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Who is this of Wisdom Bible 
Church, the Church of a distant 

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Christian narration? 
So we are taking further lessons

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on the pattern, the model by 
which Jesus established and 

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practice friendship with his 
disciples in particular, which 

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we can learn from. 
Last week we studied very 

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extensively the man called Eliza
of Damascus, who was a servant 

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of Father Abraham, who by proper
behavior replaced Lords, the 

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nephew of Abraham in the 
covenant equation of the 

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household of Father Abraham is 
your mind. 

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Be refreshed, Hallelujah. 
Now we're still going to a kind 

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of reiterate on that to launch 
us into the further lessons we 

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are going to be taking from the 
Jesus pattern of practicing 

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friendship. 
Now the potential that promoted 

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Ilyasa of Damascus to a level of
becoming a confidant to his 

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master was first observed. 
That potential, that capacity to

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be so responsible as to come to 
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relevance was first observed in 
Ilyasa in Genesis chapter 15. 

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Let's run through the 1st 4 
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After these things, the word of 
the Lord came on to Abraham in a

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vision. 
After what things, so many 

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things, God had called Abraham 
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He has left. 
He remained childless. 

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He has faced a number of 
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His expectations were yet to be 
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The promise was still afar off, 
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those promises will never come 
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So after this many turbulence of
a life of obedience, the Lord 

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came on to Hebron in a vision, 
saying, Fear not Hebron, I am 

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thy she and thy exceeding great 
reward. 

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Then verse 2, which is the verse
that brought Eliazza of Damascus

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into the picture. 
And Abraham said, Lord God war 

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without give me. 
So because it has been promises 

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and promises and promises, 
tangibility has not been added 

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to the promise. 
So well, God now came to him 

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again and said, I am your sheet,
I am your great reward. 

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He said very politely, Stop it 
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I am already getting fed up. 
I am reading my mind into it and

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paraphrasing. 
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God, say I am your sheep, I am 
your great reward. 

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Abraham now said in verse 2, 
Lord God, deceive me not Ulua 

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Matami, what will thou give me 
that will be very tangible that 

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I can hold onto, that you are a 
promise keeper. 

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Say I go tideless, and the 
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Helia of Damascus. 
Now God gave him a revelation, 

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and he responded with 
lamentation, because verse 1 is 

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a revelation. 
Verse 2 How do you describe it? 

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Lamentation. 
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Behold to me. 
So the lamentation continue, 

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Thou has given no seed, and lo, 
one born in my house is my heir.

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So this Elias of Damascus was an
home born servant. 

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He was not brought into the 
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He was never a free man ever in 
his life. 

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If he were captured and brought 
into Father Abraham's house. 

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We say once he enjoyed freedom. 
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If he were bought, you know in 
those days they do buy slave, we

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would say he once enjoyed 
freedom. 

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But what was 3 is making us to 
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into the family of Abraham. 
So which means the mother was 

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his slave and so he was born 
into slave free, but he rose 

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from slavery to become the 
custodian of whatever were the 

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possession of Father Abraham, 
including the promised child. 

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And that is why I kept on 
emphasizing since that last 

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week's study that you come by 
proper behaviour. 

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You can buy high sense of 
responsibility rules to become 

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rise, to become a confidant to 
any level of authority, to 

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becoming a friend to any level 
of authority, regardless of your

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background. 
I know one born in my house is 

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my heir. 
And behold, the word of 

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locomotive saying, this shall 
not be that promised, right? 

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But either shall comfort out of 
their own bull shall be your 

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air. 
Now that lamentation, what 

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instructed it? 
We need to travel back into the 

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story of that family. 
And by the time we travel back, 

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this is Chapter 15. 
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Chapter 13, that is where we're 
going to see Lots and the manner

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of mind and character he had 
that disqualify him, that pushed

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him out of the promise equation.
So that lamentation came because

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Lots, the nephew of Father 
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a consolation to him, refused to
occupy his place in the covenant

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equation. 
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but he had in his family a 
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brother Iran, that he took along
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possessing the Promised Land. 
But how did Lord threw himself 

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or throw himself out of that 
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Abraham without being 
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condition. 
He should never cross the mind 

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of Lord at all to separate from 
father Abraham if he were a 

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thoughtful nephew. 
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If he were not a self centre 
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his servants quarreling part of 
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separation should not have the 
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with the servant of father 
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If in the first instance when 
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response of Lot is what are you 
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Fight the servant of my destiny 
Emperor Somebody was supposed to

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be an orphan and his uncle 
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And the way a manner by which 
Father Abraham raised Eliasa, a 

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servant born in his house, tells
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Abraham that he was not wicked 
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Uncle, am I talking to somebody?
So he's separated from Father 

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Abraham without being 
sympathetic with his stablish 

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condition. 
Let's quickly run through the 

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first 12 verses of Genesis 13. 
We have the Revelation in 

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chapter 15. 
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have the Lamentation. 
What brought about the 

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lamentation? 
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separation of lots that, yes, he
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but he had the child of his 
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But the child of his brother was
not behaving properly, was not 

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occupying his rightful place. 
And Abraham went up out of 

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Egypt, he and his wife and all 
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He had a lot with him into the 
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And Abraham was very rich in 
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And he went on his journey from 
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the place where his 10th had 
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Better and high, on to the place
of the altar which he had made 

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there at the frost. 
And there Abraham call on the 

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name of the Lord God. 
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flocks. 
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character of Abraham who allowed
his nephew under him to also 

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prosper. 
It's not too much OK if he just 

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allow him to be serving and not 
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Allow him to have his own OK was
what eventually brought the 

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quarry. 
Am I talking to somebody? 

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I am not. 
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had flocks and heads and tents. 
So under him he had his own 

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business. 
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Under him he built his own 
houses, under him he had his own

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servants, and all that would be 
required of him is just fill in 

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the vacuum and make Father 
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fulfillment that even though I 
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least my nephew is standing 
there for me. 

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I pray again over your destiny. 
You will not just occupy space 

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irresponsibly, you will be a 
value hardened factor wherever 

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God has planted you in the name 
of Jesus. 

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So no wonder when God came up 
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your sheep, I am your great 
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God stop it there. 
I am aging, I am going tideless 

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and alias of Damascus, a servant
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I'm going to get to verse 
chapter 24 where we studied last

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week that the Babulan said he 
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the house, the chief servant in 
the house that could be trusted 

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with covenant information and 
covenant assignment over the 

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destiny of Isaac. 
And the land was not able to 

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bear them that they might dwell 
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For their substance was great so
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together. 
And there was a stride between 

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the herdsmen of Abrams cattle 
and the herdsmen of Lord cattle 

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and the Canaanite, and the 
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You know the servant. 
The herdsmen of Lord were not 

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fighting the Canaanite. 
Whenever I divided the perisite,

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they were fighting the servant 
of is the Amasa's benefactor. 

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Ibrahim and Abraham said unto 
Lords, O Kuma Wahama, to be Let 

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there be no strife, I pray thee,
between me and Dee, because the 

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way and the manner we are going 
Oreo Padadibe and between my 

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herdsmen and a herdsmen, for we 
be brethren. 

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Now if it were in a typical 
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the Yoruba culture, if a man of 
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that to a nephew. 
You say, for we be brave. 

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We say, no, Sir, you are my 
father. 

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The spirit of Christ is the 
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but we decide to be lonely, a 
safe Relivian too. 

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From verse 5. 
Let this man be in you, which 

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was also in Christ Jesus. 
Though he be equal with God, He 

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taughteth not a thing of 
entitlement. 

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OK, to seize that position and 
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The Bible say, what did he do? 
He humbled himself even up to 

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the point of the death of the 
cross. 

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He humbled himself here, Abraham
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And the young man just accepted 
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And that's why I said when grace
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open to you, an opportunity come
and people that are highly 

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placed older than you either in 
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influence are drawing you 
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OK, Don't see it as an 
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dad. 
If it were. 

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Are you with me? 
Let there be no insolence. 

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This land is not the old land 
before thee. 

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Separate thyself, I pray thee, 
from me. 

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If that will take the left hand,
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if that depart to the right 
hand, then I will go to the 

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land. 
And Lord did not bow his head. 

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What did he do? 
He lifted up his eyes. 

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Those of you who take the 
simplicity of elders for 

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granted, there is danger there. 
Hello. 

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Am I talking to somebody now? 
After Abraham has spoken like 

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that? 
What would be expected of a 

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responsible person is to do 
what? 

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Bow his head? 
But he didn't bow his head. 

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The Bible say he lifted up his 
eye. 

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All those wealth that he 
gathered on that father Abraham,

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he lost everything because he 
didn't learn humility, he didn't

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learn responsible living. 
He didn't imbibe responsible 

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character. 
He was full of himself. 

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He lifted up his eyes and behave
all the plain of Jordan saw the 

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plain of Judah. 
The place is considered better 

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than where he was dwelling with 
Father Ibrahim. 

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But when he told you, you want. 
Your eyes is afar off, thinking 

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that the grass is greener on the
other side, not knowing that 

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those green grass are poisoned 
grass. 

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He behead the plain of Jordan, 
that it was well, it was well 

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water everywhere before the Lord
destroys Tudum and Gomorrah, 

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even as the garden of the law, 
like the land of Egypt, as thou 

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came as unto Zua. 
Then Lord chose him on the plane

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of Jordan. 
He didn't allow his father to 

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choose for him. 
He chose by himself. 

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He chose for himself. 
How much of influence do you 

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allow God to have over your 
decision? 

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How much of influence do you 
allow your so-called spiritual 

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father to have over the critical
decisions of your life? 

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A matter that is concluded OK? 
What inputs do you expect the 

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authority over you to have over 
it? 

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Then Lord chosen on the plain of
Jordan on because I thought it 

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was the best when I look at that
page, it was so good. 

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OK, I took 70%. 
I reserved 30% also for you, 

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maybe for your children in the 
future. 

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Why am I he chose him on the 
plain of Jordan and Lord Johnny 

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is, and they separated 
themselves the one from the 

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other, and Abraham dwell in the 
land of Canaan. 

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Ojo kosi bure Darcy. 
You look in here, will not go to

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school long, long before the 
place was destroyed. 

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There was a time, OK, Marunda 
came and they capture him and 

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all his household. 
It was still this father Abraham

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that went for his rescue and 
that did not give him a lesson 

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to reconcile. 
He's not teaching him a lesson 

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to reconcile. 
Am I talking to somebody? 

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Hebron, dreaded land of Canaan, 
are not dwelled in the cities of

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the plain, You know. 
Now Abraham dwelled in the land 

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of Canaan. 
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development that was in the land
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When he was there in the land of
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together on that tent. 
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under a tent in the village, you
better stay there rather than go

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to the city where the covering 
will be removed and your destiny

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will be endangered. 
Am I talking to somebody? 

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Abraham dwell in the land of 
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No any form of development was 
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Canaan as at that time. 
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cities of the plane. 
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run easily because it's not 
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Are you with me? 
No mountain to climb, no valley 

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to descend to. 
It was a plane was under. 

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Was under. 
What about We Will Play? 

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And pitch is turned towards 
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There's time for destruction. 
The 7th grace he had to even 

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escape the destruction of Sudo 
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Father Ibrahim. 
Now this same man that you 

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always run to where you get your
finger burnt, yet you didn't 

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think it wise to respect the 
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the counsel of that man. 
Are you stupid? 

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I'm asking a question. 
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So if you are not stupid, then 
sit down and analyze your life 

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over and over again. 
Your father died. 

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He rescued you. 
He brought you under his tent. 

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He established you. 
You quarrel with him. 

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OK, You escape. 
You are captured. 

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OK. 
He came to your rescue again. 

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The land was to be destroyed. 
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angels that you escape, the 
angels were bringing you out and

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you were saying go this way. 
He was still telling the Angel 

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his eyes was always up. 
He said not so my Lord, time we 

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fell off to go into that. 
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Angel came to rescue him, the 
wife looked back, became a 

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pillar of salt. 
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they just said this is where to 
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He said not so, my Lord, this is
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place where I went, he wanted to
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His destiny was completely 
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He became a drunkard. 
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sleep with his own daughters and
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bastard people that were on the 
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Canaanite to be destroyed. 
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covenant equation just because 
he will not just humble himself,

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just because he will not manage 
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because he will not conduct 
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that can make destiny to 
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But for Eliasa Eliasa, he was 
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slave but he cooperated to be 
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responsibility to become a 
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equation of Abraham household. 
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the eldest servant in the House 
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The eldest servant in the House 
of what Abraham? 

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Do you know that there are 
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I asked them why are you 
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You say I've been here for too 
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That's the only question. 
The problem is not that I am not

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getting blessed here. 
Are you with me? 

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It's not that the pastor 
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church offended me, but I have 
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But this, this young man, OK, he
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He was the eldest. 
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people that stay very long with 
a leader is that they become 

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victim of symphonies. 
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Duhan that is that is about to 
lay hands so they can interpret 

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all gesture. 
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scripture you want to preach for
they already know where we 

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start. 
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point and where we end this 
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And so they become so familiar 
and there is nothing so special 

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again. 
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special man in your life, then 
the supernatural stuff flowing 

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into your destiny. 
Am I talking to somebody? 

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So it was referred to as the 
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Abraham, a server that could be 
trusted with confidence, 

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information and destiny related 
assignments. 

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Let's look at that assignment. 
It's a reiteration we are doing 

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today, but it has become the 
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So let's let's print it down 
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week because there's still much 
OK that this foundation has in 

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connection with the discipleship
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When it comes to the friendship.
Genesis 24, one to four. 

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And Abraham was who I was 
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OK, when Abraham was in the 
challenge that Lord was supposed

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to stand with him, he was not 
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Lord was never thinking about 
when this man become hood who is

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stand there as a circle. 
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greatest challenges every man 
will face is the challenges of 

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old age, not just of heads but 
of loneliness. 

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Not of head, but of what? 
Of loneliness. 

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When you see grandpas OK, 
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OK is an impulsive reaction, an 
emotional response to a vacuum 

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in their life. 
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When they started out in life, 
they started with their age 

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mates. 
Maybe in their cycle they were 

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20 and those privilege among 
them, OK, that no stay and live 

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to be 80 and 90. 
OK, they will look around and 

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out of 20 that they will say 
these are my close confidant. 

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Maybe they have one only or two 
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So there's a huge vacuum. 
And that's why when you try to 

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push the grandchildren away from
them, they keep on drawing them 

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to themselves because that 
vacuum that their friends were 

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vacating, they need people to 
fill in, to fill the gap. 

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But here you have their own 
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You are full of vision, you are 
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that you don't have their time. 
And so these children have their

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time. 
These children will engage them.

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These children will talk to 
them. 

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These children will ask them 
questions. 

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Even when it is stupid 
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These grandpas, they enjoy it. 
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So these are the things that 
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are considered it OK. 
He didn't look for a way to 

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escape from the family of 
Abraham and left Abraham in the 

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pool of loneliness at old age 
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And the Lord had blessed Abraham
in all things, but at that 

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moment the the physical and 
material blessings were not the 

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things that matter any longer, 
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Are you with me? 
The outcome and heard you attain

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and prosperity Dome is not the 
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what matter to you is what 
posterity. 

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Who will lead? 
Who will guide Isaac? 

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Because Isaac, Isaac was given 
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He will need a mentor. 
He has mentored Lords even 

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though Lord didn't settle that 
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He will also need vibrant and 
young visionary responsible to 

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also do for him what he has done
for other people's children. 

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Thank God that he was smart to 
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Bang Boriduo or Meruto Boridui 
Yatoju. 

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So we are not just settle down 
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Eliaza of Damascus, a servant 
born in his house, settled down 

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to be mental, made himself 
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had told him OK, he could also 
now hand over the destiny of his

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own biological child to him. 
You are not just in this world 

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to live a self-centered life. 
You are in this world to be 

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responsible to other people's 
destiny. 

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Have you woken up to that 
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And the Lord had blessed Abraham
in all things. 

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And Abraham said unto he said, 
the servant of his house, that 

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rule over all that he had, rule 
over all that he had. 

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And he did it with excellent 
spirit. 

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Put, I pray thee, thy hand under
my thigh, and I will make this 

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way out by the Lord the God of 
heaven and the God of the earth,

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that thou shalt not take a wife 
unto my son of the daughters of 

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the Canaanite among whom I 
dwell. 

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But thou shalt go on to my 
country and to my children, and 

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take a wife on to my son. 
I seek. 

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So what is the instruction here 
and what is the linkage to our 

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teaching of friendship which we 
are going to push forward again 

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next week on prescription for 
attaining friendship with senior

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authority because alias are 
attain friendship with very 

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senior authority. 
So the instructive message here 

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is that friendship is both 
horizontally linear, age group 

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to age group, professional 
colleague to professional 

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colleague, rich man to rich man.
So that is the natural level of 

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a friendship. 
But there's another radical 

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level as passed by Jesus and 
which we have studied in the 

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family of Father Abraham. 
We are his servants, rules to 

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become a confidant of his 
master. 

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So the friendship is both or 
certainly linear and also 

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practically practicable. 
And if you are the one that is 

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junior in the equation, it is 
only by responsible behavior 

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that you can rise and get 
connected to a higher authority 

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and your destiny will be fully 
fulfilled. 

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God bless you, I say, God bless 
you and grant you grace to make 

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good use of the lessons in this 
message in Jesus name. 

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We believe you'll be blessed by 
the ministry of this message. 

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You will do well to be the doer 
of all you've heard. 

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For further inquiry and 
spiritual help, contact this 

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number is 08035685882 or worship
with us at Oasis of Wisdom Bible

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Church or Justin's University of
Ellorin Teaching Hospital. 

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O Kelsey Ellorin, God bless you.