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

Abraham knows that he has to arrange for Sarah's burial, something that you have to do even

when you just want to sit there and cry. He goes to the Hittites and confesses, I'm a sojourner and foreigner among you.

That is, as we sometimes sing, I'm but a stranger here. Heaven is my home.

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.

So, in our previous study, we started with the second time God spoke to Abraham from heaven

after he and Isaac had offered up the substitute ram.

God swore to Abraham an oath, and since he had no one greater to swear by, he swore by himself.

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