His Words Are Life

Genesis 17:1 To Genesis 19.24

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Participants: Kelly Mowrer

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00:17 Hi! Welcome back to
00:18 His Words Are Life.
00:19 I'm Kelly Mowrer, and thank you
00:21 for joining with me today
00:22 to read the Word of God.
00:24 Before we do, let's pray together.
00:27 Dear Jesus, thank you so much for preserving these stories
00:31 all through the centuries so that we can read about
00:34 our brother Abraham and his wife and how their faith in You
00:40 and their belief in You was counted to them as
00:42 righteousness. We want to be like that.
00:45 We want to trust You so clearly that... that nothing brings us
00:51 anxiety, nothing disturbs our peace and our faith.
00:55 You have promised that faith will come by hearing Your Word.
00:58 So now as we hear Your words,
01:00 strengthen us in our walk with You.
01:02 We love You, and thank you for loving us. Amen.
01:05 I am reading today from the book of Genesis.
01:08 We are starting in chapter 17,
01:10 and this is the King James version.
01:12 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine,
01:16 the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him,
01:19 "I am the Almighty God;
01:21 walk before Me, and be thou perfect.
01:25 And I will make My covenant between Me and thee,
01:28 and will multiply thee exceedingly. "
01:31 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
01:35 "As for Me, behold, My covenant is with thee,
01:38 and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
01:41 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram,
01:44 but thy name shall be Abraham;
01:47 for a father of many nations have I made thee.
01:50 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make
01:53 nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
01:56 And I will establish My covenant between me and thee
02:00 and thy seed after thee in their generations
02:03 for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee,
02:07 and to thy seed after thee. And I will give unto thee,
02:11 and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a
02:15 stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting
02:18 possession; and I will be their God. "
02:21 And God said unto Abraham, "Thou shalt keep My covenant
02:25 therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
02:29 This is My covenant, which ye shall keep,
02:32 between Me and you and thy seed after thee;
02:35 Every man child among you shall be circumcised.
02:39 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin;
02:42 and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt Me and you.
02:45 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you,
02:49 every man child in your generations,
02:52 he that is born in the house, or bought with money
02:55 of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.
02:57 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with
03:00 thy money, must needs be circumcised: and My covenant
03:04 shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
03:07 And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin
03:11 is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his
03:14 people; he hath broken My covenant. "
03:17 And God said unto Abraham, "As for Sarai thy wife,
03:21 thou shalt not call her name Sarai,
03:23 but Sarah shall her name be.
03:27 And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her:
03:30 yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations;
03:35 kings of people shall be of her. "
03:38 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed,
03:42 and said in his heart, "Shall a child be born unto him
03:45 that is a hundred years old?
03:47 and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? "
03:50 And Abraham said unto God,
03:52 "O that Ishmael might live before thee! "
03:55 And God said, "Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed;
04:01 and thou shalt call his name Isaac:
04:03 and I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting
04:06 covenant, and with his seed after him.
04:08 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee:
04:11 Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful,
04:14 and will multiply him exceedingly;
04:16 twelve princes shall he beget,
04:19 and I will make him a great nation.
04:22 But My covenant will I establish with Isaac,
04:26 which Sarah shall bear unto thee
04:28 at this set time in the next year. "
04:31 And He left off talking with him,
04:33 and God went up from Abraham.
04:34 And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in
04:38 his house, and all that were bought with his money,
04:41 every male among the men of Abraham's house;
04:43 and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the
04:46 selfsame day, as God had said unto him.
04:49 And Abraham was ninety years old and nine,
04:52 when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
04:55 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was
04:59 circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
05:01 In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised and Ishmael his son.
05:06 And all the men of his house, born in the house,
05:09 and bought with money of the stranger,
05:11 were circumcised with him.
05:13 We are reading in Genesis
05:15 chapter 18, and this is the
05:17 King James version.
05:18 And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre:
05:22 and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
05:25 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, behold,
05:28 three men stood by him:
05:30 and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door,
05:33 and bowed himself toward the ground.
05:35 And said, "My Lord, if now I have found favor in thy sight,
05:39 pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
05:42 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched,
05:45 and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:
05:48 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your
05:51 hearts; after that ye shall pass on:
05:54 for therefore are ye come to your servant. "
05:57 And they said, "So do, as thou has said. "
06:01 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah,
06:04 and said, "Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal,
06:07 knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth. "
06:10 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and
06:13 good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.
06:17 And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had
06:20 dressed, and set it before them;
06:22 and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
06:26 And they said unto him, "Where is Sarah thy wife? "
06:29 And he said, "Behold, in the tent. "
06:32 And he said, "I will certainly return unto thee according
06:35 to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son.
06:40 And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.
06:44 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age;
06:48 and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
06:52 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying,
06:55 "After I am waxen old shall I have pleasure,
06:59 my lord being old also? "
07:01 And the Lord said unto Abraham, "Wherefore did Sarah laugh,
07:05 saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
07:09 Is any thing too hard for the Lord?
07:12 At the time appointed I will return unto thee,
07:15 according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son. "
07:18 Then Sarah denied, saying, "I laughed not; "
07:21 for she was afraid. And He said, "Nay; but thou didst laugh. "
07:26 And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom;
07:29 and Abraham went them to bring them on the way.
07:32 And the Lord said, "Shall I hide from Abraham that thing
07:35 which I do; Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great
07:39 and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be
07:41 blessed in him? For I know him, that he will
07:45 command his children and his household after him,
07:47 and they shall keep the way of the Lord,
07:49 to do justice and judgment;
07:51 that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which He hath
07:54 spoken of him. " And the Lord said,
07:57 "Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great,
08:01 and because their sin is very grievous;
08:03 I will go down now, and see whether they have done
08:06 altogether according to the cry of it; which is come unto Me;
08:09 and if not, I will know. "
08:11 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward
08:15 Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the Lord.
08:17 And Abraham drew near, and said,
08:19 "Wilt Thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
08:23 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city:
08:27 wilt Thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty
08:31 righteous that are therein? That be far from Thee to do
08:35 after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked:
08:38 and that the righteous should be as the wicked,
08:40 that be far from Thee:
08:42 Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? "
08:45 And the Lord said, "If I find in Sodom fifty righteous
08:50 within the city, then I will spare all the place
08:54 for their sakes. " And Abraham answered and said,
08:57 "Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord,
09:02 which am but dust and ashes:
09:05 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous:
09:09 wilt Thou destroy all the city for lack of five? "
09:13 And He said, "If I find there forty and five,
09:17 I will not destroy it. "
09:19 And he spake unto Him yet again, and said,
09:22 "Peradventure there shall be forty found there. "
09:26 And He said, "I will not do it for forty's sake. "
09:30 And he said unto Him, "Oh let not the Lord be angry,
09:36 and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found
09:40 there. " And He said, "I will not do it,
09:43 if I find thirty there. " And he said, "Behold now,
09:49 I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord:
09:52 "Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. "
09:55 And He said, "I will not destroy it for twenty's sake. "
10:00 And he said, "Oh let not the Lord be angry,
10:04 and I will speak yet but this once:
10:07 Peradventure ten shall be found there. "
10:10 And He said, "I will not destroy it for ten's sake. "
10:17 And the Lord went His way, as soon as he had left communing
10:20 with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.
10:25 Continuing with chapter 19.
10:28 And there came two angels to Sodom at even;
10:32 and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom:
10:35 and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them;
10:38 and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
10:41 And he said, "Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you,
10:45 into your servant's house, and tarry all night,
10:48 and wash your feet, and you shall rise up early,
10:51 and go on your ways. "
10:53 And they said, "Nay, but we will abide in the street all night. "
10:58 And he pressed upon them greatly;
11:01 and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house;
11:04 and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread,
11:07 and they did eat. But before they lay down,
11:10 the men of the city, even the men of Sodom,
11:14 compassed the house round, both old and young,
11:17 all the people from every quarter:
11:20 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him,
11:22 "Where are the men which came in to thee this night?
11:25 Bring them out unto us, that we may know them. "
11:28 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door
11:31 after him, And said, "I pray you, brethren,
11:33 do not so wickedly. Behold now, I have two daughters
11:38 which have not known man: let me, I pray you,
11:41 bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good
11:44 in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing:
11:47 for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof. "
11:51 And they said, "Stand back. "
11:53 And they said again, "This one fellow came in to sojourn,
11:56 and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee
12:00 than with them. " And they pressed sore upon the man,
12:03 even Lot, and came near to break the door.
12:06 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the
12:09 house to them, and shut to the door.
12:12 And they smote the men that were at the door of the house
12:16 with blindness, both small and great,
12:18 so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
12:21 And the men said unto Lot, "Hast thou here any besides?
12:25 Son-in-law, and thy sons, and thy daughters,
12:28 and whatsoever thou hast in the city,
12:29 bring them out of this place:
12:32 For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen
12:36 great before the face of the Lord;
12:38 and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it. "
12:41 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons-in-law,
12:44 which married his daughters, and said,
12:46 "Up, get you out of this place;
12:48 for the Lord will destroy this city. "
12:50 But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons-in-law.
12:55 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot,
12:59 saying, "Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters,
13:02 which are here: lest thou be consumed in the iniquity
13:05 of the city. " And while he lingered,
13:08 the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife,
13:11 and upon the hand of his two daughters;
13:13 the Lord being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth,
13:17 and set him without the city.
13:19 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad,
13:22 that he said, "Escape for thy life; look not behind thee,
13:26 neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain,
13:30 lest thou be consumed. "
13:32 And Lot said unto them, "Oh, not so my Lord:
13:36 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in Thy sight,
13:39 and Thou has magnified Thy mercy, which Thou has showed
13:42 unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the
13:45 mountain, lest some evil take me and I die:
13:47 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto,
13:50 and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither -
13:53 is it not a little one? - and my soul shall live. "
13:57 And He said unto him, "See, I have accepted thee
14:00 concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city,
14:04 for the which thou has spoken.
14:06 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing
14:10 till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city
14:13 was called Zoar.
14:15 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
14:19 Then the Lord rained down upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah
14:23 brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven;
14:27 Thank you for joining with me.
14:29 Please join me again next time.
14:30 Goodbye.


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