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 Turn with me in your Bibles to Matthew chapter 17, verses 14 to 23.

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 If you don't have a Bible, please raise your hand.

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 We'd love to give you a copy of it.

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 We're in Matthew chapter 17, verses 14 to 23.

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 Let me pray for the reading and preaching of God's word.

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 Oh, Lord God.

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 Lord, how can it be that sinners like us have something to gain from the blood of our Savior?

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 How can it be that though all our righteousness is woefully inadequate,

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 that you have made a way for us to be saved by your grace through faith alone in Jesus Christ alone?

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 Lord, affirm and establish us in that glorious faith.

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 Fix our eyes on your Son, Jesus Christ, this morning.

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 Lord, we need more of Him, more of you.

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 Speak to us, God, in your word. In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Please stand, if you are able, to honor God as I read from His word.

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 Matthew 17, verses 14 to 23.

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 And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to Him and kneeling before Him said,

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 Lord, have mercy on my son.

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 For he has seizures and he suffers terribly.

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 For often he falls into the fire and often into the water.

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 And I brought him to your disciples and they could not heal him.

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 And Jesus answered, O faithless and twisted generation,

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 how long am I to be with you?

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 How long am I to bear with you?

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 Bring him here to me.

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 And Jesus rebuked the demon and it came out of him.

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 And the boy was healed instantly.

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 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said,

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 Why could we not cast it out?

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 He said to them,

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 Because of your little faith.

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 For truly, I say to you,

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 if you have faith like a grain of a mustard seed,

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 you will say to this mountain,

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 move from here to there and it will move.

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 And nothing will be impossible for you.

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 As they were gathering in Galilee,

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 Jesus said to them,

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 The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men.

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 And they will kill him.

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 And he will be raised on the third day.

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 And they were greatly distressed.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 Please be seated.

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 Faith is a word that we use often.

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 As Christians.

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 But we rarely define it.

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 However, it is critical that we understand what faith is.

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 Because Romans 5.1 says,

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 We are justified by faith.

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 That's what Connor was just talking about.

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 It is by faith that we are declared righteous before God.

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 In other words, there is no salvation apart from faith.

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 Hebrews 11.6 also says,

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 Without faith, it is impossible to please God.

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 It is not merely hard to please God apart from faith.

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 It is impossible to please God.

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 So faith is absolutely essential.

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 Faith features prominently in Jesus' ministry that we've seen throughout the Gospel of Matthew.

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 Jesus heals the Gentile centurion's paralyzed servant in response to his faith.

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 Saying,

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 Truly I tell you,

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 With no one in Israel have I found such faith.

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 Go, let it be done for you as you have believed.

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 When friends brought a paralytic to Jesus for healing,

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 It says in Matthew 9.2 that Jesus saw their faith.

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 And that's why he healed him.

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 Jesus also tells the woman who had the chronic discharge of blood in Matthew 9.22,

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 Take heart, daughter.

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 Your faith has made you well.

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 He heals the two blind men in Matthew 9.29 according to their faith.

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 Similarly, Jesus heals the demonized daughter of a Canaanite woman that we saw in Matthew 15.28 saying,

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 Oh woman, great is your faith.

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 Let it be done for you as you desire.

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 This is the consistent pattern in Jesus' ministry.

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 To work miracles, to help, to heal in accordance with people's faith.

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 Which is why in his hometown of Nazareth, where people did not have faith,

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 He says in Matthew 13.58,

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 He did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.

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 Their lack of faith.

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 But why does Jesus care so much about faith?

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 Why does he emphasize faith so much?

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 And our passage this morning answers that important question.

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 Jesus teaches us what the nature of faith is,

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 and why God prizes it,

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 and why God has chosen to save us through faith.

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 And the main point of my sermon this morning is this,

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 Dare not trust the sweetest frame,

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 but holy trust in Jesus' name.

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 That's what we were singing earlier.

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 I take that main point from the 19th century hymn,

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 My Hope is Built on Nothing Less.

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 It means don't put your trust in your favorable circumstances.

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 Don't put your trust in your frame of mind,

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 how you're feeling, how you think you're doing,

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 how you think you're making progress before God.

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 No, put your faith solely, wholly in Jesus Christ.

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 In his name.

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 I'm going to first talk about what little faith is,

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 and then I'll secondly talk about what faith like a mustard seed is.

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 Remember where we are in the narrative in the Gospel of Matthew?

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 We were just on the Mount of Transfiguration.

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 Peter, James, and John went up and beheld the glory,

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 the divine glory of Jesus Christ, the Son of God,

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 unveiled for a period of time.

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 And now they have come down from that mountain.

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 The nine other disciples that Jesus didn't take up along with him,

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 who were left behind,

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 have apparently been redeeming their time

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 by ministering to people while Jesus was away.

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 And so in this passage, they reconvene.

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 It says in verse 14,

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 This story is also recounted in Mark chapter 9 and Luke chapter 9.

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 This man's son is afflicted with uncontrollable seizures.

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 The other Gospel writers note in more detail that he falls down.

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 He rolls about on the ground, and he foams at the mouth.

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 And the boy's father notes that he's been doing this,

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 this kid from childhood.

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 The Greek word here for having seizures

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 is a word that literally means moonstruck.

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 The Greeks believe that this kind of epileptic symptoms

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 came from being struck by the goddess of the moon, Selene.

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 We have an English word for that.

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 We call it lunatic,

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 which comes from the Latin word for moon, luna.

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 It means you're struck by the moon.

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 For thousands of years,

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 many ancient cultures held that epilepsy

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 was caused by spirit or a god associated with the moon.

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 Ancient Mesopotamians termed epilepsy

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 the hand of sin, attributing it to a spirit.

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 Modern-day neurologists, of course, deny this.

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 They tell us that epilepsy is not caused by evil spirits,

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 whether it's caused by disruptions

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 in the brain's electrical activity.

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 For example, it can be caused by traumatic brain injuries

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 or from tumor growth in the brain.

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 However, we should not be too quick

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 in our own chronological snobbery

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 to dismiss all the ancients.

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 According to a 2020 article from the journal

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 Neuroepidemiology,

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 50% of epilepsy diagnoses have no identifiable cause.

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 50%.

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 And this research only concerns high-income countries

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 where they have access to thorough checkups

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 and medical diagnoses.

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 Could it be that some of these epilepsies

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 are not actually epilepsy at all,

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 but demonization?

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 Evil spirits attacking people?

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 I think so.

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 In this case, the boy's epileptic symptoms

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 are not caused by disruptions

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 in the brain's electrical activity,

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 but by an evil spirit.

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 And you can see the demon's malice

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 in what he does to this boy.

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 In verse 15, it says,

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 for often he falls into the fire

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 and often into the water.

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 The evil one comes only to steal

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 and to kill and to destroy,

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 and that is exactly what this minion of Satan

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 is trying to do.

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 He's trying to kill and destroy the boy.

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 The desperate father says in verse 16,

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 and I brought him to your disciples,

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 and they could not heal him.

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 No doubt the man was originally seeking Jesus,

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 but Jesus is up on the mountain

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 being transfigured.

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 So the next best bet is,

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 okay, well, you guys are his followers.

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 You're learning from him.

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 You're his students.

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 You're his disciples.

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 Maybe you can help me.

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 And they have tried their hand in exorcism,

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 but embarrassingly,

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 they could not heal the boy.

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 This should be surprising to us

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 because in chapter 10, verse 1,

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 Jesus explicitly and literally

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 gave them authority over unclean spirits,

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 it says,

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 to cast them out

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 and to heal every disease

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 and every affliction.

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 We know from Mark 6, verse 13,

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 that by the time of the transfiguration,

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 they had already been doing this.

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 They had already been casting out demons.

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 It says that they cast out many demons,

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 anointed with oil,

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 many who were sick and healed them.

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 In Luke 10, 17,

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 they returned with joy to Jesus,

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 saying,

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 Lord, even the demons

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 are subject to us in your name.

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 So they were already experienced exorcists.

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 They've had plenty of real-life,

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 hands-on opportunities

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 to witness the power of Jesus' name.

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 So it's actually surprising

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 that they weren't able

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 to cast out this demon.

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 And we learn later in verse 19

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 that the disciples themselves

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 were puzzled by their inability

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 to cast out the demon.

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 This report of his disciples' failure

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 stirs up in Jesus

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 a passionate lament in verse 17.

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 Oh, faithless and twisted generation,

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 how long am I to be with you?

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 How long am I to bear with you?

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 Bring him here to me.

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 There's something about this generation,

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 Jesus says,

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 that is twisted,

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 like into a knot.

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 Something is off about it.

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 It's not the way it's supposed to be.

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 It's not straight.

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 It's twisted and askew.

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 And this generation is faithless.

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 If even his disciples,

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 to whom it has been given

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 to know the secrets

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 of the kingdom of heaven,

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 as Jesus said in Matthew 13, 11,

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 if they can't even cast out this demon,

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 if that's where their faith is,

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 the rest of this generation,

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 what can you say about them?

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 They are faithless and twisted.

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 How long am I to be with you?

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 How long am I to bear with you?

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 Bring the boy to me, Jesus says.

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 And when the boy is brought to Jesus,

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 exactly what we expect happens.

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 There's no spectacular, dramatic showdown

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 between this extra powerful demon

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 that the disciples could not cast out

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 versus Jesus.

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 There's no buildup in the narrative.

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 There's no climax.

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 Matthew's narrative is intentionally simple

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 and unadorned in verse 18.

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 And Jesus rebuked the demon.

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 And he came out of him.

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 And the boy was healed instantly.

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 What gives?

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 The sheepish disciples are too embarrassed

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 to ask in public,

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 why couldn't we drive out the demon?

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 They don't want to be embarrassed

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 by what Jesus might say.

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 So they ask Jesus privately,

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 why could we not cast it out?

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 And then Jesus' answer in verse 20

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 is simple but profound,

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 because of your little faith.

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 For truly I say to you,

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 if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed,

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 you will say to this mountain,

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 move from here to there,

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 and it will move,

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 and nothing will be impossible for you.

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 If you have an eye for this kind of detail,

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 you may have noticed

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 that there is no verse 21 in this chapter.

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 It goes from verse 20 to verse 22.

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 That's not a typo.

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 It's not because someone didn't know how to count.

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 And it's definitely not a sinister conspiracy

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 to hide something from us,

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 like some people are prone to think.

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 It's simply because when the verse numbers

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 were added to the Bible in 1555,

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 verse 21 was in there.

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 It was included.

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 However, later,

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 as more ancient manuscripts

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 of the original text were discovered,

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 scholars figured out

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 that the best and most ancient

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 original manuscripts

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 of the Greek New Testament

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 did not include verse 21.

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 It was likely a later scribal addition

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 to bring it into harmony

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 with the Gospel of Mark.

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 This is why the modern translators

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 struck the verse,

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 and then once you strike the verse,

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 you can't slide up

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 all the other verse numbers

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 because then hundreds of years

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 of people dealing with these verses

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 and these schemes

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 and memorizing the Bible,

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 if you memorize any verses

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 in the Bible after this,

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 now you have your references wrong

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 by one verse.

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 You can't do that,

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 so they just struck the verse

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 so that it doesn't mess up

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 our usage of it.

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 But even if the verse were included,

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 it wouldn't change much.

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 You might have a footnote

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 at the end of verse 20,

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 if you have certain Bibles

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 that have that,

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 and that tells you exactly

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 what the missing verse was.

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 It says,

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 but this kind never comes out

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 except by prayer and fasting.

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 Mark 9, 29 does include that verse,

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 and that's in the original manuscript.

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 It says,

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 this kind cannot be driven out

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 by anything but prayer.

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 So Jesus said that in this occasion,

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 but Matthew doesn't include it

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 because for him,

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 Jesus' diagnosis,

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 because of your little faith,

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 is sufficient explanation.

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 It is already inclusive of that.

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 Yes,

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 Jesus has given authority

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 to the disciples

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 to cast out demons,

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 but they must always remember

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 that this power

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 does not reside in themselves

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 or in their methods

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 or techniques,

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 but in Jesus alone.

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 They must draw

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 from the power of Jesus

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 through faith.

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 Faith is the only instrument

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 by which one can draw on

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 and exercise the authority

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 and the power of Jesus,

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 but they lacked it.

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 They had little faith,

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 and so there was little prayer

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 or none at all.

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 Why is faith the key?

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 Faith is one of the foundational

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 Christian virtues.

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 1 Corinthians 13, 13 says,

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 So now faith, hope, and love

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 abide these three,

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 but the greatest of these is love.

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 Paul says love is the greatest

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 of the three

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 because love is what lasts forever.

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 Faith and hope only last

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 in this lifetime

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 because they are characteristic

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 of this present age

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 before the consummation

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 of the kingdom of God.

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 Hebrews 11, 1 offers

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 a helpful definition.

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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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 That's the ESV.

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 The reason why we need faith

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 in this life

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 is because we do not yet

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 see the invisible

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 spiritual reality,

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 so we have to walk by faith

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 and not by sight.

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 But soon will come a day

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 when we will see God

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 face to face,

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 at which point

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 we will no longer need

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 any faith

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 because our faith

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 will have turned to sight.

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 Faith is not a weak,

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 tentative thing.

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 It is assurance

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 and conviction,

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 it says in Hebrews 11, 1.

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 Paul uses those strong words

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 for a reason.

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 In fact,

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 the original in the Greek

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 is even stronger,

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 and I think I have

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 the King James Version

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 to project for you

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 which captures it well.

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 It says,

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 Now faith

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 is the substance

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 of things hoped for,

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 the evidence

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 of things not seen.

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 How in the world

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 is faith

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 the substance

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 of things hoped for

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 and the evidence

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 of things not seen.

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 Faith, Paul says,

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 is not something

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 that needs evidence

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 and proof.

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 Paul says,

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 No, faith is the proof.

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 Faith is the evidence.

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 It is the substance.

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 How?

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 Faith is worlds apart

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 from wishful thinking.

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 Wishful thinking

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 is fanciful.

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 Faith is solid

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 and substantive.

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 Wishful thinking

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 is grounded in fantasy.

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 Faith is grounded

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 in reality

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 because it is grounded

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 in the certain,

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 unchangeable,

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 objective reality

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 of God

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 and His promises.

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 When we walk by faith,

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 eternal,

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 heavenly realities

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 invade our present

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 earthly perspectives

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 and priorities.

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 Heavenly,

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 when we walk by faith,

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 heavenly power

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 invades

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 our earthly weakness.

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 And to convey this,

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 Paul picked

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 the most solid words

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 that he can think of

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 to define faith.

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 It is the substance

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 of things hoped for.

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 The evidence

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 of things not seen.

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 This is why Augustine,

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 the fourth century

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 Christian pastor,

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 describes faith this way.

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 Faith is to believe

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 what you do not see.

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 The reward of this faith

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 is to see

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 what you believe.

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 Faith is the evidence

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 of things not seen.

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 This is why Hebrews 11, 6

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 says, as I said earlier,

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 and without faith,

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 it is impossible

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 to please Him.

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 For whoever would draw

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 near to God

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 must believe that He exists

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 and that He rewards

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 those who seek Him.

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 The object of faith

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 is God

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 and when we walk

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 by faith,

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 we live as if

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 this all-knowing

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 and all-powerful,

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 everywhere-present God

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 really exists

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 and that His promises

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 are really true

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 and that He will

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 really reward us

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 for our faithfulness

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 to Him.

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 That's faith.

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 The disciples

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 did not try

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 to cast out the demon

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 with this kind of faith.

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 Instead,

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 they had little faith.

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 This is now

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 the fifth

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 and final time

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 that Jesus rebukes

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 His disciples

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 for their little faith.

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 Let's do a brief survey.

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 In Matthew 6, 30,

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 Jesus said,

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 you worry about

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 what you will eat

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 and drink.

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 Will not God

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 who feeds the birds

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 of the air

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 and clothes the grass

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 of the field

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 not take care of you,

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 you of little faith?

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 Matthew 8, 26,

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 why are you afraid?

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 This is when

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 they are in turbulencies.

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 They are rowing

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 and going on their boats

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 and then Jesus rebukes

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 the wind and the sea

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 so there's a great comment.

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 He says to them

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 before that,

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 why are you afraid,

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 oh you,

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 of little faith?

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 Matthew 14, 30 to 31,

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 Peter asks Jesus,

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 let me walk on water

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 because Jesus just came to him

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 walking on water

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 and Jesus says,

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 come,

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 and then Peter starts

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 walking on water

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 but he says,

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 as soon as he saw

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 the wind,

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 wind churning up

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 the waters,

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 he becomes fearful

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 and is filled with doubt

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 and then he begins

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 to sink

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 and then Jesus says

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 to him,

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 oh you,

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 of little faith,

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 why did you doubt?

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 And then finally

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 in chapter 16,

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 verse 8,

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 which we saw recently,

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 when they forgot

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 to bring bread,

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 they're worried

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 that they're going

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 to go hungry

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 and then Jesus

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 tells them,

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 why are you discussing

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 among yourselves

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 the fact that you

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 have no bread,

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 oh you,

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 of little faith?

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 All of these situations

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 have in common

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 something

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 and there is

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 that they do

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 have some faith

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 but it is not

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 full faith.

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 There's something

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 else besides God

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 that they are

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 depending on.

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 They're not coming

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 to God empty handed,

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 they're coming

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 with something else

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 in their hands.

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 When there's

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 plenty of food

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 to eat,

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 plenty of bread

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 packed in their

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 knapsacks,

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 they have full trust

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 that God's going

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 to provide for them

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 and feed them.

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 Oh yes,

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 our heavenly father

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 provides for us.

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 Look right here,

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 look,

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 I got some bread

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 right in my bag.

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 But when they have

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 no bread,

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 now that faith

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 falters.

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 Oh,

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 why?

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 Because they didn't

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 come,

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 their faith wasn't

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 fully on God

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 in the first place,

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 their faith was

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 in God and

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 my preparedness

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 in industry,

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 the bread that I

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 brought on with me.

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 As they're going

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 on the water,

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 their waters

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 churned up

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 by the winds.

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 When the waters

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 come and the sun

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 is shining and

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 full faith in God.

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 Yes,

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 God is our

00:22:17.799 --> 00:22:18.659
 navigator,

00:22:18.779 --> 00:22:19.539
 God is our

00:22:19.539 --> 00:22:20.159
 lodestar,

00:22:20.439 --> 00:22:21.240
 he guides us,

00:22:21.299 --> 00:22:22.000
 he protects us

00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:22.619
 and he will bring

00:22:22.619 --> 00:22:23.299
 us to our final

00:22:23.299 --> 00:22:23.839
 destination.

00:22:24.159 --> 00:22:25.099
 Full faith in God.

00:22:26.579 --> 00:22:27.459
 But as soon as

00:22:27.459 --> 00:22:28.419
 the storm

00:22:28.419 --> 00:22:30.059
 comes up

00:22:30.059 --> 00:22:30.519
 and the wind

00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:31.399
 blows and he

00:22:31.399 --> 00:22:32.219
 sees the water,

00:22:32.319 --> 00:22:32.679
 the Peter,

00:22:33.359 --> 00:22:33.759
 that faith

00:22:33.759 --> 00:22:34.819
 falters because

00:22:34.819 --> 00:22:35.339
 that faith

00:22:35.339 --> 00:22:35.899
 was not

00:22:35.899 --> 00:22:36.859
 fully on God

00:22:36.859 --> 00:22:37.460
 alone in the

00:22:37.460 --> 00:22:38.099
 first place

00:22:38.099 --> 00:22:38.759
 because it

00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:39.319
 was on God

00:22:39.319 --> 00:22:39.939
 and

00:22:39.939 --> 00:22:41.839
 calm weather.

00:22:45.419 --> 00:22:45.980
 Favorable

00:22:45.980 --> 00:22:46.579
 circumstances.

00:22:49.079 --> 00:22:50.240
 In what areas

00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:50.839
 of your life

00:22:50.839 --> 00:22:52.179
 do you have

00:22:52.179 --> 00:22:53.419
 little faith?

00:22:53.420 --> 00:22:53.480
 faith?

00:22:56.980 --> 00:22:58.200
 What are the

00:22:58.200 --> 00:22:59.400
 sweetest frames

00:22:59.400 --> 00:23:00.340
 of your life

00:23:00.340 --> 00:23:02.420
 that you are

00:23:02.420 --> 00:23:02.960
 putting your

00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:03.700
 trust in

00:23:03.700 --> 00:23:04.320
 rather than

00:23:04.320 --> 00:23:05.019
 in Jesus

00:23:05.019 --> 00:23:05.700
 Christ?

00:23:06.840 --> 00:23:07.480
 Your

00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:08.180
 intelligence?

00:23:08.180 --> 00:23:12.160
 your

00:23:12.160 --> 00:23:13.060
 financial

00:23:13.060 --> 00:23:14.140
 portfolio?

00:23:16.140 --> 00:23:16.700
 Your

00:23:16.700 --> 00:23:18.019
 savings account?

00:23:18.140 --> 00:23:18.279
 Your

00:23:18.279 --> 00:23:18.840
 resume?

00:23:19.580 --> 00:23:19.860
 Your

00:23:19.860 --> 00:23:20.360
 connections?

00:23:20.960 --> 00:23:21.120
 Your

00:23:21.120 --> 00:23:21.680
 diligence?

00:23:22.360 --> 00:23:22.600
 And

00:23:22.600 --> 00:23:23.000
 discipline?

00:23:24.519 --> 00:23:25.519
 I trust you

00:23:25.519 --> 00:23:26.720
 God and I

00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:27.620
 trust these

00:23:27.620 --> 00:23:29.500
 things that I

00:23:29.500 --> 00:23:29.759
 have.

00:23:32.860 --> 00:23:33.519
 Let's think

00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:33.940
 for a minute

00:23:33.940 --> 00:23:34.480
 about what

00:23:34.480 --> 00:23:34.860
 this might

00:23:34.860 --> 00:23:35.120
 have looked

00:23:35.120 --> 00:23:35.560
 like for the

00:23:35.560 --> 00:23:36.060
 disciples that

00:23:36.060 --> 00:23:36.380
 are trying to

00:23:36.380 --> 00:23:36.880
 cast out the

00:23:36.880 --> 00:23:37.120
 demon.

00:23:38.180 --> 00:23:41.019
 I cast you

00:23:41.019 --> 00:23:41.299
 out in the

00:23:41.299 --> 00:23:41.600
 name of

00:23:41.600 --> 00:23:41.880
 Jesus.

00:23:42.160 --> 00:23:42.740
 Leave this

00:23:42.740 --> 00:23:43.019
 boy.

00:23:45.580 --> 00:23:45.980
 Nothing

00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:46.420
 happens.

00:23:48.980 --> 00:23:49.400
 Maybe

00:23:49.400 --> 00:23:50.519
 he didn't

00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:50.980
 hear me.

00:23:51.779 --> 00:23:52.200
 A little bit

00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:52.440
 louder.

00:23:52.920 --> 00:23:53.740
 I cast you

00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:54.140
 out in the

00:23:54.140 --> 00:23:54.600
 name of

00:23:54.600 --> 00:23:54.900
 Jesus.

00:23:55.120 --> 00:23:55.680
 Leave.

00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:57.140
 Nothing

00:23:57.140 --> 00:23:57.680
 happens.

00:23:58.240 --> 00:23:58.960
 Oh wait,

00:23:59.039 --> 00:23:59.380
 that's right.

00:23:59.460 --> 00:23:59.720
 That's right.

00:24:00.220 --> 00:24:00.660
 I should lay

00:24:00.660 --> 00:24:01.180
 hands on the

00:24:01.180 --> 00:24:01.279
 boy.

00:24:01.880 --> 00:24:02.720
 I cast you

00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:02.980
 out in the

00:24:02.980 --> 00:24:03.340
 name of

00:24:03.340 --> 00:24:03.600
 Jesus.

00:24:03.820 --> 00:24:04.220
 Leave.

00:24:05.480 --> 00:24:05.840
 Nothing

00:24:05.840 --> 00:24:06.100
 happens.

00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:06.580
 Wait,

00:24:06.640 --> 00:24:06.960
 what's going

00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:07.080
 on?

00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:07.759
 Oh wait,

00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:08.420
 that one

00:24:08.420 --> 00:24:08.960
 time Jesus

00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:09.519
 cast out

00:24:09.519 --> 00:24:09.960
 the demon

00:24:09.960 --> 00:24:10.279
 legion.

00:24:10.359 --> 00:24:10.559
 Remember,

00:24:10.660 --> 00:24:11.160
 Jesus asked

00:24:11.160 --> 00:24:11.400
 them for

00:24:11.400 --> 00:24:11.859
 the name

00:24:11.859 --> 00:24:12.279
 first.

00:24:12.599 --> 00:24:12.740
 You're

00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:12.819
 going to

00:24:12.819 --> 00:24:13.079
 get the

00:24:13.079 --> 00:24:13.519
 name of

00:24:13.519 --> 00:24:13.900
 the demon.

00:24:14.339 --> 00:24:14.460
 Okay,

00:24:14.539 --> 00:24:15.279
 what's your

00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:15.599
 name,

00:24:15.680 --> 00:24:15.920
 demon?

00:24:16.559 --> 00:24:17.940
 Your name,

00:24:18.019 --> 00:24:18.180
 demon,

00:24:18.259 --> 00:24:18.700
 whatever it is,

00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:19.259
 I cast you

00:24:19.259 --> 00:24:19.480
 out in the

00:24:19.480 --> 00:24:19.819
 name of

00:24:19.819 --> 00:24:20.180
 Jesus.

00:24:21.079 --> 00:24:21.400
 Nothing

00:24:21.400 --> 00:24:21.839
 happens.

00:24:22.940 --> 00:24:23.240
 He says

00:24:23.240 --> 00:24:23.480
 that they

00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:23.779
 had some

00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:24.119
 experience

00:24:24.119 --> 00:24:24.740
 healing with

00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:25.400
 using oils.

00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:25.900
 Maybe they're

00:24:25.900 --> 00:24:26.460
 using oils.

00:24:26.599 --> 00:24:26.759
 You know

00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:27.099
 that some

00:24:27.099 --> 00:24:27.660
 denominations,

00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:27.920
 Christian

00:24:27.920 --> 00:24:28.339
 denominations

00:24:28.339 --> 00:24:28.940
 nowadays use

00:24:28.940 --> 00:24:29.700
 that for

00:24:29.700 --> 00:24:30.180
 exorcism.

00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:30.859
 Oils and

00:24:30.859 --> 00:24:31.920
 exorcised

00:24:31.920 --> 00:24:32.359
 salts.

00:24:32.980 --> 00:24:33.400
 Spread it

00:24:33.400 --> 00:24:33.779
 out and

00:24:33.779 --> 00:24:34.619
 apply oil.

00:24:35.059 --> 00:24:35.500
 Maybe it's

00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:35.819
 the oil.

00:24:35.900 --> 00:24:36.039
 Let's

00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:36.480
 apply some

00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:36.819
 oil on

00:24:36.819 --> 00:24:37.180
 this boy.

00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:37.740
 I cast you

00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:37.980
 out in the

00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:38.279
 name of

00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:38.660
 Jesus.

00:24:39.559 --> 00:24:39.920
 Leave.

00:24:40.920 --> 00:24:41.319
 Nothing

00:24:41.319 --> 00:24:41.819
 happens.

00:24:49.680 --> 00:24:50.380
 At some

00:24:50.380 --> 00:24:51.160
 point between

00:24:51.160 --> 00:24:53.019
 when Jesus

00:24:53.019 --> 00:24:53.380
 gave them

00:24:53.380 --> 00:24:53.759
 the authority

00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:54.059
 to do

00:24:54.059 --> 00:24:54.400
 this in

00:24:54.400 --> 00:24:55.279
 Matthew 10

00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:56.839
 and now

00:24:56.839 --> 00:24:58.299
 when they

00:24:58.299 --> 00:24:58.819
 failed to

00:24:58.819 --> 00:24:59.160
 exorcist,

00:24:59.220 --> 00:24:59.640
 cast out

00:24:59.640 --> 00:25:00.119
 this demon,

00:25:01.039 --> 00:25:02.039
 the object

00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:02.880
 of their

00:25:02.880 --> 00:25:04.319
 trust has

00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:04.960
 shifted

00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:06.840
 from God

00:25:06.840 --> 00:25:07.920
 alone to

00:25:07.920 --> 00:25:08.360
 these other

00:25:08.360 --> 00:25:08.920
 things.

00:25:09.900 --> 00:25:10.420
 They're no

00:25:10.420 --> 00:25:10.960
 longer coming

00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:11.279
 to God

00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:11.960
 with empty

00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:12.539
 hands.

00:25:13.019 --> 00:25:13.579
 I have

00:25:13.579 --> 00:25:13.980
 nothing.

00:25:14.100 --> 00:25:14.579
 It is all

00:25:14.579 --> 00:25:14.900
 in your

00:25:14.900 --> 00:25:15.460
 power to

00:25:15.460 --> 00:25:16.039
 do this.

00:25:16.579 --> 00:25:16.880
 They come

00:25:16.880 --> 00:25:17.299
 with something

00:25:17.299 --> 00:25:17.779
 else.

00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:19.019
 Trust in

00:25:19.019 --> 00:25:19.420
 God and

00:25:19.420 --> 00:25:20.100
 this.

00:25:20.660 --> 00:25:21.140
 I'm a little

00:25:21.140 --> 00:25:21.840
 experienced

00:25:21.840 --> 00:25:22.220
 now.

00:25:22.940 --> 00:25:23.460
 I've done

00:25:23.460 --> 00:25:24.160
 this before.

00:25:24.460 --> 00:25:25.039
 I've got my

00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:25.799
 methods now.

00:25:25.900 --> 00:25:26.400
 I've got my

00:25:26.400 --> 00:25:27.299
 techniques now.

00:25:27.980 --> 00:25:28.700
 I bring these

00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:29.559
 along with me

00:25:29.559 --> 00:25:30.640
 and it doesn't

00:25:30.640 --> 00:25:31.220
 work.

00:25:31.220 --> 00:25:31.440
 It doesn't

00:25:31.440 --> 00:25:31.299
 work.

00:25:34.960 --> 00:25:36.840
 Because that's

00:25:36.840 --> 00:25:37.340
 the point.

00:25:38.460 --> 00:25:39.160
 Faith is the

00:25:39.160 --> 00:25:39.799
 empty work.

00:25:41.360 --> 00:25:41.860
 Faith is the

00:25:41.860 --> 00:25:42.680
 one method,

00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:43.819
 one way,

00:25:43.900 --> 00:25:44.539
 the means

00:25:44.539 --> 00:25:46.039
 by which God

00:25:46.039 --> 00:25:47.059
 works powerful

00:25:47.059 --> 00:25:48.200
 things and we

00:25:48.200 --> 00:25:49.319
 get no credit

00:25:49.319 --> 00:25:50.220
 at all and all

00:25:50.220 --> 00:25:50.840
 credit and glory

00:25:50.840 --> 00:25:51.480
 belongs to him.

00:25:51.640 --> 00:25:52.400
 That's the only

00:25:52.400 --> 00:25:52.779
 way.

00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:54.640
 That's why God

00:25:54.640 --> 00:25:55.340
 moves like that.

00:25:58.120 --> 00:25:59.059
 This is why

00:25:59.059 --> 00:26:00.259
 whenever people

00:26:00.259 --> 00:26:01.500
 present techniques

00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:02.579
 or strategies

00:26:02.579 --> 00:26:03.599
 were proposed

00:26:03.599 --> 00:26:04.059
 to me some

00:26:04.059 --> 00:26:05.000
 foolproof way

00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:05.679
 of growing

00:26:05.679 --> 00:26:06.220
 your church

00:26:06.220 --> 00:26:06.559
 and having

00:26:06.559 --> 00:26:07.259
 success in

00:26:07.259 --> 00:26:07.960
 Christian ministry

00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:08.619
 and making

00:26:08.619 --> 00:26:09.159
 sure people

00:26:09.159 --> 00:26:09.699
 are converted,

00:26:11.019 --> 00:26:11.939
 I have this

00:26:11.939 --> 00:26:12.240
 kind of

00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:13.199
 instinctual

00:26:13.199 --> 00:26:15.019
 allergic reaction.

00:26:17.899 --> 00:26:18.579
 Probably to

00:26:18.579 --> 00:26:18.960
 a fault.

00:26:22.539 --> 00:26:23.460
 In his book,

00:26:23.619 --> 00:26:24.019
 David and

00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:24.500
 Goliath,

00:26:24.639 --> 00:26:25.199
 Underdogs,

00:26:25.339 --> 00:26:25.720
 Misfits,

00:26:25.839 --> 00:26:26.240
 and the Art

00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:26.659
 of Battling

00:26:26.659 --> 00:26:27.079
 Giants,

00:26:27.199 --> 00:26:28.119
 Malcolm Gladwell

00:26:28.119 --> 00:26:29.159
 writes a

00:26:29.159 --> 00:26:29.839
 revisionist

00:26:29.839 --> 00:26:31.159
 account of

00:26:31.159 --> 00:26:31.799
 the David and

00:26:31.799 --> 00:26:32.199
 Goliath

00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:32.680
 story.

00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:34.480
 He argues

00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:35.140
 that David

00:26:35.140 --> 00:26:36.620
 was actually

00:26:36.620 --> 00:26:37.620
 not the

00:26:37.620 --> 00:26:38.299
 underdog in

00:26:38.299 --> 00:26:38.700
 the fight.

00:26:40.080 --> 00:26:40.920
 He argues

00:26:40.920 --> 00:26:41.440
 that David

00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:41.779
 had the

00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:42.200
 advantage

00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:42.840
 because he

00:26:42.840 --> 00:26:43.420
 was using

00:26:43.420 --> 00:26:44.200
 superior,

00:26:44.620 --> 00:26:45.240
 unconventional,

00:26:45.740 --> 00:26:46.400
 high-speed

00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:47.240
 projectile

00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:47.920
 technology

00:26:47.920 --> 00:26:49.640
 against a

00:26:49.640 --> 00:26:50.039
 slow,

00:26:50.400 --> 00:26:50.640
 heavy

00:26:50.640 --> 00:26:51.279
 infantryman.

00:26:53.039 --> 00:26:53.960
 But I

00:26:53.960 --> 00:26:54.700
 assure you

00:26:54.700 --> 00:26:55.400
 that if

00:26:55.400 --> 00:26:56.559
 David had

00:26:56.559 --> 00:26:57.319
 entered that

00:26:57.319 --> 00:26:58.180
 battlefield against

00:26:58.180 --> 00:26:58.799
 Goliath with

00:26:58.799 --> 00:26:59.759
 that mindset,

00:27:00.580 --> 00:27:01.120
 with his

00:27:01.120 --> 00:27:01.840
 faith,

00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:02.779
 not in

00:27:02.779 --> 00:27:03.120
 the living

00:27:03.120 --> 00:27:03.559
 God,

00:27:03.620 --> 00:27:03.880
 but in

00:27:03.880 --> 00:27:04.279
 his

00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:04.840
 superior

00:27:04.840 --> 00:27:05.539
 sling

00:27:05.539 --> 00:27:06.259
 technology,

00:27:07.140 --> 00:27:08.080
 he would

00:27:08.080 --> 00:27:08.420
 have been

00:27:08.420 --> 00:27:09.299
 speared to

00:27:09.299 --> 00:27:09.640
 death,

00:27:10.380 --> 00:27:10.900
 and we

00:27:10.900 --> 00:27:11.140
 would have

00:27:11.140 --> 00:27:11.620
 never heard

00:27:11.620 --> 00:27:11.900
 of him

00:27:11.900 --> 00:27:12.319
 again.

00:27:15.120 --> 00:27:15.880
 What does

00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:16.460
 David say

00:27:16.460 --> 00:27:17.100
 to the

00:27:17.100 --> 00:27:17.600
 Philistine

00:27:17.600 --> 00:27:18.680
 Goliath in

00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:19.740
 1 Samuel 17,

00:27:19.819 --> 00:27:20.259
 45,

00:27:20.319 --> 00:27:20.700
 46?

00:27:20.940 --> 00:27:21.600
 You come

00:27:21.600 --> 00:27:22.200
 to me with

00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:22.920
 heavy sword

00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:23.660
 and javelin

00:27:23.660 --> 00:27:24.080
 and spear,

00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:24.799
 but I

00:27:24.799 --> 00:27:25.539
 come to you

00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:26.539
 with advanced

00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:27.160
 high-speed

00:27:27.160 --> 00:27:28.100
 projectile

00:27:28.100 --> 00:27:28.700
 technology.

00:27:28.700 --> 00:27:31.779
 no,

00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:32.920
 of course

00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:33.100
 not,

00:27:33.140 --> 00:27:33.380
 that's not

00:27:33.380 --> 00:27:33.660
 what he

00:27:33.660 --> 00:27:34.160
 says.

00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:36.420
 David says,

00:27:36.819 --> 00:27:37.299
 you come

00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:37.920
 to me with

00:27:37.920 --> 00:27:38.480
 the sword

00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:38.860
 and with

00:27:38.860 --> 00:27:39.299
 the spear

00:27:39.299 --> 00:27:39.559
 and with

00:27:39.559 --> 00:27:40.120
 the javelin,

00:27:40.360 --> 00:27:40.960
 but I

00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:41.420
 come to

00:27:41.420 --> 00:27:41.779
 you in

00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:42.380
 the name

00:27:42.380 --> 00:27:42.720
 of the

00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:43.059
 Lord of

00:27:43.059 --> 00:27:43.460
 hosts,

00:27:43.720 --> 00:27:44.240
 the God

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:44.519
 of the

00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:44.940
 armies of

00:27:44.940 --> 00:27:45.299
 Israel,

00:27:45.380 --> 00:27:45.720
 whom you

00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:46.360
 have defied

00:27:46.360 --> 00:27:47.259
 this day,

00:27:47.340 --> 00:27:47.779
 the Lord

00:27:47.779 --> 00:27:48.440
 will deliver

00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:49.460
 you into

00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:50.420
 my hand.

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:53.680
 David defeated

00:27:53.680 --> 00:27:54.440
 Goliath because

00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:55.420
 of his faith

00:27:55.420 --> 00:27:56.259
 in God,

00:27:56.620 --> 00:27:58.200
 not because

00:27:58.200 --> 00:27:58.640
 of his faith

00:27:58.640 --> 00:27:59.240
 in himself

00:27:59.240 --> 00:27:59.900
 or his

00:27:59.900 --> 00:28:00.420
 weapons.

00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:02.400
 And whenever

00:28:02.400 --> 00:28:03.160
 we have

00:28:03.160 --> 00:28:03.680
 the Lord

00:28:03.680 --> 00:28:04.460
 of hosts,

00:28:04.759 --> 00:28:05.360
 Almighty

00:28:05.360 --> 00:28:05.860
 God,

00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:06.700
 on our

00:28:06.700 --> 00:28:07.240
 side,

00:28:07.539 --> 00:28:07.980
 I don't

00:28:07.980 --> 00:28:08.480
 care what

00:28:08.480 --> 00:28:08.800
 the odds

00:28:08.800 --> 00:28:09.480
 makers say.

00:28:10.120 --> 00:28:10.640
 I like

00:28:10.640 --> 00:28:11.140
 our chances.

00:28:15.560 --> 00:28:16.400
 Psalm 20,

00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:16.820
 verse 7,

00:28:16.900 --> 00:28:17.019
 says,

00:28:17.080 --> 00:28:17.740
 some trust

00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:18.320
 in chariots

00:28:18.320 --> 00:28:18.700
 and some

00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:19.140
 in horses,

00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:20.019
 but we

00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:20.500
 trust in

00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:20.900
 the name

00:28:20.900 --> 00:28:21.240
 of the

00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:21.640
 Lord,

00:28:21.779 --> 00:28:22.300
 our

00:28:22.300 --> 00:28:23.060
 God.

00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:24.460
 This

00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:24.779
 doesn't

00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:25.140
 mean

00:28:25.140 --> 00:28:26.980
 that the

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:27.180
 Israelites

00:28:27.180 --> 00:28:27.800
 never used

00:28:27.800 --> 00:28:28.060
 chariots

00:28:28.060 --> 00:28:28.420
 and horses.

00:28:28.580 --> 00:28:28.960
 They did.

00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:31.600
 But they

00:28:31.600 --> 00:28:31.980
 must never

00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:32.940
 trust in

00:28:32.940 --> 00:28:33.320
 chariots

00:28:33.320 --> 00:28:33.880
 and horses

00:28:33.880 --> 00:28:36.759
 in the

00:28:36.759 --> 00:28:37.120
 place of

00:28:37.120 --> 00:28:37.520
 trusting in

00:28:37.520 --> 00:28:37.840
 the Lord.

00:28:38.580 --> 00:28:39.060
 I'm not

00:28:39.060 --> 00:28:39.640
 denying that

00:28:39.640 --> 00:28:40.600
 God uses

00:28:40.600 --> 00:28:41.140
 means.

00:28:41.680 --> 00:28:42.180
 He does

00:28:42.180 --> 00:28:42.920
 use means.

00:28:43.820 --> 00:28:44.440
 But there's

00:28:44.440 --> 00:28:45.100
 a difference

00:28:45.100 --> 00:28:46.340
 between trusting

00:28:46.340 --> 00:28:47.480
 in the God

00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:48.400
 alone who

00:28:48.400 --> 00:28:49.640
 uses means

00:28:49.640 --> 00:28:50.500
 to help us

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:51.440
 versus

00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:52.740
 trusting in

00:28:52.740 --> 00:28:53.180
 the means

00:28:53.180 --> 00:28:53.640
 themselves.

00:28:53.640 --> 00:28:55.259
 the big

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:55.820
 difference.

00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:01.540
 Maybe

00:29:01.540 --> 00:29:02.180
 that's why

00:29:02.180 --> 00:29:02.960
 in Joshua

00:29:02.960 --> 00:29:03.259
 11,

00:29:03.360 --> 00:29:03.580
 6,

00:29:03.620 --> 00:29:03.860
 when they're

00:29:03.860 --> 00:29:04.660
 first conquering

00:29:04.660 --> 00:29:05.040
 the land

00:29:05.040 --> 00:29:05.480
 of Canaan,

00:29:05.880 --> 00:29:06.140
 the Lord

00:29:06.140 --> 00:29:06.580
 commanded

00:29:06.580 --> 00:29:06.900
 them,

00:29:07.400 --> 00:29:07.940
 hamstring

00:29:07.940 --> 00:29:08.640
 their horses

00:29:08.640 --> 00:29:09.700
 and burn

00:29:09.700 --> 00:29:10.340
 their chariots

00:29:10.340 --> 00:29:10.960
 with fire.

00:29:12.820 --> 00:29:13.380
 Why?

00:29:14.080 --> 00:29:14.620
 That's

00:29:14.620 --> 00:29:15.280
 perfectly good

00:29:15.280 --> 00:29:15.680
 equipment.

00:29:16.800 --> 00:29:17.440
 We could

00:29:17.440 --> 00:29:18.100
 use those

00:29:18.100 --> 00:29:19.340
 for ourselves.

00:29:19.940 --> 00:29:20.120
 No,

00:29:20.280 --> 00:29:20.759
 burn the

00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:21.180
 chariots,

00:29:21.420 --> 00:29:22.020
 hamstring the

00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:22.279
 horses.

00:29:23.859 --> 00:29:24.440
 So you

00:29:24.440 --> 00:29:25.119
 might always

00:29:25.119 --> 00:29:25.559
 know that

00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:26.119
 your battle

00:29:26.119 --> 00:29:26.599
 is won

00:29:26.599 --> 00:29:27.200
 not by

00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:27.700
 horses and

00:29:27.700 --> 00:29:27.960
 chariots,

00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:28.319
 but by

00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:28.720
 the Lord

00:29:28.720 --> 00:29:29.039
 God

00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:29.480
 Almighty.

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:35.680
 In

00:29:35.680 --> 00:29:36.240
 contrast to

00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:36.599
 their little

00:29:36.599 --> 00:29:36.900
 faith,

00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:37.339
 Jesus says

00:29:37.339 --> 00:29:37.639
 in verse

00:29:37.639 --> 00:29:37.980
 20,

00:29:38.359 --> 00:29:38.779
 for truly

00:29:38.779 --> 00:29:39.200
 I say

00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:39.519
 to you,

00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:40.200
 if you

00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:40.779
 have faith

00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:41.099
 like a

00:29:41.099 --> 00:29:41.500
 grain of

00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:41.839
 mustard

00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:42.220
 seed,

00:29:42.859 --> 00:29:43.200
 and you

00:29:43.200 --> 00:29:43.460
 will say

00:29:43.460 --> 00:29:43.759
 to this

00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:44.019
 mountain,

00:29:44.160 --> 00:29:44.579
 move from

00:29:44.579 --> 00:29:44.980
 here to

00:29:44.980 --> 00:29:45.180
 there,

00:29:45.220 --> 00:29:45.440
 and it

00:29:45.440 --> 00:29:46.139
 will move,

00:29:46.279 --> 00:29:46.940
 and nothing

00:29:46.940 --> 00:29:47.460
 will be

00:29:47.460 --> 00:29:47.960
 impossible

00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:48.500
 for you.

00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:51.059
 what is

00:29:51.059 --> 00:29:51.740
 faith like

00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:53.140
 a grain

00:29:53.140 --> 00:29:53.660
 of mustard

00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:54.039
 seed?

00:29:56.119 --> 00:29:56.599
 We've

00:29:56.599 --> 00:29:57.559
 seen a

00:29:57.559 --> 00:29:58.000
 grain of

00:29:58.000 --> 00:29:58.220
 mustard

00:29:58.220 --> 00:29:58.940
 seed before,

00:29:59.039 --> 00:29:59.500
 early in

00:29:59.500 --> 00:30:00.119
 chapter 13,

00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:00.619
 where Jesus

00:30:00.619 --> 00:30:01.259
 compares the

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:01.660
 kingdom of

00:30:01.660 --> 00:30:02.039
 heaven to

00:30:02.039 --> 00:30:02.500
 a grain of

00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:02.700
 mustard

00:30:02.700 --> 00:30:03.599
 seed that

00:30:03.599 --> 00:30:03.819
 is sown

00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:04.039
 in the

00:30:04.039 --> 00:30:04.279
 field,

00:30:04.420 --> 00:30:04.980
 and in

00:30:04.980 --> 00:30:05.619
 that context,

00:30:05.680 --> 00:30:05.859
 Jesus

00:30:05.859 --> 00:30:06.759
 describes this

00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:07.220
 as the

00:30:07.220 --> 00:30:07.980
 smallest of

00:30:07.980 --> 00:30:08.680
 all seeds.

00:30:09.839 --> 00:30:10.079
 A

00:30:10.079 --> 00:30:10.319
 mustard

00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:10.640
 seed,

00:30:10.779 --> 00:30:11.079
 probably in

00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:11.440
 this case

00:30:11.440 --> 00:30:11.759
 black

00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:12.099
 mustard,

00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:13.779
 is a

00:30:13.779 --> 00:30:14.500
 proverbially

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:14.940
 small

00:30:14.940 --> 00:30:15.240
 seed.

00:30:15.339 --> 00:30:15.680
 It's the

00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:16.099
 smallest

00:30:16.099 --> 00:30:17.059
 seed that

00:30:17.059 --> 00:30:17.559
 was commonly

00:30:17.559 --> 00:30:18.220
 sown in

00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:18.539
 that

00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:19.579
 region.

00:30:21.179 --> 00:30:21.700
 I kind

00:30:21.700 --> 00:30:21.919
 of wanted

00:30:21.919 --> 00:30:22.339
 to bring

00:30:22.339 --> 00:30:22.519
 the

00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:22.819
 perilla

00:30:22.819 --> 00:30:23.379
 seeds that

00:30:23.379 --> 00:30:23.619
 I have

00:30:23.619 --> 00:30:23.839
 at home

00:30:23.839 --> 00:30:24.099
 because it's

00:30:24.099 --> 00:30:24.379
 about the

00:30:24.379 --> 00:30:24.839
 same size.

00:30:24.919 --> 00:30:25.139
 You wouldn't

00:30:25.139 --> 00:30:25.460
 be able to

00:30:25.460 --> 00:30:25.919
 see it if I

00:30:25.919 --> 00:30:26.139
 were to

00:30:26.139 --> 00:30:26.720
 hold it up

00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:27.019
 to you.

00:30:28.460 --> 00:30:28.819
 It's the

00:30:28.819 --> 00:30:29.500
 smallest of

00:30:29.500 --> 00:30:30.539
 the common

00:30:30.539 --> 00:30:30.940
 cultivated

00:30:30.940 --> 00:30:31.359
 seeds in

00:30:31.359 --> 00:30:31.440
 the

00:30:31.440 --> 00:30:31.659
 ancient

00:30:31.659 --> 00:30:31.940
 areas.

00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:32.500
 And this

00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:32.960
 is why

00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:33.720
 most people

00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:34.359
 understand

00:30:34.359 --> 00:30:35.139
 faith like

00:30:35.139 --> 00:30:35.659
 a grain of

00:30:35.659 --> 00:30:35.879
 mustard

00:30:35.879 --> 00:30:36.879
 seed as

00:30:36.879 --> 00:30:37.480
 referring to

00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:38.000
 small

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:38.460
 faith.

00:30:39.819 --> 00:30:40.279
 Since

00:30:40.279 --> 00:30:40.579
 mustard

00:30:40.579 --> 00:30:41.039
 seed is a

00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:41.279
 small

00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:41.659
 seed,

00:30:42.339 --> 00:30:42.619
 a mustard

00:30:42.619 --> 00:30:42.960
 seed

00:30:42.960 --> 00:30:43.839
 faith must

00:30:43.839 --> 00:30:44.319
 be a

00:30:44.319 --> 00:30:44.579
 small

00:30:44.579 --> 00:30:45.039
 faith.

00:30:45.879 --> 00:30:46.279
 However,

00:30:46.279 --> 00:30:48.119
 that

00:30:48.119 --> 00:30:48.680
 interpretation

00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:49.160
 runs into

00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:49.460
 a small

00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:50.019
 problem in

00:30:50.019 --> 00:30:50.539
 verse 20

00:30:50.539 --> 00:30:53.099
 because Jesus

00:30:53.099 --> 00:30:54.480
 just admonished

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:55.079
 the disciples

00:30:55.079 --> 00:30:56.200
 saying that

00:30:56.200 --> 00:30:56.539
 they were

00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:57.079
 unable to

00:30:57.079 --> 00:30:57.460
 cast out

00:30:57.460 --> 00:30:57.799
 the demon

00:30:57.799 --> 00:30:58.680
 because of

00:30:58.680 --> 00:30:59.379
 their little

00:30:59.379 --> 00:30:59.899
 faith.

00:31:01.859 --> 00:31:02.639
 So then

00:31:02.639 --> 00:31:03.420
 right after

00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:04.259
 saying that

00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:05.180
 is Jesus

00:31:05.180 --> 00:31:06.259
 now saying

00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:06.700
 that all

00:31:06.700 --> 00:31:07.139
 you need

00:31:07.139 --> 00:31:07.639
 is little

00:31:07.639 --> 00:31:08.099
 itty bitty

00:31:08.099 --> 00:31:08.680
 faith like

00:31:08.680 --> 00:31:09.079
 a mustard

00:31:09.079 --> 00:31:09.579
 seed and

00:31:09.579 --> 00:31:09.839
 then you

00:31:09.839 --> 00:31:10.160
 can move

00:31:10.160 --> 00:31:10.599
 mountains?

00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:11.440
 Well then

00:31:11.440 --> 00:31:11.700
 why didn't

00:31:11.700 --> 00:31:12.160
 it work?

00:31:12.160 --> 00:31:14.680
 you said

00:31:14.680 --> 00:31:14.940
 they have

00:31:14.940 --> 00:31:15.140
 little

00:31:15.140 --> 00:31:15.560
 faith.

00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:18.840
 It doesn't

00:31:18.840 --> 00:31:19.400
 quite fit.

00:31:21.860 --> 00:31:22.440
 I was

00:31:22.440 --> 00:31:22.940
 confused by

00:31:22.940 --> 00:31:23.259
 this.

00:31:24.540 --> 00:31:25.180
 I'm sorry

00:31:25.180 --> 00:31:25.500
 to say

00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:26.519
 that this

00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:26.680
 is the

00:31:26.680 --> 00:31:26.960
 first time

00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:27.080
 I'm

00:31:27.080 --> 00:31:27.259
 preaching

00:31:27.259 --> 00:31:27.540
 on this

00:31:27.540 --> 00:31:27.820
 passage

00:31:27.820 --> 00:31:28.740
 and I

00:31:28.740 --> 00:31:28.880
 didn't

00:31:28.880 --> 00:31:29.160
 realize

00:31:29.160 --> 00:31:29.519
 this until

00:31:29.519 --> 00:31:29.920
 this past

00:31:29.920 --> 00:31:30.620
 week that

00:31:30.620 --> 00:31:30.940
 doesn't

00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:31.259
 work,

00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:31.779
 doesn't

00:31:31.779 --> 00:31:32.279
 make sense.

00:31:33.160 --> 00:31:33.380
 And so I

00:31:33.380 --> 00:31:33.900
 was confused

00:31:33.900 --> 00:31:34.180
 and I

00:31:34.180 --> 00:31:34.519
 asked God

00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:34.920
 for help

00:31:34.920 --> 00:31:35.180
 and then

00:31:35.180 --> 00:31:35.279
 he

00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:35.580
 immediately

00:31:35.580 --> 00:31:36.019
 brought to

00:31:36.019 --> 00:31:36.519
 my mind

00:31:36.519 --> 00:31:37.120
 1 Corinthians

00:31:37.120 --> 00:31:37.880
 13 verse

00:31:37.880 --> 00:31:38.180
 2.

00:31:38.180 --> 00:31:53.080
 According

00:31:53.080 --> 00:31:53.539
 to this

00:31:53.539 --> 00:31:53.880
 verse,

00:31:54.360 --> 00:31:54.799
 what kind

00:31:54.799 --> 00:31:55.140
 of faith

00:31:55.140 --> 00:31:55.680
 is required

00:31:55.680 --> 00:31:56.420
 to move

00:31:56.420 --> 00:31:56.900
 mountains?

00:31:58.779 --> 00:31:59.440
 Not

00:31:59.440 --> 00:32:00.279
 tidy

00:32:00.279 --> 00:32:01.460
 mustard

00:32:01.460 --> 00:32:01.759
 seed

00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:02.140
 faith,

00:32:02.940 --> 00:32:03.220
 all

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:03.720
 faith.

00:32:05.080 --> 00:32:05.539
 If you

00:32:05.539 --> 00:32:06.060
 have all

00:32:06.060 --> 00:32:06.539
 faith so

00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:06.759
 as to

00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:07.039
 remove

00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:07.600
 mountains,

00:32:08.180 --> 00:32:09.700
 so it's

00:32:09.700 --> 00:32:10.240
 not little

00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:12.140
 faith that

00:32:12.140 --> 00:32:12.680
 Jesus is

00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:13.920
 talking about

00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:14.180
 here.

00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:16.039
 Mustard

00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:16.519
 seed faith

00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:17.259
 cannot refer

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:18.060
 to a

00:32:18.060 --> 00:32:19.080
 small or

00:32:19.080 --> 00:32:20.500
 weak faith.

00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:21.740
 Faith that

00:32:21.740 --> 00:32:22.460
 moves mountains

00:32:22.460 --> 00:32:23.279
 is a

00:32:23.279 --> 00:32:24.160
 great faith.

00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:24.960
 It's all

00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:25.500
 faith.

00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:26.460
 Why then

00:32:26.460 --> 00:32:26.920
 does Jesus

00:32:26.920 --> 00:32:27.740
 highlight faith

00:32:27.740 --> 00:32:28.160
 like a

00:32:28.160 --> 00:32:28.600
 grain of

00:32:28.600 --> 00:32:29.000
 mustard

00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:29.460
 seed?

00:32:31.380 --> 00:32:31.600
 A

00:32:31.600 --> 00:32:31.799
 mustard

00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:32.279
 seed is

00:32:32.279 --> 00:32:32.840
 a small

00:32:32.840 --> 00:32:33.380
 seed and

00:32:33.380 --> 00:32:33.600
 there's

00:32:33.600 --> 00:32:33.860
 something

00:32:33.860 --> 00:32:34.500
 else that

00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:35.180
 is small

00:32:35.180 --> 00:32:36.000
 that Matthew

00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:36.980
 loves to

00:32:36.980 --> 00:32:37.519
 talk about.

00:32:38.180 --> 00:32:40.600
 more than

00:32:40.600 --> 00:32:41.000
 any other

00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:41.400
 New Testament

00:32:41.400 --> 00:32:42.759
 writers and

00:32:42.759 --> 00:32:43.620
 four times as

00:32:43.620 --> 00:32:44.039
 much as the

00:32:44.039 --> 00:32:44.700
 other synoptic

00:32:44.700 --> 00:32:45.220
 gospels,

00:32:45.660 --> 00:32:45.900
 Matthew

00:32:45.900 --> 00:32:46.519
 mentions

00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:47.860
 little ones.

00:32:50.340 --> 00:32:50.779
 That's

00:32:50.779 --> 00:32:51.160
 Matthew's

00:32:51.160 --> 00:32:51.720
 favorite way

00:32:51.720 --> 00:32:52.140
 of referring

00:32:52.140 --> 00:32:52.460
 to the

00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:52.900
 followers of

00:32:52.900 --> 00:32:53.240
 Jesus.

00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:54.860
 And whoever

00:32:54.860 --> 00:32:55.440
 gives one of

00:32:55.440 --> 00:32:56.019
 these little

00:32:56.019 --> 00:32:56.700
 ones even a

00:32:56.700 --> 00:32:57.299
 cup of cold

00:32:57.299 --> 00:32:57.799
 water because

00:32:57.799 --> 00:32:58.180
 he is a

00:32:58.180 --> 00:32:58.539
 disciple,

00:32:58.680 --> 00:32:59.259
 truly I say

00:32:59.259 --> 00:32:59.460
 to you,

00:32:59.519 --> 00:32:59.920
 he will by

00:32:59.920 --> 00:33:00.340
 no means

00:33:00.340 --> 00:33:00.759
 lose his

00:33:00.759 --> 00:33:01.120
 reward.

00:33:01.660 --> 00:33:01.920
 Matthew

00:33:01.920 --> 00:33:02.140
 10,

00:33:02.200 --> 00:33:02.519
 42.

00:33:03.700 --> 00:33:04.019
 Matthew

00:33:04.019 --> 00:33:04.319
 18,

00:33:04.319 --> 00:33:04.799
 6.

00:33:05.400 --> 00:33:05.680
 Whoever

00:33:05.680 --> 00:33:06.339
 causes one

00:33:06.339 --> 00:33:06.619
 of these

00:33:06.619 --> 00:33:07.240
 little ones

00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:07.599
 who believe

00:33:07.599 --> 00:33:07.960
 in me to

00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:08.139
 sin,

00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:08.319
 it would

00:33:08.319 --> 00:33:08.700
 be better

00:33:08.700 --> 00:33:09.079
 for him

00:33:09.079 --> 00:33:09.400
 to have

00:33:09.400 --> 00:33:09.700
 a great

00:33:09.700 --> 00:33:10.160
 millstone

00:33:10.160 --> 00:33:10.639
 fastened

00:33:10.639 --> 00:33:11.099
 around his

00:33:11.099 --> 00:33:11.519
 neck and

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:11.720
 to be

00:33:11.720 --> 00:33:12.079
 drowned in

00:33:12.079 --> 00:33:12.379
 the depths

00:33:12.379 --> 00:33:12.839
 of the sea.

00:33:14.099 --> 00:33:14.500
 Matthew

00:33:14.500 --> 00:33:14.799
 18,

00:33:14.900 --> 00:33:15.079
 10.

00:33:15.180 --> 00:33:15.559
 See that

00:33:15.559 --> 00:33:15.839
 you do

00:33:15.839 --> 00:33:16.799
 not despise

00:33:16.799 --> 00:33:17.339
 one of

00:33:17.339 --> 00:33:17.859
 these little

00:33:17.859 --> 00:33:18.680
 ones for

00:33:18.680 --> 00:33:19.220
 I tell you

00:33:19.220 --> 00:33:19.519
 that in

00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:20.099
 heaven their

00:33:20.099 --> 00:33:20.879
 angels always

00:33:20.879 --> 00:33:21.460
 see the face

00:33:21.460 --> 00:33:21.700
 of my

00:33:21.700 --> 00:33:22.079
 father who

00:33:22.079 --> 00:33:22.299
 is in

00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:22.500
 heaven.

00:33:23.240 --> 00:33:23.599
 These

00:33:23.599 --> 00:33:24.000
 little

00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:24.859
 ones have

00:33:24.859 --> 00:33:26.099
 uninterrupted

00:33:26.099 --> 00:33:27.039
 and unhindered

00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:27.839
 access to

00:33:27.839 --> 00:33:28.200
 God.

00:33:29.400 --> 00:33:29.980
 They are

00:33:29.980 --> 00:33:30.680
 precious to

00:33:30.680 --> 00:33:30.940
 him.

00:33:31.740 --> 00:33:32.160
 So it

00:33:32.160 --> 00:33:32.900
 is not the

00:33:32.900 --> 00:33:33.320
 will of

00:33:33.320 --> 00:33:33.880
 my father

00:33:33.880 --> 00:33:34.140
 who is

00:33:34.140 --> 00:33:34.380
 in heaven

00:33:34.380 --> 00:33:34.740
 that one

00:33:34.740 --> 00:33:35.080
 of these

00:33:35.080 --> 00:33:35.400
 little

00:33:35.400 --> 00:33:36.019
 ones should

00:33:36.019 --> 00:33:36.580
 perish.

00:33:37.180 --> 00:33:37.460
 Jesus

00:33:37.460 --> 00:33:37.720
 says in

00:33:37.720 --> 00:33:37.920
 Matthew

00:33:37.920 --> 00:33:38.280
 18,

00:33:38.380 --> 00:33:38.740
 14.

00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:40.120
 Christians

00:33:40.120 --> 00:33:40.860
 are by

00:33:40.860 --> 00:33:41.519
 definition

00:33:41.519 --> 00:33:42.580
 little

00:33:42.580 --> 00:33:43.080
 ones,

00:33:43.780 --> 00:33:44.200
 small

00:33:44.200 --> 00:33:44.540
 people.

00:33:45.900 --> 00:33:46.240
 This is

00:33:46.240 --> 00:33:46.800
 also why

00:33:46.800 --> 00:33:47.580
 twice in

00:33:47.580 --> 00:33:47.960
 Matthew's

00:33:47.960 --> 00:33:48.500
 gospel Jesus

00:33:48.500 --> 00:33:49.019
 points to

00:33:49.019 --> 00:33:49.540
 children,

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:50.320
 he brings

00:33:50.320 --> 00:33:50.980
 children in

00:33:50.980 --> 00:33:51.340
 the midst

00:33:51.340 --> 00:33:51.680
 and then

00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:52.060
 he says

00:33:52.060 --> 00:33:52.440
 to them,

00:33:52.720 --> 00:33:53.180
 truly I

00:33:53.180 --> 00:33:53.460
 say to

00:33:53.460 --> 00:33:53.580
 you,

00:33:53.660 --> 00:33:54.120
 unless you

00:33:54.120 --> 00:33:54.519
 turn and

00:33:54.519 --> 00:33:55.160
 become like

00:33:55.160 --> 00:33:55.740
 children,

00:33:56.080 --> 00:33:56.480
 you will

00:33:56.480 --> 00:33:57.040
 never enter

00:33:57.040 --> 00:33:57.420
 the kingdom

00:33:57.420 --> 00:33:57.940
 of heaven.

00:33:58.900 --> 00:33:59.200
 Whoever

00:33:59.200 --> 00:33:59.880
 humbles

00:33:59.880 --> 00:34:00.720
 himself like

00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:01.440
 this child

00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:01.860
 is the

00:34:01.860 --> 00:34:02.660
 greatest in

00:34:02.660 --> 00:34:03.100
 the kingdom

00:34:03.100 --> 00:34:04.040
 of heaven.

00:34:05.540 --> 00:34:05.960
 I think

00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:06.540
 faith,

00:34:07.080 --> 00:34:07.420
 like a

00:34:07.420 --> 00:34:07.779
 grain of

00:34:07.779 --> 00:34:08.039
 mustard

00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:08.460
 seed,

00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:09.800
 refers to

00:34:09.800 --> 00:34:10.800
 the wholly

00:34:10.800 --> 00:34:11.579
 dependent,

00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:12.940
 humble

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:14.599
 faith of

00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:14.960
 these

00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:15.960
 childlike

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:16.639
 little

00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:17.139
 ones.

00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:21.639
 This

00:34:21.639 --> 00:34:22.059
 humble

00:34:22.059 --> 00:34:23.440
 faith is

00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:23.920
 worlds

00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:24.579
 apart from

00:34:24.579 --> 00:34:25.079
 the little

00:34:25.079 --> 00:34:25.740
 faith of

00:34:25.740 --> 00:34:26.260
 the disciples.

00:34:27.860 --> 00:34:28.180
 Remember

00:34:28.180 --> 00:34:28.820
 what I said

00:34:28.820 --> 00:34:29.240
 earlier,

00:34:29.420 --> 00:34:30.260
 their faith

00:34:30.260 --> 00:34:30.920
 was little

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:31.460
 because it

00:34:31.460 --> 00:34:32.159
 was divided.

00:34:32.519 --> 00:34:32.800
 Here's

00:34:32.800 --> 00:34:33.200
 trust in

00:34:33.200 --> 00:34:33.500
 Jesus and

00:34:33.500 --> 00:34:33.860
 here's

00:34:33.860 --> 00:34:34.220
 this other

00:34:34.220 --> 00:34:34.559
 thing.

00:34:35.280 --> 00:34:35.619
 Children

00:34:35.619 --> 00:34:35.980
 are not

00:34:35.980 --> 00:34:36.460
 like that.

00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:37.920
 Children

00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:38.519
 have nothing

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:38.900
 to bring

00:34:38.900 --> 00:34:39.139
 to the

00:34:39.139 --> 00:34:39.400
 table.

00:34:39.840 --> 00:34:39.960
 They

00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:40.380
 have nothing

00:34:40.380 --> 00:34:40.940
 to offer.

00:34:41.599 --> 00:34:41.720
 They

00:34:41.720 --> 00:34:42.000
 come

00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:42.500
 empty

00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:42.900
 handed,

00:34:44.180 --> 00:34:44.800
 childlike,

00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:45.599
 dependent,

00:34:46.119 --> 00:34:46.440
 humble.

00:34:48.980 --> 00:34:49.360
 And so

00:34:49.360 --> 00:34:50.659
 viewed in

00:34:50.659 --> 00:34:51.139
 this light,

00:34:51.260 --> 00:34:51.700
 you can say

00:34:51.700 --> 00:34:52.200
 that the

00:34:52.200 --> 00:34:52.760
 little faith

00:34:52.760 --> 00:34:52.980
 of the

00:34:52.980 --> 00:34:53.280
 disciples

00:34:53.280 --> 00:34:53.659
 is a

00:34:53.659 --> 00:34:54.200
 prideful

00:34:54.200 --> 00:34:54.539
 faith.

00:34:57.139 --> 00:34:57.619
 And faith

00:34:57.619 --> 00:34:58.139
 like a grain

00:34:58.139 --> 00:34:58.420
 of mustard

00:34:58.420 --> 00:34:58.940
 seed is a

00:34:58.940 --> 00:34:59.200
 humble

00:34:59.199 --> 00:34:59.519
 faith.

00:35:02.319 --> 00:35:02.839
 Mustard

00:35:02.839 --> 00:35:03.460
 seed faith

00:35:03.460 --> 00:35:04.159
 is a

00:35:04.159 --> 00:35:04.439
 humble

00:35:04.439 --> 00:35:04.960
 faith because

00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:05.299
 it's an

00:35:05.299 --> 00:35:05.980
 undivided

00:35:05.980 --> 00:35:06.399
 faith that

00:35:06.399 --> 00:35:06.859
 trusts in

00:35:06.859 --> 00:35:07.619
 God alone

00:35:07.619 --> 00:35:08.199
 and puts

00:35:08.199 --> 00:35:08.779
 no trust

00:35:08.779 --> 00:35:09.339
 in self

00:35:09.339 --> 00:35:09.819
 or any

00:35:09.819 --> 00:35:10.419
 other thing.

00:35:10.819 --> 00:35:11.239
 Is it

00:35:11.239 --> 00:35:11.839
 unimpressive

00:35:11.839 --> 00:35:12.139
 on the

00:35:12.139 --> 00:35:12.339
 outside?

00:35:12.439 --> 00:35:12.839
 Of course

00:35:12.839 --> 00:35:13.359
 children are

00:35:13.359 --> 00:35:13.819
 unimpressive.

00:35:15.519 --> 00:35:16.139
 It is

00:35:16.139 --> 00:35:16.679
 unimpressive

00:35:16.679 --> 00:35:17.379
 and small

00:35:17.379 --> 00:35:17.699
 on the

00:35:17.699 --> 00:35:18.259
 outside because

00:35:18.259 --> 00:35:18.619
 it's a

00:35:18.619 --> 00:35:19.000
 faith that

00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:19.439
 does not

00:35:19.439 --> 00:35:20.059
 make much

00:35:20.059 --> 00:35:20.799
 of self

00:35:20.799 --> 00:35:21.599
 but only

00:35:21.599 --> 00:35:22.079
 makes much

00:35:22.079 --> 00:35:22.599
 of God.

00:35:24.299 --> 00:35:24.779
 Jesus

00:35:24.779 --> 00:35:25.639
 commands a

00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:25.879
 mustard

00:35:25.879 --> 00:35:26.419
 seed faith

00:35:26.419 --> 00:35:26.859
 because it's

00:35:26.859 --> 00:35:27.339
 a faith that

00:35:27.339 --> 00:35:27.939
 makes us

00:35:27.939 --> 00:35:28.899
 look small

00:35:28.900 --> 00:35:29.599
 but it

00:35:29.599 --> 00:35:30.220
 makes God

00:35:30.220 --> 00:35:31.300
 look big.

00:35:33.360 --> 00:35:33.940
 So when

00:35:33.940 --> 00:35:34.619
 Jesus tells

00:35:34.619 --> 00:35:35.240
 us that

00:35:35.240 --> 00:35:35.960
 faith like

00:35:35.960 --> 00:35:36.400
 a grain of

00:35:36.400 --> 00:35:36.800
 mustard seed

00:35:36.800 --> 00:35:37.160
 can move

00:35:37.160 --> 00:35:37.700
 mountains,

00:35:38.019 --> 00:35:38.740
 he's not

00:35:38.740 --> 00:35:39.700
 saying that

00:35:39.700 --> 00:35:40.099
 that's the

00:35:40.099 --> 00:35:40.940
 minimal adequate

00:35:40.940 --> 00:35:41.440
 faith.

00:35:43.500 --> 00:35:43.980
 A mustard

00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:44.599
 faith seed

00:35:44.599 --> 00:35:45.039
 is great.

00:35:45.119 --> 00:35:45.519
 If you have

00:35:45.519 --> 00:35:46.099
 it, good

00:35:46.099 --> 00:35:46.480
 for you.

00:35:46.940 --> 00:35:47.320
 You can

00:35:47.320 --> 00:35:47.920
 move mountains

00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:49.400
 but imagine

00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:50.019
 if you had

00:35:50.019 --> 00:35:51.440
 an avocado

00:35:51.440 --> 00:35:52.000
 seed

00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:55.559
 or a whole

00:35:55.559 --> 00:35:55.980
 coconut.

00:35:58.679 --> 00:35:59.320
 You can

00:35:59.320 --> 00:35:59.960
 move planets

00:35:59.960 --> 00:36:00.460
 that way.

00:36:02.219 --> 00:36:02.980
 That's not

00:36:02.980 --> 00:36:03.440
 the point.

00:36:04.719 --> 00:36:05.440
 He already

00:36:05.440 --> 00:36:06.039
 said that if

00:36:06.039 --> 00:36:06.360
 we have

00:36:06.360 --> 00:36:06.860
 faith like

00:36:06.860 --> 00:36:07.380
 a grain of

00:36:07.380 --> 00:36:08.099
 mustard seed

00:36:08.099 --> 00:36:09.079
 nothing will

00:36:09.079 --> 00:36:09.699
 be impossible

00:36:09.699 --> 00:36:10.400
 for us.

00:36:10.900 --> 00:36:11.599
 This is the

00:36:11.599 --> 00:36:12.420
 kind of faith

00:36:12.420 --> 00:36:12.860
 that Jesus

00:36:12.860 --> 00:36:13.719
 commends for

00:36:13.719 --> 00:36:14.480
 all of his

00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:14.840
 people.

00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:16.039
 Mustard seed

00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:16.980
 faith is when

00:36:16.980 --> 00:36:17.980
 small people

00:36:17.980 --> 00:36:18.860
 trust in a

00:36:18.860 --> 00:36:19.519
 big God.

00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:23.199
 Charles

00:36:23.199 --> 00:36:23.480
 Hedden

00:36:23.480 --> 00:36:23.940
 Spurgeon,

00:36:24.800 --> 00:36:25.500
 I've used

00:36:25.500 --> 00:36:26.039
 these two

00:36:26.039 --> 00:36:26.360
 quotes that

00:36:26.360 --> 00:36:26.679
 I'm about to

00:36:26.679 --> 00:36:27.000
 share with

00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:27.519
 you many

00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:28.940
 times but I

00:36:28.940 --> 00:36:29.480
 do it again

00:36:29.480 --> 00:36:29.880
 and again

00:36:29.880 --> 00:36:30.320
 because I

00:36:30.320 --> 00:36:30.780
 love these

00:36:30.780 --> 00:36:31.159
 quotes.

00:36:33.019 --> 00:36:33.420
 Prayer,

00:36:34.280 --> 00:36:34.519
 and you

00:36:34.519 --> 00:36:34.820
 can apply

00:36:34.820 --> 00:36:35.119
 this to

00:36:35.119 --> 00:36:35.460
 faith,

00:36:35.920 --> 00:36:36.480
 prayer is

00:36:36.480 --> 00:36:37.159
 the slendered

00:36:37.159 --> 00:36:38.300
 nerve that

00:36:38.300 --> 00:36:39.079
 moves the

00:36:39.079 --> 00:36:40.039
 muscles of

00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:40.900
 omnipotence.

00:36:42.940 --> 00:36:43.539
 Do you

00:36:43.539 --> 00:36:43.860
 want to be

00:36:43.860 --> 00:36:44.380
 powerful?

00:36:46.920 --> 00:36:47.440
 Childlike,

00:36:48.159 --> 00:36:48.619
 dependent,

00:36:49.219 --> 00:36:49.420
 humble

00:36:49.420 --> 00:36:49.940
 faith.

00:36:53.260 --> 00:36:53.860
 John

00:36:53.860 --> 00:36:55.099
 Piper says

00:36:55.099 --> 00:36:55.460
 this,

00:36:56.240 --> 00:36:57.420
 prayer is

00:36:57.420 --> 00:36:58.240
 the splicing

00:36:58.240 --> 00:36:58.800
 of our

00:36:58.800 --> 00:36:59.760
 limp wire

00:36:59.760 --> 00:37:00.539
 to the

00:37:00.539 --> 00:37:01.579
 lightning bolt

00:37:01.579 --> 00:37:02.039
 of heaven.

00:37:04.380 --> 00:37:05.200
 I love

00:37:05.200 --> 00:37:05.599
 that image.

00:37:05.700 --> 00:37:06.019
 Think about

00:37:06.019 --> 00:37:06.760
 lightning for

00:37:06.760 --> 00:37:07.139
 a moment.

00:37:07.680 --> 00:37:08.139
 Lightning is

00:37:08.139 --> 00:37:09.059
 five times

00:37:09.059 --> 00:37:09.539
 hotter than

00:37:09.539 --> 00:37:09.940
 the surface

00:37:09.940 --> 00:37:10.500
 of the sun.

00:37:11.079 --> 00:37:11.860
 If you see

00:37:11.860 --> 00:37:12.300
 a lightning

00:37:12.300 --> 00:37:13.000
 from 50

00:37:13.000 --> 00:37:13.579
 meters away,

00:37:13.659 --> 00:37:13.880
 it will

00:37:13.880 --> 00:37:14.860
 appear 10,000

00:37:14.860 --> 00:37:15.539
 times brighter

00:37:15.539 --> 00:37:16.119
 than the sun.

00:37:16.740 --> 00:37:17.400
 A single

00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:18.159
 super bolt

00:37:18.159 --> 00:37:18.880
 of lightning

00:37:18.880 --> 00:37:19.500
 can carry

00:37:19.500 --> 00:37:19.840
 up to

00:37:19.840 --> 00:37:20.619
 1 billion

00:37:20.619 --> 00:37:21.360
 volts and

00:37:21.360 --> 00:37:21.960
 light up

00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:23.200
 100 million

00:37:23.200 --> 00:37:23.980
 standard 100

00:37:23.980 --> 00:37:24.519
 watt light

00:37:24.519 --> 00:37:25.099
 bulbs for an

00:37:25.099 --> 00:37:25.440
 instant.

00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:26.640
 100 million

00:37:26.640 --> 00:37:26.960
 of them.

00:37:27.619 --> 00:37:28.000
 It can

00:37:28.000 --> 00:37:28.700
 single-handedly

00:37:28.700 --> 00:37:30.380
 power 850,000

00:37:30.380 --> 00:37:30.960
 homes for an

00:37:30.960 --> 00:37:31.559
 entire day.

00:37:31.559 --> 00:37:32.500
 A single

00:37:32.500 --> 00:37:33.260
 bolt of

00:37:33.260 --> 00:37:33.539
 lightning.

00:37:35.039 --> 00:37:35.880
 Now imagine

00:37:35.880 --> 00:37:36.500
 that lightning

00:37:36.500 --> 00:37:37.420
 bolt falling

00:37:37.420 --> 00:37:38.460
 on a copper

00:37:38.460 --> 00:37:39.320
 or aluminum

00:37:39.320 --> 00:37:40.099
 wire.

00:37:40.099 --> 00:37:41.559
 That wire,

00:37:42.559 --> 00:37:44.579
 however slack

00:37:44.579 --> 00:37:45.480
 or limp,

00:37:45.819 --> 00:37:46.900
 however short

00:37:46.900 --> 00:37:48.179
 and stubby,

00:37:48.480 --> 00:37:49.440
 however thin

00:37:49.440 --> 00:37:50.539
 and frayed,

00:37:50.779 --> 00:37:51.799
 as long as

00:37:51.799 --> 00:37:52.579
 it is purely

00:37:52.579 --> 00:37:53.299
 metal,

00:37:53.699 --> 00:37:54.619
 will conduct

00:37:54.619 --> 00:37:55.639
 that powerful

00:37:55.639 --> 00:37:56.000
 lightning

00:37:56.000 --> 00:37:56.400
 bolt.

00:37:59.639 --> 00:38:00.599
 Likewise,

00:38:01.239 --> 00:38:01.779
 because its

00:38:01.779 --> 00:38:02.639
 material itself

00:38:02.639 --> 00:38:03.420
 is beholden

00:38:03.420 --> 00:38:04.159
 to electrical

00:38:04.159 --> 00:38:04.619
 currents,

00:38:05.279 --> 00:38:05.880
 likewise the

00:38:05.880 --> 00:38:06.519
 mustard seed

00:38:06.519 --> 00:38:07.159
 faith that is

00:38:07.159 --> 00:38:07.940
 beholden to

00:38:07.940 --> 00:38:08.799
 God alone

00:38:08.800 --> 00:38:09.700
 will conduct

00:38:09.700 --> 00:38:10.200
 the power

00:38:10.200 --> 00:38:10.700
 of God.

00:38:12.780 --> 00:38:13.460
 However,

00:38:13.539 --> 00:38:13.960
 if you have

00:38:13.960 --> 00:38:14.960
 a nylon

00:38:14.960 --> 00:38:15.539
 wire,

00:38:16.700 --> 00:38:18.300
 the kind

00:38:18.300 --> 00:38:18.580
 you use

00:38:18.580 --> 00:38:19.080
 for fishing

00:38:19.080 --> 00:38:20.019
 or jewelry

00:38:20.019 --> 00:38:20.460
 making,

00:38:21.140 --> 00:38:21.800
 no matter

00:38:21.800 --> 00:38:22.760
 how long

00:38:22.760 --> 00:38:23.900
 and strong

00:38:23.900 --> 00:38:24.800
 and thick

00:38:24.800 --> 00:38:25.539
 that nylon

00:38:25.539 --> 00:38:26.420
 wire might be,

00:38:26.539 --> 00:38:27.240
 it cannot

00:38:27.240 --> 00:38:28.380
 conduct the

00:38:28.380 --> 00:38:29.060
 lightning bolt

00:38:29.060 --> 00:38:30.580
 because its

00:38:30.580 --> 00:38:31.300
 material is

00:38:31.300 --> 00:38:32.220
 not beholden

00:38:32.220 --> 00:38:32.900
 to electrical

00:38:32.900 --> 00:38:33.360
 currents.

00:38:33.760 --> 00:38:34.100
 Likewise,

00:38:34.320 --> 00:38:34.720
 the little

00:38:34.720 --> 00:38:35.780
 faith that is

00:38:35.780 --> 00:38:36.580
 beholden to

00:38:36.580 --> 00:38:37.180
 not just

00:38:37.180 --> 00:38:37.760
 God but

00:38:37.760 --> 00:38:38.720
 to self

00:38:38.719 --> 00:38:39.579
 and to

00:38:39.579 --> 00:38:40.619
 self-effort,

00:38:40.879 --> 00:38:42.159
 to self-righteousness,

00:38:42.319 --> 00:38:42.919
 to all these

00:38:42.919 --> 00:38:43.619
 other things,

00:38:43.699 --> 00:38:44.539
 will not conduct

00:38:44.539 --> 00:38:45.099
 the power

00:38:45.099 --> 00:38:45.759
 of God.

00:38:49.239 --> 00:38:49.959
 It's not

00:38:49.959 --> 00:38:50.519
 the faith

00:38:50.519 --> 00:38:51.019
 itself that

00:38:51.019 --> 00:38:51.699
 is impressive

00:38:51.699 --> 00:38:53.299
 but the

00:38:53.299 --> 00:38:54.000
 faith that

00:38:54.000 --> 00:38:54.779
 taps the

00:38:54.779 --> 00:38:55.379
 power of

00:38:55.379 --> 00:38:55.939
 the Almighty

00:38:55.939 --> 00:38:57.079
 that is

00:38:57.079 --> 00:38:57.539
 impressive.

00:38:58.299 --> 00:38:58.819
 Who is

00:38:58.819 --> 00:38:59.179
 impressive?

00:38:59.299 --> 00:38:59.500
 God,

00:38:59.559 --> 00:38:59.779
 who is

00:38:59.779 --> 00:39:00.139
 impressive?

00:39:01.759 --> 00:39:02.480
 And when

00:39:02.480 --> 00:39:02.839
 you have

00:39:02.839 --> 00:39:03.359
 such faith,

00:39:03.399 --> 00:39:03.599
 he says,

00:39:03.639 --> 00:39:03.939
 you can

00:39:03.939 --> 00:39:04.799
 move mountains

00:39:04.799 --> 00:39:05.439
 and nothing

00:39:05.439 --> 00:39:05.919
 will be

00:39:05.919 --> 00:39:06.399
 impossible

00:39:06.400 --> 00:39:07.220
 for you.

00:39:08.280 --> 00:39:08.720
 Mountain

00:39:08.720 --> 00:39:10.500
 is something

00:39:10.500 --> 00:39:11.019
 that doesn't

00:39:11.019 --> 00:39:11.420
 move,

00:39:11.760 --> 00:39:11.940
 right?

00:39:12.000 --> 00:39:12.780
 That's proverbial.

00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:15.440
 If you do

00:39:15.440 --> 00:39:17.059
 a time-lapse

00:39:17.059 --> 00:39:18.260
 video of a

00:39:18.260 --> 00:39:18.840
 city that

00:39:18.840 --> 00:39:19.420
 has a mountain

00:39:19.420 --> 00:39:19.920
 in the middle

00:39:19.920 --> 00:39:20.220
 of it,

00:39:20.500 --> 00:39:21.480
 everything around

00:39:21.480 --> 00:39:22.260
 it will change

00:39:22.260 --> 00:39:22.920
 over time,

00:39:23.039 --> 00:39:23.559
 over years,

00:39:23.660 --> 00:39:24.300
 over decades.

00:39:24.720 --> 00:39:25.180
 The mountain

00:39:25.180 --> 00:39:25.579
 is just going

00:39:25.579 --> 00:39:26.059
 to sit right

00:39:26.059 --> 00:39:26.320
 there.

00:39:27.220 --> 00:39:27.680
 It doesn't

00:39:27.680 --> 00:39:27.960
 move.

00:39:29.320 --> 00:39:29.960
 That's what

00:39:29.960 --> 00:39:30.599
 mountains are.

00:39:30.599 --> 00:39:35.199
 But when

00:39:35.199 --> 00:39:36.019
 that mountain,

00:39:36.139 --> 00:39:36.799
 a proverbially

00:39:36.799 --> 00:39:37.420
 immovable

00:39:37.420 --> 00:39:37.960
 thing,

00:39:38.360 --> 00:39:39.199
 meets the

00:39:39.199 --> 00:39:39.940
 lightning bolt

00:39:39.940 --> 00:39:40.360
 of heaven,

00:39:40.440 --> 00:39:41.099
 it moves

00:39:41.099 --> 00:39:43.719
 because God

00:39:43.719 --> 00:39:44.659
 is immovable.

00:39:46.259 --> 00:39:46.779
 Mountain

00:39:46.779 --> 00:39:47.279
 has to

00:39:47.279 --> 00:39:47.619
 move.

00:39:50.860 --> 00:39:51.159
 Now,

00:39:51.500 --> 00:39:52.460
 to qualify

00:39:52.460 --> 00:39:52.940
 this a little

00:39:52.940 --> 00:39:53.339
 bit because

00:39:53.339 --> 00:39:53.759
 it's such an

00:39:53.759 --> 00:39:54.339
 open-ended

00:39:54.339 --> 00:39:54.819
 promise,

00:39:55.059 --> 00:39:55.539
 nothing will

00:39:55.539 --> 00:39:56.000
 be impossible

00:39:56.000 --> 00:39:56.500
 for you.

00:39:56.880 --> 00:39:57.400
 This doesn't

00:39:57.400 --> 00:39:57.860
 mean you can

00:39:57.860 --> 00:39:58.319
 do whatever

00:39:58.319 --> 00:39:58.759
 you want

00:39:58.759 --> 00:39:59.339
 with faith.

00:40:00.599 --> 00:40:01.719
 To have

00:40:01.719 --> 00:40:02.559
 faith is

00:40:02.559 --> 00:40:03.099
 to place

00:40:03.099 --> 00:40:03.679
 ourselves

00:40:03.679 --> 00:40:04.679
 under the

00:40:04.679 --> 00:40:05.199
 mercy of

00:40:05.199 --> 00:40:05.460
 God.

00:40:06.019 --> 00:40:06.699
 If God

00:40:06.699 --> 00:40:07.539
 was obligated

00:40:07.539 --> 00:40:07.860
 to do

00:40:07.860 --> 00:40:08.460
 everything

00:40:08.460 --> 00:40:09.199
 that we

00:40:09.199 --> 00:40:10.099
 had faith

00:40:10.099 --> 00:40:10.460
 for,

00:40:11.739 --> 00:40:12.279
 faith,

00:40:12.460 --> 00:40:12.819
 for example,

00:40:12.900 --> 00:40:13.319
 to win the

00:40:13.319 --> 00:40:13.599
 lottery,

00:40:15.400 --> 00:40:15.980
 then that

00:40:15.980 --> 00:40:16.480
 would place

00:40:16.480 --> 00:40:17.699
 God at

00:40:17.699 --> 00:40:18.440
 our mercy.

00:40:20.179 --> 00:40:20.460
 No,

00:40:20.799 --> 00:40:21.779
 a self-serving,

00:40:22.139 --> 00:40:22.819
 self-centered

00:40:22.819 --> 00:40:23.679
 faith is no

00:40:23.679 --> 00:40:24.519
 faith at all

00:40:24.519 --> 00:40:25.980
 because faith

00:40:25.980 --> 00:40:26.900
 by definition

00:40:26.900 --> 00:40:27.819
 places us

00:40:27.819 --> 00:40:28.539
 at God's

00:40:28.539 --> 00:40:28.980
 disposal,

00:40:29.360 --> 00:40:29.839
 not the

00:40:29.839 --> 00:40:30.159
 other way

00:40:30.159 --> 00:40:30.500
 around.

00:40:30.599 --> 00:40:32.259
 So,

00:40:32.339 --> 00:40:32.599
 Jesus'

00:40:32.779 --> 00:40:33.179
 open-ended

00:40:33.179 --> 00:40:33.500
 statement

00:40:33.500 --> 00:40:33.799
 in verse

00:40:33.799 --> 00:40:34.400
 20 that

00:40:34.400 --> 00:40:34.659
 if we

00:40:34.659 --> 00:40:35.019
 have faith

00:40:35.019 --> 00:40:35.279
 like a

00:40:35.279 --> 00:40:35.539
 grain of

00:40:35.539 --> 00:40:35.719
 mustard

00:40:35.719 --> 00:40:35.960
 seed,

00:40:36.059 --> 00:40:36.299
 nothing

00:40:36.299 --> 00:40:36.599
 will be

00:40:36.599 --> 00:40:36.920
 impossible

00:40:36.920 --> 00:40:37.279
 for you,

00:40:37.420 --> 00:40:38.079
 must be

00:40:38.079 --> 00:40:38.519
 understood

00:40:38.519 --> 00:40:39.299
 within the

00:40:39.299 --> 00:40:39.880
 parameters

00:40:39.880 --> 00:40:40.920
 of God's

00:40:40.920 --> 00:40:41.719
 will and

00:40:41.719 --> 00:40:42.079
 God's

00:40:42.079 --> 00:40:42.460
 promises.

00:40:44.000 --> 00:40:44.599
 It's similar

00:40:44.599 --> 00:40:45.039
 to what Jesus

00:40:45.039 --> 00:40:45.500
 said earlier

00:40:45.500 --> 00:40:45.839
 in Matthew

00:40:45.839 --> 00:40:46.199
 7,

00:40:46.319 --> 00:40:46.920
 ask and it

00:40:46.920 --> 00:40:47.139
 will be

00:40:47.139 --> 00:40:47.539
 given to

00:40:47.539 --> 00:40:47.679
 you,

00:40:47.799 --> 00:40:48.219
 seek and

00:40:48.219 --> 00:40:48.440
 you will

00:40:48.440 --> 00:40:48.799
 find,

00:40:49.159 --> 00:40:49.559
 knock and

00:40:49.559 --> 00:40:49.699
 it will

00:40:49.699 --> 00:40:50.079
 be opened

00:40:50.079 --> 00:40:50.339
 to you.

00:40:50.400 --> 00:40:50.500
 For

00:40:50.500 --> 00:40:50.819
 everyone

00:40:50.819 --> 00:40:51.460
 who asks

00:40:51.460 --> 00:40:51.860
 receives,

00:40:51.960 --> 00:40:52.119
 and the

00:40:52.119 --> 00:40:52.380
 one who

00:40:52.380 --> 00:40:53.039
 seeks finds,

00:40:53.119 --> 00:40:53.239
 and to

00:40:53.239 --> 00:40:53.460
 the one

00:40:53.460 --> 00:40:53.839
 who knocks

00:40:53.839 --> 00:40:54.079
 it will

00:40:54.079 --> 00:40:54.599
 be opened.

00:40:55.360 --> 00:40:55.739
 Does that

00:40:55.739 --> 00:40:56.099
 mean that

00:40:56.099 --> 00:40:56.460
 we'll get

00:41:00.599 --> 00:41:07.319
 good things

00:41:07.319 --> 00:41:07.659
 to those

00:41:07.659 --> 00:41:08.119
 who ask

00:41:08.119 --> 00:41:08.299
 him?

00:41:08.900 --> 00:41:09.759
 God only

00:41:09.759 --> 00:41:10.920
 gives his

00:41:10.920 --> 00:41:11.380
 precious

00:41:11.380 --> 00:41:11.860
 children

00:41:11.860 --> 00:41:12.779
 good things.

00:41:14.739 --> 00:41:15.779
 And God

00:41:15.779 --> 00:41:16.440
 who alone

00:41:16.440 --> 00:41:17.099
 is good

00:41:17.099 --> 00:41:18.139
 and not

00:41:18.139 --> 00:41:18.619
 we who

00:41:18.619 --> 00:41:19.139
 are evil

00:41:19.139 --> 00:41:19.940
 gets to

00:41:19.940 --> 00:41:20.599
 define what

00:41:20.599 --> 00:41:21.299
 those good

00:41:21.299 --> 00:41:22.099
 things are.

00:41:26.279 --> 00:41:27.199
 This is the

00:41:27.199 --> 00:41:27.960
 confidence we

00:41:27.960 --> 00:41:28.579
 have toward

00:41:28.579 --> 00:41:29.199
 him if we

00:41:29.199 --> 00:41:30.099
 ask anything

00:41:30.099 --> 00:41:30.960
 according to

00:41:30.960 --> 00:41:31.920
 his will.

00:41:32.159 --> 00:41:32.980
 He hears

00:41:32.980 --> 00:41:33.360
 us.

00:41:33.619 --> 00:41:34.119
 1 John

00:41:34.119 --> 00:41:34.519
 5,

00:41:34.900 --> 00:41:35.380
 14.

00:41:38.739 --> 00:41:39.360
 And then

00:41:39.360 --> 00:41:39.719
 Jesus

00:41:39.719 --> 00:41:41.339
 again returns

00:41:41.339 --> 00:41:41.739
 to his

00:41:41.739 --> 00:41:42.440
 unpopular

00:41:42.440 --> 00:41:42.940
 topic that

00:41:42.940 --> 00:41:43.279
 he loves

00:41:43.279 --> 00:41:43.619
 to preach

00:41:43.619 --> 00:41:43.920
 about.

00:41:44.259 --> 00:41:44.839
 Verse 22

00:41:44.839 --> 00:41:45.380
 and 23.

00:41:46.239 --> 00:41:46.819
 And they

00:41:46.819 --> 00:41:47.299
 were gathering

00:41:47.299 --> 00:41:47.940
 in Galilee.

00:41:48.319 --> 00:41:48.759
 Jesus said

00:41:48.759 --> 00:41:49.099
 to them,

00:41:49.500 --> 00:41:49.839
 the son

00:41:49.839 --> 00:41:50.199
 of man

00:41:50.199 --> 00:41:50.579
 is about

00:41:50.579 --> 00:41:50.819
 to be

00:41:50.819 --> 00:41:51.119
 delivered

00:41:51.119 --> 00:41:51.599
 into the

00:41:51.599 --> 00:41:51.860
 hands

00:41:51.860 --> 00:41:52.279
 of men

00:41:52.279 --> 00:41:52.900
 and they

00:41:52.900 --> 00:41:53.339
 will kill

00:41:53.339 --> 00:41:53.960
 him and

00:41:53.960 --> 00:41:54.199
 he will

00:41:54.199 --> 00:41:54.719
 be raised

00:41:54.719 --> 00:41:55.019
 on the

00:41:55.019 --> 00:41:55.440
 third day

00:41:55.440 --> 00:41:55.779
 and they

00:41:55.779 --> 00:41:56.380
 were greatly

00:41:56.380 --> 00:41:57.339
 distressed.

00:41:58.920 --> 00:41:59.480
 It's a

00:41:59.480 --> 00:41:59.599
 little

00:41:59.599 --> 00:42:00.039
 curious.

00:42:00.099 --> 00:42:00.480
 We've

00:42:00.480 --> 00:42:00.819
 seen

00:42:00.819 --> 00:42:01.219
 Jesus

00:42:01.219 --> 00:42:01.619
 predict

00:42:01.619 --> 00:42:01.839
 his

00:42:01.839 --> 00:42:02.239
 passion

00:42:02.239 --> 00:42:02.579
 and his

00:42:02.579 --> 00:42:02.839
 death

00:42:02.839 --> 00:42:03.199
 multiple

00:42:03.199 --> 00:42:03.619
 times

00:42:03.619 --> 00:42:03.960
 now

00:42:03.960 --> 00:42:04.799
 and he'll

00:42:04.799 --> 00:42:05.000
 do it

00:42:05.000 --> 00:42:05.360
 again

00:42:05.360 --> 00:42:06.519
 but the

00:42:06.519 --> 00:42:06.920
 disciples

00:42:06.920 --> 00:42:07.279
 never

00:42:07.279 --> 00:42:08.000
 quite get

00:42:08.000 --> 00:42:08.579
 over it.

00:42:09.779 --> 00:42:10.679
 He says

00:42:10.679 --> 00:42:11.019
 he's going

00:42:11.019 --> 00:42:11.259
 to be

00:42:11.259 --> 00:42:11.559
 raised

00:42:11.559 --> 00:42:11.860
 from the

00:42:11.860 --> 00:42:12.159
 dead.

00:42:13.739 --> 00:42:14.460
 That's a

00:42:14.460 --> 00:42:14.980
 good thing

00:42:14.980 --> 00:42:16.319
 but they're

00:42:16.319 --> 00:42:16.900
 distressed

00:42:16.900 --> 00:42:18.759
 because

00:42:18.759 --> 00:42:20.380
 this again

00:42:20.380 --> 00:42:20.819
 is a sign

00:42:20.819 --> 00:42:21.039
 of their

00:42:21.039 --> 00:42:21.699
 little faith.

00:42:22.440 --> 00:42:22.779
 They're still

00:42:22.779 --> 00:42:23.360
 stuck on the

00:42:23.360 --> 00:42:23.940
 death part.

00:42:25.059 --> 00:42:25.480
 They can't

00:42:25.480 --> 00:42:25.920
 imagine

00:42:25.920 --> 00:42:26.839
 resurrection

00:42:26.839 --> 00:42:27.460
 from the

00:42:27.460 --> 00:42:27.679
 dead.

00:42:27.679 --> 00:42:27.719
 dead.

00:42:29.940 --> 00:42:31.000
 But why

00:42:31.000 --> 00:42:31.980
 did Jesus

00:42:31.980 --> 00:42:32.699
 have to

00:42:32.699 --> 00:42:32.980
 die?

00:42:34.599 --> 00:42:35.659
 To move

00:42:35.659 --> 00:42:36.239
 a mountain

00:42:36.239 --> 00:42:37.000
 that nothing

00:42:37.000 --> 00:42:37.460
 else would

00:42:37.460 --> 00:42:37.819
 move?

00:42:41.399 --> 00:42:41.679
 Right?

00:42:43.259 --> 00:42:43.699
 It's what

00:42:43.699 --> 00:42:44.079
 Connor was

00:42:44.079 --> 00:42:44.719
 talking about.

00:42:45.139 --> 00:42:46.059
 Realizing the

00:42:46.059 --> 00:42:46.619
 depth of our

00:42:46.619 --> 00:42:47.239
 own sins.

00:42:47.239 --> 00:42:49.179
 if I

00:42:49.179 --> 00:42:49.439
 could

00:42:49.439 --> 00:42:50.959
 pile

00:42:50.959 --> 00:42:53.619
 a piece

00:42:53.619 --> 00:42:54.039
 of dirt

00:42:54.039 --> 00:42:54.679
 or a

00:42:54.679 --> 00:42:55.039
 rock

00:42:55.039 --> 00:42:55.759
 or stone

00:42:55.759 --> 00:42:56.859
 for every

00:42:56.859 --> 00:42:57.339
 sin

00:42:57.339 --> 00:42:58.479
 every

00:42:58.479 --> 00:42:59.059
 stray

00:42:59.059 --> 00:42:59.599
 sinful

00:42:59.599 --> 00:43:00.000
 thought

00:43:00.000 --> 00:43:00.459
 every

00:43:00.459 --> 00:43:01.179
 sinful

00:43:01.179 --> 00:43:02.039
 speech

00:43:02.039 --> 00:43:02.500
 word

00:43:02.500 --> 00:43:02.779
 I've

00:43:02.779 --> 00:43:03.059
 said

00:43:03.059 --> 00:43:03.459
 every

00:43:03.459 --> 00:43:04.119
 sinful

00:43:04.119 --> 00:43:05.259
 act

00:43:05.259 --> 00:43:06.500
 and pile

00:43:06.500 --> 00:43:06.879
 it up

00:43:06.879 --> 00:43:07.879
 it will

00:43:07.879 --> 00:43:08.439
 be a

00:43:08.439 --> 00:43:08.859
 veritable

00:43:08.859 --> 00:43:09.859
 mountain.

00:43:13.859 --> 00:43:14.939
 How can

00:43:14.939 --> 00:43:15.679
 sinners deal

00:43:15.679 --> 00:43:16.199
 with that?

00:43:17.239 --> 00:43:19.279
 how do

00:43:19.279 --> 00:43:19.679
 we

00:43:19.679 --> 00:43:23.559
 deal with

00:43:23.559 --> 00:43:24.439
 a mountain

00:43:24.439 --> 00:43:24.979
 of sin?

00:43:27.059 --> 00:43:27.419
 And so

00:43:27.419 --> 00:43:28.219
 Jesus comes

00:43:28.219 --> 00:43:29.679
 and he

00:43:29.679 --> 00:43:30.099
 goes to

00:43:30.099 --> 00:43:30.559
 the cross

00:43:30.559 --> 00:43:32.159
 he dies

00:43:32.159 --> 00:43:33.179
 as our

00:43:33.179 --> 00:43:33.799
 substitute

00:43:33.799 --> 00:43:35.299
 in our

00:43:35.299 --> 00:43:35.919
 place

00:43:35.919 --> 00:43:37.159
 because only

00:43:37.159 --> 00:43:38.379
 his righteousness

00:43:38.379 --> 00:43:39.659
 is sufficient

00:43:39.659 --> 00:43:41.679
 to be imputed

00:43:41.679 --> 00:43:42.179
 to us for

00:43:42.179 --> 00:43:42.719
 our salvation

00:43:42.719 --> 00:43:43.639
 because only

00:43:43.639 --> 00:43:44.899
 his blood

00:43:44.899 --> 00:43:45.599
 is sufficient

00:43:45.599 --> 00:43:47.019
 to cleanse

00:43:47.019 --> 00:43:48.039
 us of

00:43:48.039 --> 00:43:48.480
 all

00:43:48.480 --> 00:43:50.019
 unrighteousness.

00:43:54.579 --> 00:43:55.480
 And

00:43:55.480 --> 00:43:57.159
 I think

00:43:57.159 --> 00:43:58.019
 this is a

00:43:58.019 --> 00:43:58.440
 common

00:43:58.440 --> 00:43:59.219
 malady

00:43:59.219 --> 00:43:59.579
 among

00:43:59.579 --> 00:44:00.539
 believers

00:44:00.539 --> 00:44:01.139
 and sometimes

00:44:01.139 --> 00:44:01.639
 among the

00:44:01.639 --> 00:44:02.139
 sincerest

00:44:02.139 --> 00:44:02.539
 believers

00:44:02.539 --> 00:44:04.339
 to be

00:44:04.339 --> 00:44:04.739
 insecure

00:44:04.739 --> 00:44:06.679
 about our

00:44:06.679 --> 00:44:07.239
 assurance

00:44:07.239 --> 00:44:08.239
 of salvation

00:44:08.239 --> 00:44:10.420
 because

00:44:10.420 --> 00:44:12.179
 you're relying

00:44:12.179 --> 00:44:12.779
 on these

00:44:12.779 --> 00:44:13.279
 good works

00:44:13.280 --> 00:44:14.019
 and

00:44:14.019 --> 00:44:14.019


00:44:14.019 --> 00:44:14.360
 coming

00:44:14.360 --> 00:44:14.860
 to God

00:44:14.860 --> 00:44:15.120
 not

00:44:15.120 --> 00:44:15.840
 faith

00:44:15.840 --> 00:44:16.300
 alone

00:44:16.300 --> 00:44:16.540
 in

00:44:16.540 --> 00:44:16.840
 Jesus

00:44:16.840 --> 00:44:17.320
 Christ

00:44:17.320 --> 00:44:17.820
 but

00:44:17.820 --> 00:44:18.300
 trust

00:44:18.300 --> 00:44:18.440
 in

00:44:18.440 --> 00:44:18.640
 God

00:44:18.640 --> 00:44:18.840
 and

00:44:18.840 --> 00:44:19.080
 with

00:44:19.080 --> 00:44:19.360
 this

00:44:19.360 --> 00:44:19.680
 other

00:44:19.680 --> 00:44:20.220
 thing

00:44:20.220 --> 00:44:21.040
 I

00:44:21.040 --> 00:44:21.600
 went to

00:44:21.600 --> 00:44:21.980
 all my

00:44:21.980 --> 00:44:22.519
 catechism

00:44:22.519 --> 00:44:22.920
 classes

00:44:22.920 --> 00:44:24.480
 I

00:44:24.480 --> 00:44:24.800
 answered

00:44:24.800 --> 00:44:25.100
 all the

00:44:25.100 --> 00:44:25.500
 questions

00:44:25.500 --> 00:44:26.480
 I

00:44:26.480 --> 00:44:26.880
 attend

00:44:26.880 --> 00:44:27.380
 all the

00:44:27.380 --> 00:44:27.840
 Sunday

00:44:27.840 --> 00:44:28.320
 services

00:44:28.320 --> 00:44:28.780
 I don't

00:44:28.780 --> 00:44:29.120
 miss it

00:44:29.120 --> 00:44:29.720
 I read

00:44:29.720 --> 00:44:30.080
 the Bible

00:44:30.080 --> 00:44:30.560
 every day

00:44:30.560 --> 00:44:30.820
 and I

00:44:30.820 --> 00:44:31.200
 pray

00:44:31.200 --> 00:44:31.960
 and I

00:44:31.960 --> 00:44:32.460
 sing

00:44:32.460 --> 00:44:33.000
 and when

00:44:33.000 --> 00:44:33.400
 I sing

00:44:33.400 --> 00:44:33.820
 I raise

00:44:33.820 --> 00:44:34.420
 my hands

00:44:34.420 --> 00:44:34.700
 and I

00:44:34.700 --> 00:44:35.360
 do

00:44:35.360 --> 00:44:35.500
 this

00:44:35.500 --> 00:44:35.800
 and when

00:44:35.800 --> 00:44:36.320
 I sin

00:44:36.320 --> 00:44:37.000
 I feel

00:44:37.000 --> 00:44:37.660
 really sorry

00:44:37.660 --> 00:44:38.080
 about it

00:44:38.080 --> 00:44:38.660
 I'm going

00:44:38.660 --> 00:44:39.180
 to cry

00:44:39.180 --> 00:44:39.460
 and I

00:44:39.460 --> 00:44:40.040
 have tears

00:44:40.039 --> 00:44:41.360
 and because

00:44:41.360 --> 00:44:41.900
 I do

00:44:41.900 --> 00:44:42.380
 all these

00:44:42.380 --> 00:44:42.940
 things

00:44:42.940 --> 00:44:43.480
 and I

00:44:43.480 --> 00:44:43.739
 bring

00:44:43.739 --> 00:44:44.019
 these

00:44:44.019 --> 00:44:44.279
 things

00:44:44.279 --> 00:44:44.759
 to God

00:44:44.759 --> 00:44:45.219
 God

00:44:45.219 --> 00:44:45.440
 will

00:44:45.440 --> 00:44:45.739
 accept

00:44:45.739 --> 00:44:46.019
 me

00:44:46.019 --> 00:44:49.759
 no

00:44:49.759 --> 00:44:51.179
 that's

00:44:51.179 --> 00:44:51.519
 not how

00:44:51.519 --> 00:44:51.980
 it works

00:44:51.980 --> 00:44:54.159
 faith

00:44:54.159 --> 00:44:54.639
 alone

00:44:54.639 --> 00:44:56.800
 bring

00:44:56.800 --> 00:44:57.139
 nothing

00:44:57.139 --> 00:44:57.500
 along

00:44:57.500 --> 00:44:57.719
 come

00:44:57.719 --> 00:44:58.159
 empty

00:44:58.159 --> 00:44:58.500
 handed

00:44:58.500 --> 00:44:59.099
 faith

00:44:59.099 --> 00:44:59.619
 alone

00:44:59.619 --> 00:45:00.800
 isn't

00:45:00.800 --> 00:45:01.159
 that why

00:45:01.159 --> 00:45:01.559
 it says

00:45:01.559 --> 00:45:02.119
 in Ephesians

00:45:02.119 --> 00:45:02.659
 2

00:45:02.659 --> 00:45:04.039
 you're saved

00:45:04.039 --> 00:45:04.759
 by grace

00:45:04.759 --> 00:45:05.440
 through faith

00:45:05.440 --> 00:45:05.739
 and this

00:45:05.739 --> 00:45:06.239
 is not

00:45:06.239 --> 00:45:06.960
 your own

00:45:06.960 --> 00:45:07.400
 doing

00:45:07.400 --> 00:45:09.019
 it is

00:45:09.019 --> 00:45:09.480
 not a

00:45:09.480 --> 00:45:09.800
 result

00:45:09.800 --> 00:45:10.039
 of

00:45:10.039 --> 00:45:10.599
 works

00:45:10.599 --> 00:45:11.240
 it is

00:45:11.240 --> 00:45:11.380
 a

00:45:11.380 --> 00:45:11.900
 gift

00:45:11.900 --> 00:45:12.200
 of

00:45:12.200 --> 00:45:12.579
 God

00:45:12.579 --> 00:45:13.099
 why

00:45:13.099 --> 00:45:13.320
 does

00:45:13.320 --> 00:45:13.579
 God

00:45:13.579 --> 00:45:14.039
 save

00:45:14.039 --> 00:45:14.220
 us

00:45:14.220 --> 00:45:14.400
 this

00:45:14.400 --> 00:45:14.619
 way

00:45:14.619 --> 00:45:14.980
 so

00:45:14.980 --> 00:45:15.280
 that

00:45:15.280 --> 00:45:15.420
 he

00:45:15.420 --> 00:45:15.660
 says

00:45:15.660 --> 00:45:15.760
 in

00:45:15.760 --> 00:45:16.059
 Ephesians

00:45:16.059 --> 00:45:16.300
 2

00:45:16.300 --> 00:45:16.619
 no

00:45:16.619 --> 00:45:17.039
 one

00:45:17.039 --> 00:45:17.360
 may

00:45:17.360 --> 00:45:17.920
 boast

00:45:17.920 --> 00:45:18.840
 so

00:45:18.840 --> 00:45:19.000
 that

00:45:19.000 --> 00:45:19.280
 no

00:45:19.280 --> 00:45:19.539
 one

00:45:19.539 --> 00:45:19.780
 may

00:45:19.780 --> 00:45:20.119
 boast

00:45:20.119 --> 00:45:20.559
 if

00:45:20.559 --> 00:45:20.680
 you

00:45:20.680 --> 00:45:21.000
 come

00:45:21.000 --> 00:45:21.260
 with

00:45:21.260 --> 00:45:21.480
 this

00:45:21.480 --> 00:45:21.820
 trusting

00:45:21.820 --> 00:45:22.019
 God

00:45:22.019 --> 00:45:22.160
 in

00:45:22.160 --> 00:45:22.460
 something

00:45:22.460 --> 00:45:22.740
 else

00:45:22.740 --> 00:45:22.880
 you

00:45:22.880 --> 00:45:23.059
 have

00:45:23.059 --> 00:45:23.380
 something

00:45:23.380 --> 00:45:23.700
 else

00:45:23.700 --> 00:45:23.840
 you

00:45:23.840 --> 00:45:23.980
 can

00:45:23.980 --> 00:45:24.200
 boast

00:45:24.200 --> 00:45:24.559
 about

00:45:24.559 --> 00:45:26.900
 but

00:45:26.900 --> 00:45:27.000
 if

00:45:27.000 --> 00:45:27.099
 you

00:45:27.099 --> 00:45:27.300
 come

00:45:27.300 --> 00:45:27.440
 to

00:45:27.440 --> 00:45:27.660
 God

00:45:27.660 --> 00:45:28.039
 empty

00:45:28.039 --> 00:45:28.340
 handed

00:45:28.340 --> 00:45:28.460
!

00:45:28.519 --> 00:45:29.099
 God

00:45:29.099 --> 00:45:29.660
 I

00:45:29.660 --> 00:45:29.820
 am

00:45:29.820 --> 00:45:30.059
 a

00:45:30.059 --> 00:45:30.400
 wretch

00:45:30.400 --> 00:45:30.420
!

00:45:30.860 --> 00:45:30.880
 I

00:45:30.880 --> 00:45:31.019
 am

00:45:31.019 --> 00:45:31.240
 a

00:45:31.240 --> 00:45:31.539
 sinner!

00:45:31.539 --> 00:45:32.699
 there is

00:45:32.699 --> 00:45:33.199
 nothing

00:45:33.199 --> 00:45:33.539
 to

00:45:33.539 --> 00:45:33.860
 commend

00:45:33.860 --> 00:45:34.039
 me

00:45:34.039 --> 00:45:34.219
 to

00:45:34.219 --> 00:45:34.619
 you

00:45:34.619 --> 00:45:36.360
 I

00:45:36.360 --> 00:45:36.759
 dare

00:45:36.759 --> 00:45:37.059
 not

00:45:37.059 --> 00:45:37.460
 trust

00:45:37.460 --> 00:45:37.659
 the

00:45:37.659 --> 00:45:38.179
 sweetest

00:45:38.179 --> 00:45:38.659
 frame

00:45:38.659 --> 00:45:39.480
 but

00:45:39.480 --> 00:45:40.079
 holy

00:45:40.079 --> 00:45:40.759
 trust

00:45:40.759 --> 00:45:41.179
 in

00:45:41.179 --> 00:45:41.639
 Jesus

00:45:41.639 --> 00:45:42.599
 name

00:45:42.599 --> 00:45:44.039
 then

00:45:44.039 --> 00:45:44.880
 the

00:45:44.880 --> 00:45:45.500
 lightning

00:45:45.500 --> 00:45:45.900
 bolt

00:45:45.900 --> 00:45:46.079
 of

00:45:46.079 --> 00:45:46.400
 heaven

00:45:46.400 --> 00:45:47.519
 thunders

00:45:47.519 --> 00:45:47.820
 in

00:45:47.820 --> 00:45:51.119
 to

00:45:51.119 --> 00:45:51.539
 cleanse

00:45:51.539 --> 00:45:51.739
 and

00:45:51.739 --> 00:45:52.320
 move

00:45:52.320 --> 00:45:52.900
 that

00:45:52.900 --> 00:45:53.420
 mountain

00:45:53.420 --> 00:45:54.960
 mountain

00:45:54.960 --> 00:45:55.199
 of

00:45:55.199 --> 00:45:55.500
 sin

00:45:55.500 --> 00:45:58.420
 that's

00:45:58.420 --> 00:45:58.599
 why

00:45:58.599 --> 00:45:58.900
 faith

00:45:58.900 --> 00:45:59.179
 is so

00:45:59.179 --> 00:45:59.619
 precious

00:45:59.619 --> 00:46:05.679
 let me

00:46:05.679 --> 00:46:05.900
 close

00:46:05.900 --> 00:46:06.059
 with

00:46:06.059 --> 00:46:06.259
 this

00:46:06.259 --> 00:46:06.480
 quote

00:46:06.480 --> 00:46:06.799
 from

00:46:06.799 --> 00:46:07.119
 J.

00:46:07.199 --> 00:46:07.299
 A.

00:46:07.299 --> 00:46:07.639
 Packer

00:46:07.639 --> 00:46:07.960
 the late

00:46:07.960 --> 00:46:08.299
 J.

00:46:08.339 --> 00:46:08.420
 A.

00:46:08.480 --> 00:46:08.719
 Packer

00:46:08.719 --> 00:46:09.079
 he says

00:46:09.079 --> 00:46:10.259
 one of

00:46:10.259 --> 00:46:10.440
 the

00:46:10.440 --> 00:46:11.739
 unhealthiest

00:46:11.739 --> 00:46:12.159
 features

00:46:12.159 --> 00:46:12.359
 of

00:46:12.359 --> 00:46:12.759
 protestant

00:46:12.759 --> 00:46:13.119
 theology

00:46:13.119 --> 00:46:13.579
 today

00:46:13.579 --> 00:46:14.500
 is

00:46:14.500 --> 00:46:14.679
 its

00:46:14.679 --> 00:46:15.599
 preoccupation

00:46:15.599 --> 00:46:15.799
 with

00:46:15.799 --> 00:46:16.239
 faith

00:46:16.239 --> 00:46:17.579
 wait a

00:46:17.579 --> 00:46:17.719
 minute

00:46:17.719 --> 00:46:17.920
 I'm

00:46:17.920 --> 00:46:18.400
 undoing

00:46:18.400 --> 00:46:18.639
 everything

00:46:18.639 --> 00:46:18.779
 I

00:46:18.779 --> 00:46:18.940
 just

00:46:18.940 --> 00:46:19.179
 said

00:46:19.179 --> 00:46:19.460
 no

00:46:19.460 --> 00:46:20.519
 yeah

00:46:20.519 --> 00:46:21.719
 faith

00:46:21.719 --> 00:46:22.219
 that

00:46:22.219 --> 00:46:22.400
 is

00:46:22.400 --> 00:46:22.799
 viewed

00:46:22.799 --> 00:46:23.219
 man

00:46:23.219 --> 00:46:24.059
 centeredly

00:46:24.059 --> 00:46:24.639
 as

00:46:24.639 --> 00:46:24.779
 a

00:46:24.779 --> 00:46:25.059
 state

00:46:25.059 --> 00:46:25.219
 of

00:46:25.219 --> 00:46:25.880
 existential

00:46:25.880 --> 00:46:26.539
 commitment

00:46:26.539 --> 00:46:28.920
 inevitably

00:46:28.920 --> 00:46:29.519
 this

00:46:29.519 --> 00:46:30.400
 preoccupation

00:46:30.400 --> 00:46:31.099
 diverts

00:46:31.099 --> 00:46:31.880
 thought

00:46:31.880 --> 00:46:32.360
 away

00:46:32.360 --> 00:46:32.700
 from

00:46:32.700 --> 00:46:33.519
 faith's

00:46:33.519 --> 00:46:34.099
 object

00:46:34.099 --> 00:46:35.260
 even

00:46:35.260 --> 00:46:35.500
 when

00:46:35.500 --> 00:46:35.680
 this

00:46:35.680 --> 00:46:35.820
 is

00:46:35.820 --> 00:46:36.139
 clearly

00:46:36.139 --> 00:46:36.720
 conceived

00:46:36.720 --> 00:46:37.440
 as

00:46:37.440 --> 00:46:37.680
 too

00:46:37.680 --> 00:46:37.960
 often

00:46:37.960 --> 00:46:38.119
 in

00:46:38.119 --> 00:46:38.340
 modern

00:46:38.340 --> 00:46:38.760
 theology

00:46:38.760 --> 00:46:38.980
 it

00:46:38.980 --> 00:46:39.099
 is

00:46:39.099 --> 00:46:39.480
 not

00:46:39.480 --> 00:46:41.019
 though

00:46:41.019 --> 00:46:41.159
 the

00:46:41.159 --> 00:46:41.740
 reformers

00:46:41.740 --> 00:46:42.019
 said

00:46:42.019 --> 00:46:42.360
 much

00:46:42.360 --> 00:46:42.619
 about

00:46:42.619 --> 00:46:43.119
 faith

00:46:43.119 --> 00:46:43.700
 even

00:46:43.700 --> 00:46:43.840
 to

00:46:43.840 --> 00:46:43.980
 the

00:46:43.980 --> 00:46:44.119
 point

00:46:44.119 --> 00:46:44.240
 of

00:46:44.240 --> 00:46:44.539
 calling

00:46:44.539 --> 00:46:44.740
 their

00:46:44.740 --> 00:46:45.039
 message

00:46:45.039 --> 00:46:45.200
 of

00:46:45.200 --> 00:46:45.820
 justification

00:46:45.820 --> 00:46:46.059
 the

00:46:46.059 --> 00:46:46.539
 doctrine

00:46:46.539 --> 00:46:46.760
 of

00:46:46.760 --> 00:46:47.240
 faith

00:46:47.240 --> 00:46:47.940
 their

00:46:47.940 --> 00:46:48.380
 interest

00:46:48.380 --> 00:46:48.619
 was

00:46:48.619 --> 00:46:48.900
 not

00:46:48.900 --> 00:46:49.180
 of

00:46:49.180 --> 00:46:49.340
 the

00:46:49.340 --> 00:46:49.700
 modern

00:46:49.700 --> 00:46:50.220
 kind

00:46:50.220 --> 00:46:50.880
 it

00:46:50.880 --> 00:46:51.019
 was

00:46:51.019 --> 00:46:51.320
 not

00:46:51.320 --> 00:46:52.159
 subject

00:46:52.159 --> 00:46:52.599
 centered

00:46:52.599 --> 00:46:52.980
 but

00:46:52.980 --> 00:46:53.780
 object

00:46:53.780 --> 00:46:54.320
 centered

00:46:54.320 --> 00:46:54.980
 not

00:46:54.980 --> 00:46:55.840
 psychological

00:46:55.840 --> 00:46:56.400
 but

00:46:56.400 --> 00:46:57.079
 theological

00:46:57.079 --> 00:46:58.200
 not

00:46:58.199 --> 00:46:59.279
 anthropocentric

00:46:59.279 --> 00:46:59.679
 but

00:46:59.679 --> 00:47:00.779
 Christocentric

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 the

00:47:01.439 --> 00:47:02.059
 reformers

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 saw

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 faith

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 as

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 a

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 relationship

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 not

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 to

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 oneself

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 but

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 to

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 the

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 living

00:47:06.579 --> 00:47:07.039
 Christ

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 of

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 the

00:47:07.379 --> 00:47:07.779
 Bible

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 and

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 they

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 fed

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 faith

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 in

00:47:09.619 --> 00:47:10.099
 themselves

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 and

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 in

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 others

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 by

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 concentrating

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 on

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 that

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 Christ

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 as

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 a

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 savior

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 and

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 Lord

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 by

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 whom

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 our

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 whole

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 life

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 must

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 be

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 determined

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 are

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 you

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 guys

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 following

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 that

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 so

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 if

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 you

00:47:21.359 --> 00:47:21.460
 are

00:47:21.460 --> 00:47:21.799
 insecure

00:47:21.799 --> 00:47:22.099
 this

00:47:22.099 --> 00:47:22.379
 morning

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 about

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 your

00:47:24.239 --> 00:47:24.599
 faith

00:47:24.599 --> 00:47:24.799
 how

00:47:24.799 --> 00:47:25.519
 strong

00:47:25.519 --> 00:47:25.719
 is

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 my

00:47:25.919 --> 00:47:26.199
 faith

00:47:26.199 --> 00:47:26.500
 am

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 faithful

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 enough

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 do I

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 have

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 enough

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 faith

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 to

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 stand

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 before

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 God

00:47:31.880 --> 00:47:32.579
 no

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 don't

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 rely

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 on

00:47:33.599 --> 00:47:33.880
 that

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 it's

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 not

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 the

00:47:34.460 --> 00:47:35.079
 intensity

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 of

00:47:35.420 --> 00:47:35.920
 faith

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 that

00:47:36.159 --> 00:47:36.500
 saves

00:47:36.500 --> 00:47:36.819
 you

00:47:36.819 --> 00:47:39.199
 it is

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 the

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 power

00:47:39.860 --> 00:47:40.400
 of the

00:47:40.400 --> 00:47:40.799
 God

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 who is

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 the

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 object

00:47:41.900 --> 00:47:42.239
 of our

00:47:42.239 --> 00:47:42.460
 faith

00:47:42.460 --> 00:47:42.900
 who saves

00:47:42.900 --> 00:47:43.179
 you

00:47:43.179 --> 00:47:46.359
 so

00:47:46.359 --> 00:47:46.359


00:47:46.359 --> 00:47:46.379
 so

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 if

00:47:46.519 --> 00:47:46.639
 you

00:47:46.639 --> 00:47:46.960
 struggle

00:47:46.960 --> 00:47:47.139
 with

00:47:47.139 --> 00:47:47.559
 assurance

00:47:47.559 --> 00:47:47.759
 of

00:47:47.759 --> 00:47:48.159
 salvation

00:47:48.159 --> 00:47:48.299
 you

00:47:48.299 --> 00:47:48.480
 struggle

00:47:48.480 --> 00:47:48.679
 with

00:47:48.679 --> 00:47:49.000
 doubts

00:47:49.000 --> 00:47:49.379
 the

00:47:49.379 --> 00:47:49.679
 key

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 is

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 not

00:47:50.519 --> 00:47:50.699
 to

00:47:50.699 --> 00:47:50.859
 try

00:47:50.859 --> 00:47:50.980
 to

00:47:50.980 --> 00:47:51.359
 conjure

00:47:51.359 --> 00:47:51.559
 up

00:47:51.559 --> 00:47:51.839
 more

00:47:51.839 --> 00:47:52.319
 faith

00:47:52.319 --> 00:47:52.940
 or

00:47:52.940 --> 00:47:53.039
 to

00:47:53.039 --> 00:47:53.159
 try

00:47:53.159 --> 00:47:53.259
 to

00:47:53.259 --> 00:47:53.440
 do

00:47:53.440 --> 00:47:53.739
 more

00:47:53.739 --> 00:47:54.219
 things

00:47:54.219 --> 00:47:54.480
 so

00:47:54.480 --> 00:47:54.619
 you

00:47:54.619 --> 00:47:54.739
 could

00:47:54.739 --> 00:47:54.940
 have

00:47:54.940 --> 00:47:55.219
 more

00:47:55.219 --> 00:47:55.980
 sureness

00:47:55.980 --> 00:47:56.099
 in

00:47:56.099 --> 00:47:56.480
 yourself

00:47:56.480 --> 00:47:57.079
 no

00:47:57.079 --> 00:47:57.339
 the

00:47:57.339 --> 00:47:58.000
 solution

00:47:58.000 --> 00:47:58.559
 is

00:47:58.559 --> 00:47:58.739
 to

00:47:58.739 --> 00:47:59.179
 look

00:47:59.179 --> 00:47:59.519
 away

00:47:59.519 --> 00:47:59.759
 from

00:47:59.759 --> 00:48:00.159
 yourself

00:48:00.159 --> 00:48:01.000
 and

00:48:01.000 --> 00:48:01.219
 look

00:48:01.219 --> 00:48:01.719
 only

00:48:01.719 --> 00:48:01.980
 at

00:48:01.980 --> 00:48:02.299
 Jesus

00:48:02.299 --> 00:48:02.879
 Christ

00:48:02.879 --> 00:48:04.219
 only

00:48:04.219 --> 00:48:04.440
 at

00:48:04.440 --> 00:48:04.679
 Jesus

00:48:04.679 --> 00:48:05.179
 Christ

00:48:05.179 --> 00:48:05.419
 he

00:48:05.419 --> 00:48:05.699
 died

00:48:05.699 --> 00:48:05.719
!

00:48:05.719 --> 00:48:05.919
 for

00:48:05.919 --> 00:48:06.159
 me

00:48:06.159 --> 00:48:06.179
!

00:48:06.179 --> 00:48:06.940
 and his

00:48:06.940 --> 00:48:07.440
 righteousness

00:48:07.440 --> 00:48:07.779
 is

00:48:07.779 --> 00:48:08.179
 enough

00:48:08.179 --> 00:48:08.179


00:48:08.179 --> 00:48:08.699
 his

00:48:08.699 --> 00:48:09.159
 blood

00:48:09.159 --> 00:48:09.179
!

00:48:13.179 --> 00:48:13.799
 glory

00:48:13.799 --> 00:48:14.219
 revealed

00:48:14.219 --> 00:48:14.359
 in

00:48:14.359 --> 00:48:14.480
 the

00:48:14.480 --> 00:48:14.779
 gospel

00:48:14.779 --> 00:48:15.000
 of

00:48:15.000 --> 00:48:15.259
 Jesus

00:48:15.259 --> 00:48:15.839
 Christ

00:48:15.839 --> 00:48:18.079
 you'll

00:48:18.079 --> 00:48:18.219
 see

00:48:18.219 --> 00:48:18.359
 that

00:48:18.359 --> 00:48:18.500
 it's

00:48:18.500 --> 00:48:18.960
 sufficient

00:48:18.960 --> 00:48:21.000
 and

00:48:21.000 --> 00:48:21.199
 you'll

00:48:21.199 --> 00:48:21.319
 see

00:48:21.319 --> 00:48:21.480
 your

00:48:21.480 --> 00:48:21.839
 doubts

00:48:21.839 --> 00:48:22.159
 fade

00:48:22.159 --> 00:48:22.500
 away

00:48:22.500 --> 00:48:23.940
 and

00:48:23.940 --> 00:48:24.139
 in

00:48:24.139 --> 00:48:24.339
 so

00:48:24.339 --> 00:48:24.739
 doing

00:48:24.739 --> 00:48:25.179
 that

00:48:25.179 --> 00:48:25.839
 faith

00:48:25.839 --> 00:48:26.599
 becomes

00:48:26.599 --> 00:48:26.859
 the

00:48:26.859 --> 00:48:27.699
 evidence

00:48:27.699 --> 00:48:28.519
 of

00:48:28.519 --> 00:48:28.839
 things

00:48:28.839 --> 00:48:29.159
 not

00:48:29.159 --> 00:48:29.559
 seen

00:48:29.559 --> 00:48:31.819
 let's

00:48:31.819 --> 00:48:32.079
 pray

00:48:32.079 --> 00:48:36.839
 oh

00:48:36.839 --> 00:48:37.259
 father

00:48:37.259 --> 00:48:39.119
 course

00:48:39.119 --> 00:48:39.579
 through

00:48:39.579 --> 00:48:40.399
 our

00:48:40.399 --> 00:48:41.159
 souls

00:48:41.159 --> 00:48:41.460
 our

00:48:41.460 --> 00:48:41.940
 minds

00:48:41.940 --> 00:48:42.199
 our

00:48:42.199 --> 00:48:42.659
 hearts

00:48:42.659 --> 00:48:45.159
 with

00:48:45.159 --> 00:48:45.299
 the

00:48:45.299 --> 00:48:45.599
 power

00:48:45.599 --> 00:48:45.739
 of

00:48:45.739 --> 00:48:45.839
 your

00:48:45.839 --> 00:48:46.079
 Holy

00:48:46.079 --> 00:48:46.579
 Spirit

00:48:46.579 --> 00:48:47.799
 that

00:48:47.799 --> 00:48:47.899
 we

00:48:47.899 --> 00:48:48.039
 might

00:48:48.039 --> 00:48:48.199
 be

00:48:48.199 --> 00:48:48.480
 cut

00:48:48.480 --> 00:48:48.599
 to

00:48:48.599 --> 00:48:48.779
 the

00:48:48.779 --> 00:48:49.099
 heart

00:48:49.099 --> 00:48:49.319
 to

00:48:49.319 --> 00:48:49.859
 believe

00:48:49.859 --> 00:48:50.599
 in

00:48:50.599 --> 00:48:50.920
 Jesus

00:48:50.920 --> 00:48:51.279
 Christ

00:48:51.279 --> 00:48:51.579
 alone

00:48:51.579 --> 00:48:53.219
 to

00:48:53.219 --> 00:48:53.420
 put

00:48:53.420 --> 00:48:53.579
 our

00:48:53.579 --> 00:48:53.899
 faith

00:48:53.899 --> 00:48:54.319
 in

00:48:54.319 --> 00:48:54.599
 Jesus

00:48:54.599 --> 00:48:54.980
 Christ

00:48:54.980 --> 00:48:55.440
 alone

00:48:55.440 --> 00:48:58.099
 in

00:48:58.099 --> 00:48:58.460
 all

00:48:58.460 --> 00:48:58.659
 our

00:48:58.659 --> 00:48:59.019
 service

00:48:59.019 --> 00:48:59.239
 to

00:48:59.239 --> 00:48:59.420
 you

00:48:59.420 --> 00:48:59.539
 and

00:48:59.539 --> 00:48:59.639
 in

00:48:59.639 --> 00:48:59.879
 all

00:48:59.879 --> 00:49:00.039
 our

00:49:00.039 --> 00:49:00.480
 ministry

00:49:00.480 --> 00:49:00.739
 and

00:49:00.739 --> 00:49:00.819
 in

00:49:00.819 --> 00:49:01.139
 all

00:49:01.139 --> 00:49:01.339
 our

00:49:01.339 --> 00:49:01.619
 acts

00:49:01.619 --> 00:49:01.719
 of

00:49:01.719 --> 00:49:02.159
 obedience

00:49:02.159 --> 00:49:07.480
 to

00:49:07.480 --> 00:49:07.639
 do

00:49:07.639 --> 00:49:07.739
 it

00:49:07.739 --> 00:49:07.899
 all

00:49:07.899 --> 00:49:08.119
 not

00:49:08.119 --> 00:49:08.239
 in

00:49:08.239 --> 00:49:08.339
 our

00:49:08.339 --> 00:49:08.539
 own

00:49:08.539 --> 00:49:08.839
 strength

00:49:08.839 --> 00:49:09.019
 but

00:49:09.019 --> 00:49:09.199
 through

00:49:09.199 --> 00:49:09.599
 faith

00:49:09.599 --> 00:49:10.099
 in

00:49:10.099 --> 00:49:10.379
 Christ

00:49:10.379 --> 00:49:10.819
 Jesus

00:49:10.819 --> 00:49:12.059
 alone

00:49:12.059 --> 00:49:13.779
 dependence

00:49:13.779 --> 00:49:14.119
 on

00:49:14.119 --> 00:49:14.380
 him

00:49:14.380 --> 00:49:15.639
 prayerfully

00:49:15.639 --> 00:49:20.320
 Lord

00:49:20.320 --> 00:49:20.739
 make us

00:49:20.739 --> 00:49:21.259
 a faith

00:49:21.259 --> 00:49:21.699
 filled

00:49:21.699 --> 00:49:22.420
 church

00:49:22.420 --> 00:49:23.599
 a

00:49:23.599 --> 00:49:24.380
 prayerful

00:49:24.380 --> 00:49:25.079
 church

00:49:25.079 --> 00:49:28.860
 because

00:49:28.860 --> 00:49:29.320
 we are

00:49:29.320 --> 00:49:29.599
 a

00:49:29.599 --> 00:49:30.039
 Christ

00:49:30.039 --> 00:49:30.940
 fixed

00:49:30.940 --> 00:49:31.880
 church

00:49:31.880 --> 00:49:36.360
 Lord

00:49:36.360 --> 00:49:36.639
 we pray

00:49:36.639 --> 00:49:37.000
 this

00:49:37.000 --> 00:49:38.079
 in

00:49:38.079 --> 00:49:38.420
 the

00:49:38.420 --> 00:49:38.659
 precious

00:49:38.659 --> 00:49:39.079
 name

00:49:39.079 --> 00:49:39.299
 of

00:49:39.299 --> 00:49:39.539
 Jesus

00:49:39.539 --> 00:49:40.000
 Christ

00:49:40.000 --> 00:49:41.099
 Amen