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It was great to have Josh Watt back at Ironwood on Sunday! Josh helped us see how the story of Jacob and Esau teaches us what it looks like to live by faith.
00:00 - Introduction02:16 - How do we live by faith?04:33 - BIRTHRIGHT | Jacob + Esau15:22 - BLESSING | Rebekah + Jacob27:40 - INSCRUTABLE GOD | Isaac + Rebekah + Jacob + Esau
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The lenses of gratitude, grief, and growth are helpful tools for us to use when evaluating the generational patterns in our families. In Genesis 24 through 26, we see the story of how, both for good and for bad, Isaac is like his father Abraham.
00:00 - Introduction03:40 - Big picture plot04:36 - Three major takeaways05:52 - Imitate your parents: gratitude09:50 - Don’t imitate your parents: grief & fear16:18 - Improve on your parents: growth
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The story of Abraham and Isaac on Mount Moriah shows us how we cannot allow good things to become ultimate things. Yet, the story points past itself to the true and greater Isaac - Jesus, the fully innocent son who's wiling to be sacrificed in submission to The Father.
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Seth helps us look at an uncomfortable series of stories in Genesis 18 and 19. Ultimately, the story of Sodom and Gomorrah teaches us three things: 1) Hospitality and generosity are important. 2) sin is contagious, and 3) mercy is how you get out.
00:00 - Introduction04:19 - The Plot20:22 - Hospitality and generosity are not minor in God’s economy.24:23 - Sin is contagious; it is easier to take a person out of sodom than to take sodom out of the person.31:56 - Mercy is how you get out.
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The story of Hagar and Ishmael forces us to consider weighty and unspeakably difficultyrealities; but these realities are not that far from each one of us. God sees, cares for, and blesses those who have been overlooked, disregarded, andpresumed on by other people.
00:00 - Introduction00:39 - Where we are going in the next few weeks04:48 - Themes in today’s story27:43 - Key Takeaways
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Father Abraham had many sons… so let’s just praise the Lord! We’re grateful we got to have guest preacher Adam Bailie with us this past Sunday unpacking Genesis 15.
00:00 - Introduction of Adam Bailie10:28 - The Big Idea11:16 - Every Christian possesses God’s promises as privilege (1-5).20:17 - Every Christian possesses God’s redemption as reality (6)25:13 - Every Christian possesses God’s covenant as confidence (7-21)32:32 - Learning to Live - 3 points
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