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a</c><00:09:32.960><c> land</c><00:09:33.179><c> that</c><00:09:33.360><c> is</c><00:09:33.720><c> always</c><00:09:34.039><c> going</c><00:09:34.200><c> to</c><00:09:34.320><c> be</c><00:09:34.639><c> associated</c> 00:09:35.340 --> 00:09:39.720 with<00:09:35.860><c> death,</c><00:09:37.039><c> with</c><00:09:37.279><c> that</c><00:09:37.500><c> which</c><00:09:37.799><c> is</c><00:09:38.240><c> in</c><00:09:38.519><c> opposition</c><00:09:39.120><c> to</c><00:09:39.480><c> God.</c> 00:09:39.720 --> 00:09:43.899 It's<00:09:40.019><c> the</c><00:09:40.279><c> land</c><00:09:40.700><c> of</c><00:09:41.100><c> graves.</c><00:09:41.620><c> Here</c><00:09:41.620><c> is</c><00:09:41.899><c> Abram</c><00:09:42.240><c> going</c><00:09:42.700><c> down</c><00:09:43.379><c> into</c><00:09:43.639><c> the</c> 00:09:43.899 --> 00:09:48.220 land<00:09:44.340><c> to</c><00:09:44.759><c> Sojourn</c><00:09:45.240><c> there,</c><00:09:45.840><c> for</c><00:09:46.019><c> the</c><00:09:46.419><c> famine</c><00:09:46.820><c> was</c><00:09:47.460><c> grievous</c><00:09:47.899><c> in</c> 00:09:48.220 --> 00:09:49.480 the<00:09:48.480><c> land.</c> 00:09:51.480 --> 00:09:54.240 So<00:09:52.120><c> do</c><00:09:52.759><c> you</c><00:09:52.759><c> think</c><00:09:52.860><c> that</c><00:09:52.980><c> was</c><00:09:53.120><c> the</c><00:09:53.259><c> right</c><00:09:53.440><c> decision</c><00:09:53.759><c> to</c><00:09:54.019><c> make?</c> 00:09:54.559 --> 00:09:55.980 What<00:09:54.779><c> should</c><00:09:54.899><c> he</c><00:09:55.019><c> have</c><00:09:55.139><c> done?</c> 00:09:58.139 --> 00:10:01.080 It<00:09:58.679><c> journeyed</c><00:09:59.179><c> 1200</c><00:09:59.539><c> miles</c><00:10:00.000><c> for</c><00:10:00.139><c> goodness</c><00:10:00.299><c> sake,</c><00:10:00.639><c> hadn't</c><00:10:00.860><c> it?</c> 00:10:01.399 --> 00:10:02.460 In<00:10:01.919><c> faith.</c> 00:10:02.460 --> 00:10:07.840 Each<00:10:03.080><c> day</c><00:10:03.360><c> God</c><00:10:03.539><c> had</c><00:10:03.919><c> showed</c><00:10:04.080><c> him</c><00:10:04.259><c> where</c><00:10:04.480><c> to</c><00:10:04.720><c> go,</c><00:10:05.759><c> and</c><00:10:05.799><c> he's</c><00:10:06.139><c> reached</c><00:10:06.460><c> the</c><00:10:06.820><c> land,</c> 00:10:07.940 --> 00:10:12.019 and<00:10:08.159><c> the</c><00:10:08.379><c> first</c><00:10:08.659><c> time</c><00:10:09.139><c> that</c><00:10:09.460><c> he's</c><00:10:09.860><c> tested</c><00:10:10.240><c> here,</c><00:10:11.659><c> suddenly</c> 00:10:12.019 --> 00:10:14.519 this<00:10:12.299><c> faith</c><00:10:12.519><c> evaporates.</c> 00:10:15.639 --> 00:10:20.960 Now<00:10:15.840><c> that</c><00:10:16.059><c> can</c><00:10:16.519><c> happen</c><00:10:16.879><c> in</c><00:10:17.100><c> our</c><00:10:17.419><c> lives,</c><00:10:18.179><c> can't</c><00:10:18.399><c> it,</c><00:10:18.659><c> that</c><00:10:19.480><c> we</c> 00:10:20.960 --> 00:10:27.379 might<00:10:21.379><c> be</c><00:10:22.379><c> building</c><00:10:22.759><c> our</c><00:10:23.179><c> lives</c><00:10:23.840><c> on</c><00:10:24.879><c> the</c><00:10:25.320><c> principles</c><00:10:25.779><c> God</c><00:10:26.299><c> gives</c><00:10:26.820><c> us,</c> 00:10:27.379 --> 00:10:31.740 and<00:10:28.399><c> building</c><00:10:28.980><c> a</c><00:10:29.360><c> relationship</c><00:10:30.059><c> in</c><00:10:30.659><c> faith</c><00:10:30.960><c> with</c><00:10:31.320><c> him,</c><00:10:31.600><c> and</c> 00:10:31.740 --> 00:10:34.620 then<00:10:32.120><c> suddenly</c><00:10:33.100><c> something</c><00:10:33.679><c> else</c><00:10:34.159><c> happens,</c> 00:10:34.700 --> 00:10:39.580 for<00:10:34.860><c> which</c><00:10:35.059><c> perhaps</c><00:10:35.620><c> we're</c><00:10:36.340><c> not</c><00:10:36.779><c> prepared,</c><00:10:37.559><c> we've</c><00:10:37.799><c> not</c><00:10:38.259><c> thought</c><00:10:38.559><c> about</c><00:10:38.879><c> it.</c> 00:10:39.700 --> 00:10:45.419 It<00:10:40.120><c> comes</c><00:10:40.399><c> out</c><00:10:40.659><c> of</c><00:10:40.799><c> the</c><00:10:41.039><c> blue</c><00:10:41.259><c> and</c><00:10:41.659><c> hits</c><00:10:42.080><c> us,</c><00:10:44.620><c> and</c><00:10:44.620><c> perhaps</c><00:10:45.019><c> our</c> 00:10:45.419 --> 00:10:47.639 faith<00:10:45.940><c> wavers</c><00:10:46.580><c> and</c><00:10:47.179><c> crumbles,</c> 00:10:47.639 --> 00:10:52.299 and<00:10:47.879><c> we</c><00:10:48.059><c> end</c><00:10:48.340><c> up</c><00:10:48.840><c> taking</c><00:10:49.179><c> our</c><00:10:49.539><c> own</c><00:10:49.740><c> actions</c><00:10:50.240><c> as</c><00:10:50.559><c> Abram</c><00:10:51.019><c> did</c><00:10:51.299><c> here.</c> 00:10:52.940 --> 00:10:57.960 I<00:10:53.539><c> suppose</c><00:10:54.039><c> that</c><00:10:54.259><c> if</c><00:10:54.480><c> Abram</c><00:10:54.779><c> went</c><00:10:55.120><c> down</c><00:10:55.480><c> into</c><00:10:55.779><c> Egypt</c><00:10:56.360><c> here</c><00:10:56.919><c> because</c><00:10:57.679><c> of</c> 00:10:57.960 --> 00:10:59.120 the<00:10:58.220><c> famine,</c> 00:10:59.919 --> 00:11:02.700 I<00:11:00.100><c> guess</c><00:11:00.379><c> his</c><00:11:00.700><c> flocks,</c><00:11:01.120><c> his</c><00:11:01.419><c> herds,</c><00:11:01.799><c> his</c><00:11:01.980><c> livelihood</c><00:11:02.360><c> had</c><00:11:02.600><c> all</c> 00:11:02.700 --> 00:11:06.159 but<00:11:02.919><c> disappeared</c><00:11:03.340><c> in</c><00:11:03.559><c> the</c><00:11:03.659><c> land</c><00:11:03.879><c> of</c><00:11:04.259><c> Canaan.</c> 00:11:06.200 --> 00:11:09.899 Because<00:11:06.580><c> he</c><00:11:06.820><c> trusted</c><00:11:07.080><c> himself,</c><00:11:07.899><c> it</c><00:11:08.279><c> disappeared.</c><00:11:09.360><c> There</c><00:11:09.659><c> was</c> 00:11:09.899 --> 00:11:13.500 a<00:11:10.159><c> famine,</c><00:11:10.980><c> there</c><00:11:11.179><c> was</c><00:11:11.480><c> no</c><00:11:11.820><c> fodder</c><00:11:12.240><c> for</c><00:11:12.440><c> the</c><00:11:12.659><c> animals,</c> 00:11:13.559 --> 00:11:16.200 there<00:11:13.700><c> was</c><00:11:13.840><c> nothing</c><00:11:14.059><c> for</c><00:11:14.279><c> them</c><00:11:14.419><c> to</c><00:11:14.679><c> eat,</c><00:11:15.519><c> they</c><00:11:15.700><c> would</c><00:11:15.879><c> grow</c> 00:11:16.200 --> 00:11:17.799 thin,<00:11:16.740><c> they</c><00:11:16.899><c> would</c><00:11:17.259><c> die,</c> 00:11:17.799 --> 00:11:22.360 and<00:11:18.460><c> Abram</c><00:11:18.720><c> would</c><00:11:19.019><c> see</c><00:11:19.220><c> all</c><00:11:19.419><c> that</c><00:11:19.539><c> he</c><00:11:19.679><c> had</c><00:11:20.039><c> slowly</c><00:11:20.519><c> disappearing,</c><00:11:21.580><c> and</c><00:11:21.899><c> in</c><00:11:21.980><c> order</c><00:11:22.159><c> to</c> 00:11:22.360 --> 00:11:25.519 preserve<00:11:22.600><c> it</c><00:11:22.759><c> he</c><00:11:22.799><c> goes</c><00:11:23.059><c> down</c><00:11:23.539><c> into</c><00:11:23.940><c> Egypt.</c> 00:11:26.759 --> 00:11:30.539 Going<00:11:26.879><c> down</c><00:11:27.120><c> to</c><00:11:27.139><c> chapter</c><00:11:27.399><c> 12,</c><00:11:27.980><c> we've</c><00:11:28.179><c> got</c><00:11:28.360><c> this</c><00:11:30.000><c> interesting</c> 00:11:30.539 --> 00:11:34.299 incident<00:11:31.019><c> with</c><00:11:31.320><c> Sarah,</c><00:11:31.899><c> his</c><00:11:32.080><c> wife,</c><00:11:32.700><c> Sarai.</c> 00:11:34.440 --> 00:11:36.159 Verse<00:11:34.679><c> 11,</c><00:11:35.220><c> Abram</c><00:11:35.620><c> says,</c> 00:11:36.159 --> 00:11:40.179 Behold,<00:11:37.000><c> now</c><00:11:37.320><c> I</c><00:11:37.480><c> know</c><00:11:37.740><c> that</c><00:11:37.960><c> thou</c><00:11:38.059><c> art</c><00:11:38.259><c> a</c><00:11:38.519><c> fair</c><00:11:38.679><c> woman</c><00:11:38.940><c> to</c><00:11:39.100><c> look</c><00:11:39.299><c> upon.</c> 00:11:40.240 --> 00:11:43.200 When<00:11:40.480><c> the</c><00:11:40.700><c> Egyptians</c><00:11:41.100><c> see</c><00:11:41.679><c> that,</c><00:11:42.179><c> they</c><00:11:42.379><c> shall</c><00:11:42.580><c> say,</c><00:11:42.940><c> This</c><00:11:43.019><c> is</c> 00:11:43.200 --> 00:11:46.080 his<00:11:43.399><c> wife,</c><00:11:43.700><c> and</c><00:11:43.820><c> they'll</c><00:11:44.080><c> kill</c><00:11:44.340><c> me,</c><00:11:44.679><c> but</c><00:11:44.799><c> they</c><00:11:44.980><c> will</c><00:11:45.299><c> save</c><00:11:45.519><c> you</c><00:11:45.779><c> alive.</c> 00:11:46.440 --> 00:11:49.879 Anybody<00:11:46.919><c> know</c><00:11:47.200><c> from</c><00:11:47.559><c> that</c><00:11:48.659><c> chart</c><00:11:48.879><c> I</c><00:11:48.980><c> gave</c><00:11:49.120><c> you</c><00:11:49.200><c> yesterday</c><00:11:49.539><c> how</c> 00:11:49.879 --> 00:11:51.820 old<00:11:50.220><c> Sarah</c><00:11:50.440><c> was</c><00:11:50.600><c> at</c><00:11:50.740><c> this</c><00:11:50.940><c> time?</c> 00:11:53.320 --> 00:12:00.059 Pardon?<00:11:55.419><c> No,</c><00:11:55.980><c> not</c><00:11:56.299><c> 90,</c><00:11:56.639><c> that's</c><00:11:57.259><c> later</c><00:11:57.620><c> on,</c><00:11:59.059><c> just</c><00:11:59.379><c> before</c><00:11:59.840><c> the</c> 00:12:00.059 --> 00:12:01.200 birth<00:12:00.360><c> of</c><00:12:00.779><c> Isaac.</c> 00:12:01.200 --> 00:12:04.419 Not<00:12:01.460><c> quite</c><00:12:01.740><c> that</c><00:12:01.919><c> age,</c><00:12:02.000><c> but</c><00:12:02.159><c> an</c><00:12:02.259><c> old</c><00:12:02.440><c> lady,</c><00:12:03.000><c> 66.</c> 00:12:06.059 --> 00:12:09.779 A<00:12:06.580><c> remarkable</c><00:12:07.100><c> woman,</c><00:12:07.539><c> wasn't</c><00:12:07.720><c> she,</c><00:12:08.159><c> that</c><00:12:08.960><c> here</c><00:12:09.240><c> she</c><00:12:09.399><c> is</c><00:12:09.600><c> at</c> 00:12:09.779 --> 00:12:12.200 the<00:12:09.919><c> age</c><00:12:10.159><c> of</c><00:12:10.360><c> 66,</c><00:12:11.159><c> so</c><00:12:11.460><c> beautiful</c> 00:12:12.200 --> 00:12:17.139 that<00:12:13.220><c> Abram's</c><00:12:14.299><c> worried</c><00:12:14.580><c> that</c><00:12:14.980><c> she'll</c><00:12:15.279><c> be</c><00:12:15.620><c> taken</c><00:12:16.139><c> by</c><00:12:16.679><c> the</c><00:12:16.940><c> king</c> 00:12:17.139 --> 00:12:19.460 of<00:12:17.320><c> the</c><00:12:17.519><c> country</c><00:12:17.899><c> into</c><00:12:18.159><c> which</c><00:12:18.340><c> he's</c><00:12:18.500><c> going.</c> 00:12:22.100 --> 00:12:23.919 Well,<00:12:22.799><c> we</c><00:12:22.919><c> go</c><00:12:23.019><c> to</c><00:12:23.179><c> verse</c><00:12:23.340><c> 16,</c> 00:12:23.919 --> 00:12:28.820 Pharaoh<00:12:24.559><c> entreats</c><00:12:25.720><c> Abraham</c><00:12:26.100><c> well</c><00:12:26.620><c> for</c><00:12:26.899><c> Sarah's</c><00:12:27.539><c> sake,</c><00:12:28.820><c> and</c> 00:12:28.820 --> 00:12:33.799 he<00:12:29.100><c> had</c><00:12:29.360><c> sheep,</c><00:12:30.700><c> and</c><00:12:30.879><c> oxen,</c><00:12:31.960><c> and</c><00:12:32.200><c> heasses,</c><00:12:32.940><c> and</c><00:12:33.100><c> menservants,</c> 00:12:33.919 --> 00:12:37.019 and<00:12:34.139><c> maidservants,</c><00:12:35.059><c> and</c><00:12:35.240><c> sheasses,</c><00:12:36.120><c> and</c><00:12:36.279><c> camels,</c><00:12:36.620><c> and</c><00:12:36.759><c> when</c> 00:12:37.019 --> 00:12:40.960 God<00:12:37.340><c> teaches</c><00:12:37.860><c> Pharaoh</c><00:12:38.379><c> that</c><00:12:38.580><c> he's</c><00:12:38.820><c> got</c><00:12:38.940><c> to</c><00:12:39.139><c> leave</c><00:12:39.360><c> Sarah</c><00:12:40.179><c> alone,</c> 00:12:41.340 --> 00:12:45.879 verse<00:12:41.639><c> 20,</c><00:12:42.980><c> Pharaoh</c><00:12:43.500><c> commanded</c><00:12:44.159><c> his</c><00:12:44.440><c> men</c><00:12:44.740><c> concerning</c><00:12:45.440><c> Abram</c> 00:12:45.879 --> 00:12:48.620 that<00:12:46.039><c> they</c><00:12:46.460><c> sent</c><00:12:46.659><c> him</c><00:12:46.899><c> away,</c><00:12:47.539><c> and</c><00:12:47.720><c> his</c><00:12:47.960><c> wife,</c><00:12:48.279><c> and</c><00:12:48.340><c> all</c><00:12:48.480><c> that</c> 00:12:48.620 --> 00:12:49.480 he<00:12:48.799><c> had.</c> 00:12:49.659 --> 00:12:53.659 So<00:12:50.259><c> the</c><00:12:50.679><c> man</c><00:12:51.019><c> who'd</c><00:12:51.419><c> been</c><00:12:51.700><c> promised</c><00:12:52.100><c> the</c><00:12:52.440><c> land</c><00:12:52.759><c> leaves</c><00:12:53.179><c> it</c><00:12:53.460><c> and</c> 00:12:53.659 --> 00:12:58.759 goes<00:12:53.919><c> south</c><00:12:54.259><c> into</c><00:12:54.559><c> Egypt</c><00:12:55.019><c> with</c><00:12:55.779><c> almost</c><00:12:56.279><c> nothing</c><00:12:56.820><c> by</c><00:12:57.159><c> worldly</c><00:12:57.519><c> standards,</c> 00:12:59.080 --> 00:13:02.580 and<00:12:59.340><c> Pharaoh</c><00:12:59.700><c> heaps</c><00:13:00.259><c> wealth</c><00:13:00.620><c> on</c><00:13:00.840><c> him,</c><00:13:01.019><c> 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got</c><00:16:01.639><c> all</c><00:16:01.820><c> this</c><00:16:01.980><c> wealth.</c> 00:16:02.299 --> 00:16:07.039 I've<00:16:02.559><c> got</c><00:16:03.000><c> big</c><00:16:03.240><c> house,</c><00:16:04.460><c> two</c><00:16:04.740><c> cars,</c><00:16:05.620><c> cars</c><00:16:05.860><c> for</c><00:16:06.059><c> the</c><00:16:06.259><c> kids,</c><00:16:06.820><c> good</c> 00:16:07.039 --> 00:16:10.419 job,<00:16:08.100><c> money</c><00:16:08.320><c> enough</c><00:16:08.580><c> to</c><00:16:08.639><c> go</c><00:16:08.860><c> and</c><00:16:09.039><c> have</c><00:16:09.240><c> foreign</c><00:16:09.600><c> vacations.</c> 00:16:10.759 --> 00:16:13.919 I've<00:16:10.840><c> got</c><00:16:10.840><c> all</c><00:16:11.000><c> of</c><00:16:11.139><c> these</c><00:16:11.539><c> things.</c><00:16:12.519><c> Hey,</c><00:16:12.860><c> is</c><00:16:12.919><c> that</c><00:16:13.320><c> really</c><00:16:13.679><c> how</c> 00:16:13.919 --> 00:16:15.779 God's<00:16:14.279><c> going</c><00:16:14.419><c> to</c><00:16:14.519><c> reward</c><00:16:14.820><c> me?</c> 00:16:16.320 --> 00:16:19.559 I'd<00:16:16.639><c> better</c><00:16:16.720><c> talk</c><00:16:17.200><c> to</c><00:16:17.419><c> him.</c><00:16:18.100><c> I'd</c><00:16:18.340><c> better</c><00:16:18.419><c> see</c><00:16:18.840><c> what</c><00:16:19.039><c> he</c><00:16:19.240><c> wants</c> 00:16:19.559 --> 00:16:21.019 of<00:16:19.779><c> me.</c> 00:16:21.059 --> 00:16:24.539 And<00:16:21.179><c> it's</c><00:16:21.500><c> Abraham</c><00:16:21.960><c> here</c><00:16:22.620><c> who</c><00:16:23.299><c> calls</c><00:16:23.740><c> on</c><00:16:24.019><c> the</c><00:16:24.120><c> name</c><00:16:24.259><c> of</c><00:16:24.460><c> the</c> 00:16:24.539 --> 00:16:27.559 Lord.<00:16:24.899><c> What</c><00:16:25.080><c> doesn't?</c><00:16:26.100><c> What</c><00:16:26.299><c> doesn't?</c> 00:16:27.779 --> 00:16:31.179 That's<00:16:28.299><c> one</c><00:16:28.480><c> of</c><00:16:28.600><c> the</c><00:16:28.799><c> mistakes</c><00:16:29.500><c> that</c><00:16:29.940><c> he</c><00:16:30.200><c> makes.</c> 00:16:31.639 --> 00:16:35.360 Anybody<00:16:32.340><c> know</c><00:16:32.519><c> what</c><00:16:32.679><c> the</c><00:16:32.799><c> name</c><00:16:33.059><c> Lot</c><00:16:33.299><c> means?</c> 00:16:38.620 --> 00:16:44.419 Yeah,<00:16:40.279><c> that's</c><00:16:40.480><c> right.</c><00:16:41.120><c> Hear</c><00:16:41.240><c> that?</c><00:16:41.759><c> The</c><00:16:41.879><c> name</c><00:16:42.220><c> Lot</c><00:16:42.539><c> means</c><00:16:43.120><c> veiled.</c> 00:16:44.860 --> 00:16:51.080 Lot<00:16:45.220><c> was</c><00:16:46.799><c> a</c><00:16:47.100><c> man</c><00:16:47.399><c> who</c><00:16:47.779><c> was</c><00:16:48.639><c> short</c><00:16:49.179><c> sighted</c><00:16:49.860><c> spiritually.</c> 00:16:51.879 --> 00:16:54.320 Let's<00:16:51.980><c> go</c><00:16:52.100><c> down</c><00:16:52.240><c> the</c><00:16:52.480><c> chapter</c><00:16:52.860><c> and</c><00:16:53.039><c> see</c><00:16:53.240><c> what</c><00:16:53.480><c> happens</c><00:16:54.039><c> here.</c> 00:16:54.340 --> 00:16:57.659 When<00:16:54.559><c> Abraham</c><00:16:55.120><c> gives</c><00:16:56.059><c> Lot</c><00:16:56.419><c> the</c><00:16:56.860><c> choice,</c> 00:16:57.659 --> 00:17:01.320 verse<00:16:58.419><c> 9,</c><00:16:58.860><c> is</c><00:16:58.940><c> not</c><00:16:59.240><c> the</c><00:16:59.500><c> whole</c><00:16:59.779><c> land</c><00:17:00.120><c> before.</c><00:17:00.620><c> They</c><00:17:00.960><c> were</c><00:17:01.159><c> up</c> 00:17:01.320 --> 00:17:02.860 on<00:17:01.480><c> the</c><00:17:01.720><c> high</c><00:17:02.039><c> parts</c><00:17:02.519><c> here.</c> 00:17:02.860 --> 00:17:08.039 They<00:17:02.980><c> were</c><00:17:03.200><c> up</c><00:17:03.779><c> in</c><00:17:04.960><c> the</c><00:17:05.259><c> hilly</c><00:17:05.619><c> country.</c><00:17:07.059><c> And</c><00:17:07.059><c> while</c><00:17:07.440><c> it</c><00:17:07.680><c> was</c> 00:17:08.039 --> 00:17:09.359 reasonable<00:17:08.859><c> grazing,</c> 00:17:09.539 --> 00:17:12.680 it<00:17:09.579><c> wasn't</c><00:17:09.900><c> the</c><00:17:10.039><c> most</c><00:17:10.500><c> fertile</c><00:17:11.039><c> part</c><00:17:11.400><c> of</c><00:17:11.619><c> the</c><00:17:11.819><c> land</c><00:17:12.039><c> of</c><00:17:12.319><c> Israel.</c> 00:17:13.160 --> 00:17:16.680 But,<00:17:13.480><c> you</c><00:17:13.700><c> know,</c><00:17:14.740><c> in</c><00:17:15.079><c> the</c><00:17:15.380><c> clear</c><00:17:15.539><c> light,</c><00:17:15.859><c> they</c><00:17:15.980><c> could</c><00:17:16.220><c> see</c><00:17:16.420><c> for</c> 00:17:16.680 --> 00:17:18.920 miles<00:17:17.119><c> and</c><00:17:17.299><c> miles</c><00:17:17.700><c> and</c><00:17:17.940><c> miles.</c> 00:17:18.960 --> 00:17:22.660 And<00:17:19.400><c> Abraham</c><00:17:19.700><c> says</c><00:17:20.019><c> to</c><00:17:20.259><c> Lot,</c><00:17:21.460><c> the</c><00:17:21.599><c> whole</c><00:17:21.920><c> land's</c><00:17:22.359><c> there.</c><00:17:22.519><c> Have</c> 00:17:22.660 --> 00:17:23.599 a<00:17:22.759><c> look</c><00:17:22.940><c> out</c><00:17:23.140><c> there,</c><00:17:23.440><c> Lot.</c> 00:17:23.599 --> 00:17:26.960 You<00:17:23.839><c> know,</c><00:17:24.119><c> why</c><00:17:24.339><c> should</c><00:17:24.500><c> we</c><00:17:24.720><c> fall</c><00:17:24.940><c> out</c><00:17:25.200><c> over</c><00:17:25.519><c> something</c><00:17:25.900><c> as</c><00:17:26.460><c> small</c><00:17:26.759><c> as</c> 00:17:26.960 --> 00:17:27.920 this?<00:17:27.140><c> There's</c><00:17:27.400><c> the</c><00:17:27.579><c> whole</c><00:17:27.740><c> land.</c> 00:17:28.400 --> 00:17:31.900 You<00:17:28.740><c> decide</c><00:17:29.160><c> what</c><00:17:29.319><c> you</c><00:17:29.559><c> want</c><00:17:29.759><c> from</c><00:17:30.000><c> it.</c><00:17:31.160><c> And</c><00:17:31.279><c> where</c><00:17:31.359><c> you</c><00:17:31.579><c> go,</c> 00:17:31.980 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garden</c><00:17:47.160><c> of</c><00:17:47.380><c> the</c><00:17:47.599><c> Lord</c><00:17:48.279><c> and</c><00:17:50.220><c> like</c><00:17:50.779><c> the</c><00:17:51.240><c> land</c><00:17:51.579><c> of</c><00:17:51.880><c> Egypt.</c> 00:17:53.819 --> 00:17:56.980 See<00:17:54.079><c> how</c><00:17:54.259><c> that</c><00:17:54.680><c> ties</c><00:17:55.000><c> in</c><00:17:55.359><c> with</c><00:17:55.539><c> what</c><00:17:55.859><c> Abraham</c><00:17:56.180><c> did.</c> 00:17:57.099 --> 00:18:00.579 Abraham<00:17:57.400><c> had</c><00:17:57.579><c> to</c><00:17:57.799><c> live</c><00:17:58.000><c> with</c><00:17:58.220><c> the</c><00:17:58.619><c> consequences</c><00:17:59.079><c> of</c><00:17:59.319><c> his</c><00:17:59.519><c> actions</c><00:17:59.980><c> going</c><00:18:00.259><c> down</c> 00:18:00.579 --> 00:18:01.660 into<00:18:00.799><c> Egypt.</c> 00:18:01.700 --> 00:18:05.519 And<00:18:01.799><c> he</c><00:18:02.079><c> never</c><00:18:02.380><c> forgot</c><00:18:02.720><c> it.</c><00:18:03.339><c> The</c><00:18:03.640><c> responsibility</c><00:18:04.640><c> for</c><00:18:05.160><c> Lot</c> 00:18:05.519 --> 00:18:08.440 never<00:18:06.559><c> left</c><00:18:07.279><c> Abraham.</c> 00:18:08.500 --> 00:18:11.180 And<00:18:08.680><c> when</c><00:18:08.759><c> we</c><00:18:08.880><c> look</c><00:18:09.039><c> at</c><00:18:09.180><c> Genesis</c><00:18:09.500><c> 18</c><00:18:09.940><c> and</c><00:18:10.079><c> 19</c><00:18:10.539><c> later</c><00:18:10.839><c> on</c><00:18:11.000><c> in</c><00:18:11.160><c> the</c> 00:18:11.180 --> 00:18:12.779 week,<00:18:11.359><c> we'll</c><00:18:11.519><c> come</c><00:18:11.799><c> back</c><00:18:11.960><c> to</c><00:18:12.140><c> this</c><00:18:12.460><c> point.</c> 00:18:12.779 --> 00:18:18.519 He<00:18:13.660><c> recognized</c><00:18:14.740><c> that</c><00:18:15.059><c> he</c><00:18:15.200><c> had</c><00:18:15.579><c> put</c><00:18:16.319><c> Lot</c><00:18:16.480><c> in</c><00:18:17.299><c> spiritual</c><00:18:17.940><c> danger</c> 00:18:18.519 --> 00:18:21.400 by<00:18:18.859><c> taking</c><00:18:19.240><c> him</c><00:18:19.519><c> down</c><00:18:19.900><c> into</c><00:18:20.279><c> Egypt.</c> 00:18:21.660 --> 00:18:26.220 And<00:18:21.819><c> here</c><00:18:22.099><c> is</c><00:18:22.539><c> that</c><00:18:22.920><c> spiritual</c><00:18:23.619><c> danger,</c><00:18:24.680><c> that</c><00:18:24.960><c> it's</c><00:18:25.359><c> Lot</c><00:18:25.660><c> who's</c><00:18:25.980><c> got</c> 00:18:26.220 --> 00:18:28.599 a<00:18:26.539><c> taste</c><00:18:26.960><c> for</c><00:18:27.400><c> good</c><00:18:27.700><c> living.</c> 00:18:28.680 --> 00:18:31.099 It's<00:18:28.920><c> Lot</c><00:18:29.140><c> who</c><00:18:29.440><c> liked</c><00:18:29.759><c> the</c><00:18:30.019><c> things</c><00:18:30.220><c> that</c><00:18:30.420><c> they</c><00:18:30.640><c> brought</c><00:18:30.859><c> out</c> 00:18:31.099 --> 00:18:33.460 of<00:18:31.279><c> Egypt,</c><00:18:31.680><c> who</c><00:18:31.759><c> enjoyed</c><00:18:32.200><c> having</c><00:18:32.440><c> all</c><00:18:32.680><c> these</c><00:18:33.000><c> flocks,</c> 00:18:33.759 --> 00:18:38.099 who<00:18:34.019><c> enjoyed</c><00:18:34.480><c> having</c><00:18:35.039><c> this</c><00:18:35.460><c> wealth.</c><00:18:36.019><c> And</c><00:18:36.220><c> it's</c><00:18:36.460><c> Lot</c><00:18:36.859><c> who's</c><00:18:37.400><c> saying</c><00:18:37.519><c> to</c><00:18:37.839><c> Abraham,</c> 00:18:38.099 --> 00:18:40.960 we're<00:18:39.099><c> having</c><00:18:39.279><c> trouble</c><00:18:39.720><c> with</c><00:18:39.940><c> our</c><00:18:40.180><c> standard</c><00:18:40.519><c> of</c><00:18:40.740><c> living</c> 00:18:40.960 --> 00:18:41.759 here,<00:18:41.599><c> Abraham,</c> 00:18:41.839 --> 00:18:44.480 because<00:18:42.119><c> the</c><00:18:42.359><c> land's</c><00:18:42.720><c> not</c><00:18:43.000><c> wealthy</c><00:18:43.319><c> enough</c><00:18:43.559><c> to</c><00:18:43.759><c> sustain</c><00:18:44.160><c> us.</c> 00:18:44.740 --> 00:18:46.299 And<00:18:44.880><c> when</c><00:18:45.019><c> Abraham</c><00:18:45.279><c> says,</c><00:18:45.539><c> well,</c><00:18:45.599><c> have</c><00:18:45.759><c> a</c><00:18:45.839><c> look</c><00:18:45.980><c> around</c><00:18:46.180><c> and</c> 00:18:46.299 --> 00:18:47.400 see<00:18:46.440><c> where</c><00:18:46.599><c> you</c><00:18:46.759><c> want</c><00:18:46.880><c> to</c><00:18:47.119><c> go,</c> 00:18:47.799 --> 00:18:54.799 Lot<00:18:47.799><c> looks</c><00:18:48.220><c> down</c><00:18:48.799><c> there</c><00:18:49.660><c> into</c><00:18:50.900><c> the</c><00:18:52.000><c> vale</c><00:18:52.400><c> of</c><00:18:53.059><c> Jordan</c><00:18:53.660><c> and</c><00:18:53.940><c> says,</c><00:18:54.359><c> hey,</c> 00:18:55.019 --> 00:18:56.539 that<00:18:55.359><c> looks</c><00:18:55.599><c> good</c><00:18:55.980><c> down</c><00:18:56.359><c> there.</c> 00:18:56.539 --> 00:19:00.019 That's<00:18:56.880><c> a</c><00:18:57.000><c> good</c><00:18:57.140><c> place</c><00:18:57.500><c> to</c><00:18:57.740><c> live.</c><00:18:58.059><c> It's</c><00:18:58.319><c> just</c><00:18:58.640><c> like</c><00:18:58.900><c> Egypt,</c><00:18:59.299><c> where</c><00:18:59.500><c> we</c><00:18:59.759><c> were.</c> 00:19:00.319 --> 00:19:02.240 I'm<00:19:00.759><c> going</c><00:19:01.039><c> down</c><00:19:01.519><c> there.</c> 00:19:02.740 --> 00:19:06.940 Lot,<00:19:03.740><c> verse</c><00:19:04.000><c> 11.</c><00:19:04.359><c> Which</c><00:19:04.539><c> direction</c><00:19:05.099><c> did</c><00:19:05.279><c> Lot</c><00:19:05.500><c> journey</c><00:19:05.819><c> in?</c> 00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:10.920 Louder,<00:19:07.980><c> come</c><00:19:08.099><c> on,</c><00:19:08.279><c> which</c><00:19:08.480><c> direction?</c><00:19:09.519><c> East,</c><00:19:10.259><c> right?</c> 00:19:11.420 --> 00:19:15.859 He<00:19:11.599><c> went</c><00:19:11.980><c> away</c><00:19:12.680><c> from</c><00:19:13.180><c> God.</c><00:19:14.180><c> He</c><00:19:14.200><c> went</c><00:19:14.339><c> away</c><00:19:14.539><c> from</c><00:19:14.720><c> God.</c> 00:19:16.319 --> 00:19:18.460 Another<00:19:16.480><c> name</c><00:19:16.799><c> and</c><00:19:17.000><c> another</c><00:19:17.259><c> meaning.</c><00:19:17.680><c> Anybody</c><00:19:17.940><c> know</c><00:19:18.140><c> what</c> 00:19:18.460 --> 00:19:21.740 the<00:19:18.680><c> River</c><00:19:18.900><c> Jordan,</c><00:19:19.460><c> what</c><00:19:19.640><c> the</c><00:19:19.779><c> name</c><00:19:20.039><c> Jordan</c><00:19:20.660><c> means?</c> 00:19:24.460 --> 00:19:25.759 Go<00:19:24.700><c> down,</c><00:19:25.140><c> yeah,</c><00:19:25.400><c> descending.</c> 00:19:25.960 --> 00:19:29.640 Remember<00:19:26.339><c> the</c><00:19:26.519><c> Jordan</c><00:19:26.920><c> starts</c><00:19:27.359><c> up</c><00:19:27.619><c> in</c><00:19:27.759><c> the</c><00:19:27.920><c> north,</c><00:19:28.539><c> in</c><00:19:28.680><c> Mount</c><00:19:28.960><c> Hermon,</c> 00:19:29.740 --> 00:19:33.480 and<00:19:29.859><c> goes</c><00:19:30.019><c> all</c><00:19:30.380><c> the</c><00:19:30.440><c> way</c><00:19:30.599><c> down</c><00:19:30.940><c> south</c><00:19:31.420><c> into</c><00:19:32.000><c> the</c><00:19:32.240><c> Dead</c><00:19:32.559><c> Sea,</c> 00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:37.819 racing<00:19:34.440><c> away</c><00:19:34.839><c> downwards,</c><00:19:35.819><c> and</c><00:19:35.819><c> the</c><00:19:36.180><c> name</c><00:19:36.440><c> Jordan</c><00:19:36.839><c> means</c><00:19:37.240><c> descending.</c> 00:19:38.180 --> 00:19:42.059 So<00:19:38.240><c> here</c><00:19:38.519><c> we</c><00:19:38.799><c> have</c><00:19:39.140><c> Lot,</c><00:19:40.019><c> who</c><00:19:40.319><c> chose</c><00:19:40.799><c> the</c><00:19:41.119><c> plain</c><00:19:41.319><c> of</c><00:19:41.660><c> Jordan,</c> 00:19:42.519 --> 00:19:44.000 and<00:19:42.799><c> Lot</c><00:19:43.119><c> journeyed</c><00:19:43.660><c> east.</c> 00:19:44.079 --> 00:19:49.759 And<00:19:44.359><c> here</c><00:19:44.619><c> he</c><00:19:44.779><c> is,</c><00:19:45.859><c> you</c><00:19:45.980><c> young</c><00:19:46.220><c> people,</c><00:19:46.900><c> is</c><00:19:47.220><c> going</c><00:19:47.559><c> away</c><00:19:48.339><c> from</c><00:19:48.779><c> God.</c> 00:19:49.799 --> 00:19:52.299 He's<00:19:50.059><c> putting</c><00:19:50.299><c> himself</c><00:19:50.799><c> into</c><00:19:51.079><c> isolation.</c> 00:19:53.539 --> 00:19:57.180 And<00:19:53.720><c> it's</c><00:19:54.019><c> possible,</c><00:19:54.900><c> and</c><00:19:55.359><c> I</c><00:19:55.500><c> believe</c><00:19:55.740><c> Lot</c><00:19:55.880><c> will</c><00:19:56.059><c> be</c><00:19:56.180><c> in</c><00:19:56.259><c> the</c><00:19:56.420><c> kingdom,</c> 00:19:57.440 --> 00:20:00.900 Peter<00:19:57.700><c> tells</c><00:19:58.000><c> us</c><00:19:58.200><c> that</c><00:19:58.339><c> he's</c><00:19:58.619><c> a</c><00:19:58.779><c> righteous</c><00:19:59.180><c> man,</c><00:20:00.240><c> not</c><00:20:00.519><c> saying</c> 00:20:00.900 --> 00:20:02.180 that<00:20:01.099><c> he</c><00:20:01.220><c> left</c><00:20:01.420><c> God</c><00:20:01.619><c> absolutely,</c> 00:20:02.180 --> 00:20:06.359 but<00:20:02.420><c> he</c><00:20:02.619><c> put</c><00:20:02.819><c> himself</c><00:20:03.400><c> in</c><00:20:04.119><c> spiritual</c><00:20:04.960><c> danger.</c> 00:20:06.880 --> 00:20:10.180 Can<00:20:07.180><c> you</c><00:20:07.319><c> see</c><00:20:07.440><c> the</c><00:20:07.680><c> lesson</c><00:20:08.059><c> that's</c><00:20:08.420><c> developing</c><00:20:08.759><c> for</c><00:20:09.099><c> us</c><00:20:09.339><c> here?</c> 00:20:11.240 --> 00:20:15.680 Of<00:20:11.799><c> a</c><00:20:12.079><c> brother</c><00:20:12.259><c> in</c><00:20:12.420><c> an</c><00:20:12.619><c> ecclesia,</c><00:20:13.960><c> there</c><00:20:14.059><c> he</c><00:20:14.119><c> is</c><00:20:14.200><c> with</c><00:20:14.440><c> Abram,</c> 00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:20.140 who<00:20:16.539><c> had</c><00:20:17.200><c> been</c><00:20:17.799><c> faithful</c><00:20:18.240><c> enough</c><00:20:18.579><c> to</c><00:20:19.099><c> travel</c><00:20:19.460><c> with</c><00:20:19.700><c> Abram</c> 00:20:20.140 --> 00:20:21.539 this<00:20:20.519><c> journey,</c> 00:20:21.819 --> 00:20:23.819 but<00:20:21.980><c> had</c><00:20:22.160><c> got</c><00:20:22.279><c> a</c><00:20:22.559><c> taste</c><00:20:22.799><c> for</c><00:20:22.980><c> the</c><00:20:23.119><c> rich</c><00:20:23.339><c> life.</c> 00:20:24.259 --> 00:20:27.460 They'd<00:20:24.359><c> gone</c><00:20:24.579><c> down</c><00:20:24.839><c> into</c><00:20:25.099><c> Egypt</c><00:20:25.599><c> and</c><00:20:26.059><c> into</c><00:20:26.240><c> defected</c><00:20:27.319><c> Lot,</c> 00:20:27.579 --> 00:20:28.619 rather<00:20:27.819><c> than</c><00:20:28.059><c> Abram,</c> 00:20:28.619 --> 00:20:31.299 and<00:20:28.920><c> they</c><00:20:29.039><c> come</c><00:20:29.359><c> out,</c><00:20:29.980><c> and</c><00:20:30.079><c> Lot</c><00:20:30.160><c> says,</c><00:20:30.539><c> I</c><00:20:30.559><c> want</c><00:20:30.720><c> to</c><00:20:31.039><c> continue</c> 00:20:31.299 --> 00:20:32.039 living<00:20:31.519><c> like</c><00:20:31.819><c> this,</c> 00:20:32.259 --> 00:20:36.759 I'm<00:20:32.359><c> going</c><00:20:32.480><c> to</c><00:20:32.700><c> find</c><00:20:32.980><c> somewhere</c><00:20:33.480><c> that's</c><00:20:34.119><c> rich,</c><00:20:35.220><c> that</c><00:20:35.279><c> can</c><00:20:35.660><c> support</c><00:20:36.559><c> me</c> 00:20:36.759 --> 00:20:37.759 and<00:20:36.859><c> sustain</c><00:20:37.240><c> me.</c> 00:20:37.900 --> 00:20:42.339 And<00:20:38.220><c> down</c><00:20:38.519><c> he</c><00:20:38.779><c> goes</c><00:20:39.200><c> into</c><00:20:40.140><c> the</c><00:20:40.619><c> plain</c><00:20:41.039><c> of</c><00:20:41.880><c> Jordan.</c> 00:20:42.500 --> 00:20:44.220 He<00:20:42.940><c> journeyed</c><00:20:43.400><c> east.</c> 00:20:44.619 --> 00:20:48.519 It's<00:20:45.000><c> possible,</c><00:20:45.500><c> you</c><00:20:45.819><c> see,</c><00:20:46.799><c> to</c><00:20:46.960><c> be</c><00:20:47.079><c> on</c><00:20:47.259><c> the</c><00:20:47.380><c> very</c><00:20:47.859><c> fringe</c><00:20:48.259><c> of</c> 00:20:48.519 --> 00:20:49.200 your<00:20:48.759><c> ecclesia.</c> 00:20:49.319 --> 00:20:53.000 If<00:20:49.400><c> you</c><00:20:50.420><c> draw</c><00:20:50.720><c> the</c><00:20:50.940><c> map,</c><00:20:51.119><c> if</c><00:20:51.240><c> you</c><00:20:51.400><c> look</c><00:20:51.539><c> at</c><00:20:51.680><c> the</c><00:20:51.839><c> map</c><00:20:52.000><c> of</c><00:20:52.259><c> the</c><00:20:52.440><c> land</c><00:20:52.680><c> of</c> 00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:54.099 Palestine<00:20:53.579><c> there,</c> 00:20:54.099 --> 00:20:59.099 the<00:20:54.960><c> River</c><00:20:55.240><c> Jordan</c><00:20:55.779><c> there,</c><00:20:56.279><c> just</c><00:20:56.660><c> marking</c><00:20:57.039><c> the</c><00:20:57.440><c> boundary</c><00:20:57.960><c> where</c><00:20:58.420><c> Sodom</c><00:20:58.779><c> was</c> 00:20:59.099 --> 00:21:01.740 at<00:20:59.380><c> the</c><00:20:59.680><c> south</c><00:20:59.940><c> end</c><00:21:00.180><c> of</c><00:21:00.380><c> the</c><00:21:00.460><c> Dead</c><00:21:00.740><c> Sea.</c> 00:21:01.940 --> 00:21:05.200 He'd<00:21:02.220><c> come</c><00:21:02.420><c> to</c><00:21:02.619><c> the</c><00:21:02.839><c> land</c><00:21:03.099><c> that</c><00:21:03.319><c> God</c><00:21:03.539><c> had</c><00:21:03.880><c> shown</c><00:21:04.200><c> them,</c> 00:21:05.319 --> 00:21:09.220 but<00:21:05.559><c> he'd</c><00:21:05.920><c> gone</c><00:21:06.279><c> right</c><00:21:07.039><c> back</c><00:21:07.440><c> to</c><00:21:07.640><c> the</c><00:21:07.779><c> very</c><00:21:08.140><c> boundary</c><00:21:08.660><c> of</c><00:21:08.900><c> it.</c> 00:21:09.700 --> 00:21:12.000 If<00:21:10.000><c> he'd</c><00:21:10.279><c> crossed</c><00:21:10.500><c> over,</c><00:21:10.900><c> he</c><00:21:10.980><c> would</c><00:21:11.140><c> have</c><00:21:11.259><c> been</c><00:21:11.380><c> out</c><00:21:11.599><c> of</c><00:21:11.740><c> the</c><00:21:11.880><c> land.</c> 00:21:12.019 --> 00:21:14.259 He<00:21:12.099><c> would</c><00:21:12.259><c> have</c><00:21:12.380><c> left</c><00:21:12.599><c> it.</c><00:21:12.839><c> He</c><00:21:12.859><c> would</c><00:21:13.200><c> have</c><00:21:13.420><c> left</c><00:21:13.680><c> the</c><00:21:13.900><c> ecclesia.</c> 00:21:14.740 --> 00:21:17.720 He's<00:21:15.019><c> on</c><00:21:15.240><c> the</c><00:21:15.420><c> very</c><00:21:15.700><c> edge</c><00:21:15.960><c> of</c><00:21:16.140><c> ecclesia</c><00:21:16.660><c> life</c><00:21:17.000><c> here,</c><00:21:17.339><c> his</c><00:21:17.500><c> lot.</c> 00:21:17.720 --> 00:21:19.720 He's<00:21:18.240><c> in</c><00:21:18.440><c> isolation.</c> 00:21:20.420 --> 00:21:23.740 He's<00:21:21.019><c> separated</c><00:21:21.519><c> himself</c><00:21:22.099><c> from</c><00:21:22.420><c> his</c><00:21:22.740><c> brethren,</c><00:21:23.160><c> from</c><00:21:23.400><c> his</c> 00:21:23.740 --> 00:21:24.480 brother<00:21:24.000><c> here,</c> 00:21:24.980 --> 00:21:29.279 and<00:21:25.660><c> it's</c><00:21:26.339><c> going</c><00:21:26.460><c> to</c><00:21:26.720><c> cause</c><00:21:26.940><c> him</c><00:21:27.599><c> tremendous</c><00:21:28.200><c> problems.</c> 00:21:30.019 --> 00:21:33.240 If<00:21:30.619><c> you</c><00:21:30.839><c> remember</c><00:21:31.180><c> one</c><00:21:31.539><c> thing</c><00:21:31.779><c> only</c><00:21:32.200><c> that</c><00:21:32.359><c> I</c><00:21:32.579><c> tell</c><00:21:32.680><c> you</c><00:21:32.799><c> this</c><00:21:33.000><c> week,</c> 00:21:33.400 --> 00:21:38.119 please<00:21:33.680><c> try</c><00:21:33.940><c> and</c><00:21:34.099><c> remember</c><00:21:34.339><c> this,</c><00:21:35.759><c> that</c><00:21:36.059><c> your</c><00:21:36.779><c> spiritual</c><00:21:37.480><c> life,</c> 00:21:38.619 --> 00:21:43.240 as<00:21:38.819><c> you</c><00:21:39.059><c> grow</c><00:21:39.319><c> up</c><00:21:39.539><c> with</c><00:21:39.839><c> all</c><00:21:41.319><c> your</c><00:21:41.640><c> energies</c><00:21:42.119><c> and</c><00:21:42.319><c> all</c><00:21:42.460><c> your</c><00:21:42.799><c> talents,</c> 00:21:43.380 --> 00:21:45.619 the<00:21:43.559><c> whole</c><00:21:44.019><c> world's</c><00:21:44.579><c> there</c><00:21:44.740><c> in</c><00:21:45.000><c> front</c><00:21:45.200><c> of</c><00:21:45.400><c> you.</c> 00:21:45.619 --> 00:21:47.920 You<00:21:45.880><c> live</c><00:21:46.279><c> in</c><00:21:46.400><c> the</c><00:21:46.539><c> richest</c><00:21:46.900><c> country</c><00:21:47.440><c> in</c><00:21:47.599><c> the</c><00:21:47.740><c> world.</c> 00:21:48.420 --> 00:21:50.480 It's<00:21:48.599><c> there</c><00:21:48.920><c> for</c><00:21:49.079><c> the</c><00:21:49.339><c> taking.</c><00:21:49.700><c> There's</c><00:21:49.900><c> nothing</c><00:21:50.119><c> that</c><00:21:50.299><c> you</c> 00:21:50.480 --> 00:21:51.759 can't<00:21:50.859><c> do.</c> 00:21:52.200 --> 00:21:55.019 There<00:21:52.400><c> will</c><00:21:52.619><c> be</c><00:21:52.759><c> teenagers</c><00:21:53.140><c> throughout</c><00:21:53.440><c> the</c><00:21:53.660><c> world</c><00:21:53.799><c> who</c><00:21:53.920><c> would</c><00:21:54.319><c> envy</c><00:21:54.720><c> you,</c> 00:21:55.019 --> 00:21:57.539 your<00:21:55.180><c> positions</c><00:21:55.720><c> as</c><00:21:56.079><c> growing</c><00:21:56.259><c> up</c><00:21:56.480><c> as</c><00:21:56.660><c> North</c><00:21:56.920><c> Americans,</c><00:21:57.359><c> in</c> 00:21:57.539 --> 00:21:58.579 my<00:21:57.779><c> country</c><00:21:58.119><c> too.</c> 00:21:58.980 --> 00:22:00.900 The<00:21:59.099><c> whole</c><00:21:59.480><c> world's</c><00:22:00.079><c> yours.</c> 00:22:01.160 --> 00:22:03.059 I've<00:22:01.259><c> got</c><00:22:01.359><c> a</c><00:22:01.480><c> saying</c><00:22:01.619><c> in</c><00:22:01.859><c> Britain,</c><00:22:02.059><c> the</c><00:22:02.200><c> world's</c><00:22:02.519><c> your</c><00:22:02.660><c> oyster.</c> 00:22:03.460 --> 00:22:07.339 It's<00:22:03.539><c> there</c><00:22:03.599><c> to</c><00:22:03.720><c> be</c><00:22:03.940><c> opened</c><00:22:04.180><c> and</c><00:22:04.539><c> taken,</c><00:22:05.859><c> eaten</c><00:22:06.000><c> like</c><00:22:06.299><c> an</c><00:22:06.460><c> oyster.</c> 00:22:08.980 --> 00:22:13.039 Never,<00:22:09.400><c> never</c><00:22:09.880><c> forget</c><00:22:10.380><c> that</c><00:22:10.960><c> with</c><00:22:11.279><c> all</c><00:22:11.700><c> this</c><00:22:11.920><c> in</c><00:22:12.180><c> front</c><00:22:12.420><c> of</c><00:22:12.660><c> you,</c> 00:22:13.039 --> 00:22:17.740 that<00:22:13.839><c> if</c><00:22:14.019><c> that's</c><00:22:14.400><c> all</c><00:22:14.660><c> you</c><00:22:15.019><c> see,</c><00:22:15.400><c> you've</c><00:22:15.640><c> got</c><00:22:16.039><c> veiled</c><00:22:16.579><c> eyesight.</c> 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you</c><00:25:10.799><c> go</c><00:25:11.079><c> back</c><00:25:11.240><c> to</c><00:25:11.339><c> your</c><00:25:11.500><c> Bibles,</c> 00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:18.279 and<00:25:13.339><c> you</c><00:25:13.420><c> go</c><00:25:13.579><c> to</c><00:25:13.740><c> verse</c><00:25:14.039><c> 12,</c><00:25:17.599><c> look</c><00:25:17.640><c> what</c><00:25:17.799><c> it</c><00:25:18.019><c> says,</c> 00:25:18.339 --> 00:25:21.559 and<00:25:18.519><c> remember</c><00:25:18.740><c> that</c><00:25:19.000><c> every</c><00:25:19.319><c> word</c><00:25:19.539><c> in</c><00:25:19.700><c> the</c><00:25:19.859><c> scriptures</c><00:25:20.099><c> is</c><00:25:20.400><c> important.</c> 00:25:21.579 --> 00:25:23.900 Abraham<00:25:22.019><c> dwelt</c><00:25:22.500><c> in</c><00:25:22.660><c> the</c><00:25:22.740><c> land</c><00:25:22.980><c> of</c><00:25:23.299><c> Canaan,</c> 00:25:24.380 --> 00:25:28.059 Lot<00:25:24.619><c> dwelt</c><00:25:25.380><c> in</c><00:25:26.140><c> the</c><00:25:26.599><c> cities</c><00:25:27.099><c> of</c><00:25:27.440><c> the</c><00:25:27.779><c> plain</c> 00:25:28.059 --> 00:25:30.400 and<00:25:28.380><c> pitched</c><00:25:28.740><c> his</c><00:25:29.140><c> tent</c><00:25:29.500><c> towards</c><00:25:29.960><c> Sodom.</c> 00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:32.740 Remember<00:25:31.059><c> what</c><00:25:31.180><c> we</c><00:25:31.359><c> said</c><00:25:31.500><c> about</c><00:25:31.799><c> cities?</c> 00:25:32.779 --> 00:25:35.140 Cities<00:25:33.160><c> are</c><00:25:33.599><c> not</c><00:25:33.799><c> of</c><00:25:34.240><c> God.</c> 00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:37.539 Cities<00:25:35.519><c> are</c><00:25:35.740><c> people</c><00:25:36.039><c> where</c><00:25:36.259><c> men</c><00:25:36.779><c> come</c><00:25:37.079><c> together</c> 00:25:37.539 --> 00:25:39.700 who<00:25:37.920><c> have</c><00:25:38.140><c> no</c><00:25:38.460><c> time</c><00:25:38.700><c> for</c><00:25:39.279><c> the</c><00:25:39.420><c> word,</c> 00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:41.619 for<00:25:39.900><c> the</c><00:25:40.099><c> things</c><00:25:40.259><c> of</c><00:25:40.500><c> the</c><00:25:40.660><c> Almighty.</c> 00:25:41.980 --> 00:25:43.519 And<00:25:42.319><c> Lot</c><00:25:42.400><c> went</c><00:25:42.700><c> towards</c><00:25:43.099><c> Sodom,</c> 00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:46.500 and<00:25:43.940><c> first</c><00:25:44.160><c> of</c><00:25:44.339><c> all,</c><00:25:44.480><c> he</c><00:25:44.700><c> set</c><00:25:44.779><c> his</c><00:25:45.079><c> tent</c><00:25:45.240><c> up</c><00:25:45.460><c> outside</c><00:25:45.779><c> the</c><00:25:46.019><c> city</c><00:25:46.279><c> wall.</c> 00:25:46.619 --> 00:25:48.440 He<00:25:46.819><c> wasn't</c><00:25:47.059><c> quite</c><00:25:47.359><c> ready</c><00:25:47.579><c> to</c><00:25:47.779><c> move</c><00:25:47.940><c> inside.</c> 00:25:48.720 --> 00:25:50.500 When<00:25:48.880><c> you</c><00:25:49.019><c> come</c><00:25:49.240><c> to</c><00:25:49.480><c> Genesis</c><00:25:49.839><c> 19,</c> 00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:53.740 you<00:25:50.880><c> find</c><00:25:51.059><c> he's</c><00:25:51.420><c> dwelling</c><00:25:51.859><c> inside</c><00:25:52.880><c> Sodom.</c> 00:25:54.180 --> 00:25:55.920 It's<00:25:54.740><c> overtaken</c><00:25:55.359><c> him.</c> 00:25:56.200 --> 00:25:58.720 Bit<00:25:56.480><c> by</c><00:25:56.920><c> bit,</c><00:25:57.599><c> he's</c><00:25:57.839><c> moved</c><00:25:58.180><c> closer,</c> 00:25:58.799 --> 00:26:05.000 he's<00:25:59.119><c> become</c><00:25:59.400><c> integrated</c><00:26:00.299><c> into</c><00:26:01.839><c> the</c><00:26:02.420><c> ways</c><00:26:02.940><c> of</c><00:26:04.099><c> Sodom.</c> 00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:07.420 And<00:26:05.000><c> it's</c><00:26:05.799><c> overtaken</c><00:26:06.279><c> him.</c> 00:26:08.079 --> 00:26:12.140 What<00:26:08.220><c> a</c><00:26:08.599><c> powerful</c><00:26:09.000><c> lesson</c><00:26:09.339><c> that</c><00:26:09.599><c> is</c><00:26:10.599><c> for</c><00:26:11.220><c> us.</c> 00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:16.660 There<00:26:12.960><c> it</c><00:26:13.160><c> is,</c><00:26:13.759><c> this</c><00:26:14.019><c> man</c><00:26:14.319><c> with</c><00:26:14.579><c> this</c><00:26:15.299><c> short</c><00:26:15.579><c> spiritual</c><00:26:15.980><c> sign.</c> 00:26:16.799 --> 00:26:17.759 Yeah? 00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:28.920 Yeah,<00:26:27.480><c> what</c><00:26:27.680><c> could</c><00:26:27.839><c> he</c><00:26:27.980><c> have</c><00:26:28.160><c> done?</c> 00:26:29.880 --> 00:26:32.420 I<00:26:30.019><c> think</c><00:26:30.259><c> that</c><00:26:30.500><c> what</c><00:26:30.880><c> he</c><00:26:31.140><c> could</c><00:26:31.259><c> have</c><00:26:31.480><c> done</c><00:26:31.700><c> and</c><00:26:31.880><c> should</c><00:26:32.059><c> have</c><00:26:32.259><c> done</c> 00:26:32.420 --> 00:26:36.049 is<00:26:32.819><c> what</c><00:26:32.819><c> Abram</c><00:26:33.259><c> did</c><00:26:33.500><c> there</c><00:26:33.839><c> in</c><00:26:34.099><c> verse</c><00:26:35.279><c> 4,</c> 00:26:36.359 --> 00:26:38.240 Abram<00:26:36.900><c> called</c><00:26:37.259><c> on</c><00:26:37.500><c> the</c><00:26:37.599><c> name</c><00:26:37.759><c> of</c><00:26:37.940><c> the</c><00:26:38.039><c> Lord.</c> 00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:40.900 The<00:26:39.099><c> thing</c><00:26:39.440><c> that</c><00:26:39.920><c> marks</c><00:26:40.200><c> out</c><00:26:40.559><c> Abram</c> 00:26:40.900 --> 00:26:43.640 is<00:26:41.099><c> that</c><00:26:41.319><c> whenever</c><00:26:42.519><c> he</c><00:26:42.660><c> comes</c><00:26:42.839><c> to</c><00:26:43.019><c> his</c><00:26:43.220><c> senses,</c> 00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:45.799 whenever<00:26:44.019><c> he</c><00:26:44.299><c> realises</c><00:26:44.960><c> what's</c><00:26:45.559><c> right,</c> 00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:49.359 he<00:26:46.339><c> talks</c><00:26:46.799><c> to</c><00:26:47.000><c> God,</c><00:26:47.359><c> and</c><00:26:47.420><c> God</c><00:26:47.640><c> shows</c><00:26:47.980><c> him</c><00:26:48.220><c> the</c><00:26:48.380><c> way.</c> 00:26:50.799 --> 00:26:52.160 Let<00:26:51.220><c> me</c><00:26:51.319><c> tell</c><00:26:51.500><c> you</c><00:26:51.779><c> a</c><00:26:51.819><c> story.</c> 00:26:52.299 --> 00:26:55.299 I<00:26:52.680><c> wasn't</c><00:26:52.980><c> much</c><00:26:53.240><c> older</c><00:26:53.519><c> than</c><00:26:53.819><c> you</c><00:26:54.240><c> when</c><00:26:54.619><c> this</c><00:26:54.839><c> happened</c><00:26:55.039><c> to</c><00:26:55.220><c> me.</c> 00:26:55.299 --> 00:26:56.980 I<00:26:55.380><c> was</c><00:26:55.539><c> a</c><00:26:55.599><c> young</c><00:26:55.759><c> married</c><00:26:56.000><c> man,</c> 00:26:57.059 --> 00:27:00.079 and<00:26:57.559><c> I'd</c><00:26:57.839><c> been</c><00:26:57.960><c> working</c><00:26:58.519><c> for</c><00:26:58.900><c> about</c><00:26:59.099><c> three</c><00:26:59.420><c> years,</c> 00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:03.579 graduated,<00:27:00.779><c> left</c><00:27:01.019><c> university,</c><00:27:01.640><c> joined</c><00:27:01.900><c> a</c><00:27:01.920><c> big</c><00:27:02.240><c> international</c><00:27:02.980><c> company,</c> 00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:06.160 and<00:27:04.339><c> my</c><00:27:04.740><c> career</c><00:27:05.000><c> wasn't</c><00:27:05.339><c> really</c><00:27:05.680><c> developing.</c> 00:27:06.660 --> 00:27:09.400 I<00:27:06.779><c> was</c><00:27:06.960><c> baptised,</c><00:27:07.539><c> we</c><00:27:07.759><c> were</c><00:27:07.759><c> very</c><00:27:08.079><c> happy</c><00:27:08.380><c> in</c><00:27:08.619><c> ecclesial</c><00:27:09.019><c> life,</c> 00:27:09.619 --> 00:27:11.839 and<00:27:09.740><c> I</c><00:27:09.920><c> got</c><00:27:10.039><c> the</c><00:27:10.119><c> opportunity</c><00:27:10.640><c> of</c><00:27:10.859><c> a</c><00:27:11.019><c> move,</c> 00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:15.460 and<00:27:12.539><c> we</c><00:27:12.700><c> prayed</c><00:27:12.900><c> about</c><00:27:13.200><c> it,</c><00:27:13.900><c> and</c><00:27:14.039><c> I</c><00:27:14.160><c> wanted</c><00:27:14.400><c> the</c><00:27:14.619><c> job,</c> 00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:20.119 and<00:27:15.880><c> I</c><00:27:16.980><c> went</c><00:27:17.140><c> as</c><00:27:17.420><c> far</c><00:27:17.539><c> as</c><00:27:17.640><c> having</c><00:27:17.880><c> the</c><00:27:18.119><c> interview</c><00:27:18.460><c> and</c><00:27:18.920><c> accepting</c><00:27:19.480><c> the</c><00:27:19.720><c> job,</c> 00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:21.859 and<00:27:20.759><c> starting</c><00:27:21.039><c> to</c><00:27:21.180><c> look</c><00:27:21.359><c> for</c><00:27:21.579><c> a</c><00:27:21.720><c> house.</c> 00:27:22.160 --> 00:27:23.660 We<00:27:22.259><c> were</c><00:27:22.740><c> beginning</c><00:27:23.000><c> to</c><00:27:23.180><c> buy</c><00:27:23.380><c> a</c><00:27:23.460><c> house.</c> 00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:25.500 It<00:27:23.779><c> was</c><00:27:23.980><c> a</c><00:27:24.119><c> move</c><00:27:24.259><c> of</c><00:27:24.460><c> about</c><00:27:24.779><c> 300</c><00:27:25.099><c> miles.</c> 00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:27.339 We<00:27:26.160><c> would</c><00:27:26.339><c> have</c><00:27:26.460><c> been</c><00:27:26.579><c> in</c><00:27:26.740><c> isolation.</c> 00:27:27.339 --> 00:27:29.839 It<00:27:27.339><c> was</c><00:27:28.259><c> 40</c><00:27:28.599><c> miles</c><00:27:28.920><c> from</c><00:27:29.099><c> the</c><00:27:29.240><c> nearest</c><00:27:29.480><c> ecclesia,</c> 00:27:29.859 --> 00:27:31.259 and<00:27:29.960><c> I</c><00:27:30.019><c> was</c><00:27:30.220><c> hot</c><00:27:30.420><c>-headed</c><00:27:30.619><c> enough</c><00:27:30.859><c> to</c><00:27:31.000><c> say,</c> 00:27:31.500 --> 00:27:32.640 well,<00:27:31.680><c> we'll</c><00:27:31.960><c> cope</c><00:27:32.240><c> with</c><00:27:32.500><c> that.</c> 00:27:32.680 --> 00:27:34.759 We<00:27:32.740><c> had</c><00:27:32.880><c> two</c><00:27:33.119><c> young</c><00:27:33.359><c> kids,</c><00:27:33.619><c> two</c><00:27:33.839><c> babies,</c> 00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:37.539 and<00:27:35.940><c> it</c><00:27:36.380><c> would</c><00:27:36.539><c> have</c><00:27:36.660><c> been</c><00:27:36.779><c> a</c><00:27:36.819><c> real</c><00:27:37.140><c> struggle</c> 00:27:37.539 --> 00:27:39.660 to<00:27:37.740><c> get</c><00:27:37.920><c> to</c><00:27:38.079><c> the</c><00:27:38.200><c> nearest</c><00:27:38.460><c> ecclesia</c><00:27:38.900><c> for</c><00:27:39.099><c> the</c><00:27:39.240><c> breaking</c><00:27:39.380><c> of</c><00:27:39.579><c> bread.</c> 00:27:39.859 --> 00:27:41.200 God<00:27:40.079><c> stopped</c><00:27:40.460><c> that.</c> 00:27:41.660 --> 00:27:44.359 Suddenly,<00:27:42.480><c> in</c><00:27:42.640><c> a</c><00:27:42.859><c> way</c><00:27:43.000><c> which</c><00:27:43.299><c> frustrated</c><00:27:43.779><c> me</c><00:27:43.980><c> at</c><00:27:44.099><c> the</c><00:27:44.240><c> time,</c> 00:27:44.440 --> 00:27:48.460 the<00:27:44.599><c> move</c><00:27:44.740><c> just</c><00:27:45.059><c> fell</c><00:27:45.279><c> apart,</c><00:27:46.579><c> and</c><00:27:46.940><c> God</c><00:27:47.200><c> stopped</c><00:27:47.559><c> it.</c> 00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:51.339 Now,<00:27:49.160><c> I</c><00:27:49.279><c> think</c><00:27:49.599><c> that</c><00:27:49.859><c> that's,</c><00:27:50.960><c> if</c><00:27:51.099><c> you</c><00:27:51.200><c> like,</c> 00:27:51.460 --> 00:27:53.920 a<00:27:51.700><c> principle</c><00:27:52.099><c> that</c><00:27:52.400><c> Locke</c><00:27:52.539><c> could</c><00:27:52.740><c> have</c><00:27:52.940><c> applied.</c> 00:27:54.259 --> 00:27:56.779 If<00:27:54.740><c> he'd</c><00:27:55.220><c> called</c><00:27:55.460><c> on</c><00:27:55.740><c> the</c><00:27:55.859><c> name</c><00:27:56.019><c> of</c><00:27:56.240><c> the</c><00:27:56.400><c> Lord,</c> 00:27:57.259 --> 00:28:02.920 I<00:27:57.359><c> think</c><00:27:57.539><c> the</c><00:27:57.819><c> Lord</c><00:27:58.000><c> would</c><00:27:58.220><c> have</c><00:27:58.500><c> frustrated</c><00:27:59.460><c> his</c><00:28:00.900><c> move</c><00:28:01.440><c> into</c><00:28:01.839><c> Sodom.</c> 00:28:03.859 --> 00:28:05.859 For<00:28:03.980><c> a</c><00:28:04.240><c> reason</c><00:28:04.539><c> that</c><00:28:04.819><c> I'll</c><00:28:05.059><c> come</c><00:28:05.299><c> to</c><00:28:05.400><c> in</c><00:28:05.559><c> a</c><00:28:05.680><c> minute,</c> 00:28:06.099 --> 00:28:07.680 Lot<00:28:06.119><c> had</c><00:28:06.339><c> to</c><00:28:06.660><c> separate</c><00:28:07.000><c> from</c><00:28:07.299><c> Abram.</c> 00:28:07.880 --> 00:28:09.680 I<00:28:08.019><c> don't</c><00:28:08.240><c> know</c><00:28:08.359><c> where</c><00:28:08.579><c> God</c><00:28:08.740><c> would</c><00:28:08.940><c> have</c><00:28:09.099><c> taken</c><00:28:09.380><c> him,</c> 00:28:10.019 --> 00:28:13.720 but<00:28:10.180><c> I</c><00:28:10.339><c> don't</c><00:28:10.660><c> believe</c><00:28:11.019><c> that</c><00:28:11.259><c> God</c><00:28:11.420><c> would</c><00:28:11.660><c> have</c><00:28:12.420><c> led</c><00:28:13.000><c> him</c><00:28:13.400><c> down</c> 00:28:13.720 --> 00:28:14.700 into<00:28:14.039><c> Sodom</c> 00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:17.559 if<00:28:15.680><c> Lot</c><00:28:15.960><c> had</c><00:28:16.240><c> trusted</c><00:28:16.480><c> in</c><00:28:16.759><c> him.</c> 00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:19.160 Does<00:28:17.960><c> that</c><00:28:18.359><c> help?</c> 00:28:19.539 --> 00:28:20.900 You<00:28:19.839><c> say</c><00:28:19.920><c> you've</c><00:28:20.119><c> got</c><00:28:20.240><c> a</c><00:28:20.339><c> couple</c><00:28:20.480><c> of</c><00:28:20.680><c> options.</c> 00:28:20.900 --> 00:28:22.359 Do<00:28:21.039><c> you</c><00:28:21.039><c> want</c><00:28:21.140><c> to</c><00:28:21.259><c> tell</c><00:28:21.319><c> us</c><00:28:21.420><c> what</c><00:28:21.500><c> they</c><00:28:21.660><c> are?</c> 00:28:23.599 --> 00:28:24.700 Yeah. 00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:39.000 Yeah. 00:28:40.640 --> 00:28:40.839 Yeah. 00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:47.119 Yeah. 00:28:47.160 --> 00:28:47.359 Yes. 00:28:47.819 --> 00:28:48.940 I<00:28:47.859><c> think</c><00:28:48.119><c> you're</c><00:28:48.599><c> right</c><00:28:48.759><c> there.</c> 00:28:49.019 --> 00:28:51.000 I<00:28:49.019><c> think</c><00:28:49.480><c> that</c><00:28:49.779><c> Lot</c><00:28:49.940><c> and</c><00:28:50.119><c> Abram</c><00:28:50.359><c> were</c><00:28:50.599><c> brethren,</c> 00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:55.680 and,<00:28:51.819><c> well,</c><00:28:54.319><c> I'll</c><00:28:54.680><c> come</c><00:28:54.819><c> on</c><00:28:54.920><c> to</c><00:28:54.980><c> it</c><00:28:55.099><c> later</c><00:28:55.240><c> in</c><00:28:55.359><c> the</c><00:28:55.440><c> week.</c> 00:28:56.140 --> 00:28:58.640 But<00:28:56.279><c> for</c><00:28:56.700><c> 20</c><00:28:57.000><c> years,</c><00:28:57.640><c> Lot</c><00:28:57.700><c> dwelt</c><00:28:58.099><c> in</c><00:28:58.380><c> Sodom,</c> 00:28:58.680 --> 00:29:00.059 but<00:28:58.900><c> Abram</c><00:28:59.160><c> kept</c><00:28:59.460><c> tabs</c><00:28:59.720><c> on</c><00:28:59.900><c> him.</c> 00:29:00.059 --> 00:29:01.480 He<00:29:00.400><c> knew</c><00:29:00.519><c> what</c><00:29:00.640><c> was</c><00:29:00.859><c> happening</c><00:29:01.140><c> to</c><00:29:01.359><c> Lot.</c> 00:29:01.720 --> 00:29:03.559 There<00:29:01.880><c> wasn't</c><00:29:03.000><c> animosity.</c> 00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:05.559 There<00:29:03.740><c> wasn't</c><00:29:04.039><c> bad</c><00:29:04.359><c> feeling</c><00:29:04.720><c> between</c><00:29:05.019><c> Abram</c><00:29:05.299><c> and</c><00:29:05.420><c> Lot.</c> 00:29:05.640 --> 00:29:06.880 It<00:29:05.680><c> was</c><00:29:05.839><c> the</c><00:29:06.039><c> herdsmen.</c> 00:29:06.940 --> 00:29:08.660 But<00:29:07.319><c> God</c><00:29:07.480><c> wanted</c><00:29:07.779><c> them</c><00:29:07.940><c> to</c><00:29:08.099><c> be</c><00:29:08.380><c> separate,</c> 00:29:08.680 --> 00:29:10.640 and<00:29:08.839><c> I'll</c><00:29:09.140><c> show</c><00:29:09.339><c> you</c><00:29:09.539><c> why</c><00:29:09.799><c> now.</c> 00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:14.180 Let's<00:29:11.200><c> turn</c><00:29:11.640><c> from</c><00:29:12.079><c> Lot</c><00:29:12.319><c> and</c><00:29:12.539><c> let's</c><00:29:13.039><c> look</c><00:29:13.460><c> at</c><00:29:13.779><c> Abram.</c> 00:29:14.359 --> 00:29:17.819 Will<00:29:14.500><c> you</c><00:29:14.559><c> come</c><00:29:14.759><c> back</c><00:29:14.900><c> with</c><00:29:15.079><c> me</c><00:29:15.359><c> to</c><00:29:15.680><c> the</c><00:29:15.859><c> beginning</c><00:29:16.160><c> of</c><00:29:16.460><c> chapter</c><00:29:16.759><c> 12?</c> 00:29:18.039 --> 00:29:21.180 And<00:29:18.759><c> just</c><00:29:19.140><c> look</c><00:29:19.339><c> now</c><00:29:19.599><c> very</c><00:29:20.019><c> carefully</c><00:29:20.380><c> with</c><00:29:20.700><c> me</c> 00:29:21.180 --> 00:29:23.720 at<00:29:21.500><c> exactly</c><00:29:22.019><c> what</c><00:29:22.420><c> God</c><00:29:22.740><c> said</c><00:29:23.039><c> to</c><00:29:23.299><c> Abram.</c> 00:29:23.920 --> 00:29:27.099 Remember<00:29:24.180><c> when</c><00:29:24.400><c> the</c><00:29:24.559><c> God</c><00:29:24.660><c> of</c><00:29:24.880><c> glory</c><00:29:25.160><c> appeared</c><00:29:25.559><c> to</c><00:29:25.920><c> him</c><00:29:26.200><c> in</c><00:29:26.579><c> her,</c> 00:29:27.579 --> 00:29:29.519 verse<00:29:27.579><c> 1</c><00:29:28.119><c> of</c><00:29:28.380><c> Genesis</c><00:29:28.779><c> 12,</c> 00:29:29.880 --> 00:29:31.819 the<00:29:29.980><c> Lord</c><00:29:30.319><c> said</c><00:29:30.819><c> to</c><00:29:31.119><c> Abram,</c> 00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:34.440 Get<00:29:32.240><c> thee</c><00:29:32.440><c> out</c><00:29:32.740><c> of</c><00:29:32.940><c> thy</c><00:29:33.180><c> country,</c> 00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:36.240 and<00:29:34.720><c> from</c><00:29:35.039><c> thy</c><00:29:35.480><c> kindred,</c> 00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:39.339 and<00:29:36.859><c> from</c><00:29:37.220><c> thy</c><00:29:37.599><c> father's</c><00:29:38.339><c> house,</c> 00:29:39.460 --> 00:29:42.099 unto<00:29:39.519><c> a</c><00:29:39.839><c> land</c><00:29:40.099><c> that</c><00:29:40.319><c> I</c><00:29:40.579><c> will</c><00:29:40.859><c> show</c><00:29:41.200><c> thee.</c> 00:29:42.160 --> 00:29:45.880 So<00:29:42.799><c> Abram</c><00:29:43.160><c> was</c><00:29:43.400><c> asked</c><00:29:43.740><c> to</c><00:29:44.059><c> do</c><00:29:44.500><c> three</c><00:29:45.200><c> things.</c> 00:29:45.880 --> 00:29:50.859 He<00:29:46.920><c> was</c><00:29:47.119><c> asked</c><00:29:47.400><c> to</c><00:29:48.039><c> leave</c><00:29:48.299><c> his</c><00:29:48.619><c> country,</c><00:29:49.700><c> point</c><00:29:49.960><c> one,</c> 00:29:50.940 --> 00:29:52.140 and<00:29:51.079><c> he</c><00:29:51.220><c> left</c><00:29:51.400><c> her,</c><00:29:51.759><c> didn't</c><00:29:52.019><c> he,</c> 00:29:52.140 --> 00:29:54.099 and<00:29:52.299><c> he</c><00:29:52.440><c> travelled</c><00:29:52.640><c> to</c><00:29:52.980><c> Heron.</c> 00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:59.180 And<00:29:54.559><c> then</c><00:29:54.859><c> when</c><00:29:55.799><c> Tyra,</c><00:29:56.440><c> his</c><00:29:56.960><c> father,</c><00:29:57.740><c> was</c><00:29:58.140><c> dead,</c> 00:29:59.259 --> 00:30:02.099 he<00:29:59.440><c> left</c><00:29:59.900><c> his</c><00:30:00.799><c> father's</c><00:30:01.480><c> house,</c> 00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:06.000 and<00:30:02.660><c> he</c><00:30:02.819><c> left</c><00:30:03.059><c> his</c><00:30:03.500><c> brother</c><00:30:04.000><c> there</c><00:30:04.900><c> in</c><00:30:05.420><c> Heron,</c> 00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:09.059 and<00:30:06.380><c> he</c><00:30:06.700><c> travelled</c><00:30:06.980><c> on</c><00:30:07.460><c> down</c><00:30:07.980><c> south.</c> 00:30:09.720 --> 00:30:11.799 Verse<00:30:10.119><c> 4</c><00:30:10.859><c> of</c><00:30:11.079><c> chapter</c><00:30:11.400><c> 12,</c> 00:30:11.940 --> 00:30:14.099 Abram<00:30:12.180><c> departed</c><00:30:12.619><c> as</c><00:30:12.900><c> the</c><00:30:13.140><c> Lord</c><00:30:13.400><c> spoke</c><00:30:13.799><c> unto</c><00:30:13.960><c> him.</c> 00:30:14.140 --> 00:30:14.940 Lot<00:30:14.279><c> went</c><00:30:14.519><c> with</c><00:30:14.740><c> him.</c> 00:30:14.940 --> 00:30:16.859 Abram<00:30:15.200><c> was</c><00:30:15.420><c> 70</c><00:30:15.720><c> and</c><00:30:15.980><c> five</c><00:30:16.160><c> years</c><00:30:16.519><c> old</c> 00:30:16.859 --> 00:30:20.319 when<00:30:17.539><c> they</c><00:30:17.880><c> departed</c><00:30:18.339><c> out</c><00:30:18.819><c> of</c><00:30:19.180><c> Heron,</c> 00:30:20.440 --> 00:30:21.700 and<00:30:20.599><c> they</c><00:30:20.799><c> come</c><00:30:20.940><c> into</c><00:30:21.220><c> Canaan,</c> 00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:25.160 so<00:30:21.920><c> he</c><00:30:22.019><c> left</c><00:30:22.220><c> his</c><00:30:22.579><c> father's</c><00:30:22.880><c> house</c><00:30:23.160><c> at</c><00:30:23.799><c> that</c><00:30:24.019><c> stage.</c> 00:30:26.079 --> 00:30:27.859 But<00:30:26.220><c> what</c><00:30:26.380><c> I</c><00:30:26.460><c> want</c><00:30:26.579><c> to</c><00:30:26.819><c> suggest</c><00:30:27.099><c> to</c><00:30:27.359><c> you</c> 00:30:27.859 --> 00:30:31.799 is<00:30:28.500><c> that</c><00:30:28.720><c> Abram</c><00:30:29.259><c> didn't</c><00:30:29.859><c> leave</c><00:30:30.480><c> his</c><00:30:30.980><c> kindred</c> 00:30:31.799 --> 00:30:36.400 until<00:30:32.480><c> he</c><00:30:32.960><c> separated</c><00:30:33.559><c> from</c><00:30:34.140><c> Lot</c><00:30:34.380><c> here</c><00:30:34.740><c> in</c><00:30:34.900><c> chapter</c><00:30:35.180><c> 13.</c> 00:30:39.059 --> 00:30:40.519 He<00:30:39.359><c> left</c><00:30:39.680><c> her,</c> 00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:43.160 he<00:30:40.900><c> left</c><00:30:41.140><c> Nahoi's</c><00:30:41.759><c> brother</c><00:30:41.920><c> in</c><00:30:42.180><c> Heron</c><00:30:42.380><c> when</c><00:30:42.579><c> Tyra</c><00:30:42.839><c> died</c> 00:30:43.160 --> 00:30:45.119 and<00:30:43.259><c> came</c><00:30:43.420><c> to</c><00:30:43.619><c> Bethel,</c><00:30:43.900><c> the</c><00:30:44.000><c> house</c><00:30:44.160><c> of</c><00:30:44.380><c> God.</c> 00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:47.579 Lovely<00:30:45.759><c> that</c><00:30:45.940><c> he</c><00:30:46.160><c> left</c><00:30:46.380><c> his</c><00:30:46.759><c> father's</c><00:30:47.220><c> house.</c> 00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:50.059 His<00:30:48.319><c> father</c><00:30:48.559><c> was</c><00:30:48.779><c> a</c><00:30:48.880><c> worshiper</c><00:30:49.200><c> of</c><00:30:49.480><c> false</c><00:30:49.759><c> gods,</c> 00:30:50.160 --> 00:30:52.200 and<00:30:50.440><c> he</c><00:30:50.599><c> came</c><00:30:50.740><c> to</c><00:30:50.880><c> the</c><00:30:51.180><c> house</c><00:30:51.539><c> of</c><00:30:51.940><c> God,</c> 00:30:52.319 --> 00:30:56.359 the<00:30:52.480><c> one</c><00:30:52.700><c> who</c><00:30:52.839><c> was</c><00:30:53.039><c> going</c><00:30:53.160><c> to</c><00:30:53.319><c> be</c><00:30:53.599><c> his</c><00:30:54.500><c> everlasting</c><00:30:55.240><c> father.</c> 00:30:56.920 --> 00:30:58.920 And<00:30:57.359><c> then</c><00:30:57.519><c> he</c><00:30:57.740><c> left</c><00:30:58.039><c> his</c><00:30:58.420><c> kindred,</c> 00:30:59.240 --> 00:31:01.339 and<00:30:59.359><c> he</c><00:30:59.519><c> left</c><00:30:59.759><c> Lot</c><00:30:59.960><c> when</c><00:31:00.220><c> Lot</c><00:31:00.440><c> went</c><00:31:00.660><c> down</c><00:31:00.920><c> to</c><00:31:01.140><c> Sodom.</c> 00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:03.640 Now,<00:31:01.799><c> can</c><00:31:01.960><c> I</c><00:31:02.019><c> give</c><00:31:02.140><c> you</c><00:31:02.319><c> a</c><00:31:02.400><c> question</c><00:31:02.700><c> back?</c> 00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:06.420 And<00:31:05.079><c> I</c><00:31:05.259><c> don't</c><00:31:05.420><c> know</c><00:31:05.559><c> the</c><00:31:05.720><c> answer</c><00:31:05.960><c> to</c><00:31:06.180><c> this.</c> 00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:07.559 I<00:31:06.640><c> really</c><00:31:06.960><c> don't.</c> 00:31:07.660 --> 00:31:11.539 If<00:31:07.819><c> you</c><00:31:07.920><c> go</c><00:31:08.099><c> back</c><00:31:08.380><c> to</c><00:31:08.859><c> chapter</c><00:31:09.160><c> 12</c><00:31:09.640><c> and</c><00:31:09.819><c> verse</c><00:31:10.140><c> 1,</c> 00:31:11.640 --> 00:31:13.119 the<00:31:12.200><c> order's</c><00:31:12.680><c> different.</c> 00:31:13.299 --> 00:31:14.559 God<00:31:13.440><c> had</c><00:31:13.700><c> said</c><00:31:13.859><c> to</c><00:31:14.039><c> him,</c> 00:31:15.059 --> 00:31:16.500 leave<00:31:15.099><c> your</c><00:31:15.380><c> country,</c> 00:31:17.259 --> 00:31:18.799 and<00:31:17.380><c> leave</c><00:31:17.559><c> your</c><00:31:17.839><c> kindred,</c> 00:31:19.099 --> 00:31:21.180 and<00:31:19.220><c> leave</c><00:31:19.460><c> your</c><00:31:19.740><c> father's</c><00:31:20.220><c> house.</c> 00:31:21.500 --> 00:31:22.579 And<00:31:21.700><c> what</c><00:31:21.920><c> Abram</c><00:31:22.240><c> did,</c> 00:31:22.700 --> 00:31:24.380 he<00:31:22.880><c> left</c><00:31:23.099><c> his</c><00:31:23.380><c> country,</c> 00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:26.180 and<00:31:24.599><c> he</c><00:31:24.660><c> left</c><00:31:24.839><c> his</c><00:31:25.140><c> father's</c><00:31:25.640><c> house,</c> 00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:27.980 and<00:31:26.700><c> then</c><00:31:26.819><c> he</c><00:31:26.980><c> left</c><00:31:27.200><c> Lot.</c> 00:31:28.140 --> 00:31:29.759 My<00:31:28.400><c> question</c><00:31:28.720><c> is</c><00:31:28.960><c> this,</c> 00:31:29.839 --> 00:31:32.519 and<00:31:29.839><c> talk</c><00:31:30.700><c> about</c><00:31:31.019><c> it</c><00:31:31.200><c> and</c><00:31:31.619><c> ask</c><00:31:31.839><c> your</c><00:31:32.000><c> mums</c><00:31:32.160><c> and</c><00:31:32.339><c> dads</c> 00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:34.279 and<00:31:32.660><c> see</c><00:31:32.859><c> whether</c><00:31:33.359><c> someone</c><00:31:33.680><c> knows</c><00:31:33.920><c> an</c><00:31:34.099><c> answer.</c> 00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:36.680 If<00:31:34.859><c> Abraham</c><00:31:35.339><c> had</c><00:31:35.619><c> done</c><00:31:35.940><c> this</c> 00:31:36.680 --> 00:31:40.019 in<00:31:37.279><c> the</c><00:31:37.619><c> order</c><00:31:38.000><c> that</c><00:31:38.400><c> God</c><00:31:38.740><c> had</c><00:31:39.160><c> told</c><00:31:39.539><c> him,</c> 00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:42.940 if<00:31:40.799><c> he'd</c><00:31:41.059><c> left</c><00:31:41.299><c> his</c><00:31:41.900><c> country,</c> 00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:43.700 and<00:31:43.000><c> then</c><00:31:43.119><c> his</c><00:31:43.359><c> kindred,</c> 00:31:43.779 --> 00:31:44.839 and<00:31:43.900><c> then</c><00:31:43.980><c> his</c><00:31:44.240><c> father's</c><00:31:44.599><c> house,</c> 00:31:45.019 --> 00:31:46.779 would<00:31:45.099><c> this</c><00:31:45.359><c> problem</c><00:31:45.680><c> have</c><00:31:45.900><c> happened?</c> 00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:49.299 I<00:31:47.740><c> don't</c><00:31:47.980><c> think</c><00:31:48.180><c> it</c><00:31:48.440><c> would.</c> 00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:51.380 I<00:31:49.720><c> think</c><00:31:49.960><c> that</c><00:31:50.200><c> Lot</c><00:31:50.279><c> would</c><00:31:50.460><c> have</c><00:31:50.640><c> been</c><00:31:50.799><c> looked</c><00:31:51.039><c> after</c> 00:31:51.380 --> 00:31:54.299 in<00:31:51.579><c> another</c><00:31:51.799><c> way</c><00:31:52.119><c> if</c><00:31:52.220><c> he'd</c><00:31:52.299><c> been</c><00:31:52.500><c> a</c><00:31:52.599><c> God</c><00:31:52.900><c>-fearing</c><00:31:53.380><c> man,</c> 00:31:54.380 --> 00:31:55.940 that<00:31:54.859><c> God</c><00:31:55.079><c> would</c><00:31:55.240><c> have</c><00:31:55.440><c> ensured</c> 00:31:55.940 --> 00:31:58.059 that<00:31:56.279><c> Lot</c><00:31:56.440><c> knew</c><00:31:56.759><c> about</c><00:31:57.019><c> the</c><00:31:57.299><c> promises</c><00:31:57.539><c> as</c><00:31:57.839><c> well.</c> 00:31:58.500 --> 00:32:00.059 But<00:31:58.700><c> the</c><00:31:58.980><c> promise</c><00:31:59.200><c> was</c><00:31:59.480><c> to</c><00:31:59.720><c> Abram,</c> 00:32:00.119 --> 00:32:01.000 and<00:32:00.279><c> Abram</c><00:32:00.700><c> it</c><00:32:00.900><c> was,</c> 00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:02.480 who<00:32:01.160><c> was</c><00:32:01.299><c> being</c><00:32:01.660><c> drawn</c><00:32:01.880><c> out.</c> 00:32:02.680 --> 00:32:03.779 He<00:32:02.900><c> brought</c><00:32:03.140><c> Lot</c><00:32:03.359><c> with</c><00:32:03.599><c> him,</c> 00:32:03.819 --> 00:32:04.539 and<00:32:03.920><c> God</c><00:32:04.140><c> says,</c> 00:32:04.539 --> 00:32:08.160 you've<00:32:05.019><c> got</c><00:32:05.259><c> to</c><00:32:05.440><c> do</c><00:32:05.680><c> exactly</c><00:32:06.440><c> what</c><00:32:06.700><c> I</c><00:32:07.079><c> say,</c><00:32:07.420><c> Abram.</c> 00:32:08.220 --> 00:32:10.460 You've<00:32:08.359><c> got</c><00:32:08.400><c> to</c><00:32:08.519><c> do</c><00:32:08.640><c> exactly</c><00:32:09.240><c> what</c><00:32:09.400><c> I</c><00:32:09.720><c> say.</c> 00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:12.359 You've<00:32:11.019><c> got</c><00:32:11.119><c> to</c><00:32:11.279><c> leave</c><00:32:11.559><c> Lot.</c> 00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:14.900 And<00:32:13.359><c> that's</c><00:32:13.700><c> a</c><00:32:13.819><c> lesson</c><00:32:14.099><c> for</c><00:32:14.400><c> us,</c><00:32:14.579><c> isn't</c><00:32:14.759><c> it?</c> 00:32:14.940 --> 00:32:16.599 You<00:32:15.119><c> can't</c><00:32:15.619><c> pick</c><00:32:15.839><c> and</c><00:32:16.259><c> choose</c> 00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:18.299 with<00:32:16.819><c> what</c><00:32:17.039><c> God</c><00:32:17.279><c> says.</c> 00:32:18.579 --> 00:32:20.279 If<00:32:18.859><c> God</c><00:32:19.259><c> says,</c> 00:32:21.279 --> 00:32:23.140 this<00:32:21.279><c> is</c><00:32:21.559><c> the</c><00:32:21.700><c> way</c><00:32:21.880><c> to</c><00:32:22.160><c> be</c><00:32:22.539><c> saved,</c> 00:32:23.619 --> 00:32:24.960 through<00:32:23.799><c> the</c><00:32:24.019><c> waters</c><00:32:24.240><c> of</c><00:32:24.519><c> baptism,</c> 00:32:25.339 --> 00:32:27.660 believing<00:32:25.619><c> in</c><00:32:25.900><c> the</c><00:32:25.940><c> name</c><00:32:26.160><c> of</c><00:32:26.359><c> the</c><00:32:26.500><c> Lord</c><00:32:26.700><c> Jesus</c><00:32:27.119><c> Christ,</c> 00:32:27.700 --> 00:32:28.819 and<00:32:27.859><c> the</c><00:32:28.019><c> Kingdom</c><00:32:28.279><c> to</c><00:32:28.640><c> come,</c> 00:32:29.220 --> 00:32:30.960 that's<00:32:29.680><c> the</c><00:32:29.900><c> only</c><00:32:30.200><c> way</c><00:32:30.440><c> to</c><00:32:30.700><c> do</c><00:32:30.859><c> it.</c> 00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:32.519 That's<00:32:31.240><c> one</c><00:32:31.440><c> of</c><00:32:31.599><c> the</c><00:32:32.079><c> things</c> 00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:34.940 that<00:32:32.799><c> separates</c><00:32:33.420><c> us</c><00:32:33.819><c> as</c><00:32:34.119><c> Christadelphians</c> 00:32:34.940 --> 00:32:38.000 from<00:32:35.579><c> other</c><00:32:36.000><c> Christian</c><00:32:36.519><c> groups</c><00:32:36.920><c> around.</c> 00:32:39.099 --> 00:32:41.079 We<00:32:39.640><c> try</c><00:32:40.279><c> to</c><00:32:40.680><c> stick,</c> 00:32:41.119 --> 00:32:42.799 don't<00:32:41.400><c> we,</c><00:32:41.680><c> to</c><00:32:42.240><c> every</c> 00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:44.920 principle<00:32:43.339><c> of</c><00:32:43.720><c> the</c><00:32:43.940><c> Scriptures.</c> 00:32:46.099 --> 00:32:46.799 And<00:32:46.240><c> God</c><00:32:46.400><c> demands</c> 00:32:47.039 --> 00:32:48.579 that<00:32:47.359><c> of</c><00:32:47.519><c> us</c><00:32:47.680><c> as</c><00:32:47.859><c> he</c><00:32:48.099><c> demanded</c> 00:32:48.579 --> 00:32:50.400 it<00:32:48.900><c> of</c><00:32:49.140><c> Abraham.</c> 00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:52.900 It<00:32:51.440><c> wasn't</c><00:32:51.779><c> until</c><00:32:52.220><c> Abraham</c> 00:32:52.900 --> 00:32:54.200 fulfilled 00:32:54.200 --> 00:32:57.019 all<00:32:55.259><c> of</c><00:32:55.700><c> God's</c> 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begin</c><00:33:11.720><c> to</c><00:33:11.960><c> draw</c><00:33:12.019><c> it</c><00:33:12.180><c> together</c> 00:33:12.539 --> 00:33:14.559 and<00:33:12.680><c> look</c><00:33:12.980><c> at</c><00:33:13.619><c> Genesis</c><00:33:14.019><c> 13</c> 00:33:14.559 --> 00:33:16.160 and<00:33:14.740><c> the</c><00:33:14.819><c> end</c><00:33:15.000><c> of</c><00:33:15.180><c> the</c><00:33:15.319><c> chapter.</c> 00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:18.440 Verse<00:33:16.839><c> 14</c><00:33:17.400><c> of</c><00:33:17.599><c> Genesis</c><00:33:17.920><c> 13,</c> 00:33:18.799 --> 00:33:20.599 The<00:33:18.960><c> Lord</c><00:33:19.299><c> said</c><00:33:19.579><c> unto</c><00:33:19.859><c> Abram,</c> 00:33:20.980 --> 00:33:22.960 After<00:33:21.319><c> that</c><00:33:21.799><c> Lot</c><00:33:22.000><c> was</c><00:33:22.400><c> separated</c> 00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:25.039 from<00:33:23.279><c> him,</c><00:33:24.400><c> lift</c><00:33:24.680><c> up</c> 00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:27.000 now<00:33:25.519><c> thine</c><00:33:25.980><c> eyes,</c> 00:33:27.319 --> 00:33:28.700 and<00:33:27.460><c> look</c><00:33:27.720><c> from</c><00:33:27.980><c> the</c><00:33:28.200><c> place</c><00:33:28.420><c> where</c> 00:33:28.700 --> 00:33:30.619 thou<00:33:28.819><c> art</c><00:33:29.339><c> northward</c><00:33:29.839><c> and</c><00:33:30.079><c> southward</c> 00:33:30.619 --> 00:33:32.839 and<00:33:30.819><c> eastward</c><00:33:31.279><c> and</c><00:33:31.420><c> westward,</c><00:33:32.299><c> for</c><00:33:32.500><c> all</c> 00:33:32.839 --> 00:33:34.559 the<00:33:32.960><c> land</c><00:33:33.220><c> which</c><00:33:33.480><c> thou</c><00:33:33.799><c> seest,</c> 00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:36.799 to<00:33:35.019><c> thee</c><00:33:35.380><c> will</c><00:33:35.819><c> I</c><00:33:36.180><c> give</c><00:33:36.339><c> it</c> 00:33:36.799 --> 00:33:39.200 and<00:33:37.339><c> to</c><00:33:37.579><c> thy</c><00:33:37.839><c> seed</c><00:33:38.259><c> forever.</c> 00:33:39.440 --> 00:33:40.940 So<00:33:39.799><c> Lot</c><00:33:40.000><c> had</c><00:33:40.119><c> lifted</c><00:33:40.380><c> up</c><00:33:40.599><c> his</c><00:33:40.779><c> eyes</c> 00:33:40.940 --> 00:33:42.779 and<00:33:41.059><c> had</c><00:33:41.220><c> a</c><00:33:41.380><c> look,</c><00:33:41.940><c> and</c><00:33:42.099><c> he</c><00:33:42.319><c> just</c><00:33:42.559><c> looked</c> 00:33:42.779 --> 00:33:44.619 down<00:33:43.220><c> in</c><00:33:43.519><c> Jordan</c><00:33:43.700><c> and</c><00:33:43.779><c> said,</c><00:33:43.940><c> I'm</c><00:33:44.180><c> going</c><00:33:44.380><c> there,</c> 00:33:44.660 --> 00:33:47.059 God<00:33:44.839><c> says</c><00:33:45.059><c> to</c><00:33:45.240><c> Abram,</c><00:33:45.599><c> right,</c><00:33:45.720><c> now</c><00:33:45.859><c> because</c><00:33:46.140><c> you've</c><00:33:46.380><c> obeyed</c><00:33:46.599><c> me,</c> 00:33:47.160 --> 00:33:48.720 lift<00:33:47.359><c> up</c><00:33:47.559><c> your</c><00:33:47.819><c> eyes</c><00:33:48.099><c> and</c><00:33:48.519><c> see</c> 00:33:48.720 --> 00:33:50.519 all<00:33:48.960><c> of</c><00:33:49.119><c> the</c><00:33:49.299><c> land,</c><00:33:49.619><c> all</c><00:33:50.000><c> round</c><00:33:50.259><c> you,</c> 00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:52.720 all<00:33:51.180><c> the</c><00:33:51.240><c> way</c><00:33:51.400><c> round,</c><00:33:51.920><c> I'm</c><00:33:52.519><c> going</c><00:33:52.640><c> to</c> 00:33:52.720 --> 00:33:54.839 give<00:33:52.819><c> it</c><00:33:53.000><c> to</c><00:33:53.200><c> you</c><00:33:53.359><c> and</c><00:33:53.559><c> your</c><00:33:53.779><c> seed</c><00:33:53.980><c> forever.</c> 00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:56.700 Just<00:33:55.240><c> come</c><00:33:55.460><c> back</c><00:33:55.740><c> to</c><00:33:56.279><c> the</c><00:33:56.519><c> end</c> 00:33:56.700 --> 00:33:58.420 of<00:33:56.960><c> verse</c><00:33:57.160><c> 14.</c> 00:33:58.680 --> 00:34:00.279 Right,<00:33:59.319><c> here</c><00:33:59.460><c> we</c><00:33:59.599><c> are</c><00:33:59.779><c> again,</c> 00:34:00.779 --> 00:34:01.640 journeys. 00:34:02.740 --> 00:34:04.720 Let's<00:34:03.000><c> assume</c><00:34:03.319><c> that</c><00:34:03.519><c> that's</c><00:34:03.900><c> north.</c> 00:34:05.420 --> 00:34:06.839 Northward,<00:34:06.160><c> so</c><00:34:06.339><c> he</c><00:34:06.440><c> was</c><00:34:06.640><c> told</c> 00:34:06.839 --> 00:34:08.519 to<00:34:06.980><c> look</c><00:34:07.200><c> north</c><00:34:07.519><c> first,</c> 00:34:08.820 --> 00:34:10.760 and<00:34:08.940><c> he</c><00:34:08.980><c> had</c><00:34:09.099><c> to</c><00:34:09.300><c> turn</c><00:34:09.500><c> round,</c><00:34:10.539><c> look</c> 00:34:10.760 --> 00:34:12.739 southward,<00:34:12.099><c> where</c><00:34:12.260><c> did</c><00:34:12.400><c> he</c><00:34:12.579><c> turn</c> 00:34:12.739 --> 00:34:14.900 next?<00:34:14.460><c> Eastward,</c> 00:34:15.059 --> 00:34:16.840 where<00:34:15.260><c> he'd</c><00:34:15.500><c> come</c><00:34:15.719><c> from,</c><00:34:16.260><c> where</c><00:34:16.420><c> does</c><00:34:16.539><c> he</c><00:34:16.679><c> end</c> 00:34:16.840 --> 00:34:17.880 up<00:34:17.079><c> facing?</c> 00:34:18.820 --> 00:34:20.380 Right,<00:34:19.280><c> see</c><00:34:19.400><c> how</c><00:34:19.519><c> it</c><00:34:19.619><c> all</c><00:34:19.739><c> hangs</c><00:34:19.900><c> together?</c> 00:34:20.860 --> 00:34:22.559 Isn't<00:34:20.980><c> it</c><00:34:21.179><c> strange,</c><00:34:21.699><c> if</c><00:34:21.780><c> God</c><00:34:21.940><c> said</c><00:34:22.179><c> to</c><00:34:22.400><c> me,</c> 00:34:22.900 --> 00:34:24.800 have<00:34:23.000><c> a</c><00:34:23.099><c> look</c><00:34:23.280><c> around</c><00:34:23.659><c> you</c><00:34:24.000><c> and</c><00:34:24.280><c> all</c><00:34:24.539><c> the</c><00:34:24.699><c> land</c> 00:34:24.800 --> 00:34:26.840 that<00:34:24.900><c> I'm</c><00:34:25.019><c> going</c><00:34:25.219><c> to</c><00:34:25.340><c> give</c><00:34:25.500><c> you,</c><00:34:26.360><c> that</c><00:34:26.659><c> you</c> 00:34:26.840 --> 00:34:28.639 can<00:34:27.039><c> see,</c><00:34:27.239><c> I'm</c><00:34:27.239><c> going</c><00:34:27.400><c> to</c><00:34:27.500><c> give</c><00:34:27.619><c> you,</c><00:34:27.860><c> I'd</c><00:34:28.039><c> have</c><00:34:28.139><c> perhaps</c><00:34:28.420><c> looked</c> 00:34:28.639 --> 00:34:30.500 northward,<00:34:29.380><c> eastward,</c><00:34:29.980><c> southward,</c> 00:34:30.579 --> 00:34:32.519 westward,<00:34:31.199><c> or</c><00:34:31.340><c> gone</c><00:34:31.559><c> the</c><00:34:31.679><c> other</c><00:34:31.840><c> way.</c> 00:34:33.380 --> 00:34:35.260 God's<00:34:33.639><c> very</c><00:34:33.860><c> specific</c><00:34:34.400><c> here.</c> 00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:37.079 He<00:34:35.699><c> had</c><00:34:35.840><c> to</c><00:34:35.960><c> look</c><00:34:36.159><c> north,</c> 00:34:37.360 --> 00:34:38.800 he<00:34:37.400><c> had</c><00:34:37.519><c> to</c><00:34:37.619><c> look</c><00:34:37.780><c> south,</c> 00:34:38.940 --> 00:34:40.739 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00:35:12.599 Yeah,<00:35:12.599><c> yeah,</c> 00:35:12.940 --> 00:35:14.760 both<00:35:13.119><c> right.</c><00:35:13.940><c> He's</c><00:35:14.380><c> talking</c> 00:35:14.760 --> 00:35:16.659 about<00:35:15.400><c> the</c><00:35:15.760><c> resurrection.</c> 00:35:16.940 --> 00:35:18.820 Here<00:35:17.179><c> is</c><00:35:17.360><c> this</c><00:35:17.659><c> old,</c><00:35:18.059><c> old</c><00:35:18.280><c> man</c><00:35:18.559><c> who</c> 00:35:18.820 --> 00:35:20.400 had<00:35:19.019><c> no</c><00:35:19.280><c> inheritance</c><00:35:19.719><c> in</c><00:35:19.920><c> the</c><00:35:20.099><c> land,</c> 00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:22.940 and<00:35:20.940><c> because</c><00:35:21.380><c> he's</c><00:35:21.800><c> now</c><00:35:22.159><c> fulfilled</c> 00:35:23.860 --> 00:35:24.980 God's<00:35:24.420><c> commandment</c> 00:35:24.980 --> 00:35:26.820 absolutely,<00:35:26.059><c> God</c><00:35:26.320><c> tells</c> 00:35:26.820 --> 00:35:28.559 him<00:35:27.460><c> that</c><00:35:28.000><c> 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00:36:42.699 plain<00:36:40.800><c> of</c><00:36:41.239><c> Mamre,</c><00:36:42.280><c> which</c><00:36:42.440><c> is</c> 00:36:42.699 --> 00:36:44.639 in<00:36:42.840><c> Hebron,</c><00:36:43.980><c> and</c><00:36:44.420><c> built</c> 00:36:44.639 --> 00:36:46.980 here<00:36:44.960><c> he</c><00:36:45.139><c> is,</c><00:36:45.800><c> Abram</c><00:36:46.139><c> the</c><00:36:46.659><c> altar</c> 00:36:46.980 --> 00:36:48.699 builder.<00:36:48.460><c> He</c><00:36:48.500><c> built</c> 00:36:48.699 --> 00:36:50.599 an<00:36:48.900><c> altar</c><00:36:49.079><c> there</c><00:36:49.340><c> unto</c><00:36:49.500><c> the</c><00:36:49.719><c> Lord.</c> 00:36:52.519 --> 00:36:55.039 He<00:36:52.679><c> came,</c><00:36:53.219><c> anybody</c><00:36:53.539><c> know</c><00:36:53.699><c> what</c><00:36:53.900><c> Hebron</c><00:36:54.179><c> means?</c> 00:37:00.699 --> 00:37:03.179 Fellowship,<00:37:01.960><c> you</c><00:37:02.000><c> young</c><00:37:02.199><c> people,</c> 00:37:03.360 --> 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come</c><00:37:52.599><c> to</c> 00:37:52.780 --> 00:37:55.119 God,<00:37:53.800><c> then</c><00:37:54.039><c> we</c><00:37:54.320><c> can</c><00:37:54.599><c> enjoy</c> 00:37:55.119 --> 00:37:56.380 fellowship<00:37:55.820><c> with</c><00:37:56.179><c> Him,</c> 00:37:56.739 --> 00:37:58.920 as<00:37:57.219><c> did</c><00:37:57.860><c> Abram.</c> 00:38:00.079 --> 00:38:00.619 Okay, 00:38:00.739 --> 00:38:03.400 that's<00:38:00.980><c> all</c><00:38:01.079><c> I've</c><00:38:01.260><c> got</c><00:38:01.360><c> for</c><00:38:01.519><c> you</c><00:38:01.619><c> this</c><00:38:01.800><c> morning.</c><00:38:02.099><c> Any</c><00:38:02.340><c> questions?</c> 00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:09.900 Right.