Oh let the Son of God and found you with his spirit and his life,

let him fill your heart and satisfy your soul.

Oh, let him have the things that hold you

and his spirit like a dove will descend upon your life and make you

home.

Welcome to the Word for today,

featuring the Bible Teaching of Pastor Chuck Smith,

founder of the Calbury Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a verse by verse study through the entire

Bible. And on today's edition of the word for today,

Pastor Chuck continues with Abraham's laughter of joy as we pick up in Genesis chapter 17 and now with today's

message here's pastor Chuck. Now later on Sarah last rehearsed was a laugh of

incorrect in the tea. Now later on, Sarah laughed, but hers was a laugh of incredulity.

Ah, I mean, no woman.

Shall I have the joy bearing a child in a night?

Oh, please. And she laughed because it seemed so incredulous.

And so the Lord rebuked her.

Why did Sarah laugh?

Oh, yes she did.

So Abraham laughed out of just the sheer joy of the whole thing and she laughed because it seems so incredulous so it's only right that when the child is born that they should name him laughter.

Isaac, it means laughter is a very fitting name because they both laughed at the prospect of in this age of life having a son.

And so Abraham fell in his face and laughed and he said in his heart,

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