1 00:00:01,073 --> 00:00:02,583 A bible with you. 2 00:00:03,457 --> 00:00:05,126 I encourage you to go ahead and grab 3 00:00:05,126 --> 00:00:08,782 it and open up to Genesis chapter 22. 4 00:00:09,831 --> 00:00:11,819 And if you have your bible and an 5 00:00:11,819 --> 00:00:13,649 app, that's fine. If you wanna grab a 6 00:00:13,728 --> 00:00:14,444 Pew Bible, 7 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:16,058 that is also 8 00:00:16,433 --> 00:00:16,751 okay. 9 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:20,679 But our text this morning isn't gonna be 10 00:00:20,839 --> 00:00:22,440 Genesis chapter 22. 11 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:27,079 But before we dive too far into our... 12 00:00:27,334 --> 00:00:27,834 Passage. 13 00:00:30,042 --> 00:00:32,751 Let's just recap for a second, the story 14 00:00:32,751 --> 00:00:33,308 of Abraham. 15 00:00:34,518 --> 00:00:34,758 Who... 16 00:00:35,555 --> 00:00:37,707 By all intents and purposes, looks like a 17 00:00:37,707 --> 00:00:40,258 man that is similar to David after God's 18 00:00:40,258 --> 00:00:42,545 own heart, he's been so willing to listen 19 00:00:42,664 --> 00:00:44,647 to God to leave his own land to 20 00:00:44,647 --> 00:00:47,186 leave his family and to go where God 21 00:00:47,186 --> 00:00:48,139 has been calling him. 22 00:00:49,408 --> 00:00:52,214 But the also, we've seen that he's not 23 00:00:52,214 --> 00:00:52,714 perfect 24 00:00:53,491 --> 00:00:54,710 that he's had his 25 00:00:55,088 --> 00:00:57,802 trust issues with God. In fact, so much 26 00:00:57,802 --> 00:00:58,121 so. 27 00:00:59,012 --> 00:01:01,950 That just recently, we talked about how when 28 00:01:01,950 --> 00:01:04,333 he was going down into Egypt because of 29 00:01:04,333 --> 00:01:06,477 a famine. He said, hey, 30 00:01:07,049 --> 00:01:09,369 wife let's make sure that they think that 31 00:01:09,369 --> 00:01:11,209 you're my sisters that I can benefit from 32 00:01:11,209 --> 00:01:11,450 it. 33 00:01:12,569 --> 00:01:14,729 That's that's not that great. 34 00:01:15,609 --> 00:01:15,929 Right. 35 00:01:17,224 --> 00:01:17,884 And then 36 00:01:18,584 --> 00:01:19,084 just 37 00:01:19,545 --> 00:01:20,265 last week, 38 00:01:21,864 --> 00:01:23,644 Abraham can't seem to 39 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:27,091 figure out how to trust God in the 40 00:01:27,309 --> 00:01:30,600 promise that God made that he would have 41 00:01:30,738 --> 00:01:31,297 an heir, 42 00:01:32,014 --> 00:01:32,892 a sun. 43 00:01:35,619 --> 00:01:36,996 That would inherit 44 00:01:37,533 --> 00:01:40,165 and be a part of this grand plan 45 00:01:40,165 --> 00:01:42,159 of blessing the God house for the world. 46 00:01:44,724 --> 00:01:46,396 He has this trust issue. 47 00:01:48,148 --> 00:01:50,854 And last week, in chapter 15, we just 48 00:01:50,854 --> 00:01:51,354 hear 49 00:01:52,223 --> 00:01:53,260 Abraham crying out, God. 50 00:01:53,978 --> 00:01:55,733 Where's is this where is this air coming 51 00:01:55,733 --> 00:01:58,365 from? How how is this gonna happen? I 52 00:01:58,365 --> 00:02:01,077 don't understand and god is just silent. 53 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:04,991 Which I think is really interesting as we're 54 00:02:04,991 --> 00:02:06,740 singing in our song trust in God this 55 00:02:06,740 --> 00:02:09,523 morning, You know, the bridges, I saw the 56 00:02:09,603 --> 00:02:11,511 Lord and he heard and he answered and 57 00:02:11,511 --> 00:02:12,960 that's why I trust him. 58 00:02:15,828 --> 00:02:16,545 In here, 59 00:02:17,820 --> 00:02:19,732 Abraham hears nothing in the silence. 60 00:02:21,405 --> 00:02:21,460 Why 61 00:02:22,533 --> 00:02:24,124 And we talked about how that break in 62 00:02:24,124 --> 00:02:24,602 the text, 63 00:02:25,238 --> 00:02:27,567 where it says Abraham spoke again 64 00:02:28,102 --> 00:02:28,474 is 65 00:02:29,154 --> 00:02:30,912 indicating that there's a period of time that 66 00:02:30,912 --> 00:02:33,549 has passed since the first time he inquired 67 00:02:33,549 --> 00:02:34,269 of the Lord. 68 00:02:35,467 --> 00:02:37,066 And so he asked the Lord again, in 69 00:02:37,066 --> 00:02:38,598 this time he's a little more Kurt. 70 00:02:39,476 --> 00:02:40,614 He's a little more 71 00:02:41,151 --> 00:02:42,905 intense toward the lord and he's like, okay, 72 00:02:43,065 --> 00:02:43,543 God. Look, 73 00:02:44,421 --> 00:02:46,734 I need and answer what's going on here. 74 00:02:48,582 --> 00:02:50,570 And God just gives him a little bit. 75 00:02:52,877 --> 00:02:55,979 It's like, no. I I promise you will 76 00:02:55,979 --> 00:02:59,891 come from your seed from yourself, you will 77 00:02:59,891 --> 00:03:00,391 bear 78 00:03:01,401 --> 00:03:02,117 a child. 79 00:03:02,833 --> 00:03:03,730 You will have 80 00:03:04,264 --> 00:03:04,980 an air. 81 00:03:07,543 --> 00:03:09,320 Do so hard for 82 00:03:09,858 --> 00:03:11,077 room to trust 83 00:03:12,253 --> 00:03:15,548 to sit in the waiting to wait 84 00:03:17,138 --> 00:03:17,957 for God. 85 00:03:21,448 --> 00:03:23,305 And how all long that 86 00:03:23,683 --> 00:03:24,662 this process 87 00:03:25,373 --> 00:03:26,908 was god to get 88 00:03:27,443 --> 00:03:29,194 Egypt out of Abraham. 89 00:03:29,990 --> 00:03:31,661 Because all of us have a little bit 90 00:03:31,661 --> 00:03:33,426 of Egypt in us. In fact, We've been 91 00:03:33,426 --> 00:03:35,490 talking about how all along the way these 92 00:03:35,490 --> 00:03:37,658 stories were being heard for the first time 93 00:03:37,793 --> 00:03:40,096 as the people of Israel traverse through the 94 00:03:40,096 --> 00:03:40,596 wilderness, 95 00:03:41,224 --> 00:03:44,414 after being led out of Egypt by Y. 96 00:03:46,807 --> 00:03:48,402 But they brought a little bit of Egypt 97 00:03:48,402 --> 00:03:50,077 with them into the wilderness and they had 98 00:03:50,077 --> 00:03:52,162 a lot of trust for Y. In fact, 99 00:03:52,321 --> 00:03:54,309 many times, they said, wouldn't it just be 100 00:03:54,309 --> 00:03:56,297 better if we went back to Egypt? Like, 101 00:03:56,615 --> 00:03:58,603 yeah, we were enslaved, but it was comfortable 102 00:03:58,603 --> 00:03:59,898 there. It was easy 103 00:04:01,003 --> 00:04:02,827 you know, like, we knew what we were 104 00:04:02,827 --> 00:04:05,127 getting, but now we're out in this place 105 00:04:05,127 --> 00:04:07,585 where we have nothing, and we have to 106 00:04:07,585 --> 00:04:09,902 rely fully on this, you Y who let 107 00:04:09,902 --> 00:04:11,889 us out, but can we trust him? 108 00:04:14,431 --> 00:04:16,815 Can we believe that he's gonna provide for 109 00:04:16,815 --> 00:04:17,315 us 110 00:04:17,783 --> 00:04:18,283 every 111 00:04:18,658 --> 00:04:19,771 step of the way. 112 00:04:23,428 --> 00:04:25,598 And you would see these moments of 113 00:04:26,386 --> 00:04:28,775 mistrust where God's like, I'm gonna provide Mana 114 00:04:28,775 --> 00:04:30,368 in the desert and you're gonna collect it 115 00:04:30,368 --> 00:04:32,757 for 6 days, and you're only gonna collect 116 00:04:32,757 --> 00:04:34,404 enough for each day, but on 117 00:04:34,842 --> 00:04:36,672 the day before the sabbath day, you're gonna 118 00:04:36,672 --> 00:04:38,660 collect twice as much so that it'll last 119 00:04:38,660 --> 00:04:39,535 into the next day. 120 00:04:40,569 --> 00:04:42,097 But then what would peep do they would 121 00:04:42,097 --> 00:04:43,771 go out and they would collect more than 122 00:04:43,771 --> 00:04:45,069 they needed for a day 123 00:04:46,243 --> 00:04:48,077 because they didn't trust that God would provide 124 00:04:48,077 --> 00:04:49,671 the next day. And then the next day, 125 00:04:49,831 --> 00:04:53,525 they... Found maggots and worms in the manner 126 00:04:53,581 --> 00:04:54,081 because 127 00:04:54,853 --> 00:04:55,647 they didn't trust. 128 00:04:56,839 --> 00:04:58,531 But then there were those that 129 00:04:59,239 --> 00:05:00,137 only gathered 130 00:05:00,514 --> 00:05:03,146 enough for themselves on the day before the 131 00:05:03,146 --> 00:05:04,820 sabbath and not enough the next day. 132 00:05:05,857 --> 00:05:07,531 And so in the next day came, 133 00:05:08,343 --> 00:05:10,575 and Man didn't appear because they're not supposed 134 00:05:10,575 --> 00:05:11,850 to work on that day. 135 00:05:14,002 --> 00:05:14,821 They were frustrated. 136 00:05:16,169 --> 00:05:18,101 There's a mist mistrust, a dis 137 00:05:19,113 --> 00:05:19,590 disobedience. 138 00:05:22,694 --> 00:05:24,683 And that's kind of where we're heading to 139 00:05:24,683 --> 00:05:26,130 today is like, So what does it mean 140 00:05:26,130 --> 00:05:26,766 to trust God? 141 00:05:29,071 --> 00:05:31,615 So what really is the the indicator of 142 00:05:31,615 --> 00:05:33,682 having this this faith and this trust and 143 00:05:33,682 --> 00:05:36,398 the lord? Okay. In spite of everything else 144 00:05:36,398 --> 00:05:38,462 going on when when God is silent and 145 00:05:38,462 --> 00:05:40,526 when he doesn't give you the full picture 146 00:05:40,526 --> 00:05:41,875 because God is never gonna give you the 147 00:05:41,875 --> 00:05:43,959 full picture. Because if you had the full 148 00:05:43,959 --> 00:05:44,995 picture, then there's not faith. 149 00:05:47,544 --> 00:05:49,775 You don't have to take your next step. 150 00:05:50,014 --> 00:05:51,687 You're just gonna... You're just gonna run ahead. 151 00:05:51,846 --> 00:05:53,616 You're gonna get too far ahead of what 152 00:05:53,695 --> 00:05:55,849 God wants to do in your life. 153 00:05:57,205 --> 00:05:58,880 And so that's what we end up seeing 154 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:01,671 in this story of of Abraham. Right? Is 155 00:06:01,671 --> 00:06:01,751 like, 156 00:06:02,484 --> 00:06:02,984 he 157 00:06:03,441 --> 00:06:05,754 cannot trust that God is gonna provide a 158 00:06:05,754 --> 00:06:07,190 son? And so him and his wife 159 00:06:07,908 --> 00:06:09,046 Decide to cons, 160 00:06:09,981 --> 00:06:12,236 how is this gonna happen? And so he 161 00:06:12,945 --> 00:06:14,001 takes H, 162 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:17,633 Egyptian servant, 163 00:06:19,063 --> 00:06:19,563 in 164 00:06:21,543 --> 00:06:23,080 has a son through her 165 00:06:23,696 --> 00:06:23,936 ishmael. 166 00:06:27,206 --> 00:06:29,599 And he so believes that what he did 167 00:06:29,599 --> 00:06:31,009 was the right thing that 168 00:06:32,322 --> 00:06:34,470 He cannot see the bigger picture of what 169 00:06:34,629 --> 00:06:35,902 God has planned. 170 00:06:38,382 --> 00:06:40,371 But before we get too much in today's 171 00:06:40,371 --> 00:06:42,121 passage, I just wanna sit there for just 172 00:06:42,121 --> 00:06:42,757 2 seconds. 173 00:06:45,159 --> 00:06:47,410 Is that what ends up happening when we 174 00:06:47,547 --> 00:06:49,936 aspire to do things in our own power. 175 00:06:50,573 --> 00:06:53,063 When we try to use our own strength 176 00:06:53,454 --> 00:06:54,728 when we try to come up with our 177 00:06:54,728 --> 00:06:55,228 own 178 00:06:55,764 --> 00:06:57,596 plan for god's purpose, 179 00:06:58,792 --> 00:07:00,226 when we try to create it in our 180 00:07:00,226 --> 00:07:01,182 own timing. 181 00:07:03,109 --> 00:07:04,867 What might end up happening is we end 182 00:07:04,867 --> 00:07:07,263 up using abusing and hurting people all along 183 00:07:07,263 --> 00:07:07,663 the way. 184 00:07:10,552 --> 00:07:12,942 H ga ends up suffering, and Ishmael end 185 00:07:12,942 --> 00:07:13,761 up suffering 186 00:07:14,296 --> 00:07:17,802 because Ryan Abraham couldn't trust the process that 187 00:07:17,882 --> 00:07:19,497 God wanted to put them through because 188 00:07:19,809 --> 00:07:22,204 he couldn't trust that God had a better 189 00:07:22,204 --> 00:07:23,662 plan and a bigger plan 190 00:07:24,839 --> 00:07:26,915 than what he could only think up in 191 00:07:26,915 --> 00:07:28,213 his small 192 00:07:28,591 --> 00:07:29,310 feeble mind. 193 00:07:34,504 --> 00:07:35,641 And it's unfortunate 194 00:07:36,495 --> 00:07:38,190 that through the story 195 00:07:40,337 --> 00:07:42,093 H in Ish ishmael, 196 00:07:43,371 --> 00:07:43,850 get hurt. 197 00:07:45,447 --> 00:07:47,144 End up getting forced 198 00:07:47,602 --> 00:07:48,102 out 199 00:07:50,088 --> 00:07:50,747 am getting 200 00:07:51,122 --> 00:07:52,338 pushed away 201 00:07:54,781 --> 00:07:55,281 because 202 00:07:56,466 --> 00:07:58,772 of their inability to believe in trust in 203 00:07:58,852 --> 00:07:59,170 God. 204 00:08:01,317 --> 00:08:03,487 And by the time they finally have Isaac 205 00:08:03,782 --> 00:08:04,896 13 years later, 206 00:08:06,663 --> 00:08:08,818 When the promise is finally fulfilled, 207 00:08:10,575 --> 00:08:11,873 Sarah and her 208 00:08:12,411 --> 00:08:12,911 insecurity 209 00:08:13,688 --> 00:08:14,566 sends them away. 210 00:08:15,939 --> 00:08:18,655 Because now is she she trust... She couldn't 211 00:08:18,655 --> 00:08:21,212 trust God to have Isaac. And once she 212 00:08:21,212 --> 00:08:24,105 finally highs... Has Isaac she can't. Trust in 213 00:08:24,264 --> 00:08:25,944 God that he's gonna be the 1 that 214 00:08:25,944 --> 00:08:26,444 inherit 215 00:08:26,745 --> 00:08:29,064 inherit everything that he's the 1 through whom 216 00:08:29,064 --> 00:08:31,085 the blessing is gonna come. And so 217 00:08:31,399 --> 00:08:34,600 More hurt is thrown on top of H 218 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:35,100 and 219 00:08:35,639 --> 00:08:37,159 ishmael is they're sent out. 220 00:08:41,889 --> 00:08:44,923 From the only clan, the only protection that 221 00:08:44,923 --> 00:08:45,641 they've ever known. 222 00:08:49,963 --> 00:08:50,918 The god is good. 223 00:08:54,022 --> 00:08:55,693 And he allows it to happen, 224 00:08:56,585 --> 00:08:57,705 I don't want us to be clear that 225 00:08:57,784 --> 00:08:58,904 God allows it. In fact, 226 00:09:00,105 --> 00:09:02,605 Abraham like, no. Don't know. This 227 00:09:03,464 --> 00:09:05,876 needs to stay and God's like no. Let 228 00:09:05,876 --> 00:09:06,352 this happen. 229 00:09:07,781 --> 00:09:09,211 Listen to Sarah, your wife, 230 00:09:10,958 --> 00:09:11,672 send her out, 231 00:09:12,625 --> 00:09:13,737 and so they're sent out, 232 00:09:15,659 --> 00:09:16,955 and God of meats 233 00:09:17,807 --> 00:09:19,898 Hi in Ish ishmael and the wilderness 234 00:09:22,358 --> 00:09:23,975 and promises them 235 00:09:24,752 --> 00:09:26,290 that he will take care 236 00:09:27,066 --> 00:09:27,625 of them. 237 00:09:34,968 --> 00:09:36,719 But as we hear all this story leading 238 00:09:36,719 --> 00:09:38,470 up to our passage today. 239 00:09:40,317 --> 00:09:42,390 I want us to keep reflecting back that 240 00:09:42,470 --> 00:09:43,369 God is using 241 00:09:43,746 --> 00:09:44,884 imperfect people 242 00:09:45,500 --> 00:09:48,451 to fulfill his works and purposes in the 243 00:09:48,451 --> 00:09:48,690 world. 244 00:09:50,945 --> 00:09:52,004 God is using 245 00:09:52,704 --> 00:09:56,644 imperfect people to fulfill his purposes and works 246 00:09:56,784 --> 00:09:57,284 in 247 00:09:57,664 --> 00:09:58,304 the world. 248 00:10:01,181 --> 00:10:01,681 But 249 00:10:02,373 --> 00:10:04,381 even though God uses 250 00:10:04,914 --> 00:10:07,613 imperfect people like you and like me, 251 00:10:08,503 --> 00:10:09,639 something is 252 00:10:10,093 --> 00:10:12,639 required from those imperfect people. 253 00:10:15,358 --> 00:10:17,127 God does want something 254 00:10:17,500 --> 00:10:19,721 out of us in order for him to 255 00:10:19,721 --> 00:10:20,276 use us. 256 00:10:22,833 --> 00:10:24,749 And so let us read our passage today 257 00:10:24,749 --> 00:10:25,968 in Genesis chapter 258 00:10:26,426 --> 00:10:27,064 22, 259 00:10:27,623 --> 00:10:30,278 and we're just gonna read versus 1 through 260 00:10:30,417 --> 00:10:30,917 19. 261 00:10:34,665 --> 00:10:36,823 And now it happened after these things that 262 00:10:36,902 --> 00:10:39,792 God tested Abraham and said to him, Abraham, 263 00:10:39,871 --> 00:10:42,181 and he said, here I am. 264 00:10:42,978 --> 00:10:45,129 And then he said take now your son, 265 00:10:45,527 --> 00:10:47,997 you're only 1 whom you love, Isaac and 266 00:10:47,997 --> 00:10:49,610 go forth. The land of Mori mariah, 267 00:10:50,170 --> 00:10:52,649 and offer him there as a burnt offering 268 00:10:52,649 --> 00:10:55,129 on 1 of the mountains of which I 269 00:10:55,129 --> 00:10:58,410 will tell you the So Abraham rose early 270 00:10:58,410 --> 00:11:00,238 in the morning and saddle his donkey and 271 00:11:00,238 --> 00:11:02,303 took 2 of his young men with him 272 00:11:02,303 --> 00:11:04,541 in Isaac his son, and he split wood 273 00:11:04,541 --> 00:11:06,127 for the burnt offering in a rose and 274 00:11:06,127 --> 00:11:07,103 went to the place 275 00:11:07,476 --> 00:11:09,697 of which God had told him. And on 276 00:11:09,697 --> 00:11:12,411 the third day, Abraham lifted up, his eyes 277 00:11:12,411 --> 00:11:14,002 and saw the place from a distance. 278 00:11:14,639 --> 00:11:16,787 And Abraham said to his young men stay 279 00:11:16,787 --> 00:11:19,173 here with the donkey while I go in 280 00:11:19,173 --> 00:11:22,056 the boy with the boy. Over there, and 281 00:11:22,056 --> 00:11:23,433 we will worship 282 00:11:24,130 --> 00:11:25,485 and we will return to you. 283 00:11:26,682 --> 00:11:28,676 Then Abraham took the wood of the burnt 284 00:11:28,676 --> 00:11:30,804 offering and put it on Isaac his son 285 00:11:31,004 --> 00:11:32,603 and he took in his hand the fire 286 00:11:32,603 --> 00:11:34,760 in the knife, so the 2 of them 287 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:35,959 walked on together. 288 00:11:37,078 --> 00:11:39,236 And then Isaac spoke to Abraham his father 289 00:11:39,236 --> 00:11:40,115 and said my father, 290 00:11:40,688 --> 00:11:42,119 And he said here I am my son. 291 00:11:42,994 --> 00:11:44,051 He said behold 292 00:11:44,505 --> 00:11:46,572 the fire and the wood, but where is 293 00:11:46,572 --> 00:11:48,162 the lamb for the burnt offering? 294 00:11:49,211 --> 00:11:50,244 And Abraham said, 295 00:11:51,039 --> 00:11:53,265 God will provide for himself the lamb for 296 00:11:53,265 --> 00:11:54,537 the burnt offering my son. 297 00:11:55,888 --> 00:11:57,558 So the 2 of them walked on together, 298 00:11:58,447 --> 00:11:59,717 And then they came to the place of 299 00:11:59,717 --> 00:12:01,544 which God had told them in Abraham built. 300 00:12:01,861 --> 00:12:04,005 The altar there and arranged, the wood and 301 00:12:04,005 --> 00:12:06,563 bound his son, isaac and put him on 302 00:12:06,563 --> 00:12:08,158 the altar on top of the wood, 303 00:12:09,036 --> 00:12:11,030 an Abraham stretched out his hand and took 304 00:12:11,030 --> 00:12:12,386 the knife to slay his son, 305 00:12:13,104 --> 00:12:14,938 but the angel of Y called to him 306 00:12:14,938 --> 00:12:17,907 from heaven and said, Abraham, Abraham, and he 307 00:12:17,907 --> 00:12:19,106 said, here I am. 308 00:12:21,183 --> 00:12:22,941 And he said, do not stretch out your 309 00:12:22,941 --> 00:12:25,349 hand against the boy. And do nothing to 310 00:12:25,349 --> 00:12:27,737 him. For now, I know that you fear 311 00:12:27,737 --> 00:12:29,488 god since you have not withheld your son, 312 00:12:29,648 --> 00:12:31,956 you're only 1 from me. 313 00:12:32,846 --> 00:12:35,072 And then Abraham lifted up his eyes and 314 00:12:35,072 --> 00:12:37,615 saw and behold. There was a ram after 315 00:12:37,615 --> 00:12:39,204 it had been caught in the thick by 316 00:12:39,204 --> 00:12:41,445 its horns, And Abraham went and took the 317 00:12:41,445 --> 00:12:43,034 ram and offered it up for a burnt 318 00:12:43,034 --> 00:12:44,464 offering in the place of a son. 319 00:12:45,100 --> 00:12:46,928 And Abraham called the name of that place 320 00:12:47,087 --> 00:12:48,597 Y will provide. 321 00:12:49,328 --> 00:12:51,078 As it is said this day in the 322 00:12:51,078 --> 00:12:53,227 mount of Y, it will be provided. 323 00:12:53,784 --> 00:12:55,694 And in the angel of Y called to 324 00:12:55,774 --> 00:12:58,082 Abraham a second time from heaven and said, 325 00:12:59,054 --> 00:13:01,770 behold... By myself, I have sworn declares Y 326 00:13:01,770 --> 00:13:03,768 way because you have done this thing and 327 00:13:03,768 --> 00:13:06,025 have not spared your son your only 1 328 00:13:06,498 --> 00:13:08,173 Indeed, I will greatly bless you, and I 329 00:13:08,173 --> 00:13:10,247 will greatly multiply your seed as the stars 330 00:13:10,247 --> 00:13:12,161 of the heavens, and is the sand, which 331 00:13:12,161 --> 00:13:14,155 is on the sea shore, and your seed 332 00:13:14,155 --> 00:13:15,830 shall possess the gate of his enemies. 333 00:13:16,482 --> 00:13:17,914 In your seed, all the nations of the 334 00:13:17,994 --> 00:13:19,744 Earth shall be blessed because you have listened 335 00:13:19,744 --> 00:13:22,449 to my voice. So Abraham returned to his 336 00:13:22,449 --> 00:13:25,407 young men. And they arose and walked together 337 00:13:25,407 --> 00:13:29,089 to Beers toshiba, and Abraham lived at beers. 338 00:13:30,592 --> 00:13:32,258 Let us pray. Good and gracious God as 339 00:13:32,258 --> 00:13:33,607 we hear these words this morning. 340 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:36,146 Tough though they may be. God I pray 341 00:13:36,146 --> 00:13:37,733 that our hearts will be open to hear 342 00:13:37,733 --> 00:13:39,898 and to receive. What it is that you 343 00:13:39,898 --> 00:13:41,357 want to speak to us 344 00:13:43,653 --> 00:13:45,331 because this week, Lord, we want to hear 345 00:13:45,331 --> 00:13:45,810 your voice. 346 00:13:47,104 --> 00:13:49,181 As last week, we wrestled in the silence. 347 00:13:50,939 --> 00:13:52,697 Speak oh lord, how it is that we 348 00:13:52,697 --> 00:13:53,975 can put our trust in you. 349 00:13:54,788 --> 00:13:56,464 What does trust in you look like? 350 00:13:57,262 --> 00:13:58,619 How do we go forth from here? 351 00:13:59,976 --> 00:14:02,051 It's the name of Jesus Christ that we 352 00:14:02,051 --> 00:14:02,290 pray. 353 00:14:03,745 --> 00:14:04,225 I'm amen. 354 00:14:05,985 --> 00:14:07,824 As we open up this passage, 355 00:14:09,184 --> 00:14:11,204 you know, I think there's something that happens 356 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:14,720 a lot that we kinda just kinda brush 357 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:17,200 over. We don't wanna sit in it, or 358 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:19,360 we don't really wanna talk about it, but 359 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:21,360 there's this moment in verse 1 where it 360 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:24,731 says, after these things. So after all that's 361 00:14:24,731 --> 00:14:27,608 happened before and maybe a significant amount of 362 00:14:27,608 --> 00:14:29,686 time has passed because we can see that 363 00:14:29,766 --> 00:14:32,972 Isaac at this point is old enough to 364 00:14:32,972 --> 00:14:34,724 to walk on his own and not just 365 00:14:34,724 --> 00:14:35,840 old enough to walk on his own, but 366 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:37,592 to climb up a mountain and climb up 367 00:14:37,592 --> 00:14:39,424 a mountain with all the wood on his 368 00:14:39,424 --> 00:14:42,544 back and carrying the fire because Abraham put 369 00:14:42,544 --> 00:14:43,579 all of that on his son. 370 00:14:44,216 --> 00:14:45,728 So we don't really know how old he 371 00:14:45,728 --> 00:14:47,877 is, but he's not a toddler. He's not 372 00:14:47,877 --> 00:14:48,330 a 373 00:14:48,688 --> 00:14:52,037 child of young age, but he's old enough. 374 00:14:54,428 --> 00:14:54,928 But 375 00:14:55,305 --> 00:14:58,762 it's this part that says, that God tested 376 00:15:00,402 --> 00:15:00,902 Abraham. 377 00:15:02,860 --> 00:15:05,098 And I think a lot of us don't 378 00:15:05,098 --> 00:15:07,672 wanna wrestle with the fact that god tests 379 00:15:08,848 --> 00:15:09,348 his 380 00:15:09,805 --> 00:15:10,204 people. 381 00:15:11,974 --> 00:15:13,909 That we go through 382 00:15:14,285 --> 00:15:16,459 trials that there is an intention 383 00:15:16,996 --> 00:15:18,054 of the testing 384 00:15:20,834 --> 00:15:23,216 Remember, we were talking about this being something 385 00:15:23,216 --> 00:15:25,519 being spoken to the stories being heard for 386 00:15:25,519 --> 00:15:27,289 the first time in the wilderness 387 00:15:27,663 --> 00:15:30,549 is the... People traverse to the promised land 388 00:15:30,549 --> 00:15:31,049 from 389 00:15:31,587 --> 00:15:34,381 Egypt and in exodus 15 25, it clearly 390 00:15:34,381 --> 00:15:36,956 says, there he set for them a statute, 391 00:15:37,349 --> 00:15:39,602 and a judgment in there, he tested 392 00:15:40,059 --> 00:15:40,377 them. 393 00:15:41,892 --> 00:15:43,645 So the wilderness was a test. 394 00:15:46,293 --> 00:15:48,611 Makes me also think about this moment in 395 00:15:48,770 --> 00:15:52,766 Jesus life where he was tested and tempted 396 00:15:52,766 --> 00:15:53,586 in the wilderness. 397 00:15:54,459 --> 00:15:56,134 And we're gonna make us distinction a little 398 00:15:56,134 --> 00:15:58,287 bit later between testing and temptation. 399 00:16:01,239 --> 00:16:03,153 In judges chapter 02:22, 400 00:16:03,472 --> 00:16:06,589 in order to test Israel by them, whether 401 00:16:06,589 --> 00:16:08,655 they will keep the way of Y to 402 00:16:08,655 --> 00:16:10,800 walk in it as their fathers did or 403 00:16:10,800 --> 00:16:11,038 not. 404 00:16:12,089 --> 00:16:14,643 D 08:16. And in the wilderness he said 405 00:16:14,802 --> 00:16:16,878 Human man which your fathers did not know 406 00:16:16,878 --> 00:16:18,714 that he might humble you and that he 407 00:16:18,714 --> 00:16:20,331 might test you 408 00:16:20,882 --> 00:16:22,971 to do good for you in 409 00:16:23,663 --> 00:16:24,299 the end. 410 00:16:25,650 --> 00:16:27,929 I think that we're really quick to just 411 00:16:28,129 --> 00:16:30,278 throw out that god doesn't tempt us. 412 00:16:32,428 --> 00:16:35,373 But we also con testing and tempting in 413 00:16:35,373 --> 00:16:37,642 the same, as being 1 in the same 414 00:16:37,700 --> 00:16:38,338 and they're not. 415 00:16:40,890 --> 00:16:43,703 A temptation is something that the devil 416 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:47,125 brings up upon you in order that you 417 00:16:47,125 --> 00:16:48,082 might sin, 418 00:16:51,587 --> 00:16:53,978 that's the work of temptation, 419 00:16:54,535 --> 00:16:55,593 but a test 420 00:16:55,970 --> 00:16:57,121 in from God 421 00:16:57,814 --> 00:16:59,269 is an opportunity 422 00:17:00,042 --> 00:17:01,076 to grow in faith. 423 00:17:03,318 --> 00:17:06,047 To say, Lord, I am going through this 424 00:17:06,184 --> 00:17:06,684 moment 425 00:17:07,140 --> 00:17:09,926 at which I can either put my trust 426 00:17:09,926 --> 00:17:10,744 in you 427 00:17:11,773 --> 00:17:12,991 or I can turn 428 00:17:13,767 --> 00:17:14,485 away from you. 429 00:17:15,203 --> 00:17:17,037 And again, and again, we kinda see in 430 00:17:17,037 --> 00:17:20,408 the wilderness story this wrestling of the people 431 00:17:21,756 --> 00:17:23,821 about whether or not they're gonna trust God 432 00:17:23,821 --> 00:17:25,410 or turn away from him. 433 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:28,270 And we see it again and again in 434 00:17:28,270 --> 00:17:29,247 the life of 435 00:17:29,953 --> 00:17:32,817 Abraham, whether or not he's gonna trust god 436 00:17:32,817 --> 00:17:34,487 or turn away from him. 437 00:17:37,923 --> 00:17:38,877 And this time, 438 00:17:41,899 --> 00:17:42,399 Abraham 439 00:17:42,773 --> 00:17:44,205 hears this call, 440 00:17:45,334 --> 00:17:46,291 from Y way, 441 00:17:48,843 --> 00:17:49,343 Abraham. 442 00:17:51,396 --> 00:17:52,294 And immediately, 443 00:17:53,390 --> 00:17:54,687 Abraham responds 444 00:17:55,557 --> 00:17:56,671 here I am. 445 00:17:58,820 --> 00:17:59,059 Now, 446 00:17:59,855 --> 00:18:02,003 some scholars might put a lot of weight 447 00:18:02,003 --> 00:18:04,652 into that here I am statement by 448 00:18:04,964 --> 00:18:07,462 Abraham because it might be a little bit 449 00:18:07,521 --> 00:18:08,021 familiar 450 00:18:09,918 --> 00:18:12,895 to the Israelites in the desert because 451 00:18:13,369 --> 00:18:15,609 Who was it that Moses was to say 452 00:18:15,609 --> 00:18:16,410 that sent him, 453 00:18:17,369 --> 00:18:18,830 I am sent 454 00:18:19,210 --> 00:18:19,609 him. 455 00:18:21,624 --> 00:18:23,052 And so maybe there's a little bit of 456 00:18:23,052 --> 00:18:25,354 weight there to to kind of let us 457 00:18:25,354 --> 00:18:26,965 hone in on this story 458 00:18:28,132 --> 00:18:30,378 to maybe be like... Maybe this is the 459 00:18:30,378 --> 00:18:33,414 significant moment as the israelites are crossing the 460 00:18:33,414 --> 00:18:33,893 wilderness. 461 00:18:34,532 --> 00:18:35,651 This is the test. 462 00:18:38,539 --> 00:18:39,815 Will you trust me? 463 00:18:42,767 --> 00:18:43,267 Will 464 00:18:43,644 --> 00:18:44,144 you 465 00:18:44,761 --> 00:18:45,261 trust 466 00:18:45,798 --> 00:18:46,037 me? 467 00:18:48,205 --> 00:18:49,880 What I think so interesting too is how 468 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:50,380 often 469 00:18:50,917 --> 00:18:53,390 do we hear the the call of the 470 00:18:53,390 --> 00:18:56,421 lord and we respond as quickly as Abraham 471 00:18:56,421 --> 00:18:56,580 does? 472 00:18:58,755 --> 00:18:59,955 Hey. Here I am. 473 00:19:01,955 --> 00:19:03,815 It also makes me think of that 474 00:19:04,446 --> 00:19:07,624 moment in Isaiah, chapter 6 verse 8 when 475 00:19:07,783 --> 00:19:10,745 God says, whom can I send an immediately 476 00:19:11,453 --> 00:19:13,762 Isaiah says, here I am, Lord send me? 477 00:19:15,832 --> 00:19:17,823 Are we so willing when we hear the 478 00:19:17,823 --> 00:19:19,256 call of God in our lives to be 479 00:19:19,256 --> 00:19:21,509 like, God me. Me. Pick me. 480 00:19:22,230 --> 00:19:22,869 Here I am. 481 00:19:25,110 --> 00:19:26,950 I'm gonna I'm gonna trust whatever you're about 482 00:19:26,950 --> 00:19:28,309 to tell me I I can go and 483 00:19:28,309 --> 00:19:28,549 do. 484 00:19:34,611 --> 00:19:35,747 Now let me just 485 00:19:36,599 --> 00:19:37,235 say this. 486 00:19:39,398 --> 00:19:40,773 You're thinking I've never heard 487 00:19:41,784 --> 00:19:43,136 the lord speak to me. 488 00:19:45,921 --> 00:19:47,671 Well, I would say that if you've... 489 00:19:48,244 --> 00:19:49,203 Read your scripture, 490 00:19:49,842 --> 00:19:51,040 you've heard God speak. 491 00:19:51,999 --> 00:19:54,317 Second Timothy 03:16 affirm as much. 492 00:19:56,089 --> 00:19:57,843 That all scripture is god breathed. 493 00:19:59,837 --> 00:20:01,693 And so we cannot say 494 00:20:02,788 --> 00:20:04,542 that we have not heard the lord that 495 00:20:04,542 --> 00:20:06,232 we have not heard his call because if 496 00:20:06,232 --> 00:20:08,625 we've read anything in here, we've heard him 497 00:20:08,625 --> 00:20:10,938 speak to us. We've heard his call. 498 00:20:11,895 --> 00:20:14,048 In fact, our call is not much different 499 00:20:14,048 --> 00:20:16,848 than Abraham call. Our call isn't that much 500 00:20:16,848 --> 00:20:18,117 different than Isaiah call. 501 00:20:18,832 --> 00:20:20,657 There I say our call is not much 502 00:20:20,657 --> 00:20:22,085 different than Jesus call. 503 00:20:25,839 --> 00:20:27,593 And so we've all heard the call, but 504 00:20:27,593 --> 00:20:29,586 are we all as quick as Abraham to 505 00:20:29,586 --> 00:20:31,739 say, here I am. 506 00:20:33,506 --> 00:20:35,015 What is it that you will have me 507 00:20:35,015 --> 00:20:35,253 do? 508 00:20:37,079 --> 00:20:39,064 And so here is the test. 509 00:20:40,096 --> 00:20:41,763 Take now your son. 510 00:20:42,892 --> 00:20:43,929 Your only 1, 511 00:20:44,646 --> 00:20:47,756 which mind you, obviously, Ishmael is also a 512 00:20:47,756 --> 00:20:47,995 son, 513 00:20:48,952 --> 00:20:51,597 but the only son of the promise, is 514 00:20:51,676 --> 00:20:52,153 Isaac. 515 00:20:52,867 --> 00:20:55,647 So take the only 1 whom you love 516 00:20:55,726 --> 00:20:57,394 Isaac and go forth to the land of 517 00:20:57,632 --> 00:20:59,934 Mariah and offer him there as a burnt 518 00:20:59,934 --> 00:21:00,332 offering. 519 00:21:01,142 --> 00:21:02,576 On 1 of the mountains of which I 520 00:21:02,576 --> 00:21:03,213 will tell you. 521 00:21:04,169 --> 00:21:04,328 Now, 522 00:21:05,045 --> 00:21:07,435 we've talked about this before at the... When 523 00:21:07,435 --> 00:21:09,346 we were talking about the fall. 524 00:21:09,998 --> 00:21:12,484 And the snake that speaks in the garden 525 00:21:12,858 --> 00:21:14,923 and how we also kind of sometimes just 526 00:21:14,923 --> 00:21:16,909 gloss over that because we've heard it so 527 00:21:16,909 --> 00:21:18,204 many times and 528 00:21:18,595 --> 00:21:20,835 we've heard, we've talked about how Rabbi form 529 00:21:20,835 --> 00:21:22,674 and caused us the Lull by effect where 530 00:21:22,674 --> 00:21:24,434 we've heard a story so many times that 531 00:21:24,434 --> 00:21:26,274 we just kind walked past it. We just 532 00:21:26,274 --> 00:21:28,525 kind of ignore some of the really significant 533 00:21:28,525 --> 00:21:29,482 things that are happening. 534 00:21:30,439 --> 00:21:32,673 But I'm curious how many of us just 535 00:21:32,673 --> 00:21:35,240 gloss over the fact that God's test was 536 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:36,298 to sacrifice 537 00:21:36,674 --> 00:21:37,072 his son. 538 00:21:39,383 --> 00:21:40,897 Like I want you to sit in the 539 00:21:40,897 --> 00:21:42,490 text for just a moment as if you're 540 00:21:42,490 --> 00:21:44,918 hearing it for the first time, not the 541 00:21:44,976 --> 00:21:46,354 hundred thousand time 542 00:21:46,971 --> 00:21:48,986 that God says to Abraham, 543 00:21:49,922 --> 00:21:52,873 I want you to offer Isaac is a 544 00:21:52,873 --> 00:21:53,670 burnt offering. 545 00:21:58,213 --> 00:22:00,539 What if God said to you, I want 546 00:22:00,595 --> 00:22:03,057 you to offer your first firstborn. 547 00:22:04,028 --> 00:22:05,464 As an offering to me. 548 00:22:10,982 --> 00:22:13,128 I I would think that most of us 549 00:22:13,128 --> 00:22:13,787 would hesitate. 550 00:22:14,877 --> 00:22:16,785 I would think that most of us would 551 00:22:16,785 --> 00:22:17,262 be like, 552 00:22:17,977 --> 00:22:18,613 wait a second. 553 00:22:23,004 --> 00:22:23,323 God, 554 00:22:24,914 --> 00:22:26,825 I have Have issue with that. I'm a 555 00:22:26,825 --> 00:22:28,417 little I'm a little bit shocked. I'm a 556 00:22:28,417 --> 00:22:29,825 little of gas. I'm a little bit in 557 00:22:29,944 --> 00:22:30,263 all, 558 00:22:31,701 --> 00:22:33,638 and I'm gonna hesitate for a second 559 00:22:35,612 --> 00:22:37,608 because 1, this is my son. 560 00:22:39,700 --> 00:22:40,740 I love him. 561 00:22:43,220 --> 00:22:46,039 How can I sacrifice him? How can I 562 00:22:46,420 --> 00:22:46,920 how 563 00:22:48,591 --> 00:22:50,186 Can I do that? 564 00:22:52,739 --> 00:22:55,451 I mind you cultural context is a little 565 00:22:55,451 --> 00:22:57,307 bit different right? Because 566 00:22:58,497 --> 00:22:59,395 We know 567 00:23:00,490 --> 00:23:02,963 that the ultimate offering has already been given 568 00:23:02,963 --> 00:23:03,521 for us. 569 00:23:04,479 --> 00:23:06,414 The sacrifice has been made 570 00:23:07,683 --> 00:23:09,354 And luckily, we don't have to give up 571 00:23:09,354 --> 00:23:11,422 our son, God gave up his, 572 00:23:13,092 --> 00:23:13,570 Jesus. 573 00:23:14,859 --> 00:23:15,839 On the cross 574 00:23:17,259 --> 00:23:20,559 that our sins might be forgiven through him 575 00:23:21,913 --> 00:23:24,852 He no longer requires a sacrifice from us. 576 00:23:27,473 --> 00:23:29,538 So if we hear these words, we probably 577 00:23:29,538 --> 00:23:30,571 would be taken aback. 578 00:23:32,578 --> 00:23:35,055 But maybe Abraham wasn't so surprised. 579 00:23:36,813 --> 00:23:38,091 I mean, remember, he's... 580 00:23:39,464 --> 00:23:39,964 From 581 00:23:40,500 --> 00:23:42,115 of the Cal that 582 00:23:43,049 --> 00:23:46,497 place in mesopotamia that's home of the Sum 583 00:23:46,635 --> 00:23:47,453 and the Babylon 584 00:23:47,830 --> 00:23:48,330 and 585 00:23:50,792 --> 00:23:52,623 Child sacrifices isn't new to them. 586 00:23:55,569 --> 00:23:56,308 But also, 587 00:23:58,051 --> 00:23:59,639 This is his only son, 588 00:24:01,625 --> 00:24:02,919 who god promised 589 00:24:04,086 --> 00:24:05,198 would be his heir, 590 00:24:05,848 --> 00:24:07,679 and now he's telling him that I have 591 00:24:07,679 --> 00:24:09,213 to take him up the mountain 592 00:24:10,305 --> 00:24:11,658 and offer him to the Lord. 593 00:24:16,526 --> 00:24:17,877 And Abraham doesn't hesitate. 594 00:24:18,752 --> 00:24:21,614 Verse 3. And so, Abraham rose early in 595 00:24:21,614 --> 00:24:22,170 the morning, 596 00:24:23,458 --> 00:24:25,208 gathered everything with him that he would need 597 00:24:25,208 --> 00:24:26,185 to to gather 598 00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:27,595 and they left. 599 00:24:28,789 --> 00:24:30,142 And on the third day, he lift up 600 00:24:30,142 --> 00:24:31,653 his eyes and he sees the place from 601 00:24:31,653 --> 00:24:33,922 a distance that He's supposed to offer 602 00:24:34,618 --> 00:24:35,096 Isaac. 603 00:24:38,925 --> 00:24:41,637 It's a prompt obedience to what God is 604 00:24:41,637 --> 00:24:42,036 asking. 605 00:24:45,151 --> 00:24:46,740 It maybe be that's what it means to 606 00:24:46,740 --> 00:24:47,376 trust God. 607 00:24:50,331 --> 00:24:53,296 His obedience to obey when he calls 608 00:24:53,988 --> 00:24:57,406 to not hesitate to not ask all the 609 00:24:57,406 --> 00:24:57,700 questions 610 00:24:58,217 --> 00:24:59,650 to not try to come up with your 611 00:24:59,650 --> 00:25:01,880 own answers to not try to come up 612 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:03,393 with a way to get out of it. 613 00:25:03,791 --> 00:25:05,304 I can't tell you how many friends of 614 00:25:05,304 --> 00:25:09,369 mine are in ministry after resisting the call 615 00:25:09,369 --> 00:25:10,187 for decades. 616 00:25:12,306 --> 00:25:14,608 The god finally had to whittle them down 617 00:25:14,608 --> 00:25:16,239 in Now they're pastor. 618 00:25:18,776 --> 00:25:20,694 God calls and he will get his way, 619 00:25:22,132 --> 00:25:23,570 and every single 1 of them said it 620 00:25:23,570 --> 00:25:25,503 would have been better fight. Answered the first 621 00:25:25,503 --> 00:25:25,743 time. 622 00:25:28,460 --> 00:25:29,739 It would have been so much better if 623 00:25:29,819 --> 00:25:31,817 I just said yes, when I heard the 624 00:25:31,817 --> 00:25:33,755 call immediately if I didn't 625 00:25:34,308 --> 00:25:34,808 hesitate. 626 00:25:37,732 --> 00:25:40,440 But verse 5, and Abraham said to his 627 00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:42,453 young men stay here with the donkey 628 00:25:42,843 --> 00:25:44,667 While I and the boy go over there 629 00:25:44,667 --> 00:25:46,199 and we will worship 630 00:25:46,809 --> 00:25:49,189 and we will return to you. Last week, 631 00:25:49,918 --> 00:25:51,211 the first time 632 00:25:51,822 --> 00:25:52,322 that 633 00:25:52,695 --> 00:25:55,155 scripture ever talked about fear of the Lord... 634 00:25:56,583 --> 00:25:58,268 Sorry. Last week is the first time we 635 00:25:58,268 --> 00:26:00,757 ever saw in scripture this idea of fearing 636 00:26:01,291 --> 00:26:01,768 Y. 637 00:26:03,121 --> 00:26:05,207 And we talked about, Well, what was that 638 00:26:05,207 --> 00:26:06,664 fear about is was about 639 00:26:07,121 --> 00:26:09,992 provision about Abraham not trusting that God would 640 00:26:09,992 --> 00:26:11,269 be the provider? 641 00:26:14,952 --> 00:26:17,048 And how often is our fear 642 00:26:19,259 --> 00:26:21,812 swelling up within us because we're afraid that 643 00:26:21,812 --> 00:26:23,008 we won't have all that we need. 644 00:26:25,727 --> 00:26:28,210 This week, the first time the word worship 645 00:26:28,345 --> 00:26:29,717 appears in scripture 646 00:26:31,359 --> 00:26:31,676 occurs. 647 00:26:32,643 --> 00:26:33,598 In verse 5. 648 00:26:34,473 --> 00:26:36,382 We haven't seen the word worship. We've been 649 00:26:36,382 --> 00:26:38,689 through a lot of Genesis so far, and 650 00:26:38,689 --> 00:26:40,933 we know that the bible is a... That 651 00:26:40,933 --> 00:26:43,642 we should worship God. Right? That everything points 652 00:26:43,642 --> 00:26:45,236 to us worshiping the Lord, 653 00:26:46,192 --> 00:26:47,785 the chief end of man. 654 00:26:52,021 --> 00:26:53,773 Is that we should glorify I god and 655 00:26:53,773 --> 00:26:55,287 enjoy him forever Doesn't that sound a lot 656 00:26:55,287 --> 00:26:55,844 like worship? 657 00:26:58,248 --> 00:27:00,232 And here we hear worship for the first 658 00:27:00,232 --> 00:27:01,105 time, this word, 659 00:27:01,979 --> 00:27:02,479 n. 660 00:27:04,598 --> 00:27:05,098 We 661 00:27:05,471 --> 00:27:06,368 will worship. 662 00:27:07,233 --> 00:27:09,226 We will bow down. We will go and 663 00:27:09,226 --> 00:27:11,936 make ourselves pros for god... Before God, and 664 00:27:11,936 --> 00:27:13,313 then we will 665 00:27:13,769 --> 00:27:14,088 return. 666 00:27:15,379 --> 00:27:17,295 But I find it so interesting that the 667 00:27:17,295 --> 00:27:20,887 first occurrence of worship in the scripture is 668 00:27:20,887 --> 00:27:21,706 about sacrifice. 669 00:27:24,971 --> 00:27:27,061 It's about making a sacrifice 670 00:27:28,311 --> 00:27:29,027 before God. 671 00:27:33,893 --> 00:27:37,076 Worship requires sacrifice. If you if you think 672 00:27:37,076 --> 00:27:39,994 that's changed at all, I encourage you to 673 00:27:40,194 --> 00:27:42,826 opened to Romans chapter 12 verse 1. 674 00:27:43,624 --> 00:27:46,096 Therefore I ex you brothers and sisters by 675 00:27:46,096 --> 00:27:48,829 the mercy of God to present your bodies 676 00:27:48,968 --> 00:27:49,627 as a 677 00:27:50,498 --> 00:27:50,998 sacrifice, 678 00:27:53,053 --> 00:27:53,553 living 679 00:27:54,171 --> 00:27:57,225 wholly and pleasing to God, which is your 680 00:27:57,364 --> 00:27:58,662 spiritual service of 681 00:27:59,694 --> 00:28:00,174 worship. 682 00:28:02,654 --> 00:28:06,494 Sacrifice in worship are still tied intimately together. 683 00:28:06,734 --> 00:28:07,934 Nothing has changed. 684 00:28:08,429 --> 00:28:11,082 Maybe the way in which we sacrifice 685 00:28:11,778 --> 00:28:12,997 ourselves has changed 686 00:28:14,650 --> 00:28:16,245 because no longer do we have to put 687 00:28:16,245 --> 00:28:18,101 ourselves on an altar 688 00:28:20,633 --> 00:28:21,585 Thank you, Jesus. 689 00:28:24,837 --> 00:28:27,167 What it still requires you to give something 690 00:28:27,167 --> 00:28:28,126 up of yourself. 691 00:28:30,684 --> 00:28:32,362 It requires a humility. 692 00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:35,833 It it requires 693 00:28:36,928 --> 00:28:37,326 obedience. 694 00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:42,134 Because dis disobedience really ends up landing in 695 00:28:42,591 --> 00:28:44,287 1 vein is that 696 00:28:44,918 --> 00:28:46,671 I know better than God does. 697 00:28:49,857 --> 00:28:52,565 I know better for myself than God knows 698 00:28:52,565 --> 00:28:54,887 for me, and so I'm not gonna obey 699 00:28:54,887 --> 00:28:56,793 what God is calling me to do. I'm 700 00:28:56,793 --> 00:28:57,825 gonna do what I wanna do. 701 00:29:03,324 --> 00:29:04,940 And so we have to be willing 702 00:29:06,033 --> 00:29:06,772 to worship 703 00:29:07,786 --> 00:29:08,605 and sacrifice. 704 00:29:12,503 --> 00:29:13,323 They're so 705 00:29:13,782 --> 00:29:17,457 closely associated and linked with 1 another. 706 00:29:20,670 --> 00:29:22,210 But even in Abraham 707 00:29:22,509 --> 00:29:23,009 knowing 708 00:29:23,950 --> 00:29:26,029 what's about to happen? Says to his servants. 709 00:29:26,844 --> 00:29:28,921 And we will return to you. 710 00:29:30,679 --> 00:29:31,978 We will return 711 00:29:32,596 --> 00:29:33,336 to you 712 00:29:34,369 --> 00:29:36,527 It may be because III don't know if 713 00:29:36,527 --> 00:29:38,125 it's about you, but I've done this before 714 00:29:38,125 --> 00:29:39,803 where I just... It's wish thinking. 715 00:29:40,283 --> 00:29:42,041 Or, like, I'm just gonna throw it out 716 00:29:42,041 --> 00:29:43,000 there in hope, 717 00:29:43,731 --> 00:29:46,664 upon every hope that that this is a 718 00:29:46,664 --> 00:29:47,561 true statement. 719 00:29:48,726 --> 00:29:50,549 And maybe Abraham just like, 720 00:29:51,199 --> 00:29:52,397 and we're gonna return to you, 721 00:29:53,913 --> 00:29:54,313 maybe, 722 00:29:56,707 --> 00:29:58,464 or maybe there is a full assurance in 723 00:29:58,623 --> 00:29:59,342 Abraham heart, 724 00:30:00,713 --> 00:30:02,542 I'm trusting God this time. 725 00:30:04,450 --> 00:30:06,915 We're both coming back. And I don't know 726 00:30:06,915 --> 00:30:08,665 how he's gonna do it just like, I've 727 00:30:08,665 --> 00:30:10,358 already messed it up enough 728 00:30:10,669 --> 00:30:13,223 where I couldn't trust god to provide an 729 00:30:13,223 --> 00:30:15,218 air through me and through Sarah. 730 00:30:15,777 --> 00:30:18,172 I've already messed that up enough times this 731 00:30:18,172 --> 00:30:18,672 time 732 00:30:19,464 --> 00:30:20,505 God said, 733 00:30:21,305 --> 00:30:24,025 so we're gonna go and we are both 734 00:30:24,025 --> 00:30:25,144 going to return. 735 00:30:27,397 --> 00:30:28,431 And so they go. 736 00:30:29,624 --> 00:30:30,817 And as they're going, 737 00:30:34,172 --> 00:30:35,466 Isaac has this moment 738 00:30:36,156 --> 00:30:39,093 in verse 7. It says, and Isaac spoke 739 00:30:39,093 --> 00:30:40,546 which in Hebrew, 740 00:30:41,648 --> 00:30:44,592 that word spoke is often used as a 741 00:30:44,592 --> 00:30:48,273 moment of interruption. And so maybe he's interrupting 742 00:30:48,584 --> 00:30:50,742 While his dad is just rambling on about 743 00:30:50,742 --> 00:30:53,060 something going on as they're walking up the 744 00:30:53,060 --> 00:30:53,380 mountain? 745 00:30:54,498 --> 00:30:57,935 Or maybe he's interrupting the deafening silence. 746 00:30:59,787 --> 00:31:01,404 Because that hasn't said a word 747 00:31:02,022 --> 00:31:03,059 as they head up the mountain. 748 00:31:04,736 --> 00:31:06,992 But no matter what it is, Isaac 749 00:31:07,370 --> 00:31:09,609 interrupts and says to his father, my father. 750 00:31:10,958 --> 00:31:11,458 Neighbor 751 00:31:11,910 --> 00:31:13,576 responds. Here I am son. 752 00:31:15,894 --> 00:31:17,506 And he said behold the fire 753 00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:20,423 and the wood, but where is the lamb 754 00:31:20,423 --> 00:31:21,456 for the burnt offering. 755 00:31:24,253 --> 00:31:26,109 There's this moment where 756 00:31:26,646 --> 00:31:30,097 Isaac trying to piece everything together and 757 00:31:30,953 --> 00:31:33,048 Abraham responds to his son 758 00:31:34,080 --> 00:31:35,700 God will provide for himself 759 00:31:37,119 --> 00:31:38,820 the lamb for the burnt offering 760 00:31:39,519 --> 00:31:40,080 by son. 761 00:31:41,360 --> 00:31:42,500 Now what's interesting 762 00:31:45,362 --> 00:31:48,245 In the English, there's a comma 763 00:31:48,698 --> 00:31:50,843 between burnt offering and my son. 764 00:31:52,288 --> 00:31:54,353 As if that is to whom he is 765 00:31:54,353 --> 00:31:54,853 addressing 766 00:31:55,783 --> 00:31:57,530 and reassuring Isaac. 767 00:31:58,562 --> 00:32:00,254 But in Hebrew, we don't have 768 00:32:00,707 --> 00:32:01,207 punctuation 769 00:32:02,072 --> 00:32:04,532 And we don't have a grammatical structure that 770 00:32:04,532 --> 00:32:06,992 says that you have to go subject verb 771 00:32:06,992 --> 00:32:07,231 object. 772 00:32:10,659 --> 00:32:12,804 And so 1 way that you might be 773 00:32:12,804 --> 00:32:14,178 able to read this 774 00:32:15,186 --> 00:32:17,195 is God will provide for himself 775 00:32:17,743 --> 00:32:18,536 the lamb, 776 00:32:19,170 --> 00:32:20,835 my son for the burnt offering. 777 00:32:29,517 --> 00:32:31,032 Does Abraham tell Isaac, 778 00:32:31,830 --> 00:32:33,983 you are the burnt offering? You are the 779 00:32:33,983 --> 00:32:34,483 sacrifice. 780 00:32:37,671 --> 00:32:38,070 Maybe. 781 00:32:39,508 --> 00:32:41,266 Because as we look at verse 9 and 782 00:32:41,266 --> 00:32:41,506 10, 783 00:32:42,479 --> 00:32:43,836 They came up to the place of which 784 00:32:43,916 --> 00:32:45,751 God had told him and abraham built the 785 00:32:45,751 --> 00:32:48,167 altar there and arranged the wood 786 00:32:48,545 --> 00:32:50,482 and bound his son Isaac. 787 00:32:51,192 --> 00:32:52,565 And put them on the altar 788 00:32:53,017 --> 00:32:53,890 on top of the wood. 789 00:32:58,509 --> 00:32:59,866 Seems like Isaac just re. 790 00:33:03,618 --> 00:33:06,115 Isaac knows about what's about to happen and 791 00:33:08,503 --> 00:33:09,539 You're just like, bind me dad. 792 00:33:11,293 --> 00:33:11,851 It's okay. 793 00:33:14,322 --> 00:33:14,880 It's okay. 794 00:33:20,081 --> 00:33:22,236 And we can't say for sure. That's what 795 00:33:22,236 --> 00:33:23,214 happened, but 796 00:33:25,361 --> 00:33:27,510 Isaac ends up there either way? 797 00:33:31,728 --> 00:33:33,797 I mean, I would be struggling. Wouldn't you? 798 00:33:37,081 --> 00:33:38,038 But Isaac Re. 799 00:33:39,235 --> 00:33:40,612 He's bound and he's placed 800 00:33:41,069 --> 00:33:43,882 upon this altar that his dad has made 801 00:33:45,308 --> 00:33:46,739 and all of a sudden, all of us 802 00:33:46,739 --> 00:33:48,806 are probably going through that... If we're hearing 803 00:33:48,806 --> 00:33:50,157 this for the first time we're like, what's 804 00:33:50,157 --> 00:33:51,611 gonna happen. How 805 00:33:52,557 --> 00:33:53,988 Is he gonna follow through? Is this... 806 00:33:56,054 --> 00:33:58,280 Like, my anxiety starts to build up as 807 00:33:58,359 --> 00:33:59,472 I read this story? 808 00:34:01,714 --> 00:34:03,469 What is y gonna do? How is this 809 00:34:03,469 --> 00:34:05,781 gonna happen? What's what's the rest of the 810 00:34:05,781 --> 00:34:06,101 story? 811 00:34:08,494 --> 00:34:10,328 How is the promise gonna be fulfilled? 812 00:34:18,793 --> 00:34:21,106 But the angel of Y called to him 813 00:34:21,106 --> 00:34:23,739 as Abraham stretched out his hand and said 814 00:34:23,818 --> 00:34:26,131 Abraham, Abraham, and he said here I am. 815 00:34:28,936 --> 00:34:30,471 We talk a lot about chia 816 00:34:32,199 --> 00:34:34,608 in Genesis, and we have 2 here I 817 00:34:38,023 --> 00:34:40,336 and we have in the middle of those 818 00:34:40,336 --> 00:34:41,075 here I, 819 00:34:44,005 --> 00:34:45,760 that question by Isaac, 820 00:34:48,726 --> 00:34:50,502 which leads me to believe that 821 00:34:51,039 --> 00:34:53,352 Isaac is actually a part of the importance 822 00:34:53,352 --> 00:34:54,867 of the story of trust. 823 00:34:58,233 --> 00:35:00,407 Because my guess is that Isaac is growing 824 00:35:00,465 --> 00:35:03,337 up. He's being told by his father that 825 00:35:03,337 --> 00:35:04,954 he is the son of the promise 826 00:35:05,650 --> 00:35:06,788 that through him 827 00:35:07,819 --> 00:35:08,938 nations will be blessed. 828 00:35:11,175 --> 00:35:14,212 Because of him, he he is the 1 829 00:35:14,212 --> 00:35:15,970 who makes us laugh. Right, 830 00:35:17,025 --> 00:35:18,704 because how is it that you are even 831 00:35:18,704 --> 00:35:19,605 born to 832 00:35:19,905 --> 00:35:21,824 a dad who is 99 and a mom 833 00:35:21,824 --> 00:35:22,545 who is 90? 834 00:35:26,954 --> 00:35:28,862 I wonder if this is as much about 835 00:35:29,021 --> 00:35:30,612 Abraham as it is about Isaac, 836 00:35:31,168 --> 00:35:34,268 trusting the story that he has heard all 837 00:35:34,268 --> 00:35:34,507 along. 838 00:35:38,830 --> 00:35:39,709 God provides. 839 00:35:43,637 --> 00:35:46,508 Somehow, even as you lay on the altar 840 00:35:46,668 --> 00:35:49,059 God is going to provide. 841 00:35:52,978 --> 00:35:53,874 And so Abraham 842 00:35:54,880 --> 00:35:55,777 has his 843 00:35:56,228 --> 00:35:57,204 arms stayed 844 00:36:00,369 --> 00:36:02,210 And says do not stretch your hand out 845 00:36:02,210 --> 00:36:03,889 against the boy and do nothing to him 846 00:36:03,889 --> 00:36:05,750 for now I know 847 00:36:06,050 --> 00:36:06,609 that you... 848 00:36:07,740 --> 00:36:08,240 Fear 849 00:36:08,849 --> 00:36:12,969 God. You trust that god will provide? Didn't 850 00:36:12,969 --> 00:36:14,000 we just talk about that? 851 00:36:14,729 --> 00:36:16,245 The first time fear of the Lord appears, 852 00:36:16,405 --> 00:36:19,119 it's about provision. Now we're reading about fear 853 00:36:19,119 --> 00:36:20,715 again. It's about provision. 854 00:36:23,203 --> 00:36:25,350 I know that you fear God since you 855 00:36:25,350 --> 00:36:28,792 have not withheld your son, your only son 856 00:36:28,928 --> 00:36:29,428 from 857 00:36:29,803 --> 00:36:30,041 me. 858 00:36:31,076 --> 00:36:31,950 You finally get it. 859 00:36:33,239 --> 00:36:34,039 You trust me. 860 00:36:35,559 --> 00:36:37,019 Abraham, you trust 861 00:36:37,319 --> 00:36:37,559 me. 862 00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:41,400 You believe in the story, 863 00:36:42,614 --> 00:36:44,133 And what I have called you to do 864 00:36:44,133 --> 00:36:46,770 1 of the hardest things in your life, 865 00:36:48,448 --> 00:36:49,428 you didn't hesitate 866 00:36:50,526 --> 00:36:51,326 you obeyed. 867 00:36:52,378 --> 00:36:54,445 And maybe there were some doubt in that 868 00:36:54,445 --> 00:36:56,989 3 day journey leading up to the mountain 869 00:36:56,989 --> 00:36:59,693 top, but you stayed your course and you 870 00:36:59,693 --> 00:36:59,931 never... 871 00:37:00,584 --> 00:37:01,882 Stopped going forward 872 00:37:02,340 --> 00:37:04,735 even to the point of binding your son 873 00:37:04,735 --> 00:37:07,528 and placing me on the altar and drawing 874 00:37:07,528 --> 00:37:08,167 the knife, 875 00:37:11,380 --> 00:37:11,880 You 876 00:37:12,980 --> 00:37:13,460 obeyed. 877 00:37:15,460 --> 00:37:16,340 You trusted me. 878 00:37:19,946 --> 00:37:21,561 And that's really where this 879 00:37:22,017 --> 00:37:22,517 story 880 00:37:23,451 --> 00:37:24,009 ends where... 881 00:37:25,300 --> 00:37:26,440 The text kinda 882 00:37:26,980 --> 00:37:27,780 leaves us, 883 00:37:28,820 --> 00:37:30,519 where we have to stop 884 00:37:32,912 --> 00:37:34,665 because we have to wrestle with the fact 885 00:37:34,665 --> 00:37:35,940 that we have a god who tests. 886 00:37:40,258 --> 00:37:41,614 James 01:12 887 00:37:41,614 --> 00:37:42,252 through 14, 888 00:37:43,688 --> 00:37:45,703 blessed is the man who persevere 889 00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:47,298 under trials 890 00:37:47,994 --> 00:37:48,872 under tests. 891 00:37:50,882 --> 00:37:53,118 For once he has been approved, he will 892 00:37:53,118 --> 00:37:54,714 receive the crown of life, 893 00:37:55,273 --> 00:37:57,509 which the Lord has promised to those who 894 00:37:57,509 --> 00:37:57,988 love him. 895 00:38:01,425 --> 00:38:01,925 James 896 00:38:02,298 --> 00:38:03,410 1 2 through 4, 897 00:38:04,125 --> 00:38:06,268 consider it all joy, my brothers and sisters 898 00:38:06,268 --> 00:38:08,173 when you encounter various testing, 899 00:38:08,983 --> 00:38:12,156 knowing that the testing of your faith brings 900 00:38:12,156 --> 00:38:12,894 about perseverance, 901 00:38:13,743 --> 00:38:15,830 and let perseverance have its perfect 902 00:38:16,300 --> 00:38:18,780 work so that you may be perfect and 903 00:38:18,780 --> 00:38:20,539 complete lacking in nothing. 904 00:38:24,554 --> 00:38:26,389 I told you that God loves to use 905 00:38:26,389 --> 00:38:28,462 imperfect people for his works and purposes, 906 00:38:29,738 --> 00:38:32,131 but he requires something out of his per 907 00:38:32,131 --> 00:38:33,646 out of those imperfect people. 908 00:38:35,257 --> 00:38:36,636 That they would obey 909 00:38:38,131 --> 00:38:41,345 that they would trust what he is saying 910 00:38:41,643 --> 00:38:43,341 and take that next step 911 00:38:45,163 --> 00:38:47,546 What's the next step of obedience for you 912 00:38:47,546 --> 00:38:49,929 in your life? What is he calling you 913 00:38:49,929 --> 00:38:51,518 to trust him in that you have... 914 00:38:52,168 --> 00:38:54,391 Been struggling to believe him for? 915 00:38:57,249 --> 00:38:59,575 How has he been calling you to 916 00:38:59,963 --> 00:39:01,733 take that next obedient 917 00:39:02,185 --> 00:39:05,995 step to trust him to provide in your 918 00:39:05,995 --> 00:39:07,662 moments of greatest weakness. 919 00:39:09,187 --> 00:39:11,520 In your moments of greatest trial in the 920 00:39:11,578 --> 00:39:13,729 storms of your life, how can you trust 921 00:39:13,809 --> 00:39:16,119 God and just take that next obedient step? 922 00:39:21,324 --> 00:39:23,184 And here's the thing that I want to 923 00:39:23,565 --> 00:39:24,065 both 924 00:39:24,605 --> 00:39:27,099 encourage you and warn you about that in 925 00:39:27,099 --> 00:39:28,937 the test, there will be temptation. 926 00:39:30,296 --> 00:39:32,054 But the test is from God so that 927 00:39:32,054 --> 00:39:34,531 you may flourish in faith, the temptation is 928 00:39:34,531 --> 00:39:37,018 from the devil that you might fa into 929 00:39:37,018 --> 00:39:37,177 sin. 930 00:39:40,750 --> 00:39:43,211 In the beginning, God created a garden with 931 00:39:43,211 --> 00:39:43,767 a test. 932 00:39:45,769 --> 00:39:47,767 A tree from which Adam and Eve were 933 00:39:47,767 --> 00:39:49,046 required not to eat of. 934 00:39:52,003 --> 00:39:54,081 It was when the enemy stepped in that 935 00:39:54,081 --> 00:39:55,773 that test became attempt patient. 936 00:39:57,527 --> 00:39:59,382 And that they might fall into sin 937 00:40:00,875 --> 00:40:03,209 And so my encouragement to us 938 00:40:04,318 --> 00:40:06,387 I think that the encouragement from the lord 939 00:40:06,387 --> 00:40:07,046 is that 940 00:40:07,501 --> 00:40:09,354 you demonstrate your trust 941 00:40:10,207 --> 00:40:10,923 in me. 942 00:40:12,132 --> 00:40:14,999 Through obedience. All the things that I have 943 00:40:14,999 --> 00:40:15,499 commanded 944 00:40:16,273 --> 00:40:16,671 you, 945 00:40:17,308 --> 00:40:18,661 you are to fulfill. 946 00:40:20,269 --> 00:40:21,545 And we're not gonna be perfect. 947 00:40:22,901 --> 00:40:23,778 It's a growth. 948 00:40:24,336 --> 00:40:26,649 It's a it's a growing pain that we 949 00:40:26,649 --> 00:40:28,483 are all gonna have to go through, but 950 00:40:28,483 --> 00:40:30,568 it's 1 that you have to go through. 951 00:40:33,586 --> 00:40:36,286 If you expect to get to that place 952 00:40:36,286 --> 00:40:38,949 that James talks about to of perseverance, 953 00:40:39,566 --> 00:40:42,201 perseverance having its perfect work so that you 954 00:40:42,201 --> 00:40:43,638 may be perfect and complete, 955 00:40:44,596 --> 00:40:46,193 lacking in nothing. 956 00:40:48,442 --> 00:40:48,921 I love it. 957 00:40:50,596 --> 00:40:51,154 It's hard. 958 00:40:52,989 --> 00:40:54,983 It's hard, and there will be tests along 959 00:40:54,983 --> 00:40:55,461 the way, 960 00:40:56,099 --> 00:40:57,317 but it is good 961 00:40:58,266 --> 00:41:00,889 In fact, in that d taxonomy passage, we 962 00:41:00,889 --> 00:41:03,273 read earlier, what did God say he was 963 00:41:03,273 --> 00:41:05,339 putting them through the test 4 for their 964 00:41:05,339 --> 00:41:05,577 good. 965 00:41:07,023 --> 00:41:08,298 We're tested for our good. 966 00:41:10,927 --> 00:41:13,079 But what is so good about being tested? 967 00:41:14,925 --> 00:41:16,833 So it it causes our faith to grow 968 00:41:16,833 --> 00:41:17,310 in God. 969 00:41:19,059 --> 00:41:21,389 That's the greatest gift that we can possibly 970 00:41:21,445 --> 00:41:22,717 have is increased faith. 971 00:41:24,244 --> 00:41:25,204 Faith for all things, 972 00:41:25,764 --> 00:41:26,264 faith 973 00:41:26,644 --> 00:41:27,684 for the impossible. 974 00:41:28,724 --> 00:41:29,204 Let's pray. 975 00:41:30,244 --> 00:41:32,405 Good and grace God. You're calling us fourth. 976 00:41:34,500 --> 00:41:36,980 You're calling us fourth Lord, and maybe you've 977 00:41:36,980 --> 00:41:38,840 settled some things on some hearts 978 00:41:39,380 --> 00:41:42,099 today. Maybe you've settled some things on heart. 979 00:41:42,354 --> 00:41:44,030 In the last week or the last month, 980 00:41:44,270 --> 00:41:44,770 and 981 00:41:45,148 --> 00:41:47,702 there's been some hesitation to take that next 982 00:41:47,702 --> 00:41:48,442 step, some 983 00:41:48,820 --> 00:41:49,857 hesitation to say yes, 984 00:41:51,229 --> 00:41:51,709 to you, 985 00:41:52,588 --> 00:41:55,944 hesitation to respond in obedience because we don't 986 00:41:55,944 --> 00:41:58,182 know how it's gonna happen. We don't know 987 00:41:58,182 --> 00:41:59,780 how you're gonna provide, but God, 988 00:42:00,512 --> 00:42:01,781 I pray that this morning, 989 00:42:02,415 --> 00:42:04,501 whoever that is heard this message and 990 00:42:05,667 --> 00:42:07,332 their hesitation will become a yes. 991 00:42:08,299 --> 00:42:10,133 And they will be able to see you 992 00:42:10,133 --> 00:42:12,445 at work because of that yes this morning. 993 00:42:14,677 --> 00:42:15,713 How do we trust you? 994 00:42:17,720 --> 00:42:20,664 Lead us to be more obedient every day. 995 00:42:22,891 --> 00:42:23,630 Let us 996 00:42:24,337 --> 00:42:26,028 follow you wherever you go 997 00:42:26,481 --> 00:42:27,752 as the spirit leads, 998 00:42:29,340 --> 00:42:30,452 it's in Jesus name. 999 00:42:31,723 --> 00:42:31,881 Amen.