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 Hebrews chapter 10, reading from verse 32 through to 39, which is the end of the chapter.

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 But recall the former days when, after you were enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings, sometimes being publicly exposed to reproach and affliction, and sometimes being partners with those so treated.

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 For you had compassion on those in prison, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, 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, which has a great reward.

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 For you have a need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what is promised.

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 For yet a little while, and the coming one will come and will not delay.

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 But my righteous one shall live by faith, 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, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.

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 Thanks, Alex.

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 Let's pray.

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 Lord, as we consider this passage in Hebrews, help us to hear what you want to say to us through your word.

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 Help us to see more of Christ, more of your faithfulness, and help us to respond in faith.

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 Amen.

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 Well, in the 1930s, the Golden Gate Bridge was one of the most ambitious construction projects that the world had ever seen.

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 The idea of building a massive steel bridge across the deep waters of the San Francisco Bay seemed almost impossible.

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 And it was dangerous.

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 The winds howled, the scaffolding would sway high above the freezing waters.

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 Because many men were terrified.

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 Before that time, it was just accepted that for every $1 million spent on a bridge construction, one life would be lost.

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 Death was part of the job.

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 But the chief engineer, Joseph Strauss, he cared deeply for the men that were risking their lives to build the bridge.

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 And he insisted on a new idea that no one had ever used before on that scale.

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 And that was a giant safety net.

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 Stretching underneath the entire span of the bridge as it was being built.

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 It cost a mozza as well.

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 It was about $130,000.

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 An enormous amount during the Great Depression.

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 But Strauss made it clear if there was no net, there'd be no bridge.

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 At first, the workers were sceptical.

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 Some joked about the net.

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 Some said it wouldn't matter.

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 Some were still frozen in fear as they climbed the beams and the cables hundreds of feet above the water.

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 And some did slip.

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 And the net caught them.

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 And they survived.

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 But one thing was true.

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 The men no longer based their confidence on how strong they felt on any given day.

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 They didn't base their confidence on how well rested they were or how many Weet-Bix they had for breakfast.

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 Or how steady their hands were.

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 Their confidence rested on something beneath them.

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 Something that was strong enough to hold them if they fell.

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 And this is the kind of confidence that our passage today is calling us to.

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 Hebrews 10, 32-39.

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 It's not a call to be brave by sheer willpower.

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 It's not a pep talk about toughening up.

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 It's a call to remember and respond.

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 Remember, God has proven his faithfulness in the person and work of Christ.

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 Remember how God has helped you endure struggles, suffering, loss.

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 And you can have confidence.

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 Not in how unshakable you are.

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 But confidence in the finished work of Christ.

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 The solid, unbreakable foundation beneath us.

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 Some call Hebrews chapter 10 the great pivot point in the book of Hebrews.

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 Where it moves from explanation to application.

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 And the author's gone to great detail to explain the superiority of the person and work of Christ.

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 And he goes on to describe that because of who Christ is and what he did for us on the cross.

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 We can now have full confidence in our divine and permanent access to God through Christ.

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 Not only this, but we can also have full confidence in Jesus, our advocate.

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 There's no longer a need for a high priest to offer sacrifices on our behalf for sin.

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 As we saw in the Old Testament.

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 Christ became the ultimate sacrifice.

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 Once and for all, through his death on the cross.

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 And Jesus continues to be our advocate.

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 And he prays to God on our behalf.

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 Two weeks ago, Martin encouraged us from Hebrews 10, 19 to 31.

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 Which says that because of our full access to God through Christ our advocate.

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 We should draw near, hold fast and look outwards as we consider how we spur each other on.

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 And then the writer gives us one of the most sobering warnings found in all of scripture.

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 About the folly of rejecting the sacrifice of Christ.

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 Through unrepentant and deliberate ongoing sin.

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 And he concludes in verse 31 with,

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

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 And parents and children among us may be familiar with what comes next.

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 After you've sat your child down.

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 And delivered some much needed words of discipline.

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 Next comes a hug.

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 It's the reassurance that you love them.

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 Two weeks ago, Martin gave us the words of discipline.

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 And now through a fortunate coincidence, I get to give us the hug that comes next.

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 But we're going to see that both warning and hug are necessary.

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 And that brings us to today's passage.

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 So the writer begins to apply what access and advocacy means for a small church.

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 That's face to face with the great threat of being tossed around by the storms of the world.

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 In chapter 10, verses 32 to 39.

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 We're going to be encouraged to remember the past.

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 Respond in the present.

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 Remember the past.

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 Respond in the present.

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 Let's jump in.

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 Have a look at verse 32.

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 Recall the former days when after you were enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings.

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 We don't know exactly what events the writer was referring to here.

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 Although some say it was referring to converted Jewish Christians being banished from the synagogue

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 and abused and publicly humiliated by the Jewish establishment in AD 49 at the instruction of the Roman Emperor Claudius.

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 But whatever they'd been through, it's clear that it involved intense persecution,

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 which was likened to being squeezed and pressured for their faith in Christ.

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 Last week, Dave told us about a Dutch Christian watchmaker, Corrie ten Boom.

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 Just a quick refresher if you weren't here for the Easter service.

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 After being set free because of a clerical error from a World War II Nazi concentration camp,

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 just days before all the women her age were executed,

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 Dave told us how Corrie was eventually able to meet and forgive one of the guards

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 who had tormented her and her sister Betsy.

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 Corrie and her sister were exposed to freezing cold conditions, starvation,

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 lice-infested bedding, constant cruelty from the prison guards.

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 But Corrie knew that she had been freely forgiven.

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 She knew how much she'd been freely forgiven in Christ.

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 And she had the same compassion that Christ showed her,

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 which overflowed into compassion for the guard.

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 She was able to forgive one of the very people who had caused her and her sister

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 such immense suffering.

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 While they were prisoners, Corrie managed to smuggle a Bible into the camp

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 and they would hold secret worship services where they would read scripture

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 and sing hymns under their breath.

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 And Corrie's sister Betsy ended up dying in the camp before Corrie was released.

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 As she grew weaker and before she was passing away,

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 Betsy would whisper,

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 there is no pit so deep that God's love is not deeper still.

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 Even through some of our deepest sufferings,

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 Christ proved himself faithful.

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 Even through some of their deepest sufferings,

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 Christ proved himself faithful to sustain them and give them joy in Christ.

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 Corrie reflected on her time in the concentration camp with the words,

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 when Jesus is all you have, you realise he's all you need.

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 The kind of suffering that Corrie ten Boom and her sister experienced

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 can feel pretty distant from us in 2025.

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 But it may not have felt so distant from the reality

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 of what these first century Christians endured.

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 Look at verse 33.

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 Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution.

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 I won't pretend to know Greek,

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 but I'm told that the Greek word for publicly exposed

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 comes from the word theatron or theatre.

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 They were taunted and ridiculed.

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 They were forced to face the humiliation of being put on display

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 like they were public theatre.

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 Not only did they endure,

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 but the verse 34 says,

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 they joyfully accepted the plundering of their property

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 since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession,

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 an abiding one.

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 I was recently surprised by a statistic

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 by the State Emergency Service

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 that only 36% of Lismore residents surveyed

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 would be likely to evacuate their home in a flood,

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 during a flood,

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 if asked directly to do so by authorities.

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 Only 36% would evacuate during a flood.

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 Why is that?

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 I think this speaks of our strong human tendency

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 to hold on as hard as we can

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 to what we have,

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 especially in tough times.

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 And can you imagine watching on with joy

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 while your house was being robbed?

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 Why would anyone do that?

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 How could anyone be joyful in these circumstances?

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 Because Christ was at work in them.

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 And because of this,

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 they knew they had a better possession,

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 an abiding possession.

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 They believed and they trusted in the words of Jesus

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 from Matthew 6, 19 that says,

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 Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth

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 where moth and rust destroy

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 and where thieves break in and steal,

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 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven.

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 The gospel had flipped their priorities

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 for what is important upside down.

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 They were seeking not the temporary,

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 but the city that is to come,

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 the heavenly Jerusalem.

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 So why would the author be calling on them

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 to remember these times?

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 Because these times were evidence

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 of the work that God had already done in them.

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 And God hadn't changed.

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 He was going to continue to sustain

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 and anchor them through suffering

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 and through the struggle that was to come.

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 By looking back,

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 they're encouraged that even

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 if they lose earthly possessions again,

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 even if they're exposed to insult

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 and persecution

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 and made to be humiliating public theatre,

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 they have something that's so much better,

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 something that can never be taken away.

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 They have an abiding possession,

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 the finished work of Christ

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 giving us salvation,

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 full access to God,

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 full advocacy in Christ.

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 Have a look at verse 33,

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 the second half.

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 Sometimes you were partners

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 with those so treated.

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 You had compassion on those in prison.

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 One of the ways that God helped his people

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 to endure the storm

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 was through other believers.

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 They were active in each other's suffering.

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 Side by side,

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 arms locked,

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 they faced persecution together.

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 If you insult him,

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 you insult me.

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 The gospel not only restores

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 our vertical relationship with God,

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 but it changes our horizontal relationships

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 with each other.

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 The gospel lifts our gaze

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 upwards to Christ

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 and his finished work

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 and then outwards

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 to have compassion for each other.

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 We're saved into a people,

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 into a church,

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 the body of Christ.

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 And if there's one guarantee

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 in this life,

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 it's that at some point

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 we all suffer.

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 We all experience suffering.

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 And I have no doubt

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 that there's people

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 in our congregation

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 who have walked through

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 some times

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 of deep sorrow,

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 deep suffering

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 that I couldn't begin to fathom.

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 And it's interesting

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 that the same word

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 for compassion

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 that the believers in Hebrews

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 had for each other's suffering

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 in verse 34

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 is used earlier

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 in chapter 4

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 to describe Christ's

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 sympathy for us

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 as our high priest.

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 It's Christ's compassion

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 and sympathy for us

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 that model and motivate

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 our compassion

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 and sympathy for each other.

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 What a beautiful thing

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 it is to be saved

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 into the body of Christ

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 that has the same compassion

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 and sympathy for each other

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 that Christ has for us.

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 And we were reminded

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 in Dave's talk

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 on Hebrews 6

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 verse 10

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 that God loves it

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 when we show compassion

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 to each other.

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 For God is not unjust

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 so as to overlook

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 your work

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 and the love

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 that you've shown

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 for his name

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 in serving the saints

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 as you still do.

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 And Martin encouraged us

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 in his sermon

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 on Hebrews 10

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 just before Easter

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 not to give up

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 meeting together.

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 We're not meant

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 to walk alone

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 as Christians.

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 A pastor

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 in response

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 to the question

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 can you still be a Christian

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 and not go to church

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 once said

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 of course

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 in the same way

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 that you can still be married

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 and never come home.

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 You might still be married

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 but you're missing

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 a whole lot

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 and it's not the way

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 that it's created to be.

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 It's incredibly hard

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 to endure suffering

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 without the support

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 of other Christians.

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 We need each other.

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 And so the writer

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 of Hebrews

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 is urging them

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 remember

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 here is the evidence

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 of what God

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 has already done

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 in you.

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 Remember that God

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 was at work in you

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 through suffering

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 bringing endurance

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 joy

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 deep compassion

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 for each other.

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 And then we come

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 to the big

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 therefore

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 of verse 35.

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 After remembering

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 the past

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 what are we to do next?

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 Verse 35 to 39

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 the author gives us

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 a couple of ways

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 that we can respond

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 in the present.

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 Number one

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 in perseverance

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 and number two

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 in confidence

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 through faith

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 in the finished work

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 of Christ.

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 Verse 36

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 For you have need

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 of endurance

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 so that when you've

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 done the will of God

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 you may receive

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 what is promised.

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 If you ever watched

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 a long distance

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 running race

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 or a park run

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 or maybe a school

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 cross country

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 there's a few

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 people that

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 at the start

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 of the race

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 it looks like

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 they've got jet packs

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 on their sneakers

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 and they'll just

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 take off.

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 But then you watch

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 them and about

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 halfway into the race

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 or maybe a couple

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 of kilometres

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 depending on the race

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 they run out of steam.

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 They tank out.

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 And then you watch

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 the more sustainably

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 paced plotters

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 overtake them.

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 Perseverance is key.

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 And our text

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 recommends a perseverance

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 that keeps going

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 to the end.

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 A call to not give up

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 our confidence

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 in Christ.

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 And this perseverance

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 assures us

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 of what is promised

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 being full salvation

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 in Christ.

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 Perseverance doesn't

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 earn our salvation

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 but it's primary

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 evidence of salvation.

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 Perseverance doesn't

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 earn our salvation

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 it is primary

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 evidence

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 of our salvation.

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 Verse 35

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 Do not throw away

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 your confidence

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 which has great reward.

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 I think arrogance

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 and pride

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 are sometimes

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 words that

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 can be associated

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 with confidence

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 but these

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 are so far

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 from what the writer

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 is describing

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 in verse 35

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 because our confidence

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 as Christians

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 doesn't rest on

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 our own abilities

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 or our capacity.

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 It doesn't rest

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 on how loud

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 or how well we sing.

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 It doesn't rest

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 on how well we play

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 an instrument

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 on the music team.

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 It doesn't rest

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 on how many

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 rosters we're on

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 or how many sermons

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 we can preach

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 or how many services

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 we lead

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 or how busy we are

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 or how busy we look

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 or how we feel

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 compared to other Christians.

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 Our confidence

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 as Christians

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 rests wholly

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 and solely

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 on the person

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 and the work

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 of Christ.

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 Verse 37

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 to 39

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 for yet a little

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 while

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 and the coming

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 one

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 will come

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 and will not

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 delay

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 but my righteous

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 one shall live

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 by faith

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 and if he shrinks

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 back

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 my soul

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 has no pleasure

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 in him

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 but we are not

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 of those

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 who shrink back

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 and are destroyed

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 but are of those

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 who have faith

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 and preserve

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 their souls.

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 The author's

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 quoting from Habakkuk

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 chapter 2

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 verses 3 to 4

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 and it's worth

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 reading at least

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 the first 4 or 5

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 chapters of Habakkuk

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 to get a full context

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 for these verses

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 but in summary

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 the prophet Habakkuk

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 repeatedly

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 cried out to God

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 complaining about

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 the injustice

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 and the suffering

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 of the righteous

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 and have a look

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 at God's response

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 to Habakkuk.

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 The righteous

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 shall live

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 by faith.

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 Live by faith

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 Habakkuk.

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 The key to perseverance

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 for Habakkuk

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 was faith

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 but what is God

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 telling Habakkuk

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 to have faith in?

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 He's telling him

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 to have faith

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 in who God is

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 who he has proven

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 himself to be

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 and the writer

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 of Hebrews

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 is encouraging

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 the reader

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 to do the same

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 as Habakkuk.

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 Later on

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 in Habakkuk

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 chapter 3

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 after God's words

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 to him

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 have sunk in

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 he sings a beautiful

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 and well-known song

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 of faith to God.

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 Though the fig tree

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 should not blossom

00:19:01.300 --> 00:19:02.900
 nor fruit

00:19:02.900 --> 00:19:03.680
 be on the vines

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 the produce

00:19:04.900 --> 00:19:05.660
 of the olive

00:19:05.660 --> 00:19:06.039
 fail

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 and the fields

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 yield no food

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 the flock

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 be cut off

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 from the fold

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 and there be

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 no herd

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 in the stalls

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 yet I will

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 rejoice in the Lord

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 I will take joy

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 in the God

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 of my salvation

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 God the Lord

00:19:20.160 --> 00:19:21.420
 is my strength

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 he makes my feet

00:19:22.880 --> 00:19:23.660
 like the deers

00:19:23.660 --> 00:19:24.940
 he makes me tread

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 on high places.

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 The key to perseverance

00:19:29.120 --> 00:19:29.940
 for Habakkuk

00:19:29.940 --> 00:19:30.960
 and the key to perseverance

00:19:30.960 --> 00:19:31.840
 for the Hebrews

00:19:31.839 --> 00:19:33.480
 and the key to perseverance

00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:34.199
 for us

00:19:34.199 --> 00:19:35.480
 is faith.

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 It's not faith

00:19:37.539 --> 00:19:38.339
 in how strong

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 or brave

00:19:39.059 --> 00:19:39.679
 we feel

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 on any given day

00:19:40.779 --> 00:19:42.199
 or faith

00:19:42.199 --> 00:19:42.779
 in our inability

00:19:42.779 --> 00:19:45.000
 it's faith

00:19:45.000 --> 00:19:45.740
 in the net

00:19:45.740 --> 00:19:46.899
 underneath us

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 it's certainty

00:19:48.379 --> 00:19:49.879
 that the net

00:19:49.879 --> 00:19:50.879
 will save us

00:19:50.879 --> 00:19:52.019
 from an otherwise

00:19:52.019 --> 00:19:52.959
 certain death

00:19:52.959 --> 00:19:53.679
 in the event

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 of a strong

00:19:54.720 --> 00:19:55.480
 gust of wind

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 or a misplaced step.

00:19:58.839 --> 00:19:59.159
 Faith

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 in the net

00:20:00.200 --> 00:20:01.279
 gives us

00:20:01.279 --> 00:20:01.920
 confidence

00:20:01.920 --> 00:20:02.779
 to carry on.

00:20:03.640 --> 00:20:04.519
 The finished work

00:20:04.519 --> 00:20:05.180
 of Christ

00:20:05.180 --> 00:20:06.900
 is our confidence.

00:20:08.340 --> 00:20:09.779
 So to summarise

00:20:09.779 --> 00:20:11.620
 verses 37 to 39

00:20:11.620 --> 00:20:13.320
 Jesus is coming soon.

00:20:14.320 --> 00:20:15.200
 A reminder

00:20:15.200 --> 00:20:15.800
 that our current

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 struggle

00:20:16.259 --> 00:20:17.060
 and suffering

00:20:17.060 --> 00:20:18.380
 is temporary

00:20:18.380 --> 00:20:20.000
 compared to

00:20:20.000 --> 00:20:20.460
 an eternity

00:20:20.460 --> 00:20:21.140
 with Christ.

00:20:21.140 --> 00:20:23.420
 the saved

00:20:23.420 --> 00:20:24.060
 will persevere

00:20:24.060 --> 00:20:24.700
 by faith

00:20:24.700 --> 00:20:25.920
 and the lost

00:20:25.920 --> 00:20:26.380
 will shrink

00:20:26.380 --> 00:20:26.759
 back.

00:20:27.720 --> 00:20:28.160
 So have

00:20:28.160 --> 00:20:28.700
 confidence

00:20:28.700 --> 00:20:29.460
 in Christ

00:20:29.460 --> 00:20:30.820
 through faith

00:20:30.820 --> 00:20:31.820
 to persevere.

00:20:34.500 --> 00:20:35.220
 Saint

00:20:35.220 --> 00:20:36.040
 Chrysostom

00:20:36.040 --> 00:20:37.780
 showed an

00:20:37.780 --> 00:20:38.520
 incredible display

00:20:38.520 --> 00:20:39.060
 of faith

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 and confidence

00:20:39.900 --> 00:20:40.560
 in Christ

00:20:40.560 --> 00:20:41.759
 when he was

00:20:41.759 --> 00:20:42.640
 brought before

00:20:42.640 --> 00:20:43.520
 the Roman

00:20:43.520 --> 00:20:43.960
 Emperor

00:20:43.960 --> 00:20:45.380
 and the Emperor

00:20:45.380 --> 00:20:45.900
 threatened him

00:20:45.900 --> 00:20:46.520
 with banishment

00:20:46.520 --> 00:20:47.380
 if he remained

00:20:47.380 --> 00:20:47.860
 a Christian

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 and Chrysostom

00:20:50.059 --> 00:20:50.539
 replied

00:20:50.539 --> 00:20:52.359
 you cannot

00:20:52.359 --> 00:20:53.059
 banish me

00:20:53.059 --> 00:20:54.259
 for this world

00:20:54.259 --> 00:20:55.039
 is my father's

00:20:55.039 --> 00:20:55.359
 house

00:20:55.359 --> 00:20:56.639
 but I will

00:20:56.639 --> 00:20:57.240
 slay you

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 said the Emperor

00:20:58.259 --> 00:21:00.219
 no you cannot

00:21:00.219 --> 00:21:01.339
 said the noble

00:21:01.339 --> 00:21:01.679
 champion

00:21:01.679 --> 00:21:02.299
 of the faith

00:21:02.299 --> 00:21:04.000
 for my life

00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:04.799
 is hid

00:21:04.799 --> 00:21:05.659
 with Christ

00:21:05.659 --> 00:21:06.439
 in God

00:21:06.439 --> 00:21:08.199
 I'll take away

00:21:08.199 --> 00:21:08.719
 your treasures

00:21:08.719 --> 00:21:10.279
 no

00:21:10.279 --> 00:21:11.579
 you cannot

00:21:11.579 --> 00:21:13.119
 for my treasure

00:21:13.119 --> 00:21:14.439
 is in heaven

00:21:14.439 --> 00:21:15.500
 and my heart

00:21:15.500 --> 00:21:16.139
 is there

00:21:16.140 --> 00:21:17.940
 but I will

00:21:17.940 --> 00:21:18.460
 drive you

00:21:18.460 --> 00:21:19.340
 away from man

00:21:19.340 --> 00:21:20.040
 and you

00:21:20.040 --> 00:21:20.580
 shall have

00:21:20.580 --> 00:21:21.160
 no friend

00:21:21.160 --> 00:21:21.560
 left

00:21:21.560 --> 00:21:23.000
 no

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 you cannot

00:21:23.900 --> 00:21:25.259
 for I

00:21:25.259 --> 00:21:25.820
 have a friend

00:21:25.820 --> 00:21:26.320
 in heaven

00:21:26.320 --> 00:21:27.320
 from who

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 you cannot

00:21:28.040 --> 00:21:28.820
 separate me

00:21:28.820 --> 00:21:30.100
 I defy

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 you

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 for there

00:21:31.400 --> 00:21:31.920
 is nothing

00:21:31.920 --> 00:21:32.600
 you can

00:21:32.600 --> 00:21:33.060
 do to

00:21:33.060 --> 00:21:33.820
 hurt me

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 think back

00:21:36.460 --> 00:21:37.160
 to the young

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 and the small

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 storm-toss

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 church

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 that's just

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 come out

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 of an

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 intense

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 period of

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 persecution

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 knowing that

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 more persecution

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 was coming

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 more persecution

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 was on the

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 horizon

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 there was a

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 reason why

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 God told the

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 Israelites to

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 gather the

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 stones of

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 remembrance at

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 Gilgal

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 after God

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 had helped

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 them cross

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 the Jordan

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 into the

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 promised land

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 and although

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 the stones

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 were much

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 less impressive

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 than the

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 miraculous display

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 that God

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 showed them

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 of his

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 power

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 it was a

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 symbol of

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 God's

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 faithfulness

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 that he

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 will preserve

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 and carry

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 his people

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 tough times

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 are still

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 ahead

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 look at

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 these

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 stones

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 remember

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 how I

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 helped

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 you

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 and

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 respond

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 in

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 faith

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 the

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 author

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 of

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 Hebrews

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 encourages

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 us

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 with

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 two

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 things

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 remember

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 how

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 God

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 has

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 shown

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 his

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 faithfulness

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 and

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 helped

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 you

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 in the

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 past

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 and

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 respond

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 in the

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 present

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 be

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 confident

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 in

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 Christ's

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 finished

00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:38.459
 work

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 be

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 confident

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 that

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 Christ

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 is at

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 work

00:22:41.880 --> 00:22:42.059
 in

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 you

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 look

00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:44.299
 back

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 in

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 faith

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 look

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 ahead

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 but

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 keep

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 going

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 persevere

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 in

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 faith

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 the

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 fickle

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 and the

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 fleeting

00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:53.279
 are not

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 worth

00:22:53.799 --> 00:22:54.340
 your worry

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 and attention

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 God

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 says

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 my

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 righteous

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 one

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 shall

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 live

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 by

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 faith

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 George

00:23:03.160 --> 00:23:03.720
 Matheson

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 wrote

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 the hymn

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 oh love

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 that will

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 not let

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 me

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 go

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 in the

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 midst

00:23:08.359 --> 00:23:08.700
 of

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 his

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 own

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 suffering

00:23:09.539 --> 00:23:10.059
 that was

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 a result

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 of

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 him

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 losing

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 his

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 sight

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 to

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 a

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 degenerative

00:23:14.599 --> 00:23:14.859
 eye

00:23:14.859 --> 00:23:15.200
 condition

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 and

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 there's

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 much

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 more

00:23:17.440 --> 00:23:17.519
 to

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 the

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 story

00:23:17.980 --> 00:23:18.119
 and

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 it's

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 worth

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 looking

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 up

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 but

00:23:19.660 --> 00:23:20.380
 here

00:23:20.380 --> 00:23:20.500
 are

00:23:20.500 --> 00:23:20.680
 some

00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:21.019
 verses

00:23:21.019 --> 00:23:21.660
 from

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 his

00:23:22.660 --> 00:23:23.099
 famous

00:23:23.099 --> 00:23:23.420
 hymn

00:23:23.420 --> 00:23:24.519
 to

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 encourage

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 us

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 oh joy

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 that

00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:28.220
 seekest

00:23:28.220 --> 00:23:28.460
 me

00:23:28.460 --> 00:23:28.680
 through

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 pain

00:23:29.119 --> 00:23:29.400
 I

00:23:29.400 --> 00:23:29.640
 cannot

00:23:29.640 --> 00:23:30.039
 close

00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:30.259
 my

00:23:30.259 --> 00:23:30.480
 heart

00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:30.660
 to

00:23:30.660 --> 00:23:30.859
 thee

00:23:30.859 --> 00:23:32.440
 I

00:23:32.440 --> 00:23:32.799
 trace

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 the

00:23:33.039 --> 00:23:33.359
 rainbow

00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:33.640
 through

00:23:33.640 --> 00:23:33.839
 the

00:23:33.839 --> 00:23:34.119
 rain

00:23:34.119 --> 00:23:34.319
 and

00:23:34.319 --> 00:23:34.700
 feel

00:23:34.700 --> 00:23:35.140
 the

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 promises

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 not

00:23:35.920 --> 00:23:36.119
 in

00:23:36.119 --> 00:23:36.420
 vain

00:23:36.420 --> 00:23:36.779
 that

00:23:36.779 --> 00:23:37.220
 mourn

00:23:37.220 --> 00:23:37.460
 shall

00:23:37.460 --> 00:23:37.920
 tearless

00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:38.240
 be

00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:39.519
 oh

00:23:39.519 --> 00:23:39.859
 cross

00:23:39.859 --> 00:23:40.099
 that

00:23:40.099 --> 00:23:40.700
 liftest

00:23:40.700 --> 00:23:40.920
 up

00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:41.119
 my

00:23:41.119 --> 00:23:41.420
 head

00:23:41.420 --> 00:23:41.779
 I

00:23:41.779 --> 00:23:42.039
 dare

00:23:42.039 --> 00:23:42.240
 not

00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:42.599
 ask

00:23:42.599 --> 00:23:42.819
 to

00:23:42.819 --> 00:23:43.039
 fly

00:23:43.039 --> 00:23:43.279
 from

00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:43.539
 thee

00:23:43.539 --> 00:23:44.519
 I

00:23:44.519 --> 00:23:44.879
 lay

00:23:44.879 --> 00:23:45.180
 in

00:23:45.180 --> 00:23:45.539
 dust

00:23:45.539 --> 00:23:46.180
 life's

00:23:46.180 --> 00:23:46.500
 glory

00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:46.899
 dead

00:23:46.899 --> 00:23:47.220
 and

00:23:47.220 --> 00:23:47.420
 from

00:23:47.420 --> 00:23:47.599
 the

00:23:47.599 --> 00:23:47.940
 ground

00:23:47.940 --> 00:23:48.160
 their

00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:48.519
 blossoms

00:23:48.519 --> 00:23:48.940
 red

00:23:48.940 --> 00:23:49.980
 life

00:23:49.980 --> 00:23:50.720
 that

00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:50.899
 shall

00:23:50.899 --> 00:23:51.240
 endless

00:23:51.240 --> 00:23:51.639
 be

00:23:51.639 --> 00:23:52.819
 oh

00:23:52.819 --> 00:23:53.180
 love

00:23:53.180 --> 00:23:53.399
 that

00:23:53.399 --> 00:23:53.759
 will

00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:54.139
 not

00:23:54.139 --> 00:23:54.399
 let

00:23:54.399 --> 00:23:54.559
 me

00:23:54.559 --> 00:23:54.859
 go

00:23:54.859 --> 00:23:55.220
 I

00:23:55.220 --> 00:23:55.559
 rest

00:23:55.559 --> 00:23:55.819
 my

00:23:55.819 --> 00:23:56.139
 weary

00:23:56.139 --> 00:23:56.480
 soul

00:23:56.480 --> 00:23:56.660
 in

00:23:56.660 --> 00:23:56.859
 thee

00:23:56.859 --> 00:23:57.779
 I

00:23:57.779 --> 00:23:58.019
 give

00:23:58.019 --> 00:23:58.240
 thee

00:23:58.240 --> 00:23:58.539
 back

00:23:58.539 --> 00:23:58.779
 the

00:23:58.779 --> 00:23:59.039
 life

00:23:59.039 --> 00:23:59.259
 I

00:23:59.259 --> 00:23:59.519
 owe

00:23:59.519 --> 00:23:59.779
 that

00:23:59.779 --> 00:24:00.039
 in

00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:00.220
 thine

00:24:00.220 --> 00:24:00.619
 ocean

00:24:00.619 --> 00:24:00.980
 depths

00:24:00.980 --> 00:24:01.180
 its

00:24:01.180 --> 00:24:01.539
 flow

00:24:01.539 --> 00:24:02.099
 may

00:24:02.099 --> 00:24:02.460
 richer

00:24:02.460 --> 00:24:02.920
 fuller

00:24:02.920 --> 00:24:03.139
 be

00:24:06.779 --> 00:24:10.519
 Lord

00:24:10.519 --> 00:24:10.799
 help

00:24:10.799 --> 00:24:11.180
 us

00:24:11.180 --> 00:24:12.259
 be

00:24:12.259 --> 00:24:12.700
 assured

00:24:12.700 --> 00:24:13.139
 by

00:24:13.139 --> 00:24:13.539
 and

00:24:13.539 --> 00:24:13.899
 rest

00:24:13.899 --> 00:24:14.079
 in

00:24:14.079 --> 00:24:14.220
 the

00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:14.480
 finished

00:24:14.480 --> 00:24:14.759
 work

00:24:14.759 --> 00:24:14.920
 of

00:24:14.920 --> 00:24:15.319
 Christ

00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:16.639
 help

00:24:16.639 --> 00:24:16.819
 us

00:24:16.819 --> 00:24:17.200
 remember

00:24:17.200 --> 00:24:17.500
 your

00:24:17.500 --> 00:24:18.240
 faithfulness

00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:19.139
 to

00:24:19.139 --> 00:24:19.399
 work

00:24:19.399 --> 00:24:19.539
 in

00:24:19.539 --> 00:24:19.779
 us

00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:20.039
 and

00:24:20.039 --> 00:24:20.299
 help

00:24:20.299 --> 00:24:20.559
 us

00:24:20.559 --> 00:24:20.980
 endure

00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:21.279
 through

00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:21.660
 suffering

00:24:21.660 --> 00:24:21.859
 and

00:24:21.859 --> 00:24:22.139
 loss

00:24:22.139 --> 00:24:23.220
 give

00:24:23.220 --> 00:24:23.399
 us

00:24:23.399 --> 00:24:23.799
 confidence

00:24:23.799 --> 00:24:24.059
 in

00:24:24.059 --> 00:24:24.500
 Christ

00:24:24.500 --> 00:24:25.220
 faith

00:24:25.220 --> 00:24:25.460
 to

00:24:25.460 --> 00:24:26.039
 persevere

00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:27.200
 and

00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:27.599
 compassion

00:24:27.599 --> 00:24:27.859
 for

00:24:27.859 --> 00:24:28.039
 each

00:24:28.039 --> 00:24:28.259
 other

00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:29.160
 Amen