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BRIDGING THE GAP: MANAGING THE WAITING PERIOD ••• Bible Study Verses: Genesis 12.1-7, Genesis 6:5-22, Hebrews 11:7, Genesis 37:5-7. “This is the most precious answer God can give us: wait. It makes us cling to Him rather than to an outcome. God knows what I need; I do not. He sees the future; I cannot. His perspective is eternal; mine is not. He will give me what is best for me when it is best for me” Vaneetha Rendall Risner, The Scars That Have Shaped Me: How God Meets Us in Suffering † “Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord!” Psalm 27.14 KJV What was Noah doing when he was waiting for the fulfillment of God’s promise? What were the 3-components of God’s promise to Abraham? What was Abraham doing when he was waiting for the fulfillment of God’s promise? What was Joseph doing between the time he got the promise of God and time of the fulfillment of the promise? How often is there a gap between God’s promises and it’s fulfillment? What may cause an abortion of God’s promise to you? Is there a difference between the tomorrow of your dreams and the reality you are experiencing today? Does your today look exactly like the future you desired and dreamnt about? Why is there a Gap? Why Wait? What do you do When the Heaven is Silent? What do you do When Hell Seems to Be Unleashed What do you do When Faith is Questioned? What do you do When Abandonment Seems Real? What do you do When Nothing Makes Sense? What do you do when you are waiting for the fulfillment of God’s promises? What are 7-requirements for the fulfillment of God’s promise for your life here on earth? What are 9-negative consequences of mismanaged waiting periods? What were 6-life actions of Noah during his waiting period? How long was Jesus’s waiting period before the 3-year ministry He had which led to His passion? How are you managing your waiting period? Pastor Godwin Otuno expounds on this and much more on the exciting journey of Fresh Encounter Radio Podcast originally aired on September 5th, 2020 on WNQM, Nashville Quality Ministries and WWCR World Wide Christian Radio broadcast to all 7-continents on this big beautiful blue marble, earth, floating through space. Please be prayerful before studying The Word of God so that you will receive the most inspiration possible. This Teaching Podcast is brought to you by Christian Leadership International and all the beloved of God who believe in it’s mission through prayer and support. Thank you. Study Guides at: https://shows.acast.com/fresh-encounter-radio-podcast/episodes COVER ART CREDIT: Photo by Tommy Lisbin, art direction by gil on his mac. † Source: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/waiting-on-god Podcaster Website: http://www.lifelonganointing.com/FERP200905 Episode #136 GOT200905ep136 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/fresh-encounter-radio-podcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Happy Tuesday, friends! Another short podcast today, due to an incredibly long pastoral letter written tonight. This should help make up for our very long episode yesterday! Today's Bible passages are Exodus 28, Proverbs 4, John 7 and Galatians 3 - which is our focus passage. Our big question is focused in on one of the deepest and most beautiful - and central! -truths of Christianity: That salvation and justification (being made righteous in the eyes of God) is NOT by our actions, works, or internal goodness, but by BELIEVING in Jesus - the one who does the action and has the internal goodness. Let's read Galatians 3, and then come back and discuss Justification by faith. Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law or by believing what you heard? 3 Are you so foolish? After beginning by the Spirit, are you now finishing by the flesh? 4 Did you experience so much for nothing—if in fact it was for nothing? 5 So then, does God give you the Spirit and work miracles among you by your doing the works of the law? Or is it by believing what you heard— 6 just like Abraham who believed God,and it was credited to him for righteousness? Galatians 3:2-6 We see and hear Paul's heart VERY clearly in Galatians, because he is wearing it on his sleeve, and he is PLEADING with the Galatians NOT to abandon the core of Christianity - saved by grace, through faith - in favor of the core of RELIGION: salvation by works and earning God's favor. He reminds the Galatians that the presence of the Holy Spirit was NOT given to them because they completely followed the law, but because of their BELIEF! He reminds them that growing in the Christian life is also not by striving works, but by a work of the Spirit through grace and faith. The illustration he uses so that they will understand what he is telling them is the illustration of Abraham. God didn't choose Abraham and save Abraham because Abraham was special - God chose Abraham in grace, and saved him because ABRAHAM BELIEVED God's promise! Let's turn to our friend pastor David Platt to help us understand that God CHOSE Abraham by grace (not Abraham's merit): First, for Abraham to believe God means that he was transformed by the sovereign grace of God. I want you to think about this with me. This whole story started at the end of Genesis 11 and beginning of Genesis 12. Abraham was from Ur of the Chaldeans. This is a pagan people in a pagan place. We have no indication whatsoever in Genesis 11 or 12 or anywhere else that there was something in Abraham that caused God to say, “I need to make him the father of my people.” The initiative is completely with God. You see it in Genesis 12:1–3. Five times God says, “I will do this.” You see no emphasis on what Abraham is doing in this picture. It’s all based on the gracious initiative of God. God is saying, “I’m going to bless him.” It is God calling out Abraham. Why Abraham? We know Job was living around this time. I’m sure there were other people that, maybe, even were better people. Why did God choose Abraham? What we’re seeing here is that it’s nothing more than the sovereign grace of God at work. He called out Abraham. He chose Abraham by His grace, and that’s the story we’re going to see in the rest of Abraham’s life. Let’s admit it: this father of faith in the Bible is not always the most stellar character. This is a guy who’s willing to lie on a couple of different occasions in order to try to protect his life. This is a guy who almost gives his wife away to the king of Egypt. This is a guy who struggles with his faith numerous different times, but the picture is that this is intentional. God is showing us that the picture of His covenant is not going to be based on what is found in man and what man can produce on his own. It’s going to be found in the grace of God, and the picture is that Abraham’s entire life, his faith itself, is evidence of God’s grace in his life. He was transformed by the sovereign grace of God. David Platt, “Believing God,” in David Platt Sermon Archive (Birmingham, AL: David Platt, 2010), 2392–2393. Next, let's consider what it means that Abraham was JUSTIFIED by FAITH. It is important to realize that WE are also justified by faith - that's why I think it is super important for us to understand what Paul is saying here. We'll go back to our friend David Platt to help us understand what faith involves: Paul builds this whole picture of Abraham being justified by faith, Abraham having righteousness credited to him because he believed God, because he believed the promises of God, because he had faith. But then what’s so cool is you get to the end in verse 22. It’s talking about faith and Abraham. He says, “This is why ‘it was credited to him as righteousness.’ ” But listen to this. “The words ‘it was credited to him’ were not written for him alone, but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness—for us who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead” (Rom. 4:23–24). The whole picture is believe, have faith, and that’s why you get to this triumphant pronouncement in chapter 5:1 that says, “Therefore, since we have been justified through faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” The picture is faith dominates this. Now we’ve got to be clear on what faith means here because...people have all kinds of ideas, even in the Church, about what faith is and there’s a faith that leads to salvation and there’s a faith that doesn’t lead to salvation. So what is the Biblical faith, saving faith that is being talked about here, a faith that leads to salvation? I want to show you two facets of it in Romans. Faith involves first, turning. What happens in chapter 4 and 5, he develops this picture we are justified by faith alone. Then you get to 6:1 and listen to what he says. He builds this case of being justified by faith and then he says, “What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life” (Rom. 6:1–4). When you place your faith in Christ, when you trust in Him, that means you turn from sin. You don’t live in sin any longer. So faith is a turning first from our sin. You see this even clearer down in verse 11–14 in chapter 6. He says, “… count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Faith next involves trusting. Turning from sin, turning to Him, and He becomes our life, Jesus. We turn from sin and ourselves and we turn to Jesus. This is what it means to have faith in Jesus. He becomes our life. Look at 8:10–11. Listen to how he talks about this transformation that happens and look at the picture of trusting in Jesus Christ. Romans 8:10–11, “… If Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness. And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you.” When you see the character of God and the sinfulness of man and the sufficiency of Christ, and you turn from your sin and you trust in the sufficiency of Christ, then He becomes your life. Paul develops this in depth. Keep going to the right, Romans 10:9, a familiar verse to many of us. Look at Romans 10:9. This is faith that leads to salvation. Romans 10:9, “… If you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. As the Scripture says, ‘Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame.’ For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all,” third time we’ve seen the word “Lord” in these few short verses, “and richly blesses all who call on him, for, ‘Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord,’ ” fourth time, “ ‘will be saved’ ” (Rom. 10:9–13). So faith involves a turning and it involves a trusting in Jesus, a trusting in Jesus first of all as Lord, trusting in Jesus as Lord. If you confess with your mouth Jesus is Lord, the dominant title for Jesus in the book of Acts and the book of Romans is Lord, is Lord. David Platt, “The Sufficiency of Christ and the Necessity of Faith,” in David Platt Sermon Archive (Birmingham, AL: David Platt, 2008), 1496–1497.

Happy Tuesday, friends! Another short podcast today, due to an incredibly long pastoral letter written tonight. This should help make up for our very long episode yesterday! Today's Bible passages are Exodus 28, Proverbs 4, John 7 and Galatians 3 - which is our focus passage. Our big question is focused in on one of the deepest and most beautiful - and central! -truths of Christianity: That salvation and justification (being made righteous in the eyes of God) is NOT by our actions, works, or internal goodness, but by BELIEVING in Jesus - the one who does the action and has the internal goodness. Let's read Galatians 3, and then come back and discuss Justification by faith. Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law or by believing what you heard? 3 Are you so foolish? After beginning by the Spirit, are you now finishing by the flesh? 4 Did you experience so much for nothing—if in fact it was for nothing? 5 So then, does God give you the Spirit and work miracles among you by your doing the works of the law? Or is it by believing what you heard— 6 just like Abraham who believed God,and it was credited to him for righteousness? Galatians 3:2-6 We see and hear Paul's heart VERY clearly in Galatians, because he is wearing it on his sleeve, and he is PLEADING with the Galatians NOT to abandon the core of Christianity - saved by grace, through faith - in favor of the core of RELIGION: salvation by works and earning God's favor. He reminds the Galatians that the presence of the Holy Spirit was NOT given to them because they completely followed the law, but because of their BELIEF! He reminds them that growing in the Christian life is also not by striving works, but by a work of the Spirit through grace and faith. The illustration he uses so that they will understand what he is telling them is the illustration of Abraham. God didn't choose Abraham and save Abraham because Abraham was special - God chose Abraham in grace, and saved him because ABRAHAM BELIEVED God's promise! Let's turn to our friend pastor David Platt to help us understand that God CHOSE Abraham by grace (not Abraham's merit): First, for Abraham to believe God means that he was transformed by the sovereign grace of God. I want you to think about this with me. This whole story started at the end of Genesis 11 and beginning of Genesis 12. Abraham was from Ur of the Chaldeans. This is a pagan people in a pagan place. We have no indication whatsoever in Genesis 11 or 12 or anywhere else that there was something in Abraham that caused God to say, “I need to make him the father of my people.” The initiative is completely with God. You see it in Genesis 12:1–3. Five times God says, “I will do this.” You see no emphasis on what Abraham is doing in this picture. It’s all based on the gracious initiative of God. God is saying, “I’m going to bless him.” It is God calling out Abraham. Why Abraham? We know Job was living around this time. I’m sure there were other people that, maybe, even were better people. Why did God choose Abraham? What we’re seeing here is that it’s nothing more than the sovereign grace of God at work. He called out Abraham. He chose Abraham by His grace, and that’s the story we’re going to see in the rest of Abraham’s life. Let’s admit it: this father of faith in the Bible is not always the most stellar character. This is a guy who’s willing to lie on a couple of different occasions in order to try to protect his life. This is a guy who almost gives his wife away to the king of Egypt. This is a guy who struggles with his faith numerous different times, but the picture is that this is intentional. God is showing us that the picture of His covenant is not going to be based on what is found in man and what man can produce on his own. It’s going to be found in the grace of God, and the picture is that Abraham’s entire life, his faith itself, is evidence of God’s grace in his life. He was transformed by the sovereign grace of God. David Platt, “Believing God,” in David Platt Sermon Archive (Birmingham, AL: David Platt, 2010), 2392–2393. Next, let's consider what it means that Abraham was JUSTIFIED by FAITH. It is important to realize that WE are also justified by faith - that's why I think it is super important for us to understand what Paul is saying here. We'll go back to our friend David Platt to help us understand what faith involves: Paul builds this whole picture of Abraham being justified by faith, Abraham having righteousness credited to him because he believed God, because he believed the promises of God, because he had faith. But then what’s so cool is you get to the end in verse 22. It’s talking about faith and Abraham. He says, “This is why ‘it was credited to him as righteousness.’ ” But listen to this. “The words ‘it was credited to him’ were not written for him alone, but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness—for us who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead” (Rom. 4:23–24). The whole picture is believe, have faith, and that’s why you get to this triumphant pronouncement in chapter 5:1 that says, “Therefore, since we have been justified through faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” The picture is faith dominates this. Now we’ve got to be clear on what faith means here because...people have all kinds of ideas, even in the Church, about what faith is and there’s a faith that leads to salvation and there’s a faith that doesn’t lead to salvation. So what is the Biblical faith, saving faith that is being talked about here, a faith that leads to salvation? I want to show you two facets of it in Romans. Faith involves first, turning. What happens in chapter 4 and 5, he develops this picture we are justified by faith alone. Then you get to 6:1 and listen to what he says. He builds this case of being justified by faith and then he says, “What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life” (Rom. 6:1–4). When you place your faith in Christ, when you trust in Him, that means you turn from sin. You don’t live in sin any longer. So faith is a turning first from our sin. You see this even clearer down in verse 11–14 in chapter 6. He says, “… count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Faith next involves trusting. Turning from sin, turning to Him, and He becomes our life, Jesus. We turn from sin and ourselves and we turn to Jesus. This is what it means to have faith in Jesus. He becomes our life. Look at 8:10–11. Listen to how he talks about this transformation that happens and look at the picture of trusting in Jesus Christ. Romans 8:10–11, “… If Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness. And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you.” When you see the character of God and the sinfulness of man and the sufficiency of Christ, and you turn from your sin and you trust in the sufficiency of Christ, then He becomes your life. Paul develops this in depth. Keep going to the right, Romans 10:9, a familiar verse to many of us. Look at Romans 10:9. This is faith that leads to salvation. Romans 10:9, “… If you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. As the Scripture says, ‘Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame.’ For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all,” third time we’ve seen the word “Lord” in these few short verses, “and richly blesses all who call on him, for, ‘Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord,’ ” fourth time, “ ‘will be saved’ ” (Rom. 10:9–13). So faith involves a turning and it involves a trusting in Jesus, a trusting in Jesus first of all as Lord, trusting in Jesus as Lord. If you confess with your mouth Jesus is Lord, the dominant title for Jesus in the book of Acts and the book of Romans is Lord, is Lord. David Platt, “The Sufficiency of Christ and the Necessity of Faith,” in David Platt Sermon Archive (Birmingham, AL: David Platt, 2008), 1496–1497.

We try to cover some of your Genesis questions this week! From Jack S: ...regarding Jacob and whom he shall marry... he cannot marry the Canaanite women as the children/offspring would then not be Jewish. The Jewishness comes from the mother and the name/family comes from the father. If a non-jewish man marries a Jewish woman, the children will be Jewishand conversely if a jewish man marries a non-Jewish woman the children are non Jewish. still to this day. From Benjamin: Man's days will be 120 years. In listening to the podcast it sounds that this has been understood as shortening the maximum lifespan of people. (This comes across clearly in the NLT translation). I used to understand it that way However other translations like ESV are less clear and it seems more likely in context to be meaning 120 years until the flood comes? 3 Then the Lord said, “My Spirit will not put up with humans for such a long time, for they are only mortal flesh. In the future, their normal lifespan will be no more than 120 years." NLT 3 Then the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years.” ESV From Natalie B: I want to say how profound the space (thrive deeper podcast) is providing for me. You bring such honest knowledge, both studied and personal, with humility and kindness. Building faith in Jesus and expanding my understandings, my questioning. Bringing clarity of heart and mind. Thank you. From Corey Sleap: Abrahams faith in the God that resurrects made him righteous. see Romans 4:17 As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being things that were not. | New International Version (NIV) Who was resurrected between adam and Abraham? What example of resurrection is Abrahams faith based on?

1- Jesus came to save people from all nations. 2- Salvation is by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone. 3- God always keeps his word. Digging Deeper- Why did Matthew highlight that Jesus is the son of Abraham- What promises did God make to Abraham- -How are these promises ultimately fulfilled in Christ- What is significant about the four women referenced in vv3-6- How is God glorified by saving people from all nations- Think about God's grace in saving you and respond in praise. Other passages to consider- Gen 12-1-3- 15-1-6- 17-1-8- 22-18- Ps 86-8-10- Matt 4-15 -from Isa 9-1-- 12-15-21 -from Isa 42-1-4-- 15-22- 28-18-20- Rom 4-13-25- 2 Cor 1-19-20- Gal 3-7-18

"Think about being adopted by a wealthy dad. A dad with all the toys. A dad with all the stuff. Man. What an enchanting idea." Family Discussions: What does it mean to be adopted by God? What does it mean to be in this same family as Abraham? What does that mean The family of faith? When a grateful son is truly grateful? How does he act towards the family that by grace adopts him? Transcription: 00:14          Hey, another beautiful day in the Ozarks. Yes, it is. We're in Romans chapter four today, verse 16, and it says this, "For this reason, it is by faith in order that it may be in accordance with grace so that the promise will be guaranteed to all the descendants, not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who have the faith of Abraham. Who is the father of us all." This is called the faith family and you know what? Think about this. Think about being adopted by a wealthy dad. A dad with all the toys. A dad with all the stuff. Man. What an enchanting idea. You know, and this is why I love burnt orange. When I walked on the football field at SMU years ago, there were these big, fast, incredibly talented, blue-chip five star athletes all around me who towered over my six foot, 200 pound frame.   01:08          You know, they had the moves, they had the jumps, they had the biceps, they had the scholarships. But Hayden Fry was the head coach in those days, the Mustangs. And you know, although I was like seventh team, defensive nose man as a freshman, the gap took a special liking to me. I have no idea why, but somehow in his heart, he adopted me my sophomore year and maybe it was just that was too stupid to give up. But the first game, my junior year, he started me and he never put me on the bench again. He took me to Ohio state, to Michigan state to Tennessee, to Texas, to Arkansas to, you know, a bowl game where we beat Oklahoma and even tried to take me to the Hula bowl, until kind of the regulating committee found out that I was just a little too small by their standards.   01:53          But I'll forever be grateful to that man. I played my guts out for him. I love that man 'til I die. And you know what? If we were playing on the turf in Dallas, Texas on Saturday afternoons with a free college education, man, it was better than sitting on a bench on the sidelines and paying a jillion bucks to get educated. Imagine the difference between spending forever in heaven where the weather's always clear instead of forever in hell, where the weather's always hot and humid. You know what, man? The Bible in your room tells the adoption story from cover to cover. Daddy, God was so crazy about his son that he wants you to be just like him. As it was with Abraham so it can be with you.   02:47          And here's the questions for today. What does it mean to be adopted by God? What does it mean to be in this same family as Abraham? What does that mean The family of faith? And then this question is awesome. When a grateful son is truly grateful, how does he act towards the family that by grace adopts him? And here's the lifeline for the day. Isn't it great? Gratitude builds commitment. Commitment builds of obedience. Obedience builds countless blessings. Take it home, man.

In this episode of About That Bible, Nathan and Ailsa go over the story of Abraham. Abraham is the father of our faith and we discuss his covenant with God. Timestamps: 01:23 What are covenants? 04:45 What is Abraham’s walk with children? We know that he doesn’t have children for a long time. 12:40 Abraham is going to be a blessing to the nation. You can follow our podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast! Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/2L1CbHq Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2XnuDFb Follow our other social media! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aboutthatbible Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/aboutthatbible About That Bible is made by Every Nation Church, New York. Find out more about Every Nation NYC. Episode 004 Transcript Ailsa: Welcome to About That Bible with Every Nation NYC we are here to help you get more out of that Bible. My name is Ailsa, this is Nathan and we're going to talk about the Bible. It's as simple as that. Today we are talking about Abraham and covenant. Nathan:Yeah. Ailsa: Yeah, Abraham, the father of our faith and covenant. First off, Nathan, can you summarize? I'm going to help you. Nathan: Please do. Ailsa: The life of Abraham, who is Abraham? Nathan: Abraham is a nobody until God calls him. He says 'leave your father's house, come and follow me, I'm going to bless you, multiply you, make you a great nation.' And so then we set off on this epic journey. God and Abraham he gets in some fights. He wins some fights. Ailsa: He wonders about. Nathan: He wins some fights saving his brother, brother in law? Ailsa: Nephew. Nathan: Nephew, Lot. And then eventually God delivers on his promise and gives him a son. And that's Abraham's life. Ailsa: That's Abraham and then he starts being the family that leads to Jesus basically. So, Abraham, you talked about how he gets these promises with God and we call that covenant in Christian circles, could you help us out, what on earth is that? Nathan: In Judeo Christian circles. Ailsa: Yes. Nathan: A covenant is an agreement between any two people really. It was a promise and it was typically done with an exchange of kina an exchange of goods or. Ailsa: Stuff? Nathan: Yeah. Ailsa: Is it more binding than a promise? Nathan: It's like a formalized promise. Ailsa: Ok. Oh, like we have one. Nathan: Yes, we do and there was some exchanging of stuff. Ailsa: Oh yeah, rings! Nathan: Not a dowery. Ailsa: Thanks for this, that was good. Yeah. So what is, can you help us out, what does Abraham promise, what are they exchanging goods with God? Nathan: Yeah, so the first one that we encounter. First God just calls Abraham out and he says, 'leave your fathers house' and Abraham starts following him. It's shortly thereafter that God promises specifically an offspring. He says before, 'I'll make you a nation' but then he promises specifically, it's going to be an offspring. Ailsa: To be clear, Abraham at this point, he's quite old. Nathan: Yeah, he's 75 when God calls him. Ailsa: No kids. Nathan: And no kids. Pretty sure it's a done deal that he's going to have no kids. Ailsa: Yeah. Nathan: But then God makes it clear, like no, it's going to be an offspring, your offspring. Abraham continues on for a while, it's about ten years later, I think, that God formalized the covenant with him in Genesis chapter 15. Ailsa: Does it give us a date? time periods? Nathan: It gives us ages. Ailsa:Ahh, ages. Nathan: And so I think it says 10 years later. And then by the time Abraham has his son Isaac he's actually 100. Ailsa: Oh man, so. Nathan: So he does wait 15, no sorry, 25 years from the time of calling to the time of delivery. Ailsa: So the covenant with God that Abraham has is or Abram at the time, is for what things mainly? Nathan: So God promises that he's going to make Abram a great nation that he's going to bring him a son, that he's going to bless him with land, and that though this blessing, he's going to be a blessing to many nations. A blessing to the world. Ailsa: Ok, so, We're going to take a break, but we're going to come back and we'll talk about Abraham and children, Abraham and the land, and Abraham and the blessing. Nathan:Sounds good. Ailsa: Great. Nathan: So, if you are looking for a church, I'd like to talk a little bit about the church that I lead and I'm a part of. It's called Every Nation NYC, There you can know God, grow together, discover your purpose, and make a difference. We exist for you. We're founded in central Manhattan and you can find more information at everynationnyc.org, there you will find service times and locations as well as other events that we have on offer. I hope that we can see you at one of our services coming up. Ailsa: And now we're back. So, Abraham What is Abraham's walk with children. Because he does not have children for a long time but God shows up and gives him a promise, what's going on? Nathan: Yeah, god promises children, and it seems like he does not deliver for quite a while. Ailsa: Yeah. Nathan: And so around the ten-year mark Abraham's wife Sarai at the time takes matters into her own hands and says ‘we've got this concubine,’ or not even a concubine excuse me just her servant. Ailsa: To be fair, she does this straight after one of the covenants right? Nathan: Yeah, God cuts like a formal covenant with Abraham it's very formalized in Genesis chapter 15 and in Genesis 16, boom. Ailsa: There is a reason that those sit right beside each other in the Bible. So then, what happens with Sarah? Nathan: Sarah offers her servant to Abraham, says here 'sleep with this woman and let's see if we can make a baby that way.' Ailsa: So she's trying to get around the covenant? Or like make the covenant happen in her own way? Nathan: Yes, yeah, she manipulates the covenant and tries to find a loophole in it. Ailsa: Which by the way, I actually kinda like about the story, because you're like oh yeah, I totally do that right? You get a promise from God and then you try and like, oh this is what he means. This is what he means that he doesn't mean that I'm going to have a baby he just means, maybe like you know, Abraham's going to have a kid. Nathan: Well, so explain how we, how we might do that in a real-life circumstance, hopefully, hopefully, nobodies like offering their... Ailsa: No, I did not mean like that, ahh you know. But, there are times, you know, where we get a promise from God and we think well, maybe this is what he means when he says that. Like he can't mean fully like the full miracle that I'm imagining, he maybe just means that I'm going to you know, I can't think of an actual example right now. That's just not helpful. Nathan: So in some way settling for less. Ailsa: Yes, and we make up what the promise might mean. Nathan: We could probably potentially do that often with a spouse or something like that. Ailsa: Oh yeah, good one. Like, you know, we could just settle. Nathan: Definitely, potential all over the place to settle in our lives for less than what God has promised us. Ailsa: Yeah, but in the end, God makes a way, he makes his way with Abraham and Sarah. Nathan: He does, so Abraham does sleep with this woman, Hagar, Sarai's servant, maid, and they make a baby, call him Ishmael. And God makes it very clear, Abraham almost like brings him to God, God appears to him again and he's like well here's my son, and God says, 'not that one'. And that's actually when God cuts a second covenant with Abraham and this one is the covenant of circumcision. The first one was all the animals. Abraham chops all these animals in half. And in this one, Abraham gets chopped himself, it's very personal. Ailsa: Ahh, so it almost like drives it deeper in some ways. Nathan: I'm sure it felt a lot more personal for Abraham on the second round. Ailsa: Just like, Not what I meant Abraham, not what I meant. Nathan: And so that very distinguishes Ishmael, not in the covenant and Isaac who is now the product of this circumcised Abraham, is part of the covenant cut. Ailsa: And Sarah's Son. Nathan: And he's Sarah's son, yes. Ailsa: And she gets pregnant at. Nathan: I think 90 years old. Ailsa: Wow. Nathan: It's a miracle. Ailsa: And then the rest of the Bible goes through how there's a whole line and there's a whole bunch of families that come from Isaac. Nathan: Yes, we are waiting on the promised seed of the woman from Genesis 3 When God preaches the gospel to satan in Genesis 3 to the snake he says, 'there's going to be an offspring of this woman' and so the Bible has this full genealogies all the time genealogies, genealogies and it's saying that the one, the promised one is coming, the promised one is coming. Ailsa:Yeah. Nathan: And they're all summed up in Jesus. and there are no, from the star of Matthew and Luke, there are no more genealogies in the new testament. Ailsa:  Because of Jesus and we're done. Nathan: They've been summed up, yeah. Ailsa: So we've got the promise of Isaac, and then there is also a promise to do with the land. And what is or a covenant to do with the land what's that? Nathan: Yeah, there is, God promises Abraham That he's got this land for him. That it's going to be his land, and today it's the land of Israel modern-day Israel. Ailsa: But, he does not get it right? Nathan: That's true he does not get it. He does not see, I mean he sees it, but he does not own. Ailsa: But does he like live, does he like walk around and live on it? Nathan: Yes. He's like kind of nomadic. He's in it but he's living a nomadic life. He's a shepherding, he's herding his flocks there. By the end of his life, he buys a small piece of it. Ailsa: Ok. Nathan: And he buries his wife Sarai there or Sarah there. And that's it. Ailsa: That's all he sees of it. But when you read the Bible again you see where his people get to inherit that. Nathan: Yes. Ailsa: Ahhh, that's a bummer though, isn't it? He got this promise from God and he didn't see it. Nathan: But he was faithful in the meantime and I think that this is like really important. So often times Christians see their life and all of God's promises hinging on their immediate future. So if it doesn't happen in the next week, if it doesn't happen in the next year, five years, ten years. God makes promises that are bigger than our life. Bigger than even our life span. He's thinking generationally, he's thinking long term. So often times we can live with a level of disillusionment because we were just not patient or did not have a big enough scope. So God's covenants he means these things they are deep they're meaningful He's going to deliver but he does not always deliver... Right in the next thing. Ailsa: Right in the next six months. Nathan: I'm going to find a scripture verse from the new testament that talks to this. Ailsa: Oh, nice. Nathan:So here's this scripture, it's Hebrews chapter 11, verse 13 through 16. I'm going to read verse 13 and 16."These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth...  But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city." and then it goes on to talk about how Abraham when he was tested, offered up Isaac. So the context is all about Abraham and Sarah, how they saw the land but they did not possess it. But even so, God was preparing for them a city. What's funny is that that is not even fulfilled in the conquest of Israel. It's fulfilled much much later and is still yet to be fulfilled when the city of Jerusalem will come down Revelation chapter 20. Ailsa: Oh man, so you're saying the covenant of Abraham is not yet completed? Nathan: The covenant continues. Ailsa: Oh, that's like ongoing. Ok, and then the last bit they talk about how he's going to be a blessing to the nations? Nathan: He's going to be a blessing to the nations. And so it's hard to do when you don't have any land and you don't have any great resources, you don't have any children and God brings to Abraham this child and it's though Isaac and through the generations that follow that the people of Israel are going to come about. The Hebrew people, the Jewish people. And it's from them that we get the Messiah, Jesus. Ailsa: Yeah. Nathan: And so God has this plan all along to bring his son into the world to bring Jesus into the world to be a blessing. So when we look at this as well and we consider Christianity and it's global spread particularly if you have a global mindset Christianity is not head in any one ethnicity, it's not held in any one single culture, it's a truly global religion. It's not tied to North America or Europe or South America. There are millions of Christians in Asia, there are millions of Christians in Africa, Millions of Christians in South America, North America, and Europe. It's truly global. Ailsa: And that all comes from the covenant with Abraham. Nathan: That is. That's the promise of God that he made thousands of years ago to Abraham. Ailsa: To one man. Nathan: That we would all be blessed through him. And so that's why we call him the father of our faith. Ailsa: And on that note that was about that bible with Every Nation NYC. Don't forget you can follow us on Instagram or Twitter at AbouThat Bible and if you're interested in Every Nation NYC you can go to evarynationnyc.org and you can find all our service times on there. Thanks, guys, we'll see you soon.

———————————————————————————————————————————————————FCC Vision Statement: Building on Exposition, Centering on Christ, Dying in Community, Serving on Mission——————————————————————————————————————————————————— (NOTE: Allow 30-90 seconds after clicking the START-arrow or Download-button for recording to begin.)Sarah’s Burial — Lonnie D. Bell, Jr.Genesis 23:1-20Sermon Series: GenesisMarch 31, 2019DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions1. Why would we say that the land promise reaches a climax in chapter 23?2. How does this passage show that there is no going back for Abraham? What does that tell us about his mindset and relationship to God?3. What does Abraham’s response to Sarah’s death teach us about the relationship between grief and hope in the face of death?4. What does it mean to say that the people of the land are bowing to Abraham? How does this ultimately direct our attention to Christ?5. How does Matthew 5:5 help us understand the significance of these land promises for all believers?References: Genesis 12:1-7; Hebrews 11:11; 1 Peter 3:5; Genesis 17:7; Mark 12:26-27; Hebrews 11:13; Genesis 21:22-23; Matthew 5:5.

———————————————————————————————————————————————————FCC Vision Statement: Building on Exposition, Centering on Christ, Dying in Community, Serving on Mission——————————————————————————————————————————————————— (NOTE: Allow 30-90 seconds after clicking the START-arrow or Download-button for recording to begin.)The Climactic Test, Part 2 — Lonnie D. Bell, Jr.Genesis 22:1-24Sermon Series: GenesisMarch 24, 2019DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions1. What have we learned about God’s character from this story before we even get his response to Abraham’s obedience?2. Why is this the only fitting test for Abraham? What is the relationship here between faith and obedience, and why is it so important that we get this right in the Christian life?3. How does God affirm Abraham? In what ways have you seen God give affirmation and assurance in your life?4. How does this story picture Christ’s sacrifice as the Lamb of God?5. Why does God make an oath? How does this text show his trustworthiness?6. How does the genealogy at the end of the chapter point us both forward and backwards in the book of Genesis?References: Genesis 21:12; Hebrews 11:19; Proverbs 8:13; 9:10; Job 1:1; 1 Peter 1:7; Matthew 3:17; John 3:16; Romans 8:32; Isaiah 53:7, 10; John 1:29; 18:12; 19:17-18; 1 Peter 1:19; Revelation 5:6, 9; Galatians 3:16; Hebrews 6:13-20; Genesis 11:26-32; 21:33.

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