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 Okay, so my name is Seth Powers. We are preaching. Well, I think we actually have covered a couple of these topics.

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! We have three words that we focus on as a church every year. One of them is faith. I think somebody else may have done a round on faith.

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 Did Josh do, did you do like a three, all three at the same time? Okay, well, anyway, I'm going to do one on specifically the word faith today.

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 Before I start, I want to read a verse from Psalms. Psalm 119, verse 89. Your word, O Lord, is eternal. It stands firm in the heavens.

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 So, God's word is outside of us. God's word is never going to pass away. Jesus says heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

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 And that is what our faith is based on. That's basically the summary of my whole sermon. Okay? A little preview.

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 Our faith is not based on what we see or our feelings or what we experience. It's based on a thing that's outside of all of that, that proceeded from God and will never go away. Okay?

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 It'll never go away. So, Hebrews 11, verse 1. I would, I'm not going to ask people to turn to most of the passages I'm going to read, but I do ask you to turn to this one.

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 This is the key passage here. Hebrews 11, verse 1.

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 Hebrews 11, verse 1 says in the ESV,

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 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

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 The Young Living Translation says,

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 And faith is of things hoped for, a confidence, of matters not seen, a conviction.

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 And the NIV, the 1984 NIV says,

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 Now faith is being sure of what we hope for, and certain of what we do not see.

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 So, faith is confidence.

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 It's assurance.

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 It is trust.

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 It's being convinced.

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 It's conviction.

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 Now there's a lot of synonyms here we can use for this.

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 It's being convinced that something that we have not seen is true.

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 Okay?

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 It's being totally convinced that a thing that you've never seen or experienced or anything is true.

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 Okay?

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 That's what faith is.

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 That's what that's saying right here.

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 And it says the assurance of things hoped for.

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 Okay?

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 So, hope and faith are different things.

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 Hope is also virtue.

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 You know, faith, hope, and love.

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 1 Corinthians 13.

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 These are good things.

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 But hope is a different thing than faith is.

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 Hope is an expectation of good.

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 Okay?

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 You can go like an optimistic person.

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 They're a hopeful person.

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 They think things are generally going to go good.

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 A pessimistic person is things are generally going to go bad.

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 Okay?

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 So, hope is you have an expectation that things are going to turn out good.

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 Things are going to be good.

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 It's the opposite of an expectation of fear.

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 An anxious person has, they're hopeless.

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 They have an expectation of bad, of failure.

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 Right?

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 So, hope is good, but hope is not faith.

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 A lot of times people will say, I have faith for something, when really I think what they mean is I have hope for something.

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 Okay?

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 I, I, God's good.

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 So, man, I'm just going to believe God for this thing that I hope will happen.

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 Well, that's a different thing than faith.

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 Okay?

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 Faith is, faith has more concreteness to it.

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 Romans 10.17 says,

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 So, faith comes from hearing and hearing through the word of Christ.

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 And KJV puts it, the word of God.

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 You get a little extra flavor there.

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 We, the foundation of our faith isn't just, I want a thing to happen and I believe it's going to.

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 The foundation of our faith is God said it.

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 Okay?

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 Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of Christ.

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 Okay?

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 So, faith is different from hope in that I can hope in a thing and want it to happen, but I don't know that it's going to happen.

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 I just got to trust God's good.

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 Okay?

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 Things are going to work out good.

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 Faith is different.

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 God said something.

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 And I hopefully expect with total confidence, it is true and it will happen.

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 That's faith.

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 Okay?

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 Based on what God said.

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 It's based on actual promise.

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 It's concrete.

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 Okay.

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 Anyway, this is basically the difference between faith and hope.

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 Hope is, last half full, trust in the goodness of God.

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 Things are going to go well.

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 Faith is a hopeful confidence in what God said is true.

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 Even if I've never seen it yet, that's okay.

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 God said it.

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 I read it.

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 There's a Bible that has what God said in it.

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 And because he said it, I believe it.

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 Okay.

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 So, an example of what this looks like is Abraham.

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 We're going to open up and read a little bit about the man who's called the father of faith.

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 Romans 4, 3, it says,

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 What does the scripture say?

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 Abraham believed God and it was counted to him as righteousness.

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 God said a thing to Abraham.

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 He said, you know, multiple things.

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 One of the things he said is, hey, I'm going to give you a son.

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 I'm going to make you, I'm going to make your offspring, you know, like the stars in the sky.

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 And he believed it.

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 At that moment, God says, you are righteous because you believed this thing that I said that you have no experience of.

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 You didn't have an expectation of it.

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 And as we'll read a little bit here, you're already past the time when that could happen naturally.

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 Okay.

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 Okay.

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 And so, Abraham's believing said something about how he viewed God.

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 He said, if God said it, it has to be true.

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 It has to be true.

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 He believed God.

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 Because God said it, I believe it.

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 And God credited it to him as righteousness.

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 I want to read a little bit more about this story in Romans 4, starting in verse 16.

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 Therefore, the promise comes by faith.

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 This is speaking of salvation here.

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 Okay.

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 This is speaking of the promise of the free gift of righteousness through faith in Jesus.

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 And it's using Abraham as an example, but it's a little of the context.

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 Therefore, the promise comes by faith so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham's offspring,

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 not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham.

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 He is the father of us all.

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 As it is written, I have made you a father of many nations.

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 He is our father in the sight of God in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead

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 and calls things that are and calls things that are not as though they were.

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 Awesome little turn of phrase there.

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 It's a God who brings life from the dead and says something that is not as if it is.

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 God can do that.

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 He's God.

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 Okay.

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 No one else can do that, but God can do that.

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 Continuing.

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 Continuing.

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 Against all hope, Abraham and hope believed and so became the father of many nations.

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 Just as it had been said to him, so shall your offspring be.

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 Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead since he was about 100 years old

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 and that Sarah's womb is also dead.

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 Now pause here.

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 Sometimes we can think of faith as sort of just ignoring reality.

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 Okay.

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 That's not what it is.

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 He faced it.

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 It's like my body's good as dead.

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 I can't have a kid.

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 And my wife's womb's dead.

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 She can't have a kid.

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 These are just the facts.

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 There's nothing that we can do to help this thing along.

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 God said we're going to have a kid, but we have no agency to fulfill that promise.

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 There's no work in front of us to do to move like a little bit towards it.

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 Nothing.

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 I got to face the facts.

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 There's nothing I can do about this at all.

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 That's what you do.

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 Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God,

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 but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,

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 being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.

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 That is why it was credited to him as righteousness.

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 He was fully persuaded that God had the power to do what he had promised.

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 He was persuaded of two things.

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 I can't do it.

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 God can do it.

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 And it will happen.

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 That's faith.

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 That's faith.

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 I want to continue here.

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 What does this have to do for us?

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 What does this have to do with us?

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 It has a lot to do with us.

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 Verse 23.

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 The words it was credited to him were written not for him alone, but also for us.

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 To whom God will credit righteousness.

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 For us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.

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 He was delivered over to death for our sins.

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 And was raised to life for our justification.

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 This is how God can say a sinful person can be righteous.

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 It's by faith.

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 God said,

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 When Jesus died,

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 you died.

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 And he poured out his blood for your sins.

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 And God put our sin on him.

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 Okay?

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 And forever believes in Jesus.

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 God puts our sin on him and his righteousness on us.

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 He calls the things that are not as though they were.

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 He brings forth life from the dead.

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 On what basis?

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 Because God said it.

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 It has this much to do with our experience up until that point.

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 Okay?

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 You might have had zero experience of what it means to be free from the burden of sin and the guilt that weighs on you.

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 Zero.

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 No power to say no to sin.

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 Okay?

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 Well, the best thing to do is just face the facts.

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 I've tried everything already and it ain't working out.

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 Okay?

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 My body's as good as dead.

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 You know, Sarah's woman's dead.

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 That's facing the facts.

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 And it's good to face the facts.

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 It's good to face the facts that you are a sinner.

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 And that there's nothing you can do to make yourself right with God.

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 But he didn't stop there.

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 There's another man who is righteous.

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 And for all who believe, God will take that righteousness and count it to you.

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 He will call the thing that's not as if it were.

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 And it's amazing.

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 Okay?

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 That's righteousness by faith.

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 This is why Abraham is the father of our faith.

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 Anyway.

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 I'm going to move on here.

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 Why is faith essential?

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 I think we're already hitting on it here.

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 Salvation.

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 Okay?

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 Faith is essential for salvation.

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 Hebrews 11 verse 6 says,

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 And without faith it is impossible to please God,

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 because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists,

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 and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

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 Without faith it's impossible to please God.

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 People try to please God naturally by their own efforts.

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 God says,

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 Live righteous and you will do well with me.

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 And so they try.

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 And they try to live righteously.

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 And the more they try to live righteously,

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 the more they find that they can't.

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 And so they try harder.

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 It's because it's not according to faith.

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 It's impossible to please God except by faith.

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 Through this other way that God has made to please him,

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 which is through his son.

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 We just talked about this here.

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 Without faith it's impossible to please God.

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 Hebrews 4 verse 2 says,

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 We also have had the gospel preached to us just as they did,

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 but the message they heard was of no value to them,

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 because those who heard did not combine it with faith.

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 So faith is essential.

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 We can hear the gospel.

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 We can know the right answers.

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 These are like the know the right answer person.

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 They can say the words.

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 They can articulate to you what it means to be saved.

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 They can articulate maybe even what the gospel is.

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 But they're not combining that message with faith,

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 like actual trust.

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 Not putting my trust in that to make me right with God.

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 I'm putting trust in what I can do to make myself right with God.

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 It's impossible to please God that way.

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 And it makes the gospel of no value to us.

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 Okay?

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 Romans 3 verse 21 through 25 says,

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 That's everybody.

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 Everybody has fallen short of the glory of God.

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 There's not a single person who isn't in this category other than one man.

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 His name is Jesus Christ.

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 All have fallen short of the glory of God.

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 And are justified by his grace as a gift through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

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 whom God put forth as a propitiation,

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 or in other words,

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 a payment by his blood to be received by faith.

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 It's a free gift,

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 but it's not an automatic gift.

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 We have to receive it by faith.

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 This is key.

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 The gospel, it says,

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 The gospel is preached to this other group of people,

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 but it didn't help them.

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 It didn't profit them.

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 Why?

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 Because they did not combine it with faith.

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 You have to actually believe it for it to do it.

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 So faith receives the promises of God,

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 and it starts with the promise of salvation through Jesus.

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 Without faith, all these promises in the Bible,

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 they have no value to us.

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 Okay?

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 Because you can't work towards a promise.

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 A promise is not some,

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 it's not wages.

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 Wages are what you get when you do a job.

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 You know,

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 I go to work,

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 I work my job,

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 and I get a paycheck.

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 Okay?

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 Even Stephen.

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 I did a thing,

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 and I got paid for it.

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 Promises aren't like that.

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 Promises are,

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 they're free.

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 And you don't merit them.

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 God gives them to you.

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 But you have to receive it by faith.

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 You can't say,

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 well,

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 I worked for a half of that.

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 You know?

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 I mean,

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 I didn't do it for perfect,

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 but I worked for part of it.

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 I did as much as I could

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 to try to fulfill the requirements of that promise.

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 Surely you're going to give it to me.

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 No.

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 No.

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 No.

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 That's not how you get a promise.

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 All the promises are through faith.

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 God is glorified to give gifts.

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 Who's glorified when they get what's due them?

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 We are.

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 Okay?

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 God is jealous for his glory.

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 That's why all the promises of God

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 are according to faith,

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 beginning of salvation.

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 So what's the opposite of faith?

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 2 Corinthians 5, verse 7 says,

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 For we walk by faith,

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 not by sight.

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 I think this is a really helpful

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 way of phrasing

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 or kind of give a different perspective

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 on what unbelief is.

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 So the opposite of faith,

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 opposite of belief,

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 is unbelief.

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 But Paul says,

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 we walk by faith,

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 not by sight.

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 Okay?

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 So unbelief is basically,

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 it's walking by sight.

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 It's not just the absence of faith.

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 Like, I don't believe in anything.

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 You know, I'm just a nihilist.

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 It's not like that.

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 You actually believe in things.

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 You actually believe in a lot of things.

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 But you believe in things that you can see.

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 You believe in things that you can do.

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 You believe in things that you've experienced.

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 Things that seem reasonable.

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 Okay?

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 You walk by sight.

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 The Bible also calls this confidence in the flesh.

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 Okay?

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 And it's,

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 it is the true biblical opposite

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 of what this saving faith is.

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 You're putting your faith in a lot of stuff.

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 But it's not in what God has said.

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 And that is,

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 like the phrase,

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 believe in yourself.

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 Okay?

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 Really popular phrase.

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 Believe in yourself.

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 I mean,

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 you might as well just say unbelief.

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 Okay?

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 Believing in yourself

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 is confidence in the flesh.

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 Yeah.

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 And if there's anything

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 that God calls me to do

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 that I can't do,

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 well, it's just like,

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 well, sure,

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 you didn't mean that.

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 You know?

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 So maybe I'll try to adjust

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 what the Bible has said

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 about that thing

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 to make it something

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 that's a little bit more achievable.

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 Because I'm looking at myself

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 and I say,

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 well, I can't do that.

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 You know,

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 Jesus says,

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 if you look at a woman

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 to lust after her,

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 you've already committed adultery

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 in your heart.

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 I've heard so many guys

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 just start immediately

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 trying to do gymnastics with that.

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 It's just like,

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 you know what?

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 Just, you know,

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 that's impossible.

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 You know?

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 What is he saying?

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 Like, no.

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 Like, who could?

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 Well, it's because

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 you can't.

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 Just because you can't

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 doesn't mean that

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 God can't say it.

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 Why?

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 Because it's by grace.

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 It's God doing something.

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 He's not setting the requirement

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 that's according to something

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 you can do.

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 He set a requirement

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 that's according to something

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 he can do.

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 Okay?

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 So, I mean,

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 that's just an example,

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 but it's essentially

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 believing in yourself.

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 You know,

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 we say this thing

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 a lot of different ways.

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 You know,

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 trusting in yourself,

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 trusting in your own effort.

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 You know,

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 it's all the same thing.

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 It's just unbelief.

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 Your confidence isn't a thing

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 because otherwise,

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 you know,

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 you wouldn't be able

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 to function as a human being.

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 You have to have faith

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 in something.

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 That's just not faith

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 in the one thing that matters.

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 Okay, Romans 9,

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 verse 30,

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 through 32,

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 and then the first part

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 of chapter 10

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 talks about this.

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 It says,

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 What then shall we say

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 that the Gentiles

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 who did not pursue righteousness

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 have obtained it,

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 a righteousness

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 that is by faith?

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 So interesting.

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 They weren't even trying.

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 They weren't even pursuing righteousness.

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 And they got it.

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 Wow, that's crazy.

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 By faith.

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 But Israel,

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 who pursued a law of righteousness,

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 has not obtained it.

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 Why not?

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 Because they pursued it

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 not by faith,

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 but as if it were by works.

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 For being ignorant

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 of the righteousness of God

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 and seeking to establish their own,

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 they did not submit

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 to God's righteousness.

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 For Christ is the end

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 of the law for righteousness

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 to everyone who believes.

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 So unbelief,

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 it manifests.

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 It manifests.

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 It's got to tell.

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 Okay?

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 How do you know

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 someone's in unbelief?

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 You don't know my heart.

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 How can you tell?

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 Well, there actually is a tell.

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 Unbelief manifests

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 as pursuing righteousness

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 by your own efforts.

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 You'll never arrive.

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 Okay?

00:20:42.279 --> 00:20:43.400
 We were talking about this

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 a little bit last night

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 about like the image

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 of like a carrot

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 dangling in front of a horse.

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 You know, the horse

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 is pulling a carriage

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 and you can, you know,

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 dangle the carrot

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 in front of them

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 and they're always trying

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 to chase the carrot

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 and they never get there.

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 It's like that.

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 Okay?

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 Unbelief manifests

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 as pursuing righteousness

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 by your own efforts.

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 God commands

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 a certain standard

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 in his word

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 and you're going after it

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 as hard as you can

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 with everything in you

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 and it's actually a sign

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 that you don't believe in God.

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 It just seems,

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 it seems counterintuitive.

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 But remember

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 what we just talked about here.

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 There are two groups of people.

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 One attained to righteousness

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 and they weren't even pursuing it.

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 And another missed it

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 and they were.

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 Why?

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 Because they were pursuing it

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 as if it were by their own works

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 and not according to faith.

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 They felt they could do it.

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 It just kind of shows

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 the arrogance,

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 you know,

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 the inflated confidence

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 they had in their own ability

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 to do what God

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 is calling them to do.

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 So,

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 unbelief,

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 believe in yourself,

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 walking by sight,

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 trying to attain

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 your righteousness

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 by your own effort.

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 These are all

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 the opposite of faith.

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 Okay?

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 You know,

00:22:04.420 --> 00:22:05.720
 you get the two extremes.

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 Faith is on one end.

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 It's trusting what God has said.

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 It's not just

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 blind faith

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 where you just are sort of

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 hoping things are going to turn out.

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 Like,

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 that's not what it is.

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 It's God has said something,

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 therefore I believe it.

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 On the other end,

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 it's God has said something,

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 so I'm going to try as hard

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 as I can to do it

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 by my own effort.

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 And those are,

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 they're opposite of each other.

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 So,

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 faith comes by hearing,

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 hearing by the word of Christ.

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 Faith is the assurance

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 of things hoped for,

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 the conviction

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 of things not seen.

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 It's being convinced

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 that God said it is true.

00:22:44.320 --> 00:22:44.420
 Okay?

00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:45.480
 And I want to read,

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 I want to read

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 some promises.

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 22.

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 22 promises to believe.

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 I want to encourage all of us

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 just to believe these things.

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 Number one,

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 all the promises of God

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 are yes

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 in Jesus Christ.

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 I love that you sing that song

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 this morning.

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 This is very timely.

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 2 Corinthians 1,

00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:08.180
 20 says,

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 for no matter how many promises

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 God has made,

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 they are yes

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 in Christ.

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 You want to get

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 the promises of God?

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 They come through

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 a person.

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 One person.

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 If you try to get

00:23:21.460 --> 00:23:22.040
 those promises

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 outside of that person,

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 you can't get it.

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 How does God

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 give us his promises?

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 Through one man,

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 Jesus Christ.

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 He's the mediator.

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 A mediator is someone

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 who goes between us

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 and God.

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 As many as the promises

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 that God has made,

00:23:41.399 --> 00:23:42.099
 they are yes

00:23:42.099 --> 00:23:42.659
 in Christ.

00:23:43.779 --> 00:23:43.879
 Okay?

00:23:44.419 --> 00:23:45.339
 And if we have Jesus

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 by faith,

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 we have access

00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:48.039
 to all the promises

00:23:48.039 --> 00:23:48.459
 of God.

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 Number two,

00:23:51.599 --> 00:23:52.059
 salvation.

00:23:52.459 --> 00:23:54.079
 This is the number one promise.

00:23:54.159 --> 00:23:54.719
 We've got to get straight

00:23:54.719 --> 00:23:55.479
 on this one first.

00:23:55.959 --> 00:23:56.399
 Number two,

00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:57.359
 salvation is through

00:23:57.359 --> 00:23:58.439
 faith in Jesus Christ,

00:23:58.759 --> 00:23:59.779
 not by works.

00:24:00.099 --> 00:24:01.279
 Back to the Abraham passage.

00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:01.960
 How did he finish

00:24:01.960 --> 00:24:02.839
 that whole thing up?

00:24:03.119 --> 00:24:03.879
 What was the point

00:24:03.879 --> 00:24:04.660
 of this illustration

00:24:04.660 --> 00:24:06.099
 of Abraham believing God

00:24:06.099 --> 00:24:08.500
 and facing the facts

00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:10.879
 about how dead his body was

00:24:10.879 --> 00:24:11.539
 and it's not able

00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:12.399
 to actually produce

00:24:12.399 --> 00:24:13.160
 any of the promises

00:24:13.160 --> 00:24:13.920
 that God's saying,

00:24:14.519 --> 00:24:15.720
 but he still believed God

00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:16.440
 and he grew strong

00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:16.839
 in faith.

00:24:17.180 --> 00:24:17.960
 And because of that,

00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:19.240
 God fulfilled it.

00:24:19.700 --> 00:24:20.319
 What was the point?

00:24:21.180 --> 00:24:22.220
 That is why his faith

00:24:22.220 --> 00:24:22.859
 was counted to him

00:24:22.859 --> 00:24:23.440
 as righteousness,

00:24:24.059 --> 00:24:24.579
 but the words

00:24:24.579 --> 00:24:25.259
 that was counted to him

00:24:25.259 --> 00:24:25.859
 were not written

00:24:25.859 --> 00:24:26.639
 for his sake alone,

00:24:26.700 --> 00:24:27.519
 but for ours also.

00:24:27.940 --> 00:24:29.079
 It will be counted to us

00:24:29.079 --> 00:24:29.939
 who believe in him

00:24:29.939 --> 00:24:31.119
 to raise from the dead

00:24:31.119 --> 00:24:31.919
 Jesus our Lord,

00:24:32.379 --> 00:24:33.179
 who was delivered up

00:24:33.179 --> 00:24:34.099
 for our trespasses

00:24:34.099 --> 00:24:35.699
 and raised for our justification.

00:24:36.319 --> 00:24:36.939
 The point is,

00:24:37.339 --> 00:24:39.259
 we can have salvation

00:24:39.259 --> 00:24:39.859
 through faith,

00:24:40.439 --> 00:24:41.359
 not by works.

00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:44.679
 And God did it for Abraham.

00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:47.259
 He'll do it for us.

00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:49.500
 Number two,

00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:50.319
 sin will not be

00:24:50.319 --> 00:24:50.960
 pastoral view.

00:24:51.299 --> 00:24:52.639
 This comes from Romans 6.14.

00:24:52.819 --> 00:24:53.039
 It says,

00:24:53.139 --> 00:24:53.899
 for sin will have

00:24:53.899 --> 00:24:55.019
 no dominion over you

00:24:55.019 --> 00:24:56.039
 since you are not

00:24:56.039 --> 00:24:56.519
 under law,

00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:57.220
 but under grace.

00:24:57.539 --> 00:24:58.359
 Not only does he

00:24:58.359 --> 00:25:00.160
 save us from the penalty

00:25:00.160 --> 00:25:00.619
 of sin,

00:25:00.700 --> 00:25:01.259
 the blood of Jesus

00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:02.200
 washes us clean,

00:25:02.660 --> 00:25:03.599
 he also gives us grace

00:25:03.599 --> 00:25:04.379
 to say no to sin.

00:25:05.039 --> 00:25:05.660
 And there's a promise.

00:25:05.799 --> 00:25:05.940
 Remember,

00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:06.579
 this is not a command.

00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:07.099
 He didn't say,

00:25:07.579 --> 00:25:09.059
 make sure sin doesn't

00:25:09.059 --> 00:25:09.639
 reign over you,

00:25:09.700 --> 00:25:10.160
 which there are

00:25:10.160 --> 00:25:10.779
 other commands,

00:25:11.160 --> 00:25:12.119
 but you start with a promise.

00:25:12.680 --> 00:25:13.420
 It's not going to happen.

00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:15.779
 It's an amazing promise.

00:25:15.940 --> 00:25:17.639
 It won't be master over you.

00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:19.579
 That's how I approach

00:25:19.579 --> 00:25:20.339
 saying no to sin

00:25:20.339 --> 00:25:21.740
 is not do better,

00:25:21.859 --> 00:25:22.279
 try harder,

00:25:22.379 --> 00:25:23.839
 but God said something.

00:25:24.940 --> 00:25:25.539
 And even if I haven't

00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:26.559
 really experienced it yet,

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:27.399
 he said it.

00:25:28.019 --> 00:25:29.159
 I've never experienced

00:25:29.159 --> 00:25:30.659
 saying no to sin,

00:25:31.879 --> 00:25:32.960
 but he said it.

00:25:34.639 --> 00:25:35.700
 I'm going to believe it.

00:25:36.899 --> 00:25:37.339
 You know,

00:25:37.399 --> 00:25:38.240
 I couldn't do anything

00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:39.420
 to pay for any of my sins.

00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:41.139
 When that debt

00:25:41.139 --> 00:25:42.339
 stood between me and God,

00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:43.379
 there wasn't a single thing

00:25:43.379 --> 00:25:44.019
 I could do

00:25:44.019 --> 00:25:46.119
 to take that debt away.

00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:48.519
 So God had to do it

00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:48.879
 through Jesus.

00:25:49.799 --> 00:25:50.000
 Well,

00:25:50.039 --> 00:25:50.420
 why do you think

00:25:50.420 --> 00:25:50.960
 it's any different

00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:51.720
 for the powers

00:25:51.720 --> 00:25:52.279
 in your life?

00:25:53.180 --> 00:25:53.519
 You think there's

00:25:53.519 --> 00:25:54.159
 a single thing

00:25:54.160 --> 00:25:54.820
 you can do

00:25:54.820 --> 00:25:56.660
 to break the power

00:25:56.660 --> 00:25:57.360
 of sin in your life?

00:25:58.540 --> 00:25:58.900
 No.

00:26:00.800 --> 00:26:01.620
 It's a promise.

00:26:02.779 --> 00:26:03.540
 God said it.

00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:04.980
 In Christ,

00:26:05.060 --> 00:26:05.680
 sin will have no

00:26:05.680 --> 00:26:06.360
 dominion over you

00:26:06.360 --> 00:26:06.759
 any longer.

00:26:06.940 --> 00:26:07.740
 You're not under the law

00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:07.980
 anymore,

00:26:08.080 --> 00:26:08.720
 you're under grace.

00:26:10.580 --> 00:26:11.000
 Number four,

00:26:11.080 --> 00:26:11.500
 there is now

00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:12.200
 no condemnation

00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:13.160
 for those who are in Christ.

00:26:13.380 --> 00:26:13.920
 That comes from

00:26:13.920 --> 00:26:14.360
 Romans 8,

00:26:14.660 --> 00:26:15.279
 verse 1,

00:26:15.380 --> 00:26:15.840
 which says,

00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:16.580
 there is therefore

00:26:16.580 --> 00:26:17.640
 now no condemnation

00:26:17.640 --> 00:26:18.200
 for those who are

00:26:18.200 --> 00:26:18.759
 in Christ Jesus.

00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:19.440
 Okay?

00:26:19.880 --> 00:26:20.540
 Very straightforward.

00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:21.980
 You're not condemned

00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:22.299
 anymore.

00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:23.740
 You have the same

00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:24.579
 relationship with God

00:26:24.579 --> 00:26:25.200
 that Jesus has.

00:26:25.279 --> 00:26:25.960
 If you're in Christ,

00:26:27.240 --> 00:26:28.159
 do you think Jesus

00:26:28.159 --> 00:26:29.259
 is insecure about

00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:29.899
 his relationship

00:26:29.899 --> 00:26:30.639
 with God the Father?

00:26:31.519 --> 00:26:32.440
 He has no reason

00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:32.720
 to be.

00:26:33.180 --> 00:26:33.899
 He's perfect.

00:26:34.139 --> 00:26:34.720
 He's God.

00:26:35.059 --> 00:26:35.519
 Guess what?

00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:36.879
 Through Jesus,

00:26:37.099 --> 00:26:37.839
 you get the same

00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:38.339
 relationship.

00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:38.740
 Therefore,

00:26:38.839 --> 00:26:39.779
 there's no condemnation.

00:26:40.559 --> 00:26:41.039
 You have the same

00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:41.879
 relationship with God

00:26:41.879 --> 00:26:42.539
 that Jesus has.

00:26:43.399 --> 00:26:43.839
 It's amazing.

00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:45.259
 Number five,

00:26:45.879 --> 00:26:46.779
 Christ freed us

00:26:46.779 --> 00:26:47.379
 from the law

00:26:47.379 --> 00:26:48.339
 that condemns us

00:26:48.339 --> 00:26:49.019
 and motivates

00:26:49.019 --> 00:26:50.539
 self-righteousness.

00:26:50.619 --> 00:26:51.339
 It says this in,

00:26:51.799 --> 00:26:52.240
 you get this from

00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:52.819
 Romans 7,

00:26:52.879 --> 00:26:54.099
 verse 4 and 6.

00:26:54.839 --> 00:26:55.240
 It says,

00:26:55.319 --> 00:26:55.559
 likewise,

00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:56.119
 my brothers,

00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:56.980
 you have also died

00:26:56.980 --> 00:26:57.460
 to the law

00:26:57.460 --> 00:26:58.000
 through the body

00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:58.500
 of Christ

00:26:58.500 --> 00:26:59.619
 so that you may

00:26:59.619 --> 00:27:00.720
 belong to another,

00:27:01.379 --> 00:27:02.180
 to him who has been

00:27:02.180 --> 00:27:03.019
 raised from the dead

00:27:03.019 --> 00:27:04.180
 in order that we

00:27:04.180 --> 00:27:04.879
 may bear fruit

00:27:04.879 --> 00:27:05.420
 for God.

00:27:06.359 --> 00:27:07.019
 But now we are

00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:07.960
 released from the law

00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:08.980
 having died to that

00:27:08.980 --> 00:27:09.819
 which held us captive

00:27:09.819 --> 00:27:11.220
 so that we serve

00:27:11.220 --> 00:27:11.819
 in the new way

00:27:11.819 --> 00:27:12.379
 of the Spirit,

00:27:12.960 --> 00:27:14.059
 not in the old way

00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:14.859
 but the written code.

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:15.920
 There could be

00:27:15.920 --> 00:27:16.819
 a whole sermon on that.

00:27:18.440 --> 00:27:20.279
 But suffice it to say,

00:27:20.859 --> 00:27:21.519
 we're not married

00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:22.640
 to the law anymore.

00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:23.660
 We're married to Jesus.

00:27:24.819 --> 00:27:25.480
 And he's a totally

00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:26.039
 different husband.

00:27:27.019 --> 00:27:28.259
 The law has very

00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:29.039
 high demands

00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:30.839
 and doesn't help you

00:27:30.839 --> 00:27:31.359
 with any of it.

00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:35.119
 Jesus came to fulfill it.

00:27:36.039 --> 00:27:37.640
 He's the one who does it

00:27:37.640 --> 00:27:38.240
 in us.

00:27:39.559 --> 00:27:40.559
 It's by the Spirit.

00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:41.779
 Number six,

00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:43.019
 Christ does a better job

00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:44.039
 living the Christian life

00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:44.599
 than we do.

00:27:44.599 --> 00:27:45.519
 This comes from

00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:46.459
 Galatians 2.20.

00:27:46.959 --> 00:27:47.099
 It says,

00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:48.299
 This is Paul speaking,

00:27:48.439 --> 00:27:49.079
 I am crucified

00:27:49.079 --> 00:27:49.740
 with Christ.

00:27:50.199 --> 00:27:50.439
 Nevertheless,

00:27:50.839 --> 00:27:51.339
 I live.

00:27:51.859 --> 00:27:52.419
 Yet not I,

00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:53.699
 but Christ liveth in me.

00:27:54.079 --> 00:27:55.119
 And the life which I now

00:27:55.119 --> 00:27:55.879
 live in the flesh,

00:27:56.179 --> 00:27:57.139
 I live by the faith

00:27:57.139 --> 00:27:58.019
 of the Son of God

00:27:58.019 --> 00:27:59.179
 who loved me

00:27:59.179 --> 00:28:00.639
 and gave himself for me.

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:01.319
 There's another

00:28:01.319 --> 00:28:03.480
 part in Galatians here

00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:04.219
 where Paul talks about

00:28:04.219 --> 00:28:04.699
 his conversion

00:28:04.699 --> 00:28:05.539
 is the revelation

00:28:05.539 --> 00:28:07.199
 that Christ was in him.

00:28:07.839 --> 00:28:08.539
 It pleased God

00:28:08.539 --> 00:28:09.799
 to reveal his Son

00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:11.179
 inside of him.

00:28:11.180 --> 00:28:13.799
 That was his conversion.

00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:15.440
 He discovered something.

00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:16.740
 Jesus came to live

00:28:16.740 --> 00:28:17.400
 inside of his heart.

00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:19.400
 And that is really

00:28:19.400 --> 00:28:20.320
 the secret of the Christian life

00:28:20.320 --> 00:28:21.320
 is we're trusting Jesus

00:28:21.320 --> 00:28:22.000
 to be himself.

00:28:22.759 --> 00:28:22.860
 Okay?

00:28:23.600 --> 00:28:25.080
 I can cease

00:28:25.080 --> 00:28:26.320
 from trying to

00:28:26.320 --> 00:28:28.799
 do this on my own

00:28:28.799 --> 00:28:30.299
 because Jesus Christ

00:28:30.299 --> 00:28:31.440
 came into my heart

00:28:31.440 --> 00:28:32.519
 and he lives inside me

00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:33.680
 and I can trust

00:28:33.680 --> 00:28:34.180
 that he's going

00:28:34.180 --> 00:28:34.960
 to be himself.

00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:37.400
 And he's a lot better job.

00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:38.180
 He does a lot better job

00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:38.799
 being himself

00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:40.319
 than we do

00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:41.720
 trying to imitate him.

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.079
 Okay?

00:28:43.600 --> 00:28:44.440
 Number seven,

00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:45.640
 in a similar way,

00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:47.140
 Christ removes

00:28:47.140 --> 00:28:48.500
 our religious masks.

00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:49.480
 This comes from

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:50.500
 2 Corinthians 3

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:51.779
 verses 12 through 13

00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:53.220
 and 16 to 18.

00:28:54.940 --> 00:28:56.019
 And I'm going to paraphrase this

00:28:56.019 --> 00:28:57.079
 because it's probably

00:28:57.079 --> 00:28:57.640
 a little bit too long

00:28:57.640 --> 00:28:58.079
 of a passage,

00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:59.160
 but it talks about

00:28:59.160 --> 00:29:00.539
 this veil

00:29:00.539 --> 00:29:01.740
 that Moses wore

00:29:01.740 --> 00:29:02.500
 over his face

00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:03.140
 when he came down

00:29:03.140 --> 00:29:03.559
 from the mountain

00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:04.360
 with the Ten Commandments.

00:29:04.359 --> 00:29:05.439
 His face is all glowing.

00:29:05.799 --> 00:29:07.000
 And he would wear this veil

00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:08.519
 so that people

00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:09.159
 wouldn't see

00:29:09.159 --> 00:29:10.319
 that the glow

00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:11.299
 started to go away

00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:12.119
 over time.

00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:13.599
 He liked to keep

00:29:13.599 --> 00:29:14.439
 that first impression.

00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:15.119
 Okay?

00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:19.039
 But Paul says

00:29:19.039 --> 00:29:21.759
 for those who

00:29:21.759 --> 00:29:23.059
 are in Christ,

00:29:25.099 --> 00:29:26.179
 he says the veil

00:29:26.179 --> 00:29:27.059
 is actually done away

00:29:27.059 --> 00:29:27.639
 in Christ.

00:29:28.699 --> 00:29:29.699
 It says when one

00:29:29.699 --> 00:29:30.519
 turns to the Lord,

00:29:30.639 --> 00:29:32.159
 this veil is removed.

00:29:32.279 --> 00:29:32.819
 And where the Spirit

00:29:32.819 --> 00:29:33.279
 of the Lord is,

00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:34.480
 there's freedom.

00:29:35.399 --> 00:29:35.839
 And we all

00:29:35.839 --> 00:29:36.899
 with unveiled face

00:29:36.899 --> 00:29:38.059
 beholding in a glass

00:29:38.059 --> 00:29:38.899
 the glory of the Lord

00:29:38.899 --> 00:29:40.279
 are being transformed

00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:41.240
 into his image.

00:29:41.660 --> 00:29:42.839
 This is the secret

00:29:42.839 --> 00:29:43.779
 of being vulnerable.

00:29:44.299 --> 00:29:45.000
 This is the secret

00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:45.799
 of not putting up

00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:46.879
 like a religious show

00:29:46.879 --> 00:29:47.599
 to other people

00:29:47.599 --> 00:29:49.139
 about how good you are.

00:29:49.619 --> 00:29:49.799
 You know,

00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:50.359
 how are you doing?

00:29:50.440 --> 00:29:50.799
 Great, brother?

00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:53.859
 And you've had a horrible week.

00:29:54.220 --> 00:29:54.379
 You know,

00:29:54.480 --> 00:29:55.299
 you're struggling

00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:56.660
 with some serious sin.

00:29:57.019 --> 00:29:58.279
 But you can't say that

00:29:58.279 --> 00:29:59.440
 because then the glory

00:29:59.440 --> 00:30:00.000
 will come down.

00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:01.000
 They'll think less of you.

00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:02.380
 We all struggle

00:30:02.380 --> 00:30:02.819
 with this stuff.

00:30:03.640 --> 00:30:04.599
 But in Christ,

00:30:05.140 --> 00:30:05.920
 he takes away.

00:30:06.579 --> 00:30:07.019
 It's amazing.

00:30:07.599 --> 00:30:08.599
 And you can actually know

00:30:08.599 --> 00:30:09.319
 if someone's turning

00:30:09.319 --> 00:30:09.819
 to the Lord

00:30:09.819 --> 00:30:11.660
 by whether or not

00:30:11.660 --> 00:30:12.039
 they're still

00:30:12.039 --> 00:30:12.900
 wearing their mask.

00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:15.160
 And it's very liberating.

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:16.019
 When the mask comes off,

00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:16.720
 it's super liberating.

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:17.839
 One of the most loving

00:30:17.839 --> 00:30:18.400
 things you can do

00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:18.880
 to somebody

00:30:18.880 --> 00:30:19.859
 is just stand

00:30:19.859 --> 00:30:20.359
 on this promise

00:30:20.359 --> 00:30:20.980
 and just be open

00:30:20.980 --> 00:30:21.759
 with people about your sin.

00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:23.819
 Okay.

00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:25.660
 I'm going to read

00:30:25.660 --> 00:30:26.140
 these faster.

00:30:27.859 --> 00:30:28.460
 We're only

00:30:28.460 --> 00:30:29.420
 seven in.

00:30:29.539 --> 00:30:29.779
 Okay.

00:30:30.180 --> 00:30:30.640
 Number eight.

00:30:30.900 --> 00:30:31.879
 Christ will preserve

00:30:31.879 --> 00:30:32.339
 his sheep.

00:30:32.660 --> 00:30:33.079
 This comes from

00:30:33.079 --> 00:30:34.700
 John 10, 27-28.

00:30:35.379 --> 00:30:36.059
 He says that

00:30:36.059 --> 00:30:36.980
 they will never perish

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:37.960
 and no one will ever

00:30:37.960 --> 00:30:38.759
 snatch them out of his hand.

00:30:38.799 --> 00:30:39.400
 This is a promise.

00:30:39.539 --> 00:30:39.740
 Again,

00:30:40.039 --> 00:30:40.839
 those are promises.

00:30:42.599 --> 00:30:43.240
 Number nine.

00:30:43.359 --> 00:30:44.279
 Christ will be with us

00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:45.039
 in making disciples.

00:30:45.420 --> 00:30:46.039
 The Great Commission,

00:30:46.140 --> 00:30:47.579
 the end of Matthew 28,

00:30:47.660 --> 00:30:49.240
 verse 19-20,

00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:49.839
 says,

00:30:49.839 --> 00:30:50.879
 Go therefore

00:30:50.879 --> 00:30:51.539
 make disciples

00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:52.279
 of all nations,

00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:53.559
 baptizing in the name

00:30:53.559 --> 00:30:54.259
 of the Father and Son

00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:54.839
 and the Holy Spirit,

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:55.859
 teaching them to observe

00:30:55.859 --> 00:30:57.039
 all that I have commanded you.

00:30:57.439 --> 00:30:58.079
 And behold,

00:30:58.619 --> 00:31:00.379
 I am with you

00:31:00.379 --> 00:31:01.179
 always

00:31:01.179 --> 00:31:02.319
 to the end of the age.

00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:04.539
 One of the biggest holdups

00:31:04.539 --> 00:31:05.359
 in people

00:31:05.359 --> 00:31:06.599
 getting the courage

00:31:06.599 --> 00:31:07.379
 to share the gospel

00:31:07.379 --> 00:31:08.459
 is because they feel

00:31:08.459 --> 00:31:09.459
 that they're doing it alone.

00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:10.839
 You're not.

00:31:11.619 --> 00:31:12.839
 Jesus Christ is right there.

00:31:13.959 --> 00:31:15.519
 Do you feel insecure

00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:16.480
 sharing the gospel

00:31:16.480 --> 00:31:17.839
 if you got to do it

00:31:17.839 --> 00:31:19.199
 with the Lord Jesus Christ

00:31:19.199 --> 00:31:19.679
 bodily,

00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:20.500
 there in presence?

00:31:21.820 --> 00:31:22.039
 I mean,

00:31:22.120 --> 00:31:22.860
 talk about like

00:31:22.860 --> 00:31:23.820
 a confidence booster.

00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:24.060
 I mean,

00:31:24.060 --> 00:31:24.840
 that's the way he's saying it.

00:31:24.880 --> 00:31:25.460
 That's the point.

00:31:25.779 --> 00:31:26.180
 He's with you.

00:31:27.580 --> 00:31:28.259
 Number ten.

00:31:28.360 --> 00:31:29.400
 His power is made perfect

00:31:29.400 --> 00:31:30.240
 in your weakness.

00:31:30.799 --> 00:31:31.640
 Second Corinthians 12,

00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:32.920
 9 says this.

00:31:32.980 --> 00:31:33.600
 He said to me,

00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:34.779
 this is after Paul's praying

00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:35.799
 that God's going to take away

00:31:35.799 --> 00:31:36.820
 this thorn in his flesh,

00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:37.920
 this whatever it was.

00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:38.299
 I don't know.

00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:39.460
 He didn't like it.

00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:40.039
 Whatever it was.

00:31:40.120 --> 00:31:40.880
 He felt like it was

00:31:40.880 --> 00:31:41.620
 holding him up

00:31:41.620 --> 00:31:42.279
 from doing what God

00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:43.000
 had called him to do.

00:31:43.960 --> 00:31:44.580
 He said to me,

00:31:44.579 --> 00:31:45.599
 my grace is sufficient

00:31:45.599 --> 00:31:45.960
 for you,

00:31:46.019 --> 00:31:46.819
 for my power

00:31:46.819 --> 00:31:47.539
 is made perfect

00:31:47.539 --> 00:31:48.559
 in weakness.

00:31:49.279 --> 00:31:49.639
 Therefore,

00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:50.519
 I will boast

00:31:50.519 --> 00:31:51.240
 all the more gladly

00:31:51.240 --> 00:31:51.879
 of my weaknesses

00:31:51.879 --> 00:31:53.139
 so that the power

00:31:53.139 --> 00:31:53.659
 of Christ

00:31:53.659 --> 00:31:55.159
 may rest upon me.

00:31:55.839 --> 00:31:56.579
 It's a lie

00:31:56.579 --> 00:31:58.399
 that the weaknesses

00:31:58.399 --> 00:31:59.179
 in your life

00:31:59.179 --> 00:32:00.299
 are preventing you

00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:00.799
 from doing

00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:01.939
 what God has called you

00:32:01.939 --> 00:32:02.259
 to do.

00:32:02.259 --> 00:32:05.019
 It's actually good.

00:32:05.900 --> 00:32:07.160
 You can trust in God

00:32:07.160 --> 00:32:08.559
 and his power

00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:09.279
 made perfect

00:32:09.279 --> 00:32:09.920
 in your weakness.

00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:12.720
 So these promises

00:32:12.720 --> 00:32:13.200
 are awesome

00:32:13.200 --> 00:32:13.980
 just to shut down

00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:14.640
 the lies of the devil,

00:32:14.819 --> 00:32:15.240
 by the way.

00:32:16.980 --> 00:32:17.619
 Number 11,

00:32:17.700 --> 00:32:18.180
 the Holy Spirit

00:32:18.180 --> 00:32:18.859
 will give us power

00:32:18.859 --> 00:32:19.799
 to be Christ's witnesses.

00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:20.960
 This comes from Acts 1.8.

00:32:21.019 --> 00:32:21.319
 He says,

00:32:21.420 --> 00:32:22.339
 you will receive power

00:32:22.339 --> 00:32:23.059
 when the Holy Spirit

00:32:23.059 --> 00:32:23.879
 has come upon you

00:32:23.879 --> 00:32:24.500
 and you will be

00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:25.180
 my witnesses.

00:32:26.400 --> 00:32:27.400
 We can get baptized

00:32:27.400 --> 00:32:28.240
 by the Holy Spirit

00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:28.940
 and God will give us

00:32:28.940 --> 00:32:31.000
 power to be his witnesses,

00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:32.299
 both in life

00:32:32.299 --> 00:32:33.500
 and in words.

00:32:33.940 --> 00:32:34.539
 And we need it.

00:32:34.880 --> 00:32:35.019
 You know,

00:32:35.039 --> 00:32:35.819
 that deep sense

00:32:35.819 --> 00:32:36.539
 of insecurity

00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:37.180
 and just like,

00:32:37.259 --> 00:32:37.400
 you know,

00:32:37.480 --> 00:32:37.839
 maybe like,

00:32:38.119 --> 00:32:38.559
 maybe some of you

00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:39.079
 struggle with this,

00:32:39.140 --> 00:32:39.839
 maybe some don't

00:32:39.839 --> 00:32:40.519
 as much,

00:32:40.579 --> 00:32:41.519
 but the thought

00:32:41.519 --> 00:32:42.180
 of going and being

00:32:42.180 --> 00:32:43.140
 a witness to somebody,

00:32:43.259 --> 00:32:43.940
 sharing the gospel

00:32:43.940 --> 00:32:44.680
 like a stranger

00:32:44.680 --> 00:32:45.799
 is just like,

00:32:45.880 --> 00:32:46.099
 ugh!

00:32:47.779 --> 00:32:48.460
 You need to be

00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:49.160
 filled with the Holy Spirit.

00:32:50.380 --> 00:32:51.319
 The disciples went

00:32:51.319 --> 00:32:51.880
 from being these

00:32:51.880 --> 00:32:52.880
 super insecure,

00:32:53.119 --> 00:32:54.059
 fearful guys

00:32:54.059 --> 00:32:55.500
 to just being

00:32:55.500 --> 00:32:56.799
 filled with boldness

00:32:56.799 --> 00:32:57.319
 after the day

00:32:57.319 --> 00:32:57.819
 of Pentecost

00:32:57.819 --> 00:32:58.380
 because they got

00:32:58.380 --> 00:32:59.440
 baptized in the Holy Spirit.

00:32:59.779 --> 00:33:00.380
 You will receive

00:33:00.380 --> 00:33:01.200
 power.

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:02.420
 We need to be

00:33:02.420 --> 00:33:03.420
 baptized in the Holy Spirit

00:33:03.420 --> 00:33:04.200
 and he'll do it.

00:33:05.020 --> 00:33:05.360
 Number 12,

00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:05.880
 the Holy Spirit

00:33:05.880 --> 00:33:06.500
 leads us into all

00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:06.880
 the truth.

00:33:07.580 --> 00:33:09.300
 John 16,

00:33:09.400 --> 00:33:10.180
 verse 13 says,

00:33:10.280 --> 00:33:10.640
 when the Spirit

00:33:10.640 --> 00:33:11.240
 of truth comes,

00:33:11.660 --> 00:33:12.500
 he will guide you

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:13.380
 into all the truth.

00:33:13.760 --> 00:33:14.120
 You're worried

00:33:14.120 --> 00:33:15.000
 about not understanding

00:33:15.000 --> 00:33:16.100
 the full counsel of God,

00:33:16.240 --> 00:33:17.380
 not understanding

00:33:17.380 --> 00:33:18.440
 like everything

00:33:18.440 --> 00:33:19.140
 the Bible teaches,

00:33:19.260 --> 00:33:19.940
 everything I need to know.

00:33:20.320 --> 00:33:21.060
 There's a promise here.

00:33:21.120 --> 00:33:21.540
 The Holy Spirit

00:33:21.540 --> 00:33:22.080
 will lead you

00:33:22.080 --> 00:33:23.580
 into all the truth.

00:33:24.140 --> 00:33:24.680
 Be entrusted.

00:33:25.040 --> 00:33:25.580
 Do you believe it?

00:33:26.280 --> 00:33:26.920
 Number 13,

00:33:27.040 --> 00:33:27.640
 Christ will build

00:33:27.640 --> 00:33:28.180
 his church.

00:33:28.320 --> 00:33:28.720
 This comes from

00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:29.380
 Matthew 16,

00:33:29.440 --> 00:33:29.799
 18.

00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:31.880
 Number 14,

00:33:32.220 --> 00:33:33.519
 Christ gives the gifts

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:34.420
 to build his church.

00:33:34.799 --> 00:33:35.700
 So he's going to do it.

00:33:36.180 --> 00:33:36.559
 He says,

00:33:36.620 --> 00:33:37.180
 the gates of hell

00:33:37.180 --> 00:33:38.160
 will not prevail against it.

00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:38.920
 I'm going to do it,

00:33:38.980 --> 00:33:39.420
 not people.

00:33:39.539 --> 00:33:40.120
 I'm going to do it.

00:33:40.200 --> 00:33:40.600
 I'm going to do it

00:33:40.600 --> 00:33:41.120
 through people,

00:33:41.299 --> 00:33:41.860
 but it's me.

00:33:42.380 --> 00:33:43.180
 I'm the boss.

00:33:43.339 --> 00:33:43.759
 I'm the one

00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:44.579
 actually doing it.

00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:46.220
 And to do that,

00:33:46.279 --> 00:33:46.640
 it says,

00:33:46.900 --> 00:33:48.420
 he will give gifts.

00:33:49.079 --> 00:33:49.759
 That comes from

00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:50.420
 Ephesians 4,

00:33:50.500 --> 00:33:51.299
 verse 7 through 8.

00:33:51.299 --> 00:33:52.299
 But grace was given

00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:53.079
 to each one of us

00:33:53.079 --> 00:33:53.920
 according to the measure

00:33:53.920 --> 00:33:54.700
 of Christ's gift.

00:33:55.220 --> 00:33:55.460
 Therefore,

00:33:55.620 --> 00:33:55.960
 it says,

00:33:56.120 --> 00:33:57.240
 when he ascended on high,

00:33:57.440 --> 00:33:59.080
 he led a host of captives

00:33:59.080 --> 00:34:00.880
 and he gave gifts to men.

00:34:01.340 --> 00:34:02.000
 He's going to build

00:34:02.000 --> 00:34:02.539
 his church

00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:04.039
 and then he's going to

00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:05.519
 set each member

00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:06.319
 in the body

00:34:06.319 --> 00:34:07.539
 as he sees fit

00:34:07.539 --> 00:34:10.019
 with the diversity

00:34:10.019 --> 00:34:11.679
 that gets the manifold

00:34:11.679 --> 00:34:12.980
 grace of God

00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:15.320
 in order to do it.

00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:17.340
 He's going to do it.

00:34:17.360 --> 00:34:17.940
 He promised it.

00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:20.760
 Verse 15,

00:34:20.860 --> 00:34:21.860
 or number 15,

00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:22.820
 Christ gives leaders

00:34:22.820 --> 00:34:23.340
 for the church.

00:34:23.460 --> 00:34:24.180
 So much of the gifts

00:34:24.180 --> 00:34:26.840
 continuing in Ephesians 4,

00:34:27.099 --> 00:34:28.380
 starting in verse 11 and 12,

00:34:28.460 --> 00:34:28.740
 it says,

00:34:28.840 --> 00:34:30.400
 he gave the apostles,

00:34:30.579 --> 00:34:31.019
 the prophets,

00:34:31.180 --> 00:34:32.079
 the evangelists,

00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:33.780
 the shepherds and teachers

00:34:33.780 --> 00:34:35.480
 to equip the saints

00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:36.380
 for the work of ministry

00:34:36.380 --> 00:34:38.099
 for building up

00:34:38.099 --> 00:34:39.620
 the body of Christ.

00:34:40.220 --> 00:34:41.240
 He promised he's going

00:34:41.240 --> 00:34:41.620
 to do it.

00:34:42.720 --> 00:34:43.260
 And he's going to give

00:34:43.260 --> 00:34:43.840
 the right ones.

00:34:44.620 --> 00:34:45.320
 He's going to give

00:34:45.320 --> 00:34:46.620
 the right kinds of ones,

00:34:46.940 --> 00:34:47.620
 not all the same.

00:34:48.840 --> 00:34:49.200
 Evangelists,

00:34:49.480 --> 00:34:49.860
 pastors,

00:34:50.220 --> 00:34:50.579
 teachers,

00:34:50.820 --> 00:34:51.099
 apostles,

00:34:51.099 --> 00:34:51.539
 the whole deal.

00:34:52.339 --> 00:34:53.159
 He's going to do it.

00:34:54.759 --> 00:34:55.719
 Number 16,

00:34:56.039 --> 00:34:57.139
 the Father will discipline

00:34:57.139 --> 00:34:58.239
 us for our good.

00:34:58.519 --> 00:34:59.599
 This comes from Hebrews 12,

00:34:59.819 --> 00:35:00.539
 verse 6.

00:35:00.839 --> 00:35:01.019
 It says,

00:35:01.119 --> 00:35:02.000
 for the Lord disciplines

00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:02.759
 the one he loves

00:35:02.759 --> 00:35:04.719
 and chastises every son

00:35:04.719 --> 00:35:05.940
 whom he receives.

00:35:07.119 --> 00:35:08.539
 Jesus says in another place

00:35:08.539 --> 00:35:09.099
 in Revelation,

00:35:09.279 --> 00:35:09.500
 he says,

00:35:09.579 --> 00:35:10.719
 those whom I love,

00:35:11.279 --> 00:35:12.299
 I rebuke.

00:35:13.440 --> 00:35:14.159
 How do you know

00:35:14.159 --> 00:35:15.019
 you're a child of God?

00:35:15.619 --> 00:35:16.420
 He gets bankers.

00:35:17.079 --> 00:35:17.299
 Okay,

00:35:17.360 --> 00:35:17.980
 they look a lot different

00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:18.519
 when you're an adult,

00:35:18.639 --> 00:35:19.519
 but still,

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:20.719
 he keeps you

00:35:20.719 --> 00:35:21.760
 in his love,

00:35:21.880 --> 00:35:22.699
 he disciplines you,

00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:23.579
 he will not let you

00:35:23.579 --> 00:35:24.079
 get away

00:35:24.079 --> 00:35:25.340
 with your own

00:35:25.340 --> 00:35:27.440
 selfish stuff.

00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:29.800
 That's awesome.

00:35:30.619 --> 00:35:31.539
 You know what that is?

00:35:31.940 --> 00:35:32.619
 I love you.

00:35:33.119 --> 00:35:33.780
 You're my kid.

00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:35.940
 If you weren't my kid,

00:35:36.500 --> 00:35:37.500
 you can do whatever you want.

00:35:38.599 --> 00:35:39.440
 It's a lot different

00:35:39.440 --> 00:35:40.380
 when we're God's kid.

00:35:40.760 --> 00:35:41.599
 When we're God's kid,

00:35:41.599 --> 00:35:42.099
 no.

00:35:42.759 --> 00:35:43.799
 I love you.

00:35:44.360 --> 00:35:45.480
 I'm going to discipline you

00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:46.860
 for your good.

00:35:48.679 --> 00:35:49.299
 Number 17.

00:35:49.460 --> 00:35:50.279
 Discipline produces

00:35:50.279 --> 00:35:51.079
 peaceful fruit.

00:35:51.860 --> 00:35:52.559
 This comes from

00:35:52.559 --> 00:35:53.659
 Hebrews 12, verse 11.

00:35:53.819 --> 00:35:54.739
 This is a related note here.

00:35:54.839 --> 00:35:55.339
 For the moment,

00:35:55.480 --> 00:35:56.920
 all discipline seems painful

00:35:56.920 --> 00:35:57.839
 rather than pleasant,

00:35:58.239 --> 00:35:59.659
 but later it yields

00:35:59.659 --> 00:36:00.599
 the peaceable fruit

00:36:01.199 --> 00:36:01.920
 of righteousness

00:36:01.920 --> 00:36:03.360
 to those who have been

00:36:03.360 --> 00:36:04.400
 trained by it.

00:36:04.639 --> 00:36:05.579
 That's good for us.

00:36:05.880 --> 00:36:06.539
 It's also good

00:36:06.539 --> 00:36:07.539
 for parents with kids.

00:36:07.799 --> 00:36:08.039
 Okay?

00:36:08.319 --> 00:36:09.319
 It's not fun for anybody.

00:36:09.699 --> 00:36:10.460
 The Bible commands us

00:36:10.460 --> 00:36:11.280
 to spank our children.

00:36:11.579 --> 00:36:11.820
 Okay?

00:36:11.860 --> 00:36:12.720
 To discipline them.

00:36:13.860 --> 00:36:14.860
 Kids don't like it.

00:36:15.659 --> 00:36:16.679
 Parents don't like it.

00:36:17.179 --> 00:36:18.519
 It's not pleasant.

00:36:18.980 --> 00:36:19.539
 It's painful.

00:36:20.320 --> 00:36:21.440
 But what happens afterwards?

00:36:22.420 --> 00:36:23.619
 It yields peaceful

00:36:23.619 --> 00:36:24.579
 fruit of righteousness

00:36:24.579 --> 00:36:25.780
 to those who have been

00:36:25.780 --> 00:36:26.880
 trained by it.

00:36:28.099 --> 00:36:29.139
 And we just got to trust

00:36:29.139 --> 00:36:30.480
 this is God's word.

00:36:30.619 --> 00:36:31.340
 These are his promises.

00:36:32.039 --> 00:36:33.119
 This is the same for us, too.

00:36:33.460 --> 00:36:34.720
 No one likes getting disciplined

00:36:34.720 --> 00:36:35.260
 by the Lord

00:36:35.260 --> 00:36:36.079
 when they're going through it.

00:36:36.539 --> 00:36:37.199
 It's painful.

00:36:38.220 --> 00:36:39.059
 But you know what?

00:36:39.059 --> 00:36:41.000
 On the other side,

00:36:42.139 --> 00:36:43.199
 there's peace.

00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:44.699
 There's peace.

00:36:45.539 --> 00:36:46.799
 Just kind of as an aside,

00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:47.619
 you see kids

00:36:47.619 --> 00:36:48.279
 who have been raised

00:36:48.279 --> 00:36:48.719
 in kind of like

00:36:48.719 --> 00:36:49.519
 a gentle parenting

00:36:49.519 --> 00:36:50.480
 kind of mindset.

00:36:52.079 --> 00:36:52.900
 No peace.

00:36:53.619 --> 00:36:53.860
 I mean,

00:36:53.880 --> 00:36:54.500
 they're just on hints

00:36:54.500 --> 00:36:55.679
 because they've never been,

00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:57.219
 this has never happened to them.

00:36:58.039 --> 00:36:58.420
 And when we,

00:36:58.519 --> 00:36:59.159
 that's a picture

00:36:59.159 --> 00:37:00.259
 of when God just leaves us

00:37:00.259 --> 00:37:01.139
 to our own devices,

00:37:01.820 --> 00:37:01.980
 you know,

00:37:02.059 --> 00:37:03.239
 interest-led parenting.

00:37:03.679 --> 00:37:04.619
 You just do whatever you want.

00:37:04.679 --> 00:37:05.519
 There's no consequences.

00:37:05.519 --> 00:37:07.199
 There's no peace

00:37:07.199 --> 00:37:07.840
 on the inside.

00:37:08.619 --> 00:37:09.960
 That anxiety

00:37:09.960 --> 00:37:10.840
 just builds

00:37:10.840 --> 00:37:11.579
 and builds

00:37:11.579 --> 00:37:12.159
 and builds

00:37:12.159 --> 00:37:12.759
 because God

00:37:12.759 --> 00:37:13.460
 has baked something

00:37:13.460 --> 00:37:14.320
 into our heart code

00:37:14.320 --> 00:37:14.780
 that says,

00:37:15.380 --> 00:37:16.199
 if you love me,

00:37:16.559 --> 00:37:17.880
 you won't let me get away

00:37:17.880 --> 00:37:18.940
 with doing wicked things.

00:37:19.480 --> 00:37:20.239
 And every time

00:37:20.239 --> 00:37:20.759
 you let your kid

00:37:20.759 --> 00:37:21.679
 get away with something wicked,

00:37:21.800 --> 00:37:21.980
 you know what?

00:37:22.039 --> 00:37:22.619
 You're telling them,

00:37:22.739 --> 00:37:23.460
 I don't love you.

00:37:23.460 --> 00:37:27.079
 And it brings tremendous peace

00:37:27.079 --> 00:37:27.619
 when the Father

00:37:27.619 --> 00:37:28.579
 comes into our life,

00:37:29.039 --> 00:37:31.019
 he washes us clean from sin,

00:37:31.740 --> 00:37:32.539
 and he leads us

00:37:32.539 --> 00:37:33.059
 to repentance

00:37:33.059 --> 00:37:33.980
 by the Holy Spirit,

00:37:34.519 --> 00:37:36.260
 and he starts disciplining us.

00:37:36.840 --> 00:37:37.280
 Security.

00:37:38.599 --> 00:37:39.079
 Peace.

00:37:40.159 --> 00:37:42.639
 I don't enjoy discipline,

00:37:43.639 --> 00:37:44.440
 but man,

00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:45.340
 I have peace with God.

00:37:45.440 --> 00:37:45.920
 This is amazing.

00:37:46.280 --> 00:37:46.780
 The same is true

00:37:46.780 --> 00:37:47.280
 with our kids.

00:37:48.400 --> 00:37:48.579
 Okay.

00:37:49.880 --> 00:37:50.679
 Wrap it up here

00:37:50.679 --> 00:37:51.280
 just a few more.

00:37:51.280 --> 00:37:52.480
 19,

00:37:53.180 --> 00:37:54.140
 he puts the lonely

00:37:54.140 --> 00:37:54.800
 in families.

00:37:54.980 --> 00:37:55.680
 This is a promise.

00:37:55.880 --> 00:37:56.300
 This comes from

00:37:56.300 --> 00:37:57.620
 Psalm 68, verse 6.

00:37:58.060 --> 00:37:59.240
 God sets the lonely

00:37:59.240 --> 00:38:00.120
 in families.

00:38:00.820 --> 00:38:01.480
 He leads out

00:38:01.480 --> 00:38:02.000
 the prisoners

00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:02.560
 with singing,

00:38:03.180 --> 00:38:04.040
 but the rebellious

00:38:04.040 --> 00:38:06.500
 live in a sun-scorched land.

00:38:07.200 --> 00:38:08.080
 So if you're lonely,

00:38:08.840 --> 00:38:09.720
 come to the Lord Jesus.

00:38:10.200 --> 00:38:10.380
 You know,

00:38:10.440 --> 00:38:11.180
 get right with him.

00:38:11.680 --> 00:38:12.040
 But no,

00:38:12.100 --> 00:38:12.700
 this is true.

00:38:13.019 --> 00:38:13.760
 God puts the lonely

00:38:13.760 --> 00:38:14.260
 in families.

00:38:15.040 --> 00:38:15.560
 And if you have

00:38:15.560 --> 00:38:16.160
 pervasive,

00:38:16.380 --> 00:38:17.380
 consistent loneliness,

00:38:19.120 --> 00:38:19.640
 and

00:38:19.639 --> 00:38:21.279
 like,

00:38:21.359 --> 00:38:22.000
 just consider.

00:38:22.539 --> 00:38:23.599
 Just consider something.

00:38:24.960 --> 00:38:26.039
 There's a reverse

00:38:26.039 --> 00:38:26.900
 side of this coin.

00:38:27.119 --> 00:38:28.059
 The rebellious live

00:38:28.059 --> 00:38:30.259
 in a sun-scorched land.

00:38:31.259 --> 00:38:31.440
 Like,

00:38:31.500 --> 00:38:32.179
 some of the most

00:38:32.179 --> 00:38:32.779
 lonely people

00:38:32.779 --> 00:38:34.019
 I've met,

00:38:34.679 --> 00:38:35.519
 I've been surrounded

00:38:35.519 --> 00:38:36.099
 by people

00:38:36.099 --> 00:38:37.699
 just trying to reach out

00:38:37.699 --> 00:38:38.019
 to them,

00:38:38.460 --> 00:38:39.279
 trying to help them,

00:38:39.420 --> 00:38:40.059
 trying to hang out.

00:38:40.319 --> 00:38:41.099
 But wherever they go,

00:38:41.159 --> 00:38:42.400
 they still just feel lonely.

00:38:43.679 --> 00:38:44.239
 Misunderstood.

00:38:45.039 --> 00:38:45.219
 Well,

00:38:45.259 --> 00:38:46.000
 it's actually saying

00:38:46.000 --> 00:38:46.799
 something about

00:38:46.799 --> 00:38:48.139
 what's going on

00:38:48.139 --> 00:38:48.959
 in their vertical

00:38:48.959 --> 00:38:49.719
 relationship

00:38:49.719 --> 00:38:51.199
 more than something

00:38:51.199 --> 00:38:52.119
 about what's going on

00:38:52.119 --> 00:38:52.799
 in the horizontal

00:38:52.799 --> 00:38:53.500
 relationship.

00:38:55.199 --> 00:38:56.739
 And God won't let

00:38:56.739 --> 00:38:57.599
 them feel lonely

00:38:57.599 --> 00:38:59.119
 until that gets right.

00:39:00.039 --> 00:39:00.279
 Okay?

00:39:00.959 --> 00:39:01.339
 So,

00:39:01.539 --> 00:39:01.659
 you know,

00:39:01.699 --> 00:39:02.299
 I kind of say that

00:39:02.299 --> 00:39:02.799
 as an aside.

00:39:02.919 --> 00:39:03.639
 If that's your experience,

00:39:03.719 --> 00:39:04.559
 I just encourage you,

00:39:05.179 --> 00:39:05.979
 come to the Lord.

00:39:06.500 --> 00:39:06.799
 Okay?

00:39:07.179 --> 00:39:07.839
 Come to the Lord.

00:39:08.599 --> 00:39:09.559
 Get a restored

00:39:09.559 --> 00:39:10.719
 relationship with him.

00:39:11.299 --> 00:39:11.959
 And trust him.

00:39:11.959 --> 00:39:12.939
 This promise is true.

00:39:12.940 --> 00:39:13.720
 He's going to put you,

00:39:14.179 --> 00:39:14.740
 he's going to remove

00:39:14.740 --> 00:39:15.159
 that loneliness,

00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:15.840
 he's going to put you

00:39:15.840 --> 00:39:16.599
 around other believers

00:39:16.599 --> 00:39:19.099
 in a familial environment

00:39:19.099 --> 00:39:20.559
 where you feel

00:39:20.559 --> 00:39:21.179
 that closeness.

00:39:21.380 --> 00:39:21.480
 Okay?

00:39:22.960 --> 00:39:23.539
 Number 20,

00:39:23.880 --> 00:39:24.800
 he works all things

00:39:24.800 --> 00:39:25.599
 together for good

00:39:25.599 --> 00:39:26.099
 for believers.

00:39:26.220 --> 00:39:26.659
 This comes from

00:39:26.659 --> 00:39:27.480
 Romans 8, 28.

00:39:28.079 --> 00:39:28.300
 It says,

00:39:28.420 --> 00:39:29.000
 and we know

00:39:29.000 --> 00:39:29.679
 that for those

00:39:29.679 --> 00:39:30.460
 who love God,

00:39:30.579 --> 00:39:31.740
 all things work

00:39:31.740 --> 00:39:32.599
 together for good.

00:39:32.840 --> 00:39:33.619
 How many things?

00:39:34.420 --> 00:39:35.200
 All of them.

00:39:36.059 --> 00:39:36.820
 Bad things?

00:39:37.360 --> 00:39:37.720
 Yes.

00:39:38.380 --> 00:39:39.300
 Good things?

00:39:39.780 --> 00:39:40.159
 Yes.

00:39:40.800 --> 00:39:41.400
 Things that you

00:39:41.400 --> 00:39:42.300
 expected were going

00:39:42.300 --> 00:39:42.820
 to happen?

00:39:43.099 --> 00:39:43.320
 Yes.

00:39:43.860 --> 00:39:44.619
 Things you did not

00:39:44.619 --> 00:39:45.240
 expect were going

00:39:45.240 --> 00:39:45.539
 to happen?

00:39:46.099 --> 00:39:46.420
 Yes.

00:39:46.860 --> 00:39:47.480
 All of them.

00:39:48.599 --> 00:39:49.700
 For those who are

00:39:49.700 --> 00:39:50.340
 called according

00:39:50.340 --> 00:39:52.099
 to his purpose.

00:39:52.820 --> 00:39:53.559
 So there is a

00:39:53.559 --> 00:39:55.000
 clarifier here.

00:39:55.099 --> 00:39:55.639
 This is not just

00:39:55.639 --> 00:39:56.760
 God works everything

00:39:56.760 --> 00:39:57.280
 together for good

00:39:57.280 --> 00:39:57.700
 for everybody.

00:39:58.760 --> 00:40:00.300
 This is God works

00:40:00.300 --> 00:40:01.039
 everything together

00:40:01.039 --> 00:40:02.019
 for good for those

00:40:02.019 --> 00:40:02.579
 who love God

00:40:02.579 --> 00:40:02.880
 and are called

00:40:02.880 --> 00:40:04.820
 according to his purpose.

00:40:06.159 --> 00:40:06.480
 Remember,

00:40:06.559 --> 00:40:07.800
 his purpose comes

00:40:07.800 --> 00:40:08.679
 a little bit earlier

00:40:08.679 --> 00:40:09.260
 in this chapter

00:40:09.260 --> 00:40:10.400
 that we would be

00:40:10.400 --> 00:40:11.480
 conformed to the image

00:40:11.480 --> 00:40:12.320
 of his son Jesus.

00:40:12.760 --> 00:40:13.599
 Is that your purpose?

00:40:14.400 --> 00:40:15.139
 Or you got another

00:40:15.139 --> 00:40:15.740
 kind of purpose?

00:40:16.639 --> 00:40:17.740
 Your purpose is the same

00:40:17.740 --> 00:40:18.900
 as God's purpose.

00:40:19.139 --> 00:40:19.579
 Guess what?

00:40:19.920 --> 00:40:20.800
 It's impossible

00:40:20.800 --> 00:40:21.860
 for anything

00:40:21.860 --> 00:40:22.800
 in your life

00:40:22.800 --> 00:40:24.380
 to not work

00:40:24.380 --> 00:40:25.199
 together for good.

00:40:26.039 --> 00:40:26.519
 Nothing.

00:40:27.199 --> 00:40:28.679
 It all has to work

00:40:28.679 --> 00:40:29.420
 together for good

00:40:29.420 --> 00:40:30.679
 because you're called

00:40:30.679 --> 00:40:31.579
 according to God's purpose.

00:40:32.440 --> 00:40:33.679
 It's an amazing promise.

00:40:33.679 --> 00:40:35.219
 21,

00:40:36.000 --> 00:40:37.619
 faith results in rest

00:40:37.619 --> 00:40:38.679
 from our own efforts

00:40:38.679 --> 00:40:39.480
 to please God.

00:40:39.579 --> 00:40:40.139
 We've already talked

00:40:40.139 --> 00:40:40.659
 about this,

00:40:41.039 --> 00:40:41.500
 but I want to share

00:40:41.500 --> 00:40:42.359
 a specific promise

00:40:42.359 --> 00:40:43.059
 in Hebrews 4

00:40:43.059 --> 00:40:43.799
 that speaks to this.

00:40:44.259 --> 00:40:44.579
 It says,

00:40:44.739 --> 00:40:45.940
 for we who have believed

00:40:45.940 --> 00:40:47.059
 enter that rest.

00:40:47.899 --> 00:40:49.059
 For whoever has

00:40:49.059 --> 00:40:50.059
 entered God's rest

00:40:50.059 --> 00:40:51.579
 has also rested

00:40:51.579 --> 00:40:52.659
 from his works

00:40:52.659 --> 00:40:53.739
 that God did

00:40:53.739 --> 00:40:54.339
 from his.

00:40:54.719 --> 00:40:55.759
 It's a real thing.

00:40:56.639 --> 00:40:57.219
 Christians work

00:40:57.219 --> 00:40:57.739
 really hard

00:40:57.739 --> 00:40:58.779
 by the grace of God,

00:40:59.239 --> 00:41:00.059
 but the true,

00:41:00.699 --> 00:41:01.219
 a believer

00:41:01.219 --> 00:41:01.719
 who has entered

00:41:01.719 --> 00:41:02.459
 God's rest,

00:41:03.239 --> 00:41:03.719
 they're free.

00:41:04.699 --> 00:41:04.919
 Okay?

00:41:05.399 --> 00:41:06.480
 I don't have to do

00:41:06.480 --> 00:41:07.279
 anything to please God

00:41:07.279 --> 00:41:07.639
 anymore,

00:41:07.799 --> 00:41:08.559
 so I'm not going to try it.

00:41:09.199 --> 00:41:10.500
 That sounds really scandalous,

00:41:10.579 --> 00:41:11.039
 but it's true

00:41:11.039 --> 00:41:12.639
 because I've realized

00:41:12.639 --> 00:41:13.919
 something through God's work

00:41:13.919 --> 00:41:15.739
 that there's only one man

00:41:15.739 --> 00:41:17.259
 who pleases God.

00:41:17.859 --> 00:41:18.759
 His name is Jesus.

00:41:19.339 --> 00:41:20.139
 There's only one man

00:41:20.139 --> 00:41:20.879
 whose works

00:41:20.879 --> 00:41:22.459
 were sufficiently righteous

00:41:22.459 --> 00:41:23.579
 to please God.

00:41:24.279 --> 00:41:24.719
 Jesus.

00:41:26.919 --> 00:41:29.199
 When I believe that truth

00:41:29.199 --> 00:41:31.439
 and I enter into

00:41:31.440 --> 00:41:32.179
 his rest

00:41:32.179 --> 00:41:32.900
 and his righteousness,

00:41:33.280 --> 00:41:34.380
 there's a result.

00:41:35.300 --> 00:41:37.260
 I stop my attempts

00:41:37.260 --> 00:41:38.460
 to try to please God.

00:41:39.220 --> 00:41:40.119
 And it's very free.

00:41:40.519 --> 00:41:41.599
 It's a very liberating life.

00:41:41.679 --> 00:41:42.119
 We obey

00:41:42.119 --> 00:41:44.240
 not because we want

00:41:44.240 --> 00:41:45.000
 to be saved,

00:41:45.260 --> 00:41:46.099
 but because we have

00:41:46.099 --> 00:41:46.659
 been saved.

00:41:47.639 --> 00:41:48.800
 It's just a different motive.

00:41:49.500 --> 00:41:50.220
 Last one,

00:41:51.260 --> 00:41:52.039
 it's good to consider

00:41:52.039 --> 00:41:52.900
 with all these things,

00:41:53.019 --> 00:41:53.579
 that faith

00:41:53.579 --> 00:41:55.119
 is the gift of God.

00:41:55.240 --> 00:41:55.720
 This comes from

00:41:55.720 --> 00:41:56.400
 Ephesians 2,

00:41:56.460 --> 00:41:56.940
 verse 8.

00:41:57.500 --> 00:41:57.740
 It says,

00:41:57.960 --> 00:41:58.780
 for as by grace

00:41:58.780 --> 00:41:59.460
 you've been saved

00:41:59.460 --> 00:42:00.079
 through faith,

00:42:00.619 --> 00:42:01.460
 and this is not

00:42:01.460 --> 00:42:02.119
 from yourselves,

00:42:02.679 --> 00:42:04.659
 it is the gift of God.

00:42:06.240 --> 00:42:06.679
 So,

00:42:07.119 --> 00:42:08.320
 God gives it.

00:42:09.159 --> 00:42:09.679
 So I just want

00:42:09.679 --> 00:42:10.519
 to encourage you,

00:42:11.199 --> 00:42:14.539
 if you're lacking faith,

00:42:15.199 --> 00:42:16.940
 if you want more faith,

00:42:17.400 --> 00:42:18.139
 or you don't even know

00:42:18.139 --> 00:42:19.000
 if you have it at all,

00:42:19.539 --> 00:42:20.340
 there's a promise

00:42:20.340 --> 00:42:21.139
 in Matthew 7

00:42:21.139 --> 00:42:21.519
 that says,

00:42:21.519 --> 00:42:22.440
 ask and it will be

00:42:22.440 --> 00:42:23.079
 given to you,

00:42:23.599 --> 00:42:24.659
 seek and you will find,

00:42:25.579 --> 00:42:26.460
 knock and it will be

00:42:26.460 --> 00:42:27.000
 opened to you.

00:42:27.079 --> 00:42:27.559
 Ask God.

00:42:28.259 --> 00:42:28.400
 Okay?

00:42:28.900 --> 00:42:29.780
 Just give it up to the Lord.

00:42:29.900 --> 00:42:30.340
 Say, you know what,

00:42:30.380 --> 00:42:33.199
 I resonate a lot more

00:42:33.199 --> 00:42:35.619
 with walking by sight

00:42:35.619 --> 00:42:37.400
 and trusting in what

00:42:37.400 --> 00:42:38.159
 I can do

00:42:38.159 --> 00:42:39.280
 and what seems reasonable

00:42:39.280 --> 00:42:39.719
 to me

00:42:39.719 --> 00:42:41.119
 and believe in yourself

00:42:41.119 --> 00:42:41.960
 type of thing

00:42:41.960 --> 00:42:43.559
 than I do with the whole

00:42:43.559 --> 00:42:44.940
 God said it

00:42:44.940 --> 00:42:46.380
 and I'm absolutely convinced

00:42:46.380 --> 00:42:47.259
 and it's going to happen.

00:42:47.260 --> 00:42:47.760
 So,

00:42:49.100 --> 00:42:49.440
 if you're in that

00:42:49.440 --> 00:42:50.060
 first category,

00:42:50.680 --> 00:42:51.940
 just repent

00:42:51.940 --> 00:42:52.620
 and ask the Lord.

00:42:52.740 --> 00:42:52.860
 Say,

00:42:52.920 --> 00:42:53.040
 Lord,

00:42:53.100 --> 00:42:53.980
 I want this real deal.

00:42:54.060 --> 00:42:54.660
 I want the real thing.

00:42:55.920 --> 00:42:56.860
 And if you have

00:42:56.860 --> 00:42:57.340
 the real thing

00:42:57.340 --> 00:42:58.100
 and you've been walking

00:42:58.100 --> 00:42:59.820
 in more of that

00:42:59.820 --> 00:43:01.640
 category of walking

00:43:01.640 --> 00:43:02.280
 by sight,

00:43:03.020 --> 00:43:04.200
 we can repent.

00:43:05.180 --> 00:43:05.800
 The Holy Spirit

00:43:05.800 --> 00:43:06.640
 leads us to repentance

00:43:06.640 --> 00:43:08.040
 and we can remember

00:43:08.040 --> 00:43:09.120
 the promises of God.

00:43:09.420 --> 00:43:10.100
 There's another promise

00:43:10.100 --> 00:43:10.660
 in Colossians,

00:43:10.820 --> 00:43:11.320
 or it's a command

00:43:11.320 --> 00:43:12.360
 that says in Colossians,

00:43:12.480 --> 00:43:13.180
 as you receive

00:43:13.180 --> 00:43:14.100
 Jesus Christ the Lord,

00:43:14.420 --> 00:43:15.780
 so walk in Him.

00:43:15.780 --> 00:43:17.300
 The same way

00:43:17.300 --> 00:43:18.320
 you came to Jesus

00:43:18.320 --> 00:43:19.019
 on day one,

00:43:20.340 --> 00:43:21.680
 walk in Him

00:43:21.680 --> 00:43:22.500
 like that today.

00:43:23.019 --> 00:43:23.620
 How'd you do it?

00:43:23.880 --> 00:43:24.420
 By faith.