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 You may be seated.

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 Good morning.

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 My name is Matthew Capone, and I'm the pastor here at Cheyenne Mountain Presbyterian Church,

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 and it's my joy to bring God's word to you today.

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 A special welcome if you're new or visiting with us.

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 We're glad that you're here, and we're glad that you're here not because we're trying to fill seats

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 but because we're following Jesus together as one community.

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 And as we follow Jesus together, we become convinced that there's no one so good.

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 They don't need God's grace.

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 And no one's so bad that they can't have it,

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 which is why we come back week after week to hear what God has to say to us in his word.

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 We're continuing our series in the Gospel of Mark.

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 You'll remember that the Gospels tell the story of Jesus and his life and his death and his resurrection.

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 And as we go through this Gospel, in particular, we're asking two questions.

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 First, who is Jesus?

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 And second, how do we respond to him?

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 Who is Jesus, and how do we respond to him?

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 These are questions that we don't put from the outside into the text,

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 but they're actually questions that come from the inside of the text that we pull out,

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 and we're going to see those questions again repeated shortly later in chapter 8 as we begin that chapter this morning.

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 It's tempting as we read through the Gospels to see them as isolated stories with interesting points

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 and to miss the bigger picture that's at work that the Gospel writer wants us to see.

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 Part of the reason that we go through books of the Bible from beginning to end

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 is so that we would understand that greater picture, that greater story.

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 And we're in a broader section in the Gospel of Mark about what it means to have faith.

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 Last week, we saw that Jesus had to perform a miracle.

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 He heals a man who is mute and deaf,

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 which is this picture of how radical a miracle we need to be able to understand the Gospel.

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 And then two weeks ago, we saw the Syrophoenician woman's faith.

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 She was this model of faith to us,

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 as she had faith that was both persistent and humble.

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 She was persistent in the sense that she didn't give up,

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 even when Jesus seemed to push her away.

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 And she was humble in that she appealed not to anything she had,

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 but to Jesus' character.

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 She understood God's mercy, and so she threw herself on it.

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 This week, we're coming back again,

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 and we're going to look at different aspects of faith.

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 We have a picture here of unbelief,

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 and so we'll be talking again about the difference between faith and unbelief.

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 What does it actually look like on the ground to believe and take God at His Word?

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 It's with that that I'm going to invite you to turn with me to our passage in Mark 8,

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 starting at verse 1.

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 Remember, as we turn, that this is God's Word.

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 And God tells us that His Word is more precious than gold,

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 even the finest gold,

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 and it's sweeter than honey,

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 even honey that comes straight from the honeycomb.

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 And so that's why we read now Mark 8, verse 1.

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 Verse 4.

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 And His disciples answered Him,

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 How can one feed these people with bread here in this desolate place?

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 And He asked them,

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 How many loaves do you have?

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 They said, Seven.

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 And He directed the crowd to sit down on the ground.

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 And He took the seven loaves,

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 and having given thanks,

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 He broke them and gave them to His disciples to set before the people.

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 And they set them before the crowd.

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 And they had a few small fish.

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 And having blessed them,

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 He said that these also should be set before them.

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 And they ate and were satisfied.

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 And they took up the broken pieces left over seven baskets full.

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 And there were about four thousand people.

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 And He sent them away.

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 And immediately He got into the boat with His disciples

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 and went to the district of Dalmanutha.

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 Verse 11.

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 The Pharisees came and began to argue with Him,

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 seeking from Him a sign from heaven and to test Him.

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 And He sighed deeply in His spirit and said,

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 Why does this generation seek a sign?

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 Truly I say to you,

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 no sign will be given to this generation.

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 And He left them,

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 got into the boat again,

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 and went to the other side.

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 Verse 14.

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 Now they had forgotten to bring bread,

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 and they had only one loaf with them in the boat.

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 And He cautioned them, saying,

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 Watch out.

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 Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees

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 and the leaven of Herod.

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 And they began discussing with one another

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 the fact that they had no bread.

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 And Jesus, aware of this, said to them,

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 Why are you discussing the fact that you have no bread?

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 Do you not yet perceive or understand?

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 Are your hearts hardened?

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 Having eyes, do you not see?

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 And having ears, do you not hear?

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 And do you not remember?

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 When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand,

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 how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?

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 They said to Him, Twelve.

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 And the seven for the four thousand,

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 how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?

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 And they said to Him, Seven.

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 And He said to them,

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 Do you not yet understand?

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 I invite you to pray with me

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 as we come to this portion of God's Word.

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 Our Father in Heaven,

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 we thank You again

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 that You are not absent or distant.

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 You're not distracted

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 by many other things going on in the world like we are.

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 But instead, You're focused on speaking to Your people.

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 We confess this morning that we need that,

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 that we are like sheep without a shepherd,

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 unless You help us and intervene.

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 And we also know that You do speak to us clearly.

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 And so we ask that You would do that this morning,

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 that You would cut us to the heart with Your Word.

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 You would encourage us.

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 You would challenge us.

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 Most of all, You would show us Jesus,

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 that we would see Him as more glorious and beautiful

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 than ever before.

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 You'd grow our love and affection

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 and our reverence and our all for Him.

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 We thank You that we are not worried this morning

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 about whether we have earned these things

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 or whether we deserve them.

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 But instead, we simply ask them

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 in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.

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 Amen.

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 The story is told of a young boy who was in foster care

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 and he was placed in a new home.

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 And this new family that he was with

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 was very surprised by one of his habits.

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 In fact, they weren't quite sure what to do with it.

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 Every day, no matter how much milk was in the refrigerator,

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 this boy would drink all of it.

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 And so if they'd just been to Costco,

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 you know, they'd bought a lot of milk.

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 Didn't matter how much it was.

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 Now, you might be saying,

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 I have teenagers, I understand.

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 But this was actually an eight to nine-year-old boy.

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 And so it was very confusing

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 that he would have sort of this obsession with milk.

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 And so they were scratching their heads,

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 wondering what is it that's going on?

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 Well, they discovered one important detail

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 that seemed to solve it for them,

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 which is that in his previous home,

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 he had been in a place where there was never enough milk.

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 There was always anxiety around it.

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 There was bickering and fighting over who got the milk.

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 And there was rarely any in the house.

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 Now, this new family was extremely wealthy.

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 And milk for them was never a problem.

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 But this child in his mind was still living

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 under the pattern and the paradigm

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 of this old family that he was in.

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 He was still convinced at a visceral level

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 that there would never be enough milk.

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 And so every day, his goal was to make sure

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 he got as much as he could before it was gone,

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 before he was in a position

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 where he had to fight someone else for it.

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 In the passage before us this morning,

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 the disciples are also living according

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 to an old paradigm,

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 even though there's a new pattern

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 that's presenting itself.

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 As we begin in chapter eight here,

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 we see the second time that Jesus has fed a large crowd.

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 The disciples saw a large feeding

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 of the 5,000 in chapter six,

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 and now they're seeing a large feeding

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 of the 4,000 in chapter eight.

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 We could draw many of the same points

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 from this second feeding that we did from the first.

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 Verse eight, once again,

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 these people get dinner portions

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 rather than lunch portions.

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 Once again, they're able to go home with doggy bags.

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 Now there's lots of similarities between this story

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 and the previous one.

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 There's a few dissimilarities.

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 We could go down into the weeds if we wanted to,

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 but what I want you to see this morning

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 is that the main point of the second feeding

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 is that it is the second feeding.

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 The main point of the second feeding

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 is that it is the second feeding.

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 In other words, it was not a fluke the first time.

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 Jesus clearly has the power to do this again and again.

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 His power is not something that comes in one moment

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 and leaves the next.

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 And so it's not a coincidence in this passage

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 that the bickering, the discussion that the disciples have

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 is about not having enough bread.

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 Verse 14, they forgot to bring bread.

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 Of all the problems that they could have,

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 they have a food problem.

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 And all of this is driving to verses 17 through 21,

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 where Jesus here appears to get frustrated with them.

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 Verse 21, do you not yet understand?

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 What Jesus is saying is this,

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 don't you get bread is the last thing

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 that you need to be worried about.

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 Both the Pharisees and the disciples

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 have the same problem in this passage,

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 which is that they are unable

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 to translate Jesus' actions into understanding.

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 They are unable to translate Jesus' actions

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 into understanding.

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 So with the Pharisees, verse 11,

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 we learn from these words that they have here,

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 argue and test,

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 that they are not asking these questions

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 out of this sincere desire for understanding.

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 They're not seeking to grow and learn.

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 No, instead they're trying to trap Jesus.

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 Jesus' response here, verse 12,

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 helps us understand that he believes

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 they need nothing more than what he's already done.

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 If they can't believe based on what they've seen

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 and heard about Jesus,

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 there is nothing else that is going to help them.

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 Their problem is not that they don't have a sign,

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 but they can't understand what they've already seen.

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 That's what Jesus is warning the disciples about

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 in verse 15 when he says,

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 watch out, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees

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 and the leaven of Herod.

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 Leaven, here's another word for yeast,

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 which is to say this is something that's so threatening

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 that it can take over a whole community,

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 just like yeast will spread through bread

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 and make it rise.

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 In the same way, this unbelief

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 that the Pharisees and Herod have

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 is something that is a threat to you as well.

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 Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Herod.

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 It's contagious.

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 And so there's one dissimilarity

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 between the Pharisees and the disciples,

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 but they have this overlapping problem.

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 Yes, the Pharisees are hostile to Jesus

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 and trying to test him,

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 but both groups are looking at things

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 right in front of them

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 that they seem incapable to understand and interpret.

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 The Pharisees are hostile to Jesus

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 even though they have all the proof

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 that they need right in front of them.

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 The disciples are worried about bread

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 even though they are sitting with the man

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 who fed the 5,000 and the 4,000.

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 And so there's this irrational fear,

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 this anxiety with them

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 that misses the basic realities

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 of the situation in front of them.

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 Neither the Pharisees nor the disciples

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 know how to read.

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 They can't read the room.

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 They can't understand the actions

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 that are happening right in front of them.

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 And so that's why we see Jesus here

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 in verses 19 and 20

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 decides it's time to review the facts.

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 When I broke the five loaves for the 5,000,

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 how many baskets full of broken pieces

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 did you take up?

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 12.

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 Verse 20.

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 And the seven for the 4,000,

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 how many baskets full of broken pieces

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 did you take up?

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 And they said to him,

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 seven.

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 The disciples know the facts of the past,

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 but they do not understand

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 its implications for the present.

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 The disciples know the facts of the past,

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 they do not understand

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 its implications for the present.

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 Brothers and sisters, the point is this.

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 It is possible to know many facts about Jesus

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 and to not be changed in our hearts

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 and our lives

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 and the very core of our beings.

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 It is not enough to simply

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 know things about Jesus.

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 Many people are proud of how much they know

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 and knowledge is useless

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 if we can't apply it or understand it.

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 Knowledge is useless

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 if we can't apply it or understand it.

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 And so here we have this picture of unbelief.

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 This passage helps us to understand

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 what it looks like

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 when we fail to have faith.

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 Unbelief cannot connect past actions

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 with present and future realities.

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 Unbelief is incapable of connecting

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 past actions with present and future realities.

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 realities.

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 Jesus was able to do this great thing

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 feeding 4,000 and 5,000.

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 Now we're unsure if the 12 of us

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 are going to be able to eat.

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 That is what unbelief looks like.

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 I want you to imagine it like this.

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 You get a rare dinner invitation.

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 Paula Deen has decided

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 that you are her guest of honor.

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 Okay?

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 And while you're over there,

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 Gordon Ramsay has also been invited.

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 Now, you're hanging out

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 in Paula Deen's living room

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 and you are consumed

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 with fear and anxiety.

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 You have the very real

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 and present danger

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 that you are going to starve.

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 This thought consumes you.

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 It fills your mind.

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 You begin to play out in your head

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 the different scenarios.

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 You're going to go into the table

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 and there's not going to be any food.

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 Paula Deen's refrigerator

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 is going to be completely empty.

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 And so you sit there shaking in fear.

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 You are legitimately worried

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 about whether or not you're going to starve.

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 That is what unbelief is.

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 Unbelief is sitting in Paula Deen's kitchen

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 truly afraid at your core

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 that you are not going to have enough.

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 And so we have this picture here in the Gospels

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 to help us understand

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 how irrational and silly unbelief is.

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 The disciples are literally sitting

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 with the man who fed the 5,000

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 and the 4,000

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 and they're worried that Jesus

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 is frustrated with them

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 for not bringing enough bread.

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 That is unbelief.

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 That is lack of faith.

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 Would you also understand

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 if Paula Deen was offended and hurt?

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 Haven't you seen my show?

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 Don't you know who I am?

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 What an insult it is

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 for you to be in my house

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 and think that I would not feed you.

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 You don't think you're going to get food?

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 My one question for you is this.

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 Who hurt you?

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 That's unbelief.

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 Unbelief is knowing

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 that you're sitting with Jesus

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 comprehending his actions in the past

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 and being filled with fear in the present

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 that he is not going to do

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 the things he said he would do.

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 Faith, on the other hand,

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 connects the dots.

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 Faith translates belief

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 and understanding into action.

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 Faith connects the dots

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 and acts accordingly.

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 Faith looks to what God has done

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 in the past

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 and takes hope and courage

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 and faith in the present.

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 Jesus' statements about faith

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 in the gospel

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 follow bold actions,

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 not dry theological statements.

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 Jesus' statements about great faith

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 follow bold actions,

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 not dry theological statements.

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 Remember, it was the Syrophoenician woman's

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 persistence that showed her faith.

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 faith.

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 She knew who Jesus was

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 and he acted on it.

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 Now,

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 this does not mean

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 that God will make all your dreams come true

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 and give you an easy and comfortable life.

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 it does mean

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 he will honor his promises.

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 It does mean

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 he will answer

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 the prayer that we prayed earlier this morning

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 in the Lord's Prayer.

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 He will forgive us our sins

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 as we forgive our debtors.

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 He will lead us not into temptation,

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 but deliver us from evil.

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 Who is Jesus?

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 Jesus is the one

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 who is reliable

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 and consistent

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 in his power

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 and his mercy.

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 Jesus is the one

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 who is reliable

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 and consistent

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 in his power

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 and his mercy.

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 How do we respond to him?

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 Last week,

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 we looked at the Syrophoenician woman.

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 Excuse me,

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 two weeks ago,

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 we looked at the Syrophoenician woman.

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 She was our model of faith

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 in the fact that she took hope

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 in the character of God.

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 She knew

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 what type of person Jesus was.

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 She said,

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 even the dogs.

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 I know that you're the type of person

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 who has mercy

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 even for pets.

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 This week,

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 we focus not in taking hope

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 on the character of God,

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 but in the actions of God.

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 We look to what God has done

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 in the past.

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 We draw hope.

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 We draw confidence

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 knowing what God

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 has accomplished.

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 We draw hope and faith

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 knowing that God

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 is the one

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 who brought that person

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 you needed

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 to give you direction

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 and wisdom and guidance.

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 You draw hope

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 in the present

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 knowing that God

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 is the one

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 who pulled you back

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 from the disaster

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 that you would have made

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 out of your life

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 on your own.

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 You draw hope

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 knowing that God

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 is the one

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 who preserved you

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 like Daniel

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 working in a hostile

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 work environment.

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 God is the one

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 who made you able

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 to be wise

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 as a serpent

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 and innocent

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 as a dove.

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 You look back

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 and know that God

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 was the one

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 who was faithful

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 in bringing you

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 to America.

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 You look back

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 and know that God

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 was faithful

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 in the way

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 that he preserved you

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 and brought you

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 to the state of Colorado.

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 You look back

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 on God's faithfulness

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 as he delivered you

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 from patterns of sin

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 and addiction.

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 You look back

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 and know that God

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 is the one

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 who rescued you

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 from a people

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 and a place

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 and a family

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 that was filled

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 with danger

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 and brought you

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 to a place

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 of safety.

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 We look back

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 to God

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 as he brought us

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 out of darkness

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 and into light.

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 You look back

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 to God's faithfulness

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 as he answered

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 in a miraculous way

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 after seasons

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 of prayer.

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 You look back

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 and see

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 that God

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 may not have

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 removed your suffering

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 but he gave you

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 what you needed

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 to move forward.

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 We look

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 brothers and sisters

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 to God's faithfulness

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 to us

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 in the past

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 and we're filled

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 with confidence

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 and hope

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 and joy

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 in the present.

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 As you sit

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 in Paula Deen's kitchen

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 you don't worry

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 about whether

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 you're going to eat

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 because you know

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 for show after show

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 what she has done

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 and you know

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 what she can do today.

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 When you follow Jesus

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 as a Christian

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 you're not filled

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 with fear

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 and anxiety

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 and unbelief

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 because you have seen

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 over and over

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 in your life

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 and in God's word

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 what he has done

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 in the past

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 and you know

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 what he can

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 and will do

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 today.

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 Past actions

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 tell us

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 about present

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 circumstances.

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 This does not mean

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 that God

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 will make your life

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 easy and comfortable.

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 It does mean

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 he will answer

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 what we prayed

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 in the Lord's prayer

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 he will give us

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 our daily bread.

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 it does not mean

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 that God

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 is going to give you

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 a second house.

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 It does mean

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 he's going to honor

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 his promise

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 in 2 Peter 1

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 that he will give you

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 all things

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 that pertain

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 to life

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 and godliness.

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 It means

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 that we take

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 Psalm 37

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 as an encouragement.

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 I have been young

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 and now I am old

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 yet I have not seen

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 the righteous

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 forsaken

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 or his children

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 begging for bread.

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 And so if we want

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 to have that kind

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 of faith

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 the kind of faith

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 that is able

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 to connect the dots

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 we can come

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 before God

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 and pray in this way

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 we can tell him

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 look I have a challenge

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 we have as a family

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 have a challenge

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 and we don't have

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 any hope

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 unless you show up

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 and help.

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 And we have confidence

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 that you will

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 because of what

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 you have done

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 for your people

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 and our family

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 and me in the past.

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 I have confidence

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 that you

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 are going to

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 meet us

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 and care for us

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 just like you

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 have met us

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 and cared for us

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 before.

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 And we're going

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 to recount

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 those things

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 we're going to

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 remember those things

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 we're going to

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 list those things.

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 We remember

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 God's faithfulness

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 to us

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 and so that

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 the opposite

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 of verse 21

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 would be true

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 of us

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 we would be able

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 to understand.

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 As we think

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 about God's

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 faithful acts

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 in the past

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 of course

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 his greatest

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 provision for us

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 is his provision

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 in Christ.

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 God's greatest

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 act of faithfulness

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 was sending

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 his son

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 his only son

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 to die

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 the death

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 that we should have died

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 to receive the punishment

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 that we deserve

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 and to live

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 the perfect life

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 that we have not lived.

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 And so the promise

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 of Romans 8

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 31 and 32

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 is true

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 for us

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 if he gave you

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 his son

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 will he not

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 also give you

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 all things?

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 If he gave you

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 his son

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 will he not

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 also give you

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 all things?

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 One man illustrates

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 it this way

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 if a man

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 gives a woman

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 he loves

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 an engagement ring

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 will he not

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 also give her

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 the box

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 it came in?

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 if God

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 has given us

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 his only son

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 we have no

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 reason

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 to fear

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 or to worry

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 he worked

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 to save you

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 as we saw

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 last week

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 he worked

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 to give you

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 sight

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 and you think

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 he's going

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 to abandon

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 you now

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 no

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 he's been

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 faithful

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 in the past

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 he is faithful

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 in the present

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 he'll be faithful

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 to you

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 in the future

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 I know that

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 many of you

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 are investors

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 and you know

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 that with

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 any investment

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 there's always

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 a legal warning

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 as there are

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 with many things

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 in our world

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 which tells you

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 this

00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:15.940
 past performance

00:25:15.940 --> 00:25:17.980
 is no guarantee

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:19.680
 of future results

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 Google and Amazon

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 might be doing

00:25:24.660 --> 00:25:25.559
 well this year

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 that doesn't mean

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 they'll do well

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 next year

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 Kodak

00:25:30.840 --> 00:25:32.279
 was doing well

00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:33.120
 10 years ago

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 they are not

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 doing well

00:25:36.420 --> 00:25:37.100
 today

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 we live

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 in a world

00:25:39.960 --> 00:25:41.019
 where the past

00:25:41.019 --> 00:25:41.720
 track record

00:25:41.720 --> 00:25:42.980
 cannot guarantee

00:25:42.980 --> 00:25:43.940
 what is going

00:25:43.940 --> 00:25:44.460
 to happen

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 in the future

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 as we're at

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 the mercy

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 of variety

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 of forces

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 and personalities

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 and storms

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 there is

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 one

00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:56.359
 person

00:25:56.359 --> 00:25:57.059
 for whom

00:25:57.059 --> 00:25:57.719
 the opposite

00:25:57.719 --> 00:25:58.739
 is true

00:25:58.739 --> 00:26:01.139
 past performance

00:26:01.139 --> 00:26:02.319
 is

00:26:02.319 --> 00:26:03.419
 a guarantee

00:26:03.419 --> 00:26:05.239
 of future results

00:26:05.239 --> 00:26:07.299
 brothers and sisters

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 that is our hope

00:26:08.739 --> 00:26:09.319
 in our Lord

00:26:09.319 --> 00:26:09.739
 and Savior

00:26:09.739 --> 00:26:10.599
 Jesus Christ

00:26:10.599 --> 00:26:11.699
 as we look

00:26:11.699 --> 00:26:12.559
 to what he did

00:26:12.559 --> 00:26:13.099
 on the cross

00:26:13.099 --> 00:26:13.699
 as we look

00:26:13.699 --> 00:26:14.299
 to God's

00:26:14.299 --> 00:26:15.099
 faithfulness

00:26:15.099 --> 00:26:16.279
 to his people

00:26:16.279 --> 00:26:17.279
 throughout history

00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:18.299
 and as we look

00:26:18.299 --> 00:26:19.659
 to God's faithfulness

00:26:19.659 --> 00:26:20.219
 to us

00:26:20.219 --> 00:26:21.079
 in our lives

00:26:21.079 --> 00:26:22.079
 we can take

00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:22.839
 great confidence

00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:23.659
 and hope

00:26:23.659 --> 00:26:24.379
 and courage

00:26:24.379 --> 00:26:25.539
 knowing that he

00:26:25.539 --> 00:26:26.639
 has not left us

00:26:26.639 --> 00:26:27.799
 or forgotten us

00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:29.740
 the God

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:31.039
 who gave his son

00:26:31.039 --> 00:26:31.779
 to die

00:26:31.779 --> 00:26:32.439
 on the cross

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 is the same God

00:26:33.559 --> 00:26:34.459
 who is with you

00:26:34.459 --> 00:26:35.719
 caring and protecting

00:26:35.719 --> 00:26:36.379
 and providing

00:26:36.379 --> 00:26:37.379
 even now

00:26:37.379 --> 00:26:41.000
 who is Jesus

00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:42.459
 Jesus is the one

00:26:42.460 --> 00:26:43.620
 who is reliable

00:26:43.620 --> 00:26:44.620
 and consistent

00:26:44.620 --> 00:26:46.059
 in his power

00:26:46.059 --> 00:26:47.240
 and his mercy

00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:50.940
 how do we respond

00:26:50.940 --> 00:26:51.360
 to him

00:26:51.360 --> 00:26:52.880
 we look

00:26:52.880 --> 00:26:54.160
 to his actions

00:26:54.160 --> 00:26:55.220
 in the past

00:26:55.220 --> 00:26:57.400
 and we have faith

00:26:57.400 --> 00:26:58.460
 in the present

00:26:58.460 --> 00:27:00.279
 let's pray

00:27:00.279 --> 00:27:03.100
 our father in heaven

00:27:03.100 --> 00:27:04.559
 we praise you

00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:05.079
 that you

00:27:05.079 --> 00:27:06.539
 have given us

00:27:06.539 --> 00:27:07.279
 a solid

00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:08.220
 and reliable

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:08.980
 track record

00:27:08.980 --> 00:27:10.420
 that you

00:27:10.420 --> 00:27:11.299
 who gave us

00:27:11.299 --> 00:27:11.960
 your son

00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:13.519
 will also

00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:13.940
 give us

00:27:13.940 --> 00:27:14.539
 all things

00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:16.039
 we ask

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:16.319
 that you

00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:16.880
 would use

00:27:16.880 --> 00:27:17.660
 this truth

00:27:17.660 --> 00:27:18.900
 to stir up

00:27:18.900 --> 00:27:19.799
 our hope

00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:20.519
 and our faith

00:27:20.519 --> 00:27:21.019
 in you

00:27:21.019 --> 00:27:22.220
 that we would

00:27:22.220 --> 00:27:22.779
 be filled

00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:23.480
 with the confidence

00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:24.059
 that comes

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:24.579
 from knowing

00:27:24.579 --> 00:27:25.319
 that the things

00:27:25.319 --> 00:27:25.819
 that you have

00:27:25.819 --> 00:27:26.319
 given us

00:27:26.319 --> 00:27:27.759
 cannot be lost

00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:29.099
 that the words

00:27:29.099 --> 00:27:29.799
 of the apostle

00:27:29.799 --> 00:27:30.579
 Peter are true

00:27:30.579 --> 00:27:31.140
 that you've given

00:27:31.140 --> 00:27:31.960
 us an inheritance

00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:33.160
 which is

00:27:33.160 --> 00:27:34.039
 unfading

00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:35.680
 imperishable

00:27:35.680 --> 00:27:36.799
 untouchable

00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:38.620
 we thank you

00:27:38.620 --> 00:27:39.420
 that that inheritance

00:27:39.420 --> 00:27:40.240
 doesn't rise

00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:41.320
 or fall on us

00:27:41.320 --> 00:27:42.420
 but instead

00:27:42.420 --> 00:27:43.039
 it rises

00:27:43.039 --> 00:27:44.320
 on our Lord

00:27:44.320 --> 00:27:44.700
 and Savior

00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:45.420
 Jesus Christ

00:27:45.420 --> 00:27:45.940
 and so it's

00:27:45.940 --> 00:27:46.539
 in his name

00:27:46.539 --> 00:27:47.080
 that we ask

00:27:47.080 --> 00:27:47.680
 these things

00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:48.279
 amen

00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:50.880
 I invite you

00:27:50.880 --> 00:27:51.279
 to stand

00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:52.279
 for our closing hymn