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We've been making
our way through a study
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of the book of Genesis
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and this week,
we're into Lesson Number 8
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entitled: The Promise
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Ryan: Hello Friends, welcome
to 3ABN Sabbath School Panel.
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It never gets old to say that.
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I love the Sabbath School Panel,
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we all receive such a powerful
blessing each and every week
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just opening the Word of God.
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This is what this
Program is all about...
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getting deeper
into God's Word...
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coming to know God more
through a study of His Word
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and we're excited because
we're making our way through
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the book of Genesis.
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Genesis means origins
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and that's exactly
what we're studying...
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we're studying the origins
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and we've been
looking at Abraham...
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we're going to continue through
the story of Abraham today
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but before we do, let
me introduce the Panel.
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To my left, we
have Ms. Jill Morikone.
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Always a blessing
to have you Sister.
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Thank you Pastor Ryan,
I'm excited about this lesson,
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I have
Substitutionary Atonement.
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Ryan: Hmmm... interesting.
Panel: Yes... oh my!
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Ryan: Pastor John Lomacang,
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it's always a
blessing to have you Brother.
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Lomacang: Mine is a bitter-sweet
focus on the death of Sarah.
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Quite a few lessons for couples
that experience life together.
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I'm looking forward to it.
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Ryan: Wow... me as
well... praise the Lord
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and, of course, to your
left is Ms. Shelley Quinn,
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how are you?
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Shelley: I'm going to
talk about a wife for Isaac.
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Ryan: Praise the Lord
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and last but not least at
the far end of this big table
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Pastor Kenny Shelton,
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always a blessing
to have you around.
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Kenny: It's
always good to be here...
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I'm going to be
looking at a wife for Abraham.
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Ryan: All right...
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Kenny: I guess, we
can say... another wife.
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We'll see right... as
we get into the lesson.
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Ryan: That's
right... absolutely.
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Ryan: Lesson Number 8
is entitled: The Promise.
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and before we pray, I'm
going to read the Memory Text.
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This is coming from
Genesis chapter 24 and verse 1,
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this is from the
New King James Version.
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It says, "Now, Abraham was old,
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well advanced in age;
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and the Lord had
blessed Abraham in all things. "
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But before we go any further,
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I'm going to ask
Pastor John Lomacang
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if you don't mind, Brother,
to have a prayer for us.
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Lomacang: Sure,
let's bow our heads.
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"Gracious Father,
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we have learned again that
when we start at the beginning,
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You walk us through the
valleys that we have missed...
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the peaks that we
have overlooked...
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and the lessons that
have now impressed us again
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for the first time.
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We pray that You will
bless our hearts and minds today
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as we step through
the pages of the Holy Writ
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and speak into our ears
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what the Spirit would have us
to say to those who are watching
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and listening to this Program
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and may all the
glory go only to You.
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In Jesus' name, amen. "
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Panel: Amen...
amen... praise the Lord.
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Ryan: You know,
Sabbath afternoon's Lesson
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was power packed with
all these powerful points
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connecting all the dots
and setting the foundation
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for what we're going
to be studying this week.
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I just felt I just
needed to read through it
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because it was worded so well
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and it really
sets a great foundation
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for what it is we're studying.
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It says, "Finally
as God had promised,
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Sarah bore Abraham a
son, 'in his old age... '
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according to Genesis 21:2
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and he named the baby Isaac.
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But the story of
Abraham is far from over,
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reaching the climactic moment
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with him taking his
son to Mount Moriah... "
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which is what I'm going to be
talking about in a few moments.
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"Mount Moriah to be sacrificed.
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Isaac, however,
is replaced by a ram
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which signified God's
commitment to bless the nations
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through his 'seed. '
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That Seed, of course, was Jesus.
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Hence, in his astonishment...
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in this astonishing...
in some ways... " it says,
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"in some ways troubling story,"
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it says, "more of the plan
of salvation is revealed...
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more the plan of
salvation is revealed. "
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It goes on to say,
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"Whatever the deep
spiritual lessons here,
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the family of
Abraham, nevertheless,
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must have been shaken by it
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and the future of
Abraham is not clear.
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Sarah dies... " as
we're going to see...
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"Sarah dies after the sacrifice
of Moriah in Genesis 23
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and Isaac remained single.
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Abraham then takes the
initiative to make sure
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that the 'right'
future will follow him.
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He arranges the marriage of
Rebecca in Genesis chapter 24
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as we'll see...
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who will give
birth to two sons...
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of course, and Abraham himself
gets married to Keturah... "
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which Pastor Kenny is
going to tell us about...
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"who will give
him many children.
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This week, we
will follow Abraham
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to the end of his life... "
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and of course, Sunday's lesson
starts out at Mount Moriah...
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that great
scene that takes place
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at the top of Mount Moriah.
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Of course, Mount Moriah is
a famous Biblical landmark...
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we come back to Mount Moriah
many times in the Scripture.
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But you know...
this is... this study
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this particular lesson
here is dear to my heart
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because I remember growing up...
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I had certain
family members who...
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you know, we're
professed Christians
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but didn't believe
certain aspects of the Bible
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just because they felt
like it was unbelievable
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according to
the character of God
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and... and it was just
a lack of understanding
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and I remember
certain family members saying,
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"You know what? I believe
in... in parts of the Bible
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but there are
certain parts of the Bible,
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I just don't believe
was inspired by God... "
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and one of those stories was
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the story we're
going to read this morning
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or study this morning about
how Abraham was asked by God
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to sacrifice his son
at top of Mount Moriah
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and so, we're
going to clarify...
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we're going to
make this story...
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we're going to set
the record straight
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because we know that
God had no intention of...
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of... of Isaac
going... excuse me,
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of Isaac being murdered or...
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or taken by...
his... his father.
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In this case, we're going
to see that God had a plan
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and Abraham followed through
with that plan very well.
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So, let's start right there,
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we're actually in
Genesis chapter 22
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and we're going to
read verses 1 through 12
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and we're going to make
some comments along the way.
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So, starting in verse
1 of Genesis chapter 22,
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it says, "Now it came to pass
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after these things
that God tested Abraham... "
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press that pause
button for just a moment.
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Does God test His people?
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Panel: Hmmm... hmmm... amen.
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Ryan: Does God test His people?
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Does God often test us?
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We see examples of this all
the way through Scripture...
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we see it with Adam and Eve...
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they were tested
obviously with the Tree...
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obviously Job... was Job tested?
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Panel: Yeah.
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Ryan: Okay, just a...
just mentioning a few words,
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was the nation of Israel tested?
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Panel: Yeah. Ryan: Oooooh...
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they were tested.
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Hezekiah... King
Hezekiah is a great example.
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What about the
three Hebrew children?
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Hananiah, Mishael,
Azariah were they...
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were they put through a
test during the days of Daniel
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and Nebuchadnezzar?
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Probably the
greatest example of all
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was Jesus tested?
Panel: Yes... yeah.
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Ryan: My goodness... my Friends,
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God sometimes will
allow us to be tested.
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He wants us to be tested
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to see where our
faith really lies...
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where our allegiance really lies
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and in this case, He's going
to put Abraham through a test.
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Him and Abraham
have been through a lot
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and so, notice what it says:
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God tested
Abraham, and said to him,
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"Abraham" and he
said, "Here I am. "
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Then He said,
"Take now your son,
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your only son
Isaac, whom you love,
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and go to the land of Moriah,
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and offer him
there as a burnt offering
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on one of the mountains
of which I shall tell you. "
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Verse 3:
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"So Abraham rose
early in the morning
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and saddled his donkey,
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and took two of his young
men with him, and Isaac his son;
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and he split the wood
for the burnt offering,
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and arose and went to the place
of which God had told him. "
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You know, what's amazing about
this... this part right here
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which I was astonished
because if there was...
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the Bible doesn't record
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but notice how there's...
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there's no argument
on the part of Abraham.
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Panel: That's right.
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Ryan: Notice how the
Bible doesn't record any...
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no question...
"But... but wait God...
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what? oh no... no,
no, no, what Lord?"
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I mean... what is he
now... I mean, he's... he's...
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he's probably a young man...
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a young teenager perhaps...
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in this case,
he's waited all the way
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till he was a 100 years old
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before God
answered his prayer finally
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in coming forward
and giving him a son
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and now it was
like, "Wait a second...
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You just gave me
this wonderful son...
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You finally came
through with the promise
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and now You're
asking... " there's no...
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there's no rebuttal...
there's no record here
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you can already see
the faith of Abraham
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because what does that
part say there in verse 3?
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"And Abraham rose
early in the morning
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and saddled is donkey. "
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He just got up and
went about his business.
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"It's okay Lord,
let's go for this. "
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Notice verse 4,
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"Then on the third day... "
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I like that...
"on the third day... "
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Panel: Yeah.
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Ryan: We already
start to see this imagery...
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the foreshadowing
of the cross of Christ.
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On the third day... Christ
was with us... for how long?
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Three and a half days...
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on the third day,
Christ, of course, would begin
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or would be inching closer
to the end of His ministry...
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the end of His life
as our... as our Savior.
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Verse 4: "Then on the third day
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Abraham lifted his eyes
and saw the place afar off.
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And Abraham said
to his young men,
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'Stay here with the donkey;
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the lad and I will
go yonder and worship,
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and we will come back to you. '"
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Did you catch that?
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Panel: Hmmm... hmmm...
Ryan: Did you catch that detail?
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And who will come back?
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Panel: We. Ryan:
"And we will come back. "
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This is further
evidence of Abraham's faith...
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his... his
faith... he knows God...
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he knows God...
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he knows... you know,
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he... Abraham has been
through some stuff with God.
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At this point,
you're starting to see...
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that they had a long
relationship together
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and now, you're starting
to see Abraham's faith...
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"You know what
guys... stay here...
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we're going to go
up this mountain... "
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he's got the wood...
he's got the... the...
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all of the
equipment... they know what...
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they know
what's about to happen,
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they know... according
to what they're bringing
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and where they're
going... what they're...
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they know what's about to happen
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but yet, he...
he promises them...
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he says, "We're... we're
going to come back together...
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we will be back here... "
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"So Abraham took the
wood... this is verse 6:
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and the burnt offering
and laid it on Isaac his son;
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and he took the fire
in his hand, and a knife,
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and the two of
them went together.
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But Isaac spoke to Abraham his
father and said, "My father!"
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And he said,
"Here I am, my son. "
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Then he said, "Look,
the fire and the wood,
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but where is the lamb
for a burnt offering?"
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Panel: Hmmm... hmmm...
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Ryan: And Abraham said, "My son,
God will provide for Himself
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the lamb for a burnt offering. "
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So the two of
them went together.
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Notice that God will provide...
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not... you know, at this point,
he said, "Well son, you know,
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God's told me to take you
up this mountain and... and...
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and... and take your
life as a sacrifice for Him. "
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But he says, "You know what?
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God will provide. "
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Abraham knows something...
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Panel: Hmmm... hmmm...
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Ryan: Abraham knows something...
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he is in full
connection with God...
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he's full of the
Spirit of the Lord
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and he knows...
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he's putting full
trust into God and His Word
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and the
relationship that they've had.
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Abraham knows something...
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his trust is so
strong in the Lord
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that he even tells his own son,
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"Look son, hey... God
will provide a lamb...
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He will provide His sacrifice. "
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And then he goes on to say here,
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"Then they came to the
place which God had told him.
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And Abraham built an altar there
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and placed the wood in order;
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he bound Isaac his son
and laid him on the altar,
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upon the wood.
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And Abraham
stretched out his hand
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and took the
knife to slay his son.
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But the Angel of the Lord... "
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we've heard this already...
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"But the Angel of the Lord...
" this is God Himself speaking,
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"The Angel of the Lord called
to him from heaven and said,
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'Abraham, Abraham!'
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So he said, 'Here I am... '"
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and verse 12...
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"And He said, 'Do not
lay your hand on the lad,
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or do anything to him; for
now I know that you fear God,
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since you have
not withheld your son,
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your only son, from Me. '"
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This is powerful...
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I love this story
because this is... this is...
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this is a replication or a...
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this is a perfect example
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of the attitude of
God the Father towards us
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in giving up His
Son... His beloved Son.
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This is the cross, my Friends,
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the wood is laid
on his back... okay
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and as we're going to
see in just a little bit...
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not going to get too much in it
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but of course,
God provides the Ram
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and where is the ram caught?
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The ram's horns are caught in a
thicket or in thorns perhaps...
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remember a crown of
thorns upon the head of Christ?
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We're seeing all of this...
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all of this
beautiful, beautiful imagery
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pointing towards
the plan of salvation
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how Jesus Christ will
give His life for all mankind
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and it's interesting here,
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I'm just emphasizing
the faith of Abraham...
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not to lift up the man
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but the spirit that is dwelling
and working through this man
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as he is humbling himself...
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as he is putting himself
in full trust under the Lord.
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In Hebrews 11... I
want to go to Hebrews 11
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verses 17 through 19,
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it really amplifies
the mentality of Abraham
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as he's preparing
to... to again follow through
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because I believe
Abraham was... he knew it...
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he knew that the Lord
was going to come through...
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but nonetheless, he was
not going to waver one bit.
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He's not saying, you know,
"All right Lord, how about now?
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are you going to show up now?
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What about now? Are
you going to show up now?"
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He knew that even if he
had brought the knife down
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and taken the life of his son,
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that God was still
going to come through.
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Notice Hebrews 11
verses 17 through 19,
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it says, "By faith
Abraham, when he was tested,
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offered up
Isaac, and he had... "
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notice, "he who had
received the promises
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offered up his
only begotten son,
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of whom it was said,
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'In Isaac your
seed shall be called,'
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concluding
that... '" notice this,
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"God was able to raise
him up, even from the dead,
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from which he also received
him in a figurative sense. "
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This is powerful...
Abraham is walking up...
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he's a man on a mission...
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he's walking up this mountain...
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and he knew, you know what?
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Even if I do have to
take the life of my only son
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whom I love so dearly,
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I trust in God
to do what is right
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to even resurrect this young man
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because He's promised me
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that He is going
to take this seed
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and make a great nation.
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Do you trust God like that?
Panel: There you go... hmmm...
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Ryan: When God has asked you...
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can you trust God and believe
in God and put your trust in God
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even in times when you
don't fully understand?
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Even when the answers may not be
laid out right in front of you,
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do you place your trust in God?
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There's a lesson to be learned
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from Father
Abraham in this case.
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Panel: Amen... yes.
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Jill: Amen, thank
you so much Pastor Ryan,
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that's an amazing...
it's really an amazing story,
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you know, I just am getting a
little teary eyed sitting here
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listening to you,
thinking of that sacrifice
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and that willingness...
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Abraham's faith is incredible,
thank you, Ryan, for that.
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I'm Jill Morikone and
I have Monday's Lesson
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which is: God Will Provide.
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Panel: That's right.
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Jill: So, I'm going to divide
the lesson into two portions.
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The theological understanding
and the practical understanding.
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So, let's start
with the theology.
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What is
"Substitutionary Atonement"?
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Because that's what
our lesson's about...
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God will provide
Himself the Lamb.
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What is
Substitutionary Atonement?
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A substitute is someone
who simply takes the place
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of another.
Panel: Hmmm... hmmm...
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Jill: Jesus took my place.
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Atonement is paying the
penalty for a wrong committed
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and when it is
paid, we see: at-one-ment.
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We see reconciliation...
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we see that
healing taking place.
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What was the penalty?
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What's the wages for sin?
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The wages of sin is death.
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So, if the
wages of sin is death,
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Jesus did the atonement.
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Jesus died as a
substitute in our place
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so that we have the opportunity
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to be reconciled
back to the Father.
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We have the opportunity
to have that: at-one-ment.
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There are a couple of
Scriptures I want to reference
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when we talk about Christ's
substitutionary sacrifice.
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Let's go to 1st Peter.
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1st Peter chapter 2 verse 24,
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it says, "who Himself...
" this is Christ... Jesus...
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"bore our sins in His
own body on the tree... "
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this is
substitutionary atonement...
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Him taking my
penalty... your penalty...
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"that we, having died to sins,
might live for righteousness...
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by whose stripes
you are healed. "
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What about Isaiah 53...
this is the Suffering Servant...
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Isaiah 53 verse 5,
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"He... Jesus... was
wounded for our transgressions,
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He was bruised
for our iniquities;
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the chastisement for
our peace was upon Him,
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and by His
stripes we are healed. "
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What about 2nd Corinthians 5:21?
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You know I had to
get that one there...
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this double imputation:
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For God made Jesus...
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He made Him...
who knew no sin...
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Jesus was the perfect
spotless Lamb of God...
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to be sin for us,
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that we might become the
righteousness of God in Him.
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So, what is happening?
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My sin is imputed to Christ...
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Christ's
righteousness is imputed to me.
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Substitutionary
Atonement. Panel: Amen.
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Jill: We see
this on Mount Moriah.
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Ryan already read verse 8...
00:17:08.82\00:17:10.76
we're in Genesis 22
verse 8, what did Abraham say?
00:17:10.79\00:17:14.80
"My son, God will
provide for Himself the lamb
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for a burnt offering. "
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The Hebrew verbal
form literally says,
00:17:20.77\00:17:24.31
"God will provide
Himself as the Lamb. "
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The verb "provide"
can mean: provide Himself.
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What is He saying?
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God will provide
Himself as the Lamb.
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Jesus is the sacrifice.
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When the test was over...
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when Abraham's faith
and obedience were tested
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and God had cried
out from heaven saying,
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"Abraham, Abraham,
do not slay your son. "
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What happened? Verse 13,
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Genesis 22 verse 13,
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"Abraham lifted up
his eyes and looked,
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and behold, there was
a ram caught in a thicket
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by its horns. "
00:17:58.57\00:17:59.91
I love what you said, Pastor
Ryan there about the thorns,
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I love that.
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"So, Abraham
went and took the ram,
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and offered it up for a burnt
offering instead of his son. "
00:18:05.55\00:18:10.39
That
substitutionary atonement...
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the ram took
Isaac's place, right?
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Ryan: That's right.
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Jill: The ram was sacrificed
in the place of Isaac.
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That's what Jesus did on
the cross for you and for me...
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took our place...
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took our sins...
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paid the penalty of the law...
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the wages of sin is death
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so that you and I
have the opportunity
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to receive forgiveness of sins
00:18:32.54\00:18:34.64
and to spend an
eternity with Him.
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Genesis 22 verse 14,
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"Abraham called the name of the
place: The Lord will provide;
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as it is said to this day,
00:18:42.15\00:18:44.05
'In the Mount of the
LORD it shall be provided. '"
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Ryan: That's right.
00:18:46.86\00:18:48.56
Jill: Now, let's look at the
practical understanding of this.
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Do you know that
God will provide?
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Do you know in your
life that God will provide?
00:18:53.60\00:18:58.97
Have you experienced a
test... maybe not like Abraham
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but have you experienced a test
00:19:01.40\00:19:02.77
where it seemed
there was no way out.
00:19:02.80\00:19:05.54
Has God provided
for you in your life?
00:19:05.57\00:19:08.24
Do you know that
God will provide?
00:19:08.28\00:19:10.91
Jochebed did.
00:19:10.95\00:19:12.28
Moses was destined to be killed
00:19:12.31\00:19:15.12
because all the baby boys
born in Egypt were to be killed
00:19:15.15\00:19:18.69
and yet, God provided a basket
and the daughter of Pharaoh
00:19:18.72\00:19:22.22
so that he could later
save the children of Israel.
00:19:22.26\00:19:26.56
Do you know that
God will provide?
00:19:26.59\00:19:28.56
The Israelites did...
the Red Sea in front...
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the Egyptian army behind...
00:19:30.70\00:19:32.03
no way to go forward
but God provided a way
00:19:32.07\00:19:35.20
and opened the Red Sea
00:19:35.24\00:19:36.57
so that they could go
forward on dry ground.
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Do you know that
God will provide?
00:19:39.37\00:19:41.34
The Israelites did
when they had no food
00:19:41.38\00:19:43.75
and He provided manna
miraculously every single day
00:19:43.78\00:19:47.32
and water to drink...
God provided for them.
00:19:47.35\00:19:50.25
Esther knew that
God would provide.
00:19:50.29\00:19:52.75
She and her people
were bound for annihilation
00:19:52.82\00:19:55.66
and God provided and extend...
00:19:55.69\00:19:58.13
the king extended
the scepter to her.
00:19:58.16\00:20:01.10
Nehemiah did... the city
of Jerusalem was destroyed
00:20:01.13\00:20:04.77
and burned with fire
00:20:04.80\00:20:06.37
and he was
wanting to know what to do
00:20:06.40\00:20:09.24
and God provided... when he
sent up that prayer to heaven,
00:20:09.27\00:20:12.17
God provided a
way for him to go back
00:20:12.24\00:20:14.74
and to help rebuild.
00:20:14.78\00:20:16.38
Rahab did... her city was
surrounded by the Israelite army
00:20:16.41\00:20:20.78
and God provided through
the red cord hung out the window
00:20:20.82\00:20:25.15
and God saved
her and her family.
00:20:25.19\00:20:28.46
Ryan: Hmmm... that's right.
00:20:28.49\00:20:29.82
Jill: Peter knew
God would provide...
00:20:29.86\00:20:31.19
he was in the
prison and guarded heavily
00:20:31.23\00:20:32.56
and yet, God opened up the
prison doors and set him free.
00:20:32.59\00:20:37.80
What are the ways
that God provides for you?
00:20:37.83\00:20:40.34
I would say that there are seven
ways that He provides for us,
00:20:40.37\00:20:43.71
we're going to do this quickly.
00:20:43.74\00:20:45.07
The first way He
provides is supernaturally.
00:20:45.11\00:20:47.34
This is the ravens...
that's supernatural, right?
00:20:47.38\00:20:49.74
bringing food to
Elijah by the Brook Cherith.
00:20:49.78\00:20:52.05
This is the Israelites...
their shoes didn't wear out,
00:20:52.08\00:20:54.75
that's supernatural.
00:20:54.78\00:20:56.18
The manna was provided...
00:20:56.22\00:20:57.79
that's supernatural.
00:20:57.82\00:20:59.15
Philippians 4:19...
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"My God shall
supply all your needs
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according to His riches
in glory by Christ Jesus. "
00:21:03.56\00:21:06.73
God can provide
supernaturally for you.
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Panel: That's right.
00:21:09.93\00:21:11.37
Jill: Number 2...
second way He provides...
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God provides through angels.
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Did you know that?
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Psalm 34 verse 7,
00:21:16.00\00:21:18.67
"The angel of the LORD encamps
around them who fear Him,
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and delivers them. "
00:21:21.88\00:21:23.41
Sometimes, God
provides supernaturally...
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sometimes He
provides through angels
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and sometimes, they
are in the form of men
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and that's number 3.
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God provides
through the care of others.
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I'm reminded of
Matthew 25 verse 40,
00:21:33.05\00:21:35.29
"And the King answers and said,
00:21:35.32\00:21:36.76
'Inasmuch as you did to one of
the least of these my brethren,
00:21:36.79\00:21:39.86
you did it unto me. '"
00:21:39.89\00:21:41.96
Galatians 6...
Pastor John... verse 2,
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what does it say? "Bear
one another's burdens. "
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Lomacang: That's right.
00:21:46.13\00:21:47.47
"And so fulfill
the law of Christ. "
00:21:47.50\00:21:49.80
God provides
through other people
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who step into our
lives and minister to us
00:21:52.51\00:21:56.54
if we need food or clothing
00:21:56.58\00:21:58.51
or shelter
00:21:58.55\00:21:59.88
or spiritual prayers or help...
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God provides
through other people.
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Number 4: God provides
strength during the journey.
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I love this one.
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Isaiah 43... "Do
not fear O Jacob,
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O Israel... the
God who formed you...
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I have redeemed you...
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I have called you by
name, you belong to Me.
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When you pass
through the waters... "
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you notice it doesn't say,
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"You're not going to
pass through the waters...
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I'm going to prevent you from
passing through the waters...
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you're not going to go
through a hard time... "
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No... "When you
pass through the waters,
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I'm going to be with you.
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When you go through the fire,
00:22:33.92\00:22:36.35
you will not be burned. "
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God provides the strength that
you and I need on the journey.
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Ryan: That's
right. Jill: Number 5...
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God provides peace in Him.
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Philippians 4:6 and 7,
"Be anxious for nothing;
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but in every thing by
prayer and supplication
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with thanksgiving
00:22:52.60\00:22:53.94
let your requests
be made known to God.
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And the peace of God,
which passes all understanding,
00:22:55.64\00:22:59.64
will guard your hearts and
minds through Christ Jesus. "
00:22:59.67\00:23:02.98
Ryan: That's right.
00:23:03.01\00:23:04.38
Jill: No matter what
test you are going through,
00:23:04.41\00:23:07.15
God will provide
peace in the midst of that.
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Ryan: Yes, He
will. Jill: Number 6...
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God provides
joy in His presence.
00:23:12.12\00:23:14.22
Now, who would have thought
when you're going through a test
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that you could walk in joy.
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Psalm 16 verse 11,
00:23:18.29\00:23:19.63
"You will show
me the path of life:
00:23:19.66\00:23:21.53
in Your presence
is fullness of joy;
00:23:21.56\00:23:23.60
at Your right hand are
pleasures forevermore. "
00:23:23.63\00:23:26.94
Ryan: That's right.
00:23:26.97\00:23:28.30
Jill: Number 7...
God provides healing.
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Jeremiah 17 verse 14,
00:23:31.47\00:23:34.24
"Heal me, O LORD,
and I shall be healed;
00:23:34.28\00:23:37.95
save me, and I shall be saved,
00:23:38.01\00:23:41.12
for You are my praise. "
00:23:41.15\00:23:43.15
Now, this is
physical healing, yes,
00:23:43.18\00:23:44.82
this is also
spiritual healing...
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this is also mental healing...
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this is also emotional healing.
00:23:49.22\00:23:51.49
Now, I told you that there are
seven ways that God provides,
00:23:51.53\00:23:54.06
but there's actually one more
and I saved the best for last.
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God provides salvation.
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Ryan: Hmmm... praise God.
00:23:58.63\00:24:00.54
Jill: Oh... that's
what this lesson's about...
00:24:00.57\00:24:02.34
substitutionary atonement.
00:24:02.37\00:24:04.54
God provides salvation
when you're stuck in sin...
00:24:04.57\00:24:07.58
in the mire of sin and
guilt and condemnation,
00:24:07.61\00:24:10.51
the Lord Jesus
comes to you and says,
00:24:10.55\00:24:12.71
"I will take your place...
00:24:12.75\00:24:14.08
I will take your sin...
00:24:14.12\00:24:15.45
I will take that... "
and you can walk free...
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you can be saved
in My kingdom at last.
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Panel: Amen... praise the Lord.
00:24:21.02\00:24:23.22
Ryan: You're never
going to go thirsty or hungry
00:24:23.26\00:24:24.76
after Jill finishes teaching...
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she's always got
resources... a full meal...
00:24:27.16\00:24:29.43
so, thank you so
much, it's such a blessing.
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Ryan: Welcome back to
3ABN Sabbath School Panel
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and we're going to toss
it to Pastor John Lomacang
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for Tuesday's Lesson.
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Lomacang: Thank you, Ryan,
00:25:15.31\00:25:16.64
we're talking about
the death of Sarah...
00:25:16.68\00:25:18.01
it's an indelible
amazing love story in the Bible
00:25:18.05\00:25:20.42
which, in so many ways,
00:25:20.45\00:25:22.12
reminds my wife and I of
each other in our journey
00:25:22.15\00:25:25.15
because it begins
with an act of amazing...
00:25:25.19\00:25:27.82
almost abundant faith.
00:25:27.86\00:25:29.56
To do something that
would be so uninformed...
00:25:29.59\00:25:33.19
we go back to... when we
began in Ministry in 1987
00:25:33.23\00:25:36.26
and we prayed for
the Lord to open the door
00:25:36.33\00:25:38.73
and literally, we went out
not knowing where we were going.
00:25:38.77\00:25:42.00
Panel: Hmmm...
00:25:42.04\00:25:43.37
Lomacang: And God provided
everything that we needed
00:25:43.41\00:25:44.84
and He still...
to this very day...
00:25:44.87\00:25:46.24
in the highs and lows...
the good times... bad times...
00:25:46.27\00:25:49.18
the times when
we were, you know,
00:25:49.24\00:25:51.25
in our valley of decision...
00:25:51.28\00:25:52.61
whether or not to
continue in ministry,
00:25:52.65\00:25:54.12
God pulled us through
00:25:54.15\00:25:55.52
but what's sad
about this story is...
00:25:55.55\00:25:57.35
you know, you wife
every... periodically she says,
00:25:57.39\00:25:59.42
"You know... "
she always says this,
00:25:59.45\00:26:00.89
"You know, if I die first,
you're going to re-marry. "
00:26:00.92\00:26:03.19
I said, "Honey no, there's
no way that I'm going to have...
00:26:03.22\00:26:06.26
I don't want to get to
heaven and have to choose
00:26:06.29\00:26:08.36
between two women... "
and I say that respectfully
00:26:08.40\00:26:10.40
for those who are
married more than once,
00:26:10.47\00:26:12.37
but I said...
"I've already found... "
00:26:12.43\00:26:14.04
we have on our wall...
00:26:14.10\00:26:15.44
"I found the one
whom I've loved. "
00:26:15.47\00:26:17.21
Panel: Hmmm... hmmm...
00:26:17.27\00:26:18.61
Lomacang: And so, this story of
Sarah and Abraham reminds us of
00:26:18.64\00:26:21.84
a couple that was always there
00:26:21.88\00:26:24.65
so, it begins with a
somber part of the story...
00:26:24.68\00:26:28.28
the death of Sarah
and... and so in Genesis 23...
00:26:28.32\00:26:31.72
let's walk through that together
00:26:31.75\00:26:33.39
and, Jill, I have
seven quick points
00:26:33.42\00:26:35.02
that I'm going to
make about this story
00:26:35.06\00:26:37.13
but it's so important because
00:26:37.16\00:26:38.49
you know, the... the desire was:
00:26:38.53\00:26:40.90
God had given Abraham...
00:26:40.93\00:26:42.26
He told them, "I'm going to
give you the Promised Land... "
00:26:42.30\00:26:44.30
and Sarah becomes one
of the first recipients
00:26:44.33\00:26:48.37
of the blessing
of the Promised Land.
00:26:48.40\00:26:49.80
We'll talk about
that in a moment.
00:26:49.84\00:26:51.17
So, let's look at this toggling
story as Abraham now has...
00:26:51.21\00:26:55.18
Abraham is now faced
with laying his wife to rest.
00:26:55.21\00:26:57.88
Panel: Hmmm... hmmm...
00:26:57.91\00:26:59.25
Lomacang: Genesis 23 verse 1,
00:26:59.28\00:27:00.62
"Sarah lived one
hundred and twenty-seven years;
00:27:00.65\00:27:04.22
these were the years
of the life of Sarah.
00:27:04.25\00:27:07.79
So, Sarah died in
Kirjath Arba... that is Hebron
00:27:07.82\00:27:12.46
in the land of Canaan,
00:27:12.49\00:27:13.83
and Abraham came to mourn
for Sarah and to weep for her.
00:27:13.86\00:27:16.87
Then Abraham stood
up from before his dead,
00:27:16.90\00:27:20.44
and spoke to the
sons of Heth, saying,
00:27:20.47\00:27:22.34
'I am a foreigner
and a visitor among you.
00:27:22.37\00:27:25.57
Give me property for a
burial place among you,
00:27:25.61\00:27:28.78
that I may bury my
dead out of my sight. '
00:27:28.81\00:27:32.48
And the Sons of
Heth answered Abraham,
00:27:32.51\00:27:36.12
saying to him,
'Hear us, my lord:
00:27:36.18\00:27:38.15
You are a
mighty prince among us;
00:27:38.19\00:27:40.12
bury your dead in the
choicest of our burial places.
00:27:40.16\00:27:44.96
None of us will withhold
from you his burial place,
00:27:44.99\00:27:49.76
that you may bury your dead. '"
00:27:49.83\00:27:51.37
What a beautiful act this
is! Panel: Hmmm... it's awesome.
00:27:51.40\00:27:52.80
Lomacang: "Take
whatever you want... "
00:27:52.83\00:27:54.17
Panel: Hmmm... hmmm...
00:27:54.20\00:27:55.54
Lomacang: And this
story is amazing... it says...
00:27:55.57\00:27:56.91
so it goes on... Verse 7,
00:27:56.94\00:27:58.34
"Then Abraham stood up
00:27:58.37\00:28:00.24
and bowed himself to
the people of the land,
00:28:00.28\00:28:02.34
the sons of Heth.
00:28:02.38\00:28:03.71
And he spoke with them, saying,
00:28:03.75\00:28:05.15
'If it is your wish that I
bury my dead out of my sight,
00:28:05.21\00:28:10.12
hear me, and meet with
Ephron the son of Zohar for me,
00:28:10.15\00:28:15.06
that he may give me the
cave of Machpelah which he has,
00:28:15.09\00:28:20.00
which is at the
end of his field.
00:28:20.03\00:28:23.57
Let him give it to
me at the full price,
00:28:23.63\00:28:26.17
as property for a
burial place among you. '
00:28:26.23\00:28:28.64
Now Ephron dwelt
among the sons of Heth;
00:28:28.67\00:28:31.14
and Ephron the
Hittite answered Abraham
00:28:31.17\00:28:33.27
in the presence
of the sons of Heth,
00:28:33.31\00:28:35.34
all who entered at the
gate of his city, saying,
00:28:35.38\00:28:37.55
'No, my lord, hear me:
00:28:37.58\00:28:39.18
I give you the field
and the cave that is in it;
00:28:39.21\00:28:42.58
I give it to you in the presence
of the sons of my people.
00:28:42.62\00:28:45.19
I give it to
you. Bury your dead!'
00:28:45.25\00:28:47.66
Then Abraham bowed himself down
before the people of the land;
00:28:47.69\00:28:50.43
and he spoke to Ephron
in the hearing of the people
00:28:50.46\00:28:52.43
of the land, saying,
00:28:52.46\00:28:53.83
'If you will give
it, please hear me.
00:28:53.86\00:28:55.76
I will give you
money for the field;
00:28:55.80\00:28:57.60
take it from me and I
will bury my dead there. '
00:28:57.63\00:29:00.37
And Ephron answered
Abraham, saying to him,
00:29:00.40\00:29:03.10
'My lord, listen to me... '"
00:29:03.14\00:29:05.01
can you see the
battle going back and forth?
00:29:05.04\00:29:06.51
"I just want to
give it to you. "
00:29:06.57\00:29:07.91
"My lord, listen to me,
00:29:07.94\00:29:09.28
the land is worth four
hundred shekels of silver.
00:29:09.31\00:29:11.51
What is that between you and me?
00:29:11.55\00:29:14.22
So, Abraham weighed
out the silver for Ephron
00:29:14.25\00:29:21.99
which he had named in the
hearing of the sons of Heth,
00:29:22.02\00:29:25.23
four hundred shekels of silver,
00:29:25.29\00:29:26.63
currency of the merchants.
00:29:26.66\00:29:28.60
So the field of Ephron
which was in Machpelah,
00:29:28.63\00:29:33.13
which was before Mamre,
00:29:33.17\00:29:34.87
the field in the
cave which was in it,
00:29:34.90\00:29:37.47
and all the trees
that were in the field,
00:29:37.51\00:29:40.01
which were within all
the surrounding borders,
00:29:40.04\00:29:42.44
were deeded to Abraham
00:29:42.48\00:29:45.31
as a possession in the
presence of the sons of Heth,
00:29:45.35\00:29:48.35
before all who went in
at the gate of his city.
00:29:48.38\00:29:51.39
And after this,
Abraham buried Sarah his wife
00:29:51.42\00:29:54.36
in the cave of the field
of Machpelah, before Mamre...
00:29:54.39\00:29:57.23
that is, Hebron...
in the land of Canaan.
00:29:57.26\00:30:00.50
So the field and
the cave that is in it
00:30:00.56\00:30:03.37
were deeded to
Abraham by the sons of Heth
00:30:03.40\00:30:06.17
as property for
a burial place. "
00:30:06.20\00:30:07.84
That's a
five-minute reading there.
00:30:07.87\00:30:09.50
Panel: Laughter.
00:30:09.54\00:30:10.87
Lomacang: But what
I want to go through
00:30:10.91\00:30:12.34
and I was wanting to
get the five minutes here
00:30:12.37\00:30:13.71
because my seven points...
I'll still be able to get it...
00:30:13.74\00:30:15.81
I've... I've... I
praise the Lord for that.
00:30:15.84\00:30:18.45
What I'm showing you here is,
00:30:18.48\00:30:20.38
Abraham wanted such
respect for his wife's burial.
00:30:20.42\00:30:24.19
Panel: Hmmm... that's right.
00:30:24.25\00:30:25.59
Lomacang: He didn't want to say,
00:30:25.62\00:30:26.96
"You know, they just
gave me some land... "
00:30:26.99\00:30:28.42
he said, "No... I want...
00:30:28.46\00:30:31.09
if... if my wife hears
this story in eternity,
00:30:31.13\00:30:34.70
I want to be able to say to her,
00:30:34.73\00:30:36.36
'I bought the
choicest ground for you. '"
00:30:36.40\00:30:39.40
You know, it's
easy to receive a gift
00:30:39.43\00:30:42.37
but sometimes, you want to
say, "She is worth something.
00:30:42.40\00:30:45.37
I want to put her in the place
where I could look back and say
00:30:45.44\00:30:48.84
to my sons and my
sons and my sons...
00:30:48.88\00:30:51.58
'That's the property
Mom is resting on. '"
00:30:51.61\00:30:54.28
He bought all the property...
all the choicest fields...
00:30:54.32\00:30:56.99
he chose what he wanted
and he paid the price for it.
00:30:57.02\00:30:59.75
I tell you, sometimes
you got to put out the best
00:30:59.79\00:31:02.52
for those who
mean the most to you
00:31:02.56\00:31:04.56
and that's exactly
what the story said to me.
00:31:04.59\00:31:06.66
You know, people say,
00:31:06.70\00:31:08.03
"Oh, it doesn't matter
how you get buried... "
00:31:08.06\00:31:10.40
but in Abraham's sense,
00:31:10.43\00:31:11.77
he gave his wife
an amazing send-off
00:31:11.80\00:31:14.37
and that phrase in...
when she was laid to rest,
00:31:14.40\00:31:17.24
she was laid to rest in dignity
00:31:17.27\00:31:19.27
and I'm sure that as time
went on, he told the story,
00:31:19.31\00:31:22.01
"Let me show you
where your mom is buried. "
00:31:22.04\00:31:24.05
What a story!
00:31:24.08\00:31:25.41
So, the question was asked
by the writer of the story:
00:31:25.45\00:31:27.75
What function does the story
of Sarah's death and burial
00:31:27.78\00:31:30.09
play in the fulfillment
of God's promise to Abraham?
00:31:30.12\00:31:32.35
One... let's go to
Genesis 11 verse 29...
00:31:32.39\00:31:34.86
and Jill, if I'm like
you, I can make it happen...
00:31:34.89\00:31:37.13
Panel: Laughter.
00:31:37.19\00:31:38.53
Lomacang: I begin by
saying Sarai was with Abram
00:31:38.56\00:31:41.86
when God called them
to leave their country.
00:31:41.93\00:31:45.47
Genesis 12 actually verse 1,
00:31:45.50\00:31:47.70
"Now the LORD said to Abram:
00:31:47.74\00:31:49.90
'Get out of your country,
00:31:49.94\00:31:51.87
from your family and
from your father's house,
00:31:51.91\00:31:54.34
to a land that I
will show you. '"
00:31:54.38\00:31:56.64
And that's to me...
when my wife and I prayed,
00:31:56.68\00:31:59.38
and the family said, "You guys,
00:31:59.41\00:32:01.62
you're going all
the way to California,
00:32:01.68\00:32:03.72
tell me how are
you going to make it?"
00:32:03.75\00:32:05.82
God didn't want
us to be with family.
00:32:05.85\00:32:08.12
We needed to be
where we can grow
00:32:08.16\00:32:10.33
and the only one that God
wanted us to lean on was Him
00:32:10.39\00:32:13.90
and I want to tell you...
00:32:13.93\00:32:15.43
so, we left... having no
idea where we were going,
00:32:15.46\00:32:18.40
pulling everything we had
in a little small five by eight
00:32:18.43\00:32:22.40
and God says, "I got you. "
00:32:22.44\00:32:24.41
So, I want to say to
those watching today,
00:32:24.44\00:32:26.11
wherever you may be in life,
00:32:26.14\00:32:27.71
don't ever think that God
somehow is short on property
00:32:27.74\00:32:31.38
or that God has a
Credit Card with a limit.
00:32:31.41\00:32:33.42
Panel: Laughter.
00:32:33.45\00:32:34.78
Lomacang: No... God says,
"The gold and silver are mine"
00:32:34.82\00:32:37.49
and to this very day,
we look back on the...
00:32:37.52\00:32:41.89
on the... on the
stone... what's the stone?
00:32:41.92\00:32:45.73
Panel: Ebenezer.
00:32:45.76\00:32:47.83
Lomacang: On the Ebenezers
of our journey... thank you...
00:32:47.86\00:32:50.17
I'm so full right now...
00:32:50.20\00:32:51.67
on the Ebenezers
of our journey...
00:32:51.70\00:32:53.74
in our life of 38
years of marriage,
00:32:53.77\00:32:56.14
has lines we
can go back and say,
00:32:56.17\00:32:58.47
"We were there together...
we were there together. "
00:32:58.51\00:33:00.74
Elder C.D. Brooks told me
this and I never forgot it,
00:33:00.78\00:33:02.98
he says, "When your life...
00:33:03.01\00:33:04.35
when you and
your wife are too old
00:33:04.38\00:33:05.71
where you cannot
travel anymore... "
00:33:05.75\00:33:07.08
he says, "Open your photo album
00:33:07.12\00:33:09.62
and make sure you're in both...
00:33:09.68\00:33:11.15
both of you are
in the pictures. "
00:33:11.19\00:33:12.55
Panel: Hmmm...
hmmm... that's right.
00:33:12.59\00:33:13.92
Lomacang: That's a
beautiful thing today.
00:33:13.96\00:33:15.29
We've got over
a 150,000 pictures
00:33:15.32\00:33:16.93
digitally
speaking. Panel: Oooooh!
00:33:16.96\00:33:18.73
Lomacang: My wife
is a photographer...
00:33:18.76\00:33:20.50
she loves to do that
00:33:20.53\00:33:21.86
but it tells the
story of our journey
00:33:21.90\00:33:23.30
and as Ryan said...
00:33:23.33\00:33:24.73
she's getting younger
and I'm getting older.
00:33:24.80\00:33:26.50
Panel: Laughter.
00:33:26.53\00:33:27.87
Lomacang: He said...
she still looks young
00:33:27.90\00:33:29.47
but the second thing is,
00:33:29.50\00:33:30.84
when Sarah expressed a
lack of faith in God's promises
00:33:30.87\00:33:33.88
to give her a child,
00:33:33.91\00:33:35.34
Abraham foolishly
followed her example
00:33:35.38\00:33:38.25
but God brought
them even through that.
00:33:38.28\00:33:40.25
Panel: Yes.
Lomacang: And unfortunately,
00:33:40.28\00:33:42.18
we have two nations that
are at odds to this very day
00:33:42.22\00:33:44.42
because they chose at a...
at a fragile point in their life
00:33:44.45\00:33:48.79
to not trust
the promises of God.
00:33:48.82\00:33:50.53
Panel: Hmmm...
00:33:50.56\00:33:51.89
Lomacang:
Thirdly, both Sarah and...
00:33:51.93\00:33:53.60
Sarai and Abram had
to deal with the backlash
00:33:53.63\00:33:55.63
of injustice to their maid.
00:33:55.66\00:33:57.10
When Sarah became jealous
of the child that her maid had,
00:33:57.13\00:34:01.40
God said, "No, you'd better
send her back... fix that... "
00:34:01.44\00:34:05.67
and to this very day,
00:34:05.71\00:34:07.08
God shows that we
cannot deal with people
00:34:07.11\00:34:09.88
in an injustice
just because we feel that
00:34:09.91\00:34:12.51
they are not worth
our time and attention.
00:34:12.55\00:34:15.12
Panel: Hmmm...
00:34:15.15\00:34:16.48
Lomacang: Number 4... both
Abraham and Sarah experienced
00:34:16.52\00:34:18.75
the fulfillment
of God's promise.
00:34:18.79\00:34:21.19
When they were old,
God's promise came to pass
00:34:21.22\00:34:24.86
and we have the blessing today
00:34:24.89\00:34:26.36
through the seed of Abraham...
00:34:26.39\00:34:27.80
that blessing is Christ.
00:34:27.83\00:34:30.37
Number 5: God lists
both Abraham and Sarah
00:34:30.40\00:34:34.70
as recipients of His blessing.
00:34:34.74\00:34:36.40
"Look to Abraham your
father, and Sarah who bore you;
00:34:36.44\00:34:39.51
for I called him alone,
00:34:39.54\00:34:42.01
and blessed him
and increased him... "
00:34:42.04\00:34:45.08
and his increase
became Sarah's increase.
00:34:45.11\00:34:48.02
Number 6: Abraham
and Sarah are recognized
00:34:48.05\00:34:50.92
as examples of obedience to God.
00:34:50.95\00:34:52.65
1st Peter 3 verse 5,
00:34:52.69\00:34:54.02
"For in this
manner, in former times,
00:34:54.06\00:34:56.49
the holy women
who trusted in God
00:34:56.52\00:34:59.13
also adorned themselves,
00:34:59.16\00:35:00.50
being submissive
to their own husbands,
00:35:00.53\00:35:02.13
as Sarah obeyed
Abraham, calling him lord,
00:35:02.16\00:35:05.67
whose daughters
you are if you do good
00:35:05.70\00:35:08.04
and are not
afraid with any terror. "
00:35:08.07\00:35:10.54
Number 7: Abraham and
Sarah had their hearts
00:35:10.57\00:35:14.14
set on the Promised Land.
00:35:14.18\00:35:15.51
They both waited for
the city who had foundations
00:35:15.54\00:35:17.91
whose Builder and Maker is God.
00:35:17.98\00:35:19.51
Abraham and Sarah
will go in together.
00:35:19.55\00:35:22.65
Panel: Amen... amen.
00:35:22.68\00:35:24.22
Lomacang: So
will my wife and me.
00:35:24.25\00:35:25.85
Panel: Amen...
amen... praise the Lord, good.
00:35:25.89\00:35:27.79
Shelley: Okay, I'm Shelley Quinn
00:35:27.82\00:35:30.66
and I have
Wednesday's: A Wife for Isaac.
00:35:30.69\00:35:34.30
I didn't know how to do this
00:35:34.33\00:35:35.66
so, I'm just going
to kind of tell you...
00:35:35.70\00:35:38.03
I'm going to tell you the story
00:35:38.07\00:35:39.40
because we don't have
time to read the whole chapter.
00:35:39.43\00:35:41.07
Genesis 24... is
the condensed story.
00:35:41.10\00:35:44.17
Remember we've got
over 300 years of history
00:35:44.21\00:35:49.11
in the last 39 chapters here
00:35:49.14\00:35:51.48
but it's the condensed
story of Isaac's marriage
00:35:51.51\00:35:55.25
and this takes place several
years after Sarah has died.
00:35:55.28\00:35:59.69
Panel: Hmmm...
00:35:59.72\00:36:01.16
Shelley: This story
is full of prayers...
00:36:01.19\00:36:04.09
I love it because it's the
prayers and the fulfillment
00:36:04.13\00:36:07.30
of the prayers which is
what touched you so much.
00:36:07.33\00:36:10.37
So, Abraham was a
137 when Sarah died
00:36:10.40\00:36:14.37
so, this is several years later.
00:36:14.40\00:36:16.14
Let's say... he's a 140...
00:36:16.17\00:36:17.77
that means Isaac is 40 years old
00:36:17.81\00:36:20.08
and he... Abraham is
so concerned about finding
00:36:20.11\00:36:24.28
the right wife
for his son of promise
00:36:24.31\00:36:28.82
because he wants to perpetuate
these covenant blessings
00:36:28.85\00:36:32.59
to the further generations
00:36:32.62\00:36:34.92
and so, what he does...
00:36:34.96\00:36:37.19
he doesn't want Isaac to
marry an idolatrous Canaanite.
00:36:37.23\00:36:42.50
He brings in his
servant, Eliezer,
00:36:42.53\00:36:45.27
who, by the way,
this is so interesting...
00:36:45.30\00:36:48.10
Eliezer at this time
is the Chief of Staff...
00:36:48.14\00:36:50.91
significant authority.
00:36:50.97\00:36:52.37
He's the one who would
have been Abraham's heir
00:36:52.41\00:36:56.14
if Isaac hadn't been born.
00:36:56.18\00:36:58.18
But Eliezer was so
faithful to Abraham
00:36:58.21\00:37:03.39
and faithful to
Isaac... he even served Isaac.
00:37:03.42\00:37:07.06
So, what he does is,
he has him take this oath
00:37:07.09\00:37:10.66
putting his hand under his thigh
00:37:10.69\00:37:12.96
which we won't
take time to explain
00:37:12.99\00:37:15.23
but that was a way that
they did to a covenant oath
00:37:15.26\00:37:18.80
and he is sending
Eliezer the servant...
00:37:18.83\00:37:22.97
Abraham is sending
him 100s of miles away
00:37:23.00\00:37:27.11
to his homeland of Haran
00:37:27.18\00:37:30.75
and he wants somebody from
his family to marry his son...
00:37:30.78\00:37:37.49
one of his relatives
which was very common place
00:37:37.52\00:37:41.36
and it's interesting too
00:37:41.39\00:37:43.06
that Abraham's
relatives knew of the true God
00:37:43.09\00:37:47.63
but they weren't
free of idolatry yet.
00:37:47.66\00:37:50.37
So... so anyway,
00:37:50.40\00:37:51.97
here this loyal servant
takes off several hundred miles
00:37:52.00\00:37:56.10
with ten camels loaded
with the bridal dowry...
00:37:56.17\00:38:02.98
he is on his way but
he needs divine guidance
00:38:03.01\00:38:09.78
and, you know what?
00:38:09.82\00:38:11.39
Abraham prophecies
that the Angel of the Lord
00:38:11.45\00:38:14.46
will go with him.
00:38:14.49\00:38:15.86
We know the angel of
the Lord is the God...
00:38:15.89\00:38:19.76
the pre-incarnate Christ.
00:38:19.79\00:38:22.76
So, God was
concerned with Abraham's wife
00:38:22.80\00:38:27.40
and listen to this...
00:38:27.44\00:38:28.77
and this is a direct
quote from the Quarterly,
00:38:28.80\00:38:32.41
"The reference to 'His angel'
and to 'the LORD God of heaven'
00:38:32.44\00:38:36.01
in Genesis 24:7, points
back to the Angel of the LORD
00:38:36.04\00:38:38.91
who came from heaven to rescue
Isaac from being slaughtered...
00:38:38.95\00:38:43.42
that's in Genesis 22:11.
00:38:43.45\00:38:44.79
The God who
controls the universe,
00:38:44.82\00:38:46.82
the Angel of the LORD
who intervened to save Isaac,
00:38:46.86\00:38:50.19
is not going to lead in
this question of marriage. "
00:38:50.23\00:38:53.60
So now, here he
goes... he's 100s of miles...
00:38:53.63\00:38:56.77
he arrives at the well
and here's what I love.
00:38:56.80\00:38:59.93
When he reaches the well,
00:38:59.97\00:39:02.60
the servant of Abraham prays
in sincere child-like faith
00:39:02.64\00:39:11.08
to the God of the Covenant.
00:39:11.11\00:39:12.71
He's asking for
guidance and wisdom and success
00:39:12.75\00:39:16.15
because he needs God's guidance.
00:39:16.18\00:39:18.85
That Angel... the
Angel of the Lord with him
00:39:18.92\00:39:21.09
to select the wife
00:39:21.12\00:39:22.46
and he asks for a sign
and he's going to get it too
00:39:22.49\00:39:25.99
and so, what's interesting is
before he even finishes praying,
00:39:26.03\00:39:32.00
into the scene... at the well
00:39:32.03\00:39:35.44
walks this beautiful
young woman Rebecca...
00:39:35.47\00:39:38.47
she's not only
beautiful... she's virtuous...
00:39:38.51\00:39:41.44
she's a virgin... she is
ready to serve others too.
00:39:41.48\00:39:45.65
We're going to see that
00:39:45.68\00:39:47.05
and she's a
relative of Abraham's
00:39:47.08\00:39:50.29
so, Eliezer asks her for a drink
00:39:50.32\00:39:53.46
and that's just
hospitality that you know,
00:39:53.49\00:39:56.09
you would give a
thirsty stranger a drink
00:39:56.12\00:39:59.63
but Rebecca doesn't
only draw water for him,
00:39:59.69\00:40:03.16
she offers to draw
water for his ten camels.
00:40:03.20\00:40:06.80
Now, you know what?
00:40:06.84\00:40:08.20
A thirsty camel can
drink 25 to 30 gallons of water
00:40:08.24\00:40:11.84
in 15 minutes.
00:40:11.87\00:40:13.21
Panel: Oh my! ooooh!
00:40:13.24\00:40:14.58
Shelley: Think of how
much... Panel: Laughter.
00:40:14.61\00:40:16.14
Shelley: She was
drawing water and pouring...
00:40:16.18\00:40:18.71
drawing water and pouring.
00:40:18.75\00:40:20.32
This was a real act of
service and you know what?
00:40:20.38\00:40:24.42
Eliezer was just so
stunned by her generosity...
00:40:24.45\00:40:28.39
he just stood by and watched
and he was praising the Lord.
00:40:28.42\00:40:32.33
Panel: Amen.
00:40:32.36\00:40:33.70
Shelley: So, as a
token of appreciation,
00:40:33.73\00:40:35.06
he gives her a ring... he
gives her some bracelets...
00:40:35.10\00:40:37.17
and then she invites him home
00:40:37.20\00:40:40.07
and when she gets home...
or when she invites him home,
00:40:40.10\00:40:43.61
again, I just
have to point this out
00:40:43.64\00:40:45.24
because to me, this
is what it's all about.
00:40:45.27\00:40:47.98
Eliezer is so
overwhelmed with gratitude,
00:40:48.01\00:40:50.55
do you know what he does?
00:40:50.58\00:40:51.91
He prays again... he bows down,
right, when she invites him home
00:40:51.95\00:40:55.48
and he says in Genesis 24:27,
00:40:55.52\00:40:58.65
"Blessed be the Lord
God of my master Abraham,
00:40:58.69\00:41:01.92
who has not
forsaken His mercy... "
00:41:01.96\00:41:04.13
that's that word "Hesed"
which means: His Covenant...
00:41:04.16\00:41:08.30
love... His
covenant faithfulness
00:41:08.33\00:41:10.63
"and His truth toward my master.
00:41:10.67\00:41:13.54
As for me, being on the way,
00:41:13.57\00:41:15.30
the Lord led me to the
house of my master's brethren. "
00:41:15.34\00:41:20.74
So, they get home and
now you know what happens?
00:41:20.78\00:41:24.21
Laban and Bethuel... and I think
this wasn't her father Bethuel,
00:41:24.25\00:41:29.38
because Laban is
the brother of Rebecca
00:41:29.42\00:41:32.25
and he kind of takes control...
00:41:32.29\00:41:33.96
I don't think he would...
00:41:33.99\00:41:35.49
I think this must have
been a brother by the same name.
00:41:35.52\00:41:37.83
But Laban... and
you remember that...
00:41:37.89\00:41:41.76
we're going to find out Laban's
kind of got a greedy nature.
00:41:41.80\00:41:45.17
He sees these rich gifts
that had been given to Rebecca,
00:41:45.23\00:41:49.40
he looks up... he sees
ten camels laden with gifts...
00:41:49.44\00:41:53.58
and boy! he pours out
the red carpet to Eliezer.
00:41:53.61\00:41:56.75
And... so what
happens is Eliezer comes in
00:41:56.78\00:42:02.12
and he explains all about
how God has blessed Abraham...
00:42:02.15\00:42:07.09
the covenant...
00:42:07.12\00:42:08.46
how He's given him
the son of promise,
00:42:08.49\00:42:10.89
and that Abraham has
sent him to this town
00:42:10.93\00:42:16.50
to find a wife
00:42:16.56\00:42:18.37
and you know what's interesting?
00:42:18.40\00:42:20.44
I will give
Laban credit for this,
00:42:20.47\00:42:22.40
when they find out that
this was directed by God,
00:42:22.44\00:42:26.37
they're ready to... to...
00:42:26.41\00:42:28.41
they're not going to
interfere with God's will.
00:42:28.44\00:42:30.41
So, what
happens... here we've got...
00:42:30.45\00:42:34.95
they're going to release Rebecca
to marry Isaac if she wants to
00:42:34.98\00:42:40.76
there's
freewill involved in this
00:42:40.79\00:42:42.26
because even Abraham realized
that someone may not come back
00:42:42.29\00:42:45.36
but the whole point of
the story to me is right here.
00:42:45.39\00:42:49.50
As soon as they say that...
Eliezer is praying again.
00:42:49.53\00:42:53.64
This is the third
prayer of the day.
00:42:53.67\00:42:56.17
He is worshipping the Lord
00:42:56.20\00:42:58.01
and I think one
of the main points
00:42:58.04\00:42:59.77
is that Abraham had trained
his servant to know the true God
00:42:59.84\00:43:06.48
and Eliezer's faith is portrayed
in the patience after his prayer
00:43:06.51\00:43:12.92
in verse 21...
00:43:12.95\00:43:14.29
in the worship to
answer prayer in verse 26...
00:43:14.32\00:43:17.99
and then, here in verse 27,
00:43:18.03\00:43:20.33
he's acknowledging
the divine guidance.
00:43:20.40\00:43:23.16
Oh... may we be like Eliezer.
00:43:23.20\00:43:26.20
So, again the servant gives
the wedding gifts to Rebecca
00:43:26.23\00:43:31.11
and the brother and the mother
00:43:31.14\00:43:32.81
and the next morning,
he's ready to leave...
00:43:32.84\00:43:34.91
he said, "No more delay... "
00:43:34.94\00:43:36.28
and the brothers go,
"Hey, wait, our custom is...
00:43:36.31\00:43:39.28
let us have a few days...
we're going to throw a feast,
00:43:39.31\00:43:41.95
give her a good send-off... "
00:43:41.98\00:43:44.35
but he doesn't want to wait,
00:43:44.39\00:43:46.76
so they consult Rebecca
00:43:46.79\00:43:48.26
and unselfishly she
agrees to leave right away
00:43:48.29\00:43:51.06
without any kind of a
send-off engagement party.
00:43:51.09\00:43:53.83
And you know
what's amazing to me?
00:43:53.90\00:43:55.73
Rebecca's got no idea
what Isaac looks like.
00:43:55.76\00:44:01.17
Panel: Oh boy!
00:44:01.20\00:44:02.54
Shelley: She
doesn't know he's a hunk.
00:44:02.57\00:44:03.91
You know, Isaac was a hunk.
00:44:03.94\00:44:05.77
We... we know that
because the Bible says,
00:44:05.81\00:44:08.04
he was well-built and handsome.
00:44:08.11\00:44:09.51
Panel: Laughter.
00:44:09.54\00:44:10.95
Shelley: I mean,
that's what it says
00:44:10.98\00:44:12.31
you know this is... when you
think about Potiphar's wife...
00:44:12.35\00:44:14.98
couldn't keep
her eyes off of him.
00:44:15.02\00:44:16.82
But Rebecca doesn't know this...
00:44:16.85\00:44:19.32
she's going... so
as a wedding gift,
00:44:19.35\00:44:21.72
one of the neat things is
they give her her nurse Deborah
00:44:21.76\00:44:25.43
who had nursed her from
the time that she was young
00:44:25.46\00:44:28.43
and they go off on
this arduous journey...
00:44:28.46\00:44:31.77
several hundred
miles back by camel...
00:44:31.80\00:44:35.00
and when they
arrived, this is really neat...
00:44:35.04\00:44:39.47
God has directed Isaac
out to the well at Lahai Roi.
00:44:39.51\00:44:44.58
This is where the Angel
of the Lord appeared to Hagar
00:44:44.61\00:44:49.65
and I'm sure he's
out there meditating
00:44:49.68\00:44:52.05
on the events of his life...
00:44:52.09\00:44:53.42
he was so sorry... sad
about his mother's death
00:44:53.46\00:44:56.52
and wondering about his bride...
00:44:56.56\00:44:59.36
she sees him...
Rebecca sees him...
00:44:59.39\00:45:01.06
she covers her face with a veil
because that was the custom,
00:45:01.13\00:45:04.20
he couldn't see
her till afterward,
00:45:04.23\00:45:05.97
and she gets down from
her camel to show her humility
00:45:06.03\00:45:10.47
to meet her hunky husband-to-be
00:45:10.51\00:45:13.21
and this is a condensed story,
00:45:13.24\00:45:15.91
I'm sure Abraham had
a great party for her
00:45:15.94\00:45:19.25
but then what we see
in the condensed story
00:45:19.28\00:45:22.58
is following the ceremony,
00:45:22.62\00:45:24.92
Isaac takes her to
the tent of his mother
00:45:24.95\00:45:28.52
and she comforts him
00:45:28.56\00:45:30.26
and he lifts the veil and
goes, "Ooooh hoooo God... "
00:45:30.33\00:45:33.16
he sees the beauty he's married.
00:45:33.19\00:45:35.73
But this is something that
we see that God is interested
00:45:35.76\00:45:40.00
in every detail of our lives.
00:45:40.04\00:45:42.34
Panel: Amen.
00:45:42.37\00:45:43.71
Kenny: Well
done, praise the Lord,
00:45:43.74\00:45:45.07
I think I need a
little more time on that.
00:45:45.11\00:45:46.57
Yeah, she was putting
a lot of good detail...
00:45:46.61\00:45:48.04
praise the Lord for that.
00:45:48.08\00:45:49.41
Thursday's lesson...
00:45:49.44\00:45:50.78
if you have your book, make
sure you want to turn there.
00:45:50.81\00:45:52.15
A Wife for Abraham...
00:45:52.18\00:45:53.52
it's been just... goes
well along the line here...
00:45:53.55\00:45:56.45
there's very important points...
00:45:56.48\00:45:57.92
I hope you've been
writing those things down.
00:45:57.95\00:45:59.72
I want to go right
to our... our lesson...
00:45:59.75\00:46:01.16
I want to take a
paragraph or so and just read it
00:46:01.19\00:46:03.43
because... a
couple of points... if...
00:46:03.46\00:46:04.96
maybe if we don't get
anything else out of this,
00:46:04.99\00:46:06.83
we'll get this part,
yeah, I think it's important.
00:46:06.86\00:46:08.63
I'm just going to read from
our lesson Quarterly, it says,
00:46:08.66\00:46:10.87
"The purpose of the genealogy
00:46:10.90\00:46:12.97
after Abraham's
marriage to Keturah,
00:46:13.00\00:46:15.44
who gave him six sons,
00:46:15.47\00:46:17.41
versus the two other
sons... Isaac and Ishmael...
00:46:17.44\00:46:21.18
is perhaps to provide immediate
evidence of God's promise
00:46:21.21\00:46:25.31
that Abraham
would father... " what?
00:46:25.35\00:46:26.98
"many nations... "
interesting thought...
00:46:27.02\00:46:28.75
"and now the second genealogy
00:46:28.78\00:46:30.72
concerning the
descendants of Ishmael,
00:46:30.75\00:46:33.22
and also composed
of the 12 tribes...
00:46:33.25\00:46:35.62
and, of course,
God's covenant was reserved
00:46:35.66\00:46:38.76
for the seed of Isaac... "
we know that... Genesis 17,
00:46:38.79\00:46:41.86
and so, you
know, here we have...
00:46:41.90\00:46:44.27
I will say, at
this point in time,
00:46:44.33\00:46:46.33
when some of this takes place...
00:46:46.40\00:46:48.34
a report of Abraham's
death is said, you know,
00:46:48.37\00:46:51.34
is sandwiched between
these... these two genealogies.
00:46:51.37\00:46:55.08
So, you know,
it's... it's right in here
00:46:55.11\00:46:57.08
but we're going to look
at that a little bit closer
00:46:57.11\00:46:58.61
and dissect it a little bit
and see how that took place.
00:46:58.65\00:47:00.55
After Sarah
died... Thursday's lesson,
00:47:00.58\00:47:04.22
Abraham married again.
00:47:04.25\00:47:05.75
That doesn't... sometimes people
say, "No, I just won't... "
00:47:05.79\00:47:09.89
you're married once... you
found the love of your life,
00:47:09.92\00:47:12.43
really... you... you just...
00:47:12.49\00:47:14.30
you don't look anymore...
00:47:14.33\00:47:16.10
you just... you... you
really just... you can't...
00:47:16.13\00:47:17.77
now, it doesn't mean that
you didn't love the first one,
00:47:17.80\00:47:20.54
if you did...
Abraham, simply here, it says,
00:47:20.57\00:47:22.67
after she died,
Abraham married again...
00:47:22.70\00:47:24.77
that's where our
lesson starts out.
00:47:24.81\00:47:26.98
And sometimes
when disaster strikes,
00:47:27.01\00:47:29.11
most of us... and you
had it in your life...
00:47:29.14\00:47:31.08
you had disaster...
00:47:31.11\00:47:32.45
and I'm going to talk
about disaster for Abraham
00:47:32.48\00:47:34.48
was the death of Sarah.
00:47:34.52\00:47:36.08
It was devastating blow to him
00:47:36.12\00:47:38.82
and it made him
recount his life.
00:47:38.85\00:47:41.49
He had to go back and...
00:47:41.52\00:47:43.86
and look it all
over again and say,
00:47:43.89\00:47:45.26
and say, "Man,
there's some changes maybe
00:47:45.29\00:47:46.86
that I need to make
right now after all. "
00:47:46.90\00:47:48.43
And this happens
too as we get older.
00:47:48.46\00:47:50.57
"There's changes
that need to be made
00:47:50.60\00:47:52.63
and I need to make them now,
00:47:52.67\00:47:54.00
I may not have time
a little bit later on
00:47:54.04\00:47:55.37
to make... make these changes. "
00:47:55.40\00:47:56.84
And you ask some people today
00:47:56.87\00:47:58.37
especially when they're young...
00:47:58.41\00:47:59.74
they always love this in here
00:47:59.77\00:48:01.11
because you ask me, I would say,
00:48:01.14\00:48:02.48
"Oh, if things are any
better I couldn't stand it... "
00:48:02.51\00:48:04.45
it doesn't mean there's
not things going on, right?
00:48:04.48\00:48:05.81
Panel: Laughter.
00:48:05.85\00:48:07.68
Kenny: It's not lying about it
too because it could be worse.
00:48:07.72\00:48:09.82
Panel: That's right.
00:48:09.85\00:48:11.19
Kenny: It
definitely could be worse.
00:48:11.22\00:48:12.55
And sometimes... one
guy that worked here...
00:48:12.59\00:48:14.06
and I don't know if
he's still here or not
00:48:14.09\00:48:15.72
but love you anyway...
I don't know who it is...
00:48:15.76\00:48:17.29
he says... every time
I say, "How you doing?"
00:48:17.33\00:48:18.83
He says, "I'm
living the dream. "
00:48:18.86\00:48:21.23
Panel: Laughter.
00:48:21.26\00:48:22.73
Kenny: I love that...
"I'm living the dream. "
00:48:22.76\00:48:24.33
Well, good for you, you know,
00:48:24.37\00:48:26.40
by the grace of God, we should
be living that life, right,
00:48:26.43\00:48:29.04
pointed toward heaven for sure
00:48:29.07\00:48:30.61
but sometimes, living the dream
could turn into a nightmare.
00:48:30.64\00:48:33.51
Panel: Hmmm...
00:48:33.54\00:48:34.88
Kenny: Because things
change... live changes...
00:48:34.91\00:48:36.41
things are dealt out that you...
00:48:36.44\00:48:37.95
you didn't think
would happen in your life.
00:48:38.01\00:48:39.98
You didn't think it
would happen to you.
00:48:40.02\00:48:41.78
So, it happened
to everybody else.
00:48:41.82\00:48:43.15
In other words, when people say,
"When I die... I'm going to...
00:48:43.45\00:48:45.55
I'm going to go... I'm
going to die in my sleep. "
00:48:45.59\00:48:46.96
You wished you know,
that would be nice...
00:48:47.02\00:48:49.42
not everybody can do that.
00:48:49.49\00:48:50.83
So, there's things...
there's changes that happen
00:48:50.86\00:48:52.59
so, we realize
that death of Sarah
00:48:52.63\00:48:54.46
just turned
Abraham's life upside down...
00:48:54.50\00:48:56.56
he missed Sarah...
00:48:56.60\00:48:57.93
he was lonesome
00:48:57.97\00:48:59.30
he's... "I spent a lot
of good years together... "
00:48:59.33\00:49:01.50
and he just
was... in his old age
00:49:01.54\00:49:03.47
and here... here... here...
notice in... in Genesis 24:1,
00:49:03.51\00:49:07.01
it talks about Abraham...
00:49:07.08\00:49:08.54
it said, Abraham was old...
00:49:08.61\00:49:10.08
somebody read, I think,
00:49:10.11\00:49:11.45
Brother Ryan might
have read that a while ago,
00:49:11.48\00:49:13.05
Abraham was old... notice this,
00:49:13.08\00:49:14.85
and well stricken in age.
00:49:14.88\00:49:16.82
Well, look, then I said,
"Well... " can I say this nicely
00:49:16.85\00:49:19.09
"Well, that poor old man... "
00:49:19.12\00:49:20.46
you know,
that... it really does...
00:49:20.49\00:49:23.09
it meant he was old in years
00:49:23.12\00:49:25.03
but he was mentally and
physically sharp and strong.
00:49:25.06\00:49:28.56
Man's man... I
mean there's no doubt...
00:49:28.63\00:49:31.03
there's no doubt
about it. Panel: Right.
00:49:31.07\00:49:32.63
Kenny: Why?
Because the Lord blessed...
00:49:32.67\00:49:34.17
that's what the Scriptures
say, "The Lord blessed... "
00:49:34.20\00:49:36.37
somebody read that...
Matthew... "blessed Abraham"
00:49:36.40\00:49:38.41
and so, the events of chapter
24 some of you brought this out,
00:49:38.44\00:49:41.44
took place about three
years after Sarah's death.
00:49:41.51\00:49:45.15
That was recorded in Genesis 23
00:49:45.18\00:49:47.65
so keep all that
down as fast as you can.
00:49:47.68\00:49:49.48
Sarah was 90 when
she gave birth to who?
00:49:49.52\00:49:51.32
To Isaac... we know that.
00:49:51.35\00:49:52.69
You mentioned... Isaac
was... what? Was 40 years of age
00:49:52.72\00:49:56.69
when he gave... at the time of
his marriage to Rebecca, right,
00:49:56.73\00:50:00.93
in Genesis 25...
00:50:00.96\00:50:02.30
and Abraham... we're
looking at, was a 140.
00:50:02.33\00:50:04.87
Well, to us that
looks like, "Oh my!
00:50:04.93\00:50:06.74
A 140 years of age at
that time, Genesis 17.
00:50:06.80\00:50:10.34
Now, Abraham became
aware of his own age
00:50:10.37\00:50:13.68
and some of us do...
00:50:13.71\00:50:15.61
sometimes it takes a
little bit of time...
00:50:15.64\00:50:17.05
when you're younger you...
you don't think about it so much
00:50:17.08\00:50:20.15
you get a little older,
you start thinking about,
00:50:20.22\00:50:21.55
you know, some of these
things. Panel: Laughter.
00:50:21.58\00:50:23.49
Kenny: He became aware
of his age... now remember
00:50:23.52\00:50:25.02
he was still good
mentally and physically...
00:50:25.05\00:50:26.42
the man was good...
00:50:26.45\00:50:27.79
I don't know if he
was good to look at or not
00:50:27.82\00:50:29.72
but anyway... laughter...
00:50:29.76\00:50:31.09
but anyway...
00:50:31.13\00:50:32.49
after Isaac's marriage,
then all of a sudden, what?
00:50:32.53\00:50:35.30
Abraham became a
little more lonesome.
00:50:35.36\00:50:37.17
Before he had a son
there... things were busy
00:50:37.20\00:50:39.30
and things were going on,
00:50:39.33\00:50:41.07
but now, after Isaac's marriage,
he became even more lonely.
00:50:41.10\00:50:44.21
He decided to take
another wife, you know why?
00:50:44.27\00:50:47.24
To make his last years happy
00:50:47.28\00:50:49.28
and that can happen
00:50:49.31\00:50:52.45
and it did happen for
him because it tells us that
00:50:52.48\00:50:55.62
six more sons
came, right, into being.
00:50:55.65\00:50:57.95
Panel: Wow!
00:50:57.99\00:50:59.32
Kenny: But you know, you
look here you think about...
00:50:59.35\00:51:01.42
there's no
better place in a home
00:51:01.46\00:51:05.19
than a mother or...
a... a wife, a good wife...
00:51:05.26\00:51:08.93
I mean, this is
what it's all about.
00:51:08.96\00:51:10.57
God says, "It's a woman... "
00:51:10.60\00:51:11.93
you know,
compares it to the church,
00:51:11.97\00:51:13.30
isn't that right? A
comely and delicate woman
00:51:13.34\00:51:16.47
then He also... she's to
be treasured far above rubies.
00:51:16.50\00:51:20.34
There's nothing like a good...
00:51:20.38\00:51:22.31
can I just say,
"Christian woman... "
00:51:22.34\00:51:24.38
Somebody who loves
Jesus and... and...
00:51:24.41\00:51:26.38
and I've always heard it
said that if Mama's happy...
00:51:26.41\00:51:29.05
I'm going to
say... we're all happy.
00:51:29.08\00:51:30.42
You know, so, you know...
00:51:30.45\00:51:31.79
the husband's job is to make,
Brother John, the wife happy.
00:51:31.82\00:51:34.92
Right, and then,
we... then we are happy.
00:51:34.96\00:51:37.19
So... that is a good...
00:51:37.23\00:51:38.93
so he wanted happiness
in his old... last few years
00:51:38.96\00:51:41.36
and his new wife was Keturah.
00:51:41.40\00:51:44.27
Now, it's a name
meaning: Incense.
00:51:44.30\00:51:46.57
But it's interesting
as you look in Genesis 25,
00:51:46.60\00:51:51.44
she's also called a concubine.
00:51:51.47\00:51:54.18
Incense to me may be sweet savor
00:51:54.24\00:51:56.88
but in Genesis 25
she's called a concubine
00:51:56.91\00:51:59.41
just like Hagar
was a concubine, right?
00:51:59.45\00:52:01.55
There are some
similarities there...
00:52:01.58\00:52:03.65
some of you read the Lesson...
00:52:03.69\00:52:05.02
a lot of... there was a
lot put into it that maybe...
00:52:05.05\00:52:08.99
you know... Hagar and
Keturah were somewhat the same
00:52:09.02\00:52:12.06
and you just
study it for yourself...
00:52:12.09\00:52:13.83
I'm just going to
move on with that.
00:52:13.86\00:52:15.50
So, his marriage to
Keturah produced six more sons.
00:52:15.56\00:52:18.67
I like that... Abraham
loved all of his children...
00:52:18.73\00:52:21.47
there's no doubt about it.
00:52:21.50\00:52:23.41
He loved the... with Sarah...
00:52:23.44\00:52:24.94
he loved it with Hagar...
00:52:24.97\00:52:26.31
he loved them with Keturah...
00:52:26.34\00:52:27.68
but before his
death, please notice this,
00:52:27.71\00:52:29.58
before his death...
00:52:29.61\00:52:30.95
huh... he sent them all away.
00:52:30.98\00:52:32.85
Man! that just tears
me up to think about it.
00:52:32.88\00:52:35.05
He loved the
women in his life...
00:52:35.08\00:52:38.49
he loved the
children in his life...
00:52:38.52\00:52:41.89
but he knew there
was going to be problems
00:52:41.92\00:52:44.46
because of the promise to Isaac.
00:52:44.49\00:52:46.03
And so, he had to
send those loved ones away
00:52:46.06\00:52:49.56
as my Brother John
kind of alluded to that...
00:52:49.60\00:52:52.57
sometimes we need to
get away from some time...
00:52:52.60\00:52:55.50
I don't want to say it...
I believe, family and friends
00:52:55.54\00:52:57.94
and ones... you
might have a pull on us...
00:52:57.97\00:52:59.77
so that God can talk to us
00:52:59.81\00:53:01.61
and... and make
some good sense to us,
00:53:01.64\00:53:03.38
so, he loved it...
00:53:03.41\00:53:04.98
you know, this
Scripture in Genesis 25:6,
00:53:05.01\00:53:06.98
"But unto the
sons of the concubines,
00:53:07.02\00:53:08.95
which Abraham had,
00:53:08.98\00:53:10.32
Abraham gave gifts,
00:53:10.35\00:53:11.85
and sent them away
from Isaac his son,
00:53:11.89\00:53:14.62
while he yet lived... "
00:53:14.66\00:53:16.99
I want to try to make
this... this... this point...
00:53:17.03\00:53:20.20
there's a couple
of minutes left...
00:53:20.23\00:53:21.63
there's so much more
but still here's the point.
00:53:21.66\00:53:23.47
While he yet lived, Abraham
took care of God's business...
00:53:23.50\00:53:29.17
His business while
he was still alive.
00:53:29.20\00:53:32.27
A lot of people don't
take care of God's business
00:53:32.31\00:53:34.98
or things that
they should take care of
00:53:35.01\00:53:36.48
that God has loaned you...
00:53:36.51\00:53:37.95
that God has
given you in this life.
00:53:37.98\00:53:40.32
You think, "Well, when I die,
I'll let the kids suffer... "
00:53:40.35\00:53:43.15
I've heard parents say
that they can fight over it.
00:53:43.18\00:53:44.92
Ah... ah...
that's not a good issue.
00:53:44.95\00:53:46.45
Panel: Oh yeah...
00:53:46.49\00:53:47.82
Kenny: Abraham was
afraid there would be issues
00:53:47.86\00:53:49.72
to the promise... right?
00:53:49.76\00:53:51.39
And so, he separated
those from the concubine
00:53:51.46\00:53:54.66
and the one from
Sarah... interesting...
00:53:54.70\00:53:56.26
so that there
would be no problems
00:53:56.30\00:53:57.93
and so, we find this here...
00:53:57.97\00:54:00.44
it's important.
00:54:00.47\00:54:01.80
God holds us accountable
00:54:01.84\00:54:04.04
for what He gives
to us in this life
00:54:04.07\00:54:06.34
and we are to... can
I be bold about this,
00:54:06.37\00:54:08.94
this is all right?
00:54:08.98\00:54:10.31
Shelley: Sure... positive.
00:54:10.35\00:54:11.68
Kenny: This may not
be bold... but it...
00:54:11.71\00:54:13.28
we need to take
care of what we have.
00:54:13.31\00:54:15.08
When it was all
said and done, right...
00:54:15.12\00:54:16.85
he had taken care of business.
00:54:16.89\00:54:18.75
He made sure before he died
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that everything was in
line the way that it should be
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just like...
with... with money...
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with property and
things that God has loaned us,
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we need to return it
back to the cause of Christ.
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Oh, be careful Kenny...
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and... and... and don't... and
don't be giving to unbelievers,
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the devil has
had it long enough.
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God's treasury needs it in there
now for the winning of souls.
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Ryan: That's right.
00:54:41.61\00:54:43.01
Kenny: Because you
can't leave and say,
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"Well, let them fight...
let them take care of it... "
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God holds you... He
holds me accountable
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for what He has given.
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I... I said many, many years
ago and God have mercy on me,
00:54:50.19\00:54:53.22
I said many years ago,
00:54:53.25\00:54:54.59
you know, if I
died and had my will...
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my children... if they
are not loving Jesus...
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they're not in the faith,
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they're not
going to get anything
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unless they're destitute.
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You can read that in
the Spirit of Prophecy.
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If they're destitute,
you leave them something.
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If not, I'm not
giving it to the worldling...
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I'm not giving it to
be spent in the world.
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Ryan: That's right.
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Kenny: I got off the
lesson... is that what you said?
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Panel: Laughter.
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Kenny: Why? because
he took care of business
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while he yet lived...
he took care of business
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and while you are
alive and I am alive,
00:55:20.25\00:55:21.58
we need to take
care of business...
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so, I'm going to encourage some
of you to take care of business
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I don't need to go farther
than the lesson right now
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but things that
God has given you,
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put them into the work to win
souls for the kingdom of God.
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Man! that's
exciting to think about
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because I know that
He's going to hold you
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and He's going to
hold me accountable
00:55:35.70\00:55:37.13
for those things, He's
loaned us, He didn't say,
00:55:37.17\00:55:38.50
"Give them to the kids,
they'll take care of it. "
00:55:38.53\00:55:40.14
Nah ah... He's
going to... right,
00:55:40.17\00:55:41.50
it's going to come back on you
00:55:41.54\00:55:42.87
so, God help you as
you make right choices
00:55:42.90\00:55:44.97
and right decisions
and what... ah ha ha...
00:55:45.01\00:55:47.01
while he let... let...
00:55:47.04\00:55:48.38
while he yet lived,
he took care of business.
00:55:48.41\00:55:50.25
Ryan: Amen... praise the
Lord, take care of business.
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That's right, take
care of your business.
00:55:52.81\00:55:54.98
Shelley, I could
hear Brother J.D.
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I can hear him echoing
that going down there...
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take care of
business. Panel: Agreeing.
00:55:58.15\00:55:59.75
Ryan: Let's get
some final thoughts.
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Panel: Amen.
00:56:01.32\00:56:02.66
Jill: Monday's
lesson... we talked about
00:56:02.69\00:56:04.03
substitutionary atonement
00:56:04.06\00:56:05.39
and what an incredible
gift Jesus, the Lamb of God,
00:56:05.43\00:56:09.16
took your place...
my place on the cross...
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accept that gift today.
00:56:12.03\00:56:13.47
John: You know, I
know that Abraham remarried
00:56:13.50\00:56:15.47
but you know the story
ends in a beautiful way.
00:56:15.50\00:56:17.44
He goes back to the cave...
00:56:17.51\00:56:19.54
back to the land that
he purchased from Machpelah
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and the Bible
says in Genesis 49:31,
00:56:22.38\00:56:25.31
"And they buried
Abraham and Sarah...
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there they buried Abraham
and... and Sarah his wife... "
00:56:28.25\00:56:30.85
Panel: Hmmm... hmmm...
00:56:30.89\00:56:32.22
Lomacang: And so,
this love story ends...
00:56:32.25\00:56:33.66
right, I love what you said...
00:56:33.69\00:56:35.32
the companionship was necessary
for him as he got older
00:56:35.36\00:56:37.79
but he never forgot...
00:56:37.86\00:56:39.19
the Bible says, "And
the field and the cave
00:56:39.23\00:56:41.36
they purchased
from the sons of Heth. "
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Panel: Hmmm... amen.
00:56:42.86\00:56:44.20
Lomacang: That's
what he wanted to do.
00:56:44.23\00:56:45.57
Kenny: Amen.
00:56:45.60\00:56:46.94
Shelley: You know,
the thought in my mind
00:56:46.97\00:56:48.30
is that the most
important decision you ever make
00:56:48.34\00:56:50.74
is accepting
Christ as your Savior
00:56:50.77\00:56:53.48
but the second-most
important decision you ever make
00:56:53.54\00:56:56.04
is who you marry
00:56:56.08\00:56:57.41
and I encourage you
to... to accept what God did
00:56:57.45\00:57:03.42
for Isaac in choosing a mate.
00:57:03.45\00:57:06.19
Seek the Lord because God
is interested in who you marry.
00:57:06.25\00:57:10.43
Panel: Amen...
00:57:10.46\00:57:11.79
Kenny: You know, we
all want to hear the words
00:57:11.83\00:57:13.40
as God spoke to
Abraham, it simply says this,
00:57:13.43\00:57:15.23
"he was a friend... "
I want to say, "of God"
00:57:15.26\00:57:17.70
"he was a friend of
Mine and I know Him. "
00:57:17.73\00:57:20.14
I'd love to hear those words.
00:57:20.17\00:57:21.50
Ryan: Amen, praise the Lord,
00:57:21.54\00:57:22.87
you know, second only
to Jesus Christ Himself...
00:57:22.90\00:57:25.41
Abraham was probably the most
central figure in all the Bible,
00:57:25.44\00:57:28.54
and so many life
lessons as we've learned
00:57:28.58\00:57:31.01
from the story of Abraham,
00:57:31.05\00:57:33.15
so, we've kind of
just scratched the surface,
00:57:33.18\00:57:35.25
you know, some of
us had entire chapters
00:57:35.28\00:57:37.59
to go back and study
those powerful chapters
00:57:37.62\00:57:39.59
in Genesis about the life of
Abraham... you'll learn a lot.
00:57:39.62\00:57:42.39
You don't want to...
00:57:42.42\00:57:44.19
you don't want to
miss out on next week
00:57:44.23\00:57:45.83
because next week here
on Sabbath School Panel,
00:57:45.86\00:57:47.43
we're going to be jumping
right into Lesson Number 9,
00:57:47.50\00:57:49.70
entitled: Jacob the Supplanter
00:57:49.73\00:57:52.60
so get your
Bibles... get ready...
00:57:52.63\00:57:54.17
it's going to be
a powerful lesson.
00:57:54.20\00:57:55.70
We'll see you next week.
00:57:55.74\00:57:57.07
Panel: Amen.
00:57:57.11\00:57:58.44