Hello there. Happy Sabbath. Come
on in. We're about to meet with
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the King.
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Hi I'm Auntie Nat. It's great
that you could all join us to
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meet with the King. We're about
to open the Sabbath. Come and
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join our worship time together.
Hello Auntie Cecily. Welcome to
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our worship time today.
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Hello Auntie Nat.
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Hello children. Welcome to our
worship today. I'm glad you've
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come here to meet the King.
Auntie Cecily, could you please
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say a prayer for us
before we have our worship.
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Yes. Dear heavenly Father. Thank
you for our safe keeping during
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the week. And thank you that
we can enjoy the rest on your
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Sabbath day. In Jesus' name Amen
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Amen. Do you know that this is
a great time to reflect on our
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week and thank God for the many
blessings He's brought us. Sarah
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you've got a blessing
to share with us today.
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My grandpa had a pacemaker
put into his heart and it was
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successfully installed. He was
86 at the time so I praise God
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for waking him
up from the surgery.
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That's great, Sarah. Thanks
for sharing that with us. Auntie
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Cecily, you have something
to share with us too. Something
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about the Sabbath.
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Yes. Last Sabbath we talked
about rest. God rested as an
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example for us and he commands
us to rest as well. God wants us
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to keep the Sabbath holy.
In Nehemiah 13:15-22 the Bible
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tells us not to do any business
work or school work and not to
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buy and sell on the Sabbath. He
wants us to spend the day with
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Him and leave the cares and
burdens of the world for that
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day. He wants our minds focused
on Him. God in His holy wisdom
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knows that for our health and
well being resting with Him on
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the Sabbath is very good for us.
God, the master creator, knows
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our bodies inside out and upside
down. He knows our bodies and
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minds are at their best when we
rest on the blessed seventh day
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Sabbath.
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Amen. Thank you Auntie Cecily.
God's so good. Do you know
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another way we can worship God
on the Sabbath is to worship Him
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in song. Pastor Rick has
joined us. Thanks Pastor Rick.
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Hello boys and girls.
Let's sing This Is the Day.
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Let's do it again.
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Pastor Rick, could we please
sing Give Me Oil In My Lamp?
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Oh, why not? Who knows it?
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Pastor Rick, can we
sing Make Me Like You?
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Ah, yes
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Thanks Pastor Rick. It's
great to praise God in song. Now
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Elijah, we discovered a blessing
at Sunnyside this week. Will we
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share that with the children
at home? Yes. Okay let's have a
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look at that.
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Hello boys and girls. My name is
Dr. John Hammond. Welcome to the
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Australian home of Mrs.
Ellen White. Come with me. I've
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got some stories to tell you.
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You know what my favorite meal
of the week is Sabbath lunch
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because my wife, she makes a
special lunch and a nice dessert
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and Ellen used to do the same
thing. And on this particular
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Sabbath she made a beautiful
rice pudding. And when they were
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ready for it, they went out to
the kitchen and the rice pudding
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was gone. Not just the rice
pudding; the dish, the cutlery
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the table cloth. Everything
in the kitchen was stolen. Ellen
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was so upset. She went to the
police and she said what's going
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on? And the policeman's name was
Sgt. Berry. He said oh Ellen we
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have some naughty people here.
Many years ago three families
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who were ex-convicts lived
just over the hill there at
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Martinsville and the families
would grow and there were 250
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of them and they are all thieves
and they will take anything that
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is not too hot or too heavy.
And we advise you to get a
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watch dog. Oh, okay. She got a
watch dog with the fiercest name
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it was named after a very fierce
Persian king thousands of years
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ago. And the king's name was
Tiglath-pilezer. I think they
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called the dog Tig, well
Tig turned up. He had the most
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ferocious bark. Now I want you
all together to give me the most
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ferocious bark you can. One,
two three, BARK. Huh! That would
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scare the 250 people out over
the mountains. Tiglath had an
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awful bark, (bark, bark, bark,
bark, bark, bark). And they
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tied him up by the fence just
over there. But you know what?
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He had a big bark but whenever
somebody came, he'd wag his
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tail. They didn't know what to
do with the thieves. And Ellen
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came up with a plan. She said
we won't scare them away, we
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will draw them with love and we
will change them. How you going
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to do that? There was a sickness
we call it an epidemic and it
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went right through the district
and there were people who were
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so sick. And every day she would
go to a house, and she would
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bring food, or she would wash
the baby or she would ask them
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if they had enough medicine.
And she went right over into the
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area where the 250 thieving
people who were descendants
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of the convicts were living and
you know one by one she won them
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over. She took them food and
Tiglath, he was such a friendly
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dog, I'll show you his picture.
Here he is. He actually got a
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whole page in the
autograph book: Greetings from
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Tiglath-pilezer and he had
a chain and he was so strong I
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he wanted to say hello to people
he pulled it off. See the kennel
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is tilted over. He never
hurt anybody but let me tell you
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about the people. They stopped
swearing, they stopped drinking,
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they stopped smoking, they
accepted Jesus and one by one
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they changed their lives and if
Ellen White had a really fierce
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dog that bit people and chased
them, they would never have been
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won to Jesus. She loved
animals and she loved people and
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gradually they joined the church
and you know what. After one
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year nobody ever, ever stole
anything from Ellen's house.
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Don't you think that's the best
way? Win them with kindness.
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Have you seen people do that
who are kind when other people
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are cruel to them. This is what
Ellen did. She won them over by
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being kind and Tiglath whose
name was Tig was a happy dog but
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he never bit anybody. Thank you.
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Hi boys and girls. Happy Sabbath
Welcome back to our Bible study.
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I hope you know now to have your
Bibles ready so you can read
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along with us. Auntie Cecily
could you please say a prayer
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before we open the word.
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Yes. Dear Lord, thank you for
this time that we can spend with
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you. Please be with the boys and
girls as they read their Bibles
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and touch their
hearts. In Jesus' name, Amen.
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Amen. Now last Sabbath we
studied about a very faithful,
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obedient man. Kate, who was
that man? Noah. It was Noah. We
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are going to study about
a another man who was very
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faithful and obedient and his
name was Abraham. Now it's been
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about 400 years since the flood
and Abraham's about 75 years
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old. Let's read about
that. Liam, can you please read
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Genesis 12:1-3.
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Now the Lord had said to Abram
get out of your country from
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your family and from your
father's house to a land that I
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will show you. I will make you
a great nation. I will bless you
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and make your name great and
you shall be a blessing. I will
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bless those who bless you and
I will curse him who curses you
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and in you all the families
of the earth shall be blessed.
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Thanks Liam. So God asked him to
leave his country and his family
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Do you think that would have
been hard to leave your family?
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Yes but Abraham loved God.
Let's see who went with him?
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Ella, can you
please read Genesis 12:4-5.
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Abram departed as the Lord had
spoken to him and Lot went with
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him. And Abram was 75 years
old when he departed from Haran.
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And Abram took Sarai his wife
and Lot his brother's son and
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all their possessions which they
had gathered, the people whom
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they had acquired in Haran and
they departed from there to the
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land of Canaan. So they
came to the land of Canaan.
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Okay, so who went with Abram?
His wife Sarai and his nephew
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Lot and lots of their helpers
and workers. Let's go to our
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faith chapter Auntie Cecily and
read Hebrews 11:8 and see what
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that says.
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By faith Abraham obeyed when
he was called to go out to the
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place which he would receive as
an inheritance and he went out
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not knowing where he was going.
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Okay, we're going to look at our
Torch Light now, Mrs. White's
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writings to see what that sheds
on verse. Thanks Nick, you're
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going to read that for us today.
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Abraham's unquestioning
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obedience is one of the most
striking evidences of faith to
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be found in all the Bible.
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Wow, so that tells us that Abram
was a very obedient and faithful
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man. I wonder why God asked
him to leave his home? I think
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it might have been because they
were worshipping a lot of idols
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Abraham loved God and God loved
Abraham and he asked Abraham to
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a land where they wouldn't
be influenced by all the idols
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because they had to preserve
a line from which Jesus would be
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born into. Okay. So Abraham
and Sarah had no children which
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means Sarah was barren. She
couldn't have a baby. Remember
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in Genesis 12:2 that God
promised that he would bless
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Abraham and make him a great
nation. So Abraham was troubled
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Let's read what God had
promised him again. Let's read
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Genesis 15:5. Elijah can
you read that for us please.
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Then he brought him outside and
said, look now toward heaven and
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count the stars if you are able
to number them. And He said to
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him so shall
your descendants be.
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Mmm. So that was a great promise
God was making to Abraham. But
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do you know what? Abraham and
Sarah were human like you and me
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and they were getting old
and they were having doubts and
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thoughts. And they thought how
can God bless us and make us a
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great nation like all the
stars in the sky if we have no
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children. Let's read and see
what happens next. Kate, can you
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please read Genesis 16:2-3.
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So Sarai said to Abram, see now
the Lord has restrained me from
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bearing children. Please go
in to my maid. Perhaps I shall
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obtain children by her. And
Abram heeded the voice of Sarai.
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And Sarai Abram's wife took
Hagar her maid the Egyptian and
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gave her to her husband Abram
to be his wife, after Abram had
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dwelt 10 years in
the land of Canaan.
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Mmm. Oh dear. Did Sarah and
Abraham take matters into their
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own hands? I think they did.
They weren't patient and they
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didn't wait on God. Are
you supposed to have two wives?
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No. No. Hagar gave him a
son, Ishmael and if we were to
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continue to read, it caused
no end of trouble. There was
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jealousy and there were
arguments and heartaches in the
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household. Do you think that's
what God want's for us. No. I
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think Abraham and Sarah learnt
their lesson the hard way. Again
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God comes to Abraham and
promises him to make him a
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father of many nations. We can
find out in the first part of
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chapter 17. So God still
loved Abraham. Okay, let's read
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chapter 17, Genesis 17:17,19.
God has something to say to
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Abraham. Ben, you're
going to read that for us.
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Then Abraham fell on his
face and laughed and said in his
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heart, shall a child be born to
a man who is 100 years old and
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shall Sarah, who is 90 years
old, bear a child? Then God said
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Sarah your wife shall bear you a
son and you shall call his name
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Isaac. I will establish
my covenant with him for an
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everlasting covenant and
with his descendants after him.
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Mmm. So did that happen. It did.
And we can read that in chapter
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21. Nick, you're going to read
that for us. We're looking at
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Genesis 21:1-3. Might have to
go over a few pages in our Bible
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now.
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And the Lord visited Sarah
as he had said and the Lord did
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for Sarah as He had
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spoken. So Sarah conceived and
bore Abraham a son in his old
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age, at the set time of
which God had spoken to him. And
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Abraham called the name of
his son, whom Sarah bore to him,
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Isaac.
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Mmm. So did God keep his
promise? He did didn't He.
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Even though Abraham were very
old to have children God did it
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in His own timing. Nothing is
impossible with God. We're going
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read that in our memory verse.
Let's look at that in Luke 1:37.
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We're going to read that
together. You got that. Okay
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let's read that together.
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For with God
nothing will be impossible.
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Okay, so to finish our
story about Abraham, something
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happened. Let's have a look
at that, Ben, in Genesis 22:1-2.
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Can you read that for us?
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Now it came to pass after these
things that God tested Abraham
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and said to him, and he said
here I am. Then he said take
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now your son, your only son
Isaac, whom you love, and go to
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the land of Moriah and offer
him there as a burnt offering
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on one of the mountains
on which I shall tell you.
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Mmm. So what's happening here.
God's testing Abraham. Have we
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studied up before about how God
tests people. It happened in the
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garden of Eden and it happened
with Cain and Abel didn't it?
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Let's see if Abraham passes
the test. Auntie Cecily can you
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please read Genesis
22:3 and then 9-13 for us.
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So Abraham rose early in the
morning and saddled his donkey
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and took two of his young men
with him and Isaac his son. And
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split the wood for the burnt
offering and arose and went to
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the place of which God had told
him. (And continuing on at verse
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nine). Then they came to the
place of which God had told him
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and Abraham built an altar there
and placed the wood in order.
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And he bound Isaac his son and
laid him on the altar upon the
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wood and Abraham stretched out
his hand and took the knife to
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slay his son. But the angel
of the Lord called to him from
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heaven and said, Abraham,
Abraham. So he said, here I am.
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He said do not lay your hand
on the lad or do anything to him
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for now I know that you fear God
since you have not withheld your
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son, your only son, from Me.
And Abraham lifted his eyes and
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looked and there behind him was
a ram caught in a thicket by its
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horns. So Abraham went and took
the ram and offered it up for a
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burnt offering
instead of his son.
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Did Abraham pass the test? YES.
He did. Praise the Lord! Do you
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know what? In James 2:23, the
Bible tells us that Abraham was
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called a friend of God. Thank
you boys and girls for joining
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us in reading the Bible. Would
you like to be a friend of God?
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Well you can be. Just ask Him.
Claim that verse we talked about
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in James 2:23 over your life.
God loves us so much that he
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longs for us to be his friends
and to have a close relationship
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with him. Next Sabbath we are
going to study about how through
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prayer a very special
person was found for Isaac.
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When we keep the Sabbath we get
to know God better and realize
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how much He wants to build a
relationship with us. You can be
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a friend of God just
like Abraham. One way to
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strengthen your friendship
with the Lord is to study your
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Bibles. We want to encourage you
to read your Bibles, not only on
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the Sabbath day but every day.
Auntie Nat would you tell us
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about the devotional that
relates to our study today.
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Sure. Yes, we have a seven-day
devotional study available on
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Abraham and Sarah, the subject
we studied together today. This
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devotional expands on what
we have learnt. You can download
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and print it free
from our website which is
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www.adaywiththeking.com. This
will help you to read your Bible
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every day and to spend
time getting to know God. Auntie
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Cecily, shall we go over
our memory verse that we studied
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today.
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Yes let's do that. Children are
you ready to read it through?
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Luke 1:37 For with God
nothing will be impossible.
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Auntie Nat you ready to sing our
blessing song to the children?
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Sure, let's do that.
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¤May God bless you and keep you
and fill your heart with love¤
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¤May God guide and protect
you and watch you from above¤
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¤And Sabbath after Sabbath
we greet the day of rest¤
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¤The day the King of glory
has sanctified and blessed¤
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¤Good bye my
friends till we meet again¤
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¤For another day with the king¤
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Bye, Happy Sabbath.
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¤ ¤
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