Counting on God’s promises (Abraham: GENESIS 23:10-19)

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🗓️ 14 May 2023

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TODAY'S SCRIPTURE:

GENESIS 23:10-19 -Now Ephron was sitting among the Hittites, and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the Hittites, of all who went in at the gate of his city, 11 “No, my lord, hear me: I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. In the sight of the sons of my people I give it to you. Bury your dead.” 12 Then Abraham bowed down before the people of the land. 13 And he said to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, “But if you will, hear me: I give the price of the field. Accept it from me, that I may bury my dead there.” 14 Ephron answered Abraham, 15 “My lord, listen to me: a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.” 16 Abraham listened to Ephron, and Abraham weighed out for Ephron the silver that he had named in the hearing of the Hittites, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the weights current among the merchants. 17 So the field of Ephron in Machpelah, which was to the east of Mamre, the field with the cave that was in it and all the trees that were in the field, throughout its whole area, was made over 18 to Abraham as a possession in the presence of the Hittites, before all who went in at the gate of his city. 19 After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah east of Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan. 20 The field and the cave that is in it were made over to Abraham as property for a burying place by the Hittites.

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0:00.0	Welcome back, my friends. It is time for the morning mindset, time for you and for me to
0:09.2	get our minds aligned with the truth of God's Word for this day. Let's not focus on tomorrow
0:15.4	or next week or later in the month. Let's think about today. Let's get our minds aligned
0:19.8	with God's Word so that we can walk in obedience to His Spirit according to the truth of His
0:24.8	Word for this day. I hope you're ready to do that. Let's go. Let's start out. I want to
0:29.5	ask you what enables you to count on a promise. Imagine a scenario. If someone makes you a promise,
0:37.1	what enables you to count on that? What enables you to really believe them? Well, doesn't it
0:42.2	depend a lot on their character? Doesn't it depend on the history you have with that person?
0:48.1	Today in Genesis 23, 10 through 19, we are going to be looking at a situation where Abraham
0:54.9	counts on the promises of God. And it's not exactly apparent when you first read the passage,
1:00.2	but we're going to see exactly what happened by the time we're done today. Genesis 23, 10 through 19,
1:07.1	Abraham has just lost his wife Sarah. She's died of old age at 127 years old, and he is living
1:13.8	among the Hittites, and he's looking for a way to bury his wife. And let's actually pick up in
1:20.8	verse 8, Abraham says to the Hittites, If you're willing that I should bury my dead out of my sight,
1:26.8	hear me, and it treat for me, Ephraim the son of Zohar, that he may give me the cave of Makpela,
1:33.2	which he owns. It is at the end of his field. For the full price, let him give it to me in your
1:39.2	presence as property for a burying place. Now, Ephraim was sitting among the Hittites,
1:44.7	and Ephraim the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the Hittites, of all who went in at
1:49.6	the gate of his city. Know my Lord, hear me, I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is
1:55.7	in it. In the sight of the sons of my people, I give it to you, bury your dead. Then Abraham bowed
2:02.5	down before the people of the land, and he said to Ephraim in the hearing of the people of the land,
2:07.0	but if you will, hear me, I give the price of the field, accept it from me, and I may bury my
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