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Well,<00:10:26.519><c> look</c><00:10:26.740><c> at</c><00:10:26.879><c> what</c><00:10:26.879><c> Romans</c><00:10:27.179><c> chapter</c><00:10:27.519><c> nine</c><00:10:27.860><c> says.</c>

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And<00:10:36.460><c> in</c><00:10:36.620><c> Romans</c><00:10:36.879><c> chapter</c><00:10:37.240><c> nine,</c>

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we<00:10:40.200><c> read</c><00:10:40.379><c> in</c><00:10:40.559><c> verses</c><00:10:40.799><c> seven</c><00:10:41.080><c> and</c><00:10:41.179><c> eight,</c>

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neither<00:10:43.360><c> because</c><00:10:43.899><c> they</c><00:10:44.179><c> are</c><00:10:44.399><c> the</c><00:10:44.620><c> seed</c><00:10:44.759><c> of</c><00:10:45.019><c> Abraham</c>

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are<00:10:45.639><c> they</c><00:10:45.840><c> all</c><00:10:46.159><c> children.</c>

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But<00:10:47.960><c> in</c><00:10:48.179><c> Isaac</c><00:10:48.580><c> shall</c><00:10:48.899><c> thy</c><00:10:49.120><c> seed</c><00:10:49.240><c> be</c><00:10:49.559><c> called.</c>

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That<00:10:51.860><c> is,</c><00:10:52.639><c> the</c><00:10:52.740><c> name</c><00:10:52.899><c> which</c><00:10:53.100><c> are</c><00:10:53.240><c> the</c><00:10:53.419><c> children</c><00:10:53.600><c> of</c><00:10:53.759><c> the</c><00:10:54.059><c> flesh,</c>

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these<00:10:55.200><c> are</c><00:10:55.399><c> not</c><00:10:55.580><c> the</c><00:10:55.759><c> children</c><00:10:55.960><c> of</c><00:10:56.259><c> God,</c>

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but<00:10:57.340><c> the</c><00:10:57.620><c> children</c><00:10:57.820><c> of</c><00:10:58.000><c> the</c><00:10:58.279><c> promise</c><00:10:58.740><c> are</c><00:10:59.679><c> counted</c><00:11:00.080><c> for</c><00:11:00.460><c> the</c><00:11:00.720><c> seed.</c>

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Count<00:11:01.580><c> the</c><00:11:01.879><c> stars.</c>

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Counted<00:11:04.759><c> for</c><00:11:04.940><c> the</c><00:11:05.200><c> seed.</c>

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And<00:11:06.460><c> so</c><00:11:06.620><c> the</c><00:11:06.860><c> seed</c><00:11:07.059><c> was</c><00:11:07.299><c> to</c><00:11:07.480><c> have</c><00:11:07.820><c> a</c><00:11:08.240><c> human</c><00:11:08.519><c> father,</c><00:11:08.879><c> yes,</c>

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but<00:11:09.720><c> they</c><00:11:09.860><c> were</c><00:11:10.059><c> ultimately</c><00:11:10.620><c> to</c><00:11:10.899><c> have</c><00:11:11.039><c> a</c><00:11:11.200><c> divine</c><00:11:11.580><c> destiny.</c>

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And<00:11:13.740><c> the</c><00:11:13.879><c> child</c><00:11:14.100><c> that</c><00:11:14.220><c> was</c><00:11:14.440><c> coming,</c><00:11:14.820><c> brothers</c><00:11:14.940><c> and</c><00:11:15.220><c> sisters,</c>

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would<00:11:15.720><c> not</c><00:11:15.960><c> only</c><00:11:16.159><c> be</c><00:11:16.340><c> the</c><00:11:16.500><c> son</c><00:11:16.659><c> of</c><00:11:16.940><c> Abraham,</c>

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he'd<00:11:17.620><c> be</c><00:11:17.720><c> the</c><00:11:17.860><c> son</c><00:11:17.980><c> of</c><00:11:18.220><c> God.</c>

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Now<00:11:19.580><c> look</c><00:11:19.700><c> at</c><00:11:19.799><c> the</c><00:11:20.019><c> interchangeable</c><00:11:20.539><c> terms</c><00:11:20.799><c> here.</c>

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In<00:11:22.100><c> verse</c><00:11:22.320><c> seven,</c><00:11:23.059><c> look</c><00:11:23.120><c> what</c><00:11:23.159><c> it</c><00:11:23.360><c> says.</c>

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Neither<00:11:24.860><c> because</c><00:11:25.360><c> they</c><00:11:25.659><c> are</c><00:11:25.940><c> the</c><00:11:26.100><c> seed</c><00:11:26.200><c> of</c><00:11:26.460><c> Abraham</c>

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are<00:11:27.039><c> they</c><00:11:27.340><c> all</c><00:11:27.860><c> children.</c>

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Now<00:11:29.379><c> verse</c><00:11:29.659><c> eight,</c><00:11:30.659><c> that</c><00:11:30.799><c> is,</c>

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they<00:11:32.059><c> which</c><00:11:32.299><c> are</c><00:11:32.460><c> the</c><00:11:32.639><c> children</c><00:11:32.860><c> of</c><00:11:33.019><c> the</c><00:11:33.200><c> flesh,</c>

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these<00:11:33.980><c> are</c><00:11:34.159><c> not</c><00:11:34.299><c> the</c><00:11:34.519><c> children</c><00:11:34.700><c> of</c><00:11:35.559><c> God.</c>

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So<00:11:38.059><c> verse</c><00:11:38.299><c> seven</c><00:11:38.620><c> talks</c><00:11:38.899><c> about</c><00:11:39.100><c> the</c><00:11:39.320><c> children</c><00:11:39.519><c> of</c><00:11:39.879><c> Abraham</c>

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and<00:11:41.600><c> verse</c><00:11:41.980><c> eight</c><00:11:42.460><c> talks</c><00:11:42.720><c> about</c><00:11:42.960><c> the</c><00:11:43.200><c> children</c><00:11:43.379><c> of</c><00:11:43.679><c> God,</c>

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same<00:11:44.639><c> people.</c>

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And<00:11:47.820><c> that's</c><00:11:47.960><c> what</c><00:11:48.120><c> Galatians</c><00:11:48.639><c> three</c><00:11:49.019><c> said.</c>

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Ye<00:11:50.820><c> are</c><00:11:51.259><c> all</c><00:11:51.639><c> the</c><00:11:51.919><c> children</c><00:11:52.120><c> of</c><00:11:52.519><c> God</c><00:11:52.980><c> by</c><00:11:53.419><c> faith</c><00:11:53.779><c> in</c><00:11:54.019><c> Christ</c><00:11:54.299><c> Jesus.</c>

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And<00:11:57.659><c> if</c><00:11:57.840><c> you're</c><00:11:58.120><c> Christ's,</c>

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then<00:11:59.720><c> you're</c><00:12:00.139><c> Abraham's</c><00:12:00.740><c> children,</c><00:12:01.360><c> same</c><00:12:01.639><c> thing.</c>

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And<00:12:03.460><c> the</c><00:12:03.659><c> terms</c><00:12:03.820><c> are</c><00:12:04.000><c> interchangeable.</c>

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So<00:12:05.879><c> we're</c><00:12:06.120><c> the</c><00:12:06.259><c> children</c><00:12:06.440><c> of</c><00:12:06.740><c> God</c><00:12:07.000><c> and</c><00:12:07.259><c> we're</c><00:12:07.580><c> Abraham's</c><00:12:08.019><c> children,</c>

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exactly<00:12:08.879><c> the</c><00:12:09.120><c> same</c><00:12:09.340><c> thing.</c>

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And<00:12:09.840><c> we're</c><00:12:10.080><c> gonna</c><00:12:10.159><c> see,</c><00:12:10.659><c> brothers</c><00:12:10.799><c> and</c><00:12:11.000><c> sisters,</c>

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in<00:12:11.419><c> Genesis</c><00:12:11.779><c> 17</c><00:12:12.340><c> where</c><00:12:12.799><c> God</c><00:12:13.039><c> was</c><00:12:13.220><c> to</c><00:12:13.480><c> make</c><00:12:13.639><c> Abraham</c><00:12:14.120><c> a</c><00:12:14.360><c> father</c>

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like<00:12:15.080><c> himself.</c>

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And<00:12:16.159><c> that's</c><00:12:16.419><c> a</c><00:12:16.600><c> remarkable</c><00:12:17.139><c> chapter</c><00:12:17.720><c> when</c><00:12:18.179><c> we</c><00:12:18.340><c> come</c><00:12:18.500><c> to</c><00:12:18.679><c> that</c>

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and<00:12:19.100><c> we'll</c><00:12:19.440><c> see</c><00:12:19.840><c> that</c><00:12:20.100><c> the</c><00:12:20.360><c> fatherhood</c><00:12:20.799><c> of</c><00:12:21.019><c> Abraham</c>

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became,<00:12:22.080><c> as</c><00:12:22.279><c> it</c><00:12:22.460><c> were,</c><00:12:23.039><c> entangled</c><00:12:23.539><c> with</c><00:12:23.720><c> the</c><00:12:24.000><c> fatherhood</c><00:12:24.340><c> of</c><00:12:24.580><c> God</c>

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and<00:12:25.139><c> together,</c><00:12:26.860><c> father</c><00:12:27.299><c> of</c><00:12:28.279><c> the</c><00:12:28.460><c> heavens</c>

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and<00:12:29.299><c> our</c><00:12:29.580><c> father</c><00:12:29.779><c> the</c><00:12:30.059><c> faithful</c><00:12:30.399><c> working</c><00:12:31.159><c> together</c>

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to<00:12:31.860><c> produce</c><00:12:32.159><c> that</c><00:12:32.580><c> seed,</c><00:12:33.000><c> brothers</c><00:12:33.120><c> and</c><00:12:33.360><c> sisters,</c>

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whose<00:12:34.019><c> faith</c><00:12:34.360><c> would</c><00:12:34.580><c> be</c><00:12:34.960><c> characteristic</c><00:12:35.500><c> of</c><00:12:35.639><c> that</c><00:12:35.759><c> of</c><00:12:35.960><c> Abraham.</c>

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It's<00:12:36.659><c> wonderful</c><00:12:37.059><c> how</c><00:12:37.220><c> this</c><00:12:37.440><c> is</c><00:12:37.679><c> done.</c>

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And<00:12:39.320><c> so</c><00:12:39.460><c> Abraham</c><00:12:39.720><c> is</c><00:12:40.039><c> told</c><00:12:40.580><c> to</c><00:12:41.320><c> come</c><00:12:41.639><c> forth</c>

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and<00:12:43.639><c> to</c><00:12:43.879><c> gaze</c><00:12:44.120><c> upon</c><00:12:44.419><c> that</c><00:12:44.960><c> starry</c><00:12:45.379><c> sky.</c>

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You<00:12:47.419><c> know,</c><00:12:47.559><c> it's</c><00:12:47.700><c> a</c><00:12:47.899><c> poignant</c><00:12:48.299><c> scene,</c><00:12:48.740><c> brothers</c><00:12:48.840><c> and</c><00:12:49.139><c> sisters.</c>

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The<00:12:51.100><c> apostle</c><00:12:51.480><c> says</c><00:12:51.820><c> in</c><00:12:52.019><c> Romans</c><00:12:52.360><c> chapter</c><00:12:52.720><c> four,</c>

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we<00:12:53.120><c> won't</c><00:12:53.320><c> turn</c><00:12:53.580><c> to</c><00:12:53.720><c> this,</c>

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he<00:12:54.759><c> said</c><00:12:54.860><c> he</c><00:12:55.240><c> diligently</c><00:12:55.700><c> considered</c><00:12:56.379><c> his</c><00:12:56.639><c> own</c><00:12:56.940><c> body</c><00:12:57.299><c> now</c><00:12:57.659><c> dead</c>

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and<00:12:58.639><c> he</c><00:12:58.799><c> considered</c><00:12:59.200><c> the</c><00:12:59.500><c> deadness</c><00:12:59.899><c> of</c><00:13:00.200><c> Sarah's</c><00:13:00.620><c> womb.</c>

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Paul<00:13:01.059><c> says</c><00:13:01.279><c> that.</c>

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He<00:13:01.899><c> says</c><00:13:02.059><c> Abraham</c><00:13:02.500><c> diligently</c><00:13:03.340><c> considered</c><00:13:03.779><c> it.</c>

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He<00:13:05.240><c> thought</c><00:13:05.559><c> deep</c><00:13:05.980><c> about</c><00:13:06.299><c> it.</c>

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And<00:13:08.200><c> that</c><00:13:08.340><c> old</c><00:13:08.580><c> man</c><00:13:08.799><c> came</c><00:13:09.080><c> out</c><00:13:09.360><c> there,</c><00:13:09.639><c> brothers</c><00:13:09.720><c> and</c><00:13:09.960><c> sisters,</c>

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on<00:13:11.240><c> that</c><00:13:11.639><c> starry</c><00:13:12.159><c> night.</c>

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And<00:13:13.220><c> you</c><00:13:13.279><c> can</c><00:13:13.419><c> imagine</c><00:13:13.779><c> with</c><00:13:14.240><c> none</c><00:13:14.399><c> of</c><00:13:14.559><c> the</c><00:13:14.759><c> city</c><00:13:14.960><c> lights</c>

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that<00:13:15.440><c> we</c><00:13:15.679><c> have</c><00:13:16.039><c> to</c><00:13:16.539><c> dim</c><00:13:16.700><c> the</c><00:13:16.919><c> heavens</c>

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and<00:13:18.500><c> the</c><00:13:18.700><c> bolt</c><00:13:18.879><c> of</c><00:13:19.059><c> the</c><00:13:19.240><c> heavens</c><00:13:19.500><c> that</c><00:13:19.820><c> night,</c>

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the<00:13:20.519><c> velvet</c><00:13:20.899><c> blackness</c><00:13:21.299><c> of</c><00:13:21.519><c> that</c><00:13:21.679><c> and</c><00:13:21.980><c> the</c><00:13:22.299><c> sparkling</c><00:13:22.740><c> stars,</c>

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millions<00:13:23.879><c> of</c><00:13:24.120><c> them</c><00:13:24.259><c> up</c><00:13:24.480><c> there.</c>

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And<00:13:25.519><c> he</c><00:13:25.639><c> came</c><00:13:25.919><c> aboard,</c><00:13:26.460><c> this</c><00:13:26.539><c> old</c><00:13:26.759><c> man,</c><00:13:27.139><c> he</c><00:13:27.159><c> looked</c><00:13:27.279><c> up</c><00:13:27.519><c> there</c>

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and<00:13:29.039><c> he</c><00:13:29.279><c> gave</c><00:13:29.539><c> diligent</c><00:13:30.200><c> consideration</c><00:13:30.980><c> to</c><00:13:31.179><c> his</c><00:13:31.399><c> body.</c>

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And<00:13:33.679><c> although</c><00:13:33.879><c> he,</c><00:13:34.120><c> of</c><00:13:34.299><c> course,</c><00:13:34.519><c> was</c><00:13:34.600><c> to</c><00:13:34.759><c> have</c><00:13:34.860><c> children</c><00:13:35.200><c> later,</c>

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he<00:13:37.500><c> then</c><00:13:37.820><c> considered</c><00:13:38.700><c> the</c><00:13:40.200><c> deadness</c><00:13:41.120><c> of</c><00:13:41.580><c> Sarah's</c><00:13:42.059><c> womb.</c>

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And<00:13:44.820><c> she</c><00:13:45.080><c> never</c><00:13:45.419><c> could</c><00:13:45.600><c> have</c><00:13:45.799><c> children</c><00:13:46.559><c> beyond</c><00:13:47.700><c> the</c><00:13:47.980><c> time</c><00:13:48.139><c> of</c><00:13:48.399><c> life.</c>

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And<00:13:50.480><c> he</c><00:13:50.620><c> gave</c><00:13:50.820><c> that</c><00:13:51.220><c> deep</c><00:13:51.559><c> and</c><00:13:52.159><c> diligent</c><00:13:52.480><c> consideration,</c>

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said<00:13:53.360><c> the</c><00:13:53.600><c> apostle,</c><00:13:54.440><c> and</c><00:13:54.740><c> believed</c><00:13:55.220><c> God.</c>

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And<00:13:59.019><c> God</c><00:13:59.320><c> counted</c><00:13:59.779><c> that</c><00:14:00.080><c> to</c><00:14:00.220><c> him</c><00:14:00.440><c> for</c><00:14:00.700><c> righteousness,</c>

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it<00:14:01.460><c> says</c><00:14:01.620><c> here</c><00:14:02.120><c> in</c><00:14:02.460><c> this</c><00:14:02.700><c> chapter</c><00:14:03.000><c> in</c><00:14:03.200><c> verse</c><00:14:03.419><c> six,</c>

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he<00:14:04.120><c> believed</c><00:14:05.139><c> in</c><00:14:05.500><c> the</c><00:14:05.679><c> Lord</c>

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and<00:14:06.340><c> he</c><00:14:06.740><c> counted</c><00:14:07.019><c> it</c><00:14:07.240><c> to</c><00:14:07.379><c> him</c><00:14:07.620><c> for</c><00:14:07.860><c> righteousness.</c>

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Now,<00:14:10.740><c> I'm</c><00:14:10.840><c> gonna</c><00:14:10.899><c> make</c><00:14:11.100><c> a</c><00:14:11.320><c> statement</c><00:14:11.539><c> in</c><00:14:11.720><c> it</c><00:14:11.940><c> now,</c>

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brothers<00:14:12.379><c> and</c><00:14:12.600><c> sisters,</c><00:14:12.860><c> I</c><00:14:12.940><c> want</c><00:14:13.019><c> you</c><00:14:13.299><c> to</c><00:14:13.419><c> listen</c><00:14:13.659><c> carefully</c>

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because<00:14:15.700><c> I</c><00:14:15.980><c> believe</c><00:14:16.580><c> that</c><00:14:16.960><c> when</c><00:14:17.080><c> you</c><00:14:17.279><c> see</c><00:14:17.360><c> it</c><00:14:17.519><c> this</c><00:14:17.759><c> way,</c>

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it<00:14:18.820><c> makes</c><00:14:19.059><c> all</c><00:14:19.340><c> the</c><00:14:19.519><c> difference,</c><00:14:19.899><c> this</c><00:14:20.120><c> verse.</c>

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And<00:14:21.639><c> this</c><00:14:21.759><c> is</c><00:14:21.940><c> the</c><00:14:22.120><c> statement.</c>

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It's<00:14:25.360><c> not</c><00:14:25.740><c> so</c><00:14:26.419><c> important</c><00:14:27.120><c> to</c><00:14:28.600><c> know</c><00:14:29.200><c> that</c><00:14:30.019><c> Abraham</c><00:14:30.460><c> believed.</c>

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What<00:14:32.899><c> is</c><00:14:33.259><c> important</c><00:14:34.059><c> is</c><00:14:34.860><c> to</c><00:14:35.100><c> know</c><00:14:36.019><c> what</c><00:14:36.679><c> he</c><00:14:37.860><c> believed.</c>

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Now,<00:14:40.220><c> look</c><00:14:40.360><c> at</c><00:14:40.480><c> the</c><00:14:40.720><c> importance</c><00:14:40.960><c> of</c><00:14:41.139><c> this.</c>

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So<00:14:42.620><c> it's</c><00:14:42.860><c> not</c><00:14:43.179><c> the</c><00:14:43.460><c> emphasis</c><00:14:43.779><c> on</c><00:14:44.000><c> the</c><00:14:44.179><c> fact</c><00:14:44.320><c> that</c><00:14:44.500><c> he</c><00:14:44.740><c> believed,</c>

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but<00:14:46.860><c> it's</c><00:14:47.440><c> what</c><00:14:47.720><c> he</c><00:14:48.139><c> believed.</c>

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Now,<00:14:50.220><c> there's</c><00:14:50.440><c> where</c><00:14:50.600><c> the</c><00:14:50.840><c> emphasis</c><00:14:51.159><c> is.</c>

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And<00:14:51.860><c> so</c><00:14:51.980><c> we</c><00:14:52.179><c> find</c><00:14:52.440><c> in</c><00:14:52.639><c> Romans</c><00:14:52.960><c> four,</c><00:14:53.419><c> Galatians</c><00:14:53.860><c> three,</c>

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James<00:14:54.559><c> chapter</c><00:14:54.879><c> two,</c><00:14:55.159><c> this</c><00:14:55.519><c> verse</c><00:14:55.759><c> is</c><00:14:56.080><c> quoted</c>

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as<00:14:56.799><c> a</c><00:14:57.220><c> monument</c><00:14:57.720><c> of</c><00:14:58.039><c> faith,</c><00:14:59.860><c> absolute</c><00:15:00.139><c> monument</c><00:15:00.740><c> of</c><00:15:01.019><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:15:02.500><c> this</c><00:15:02.639><c> man</c><00:15:02.879><c> rose</c><00:15:03.279><c> above</c><00:15:03.679><c> the</c><00:15:04.279><c> flesh</c><00:15:04.480><c> to</c><00:15:04.799><c> believe</c><00:15:05.100><c> this.</c>

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And<00:15:07.179><c> God</c><00:15:07.379><c> said,</c><00:15:08.080><c> that's</c><00:15:08.580><c> righteousness.</c>

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Now,<00:15:09.440><c> what's</c><00:15:09.879><c> righteousness?</c>

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Well,<00:15:11.799><c> what</c><00:15:12.019><c> did</c><00:15:12.159><c> he</c><00:15:12.360><c> believe?</c>

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He<00:15:14.779><c> believed</c><00:15:15.360><c> a</c><00:15:16.159><c> human</c><00:15:17.320><c> impossibility.</c>

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And<00:15:21.000><c> God</c><00:15:21.379><c> counted</c><00:15:21.779><c> his</c><00:15:22.240><c> belief</c><00:15:22.899><c> in</c><00:15:24.200><c> a</c><00:15:24.600><c> human</c><00:15:25.399><c> impossibility</c>

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as<00:15:27.600><c> righteousness.</c>

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See<00:15:28.860><c> the</c><00:15:29.120><c> point?</c>

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And<00:15:30.500><c> so</c><00:15:30.600><c> when</c><00:15:30.840><c> Paul</c><00:15:31.200><c> expounds</c><00:15:31.799><c> this</c><00:15:32.080><c> in</c><00:15:32.259><c> Romans</c><00:15:32.620><c> chapter</c><00:15:32.980><c> four</c>

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in<00:15:33.559><c> particular,</c><00:15:35.139><c> he</c><00:15:35.360><c> sets</c><00:15:35.600><c> forth</c><00:15:35.940><c> the</c><00:15:36.299><c> righteousness</c><00:15:36.799><c> of</c><00:15:37.240><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:15:38.340><c> the</c><00:15:38.559><c> righteousness</c><00:15:38.940><c> of</c><00:15:39.299><c> faith,</c><00:15:39.700><c> brothers</c><00:15:39.820><c> and</c><00:15:40.080><c> sisters,</c>

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is<00:15:40.580><c> a</c><00:15:40.799><c> belief</c><00:15:40.980><c> in</c><00:15:41.240><c> something</c><00:15:41.460><c> that</c><00:15:41.759><c> we</c><00:15:42.139><c> can't</c><00:15:42.679><c> do.</c>

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So<00:15:44.279><c> it's</c><00:15:44.600><c> important</c><00:15:45.059><c> to</c><00:15:45.279><c> know</c><00:15:45.379><c> the</c><00:15:45.740><c> character</c><00:15:46.059><c> of</c><00:15:46.240><c> what</c><00:15:46.340><c> he</c><00:15:46.559><c> believed.</c>

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Now,<00:15:48.039><c> in</c><00:15:48.120><c> order</c><00:15:48.299><c> to</c><00:15:48.600><c> illustrate</c><00:15:49.080><c> this,</c>

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listen<00:15:50.100><c> to</c><00:15:50.259><c> the</c><00:15:50.419><c> apostle,</c><00:15:51.100><c> listen</c><00:15:51.360><c> to</c><00:15:51.519><c> him.</c>

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Paul<00:15:52.600><c> says,</c><00:15:53.019><c> now</c><00:15:53.019><c> look,</c>

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it<00:15:55.299><c> was</c><00:15:55.559><c> not</c><00:15:55.779><c> imputed</c><00:15:56.059><c> unto</c><00:15:56.279><c> him</c><00:15:56.500><c> only,</c><00:15:56.899><c> he</c><00:15:57.139><c> says,</c>

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but<00:15:59.559><c> it</c><00:15:59.740><c> shall</c><00:15:59.919><c> be,</c><00:16:00.120><c> this</c><00:16:00.399><c> was</c><00:16:00.639><c> not</c><00:16:00.820><c> written</c><00:16:01.019><c> for</c><00:16:01.179><c> his</c><00:16:01.440><c> sake</c><00:16:01.620><c> alone,</c>

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he<00:16:02.419><c> says,</c><00:16:02.600><c> that</c><00:16:02.720><c> it</c><00:16:02.820><c> was</c><00:16:03.000><c> imputed</c><00:16:03.259><c> unto</c><00:16:03.539><c> him,</c>

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but<00:16:05.200><c> unto</c><00:16:05.379><c> us</c><00:16:05.639><c> to</c><00:16:05.899><c> whom</c><00:16:06.080><c> it</c><00:16:06.460><c> shall</c><00:16:06.720><c> be</c><00:16:07.059><c> imputed</c><00:16:07.419><c> if</c><00:16:07.899><c> we</c><00:16:08.240><c> believe.</c>

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What?

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That<00:16:13.019><c> God</c><00:16:13.519><c> raised</c><00:16:14.059><c> Jesus,</c><00:16:14.659><c> our</c><00:16:15.100><c> Lord,</c><00:16:15.700><c> from</c><00:16:15.919><c> the</c><00:16:16.139><c> dead.</c>

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Can<00:16:16.639><c> you</c><00:16:16.820><c> raise</c><00:16:17.039><c> the</c><00:16:17.279><c> dead?</c>

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I<00:16:19.860><c> can't.</c>

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And<00:16:21.700><c> we've</c><00:16:22.000><c> got</c><00:16:22.080><c> to</c><00:16:22.200><c> have</c><00:16:22.340><c> a</c><00:16:22.580><c> belief,</c><00:16:22.960><c> brothers</c><00:16:23.100><c> and</c><00:16:23.320><c> sisters,</c>

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in<00:16:23.860><c> what</c><00:16:24.059><c> is</c><00:16:24.460><c> absolutely</c><00:16:25.259><c> impossible</c><00:16:26.100><c> with</c><00:16:26.399><c> us.</c>

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So<00:16:28.820><c> it</c><00:16:28.879><c> was</c><00:16:29.080><c> not</c><00:16:29.320><c> written</c><00:16:29.500><c> for</c><00:16:29.679><c> his</c><00:16:29.919><c> sake</c><00:16:30.100><c> alone,</c>

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says<00:16:30.600><c> Paul</c><00:16:30.899><c> in</c><00:16:31.279><c> Romans</c><00:16:31.620><c> four,</c><00:16:32.000><c> verse</c><00:16:32.200><c> 22,</c>

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it<00:16:33.059><c> wasn't</c><00:16:33.340><c> written</c><00:16:33.539><c> for</c><00:16:33.659><c> his</c><00:16:33.840><c> sake,</c>

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but<00:16:34.279><c> unto</c><00:16:34.580><c> us,</c><00:16:35.019><c> unto</c><00:16:35.159><c> whom</c><00:16:35.360><c> it</c><00:16:35.759><c> shall</c><00:16:36.000><c> be</c><00:16:36.299><c> imputed</c>

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if<00:16:37.179><c> we</c><00:16:37.559><c> believe</c><00:16:37.960><c> this,</c><00:16:38.679><c> that</c><00:16:38.980><c> God</c><00:16:39.379><c> could</c><00:16:39.679><c> raise</c><00:16:39.940><c> a</c><00:16:40.179><c> dead</c><00:16:40.360><c> body.</c>

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Now,<00:16:42.539><c> it's</c><00:16:42.679><c> all</c><00:16:42.759><c> very</c><00:16:42.980><c> well</c><00:16:43.120><c> to</c><00:16:43.360><c> say</c><00:16:43.720><c> that</c><00:16:44.460><c> our</c><00:16:44.720><c> doctrines,</c>

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the<00:16:45.460><c> statement</c><00:16:45.720><c> of</c><00:16:45.919><c> faith</c><00:16:46.059><c> says</c><00:16:46.279><c> we</c><00:16:46.519><c> believe</c>

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in<00:16:47.059><c> the</c><00:16:47.220><c> resurrection</c><00:16:47.580><c> of</c><00:16:47.759><c> the</c><00:16:47.879><c> dead.</c>

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It's<00:16:51.080><c> a</c><00:16:51.200><c> fundamental</c><00:16:51.539><c> of</c><00:16:51.720><c> our</c><00:16:51.960><c> faith,</c>

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and<00:16:52.879><c> the</c><00:16:53.000><c> Bible's</c><00:16:53.440><c> full</c><00:16:53.539><c> of</c><00:16:53.600><c> it,</c><00:16:53.700><c> so</c><00:16:53.799><c> we</c><00:16:53.879><c> can</c><00:16:54.159><c> prove</c><00:16:54.480><c> it.</c>

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But<00:16:57.139><c> as</c><00:16:57.299><c> you</c><00:16:57.460><c> grow</c><00:16:57.639><c> older,</c><00:16:58.220><c> brothers</c><00:16:58.299><c> and</c><00:16:58.539><c> sisters,</c>

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and<00:17:01.940><c> the</c><00:17:02.100><c> aches</c><00:17:02.399><c> and</c><00:17:02.580><c> pains</c><00:17:02.860><c> come,</c>

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and<00:17:05.079><c> the</c><00:17:05.259><c> memory</c><00:17:05.500><c> fades,</c>

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and<00:17:07.819><c> Solomon</c><00:17:08.079><c> paints</c><00:17:08.400><c> his</c><00:17:08.640><c> picture</c><00:17:08.859><c> in</c><00:17:09.019><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:17:09.680><c> 12,</c>

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of<00:17:10.640><c> the</c><00:17:10.839><c> golden</c><00:17:11.200><c> bowl</c><00:17:11.380><c> that</c><00:17:11.539><c> is</c><00:17:11.720><c> broken,</c>

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and<00:17:12.140><c> the</c><00:17:12.299><c> silver</c><00:17:12.579><c> thread,</c><00:17:13.420><c> and</c><00:17:13.500><c> the</c><00:17:13.779><c> chain</c><00:17:14.200><c> that</c><00:17:14.859><c> fails,</c>

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the<00:17:16.099><c> grinders</c><00:17:17.460><c> are</c><00:17:17.980><c> grinding</c><00:17:18.279><c> low,</c>

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and<00:17:20.880><c> the</c><00:17:20.940><c> lights</c><00:17:21.119><c> are</c><00:17:21.339><c> going</c><00:17:21.500><c> out,</c>

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we've<00:17:24.339><c> got</c><00:17:24.339><c> to</c><00:17:24.579><c> believe,</c><00:17:27.079><c> really</c><00:17:27.500><c> believe,</c>

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that<00:17:29.839><c> God</c><00:17:30.180><c> can</c><00:17:30.579><c> actually</c><00:17:31.039><c> raise</c><00:17:31.680><c> a</c><00:17:32.259><c> dead</c><00:17:32.980><c> body.</c>

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There's<00:17:34.720><c> no</c><00:17:35.099><c> way</c><00:17:35.259><c> in</c><00:17:35.460><c> the</c><00:17:35.799><c> world</c><00:17:36.039><c> we</c><00:17:36.180><c> can</c><00:17:36.339><c> do</c><00:17:36.599><c> that.</c>

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And<00:17:37.720><c> when</c><00:17:37.859><c> we</c><00:17:38.079><c> believe</c><00:17:38.480><c> that,</c><00:17:38.819><c> brothers</c><00:17:38.960><c> and</c><00:17:39.220><c> sisters,</c>

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God<00:17:39.880><c> counts</c><00:17:40.480><c> that,</c><00:17:42.079><c> unto</c><00:17:42.279><c> us,</c><00:17:43.220><c> for</c><00:17:43.359><c> righteousness,</c>

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something<00:17:44.819><c> we</c><00:17:45.380><c> can't</c><00:17:46.160><c> do</c><00:17:46.579><c> ourselves.</c>

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That's<00:17:48.359><c> the</c><00:17:48.519><c> incredible</c><00:17:49.319><c> faith</c><00:17:49.720><c> of</c><00:17:49.960><c> Abraham.</c>

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Now,<00:17:52.519><c> I</c><00:17:52.579><c> want</c><00:17:52.660><c> to</c><00:17:52.799><c> show</c><00:17:52.940><c> you</c><00:17:54.079><c> Romans</c><00:17:54.400><c> chapter</c><00:17:54.759><c> nine</c><00:17:55.000><c> again.</c>

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And<00:17:57.740><c> I</c><00:17:57.819><c> want</c><00:17:57.880><c> you</c><00:17:58.000><c> to</c><00:17:58.140><c> turn</c><00:17:58.240><c> up</c><00:17:58.420><c> Romans</c><00:17:58.740><c> chapter</c><00:17:59.059><c> nine,</c>

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and<00:17:59.640><c> I</c><00:17:59.680><c> want</c><00:17:59.799><c> you</c><00:17:59.960><c> to</c><00:18:00.140><c> turn</c><00:18:00.299><c> up,</c><00:18:00.579><c> with</c><00:18:01.000><c> the</c><00:18:01.140><c> other</c><00:18:01.339><c> hand,</c><00:18:01.960><c> Isaiah</c><00:18:02.339><c> 51.</c>

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And<00:18:06.859><c> Paul</c><00:18:07.039><c> builds</c><00:18:07.460><c> upon</c><00:18:07.839><c> this</c><00:18:08.119><c> wonderful</c><00:18:08.619><c> doctrine</c>

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of<00:18:09.779><c> the</c><00:18:10.039><c> righteousness</c><00:18:10.619><c> of</c><00:18:11.259><c> faith.</c>

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Isaiah<00:18:14.339><c> nine,</c><00:18:15.059><c> or</c><00:18:15.059><c> rather,</c><00:18:15.779><c> Romans</c><00:18:15.819><c> nine,</c><00:18:16.599><c> and</c><00:18:16.740><c> Isaiah</c><00:18:17.119><c> 51.</c>

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Come<00:18:19.680><c> to</c><00:18:19.880><c> Romans</c><00:18:20.099><c> nine</c><00:18:20.480><c> first.</c>

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So<00:18:32.940><c> Paul</c><00:18:33.099><c> has</c><00:18:33.319><c> this</c><00:18:33.519><c> to</c><00:18:33.740><c> say,</c>

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and<00:18:34.599><c> here's</c><00:18:34.880><c> a</c><00:18:35.059><c> case,</c><00:18:35.480><c> brothers</c><00:18:35.579><c> and</c><00:18:35.819><c> sisters,</c>

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where<00:18:36.279><c> Paul</c><00:18:36.519><c> doesn't</c><00:18:37.059><c> quote</c><00:18:37.519><c> the</c><00:18:37.799><c> Bible,</c>

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here's<00:18:39.079><c> a</c><00:18:39.240><c> case</c><00:18:39.420><c> where</c><00:18:39.660><c> Paul</c><00:18:40.079><c> actually</c><00:18:41.099><c> paraphrases</c><00:18:41.819><c> it.</c>

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It's<00:18:43.380><c> a</c><00:18:43.380><c> simple</c><00:18:43.880><c> paraphrase.</c>

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So<00:18:46.319><c> in</c><00:18:46.440><c> Isaiah</c><00:18:46.740><c> nine</c><00:18:47.000><c> and</c><00:18:47.140><c> verse</c><00:18:47.319><c> 30,</c><00:18:47.599><c> he</c><00:18:47.759><c> said,</c>

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what<00:18:48.640><c> shall</c><00:18:48.859><c> we</c><00:18:49.099><c> say</c><00:18:49.480><c> then?</c>

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That<00:18:51.740><c> the</c><00:18:51.980><c> Gentiles,</c><00:18:52.640><c> which</c><00:18:53.859><c> followed</c><00:18:54.339><c> not</c><00:18:54.880><c> after</c><00:18:55.319><c> righteousness,</c>

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have<00:18:56.279><c> attained</c><00:18:56.799><c> to</c><00:18:57.079><c> righteousness,</c>

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even<00:18:58.859><c> the</c><00:18:59.180><c> righteousness</c><00:18:59.680><c> which</c><00:19:00.019><c> is</c><00:19:00.220><c> of</c><00:19:00.559><c> faith.</c>

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But<00:19:03.039><c> Israel,</c><00:19:03.799><c> which</c><00:19:04.460><c> followed</c><00:19:04.859><c> after</c><00:19:05.140><c> the</c><00:19:05.400><c> law</c><00:19:05.579><c> of</c><00:19:05.859><c> righteousness,</c>

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have<00:19:07.220><c> not</c><00:19:07.519><c> attained</c><00:19:07.740><c> to</c><00:19:07.880><c> the</c><00:19:07.980><c> law</c><00:19:08.140><c> of</c><00:19:08.420><c> righteousness.</c>

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Why?

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It's<00:19:11.019><c> an</c><00:19:11.059><c> incredible</c><00:19:11.640><c> thing.</c>

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The<00:19:12.579><c> Gentiles</c><00:19:13.059><c> were</c><00:19:13.380><c> not</c><00:19:13.880><c> following</c><00:19:14.200><c> after</c><00:19:14.640><c> it,</c>

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and<00:19:15.920><c> they</c><00:19:16.140><c> found</c><00:19:16.319><c> it.</c>

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And<00:19:18.099><c> here's</c><00:19:18.299><c> the</c><00:19:18.559><c> Jew</c><00:19:18.839><c> following</c><00:19:20.299><c> diligently</c>

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the<00:19:21.720><c> law</c><00:19:21.920><c> of</c><00:19:22.220><c> righteousness,</c><00:19:22.859><c> and</c><00:19:23.000><c> he</c><00:19:23.119><c> can't</c><00:19:23.480><c> find</c><00:19:23.680><c> it.</c>

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Paul<00:19:24.059><c> says,</c><00:19:24.380><c> why?</c>

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One's<00:19:28.059><c> not</c><00:19:28.279><c> looking</c><00:19:28.480><c> for</c><00:19:28.700><c> it</c><00:19:28.799><c> and</c><00:19:28.980><c> found</c><00:19:29.160><c> it.</c>

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The<00:19:30.579><c> other</c><00:19:30.720><c> one's</c><00:19:30.940><c> looking</c><00:19:31.140><c> diligently</c><00:19:31.480><c> for</c><00:19:31.700><c> it</c>

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and<00:19:31.839><c> can't</c><00:19:32.240><c> find</c><00:19:32.420><c> it.</c>

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Why?

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Because<00:19:35.579><c> the</c><00:19:35.839><c> Jew</c><00:19:35.940><c> was</c><00:19:36.160><c> looking</c><00:19:36.299><c> in</c><00:19:36.460><c> the</c><00:19:36.599><c> wrong</c><00:19:36.759><c> direction.</c>

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He<00:19:38.839><c> was</c><00:19:39.099><c> following</c><00:19:39.420><c> after</c><00:19:39.759><c> the</c><00:19:40.119><c> law</c><00:19:40.519><c> of</c><00:19:40.940><c> righteousness,</c>

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but<00:19:42.259><c> the</c><00:19:42.400><c> Gentile</c><00:19:42.819><c> found</c><00:19:43.079><c> the</c><00:19:43.319><c> righteousness</c><00:19:43.759><c> of</c><00:19:44.099><c> faith.</c>

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See,<00:19:45.119><c> verse</c><00:19:45.339><c> 32.</c>

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Why?

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Because<00:19:47.259><c> they</c><00:19:47.559><c> sought</c><00:19:47.720><c> it</c><00:19:47.880><c> not</c><00:19:48.059><c> by</c><00:19:48.400><c> faith,</c>

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but<00:19:49.099><c> as</c><00:19:49.259><c> it</c><00:19:49.359><c> were,</c><00:19:49.460><c> by</c><00:19:49.619><c> the</c><00:19:49.779><c> works</c><00:19:49.960><c> of</c><00:19:50.119><c> the</c><00:19:50.240><c> law.</c>

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Now,<00:19:50.940><c> brothers</c><00:19:51.039><c> and</c><00:19:51.279><c> sisters,</c><00:19:52.079><c> that's</c><00:19:52.519><c> Isaiah</c><00:19:52.799><c> 51.</c>

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Keep<00:19:54.059><c> your</c><00:19:54.259><c> hand</c><00:19:54.380><c> in</c><00:19:54.579><c> Romans,</c><00:19:54.779><c> we'll</c><00:19:54.920><c> come</c><00:19:55.140><c> back</c><00:19:55.299><c> to</c><00:19:55.339><c> you</c><00:19:55.420><c> in</c><00:19:55.480><c> a</c><00:19:55.559><c> minute.</c>

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Look<00:19:56.240><c> what</c><00:19:56.380><c> Isaiah</c><00:19:56.720><c> 51</c><00:19:57.160><c> says.</c>

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Verse<00:20:05.759><c> one.</c>

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Harken<00:20:07.960><c> to</c><00:20:08.220><c> me,</c><00:20:09.819><c> ye</c><00:20:09.960><c> that</c><00:20:10.880><c> follow</c><00:20:11.299><c> after</c><00:20:11.779><c> righteousness.</c>

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So<00:20:13.480><c> there</c><00:20:13.680><c> it</c><00:20:13.859><c> is.</c>

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Ye<00:20:14.920><c> that</c><00:20:15.180><c> seek</c><00:20:15.400><c> the</c><00:20:15.599><c> Lord.</c>

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Well,<00:20:16.440><c> how</c><00:20:16.579><c> are</c><00:20:16.660><c> we</c><00:20:16.720><c> gonna</c><00:20:16.859><c> find</c><00:20:17.240><c> it?</c>

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Look<00:20:18.440><c> under</c><00:20:18.640><c> the</c><00:20:18.880><c> rock</c><00:20:19.079><c> from</c><00:20:19.299><c> whence</c><00:20:19.559><c> ye</c><00:20:19.680><c> are</c><00:20:19.880><c> hewn</c>

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and<00:20:20.160><c> the</c><00:20:20.339><c> hole</c><00:20:20.480><c> of</c><00:20:20.640><c> the</c><00:20:20.759><c> pit</c><00:20:20.900><c> from</c><00:20:21.119><c> whence</c><00:20:21.380><c> ye</c><00:20:21.480><c> are</c><00:20:21.599><c> digged.</c>

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Look<00:20:22.519><c> unto</c><00:20:23.279><c> Abraham.</c>

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Now,<00:20:24.440><c> look</c><00:20:24.640><c> at</c><00:20:24.779><c> that,</c><00:20:25.119><c> brothers</c><00:20:25.220><c> and</c><00:20:25.500><c> sisters.</c>

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So<00:20:26.779><c> the</c><00:20:27.079><c> Jew</c><00:20:27.259><c> was</c><00:20:27.460><c> looking</c><00:20:27.700><c> in</c><00:20:27.880><c> the</c><00:20:28.079><c> wrong</c><00:20:28.299><c> direction.</c>

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He<00:20:29.160><c> was</c><00:20:29.339><c> looking</c><00:20:29.579><c> in</c><00:20:29.759><c> the</c><00:20:29.980><c> law.</c>

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And<00:20:32.140><c> the</c><00:20:32.339><c> righteousness</c><00:20:32.740><c> of</c><00:20:33.059><c> God</c><00:20:33.500><c> was</c><00:20:33.920><c> only</c><00:20:34.220><c> prefigured</c>

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and<00:20:34.940><c> typified</c><00:20:35.380><c> in</c><00:20:35.539><c> the</c><00:20:35.720><c> law.</c>

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It<00:20:36.140><c> wasn't</c><00:20:36.480><c> there</c><00:20:36.960><c> in</c><00:20:37.359><c> reality.</c>

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It<00:20:38.819><c> was</c><00:20:39.059><c> in</c><00:20:39.440><c> faith</c><00:20:39.759><c> in</c><00:20:40.079><c> Abraham's</c><00:20:40.619><c> life.</c>

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And<00:20:41.140><c> if</c><00:20:41.279><c> we</c><00:20:41.460><c> were</c><00:20:41.559><c> to</c><00:20:41.740><c> take</c><00:20:41.880><c> that</c><00:20:42.240><c> literally,</c>

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if<00:20:42.980><c> we</c><00:20:43.180><c> were</c><00:20:43.279><c> to</c><00:20:43.500><c> take</c><00:20:43.660><c> Isaiah's</c><00:20:44.380><c> advice</c><00:20:44.660><c> literally</c><00:20:45.200><c> and</c><00:20:45.720><c> say,</c>

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you're<00:20:46.319><c> looking</c><00:20:46.400><c> for</c><00:20:46.680><c> righteousness,</c><00:20:47.500><c> following</c><00:20:47.779><c> after</c><00:20:48.079><c> it,</c>

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look<00:20:48.799><c> unto</c><00:20:49.079><c> Abraham.</c>

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Say<00:20:49.960><c> we</c><00:20:50.119><c> took</c><00:20:50.259><c> that</c><00:20:50.539><c> literally.</c>

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We<00:20:50.980><c> got</c><00:20:51.119><c> a</c><00:20:51.319><c> concordance</c><00:20:51.819><c> out.</c>

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We<00:20:52.019><c> think,</c><00:20:52.160><c> all</c><00:20:52.460><c> right,</c><00:20:53.079><c> righteousness</c><00:20:53.400><c> is</c><00:20:53.640><c> in</c><00:20:53.819><c> Abraham's</c><00:20:54.319><c> life.</c>

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We'll<00:20:54.759><c> find</c><00:20:54.900><c> it</c><00:20:55.099><c> there.</c>

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So<00:20:56.019><c> we</c><00:20:56.200><c> turn</c><00:20:56.440><c> up</c><00:20:56.759><c> the</c><00:20:56.980><c> record</c><00:20:57.440><c> from</c><00:20:57.960><c> Genesis</c><00:20:58.319><c> 11</c>

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right<00:20:59.220><c> through</c><00:20:59.680><c> to</c><00:20:59.859><c> chapter</c><00:21:00.140><c> 26</c><00:21:00.599><c> to</c><00:21:00.759><c> 27</c><00:21:01.380><c> of</c><00:21:01.819><c> Abraham's</c><00:21:02.400><c> life.</c>

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And<00:21:04.680><c> lo</c><00:21:04.960><c> and</c><00:21:05.079><c> behold,</c><00:21:06.519><c> we</c><00:21:06.619><c> find</c><00:21:07.039><c> the</c><00:21:07.200><c> word</c><00:21:07.420><c> righteousness</c><00:21:08.180><c> once.</c>

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So<00:21:11.000><c> we</c><00:21:11.099><c> don't</c><00:21:11.240><c> even</c><00:21:11.380><c> look</c><00:21:11.480><c> very</c><00:21:11.759><c> far.</c>

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In<00:21:15.019><c> Genesis</c><00:21:15.380><c> 15,</c><00:21:17.319><c> he</c><00:21:17.500><c> counted</c><00:21:17.819><c> on</c><00:21:17.960><c> him</c><00:21:18.140><c> for</c><00:21:18.460><c> righteousness.</c>

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Oh,<00:21:21.440><c> and</c><00:21:21.700><c> now</c><00:21:21.900><c> we've</c><00:21:22.140><c> found</c><00:21:22.400><c> out</c>

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that<00:21:23.759><c> righteousness</c><00:21:24.319><c> is</c><00:21:24.619><c> something</c><00:21:25.400><c> we</c><00:21:26.099><c> can't</c><00:21:26.640><c> do.</c>

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And<00:21:29.160><c> the</c><00:21:29.319><c> Jew</c><00:21:29.440><c> thought</c><00:21:29.680><c> it</c><00:21:29.759><c> was</c><00:21:29.960><c> something</c><00:21:30.160><c> he</c><00:21:30.359><c> could</c><00:21:30.619><c> do.</c>

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And<00:21:32.400><c> that's</c><00:21:32.579><c> why</c><00:21:32.779><c> the</c><00:21:33.019><c> Gentiles,</c>

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when<00:21:33.940><c> the</c><00:21:34.200><c> offer</c><00:21:34.319><c> was</c><00:21:34.579><c> made</c><00:21:34.799><c> to</c><00:21:34.920><c> them,</c><00:21:35.160><c> recognized</c><00:21:35.799><c> it.</c>

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They<00:21:36.660><c> recognized</c><00:21:37.119><c> their</c><00:21:37.859><c> lowly</c><00:21:38.259><c> position.</c>

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They<00:21:39.140><c> were</c><00:21:39.440><c> dragged</c><00:21:39.599><c> from</c><00:21:39.799><c> the</c><00:21:39.960><c> gutters</c><00:21:40.180><c> of</c><00:21:40.380><c> humanity</c>

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and<00:21:41.039><c> they</c><00:21:41.380><c> accepted</c><00:21:41.640><c> God's</c><00:21:42.180><c> offer</c><00:21:42.339><c> of</c><00:21:42.660><c> righteousness.</c>

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The<00:21:43.299><c> Jew</c><00:21:43.559><c> was</c><00:21:44.059><c> searching</c><00:21:44.460><c> through</c><00:21:44.880><c> the</c><00:21:45.059><c> law</c>

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as<00:21:45.339><c> what</c><00:21:45.460><c> he</c><00:21:45.700><c> could</c><00:21:45.880><c> do</c><00:21:46.240><c> to</c><00:21:46.579><c> work</c><00:21:46.720><c> his</c><00:21:46.900><c> way</c><00:21:47.059><c> to</c><00:21:47.299><c> God.</c>

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And<00:21:47.880><c> so</c><00:21:48.079><c> Paul</c><00:21:48.259><c> says,</c><00:21:48.880><c> they</c><00:21:48.880><c> being</c><00:21:49.359><c> ignorant</c>

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of<00:21:50.079><c> God's</c><00:21:50.539><c> righteousness</c><00:21:51.119><c> and</c><00:21:51.859><c> going</c><00:21:52.140><c> about</c>

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to<00:21:52.740><c> establish</c><00:21:53.079><c> their</c><00:21:53.480><c> own</c><00:21:53.819><c> righteousness</c>

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have<00:21:54.859><c> not</c><00:21:55.539><c> submitted</c><00:21:56.660><c> themselves</c><00:21:57.319><c> to</c><00:21:57.720><c> the</c><00:21:57.920><c> righteousness</c><00:21:58.299><c> of</c><00:21:58.619><c> God.</c>

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And<00:21:59.240><c> Isaiah</c><00:21:59.559><c> 51</c><00:22:00.000><c> and</c><00:22:00.220><c> verse</c><00:22:00.460><c> four</c><00:22:00.700><c> says,</c>

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listen<00:22:01.339><c> Israel,</c><00:22:02.140><c> hearken</c><00:22:02.299><c> unto</c><00:22:02.559><c> me</c><00:22:02.720><c> my</c><00:22:03.000><c> people,</c>

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give<00:22:03.799><c> me</c><00:22:03.920><c> your</c><00:22:04.039><c> unto</c><00:22:04.180><c> me,</c><00:22:04.839><c> oh</c><00:22:05.220><c> my</c><00:22:05.460><c> nation,</c>

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for<00:22:06.420><c> a</c><00:22:06.660><c> law</c><00:22:06.880><c> shall</c><00:22:07.160><c> proceed</c><00:22:07.759><c> from</c><00:22:08.160><c> me.</c>

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Look<00:22:08.920><c> at</c><00:22:09.359><c> the</c><00:22:09.519><c> direction</c><00:22:09.779><c> it's</c><00:22:10.059><c> going.</c>

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It<00:22:10.819><c> wasn't</c><00:22:11.339><c> the</c><00:22:11.680><c> Jew</c><00:22:11.960><c> working</c><00:22:12.460><c> his</c><00:22:12.700><c> way</c><00:22:12.880><c> to</c><00:22:13.119><c> God.</c>

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It<00:22:13.740><c> says</c><00:22:13.940><c> God</c><00:22:14.339><c> says</c><00:22:14.539><c> it's</c><00:22:14.839><c> coming</c><00:22:15.039><c> this</c><00:22:15.500><c> way.</c>

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It's<00:22:16.539><c> me</c><00:22:16.779><c> working</c><00:22:17.119><c> towards</c><00:22:17.440><c> you.</c>

00:22:18.980 --> 00:22:23.400
And<00:22:19.099><c> then</c><00:22:19.220><c> he</c><00:22:19.380><c> says</c><00:22:19.579><c> in</c><00:22:19.819><c> verse</c><00:22:20.019><c> five,</c><00:22:20.859><c> my</c><00:22:21.519><c> righteousness</c><00:22:22.160><c> is</c><00:22:22.559><c> near.</c>

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My<00:22:24.880><c> salvation</c><00:22:25.440><c> has</c><00:22:25.700><c> gone</c><00:22:26.039><c> forth</c>

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and<00:22:27.839><c> they</c><00:22:27.980><c> were</c><00:22:28.279><c> not</c><00:22:28.640><c> submitting</c><00:22:29.279><c> to</c><00:22:29.579><c> it.</c>

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But<00:22:30.839><c> being</c><00:22:31.119><c> ignorant</c><00:22:31.380><c> of</c><00:22:31.599><c> God's</c><00:22:32.180><c> righteousness</c>

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and<00:22:32.819><c> going</c><00:22:33.059><c> about</c><00:22:33.319><c> to</c><00:22:33.559><c> establish</c><00:22:33.839><c> their</c><00:22:34.180><c> own</c><00:22:34.440><c> righteousness,</c>

00:22:34.900 --> 00:22:37.480
they<00:22:35.039><c> were</c><00:22:35.259><c> going</c><00:22:35.519><c> in</c><00:22:35.700><c> the</c><00:22:36.039><c> wrong</c><00:22:36.339><c> direction.</c>

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Look<00:22:38.200><c> unto</c><00:22:38.500><c> Abraham,</c><00:22:38.960><c> he</c><00:22:39.180><c> says.</c>

00:22:39.960 --> 00:22:41.660
And<00:22:40.119><c> there</c><00:22:40.259><c> we've</c><00:22:40.519><c> seen</c><00:22:40.680><c> it</c><00:22:40.880><c> brothers</c><00:22:41.079><c> and</c><00:22:41.339><c> sisters,</c>

00:22:41.980 --> 00:22:44.819
a<00:22:42.240><c> belief</c><00:22:42.480><c> in</c><00:22:42.700><c> the</c><00:22:43.019><c> humanly</c><00:22:43.720><c> impossible.</c>

00:22:46.940 --> 00:22:49.400
Now<00:22:47.160><c> come</c><00:22:47.339><c> back</c><00:22:47.519><c> to</c><00:22:47.660><c> Genesis</c><00:22:47.980><c> 15.</c>

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Wonderful<00:22:52.019><c> chapter</c><00:22:52.440><c> of</c><00:22:52.759><c> scripture</c><00:22:53.019><c> this</c><00:22:53.299><c> is.</c>

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They're<00:22:53.740><c> all</c><00:22:53.880><c> wonderful</c><00:22:54.279><c> in</c><00:22:54.660><c> the</c><00:22:54.779><c> life</c><00:22:54.920><c> of</c><00:22:55.200><c> Abraham.</c>

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There<00:22:56.480><c> are</c><00:22:56.880><c> monumental</c><00:22:57.259><c> principles</c><00:22:57.799><c> here</c>

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taken<00:22:59.059><c> up</c><00:22:59.259><c> in</c><00:22:59.519><c> the</c><00:22:59.799><c> New</c><00:23:00.019><c> Testament</c><00:23:00.400><c> by</c><00:23:00.619><c> the</c><00:23:00.799><c> apostle.</c>

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But<00:23:02.799><c> now</c><00:23:02.940><c> you</c><00:23:03.160><c> see</c><00:23:03.819><c> in</c><00:23:04.779><c> verses</c><00:23:05.059><c> seven</c><00:23:05.339><c> and</c><00:23:05.440><c> eight,</c>

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and<00:23:06.579><c> God</c><00:23:06.799><c> said</c><00:23:06.960><c> unto</c><00:23:07.160><c> him,</c><00:23:07.380><c> I</c><00:23:07.579><c> am</c><00:23:07.720><c> the</c><00:23:07.920><c> Lord</c>

00:23:08.119 --> 00:23:09.619
that<00:23:08.339><c> brought</c><00:23:08.539><c> thee</c><00:23:08.740><c> out</c><00:23:08.839><c> of</c><00:23:08.960><c> Ur</c><00:23:09.079><c> of</c><00:23:09.160><c> the</c><00:23:09.339><c> Chaldees</c>

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to<00:23:09.799><c> give</c><00:23:09.940><c> thee</c><00:23:10.079><c> this</c><00:23:10.299><c> land</c><00:23:10.480><c> to</c><00:23:10.759><c> inherit</c><00:23:11.160><c> it.</c>

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But<00:23:12.640><c> Abraham's</c><00:23:12.980><c> got</c><00:23:13.099><c> a</c><00:23:13.319><c> problem.</c>

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And<00:23:15.559><c> he</c><00:23:15.660><c> said,</c><00:23:15.799><c> Lord</c><00:23:16.099><c> God,</c><00:23:16.440><c> whereby</c><00:23:16.700><c> shall</c><00:23:16.960><c> I</c><00:23:17.240><c> know</c>

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that<00:23:17.980><c> I</c><00:23:18.160><c> shall</c><00:23:18.279><c> inherit</c><00:23:18.599><c> it?</c>

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Now<00:23:19.119><c> brothers</c><00:23:19.339><c> and</c><00:23:19.619><c> sisters,</c><00:23:20.019><c> let's</c><00:23:20.519><c> get</c><00:23:20.680><c> this</c><00:23:20.859><c> in</c><00:23:21.180><c> context.</c>

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There's<00:23:22.259><c> no</c><00:23:22.500><c> way</c><00:23:22.660><c> in</c><00:23:22.799><c> the</c><00:23:22.980><c> world</c><00:23:23.279><c> that</c><00:23:23.680><c> verse</c><00:23:24.000><c> eight</c><00:23:24.259><c> is</c><00:23:24.500><c> a</c><00:23:24.660><c> doubt.</c>

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Because<00:23:26.220><c> verse</c><00:23:26.579><c> six,</c><00:23:27.119><c> just</c><00:23:27.299><c> as</c><00:23:27.460><c> it</c><00:23:27.480><c> says,</c>

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was<00:23:28.319><c> a</c><00:23:28.599><c> monumental</c><00:23:29.039><c> peak</c><00:23:29.400><c> of</c><00:23:29.640><c> Abraham's</c><00:23:30.200><c> faith</c><00:23:30.500><c> here.</c>

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So<00:23:31.819><c> he's</c><00:23:32.059><c> not</c><00:23:32.259><c> now</c><00:23:32.579><c> doubting</c><00:23:32.980><c> it.</c>

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The<00:23:34.980><c> apostle</c><00:23:35.279><c> would</c><00:23:35.480><c> never</c><00:23:35.720><c> have</c><00:23:35.940><c> quoted</c><00:23:36.200><c> that,</c>

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Paul<00:23:37.460><c> twice</c><00:23:37.799><c> and</c><00:23:38.000><c> James</c><00:23:38.299><c> once,</c>

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had<00:23:39.059><c> this</c><00:23:39.339><c> verse</c><00:23:39.619><c> eight</c><00:23:39.740><c> been</c><00:23:39.980><c> a</c><00:23:40.180><c> doubt.</c>

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Abraham's<00:23:42.480><c> problem</c><00:23:42.660><c> is,</c><00:23:44.460><c> I'm</c><00:23:44.759><c> mortal.</c>

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You<00:23:46.640><c> tell</c><00:23:46.819><c> me</c><00:23:47.240><c> that</c><00:23:47.400><c> I'm</c><00:23:47.559><c> gonna</c><00:23:47.680><c> inherit</c><00:23:47.940><c> this</c><00:23:48.160><c> land</c><00:23:48.319><c> forever.</c>

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I<00:23:49.400><c> believe</c><00:23:49.920><c> what</c><00:23:50.220><c> you've</c><00:23:50.519><c> said</c><00:23:50.619><c> about</c><00:23:50.819><c> the</c><00:23:51.099><c> seed.</c>

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I<00:23:51.539><c> know</c><00:23:51.900><c> that</c><00:23:52.259><c> you</c><00:23:52.380><c> will</c><00:23:52.559><c> do</c><00:23:52.720><c> it.</c>

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I<00:23:52.960><c> can't</c><00:23:53.259><c> do</c><00:23:53.319><c> it,</c><00:23:53.400><c> but</c><00:23:53.500><c> I</c><00:23:53.799><c> believe</c><00:23:54.039><c> you</c><00:23:54.160><c> will</c><00:23:54.299><c> do</c><00:23:54.440><c> it.</c>

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But<00:23:55.180><c> God,</c><00:23:56.299><c> how</c><00:23:56.460><c> are</c><00:23:56.599><c> you</c><00:23:56.640><c> gonna</c><00:23:56.880><c> deal</c><00:23:57.099><c> with</c><00:23:57.359><c> me?</c>

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I'm<00:23:58.460><c> dust</c><00:23:58.720><c> and</c><00:23:58.880><c> ashes.</c>

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How<00:23:59.700><c> am</c><00:23:59.859><c> I</c><00:23:59.859><c> gonna</c><00:24:00.000><c> have</c><00:24:00.160><c> this</c><00:24:00.480><c> mortal</c><00:24:00.720><c> body</c><00:24:01.000><c> changed?</c>

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What's<00:24:02.319><c> gonna</c><00:24:02.440><c> happen?</c>

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That<00:24:03.900><c> was</c><00:24:04.079><c> his</c><00:24:04.259><c> question.</c>

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I'll<00:24:06.359><c> show</c><00:24:06.480><c> you</c><00:24:06.579><c> that</c><00:24:06.700><c> in</c><00:24:06.799><c> a</c><00:24:06.859><c> minute.</c>

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And<00:24:08.799><c> God</c><00:24:09.000><c> said</c><00:24:09.200><c> to</c><00:24:09.279><c> him,</c><00:24:11.240><c> take</c><00:24:11.339><c> a</c><00:24:11.519><c> sacrifice.</c>

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And<00:24:13.519><c> now</c><00:24:13.680><c> Abraham</c><00:24:13.960><c> has</c><00:24:14.259><c> shown</c><00:24:14.440><c> how</c><00:24:14.579><c> it's</c><00:24:14.779><c> all</c><00:24:14.920><c> gonna</c><00:24:15.000><c> be</c><00:24:15.259><c> done.</c>

00:24:15.859 --> 00:24:17.940
And<00:24:16.220><c> he</c><00:24:16.380><c> took</c><00:24:16.680><c> a</c><00:24:16.900><c> heifer</c><00:24:17.079><c> of</c><00:24:17.180><c> three</c><00:24:17.460><c> years</c><00:24:17.700><c> old,</c>

00:24:18.180 --> 00:24:21.680
a<00:24:18.359><c> she</c><00:24:18.519><c> goat,</c><00:24:18.900><c> a</c><00:24:18.980><c> ram,</c><00:24:19.180><c> and</c><00:24:19.359><c> a</c><00:24:19.460><c> turtle</c><00:24:19.680><c> dove,</c><00:24:20.440><c> and</c><00:24:20.599><c> a</c><00:24:20.680><c> young</c><00:24:20.839><c> pigeon.</c>

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And<00:24:22.740><c> you</c><00:24:22.799><c> know,</c><00:24:23.200><c> brothers</c><00:24:23.200><c> and</c><00:24:23.400><c> sisters,</c>

00:24:23.579 --> 00:24:26.660
the<00:24:23.740><c> law</c><00:24:23.940><c> of</c><00:24:24.119><c> Moses</c><00:24:24.559><c> sprang</c><00:24:25.440><c> out</c><00:24:25.700><c> of</c><00:24:25.779><c> the</c><00:24:25.880><c> record</c><00:24:26.119><c> of</c><00:24:26.339><c> Genesis</c>

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and<00:24:27.259><c> extrapolated</c><00:24:27.920><c> these</c><00:24:28.240><c> principles</c>

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in<00:24:29.200><c> the</c><00:24:29.400><c> legislation</c><00:24:29.900><c> of</c><00:24:30.099><c> the</c><00:24:30.240><c> law.</c>

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Much<00:24:30.880><c> of</c><00:24:31.019><c> the</c><00:24:31.119><c> law</c><00:24:31.240><c> is</c><00:24:31.640><c> rooted</c><00:24:31.920><c> in</c><00:24:32.079><c> the</c><00:24:32.220><c> life</c><00:24:32.339><c> of</c><00:24:32.500><c> the</c><00:24:32.640><c> patriarchs.</c>

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And<00:24:34.579><c> we</c><00:24:34.720><c> look</c><00:24:34.819><c> at</c><00:24:34.920><c> those</c><00:24:35.140><c> animals</c><00:24:35.380><c> and</c><00:24:35.539><c> say,</c>

00:24:35.900 --> 00:24:37.180
what<00:24:35.940><c> was</c><00:24:36.180><c> the</c><00:24:36.319><c> point</c><00:24:36.519><c> being</c><00:24:36.839><c> made?</c>

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And<00:24:37.779><c> when</c><00:24:37.880><c> you</c><00:24:38.000><c> go</c><00:24:38.140><c> through</c><00:24:38.319><c> all</c><00:24:38.539><c> the</c><00:24:38.740><c> offerings,</c>

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the<00:24:39.140><c> sin</c><00:24:39.319><c> offering,</c><00:24:39.660><c> the</c><00:24:39.779><c> bird's</c><00:24:40.099><c> offering,</c>

00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:41.720
the<00:24:40.420><c> peace</c><00:24:40.619><c> offering,</c><00:24:40.900><c> the</c><00:24:41.019><c> trespass</c><00:24:41.460><c> offering,</c>

00:24:41.839 --> 00:24:43.799
and<00:24:42.079><c> you</c><00:24:42.220><c> run</c><00:24:42.400><c> down</c><00:24:42.619><c> through</c><00:24:42.799><c> all</c><00:24:42.960><c> the</c><00:24:43.140><c> long</c><00:24:43.380><c> schedules</c>

00:24:43.799 --> 00:24:45.599
that<00:24:44.240><c> were</c><00:24:44.440><c> given,</c><00:24:44.779><c> what</c><00:24:44.960><c> do</c><00:24:45.019><c> you</c><00:24:45.200><c> find?</c>

00:24:45.859 --> 00:24:47.539
You<00:24:46.019><c> find</c><00:24:46.279><c> that</c><00:24:46.500><c> those</c><00:24:46.759><c> animals</c><00:24:47.140><c> mentioned</c>

00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:50.079
are<00:24:48.059><c> scattered</c><00:24:48.440><c> through</c><00:24:48.660><c> all</c><00:24:48.880><c> those</c><00:24:49.180><c> offerings.</c>

00:24:50.140 --> 00:24:51.500
They're<00:24:50.440><c> scattered</c><00:24:50.640><c> through</c><00:24:50.880><c> the</c><00:24:51.000><c> whole</c><00:24:51.160><c> lot</c><00:24:51.259><c> of</c><00:24:51.380><c> them.</c>

00:24:51.700 --> 00:24:52.799
But<00:24:51.859><c> when</c><00:24:52.000><c> you</c><00:24:52.220><c> sort</c><00:24:52.420><c> them</c><00:24:52.640><c> out,</c>

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there's<00:24:53.119><c> one</c><00:24:53.619><c> thing</c><00:24:53.980><c> they</c><00:24:54.180><c> got</c><00:24:54.299><c> in</c><00:24:54.619><c> common.</c>

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Here<00:24:55.920><c> it</c><00:24:56.099><c> is.</c>

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The<00:24:59.299><c> heifer.</c>

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The<00:25:00.240><c> red</c><00:25:00.440><c> heifer</c><00:25:00.680><c> was</c><00:25:00.920><c> for</c><00:25:01.200><c> the</c><00:25:01.480><c> removal</c><00:25:01.799><c> of</c><00:25:02.240><c> mortality.</c>

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That's<00:25:03.160><c> Abraham's</c><00:25:03.619><c> problem.</c>

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The<00:25:05.559><c> she</c><00:25:05.799><c> goat</c><00:25:06.019><c> was</c><00:25:06.559><c> the</c><00:25:06.759><c> sin</c><00:25:06.900><c> offering</c><00:25:07.220><c> for</c><00:25:07.500><c> a</c><00:25:07.720><c> commoner.</c>

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The<00:25:10.180><c> ram</c><00:25:10.400><c> was</c><00:25:10.619><c> used</c><00:25:10.819><c> for</c><00:25:11.000><c> the</c><00:25:11.160><c> trespass</c><00:25:11.559><c> offering.</c>

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And<00:25:13.400><c> the</c><00:25:13.579><c> turtle</c><00:25:13.779><c> doves</c><00:25:13.960><c> and</c><00:25:14.220><c> pigeons</c>

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were<00:25:14.660><c> the</c><00:25:14.819><c> sin</c><00:25:14.960><c> offerings</c><00:25:15.200><c> for</c><00:25:15.400><c> the</c><00:25:15.640><c> poor.</c>

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The<00:25:16.259><c> only</c><00:25:16.500><c> thing</c><00:25:16.680><c> they</c><00:25:16.880><c> all</c><00:25:17.039><c> had</c><00:25:17.180><c> in</c><00:25:17.440><c> common,</c>

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scattered<00:25:17.980><c> throughout</c><00:25:18.220><c> that</c><00:25:18.500><c> law,</c><00:25:18.740><c> was</c><00:25:18.839><c> to</c><00:25:19.019><c> do</c><00:25:19.160><c> with</c><00:25:19.519><c> sin.</c>

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And<00:25:21.500><c> that's</c><00:25:21.900><c> Abraham's</c><00:25:22.420><c> problem.</c>

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And<00:25:24.640><c> forgiveness</c><00:25:25.059><c> of</c><00:25:25.440><c> sins</c><00:25:25.720><c> is</c><00:25:26.019><c> the</c><00:25:26.279><c> essential</c><00:25:26.819><c> element</c>

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of<00:25:27.779><c> the</c><00:25:28.039><c> Abrahamic</c><00:25:28.579><c> covenant.</c>

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For<00:25:30.299><c> this</c><00:25:30.559><c> is</c><00:25:30.759><c> the</c><00:25:30.920><c> covenant,</c><00:25:31.220><c> said</c><00:25:31.359><c> Jeremiah,</c>

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that<00:25:32.039><c> I</c><00:25:32.140><c> will</c><00:25:32.279><c> make</c><00:25:32.480><c> with</c><00:25:32.619><c> them</c><00:25:32.740><c> in</c><00:25:32.859><c> those</c><00:25:33.119><c> days,</c><00:25:33.460><c> said</c><00:25:33.500><c> the</c><00:25:33.720><c> Lord.</c>

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Not<00:25:34.779><c> like</c><00:25:35.059><c> the</c><00:25:35.240><c> covenant</c><00:25:35.359><c> I</c><00:25:35.640><c> made</c><00:25:35.799><c> with</c><00:25:35.980><c> them</c><00:25:36.079><c> in</c><00:25:36.220><c> the</c><00:25:36.319><c> land</c><00:25:36.480><c> of</c><00:25:36.700><c> Egypt,</c>

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though<00:25:37.660><c> I</c><00:25:37.859><c> was</c><00:25:38.039><c> a</c><00:25:38.339><c> father</c><00:25:38.559><c> unto</c><00:25:38.759><c> them.</c>

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But<00:25:39.640><c> this</c><00:25:39.880><c> is</c><00:25:40.079><c> the</c><00:25:40.259><c> covenant</c><00:25:40.380><c> that</c><00:25:40.559><c> I</c><00:25:40.680><c> will</c><00:25:40.900><c> make</c><00:25:41.099><c> in</c><00:25:41.279><c> those</c><00:25:41.599><c> days.</c>

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I<00:25:42.079><c> will</c><00:25:42.259><c> put</c><00:25:42.460><c> my</c><00:25:42.799><c> law</c><00:25:42.940><c> in</c><00:25:43.059><c> their</c><00:25:43.279><c> hearts</c><00:25:43.559><c> and</c><00:25:43.720><c> in</c><00:25:43.880><c> their</c><00:25:44.079><c> minds,</c>

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and<00:25:44.799><c> their</c><00:25:45.019><c> sins</c><00:25:45.240><c> and</c><00:25:45.400><c> iniquities</c><00:25:45.759><c> I</c><00:25:45.980><c> will</c><00:25:46.119><c> remember</c><00:25:46.440><c> no</c><00:25:46.839><c> more.</c>

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And<00:25:48.740><c> so</c><00:25:48.920><c> the</c><00:25:49.119><c> new</c><00:25:49.279><c> covenant,</c><00:25:49.559><c> brothers</c><00:25:49.839><c> and</c><00:25:50.099><c> sisters,</c>

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was<00:25:50.500><c> guaranteed</c><00:25:51.160><c> by</c><00:25:51.539><c> the</c><00:25:51.759><c> forgiveness</c><00:25:52.039><c> of</c><00:25:52.359><c> sins.</c>

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And<00:25:52.759><c> that's</c><00:25:53.160><c> the</c><00:25:53.319><c> barrier</c><00:25:53.599><c> that</c><00:25:53.839><c> Abraham</c><00:25:54.079><c> was</c><00:25:54.319><c> worried</c><00:25:54.579><c> about.</c>

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Sin<00:25:55.740><c> brought</c><00:25:56.039><c> death.</c>

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How<00:25:56.920><c> could</c><00:25:57.140><c> God</c><00:25:57.339><c> handle</c><00:25:57.720><c> that?</c>

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God<00:25:58.319><c> says,</c><00:25:58.539><c> I've</c><00:25:58.660><c> got</c><00:25:58.720><c> it</c><00:25:58.859><c> under</c><00:25:59.079><c> control.</c>

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And<00:26:00.059><c> so</c><00:26:00.279><c> Peter</c><00:26:00.559><c> says,</c><00:26:01.799><c> in</c><00:26:02.019><c> speaking</c><00:26:02.240><c> to</c><00:26:02.420><c> the</c><00:26:02.579><c> Jewish</c><00:26:02.799><c> people,</c>

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he<00:26:03.859><c> says,</c><00:26:03.960><c> you</c><00:26:04.140><c> are</c><00:26:04.319><c> the</c><00:26:04.480><c> children</c><00:26:04.700><c> of</c><00:26:04.900><c> the</c><00:26:05.079><c> covenant,</c>

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which<00:26:05.480><c> God</c><00:26:05.700><c> made</c><00:26:05.940><c> with</c><00:26:06.160><c> Abraham.</c>

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He's<00:26:07.700><c> sending</c><00:26:07.980><c> his</c><00:26:08.319><c> son</c><00:26:08.660><c> first</c><00:26:09.220><c> unto</c><00:26:09.480><c> you,</c>

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to<00:26:11.440><c> bless</c><00:26:11.819><c> you,</c><00:26:13.500><c> in</c><00:26:13.819><c> turning</c><00:26:14.480><c> every</c><00:26:15.380><c> one</c><00:26:15.539><c> of</c><00:26:15.680><c> you</c>

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away<00:26:16.039><c> from</c><00:26:16.240><c> your</c><00:26:16.400><c> iniquities.</c>

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Acts<00:26:17.500><c> chapter</c><00:26:17.799><c> three,</c><00:26:18.539><c> verses</c><00:26:18.819><c> 25</c><00:26:19.380><c> and</c><00:26:19.559><c> 26.</c>

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And<00:26:20.680><c> so</c><00:26:20.920><c> Peter</c><00:26:21.160><c> saw</c><00:26:21.440><c> the</c><00:26:21.700><c> quintessence</c><00:26:22.500><c> of</c><00:26:22.740><c> the</c><00:26:22.980><c> promises</c>

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as<00:26:23.960><c> being</c><00:26:24.240><c> not</c><00:26:24.779><c> just</c><00:26:25.099><c> simply</c><00:26:25.480><c> forgiveness,</c><00:26:26.259><c> did</c><00:26:26.339><c> you</c><00:26:26.460><c> notice?</c>

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But<00:26:28.339><c> such</c><00:26:28.700><c> forgiveness</c><00:26:29.339><c> that</c><00:26:30.440><c> we</c><00:26:30.619><c> would</c><00:26:30.920><c> turn</c><00:26:31.319><c> away</c>

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from<00:26:32.039><c> our</c><00:26:32.240><c> iniquities.</c>

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There<00:26:32.720><c> would</c><00:26:32.859><c> be</c><00:26:33.079><c> a</c><00:26:33.359><c> moral</c><00:26:33.720><c> imperative</c><00:26:34.660><c> force</c><00:26:35.200><c> in</c><00:26:35.980><c> those</c><00:26:36.279><c> promises,</c>

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with<00:26:37.339><c> the</c><00:26:37.559><c> grace</c><00:26:37.759><c> of</c><00:26:38.019><c> God</c><00:26:38.180><c> that</c><00:26:38.299><c> was</c><00:26:38.500><c> given</c><00:26:38.700><c> unto</c><00:26:38.880><c> us.</c>

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Now<00:26:40.000><c> just</c><00:26:40.240><c> to</c><00:26:40.619><c> illustrate</c><00:26:41.079><c> my</c><00:26:41.420><c> point</c><00:26:41.920><c> about</c><00:26:43.299><c> how</c><00:26:43.460><c> the</c><00:26:43.720><c> law</c>

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extrapolated<00:26:45.640><c> these</c><00:26:45.920><c> principles.</c>

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The<00:26:47.119><c> first</c><00:26:47.579><c> animal</c><00:26:48.220><c> Abraham</c><00:26:48.920><c> was</c><00:26:49.160><c> told</c><00:26:49.339><c> to</c><00:26:49.519><c> take</c><00:26:49.660><c> was</c><00:26:49.960><c> a</c><00:26:50.200><c> heifer.</c>

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And<00:26:52.200><c> here</c><00:26:52.660><c> is</c><00:26:53.180><c> the</c><00:26:53.359><c> foundation</c><00:26:54.079><c> of</c><00:26:54.640><c> that</c><00:26:55.000><c> sacrifice</c>

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of<00:26:55.660><c> the</c><00:26:55.799><c> red</c><00:26:55.980><c> heifer</c><00:26:56.160><c> of</c><00:26:56.420><c> which</c><00:26:56.579><c> we</c><00:26:56.839><c> spoke</c><00:26:57.099><c> about</c><00:26:57.380><c> last</c><00:26:57.740><c> night.</c>

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The<00:26:58.480><c> only</c><00:26:58.740><c> one</c><00:26:58.880><c> that</c><00:26:59.019><c> could</c><00:26:59.200><c> remove</c><00:26:59.460><c> mortality.</c>

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The<00:27:01.480><c> only</c><00:27:01.859><c> one</c><00:27:02.059><c> that</c><00:27:02.160><c> was</c><00:27:02.299><c> made</c><00:27:02.460><c> outside</c><00:27:03.220><c> the</c><00:27:03.500><c> law</c><00:27:03.660><c> entirely.</c>

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And<00:27:05.180><c> the</c><00:27:05.339><c> only</c><00:27:05.700><c> one</c><00:27:06.380><c> that</c><00:27:06.740><c> could</c><00:27:06.880><c> be</c><00:27:07.099><c> used</c><00:27:07.259><c> more</c><00:27:07.519><c> than</c><00:27:07.700><c> once.</c>

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A<00:27:08.519><c> unique</c><00:27:09.000><c> offering.</c>

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And<00:27:09.839><c> that's</c><00:27:10.059><c> the</c><00:27:10.359><c> first</c><00:27:10.759><c> animal</c><00:27:11.160><c> mentioned.</c>

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Now<00:27:11.900><c> was</c><00:27:12.440><c> that,</c><00:27:12.960><c> is</c><00:27:13.319><c> that</c><00:27:13.579><c> linked</c><00:27:13.859><c> through</c><00:27:14.180><c> the</c><00:27:14.359><c> law</c><00:27:14.480><c> with</c><00:27:14.740><c> Abraham?</c>

00:27:16.200 --> 00:27:17.960
I<00:27:16.299><c> want</c><00:27:16.420><c> to</c><00:27:16.599><c> invite</c><00:27:16.859><c> your</c><00:27:17.119><c> close</c><00:27:17.380><c> attention</c>

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to<00:27:18.359><c> Paul's</c><00:27:18.779><c> exposition</c><00:27:19.240><c> of</c><00:27:19.440><c> this</c><00:27:19.759><c> in</c><00:27:20.099><c> Hebrews</c><00:27:20.420><c> nine.</c>

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Just<00:27:22.099><c> have</c><00:27:22.240><c> a</c><00:27:22.279><c> look</c><00:27:22.359><c> at</c><00:27:22.519><c> this.</c>

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And<00:27:27.500><c> brethren</c><00:27:27.700><c> and</c><00:27:27.980><c> sisters,</c><00:27:29.440><c> remember</c><00:27:29.579><c> what</c><00:27:29.759><c> we</c><00:27:29.900><c> said</c><00:27:30.059><c> last</c><00:27:30.400><c> night</c>

00:27:30.619 --> 00:27:35.339
about<00:27:30.920><c> Bible</c><00:27:31.380><c> echoes,</c><00:27:33.319><c> how</c><00:27:33.420><c> the</c><00:27:33.599><c> echo</c><00:27:33.779><c> of</c><00:27:33.920><c> the</c><00:27:34.079><c> Bible</c><00:27:34.279><c> is</c><00:27:34.559><c> heard.</c>

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Well<00:27:35.940><c> you're</c><00:27:36.019><c> gonna</c><00:27:36.200><c> hear</c><00:27:36.359><c> three</c><00:27:36.640><c> of</c><00:27:36.759><c> them,</c><00:27:37.839><c> loud</c><00:27:38.220><c> and</c><00:27:38.599><c> clear.</c>

00:27:40.099 --> 00:27:41.680
Abraham's<00:27:40.579><c> problem</c><00:27:40.859><c> was</c><00:27:41.099><c> mortality.</c>

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God,<00:27:42.200><c> how</c><00:27:42.380><c> are</c><00:27:42.539><c> you</c><00:27:42.619><c> gonna</c><00:27:42.740><c> handle</c><00:27:43.039><c> the</c><00:27:43.240><c> problem</c>

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of<00:27:43.740><c> sin</c><00:27:44.039><c> and</c><00:27:44.339><c> mortality?</c>

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And<00:27:47.200><c> so</c><00:27:47.299><c> the</c><00:27:47.519><c> heifer</c><00:27:47.680><c> is</c><00:27:47.920><c> taken.</c>

00:27:48.400 --> 00:27:51.299
And<00:27:48.519><c> here's</c><00:27:48.759><c> the</c><00:27:48.940><c> exposition</c><00:27:49.480><c> of</c><00:27:49.779><c> the</c><00:27:49.920><c> red</c><00:27:50.099><c> heifer.</c>

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Verse<00:27:51.779><c> 13.</c>

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For<00:27:53.740><c> if</c><00:27:53.920><c> the</c><00:27:54.039><c> blood</c><00:27:54.160><c> of</c><00:27:54.299><c> bulls</c><00:27:54.680><c> and</c><00:27:54.799><c> of</c><00:27:55.000><c> goats</c>

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and<00:27:55.420><c> the</c><00:27:55.579><c> ashes</c><00:27:55.859><c> of</c><00:27:56.059><c> a</c><00:27:56.359><c> heifer</c><00:27:56.960><c> sprinkling</c><00:27:57.799><c> the</c><00:27:58.039><c> unclean</c>

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sanctify<00:27:59.180><c> for</c><00:27:59.359><c> the</c><00:27:59.599><c> purifying</c><00:28:00.019><c> of</c><00:28:00.180><c> the</c><00:28:00.420><c> flesh,</c>

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how<00:28:02.180><c> much</c><00:28:02.519><c> more</c><00:28:02.819><c> shall</c><00:28:02.940><c> the</c><00:28:03.160><c> blood</c><00:28:03.279><c> of</c><00:28:03.480><c> Christ</c>

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who<00:28:03.960><c> through</c><00:28:04.119><c> an</c><00:28:04.380><c> eternal</c><00:28:04.720><c> spirit</c><00:28:05.140><c> offered</c><00:28:05.420><c> himself</c>

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without<00:28:06.279><c> spot</c><00:28:06.700><c> to</c><00:28:07.039><c> God</c><00:28:07.519><c> purge</c><00:28:08.119><c> your</c><00:28:08.440><c> conscience</c>

00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:11.400
from<00:28:09.180><c> dead</c><00:28:09.559><c> works</c><00:28:10.019><c> to</c><00:28:10.420><c> serve</c><00:28:10.680><c> the</c><00:28:10.839><c> living</c><00:28:11.079><c> God.</c>

00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:12.779
Now<00:28:11.920><c> listen</c><00:28:12.099><c> to</c><00:28:12.259><c> the</c><00:28:12.359><c> next</c><00:28:12.619><c> verse</c>

00:28:12.779 --> 00:28:15.960
and<00:28:12.940><c> listen</c><00:28:13.180><c> to</c><00:28:13.539><c> three</c><00:28:14.160><c> glorious</c><00:28:14.880><c> echoes.</c>

00:28:16.839 --> 00:28:20.960
And<00:28:16.940><c> for</c><00:28:17.160><c> this</c><00:28:17.539><c> cause</c><00:28:17.960><c> he</c><00:28:18.220><c> is</c><00:28:18.460><c> the</c><00:28:18.700><c> mediator</c><00:28:19.119><c> of</c><00:28:19.359><c> the</c><00:28:19.619><c> new</c><00:28:19.980><c> covenant</c>

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that<00:28:22.000><c> by</c><00:28:22.339><c> means</c><00:28:22.660><c> of</c><00:28:22.980><c> death</c><00:28:23.240><c> for</c><00:28:23.500><c> the</c><00:28:23.759><c> redemption</c>

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of<00:28:24.660><c> the</c><00:28:24.960><c> transgressions</c><00:28:25.660><c> that</c><00:28:25.859><c> were</c><00:28:25.940><c> under</c><00:28:26.039><c> the</c><00:28:26.440><c> first</c><00:28:26.839><c> covenant</c>

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and<00:28:28.000><c> here</c><00:28:28.099><c> they</c><00:28:28.319><c> come,</c><00:28:29.960><c> the</c><00:28:30.099><c> day</c><00:28:30.240><c> which</c><00:28:30.480><c> are</c><00:28:30.779><c> called</c>

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might<00:28:33.259><c> receive</c><00:28:33.839><c> the</c><00:28:34.440><c> promise</c><00:28:35.420><c> of</c><00:28:37.039><c> eternal</c><00:28:38.140><c> inheritance.</c>

00:28:38.839 --> 00:28:42.299
That's<00:28:39.539><c> all</c><00:28:40.019><c> straight</c><00:28:40.539><c> out</c><00:28:40.720><c> of</c><00:28:40.819><c> Genesis</c><00:28:41.160><c> 15.</c>

00:28:42.319 --> 00:28:46.640
The<00:28:42.400><c> day</c><00:28:42.619><c> which</c><00:28:42.799><c> are</c><00:28:43.220><c> called</c><00:28:43.880><c> might</c><00:28:44.440><c> receive</c><00:28:44.980><c> the</c><00:28:45.480><c> promise</c>

00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:49.019
of<00:28:47.619><c> eternal</c><00:28:48.180><c> inheritance.</c>

00:28:49.299 --> 00:28:52.400
Lord<00:28:49.559><c> God,</c><00:28:50.240><c> whereby</c><00:28:50.619><c> shall</c><00:28:50.980><c> I</c><00:28:51.400><c> know?</c>

00:28:53.200 --> 00:28:55.380
And<00:28:53.500><c> the</c><00:28:53.799><c> surety</c><00:28:54.220><c> of</c><00:28:54.420><c> that</c><00:28:54.579><c> brothers</c><00:28:54.839><c> and</c><00:28:55.119><c> sisters</c>

00:28:55.380 --> 00:28:57.220
was<00:28:55.579><c> the</c><00:28:55.759><c> death</c><00:28:55.900><c> of</c><00:28:56.059><c> the</c><00:28:56.180><c> Lord</c><00:28:56.359><c> Jesus</c><00:28:56.799><c> Christ</c>

00:28:57.220 --> 00:28:59.099
which<00:28:57.640><c> not</c><00:28:57.880><c> only</c><00:28:58.059><c> was</c><00:28:58.240><c> to</c><00:28:58.440><c> forgive</c><00:28:58.619><c> the</c><00:28:58.900><c> sins</c>

00:28:59.099 --> 00:29:01.720
of<00:28:59.279><c> his</c><00:28:59.519><c> contemporaries</c><00:29:00.200><c> and</c><00:29:00.559><c> those</c><00:29:00.799><c> who</c><00:29:00.940><c> would</c><00:29:01.059><c> live</c><00:29:01.220><c> after</c><00:29:01.519><c> him,</c>

00:29:01.920 --> 00:29:04.839
it<00:29:02.259><c> reached</c><00:29:02.680><c> back,</c><00:29:03.660><c> it</c><00:29:03.920><c> reached</c><00:29:04.220><c> way</c><00:29:04.519><c> back</c>

00:29:04.839 --> 00:29:07.180
over<00:29:05.119><c> the</c><00:29:05.319><c> annals</c><00:29:05.480><c> of</c><00:29:05.700><c> history</c><00:29:06.039><c> and</c><00:29:06.420><c> it</c><00:29:06.680><c> gathered</c><00:29:06.880><c> up</c>

00:29:07.180 --> 00:29:10.319
right<00:29:07.400><c> back</c><00:29:07.700><c> to</c><00:29:08.019><c> Abel,</c><00:29:08.380><c> it</c><00:29:08.500><c> gathered</c><00:29:08.619><c> up</c><00:29:08.900><c> all</c><00:29:09.200><c> the</c><00:29:09.420><c> faithful.</c>

00:29:11.980 --> 00:29:13.960
Was<00:29:12.079><c> looking</c><00:29:12.440><c> forward</c><00:29:12.839><c> to</c><00:29:12.980><c> this</c><00:29:13.140><c> great</c><00:29:13.460><c> sacrifice</c>

00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:16.799
and<00:29:14.140><c> Abraham</c><00:29:14.619><c> rejoiced</c><00:29:15.480><c> to</c><00:29:15.660><c> see</c><00:29:15.859><c> my</c><00:29:16.119><c> day</c><00:29:16.339><c> said</c><00:29:16.460><c> the</c><00:29:16.680><c> Lord</c>

00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:17.880
and<00:29:17.039><c> saw</c><00:29:17.200><c> it</c><00:29:17.339><c> was</c><00:29:17.599><c> glad.</c>

00:29:18.039 --> 00:29:20.480
His<00:29:18.359><c> faith</c><00:29:18.660><c> developed</c><00:29:19.140><c> right</c><00:29:19.500><c> through</c><00:29:19.640><c> the</c><00:29:19.819><c> offering</c><00:29:20.039><c> of</c><00:29:20.279><c> Isaac</c>

00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:23.000
and<00:29:20.640><c> he</c><00:29:20.859><c> knew</c><00:29:21.019><c> now</c><00:29:21.339><c> what</c><00:29:21.559><c> God</c><00:29:21.740><c> was</c><00:29:21.920><c> gonna</c><00:29:22.039><c> do</c>

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:25.819
and<00:29:24.180><c> said</c><00:29:24.259><c> that</c><00:29:24.400><c> by</c><00:29:24.579><c> means</c><00:29:24.779><c> of</c><00:29:25.039><c> death</c><00:29:25.160><c> for</c><00:29:25.339><c> the</c><00:29:25.539><c> redemption</c>

00:29:25.819 --> 00:29:27.759
of<00:29:26.039><c> those</c><00:29:26.220><c> people</c><00:29:26.440><c> who</c><00:29:26.700><c> died</c><00:29:26.839><c> under</c><00:29:27.039><c> the</c><00:29:27.279><c> first</c><00:29:27.480><c> covenant</c>

00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:29.559
which<00:29:28.019><c> couldn't</c><00:29:28.400><c> save</c><00:29:28.700><c> them.</c>

00:29:30.359 --> 00:29:34.220
They<00:29:30.440><c> which</c><00:29:30.619><c> are</c><00:29:30.900><c> called</c><00:29:31.559><c> might</c><00:29:32.299><c> receive</c><00:29:32.599><c> the</c><00:29:32.980><c> promise</c>

00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:37.039
of<00:29:34.500><c> eternal</c><00:29:35.099><c> inheritance,</c><00:29:35.819><c> three</c><00:29:36.140><c> glorious</c><00:29:36.779><c> echoes</c>

00:29:37.039 --> 00:29:39.319
of<00:29:37.319><c> Abraham's</c><00:29:37.859><c> life</c><00:29:38.039><c> right</c><00:29:38.460><c> in</c><00:29:38.640><c> the</c><00:29:38.859><c> context</c>

00:29:39.319 --> 00:29:40.980
of<00:29:39.799><c> the</c><00:29:39.960><c> red</c><00:29:40.099><c> heifer</c><00:29:40.299><c> and</c><00:29:40.519><c> mortality</c>

00:29:40.980 --> 00:29:43.200
and<00:29:41.400><c> that's</c><00:29:41.839><c> Abraham's</c><00:29:42.359><c> problem.</c>

00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:45.079
Isn't<00:29:43.579><c> that</c><00:29:43.859><c> magnificent?</c>

00:29:45.380 --> 00:29:47.259
And<00:29:45.500><c> so</c><00:29:45.599><c> how</c><00:29:45.720><c> the</c><00:29:45.880><c> law</c><00:29:46.000><c> of</c><00:29:46.140><c> Moses</c><00:29:46.460><c> picked</c><00:29:46.740><c> that</c><00:29:46.960><c> up</c>

00:29:47.259 --> 00:29:50.140
and<00:29:47.799><c> just</c><00:29:48.099><c> developed</c><00:29:48.500><c> that</c><00:29:48.900><c> right</c><00:29:49.319><c> through</c><00:29:49.599><c> that</c><00:29:49.859><c> way</c>

00:29:50.140 --> 00:29:52.500
and<00:29:50.500><c> Paul</c><00:29:50.700><c> just</c><00:29:51.059><c> picking</c><00:29:51.220><c> it</c><00:29:51.400><c> up</c><00:29:51.519><c> again</c><00:29:51.759><c> brothers</c><00:29:52.059><c> and</c><00:29:52.299><c> sisters</c>

00:29:52.500 --> 00:29:54.740
and<00:29:52.920><c> joining</c><00:29:53.160><c> the</c><00:29:53.359><c> two</c><00:29:53.480><c> of</c><00:29:53.559><c> them</c><00:29:53.700><c> together</c><00:29:53.960><c> with</c><00:29:54.140><c> those</c><00:29:54.420><c> echoes</c>

00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:57.220
to<00:29:55.220><c> show</c><00:29:55.359><c> that</c><00:29:55.539><c> here</c><00:29:55.700><c> is</c><00:29:55.900><c> the</c><00:29:56.059><c> solution</c><00:29:56.319><c> to</c><00:29:56.519><c> Abraham's</c><00:29:57.079><c> problem</c>

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:59.319
and<00:29:57.480><c> your</c><00:29:57.720><c> problem,</c><00:29:58.079><c> my</c><00:29:58.359><c> problem.</c>

00:29:59.940 --> 00:30:01.779
But<00:30:00.059><c> the</c><00:30:00.279><c> promise</c><00:30:00.500><c> is</c><00:30:00.740><c> sure</c><00:30:00.880><c> to</c><00:30:01.079><c> all</c><00:30:01.259><c> the</c><00:30:01.480><c> seed</c>

00:30:01.779 --> 00:30:04.160
because<00:30:02.160><c> Jesus</c><00:30:02.559><c> has</c><00:30:02.880><c> come</c><00:30:03.039><c> and</c><00:30:03.180><c> has</c><00:30:03.359><c> died</c><00:30:03.539><c> for</c><00:30:03.759><c> our</c><00:30:03.980><c> sins</c>

00:30:04.160 --> 00:30:05.240
that<00:30:04.339><c> we</c><00:30:04.440><c> might</c><00:30:04.700><c> live</c><00:30:04.900><c> again.</c>

00:30:05.400 --> 00:30:07.839
That's<00:30:05.720><c> the</c><00:30:05.799><c> whole</c><00:30:06.019><c> question</c><00:30:06.359><c> brothers</c><00:30:06.660><c> and</c><00:30:06.900><c> sisters.</c>

00:30:08.579 --> 00:30:12.359
Now<00:30:08.779><c> we</c><00:30:08.940><c> come</c><00:30:09.140><c> back</c><00:30:09.960><c> to</c><00:30:10.740><c> Genesis</c><00:30:11.079><c> 15.</c>

00:30:20.099 --> 00:30:25.630
And<00:30:20.220><c> God</c><00:30:20.480><c> is</c><00:30:20.660><c> gonna</c><00:30:21.039><c> put</c><00:30:21.240><c> Abraham</c><00:30:21.700><c> into</c><00:30:21.980><c> a</c><00:30:23.259><c> symbolic</c><00:30:24.059><c> time</c><00:30:24.859><c> frame.</c>

00:30:29.349 --> 00:30:32.789
And<00:30:29.869><c> verse</c><00:30:30.150><c> 10,</c><00:30:30.670><c> Genesis</c><00:30:31.109><c> 15,</c><00:30:31.650><c> he</c><00:30:31.750><c> took</c><00:30:31.950><c> unto</c><00:30:32.170><c> him</c><00:30:32.289><c> all</c><00:30:32.589><c> these</c>

00:30:32.789 --> 00:30:33.950
and<00:30:33.009><c> divided</c><00:30:33.329><c> them</c><00:30:33.529><c> in</c><00:30:33.630><c> the</c><00:30:33.730><c> midst</c>

00:30:33.950 --> 00:30:35.589
and<00:30:34.170><c> laid</c><00:30:34.289><c> each</c><00:30:34.589><c> piece</c><00:30:34.869><c> one</c><00:30:35.089><c> against</c><00:30:35.349><c> another</c>

00:30:35.589 --> 00:30:37.210
but<00:30:35.789><c> the</c><00:30:35.970><c> birds</c><00:30:36.190><c> divide,</c><00:30:36.670><c> he</c><00:30:36.750><c> did</c><00:30:36.890><c> not.</c>

00:30:37.630 --> 00:30:40.869
So<00:30:37.849><c> Abraham</c><00:30:38.150><c> divided</c><00:30:38.769><c> the</c><00:30:39.150><c> offerings</c><00:30:39.430><c> brothers</c><00:30:39.710><c> and</c><00:30:39.990><c> sisters.</c>

00:30:41.589 --> 00:30:45.549
And<00:30:41.690><c> now</c><00:30:41.829><c> the</c><00:30:42.029><c> idea</c><00:30:42.329><c> of</c><00:30:42.589><c> that</c><00:30:42.869><c> as</c><00:30:43.190><c> we</c><00:30:43.430><c> learned</c><00:30:43.630><c> from</c><00:30:44.049><c> Jeremiah</c><00:30:44.549><c> 34</c>

00:30:45.549 --> 00:30:49.210
verses<00:30:46.069><c> 18</c><00:30:46.349><c> and</c><00:30:46.509><c> 19</c><00:30:46.990><c> was</c><00:30:47.329><c> that</c><00:30:47.529><c> when</c><00:30:47.750><c> men</c><00:30:47.950><c> made</c><00:30:48.210><c> a</c><00:30:48.410><c> covenant</c>

00:30:49.309 --> 00:30:52.289
they<00:30:49.829><c> used</c><00:30:50.069><c> to</c><00:30:50.349><c> pass</c><00:30:50.670><c> between</c><00:30:51.089><c> the</c><00:30:51.349><c> pieces.</c>

00:30:52.670 --> 00:30:54.329
They<00:30:52.869><c> would</c><00:30:53.150><c> swear</c><00:30:53.609><c> to</c><00:30:53.930><c> one</c><00:30:54.069><c> another</c>

00:30:54.329 --> 00:30:57.190
that<00:30:54.490><c> they</c><00:30:54.609><c> would</c><00:30:54.869><c> keep</c><00:30:55.150><c> the</c><00:30:55.430><c> terms</c><00:30:55.650><c> of</c><00:30:55.869><c> the</c><00:30:56.029><c> covenant</c><00:30:56.230><c> between</c><00:30:56.650><c> them</c>

00:30:57.190 --> 00:30:58.710
and<00:30:57.650><c> they</c><00:30:57.710><c> would</c><00:30:57.990><c> cut</c><00:30:58.109><c> up</c><00:30:58.309><c> the</c><00:30:58.509><c> animal</c>

00:30:58.710 --> 00:31:01.349
and<00:30:58.950><c> each</c><00:30:59.269><c> party</c><00:30:59.769><c> would</c><00:31:00.210><c> walk</c><00:31:00.509><c> between</c><00:31:00.869><c> the</c><00:31:01.109><c> pieces.</c>

00:31:01.670 --> 00:31:05.869
Jeremiah<00:31:01.930><c> 34</c><00:31:02.670><c> verses</c><00:31:03.109><c> 18</c><00:31:03.650><c> and</c><00:31:03.809><c> 19</c><00:31:04.230><c> mentions</c><00:31:04.609><c> that</c><00:31:04.910><c> custom.</c>

00:31:07.150 --> 00:31:10.029
Abraham<00:31:07.349><c> I</c><00:31:07.549><c> do</c><00:31:07.710><c> not</c><00:31:07.890><c> believe</c><00:31:08.150><c> ever</c><00:31:08.430><c> passed</c><00:31:08.730><c> through</c><00:31:08.950><c> those</c><00:31:09.170><c> pieces.</c>

00:31:10.569 --> 00:31:14.009
What<00:31:10.769><c> he</c><00:31:10.970><c> did</c><00:31:11.390><c> was</c><00:31:12.230><c> to</c><00:31:12.450><c> divide</c><00:31:12.650><c> the</c><00:31:12.890><c> animals</c><00:31:13.130><c> up</c>

00:31:14.230 --> 00:31:16.769
and<00:31:14.710><c> verse</c><00:31:14.990><c> 11</c><00:31:15.210><c> says</c><00:31:15.450><c> that</c><00:31:15.609><c> as</c><00:31:15.769><c> the</c><00:31:15.950><c> fowls</c><00:31:16.210><c> came</c><00:31:16.490><c> down,</c>

00:31:16.809 --> 00:31:19.009
the<00:31:17.009><c> vultures</c><00:31:17.390><c> came</c><00:31:17.670><c> down</c><00:31:17.910><c> to</c><00:31:18.150><c> feed</c><00:31:18.289><c> upon</c><00:31:18.529><c> the</c><00:31:18.769><c> carcass,</c>

00:31:19.369 --> 00:31:21.289
he<00:31:19.730><c> shooed</c><00:31:19.910><c> them</c><00:31:20.089><c> away,</c><00:31:20.529><c> he</c><00:31:20.710><c> kept</c><00:31:20.910><c> them</c><00:31:21.089><c> away.</c>

00:31:21.369 --> 00:31:23.150
All<00:31:21.549><c> he</c><00:31:21.710><c> could</c><00:31:21.869><c> do</c><00:31:22.130><c> was</c><00:31:22.329><c> to</c><00:31:22.509><c> preserve</c><00:31:22.789><c> the</c><00:31:23.029><c> offering.</c>

00:31:23.150 --> 00:31:24.509
He<00:31:23.269><c> couldn't</c><00:31:23.470><c> do</c><00:31:23.630><c> anything</c><00:31:23.769><c> about</c><00:31:24.049><c> it</c><00:31:24.210><c> else</c>

00:31:24.509 --> 00:31:26.710
and<00:31:25.009><c> then</c><00:31:25.309><c> God</c><00:31:25.650><c> put</c><00:31:25.869><c> him</c><00:31:26.109><c> in</c><00:31:26.230><c> verse</c><00:31:26.470><c> 12</c>

00:31:26.710 --> 00:31:29.170
into<00:31:26.910><c> a</c><00:31:27.210><c> horror</c><00:31:27.470><c> of</c><00:31:27.789><c> great</c><00:31:28.009><c> darkness.</c>

00:31:30.509 --> 00:31:32.630
A<00:31:30.789><c> horror</c><00:31:31.029><c> of</c><00:31:31.349><c> great</c><00:31:31.509><c> darkness.</c>

00:31:32.990 --> 00:31:36.390
He<00:31:33.210><c> fell</c><00:31:33.410><c> into</c><00:31:33.569><c> the</c><00:31:33.890><c> article</c><00:31:34.410><c> symbolically</c><00:31:35.109><c> of</c><00:31:35.369><c> death.</c>

00:31:37.849 --> 00:31:39.970
That's<00:31:38.009><c> why</c><00:31:38.150><c> Jesus</c><00:31:38.490><c> said</c><00:31:38.730><c> when</c><00:31:38.930><c> God</c><00:31:39.210><c> spoke</c><00:31:39.490><c> to</c><00:31:39.730><c> Abraham</c>

00:31:39.970 --> 00:31:45.670
when<00:31:40.190><c> he</c><00:31:40.329><c> was</c><00:31:40.569><c> dead,</c><00:31:43.049><c> he</c><00:31:43.109><c> said</c><00:31:43.269><c> God</c><00:31:43.470><c> is</c><00:31:43.630><c> not</c><00:31:43.990><c> the</c><00:31:44.289><c> God</c><00:31:44.450><c> of</c><00:31:44.609><c> the</c><00:31:44.789><c> dead</c>

00:31:45.910 --> 00:31:47.750
but<00:31:46.390><c> of</c><00:31:46.529><c> the</c><00:31:46.670><c> living.</c>

00:31:48.430 --> 00:31:52.369
Because<00:31:48.630><c> he</c><00:31:48.710><c> said</c><00:31:48.829><c> I</c><00:31:49.049><c> am,</c><00:31:49.869><c> not</c><00:31:50.029><c> I</c><00:31:50.190><c> was,</c><00:31:50.910><c> I</c><00:31:51.170><c> am</c><00:31:51.549><c> the</c><00:31:51.690><c> God</c><00:31:51.829><c> of</c><00:31:52.029><c> Abraham,</c>

00:31:52.369 --> 00:31:54.630
the<00:31:52.789><c> God</c><00:31:52.930><c> of</c><00:31:53.250><c> Isaac</c><00:31:53.549><c> and</c><00:31:53.890><c> the</c><00:31:53.970><c> God</c><00:31:54.109><c> of</c><00:31:54.349><c> Jacob.</c>

00:31:55.089 --> 00:31:56.990
And<00:31:55.230><c> when</c><00:31:55.329><c> he</c><00:31:55.470><c> said</c><00:31:55.609><c> that</c><00:31:55.809><c> in</c><00:31:56.029><c> Exodus,</c>

00:31:57.069 --> 00:31:58.869
Abraham<00:31:57.210><c> and</c><00:31:57.390><c> Isaac</c><00:31:57.490><c> and</c><00:31:57.589><c> Jacob</c><00:31:57.730><c> were</c><00:31:57.970><c> dead.</c>

00:31:58.990 --> 00:32:01.609
He<00:31:59.089><c> didn't</c><00:31:59.309><c> say</c><00:31:59.490><c> I</c><00:31:59.769><c> was,</c><00:32:00.190><c> he</c><00:32:00.349><c> said</c><00:32:00.470><c> I</c><00:32:00.690><c> am.</c>

00:32:01.950 --> 00:32:03.289
He's<00:32:02.190><c> not</c><00:32:02.349><c> the</c><00:32:02.490><c> God</c><00:32:02.630><c> of</c><00:32:02.769><c> the</c><00:32:02.829><c> dead</c><00:32:02.930><c> or</c><00:32:03.049><c> the</c><00:32:03.130><c> living</c>

00:32:03.289 --> 00:32:06.829
and<00:32:03.569><c> here</c><00:32:03.750><c> he's</c><00:32:03.970><c> talking</c><00:32:04.309><c> to</c><00:32:04.569><c> a</c><00:32:04.710><c> symbolic</c><00:32:05.150><c> dead</c><00:32:05.450><c> man.</c>

00:32:08.150 --> 00:32:10.549
Counting<00:32:08.470><c> that</c><00:32:08.569><c> he</c><00:32:08.589><c> was</c><00:32:08.769><c> alive</c><00:32:09.109><c> brothers,</c><00:32:09.670><c> which</c><00:32:09.809><c> he</c><00:32:09.950><c> really</c><00:32:10.309><c> was</c>

00:32:10.549 --> 00:32:13.849
but<00:32:10.890><c> in</c><00:32:11.089><c> symbolically</c><00:32:11.549><c> he's</c><00:32:11.750><c> dead</c><00:32:11.950><c> and</c><00:32:12.089><c> God's</c><00:32:12.509><c> speaking</c><00:32:12.650><c> to</c><00:32:12.869><c> him.</c>

00:32:14.329 --> 00:32:16.269
And<00:32:14.529><c> in</c><00:32:14.670><c> that</c><00:32:15.029><c> horror</c><00:32:15.329><c> of</c><00:32:15.609><c> great</c><00:32:15.829><c> darkness,</c>

00:32:16.410 --> 00:32:18.089
the<00:32:16.509><c> king</c><00:32:16.690><c> of</c><00:32:16.990><c> terrors</c><00:32:17.269><c> has</c><00:32:17.410><c> come</c><00:32:17.589><c> upon</c><00:32:17.829><c> him</c>

00:32:18.089 --> 00:32:19.990
and<00:32:18.349><c> yet</c><00:32:18.490><c> God</c><00:32:18.710><c> is</c><00:32:18.990><c> telling</c><00:32:19.109><c> him</c><00:32:19.470><c> that</c><00:32:19.750><c> Abraham</c>

00:32:19.990 --> 00:32:22.450
when<00:32:20.089><c> you</c><00:32:20.410><c> sleep</c><00:32:20.710><c> in</c><00:32:20.869><c> the</c><00:32:20.990><c> dust</c><00:32:21.150><c> of</c><00:32:21.349><c> the</c><00:32:21.490><c> earth,</c>

00:32:22.730 --> 00:32:24.789
this<00:32:23.009><c> is</c><00:32:23.170><c> the</c><00:32:23.250><c> history</c><00:32:23.569><c> of</c><00:32:23.730><c> your</c><00:32:23.990><c> seed.</c>

00:32:25.130 --> 00:32:27.109
Ah,<00:32:25.369><c> this</c><00:32:25.490><c> isn't</c><00:32:25.630><c> it,</c><00:32:25.750><c> the</c><00:32:25.829><c> way</c><00:32:25.950><c> this</c><00:32:26.109><c> is</c><00:32:26.349><c> done.</c>

00:32:27.609 --> 00:32:29.109
And<00:32:27.730><c> he</c><00:32:27.809><c> said</c><00:32:27.950><c> to</c><00:32:28.109><c> Abraham,</c><00:32:28.490><c> know</c><00:32:28.630><c> of</c><00:32:28.789><c> a</c><00:32:28.849><c> surety</c>

00:32:29.109 --> 00:32:31.509
that<00:32:29.289><c> thy</c><00:32:29.549><c> seed</c><00:32:29.769><c> should</c><00:32:29.950><c> be</c><00:32:30.710><c> stranger</c><00:32:31.049><c> in</c><00:32:31.230><c> a</c><00:32:31.369><c> land</c>

00:32:31.509 --> 00:32:33.049
that<00:32:31.650><c> is</c><00:32:31.809><c> not</c><00:32:32.029><c> theirs</c><00:32:32.230><c> and</c><00:32:32.430><c> shall</c><00:32:32.589><c> serve</c><00:32:32.910><c> them</c>

00:32:33.049 --> 00:32:34.690
and<00:32:33.170><c> they</c><00:32:33.329><c> shall</c><00:32:33.430><c> afflict</c><00:32:33.690><c> them</c><00:32:33.910><c> 400</c><00:32:34.309><c> years.</c>

00:32:34.730 --> 00:32:36.910
This<00:32:34.890><c> is</c><00:32:35.109><c> their</c><00:32:35.470><c> stay</c><00:32:35.769><c> in</c><00:32:35.990><c> Egypt.</c>

00:32:36.930 --> 00:32:39.430
And<00:32:37.069><c> also</c><00:32:37.349><c> that</c><00:32:37.589><c> nation</c><00:32:37.890><c> whom</c><00:32:38.069><c> they</c><00:32:38.309><c> shall</c><00:32:38.410><c> serve</c><00:32:38.750><c> will</c><00:32:38.910><c> I</c><00:32:39.109><c> judge</c>

00:32:39.430 --> 00:32:44.269
and<00:32:39.890><c> afterward</c><00:32:40.609><c> shall</c><00:32:42.029><c> they</c><00:32:42.210><c> come</c><00:32:42.369><c> out</c><00:32:42.529><c> with</c><00:32:42.750><c> great</c><00:32:43.009><c> substance.</c>

00:32:45.170 --> 00:32:46.970
And<00:32:45.349><c> thou</c><00:32:45.509><c> shalt</c><00:32:45.710><c> go</c><00:32:45.910><c> to</c><00:32:46.049><c> thy</c><00:32:46.170><c> fathers</c><00:32:46.470><c> in</c><00:32:46.789><c> peace,</c>

00:32:47.009 --> 00:32:49.329
thou<00:32:47.130><c> shalt</c><00:32:47.269><c> be</c><00:32:47.509><c> buried</c><00:32:47.670><c> in</c><00:32:47.829><c> a</c><00:32:47.950><c> good</c><00:32:48.089><c> old</c><00:32:48.329><c> age.</c>

00:32:49.369 --> 00:32:53.670
But<00:32:49.809><c> in</c><00:32:49.950><c> the</c><00:32:50.130><c> fourth</c><00:32:50.329><c> generation,</c><00:32:50.930><c> they</c><00:32:51.049><c> shall</c><00:32:51.230><c> come</c><00:32:51.470><c> hither</c><00:32:51.650><c> again.</c>

00:32:53.970 --> 00:32:58.369
For<00:32:53.970><c> the</c><00:32:55.730><c> iniquity</c><00:32:56.109><c> of</c><00:32:56.210><c> the</c><00:32:56.329><c> Amorites</c><00:32:56.730><c> is</c><00:32:56.930><c> not</c><00:32:57.130><c> yet</c><00:32:57.450><c> full.</c>

00:32:59.349 --> 00:33:00.829
Isn't<00:32:59.549><c> that</c><00:32:59.789><c> incredible?</c>

00:33:02.750 --> 00:33:04.109
Now<00:33:02.890><c> did</c><00:33:02.990><c> you</c><00:33:03.009><c> know</c><00:33:03.230><c> something?</c>

00:33:04.970 --> 00:33:07.890
Here's<00:33:05.269><c> a</c><00:33:05.450><c> man</c><00:33:05.710><c> of</c><00:33:05.990><c> whom</c><00:33:06.089><c> it</c><00:33:06.210><c> had</c><00:33:06.329><c> just</c><00:33:06.509><c> been</c><00:33:06.750><c> said</c>

00:33:07.950 --> 00:33:11.509
that<00:33:08.170><c> God</c><00:33:08.450><c> counted</c><00:33:08.789><c> his</c><00:33:09.150><c> faith</c><00:33:09.609><c> for</c><00:33:10.150><c> righteousness.</c>

00:33:12.789 --> 00:33:14.630
But<00:33:12.910><c> when</c><00:33:13.069><c> the</c><00:33:13.210><c> man</c><00:33:13.390><c> falls</c><00:33:13.690><c> into</c><00:33:13.910><c> a</c><00:33:14.069><c> deep</c><00:33:14.309><c> sleep,</c>

00:33:14.829 --> 00:33:16.670
brothers<00:33:14.970><c> and</c><00:33:15.250><c> sisters,</c><00:33:15.450><c> in</c><00:33:15.650><c> the</c><00:33:15.769><c> horror</c><00:33:15.930><c> of</c><00:33:16.130><c> great</c><00:33:16.289><c> darkness</c>

00:33:16.670 --> 00:33:19.470
and<00:33:16.890><c> God</c><00:33:17.210><c> speaks</c><00:33:17.630><c> of</c><00:33:17.809><c> the</c><00:33:17.970><c> history</c><00:33:18.210><c> of</c><00:33:18.349><c> his</c><00:33:18.650><c> seed,</c>

00:33:19.690 --> 00:33:23.490
the<00:33:19.890><c> climatic</c><00:33:20.490><c> point</c><00:33:20.950><c> which</c><00:33:22.009><c> is</c><00:33:22.170><c> gonna</c><00:33:22.349><c> come</c>

00:33:23.400 --> 00:33:25.390
when<00:33:23.650><c> that</c><00:33:23.990><c> seed</c><00:33:24.250><c> being</c><00:33:24.509><c> developed</c><00:33:24.930><c> in</c><00:33:25.089><c> Egypt</c>

00:33:25.390 --> 00:33:28.329
would<00:33:25.569><c> come</c><00:33:25.730><c> into</c><00:33:25.930><c> the</c><00:33:26.130><c> land</c><00:33:26.309><c> to</c><00:33:26.430><c> which</c><00:33:26.529><c> it</c><00:33:26.650><c> was</c><00:33:26.829><c> promised</c><00:33:27.069><c> to</c><00:33:27.369><c> Abraham,</c>

00:33:28.990 --> 00:33:33.730
the<00:33:29.190><c> climatic</c><00:33:29.690><c> point</c><00:33:30.730><c> was</c><00:33:32.250><c> not</c><00:33:32.490><c> their</c><00:33:32.710><c> righteousness</c>

00:33:33.880 --> 00:33:35.990
but<00:33:34.130><c> the</c><00:33:34.490><c> iniquity</c><00:33:35.009><c> of</c><00:33:35.190><c> the</c><00:33:35.390><c> Amorites.</c>

00:33:36.170 --> 00:33:37.589
Note<00:33:36.410><c> that.</c>

00:33:38.690 --> 00:33:40.750
So<00:33:38.869><c> there's</c><00:33:39.089><c> no</c><00:33:39.529><c> claim,</c><00:33:40.109><c> brothers</c><00:33:40.210><c> and</c><00:33:40.450><c> sisters,</c>

00:33:40.890 --> 00:33:42.970
upon<00:33:41.130><c> the</c><00:33:41.410><c> rewards</c><00:33:41.730><c> of</c><00:33:41.990><c> God.</c>

00:33:43.529 --> 00:33:45.930
Not<00:33:43.829><c> even</c><00:33:44.089><c> to</c><00:33:44.269><c> a</c><00:33:44.450><c> man</c><00:33:44.630><c> of</c><00:33:44.829><c> whom</c><00:33:44.930><c> it</c><00:33:45.029><c> had</c><00:33:45.150><c> been</c><00:33:45.410><c> said</c>

00:33:45.930 --> 00:33:48.289
he<00:33:46.470><c> counted</c><00:33:46.710><c> it</c><00:33:46.849><c> to</c><00:33:46.869><c> him</c><00:33:47.029><c> for</c><00:33:47.269><c> righteousness.</c>

00:33:49.109 --> 00:33:52.549
The<00:33:49.309><c> climatic</c><00:33:49.769><c> point</c><00:33:49.990><c> came</c><00:33:50.289><c> in</c><00:33:50.450><c> the</c><00:33:50.670><c> sins</c><00:33:50.869><c> of</c><00:33:51.130><c> other</c><00:33:51.349><c> people.</c>

00:33:52.769 --> 00:33:56.470
And<00:33:52.930><c> when</c><00:33:53.049><c> they</c><00:33:53.369><c> had</c><00:33:53.690><c> reached</c><00:33:54.309><c> their</c><00:33:55.329><c> fullness</c><00:33:55.670><c> of</c><00:33:55.910><c> their</c><00:33:56.089><c> iniquity,</c>

00:33:56.750 --> 00:33:58.509
then<00:33:57.130><c> Abraham's</c><00:33:57.890><c> seed</c><00:33:58.009><c> took</c><00:33:58.230><c> the</c><00:33:58.410><c> land.</c>

00:33:58.710 --> 00:34:00.490
Now<00:33:58.869><c> is</c><00:33:58.970><c> that</c><00:33:59.109><c> the</c><00:33:59.210><c> right</c><00:33:59.410><c> interpretation</c><00:34:00.029><c> of</c><00:34:00.289><c> that?</c>

00:34:00.869 --> 00:34:02.049
Is<00:34:01.049><c> that</c><00:34:01.190><c> how</c><00:34:01.269><c> you</c><00:34:01.410><c> should</c><00:34:01.609><c> read</c><00:34:01.809><c> that?</c>

00:34:02.269 --> 00:34:03.910
Have<00:34:02.430><c> a</c><00:34:02.490><c> look</c><00:34:02.549><c> at</c><00:34:02.650><c> the</c><00:34:02.789><c> ninth</c><00:34:02.990><c> chapter</c><00:34:03.309><c> of</c><00:34:03.470><c> Deuteronomy,</c>

00:34:04.069 --> 00:34:04.710
brothers<00:34:04.190><c> and</c><00:34:04.450><c> sisters.</c>

00:34:04.930 --> 00:34:07.109
Just<00:34:05.170><c> have</c><00:34:05.329><c> a</c><00:34:05.410><c> look</c><00:34:05.490><c> what</c><00:34:05.670><c> Moses</c><00:34:06.130><c> said.</c>

00:34:13.570 --> 00:34:18.570
And<00:34:14.090><c> notice</c><00:34:14.449><c> the</c><00:34:14.849><c> emphasis</c><00:34:15.449><c> that</c><00:34:15.710><c> Moses</c><00:34:16.010><c> puts</c><00:34:16.289><c> on</c><00:34:16.550><c> this.</c>

00:34:21.670 --> 00:34:25.230
The<00:34:21.730><c> ninth</c><00:34:21.929><c> chapter</c><00:34:22.230><c> of</c><00:34:22.389><c> Deuteronomy,</c><00:34:22.909><c> verse</c><00:34:23.250><c> three.</c>

00:34:27.309 --> 00:34:29.969
Understand<00:34:27.829><c> therefore</c><00:34:28.349><c> this</c><00:34:28.789><c> day</c>

00:34:30.090 --> 00:34:33.150
that<00:34:30.610><c> the</c><00:34:30.769><c> Lord</c><00:34:30.989><c> thy</c><00:34:31.210><c> God</c><00:34:31.449><c> is</c><00:34:31.630><c> he</c><00:34:31.809><c> which</c><00:34:32.010><c> goeth</c><00:34:32.289><c> over</c><00:34:32.530><c> before</c><00:34:32.909><c> thee</c>

00:34:33.150 --> 00:34:35.389
as<00:34:33.329><c> a</c><00:34:33.590><c> consuming</c><00:34:33.909><c> fire,</c><00:34:34.289><c> he</c><00:34:34.570><c> shall</c><00:34:34.789><c> destroy</c><00:34:35.210><c> them</c>

00:34:35.389 --> 00:34:36.590
and<00:34:35.510><c> he</c><00:34:35.730><c> shall</c><00:34:35.909><c> bring</c><00:34:36.090><c> them</c><00:34:36.309><c> down</c><00:34:36.530><c> before</c><00:34:36.590><c> thee.</c>

00:34:37.389 --> 00:34:40.210
So<00:34:37.909><c> thou</c><00:34:38.210><c> shalt</c><00:34:38.489><c> drive</c><00:34:38.809><c> them</c><00:34:38.969><c> out</c><00:34:39.170><c> and</c><00:34:39.309><c> destroy</c><00:34:39.650><c> them</c><00:34:39.869><c> quickly</c>

00:34:40.210 --> 00:34:41.829
as<00:34:40.389><c> the</c><00:34:40.550><c> Lord</c><00:34:40.690><c> hath</c><00:34:40.909><c> said</c><00:34:41.070><c> unto</c><00:34:41.309><c> thee.</c>

00:34:42.130 --> 00:34:44.369
Speak<00:34:42.469><c> not</c><00:34:43.070><c> thou</c><00:34:43.329><c> in</c><00:34:43.670><c> thine</c><00:34:43.909><c> heart</c>

00:34:44.369 --> 00:34:46.550
after<00:34:44.710><c> the</c><00:34:44.909><c> Lord</c><00:34:45.130><c> thy</c><00:34:45.349><c> God</c><00:34:45.630><c> hath</c><00:34:45.869><c> cast</c><00:34:46.190><c> them</c><00:34:46.369><c> out</c>

00:34:46.550 --> 00:34:49.150
from<00:34:46.710><c> before</c><00:34:46.949><c> thee,</c><00:34:47.630><c> saying,</c><00:34:47.809><c> for</c><00:34:48.070><c> my</c><00:34:48.510><c> righteousness</c>

00:34:49.150 --> 00:34:52.130
the<00:34:49.570><c> Lord</c><00:34:49.789><c> hath</c><00:34:50.030><c> brought</c><00:34:50.210><c> me</c><00:34:50.409><c> in</c><00:34:50.469><c> to</c><00:34:50.630><c> possess</c><00:34:50.869><c> this</c><00:34:51.190><c> land.</c>

00:34:52.929 --> 00:34:55.590
But<00:34:53.289><c> for</c><00:34:53.650><c> the</c><00:34:54.070><c> wickedness</c><00:34:54.610><c> of</c><00:34:54.809><c> these</c><00:34:55.110><c> nations</c>

00:34:55.590 --> 00:34:58.570
the<00:34:55.769><c> Lord</c><00:34:56.050><c> doth</c><00:34:56.309><c> drive</c><00:34:56.730><c> them</c><00:34:56.909><c> out</c><00:34:57.110><c> from</c><00:34:57.289><c> before</c><00:34:57.630><c> thee.</c>

00:34:59.349 --> 00:35:01.050
Not<00:34:59.809><c> for</c><00:35:00.050><c> thy</c><00:35:00.329><c> righteousness</c>

00:35:01.050 --> 00:35:03.449
or<00:35:01.849><c> for</c><00:35:02.050><c> the</c><00:35:02.269><c> uprightness</c><00:35:02.690><c> of</c><00:35:02.849><c> thine</c><00:35:03.010><c> heart</c>

00:35:03.449 --> 00:35:04.929
doth<00:35:03.670><c> thou</c><00:35:03.849><c> go</c><00:35:04.010><c> to</c><00:35:04.130><c> possess</c><00:35:04.429><c> their</c><00:35:04.670><c> land</c>

00:35:04.929 --> 00:35:07.409
but<00:35:05.289><c> for</c><00:35:05.590><c> the</c><00:35:05.989><c> wickedness</c><00:35:06.550><c> of</c><00:35:06.730><c> these</c><00:35:06.989><c> nations</c>

00:35:07.409 --> 00:35:10.070
the<00:35:07.550><c> Lord</c><00:35:07.789><c> thy</c><00:35:08.050><c> God</c><00:35:08.309><c> doth</c><00:35:08.610><c> drive</c><00:35:08.849><c> them</c><00:35:09.010><c> out</c><00:35:09.170><c> from</c><00:35:09.369><c> before</c><00:35:09.710><c> thee</c>

00:35:10.070 --> 00:35:14.110
and<00:35:10.590><c> that</c><00:35:10.789><c> he</c><00:35:11.030><c> may</c><00:35:11.449><c> perform</c><00:35:11.829><c> the</c><00:35:12.750><c> word</c>

00:35:14.269 --> 00:35:18.030
which<00:35:14.909><c> the</c><00:35:15.170><c> Lord</c><00:35:15.429><c> swear</c><00:35:15.949><c> unto</c><00:35:16.309><c> thy</c><00:35:16.610><c> father</c><00:35:17.170><c> Abraham,</c>

00:35:18.349 --> 00:35:20.469
Isaac<00:35:18.909><c> and</c><00:35:19.369><c> Jacob.</c>

00:35:20.550 --> 00:35:24.769
The<00:35:20.809><c> iniquity</c><00:35:21.570><c> of</c><00:35:21.829><c> the</c><00:35:22.090><c> Amorites</c><00:35:22.670><c> is</c><00:35:23.150><c> not</c><00:35:23.570><c> yet</c><00:35:24.010><c> for.</c>

00:35:26.429 --> 00:35:28.769
Brothers<00:35:26.730><c> and</c><00:35:27.010><c> sisters,</c><00:35:27.429><c> the</c><00:35:27.550><c> Lord</c><00:35:27.849><c> Jesus</c><00:35:28.349><c> Christ</c>

00:35:28.769 --> 00:35:31.150
is<00:35:29.090><c> coming</c><00:35:29.389><c> back</c><00:35:29.690><c> to</c><00:35:29.889><c> the</c><00:35:30.090><c> earth.</c>

00:35:31.730 --> 00:35:39.429
He<00:35:32.489><c> is</c><00:35:32.969><c> not</c><00:35:33.690><c> coming</c><00:35:34.150><c> back</c><00:35:34.989><c> for</c><00:35:35.409><c> the</c><00:35:35.650><c> specific</c><00:35:36.469><c> purpose</c><00:35:37.090><c> to</c><00:35:37.449><c> save</c><00:35:37.710><c> us.</c>

00:35:40.590 --> 00:35:44.530
He's<00:35:41.349><c> not</c><00:35:41.809><c> coming</c><00:35:42.210><c> back</c><00:35:42.510><c> for</c><00:35:42.690><c> that</c><00:35:42.889><c> specific</c><00:35:43.369><c> purpose.</c>

00:35:45.309 --> 00:35:49.050
He's<00:35:45.730><c> coming</c><00:35:45.989><c> back</c><00:35:46.369><c> to</c><00:35:46.750><c> judge</c><00:35:47.070><c> the</c><00:35:47.349><c> world</c><00:35:47.650><c> in</c><00:35:48.010><c> righteousness.</c>

00:35:50.590 --> 00:35:52.710
And<00:35:50.869><c> the</c><00:35:51.090><c> climatic</c><00:35:51.610><c> point</c><00:35:51.909><c> that's</c><00:35:52.150><c> gonna</c><00:35:52.269><c> bring</c><00:35:52.429><c> him</c><00:35:52.570><c> into</c>

00:35:52.710 --> 00:35:53.889
the<00:35:52.949><c> earth</c>

00:35:54.309 --> 00:35:58.150
is<00:35:54.690><c> the</c><00:35:54.949><c> same</c><00:35:55.250><c> climatic</c><00:35:55.809><c> point</c><00:35:56.289><c> that</c><00:35:56.690><c> sent</c><00:35:56.789><c> him</c><00:35:56.949><c> to</c><00:35:57.050><c> the</c><00:35:57.269><c> cross.</c>

00:35:59.150 --> 00:36:02.429
And<00:35:59.710><c> when</c><00:35:59.849><c> he</c><00:35:59.929><c> went</c><00:36:00.110><c> to</c><00:36:00.250><c> the</c><00:36:00.409><c> cross</c><00:36:00.650><c> to</c><00:36:00.889><c> save</c><00:36:01.190><c> the</c><00:36:01.429><c> world</c>

00:36:02.530 --> 00:36:05.889
he<00:36:03.090><c> wasn't</c><00:36:03.550><c> waiting</c><00:36:04.030><c> for</c><00:36:04.309><c> men</c><00:36:04.530><c> to</c><00:36:04.730><c> be</c><00:36:04.929><c> righteous.</c>

00:36:06.610 --> 00:36:11.289
He<00:36:06.710><c> told</c><00:36:07.590><c> Israel,</c><00:36:08.070><c> fill</c><00:36:08.869><c> up</c><00:36:09.309><c> the</c><00:36:09.610><c> measure</c><00:36:09.889><c> of</c><00:36:10.070><c> your</c><00:36:10.309><c> fathers.</c>

00:36:12.090 --> 00:36:14.829
And<00:36:12.110><c> Isaiah,</c><00:36:12.710><c> or</c><00:36:12.710><c> rather</c><00:36:12.929><c> Daniel</c><00:36:13.269><c> had</c><00:36:13.570><c> prophesied</c><00:36:13.989><c> in</c><00:36:14.230><c> chapter</c><00:36:14.489><c> eight</c>

00:36:14.829 --> 00:36:17.210
that<00:36:15.030><c> when</c><00:36:15.250><c> the</c><00:36:15.489><c> fourth</c><00:36:15.769><c> beast</c><00:36:16.050><c> would</c><00:36:16.309><c> come</c><00:36:16.530><c> and</c><00:36:16.829><c> destroy</c>

00:36:17.210 --> 00:36:19.630
the<00:36:17.670><c> Jewish</c><00:36:17.929><c> people</c><00:36:18.349><c> and</c><00:36:18.690><c> destroy</c><00:36:19.050><c> the</c><00:36:19.329><c> temple</c>

00:36:19.630 --> 00:36:22.530
and<00:36:20.329><c> magnify</c><00:36:20.909><c> himself</c><00:36:21.269><c> against</c><00:36:21.530><c> the</c><00:36:21.750><c> prince</c><00:36:21.949><c> of</c><00:36:22.150><c> the</c><00:36:22.309><c> host</c>

00:36:22.530 --> 00:36:24.969
Daniel<00:36:23.130><c> said,</c><00:36:23.670><c> it's</c><00:36:23.789><c> when</c><00:36:24.010><c> the</c><00:36:24.309><c> transgressors</c>

00:36:24.969 --> 00:36:26.610
are<00:36:25.170><c> come</c><00:36:25.289><c> to</c><00:36:25.469><c> the</c><00:36:25.730><c> fall.</c>

00:36:27.610 --> 00:36:30.769
And<00:36:28.130><c> the</c><00:36:28.289><c> Lord</c><00:36:28.550><c> is</c><00:36:28.809><c> coming</c><00:36:29.030><c> back</c><00:36:29.369><c> because</c><00:36:29.710><c> the</c><00:36:29.929><c> days</c><00:36:30.289><c> of</c><00:36:30.590><c> Lot</c>

00:36:30.769 --> 00:36:33.369
are<00:36:31.070><c> fulfilling</c><00:36:31.409><c> and</c><00:36:31.809><c> the</c><00:36:32.010><c> days</c><00:36:32.329><c> of</c><00:36:32.630><c> Noah</c><00:36:32.809><c> are</c><00:36:33.090><c> fulfilling</c>

00:36:33.369 --> 00:36:35.090
and<00:36:33.630><c> he's</c><00:36:33.829><c> coming</c><00:36:34.110><c> back</c><00:36:34.389><c> brothers</c><00:36:34.610><c> and</c><00:36:34.889><c> sisters</c>

00:36:35.090 --> 00:36:37.449
to<00:36:35.429><c> judge</c><00:36:35.769><c> this</c><00:36:36.190><c> world</c><00:36:36.349><c> and</c><00:36:36.489><c> he's</c><00:36:36.670><c> not</c><00:36:36.929><c> coming</c><00:36:37.190><c> back</c>

00:36:37.449 --> 00:36:40.429
to<00:36:37.750><c> specifically</c><00:36:38.210><c> save</c><00:36:38.570><c> us</c><00:36:38.809><c> because</c><00:36:39.050><c> we're</c><00:36:39.309><c> righteous.</c>

00:36:41.590 --> 00:36:42.929
Now<00:36:41.750><c> that</c><00:36:41.909><c> is</c><00:36:42.130><c> a</c><00:36:42.389><c> clear</c><00:36:42.550><c> message.</c>

00:36:43.150 --> 00:36:45.869
And<00:36:43.329><c> even</c><00:36:43.550><c> when</c><00:36:43.769><c> Abraham</c><00:36:44.269><c> was</c><00:36:44.690><c> given</c><00:36:44.889><c> the</c><00:36:45.110><c> specific</c><00:36:45.510><c> promise</c>

00:36:45.869 --> 00:36:47.269
that<00:36:46.150><c> Sarah</c><00:36:46.369><c> would</c><00:36:46.550><c> have</c><00:36:46.690><c> that</c><00:36:46.949><c> child,</c>

00:36:47.690 --> 00:36:50.269
the<00:36:47.909><c> angels</c><00:36:48.150><c> came</c><00:36:48.449><c> down</c><00:36:48.750><c> not</c><00:36:49.230><c> for</c><00:36:49.469><c> that</c><00:36:49.710><c> fee</c><00:36:49.889><c> purpose.</c>

00:36:50.449 --> 00:36:52.230
They<00:36:50.730><c> came</c><00:36:50.969><c> down</c><00:36:51.170><c> for</c><00:36:51.329><c> the</c><00:36:51.510><c> purpose</c><00:36:51.789><c> of</c><00:36:52.050><c> seeing</c>

00:36:52.230 --> 00:36:54.090
that<00:36:52.429><c> the</c><00:36:52.590><c> wickedness</c><00:36:52.969><c> of</c><00:36:53.190><c> Sodom</c><00:36:53.309><c> was</c><00:36:53.510><c> so</c><00:36:53.869><c> great</c>

00:36:54.090 --> 00:36:57.630
and<00:36:54.550><c> they</c><00:36:54.789><c> passed</c><00:36:55.230><c> by</c><00:36:55.550><c> Abraham</c><00:36:55.909><c> and</c><00:36:56.289><c> almost</c><00:36:56.690><c> as</c><00:36:56.929><c> an</c><00:36:57.230><c> afterthought</c>

00:36:57.630 --> 00:36:59.230
they<00:36:57.849><c> turned</c><00:36:58.070><c> around</c><00:36:58.369><c> and</c><00:36:58.550><c> said,</c><00:36:58.889><c> God</c><00:36:59.070><c> said,</c>

00:36:59.230 --> 00:37:02.130
I<00:36:59.329><c> better</c><00:36:59.550><c> tell</c><00:36:59.730><c> Abraham</c><00:37:00.010><c> what</c><00:37:00.150><c> I'm</c><00:37:00.289><c> gonna</c><00:37:00.409><c> do.</c>

00:37:02.989 --> 00:37:04.929
Doesn't<00:37:03.150><c> that</c><00:37:03.309><c> put</c><00:37:03.469><c> us</c><00:37:03.590><c> in</c><00:37:03.730><c> our</c><00:37:03.929><c> place?</c>

00:37:05.949 --> 00:37:07.429
And<00:37:06.130><c> Moses</c><00:37:06.409><c> reminded</c><00:37:06.809><c> them</c><00:37:07.030><c> of</c><00:37:07.170><c> that.</c>

00:37:07.710 --> 00:37:09.289
Don't<00:37:07.789><c> ever</c><00:37:08.070><c> forget</c><00:37:08.250><c> he</c><00:37:08.489><c> said,</c>

00:37:09.989 --> 00:37:11.630
that<00:37:10.130><c> the</c><00:37:10.329><c> climatic</c><00:37:10.690><c> point</c><00:37:10.929><c> was</c><00:37:11.130><c> nothing</c><00:37:11.349><c> to</c><00:37:11.550><c> do</c>

00:37:11.630 --> 00:37:12.389
with<00:37:11.809><c> your</c><00:37:12.030><c> righteousness.</c>

00:37:12.489 --> 00:37:14.630
God<00:37:12.690><c> doesn't</c><00:37:13.030><c> wait</c><00:37:13.369><c> for</c><00:37:13.610><c> people</c><00:37:13.829><c> to</c><00:37:14.050><c> become</c><00:37:14.269><c> righteous.</c>

00:37:14.710 --> 00:37:16.510
He'd<00:37:15.030><c> wait</c><00:37:15.250><c> forever.</c>

00:37:18.230 --> 00:37:20.730
But<00:37:18.349><c> he</c><00:37:18.449><c> doesn't</c><00:37:18.670><c> have</c><00:37:18.829><c> to</c><00:37:18.969><c> wait</c><00:37:19.150><c> too</c><00:37:19.489><c> long</c>

00:37:21.030 --> 00:37:24.489
for<00:37:21.510><c> iniquity</c><00:37:21.989><c> to</c><00:37:22.230><c> reach</c><00:37:22.710><c> its</c><00:37:23.110><c> climatic</c><00:37:23.550><c> point.</c>

00:37:25.070 --> 00:37:26.510
And<00:37:25.250><c> that's</c><00:37:25.530><c> what</c><00:37:25.730><c> Abraham</c><00:37:26.030><c> was</c><00:37:26.349><c> told</c>

00:37:26.510 --> 00:37:28.630
in<00:37:26.710><c> a</c><00:37:26.929><c> horror</c><00:37:27.150><c> of</c><00:37:27.449><c> great</c><00:37:27.650><c> darkness</c>

00:37:28.750 --> 00:37:31.469
when<00:37:28.989><c> God</c><00:37:29.230><c> had</c><00:37:29.469><c> counted</c><00:37:29.650><c> it</c><00:37:29.929><c> to</c><00:37:30.090><c> him</c><00:37:30.289><c> for</c><00:37:30.550><c> righteousness.</c>

00:37:31.610 --> 00:37:33.730
But<00:37:31.730><c> it</c><00:37:31.789><c> was</c><00:37:31.989><c> something</c><00:37:32.230><c> that</c><00:37:32.429><c> he</c><00:37:32.550><c> couldn't</c><00:37:32.769><c> do.</c>

00:37:34.449 --> 00:37:37.269
It<00:37:34.550><c> was</c><00:37:34.750><c> the</c><00:37:34.949><c> grace</c><00:37:35.190><c> of</c><00:37:35.389><c> God</c><00:37:35.630><c> brothers</c><00:37:35.929><c> and</c><00:37:36.190><c> sisters.</c>

00:37:37.969 --> 00:37:41.289
Peter<00:37:38.190><c> says,</c><00:37:38.710><c> the</c><00:37:38.710><c> righteous</c><00:37:39.130><c> shall</c><00:37:39.630><c> scarcely</c><00:37:40.230><c> be</c><00:37:40.550><c> saved.</c>

00:37:42.650 --> 00:37:45.750
And<00:37:42.849><c> we</c><00:37:42.949><c> will</c><00:37:43.150><c> see</c><00:37:43.269><c> in</c><00:37:43.409><c> that</c><00:37:43.610><c> day</c><00:37:43.849><c> that</c><00:37:44.070><c> the</c><00:37:44.530><c> real</c><00:37:44.809><c> issue</c>

00:37:45.849 --> 00:37:48.670
is<00:37:46.329><c> the</c><00:37:46.670><c> glory</c><00:37:46.969><c> of</c><00:37:47.210><c> God</c><00:37:47.389><c> that</c><00:37:47.570><c> will</c><00:37:47.789><c> flood</c><00:37:47.989><c> this</c><00:37:48.230><c> earth.</c>

00:37:48.670 --> 00:37:52.070
The<00:37:49.269><c> manifestation</c><00:37:50.110><c> of</c><00:37:50.389><c> his</c><00:37:50.650><c> power</c><00:37:51.130><c> among</c><00:37:51.389><c> men</c>

00:37:52.070 --> 00:37:55.389
that<00:37:52.570><c> they</c><00:37:52.769><c> might</c><00:37:53.050><c> stand</c><00:37:53.449><c> in</c><00:37:53.710><c> awe</c><00:37:53.929><c> of</c><00:37:54.110><c> him.</c>

00:37:55.670 --> 00:37:59.570
And<00:37:55.809><c> we</c><00:37:55.969><c> brothers</c><00:37:56.250><c> and</c><00:37:56.570><c> sisters</c><00:37:57.010><c> will</c><00:37:57.769><c> scarcely</c><00:37:58.429><c> be</c><00:37:58.750><c> saved.</c>

00:37:59.730 --> 00:38:02.050
And<00:37:59.849><c> we</c><00:37:59.989><c> need</c><00:38:00.110><c> to</c><00:38:00.429><c> understand</c><00:38:00.849><c> that.</c>

00:38:02.489 --> 00:38:05.670
And<00:38:02.570><c> so</c><00:38:02.730><c> Abraham</c><00:38:03.170><c> then,</c><00:38:04.469><c> he</c><00:38:04.670><c> saw</c><00:38:04.809><c> the</c><00:38:05.050><c> sun</c><00:38:05.190><c> go</c><00:38:05.409><c> down</c>

00:38:05.670 --> 00:38:08.130
coming<00:38:05.949><c> back</c><00:38:06.150><c> to</c><00:38:06.309><c> Genesis</c><00:38:06.610><c> 15.</c>

00:38:10.190 --> 00:38:12.289
And<00:38:10.349><c> it</c><00:38:10.489><c> says,</c><00:38:10.730><c> and</c><00:38:10.730><c> it</c><00:38:10.869><c> came</c><00:38:11.030><c> to</c><00:38:11.230><c> pass</c><00:38:11.489><c> in</c><00:38:11.690><c> verse</c><00:38:11.929><c> 17</c>

00:38:12.289 --> 00:38:15.550
that<00:38:12.469><c> when</c><00:38:12.630><c> the</c><00:38:12.849><c> sun</c><00:38:12.989><c> went</c><00:38:13.230><c> down</c><00:38:13.530><c> and</c><00:38:13.710><c> it</c><00:38:13.929><c> was</c><00:38:14.269><c> dark.</c>

00:38:16.070 --> 00:38:19.369
So<00:38:16.590><c> the</c><00:38:16.869><c> time</c><00:38:17.090><c> came</c><00:38:17.489><c> for</c><00:38:18.269><c> the</c><00:38:18.530><c> covenant</c><00:38:18.750><c> to</c><00:38:18.929><c> be</c><00:38:19.130><c> made,</c>

00:38:19.489 --> 00:38:21.510
a<00:38:19.670><c> covenant</c><00:38:19.889><c> by</c><00:38:20.230><c> sacrifice.</c>

00:38:21.969 --> 00:38:23.809
And<00:38:22.050><c> when</c><00:38:22.269><c> Judas</c><00:38:22.510><c> went</c><00:38:22.750><c> out</c><00:38:23.010><c> brothers</c><00:38:23.289><c> and</c><00:38:23.510><c> sisters</c>

00:38:23.809 --> 00:38:28.250
to<00:38:24.010><c> betray</c><00:38:24.349><c> our</c><00:38:24.590><c> Lord,</c><00:38:25.210><c> John</c><00:38:25.469><c> says,</c><00:38:26.329><c> and</c><00:38:26.469><c> it</c><00:38:26.730><c> was</c><00:38:27.050><c> night.</c>

00:38:29.449 --> 00:38:33.929
And<00:38:29.750><c> at</c><00:38:29.869><c> the</c><00:38:30.070><c> darkest</c><00:38:30.449><c> hour,</c><00:38:32.269><c> and</c><00:38:32.530><c> it</c><00:38:32.710><c> was</c><00:38:32.949><c> night,</c>

00:38:34.050 --> 00:38:38.170
he<00:38:34.210><c> went</c><00:38:34.409><c> out</c><00:38:35.170><c> to</c><00:38:36.289><c> betray</c><00:38:36.570><c> his</c><00:38:36.829><c> Lord</c><00:38:37.030><c> to</c><00:38:37.269><c> death.</c>

00:38:38.469 --> 00:38:40.269
Well<00:38:38.630><c> it</c><00:38:38.769><c> came</c><00:38:38.949><c> to</c><00:38:39.130><c> pass</c><00:38:39.369><c> when</c><00:38:39.550><c> the</c><00:38:39.690><c> sun</c><00:38:39.829><c> went</c><00:38:40.050><c> down</c>

00:38:40.269 --> 00:38:42.230
and<00:38:40.469><c> it</c><00:38:40.730><c> was</c><00:38:41.070><c> dark.</c>

00:38:42.480 --> 00:38:44.550
Behold<00:38:42.769><c> a</c><00:38:43.030><c> smoking</c><00:38:43.329><c> furnace</c><00:38:43.710><c> and</c><00:38:43.869><c> a</c><00:38:44.050><c> burning</c><00:38:44.250><c> lamp</c>

00:38:44.550 --> 00:38:47.309
that<00:38:44.969><c> passed</c><00:38:45.449><c> between</c><00:38:45.949><c> those</c><00:38:46.309><c> pieces.</c>

00:38:47.469 --> 00:38:50.570
So<00:38:47.469><c> Abraham</c><00:38:47.769><c> in</c><00:38:48.010><c> this</c><00:38:48.710><c> symbolic</c><00:38:49.190><c> death</c><00:38:49.469><c> can</c><00:38:49.630><c> do</c><00:38:49.809><c> nothing</c><00:38:50.090><c> about</c><00:38:50.369><c> it.</c>

00:38:50.610 --> 00:38:53.730
He's<00:38:51.030><c> inert,</c><00:38:52.610><c> he's</c><00:38:52.989><c> all</c><00:38:53.110><c> but</c><00:38:53.349><c> dead.</c>

00:38:54.170 --> 00:38:55.789
And<00:38:54.289><c> he's</c><00:38:54.530><c> watching</c><00:38:54.849><c> this.</c>

00:38:55.809 --> 00:38:58.449
And<00:38:55.989><c> he</c><00:38:56.210><c> sees</c><00:38:56.489><c> this</c><00:38:56.829><c> lamp,</c><00:38:57.210><c> this</c><00:38:57.510><c> flickering</c><00:38:57.909><c> lamp</c>

00:38:58.449 --> 00:39:00.429
go<00:38:59.130><c> through</c><00:38:59.369><c> the</c><00:38:59.570><c> pieces.</c>

00:39:01.210 --> 00:39:03.449
And<00:39:01.570><c> that's</c><00:39:01.829><c> the</c><00:39:01.929><c> Lord</c><00:39:02.090><c> Jesus</c><00:39:02.469><c> Christ.</c>

00:39:04.269 --> 00:39:07.210
And<00:39:04.469><c> in</c><00:39:04.630><c> the</c><00:39:04.750><c> Lord</c><00:39:04.909><c> Jesus</c><00:39:05.329><c> Christ,</c><00:39:05.909><c> God</c><00:39:06.250><c> was</c><00:39:06.530><c> in</c><00:39:06.809><c> Christ</c>

00:39:07.210 --> 00:39:08.889
reconciling<00:39:07.889><c> the</c><00:39:08.070><c> world</c><00:39:08.210><c> under</c><00:39:08.449><c> himself.</c>

00:39:08.909 --> 00:39:10.289
And<00:39:09.130><c> God</c><00:39:09.349><c> passed</c><00:39:09.650><c> through</c><00:39:09.869><c> the</c><00:39:10.050><c> pieces</c>

00:39:10.289 --> 00:39:12.510
in<00:39:10.750><c> the</c><00:39:10.929><c> person</c><00:39:11.190><c> of</c><00:39:11.329><c> his</c><00:39:11.510><c> son.</c>

00:39:13.150 --> 00:39:14.610
And<00:39:13.269><c> because</c><00:39:13.550><c> Abraham</c><00:39:13.949><c> looked</c><00:39:14.230><c> forward</c>

00:39:14.610 --> 00:39:16.369
and<00:39:14.849><c> rejoiced</c><00:39:15.230><c> to</c><00:39:15.389><c> see</c><00:39:15.570><c> Christ's</c><00:39:16.150><c> day,</c>

00:39:16.650 --> 00:39:19.190
Abraham<00:39:17.170><c> was</c><00:39:17.570><c> involved</c><00:39:18.250><c> in</c><00:39:18.429><c> the</c><00:39:18.590><c> coming</c><00:39:18.769><c> of</c><00:39:19.090><c> Messiah.</c>

00:39:19.269 --> 00:39:23.070
And<00:39:19.449><c> he</c><00:39:19.590><c> was</c><00:39:19.769><c> as</c><00:39:20.190><c> it</c><00:39:20.389><c> were</c><00:39:20.489><c> by</c><00:39:20.750><c> faith</c><00:39:21.409><c> immersed</c><00:39:22.250><c> into</c><00:39:22.590><c> him.</c>

00:39:23.550 --> 00:39:25.510
And<00:39:23.769><c> Abraham</c><00:39:24.050><c> was</c><00:39:24.309><c> represented</c><00:39:24.650><c> there</c><00:39:24.849><c> as</c><00:39:25.050><c> well.</c>

00:39:25.969 --> 00:39:28.130
And<00:39:26.170><c> the</c><00:39:26.389><c> two</c><00:39:26.630><c> parties</c><00:39:27.050><c> in</c><00:39:27.230><c> the</c><00:39:27.349><c> one</c><00:39:27.530><c> man</c>

00:39:28.130 --> 00:39:30.449
passed<00:39:28.889><c> between</c><00:39:29.550><c> those</c><00:39:30.070><c> pieces.</c>

00:39:30.730 --> 00:39:33.269
Now<00:39:30.869><c> look</c><00:39:31.010><c> at</c><00:39:31.130><c> Hebrews</c><00:39:31.329><c> chapter</c><00:39:31.610><c> six.</c>

00:39:34.369 --> 00:39:36.789
Look<00:39:34.570><c> at</c><00:39:34.769><c> Paul's</c><00:39:35.110><c> exposition</c><00:39:35.510><c> of</c><00:39:35.750><c> this.</c>

00:39:37.750 --> 00:39:39.730
Wonderful<00:39:38.230><c> exposition</c><00:39:38.829><c> of</c><00:39:39.010><c> it.</c>

00:39:48.590 --> 00:39:50.050
Verse<00:39:49.070><c> 13.</c>

00:39:52.869 --> 00:39:54.570
For<00:39:52.969><c> when</c><00:39:53.190><c> God</c><00:39:53.429><c> made</c><00:39:53.730><c> promise</c><00:39:54.010><c> to</c><00:39:54.289><c> Abraham,</c>

00:39:54.690 --> 00:39:55.969
because<00:39:54.849><c> he</c><00:39:54.969><c> could</c><00:39:55.170><c> swear</c><00:39:55.289><c> by</c><00:39:55.530><c> no</c><00:39:55.769><c> greater,</c>

00:39:56.070 --> 00:39:57.510
he<00:39:56.210><c> swore</c><00:39:56.409><c> by</c><00:39:56.590><c> himself,</c><00:39:57.190><c> saying,</c>

00:39:57.570 --> 00:39:59.170
surely<00:39:58.090><c> blessing</c><00:39:58.409><c> I</c><00:39:58.630><c> will</c><00:39:58.789><c> bless</c><00:39:58.989><c> thee</c>

00:39:59.170 --> 00:40:01.409
and<00:39:59.210><c> multiplying</c><00:39:59.690><c> I</c><00:39:59.929><c> will</c><00:40:00.090><c> multiply</c><00:40:00.510><c> thee.</c>

00:40:01.570 --> 00:40:03.769
And<00:40:02.050><c> so</c><00:40:02.409><c> after</c><00:40:02.710><c> he</c><00:40:02.849><c> had</c><00:40:03.130><c> patiently</c><00:40:03.429><c> endured,</c>

00:40:03.849 --> 00:40:05.650
he<00:40:04.070><c> obtained</c><00:40:04.489><c> the</c><00:40:04.769><c> promise.</c>

00:40:06.449 --> 00:40:08.250
For<00:40:06.610><c> men</c><00:40:06.869><c> verily</c><00:40:07.210><c> swear</c><00:40:07.449><c> by</c><00:40:07.670><c> the</c><00:40:07.889><c> greater.</c>

00:40:08.250 --> 00:40:10.530
And<00:40:08.829><c> an</c><00:40:09.030><c> oath</c><00:40:09.230><c> for</c><00:40:09.610><c> confirmation</c><00:40:10.110><c> is</c><00:40:10.309><c> to</c><00:40:10.409><c> them</c>

00:40:10.530 --> 00:40:11.889
an<00:40:10.670><c> end</c><00:40:10.829><c> of</c><00:40:10.929><c> all</c><00:40:11.210><c> strife.</c>

00:40:12.030 --> 00:40:14.349
Where<00:40:12.190><c> in</c><00:40:12.409><c> God,</c><00:40:13.090><c> willing</c><00:40:13.329><c> more</c><00:40:13.849><c> abundantly</c>

00:40:14.349 --> 00:40:16.030
to<00:40:14.530><c> show</c><00:40:14.769><c> unto</c><00:40:15.010><c> the</c><00:40:15.230><c> heirs</c><00:40:15.469><c> of</c><00:40:15.610><c> the</c><00:40:15.730><c> promise</c>

00:40:16.030 --> 00:40:18.610
the<00:40:16.510><c> immutability</c><00:40:17.110><c> of</c><00:40:17.250><c> his</c><00:40:17.489><c> counsel,</c>

00:40:18.710 --> 00:40:20.110
confirmed<00:40:19.190><c> it</c><00:40:19.510><c> by</c><00:40:19.789><c> an</c><00:40:19.929><c> oath.</c>

00:40:20.429 --> 00:40:23.230
Now<00:40:20.630><c> in</c><00:40:20.789><c> my</c><00:40:21.070><c> Bible,</c><00:40:22.269><c> the</c><00:40:22.409><c> word</c><00:40:22.690><c> confirmed</c>

00:40:23.230 --> 00:40:25.489
has<00:40:23.409><c> got</c><00:40:23.489><c> a</c><00:40:23.570><c> little</c><00:40:23.710><c> number</c><00:40:23.929><c> alongside</c><00:40:24.369><c> of</c><00:40:24.550><c> it.</c>

00:40:25.590 --> 00:40:29.769
And<00:40:25.750><c> it</c><00:40:25.929><c> tells</c><00:40:26.070><c> me</c><00:40:26.250><c> that</c><00:40:26.409><c> the</c><00:40:26.650><c> Greek</c><00:40:27.110><c> really</c><00:40:28.630><c> means</c>

00:40:30.110 --> 00:40:33.869
put<00:40:30.590><c> himself</c><00:40:31.070><c> between</c><00:40:32.030><c> by</c><00:40:32.610><c> an</c><00:40:32.769><c> oath.</c>

00:40:34.349 --> 00:40:34.829
Interposed.

00:40:35.210 --> 00:40:37.769
Put<00:40:35.530><c> himself</c><00:40:36.210><c> between</c><00:40:37.090><c> by</c><00:40:37.489><c> an</c><00:40:37.630><c> oath.</c>

00:40:37.769 --> 00:40:39.630
Now<00:40:38.090><c> work</c><00:40:38.369><c> it</c><00:40:38.610><c> out.</c>

00:40:39.710 --> 00:40:41.630
There's<00:40:40.050><c> the</c><00:40:40.210><c> pieces</c><00:40:40.449><c> of</c><00:40:40.650><c> the</c><00:40:40.789><c> offering.</c>

00:40:42.349 --> 00:40:44.150
And<00:40:42.449><c> here's</c><00:40:42.670><c> your</c><00:40:42.809><c> burning</c><00:40:43.130><c> lamp</c><00:40:43.449><c> going</c><00:40:43.750><c> between</c>

00:40:44.150 --> 00:40:46.170
and<00:40:44.349><c> God</c><00:40:44.550><c> is</c><00:40:44.869><c> putting</c><00:40:45.030><c> himself</c><00:40:45.469><c> in</c><00:40:45.710><c> between.</c>

00:40:46.610 --> 00:40:49.690
Now<00:40:46.789><c> where's</c><00:40:47.110><c> the</c><00:40:47.329><c> oath</c><00:40:47.530><c> whereby</c><00:40:47.929><c> he</c><00:40:48.170><c> put</c><00:40:48.289><c> himself</c><00:40:48.590><c> in</c><00:40:48.809><c> between?</c>

00:40:50.170 --> 00:40:54.590
The<00:40:50.269><c> Lord</c><00:40:50.570><c> has</c><00:40:50.929><c> sworn</c><00:40:51.510><c> and</c><00:40:52.909><c> will</c><00:40:53.170><c> not</c><00:40:53.389><c> repent,</c>

00:40:55.110 --> 00:40:58.630
thou<00:40:55.150><c> art</c><00:40:55.309><c> a</c><00:40:55.550><c> priest</c><00:40:55.710><c> forever</c><00:40:56.289><c> after</c><00:40:56.769><c> the</c><00:40:57.150><c> order</c><00:40:57.449><c> of</c><00:40:57.809><c> Melchizedek.</c>

00:40:58.949 --> 00:41:02.429
And<00:40:59.250><c> God</c><00:40:59.630><c> swore</c><00:41:00.230><c> the</c><00:41:00.610><c> priesthood</c><00:41:01.070><c> in</c><00:41:01.369><c> with</c><00:41:01.530><c> the</c><00:41:01.690><c> oath</c>

00:41:02.349 --> 00:41:05.570
and<00:41:02.650><c> the</c><00:41:02.929><c> priesthood</c><00:41:03.389><c> is</c><00:41:03.690><c> that</c><00:41:03.869><c> which</c><00:41:04.070><c> goes</c><00:41:04.469><c> between.</c>

00:41:06.849 --> 00:41:10.150
And<00:41:07.329><c> so</c><00:41:07.570><c> he</c><00:41:07.889><c> put</c><00:41:08.130><c> himself</c><00:41:08.789><c> between</c><00:41:09.610><c> with</c><00:41:09.849><c> that</c><00:41:10.030><c> oath.</c>

00:41:10.530 --> 00:41:14.230
And<00:41:10.650><c> God</c><00:41:10.889><c> never</c><00:41:11.389><c> swears</c><00:41:11.750><c> an</c><00:41:11.969><c> oath</c><00:41:12.210><c> on</c><00:41:13.210><c> any</c><00:41:13.530><c> other</c><00:41:13.829><c> occasion</c>

00:41:14.230 --> 00:41:16.789
except<00:41:14.570><c> when</c><00:41:14.730><c> it's</c><00:41:14.909><c> got</c><00:41:15.070><c> to</c><00:41:15.269><c> do</c><00:41:15.389><c> with</c><00:41:15.610><c> eternal</c><00:41:16.349><c> matters.</c>

00:41:16.869 --> 00:41:18.829
You<00:41:17.010><c> will</c><00:41:17.250><c> never</c><00:41:17.469><c> find</c><00:41:17.909><c> an</c><00:41:18.130><c> oath</c><00:41:18.309><c> of</c><00:41:18.530><c> God</c>

00:41:18.829 --> 00:41:20.349
in<00:41:19.210><c> relation</c><00:41:19.550><c> to</c><00:41:19.730><c> anything</c><00:41:20.030><c> temporal.</c>

00:41:20.369 --> 00:41:21.789
It<00:41:20.510><c> doesn't</c><00:41:20.829><c> exist.</c>

00:41:22.590 --> 00:41:25.690
And<00:41:22.750><c> when</c><00:41:22.849><c> he</c><00:41:23.070><c> says</c><00:41:23.309><c> the</c><00:41:23.789><c> Lord</c><00:41:24.030><c> has</c><00:41:24.489><c> sworn,</c>

00:41:25.769 --> 00:41:28.409
he<00:41:26.250><c> interposed</c><00:41:26.730><c> himself</c><00:41:27.289><c> and</c><00:41:27.510><c> there</c><00:41:27.610><c> was</c><00:41:27.809><c> the</c><00:41:28.150><c> certainty</c>

00:41:28.409 --> 00:41:29.710
of<00:41:28.630><c> the</c><00:41:28.789><c> coming</c><00:41:28.949><c> of</c><00:41:29.130><c> the</c><00:41:29.250><c> Son</c><00:41:29.389><c> of</c><00:41:29.590><c> God</c>

00:41:29.710 --> 00:41:31.510
as<00:41:29.869><c> the</c><00:41:30.110><c> great</c><00:41:30.269><c> high</c><00:41:30.530><c> priest</c><00:41:30.750><c> of</c><00:41:30.909><c> our</c><00:41:31.110><c> profession</c>

00:41:31.510 --> 00:41:32.949
after<00:41:31.750><c> the</c><00:41:32.010><c> order</c><00:41:32.190><c> of</c><00:41:32.369><c> Melchizedek.</c>

00:41:33.110 --> 00:41:35.550
And<00:41:33.389><c> he</c><00:41:33.690><c> walked</c><00:41:33.969><c> between</c><00:41:34.570><c> God</c><00:41:34.849><c> and</c><00:41:35.050><c> men</c>

00:41:36.789 --> 00:41:41.750
and<00:41:37.309><c> God</c><00:41:37.570><c> was</c><00:41:37.829><c> in</c><00:41:37.989><c> him</c><00:41:38.429><c> and</c><00:41:39.429><c> we</c><00:41:39.670><c> relate</c><00:41:39.969><c> to</c><00:41:40.090><c> him,</c><00:41:40.429><c> brothers</c><00:41:40.550><c> and</c><00:41:40.809><c> sisters.</c>

00:41:42.550 --> 00:41:45.150
And<00:41:42.769><c> we'll</c><00:41:42.949><c> come</c><00:41:43.050><c> out</c><00:41:43.230><c> of</c><00:41:43.329><c> the</c><00:41:43.489><c> horror</c><00:41:43.670><c> of</c><00:41:43.909><c> great</c><00:41:44.070><c> darkness</c>

00:41:45.309 --> 00:41:48.230
and<00:41:45.829><c> we'll</c><00:41:46.070><c> inherit</c><00:41:46.309><c> the</c><00:41:46.570><c> kingdom</c><00:41:46.849><c> not</c><00:41:47.230><c> for</c><00:41:47.530><c> our</c><00:41:47.789><c> righteousness</c>

00:41:48.230 --> 00:41:51.269
or<00:41:48.829><c> for</c><00:41:48.989><c> any</c><00:41:49.170><c> good</c><00:41:49.429><c> deeds</c><00:41:49.710><c> that</c><00:41:49.889><c> we</c><00:41:50.070><c> may</c><00:41:50.210><c> have</c><00:41:50.389><c> done.</c>

00:41:52.030 --> 00:41:54.989
But<00:41:52.409><c> we'll</c><00:41:52.630><c> be</c><00:41:52.829><c> most</c><00:41:53.230><c> thankful</c><00:41:53.550><c> that</c><00:41:53.730><c> we</c><00:41:53.889><c> won't</c><00:41:54.030><c> be</c><00:41:54.329><c> swallowed</c><00:41:54.530><c> up</c>

00:41:54.989 --> 00:41:57.809
in<00:41:55.469><c> the</c><00:41:55.710><c> Holocaust</c><00:41:56.230><c> which</c><00:41:57.030><c> will</c><00:41:57.329><c> obliterate</c>

00:41:57.809 --> 00:42:00.349
the<00:41:58.010><c> wicked</c><00:41:58.170><c> from</c><00:41:58.389><c> the</c><00:41:58.590><c> earth</c><00:41:58.869><c> and</c><00:41:59.170><c> by</c><00:41:59.349><c> the</c><00:41:59.570><c> grace</c><00:41:59.769><c> and</c><00:42:00.070><c> mercy</c>

00:42:00.349 --> 00:42:00.809
of<00:42:00.590><c> God</c>

00:42:00.809 --> 00:42:04.110
we<00:42:00.949><c> will</c><00:42:01.210><c> stand</c><00:42:01.510><c> before</c><00:42:01.949><c> him</c><00:42:02.269><c> saved</c><00:42:02.710><c> by</c><00:42:03.110><c> God's</c><00:42:03.710><c> grace</c>

00:42:04.110 --> 00:42:06.550
because<00:42:04.690><c> righteousness</c><00:42:05.269><c> had</c><00:42:05.489><c> been</c><00:42:05.829><c> counted</c><00:42:06.110><c> unto</c><00:42:06.329><c> us</c>

00:42:06.550 --> 00:42:08.989
because<00:42:06.809><c> we</c><00:42:07.010><c> didn't</c><00:42:07.309><c> believe</c><00:42:07.769><c> we</c><00:42:07.929><c> could</c><00:42:08.110><c> do</c><00:42:08.289><c> it</c><00:42:08.469><c> ourselves.</c>

00:42:09.190 --> 00:42:10.989
That's<00:42:09.630><c> Abraham's</c><00:42:10.210><c> faith.</c>

00:42:11.510 --> 00:42:13.510
That's<00:42:11.949><c> the</c><00:42:12.090><c> quality</c><00:42:12.429><c> of</c><00:42:12.590><c> it,</c><00:42:12.809><c> brothers</c><00:42:12.889><c> and</c><00:42:13.170><c> sisters</c>

00:42:13.510 --> 00:42:15.630
and<00:42:13.889><c> that's</c><00:42:14.309><c> the</c><00:42:14.469><c> humility</c><00:42:15.010><c> of</c><00:42:15.210><c> it.</c>

00:42:16.090 --> 00:42:18.210
And<00:42:16.349><c> we</c><00:42:16.489><c> need</c><00:42:16.670><c> never</c><00:42:16.829><c> to</c><00:42:17.050><c> forget</c><00:42:17.250><c> that.</c>

00:42:18.650 --> 00:42:20.349
Now<00:42:18.809><c> I've</c><00:42:18.849><c> just</c><00:42:19.010><c> got</c><00:42:19.150><c> enough</c><00:42:19.349><c> time</c><00:42:19.670><c> to</c><00:42:19.829><c> deal</c><00:42:19.909><c> with</c><00:42:20.050><c> the</c><00:42:20.170><c> last</c>

00:42:20.349 --> 00:42:21.010
few<00:42:20.510><c> verses</c>

00:42:21.010 --> 00:42:24.090
of<00:42:21.349><c> Hebrews</c><00:42:21.630><c> chapter,</c><00:42:21.969><c> or</c><00:42:22.110><c> rather</c><00:42:22.309><c> of</c><00:42:22.570><c> Genesis</c><00:42:22.869><c> 15.</c>

00:42:31.489 --> 00:42:35.170
And<00:42:31.949><c> here</c><00:42:32.190><c> in</c><00:42:32.349><c> Genesis</c><00:42:32.670><c> 15</c><00:42:33.110><c> it</c><00:42:33.289><c> says,</c><00:42:33.550><c> in</c><00:42:33.550><c> the</c><00:42:33.769><c> same</c><00:42:34.010><c> day,</c><00:42:34.269><c> verse</c><00:42:34.510><c> 18,</c>

00:42:35.469 --> 00:42:37.210
the<00:42:35.610><c> Lord</c><00:42:35.789><c> made</c><00:42:35.989><c> a</c><00:42:36.190><c> covenant</c><00:42:36.349><c> with</c><00:42:36.590><c> Abraham</c><00:42:36.869><c> saying,</c>

00:42:37.489 --> 00:42:39.250
under<00:42:37.489><c> thy</c><00:42:37.789><c> seed</c><00:42:38.090><c> have</c><00:42:38.250><c> I</c><00:42:38.369><c> given</c><00:42:38.510><c> this</c><00:42:38.829><c> land</c>

00:42:39.250 --> 00:42:42.190
from<00:42:39.889><c> the</c><00:42:40.030><c> river</c><00:42:40.230><c> of</c><00:42:40.449><c> Egypt</c><00:42:40.710><c> under</c><00:42:40.909><c> the</c><00:42:41.130><c> great</c><00:42:41.329><c> river</c><00:42:41.570><c> Euphrates.</c>

00:42:42.550 --> 00:42:44.989
Now<00:42:42.769><c> brothers</c><00:42:42.969><c> and</c><00:42:43.210><c> sisters,</c><00:42:43.570><c> Paul</c><00:42:43.809><c> says</c><00:42:44.050><c> in</c><00:42:44.210><c> Romans</c><00:42:44.530><c> four</c>

00:42:44.989 --> 00:42:47.110
that<00:42:45.309><c> Abraham</c><00:42:45.690><c> was</c><00:42:45.969><c> promised</c><00:42:46.309><c> the</c><00:42:46.670><c> world.</c>

00:42:47.489 --> 00:42:48.909
How<00:42:47.690><c> did</c><00:42:47.789><c> he</c><00:42:47.869><c> know</c><00:42:48.050><c> that?</c>

00:42:49.409 --> 00:42:51.070
Well,<00:42:49.710><c> we</c><00:42:49.909><c> deduce</c><00:42:50.250><c> it,</c><00:42:50.389><c> we</c><00:42:50.530><c> say,</c><00:42:50.789><c> well,</c>

00:42:51.150 --> 00:42:52.750
if<00:42:51.349><c> the</c><00:42:51.570><c> land</c><00:42:51.730><c> is</c><00:42:51.909><c> gonna</c><00:42:51.989><c> be</c><00:42:52.130><c> given</c><00:42:52.190><c> to</c><00:42:52.429><c> Abraham</c>

00:42:52.750 --> 00:42:54.130
that's<00:42:53.210><c> the</c><00:42:53.369><c> center</c><00:42:53.510><c> of</c><00:42:53.670><c> the</c><00:42:53.829><c> kingdom.</c>

00:42:54.449 --> 00:42:55.829
And<00:42:54.469><c> so</c><00:42:54.610><c> because</c><00:42:54.809><c> it's</c><00:42:55.010><c> the</c><00:42:55.050><c> center</c><00:42:55.230><c> of</c><00:42:55.389><c> the</c><00:42:55.530><c> kingdom</c>

00:42:55.829 --> 00:42:59.090
which<00:42:56.349><c> will</c><00:42:56.590><c> then</c><00:42:57.090><c> radiate</c><00:42:57.570><c> out</c><00:42:57.769><c> to</c><00:42:57.909><c> the</c><00:42:58.170><c> confines</c><00:42:58.650><c> of</c><00:42:58.809><c> the</c><00:42:58.949><c> world</c>

00:42:59.090 --> 00:43:01.590
in<00:42:59.429><c> that</c><00:42:59.909><c> sense,</c><00:43:00.530><c> God</c><00:43:00.769><c> promised</c><00:43:01.070><c> him</c><00:43:01.210><c> the</c><00:43:01.409><c> world.</c>

00:43:01.789 --> 00:43:03.670
But<00:43:01.889><c> he</c><00:43:02.050><c> promised</c><00:43:02.309><c> him</c><00:43:02.510><c> the</c><00:43:02.710><c> world.</c>

00:43:05.409 --> 00:43:07.750
From<00:43:05.550><c> the</c><00:43:05.670><c> river</c><00:43:05.869><c> of</c><00:43:06.090><c> Egypt</c><00:43:06.389><c> to</c><00:43:06.630><c> the</c><00:43:06.809><c> great</c><00:43:06.989><c> river</c><00:43:07.210><c> Euphrates</c>

00:43:07.750 --> 00:43:09.030
was<00:43:07.989><c> the</c><00:43:08.190><c> then</c><00:43:08.449><c> known</c><00:43:08.690><c> world.</c>

00:43:09.269 --> 00:43:10.949
Now<00:43:09.429><c> all</c><00:43:09.550><c> you</c><00:43:09.650><c> gotta</c><00:43:09.769><c> do,</c><00:43:10.110><c> don't</c><00:43:10.349><c> turn</c><00:43:10.530><c> this</c><00:43:10.710><c> up,</c>

00:43:11.050 --> 00:43:13.389
but<00:43:11.170><c> you</c><00:43:11.230><c> can</c><00:43:11.309><c> look</c><00:43:11.409><c> at</c><00:43:11.550><c> Isaiah</c><00:43:11.969><c> chapter</c><00:43:12.289><c> 19.</c>

00:43:13.449 --> 00:43:16.989
He<00:43:13.670><c> speaks</c><00:43:13.949><c> of</c><00:43:14.550><c> Syria</c><00:43:15.110><c> to</c><00:43:15.610><c> Egypt</c><00:43:16.050><c> and</c><00:43:16.230><c> Israel</c><00:43:16.530><c> in</c><00:43:16.690><c> the</c><00:43:16.769><c> middle</c>

00:43:16.989 --> 00:43:18.710
was<00:43:17.210><c> the</c><00:43:17.349><c> then</c><00:43:17.550><c> known</c><00:43:17.730><c> world.</c>

00:43:19.610 --> 00:43:20.650
That<00:43:19.849><c> was</c><00:43:19.989><c> all</c><00:43:20.150><c> they</c><00:43:20.369><c> knew.</c>

00:43:21.150 --> 00:43:23.289
And<00:43:21.630><c> it's</c><00:43:21.909><c> twice</c><00:43:22.230><c> in</c><00:43:22.469><c> Isaiah's</c><00:43:23.030><c> prophecy,</c>

00:43:23.550 --> 00:43:25.210
I<00:43:23.690><c> think</c><00:43:23.829><c> it's</c><00:43:24.090><c> the</c><00:43:24.250><c> 23,</c><00:43:24.789><c> the</c><00:43:24.909><c> other</c><00:43:25.070><c> one,</c>

00:43:25.329 --> 00:43:27.829
certainly<00:43:25.690><c> in</c><00:43:25.849><c> chapter</c><00:43:26.050><c> 19,</c><00:43:26.710><c> he</c><00:43:26.869><c> talks</c><00:43:27.030><c> about</c><00:43:27.289><c> Syria,</c>

00:43:28.190 --> 00:43:30.869
he<00:43:28.230><c> talks</c><00:43:28.449><c> about</c><00:43:28.670><c> Egypt</c><00:43:29.110><c> and</c><00:43:29.530><c> Israel</c><00:43:29.869><c> being</c><00:43:30.110><c> a</c><00:43:30.429><c> third,</c>

00:43:31.250 --> 00:43:33.489
three<00:43:31.710><c> thirds</c><00:43:32.170><c> of</c><00:43:32.349><c> the</c><00:43:32.550><c> world.</c>

00:43:34.170 --> 00:43:36.170
And<00:43:34.309><c> Abraham</c><00:43:34.510><c> was</c><00:43:34.730><c> promised</c><00:43:34.969><c> the</c><00:43:35.210><c> world.</c>

00:43:36.289 --> 00:43:38.510
Now<00:43:36.429><c> when</c><00:43:36.530><c> you</c><00:43:36.630><c> look</c><00:43:36.769><c> down</c><00:43:36.969><c> through</c><00:43:37.190><c> those</c><00:43:37.449><c> nations,</c>

00:43:39.329 --> 00:43:40.750
there<00:43:39.409><c> are</c><00:43:39.590><c> 10</c><00:43:39.789><c> of</c><00:43:39.929><c> them.</c>

00:43:41.789 --> 00:43:44.030
And<00:43:42.130><c> 10</c><00:43:42.269><c> is</c><00:43:42.449><c> the</c><00:43:42.630><c> aggregate</c><00:43:42.949><c> number.</c>

00:43:44.610 --> 00:43:47.449
Laban<00:43:45.010><c> changed</c><00:43:45.349><c> Jacob's</c><00:43:45.909><c> wages</c><00:43:46.130><c> 10</c><00:43:46.449><c> times.</c>

00:43:47.590 --> 00:43:48.769
In<00:43:47.769><c> the</c><00:43:47.989><c> seeds</c><00:43:48.150><c> of</c><00:43:48.369><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:43:48.769 --> 00:43:52.650
Leviticus<00:43:49.309><c> 26</c><00:43:49.809><c> says</c><00:43:50.030><c> 10</c><00:43:50.389><c> women</c><00:43:50.730><c> shall</c><00:43:50.909><c> bake</c><00:43:51.190><c> bread</c><00:43:51.389><c> in</c><00:43:51.570><c> one</c><00:43:51.730><c> oven.</c>

00:43:53.289 --> 00:43:56.409
Daniel's<00:43:53.670><c> wisdom</c><00:43:53.889><c> was</c><00:43:54.090><c> 10</c><00:43:54.469><c> times</c><00:43:54.849><c> better</c><00:43:55.110><c> than</c><00:43:55.289><c> magicians.</c>

00:43:57.010 --> 00:43:59.570
There<00:43:57.170><c> were</c><00:43:57.369><c> 10</c><00:43:57.769><c> virgins</c><00:43:58.150><c> in</c><00:43:58.329><c> the</c><00:43:58.530><c> parable.</c>

00:43:59.670 --> 00:44:02.670
And<00:43:59.809><c> in</c><00:44:00.010><c> Zechariah,</c><00:44:00.809><c> 10</c><00:44:01.230><c> men</c><00:44:01.670><c> out</c><00:44:01.929><c> of</c><00:44:02.070><c> all</c><00:44:02.250><c> the</c><00:44:02.429><c> languages</c>

00:44:02.670 --> 00:44:04.309
of<00:44:02.849><c> the</c><00:44:02.969><c> nations</c><00:44:03.230><c> shall</c><00:44:03.469><c> take</c><00:44:03.730><c> hold</c><00:44:03.869><c> of</c><00:44:04.030><c> a</c><00:44:04.210><c> skirt</c>

00:44:04.309 --> 00:44:05.130
of<00:44:04.469><c> him</c><00:44:04.610><c> that</c><00:44:04.710><c> is</c><00:44:04.849><c> a</c><00:44:04.989><c> Jew.</c>

00:44:05.329 --> 00:44:06.710
That's<00:44:05.670><c> the</c><00:44:05.889><c> world.</c>

00:44:06.929 --> 00:44:08.789
10<00:44:07.170><c> is</c><00:44:07.369><c> the</c><00:44:07.570><c> aggregate</c><00:44:07.809><c> number.</c>

00:44:10.030 --> 00:44:14.730
The<00:44:10.349><c> first</c><00:44:10.670><c> nation</c><00:44:11.010><c> mentioned</c><00:44:12.110><c> are</c><00:44:13.170><c> the</c><00:44:13.329><c> descendants</c><00:44:13.869><c> of</c><00:44:14.289><c> Jethro,</c>

00:44:14.730 --> 00:44:18.710
the<00:44:15.010><c> father</c><00:44:15.250><c>-in</c><00:44:15.409><c>-law</c><00:44:15.489><c> of</c><00:44:15.710><c> Moses,</c><00:44:16.610><c> whose</c><00:44:16.809><c> son</c><00:44:17.329><c> went</c><00:44:17.949><c> with</c><00:44:18.250><c> Moses</c>

00:44:18.710 --> 00:44:22.929
and<00:44:19.050><c> became</c><00:44:19.510><c> an</c><00:44:19.889><c> integral</c><00:44:20.289><c> part</c><00:44:20.750><c> of</c><00:44:20.949><c> the</c><00:44:21.150><c> Commonwealth</c><00:44:21.489><c> of</c><00:44:21.670><c> Israel,</c>

00:44:23.230 --> 00:44:26.230
Hobab,<00:44:23.630><c> his</c><00:44:23.789><c> son,</c><00:44:24.949><c> and</c><00:44:25.170><c> continued</c><00:44:25.690><c> with</c><00:44:25.909><c> Israel</c>

00:44:26.230 --> 00:44:28.489
right<00:44:26.550><c> until</c><00:44:26.809><c> the</c><00:44:27.050><c> captivity</c><00:44:27.389><c> in</c><00:44:27.650><c> Babylon,</c>

00:44:28.710 --> 00:44:30.050
and<00:44:28.789><c> when</c><00:44:28.949><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:44:29.530><c> was</c><00:44:29.769><c> hammering</c>

00:44:30.050 --> 00:44:31.809
upon<00:44:30.250><c> the</c><00:44:30.429><c> walls</c><00:44:30.630><c> of</c><00:44:30.849><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:44:31.949 --> 00:44:33.690
and<00:44:32.030><c> when</c><00:44:32.150><c> Israel</c><00:44:32.590><c> were</c><00:44:32.829><c> deep</c><00:44:33.090><c> in</c><00:44:33.230><c> iniquity,</c>

00:44:33.929 --> 00:44:35.989
and<00:44:34.090><c> Jeremiah</c><00:44:34.489><c> was</c><00:44:34.769><c> told</c><00:44:34.909><c> to</c><00:44:35.030><c> run</c><00:44:35.269><c> through</c><00:44:35.510><c> the</c><00:44:35.809><c> streets</c>

00:44:35.989 --> 00:44:37.769
and<00:44:36.250><c> find</c><00:44:36.449><c> me</c><00:44:36.710><c> one</c><00:44:37.010><c> righteous</c><00:44:37.409><c> man,</c>

00:44:37.989 --> 00:44:40.789
there<00:44:38.150><c> was</c><00:44:38.329><c> only</c><00:44:38.769><c> one</c><00:44:39.409><c> family</c><00:44:39.969><c> holding</c><00:44:40.309><c> the</c><00:44:40.630><c> truth,</c>

00:44:40.789 --> 00:44:43.030
and<00:44:40.909><c> it</c><00:44:40.969><c> was</c><00:44:41.230><c> the</c><00:44:41.269><c> family</c><00:44:41.769><c> of</c><00:44:42.050><c> Jethro.</c>

00:44:43.460 --> 00:44:45.090
And<00:44:43.769><c> this</c><00:44:43.969><c> little</c><00:44:44.230><c> group</c><00:44:44.489><c> of</c><00:44:44.630><c> Gentiles</c>

00:44:45.090 --> 00:44:48.130
who<00:44:45.230><c> had</c><00:44:45.409><c> been</c><00:44:45.909><c> adopted</c><00:44:46.309><c> into</c><00:44:46.530><c> the</c><00:44:46.710><c> house</c><00:44:47.110><c> of</c><00:44:47.650><c> Israel</c>

00:44:48.130 --> 00:44:49.989
were<00:44:48.570><c> standing</c><00:44:49.090><c> firm</c><00:44:49.570><c> and</c><00:44:49.809><c> fast,</c>

00:44:50.110 --> 00:44:52.110
and<00:44:50.230><c> Jeremiah</c><00:44:50.630><c> paraded</c><00:44:51.090><c> them</c><00:44:51.289><c> before</c><00:44:51.510><c> Israel</c><00:44:51.829><c> and</c><00:44:51.929><c> said,</c>

00:44:52.289 --> 00:44:53.429
look<00:44:52.369><c> at</c><00:44:52.590><c> these.</c>

00:44:54.150 --> 00:44:56.630
And<00:44:54.329><c> that's</c><00:44:54.530><c> the</c><00:44:54.710><c> first</c><00:44:54.929><c> nation</c><00:44:55.230><c> mentioned</c><00:44:55.590><c> here.</c>

00:44:57.449 --> 00:45:01.849
And<00:44:57.670><c> the</c><00:44:58.030><c> second</c><00:44:58.309><c> nation</c><00:44:58.730><c> mentioned</c><00:44:59.170><c> is</c><00:44:59.670><c> where</c><00:44:59.969><c> Caleb</c><00:45:00.369><c> came</c><00:45:00.710><c> from.</c>

00:45:03.210 --> 00:45:03.690
The<00:45:03.369><c> dog.</c>

00:45:04.190 --> 00:45:07.030
They're<00:45:04.329><c> the</c><00:45:04.449><c> first</c><00:45:04.690><c> two</c><00:45:04.969><c> nations</c><00:45:05.269><c> mentioned</c><00:45:05.630><c> here.</c>

00:45:07.690 --> 00:45:10.070
The<00:45:08.309><c> Kenites</c><00:45:08.769><c> and</c><00:45:09.309><c> the</c><00:45:09.489><c> Kenazites.</c>

00:45:10.070 --> 00:45:12.809
The<00:45:10.550><c> Kenites</c><00:45:10.909><c> came</c><00:45:11.190><c> from</c><00:45:11.469><c> Jethro</c><00:45:11.929><c> and</c><00:45:12.269><c> Hobab,</c>

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and<00:45:13.289><c> the</c><00:45:13.650><c> Kenazites</c><00:45:14.170><c> was</c><00:45:14.449><c> where</c><00:45:14.690><c> Caleb</c><00:45:14.969><c> came</c><00:45:15.210><c> from.</c>

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They're<00:45:15.829><c> the</c><00:45:15.989><c> first</c><00:45:16.269><c> two</c><00:45:16.489><c> that's</c><00:45:16.750><c> mentioned.</c>

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And<00:45:19.349><c> the</c><00:45:19.489><c> last</c><00:45:19.789><c> one</c><00:45:20.849><c> is</c><00:45:22.690><c> the</c><00:45:22.889><c> Jebusites.</c>

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And<00:45:25.269><c> they</c><00:45:25.389><c> were</c><00:45:25.510><c> the</c><00:45:25.670><c> people</c><00:45:25.869><c> that</c><00:45:25.969><c> occupied</c><00:45:26.349><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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And<00:45:29.210><c> their</c><00:45:29.389><c> name</c><00:45:29.550><c> means</c><00:45:31.130><c> trodden</c><00:45:31.989><c> down.</c>

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And<00:45:34.530><c> Jesus</c><00:45:34.769><c> said,</c><00:45:35.050><c> Jerusalem</c><00:45:35.849><c> shall</c><00:45:36.309><c> be</c><00:45:37.550><c> trodden</c><00:45:38.110><c> down.</c>

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Until<00:45:40.409><c> the</c><00:45:40.590><c> times</c><00:45:40.809><c> of</c><00:45:41.030><c> the</c><00:45:41.110><c> Gentiles</c><00:45:41.590><c> be</c><00:45:41.889><c> fulfilled.</c>

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And<00:45:44.030><c> so</c><00:45:44.190><c> Abraham</c><00:45:44.590><c> was</c><00:45:44.929><c> promised</c><00:45:45.309><c> the</c><00:45:45.849><c> world.</c>

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And<00:45:47.349><c> the</c><00:45:47.469><c> day</c><00:45:47.630><c> is</c><00:45:47.829><c> coming</c><00:45:48.050><c> when</c><00:45:48.269><c> Jerusalem</c>

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shall<00:45:49.429><c> no</c><00:45:49.670><c> longer</c><00:45:50.170><c> be</c><00:45:50.650><c> trodden</c><00:45:50.969><c> down.</c>