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 Please join me in your copy of God's Word in Hebrews chapter 6.

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 As we continue our verse-by-verse study of the book of Hebrews.

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! Our text for today is Hebrews chapter 6 verses 1-8.

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 Before I lead us in reading this, beloved, let me remind you that this is God's Word to us.

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 It was written for His glory and our good.

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 And so we would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises and to obey its commands.

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 Hebrews chapter 6 verse 1 and following.

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 Therefore, let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity.

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 Not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God.

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 And of instruction about washings, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

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 And this we will do if God permits.

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 For it is impossible in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift,

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 and have shared in the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the goodness of the Word of God and the powers of the age to come,

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 and then have fallen away to restore them again to repentance,

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 since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding Him up to contempt.

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 For land that has drunk the rain that often falls on it,

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 and produces a crop useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated,

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 receives a blessing from God.

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 But if it bears thorns and thistles,

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 it is worthless and near to being cursed,

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 and its end is to be burned.

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 Preaching is always a serious task.

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 If preaching is approached properly,

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 we are picking up weighty things.

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 Eternal matters.

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 This should not be a time of silly frivolity.

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 Texts like this make me especially feel the weight of the task before me,

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 because its topic is especially weighty.

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 The author of Hebrews is writing to a beleaguered church,

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 a church that has suffered much,

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 a church that was being tempted to forsake following Jesus Christ,

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 in order to alleviate their suffering.

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 We chose to study the book of Hebrews in part,

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 because we believe that it is going to become increasingly uncomfortable

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 to be a faithful follower of Jesus Christ in the age we live in.

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 There are and will be pressures on every side to forsake the following of Jesus for the sake of comfort.

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 For the Hebrew church,

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 the temptation was to return to Judaism.

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 They were accepted as Jewish worshipers of God by Rome.

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 But as Christ followers,

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 as followers of the way,

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 they were suffering much.

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 For us,

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 the temptation is and will be

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 to become cultural Christians.

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 Cultural Christians are, in fact,

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 not Christians at all.

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 They worship a God of their own making,

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 not the God who has revealed Himself in the Bible and in the person of Jesus Christ.

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 They believe that they are generally good enough to gain heaven

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 and need only to make a decision to add a little Jesus to their lives,

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 to live their lives more fully.

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 Their religion is focused on them,

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 how it benefits them,

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 how it makes them feel.

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 They have not encountered the risen Christ.

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 They know about Him,

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 or at least some version of Him,

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 but they do not know Him

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 and are not known by Him.

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 These people have been led to believe

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 that they are Christians

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 when they are not.

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 And this is a rampant problem

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 of our day.

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 This is quite possibly a problem

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 in our midst.

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 I fear that false conversions

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 are the greatest issue

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 of the church in our day.

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 The need to rightly preach the gospel

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 that people will not be deluded into thinking

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 that they are in fact in Christ,

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 that they are safe,

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 that they will be carried through the storm

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 is the most concerning matter.

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 Every generation has had to reassert the gospel,

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 has had to recapture it,

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 re-clarify it.

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 And we are not different in our day.

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 Listen to what Paul wrote

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 to the Galatian church

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 in chapter 1, verses 6-9.

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 If you're familiar with this letter,

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 you know that the Galatian church

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 was being tempted by

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 what we've called the Judaizers

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 to pick up, as Gentile believers,

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 Jewish practices, laws,

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 and keep those laws

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 in order to have their acceptance.

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 To forsake the gospel

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 that says we're saved by grace alone,

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 through faith alone,

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 in Christ alone,

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 and to add to that works.

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 And he said this,

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 I am astonished

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 that you are so quickly

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 deserting Him who called you

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 in the grace of Christ

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 and are turning

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 to a different gospel.

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 Not that there is another one,

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 but there are some

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 who trouble you

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 and want to distort

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 the gospel of Christ.

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 But even if we

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 or an angel from heaven

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 should preach to you

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 a gospel contrary

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 to the one we preach to you,

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 let him be accursed.

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 As we have said before,

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 so now I say again,

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 if anyone is preaching to you

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 a gospel contrary

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 to the one you received,

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 let him be accursed.

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 It was a serious matter

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 already in the first century church.

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 This idea of distorting the gospel.

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 He says as if there is another one.

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 Those were preaching

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 that you can be justified

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 in any other way

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 but by grace alone,

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 through faith alone,

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 in Christ alone.

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 This was the gospel

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 that Paul had preached

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 and he says even if I come

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 and preach to you

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 a different gospel

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 or even if an angel

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 from heaven comes

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 contradicting this gospel,

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 let us and let him

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 be accursed.

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 The gospel that we are saved

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 by grace alone,

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 through faith alone,

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 in Christ alone

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 is the narrow path

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 that leads to life now

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 and life forever.

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 All other so-called gospels

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 are the wide path

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 that leads to destruction.

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 And there is much of that

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 in our day.

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 Preachers who will say

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 just enough

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 that sounds good and true

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 but not press all the way,

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 not present the gospel

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 in its entirety

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 and in great clarity.

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 So if you're in my hearing

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 and claim to be a Christian,

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 you're here this morning

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 and you're saying,

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 I am a follower

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 of Jesus Christ,

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 you will find yourself

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 in one of three categories.

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 If you claim to be a Christian,

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 you could claim

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 not to be a Christian,

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 that would be an entirely

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 separate category altogether.

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 If you claim to be a Christian,

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 a disciple of Jesus Christ,

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 you will find yourself

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 in one of three categories

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 this morning.

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 Number one,

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 a confident Christian.

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 You will have a surety

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 of your salvation.

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 You will say,

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 yes, I know

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 that I am in Christ.

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 I have been saved

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 by grace alone

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 through faith alone

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 in Christ alone.

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 Secondly,

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 you may find yourself

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 as an unconfident Christian.

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 You may find yourself

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 truly a follower

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 of Jesus Christ,

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 but not having the assurance

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 that we would all hope

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 you would have.

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 That kind of confidence

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 that we want you to enjoy,

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 knowing that you have been saved

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 by God

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 and that you are kept

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 by God.

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 And the third,

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 possibly,

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 that you're not a Christian

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 at all.

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 It is very possible

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 to say that you're

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 a Christ follower

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 and to not be

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 a Christ follower.

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 And the Bible

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 is helpful to us

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 in this.

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 It's not silent

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 on this topic.

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 It has much

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 to say

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 about this topic.

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 How do we know?

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 How can we press on

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 in knowing

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 that we are,

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 in fact,

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 secure

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 in Christ?

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 That His righteousness

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 is ours.

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 That our punishment

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 due our sin

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 He took

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 on the cross.

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 How can we

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 know this?

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 Our text

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 this morning

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 is helpful

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 to that end.

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 Our text

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 this morning

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 is a warning

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 not to be found

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 in this third category.

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 To not be one

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 who says

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 they're a Christian

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 and proves

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 not to be.

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 Next week's text

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 as we continue on

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 in chapter 6

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 will be an encouragement

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 to be found

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 in the first category.

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 To not have

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 false assurances

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 today,

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 next week,

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 is to have

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 good and proper

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 and true

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 assurance.

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 How can we know?

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 So today

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 is primarily

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 about the

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 negative

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 side of that.

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 And our text

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 this morning

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 begins in verse 1

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 with the therefore.

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 So we must

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 always consider

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 when the therefore

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 is there,

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 why is it there?

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 What is it there

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 for?

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 And so

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 last week's text

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 which started

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 chapter 5

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 verse 11

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 and went through

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 verse 14

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 Reese Winkler

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 labored

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 to preach for us

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 and did a wonderful

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 job explaining

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 the text

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 for us.

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 We saw the

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 only rebuke

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 in the book

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 of Hebrews

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 that these

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 Christians,

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 this beleaguered

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 church that this

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 author is writing

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 to,

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 had become

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 dull

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 of hearing.

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 And then we saw

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 in the text

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 an exhortation

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 toward

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 maturity.

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 So,

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 you have become

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 dull of hearing

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 and he says

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 this should not

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 be so,

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 so let us

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 press on,

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 right?

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 Let's grow up

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 into Christ.

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 So let me read

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 verses 11

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 through 14

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 before we move on

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 in our text today.

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 Author of Hebrews

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 wrote,

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 we're getting

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 verse 11,

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 about this

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 we have much

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 to say

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 and it is

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 hard to

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 explain

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 since you

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 have become

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 dull

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 of hearing.

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 For though

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 by this time

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 you ought to

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 be teachers,

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 you need

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 someone to

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 teach you

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 again the

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 basic principles

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 of the

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 oracles of

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 God.

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 You need

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 milk,

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 not solid

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 food.

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 For everyone

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 who lives on

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 milk is

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 unskilled in

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 the word of

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 righteousness

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 since he is

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 a child.

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 But solid

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 food is

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 for the

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 mature.

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 For those

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 who have

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 their powers

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 of discernment

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 trained by

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 constant

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 practice

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 to

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 distinguish

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 good

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 from evil.

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 So there's

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 this exhortation

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 found in this

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 to not be

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 children any

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 longer,

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 but to

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 grow up

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 into maturity.

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 And it's

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 with that in

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 mind that he

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 says,

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 therefore,

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 let us

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 leave the

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 elementary

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 doctrines of

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 Christ and

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 go on

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 to maturity.

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 Grow up.

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 And here

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 he refers

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 to these

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 elementary

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 doctrines

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 of Christ.

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 Not laying

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 again a

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 foundation of

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 repentance

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 from dead

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 works and

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 of faith

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 toward God

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 and of

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 instruction

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 about washings,

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 the laying

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 on of

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 hands,

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 the resurrection

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 of the dead,

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 and eternal

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 judgment.

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 There are

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 six doctrines

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 here that

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 the author of

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 Hebrews calls

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 the elementary

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 doctrine of

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 Christ.

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 Now,

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 most New

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 Testament

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 scholars agree,

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 and there's a

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 lot of

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 disagreement

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 about this

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 particular text,

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 but most

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 New Testament

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 scholars agree

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 that this

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 list of

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 doctrines we

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 find in

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 verses 1

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 and 2

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 were an

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 early form

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 of catechism

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 for Jewish

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 converts

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 to Christianity.

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 So people

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 who professed

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 faith in

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 Jesus Christ

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 were taken

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 through a

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 series of

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 teaching.

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 teaching.

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 Let us

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 help you

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 understand

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 this way

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 that you're

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 now claiming

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 to follow.

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 And it may

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 have taken

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 the form

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 of a

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 catechism

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 like we

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 have today

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 with a

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 question

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 and an

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 answer,

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 or it

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 may have

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 just been

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 a structured

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 teaching.

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 But most

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 agree,

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 that's what

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 here the

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 author of

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 Hebrews

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 is referring

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 to,

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 kind of a

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 packaged

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 teaching

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 for those

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 who are

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 new

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 to the

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 faith.

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 And so we

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 see first

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 some reference

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 to the

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 law.

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 Jewish

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 converts

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 would have

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 been very

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 familiar with

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 the Old

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 Testament

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 law,

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 the civil,

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 ceremonial,

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 and the

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 moral law.

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 And so he

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 references

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 repentance

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 from dead

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 works.

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 They would

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 have had to

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 learn,

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 just as we

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 have to

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 learn to

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 come to

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 faith in

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 Christ,

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 that we

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 can no

00:14:43.919 --> 00:14:44.779
 longer work

00:14:44.779 --> 00:14:45.459
 at self

00:14:45.459 --> 00:14:46.099
 salvation,

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 that this

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 is an

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 impossible

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 thing to

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 do,

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 no amount

00:14:49.079 --> 00:14:49.839
 of keeping

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 of the

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 law is

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 going to

00:14:51.279 --> 00:14:51.779
 help us

00:14:51.779 --> 00:14:52.479
 find favor

00:14:52.479 --> 00:14:53.659
 with Christ,

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 because we

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 can never

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 do it

00:14:55.259 --> 00:14:56.099
 perfectly,

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 and this

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 is what

00:14:57.120 --> 00:14:57.599
 the law

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 requires.

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 They did

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 and we

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 will fall

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 short of

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 the righteous

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 requirement

00:15:03.599 --> 00:15:04.779
 of God

00:15:04.779 --> 00:15:05.919
 found in

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 the moral

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 law.

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 We cannot

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 do it.

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 We may

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 keep part

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 of it,

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 and even

00:15:10.419 --> 00:15:10.799
 the parts

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 we will

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 keep

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 imperfectly.

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 We will

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 be mixed

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 with messes

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 of motivation.

00:15:18.020 --> 00:15:18.980
 We cannot

00:15:18.980 --> 00:15:21.040
 keep the

00:15:21.040 --> 00:15:21.320
 law

00:15:21.320 --> 00:15:22.420
 perfectly.

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 And so,

00:15:24.680 --> 00:15:25.280
 we must

00:15:25.280 --> 00:15:25.700
 repent.

00:15:27.180 --> 00:15:27.540
 We must

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 confess that

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 we have

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 failed to

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 keep the

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 law.

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 They were

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 taught to

00:15:33.960 --> 00:15:34.400
 repent

00:15:34.400 --> 00:15:35.740
 from dead

00:15:35.740 --> 00:15:37.060
 works,

00:15:37.180 --> 00:15:37.700
 to do that

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 negative act

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 of repentance,

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 and then

00:15:40.539 --> 00:15:41.580
 to do the

00:15:41.580 --> 00:15:42.740
 positive act

00:15:42.740 --> 00:15:43.399
 of placing

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 their faith

00:15:44.360 --> 00:15:45.840
 in God.

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 The text

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 says,

00:15:47.440 --> 00:15:48.299
 of faith

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 toward

00:15:49.240 --> 00:15:50.440
 God.

00:15:50.799 --> 00:15:51.840
 That God

00:15:51.840 --> 00:15:52.659
 could save

00:15:52.659 --> 00:15:53.060
 them.

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 Sola

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 fide,

00:15:54.919 --> 00:15:55.860
 by faith

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 alone.

00:15:57.379 --> 00:15:58.899
 By placing

00:15:58.899 --> 00:16:00.179
 all of their

00:16:00.179 --> 00:16:01.039
 trust in the

00:16:01.039 --> 00:16:01.600
 person and

00:16:01.600 --> 00:16:03.120
 work of

00:16:03.120 --> 00:16:03.919
 Jesus Christ.

00:16:04.919 --> 00:16:05.379
 So,

00:16:05.460 --> 00:16:05.799
 we have in

00:16:05.799 --> 00:16:06.159
 these first

00:16:06.159 --> 00:16:06.960
 two doctrines

00:16:06.960 --> 00:16:08.460
 a soteriology.

00:16:09.460 --> 00:16:10.259
 How is it

00:16:10.259 --> 00:16:10.700
 that we

00:16:10.700 --> 00:16:12.900
 are saved?

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 Nixie

00:16:14.720 --> 00:16:15.139
 references

00:16:15.139 --> 00:16:15.879
 Jewish

00:16:15.879 --> 00:16:16.580
 cleansing

00:16:16.580 --> 00:16:17.040
 rites,

00:16:17.240 --> 00:16:18.000
 which they

00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:18.379
 may have

00:16:18.379 --> 00:16:18.780
 still been

00:16:18.780 --> 00:16:19.300
 practicing

00:16:19.300 --> 00:16:19.960
 as a

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 New Testament

00:16:20.400 --> 00:16:21.040
 church,

00:16:21.040 --> 00:16:22.220
 but certainly

00:16:22.220 --> 00:16:22.759
 Jews in

00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:23.180
 their day

00:16:23.180 --> 00:16:23.980
 were practicing

00:16:23.980 --> 00:16:25.460
 these rites

00:16:25.460 --> 00:16:27.160
 of washings

00:16:27.160 --> 00:16:28.000
 and the

00:16:28.000 --> 00:16:28.600
 laying on

00:16:28.600 --> 00:16:29.879
 of hands.

00:16:31.100 --> 00:16:31.280
 And so,

00:16:31.340 --> 00:16:31.820
 most likely

00:16:31.820 --> 00:16:32.460
 their instruction

00:16:32.460 --> 00:16:33.780
 about washings

00:16:33.780 --> 00:16:34.680
 was about

00:16:34.680 --> 00:16:35.440
 baptism,

00:16:35.440 --> 00:16:37.400
 New Testament,

00:16:38.080 --> 00:16:38.860
 regenerate

00:16:38.860 --> 00:16:40.140
 baptism into

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 the fellowship

00:16:40.660 --> 00:16:41.360
 of a church

00:16:41.360 --> 00:16:43.160
 and in

00:16:43.160 --> 00:16:44.180
 baptism of

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 the Holy

00:16:45.100 --> 00:16:45.620
 Spirit.

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 They would

00:16:46.720 --> 00:16:47.000
 have come

00:16:47.000 --> 00:16:47.940
 to understand

00:16:47.940 --> 00:16:48.420
 what it

00:16:48.420 --> 00:16:48.860
 means to

00:16:48.860 --> 00:16:49.580
 be truly

00:16:49.580 --> 00:16:50.720
 cleansed.

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 Not to

00:16:51.060 --> 00:16:51.420
 just bear

00:16:51.420 --> 00:16:51.880
 an outward

00:16:51.880 --> 00:16:52.600
 sign of

00:16:52.600 --> 00:16:52.840
 it,

00:16:53.360 --> 00:16:53.760
 but to

00:16:53.760 --> 00:16:54.580
 be regenerate,

00:16:54.740 --> 00:16:54.960
 to have

00:16:54.960 --> 00:16:55.560
 the Spirit

00:16:55.560 --> 00:16:56.240
 of Christ

00:16:56.240 --> 00:16:57.000
 come into

00:16:57.000 --> 00:16:57.360
 you and

00:16:57.360 --> 00:16:57.860
 make you

00:16:57.860 --> 00:16:58.460
 new,

00:16:59.020 --> 00:16:59.820
 make you

00:16:59.820 --> 00:17:00.780
 clean

00:17:00.780 --> 00:17:02.100
 forever

00:17:02.100 --> 00:17:03.300
 because you

00:17:03.300 --> 00:17:04.039
 have His

00:17:04.039 --> 00:17:05.299
 righteousness.

00:17:05.440 --> 00:17:07.059
 And the

00:17:07.059 --> 00:17:07.400
 laying on

00:17:07.400 --> 00:17:07.880
 of hands

00:17:07.880 --> 00:17:08.519
 likely would

00:17:08.519 --> 00:17:08.660
 have been

00:17:08.660 --> 00:17:09.240
 taught about

00:17:09.240 --> 00:17:10.380
 the commissioning

00:17:10.380 --> 00:17:11.240
 and empowering

00:17:11.240 --> 00:17:13.259
 Christians for

00:17:13.259 --> 00:17:14.120
 Christian service,

00:17:14.240 --> 00:17:14.799
 like when Paul

00:17:14.799 --> 00:17:15.400
 and Barnabas

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 were prayed

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 over and

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 sent on

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 their

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 missionary

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 journey.

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 So the

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 church is

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 used in

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 this way

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 to send

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 Christians

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 by the

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 power of

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 the Spirit.

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 And so we

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 see in

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 these next

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 two,

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 a

00:17:29.220 --> 00:17:29.960
 pneumatology,

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 right?

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 Some doctrines

00:17:31.440 --> 00:17:31.980
 about the

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 Spirit of

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 Christ.

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 And then

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 he picks

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 up lastly

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 a couple

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 of Old

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 Testament

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 concepts,

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 like the

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 resurrection

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 of the

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 dead

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 and

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 eternal

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 judgment.

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 And in

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 Christ,

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 these Old

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 Testament

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 teachings

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 have

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 their

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 realized,

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 their

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 fully

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 fleshed

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 out

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 meaning.

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 So they

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 would have

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 come to

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 understand

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 the

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 resurrection

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 of Christ

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 and what

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 that means

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 for us,

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 our future

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 resurrection

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 in Him.

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 And they

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 would have

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 been instructed

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 in eternal

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 judgment,

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 a final

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 judgment

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 that Jesus

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 presides

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 over as

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 the judge.

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 And so

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 this

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 catechism,

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 this early

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 Christian

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 teaching,

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 contained

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 within it

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 also an

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 eschatology.

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 So a

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 simple and

00:18:19.740 --> 00:18:20.039
 basic

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 soteriology,

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 pneumatology,

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 doctrines of

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 the Spirit,

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 and eschatology,

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 doctrines of

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 the end

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 times.

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 So those

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 are important

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 things.

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 The author

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 of Hebrews

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 says,

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 therefore let

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 us leave

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 the elementary

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 doctrines of

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 Christ and

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 go on to

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 maturity.

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 It would seem

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 that he's

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 saying they're

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 not important

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 anymore,

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 but they

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 are.

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 He's not

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 saying let's

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 forget these

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 doctrines.

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 We have

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 outgrown these

00:18:49.319 --> 00:18:49.759
 doctrines.

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 We never

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 outgrow our

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 need of

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 them.

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 He is merely

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 asserting that

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 they should be

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 settled in

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 their

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 understanding.

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 And they

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 should be

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 living in

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 light of

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 them.

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 They should

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 be building

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 lives on

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 the foundation

00:19:04.820 --> 00:19:05.759
 of these

00:19:05.759 --> 00:19:06.920
 doctrines of

00:19:06.920 --> 00:19:08.220
 Christ.

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 They should

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 be going

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 on in

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 maturity,

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 not having

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 to be

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 again

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 reminded,

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 brought back

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 to the

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 milk,

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 the basics

00:19:18.520 --> 00:19:19.560
 of Christian

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 faith.

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 They should

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 be building

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 upon that

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 and maturing

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 in those

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 realities.

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 And this

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 is what he

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 means.

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 This is the

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 press.

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 This is the

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 drive of

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 the text.

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 And then he

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 says in

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 verse 3,

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 and I like

00:19:36.780 --> 00:19:37.820
 the interjection,

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 and this

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 we will do

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 if God

00:19:41.160 --> 00:19:42.420
 permits.

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 We have

00:19:44.160 --> 00:19:45.320
 been saved

00:19:45.320 --> 00:19:45.920
 by grace

00:19:45.920 --> 00:19:46.300
 alone,

00:19:46.880 --> 00:19:47.360
 through faith

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 alone,

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 and we

00:19:48.480 --> 00:19:49.300
 will finish

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 by grace

00:19:50.240 --> 00:19:50.660
 alone,

00:19:51.460 --> 00:19:51.940
 through faith

00:19:51.940 --> 00:19:52.240
 alone.

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 Having been

00:19:53.600 --> 00:19:54.740
 saved by the

00:19:54.740 --> 00:19:54.980
 Spirit,

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 we are not

00:19:55.660 --> 00:19:56.420
 now being

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 perfected

00:19:57.160 --> 00:19:58.340
 by the

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 flesh.

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 We pay

00:19:59.800 --> 00:20:00.400
 a part

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 in our

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 growing up.

00:20:02.560 --> 00:20:03.100
 These

00:20:03.100 --> 00:20:03.880
 Christians are

00:20:03.880 --> 00:20:04.800
 rebuked for

00:20:04.800 --> 00:20:05.500
 being dull

00:20:05.500 --> 00:20:06.120
 of hearing.

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 The positive

00:20:07.880 --> 00:20:08.279
 of that is,

00:20:08.380 --> 00:20:08.940
 so here,

00:20:09.220 --> 00:20:09.820
 they have to

00:20:09.820 --> 00:20:10.279
 participate

00:20:10.279 --> 00:20:11.380
 in that

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 process.

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 We don't

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 just obey

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 when we

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 feel like

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 obeying,

00:20:17.820 --> 00:20:18.440
 when we're

00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:19.820
 compelled to

00:20:19.820 --> 00:20:20.440
 obey.

00:20:21.000 --> 00:20:22.279
 We obey,

00:20:22.840 --> 00:20:23.279
 because we

00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:23.560
 know it's

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 good and it's

00:20:24.319 --> 00:20:24.799
 our part

00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:25.319
 to play

00:20:25.319 --> 00:20:25.879
 in our

00:20:25.879 --> 00:20:26.599
 growing up

00:20:26.599 --> 00:20:27.079
 and in

00:20:27.079 --> 00:20:27.460
 our

00:20:27.460 --> 00:20:28.639
 maturing,

00:20:28.740 --> 00:20:29.419
 but all

00:20:29.419 --> 00:20:30.139
 along,

00:20:30.779 --> 00:20:31.220
 we praise

00:20:31.220 --> 00:20:31.859
 God for

00:20:31.859 --> 00:20:32.659
 the grace

00:20:32.659 --> 00:20:33.439
 he gives

00:20:33.439 --> 00:20:34.819
 us for

00:20:34.819 --> 00:20:35.259
 obedience.

00:20:36.639 --> 00:20:37.639
 God saves

00:20:37.639 --> 00:20:38.639
 us and

00:20:38.639 --> 00:20:40.259
 God keeps

00:20:40.259 --> 00:20:40.460
 us,

00:20:40.500 --> 00:20:40.659
 and we'll

00:20:40.659 --> 00:20:41.200
 see much

00:20:41.200 --> 00:20:41.659
 more about

00:20:41.659 --> 00:20:42.759
 this later

00:20:42.759 --> 00:20:43.339
 as we

00:20:43.339 --> 00:20:43.879
 continue to

00:20:43.879 --> 00:20:44.159
 study.

00:20:44.700 --> 00:20:45.079
 But at

00:20:45.079 --> 00:20:45.599
 this point

00:20:45.599 --> 00:20:46.000
 of verse

00:20:46.000 --> 00:20:46.399
 three,

00:20:47.299 --> 00:20:47.819
 and this we

00:20:47.819 --> 00:20:48.220
 will do

00:20:48.220 --> 00:20:48.839
 if God

00:20:48.839 --> 00:20:49.659
 permits,

00:20:49.759 --> 00:20:50.279
 I want to

00:20:50.279 --> 00:20:50.859
 read a

00:20:50.859 --> 00:20:51.939
 really brief

00:20:51.940 --> 00:20:52.539
 excerpt of

00:20:52.539 --> 00:20:53.080
 a poem

00:20:53.080 --> 00:20:53.580
 written by

00:20:53.580 --> 00:20:54.240
 John Bunyan,

00:20:54.480 --> 00:20:55.559
 author of

00:20:55.559 --> 00:20:56.320
 Pilgrim's Progress.

00:20:56.460 --> 00:20:57.000
 This is not

00:20:57.000 --> 00:20:57.700
 in Pilgrim's Progress,

00:20:57.900 --> 00:20:58.400
 but he wrote,

00:20:59.259 --> 00:20:59.820
 Run,

00:21:00.220 --> 00:21:00.600
 John,

00:21:00.820 --> 00:21:01.200
 run,

00:21:01.360 --> 00:21:01.840
 the law

00:21:01.840 --> 00:21:02.320
 commands,

00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:03.000
 but gives

00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:03.840
 us neither

00:21:03.840 --> 00:21:05.559
 feet nor

00:21:05.559 --> 00:21:06.160
 hands.

00:21:06.880 --> 00:21:07.720
 Far better

00:21:07.720 --> 00:21:08.559
 news the

00:21:08.559 --> 00:21:09.700
 gospel brings.

00:21:10.140 --> 00:21:10.680
 It bids

00:21:10.680 --> 00:21:11.460
 us fly

00:21:11.460 --> 00:21:12.680
 and gives

00:21:12.680 --> 00:21:14.299
 us wings.

00:21:15.299 --> 00:21:15.980
 All that

00:21:15.980 --> 00:21:17.059
 God commands

00:21:17.059 --> 00:21:17.580
 of us,

00:21:17.940 --> 00:21:18.880
 he provides

00:21:18.880 --> 00:21:19.980
 the necessary

00:21:19.980 --> 00:21:20.580
 means to

00:21:20.580 --> 00:21:20.920
 fulfill.

00:21:20.920 --> 00:21:22.160
 those

00:21:22.160 --> 00:21:22.539
 commands.

00:21:23.940 --> 00:21:24.420
 Now,

00:21:24.720 --> 00:21:25.519
 in verse

00:21:25.519 --> 00:21:26.039
 four,

00:21:27.039 --> 00:21:27.620
 we come to

00:21:27.620 --> 00:21:28.080
 the most

00:21:28.080 --> 00:21:29.220
 complicated

00:21:29.220 --> 00:21:30.580
 and contested

00:21:30.580 --> 00:21:32.080
 part of

00:21:32.080 --> 00:21:32.580
 our text.

00:21:34.340 --> 00:21:35.080
 For it is

00:21:35.080 --> 00:21:35.720
 impossible,

00:21:36.180 --> 00:21:36.680
 the author of

00:21:36.680 --> 00:21:37.279
 Hebrews says,

00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:38.539
 in the case of

00:21:38.539 --> 00:21:38.980
 those who have

00:21:38.980 --> 00:21:39.380
 once been

00:21:39.380 --> 00:21:39.759
 enlightened,

00:21:40.380 --> 00:21:40.779
 who have

00:21:40.779 --> 00:21:41.380
 tasted the

00:21:41.380 --> 00:21:41.980
 heavenly gift

00:21:41.980 --> 00:21:42.259
 and have

00:21:42.259 --> 00:21:42.759
 shared in

00:21:42.759 --> 00:21:43.039
 the Holy

00:21:43.039 --> 00:21:43.360
 Spirit,

00:21:43.900 --> 00:21:44.220
 and have

00:21:44.220 --> 00:21:44.779
 tasted the

00:21:44.779 --> 00:21:45.380
 goodness of

00:21:45.380 --> 00:21:45.720
 the Word

00:21:45.720 --> 00:21:46.180
 of God

00:21:46.180 --> 00:21:46.500
 and the

00:21:46.500 --> 00:21:47.279
 powers of

00:21:47.279 --> 00:21:48.000
 the age

00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:48.779
 to come,

00:21:49.860 --> 00:21:50.600
 and then

00:21:50.599 --> 00:21:51.079
 have fallen

00:21:51.079 --> 00:21:52.399
 away to

00:21:52.399 --> 00:21:53.139
 restore them

00:21:53.139 --> 00:21:53.619
 again to

00:21:53.619 --> 00:21:54.019
 repentance,

00:21:54.019 --> 00:21:54.539
 since they

00:21:54.539 --> 00:21:55.399
 are crucifying

00:21:55.399 --> 00:21:55.959
 once again

00:21:55.959 --> 00:21:56.439
 the Son of

00:21:56.439 --> 00:21:57.480
 God to

00:21:57.480 --> 00:21:57.939
 their own

00:21:57.939 --> 00:21:59.439
 harm and

00:21:59.439 --> 00:21:59.899
 holding him

00:21:59.899 --> 00:22:01.059
 up to

00:22:01.059 --> 00:22:01.539
 contempt.

00:22:02.959 --> 00:22:03.859
 The most

00:22:03.859 --> 00:22:04.759
 complicated and

00:22:04.759 --> 00:22:06.000
 most contested

00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:07.399
 part of our

00:22:07.399 --> 00:22:07.759
 text.

00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:09.219
 Three views

00:22:09.219 --> 00:22:09.839
 have commonly

00:22:09.839 --> 00:22:10.679
 been held of

00:22:10.679 --> 00:22:11.419
 this text.

00:22:11.500 --> 00:22:11.699
 I'm going to

00:22:11.699 --> 00:22:12.179
 give you brief

00:22:12.179 --> 00:22:12.740
 summaries of

00:22:12.740 --> 00:22:13.399
 the first two,

00:22:14.199 --> 00:22:15.000
 why they're not

00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:15.379
 the proper

00:22:15.379 --> 00:22:15.759
 views,

00:22:15.759 --> 00:22:17.000
 and then

00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:17.420
 I'll present

00:22:17.420 --> 00:22:17.819
 the third

00:22:17.819 --> 00:22:18.539
 view and

00:22:18.539 --> 00:22:19.079
 support it

00:22:19.079 --> 00:22:19.879
 at length.

00:22:21.240 --> 00:22:22.099
 The first

00:22:22.099 --> 00:22:22.519
 view,

00:22:22.859 --> 00:22:23.940
 erroneous

00:22:23.940 --> 00:22:24.240
 view,

00:22:25.500 --> 00:22:26.680
 is hypothetical.

00:22:28.140 --> 00:22:28.539
 The author

00:22:28.539 --> 00:22:28.980
 of Hebrews is

00:22:28.980 --> 00:22:29.680
 presenting a

00:22:29.680 --> 00:22:30.559
 hypothetical

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 case.

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 This view

00:22:32.859 --> 00:22:33.319
 says,

00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:34.339
 it's referring

00:22:34.339 --> 00:22:35.000
 to a

00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:35.579
 situation

00:22:35.579 --> 00:22:36.819
 that could

00:22:36.819 --> 00:22:37.960
 not really

00:22:37.960 --> 00:22:38.819
 happen.

00:22:40.059 --> 00:22:40.740
 This view

00:22:40.740 --> 00:22:41.160
 should be

00:22:41.160 --> 00:22:41.980
 rejected because

00:22:41.980 --> 00:22:42.940
 it is just

00:22:42.940 --> 00:22:43.579
 unreasonable.

00:22:43.579 --> 00:22:45.659
 If the

00:22:45.659 --> 00:22:45.960
 sin could

00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:46.240
 not be

00:22:46.240 --> 00:22:46.539
 committed,

00:22:46.679 --> 00:22:46.899
 then the

00:22:46.899 --> 00:22:47.220
 writer would

00:22:47.220 --> 00:22:47.679
 have no

00:22:47.679 --> 00:22:48.279
 reason to

00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:49.199
 warn his

00:22:49.199 --> 00:22:50.699
 audience to

00:22:50.699 --> 00:22:51.279
 avoid it.

00:22:51.699 --> 00:22:52.319
 What is the

00:22:52.319 --> 00:22:52.699
 point?

00:22:53.879 --> 00:22:54.659
 Why waste

00:22:54.659 --> 00:22:55.199
 the precious

00:22:55.199 --> 00:22:56.699
 parchment and

00:22:56.699 --> 00:22:58.639
 ink warning

00:22:58.639 --> 00:22:59.199
 against a

00:22:59.199 --> 00:22:59.579
 sin that

00:22:59.579 --> 00:23:00.919
 cannot be

00:23:00.919 --> 00:23:02.339
 committed?

00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:04.279
 I would

00:23:04.279 --> 00:23:04.879
 suggest to

00:23:04.879 --> 00:23:05.220
 you that it's

00:23:05.220 --> 00:23:05.579
 not a

00:23:05.579 --> 00:23:06.960
 hypothetical at

00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:07.159
 all.

00:23:08.480 --> 00:23:09.039
 Secondly,

00:23:09.480 --> 00:23:09.879
 erroneous

00:23:09.879 --> 00:23:10.199
 view,

00:23:11.939 --> 00:23:12.679
 the actual

00:23:12.679 --> 00:23:13.000
 view.

00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:13.619
 This view

00:23:13.619 --> 00:23:14.059
 holds that

00:23:14.059 --> 00:23:14.900
 God provides

00:23:14.900 --> 00:23:15.500
 the grace

00:23:15.500 --> 00:23:16.180
 for salvation,

00:23:17.400 --> 00:23:18.619
 that perseverance

00:23:18.619 --> 00:23:19.599
 though, the

00:23:19.599 --> 00:23:20.200
 keeping to

00:23:20.200 --> 00:23:20.880
 the end,

00:23:21.339 --> 00:23:22.059
 is entirely

00:23:22.059 --> 00:23:22.680
 up to the

00:23:22.680 --> 00:23:23.059
 individual.

00:23:24.259 --> 00:23:25.059
 So God

00:23:25.059 --> 00:23:25.759
 can save

00:23:25.759 --> 00:23:26.240
 you, but

00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:26.880
 he cannot

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 or will

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 not keep

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 you, and

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 you must

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 keep

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 yourself.

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 This view

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 sees individuals

00:23:34.619 --> 00:23:36.799
 spoken of as

00:23:36.799 --> 00:23:37.700
 actually in

00:23:37.700 --> 00:23:38.299
 the faith.

00:23:38.599 --> 00:23:39.140
 They are

00:23:39.140 --> 00:23:39.759
 in fact

00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:40.200
 Christians,

00:23:40.400 --> 00:23:40.859
 but having

00:23:40.859 --> 00:23:41.680
 the ability

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 to lose

00:23:43.180 --> 00:23:44.460
 their salvation.

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 I don't

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 know anybody

00:23:46.400 --> 00:23:46.759
 in our

00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:47.120
 day that

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 likes to

00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:48.580
 believe that.

00:23:49.380 --> 00:23:49.640
 They would

00:23:49.640 --> 00:23:50.080
 never say

00:23:50.080 --> 00:23:50.400
 they do,

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 although they

00:23:50.759 --> 00:23:51.860
 may functionally.

00:23:53.220 --> 00:23:53.860
 This view

00:23:53.860 --> 00:23:54.220
 says that

00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:54.580
 these people

00:23:54.580 --> 00:23:55.519
 may have

00:23:55.519 --> 00:23:58.980
 had all the

00:23:58.980 --> 00:23:59.560
 appearances,

00:24:00.060 --> 00:24:00.940
 been found

00:24:00.940 --> 00:24:01.620
 in the faith,

00:24:01.799 --> 00:24:02.660
 but yet they

00:24:02.660 --> 00:24:04.100
 can reject it,

00:24:04.460 --> 00:24:05.060
 having been in

00:24:05.060 --> 00:24:05.259
 it.

00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:06.619
 this view

00:24:06.619 --> 00:24:06.980
 should be

00:24:06.980 --> 00:24:07.680
 rejected because

00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:08.500
 it is just

00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:09.059
 flatly

00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:09.539
 unbiblical,

00:24:09.859 --> 00:24:10.299
 which I'll

00:24:10.299 --> 00:24:10.779
 show you

00:24:10.779 --> 00:24:12.319
 momentarily

00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:13.039
 with a

00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:13.460
 third view.

00:24:14.579 --> 00:24:15.359
 The third

00:24:15.359 --> 00:24:16.180
 view is

00:24:16.180 --> 00:24:17.619
 the apparent

00:24:17.619 --> 00:24:18.799
 view.

00:24:20.019 --> 00:24:20.460
 This view,

00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:20.960
 the proper

00:24:20.960 --> 00:24:21.200
 one,

00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:21.819
 holds that

00:24:21.819 --> 00:24:22.640
 anyone who

00:24:22.640 --> 00:24:23.700
 falls away

00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:24.180
 from the

00:24:24.180 --> 00:24:25.660
 faith were

00:24:25.660 --> 00:24:26.579
 not truly

00:24:26.579 --> 00:24:27.640
 believers to

00:24:27.640 --> 00:24:28.119
 begin with.

00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:29.039
 They weren't

00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:30.079
 actually in

00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:30.879
 the faith

00:24:30.879 --> 00:24:32.180
 to begin

00:24:32.180 --> 00:24:32.420
 with.

00:24:32.420 --> 00:24:33.039
 They may

00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:33.539
 have had the

00:24:33.539 --> 00:24:34.220
 appearance

00:24:34.220 --> 00:24:35.240
 of faith,

00:24:35.779 --> 00:24:36.279
 but were

00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:36.680
 not,

00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:37.620
 in fact,

00:24:37.680 --> 00:24:37.980
 Christians.

00:24:38.079 --> 00:24:38.299
 I'm going

00:24:38.299 --> 00:24:38.460
 to give

00:24:38.460 --> 00:24:38.779
 you a few

00:24:38.779 --> 00:24:40.039
 reasons why

00:24:40.039 --> 00:24:40.420
 I believe

00:24:40.420 --> 00:24:40.880
 this is the

00:24:40.880 --> 00:24:41.420
 right view

00:24:41.420 --> 00:24:42.579
 of this

00:24:42.579 --> 00:24:42.960
 text.

00:24:44.140 --> 00:24:44.779
 First,

00:24:46.420 --> 00:24:47.640
 this idea,

00:24:47.799 --> 00:24:48.259
 the ideas

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:48.740
 presented

00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:50.360
 forth that

00:24:50.360 --> 00:24:51.160
 these people

00:24:51.160 --> 00:24:51.600
 had been

00:24:51.600 --> 00:24:52.180
 enlightened,

00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:52.799
 they had

00:24:52.799 --> 00:24:53.240
 tasted,

00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:53.960
 they had

00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:54.620
 shared.

00:24:55.579 --> 00:24:56.559
 Remember our

00:24:56.559 --> 00:24:57.220
 audience?

00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:58.559
 These are

00:24:58.559 --> 00:24:59.000
 Hellenistic

00:24:59.000 --> 00:24:59.600
 Jews,

00:25:00.120 --> 00:25:00.700
 people who

00:25:00.700 --> 00:25:01.500
 are practicing

00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:02.360
 Jews,

00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:03.380
 familiar with

00:25:03.380 --> 00:25:03.860
 their old

00:25:03.859 --> 00:25:04.919
 Testament,

00:25:05.839 --> 00:25:07.099
 would have

00:25:07.099 --> 00:25:07.939
 been familiar

00:25:07.939 --> 00:25:08.459
 with the

00:25:08.459 --> 00:25:09.639
 story of

00:25:09.639 --> 00:25:10.819
 their predecessors,

00:25:11.099 --> 00:25:12.059
 their people.

00:25:13.199 --> 00:25:13.839
 The children

00:25:13.839 --> 00:25:14.399
 of Israel

00:25:14.399 --> 00:25:15.240
 had a

00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:15.959
 privileged

00:25:15.959 --> 00:25:16.939
 position as

00:25:16.939 --> 00:25:17.659
 they encountered

00:25:17.659 --> 00:25:18.979
 God in

00:25:18.979 --> 00:25:19.439
 the wilderness.

00:25:20.619 --> 00:25:21.099
 They had

00:25:21.099 --> 00:25:21.479
 followed the

00:25:21.479 --> 00:25:22.099
 instructions with

00:25:22.099 --> 00:25:22.519
 the Lamb's

00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:23.039
 blood on

00:25:23.039 --> 00:25:23.979
 their doorposts.

00:25:24.219 --> 00:25:24.479
 They had

00:25:24.479 --> 00:25:25.099
 been spared

00:25:25.099 --> 00:25:25.719
 the Passover

00:25:25.719 --> 00:25:26.299
 judgment.

00:25:26.819 --> 00:25:27.059
 They had

00:25:27.059 --> 00:25:27.599
 miraculously

00:25:27.599 --> 00:25:28.319
 crossed through

00:25:28.319 --> 00:25:28.979
 the Red Sea,

00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:29.699
 had seen the

00:25:29.699 --> 00:25:30.519
 pillar of cloud

00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:30.839
 and the

00:25:30.839 --> 00:25:31.599
 pillar of fire.

00:25:32.119 --> 00:25:32.479
 They had

00:25:32.479 --> 00:25:33.079
 tasted the

00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:34.480
 miraculous waters

00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:35.319
 of Marah,

00:25:35.720 --> 00:25:36.559
 ate daily

00:25:36.559 --> 00:25:37.240
 manna.

00:25:37.779 --> 00:25:38.139
 They had

00:25:38.139 --> 00:25:38.619
 heard the

00:25:38.619 --> 00:25:39.079
 voice of

00:25:39.079 --> 00:25:39.839
 God's thunder

00:25:39.839 --> 00:25:40.319
 out of the

00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:41.000
 clouds at

00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:41.539
 Sinai.

00:25:42.199 --> 00:25:42.799
 They had

00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:43.740
 all the

00:25:43.740 --> 00:25:44.740
 same spiritual

00:25:44.740 --> 00:25:45.240
 benefits,

00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:46.079
 but not

00:25:46.079 --> 00:25:47.019
 all of the

00:25:47.019 --> 00:25:48.119
 children of

00:25:48.119 --> 00:25:48.539
 Israel

00:25:48.539 --> 00:25:49.819
 believed.

00:25:50.980 --> 00:25:51.519
 These

00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:52.019
 original

00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:52.539
 hearers would

00:25:52.539 --> 00:25:52.720
 have been

00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:53.759
 very familiar

00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:54.619
 with this

00:25:54.619 --> 00:25:55.339
 as he

00:25:55.339 --> 00:25:55.759
 employs

00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:56.980
 language like

00:25:56.980 --> 00:25:57.539
 enlightened

00:25:57.539 --> 00:25:58.939
 and tasted

00:25:58.940 --> 00:26:00.759
 and shared.

00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:02.200
 That they

00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:02.559
 were a

00:26:02.559 --> 00:26:03.100
 people that

00:26:03.100 --> 00:26:03.519
 had the

00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:04.140
 spiritual

00:26:04.140 --> 00:26:05.059
 benefit of

00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:05.500
 God,

00:26:05.559 --> 00:26:05.940
 but had

00:26:05.940 --> 00:26:07.140
 yet not

00:26:07.140 --> 00:26:08.420
 believed.

00:26:09.059 --> 00:26:09.460
 And he's

00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:10.299
 warning against

00:26:10.299 --> 00:26:12.019
 that in

00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:12.600
 our text.

00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:15.140
 This is the

00:26:15.140 --> 00:26:16.059
 point that the

00:26:16.059 --> 00:26:16.480
 author of

00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:16.900
 Hebrews is

00:26:16.900 --> 00:26:17.539
 making in

00:26:17.539 --> 00:26:18.860
 chapter 3.

00:26:19.140 --> 00:26:19.680
 You can recall

00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:20.180
 our study

00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:20.580
 there.

00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:21.680
 As he speaks

00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:22.220
 of those

00:26:22.220 --> 00:26:23.400
 unable to

00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:24.120
 enter the

00:26:24.120 --> 00:26:24.960
 promised land

00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:25.480
 into the

00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:26.160
 rest of

00:26:26.160 --> 00:26:26.560
 God,

00:26:26.620 --> 00:26:26.779
 and then

00:26:26.779 --> 00:26:27.080
 he says

00:26:27.080 --> 00:26:28.200
 in Hebrews

00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:28.800
 3 verse

00:26:28.800 --> 00:26:29.320
 19,

00:26:29.940 --> 00:26:30.640
 so we

00:26:30.640 --> 00:26:31.360
 see that

00:26:31.360 --> 00:26:31.700
 they were

00:26:31.700 --> 00:26:32.759
 unable to

00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:33.900
 enter because

00:26:33.900 --> 00:26:37.220
 of unbelief.

00:26:37.880 --> 00:26:38.820
 Because they

00:26:38.820 --> 00:26:40.519
 weren't faithful

00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:41.840
 to the God

00:26:41.840 --> 00:26:42.100
 that had

00:26:42.100 --> 00:26:42.480
 called them

00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:42.860
 and had

00:26:42.860 --> 00:26:44.040
 provided all

00:26:44.040 --> 00:26:44.519
 of this

00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:45.800
 spiritual

00:26:45.800 --> 00:26:46.580
 benefit.

00:26:47.860 --> 00:26:48.600
 Positive

00:26:48.600 --> 00:26:49.580
 spiritual

00:26:49.580 --> 00:26:50.540
 experiences

00:26:50.540 --> 00:26:52.160
 do not

00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:52.840
 make for

00:26:52.840 --> 00:26:53.980
 salvation,

00:26:54.580 --> 00:26:55.460
 but only

00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:56.120
 a trusting

00:26:56.120 --> 00:26:57.360
 in Christ

00:26:57.360 --> 00:26:57.779
 alone,

00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:59.079
 by grace

00:26:59.079 --> 00:26:59.519
 alone,

00:27:00.400 --> 00:27:01.019
 through faith

00:27:01.019 --> 00:27:01.319
 alone.

00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:03.200
 Throwing

00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:04.019
 your whole

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:05.079
 self on

00:27:05.079 --> 00:27:05.700
 him,

00:27:06.299 --> 00:27:07.140
 that he

00:27:07.140 --> 00:27:07.880
 fulfilled the

00:27:07.880 --> 00:27:08.120
 righteous

00:27:08.120 --> 00:27:08.779
 requirement of

00:27:08.779 --> 00:27:09.160
 the law,

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:09.960
 that he

00:27:09.960 --> 00:27:10.579
 paid the

00:27:10.579 --> 00:27:11.519
 debt of

00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:12.840
 your sin.

00:27:13.640 --> 00:27:14.460
 No amount

00:27:14.460 --> 00:27:14.860
 of

00:27:14.860 --> 00:27:15.840
 thelies

00:27:15.840 --> 00:27:16.779
 when you're

00:27:16.779 --> 00:27:17.460
 part of a

00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:17.860
 church

00:27:17.860 --> 00:27:19.660
 saves you.

00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:20.880
 It's faith

00:27:20.880 --> 00:27:21.660
 in Christ

00:27:21.660 --> 00:27:23.059
 that saves

00:27:23.059 --> 00:27:23.259
 you.

00:27:23.559 --> 00:27:24.100
 So this is

00:27:24.100 --> 00:27:24.680
 consistent.

00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:25.480
 His language

00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:26.539
 is extremely

00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:27.220
 consistent.

00:27:27.380 --> 00:27:27.640
 We just

00:27:27.640 --> 00:27:27.900
 have to

00:27:27.900 --> 00:27:28.720
 get our

00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:29.480
 21st century

00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:30.180
 minds to

00:27:30.180 --> 00:27:30.840
 catch up

00:27:30.840 --> 00:27:31.920
 to the

00:27:31.920 --> 00:27:32.279
 text.

00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:34.440
 Secondly,

00:27:34.640 --> 00:27:35.180
 I think this

00:27:35.180 --> 00:27:36.259
 apparent view

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:36.920
 is correct

00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:37.840
 because of

00:27:37.840 --> 00:27:38.279
 the parable

00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:39.279
 of the

00:27:39.279 --> 00:27:39.519
 sower.

00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:40.940
 Jesus gave

00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:41.660
 us instruction

00:27:41.660 --> 00:27:43.600
 about these

00:27:43.600 --> 00:27:44.660
 types of

00:27:44.660 --> 00:27:45.100
 people.

00:27:45.820 --> 00:27:46.660
 It should

00:27:46.660 --> 00:27:47.360
 grieve us,

00:27:47.880 --> 00:27:48.100
 it should

00:27:48.100 --> 00:27:48.420
 make us

00:27:48.420 --> 00:27:49.500
 very sad,

00:27:49.580 --> 00:27:49.920
 but Jesus

00:27:49.920 --> 00:27:50.560
 wants us to

00:27:50.560 --> 00:27:51.500
 understand what's

00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:52.160
 happening when

00:27:52.160 --> 00:27:52.900
 we see people

00:27:52.900 --> 00:27:54.140
 who claim

00:27:54.140 --> 00:27:54.480
 to be in

00:27:54.480 --> 00:27:54.860
 the faith,

00:27:55.800 --> 00:27:56.160
 who by

00:27:56.160 --> 00:27:57.160
 all measurable

00:27:57.160 --> 00:27:58.440
 means seem

00:27:58.440 --> 00:27:59.160
 to be in

00:27:59.160 --> 00:27:59.640
 the faith,

00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:00.060
 and then

00:28:00.060 --> 00:28:00.940
 forsake it

00:28:00.940 --> 00:28:02.519
 altogether.

00:28:03.700 --> 00:28:04.259
 As he tells

00:28:04.259 --> 00:28:04.800
 this parable,

00:28:04.880 --> 00:28:05.820
 he tells the

00:28:05.820 --> 00:28:06.640
 parable of the

00:28:06.640 --> 00:28:07.460
 sower going out

00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:08.200
 and sowing the

00:28:08.200 --> 00:28:08.640
 seed.

00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:10.040
 The gospel of

00:28:10.040 --> 00:28:11.160
 Jesus Christ.

00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:12.120
 And we see

00:28:12.120 --> 00:28:12.519
 that different

00:28:12.519 --> 00:28:13.640
 soils receive it

00:28:13.640 --> 00:28:14.640
 and respond to

00:28:14.640 --> 00:28:15.820
 it differently.

00:28:16.040 --> 00:28:16.740
 And there's a

00:28:16.740 --> 00:28:17.720
 particular soil

00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:18.820
 that speaks

00:28:18.820 --> 00:28:20.160
 into this text.

00:28:20.160 --> 00:28:21.460
 It's the rocky

00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:22.040
 soil,

00:28:22.140 --> 00:28:22.880
 that rocky

00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:23.640
 ground.

00:28:24.740 --> 00:28:25.600
 Jesus explains

00:28:25.600 --> 00:28:26.220
 it in Matthew

00:28:26.220 --> 00:28:26.759
 13,

00:28:27.060 --> 00:28:28.800
 20-21.

00:28:29.360 --> 00:28:29.820
 He says,

00:28:29.900 --> 00:28:30.200
 For at what

00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:30.880
 was sown on

00:28:30.880 --> 00:28:31.720
 rocky ground,

00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:33.019
 this is the

00:28:33.019 --> 00:28:33.779
 one who hears

00:28:33.779 --> 00:28:34.400
 the word,

00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:35.640
 and immediately

00:28:35.640 --> 00:28:36.400
 receives it

00:28:36.400 --> 00:28:37.040
 with joy.

00:28:38.120 --> 00:28:38.779
 Yet he has

00:28:38.779 --> 00:28:39.519
 no root

00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:40.480
 in himself,

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:42.380
 but endures

00:28:42.380 --> 00:28:43.100
 for a while,

00:28:43.680 --> 00:28:44.060
 and when

00:28:44.060 --> 00:28:44.779
 tribulation

00:28:44.779 --> 00:28:45.880
 or persecution

00:28:45.880 --> 00:28:46.820
 arises on

00:28:46.820 --> 00:28:47.600
 account of

00:28:47.600 --> 00:28:48.200
 the word,

00:28:49.120 --> 00:28:49.779
 immediately

00:28:49.779 --> 00:28:51.480
 he falls

00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:51.859
 away.

00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:53.899
 So,

00:28:54.339 --> 00:28:54.559
 it's the

00:28:54.559 --> 00:28:55.099
 person who

00:28:55.099 --> 00:28:55.619
 says,

00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:56.920
 this sounds

00:28:56.920 --> 00:28:57.619
 great.

00:28:58.460 --> 00:28:58.859
 Eternal

00:28:58.859 --> 00:28:59.480
 life?

00:28:59.879 --> 00:29:00.799
 I like

00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:01.039
 it.

00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:02.799
 What must

00:29:02.799 --> 00:29:03.379
 I do?

00:29:04.220 --> 00:29:04.879
 Walk the

00:29:04.879 --> 00:29:05.200
 aisle?

00:29:05.599 --> 00:29:06.379
 I'm there.

00:29:07.500 --> 00:29:07.960
 And that as

00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:08.420
 soon as things

00:29:08.420 --> 00:29:09.079
 get tough,

00:29:10.440 --> 00:29:10.960
 as soon as

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.500
 the suffering

00:29:11.500 --> 00:29:12.359
 of this world

00:29:12.359 --> 00:29:12.960
 comes,

00:29:13.079 --> 00:29:13.399
 and it

00:29:13.399 --> 00:29:14.319
 will,

00:29:15.359 --> 00:29:16.019
 as soon as

00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:16.859
 discomfort

00:29:16.859 --> 00:29:17.759
 because of

00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:18.359
 a belief

00:29:18.359 --> 00:29:19.099
 in this

00:29:19.099 --> 00:29:19.539
 word,

00:29:19.539 --> 00:29:20.619
 this gospel

00:29:20.619 --> 00:29:21.639
 comes,

00:29:22.779 --> 00:29:23.339
 they turn

00:29:23.339 --> 00:29:23.680
 away.

00:29:23.920 --> 00:29:24.220
 This is

00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:24.819
 exactly what

00:29:24.819 --> 00:29:25.299
 was happening

00:29:25.299 --> 00:29:26.379
 in this

00:29:26.379 --> 00:29:26.920
 little fellowship.

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:28.659
 They had

00:29:28.659 --> 00:29:29.539
 suffered for

00:29:29.539 --> 00:29:29.920
 the sake

00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:30.619
 of the

00:29:30.619 --> 00:29:30.960
 gospel.

00:29:31.500 --> 00:29:31.859
 And because

00:29:31.859 --> 00:29:32.799
 these individuals

00:29:32.799 --> 00:29:33.980
 didn't treasure

00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:35.420
 Christ the way

00:29:35.420 --> 00:29:35.980
 people who are

00:29:35.980 --> 00:29:36.639
 in Christ

00:29:36.639 --> 00:29:37.559
 treasure Christ,

00:29:38.379 --> 00:29:39.259
 they rejected

00:29:39.259 --> 00:29:39.460
 him.

00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:42.879
 The measure

00:29:42.879 --> 00:29:44.659
 of faithfulness

00:29:44.660 --> 00:29:46.900
 is fruitfulness.

00:29:47.900 --> 00:29:48.519
 You're

00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:48.920
 instructed

00:29:48.920 --> 00:29:50.340
 again and

00:29:50.340 --> 00:29:51.560
 again and

00:29:51.560 --> 00:29:52.460
 again in

00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:52.779
 the Scripture

00:29:52.779 --> 00:29:53.580
 that good

00:29:53.580 --> 00:29:54.440
 trees bear

00:29:54.440 --> 00:29:56.540
 good fruit.

00:29:57.180 --> 00:29:57.900
 Bad trees

00:29:57.900 --> 00:29:59.320
 bear bad

00:29:59.320 --> 00:30:00.759
 fruit.

00:30:02.340 --> 00:30:03.000
 Beloved, we

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:03.860
 ought not tie

00:30:03.860 --> 00:30:04.740
 our salvation

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:06.040
 to an event

00:30:06.040 --> 00:30:07.040
 in our life.

00:30:08.120 --> 00:30:09.100
 God saves

00:30:09.100 --> 00:30:10.360
 people in

00:30:10.360 --> 00:30:11.080
 and at

00:30:11.080 --> 00:30:11.560
 events.

00:30:11.559 --> 00:30:12.359
 praise God,

00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:14.079
 should tie

00:30:14.079 --> 00:30:14.799
 our salvation

00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:15.500
 to his

00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:16.500
 active working

00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:17.519
 in our

00:30:17.519 --> 00:30:18.159
 lives.

00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:20.119
 Proofs out

00:30:20.119 --> 00:30:20.879
 who we

00:30:20.879 --> 00:30:21.359
 are.

00:30:22.099 --> 00:30:22.759
 I have

00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:23.519
 been saved

00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:24.019
 by the

00:30:24.019 --> 00:30:24.460
 righteousness

00:30:24.460 --> 00:30:25.240
 of Christ

00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:26.319
 and his

00:30:26.319 --> 00:30:26.940
 sacrificial

00:30:26.940 --> 00:30:27.859
 death on

00:30:27.859 --> 00:30:28.539
 my behalf.

00:30:29.259 --> 00:30:29.700
 And because

00:30:29.700 --> 00:30:30.599
 of that,

00:30:31.279 --> 00:30:32.879
 faith in

00:30:32.879 --> 00:30:33.399
 that,

00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:34.059
 I have the

00:30:34.059 --> 00:30:34.559
 spirit of

00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:35.299
 Christ who

00:30:35.299 --> 00:30:36.159
 causes me to

00:30:36.159 --> 00:30:37.259
 walk in

00:30:37.259 --> 00:30:37.839
 his ways.

00:30:37.839 --> 00:30:39.339
 this is

00:30:39.339 --> 00:30:39.759
 something that

00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:40.039
 can be

00:30:40.039 --> 00:30:40.779
 observed.

00:30:41.619 --> 00:30:41.720
 It's

00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:42.159
 fruit.

00:30:42.859 --> 00:30:43.039
 It's

00:30:43.039 --> 00:30:43.539
 tangible.

00:30:43.779 --> 00:30:43.939
 It can

00:30:43.939 --> 00:30:44.679
 be seen

00:30:44.679 --> 00:30:45.519
 and smelled

00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:47.379
 and tasted.

00:30:48.339 --> 00:30:48.959
 The author

00:30:48.959 --> 00:30:49.359
 of Hebrews

00:30:49.359 --> 00:30:49.899
 does this

00:30:49.899 --> 00:30:50.759
 very thing

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:51.079
 in verses

00:30:51.079 --> 00:30:52.159
 7 and

00:30:52.159 --> 00:30:52.500
 8.

00:30:53.179 --> 00:30:53.699
 He picks

00:30:53.699 --> 00:30:54.039
 up this

00:30:54.039 --> 00:30:54.579
 consistent

00:30:54.579 --> 00:30:55.419
 Bible language.

00:30:55.579 --> 00:30:55.819
 He says,

00:30:55.959 --> 00:30:56.319
 For land

00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:56.579
 that has

00:30:56.579 --> 00:30:56.939
 drunk the

00:30:56.939 --> 00:30:57.259
 rain that

00:30:57.259 --> 00:30:57.779
 often falls

00:30:57.779 --> 00:30:58.199
 on it,

00:30:58.599 --> 00:30:59.339
 and produces

00:30:59.339 --> 00:31:00.079
 a crop

00:31:00.079 --> 00:31:00.879
 useful to

00:31:00.879 --> 00:31:01.699
 those for

00:31:01.699 --> 00:31:02.319
 whose sake

00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:02.599
 it is

00:31:02.599 --> 00:31:03.099
 cultivated,

00:31:03.879 --> 00:31:04.359
 receives a

00:31:04.359 --> 00:31:04.839
 blessing from

00:31:04.839 --> 00:31:05.220
 God.

00:31:05.740 --> 00:31:06.199
 But if it

00:31:06.199 --> 00:31:06.759
 bears thorns

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:07.259
 and thistles,

00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:07.599
 it is

00:31:07.599 --> 00:31:08.359
 worthless and

00:31:08.359 --> 00:31:08.720
 near to

00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:09.420
 being cursed,

00:31:09.819 --> 00:31:10.420
 and its

00:31:10.420 --> 00:31:11.579
 end is

00:31:11.579 --> 00:31:11.839
 to be

00:31:11.839 --> 00:31:12.240
 burned.

00:31:13.500 --> 00:31:14.140
 Agrarian

00:31:14.140 --> 00:31:15.559
 people understood

00:31:15.559 --> 00:31:17.180
 these metaphors

00:31:17.180 --> 00:31:17.980
 so readily.

00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:20.259
 I hope your

00:31:20.259 --> 00:31:20.720
 brain is

00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:21.640
 catching what's

00:31:21.640 --> 00:31:23.220
 being said

00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:23.619
 here.

00:31:24.859 --> 00:31:25.180
 Beloved,

00:31:25.220 --> 00:31:25.500
 if we are

00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:26.119
 not pressing

00:31:26.119 --> 00:31:27.660
 on in

00:31:27.660 --> 00:31:28.019
 holiness,

00:31:28.160 --> 00:31:28.420
 and we

00:31:28.420 --> 00:31:28.900
 don't do

00:31:28.900 --> 00:31:29.220
 this with

00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:29.720
 perfection,

00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:30.920
 remember

00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:31.420
 that second

00:31:31.420 --> 00:31:32.019
 category?

00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:32.980
 That Christian

00:31:32.980 --> 00:31:33.619
 who's just

00:31:33.619 --> 00:31:34.460
 not sure?

00:31:35.579 --> 00:31:36.339
 We have

00:31:36.339 --> 00:31:37.039
 days.

00:31:37.259 --> 00:31:37.960
 Where we

00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:38.879
 act as if

00:31:38.879 --> 00:31:39.400
 we are not

00:31:39.400 --> 00:31:39.839
 sons and

00:31:39.839 --> 00:31:40.220
 daughters of

00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:40.539
 the Most

00:31:40.539 --> 00:31:40.819
 High.

00:31:41.900 --> 00:31:42.660
 We in

00:31:42.660 --> 00:31:43.500
 every way

00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:44.299
 reject His

00:31:44.299 --> 00:31:45.779
 good rule.

00:31:46.599 --> 00:31:47.259
 But we

00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:47.779
 ought to be

00:31:47.779 --> 00:31:48.279
 able to see

00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:49.099
 a general

00:31:49.099 --> 00:31:49.720
 life,

00:31:49.980 --> 00:31:50.339
 a general

00:31:50.339 --> 00:31:51.140
 trajectory

00:31:51.140 --> 00:31:51.819
 towards

00:31:51.819 --> 00:31:52.220
 holiness,

00:31:52.960 --> 00:31:53.420
 a hating

00:31:53.420 --> 00:31:54.059
 of sin,

00:31:54.400 --> 00:31:54.920
 and a loving

00:31:54.920 --> 00:31:55.519
 of righteousness.

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:56.680
 This ought to

00:31:56.680 --> 00:31:57.200
 be true of

00:31:57.200 --> 00:31:57.500
 us.

00:31:58.140 --> 00:31:58.500
 And I will

00:31:58.500 --> 00:31:58.779
 tell you

00:31:58.779 --> 00:31:58.980
 this,

00:31:59.039 --> 00:31:59.359
 you should

00:31:59.359 --> 00:31:59.839
 not be

00:31:59.839 --> 00:32:00.319
 left alone

00:32:00.319 --> 00:32:00.660
 to figure

00:32:00.660 --> 00:32:01.140
 this out.

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:02.579
 You will

00:32:02.579 --> 00:32:03.160
 either think

00:32:03.160 --> 00:32:03.720
 too much

00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:04.279
 of yourself,

00:32:04.879 --> 00:32:05.299
 or you

00:32:05.299 --> 00:32:05.559
 will think

00:32:05.559 --> 00:32:06.039
 too little

00:32:06.039 --> 00:32:07.159
 of yourself.

00:32:08.119 --> 00:32:08.680
 God has

00:32:08.680 --> 00:32:09.019
 saved a

00:32:09.019 --> 00:32:09.460
 people.

00:32:10.299 --> 00:32:10.700
 He's given

00:32:10.700 --> 00:32:11.299
 power to

00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:11.700
 the church

00:32:11.700 --> 00:32:12.059
 to do

00:32:12.059 --> 00:32:12.759
 this work

00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:13.399
 together.

00:32:14.119 --> 00:32:14.799
 We would

00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:15.839
 press one

00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:16.940
 another in

00:32:16.940 --> 00:32:17.639
 holiness.

00:32:18.000 --> 00:32:18.440
 That we

00:32:18.440 --> 00:32:19.039
 would call

00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:19.500
 each other

00:32:19.500 --> 00:32:20.099
 out in

00:32:20.099 --> 00:32:21.299
 our sin.

00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:21.680
 That we

00:32:21.680 --> 00:32:22.420
 would repent

00:32:22.420 --> 00:32:23.200
 and turn

00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:23.819
 to Christ

00:32:23.819 --> 00:32:24.440
 and grow

00:32:24.440 --> 00:32:26.019
 on in

00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:27.599
 our faith.

00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:28.839
 So the

00:32:28.839 --> 00:32:29.299
 parable of the

00:32:29.299 --> 00:32:29.680
 sower is the

00:32:29.680 --> 00:32:30.200
 second reason I

00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:31.079
 think that the

00:32:31.079 --> 00:32:31.539
 author of Hebrews

00:32:31.539 --> 00:32:32.339
 is talking about

00:32:32.339 --> 00:32:33.119
 apparent

00:32:33.119 --> 00:32:34.439
 Christians.

00:32:36.079 --> 00:32:36.259
 And then

00:32:36.259 --> 00:32:36.839
 thirdly and

00:32:36.839 --> 00:32:37.459
 most fully,

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:39.919
 the Bible

00:32:39.919 --> 00:32:41.039
 doctrine of

00:32:41.039 --> 00:32:41.599
 the perseverance

00:32:41.599 --> 00:32:42.619
 of the

00:32:42.619 --> 00:32:43.000
 saints.

00:32:43.659 --> 00:32:44.419
 Which says

00:32:44.419 --> 00:32:44.779
 that those

00:32:44.779 --> 00:32:45.000
 who are

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:46.039
 saved by

00:32:46.039 --> 00:32:47.179
 Christ will

00:32:47.179 --> 00:32:48.059
 persevere

00:32:48.059 --> 00:32:48.919
 to the end.

00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:49.720
 Will remain

00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:51.099
 in Christ

00:32:51.099 --> 00:32:52.500
 to the end.

00:32:52.699 --> 00:32:53.240
 That this is a

00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:53.859
 sure thing.

00:32:54.019 --> 00:32:54.519
 If he has

00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:55.059
 saved us,

00:32:55.299 --> 00:32:56.339
 he will

00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:57.959
 keep us.

00:32:59.059 --> 00:32:59.899
 The good

00:32:59.899 --> 00:33:00.679
 old southern

00:33:00.679 --> 00:33:01.319
 version of

00:33:01.319 --> 00:33:01.960
 this is once

00:33:01.960 --> 00:33:02.519
 saved,

00:33:03.039 --> 00:33:03.480
 always

00:33:03.480 --> 00:33:04.559
 saved.

00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:06.619
 In my

00:33:06.619 --> 00:33:07.659
 younger years,

00:33:08.200 --> 00:33:09.039
 wrestling with

00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:10.000
 doubt,

00:33:11.159 --> 00:33:11.700
 the doctrines

00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:12.119
 of grace

00:33:12.119 --> 00:33:12.679
 became a

00:33:12.679 --> 00:33:13.919
 great rest

00:33:13.919 --> 00:33:14.679
 for me.

00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:15.919
 There's

00:33:15.919 --> 00:33:16.599
 nothing I

00:33:16.599 --> 00:33:16.839
 could have

00:33:16.839 --> 00:33:17.399
 done to

00:33:17.399 --> 00:33:18.039
 save myself.

00:33:18.960 --> 00:33:19.659
 I did

00:33:19.659 --> 00:33:20.439
 not make a

00:33:20.439 --> 00:33:21.639
 decision for

00:33:21.639 --> 00:33:22.639
 Christ.

00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:24.279
 I rejected

00:33:24.279 --> 00:33:24.759
 him at

00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:25.779
 every turn.

00:33:26.460 --> 00:33:27.039
 I was a

00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:27.859
 wretched

00:33:27.859 --> 00:33:28.740
 rebel

00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:30.359
 against God.

00:33:30.359 --> 00:33:31.879
 but God,

00:33:32.639 --> 00:33:33.439
 because of

00:33:33.439 --> 00:33:34.379
 his mercy,

00:33:35.319 --> 00:33:35.879
 because of

00:33:35.879 --> 00:33:36.559
 his great

00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:37.619
 love for

00:33:37.619 --> 00:33:38.219
 his people,

00:33:38.639 --> 00:33:40.199
 saved me.

00:33:41.319 --> 00:33:42.119
 As much

00:33:42.119 --> 00:33:42.639
 as I may

00:33:42.639 --> 00:33:43.479
 have tried

00:33:43.479 --> 00:33:44.439
 to gain

00:33:44.439 --> 00:33:44.879
 acceptance

00:33:44.879 --> 00:33:45.599
 before him,

00:33:45.659 --> 00:33:46.219
 I could

00:33:46.219 --> 00:33:46.959
 not be

00:33:46.959 --> 00:33:47.459
 accepted

00:33:47.459 --> 00:33:48.779
 except to

00:33:48.779 --> 00:33:49.679
 be clothed

00:33:49.679 --> 00:33:50.919
 in Christ.

00:33:51.919 --> 00:33:53.039
 To fully

00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:53.979
 believe in

00:33:53.979 --> 00:33:54.839
 his righteousness

00:33:54.839 --> 00:33:55.539
 and his

00:33:55.539 --> 00:33:56.159
 sacrificial

00:33:56.159 --> 00:33:57.459
 death for

00:33:57.459 --> 00:33:58.000
 the salvation

00:33:58.000 --> 00:33:59.259
 of my

00:33:59.259 --> 00:33:59.619
 soul.

00:34:00.299 --> 00:34:00.819
 This is a

00:34:00.819 --> 00:34:02.099
 working of

00:34:02.099 --> 00:34:02.500
 God.

00:34:03.059 --> 00:34:03.779
 Every time

00:34:03.779 --> 00:34:04.160
 these things

00:34:04.160 --> 00:34:04.640
 are taught

00:34:04.640 --> 00:34:05.019
 in the

00:34:05.019 --> 00:34:05.319
 scripture,

00:34:05.720 --> 00:34:06.259
 it's taught

00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:06.900
 as a

00:34:06.900 --> 00:34:08.179
 comfort to

00:34:08.179 --> 00:34:08.539
 us.

00:34:09.179 --> 00:34:09.639
 It's not

00:34:09.639 --> 00:34:10.019
 meant to be

00:34:10.019 --> 00:34:10.440
 a thing we

00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:11.059
 beat others

00:34:11.059 --> 00:34:11.699
 up with.

00:34:12.199 --> 00:34:12.599
 It's meant

00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:13.019
 to be a

00:34:13.019 --> 00:34:14.260
 comfort to

00:34:14.260 --> 00:34:14.559
 us.

00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:15.480
 God has

00:34:15.480 --> 00:34:16.039
 saved you.

00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:17.460
 God will

00:34:17.460 --> 00:34:18.099
 keep you.

00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:19.820
 Richard

00:34:19.820 --> 00:34:20.400
 Baxter once

00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:20.599
 said,

00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:20.940
 this is on

00:34:20.940 --> 00:34:21.340
 your bulletin

00:34:21.340 --> 00:34:21.559
 if you

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:22.139
 happen to

00:34:22.139 --> 00:34:22.440
 have one

00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:22.880
 this morning,

00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:24.119
 in our

00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:24.519
 first

00:34:24.519 --> 00:34:25.460
 paradise in

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:25.780
 Eden,

00:34:25.780 --> 00:34:26.120
 there was

00:34:26.120 --> 00:34:26.400
 a way

00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:26.720
 to go

00:34:26.720 --> 00:34:27.080
 out,

00:34:27.180 --> 00:34:27.519
 but no

00:34:27.519 --> 00:34:27.840
 way to

00:34:27.840 --> 00:34:28.120
 go in

00:34:28.120 --> 00:34:28.360
 again.

00:34:29.519 --> 00:34:30.180
 But as

00:34:30.180 --> 00:34:30.480
 for the

00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:30.780
 heavenly

00:34:30.780 --> 00:34:31.280
 paradise,

00:34:31.860 --> 00:34:32.480
 there is

00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:32.720
 a way

00:34:32.720 --> 00:34:33.019
 to go

00:34:33.019 --> 00:34:33.320
 in,

00:34:33.760 --> 00:34:34.380
 but not

00:34:34.380 --> 00:34:35.400
 way to

00:34:35.400 --> 00:34:35.980
 go out.

00:34:37.019 --> 00:34:37.420
 Praise

00:34:37.420 --> 00:34:37.680
 God.

00:34:38.340 --> 00:34:38.840
 So I'm

00:34:38.840 --> 00:34:38.960
 going to

00:34:38.960 --> 00:34:39.280
 take you

00:34:39.280 --> 00:34:39.560
 through

00:34:39.560 --> 00:34:40.200
 just a

00:34:40.200 --> 00:34:40.840
 few

00:34:40.840 --> 00:34:41.500
 texts

00:34:41.500 --> 00:34:42.860
 that speak

00:34:42.860 --> 00:34:43.300
 to this,

00:34:43.560 --> 00:34:43.980
 to make

00:34:43.980 --> 00:34:44.840
 this point,

00:34:45.080 --> 00:34:45.560
 that if we

00:34:45.560 --> 00:34:46.100
 are saved

00:34:46.100 --> 00:34:46.780
 by Christ,

00:34:46.860 --> 00:34:47.120
 we are

00:34:47.120 --> 00:34:47.600
 kept

00:34:47.600 --> 00:34:48.940
 by Christ.

00:34:49.800 --> 00:34:50.080
 In

00:34:50.080 --> 00:34:50.400
 Philippians

00:34:50.400 --> 00:34:50.940
 chapter 1

00:34:50.940 --> 00:34:51.600
 verse 6,

00:34:52.120 --> 00:34:52.800
 Paul declares

00:34:52.800 --> 00:34:53.519
 with great

00:34:53.519 --> 00:34:54.100
 confidence,

00:34:54.240 --> 00:34:54.940
 I am sure

00:34:54.940 --> 00:34:55.740
 of this,

00:34:55.780 --> 00:34:57.040
 that he

00:34:57.040 --> 00:34:57.540
 who began

00:34:57.540 --> 00:34:57.840
 a good

00:34:57.840 --> 00:34:58.240
 work in

00:34:58.240 --> 00:34:59.100
 you will

00:34:59.100 --> 00:34:59.800
 bring it

00:34:59.800 --> 00:35:00.560
 to completion

00:35:00.560 --> 00:35:01.620
 at the

00:35:01.620 --> 00:35:02.320
 day of

00:35:02.320 --> 00:35:02.519
 Jesus

00:35:02.519 --> 00:35:02.960
 Christ.

00:35:03.320 --> 00:35:04.340
 He started

00:35:04.340 --> 00:35:04.560
 it,

00:35:04.700 --> 00:35:05.019
 he is

00:35:05.019 --> 00:35:06.280
 going to

00:35:06.280 --> 00:35:06.760
 finish it.

00:35:07.600 --> 00:35:07.860
 In

00:35:07.860 --> 00:35:08.080
 Romans

00:35:08.080 --> 00:35:08.720
 chapter 8

00:35:08.720 --> 00:35:09.320
 verse 38

00:35:09.320 --> 00:35:10.640
 through 39,

00:35:11.060 --> 00:35:11.680
 Paul again

00:35:11.680 --> 00:35:12.040
 says,

00:35:12.180 --> 00:35:12.600
 for I am

00:35:12.600 --> 00:35:13.460
 sure that

00:35:13.460 --> 00:35:13.700
 neither

00:35:13.700 --> 00:35:14.280
 death

00:35:14.280 --> 00:35:15.320
 nor life,

00:35:16.040 --> 00:35:16.760
 present

00:35:16.760 --> 00:35:17.860
 lived life,

00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:19.160
 nor angels

00:35:19.160 --> 00:35:19.700
 nor rulers,

00:35:19.800 --> 00:35:20.140
 nor things

00:35:20.140 --> 00:35:20.560
 present,

00:35:20.660 --> 00:35:21.060
 nor things

00:35:21.060 --> 00:35:21.500
 to come,

00:35:21.580 --> 00:35:22.220
 nor powers,

00:35:22.340 --> 00:35:22.840
 nor height,

00:35:22.940 --> 00:35:23.440
 nor depth,

00:35:23.720 --> 00:35:24.440
 nor anything

00:35:24.440 --> 00:35:25.380
 else in

00:35:25.380 --> 00:35:26.440
 all creation,

00:35:26.579 --> 00:35:26.920
 including

00:35:26.920 --> 00:35:28.039
 your will,

00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:29.340
 will be

00:35:29.340 --> 00:35:29.860
 able to

00:35:29.860 --> 00:35:30.500
 separate us

00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:30.740
 from the

00:35:30.740 --> 00:35:31.099
 love of

00:35:31.099 --> 00:35:31.760
 God in

00:35:31.760 --> 00:35:32.500
 Christ Jesus,

00:35:32.960 --> 00:35:33.780
 our Lord.

00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:35.680
 Earlier in

00:35:35.680 --> 00:35:36.420
 chapter 8,

00:35:36.640 --> 00:35:37.079
 Paul wrote

00:35:37.079 --> 00:35:37.760
 verse 29

00:35:37.760 --> 00:35:38.340
 through 30,

00:35:38.760 --> 00:35:39.519
 for those

00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:39.860
 whom he

00:35:39.860 --> 00:35:40.420
 foreknew,

00:35:40.559 --> 00:35:40.960
 he also

00:35:40.960 --> 00:35:41.720
 predestined to

00:35:41.720 --> 00:35:42.619
 be conformed

00:35:42.619 --> 00:35:43.400
 to the image

00:35:43.400 --> 00:35:43.720
 of his

00:35:43.720 --> 00:35:43.940
 son,

00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:44.780
 to grow up,

00:35:44.840 --> 00:35:45.079
 to be

00:35:45.079 --> 00:35:46.079
 matured,

00:35:46.079 --> 00:35:46.780
 to look

00:35:46.780 --> 00:35:47.200
 more like

00:35:47.200 --> 00:35:47.599
 Christ.

00:35:48.140 --> 00:35:48.720
 And those

00:35:48.720 --> 00:35:49.000
 whom he

00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:49.500
 justified,

00:35:50.280 --> 00:35:51.240
 he also

00:35:51.240 --> 00:35:52.820
 glorified.

00:35:52.820 --> 00:35:54.519
 in the

00:35:54.519 --> 00:35:55.000
 work of

00:35:55.000 --> 00:35:56.140
 justification,

00:35:56.140 --> 00:35:57.700
 there's a

00:35:57.700 --> 00:35:58.220
 guarantee

00:35:58.220 --> 00:35:59.100
 of

00:35:59.100 --> 00:36:00.160
 glorification.

00:36:00.780 --> 00:36:01.100
 Saves

00:36:01.100 --> 00:36:01.960
 us and

00:36:01.960 --> 00:36:03.140
 keeps

00:36:03.140 --> 00:36:03.500
 us.

00:36:04.780 --> 00:36:05.400
 Peter says

00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:05.980
 in 1 Peter

00:36:05.980 --> 00:36:06.640
 chapter 1

00:36:06.640 --> 00:36:07.519
 verse 4,

00:36:08.019 --> 00:36:08.500
 that we are

00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:09.320
 saved to

00:36:09.320 --> 00:36:10.140
 an inheritance

00:36:10.140 --> 00:36:11.100
 that is

00:36:11.100 --> 00:36:11.860
 imperishable,

00:36:12.519 --> 00:36:13.360
 undefiled,

00:36:13.780 --> 00:36:14.660
 and unfading,

00:36:14.940 --> 00:36:15.300
 and that it

00:36:15.300 --> 00:36:15.880
 is kept

00:36:15.880 --> 00:36:16.680
 in heaven

00:36:16.680 --> 00:36:18.120
 for you.

00:36:19.620 --> 00:36:20.019
 Jude

00:36:20.019 --> 00:36:20.500
 in Jude

00:36:20.500 --> 00:36:21.440
 verse 24,

00:36:21.880 --> 00:36:22.659
 has great

00:36:22.659 --> 00:36:23.320
 confidence

00:36:23.320 --> 00:36:24.199
 in God

00:36:24.199 --> 00:36:24.719
 in his

00:36:24.719 --> 00:36:25.619
 benediction

00:36:25.619 --> 00:36:26.000
 where he

00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:26.400
 writes,

00:36:26.840 --> 00:36:27.059
 now to

00:36:27.059 --> 00:36:27.440
 him who

00:36:27.440 --> 00:36:27.800
 is able

00:36:27.800 --> 00:36:28.239
 to keep

00:36:28.239 --> 00:36:28.559
 you from

00:36:28.559 --> 00:36:29.139
 stumbling

00:36:29.139 --> 00:36:30.000
 and to

00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:30.500
 present you

00:36:30.500 --> 00:36:31.179
 blameless

00:36:31.179 --> 00:36:31.719
 before the

00:36:31.719 --> 00:36:32.360
 presence of

00:36:32.360 --> 00:36:32.880
 his glory

00:36:32.880 --> 00:36:33.860
 with great

00:36:33.860 --> 00:36:34.619
 joy.

00:36:34.699 --> 00:36:34.780
 And he

00:36:34.780 --> 00:36:35.159
 goes on

00:36:35.159 --> 00:36:35.599
 to give

00:36:35.599 --> 00:36:36.679
 him glory

00:36:36.679 --> 00:36:37.179
 for that.

00:36:37.400 --> 00:36:37.519
 Right?

00:36:37.840 --> 00:36:38.519
 God is

00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:39.599
 able to

00:36:39.599 --> 00:36:40.259
 keep you

00:36:40.259 --> 00:36:40.920
 and present

00:36:40.920 --> 00:36:41.219
 you

00:36:41.219 --> 00:36:42.420
 blameless.

00:36:43.619 --> 00:36:44.179
 Paul tells

00:36:44.179 --> 00:36:44.340
 us in

00:36:44.340 --> 00:36:44.639
 Ephesians

00:36:44.639 --> 00:36:45.239
 chapter 4

00:36:45.239 --> 00:36:45.940
 verse 30,

00:36:46.800 --> 00:36:47.019
 that the

00:36:47.019 --> 00:36:47.940
 Spirit seals

00:36:47.940 --> 00:36:48.880
 us for

00:36:48.880 --> 00:36:49.320
 redemption.

00:36:50.019 --> 00:36:50.619
 He writes,

00:36:50.699 --> 00:36:51.039
 and do not

00:36:51.039 --> 00:36:51.599
 grieve the

00:36:51.599 --> 00:36:52.059
 Holy Spirit

00:36:52.059 --> 00:36:52.519
 of God

00:36:52.519 --> 00:36:53.619
 by whom

00:36:53.619 --> 00:36:54.420
 you were

00:36:54.420 --> 00:36:55.079
 sealed

00:36:55.079 --> 00:36:56.159
 for the

00:36:56.159 --> 00:36:57.259
 day of

00:36:57.259 --> 00:36:57.619
 redemption.

00:36:58.940 --> 00:36:59.519
 John,

00:36:59.579 --> 00:37:00.219
 in 1 John

00:37:00.219 --> 00:37:01.079
 chapter 2

00:37:01.079 --> 00:37:02.539
 and verse 19,

00:37:03.780 --> 00:37:04.460
 states of

00:37:04.460 --> 00:37:05.480
 those people

00:37:05.480 --> 00:37:05.840
 who have

00:37:05.840 --> 00:37:07.619
 left the

00:37:07.619 --> 00:37:08.139
 fellowship of

00:37:08.139 --> 00:37:08.659
 the church,

00:37:09.300 --> 00:37:09.940
 they went

00:37:09.940 --> 00:37:10.440
 out from

00:37:10.440 --> 00:37:10.900
 us,

00:37:11.380 --> 00:37:11.880
 but they

00:37:11.880 --> 00:37:12.420
 were not

00:37:12.420 --> 00:37:13.000
 of us.

00:37:13.619 --> 00:37:14.139
 For if

00:37:14.139 --> 00:37:14.840
 they had

00:37:14.840 --> 00:37:15.380
 been of

00:37:15.380 --> 00:37:15.759
 us,

00:37:16.159 --> 00:37:17.039
 they would

00:37:17.039 --> 00:37:17.659
 have continued

00:37:17.659 --> 00:37:18.780
 with us,

00:37:19.119 --> 00:37:19.699
 but they

00:37:19.699 --> 00:37:20.179
 went out

00:37:20.179 --> 00:37:20.480
 that it

00:37:20.480 --> 00:37:20.679
 might

00:37:20.679 --> 00:37:21.000
 become

00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:21.539
 plain

00:37:21.539 --> 00:37:22.299
 that they

00:37:22.299 --> 00:37:23.099
 all are

00:37:23.099 --> 00:37:23.519
 not

00:37:23.519 --> 00:37:24.939
 of us.

00:37:26.199 --> 00:37:26.779
 Jesus

00:37:26.779 --> 00:37:27.359
 teaches in

00:37:27.359 --> 00:37:27.599
 Matthew

00:37:27.599 --> 00:37:28.419
 chapter 24

00:37:28.419 --> 00:37:28.819
 and verse

00:37:28.819 --> 00:37:29.579
 24,

00:37:30.059 --> 00:37:30.259
 that it

00:37:30.259 --> 00:37:30.919
 is impossible

00:37:30.919 --> 00:37:32.179
 to lead

00:37:32.179 --> 00:37:33.019
 the elect

00:37:33.019 --> 00:37:34.039
 astray.

00:37:34.679 --> 00:37:35.019
 He says,

00:37:35.179 --> 00:37:35.679
 for false

00:37:35.679 --> 00:37:36.539
 Christ and

00:37:36.539 --> 00:37:37.599
 false prophets

00:37:37.599 --> 00:37:38.519
 will arise

00:37:38.519 --> 00:37:39.419
 and perform

00:37:39.419 --> 00:37:40.559
 great signs

00:37:40.559 --> 00:37:41.500
 and wonders

00:37:41.500 --> 00:37:42.960
 so as to

00:37:42.960 --> 00:37:44.000
 lead astray,

00:37:44.219 --> 00:37:45.319
 if possible,

00:37:46.279 --> 00:37:46.879
 even the

00:37:46.879 --> 00:37:47.199
 elect.

00:37:47.199 --> 00:37:48.739
 He states

00:37:48.739 --> 00:37:49.079
 that it's

00:37:49.079 --> 00:37:49.699
 impossible

00:37:49.699 --> 00:37:50.759
 for this

00:37:50.759 --> 00:37:51.159
 to happen.

00:37:52.279 --> 00:37:52.439
 And in

00:37:52.439 --> 00:37:52.599
 John

00:37:52.599 --> 00:37:53.179
 chapter 6

00:37:53.179 --> 00:37:54.099
 verse 40,

00:37:54.199 --> 00:37:54.619
 Jesus says,

00:37:54.719 --> 00:37:55.039
 for this is

00:37:55.039 --> 00:37:55.399
 the will of

00:37:55.399 --> 00:37:55.939
 my Father,

00:37:56.559 --> 00:37:56.980
 that everyone

00:37:56.980 --> 00:37:57.559
 who looks

00:37:57.559 --> 00:37:58.059
 on the Son

00:37:58.059 --> 00:37:58.619
 and believes

00:37:58.619 --> 00:37:59.000
 in Him

00:37:59.000 --> 00:37:59.359
 should have

00:37:59.359 --> 00:38:00.059
 eternal life,

00:38:00.279 --> 00:38:00.859
 and I will

00:38:00.859 --> 00:38:01.299
 raise him

00:38:01.299 --> 00:38:02.419
 up on the

00:38:02.419 --> 00:38:03.799
 last day.

00:38:04.719 --> 00:38:05.199
 And in

00:38:05.199 --> 00:38:05.359
 John

00:38:05.359 --> 00:38:05.899
 chapter 10

00:38:05.899 --> 00:38:06.519
 verse 27

00:38:06.519 --> 00:38:07.139
 and 28,

00:38:07.739 --> 00:38:08.239
 my sheep

00:38:08.239 --> 00:38:08.539
 hear my

00:38:08.539 --> 00:38:09.059
 voice,

00:38:09.759 --> 00:38:10.339
 and I

00:38:10.339 --> 00:38:11.319
 know them,

00:38:11.579 --> 00:38:11.960
 and they

00:38:11.960 --> 00:38:12.739
 follow me.

00:38:13.460 --> 00:38:14.139
 I give

00:38:14.139 --> 00:38:15.039
 them eternal

00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:15.480
 life,

00:38:15.480 --> 00:38:16.099
 and they

00:38:16.099 --> 00:38:16.599
 will never

00:38:16.599 --> 00:38:17.159
 perish,

00:38:17.500 --> 00:38:18.240
 and no

00:38:18.240 --> 00:38:19.219
 one will

00:38:19.219 --> 00:38:20.119
 snatch them

00:38:20.119 --> 00:38:21.139
 out of

00:38:21.139 --> 00:38:21.760
 my hand.

00:38:23.039 --> 00:38:23.940
 So what's

00:38:23.940 --> 00:38:24.699
 being taught

00:38:24.699 --> 00:38:25.139
 here,

00:38:25.219 --> 00:38:25.579
 if you

00:38:25.579 --> 00:38:26.440
 understand it

00:38:26.440 --> 00:38:26.840
 by this

00:38:26.840 --> 00:38:27.559
 apparent

00:38:27.559 --> 00:38:28.539
 view,

00:38:28.740 --> 00:38:29.639
 it squares

00:38:29.639 --> 00:38:31.619
 firmly with

00:38:31.619 --> 00:38:32.280
 the doctrine

00:38:32.280 --> 00:38:32.619
 of the

00:38:32.619 --> 00:38:33.079
 perseverance

00:38:33.079 --> 00:38:34.420
 of the

00:38:34.420 --> 00:38:34.719
 saints.

00:38:34.900 --> 00:38:35.219
 And this

00:38:35.219 --> 00:38:35.539
 is just

00:38:35.539 --> 00:38:36.199
 a sampling

00:38:36.199 --> 00:38:37.480
 of the

00:38:37.480 --> 00:38:38.079
 text.

00:38:38.559 --> 00:38:39.199
 There's so

00:38:39.199 --> 00:38:39.940
 many more

00:38:39.940 --> 00:38:40.980
 that speak

00:38:40.980 --> 00:38:41.420
 to this.

00:38:41.559 --> 00:38:42.579
 God saves

00:38:42.579 --> 00:38:42.940
 us,

00:38:42.940 --> 00:38:44.300
 and God

00:38:44.300 --> 00:38:46.099
 keeps us.

00:38:47.559 --> 00:38:47.860
 And so

00:38:47.860 --> 00:38:48.420
 those that

00:38:48.420 --> 00:38:48.679
 are being

00:38:48.679 --> 00:38:49.320
 referred to

00:38:49.320 --> 00:38:50.260
 in our

00:38:50.260 --> 00:38:50.920
 text,

00:38:51.039 --> 00:38:51.340
 those who

00:38:51.340 --> 00:38:51.860
 have shared

00:38:51.860 --> 00:38:52.920
 and tasted,

00:38:54.340 --> 00:38:55.619
 weren't

00:38:55.619 --> 00:38:56.079
 Christians

00:38:56.079 --> 00:38:57.320
 to begin

00:38:57.320 --> 00:38:57.619
 with.

00:38:58.960 --> 00:38:59.260
 But then

00:38:59.260 --> 00:38:59.559
 we get to

00:38:59.559 --> 00:39:01.119
 verse 4,

00:39:01.340 --> 00:39:01.860
 this little

00:39:01.860 --> 00:39:02.400
 phrase at

00:39:02.400 --> 00:39:02.639
 the very

00:39:02.639 --> 00:39:03.019
 beginning

00:39:03.019 --> 00:39:04.119
 that says,

00:39:05.200 --> 00:39:05.599
 for it

00:39:05.599 --> 00:39:06.659
 is impossible,

00:39:07.559 --> 00:39:07.920
 and then

00:39:07.920 --> 00:39:08.280
 later in

00:39:08.280 --> 00:39:09.000
 verse 6,

00:39:09.639 --> 00:39:10.400
 to restore

00:39:10.400 --> 00:39:11.280
 them again

00:39:11.280 --> 00:39:12.540
 to repentance.

00:39:13.500 --> 00:39:13.800
 If they've

00:39:13.800 --> 00:39:14.360
 experienced

00:39:14.360 --> 00:39:14.880
 this and

00:39:14.880 --> 00:39:15.140
 then have

00:39:15.140 --> 00:39:15.820
 fallen away,

00:39:15.940 --> 00:39:16.860
 it's impossible

00:39:16.860 --> 00:39:18.360
 to restore

00:39:18.360 --> 00:39:19.120
 them again

00:39:19.120 --> 00:39:21.000
 to repentance

00:39:21.000 --> 00:39:21.620
 since they

00:39:21.620 --> 00:39:22.480
 are crucifying

00:39:22.480 --> 00:39:23.140
 once again

00:39:23.140 --> 00:39:23.600
 the Son

00:39:23.600 --> 00:39:24.200
 of God

00:39:24.200 --> 00:39:25.000
 to their

00:39:25.000 --> 00:39:25.860
 own harm

00:39:25.860 --> 00:39:26.740
 and holding

00:39:26.740 --> 00:39:27.140
 Him up

00:39:27.140 --> 00:39:28.580
 to contempt.

00:39:29.660 --> 00:39:30.720
 We must

00:39:30.720 --> 00:39:31.160
 understand

00:39:31.160 --> 00:39:31.640
 what that

00:39:31.640 --> 00:39:32.080
 means.

00:39:33.140 --> 00:39:33.800
 We must

00:39:33.800 --> 00:39:34.660
 wrestle with

00:39:34.660 --> 00:39:36.360
 that language.

00:39:37.360 --> 00:39:38.080
 It is a

00:39:38.080 --> 00:39:38.440
 difficult

00:39:38.440 --> 00:39:38.800
 passage

00:39:38.800 --> 00:39:39.640
 to wrestle

00:39:39.640 --> 00:39:39.920
 with.

00:39:39.920 --> 00:39:40.599
 We've

00:39:40.599 --> 00:39:41.099
 said before

00:39:41.099 --> 00:39:41.680
 that this

00:39:41.680 --> 00:39:41.980
 is the

00:39:41.980 --> 00:39:42.240
 most

00:39:42.240 --> 00:39:42.820
 complex

00:39:42.820 --> 00:39:43.180
 Greek

00:39:43.180 --> 00:39:43.559
 in the

00:39:43.559 --> 00:39:43.780
 New

00:39:43.780 --> 00:39:44.360
 Testament.

00:39:45.059 --> 00:39:45.539
 It's a

00:39:45.539 --> 00:39:46.280
 beautifully

00:39:46.280 --> 00:39:46.659
 written

00:39:46.659 --> 00:39:47.039
 book,

00:39:47.200 --> 00:39:47.460
 but it

00:39:47.460 --> 00:39:47.960
 contains

00:39:47.960 --> 00:39:48.300
 some

00:39:48.300 --> 00:39:48.940
 turns

00:39:48.940 --> 00:39:49.139
 of

00:39:49.139 --> 00:39:49.480
 phrases

00:39:49.480 --> 00:39:49.840
 in it

00:39:49.840 --> 00:39:50.059
 that

00:39:50.059 --> 00:39:50.180
 are

00:39:50.180 --> 00:39:50.740
 quite

00:39:50.740 --> 00:39:51.480
 hard.

00:39:52.019 --> 00:39:52.220
 We've

00:39:52.220 --> 00:39:52.400
 got this

00:39:52.400 --> 00:39:52.720
 wonderful

00:39:52.720 --> 00:39:53.300
 resource

00:39:53.300 --> 00:39:53.840
 that's

00:39:53.840 --> 00:39:55.200
 the

00:39:55.200 --> 00:39:55.340
 New

00:39:55.340 --> 00:39:55.720
 Testament

00:39:55.720 --> 00:39:56.400
 in the

00:39:56.400 --> 00:39:56.639
 Greek

00:39:56.639 --> 00:39:57.139
 text,

00:39:57.659 --> 00:39:58.159
 sentence

00:39:58.159 --> 00:39:59.019
 diagrammed.

00:40:00.559 --> 00:40:00.960
 And this

00:40:00.960 --> 00:40:01.200
 one,

00:40:01.320 --> 00:40:01.920
 usually I'll

00:40:01.920 --> 00:40:02.320
 print those

00:40:02.320 --> 00:40:02.780
 things out

00:40:02.780 --> 00:40:03.000
 and I'll

00:40:03.000 --> 00:40:03.320
 tape them

00:40:03.320 --> 00:40:03.619
 together

00:40:03.619 --> 00:40:03.840
 and I'll

00:40:03.840 --> 00:40:04.039
 put them

00:40:04.039 --> 00:40:04.220
 out of

00:40:04.220 --> 00:40:04.380
 my

00:40:04.380 --> 00:40:04.639
 desk

00:40:04.639 --> 00:40:04.820
 and I

00:40:04.820 --> 00:40:04.940
 go,

00:40:05.039 --> 00:40:05.200
 oh,

00:40:05.280 --> 00:40:05.579
 aha.

00:40:06.519 --> 00:40:06.960
 This

00:40:06.960 --> 00:40:07.340
 one turned

00:40:07.340 --> 00:40:07.780
 my head

00:40:07.780 --> 00:40:08.579
 around and

00:40:08.579 --> 00:40:08.980
 around.

00:40:08.980 --> 00:40:12.280
 So the

00:40:12.280 --> 00:40:12.800
 simplest thing

00:40:12.800 --> 00:40:13.099
 for us

00:40:13.099 --> 00:40:13.460
 to do,

00:40:13.599 --> 00:40:13.900
 and for

00:40:13.900 --> 00:40:14.159
 the sake

00:40:14.159 --> 00:40:14.599
 of time,

00:40:14.699 --> 00:40:14.920
 is to

00:40:14.920 --> 00:40:15.420
 place it

00:40:15.420 --> 00:40:15.780
 in its

00:40:15.780 --> 00:40:16.139
 larger

00:40:16.139 --> 00:40:16.519
 biblical

00:40:16.519 --> 00:40:17.840
 context.

00:40:18.420 --> 00:40:18.719
 Let's

00:40:18.719 --> 00:40:18.820
 say,

00:40:18.880 --> 00:40:19.099
 is it

00:40:19.099 --> 00:40:19.579
 possible

00:40:19.579 --> 00:40:20.139
 that we

00:40:20.139 --> 00:40:20.300
 would

00:40:20.300 --> 00:40:20.619
 commit

00:40:20.619 --> 00:40:21.159
 a sin

00:40:21.159 --> 00:40:21.340
 that

00:40:21.340 --> 00:40:21.659
 cannot

00:40:21.659 --> 00:40:22.159
 be

00:40:22.159 --> 00:40:23.260
 forgiven?

00:40:24.659 --> 00:40:25.059
 If you

00:40:25.059 --> 00:40:25.340
 are much

00:40:25.340 --> 00:40:25.539
 of a

00:40:25.539 --> 00:40:25.740
 student

00:40:25.740 --> 00:40:26.240
 of the

00:40:26.240 --> 00:40:26.539
 Bible,

00:40:27.300 --> 00:40:27.559
 you will

00:40:27.559 --> 00:40:27.920
 know that

00:40:27.920 --> 00:40:28.119
 there's

00:40:28.119 --> 00:40:28.400
 a sin

00:40:28.400 --> 00:40:28.719
 called

00:40:28.719 --> 00:40:28.900
 the

00:40:28.900 --> 00:40:29.980
 unpardonable

00:40:29.980 --> 00:40:31.059
 sin.

00:40:31.460 --> 00:40:31.820
 There's

00:40:31.820 --> 00:40:32.000
 much

00:40:32.000 --> 00:40:32.420
 debate

00:40:32.420 --> 00:40:32.719
 about

00:40:32.719 --> 00:40:32.960
 what

00:40:32.960 --> 00:40:33.320
 that

00:40:33.320 --> 00:40:33.960
 is,

00:40:34.460 --> 00:40:34.820
 but I

00:40:34.820 --> 00:40:34.900
 would

00:40:34.900 --> 00:40:35.179
 suggest

00:40:35.179 --> 00:40:35.340
 to you

00:40:35.340 --> 00:40:35.699
 that that's

00:40:35.699 --> 00:40:35.960
 what they

00:40:35.960 --> 00:40:36.119
 have

00:40:36.119 --> 00:40:36.440
 done.

00:40:36.539 --> 00:40:36.639
 They

00:40:36.639 --> 00:40:36.840
 have

00:40:36.840 --> 00:40:37.280
 committed

00:40:37.280 --> 00:40:38.320
 the

00:40:38.320 --> 00:40:38.960
 unpardonable,

00:40:38.980 --> 00:40:40.840
 sin.

00:40:41.599 --> 00:40:41.960
 And Jesus

00:40:41.960 --> 00:40:42.619
 speaks about

00:40:42.619 --> 00:40:43.039
 this in

00:40:43.039 --> 00:40:43.460
 Matthew

00:40:43.460 --> 00:40:45.039
 chapter 12.

00:40:45.780 --> 00:40:46.119
 And in

00:40:46.119 --> 00:40:46.320
 Matthew

00:40:46.320 --> 00:40:47.039
 chapter 12,

00:40:47.179 --> 00:40:47.639
 he's healed

00:40:47.639 --> 00:40:48.039
 a man

00:40:48.039 --> 00:40:48.599
 who's demon

00:40:48.599 --> 00:40:49.059
 possessed

00:40:49.059 --> 00:40:49.980
 and mute.

00:40:50.940 --> 00:40:51.320
 And when

00:40:51.320 --> 00:40:52.260
 that happens,

00:40:52.980 --> 00:40:53.860
 the Pharisees,

00:40:54.840 --> 00:40:55.360
 the Jewish

00:40:55.360 --> 00:40:55.760
 people,

00:40:56.400 --> 00:40:56.940
 who have

00:40:56.940 --> 00:40:57.699
 experienced

00:40:57.699 --> 00:40:58.300
 the benefit,

00:40:58.420 --> 00:40:59.099
 the spiritual

00:40:59.099 --> 00:40:59.579
 benefit,

00:41:00.119 --> 00:41:00.900
 of being part

00:41:00.900 --> 00:41:01.500
 of the

00:41:01.500 --> 00:41:02.000
 community

00:41:02.000 --> 00:41:02.619
 of God,

00:41:03.500 --> 00:41:04.000
 they had

00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:04.340
 the Word

00:41:04.340 --> 00:41:04.820
 of God,

00:41:05.139 --> 00:41:05.440
 they had

00:41:05.440 --> 00:41:05.840
 all the

00:41:05.840 --> 00:41:06.400
 signs and

00:41:06.400 --> 00:41:06.800
 wonders,

00:41:06.800 --> 00:41:07.760
 that they

00:41:07.760 --> 00:41:08.060
 were being

00:41:08.060 --> 00:41:08.539
 pointed

00:41:08.539 --> 00:41:09.260
 to

00:41:09.260 --> 00:41:10.039
 Christ.

00:41:11.539 --> 00:41:11.860
 These

00:41:11.860 --> 00:41:12.160
 men

00:41:12.160 --> 00:41:12.860
 rejected

00:41:12.860 --> 00:41:13.440
 the work

00:41:13.440 --> 00:41:14.060
 of Jesus

00:41:14.060 --> 00:41:14.900
 as coming

00:41:14.900 --> 00:41:15.560
 from God

00:41:15.560 --> 00:41:15.880
 and they

00:41:15.880 --> 00:41:16.320
 attributed

00:41:16.320 --> 00:41:17.300
 it instead

00:41:17.300 --> 00:41:17.900
 to

00:41:17.900 --> 00:41:18.860
 the

00:41:18.860 --> 00:41:19.060
 Elizabeth.

00:41:19.860 --> 00:41:20.160
 They

00:41:20.160 --> 00:41:20.740
 attributed

00:41:20.740 --> 00:41:21.340
 it instead

00:41:21.340 --> 00:41:21.920
 to

00:41:21.920 --> 00:41:23.039
 Satan.

00:41:23.820 --> 00:41:24.080
 They

00:41:24.080 --> 00:41:24.360
 had been

00:41:24.360 --> 00:41:24.560
 given

00:41:24.560 --> 00:41:25.440
 every

00:41:25.440 --> 00:41:26.380
 benefit

00:41:26.380 --> 00:41:27.780
 and yet

00:41:27.780 --> 00:41:28.660
 they

00:41:28.660 --> 00:41:29.180
 didn't

00:41:29.180 --> 00:41:30.400
 believe.

00:41:31.840 --> 00:41:32.280
 Jesus

00:41:32.280 --> 00:41:32.680
 says,

00:41:33.019 --> 00:41:33.620
 verse 31

00:41:33.620 --> 00:41:34.160
 and 32

00:41:34.160 --> 00:41:34.539
 of Matthew

00:41:34.539 --> 00:41:34.920
 12,

00:41:35.300 --> 00:41:35.759
 therefore I

00:41:35.759 --> 00:41:36.139
 tell you,

00:41:36.239 --> 00:41:36.920
 every sin

00:41:36.920 --> 00:41:37.519
 and blasphemy

00:41:37.519 --> 00:41:37.840
 will be

00:41:37.840 --> 00:41:38.139
 forgiven

00:41:38.139 --> 00:41:38.579
 people,

00:41:39.320 --> 00:41:39.719
 but the

00:41:39.719 --> 00:41:40.179
 blasphemy

00:41:40.179 --> 00:41:40.699
 against the

00:41:40.699 --> 00:41:41.000
 Spirit

00:41:41.000 --> 00:41:41.559
 will not

00:41:41.559 --> 00:41:41.880
 be

00:41:41.880 --> 00:41:42.519
 forgiven.

00:41:43.239 --> 00:41:43.719
 And whoever

00:41:43.719 --> 00:41:44.400
 speaks a

00:41:44.400 --> 00:41:44.880
 word against

00:41:44.880 --> 00:41:45.179
 the Son

00:41:45.179 --> 00:41:45.460
 of Man

00:41:45.460 --> 00:41:45.880
 will be

00:41:45.880 --> 00:41:46.159
 forgiven,

00:41:46.279 --> 00:41:46.539
 but whoever

00:41:46.539 --> 00:41:47.400
 speaks against

00:41:47.400 --> 00:41:47.800
 the Holy

00:41:47.800 --> 00:41:48.179
 Spirit

00:41:48.179 --> 00:41:49.179
 will not

00:41:49.179 --> 00:41:49.679
 be forgiven,

00:41:50.199 --> 00:41:50.739
 either in

00:41:50.739 --> 00:41:51.500
 this age

00:41:51.500 --> 00:41:52.480
 or in

00:41:52.480 --> 00:41:52.980
 the age

00:41:52.980 --> 00:41:54.039
 to come.

00:41:55.099 --> 00:41:55.800
 Jesus is

00:41:55.800 --> 00:41:56.420
 not talking

00:41:56.420 --> 00:41:57.079
 here about

00:41:57.079 --> 00:41:58.119
 taking the

00:41:58.119 --> 00:41:58.860
 Holy Spirit's

00:41:58.860 --> 00:41:59.300
 name in

00:41:59.300 --> 00:41:59.579
 vain.

00:42:00.279 --> 00:42:00.579
 This is

00:42:00.579 --> 00:42:00.880
 not what

00:42:00.880 --> 00:42:01.320
 he's saying.

00:42:01.960 --> 00:42:02.599
 What he's

00:42:02.599 --> 00:42:03.320
 saying is,

00:42:03.320 --> 00:42:04.340
 those who

00:42:04.340 --> 00:42:05.120
 see the

00:42:05.120 --> 00:42:05.840
 work of

00:42:05.840 --> 00:42:06.500
 the Spirit

00:42:06.500 --> 00:42:07.519
 of Christ,

00:42:07.960 --> 00:42:09.500
 this part

00:42:09.500 --> 00:42:10.000
 of the

00:42:10.000 --> 00:42:10.559
 triune

00:42:10.559 --> 00:42:11.059
 God

00:42:11.059 --> 00:42:12.320
 working to

00:42:12.320 --> 00:42:13.180
 bring benefit

00:42:13.180 --> 00:42:13.720
 to you,

00:42:14.180 --> 00:42:15.019
 to lead

00:42:15.019 --> 00:42:16.039
 you spiritually

00:42:16.039 --> 00:42:17.240
 to faith

00:42:17.240 --> 00:42:18.360
 in Christ,

00:42:18.820 --> 00:42:19.820
 who reject

00:42:19.820 --> 00:42:20.240
 Him

00:42:20.240 --> 00:42:21.320
 absolutely

00:42:21.320 --> 00:42:22.100
 to the

00:42:22.100 --> 00:42:22.539
 end,

00:42:23.340 --> 00:42:23.860
 they cannot

00:42:23.860 --> 00:42:24.500
 be saved.

00:42:25.320 --> 00:42:25.940
 They cannot

00:42:25.940 --> 00:42:26.280
 be.

00:42:27.059 --> 00:42:27.620
 How can

00:42:27.620 --> 00:42:28.740
 one who

00:42:28.740 --> 00:42:29.480
 refuses to

00:42:29.480 --> 00:42:30.080
 place faith

00:42:30.080 --> 00:42:31.200
 in Christ

00:42:31.200 --> 00:42:32.920
 be saved?

00:42:33.320 --> 00:42:33.820
 And there's

00:42:33.820 --> 00:42:34.180
 a little bit

00:42:34.180 --> 00:42:34.559
 of a clue

00:42:34.559 --> 00:42:35.039
 to this

00:42:35.039 --> 00:42:35.800
 in our

00:42:35.800 --> 00:42:36.380
 text.

00:42:37.080 --> 00:42:37.220
 The author

00:42:37.220 --> 00:42:37.620
 of Hebrews

00:42:37.620 --> 00:42:38.300
 says,

00:42:39.220 --> 00:42:39.720
 since,

00:42:40.120 --> 00:42:40.600
 why is it

00:42:40.600 --> 00:42:41.039
 impossible

00:42:41.039 --> 00:42:41.720
 to restore

00:42:41.720 --> 00:42:42.280
 them again?

00:42:43.039 --> 00:42:43.559
 Since they

00:42:43.559 --> 00:42:44.519
 are crucifying

00:42:44.519 --> 00:42:45.420
 once again

00:42:45.420 --> 00:42:46.100
 the Son

00:42:46.100 --> 00:42:46.780
 of God

00:42:46.780 --> 00:42:47.200
 to their

00:42:47.200 --> 00:42:47.880
 own harm

00:42:47.880 --> 00:42:49.019
 and holding

00:42:49.019 --> 00:42:49.580
 Him up

00:42:49.580 --> 00:42:51.220
 to contempt.

00:42:52.220 --> 00:42:52.760
 What these

00:42:52.760 --> 00:42:53.160
 people are

00:42:53.160 --> 00:42:53.860
 doing who

00:42:53.860 --> 00:42:55.280
 appear to

00:42:55.280 --> 00:42:55.680
 have been

00:42:55.680 --> 00:42:56.120
 in the

00:42:56.120 --> 00:42:57.200
 faith and

00:42:57.200 --> 00:42:57.519
 have now

00:42:57.519 --> 00:42:58.180
 left the

00:42:58.180 --> 00:42:58.539
 faith,

00:42:59.200 --> 00:42:59.600
 is they're

00:42:59.600 --> 00:43:00.720
 saying that

00:43:00.719 --> 00:43:01.480
 this Jesus

00:43:01.480 --> 00:43:03.199
 who was

00:43:03.199 --> 00:43:03.839
 crucified,

00:43:05.039 --> 00:43:05.739
 laid to

00:43:05.739 --> 00:43:06.039
 death,

00:43:06.279 --> 00:43:07.000
 raised three

00:43:07.000 --> 00:43:07.619
 days later,

00:43:07.699 --> 00:43:08.259
 was not

00:43:08.259 --> 00:43:08.739
 in fact

00:43:08.739 --> 00:43:09.359
 the Christ.

00:43:10.000 --> 00:43:10.459
 He was

00:43:10.459 --> 00:43:11.959
 just a

00:43:11.959 --> 00:43:12.219
 man.

00:43:13.659 --> 00:43:14.319
 They have

00:43:14.319 --> 00:43:15.159
 lost their

00:43:15.159 --> 00:43:15.819
 faith in

00:43:15.819 --> 00:43:16.579
 Jesus being

00:43:16.579 --> 00:43:17.359
 the Jesus

00:43:17.359 --> 00:43:18.059
 He said

00:43:18.059 --> 00:43:19.000
 He is

00:43:19.000 --> 00:43:19.899
 in the

00:43:19.899 --> 00:43:20.799
 gospel of

00:43:20.799 --> 00:43:21.980
 Jesus Christ.

00:43:22.599 --> 00:43:22.939
 They're

00:43:22.939 --> 00:43:23.579
 participating

00:43:23.579 --> 00:43:24.259
 in His

00:43:24.259 --> 00:43:25.119
 crucifixion

00:43:25.119 --> 00:43:26.099
 by simply

00:43:26.099 --> 00:43:26.679
 saying,

00:43:27.239 --> 00:43:27.959
 He's just

00:43:27.960 --> 00:43:28.960
 a man.

00:43:29.220 --> 00:43:30.199
 They held

00:43:30.199 --> 00:43:30.960
 Him up

00:43:30.960 --> 00:43:32.500
 to contempt.

00:43:33.079 --> 00:43:33.440
 Their

00:43:33.440 --> 00:43:34.019
 derision,

00:43:34.500 --> 00:43:34.900
 their

00:43:34.900 --> 00:43:35.800
 accusation,

00:43:36.220 --> 00:43:36.679
 they're

00:43:36.679 --> 00:43:37.199
 saying He

00:43:37.199 --> 00:43:38.360
 was justly

00:43:38.360 --> 00:43:39.039
 condemned

00:43:39.039 --> 00:43:40.179
 for claiming

00:43:40.179 --> 00:43:41.139
 He was

00:43:41.139 --> 00:43:41.440
 the Son

00:43:41.440 --> 00:43:41.880
 of God,

00:43:42.119 --> 00:43:42.699
 for claiming

00:43:42.699 --> 00:43:43.619
 to be

00:43:43.619 --> 00:43:44.480
 the Christ.

00:43:44.579 --> 00:43:45.179
 They became

00:43:45.179 --> 00:43:46.220
 participators

00:43:46.220 --> 00:43:47.320
 in that

00:43:47.320 --> 00:43:48.199
 and putting

00:43:48.199 --> 00:43:48.480
 Him to

00:43:48.480 --> 00:43:48.780
 death,

00:43:49.539 --> 00:43:50.900
 not believing

00:43:50.900 --> 00:43:51.579
 that He

00:43:51.579 --> 00:43:52.699
 was faultless,

00:43:53.579 --> 00:43:54.300
 that His

00:43:54.300 --> 00:43:54.659
 death on

00:43:54.659 --> 00:43:55.220
 the cross

00:43:55.220 --> 00:43:57.059
 was entirely

00:43:57.059 --> 00:43:57.940
 unjust because

00:43:57.940 --> 00:43:58.240
 He had

00:43:58.240 --> 00:43:58.880
 kept God's

00:43:58.880 --> 00:43:59.880
 law with

00:43:59.880 --> 00:44:00.360
 perfection.

00:44:02.500 --> 00:44:03.360
 That He

00:44:03.360 --> 00:44:04.639
 bore all

00:44:04.639 --> 00:44:04.920
 of the

00:44:04.920 --> 00:44:05.639
 wrath due

00:44:05.639 --> 00:44:06.400
 our sin

00:44:06.400 --> 00:44:07.420
 in Himself.

00:44:08.240 --> 00:44:08.700
 They're

00:44:08.700 --> 00:44:10.000
 rejecting that

00:44:10.000 --> 00:44:10.360
 and they're

00:44:10.360 --> 00:44:11.059
 rejecting it

00:44:11.059 --> 00:44:12.720
 with finality.

00:44:13.139 --> 00:44:13.400
 They've

00:44:13.400 --> 00:44:14.559
 altogether said

00:44:14.559 --> 00:44:15.619
 the person

00:44:15.619 --> 00:44:15.940
 and work

00:44:15.940 --> 00:44:16.340
 of Jesus

00:44:16.340 --> 00:44:17.360
 means nothing

00:44:17.360 --> 00:44:19.019
 to me.

00:44:20.039 --> 00:44:20.659
 So those

00:44:20.659 --> 00:44:21.440
 who appeared

00:44:21.440 --> 00:44:22.000
 to be,

00:44:22.320 --> 00:44:22.900
 who received

00:44:22.900 --> 00:44:23.619
 the benefit

00:44:23.619 --> 00:44:24.480
 of Christian

00:44:24.480 --> 00:44:25.519
 fellowship,

00:44:26.159 --> 00:44:26.440
 showed

00:44:26.440 --> 00:44:26.820
 themselves

00:44:26.820 --> 00:44:27.599
 not to

00:44:27.599 --> 00:44:27.880
 be,

00:44:28.319 --> 00:44:28.920
 because they

00:44:28.920 --> 00:44:29.759
 don't have

00:44:29.759 --> 00:44:30.199
 the salvation

00:44:30.199 --> 00:44:30.539
 of their

00:44:30.539 --> 00:44:31.219
 souls by

00:44:31.219 --> 00:44:31.860
 grace alone,

00:44:32.539 --> 00:44:33.039
 through faith

00:44:33.039 --> 00:44:33.420
 alone,

00:44:33.779 --> 00:44:35.159
 in Christ

00:44:35.159 --> 00:44:36.739
 alone.

00:44:37.699 --> 00:44:38.360
 And this

00:44:38.360 --> 00:44:38.619
 is the

00:44:38.619 --> 00:44:39.319
 great warning

00:44:39.319 --> 00:44:40.639
 of this

00:44:40.639 --> 00:44:41.119
 text.

00:44:42.000 --> 00:44:42.679
 It's the

00:44:42.679 --> 00:44:43.119
 warning for

00:44:43.119 --> 00:44:43.579
 us this

00:44:43.579 --> 00:44:44.000
 morning.

00:44:44.960 --> 00:44:45.259
 You may

00:44:45.259 --> 00:44:45.739
 have all

00:44:45.739 --> 00:44:46.319
 the spiritual

00:44:46.319 --> 00:44:46.940
 benefit of

00:44:46.940 --> 00:44:47.480
 growing up

00:44:47.480 --> 00:44:47.819
 in a

00:44:47.819 --> 00:44:48.059
 Christian

00:44:48.059 --> 00:44:48.460
 home,

00:44:48.659 --> 00:44:50.599
 being drug

00:44:50.599 --> 00:44:51.199
 to church

00:44:51.199 --> 00:44:52.480
 each and

00:44:52.480 --> 00:44:52.980
 every Sunday,

00:44:52.980 --> 00:44:54.639
 being forced

00:44:54.639 --> 00:44:55.240
 to sit

00:44:55.240 --> 00:44:56.559
 in fellowship

00:44:56.559 --> 00:44:57.139
 with your

00:44:57.139 --> 00:44:57.940
 parents,

00:44:58.039 --> 00:44:58.740
 being taught

00:44:58.740 --> 00:44:59.300
 the gospel

00:44:59.300 --> 00:45:00.019
 in your

00:45:00.019 --> 00:45:00.380
 home,

00:45:00.960 --> 00:45:01.699
 going on

00:45:01.699 --> 00:45:02.460
 mission trips

00:45:02.460 --> 00:45:03.639
 every summer.

00:45:04.300 --> 00:45:04.539
 You may

00:45:04.539 --> 00:45:05.079
 have all

00:45:05.079 --> 00:45:05.480
 of that

00:45:05.480 --> 00:45:06.219
 and not

00:45:06.219 --> 00:45:07.260
 be found

00:45:07.260 --> 00:45:08.920
 in Christ.

00:45:10.920 --> 00:45:11.420
 And so

00:45:11.420 --> 00:45:12.679
 the encouragement

00:45:12.679 --> 00:45:13.240
 for you

00:45:13.240 --> 00:45:13.619
 is to

00:45:13.619 --> 00:45:15.340
 self-examination

00:45:15.340 --> 00:45:16.659
 and to

00:45:16.659 --> 00:45:17.079
 church

00:45:17.079 --> 00:45:17.900
 examination.

00:45:17.900 --> 00:45:19.019
 to bring

00:45:19.019 --> 00:45:19.820
 others around

00:45:19.820 --> 00:45:20.160
 you that

00:45:20.160 --> 00:45:20.480
 will help

00:45:20.480 --> 00:45:21.099
 you consider

00:45:21.099 --> 00:45:21.920
 the fruitfulness

00:45:21.920 --> 00:45:23.400
 of your

00:45:23.400 --> 00:45:23.860
 life.

00:45:24.079 --> 00:45:24.639
 Because it's

00:45:24.639 --> 00:45:25.240
 that fruitfulness

00:45:25.240 --> 00:45:26.079
 that proves

00:45:26.079 --> 00:45:27.519
 out the

00:45:27.519 --> 00:45:28.119
 faithfulness.

00:45:28.940 --> 00:45:29.440
 Not that

00:45:29.440 --> 00:45:30.139
 we're saved

00:45:30.139 --> 00:45:30.900
 by works,

00:45:31.019 --> 00:45:31.519
 but works

00:45:31.519 --> 00:45:32.660
 evidence.

00:45:33.720 --> 00:45:33.900
 Right?

00:45:34.059 --> 00:45:34.460
 Our

00:45:34.460 --> 00:45:35.660
 unshakable

00:45:35.660 --> 00:45:36.599
 faith in

00:45:36.599 --> 00:45:37.119
 the works

00:45:37.119 --> 00:45:38.639
 of Christ.

00:45:40.360 --> 00:45:41.200
 So again,

00:45:41.260 --> 00:45:41.720
 if you're in

00:45:41.720 --> 00:45:42.460
 my hearing

00:45:42.460 --> 00:45:43.619
 this morning

00:45:43.619 --> 00:45:44.880
 and you claim

00:45:44.880 --> 00:45:45.260
 to be a

00:45:45.260 --> 00:45:45.619
 Christian,

00:45:46.440 --> 00:45:46.800
 you're going

00:45:46.800 --> 00:45:47.039
 to be in

00:45:47.039 --> 00:45:47.420
 one of three

00:45:47.420 --> 00:45:48.059
 categories.

00:45:48.320 --> 00:45:48.800
 A confident

00:45:48.800 --> 00:45:49.240
 Christian,

00:45:50.700 --> 00:45:51.820
 an unconfident

00:45:51.820 --> 00:45:52.800
 Christian,

00:45:53.760 --> 00:45:54.840
 possibly not

00:45:54.840 --> 00:45:56.300
 a Christian

00:45:56.300 --> 00:45:57.559
 at all.

00:45:58.480 --> 00:45:58.900
 And I would

00:45:58.900 --> 00:45:59.519
 just plead

00:45:59.519 --> 00:46:00.000
 with you

00:46:00.000 --> 00:46:01.500
 to really

00:46:01.500 --> 00:46:02.119
 consider

00:46:02.119 --> 00:46:03.099
 the gospel

00:46:03.099 --> 00:46:04.059
 of Jesus

00:46:04.059 --> 00:46:04.619
 Christ.

00:46:05.240 --> 00:46:06.039
 If it's not

00:46:06.039 --> 00:46:07.000
 abundantly

00:46:07.000 --> 00:46:07.800
 clear to you

00:46:07.800 --> 00:46:08.139
 that you're

00:46:08.139 --> 00:46:08.960
 in the faith,

00:46:09.619 --> 00:46:10.220
 talk to

00:46:10.220 --> 00:46:10.800
 someone

00:46:10.800 --> 00:46:11.880
 about this.

00:46:12.260 --> 00:46:12.619
 Come and

00:46:12.619 --> 00:46:13.380
 find me.

00:46:13.820 --> 00:46:14.440
 If I'm not

00:46:14.440 --> 00:46:15.079
 available to

00:46:15.079 --> 00:46:15.539
 talk to you,

00:46:15.599 --> 00:46:16.200
 there are so

00:46:16.200 --> 00:46:16.940
 many people

00:46:16.940 --> 00:46:17.240
 in this

00:46:17.240 --> 00:46:17.559
 fellowship

00:46:17.559 --> 00:46:17.940
 that would

00:46:17.940 --> 00:46:18.740
 gladly share

00:46:18.740 --> 00:46:19.559
 the good

00:46:19.559 --> 00:46:19.980
 news of

00:46:19.980 --> 00:46:20.480
 Jesus with

00:46:20.480 --> 00:46:20.599
 you,

00:46:20.659 --> 00:46:20.920
 that you

00:46:20.920 --> 00:46:21.559
 would repent

00:46:21.559 --> 00:46:22.980
 and believe

00:46:22.980 --> 00:46:24.079
 in Him.

00:46:24.860 --> 00:46:25.460
 If you're

00:46:25.460 --> 00:46:26.420
 an unconfident

00:46:26.420 --> 00:46:26.900
 Christian,

00:46:27.740 --> 00:46:28.039
 the kind of

00:46:28.039 --> 00:46:28.639
 wonderful thing

00:46:28.639 --> 00:46:29.179
 is that it's

00:46:29.179 --> 00:46:30.059
 still a call

00:46:30.059 --> 00:46:30.700
 to repentance

00:46:30.700 --> 00:46:31.480
 and faith.

00:46:32.159 --> 00:46:32.840
 Turn from

00:46:32.840 --> 00:46:33.360
 your sin.

00:46:34.039 --> 00:46:34.639
 Those sins

00:46:34.639 --> 00:46:35.159
 that you have

00:46:35.159 --> 00:46:35.659
 carried into

00:46:35.659 --> 00:46:36.019
 this room

00:46:36.019 --> 00:46:36.340
 with you

00:46:36.340 --> 00:46:36.820
 that feel

00:46:36.820 --> 00:46:37.599
 like an

00:46:37.599 --> 00:46:38.420
 unbearable

00:46:38.420 --> 00:46:39.119
 baggage,

00:46:40.000 --> 00:46:40.880
 confess them

00:46:40.880 --> 00:46:41.780
 to God

00:46:41.780 --> 00:46:42.700
 and turn

00:46:42.700 --> 00:46:43.500
 to Christ.

00:46:44.200 --> 00:46:44.740
 Run to

00:46:44.740 --> 00:46:45.560
 the cross.

00:46:46.560 --> 00:46:47.260
 If you've

00:46:47.260 --> 00:46:47.640
 been there

00:46:47.640 --> 00:46:48.019
 before,

00:46:48.140 --> 00:46:48.620
 go back

00:46:48.620 --> 00:46:49.120
 again.

00:46:49.260 --> 00:46:49.500
 You may

00:46:49.500 --> 00:46:49.980
 find it's

00:46:49.980 --> 00:46:50.480
 the first

00:46:50.480 --> 00:46:51.160
 time you've

00:46:51.160 --> 00:46:51.740
 ever been

00:46:51.740 --> 00:46:52.860
 to the

00:46:52.860 --> 00:46:53.400
 cross and

00:46:53.400 --> 00:46:53.900
 the burden

00:46:53.900 --> 00:46:54.280
 of your

00:46:54.280 --> 00:46:55.320
 sin is

00:46:55.320 --> 00:46:55.680
 loosed

00:46:55.680 --> 00:46:56.400
 from your

00:46:56.400 --> 00:46:56.800
 back.

00:46:57.720 --> 00:46:58.200
 I would

00:46:58.200 --> 00:46:59.680
 hope that

00:46:59.680 --> 00:47:00.519
 each of us

00:47:00.519 --> 00:47:01.440
 would find

00:47:01.440 --> 00:47:01.900
 ourselves in

00:47:01.900 --> 00:47:02.740
 that first

00:47:02.740 --> 00:47:03.440
 category,

00:47:03.820 --> 00:47:04.320
 having a

00:47:04.320 --> 00:47:05.200
 full assurance

00:47:05.200 --> 00:47:06.200
 of our

00:47:06.200 --> 00:47:07.080
 faith and

00:47:07.080 --> 00:47:08.560
 persevering to

00:47:08.560 --> 00:47:08.880
 the very

00:47:08.880 --> 00:47:09.220
 end.

00:47:09.219 --> 00:47:11.000
 In closing,

00:47:11.139 --> 00:47:11.259
 I'm going to

00:47:11.259 --> 00:47:11.619
 read to you

00:47:11.619 --> 00:47:12.879
 from 2 Peter

00:47:12.879 --> 00:47:13.819
 chapter 2

00:47:13.819 --> 00:47:16.279
 where the

00:47:16.279 --> 00:47:16.739
 Apostle Peter

00:47:16.739 --> 00:47:17.139
 writes in

00:47:17.139 --> 00:47:17.539
 verse 20

00:47:17.539 --> 00:47:18.059
 and 21,

00:47:18.259 --> 00:47:18.859
 For if,

00:47:19.659 --> 00:47:20.139
 after they

00:47:20.139 --> 00:47:20.819
 have escaped

00:47:20.819 --> 00:47:21.679
 the defilements

00:47:21.679 --> 00:47:22.179
 of the world

00:47:22.179 --> 00:47:22.579
 through the

00:47:22.579 --> 00:47:23.079
 knowledge of

00:47:23.079 --> 00:47:23.459
 our Lord

00:47:23.459 --> 00:47:23.919
 and Savior

00:47:23.919 --> 00:47:24.779
 Jesus Christ,

00:47:25.379 --> 00:47:25.859
 they are

00:47:25.859 --> 00:47:26.919
 again entangled

00:47:26.919 --> 00:47:27.599
 in them

00:47:27.599 --> 00:47:28.559
 and overcome,

00:47:29.319 --> 00:47:30.059
 the last

00:47:30.059 --> 00:47:30.679
 state has

00:47:30.679 --> 00:47:31.819
 become worse

00:47:31.819 --> 00:47:32.379
 for them

00:47:32.379 --> 00:47:33.480
 than the

00:47:33.480 --> 00:47:33.859
 first.

00:47:34.839 --> 00:47:35.119
 For it

00:47:35.119 --> 00:47:35.259
 would have

00:47:35.259 --> 00:47:35.659
 been better

00:47:35.659 --> 00:47:35.939
 for them

00:47:35.939 --> 00:47:36.179
 to have

00:47:36.179 --> 00:47:36.859
 never known

00:47:36.859 --> 00:47:37.119
 the way

00:47:37.119 --> 00:47:37.619
 of righteousness

00:47:37.619 --> 00:47:38.319
 than after

00:47:38.319 --> 00:47:39.000
 knowing it

00:47:39.000 --> 00:47:39.500
 to turn

00:47:39.500 --> 00:47:40.599
 back from

00:47:40.599 --> 00:47:40.940
 the holy

00:47:40.940 --> 00:47:41.539
 commandment

00:47:41.539 --> 00:47:42.840
 delivered to

00:47:42.840 --> 00:47:43.059
 them.

00:47:44.119 --> 00:47:44.519
 May we

00:47:44.519 --> 00:47:45.280
 not be

00:47:45.280 --> 00:47:46.219
 those

00:47:46.219 --> 00:47:47.519
 people.

00:47:48.380 --> 00:47:48.860
 Let's pray

00:47:48.860 --> 00:47:49.179
 together.