WEBVTT 00:00:00.700 --> 00:00:04.660 Well, let's begin our worship this evening. We're going to sing to God's praise. We're 00:00:04.660 --> 00:00:14.040 singing in Psalm 46. As I said this morning, we were looking at the theme of coming to 00:00:14.040 --> 00:00:18.679 seek the Lord, the invitation the Lord gives us to seek the Lord while he may be found, 00:00:19.179 --> 00:00:23.620 to call upon him while he is near. And this evening, we're looking at the book of Hebrews 00:00:23.620 --> 00:00:30.359 chapter 13. And when we think of seeking God and coming to God, we then ask ourselves, well, 00:00:30.859 --> 00:00:36.500 what does God give to us? How do we go on with God? And we're going to look at one of the great 00:00:36.500 --> 00:00:42.600 promises that God gives to us, that never will I leave you, never will I forsake you. 00:00:43.179 --> 00:00:50.520 And this Psalm, Psalm 46, reminds us of that. God is our refuge and our strength and strength, 00:00:50.520 --> 00:00:56.580 a present day. Therefore, although the earth remove, we will not be afraid. We've got the 00:00:56.580 --> 00:01:04.359 promise there of God with us. So we'll sing from verse 1 to verse 7, and the tune is Bethesda. 00:01:04.359 --> 00:01:05.359 Amen. 00:01:05.359 --> 00:01:23.359 God is our refuge and our strength, which leads our present day. Therefore, although the earth 00:01:23.359 --> 00:01:53.340 we will not be afraid. Though hills have met, the seas be afraid. Though hills have met, the seas be 00:01:53.340 --> 00:02:23.319 be cast, the waters rolling may, and trouble be, yet o'er the hills, by swelling seas do shape. 00:02:23.319 --> 00:02:24.359 God is our way in the mountains into the sea. That debt's the day. Glory be with us 00:02:25.060 --> 00:02:26.319 God is yourน play optimization. Your ministry of our church. This night has met, you know, 00:02:26.319 --> 00:02:43.359 Lord have met. And bless our heart who will ever be with us. 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00:18:08.019 --> 00:18:14.019 we'll 00:18:14.019 --> 00:18:15.019 turn to 00:18:15.019 --> 00:18:16.019 read 00:18:16.019 --> 00:18:17.019 god's word 00:18:17.019 --> 00:18:18.019 now in the book of 00:18:18.019 --> 00:18:20.019 hebrews chapter 13 00:18:20.019 --> 00:18:22.019 hebrews chapter 13 00:18:22.019 --> 00:18:28.019 you find this around page 1 2 1 3 of the bibles 00:18:28.019 --> 00:18:33.019 hebrews chapter 13 we're going to read from verse 1 down to verse 19 00:18:33.019 --> 00:18:38.019 let's hear the word of god 00:18:38.019 --> 00:18:49.019 let brotherly love continue do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers for thereby some have entertained angels unawares 00:18:49.019 --> 00:19:18.799 remember those who are in prison as though in prison with them and those who are mistreated since you are you also are in the body let marriage be held in honor among all and let the marriage bed be undefiled for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous keep your life free from the love of money and be content with what you have for he has said i will never leave you nor forsake you so we can 00:19:18.799 --> 00:19:48.779 confidently say the lord is my helper i will not fear what man can do to me remember your leaders those who spoke to you the word of god consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith jesus christ is the same yesterday and today and forever do not be led away by diversion strange teachings for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace not by foods which have not benefited 00:19:48.779 --> 00:20:18.779 benefited benefited benefited those devoted to them we have an altar from which those who serve the tent have no right to eat for the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the holy places by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned outside the camp so jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood 00:20:18.779 --> 00:20:37.779 outside the camp and bear the camp and bear the reproach he endured for here we have no lasting city but we seek the city that is to come through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to god that is the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name 00:20:37.779 --> 00:21:07.779 do not neglect to do good do not neglect to do good to do good and to share what you have for such sacrifices are pleasing to god obey your leaders and submit to them for they are keeping watch over your souls as those who will have to give an account let them do this with joy and not with groaning for that would be of no advantage to you pray for us for we are sure that we have a clear conscience 00:21:07.779 --> 00:21:15.680 things I urge you the more earnestly to do this in order that I may be restored to you 00:21:15.680 --> 00:21:21.339 the sooner and so on. May God bless that reading from his word. 00:21:22.839 --> 00:21:28.899 Before we turn back to this passage we're going to sing once again to his praise in Psalm 61, 00:21:28.899 --> 00:21:36.519 the Sing Psalms version, page 78 of the psalm books. We'll sing from verse 1 down to verse 6. 00:21:37.779 --> 00:21:47.899 Psalm 61 on page 78, the tune is Belmont. Oh hear my urgent cry, my God, and listen to my plea. 00:21:48.319 --> 00:21:57.539 From earth's remotest bounds I call when my heart faints in me. We'll sing from verse 1 to 6 to God's praise. 00:21:57.539 --> 00:22:08.079 Oh hear my urgent cry, my God, and listen to my plea. 00:22:08.079 --> 00:22:09.619 From earth's remotest bounds I call when my heart faints in me. 00:22:09.619 --> 00:22:18.619 Oh hear my urgent cry, my God, and listen to my plea. 00:22:18.619 --> 00:22:31.159 Oh hear my urgent cry, my God, and listen to my plea. 00:22:31.160 --> 00:22:48.700 From earth's remotest bounds I call when my heart faints in me. Oh God, conduct me to the rock that's high, 00:22:48.700 --> 00:23:16.059 far than I. For you my refuge from the foe. 00:23:16.059 --> 00:23:41.059 My power of strength on high. Oh let me dwell within your tent, forever there to live. 00:23:41.059 --> 00:23:58.059 O Lord, the shelter of your wings. Oh Lord, the shelter of your wings. Oh Lord, the refuge which they give. 00:23:58.059 --> 00:24:24.059 For you have held my foe. Oh God, and you have given me the heritage of those who fear. 00:24:24.059 --> 00:24:27.059 Your name God, here may. Come to earth, my God. 00:24:27.059 --> 00:24:28.379 On earth's берenten Rich anew. Oh my God, the refuge of the harbor. 00:24:28.380 --> 00:24:58.360 Thank you. 00:24:58.380 --> 00:25:13.300 We can turn back to our reading in Hebrews chapter 13. 00:25:14.260 --> 00:25:18.980 We're going to look at verse 5 and 6, particularly together this evening. 00:25:18.980 --> 00:25:23.000 Hebrews chapter 13, verse 5. 00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:28.920 Keep your life free from the love of money and be content with what you have. 00:25:29.619 --> 00:25:34.359 For he has said, I will never leave you nor forsake you. 00:25:34.880 --> 00:25:39.460 So we can confidently say, the Lord is my helper. 00:25:39.940 --> 00:25:41.220 I will not fear. 00:25:41.740 --> 00:25:44.559 What can man do to me? 00:25:44.559 --> 00:25:56.519 When we think of God's promises, there are so many of them it's hard for us sometimes just to take them in 00:25:56.519 --> 00:26:02.059 and just to think, well, what's my favorite promise that God gives to me? 00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:05.619 When you think of them, you start numbering them. 00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:07.259 You start going through them. 00:26:07.259 --> 00:26:12.960 You just realize just how many there are and you're almost just scraping the surface the more that you go on. 00:26:13.940 --> 00:26:17.940 But we are told that we are to hold on to these promises. 00:26:18.379 --> 00:26:25.500 These promises should be precious more and more to us and hold them firmly and closely to us 00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:29.720 because they are the promises that so often keep us going day by day 00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:34.539 and keep us going through highs and lows in this life. 00:26:35.460 --> 00:26:39.660 Now, some people have tried to study, go right through the scriptures 00:26:39.660 --> 00:26:43.740 and just work out just how many promises of God there are. 00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:47.000 Efforts have been made by reading right through and thinking, 00:26:47.160 --> 00:26:50.259 well, there's a promise of God to his people. 00:26:50.259 --> 00:26:55.839 There are various estimates as to how many promises there are. 00:26:56.599 --> 00:27:04.379 Most would sort of narrow it down to around 8,000 promises that God gives to his people. 00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:06.660 Now, some of them can sound very similar. 00:27:06.799 --> 00:27:08.420 Some of them can be repeated again. 00:27:09.059 --> 00:27:15.819 But nonetheless, they are still a promise that God gives in a time and in an experience for his people. 00:27:15.819 --> 00:27:20.519 You think of that, 8,000 promises that God gives. 00:27:21.439 --> 00:27:24.879 How many promises have you broken in your own life? 00:27:25.460 --> 00:27:29.240 How many promises have you made to people and you've let them down? 00:27:30.379 --> 00:27:36.740 And yet every promise that God gives to his people, they're secure and they've come to pass. 00:27:37.159 --> 00:27:39.639 They are fulfilled in Christ. 00:27:40.759 --> 00:27:44.179 The amazement of God's promises to us. 00:27:44.180 --> 00:27:49.180 And when we think of songs and psalms that we sing, how many of them contain, 00:27:49.320 --> 00:27:53.920 so many of the promises that God gives to us, which we sing through. 00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:57.840 Many of the psalms, we sing promises that God has given us. 00:27:57.940 --> 00:28:00.299 We think of many of the hymns that have been written. 00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:03.140 We think of the promises that God has given. 00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:09.720 There was one hymn written, standing on the promises of Christ, my King. 00:28:09.720 --> 00:28:18.579 It's just a psalm that was written by someone who was in the midst of a period of ill health, grave ill health, 00:28:18.660 --> 00:28:23.240 at the point where this person thought that they were going to die at around the age of 30. 00:28:24.360 --> 00:28:29.100 And yet they survived and lived more than 40 years after that. 00:28:29.099 --> 00:28:31.500 And yet this person wrote this hymn. 00:28:31.899 --> 00:28:38.639 In the midst of that, given confidence, given assurance of God's help through his promises. 00:28:38.839 --> 00:28:41.480 And just to quote some of the words from it, it says, 00:28:41.480 --> 00:29:10.680 Is that how we live our own lives? 00:29:10.680 --> 00:29:16.799 Do we live it in that way of standing on the promises of God, on the word of God, 00:29:16.860 --> 00:29:19.960 and the confidence that that gives to us? 00:29:20.640 --> 00:29:27.640 As you go through the scriptures, you find that the promises of God are so many and so varied. 00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:32.120 From the beginning, when we see God's promise to Noah, 00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:33.759 where he said, 00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:37.080 Never again will I flood this world. 00:29:37.079 --> 00:29:44.199 And you go through to the promise that Christ himself gives in John 14, 00:29:44.199 --> 00:29:49.960 when he speaks of the fact that he is going to prepare a place for his people. 00:29:50.639 --> 00:29:52.460 And when he says that, he says, 00:29:52.579 --> 00:29:54.960 If I go to prepare a place, I will come again, 00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:58.799 and I will take you to be with me where I am. 00:29:58.799 --> 00:30:03.399 So you have almost the promises from the beginning right to the end, 00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:06.799 and the promise that Christ gives to his people of a place, 00:30:07.539 --> 00:30:13.319 and a time when he will return to take his people to him. 00:30:14.379 --> 00:30:17.859 But think of that promise that Jesus gives, 00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:20.960 that he goes to prepare a place, 00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:23.119 and that he will come again. 00:30:23.119 --> 00:30:28.359 When we think of what we were looking at this morning in Isaiah 55, 00:30:29.059 --> 00:30:33.199 that wonderful, almost gospel passage in Isaiah 55, 00:30:33.599 --> 00:30:35.319 where it's a great invitation, 00:30:36.159 --> 00:30:38.799 Come to the waters, come all who are thirsty. 00:30:39.419 --> 00:30:41.719 And then the verse we were looking at, 00:30:42.159 --> 00:30:44.459 Seek the Lord while he may be found, 00:30:44.619 --> 00:30:46.859 call upon him while he is near, 00:30:46.919 --> 00:30:51.359 that there's this urgency to come to the Lord while we have opportunity. 00:30:51.359 --> 00:30:53.919 As I said this morning, we're going to think, 00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:56.500 Well, what does it mean for us now? 00:30:57.459 --> 00:31:00.719 What does that mean for us on a day-to-day basis? 00:31:00.839 --> 00:31:04.799 We seek the Lord, we find the Lord, we love the Lord, 00:31:05.479 --> 00:31:06.859 but what does he give us now? 00:31:07.359 --> 00:31:10.779 And especially when you think of that text in John 14, 00:31:10.779 --> 00:31:11.359 when he says, 00:31:11.479 --> 00:31:13.740 I am going to prepare a place for you. 00:31:13.819 --> 00:31:15.199 I am going away. 00:31:15.459 --> 00:31:16.979 He says that to his disciples. 00:31:17.139 --> 00:31:19.079 Now, another place, I am going away, 00:31:19.079 --> 00:31:22.339 but I will leave my comforter, the Holy Spirit. 00:31:23.139 --> 00:31:24.379 We often maybe start to think, 00:31:24.460 --> 00:31:26.099 Well, where is he now? 00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:28.720 Has he left us in the meantime? 00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:32.639 Has he left us in the midst of all the dangers 00:31:32.639 --> 00:31:34.480 and the turmoil that surrounds us, 00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:37.119 all the anxieties and fears that come our way? 00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:40.939 Has he just left us to go on blindly by ourselves? 00:31:40.940 --> 00:31:44.820 And no doubt there are times when we maybe feel 00:31:44.820 --> 00:31:47.100 that sense of isolation, 00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:49.940 when we maybe feel that we're alone, 00:31:50.860 --> 00:31:51.779 that we're struggling. 00:31:52.960 --> 00:31:54.799 But has he left us? 00:31:56.080 --> 00:31:58.720 Well, it comes back again to standing 00:31:58.720 --> 00:32:02.580 on the promises of Christ our King. 00:32:03.580 --> 00:32:07.840 And what is the promises that he has given to us, 00:32:07.839 --> 00:32:11.639 repeated again and again and again through Scripture? 00:32:12.159 --> 00:32:14.019 Well, one of the most wonderful promises 00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:16.559 he gives to us as we look through Scripture 00:32:16.559 --> 00:32:19.740 is that he has not left us 00:32:19.740 --> 00:32:22.119 and that he will not leave us. 00:32:23.059 --> 00:32:24.220 When you look at Scripture, 00:32:24.399 --> 00:32:27.000 you find that it's constantly with us, 00:32:27.419 --> 00:32:29.359 always there for us 00:32:29.359 --> 00:32:32.259 when we put our trust in him. 00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:37.640 And that this is true until he comes again. 00:32:38.619 --> 00:32:41.059 Hebrews 13, verse 5, 00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:44.400 is this promise that we're looking at together this evening. 00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:48.160 I will never leave you nor forsake you. 00:32:48.720 --> 00:32:52.500 I will never leave you nor forsake you. 00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:55.819 And it's a promise, as we often see in Hebrews, 00:32:56.019 --> 00:32:57.779 is quotes from the Old Testament. 00:32:57.920 --> 00:32:59.980 And you go back to the Old Testament 00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:01.860 and you find this promise given. 00:33:02.660 --> 00:33:05.259 In particular, it was given to Joshua 00:33:05.259 --> 00:33:09.000 at a time when he was taking over from Moses 00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:11.500 as the leader of God's people, 00:33:12.099 --> 00:33:14.900 as he was taking them on into the promised land. 00:33:15.880 --> 00:33:17.319 Joshua was anxious. 00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:19.799 He was fearful what this meant. 00:33:19.940 --> 00:33:20.880 How could he do it? 00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:23.680 Well, God gave him this promise 00:33:23.680 --> 00:33:25.579 and he repeated this promise to him. 00:33:26.279 --> 00:33:29.240 You read it in Deuteronomy 31, verse 8. 00:33:29.980 --> 00:33:31.099 Moses assuring him, 00:33:31.620 --> 00:33:34.660 the Lord goes before you and will be with you. 00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:37.200 He will never leave you nor forsake you. 00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:38.360 Do not be afraid. 00:33:38.880 --> 00:33:40.160 Do not be discouraged. 00:33:42.319 --> 00:33:44.140 And then God himself gives him, 00:33:44.620 --> 00:33:47.440 Joshua, that promise in Joshua 1, verse 5. 00:33:47.660 --> 00:33:50.220 No one will be able to stand up against you 00:33:50.220 --> 00:33:51.440 all the days of your life. 00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:53.500 As I was with Moses, 00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:55.640 so I will be with you. 00:33:55.640 --> 00:33:59.860 I will never leave you nor forsake you. 00:34:00.200 --> 00:34:02.700 You have that promise repeated. 00:34:02.820 --> 00:34:06.480 And it's an often repeated promise to God's people. 00:34:06.920 --> 00:34:09.000 When he calls his people back to himself, 00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:12.119 he says, return to me and I will return to you. 00:34:12.160 --> 00:34:13.099 I will be with you. 00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:17.320 That sense of relationship that God has with his people. 00:34:18.220 --> 00:34:20.559 You look at it in the New Testament context. 00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:23.980 And Jesus, before he left this world, 00:34:24.039 --> 00:34:26.500 before he ascended to God, 00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:30.259 what did he say to his people as he left them? 00:34:30.659 --> 00:34:31.699 He gave them a command. 00:34:31.880 --> 00:34:32.920 He gave them a commission. 00:34:33.739 --> 00:34:35.639 In Matthew 28, verse 19, 00:34:35.759 --> 00:34:36.079 he said, 00:34:36.079 --> 00:34:39.259 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, 00:34:39.420 --> 00:34:41.940 baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son 00:34:41.940 --> 00:34:43.420 and of the Holy Spirit 00:34:43.420 --> 00:34:47.440 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. 00:34:47.940 --> 00:34:49.940 And he gave them this promise, this assurance. 00:34:50.699 --> 00:34:53.219 And surely I am with you always 00:34:53.219 --> 00:34:56.779 to the very end of the age. 00:34:57.619 --> 00:34:59.980 He gave them this promise. 00:35:00.699 --> 00:35:04.400 And this is a promise that we have today ourselves. 00:35:04.400 --> 00:35:07.579 That as we put our trust in the Lord, 00:35:07.800 --> 00:35:10.139 we have this promise, 00:35:10.539 --> 00:35:13.460 I will never leave you or forsake you. 00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:17.240 And as in verse 6 it says in Hebrews 13, 00:35:18.139 --> 00:35:18.920 it goes on to say, 00:35:19.019 --> 00:35:21.039 So we can confidently say, 00:35:21.740 --> 00:35:23.619 The Lord is my helper. 00:35:24.099 --> 00:35:25.460 I will not fear. 00:35:26.099 --> 00:35:28.300 What can man do to me? 00:35:29.059 --> 00:35:32.539 There is confidence that this promise brings. 00:35:32.539 --> 00:35:34.779 The Lord is my helper. 00:35:35.300 --> 00:35:36.559 The Lord has promised. 00:35:37.199 --> 00:35:40.639 I will never leave you nor forsake you. 00:35:41.239 --> 00:35:43.840 And the Lord often gives this promise 00:35:43.840 --> 00:35:46.679 in the midst of challenging times. 00:35:47.179 --> 00:35:50.340 And it's no different for ourselves today. 00:35:50.880 --> 00:35:52.800 When we think of the world in which we live 00:35:52.800 --> 00:35:54.900 and all the worries and concerns 00:35:54.900 --> 00:35:57.219 that we see around us on a daily basis, 00:35:57.219 --> 00:36:01.219 does not the word of God give us confidence? 00:36:01.819 --> 00:36:04.959 Does not God's promise give us confidence? 00:36:05.239 --> 00:36:06.739 Never will I leave you. 00:36:07.359 --> 00:36:10.139 Never will I forsake you. 00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:13.019 Not until the Lord returns. 00:36:14.439 --> 00:36:16.419 But we want to just look at this promise 00:36:16.419 --> 00:36:19.199 for a few moments together. 00:36:19.959 --> 00:36:21.519 First of all, we're going to think 00:36:21.519 --> 00:36:24.860 of the background to it. 00:36:25.599 --> 00:36:28.480 And then we'll think of the promise itself. 00:36:28.599 --> 00:36:29.559 And then we'll think of, 00:36:29.679 --> 00:36:33.000 well, what kind of response does it call for? 00:36:34.960 --> 00:36:36.480 So first we want to just see a little of 00:36:36.480 --> 00:36:40.239 the background to this promise. 00:36:41.440 --> 00:36:44.340 As you read through the book of Hebrews, 00:36:45.159 --> 00:36:48.340 it's a book that's full of so much teaching 00:36:48.340 --> 00:36:50.260 from the Old Testament. 00:36:50.400 --> 00:36:53.900 The Old Testament is often quoted in it. 00:36:55.000 --> 00:36:57.820 And it's a book that was written to the people 00:36:57.820 --> 00:37:01.340 in the midst of various trials and tribulations 00:37:01.340 --> 00:37:03.460 that they were experiencing in their lives. 00:37:04.180 --> 00:37:06.640 And the writer to the Hebrews is urging the people 00:37:06.640 --> 00:37:09.300 to maintain both their confession, 00:37:10.019 --> 00:37:12.400 their confession that God is their Lord, 00:37:12.519 --> 00:37:15.220 that they have this relationship with them, 00:37:15.219 --> 00:37:17.779 but also that their confidence. 00:37:18.319 --> 00:37:20.099 Confidence is a word that we will see 00:37:20.099 --> 00:37:23.579 come up again and again throughout the book of Hebrews. 00:37:23.719 --> 00:37:25.879 We'll look a little bit about that at the end 00:37:25.879 --> 00:37:29.019 as we think of the response this calls for. 00:37:30.059 --> 00:37:33.500 But it's about having a confidence in God. 00:37:34.279 --> 00:37:36.579 And this confidence, as you see as you read through it, 00:37:37.000 --> 00:37:39.939 is so often in light of their suffering. 00:37:39.940 --> 00:37:44.860 For example, in Hebrews 10, verse 34, 00:37:45.099 --> 00:37:45.300 it says, 00:37:45.400 --> 00:37:47.599 You sympathized with those in prison 00:37:47.599 --> 00:37:51.820 and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property 00:37:51.820 --> 00:37:54.099 because you knew that you yourselves 00:37:54.099 --> 00:37:56.639 had better and lasting possessions. 00:37:56.960 --> 00:37:59.519 There was this confidence in God. 00:38:00.019 --> 00:38:02.360 Even though many of their people were in prison, 00:38:02.500 --> 00:38:03.760 probably unjustly, 00:38:04.220 --> 00:38:06.579 their property was being taken from them, 00:38:06.980 --> 00:38:07.860 confiscated, 00:38:07.860 --> 00:38:10.360 but they knew what they had. 00:38:11.200 --> 00:38:14.599 They knew they had a kingdom belonging to God, 00:38:14.680 --> 00:38:16.900 a kingdom that could not be shaken. 00:38:17.019 --> 00:38:20.099 As again, you read as you go through the book of Hebrews. 00:38:20.880 --> 00:38:22.720 And that's what the writer was doing. 00:38:23.400 --> 00:38:25.340 He was bringing them to this point 00:38:25.340 --> 00:38:27.440 where they would have this confidence 00:38:27.440 --> 00:38:28.360 and this assurance, 00:38:28.980 --> 00:38:30.320 based on this promise, 00:38:30.460 --> 00:38:31.720 I will never leave you 00:38:31.720 --> 00:38:33.840 and never forsake you. 00:38:33.840 --> 00:38:38.860 And you find that as you come towards the end of Hebrews, 00:38:39.019 --> 00:38:40.720 chapter 10 onwards, 00:38:40.920 --> 00:38:44.000 there's a lot of kind of practical teaching for us. 00:38:44.940 --> 00:38:46.000 In chapter 10, 00:38:46.539 --> 00:38:49.180 you have a number of texts there 00:38:49.180 --> 00:38:51.059 that we can be quite familiar with. 00:38:51.480 --> 00:38:54.400 We've quoted one there in verse 34. 00:38:54.579 --> 00:38:55.880 There's kind of, there's suffering, 00:38:56.039 --> 00:38:57.620 but there's other verses too 00:38:57.620 --> 00:38:58.340 that you think of, 00:38:58.400 --> 00:39:00.800 the not neglecting to meet together. 00:39:00.800 --> 00:39:02.000 In verse 25, 00:39:02.680 --> 00:39:04.100 as is the habit of some, 00:39:04.180 --> 00:39:05.440 but encouraging one another 00:39:05.440 --> 00:39:06.840 and all the more as you see 00:39:06.840 --> 00:39:08.980 the day drawing near. 00:39:09.580 --> 00:39:11.740 There is this call to worship 00:39:11.740 --> 00:39:13.240 and this assurance, 00:39:13.400 --> 00:39:15.860 this confidence that faith gives. 00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:18.720 So you have that full assurance of faith 00:39:18.720 --> 00:39:20.260 in chapter 10, 00:39:20.320 --> 00:39:22.120 which then goes into chapter 11, 00:39:22.240 --> 00:39:23.519 that wonderful passage 00:39:23.519 --> 00:39:26.080 of the faith of God's people, 00:39:26.220 --> 00:39:28.480 so many from the Old Testament. 00:39:28.480 --> 00:39:31.320 the faith that they had 00:39:31.320 --> 00:39:34.059 in the midst of so many different challenges. 00:39:35.260 --> 00:39:37.519 Then you have chapter 12, 00:39:37.719 --> 00:39:40.300 where we're encouraged to not grow weary, 00:39:40.440 --> 00:39:42.260 but to run the race, 00:39:42.679 --> 00:39:44.860 to run the race with patience, 00:39:45.599 --> 00:39:47.219 looking to Jesus, 00:39:47.920 --> 00:39:51.260 the founder and perfecter of our faith, 00:39:51.420 --> 00:39:53.400 that we have one who we can look to, 00:39:53.480 --> 00:39:55.420 one who is with us. 00:39:55.420 --> 00:39:59.420 Then later on in Hebrews 12, 00:39:59.720 --> 00:40:01.200 it says in verse 28, 00:40:01.340 --> 00:40:01.579 therefore, 00:40:01.740 --> 00:40:03.119 since we are receiving a kingdom 00:40:03.119 --> 00:40:04.599 that cannot be shaken, 00:40:04.700 --> 00:40:05.619 let us be thankful 00:40:05.619 --> 00:40:08.159 and so worship God acceptably 00:40:08.159 --> 00:40:10.019 with reverence and awe, 00:40:10.079 --> 00:40:13.500 for our God is a consuming fire. 00:40:14.619 --> 00:40:17.840 We have this worship of God 00:40:17.840 --> 00:40:20.420 and God seen as a consuming fire. 00:40:20.420 --> 00:40:22.320 And this call to worship 00:40:22.320 --> 00:40:26.139 is what follows on into chapter 13, 00:40:26.780 --> 00:40:29.720 where we see it in practical ways 00:40:29.720 --> 00:40:31.139 and practical experiences, 00:40:31.300 --> 00:40:33.980 how our focus is still to be on God, 00:40:34.099 --> 00:40:35.900 who is with us. 00:40:36.780 --> 00:40:38.760 And verse 5 and 6, 00:40:38.840 --> 00:40:41.440 as you're reading through chapter 13, 00:40:42.340 --> 00:40:45.519 it may almost seem like an odd verse. 00:40:45.519 --> 00:40:48.440 When you think of what it's talking about, 00:40:49.179 --> 00:40:50.679 you see so many things 00:40:50.679 --> 00:40:53.099 that the challenges of the people faced 00:40:53.099 --> 00:40:54.840 in chapter 13, 00:40:55.280 --> 00:40:56.320 so many of the challenges 00:40:56.320 --> 00:40:58.639 that we face ourselves today, 00:40:59.500 --> 00:41:01.920 challenges to love one another, 00:41:02.019 --> 00:41:03.199 to have brotherly love, 00:41:03.380 --> 00:41:06.119 to not neglect hospitality to strangers, 00:41:06.920 --> 00:41:08.860 the fact that there is persecution, 00:41:09.579 --> 00:41:10.519 the fact that there is lust 00:41:11.099 --> 00:41:13.500 that can often so much rule our hearts, 00:41:13.500 --> 00:41:15.760 the fact that there is a love of money 00:41:15.760 --> 00:41:18.440 that takes people away from God. 00:41:19.280 --> 00:41:21.239 And then as you go on past verse 6, 00:41:21.360 --> 00:41:24.280 you've got the place of faith 00:41:24.280 --> 00:41:26.019 and the word of God, 00:41:26.219 --> 00:41:28.739 but also in the midst of false teaching. 00:41:29.679 --> 00:41:31.300 And then it goes on to speak almost of 00:41:31.300 --> 00:41:34.219 the leaders, the politicians of the day. 00:41:35.920 --> 00:41:37.199 There's a whole host 00:41:37.199 --> 00:41:38.619 and a variety of things 00:41:38.619 --> 00:41:40.099 being spoken about there, 00:41:40.099 --> 00:41:44.559 but they're not separate from our faith. 00:41:44.960 --> 00:41:46.279 They're so often the challenges 00:41:46.279 --> 00:41:47.659 to our faith 00:41:47.659 --> 00:41:49.019 and the places where we think, 00:41:49.159 --> 00:41:50.799 well, has God left us 00:41:50.799 --> 00:41:52.759 in the midst of all of these challenges? 00:41:53.779 --> 00:41:55.500 And so verse 5 and 6 00:41:55.500 --> 00:41:58.099 are almost like a central point of 00:41:58.099 --> 00:42:00.819 let's keep our focus on the Lord. 00:42:01.960 --> 00:42:04.779 Remember, in the midst of all of these challenges, 00:42:04.779 --> 00:42:07.539 of all these temptations that come our way, 00:42:07.539 --> 00:42:10.920 the Lord, he will never leave us. 00:42:11.900 --> 00:42:13.699 And so anything else that may seem that 00:42:13.699 --> 00:42:14.920 this is what we need, 00:42:15.119 --> 00:42:16.159 this is what will help, 00:42:16.579 --> 00:42:16.820 no. 00:42:17.639 --> 00:42:19.860 What we need is the one who has said, 00:42:20.019 --> 00:42:22.940 I will never leave you or forsake you. 00:42:23.380 --> 00:42:24.480 And when we have that, 00:42:24.559 --> 00:42:26.380 we can confidently then say, 00:42:27.119 --> 00:42:29.340 the Lord is my help. 00:42:31.279 --> 00:42:32.820 There is a bit of the background 00:42:32.820 --> 00:42:34.840 to this text. 00:42:35.320 --> 00:42:36.300 Challenging days, 00:42:36.720 --> 00:42:39.100 days when there's so many different things going on, 00:42:39.460 --> 00:42:41.280 days just like our own, 00:42:42.080 --> 00:42:43.920 but with this wonderful promise 00:42:43.920 --> 00:42:45.500 in the midst of it. 00:42:45.940 --> 00:42:47.400 Never will I leave you. 00:42:48.140 --> 00:42:50.920 Never will I forsake you. 00:42:51.940 --> 00:42:53.080 And many a Christian 00:42:53.080 --> 00:42:55.360 has testified to this. 00:42:55.960 --> 00:42:57.760 I'm sure many a Christian here 00:42:57.760 --> 00:43:00.280 can testify to these words. 00:43:00.280 --> 00:43:02.700 The Lord is my helper. 00:43:03.680 --> 00:43:05.500 The fact that he will never leave us 00:43:05.500 --> 00:43:07.360 or forsake us. 00:43:07.420 --> 00:43:10.320 Some have testified to this 00:43:10.320 --> 00:43:12.400 in spectacular ways. 00:43:13.240 --> 00:43:14.640 I'll give you one example. 00:43:14.780 --> 00:43:16.840 A missionary, John Payton. 00:43:17.519 --> 00:43:19.440 He went to the New Hebrides 00:43:19.440 --> 00:43:21.660 in the Pacific Islands. 00:43:22.380 --> 00:43:24.840 Small cluster of islands together there. 00:43:25.060 --> 00:43:26.540 And he went to one of these islands 00:43:26.540 --> 00:43:28.940 to minister among the tribes there. 00:43:28.940 --> 00:43:30.420 And they were fearful 00:43:30.420 --> 00:43:31.980 of these people coming 00:43:31.980 --> 00:43:33.059 and especially coming 00:43:33.059 --> 00:43:34.619 with the word of God. 00:43:34.740 --> 00:43:35.940 There were people who went, 00:43:36.019 --> 00:43:36.760 the missionaries who went, 00:43:36.820 --> 00:43:37.800 were often attacked. 00:43:38.000 --> 00:43:39.220 Some were many were killed 00:43:39.220 --> 00:43:41.099 for coming with their faith. 00:43:42.019 --> 00:43:42.840 John Payton, 00:43:43.340 --> 00:43:45.940 he went and was faithful to God, 00:43:46.019 --> 00:43:47.679 but he had his own challenges. 00:43:48.920 --> 00:43:50.440 And there was this one night 00:43:50.440 --> 00:43:52.260 when he with his wife 00:43:52.260 --> 00:43:53.039 were staying 00:43:53.039 --> 00:43:54.720 in the mission headquarters. 00:43:56.059 --> 00:43:57.420 They were staying there, 00:43:57.420 --> 00:43:59.159 just the two of them there this night. 00:43:59.860 --> 00:44:00.780 But outside, 00:44:01.019 --> 00:44:03.599 they saw that the local tribes 00:44:03.599 --> 00:44:05.400 had surrounded the place 00:44:05.400 --> 00:44:06.320 that they were staying. 00:44:07.260 --> 00:44:08.300 And they were just waiting 00:44:08.300 --> 00:44:09.940 for them to attack. 00:44:10.960 --> 00:44:11.960 And they were fearful. 00:44:12.099 --> 00:44:13.180 John Payton and his wife 00:44:13.180 --> 00:44:14.039 were terrified. 00:44:14.760 --> 00:44:15.639 And for that night, 00:44:15.720 --> 00:44:17.460 they were praying during the night 00:44:17.460 --> 00:44:19.340 for the Lord to protect them 00:44:19.340 --> 00:44:21.260 and the Lord to keep them. 00:44:22.400 --> 00:44:23.659 When daylight came, 00:44:23.659 --> 00:44:24.599 they were astonished 00:44:24.599 --> 00:44:26.759 to see the tribe leave 00:44:26.759 --> 00:44:28.000 without attacking them. 00:44:28.920 --> 00:44:30.480 And they were just amazed. 00:44:30.599 --> 00:44:31.440 They thanked God 00:44:31.440 --> 00:44:32.699 for his protection 00:44:32.699 --> 00:44:33.899 during that night. 00:44:34.879 --> 00:44:36.319 And they carried on their ministry. 00:44:36.539 --> 00:44:37.839 And little by little, 00:44:37.960 --> 00:44:39.000 the Spirit of God 00:44:39.000 --> 00:44:40.279 worked in that place. 00:44:40.399 --> 00:44:42.399 And people started 00:44:42.399 --> 00:44:43.659 to come to faith. 00:44:44.399 --> 00:44:45.359 And a year later, 00:44:45.440 --> 00:44:46.659 the chief of the tribe 00:44:46.659 --> 00:44:47.319 was converted. 00:44:47.480 --> 00:44:48.960 He became a Christian. 00:44:49.099 --> 00:44:49.859 And John Payton 00:44:49.859 --> 00:44:50.859 spoke to him 00:44:50.860 --> 00:44:52.340 about his faith. 00:44:52.420 --> 00:44:53.160 And then he asked him 00:44:53.160 --> 00:44:54.200 about this night 00:44:54.200 --> 00:44:55.820 when they had surrounded 00:44:55.820 --> 00:44:57.420 his home, 00:44:57.860 --> 00:44:58.579 when himself 00:44:58.579 --> 00:44:59.900 and his wife were there. 00:45:00.360 --> 00:45:00.920 And he asked, 00:45:01.420 --> 00:45:03.539 how come you didn't attack? 00:45:05.280 --> 00:45:06.400 Well, the chief 00:45:06.400 --> 00:45:07.780 seemed astonished. 00:45:07.840 --> 00:45:08.220 And he said, 00:45:08.599 --> 00:45:10.420 well, who were all those men 00:45:10.420 --> 00:45:11.660 who were there with you? 00:45:12.559 --> 00:45:13.660 And John Payton said, 00:45:13.720 --> 00:45:13.920 what? 00:45:14.019 --> 00:45:14.200 Men? 00:45:14.300 --> 00:45:15.380 There was nobody there 00:45:15.380 --> 00:45:15.820 that night 00:45:15.820 --> 00:45:17.180 but myself and my wife. 00:45:18.660 --> 00:45:19.760 And the chief said, 00:45:19.760 --> 00:45:21.260 well, there were hundreds of men 00:45:21.260 --> 00:45:22.880 standing round your home 00:45:22.880 --> 00:45:24.200 protecting you 00:45:24.200 --> 00:45:25.040 with swords 00:45:25.040 --> 00:45:26.840 and bright shining clothes. 00:45:28.540 --> 00:45:29.860 And then John Payton 00:45:29.860 --> 00:45:30.400 well knew 00:45:30.400 --> 00:45:31.840 that is how the Lord 00:45:31.840 --> 00:45:33.040 had answered his prayer 00:45:33.040 --> 00:45:34.280 for protection 00:45:34.280 --> 00:45:35.900 in a spectacular 00:45:35.900 --> 00:45:37.240 and amazing way. 00:45:38.820 --> 00:45:40.020 And we say to ourselves, 00:45:40.220 --> 00:45:41.880 well, that's well 00:45:41.880 --> 00:45:42.660 and good for him 00:45:42.660 --> 00:45:43.840 but that's not the kind 00:45:43.840 --> 00:45:44.840 of things that I see 00:45:44.840 --> 00:45:45.580 in my life. 00:45:46.540 --> 00:45:47.940 But that's not the norm. 00:45:47.940 --> 00:45:49.820 But it doesn't mean 00:45:49.820 --> 00:45:51.619 that God is not with us. 00:45:51.679 --> 00:45:52.200 It doesn't mean 00:45:52.200 --> 00:45:54.240 that God has left us. 00:45:55.360 --> 00:45:57.179 He is with us. 00:45:58.320 --> 00:45:59.220 And there are many 00:45:59.220 --> 00:46:00.240 ordinary ways 00:46:00.240 --> 00:46:02.599 in which God reminds us 00:46:02.599 --> 00:46:04.320 too that he is with us. 00:46:05.039 --> 00:46:06.300 A word and season 00:46:06.300 --> 00:46:07.940 from his Bible, 00:46:08.860 --> 00:46:10.220 from his word himself. 00:46:11.039 --> 00:46:13.099 A friend who gives us comfort. 00:46:13.659 --> 00:46:15.039 An unexpected provision. 00:46:15.039 --> 00:46:17.320 There are so many ways 00:46:17.320 --> 00:46:18.440 that he reminds us 00:46:18.440 --> 00:46:19.880 that he is near. 00:46:20.860 --> 00:46:22.079 And why is that? 00:46:22.679 --> 00:46:24.059 Because he has promised, 00:46:24.900 --> 00:46:26.380 never will I leave you, 00:46:27.099 --> 00:46:29.380 never will I forsake you. 00:46:30.079 --> 00:46:31.279 Whether it's the ordinary 00:46:31.279 --> 00:46:33.059 or the spectacular, 00:46:33.219 --> 00:46:34.039 it doesn't matter. 00:46:34.779 --> 00:46:36.119 It is God's promise 00:46:36.119 --> 00:46:37.739 to his people. 00:46:38.860 --> 00:46:40.199 And we see a little 00:46:40.199 --> 00:46:41.360 of this promise 00:46:41.360 --> 00:46:43.940 as we look at verse 5 here. 00:46:43.940 --> 00:46:45.380 what it does 00:46:45.380 --> 00:46:46.460 for the people then 00:46:46.460 --> 00:46:48.320 and what it does 00:46:48.320 --> 00:46:50.260 for ourselves today. 00:46:50.980 --> 00:46:51.920 It gives them 00:46:51.920 --> 00:46:53.639 a renewed focus. 00:46:54.760 --> 00:46:55.500 It gives them 00:46:55.500 --> 00:46:56.700 a renewed confidence 00:46:56.700 --> 00:46:58.000 and encouragement 00:46:58.000 --> 00:46:59.420 in their experience. 00:47:00.159 --> 00:47:01.079 So that in the midst 00:47:01.079 --> 00:47:02.900 of their people 00:47:02.900 --> 00:47:04.019 being put into prison, 00:47:04.200 --> 00:47:04.740 persecution, 00:47:05.220 --> 00:47:05.840 their property 00:47:05.840 --> 00:47:07.320 being taken from them, 00:47:07.380 --> 00:47:08.679 all of these things, 00:47:09.200 --> 00:47:10.159 they still have 00:47:10.159 --> 00:47:11.300 this confidence. 00:47:11.300 --> 00:47:13.380 the Lord is my helper. 00:47:14.380 --> 00:47:15.600 The Lord is my helper 00:47:15.600 --> 00:47:17.080 because that is 00:47:17.080 --> 00:47:18.340 what he has promised. 00:47:19.600 --> 00:47:20.240 And when you look 00:47:20.240 --> 00:47:21.100 at this promise 00:47:21.100 --> 00:47:22.700 and how it comes up 00:47:22.700 --> 00:47:23.840 in the Old Testament 00:47:23.840 --> 00:47:25.460 and right through 00:47:25.460 --> 00:47:26.620 into the New Testament, 00:47:26.760 --> 00:47:28.200 into our own present day, 00:47:28.260 --> 00:47:29.820 it continually reminds us 00:47:29.820 --> 00:47:31.580 that God has made 00:47:31.580 --> 00:47:32.300 this promise 00:47:32.300 --> 00:47:33.720 and has kept 00:47:33.720 --> 00:47:34.560 this promise 00:47:34.560 --> 00:47:36.039 through time. 00:47:36.039 --> 00:47:39.019 It is God himself 00:47:39.019 --> 00:47:40.259 who has given it. 00:47:40.599 --> 00:47:41.440 It is not just 00:47:41.440 --> 00:47:42.199 a promise 00:47:42.199 --> 00:47:43.539 from man, 00:47:44.539 --> 00:47:46.500 but for he 00:47:46.500 --> 00:47:47.679 has said, 00:47:47.900 --> 00:47:49.159 the Lord has said, 00:47:49.699 --> 00:47:51.500 I will never leave you 00:47:51.500 --> 00:47:53.739 nor forsake you. 00:47:54.340 --> 00:47:55.460 God doesn't 00:47:55.460 --> 00:47:56.880 break his promises. 00:47:57.719 --> 00:47:58.360 He keeps 00:47:58.360 --> 00:48:00.679 every one of them. 00:48:01.639 --> 00:48:02.880 And behind this 00:48:02.880 --> 00:48:04.820 is his covenant promise. 00:48:04.820 --> 00:48:05.960 That is what is 00:48:05.960 --> 00:48:07.059 behind these words, 00:48:07.160 --> 00:48:08.420 I will never leave you 00:48:08.420 --> 00:48:10.039 nor forsake you. 00:48:10.400 --> 00:48:11.059 It's equivalent 00:48:11.059 --> 00:48:11.840 to the promise 00:48:11.840 --> 00:48:12.539 God made 00:48:12.539 --> 00:48:13.100 in his covenant 00:48:13.100 --> 00:48:13.780 in the Old Testament. 00:48:14.320 --> 00:48:15.860 I will be your God 00:48:15.860 --> 00:48:17.480 and you will be 00:48:17.480 --> 00:48:18.800 my people. 00:48:19.700 --> 00:48:20.200 Where he will 00:48:20.200 --> 00:48:21.940 keep us secure. 00:48:23.220 --> 00:48:24.380 But it means 00:48:24.380 --> 00:48:26.160 trusting in him. 00:48:27.039 --> 00:48:28.539 It means going on 00:48:28.539 --> 00:48:29.680 with him. 00:48:30.260 --> 00:48:31.240 Because the Bible 00:48:31.240 --> 00:48:32.320 also reminds us 00:48:32.320 --> 00:48:33.059 of the opposite 00:48:33.059 --> 00:48:33.779 of this. 00:48:34.779 --> 00:48:35.279 And that is 00:48:35.279 --> 00:48:36.679 almost the abandonment 00:48:36.679 --> 00:48:37.719 of God. 00:48:38.539 --> 00:48:39.119 When God, 00:48:39.880 --> 00:48:41.279 we turn our back 00:48:41.279 --> 00:48:41.719 on God 00:48:41.719 --> 00:48:42.579 and God 00:48:42.579 --> 00:48:43.400 leaves us 00:48:43.400 --> 00:48:44.340 to our own 00:48:44.340 --> 00:48:45.279 devices. 00:48:45.579 --> 00:48:46.519 You see it again 00:48:46.519 --> 00:48:47.480 throughout Scripture. 00:48:47.619 --> 00:48:48.019 You see it 00:48:48.019 --> 00:48:49.480 in the Old Testament 00:48:49.480 --> 00:48:50.299 in Deuteronomy. 00:48:50.460 --> 00:48:50.639 Again, 00:48:50.699 --> 00:48:51.400 there's a warning 00:48:51.400 --> 00:48:53.219 in chapter 31 00:48:53.219 --> 00:48:54.219 verse 16. 00:48:55.039 --> 00:48:55.759 God says, 00:48:55.880 --> 00:48:57.059 they will forsake me 00:48:57.059 --> 00:48:57.960 and break the covenant 00:48:57.960 --> 00:48:58.960 I made with them. 00:48:59.519 --> 00:49:00.279 On that day 00:49:00.279 --> 00:49:01.239 I will become angry 00:49:01.239 --> 00:49:01.679 with them 00:49:01.679 --> 00:49:02.539 and forsake them. 00:49:02.859 --> 00:49:04.139 I will hide my face 00:49:04.139 --> 00:49:04.679 from them 00:49:04.679 --> 00:49:05.839 and they will be destroyed. 00:49:06.659 --> 00:49:07.519 Many disasters 00:49:07.519 --> 00:49:08.319 and difficulties 00:49:08.319 --> 00:49:09.759 will come upon them. 00:49:10.299 --> 00:49:11.199 And on that day 00:49:11.199 --> 00:49:11.959 they will ask, 00:49:12.500 --> 00:49:13.959 have not these disasters 00:49:13.959 --> 00:49:15.079 come upon us 00:49:15.079 --> 00:49:16.899 because our God 00:49:16.899 --> 00:49:19.119 is not with us? 00:49:20.459 --> 00:49:21.519 They recognize 00:49:21.519 --> 00:49:22.199 in the midst 00:49:22.199 --> 00:49:23.199 of disobedience 00:49:23.199 --> 00:49:24.579 our God 00:49:24.579 --> 00:49:25.699 is not 00:49:25.699 --> 00:49:26.799 with us. 00:49:27.659 --> 00:49:28.079 And the same 00:49:28.079 --> 00:49:28.659 would be true 00:49:28.659 --> 00:49:29.659 in Isaiah's day 00:49:29.659 --> 00:49:30.219 as the people 00:49:30.219 --> 00:49:31.719 turned their back 00:49:31.719 --> 00:49:32.319 on God. 00:49:32.639 --> 00:49:33.179 But God 00:49:33.179 --> 00:49:34.039 is calling them 00:49:34.039 --> 00:49:34.940 to seek him, 00:49:35.259 --> 00:49:36.039 to come back 00:49:36.039 --> 00:49:36.480 to him. 00:49:36.920 --> 00:49:37.960 The same is true 00:49:37.960 --> 00:49:38.799 here in the days 00:49:38.799 --> 00:49:39.500 of the Hebrews 00:49:39.500 --> 00:49:40.619 as they may be tempted 00:49:40.619 --> 00:49:42.199 to turn their back 00:49:42.199 --> 00:49:42.719 on God 00:49:42.719 --> 00:49:43.199 that they would 00:49:43.199 --> 00:49:44.739 fail to see God 00:49:44.739 --> 00:49:45.539 with them. 00:49:46.420 --> 00:49:47.359 The same is true 00:49:47.359 --> 00:49:48.339 in the book of Romans 00:49:48.339 --> 00:49:49.699 as God says, 00:49:49.819 --> 00:49:49.940 well, 00:49:50.099 --> 00:49:51.319 if that's what you want 00:49:51.319 --> 00:49:52.179 I'll leave you 00:49:52.179 --> 00:49:53.519 to your own devices. 00:49:54.480 --> 00:49:55.819 It brings disaster 00:49:55.819 --> 00:49:56.639 upon us. 00:49:56.639 --> 00:49:58.559 But the greatest 00:49:58.559 --> 00:50:00.139 disaster of all 00:50:00.139 --> 00:50:01.179 is that we would be 00:50:01.179 --> 00:50:02.199 consumed 00:50:02.199 --> 00:50:03.879 by this God 00:50:03.879 --> 00:50:04.699 for turning 00:50:04.699 --> 00:50:05.759 our back 00:50:05.759 --> 00:50:06.819 on him. 00:50:08.000 --> 00:50:09.000 And that is a warning 00:50:09.000 --> 00:50:10.859 that the book 00:50:10.859 --> 00:50:11.420 of Hebrews 00:50:11.420 --> 00:50:12.420 gives again 00:50:12.420 --> 00:50:12.980 and again 00:50:12.980 --> 00:50:13.699 as well. 00:50:14.799 --> 00:50:16.339 But the writer 00:50:16.339 --> 00:50:17.039 to the Hebrews 00:50:17.039 --> 00:50:17.779 keeps saying, 00:50:18.379 --> 00:50:18.940 but you have 00:50:18.940 --> 00:50:19.539 a kingdom. 00:50:20.139 --> 00:50:20.839 But you have 00:50:20.839 --> 00:50:21.400 a God. 00:50:21.859 --> 00:50:22.619 You have one 00:50:22.619 --> 00:50:23.279 whose kingdom 00:50:23.279 --> 00:50:24.839 cannot be shaken. 00:50:25.199 --> 00:50:25.739 You have one 00:50:25.739 --> 00:50:26.319 whose kingdom 00:50:26.319 --> 00:50:27.319 is secure. 00:50:27.319 --> 00:50:28.500 You have one 00:50:28.500 --> 00:50:28.879 who has 00:50:28.879 --> 00:50:30.919 made this promise 00:50:30.919 --> 00:50:31.399 to you. 00:50:31.459 --> 00:50:32.639 I will never leave you 00:50:32.639 --> 00:50:34.319 nor forsake you. 00:50:35.579 --> 00:50:36.579 And this means 00:50:36.579 --> 00:50:37.299 that we can have 00:50:37.299 --> 00:50:38.439 confidence 00:50:38.439 --> 00:50:39.299 to say 00:50:39.299 --> 00:50:39.919 the Lord 00:50:39.919 --> 00:50:41.699 is my helper. 00:50:42.539 --> 00:50:44.099 We can be abandoned 00:50:44.099 --> 00:50:45.519 by others 00:50:45.519 --> 00:50:46.599 around us. 00:50:47.000 --> 00:50:48.159 We can be left 00:50:48.159 --> 00:50:49.039 helpless 00:50:49.039 --> 00:50:50.559 in so many ways. 00:50:51.179 --> 00:50:52.239 But God 00:50:52.239 --> 00:50:53.899 will not leave us. 00:50:53.900 --> 00:50:55.780 there was a 00:50:55.780 --> 00:50:57.019 story from the 00:50:57.019 --> 00:50:58.220 Second World War 00:50:58.220 --> 00:51:00.360 of six pilots 00:51:00.360 --> 00:51:01.160 who had left 00:51:01.160 --> 00:51:02.440 an aircraft carrier 00:51:02.440 --> 00:51:04.119 in an afternoon 00:51:04.119 --> 00:51:05.119 to go on a mission. 00:51:05.280 --> 00:51:05.660 They were in 00:51:05.660 --> 00:51:06.740 the waters 00:51:06.740 --> 00:51:07.240 where there were 00:51:07.240 --> 00:51:08.079 many submarines 00:51:08.079 --> 00:51:09.639 and they had been 00:51:09.639 --> 00:51:10.519 tasked to go 00:51:10.519 --> 00:51:11.400 and fly around 00:51:11.400 --> 00:51:12.019 and see if they 00:51:12.019 --> 00:51:12.760 could spot 00:51:12.760 --> 00:51:13.920 submarines. 00:51:14.940 --> 00:51:15.440 And they had. 00:51:15.519 --> 00:51:16.099 They had spotted 00:51:16.099 --> 00:51:16.599 a number 00:51:16.599 --> 00:51:17.680 of submarines. 00:51:17.860 --> 00:51:18.440 And as they were 00:51:18.440 --> 00:51:19.840 returning to come 00:51:19.840 --> 00:51:20.900 back to the aircraft 00:51:20.900 --> 00:51:21.200 carrier, 00:51:21.360 --> 00:51:22.099 it was getting 00:51:22.099 --> 00:51:22.679 dark. 00:51:23.940 --> 00:51:24.619 And as they were 00:51:24.619 --> 00:51:25.539 trying to find 00:51:25.539 --> 00:51:26.500 the aircraft carrier 00:51:26.500 --> 00:51:27.159 where they thought 00:51:27.159 --> 00:51:27.920 it must be, 00:51:28.259 --> 00:51:28.960 they started 00:51:28.960 --> 00:51:29.839 radioing and 00:51:29.839 --> 00:51:31.079 asking for a light 00:51:31.079 --> 00:51:32.219 so they could land. 00:51:33.259 --> 00:51:34.039 But they were 00:51:34.039 --> 00:51:34.940 told that the 00:51:34.940 --> 00:51:35.659 captain had 00:51:35.659 --> 00:51:37.319 said that the 00:51:37.319 --> 00:51:38.119 ship was to be 00:51:38.119 --> 00:51:38.960 in blackout. 00:51:39.739 --> 00:51:40.440 Because of the 00:51:40.440 --> 00:51:40.940 number of 00:51:40.940 --> 00:51:41.779 submarines in the 00:51:41.779 --> 00:51:42.019 area, 00:51:42.360 --> 00:51:43.059 they were afraid 00:51:43.059 --> 00:51:43.679 to put on any 00:51:43.679 --> 00:51:44.659 light because 00:51:44.659 --> 00:51:45.179 the submarine 00:51:45.179 --> 00:51:46.119 would spot them. 00:51:47.539 --> 00:51:48.299 And again and 00:51:48.299 --> 00:51:49.039 again they kept 00:51:49.039 --> 00:51:49.699 radioing and saying 00:51:49.699 --> 00:51:50.799 just give us a 00:51:50.800 --> 00:51:51.620 light to land, 00:51:51.700 --> 00:51:52.280 give us something 00:51:52.280 --> 00:51:52.680 that we might 00:51:52.680 --> 00:51:53.360 see where to 00:51:53.360 --> 00:51:53.740 land. 00:51:54.240 --> 00:51:54.740 And they had to 00:51:54.740 --> 00:51:55.360 keep saying we 00:51:55.360 --> 00:51:55.920 can't. 00:51:57.240 --> 00:51:58.180 And eventually the 00:51:58.180 --> 00:51:59.180 radio operator was 00:51:59.180 --> 00:52:00.820 so broken hearted 00:52:00.820 --> 00:52:01.280 by what he was 00:52:01.280 --> 00:52:01.660 saying that he 00:52:01.660 --> 00:52:02.440 switched off the 00:52:02.440 --> 00:52:03.080 radio so that he 00:52:03.080 --> 00:52:04.280 wouldn't hear the 00:52:04.280 --> 00:52:05.180 pleading for a 00:52:05.180 --> 00:52:05.920 light anymore. 00:52:07.200 --> 00:52:08.360 And they all had 00:52:08.360 --> 00:52:09.180 to ditch their 00:52:09.180 --> 00:52:10.560 planes in the 00:52:10.560 --> 00:52:10.920 ocean. 00:52:11.940 --> 00:52:12.960 A sense of 00:52:12.960 --> 00:52:14.820 abandonment from 00:52:14.820 --> 00:52:15.840 their own people 00:52:15.840 --> 00:52:17.019 that they couldn't 00:52:17.019 --> 00:52:17.940 help in the midst 00:52:17.940 --> 00:52:19.160 of the fear of 00:52:19.159 --> 00:52:20.279 enemy submarines 00:52:20.279 --> 00:52:21.279 around them. 00:52:21.879 --> 00:52:22.199 They were 00:52:22.199 --> 00:52:22.779 abandoned, 00:52:22.960 --> 00:52:23.219 they were 00:52:23.219 --> 00:52:23.679 helpless. 00:52:25.779 --> 00:52:26.279 Well there was a 00:52:26.279 --> 00:52:27.480 greater abandonment 00:52:27.480 --> 00:52:28.019 than that. 00:52:28.940 --> 00:52:29.579 And that's when we 00:52:29.579 --> 00:52:30.519 look to the 00:52:30.519 --> 00:52:30.960 cross. 00:52:31.599 --> 00:52:32.460 When we think of 00:52:32.460 --> 00:52:34.000 what Christ has 00:52:34.000 --> 00:52:34.739 done for us, 00:52:34.819 --> 00:52:35.279 the one who 00:52:35.279 --> 00:52:36.699 later on in this 00:52:36.699 --> 00:52:37.440 chapter has 00:52:37.440 --> 00:52:38.119 described as 00:52:38.119 --> 00:52:39.299 going outside 00:52:39.299 --> 00:52:40.739 the camp 00:52:40.739 --> 00:52:42.299 of giving 00:52:42.299 --> 00:52:43.579 his blood. 00:52:44.299 --> 00:52:44.879 That as we 00:52:44.879 --> 00:52:45.519 look to the 00:52:45.519 --> 00:52:46.539 cross we see 00:52:46.539 --> 00:52:47.719 the greatest 00:52:47.719 --> 00:52:49.139 sacrifice of 00:52:49.139 --> 00:52:49.500 all. 00:52:50.759 --> 00:52:51.500 The place 00:52:51.500 --> 00:52:51.980 where there was 00:52:51.980 --> 00:52:52.519 darkness, 00:52:53.659 --> 00:52:54.159 where there was 00:52:54.159 --> 00:52:54.920 abandonment, 00:52:55.000 --> 00:52:55.559 where Jesus 00:52:55.559 --> 00:52:56.480 cried those 00:52:56.480 --> 00:52:57.480 awful words, 00:52:58.099 --> 00:52:58.739 my God, 00:52:58.840 --> 00:52:59.460 my God, 00:52:59.800 --> 00:53:00.900 why have you 00:53:00.900 --> 00:53:02.000 forsaken me? 00:53:03.079 --> 00:53:04.840 Why have you 00:53:04.840 --> 00:53:05.759 left me? 00:53:07.480 --> 00:53:08.179 Well why? 00:53:09.559 --> 00:53:10.460 Well the cross 00:53:10.460 --> 00:53:11.239 was the place 00:53:11.239 --> 00:53:11.920 of God's 00:53:11.920 --> 00:53:12.920 fulfilling every 00:53:12.920 --> 00:53:14.279 promise in 00:53:14.280 --> 00:53:14.860 Christ. 00:53:15.780 --> 00:53:16.400 That he had 00:53:16.400 --> 00:53:17.120 to suffer. 00:53:17.660 --> 00:53:18.280 That he had 00:53:18.280 --> 00:53:19.160 to suffer as it 00:53:19.160 --> 00:53:20.000 says outside 00:53:20.000 --> 00:53:21.260 the camp. 00:53:21.780 --> 00:53:22.280 That he had 00:53:22.280 --> 00:53:23.000 to give that 00:53:23.000 --> 00:53:24.000 sacrifice 00:53:24.000 --> 00:53:25.680 that we 00:53:25.680 --> 00:53:26.940 might live. 00:53:27.720 --> 00:53:28.300 That we 00:53:28.300 --> 00:53:29.500 might have 00:53:29.500 --> 00:53:30.060 light. 00:53:30.720 --> 00:53:31.200 That we 00:53:31.200 --> 00:53:31.720 might have 00:53:31.720 --> 00:53:32.780 hope to 00:53:32.780 --> 00:53:34.080 walk in 00:53:34.080 --> 00:53:35.000 his ways. 00:53:35.800 --> 00:53:36.380 If you 00:53:36.380 --> 00:53:36.900 feel 00:53:36.900 --> 00:53:38.080 abandoned, 00:53:38.260 --> 00:53:38.960 if you feel 00:53:38.960 --> 00:53:40.000 at times you're 00:53:40.000 --> 00:53:40.900 just groping in 00:53:40.900 --> 00:53:41.660 the darkness, 00:53:41.659 --> 00:53:43.799 think of 00:53:43.799 --> 00:53:44.559 the cross 00:53:44.559 --> 00:53:46.379 where Christ 00:53:46.379 --> 00:53:47.199 died for 00:53:47.199 --> 00:53:47.980 our sins. 00:53:48.119 --> 00:53:48.920 Where darkness 00:53:48.920 --> 00:53:50.480 overcame for 00:53:50.480 --> 00:53:51.099 a time 00:53:51.099 --> 00:53:52.759 that remember 00:53:52.759 --> 00:53:53.679 the resurrection. 00:53:55.139 --> 00:53:55.940 That glorious 00:53:55.940 --> 00:53:57.319 day that he 00:53:57.319 --> 00:53:57.940 has risen. 00:53:58.799 --> 00:53:59.379 That he is 00:53:59.379 --> 00:54:00.079 with us. 00:54:00.779 --> 00:54:01.899 Never will 00:54:01.899 --> 00:54:02.699 I leave you. 00:54:03.219 --> 00:54:03.920 Never will 00:54:03.920 --> 00:54:04.980 I forsake 00:54:04.980 --> 00:54:05.199 you. 00:54:05.500 --> 00:54:05.980 And that's 00:54:05.980 --> 00:54:06.440 what we see 00:54:06.440 --> 00:54:07.299 being hammered 00:54:07.299 --> 00:54:08.179 home for us 00:54:08.179 --> 00:54:08.659 here. 00:54:09.359 --> 00:54:09.799 He has 00:54:09.799 --> 00:54:10.519 suffered for 00:54:10.519 --> 00:54:11.980 us outside 00:54:11.980 --> 00:54:12.820 the camp 00:54:12.820 --> 00:54:13.719 so we 00:54:13.719 --> 00:54:14.139 might have 00:54:14.139 --> 00:54:15.460 life through 00:54:15.460 --> 00:54:15.840 him. 00:54:16.360 --> 00:54:16.980 The Lord 00:54:16.980 --> 00:54:18.460 is my 00:54:18.460 --> 00:54:19.059 helper. 00:54:19.900 --> 00:54:20.519 Can we 00:54:20.519 --> 00:54:21.320 say that 00:54:21.320 --> 00:54:22.239 tonight? 00:54:23.719 --> 00:54:24.280 Well this 00:54:24.280 --> 00:54:25.960 does call 00:54:25.960 --> 00:54:26.699 for a 00:54:26.699 --> 00:54:27.440 response. 00:54:28.019 --> 00:54:28.699 The promise 00:54:28.699 --> 00:54:29.440 is there 00:54:29.440 --> 00:54:30.059 for us. 00:54:30.639 --> 00:54:30.960 I will 00:54:30.960 --> 00:54:31.699 never leave 00:54:31.699 --> 00:54:31.900 you. 00:54:32.420 --> 00:54:32.860 I will 00:54:32.860 --> 00:54:34.500 never forsake 00:54:34.500 --> 00:54:34.800 you. 00:54:35.639 --> 00:54:36.019 But as 00:54:36.019 --> 00:54:36.460 with all 00:54:36.460 --> 00:54:37.059 of God's 00:54:37.059 --> 00:54:37.539 promises, 00:54:38.420 --> 00:54:39.420 it calls 00:54:39.420 --> 00:54:39.960 for us 00:54:39.960 --> 00:54:40.800 to respond. 00:54:41.920 --> 00:54:42.159 And what 00:54:42.159 --> 00:54:42.400 was the 00:54:42.400 --> 00:54:42.920 response 00:54:42.920 --> 00:54:43.720 that the 00:54:43.720 --> 00:54:44.320 writer to 00:54:44.320 --> 00:54:44.960 the Hebrews 00:54:44.960 --> 00:54:45.619 was looking 00:54:45.619 --> 00:54:46.300 for here? 00:54:47.260 --> 00:54:47.700 Well if you 00:54:47.700 --> 00:54:48.099 look at 00:54:48.099 --> 00:54:49.200 verse 6 00:54:49.200 --> 00:54:49.860 it says, 00:54:50.440 --> 00:54:50.860 so we 00:54:50.860 --> 00:54:51.099 can 00:54:51.099 --> 00:54:52.260 confidently 00:54:52.260 --> 00:54:52.740 say, 00:54:53.240 --> 00:54:54.039 we can 00:54:54.039 --> 00:54:54.760 say with 00:54:54.760 --> 00:54:55.599 confidence, 00:54:56.280 --> 00:54:56.900 the Lord 00:54:56.900 --> 00:54:58.300 is my 00:54:58.300 --> 00:54:58.760 helper. 00:54:58.920 --> 00:54:59.280 I will 00:54:59.280 --> 00:55:00.039 not fear 00:55:00.039 --> 00:55:01.200 what can 00:55:01.200 --> 00:55:02.599 man do 00:55:02.599 --> 00:55:03.460 for me. 00:55:04.099 --> 00:55:04.700 The call 00:55:04.700 --> 00:55:05.079 of this 00:55:05.079 --> 00:55:05.559 promise 00:55:05.559 --> 00:55:06.720 is for us 00:55:06.720 --> 00:55:06.980 as a 00:55:06.980 --> 00:55:07.300 people 00:55:07.300 --> 00:55:08.820 to have 00:55:08.820 --> 00:55:09.619 confidence. 00:55:11.440 --> 00:55:12.139 And as 00:55:12.139 --> 00:55:12.400 you go 00:55:12.400 --> 00:55:12.760 through 00:55:12.760 --> 00:55:13.659 the book 00:55:13.659 --> 00:55:14.380 of Hebrews 00:55:14.380 --> 00:55:14.840 you see 00:55:14.840 --> 00:55:15.460 it calls 00:55:15.460 --> 00:55:16.159 people to 00:55:16.159 --> 00:55:16.659 have 00:55:16.659 --> 00:55:17.460 this 00:55:17.460 --> 00:55:18.079 confidence. 00:55:18.519 --> 00:55:18.780 This 00:55:18.780 --> 00:55:19.300 confidence 00:55:19.300 --> 00:55:20.280 to persevere, 00:55:20.460 --> 00:55:21.400 this confidence 00:55:21.400 --> 00:55:22.579 to worship, 00:55:22.860 --> 00:55:23.420 to trust 00:55:23.420 --> 00:55:23.840 God 00:55:23.840 --> 00:55:24.860 no matter 00:55:24.860 --> 00:55:25.440 what. 00:55:26.619 --> 00:55:26.920 And just 00:55:26.920 --> 00:55:27.740 when you 00:55:27.740 --> 00:55:28.219 see the 00:55:28.219 --> 00:55:28.460 word 00:55:28.460 --> 00:55:29.099 confidence 00:55:29.099 --> 00:55:29.980 in Hebrews 00:55:29.980 --> 00:55:31.420 it gives 00:55:31.420 --> 00:55:32.119 us confidence 00:55:32.119 --> 00:55:32.619 in many 00:55:32.619 --> 00:55:33.599 different ways. 00:55:33.840 --> 00:55:34.639 Hebrews 3 00:55:34.639 --> 00:55:35.820 verse 6 00:55:35.820 --> 00:55:36.360 gives us 00:55:36.360 --> 00:55:36.940 confidence 00:55:36.940 --> 00:55:37.880 in his 00:55:37.880 --> 00:55:38.380 hope. 00:55:39.460 --> 00:55:39.800 It says, 00:55:39.960 --> 00:55:40.340 we are 00:55:40.340 --> 00:55:41.320 his house, 00:55:41.460 --> 00:55:42.200 his people, 00:55:42.660 --> 00:55:43.340 if indeed 00:55:43.340 --> 00:55:43.980 we hold 00:55:43.980 --> 00:55:44.640 fast our 00:55:44.640 --> 00:55:45.400 confidence 00:55:45.400 --> 00:55:46.220 and our 00:55:46.220 --> 00:55:46.760 boasting 00:55:46.760 --> 00:55:47.220 and our 00:55:47.220 --> 00:55:47.800 hope. 00:55:48.480 --> 00:55:49.220 The hope 00:55:49.220 --> 00:55:50.019 that there 00:55:50.019 --> 00:55:50.660 is in 00:55:50.660 --> 00:55:51.039 Christ, 00:55:51.160 --> 00:55:51.840 the confidence 00:55:51.840 --> 00:55:54.080 that brings. 00:55:55.460 --> 00:55:55.860 There is 00:55:55.860 --> 00:55:56.460 confidence 00:55:56.460 --> 00:55:58.019 to persevere. 00:55:59.019 --> 00:55:59.780 Again in 00:55:59.780 --> 00:56:00.180 Hebrews 00:56:00.180 --> 00:56:01.180 chapter 3 00:56:01.180 --> 00:56:02.500 verse 14, 00:56:02.620 --> 00:56:03.019 for we have 00:56:03.019 --> 00:56:03.600 come to 00:56:03.600 --> 00:56:04.200 share in 00:56:04.199 --> 00:56:04.519 Christ, 00:56:04.579 --> 00:56:05.119 if indeed 00:56:05.119 --> 00:56:06.279 we hold 00:56:06.279 --> 00:56:06.519 our 00:56:06.519 --> 00:56:07.219 original 00:56:07.219 --> 00:56:08.019 confidence 00:56:08.019 --> 00:56:08.599 firm 00:56:08.599 --> 00:56:09.419 to the 00:56:09.419 --> 00:56:09.960 end. 00:56:11.259 --> 00:56:11.419 The 00:56:11.419 --> 00:56:11.939 confidence 00:56:11.939 --> 00:56:13.579 to persevere. 00:56:14.699 --> 00:56:14.919 In 00:56:14.919 --> 00:56:15.659 chapter 4 00:56:15.659 --> 00:56:16.399 verse 16 00:56:16.399 --> 00:56:16.819 it gives 00:56:16.819 --> 00:56:17.699 us confidence 00:56:17.699 --> 00:56:18.579 despite 00:56:18.579 --> 00:56:19.319 our sin 00:56:19.319 --> 00:56:20.379 where it 00:56:20.379 --> 00:56:20.619 says, 00:56:20.819 --> 00:56:21.059 let us 00:56:21.059 --> 00:56:21.500 then with 00:56:21.500 --> 00:56:22.359 confidence 00:56:22.359 --> 00:56:23.539 draw near 00:56:23.539 --> 00:56:24.039 to the 00:56:24.039 --> 00:56:24.599 throne of 00:56:24.599 --> 00:56:24.899 grace 00:56:24.899 --> 00:56:25.219 that we 00:56:25.219 --> 00:56:25.839 may receive 00:56:25.839 --> 00:56:26.259 mercy 00:56:26.259 --> 00:56:27.259 and find 00:56:27.259 --> 00:56:27.859 grace to 00:56:27.859 --> 00:56:28.500 help in 00:56:28.500 --> 00:56:29.679 time of 00:56:29.679 --> 00:56:30.000 need. 00:56:31.319 --> 00:56:31.960 The 00:56:31.960 --> 00:56:32.339 Lord 00:56:32.340 --> 00:56:33.420 is with 00:56:33.420 --> 00:56:33.820 us. 00:56:34.780 --> 00:56:35.240 In 00:56:35.240 --> 00:56:36.019 chapter 10 00:56:36.019 --> 00:56:36.640 verse 19 00:56:36.640 --> 00:56:36.960 we have 00:56:36.960 --> 00:56:37.579 confidence 00:56:37.579 --> 00:56:38.500 in his 00:56:38.500 --> 00:56:38.940 finished 00:56:38.940 --> 00:56:39.420 work. 00:56:40.039 --> 00:56:40.320 Therefore 00:56:40.320 --> 00:56:40.880 brothers, 00:56:41.000 --> 00:56:41.340 since we 00:56:41.340 --> 00:56:41.480 have 00:56:41.480 --> 00:56:42.180 confidence 00:56:42.180 --> 00:56:43.220 to enter 00:56:43.220 --> 00:56:43.820 the holy 00:56:43.820 --> 00:56:44.280 places 00:56:44.280 --> 00:56:44.800 by the 00:56:44.800 --> 00:56:45.140 blood 00:56:45.140 --> 00:56:45.840 of 00:56:45.840 --> 00:56:46.260 Jesus. 00:56:47.380 --> 00:56:47.840 Again 00:56:47.840 --> 00:56:48.120 it's 00:56:48.120 --> 00:56:48.320 this 00:56:48.320 --> 00:56:49.000 confidence. 00:56:49.559 --> 00:56:49.640 It's 00:56:49.640 --> 00:56:49.920 not in 00:56:49.920 --> 00:56:50.460 ourselves. 00:56:51.760 --> 00:56:52.300 It's 00:56:52.300 --> 00:56:52.900 in the 00:56:52.900 --> 00:56:53.280 blood 00:56:53.280 --> 00:56:54.019 of 00:56:54.019 --> 00:56:54.519 Christ. 00:56:56.000 --> 00:56:56.160 And 00:56:56.160 --> 00:56:56.380 this 00:56:56.380 --> 00:56:56.960 confidence 00:56:56.960 --> 00:56:57.360 is 00:56:57.360 --> 00:56:58.059 despite 00:56:58.059 --> 00:56:59.440 opposition. 00:56:59.440 --> 00:57:00.159 in 00:57:00.159 --> 00:57:00.440 Hebrews 00:57:00.440 --> 00:57:00.940 10 00:57:00.940 --> 00:57:01.260 verse 00:57:01.260 --> 00:57:01.800 35 00:57:01.800 --> 00:57:02.280 we've 00:57:02.280 --> 00:57:03.019 seen 00:57:03.019 --> 00:57:03.200 the 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will 01:00:57.840 --> 01:00:59.340 constantly 01:01:00.099 --> 01:01:03.340 go on 01:01:03.340 --> 01:01:05.340 in strength 01:01:05.340 --> 01:01:08.139 of God 01:01:08.139 --> 01:01:10.199 the Lord 01:01:10.199 --> 01:01:13.099 and thine 01:01:13.099 --> 01:01:15.579 own righteousness 01:01:15.579 --> 01:01:19.579 even thine 01:01:19.579 --> 01:01:22.279 how old 01:01:22.279 --> 01:01:24.619 I will 01:01:24.619 --> 01:01:26.579 record. 01:01:26.579 --> 01:01:30.579 What if 01:01:30.579 --> 01:01:32.319 love 01:01:32.319 --> 01:01:43.119 teaching 01:01:43.119 --> 01:01:43.599 me? 01:01:43.599 --> 01:01:46.000 Have 01:01:46.000 --> 01:01:47.059 a 01:01:47.059 --> 01:01:48.259 love 01:01:48.259 --> 01:01:48.539 to 01:01:48.539 --> 01:01:49.539 who 01:01:49.539 --> 01:01:50.460 asked 01:01:50.460 --> 01:01:55.179 me 01:01:55.179 --> 01:01:55.799 what 01:01:55.799 --> 01:01:56.639 a 01:01:56.639 --> 01:01:56.940 love 01:01:56.940 --> 01:02:17.940 The Lord has gone, and I'll mourn thee, may not when I hold and grant it through, 01:02:17.940 --> 01:02:35.220 till to this age thy strength and power do all to come my show. 01:02:37.519 --> 01:02:41.900 After the benediction, I'll go to the door to my left. We'll just close with a benediction. 01:02:41.900 --> 01:02:53.139 Now may grace, mercy, and peace from God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit rest upon and abide with you all now and forevermore. Amen. 01:03:11.900 --> 01:03:13.900 Amen.