1 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:18,670 Starting the morning this morning, I for We are Kingsman 2 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:23,160 was Ivan wait for the saying before we are family. 3 00:00:23,290 --> 00:00:31,490 We are related by blood. Something will be NASA if the 4 00:00:31,500 --> 00:00:38,410 full eye see Nelson, Daniel. Egypt Phil Design. 5 00:00:39,110 --> 00:00:51,060 Ohh, so you know pain where? Abraham Hi Brown chose to depend 6 00:00:51,070 --> 00:00:56,180 on his own wisdom in order to protect his life, even though it 7 00:00:56,190 --> 00:00:58,700 was an expense of the welfare of his wife. 8 00:00:58,710 --> 00:01:00,310 Status. Just refresh your memories of 9 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:07,440 Genesis chapter. Well have all the Abraham dying 10 00:01:07,450 --> 00:01:13,810 for something farming. Abram chose to go down to Egypt 11 00:01:13,860 --> 00:01:19,970 and Daniel Nandino. These are simple and Abram 12 00:01:19,980 --> 00:01:27,230 Delphinium wife beautiful and with desirable not good for you 13 00:01:30,580 --> 00:01:35,350 leader of the land for the lamb say you shaken Asawa and he will 14 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:40,610 be put to death. So Daniel's Genesis chapter 12 15 00:01:41,100 --> 00:01:43,870 to topple now when I'm when I'm good. 16 00:01:46,390 --> 00:01:53,510 It was exhibited in Egypt that if not for the grace of God, 17 00:01:53,780 --> 00:01:57,350 again, if not for the grace of God, Abraham himself would have 18 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:02,740 jeopardised what God himself has promised to him in Genesis 19 00:02:02,750 --> 00:02:07,090 chapter 12. That's very of course, every 20 00:02:07,100 --> 00:02:09,440 part of this country is very important, but as far as 21 00:02:09,449 --> 00:02:12,620 understanding the provenance of God and the Scripture is 22 00:02:12,630 --> 00:02:14,860 concerned, it is important for us to remember that Genesis 23 00:02:14,870 --> 00:02:19,640 chapter 12 is where God has given His promise to Abraham 24 00:02:20,380 --> 00:02:27,030 that even though he's old and his wife was barring, he will be 25 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:32,890 blessed with his very own son who shall come from his very 26 00:02:32,900 --> 00:02:35,930 noise and through that sequel nation shall be blessed. 27 00:02:37,410 --> 00:02:40,390 And before we expanded on Genesis chapter 30. 28 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:44,690 Let me remind myself and each one of you truly, if not for the 29 00:02:44,700 --> 00:02:51,490 grace of God. Genesis 12 would be promised 30 00:02:51,500 --> 00:02:59,960 them just saying Ohh my love my when I'm not not even a thing, 31 00:02:59,970 --> 00:03:07,830 but I knows Abraham Miss Moi point as we proceed self expand 32 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:14,920 the Genesis chapter 13. You will be truly the peace of 33 00:03:14,930 --> 00:03:18,330 God is still have to work in the life of Abraham, whom he has 34 00:03:18,340 --> 00:03:21,210 chosen to be the recipient of his promise of his covenant. 35 00:03:21,490 --> 00:03:25,490 Yeah people suggests chapter 13. It is my pleasure to deliver to 36 00:03:25,500 --> 00:03:29,280 you what we may glean from the very word of God. 37 00:03:29,290 --> 00:03:36,090 So Chapter 13 versus 1 to 18, Mahita, you will be able to 38 00:03:36,140 --> 00:03:39,560 value better promises over approximate benefits. 39 00:03:40,300 --> 00:03:44,170 So for our first point in the whole chapter 13 versus 1 to 18, 40 00:03:44,380 --> 00:03:49,010 by the peace of God, God equips us with the wisdom to discern 41 00:03:49,020 --> 00:03:56,550 and understand, but it is far more valuable to to to be 42 00:03:56,620 --> 00:04:00,640 dwelling in the better promises of God over the proximate 43 00:04:00,650 --> 00:04:03,710 benefices that received. So that's where our first point 44 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:08,750 better promises over approximate benefits, chapter 13 and our 45 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:12,170 second last point in chapter 14, verses 1 to 16. 46 00:04:12,220 --> 00:04:15,450 By the grace of God, Abraham pulled. 47 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:25,120 Behold that heavenly assistance. You'll never be umm will never 48 00:04:25,130 --> 00:04:29,740 be inferior to any world, a heathen or worthy alliance that 49 00:04:29,750 --> 00:04:33,220 can be formed here on earth. So for our second and last point 50 00:04:33,230 --> 00:04:39,960 to chapter 14, verses 1 to 16, Heavenly assistance over heathen 51 00:04:40,170 --> 00:04:41,690 alliance that's beginning smiling. 52 00:04:41,700 --> 00:04:46,400 I think first I want you to go back to chapter 13 versus 1 to 53 00:04:46,410 --> 00:04:48,640 18. I think the napping also first 54 00:04:48,650 --> 00:04:52,680 one, but he wanted to see the Sabi policy indefinitely, 55 00:04:55,760 --> 00:05:01,680 Palabas and Egypt, but I mean my possessions and treasures and 56 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:05,170 Abraham just to get rid of Abram and Sarai. 57 00:05:05,420 --> 00:05:08,880 So in verse one we see Abraham went up from Egypt, he and his 58 00:05:08,890 --> 00:05:11,520 wife and all that he had a kasami. 59 00:05:17,500 --> 00:05:23,920 Laughing now, Pumpkin, Abraham and the journey itself. 60 00:05:23,930 --> 00:05:26,920 In fact, the word negative, that's how it pertains to the 61 00:05:26,990 --> 00:05:32,030 southern region. What is that number wasn't in 62 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:36,110 Egypt Abraham together with his wife Zari and even with his 63 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:40,030 nephew Nalog Massillon Abrams, very rich in livestock, in 64 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:44,110 silver and involvement. So something Sabi Abraham left 65 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:49,030 Egypt very prosperous because of what has been given to him by 66 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:53,710 fair just to get rid of them. However, we must not miss the 67 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:58,890 fact that what was truly disappointing Abraham. 68 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:03,350 So Genesis chapter 12, that is really commendable. 69 00:06:04,850 --> 00:06:07,640 Yeah, I want you to take a look first thing, but it's adversity, 70 00:06:09,140 --> 00:06:12,130 the bus, the Abraham and this already known in Egypt. 71 00:06:12,140 --> 00:06:20,090 They went to negative people will the books are very well and 72 00:06:20,100 --> 00:06:22,710 if you will recall what happened in in the earlier chapters of 73 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:27,700 Genesis. Don't pitch in 10 Bengal means 74 00:06:27,710 --> 00:06:32,830 the House of God Castle versus 4. 75 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:39,560 What is something people know? Union Gardens also owner was 76 00:06:40,750 --> 00:06:43,820 first of all to the place where he had made an author at the 1st 77 00:06:43,830 --> 00:06:49,630 and there, despite his terrible blunder in Genesis 12, here in 78 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:55,750 Genesis 13 reminds us of what Abraham did for God. 79 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:59,410 By the grace of God, Abraham called upon the name of the 80 00:06:59,420 --> 00:07:00,550 Lord. What does that mean? 81 00:07:01,100 --> 00:07:07,070 Despite this terrible failure in Egypt, Abram's actions here are 82 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:12,800 very commendable. Why despite being semi nomadic, 83 00:07:12,870 --> 00:07:17,070 meaning he keeps or Abraham kept on travelling from one place to 84 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:21,420 another to tend to his flock, finding a better place for 85 00:07:21,430 --> 00:07:27,940 pasture gunman. It was in Abram's heart to build 86 00:07:27,950 --> 00:07:34,480 an altar for the Lord according to God's promises to him. 87 00:07:36,950 --> 00:07:42,360 In short, Abraham left Egypt to go to Bethel to worship the Lord 88 00:07:44,950 --> 00:07:59,490 Anna Gabriel Commander Massawa outside buy the peace of God. 89 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:07,490 Abraham went back to which God has called him, and that is the 90 00:08:07,500 --> 00:08:11,860 worship, the one true love. He went back, He went back to 91 00:08:11,870 --> 00:08:16,360 the land that the Lord promised to him, and there he worshipped 92 00:08:16,430 --> 00:08:25,050 the Lord versus 1234, like everyone's Egypt. 93 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:28,630 We went back to the place where God has called him, and there he 94 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:29,850 called upon the name of the Lord. 95 00:08:29,860 --> 00:08:33,270 He worshipped the Lord, recognising that in everything 96 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:38,730 that happened to him, the Lord Yahweh is still the Lord who's 97 00:08:38,820 --> 00:08:42,890 in control of all things. But again, it is not the case 98 00:08:42,900 --> 00:08:44,650 that everything is okay for Abraham. 99 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:51,850 United Calendar someone will someone personally and we we 100 00:08:51,860 --> 00:08:54,990 went through terrible things and the only way that we're able to 101 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:59,350 discern language is true that which is really good for us is 102 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:03,880 when God called us back to worship him and in those moments 103 00:09:03,890 --> 00:09:07,770 that it seemed that everything was okay everything was going OK 104 00:09:07,820 --> 00:09:15,110 and they're they're crisis comes to our lives reminding us that 105 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:20,360 it is indeed the Lord who is sovereign overall things and 106 00:09:20,370 --> 00:09:25,470 that it is our duty to submit to him in everything. 107 00:09:25,620 --> 00:09:32,840 I guess the first I might even happen cause somebody the law 108 00:09:32,850 --> 00:09:41,070 who went with Abraham man God also has lost and herds and 109 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:51,540 things that low sustain to sustain them both so dominant so 110 00:09:51,550 --> 00:10:01,660 domino flopped Abraham dominant flop servants to do the work of 111 00:10:01,670 --> 00:10:05,840 obtaining the block building cannot generally so we're six 112 00:10:05,910 --> 00:10:09,000 Their possessions were so great pertaining to to both Abraham 113 00:10:09,010 --> 00:10:12,240 and all their possessions were so great that they could not go 114 00:10:12,250 --> 00:10:20,880 together means no. This is some division. 115 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:28,630 Don't have the Dinos. Of course I'm saying that in 116 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:37,270 just now. It won't let me something, Papa. 117 00:10:43,850 --> 00:10:49,680 The text is saying here after everything became OK, crisis 118 00:10:49,690 --> 00:10:54,650 comes guess #7 There was strife between the servants of law and 119 00:10:54,660 --> 00:11:05,980 the servants of Abraham. You users of water constantly 120 00:11:05,990 --> 00:11:11,840 Abraham and mean and not respectively not make conflict 121 00:11:11,850 --> 00:11:19,080 between their servants, masters or Abraham and love and no 122 00:11:19,090 --> 00:11:25,020 inverse Abusa Lugar was accident and stay for that moment. 123 00:11:25,070 --> 00:11:33,990 Not gonna marking the nights in Paris eyes, you guys promise. 124 00:11:36,490 --> 00:11:43,040 But here in verse 8, Abraham tried to resolve the crisis that 125 00:11:43,050 --> 00:11:46,110 he has with his nephew has also received. 126 00:11:46,150 --> 00:11:49,680 Let there be no strife between you and me and between your 127 00:11:49,690 --> 00:11:51,820 herdsmen and my herdsmen, for we are kingsman. 128 00:11:51,830 --> 00:11:55,060 It is something two die familiar. 129 00:11:55,070 --> 00:12:04,890 Dial and basement gram save you but you related something with 130 00:12:04,900 --> 00:12:09,800 blood. Ohh yes I was over slide. 131 00:12:09,990 --> 00:12:11,940 It's not the whole land before you. 132 00:12:12,210 --> 00:12:14,920 If this solution nothing separate yourself from me. 133 00:12:14,970 --> 00:12:17,250 If you take the left hand I would then I will go to the 134 00:12:17,260 --> 00:12:20,500 right or if you take the right hand then I will go to the left. 135 00:12:20,540 --> 00:12:28,090 I think it was literally taken. Megan Churches and one of the 136 00:12:28,100 --> 00:12:31,570 only and I think what does somebody just want to keep the 137 00:12:31,580 --> 00:12:36,130 name. What I want to highlight in 138 00:12:36,140 --> 00:12:42,800 versus 8 to 9 is this. Abraham being the uncle, and 139 00:12:42,850 --> 00:12:46,360 being the one who had more possessions and treasures than 140 00:12:46,370 --> 00:12:50,110 his nephew, is not Abraham had all the right to do as he 141 00:12:50,120 --> 00:13:03,830 pleases. I say you nothing, but Abraham 142 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:07,430 acted as a neat and unselfish kinsman. 143 00:13:09,690 --> 00:13:15,170 Megamart say you must make authority, be an Uncle Banda 144 00:13:16,790 --> 00:13:20,300 concessions. But in humility and in and 145 00:13:20,310 --> 00:13:27,430 unselfishness, he exhibited himself before his nephew Nathan 146 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:28,660 Young. Very own kin. 147 00:13:30,780 --> 00:13:35,890 Yeah, I think the first thing see emphasising the point that 148 00:13:35,900 --> 00:13:38,720 the point number one is as stated in this way better 149 00:13:38,730 --> 00:13:41,040 promises over approximate benefits. 150 00:13:41,770 --> 00:13:49,410 So first then no, no, we know that the Jordan Valley and 151 00:13:49,420 --> 00:13:53,370 Jordan Valley was very pleasing because it was well watered. 152 00:13:53,460 --> 00:13:57,810 It was very beautiful and abundant, so much so that it was 153 00:13:57,820 --> 00:14:04,170 compared to the Garden of Eden and neither land of Egypt. 154 00:14:04,180 --> 00:14:09,190 Remember when there was severe famine, Abram had no choice but 155 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:14,850 to go down to Egypt, where you Jordan Valley, bountiful, 156 00:14:14,910 --> 00:14:21,350 pleasing, yielding with so much proximate benefits? 157 00:14:22,510 --> 00:14:27,240 I think nothing. Parenthesis restatement. 158 00:14:27,310 --> 00:14:37,710 By the way, back now in and just my bad Mr. Dennis some more so 159 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:42,570 this 1st 11 so law chose for himself all the Jordan Valley 160 00:14:42,580 --> 00:14:46,590 and long journey E journey east. Thus they separated from each 161 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:51,960 other. And if you think I will take 162 00:14:51,970 --> 00:14:58,640 right that he will honour what his nephew desires. 163 00:15:00,420 --> 00:15:02,750 Inverso Maita. Nathan Abraham settled in the 164 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:06,530 land of Canaan, why not settled among the cities of the valley, 165 00:15:06,540 --> 00:15:12,530 and movie set as far as Odom. Now the Minnesota Wild, wicked 166 00:15:12,580 --> 00:15:17,150 great sinners against the north. One thing that we should note 167 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:22,110 here, it is not the case that Law did not know the wickedness 168 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:27,610 of the people of Sodom type on Facebook tomorrow. 169 00:15:28,110 --> 00:15:34,800 It is impossible that Lot Lot did not know the true case of 170 00:15:34,810 --> 00:15:40,640 the people of Southern No. This conflict, although painful 171 00:15:43,340 --> 00:15:58,250 anyone at Monkey recognising authority, but this is very 172 00:15:58,260 --> 00:16:03,620 painful by God's Providence, it made Abraham stay in the course 173 00:16:03,630 --> 00:16:08,240 of God's promise and I promise them that canine shall belong to 174 00:16:08,250 --> 00:16:11,860 his seat getting nothing that you don't believe in the Lord. 175 00:16:12,410 --> 00:16:15,380 Ingram said that in the land of Canaan and to refresh your 176 00:16:15,390 --> 00:16:18,710 memory, that is the land. But firstly, firstly, I don't 177 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:21,600 know number promise. That was the land that was 178 00:16:21,610 --> 00:16:24,140 promised to received into his posterity. 179 00:16:27,730 --> 00:16:32,530 That's the first thing we we see how it is emphasised here. 180 00:16:32,540 --> 00:16:37,600 The great difference between what law saw as its proximate 181 00:16:37,610 --> 00:16:39,230 benefits. Approximate benefits. 182 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:41,970 It's about you, you fucking album. 183 00:16:45,510 --> 00:16:53,480 In England you are doing Induce. No, no, no. 184 00:16:55,680 --> 00:17:00,060 So it's gonna be Despite that was the content of Lord's heart. 185 00:17:00,140 --> 00:17:04,030 Here we see that Abraham had in his mind and his heart the 186 00:17:04,040 --> 00:17:09,380 better promises which the Lord declared to him, which the Lord 187 00:17:09,390 --> 00:17:12,119 whistles, at least starting a firm to him. 188 00:17:12,170 --> 00:17:17,930 Now, Nina Mullally, you know where I'm heading. 189 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:26,579 You don't have to go that far. Many times in our lives, as I'm 190 00:17:26,589 --> 00:17:31,960 fond to say, when our eyes drift away from the gospel, despite 191 00:17:31,970 --> 00:17:35,600 understanding, appreciating, valuing the better promises of 192 00:17:35,610 --> 00:17:38,580 God, who is covering for us our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, 193 00:17:38,660 --> 00:17:43,040 we choose to value the approximate benefits and we 194 00:17:43,050 --> 00:17:48,220 become blind to the great consequences that we may face. 195 00:17:49,870 --> 00:17:57,830 Stuff about sin and the pleasure that it brings When our eyes 196 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:03,240 stripped away from the gospel, our minds are preoccupied with 197 00:18:03,250 --> 00:18:10,240 the temporal pleasures that we are about to enjoy in exchange 198 00:18:10,250 --> 00:18:15,560 of 1 being firmly established in the better promises of God 199 00:18:15,570 --> 00:18:18,200 fulfilling every for us through our Lord and Saviour Jesus 200 00:18:18,210 --> 00:18:28,580 Christ. You those are being too high. 201 00:18:28,630 --> 00:18:33,630 No must be entertainment. Not saying entertainment person 202 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:37,190 is wrong. I myself entertain myself which 203 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:43,020 is not only a girl Gantian task but sometimes herculean to 204 00:18:43,030 --> 00:18:46,890 entertain myself by myself and I'm just being desperate here. 205 00:18:47,590 --> 00:18:51,600 Ohh what I'm saying my entertainment person. 206 00:18:53,710 --> 00:18:58,470 Well, I mean baggage permissible, but when we choose 207 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:04,170 to value those things over the things that God legitimately 208 00:19:04,180 --> 00:19:08,190 allows us to enjoy in the context of his promises to us 209 00:19:11,390 --> 00:19:13,270 through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 210 00:19:14,670 --> 00:19:24,220 Value No, no, you. You witness publicly professing 211 00:19:24,230 --> 00:19:28,220 faith in Christ, and yet He chooses to obey Himself rather 212 00:19:28,230 --> 00:19:31,160 than to submit to the authority of Christ in the context of what 213 00:19:31,230 --> 00:19:39,250 the Lord saying, in worship and service, in growing, in 214 00:19:39,260 --> 00:19:41,080 holiness, and in the knowledge of God. 215 00:19:42,690 --> 00:19:53,600 Middle Indeed, also that we grieve in our hearts when we see 216 00:19:53,610 --> 00:19:57,980 our brother or sister in sin barking. 217 00:19:59,140 --> 00:20:02,720 No, but it must be. The approximate benefits of Alan 218 00:20:02,730 --> 00:20:09,170 Union beneficial and he he or she turns his back to the way 219 00:20:09,180 --> 00:20:18,930 better promises of God alpha male ohh just to give you a 220 00:20:18,940 --> 00:20:24,120 brief history. You know, you know Bogami Aman. 221 00:20:25,820 --> 00:20:31,360 Yeah, you know how to Naina money. 222 00:20:32,910 --> 00:20:39,850 They are in a blow by blow. Hi Bob Arum, it was really 223 00:20:39,860 --> 00:20:45,940 Nazario and your name people having baby so society father 224 00:20:46,350 --> 00:20:51,400 will love my man and just recently no lagging or reunion 225 00:20:51,410 --> 00:21:08,350 reunion go OHH in and I another 10 or I did not attend those 226 00:21:08,360 --> 00:21:17,300 reunions and I said I I I am OHH firm in my commitment. 227 00:21:17,310 --> 00:21:21,080 The Lords this Sunday's the Lord's Day and Kaycee nobody 228 00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:33,220 dahil ampata wasa in Azuma ambassadors the big Mahal and 229 00:21:33,230 --> 00:21:39,370 leaked us up. I'm not saying I'm able to do it 230 00:21:39,380 --> 00:21:44,550 perfectly, but I have my fair share of weaknesses and 231 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:47,250 shortcomings. But if you would just review a 232 00:21:47,260 --> 00:21:53,040 bit what we have been through in the past, there was something 233 00:21:53,820 --> 00:22:06,240 basketball I didn't understand. Premium on land, easy, people 234 00:22:06,250 --> 00:22:19,070 may imagine support. Oh oh, have fun family. 235 00:22:24,670 --> 00:22:30,390 Family, Family, see this? That's cause you know you mean 236 00:22:30,790 --> 00:22:34,940 the Lord's Day is not your earthly Family Day. 237 00:22:36,010 --> 00:22:38,840 It is your heavenly is the Lord's day. 238 00:22:38,850 --> 00:22:42,600 Hence you are called your someone to be with your heavenly 239 00:22:42,610 --> 00:22:45,560 family and as the Church of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 240 00:22:46,270 --> 00:22:49,180 Now you want you want to legitimately enjoy Family Day. 241 00:22:49,190 --> 00:22:53,500 Every Thursday, pray to the Lord that the gospel will be 242 00:22:53,510 --> 00:22:58,150 proclaimed to your family and that they would be brought to 243 00:22:58,160 --> 00:23:00,790 the church. But there was something. 244 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:02,870 We put the heart in front of the horse. 245 00:23:04,570 --> 00:23:09,090 We want to help God, it doesn't need any help from us alone. 246 00:23:11,780 --> 00:23:20,010 You from when you are let us train by the approximate 247 00:23:20,020 --> 00:23:25,790 benefits we Halimbawa so no, it's let me see it is with all 248 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:33,590 clear Filipino say Mombasa. You went meaning of Amelia 249 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:42,570 indeed means see search the search. 250 00:23:44,120 --> 00:23:57,160 Of course you know in two years. Yes you understand Google no 251 00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:02,400 where you will move for work for career. 252 00:24:02,410 --> 00:24:10,870 What not will I be nourished there in the faith, in the 253 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:14,270 veering through knowledge of God rather than valuing the 254 00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:17,650 proximate benefits? By God's grace, we are to be 255 00:24:17,660 --> 00:24:23,490 found down our knees surrounding, surrendering our 256 00:24:23,500 --> 00:24:27,040 will to our God and trusting Him. 257 00:24:30,270 --> 00:24:34,280 That is, better promises yesterday are still the better 258 00:24:34,290 --> 00:24:41,780 promises for us today. 14 As we continue, the Lord said to 259 00:24:41,790 --> 00:24:45,210 Abraham after law that separated from him, Lift up your eyes and 260 00:24:45,220 --> 00:24:48,640 look from the place where you are northward and southward and 261 00:24:48,650 --> 00:24:51,460 eastward and westward, for all the land that you see. 262 00:24:51,470 --> 00:24:54,280 I will give to you and their offspring forever. 263 00:24:55,250 --> 00:24:59,100 I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that 264 00:24:59,110 --> 00:25:02,620 if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can 265 00:25:02,630 --> 00:25:08,670 be counted and subversive. 17 In ceremonial Norwalk Dito Napram, 266 00:25:09,090 --> 00:25:12,760 arise, walk through the length and the breadth of the land, for 267 00:25:12,770 --> 00:25:20,150 I will give it to you two folding promised Abraham Seed 268 00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:24,310 will inherit the land, and his descendants, or his posterity 269 00:25:24,360 --> 00:25:28,190 will be exceedingly great in number of descendants. 270 00:25:29,590 --> 00:25:37,450 Here the Lord reaffirms His promise to Abraham and to 271 00:25:37,460 --> 00:25:44,780 receive into His posterity that which God has to show us is 272 00:25:44,790 --> 00:25:48,580 infinitely better and more desirable than anything that the 273 00:25:48,590 --> 00:25:52,660 world has to Overall review. I will be very practical and 274 00:25:52,670 --> 00:25:55,440 pragmatic here. You know, as a possible pastor 275 00:25:55,450 --> 00:25:59,520 for several years they going mobile your counselling that I 276 00:25:59,530 --> 00:26:06,960 did not want to do, but I had to that never storm feeling Sabah 277 00:26:06,970 --> 00:26:14,670 William Churchill. What's wrong? 278 00:26:16,260 --> 00:26:36,260 Welcome fun somewhere else. Members something. 279 00:26:37,810 --> 00:26:43,280 This is my life on the left. Will somebody go higher in the 280 00:26:43,290 --> 00:26:51,040 you and you? You're not gonna know benefits 281 00:26:51,050 --> 00:26:59,650 of Hannah the see your whole I was going through a rough patch 282 00:26:59,860 --> 00:27:05,170 and along came here. No, this, this woman, Yeah. 283 00:27:05,180 --> 00:27:07,130 I don't know if I can live without her. 284 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:22,960 You can't live without her. Let's go nerd mode here. 285 00:27:22,970 --> 00:27:36,480 No, we should energy. I'm jealous because of sin, 286 00:27:36,490 --> 00:27:40,820 because of being deceived. Deceived that the proximate 287 00:27:40,830 --> 00:27:45,280 benefits are much more important than the better promises of God 288 00:27:45,290 --> 00:27:50,090 for us in Christ Jesus. No, we are led to what? 289 00:27:50,510 --> 00:28:00,000 Turn our backs to God, to our kinsman, I mean as the family of 290 00:28:00,010 --> 00:28:03,850 God, for Jesus Christ is our head. 291 00:28:09,070 --> 00:28:13,940 But again, let me what that which God has to show us is 292 00:28:13,950 --> 00:28:17,130 infinitely better and more desirable than anything that the 293 00:28:17,140 --> 00:28:20,730 world has to offer our view. What did I learn? 294 00:28:29,870 --> 00:28:36,170 You Abraham up there must be, you know, that balance. 295 00:28:38,660 --> 00:28:48,660 Ohh. Home, Cortana, how do you know 296 00:28:49,550 --> 00:28:52,820 before being blessed? Not me. 297 00:28:54,380 --> 00:28:55,760 You have been missing something. Definitely. 298 00:28:55,950 --> 00:29:03,300 I had this relationship. Childhood changes to the minor 299 00:29:03,310 --> 00:29:05,570 better during the course of the relationship. 300 00:29:05,580 --> 00:29:07,810 No, there was a there was this time that I'm gonna. 301 00:29:08,100 --> 00:29:10,070 I'm sorry. I can't be a pastor's wife. 302 00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:14,590 I have my limbs. I want my some of these happy. 303 00:29:14,660 --> 00:29:19,270 She can picture herself living a life of a pastor's wife. 304 00:29:21,510 --> 00:29:30,690 Yeah, the three children. Laughter and tears are both 305 00:29:30,700 --> 00:29:32,650 responses, and frustration and exhaustion. 306 00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:35,770 I myself prefer to laugh since there's this cleaning up to do 307 00:29:35,780 --> 00:29:45,160 afterwards. Think, yeah, the ultimate cure. 308 00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:51,500 I want to make sure you know actually, in retrospect, behalf 309 00:29:51,510 --> 00:29:55,860 of you. Physicals are easy. 310 00:29:55,870 --> 00:30:11,370 If not in the Union, well. Tell me the news just to see the 311 00:30:11,380 --> 00:30:14,360 bigger promises of God over the proximate benefits around us. 312 00:30:14,430 --> 00:30:16,530 We respond in obedience grouping. 313 00:30:16,930 --> 00:30:18,860 We have been. We obey not because we're trying 314 00:30:18,870 --> 00:30:22,410 to earn glass paper, but we understand by the grace of God 315 00:30:22,420 --> 00:30:24,430 that we've already been favored by God. 316 00:30:26,020 --> 00:30:31,550 And the example of Abraham. The Lord has all the reasons to 317 00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:36,600 reject Abraham, but as we're reminded and what the Scripture 318 00:30:36,610 --> 00:30:41,240 says, if we are faithless, He will remain faithful, for he 319 00:30:41,250 --> 00:30:48,390 cannot disown himself as I love to say 11 basis you above in 320 00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:52,160 England just by choosing the proximate benefits. 321 00:30:54,100 --> 00:31:00,550 How many times have you failed God because you valued more the 322 00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:04,310 proximate benefits around you rather than being added in 323 00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:09,810 infinite? Now the question that must be 324 00:31:09,940 --> 00:31:19,350 answered after that is how is it you are still here, people who 325 00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:43,110 play? 0 K So amra. 326 00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:47,550 So after God commanded him to arise, walk through the length. 327 00:31:48,780 --> 00:31:51,390 So first thing. So Abraham moved his stand and 328 00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:55,590 came and settled by the oaks of memory, which are at Hebron and 329 00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:58,270 known just as it did in Bethlehem. 330 00:31:58,430 --> 00:32:03,770 What did Abraham do? And there he built an altar to 331 00:32:04,430 --> 00:32:08,040 worship. See. 332 00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:16,420 Okay, abide. Because we are. 333 00:32:16,430 --> 00:32:25,010 Yeah, good, good. Worship them and I want you to 334 00:32:25,020 --> 00:32:30,210 understand that here in verse 18 as his obedient response to 335 00:32:30,220 --> 00:32:35,640 God's command and verse 17 Abraham did not walk or even the 336 00:32:35,650 --> 00:32:39,800 doctor just inspect the land, but it was symbolic and 337 00:32:39,810 --> 00:32:42,930 ceremonial in the ancient Near East. 338 00:32:42,940 --> 00:32:47,560 When covenants are ratified, it includes soon, but not had no 339 00:32:47,630 --> 00:32:50,840 great writing. Who is the sovereign together 340 00:32:50,850 --> 00:32:52,350 with the lesser king or the servant? 341 00:32:52,360 --> 00:32:56,230 Who is the vassal? Camping to go on and just leave 342 00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:59,900 the Abrams #17 as you know, the Abrams overseen. 343 00:33:00,250 --> 00:33:06,750 It means that God is the soothering, the greater king you 344 00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:11,570 lost with Abraham his vassal, or the lesser king his servant, and 345 00:33:11,580 --> 00:33:21,660 they walked together over the land to demonstrate your 346 00:33:21,670 --> 00:33:32,570 ownership in authority over you. Abraham once again acknowledged 347 00:33:32,620 --> 00:33:37,410 by faith that the Lord is the Susan, the greater King, and he 348 00:33:37,420 --> 00:33:40,830 is the Lord's fasting. And that is evident by what 349 00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:43,850 Abraham did in the last part of her sleeping. 350 00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:50,290 He built an altar to lower to worship the Lord who never gives 351 00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:56,560 up on him. Why was Abraham able to worship 352 00:33:56,570 --> 00:33:59,350 the Lord? By God's grace? 353 00:34:00,390 --> 00:34:04,470 He showed to Abraham that God's promises are way, way, way, way 354 00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:10,570 better than any proximate benefit you may see before your 355 00:34:10,580 --> 00:34:13,190 life. That's what you want? 356 00:34:14,830 --> 00:34:20,840 Indicate you when you probably know, Can you? 357 00:34:22,420 --> 00:34:30,870 That's because he or she chose to dwell in sin and you want 358 00:34:31,290 --> 00:34:34,929 your boss. In fact, anyone you designed 359 00:34:34,940 --> 00:34:42,650 them, you wouldn't know in the world. 360 00:34:44,800 --> 00:35:03,140 Looks like yours 1. Anyone months missing you and 361 00:35:03,150 --> 00:35:08,340 that was even that will be shown even more this chapter 14 as we 362 00:35:08,350 --> 00:35:11,680 proceed this our second. So at first point we see better 363 00:35:11,690 --> 00:35:15,420 promises over proximate benefits as you progress and certainly 364 00:35:15,430 --> 00:35:18,060 this morning in chapter 14 verses 1 to 16. 365 00:35:18,110 --> 00:35:21,700 Now we see the heavenly assistance from God of course 366 00:35:21,770 --> 00:35:29,390 over Heaven alliance when I'm Satan. 367 00:35:31,170 --> 00:35:43,400 Long time something in Albany having someone tonight versus 368 00:35:43,410 --> 00:35:48,390 one to seven before we proceed the first one seven chapter 14 369 00:35:48,460 --> 00:35:53,040 in the previous section, we see Abraham as the faithful vassal 370 00:35:53,050 --> 00:35:57,580 to the Susan and Lord here in versus one to seven Makita 371 00:35:57,590 --> 00:36:03,950 Nathan, the earthly vassals bro faith with or rebelled against 372 00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:09,640 their earthly suffering. There are two headed like 373 00:36:09,650 --> 00:36:11,950 alliances that we must see here first. 374 00:36:12,350 --> 00:36:16,020 The first heathen alliance is the alliance between the 375 00:36:16,030 --> 00:36:21,320 suzerains. Your versus 1 two verse one 376 00:36:21,370 --> 00:36:25,440 you'll 4 kings Leon union 4 greater king slapping season 377 00:36:25,450 --> 00:36:30,340 behind the molester kings. So your name is on Rafael Shinar 378 00:36:30,410 --> 00:36:35,130 are your king of Elsr alarm anti dumping of him. 379 00:36:35,180 --> 00:36:39,410 So therefore greater kings no make controlled inside other 380 00:36:39,420 --> 00:36:41,690 kingdoms. So other Kingston lesser 381 00:36:41,700 --> 00:36:45,070 kingdoms they own Ukabila don't know 5. 382 00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:48,210 This is the second hidden alliance that I'm pertaining to 383 00:36:48,260 --> 00:36:51,190 you first first hidden aliens living alliance between the 384 00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:54,690 great, the kings, the Suzanne, the the four kings mentioned the 385 00:36:54,700 --> 00:36:59,710 other hidden lions is the alliance between the fellow 386 00:36:59,720 --> 00:37:03,970 ourselves. Simeon young king of Sodom. 387 00:37:04,990 --> 00:37:08,250 You're a King of Sodom, Beer, Shocking of Gomorrah, Sheena, 388 00:37:08,260 --> 00:37:13,190 King of Adma, Chamber, King of Serum and the King of Bella. 389 00:37:15,790 --> 00:37:21,800 They were servants to the 4th Greater Kings for 12 years and 390 00:37:21,810 --> 00:37:24,520 in the in the 13th year they rebuild. 391 00:37:25,780 --> 00:37:28,850 They brought faith with their suzerain. 392 00:37:31,070 --> 00:37:37,230 Ohh about the the four greater kings that first he didn't lions 393 00:37:37,240 --> 00:37:40,810 and pertaining to they were very successful in their campaign 394 00:37:40,820 --> 00:37:42,650 against other nations around the world. 395 00:37:44,290 --> 00:37:46,390 Updated news and the hours of Middle East. 396 00:37:47,660 --> 00:37:52,410 Ohh, the picture it in that paper missile or materials and 397 00:37:52,420 --> 00:37:56,700 Chariots, horses, Spears, you know, conventional and ancient 398 00:37:56,710 --> 00:38:00,220 warfare. What we must remember here is 399 00:38:00,230 --> 00:38:06,020 this the four greater kings? No, they were successful in 400 00:38:06,030 --> 00:38:08,680 their campaign against the other nations. 401 00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:14,410 Successful. It is right to assume that they 402 00:38:14,420 --> 00:38:18,090 have lost men and resources. They have lost lawyers and 403 00:38:18,180 --> 00:38:21,350 important resources, valuable resources for their campaign. 404 00:38:24,270 --> 00:38:27,100 You're getting a lot. NO5 Lesser kings that second 405 00:38:27,110 --> 00:38:29,220 Hidden Lions. They took the opportunity and 406 00:38:29,230 --> 00:38:33,920 they thought now is the time. Now is the opportune time to 407 00:38:33,930 --> 00:38:39,200 strike these four greater kings. Now is the opportune time to 408 00:38:39,210 --> 00:38:50,800 rebuild against them and to break the bonds. 4 survive the 409 00:38:50,810 --> 00:38:53,900 national. 5 vassal vassal kings. Now it is now our. 410 00:38:53,910 --> 00:38:58,160 It's now our time to shine. Family took the opportunity 411 00:38:59,880 --> 00:39:03,420 first five in the 14 year old man and the kings were with him, 412 00:39:03,430 --> 00:39:07,800 came and defeated the Refaim in Ashram Karnim, this museum in 413 00:39:07,810 --> 00:39:11,840 Ham, the anime and SABIC Anaheim and the horrors in the Hill 414 00:39:11,850 --> 00:39:15,260 Country of Sir as far as El Paran on the border of the 415 00:39:15,270 --> 00:39:17,670 wilderness. Then they turned back and came 416 00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:20,440 to English. That's Kadesh and defeated all 417 00:39:20,450 --> 00:39:22,610 the country of America. It's and also the Amorites 418 00:39:22,620 --> 00:39:24,720 toward the drilling in Hazon Tamara. 419 00:39:24,730 --> 00:39:28,070 That is what I was talking about successfully in campaign enough. 420 00:39:28,110 --> 00:39:32,380 But in that campaign, especially in that ancient warfare, we know 421 00:39:32,430 --> 00:39:35,990 that even though they were victorious, they must have lost 422 00:39:36,150 --> 00:39:39,780 valuable number of soldiers and men and resources. 423 00:39:39,890 --> 00:39:42,470 Yeah. So first state not that 5 424 00:39:42,480 --> 00:39:44,630 message things. They saw the opportunity. 425 00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:47,830 Now is the time to rebuild. So they form that heathen 426 00:39:47,840 --> 00:39:52,990 alliance to to go against the alliance of the four Greater 427 00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:59,200 Kings playing 5 versus 4. But. 428 00:40:00,540 --> 00:40:06,010 In verse 8 then the King Solomon, the king of Gomorrah, 429 00:40:06,060 --> 00:40:08,810 the king of Arma, the kings of Liam, and the king of Bella, 430 00:40:08,820 --> 00:40:11,450 that is the war went out and joined battle. 431 00:40:11,460 --> 00:40:15,390 And in the battle of Sidim with Kedar Lamar, King of Elam, 432 00:40:15,400 --> 00:40:19,210 Tidal, King of Grim, and Raphael, King of Shinar and King 433 00:40:19,220 --> 00:40:27,050 of Elzar, 4 kings against five. However, however, the 434 00:40:27,060 --> 00:40:32,170 battlefield was in the valley of Sedim, Union Valley, Nanahara, 435 00:40:32,840 --> 00:40:35,910 Dead Sea, and it is describing this way no. 436 00:40:35,920 --> 00:40:38,790 The value city was full of vitamin bits. 437 00:40:39,160 --> 00:40:42,450 And as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some fell into 438 00:40:42,460 --> 00:40:45,750 them, and the rest fled to the whole country, some of them in 439 00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:49,830 Sabi. Despite, despite the formidable 440 00:40:49,840 --> 00:40:56,570 alliance between the five kings, no ready to rebel against the 441 00:40:56,580 --> 00:41:00,160 four Greater Kings, and they were decisively defeated, 442 00:41:00,170 --> 00:41:09,690 defeated the place of Bar Roof to be not beneficial for them. 443 00:41:10,700 --> 00:41:12,630 They are. They retreated and in their 444 00:41:12,640 --> 00:41:18,180 retreat they fell into those vitamin pits. 445 00:41:19,740 --> 00:41:26,940 They, no, they decided to just fall into those vitamin pits and 446 00:41:26,950 --> 00:41:30,820 die there rather than to die in the hands of their enemies. 447 00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:38,970 You know in some or in short, this fight that the prospect of 448 00:41:38,980 --> 00:41:42,350 winning against those 4 kings and then yeah, they were 449 00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:45,280 defeated decisively. Gaza versus living and saving. 450 00:41:45,600 --> 00:41:48,530 So the enemy took all the possessions of Sodom and 451 00:41:48,540 --> 00:41:53,670 Gomorrah and all their provisions and when their way 452 00:41:53,740 --> 00:42:03,860 out Problema silo. What is the number he chose the 453 00:42:03,870 --> 00:42:08,840 proximate benefits of the value Jordan, the land of Sodom and 454 00:42:08,850 --> 00:42:13,860 Gomora Castle first. They also took Long the son of 455 00:42:13,870 --> 00:42:19,520 Abraham's brother who was really in Sodom and his possessions the 456 00:42:19,530 --> 00:42:23,400 night any reason holding between Abraham and Law, his was their 457 00:42:23,410 --> 00:42:29,840 possessions respectively. Because he chose approximate 458 00:42:29,850 --> 00:42:32,680 benefits. He lost not only his possessions 459 00:42:32,730 --> 00:42:37,100 but also his freedom, and also if not by the peace of God, he 460 00:42:37,110 --> 00:42:42,600 will lose his life, but by God's Providence. 461 00:42:44,140 --> 00:42:50,910 As a verse 13 Sophie how about Godzilla particular positions 462 00:42:50,970 --> 00:42:53,390 verse 13. Then one would escape came and 463 00:42:53,400 --> 00:42:56,670 told Abraham the Hebrew who was living by the oaks of memory, 464 00:42:56,680 --> 00:42:59,210 the amorite brother of a school in Albania. 465 00:42:59,620 --> 00:43:04,710 These were allies have been metal double alliances, NATO 466 00:43:06,870 --> 00:43:09,720 alliance between the 4th grader kings, the hidden alliance 467 00:43:09,730 --> 00:43:15,130 between the lesser 5 kings, and here the alliance that is not by 468 00:43:15,140 --> 00:43:21,650 any power on earth, but by by God's power from heaven having 469 00:43:21,660 --> 00:43:24,490 Abram associate of God's promises. 470 00:43:25,840 --> 00:43:28,380 And here comes the heavenly assistance from the covenant 471 00:43:28,390 --> 00:43:42,960 Lord of people. My what was Abraham call one 472 00:43:44,300 --> 00:43:49,320 after leaving me after valuing your possessions more than than 473 00:43:49,330 --> 00:43:56,850 me, your very own Uncle Balaban. I know our elders are 474 00:43:56,860 --> 00:43:58,950 consistently are always tempted to do that. 475 00:43:59,340 --> 00:44:06,240 No, not you know, you know, are you? 476 00:44:13,350 --> 00:44:16,820 Left two left to my own. Apart from the gospel you making 477 00:44:16,830 --> 00:44:28,030 responsible really live with it. But in verse 14, look at what 478 00:44:28,040 --> 00:44:31,990 Abraham did not the hills by his own strength, but based on 479 00:44:32,000 --> 00:44:35,250 wisdom, but by the heaviness is that comes from the Lord. 480 00:44:35,300 --> 00:44:38,360 Verse 40 or something when Abraham heard that his kingsman 481 00:44:38,420 --> 00:44:42,920 kingsman had been taken captive. Kiss you. 482 00:44:44,530 --> 00:44:50,780 You can just ohh. When Abraham heard that his 483 00:44:50,790 --> 00:44:54,800 kinsman had been taken captive, news and having ohh, let him, 484 00:44:54,850 --> 00:44:57,740 let him suffer the consequences of his choice. 485 00:44:59,370 --> 00:45:03,380 He led four of his trained men born in his house, meaning under 486 00:45:03,390 --> 00:45:06,460 his household, under his rule, under his authority. 487 00:45:06,510 --> 00:45:15,390 Not irony the parties this was already, but what did not do it 488 00:45:15,400 --> 00:45:19,650 despise that he chose approximate benefits, but here 489 00:45:21,240 --> 00:45:26,050 will service Abraham. Chilean willing to go war with 490 00:45:26,060 --> 00:45:36,710 Abraham, to die with Abraham for the sake of worthy cause. 318 of 491 00:45:36,720 --> 00:45:39,340 them, and went in pursuit as far as done. 492 00:45:39,680 --> 00:45:42,700 And he divided his forces against them by night, he and 493 00:45:42,710 --> 00:45:49,040 his servants and he and defeated them and pursue them to hold a 494 00:45:49,090 --> 00:45:52,740 north of Damascus. Versus seen that he brought back 495 00:45:52,750 --> 00:45:56,340 all the possessions and also brought back his kinsman law, 496 00:45:57,240 --> 00:46:01,310 not only with his life, not only with this freedom, but with his 497 00:46:01,320 --> 00:46:05,310 possessions and the woman and the people. 498 00:46:07,430 --> 00:46:16,080 Abraham out of his love for his kinsmen, Councillor, even though 499 00:46:16,090 --> 00:46:19,720 not separated himself from Abraham by choosing Sodom to his 500 00:46:19,730 --> 00:46:24,450 place of doing it with God's heaven assistance to Abraham, he 501 00:46:24,460 --> 00:46:31,860 rescued his kinsman, he redeemed his kinsman. 502 00:46:32,130 --> 00:46:37,060 He delivered his kinsman from the bondage of slavery. 503 00:46:38,740 --> 00:46:40,050 And Thomas, we appreciate your mother. 504 00:46:40,780 --> 00:46:45,320 You have room to Dan finally understanding that in distance 505 00:46:45,330 --> 00:46:50,070 and 175 kilometers from our house to here in 50 kilometers. 506 00:46:50,120 --> 00:47:02,830 It took me a double 6060706460. You told me you know us, but 507 00:47:02,840 --> 00:47:07,180 from heaven to that, that's 175 kilometers when I'm guessing 508 00:47:09,420 --> 00:47:14,000 Phil, but God's having assistance. 509 00:47:14,450 --> 00:47:24,080 Abraham Braid. In face what you needed to face 510 00:47:24,150 --> 00:47:35,220 in order to just rescue his kinsman. 380 You're not going 511 00:47:35,230 --> 00:47:42,230 to, but by God's grace, because equipping Abraham and his 512 00:47:42,240 --> 00:47:48,080 Confederates defeated the mighty kings who just had success in 513 00:47:48,090 --> 00:47:54,680 two consecutive campaigns. You 5 lesser kings informed them 514 00:47:54,730 --> 00:47:59,040 even alliance against the four greater kings bra. 515 00:47:59,390 --> 00:48:04,560 But Abraham with 318 of his servants prevailed against them. 516 00:48:07,200 --> 00:48:11,310 Turning this chapter 13 Is Abraham being meek and unselfish 517 00:48:11,360 --> 00:48:16,800 kingsman or relative? He also swam in the one might be 518 00:48:17,160 --> 00:48:25,050 an undaunted rescuer of his very own kinsman, whose love through 519 00:48:25,060 --> 00:48:32,790 Abraham not was rescued and restored Again, we know what 520 00:48:32,800 --> 00:48:37,090 Calvin exactly Rd. God, out of compassion to him, 521 00:48:37,140 --> 00:48:43,210 raised up Abraham as his avenger and Liberator, to rescue him 522 00:48:43,260 --> 00:48:45,510 when a captain from the hand of the enemy. 523 00:48:45,680 --> 00:48:49,370 In which app the incredible goodness and benevolence of God 524 00:48:49,380 --> 00:48:53,210 towards His own people as surrendered, conspicuous, or 525 00:48:53,260 --> 00:48:58,370 more notice, since for the sake of one man He preserves for a 526 00:48:58,380 --> 00:49:02,730 time many who were utterly unworthy. 527 00:49:05,030 --> 00:49:07,200 Do you know the world is allowed to be rescued? 528 00:49:07,210 --> 00:49:18,840 Anyone very unfairly out of love he face, indeed of considerable 529 00:49:18,850 --> 00:49:25,270 could be certain danger and risk is very own life just to rescue 530 00:49:25,320 --> 00:49:28,050 his own kinsman who deserted him. 531 00:49:37,450 --> 00:49:41,400 I'm focused on Genesis 13, Genesis 14. 532 00:49:42,980 --> 00:49:47,250 What is the main character here? We know that from Genesis to 533 00:49:47,260 --> 00:49:51,370 Revelation all points to Christ Jesus the promise. 534 00:49:51,380 --> 00:49:54,750 See the very essence of God's promise to Abraham. 535 00:49:55,260 --> 00:49:57,470 Through him all nations shall be blessed. 536 00:49:58,990 --> 00:50:05,440 Galvan Dandy, the Makati Justice Abraham by Nama Booty, the true 537 00:50:05,450 --> 00:50:07,480 seed of Abraham, who is Jesus Christ. 538 00:50:08,830 --> 00:50:14,700 And like Long, Jesus did not choose the proximate benefits as 539 00:50:14,710 --> 00:50:18,200 presented by the enemy to Him in the wilderness, in people, I 540 00:50:18,210 --> 00:50:19,280 don't know how many. Nothing. 541 00:50:21,580 --> 00:50:26,420 Follow us in the Mulan, Mr. Banas that talks to him, so you 542 00:50:26,430 --> 00:50:31,970 don't be presenting to him the proximate benefits that not only 543 00:50:31,980 --> 00:50:37,860 he may legitimately enjoy it, but he legitimately owns Matthew 544 00:50:37,870 --> 00:50:44,780 4. I would love to Saviour Jesus 545 00:50:44,790 --> 00:50:49,480 Christ being found in our very own fashion, in our true human 546 00:50:49,490 --> 00:50:53,040 nature. He came in order to live and to 547 00:50:53,050 --> 00:50:55,580 die and to rise again from the dead for us. 548 00:50:55,640 --> 00:51:00,640 He did not choose the proximate benefits before him, but rather 549 00:51:00,710 --> 00:51:04,350 he claimed to God's better promises. 550 00:51:04,710 --> 00:51:08,730 And what is that they promise? The promise of God. 551 00:51:08,740 --> 00:51:10,930 Celebration for us. Unworthy. 552 00:51:11,000 --> 00:51:13,990 More unworthy than the unworthiness of love. 553 00:51:20,600 --> 00:51:26,090 All of God's compassion, God Himself has come in the history 554 00:51:26,100 --> 00:51:35,270 of mankind into this world. Still, he was still first wanted 555 00:51:35,280 --> 00:51:44,110 to answer me. Being surrounded by such a big 556 00:51:44,120 --> 00:51:51,010 cloud of witnesses. What let us throw everything 557 00:51:51,020 --> 00:51:55,100 that hinders in the sin that so easily in bangles fix your eyes 558 00:51:55,110 --> 00:51:59,480 on Jesus, the author and finisher of professor of our 559 00:51:59,490 --> 00:52:04,910 faith, Who for the joy not the proximate benefits, but who for 560 00:52:04,920 --> 00:52:09,950 the joy said before him, thy don't across scorning its shame 561 00:52:10,020 --> 00:52:16,190 and sat down at the right hand of God the Father BC premium 562 00:52:16,200 --> 00:52:20,230 example par excellence here, but rather you built this is the 563 00:52:20,240 --> 00:52:24,570 promise Gabram with the Lord Jesus Christ, but he Kita Latin 564 00:52:25,000 --> 00:52:29,390 and what happened to him and not here more ultimately fulfilled 565 00:52:29,400 --> 00:52:32,290 in the life in the mission and the sacrifice of our Lord and 566 00:52:32,300 --> 00:52:40,650 Saviour Jesus Christ. There's nothing on increases and 567 00:52:40,660 --> 00:52:45,940 proximate benefits, but just as Abraham, his true seeing Jesus 568 00:52:45,950 --> 00:52:49,700 Christ did not turn his back to his being the rescuer to his 569 00:52:49,710 --> 00:52:57,030 kinsman. Hindi bar meeting. 570 00:52:59,890 --> 00:53:07,630 Ohh, he did not turn his back to the mission that God the Father 571 00:53:07,640 --> 00:53:13,100 has given to his very own Son after this Baptist mission of 572 00:53:13,110 --> 00:53:16,140 being the rescuer of his kinsmen. 573 00:53:16,390 --> 00:53:25,630 And silly Kingsman wore unworthy sinners like me world. 574 00:53:33,010 --> 00:53:39,220 Came to rescue us not just from being captive to earthly kings, 575 00:53:39,350 --> 00:53:44,140 but Christ came for us or unworthy to rescue us from being 576 00:53:44,150 --> 00:53:53,120 captive to sin and death. A friend appreciate your word. 577 00:53:53,130 --> 00:53:58,060 The Kingsman invited to open Hebrew chapter 2 versus 10 to 578 00:53:58,070 --> 00:54:04,490 13. I don't think beautiful where we 579 00:54:04,500 --> 00:54:09,450 are unworthy, but by God's grace from eternity has chosen us to 580 00:54:09,460 --> 00:54:12,970 be recipient of His grace, is electing grace to be united in 581 00:54:12,980 --> 00:54:15,870 some with His Son and in Jesus Christ. 582 00:54:15,880 --> 00:54:21,900 We shall be called children of God, as he's obviously anybody 583 00:54:21,910 --> 00:54:26,640 in Rescuer, Redeemer, Saviour, Deliverer of his very own 584 00:54:26,650 --> 00:54:33,820 kinsmen. Senior Ontario Google He was 210 585 00:54:33,830 --> 00:54:37,400 to 13 before it was fitting that he for whom and by whom all 586 00:54:37,410 --> 00:54:40,820 things exist and bringing many sons to glory, should make the 587 00:54:40,830 --> 00:54:43,400 founder of their salvation perfect for suffering. 588 00:54:43,490 --> 00:54:47,660 For he who sanctifies and those are sanctified, sanctifying all 589 00:54:47,670 --> 00:54:52,370 one source. That is why he is not ashamed to 590 00:54:52,380 --> 00:54:58,870 call him as his kinsman, as brothers, saying, I will tell of 591 00:54:58,880 --> 00:55:03,520 your name to my brothers in the midst of the congregation. 592 00:55:03,530 --> 00:55:06,540 I will sing your praise, and again I will put my trust in 593 00:55:06,550 --> 00:55:09,000 him. And again, behold, I in the 594 00:55:09,010 --> 00:55:15,920 children God has given me, fucking you, Sadiq Ramadan. 595 00:55:18,540 --> 00:55:23,830 You are his very own kinsman. We are his very own kinsman. 596 00:55:25,150 --> 00:55:34,070 So why did you suffer on the cross number from your kinsman? 597 00:55:36,340 --> 00:55:40,530 You are my family. You're my coerce. 598 00:55:41,750 --> 00:55:45,480 You are God's chosen from eternity to be united with me. 599 00:55:48,200 --> 00:55:51,500 We are in the United States, for He's our head and we are the 600 00:55:51,510 --> 00:56:00,990 church. There are many, many instances 601 00:56:01,000 --> 00:56:05,520 in our lives questions. There were points that we were 602 00:56:05,580 --> 00:56:09,330 so ashamed in confessing the name of our Lord and Saviour. 603 00:56:09,820 --> 00:56:15,930 But here, time and again, the Lord through sword reminds us of 604 00:56:15,980 --> 00:56:17,870 our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 605 00:56:17,940 --> 00:56:23,740 Despite the excruciating pain, terrible death that suffered in 606 00:56:23,750 --> 00:56:26,880 the cross, He did that. He went through all that 607 00:56:26,890 --> 00:56:31,780 willingly just to declare that we are his kinsmen. 608 00:56:33,350 --> 00:56:37,920 You're his family. Yes, I'm fun to ask, what else 609 00:56:37,930 --> 00:56:42,940 do you need? The Lord Jesus Christ people 610 00:56:42,950 --> 00:56:54,300 need to do and the bump proximate benefits the bus say 611 00:56:56,080 --> 00:57:00,510 fancy. You mean what else do you need? 612 00:57:02,460 --> 00:57:06,220 What else do you need from the road? 613 00:57:06,230 --> 00:57:11,970 Jesus Christ, there were. There are moments, there may be 614 00:57:11,980 --> 00:57:15,660 moments in your life that you are ashamed to say that you know 615 00:57:15,670 --> 00:57:17,540 that you are part of this family. 616 00:57:19,480 --> 00:57:28,730 No, you will got another one chemical engineer. 617 00:57:28,740 --> 00:57:35,840 He was involved in chemicals in thought they go later 618 00:57:35,850 --> 00:57:41,330 womanising. Drugs or not, you're not. 619 00:57:41,340 --> 00:57:42,730 I'm not ashamed. I'm not. 620 00:57:42,740 --> 00:57:47,170 I'm ashamed to to to say that I'm part of that 10 family. 621 00:57:47,340 --> 00:57:53,830 Don't know, casino. You know I only bother me. 622 00:57:57,030 --> 00:58:00,610 No. How many blessings continue? 623 00:58:00,620 --> 00:58:14,270 Many mistresses 123 pussy they wouldn't your mom, they're 624 00:58:14,280 --> 00:58:20,400 saying I've given them. There will be moments that you 625 00:58:20,410 --> 00:58:24,200 will be ashamed of your own family, but despite our more 626 00:58:24,210 --> 00:58:28,190 than this Rosary, but God demonstrates his own now for us 627 00:58:28,200 --> 00:58:31,070 in this while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 628 00:58:31,300 --> 00:58:39,680 Christ died for his own through the death of the very Son of God 629 00:58:40,920 --> 00:58:47,570 has brought many Son of men the new life. 630 00:58:49,110 --> 00:58:54,920 Do you reckon the steely beloved children of again now issue. 631 00:58:54,960 --> 00:58:57,560 I will post this question if what else do you need? 632 00:58:58,980 --> 00:59:03,390 Possibly number public spaces must be enough. 633 00:59:04,920 --> 00:59:10,720 Why not the senatorial question? Yeah, and approximate benefit of 634 00:59:10,730 --> 00:59:17,410 opinions have one more C people must Marina now that the party 635 00:59:17,420 --> 00:59:21,620 will have a resource you don't have. 636 00:59:23,210 --> 00:59:25,020 Well done on my sass. Animal world. 637 00:59:25,030 --> 00:59:27,820 The Alliance. Where do we stand? 638 00:59:29,040 --> 00:59:33,750 This is another woman isn't just a short to you, no less than our 639 00:59:33,760 --> 00:59:42,280 Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Say something, Could you say 640 00:59:42,290 --> 00:59:50,290 mini guy or something fun? We might on Bargain Must Molly 641 00:59:53,850 --> 01:00:10,600 indeed on Samba alarm. Mobile at Banahan Canal. 642 01:00:13,440 --> 01:00:21,120 Peace and assurance. That's stability nothing in this 643 01:00:21,130 --> 01:00:25,640 world can give us, only in Christ Jesus. 644 01:00:26,840 --> 01:00:29,180 Yeah, I'm hoping. How are you? 645 01:00:29,580 --> 01:00:33,770 They are tempted to be ashamed of the Lord Jesus Christ. 646 01:00:35,090 --> 01:00:38,070 Remember, it was never ashamed of you. 647 01:00:38,550 --> 01:00:45,660 He chose to die for you in order to fulfill God's promise that by 648 01:00:45,670 --> 01:00:50,960 His grace, you will be accepted into the family of God. 649 01:00:51,310 --> 01:01:03,860 Personally, Yeah, Central stop. Thank you for reminding us once 650 01:01:03,870 --> 01:01:08,420 again that apart from the gospel of your grace in Jesus Christ, 651 01:01:09,210 --> 01:01:13,970 whenever that it is not the gospel as the lens through which 652 01:01:13,980 --> 01:01:17,360 we see things. No free forget your precious 653 01:01:17,370 --> 01:01:22,040 promises that are already fulfilled in every way in the 654 01:01:22,050 --> 01:01:25,870 Lord Jesus Christ. We choose to value the 655 01:01:25,880 --> 01:01:31,660 approximate benefits around us and in Your grace you allow us 656 01:01:31,670 --> 01:01:40,400 to go through the consequences of our poor choices that we may 657 01:01:40,410 --> 01:01:47,010 understand and feel and hear in the CERN that it will always be 658 01:01:47,020 --> 01:01:55,800 foolish to trade off heavenly riches and heavenly assistance 659 01:01:55,850 --> 01:01:59,410 from you. Our love for the things, for the 660 01:01:59,470 --> 01:02:07,500 if the metals, things of this world probably ask that these 661 01:02:07,510 --> 01:02:11,260 things will be established more firmly in our hearts and our 662 01:02:11,270 --> 01:02:16,440 minds. Not only for our personal 663 01:02:16,450 --> 01:02:20,480 benefits, but as you bless us with the wisdom that we need to 664 01:02:20,490 --> 01:02:26,010 discern clearly what we are, what we ought to choose for your 665 01:02:26,020 --> 01:02:31,570 glory, for our review. We will also labour together for 666 01:02:31,580 --> 01:02:33,990 the building up of the body of our Lord and Saviour Jesus 667 01:02:34,000 --> 01:02:34,870 Christ. Ohh. 668 01:02:34,880 --> 01:02:37,310 I pray Lord, that you will bless this church, Zion Covenant 669 01:02:37,320 --> 01:02:42,530 Reform Church, and pray Lord you will preserve the church, that 670 01:02:42,590 --> 01:02:51,690 this church will always choose to dwell in their promises, and 671 01:02:51,700 --> 01:03:00,170 that in all things it is your heavenly assistance that we 672 01:03:00,180 --> 01:03:08,610 seek, You trust that belong to see manifested in our minds. 673 01:03:09,320 --> 01:03:13,410 Thank you Lord for your word. Thank you Lord for the gospel of 674 01:03:13,420 --> 01:03:15,850 our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ protect us. 675 01:03:15,900 --> 01:03:21,090 We also thank you Lord for the opportunity for us to see the 676 01:03:21,100 --> 01:03:25,770 gospel made visible in the sacrament of their own stopper 677 01:03:26,360 --> 01:03:31,090 mean bless us indeed, that our only response is to bless your 678 01:03:31,100 --> 01:03:36,190 name over our Most high. All these things we have in the 679 01:03:36,200 --> 01:03:39,470 name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Amen.