<TITLE>06. Par 59-68</TITLE>L-59 But in this covenant, "I have already made you a father of many nations." And He, all, it's all unconditional. The covenant is purely grace, just absolutely grace. Only thing they had to do to maintain this covenant was stay and abide in the land; and every blessing, went with the covenant, was with them. Only thing they had to do was stay in that land. Now we find out, when they went down in Egypt, they lost their blessing, but not their covenant. The covenant was still there. They lost the blessing, but not their covenant, because their covenant was grace, unconditionally.

L-60   And in--in Exodus, the 19th chapter. Ex-... Israel made one of its most rashel things that it ever did, was when it refused grace and accepted law. Look what grace had done. Grace had to furnish them a deliverer, had to furnish them a prophet, with a Pillar of Fire to a vindicate him with a confirmed word, was the sacrificial lamb. Grace had give them a great revival. Grace had brought them through, opened up the Red Sea, brought them across that. Delivered them with signs and wonders, all by grace. But they wanted something so they could make themselves some big names.

L-61 Now, if that just isn't the people today, it's just the same thing. They got to be, man has got to get hisself involved in it somewhere. And there is where that Israel made its great mistake, when it rejected grace and took law, instead. And the... Still, but the covenant that He made with them was still unconditional. It's still the same thing today, we find it.

L-62   Abraham, then, after he had these conditions given to him, he started his journey, going on. Now we find he moved out.

L-63 And in the 13th chapter, he finally come to a spot of full obedience to God. Now we find, in the 13th chapter, that Lot... First, he took his father, and the old man was always kind of in the way. And he tried to get a bunch dragging along with him. And when you do that, there is where you got it. God said, "Separate."

L-64 "Well, I'll tell you, they don't believe exactly, but..." Then get away from it. That's the only thing, just stay away from it.

L-65 And then the old man, he finally, at the very end, then, Lot became a--a hair in the biscuit, as to say. We find out that he begin to murmur. And they both got rich, and they had plenty to get along with. And we find out then that Lot begin to quarrel, his herdsmen against Abraham's herdsmen.

L-66   And we find out that He hadn't, God hadn't fully found faithfulness in... -aham, Abraham, to obey what He told him to do, to completely separate himself from all of his kindred, from all of his people, and to serve Him.

L-67 So we find out that, God speaking to Abraham here, at the altar, and had told him what to do. Finally, Lot, when come the question come up between Abraham and Lot; was his brother Haran's son, and they... It would be his nephew. And finally said, "Let... We are brethren now. We won't have any quarrels among us. Now you, if you go east, I'll go west. And if you go west, I'll go east. Now you just separate ourselves, and we won't... There is plenty of room here for all of us. And you just go, you just make the choice." Now that was the real Christian spirit in Abraham, give even the enemy the benefit of the choice. And so he let him take his way.

L-68   And Lot, like so many today, seen the opportunity. If he ever got away from the strictness, why, he might make hisself a few dollars, he might be a popular man. So he looked down towards Sodom. And it was a well-watered land, and big city, and fine, industrious, salt, and so forth. They, they had the exports from there. And--and then, again, it was full of big time, women with all their Jezebel paint and everything, just a great time. His wife kind of felt a little that way, too, because, we find out, after he become mayor down there that she kind of--she kind of liked the way of the people. And that's the only thing you have to do, is get mixed up with something. See?


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