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[1708.96 --> 1709.46] we see hate, |
[1709.54 --> 1710.16] we see lying, |
[1710.26 --> 1710.82] we see stealing. |
[1711.16 --> 1712.48] We see all sorts of corruption |
[1712.48 --> 1713.82] taking hold of humanity. |
[1714.82 --> 1715.68] God sends a flood |
[1715.68 --> 1717.24] to bring judgment and renewal. |
[1717.38 --> 1718.38] Even after the flood, |
[1718.46 --> 1719.66] we see sin just spreading |
[1719.66 --> 1720.98] through humanity. |
[1721.58 --> 1722.50] And it all culminates, |
[1722.56 --> 1723.04] you might say, |
[1723.08 --> 1723.92] in Genesis 11, |
[1724.02 --> 1724.86] which is the story |
[1724.86 --> 1726.08] of the Tower of Babel, |
[1726.38 --> 1728.02] where humanity comes together, |
[1728.38 --> 1729.08] not for worship, |
[1729.46 --> 1730.78] not to adore God, |
[1730.92 --> 1732.14] but to build themselves |
[1732.14 --> 1733.00] this structure |
[1733.00 --> 1735.44] that shows just how significant |
[1735.44 --> 1737.54] humanity is without God. |
[1738.64 --> 1739.74] And God's response |
[1739.74 --> 1741.02] after Genesis 3-11 |
[1741.02 --> 1742.48] narrates the unraveling |
[1742.48 --> 1742.98] of humanity. |
[1743.14 --> 1744.56] His response to the wickedness |
[1744.56 --> 1745.20] of human hearts, |
[1745.64 --> 1747.22] his response to the deadliness |
[1747.22 --> 1748.46] of disobedience, |
[1748.72 --> 1749.62] of idolatry, |
[1749.70 --> 1751.30] is Abraham. |
[1752.48 --> 1753.14] Genesis 12, |
[1753.70 --> 1754.36] right on the heels |
[1754.36 --> 1755.12] of the Tower of Babel, |
[1755.12 --> 1756.36] God goes to this man |
[1756.36 --> 1757.72] named Abram at the time, |
[1758.08 --> 1758.42] and he says, |
[1758.52 --> 1758.90] Abram, |
[1759.32 --> 1760.60] I've got a plan. |
[1760.92 --> 1762.84] I'm selecting just you |
[1762.84 --> 1763.88] out of all of humanity |
[1763.88 --> 1765.34] as a new start, |
[1765.46 --> 1766.16] you might say. |
[1766.52 --> 1767.82] And I'm going to bless you, |
[1767.96 --> 1768.70] I'm going to enable you |
[1768.70 --> 1769.26] to flourish, |
[1769.44 --> 1770.30] I'm going to teach you |
[1770.30 --> 1771.12] how to live, |
[1771.38 --> 1772.64] and as you flourish, |
[1772.92 --> 1774.06] the nations will flourish, |
[1774.14 --> 1775.30] and my blessing will flow |
[1775.30 --> 1776.64] through you to them. |
[1778.52 --> 1779.38] Let me show you |
[1779.38 --> 1780.18] how God says it |
[1780.18 --> 1781.34] in Genesis 12. |
[1781.58 --> 1781.98] This is, |
[1782.14 --> 1782.64] in some sense, |
[1782.70 --> 1783.86] such an important verse |
[1783.86 --> 1784.44] for the whole |
[1784.44 --> 1785.44] Old Testament story. |
[1786.10 --> 1787.02] Because God starts |
[1787.02 --> 1787.48] with Abraham, |
[1787.54 --> 1788.30] and he says to him, |
[1788.30 --> 1789.78] I will make you |
[1789.78 --> 1790.62] into a great nation. |
[1791.52 --> 1792.50] I will bless you. |
[1792.98 --> 1794.26] I will make your name great, |
[1794.34 --> 1795.26] and you will be |
[1795.26 --> 1795.76] a blessing. |
[1796.24 --> 1797.06] I will bless those |
[1797.06 --> 1797.70] who bless you, |
[1797.72 --> 1798.72] and whoever curses you, |
[1798.82 --> 1799.46] I will curse, |
[1799.68 --> 1800.64] and all peoples |
[1800.64 --> 1801.86] of the earth |
[1801.86 --> 1802.76] will be blessed |
[1802.76 --> 1804.14] through you. |
[1804.92 --> 1805.98] A few chapters later, |
[1806.10 --> 1807.10] God binds himself |
[1807.10 --> 1807.62] in a covenant, |
[1807.76 --> 1808.18] which is just |
[1808.18 --> 1809.94] a really deep promise, |
[1810.26 --> 1811.36] and he says to Abraham |
[1811.36 --> 1812.34] in chapter 17 |
[1812.34 --> 1812.88] of Genesis, |
[1813.08 --> 1813.92] no longer will you |
[1813.92 --> 1815.00] be called Abram, |
[1815.00 --> 1817.16] your name will be Abraham, |
[1817.58 --> 1818.60] for I have made you |
[1818.60 --> 1819.02] the what? |
[1819.64 --> 1822.04] The father of nations. |
[1823.00 --> 1824.18] I'll say the point again. |
[1824.28 --> 1826.00] God's plan from the beginning |
[1826.00 --> 1826.88] was a global, |
[1827.18 --> 1828.50] multi-ethnic family |
[1828.50 --> 1829.76] of faith, |
[1830.34 --> 1831.48] and he's now working |
[1831.48 --> 1832.14] through Abraham |
[1832.14 --> 1833.94] to make this possible, |
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