
to<00:22:31.099><c> do</c><00:22:31.319><c> it</c><00:22:31.460><c> yourself</c><00:22:31.960><c> and</c><00:22:32.380><c> then</c><00:22:32.599><c> to</c><00:22:32.799><c> look</c><00:22:32.900><c> back</c><00:22:33.180><c> over</c><00:22:33.420><c> your</c><00:22:33.640><c> shoulder</c><00:22:33.900><c> and</c><00:22:34.079><c> think,</c>

00:22:34.160 --> 00:22:36.440
How<00:22:34.420><c> did</c><00:22:34.559><c> I</c><00:22:34.660><c> get</c><00:22:34.880><c> saddled</c><00:22:35.099><c> with</c><00:22:35.279><c> this</c><00:22:35.500><c> character</c>

00:22:36.640 --> 00:22:38.759
and<00:22:37.140><c> bemoan</c><00:22:37.380><c> your</c><00:22:37.619><c> fate</c><00:22:37.740><c> for</c><00:22:37.920><c> the</c><00:22:37.980><c> rest</c><00:22:38.119><c> of</c><00:22:38.299><c> your</c><00:22:38.440><c> life?</c>

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That's<00:22:39.640><c> not</c><00:22:40.099><c> the</c><00:22:41.359><c> way</c><00:22:41.799><c> that</c><00:22:42.799><c> God</c><00:22:43.079><c> would</c><00:22:43.500><c> have</c><00:22:43.819><c> sisters</c><00:22:44.279><c> handle</c>

00:22:44.640 --> 00:22:46.039
their<00:22:45.099><c> home</c><00:22:45.359><c> situation.</c>

00:22:46.039 --> 00:22:50.920
Now,<00:22:47.259><c> admittedly,</c><00:22:48.420><c> it's</c><00:22:48.539><c> not</c><00:22:48.619><c> always</c><00:22:49.000><c> as</c><00:22:49.240><c> simplistic</c><00:22:49.680><c> as</c><00:22:50.000><c> that.</c>

00:22:50.940 --> 00:22:53.640
Situations<00:22:51.460><c> of</c><00:22:51.640><c> this</c><00:22:51.839><c> nature</c><00:22:52.160><c> can</c><00:22:52.440><c> go</c><00:22:52.680><c> on</c><00:22:52.960><c> for</c><00:22:53.200><c> years</c>

00:22:53.640 --> 00:22:58.579
and<00:22:54.400><c> working</c><00:22:54.740><c> them</c><00:22:55.000><c> out</c><00:22:55.599><c> can</c><00:22:56.079><c> take</c><00:22:56.920><c> many,</c><00:22:57.799><c> many</c><00:22:58.059><c> discussions,</c>

00:22:58.779 --> 00:23:03.240
many,<00:22:59.279><c> many</c><00:22:59.279><c> incidents,</c><00:23:00.700><c> long</c><00:23:01.000><c> periods</c><00:23:01.619><c> of</c><00:23:02.140><c> patience</c><00:23:02.559><c> and</c><00:23:02.799><c> endurance.</c>

00:23:03.640 --> 00:23:04.759
That's<00:23:04.099><c> quite</c><00:23:04.339><c> true.</c>

00:23:05.119 --> 00:23:07.940
But<00:23:05.559><c> the</c><00:23:06.000><c> situation</c><00:23:06.500><c> does</c><00:23:06.920><c> provide</c><00:23:07.339><c> a</c><00:23:07.539><c> template.</c>

00:23:08.299 --> 00:23:15.000
It<00:23:08.680><c> provides</c><00:23:09.240><c> a</c><00:23:10.140><c> scriptural</c><00:23:10.599><c> basis</c><00:23:11.099><c> on</c><00:23:11.740><c> how</c><00:23:12.579><c> domestic</c><00:23:13.000><c> situations</c><00:23:13.720><c> can</c><00:23:14.079><c> be</c><00:23:14.460><c> tackled.</c>

00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:18.220
And<00:23:15.339><c> in</c><00:23:15.380><c> this</c><00:23:15.599><c> case,</c><00:23:16.680><c> Sarah</c><00:23:16.799><c> tackled</c><00:23:17.559><c> it</c><00:23:17.759><c> properly.</c>

00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:23.920
And<00:23:18.799><c> Abraham,</c><00:23:21.359><c> recognizing</c><00:23:22.299><c> that</c><00:23:22.619><c> the</c><00:23:22.819><c> situation</c><00:23:23.240><c> as</c><00:23:23.440><c> it</c><00:23:23.640><c> were,</c>

00:23:24.319 --> 00:23:28.119
realizing<00:23:24.740><c> that</c><00:23:24.920><c> if</c><00:23:25.039><c> he</c><00:23:25.160><c> got</c><00:23:25.319><c> involved</c><00:23:25.740><c> he'd</c><00:23:27.000><c> be</c><00:23:27.579><c> kind</c><00:23:27.940><c> of</c><00:23:28.059><c> a</c>

00:23:28.119 --> 00:23:29.779
no<00:23:28.319><c>-win</c><00:23:28.440><c> situation,</c>

00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:34.160
returned<00:23:31.799><c> the</c><00:23:31.960><c> situation</c><00:23:32.519><c> to</c><00:23:32.720><c> Sarah's</c><00:23:33.119><c> jurisdiction.</c>

00:23:34.579 --> 00:23:36.319
Hagar<00:23:34.819><c> was</c><00:23:35.059><c> her</c><00:23:35.339><c> handmaid.</c>

00:23:36.799 --> 00:23:39.160
Abraham<00:23:37.140><c> commissioned</c><00:23:37.660><c> Sarah</c><00:23:38.079><c> to</c><00:23:38.480><c> deal</c><00:23:38.720><c> with</c><00:23:38.960><c> it.</c>

00:23:39.359 --> 00:23:42.099
You<00:23:39.579><c> look</c><00:23:39.779><c> after</c><00:23:40.000><c> the</c><00:23:40.200><c> situation</c><00:23:40.819><c> and</c><00:23:41.359><c> Sarah</c><00:23:41.700><c> does.</c>

00:23:42.480 --> 00:23:44.579
Now,<00:23:43.059><c> this</c><00:23:43.240><c> is</c><00:23:43.380><c> where</c><00:23:43.519><c> Sarah</c><00:23:43.759><c> might</c><00:23:43.960><c> go</c><00:23:44.200><c> awry.</c>

00:23:44.579 --> 00:23:47.019
She<00:23:45.140><c> is</c><00:23:45.920><c> very</c><00:23:46.200><c> harsh</c><00:23:46.440><c> with</c><00:23:46.680><c> Hagar,</c>

00:23:47.519 --> 00:23:50.420
doesn't<00:23:47.779><c> take</c><00:23:48.019><c> a</c><00:23:48.220><c> particularly</c><00:23:48.759><c> instructive</c><00:23:49.660><c> approach</c><00:23:50.000><c> to</c><00:23:50.140><c> her.</c>

00:23:50.759 --> 00:23:54.480
But<00:23:50.920><c> nonetheless,</c><00:23:51.480><c> God,</c><00:23:51.960><c> when</c><00:23:52.500><c> he</c><00:23:52.680><c> intercepts</c><00:23:53.099><c> Hagar</c><00:23:53.279><c> in</c><00:23:53.440><c> the</c><00:23:53.579><c> wilderness,</c>

00:23:54.700 --> 00:23:58.359
does<00:23:54.940><c> command</c><00:23:55.299><c> her</c><00:23:55.500><c> to</c><00:23:55.640><c> go</c><00:23:55.920><c> back</c><00:23:56.259><c> and</c><00:23:56.680><c> be</c><00:23:56.980><c> subject</c><00:23:57.420><c> to</c><00:23:57.680><c> her</c><00:23:57.900><c> mistress</c>

00:23:58.359 --> 00:24:01.140
and<00:23:59.240><c> no</c><00:23:59.539><c> longer</c><00:23:59.900><c> behave</c><00:24:00.220><c> as</c><00:24:00.339><c> she</c><00:24:00.519><c> was</c><00:24:00.740><c> behaving.</c>

00:24:01.500 --> 00:24:03.180
So<00:24:01.680><c> the</c><00:24:01.819><c> situation</c><00:24:02.299><c> is</c><00:24:02.640><c> regularized.</c>

00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:07.039
But<00:24:03.680><c> nonetheless,</c><00:24:04.200><c> we</c><00:24:04.339><c> have</c><00:24:04.519><c> this</c><00:24:04.799><c> interaction</c><00:24:05.339><c> between</c><00:24:06.039><c> Abraham</c><00:24:06.420><c> and</c><00:24:06.720><c> Sarah.</c>

00:24:07.319 --> 00:24:09.319
Sarah<00:24:07.599><c> reckoning</c><00:24:07.940><c> Abraham's</c><00:24:08.700><c> lordship,</c>

00:24:09.460 --> 00:24:12.740
Abraham<00:24:10.059><c> recognizing</c><00:24:10.839><c> Sarah's</c><00:24:11.359><c> role</c><00:24:11.539><c> of</c><00:24:11.779><c> rulership</c><00:24:12.099><c> as</c><00:24:12.380><c> well,</c>

00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:16.960
that<00:24:13.519><c> it</c><00:24:13.619><c> was</c><00:24:13.799><c> well</c><00:24:14.019><c> within</c><00:24:14.380><c> her</c><00:24:14.779><c> jurisdiction</c><00:24:15.359><c> to</c><00:24:16.599><c> deal</c><00:24:16.759><c> with</c>

00:24:16.960 --> 00:24:19.099
the<00:24:17.119><c> situation</c><00:24:17.619><c> as</c><00:24:17.799><c> it</c><00:24:17.880><c> was</c><00:24:18.059><c> her</c><00:24:18.259><c> handmaid,</c>

00:24:19.180 --> 00:24:21.460
but<00:24:19.460><c> Sarah</c><00:24:19.700><c> not</c><00:24:20.059><c> doing</c><00:24:20.319><c> it</c><00:24:20.619><c> preemptively,</c>

00:24:21.720 --> 00:24:28.319
Sarah<00:24:22.059><c> not</c><00:24:22.400><c> doing</c><00:24:22.680><c> it</c><00:24:23.259><c> in</c><00:24:23.940><c> a</c><00:24:24.799><c> way</c><00:24:25.039><c> that</c><00:24:25.279><c> would</c><00:24:25.779><c> usurp</c><00:24:26.700><c> Abraham's</c><00:24:27.599><c> overall</c>

00:24:28.319 --> 00:24:30.079
leadership<00:24:28.839><c> of</c><00:24:29.000><c> the</c><00:24:29.119><c> household.</c>

00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:35.140
And<00:24:30.819><c> again,</c><00:24:31.799><c> in</c><00:24:32.119><c> chapter</c><00:24:32.420><c> 21,</c><00:24:33.180><c> we</c><00:24:33.420><c> know</c><00:24:33.579><c> the</c><00:24:33.740><c> second</c><00:24:34.019><c> incident</c>

00:24:35.359 --> 00:24:40.160
in<00:24:36.039><c> which</c><00:24:36.579><c> basically</c><00:24:37.440><c> the</c><00:24:37.819><c> same</c><00:24:38.079><c> characters</c><00:24:38.680><c> are</c><00:24:39.579><c> involved.</c>

00:24:40.160 --> 00:24:42.720
Sarah<00:24:40.740><c> conceives</c><00:24:41.400><c> she</c><00:24:41.619><c> bears</c><00:24:42.019><c> Isaac.</c>

00:24:43.220 --> 00:24:46.180
Isaac<00:24:43.579><c> grows</c><00:24:43.880><c> up.</c><00:24:44.900><c> He</c><00:24:45.059><c> is</c><00:24:45.319><c> weaned.</c>

00:24:46.680 --> 00:24:48.839
And<00:24:47.160><c> a</c><00:24:47.279><c> mocking</c><00:24:47.460><c> takes</c><00:24:47.759><c> place.</c>

00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:53.779
Ishmael,<00:24:49.619><c> the</c><00:24:49.900><c> son</c><00:24:50.200><c> of</c><00:24:51.180><c> Hagar,</c><00:24:51.799><c> is</c><00:24:51.940><c> mocking</c><00:24:52.539><c> Isaac.</c>

00:24:54.079 --> 00:24:56.980
Now,<00:24:54.660><c> there's</c><00:24:55.579><c> a</c><00:24:55.680><c> lot</c><00:24:55.839><c> that's</c><00:24:56.059><c> probably</c><00:24:56.299><c> going</c><00:24:56.539><c> on</c><00:24:56.759><c> here.</c>

00:24:56.980 --> 00:25:01.240
Why<00:24:57.220><c> is</c><00:24:57.440><c> Ishmael</c><00:24:57.920><c> mocking</c><00:24:58.279><c> Isaac</c><00:24:58.680><c> at</c><00:24:59.700><c> this</c><00:25:00.420><c> particular</c><00:25:00.900><c> point</c>

00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:03.480
when<00:25:01.700><c> the</c><00:25:02.180><c> child</c><00:25:02.519><c> is</c><00:25:02.759><c> weaned?</c>

00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:05.980
Verse<00:25:03.799><c> 8,</c><00:25:04.000><c> the</c><00:25:04.059><c> child</c><00:25:04.400><c> grew,</c><00:25:05.200><c> was</c><00:25:05.619><c> weaned.</c>

00:25:06.119 --> 00:25:08.319
Abraham<00:25:06.440><c> made</c><00:25:06.640><c> a</c><00:25:06.799><c> great</c><00:25:06.980><c> feast</c><00:25:07.220><c> the</c><00:25:07.440><c> same</c><00:25:07.640><c> day</c><00:25:07.880><c> that</c><00:25:08.099><c> Isaac</c>

00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:09.240
was<00:25:08.640><c> weaned.</c>

00:25:09.240 --> 00:25:12.259
And<00:25:09.480><c> Sarah</c><00:25:09.839><c> saw</c><00:25:10.319><c> the</c><00:25:10.480><c> son</c><00:25:10.720><c> of</c><00:25:10.819><c> Hagar,</c><00:25:11.140><c> the</c><00:25:11.220><c> Egyptian,</c><00:25:12.059><c> which</c>

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:14.559
she<00:25:12.400><c> had</c><00:25:12.559><c> borne</c><00:25:12.700><c> unto</c><00:25:12.940><c> Abraham</c><00:25:13.319><c> mocking.</c>

00:25:15.059 --> 00:25:18.119
Now,<00:25:15.400><c> there</c><00:25:15.579><c> has</c><00:25:15.779><c> been</c><00:25:15.940><c> some</c><00:25:16.240><c> suggestions</c><00:25:16.799><c> as</c><00:25:17.079><c> to</c><00:25:17.200><c> what</c><00:25:17.559><c> Ishmael</c><00:25:17.940><c> was</c>

00:25:18.119 --> 00:25:19.180
mocking<00:25:18.480><c> Isaac</c><00:25:18.859><c> about.</c>

00:25:19.579 --> 00:25:24.339
The<00:25:19.799><c> best</c><00:25:20.039><c> one</c><00:25:20.180><c> I've</c><00:25:20.420><c> ever</c><00:25:20.680><c> heard</c><00:25:21.259><c> is</c><00:25:21.839><c> that,</c><00:25:22.680><c> as</c><00:25:23.319><c> we</c><00:25:23.880><c> well</c><00:25:24.119><c> know,</c>

00:25:24.440 --> 00:25:30.059
this<00:25:24.599><c> incident,</c><00:25:25.740><c> actually</c><00:25:26.359><c> Sarah</c><00:25:27.259><c> conceiving</c><00:25:28.359><c> and</c><00:25:29.259><c> bearing</c><00:25:29.579><c> Isaac,</c>

00:25:30.140 --> 00:25:34.019
seems<00:25:30.359><c> to</c><00:25:30.660><c> follow</c><00:25:30.920><c> very</c><00:25:31.400><c> shortly</c><00:25:31.660><c> after</c><00:25:32.519><c> that</c><00:25:32.960><c> incident</c><00:25:33.339><c> where</c><00:25:33.599><c> Sarah</c><00:25:33.839><c> ends</c>

00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:36.059
up<00:25:34.200><c> in</c><00:25:34.299><c> the</c><00:25:34.440><c> household</c><00:25:34.740><c> of</c><00:25:34.900><c> Abimelech.</c>

00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:40.400
So<00:25:37.279><c> the</c><00:25:37.759><c> appearances</c><00:25:38.299><c> could</c><00:25:38.740><c> very</c><00:25:39.079><c> well</c><00:25:39.339><c> have</c><00:25:39.519><c> been</c><00:25:39.680><c> awry,</c>

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inasmuch<00:25:41.339><c> as</c><00:25:41.799><c> the</c><00:25:42.359><c> time</c><00:25:42.779><c> of</c><00:25:43.099><c> Sarah's</c><00:25:43.519><c> conceiving</c><00:25:44.299><c> could</c><00:25:44.619><c> have</c>

00:25:44.819 --> 00:25:45.779
been<00:25:44.900><c> very</c><00:25:45.400><c> close</c>

00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:48.819
to<00:25:45.980><c> the</c><00:25:46.180><c> time</c><00:25:46.380><c> period</c><00:25:46.720><c> she</c><00:25:46.920><c> spent</c><00:25:47.140><c> in</c><00:25:47.299><c> Abimelech's</c><00:25:47.880><c> household.</c>

00:25:49.140 --> 00:25:52.400
And<00:25:49.599><c> the</c><00:25:49.900><c> spirit</c><00:25:50.079><c> of</c><00:25:50.359><c> Hagar,</c><00:25:51.339><c> though</c><00:25:51.559><c> she</c><00:25:51.740><c> did</c><00:25:51.960><c> return</c><00:25:52.160><c> to</c><00:25:52.279><c> the</c>

00:25:52.400 --> 00:25:54.400
household<00:25:52.779><c> and</c><00:25:53.039><c> submit</c><00:25:53.299><c> to</c><00:25:53.500><c> her</c><00:25:53.660><c> mistress</c><00:25:53.960><c> Sarah,</c>

00:25:54.660 --> 00:25:56.400
had<00:25:54.880><c> never</c><00:25:55.220><c> essentially</c><00:25:55.680><c> changed.</c>

00:25:56.880 --> 00:26:01.299
Hagar<00:25:57.440><c> had</c><00:25:57.880><c> undoubtedly</c><00:25:58.259><c> continued</c><00:25:59.039><c> to</c><00:25:59.519><c> look</c><00:25:59.700><c> upon</c><00:26:00.240><c> Sarah</c><00:26:00.700><c> with</c><00:26:01.079><c> a</c>

00:26:01.299 --> 00:26:02.299
contemptuous<00:26:01.819><c> attitude.</c>

00:26:02.599 --> 00:26:03.920
She<00:26:02.839><c> just</c><00:26:03.099><c> kept</c><00:26:03.240><c> it</c><00:26:03.420><c> to</c><00:26:03.519><c> herself.</c>

00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:07.140
But<00:26:04.279><c> that</c><00:26:04.640><c> contemptuousness</c><00:26:05.519><c> came</c><00:26:05.759><c> through</c><00:26:05.980><c> in</c><00:26:06.079><c> her</c><00:26:06.299><c> son.</c>

00:26:07.420 --> 00:26:10.019
Here<00:26:07.579><c> is</c><00:26:07.759><c> the</c><00:26:07.799><c> difference</c><00:26:08.119><c> between</c><00:26:08.500><c> Hagar</c><00:26:08.779><c> and</c><00:26:09.039><c> Sarah.</c>

00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:13.960
Sarah,<00:26:10.619><c> in</c><00:26:10.920><c> the</c><00:26:11.180><c> end,</c><00:26:12.000><c> bore</c><00:26:12.039><c> a</c><00:26:12.259><c> son</c><00:26:12.519><c> and</c><00:26:12.859><c> instructed</c><00:26:13.160><c> him</c><00:26:13.380><c> in</c><00:26:13.500><c> godliness.</c>

00:26:14.359 --> 00:26:18.079
Hagar<00:26:14.740><c> bore</c><00:26:14.940><c> a</c><00:26:15.099><c> son</c><00:26:15.480><c> and</c><00:26:16.299><c> really</c><00:26:16.940><c> poisoned</c><00:26:17.240><c> his</c><00:26:17.599><c> mind</c><00:26:17.880><c> with</c>

00:26:18.079 --> 00:26:19.299
her<00:26:18.279><c> own</c><00:26:18.519><c> bad</c><00:26:18.740><c> attitude.</c>

00:26:19.700 --> 00:26:23.700
So<00:26:19.920><c> that</c><00:26:20.059><c> when</c><00:26:20.599><c> Ishmael</c><00:26:21.099><c> sees</c><00:26:21.339><c> opportunity,</c><00:26:22.599><c> he</c><00:26:23.119><c> heaps</c><00:26:23.420><c> upon</c>

00:26:23.700 --> 00:26:25.259
Isaac<00:26:24.220><c> scorn</c><00:26:24.579><c> and</c><00:26:24.740><c> disdain,</c>

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:27.720
just<00:26:25.700><c> as</c><00:26:25.880><c> his</c><00:26:26.039><c> mother</c><00:26:26.299><c> had</c><00:26:26.480><c> heaped</c><00:26:26.660><c> scorn</c><00:26:26.940><c> and</c><00:26:27.039><c> disdain</c><00:26:27.440><c> upon</c>

00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:28.900
her<00:26:28.000><c> mistress.</c>

00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:32.619
And<00:26:29.339><c> what</c><00:26:29.559><c> that</c><00:26:29.799><c> issue</c><00:26:29.960><c> was</c><00:26:30.220><c> about,</c><00:26:31.740><c> we</c><00:26:31.880><c> bid</c><00:26:31.980><c> a</c><00:26:32.140><c> guesswork.</c>

00:26:32.619 --> 00:26:38.359
But<00:26:33.319><c> again,</c><00:26:33.880><c> it</c><00:26:33.940><c> could</c><00:26:34.180><c> very</c><00:26:34.480><c> well</c><00:26:34.619><c> have</c><00:26:34.859><c> been</c><00:26:35.279><c> the</c><00:26:35.720><c> questionable</c><00:26:36.640><c> status</c><00:26:37.559><c> of</c>

00:26:38.359 --> 00:26:40.180
Isaac's<00:26:39.039><c> fatherhood.</c>

00:26:40.259 --> 00:26:43.680
So<00:26:40.539><c> regardless</c><00:26:41.180><c> of</c><00:26:41.460><c> what</c><00:26:41.700><c> exactly</c><00:26:42.059><c> the</c><00:26:42.259><c> mocking</c><00:26:42.420><c> was</c><00:26:42.660><c> about,</c>

00:26:43.700 --> 00:26:46.799
Ishmael<00:26:44.079><c> reflects</c><00:26:44.460><c> the</c><00:26:44.700><c> same</c><00:26:44.880><c> spirit</c><00:26:45.160><c> as</c><00:26:45.359><c> his</c><00:26:45.500><c> mother</c><00:26:45.740><c> Hagar.</c>

00:26:46.819 --> 00:26:50.980
Sarah<00:26:47.259><c> again</c><00:26:47.960><c> sees</c><00:26:48.299><c> a</c><00:26:48.720><c> situation</c><00:26:49.259><c> develop</c><00:26:49.599><c> which</c><00:26:49.740><c> she</c><00:26:49.859><c> doesn't</c><00:26:50.119><c> like.</c>

00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:55.920
Again<00:26:51.319><c> she</c><00:26:51.460><c> goes</c><00:26:51.680><c> to</c><00:26:51.900><c> Abraham</c><00:26:52.460><c> and</c><00:26:53.960><c> requests</c><00:26:55.240><c> of</c><00:26:55.440><c> Abraham.</c>

00:26:56.359 --> 00:26:57.799
In<00:26:56.460><c> fact,</c><00:26:56.519><c> she</c><00:26:56.640><c> tells</c><00:26:56.920><c> Abraham,</c>

00:27:02.319 --> 00:27:07.740
The<00:27:03.240><c> thing</c><00:27:04.160><c> was</c><00:27:04.359><c> very</c><00:27:04.759><c> grievous</c><00:27:05.099><c> in</c><00:27:05.940><c> Abraham's</c><00:27:06.859><c> sight,</c><00:27:07.319><c> as</c><00:27:07.420><c> we</c>

00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:08.579
discussed<00:27:08.099><c> earlier.</c>

00:27:08.579 --> 00:27:12.759
Verse<00:27:09.099><c> 12,</c><00:27:09.400><c> God</c><00:27:09.680><c> said</c><00:27:09.859><c> unto</c><00:27:10.059><c> Abraham,</c><00:27:10.880><c> Let</c><00:27:10.940><c> it</c><00:27:11.279><c> not</c><00:27:11.519><c> be</c><00:27:11.900><c> grievous</c><00:27:12.339><c> in</c><00:27:12.539><c> thy</c>

00:27:12.759 --> 00:27:13.779
sight<00:27:13.000><c> because</c><00:27:13.279><c> of</c><00:27:13.440><c> the</c><00:27:13.559><c> lad,</c>

00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:17.259
because<00:27:14.339><c> of</c><00:27:14.500><c> thy</c><00:27:14.619><c> bondwoman,</c><00:27:15.519><c> in</c><00:27:15.819><c> all</c><00:27:16.279><c> that</c><00:27:16.539><c> Sarah</c><00:27:16.839><c> hath</c><00:27:17.059><c> said</c>

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:17.799
unto<00:27:17.500><c> thee,</c>

00:27:18.180 --> 00:27:20.839
hearken<00:27:18.480><c> unto</c><00:27:18.720><c> her</c><00:27:18.980><c> voice,</c><00:27:19.319><c> for</c><00:27:19.440><c> in</c><00:27:19.680><c> Isaac</c><00:27:20.000><c> shall</c><00:27:20.299><c> thy</c><00:27:20.640><c> seed</c>

00:27:20.839 --> 00:27:22.160
be<00:27:21.180><c> called.</c>

00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:26.619
So<00:27:22.700><c> again,</c><00:27:23.519><c> we</c><00:27:23.799><c> see</c><00:27:24.119><c> this</c><00:27:24.480><c> balance</c><00:27:25.019><c> in</c><00:27:25.380><c> the</c><00:27:25.579><c> family,</c><00:27:26.279><c> in</c><00:27:26.420><c> the</c>

00:27:26.619 --> 00:27:28.559
relationship<00:27:27.019><c> between</c><00:27:27.539><c> Abraham</c><00:27:27.960><c> and</c><00:27:28.140><c> Sarah.</c>

00:27:28.920 --> 00:27:32.619
There<00:27:29.099><c> was</c><00:27:29.359><c> certainly</c><00:27:29.819><c> no</c><00:27:30.700><c> tyranny</c><00:27:31.279><c> on</c><00:27:31.619><c> Abraham's</c><00:27:32.240><c> part.</c>

00:27:32.619 --> 00:27:39.440
There<00:27:33.500><c> was</c><00:27:33.859><c> no</c><00:27:34.640><c> indiscreet</c><00:27:35.819><c> and</c><00:27:37.259><c> assertive</c><00:27:38.259><c> behavior</c><00:27:38.819><c> on</c>

00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:41.740
Sarah's<00:27:39.759><c> part,</c><00:27:40.460><c> inappropriately</c><00:27:41.119><c> assertive.</c>

00:27:42.079 --> 00:27:46.119
But<00:27:42.259><c> when</c><00:27:42.559><c> the</c><00:27:42.859><c> need</c><00:27:43.099><c> arose,</c><00:27:44.079><c> they</c><00:27:44.339><c> both</c><00:27:44.559><c> in</c><00:27:44.680><c> their</c><00:27:45.000><c> turn</c><00:27:45.380><c> did</c>

00:27:46.119 --> 00:27:47.000
what<00:27:46.279><c> had</c><00:27:46.480><c> to</c><00:27:46.619><c> be</c><00:27:46.779><c> done.</c>

00:27:47.099 --> 00:27:52.160
They<00:27:47.380><c> both</c><00:27:47.799><c> acted</c><00:27:48.319><c> upon</c><00:27:48.960><c> their</c><00:27:49.180><c> conscience</c><00:27:49.720><c> and</c><00:27:51.200><c> dealt</c><00:27:51.940><c> with</c>

00:27:52.160 --> 00:27:56.339
one<00:27:52.299><c> another</c><00:27:52.640><c> on</c><00:27:53.220><c> really</c><00:27:53.480><c> a</c><00:27:53.579><c> very</c><00:27:53.880><c> godly</c><00:27:54.619><c> and</c><00:27:54.900><c> principled</c><00:27:55.319><c> basis.</c>

00:27:56.359 --> 00:28:00.700
Sarah<00:27:56.680><c> recognized</c><00:27:57.460><c> that</c><00:27:57.720><c> her</c><00:27:58.259><c> attitude</c><00:27:58.720><c> to</c><00:27:58.980><c> Isaac</c><00:27:59.220><c> was</c><00:27:59.440><c> not</c><00:27:59.660><c> only</c><00:27:59.980><c> that</c><00:28:00.339><c> of</c><00:28:00.519><c> a</c>

00:28:00.700 --> 00:28:01.680
mother<00:28:00.940><c> and</c><00:28:01.099><c> a</c><00:28:01.339><c> son,</c>

00:28:01.680 --> 00:28:05.099
but<00:28:02.420><c> God</c><00:28:02.740><c> hit</c><00:28:02.900><c> on</c><00:28:03.099><c> the</c><00:28:03.279><c> point,</c><00:28:03.720><c> in</c><00:28:03.880><c> Isaac</c><00:28:04.259><c> shall</c><00:28:04.500><c> thy</c><00:28:04.720><c> seed</c><00:28:04.859><c> be</c>

00:28:05.099 --> 00:28:07.079
called,<00:28:05.279><c> the</c><00:28:05.460><c> promises</c><00:28:05.900><c> were</c><00:28:06.099><c> going</c><00:28:06.220><c> to</c><00:28:06.339><c> come</c><00:28:06.480><c> through</c><00:28:06.680><c> this</c><00:28:06.920><c> son.</c>

00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:10.700
You<00:28:07.579><c> see,</c><00:28:07.759><c> it</c><00:28:07.759><c> was</c><00:28:07.859><c> by</c><00:28:08.220><c> faith</c><00:28:08.559><c> that</c><00:28:09.319><c> Sarah</c><00:28:09.539><c> conceived.</c>

00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:15.279
It<00:28:11.420><c> wasn't</c><00:28:11.680><c> something</c><00:28:12.019><c> that</c><00:28:12.180><c> God</c><00:28:12.380><c> simply</c><00:28:12.759><c> imposed</c><00:28:13.099><c> on</c><00:28:13.299><c> the</c><00:28:13.440><c> woman,</c><00:28:14.000><c> despite</c><00:28:14.380><c> her</c><00:28:14.619><c> state</c><00:28:14.779><c> of</c><00:28:15.000><c> mind.</c>

00:28:15.700 --> 00:28:18.059
Sarah<00:28:16.059><c> recognized</c><00:28:16.660><c> what</c><00:28:16.819><c> was</c><00:28:17.039><c> going</c><00:28:17.259><c> on</c><00:28:17.440><c> in</c><00:28:17.559><c> all</c><00:28:17.700><c> of</c><00:28:17.859><c> this,</c>

00:28:18.400 --> 00:28:23.720
that<00:28:18.779><c> the</c><00:28:19.200><c> redemption</c><00:28:19.720><c> of</c><00:28:19.940><c> the</c><00:28:20.160><c> world</c><00:28:20.680><c> was</c><00:28:21.519><c> going</c><00:28:21.759><c> to</c><00:28:22.000><c> come</c><00:28:22.200><c> through</c><00:28:22.460><c> this</c><00:28:22.759><c> son</c><00:28:22.900><c> which</c><00:28:23.099><c> she</c><00:28:23.279><c> was</c><00:28:23.480><c> to</c>

00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:26.019
bear,<00:28:24.539><c> the</c><00:28:24.759><c> seed</c><00:28:24.900><c> of</c><00:28:25.039><c> the</c><00:28:25.160><c> woman.</c>

00:28:26.220 --> 00:28:29.039
Undoubtedly,<00:28:26.660><c> Sarah</c><00:28:27.099><c> would</c><00:28:27.339><c> have</c><00:28:27.859><c> remembered</c><00:28:28.480><c> those</c><00:28:28.759><c> things</c>

00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:30.380
which<00:28:29.220><c> were</c><00:28:29.440><c> said</c><00:28:29.519><c> in</c><00:28:29.680><c> the</c><00:28:29.779><c> Garden</c><00:28:29.980><c> of</c><00:28:30.180><c> Eden,</c>

00:28:30.380 --> 00:28:33.680
that<00:28:30.819><c> it</c><00:28:30.900><c> would</c><00:28:31.079><c> be</c><00:28:31.259><c> the</c><00:28:31.460><c> seed</c><00:28:31.539><c> of</c><00:28:31.720><c> the</c><00:28:31.880><c> woman</c><00:28:32.119><c> which</c><00:28:32.319><c> would</c><00:28:32.579><c> crush</c><00:28:33.119><c> the</c><00:28:33.380><c> head</c><00:28:33.500><c> of</c>

00:28:33.680 --> 00:28:34.819
the<00:28:33.819><c> serpent.</c>

00:28:34.880 --> 00:28:38.359
Sarah<00:28:35.140><c> stood</c><00:28:35.440><c> in</c><00:28:35.720><c> line</c><00:28:36.119><c> in</c><00:28:36.740><c> the</c><00:28:36.980><c> line</c><00:28:37.160><c> of</c><00:28:37.359><c> that</c><00:28:37.660><c> seed,</c><00:28:37.880><c> the</c><00:28:38.039><c> seed</c><00:28:38.200><c> of</c>

00:28:38.359 --> 00:28:38.640
the<00:28:38.460><c> woman.</c>

00:28:38.740 --> 00:28:43.660
Sarah<00:28:38.960><c> was</c><00:28:39.180><c> that</c><00:28:39.359><c> woman</c><00:28:39.740><c> who</c><00:28:40.460><c> would</c><00:28:40.960><c> be</c><00:28:41.500><c> part</c><00:28:41.680><c> and</c><00:28:41.880><c> parcel</c><00:28:42.279><c> of</c>

00:28:43.660 --> 00:28:47.440
the<00:28:44.799><c> fulfillment</c><00:28:45.200><c> of</c><00:28:45.420><c> those</c><00:28:45.799><c> incredible</c><00:28:46.380><c> promises.</c>

00:28:47.599 --> 00:28:51.140
And<00:28:47.859><c> here</c><00:28:48.140><c> a</c><00:28:48.400><c> situation</c><00:28:48.859><c> developed</c><00:28:49.279><c> in</c><00:28:49.460><c> her</c><00:28:49.680><c> household</c><00:28:50.460><c> where</c>

00:28:51.140 --> 00:28:56.420
the<00:28:51.400><c> seed</c><00:28:52.220><c> through</c><00:28:53.099><c> whom</c><00:28:53.279><c> eventually</c><00:28:54.059><c> all</c><00:28:55.880><c> the</c><00:28:56.079><c> families</c><00:28:56.299><c> of</c>

00:28:56.420 --> 00:28:57.180
the<00:28:56.480><c> earth</c><00:28:56.640><c> would</c><00:28:56.839><c> be</c><00:28:57.039><c> blessed</c>

00:28:57.180 --> 00:29:00.640
is<00:28:57.299><c> being</c><00:28:57.619><c> mocked</c><00:28:58.640><c> by</c><00:28:58.940><c> an</c><00:28:59.099><c> ungodly</c><00:28:59.559><c> individual.</c>

00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:03.339
Of<00:29:01.099><c> course,</c><00:29:01.299><c> it</c><00:29:01.460><c> begins</c><00:29:01.700><c> to</c><00:29:01.940><c> have</c><00:29:02.200><c> echoes</c><00:29:02.400><c> all</c><00:29:02.660><c> over</c><00:29:02.839><c> the</c><00:29:03.039><c> place</c><00:29:03.220><c> of</c>

00:29:03.339 --> 00:29:07.359
that<00:29:03.559><c> which</c><00:29:03.740><c> was</c><00:29:03.900><c> to</c><00:29:04.180><c> happen</c><00:29:05.079><c> many</c><00:29:06.220><c> years</c><00:29:06.519><c> hence</c><00:29:06.859><c> in</c><00:29:07.039><c> the</c><00:29:07.200><c> time</c>

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of<00:29:07.480><c> Christ,</c>

00:29:08.339 --> 00:29:11.619
where<00:29:08.440><c> the</c><00:29:08.619><c> natural</c><00:29:09.099><c> Jew,</c><00:29:09.579><c> which</c><00:29:09.720><c> Hagar</c><00:29:10.000><c> and</c><00:29:10.180><c> Ishmael</c><00:29:10.460><c> represented,</c><00:29:11.539><c> would</c>

00:29:11.619 --> 00:29:15.019
heap<00:29:11.880><c> scorn</c><00:29:12.240><c> and</c><00:29:12.440><c> derision</c><00:29:13.140><c> upon</c><00:29:13.559><c> the</c><00:29:13.740><c> Son</c><00:29:13.859><c> of</c><00:29:14.079><c> God.</c>

00:29:15.319 --> 00:29:18.059
And<00:29:15.539><c> Sarah's</c><00:29:15.839><c> reaction</c><00:29:16.279><c> to</c><00:29:16.480><c> all</c><00:29:16.680><c> of</c><00:29:16.839><c> this,</c><00:29:17.180><c> I</c><00:29:17.579><c> don't</c><00:29:17.819><c> believe</c>

00:29:18.059 --> 00:29:22.140
for<00:29:18.279><c> a</c><00:29:18.480><c> moment,</c><00:29:18.759><c> was</c><00:29:18.980><c> petty</c><00:29:19.279><c> or</c><00:29:19.519><c> small</c><00:29:19.839><c>-minded</c><00:29:20.240><c> or</c><00:29:21.460><c> in</c><00:29:21.619><c> any</c><00:29:21.880><c> way</c>

00:29:22.140 --> 00:29:25.640
reflective<00:29:22.759><c> of</c><00:29:23.799><c> a</c><00:29:24.460><c> narrow</c><00:29:24.799><c> state</c><00:29:25.039><c> of</c><00:29:25.279><c> mind.</c>

00:29:25.640 --> 00:29:28.180
But<00:29:26.079><c> rather</c><00:29:26.519><c> she</c><00:29:26.740><c> recognized</c><00:29:27.279><c> what</c><00:29:27.440><c> was</c><00:29:27.640><c> going</c><00:29:27.880><c> on.</c>

00:29:28.660 --> 00:29:32.319
She<00:29:29.059><c> appreciated</c><00:29:29.980><c> the</c><00:29:30.619><c> inappropriateness</c><00:29:31.480><c> of</c><00:29:31.660><c> this</c><00:29:31.960><c> mocking</c>

00:29:32.319 --> 00:29:35.299
and<00:29:32.519><c> what</c><00:29:32.720><c> Isaac</c><00:29:33.059><c> represented</c><00:29:33.599><c> and</c><00:29:33.759><c> where</c><00:29:33.960><c> the</c><00:29:34.160><c> whole</c><00:29:34.339><c> situation</c><00:29:34.859><c> was</c><00:29:35.079><c> headed.</c>

00:29:35.660 --> 00:29:39.660
She<00:29:35.839><c> goes</c><00:29:36.140><c> to</c><00:29:36.380><c> Abraham</c><00:29:36.599><c> and</c><00:29:36.759><c> says,</c><00:29:37.240><c> they</c><00:29:37.240><c> must</c><00:29:37.759><c> leave.</c><00:29:38.980><c> They've</c><00:29:39.339><c> gone</c>

00:29:39.660 --> 00:29:40.539
too<00:29:40.099><c> far.</c>

00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:43.680
And<00:29:41.059><c> so</c><00:29:41.240><c> Abraham,</c><00:29:42.359><c> he</c><00:29:42.619><c> doesn't</c><00:29:42.859><c> want</c><00:29:43.039><c> to</c><00:29:43.180><c> do</c><00:29:43.339><c> it.</c>

00:29:43.980 --> 00:29:46.460
The<00:29:44.200><c> thing</c><00:29:44.400><c> is</c><00:29:44.680><c> a</c><00:29:44.920><c> tremendous</c><00:29:45.380><c> source</c><00:29:45.660><c> of</c><00:29:45.859><c> grief</c><00:29:46.059><c> to</c><00:29:46.279><c> him.</c>

00:29:46.900 --> 00:29:51.099
But<00:29:47.079><c> God</c><00:29:47.319><c> intervenes</c><00:29:47.779><c> and</c><00:29:47.859><c> says,</c><00:29:48.200><c> look</c><00:29:48.380><c> Abraham,</c><00:29:49.220><c> Sarah's</c><00:29:49.759><c> right.</c><00:29:50.819><c> Do</c>

00:29:51.099 --> 00:29:52.099
what<00:29:51.319><c> she</c><00:29:51.559><c> has</c><00:29:51.839><c> said.</c>

00:29:52.099 --> 00:29:58.319
And<00:29:52.799><c> so</c><00:29:53.140><c> in</c><00:29:53.500><c> their</c><00:29:53.779><c> turn,</c><00:29:54.680><c> they</c><00:29:54.839><c> both</c><00:29:55.420><c> work</c><00:29:56.099><c> together</c><00:29:57.000><c> directing</c><00:29:58.019><c> their</c>

00:29:58.319 --> 00:30:01.339
family<00:29:58.859><c> in</c><00:29:59.440><c> the</c><00:29:59.599><c> way</c><00:29:59.859><c> that</c><00:29:59.980><c> it</c><00:30:00.160><c> should</c><00:30:00.299><c> have</c><00:30:00.500><c> gone.</c>

00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:05.180
And<00:30:01.960><c> as</c><00:30:02.160><c> we've</c><00:30:02.400><c> touched</c><00:30:02.539><c> on</c><00:30:02.759><c> repeatedly,</c><00:30:03.900><c> both</c><00:30:04.299><c> are</c><00:30:04.579><c> recognized</c><00:30:05.000><c> for</c>

00:30:05.180 --> 00:30:05.740
their<00:30:05.440><c> faith.</c>

00:30:06.180 --> 00:30:09.339
Both<00:30:06.420><c> are</c><00:30:06.680><c> commended</c><00:30:07.200><c> for</c><00:30:07.799><c> having</c><00:30:08.200><c> seen</c><00:30:08.519><c> the</c><00:30:08.779><c> promises</c><00:30:09.099><c> that</c>

00:30:09.339 --> 00:30:09.819
fire<00:30:09.480><c> off,</c>

00:30:10.200 --> 00:30:16.079
but<00:30:10.380><c> knowing</c><00:30:10.779><c> that</c><00:30:11.299><c> the</c><00:30:11.480><c> time</c><00:30:11.660><c> was</c><00:30:11.859><c> not</c><00:30:12.099><c> yet</c><00:30:12.380><c> for</c><00:30:12.559><c> their</c><00:30:12.819><c> complete</c><00:30:13.079><c> fulfillment,</c><00:30:13.940><c> looking</c><00:30:14.339><c> forward</c><00:30:14.720><c> to</c><00:30:14.839><c> that</c><00:30:15.039><c> great</c><00:30:15.279><c> day</c><00:30:15.460><c> of</c><00:30:15.680><c> resurrection.</c>

00:30:16.079 --> 00:30:20.480
Now<00:30:17.319><c> in</c><00:30:18.720><c> conjunction</c><00:30:19.160><c> with</c><00:30:19.440><c> this</c><00:30:19.599><c> discussion</c><00:30:19.980><c> of</c><00:30:20.180><c> Abraham</c>

00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:21.660
and<00:30:20.759><c> Sarah,</c>

00:30:21.859 --> 00:30:25.359
I<00:30:22.039><c> think</c><00:30:22.180><c> it</c><00:30:22.299><c> would</c><00:30:22.440><c> be</c><00:30:22.579><c> helpful</c><00:30:22.819><c> if</c><00:30:23.000><c> we</c><00:30:23.339><c> turn</c><00:30:23.619><c> to</c><00:30:24.680><c> one</c><00:30:25.140><c> of</c><00:30:25.259><c> the</c>

00:30:25.359 --> 00:30:30.420
New<00:30:25.519><c> Testament</c><00:30:25.859><c> references</c><00:30:26.400><c> in</c><00:30:26.640><c> which</c><00:30:27.160><c> Paul</c><00:30:28.119><c> commands</c><00:30:29.440><c> and</c>

00:30:30.420 --> 00:30:32.700
instructs<00:30:31.220><c> husbands</c><00:30:31.519><c> and</c><00:30:31.759><c> wives.</c>

00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:36.920
Because<00:30:33.500><c> I</c><00:30:33.640><c> think</c><00:30:33.819><c> in</c><00:30:33.980><c> our</c><00:30:34.220><c> relationships</c><00:30:34.859><c> with</c><00:30:35.519><c> our</c><00:30:35.859><c> spouses,</c>

00:30:37.140 --> 00:30:42.599
it's<00:30:37.539><c> all</c><00:30:37.779><c> too</c><00:30:38.039><c> easy</c><00:30:38.299><c> to</c><00:30:38.500><c> begin</c><00:30:38.759><c> finger</c><00:30:39.140><c> pointing</c><00:30:39.400><c> and</c><00:30:40.140><c> to</c><00:30:40.339><c> begin</c><00:30:40.759><c> allocating</c><00:30:41.680><c> blame</c><00:30:42.039><c> for</c>

00:30:42.599 --> 00:30:43.380
domestic<00:30:43.059><c> strife.</c>

00:30:43.380 --> 00:30:45.940
And<00:30:44.059><c> I</c><00:30:44.140><c> think</c><00:30:44.259><c> it's</c><00:30:44.440><c> very</c><00:30:44.720><c> significant,</c><00:30:45.259><c> and</c><00:30:45.500><c> I</c><00:30:45.579><c> think</c><00:30:45.740><c> it's</c>

00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:48.579
something<00:30:46.160><c> that</c><00:30:46.420><c> we</c><00:30:46.720><c> do</c><00:30:46.940><c> need</c><00:30:47.099><c> to</c><00:30:47.279><c> take</c><00:30:47.440><c> note</c><00:30:47.619><c> of,</c>

00:30:48.940 --> 00:30:53.019
is<00:30:49.019><c> that</c><00:30:49.180><c> when</c><00:30:49.359><c> Paul</c><00:30:49.720><c> instructs</c><00:30:50.619><c> husbands</c><00:30:50.920><c> and</c><00:30:51.180><c> wives</c><00:30:51.559><c> in</c><00:30:51.759><c> the</c><00:30:51.960><c> Lord,</c>

00:30:54.339 --> 00:30:57.359
he<00:30:54.859><c> directs</c><00:30:55.380><c> those</c><00:30:55.539><c> instructions</c><00:30:56.119><c> to</c><00:30:56.359><c> the</c><00:30:56.420><c> respective</c><00:30:56.900><c> parties.</c>

00:30:57.859 --> 00:31:01.019
Verse<00:30:58.039><c> 24</c><00:30:58.519><c> of</c><00:30:58.720><c> Ephesians</c><00:30:59.160><c> 5,</c>

00:31:02.680 --> 00:31:05.339
Therefore,<00:31:03.079><c> as</c><00:31:03.500><c> the</c><00:31:03.720><c> Ecclesia</c><00:31:04.059><c> is</c><00:31:04.259><c> subject</c><00:31:04.579><c> unto</c><00:31:04.799><c> Christ,</c><00:31:05.140><c> so</c>

00:31:05.339 --> 00:31:08.500
let<00:31:05.460><c> the</c><00:31:05.700><c> wives</c><00:31:05.960><c> be</c><00:31:06.240><c> to</c><00:31:06.359><c> their</c><00:31:06.599><c> own</c><00:31:06.799><c> husbands</c><00:31:07.140><c> in</c><00:31:07.480><c> everything.</c>

00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:11.960
Husbands,<00:31:09.579><c> love</c><00:31:09.940><c> your</c><00:31:10.279><c> wives,</c><00:31:10.819><c> even</c><00:31:10.920><c> as</c><00:31:11.079><c> Christ</c><00:31:11.359><c> also</c><00:31:11.779><c> loved</c>

00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:13.519
the<00:31:12.160><c> Ecclesia</c><00:31:12.440><c> and</c><00:31:12.500><c> gave</c><00:31:12.700><c> himself</c><00:31:13.000><c> for</c><00:31:13.279><c> it,</c>

00:31:13.839 --> 00:31:16.099
that<00:31:13.940><c> he</c><00:31:14.039><c> might</c><00:31:14.299><c> sanctify</c><00:31:14.819><c> it</c><00:31:14.960><c> and</c><00:31:15.079><c> cleanse</c><00:31:15.279><c> it</c><00:31:15.400><c> with</c><00:31:15.539><c> the</c><00:31:15.700><c> washing</c><00:31:15.900><c> of</c>

00:31:16.099 --> 00:31:16.759
water<00:31:16.240><c> by</c><00:31:16.420><c> the</c><00:31:16.599><c> word,</c>

00:31:16.779 --> 00:31:20.299
that<00:31:16.880><c> he</c><00:31:16.960><c> might</c><00:31:17.140><c> present</c><00:31:17.460><c> it</c><00:31:17.859><c> to</c><00:31:18.259><c> himself</c><00:31:18.599><c> a</c><00:31:18.799><c> glorious</c><00:31:19.259><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:31:20.079><c> not</c>

00:31:20.299 --> 00:31:21.000
having<00:31:20.559><c> spot.</c>

00:31:21.420 --> 00:31:23.500
Verse<00:31:21.559><c> 28,</c><00:31:21.960><c> So</c><00:31:22.180><c> ought</c><00:31:22.359><c> men</c><00:31:22.539><c> to</c><00:31:22.619><c> love</c><00:31:22.799><c> their</c><00:31:22.980><c> wives</c><00:31:23.220><c> as</c><00:31:23.359><c> their</c>

00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:24.519
own<00:31:23.700><c> bodies.</c>

00:31:24.539 --> 00:31:31.680
He<00:31:24.700><c> that</c><00:31:24.960><c> loveth</c><00:31:25.880><c> his</c><00:31:26.920><c> wife,</c><00:31:31.000><c> loveth</c><00:31:31.200><c> himself.</c>

00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:35.519
So<00:31:32.279><c> we</c><00:31:32.440><c> have</c><00:31:32.559><c> the</c><00:31:32.779><c> instruction</c><00:31:33.200><c> given</c><00:31:33.440><c> to</c><00:31:33.640><c> the</c><00:31:33.779><c> husbands</c><00:31:34.200><c> concerning</c><00:31:34.900><c> the</c><00:31:35.140><c> husbands.</c>

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:39.079
And<00:31:35.960><c> then</c><00:31:36.259><c> verse</c><00:31:36.460><c> 22,</c><00:31:38.039><c> the</c><00:31:38.220><c> instructions</c><00:31:38.599><c> to</c><00:31:38.779><c> the</c><00:31:38.900><c> wives,</c>

00:31:39.259 --> 00:31:41.220
wives,<00:31:39.440><c> submit</c><00:31:39.660><c> yourselves</c><00:31:40.119><c> unto</c><00:31:40.319><c> your</c><00:31:40.480><c> own</c><00:31:40.640><c> husbands</c><00:31:40.940><c> as</c>

00:31:41.220 --> 00:31:41.940
unto<00:31:41.400><c> the</c><00:31:41.599><c> Lord,</c>

00:31:42.200 --> 00:31:45.240
for<00:31:42.319><c> the</c><00:31:42.440><c> husband</c><00:31:42.640><c> is</c><00:31:42.839><c> the</c><00:31:43.000><c> head</c><00:31:43.160><c> of</c><00:31:43.319><c> the</c><00:31:43.420><c> wife,</c><00:31:43.740><c> even</c><00:31:44.279><c> as</c><00:31:44.660><c> Christ</c><00:31:44.940><c> is</c>

00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:46.180
the<00:31:45.400><c> head</c><00:31:45.539><c> of</c><00:31:45.720><c> the</c><00:31:45.839><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:47.400
and<00:31:46.319><c> he</c><00:31:46.420><c> is</c><00:31:46.559><c> the</c><00:31:46.700><c> savior</c><00:31:46.920><c> of</c><00:31:47.059><c> the</c><00:31:47.200><c> body.</c>

00:31:47.799 --> 00:31:51.380
Now<00:31:48.160><c> the</c><00:31:48.420><c> significant</c><00:31:48.940><c> thing</c><00:31:49.299><c> is</c><00:31:49.460><c> that</c><00:31:49.579><c> when</c><00:31:49.740><c> Paul</c><00:31:50.039><c> talks</c><00:31:50.539><c> about</c><00:31:50.960><c> wives,</c><00:31:51.259><c> he</c>

00:31:51.380 --> 00:31:53.059
talks<00:31:51.740><c> to</c><00:31:52.099><c> wives.</c>

00:31:53.160 --> 00:31:55.940
When<00:31:53.380><c> Paul</c><00:31:53.680><c> talks</c><00:31:54.000><c> about</c><00:31:54.299><c> husbands,</c><00:31:54.680><c> he</c><00:31:54.819><c> talks</c><00:31:55.140><c> to</c><00:31:55.440><c> husbands.</c>

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:59.740
He<00:31:56.640><c> doesn't</c><00:31:56.920><c> say</c><00:31:57.140><c> to</c><00:31:57.259><c> the</c><00:31:57.460><c> husbands,</c><00:31:57.819><c> husbands,</c><00:31:59.279><c> bring</c><00:31:59.559><c> your</c>

00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:00.740
household<00:32:00.099><c> into</c><00:32:00.359><c> order,</c>

00:32:01.059 --> 00:32:03.839
get<00:32:01.180><c> hold</c><00:32:01.380><c> of</c><00:32:01.539><c> that</c><00:32:01.720><c> obstreperous</c><00:32:02.279><c> wife</c><00:32:02.480><c> and</c><00:32:02.640><c> make</c><00:32:02.779><c> her</c><00:32:02.920><c> behave.</c>

00:32:03.960 --> 00:32:07.339
He<00:32:04.519><c> doesn't</c><00:32:04.799><c> say</c><00:32:05.079><c> to</c><00:32:05.299><c> wives,</c><00:32:06.240><c> look</c><00:32:06.400><c> wives,</c><00:32:06.700><c> if</c><00:32:06.759><c> you</c><00:32:06.920><c> don't</c><00:32:07.059><c> have</c><00:32:07.220><c> a</c>

00:32:07.339 --> 00:32:08.799
loving<00:32:07.500><c> husband,</c>

00:32:08.839 --> 00:32:13.180
complain,<00:32:09.519><c> gripe,</c><00:32:11.720><c> spread</c><00:32:11.819><c> all</c><00:32:12.000><c> kinds</c><00:32:12.220><c> of</c><00:32:12.380><c> stories</c><00:32:12.599><c> about</c><00:32:12.900><c> him,</c>

00:32:13.359 --> 00:32:15.640
and<00:32:13.500><c> eventually</c><00:32:13.819><c> leave</c><00:32:14.059><c> him</c><00:32:14.180><c> because</c><00:32:14.319><c> he</c><00:32:14.440><c> won't</c><00:32:14.920><c> head</c><00:32:15.259><c> in.</c>

00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:20.460
That's<00:32:16.299><c> not</c><00:32:16.839><c> the</c><00:32:17.099><c> license</c><00:32:17.519><c> Paul</c><00:32:17.920><c> gives</c><00:32:18.720><c> husbands</c><00:32:19.220><c> and</c><00:32:19.500><c> wives.</c>

00:32:20.640 --> 00:32:23.500
He<00:32:20.980><c> instructs</c><00:32:21.680><c> wives</c><00:32:21.980><c> about</c><00:32:22.359><c> wives,</c><00:32:22.740><c> he</c><00:32:22.900><c> instructs</c><00:32:23.339><c> husbands</c>

00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:24.319
about<00:32:23.859><c> husbands.</c>

00:32:24.819 --> 00:32:28.940
It's<00:32:25.059><c> each</c><00:32:25.440><c> party's</c><00:32:26.160><c> individual</c><00:32:26.579><c> responsibility</c><00:32:27.359><c> to</c><00:32:27.599><c> do</c><00:32:27.740><c> what</c><00:32:27.880><c> they're</c><00:32:28.099><c> told</c><00:32:28.420><c> to</c><00:32:28.619><c> do.</c>

00:32:28.940 --> 00:32:32.859
It<00:32:29.700><c> doesn't</c><00:32:30.140><c> necessarily</c><00:32:30.759><c> behoove</c><00:32:31.160><c> us</c><00:32:31.759><c> to</c><00:32:32.140><c> rush</c><00:32:32.359><c> around</c><00:32:32.640><c> with</c>

00:32:32.859 --> 00:32:33.460
the<00:32:33.059><c> passages</c>

00:32:33.460 --> 00:32:36.079
that<00:32:33.779><c> apply</c><00:32:33.980><c> to</c><00:32:34.160><c> the</c><00:32:34.319><c> other</c><00:32:34.500><c> guy</c><00:32:34.900><c> and</c><00:32:35.380><c> dangle</c><00:32:35.619><c> it</c><00:32:35.799><c> in</c><00:32:35.859><c> front</c><00:32:35.960><c> of</c>

00:32:36.079 --> 00:32:37.140
their<00:32:36.220><c> faces</c><00:32:36.519><c> all</c><00:32:36.779><c> the</c><00:32:36.900><c> time.</c>

00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:40.319
You<00:32:37.299><c> know,</c><00:32:37.500><c> come</c><00:32:37.660><c> on,</c><00:32:38.000><c> smarten</c><00:32:38.319><c> up,</c><00:32:38.900><c> you're</c><00:32:39.099><c> not</c><00:32:39.799><c> holding</c><00:32:40.079><c> up</c>

00:32:40.319 --> 00:32:41.339
your<00:32:40.539><c> end.</c>

00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:46.259
That's<00:32:41.900><c> not</c><00:32:42.420><c> what</c><00:32:42.660><c> the,</c><00:32:43.920><c> now</c><00:32:44.259><c> if</c><00:32:45.099><c> we've</c><00:32:45.299><c> been</c><00:32:45.420><c> in</c><00:32:45.539><c> that</c><00:32:45.759><c> situation,</c>

00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:49.940
we<00:32:46.440><c> know</c><00:32:46.660><c> that</c><00:32:46.839><c> that's</c><00:32:47.059><c> not</c><00:32:47.220><c> a</c><00:32:47.359><c> particularly</c><00:32:47.740><c> effective</c><00:32:48.180><c> means</c><00:32:48.460><c> of</c><00:32:48.740><c> reconciling</c><00:32:49.160><c> a</c><00:32:49.339><c> situation.</c>

00:32:50.440 --> 00:32:53.180
More<00:32:50.680><c> often</c><00:32:50.940><c> than</c><00:32:51.180><c> not,</c><00:32:51.299><c> we</c><00:32:51.460><c> only</c><00:32:51.779><c> inflame</c><00:32:52.059><c> the</c><00:32:52.220><c> other</c><00:32:52.440><c> party</c>

00:32:53.319 --> 00:32:56.359
and<00:32:53.799><c> get</c><00:32:54.279><c> a</c><00:32:54.559><c> face</c><00:32:54.779><c> full</c><00:32:54.980><c> of</c><00:32:55.279><c> accusations</c><00:32:55.700><c> about</c><00:32:55.980><c> what</c><00:32:56.140><c> we're</c>

00:32:56.359 --> 00:32:56.920
not<00:32:56.559><c> doing.</c>

00:32:57.380 --> 00:33:00.319
So<00:32:57.819><c> it's</c><00:32:58.160><c> really</c><00:32:58.420><c> quite</c><00:32:58.599><c> a</c><00:32:58.799><c> dysfunctional</c><00:32:59.339><c> approach,</c><00:32:59.920><c> but</c><00:33:00.019><c> it's</c><00:33:00.220><c> a</c>

00:33:00.319 --> 00:33:01.339
very<00:33:00.559><c> tempting</c><00:33:00.859><c> approach</c>

00:33:01.339 --> 00:33:04.000
because<00:33:01.859><c> it</c><00:33:02.079><c> certainly</c><00:33:02.299><c> takes</c><00:33:02.619><c> the</c><00:33:02.779><c> onus</c><00:33:03.019><c> off</c><00:33:03.200><c> our</c><00:33:03.400><c> own</c><00:33:03.579><c> behavior</c>

00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:06.119
and<00:33:04.440><c> puts</c><00:33:04.619><c> it</c><00:33:04.740><c> on</c><00:33:04.859><c> the</c><00:33:05.000><c> other</c><00:33:05.180><c> party.</c>

00:33:06.160 --> 00:33:09.140
And<00:33:06.400><c> the</c><00:33:06.559><c> scriptural</c><00:33:07.019><c> precedent</c><00:33:07.539><c> is</c><00:33:08.000><c> that</c><00:33:08.160><c> that</c><00:33:08.299><c> is</c><00:33:08.579><c> not</c><00:33:08.920><c> a</c>

00:33:09.140 --> 00:33:09.920
valid<00:33:09.359><c> approach.</c>

00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:12.539
Paul<00:33:10.500><c> certainly</c><00:33:10.839><c> doesn't</c><00:33:11.119><c> do</c><00:33:11.279><c> that,</c><00:33:11.460><c> and</c><00:33:11.599><c> he</c><00:33:12.019><c> could</c><00:33:12.200><c> very</c>

00:33:12.539 --> 00:33:13.000
well<00:33:12.740><c> have.</c>

00:33:13.200 --> 00:33:14.940
He<00:33:13.299><c> could</c><00:33:13.440><c> have</c><00:33:13.539><c> said,</c><00:33:13.839><c> look</c><00:33:13.980><c> husbands,</c><00:33:14.279><c> you're</c><00:33:14.460><c> the</c><00:33:14.619><c> leaders.</c>

00:33:15.420 --> 00:33:18.000
You<00:33:15.619><c> know,</c><00:33:15.619><c> you're</c><00:33:15.759><c> the</c><00:33:15.880><c> rulers</c><00:33:16.039><c> of</c><00:33:16.180><c> the</c><00:33:16.319><c> household,</c><00:33:16.720><c> you</c><00:33:16.960><c> smarten</c><00:33:17.240><c> everybody</c><00:33:17.559><c> up.</c>

00:33:18.319 --> 00:33:22.380
You<00:33:18.640><c> know,</c><00:33:18.640><c> you</c><00:33:19.440><c> get</c><00:33:19.859><c> hold</c><00:33:20.099><c> of</c><00:33:20.279><c> this</c><00:33:21.019><c> wife</c><00:33:21.240><c> full</c><00:33:21.440><c> of</c><00:33:21.539><c> feminist</c><00:33:21.940><c> ideals</c>

00:33:22.380 --> 00:33:23.380
and<00:33:22.519><c> you</c><00:33:22.700><c> pound</c><00:33:22.880><c> it</c><00:33:23.000><c> out</c><00:33:23.119><c> of</c><00:33:23.240><c> her.</c>

00:33:23.380 --> 00:33:27.619
That's<00:33:24.180><c> not</c><00:33:24.819><c> the</c><00:33:25.779><c> commission,</c><00:33:26.640><c> that's</c><00:33:26.779><c> not</c><00:33:27.039><c> the</c><00:33:27.319><c> freedom,</c>

00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:31.839
that's<00:33:28.119><c> not</c><00:33:28.299><c> the</c><00:33:28.460><c> approach</c><00:33:29.079><c> that</c><00:33:29.839><c> the</c><00:33:29.980><c> scriptures</c><00:33:30.299><c> enjoin</c><00:33:30.839><c> on</c><00:33:31.099><c> us.</c>

00:33:31.880 --> 00:33:35.460
Now<00:33:32.059><c> it's</c><00:33:32.240><c> fair</c><00:33:32.420><c> to</c><00:33:32.700><c> say</c><00:33:33.119><c> that</c><00:33:33.819><c> there</c><00:33:34.000><c> might</c><00:33:34.259><c> be</c><00:33:34.759><c> occasions</c>

00:33:35.460 --> 00:33:37.579
during<00:33:36.220><c> communicative</c><00:33:36.980><c> periods</c>

00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:42.019
when<00:33:38.059><c> we</c><00:33:38.319><c> do</c><00:33:38.940><c> lodge</c><00:33:39.180><c> our</c><00:33:39.420><c> grievances</c><00:33:40.059><c> and</c><00:33:40.500><c> do</c><00:33:40.740><c> express</c><00:33:41.140><c> our</c><00:33:41.380><c> concerns</c>

00:33:42.019 --> 00:33:45.079
and<00:33:42.519><c> do</c><00:33:42.740><c> indicate</c><00:33:43.099><c> to</c><00:33:43.279><c> the</c><00:33:43.380><c> other</c><00:33:43.599><c> party</c><00:33:43.880><c> what</c><00:33:44.160><c> does</c><00:33:44.480><c> upset</c><00:33:44.799><c> us</c>

00:33:45.079 --> 00:33:46.579
and<00:33:45.279><c> hurt</c><00:33:45.420><c> us</c><00:33:45.660><c> about</c><00:33:45.880><c> their</c><00:33:46.099><c> behavior.</c>

00:33:46.940 --> 00:33:50.339
That's<00:33:47.319><c> quite</c><00:33:47.500><c> appropriate</c><00:33:48.119><c> and</c><00:33:48.640><c> eventually</c><00:33:49.140><c> it</c><00:33:49.319><c> has</c><00:33:49.559><c> to</c><00:33:49.759><c> be</c><00:33:49.980><c> done.</c>

00:33:50.339 --> 00:33:53.460
But<00:33:51.240><c> it</c><00:33:51.339><c> has</c><00:33:51.559><c> to</c><00:33:51.700><c> be</c><00:33:51.839><c> done</c><00:33:51.920><c> in</c><00:33:52.079><c> a</c><00:33:52.220><c> right</c><00:33:52.480><c> spirit.</c>

00:33:53.539 --> 00:33:57.160
And<00:33:53.660><c> it</c><00:33:53.859><c> certainly</c><00:33:54.160><c> can't</c><00:33:54.480><c> be</c><00:33:54.700><c> done</c><00:33:55.200><c> in</c><00:33:56.099><c> any</c><00:33:56.400><c> kind</c><00:33:56.680><c> of</c><00:33:56.799><c> club</c>

00:33:57.160 --> 00:33:58.119
-wielding<00:33:57.720><c> way</c>

00:33:58.119 --> 00:34:01.559
where<00:33:58.759><c> we</c><00:33:59.059><c> begin</c><00:33:59.279><c> to</c><00:33:59.900><c> wield</c><00:34:00.140><c> the</c><00:34:00.339><c> sword</c><00:34:00.460><c> of</c><00:34:00.579><c> the</c><00:34:00.779><c> spirit</c><00:34:00.960><c> upon</c>

00:34:01.559 --> 00:34:03.420
everyone<00:34:02.079><c> else</c><00:34:02.480><c> except</c><00:34:02.799><c> ourselves.</c>

00:34:03.859 --> 00:34:07.619
And<00:34:04.220><c> it</c><00:34:04.420><c> certainly</c><00:34:04.759><c> does</c><00:34:05.140><c> divert</c><00:34:05.779><c> attention</c><00:34:06.519><c> where</c><00:34:06.720><c> it</c><00:34:06.880><c> should</c><00:34:07.019><c> be</c><00:34:07.279><c> directed.</c>

00:34:07.660 --> 00:34:10.300
It<00:34:08.119><c> should</c><00:34:08.300><c> be</c><00:34:08.579><c> directed</c><00:34:09.460><c> internally.</c>

00:34:10.800 --> 00:34:15.460
We<00:34:11.159><c> address</c><00:34:11.539><c> our</c><00:34:12.159><c> problems</c><00:34:12.699><c> and</c><00:34:13.280><c> ultimately</c><00:34:13.880><c> we</c><00:34:14.159><c> must</c><00:34:14.500><c> leave</c>

00:34:15.460 --> 00:34:17.260
the<00:34:16.300><c> other</c><00:34:16.780><c> party</c>

00:34:17.260 --> 00:34:21.739
to<00:34:17.500><c> deal</c><00:34:18.119><c> with</c><00:34:18.380><c> their</c><00:34:18.659><c> commitment</c><00:34:19.320><c> to</c><00:34:20.260><c> the</c><00:34:20.380><c> Lord</c><00:34:20.539><c> themselves.</c>

00:34:21.840 --> 00:34:25.139
And<00:34:22.079><c> essentially</c><00:34:22.460><c> this</c><00:34:22.739><c> is</c><00:34:22.960><c> what</c><00:34:23.699><c> the</c><00:34:24.179><c> relationship</c><00:34:24.719><c> is</c><00:34:24.920><c> all</c>

00:34:25.139 --> 00:34:25.920
about,<00:34:25.559><c> isn't</c><00:34:25.639><c> it?</c>

00:34:26.300 --> 00:34:30.019
In<00:34:26.760><c> Christ,</c><00:34:27.719><c> it's</c><00:34:27.980><c> not</c><00:34:28.179><c> a</c><00:34:28.300><c> man</c><00:34:28.440><c> and</c><00:34:28.559><c> a</c><00:34:28.719><c> woman</c><00:34:28.960><c> interacting.</c>

00:34:30.159 --> 00:34:31.920
That's<00:34:30.519><c> not</c><00:34:30.739><c> how</c><00:34:30.900><c> it</c><00:34:31.019><c> goes.</c>

00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:35.500
What<00:34:32.139><c> it</c><00:34:32.360><c> is,</c><00:34:32.780><c> is</c><00:34:33.039><c> there</c><00:34:33.219><c> is</c><00:34:33.460><c> our</c><00:34:33.639><c> master,</c><00:34:34.119><c> there</c><00:34:34.300><c> is</c><00:34:34.480><c> the</c><00:34:34.659><c> father</c><00:34:35.099><c> and</c>

00:34:35.500 --> 00:34:36.699
the<00:34:35.760><c> son.</c>

00:34:36.840 --> 00:34:40.559
You<00:34:37.039><c> have</c><00:34:37.219><c> two</c><00:34:37.500><c> parties</c><00:34:37.940><c> interacting</c><00:34:38.739><c> and</c><00:34:39.940><c> fellowshipping</c>

00:34:40.559 --> 00:34:41.940
with<00:34:40.800><c> the</c><00:34:41.000><c> father</c><00:34:41.260><c> and</c><00:34:41.400><c> the</c><00:34:41.639><c> son.</c>

00:34:41.940 --> 00:34:45.440
And<00:34:42.639><c> if</c><00:34:42.840><c> they</c><00:34:43.199><c> decide</c><00:34:43.679><c> to</c><00:34:43.820><c> come</c><00:34:44.039><c> together</c><00:34:44.360><c> in</c><00:34:44.559><c> marriage,</c>

00:34:45.559 --> 00:34:48.239
that<00:34:46.059><c> fellowship</c><00:34:46.780><c> that</c><00:34:46.960><c> they</c><00:34:47.159><c> enjoy</c><00:34:47.440><c> with</c><00:34:47.599><c> the</c><00:34:47.820><c> father</c><00:34:48.039><c> and</c>

00:34:48.239 --> 00:34:49.119
son<00:34:48.440><c> persists</c>

00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:52.360
and<00:34:49.380><c> remains</c><00:34:49.840><c> the</c><00:34:50.320><c> most</c><00:34:50.599><c> important</c><00:34:50.980><c> relationship</c><00:34:51.519><c> in</c><00:34:51.679><c> their</c><00:34:51.920><c> lives.</c>

00:34:52.719 --> 00:34:54.920
It<00:34:52.940><c> remains</c><00:34:53.099><c> the</c><00:34:53.260><c> most</c><00:34:53.460><c> important</c><00:34:53.880><c> commitment</c><00:34:54.300><c> in</c><00:34:54.480><c> their</c><00:34:54.619><c> lives</c>

00:34:54.920 --> 00:34:58.980
where<00:34:55.300><c> their</c><00:34:55.719><c> obligations</c><00:34:56.480><c> should</c><00:34:57.800><c> be</c><00:34:58.079><c> directed.</c>

00:34:59.179 --> 00:35:02.460
And<00:34:59.820><c> that</c><00:35:00.360><c> being</c><00:35:00.619><c> the</c><00:35:00.820><c> case,</c><00:35:01.260><c> the</c><00:35:01.380><c> relationship</c><00:35:01.900><c> between</c><00:35:02.239><c> the</c>

00:35:02.460 --> 00:35:03.900
two<00:35:02.619><c> of</c><00:35:02.800><c> them</c>

00:35:04.480 --> 00:35:09.199
is<00:35:05.119><c> affected</c><00:35:05.760><c> mightily</c><00:35:06.500><c> by</c><00:35:06.840><c> their</c><00:35:07.059><c> commitment</c><00:35:07.619><c> to</c><00:35:08.659><c> him</c><00:35:09.019><c> who</c>

00:35:09.199 --> 00:35:10.460
rules<00:35:09.519><c> over</c><00:35:09.780><c> us</c><00:35:10.059><c> all.</c>

00:35:10.460 --> 00:35:14.559
Because<00:35:11.059><c> if</c><00:35:11.360><c> that</c><00:35:11.599><c> relationship</c><00:35:12.139><c> is</c><00:35:12.380><c> in</c><00:35:12.559><c> order,</c><00:35:13.400><c> this</c><00:35:13.559><c> relationship</c><00:35:14.159><c> can't</c>

00:35:14.559 --> 00:35:15.579
help<00:35:14.800><c> but</c><00:35:15.000><c> be</c><00:35:15.119><c> in</c><00:35:15.300><c> order.</c>

00:35:15.880 --> 00:35:19.460
If<00:35:16.239><c> we</c><00:35:16.420><c> are</c><00:35:16.659><c> executing</c><00:35:17.159><c> that</c><00:35:18.000><c> which</c><00:35:18.159><c> is</c><00:35:18.400><c> right</c><00:35:18.559><c> and</c><00:35:18.780><c> proper</c><00:35:19.099><c> in</c>

00:35:19.460 --> 00:35:21.400
the<00:35:19.920><c> eyes</c><00:35:20.219><c> of</c><00:35:20.460><c> our</c><00:35:20.639><c> Lord</c><00:35:20.840><c> and</c><00:35:21.000><c> Master,</c>

00:35:21.860 --> 00:35:24.079
then<00:35:22.079><c> it's</c><00:35:22.380><c> going</c><00:35:22.519><c> to</c><00:35:22.619><c> come</c><00:35:22.840><c> through</c><00:35:23.099><c> here.</c>

00:35:24.420 --> 00:35:27.219
If<00:35:25.019><c> something's</c><00:35:25.320><c> going</c><00:35:25.579><c> wrong</c><00:35:25.920><c> here,</c><00:35:26.780><c> then</c><00:35:26.900><c> something's</c>

00:35:27.219 --> 00:35:28.739
gone<00:35:27.460><c> wrong</c><00:35:27.760><c> here.</c>

00:35:29.420 --> 00:35:36.500
It's<00:35:30.019><c> a</c><00:35:30.619><c> three</c><00:35:30.900><c>-way</c><00:35:31.739><c> relationship</c><00:35:32.699><c> where</c><00:35:33.440><c> one</c><00:35:33.880><c> leg</c><00:35:34.320><c> cannot</c><00:35:35.420><c> be</c><00:35:36.219><c> healthy</c>

00:35:36.500 --> 00:35:38.280
without<00:35:36.840><c> all</c><00:35:37.179><c> the</c><00:35:37.360><c> legs</c><00:35:37.559><c> being</c><00:35:37.860><c> healthy.</c>

00:35:38.280 --> 00:35:42.880
And<00:35:39.000><c> if</c><00:35:39.719><c> we</c><00:35:39.960><c> begin</c><00:35:40.199><c> to</c><00:35:41.300><c> view</c><00:35:41.300><c> a</c><00:35:41.840><c> marriage</c><00:35:42.079><c> in</c><00:35:42.280><c> that</c><00:35:42.519><c> light</c>

00:35:42.880 --> 00:35:47.539
and<00:35:43.539><c> begin</c><00:35:43.780><c> to</c><00:35:44.119><c> recognize</c><00:35:44.920><c> where</c><00:35:45.760><c> our</c><00:35:46.099><c> obligations</c><00:35:46.519><c> actually</c><00:35:47.059><c> lie,</c>

00:35:47.940 --> 00:35:52.940
I<00:35:48.219><c> think</c><00:35:48.460><c> that's</c><00:35:48.699><c> going</c><00:35:48.800><c> to</c><00:35:48.940><c> be</c><00:35:49.079><c> the</c><00:35:49.219><c> recipe</c><00:35:49.619><c> for</c><00:35:49.860><c> much</c><00:35:50.079><c> healthier</c><00:35:50.619><c> relationships</c><00:35:51.320><c> in</c><00:35:52.179><c> our</c><00:35:52.400><c> ecclesias.</c>

00:35:53.260 --> 00:35:56.059
Not<00:35:53.719><c> only</c><00:35:54.059><c> impinging</c><00:35:54.340><c> on</c><00:35:54.559><c> marriage,</c><00:35:54.880><c> of</c><00:35:55.059><c> course,</c><00:35:55.280><c> but</c><00:35:55.400><c> impinging</c><00:35:55.739><c> upon</c>

00:35:56.059 --> 00:35:57.420
all<00:35:56.400><c> ecclesial</c><00:35:56.760><c> relationships.</c>

00:35:57.800 --> 00:35:59.980
If<00:35:57.900><c> the</c><00:35:58.159><c> relationship</c><00:35:58.579><c> between</c><00:35:58.880><c> ourselves</c><00:35:59.340><c> and</c><00:35:59.480><c> our</c><00:35:59.659><c> Master</c>

00:35:59.980 --> 00:36:00.699
is<00:36:00.420><c> right,</c>

00:36:01.099 --> 00:36:04.619
then<00:36:01.400><c> every</c><00:36:01.780><c> other</c><00:36:02.039><c> relationship</c><00:36:02.639><c> is</c><00:36:03.159><c> going</c><00:36:03.360><c> to</c><00:36:03.659><c> respond</c><00:36:04.000><c> in</c><00:36:04.300><c> kind.</c>

00:36:04.619 --> 00:36:07.679
But<00:36:05.219><c> in</c><00:36:05.539><c> particular,</c><00:36:06.199><c> in</c><00:36:06.219><c> this</c><00:36:06.440><c> day</c><00:36:06.659><c> and</c><00:36:06.739><c> age</c><00:36:06.940><c> when</c><00:36:07.179><c> marriage</c>

00:36:07.679 --> 00:36:10.860
is<00:36:08.239><c> being</c><00:36:08.539><c> assailed</c><00:36:08.900><c> like</c><00:36:09.099><c> it's</c><00:36:09.360><c> never</c><00:36:09.579><c> been</c><00:36:09.780><c> before,</c>

00:36:11.079 --> 00:36:13.980
we've<00:36:11.519><c> talked</c><00:36:11.739><c> for</c><00:36:11.900><c> many,</c><00:36:12.119><c> many</c><00:36:12.219><c> years</c><00:36:12.500><c> about</c><00:36:12.780><c> this.</c>

00:36:14.800 --> 00:36:19.619
I'm<00:36:15.059><c> not</c><00:36:15.340><c> a</c><00:36:15.880><c> very</c><00:36:16.239><c> old</c><00:36:16.559><c> or</c><00:36:16.900><c> elder</c><00:36:17.199><c> brother,</c><00:36:18.000><c> but</c><00:36:18.900><c> in</c><00:36:19.380><c> my</c>

00:36:19.619 --> 00:36:21.159
limited<00:36:19.960><c> experience,</c>

00:36:21.539 --> 00:36:25.820
I'm<00:36:21.860><c> sorry</c><00:36:22.139><c> to</c><00:36:22.400><c> say</c><00:36:22.739><c> that</c><00:36:23.539><c> I've</c><00:36:24.460><c> come</c><00:36:24.639><c> in</c><00:36:24.860><c> contact</c><00:36:25.280><c> with</c><00:36:25.519><c> some</c>

00:36:25.820 --> 00:36:28.519
tragic<00:36:26.239><c> marital</c><00:36:26.579><c> breakups</c><00:36:27.199><c> within</c><00:36:27.639><c> the</c><00:36:27.900><c> ecclesia</c>

00:36:28.519 --> 00:36:32.900
and<00:36:29.179><c> very</c><00:36:29.880><c> much</c><00:36:30.139><c> a</c><00:36:30.320><c> function</c><00:36:30.659><c> of</c><00:36:31.099><c> the</c><00:36:31.440><c> love</c><00:36:31.599><c> of</c><00:36:31.780><c> many</c><00:36:32.000><c> waxing</c><00:36:32.579><c> colds</c>

00:36:32.900 --> 00:36:38.900
where<00:36:33.900><c> commitment</c><00:36:35.519><c> and</c><00:36:36.579><c> dutifulness</c><00:36:37.300><c> and</c><00:36:37.559><c> obligation</c><00:36:38.260><c> is</c>

00:36:38.900 --> 00:36:39.599
just<00:36:39.239><c> passe.</c>

00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:44.860
They<00:36:40.199><c> just</c><00:36:40.480><c> don't</c><00:36:40.880><c> factor</c><00:36:41.219><c> in</c><00:36:41.519><c> anymore</c><00:36:41.940><c> in</c><00:36:42.539><c> the</c><00:36:42.739><c> lives</c><00:36:43.179><c> of</c><00:36:44.199><c> those</c><00:36:44.579><c> who</c>

00:36:44.860 --> 00:36:47.880
would<00:36:45.500><c> desert</c><00:36:45.860><c> spouses</c><00:36:46.340><c> and</c><00:36:46.639><c> desert</c><00:36:46.880><c> family.</c>

00:36:47.900 --> 00:36:50.219
It's<00:36:48.460><c> a</c><00:36:48.860><c> tragedy</c><00:36:49.159><c> of</c><00:36:49.400><c> untold</c><00:36:49.659><c> magnitude.</c>

00:36:50.719 --> 00:36:53.019
And<00:36:50.920><c> suffice</c><00:36:51.219><c> it</c><00:36:51.320><c> to</c><00:36:51.519><c> say</c><00:36:51.719><c> that</c><00:36:51.920><c> if</c><00:36:52.159><c> such</c><00:36:52.320><c> a</c><00:36:52.500><c> thing</c><00:36:52.619><c> happens,</c>

00:36:53.179 --> 00:36:54.539
if<00:36:53.340><c> marriages</c><00:36:53.659><c> do</c><00:36:53.920><c> disintegrate,</c>

00:36:54.900 --> 00:36:58.400
they<00:36:55.440><c> ripple</c><00:36:55.920><c> through</c><00:36:56.219><c> life</c><00:36:56.619><c> for</c><00:36:57.400><c> the</c><00:36:57.539><c> rest</c><00:36:57.699><c> of</c><00:36:57.860><c> our</c><00:36:58.039><c> lives.</c>

00:36:58.400 --> 00:37:02.460
Those<00:36:59.300><c> involved</c><00:37:00.059><c> parties</c><00:37:00.519><c> are</c><00:37:01.300><c> never</c><00:37:01.579><c> going</c><00:37:01.840><c> to</c><00:37:02.019><c> escape</c><00:37:02.260><c> the</c>

00:37:02.460 --> 00:37:06.639
ramifications<00:37:03.159><c> of</c><00:37:04.059><c> that</c><00:37:04.739><c> particular</c><00:37:05.199><c> kind</c><00:37:05.539><c> of</c><00:37:05.780><c> tragedy.</c>

00:37:06.940 --> 00:37:15.539
And<00:37:06.940><c> we</c><00:37:10.460><c> must</c><00:37:10.780><c> bring</c><00:37:11.079><c> to</c><00:37:11.300><c> bear</c><00:37:11.760><c> upon</c><00:37:12.420><c> our</c><00:37:12.760><c> individual</c><00:37:13.219><c> situations</c><00:37:14.059><c> these</c><00:37:15.039><c> principles</c>

00:37:15.539 --> 00:37:18.780
because<00:37:16.019><c> they</c><00:37:16.280><c> are</c><00:37:16.480><c> the</c><00:37:16.659><c> only</c><00:37:17.099><c> recipe</c><00:37:17.500><c> for</c><00:37:17.800><c> success.</c>

00:37:19.019 --> 00:37:23.860
They<00:37:19.280><c> are</c><00:37:19.380><c> the</c><00:37:19.619><c> only</c><00:37:20.139><c> thing</c><00:37:20.800><c> that</c><00:37:21.300><c> is</c><00:37:21.840><c> available</c><00:37:22.260><c> in</c><00:37:22.440><c> this</c><00:37:22.639><c> world</c><00:37:22.840><c> today</c><00:37:23.280><c> that</c><00:37:23.699><c> is</c>

00:37:23.860 --> 00:37:26.239
going<00:37:24.039><c> to</c><00:37:24.139><c> keep</c><00:37:24.559><c> marriage</c><00:37:25.079><c> sound</c><00:37:25.559><c> and</c><00:37:25.820><c> healthy.</c>

00:37:26.239 --> 00:37:29.280
And<00:37:26.980><c> you</c><00:37:27.519><c> might</c><00:37:27.760><c> listen</c><00:37:28.119><c> to</c><00:37:28.239><c> what</c><00:37:28.360><c> other</c><00:37:28.539><c> people</c><00:37:28.800><c> have</c><00:37:29.000><c> to</c><00:37:29.119><c> say</c>

00:37:29.280 --> 00:37:30.659
about<00:37:29.559><c> marriage,</c>

00:37:30.679 --> 00:37:35.820
worldly<00:37:30.880><c> counselors</c><00:37:31.579><c> and</c><00:37:32.880><c> therapists</c><00:37:33.719><c> and</c><00:37:34.559><c> any</c><00:37:34.960><c> number</c><00:37:35.340><c> of</c>

00:37:35.820 --> 00:37:37.280
individuals<00:37:36.260><c> who</c><00:37:36.519><c> involve</c><00:37:36.780><c> themselves.</c>

00:37:37.739 --> 00:37:45.019
And<00:37:37.980><c> if</c><00:37:38.159><c> you</c><00:37:38.300><c> listen</c><00:37:38.559><c> to</c><00:37:38.739><c> them</c><00:37:39.099><c> and</c><00:37:40.159><c> you</c><00:37:40.699><c> listen</c><00:37:40.900><c> to</c><00:37:41.059><c> an</c><00:37:41.239><c> experienced</c><00:37:41.780><c> one</c><00:37:42.340><c> who</c><00:37:42.820><c> has</c><00:37:43.099><c> seen</c><00:37:43.519><c> what</c><00:37:44.000><c> causes</c><00:37:44.420><c> marriages</c><00:37:44.780><c> to</c>

00:37:45.019 --> 00:37:45.420
fall<00:37:45.179><c> apart,</c>

00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:52.239
it's<00:37:45.639><c> amazing</c><00:37:46.340><c> how</c><00:37:47.239><c> often</c><00:37:47.760><c> they</c><00:37:48.280><c> essentially</c><00:37:48.719><c> repeat</c><00:37:49.380><c> scriptural</c><00:37:50.019><c> principles</c><00:37:50.679><c> based</c>

00:37:52.239 --> 00:37:53.619
upon<00:37:52.539><c> practical</c><00:37:52.940><c> experience.</c>

00:37:53.619 --> 00:37:57.460
Now<00:37:54.320><c> the</c><00:37:54.539><c> real</c><00:37:54.960><c> willy</c><00:37:55.239><c>-nilly</c><00:37:55.420><c> ones</c><00:37:55.760><c> might</c><00:37:56.260><c> say</c><00:37:56.500><c> anything</c><00:37:56.860><c> and</c><00:37:57.099><c> everything,</c>

00:37:57.820 --> 00:38:02.039
and<00:37:57.900><c> you've</c><00:37:58.300><c> got</c><00:37:58.400><c> to</c><00:37:59.219><c> appreciate</c><00:38:00.039><c> where</c><00:38:00.199><c> they're</c><00:38:00.360><c> coming</c><00:38:00.619><c> from</c><00:38:01.480><c> if</c>

00:38:02.039 --> 00:38:03.099
this<00:38:02.239><c> is</c><00:38:02.360><c> what</c><00:38:02.440><c> comes</c><00:38:02.739><c> off.</c>

00:38:03.599 --> 00:38:06.920
But<00:38:03.820><c> the</c><00:38:04.099><c> serious</c><00:38:04.380><c>-minded</c><00:38:04.679><c> individuals</c><00:38:05.360><c> are</c><00:38:06.079><c> not</c><00:38:06.360><c> associated</c>

00:38:06.920 --> 00:38:08.739
with<00:38:07.599><c> scripture</c><00:38:08.159><c> as</c><00:38:08.440><c> such.</c>

00:38:09.119 --> 00:38:13.960
But<00:38:09.280><c> the</c><00:38:09.559><c> serious</c><00:38:09.820><c>-minded</c><00:38:10.099><c> ones</c><00:38:10.360><c> can't</c><00:38:10.780><c> help</c><00:38:11.159><c> but</c><00:38:11.679><c> recapitulate</c><00:38:13.000><c> scriptural</c>

00:38:13.960 --> 00:38:16.239
principles<00:38:14.420><c> because</c><00:38:14.760><c> that's</c><00:38:15.159><c> the</c><00:38:15.320><c> only</c><00:38:15.579><c> thing</c><00:38:15.780><c> that</c><00:38:15.980><c> holds</c>

00:38:16.239 --> 00:38:17.500
it<00:38:16.500><c> together.</c>

00:38:18.780 --> 00:38:22.500
It's<00:38:19.539><c> the</c><00:38:19.639><c> only</c><00:38:20.000><c> recipe</c><00:38:20.480><c> for</c><00:38:20.760><c> success</c><00:38:21.340><c> that</c><00:38:21.880><c> is</c><00:38:22.059><c> going</c><00:38:22.260><c> to</c>

00:38:22.500 --> 00:38:23.480
make<00:38:22.679><c> marriage</c><00:38:23.059><c> sound,</c>

00:38:23.699 --> 00:38:30.199
and<00:38:23.699><c> it's</c><00:38:23.920><c> one</c><00:38:24.260><c> which</c><00:38:25.000><c> we</c><00:38:25.539><c> must</c><00:38:26.059><c> apply</c><00:38:27.219><c> first</c><00:38:28.199><c> in</c><00:38:28.900><c> our</c><00:38:29.099><c> own</c><00:38:29.260><c> situations</c><00:38:29.880><c> and</c>

00:38:30.199 --> 00:38:31.679
then<00:38:30.400><c> hopefully</c><00:38:30.780><c> through</c><00:38:31.059><c> example</c>

00:38:31.679 --> 00:38:37.280
and<00:38:32.280><c> through</c><00:38:32.519><c> encouragement</c><00:38:33.059><c> in</c><00:38:34.219><c> the</c><00:38:34.480><c> marriages</c><00:38:34.880><c> and</c><00:38:35.199><c> relationships</c><00:38:35.639><c> of</c><00:38:35.780><c> those</c><00:38:35.980><c> around</c><00:38:36.320><c> us.</c>

00:38:38.099 --> 00:38:43.539
Now<00:38:38.480><c> one</c><00:38:39.119><c> aspect</c><00:38:39.719><c> of</c><00:38:40.079><c> Abraham's</c><00:38:40.619><c> life</c><00:38:41.000><c> which</c><00:38:42.139><c> we</c><00:38:43.260><c> shouldn't</c>

00:38:43.539 --> 00:38:44.420
leave<00:38:43.820><c> untouched</c>

00:38:44.420 --> 00:38:50.679
are<00:38:44.860><c> those</c><00:38:45.260><c> situations</c><00:38:46.079><c> where</c><00:38:46.739><c> Abraham</c><00:38:47.380><c> seems</c><00:38:48.239><c> to</c><00:38:48.519><c> fall</c><00:38:48.699><c> short</c><00:38:49.199><c> of</c>

00:38:50.679 --> 00:38:53.400
the<00:38:51.079><c> degree</c><00:38:51.340><c> of</c><00:38:51.599><c> faithfulness</c><00:38:52.119><c> that</c><00:38:52.260><c> we</c><00:38:52.480><c> ascribe</c><00:38:52.800><c> to</c><00:38:53.019><c> him.</c>

00:38:53.679 --> 00:38:56.179
And<00:38:53.820><c> of</c><00:38:53.940><c> course</c><00:38:54.119><c> the</c><00:38:54.320><c> two</c><00:38:54.659><c> situations</c><00:38:55.400><c> we</c><00:38:55.579><c> have</c><00:38:55.760><c> in</c><00:38:55.840><c> mind</c><00:38:56.019><c> of</c>

00:38:56.179 --> 00:38:59.500
course<00:38:56.800><c> is</c><00:38:57.260><c> when</c><00:38:57.519><c> he</c><00:38:58.039><c> calls</c><00:38:58.320><c> Sarah</c><00:38:58.679><c> his</c><00:38:58.940><c> sister</c>

00:38:59.500 --> 00:39:03.420
in<00:39:00.119><c> order</c><00:39:00.340><c> to</c><00:39:00.599><c> avoid</c><00:39:00.840><c> problems</c><00:39:01.360><c> with</c><00:39:01.739><c> the</c><00:39:02.079><c> local</c><00:39:02.380><c> inhabitants.</c>

00:39:04.599 --> 00:39:09.619
Now<00:39:05.320><c> sometimes</c><00:39:06.039><c> we</c><00:39:06.360><c> excuse</c><00:39:06.719><c> Abraham</c><00:39:07.079><c> on</c><00:39:07.280><c> the</c><00:39:07.440><c> basis</c><00:39:07.900><c> that</c><00:39:09.000><c> his</c>

00:39:09.619 --> 00:39:10.940
reaction<00:39:09.980><c> was</c><00:39:10.179><c> spontaneous,</c>

00:39:10.940 --> 00:39:14.300
he<00:39:11.519><c> was</c><00:39:11.679><c> pressured,</c><00:39:12.380><c> he</c><00:39:12.500><c> cracked,</c><00:39:13.360><c> and</c><00:39:13.480><c> this</c><00:39:13.679><c> is</c><00:39:13.840><c> the</c><00:39:13.940><c> example</c>

00:39:14.300 --> 00:39:17.699
of<00:39:14.440><c> what</c><00:39:14.619><c> happens</c><00:39:15.000><c> when</c><00:39:15.300><c> someone</c><00:39:15.860><c> gets</c><00:39:16.880><c> themselves</c><00:39:17.320><c> into</c><00:39:17.500><c> an</c>

00:39:17.699 --> 00:39:18.269
awkward<00:39:17.920><c> situation</c>

00:39:18.519 --> 00:39:22.219
and<00:39:18.619><c> they</c><00:39:18.739><c> don't</c><00:39:18.940><c> see</c><00:39:19.340><c> a</c><00:39:19.920><c> ready</c><00:39:20.099><c> way</c><00:39:20.320><c> out</c><00:39:20.679><c> and</c><00:39:21.000><c> they</c><00:39:21.139><c> do</c><00:39:21.300><c> something</c><00:39:21.719><c> silly</c>

00:39:22.219 --> 00:39:24.860
and<00:39:22.480><c> foolish</c><00:39:22.840><c> and</c><00:39:23.400><c> essentially</c><00:39:23.719><c> wrong.</c>

00:39:25.159 --> 00:39:30.900
Now<00:39:25.539><c> unfortunately</c><00:39:26.599><c> this</c><00:39:26.920><c> wasn't</c><00:39:27.699><c> quite</c><00:39:28.119><c> the</c><00:39:28.400><c> case</c><00:39:29.079><c> with</c><00:39:29.840><c> Abraham.</c>

00:39:31.079 --> 00:39:34.280
In<00:39:31.619><c> chapter</c><00:39:32.019><c> 20</c><00:39:32.340><c> verse</c><00:39:32.559><c> 13,</c>

00:39:39.480 --> 00:39:43.440
and<00:39:39.619><c> it</c><00:39:39.800><c> came</c><00:39:39.980><c> to</c><00:39:40.199><c> pass,</c><00:39:40.440><c> this</c><00:39:40.659><c> is</c><00:39:40.840><c> after</c><00:39:41.139><c> the</c><00:39:41.300><c> Abimelek</c><00:39:41.619><c> situation</c><00:39:42.380><c> has</c>

00:39:43.440 --> 00:39:47.719
begun<00:39:44.039><c> to</c><00:39:44.300><c> unfold</c><00:39:44.820><c> and</c><00:39:45.539><c> God</c><00:39:45.800><c> has</c><00:39:46.340><c> admonished</c><00:39:46.719><c> Abimelek,</c>

00:39:48.159 --> 00:39:51.000
and<00:39:48.380><c> it</c><00:39:48.500><c> came</c><00:39:48.699><c> to</c><00:39:48.920><c> pass</c><00:39:49.099><c> when</c><00:39:49.280><c> God</c><00:39:49.619><c> caused</c><00:39:49.980><c> me</c><00:39:50.219><c> to</c><00:39:50.480><c> wander</c><00:39:50.760><c> from</c>

00:39:51.000 --> 00:39:52.239
my<00:39:51.260><c> father's</c><00:39:51.679><c> house,</c>

00:39:52.239 --> 00:39:56.679
that<00:39:52.900><c> I</c><00:39:53.159><c> said</c><00:39:53.360><c> unto</c><00:39:53.619><c> her,</c><00:39:54.920><c> this</c><00:39:55.099><c> is</c><00:39:55.500><c> thy</c><00:39:55.739><c> kindness</c><00:39:56.199><c> which</c><00:39:56.460><c> thou</c>

00:39:56.679 --> 00:39:57.940
shalt<00:39:56.960><c> show</c><00:39:57.199><c> unto</c><00:39:57.440><c> me,</c>

00:39:58.219 --> 00:40:02.659
at<00:39:58.519><c> every</c><00:39:59.119><c> place</c><00:39:59.739><c> whither</c><00:40:00.079><c> we</c><00:40:00.340><c> shall</c><00:40:00.519><c> come,</c><00:40:01.380><c> say</c><00:40:01.559><c> of</c><00:40:01.780><c> me,</c><00:40:02.440><c> he</c>

00:40:02.659 --> 00:40:04.320
is<00:40:02.900><c> my</c><00:40:03.179><c> brother.</c>

00:40:04.940 --> 00:40:11.300
Now<00:40:05.539><c> we</c><00:40:06.139><c> know</c><00:40:06.539><c> from</c><00:40:06.980><c> verse</c><00:40:07.280><c> 12</c><00:40:07.679><c> that</c><00:40:07.880><c> Sarah</c><00:40:08.119><c> was</c><00:40:08.400><c> in</c><00:40:08.539><c> actual</c><00:40:08.840><c> fact</c><00:40:09.099><c> the</c><00:40:09.380><c> half</c><00:40:09.780><c> sister</c><00:40:10.420><c> of</c><00:40:10.840><c> Abraham,</c>

00:40:11.760 --> 00:40:17.519
but<00:40:11.960><c> we</c><00:40:12.119><c> know</c><00:40:12.480><c> that</c><00:40:13.139><c> Abraham</c><00:40:13.780><c> his</c><00:40:14.619><c> intention</c><00:40:15.019><c> was</c><00:40:15.260><c> not</c><00:40:15.460><c> to</c><00:40:15.679><c> share</c><00:40:15.760><c> with</c><00:40:16.000><c> everyone</c><00:40:16.340><c> this</c><00:40:16.699><c> interesting</c><00:40:17.079><c> twist</c><00:40:17.360><c> in</c>

00:40:17.519 --> 00:40:18.280
the<00:40:17.719><c> relationship.</c>

00:40:18.280 --> 00:40:22.519
Essentially<00:40:19.440><c> he</c><00:40:19.559><c> was</c><00:40:19.739><c> trying</c><00:40:20.019><c> to</c><00:40:20.199><c> veil</c><00:40:20.360><c> the</c><00:40:20.659><c> truth</c><00:40:21.139><c> with</c><00:40:22.159><c> a</c>

00:40:22.519 --> 00:40:23.599
half<00:40:22.760><c> truth,</c>

00:40:24.940 --> 00:40:29.059
and<00:40:24.940><c> this</c><00:40:25.519><c> was</c><00:40:25.800><c> not</c><00:40:26.260><c> just</c><00:40:26.739><c> a</c><00:40:27.000><c> spontaneous</c><00:40:27.639><c> reaction</c><00:40:28.079><c> on</c><00:40:28.300><c> Abraham's</c><00:40:28.860><c> part,</c>

00:40:29.400 --> 00:40:34.460
this<00:40:29.579><c> was</c><00:40:29.800><c> a</c><00:40:29.960><c> policy</c><00:40:30.820><c> Abraham</c><00:40:31.579><c> put</c><00:40:31.840><c> into</c><00:40:32.119><c> place</c><00:40:32.360><c> from</c><00:40:32.579><c> the</c><00:40:32.800><c> beginning</c><00:40:33.260><c> because</c><00:40:34.159><c> of</c>

00:40:34.460 --> 00:40:37.099
certain<00:40:34.739><c> fears</c><00:40:35.139><c> and</c><00:40:35.380><c> reservations</c><00:40:35.860><c> he</c><00:40:36.219><c> had.</c>

00:40:37.320 --> 00:40:42.840
And<00:40:37.460><c> I</c><00:40:37.599><c> think</c><00:40:37.800><c> what</c><00:40:38.039><c> we</c><00:40:38.480><c> have</c><00:40:38.880><c> here</c><00:40:39.320><c> is</c><00:40:39.820><c> not</c><00:40:40.079><c> the</c><00:40:40.320><c> disintegration</c><00:40:41.199><c> of</c><00:40:41.820><c> a</c><00:40:41.960><c> godly</c><00:40:42.280><c> individual,</c>

00:40:42.840 --> 00:40:47.719
not<00:40:43.679><c> the</c><00:40:43.940><c> complete</c><00:40:44.340><c> and</c><00:40:44.539><c> wholesale</c><00:40:45.360><c> condemnation</c><00:40:46.940><c> of</c><00:40:47.320><c> a</c><00:40:47.519><c> man</c>

00:40:47.719 --> 00:40:49.340
who<00:40:47.840><c> we</c><00:40:48.019><c> know</c><00:40:48.179><c> to</c><00:40:48.320><c> be</c><00:40:48.460><c> called</c><00:40:48.599><c> the</c><00:40:48.719><c> friend</c><00:40:48.880><c> of</c><00:40:49.099><c> God.</c>

00:40:49.840 --> 00:40:53.239
Here<00:40:50.079><c> is</c><00:40:50.320><c> the</c><00:40:50.480><c> humanity</c><00:40:51.039><c> of</c><00:40:51.340><c> Abraham</c><00:40:51.800><c> coming</c><00:40:52.179><c> through.</c>

00:40:53.280 --> 00:40:58.860
Abraham<00:40:53.860><c> was</c><00:40:54.300><c> not</c><00:40:54.840><c> this</c><00:40:55.739><c> spiritual</c><00:40:56.280><c> robot</c><00:40:57.000><c> who</c><00:40:57.920><c> sailed</c><00:40:58.300><c> through</c><00:40:58.559><c> life</c>

00:40:58.860 --> 00:41:02.579
impervious<00:40:59.960><c> to</c><00:41:00.860><c> the</c><00:41:01.179><c> pressures</c><00:41:01.539><c> that</c><00:41:01.739><c> were</c><00:41:01.880><c> going</c><00:41:01.980><c> to</c><00:41:02.079><c> be</c><00:41:02.260><c> brought</c><00:41:02.400><c> to</c>

00:41:02.579 --> 00:41:03.380
bear<00:41:02.739><c> upon</c><00:41:03.039><c> him.</c>

00:41:03.800 --> 00:41:06.760
Abraham<00:41:04.380><c> was</c><00:41:04.780><c> faithful,</c><00:41:05.260><c> he</c><00:41:05.340><c> was</c><00:41:05.579><c> obedient,</c><00:41:06.119><c> he</c><00:41:06.179><c> was</c><00:41:06.380><c> humble,</c>

00:41:07.219 --> 00:41:10.380
he<00:41:07.320><c> was</c><00:41:07.960><c> understanding,</c><00:41:09.199><c> he</c><00:41:09.760><c> was</c><00:41:10.000><c> kind,</c>

00:41:10.380 --> 00:41:14.079
but<00:41:10.840><c> Abraham</c><00:41:11.360><c> also</c><00:41:12.000><c> had</c><00:41:12.460><c> fears</c><00:41:12.880><c> and</c><00:41:13.179><c> concerns</c><00:41:13.519><c> and</c><00:41:13.780><c> worries</c>

00:41:14.079 --> 00:41:16.500
and<00:41:14.480><c> anxieties</c><00:41:15.139><c> like</c><00:41:15.639><c> the</c><00:41:15.840><c> rest</c><00:41:16.059><c> of</c><00:41:16.219><c> us.</c>

00:41:16.820 --> 00:41:19.699
And<00:41:16.960><c> one</c><00:41:17.059><c> of</c><00:41:17.219><c> Abraham's</c><00:41:17.679><c> anxieties</c><00:41:18.360><c> was</c><00:41:18.619><c> that</c><00:41:18.800><c> when</c><00:41:18.920><c> he</c><00:41:19.099><c> got</c><00:41:19.239><c> into</c><00:41:19.480><c> a</c>

00:41:19.699 --> 00:41:21.599
situation<00:41:20.219><c> which</c><00:41:20.460><c> was</c><00:41:20.699><c> quite</c><00:41:20.920><c> unknown</c><00:41:21.199><c> to</c><00:41:21.320><c> him,</c>

00:41:21.900 --> 00:41:26.380
you<00:41:22.119><c> see</c><00:41:22.480><c> in</c><00:41:22.940><c> Ur</c><00:41:23.159><c> and</c><00:41:23.579><c> Heron</c><00:41:24.199><c> the</c><00:41:24.719><c> peoples</c><00:41:24.980><c> were</c><00:41:25.280><c> Semitic,</c>

00:41:26.460 --> 00:41:30.159
but<00:41:26.679><c> when</c><00:41:27.440><c> Abraham</c><00:41:27.820><c> moved</c><00:41:28.159><c> into</c><00:41:28.800><c> Canaan</c><00:41:29.219><c> he</c><00:41:29.360><c> was</c><00:41:29.579><c> moving</c><00:41:29.860><c> into</c>

00:41:30.159 --> 00:41:32.000
entirely<00:41:30.619><c> different</c><00:41:30.920><c> culture</c><00:41:31.340><c> from</c><00:41:31.559><c> his</c><00:41:31.760><c> own.</c>

00:41:32.280 --> 00:41:34.940
They<00:41:32.420><c> were</c><00:41:32.639><c> Semitic</c><00:41:33.059><c> peoples,</c><00:41:33.940><c> much</c><00:41:34.119><c> more</c><00:41:34.380><c> closely</c><00:41:34.639><c> related</c>

00:41:34.940 --> 00:41:39.440
to<00:41:35.139><c> the</c><00:41:35.340><c> Egyptians</c><00:41:35.800><c> than</c><00:41:36.820><c> they</c><00:41:37.039><c> were</c><00:41:37.360><c> to</c><00:41:37.619><c> the</c><00:41:37.739><c> Mesopotamian</c><00:41:38.659><c> population.</c>

00:41:39.440 --> 00:41:42.860
So<00:41:40.539><c> that</c><00:41:40.940><c> Abraham,</c><00:41:41.800><c> you</c><00:41:42.039><c> know,</c><00:41:42.119><c> the</c><00:41:42.199><c> people</c><00:41:42.500><c> might</c><00:41:42.719><c> have</c>

00:41:42.860 --> 00:41:43.760
appeared<00:41:43.159><c> differently.</c>

00:41:44.159 --> 00:41:46.539
Sarah<00:41:44.380><c> might</c><00:41:44.679><c> have</c><00:41:45.059><c> looked</c><00:41:45.239><c> quite</c><00:41:45.519><c> exotic</c><00:41:45.980><c> to</c><00:41:46.239><c> them.</c>

00:41:46.820 --> 00:41:48.619
It<00:41:46.940><c> might</c><00:41:47.139><c> not</c><00:41:47.260><c> have</c><00:41:47.400><c> just</c><00:41:47.559><c> been</c><00:41:47.719><c> her</c><00:41:47.880><c> good</c><00:41:48.059><c> looks,</c><00:41:48.340><c> it</c><00:41:48.420><c> might</c>

00:41:48.619 --> 00:41:50.699
have<00:41:48.760><c> been</c><00:41:48.900><c> the</c><00:41:49.039><c> fact</c><00:41:49.159><c> that</c><00:41:49.380><c> she</c><00:41:49.539><c> looked</c><00:41:49.760><c> different</c><00:41:50.260><c> from</c>

00:41:50.699 --> 00:41:51.480
everyone<00:41:51.019><c> else.</c>

00:41:51.719 --> 00:41:55.360
So<00:41:52.260><c> that</c><00:41:52.559><c> there</c><00:41:52.820><c> was</c><00:41:53.280><c> some</c><00:41:53.800><c> real</c><00:41:54.079><c> concern</c><00:41:54.460><c> on</c><00:41:54.679><c> Abraham's</c><00:41:55.139><c> part</c>

00:41:55.360 --> 00:41:58.199
that<00:41:56.380><c> something</c><00:41:56.780><c> might</c><00:41:57.059><c> go</c><00:41:57.340><c> awry.</c>

00:41:58.699 --> 00:42:02.900
Now<00:41:59.260><c> one</c><00:41:59.820><c> mitigating</c><00:42:00.340><c> factor</c><00:42:00.679><c> in</c><00:42:00.800><c> all</c><00:42:00.980><c> of</c><00:42:01.159><c> this,</c><00:42:01.539><c> I</c><00:42:02.000><c> feel,</c><00:42:02.739><c> is</c>

00:42:02.900 --> 00:42:06.340
that<00:42:03.039><c> we</c><00:42:03.219><c> might</c><00:42:03.619><c> see</c><00:42:04.199><c> in</c><00:42:04.360><c> this</c><00:42:04.860><c> policy</c>

00:42:06.579 --> 00:42:10.360
in<00:42:07.139><c> some</c><00:42:07.599><c> way</c><00:42:07.880><c> the</c><00:42:08.059><c> humility</c><00:42:08.480><c> of</c><00:42:08.699><c> Abraham</c><00:42:08.960><c> coming</c><00:42:09.280><c> through.</c>

00:42:10.420 --> 00:42:13.679
Yes,<00:42:10.880><c> Abraham</c><00:42:11.380><c> was</c><00:42:11.880><c> the</c><00:42:12.039><c> recipient</c><00:42:12.380><c> of</c><00:42:12.559><c> the</c><00:42:12.699><c> promises,</c><00:42:13.519><c> but</c>

00:42:13.679 --> 00:42:16.179
Abraham<00:42:14.179><c> knew</c><00:42:14.440><c> that</c><00:42:14.639><c> these</c><00:42:14.840><c> things</c><00:42:14.960><c> were</c><00:42:15.119><c> not</c><00:42:15.320><c> guaranteed</c><00:42:15.719><c> to</c><00:42:15.900><c> him.</c>

00:42:16.539 --> 00:42:18.800
He<00:42:16.659><c> had</c><00:42:16.860><c> been</c><00:42:17.000><c> given</c><00:42:17.480><c> no</c><00:42:17.699><c> guarantees</c><00:42:18.159><c> by</c><00:42:18.440><c> God.</c>

00:42:19.139 --> 00:42:24.460
He<00:42:19.360><c> knew</c><00:42:19.699><c> that</c><00:42:20.500><c> his</c><00:42:20.639><c> receipt</c><00:42:21.000><c> of</c><00:42:21.340><c> the</c><00:42:21.900><c> promises</c><00:42:22.420><c> was</c><00:42:23.119><c> a</c><00:42:23.300><c> function</c><00:42:23.599><c> of</c><00:42:24.260><c> his</c>

00:42:24.460 --> 00:42:27.119
obedience,<00:42:25.119><c> his</c><00:42:25.260><c> steadfastness,</c><00:42:26.019><c> his</c><00:42:26.139><c> endurance.</c>

00:42:27.300 --> 00:42:29.699
Abraham<00:42:27.699><c> knew</c><00:42:28.000><c> full</c><00:42:28.280><c> well</c><00:42:28.480><c> that</c><00:42:28.559><c> he</c><00:42:28.659><c> was</c><00:42:28.860><c> capable</c><00:42:29.239><c> of</c><00:42:29.420><c> falling</c>

00:42:29.699 --> 00:42:32.380
away<00:42:30.260><c> every</c><00:42:30.679><c> bit</c><00:42:30.800><c> as</c><00:42:30.960><c> much</c><00:42:31.119><c> as</c><00:42:31.239><c> any</c><00:42:31.440><c> other</c><00:42:31.659><c> individual</c><00:42:32.119><c> could</c>

00:42:32.380 --> 00:42:32.980
fall<00:42:32.639><c> away.</c>

00:42:32.980 --> 00:42:35.840
And<00:42:33.420><c> by</c><00:42:33.679><c> this</c><00:42:33.880><c> time</c><00:42:34.079><c> in</c><00:42:34.239><c> the</c><00:42:34.320><c> year's</c><00:42:34.559><c> history,</c><00:42:35.260><c> a</c><00:42:35.320><c> lot</c><00:42:35.559><c> of</c><00:42:35.699><c> men</c>

00:42:35.840 --> 00:42:37.300
had<00:42:36.099><c> fallen</c><00:42:36.260><c> away.</c>

00:42:37.340 --> 00:42:41.460
I<00:42:37.500><c> mean,</c><00:42:37.500><c> that</c><00:42:37.679><c> was</c><00:42:38.019><c> a</c><00:42:38.519><c> lesson</c><00:42:38.760><c> well</c><00:42:39.139><c> entrenched</c><00:42:39.699><c> in</c><00:42:40.480><c> the</c><00:42:40.679><c> history</c><00:42:40.900><c> of</c><00:42:41.099><c> mankind.</c>

00:42:41.960 --> 00:42:46.460
Men<00:42:42.199><c> and</c><00:42:42.519><c> women</c><00:42:42.800><c> were</c><00:42:43.019><c> quite</c><00:42:43.280><c> capable</c><00:42:43.780><c> of</c><00:42:44.539><c> dissenting</c><00:42:45.239><c> from</c>

00:42:46.460 --> 00:42:48.760
the<00:42:46.840><c> hope</c><00:42:47.039><c> that</c><00:42:47.239><c> God</c><00:42:47.360><c> had</c><00:42:47.539><c> set</c><00:42:47.619><c> before</c><00:42:48.000><c> them.</c>

00:42:49.559 --> 00:42:52.380
Abraham<00:42:50.039><c> knew</c><00:42:50.519><c> he</c><00:42:50.679><c> was</c><00:42:50.880><c> no</c><00:42:51.079><c> exception</c><00:42:51.460><c> to</c><00:42:51.659><c> this.</c>

00:42:52.639 --> 00:42:57.340
What<00:42:52.960><c> guarantees</c><00:42:53.420><c> did</c><00:42:53.619><c> he</c><00:42:53.780><c> have</c><00:42:53.920><c> that</c><00:42:54.059><c> God</c><00:42:54.460><c> would</c><00:42:56.300><c> spare</c><00:42:56.559><c> him</c>

00:42:57.340 --> 00:42:58.380
any<00:42:57.619><c> and</c><00:42:57.820><c> all</c><00:42:58.039><c> harm?</c>

00:42:58.579 --> 00:43:00.559
After<00:42:58.800><c> all,</c><00:42:58.980><c> God</c><00:42:59.199><c> could</c><00:42:59.440><c> raise</c><00:42:59.639><c> up</c><00:42:59.840><c> another</c><00:43:00.079><c> Abraham.</c>

00:43:00.559 --> 00:43:06.360
Abraham<00:43:01.800><c> did</c><00:43:02.039><c> not</c><00:43:02.300><c> go</c><00:43:02.599><c> through</c><00:43:02.840><c> life</c><00:43:03.380><c> feeling</c><00:43:04.059><c> that</c><00:43:05.639><c> bodily</c>

00:43:06.360 --> 00:43:08.840
harm<00:43:06.860><c> and</c><00:43:07.800><c> tragedy</c><00:43:08.239><c> and</c><00:43:08.519><c> heartache</c>

00:43:09.159 --> 00:43:11.780
were<00:43:09.719><c> going</c><00:43:09.820><c> to</c><00:43:09.920><c> be</c><00:43:10.059><c> completely</c><00:43:10.420><c> removed</c><00:43:10.840><c> from</c><00:43:11.000><c> his</c><00:43:11.199><c> experience.</c>

00:43:12.139 --> 00:43:14.079
That<00:43:12.320><c> certainly</c><00:43:12.599><c> was</c><00:43:12.800><c> not</c><00:43:12.960><c> his</c><00:43:13.139><c> attitude.</c>

00:43:14.119 --> 00:43:22.059
And<00:43:14.260><c> so</c><00:43:14.539><c> in</c><00:43:15.019><c> some</c><00:43:15.219><c> way</c><00:43:15.380><c> we</c><00:43:15.500><c> might</c><00:43:15.760><c> see</c><00:43:16.019><c> in</c><00:43:16.159><c> this</c><00:43:16.960><c> Abraham's</c><00:43:20.099><c> rather</c><00:43:20.539><c> humble</c><00:43:21.159><c> approach</c><00:43:21.639><c> to</c>

00:43:22.059 --> 00:43:22.780
life<00:43:22.300><c> itself.</c>

00:43:23.079 --> 00:43:25.780
Even<00:43:23.340><c> though</c><00:43:23.679><c> the</c><00:43:23.900><c> reaction</c><00:43:24.300><c> it</c><00:43:24.780><c> resulted</c><00:43:25.039><c> in</c><00:43:25.300><c> was</c><00:43:25.460><c> not</c>

00:43:25.780 --> 00:43:26.900
particularly<00:43:26.280><c> appropriate,</c>

00:43:26.900 --> 00:43:31.639
it<00:43:27.639><c> might</c><00:43:27.860><c> very</c><00:43:28.199><c> well</c><00:43:28.360><c> have</c><00:43:28.599><c> sprung</c><00:43:28.800><c> from</c><00:43:28.980><c> an</c><00:43:29.219><c> attitude</c><00:43:29.460><c> of</c><00:43:29.679><c> mind</c><00:43:29.920><c> that</c><00:43:30.519><c> we</c>

00:43:31.639 --> 00:43:35.619
can<00:43:31.960><c> find</c><00:43:32.639><c> something</c><00:43:33.320><c> to</c><00:43:33.599><c> commend</c><00:43:33.940><c> itself</c><00:43:34.440><c> to</c><00:43:34.780><c> us.</c>

00:43:35.699 --> 00:43:37.260
So<00:43:35.800><c> Abraham</c><00:43:36.139><c> does</c><00:43:36.420><c> this.</c>

00:43:37.300 --> 00:43:44.219
Now,<00:43:38.960><c> the</c><00:43:39.639><c> one</c><00:43:39.860><c> thing</c><00:43:40.019><c> that</c><00:43:40.159><c> we</c><00:43:40.320><c> touched</c><00:43:40.559><c> on</c><00:43:40.920><c> in</c><00:43:41.340><c> our</c><00:43:41.539><c> first</c><00:43:41.780><c> class</c><00:43:42.179><c> was</c><00:43:42.699><c> this</c><00:43:42.940><c> whole</c><00:43:43.179><c> issue</c><00:43:43.719><c> of</c>

00:43:44.219 --> 00:43:46.320
why<00:43:44.639><c> send</c><00:43:45.000><c> Abraham</c><00:43:45.360><c> to</c><00:43:45.619><c> Canaan</c><00:43:45.800><c> at</c><00:43:46.059><c> all.</c>

00:43:46.679 --> 00:43:51.360
Why<00:43:47.000><c> put</c><00:43:47.239><c> Abraham</c><00:43:47.699><c> in</c><00:43:47.880><c> a</c><00:43:47.980><c> position</c><00:43:48.579><c> where</c><00:43:49.559><c> he</c><00:43:49.780><c> would</c><00:43:50.219><c> feel</c><00:43:50.760><c> this</c><00:43:51.019><c> kind</c><00:43:51.179><c> of</c>

00:43:51.360 --> 00:43:53.500
anxiety<00:43:51.820><c> and</c><00:43:52.440><c> feel</c><00:43:52.659><c> this</c><00:43:52.880><c> kind</c><00:43:53.059><c> of</c><00:43:53.239><c> worry?</c>

00:43:53.500 --> 00:43:57.239
Why<00:43:54.199><c> not</c><00:43:54.460><c> develop</c><00:43:54.980><c> a</c><00:43:55.239><c> household</c><00:43:55.599><c> of</c><00:43:55.900><c> faith</c><00:43:56.179><c> in</c><00:43:56.619><c> an</c><00:43:56.840><c> area</c><00:43:57.139><c> that</c>

00:43:57.239 --> 00:43:58.659
was<00:43:57.539><c> free</c><00:43:57.800><c> from</c><00:43:57.980><c> these</c><00:43:58.300><c> pressures?</c>

00:43:59.119 --> 00:44:02.780
Why<00:43:59.360><c> put</c><00:43:59.639><c> Abraham</c><00:44:00.179><c> to</c><00:44:00.460><c> the</c><00:44:00.679><c> test</c><00:44:00.860><c> in</c><00:44:01.079><c> that</c><00:44:01.320><c> particular</c><00:44:01.840><c> way?</c>

00:44:02.900 --> 00:44:06.000
And<00:44:03.059><c> furthermore,</c><00:44:03.860><c> why</c><00:44:04.119><c> did</c><00:44:04.280><c> God</c><00:44:04.460><c> move</c><00:44:04.760><c> Israel</c><00:44:05.119><c> down</c><00:44:05.340><c> into</c><00:44:05.500><c> Egypt?</c>

00:44:06.420 --> 00:44:08.519
After<00:44:06.639><c> all,</c><00:44:06.920><c> the</c><00:44:07.059><c> Egyptians</c><00:44:07.360><c> were</c><00:44:07.579><c> the</c><00:44:07.659><c> very</c><00:44:07.940><c> epitome</c><00:44:08.300><c> of</c>

00:44:08.519 --> 00:44:09.840
Gentile<00:44:08.880><c> darkness.</c>

00:44:10.360 --> 00:44:13.440
We<00:44:10.639><c> didn't</c><00:44:11.000><c> fully</c><00:44:11.500><c> address</c><00:44:12.039><c> that</c><00:44:12.260><c> issue</c><00:44:12.519><c> and</c><00:44:12.659><c> I</c><00:44:12.840><c> think</c><00:44:13.000><c> we</c><00:44:13.139><c> should</c><00:44:13.260><c> do</c>

00:44:13.440 --> 00:44:14.659
so<00:44:13.639><c> now.</c>

00:44:15.039 --> 00:44:19.739
What<00:44:15.460><c> God</c><00:44:15.840><c> has</c><00:44:16.139><c> always</c><00:44:17.099><c> required</c><00:44:17.940><c> of</c><00:44:18.900><c> those</c><00:44:19.260><c> who</c><00:44:19.420><c> would</c><00:44:19.599><c> call</c>

00:44:19.739 --> 00:44:22.219
upon<00:44:20.059><c> him</c><00:44:20.300><c> in</c><00:44:20.780><c> a</c><00:44:21.000><c> spirit</c><00:44:21.199><c> of</c><00:44:21.420><c> truth</c><00:44:21.599><c> and</c><00:44:21.820><c> sincerity</c>

00:44:22.219 --> 00:44:26.119
is<00:44:22.880><c> that</c><00:44:23.019><c> they</c><00:44:23.260><c> made</c><00:44:23.539><c> a</c><00:44:23.780><c> choice</c><00:44:24.019><c> to</c><00:44:24.400><c> willingly</c><00:44:24.880><c> do</c><00:44:25.480><c> it.</c>

00:44:26.480 --> 00:44:30.239
They<00:44:26.619><c> were</c><00:44:26.860><c> able</c><00:44:27.059><c> to</c><00:44:27.340><c> see</c><00:44:28.059><c> the</c><00:44:29.119><c> right</c><00:44:29.420><c> hand</c><00:44:29.579><c> from</c><00:44:29.820><c> the</c><00:44:29.960><c> left</c>

00:44:30.239 --> 00:44:34.400
and<00:44:30.679><c> they</c><00:44:31.000><c> made</c><00:44:31.219><c> a</c><00:44:31.519><c> conscious</c><00:44:31.880><c> decision</c><00:44:32.619><c> of</c><00:44:33.119><c> their</c><00:44:33.380><c> own</c><00:44:33.619><c> volition</c><00:44:33.980><c> to</c><00:44:34.179><c> do</c>

00:44:34.400 --> 00:44:35.780
what<00:44:34.559><c> was</c><00:44:34.880><c> right.</c>

00:44:36.380 --> 00:44:41.219
To<00:44:36.860><c> move</c><00:44:37.440><c> Abraham</c><00:44:38.159><c> and</c><00:44:38.599><c> all</c><00:44:38.840><c> the</c><00:44:39.059><c> godly</c><00:44:39.739><c> throughout</c><00:44:40.619><c> the</c><00:44:40.880><c> ages</c>

00:44:41.219 --> 00:44:42.219
into<00:44:41.539><c> environments</c>

00:44:42.219 --> 00:44:46.159
which<00:44:42.920><c> were</c><00:44:43.260><c> quite</c><00:44:43.619><c> free</c><00:44:44.059><c> from</c><00:44:44.579><c> anything</c><00:44:45.360><c> that</c><00:44:45.500><c> was</c><00:44:45.760><c> tainted</c>

00:44:46.159 --> 00:44:47.940
or<00:44:46.780><c> anything</c><00:44:47.159><c> that</c><00:44:47.400><c> reflected.</c>

00:44:47.940 --> 00:44:51.500
The<00:44:48.639><c> unwholesomeness</c><00:44:49.539><c> of</c><00:44:49.679><c> man's</c><00:44:50.039><c> behavior</c><00:44:50.480><c> has</c><00:44:51.019><c> never</c><00:44:51.300><c> been</c>

00:44:51.500 --> 00:44:52.320
God's<00:44:51.900><c> way</c>

00:44:52.320 --> 00:44:54.840
and<00:44:52.800><c> we</c><00:44:52.980><c> must</c><00:44:53.179><c> conclude</c><00:44:53.619><c> from</c><00:44:53.860><c> that</c><00:44:54.099><c> that</c><00:44:54.219><c> it</c><00:44:54.300><c> would</c><00:44:54.539><c> not</c><00:44:54.679><c> have</c>

00:44:54.840 --> 00:44:57.039
been<00:44:54.920><c> an</c><00:44:55.079><c> appropriate</c><00:44:55.559><c> thing</c><00:44:55.780><c> to</c><00:44:56.000><c> do.</c>

00:44:57.380 --> 00:45:01.780
Anyway,<00:44:57.760><c> the</c><00:44:57.820><c> simple</c><00:44:58.059><c> fact</c><00:44:58.380><c> is</c><00:44:59.179><c> man</c><00:44:59.559><c> carts</c><00:44:59.860><c> human</c><00:45:00.139><c> nature</c><00:45:00.420><c> around</c><00:45:00.679><c> wherever</c><00:45:00.980><c> he</c><00:45:01.179><c> goes.</c>

00:45:02.280 --> 00:45:04.780
God<00:45:02.440><c> had</c><00:45:02.599><c> already</c><00:45:03.199><c> demonstrated</c><00:45:03.760><c> that</c><00:45:04.019><c> in</c><00:45:04.119><c> the</c><00:45:04.239><c> Garden</c><00:45:04.420><c> of</c><00:45:04.599><c> Eden.</c>

00:45:04.980 --> 00:45:08.320
You<00:45:05.239><c> put</c><00:45:05.880><c> an</c><00:45:06.780><c> essentially</c><00:45:07.059><c> good</c><00:45:07.260><c> man</c><00:45:07.480><c> and</c><00:45:07.599><c> a</c><00:45:07.699><c> good</c><00:45:07.820><c> woman</c><00:45:08.039><c> in</c><00:45:08.199><c> a</c>

00:45:08.320 --> 00:45:11.159
pristine<00:45:08.639><c> environment</c><00:45:09.139><c> and</c><00:45:09.539><c> they</c><00:45:10.300><c> go</c><00:45:10.699><c> awry.</c>

00:45:11.639 --> 00:45:15.139
So<00:45:11.860><c> it</c><00:45:11.900><c> would</c><00:45:12.079><c> have</c><00:45:12.219><c> been</c><00:45:12.360><c> a</c><00:45:12.460><c> self</c><00:45:12.699><c>-defeating</c><00:45:13.639><c> practice</c><00:45:14.480><c> anyway.</c>

00:45:15.139 --> 00:45:19.780
But<00:45:15.860><c> all</c><00:45:16.300><c> that</c><00:45:16.539><c> aside,</c><00:45:17.880><c> it</c><00:45:17.920><c> certainly</c><00:45:18.599><c> highlights</c><00:45:19.320><c> for</c><00:45:19.619><c> us</c>

00:45:19.780 --> 00:45:22.840
the<00:45:19.980><c> fact</c><00:45:20.179><c> that</c><00:45:20.400><c> what</c><00:45:20.599><c> God</c><00:45:21.079><c> was</c><00:45:21.659><c> looking</c><00:45:22.039><c> for</c>

00:45:23.239 --> 00:45:27.219
from<00:45:23.840><c> his</c><00:45:24.440><c> followers</c><00:45:25.039><c> were</c><00:45:25.639><c> individuals</c><00:45:26.239><c> who</c><00:45:26.539><c> of</c><00:45:26.659><c> their</c><00:45:26.940><c> own</c>

00:45:27.219 --> 00:45:29.920
will<00:45:27.460><c> chose</c><00:45:28.199><c> to</c><00:45:28.880><c> follow</c><00:45:29.300><c> God.</c>

00:45:30.239 --> 00:45:34.559
They<00:45:30.519><c> saw</c><00:45:31.019><c> the</c><00:45:31.380><c> options</c><00:45:31.760><c> available</c><00:45:32.360><c> and</c><00:45:32.880><c> they</c><00:45:33.159><c> committed</c><00:45:33.400><c> themselves</c><00:45:34.039><c> to</c>

00:45:34.559 --> 00:45:35.480
a<00:45:34.639><c> way</c><00:45:34.780><c> of</c><00:45:35.059><c> godliness</c>

00:45:35.480 --> 00:45:41.019
and<00:45:36.460><c> refused</c><00:45:37.360><c> to</c><00:45:38.539><c> become</c><00:45:38.840><c> part</c><00:45:39.119><c> and</c><00:45:39.280><c> parcel</c><00:45:39.539><c> of</c><00:45:39.719><c> that</c><00:45:39.980><c> activity</c><00:45:40.280><c> that</c><00:45:40.440><c> was</c><00:45:40.619><c> going</c><00:45:40.840><c> on</c>

00:45:41.019 --> 00:45:41.480
around<00:45:41.239><c> them.</c>

00:45:41.480 --> 00:45:45.000
And<00:45:41.900><c> certainly</c><00:45:42.519><c> in</c><00:45:42.880><c> Canaan</c><00:45:43.099><c> there</c><00:45:43.320><c> was</c><00:45:43.719><c> lots</c><00:45:44.059><c> of</c><00:45:44.260><c> it.</c>

00:45:45.179 --> 00:45:47.800
When<00:45:45.400><c> Esau</c><00:45:45.679><c> came</c><00:45:46.000><c> along,</c><00:45:46.440><c> he</c><00:45:46.519><c> had</c><00:45:46.699><c> no</c><00:45:46.920><c> trouble</c><00:45:47.219><c> finding</c><00:45:47.480><c> all</c>

00:45:47.800 --> 00:45:50.440
the<00:45:48.000><c> wild</c><00:45:48.260><c> parties</c><00:45:48.599><c> to</c><00:45:49.599><c> crash.</c>

00:45:50.780 --> 00:45:55.059
Esau<00:45:51.300><c> was</c><00:45:51.719><c> there.</c><00:45:53.119><c> It</c><00:45:53.280><c> was</c><00:45:53.420><c> there</c><00:45:53.619><c> for</c><00:45:53.780><c> Abraham.</c><00:45:54.360><c> It</c><00:45:54.460><c> was</c><00:45:54.619><c> there</c><00:45:54.880><c> for</c>

00:45:55.059 --> 00:45:56.340
Isaac.<00:45:55.400><c> It</c><00:45:55.460><c> was</c><00:45:55.579><c> there</c><00:45:55.760><c> for</c><00:45:56.000><c> Jacob.</c>

00:45:56.739 --> 00:46:01.340
We<00:45:56.980><c> know</c><00:45:57.300><c> that</c><00:45:57.900><c> the</c><00:45:58.059><c> twelve</c><00:45:58.239><c> sons</c><00:45:58.460><c> of</c><00:45:58.639><c> Jacob</c><00:45:58.920><c> did</c><00:45:59.159><c> get</c><00:45:59.340><c> themselves</c><00:45:59.780><c> involved</c><00:46:00.159><c> too</c><00:46:00.400><c> heavily</c>

00:46:01.639 --> 00:46:04.079
and<00:46:02.159><c> did</c><00:46:02.460><c> manage</c><00:46:02.760><c> to</c><00:46:02.960><c> recover</c><00:46:03.219><c> themselves</c><00:46:03.639><c> in</c><00:46:03.820><c> the</c><00:46:03.940><c> end.</c>

00:46:04.420 --> 00:46:07.420
But<00:46:04.679><c> nonetheless,</c><00:46:05.440><c> the</c><00:46:05.920><c> choice</c><00:46:06.340><c> to</c><00:46:06.639><c> get</c><00:46:06.840><c> in</c><00:46:07.039><c> there</c><00:46:07.179><c> and</c><00:46:07.280><c> have</c>

00:46:07.420 --> 00:46:09.900
a<00:46:07.659><c> good</c><00:46:07.860><c> time</c><00:46:08.559><c> was</c><00:46:08.960><c> always</c><00:46:09.480><c> there</c>

00:46:09.900 --> 00:46:12.880
and<00:46:10.360><c> what</c><00:46:10.519><c> God</c><00:46:10.780><c> expected</c><00:46:11.239><c> of</c><00:46:11.440><c> these</c><00:46:11.659><c> individuals</c><00:46:12.139><c> was</c><00:46:12.440><c> to</c><00:46:12.739><c> see</c>

00:46:12.880 --> 00:46:13.900
it<00:46:13.000><c> for</c><00:46:13.179><c> what</c><00:46:13.320><c> it</c><00:46:13.559><c> was</c>

00:46:13.900 --> 00:46:17.579
and<00:46:14.559><c> make</c><00:46:14.940><c> their</c><00:46:15.280><c> choice,</c><00:46:15.920><c> make</c><00:46:16.139><c> their</c><00:46:16.639><c> stand.</c>

00:46:17.619 --> 00:46:21.800
And<00:46:17.860><c> it's</c><00:46:18.119><c> a</c><00:46:18.300><c> principle</c><00:46:18.699><c> that</c><00:46:19.159><c> rings</c><00:46:19.739><c> throughout</c><00:46:21.079><c> the</c><00:46:21.360><c> scriptures.</c>

00:46:22.179 --> 00:46:26.000
We<00:46:22.280><c> touched</c><00:46:22.559><c> on</c><00:46:22.780><c> it</c><00:46:22.900><c> in</c><00:46:23.000><c> the</c><00:46:23.159><c> Exaltation</c><00:46:23.699><c> Sunday</c><00:46:24.199><c> when</c><00:46:25.440><c> we</c><00:46:25.699><c> saw</c>

00:46:26.000 --> 00:46:28.039
in<00:46:26.659><c> Romans</c><00:46:27.000><c> chapter</c><00:46:27.400><c> 6</c>

00:46:28.039 --> 00:46:31.880
Paul's<00:46:28.559><c> repeated</c><00:46:28.960><c> emphasis</c><00:46:29.440><c> on</c><00:46:29.920><c> yielding</c><00:46:30.579><c> yourselves</c><00:46:31.199><c> from</c>

00:46:31.880 --> 00:46:32.639
the<00:46:32.219><c> heart.</c>

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Yield<00:46:33.420><c> yourselves,</c><00:46:34.139><c> willingly</c><00:46:34.460><c> move</c><00:46:34.920><c> alongside</c><00:46:35.699><c> that</c><00:46:36.320><c> which</c>

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was<00:46:36.739><c> good</c><00:46:36.980><c> and</c><00:46:37.159><c> right</c><00:46:37.300><c> and</c><00:46:37.519><c> proper.</c>

00:46:37.860 --> 00:46:42.179
You<00:46:38.500><c> make</c><00:46:38.780><c> that</c><00:46:39.079><c> choice.</c><00:46:40.280><c> It's</c><00:46:40.619><c> never</c><00:46:40.960><c> going</c><00:46:41.139><c> to</c><00:46:41.239><c> be</c><00:46:41.380><c> something</c><00:46:41.639><c> God's</c><00:46:41.940><c> going</c><00:46:42.119><c> to</c>

00:46:42.179 --> 00:46:43.199
compel<00:46:42.559><c> you</c><00:46:42.739><c> to</c><00:46:42.900><c> do.</c>

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He's<00:46:43.800><c> not</c><00:46:44.059><c> going</c><00:46:44.300><c> to</c><00:46:44.980><c> haul</c><00:46:45.179><c> you</c><00:46:45.380><c> over</c><00:46:45.579><c> by</c><00:46:45.780><c> the</c><00:46:45.920><c> earlobe</c><00:46:46.320><c> and</c>

00:46:46.599 --> 00:46:48.079
plunk<00:46:46.760><c> you</c><00:46:46.960><c> alongside</c><00:46:47.400><c> the</c><00:46:47.639><c> Lord</c><00:46:47.760><c> and</c><00:46:47.940><c> say,</c>

00:46:48.300 --> 00:46:51.039
Look,<00:46:48.659><c> stay</c><00:46:48.960><c> there.</c><00:46:49.579><c> And</c><00:46:49.739><c> as</c><00:46:49.860><c> soon</c><00:46:50.000><c> as</c><00:46:50.119><c> you</c><00:46:50.260><c> take</c><00:46:50.460><c> a</c><00:46:50.639><c> few</c><00:46:50.739><c> steps</c>

00:46:51.039 --> 00:46:53.320
to<00:46:51.360><c> the</c><00:46:51.699><c> left,</c><00:46:51.960><c> bring</c><00:46:52.219><c> you</c><00:46:52.420><c> back.</c>

00:46:53.340 --> 00:46:56.360
Mom<00:46:53.800><c> and</c><00:46:53.940><c> Pa</c><00:46:54.159><c> might</c><00:46:54.400><c> do</c><00:46:54.619><c> that</c><00:46:55.179><c> while</c><00:46:55.679><c> they</c><00:46:55.880><c> have</c><00:46:56.000><c> you</c><00:46:56.179><c> under</c>

00:46:56.360 --> 00:46:57.699
their<00:46:56.599><c> jurisdiction.</c>

00:46:57.900 --> 00:47:04.940
But<00:46:58.119><c> when</c><00:46:58.539><c> that</c><00:46:59.340><c> period</c><00:46:59.980><c> of</c><00:47:00.340><c> raising</c><00:47:00.639><c> is</c><00:47:00.980><c> over,</c><00:47:02.519><c> you're</c><00:47:03.380><c> on</c><00:47:03.579><c> your</c><00:47:03.840><c> own</c><00:47:04.099><c> and</c><00:47:04.260><c> God</c><00:47:04.480><c> wants</c><00:47:04.699><c> you</c><00:47:04.860><c> to</c>

00:47:04.940 --> 00:47:05.639
be<00:47:05.079><c> on</c><00:47:05.219><c> your</c><00:47:05.440><c> own.</c>

00:47:05.639 --> 00:47:07.940
He<00:47:06.019><c> wants</c><00:47:06.300><c> you</c><00:47:06.480><c> to</c><00:47:06.579><c> make</c><00:47:06.699><c> those</c><00:47:06.960><c> choices.</c>

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It's<00:47:08.199><c> the</c><00:47:08.320><c> very</c><00:47:08.599><c> thing</c><00:47:08.920><c> that</c><00:47:09.159><c> Joshua</c><00:47:10.179><c> exhorted</c><00:47:12.019><c> the</c><00:47:12.179><c> children</c>

00:47:12.420 --> 00:47:14.320
of<00:47:12.519><c> Israel</c><00:47:12.840><c> about</c><00:47:13.119><c> when</c><00:47:13.260><c> he</c><00:47:13.380><c> was</c><00:47:13.559><c> about</c><00:47:13.780><c> to</c><00:47:13.940><c> die.</c>

00:47:14.659 --> 00:47:25.900
If<00:47:14.820><c> we</c><00:47:14.860><c> turn</c><00:47:15.059><c> to</c><00:47:15.219><c> Joshua</c><00:47:15.519><c> 24,</c><00:47:21.360><c> verse</c><00:47:24.699><c> 14.</c>

00:47:26.280 --> 00:47:31.780
Now<00:47:26.500><c> therefore</c><00:47:27.019><c> fear</c><00:47:27.599><c> the</c><00:47:27.860><c> Lord</c><00:47:28.119><c> and</c><00:47:28.340><c> serve</c><00:47:28.679><c> him</c><00:47:29.079><c> in</c><00:47:29.579><c> sincerity</c><00:47:30.239><c> and</c><00:47:31.139><c> in</c><00:47:31.500><c> truth</c>

00:47:31.780 --> 00:47:35.119
and<00:47:32.079><c> put</c><00:47:32.420><c> away</c><00:47:32.760><c> the</c><00:47:32.980><c> gods</c><00:47:33.219><c> which</c><00:47:33.460><c> your</c><00:47:33.679><c> father</c><00:47:33.980><c> served</c><00:47:34.480><c> on</c><00:47:34.960><c> the</c>

00:47:35.119 --> 00:47:38.199
other<00:47:35.360><c> side</c><00:47:35.500><c> of</c><00:47:35.639><c> the</c><00:47:35.800><c> flood</c><00:47:36.039><c> and</c><00:47:36.239><c> in</c><00:47:36.380><c> Egypt</c><00:47:36.739><c> and</c><00:47:37.099><c> serve</c><00:47:37.400><c> ye</c><00:47:37.579><c> the</c><00:47:37.719><c> Lord.</c>

00:47:38.699 --> 00:47:43.159
And<00:47:38.940><c> if</c><00:47:39.260><c> it</c><00:47:39.539><c> seemed</c><00:47:39.800><c> evil</c><00:47:40.340><c> unto</c><00:47:40.559><c> you</c><00:47:40.739><c> to</c><00:47:40.960><c> serve</c><00:47:41.099><c> the</c><00:47:41.320><c> Lord,</c><00:47:42.440><c> choose</c><00:47:42.699><c> you</c>

00:47:43.159 --> 00:47:44.599
this<00:47:43.460><c> day</c><00:47:43.760><c> whom</c><00:47:43.980><c> ye</c><00:47:44.159><c> will</c><00:47:44.380><c> serve.</c>

00:47:44.780 --> 00:47:48.360
You<00:47:45.079><c> make</c><00:47:45.300><c> the</c><00:47:45.539><c> choice.</c><00:47:46.159><c> You're</c><00:47:46.460><c> so</c><00:47:46.760><c> bright.</c><00:47:47.000><c> You're</c><00:47:47.239><c> so</c><00:47:47.539><c> smart.</c><00:47:48.199><c> You</c>

00:47:48.360 --> 00:47:50.239
think<00:47:48.500><c> you</c><00:47:48.639><c> know</c><00:47:48.739><c> where</c><00:47:48.880><c> you're</c><00:47:48.980><c> going.</c><00:47:49.480><c> You</c><00:47:49.800><c> choose.</c>

00:47:50.500 --> 00:47:53.400
I'm<00:47:50.980><c> not</c><00:47:51.159><c> going</c><00:47:51.280><c> to</c><00:47:51.380><c> make</c><00:47:51.500><c> you</c><00:47:51.739><c> choose.</c><00:47:52.380><c> And</c><00:47:52.480><c> then</c><00:47:52.599><c> like</c><00:47:52.820><c> Manner</c><00:47:53.000><c> Moses</c>

00:47:53.400 --> 00:47:56.219
said<00:47:53.599><c> the</c><00:47:53.820><c> same</c><00:47:54.059><c> thing</c><00:47:54.239><c> in</c><00:47:54.400><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:47:54.900><c> 30.</c>

00:47:56.500 --> 00:48:01.519
In<00:47:56.980><c> fact</c><00:47:57.400><c> it's</c><00:47:58.300><c> from</c><00:47:58.460><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:47:58.960><c> 30</c><00:47:59.480><c> that</c><00:48:00.019><c> we</c><00:48:00.219><c> have</c><00:48:00.360><c> the</c><00:48:00.599><c> greatest</c><00:48:00.980><c> commandment</c><00:48:01.420><c> of</c>

00:48:01.519 --> 00:48:03.760
the<00:48:01.639><c> law</c><00:48:02.079><c> quoted</c><00:48:02.699><c> from</c><00:48:03.039><c> by</c><00:48:03.260><c> the</c><00:48:03.440><c> Lord</c>

00:48:03.760 --> 00:48:08.000
when<00:48:04.360><c> he</c><00:48:04.519><c> was</c><00:48:04.719><c> questioned</c><00:48:05.039><c> by</c><00:48:05.539><c> the</c><00:48:06.159><c> elders</c><00:48:06.400><c> of</c><00:48:06.619><c> Israel</c><00:48:07.059><c> to</c><00:48:07.559><c> serve</c><00:48:07.860><c> the</c>

00:48:08.000 --> 00:48:10.340
Lord<00:48:08.239><c> your</c><00:48:08.780><c> God</c><00:48:08.980><c> with</c><00:48:09.219><c> all</c><00:48:09.360><c> your</c><00:48:09.539><c> heart</c><00:48:09.699><c> and</c><00:48:09.840><c> with</c><00:48:09.980><c> all</c><00:48:10.099><c> your</c>

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soul<00:48:10.460><c> and</c><00:48:10.619><c> all</c><00:48:10.719><c> your</c><00:48:10.940><c> might.</c>

00:48:12.300 --> 00:48:17.119
But<00:48:12.519><c> over</c><00:48:12.800><c> and</c><00:48:12.960><c> over</c><00:48:13.159><c> again</c><00:48:13.739><c> Moses</c><00:48:14.139><c> repeats</c><00:48:14.719><c> this.</c><00:48:15.619><c> Make</c><00:48:15.840><c> your</c><00:48:16.119><c> choice.</c>

00:48:17.139 --> 00:48:20.099
Verse<00:48:17.400><c> 19</c><00:48:17.920><c> of</c><00:48:18.159><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:48:18.639><c> 30.</c><00:48:19.179><c> I</c><00:48:19.179><c> call</c><00:48:19.400><c> heaven</c><00:48:19.679><c> and</c><00:48:19.900><c> earth</c>

00:48:20.099 --> 00:48:21.679
to<00:48:20.320><c> record</c><00:48:20.559><c> this</c><00:48:20.800><c> day</c><00:48:20.980><c> against</c><00:48:21.360><c> you</c>

00:48:21.679 --> 00:48:25.480
that<00:48:22.179><c> I</c><00:48:22.320><c> have</c><00:48:22.639><c> set</c><00:48:22.780><c> before</c><00:48:23.159><c> you</c><00:48:23.539><c> life</c><00:48:23.920><c> and</c><00:48:24.260><c> death,</c><00:48:25.079><c> blessing</c>

00:48:25.480 --> 00:48:29.480
and<00:48:25.780><c> cursing.</c><00:48:26.199><c> Therefore</c><00:48:26.559><c> choose</c><00:48:27.340><c> life</c><00:48:28.039><c> that</c><00:48:28.780><c> both</c><00:48:29.179><c> thou</c><00:48:29.360><c> and</c>

00:48:29.480 --> 00:48:30.360
thy<00:48:29.679><c> seed</c><00:48:29.840><c> may</c><00:48:30.079><c> live</c>

00:48:30.360 --> 00:48:33.059
that<00:48:30.840><c> thou</c><00:48:31.159><c> mayest</c><00:48:31.519><c> love</c><00:48:31.679><c> the</c><00:48:31.800><c> Lord</c><00:48:32.000><c> thy</c><00:48:32.219><c> God</c><00:48:32.559><c> and</c><00:48:32.760><c> that</c><00:48:32.880><c> thou</c>

00:48:33.059 --> 00:48:36.519
mayest<00:48:33.400><c> obey</c><00:48:33.760><c> his</c><00:48:34.019><c> voice</c><00:48:34.460><c> and</c><00:48:34.739><c> that</c><00:48:34.840><c> thou</c><00:48:34.960><c> mayest</c><00:48:35.480><c> cleave</c><00:48:35.980><c> unto</c><00:48:36.219><c> him</c>

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for<00:48:36.719><c> he</c><00:48:36.940><c> is</c><00:48:37.119><c> thy</c><00:48:37.260><c> life.</c>

00:48:38.039 --> 00:48:40.800
You<00:48:38.219><c> see</c><00:48:38.300><c> when</c><00:48:38.460><c> we</c><00:48:38.699><c> look</c><00:48:38.880><c> at</c><00:48:39.099><c> Abraham</c><00:48:39.420><c> in</c><00:48:39.639><c> that</c><00:48:39.840><c> light,</c><00:48:40.039><c> Abraham</c><00:48:40.480><c> made</c>

00:48:40.800 --> 00:48:42.039
his<00:48:41.059><c> choice.</c>

00:48:42.239 --> 00:48:44.480
Abraham<00:48:42.619><c> made</c><00:48:42.860><c> his</c><00:48:43.099><c> choice.</c><00:48:43.280><c> He</c><00:48:43.559><c> cleaved</c><00:48:43.800><c> unto</c><00:48:43.980><c> the</c><00:48:44.159><c> Lord</c><00:48:44.280><c> his</c>

00:48:44.480 --> 00:48:46.000
God<00:48:44.639><c> all</c><00:48:45.059><c> the</c><00:48:45.179><c> days</c><00:48:45.320><c> of</c><00:48:45.500><c> his</c><00:48:45.659><c> life.</c>

00:48:46.000 --> 00:48:49.579
Now<00:48:46.519><c> Abraham</c><00:48:47.119><c> had</c><00:48:47.760><c> his</c><00:48:47.980><c> weaknesses.</c><00:48:48.340><c> He</c><00:48:48.599><c> had</c><00:48:48.820><c> his</c><00:48:49.019><c> anxieties.</c>

00:48:49.940 --> 00:48:53.840
He<00:48:50.059><c> had</c><00:48:50.300><c> his</c><00:48:50.519><c> moments</c><00:48:50.920><c> when</c><00:48:51.400><c> that</c><00:48:52.099><c> which</c><00:48:52.280><c> was</c><00:48:52.559><c> around</c><00:48:52.800><c> him</c><00:48:53.280><c> seemed</c><00:48:53.559><c> to</c>

00:48:53.840 --> 00:48:54.599
bear<00:48:54.000><c> in</c><00:48:54.159><c> upon</c><00:48:54.420><c> him</c>

00:48:54.599 --> 00:48:57.460
and<00:48:54.659><c> was</c><00:48:54.840><c> about</c><00:48:55.079><c> to</c><00:48:55.280><c> snuff</c><00:48:55.440><c> him</c><00:48:55.619><c> out.</c><00:48:56.460><c> And</c><00:48:56.719><c> he</c><00:48:56.900><c> reacted</c><00:48:57.179><c> in</c><00:48:57.340><c> a</c>

00:48:57.460 --> 00:48:58.380
way<00:48:57.539><c> that</c><00:48:57.639><c> was</c><00:48:57.800><c> not</c><00:48:58.019><c> appropriate.</c>

00:48:58.440 --> 00:49:03.320
He<00:48:58.679><c> anticipated</c><00:48:59.260><c> this</c><00:48:59.579><c> happening</c><00:49:00.019><c> and</c><00:49:00.980><c> established</c><00:49:01.480><c> a</c><00:49:01.820><c> policy</c><00:49:02.300><c> which</c>

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wasn't<00:49:03.659><c> entirely</c><00:49:04.460><c> beneficial.</c>

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In<00:49:05.500><c> fact</c><00:49:05.840><c> it</c><00:49:06.019><c> had</c><00:49:06.239><c> an</c><00:49:06.460><c> untoward</c><00:49:06.780><c> effect</c><00:49:07.079><c> upon</c><00:49:07.500><c> Isaac</c><00:49:08.199><c> who</c><00:49:08.400><c> adopted</c><00:49:08.760><c> the</c>

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same<00:49:09.219><c> one.</c>

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And<00:49:10.380><c> in</c><00:49:11.400><c> fact</c><00:49:11.599><c> we</c><00:49:12.059><c> at</c><00:49:12.239><c> times</c><00:49:12.400><c> see</c><00:49:12.719><c> this</c><00:49:13.059><c> in</c><00:49:13.800><c> the</c><00:49:14.039><c> lives</c><00:49:14.420><c> of</c><00:49:15.139><c> the</c>

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godly<00:49:15.860><c> that</c><00:49:16.019><c> at</c><00:49:16.219><c> times</c><00:49:16.500><c> they</c><00:49:16.780><c> seize</c><00:49:16.960><c> upon</c><00:49:17.320><c> policies</c><00:49:17.840><c> that</c><00:49:18.380><c> were</c><00:49:18.579><c> not</c>

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particularly<00:49:19.340><c> wholesome.</c>

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Jehoshaphat<00:49:20.920><c> probably</c><00:49:21.320><c> being</c><00:49:21.800><c> one</c><00:49:22.500><c> great</c><00:49:22.920><c> example</c><00:49:23.380><c> where</c><00:49:23.619><c> he</c>

00:49:24.099 --> 00:49:27.260
constantly<00:49:24.519><c> made</c><00:49:24.760><c> alliances</c><00:49:25.219><c> with</c><00:49:25.619><c> the</c><00:49:26.440><c> family</c><00:49:26.800><c> they</c><00:49:27.079><c> have</c>

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to<00:49:27.460><c> the</c><00:49:27.599><c> north.</c>

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Jehoshaphat<00:49:29.239><c> being</c><00:49:29.800><c> perfect</c><00:49:30.199><c> all</c><00:49:30.380><c> the</c><00:49:30.460><c> days</c><00:49:30.619><c> of</c><00:49:30.760><c> his</c><00:49:30.940><c> life</c><00:49:31.199><c> but</c><00:49:31.659><c> he</c>

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pursued<00:49:32.099><c> a</c><00:49:32.320><c> policy</c><00:49:32.920><c> which</c><00:49:33.900><c> he</c><00:49:34.099><c> took</c><00:49:34.239><c> a</c><00:49:34.480><c> long</c><00:49:34.739><c> time</c><00:49:34.980><c> to</c><00:49:35.199><c> figure</c>

00:49:35.420 --> 00:49:36.619
out<00:49:35.679><c> was</c><00:49:35.840><c> not</c><00:49:36.039><c> a</c><00:49:36.159><c> good</c><00:49:36.320><c> one.</c>

00:49:36.619 --> 00:49:41.019
And<00:49:37.280><c> when</c><00:49:38.559><c> he</c><00:49:38.679><c> did</c><00:49:38.900><c> figure</c><00:49:39.139><c> it</c><00:49:39.280><c> out</c><00:49:39.380><c> the</c><00:49:39.500><c> damage</c><00:49:39.780><c> had</c><00:49:39.940><c> been</c><00:49:40.139><c> done.</c>

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But<00:49:41.780><c> Jehoshaphat</c><00:49:42.340><c> himself</c><00:49:42.880><c> we</c><00:49:43.320><c> will</c><00:49:43.519><c> see</c><00:49:43.659><c> in</c><00:49:43.800><c> the</c><00:49:43.960><c> kingdom</c><00:49:44.579><c> those</c><00:49:45.980><c> who</c><00:49:46.179><c> he</c>

00:49:46.440 --> 00:49:50.059
tried<00:49:46.699><c> to</c><00:49:47.039><c> reach</c><00:49:47.480><c> accommodation</c><00:49:48.059><c> with</c><00:49:48.360><c> we</c><00:49:48.539><c> know</c><00:49:48.739><c> we</c><00:49:48.900><c> will</c><00:49:49.159><c> not.</c>

00:49:51.239 --> 00:49:54.679
Abraham<00:49:51.760><c> adopted</c><00:49:52.280><c> a</c><00:49:52.480><c> policy.</c><00:49:53.559><c> Undoubtedly</c><00:49:54.079><c> at</c><00:49:54.300><c> the</c><00:49:54.420><c> end</c><00:49:54.559><c> of</c>

00:49:54.679 --> 00:49:58.340
his<00:49:54.880><c> days</c><00:49:55.159><c> Abraham</c><00:49:55.599><c> would</c><00:49:55.780><c> have</c><00:49:55.980><c> looked</c><00:49:56.239><c> back</c><00:49:56.539><c> at</c><00:49:56.619><c> what</c><00:49:56.780><c> he</c><00:49:56.960><c> did</c><00:49:57.199><c> and</c><00:49:57.739><c> recognized</c><00:49:58.199><c> it</c>

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was<00:49:58.659><c> wholly</c><00:49:58.920><c> unnecessary.</c>

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It<00:50:00.179><c> was</c><00:50:00.460><c> really</c><00:50:00.780><c> a</c><00:50:01.260><c> function</c><00:50:01.579><c> of</c><00:50:02.099><c> short</c><00:50:02.360><c> sightedness</c><00:50:02.820><c> and</c><00:50:02.980><c> weakness</c><00:50:03.239><c> on</c>

00:50:03.420 --> 00:50:06.059
his<00:50:03.659><c> part</c><00:50:03.880><c> and</c><00:50:04.400><c> he</c><00:50:04.480><c> would</c><00:50:04.659><c> have</c><00:50:04.860><c> regretted</c><00:50:05.320><c> what</c><00:50:05.519><c> he</c><00:50:05.780><c> did.</c>

00:50:06.059 --> 00:50:09.639
But<00:50:06.500><c> nonetheless</c><00:50:07.019><c> Abraham</c><00:50:07.679><c> and</c><00:50:08.400><c> Sarah</c><00:50:08.739><c> as</c><00:50:09.000><c> well</c><00:50:09.199><c> it</c><00:50:09.340><c> wasn't</c>

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just<00:50:09.980><c> one</c><00:50:10.159><c> and</c><00:50:10.320><c> not</c><00:50:10.480><c> the</c><00:50:10.639><c> other</c><00:50:10.860><c> they</c><00:50:11.300><c> did</c><00:50:12.039><c> it</c><00:50:12.199><c> together.</c>

00:50:13.059 --> 00:50:15.659
They<00:50:13.219><c> worked</c><00:50:13.460><c> cooperatively</c><00:50:14.179><c> in</c><00:50:14.619><c> the</c><00:50:14.760><c> good</c><00:50:14.920><c> things</c><00:50:15.119><c> that</c><00:50:15.300><c> they</c><00:50:15.460><c> did</c>

00:50:15.659 --> 00:50:18.340
and<00:50:15.840><c> they</c><00:50:16.019><c> worked</c><00:50:16.199><c> cooperatively</c><00:50:16.840><c> in</c><00:50:17.000><c> some</c><00:50:17.199><c> of</c><00:50:17.380><c> the</c><00:50:17.599><c> not</c><00:50:17.820><c> so</c>

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commendable<00:50:18.840><c> things</c><00:50:19.079><c> that</c><00:50:19.260><c> they</c><00:50:19.440><c> did.</c>

00:50:20.480 --> 00:50:22.920
They<00:50:20.679><c> were</c><00:50:20.880><c> always</c><00:50:21.119><c> together</c><00:50:21.460><c> in</c><00:50:21.619><c> whatever</c><00:50:21.820><c> they</c><00:50:22.119><c> did.</c>

00:50:23.079 --> 00:50:25.900
But<00:50:23.239><c> Abraham</c><00:50:23.780><c> most</c><00:50:24.380><c> assuredly</c><00:50:24.960><c> would</c><00:50:25.099><c> have</c><00:50:25.239><c> realized</c><00:50:25.739><c> that</c>

00:50:25.900 --> 00:50:29.079
in<00:50:26.039><c> the</c><00:50:26.219><c> end</c><00:50:26.880><c> it</c><00:50:27.519><c> was</c><00:50:27.659><c> not</c><00:50:27.840><c> an</c><00:50:27.960><c> altogether</c><00:50:28.360><c> good</c><00:50:28.579><c> policy.</c>

00:50:29.079 --> 00:50:37.159
And<00:50:29.960><c> lastly</c><00:50:30.579><c> we</c><00:50:32.260><c> sometimes</c><00:50:33.159><c> wonder</c><00:50:33.500><c> well</c><00:50:33.719><c> why</c><00:50:33.920><c> does</c><00:50:34.139><c> God</c><00:50:34.739><c> almost</c><00:50:35.380><c> reward</c><00:50:35.940><c> Abraham</c><00:50:36.500><c> for</c>

00:50:37.159 --> 00:50:38.460
what<00:50:37.320><c> he</c><00:50:37.460><c> has</c><00:50:37.639><c> done?</c>

00:50:38.519 --> 00:50:41.880
Why<00:50:38.699><c> is</c><00:50:40.019><c> he</c><00:50:40.139><c> so</c><00:50:40.440><c> mightily</c><00:50:40.800><c> enriched?</c>

00:50:41.960 --> 00:50:49.039
First<00:50:42.239><c> by</c><00:50:42.599><c> Pharaoh</c><00:50:43.000><c> and</c><00:50:43.579><c> then</c><00:50:43.780><c> by</c><00:50:43.980><c> Abimelek</c><00:50:44.840><c> when</c><00:50:45.800><c> it</c><00:50:46.500><c> was</c><00:50:46.739><c> actually</c><00:50:47.079><c> Abraham's</c><00:50:47.619><c> fault</c><00:50:47.840><c> that</c><00:50:48.880><c> the</c>

00:50:49.039 --> 00:50:53.619
Pharaoh<00:50:49.380><c> and</c><00:50:49.619><c> Abimelek</c><00:50:50.260><c> were</c><00:50:50.920><c> put</c><00:50:51.219><c> in</c><00:50:51.599><c> a</c><00:50:52.039><c> treacherous</c><00:50:52.440><c> situation.</c>

00:50:54.000 --> 00:50:57.079
I<00:50:54.500><c> think</c><00:50:54.679><c> it</c><00:50:54.920><c> really</c><00:50:55.199><c> reflects</c><00:50:55.559><c> upon</c><00:50:55.860><c> the</c><00:50:56.000><c> whole</c><00:50:56.159><c> issue</c><00:50:56.420><c> of</c><00:50:56.659><c> fellowship.</c>

00:50:57.079 --> 00:51:00.940
Who<00:50:57.659><c> had</c><00:50:58.000><c> fellowship</c><00:50:58.380><c> with</c><00:50:58.619><c> God?</c><00:50:59.260><c> It</c><00:50:59.500><c> certainly</c><00:50:59.820><c> was</c><00:51:00.019><c> not</c><00:51:00.280><c> Pharaoh.</c><00:51:00.840><c> It</c>

00:51:00.940 --> 00:51:02.719
was<00:51:01.219><c> certainly</c><00:51:01.519><c> not</c><00:51:01.719><c> Abimelek.</c>

00:51:02.800 --> 00:51:05.739
And<00:51:03.099><c> often</c><00:51:03.400><c> in</c><00:51:03.599><c> our</c><00:51:03.780><c> dealings</c><00:51:04.019><c> with</c><00:51:04.219><c> one</c><00:51:04.380><c> another</c><00:51:04.699><c> we</c><00:51:05.099><c> can</c><00:51:05.340><c> get</c>

00:51:05.739 --> 00:51:09.000
a<00:51:05.880><c> bit</c><00:51:06.079><c> carried</c><00:51:06.360><c> away</c><00:51:06.860><c> with</c><00:51:07.559><c> our</c><00:51:08.000><c> criticism</c><00:51:08.420><c> of</c><00:51:08.639><c> our</c><00:51:08.800><c> brethren</c>

00:51:09.000 --> 00:51:11.860
and<00:51:09.219><c> sisters</c><00:51:09.679><c> and</c><00:51:10.079><c> our</c><00:51:10.340><c> commendation</c><00:51:10.860><c> of</c><00:51:10.980><c> those</c><00:51:11.179><c> in</c><00:51:11.320><c> the</c><00:51:11.500><c> world.</c>

00:51:12.320 --> 00:51:16.019
I<00:51:12.579><c> think</c><00:51:12.940><c> we</c><00:51:13.619><c> have</c><00:51:13.840><c> often</c><00:51:14.059><c> been</c><00:51:14.219><c> in</c><00:51:14.340><c> a</c><00:51:14.440><c> position</c><00:51:14.760><c> where</c><00:51:14.960><c> we</c><00:51:15.119><c> were</c><00:51:15.260><c> more</c><00:51:15.539><c> impressed</c><00:51:15.760><c> by</c>

00:51:16.019 --> 00:51:19.400
the<00:51:16.159><c> behavior</c><00:51:16.699><c> of</c><00:51:17.460><c> individuals</c><00:51:17.900><c> outside</c><00:51:18.420><c> the</c><00:51:18.659><c> meeting</c><00:51:18.920><c> than</c>

00:51:19.400 --> 00:51:21.280
we<00:51:19.579><c> were</c><00:51:19.719><c> by</c><00:51:19.980><c> individuals</c><00:51:20.519><c> in</c><00:51:20.699><c> it.</c>

00:51:21.280 --> 00:51:25.440
That's<00:51:22.179><c> probably</c><00:51:22.380><c> due</c><00:51:22.559><c> to</c><00:51:22.699><c> the</c><00:51:22.800><c> fact</c><00:51:22.980><c> that</c><00:51:23.239><c> maybe</c><00:51:23.500><c> we</c><00:51:24.519><c> have</c><00:51:25.039><c> more</c><00:51:25.260><c> to</c>

00:51:25.440 --> 00:51:27.679
do<00:51:25.539><c> with</c><00:51:25.800><c> our</c><00:51:26.039><c> ecclesial</c><00:51:26.400><c> family</c><00:51:26.760><c> which</c><00:51:26.980><c> is</c><00:51:27.179><c> good</c><00:51:27.340><c> and</c><00:51:27.539><c> right</c>

00:51:27.679 --> 00:51:31.900
and<00:51:27.880><c> we</c><00:51:28.400><c> see</c><00:51:28.800><c> the</c><00:51:29.019><c> dark</c><00:51:29.380><c> side</c><00:51:29.659><c> of</c><00:51:29.820><c> one</c><00:51:29.960><c> another</c><00:51:30.500><c> a</c><00:51:31.019><c> little</c><00:51:31.159><c> more</c><00:51:31.460><c> often.</c>

00:51:32.300 --> 00:51:38.099
But<00:51:32.619><c> we</c><00:51:32.760><c> would</c><00:51:32.920><c> be</c><00:51:33.179><c> very</c><00:51:33.699><c> foolish</c><00:51:34.019><c> indeed</c><00:51:35.039><c> based</c><00:51:36.000><c> upon</c><00:51:36.280><c> our</c><00:51:36.599><c> experiences</c><00:51:37.239><c> to</c>

00:51:38.099 --> 00:51:41.179
look<00:51:38.300><c> upon</c><00:51:38.699><c> the</c><00:51:38.960><c> brotherhood</c><00:51:39.559><c> and</c><00:51:39.940><c> write</c><00:51:40.320><c> it</c><00:51:40.500><c> off</c><00:51:40.679><c> because</c>

00:51:41.179 --> 00:51:44.099
they've<00:51:41.719><c> done</c><00:51:41.880><c> this</c><00:51:42.179><c> and</c><00:51:42.400><c> that</c><00:51:42.599><c> and</c><00:51:43.300><c> they</c><00:51:43.599><c> didn't</c><00:51:43.800><c> uphold</c>

00:51:44.099 --> 00:51:45.119
this<00:51:44.340><c> principle</c><00:51:44.699><c> there.</c>

00:51:45.179 --> 00:51:48.139
She<00:51:45.360><c> didn't</c><00:51:45.960><c> follow</c><00:51:46.260><c> through</c><00:51:46.480><c> with</c><00:51:46.679><c> her</c><00:51:46.960><c> faith</c><00:51:47.199><c> on</c><00:51:47.539><c> this</c><00:51:47.699><c> occasion.</c>

00:51:48.139 --> 00:51:52.099
And<00:51:48.619><c> we</c><00:51:48.780><c> almost</c><00:51:49.019><c> get</c><00:51:49.199><c> ourselves</c><00:51:49.539><c> into</c><00:51:49.760><c> a</c><00:51:49.900><c> position</c><00:51:50.320><c> where</c><00:51:50.659><c> we'd</c><00:51:51.380><c> almost</c><00:51:51.619><c> rather</c><00:51:51.840><c> be</c>

00:51:52.099 --> 00:51:54.039
with<00:51:52.280><c> the</c><00:51:52.420><c> ungodly</c><00:51:52.860><c> than</c><00:51:53.000><c> we</c><00:51:53.179><c> would</c><00:51:53.260><c> with</c><00:51:53.460><c> the</c><00:51:53.639><c> godly.</c>

00:51:54.320 --> 00:51:56.840
That<00:51:54.539><c> would</c><00:51:54.739><c> be</c><00:51:55.039><c> utterly</c><00:51:55.340><c> inappropriate</c><00:51:55.920><c> and</c><00:51:56.360><c> it</c><00:51:56.599><c> certainly</c>

00:51:56.840 --> 00:51:59.679
was<00:51:57.039><c> not</c><00:51:57.239><c> God's</c><00:51:57.599><c> reaction</c><00:51:57.960><c> to</c><00:51:58.179><c> Abraham</c><00:51:58.500><c> and</c><00:51:58.780><c> Sarah.</c>

00:51:59.780 --> 00:52:02.440
He<00:51:59.960><c> didn't</c><00:52:00.179><c> say</c><00:52:00.380><c> to</c><00:52:00.599><c> Abraham,</c><00:52:01.059><c> Abraham</c><00:52:01.420><c> you</c><00:52:01.659><c> blew</c><00:52:01.840><c> it,</c><00:52:01.940><c> you</c><00:52:02.019><c> better</c><00:52:02.179><c> go</c>

00:52:02.440 --> 00:52:03.280
apologize<00:52:02.820><c> to</c><00:52:02.980><c> Abimelek.</c>

00:52:03.320 --> 00:52:06.139
He<00:52:03.460><c> said,</c><00:52:03.559><c> Abimelek</c><00:52:03.940><c> you're</c><00:52:04.300><c> a</c><00:52:04.440><c> dead</c><00:52:04.619><c> man</c><00:52:05.059><c> because</c><00:52:05.599><c> you've</c><00:52:05.900><c> got</c><00:52:05.980><c> a</c>

00:52:06.139 --> 00:52:08.380
godly<00:52:06.400><c> man's</c><00:52:06.679><c> wife</c><00:52:06.840><c> in</c><00:52:07.039><c> your</c><00:52:07.880><c> household.</c>

00:52:08.699 --> 00:52:11.340
Abimelek<00:52:09.039><c> says,</c><00:52:09.300><c> Lord</c><00:52:09.559><c> I</c><00:52:09.739><c> didn't</c><00:52:10.099><c> know.</c><00:52:10.860><c> God</c><00:52:11.039><c> says,</c><00:52:11.239><c> well</c><00:52:11.320><c> I</c>

00:52:11.340 --> 00:52:12.960
know<00:52:11.500><c> you</c><00:52:11.599><c> didn't</c><00:52:11.800><c> know</c><00:52:11.920><c> so</c><00:52:12.019><c> that's</c><00:52:12.159><c> why</c><00:52:12.260><c> you're</c><00:52:12.380><c> still</c><00:52:12.599><c> alive</c>

00:52:12.960 --> 00:52:14.320
but<00:52:13.199><c> you</c><00:52:13.300><c> better</c><00:52:13.480><c> fix</c><00:52:13.699><c> it</c><00:52:13.980><c> fast.</c>

00:52:14.800 --> 00:52:19.199
God's<00:52:15.280><c> allegiance</c><00:52:15.639><c> was</c><00:52:15.880><c> to</c><00:52:16.179><c> Abraham,</c><00:52:17.139><c> not</c><00:52:17.360><c> to</c><00:52:17.579><c> Abimelek.</c><00:52:18.380><c> God's</c><00:52:18.719><c> allegiance</c><00:52:19.019><c> was</c>

00:52:19.199 --> 00:52:21.019
to<00:52:19.340><c> Abraham,</c><00:52:19.800><c> not</c><00:52:19.920><c> to</c><00:52:20.280><c> Pharaoh.</c>

00:52:21.320 --> 00:52:24.420
And<00:52:21.480><c> despite</c><00:52:21.880><c> Abraham's</c><00:52:22.480><c> weakness,</c><00:52:23.239><c> God</c><00:52:23.539><c> knew</c><00:52:23.780><c> where</c><00:52:23.960><c> the</c><00:52:24.079><c> hearts</c><00:52:24.260><c> of</c>

00:52:24.420 --> 00:52:25.639
these<00:52:24.559><c> respective</c><00:52:25.000><c> men</c><00:52:25.239><c> lay.</c>

00:52:26.119 --> 00:52:29.179
Abraham's<00:52:26.500><c> heart</c><00:52:26.659><c> was</c><00:52:26.840><c> with</c><00:52:26.980><c> God,</c><00:52:27.239><c> not</c><00:52:27.380><c> Abimelek's.</c><00:52:28.460><c> Abimelek</c><00:52:28.920><c> proved</c>

00:52:29.179 --> 00:52:33.639
to<00:52:29.360><c> be</c><00:52:29.480><c> a</c><00:52:29.599><c> very</c><00:52:30.519><c> self</c><00:52:30.940><c>-centered</c><00:52:31.440><c> individual</c><00:52:32.460><c> who</c><00:52:32.739><c> cared</c><00:52:32.940><c> little</c><00:52:33.219><c> for</c>

00:52:33.639 --> 00:52:38.159
the<00:52:34.000><c> welfare</c><00:52:34.360><c> of</c><00:52:34.559><c> those</c><00:52:34.699><c> around</c><00:52:35.019><c> him</c><00:52:35.900><c> and</c><00:52:36.280><c> Pharaoh</c><00:52:36.699><c> likewise.</c>

00:52:38.179 --> 00:52:40.539
These<00:52:38.579><c> men</c><00:52:38.739><c> were</c><00:52:38.960><c> given</c><00:52:39.139><c> over</c><00:52:39.380><c> to</c><00:52:39.519><c> the</c><00:52:39.679><c> pursuit</c><00:52:39.880><c> of</c><00:52:40.039><c> the</c><00:52:40.179><c> pleasures</c><00:52:40.360><c> of</c>

00:52:40.539 --> 00:52:40.940
this<00:52:40.699><c> world.</c>

00:52:40.940 --> 00:52:45.079
Abraham<00:52:41.579><c> wasn't.</c><00:52:42.420><c> Sure</c><00:52:42.780><c> he</c><00:52:43.380><c> reflected</c><00:52:43.780><c> weakness.</c><00:52:44.179><c> Who</c><00:52:44.380><c> isn't?</c>

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But<00:52:45.519><c> where</c><00:52:45.760><c> does</c><00:52:46.000><c> the</c><00:52:46.139><c> end</c><00:52:46.340><c> of</c><00:52:46.579><c> the</c><00:52:46.599><c> story</c><00:52:47.099><c> lie?</c>

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In<00:52:48.579><c> Abraham's</c><00:52:48.980><c> case,</c><00:52:49.300><c> that</c><00:52:49.460><c> lie</c><00:52:49.599><c> with</c><00:52:49.780><c> his</c><00:52:50.039><c> God</c><00:52:50.320><c> and</c><00:52:50.480><c> with</c><00:52:50.659><c> the</c>

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hope<00:52:50.940><c> that</c><00:52:51.079><c> he</c><00:52:51.179><c> held</c><00:52:51.340><c> before</c><00:52:51.659><c> him</c><00:52:51.780><c> all</c><00:52:51.940><c> the</c><00:52:52.019><c> days</c><00:52:52.159><c> of</c><00:52:52.320><c> his</c><00:52:52.500><c> life.</c>

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That<00:52:53.539><c> certainly</c><00:52:53.760><c> wasn't</c><00:52:53.980><c> the</c><00:52:54.159><c> case</c><00:52:54.280><c> with</c><00:52:54.460><c> Abimelek</c><00:52:54.860><c> and</c><00:52:55.099><c> Pharaoh.</c>

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We<00:52:56.039><c> have</c><00:52:56.300><c> to</c><00:52:56.500><c> remember</c><00:52:56.780><c> where</c><00:52:57.019><c> our</c><00:52:57.320><c> allegiance</c><00:52:57.699><c> lies.</c>

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And<00:52:59.300><c> not</c><00:52:59.480><c> to</c><00:52:59.639><c> look</c><00:52:59.900><c> upon</c><00:53:00.179><c> the</c><00:53:00.420><c> frailties</c><00:53:00.820><c> of</c><00:53:00.980><c> our</c><00:53:01.119><c> brothers</c><00:53:01.300><c> and</c><00:53:01.539><c> sisters</c><00:53:01.820><c> with</c><00:53:02.039><c> such</c><00:53:02.219><c> a</c>

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critical<00:53:02.719><c> eye.</c>

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That<00:53:03.699><c> in</c><00:53:03.920><c> the</c><00:53:04.079><c> end</c><00:53:04.380><c> we</c><00:53:04.840><c> begin</c><00:53:05.000><c> to</c><00:53:05.260><c> praise</c><00:53:05.440><c> the</c><00:53:05.679><c> ungodly</c><00:53:06.159><c> and</c>

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condemn<00:53:06.659><c> the</c><00:53:06.900><c> righteous.</c>

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That<00:53:07.820><c> should</c><00:53:08.079><c> not</c><00:53:08.400><c> be</c><00:53:09.099><c> coming</c><00:53:09.400><c> out</c><00:53:09.599><c> of</c><00:53:09.719><c> our</c><00:53:09.920><c> mouths</c><00:53:10.280><c> at</c><00:53:10.780><c> any</c><00:53:11.019><c> point.</c>

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And<00:53:12.400><c> God's</c><00:53:12.739><c> attitude</c><00:53:13.039><c> to</c><00:53:13.300><c> Abraham</c><00:53:13.739><c> does</c><00:53:14.659><c> reflect</c><00:53:15.139><c> this</c><00:53:15.380><c> principle</c><00:53:15.820><c> and</c>

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should<00:53:16.800><c> give</c><00:53:17.000><c> us</c><00:53:17.260><c> some</c><00:53:17.500><c> pointers</c><00:53:17.800><c> as</c><00:53:18.099><c> to</c><00:53:18.219><c> how</c><00:53:18.340><c> we</c><00:53:18.539><c> interact</c>

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one<00:53:19.019><c> with</c><00:53:19.260><c> another.</c>

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Thank<00:53:21.300><c> you.</c>

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Thank<00:53:38.900><c> you.</c>