{"id":1354,"date":"2025-07-31T15:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T15:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/358-rob-oosthuizen-exhortation-our-abundant-god\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T09:59:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T09:59:17","slug":"358-rob-oosthuizen-exhortation-our-abundant-god","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/358-rob-oosthuizen-exhortation-our-abundant-god\/","title":{"rendered":"358: Rob Oosthuizen – Exhortation: Our Abundant God"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week’s talk is an exhortation by Brother Rob Oosthuizen titled \u201cOur Abundant God,\u201d which he gave at the Verdugo Hills Ecclesia in Southern California on July 27, 2025.<\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to good Christophian
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\nHello and welcome back.
\nThis is brother Chris. <\/p>\n

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\nBack with another expectation to
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\nencourage you on your week.
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\napologize that we’ve missed the
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\nWe had our annual Idaho Bible
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\nfrom me, so we’re posting two
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\nback on schedule.
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\nAugust, we have something really
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\ncover more on the first episode
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\nthe month of August.
\nBut excited to share with you <\/p>\n

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\nsomething kind of special we’re
\ndoing for August. <\/p>\n

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\nI know normally we do that in
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\nlittle bit more coordination
\ntime, so we’re going to do it in<\/p>\n

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\nAugust instead.
\nBut I hope that you enjoy what <\/p>\n

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\nwe have planned for our
\nexhortation and our talk this <\/p>\n

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\nweek.
\nWe’re listening to one that was <\/p>\n

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\ngiven just a few days ago at the
\nVerdugal Hills Ecclesia. <\/p>\n

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\nWe had brother Rob Ustaison from
\nNew Zealand visiting and he gave<\/p>\n

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\na fantastic exhortation, which
\nwas both a wonderful way to look<\/p>\n

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\nat a week after a Bible school,
\nwhich I know for many of you <\/p>\n

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\nthere’s been youth camps and
\nBible schools going over the <\/p>\n

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\nsummer.
\nSo hopefully this can be an <\/p>\n

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\nexcellent capstone to a
\nfantastic week with a vision of <\/p>\n

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\nthe Kingdom.
\nAnd his exhortation is talking <\/p>\n

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\nabout our abundant God.
\nI found it to be super <\/p>\n

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\nencouraging, just a reminder of
\nhow amazing our God is and that <\/p>\n

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\nhe doesn’t hold back.
\nHe wants to give us everything <\/p>\n

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\nand just an encouraging of how
\nincredible our Father is and the<\/p>\n

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\nhope that we share.
\nBrother Rob is super engaging <\/p>\n

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\nand interesting to listen to.
\nI enjoy getting to know him <\/p>\n

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\nbetter when he was at the Bible
\nschool with a few of his kids. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I hope that you find this
\nexpectation to be encouraging <\/p>\n

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\nand uplifting to you and just a
\nreminder of how bountiful and <\/p>\n

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\nabundant our Heavenly Father is.
\nSo I hope this encourages you on<\/p>\n

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\nyour walk and uplifts you.
\nSo with that, I’ll turn it over <\/p>\n

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\nto our brother Rob Ustaizen for
\nhis excitation entitled Our <\/p>\n

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\nAbundant God.
\nWell, good morning everyone. <\/p>\n

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\nWe love coming to California
\nbecause we get to see our <\/p>\n

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\nbeloved brothers and sisters and
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ and to <\/p>\n

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\ngrow together in our faith,
\nhope, and love in Him. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it’s such a joy.
\nIt’s such a privilege, such a <\/p>\n

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\nblessing to have family around
\nthe world and throughout time <\/p>\n

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\nthat share our common faith in
\nthe resurrected Lord Jesus <\/p>\n

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\nChrist that we’ve just read
\nabout. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd because we come from so far
\naway, I gladly bring to you the <\/p>\n

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\nloving greetings of your
\nbrothers and sisters in the Lord<\/p>\n

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\nJesus Christ in Invercargill,
\nNew Zealand. <\/p>\n

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\nI do have a picture here of our
\nimmediate family taken outside <\/p>\n

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\nour ecclesial hall earlier this
\nyear in January. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it was a very special day
\nfor our ecclesial family because<\/p>\n

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\nour youngest daughter Alexa,
\nwho’s here with us today, was <\/p>\n

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\nbaptized and committed her life
\nto the Lord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nSo our immediate family bring
\ntheir loving greetings to you if<\/p>\n

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\nyou have met them in the past.
\nWe have a sample representative <\/p>\n

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\nrepresentation here today.
\nBut more importantly, your <\/p>\n

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\necclesial family who live in
\nInvercargill also gladly share <\/p>\n

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\ntheir loving greetings to you
\nthis morning. <\/p>\n

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\nThen for a word of exhortation,
\nI’d like to really share with <\/p>\n

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\nyou something about a wonderful
\nGod, his marvellous character, <\/p>\n

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\nan aspect that Sister Rochelle
\nand I have spent the last couple<\/p>\n

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\nof years, I guess you might say,
\nthinking a lot about, talking <\/p>\n

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\nabout, looking for in the
\nScriptures as we read God’s Word<\/p>\n

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\nand learning more of Him.
\nAnd I hope that you’ll find it <\/p>\n

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\nencouraging for your own lives
\nas we not only think about an <\/p>\n

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\naspect of God’s character, but
\nappreciate its deep implications<\/p>\n

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\nfor our own lives in Christ
\nJesus. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd perhaps one way of receiving
\nan insight into this aspect is <\/p>\n

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\nby thinking about the words that
\nwe know well from Exodus 34, <\/p>\n

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\nwhich outline the name of
\nYahweh, God’s name in his <\/p>\n

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\nglorious character.
\nSo many wonderful attributes <\/p>\n

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\nthat we know and love about our
\nown Father in heaven, hallowed <\/p>\n

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\nbe his name.
\nBut there’s one word that for <\/p>\n

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\nme, I I confess that for many
\nyears of my life I had very much<\/p>\n

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\noverlooked, and it’s that little
\nword there abundant, that’s the <\/p>\n

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\nLord.
\nThe Lord God is merciful and <\/p>\n

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\ngracious.
\nHe’s long-suffering and abundant<\/p>\n

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\nin goodness and truth, keeping
\nmercy for thousands and <\/p>\n

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\nforgiving iniquity,
\ntransgression and sin. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the abundance here is an
\nabundance in goodness and the <\/p>\n

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\nHebrew there, I’m sure you have
\nperhaps heard others speak of <\/p>\n

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\nthe the covenant love of God,
\nthe hesed love of God. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s his goodness.
\nIt is abundance is shown in many<\/p>\n

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\ndifferent ways.
\nIt’s it’s certainly highlighted <\/p>\n

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\nas we’ll see a little later on
\nin his covenant love and mercy, <\/p>\n

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\nbut he is a God who is very
\ngenerous and overwhelmingly good<\/p>\n

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\nand a variety of different ways.
\nAnd I hope initially this <\/p>\n

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\nmorning just to quickly try to
\nlet this give you some examples <\/p>\n

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\nto try to highlight this out of
\nthe record of Scripture. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then we will think about how
\nit flows through into the New <\/p>\n

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\nTestament afterwards and to our
\ndiscipleship in Christ and what <\/p>\n

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\nit means for that.
\nSo good place to start is so <\/p>\n

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\noften said is in the beginning.
\nAnd if you recall that from <\/p>\n

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\nGenesis chapter 1, when God is
\nunfolding the marvels of his <\/p>\n

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\ncreation for us, that we find
\nwhen he has created the <\/p>\n

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\nplatforms, the stage for his
\ncreative work in, in the heavens<\/p>\n

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\nand the earth and the separation
\nof the, of the waters and the <\/p>\n

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\ndry land appearing.
\nHe then starts to fill the stage<\/p>\n

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\nset of the skies and the heavens
\nand the earth which has <\/p>\n

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\nappeared.
\nAnd you’ll recall that on day <\/p>\n

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\nfive and on day 6, God creates
\nabundance. <\/p>\n

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\nIn Genesis chapter 1 and verse
\n20, God said let the waters <\/p>\n

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\nbring forth abundantly the
\nliving creatures and let the <\/p>\n

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\nbirds fly in the earth.
\nNow it’s a different Hebrew word<\/p>\n

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\nthat used in Exodus 34, but it
\nconveys very much the same idea.<\/p>\n

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\nThe ESV says let the waters
\nswarm with living creatures and <\/p>\n

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\nlet the birds fly in the expanse
\nof heaven. <\/p>\n

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\nNow for any of you who’ve put on
\na pair of goggles or a snorkel <\/p>\n

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\nand gone scuba diving or you
\nknow, just looking at at a reef <\/p>\n

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\nsomewhere, your mind is just
\ncompletely blown away by the <\/p>\n

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\nabundance and variety of amazing
\nthings that God has created. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s like another world opens up
\nto you and all its colour and <\/p>\n

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\nbeauty as you see the the ocean
\nteeming with fish. <\/p>\n

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\nWouldn’t it have been a creative
\nmarvel if God had created two or<\/p>\n

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\nthree amazing fish, but teeming
\nwith fish and abundance there in<\/p>\n

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\nthe oceans?
\nAnd the same with the flora and <\/p>\n

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\nthe fauna, all of the vegetation
\nand all its various beauty that <\/p>\n

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\nGod has created for us.
\nNot just one type of flower <\/p>\n

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\nthroughout the world, but
\nmultitudinous varieties and <\/p>\n

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\ncolours and a diversity there
\nthat is God glorifying when we <\/p>\n

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\nsee it and acknowledge it for
\nall its its beauty. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd on days 5 and 6, God then
\nadds this beautiful blessing. <\/p>\n

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\nIt says God bless them and said
\nbe fruitful and multiply and <\/p>\n

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\nfill the earth that was for the
\noceans filled with the fish, <\/p>\n

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\nwith the heavens, with the
\nbirds, and with the animals and <\/p>\n

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\nmankind upon it.
\nBe fruitful, multiply and fill. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd here in Genesis, we’re
\nalready seeing God’s intention <\/p>\n

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\nfor the new creation in Christ
\nJesus. <\/p>\n

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\nI, the Almighty God says, have
\nfilled this earth with the <\/p>\n

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\nabundance to show you that I
\nwant you to have an abundant <\/p>\n

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\nlife, to be fruitful, to
\nmultiply, to fill, because I am <\/p>\n

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\nYahweh, abundant in my goodness,
\nmy covenant love towards those <\/p>\n

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\nwho love and fear me.
\nAnd we’ll come back to that in a<\/p>\n

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\nmoment, but let’s just move on
\njust with a couple of a few <\/p>\n

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\nother examples to highlight this
\nmarvellous character of our <\/p>\n

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\nheavenly Father.
\nYou’ll recall that when God <\/p>\n

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\nfilled the heavens, all that
\nGenesis record says is he made <\/p>\n

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\nthe stars also.
\nWell two or three, five stars <\/p>\n

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\nagain would have been very
\nimpressive. <\/p>\n

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\nBut innumerable galaxies,
\ngalaxies upon galaxies of stars,<\/p>\n

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\nwe as as mortals, we can’t even
\ncomprehend the abundance that is<\/p>\n

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\nthere out in in space.
\nAnd interestingly, God then <\/p>\n

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\ncarries this over into the life
\nof Abraham to convey to him a <\/p>\n

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\nvery special meaning in the
\npromises which he gave to him. <\/p>\n

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\nBecause you remember, Abraham,
\nAbraham and Sarah were anything <\/p>\n

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\nbut abundant as far as be
\nfruitful, multiply and fill is <\/p>\n

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\nconcerned.
\nWe know that they had no child. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd in that situation, God puts
\nAbraham to the test when he’s <\/p>\n

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\nworried about who will be his
\nheir. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd in Genesis 15, he says to
\nhim, come Abraham, step outside <\/p>\n

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\nthe tent, have a look up at the
\nnight sky, look at those stars <\/p>\n

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\nand all their majesty and see if
\nyou can count them. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s how many children you’re
\ngoing to have as descendants, <\/p>\n

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\nAbraham.
\nAnd to Abraham’s credit, he <\/p>\n

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\nbelieved, and it was counted to
\nhim for righteousness. <\/p>\n

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\nHe believed in an abundant God
\nthat could bless far more than <\/p>\n

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\nhe could ever imagine.
\nAnd we know that God did that <\/p>\n

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\nfor him.
\nAnd we know that that story <\/p>\n

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\nunfolds through Scripture.
\nI’m just going to bounce forward<\/p>\n

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\nto Exodus chapter 1 where we
\nfind Abraham’s descendants in <\/p>\n

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\nEgypt and the Genesis record,
\nsorry, the Exodus record starts <\/p>\n

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\nin a very wonderful way when it
\ngives this little summary by <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:55,680 –> 00:13:00,640
\nsaying in verse 6 that Joseph
\ndied and his brothers and all <\/p>\n

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\nthat generation.
\nIt’s like the passing away of <\/p>\n

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\nthe patriarchs there in the land
\nof Egypt. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we know that this chapter is
\nnow going to introduce to us <\/p>\n

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\nalmost genocide towards the
\npeople of Israel, an attempt on <\/p>\n

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\nthe part of the Egyptians, great
\ntribulation for them, whether <\/p>\n

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\nwe’re going to try to wipe out
\nthe existence of God’s people or<\/p>\n

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\nat least keep them severely
\nrestricted in their numbers <\/p>\n

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\nbecause of the potential
\nsecurity threats that might pose<\/p>\n

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\nfor their country.
\nBut the summary introduction to <\/p>\n

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\nthe chapter says that the people
\nof Israel were fruitful and <\/p>\n

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\nincreased greatly.
\nThey multiplied and they grew <\/p>\n

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\nexceedingly strong so that the
\nland was filled with them. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:59,160 –> 00:14:03,240
\nThere’s a beautiful echo back to
\nGenesis chapter 1. <\/p>\n

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\nBe fruitful, multiply and fill.
\nAnd here God is showing that <\/p>\n

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\nthis is what He wants to do for
\nhis people, and He is faithful <\/p>\n

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\nto his covenant of promise that
\nhe had made to Abraham and <\/p>\n

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\ndemonstrating it here for us.
\nReminding us that whatever the <\/p>\n

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\ncircumstances of the lives of
\nGod’s people, even when times <\/p>\n

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\nare extremely difficult and
\ntough for us, should never doubt<\/p>\n

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\nthat God is faithful to His Word
\nand His promises towards us. <\/p>\n

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\nEven down at verse 20, after all
\nof the terror and the <\/p>\n

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\npersecution that they have
\nexperienced at the hand of a <\/p>\n

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\ncruel and mean overlord, A
\npharaoh, king of Egypt, it says <\/p>\n

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\nso God dealt well with the
\nmidwives and the people <\/p>\n

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\nmultiplied and grew very strong.
\nSo isn’t that encouraging for us<\/p>\n

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\nthat even in life’s darkest
\nhours, when things seem to be <\/p>\n

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\nstacked against us and aren’t
\ngoing well at all, God’s <\/p>\n

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\ncharacter is unchanging and
\nthere is abundance that can come<\/p>\n

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\nout of even the most constrained
\nand overbearing circumstances of<\/p>\n

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\nour lives so that by His grace
\nall things can work together for<\/p>\n

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\ngood.
\nThat chastening may not seem to <\/p>\n

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\nbe joyous but grievous, but
\nafterwards it can yield the <\/p>\n

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\npeaceable fruit of righteousness
\nto those who are exercised by it<\/p>\n

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\nand by His grace, His hope is
\nthat they will be abundance and <\/p>\n

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\nfruitfulness that can come
\nthrough all circumstances of our<\/p>\n

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\nlives.
\nWonderfully encouraging reminder<\/p>\n

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\nof God’s good character towards
\nHis people in Genesis chapter 1.<\/p>\n

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\nSo I’m sorry, I thought I had
\nthat up there to highlight that <\/p>\n

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\nfor you, but hopefully you were
\nlistening. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd there you have it.
\nSo Deuteronomy chapter 8. <\/p>\n

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\nAgain, I won’t dwell on this
\nhere because I’m just really <\/p>\n

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\ntrying to highlight a few lovely
\nexamples. <\/p>\n

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\nI invite you in your own time to
\nread through Deuteronomy chapter<\/p>\n

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\n8, Where the land of promise is
\nexplained and described by Moses<\/p>\n

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\nto the people before they enter
\nin. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we know that God didn’t just
\nbring them out of Egypt and say,<\/p>\n

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\nlook, I’m going to rescue you
\nand then you’ll be away. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I hope that you find a good
\nplace to live. <\/p>\n

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\nHe had in mind, remember, a
\nland, How was it described? <\/p>\n

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\nA land, Something about milk and
\nland. <\/p>\n

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\nIt wasn’t just a land of milk
\nand honey, was it? <\/p>\n

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\nIt was a land flowing with milk
\nand honey, Yes. <\/p>\n

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\nSo God was trying to, in that
\nlittle description, help them to<\/p>\n

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\nhold on to the hope that there
\nwas going to be an abundance. <\/p>\n

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\nIt was going to flow in the land
\nof Israel. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd in these verses here, he
\nsays you’ll come into a land <\/p>\n

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\nthat you’ll find vineyards that
\nyou haven’t planted and houses <\/p>\n

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\nthat you haven’t built, and
\nthere’ll be waters flowing in <\/p>\n

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\nthe valleys and there’ll be
\nminerals that you’ll be able to <\/p>\n

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\naccess.
\nAnd there’s an amazing abundance<\/p>\n

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\ndescribed for God’s people so
\nthat they could look forward to <\/p>\n

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\na vision where they would
\nexperience this aspect of God’s <\/p>\n

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\ncharacter that he delights to be
\ngood to his people and to fulfil<\/p>\n

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\nand make good on his promises
\nbeyond even human expectation. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that’s the next point that
\nI’d like to bring to you from <\/p>\n

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\nthis, this last little example
\nin the Old Testament. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd, and, and I invite you
\nreally during, during, during <\/p>\n

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\nyour daily readings that look
\nout for examples where you see <\/p>\n

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\nGod’s abundance and see it in
\nsituations where people say God <\/p>\n

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\nhas not only answered my prayer,
\nhe’s answered it in perhaps a <\/p>\n

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\nway I didn’t expect.
\nAnd it’s way better than I could<\/p>\n

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\never have imagined.
\nAnd you find that that say is is<\/p>\n

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\noften a repeated theme in in the
\nOld Testament examples of God’s <\/p>\n

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\nintervention and working in the
\nlives of his people. <\/p>\n

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\nThink of Hezekiah pleading just
\nfor their lives to be preserved.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd then outside the city,
\n185,000 Syrians slain in one <\/p>\n

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\nnight by the Lord.
\nIt was way beyond, I’m sure any <\/p>\n

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\nof those who were pinned up in
\nJerusalem could ever have <\/p>\n

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\nimagined.
\nI’m getting distracted. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m sorry.
\nSecond Kings, chapter 4. <\/p>\n

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\nSecond Kings chapter 4 in the
\nlife of Elisha the prophet. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd there was a widow woman who
\ncame to Elisha because she was <\/p>\n

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\nbeing threatened by somebody who
\nwas owed a lot of money by this <\/p>\n

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\nwidow.
\nAnd you’ll recall that her <\/p>\n

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\ndistress was that the that the
\ncreditor wanted to come and and <\/p>\n

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\ntake her two boys as partial
\npayment of some way of getting <\/p>\n

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\ncompensation for the debt that
\nwas owed to him. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so the poor widow comes to
\nElijah and pleads for some mercy<\/p>\n

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\nand some help so that she can
\nhold on to her two boys. <\/p>\n

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\nSo Elijah, you’ll recall in the
\nstory says, what do you have <\/p>\n

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\nwith you?
\nAnd she says, I just have a <\/p>\n

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\nlittle cruise of oil, little
\nvessel with some oil in it. <\/p>\n

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\nEliza’s message and and advice
\nto her was to go and to collect <\/p>\n

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\nas many containers as she could,
\nas many vessels from neighbors <\/p>\n

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\nand friends, and bring them into
\nher house and to start to fill <\/p>\n

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\nthem.
\nAnd God’s overflowing abundance <\/p>\n

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\nbecame evident to that widow as
\nshe poured and poured and poured<\/p>\n

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\nand filled and filled and filled
\nvessel upon vessel, until she <\/p>\n

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\nsaid, bring me another.
\nAnd they couldn’t find another, <\/p>\n

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\nbecause God had been so abundant
\nto fill every vessel, every <\/p>\n

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\navailable vessel to them.
\nAnd then Elisha says to her <\/p>\n

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\nsomething absolutely marvellous.
\nHe helps her understand the <\/p>\n

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\nabundance of God’s blessings for
\nher. <\/p>\n

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\nBecause her main hope, remember,
\nwas that she would be able to <\/p>\n

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\nhold on to her family.
\nHer surviving sons needed to be <\/p>\n

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\nwith her, to care for her.
\nAnd that prayer was answered, <\/p>\n

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\nbut God blessed more, exceeding
\nabundantly above what she had <\/p>\n

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\nasked or thought her debt would
\nbe cleared because she could <\/p>\n

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\nsell surplus oil.
\nAnd then Elijah says even more <\/p>\n

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\nthan that.
\nHe says you go and pay your <\/p>\n

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\ndebts and you and your sons can
\nlive on the rest. <\/p>\n

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\nSo there was going to be more
\nthan settling the immediate <\/p>\n

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\nproblem.
\nThere was going to be a future <\/p>\n

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\nincome stream for them from the
\nabundance of that oil. <\/p>\n

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\nIsn’t that a God who showered
\nhis blessings upon them more <\/p>\n

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\nthan they could have imagined in
\nthat situation? <\/p>\n

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\nAgain, evidence of the character
\nof our God. <\/p>\n

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\nYou and your sons can live on
\nthe rest. <\/p>\n

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\nSo one more little example, and
\nI hope that picture conveys to <\/p>\n

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\nyou A a wonderful memory of
\nSecond Kings 5 where Naaman is <\/p>\n

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\nstruggling with his leprosy.
\nAnd you’ll recall how when he <\/p>\n

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\neventually submits and humility
\nto the will of God and he washes<\/p>\n

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\nhimself seven times in the river
\nJordan, the record doesn’t say <\/p>\n

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\nthat he was healed and he got
\nhis old skin back again. <\/p>\n

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\nIt says that his skin became
\nlike unto a little child. <\/p>\n

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\nAll of us will have held a
\nlittle child and know the beauty<\/p>\n

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\nand how wonderful it is that new
\nfresh skin that little babies <\/p>\n

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\nhave.
\nAnd so for Naaman, he got the <\/p>\n

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\nbest.
\nGod wanted to give him the best <\/p>\n

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\nthat he could in that situation
\nto help him appreciate that he <\/p>\n

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\nwas now conscious of a God who
\nis abundant in his goodness <\/p>\n

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\ntowards those who submit to His
\nwill in his life. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Malachi 3 entices and
\nencourages the children of <\/p>\n

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\nIsrael at a time when they were
\nreally being self-centered and <\/p>\n

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\ndenying the obligations that
\nthey had under the law to honour<\/p>\n

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\ntheir gods through what Moses
\nhad asked of them. <\/p>\n

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\nThey weren’t showing any
\nappreciation for God’s ways. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd God says to them, bring your
\nwhole tithes into the storehouse<\/p>\n

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\nand test me, Prove me, if I will
\nnot open the windows of heaven <\/p>\n

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\nand shower down blessings upon
\nyou, that you won’t even have <\/p>\n

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\nroom enough to receive them.
\nHe’s inviting them to experience<\/p>\n

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\nthe abundance of God’s goodness
\nand grace. <\/p>\n

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\nNow please be assured that this
\nis not a message of the <\/p>\n

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\nprosperity gospel.
\nThis is about understanding <\/p>\n

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\nGod’s demonstration of his
\ncharacters that in ways that we <\/p>\n

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\ndo not expect.
\nWhen, when, when, when we show <\/p>\n

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\nunder willing to show faith and
\ntrust and confidence in our God.<\/p>\n

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\nHe is wanting us to be assured
\nthat He has our best interests <\/p>\n

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\nat heart.
\nHe really does want to go over <\/p>\n

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\nand above beyond what we might
\nexpect or hope for, even through<\/p>\n

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\n00:24:27,880 –> 00:24:33,080
\nto eternity, as we hope to be
\nable to highlight when we draw <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:33,080 –> 00:24:37,440
\nour thoughts to a close.
\nGod really does have an abundant<\/p>\n

325
\n00:24:37,440 –> 00:24:42,440
\nmindset and it was shown in the
\nlife of His Son. <\/p>\n

326
\n00:24:43,080 –> 00:24:45,760
\nLook at the pictures on the
\nscreen there and think about <\/p>\n

327
\n00:24:45,760 –> 00:24:48,760
\nwhat they remind you of and the
\nmiracles and life of our Lord <\/p>\n

328
\n00:24:48,760 –> 00:24:53,800
\nJesus Christ.
\nHis healings that the multitudes<\/p>\n

329
\n00:24:53,800 –> 00:24:56,600
\nthat came to Him and He healed
\nthem all. <\/p>\n

330
\n00:24:57,120 –> 00:24:58,840
\nImagine the joy and the
\nblessings. <\/p>\n

331
\n00:24:58,840 –> 00:25:02,440
\nThere would have been so many
\npeople who came who went away <\/p>\n

332
\n00:25:02,440 –> 00:25:07,440
\nthrilled that their vitality was
\nfar better than they could ever <\/p>\n

333
\n00:25:07,440 –> 00:25:12,480
\nhave expected.
\nThink of how that played out in <\/p>\n

334
\n00:25:12,480 –> 00:25:17,040
\nin Acts chapter 3 with the lame
\nman laid at the gate of the <\/p>\n

335
\n00:25:17,040 –> 00:25:20,720
\ntemple and in the name of the
\nLord Jesus Christ when he rose <\/p>\n

336
\n00:25:20,720 –> 00:25:24,920
\nup and walked.
\nHe then went leaping, walking <\/p>\n

337
\n00:25:24,920 –> 00:25:29,560
\nand leaping because the vitality
\nwas so abundant and he was so <\/p>\n

338
\n00:25:29,560 –> 00:25:33,800
\nthrilled it wasn’t a staggering
\naround asking for a stick as he <\/p>\n

339
\n00:25:33,800 –> 00:25:37,440
\ntried to grapple with the new
\nfound mobility. <\/p>\n

340
\n00:25:38,440 –> 00:25:43,920
\nThe Lord Jesus Christ
\ndemonstrated wonderful blessings<\/p>\n

341
\n00:25:44,080 –> 00:25:48,160
\nto those who came for healing.
\nBut you’ll recall at Cana and <\/p>\n

342
\n00:25:48,160 –> 00:25:50,240
\nGalilee bottom right hand side
\nthere. <\/p>\n

343
\n00:25:51,440 –> 00:25:55,440
\nIt wasn’t just that there was a
\ntop up to a little bit of wine <\/p>\n

344
\n00:25:55,440 –> 00:25:59,560
\nthat was missing when the Lord
\nJesus Christ converted the water<\/p>\n

345
\n00:25:59,560 –> 00:26:05,840
\ninto wine.
\nThere were six huge ceremonial, <\/p>\n

346
\n00:26:06,240 –> 00:26:11,120
\na reservoirs that were filled
\nand then were changed into wine.<\/p>\n

347
\n00:26:11,560 –> 00:26:16,680
\nAnd was it any ordinary wine?
\nNo, it was the best, wasn’t it? <\/p>\n

348
\n00:26:17,600 –> 00:26:21,080
\nAnd of course, there’s wonderful
\nspiritual teaching and meaning <\/p>\n

349
\n00:26:21,080 –> 00:26:24,520
\nin the new wine of the, the new
\ncovenant and how we ought to be <\/p>\n

350
\n00:26:24,520 –> 00:26:27,720
\nfilled.
\nAnd but this, this, this is also<\/p>\n

351
\n00:26:27,800 –> 00:26:32,920
\nevidence that as the Father
\ndoes, as Jesus said, so the Son <\/p>\n

352
\n00:26:32,920 –> 00:26:36,880
\ndoes likewise.
\nHe wanted God’s people to <\/p>\n

353
\n00:26:36,880 –> 00:26:41,080
\nappreciate that he was living
\nwith the same spirit that his <\/p>\n

354
\n00:26:41,080 –> 00:26:47,640
\nFather had shown in the past.
\nAnd yeah, we have there the, the<\/p>\n

355
\n00:26:47,640 –> 00:26:52,440
\nmultitude of fish, the disciples
\nwho had hoped that, yeah, they <\/p>\n

356
\n00:26:52,440 –> 00:26:56,040
\nmight just pull up a few fish
\nfrom all their hard labours all <\/p>\n

357
\n00:26:56,040 –> 00:27:00,960
\nnight, Nets that are overflowing
\non 2 occasions. <\/p>\n

358
\n00:27:00,960 –> 00:27:04,880
\nThis has demonstrated to us in
\nthe Gospel records that when God<\/p>\n

359
\n00:27:04,880 –> 00:27:10,440
\nis at work, there can be an
\nabundant harvest for his name if<\/p>\n

360
\n00:27:10,440 –> 00:27:12,600
\nwe are willing to work in his
\nservice. <\/p>\n

361
\n00:27:13,040 –> 00:27:16,280
\nAnd the young lad, of course, 5
\nloaves and two fishers. <\/p>\n

362
\n00:27:16,560 –> 00:27:21,480
\nAnd how the Lord Jesus fed a
\nmultitude through the power of <\/p>\n

363
\n00:27:21,480 –> 00:27:27,400
\nGod.
\nWell, I hope that that briefs <\/p>\n

364
\n00:27:29,920 –> 00:27:33,480
\npotted gathering of some
\nexamples through the scriptures <\/p>\n

365
\n00:27:33,480 –> 00:27:37,800
\nwill not only encourage you to
\nlook for them yourselves to see <\/p>\n

366
\n00:27:37,800 –> 00:27:43,480
\nthis aspect of our Father, but
\nalso to really understand that <\/p>\n

367
\n00:27:43,480 –> 00:27:47,000
\nhe is a God abundant in his
\ngoodness and truth. <\/p>\n

368
\n00:27:47,840 –> 00:27:52,120
\nAnd now to really focus in on
\nthe implications of this for our<\/p>\n

369
\n00:27:52,120 –> 00:27:53,720
\nlives.
\nWe’ve hinted at that from <\/p>\n

370
\n00:27:53,720 –> 00:27:59,320
\nGenesis chapter one that God
\nsays be fruitful says this to <\/p>\n

371
\n00:27:59,320 –> 00:28:03,440
\nhis creation to us as the new
\ncreation in Christ be fruitful, <\/p>\n

372
\n00:28:03,440 –> 00:28:08,560
\nmultiply and fill.
\nAnd the Lord Jesus Christ in <\/p>\n

373
\n00:28:08,560 –> 00:28:13,480
\nJohn 10 said this wonderful gave
\nthis a wonderful message of <\/p>\n

374
\n00:28:13,480 –> 00:28:18,960
\nencouragement to his disciples.
\nSpeaking of his sheep, he says I<\/p>\n

375
\n00:28:18,960 –> 00:28:26,600
\nam come that they might have
\nlife and that they might have it<\/p>\n

376
\n00:28:26,600 –> 00:28:34,200
\nmore abundantly and yes, we do
\nlive in hope of life <\/p>\n

377
\n00:28:34,240 –> 00:28:36,920
\neverlasting.
\nThat will be an abundant life. <\/p>\n

378
\n00:28:38,280 –> 00:28:41,720
\nBut I truly believe that the
\nLord Jesus Christ was wanting <\/p>\n

379
\n00:28:42,040 –> 00:28:49,120
\nhis disciples now to experience
\nlife abundantly in a way in <\/p>\n

380
\n00:28:49,120 –> 00:28:55,560
\nwhich we then start to reflect
\nhis character in our lives, in <\/p>\n

381
\n00:28:55,560 –> 00:28:58,840
\nour service, and in our love for
\none another. <\/p>\n

382
\n00:28:59,840 –> 00:29:03,960
\nThe apostle Paul encouraged the
\nbelievers of the 1st century to <\/p>\n

383
\n00:29:04,160 –> 00:29:07,400
\nunderstand this about God and
\nsays, and the Lord make you to <\/p>\n

384
\n00:29:07,400 –> 00:29:12,480
\nincrease and abound in love one
\ntoward another. <\/p>\n

385
\n00:29:13,840 –> 00:29:19,360
\nUnderstand God’s character, be
\nfilled with awe and amazement <\/p>\n

386
\n00:29:19,560 –> 00:29:24,280
\nfor his abundant love towards
\nus, and show it then towards <\/p>\n

387
\n00:29:24,280 –> 00:29:26,960
\nothers.
\nLet it flow through you in the <\/p>\n

388
\n00:29:26,960 –> 00:29:29,640
\nway in which you treat and care
\nfor each other. <\/p>\n

389
\n00:29:30,440 –> 00:29:34,920
\nAnd this I pray that your love
\nmay abound yet more and more in <\/p>\n

390
\n00:29:34,920 –> 00:29:38,800
\nknowledge and in all judgement.
\nFor if these things be in use, <\/p>\n

391
\n00:29:38,800 –> 00:29:44,240
\nsays Peter, and abound they make
\nyou that you shall be neither <\/p>\n

392
\n00:29:44,240 –> 00:29:47,960
\nbarren nor unfruitful in the
\nknowledge of our Lord Jesus <\/p>\n

393
\n00:29:47,960 –> 00:29:50,560
\nChrist.
\nAgain, it goes back to the <\/p>\n

394
\n00:29:50,560 –> 00:29:54,440
\nGenesis record to the for the
\nnew creation in Christ Jesus, <\/p>\n

395
\n00:29:54,720 –> 00:30:00,000
\ndon’t be unfruitful, but let’s
\nbe a fruitful bear fruit and a <\/p>\n

396
\n00:30:00,000 –> 00:30:04,640
\nbound so that it brings
\nblessings to the lives of our <\/p>\n

397
\n00:30:04,640 –> 00:30:08,960
\nfamily and the Lord Jesus Christ
\naround us and those that we <\/p>\n

398
\n00:30:08,960 –> 00:30:12,360
\nshare our faith with in the
\nworld around us. <\/p>\n

399
\n00:30:12,520 –> 00:30:17,800
\nThat they may come to know our
\nheavenly Father and to know his <\/p>\n

400
\n00:30:17,800 –> 00:30:23,080
\nSon, which is life eternal and
\nabundant life and deed through <\/p>\n

401
\n00:30:23,080 –> 00:30:27,240
\neternity.
\nI invite you to come to 2nd <\/p>\n

402
\n00:30:27,240 –> 00:30:31,960
\nCorinthians chapter 8, where the
\napostle Paul, I guess you might <\/p>\n

403
\n00:30:31,960 –> 00:30:38,960
\nsay, works the conscience of the
\nCorinthian believers by letting <\/p>\n

404
\n00:30:38,960 –> 00:30:41,640
\nthem know a bit about the
\ncharacter and the love of their <\/p>\n

405
\n00:30:41,640 –> 00:30:45,720
\nfellow believers in Macedonia.
\nAnd he says something to them <\/p>\n

406
\n00:30:45,720 –> 00:30:51,640
\nhere which conveys to us that
\nthey understood the implications<\/p>\n

407
\n00:30:51,640 –> 00:31:01,400
\nof believing in an abundant God.
\nChapter 8 starts with a <\/p>\n

408
\n00:31:01,720 –> 00:31:07,560
\ndescription of the generosity
\nthat the Macedonian believers <\/p>\n

409
\n00:31:07,560 –> 00:31:12,720
\nhad shown, and their generosity
\nhad been described as the grace <\/p>\n

410
\n00:31:12,720 –> 00:31:14,360
\nof God.
\nLook at this one. <\/p>\n

411
\n00:31:14,960 –> 00:31:17,680
\nWe want you to know.
\nThis is the English standard <\/p>\n

412
\n00:31:17,680 –> 00:31:19,920
\nversion here.
\nWant you to know, brothers, <\/p>\n

413
\n00:31:19,920 –> 00:31:26,360
\nabout the grace of God that has
\nbeen given among the eccleses of<\/p>\n

414
\n00:31:26,360 –> 00:31:30,640
\nMacedonia.
\nYou might say, well, maybe <\/p>\n

415
\n00:31:30,640 –> 00:31:35,280
\nthat’s just a reference to the
\nconversion of believers and that<\/p>\n

416
\n00:31:35,280 –> 00:31:39,400
\nthey had accepted God’s grace.
\nBut in the context here, the <\/p>\n

417
\n00:31:39,400 –> 00:31:46,000
\ngrace of God is actually God’s
\ngrace appreciated and <\/p>\n

418
\n00:31:46,000 –> 00:31:51,000
\nreciprocated in generous giving
\nby the believers in Macedonia. <\/p>\n

419
\n00:31:51,400 –> 00:31:54,120
\nIt’s read on and you’ll you’ll
\nsee that this is what Paul is <\/p>\n

420
\n00:31:54,120 –> 00:31:57,320
\ntrying to say.
\nHe says Corinthian brothers and <\/p>\n

421
\n00:31:57,320 –> 00:32:02,160
\nsisters know about this, that
\nthe believers in Macedonia about<\/p>\n

422
\n00:32:02,160 –> 00:32:03,520
\nthem.
\nVerse 2. <\/p>\n

423
\n00:32:03,760 –> 00:32:08,280
\nIn a severe test of affliction,
\nthe Macedonian believers <\/p>\n

424
\n00:32:08,320 –> 00:32:15,560
\nabundance of joy and their
\nextreme poverty have overflowed <\/p>\n

425
\n00:32:15,800 –> 00:32:18,880
\nin a wealth of generosity on
\ntheir part. <\/p>\n

426
\n00:32:19,520 –> 00:32:24,560
\nFor they gave according to their
\nmeans, yes, as I can testify, <\/p>\n

427
\n00:32:24,760 –> 00:32:30,000
\nand beyond their means of their
\nown free will, begging us <\/p>\n

428
\n00:32:30,000 –> 00:32:32,960
\nearnestly for the favour of
\ntaking part in the relief of the<\/p>\n

429
\n00:32:32,960 –> 00:32:36,600
\nSaints.
\nAnd this not as we expected, but<\/p>\n

430
\n00:32:36,600 –> 00:32:41,720
\nthey gave themselves first to
\nthe Lord, and then by the will <\/p>\n

431
\n00:32:41,720 –> 00:32:46,680
\nof God, to us.
\nAccordingly, we urge Titus that <\/p>\n

432
\n00:32:46,680 –> 00:32:50,840
\nas he had started, so he should
\ncomplete among you this act of <\/p>\n

433
\n00:32:50,840 –> 00:32:55,120
\ngrace.
\nThese believers in in Macedonia <\/p>\n

434
\n00:32:55,120 –> 00:33:00,120
\nwere an amazing example, Paul
\nsays, of those who responded to <\/p>\n

435
\n00:33:00,120 –> 00:33:02,240
\nthe abundance of God in their
\nlives. <\/p>\n

436
\n00:33:03,040 –> 00:33:06,640
\nThey gave themselves first to
\nthe Lord and then they wanted to<\/p>\n

437
\n00:33:06,640 –> 00:33:09,320
\ngive themselves to other
\nbelievers. <\/p>\n

438
\n00:33:10,040 –> 00:33:14,920
\nAnd they responded with
\noverflowing wealth of generosity<\/p>\n

439
\n00:33:16,360 –> 00:33:19,880
\nin wanting to care for the
\nbelievers who were in need. <\/p>\n

440
\n00:33:20,160 –> 00:33:22,920
\nAnd so he’s trying to provoke
\nthe conscience of the 1st <\/p>\n

441
\n00:33:22,920 –> 00:33:28,080
\ncentury believers in Corinth.
\nAnd so verse 7, the King James <\/p>\n

442
\n00:33:28,080 –> 00:33:32,720
\nVersion actually brings us out
\nreally nicely says, But as you <\/p>\n

443
\n00:33:32,720 –> 00:33:37,760
\nare bound in everything, in
\nfaith, in speech or utterance <\/p>\n

444
\n00:33:37,760 –> 00:33:41,800
\nand knowledge, in all
\nearnestness and in your love <\/p>\n

445
\n00:33:41,800 –> 00:33:48,160
\ntoward us, King James, see that
\nye abound in this grace also. <\/p>\n

446
\n00:33:49,640 –> 00:33:54,680
\nSo yes, we want to be abundant
\nin our own conviction and our <\/p>\n

447
\n00:33:54,680 –> 00:33:58,880
\ndiscipleships, abundant in the
\ngrowing of our grace and our <\/p>\n

448
\n00:33:58,880 –> 00:34:02,320
\nlove and appreciation of all
\nthat God has done for us. <\/p>\n

449
\n00:34:03,280 –> 00:34:10,440
\nBut God wants us to overflow as
\nwell in that in the love and the<\/p>\n

450
\n00:34:10,440 –> 00:34:14,840
\ncare and the blessings that we
\nbring to the lives of those <\/p>\n

451
\n00:34:14,840 –> 00:34:17,360
\naround us.
\nAnd the Corinthian believers <\/p>\n

452
\n00:34:17,840 –> 00:34:21,159
\nwill be encouraged to follow the
\nexample of their Macedonian <\/p>\n

453
\n00:34:22,480 –> 00:34:26,360
\nfamily in Christ just for a few
\nmore verses over in Chapter 9 <\/p>\n

454
\n00:34:26,360 –> 00:34:29,520
\nhere as we look at this
\nwonderful message of Paul. <\/p>\n

455
\n00:34:29,880 –> 00:34:34,400
\nThe point is this Chapter 9,
\nverse 6, Whoever sows sparingly <\/p>\n

456
\n00:34:35,000 –> 00:34:40,199
\nwill also reap sparingly.
\nWhoever says bountifully will <\/p>\n

457
\n00:34:40,199 –> 00:34:46,880
\nalso reap bountifully.
\nSo be bountiful. <\/p>\n

458
\n00:34:47,520 –> 00:34:55,040
\nPaul is saying human nature is
\nnot by default bountiful. <\/p>\n

459
\n00:34:55,040 –> 00:34:59,040
\nI believe I, I, I, I hope that
\nthat’s not an unfair assessment.<\/p>\n

460
\n00:35:00,880 –> 00:35:05,160
\nI’ll speak for myself anyway,
\ngladly, but my default position <\/p>\n

461
\n00:35:05,920 –> 00:35:10,760
\nwould tend towards laziness more
\nso than energy and and bounty. <\/p>\n

462
\n00:35:11,600 –> 00:35:16,200
\nI know that if my father when I
\nwas young asked me if I would <\/p>\n

463
\n00:35:16,200 –> 00:35:22,160
\nplease mow the lawn, I would
\ngrudgingly do that and then <\/p>\n

464
\n00:35:22,320 –> 00:35:25,000
\nsneak off in the hope that he
\nwouldn’t find me for another <\/p>\n

465
\n00:35:25,000 –> 00:35:27,960
\njob.
\nA bountiful son would have said,<\/p>\n

466
\n00:35:27,960 –> 00:35:30,840
\nDad, I’ve mowed the lawn, can I
\ncut the hedge as well? <\/p>\n

467
\n00:35:31,280 –> 00:35:36,200
\nCould I also wash your car?
\nThat’s abundance of service <\/p>\n

468
\n00:35:36,200 –> 00:35:39,320
\ngoing over and beyond
\nexpectations because that’s the <\/p>\n

469
\n00:35:39,320 –> 00:35:41,560
\ncharacter of our Heavenly
\nFather. <\/p>\n

470
\n00:35:42,600 –> 00:35:47,960
\nHe delights in wowing his
\nchildren and you’ll know you <\/p>\n

471
\n00:35:47,960 –> 00:35:51,320
\nwill all, I’m sure, have
\nexperienced somebody doing <\/p>\n

472
\n00:35:51,320 –> 00:35:54,040
\nsomething for you much more than
\nwhat you expected. <\/p>\n

473
\n00:35:54,520 –> 00:35:59,560
\nAnd it really does bring a
\nwarmth of love that’s shown <\/p>\n

474
\n00:35:59,560 –> 00:36:03,400
\nbecause you know, there’s a free
\nwill offering that’s been put in<\/p>\n

475
\n00:36:03,400 –> 00:36:07,720
\nthere that you have received so
\ngenerously. <\/p>\n

476
\n00:36:08,880 –> 00:36:14,440
\nSo verse 7, each one of us, this
\nis Chapter 9, Verse 7, each one <\/p>\n

477
\n00:36:14,440 –> 00:36:16,240
\nof us give as he’s made-up his
\nmind. <\/p>\n

478
\n00:36:16,240 –> 00:36:20,400
\nAnd of course, the context here
\nis he’s trying to raise funds <\/p>\n

479
\n00:36:20,400 –> 00:36:25,280
\nfor the Saints in Jerusalem.
\nThis has marvellous application <\/p>\n

480
\n00:36:25,280 –> 00:36:28,440
\nfor ourselves when we are trying
\nto raise funds for particular <\/p>\n

481
\n00:36:28,440 –> 00:36:32,680
\ncauses, but I hope you’ll
\nappreciate this is far bigger <\/p>\n

482
\n00:36:33,000 –> 00:36:37,240
\nthan just raising funds.
\nThis is about a life of <\/p>\n

483
\n00:36:37,240 –> 00:36:40,720
\nabundance and a character that
\nis abundance and service. <\/p>\n

484
\n00:36:40,720 –> 00:36:45,000
\nThat’s abundance.
\nGod loves a cheerful giver, the <\/p>\n

485
\n00:36:45,000 –> 00:36:49,440
\nright spirit behind it.
\nGod is able to make all grace <\/p>\n

486
\n00:36:49,440 –> 00:36:55,600
\nabound towards you, so that
\nhaving all sufficiency of all <\/p>\n

487
\n00:36:55,600 –> 00:37:01,760
\nthings at all times, you may
\nabound in every good work. <\/p>\n

488
\n00:37:01,840 –> 00:37:05,480
\nWhat a beautiful verse to
\nsummarize so much of what we’ve <\/p>\n

489
\n00:37:05,480 –> 00:37:09,360
\nbeen saying here.
\nGod is so good in its abundance,<\/p>\n

490
\n00:37:09,600 –> 00:37:14,320
\nso how about responding to that?
\nRise to the example of your <\/p>\n

491
\n00:37:14,320 –> 00:37:19,000
\nFather as much as you can and
\nyou will know this beautiful <\/p>\n

492
\n00:37:19,000 –> 00:37:22,960
\nverse in First Corinthians that
\nhe wrote to the believers. <\/p>\n

493
\n00:37:23,280 –> 00:37:28,320
\nMy beloved brethren, be
\nsteadfast, unmovable, always <\/p>\n

494
\n00:37:28,400 –> 00:37:33,920
\nabounding in the work of the
\nLord because it’s never going to<\/p>\n

495
\n00:37:33,920 –> 00:37:37,120
\nbe futile.
\nIt’s always going to add value <\/p>\n

496
\n00:37:37,120 –> 00:37:40,680
\nbecause it’s manifesting the
\ncharacter of our heavenly <\/p>\n

497
\n00:37:40,680 –> 00:37:44,000
\nFather.
\nIt won’t be in vain in the Lord.<\/p>\n

498
\n00:37:45,800 –> 00:37:51,720
\nSo as we come now this morning
\nand we here on this gift of an <\/p>\n

499
\n00:37:51,720 –> 00:37:55,680
\noccasion to remember our Lord
\nJesus Christ and the way in <\/p>\n

500
\n00:37:55,680 –> 00:38:00,480
\nwhich he appointed, I’d like you
\nto turn to Ephesians chapter 2. <\/p>\n

501
\n00:38:01,360 –> 00:38:06,720
\nBecause if there is any time in
\nwhich we are in need of <\/p>\n

502
\n00:38:06,720 –> 00:38:11,040
\nexperiencing God’s abundance of
\nHis grace, brothers and sisters,<\/p>\n

503
\n00:38:11,040 –> 00:38:18,920
\nit’s it’s when we recognize and
\nwe own and we know our own need <\/p>\n

504
\n00:38:19,400 –> 00:38:27,080
\nfor His grace.
\nIf He weren’t abundant and <\/p>\n

505
\n00:38:27,160 –> 00:38:31,840
\noverflowing in His willingness
\nto forgive iniquity, <\/p>\n

506
\n00:38:31,840 –> 00:38:37,680
\ntransgression and sin and keep
\nmercy for thousands, we would <\/p>\n

507
\n00:38:37,680 –> 00:38:42,840
\nnot be here today rejoicing in
\nthe gift of grace and the hope <\/p>\n

508
\n00:38:42,840 –> 00:38:48,080
\nof life everlasting.
\nThis aspect of God’s character <\/p>\n

509
\n00:38:48,080 –> 00:38:54,600
\nwe’re looking at today finds its
\ngreatest impact and meaning in <\/p>\n

510
\n00:38:54,600 –> 00:38:59,800
\nthe table of our Lord Jesus
\nChrist, when God’s his head, his<\/p>\n

511
\n00:38:59,800 –> 00:39:03,600
\ncovenant love and mercy is shown
\ntowards us. <\/p>\n

512
\n00:39:04,080 –> 00:39:08,600
\nAnd the apostle Paul, who
\nunderstood that perhaps more <\/p>\n

513
\n00:39:08,600 –> 00:39:12,080
\nthan any of us might begin to
\nappreciate in our own lives <\/p>\n

514
\n00:39:13,160 –> 00:39:18,240
\nbecause of his own life and
\nexperience and what he had been <\/p>\n

515
\n00:39:18,240 –> 00:39:24,000
\nthrough and his persecution of
\nthe very household of faith, and<\/p>\n

516
\n00:39:24,000 –> 00:39:32,240
\nhad come to know that as the
\nchief of sinners, he had been <\/p>\n

517
\n00:39:32,240 –> 00:39:36,120
\nforgiven.
\nAnd he wanted to convey that <\/p>\n

518
\n00:39:36,120 –> 00:39:41,280
\ngrace towards others in his life
\nof service and love. <\/p>\n

519
\n00:39:41,800 –> 00:39:45,320
\nAnd so he reminds the Ephesians
\nhere in chapter 2 and verse <\/p>\n

520
\n00:39:45,320 –> 00:39:52,080
\nfour, he says, but God being
\nrich in mercy, rich is <\/p>\n

521
\n00:39:52,080 –> 00:39:56,160
\nplenteous.
\nIt means an abundance, A wealth,<\/p>\n

522
\n00:39:56,520 –> 00:40:02,120
\nan overflowing of His mercy
\nbecause of the not just the <\/p>\n

523
\n00:40:02,120 –> 00:40:07,560
\nlove, but because of the great
\nlove wherewith He has loved us. <\/p>\n

524
\n00:40:08,040 –> 00:40:12,680
\nEven when we were dead and in in
\nour trespasses, He’s made us <\/p>\n

525
\n00:40:12,680 –> 00:40:17,080
\nalive with Christ.
\nBy grace you have been saved. <\/p>\n

526
\n00:40:17,560 –> 00:40:21,160
\nHe’s raised us up with Him,
\nseated us with him in the <\/p>\n

527
\n00:40:21,160 –> 00:40:27,720
\nheavenly places in Christ Jesus.
\nAs we share bread and we drink <\/p>\n

528
\n00:40:27,720 –> 00:40:34,480
\nwine together today we will have
\nopportunity to reflect on so <\/p>\n

529
\n00:40:34,480 –> 00:40:38,440
\nmuch of God’s abundant goodness
\nshown towards us. <\/p>\n

530
\n00:40:39,560 –> 00:40:45,600
\nI I counted a blessing beyond
\ndescription just to be with you <\/p>\n

531
\n00:40:45,600 –> 00:40:50,360
\nhere together as family in
\nChrist, sharing in this precious<\/p>\n

532
\n00:40:50,360 –> 00:40:54,280
\nhope, knowing that we have
\nexceeding great and precious <\/p>\n

533
\n00:40:54,280 –> 00:40:58,200
\npromises that have been given to
\nus by our loving Father. <\/p>\n

534
\n00:40:59,240 –> 00:41:05,400
\nWe live in earnest expectation
\nof a marvellous, a revelation of<\/p>\n

535
\n00:41:05,400 –> 00:41:10,400
\nGod’s abundant goodness again in
\nthe earth, and we can live in <\/p>\n

536
\n00:41:10,400 –> 00:41:14,800
\nthat abundance now when we
\nexperience His grace and then <\/p>\n

537
\n00:41:14,800 –> 00:41:22,360
\nenter into service abundantly.
\nBut Paul is saying here, yes, we<\/p>\n

538
\n00:41:22,360 –> 00:41:26,320
\nreceive abundance now, but the
\nbest is yet to come. <\/p>\n

539
\n00:41:27,120 –> 00:41:31,240
\nYou see all of that that he has
\nsaid from verses 4 to verse 7, <\/p>\n

540
\n00:41:31,920 –> 00:41:36,600
\nsorry to verse 6.
\nHe then brings to this great <\/p>\n

541
\n00:41:36,600 –> 00:41:41,160
\nclimax because he says God’s
\ndone all of this, verse 7, so <\/p>\n

542
\n00:41:41,160 –> 00:41:48,320
\nthat in the age to come he might
\nshow the immeasurable riches of <\/p>\n

543
\n00:41:48,320 –> 00:41:53,560
\nhis grace in kindness towards us
\nin Christ Jesus. <\/p>\n

544
\n00:41:54,640 –> 00:42:00,320
\nIsn’t that wonderful, the
\nimmeasurable riches of His grace<\/p>\n

545
\n00:42:00,320 –> 00:42:03,280
\nand kindness towards us in the
\nage to come? <\/p>\n

546
\n00:42:03,280 –> 00:42:07,480
\nOr have we got something to look
\nforward to? <\/p>\n

547
\n00:42:09,200 –> 00:42:13,400
\nWe need to hold on to that hope
\nand enter into the spirit of <\/p>\n

548
\n00:42:13,400 –> 00:42:16,600
\nliving that abundant life.
\nBecause when we think of the <\/p>\n

549
\n00:42:16,600 –> 00:42:20,400
\nfuture, we know these words.
\nThat eye has not seen, ear <\/p>\n

550
\n00:42:20,400 –> 00:42:22,640
\nhasn’t heard.
\nIt hasn’t entered into the heart<\/p>\n

551
\n00:42:22,640 –> 00:42:26,360
\nof man the things that God has
\nprepared for those that love <\/p>\n

552
\n00:42:26,360 –> 00:42:31,120
\nHim.
\nYes, He’s revealed to us so much<\/p>\n

553
\n00:42:31,120 –> 00:42:36,400
\nin His Word, but there will be
\nan experience that will wow us <\/p>\n

554
\n00:42:36,400 –> 00:42:41,080
\nin the Kingdom age, of that we
\ncan be sure, when the fullness <\/p>\n

555
\n00:42:41,080 –> 00:42:45,680
\nof God’s abundant character is
\nmade known to us in life <\/p>\n

556
\n00:42:45,800 –> 00:42:50,480
\neverlasting.
\nSo May God bless you all, <\/p>\n

557
\n00:42:50,480 –> 00:42:54,360
\nbrothers and sisters here and
\nVeduga Hills and all other <\/p>\n

558
\n00:42:54,360 –> 00:43:00,080
\nrepresented ecclesias to help
\nyou live that life more <\/p>\n

559
\n00:43:00,080 –> 00:43:03,560
\nabundantly now and in the age to
\ncome. <\/p>\n

560
\n00:43:04,640 –> 00:43:10,000
\nAnd I leave you with a beautiful
\nprayer that the Apostle Paul had<\/p>\n

561
\n00:43:10,000 –> 00:43:14,320
\nfor his fellow believers that I
\nhave for you, and I trust that <\/p>\n

562
\n00:43:14,320 –> 00:43:27,200
\nyou have for one another.
\nWe lift our hearts in prayer to <\/p>\n

563
\n00:43:27,200 –> 00:43:37,360
\nHim who is able to do exceeding
\nabundantly above all that we <\/p>\n

564
\n00:43:37,360 –> 00:43:42,120
\ncould ask or think, according to
\nthe power that works in us. <\/p>\n

565
\n00:43:43,000 –> 00:43:49,040
\nTo Him be glory in the ecclesia
\nby Christ Jesus to all <\/p>\n

566
\n00:43:49,040 –> 00:43:54,120
\ngenerations, forever and ever.
\nAmen. <\/p>\n

567
\n00:44:09,590 –> 00:44:11,710
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\ngood Chris Adelphian Talks <\/p>\n

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\n00:44:11,710 –> 00:44:14,310
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569
\n00:44:14,310 –> 00:44:15,830
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\n00:44:16,990 –> 00:44:19,030
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358: Rob Oosthuizen – Exhortation: Our Abundant God<\/a><\/blockquote>