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 I invite you to join me in your copy of God's Word in Hebrews chapter 11.

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 On your bulletin this morning is a quotation from a Puritan preacher by the name of John Trapp,

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 the context of this letter that we've been working our way through now for so many months is that,

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 as far as we know, this letter is written to a small church on the outskirts of Rome,

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 a group that's been sent out of Rome of Greek-speaking Hellenistic Jews.

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 That's the title of the letter, Hebrews.

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 And they had suffered much for their faith.

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 Chapter 12, verse 4 says they had not yet suffered to the shedding of their blood.

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 No one had died in their church.

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 They had been publicly ridiculed.

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 They had been imprisoned.

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 Their material possessions had been taken.

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 And the temptation for this church was to go back to the ways of Judaism,

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 to return to the old covenant worship, thinking that it would be good enough.

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 We could worship as we once did and not suffer in this way.

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 And the author of Hebrews writes to them to say,

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 no, Christ is better.

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 Press on.

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 Persevere.

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 You have not done this in vain.

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 There's something that awaits you beyond this world.

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 Have, take up this living hope.

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 Show yourselves to belong to Christ.

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 To preserve your souls by your faithfulness.

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 He has been hard on them at times.

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 And he has been encouraging to them at times.

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 And this is where we find ourselves now as we concluded chapter 10.

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 And in verse 39, he said to this church he's writing to,

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 and I hope to us this morning,

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 but we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed,

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 but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.

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 And then he begins to give a description of what faith is.

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 So what does he mean by this?

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 This type of persevering faithfulness.

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 And he says in verse 1 of chapter 11,

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 now faith is the assurance of things hoped for,

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 the conviction of things not seen.

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 So he says it's the surety in the promises of God.

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 Those things that God has spoken to us,

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 that we believe them.

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 And then in verse 2 he says,

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 for by it the people of old received their commendation.

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 Now the rest of chapter 11 is the author of Hebrews' tour

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 through the Hebrew Scriptures,

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 our Old Testament,

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 concerning the people of old who received their commendation.

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 Now when thinking commendation,

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 think approval.

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 This is how the people of old received their approval from God.

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 It was by their faith.

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 And the first in his tour through the Hebrew Scripture

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 is also the first martyr of the Bible.

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 A man named Abel.

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 A man who was killed for his faithfulness.

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 And I just absolutely love when the providence of God is made apparent.

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 God always is ruling.

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 Whether we recognize it or not,

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 he's always in control of all things at all times.

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 I just absolutely love it when I go,

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 thank you for being in control of all things at all times.

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 I made a schedule for us to preach through the book of Hebrews

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 that got thrown off course.

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 That got thrown off course by an illness that Clay had when he was scheduled to preach.

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 What a wonderful thing that we're not talking about Enoch this morning,

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 who didn't even die,

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 who was taken up on the International Day of Prayer for the persecuted church.

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 I don't know what I would have done with that.

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 Praise God this morning that we get to look at the faithfulness of the Bible's very first martyr.

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 So our text for today is Hebrews chapter 11, verse 4.

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 And beloved, this is God's word to us, written for his glory and our good.

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 We would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises and obey its commands.

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 Hebrews 11, verse 4.

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 By faith, Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain,

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 through which he was commended as righteous.

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 God commending him by accepting his gifts.

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 And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks.

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 Now upon an initial reading of the account of Cain and Abel,

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 Genesis chapter 4,

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 one can find themselves rather confused.

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 Why is it that Abel's sacrifice was accepted and Cain's was not?

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 It feels a little arbitrary when you first look at the text.

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 The whole matter is a bit enigmatic, right?

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 Without some deeper, some more closer examination.

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 So this morning, I want to do that with you.

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 I want to look at that text a bit.

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 And then we'll look at the commentary that the author of Hebrews gives us as well

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 to observe the faithfulness of Abel.

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 So mark Hebrews chapter 11 and turn in your copy of God's Word to Genesis chapter 4.

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 And we'll read the first 16 verses,

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 which is this account of the story of Adam,

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 or excuse me, of Cain and Abel.

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 The second word in verse 1 is Adam, which I was staring at.

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 Beginning in verse 1 of Genesis chapter 4.

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 Now Adam knew Eve his wife,

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 and she conceived and bore Cain,

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 saying, I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord.

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 And again she bore his brother Abel.

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 Now Abel was a keeper of sheep,

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 and Cain a worker of the ground.

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 In the course of time,

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 Cain brought to the Lord an offering of the fruit of the ground.

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 And Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock

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 and of their fat portions.

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 And the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering.

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 But for Cain and his offering,

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 he had no regard.

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 So Cain was very angry,

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 and his face fell.

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 The Lord said to Cain,

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 Why are you angry,

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 and why has your face fallen?

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 If you do well,

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 will you not be accepted?

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 And if you do not do well,

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 sin is crouching at the door.

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 Its desire is contrary to you,

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 but you must rule over it.

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 Cain spoke to Abel his brother,

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 and when they were in the field,

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 Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.

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 Then the Lord said to Cain,

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 Where is Abel your brother?

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 He said,

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 I do not know.

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 Am I my brother's keeper?

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 And the Lord said,

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 What have you done?

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 The voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground.

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 And now you are cursed from the ground,

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 which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.

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 When you work the ground,

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 it shall no longer yield to you its strength.

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 You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.

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 Cain said to the Lord,

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 My punishment is greater than I can bear.

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 Behold, you have driven me today away from the ground,

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 and from your face I shall be hidden.

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 I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth,

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 and whoever finds me will kill me.

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 Then the Lord said to him,

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 Not so.

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 If anyone kills Cain,

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 vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.

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 And the Lord put a mark on Cain,

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 lest any who found him should attack him.

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 Then Cain went away from the presence of the Lord

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 and settled in the land of Nod,

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 east of Eden.

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 And the episode ends there.

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 But what does it all mean?

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 Augustine wrote on the matter in his famous work,

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 The City of God,

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 which I commend to you,

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 where he explained Cain was first born,

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 and he belonged to the city of men.

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 After him was born Abel,

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 who belonged to the city of God.

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 Augustine saw that Cain and Abel

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 approached God and the things of God

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 with radical difference.

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 Jude wrote in Jude verse 10,

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 and the first part of verse 11,

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 These people blaspheme all that they do not understand,

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 and they are destroyed by all that they,

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 like unreasoning animals,

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 understand instinctively.

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 Woe to them,

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 for they walk in the way of Cain.

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 There's a juxtaposition being made here

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 between these two brothers.

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 It is this difference that we want to understand this morning,

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 that the author of Hebrews intends for us to understand,

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 the way of Cain

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 and the enduringly faithful way of Abel.

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 He wants us to find ourselves identifying with Abel,

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 being those who have faith

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 and preserve their souls.

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 In order to do so,

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 we will put them against each other,

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 juxtapose them

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 with particular attention to Abel

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 in the following outline.

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 So here's the outline for our text this morning.

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 Number one,

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 Abel's worship by faith.

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 Number two,

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 Abel's wholeness by faith.

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 Number three,

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 Abel's witness by faith.

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 If I printed notes for you on the back of your bulletin,

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 you could see the cleverness of the alliteration.

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 Worship,

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 wholeness,

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 with a W,

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 and witness.

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 Number one,

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 Abel's worship by faith.

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 The very first part of verse four says,

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 by faith,

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 Abel offered to God

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 a more acceptable sacrifice

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 than Cain.

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 To do something by faith,

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 it must be connected

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 to a word from God.

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 We are not faithful willy-nilly.

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 We are faithful in God's promises

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 and in God's commands.

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 Paul writes in Romans chapter 10,

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 verse 17,

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 so faith comes from hearing

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 and hearing willy-nilly.

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 That's not how the verse ends,

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 is it?

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 And hearing through the word of Christ.

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 So,

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 there must have been something

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 that undergirded

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 Abel's faithfulness

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 and Cain's

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 faithlessness.

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 God must have given instructions

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 for sacrifice.

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 Otherwise,

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 how does the text in Genesis 4

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 make sense

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 in light of Hebrews 11,

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 4,

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 who is here,

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 the author,

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 saying that it's by faith

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 that Abel offered to God

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 a more acceptable sacrifice.

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 It must be that God told Adam and Eve

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 and therefore Cain and Abel

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 that their sacrifices

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 were to be made

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 with animals.

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 In Genesis,

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 death enters into

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 the garden.

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 Genesis chapter 3,

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 we see the rebellion

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 of Adam and Eve

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 and the curse that follows.

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 And because they were

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 working to hide

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 their nakedness

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 and their shame

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 with fig leaves,

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 God instead

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 makes for them

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 more suitable clothing.

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 And what does He do

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 in order to make

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 more suitable clothing?

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 He sheds the first blood.

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 The first death

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 enters into the garden

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 because of the sinfulness

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 of man.

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 It would seem,

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 as a result of this,

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 that sacrifice

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 began

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 at this

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 time.

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 It's likely

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 that Cain and Abel

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 understood

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 their need

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 of atonement,

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 of replacement

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 death

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 for them

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 to be found

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 acceptable

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 before God.

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 At the first reading

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 of this text,

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 and I have

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 for many years,

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 thought that this

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 was the first time

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 that Cain and Abel

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 had attempted

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 to worship the Lord.

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 This was the very

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 first time they ever

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 had brought sacrifice

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 before God.

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 Like, look at these two

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 just suddenly getting

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 the idea that they

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 should offer a sacrifice.

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 Right?

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 And they came up

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 with what they had,

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 and God commended

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 one and was unhappy

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 with the other.

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 However,

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 at this time,

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 if you look through

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 genealogies,

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 Cain was 129 years old.

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 likely lived lives

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 of worship

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 toward God.

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 And then Genesis

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 chapter 4,

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 verse 3 reads,

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 In the course

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 of time,

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 Cain brought to the Lord

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 an offering of the fruit

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 of the ground.

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 And in the course

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 of time is more

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 literally translated,

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 at the end

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 of days.

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 At the end

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 of days.

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 Indicating

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 the end

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 of a specific

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 period

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 of time.

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 Likely,

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 we can't know

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 for sure,

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 but likely,

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 a time that God

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 had designated

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 for a regular

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 sacrifice.

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 It was probably

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 a time that God

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 had given

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 for them

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 to come

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 and offer

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 a sacrifice.

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 At the end

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 of that time period,

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 they came to offer

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 their sacrifice.

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 So God

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 had given

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 instruction

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 as to how

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 they were

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 to worship.

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 And Abel

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 worships faithfully

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 according to the

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 prescription

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 that God

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 had given him.

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 Cain

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 does not.

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 Cain

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 comes to God

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 in his

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 own way.

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 Cain

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 is thinking

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 he has a

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 superior way

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 than the way

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 that God

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 had commanded

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 them to come.

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 Cain

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 may have

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 reasoned

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 in this way

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 and I'm just

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 going to read

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 this to you

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 quickly

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 because I think

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 it was well

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 written,

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 better than I

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 would write

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 myself,

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 from a

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 commentary

00:15:26.800 --> 00:15:27.620
 by Kent

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 Hughes.

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 That Cain

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 may have

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 reasoned

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 like this,

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 what I am

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 presenting

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 is far

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 more beautiful

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 than a

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 bloody animal.

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 I myself

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 would prefer

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 the lovely

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 fruits of a

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 harvest

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 any day

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 and I

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 worked far

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 harder than

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 able to

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 raise my

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 offering.

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 It took

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 real toil

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 and sweat

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 and it is

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 even of

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 greater market

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 value.

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 Enough

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 of this

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 animal

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 sacrifice

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 business,

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 God.

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 My

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 way

00:15:55.919 --> 00:15:57.059
 is far

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 better.

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 It's

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 with this

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 kind of

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 attitude

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 that Cain

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 comes

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 and makes

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 his offering.

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 Cain's

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 offering was

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 the evidence

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 of his

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 self-righteousness

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 and pride.

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 He thought

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 he knew

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 better.

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 Abel

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 humbly

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 believed

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 God

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 and

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 obeyed

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 his

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 command.

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 He

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 came

00:16:21.980 --> 00:16:22.139
 to

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 God

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 with

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 a

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 submissive

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 penitent

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 heart

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 trusting

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 that God

00:16:27.879 --> 00:16:28.480
 would accept

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 him

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 through his

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 prescribed

00:16:30.159 --> 00:16:31.320
 means.

00:16:32.779 --> 00:16:33.200
 Further,

00:16:33.700 --> 00:16:33.960
 Cain,

00:16:34.080 --> 00:16:34.560
 upon having

00:16:34.560 --> 00:16:35.500
 his offering

00:16:35.500 --> 00:16:36.000
 rejected,

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 became

00:16:37.299 --> 00:16:37.759
 angry.

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 He thought

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 that he

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 had some

00:16:40.419 --> 00:16:41.000
 right to

00:16:41.000 --> 00:16:41.240
 worship

00:16:41.240 --> 00:16:41.620
 God

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 on his

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 own

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 terms.

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 And when

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 that way

00:16:43.980 --> 00:16:44.519
 was not

00:16:44.519 --> 00:16:44.980
 accepted,

00:16:46.019 --> 00:16:46.419
 he stamped

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 his foot.

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 God is

00:16:47.919 --> 00:16:48.759
 being unjust

00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:49.419
 towards me.

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 I thought

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 I was

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 doing a

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 thing that

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 was good

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 and proper.

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 And God

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 in his

00:16:55.059 --> 00:16:56.019
 great mercy

00:16:56.019 --> 00:16:57.559
 goes to

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 him.

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 This

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 astounds

00:16:59.080 --> 00:16:59.559
 me in my

00:16:59.559 --> 00:17:00.259
 reading of

00:17:00.259 --> 00:17:01.319
 this story.

00:17:01.960 --> 00:17:02.340
 He becomes

00:17:02.340 --> 00:17:03.059
 angry at

00:17:03.059 --> 00:17:03.600
 God because

00:17:03.600 --> 00:17:04.500
 God doesn't

00:17:04.500 --> 00:17:05.160
 accept his

00:17:05.160 --> 00:17:05.900
 unacceptable

00:17:05.900 --> 00:17:07.240
 sacrifice.

00:17:09.440 --> 00:17:09.940
 Genesis 4

00:17:09.940 --> 00:17:10.480
 5 says,

00:17:10.680 --> 00:17:10.920
 so Cain

00:17:10.920 --> 00:17:11.559
 was very

00:17:11.559 --> 00:17:12.680
 angry and

00:17:12.680 --> 00:17:13.519
 his face

00:17:13.519 --> 00:17:15.680
 fell and

00:17:15.680 --> 00:17:17.039
 God comes

00:17:17.039 --> 00:17:18.259
 to him

00:17:18.259 --> 00:17:19.200
 and he

00:17:19.200 --> 00:17:19.980
 speaks to

00:17:19.980 --> 00:17:20.220
 him,

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 verse 6

00:17:21.000 --> 00:17:21.680
 and 7,

00:17:22.000 --> 00:17:22.440
 why are

00:17:22.440 --> 00:17:23.140
 you angry

00:17:23.140 --> 00:17:24.220
 and why

00:17:24.220 --> 00:17:24.620
 has your

00:17:24.620 --> 00:17:26.060
 face fallen?

00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:26.539
 If you

00:17:26.539 --> 00:17:27.420
 do well,

00:17:27.900 --> 00:17:28.380
 will you

00:17:28.380 --> 00:17:29.160
 not be

00:17:29.160 --> 00:17:30.039
 accepted?

00:17:31.820 --> 00:17:32.440
 Cain has

00:17:32.440 --> 00:17:33.160
 the opportunity

00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:34.480
 here to

00:17:34.480 --> 00:17:34.920
 repent.

00:17:35.600 --> 00:17:36.259
 You were

00:17:36.259 --> 00:17:36.560
 right,

00:17:36.900 --> 00:17:37.500
 God of

00:17:37.500 --> 00:17:37.840
 heaven and

00:17:37.840 --> 00:17:38.120
 earth.

00:17:39.000 --> 00:17:39.720
 You told

00:17:39.720 --> 00:17:40.060
 me the

00:17:40.060 --> 00:17:40.580
 way in

00:17:40.580 --> 00:17:41.140
 which I

00:17:41.140 --> 00:17:41.779
 should come

00:17:41.779 --> 00:17:42.259
 and worship

00:17:42.259 --> 00:17:42.660
 you.

00:17:42.680 --> 00:17:43.680
 the doing

00:17:43.680 --> 00:17:44.460
 well of

00:17:44.460 --> 00:17:45.960
 verse 7.

00:17:47.120 --> 00:17:47.560
 But what

00:17:47.560 --> 00:17:47.940
 does Cain

00:17:47.940 --> 00:17:48.700
 do instead?

00:17:49.960 --> 00:17:50.799
 He remains

00:17:50.799 --> 00:17:51.100
 angry.

00:17:52.080 --> 00:17:52.860
 He does

00:17:52.860 --> 00:17:53.220
 not

00:17:53.220 --> 00:17:54.060
 repent.

00:17:55.259 --> 00:17:56.180
 His mom

00:17:56.180 --> 00:17:56.560
 had to be

00:17:56.560 --> 00:17:57.140
 talked into

00:17:57.140 --> 00:17:57.560
 sinning.

00:17:58.100 --> 00:17:58.580
 He couldn't

00:17:58.580 --> 00:17:59.019
 be talked

00:17:59.019 --> 00:17:59.580
 out of it.

00:18:02.640 --> 00:18:03.500
 And his

00:18:03.500 --> 00:18:04.259
 anger

00:18:04.259 --> 00:18:05.259
 finally and

00:18:05.259 --> 00:18:06.400
 fully finds

00:18:06.400 --> 00:18:07.299
 its vent

00:18:07.299 --> 00:18:08.340
 in the

00:18:08.340 --> 00:18:08.640
 murder

00:18:08.640 --> 00:18:09.519
 of his

00:18:09.519 --> 00:18:09.759
 brother.

00:18:09.759 --> 00:18:10.759
 God

00:18:10.759 --> 00:18:11.759
 will

00:18:11.759 --> 00:18:11.759


00:18:11.759 --> 00:18:12.220
 to

00:18:12.220 --> 00:18:12.940
 God

00:18:12.940 --> 00:18:13.160
 on

00:18:13.160 --> 00:18:13.559
 his

00:18:13.559 --> 00:18:14.240
 terms

00:18:14.240 --> 00:18:14.819
 and

00:18:14.819 --> 00:18:15.180
 not

00:18:15.180 --> 00:18:15.879
 our

00:18:15.879 --> 00:18:16.180
 own.

00:18:17.099 --> 00:18:17.460
 We

00:18:17.460 --> 00:18:17.700
 are to

00:18:17.700 --> 00:18:18.019
 submit

00:18:18.019 --> 00:18:18.400
 ourselves

00:18:18.400 --> 00:18:18.819
 humbly

00:18:18.819 --> 00:18:19.240
 to his

00:18:19.240 --> 00:18:19.640
 good

00:18:19.640 --> 00:18:20.359
 commands,

00:18:21.039 --> 00:18:21.420
 trusting

00:18:21.420 --> 00:18:22.319
 that we

00:18:22.319 --> 00:18:22.559
 will be

00:18:22.559 --> 00:18:23.019
 delivered

00:18:23.019 --> 00:18:23.980
 by the

00:18:23.980 --> 00:18:24.359
 atoning

00:18:24.359 --> 00:18:25.119
 work of

00:18:25.119 --> 00:18:25.440
 Jesus

00:18:25.440 --> 00:18:26.240
 Christ

00:18:26.240 --> 00:18:27.379
 on our

00:18:27.379 --> 00:18:27.759
 behalf.

00:18:27.759 --> 00:18:28.480
 God.

00:18:28.480 --> 00:18:29.259
 We are

00:18:29.259 --> 00:18:29.700
 to come

00:18:29.700 --> 00:18:30.240
 to God

00:18:30.240 --> 00:18:31.079
 on his

00:18:31.079 --> 00:18:32.019
 terms.

00:18:32.420 --> 00:18:32.579
 And there

00:18:32.579 --> 00:18:33.339
 is no

00:18:33.339 --> 00:18:34.480
 other way

00:18:34.480 --> 00:18:35.599
 to properly

00:18:35.599 --> 00:18:36.740
 worship God

00:18:36.740 --> 00:18:37.480
 than through

00:18:37.480 --> 00:18:38.160
 the sacrificial

00:18:38.160 --> 00:18:39.180
 work of

00:18:39.180 --> 00:18:39.799
 Jesus Christ.

00:18:40.579 --> 00:18:41.059
 There's no

00:18:41.059 --> 00:18:41.500
 other way.

00:18:42.000 --> 00:18:42.619
 If you don't

00:18:42.619 --> 00:18:43.039
 place your

00:18:43.039 --> 00:18:43.619
 faith in

00:18:43.619 --> 00:18:44.099
 Christ,

00:18:44.440 --> 00:18:44.879
 if you're not

00:18:44.879 --> 00:18:45.599
 found in

00:18:45.599 --> 00:18:45.839
 him,

00:18:45.980 --> 00:18:46.779
 clothed in

00:18:46.779 --> 00:18:47.200
 his

00:18:47.200 --> 00:18:48.079
 righteousness,

00:18:48.599 --> 00:18:49.420
 then anything

00:18:49.420 --> 00:18:50.339
 you attempt

00:18:50.339 --> 00:18:50.819
 to do

00:18:50.819 --> 00:18:51.539
 for

00:18:51.539 --> 00:18:52.299
 God,

00:18:52.740 --> 00:18:53.200
 toward

00:18:53.200 --> 00:18:54.059
 God,

00:18:54.839 --> 00:18:55.299
 will not

00:18:55.299 --> 00:18:55.980
 be accepted

00:18:55.980 --> 00:18:57.299
 by him.

00:18:58.059 --> 00:18:58.679
 But if you

00:18:58.679 --> 00:18:59.240
 are in

00:18:59.240 --> 00:18:59.740
 Christ,

00:19:00.480 --> 00:19:00.700
 if you

00:19:00.700 --> 00:19:01.419
 belong

00:19:01.419 --> 00:19:02.559
 in him,

00:19:02.859 --> 00:19:03.559
 in his

00:19:03.559 --> 00:19:04.399
 righteousness,

00:19:04.679 --> 00:19:04.939
 you've been

00:19:04.939 --> 00:19:05.799
 buried by

00:19:05.799 --> 00:19:07.879
 baptism

00:19:07.879 --> 00:19:08.279
 into his

00:19:08.279 --> 00:19:08.599
 death,

00:19:08.879 --> 00:19:09.179
 you've been

00:19:09.179 --> 00:19:09.960
 raised to

00:19:09.960 --> 00:19:10.700
 life in

00:19:10.700 --> 00:19:11.039
 him,

00:19:12.240 --> 00:19:13.460
 then we

00:19:13.460 --> 00:19:13.679
 can do

00:19:13.679 --> 00:19:14.179
 no wrong.

00:19:15.359 --> 00:19:16.139
 In all of

00:19:16.139 --> 00:19:16.539
 our feeble

00:19:16.539 --> 00:19:17.000
 efforts,

00:19:17.139 --> 00:19:17.799
 God accepts

00:19:17.799 --> 00:19:18.240
 us because

00:19:18.240 --> 00:19:18.980
 he accepts

00:19:18.980 --> 00:19:19.779
 us in

00:19:19.779 --> 00:19:21.019
 Christ.

00:19:21.720 --> 00:19:22.359
 Don't lose

00:19:22.359 --> 00:19:22.779
 sight of

00:19:22.779 --> 00:19:22.980
 what the

00:19:22.980 --> 00:19:23.299
 author of

00:19:23.299 --> 00:19:23.759
 Hebrews has

00:19:23.759 --> 00:19:24.220
 said in

00:19:24.220 --> 00:19:24.799
 the previous

00:19:24.799 --> 00:19:25.859
 chapter.

00:19:26.339 --> 00:19:27.099
 We walk

00:19:27.099 --> 00:19:27.480
 through these

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 texts so

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 slowly.

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 Just back

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 in Hebrews

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 chapter 10

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 and verse

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 14,

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 the author

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 wrote,

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 for by a

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 single

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 offering,

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 he has

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 perfected

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 for all

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 time those

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 who are

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 being

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 sanctified,

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 set apart

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 by the

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 single

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 offering of

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 Christ

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 himself.

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 Offered

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 once for

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 all.

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 And then

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 in verse

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 18 of

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 Hebrews

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 10,

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 where there

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 is forgiveness

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 of these,

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 there is no

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 longer any

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 offering for

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 sin.

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 Praise God

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 we have no

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 need of an

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 altar in our

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 gathering place.

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 There is no

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 altar here.

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 If you're in a

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 Christian church

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 that claims to

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 have an altar,

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 it should make

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 you cock your

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 head a little

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 bit.

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 I don't know

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 what's happening

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 in this place.

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 We don't make

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 sacrifice again

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 and again.

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 once for

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 all.

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 Jesus

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 accomplished

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 this work.

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 And it's

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 by faith

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 in Christ

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 that we

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 properly

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 worship

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 God.

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 That's

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 Abel

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 trusting in

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 the sacrifice,

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 the atoning

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 work of

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 this worship

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 that God

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 had prescribed

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 that commended

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 him as

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 righteous.

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 Which brings us

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 to our next

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 point.

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 number two,

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 Abel's

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 wholeness

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 by faith.

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 Abel's

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 wholeness

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 by faith.

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 This is the

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 middle part

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 of verse

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 four of

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 Hebrews 11.

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 Through

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 which he

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 was commended

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 as righteous.

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 God

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 commending

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 him by

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 accepting

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 his

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 gifts.

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 Proper

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 worship

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 comes by

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 faith.

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 Righteousness

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 being

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 declared

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 right is

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 also

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 the result

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 of faith.

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 We do

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 not know

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 exactly

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 how it

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 is that

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 the Lord

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 had regard

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 for Abel

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 and his

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 offering.

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 Jewish

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 tradition

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 holds that

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 a fire

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 came down

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 and consumed

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 it but

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 didn't consume

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 Cain's

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 offering.

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 But we

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 don't know

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 for sure.

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 But the

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 author of

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 Hebrews

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 under

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 inspiration

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 of the

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 Holy

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 Spirit

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 tells us

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 that God

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 commended

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 Abel

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 as

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 righteous.

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 Commending

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 him by

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 the acceptance

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 of

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 his

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 gifts.

00:21:42.380 --> 00:21:44.460
 saving

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 faith

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 is

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 accompanied

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 by

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 works.

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 The

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 works

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 do not

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 save

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 us

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 but

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 saving

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 faith

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 is

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 evidenced

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 by

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 works.

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 James

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 write in

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 James

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 chapter 2

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 verse 17

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 and 18

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 so also

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 faith by

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 itself

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 if it

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 does not

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 have

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 works

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 is

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 dead.

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 Verse

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 18

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 but

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 someone

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 will

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 say

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 you

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 have

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 faith

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 and

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 I

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 have

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 works

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 show

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 me

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 your

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 faith

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 apart

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 from

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 your

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 works

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 and

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 I

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 will

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 show

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 you

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 my

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 faith

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 by

00:22:19.100 --> 00:22:20.360
 my

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 works.

00:22:23.040 --> 00:22:23.860
 Abel

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 believed

00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:25.599
 in

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 God.

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 He

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 believed

00:22:27.559 --> 00:22:27.700
 in

00:22:27.700 --> 00:22:27.960
 God's

00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:28.400
 commands

00:22:28.400 --> 00:22:28.599
 he

00:22:28.599 --> 00:22:28.960
 believed

00:22:28.960 --> 00:22:29.160
 in

00:22:29.160 --> 00:22:29.819
 God's

00:22:29.819 --> 00:22:30.319
 promises

00:22:30.319 --> 00:22:31.000
 and

00:22:31.000 --> 00:22:31.180
 he

00:22:31.180 --> 00:22:31.660
 showed

00:22:31.660 --> 00:22:31.880
 that

00:22:31.880 --> 00:22:32.099
 he

00:22:32.099 --> 00:22:32.839
 believed

00:22:32.839 --> 00:22:34.380
 by doing

00:22:34.380 --> 00:22:34.680
 what?

00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:36.160
 By

00:22:36.160 --> 00:22:36.559
 obeying.

00:22:37.700 --> 00:22:37.839
 He

00:22:37.839 --> 00:22:38.559
 evidenced

00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:38.759
 his

00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:39.180
 belief

00:22:39.180 --> 00:22:39.839
 in the

00:22:39.839 --> 00:22:40.079
 fact

00:22:40.079 --> 00:22:40.259
 that

00:22:40.259 --> 00:22:40.519
 he

00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:41.900
 obeyed.

00:22:41.900 --> 00:22:42.360
 It

00:22:42.360 --> 00:22:42.840
 wasn't

00:22:42.840 --> 00:22:43.019
 the

00:22:43.019 --> 00:22:43.320
 work

00:22:43.320 --> 00:22:43.560
 that

00:22:43.560 --> 00:22:43.900
 saved

00:22:43.900 --> 00:22:44.040
 him

00:22:44.040 --> 00:22:44.220
 it

00:22:44.220 --> 00:22:44.480
 was

00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:44.800
 his

00:22:44.800 --> 00:22:45.680
 faith

00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:46.940
 evidenced

00:22:46.940 --> 00:22:48.400
 by

00:22:48.400 --> 00:22:49.259
 his

00:22:49.259 --> 00:22:49.700
 work.

00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:50.720
 This

00:22:50.720 --> 00:22:51.100
 is so

00:22:51.100 --> 00:22:51.480
 very

00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:51.880
 important

00:22:51.880 --> 00:22:52.240
 for us

00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:52.380
 to

00:22:52.380 --> 00:22:52.900
 understand

00:22:52.900 --> 00:22:53.880
 in

00:22:53.880 --> 00:22:54.040
 our

00:22:54.040 --> 00:22:54.500
 age.

00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:55.800
 Again

00:22:55.800 --> 00:22:56.060
 from

00:22:56.060 --> 00:22:56.500
 Kent

00:22:56.500 --> 00:22:56.980
 Hughes

00:22:56.980 --> 00:22:57.820
 I like

00:22:57.820 --> 00:22:58.019
 this

00:22:58.019 --> 00:22:58.300
 little

00:22:58.300 --> 00:22:58.960
 analogy

00:22:58.960 --> 00:22:59.900
 he

00:22:59.900 --> 00:23:00.080
 wrote

00:23:00.080 --> 00:23:00.620
 faith

00:23:00.620 --> 00:23:00.980
 and

00:23:00.980 --> 00:23:01.360
 righteous

00:23:01.360 --> 00:23:01.900
 works

00:23:01.900 --> 00:23:02.460
 are

00:23:02.460 --> 00:23:02.680
 like

00:23:02.680 --> 00:23:02.880
 the

00:23:02.880 --> 00:23:03.240
 wings

00:23:03.240 --> 00:23:03.240


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 of

00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:03.600
 a

00:23:03.600 --> 00:23:03.920
 bird

00:23:03.920 --> 00:23:04.740
 there

00:23:04.740 --> 00:23:04.880
 could

00:23:04.880 --> 00:23:05.019
 be

00:23:05.019 --> 00:23:05.200
 no

00:23:05.200 --> 00:23:05.460
 real

00:23:05.460 --> 00:23:05.800
 life

00:23:05.800 --> 00:23:06.040
 no

00:23:06.040 --> 00:23:06.580
 flight

00:23:06.580 --> 00:23:06.980
 with

00:23:06.980 --> 00:23:07.120
 a

00:23:07.120 --> 00:23:07.420
 single

00:23:07.420 --> 00:23:07.820
 wing

00:23:07.820 --> 00:23:07.840
!

00:23:08.080 --> 00:23:08.440
 Whether

00:23:08.440 --> 00:23:09.000
 works

00:23:09.000 --> 00:23:09.560
 or

00:23:09.560 --> 00:23:10.000
 faith

00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:10.920
 but

00:23:10.920 --> 00:23:11.080
 when

00:23:11.080 --> 00:23:11.220
 the

00:23:11.220 --> 00:23:11.420
 two

00:23:11.420 --> 00:23:11.580
 are

00:23:11.579 --> 00:23:12.019
 pumping

00:23:12.019 --> 00:23:12.319
 in

00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:12.879
 concert

00:23:12.879 --> 00:23:13.299
 their

00:23:13.299 --> 00:23:13.779
 owner

00:23:13.779 --> 00:23:14.439
 soars

00:23:14.439 --> 00:23:14.779
 through

00:23:14.779 --> 00:23:14.939
 the

00:23:14.939 --> 00:23:15.299
 heavens

00:23:15.299 --> 00:23:16.539
 authentic

00:23:16.539 --> 00:23:17.019
 faith

00:23:17.019 --> 00:23:17.559
 produces

00:23:17.559 --> 00:23:17.939
 an

00:23:17.939 --> 00:23:18.379
 authentic

00:23:18.379 --> 00:23:18.859
 life

00:23:18.859 --> 00:23:19.139
 that

00:23:19.139 --> 00:23:19.839
 flies

00:23:19.839 --> 00:23:20.460
 high

00:23:20.460 --> 00:23:21.379
 like

00:23:21.379 --> 00:23:21.559
 the

00:23:21.559 --> 00:23:21.919
 Abel

00:23:21.919 --> 00:23:22.879
 of

00:23:22.879 --> 00:23:23.299
 old.

00:23:24.639 --> 00:23:24.879
 It was

00:23:24.879 --> 00:23:25.799
 through

00:23:25.799 --> 00:23:26.539
 the

00:23:26.539 --> 00:23:27.299
 evidencing

00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:27.899
 of

00:23:27.899 --> 00:23:28.599
 Abel's

00:23:28.599 --> 00:23:28.960
 faith

00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:29.480
 that

00:23:29.480 --> 00:23:30.019
 God

00:23:30.019 --> 00:23:30.899
 declared

00:23:30.899 --> 00:23:31.240
 him

00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:32.259
 righteous

00:23:32.259 --> 00:23:33.019
 whole

00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:33.899
 Abel's

00:23:33.899 --> 00:23:34.839
 wholeness

00:23:34.839 --> 00:23:35.859
 by

00:23:35.859 --> 00:23:37.419
 faith.

00:23:39.119 --> 00:23:39.220
 And

00:23:39.220 --> 00:23:39.359
 then

00:23:39.359 --> 00:23:39.679
 third

00:23:39.679 --> 00:23:40.740
 and

00:23:40.740 --> 00:23:41.159
 finally

00:23:41.160 --> 00:23:42.900
 Abel's

00:23:42.900 --> 00:23:43.920
 witness

00:23:43.920 --> 00:23:45.380
 by

00:23:45.380 --> 00:23:45.700
 faith.

00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:45.840
 The

00:23:45.840 --> 00:23:46.180
 last part

00:23:46.180 --> 00:23:46.279
 of

00:23:46.279 --> 00:23:46.440
 verse

00:23:46.440 --> 00:23:46.720
 4

00:23:46.720 --> 00:23:46.860
 of

00:23:46.860 --> 00:23:47.019
 Hebrews

00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:47.320
 11

00:23:47.320 --> 00:23:47.700
 says

00:23:47.700 --> 00:23:47.960
 and

00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:48.320
 through

00:23:48.320 --> 00:23:48.900
 his

00:23:48.900 --> 00:23:49.460
 faith

00:23:49.460 --> 00:23:49.960
 though

00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:50.759
 he

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 died

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 he

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 still

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 speaks.

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 And

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 I

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 hope

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 that

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 the

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 end

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 of

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 verse

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 4

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 just

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 resonates

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 with

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 you

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 as

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 we

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 have

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 previously

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 considered

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 those

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 who are

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 suffering

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 around

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 the

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 world

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 even

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 in

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 this

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 day

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 for

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 the

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 name

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 of

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 Christ

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 and

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 Pastor

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 Han.

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 In

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 Genesis

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 chapter 4

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 verse

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 10

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 Abel's

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 blood

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 cries

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 out

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 from

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 the

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 ground

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 for

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 justice.

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 Today

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 his

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 blood

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 cries

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 out

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 for

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 faithful

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 perseverance.

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 That's

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 what the

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 author of

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 Hebrews

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 is doing

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 all

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 through

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 chapter

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 11.

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 He's

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 saying

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 to us

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 look

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 look at

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 the

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 faith

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 of

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 Abel

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 and

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 press

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 on

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 to

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 the

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 end.

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 Your

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 end

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 may

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 come

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 soon

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 like

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 Abel's

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 it

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 may

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 come

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 long

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 like

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 others

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 but

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 press

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 to

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 the

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 very

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 end.

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 Don't

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 be

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 one

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 who

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 shrinks

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 back

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 and

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 is

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 destroyed.

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 Be

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 one

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 who

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 has

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 faith

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 and

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 preserves

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 their

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 souls.

00:24:52.379 --> 00:24:53.119
 Abel

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 speaks

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 to us

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 from

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 the

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 very

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 page

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 of

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 scripture

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 as

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 this

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 author

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 pens

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 this

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 letter.

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 He

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 is

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 not

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 silent

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 although

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 Cain

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 thought

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 he

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 was

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 silencing

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 him.

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 He

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 and

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 so

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 many

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 more

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 after

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 him

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 have

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 taken

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 their

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 place

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 with

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 our

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 Lord

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 and

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 glory

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 and

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 they

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 want

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 to

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 see

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 us

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 ushered

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 into

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 their

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 number.

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 They

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 are

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 longing

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 for

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 the

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 day

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 to

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 come

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 when

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 the

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 number

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 of

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 the

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 church

00:25:23.199 --> 00:25:24.039
 will

00:25:24.039 --> 00:25:24.319
 be

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 complete.

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 And

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 it's

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 to

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 this

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 end

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 that

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 the

00:25:27.439 --> 00:25:27.679
 author

00:25:27.679 --> 00:25:27.859
 of

00:25:27.859 --> 00:25:28.099
 Hebrews

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 is

00:25:28.299 --> 00:25:28.779
 encouraging

00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:28.799
!

00:25:28.799 --> 00:25:29.219
 us

00:25:29.219 --> 00:25:29.519
 right?

00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:30.319
 Worship

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 by faith.

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 have

00:25:31.360 --> 00:25:31.900
 wholeness

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 by

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 faith

00:25:32.519 --> 00:25:32.980
 and

00:25:32.980 --> 00:25:33.740
 witness

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 by

00:25:34.620 --> 00:25:36.019
 faith.

00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:37.080
 Live

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 faithful

00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:39.059
 lives

00:25:39.059 --> 00:25:40.019
 and

00:25:40.019 --> 00:25:40.299
 preserve

00:25:40.299 --> 00:25:40.519
 your

00:25:40.519 --> 00:25:40.900
 souls.

00:25:42.120 --> 00:25:42.420
 Hebrews

00:25:42.420 --> 00:25:42.640
 chapter

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 12

00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:43.620
 and

00:25:43.620 --> 00:25:43.820
 verse

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 1

00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:44.400
 he

00:25:44.400 --> 00:25:45.400
 brings

00:25:45.400 --> 00:25:45.860
 chapter

00:25:45.860 --> 00:25:46.279
 11

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 to an

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 end

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 as

00:25:47.080 --> 00:25:47.180
 he

00:25:47.180 --> 00:25:47.420
 says

00:25:47.420 --> 00:25:47.880
 therefore

00:25:47.880 --> 00:25:49.200
 since

00:25:49.200 --> 00:25:49.519
 we are

00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:50.180
 surrounded

00:25:50.180 --> 00:25:50.700
 by so

00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:51.200
 great

00:25:51.200 --> 00:25:51.900
 a cloud

00:25:51.900 --> 00:25:52.140
 of

00:25:52.140 --> 00:25:52.559
 witnesses

00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:52.580
!

00:25:52.940 --> 00:25:53.539
 Let

00:25:53.539 --> 00:25:53.680
 us

00:25:53.680 --> 00:25:54.180
 also

00:25:54.180 --> 00:25:54.460
 lay

00:25:54.460 --> 00:25:54.840
 aside

00:25:54.840 --> 00:25:55.259
 every

00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:55.700
 weight

00:25:55.700 --> 00:25:56.000
 and

00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:56.380
 sin

00:25:56.380 --> 00:25:56.620
 which

00:25:56.620 --> 00:25:57.140
 clings

00:25:57.140 --> 00:25:57.759
 so

00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:58.519
 closely

00:25:58.519 --> 00:25:59.420
 and

00:25:59.420 --> 00:25:59.620
 let

00:25:59.620 --> 00:25:59.759
 us

00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:00.320
 run

00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:00.960
 with

00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:02.019
 endurance

00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:02.859
 the

00:26:02.859 --> 00:26:03.359
 race

00:26:03.359 --> 00:26:04.279
 that

00:26:04.279 --> 00:26:04.399
 is

00:26:04.399 --> 00:26:04.559
 set

00:26:04.559 --> 00:26:04.819
 before

00:26:04.819 --> 00:26:05.220
 us.

00:26:05.779 --> 00:26:06.279
 Let's

00:26:06.279 --> 00:26:06.439
 pray

00:26:06.439 --> 00:26:06.720
 together.