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 page 1004 end of hebrew 6 we're gonna look at verses 13 through 20 this morning

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 one of the things that we talk a lot about here at trinity if you've been around for a while is

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 the way in which the gospel uh gathers us together to god's self and into god's family and then sends

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 us out uh and isn't it awesome that this morning we got to see both of those things on display

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 that in membership god gathering us together and then giving us a heart for people who are on the

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 other side of the world just as god went out from himself to redeem a people for himself that were

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 far away so we then are sent out um so there it was the gospel on display before you i don't even

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 feel like i have to give a sermon this morning because you saw it already in membership and

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 admissions but anyway uh no we're going to preach this morning hebrew 6 13 through 20 let me read

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 this passage for us the writer of the hebrew says for when god made a promise to abraham

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 since he had no one greater by whom to swear he swore by himself saying surely i will bless you

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 and multiply you and thus abraham having patiently waited obtained the promise for people swear by

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 something greater than themselves and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation

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 so when god desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character

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 of his purpose he guaranteed it with an oath so that by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible

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 for god to lie we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope

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 set before us we have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul a hope that enters into the inner place

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 behind the curtain where jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf having become a high priest

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 forever after the order of melchizedek let's pray together father indeed we do pray that even now

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 as we come to this word of comfort that you would come by your spirit and show us more deeply the

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 promise of our savior lord jesus so that we might be strengthened and encouraged to hold fast in these

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 days lord we ask all this in christ's name amen uh so you probably didn't notice this uh but just last

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 month shell oil the big sort of oil conglomerate announced that they had completed the construction of

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 the hull of what is going to be the world's largest floating vessel uh it's they're going to call it

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 the prelude i don't know why they picked that name but when it's completed this thing is going to be

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 1600 feet long that's actually longer than the empire state building is tall it's huge this thing is massive

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 uh and it's actually not a ship in the traditional sense it's actually like a giant floating natural gas

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 facility uh but the the anchorage and the moorage on this thing is apparently so strong that the

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 prelude can withstand a category five cyclone

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 which is the way they sort of rank tropical storms in australia that's where this thing is going to be

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 imagine a system of anchors and moors that could keep a 1600 foot 600 000 ton floating vessel firm and

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 secure in the midst of the strongest kind of hurricane that there is incredible

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 uh now before shell oil decided to build this monstrosity uh the biggest vessel the longest vessel

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 before that was something appropriately called sea wise giant that was the name of the longest boat

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 before they built the prelude uh 430 plus meters long and it too had a massive anchor it's actually on

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 display in the hong kong maritime museum this anchor for this ship weighed 36 tons

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 that's 72 000 pounds or by my calculations about 900 middle school boys the size of this anchor

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 huh now it's obvious why a ship needs an anchor right anchors are there for stability for security

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 so that when the currents pick up and the tide shift or the winds start to rise you don't drift out to sea

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 or you don't crash into the rocks on the shore so that you can stay firm in the midst of the dangerous seas

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 and verse 19 of our passage today speaks about an anchor that is sure and steadfast

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 but this isn't an anchor for a ship it's an anchor for the soul

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 and that very idea raises an incredibly important question for each one of us as we come to our passage

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 this morning and the question it causes us to ask is this what exactly is it that anchors

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 my life after all your soul is just that it's the central part of your personality it's it's your

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 identity it's you it's your life your soul

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 and when the storms rise and when the winds blow and when the currents move

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 what keeps you from drifting and what keeps you from going under

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 because make no mistake you will try and i will try to anchor my life on something

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 it's unavoidable we will always more our sense of self our identity our purpose to something

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 so it causes us to think what have i tried to use to anchor my life what's the thing i think will

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 keep me secure and resilient and strong when the storms come

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 for some of us we've tried to make our career our anchor we think as long as i'm successful and

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 respected in my field as long as things are going well in my professional life

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 then i'll be safe and strong in the storms

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 but of course we know that the problem is what if you're no longer able to be successful

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 what if through a turn of events you can no longer do your work

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 through a disability or through a change in the markets or through a change in intellectual fads

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 what if your work is no longer seen as relevant

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 what if the storms of life end your career what then will happen to your soul

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 so then for some of us we've tried making a relationship an anchor as long as i have

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 this person in my life we think then i'll be steadfast

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 haven't you heard it said sometimes this person's my rock

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 but again what if the storms take that person away

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 what if the relationship ends

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 what then becomes of our soul what then keeps us from drifting or sinking beneath the waves

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 so some of us not wanting to anchor our lives in anything external and changing outside of us

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 have tried to make personal integrity our anchor something inside of us we think as long as i'm a

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 person of values of principles as long as i do what is right and live a moral life

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 or as long as i follow my heart and do what i know to be true for me

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 a different kind of principial living isn't it as long as i do these things then i'll be steadfast in the storms

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 then whatever happens outside of me the winds won't rock me the waves won't overturn me

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 but you know this turns out to be just as insecure doesn't it because even then what if you find

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 that your best version of you still doesn't live up to your standards

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 no matter how hard you try what if the storms of life start to show you that you can't always be the

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 thoughtful creative caring person you wish you were or the moral upright person you know you should be

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 it turns out even that anchor is not enough for the soul

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 and the list could go on and on as we consider all the faulty things that simply that simply can't keep us secure

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 all the anchors that can't possibly keep our souls firm

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 but as we think about these things doesn't verse not verse 19 of our passage come ringing out with

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 incredibly good news we have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul there is an anchor that holds

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 there is something that can keep our soul secure when the storms come

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 and verse 18 tells us what the this is it's the hope set before us

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 of course at first it seems like that can't be right

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 how could hope be an anchor i mean in our common way of thinking doesn't hope seem like one of the

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 most ephemeral and fleeting things that there is isn't hope just wishful thinking isn't hope the word

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 that you use when you're just not sure whether something's going to be the case but you really

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 like it to be anyway like i really hope i get a parking spot downtown next to the restaurant we're

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 going to because it's really cold and rainy and snowy outside you don't know you're gonna find a

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 parking spot you probably won't it's new haven right

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 you've got no guarantee so okay so how could any mere hope be an anchor for my soul

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 well friends that's where we have to see that the hope that we're speaking of here is completely

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 different that hope in the new testament isn't something we merely wish will happen

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 no the language of hope is what describes the certain future the certain future of those who

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 place their trust in christ in fact the word hope nine times out of ten in the new testament

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 is almost never used as our sort of act of hoping our subjective hoping it's almost always used as the

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 concrete objective reality and you see it here the hope set before us it's the thing that's there

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 that is for us in the future that we look forward to

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 friends you see the book of hebrews was written to christians who needed an anchor for their souls

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 they were a fledgling community for whom storms and winds have come along and they rocked their boat

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 and they were almost feeling like they were lost at sea where do we go what do we do

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 and in this section of the book the thing that this section we've been looking at at the last two

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 weeks if you kind of think back if you've been with us the writer of hebrews has been telling them

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 press on to spiritual maturity that was two weeks ago and last week what greg showed us keep on showing

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 your love for the name of god in service to the saints don't let these things flag press on in other

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 words he's been emphasizing their responsibility but now in this passage he's going to show us god's provision

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 so that we might do those things the divine enablement so that we might press on so that we might keep

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 loving and show that steadfast zeal and faithful endurance and patience

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 and what we see here is that god has given us a sure and steadfast anchor of hope that will sustain us

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 and to the extent that we realize how certain that hope is that is how resilient and secure we will be in

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 the storms of this life in other words a life without hope is like a ship without an anchor

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 but when we have a robust sense of the hope set before us in christ then our lives will be enabled

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 and strengthened and fueled to hold fast and press on no matter what comes in other words certain hope

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 is the anchor that allows us to faithfully persevere

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 and what what the writer of the hebrews is doing in this section is showing us how utterly and absolutely

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 rock solid certain our hope it truly is and we need to know that don't we because we doubt

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 when circumstances take a turn for the worse we question god's promises and we start to wonder

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 whether the hope will really play out in the end we start to question whether god will do

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 what he promises he will do but hebrews is pointing us to something that will give us as he says strong

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 encouragement to hold fast

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 and they're big basically this passage falls into two halves and this is how we're going to look at

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 it this morning in verses 13 through 18 we see that our hope is utterly certain because god

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 has sworn it and then in verses 19 through 20 we see that our hope is utterly certain because christ

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 has accomplished it so that's where we're headed so first let's consider this first half that god

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 has sworn it as you look through the first part the first number of verses of our section you have to

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 admit that it's a little strange isn't it for god to be taking an oath i mean why do human beings

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 typically swear oaths you know you imagine the guy with a boston accent i swear my mother's grave

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 why because the guy's probably not that trustworthy right he's probably not telling the truth most of

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 the time but now he really wants to know let you know that he's telling the truth we swear oaths

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 because we're not completely truthful and reliable if everyone always kept their word we wouldn't make

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 oaths but we aren't reliable so we make vows that bind us to keeping our word

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 but god is in a totally different position friends we're told here in this passage that it is

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 impossible for god to lie

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 when god makes a promise or gives his word that settles it

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 he doesn't need to make an oath over and above that he's perfectly faithful and truthful

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 and yet here we see that god does swear an oath and he swore an oath to abraham

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 and we're told why god does this in verse 18 to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise

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 the unchangeable character of his purpose you see it wasn't any weakness or unreliability in god

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 that made him to swear this oath but it was a weakness in us god swore this oath because we are often too

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 slow to believe god's promises and to take him at his word aren't we often so much quicker to believe

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 the things that we feel rather than the things that god has said

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 we are programmed in our post-romantic individualistic culture to just believe our feelings

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 that for us is the standard of truth isn't it how much more quickly do we believe those things

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 than what god has said and yet god knowing our weakness in utter kindness and condescension

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 stoops and swears an oath

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 swearing on himself because there's no one greater by whom to swear

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 just so

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 we will realize

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 and get it

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 that he means

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 what he says

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 think about that

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 the one

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 that than which

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 nothing greater can be thought

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 as anselm said

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 the one

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 who no one is greater

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 the most majestic

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 perfect

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 utterly holy god

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 compared to which

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 everything else is less

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 than nothing

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 and dust

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 has sworn an oath

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 to you and me

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 on the basis of his own

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 righteous character

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 and so now

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 there are two unchangeable things

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 hebrews says

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 god's promise

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 and god's oath

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 and if human oaths are sufficient for confirmation as verse 16 says

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 how much more confirmation is it when god himself takes an oath

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 answer

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 infinitely so

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 now

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 verses 13 through 15 the beginning of our section tell us

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 exactly what promise and which oath we're talking about

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 here hebrews takes us back

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 all the way

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 to abraham

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 in genesis chapters 12 through 25

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 we're told abraham's story

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 how god chose abraham

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 to be the one

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 through whom

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 god's blessing

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 would come to the world

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 god meets abraham

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 calls him out of his pagan past

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 and says abraham i'm going to bless you

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 and make your name great

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 and give you an offspring

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 and cause your offspring to inherit the land

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 and through your offspring

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 the entire

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 world

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 will be blessed

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 but as we learn

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 abraham's

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 faith

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 in god's promise

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 is almost immediately put to the test

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 and the first test

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 if you remember the abraham story

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 is that abraham and sarah are old

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 and childless

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 and they remain that way for some years

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 even after god has given them this wonderful promise

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 and at one point abraham even cries out to god

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 and says oh lord

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 what will you give me

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 for i continue childless

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 and the heir of my house is eliezer of damascus

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 but

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 even in abraham's

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 wrestling

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 to trust god's promises

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 god continues to confirm his promises to him

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 in chapter 15

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 god tells abraham

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 that his descendants will be like the number of the stars

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 and again in 17

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 god says to abraham

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 your offspring will come

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 and will inherit the land

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 and though he's not perfect

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 through all this

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 abraham patiently waits

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 and at last receives a son

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 isaac

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 he endures

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 and finally obtains

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 what was promised

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 but then a second test comes

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 and this one

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 seemingly unthinkable

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 isaac has been born

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 and god tells abraham

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 to sacrifice

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 his one and only son

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 that he loves

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 and abraham

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 in us

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 in a way that seems utterly incomprehensible

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 in faith

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 takes god at his word

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 believing

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 as hebrews will later said

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 that god

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 can still keep his promise

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 even if it means raising isaac

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 from the dead

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 but as soon as abraham

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 raises the knife

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 an angel stops him

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 and provides a ram instead

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 and it's at that point

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 the climax

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 of the abraham story

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 in the bible

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 that god issues the oath

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 that we read here

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 in hebrews 6 14

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 by myself

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 i have sworn

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 declares the lord

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 that's how this

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 section starts

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 that was quoted here

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 by myself

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 i have sworn

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 declares the lord

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 i will surely bless you

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 and i will surely

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 multiply you

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 so what are we to make

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 of all this

00:21:19.259 --> 00:21:21.040
 this going back

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 to abraham

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 now on the one hand

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 i think it's this

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 hebrews

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 hebrews here is telling us

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 the story of abraham

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 to encourage us

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 that with god's promises

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 it is possible

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 to faithfully persevere

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 even through the most

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 trying circumstances

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 you see even when

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 old age

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 and infertility

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 come crashing in

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 like storms

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 into abraham's life

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 and even when god

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 threatens to take away

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 the thing

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 that you hold

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 most precious

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 even then

00:21:51.180 --> 00:21:52.620
 his promises

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 can cause us

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 to stand firm

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 in our trust

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 we are not

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 without an anchor

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 after all

00:22:01.600 --> 00:22:02.500
 verse 12

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 right before our

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 section says

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 imitate those

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 who through faith

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 and patience

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 inherit the promises

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 and here is abraham

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 a great exemplar

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 of trust

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 if abraham can do it

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 then by god's grace

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 and with god's promises

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 he will enable us

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 to do it as well

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 and isn't it true

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 that knowing that

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 others have run

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 the race set before us

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 that it's a great

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 encouragement to us

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 to persevere

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 and to press on

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 but you know

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 there's more going on

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 than just that

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 it's more than just

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 abraham as example

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 hebrews is bringing

00:22:37.880 --> 00:22:38.579
 us back

00:22:38.579 --> 00:22:39.900
 to this promise

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 and oath

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 made to abraham

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 not just so that we

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 can see abraham's

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 example but more

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 importantly because

00:22:45.120 --> 00:22:45.779
 this oath

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 and because this

00:22:46.579 --> 00:22:46.940
 promise

00:22:46.940 --> 00:22:47.680
 were made for

00:22:47.680 --> 00:22:48.620
 our sake

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 isn't that abundantly

00:22:52.079 --> 00:22:53.140
 clear from verses

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 17 and 18

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 you see when god

00:22:55.740 --> 00:22:56.819
 swore on oath

00:22:56.819 --> 00:22:57.920
 to bless abraham

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 and to multiply him

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 to make his family

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 as numerous as the

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 stars in the sky

00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:04.360
 he was looking ahead

00:23:04.360 --> 00:23:05.740
 not merely

00:23:05.740 --> 00:23:06.960
 to those who would

00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:07.480
 be abraham's

00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:08.240
 physical descendants

00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:09.059
 but ultimately

00:23:09.059 --> 00:23:10.980
 to those who would

00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:12.200
 be his spiritual

00:23:12.200 --> 00:23:13.019
 descendants through

00:23:13.019 --> 00:23:13.400
 faith

00:23:13.400 --> 00:23:15.559
 you see think of it

00:23:15.559 --> 00:23:15.880
 this way

00:23:15.880 --> 00:23:16.940
 when god took

00:23:16.940 --> 00:23:17.400
 abraham

00:23:17.400 --> 00:23:19.059
 out of his tent

00:23:19.059 --> 00:23:19.880
 in his moment of

00:23:19.880 --> 00:23:20.799
 weakness and doubt

00:23:20.799 --> 00:23:21.980
 took him out of his

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 tent and said

00:23:22.420 --> 00:23:22.900
 abraham

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 look at the stars

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 can you count them

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 that is what i'm going

00:23:29.079 --> 00:23:29.859
 to do through you

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 and through your

00:23:31.059 --> 00:23:31.460
 seed

00:23:31.460 --> 00:23:33.419
 friends when he was

00:23:33.419 --> 00:23:34.720
 pointing at those

00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:36.000
 stars he was

00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:37.619
 pointing at you

00:23:37.619 --> 00:23:40.079
 and me and all of

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 those who have placed

00:23:41.399 --> 00:23:42.359
 their trust in christ

00:23:42.359 --> 00:23:45.359
 that was the promise

00:23:45.359 --> 00:23:46.079
 after all

00:23:46.079 --> 00:23:48.439
 that in you all the

00:23:48.439 --> 00:23:49.500
 nations will be

00:23:49.500 --> 00:23:49.939
 blessed

00:23:49.939 --> 00:23:52.039
 that your family will

00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:54.000
 span the nations

00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:57.920
 paul puts it this

00:23:57.920 --> 00:23:58.759
 way in galatians he

00:23:58.759 --> 00:23:59.480
 says the promises

00:23:59.480 --> 00:24:00.519
 were made to abraham

00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:01.400
 and to his

00:24:01.400 --> 00:24:01.799
 offspring

00:24:01.799 --> 00:24:03.799
 it does not say

00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:04.819
 into offsprings

00:24:04.819 --> 00:24:05.859
 referring to many

00:24:05.859 --> 00:24:07.539
 but referring to one

00:24:07.539 --> 00:24:08.599
 and to your

00:24:08.599 --> 00:24:09.039
 offspring

00:24:09.039 --> 00:24:10.559
 who is christ

00:24:10.559 --> 00:24:13.339
 in christ jesus you

00:24:13.339 --> 00:24:13.980
 are all

00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:15.539
 sons of god

00:24:15.539 --> 00:24:16.299
 through faith

00:24:16.299 --> 00:24:17.599
 and if you are

00:24:17.599 --> 00:24:18.539
 christ's then you

00:24:18.539 --> 00:24:19.500
 are abraham's

00:24:19.500 --> 00:24:19.920
 offspring

00:24:19.920 --> 00:24:21.579
 heirs according

00:24:21.579 --> 00:24:22.759
 to the promise

00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:24.160
 that sounds familiar

00:24:24.160 --> 00:24:24.799
 doesn't it

00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:26.879
 right here in hebrews

00:24:26.879 --> 00:24:28.779
 so that the heirs

00:24:28.779 --> 00:24:29.799
 of the promise

00:24:29.799 --> 00:24:31.460
 might have a strong

00:24:31.460 --> 00:24:32.420
 encouragement to hold

00:24:32.420 --> 00:24:32.960
 fast

00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:35.460
 so friends we are the

00:24:35.460 --> 00:24:36.339
 recipients of this

00:24:36.339 --> 00:24:37.259
 oath-bound promise as

00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:38.059
 well and christ's

00:24:38.059 --> 00:24:39.220
 promise is for us

00:24:39.220 --> 00:24:41.460
 and what is the hope

00:24:41.460 --> 00:24:42.700
 that this oath

00:24:42.700 --> 00:24:43.259
 guarantees

00:24:43.259 --> 00:24:45.480
 what is it that god

00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:46.420
 is so deeply

00:24:46.420 --> 00:24:47.379
 condescended and

00:24:47.379 --> 00:24:48.599
 sworn to us

00:24:48.599 --> 00:24:50.000
 that he'll give us

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 it's that we will

00:24:53.660 --> 00:24:54.160
 live

00:24:54.160 --> 00:24:55.440
 eternally

00:24:55.440 --> 00:24:57.000
 under god's

00:24:57.000 --> 00:24:57.460
 blessing

00:24:57.460 --> 00:25:00.180
 and not under

00:25:00.180 --> 00:25:00.779
 his curse

00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:04.799
 surely

00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:06.420
 i will bless

00:25:06.420 --> 00:25:06.740
 you

00:25:06.740 --> 00:25:09.279
 and of course

00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:09.819
 this blessing

00:25:09.819 --> 00:25:10.259
 doesn't mean

00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:11.440
 material prosperity

00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:13.319
 or a life of

00:25:13.319 --> 00:25:14.319
 comfort and ease

00:25:14.319 --> 00:25:14.859
 here and now

00:25:14.859 --> 00:25:15.500
 it's not that

00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:17.079
 the very fact

00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:17.899
 the very fact

00:25:17.899 --> 00:25:18.319
 that we need

00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:19.059
 an anchor

00:25:19.059 --> 00:25:20.439
 presupposes that

00:25:20.439 --> 00:25:21.099
 the life of faith

00:25:21.099 --> 00:25:21.539
 is going to be

00:25:21.539 --> 00:25:21.919
 hard

00:25:21.919 --> 00:25:24.079
 no

00:25:24.079 --> 00:25:25.119
 god's

00:25:25.119 --> 00:25:25.799
 blessing

00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:26.699
 is much

00:25:26.699 --> 00:25:27.500
 more profound

00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:28.379
 and much

00:25:28.379 --> 00:25:29.519
 more satisfying

00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:30.500
 than any

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:31.439
 material possession

00:25:31.439 --> 00:25:32.399
 because you see

00:25:32.399 --> 00:25:33.480
 to receive god's

00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:34.179
 blessing

00:25:34.179 --> 00:25:37.119
 is to be counted

00:25:37.119 --> 00:25:37.679
 righteous

00:25:37.679 --> 00:25:38.799
 in his sight

00:25:38.799 --> 00:25:41.279
 and to be adopted

00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:42.240
 into his family

00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:44.359
 that when abraham

00:25:44.359 --> 00:25:45.519
 believed god

00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:46.539
 and it was

00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:47.240
 counted to him

00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:47.920
 as righteousness

00:25:47.920 --> 00:25:50.519
 that the same

00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:51.319
 is true for all

00:25:51.319 --> 00:25:51.799
 who share the

00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:52.599
 faith of abraham

00:25:52.599 --> 00:25:55.420
 this hope

00:25:55.420 --> 00:25:56.240
 that we have

00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:57.240
 this hope

00:25:57.240 --> 00:25:58.079
 of god's

00:25:58.079 --> 00:25:58.579
 eternal

00:25:58.579 --> 00:25:59.180
 blessing

00:25:59.180 --> 00:26:00.099
 is to know

00:26:00.099 --> 00:26:01.339
 that your future

00:26:01.339 --> 00:26:02.099
 will be one

00:26:02.099 --> 00:26:03.359
 not of god's

00:26:03.359 --> 00:26:04.799
 just condemnation

00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:05.359
 and judgment

00:26:05.359 --> 00:26:06.059
 for your sin

00:26:06.059 --> 00:26:08.319
 but one of his

00:26:08.319 --> 00:26:08.980
 acceptance

00:26:08.980 --> 00:26:10.519
 and one of his

00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:11.119
 freedom

00:26:11.119 --> 00:26:13.279
 forever

00:26:13.279 --> 00:26:16.160
 and friend

00:26:16.160 --> 00:26:17.319
 without that

00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:17.759
 hope

00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:20.839
 that god

00:26:20.839 --> 00:26:21.279
 says i will

00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:22.000
 bless you

00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:23.720
 and nothing

00:26:23.720 --> 00:26:24.359
 will remove it

00:26:24.359 --> 00:26:25.000
 without that

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.379
 hope

00:26:25.379 --> 00:26:28.639
 you won't

00:26:28.639 --> 00:26:29.200
 survive the

00:26:29.200 --> 00:26:29.740
 storms of this

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:30.099
 life

00:26:30.099 --> 00:26:32.579
 because without

00:26:32.579 --> 00:26:33.379
 that hope

00:26:33.379 --> 00:26:34.160
 the hope

00:26:34.160 --> 00:26:34.980
 of blessing

00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:35.700
 the hope

00:26:35.700 --> 00:26:36.539
 of righteousness

00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:37.359
 you will

00:26:37.359 --> 00:26:38.299
 always wonder

00:26:38.299 --> 00:26:40.220
 in hard times

00:26:40.220 --> 00:26:41.839
 when things do

00:26:41.839 --> 00:26:42.360
 not go your

00:26:42.360 --> 00:26:42.700
 way

00:26:42.700 --> 00:26:43.900
 you will

00:26:43.900 --> 00:26:44.900
 always question

00:26:44.900 --> 00:26:45.559
 whether or not

00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:46.360
 god is punishing

00:26:46.360 --> 00:26:46.759
 you

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:49.720
 or angry at

00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:50.000
 you

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:51.660
 or abandoning

00:26:51.660 --> 00:26:52.000
 you

00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:53.460
 and what it

00:26:53.460 --> 00:26:54.000
 is that you

00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:54.660
 have done

00:26:54.660 --> 00:26:57.160
 to turn god's

00:26:57.160 --> 00:26:57.860
 favor against

00:26:57.860 --> 00:26:58.240
 you

00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:59.360
 when the winds

00:26:59.360 --> 00:26:59.960
 come raging

00:26:59.960 --> 00:27:00.759
 you will question

00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:01.539
 his fatherly

00:27:01.539 --> 00:27:02.100
 love for you

00:27:02.100 --> 00:27:02.500
 and you will

00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:03.140
 live in guilt

00:27:03.140 --> 00:27:03.960
 and doubt

00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:04.839
 and uncertainty

00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:05.900
 nearly all your

00:27:05.900 --> 00:27:06.360
 days

00:27:06.359 --> 00:27:09.479
 but here

00:27:09.479 --> 00:27:10.919
 is his promise

00:27:10.919 --> 00:27:12.359
 and his oath

00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:13.699
 two unchangeable

00:27:13.699 --> 00:27:14.139
 things

00:27:14.139 --> 00:27:14.859
 in which it is

00:27:14.859 --> 00:27:16.019
 impossible for god

00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:16.719
 to lie

00:27:16.719 --> 00:27:17.339
 his promise

00:27:17.339 --> 00:27:18.000
 and his oath

00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:19.000
 i will surely

00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:20.059
 bless you

00:27:20.059 --> 00:27:22.799
 and that is an

00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:23.679
 anchor for the

00:27:23.679 --> 00:27:24.339
 soul friends

00:27:24.339 --> 00:27:26.299
 that his judgment

00:27:26.299 --> 00:27:28.159
 has been satisfied

00:27:28.159 --> 00:27:28.919
 in christ

00:27:28.919 --> 00:27:29.779
 that in him

00:27:29.779 --> 00:27:30.779
 you are accepted

00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:32.139
 as a child

00:27:32.139 --> 00:27:34.859
 verse 18

00:27:34.859 --> 00:27:35.779
 describes believers

00:27:35.779 --> 00:27:36.279
 as those who

00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:36.980
 have fled

00:27:36.980 --> 00:27:38.319
 for refuge

00:27:38.319 --> 00:27:39.980
 have fled

00:27:39.980 --> 00:27:41.319
 from sin

00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:42.480
 and self-righteousness

00:27:42.480 --> 00:27:43.440
 and fled to

00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:44.420
 god's mercy

00:27:44.420 --> 00:27:45.119
 and grace

00:27:45.119 --> 00:27:45.779
 in christ

00:27:45.779 --> 00:27:46.319
 and if that's

00:27:46.319 --> 00:27:46.879
 true of you

00:27:46.879 --> 00:27:47.639
 if you have

00:27:47.639 --> 00:27:49.399
 fled for refuge

00:27:49.399 --> 00:27:50.819
 to the son

00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:52.819
 then god's promise

00:27:52.819 --> 00:27:53.079
 and oath

00:27:53.079 --> 00:27:53.759
 made thousands

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.339
 of years ago

00:27:54.339 --> 00:27:54.899
 to abraham

00:27:54.899 --> 00:27:56.039
 and to everyone

00:27:56.039 --> 00:27:56.539
 of faith

00:27:56.539 --> 00:27:57.119
 since then

00:27:57.119 --> 00:27:57.660
 is for you

00:27:57.660 --> 00:27:58.039
 and he will

00:27:58.039 --> 00:27:59.079
 never change

00:27:59.079 --> 00:27:59.579
 his mind

00:27:59.579 --> 00:28:00.259
 and he will

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:01.079
 never go back

00:28:01.079 --> 00:28:01.660
 on his word

00:28:01.660 --> 00:28:03.119
 he will never

00:28:03.119 --> 00:28:03.920
 renege his

00:28:03.920 --> 00:28:04.379
 promises

00:28:04.380 --> 00:28:05.520
 or decide

00:28:05.520 --> 00:28:05.980
 one day

00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:06.860
 that bets

00:28:06.860 --> 00:28:07.360
 are off

00:28:07.360 --> 00:28:08.100
 no

00:28:08.100 --> 00:28:09.900
 it's impossible

00:28:09.900 --> 00:28:10.360
 for him

00:28:10.360 --> 00:28:10.920
 to do so

00:28:10.920 --> 00:28:12.940
 his purpose

00:28:12.940 --> 00:28:13.820
 is unchangeable

00:28:13.820 --> 00:28:17.460
 so what makes

00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:18.100
 our hope

00:28:18.100 --> 00:28:18.840
 in christ

00:28:18.840 --> 00:28:19.300
 an anchor

00:28:19.300 --> 00:28:19.760
 for the soul

00:28:19.760 --> 00:28:20.200
 what gives

00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:20.500
 it such

00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:20.780
 certainty

00:28:20.780 --> 00:28:21.340
 first

00:28:21.340 --> 00:28:21.960
 hebrews

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:22.120
 says

00:28:22.120 --> 00:28:22.780
 the fact

00:28:22.780 --> 00:28:23.100
 that god

00:28:23.100 --> 00:28:23.900
 has sworn

00:28:23.900 --> 00:28:24.240
 it

00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:26.520
 and god

00:28:26.520 --> 00:28:27.380
 cannot lie

00:28:27.380 --> 00:28:29.060
 second

00:28:29.060 --> 00:28:31.060
 the fact

00:28:31.060 --> 00:28:31.520
 that christ

00:28:31.520 --> 00:28:32.120
 has accomplished

00:28:32.120 --> 00:28:32.460
 it

00:28:32.460 --> 00:28:33.480
 look again

00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:33.820
 at verses

00:28:33.820 --> 00:28:34.760
 19 through 20

00:28:34.760 --> 00:28:35.920
 and try to

00:28:35.920 --> 00:28:36.500
 follow the

00:28:36.500 --> 00:28:37.340
 metaphors here

00:28:37.340 --> 00:28:38.580
 as we read

00:28:38.580 --> 00:28:39.240
 picture it

00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:39.880
 in your mind

00:28:39.880 --> 00:28:41.720
 we have this

00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:42.180
 as a sure

00:28:42.180 --> 00:28:42.880
 and steadfast

00:28:42.880 --> 00:28:43.800
 anchor of the

00:28:43.800 --> 00:28:44.140
 soul

00:28:44.140 --> 00:28:45.660
 a hope

00:28:45.660 --> 00:28:47.460
 that enters

00:28:47.460 --> 00:28:49.120
 into the inner

00:28:49.120 --> 00:28:49.980
 place behind

00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:50.480
 the curtain

00:28:50.480 --> 00:28:52.020
 where jesus

00:28:52.020 --> 00:28:52.580
 has gone

00:28:52.580 --> 00:28:54.320
 as a forerunner

00:28:54.320 --> 00:28:55.160
 on our behalf

00:28:55.160 --> 00:28:56.660
 having become

00:28:56.660 --> 00:28:57.300
 a high priest

00:28:57.300 --> 00:28:58.000
 forever after

00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:58.480
 the order

00:28:58.480 --> 00:28:59.360
 of melchizedek

00:28:59.360 --> 00:29:02.440
 isn't this

00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:03.100
 strange and

00:29:03.100 --> 00:29:03.800
 bizarre language

00:29:03.800 --> 00:29:04.360
 when you first

00:29:04.360 --> 00:29:04.820
 read it

00:29:04.820 --> 00:29:05.620
 aren't anchors

00:29:05.620 --> 00:29:06.460
 meant to be

00:29:06.460 --> 00:29:07.700
 sunk into the

00:29:07.700 --> 00:29:08.200
 depths of the

00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:08.500
 sea

00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:09.840
 and yet here

00:29:09.840 --> 00:29:10.519
 hebrews is telling

00:29:10.519 --> 00:29:11.040
 us that this

00:29:11.040 --> 00:29:12.019
 anchor as

00:29:12.019 --> 00:29:13.220
 weighty and as

00:29:13.220 --> 00:29:14.140
 deep and as

00:29:14.140 --> 00:29:14.880
 immovable as

00:29:14.880 --> 00:29:15.740
 god's oath

00:29:15.740 --> 00:29:16.860
 has been taken

00:29:16.860 --> 00:29:18.080
 and driven

00:29:18.080 --> 00:29:19.440
 into the heart

00:29:19.440 --> 00:29:20.420
 of heaven

00:29:20.420 --> 00:29:22.800
 never to be

00:29:22.800 --> 00:29:23.259
 moved

00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:26.059
 you see where

00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:26.680
 this anchor has

00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:27.240
 taken hold

00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:28.339
 he says it's the

00:29:28.339 --> 00:29:28.920
 inner place

00:29:28.920 --> 00:29:29.579
 behind the

00:29:29.579 --> 00:29:29.839
 curtain

00:29:29.839 --> 00:29:31.400
 and that was a

00:29:31.400 --> 00:29:31.839
 way of speaking

00:29:31.839 --> 00:29:32.500
 about the temple

00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:33.440
 or the tabernacle

00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:35.240
 which inside was

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:36.440
 basically two rooms

00:29:36.440 --> 00:29:37.440
 the holy place

00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:38.339
 and the most holy

00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:39.039
 place and there

00:29:39.039 --> 00:29:39.859
 was a big thick

00:29:39.859 --> 00:29:40.519
 curtain and veil

00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:41.180
 in between them

00:29:41.180 --> 00:29:42.819
 and in the holy

00:29:42.819 --> 00:29:43.480
 place the first

00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:44.099
 room the outer

00:29:44.099 --> 00:29:45.559
 room there was

00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:46.259
 some incense and

00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:46.559
 there were some

00:29:46.559 --> 00:29:47.140
 lamps and there

00:29:47.140 --> 00:29:47.599
 was some bread

00:29:47.599 --> 00:29:48.000
 and the priest

00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:48.539
 went in there a

00:29:48.539 --> 00:29:49.240
 bunch and prayed

00:29:49.240 --> 00:29:49.700
 and did their

00:29:49.700 --> 00:29:51.140
 thing but in the

00:29:51.140 --> 00:29:52.000
 most holy place

00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:53.160
 one person went

00:29:53.160 --> 00:29:54.519
 once a year on

00:29:54.519 --> 00:29:54.839
 the day of

00:29:54.839 --> 00:29:56.059
 atonement that

00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:57.740
 place was

00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:59.400
 representational of

00:29:59.400 --> 00:30:00.440
 the very presence

00:30:00.440 --> 00:30:01.200
 of god

00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:03.359
 friends that room

00:30:03.359 --> 00:30:04.559
 was a symbol of

00:30:04.559 --> 00:30:06.039
 heaven on earth

00:30:06.039 --> 00:30:06.960
 of god's dwelling

00:30:06.960 --> 00:30:08.119
 place in the midst

00:30:08.119 --> 00:30:09.859
 and not just that

00:30:09.859 --> 00:30:10.779
 but as we'll see

00:30:10.779 --> 00:30:11.740
 in hebrews coming

00:30:11.740 --> 00:30:12.960
 up that that room

00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:13.640
 was a picture of

00:30:13.640 --> 00:30:14.240
 the future

00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:18.619
 when god would

00:30:18.619 --> 00:30:19.140
 dwell with his

00:30:19.140 --> 00:30:19.619
 people and be

00:30:19.619 --> 00:30:20.259
 all in all in the

00:30:20.259 --> 00:30:20.779
 new heavens and

00:30:20.779 --> 00:30:21.339
 the new earth

00:30:21.339 --> 00:30:23.480
 so you see

00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:24.220
 figuratively

00:30:24.220 --> 00:30:25.919
 hebrews is saying

00:30:25.919 --> 00:30:27.279
 that in the true

00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:29.119
 temple of god's

00:30:29.119 --> 00:30:31.199
 presence our anchor

00:30:31.199 --> 00:30:32.240
 of hope has been

00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:33.799
 driven into god's

00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:35.500
 presence and into

00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:36.179
 his future

00:30:36.179 --> 00:30:41.959
 friends don't you

00:30:41.959 --> 00:30:42.519
 see that there is

00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:43.759
 an unshakable and

00:30:43.759 --> 00:30:44.500
 an unbreakable

00:30:44.500 --> 00:30:45.879
 connection between

00:30:45.879 --> 00:30:47.899
 us and the

00:30:47.899 --> 00:30:49.599
 intimate fellowship

00:30:49.599 --> 00:30:50.719
 and communion with

00:30:50.719 --> 00:30:51.980
 god that you were

00:30:51.980 --> 00:30:52.740
 created for

00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:56.699
 that what

00:30:56.699 --> 00:30:57.939
 christ

00:30:57.939 --> 00:31:00.059
 is and offers

00:31:00.059 --> 00:31:00.759
 to us

00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:02.959
 is that very

00:31:02.959 --> 00:31:03.699
 thing that your

00:31:03.699 --> 00:31:04.879
 soul longs for

00:31:04.879 --> 00:31:06.839
 to know and to be

00:31:06.839 --> 00:31:07.740
 known by god

00:31:07.740 --> 00:31:08.859
 in an immediate

00:31:08.859 --> 00:31:09.379
 way

00:31:09.379 --> 00:31:11.599
 to have the veil

00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:12.480
 between you and

00:31:12.480 --> 00:31:13.039
 god's presence

00:31:13.039 --> 00:31:14.199
 finally opened

00:31:14.200 --> 00:31:15.900
 so that your

00:31:15.900 --> 00:31:16.819
 true self can

00:31:16.819 --> 00:31:18.580
 emerge in the

00:31:18.580 --> 00:31:19.440
 light of god's

00:31:19.440 --> 00:31:20.100
 glory

00:31:20.100 --> 00:31:25.580
 in verse 20

00:31:25.580 --> 00:31:26.440
 we're told how

00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:27.360
 our anchor

00:31:27.360 --> 00:31:29.460
 comes to be

00:31:29.460 --> 00:31:30.900
 driven there

00:31:30.900 --> 00:31:33.740
 and it's because

00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:34.420
 of jesus

00:31:34.420 --> 00:31:37.460
 because he has

00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:38.200
 gone ahead of

00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:39.779
 us on our

00:31:39.779 --> 00:31:41.440
 behalf as our

00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:42.440
 forerunner he

00:31:42.440 --> 00:31:44.559
 says which is a

00:31:44.559 --> 00:31:45.320
 beautiful image

00:31:45.320 --> 00:31:46.720
 it's actually an

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:47.279
 image from the

00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:48.440
 military or from

00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:49.600
 athletics this idea

00:31:49.600 --> 00:31:50.460
 of a forerunner

00:31:50.460 --> 00:31:52.480
 it was the captain

00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:54.180
 who went ahead of

00:31:54.180 --> 00:31:54.799
 the rest

00:31:54.799 --> 00:31:57.880
 blazing the way

00:31:57.880 --> 00:31:59.799
 leading the way

00:31:59.799 --> 00:32:01.340
 carving out the

00:32:01.340 --> 00:32:02.320
 path through

00:32:02.320 --> 00:32:03.480
 danger and

00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:05.519
 harm so that

00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:06.240
 all those who are

00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:06.920
 his could come

00:32:06.920 --> 00:32:07.779
 streaming in his

00:32:07.779 --> 00:32:09.940
 path and follow

00:32:09.940 --> 00:32:11.039
 surely behind

00:32:11.039 --> 00:32:13.659
 you see

00:32:13.659 --> 00:32:15.819
 friends because

00:32:15.819 --> 00:32:17.139
 christ is our

00:32:17.139 --> 00:32:18.599
 forerunner on

00:32:18.599 --> 00:32:19.359
 our behalf

00:32:19.359 --> 00:32:20.859
 because he has

00:32:20.859 --> 00:32:23.180
 gone through

00:32:23.180 --> 00:32:25.139
 death and into

00:32:25.139 --> 00:32:26.000
 god's presence in

00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:26.680
 the resurrected

00:32:26.680 --> 00:32:29.980
 life that all

00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:30.519
 those who are

00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:31.980
 united to him by

00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:33.740
 faith are

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:34.740
 guaranteed that

00:32:34.740 --> 00:32:35.659
 we too will share

00:32:35.659 --> 00:32:36.339
 in that destiny

00:32:36.339 --> 00:32:38.720
 that our captain

00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:39.959
 that our king

00:32:39.959 --> 00:32:41.500
 has gone before

00:32:41.500 --> 00:32:44.339
 us securing the

00:32:44.339 --> 00:32:45.019
 path that will

00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:45.599
 bring us into

00:32:45.599 --> 00:32:46.399
 god's presence

00:32:46.399 --> 00:32:50.579
 you see he has

00:32:50.579 --> 00:32:51.240
 taken it there

00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:53.359
 in some sense as

00:32:53.359 --> 00:32:53.799
 you read this

00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:54.439
 passage isn't it

00:32:54.439 --> 00:32:56.619
 clear that this

00:32:56.619 --> 00:32:57.939
 anchor and this

00:32:57.939 --> 00:32:59.500
 hope are they

00:32:59.500 --> 00:33:00.379
 christ himself

00:33:00.379 --> 00:33:02.019
 as the metaphors

00:33:02.019 --> 00:33:02.959
 start to spin and

00:33:02.959 --> 00:33:03.500
 turn in this

00:33:03.500 --> 00:33:04.899
 passage isn't the

00:33:04.900 --> 00:33:06.280
 anchor jesus who

00:33:06.280 --> 00:33:07.300
 is gone and

00:33:07.300 --> 00:33:08.259
 planted himself in

00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:08.740
 the father's

00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:09.360
 presence on our

00:33:09.360 --> 00:33:10.420
 behalf as our

00:33:10.420 --> 00:33:11.660
 forerunner and

00:33:11.660 --> 00:33:12.100
 as our high

00:33:12.100 --> 00:33:14.980
 priest and

00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:15.780
 because christ is

00:33:15.780 --> 00:33:16.700
 there i too will

00:33:16.700 --> 00:33:17.340
 be there that it's

00:33:17.340 --> 00:33:19.100
 finished that it's

00:33:19.100 --> 00:33:21.400
 done that he is

00:33:21.400 --> 00:33:22.380
 there and so i

00:33:22.380 --> 00:33:22.900
 shall be

00:33:22.900 --> 00:33:27.900
 now what's what's

00:33:27.900 --> 00:33:28.880
 coming up in

00:33:28.880 --> 00:33:30.200
 hebrews as we

00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:31.680
 look forward to

00:33:31.680 --> 00:33:32.240
 the winter and

00:33:32.240 --> 00:33:34.320
 spring where we're

00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:34.919
 headed in this

00:33:34.919 --> 00:33:36.599
 series in some

00:33:36.599 --> 00:33:37.220
 sense friend this

00:33:37.220 --> 00:33:37.939
 passage that we're

00:33:37.939 --> 00:33:38.720
 at right now is

00:33:38.720 --> 00:33:39.679
 setting the stage

00:33:39.679 --> 00:33:42.599
 in verses 7 8 9

00:33:42.599 --> 00:33:44.700
 10 in some sense

00:33:44.700 --> 00:33:46.220
 hebrews is saying

00:33:46.220 --> 00:33:47.139
 buckle your seat

00:33:47.139 --> 00:33:48.419
 belt because i'm

00:33:48.419 --> 00:33:49.339
 going to show you

00:33:49.339 --> 00:33:51.339
 how secure this

00:33:51.339 --> 00:33:53.079
 hope actually is

00:33:53.079 --> 00:33:54.439
 i'm going to show

00:33:54.439 --> 00:33:56.539
 you how rock solid

00:33:56.539 --> 00:33:57.939
 the work of christ

00:33:57.939 --> 00:33:59.639
 is for you so that

00:33:59.639 --> 00:34:00.779
 nothing will shake

00:34:00.779 --> 00:34:04.819
 you it's secure and

00:34:04.819 --> 00:34:07.759
 it's efficient that's

00:34:07.759 --> 00:34:08.400
 where we're going but

00:34:08.400 --> 00:34:09.340
 right now as we

00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:09.960
 finish up this

00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:11.519
 morning just think

00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:12.800
 friend if you've

00:34:12.800 --> 00:34:13.779
 placed your trust in

00:34:13.779 --> 00:34:15.119
 christ then what

00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:16.000
 your future holds

00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:16.639
 according to this

00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:18.199
 passage is

00:34:18.199 --> 00:34:18.880
 fellowship and

00:34:18.880 --> 00:34:19.880
 intimacy intimacy

00:34:19.880 --> 00:34:21.199
 with god forever

00:34:21.199 --> 00:34:22.779
 that those storms

00:34:22.779 --> 00:34:24.159
 rage now there is

00:34:24.159 --> 00:34:25.880
 perfect peace to

00:34:25.880 --> 00:34:27.519
 come and depths of

00:34:27.519 --> 00:34:28.279
 delight like you

00:34:28.279 --> 00:34:29.659
 cannot imagine that

00:34:29.659 --> 00:34:30.699
 those sorrow as the

00:34:30.699 --> 00:34:31.339
 psalmist says may

00:34:31.339 --> 00:34:32.339
 last for the night

00:34:32.339 --> 00:34:33.920
 joy comes in the

00:34:33.920 --> 00:34:37.719
 morning that when

00:34:37.719 --> 00:34:39.139
 the wind and the

00:34:39.139 --> 00:34:40.719
 waves finally cease

00:34:40.719 --> 00:34:43.679
 our ships will be

00:34:43.679 --> 00:34:44.819
 brought safely home

00:34:44.819 --> 00:34:48.399
 into the harbor and

00:34:48.399 --> 00:34:49.619
 if that is true what

00:34:49.619 --> 00:34:51.719
 sacrifice or what

00:34:51.719 --> 00:34:53.480
 hardship couldn't you

00:34:53.480 --> 00:34:55.239
 face with courage now

00:34:55.239 --> 00:34:59.099
 what difficulty or

00:34:59.099 --> 00:35:00.339
 change in circumstances

00:35:00.339 --> 00:35:03.039
 couldn't you face with

00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:05.219
 courage if you knew

00:35:05.219 --> 00:35:06.119
 for sure that the

00:35:06.119 --> 00:35:08.099
 morning held the

00:35:08.099 --> 00:35:09.199
 sunrise of god's new

00:35:09.199 --> 00:35:11.099
 creation and that you

00:35:11.099 --> 00:35:11.959
 would be a part of it

00:35:11.959 --> 00:35:14.959
 because christ has paid

00:35:14.959 --> 00:35:16.759
 for your sins and gone

00:35:16.759 --> 00:35:17.679
 as a forerunner on your

00:35:17.679 --> 00:35:20.539
 behalf what wouldn't you

00:35:20.539 --> 00:35:21.519
 be able to withstand

00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:25.559
 endure go through if

00:35:25.559 --> 00:35:26.440
 you knew that was ahead

00:35:26.440 --> 00:35:29.519
 of you even if your

00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:32.559
 career were wrecked on

00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:34.519
 the storms of life and

00:35:35.340 --> 00:35:36.280
 you lost everything that

00:35:36.280 --> 00:35:37.519
 you had worked for during

00:35:38.280 --> 00:35:39.300
 your professional life

00:35:39.300 --> 00:35:42.539
 that like so many great

00:35:42.539 --> 00:35:43.659
 academic books they end

00:35:43.659 --> 00:35:46.780
 up as door stops and

00:35:46.780 --> 00:35:48.139
 giveaway boxes in front of

00:35:48.139 --> 00:35:49.980
 people's offices and all

00:35:49.980 --> 00:35:50.900
 the things that we labored

00:35:50.900 --> 00:35:51.880
 for just end up being

00:35:51.880 --> 00:35:55.059
 dust or even if close

00:35:55.059 --> 00:35:57.300
 relationships gave way

00:35:57.300 --> 00:35:59.519
 and friends betrayed you

00:35:59.519 --> 00:36:02.280
 and a spouse never came

00:36:02.280 --> 00:36:05.380
 and even if your self

00:36:05.380 --> 00:36:07.139
 image that pristine

00:36:07.139 --> 00:36:08.240
 picture of yourself that

00:36:08.240 --> 00:36:09.660
 you try so hard to keep

00:36:09.660 --> 00:36:10.639
 up even if that got

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 shattered on the reality

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 of your heart you could

00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:18.780
 endure the fiercest

00:36:18.780 --> 00:36:20.780
 storms the most brutal

00:36:20.780 --> 00:36:22.120
 winds because you have an

00:36:22.120 --> 00:36:25.500
 anchor Jesus Christ who

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 has taken hold of you and

00:36:27.720 --> 00:36:28.600
 all your sin and

00:36:28.600 --> 00:36:30.240
 selfishness and gone as a

00:36:30.240 --> 00:36:31.360
 forerunner on your behalf

00:36:31.360 --> 00:36:33.519
 into God's future into God's

00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:34.040
 presence

00:36:34.040 --> 00:36:39.260
 you know in the tomb of

00:36:39.260 --> 00:36:39.920
 some of the earliest

00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:41.600
 Christians in Rome you can

00:36:41.600 --> 00:36:43.460
 actually go visit them one is

00:36:43.460 --> 00:36:44.360
 called the catacombs of

00:36:44.360 --> 00:36:46.680
 Priscilla if you go there and

00:36:46.680 --> 00:36:47.760
 you see a few hundred years

00:36:47.760 --> 00:36:50.920
 of Christian leaders and

00:36:50.920 --> 00:36:52.640
 Christian martyrs and even

00:36:52.640 --> 00:36:53.960
 just loved ones sort of

00:36:53.960 --> 00:36:55.060
 buried there down in the

00:36:55.060 --> 00:36:57.240
 depths underneath the earth in

00:36:57.240 --> 00:36:59.700
 secrecy and you know what you

00:36:59.700 --> 00:37:01.100
 find over and over again

00:37:01.100 --> 00:37:05.160
 painted on those tombs one image

00:37:05.160 --> 00:37:07.280
 again and again and again and

00:37:07.280 --> 00:37:13.280
 again an anchor an anchor over

00:37:13.280 --> 00:37:15.180
 this tomb and this tomb and this

00:37:15.180 --> 00:37:17.260
 tomb of believers the anchor

00:37:17.260 --> 00:37:23.480
 you see they're there as a

00:37:23.480 --> 00:37:27.019
 declaration of hope as a

00:37:27.019 --> 00:37:29.000
 defiant claim in the face of

00:37:29.000 --> 00:37:32.240
 death in the face of Rome in the

00:37:32.240 --> 00:37:33.460
 face of anything that stands

00:37:33.460 --> 00:37:36.220
 against us that our hope in

00:37:36.220 --> 00:37:39.640
 Christ is sure and steadfast and

00:37:39.639 --> 00:37:44.659
 not even death can rock us from

00:37:44.659 --> 00:37:48.299
 our destiny in Christ because our

00:37:48.299 --> 00:37:51.500
 forerunner has gone before us and

00:37:51.500 --> 00:37:53.339
 our place in the presence of God is

00:37:53.339 --> 00:37:56.519
 secure so you see friends our hope

00:37:56.519 --> 00:37:58.980
 the hope that will maintain our

00:37:58.980 --> 00:38:01.659
 souls is sure because God has sworn

00:38:01.659 --> 00:38:03.039
 it and because Jesus has

00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:06.759
 accomplished it and if you hold fast

00:38:06.760 --> 00:38:09.360
 to that no matter what storms you

00:38:09.360 --> 00:38:13.760
 face you will persevere and in the

00:38:13.760 --> 00:38:18.820
 morning joy let's pray

00:38:18.820 --> 00:38:30.060
 father help us to see the

00:38:30.060 --> 00:38:32.340
 certainty of the hope before us

00:38:32.340 --> 00:38:35.680
 that our Lord and Savior shed his own

00:38:35.679 --> 00:38:37.339
 blood to secure for us God that your

00:38:37.339 --> 00:38:41.019
 oath your covenant your blood support

00:38:41.019 --> 00:38:45.799
 us in the whelming flood that when all

00:38:45.799 --> 00:38:50.460
 around our strength gives way you are

00:38:50.460 --> 00:38:54.019
 all our open stay or that our anchor

00:38:54.019 --> 00:38:58.279
 holds within the veil God for my

00:38:58.279 --> 00:38:59.500
 brothers and sisters here this morning

00:38:59.500 --> 00:39:00.759
 who are wrestling with doubts and

00:39:00.759 --> 00:39:02.619
 fears and uncertainties for whom the

00:39:02.619 --> 00:39:04.299
 storms of life have been raging and

00:39:04.300 --> 00:39:06.660
 pounding Lord would you support them

00:39:06.660 --> 00:39:08.200
 this morning help them to see the

00:39:08.200 --> 00:39:11.000
 anchor of Christ in their life and

00:39:11.000 --> 00:39:12.480
 Lord for those who do not know you

00:39:12.480 --> 00:39:14.420
 who've been trying to find an anchor

00:39:14.420 --> 00:39:16.120
 to support them and have found it to

00:39:16.120 --> 00:39:19.400
 be bankrupt God open their eyes to

00:39:19.400 --> 00:39:21.240
 take hold of Christ the one anchor that

00:39:21.240 --> 00:39:24.800
 will not fail we pray all this in

00:39:24.800 --> 00:39:28.519
 Jesus name amen well friends we're going

00:39:28.519 --> 00:39:30.800
 to sing a song that picks up all these

00:39:30.800 --> 00:39:32.160
 themes of this passage and you'll hear

00:39:32.159 --> 00:39:34.139
 them we're going to sing this as a great

00:39:34.139 --> 00:39:35.739
 declaration of our hope in Christ so

00:39:35.739 --> 00:39:37.759
 let's stand and let's celebrate what we

00:39:37.759 --> 00:39:38.299
 have in him

00:39:38.300 --> 00:39:41.860
 mind you

00:39:41.860 --> 00:39:44.640
 you

00:39:44.640 --> 00:39:45.280
 yeah

00:39:45.280 --> 00:39:45.760
 you

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 My