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Genesis chapter 24, and Abraham was old and

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well stricken in age and the Lord had

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blessed Abraham in all things.

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Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his

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house that ruled over all that he had,

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put I pray thee thy hand under my

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thigh.

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So, Abraham is now seeking to extract a

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promise from the servant and he wants it

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to be a very strong covenant that he

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makes with the servant.

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Now, earlier the chief servant of Abraham was

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named Eliezer.

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Whether or not Eliezer was still alive is

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not known at this time because he had

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been Abraham's servant for a long time and

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it is possible that by this point in

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history Eliezer had already died.

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But if indeed it is still Eliezer, it

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makes the story that much more interesting because

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Eliezer means God my help.

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And in as much as we look at

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this story of Eliezer going into the far

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country to get a bride for Abraham's son,

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in this particular story there is a beautiful

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spiritual application.

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For already we have seen Abraham as a

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type of the father.

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We have seen Isaac as the type of

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the son Jesus Christ.

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And Eliezer would become the type of the

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Holy Spirit.

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And thus his name would become significant, Eliezer

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God my help.

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For when Jesus promised the Holy Spirit in

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the 14th chapter of John, he said and

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I will pray the father and he will

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give you another comforter.

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The Greek word is paracletus, which means one

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to come alongside to help.

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So here we have the name Eliezer God

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my helper and the Holy Spirit being called

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the comforter or one who comes alongside to

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help.

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And if you'll keep now in mind the

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spiritual application as we are reading through the

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story, it will become very significant to you

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and no doubt the Holy Spirit will flash

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on you certain bits of inspiration as suddenly

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you see the real picture of the father

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sending the Holy Spirit into a far country

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or outside then of the Jewish realm to

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get a bride for Jesus Christ and the

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work of the Holy Spirit in convincing the

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bride that she should go.

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And so if you'll keep that in mind

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as we go through the 24th chapter here,

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you will get what I believe to be

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the picture that God wants to receive from

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this particular story in the scriptures.

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So Abraham caused his servant to swear unto

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him that he would not take a bride

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for his son from the nations where they

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were living, but that he would go back

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unto Abraham's home and he would draw or

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he would get there a bride for his

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son.

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So as we go on, and I will

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make thee swear by the Lord the God

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of heaven and the God of the earth

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that thou shalt not take a wife of

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my son from the daughters of the Canaanites

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among whom I dwell, but thou shalt go

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unto my country and to my kindred and

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take a wife unto my son Isaac.

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And the servant said unto him, peradventure the

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woman will not be willing to follow me

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unto this land.

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Must I needs bring thy son again unto

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the land from whence you came.

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And Abraham said unto him, beware that you

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do not bring my son there again.

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The Lord God of heaven which took me

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from my father's house and from the land

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of my family and which spake unto me

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that and that swear unto me saying unto

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thy seed will I give this land, he

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shall send his angel before thee and thou

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shalt take a wife unto my son from

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there.

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to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear

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from this my oath, only bring not my

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son there again.

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So the servant put his hand under the

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thigh of Abraham, his master, and swear to

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him concerning that matter.

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And so the servant wanted to be clear

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in the instructions.

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It was his duty now.

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He was being charged with the duty of

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getting a bride for Isaac, Abraham's son.

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And he wants to make sure that he

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has things straight and clear and an understanding.

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If I go there and I find a

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young girl, but she's not willing to come

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to this land, then that is really asking

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a young girl to take a chance.

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Because you've never seen the fellow and he's

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some 500 miles away.

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And the chance of your returning home again

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are very slim.

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So she's being asked to take really a

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venture in faith herself.

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That she's going to love him.

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That she's going to be happy there.

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That he's going to be all that she

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wants him to be.

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And the chances of a young girl buying

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such a thing as that is remote.

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And the servant understanding that really probably questioned

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in his heart if he could talk a

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young girl even into coming back with him.

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He surely foresaw the difficulties of such a

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thing.

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But Abraham, who believed God, had confidence that

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such would be the case, that the young

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girl would come back.

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And thus he said, the angel of the

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Lord will go before you and he'll set

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things up.

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But the big command was, don't take Isaac

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there.

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This is the land that God has promised.

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Abraham is certain about that.

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And Isaac is not to go back to

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the land of Haran.

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And if the girl doesn't come, then the

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servant is freed from this vow that he

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took.

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And the vow became a sacred kind of

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a charge or a trust.

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It was something that he was obligated to

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fulfill to his very best ability.

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And so he is determining, before he promises,

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he wants to know completely what he's promising.

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He wants to get the terms of the

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vow clear.

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And so Abraham clarifies the issue concerning the

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girl.

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And thus he takes the vow that he

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will go and seek to persuade a young

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girl to come and be Isaac's bride.

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And the servant took 10 camels of the

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camels of his master and he departed for

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all the goods of his master were in

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his hand.

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And he arose and he went to Mesopotamia

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under the city of Nahar.

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And he made his camels to kneel down

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without the city by a well of water

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at the time of the evening, about that

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time when the women usually went out to

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draw water.

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And then he prayed and he said, O

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Jehovah God of my master Abraham, I pray

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thee send me good speed this day and

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show kindness unto my master Abraham.

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Behold, I stand here by the well of

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water and the daughters of the men of

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the city come out to draw water.

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Now let it come to pass that the

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damsel to whom I shall say, let down

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thy pitcher, I pray thee that I may

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drink.

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And she shall say, drink and I will

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give thy camels drink also.

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Let the same one be the one that

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you have appointed for thy servant Isaac.

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And thereby shall I know that you have

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showed kindness unto my master.

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So the servant of Abraham is sort of

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setting up a fleece with God in a

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manner of speaking.

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He's setting up now a certain little thing.

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Lord, I don't know where she is.

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Now you've got one picked out here someplace.

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And so in as much as I don't

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know the one that you've got picked out,

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let's make a deal.

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When the girls come out here to draw

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water, I'll go up to them and I'll

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say, give me a drink.

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Now, if one will give me a drink

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and if she will respond to me and

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say, oh, I'll get water for your camels

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also.

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Lord, let that be the one that you

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have chosen.

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Let that be the sign.

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I'll know when she says that, that that's

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the one you've chosen.

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And so he's sort of setting now conditions

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whereby he might know God's choice in this

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matter.

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Now it is interesting.

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Sometimes it seems that it takes a long

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time for our prayers to be answered.

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Abraham had been praying for his son for

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years before the answer came.

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Sometimes our prayers are answered almost immediately.

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Just as quickly as we can ask them

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many times, the answer seems to be there.

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Now, why is it that sometimes prayers get

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immediate response and then other times it seems

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that God isn't even hearing us and it

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takes such a long time before our prayers

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are answered?

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Well, to me, it just shows that God

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is in control of things.

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You see, if I were in control of

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things, I would answer all my prayers immediately.

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But the fact that God waits in some

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issues only shows me that I don't have

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the capacity to do it.

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It's in God's hands and that he is

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in control of the issues of my life

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and the timing of those issues.

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And I have discovered that it's best for

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me that God is in control.

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Because there were many things that I asked

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for that later on I said, Lord, cancel

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that request back there on June the 24th.

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If it's all right, Lord, just forget that

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one and don't answer it.

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Because as I get down the road, I

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see that I don't need it.

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Or I see that it wouldn't be beneficial.

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I see where it could actually be harmful.

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And so I have put in the cancel

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request on many of the earlier orders.

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God is in control.

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It's best that God remains in control or

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else we've got chaos on our hands.

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I believe that every right thing that you

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have ever prayed for, God intended to give

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it to you before you ever prayed.

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And I believe that your prayer just opened

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up the opportunity for God to give it

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to you.

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That he was intending to give it to

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you all the way along.

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That he being a wise and loving father

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knew years ago what you were going to

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be needing yesterday.

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And those prayers that he answered for you

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yesterday, he had intended to answer those all

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the way along.

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I believe that your father knows what you

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have need of before you ever ask him.

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And every right thing you've ever asked him

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for, he has already intended to do for

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you.

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For I do not believe that prayer changes

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the will of God.

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That is not my concept of God at

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all.

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That I can get down and I can

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really argue with him and give to him

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reasons and logic and so forth.

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And I can change the mind of God

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by my persuasive powers in prayer.

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I don't believe that.

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I believe that every good thing that I've

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asked God to give to me, he already

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intended to give to me.

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That is before I ever asked him.

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John said, if we ask anything according to

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his will, he hears us.

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And if he hears us, then we have

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received the petitions that we have asked of

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him.

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You say, oh, but there are some beautiful

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promises.

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If you ask anything in my name, that

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will I do that the Father may be

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glorified in the Son.

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Henceforth, you've asked nothing in my name.

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Ask that you might receive, that your joy

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might be full.

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And whatsoever things you desire when you pray,

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believe that you receive them and ye shall

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have them.

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Whatsoever things, anything, whatsoever things, pretty wide open,

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isn't it?

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But let me ask you, who was Jesus

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talking to when he said that?

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Was he talking to the multitudes?

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Go back and look.

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The multitudes weren't around at all when he

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said that.

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Jesus was talking at that time to a

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close-knit little group that were called his

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disciples.

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But what did it take to be his

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disciple?

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He said, if any man will come after

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me, let him deny himself, take up his

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cross and follow me.

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So stamp that over all of those whatsoever

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things and all things in all.

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Stamp that over the top.

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Because he's only talking to those persons who

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have already denied themselves and have taken up

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their cross and are following him.

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They've already come to the cross in their

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own life.

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They're not looking for their own glory or

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for their own welfare or for their own

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benefit.

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They're looking now only to glorify Jesus Christ.

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They've made that total kind of a commitment

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of themselves and their lives to him.

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And for that person, whatsoever things you desire,

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because the only things you're going to desire

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are those things that are pleasing to God

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and those things that God is wanting to

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do.

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So you can't just take these all things

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and whatsoever things and if you ask anything,

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you can't take those and make them blanket

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promises to just a multitude of people.

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Those are special promises to a specialized group.

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So with a servant, he prayed and made

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this little arrangement with God.

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And it came to pass, verse 15, before

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he was through praying, that behold, Rebecca came

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out who was born to Bethuel, the son

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of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother,

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with her pitcher upon her shoulder.

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Now, Milcah was the sister of Lot.

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Their father died early.

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When he died, Abraham took the boy and

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his brother took the girl.

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But his brother married the girl.

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And so he actually married his niece.

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And she then bore Bethuel, who was the

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father of Rebecca and of Laban, who we

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find figuring into the story quite prominently as

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we get down the line.

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And Jacob goes in his flight from his

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brother Esau and comes against his uncle Laban.

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But that's the family kind of tie in

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here.

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So, before he was even through with his

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prayer, Rebecca came out with a pitcher upon

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her shoulder and the damsel was very beautiful

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to look upon.

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And she was a virgin.

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Neither had any man known her.

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And she went down to the well and

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filled her pitcher and came up.

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And the servant ran to meet her and

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he said, let me, I pray thee, drink

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a little water of thy pitcher.

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He'd put out the thing and now here's

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this first chance to test it.

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And he made this arrangement with God.

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And so now he's putting the question.

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Let me have a little drink of water.

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And he waits in anticipation to see, you

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know, here's a beautiful, oh my, wouldn't that

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be nice?

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You know, the first one along, she's pretty

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and oh, let me have a drink of

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water.

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And watching now for the response.

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And she said, drink my Lord.

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And she hurried and let down her pitcher

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upon her hand and she gave him a

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drink.

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And when she had done giving him a

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drink, she said, I will draw water for

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thy camels also until they are through drinking.

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And she hurried and emptied her pitcher into

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the trough and ran again to the well

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to draw water and drew for all his

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camels.

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And the man wondering at her held her

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peace.

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But don't you know, his heart was pounding

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at this point.

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Man, Lord, that's fast.

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She's so beautiful.

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As he watched her, he thought, oh, could

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this possibly be it?

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And he, he just was holding his peace.

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He, he was wanting to burst out, but

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he, he, he held back.

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And so the next question, as the camels

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were through drinking, he took a golden, it

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says earring, literally, it's a nose ring of

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a half shekel weight.

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Now, a half shekel weight would be about

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a quarter of an ounce.

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A shekel was about a half an ounce.

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So about a quarter ounce, little nose ring

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and two bracelets for her hands of 10

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shekels weight of gold, or about five ounces

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of gold.

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And he said, whose daughter are you?

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Question number two.

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This is going to be the clincher.

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Who's your father?

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Whose daughter are you?

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I pray thee.

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Let me see.

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Is there room in your father's house for

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us to dwell?

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And she said unto him, I am the

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daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, which

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she bore to Nahor.

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And she said, moreover unto him, we have

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both straw and food enough and room to

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lodge in.

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And the man bowed down his head and

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he worshipped the Lord.

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Man, hit it right off the bat.

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She's one of Abraham's relatives.

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And, and, oh, you know, can it be?

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I'm sure that his heart was just really

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filled with excitement and anticipation and he worshipped

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the Lord.

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And he said, blessed be the Lord God

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of my master Abraham, who hath not left

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destitute my master of his mercy and truth.

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So blessing the Lord for his goodness to

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Abraham.

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But then he said something that I think

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is very significant.

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I being in the way the Lord led

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me.

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I think that that is one of the

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most important verses in the scripture for those

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who are desiring to know how to be

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led of God.

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I being in the way the Lord led

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me.

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I believe that God expects us to step

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out in faith.

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And as we step out in faith, he

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leads us.

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I think that many times we make a

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mistake by just lying back and saying, now,

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Lord, lead my life.

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And I'm just going to lie here, Lord,

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until you lead me.

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Chances are you'll never be led.

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Stand up.

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Start walking.

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And then the Lord will lead you where

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you should go.

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Too many people take a very passive attitude

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towards the leading.

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Well, Lord, I'm available.

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Here I am.

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You can just lead me, Lord, wherever.

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But you have a very passive attitude towards

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God leading your life.

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There is that necessity of stepping and I

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being in the way the Lord led me.

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Now, had he stayed back in Beersheba and

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just prayed for months, Lord, now you lead

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me to the one.

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Lead me to the one, Lord.

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You lead me to the one.

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How could the Lord have ever led him

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to Rebecca as long as he was in

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Beersheba?

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He had to get out.

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He had to go.

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When he went, then the Lord led him.

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I being in the way the Lord led

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me.

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I think that one of the things that

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we often make a mistake as far as

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the leading of God is that we expect

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God to lay out the whole picture.

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Philip was in the midst of a great

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revival up in Samaria.

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Many people were believing and turning to the

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Lord.

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And the Lord said, Philip, get down to

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the desert, to Gaza, the desert area there.

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Now, the Lord would say that to half

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of you.

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You say, well, Lord, why do you want

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me to go down there?

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Are you sure, Lord, that that's where you

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want me to go?

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What do you want me to do, Lord?

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What's what do you got in mind for

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me down there?

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Lord, there's a neat revival going on here.

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A lot of people surely, Lord, what is

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it that you want?

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We want God to lay out the whole

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picture.

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But God doesn't always lay out the whole

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picture to us.

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Many times he just gives us one step

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at a time.

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And you're not going to get step number

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two until you've taken step number one.

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Why should you?

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Why should God give you the second step

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if you haven't followed the first step?

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So Philip left Samaria, went down to Gaza.

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When he got down to Gaza, he saw

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a chariot heading towards Ethiopia.

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And the Lord said, go up and join

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yourself to the chariot.

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Well, Lord, what do you want me to

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do that for?

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Why should I go join myself to the

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chariot?

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No, no questions.

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Just he went and he ran up next

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to the chariot.

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You see, God leads us one step at

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a time.

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But I being in the way, the Lord

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led me.

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If I don't take step number one, I'll

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never be directed to step number two.

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I've got to step out in faith at

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step number one.

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And as I get in the way, as

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I start moving, then God will lead my

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movements.

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I being in the way, the Lord led

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me.

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I love that because that's just how God

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leads us.

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When we have stepped out in faith, following

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the directions of the Lord, then God will

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lead us in the next steps that we

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should take.

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I being in the way, the Lord led

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me to the house of my master's brothers.

551
00:27:16,370 --> 00:27:18,010
Oh, how about that?

552
00:27:19,070 --> 00:27:22,170
Five hundred miles and hit right on the

553
00:27:22,170 --> 00:27:22,510
nose.

554
00:27:22,710 --> 00:27:24,250
The Lord has led me to the house

555
00:27:24,250 --> 00:27:25,450
of my master's brothers.

556
00:27:26,810 --> 00:27:29,070
There were probably many wells that he could

557
00:27:29,070 --> 00:27:31,010
have stopped at, but God led him right

558
00:27:31,010 --> 00:27:31,970
to the right one.

559
00:27:33,470 --> 00:27:35,950
Many young girls coming out to draw water,

560
00:27:36,090 --> 00:27:37,790
but the timing was just perfect.

561
00:27:37,790 --> 00:27:39,990
Rebecca was the first one.

562
00:27:41,830 --> 00:27:44,730
After 500 miles, success.

563
00:27:46,910 --> 00:27:50,250
And the damsel ran and she told them

564
00:27:50,250 --> 00:27:52,910
of her mother's house, these things.

565
00:27:52,990 --> 00:27:54,710
She ran home and said, oh, there's a

566
00:27:54,710 --> 00:27:55,930
man there with 10 camels.

567
00:27:56,290 --> 00:27:58,490
And he gave me these golden bracelets and

568
00:27:58,490 --> 00:28:01,330
this nose ring and all, you know, and

569
00:28:01,330 --> 00:28:04,750
he's just, he got all these servants and

570
00:28:04,750 --> 00:28:05,290
all with him.

571
00:28:05,290 --> 00:28:09,830
And Rebecca had a brother and his name

572
00:28:09,830 --> 00:28:13,710
was Laban and Laban ran out unto the

573
00:28:13,710 --> 00:28:14,930
man and to the well.

574
00:28:15,850 --> 00:28:19,110
Now, as you will learn later in the

575
00:28:19,110 --> 00:28:21,510
story, not tonight.

576
00:28:23,790 --> 00:28:29,340
Laban was a fairly greedy fellow.

577
00:28:31,490 --> 00:28:34,110
And the thing that really attracted him was

578
00:28:34,110 --> 00:28:36,450
his sister coming home with these golden bracelets.

579
00:28:38,370 --> 00:28:40,570
And so he's going to be a very

580
00:28:40,570 --> 00:28:42,030
gracious, charming fellow.

581
00:28:43,190 --> 00:28:45,370
And he comes running out, you know, man,

582
00:28:45,470 --> 00:28:47,510
she made out with a couple of golden

583
00:28:47,510 --> 00:28:47,790
bracelets.

584
00:28:47,910 --> 00:28:49,250
Maybe I can get something out of this

585
00:28:49,250 --> 00:28:49,470
deal.

586
00:28:49,530 --> 00:28:51,270
He was always looking for what he could

587
00:28:51,270 --> 00:28:52,590
get out of a deal.

588
00:28:53,330 --> 00:28:54,890
And so he comes out, you know, just

589
00:28:54,890 --> 00:28:56,470
charming, gracious host.

590
00:28:56,630 --> 00:29:00,530
And Laban ran out to the man at

591
00:29:00,530 --> 00:29:02,730
the well and it came to pass when

592
00:29:02,730 --> 00:29:04,690
he saw the earrings, you see, and the

593
00:29:04,690 --> 00:29:06,810
bracelets upon his sister's hands.

594
00:29:07,490 --> 00:29:09,230
And when he heard the words of Rebecca,

595
00:29:09,330 --> 00:29:11,590
his sister saying, this is what the man

596
00:29:11,590 --> 00:29:14,350
spoke to me, that he came unto the

597
00:29:14,350 --> 00:29:16,650
man and behold, he stood by the camels

598
00:29:16,650 --> 00:29:17,250
at the well.

599
00:29:17,370 --> 00:29:19,150
So the servant had stayed there at the

600
00:29:19,150 --> 00:29:20,990
well in order that she might go home

601
00:29:20,990 --> 00:29:22,310
and see if it would be all right.

602
00:29:23,570 --> 00:29:24,930
You know, there's a man here with some

603
00:29:24,930 --> 00:29:26,590
servants and they got 10 camels and they

604
00:29:26,590 --> 00:29:27,570
want to know if there's room for them

605
00:29:27,570 --> 00:29:28,330
to spend the night.

606
00:29:29,170 --> 00:29:32,630
And so he said, come in, thou blessed

607
00:29:32,630 --> 00:29:33,470
of the Lord.

608
00:29:34,270 --> 00:29:36,110
Why should you be standing out here?

609
00:29:36,270 --> 00:29:39,050
For I have prepared the house and room

610
00:29:39,050 --> 00:29:39,830
for the camels.

611
00:29:39,850 --> 00:29:41,510
He hadn't had time to do that yet,

612
00:29:41,870 --> 00:29:45,130
but believe me, I'll do it.

613
00:29:45,270 --> 00:29:47,970
You know, he saw the bracelets and the

614
00:29:47,970 --> 00:29:48,610
whole thing.

615
00:29:50,050 --> 00:29:52,870
And the man came into the house and

616
00:29:52,870 --> 00:29:56,390
he unsaddled or ungirded the camels and he

617
00:29:56,390 --> 00:29:59,510
gave straw and the camels and water to

618
00:29:59,510 --> 00:30:02,130
wash his feet and the men's feet that

619
00:30:02,130 --> 00:30:02,910
were with him.

620
00:30:03,890 --> 00:30:07,430
And there was set meat before him to

621
00:30:07,430 --> 00:30:09,370
eat, but he said, I don't want to

622
00:30:09,370 --> 00:30:12,890
eat until I have told you my errand.

623
00:30:13,730 --> 00:30:16,070
And so they said, speak on, go ahead,

624
00:30:16,170 --> 00:30:16,610
tell us.

625
00:30:17,830 --> 00:30:23,370
And he said, I am Abraham's servant and

626
00:30:23,370 --> 00:30:28,230
the Lord has blessed my master greatly and

627
00:30:28,230 --> 00:30:31,590
he has become great and he has given

628
00:30:31,590 --> 00:30:35,170
him flocks and herds and silver and gold

629
00:30:35,170 --> 00:30:38,670
and men's servants and maid servants and camels

630
00:30:38,670 --> 00:30:39,810
and donkeys.

631
00:30:40,010 --> 00:30:43,130
And Sarah, my master's wife, has born him

632
00:30:43,130 --> 00:30:47,870
a son when she was old and unto

633
00:30:47,870 --> 00:30:51,950
him hath he given all that he has.

634
00:30:52,690 --> 00:30:54,390
And now we begin to see the picture

635
00:30:54,390 --> 00:30:58,090
of the intercession of the Holy Spirit, as

636
00:30:58,090 --> 00:31:00,410
he seeks to draw out a bride for

637
00:31:00,410 --> 00:31:01,330
Jesus Christ.

638
00:31:02,510 --> 00:31:04,830
And the Holy Spirit tells us the wealth

639
00:31:05,610 --> 00:31:10,470
of the heavenly kingdom, the glories of God's

640
00:31:10,470 --> 00:31:10,810
kingdom.

641
00:31:10,930 --> 00:31:13,290
And in the word, we read the glory

642
00:31:13,290 --> 00:31:18,210
of heaven, streets of gold, gates of pearl,

643
00:31:19,050 --> 00:31:25,060
walls of precious stones, beautiful river, trees on

644
00:31:25,060 --> 00:31:32,120
either side, crystal clear fountain of water, of

645
00:31:32,120 --> 00:31:34,180
living water, of life.

646
00:31:34,300 --> 00:31:37,520
And the Holy Spirit has revealed the glory

647
00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:42,820
of God's kingdom, the world, the universe.

648
00:31:45,410 --> 00:31:49,350
And God has a son and God has

649
00:31:49,350 --> 00:31:52,070
given all things to the son.

650
00:31:54,030 --> 00:31:58,430
He is the heir of all things and

651
00:31:58,430 --> 00:32:00,810
God has put all things under him.

652
00:32:02,430 --> 00:32:04,550
And so the Holy Spirit testifies to us

653
00:32:04,550 --> 00:32:06,610
of the glory of the kingdom of God

654
00:32:06,610 --> 00:32:09,070
and how that he has made his son

655
00:32:09,070 --> 00:32:11,110
the heir of the whole thing.

656
00:32:15,010 --> 00:32:16,610
And the son is looking for a bride.

657
00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:20,780
The father actually is looking for a bride

658
00:32:20,780 --> 00:32:21,740
for his son.

659
00:32:24,330 --> 00:32:26,630
So that when the Holy Spirit has finished

660
00:32:26,630 --> 00:32:29,210
his work in the testifying to us of

661
00:32:29,210 --> 00:32:34,350
Jesus Christ, it's like Peter said, whom having

662
00:32:34,350 --> 00:32:36,610
not seen ye love.

663
00:32:37,210 --> 00:32:38,930
Holy Spirit's done a good job.

664
00:32:39,930 --> 00:32:42,370
Though I haven't seen him, I love him.

665
00:32:43,630 --> 00:32:46,170
And even though I don't see him yet,

666
00:32:46,210 --> 00:32:48,190
I haven't seen him yet, yet in my

667
00:32:48,190 --> 00:32:52,550
heart I'm rejoicing with a joy unspeakable and

668
00:32:52,550 --> 00:32:55,730
full of glory at the anticipation of that

669
00:32:55,730 --> 00:32:58,690
glorious kingdom of which I have become a

670
00:32:58,690 --> 00:33:01,110
part as the bride of Jesus Christ.

671
00:33:02,310 --> 00:33:03,670
I can hardly wait.

672
00:33:04,990 --> 00:33:08,470
My heart is filled with longing and anticipation

673
00:33:08,470 --> 00:33:10,970
of that glorious day when I will see

674
00:33:10,970 --> 00:33:12,310
him face to face.

675
00:33:13,070 --> 00:33:15,370
Now I look through the glass darkly, then

676
00:33:15,370 --> 00:33:18,510
face to face, but joying now with this

677
00:33:18,510 --> 00:33:23,050
unspeakable joy as I just anticipate the glories

678
00:33:23,050 --> 00:33:26,010
of that eternal kingdom of God of which

679
00:33:26,010 --> 00:33:31,740
I am to share a part, the bride

680
00:33:31,740 --> 00:33:33,060
of Jesus Christ.

681
00:33:33,860 --> 00:33:37,040
And so the servant begins to tell of

682
00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:39,760
the wealth of his master, all that he

683
00:33:39,760 --> 00:33:43,300
has, the servants, the camels and the gold

684
00:33:43,300 --> 00:33:47,080
and all and everything that he has, he

685
00:33:47,080 --> 00:33:48,660
has given unto his son.

686
00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:55,600
And my master made me swear saying that

687
00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:58,000
I would not take a wife for his

688
00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:00,260
son from the daughters of the Canaanites in

689
00:34:00,260 --> 00:34:03,580
whose land he dwells, but that I should

690
00:34:03,580 --> 00:34:06,680
go unto his father's house and to his

691
00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:09,500
family and to take there a wife for

692
00:34:09,500 --> 00:34:10,159
his son.

693
00:34:11,199 --> 00:34:13,620
And I said to my master, what if

694
00:34:13,620 --> 00:34:15,179
the woman will not follow me?

695
00:34:15,219 --> 00:34:17,260
And he said to me, the Lord before

696
00:34:17,260 --> 00:34:20,179
whom I walk will send his angel with

697
00:34:20,179 --> 00:34:21,840
thee and prosper thy way.

698
00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:26,080
Abraham's faith and belief that God would prosper

699
00:34:26,080 --> 00:34:28,199
it and make it a successful journey.

700
00:34:32,190 --> 00:34:33,929
And you will take a wife for my

701
00:34:33,929 --> 00:34:37,070
son, from my family and of my father's

702
00:34:37,070 --> 00:34:37,530
house.

703
00:34:38,610 --> 00:34:40,489
Then thou shall be clear from this oath

704
00:34:40,489 --> 00:34:41,929
when you come to my family.

705
00:34:42,130 --> 00:34:44,250
And if they will not give you one,

706
00:34:44,889 --> 00:34:46,610
thou shall be clear from my oath.

707
00:34:47,090 --> 00:34:48,690
And so I came this day unto the

708
00:34:48,690 --> 00:34:50,489
well and I said, oh Lord God of

709
00:34:50,489 --> 00:34:56,900
my master, Abraham, if now thou do prosper

710
00:34:56,900 --> 00:34:58,800
my way, which I go, behold, I am

711
00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:00,460
standing by the well of water and it

712
00:35:00,460 --> 00:35:02,200
shall come to pass that when a virgin

713
00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:04,980
comes forth to draw water and I say

714
00:35:04,980 --> 00:35:06,920
to her, give me, I pray thee a

715
00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:09,120
little water of thy pitcher to drink.

716
00:35:09,580 --> 00:35:11,520
And if she say to me, both drink

717
00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:13,340
you and I will also draw for your

718
00:35:13,340 --> 00:35:16,240
camels, let the same be the woman whom

719
00:35:16,240 --> 00:35:18,480
the Lord has appointed out for my master's

720
00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:18,660
son.

721
00:35:18,900 --> 00:35:21,720
And before I was done speaking in mine

722
00:35:21,720 --> 00:35:25,560
heart, behold, Rebecca came with her pitcher.

723
00:35:25,620 --> 00:35:27,320
Now here to me is an interesting thing

724
00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:29,240
and that is that God hears the prayers

725
00:35:29,240 --> 00:35:30,600
of our heart.

726
00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:35,480
It isn't necessary that prayers be verbalized.

727
00:35:37,770 --> 00:35:39,530
So often we think we haven't prayed if

728
00:35:39,530 --> 00:35:40,970
we haven't spoken out.

729
00:35:42,510 --> 00:35:44,650
But God knows the prayers of your heart.

730
00:35:46,010 --> 00:35:48,350
The servant wasn't out there with hands raised

731
00:35:48,350 --> 00:35:50,370
and saying, now Lord God of my father,

732
00:35:50,530 --> 00:35:51,130
Abraham.

733
00:35:52,530 --> 00:35:55,990
You know, had he been doing that, then

734
00:35:55,990 --> 00:35:58,130
all of the girls around there thinking, ooh,

735
00:35:58,310 --> 00:35:59,630
look at all the loot and you know,

736
00:36:00,150 --> 00:36:01,490
they'd all be running to get water.

737
00:36:05,840 --> 00:36:08,220
I think that many times our loud prayers

738
00:36:08,220 --> 00:36:11,540
are answered just because people are tired of

739
00:36:11,540 --> 00:36:14,660
hearing our cries and they say, you know,

740
00:36:14,700 --> 00:36:16,400
anything to shut them up, you know, and

741
00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:19,480
they'll respond to our needs because I've let

742
00:36:19,480 --> 00:36:21,140
them really be known before man.

743
00:36:23,290 --> 00:36:25,170
Jesus said, go in your closet, shut the

744
00:36:25,170 --> 00:36:25,470
door.

745
00:36:25,570 --> 00:36:28,170
Your father that sees in secret will reward

746
00:36:28,170 --> 00:36:28,650
you openly.

747
00:36:29,230 --> 00:36:32,010
And prayer doesn't have to be uttered.

748
00:36:32,030 --> 00:36:33,830
Now, I find that it's good for me

749
00:36:33,830 --> 00:36:34,770
to verbalize.

750
00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:38,380
I don't have to, but I find it's

751
00:36:38,380 --> 00:36:39,420
good for me if I do.

752
00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:42,880
Or if I kneel down next to the

753
00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:44,600
bed and put my head on the bed

754
00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:45,820
and just begin to pray to the Lord

755
00:36:45,820 --> 00:36:48,180
in my heart, it isn't long before I

756
00:36:51,220 --> 00:36:53,300
am resting in the Lord.

757
00:36:57,750 --> 00:37:02,850
So for me, it's good to verbalize because

758
00:37:02,850 --> 00:37:04,890
it keeps my mind on what I'm praying.

759
00:37:05,910 --> 00:37:07,610
If I'm just praying in my heart, so

760
00:37:07,610 --> 00:37:09,750
often my heart will run off into something

761
00:37:09,750 --> 00:37:10,250
else.

762
00:37:11,090 --> 00:37:13,990
And I find my mind is wondering, I'm

763
00:37:13,990 --> 00:37:15,790
back in Hawaii again all of a sudden.

764
00:37:20,070 --> 00:37:22,690
And so my mind has a tendency to

765
00:37:22,690 --> 00:37:25,990
wonder when I'm just praying in my heart.

766
00:37:26,770 --> 00:37:28,070
Now, I do a lot of praying just

767
00:37:28,070 --> 00:37:28,690
in my heart.

768
00:37:28,810 --> 00:37:30,370
There are some things that I just don't

769
00:37:30,370 --> 00:37:31,930
want to utter and they're just prayers of

770
00:37:31,930 --> 00:37:32,330
my heart.

771
00:37:32,630 --> 00:37:36,230
But then I do find it necessary to

772
00:37:36,230 --> 00:37:37,490
verbalize my prayers.

773
00:37:37,610 --> 00:37:39,590
It keeps my mind on what I'm saying

774
00:37:40,570 --> 00:37:43,270
and on my prayer and on my conversation

775
00:37:43,270 --> 00:37:43,850
with God.

776
00:37:44,970 --> 00:37:52,070
But it isn't necessary that prayers be verbalized.

777
00:37:52,790 --> 00:37:54,570
God knows the cry of our heart.

778
00:37:55,270 --> 00:37:57,210
And to me, it is very interesting that

779
00:37:57,210 --> 00:37:59,510
he was just praying in his heart as

780
00:37:59,510 --> 00:37:59,890
he was there.

781
00:38:00,010 --> 00:38:02,270
It's just, his head was bowed perhaps and

782
00:38:02,270 --> 00:38:03,450
not even necessarily.

783
00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:07,640
But in his heart, he was just thinking,

784
00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:09,320
oh Lord, now let it work out like

785
00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:09,700
this.

786
00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:11,340
And it was just a prayer that was

787
00:38:11,340 --> 00:38:12,440
going on in his heart.

788
00:38:13,460 --> 00:38:15,420
When I was done speaking in my heart,

789
00:38:16,440 --> 00:38:18,700
behold, Rebecca came forth with her pitcher on

790
00:38:18,700 --> 00:38:20,640
her shoulder and she went down to the

791
00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:21,600
well and drew water.

792
00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:24,200
And I said to her, let me drink,

793
00:38:24,280 --> 00:38:24,920
I pray thee.

794
00:38:26,160 --> 00:38:28,340
And she made haste and let down her

795
00:38:28,340 --> 00:38:31,400
pitcher from her shoulder and said, drink and

796
00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:33,300
I will give thy camels drink also.

797
00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:35,500
So I drank and she made the camels

798
00:38:35,500 --> 00:38:36,320
drink also.

799
00:38:36,320 --> 00:38:40,320
And I asked her and said, whose daughter

800
00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:41,100
art thou?

801
00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:43,420
And she said, the daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's

802
00:38:43,420 --> 00:38:46,360
son, whom Melchah bear unto him.

803
00:38:46,660 --> 00:38:49,260
And I put the earring upon her face

804
00:38:49,260 --> 00:38:50,740
and the bracelets.

805
00:38:50,960 --> 00:38:53,260
Now, as I told you, it's a nose

806
00:38:53,260 --> 00:38:53,620
ring.

807
00:38:53,820 --> 00:38:55,080
That's why he put it on her face.

808
00:38:55,180 --> 00:38:56,660
It'd be hard to put an earring on

809
00:38:56,660 --> 00:38:57,060
your face.

810
00:38:58,420 --> 00:39:00,720
And the bracelets upon her hands.

811
00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:03,680
And I bowed down my head and worship

812
00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:05,720
the Lord and bless the Lord God of

813
00:39:05,720 --> 00:39:09,460
my master Abraham, which had led me to

814
00:39:09,460 --> 00:39:12,280
the right way to take my master's brother's

815
00:39:12,280 --> 00:39:13,880
daughter unto his son.

816
00:39:14,860 --> 00:39:17,420
And now, if you will deal kindly and

817
00:39:17,420 --> 00:39:20,100
truly with my master, tell me, and if

818
00:39:20,100 --> 00:39:23,140
not, tell me that I may turn to

819
00:39:23,140 --> 00:39:24,460
the right hand or to the left.

820
00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:27,380
Now I'm here and that's the issue.

821
00:39:27,640 --> 00:39:29,180
Now tell me, are you going to let

822
00:39:29,180 --> 00:39:30,140
her go or not?

823
00:39:30,240 --> 00:39:31,500
No, let me know.

824
00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:35,900
Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, the

825
00:39:35,900 --> 00:39:37,860
thing is proceeding from the Lord.

826
00:39:37,980 --> 00:39:40,040
We cannot speak to the bad or good.

827
00:39:41,200 --> 00:39:42,960
Behold, Rebecca is before thee.

828
00:39:42,980 --> 00:39:44,300
In other words, what can we say?

829
00:39:44,420 --> 00:39:46,200
The thing is obviously from God.

830
00:39:47,140 --> 00:39:48,880
Behold, Rebecca is before thee.

831
00:39:49,060 --> 00:39:51,580
Take her and go and let her be

832
00:39:51,580 --> 00:39:55,060
thy master's son's wife, as the Lord hath

833
00:39:55,060 --> 00:39:55,500
spoken.

834
00:39:56,520 --> 00:39:58,600
And it came to pass that when Abraham's

835
00:39:58,600 --> 00:40:02,160
servant heard their words, he worshiped the Lord,

836
00:40:02,500 --> 00:40:03,660
bowing himself to the earth.

837
00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:07,620
And the servant brought forth jewels of silver

838
00:40:07,620 --> 00:40:10,840
and jewels of gold and raiment and gave

839
00:40:10,840 --> 00:40:12,020
them to Rebecca.

840
00:40:12,940 --> 00:40:15,180
And he gave also to her brother and

841
00:40:15,180 --> 00:40:17,280
to her mother precious things.

842
00:40:18,200 --> 00:40:20,100
And they did eat and drink, he and

843
00:40:20,100 --> 00:40:21,160
the men that were with him.

844
00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:23,120
And they tarried all night and they rose

845
00:40:23,120 --> 00:40:23,740
up in the morning.

846
00:40:23,840 --> 00:40:25,660
And he said, send me away unto my

847
00:40:25,660 --> 00:40:26,240
master.

848
00:40:26,960 --> 00:40:31,400
Now notice as soon as the arrangement was

849
00:40:31,400 --> 00:40:33,640
made, then he came forth with gifts.

850
00:40:33,740 --> 00:40:37,900
As soon as Rebecca was committed, then he

851
00:40:37,900 --> 00:40:40,380
brought forth the gifts of gold and silver

852
00:40:40,380 --> 00:40:42,840
and beautiful raiment and all, began to just

853
00:40:42,840 --> 00:40:44,620
load her down with gifts.

854
00:40:45,740 --> 00:40:49,540
As soon as we have committed our lives

855
00:40:52,460 --> 00:40:56,980
to belong to Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit

856
00:40:56,980 --> 00:40:59,900
begins to give to us the glorious gifts

857
00:40:59,900 --> 00:41:01,040
of the Spirit.

858
00:41:02,520 --> 00:41:08,080
Begins to just give unto us gifts of

859
00:41:08,080 --> 00:41:15,900
peace and joy, love, gifts of power.

860
00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:22,100
He begins to really work in a special

861
00:41:22,100 --> 00:41:22,920
way within us.

862
00:41:23,720 --> 00:41:27,360
So in the morning, he said, send me,

863
00:41:27,420 --> 00:41:28,880
I pray, back to my master.

864
00:41:29,800 --> 00:41:31,800
But her brother and mother objected and they

865
00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:34,500
said, oh, wait a minute, that's so fast.

866
00:41:34,640 --> 00:41:36,560
Let the girl abide with us for a

867
00:41:36,560 --> 00:41:38,360
few days at the least, ten.

868
00:41:39,180 --> 00:41:40,740
After that she shall go.

869
00:41:41,620 --> 00:41:44,120
And he said unto them, don't hinder me

870
00:41:44,120 --> 00:41:46,100
seeing the Lord has prospered my way.

871
00:41:46,620 --> 00:41:48,000
Send me away that I may go to

872
00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:48,640
my master.

873
00:41:49,140 --> 00:41:50,920
And they said, we will call the girl

874
00:41:50,920 --> 00:41:52,660
and inquire at her mouth.

875
00:41:53,480 --> 00:41:55,420
And so they called Rebecca and they said

876
00:41:55,420 --> 00:41:58,860
unto her, will you go with this man?

877
00:41:59,040 --> 00:42:01,800
And she said, I will go.

878
00:42:05,960 --> 00:42:08,360
Now it became Rebecca's decision.

879
00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:11,520
He is wanting to go right away in

880
00:42:11,520 --> 00:42:13,340
order that he might hurry back with the

881
00:42:13,340 --> 00:42:15,740
good news that his journey has been prosperous

882
00:42:15,740 --> 00:42:16,780
and successful.

883
00:42:17,420 --> 00:42:20,140
Her mother and brother naturally are objecting.

884
00:42:20,200 --> 00:42:21,860
They are willing to give her, but oh,

885
00:42:21,900 --> 00:42:23,580
they wanted to spend at least a few

886
00:42:23,580 --> 00:42:27,440
last days with her because they know that

887
00:42:27,440 --> 00:42:29,720
they'll probably never see her again.

888
00:42:32,230 --> 00:42:34,150
And the servant is insisting, no, I want

889
00:42:34,150 --> 00:42:34,610
to go now.

890
00:42:34,730 --> 00:42:39,350
Well, let's ask her, will you go with

891
00:42:39,350 --> 00:42:39,810
the man?

892
00:42:40,470 --> 00:42:43,990
And the beautiful response, I will go.

893
00:42:44,450 --> 00:42:50,280
Even as we must by choice and we

894
00:42:50,280 --> 00:42:52,760
must exercise that choice to be a part

895
00:42:52,760 --> 00:42:54,040
of the family of God.

896
00:42:54,960 --> 00:42:58,000
So the exercise of Rebecca's own choice.

897
00:42:58,520 --> 00:43:00,880
And they sent away Rebecca, their sister and

898
00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:01,520
her nurse.

899
00:43:01,600 --> 00:43:04,380
So evidently they were wealthy too, for she

900
00:43:04,380 --> 00:43:07,400
had her own private maid and Abraham's servant

901
00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:08,240
and his men.

902
00:43:08,700 --> 00:43:11,240
And they blessed Rebecca and said unto her,

903
00:43:11,340 --> 00:43:12,560
thou art our sister.

904
00:43:12,760 --> 00:43:15,240
Be thou the mother of thousands of millions.

905
00:43:15,480 --> 00:43:16,400
Oh boy.

906
00:43:16,440 --> 00:43:17,560
They want her to be the mother of

907
00:43:17,560 --> 00:43:23,420
a billion people and let thy seed possess

908
00:43:23,420 --> 00:43:26,340
the gate of those which hate them.

909
00:43:27,540 --> 00:43:32,620
And Rebecca arose and her damsels, plural, and

910
00:43:32,620 --> 00:43:35,240
they rode upon the camels and followed the

911
00:43:35,240 --> 00:43:35,660
man.

912
00:43:35,720 --> 00:43:39,420
And the servant took Rebecca and went his

913
00:43:39,420 --> 00:43:39,720
way.

914
00:43:41,080 --> 00:43:42,860
And Isaac came from the way of the

915
00:43:42,860 --> 00:43:44,420
well, Lahairoi.

916
00:43:44,840 --> 00:43:48,800
Now you remember Lahairoi means uh, the well

917
00:43:48,800 --> 00:43:50,460
of him that lives and sees it was,

918
00:43:50,540 --> 00:43:57,010
uh, at this well that, uh, Hagar was

919
00:43:57,010 --> 00:43:57,670
weeping.

920
00:43:58,090 --> 00:44:01,250
Uh, she didn't see the well and, and

921
00:44:01,250 --> 00:44:03,990
Ishmael was dying from dehydration.

922
00:44:04,530 --> 00:44:06,810
She put him under a bush and went

923
00:44:06,810 --> 00:44:08,150
over a ways cause she didn't want to

924
00:44:08,150 --> 00:44:08,750
see him die.

925
00:44:08,890 --> 00:44:11,010
And, and she was crying out to the

926
00:44:11,010 --> 00:44:12,950
Lord and Ishmael was under the bush, crying

927
00:44:12,950 --> 00:44:14,010
out to God and praying.

928
00:44:14,390 --> 00:44:16,750
And the Lord said, what ails you?

929
00:44:16,810 --> 00:44:19,510
And she said, ah, you know, I'm dying

930
00:44:19,510 --> 00:44:20,510
and I don't want to see my son

931
00:44:20,510 --> 00:44:20,970
die and all.

932
00:44:21,510 --> 00:44:23,190
The Lord said here, behold, there's a well

933
00:44:23,190 --> 00:44:23,650
of water.

934
00:44:23,770 --> 00:44:24,630
And so she went over and got the

935
00:44:24,630 --> 00:44:25,730
water and gave him a drink and he

936
00:44:25,730 --> 00:44:27,390
was refreshed and revived.

937
00:44:27,530 --> 00:44:29,770
Well, she called the name of the well,

938
00:44:30,010 --> 00:44:31,210
the Lord sees me.

939
00:44:31,390 --> 00:44:36,030
So now Isaac is, is taken up residence

940
00:44:36,030 --> 00:44:38,230
near this particular well.

941
00:44:38,390 --> 00:44:40,930
And this well comes into the story, uh,

942
00:44:41,210 --> 00:44:43,730
a couple more times as we find that

943
00:44:43,730 --> 00:44:45,930
it is the area where Isaac had moved.

944
00:44:47,590 --> 00:44:49,650
Isaac came from the way of the well,

945
00:44:49,790 --> 00:44:52,290
the high Roy, for he dwelt in the

946
00:44:52,290 --> 00:44:54,770
South country and Isaac went out to meditate

947
00:44:54,770 --> 00:44:57,170
in the field that even tide.

948
00:44:58,210 --> 00:45:00,590
And he lifted up his eyes and saw

949
00:45:00,590 --> 00:45:02,330
and behold, the camels were coming.

950
00:45:02,810 --> 00:45:04,690
Now it is interesting that there is much

951
00:45:04,690 --> 00:45:07,090
spoken to us concerning the faith of Abraham.

952
00:45:07,990 --> 00:45:10,750
Very little is spoken to us concerning the

953
00:45:10,750 --> 00:45:15,210
faith of Isaac or concerning the relationship of

954
00:45:15,210 --> 00:45:20,430
Isaac to God that is directly.

955
00:45:20,630 --> 00:45:23,730
But here is a indication of the, of

956
00:45:23,730 --> 00:45:26,410
the spiritual kind of a depth that Isaac

957
00:45:26,410 --> 00:45:29,390
had meditating in the evening.

958
00:45:31,110 --> 00:45:33,790
I have found that one of the greatest

959
00:45:33,790 --> 00:45:40,330
places to meditate is in the evening time.

960
00:45:40,390 --> 00:45:42,310
I love it about the time of twilight

961
00:45:42,310 --> 00:45:46,670
sun, just going down and it seems like

962
00:45:46,670 --> 00:45:47,690
it's just a neat time.

963
00:45:47,770 --> 00:45:49,770
If you're out in the desert or when

964
00:45:49,770 --> 00:45:51,350
I was just a little guy, we used

965
00:45:51,350 --> 00:45:52,410
to live near the beach.

966
00:45:55,440 --> 00:45:57,540
And one of my favorite things is it

967
00:45:57,540 --> 00:45:59,100
was to just go down there and sit

968
00:45:59,100 --> 00:46:03,840
in the sand all by myself, watch the

969
00:46:03,840 --> 00:46:04,340
sunset.

970
00:46:05,480 --> 00:46:10,320
And, and the seagulls and the sandpipers and,

971
00:46:10,440 --> 00:46:15,000
and just to meditate upon God and the

972
00:46:15,000 --> 00:46:16,160
greatness of God.

973
00:46:16,360 --> 00:46:19,040
And, and it was just a, a childhood

974
00:46:19,040 --> 00:46:20,660
memory that really lingers.

975
00:46:20,760 --> 00:46:24,780
It's just a beautiful experience, meditation at evening

976
00:46:24,780 --> 00:46:25,260
time.

977
00:46:25,980 --> 00:46:30,340
And so here is Isaac engaged in meditation

978
00:46:30,340 --> 00:46:31,560
at evening time.

979
00:46:32,560 --> 00:46:36,000
And he looked up and behold, he saw

980
00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:37,120
the camels coming.

981
00:46:37,280 --> 00:46:38,160
All right.

982
00:46:38,700 --> 00:46:40,340
Now at this point, he doesn't know if

983
00:46:40,340 --> 00:46:41,940
he leaves there or if the servant has

984
00:46:41,940 --> 00:46:43,300
been successful or not.

985
00:46:47,750 --> 00:46:51,390
And Rebecca lifted up her eyes.

986
00:46:52,070 --> 00:46:54,790
And when she saw Isaac, she lighted off

987
00:46:54,790 --> 00:46:57,210
the camel for she had said to her

988
00:46:57,210 --> 00:47:00,230
servant, who is this man walking in the

989
00:47:00,230 --> 00:47:01,110
field to meet us?

990
00:47:01,150 --> 00:47:04,170
And the servant said, it is my master.

991
00:47:04,970 --> 00:47:07,470
Therefore she took a veil and covered herself.

992
00:47:08,130 --> 00:47:10,690
And the servant told Isaac all of the

993
00:47:10,690 --> 00:47:11,990
things that he had done.

994
00:47:13,230 --> 00:47:16,510
And Isaac brought her into his mother, Sarah's

995
00:47:16,510 --> 00:47:20,690
tent and took Rebecca and she became his

996
00:47:20,690 --> 00:47:22,450
wife and he loved her.

997
00:47:23,330 --> 00:47:26,710
And Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.

998
00:47:28,830 --> 00:47:31,350
Then in chapter 25, we find that Abraham,

999
00:47:31,670 --> 00:47:33,870
after Sarah's death, took another wife.

1000
00:47:33,950 --> 00:47:35,470
Her name was Keturah.

1001
00:47:37,170 --> 00:47:39,610
The name means mother of us all.

1002
00:47:42,310 --> 00:47:46,570
And she bare him Zimram, Jokshem, Medan, Median,

1003
00:47:47,190 --> 00:47:51,770
Ishbak, Shua and Jokshem begat Sheba and Dedan.

1004
00:47:51,870 --> 00:47:55,010
The sons of Dedan were Esherim and Latushim

1005
00:47:55,010 --> 00:47:57,150
and Leumim.

1006
00:47:57,990 --> 00:48:00,230
And the sons of Median, Ephaph and Ephur

1007
00:48:00,230 --> 00:48:00,890
and so forth.

1008
00:48:01,010 --> 00:48:02,630
And the names mean nothing to us and

1009
00:48:02,630 --> 00:48:03,490
probably never will.

1010
00:48:08,430 --> 00:48:11,830
As I told you so often, it'll follow

1011
00:48:11,830 --> 00:48:13,850
a line just for a generation or two

1012
00:48:13,850 --> 00:48:14,470
and drop them.

1013
00:48:14,590 --> 00:48:15,230
That's the end of it.

1014
00:48:15,250 --> 00:48:17,270
Because this line has nothing to do with

1015
00:48:17,270 --> 00:48:18,130
Jesus Christ.

1016
00:48:18,750 --> 00:48:20,650
It'll follow it for a generation or so.

1017
00:48:21,070 --> 00:48:22,010
Pop, that's it.

1018
00:48:22,430 --> 00:48:24,150
Whatever happened to them, where they went, who

1019
00:48:24,150 --> 00:48:25,170
they became, nobody knows.

1020
00:48:25,290 --> 00:48:28,590
It's just, they're not significant to the story.

1021
00:48:28,710 --> 00:48:30,530
The story is about Jesus Christ.

1022
00:48:31,370 --> 00:48:33,530
Back here in Genesis, the story is about

1023
00:48:33,530 --> 00:48:34,490
Jesus Christ.

1024
00:48:35,110 --> 00:48:37,250
And we're going to come on down the

1025
00:48:37,250 --> 00:48:38,950
line that's going to lead us to Jesus

1026
00:48:38,950 --> 00:48:39,310
Christ.

1027
00:48:39,390 --> 00:48:40,470
We're going to let the others go.

1028
00:48:40,810 --> 00:48:42,730
We might follow them for a generation or

1029
00:48:42,730 --> 00:48:44,350
two, but we're going to let them go.

1030
00:48:44,450 --> 00:48:45,310
They're not important.

1031
00:48:45,310 --> 00:48:48,690
The whole story centers around the person of

1032
00:48:48,690 --> 00:48:49,250
Jesus Christ.

1033
00:48:49,330 --> 00:48:50,810
We say His story.

1034
00:48:52,550 --> 00:48:53,770
What is history?

1035
00:48:54,210 --> 00:48:59,200
It is His story, the story of Jesus.

1036
00:48:59,440 --> 00:49:00,900
That's what history is all about.

1037
00:49:01,440 --> 00:49:03,000
And so that's what this record is all

1038
00:49:03,000 --> 00:49:03,180
about.

1039
00:49:03,260 --> 00:49:04,160
It's all about Jesus.

1040
00:49:04,440 --> 00:49:06,100
And it's only going to center in the

1041
00:49:06,100 --> 00:49:07,220
one person, Jesus.

1042
00:49:07,400 --> 00:49:09,760
It'll let the others go, go quickly.

1043
00:49:10,580 --> 00:49:12,260
We'll have a name or two thrown in,

1044
00:49:12,260 --> 00:49:14,080
and then that's the end of it.

1045
00:49:14,180 --> 00:49:15,780
We're going to let them go because we

1046
00:49:15,780 --> 00:49:18,200
want to center in, we want to concentrate

1047
00:49:18,200 --> 00:49:23,320
on the central person of history.

1048
00:49:24,940 --> 00:49:29,340
So, follow out the rest of Abraham's children

1049
00:49:29,340 --> 00:49:30,100
for just a ways.

1050
00:49:30,580 --> 00:49:34,420
And Abraham, this is the important one, verse

1051
00:49:34,420 --> 00:49:37,880
five, gave all that he had unto Isaac.

1052
00:49:38,320 --> 00:49:40,180
Isaac's the son of promise.

1053
00:49:41,660 --> 00:49:45,320
All that he had went to Isaac, but

1054
00:49:45,320 --> 00:49:49,060
unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham

1055
00:49:49,060 --> 00:49:53,520
had, Abraham gave gifts, gave gifts to them,

1056
00:49:53,600 --> 00:49:55,840
but everything that he had went to Isaac.

1057
00:49:56,360 --> 00:49:58,700
And he sent them away from Isaac, his

1058
00:49:58,700 --> 00:50:01,100
son, while he yet lived eastward to the

1059
00:50:01,100 --> 00:50:01,780
east country.

1060
00:50:01,940 --> 00:50:04,300
So, he gave gifts to them, sent them

1061
00:50:04,300 --> 00:50:04,660
away.

1062
00:50:05,160 --> 00:50:07,640
Isaac is the one in whom the story

1063
00:50:07,640 --> 00:50:10,400
is going to center, because Isaac comes in

1064
00:50:10,400 --> 00:50:11,980
the line that's going to bring us to

1065
00:50:11,980 --> 00:50:12,880
Jesus Christ.

1066
00:50:14,040 --> 00:50:16,080
Now, these are the days of the years

1067
00:50:16,080 --> 00:50:18,820
of Abraham's life, which he lived a hundred

1068
00:50:18,820 --> 00:50:21,600
and seventy-five years.

1069
00:50:23,220 --> 00:50:28,040
Then Abraham gave up the ghost or his

1070
00:50:28,040 --> 00:50:33,460
spirit, literally, and died in a good old

1071
00:50:33,460 --> 00:50:36,900
age, an old man full of years.

1072
00:50:37,060 --> 00:50:38,540
And he was gathered to his people, a

1073
00:50:38,540 --> 00:50:41,480
hundred and seventy-five years old, and Abraham

1074
00:50:41,480 --> 00:50:41,920
died.

1075
00:50:44,060 --> 00:50:46,120
That is, he gave up his spirit.

1076
00:50:47,820 --> 00:50:50,960
In reality, what happened is that his spirit

1077
00:50:50,960 --> 00:50:55,740
moved out of this old tent, because this

1078
00:50:55,740 --> 00:50:58,980
old tent just couldn't manage it anymore.

1079
00:50:59,760 --> 00:51:00,640
It was worn out.

1080
00:51:01,740 --> 00:51:03,820
Once a tent is worn out and has

1081
00:51:03,820 --> 00:51:06,280
no more value, doesn't keep out the rain

1082
00:51:06,280 --> 00:51:10,100
or wind, rips, and it just constantly needs

1083
00:51:10,100 --> 00:51:13,220
patching and repairing, it's time to move out

1084
00:51:13,220 --> 00:51:13,780
of the tent.

1085
00:51:14,200 --> 00:51:17,360
And so, Abraham moved out of his tent.

1086
00:51:18,180 --> 00:51:23,540
Now, this was before Jesus Christ made access

1087
00:51:23,540 --> 00:51:24,400
into heaven.

1088
00:51:25,080 --> 00:51:29,540
So, Abraham did not go into heaven, but

1089
00:51:29,540 --> 00:51:34,040
he went into the grave, into Hades, where

1090
00:51:34,040 --> 00:51:38,100
he became the master comforter of all of

1091
00:51:38,100 --> 00:51:41,120
those who went into Hades waiting for the

1092
00:51:41,120 --> 00:51:42,040
promise of God.

1093
00:51:43,100 --> 00:51:46,020
So, in the 16th chapter of Luke, we

1094
00:51:46,020 --> 00:51:56,280
find Abraham in Hades comforting Lazarus, and

1095
00:51:56,280 --> 00:51:58,720
we find the rich man talking to Abraham,

1096
00:52:00,200 --> 00:52:02,340
and Abraham responding to him.

1097
00:52:03,380 --> 00:52:10,070
Now, when Jesus died, before he ascended into

1098
00:52:10,070 --> 00:52:12,470
heaven, he first of all descended into the

1099
00:52:12,470 --> 00:52:14,310
lower parts of the earth, and he preached

1100
00:52:14,310 --> 00:52:17,290
to those souls that were in prison, the

1101
00:52:17,290 --> 00:52:19,310
spirits, Abraham's spirit down there in prison.

1102
00:52:19,570 --> 00:52:22,390
Jesus preached to him and to all of

1103
00:52:22,390 --> 00:52:24,810
those who with Abraham were waiting for the

1104
00:52:24,810 --> 00:52:26,990
promise of God, the Messiah, to come.

1105
00:52:29,760 --> 00:52:32,500
And so, the prophecy of Isaiah concerning Jesus

1106
00:52:32,500 --> 00:52:34,580
Christ is that he would open the prison

1107
00:52:34,580 --> 00:52:36,140
doors to those that were bound.

1108
00:52:36,340 --> 00:52:38,660
That's the prison doors of death, where these

1109
00:52:38,660 --> 00:52:39,880
people were bound.

1110
00:52:40,380 --> 00:52:42,560
And he opened the doors so that when

1111
00:52:42,560 --> 00:52:45,620
he ascended, he led the captives from their

1112
00:52:45,620 --> 00:52:48,680
captivity.

1113
00:52:52,860 --> 00:52:55,560
So that now, as a child of God,

1114
00:52:58,110 --> 00:53:05,220
when my spirit leaves this tent, because of

1115
00:53:05,220 --> 00:53:07,920
the way that Jesus Christ has made for

1116
00:53:07,920 --> 00:53:11,300
me, when my spirit leaves this tent, it's

1117
00:53:11,300 --> 00:53:13,600
going into a new house that is not

1118
00:53:13,600 --> 00:53:16,540
made with God, not made with hands, a

1119
00:53:16,540 --> 00:53:18,360
building of God eternal in the heavens.

1120
00:53:21,760 --> 00:53:24,580
I'm moving out of this old tent into

1121
00:53:24,580 --> 00:53:26,340
a new house that the Lord said he

1122
00:53:26,340 --> 00:53:27,740
had gone to prepare for me, for he

1123
00:53:27,740 --> 00:53:30,080
said, I'm in my father's house, there are

1124
00:53:30,080 --> 00:53:30,760
many mansions.

1125
00:53:31,160 --> 00:53:32,360
If it were not so, I would have

1126
00:53:32,360 --> 00:53:33,780
told you, I'm going to prepare a place

1127
00:53:33,780 --> 00:53:34,020
for you.

1128
00:53:34,180 --> 00:53:35,720
He's preparing me a new body.

1129
00:53:37,180 --> 00:53:38,740
It is a building of God.

1130
00:53:38,800 --> 00:53:39,900
It's not made with hands.

1131
00:53:40,020 --> 00:53:40,800
It's eternal.

1132
00:53:41,020 --> 00:53:42,140
This one is temporary.

1133
00:53:42,900 --> 00:53:44,920
It'll never see the number of years that

1134
00:53:44,920 --> 00:53:46,200
Abraham's body saw.

1135
00:53:47,260 --> 00:53:49,300
That would be the, that would be to

1136
00:53:49,300 --> 00:53:51,400
me, the worst thing that could ever happen

1137
00:53:51,400 --> 00:53:52,520
to me, it would be to live to

1138
00:53:52,520 --> 00:53:53,180
175.

1139
00:53:57,970 --> 00:53:59,350
In fact, I don't want to even see

1140
00:53:59,350 --> 00:54:00,050
the 75.

1141
00:54:03,610 --> 00:54:05,530
If God so wills it, fine, but I

1142
00:54:05,530 --> 00:54:06,930
don't think I'll ever see it.

1143
00:54:12,160 --> 00:54:17,320
Because as this tent wears out, the Lord's

1144
00:54:17,320 --> 00:54:19,980
already prepared a new building for my spirit,

1145
00:54:20,180 --> 00:54:22,300
a new house, not a tent anymore.

1146
00:54:22,880 --> 00:54:24,700
I'm getting sort of tired of the tent.

1147
00:54:27,100 --> 00:54:29,020
The tent's getting sort of tired too.

1148
00:54:33,050 --> 00:54:34,830
Tent's good for a while, but after a

1149
00:54:34,830 --> 00:54:36,830
while you begin to realize that they're just

1150
00:54:36,830 --> 00:54:38,990
not the conveniences in a tent that you'd

1151
00:54:38,990 --> 00:54:39,610
like to have.

1152
00:54:41,680 --> 00:54:43,800
You get longing to move into a house.

1153
00:54:45,920 --> 00:54:46,900
And one of these days I'm going to

1154
00:54:46,900 --> 00:54:48,120
move into a brand new house.

1155
00:54:49,260 --> 00:54:51,540
A building of God, not made with hands,

1156
00:54:51,680 --> 00:54:52,920
eternal in the heavens.

1157
00:54:54,740 --> 00:54:56,200
That's why Paul said, we who are in

1158
00:54:56,200 --> 00:55:00,020
this body do often groan, earnestly desiring to

1159
00:55:00,020 --> 00:55:00,660
move out.

1160
00:55:00,880 --> 00:55:03,080
Not that we would be unembodied spirits, but

1161
00:55:03,080 --> 00:55:05,280
that we might be clothed upon with a

1162
00:55:05,280 --> 00:55:06,520
body which is from heaven.

1163
00:55:07,700 --> 00:55:09,080
For we know that as long as we're

1164
00:55:09,080 --> 00:55:10,880
in this body, in this tent, we are

1165
00:55:10,880 --> 00:55:12,960
absent from the Lord, but we would choose

1166
00:55:12,960 --> 00:55:15,640
rather to be absent from this body and

1167
00:55:15,640 --> 00:55:17,000
to be present with the Lord.

1168
00:55:19,020 --> 00:55:22,820
One day, Abraham gave up the ghost, or

1169
00:55:22,820 --> 00:55:26,820
his spirit left his body after dwelling in

1170
00:55:26,820 --> 00:55:30,020
it for a hundred and seventy-five years.

1171
00:55:33,590 --> 00:55:41,940
Good old age, an old man, full, and

1172
00:55:41,940 --> 00:55:43,120
he was gathered to his people.

1173
00:55:43,280 --> 00:55:46,640
And his sons, Isaac and Ishmael, notice they

1174
00:55:46,640 --> 00:55:50,280
are joined together now for, you know, there

1175
00:55:50,280 --> 00:55:53,420
was that animosity that existed between them.

1176
00:55:53,880 --> 00:55:55,800
But it seems that at least at their

1177
00:55:55,800 --> 00:55:58,960
father's death, they were brought together.

1178
00:55:59,280 --> 00:56:02,400
And at their father's death, they joined together.

1179
00:56:02,560 --> 00:56:03,720
Ishmael is still there.

1180
00:56:04,320 --> 00:56:07,780
And they buried Abraham in that cave of

1181
00:56:07,780 --> 00:56:11,660
Meppelah, the field of Ephron, the son of

1182
00:56:11,660 --> 00:56:14,940
Zohar, the Hittite, which is there before Mamre,

1183
00:56:15,760 --> 00:56:19,540
that field which Abraham purchased in that, you

1184
00:56:19,540 --> 00:56:22,140
know, cultural thing that we got into last

1185
00:56:22,140 --> 00:56:22,680
Sunday night.

1186
00:56:24,800 --> 00:56:27,100
Now, these are the generations of Ishmael.

1187
00:56:27,500 --> 00:56:30,340
And so, we'll follow Ishmael for just, you

1188
00:56:30,340 --> 00:56:31,860
know, a little ways, and then we're going

1189
00:56:31,860 --> 00:56:35,660
to drop him because Ishmael isn't important to

1190
00:56:35,660 --> 00:56:36,480
the story.

1191
00:56:36,860 --> 00:56:38,900
And so, he gives us the names of

1192
00:56:38,900 --> 00:56:42,480
Ishmael's descendants, and they are no more important

1193
00:56:42,480 --> 00:56:48,280
to you as are the descendants of Abraham's

1194
00:56:48,280 --> 00:56:48,940
concubines.

1195
00:56:49,040 --> 00:56:50,800
And so, I'm not going to wrestle with

1196
00:56:50,800 --> 00:56:51,340
those names.

1197
00:56:51,460 --> 00:56:52,920
You can wrestle with them if you want.

1198
00:56:53,960 --> 00:56:55,960
Verse 16, it says, And these are the

1199
00:56:55,960 --> 00:56:59,140
sons of Ishmael, and these are their names

1200
00:56:59,140 --> 00:57:02,100
by their towns and their castles, twelve princes

1201
00:57:02,100 --> 00:57:03,240
according to their nations.

1202
00:57:03,740 --> 00:57:05,420
And these are the years of the life

1203
00:57:05,420 --> 00:57:05,980
of Ishmael.

1204
00:57:06,040 --> 00:57:07,400
He lived to be a hundred and thirty

1205
00:57:07,400 --> 00:57:08,300
-seven years.

1206
00:57:09,240 --> 00:57:11,240
And he gave up the ghost and died

1207
00:57:11,240 --> 00:57:12,900
and was gathered unto his people.

1208
00:57:13,240 --> 00:57:17,400
And they dwelt from Hevelah to Shur, and

1209
00:57:17,400 --> 00:57:19,400
that is before Egypt, as you go towards

1210
00:57:19,400 --> 00:57:19,920
Assyria.

1211
00:57:20,040 --> 00:57:21,540
And he died in the presence of all

1212
00:57:21,540 --> 00:57:22,120
of his brothers.

1213
00:57:22,960 --> 00:57:26,800
And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's

1214
00:57:26,800 --> 00:57:27,000
son.

1215
00:57:27,180 --> 00:57:29,600
Now, we come to the one that's important,

1216
00:57:29,740 --> 00:57:30,700
the one we will follow.

1217
00:57:30,900 --> 00:57:33,440
Abraham begat Isaac, and Isaac was forty years

1218
00:57:33,440 --> 00:57:37,940
old when he took Rebekah to wife, the

1219
00:57:37,940 --> 00:57:41,880
daughter of Bethuel, the Syrian of Paninarum, the

1220
00:57:41,880 --> 00:57:43,440
sister of Laban, the Syrian.

1221
00:57:44,380 --> 00:57:47,240
And Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife

1222
00:57:47,240 --> 00:57:48,640
because she was barren.

1223
00:57:49,680 --> 00:57:52,480
Now, he married her, but yet she was

1224
00:57:52,480 --> 00:57:53,940
unable to bear children.

1225
00:57:54,880 --> 00:57:57,540
And so, Isaac prayed for her that God

1226
00:57:57,540 --> 00:58:00,680
would heal and allow her to bear children.

1227
00:58:01,380 --> 00:58:03,600
It is interesting how many children we have

1228
00:58:03,600 --> 00:58:07,140
running around Calvary Chapel that are answers to

1229
00:58:07,140 --> 00:58:07,740
prayer.

1230
00:58:08,440 --> 00:58:10,940
Couples that could not have children who came

1231
00:58:10,940 --> 00:58:12,940
to the elders and were prayed for, and

1232
00:58:12,940 --> 00:58:14,860
God blessed them.

1233
00:58:15,040 --> 00:58:18,080
And now, we have so many little children

1234
00:58:18,080 --> 00:58:20,400
running around here that are really just true

1235
00:58:20,400 --> 00:58:21,500
answers to prayer.

1236
00:58:21,660 --> 00:58:24,500
They're little miracle babies that God has given.

1237
00:58:24,680 --> 00:58:27,740
And it is scriptural that Isaac entreated the

1238
00:58:27,740 --> 00:58:28,860
Lord for his wife.

1239
00:58:29,680 --> 00:58:31,940
And the Lord was entreated of him, and

1240
00:58:31,940 --> 00:58:33,620
Rebekah, his wife, conceived.

1241
00:58:34,100 --> 00:58:37,180
And the children struggled together within her.

1242
00:58:38,480 --> 00:58:41,140
And she said, why am I thus?

1243
00:58:42,200 --> 00:58:44,340
And she went to inquire of the Lord.

1244
00:58:44,520 --> 00:58:46,840
Man, there was just all kinds of...

1245
00:58:46,840 --> 00:58:47,580
She was pregnant.

1246
00:58:47,760 --> 00:58:49,580
Man, it was more than just a baby

1247
00:58:49,580 --> 00:58:50,540
kicking or moving.

1248
00:58:50,660 --> 00:58:52,180
This was a real fight going on in

1249
00:58:52,180 --> 00:58:52,420
there.

1250
00:58:54,500 --> 00:58:57,600
And this fight was to continue after they

1251
00:58:57,600 --> 00:58:58,200
were born.

1252
00:59:01,030 --> 00:59:05,650
How much consciousness does a child have in

1253
00:59:05,650 --> 00:59:06,070
the womb?

1254
00:59:08,620 --> 00:59:14,310
We really don't know because we can't remember.

1255
00:59:14,310 --> 00:59:19,620
How much consciousness did you have during the

1256
00:59:19,620 --> 00:59:21,060
first year out of the womb?

1257
00:59:23,970 --> 00:59:25,150
You really don't know.

1258
00:59:26,350 --> 00:59:27,510
You can't remember.

1259
00:59:29,250 --> 00:59:31,910
Now, that a child is conscious out of

1260
00:59:31,910 --> 00:59:33,610
the womb, I have no doubt.

1261
00:59:37,070 --> 00:59:39,290
For out of the womb, during the first

1262
00:59:39,290 --> 00:59:42,230
year, a child is capable of expressing feelings

1263
00:59:42,230 --> 00:59:51,510
of contentment, happiness, anger, being upset.

1264
00:59:54,620 --> 00:59:56,760
And yet, none of you can remember that

1265
00:59:56,760 --> 00:59:58,840
first year of your life outside of the

1266
00:59:58,840 --> 00:59:59,040
womb.

1267
01:00:01,770 --> 01:00:03,750
The fact that you can't remember it doesn't

1268
01:00:03,750 --> 01:00:05,550
mean that you didn't have feelings.

1269
01:00:08,810 --> 01:00:11,150
So, we have no proof at all that

1270
01:00:11,150 --> 01:00:14,510
a child doesn't have emotions and feelings within

1271
01:00:14,510 --> 01:00:15,130
the womb.

1272
01:00:18,050 --> 01:00:20,090
Maybe some of those movements that you feel

1273
01:00:20,090 --> 01:00:20,890
are those of anger.

1274
01:00:21,030 --> 01:00:22,270
The little kid gets mad at the position,

1275
01:00:22,350 --> 01:00:23,790
he kicks you, you know.

1276
01:00:26,340 --> 01:00:27,620
Tired of this position.

1277
01:00:29,380 --> 01:00:32,460
We don't know what feelings they may have

1278
01:00:32,460 --> 01:00:33,280
prenatally.

1279
01:00:36,340 --> 01:00:38,160
Now, it is quite possible that these two

1280
01:00:38,160 --> 01:00:39,980
little guys in the womb were angry with

1281
01:00:39,980 --> 01:00:41,300
each other and were going at it.

1282
01:00:46,660 --> 01:00:48,520
They were struggling in her womb.

1283
01:00:53,020 --> 01:00:56,740
And when they were born, as soon as

1284
01:00:56,740 --> 01:00:58,480
they were born, the one little guy reached

1285
01:00:58,480 --> 01:01:00,020
out and grabbed the other guy's heels, still

1286
01:01:00,020 --> 01:01:01,060
struggling with him.

1287
01:01:03,350 --> 01:01:04,270
Fight still going on.

1288
01:01:05,330 --> 01:01:07,150
And it really never did stop.

1289
01:01:09,680 --> 01:01:13,640
So, she was concerned with all of this

1290
01:01:13,640 --> 01:01:14,280
movement.

1291
01:01:15,400 --> 01:01:16,580
And so, she prayed about it.

1292
01:01:16,600 --> 01:01:17,520
Lord, what's going on?

1293
01:01:18,240 --> 01:01:20,900
And the Lord said unto her, two nations

1294
01:01:20,900 --> 01:01:25,860
are in your womb, and two manner of

1295
01:01:25,860 --> 01:01:32,180
people shall be separated from their birth, or

1296
01:01:32,180 --> 01:01:34,480
from your bowels, and the one people shall

1297
01:01:34,480 --> 01:01:37,660
be stronger than the other people, and the

1298
01:01:37,660 --> 01:01:39,680
elder shall serve the younger.

1299
01:01:41,460 --> 01:01:43,360
Now, this is before they were ever born,

1300
01:01:43,460 --> 01:01:44,780
before they ever did anything.

1301
01:01:45,100 --> 01:01:47,680
How is it that God could already make

1302
01:01:47,680 --> 01:01:48,500
this prediction?

1303
01:01:49,760 --> 01:01:51,580
Is there fairness with God?

1304
01:01:52,180 --> 01:01:54,080
Is it fair for God to say, well,

1305
01:01:54,120 --> 01:01:56,280
the elder's going to serve the younger before

1306
01:01:56,280 --> 01:01:57,160
they were ever born?

1307
01:01:57,160 --> 01:01:59,140
Paul takes this up in Romans.

1308
01:02:00,080 --> 01:02:02,100
The sovereignty of God in election.

1309
01:02:04,800 --> 01:02:07,280
But we must always remember that God's election

1310
01:02:07,280 --> 01:02:09,840
is always premised upon his foreknowledge.

1311
01:02:11,340 --> 01:02:17,040
Whom he did foreknow, those he did also

1312
01:02:17,040 --> 01:02:20,000
predestinate, that they should be conformed to the

1313
01:02:20,000 --> 01:02:20,780
image of his Son.

1314
01:02:22,680 --> 01:02:27,300
So, God chose while the children were still

1315
01:02:27,300 --> 01:02:28,540
fighting in the womb.

1316
01:02:29,900 --> 01:02:31,720
Two nations are fighting.

1317
01:02:32,640 --> 01:02:34,480
Nations that are going to be different from

1318
01:02:34,480 --> 01:02:34,960
each other.

1319
01:02:35,100 --> 01:02:36,000
One is stronger.

1320
01:02:37,840 --> 01:02:40,440
And so, the two nations, Israel and the

1321
01:02:40,440 --> 01:02:45,360
Edomites, who never did really get along.

1322
01:02:48,650 --> 01:02:50,410
Now, the Edomite nation has come to the

1323
01:02:50,410 --> 01:02:50,710
end.

1324
01:02:50,790 --> 01:02:53,750
The last known Edomite was the family of

1325
01:02:53,750 --> 01:02:54,150
Herod.

1326
01:02:55,570 --> 01:02:57,350
Who was the king at the time of

1327
01:02:57,350 --> 01:03:00,130
Jesus and still then, he destroyed all the

1328
01:03:00,130 --> 01:03:01,610
Jewish boys trying to get rid of the

1329
01:03:01,610 --> 01:03:02,010
Messiah.

1330
01:03:03,050 --> 01:03:06,690
The Edomites remained antagonistic towards the purposes of

1331
01:03:06,690 --> 01:03:07,150
God.

1332
01:03:07,990 --> 01:03:09,950
When the children of Israel were coming out

1333
01:03:09,950 --> 01:03:11,610
of the land of Egypt and wanted to

1334
01:03:11,610 --> 01:03:13,590
pass through their land in order that they

1335
01:03:13,590 --> 01:03:15,030
might come to the land that God had

1336
01:03:15,030 --> 01:03:17,390
promised, the Edomites came out to meet them,

1337
01:03:17,470 --> 01:03:19,490
to fight them, to keep them from coming

1338
01:03:19,490 --> 01:03:19,910
through.

1339
01:03:20,190 --> 01:03:23,790
Again, seeking or showing themselves antagonistic to the

1340
01:03:23,790 --> 01:03:24,650
purposes of God.

1341
01:03:24,870 --> 01:03:27,190
This is the characteristic of the Edomites from

1342
01:03:27,190 --> 01:03:27,730
the beginning.

1343
01:03:27,950 --> 01:03:29,090
Esau was that way.

1344
01:03:29,330 --> 01:03:31,670
He really didn't care about God or the

1345
01:03:31,670 --> 01:03:32,590
things of God.

1346
01:03:35,010 --> 01:03:37,030
He was a very natural man.

1347
01:03:42,110 --> 01:03:44,250
He was the typical natural man.

1348
01:03:45,810 --> 01:03:49,610
Interested in manly kind of things to be

1349
01:03:49,610 --> 01:03:53,330
sure, but not interested in godly things.

1350
01:03:54,940 --> 01:03:58,900
And God, knowing in advance his disposition and

1351
01:03:58,900 --> 01:04:03,800
his despising of spiritual things in advance, chose

1352
01:04:03,800 --> 01:04:07,880
the younger one to be the heir and

1353
01:04:07,880 --> 01:04:11,480
the one through whom the Messiah would eventually

1354
01:04:11,480 --> 01:04:12,000
come.

1355
01:04:13,340 --> 01:04:15,660
So, the younger one is chosen by God

1356
01:04:15,660 --> 01:04:18,640
over the elder while still in the womb.

1357
01:04:19,280 --> 01:04:21,000
And when her days to be delivered were

1358
01:04:21,000 --> 01:04:23,020
fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.

1359
01:04:23,300 --> 01:04:26,720
The first one came out all red, all

1360
01:04:26,720 --> 01:04:28,440
over like a hairy garment.

1361
01:04:29,560 --> 01:04:32,180
So, just a little kid covered with hair.

1362
01:04:33,840 --> 01:04:36,980
And so, appropriately, they called his name Harry.

1363
01:04:40,190 --> 01:04:41,650
That's what Esau means.

1364
01:04:42,130 --> 01:04:44,090
And that was very common in those days.

1365
01:04:44,210 --> 01:04:46,050
You would name your child after a circumstance

1366
01:04:46,050 --> 01:04:46,790
of his birth.

1367
01:04:49,120 --> 01:04:52,360
After that came his brother out.

1368
01:04:53,040 --> 01:04:55,480
And he took, and his hand took hold

1369
01:04:55,480 --> 01:04:56,940
on Esau's heel.

1370
01:04:59,120 --> 01:05:00,240
And that was probably exciting.

1371
01:05:00,400 --> 01:05:01,880
He said, oh look, he grabbed his brother's

1372
01:05:01,880 --> 01:05:02,100
heel.

1373
01:05:02,220 --> 01:05:04,000
And someone said, well then call him heel

1374
01:05:04,000 --> 01:05:04,580
catcher.

1375
01:05:05,700 --> 01:05:09,500
And Jacob literally means heel catcher.

1376
01:05:09,640 --> 01:05:11,220
That's the literal interpretation.

1377
01:05:11,860 --> 01:05:14,180
It came to mean surplanter.

1378
01:05:16,600 --> 01:05:19,280
But the literal meaning is heel catcher.

1379
01:05:20,000 --> 01:05:23,240
And Isaac was 60 years old when she

1380
01:05:23,240 --> 01:05:23,640
bared them.

1381
01:05:23,740 --> 01:05:25,860
So, they went 20 years without any children.

1382
01:05:26,140 --> 01:05:28,740
They were 40 when he was married, 60

1383
01:05:28,740 --> 01:05:30,580
before the children were born.

1384
01:05:31,020 --> 01:05:32,500
So, they're 20 years.

1385
01:05:33,640 --> 01:05:36,220
And he prayed and God gave her children,

1386
01:05:36,380 --> 01:05:37,220
gave her twins.

1387
01:05:39,840 --> 01:05:40,960
And the boys grew.

1388
01:05:42,160 --> 01:05:46,240
And Esau was a cunning hunter, a man

1389
01:05:46,240 --> 01:05:48,580
of the field, an outdoorsman.

1390
01:05:50,760 --> 01:05:54,380
But Jacob was a plain man dwelling in

1391
01:05:54,380 --> 01:05:54,740
tents.

1392
01:05:54,820 --> 01:05:57,320
Now, I'm afraid that the translators have done

1393
01:05:57,320 --> 01:06:01,560
Jacob a bad turn in translating this a

1394
01:06:01,560 --> 01:06:02,980
plain man.

1395
01:06:03,600 --> 01:06:06,640
The word that they translated was the Hebrew

1396
01:06:06,640 --> 01:06:07,500
word tam.

1397
01:06:08,660 --> 01:06:10,540
They translated it plain.

1398
01:06:11,720 --> 01:06:14,440
The word other places in the Old Testament

1399
01:06:14,440 --> 01:06:16,260
has been translated perfect.

1400
01:06:20,240 --> 01:06:22,780
You remember when God said to Satan concerning

1401
01:06:22,780 --> 01:06:25,120
Job, have you considered my servant Job a

1402
01:06:25,120 --> 01:06:26,140
perfect man?

1403
01:06:26,220 --> 01:06:28,100
It's the same Hebrew word tam.

1404
01:06:29,700 --> 01:06:31,840
Concerning Job, it was translated perfect.

1405
01:06:32,220 --> 01:06:34,200
And so, the translators have done Jacob sort

1406
01:06:34,200 --> 01:06:37,140
of a bad turn calling him a plain

1407
01:06:37,140 --> 01:06:37,580
man.

1408
01:06:38,040 --> 01:06:40,040
The scripture is actually saying he was a

1409
01:06:40,040 --> 01:06:42,900
perfect man or a complete man.

1410
01:06:43,320 --> 01:06:45,060
But he dwelt in tents.

1411
01:06:46,520 --> 01:06:49,340
Now, we have a tendency to really put

1412
01:06:49,340 --> 01:06:50,100
Jacob down.

1413
01:06:50,220 --> 01:06:52,700
And I have to confess that I have

1414
01:06:52,700 --> 01:06:54,780
done my share of putting this guy down

1415
01:06:54,780 --> 01:06:56,480
because of some of the tricks that he

1416
01:06:56,480 --> 01:06:56,820
pulled.

1417
01:06:59,560 --> 01:07:04,060
But in reality, he was the man that

1418
01:07:04,060 --> 01:07:04,900
God had chosen.

1419
01:07:07,200 --> 01:07:10,320
And the interesting thing is that God never

1420
01:07:10,320 --> 01:07:11,500
put him down.

1421
01:07:16,360 --> 01:07:19,400
And so, about the last time I put

1422
01:07:19,400 --> 01:07:20,600
him down, the Lord spoke to me and

1423
01:07:20,600 --> 01:07:21,800
said, hey, how come you keep putting him

1424
01:07:21,800 --> 01:07:22,000
down?

1425
01:07:22,160 --> 01:07:23,580
I said, oh man, look at those horrible

1426
01:07:23,580 --> 01:07:24,060
things he did.

1427
01:07:24,120 --> 01:07:25,800
He said, hey, where did I put him

1428
01:07:25,800 --> 01:07:26,080
down?

1429
01:07:27,840 --> 01:07:29,480
And I looked and I couldn't find where

1430
01:07:29,480 --> 01:07:30,400
God put Jacob down.

1431
01:07:30,440 --> 01:07:31,880
So, I quit putting Jacob down.

1432
01:07:36,210 --> 01:07:39,450
For Paul said, who are you to judge

1433
01:07:39,450 --> 01:07:41,070
another man's servant?

1434
01:07:42,430 --> 01:07:44,890
Before his own master, he either stands or

1435
01:07:44,890 --> 01:07:45,210
falls.

1436
01:07:45,310 --> 01:07:46,850
And yes, God is able to make him

1437
01:07:46,850 --> 01:07:47,430
to stand.

1438
01:07:49,130 --> 01:07:50,930
And God made Jacob to stand.

1439
01:07:51,050 --> 01:07:52,330
So, who am I to put him down?

1440
01:07:54,240 --> 01:07:56,240
If Jacob were my servant, then I would

1441
01:07:56,240 --> 01:08:01,530
have dealt with him, as I feel that

1442
01:08:01,530 --> 01:08:03,030
maybe he should have been dealt with.

1443
01:08:04,960 --> 01:08:06,400
But he isn't my servant.

1444
01:08:06,500 --> 01:08:08,300
He doesn't have to answer to me.

1445
01:08:08,440 --> 01:08:09,640
He is God's servant.

1446
01:08:11,360 --> 01:08:13,660
Now, if that is true about Jacob, then

1447
01:08:13,660 --> 01:08:15,740
it is true also about each other.

1448
01:08:17,970 --> 01:08:20,810
Who am I to put you down when

1449
01:08:20,810 --> 01:08:21,970
God is lifting you up?

1450
01:08:23,350 --> 01:08:25,069
Who am I to judge you?

1451
01:08:26,729 --> 01:08:28,090
You're not my servant.

1452
01:08:28,189 --> 01:08:29,689
If you were my servant, then I could

1453
01:08:29,689 --> 01:08:30,170
judge you.

1454
01:08:30,310 --> 01:08:31,550
You're not serving me.

1455
01:08:32,470 --> 01:08:33,729
You're serving God.

1456
01:08:34,430 --> 01:08:36,550
And thus, I have no right to judge

1457
01:08:36,550 --> 01:08:36,950
your servants.

1458
01:08:37,010 --> 01:08:38,109
Oh, you're a rotten servant.

1459
01:08:38,470 --> 01:08:39,790
Oh, I have no right to make that

1460
01:08:39,790 --> 01:08:41,189
kind of a judgment concerning you.

1461
01:08:41,330 --> 01:08:43,390
That's God's judgment.

1462
01:08:44,590 --> 01:08:46,910
That's for him to judge you because you're

1463
01:08:46,910 --> 01:08:47,569
serving him.

1464
01:08:47,970 --> 01:08:51,330
And it's for him to judge me because

1465
01:08:51,330 --> 01:08:54,029
I seek to serve him.

1466
01:08:54,870 --> 01:09:00,069
So, Jacob was not a plain man.

1467
01:09:01,189 --> 01:09:03,189
He was a tam man.

1468
01:09:05,290 --> 01:09:08,149
Perfect, actually, or a complete man.

1469
01:09:08,470 --> 01:09:09,770
And he dwelt in tents.

1470
01:09:09,890 --> 01:09:13,810
His brother outdoors, Jacob, loved the tent life.

1471
01:09:17,540 --> 01:09:21,080
And Isaac loved Esau, but for base reasons,

1472
01:09:21,779 --> 01:09:24,580
because he ate his barbecued venison.

1473
01:09:27,569 --> 01:09:29,390
Now, that's no reason for loving one son

1474
01:09:29,390 --> 01:09:30,029
above another.

1475
01:09:30,950 --> 01:09:32,109
It's because the guy's a good hunter and

1476
01:09:32,109 --> 01:09:33,210
can bring in venison.

1477
01:09:33,710 --> 01:09:35,270
You get hooked on venison.

1478
01:09:35,550 --> 01:09:38,850
And so, he loved Esau because he ate

1479
01:09:38,850 --> 01:09:39,330
the venison.

1480
01:09:39,890 --> 01:09:42,670
But Rebecca loved Jacob.

1481
01:09:44,270 --> 01:09:45,870
So sad, but true.

1482
01:09:46,130 --> 01:09:48,529
With the parents, there was a displaying of

1483
01:09:48,529 --> 01:09:50,450
favoritism among the children.

1484
01:09:52,569 --> 01:09:55,610
And Jacob was fixing some pottage.

1485
01:09:56,850 --> 01:09:58,950
And Esau came in from the field and

1486
01:09:58,950 --> 01:09:59,790
he was faint.

1487
01:10:00,110 --> 01:10:02,130
And Esau said to Jacob, feed me, I

1488
01:10:02,130 --> 01:10:05,210
pray thee, with some of that red pottage,

1489
01:10:05,330 --> 01:10:06,210
for I'm faint.

1490
01:10:07,170 --> 01:10:09,990
And therefore, his name was called from then

1491
01:10:09,990 --> 01:10:10,810
on, Red.

1492
01:10:11,350 --> 01:10:12,530
Edom means red.

1493
01:10:12,790 --> 01:10:19,150
And his descendants were called the Edomites because

1494
01:10:19,150 --> 01:10:21,450
he wanted this red pottage.

1495
01:10:21,470 --> 01:10:23,030
He was hungry and fainting.

1496
01:10:23,670 --> 01:10:26,090
And Jacob said, sell me this day thy

1497
01:10:26,090 --> 01:10:26,750
birthright.

1498
01:10:27,730 --> 01:10:29,910
And Esau said, hey, I'm at the ready

1499
01:10:29,910 --> 01:10:30,550
to die.

1500
01:10:30,750 --> 01:10:32,650
What profit is a birthright to me?

1501
01:10:33,270 --> 01:10:35,650
He was very flippant about it.

1502
01:10:35,670 --> 01:10:37,290
Hey, man, what about the birthright?

1503
01:10:37,350 --> 01:10:38,150
I'm ready to die.

1504
01:10:38,210 --> 01:10:39,170
I want your pottage.

1505
01:10:40,150 --> 01:10:42,150
But Jacob pressed the point.

1506
01:10:44,240 --> 01:10:46,640
And Jacob said, swear to me then this

1507
01:10:46,640 --> 01:10:46,980
day.

1508
01:10:47,080 --> 01:10:48,220
And he swore unto him.

1509
01:10:49,000 --> 01:10:51,560
And thus, he sold his birthright to Jacob.

1510
01:10:52,720 --> 01:10:55,380
Then Jacob gave Esau the bread and the

1511
01:10:55,380 --> 01:10:58,540
pottage of lentils, which he did eat and

1512
01:10:58,540 --> 01:10:58,960
drink.

1513
01:10:59,060 --> 01:11:02,340
And they rose up and went and he

1514
01:11:02,340 --> 01:11:03,500
rose up and went his way.

1515
01:11:04,580 --> 01:11:08,040
Thus, Esau despised his birthright.

1516
01:11:08,120 --> 01:11:10,800
He didn't really care about the birthright at

1517
01:11:10,800 --> 01:11:10,960
all.

1518
01:11:11,160 --> 01:11:13,680
He wasn't interested in spiritual things.

1519
01:11:13,700 --> 01:11:16,620
He could care less about birthright.

1520
01:11:17,120 --> 01:11:18,400
He hated it.

1521
01:11:18,440 --> 01:11:20,580
He wasn't interested in it.

1522
01:11:21,300 --> 01:11:23,160
And thus, he despised his birthright.

1523
01:11:24,540 --> 01:11:27,140
Now, there was a famine in the land

1524
01:11:27,140 --> 01:11:29,060
beside the first famine that was in the

1525
01:11:29,060 --> 01:11:29,780
days of Abraham.

1526
01:11:30,260 --> 01:11:31,800
And like father, like son.

1527
01:11:33,520 --> 01:11:35,660
Isaac went to Abimelech, the king of the

1528
01:11:35,660 --> 01:11:36,960
Philistines, and to Gerar.

1529
01:11:37,100 --> 01:11:39,500
Now, it was to Abimelech that Abraham went,

1530
01:11:39,600 --> 01:11:41,560
but certainly not the same one that Isaac

1531
01:11:41,560 --> 01:11:45,540
went to, because this is a hundred years

1532
01:11:45,540 --> 01:11:47,060
later, more than a hundred years later.

1533
01:11:47,220 --> 01:11:49,280
So, Abimelech was sort of a title of

1534
01:11:49,280 --> 01:11:51,860
the king of the Philistines.

1535
01:11:52,760 --> 01:11:55,560
And so, Isaac went unto the land of

1536
01:11:55,560 --> 01:11:57,660
the Philistines and the Lord appeared unto him

1537
01:11:57,660 --> 01:12:00,240
and said, don't go down to Egypt.

1538
01:12:01,160 --> 01:12:02,820
Dwell in the land which I will tell

1539
01:12:02,820 --> 01:12:03,140
thee of.

1540
01:12:03,140 --> 01:12:04,480
Now, this is God's direct command.

1541
01:12:04,640 --> 01:12:06,700
Don't go down to Egypt.

1542
01:12:07,560 --> 01:12:08,640
Dwell in the land I show you.

1543
01:12:09,340 --> 01:12:11,820
Sojourn in this land and I will be

1544
01:12:11,820 --> 01:12:13,640
with thee and will bless thee.

1545
01:12:13,900 --> 01:12:16,020
For unto thee and unto thy seed, I'm

1546
01:12:16,020 --> 01:12:19,240
going to give these countries and I will

1547
01:12:19,240 --> 01:12:21,660
perform the oath which I swear to Abraham

1548
01:12:21,660 --> 01:12:22,360
thy father.

1549
01:12:22,820 --> 01:12:24,740
And I will make thy seed to multiply

1550
01:12:24,740 --> 01:12:26,100
as the stars of heaven.

1551
01:12:26,320 --> 01:12:28,240
And I will give unto thy seed all

1552
01:12:28,240 --> 01:12:31,500
these countries and in thy seed shall all

1553
01:12:31,500 --> 01:12:32,980
of the nations of the earth be blessed.

1554
01:12:33,040 --> 01:12:36,240
And so now God visits Isaac as he

1555
01:12:36,240 --> 01:12:37,760
is going over to the land of the

1556
01:12:37,760 --> 01:12:38,400
Philistines.

1557
01:12:38,580 --> 01:12:41,300
God comes to him and visits and reiterates

1558
01:12:41,300 --> 01:12:43,880
to Isaac the promise that he had made

1559
01:12:43,880 --> 01:12:44,440
to Abraham.

1560
01:12:44,960 --> 01:12:46,340
The land is going to be yours.

1561
01:12:46,560 --> 01:12:48,140
I'm going to multiply your seed.

1562
01:12:48,560 --> 01:12:50,460
But then the heart of the thing is

1563
01:12:50,460 --> 01:12:53,280
through thy seed shall all of the nations

1564
01:12:53,280 --> 01:12:54,200
of the earth be blessed.

1565
01:12:54,460 --> 01:12:58,180
Not plural, but singular referring to Jesus Christ.

1566
01:12:58,300 --> 01:13:00,520
So, the promise of the Messiah to come

1567
01:13:00,520 --> 01:13:06,500
down through Isaac and thus reiterated the promise

1568
01:13:06,500 --> 01:13:07,620
that he had made to Abraham.

1569
01:13:07,960 --> 01:13:10,800
Now that same covenant and promise is passed

1570
01:13:10,800 --> 01:13:13,740
on to Isaac at this particular time in

1571
01:13:13,740 --> 01:13:14,180
his life.

1572
01:13:15,160 --> 01:13:17,580
Because that Abraham obeyed my voice and kept

1573
01:13:17,580 --> 01:13:20,260
my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my

1574
01:13:20,260 --> 01:13:20,480
laws.

1575
01:13:20,620 --> 01:13:22,960
So, really it is because of Abraham that

1576
01:13:22,960 --> 01:13:27,520
the promises come and Isaac is the beneficiary

1577
01:13:27,520 --> 01:13:30,320
even of his father's faithfulness.

1578
01:13:30,800 --> 01:13:32,700
And Isaac dwelled at Gerar.

1579
01:13:33,380 --> 01:13:35,380
Now the men of the place asked him

1580
01:13:35,380 --> 01:13:38,220
about his wife and he said, like I

1581
01:13:38,220 --> 01:13:40,840
said, father like son, she's my sister.

1582
01:13:41,800 --> 01:13:43,720
For he feared to say she is my

1583
01:13:43,720 --> 01:13:46,200
wife lest he, the men of the place,

1584
01:13:46,300 --> 01:13:48,160
would kill me for Rebecca because she was

1585
01:13:48,160 --> 01:13:50,780
still beautiful to look upon.

1586
01:13:51,420 --> 01:13:53,700
And it came to pass when he had

1587
01:13:53,700 --> 01:13:55,880
been there a long time that Abimelech, the

1588
01:13:55,880 --> 01:13:57,260
king of the Philistines, looked out of a

1589
01:13:57,260 --> 01:13:59,420
window and he saw and behold Isaac was

1590
01:13:59,420 --> 01:14:04,800
sporting with Rebecca, his wife, making love.

1591
01:14:05,400 --> 01:14:07,880
And Abimelech called Isaac and said, behold of

1592
01:14:07,880 --> 01:14:09,220
a surety she's your wife.

1593
01:14:09,540 --> 01:14:11,000
How is it that you said she is

1594
01:14:11,000 --> 01:14:11,700
your sister?

1595
01:14:12,680 --> 01:14:14,400
And Isaac said to him, because I said

1596
01:14:14,400 --> 01:14:16,820
lest I die for her.

1597
01:14:16,940 --> 01:14:18,740
And Abimelech said, what is this that you've

1598
01:14:18,740 --> 01:14:19,620
done to us?

1599
01:14:20,400 --> 01:14:22,820
One of the people might lightly have laid

1600
01:14:22,820 --> 01:14:25,980
with your wife and you should have brought

1601
01:14:25,980 --> 01:14:27,300
guiltiness upon us.

1602
01:14:27,760 --> 01:14:30,100
And Abimelech charged all of his people saying,

1603
01:14:30,100 --> 01:14:32,940
he that touches this man or his wife

1604
01:14:32,940 --> 01:14:34,360
shall surely be put to death.

1605
01:14:35,180 --> 01:14:37,860
Then Isaac sowed in the land and received

1606
01:14:37,860 --> 01:14:39,780
in the same year a hundredfold and the

1607
01:14:39,780 --> 01:14:40,540
Lord blessed him.

1608
01:14:40,600 --> 01:14:43,800
So the king put out a protective custody

1609
01:14:43,800 --> 01:14:46,060
over him saying no one was to touch

1610
01:14:46,060 --> 01:14:46,840
him or his wife.

1611
01:14:47,380 --> 01:14:49,520
And Isaac went out and sowed and planted

1612
01:14:49,520 --> 01:14:51,680
and God blessed it and he reaped a

1613
01:14:51,680 --> 01:14:54,500
hundredfold from his planting.

1614
01:14:56,180 --> 01:14:59,500
And Isaac waxed great and he went forward

1615
01:14:59,500 --> 01:15:03,340
and grew until he became very great for

1616
01:15:03,340 --> 01:15:05,360
he had a possession of flocks and a

1617
01:15:05,360 --> 01:15:08,460
possession of herds and a great store of

1618
01:15:08,460 --> 01:15:09,000
servants.

1619
01:15:09,780 --> 01:15:13,820
And the Philistines envied him for all of

1620
01:15:13,820 --> 01:15:16,240
the wells, which his father's servants had digged

1621
01:15:16,240 --> 01:15:17,460
in the days of Abraham.

1622
01:15:18,020 --> 01:15:20,460
The Philistines said, stop them and fill them

1623
01:15:20,460 --> 01:15:21,100
with earth.

1624
01:15:21,200 --> 01:15:23,660
Then Abimelech said unto Isaac, go from us

1625
01:15:23,660 --> 01:15:26,300
for thou art much mightier than we.

1626
01:15:26,480 --> 01:15:28,500
So the same thing that happened to Abraham,

1627
01:15:28,720 --> 01:15:30,200
they saw the blessing and the work of

1628
01:15:30,200 --> 01:15:32,680
God upon his life and they became fearful

1629
01:15:32,680 --> 01:15:33,320
of Abraham.

1630
01:15:34,360 --> 01:15:36,420
And now Abimelech is doing the same thing

1631
01:15:36,420 --> 01:15:37,180
concerning Isaac.

1632
01:15:37,360 --> 01:15:39,540
Seeing the fact that God's hand is so

1633
01:15:39,540 --> 01:15:43,080
much upon him and the greatness of his

1634
01:15:43,080 --> 01:15:47,140
wealth and all, they became fearful and they

1635
01:15:47,140 --> 01:15:48,040
asked him to leave.

1636
01:15:48,500 --> 01:15:50,160
And so Isaac departed from there and he

1637
01:15:50,160 --> 01:15:51,920
pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar

1638
01:15:51,920 --> 01:15:52,880
and he dwelt there.

1639
01:15:53,620 --> 01:15:55,780
And Isaac digged again the wells of water,

1640
01:15:55,880 --> 01:15:57,180
which they had digged in the days of

1641
01:15:57,180 --> 01:16:00,040
Abraham, his father, for the Philistines had stopped

1642
01:16:00,040 --> 01:16:01,240
them after the death of Abraham.

1643
01:16:01,260 --> 01:16:02,780
And he called the names after the names,

1644
01:16:02,860 --> 01:16:04,000
which his father had called him.

1645
01:16:04,040 --> 01:16:06,500
And Isaac's servants digged in the valley and

1646
01:16:06,500 --> 01:16:08,820
they found there an artesian well.

1647
01:16:09,980 --> 01:16:12,860
And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with

1648
01:16:12,860 --> 01:16:15,200
Isaac's herdmen saying the water is ours.

1649
01:16:16,000 --> 01:16:17,400
And so he called the name of the

1650
01:16:17,400 --> 01:16:21,060
well strife because they strove with him and

1651
01:16:21,060 --> 01:16:23,680
he digged another well and they strove for

1652
01:16:23,680 --> 01:16:24,400
that also.

1653
01:16:24,400 --> 01:16:26,560
And so he called it contention.

1654
01:16:27,260 --> 01:16:28,980
And so he removed from there and he

1655
01:16:28,980 --> 01:16:29,940
digged another well.

1656
01:16:30,500 --> 01:16:32,360
And for that one, they did not strive.

1657
01:16:32,500 --> 01:16:34,640
And so he called it roominess for he

1658
01:16:34,640 --> 01:16:36,480
said, the Lord has made room for all

1659
01:16:36,480 --> 01:16:38,260
of us and we will be fruitful in

1660
01:16:38,260 --> 01:16:38,640
the land.

1661
01:16:38,780 --> 01:16:40,960
So he went up from there to Beersheba.

1662
01:16:42,480 --> 01:16:44,420
And the Lord appeared unto him in the

1663
01:16:44,420 --> 01:16:48,100
same night and said, now again, God is

1664
01:16:48,100 --> 01:16:49,800
appearing to him just like he appeared earlier.

1665
01:16:50,060 --> 01:16:51,840
I, as he returned now though, I am

1666
01:16:51,840 --> 01:16:53,740
the God of Abraham, thy father.

1667
01:16:54,580 --> 01:16:58,560
Fear not for I am with thee and

1668
01:16:58,560 --> 01:17:02,680
will bless thee and multiply thy seed for

1669
01:17:02,680 --> 01:17:05,780
my servant Abraham's sake.

1670
01:17:07,220 --> 01:17:10,660
Fear not for I am with thee.

1671
01:17:11,660 --> 01:17:14,660
The presence of God in our lives should

1672
01:17:14,660 --> 01:17:18,560
be sufficient to dispel all fears.

1673
01:17:19,020 --> 01:17:21,700
We only get frightened when we forget that

1674
01:17:21,700 --> 01:17:22,600
God is with us.

1675
01:17:24,060 --> 01:17:27,220
If you get all filled with fear and

1676
01:17:27,220 --> 01:17:30,700
just all shook and upset, it means one

1677
01:17:30,700 --> 01:17:30,940
thing.

1678
01:17:31,020 --> 01:17:33,060
You've forgotten that God is with you.

1679
01:17:35,800 --> 01:17:40,120
Fear not God said for I am with

1680
01:17:40,120 --> 01:17:40,320
thee.

1681
01:17:41,380 --> 01:17:44,600
How many times that God made that the

1682
01:17:44,600 --> 01:17:46,240
basis of dispelling fear.

1683
01:17:46,680 --> 01:17:47,580
Fear not for I am with thee.

1684
01:17:47,700 --> 01:17:49,840
Be not dismayed for I am thy God.

1685
01:17:49,900 --> 01:17:50,600
I will help thee.

1686
01:17:50,800 --> 01:17:51,960
I will strengthen thee.

1687
01:17:52,260 --> 01:17:54,040
Yea, I will hold thee by the right

1688
01:17:54,040 --> 01:17:55,320
hand of my righteousness.

1689
01:17:57,640 --> 01:17:58,700
The Lord is my helper.

1690
01:17:58,860 --> 01:18:00,960
David cried, of whom shall I be afraid?

1691
01:18:03,820 --> 01:18:04,280
Fear not.

1692
01:18:05,600 --> 01:18:06,600
I am with thee.

1693
01:18:07,900 --> 01:18:11,940
And for Abraham's sake, I'm going to bless

1694
01:18:11,940 --> 01:18:12,240
thee.

1695
01:18:13,460 --> 01:18:16,540
And so Isaac built an altar there and

1696
01:18:16,540 --> 01:18:18,720
called upon the name of the Lord and

1697
01:18:18,720 --> 01:18:21,720
he pitched his tent there and there Isaac's

1698
01:18:21,720 --> 01:18:23,140
servants digged a well.

1699
01:18:23,700 --> 01:18:26,680
And then Abimelech came to him from Gerar

1700
01:18:26,680 --> 01:18:30,820
with Ahuza, one of his friends and Phicol,

1701
01:18:30,920 --> 01:18:32,680
the chief captain of his army, which is

1702
01:18:32,680 --> 01:18:34,520
the title of the army general.

1703
01:18:35,440 --> 01:18:37,900
And Isaac said unto them, hey, why have

1704
01:18:37,900 --> 01:18:39,420
you come to me seeing you hate me

1705
01:18:39,420 --> 01:18:40,620
and you kick me out?

1706
01:18:41,160 --> 01:18:43,540
And they said, we have seen that the

1707
01:18:43,540 --> 01:18:44,900
Lord is certainly with you.

1708
01:18:45,360 --> 01:18:48,280
And we said, let us now make a

1709
01:18:48,280 --> 01:18:53,960
treaty between us, a covenant with you that

1710
01:18:53,960 --> 01:18:56,360
you will not hurt us for we didn't

1711
01:18:56,360 --> 01:18:59,100
touch you and we have done nothing to

1712
01:18:59,100 --> 01:19:00,020
you but good.

1713
01:19:00,280 --> 01:19:02,020
And we have sent you away in peace

1714
01:19:02,020 --> 01:19:03,900
and now you're blessed of the Lord.

1715
01:19:04,400 --> 01:19:05,840
And so he made them a feast and

1716
01:19:05,840 --> 01:19:07,940
they did eat and drink and they rose

1717
01:19:07,940 --> 01:19:10,500
up in the morning and swore one to

1718
01:19:10,500 --> 01:19:12,740
another and Isaac sent them away and they

1719
01:19:12,740 --> 01:19:14,240
departed from him in peace.

1720
01:19:14,820 --> 01:19:17,320
And it came to pass the same day

1721
01:19:17,320 --> 01:19:20,500
that Isaac's servants came and told him concerning

1722
01:19:20,500 --> 01:19:22,380
the well which they had dug and they

1723
01:19:22,380 --> 01:19:23,720
said, we have found water.

1724
01:19:24,400 --> 01:19:26,540
And so he called it Sheba.

1725
01:19:27,220 --> 01:19:30,060
Therefore, the name of the city is Beersheba

1726
01:19:30,060 --> 01:19:31,680
unto this day.

1727
01:19:32,500 --> 01:19:36,960
And Esau was 40 years old when he

1728
01:19:36,960 --> 01:19:40,860
took a wife, Judah, the daughter of Beri,

1729
01:19:40,960 --> 01:19:46,240
the Hittite, and Bathshemeth, the daughter of Elon,

1730
01:19:46,460 --> 01:19:49,800
the Hittite, which were a grief in the

1731
01:19:49,800 --> 01:19:51,980
mind unto Isaac and Rebekah.

1732
01:19:52,060 --> 01:19:55,960
So Esau, 40 years old now, and he

1733
01:19:55,960 --> 01:19:58,680
married a couple of girls of the Canaanites

1734
01:19:58,680 --> 01:20:00,620
from the Hittites tribe.

1735
01:20:02,340 --> 01:20:09,220
And these girls were just a heartache to

1736
01:20:09,220 --> 01:20:11,400
Rebekah and to Isaac.

1737
01:20:11,700 --> 01:20:18,080
Probably were so imbued with the customs of

1738
01:20:18,080 --> 01:20:23,380
their own culture and all, and probably their

1739
01:20:23,380 --> 01:20:25,540
own gods that they worshiped that it was

1740
01:20:25,540 --> 01:20:29,560
just a heartbreak for Rebekah and Isaac.

1741
01:20:29,960 --> 01:20:32,520
There wasn't really good fellowship with these daughters

1742
01:20:32,520 --> 01:20:32,900
-in-law.

1743
01:20:33,160 --> 01:20:35,760
There was just too much diversity for them

1744
01:20:35,760 --> 01:20:38,160
to be close and to have a close

1745
01:20:38,160 --> 01:20:38,700
fellowship.

1746
01:20:38,900 --> 01:20:41,380
And so they became sort of a burden

1747
01:20:41,380 --> 01:20:44,320
and a heartache to Rebekah and Isaac.

1748
01:20:44,440 --> 01:20:47,260
And that is why one of the reasons

1749
01:20:47,260 --> 01:20:50,280
why they encouraged Jacob to go back and

1750
01:20:50,280 --> 01:20:53,220
to get his bride from the family of

1751
01:20:53,220 --> 01:20:56,280
Abraham back in the area of Haran again,

1752
01:20:56,580 --> 01:21:01,880
because Isaac's brides, they were just a mess

1753
01:21:01,880 --> 01:21:04,580
and brought no joy or all to...

1754
01:21:07,140 --> 01:21:09,580
Esau's wives, rather, just brought no joy to

1755
01:21:09,580 --> 01:21:10,420
Isaac or Rebekah.

1756
01:21:11,240 --> 01:21:13,100
We're going to leave off here and next

1757
01:21:13,100 --> 01:21:15,460
Sunday night we'll start in chapter 27 and

1758
01:21:15,460 --> 01:21:17,380
we'll just move as we are able through

1759
01:21:17,380 --> 01:21:18,300
the book of Genesis.

1760
01:21:18,840 --> 01:21:21,500
Some nights taking more, some nights taking less,

1761
01:21:21,500 --> 01:21:24,540
but let's strike out for five next Sunday

1762
01:21:24,540 --> 01:21:24,860
night.

1763
01:21:26,140 --> 01:21:29,560
The 27th chapter is a fairly long chapter,

1764
01:21:30,240 --> 01:21:33,440
and so we'll let it go until next

1765
01:21:33,440 --> 01:21:35,560
Sunday evening where we'll pick up the study

1766
01:21:35,560 --> 01:21:35,960
again.

1767
01:21:36,340 --> 01:21:39,700
Chapter 27 and we will go through, we'll

1768
01:21:39,700 --> 01:21:41,880
read through chapter 32, study it, and then

1769
01:21:41,880 --> 01:21:44,260
next Sunday night we'll see how far we

1770
01:21:44,260 --> 01:21:46,880
can get as we move along in this

1771
01:21:46,880 --> 01:21:51,680
story of the ancestry of Jesus Christ.

1772
01:21:52,080 --> 01:21:53,160
Shall we stand?