Hello and welcome
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to the 3ABN
Sabbath School Panel.
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We are on lesson number
five, "Children of the Promise."
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And we want to ask you
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study the everlasting covenant.
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So join us now as we
study God's Word together.
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Welcome again
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to the 3ABN
Sabbath School Panel.
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Lesson number five
Children of the Promise
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is about to begin.
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My name is John Dinzey.
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And it's a joy
again to be with you.
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I would like to introduce
our members of the family
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of the 3ABN panel that are here.
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Sister Shelley Quinn.
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Amen. I'm excited to be here.
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Thank you so much.
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Pastor Ryan Day,
are you ready to go?
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Man, I'm ready.
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Let's do it. Amen. Amen.
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Sister Jill Morikone, welcome.
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Thank you so
much, Pastor Dinzey.
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Privileged to be here
and open up God's Word.
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Amen.
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Pastor John Lomacang,
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well known by our
viewers and listeners as well.
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Yes, the Lord
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has been
blessing us in this study.
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And we don't expect
anything less from Him today.
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Amen. Amen.
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What I appreciate about
the 3ABN Sabbath School Panel,
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members of the
family is their humility,
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and their
passion for God's Word.
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And I'm sure you can
tell that they love the Lord
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and want to share the good news
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of His mercy with the world.
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Let's begin with prayer.
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I like to ask
Sister Shelley Quinn,
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please help us with the prayer.
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Absolutely.
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Heavenly Father,
we come before You
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in the name of Jesus,
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thanking You, Lord,
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that You are a covenant
making, covenant keeping God,
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thanking You for the
our Lord Jesus Christ,
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Your Holy Spirit
and Your Word Father,
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please speak through us today.
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Please let us be
surrendered to You.
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And we pray that You get
all the glory in Jesus name.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen.
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Yeah, let me give you a summary
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of what we will be going through
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in this study.
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Because we want to
give you a little taste
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of what's going to be happening.
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In this study,
we're going to see
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why did the
Lord refer to Himself
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as Abraham's shield?
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How were all the
families of the earth
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to be blessed through Abraham?
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And what is the greatest
of all the covenant promises?
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And so, I hope
you have something
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to write with in your Bible
as we dig in to God's Word.
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I would like to
share with you a story
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that is here in the lesson.
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It's about a father and
his 10-year-old daughter.
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They were good swimmers,
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but they decided to go
out to the ocean and swim,
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they were
enjoying themselves, but
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the tides
started separating them.
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And soon the father realized
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that it was going to be
very difficult for both of them
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to make it to
the shore together.
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So he said to her,
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"I am going to
the shore to get help.
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If you get tired,
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just go on your back
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and you can stay
that way all day long.
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And, of course,
he started swimming
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toward shore.
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And she eventually got tired,
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went on her back
and really relaxed
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as she just
floated along in the ocean.
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When the father
got to the shore,
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he had to get help.
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There were people on boats,
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they were looking
for this young girl,
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10 years old, concerned
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because one hour
passed, two hours, three hours,
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four hours,
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when they were
beginning to ask themselves,
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are we going to find her?
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When they finally did,
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she was just so
relaxed in the water,
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as if nothing was
happening, they brought her in.
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And they were just
shocked that she was so relaxed.
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And it's very interesting
that the lesson says,
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"How is it that
you're so relaxed?"
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And she said,
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"Father said, I could
float all day on my back
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and that he would come for
me so I just swam and floated
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because I knew he would come."
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Amen.
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And so, this
story brings about to us
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how we should be.
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That's right.
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How we face life's challenges
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to realize that
Jesus is with us always
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even to the end of the world
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and also that He
is coming soon for us.
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Now let's go into Sunday's part,
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as we look at some,
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a verse here that brings out
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a very interesting
and powerful thought.
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It says in Genesis 15:1,
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"After these things,
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the word of the
Lord came unto Abraham
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in a vision saying,
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'Fear not Abraham,
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I am thy shield
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and thy
exceeding great reward.'"
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Now as we look at this verse,
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you will notice
something interesting.
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It doesn't say there
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that the Lord
identified Himself.
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And to me
that's very interesting
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because Abraham
recognized the voice of God.
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And you will see this
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as you continue
reading in verse 2,
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because right away,
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Abraham presents a
concern to the Lord.
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But Abraham said,
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Lord God, what will You give me,
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seeing I go childless,
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and the heir of my
house is Eliezer of Damascus?'
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Then Abram said,
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'Look, You have
given me no offspring,
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indeed one born in
my house is my heir!'
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He was concerned,
but the Lord said to Him,
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'Do not be afraid.'"
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I would like to
focus in on this,
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because you notice that
whenever an angel is sent
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to someone,
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one of the
first things they say,
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fear not.
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And this is something
that we need to understand.
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And the Bible tells us
to fear not nor be dismayed
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because the Lord is with us.
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And Jesus has
promised to be with us, always,
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even until the end of the world.
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And notice that the Lord
called Abraham by his name,
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and that's marvelous to
know that God knows us by name.
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That's right.
We're not a number.
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We're not a number
on a computer system.
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He doesn't have to ask somebody,
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what is that the
name of that guy,
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you know, he's a
little lost some hair,
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you know, He knows us by name,
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He knows us very well.
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And it's very interesting
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that the people that lose sight,
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and they, they're able
to know people by the way
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they hear the
sounds of the footsteps.
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God knows every
single thing about us.
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In fact, some people
recognize their loved one
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from far away by
the way they walk.
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God knows everything about us.
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And He tells us
to not be afraid,
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I am with you.
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And I want to focus in now,
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in this lesson,
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the idea that God is our shield,
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our protector.
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In Psalm 46:1, 2, and 3,
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we have these powerful words.
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"God is our refuge and strength,
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a very present help in trouble,
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therefore we will not fear."
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That's right.
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And it brings out
something interesting,
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"Even though the
earth be removed,
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and though the mountains
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be carried into
the midst of the sea,
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though its waters
roar and be troubled,
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though the mountains
shake with the swelling Selah."
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So we see that we have to take
an attitude and understanding
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that God is with us.
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God loves us.
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He will protect us.
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He will be our
refuge and strength.
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You know, unfortunately,
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we worry far too much
about things in this world.
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Far too much about
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how we're going to
pay for those things.
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Are we going to
have enough food?
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What's going to happen
with this situation I'm facing,
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and a lot of us worry ourselves
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out of the hands of the
Lord as we focus on the problem
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instead of
focusing our attention
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on our mighty God
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who is powerful and can
get us out of any situation
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we may encounter.
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I want to share some more verses
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that bring out
this mighty thought
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that God is our shield.
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Let's look at Psalms 84:11.
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Psalms 84:11, "For the
Lord God is a sun and shield,
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the Lord will
give grace and glory."
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Now notice this,
this is marvelous,
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"No good thing will He withhold
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from those who walk uprightly."
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And the Lord approached Abraham,
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with the promise that
He will be his shield,
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because Abraham was
willing to serve the Lord,
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follow the Lord and be faithful.
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And this is why
the promises of God
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you will notice that a condition
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is mentioned as well.
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When you look at the
everlasting covenant,
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when you look at
the covenants of God.
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God makes a promise,
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but His promises are based
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on our
faithfulness and obedience.
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He basically says to us,
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"If you will follow Me
with all of your heart,
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if you are
willing to be My child.
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If you are willing to be
happy and obey My commandments,
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you will have
great joy in obedience.
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But not only that,
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I am going to give you
all of these benefits."
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And this is marvelous to
know that God is our Father.
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He is concerned about us.
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Psalm 144:2,
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"My
lovingkindness and my fortress,
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my high tower and my deliverer,
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my shield
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and the One in
whom I take refuge,
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who subdues my people under me."
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Do you consider
God your fortress,
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your strength, your shield?
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Did you take refuge in
the Lord when problems come?
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You take refuge in the
Lord every moment of the day.
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Because when you wake up
and you realize you have life,
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the best thing you
can do is put yourself
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in the hands of the Lord.
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Because the Bible says
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that Satan is as a roaring lion
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seeking whom we may devour,
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he may devour.
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And we are not safe
without Jesus in our heart.
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So I want to encourage you,
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from the very
moment you wake up,
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put yourself in
the hands of the Lord.
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And you will face
the day quite differently
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knowing that Jesus is with you.
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So we have a question here.
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And it's very interesting,
and we need to consider it,
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does the fact that
God is our shield mean
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that we are not
going to experience
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any type of
suffering in this world?
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Well, Jesus
reveals to us the reality,
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He doesn't hide anything.
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In John 16:33, He
says to us these words,
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"These things I
have spoken to you
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that in Me, you may have peace.
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In the world, you
will have tribulation,
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but be of good cheer, I
have overcome the world."
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So as we face
difficulties in life,
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and we will,
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and perhaps you are
facing a difficulty right now,
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you are worried, you
don't know what to do.
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You're wondering,
where's your help?
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Where's your help coming from?
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How am I going to
get out of this mess?
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In the Book of Psalms, it says,
"My help comes from the Lord."
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So I encourage you to
consider the Lord your help,
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your strength, your
shield, your protector,
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and the one that can deliver you
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from whatever you're facing.
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We are going to
face difficult times,
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we are even going to
suffer pain, difficulties,
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but God will be with us.
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And notice He says, "I
have overcome the world,
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be of good cheer,
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I will give you My peace
in the midst of suffering,
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in the midst of difficulties."
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We should understand
that God is very, very near.
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Abraham faced
difficulties, he faced trials,
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he faced great difficulties,
but he chose to be faithful.
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He faced one of
the greatest test
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that people can be called upon.
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God appeared to
him one night and said,
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"Abraham, take thy
son, thine only son,
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and offer him on a
mountain that I will show you."
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Abraham feared for the trial
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that he faced,
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but he chose to be faithful.
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He did not waiver.
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He picked up everything,
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calls his
servants picked up his son
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and went to the mountain
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that the Lord showed him
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and went to the very
act of offering his son.
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His hand was up in the air
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because he was willing
to obey God no matter what.
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And, of course,
you know the story.
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An angel called
out, "Abraham, Abraham,
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stop, don't do this."
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You see, when we face trials,
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we have to understand
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that God has our
best interest in mind.
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This was a test to see
if you would be faithful.
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I don't know what
test you are facing now.
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But please
understand that Jesus said,
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"I will be with you always,
even to the end of the world.
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Whatever trial you are facing,
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don't worry yourself out
of the hands of the Lord.
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Don't give yourself up to fear.
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Do not sink into depression.
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Take hold of the
mighty hand of God
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and say, "Yes, Lord,
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I will follow You
with all of my heart."
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We continue now with
Sister Shelley Quinn.
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Amen.
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Well, all I can say is thank you
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and put on your seatbelts.
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Okay, the everlasting covenant
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is Revelation 13:8,
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"The Lamb who was slain
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from the
foundation of the earth."
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It is the covenant of redemption
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that God introduced in
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as soon as the
humanity fell into sin.
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In the garden, Genesis 3:15,
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He speaks to the serpent.
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He says, "I'm
going to put enmity
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between you and the woman,
00:14:29.20\00:14:32.20
between your seed and her seed."
00:14:32.23\00:14:34.74
He says, "Hey,
00:14:34.77\00:14:36.10
he is going to bruise your head,
00:14:36.14\00:14:38.37
you'll only bruise his heel."
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He is telling us as,
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as Isaiah 9:6,
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"Unto us a child
is going to be born,
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and the government
will be on His shoulders."
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The seed of the woman
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is going to overcome the devil.
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Hallelujah. This is
the covenant of grace.
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God is doing for us
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what we cannot do for ourselves.
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I have a 30-page study
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I did one weekend on the seed.
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If you follow
the story of the seed
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through the Old
and the New Testament,
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it is the
covenant of redemption.
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In Genesis 22:15,
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where God asked Abraham,
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first he says to him,
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"Hey, in your seed,
00:15:26.12\00:15:29.76
all the nations of the
earth is going to be blessed
00:15:29.79\00:15:33.40
because you have
obeyed My voice."
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But then he asked him to,
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as you said,
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sacrifice this and we
say, how could God do this?
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How could Abraham even believe
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that God is who is
against child sacrifice,
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is asking him to come sacrifice?
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Let me tell you something,
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I absolutely believe
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that when God cut the
covenant with Abraham,
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put him into deep sleep.
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He saw Christ day,
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Jesus said, Abraham saw my day
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and he was glad.
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He saw Christ day,
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I'm going to prove it
to you from Scripture.
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Hebrews 11:17 says,
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"By faith Abraham,
when he was tested,
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he offered up Isaac
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and he would
receive the promises
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offered his only begotten son."
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Now, let me tell you something,
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that word begotten
is a covenant term.
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It means that they were
chosen for a covenant purpose.
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So the term only begotten son,
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that is a covenant term
that means it's a unique,
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one of a kind son of a promise.
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Hey, Abraham had
what he had Isaac,
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then and then Jacob,
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no, Abraham, who did he have?
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Isaac. Ishmael.
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Ishmael.
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Ishmael, then Isaac,
and then he had six more.
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We won't get there.
Now, here's the point.
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In verse 18, he says,
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he's offering up
his only begotten son,
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of whom it was said in,
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Isaac your seed shall be called.
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And then it says in
verse 19 of Hebrews 11,
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concluding that God was
also able to raise him up
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even from the dead.
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He had seen the
sacrifice of Jesus Christ,
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he knew that God was
going to have to slay
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his son and bring him up.
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He knew it was
going to happen here too.
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All right.
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This seed is clearly
identified as Jesus Christ
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in Galatians 3:16.
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He says, "In your seed,"
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when he's talking
about Abraham and the seed,
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it was sense "To
your seed, who is Christ,"
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so only in Jesus
Christ is it fulfilled,
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this is the promise
of the world Savior.
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In Genesis, I'm
just going to give you
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some quick references here
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that just write down
the scripture references.
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Genesis 26:4-5,
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is when God renews
the covenant with Isaac
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and He says to Isaac,
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"In your seed,
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all the nations of the
earth are going to be blessed."
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Why?
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"Because Abraham, your
father obeyed my voice,
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kept my charge, my commandments,
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my statutes, and my laws."
00:18:18.66\00:18:20.56
Then in Genesis 28:12-14,
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God renews this
covenant with Jacob.
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Jacob has this
dream of the ladder
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and the angels going
up and down the ladder.
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And then he says to
Jacob in 20, Genesis 28:14,
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"Your descendants shall
be as the dust of the earth,
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you shall spread
abroad to the west,
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the east, the
north, and the south,
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and in you and in your seed,
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all the families of the
earth shall be blessed."
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In 1 Chronicles 17:11,
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God is giving,
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renewing this covenant
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or adding to this
covenant with David.
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And He says to David
in 1 Chronicles 17:11,
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"It shall be when
your days are fulfilled,
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when you go to be
with your fathers,
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that I will set up your seed
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after you who will
be one of your sons
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and I will
establish His kingdom."
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And Paul in Acts 13 says
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that this man's
seed was Jesus Christ.
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So it is the promise
seed from Genesis 3:15.
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You can trace it all the way
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through the Old
Testament and into the New.
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But here's what
I want to get to.
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Isaiah 9:7 says
00:19:40.71\00:19:43.18
that of his
government and peace,
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speaking of the Messiah,
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there will be no end, right?
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That's right.
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The part that I
wanted to get to,
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and I'm going to say it first
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because I can't get
through all these notes.
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Jesus said in John 12:24,
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"I tell you the truth
unless a kernel of wheat
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falls to the ground and dies,
00:20:06.57\00:20:09.07
it remains only a single seed.
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But if it dies, it
produces many seeds."
00:20:12.91\00:20:18.05
The seed of the
covenant is Messiah,
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He was born to die.
00:20:22.38\00:20:26.15
He was born to die.
00:20:26.19\00:20:27.52
In Isaiah 53, I just love this.
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Isaiah 53:10- 11.
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It says, "It pleased
the Lord to bruise him."
00:20:33.56\00:20:36.77
What, to bruise?
00:20:36.80\00:20:40.04
God became a man in
the person of Jesus Christ.
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And the whole purpose
00:20:43.81\00:20:45.14
was so that He could be bruised.
00:20:45.17\00:20:46.94
"He put into grief,
00:20:46.98\00:20:48.81
when you make His
soul an offering for sin."
00:20:48.84\00:20:52.55
Get this, "He
shall see His seed,
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He shall prolong his days,
00:20:57.65\00:20:59.25
and pleasure of the Lord
shall prosper in the land.
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He shall see the labor of
his soul and be satisfied.
00:21:03.56\00:21:06.16
By His knowledge,
00:21:06.19\00:21:07.53
My righteous
Servant shall justify many,
00:21:07.56\00:21:10.57
for He shall bear
their iniquities."
00:21:10.60\00:21:14.50
So this seed of the Lord,
00:21:14.54\00:21:17.64
we're told in Romans 4:13,
00:21:17.67\00:21:20.58
that Abraham's seed
00:21:20.61\00:21:23.85
is only through
the righteousness
00:21:23.88\00:21:26.61
of faith.
00:21:26.65\00:21:27.98
We're told in Romans 9:6-8,
00:21:28.02\00:21:31.65
that is only the
children of faith,
00:21:31.69\00:21:34.29
the children of the promise,
00:21:34.32\00:21:36.59
who are counted as the seed.
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Galatians 3:29 says,
"We are Abraham's seed,
00:21:38.96\00:21:44.10
and heirs
according to the promise."
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And 1 John, I want to read this
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1 John 3:7-10.
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John is writing in the
New Testament, he says,
00:21:55.41\00:21:57.45
"Little children,
let no one deceive you.
00:21:57.48\00:22:00.15
He who practices righteousness
00:22:00.18\00:22:03.39
is righteous, just
as He is righteous.
00:22:03.42\00:22:09.39
He who sins is of the devil,
00:22:09.42\00:22:10.99
for the devil has
sinned from the beginning.
00:22:11.03\00:22:13.63
For this purpose, the
Son of God was manifested,
00:22:13.66\00:22:17.23
that He might destroy
the works of the devil.
00:22:17.27\00:22:20.20
Whoever has been
born of God does not sin,
00:22:20.24\00:22:23.64
does not make sin,
00:22:23.67\00:22:25.01
a continual
practice of walking in it,
00:22:25.04\00:22:29.14
because His,
Christ's seed remains in you.
00:22:29.18\00:22:34.88
And you cannot sin
because you're born of God.
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In this the children of God,
00:22:39.09\00:22:40.56
the children of
the devil are manifest:
00:22:40.59\00:22:42.86
Whoever does not practice
righteousness is not of God,
00:22:42.89\00:22:46.46
nor is he who does
not love his father."
00:22:46.49\00:22:50.57
The seed, the child of promise
00:22:50.60\00:22:53.57
introduced in Genesis 3:15,
00:22:53.60\00:22:56.37
the Lamb who was slain
00:22:56.40\00:22:57.74
from the
foundation of the earth.
00:22:57.77\00:22:59.74
He is God's greatest
gift of grace to mankind.
00:22:59.77\00:23:03.71
And Hebrews 7:22 says,
00:23:03.75\00:23:05.88
"He is the surety,
00:23:05.91\00:23:09.18
the guarantor of the covenant."
00:23:09.22\00:23:12.89
Jesus is from God to us.
00:23:12.92\00:23:16.59
He is the guarantor
00:23:16.62\00:23:17.99
that all of God's promises
are yes and amen in Him.
00:23:18.03\00:23:22.86
2 Corinthians 1:20.
00:23:22.90\00:23:24.87
But He's also the
surety from us to God,
00:23:24.90\00:23:29.20
because Philippians 2:13 says,
00:23:29.24\00:23:31.57
"He works in us
00:23:31.61\00:23:32.94
to will and to do
His good pleasure.
00:23:32.97\00:23:35.04
So He calls us into covenant.
00:23:35.08\00:23:38.91
And then He says,
00:23:38.95\00:23:40.62
"All of God's
promises are yours."
00:23:40.65\00:23:42.92
But He says, "I
am going to by grace,
00:23:42.95\00:23:46.72
empower you to walk
in covenant loyalty,
00:23:46.76\00:23:51.89
to walk in the
love of obedience."
00:23:51.93\00:23:55.13
Hallelujah,
that we're born again
00:23:55.16\00:23:57.67
of an imperishable seed.
00:23:57.70\00:23:59.33
Amen. Praise the Lord.
00:23:59.37\00:24:00.70
Amen. Amen and amen.
00:24:00.74\00:24:03.57
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We now continue
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with the
Messiah promise part two
00:24:45.41\00:24:46.75
with Pastor Ryan Day.
00:24:46.78\00:24:48.12
Amen. Praise the Lord.
00:24:48.15\00:24:49.48
Shelley, I have to say
you set me up perfectly.
00:24:49.52\00:24:51.55
She had Messiah
promise part one.
00:24:51.59\00:24:54.32
And I love how you unpacked
00:24:54.36\00:24:55.76
that the
significance of the seed
00:24:55.79\00:24:58.43
and I just want to say
before I dive into mine,
00:24:58.46\00:25:01.33
probably the most
significant scripture
00:25:01.36\00:25:03.26
in all the Bible,
00:25:03.30\00:25:04.63
okay, there's many
of them, I recognize.
00:25:04.67\00:25:06.80
But if you don't understand
the significance and importance
00:25:06.84\00:25:09.74
and the prophetic
implication of Genesis 3:15,
00:25:09.77\00:25:13.01
and how important it is
00:25:13.04\00:25:15.14
throughout the entirety
00:25:15.18\00:25:16.51
of the overall
scope of Scripture,
00:25:16.54\00:25:18.71
then you've missed
the point entirely.
00:25:18.75\00:25:20.72
The entire Old Testament story
is all about the coming seed.
00:25:20.75\00:25:24.65
When you get to
the New Testament
00:25:24.69\00:25:26.32
don't think that
the story has stopped
00:25:26.35\00:25:27.89
just because the
seed has showed up
00:25:27.92\00:25:29.72
because it's still
all about the seed.
00:25:29.76\00:25:31.26
We know that seed
to be Jesus Christ,
00:25:31.29\00:25:33.73
and the Messiah promise part one
00:25:33.76\00:25:36.26
covered the coming
00:25:36.30\00:25:37.90
and the
establishment of the seed
00:25:37.93\00:25:39.30
through Christ Jesus.
00:25:39.33\00:25:41.04
Now we know that
Jesus did indeed come.
00:25:41.07\00:25:43.34
And He did,
00:25:43.37\00:25:44.71
He was that
great sacrifice for us.
00:25:44.74\00:25:46.34
And He did resurrect again.
00:25:46.37\00:25:48.31
Praise the Lord.
00:25:48.34\00:25:49.78
But this Tuesday's lesson,
the Messiah promise, part two,
00:25:49.81\00:25:54.15
focuses in on the importance
00:25:54.18\00:25:55.65
of not only within that covenant
00:25:55.68\00:25:57.79
was it to proclaim
00:25:57.82\00:26:00.22
and to pronounce the
first coming of Christ,
00:26:00.26\00:26:02.66
but also the second coming
00:26:02.69\00:26:04.59
in which within that
beautiful covenant promise,
00:26:04.63\00:26:07.50
we see that there's a promise
00:26:07.53\00:26:09.96
that while Jesus did die,
00:26:10.00\00:26:11.73
and He did resurrect,
00:26:11.77\00:26:13.10
and you know, He left,
00:26:13.13\00:26:14.47
it's not like He
just got out of dodge,
00:26:14.50\00:26:15.84
and was like see ya,
00:26:15.87\00:26:17.21
you know, I'm
never coming back again.
00:26:17.24\00:26:18.57
It was right the opposite.
00:26:18.61\00:26:19.94
I will return for you
00:26:19.97\00:26:21.31
and I will take
you to a better place.
00:26:21.34\00:26:23.51
That's what
Tuesday's lesson is all about.
00:26:23.55\00:26:26.65
And the lesson brings out,
00:26:26.68\00:26:28.08
I'm just going to
emphasize this here,
00:26:28.12\00:26:29.58
that we really will not enjoy
true happiness in this lifetime
00:26:29.62\00:26:33.82
until we are taken,
00:26:33.86\00:26:35.19
until Jesus comes
back and takes us away
00:26:35.22\00:26:37.49
to a better land, to
a better far country.
00:26:37.53\00:26:40.66
And so I want to... I
just want to emphasize this
00:26:40.70\00:26:42.80
and jump right
into 1 Thessalonians 4,
00:26:42.83\00:26:45.97
the lesson
brings these texts out.
00:26:46.00\00:26:47.34
And I think for the
purpose of what we're studying,
00:26:47.37\00:26:49.64
it's important that we
revisit these texts to remind us
00:26:49.67\00:26:53.04
of the
wonderful covenant promise
00:26:53.07\00:26:55.14
that we have in
Christ Jesus' Second Coming.
00:26:55.18\00:26:58.41
His return to take us
00:26:58.45\00:27:00.25
out of this
horrible world we're in
00:27:00.28\00:27:02.25
and bring us to
an even better one.
00:27:02.28\00:27:03.99
In fact, the Bible
says, I believe it's over in,
00:27:04.02\00:27:06.86
I forget, I think
maybe it's Hebrews 11.
00:27:06.89\00:27:09.56
Don't quote me on that.
00:27:09.59\00:27:10.93
But I know there's a scripture
in the New Testament says
00:27:10.96\00:27:13.03
that Abraham looked forward,
00:27:13.06\00:27:15.03
he saw, he looked
forward to the day,
00:27:15.06\00:27:16.93
and he looked
forward to a better city,
00:27:16.97\00:27:18.60
a new land in
which Christ would come
00:27:18.63\00:27:20.60
and return and
take His people there,
00:27:20.64\00:27:22.47
that is of all a part
00:27:22.50\00:27:24.01
of this
beautiful covenant promise
00:27:24.04\00:27:25.87
that we have in Jesus Christ.
00:27:25.91\00:27:27.64
So 1 Thessalonians
Chapter 4, that we should not,
00:27:27.68\00:27:31.15
we should not be
strangers to this text,
00:27:31.18\00:27:33.11
because it says
beginning in verse 16,
00:27:33.15\00:27:35.32
all the way through 18.
00:27:35.35\00:27:36.69
It says, "For the Lord Himself
00:27:36.72\00:27:38.42
will descend from
heaven with a shout,
00:27:38.45\00:27:40.46
with the voice of the archangel,
00:27:40.49\00:27:42.02
and with the trumpet of God,
00:27:42.06\00:27:44.39
and the dead in
Christ will rise first,
00:27:44.43\00:27:48.86
then we which
are alive and remain
00:27:48.90\00:27:50.37
shall be caught
up together with them
00:27:50.40\00:27:52.73
in the clouds to
meet the Lord in the air.
00:27:52.77\00:27:55.30
And thus, we shall
always be with the Lord."
00:27:55.34\00:27:58.77
And I love verse 18,
00:27:58.81\00:28:00.14
because a lot of
people stop there.
00:28:00.18\00:28:01.51
I like to read
verse 18 because it says,
00:28:01.54\00:28:02.88
"Therefore comfort one
another with these words."
00:28:02.91\00:28:05.91
Isn't it, isn't
the covenant also about
00:28:05.95\00:28:09.15
bringing comfort to
us in these last days?
00:28:09.18\00:28:11.29
We need comfort, right?
00:28:11.32\00:28:12.65
We need that
encouragement to know
00:28:12.69\00:28:14.82
that while we're
living in a world
00:28:14.86\00:28:16.99
just draped in sin,
draped in despair, and sorrow,
00:28:17.03\00:28:20.13
and pain, and death.
00:28:20.16\00:28:21.50
And in fact, I'm
going to be reading
00:28:21.53\00:28:22.86
a rather extensive explanation
of that in just a moment,
00:28:22.90\00:28:25.40
a description of that.
00:28:25.43\00:28:26.77
It's wonderful to know
00:28:26.80\00:28:28.34
that we can comfort one another
00:28:28.37\00:28:30.27
with the
beautiful covenant promise
00:28:30.31\00:28:32.14
that not only did
Jesus come the first time,
00:28:32.17\00:28:34.34
and that He went
to be our high priest
00:28:34.38\00:28:36.75
in the heavenly sanctuary,
00:28:36.78\00:28:38.11
but He's going to return again,
00:28:38.15\00:28:39.78
and He's going to
make all things better.
00:28:39.81\00:28:41.28
He's going to
make all things new.
00:28:41.32\00:28:43.18
Also, Revelation Chapter 13,
00:28:43.22\00:28:45.05
excuse me, Revelation Chapter 3.
00:28:45.09\00:28:47.39
Revelation 3:12.
00:28:47.42\00:28:49.86
This is one of my
favorite verses here.
00:28:49.89\00:28:51.63
It gives a beautiful promise,
00:28:51.66\00:28:53.06
as Jesus is speaking
to all of the churches
00:28:53.09\00:28:54.76
of Asia Minor,
00:28:54.80\00:28:56.13
He pronounces a promise there.
00:28:56.16\00:28:58.07
And, of course,
Revelation 3:12, says,
00:28:58.10\00:28:59.83
"He who overcomes,
00:28:59.87\00:29:01.60
I will make him a
pillar in the temple of My God,
00:29:01.64\00:29:05.51
and he shall go out no more.
00:29:05.54\00:29:07.38
I will write on
him the name of My God
00:29:07.41\00:29:09.58
and the name of
the city of My God,
00:29:09.61\00:29:12.61
the New Jerusalem,
00:29:12.65\00:29:13.98
which comes down out
of heaven from My God.
00:29:14.02\00:29:17.29
And I will write
on him My new name."
00:29:17.32\00:29:20.66
So last week, we
talked about the significance
00:29:20.69\00:29:22.79
and the power of God's name,
00:29:22.82\00:29:24.73
that it's that He
has multiple names,
00:29:24.76\00:29:26.43
and the names tell
the story of who He is,
00:29:26.46\00:29:28.90
the character and the
traits and the wonderful ideals
00:29:28.93\00:29:31.97
that God portrays
through His very person.
00:29:32.00\00:29:34.60
And right here, He says,
00:29:34.64\00:29:35.97
"I will write on
them My new name."
00:29:36.00\00:29:38.11
It's a powerful
scripture indeed.
00:29:38.14\00:29:40.04
The lesson brings out
this quote from Augustine,
00:29:40.08\00:29:42.94
who was a religious philosopher
00:29:42.98\00:29:44.65
of the third and fourth century.
00:29:44.68\00:29:46.18
And I think it's quite,
00:29:46.21\00:29:47.98
I think, if we
read through this,
00:29:48.02\00:29:49.55
you're going to see I
think it very much describes
00:29:49.58\00:29:52.05
not just the
world that he lived in
00:29:52.09\00:29:54.16
more than 1,600 years ago,
00:29:54.19\00:29:56.76
but also the world
that we're living in today.
00:29:56.79\00:29:58.39
So notice what he says here.
00:29:58.43\00:30:00.26
He says, "This life of ours,
00:30:00.30\00:30:02.76
if a life so full
of such great ills
00:30:02.80\00:30:04.97
can properly be called a life,
00:30:05.00\00:30:07.40
bears witness to the fact that,
00:30:07.44\00:30:09.00
from its very start,
00:30:09.04\00:30:10.47
the race of mortal men
00:30:10.51\00:30:12.04
has been a race condemned.
00:30:12.07\00:30:14.91
Think, first,
00:30:14.94\00:30:17.21
of all the
dreadful abyss of ignorance
00:30:17.25\00:30:19.55
from which all error flows
00:30:19.58\00:30:21.12
and so engulfs the sons of Adam
00:30:21.15\00:30:23.72
in a darksome pool
00:30:23.75\00:30:25.19
that no one can escape
without the toll of toils
00:30:25.22\00:30:28.92
and tears and fears.
00:30:28.96\00:30:31.83
Then, take our very
love for all those things
00:30:31.86\00:30:34.63
that prove so vain and poisonous
00:30:34.66\00:30:36.63
and breed so many
heartaches, troubles,
00:30:36.67\00:30:39.33
griefs, and fears,
00:30:39.37\00:30:40.70
such insane joys in
discord, strife, and war,
00:30:40.74\00:30:44.11
such fraud and
theft and robbery,
00:30:44.14\00:30:46.81
such perfidy and
pride, envy and ambition,
00:30:46.84\00:30:51.05
homicide and murder,
cruelty and savagery,
00:30:51.08\00:30:54.68
lawlessness and lust,
00:30:54.72\00:30:57.82
and the shameless
passions of the impure,
00:30:57.85\00:31:01.12
fornication and adultery,
00:31:01.16\00:31:03.19
incest and unnatural sins, rape
00:31:03.22\00:31:06.49
and countless
other uncleannesses
00:31:06.53\00:31:08.33
too nasty to be
mentioned, he says,
00:31:08.36\00:31:11.07
and the sins against
religion, sacrilege and heresy,
00:31:11.10\00:31:15.00
blasphemy and perjury,
00:31:15.04\00:31:16.81
the iniquities
against our neighbors,"
00:31:16.84\00:31:19.31
and the list goes on,
"calumnies and cheating,
00:31:19.34\00:31:22.34
lies and false witness,
00:31:22.38\00:31:24.51
violence to
persons and property,
00:31:24.55\00:31:26.31
the injustices of the courts
00:31:26.35\00:31:27.85
and the innumerable
other miseries and maladies
00:31:27.88\00:31:30.82
that fill the world,
yet escape attention."
00:31:30.85\00:31:33.92
I read through all of that,
00:31:33.96\00:31:35.29
and we hear it
and it's just like,
00:31:35.32\00:31:36.66
yep, check.
00:31:36.69\00:31:38.03
Yep, check.
00:31:38.06\00:31:39.39
Yep, yep,
00:31:39.43\00:31:40.76
that describes
our world to the tee.
00:31:40.80\00:31:42.13
And yet he wrote this
more than 1600 years ago.
00:31:42.16\00:31:44.00
And so the question I
have in here is what is changed
00:31:44.03\00:31:45.97
in more than 1500 years
00:31:46.00\00:31:47.70
or 1600 years
since this was written?
00:31:47.74\00:31:50.51
Nothing other than the fact
00:31:50.54\00:31:51.87
that these atrocious
realities are being carried out
00:31:51.91\00:31:54.44
on a larger global scale.
00:31:54.48\00:31:56.04
And it reminds us of,
of how we need a savior,
00:31:56.08\00:31:59.31
we need to be redeemed
and taken away from this.
00:31:59.35\00:32:01.75
And that's the beautiful thing
00:32:01.78\00:32:03.12
about when you
study the covenant.
00:32:03.15\00:32:04.85
When you study this
beautiful covenant relationship
00:32:04.89\00:32:07.29
that God's people
have with the Lord
00:32:07.32\00:32:09.06
and the promises
that He has given,
00:32:09.09\00:32:10.53
He has promised a
much better place.
00:32:10.56\00:32:13.26
Either some people that based
on their unbelief, of course,
00:32:13.29\00:32:16.56
have no promise
in looking forward
00:32:16.60\00:32:18.17
to a better day
00:32:18.20\00:32:19.53
when all these sinful horrors
00:32:19.57\00:32:21.24
will be conquered and destroyed.
00:32:21.27\00:32:23.07
However, of
course, as Christians,
00:32:23.10\00:32:25.47
as Christian believers,
00:32:25.51\00:32:26.84
we can praise God knowing
that He has made a covenant
00:32:26.88\00:32:29.31
with Abraham
promising that in his seed,
00:32:29.34\00:32:32.31
can't say that
enough, in his seed,
00:32:32.35\00:32:35.02
all the families of
the earth will be blessed.
00:32:35.05\00:32:38.15
And we have the
beautiful promise
00:32:38.19\00:32:40.32
of the sacrifice, resurrection
00:32:40.36\00:32:42.59
and high priestly
ministry of Jesus Christ
00:32:42.62\00:32:45.63
as well as the time in
which Jesus will return
00:32:45.66\00:32:48.33
and make all things new.
00:32:48.36\00:32:50.00
In fact, let's
read it right now.
00:32:50.03\00:32:51.37
Revelation 21:3-5.
00:32:51.40\00:32:53.57
I love this text.
00:32:53.60\00:32:55.24
Revelation
21:3-5, the Bible says,
00:32:55.27\00:32:58.14
"And I heard a loud
voice from heaven saying,
00:32:58.17\00:32:59.84
'Behold, the tabernacle of God
00:32:59.87\00:33:01.91
is with men, and he
will dwell with them,
00:33:01.94\00:33:04.21
and they shall be His people.
00:33:04.25\00:33:06.18
God Himself will be
with them and be their God.
00:33:06.21\00:33:09.48
And God will wipe away
every tear from their eyes,
00:33:09.52\00:33:12.99
there shall be no more death,"
00:33:13.02\00:33:14.69
praise the Lord,
00:33:14.72\00:33:16.06
"no more
sorrow," praise the Lord,
00:33:16.09\00:33:17.86
"no more crime," praise God,
00:33:17.89\00:33:19.79
"there shall be no
more pain," hallelujah.
00:33:19.83\00:33:22.36
"The former
things are passed away."
00:33:22.40\00:33:24.07
Can I get an amen?
00:33:24.10\00:33:25.43
This is a sermon
in and of itself,
00:33:25.47\00:33:26.80
"Then he who sat
on the throne said,
00:33:26.84\00:33:28.30
'Behold, I make
all things new.'"
00:33:28.34\00:33:30.94
Christ says only I can do that.
00:33:30.97\00:33:32.64
Abraham's covenant,
this the governing seed,
00:33:32.67\00:33:35.04
only He can do that.
00:33:35.08\00:33:36.41
He brings all, He
makes all things new.
00:33:36.44\00:33:38.48
And He said to me, right,
00:33:38.51\00:33:39.85
for these words
are true and faithful.
00:33:39.88\00:33:41.98
The question is,
do we believe them?
00:33:42.02\00:33:44.09
Do we believe that
these words are true
00:33:44.12\00:33:46.19
that when the
covenant has spoken,
00:33:46.22\00:33:47.99
and we understand
it, and we believe in it,
00:33:48.02\00:33:50.09
and we believe in the
promises of God's Word,
00:33:50.13\00:33:52.23
then when He says
He's going to return
00:33:52.26\00:33:53.60
and make all things
new, do we believe it?
00:33:53.63\00:33:55.56
Or are we caught up in
the sinful horribleness
00:33:55.60\00:33:58.30
of this world?
00:33:58.33\00:33:59.87
I love Revelation 22:1-5
because it also reminds us.
00:33:59.90\00:34:03.47
He says, "He showed
me a pure water of life,
00:34:03.51\00:34:05.31
crystal as clear,
clear as crystal, excuse me,
00:34:05.34\00:34:07.98
proceeding from
the throne of God
00:34:08.01\00:34:09.34
in the midst of the street
and on either side of the river
00:34:09.38\00:34:11.75
was a tree of life
which bore 12 fruits,
00:34:11.78\00:34:14.98
the tree yielding a
fruit for each month
00:34:15.02\00:34:17.09
of the each of the month,
00:34:17.12\00:34:18.59
the leaves of the tree
00:34:18.62\00:34:20.29
were for the
healing of the nations,
00:34:20.32\00:34:21.99
there shall be no more curse.
00:34:22.02\00:34:23.36
But the throne of God
00:34:23.39\00:34:24.96
and of the Lamb shall be
in it in and His servants
00:34:24.99\00:34:27.13
shall serve Him.
00:34:27.16\00:34:28.80
They shall see His face."
00:34:28.83\00:34:30.20
My friends,
there's coming a time
00:34:30.23\00:34:31.87
when we will
see the face of God,
00:34:31.90\00:34:34.17
we will look
upon the face of God.
00:34:34.20\00:34:36.37
I'm excited.
00:34:36.40\00:34:37.74
I'm excited about
this because it reminds us,
00:34:37.77\00:34:40.48
this message reminds us
00:34:40.51\00:34:41.84
that this world is not our home.
00:34:41.88\00:34:44.41
And when we look
into the promised seed
00:34:44.45\00:34:46.78
of Abraham,
00:34:46.82\00:34:48.15
Jesus Christ, our Savior,
00:34:48.18\00:34:49.52
He is the
fulfillment of the covenant,
00:34:49.55\00:34:51.35
and we should be in
covenant relationship
00:34:51.39\00:34:53.12
with Him.
00:34:53.15\00:34:54.49
Not tomorrow, not
next year but right now.
00:34:54.52\00:34:57.43
Amen.
00:34:57.46\00:34:58.79
Oh, thank you so much, Ryan.
00:34:58.83\00:35:00.76
Amen.
00:35:00.80\00:35:02.13
I got so excited.
00:35:02.16\00:35:03.50
I forgot to take
my mask off, okay.
00:35:03.53\00:35:04.87
Praise the Lord.
00:35:04.90\00:35:06.23
I'm so grateful
for the promised seed
00:35:06.27\00:35:07.94
in Genesis 3:15.
00:35:07.97\00:35:10.31
I'm so grateful that Jesus came
00:35:10.34\00:35:13.24
and lived a perfect
life and died in our stead
00:35:13.27\00:35:16.64
that we have
hope of eternal life.
00:35:16.68\00:35:18.55
On Wednesday, that's my day,
00:35:18.58\00:35:20.82
we look at "A
Great and Mighty Nation."
00:35:20.85\00:35:24.22
We know God promised Abraham,
00:35:24.25\00:35:25.69
we referenced this several times
00:35:25.72\00:35:27.89
through the last several weeks.
00:35:27.92\00:35:29.46
In Genesis 12:2, he said,
00:35:29.49\00:35:31.69
"I will make of
you of great nation."
00:35:31.73\00:35:35.33
He reiterated again,
this is in Genesis 46:3,
00:35:35.36\00:35:40.14
He's speaking to
Israel, to Jacob,
00:35:40.17\00:35:42.37
but his name was
changed to Israel.
00:35:42.40\00:35:44.31
He said, "I am God,
the God of your father.
00:35:44.34\00:35:47.11
Do not fear to go down to Egypt.
00:35:47.14\00:35:49.64
I will make of you
a great nation there."
00:35:49.68\00:35:53.72
We know that the
children of Israel
00:35:53.75\00:35:55.08
became a great
and mighty nation.
00:35:55.12\00:35:57.92
But why?
00:35:57.95\00:35:59.29
Why did God want to make
of the descendants of Abraham,
00:35:59.32\00:36:02.99
a great and mighty nation?
00:36:03.02\00:36:04.56
Why did it matter?
00:36:04.59\00:36:05.93
What was their purpose?
00:36:05.96\00:36:07.70
We're going to look
today at the purpose
00:36:07.73\00:36:09.43
of this great nation,
00:36:09.46\00:36:10.90
and then some of
the characteristics
00:36:10.93\00:36:13.50
of this nation.
00:36:13.54\00:36:14.87
So let's look
first at the purpose.
00:36:14.90\00:36:16.60
I would say the
purpose is to share
00:36:16.64\00:36:18.54
the one true God with the world,
00:36:18.57\00:36:21.04
to share what God had
done in their own lives,
00:36:21.08\00:36:26.48
and to share the
universality of the gospel.
00:36:26.51\00:36:29.78
So let's look at that.
00:36:29.82\00:36:31.15
Let's unpack that,
00:36:31.19\00:36:32.52
the purpose of this great nation
00:36:32.55\00:36:34.26
to share the one
true God with the world.
00:36:34.29\00:36:37.16
Look at Isaiah Chapter 60.
00:36:37.19\00:36:39.03
I love this
passage of scripture.
00:36:39.06\00:36:41.76
Isaiah 60:1-3,
00:36:41.80\00:36:44.77
"Arise, shine,
00:36:44.80\00:36:47.04
for your light has come!
00:36:47.07\00:36:49.67
And the glory of the
Lord is risen upon you."
00:36:49.70\00:36:52.54
Why is the glory risen?
Why is the light shining?
00:36:52.57\00:36:55.28
Why is God shining His light
00:36:55.31\00:36:57.55
and His glory into
the nation of Israel?
00:36:57.58\00:37:00.75
Verse 2, "For behold,
00:37:00.78\00:37:02.72
darkness will cover the earth,
00:37:02.75\00:37:04.42
and deep darkness the people.
00:37:04.45\00:37:06.32
It is a dark world.
00:37:06.35\00:37:08.76
But behold, the
Lord will arise over you
00:37:08.79\00:37:11.49
and His glory
will be seen upon you.
00:37:11.53\00:37:14.30
The Gentiles shall
come to your light,
00:37:14.33\00:37:17.37
and kings to the
brightness of your rising."
00:37:17.40\00:37:20.00
You see, they were
called not to hoard truth.
00:37:20.04\00:37:23.64
They were called
not to keep their light
00:37:23.67\00:37:26.51
as it were under a bushel.
00:37:26.54\00:37:28.61
They were called
to spread the light,
00:37:28.64\00:37:31.88
the glorious light,
00:37:31.91\00:37:33.25
the gospel truth with
the surrounding nations.
00:37:33.28\00:37:36.55
They were polygamous.
00:37:36.58\00:37:37.92
They worshiped
many different gods.
00:37:37.95\00:37:40.69
They were idolaters,
00:37:40.72\00:37:42.42
the heathen nations
00:37:42.46\00:37:43.79
surrounding the
children of Israel.
00:37:43.83\00:37:45.96
Their job was to show forth
00:37:45.99\00:37:48.43
the praises of Him
00:37:48.46\00:37:49.80
who called them out of darkness
00:37:49.83\00:37:51.43
into this marvelous light.
00:37:51.47\00:37:53.37
Their job was to showcase
00:37:53.40\00:37:55.84
Jehovah God, Yahweh, El Shaddai,
00:37:55.87\00:37:59.41
all of those names of God
00:37:59.44\00:38:00.78
that He is the One true God.
00:38:00.81\00:38:02.81
Amen.
00:38:02.84\00:38:04.18
Their job was to show
00:38:04.21\00:38:05.55
not only that God
was the One true God,
00:38:05.58\00:38:07.45
but that God had done
something in their life.
00:38:07.48\00:38:10.22
You know, you
can't share something,
00:38:10.25\00:38:11.59
you can't preach something,
00:38:11.62\00:38:13.36
unless you have
experienced it for yourself.
00:38:13.39\00:38:17.43
They needed to experience
this God for themselves,
00:38:17.46\00:38:21.50
then they can share
that with someone else.
00:38:21.53\00:38:23.80
1 Peter 2:9-10.
00:38:23.83\00:38:27.50
"But you are a
chosen generation,
00:38:27.54\00:38:30.27
a royal
priesthood, a holy nation,
00:38:30.31\00:38:33.68
His own special people,
00:38:33.71\00:38:36.38
that you may
proclaim the praises of Him
00:38:36.41\00:38:38.48
who called you out of darkness
00:38:38.51\00:38:40.75
into this marvelous light."
00:38:40.78\00:38:43.18
It doesn't stop there.
00:38:43.22\00:38:44.55
I love verse 10, "Who
once were not a people,
00:38:44.59\00:38:47.56
but are now the people of God,
00:38:47.59\00:38:50.63
who once did not obtain mercy,
00:38:50.66\00:38:52.83
but now have obtained mercy."
00:38:52.86\00:38:56.00
And we can proclaim His praises.
00:38:56.03\00:38:57.80
Why?
00:38:57.83\00:38:59.17
Because we know what it was like
00:38:59.20\00:39:00.54
to walk in darkness,
00:39:00.57\00:39:01.90
because we know what it was like
00:39:01.94\00:39:03.27
to be stuck in Egypt.
00:39:03.30\00:39:04.67
We have
experienced His deliverance,
00:39:04.71\00:39:07.28
and because of that,
00:39:07.31\00:39:08.64
we can share what He
has done in our lives.
00:39:08.68\00:39:11.01
The third thing
they were to share
00:39:11.05\00:39:12.38
is the
universality of the gospel
00:39:12.41\00:39:13.78
that the gospel was not
just for the Jewish people,
00:39:13.82\00:39:16.12
it was for the entire world.
00:39:16.15\00:39:19.22
Other people
could join themselves,
00:39:19.25\00:39:22.26
accept this covenant,
and be part of God's people.
00:39:22.29\00:39:26.59
We see this in Isaiah 56.
00:39:26.63\00:39:28.60
Isaiah 56:6 also the
sons of the foreigner,
00:39:28.63\00:39:31.80
these are other
people who did not,
00:39:31.83\00:39:34.40
were not Jewish,
not of Jewish lineage,
00:39:34.44\00:39:36.87
and maybe did not follow Him,
00:39:36.91\00:39:38.74
but they could join
themselves with His people.
00:39:38.77\00:39:43.11
"The sons of the foreigner
00:39:43.14\00:39:44.48
who joined themselves
to the Lord to serve Him,
00:39:44.51\00:39:47.72
to love the name of the Lord,
00:39:47.75\00:39:50.45
to be His servants,
00:39:50.49\00:39:52.29
everyone who keeps
from defiling the Sabbath
00:39:52.32\00:39:55.59
and holds fast My covenant,"
00:39:55.62\00:39:58.69
see that, "they can be brought
00:39:58.73\00:40:01.03
into covenant
relationship with God Himself."
00:40:01.06\00:40:06.17
That's the purpose
of the nation of Israel
00:40:06.20\00:40:08.70
to share the One
true God with the world,
00:40:08.74\00:40:11.07
to share what God
had done for them,
00:40:11.11\00:40:13.98
and to share that this
gospel is to go to everyone.
00:40:14.01\00:40:17.25
Let's look now at
some of the characteristics
00:40:17.28\00:40:19.55
of this great and
mighty nation of people.
00:40:19.58\00:40:23.22
If we have time,
we're going to do seven.
00:40:23.25\00:40:25.82
Characteristic number
one, they are redeemed.
00:40:25.85\00:40:29.56
Look at Exodus 19.
00:40:29.59\00:40:30.93
This is the
covenant that God made
00:40:30.96\00:40:33.29
with the children of Israel.
00:40:33.33\00:40:35.13
They had just come from Egypt.
00:40:35.16\00:40:36.56
It's actually three months
since they had come from Egypt.
00:40:36.60\00:40:39.30
Now they encamp
at the Mount Sinai.
00:40:39.33\00:40:42.44
And God says in Exodus 19:4,
00:40:42.47\00:40:44.77
"You have seen what
I did to the Egyptians,
00:40:44.81\00:40:47.31
how I bore you on eagle's wings
00:40:47.34\00:40:49.88
and brought you to Myself."
00:40:49.91\00:40:51.98
What is God doing?
00:40:52.01\00:40:53.35
He's reminding them,
that He delivered them,
00:40:53.38\00:40:56.25
that He worked
on Pharaoh's heart
00:40:56.28\00:40:58.39
to let them go,
00:40:58.42\00:40:59.75
that He's the One
who parted the Red Sea,
00:40:59.79\00:41:02.12
so they could go
out on dry ground,
00:41:02.16\00:41:04.23
that He's the One
who delivered them
00:41:04.26\00:41:05.86
from Egyptian bondage,
00:41:05.89\00:41:07.40
and He's the One
who redeemed them.
00:41:07.43\00:41:10.57
And He reminds
them not only of that,
00:41:10.60\00:41:12.27
but that He bore
them on eagle's wings.
00:41:12.30\00:41:17.24
God brought them to Himself.
00:41:17.27\00:41:19.81
So characteristic number
one, they are a redeemed people.
00:41:19.84\00:41:23.21
Number two, they
are a loved people.
00:41:23.24\00:41:27.12
Deuteronomy 7:6.
00:41:27.15\00:41:30.49
Deuteronomy 7:6,
00:41:30.52\00:41:33.05
"You are a holy
people to the Lord your God,
00:41:33.09\00:41:35.82
the Lord your God has chosen you
00:41:35.86\00:41:37.99
to be a people for Himself,
00:41:38.03\00:41:39.89
a special treasure
above all the peoples
00:41:39.93\00:41:41.96
on the face of the earth."
00:41:42.00\00:41:43.33
They are a special
holy set apart people.
00:41:43.37\00:41:45.77
Why?
00:41:45.80\00:41:47.14
Verse 7, "The Lord did
not set His love on you,
00:41:47.17\00:41:50.41
nor chose you
because you're more in number
00:41:50.44\00:41:52.34
than other people,
00:41:52.37\00:41:53.71
for you were the
least of all the peoples,
00:41:53.74\00:41:56.31
but because the Lord loves you,
00:41:56.34\00:41:59.21
God chose them
because He loved them."
00:41:59.25\00:42:02.75
They are a redeemed
people, they are a loved people.
00:42:02.78\00:42:05.55
Characteristic number three,
00:42:05.59\00:42:07.39
they are people who
are in covenant with Him.
00:42:07.42\00:42:10.96
They have made a choice
to walk in covenant with Him.
00:42:10.99\00:42:15.83
Exodus 19:5.
00:42:15.86\00:42:18.53
We already read verse 4
00:42:18.57\00:42:19.90
about how He
brought them out from Egypt.
00:42:19.93\00:42:21.30
And as the eagle,
00:42:21.34\00:42:23.10
He bore them up
on eagle's wings.
00:42:23.14\00:42:24.91
And then verse 5.
00:42:24.94\00:42:26.27
"Now therefore,
00:42:26.31\00:42:27.64
if you will
indeed obey My voice,
00:42:27.68\00:42:29.71
and keep My covenant,
00:42:29.74\00:42:32.08
then you will be a
special treasure to Me
00:42:32.11\00:42:34.32
above all people, for
all the earth is mine."
00:42:34.35\00:42:36.99
May they've made a choice
00:42:37.02\00:42:38.35
to enter into this
covenant relationship
00:42:38.39\00:42:41.66
with God.
00:42:41.69\00:42:43.02
Characteristic number four,
00:42:43.06\00:42:44.39
they are
anointed with His Spirit
00:42:44.43\00:42:48.86
and they have His law.
00:42:48.90\00:42:50.47
Isaiah 59:21,
00:42:50.50\00:42:53.74
"As for me," says the Lord,
00:42:53.77\00:42:55.10
'this is My covenant with them:
00:42:55.14\00:42:57.37
My Spirit who is upon you,
00:42:57.41\00:43:00.61
and My words which I
have put in your mouth
00:43:00.64\00:43:02.88
shall not
depart from your mouth,
00:43:02.91\00:43:04.95
and then it
goes on to the mouths
00:43:04.98\00:43:06.31
of your
descendants, and so forth."
00:43:06.35\00:43:08.45
So this covenant,
00:43:08.48\00:43:09.82
He puts with that
His Spirit upon them
00:43:09.85\00:43:13.66
and His words in their mouth.
00:43:13.69\00:43:17.06
They are as a people,
anointed with His Spirit.
00:43:17.09\00:43:22.40
Characteristic number five,
00:43:22.43\00:43:24.03
they choose to
walk in obedience.
00:43:24.07\00:43:26.57
Now this is not the
obedience, Pastor John,
00:43:26.60\00:43:28.44
where you grit your
teeth, and you try harder.
00:43:28.47\00:43:30.31
This is not the
obedience where you say,
00:43:30.34\00:43:32.14
as they said, all
that the Lord has said
00:43:32.17\00:43:34.34
we're going to do
and then they realize
00:43:34.38\00:43:36.04
we can't do any of
that in our own strength.
00:43:36.08\00:43:38.28
This is that obedience
that comes from Christ,
00:43:38.31\00:43:41.48
as they submit to
Him and surrender to Him,
00:43:41.52\00:43:45.25
and are dependent
on Him and abide in Him
00:43:45.29\00:43:48.49
as the branches
do with the vine.
00:43:48.52\00:43:51.69
They walk in obedience.
00:43:51.73\00:43:54.43
Characteristic number
six, they teach other people,
00:43:54.46\00:43:57.63
especially their
children, His ways.
00:43:57.67\00:44:01.30
Deuteronomy 4:9,
00:44:01.34\00:44:03.67
"Only take heed to yourself,
and diligently keep yourself,
00:44:03.71\00:44:07.94
lest you forget the
things that your eyes have seen,
00:44:07.98\00:44:11.08
lest they depart from your heart
00:44:11.11\00:44:13.35
all the days of your life,
00:44:13.38\00:44:15.02
teach them to your children,
00:44:15.05\00:44:16.75
and to your grandchildren."
00:44:16.79\00:44:20.46
God knew that it
would be easy for them
00:44:20.49\00:44:22.22
to forget where they came from.
00:44:22.26\00:44:23.76
It would be easy for
them to forget who they were
00:44:23.79\00:44:26.16
and who they belong to.
00:44:26.19\00:44:28.10
So it was important
that they were reminded
00:44:28.13\00:44:30.40
on a daily basis
00:44:30.43\00:44:31.77
and they reminded their children
00:44:31.80\00:44:33.13
and grandchildren
of who their God was.
00:44:33.17\00:44:36.24
And finally, number
seven, they love the Lord,
00:44:36.27\00:44:39.77
and they honor His Sabbath day.
00:44:39.81\00:44:43.98
We already read the
scripture in Isaiah 56.
00:44:44.01\00:44:46.35
You can look it
up, but it talks about
00:44:46.38\00:44:47.88
how they will be
in covenant with Him
00:44:47.92\00:44:50.29
and honor His
Sabbath and love His name.
00:44:50.32\00:44:54.12
So what a privilege
to be called God's people
00:44:54.16\00:44:57.63
and we know that extends
00:44:57.66\00:44:59.29
from literal
Israel to spiritual Israel
00:44:59.33\00:45:01.73
as the Church of God today.
00:45:01.76\00:45:03.16
Amen. Thank you, Jill.
00:45:03.20\00:45:04.57
Always on
target. Praise the Lord.
00:45:04.60\00:45:06.90
Wonderful set up for
make your name great.
00:45:06.94\00:45:11.64
I think Ryan did this
on one of our past lessons
00:45:11.67\00:45:13.44
that I thought about this
00:45:13.48\00:45:14.81
because we are in a
nation and in a world
00:45:14.84\00:45:17.08
where people just like
to be around great people.
00:45:17.11\00:45:19.91
You know, you
talked about some names
00:45:19.95\00:45:21.28
that bring out
certain feelings like,
00:45:21.32\00:45:24.09
let's just go ahead and
throw some more in the park,
00:45:24.12\00:45:25.72
Marilyn Monroe, Abraham Lincoln,
00:45:25.75\00:45:28.02
Nelson Mandela,
John Fitzgerald Kennedy,
00:45:28.06\00:45:30.86
Bill Gates, Muhammad Ali,
00:45:30.89\00:45:33.09
float like a
butterfly, sting like a bee.
00:45:33.13\00:45:35.23
These names awaken within us
00:45:35.26\00:45:37.87
a certain desire
to be around people
00:45:37.90\00:45:39.97
that have a title or a name.
00:45:40.00\00:45:42.27
But when we look at
this particular lesson,
00:45:42.30\00:45:46.54
this lesson is saying to us,
00:45:46.57\00:45:48.74
you are not great
until God makes you great.
00:45:48.78\00:45:51.38
That's right.
00:45:51.41\00:45:52.75
All the men that are
admired in the eyes of the world
00:45:52.78\00:45:55.02
are people that have
made themselves great.
00:45:55.05\00:45:57.19
That's right.
00:45:57.22\00:45:58.55
Which reminds me
of the Tower of Babel.
00:45:58.59\00:46:01.26
People that have
built their own towers,
00:46:01.29\00:46:03.43
their own ivory towers,
their own golden buildings,
00:46:03.46\00:46:05.96
their own nameplates.
00:46:05.99\00:46:07.50
My wife and I were walking
down the streets of Los Angeles
00:46:07.53\00:46:09.83
once in Hollywood.
00:46:09.86\00:46:12.53
And people were admiring
the stars on the ground.
00:46:12.57\00:46:15.80
And I was walking
down kind of feeling
00:46:15.84\00:46:17.51
oh, yeah, whatever.
00:46:17.54\00:46:19.01
I said, I don't
see my name down there.
00:46:19.04\00:46:20.88
And I said, I'm glad
my name is not down there.
00:46:20.91\00:46:23.68
Because no animal can walk by
00:46:23.71\00:46:25.28
and you mean, whatever.
00:46:25.31\00:46:27.18
You know, my name is
going to be in the kingdom,
00:46:27.22\00:46:30.02
where God is
going to make my name
00:46:30.05\00:46:32.25
and our names great.
00:46:32.29\00:46:33.62
Amen?
00:46:33.66\00:46:34.99
God is not
going to put your name
00:46:35.02\00:46:36.36
in a store on the ground
00:46:36.39\00:46:37.73
where people can
spit out and walk on it
00:46:37.76\00:46:39.09
and trample on it.
00:46:39.13\00:46:40.46
But God is going to put
His name on our forehead,
00:46:40.50\00:46:42.96
and only then can we understand
and know the greatness of God.
00:46:43.00\00:46:47.27
So look at what the promise is
the Lord made in Genesis 12:2.
00:46:47.30\00:46:51.54
What a promise.
00:46:51.57\00:46:52.91
He says, "I will
make you a great nation."
00:46:52.94\00:46:55.34
And we know we've been talking
about Abraham quite a bit.
00:46:55.38\00:46:58.28
The Lord was able to
fulfill this promise.
00:46:58.31\00:47:00.62
Because when God makes a
promise to make anyone great,
00:47:00.65\00:47:03.95
only God can
fulfill their promise.
00:47:03.99\00:47:06.89
I will make you a great nation.
00:47:06.92\00:47:08.86
I will bless you,
and make your name great.
00:47:08.89\00:47:12.99
And you shall be a
blessing to this very day.
00:47:13.03\00:47:16.56
We know that
Abraham is a blessing.
00:47:16.60\00:47:18.60
And how is he a blessing to us?
00:47:18.63\00:47:20.47
If anyone is in Christ,
00:47:20.50\00:47:23.41
he or she is Abraham seed
00:47:23.44\00:47:24.91
and the heir
according to the promise.
00:47:24.94\00:47:26.78
What is that promise?
00:47:26.81\00:47:28.31
As the Lord said to Abraham,
00:47:28.34\00:47:29.74
one day your
descendants shall be like
00:47:29.78\00:47:31.55
the stars of the sky.
00:47:31.58\00:47:33.42
The Bible makes it
clear in Revelation,
00:47:33.45\00:47:34.88
there's a number
which no man can number,
00:47:34.92\00:47:37.29
the redeemed of all the ages.
00:47:37.32\00:47:39.19
Because of the
promise and the covenant God
00:47:39.22\00:47:40.89
made with Abraham,
00:47:40.92\00:47:42.26
that covenant will be fulfilled
through spiritual Israel,
00:47:42.29\00:47:45.99
through those who accept
the glory and the power of God.
00:47:46.03\00:47:50.13
But not only did God
make that promise to Abraham,
00:47:50.17\00:47:52.80
He also made
that promise to David.
00:47:52.83\00:47:55.17
Look at 2 Samuel 7:8-9.
00:47:55.20\00:47:58.07
I'll read it in your hearing.
00:47:58.11\00:47:59.84
"Now therefore,
00:47:59.87\00:48:01.84
thus shall you say
to my servant, David,
00:48:01.88\00:48:05.71
thus says the Lord of hosts,
00:48:05.75\00:48:07.55
I took you from the sheepfold."
00:48:07.58\00:48:09.72
Now, when you listen to this,
00:48:09.75\00:48:11.09
look at how God
brought us from where we are,
00:48:11.12\00:48:12.45
where we are today,
00:48:12.49\00:48:13.82
from where we were,
I was a disc jockey.
00:48:13.86\00:48:16.32
I was a gambler,
pool hustler party,
00:48:16.36\00:48:18.26
I was a person
living for the world,
00:48:18.29\00:48:20.60
living to the disgust of God.
00:48:20.63\00:48:23.30
But look at me
today, praise God for that.
00:48:23.33\00:48:26.37
"Like David, I took
you from the sheepfold
00:48:26.40\00:48:28.77
from following the sheep
00:48:28.80\00:48:30.94
to be ruler over
my people over Israel.
00:48:30.97\00:48:34.44
And I have been with
you wherever you have gone.
00:48:34.48\00:48:37.41
And I've cut
off all your enemies
00:48:37.45\00:48:39.21
from before you
00:48:39.25\00:48:40.58
and I've made you a great name,
00:48:40.62\00:48:42.95
like the name of the
great men who are on the earth."
00:48:42.98\00:48:47.39
It's humbling, Jill.
00:48:47.42\00:48:48.76
You all know when we
travel around the world
00:48:48.79\00:48:50.23
and people say, "I
watch you, I see you."
00:48:50.26\00:48:51.86
It's humbling.
00:48:51.89\00:48:53.23
We've got to make sure
that we maintain the reality
00:48:53.26\00:48:55.40
that we are not the
ones that are great.
00:48:55.43\00:48:57.67
But the God is
the one that is great,
00:48:57.70\00:48:59.67
because on any given day
without any prior notice,
00:48:59.70\00:49:01.70
and for no apparent reason,
00:49:01.74\00:49:03.07
God could say enough,
00:49:03.10\00:49:04.91
and God's name will
still be great in the earth.
00:49:04.94\00:49:06.88
So praise God for the humility
00:49:06.91\00:49:09.04
that comes with the recognition
00:49:09.08\00:49:10.85
that God has not called us
to be great for greatness sake.
00:49:10.88\00:49:13.52
That's right.
00:49:13.55\00:49:14.88
But God has called
to lift up Jesus Christ.
00:49:14.92\00:49:16.99
Only He is the
one to be exalted.
00:49:17.02\00:49:19.15
He alone is great.
00:49:19.19\00:49:21.72
The Bible makes it
clear in 1 Chronicles 16:25,
00:49:21.76\00:49:25.13
the true
greatness of the Lord's.
00:49:25.16\00:49:27.26
Listen to the words of God,
00:49:27.30\00:49:30.27
"For the Lord is great
and greatly to be praised.
00:49:30.30\00:49:34.37
He is also to be
feared above all gods."
00:49:34.40\00:49:38.84
There is no God greater
00:49:38.87\00:49:42.11
than the God who
inhabits the universe.
00:49:42.14\00:49:44.91
There is no throne.
00:49:44.95\00:49:46.38
Every now and then I
would take up my iPad.
00:49:46.41\00:49:48.55
I am what you
might call the most...
00:49:48.58\00:49:52.15
What's the word
I can say, amateur,
00:49:52.19\00:49:53.56
amateur, amateur astronomer.
00:49:53.59\00:49:55.82
My astronomy is so amateur
that I look to the heavens
00:49:55.86\00:49:59.29
through my iPad.
00:49:59.33\00:50:01.00
I don't even own the telescope.
00:50:01.03\00:50:02.90
I keep trying to get
one, but I can't buy one.
00:50:02.93\00:50:05.57
But I think about
how God in His glory
00:50:05.60\00:50:08.30
in this vast universe
can hold it all together.
00:50:08.34\00:50:12.01
And when I look
out into the night,
00:50:12.04\00:50:13.94
and I look out into the heavens,
00:50:13.98\00:50:15.31
and I look out into the stars,
00:50:15.34\00:50:16.85
how we can here
in Southern Illinois,
00:50:16.88\00:50:19.38
we can see stars without number,
00:50:19.41\00:50:21.38
and our great God
knows each star by name.
00:50:21.42\00:50:26.05
That's great.
00:50:26.09\00:50:27.69
He doesn't forget
when He put them there,
00:50:27.72\00:50:30.09
as He said to
Job, where were you.
00:50:30.13\00:50:32.89
Where were you
when I laid the heavens?
00:50:32.93\00:50:34.76
Where were you when I
told the ocean so far,
00:50:34.80\00:50:37.33
but go no further?
00:50:37.37\00:50:38.70
God alone is great.
00:50:38.73\00:50:40.24
But we find that there
are those attempts on earth,
00:50:40.27\00:50:43.30
as it was in the
very beginning of men
00:50:43.34\00:50:45.47
attempting to
make themselves great.
00:50:45.51\00:50:47.81
Look at Genesis 11:4,
00:50:47.84\00:50:50.15
making the contrast
between the greatness
00:50:50.18\00:50:52.58
that comes from God,
00:50:52.61\00:50:53.95
and the greatness,
the futility of greatness
00:50:53.98\00:50:56.75
that men tried to
accomplish for themselves.
00:50:56.79\00:50:59.59
Genesis 11:4, "And they said,
00:50:59.62\00:51:02.12
'Come, let us
build ourselves a city,
00:51:02.16\00:51:06.16
and the tower, whose
top is in the heavens.
00:51:06.19\00:51:09.33
Let us make a
name for ourselves."
00:51:09.36\00:51:12.33
Anytime your
greatness doesn't come from God,
00:51:12.37\00:51:15.00
you're trying to
make a name for yourself,
00:51:15.04\00:51:17.01
not for the glory of God.
00:51:17.04\00:51:18.37
"Lest we be scattered abroad
00:51:18.41\00:51:20.14
over the face of
the whole earth."
00:51:20.18\00:51:22.48
However,
there's a however, Jill,
00:51:22.51\00:51:24.98
when God makes you great,
00:51:25.01\00:51:27.22
God then becomes responsible
for every success in your life.
00:51:27.25\00:51:32.29
But like every covenant,
the covenant is conditional.
00:51:32.32\00:51:36.16
You do what God says,
He will do exceedingly,
00:51:36.19\00:51:39.46
abundantly above all
that you can ask or think.
00:51:39.49\00:51:43.06
Look at Malachi
3:10, the covenant,
00:51:43.10\00:51:46.13
and I've often called
this the least that we can do
00:51:46.17\00:51:49.10
to show our
gratitude towards God.
00:51:49.14\00:51:51.77
What did He
promised when we follow
00:51:51.81\00:51:53.34
the covenant of giving?
00:51:53.38\00:51:55.01
Here's what he says.
00:51:55.04\00:51:56.44
Malachi 3:10,
00:51:56.48\00:51:57.81
"Bring all the
tithes into the storehouse,
00:51:57.85\00:51:59.88
that there may
be food in My house,
00:51:59.91\00:52:01.88
and try me now in this
says the Lord of hosts,
00:52:01.92\00:52:04.95
'If I will not open to
you the windows of heaven
00:52:04.99\00:52:08.72
and pour you out such a blessing
00:52:08.76\00:52:11.53
that there will
not be room enough
00:52:11.56\00:52:13.53
to receive it."
00:52:13.56\00:52:14.90
When you are
faithful to God, God says,
00:52:14.93\00:52:17.50
if you keep the
covenant of honoring Me,
00:52:17.53\00:52:20.07
I will more than
abundantly supply
00:52:20.10\00:52:22.30
all of your lack.
00:52:22.34\00:52:23.67
I will, as Paul says,
supply all of your need,
00:52:23.71\00:52:27.98
according to My
riches and glory.
00:52:28.01\00:52:29.84
And have you seen
00:52:29.88\00:52:31.21
God's credit limit lately, Jill?
00:52:31.25\00:52:33.98
He doesn't count.
00:52:34.02\00:52:35.35
He doesn't count
His wealth by cattle,
00:52:35.38\00:52:37.09
He counts His wealth by hills.
00:52:37.12\00:52:39.12
The silver and
gold belongs to Him.
00:52:39.15\00:52:41.09
He alone is the One
that is worthy to be praised.
00:52:41.12\00:52:45.09
David the Psalmist I love it
when he extols the name of God.
00:52:45.13\00:52:48.16
And I said this to Shelly,
but I'm going to say it to you.
00:52:48.20\00:52:50.33
God doesn't just want us
to uplift Him in our words.
00:52:50.37\00:52:53.60
He wants us to
uplift Him in our lives.
00:52:53.64\00:52:57.14
Psalm 107:1-3,
00:52:57.17\00:52:59.21
"Oh, give thanks to the Lord,
00:52:59.24\00:53:00.61
for He is good!
00:53:00.64\00:53:02.78
For His mercy endures forever.
00:53:02.81\00:53:05.31
Let the redeemed
of the Lord," what?
00:53:05.35\00:53:07.35
"Say so,
00:53:07.38\00:53:08.85
whom the Lord has redeemed
from the hand of the enemy,
00:53:08.88\00:53:11.85
and gathered out of the lands."
00:53:11.89\00:53:14.42
Now what can God do for us?
00:53:14.46\00:53:15.79
Listen to this,
Psalms 107:33-38.
00:53:15.82\00:53:19.06
I'm trying to go fast.
00:53:19.09\00:53:21.26
"He turns rivers
into a wilderness,
00:53:21.30\00:53:23.67
and the water
springs into dry ground,
00:53:23.70\00:53:25.93
a fruitful land into barrenness,
00:53:25.97\00:53:28.14
for the wickedness of
those who dwell in it.
00:53:28.17\00:53:30.34
He turns a
wilderness into pools of water
00:53:30.37\00:53:33.11
and dry land to water springs.
00:53:33.14\00:53:35.01
There He makes the hungry dwell,
00:53:35.04\00:53:37.58
that they may establish a
city for a dwelling place.
00:53:37.61\00:53:40.82
And sow fields
and plant vineyards,
00:53:40.85\00:53:43.39
that they may
yield a fruitful harvest.
00:53:43.42\00:53:46.15
He also blesses them,
and they multiply greatly,
00:53:46.19\00:53:49.89
and He does not let
their cattle decrease."
00:53:49.92\00:53:53.60
So very quickly,
00:53:53.63\00:53:54.96
why should we serve the Lord?
00:53:55.00\00:53:56.36
Here's what the Lord does.
00:53:56.40\00:53:58.80
We are going to one day
get the privilege of meeting
00:53:58.83\00:54:00.70
the great God.
00:54:00.74\00:54:02.07
Are you looking forward to that?
00:54:02.10\00:54:03.44
Amen.
00:54:03.47\00:54:04.81
The Bible is not silent
on who the great God is.
00:54:04.84\00:54:07.58
One day all the nations
will come to the realization.
00:54:07.61\00:54:10.58
Acts 4:12,
00:54:10.61\00:54:12.05
"Nor is there
salvation in any other,
00:54:12.08\00:54:14.78
for there is no
other name under heaven
00:54:14.82\00:54:17.32
given among men
00:54:17.35\00:54:18.79
by which we must be saved."
00:54:18.82\00:54:20.72
That is the name of Jesus.
00:54:20.76\00:54:22.49
What does the Bible say?
00:54:22.52\00:54:23.86
Ask Isaiah the prophet,
what does he say about God?
00:54:23.89\00:54:26.23
Isaiah 46:9,
00:54:26.26\00:54:28.10
"Remember the
former things of old,
00:54:28.13\00:54:29.46
for I am God, and
there is no other.
00:54:29.50\00:54:31.90
I am God and
there is none like Me."
00:54:31.93\00:54:33.84
That is true greatness.
00:54:33.87\00:54:35.20
Isaiah 44:8,
00:54:35.24\00:54:37.57
"Do not fear, nor be afraid,
00:54:37.61\00:54:39.94
have I not told
you from that time
00:54:39.97\00:54:41.51
and declare it?
00:54:41.54\00:54:42.88
You are My witnesses.
00:54:42.91\00:54:44.25
Is there a God
beside me?" Listen to this.
00:54:44.28\00:54:46.72
"Indeed, there is no other rock,
00:54:46.75\00:54:48.98
I know not one."
00:54:49.02\00:54:50.35
That's really God.
00:54:50.39\00:54:51.72
And then Paul the Apostle says,
00:54:51.75\00:54:53.72
"What shall we
say of these things,
00:54:53.76\00:54:55.39
if God be for us,
who can be against us."
00:54:55.42\00:54:58.46
And the
testimony of a pagan king.
00:54:58.49\00:55:01.36
Daniel 3:29,
00:55:01.40\00:55:02.76
"There is no other God
who can deliver like this."
00:55:02.80\00:55:06.70
That is a great God.
00:55:06.74\00:55:08.97
That's right. Amen.
00:55:09.00\00:55:10.34
Amen.
00:55:10.37\00:55:11.71
Amen and amen.
00:55:11.74\00:55:13.07
Well an exciting lesson,
00:55:13.11\00:55:14.44
it's almost unbelievable to
think that it's almost over.
00:55:14.48\00:55:17.81
But we want to
get to each one of you
00:55:17.85\00:55:19.85
for a final comment.
00:55:19.88\00:55:21.22
Starting with Sister Shelley.
00:55:21.25\00:55:23.39
The everlasting covenant
was introduced in a garden,
00:55:23.42\00:55:28.02
the seed of the woman,
the offspring of the woman,
00:55:28.06\00:55:32.53
not of the husband,
00:55:32.56\00:55:33.90
because God Himself came down
00:55:33.93\00:55:36.63
and became the Son of God.
00:55:36.67\00:55:39.97
Amen.
00:55:40.00\00:55:41.34
You know, my lesson was talking
about emphasizing the covenant
00:55:41.37\00:55:44.24
from the
perspective of Christ's return.
00:55:44.27\00:55:46.24
And, you know,
each and every one of us
00:55:46.27\00:55:47.64
have that wonderful blessed hope
00:55:47.68\00:55:49.01
to look forward
00:55:49.04\00:55:50.38
to the time when
Jesus will return,
00:55:50.41\00:55:51.95
and He will come
back and get His people,
00:55:51.98\00:55:53.85
but we still have
to prepare and God,
00:55:53.88\00:55:56.99
there's a reason why
God has not returned yet.
00:55:57.02\00:55:59.12
This is allowing us to prepare.
00:55:59.15\00:56:00.66
So submit to Jesus today.
00:56:00.69\00:56:02.62
Give your heart to Him, and live
00:56:02.66\00:56:04.73
so that you can be with
Him one day when He returns.
00:56:04.76\00:56:07.06
Amen.
00:56:07.10\00:56:08.43
My lesson talked about
a great and mighty nation,
00:56:08.46\00:56:10.27
the purpose of
the nation of Israel
00:56:10.30\00:56:12.13
and by extension us
today spiritual Israel.
00:56:12.17\00:56:15.44
This quote is 2 Corinthians
3, I love this, verse 2.
00:56:15.47\00:56:19.27
"You are our epistle
written in our hearts,
00:56:19.31\00:56:22.94
known and read by all men.
00:56:22.98\00:56:25.71
Clearly you are
an epistle of Christ,
00:56:25.75\00:56:28.78
written not with ink,
00:56:28.82\00:56:30.15
but by the Spirit
of the Living God."
00:56:30.19\00:56:31.99
You and I are
called to represent Christ
00:56:32.02\00:56:35.36
to the world.
00:56:35.39\00:56:36.73
Amen.
00:56:36.76\00:56:38.09
And Matthew 23:12,
00:56:38.13\00:56:39.46
talking about
greatness and humility,
00:56:39.49\00:56:41.13
the Bible says,
00:56:41.16\00:56:42.50
"And whoever exalts
himself will be humbled,
00:56:42.53\00:56:45.73
and he who humbles
himself will be exalted."
00:56:45.77\00:56:48.80
The thing that moves my heart
00:56:48.84\00:56:50.17
is as we talk
about this great God,
00:56:50.21\00:56:52.44
He just gives us a
glimpse that one day,
00:56:52.47\00:56:55.24
how He is right
now, we are going to be.
00:56:55.28\00:56:58.18
Isn't that a wonderful blessing?
00:56:58.21\00:56:59.55
Amen.
00:56:59.58\00:57:00.92
1 John 3:2, "Now we
are children of God,
00:57:00.95\00:57:04.09
but it has not yet been revealed
00:57:04.12\00:57:05.45
what we shall be
00:57:05.49\00:57:06.82
but we do know that
when He is revealed,
00:57:06.86\00:57:09.26
we shall be like Him.
00:57:09.29\00:57:11.86
For we shall see
Him as He is one day
00:57:11.89\00:57:13.83
we will
understand His greatness."
00:57:13.86\00:57:16.10
Hallelujah. Amen.
00:57:16.13\00:57:17.47
Praise the Lord. Amen and amen.
00:57:17.50\00:57:19.03
Well, a powerful lesson,
00:57:19.07\00:57:21.40
and we hope you
have been blessed.
00:57:21.44\00:57:23.77
I would like to read to
you from Genesis 15:1 again.
00:57:23.81\00:57:28.54
"After these things
the word of the Lord
00:57:28.58\00:57:30.65
came to Abram in a vision,
00:57:30.68\00:57:32.01
saying, 'Do not
be afraid, Abram.
00:57:32.05\00:57:34.12
I am your shield, your
exceedingly great reward."
00:57:34.15\00:57:38.49
What God was to
Abraham, he wants to be to you.
00:57:38.52\00:57:43.73
He wants to be your shield,
00:57:43.76\00:57:45.23
and you're
exceeding great reward.
00:57:45.26\00:57:48.06
So how do you do this?
00:57:48.10\00:57:49.43
How is it that
this can happen for me?
00:57:49.46\00:57:51.40
Well, what we must do
00:57:51.43\00:57:53.84
is put ourselves in
the hands of the Lord,
00:57:53.87\00:57:56.07
choose to obey the
Lord with all of our hearts,
00:57:56.10\00:57:59.04
and He will give us strength
to face the challenges of life.
00:57:59.07\00:58:03.55
Next week we have
lesson number six,
00:58:03.58\00:58:05.68
Abraham's seed.
00:58:05.71\00:58:07.05
We'll see you then.
00:58:07.08\00:58:08.42