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Welcome to the Word of the Lord endures forever with Pastor Will Whedon.

But this is the circumcision that brings all the others to an end.

Because from this point forward, you will be circumcised via being joined to Christ's circumcision. His circumcision placed him wholly under the law,

and he obeyed the law fully, both in its ceremonial and in its moral dimensions. Thus, he brought it to an

end. He fulfilled it. The Word of the Lord endures forever is a daily verse-by-verse Bible study with

the church, past and present. Pastor Whedon is leading us in a study of the book of Genesis,

chapters 12 through 23.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit,

be with you all.

Amen.

Greetings, people, loved by God.

Remember that last time we fast forward, it's some 13 years years so that now Abram is 99 years old.

We have to assume that throughout those 13 years, Abram and Sarai together with Hagar,

had rejoiced in Ishmael, and they all assumed that that child would be the one to inherit

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