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Sarah's Death and Abraham's Faithful Purchase 0:09 Good morning. Welcome to Stand on the Word. Thanks for joining me this morning as we continue our journey through the book of Genesis looking at chapters 23 and 24 today. 2 powerful chapters filled with0:21 insight and truth. By the way, if you fall back, behind for a couple of days, don't worry about it. Don't worry about trying to catch up. Just jump in to the daily reading. But the main thing is just do your best to stay0:32 in the word of God. Don't get discouraged. You're gonna make it. We're in this together. I can assure you. You're gonna make it through this reading plan, and you're going to be blessed by it. Verse 12 of chapter 24.0:44 Then he said, oh lord god of my master, Abraham, please give me success this day and show kindness to my master, Abraham. Alright. An overview here. Chapter 23 records the death of0:56 Sarah and Abraham's purchase of the place where she was buried, a place called Hebron. I've been there many times. In fact, it was there, just last May. There's a, Herod built the what's called the tomb1:08 of the patriarchs over the cave in which the patriarchs were buried. It's a it it's it's a huge edifice that was built by Herod the Great, and it's still there. It served as a synagogue over the1:20 centuries. It served as a a mosque, and it served as a church. Now in 19 94, it was actually divided with Muslims having about half the building for their worship in a small Jewish1:32 community that remains in the city of their fathers, their forefathers, the the other portion of, the building. So here's what happens. Abraham asked to buy land to1:43 bury Sarah, his wife. The leaders of the city say, you're a mighty prince. I mean, the the evidence of God's hand being upon them was evident. They said, you take your pick. Whatever you want, you can have it. Now1:55 this is very important. The 1 that I was actually discussing with a rabbi when I was there in Hebron. Look at verse 16. And Abraham listened to Ephron, and Abraham weighed out the2:07 silver for Ephron, which he had named in the hearing of the sons of Heth, 400 shekels of silver, currency of the merchants. So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which2:19 was before Mamre, the field and the cave which was in it, and all the trees that were in the field, which were within all the surrounding borders were deeded to Abraham as2:30 a possession in the presence of the sons of Heth before all who went in at the gate of the city. And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of2:42 Machpelah before Mamre that is Hebron in the land of Canaan. Now Abraham bought this field. He bought the cave. He bought the field so that it would be a possession for his2:54 descendants. I mean, once you buried somebody there, that was permanent. It wasn't like you're gonna move them around. Now we will see this in the days ahead on our journey. I'm gonna point it out. There are actually 43:06 accounts in scripture of land being purchased and deeds issued for the land in Judea and Samaria, which is what the international community calls3:18 the West Bank. Now at present, all 4 of these areas are under Arab control, and the international community does not want Israel to have possession despite its3:30 biblical and historical claims. Okay. Let's move to chapter 24. Chapter 24, we read of Abraham's instructions to his servant, Eleazar,The Servant’s Mission: Finding Rebekah for Isaac 3:42 to seek a wife for Isaac, who was 40 years old. Now Abraham did not want Isaac to have a wife from among the Canaanites because of their ungodly,3:54 pagan, idolatrous behavior. Now Abraham had his faults. We've looked at him. Alright? Like, misleading people about Sarah, and his relationship that he was she was his sister, not his wife.4:06 But we see something consistent and admirable in Abraham. Abraham was in but not of the world. What do I mean? Well, we saw this when he remained4:18 separated from the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. And now he wants to make sure that his son is not drawn into the spiritual compromise by being joined to the Canaanites.4:30 So he sends his trusted servant on a journey that's literally about 1000 mile round trip to find a wife for his son. Verse 1, chapter 24. Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years,4:42 and the lord had blessed Abraham in all things. So Abraham said to the oldest servant of his house who ruled over all that he had, please put your hand under my thigh. That was a way of taking an oath. And4:54 I will make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I dwell.5:06 But you shall go to my country into my family and take a wife for my son, Isaac. And the servant said to him, perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land. Must I take5:18 your son back to the land from which you came? But Abraham said to him, beware that you do not take my son back there. The Lord God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and5:30 from the land of my family and who spoke to me and swore to me saying to your descendants, I give this land. He will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife from my5:41 son from there. Now look at the faith and what Abraham is saying there. Abraham wanted to make sure that the progress that was being made in pursuing the promise of God5:53 was not lost, but built upon by the next generation. So he he he realized it's not over. It is not over. We haven't finished until we have passed that baton to the next generation and6:05 making sure they're on the right course. Verse 8. And if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be released from this oath. Only do not take my son back there.6:17 So Eleazar goes to Mesopotamia with a clear purpose. He was committed to faithfully carrying out his master's will. You know?6:28 And there's there's even an illustration there for you and I. You and I as followers of Christ have a purpose, and that is to do the will of the father to carry it out. So after 3 or 4 weeks of travel, that's how long it6:40 took, he gets to the city. Verse 11. And he made his camels kneel down outside the city by a well of water at evening time. Then the time when women go out to draw water. Then they'll then he said,6:52 oh lord god of my master, Abraham, please give me success this day and show kindness to my master, Abraham. So here is a clear prayer for favor and success.7:04 I mean, we're we're to pray always, and I believe this obviously, this is a legitimate and effective prayer because we'll see in a moment the lord answers it. The purpose was7:16 pursued with specific. Now this prayer, okay, this prayer as he was pursuing the purpose was very specific, and and it was a meaningful prayer. Right? It wasn't,7:28 you know, I I think I think we do well to pray not with broad generalities. Lord, bless us or lord, do this or lord, do that. But because,7:40 you know, when we do that, we can never recognize if god answered the prayer. I think instead, we should pray specifically targeted prayers that accomplishes our given purpose.7:52 So so be specific in our prayers, and this is what he's praying. Behold, here I stand by the well of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water. Now let it be8:04 that the that the young women woman to whom I say, please let down your pitcher that I may drink. And she says, drink, and I will also give your camels to drink. Let her8:16 be the 1 you have appointed for your servant Isaac. And by this, I will know that you have shown kindness to my master. See how specific this prayer is? And it happened before he had finished speaking,8:28 before he'd finished praying, and behold, Rebecca, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, came out with her pitcher on her shoulder.8:40 Now the young woman was very beautiful, but to behold, a virgin, no man had known her, and she went down to the well, filled her pitcher, and came up. And the servant ran to meet her and said, please let me drink a8:51 little water from your pitcher. So she said, drink, my lord. Then she quickly let her pitcher down to her hand and gave him a drink. And when she had finished9:03 giving him a drink, she said, I will draw water for your camels also until they finish drinking. Now camels drink a lot of water. This she was volunteering for a lot of work. She9:15 then quickly emptied her pitcher into the trough, ran back to the well to draw water, and drew for all of his camels. And the man wandering at her remained silent so as to9:27 know whether the Lord had made his journey prosperous or not. And the Lord had. His prayer had been answered. His specific prayer had been answered. Verse 26. The9:39 man then the man bowed down bowed down his head and worshiped the lord and said, blessed be the God of my master, Abraham, who has not forsaken his9:50 mercy and truth toward my master. As for me, being on the way, the lord led me to the house of my master's brethren. So the young woman ran and told her mother's household10:02 all these things. So so we see him praying a specific prayer, but then look what happens when the prayer is answered. Praise. Ellie Eleazar expressed immediate10:14 praise to the Lord after his prayer was answered. So I mean, it's even a praise is even an an act of faith. Because he could've said, well, you know, let me just see if this is the real thing or not. We10:26 need to be quick to thank the Lord and praise him as he answers our prayers even as it's the the answers are unfolding. By the way, Eliezer10:38 was a a man of purpose, a man of prayer, and a man of praise because you ready for this? Abraham provided an example.10:51 Eleazar was now responsible for carrying out God's purposes, and he approached it based, I believe, on what he witnessed Abraham doing. Now11:03 we also can provide an example to our children and to our grandchildren. I mean, do do you want I I know this is a rhetorical question. Do you want your children and your11:15 grandchildren to be in the word? Do you do you want them to pray and and and walk with the lord? Well, let me ask you this question. Do they see you doing those things? Do your11:27 children, your grandchildren see you reading the bible? Do do you pray with them? Look. Take the authority and set the example. Now 1 more aspect I want us to see, verse11:38 58 chapter 24. Then they called Rebecca and said to her, will you go with this man? And she said, I will go. So they sent away Rebecca, their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's11:50 servant and his men. And they blessed Rebecca and said to her, our sister, may you become the mother of thousands of 10 thousands, and may your descendants possess the gates of those who12:02 hate them. Then Rebecca and her maids arose, and they rode on the camels and followed the man. So the servant took Rebecca and departed. Notice the blessingLessons in Purpose, Prayer, Praise, and Blessing 12:13 they spoke over Rebecca. It was the same blessing that God spoke over Abraham in chapter 22. The power of the spoken word. Look at what he's12:25 what the what God said in verse 17 of chapter 22. Blessing, I will bless you. And multiplying, I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven12:37 and as the sand which is on the seashore, and your descendants shall possess the gates of their enemies. Wow. We need to speak blessing over our12:49 children, over our grandchildren. Father, I thank you for your word. What a what an insightful, powerful passage that we've seen this morning. Lord, that it is filled with truth that has13:01 relevance to today and how we live and actually how we see the international community and and the the land that you've promised to Israel. Lord, may we walk in light of your word led by the13:13 holy spirit as we gain insight and understanding as you have promised the holy spirit will bring to us through your word. We thank you for it, and we pray this in Jesus' name. Amen.13:25 Alright. Thanks for joining me this morning. And until next time, keep standing on the word.13:34 Today's study comes from the stand on the word Bible reading plan available for free at f r c dot o r g slash bible. By following along in just a few minutes a day, you13:46 can read through the entire Bible in just 2 years. Learn more and request the free reading guide at frc dot org slash bible.In this video 0:00 Sarah's Death and Abraham's Faithful Purchase3:35 The Servant’s Mission: Finding Rebekah for Isaac12:12 Lessons in Purpose, Prayer, Praise, and Blessing
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