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 Having said that, would you open up your Bibles to Hebrews chapter 10.

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! And we continue on in our series in the book of Hebrews.

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! Hebrews chapter 10.

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 And I'm going to be reading verses 19 through 39.

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 Hear God's word.

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 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.

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 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,

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 not neglecting to meet together as is the habit of some,

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 but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the day drawing near.

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 For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth,

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 there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,

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 but a fearful expectation of judgment and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries.

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 Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy on the evidence of two or three witnesses.

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 How much worse punishment do you think will be deserved by the one who has trampled underfoot the Son of God

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 and has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified

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 and has outraged the Spirit of grace?

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 For we know him who said,

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 Vengeance is mine, I will repay.

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 And again, the Lord will judge his people.

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 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

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 But recall the former days when, after you were enlightened,

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 you endured a hard struggle with sufferings,

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 sometimes being publicly exposed to reproach and affliction,

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 and sometimes being partners with those so treated,

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 for you had compassion on those in prison,

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 and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property

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 since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abiding one.

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 Therefore, do not throw away your confidence,

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 which has a great reward,

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 for you have need of endurance,

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 so that when you've done the will of God,

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 you may receive what is promised for yet a little while,

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 and the coming one will come and will not delay,

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 but my righteous one shall live by faith,

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 and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.

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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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 May God bless the hearing of his word.

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 Jesus said this in John 16 to his disciples.

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 In the world, you will have tribulation.

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 And so if you're a follower of Jesus Christ,

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 you will experience hardship as a direct result of following Jesus.

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 Maybe it's because we're claiming that Jesus is the only way to heaven,

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 and in so doing, we're saying that all other claims on all other religions are false claims.

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 That can be offensive to people.

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 Certainly unpopular.

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 When we claim that the Bible,

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 every word is God-breathed in all authoritative on all matters,

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 that can sound archaic to people.

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 We can catch some heat for that.

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 Particularly nowadays on issues of sexuality.

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 It is pride month.

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 And so when we make the claim that God's design for marriage,

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 biblically,

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 is only between one man and one woman for life,

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 that's starting to show up as hate speech for people.

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 We can catch heat for that.

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 When we say that there's a real hell

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 where people will experience eternal conscious torment

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 as a just punishment for their sins,

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 that can land you in some kind of charge of emotional abuse.

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 If you are a genuine follower of Jesus Christ,

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 seeking to live for Christ,

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 you will regularly experience hardship.

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 Whether it's from your family, extended family,

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 whether it's from your workplace,

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 whether it's from the school you attend,

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 on your team,

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 to be faithful to Jesus

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 will cost you

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 in the eyes of the world.

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 Now, the original recipients of this letter,

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 the book of Hebrews,

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 they were Christians

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 and they were experiencing hardship for Christ.

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 We get a sense of that in verse 32.

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 You endured a hard struggle with sufferings

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 in their former days.

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 They were becoming weary and faint-hearted.

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 And when you are regularly catching heat

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 for being a follower of Jesus from the world,

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 the temptation is to throw in the towel.

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 The temptation is to blend back in to the culture.

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 And for the original audience,

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 it was going back to Old Covenant Judaism.

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 That was a safe place to go.

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 So, for us,

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 the temptation is just to blend back into our culture.

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 Just to give in,

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 not stand against.

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 To give up,

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 instead of pressing in.

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 To check out,

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 instead of pressing on.

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 what we need,

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 brothers and sisters,

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 when we encounter hardship,

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 and we will,

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 we will need endurance.

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 Christian endurance.

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 Eugene Peterson wrote a book

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 with the title,

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 A Long Obedience in the Same Direction.

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 It's a great definition of endurance.

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 A Long Obedience to Christ

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 in the Same Direction of Holiness.

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 It is a really good definition.

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 A Long Obedience in the Same Direction.

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 Christian, you need endurance.

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 You need to persevere.

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 So there are three points this morning

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 from this text I want you to see

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 regarding endurance.

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 Christ is the foundation

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 of our endurance.

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 Apostasy,

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 number two,

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 is the opposite of endurance.

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 And three,

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 faith

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 is at the heart of endurance.

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 So we're going to look at

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 Christ the grounds,

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 apostasy the opposite of endurance,

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 and faith which is at the heart of endurance.

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 Brothers and sisters,

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 we need endurance.

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 Faith fueled endurance.

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 So if you come into the room,

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 you've been catching heat for Christ,

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 feeling a little burnt out,

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 on the verge of giving up,

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 maybe just want to blend in,

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 it's good that you're here.

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 So let's look at this first point,

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 Christ the foundation of our endurance,

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 in verses 19 through 25.

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 The writer begins this particular call

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 to endure with a reminder

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 that Christ is the foundation of our faith.

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 And he does it with what's called

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 a since-then argument.

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 He's saying,

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 since this is true,

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 then you need to do this.

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 So let me unpack that for you.

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 In verse 19,

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 we see the first since.

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 Therefore, brothers,

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 since we have confidence,

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 since we have confidence

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 to enter the holy places

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 by the blood of Jesus,

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 by the new and living way

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 that he opened for us

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 through the curtain

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 that is through his flesh,

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 what he's talking about

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 is the once-for-all sacrifice

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 of Jesus Christ,

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 his death.

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 Christ's death has opened up a way

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 for us, his followers,

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 to come into God's presence

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 all the time.

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 Since that is true,

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 so that's the first foundation.

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 There's a second foundational truth.

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 There's another since.

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 Verse 21,

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 And since we have a great high priest,

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 great priest over the house of God,

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 not a Levitical high priest

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 who needs to sacrifice sin for himself

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 and then die,

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 this is Jesus,

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 totally God, totally man,

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 the priest in the order of Melchizedek

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 who ever lives

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 to make intercession for us.

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 And so what we have here

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 in these two senses

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 are two foundations

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 that we will endure from.

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 The first is Christ's once

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 and for all death

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 which gives us access

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 to God's very presence.

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 And second,

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 Christ's ongoing priesthood,

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 his interceding for us

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 to give grace to us

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 in time of need.

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 These are two foundations

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 in which we live from.

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 When I was in high school,

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 I built decks during the summertime.

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 And I was the post hole digger

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 and I would take post hole

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 and dig down about 42 inches

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 and then I would mix concrete,

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 pour it in,

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 and we would come out with a footer

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 that you would build the deck on.

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 And oftentimes,

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 these decks had two footers

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 and you would build the deck

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 upon these foundations.

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 And so what we're being given here

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 are two foundations

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 in which we live out our lives.

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 Christ's once and for all death

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 that gives us access

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 to God's presence

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 and Christ's ongoing intercession

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 as our ever living priest.

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 In fact,

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 these are the two unique features

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 of the new covenant.

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 So now let's turn

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 to talking about

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 the since then.

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 If this is true,

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 if these are true,

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 then we are being urged

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 to live a certain way

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 in this section.

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 And they show up

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 as three let us statements.

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 You ready?

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 First one is in verse 22.

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 Because this is who Christ is,

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 because the new covenant

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 is the now covenant,

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 let us draw near

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 with a true heart

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 and full assurance of faith,

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 with our hearts sprinkled clean

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 from an evil conscience

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 and our bodies washed

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 with pure water.

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 In other words,

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 because Christ has done this,

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 let's draw near to God

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 because we can.

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 So the way that we live out

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 these foundational truths

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 is by actually drawing near

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 to God through Christ.

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 Now this is why

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 this matters for endurance.

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 You need grace

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 to endure.

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 And when you draw near to God,

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 you draw near to the throne of grace,

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 Hebrews 4.16,

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 to be given help

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 in time of need.

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 The second let us statement

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 is let us hold fast.

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 Verse 23,

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 for you hold fast

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 the confession of our hope

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 without wavering.

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 For he who promised

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 is faithful.

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 That word hope,

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 let us hold fast

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 the confession of our hope.

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 Hope is a forward-looking faith.

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 In chapter 11, verse 1,

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 if you just look over

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 to the next chapter,

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 we read this,

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 now faith is the assurance

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 of things hoped for.

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 The conviction of things

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 not seen.

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 Hope is being confident

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 of what God has promised

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 and being confident

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 in God's character

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 that he is faithful

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 to his promises.

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 The confession of our hope,

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 what's being talked about here,

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 is having to do

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 with a particular day.

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 You can see it down

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 in verse 25,

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 the last clause,

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 and all the more

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 as you see

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 the day drawing near.

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 The confession of our hope

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 has to do with that day.

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 Down the line.

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 If you turn back

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 in your Bibles

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 to Hebrews 9.28,

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 we get more clarity

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 of what this confession

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 of our hope is.

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 So Christ,

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 having been offered once

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 to bear the sins of many,

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 will appear a second time,

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 not to deal with sin,

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 but to save those

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 who are eagerly

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 waiting for him.

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 The confession of our hope

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 is the coming of Christ,

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 the promised return of Christ.

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 And then we see that

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 played out

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 in the rest of the passage

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 in Hebrews chapter 10.

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 We see it in verse 34.

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 At the end,

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 since you knew yourselves

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 had a better possession

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 and abiding one.

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 That's talking about

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 a future possession.

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 Verse 35,

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 at the end,

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 which has a great reward,

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 a reward that's going

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 to be given to us

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 at the coming of Christ.

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 Verse 36,

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 after you've done

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 the will of God,

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 you may receive

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 what is promised.

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 And then look at

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 verse 37,

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 get a little while

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 and the coming one

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 will come

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 and will not delay.

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 The confession of our hope.

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 There's a number of truths

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 we can confess

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 when it comes to our hope.

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 A number of promises.

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 I'm going to give you one

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 that is five words.

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 And this is Jesus speaking

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 at the end of your Bible.

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 Now,

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 surely I am coming soon.

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 That's a confession of hope

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 where you're saying,

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 yes, Lord Jesus,

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 come Lord Jesus.

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 We're confessing that

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 as our hope.

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 We are saying,

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 I believe that.

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 That Jesus is going to come

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 and he's going to return

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 and when he does,

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 he's going to judge,

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 he's going to make

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 all wrongs right,

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 he's going to reward

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 those who've been faithful

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 to him.

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 this hope

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 fuels endurance.

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 So grace,

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 we draw near

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 to the throne of grace

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 because we are in need

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 of grace to endure

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 and hope

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 puts something

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 in our hearts

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 that will help us

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 to endure

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 and the last let us

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 is in verses 24 and 25.

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 We need each other

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 to endure.

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 Let us hold fast

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 the confession of our hope

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 without wavering

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 for you promises faithful.

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 Then in verse 24,

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 That word stir up,

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 some English translations,

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 they translate it provoke,

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 just to spur on.

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 Have you ever been

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 at a stoplight

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 behind somebody

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 and you can see

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 that they're on their phone

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 in the stoplight

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 goes from red to light

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 to red to green

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 while they're on their phone?

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 What do you do?

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 Here's what I do.

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 I give them a honk.

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 I say,

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 let's go.

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 We got places to be.

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 It's gone from red to green.

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 I spur them on.

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 I stir them up.

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 I provoke them.

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 So this idea

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 of stirring each other up

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 is giving each other a honk.

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 telling us to move forward.

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 Let's go.

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 Stop drifting.

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 Press in

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 to encourage one another.

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 We can't lose sight

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 of that day.

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 The day that Jesus returns

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 and judges all

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 and gives out rewards

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 when we see him face to face.

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 We encourage one another

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 with that day.

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 We give each other a honk.

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 Surely,

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 I am coming soon.

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 It prods us on.

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 What's interesting

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 about this particular,

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 these particular verses,

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 we're told how.

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 And let us consider

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 how to stir one another

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 to love and good works,

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 not neglecting to meet together.

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 In other words,

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 we stir one another up

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 by gathering together

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 on a regular basis,

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 by coming together

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 every Sunday.

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 It is a way

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 we encourage one another.

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 It's a way we hold fast

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 to the confession

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 of our hope.

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 It's a way that we

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 draw near to God together.

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 This gathering

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 is an encouraging

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 gathering.

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 It's an enduring

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 gathering.

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 It's together

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 following Jesus.

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 It presses us on.

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 We need each other

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 to stir one another up,

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 to give each other

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 a honk from time to time.

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 Let's go.

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 Let's not get distracted.

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 Let's stay on target

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 with that day.

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 When we take these

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 all together,

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 when you see this,

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 let us draw near.

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 Let us stir up.

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 Let us hold fast.

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 When you take them

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 all together,

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 you realize

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 these are ways

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 of talking about endurance.

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 How we endure together.

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 And so we've seen

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 the since,

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 and now we've seen

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 the then.

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 Since Christ's

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 once and for all

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 sacrifice

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 and his ongoing

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 priesthood intercession,

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 then let us do this,

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 and let us do this,

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 and let us do this.

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 And we will endure.

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 Christ is the foundation

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 of our endurance.

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 But now,

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 let's talk about

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 the opposite

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 of our endurance.

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 It's called apostasy.

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 And we see this

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 in verses 26 through 31.

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 Apostasy

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 is something

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 that the writer

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 of Hebrews

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 has been talking about

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 all throughout the letter.

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 He's provided

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 a number of warnings.

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 This is the fourth

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 warning of five

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 in the book of Hebrews.

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 And apostasy

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 is a frightening

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 spiritual condition.

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 You can see it

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 in verse 31

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 where we read,

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 it is a fearful thing

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 to fall into the hands

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 of the living God.

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 It is a fearful thing

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 for someone

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 who is apostatized

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 to fall into the hands

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 of the living God.

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 If you're wondering

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 what apostasy is,

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 it's the phrase

00:19:23.240 --> 00:19:24.139
 in this section

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 talking about it

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 is if we go on

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 sinning deliberately.

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 And that word

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 apostasy

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 actually means

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 no faith.

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 It refers to

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 people who once

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 professed Christ

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 and then

00:19:40.019 --> 00:19:40.799
 deny Him.

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 it's the opposite

00:19:42.559 --> 00:19:43.259
 of endurance.

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 When Jesus spoke

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 the parable

00:19:47.279 --> 00:19:47.919
 of the soils

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 in Matthew 13,

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 He described

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 a sower

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 sowing seed

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 and that seed

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 falls on

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 four different soils.

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 One was

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 a path

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 and the birds

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 come and take up

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 the seed.

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 The next soil

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 was this kind

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 of rocky soil

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 that the seed

00:20:05.460 --> 00:20:06.379
 kind of roots

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 very shallow,

00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:07.659
 shoots up

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 and then the heat

00:20:08.740 --> 00:20:10.819
 just makes it shrivel.

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 Doesn't produce fruit.

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 The next soil

00:20:13.960 --> 00:20:15.680
 is weed soil.

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 It gets choked out.

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 Doesn't produce fruit.

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 The fourth soil

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 is the soil

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 where that seed

00:20:22.920 --> 00:20:25.039
 it shoots up,

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 lays its roots

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 and it produces

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 a harvest

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 30, 60, 100 fold.

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 That's the Christian.

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 Every other soil

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 is a non-Christian.

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 And in verse 26

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 through 31

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 what we have

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 is another kind

00:20:39.740 --> 00:20:40.259
 of an argument.

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 An if-then argument

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 where the writer

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 is saying

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 if this case

00:20:47.240 --> 00:20:48.039
 is true,

00:20:49.100 --> 00:20:49.759
 if you go on

00:20:49.759 --> 00:20:50.740
 sinning deliberately

00:20:50.740 --> 00:20:51.620
 after you receive

00:20:51.620 --> 00:20:52.039
 the knowledge

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 of the truth,

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 then this is

00:20:54.960 --> 00:20:55.480
 what is going

00:20:55.480 --> 00:20:55.880
 to happen.

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 This is going

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 to be the result

00:20:57.440 --> 00:20:57.860
 of that.

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 So let's look

00:21:00.500 --> 00:21:00.880
 at this

00:21:00.880 --> 00:21:03.480
 if-then argument,

00:21:03.620 --> 00:21:04.319
 this warning.

00:21:04.319 --> 00:21:07.019
 In verse 26

00:21:07.019 --> 00:21:07.460
 we read,

00:21:08.039 --> 00:21:08.700
 if we go on

00:21:08.700 --> 00:21:09.519
 sinning deliberately

00:21:09.519 --> 00:21:10.439
 after receiving

00:21:10.439 --> 00:21:10.879
 the knowledge

00:21:10.879 --> 00:21:11.539
 of the truth,

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 the knowledge

00:21:14.700 --> 00:21:15.179
 of the truth

00:21:15.179 --> 00:21:15.659
 of course

00:21:15.659 --> 00:21:17.059
 is the gospel.

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 The gospel

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 of Jesus Christ,

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 the new covenant

00:21:21.419 --> 00:21:22.379
 that's been established

00:21:22.379 --> 00:21:23.119
 in Christ

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 through His once

00:21:24.139 --> 00:21:25.619
 for all death,

00:21:26.039 --> 00:21:26.519
 sacrifice,

00:21:26.519 --> 00:21:27.799
 and His ongoing

00:21:27.799 --> 00:21:28.460
 priesthood.

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 sinning deliberately

00:21:33.539 --> 00:21:36.319
 is actually

00:21:36.319 --> 00:21:37.480
 not talking about

00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:38.160
 after you become

00:21:38.160 --> 00:21:38.620
 a Christian

00:21:38.620 --> 00:21:40.400
 you gossip

00:21:40.400 --> 00:21:41.759
 or you struggle

00:21:41.759 --> 00:21:42.240
 with lust.

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 It's not that.

00:21:44.720 --> 00:21:45.779
 What's being talked

00:21:45.779 --> 00:21:46.299
 about here

00:21:46.299 --> 00:21:47.380
 is going back

00:21:47.380 --> 00:21:50.000
 to an old covenant

00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:51.720
 sacrificial system

00:21:51.720 --> 00:21:52.420
 in priesthood

00:21:52.420 --> 00:21:53.180
 and tabernacle.

00:21:53.539 --> 00:21:54.539
 Going back

00:21:54.539 --> 00:21:55.180
 to something

00:21:55.180 --> 00:21:56.400
 that can't save.

00:21:57.340 --> 00:21:58.140
 Rejecting

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 rejecting

00:21:59.780 --> 00:22:01.240
 the knowledge

00:22:01.240 --> 00:22:01.920
 of the truth.

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 That's what the sinning

00:22:03.400 --> 00:22:04.460
 deliberately is getting at.

00:22:05.940 --> 00:22:07.200
 And it happens

00:22:07.200 --> 00:22:09.440
 uniquely

00:22:09.440 --> 00:22:10.280
 when there's hardship.

00:22:12.320 --> 00:22:13.200
 When we start

00:22:13.200 --> 00:22:13.940
 suffering,

00:22:14.140 --> 00:22:14.980
 people start suffering

00:22:14.980 --> 00:22:15.560
 for Christ

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 and they professed Christ,

00:22:18.140 --> 00:22:18.840
 that can just

00:22:18.840 --> 00:22:19.640
 shrivel them

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 and it shows

00:22:20.259 --> 00:22:21.060
 they were never rooted

00:22:21.060 --> 00:22:21.780
 to begin with.

00:22:25.040 --> 00:22:26.120
 Jesus actually

00:22:26.120 --> 00:22:27.259
 describes it Himself

00:22:27.259 --> 00:22:28.240
 in Matthew 13.

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 Let me read it to you.

00:22:30.599 --> 00:22:31.039
 This is Him

00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:31.680
 explaining,

00:22:32.140 --> 00:22:32.599
 interpreting

00:22:32.599 --> 00:22:33.940
 the second soil.

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 As for what was

00:22:37.339 --> 00:22:39.000
 sown on rocky ground,

00:22:40.140 --> 00:22:40.759
 this is the one

00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:41.720
 who hears the word

00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:42.319
 and immediately

00:22:42.319 --> 00:22:43.559
 receives it with joy.

00:22:44.519 --> 00:22:45.859
 Yet He has no root

00:22:45.859 --> 00:22:46.539
 in Himself

00:22:46.539 --> 00:22:48.059
 but endures

00:22:48.059 --> 00:22:48.839
 for a while

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 and when tribulation

00:22:50.640 --> 00:22:51.680
 or persecution

00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:52.960
 arises on account

00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:53.599
 of the world,

00:22:54.299 --> 00:22:55.140
 He immediately

00:22:55.140 --> 00:22:56.640
 falls away.

00:22:58.480 --> 00:22:59.420
 What we're talking

00:22:59.420 --> 00:23:00.080
 about here,

00:23:01.020 --> 00:23:01.759
 this warning

00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:03.320
 is somewhat

00:23:03.320 --> 00:23:03.960
 hypothetical,

00:23:04.180 --> 00:23:05.040
 describing someone

00:23:05.040 --> 00:23:05.960
 who has professed

00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:06.520
 Christ

00:23:06.520 --> 00:23:08.360
 but then the heat

00:23:08.360 --> 00:23:08.920
 comes

00:23:08.920 --> 00:23:09.940
 and they fall away.

00:23:10.120 --> 00:23:10.560
 Now,

00:23:10.560 --> 00:23:12.120
 they were never

00:23:12.120 --> 00:23:12.580
 a Christian

00:23:12.580 --> 00:23:13.380
 to begin with.

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 And what

00:23:16.240 --> 00:23:18.660
 results from that

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 is we see

00:23:20.040 --> 00:23:20.480
 in the rest

00:23:20.480 --> 00:23:21.100
 of the section.

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 there no longer

00:23:23.319 --> 00:23:24.339
 remains a sacrifice

00:23:24.339 --> 00:23:26.159
 for sins.

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 They remain

00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:28.899
 in their sins.

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 They've rejected

00:23:29.599 --> 00:23:30.740
 the once for all

00:23:30.740 --> 00:23:32.439
 sacrifice of Christ

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 and therefore

00:23:33.419 --> 00:23:34.199
 they're under

00:23:34.199 --> 00:23:35.480
 God's wrath.

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 That's why we read

00:23:36.599 --> 00:23:37.539
 in verse 27,

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 no longer remains

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 a sacrifice

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 but a fearful

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 expectation of judgment

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 in a fury of fire

00:23:43.959 --> 00:23:44.819
 that will consume

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 the adversaries.

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 God's wrath

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 poured out.

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 Did you notice

00:23:50.319 --> 00:23:52.339
 that the one

00:23:52.339 --> 00:23:53.400
 who professes

00:23:53.400 --> 00:23:53.759
 Christ,

00:23:53.860 --> 00:23:54.620
 who's received

00:23:54.620 --> 00:23:55.480
 the knowledge

00:23:55.480 --> 00:23:55.980
 of the truth

00:23:55.980 --> 00:23:56.720
 but goes on

00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:57.480
 sinning deliberately,

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 they're being

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 equated with

00:23:58.799 --> 00:23:59.600
 an adversary

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 of God here.

00:24:02.700 --> 00:24:03.860
 This is serious

00:24:03.860 --> 00:24:04.400
 business.

00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:08.180
 And in verses

00:24:08.180 --> 00:24:09.559
 28 and 29,

00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:10.700
 what the writer

00:24:10.700 --> 00:24:12.279
 does is he

00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:13.660
 compares,

00:24:14.240 --> 00:24:15.120
 makes a comparison

00:24:15.120 --> 00:24:16.140
 of punishments

00:24:16.140 --> 00:24:18.640
 from lesser

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 to greater

00:24:19.460 --> 00:24:20.840
 in order to

00:24:20.840 --> 00:24:22.380
 make his point

00:24:22.380 --> 00:24:23.660
 that the rejection

00:24:23.660 --> 00:24:24.460
 of Christ

00:24:24.460 --> 00:24:26.240
 is a terrible

00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:26.700
 thing

00:24:26.700 --> 00:24:28.360
 in God's eyes.

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 Here's how he

00:24:30.600 --> 00:24:30.960
 does it.

00:24:31.600 --> 00:24:32.180
 Verse 28,

00:24:32.340 --> 00:24:32.960
 anyone who has

00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:33.780
 set aside the law

00:24:33.780 --> 00:24:34.220
 of Moses

00:24:34.220 --> 00:24:35.680
 dies without mercy

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 on the evidence

00:24:36.460 --> 00:24:37.120
 of two or three

00:24:37.120 --> 00:24:37.460
 witnesses.

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 What he's saying

00:24:38.280 --> 00:24:38.720
 is this,

00:24:39.480 --> 00:24:39.680
 hey,

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 even back in

00:24:40.320 --> 00:24:40.900
 the Old Covenant,

00:24:41.840 --> 00:24:42.800
 if you rejected

00:24:42.800 --> 00:24:44.340
 Moses' law,

00:24:44.339 --> 00:24:45.939
 then you would

00:24:45.939 --> 00:24:46.720
 die without

00:24:46.720 --> 00:24:47.279
 mercy.

00:24:48.359 --> 00:24:48.839
 Severe

00:24:48.839 --> 00:24:49.919
 punishment.

00:24:50.919 --> 00:24:51.299
 And then he

00:24:51.299 --> 00:24:52.240
 goes to verse 29

00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:53.599
 and he goes

00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:54.099
 from lesser

00:24:54.099 --> 00:24:54.759
 to greater

00:24:54.759 --> 00:24:56.799
 and he says,

00:24:57.159 --> 00:24:57.779
 how much

00:24:57.779 --> 00:24:59.019
 worse punishment

00:24:59.019 --> 00:25:04.399
 do you think

00:25:04.399 --> 00:25:05.199
 will be deserved

00:25:05.199 --> 00:25:05.899
 by the one

00:25:05.899 --> 00:25:06.699
 who has

00:25:06.699 --> 00:25:08.220
 trampled

00:25:08.220 --> 00:25:09.039
 underfoot

00:25:09.039 --> 00:25:09.980
 the Son of God

00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:12.019
 and has

00:25:12.019 --> 00:25:12.620
 profaned

00:25:12.620 --> 00:25:13.000
 the blood

00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:13.579
 of the covenant

00:25:13.579 --> 00:25:14.079
 by which he

00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:14.839
 was sanctified?

00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:16.039
 Quote unquote

00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:16.799
 sanctified?

00:25:18.559 --> 00:25:19.240
 And has

00:25:19.240 --> 00:25:19.860
 outraged

00:25:19.860 --> 00:25:20.420
 the spirit

00:25:20.420 --> 00:25:21.059
 of grace?

00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:24.400
 You see,

00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:24.920
 what he's saying

00:25:24.920 --> 00:25:25.180
 is,

00:25:25.380 --> 00:25:25.519
 hey,

00:25:25.599 --> 00:25:26.200
 it was stiff

00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:26.579
 punishment

00:25:26.579 --> 00:25:27.200
 for the Old

00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:27.519
 Covenant.

00:25:27.940 --> 00:25:28.940
 It is even

00:25:28.940 --> 00:25:29.539
 worse

00:25:29.539 --> 00:25:30.740
 if you reject

00:25:30.740 --> 00:25:31.259
 Christ.

00:25:32.079 --> 00:25:32.660
 If you have

00:25:32.660 --> 00:25:33.460
 professed him

00:25:33.460 --> 00:25:34.839
 and reject him,

00:25:35.099 --> 00:25:36.120
 it is far

00:25:36.120 --> 00:25:36.960
 worse for you.

00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:40.160
 trampling

00:25:40.160 --> 00:25:40.720
 the Son of

00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:41.059
 God.

00:25:42.640 --> 00:25:43.160
 God,

00:25:44.360 --> 00:25:45.380
 totally God,

00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:46.140
 totally man,

00:25:46.340 --> 00:25:47.279
 trampling him

00:25:47.279 --> 00:25:47.779
 underfoot.

00:25:48.059 --> 00:25:48.559
 Do you know

00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:48.920
 what you

00:25:48.920 --> 00:25:49.299
 trample

00:25:49.299 --> 00:25:49.779
 underfoot?

00:25:50.500 --> 00:25:51.140
 Things you

00:25:51.140 --> 00:25:51.880
 don't care

00:25:51.880 --> 00:25:52.299
 about.

00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:54.860
 Profaning

00:25:54.860 --> 00:25:55.440
 the blood

00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:56.720
 of the covenant

00:25:56.720 --> 00:25:58.140
 that we're

00:25:58.140 --> 00:25:58.640
 profaning

00:25:58.640 --> 00:25:59.240
 just to make

00:25:59.240 --> 00:25:59.759
 common.

00:26:00.539 --> 00:26:01.059
 It's just like

00:26:01.059 --> 00:26:01.579
 anything else.

00:26:01.640 --> 00:26:02.200
 No big deal.

00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:03.279
 It's you're

00:26:03.279 --> 00:26:04.000
 making common

00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:04.440
 the blood

00:26:04.440 --> 00:26:04.880
 of Jesus.

00:26:05.440 --> 00:26:06.000
 The one

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:06.460
 who's totally

00:26:06.460 --> 00:26:06.799
 God and

00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:07.319
 totally man

00:26:07.319 --> 00:26:07.740
 who shed

00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:08.359
 his blood

00:26:08.359 --> 00:26:09.019
 in order

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:09.639
 to establish

00:26:09.639 --> 00:26:10.099
 this new

00:26:10.099 --> 00:26:10.399
 covenant,

00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:12.480
 you just

00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:12.859
 make it

00:26:12.859 --> 00:26:13.259
 into no

00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:13.759
 big deal.

00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:15.700
 And then

00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:16.639
 outraging

00:26:16.639 --> 00:26:17.159
 the Holy

00:26:17.159 --> 00:26:17.639
 Spirit,

00:26:18.180 --> 00:26:18.659
 the Spirit

00:26:18.659 --> 00:26:19.259
 of grace,

00:26:21.339 --> 00:26:21.919
 the one

00:26:21.919 --> 00:26:22.399
 we read

00:26:22.399 --> 00:26:23.299
 in 914,

00:26:24.859 --> 00:26:25.519
 we read

00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:25.680
 this,

00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:26.000
 how much

00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:26.379
 more will

00:26:26.379 --> 00:26:26.659
 the blood

00:26:26.659 --> 00:26:27.099
 of Christ

00:26:27.099 --> 00:26:27.619
 who through

00:26:27.619 --> 00:26:28.139
 the eternal

00:26:28.139 --> 00:26:28.619
 Spirit

00:26:28.619 --> 00:26:29.419
 offered himself

00:26:29.419 --> 00:26:30.079
 without blemish

00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:30.519
 to God

00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:31.539
 purify our

00:26:31.539 --> 00:26:31.980
 conscience

00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:32.440
 from dead

00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:32.980
 works to

00:26:32.980 --> 00:26:33.359
 serve the

00:26:33.359 --> 00:26:33.859
 living God.

00:26:34.139 --> 00:26:34.720
 It is

00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:35.399
 outrageous

00:26:35.399 --> 00:26:36.039
 to the Holy

00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:36.419
 Spirit.

00:26:36.420 --> 00:26:38.039
 to profess

00:26:38.039 --> 00:26:38.759
 Christ and

00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:39.460
 then reject

00:26:39.460 --> 00:26:39.740
 him.

00:26:39.980 --> 00:26:40.460
 We're moving

00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:41.160
 into the

00:26:41.160 --> 00:26:42.100
 category of

00:26:42.100 --> 00:26:42.740
 Mark 3,

00:26:42.860 --> 00:26:43.640
 a blasphemy

00:26:43.640 --> 00:26:44.160
 against the

00:26:44.160 --> 00:26:44.660
 Holy Spirit.

00:26:46.860 --> 00:26:47.640
 This is

00:26:47.640 --> 00:26:48.420
 terribly

00:26:48.420 --> 00:26:49.039
 serious.

00:26:54.039 --> 00:26:54.560
 Apostasy

00:26:54.560 --> 00:26:57.500
 is outrageous

00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:58.160
 to God.

00:26:58.160 --> 00:26:58.180
 God.

00:27:01.180 --> 00:27:01.640
 And just

00:27:01.640 --> 00:27:02.519
 to further

00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:03.040
 make his

00:27:03.040 --> 00:27:03.400
 point,

00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:05.420
 what we

00:27:05.420 --> 00:27:05.779
 see in

00:27:05.779 --> 00:27:06.380
 verse 30

00:27:06.380 --> 00:27:07.519
 is the

00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:07.900
 writer of

00:27:07.900 --> 00:27:08.279
 Hebrews

00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:09.600
 quoting from

00:27:09.600 --> 00:27:10.120
 Deuteronomy

00:27:10.120 --> 00:27:10.860
 32,

00:27:11.120 --> 00:27:12.120
 verses 35

00:27:12.120 --> 00:27:12.960
 and 36,

00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:14.140
 saying,

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:14.820
 vengeance is

00:27:14.820 --> 00:27:15.060
 mine,

00:27:15.120 --> 00:27:15.360
 I will

00:27:15.360 --> 00:27:15.660
 repay.

00:27:17.660 --> 00:27:18.220
 Saying,

00:27:18.420 --> 00:27:18.700
 the Lord

00:27:18.700 --> 00:27:19.140
 will judge

00:27:19.140 --> 00:27:19.680
 his people.

00:27:21.420 --> 00:27:21.800
 And what

00:27:21.800 --> 00:27:22.300
 he's doing

00:27:22.300 --> 00:27:23.160
 there is

00:27:23.160 --> 00:27:23.680
 he's saying,

00:27:24.040 --> 00:27:24.500
 those who

00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:25.060
 claim to

00:27:25.060 --> 00:27:26.100
 profess Christ

00:27:26.099 --> 00:27:26.779
 and then

00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:27.759
 reject Christ

00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:28.339
 will be

00:27:28.339 --> 00:27:29.059
 judged by

00:27:29.059 --> 00:27:29.500
 Christ.

00:27:29.879 --> 00:27:30.379
 He can't

00:27:30.379 --> 00:27:30.699
 pull one

00:27:30.699 --> 00:27:30.980
 over.

00:27:32.839 --> 00:27:33.659
 He sees it

00:27:33.659 --> 00:27:34.259
 all and he's

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:34.899
 going to keep

00:27:34.899 --> 00:27:35.879
 his people

00:27:35.879 --> 00:27:36.500
 pure.

00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:36.559
 more.

00:27:39.559 --> 00:27:40.200
 So we've

00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:40.519
 got to ask

00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:40.920
 the question,

00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:41.500
 why is this

00:27:41.500 --> 00:27:42.099
 warning here?

00:27:44.160 --> 00:27:44.880
 I believe

00:27:44.880 --> 00:27:45.420
 this warning

00:27:45.420 --> 00:27:46.880
 is here to

00:27:46.880 --> 00:27:47.779
 function like

00:27:47.779 --> 00:27:48.140
 it did in

00:27:48.140 --> 00:27:48.779
 chapter 6.

00:27:50.660 --> 00:27:51.859
 This is a

00:27:51.859 --> 00:27:52.940
 real possibility

00:27:52.940 --> 00:27:55.440
 but this

00:27:55.440 --> 00:27:56.579
 church was

00:27:56.579 --> 00:27:57.059
 not there

00:27:57.059 --> 00:27:57.359
 yet.

00:27:58.359 --> 00:27:59.039
 So he's

00:27:59.039 --> 00:27:59.660
 warning them.

00:28:00.900 --> 00:28:01.059
 Saying,

00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:01.359
 hey,

00:28:01.400 --> 00:28:01.599
 if you

00:28:01.599 --> 00:28:02.079
 continue down

00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:02.559
 this road,

00:28:02.559 --> 00:28:06.919
 it's like

00:28:06.919 --> 00:28:07.359
 a dad

00:28:07.359 --> 00:28:09.240
 whose

00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:10.059
 teenager

00:28:10.059 --> 00:28:11.460
 has started

00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:12.220
 spending time

00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:12.859
 with some

00:28:12.859 --> 00:28:13.460
 just outright

00:28:13.460 --> 00:28:13.899
 fools.

00:28:14.339 --> 00:28:15.099
 People who

00:28:15.099 --> 00:28:15.559
 just don't

00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:16.139
 fear God.

00:28:16.859 --> 00:28:17.319
 And that

00:28:17.319 --> 00:28:18.159
 wise dad

00:28:18.159 --> 00:28:18.919
 sits his

00:28:18.919 --> 00:28:19.500
 son down

00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:20.000
 and he

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:20.619
 says to

00:28:20.619 --> 00:28:21.139
 his son,

00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:21.759
 son,

00:28:22.059 --> 00:28:23.519
 I love

00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:23.819
 you.

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:26.919
 I don't

00:28:26.919 --> 00:28:27.319
 want you

00:28:27.319 --> 00:28:27.819
 going down

00:28:27.819 --> 00:28:28.619
 this path

00:28:28.619 --> 00:28:29.419
 with these

00:28:29.419 --> 00:28:30.159
 people because

00:28:30.159 --> 00:28:31.279
 it's only

00:28:31.279 --> 00:28:31.980
 going to

00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:33.240
 harm you

00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:34.180
 because the

00:28:34.180 --> 00:28:35.019
 scripture says,

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.180
 he who is

00:28:36.180 --> 00:28:37.120
 wise walks

00:28:37.120 --> 00:28:37.440
 with the

00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:38.460
 wise but a

00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:39.059
 companion of

00:28:39.059 --> 00:28:39.740
 fools will

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.380
 suffer harm.

00:28:41.740 --> 00:28:42.220
 So here's

00:28:42.220 --> 00:28:42.779
 this wise

00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:43.980
 dad saying

00:28:43.980 --> 00:28:44.299
 to his

00:28:44.299 --> 00:28:44.480
 son,

00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:44.860
 don't go

00:28:44.860 --> 00:28:45.200
 down that

00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:45.360
 way.

00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:46.259
 The author

00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:46.660
 of Hebrews

00:28:46.660 --> 00:28:47.039
 is doing

00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:47.779
 something similar

00:28:47.779 --> 00:28:48.319
 with that

00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:48.860
 church he

00:28:48.860 --> 00:28:49.259
 wrote to

00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:49.819
 in God

00:28:49.819 --> 00:28:50.500
 with us.

00:28:51.579 --> 00:28:52.120
 If you're

00:28:52.120 --> 00:28:52.400
 starting to

00:28:52.400 --> 00:28:52.759
 drift,

00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:53.980
 if you want

00:28:53.980 --> 00:28:54.240
 to throw

00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:54.680
 the towel

00:28:54.680 --> 00:28:54.960
 in,

00:28:55.660 --> 00:28:55.940
 if you're

00:28:55.940 --> 00:28:56.279
 starting to

00:28:56.279 --> 00:28:56.779
 feel kind

00:28:56.779 --> 00:28:57.059
 of like,

00:28:57.140 --> 00:28:57.420
 I'm not

00:28:57.420 --> 00:28:57.819
 sure if I

00:28:57.819 --> 00:28:58.099
 want to do

00:28:58.099 --> 00:28:58.680
 this Christianity

00:28:58.680 --> 00:28:59.279
 thing anymore,

00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:00.640
 this should

00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:01.299
 sober you

00:29:01.299 --> 00:29:01.700
 up.

00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:04.200
 Don't go

00:29:04.200 --> 00:29:04.680
 down that

00:29:04.680 --> 00:29:04.960
 road.

00:29:06.180 --> 00:29:06.579
 Here's the

00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:07.359
 obvious statement,

00:29:08.659 --> 00:29:09.960
 apostasy is

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.299
 the very

00:29:10.299 --> 00:29:11.579
 opposite of

00:29:11.579 --> 00:29:12.019
 a long

00:29:12.019 --> 00:29:12.980
 obedience in

00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:13.339
 the same

00:29:13.339 --> 00:29:13.799
 direction.

00:29:15.059 --> 00:29:15.799
 It's the

00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:17.079
 opposite of

00:29:17.079 --> 00:29:18.940
 faith enduring

00:29:18.940 --> 00:29:20.000
 to the end.

00:29:20.379 --> 00:29:21.139
 It does not

00:29:21.139 --> 00:29:22.519
 please God,

00:29:22.639 --> 00:29:23.579
 it provokes

00:29:23.579 --> 00:29:24.240
 God.

00:29:25.139 --> 00:29:25.579
 And so we

00:29:25.579 --> 00:29:26.180
 can't think

00:29:26.180 --> 00:29:27.139
 lightly of

00:29:27.139 --> 00:29:28.339
 apostasy and

00:29:28.339 --> 00:29:29.019
 we can't just

00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:29.899
 write it off

00:29:29.899 --> 00:29:30.940
 quickly theologically,

00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:31.460
 we got to

00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:31.840
 take it

00:29:31.840 --> 00:29:32.519
 seriously.

00:29:33.539 --> 00:29:33.900
 The stakes

00:29:33.900 --> 00:29:34.440
 are high.

00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:36.460
 I mean,

00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:36.880
 we're talking

00:29:36.880 --> 00:29:37.960
 about trampling

00:29:37.960 --> 00:29:38.740
 the Son of

00:29:38.740 --> 00:29:39.080
 God.

00:29:41.640 --> 00:29:42.220
 Here's what

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:42.500
 this should

00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:42.720
 do.

00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:45.279
 Here's how

00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:45.600
 this should

00:29:45.600 --> 00:29:47.059
 motivate those

00:29:47.059 --> 00:29:47.779
 who are

00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:49.160
 eagerly awaiting

00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:49.900
 the Lord Jesus

00:29:49.900 --> 00:29:50.420
 Christ.

00:29:51.640 --> 00:29:52.220
 It should

00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:52.779
 make you say

00:29:52.779 --> 00:29:53.360
 something like

00:29:53.360 --> 00:29:53.759
 this,

00:29:55.259 --> 00:29:56.180
 apostasy is not

00:29:56.180 --> 00:29:56.620
 an option.

00:29:56.619 --> 00:29:58.699
 no matter

00:29:58.699 --> 00:29:59.239
 how hard it

00:29:59.239 --> 00:29:59.619
 gets,

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:01.419
 apostasy is

00:30:01.419 --> 00:30:02.019
 not an option.

00:30:02.959 --> 00:30:03.459
 I'm not

00:30:03.459 --> 00:30:03.659
 going to

00:30:03.659 --> 00:30:05.019
 trample my

00:30:05.019 --> 00:30:05.279
 Lord.

00:30:06.199 --> 00:30:06.699
 I'm not

00:30:06.699 --> 00:30:06.859
 going to

00:30:06.859 --> 00:30:07.359
 profane His

00:30:07.359 --> 00:30:07.599
 blood.

00:30:07.879 --> 00:30:08.139
 I'm not

00:30:08.139 --> 00:30:08.379
 going to

00:30:08.379 --> 00:30:08.939
 outrage the

00:30:08.939 --> 00:30:09.479
 Holy Spirit.

00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:11.819
 So if you've

00:30:11.819 --> 00:30:12.279
 been drifting,

00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:13.259
 if you've been

00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:13.639
 wanting to

00:30:13.639 --> 00:30:14.239
 blend in,

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:14.819
 if you've been

00:30:14.819 --> 00:30:15.219
 thinking about

00:30:15.219 --> 00:30:15.759
 giving up on

00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:16.219
 Christ,

00:30:17.099 --> 00:30:17.500
 heed the

00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:17.819
 warning.

00:30:19.199 --> 00:30:19.479
 You don't

00:30:19.479 --> 00:30:19.779
 want to go

00:30:19.779 --> 00:30:20.179
 down that

00:30:20.179 --> 00:30:20.439
 road.

00:30:20.440 --> 00:30:25.559
 But instead,

00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:27.180
 instead of

00:30:27.180 --> 00:30:27.559
 letting

00:30:27.559 --> 00:30:29.160
 hardship for

00:30:29.160 --> 00:30:30.380
 Christ drive

00:30:30.380 --> 00:30:31.279
 you away from

00:30:31.279 --> 00:30:33.400
 Christ, let

00:30:33.400 --> 00:30:34.860
 hardship for

00:30:34.860 --> 00:30:36.019
 Christ drive

00:30:36.019 --> 00:30:36.680
 you to

00:30:36.680 --> 00:30:38.840
 Christ, to

00:30:38.840 --> 00:30:39.500
 press into

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:39.840
 Him.

00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:42.220
 And that's

00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:42.860
 where faith

00:30:42.860 --> 00:30:43.460
 comes in.

00:30:43.640 --> 00:30:44.259
 Third point,

00:30:45.080 --> 00:30:45.660
 at the heart

00:30:45.660 --> 00:30:46.220
 of our

00:30:46.220 --> 00:30:48.440
 endurance is

00:30:48.440 --> 00:30:48.820
 faith.

00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:50.000
 And we see

00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:50.319
 this in

00:30:50.319 --> 00:30:51.039
 verses 32

00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:51.839
 through 39.

00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:54.240
 The opposite

00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:55.579
 of an

00:30:55.579 --> 00:30:56.680
 apostasy that

00:30:56.680 --> 00:30:57.140
 leads to

00:30:57.140 --> 00:30:58.200
 falling away

00:30:58.200 --> 00:30:59.640
 is a

00:30:59.640 --> 00:31:00.859
 faith that

00:31:00.859 --> 00:31:02.480
 endures to

00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:03.119
 the end.

00:31:04.059 --> 00:31:04.819
 And we

00:31:04.819 --> 00:31:06.319
 must endure.

00:31:08.900 --> 00:31:09.660
 What is

00:31:09.660 --> 00:31:10.000
 faith?

00:31:10.960 --> 00:31:11.420
 Just look at

00:31:11.420 --> 00:31:11.920
 11.1.

00:31:12.019 --> 00:31:12.700
 Now faith is

00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:13.240
 the assurance

00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:13.619
 of things

00:31:13.619 --> 00:31:14.119
 hoped for,

00:31:14.200 --> 00:31:14.700
 the conviction

00:31:14.700 --> 00:31:15.440
 of things

00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:16.960
 not seen.

00:31:17.640 --> 00:31:18.299
 Faith is

00:31:18.299 --> 00:31:19.059
 actively,

00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:19.779
 not

00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:20.420
 passively,

00:31:21.519 --> 00:31:22.019
 actively

00:31:22.019 --> 00:31:23.039
 trusting in

00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:23.480
 who God

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:24.160
 is and

00:31:24.160 --> 00:31:24.819
 His promises.

00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:26.160
 You're

00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:26.720
 actively

00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:27.480
 trusting in

00:31:27.480 --> 00:31:27.720
 that.

00:31:29.420 --> 00:31:29.980
 Think of

00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:30.359
 your heart,

00:31:31.059 --> 00:31:31.460
 your inner

00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:31.819
 being,

00:31:32.220 --> 00:31:32.920
 that part of

00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:33.259
 you that

00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:33.599
 does your

00:31:33.599 --> 00:31:34.279
 thinking and

00:31:34.279 --> 00:31:34.940
 where you

00:31:34.940 --> 00:31:35.680
 trust from,

00:31:35.779 --> 00:31:36.039
 where you

00:31:36.039 --> 00:31:36.700
 believe from.

00:31:37.019 --> 00:31:37.359
 Think of

00:31:37.359 --> 00:31:38.440
 your heart

00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:39.799
 as an

00:31:39.799 --> 00:31:41.220
 engine of

00:31:41.220 --> 00:31:42.139
 endurance.

00:31:42.140 --> 00:31:42.240
 confidence.

00:31:43.880 --> 00:31:44.700
 And what

00:31:44.700 --> 00:31:45.080
 your heart

00:31:45.080 --> 00:31:45.700
 needs is

00:31:45.700 --> 00:31:46.240
 fuel.

00:31:47.540 --> 00:31:48.160
 It's like a

00:31:48.160 --> 00:31:48.520
 combustion

00:31:48.520 --> 00:31:48.980
 engine.

00:31:49.820 --> 00:31:50.120
 You need

00:31:50.120 --> 00:31:50.600
 gasoline.

00:31:51.040 --> 00:31:51.340
 And the

00:31:51.340 --> 00:31:52.560
 gasoline that

00:31:52.560 --> 00:31:53.200
 will fuel

00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:54.040
 your engine

00:31:54.040 --> 00:31:54.660
 of endurance

00:31:54.660 --> 00:31:55.380
 is the

00:31:55.380 --> 00:31:55.840
 truth of

00:31:55.840 --> 00:31:56.180
 who God

00:31:56.180 --> 00:31:56.660
 is and

00:31:56.660 --> 00:31:56.860
 His

00:31:56.860 --> 00:31:57.280
 promises.

00:31:57.279 --> 00:31:57.420
 promises.

00:31:59.019 --> 00:31:59.759
 But you

00:31:59.759 --> 00:32:00.299
 also need

00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:00.740
 faith,

00:32:02.740 --> 00:32:03.180
 trust.

00:32:04.599 --> 00:32:04.920
 It's a

00:32:04.920 --> 00:32:05.299
 spark.

00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:08.740
 When your

00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:11.279
 faith meets

00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:12.740
 God's

00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:13.660
 truth of

00:32:13.660 --> 00:32:14.279
 who He is

00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:14.740
 and His

00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:15.299
 promises,

00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:17.660
 it combusts.

00:32:17.660 --> 00:32:23.560
 strength is

00:32:23.560 --> 00:32:23.920
 given,

00:32:24.680 --> 00:32:25.300
 hope is

00:32:25.300 --> 00:32:25.759
 born,

00:32:26.080 --> 00:32:26.480
 and now

00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:26.980
 you're able

00:32:26.980 --> 00:32:27.680
 to endure.

00:32:29.340 --> 00:32:29.960
 So when you

00:32:29.960 --> 00:32:30.480
 think about

00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:30.900
 those five

00:32:30.900 --> 00:32:31.160
 words,

00:32:31.580 --> 00:32:32.420
 surely I

00:32:32.420 --> 00:32:33.100
 am coming

00:32:33.100 --> 00:32:33.820
 soon,

00:32:34.180 --> 00:32:34.960
 when those

00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:35.279
 in your

00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:35.680
 heart are

00:32:35.680 --> 00:32:36.220
 met by

00:32:36.220 --> 00:32:36.700
 faith,

00:32:36.980 --> 00:32:37.440
 you're like,

00:32:37.660 --> 00:32:38.600
 let's go.

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:45.580
 This

00:32:45.580 --> 00:32:46.500
 explosion

00:32:46.500 --> 00:32:47.920
 this

00:32:47.920 --> 00:32:48.680
 combustion

00:32:48.680 --> 00:32:50.240
 is of

00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:50.720
 hope

00:32:50.720 --> 00:32:52.119
 and it

00:32:52.119 --> 00:32:52.960
 endures.

00:32:53.559 --> 00:32:53.859
 You know

00:32:53.859 --> 00:32:54.039
 what?

00:32:54.119 --> 00:32:54.480
 When you

00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:55.220
 are trusting

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:56.140
 actively in

00:32:56.140 --> 00:32:56.599
 God's

00:32:56.599 --> 00:32:57.099
 promises,

00:32:57.519 --> 00:32:58.099
 you can

00:32:58.099 --> 00:32:58.920
 endure just

00:32:58.920 --> 00:32:59.579
 about anything.

00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:03.700
 There's a

00:33:03.700 --> 00:33:04.960
 then and

00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:06.079
 now to

00:33:06.079 --> 00:33:06.900
 this passage.

00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:08.779
 The then

00:33:08.779 --> 00:33:10.200
 starts in

00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:10.779
 verse 32

00:33:10.779 --> 00:33:11.140
 and goes

00:33:11.140 --> 00:33:11.319
 through

00:33:11.319 --> 00:33:12.680
 34.

00:33:15.740 --> 00:33:16.420
 The

00:33:16.420 --> 00:33:17.200
 writer points

00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:18.380
 this early

00:33:18.380 --> 00:33:19.680
 church to

00:33:19.680 --> 00:33:20.100
 something he

00:33:20.100 --> 00:33:20.560
 knows about

00:33:20.560 --> 00:33:20.820
 them.

00:33:22.500 --> 00:33:23.360
 He says,

00:33:23.600 --> 00:33:23.960
 but recall

00:33:23.960 --> 00:33:24.360
 the former

00:33:24.360 --> 00:33:25.000
 days when

00:33:25.000 --> 00:33:25.880
 after you

00:33:25.880 --> 00:33:26.420
 were enlightened,

00:33:26.600 --> 00:33:27.140
 after you

00:33:27.140 --> 00:33:28.060
 became Christians,

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:29.279
 you endured,

00:33:30.680 --> 00:33:31.340
 you pressed

00:33:31.340 --> 00:33:31.759
 on.

00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:34.680
 A hard

00:33:34.680 --> 00:33:35.420
 struggle with

00:33:35.420 --> 00:33:35.920
 sufferings.

00:33:36.120 --> 00:33:36.460
 He knows

00:33:36.460 --> 00:33:36.860
 they've done

00:33:36.860 --> 00:33:37.279
 it before.

00:33:38.900 --> 00:33:39.279
 Sometimes

00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:40.060
 being publicly

00:33:40.060 --> 00:33:40.740
 exposed to

00:33:40.740 --> 00:33:41.240
 reproach and

00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:41.640
 affliction,

00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:42.400
 that means

00:33:42.400 --> 00:33:43.039
 they were

00:33:43.039 --> 00:33:43.680
 humiliated

00:33:43.680 --> 00:33:44.480
 publicly for

00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:45.259
 their following

00:33:45.259 --> 00:33:45.740
 of Jesus,

00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:46.759
 and sometimes

00:33:46.759 --> 00:33:47.460
 being partners,

00:33:47.720 --> 00:33:48.839
 the word is

00:33:48.839 --> 00:33:49.240
 koinonia,

00:33:50.819 --> 00:33:51.579
 sometimes being

00:33:51.579 --> 00:33:52.420
 partners with

00:33:52.420 --> 00:33:52.940
 those so

00:33:52.940 --> 00:33:53.359
 treated,

00:33:53.779 --> 00:33:54.680
 you just

00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:55.339
 weren't kind

00:33:55.339 --> 00:33:55.799
 of publicly

00:33:55.799 --> 00:33:56.299
 humiliated

00:33:56.299 --> 00:33:56.700
 yourself,

00:33:56.819 --> 00:33:57.339
 but you

00:33:57.339 --> 00:33:58.180
 were associating

00:33:58.180 --> 00:33:58.680
 with those

00:33:58.680 --> 00:33:58.900
 who were

00:33:58.900 --> 00:33:59.559
 being publicly

00:33:59.559 --> 00:34:00.259
 humiliated.

00:34:01.180 --> 00:34:01.660
 How so?

00:34:01.980 --> 00:34:02.220
 Look at

00:34:02.220 --> 00:34:02.779
 verse 34,

00:34:02.879 --> 00:34:03.279
 for you had

00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:04.079
 compassion on

00:34:04.079 --> 00:34:04.400
 those in

00:34:04.400 --> 00:34:04.619
 prison.

00:34:06.019 --> 00:34:06.359
 Here's what

00:34:06.359 --> 00:34:06.740
 was going

00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:07.500
 on in this

00:34:07.500 --> 00:34:07.839
 church.

00:34:08.719 --> 00:34:09.139
 They were

00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:09.699
 suffering.

00:34:10.619 --> 00:34:10.980
 There were

00:34:10.980 --> 00:34:11.539
 people who

00:34:11.539 --> 00:34:11.820
 were being

00:34:11.820 --> 00:34:12.559
 arrested and

00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:12.940
 put in

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:13.320
 prison.

00:34:13.320 --> 00:34:14.440
 And so

00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:14.780
 now you

00:34:14.780 --> 00:34:15.240
 have some

00:34:15.240 --> 00:34:15.500
 church

00:34:15.500 --> 00:34:15.960
 members

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:16.600
 visiting

00:34:16.600 --> 00:34:17.000
 other

00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:17.280
 church

00:34:17.280 --> 00:34:17.700
 members

00:34:17.700 --> 00:34:18.500
 in

00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:18.900
 prison,

00:34:19.100 --> 00:34:19.620
 and they

00:34:19.620 --> 00:34:19.980
 were starting

00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:20.320
 to catch

00:34:20.320 --> 00:34:20.880
 heat for

00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:21.140
 it.

00:34:23.780 --> 00:34:24.480
 It doesn't

00:34:24.480 --> 00:34:24.920
 end there.

00:34:26.320 --> 00:34:26.640
 And you

00:34:26.640 --> 00:34:27.059
 joyfully

00:34:27.059 --> 00:34:27.840
 accepted the

00:34:27.840 --> 00:34:28.460
 plundering of

00:34:28.460 --> 00:34:29.000
 your property.

00:34:31.720 --> 00:34:32.320
 You

00:34:32.320 --> 00:34:33.180
 joyfully

00:34:33.180 --> 00:34:34.680
 accepted

00:34:34.680 --> 00:34:35.780
 the

00:34:35.780 --> 00:34:36.640
 plundering

00:34:36.640 --> 00:34:37.840
 of your

00:34:37.840 --> 00:34:38.400
 property.

00:34:41.260 --> 00:34:41.640
 Their

00:34:41.639 --> 00:34:42.879
 hardship

00:34:42.879 --> 00:34:43.279
 and their

00:34:43.279 --> 00:34:43.699
 struggle

00:34:43.699 --> 00:34:44.619
 was reaching

00:34:44.619 --> 00:34:44.940
 to a

00:34:44.940 --> 00:34:45.159
 point

00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:45.379
 where

00:34:45.379 --> 00:34:45.579
 their

00:34:45.579 --> 00:34:46.119
 private

00:34:46.119 --> 00:34:46.879
 property

00:34:46.879 --> 00:34:47.579
 was

00:34:47.579 --> 00:34:48.839
 being

00:34:48.839 --> 00:34:49.400
 taken

00:34:49.400 --> 00:34:49.739
 from

00:34:49.739 --> 00:34:50.079
 them

00:34:50.079 --> 00:34:50.619
 because

00:34:50.619 --> 00:34:50.799
 they

00:34:50.799 --> 00:34:50.900
 were

00:34:50.900 --> 00:34:51.259
 followers

00:34:51.259 --> 00:34:51.460
 of

00:34:51.460 --> 00:34:51.739
 Jesus.

00:34:52.859 --> 00:34:53.519
 And they

00:34:53.519 --> 00:34:53.960
 joyfully

00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:54.480
 accepted

00:34:54.480 --> 00:34:54.839
 that.

00:34:55.699 --> 00:34:56.219
 How does

00:34:56.219 --> 00:34:56.819
 that work?

00:34:59.219 --> 00:34:59.900
 Since

00:34:59.900 --> 00:35:00.859
 you knew

00:35:00.859 --> 00:35:02.219
 that's

00:35:02.219 --> 00:35:02.500
 faith

00:35:02.500 --> 00:35:02.960
 language,

00:35:04.779 --> 00:35:05.319
 that

00:35:05.319 --> 00:35:05.980
 you

00:35:05.980 --> 00:35:06.440
 yourselves

00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:06.819
 had a

00:35:06.819 --> 00:35:07.039
 better

00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:07.539
 possession

00:35:07.539 --> 00:35:07.960
 in an

00:35:07.960 --> 00:35:08.219
 abiding

00:35:08.219 --> 00:35:08.480
 one,

00:35:08.699 --> 00:35:09.059
 that's

00:35:09.059 --> 00:35:09.579
 promise

00:35:09.579 --> 00:35:10.139
 language.

00:35:11.639 --> 00:35:12.099
 They

00:35:12.099 --> 00:35:12.619
 joyfully

00:35:12.619 --> 00:35:13.119
 accepted

00:35:13.119 --> 00:35:13.339
 the

00:35:13.339 --> 00:35:13.679
 plundering

00:35:13.679 --> 00:35:13.900
 of

00:35:13.900 --> 00:35:14.039
 their

00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:14.460
 property

00:35:14.460 --> 00:35:15.099
 because

00:35:15.099 --> 00:35:15.400
 they

00:35:15.400 --> 00:35:15.599
 were

00:35:15.599 --> 00:35:16.319
 exercising

00:35:16.319 --> 00:35:16.900
 faith

00:35:16.900 --> 00:35:17.420
 in

00:35:17.420 --> 00:35:17.799
 God's

00:35:17.799 --> 00:35:18.299
 promises.

00:35:19.659 --> 00:35:20.119
 They

00:35:20.119 --> 00:35:20.400
 had a

00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:20.599
 better

00:35:20.599 --> 00:35:21.099
 possession

00:35:21.099 --> 00:35:21.279
 and

00:35:21.279 --> 00:35:21.659
 abiding

00:35:21.659 --> 00:35:21.879
 one,

00:35:21.940 --> 00:35:22.079
 a

00:35:22.079 --> 00:35:22.460
 heavenly

00:35:22.460 --> 00:35:22.980
 one.

00:35:29.480 --> 00:35:29.980
 That

00:35:29.980 --> 00:35:30.299
 was

00:35:30.299 --> 00:35:31.779
 them.

00:35:33.059 --> 00:35:33.699
 And they

00:35:33.699 --> 00:35:34.019
 had been

00:35:34.019 --> 00:35:34.579
 suffering a

00:35:34.579 --> 00:35:35.219
 long time

00:35:35.219 --> 00:35:35.519
 and now

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:35.839
 they had

00:35:35.839 --> 00:35:36.460
 grown weary

00:35:36.460 --> 00:35:37.420
 and discouraged

00:35:37.420 --> 00:35:38.219
 and they're

00:35:38.219 --> 00:35:38.639
 thinking about

00:35:38.639 --> 00:35:38.980
 throwing in

00:35:38.980 --> 00:35:39.400
 the towel.

00:35:41.639 --> 00:35:42.119
 And so

00:35:42.119 --> 00:35:42.539
 this writer

00:35:42.539 --> 00:35:42.940
 says,

00:35:43.179 --> 00:35:43.279
 hey,

00:35:43.339 --> 00:35:43.539
 I know

00:35:43.539 --> 00:35:43.839
 that was

00:35:43.839 --> 00:35:44.219
 true of

00:35:44.219 --> 00:35:44.480
 you.

00:35:45.819 --> 00:35:46.519
 Verse 35,

00:35:46.779 --> 00:35:47.179
 he moves

00:35:47.179 --> 00:35:48.000
 from then

00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:48.519
 to now.

00:35:50.059 --> 00:35:50.559
 Therefore,

00:35:51.440 --> 00:35:51.819
 do not

00:35:51.819 --> 00:35:52.319
 throw away

00:35:52.319 --> 00:35:53.059
 your confidence.

00:35:54.159 --> 00:35:54.519
 Don't

00:35:54.519 --> 00:35:55.139
 throw away

00:35:55.139 --> 00:35:55.819
 your confidence

00:35:55.819 --> 00:35:56.879
 in what

00:35:56.879 --> 00:35:57.500
 Christ has

00:35:57.500 --> 00:35:57.839
 done.

00:35:58.579 --> 00:35:58.940
 Don't

00:35:58.940 --> 00:35:59.379
 throw that

00:35:59.379 --> 00:35:59.739
 away,

00:36:00.900 --> 00:36:01.519
 which has

00:36:01.519 --> 00:36:02.119
 great

00:36:02.119 --> 00:36:03.199
 reward.

00:36:05.500 --> 00:36:06.079
 Promises

00:36:06.079 --> 00:36:06.759
 of God.

00:36:06.760 --> 00:36:06.800
 God.

00:36:08.520 --> 00:36:08.760
 He's

00:36:08.760 --> 00:36:09.540
 affirming

00:36:09.540 --> 00:36:10.040
 the

00:36:10.040 --> 00:36:10.580
 genuineness

00:36:10.580 --> 00:36:11.000
 of their

00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:11.640
 faith and

00:36:11.640 --> 00:36:11.820
 saying,

00:36:12.120 --> 00:36:12.400
 don't throw

00:36:12.400 --> 00:36:12.760
 it out.

00:36:13.180 --> 00:36:13.620
 Don't let

00:36:13.620 --> 00:36:14.520
 hardship for

00:36:14.520 --> 00:36:15.600
 Christ cause

00:36:15.600 --> 00:36:16.160
 you to give

00:36:16.160 --> 00:36:16.820
 up on

00:36:16.820 --> 00:36:17.180
 Christ.

00:36:17.560 --> 00:36:18.060
 Rather,

00:36:18.280 --> 00:36:18.700
 let the

00:36:18.700 --> 00:36:19.340
 hardship drive

00:36:19.340 --> 00:36:19.720
 you to

00:36:19.720 --> 00:36:20.240
 Christ,

00:36:20.900 --> 00:36:21.380
 to trust

00:36:21.380 --> 00:36:22.040
 more in

00:36:22.040 --> 00:36:22.680
 his promises.

00:36:31.240 --> 00:36:31.860
 What we're

00:36:31.860 --> 00:36:32.400
 learning here

00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:32.900
 is this.

00:36:33.820 --> 00:36:34.180
 What he

00:36:34.180 --> 00:36:34.520
 puts his

00:36:34.520 --> 00:36:34.940
 finger on

00:36:34.940 --> 00:36:35.860
 is 36.

00:36:36.760 --> 00:36:38.700
 Don't

00:36:38.700 --> 00:36:39.060
 throw away

00:36:39.060 --> 00:36:39.640
 your confidence.

00:36:40.120 --> 00:36:41.160
 You need

00:36:41.160 --> 00:36:41.920
 endurance.

00:36:43.000 --> 00:36:43.580
 That's what

00:36:43.580 --> 00:36:43.980
 you need.

00:36:44.560 --> 00:36:44.960
 To this

00:36:44.960 --> 00:36:45.580
 weary church,

00:36:45.660 --> 00:36:45.920
 he says,

00:36:46.020 --> 00:36:46.400
 you need

00:36:46.400 --> 00:36:46.840
 endurance.

00:36:48.140 --> 00:36:48.800
 You need

00:36:48.800 --> 00:36:49.380
 a long

00:36:49.380 --> 00:36:49.860
 obedience

00:36:49.860 --> 00:36:50.480
 in the

00:36:50.480 --> 00:36:50.760
 same

00:36:50.760 --> 00:36:51.280
 direction.

00:36:51.860 --> 00:36:52.160
 Don't

00:36:52.160 --> 00:36:52.820
 give up

00:36:52.820 --> 00:36:53.500
 on Christ.

00:36:53.640 --> 00:36:53.940
 Pressed

00:36:53.940 --> 00:36:54.440
 into

00:36:54.440 --> 00:36:55.120
 Christ.

00:36:55.840 --> 00:36:56.400
 Endure.

00:36:58.000 --> 00:36:58.620
 And what

00:36:58.620 --> 00:36:59.220
 he does

00:36:59.220 --> 00:37:00.120
 is he points

00:37:00.120 --> 00:37:00.640
 them to a

00:37:00.640 --> 00:37:01.160
 promise.

00:37:01.820 --> 00:37:02.000
 For you

00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:02.320
 have need

00:37:02.320 --> 00:37:02.860
 of endurance

00:37:02.860 --> 00:37:03.420
 so that

00:37:03.420 --> 00:37:03.860
 when you

00:37:03.860 --> 00:37:04.260
 have done

00:37:04.260 --> 00:37:04.700
 the will

00:37:04.700 --> 00:37:05.360
 of God

00:37:05.360 --> 00:37:06.740
 by faith,

00:37:06.739 --> 00:37:07.879
 you may

00:37:07.879 --> 00:37:08.559
 receive what

00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:09.119
 is promised.

00:37:10.579 --> 00:37:10.859
 And so

00:37:10.859 --> 00:37:11.179
 what he

00:37:11.179 --> 00:37:11.879
 does here

00:37:11.879 --> 00:37:12.899
 is he

00:37:12.899 --> 00:37:14.119
 shows us

00:37:14.119 --> 00:37:14.899
 how to

00:37:14.899 --> 00:37:15.359
 endure.

00:37:18.839 --> 00:37:19.739
 He quotes

00:37:19.739 --> 00:37:20.699
 a passage

00:37:20.699 --> 00:37:21.679
 from Habakkuk

00:37:21.679 --> 00:37:22.039
 2,

00:37:23.039 --> 00:37:23.659
 3 and

00:37:23.659 --> 00:37:23.939
 4.

00:37:24.379 --> 00:37:24.899
 And he

00:37:24.899 --> 00:37:26.599
 adjusts it a

00:37:26.599 --> 00:37:26.939
 little bit

00:37:26.939 --> 00:37:27.779
 to apply it

00:37:27.779 --> 00:37:28.339
 to Christ.

00:37:29.799 --> 00:37:30.419
 He says,

00:37:30.479 --> 00:37:30.759
 yet a little

00:37:30.759 --> 00:37:31.519
 while and the

00:37:31.519 --> 00:37:31.959
 coming one

00:37:31.959 --> 00:37:32.379
 will come

00:37:32.379 --> 00:37:32.759
 and will not

00:37:32.759 --> 00:37:32.939
 delay.

00:37:33.019 --> 00:37:33.279
 That's a

00:37:33.279 --> 00:37:33.639
 reference to

00:37:33.639 --> 00:37:33.939
 the coming

00:37:33.940 --> 00:37:34.340
 of Jesus.

00:37:35.619 --> 00:37:35.860
 But my

00:37:35.860 --> 00:37:36.159
 righteous

00:37:36.159 --> 00:37:36.599
 one shall

00:37:36.599 --> 00:37:36.940
 live by

00:37:36.940 --> 00:37:37.480
 faith and

00:37:37.480 --> 00:37:37.720
 if he

00:37:37.720 --> 00:37:37.980
 shrinks

00:37:37.980 --> 00:37:38.519
 back my

00:37:38.519 --> 00:37:38.940
 soul has

00:37:38.940 --> 00:37:39.099
 no

00:37:39.099 --> 00:37:39.579
 pleasure in

00:37:39.579 --> 00:37:39.720
 him.

00:37:39.960 --> 00:37:40.280
 In other

00:37:40.280 --> 00:37:40.599
 words,

00:37:40.780 --> 00:37:41.220
 here's the

00:37:41.220 --> 00:37:41.700
 promise.

00:37:42.720 --> 00:37:43.159
 Jesus is

00:37:43.159 --> 00:37:43.940
 coming back

00:37:43.940 --> 00:37:45.139
 and the

00:37:45.139 --> 00:37:45.960
 call is to

00:37:45.960 --> 00:37:46.960
 exercise faith

00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:47.579
 in that,

00:37:48.240 --> 00:37:48.840
 to believe

00:37:48.840 --> 00:37:49.460
 in that,

00:37:49.659 --> 00:37:50.260
 to trust

00:37:50.260 --> 00:37:50.980
 in that,

00:37:51.200 --> 00:37:51.700
 and you

00:37:51.700 --> 00:37:52.559
 will endure

00:37:52.559 --> 00:37:53.079
 as a

00:37:53.079 --> 00:37:53.740
 result of

00:37:53.740 --> 00:37:54.139
 that.

00:37:56.579 --> 00:37:57.099
 In

00:37:57.099 --> 00:37:57.320
 verse

00:37:57.320 --> 00:37:57.920
 39,

00:37:58.099 --> 00:37:58.619
 we have a

00:37:58.619 --> 00:37:59.019
 summary,

00:37:59.019 --> 00:37:59.139
 glory,

00:37:59.940 --> 00:38:00.940
 but we

00:38:00.940 --> 00:38:01.259
 are not

00:38:01.259 --> 00:38:01.599
 of those

00:38:01.599 --> 00:38:02.159
 who shrink

00:38:02.159 --> 00:38:02.840
 back,

00:38:03.280 --> 00:38:03.679
 those who

00:38:03.679 --> 00:38:05.099
 sin deliberately

00:38:05.099 --> 00:38:05.980
 after receiving

00:38:05.980 --> 00:38:06.380
 the knowledge

00:38:06.380 --> 00:38:06.679
 of the

00:38:06.679 --> 00:38:08.059
 truth and

00:38:08.059 --> 00:38:08.380
 go to

00:38:08.380 --> 00:38:08.920
 destruction,

00:38:09.920 --> 00:38:11.019
 but of

00:38:11.019 --> 00:38:11.759
 those who

00:38:11.759 --> 00:38:12.599
 have faith

00:38:12.599 --> 00:38:13.880
 and preserve

00:38:13.880 --> 00:38:14.780
 their souls,

00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:15.599
 those who

00:38:15.599 --> 00:38:16.539
 endure by

00:38:16.539 --> 00:38:17.119
 faith.

00:38:17.519 --> 00:38:17.900
 We trust

00:38:17.900 --> 00:38:18.320
 in God's

00:38:18.320 --> 00:38:18.739
 promises.

00:38:21.480 --> 00:38:22.119
 Here's a

00:38:22.119 --> 00:38:22.599
 pop quiz.

00:38:25.199 --> 00:38:25.920
 Can you

00:38:25.920 --> 00:38:27.099
 identify right

00:38:27.099 --> 00:38:27.900
 now in

00:38:27.900 --> 00:38:28.480
 your head

00:38:28.480 --> 00:38:31.019
 a promise

00:38:31.019 --> 00:38:31.519
 God has

00:38:31.519 --> 00:38:32.079
 made to

00:38:32.079 --> 00:38:33.179
 you that

00:38:33.179 --> 00:38:34.559
 you've yet

00:38:34.559 --> 00:38:35.199
 to receive?

00:38:36.539 --> 00:38:37.099
 Can you

00:38:37.099 --> 00:38:37.559
 name something?

00:38:39.920 --> 00:38:40.519
 Can you

00:38:40.519 --> 00:38:40.920
 say something

00:38:40.920 --> 00:38:41.260
 like, yeah,

00:38:41.340 --> 00:38:41.659
 yeah, yeah,

00:38:41.860 --> 00:38:42.539
 right there.

00:38:43.579 --> 00:38:44.059
 Resurrection

00:38:44.059 --> 00:38:45.780
 body, it's

00:38:45.780 --> 00:38:46.019
 coming.

00:38:46.699 --> 00:38:47.400
 I can bank

00:38:47.400 --> 00:38:47.800
 on it.

00:38:49.199 --> 00:38:49.440
 Or you

00:38:49.440 --> 00:38:50.199
 go, yep,

00:38:50.360 --> 00:38:50.820
 yep, yep,

00:38:51.460 --> 00:38:51.760
 treats of

00:38:51.760 --> 00:38:52.539
 gold, it's

00:38:52.539 --> 00:38:52.800
 coming.

00:38:55.740 --> 00:38:56.400
 I want to

00:38:56.400 --> 00:38:56.639
 give you

00:38:56.639 --> 00:38:56.840
 one.

00:38:57.300 --> 00:38:57.639
 I've been

00:38:57.639 --> 00:38:58.119
 giving it to

00:38:58.119 --> 00:38:58.300
 you.

00:38:58.480 --> 00:38:59.599
 It's a

00:38:59.599 --> 00:39:00.159
 five-word

00:39:00.159 --> 00:39:00.719
 promise.

00:39:01.880 --> 00:39:02.960
 Surely, I

00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:03.840
 am coming

00:39:03.840 --> 00:39:05.019
 soon.

00:39:06.179 --> 00:39:07.360
 Let that

00:39:07.360 --> 00:39:08.240
 promise

00:39:08.240 --> 00:39:10.179
 sink into

00:39:10.179 --> 00:39:10.980
 your heart

00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:12.000
 and meet

00:39:12.000 --> 00:39:12.480
 it with

00:39:12.480 --> 00:39:13.559
 faith and

00:39:13.559 --> 00:39:14.000
 let it

00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:14.659
 combust

00:39:14.659 --> 00:39:16.360
 so that

00:39:16.360 --> 00:39:16.860
 you endure,

00:39:17.539 --> 00:39:17.920
 so that you

00:39:17.920 --> 00:39:18.679
 press on to

00:39:18.679 --> 00:39:19.139
 the end.

00:39:19.139 --> 00:39:20.679
 God's

00:39:20.679 --> 00:39:21.139
 need it.

00:39:21.139 --> 00:39:22.179
 You will

00:39:22.179 --> 00:39:21.819
 need it.

00:39:21.819 --> 00:39:22.179
 You will

00:39:22.179 --> 00:39:22.659
 not be

00:39:22.659 --> 00:39:23.139
 able to

00:39:23.139 --> 00:39:23.579
 endure

00:39:23.579 --> 00:39:25.139
 hardship for

00:39:25.139 --> 00:39:26.519
 Christ without

00:39:26.519 --> 00:39:28.000
 regularly

00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:28.900
 reminding

00:39:28.900 --> 00:39:29.699
 yourself of

00:39:29.699 --> 00:39:30.019
 what is

00:39:30.019 --> 00:39:30.579
 true about

00:39:30.579 --> 00:39:31.460
 God and

00:39:31.460 --> 00:39:32.039
 his promises.

00:39:32.879 --> 00:39:33.619
 You need

00:39:33.619 --> 00:39:33.779
 it.

00:39:34.719 --> 00:39:35.659
 We need it.

00:39:36.539 --> 00:39:37.239
 And we do

00:39:37.239 --> 00:39:37.599
 this.

00:39:38.039 --> 00:39:38.779
 We do this

00:39:38.779 --> 00:39:39.179
 together.

00:39:40.179 --> 00:39:40.719
 There are a lot

00:39:40.719 --> 00:39:41.279
 of promises

00:39:41.279 --> 00:39:42.219
 you can tuck

00:39:42.219 --> 00:39:42.639
 away in your

00:39:42.639 --> 00:39:42.839
 heart.

00:39:43.199 --> 00:39:43.599
 Start with

00:39:43.599 --> 00:39:44.019
 that one.

00:39:44.019 --> 00:39:44.800
 How about

00:39:44.800 --> 00:39:45.519
 this week?

00:39:45.960 --> 00:39:46.340
 You just

00:39:46.340 --> 00:39:47.280
 spend time

00:39:47.280 --> 00:39:47.940
 this week

00:39:47.940 --> 00:39:48.739
 thinking of

00:39:48.739 --> 00:39:49.320
 those five

00:39:49.320 --> 00:39:49.780
 words.

00:39:50.400 --> 00:39:52.300
 Surely, I

00:39:52.300 --> 00:39:52.800
 am coming

00:39:52.800 --> 00:39:53.219
 soon.

00:39:54.340 --> 00:39:55.019
 As you're

00:39:55.019 --> 00:39:55.519
 walking into

00:39:55.519 --> 00:39:56.239
 your place of

00:39:56.239 --> 00:39:56.659
 employment,

00:39:57.739 --> 00:39:58.300
 as you're

00:39:58.300 --> 00:40:01.300
 walking in a

00:40:01.300 --> 00:40:01.699
 variety of

00:40:01.699 --> 00:40:01.900
 different

00:40:01.900 --> 00:40:02.519
 contexts,

00:40:04.860 --> 00:40:05.019
!

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 Jesus said

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 it, in

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 the world

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 you will

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 have

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 tribulation.

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 As

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 followers of

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 Jesus, we

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 will suffer

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 for him

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 and we

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 must

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 endure.

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 Christ is

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 the foundation

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 of endurance.

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 Apostasy is

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 the opposite

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 of endurance.

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 Have nothing

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 to do with

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 that.

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 And faith

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 is at the

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 heart of

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 endurance,

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 trusting in

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 who God

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 is and

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 his promises.

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 Surely, I

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 am coming

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 soon.

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 And in

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 just a couple

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 weeks,

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 you're

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 going to

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 get to

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 see the

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 greatest

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 example of

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 endurance.

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 Jesus, who

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 for the joy

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 set before

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 him, endured

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 the cross.

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 Let's pray.

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 God in

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 heaven, would

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 you fuel our

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 hearts with the

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 truth of your

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 word and would

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 you stir up

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 faith in us

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 to endure

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 to press

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 on.

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 God, thank

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 you so much

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 for Hebrews.

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 Thank you for

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 your desire

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 for us to

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 hold fast to

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 Christ all the

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 way to the

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 end.

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 Lord, we

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 want to as

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 well.

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 Would you

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 help us this

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 week to do

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 just that?

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 To endure

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 by faith

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 for your

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 name's sake.

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 Amen.

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 amen.

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