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 Great to have you here today. You're obviously over here for the whole week, and I think maybe a bit longer,

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 but maybe just tell us a little bit about where you come from and a bit about your family, and I'll ask you something else.

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 That could take a while. Well, we'll make it short.

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 Originally, for the first 18 years of my life, I grew up and born and raised in Canada, outside the Toronto area.

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 So, halfway between Toronto and Niagara Falls.

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 And then I went down to the U.S., been there since, did my university seminary training there, and presently I'm teaching in Kentucky.

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 I have a wonderful wife from New York State. People always say she's from New York, and they always confuse that with New York City.

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 And she says, no, no, it's not New York City. New York State, and then we have five children, from three boys, two girls, 26 to 16.

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 And you're obviously teaching theology at this stage, and you have a relationship with the Lord Jesus.

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 Did you grow up in a Christian home, or how did you come to faith?

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 Yeah, I was raised with parents who were Christians, who loved the Lord.

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 And even though you are raised in a Christian home, it doesn't make you a Christian.

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 So, I heard God's word every week, and was taken to our local church, but around 16 years old, the Lord was working in my life,

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 where by the Spirit, He convicted me that I was a sinner.

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 I needed the Lord Jesus.

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 I can't just have my parents' faith.

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 And people would say, are you a Christian?

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 Oh, yes, yes, yes.

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 I'm a Christian.

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 But I wasn't.

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 And by God's grace, I came to know the Lord Jesus, turned from my sin, believed in the Lord Jesus Christ at 16 years old.

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 And that heritage that I had was wonderful, where so much was taught.

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 And then from there, I felt that the Lord wanted me to serve Him in church and teaching and that kind of work.

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 And that's where I've gone from there.

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 So, have you always been involved in teaching theology, or did you do something else?

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 Yeah.

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 In between.

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 I was always, after I was converted at 16, then I'm thinking of what's next in terms of schooling, right?

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 So, getting out of high school.

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 I was greatly influenced in my Christian life by reading a man named Francis Schaeffer years ago,

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 and just trying to think how is I, you know, why is, I'm a Christian, but how do I communicate that to others,

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 and why do I believe what I believe?

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 And I knew that I, I had a sense that I wanted to go into Christian ministry.

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 So, in my university training, I did a science education.

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 Wasn't sure just how it would all work out.

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 So, I never really worked in that area, but I was trained to be a teacher.

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 And then went to seminary, and then, so really my whole life has been either pastoring or teaching after that.

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 Okay.

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 Well, we look forward to you communicating to us the truth of God's word.

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 So, I'm going to pray for Stephen, and then over to you.

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 Father, we thank you so much for your church worldwide, for the people that you have gathered to yourself,

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 and we thank you for the gifts that you have given to people.

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 We thank you for Stephen and his gift to understand your word, to teach, and to communicate.

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 And yet, Father, we need the help of your Holy Spirit so that it is not just information to our minds,

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 but that it is truth to our hearts that change us,

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 and shape our lives to follow you and to walk with you.

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 So, please help us, and please help Stephen, as he speaks your word to us today.

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 We ask this in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Well, it is a great delight to be with you this morning,

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 and we're going to be reading from the book of Hebrews.

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 And if you have your Bibles, that will be Hebrews chapter 1.

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 And if you have a Bible that came in when you came in from the church,

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 it is page number 1201.

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 Right? 1201.

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 The book of Hebrews chapter 1.

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 It's a great delight to be here.

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 It's my second time to Ireland.

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 And always two years ago, and now in between then.

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 Two years ago, Ross and Joy housed me.

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 And then Joy's come over to the U.S., and we've seen her in between,

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 and now back again.

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 So, I think that's a great opportunity to be back here with them.

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 And my mother is, on my mother's side, is all Irish in Canada.

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 Right?

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 So, she said, as I come to Ireland, she says,

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 I'll go talk to the homeland.

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 Right?

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 So, that's what she said.

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 So, it's great to be here.

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 We're going to read Hebrews chapter 1.

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 We're going to look at the first three verses.

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 First three verses.

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 And this is the introduction to this wonderful, wonderful letter that we'll get into.

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 But we're going to read these first three verses.

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 And then we'll begin to look at what God has to teach us from this section of Scripture.

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 God's Word says this.

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 In the past, God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways.

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 But in these last days, He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things,

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 and through whom He made the universe.

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 The Son is the radiance of God's glory, the exact representation of His being,

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 sustaining all things by His powerful Word.

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 After He had provided purifications for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in Heaven.

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 We'll leave it there.

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 But then verse 4 will become a transition.

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 So He became.

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 And then He goes on to compare Him to angels, right?

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 Well, thinking of what to speak on this morning,

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 I understand that you're going through the book of 1 Corinthians, 1 Corinthians.

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 You're at chapter 14.

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 And I know Johnny will do a great job on that.

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 So I left that to him.

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 He says, do you want to handle that passage?

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 It sometimes gets controversial.

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 In the church.

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 And we said, no, no, you'll do a fine job.

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 So come next week and you'll learn about prophecy in the church and all the spiritual gifts

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 and those challenging issues that we wrestle with as we apply the Scripture to our lives.

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 Instead, I wanted to return to something familiar but never, ever too familiar.

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 And that is the glory of Christ.

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 And there's many places we can turn.

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 I'm so pleased to see that Colossians 1 was read this morning.

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 And that's a wonderful passage.

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 Colossians 1, 15 through 20.

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 There's many, many, many key passages in the New Testament that present to us who Jesus is

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 and all of his glory and splendor and his work.

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 This passage here is one of those passages.

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 And it's in a book that I think maybe we say this of every book of the New Testament or the Bible,

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 but this is one of my most favorite books of the entire Bible.

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 The book of Hebrews is a precious book to me,

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 and it speaks so strongly to myself and I think the church today for a couple of reasons.

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 First is when we think about who this book is written to.

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 We live 2,000 years from these people.

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 Yet, if we know something about the audience of the book of Hebrews,

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 we realize that we have a lot in common with them.

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 They have a lot of similarities, both good and bad, that we have.

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 And then the message that the author gives to these Christians in the midst of their life

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 and the busyness of their life is the glory of Christ.

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 And for those two reasons, the book of Hebrews is such a precious one to me

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 because I can identify with these Christians,

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 and more importantly, I am presented the answer to my problems

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 in terms of Jesus Christ the Lord.

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 Now, in terms of these early Christians,

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 a little bit of speculation on this,

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 but I think we're on good grounds to say

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 these are probably Jewish Christians.

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 Now, why is that?

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 Well, because so much of the book is devoted

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 to the Old Testament,

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 showing that Christ is the fulfillment of the Old Testament.

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 So it's probably those who've come out of a Jewish background

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 who are now believers.

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 They've been believers for probably a generation.

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 It's probably around the mid-60s in the first century

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 before the fall of Jerusalem,

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 which changed everything in the first century

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 because there's no mention here of the fall.

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 There's all discussion of the sacrifices and tabernacle,

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 but there's no mention of the fall of Jerusalem.

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 So we probably think it's written early on.

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 We know from the book

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 that these Christians had walked with the Lord.

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 They had faced trials and persecution.

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 Some of them had lost.

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 You read chapter 10.

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 Some of them had lost their jobs.

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 Some of them had lost their homes.

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 Some of them have been castaways in society.

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 Yet, so far, they had remained firm.

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 Yet, they were also facing probably a more serious problem

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 than just simply pressures from the world.

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 They were, as this author writes to them,

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 it seems as if they're facing spiritual compromise.

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 That's why so much of the book is,

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 if you know the book of Hebrews,

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 so much of it is dealing with

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 the dual themes of encouragement and warning.

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 It's famous for its warning passages.

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 The author of Hebrews comes alongside these believers

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 who have begun well,

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 who have professed faith in Christ,

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 who are facing incredible pressures around them.

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 Pressures to give in and to cave and to compromise.

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 Yet, he then warns them.

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 He encourages them with the truth of who Christ is.

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 But he warns them, don't depart.

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 Don't go backwards.

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 Now, that kind of people, I mean, I can identify with.

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 We can grow up in the church.

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 We know that the society around us is seemingly changing.

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 We feel the sense of how difficult it is sometimes

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 to live as a Christian

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 who wants to honor the Lord in our lives

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 in the world around us.

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 We face pressures from family.

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 We face pressures from the larger society.

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 I can identify with these people

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 who feel persecution and struggles.

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 And so what is encouraging to say,

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 you know, what I'm going through in my own life,

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 they're going through similar things.

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 Now, obviously, there's differences.

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 Yet, there's a similarity.

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 I can see what they're going through.

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 They can remind me of some of the struggles

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 that I'm having.

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 But more than that,

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 not just simply identification with them,

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 what's most important is how the author addresses

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 these struggling Christians.

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 How does he encourage them to press on?

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 How does he warn them of the dangers?

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 Well, what he does,

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 and of course, this is the entire theme of the book,

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 is he presents to them the glory of Christ.

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 He calls them back

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 to remind them of who they have trusted in,

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 who it is that has redeemed them,

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 the Lord and Savior that is the Lord of the universe.

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 And by so doing,

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 he accomplishes the dual task of encouraging them.

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 He encourages them in the truth of who Christ is.

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 He encourages them that their faith has not been misplaced,

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 that their faith is not in vain,

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 that as the pressures of the world come in upon them,

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 that they can have confidence

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 that Christ is who He is.

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 And at the same time,

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 that warns them,

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 given the glory and the wonder

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 and the excellency of Christ,

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 if you depart from Him,

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 danger.

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 So at the same time,

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 and often in Scripture,

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 you have sort of a dual side of the coin.

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 Encouragement warning,

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 warning encouragement,

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 you don't just have one without the other,

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 and in the center of it

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 is the presentation of the glory of Christ.

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 Now the opening verses that we read

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 present this to us immediately.

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 The theme of the book of Hebrews is

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 Christ is better.

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 Christ is greater than anything you can compare Him to.

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 And throughout the book,

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 there's an entire series of contrasts

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 that the author makes with angels.

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 That's where he goes in the first couple of chapters.

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 With Moses,

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 some of the great leader from the Old Testament.

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 with covenants,

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 and kings,

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 and priests,

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 and all of that is

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 comparing,

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 contrasting Christ to the Old Testament.

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 And the author argues,

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 your faith has not been misplaced.

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 Christ is who He is.

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 You can have confidence in

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 your confidence in Him

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 and what He's accomplished.

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 And in light of that,

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 press on.

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 Now these opening verses

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 get immediately to that larger truth

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 that the book of Hebrews is communicating.

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 The glory of Jesus Christ the Lord.

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 This is unlike any other letter.

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 Most letters,

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 when you read them in the New Testament,

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 have the author's name.

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 I, Paul, write to such and such, right?

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 All of that's missing.

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 We're not exactly sure who this author is.

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 He dispenses with any introduction

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 and immediately goes

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 to the main point of the book.

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 And in this,

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 and in fact,

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 in the original,

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 when you have verses 1 to 3,

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 it's one sentence.

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 We've broken it down

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 in terms of our Bibles.

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 But in one sentence,

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 that is centered around

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 the subject and the verb.

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 And the subject of the verb

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 of this one sentence

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 is God spoke.

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 And then around that,

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 the author says,

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 God spoke in the past,

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 God spoke definitively in Christ.

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 And in Christ,

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 he has brought all of his plans

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 and purposes to pass.

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 And even more than that,

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 he has brought about our salvation.

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 And this then opens the book,

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 which he then develops and expands.

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 And everything thereafter in this book

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 gives us then Christ

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 as God's spoken word,

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 final word,

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 only Savior,

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 encourages them in this,

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 at the same time warns them,

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 don't depart from him.

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 Keep pressing on.

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 He who has done a good work

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 will see it to the end.

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 You have placed your faith

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 in the truth

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 of the Son of God

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 who has come and who has died.

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 Your confidence is sure.

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 And that's what then undergirds

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 the confidence and encouragement

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 that he is giving to these people.

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 Well, we want to look at this,

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 in some sense,

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 opening statement of the book

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 that is just simply developed

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 throughout the book.

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 And we'll look at it

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 in three ways that the sentence,

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 or at least these three verses,

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 the one sentence is given to us.

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 We're going to focus first on

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 the fact that the author

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 begins with this statement

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 that God is the God who speaks.

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 That's the opening subject of the verb.

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 God has spoken.

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 And then we will see

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 how he moves from the fact

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 that God has spoken

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 to God has spoken

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 definitively and finally

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 in Christ, in the Son.

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 And then we will move to

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 the fact that he says

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 God has spoken in His Son

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 and provided a Savior for people.

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 So those are the three areas

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 that we want to just look at

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 as we work through this passage.

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 God has spoken.

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 God has spoken in His Son

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 definitively and finally.

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 And God has now given us

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 a Savior for people.

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 Well, first, the idea of God has spoken.

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 And that comes through,

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 as I said,

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 in terms of the main subject and verb.

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 In the past, God spoke.

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 And then he will develop this

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 in verse 2.

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 In these last days,

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 God spoke.

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 Now, there's going to be a difference

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 between the past

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 and what He has now done in Christ.

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 We'll come to that

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 in the second area.

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 But the first area here

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 is that He lays down

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 for these people.

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 And remember who they are, right?

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 The people are facing

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 trials and difficulties.

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 He begins with the statement

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 that God has spoken.

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 He's spoken in the past.

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 He's spoken in the present.

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 He's spoken definitively in Christ.

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 And it's a good reminder here

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 before we move to

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 what He says about Jesus

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 to just think a little bit

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 about this truth

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 that He lays out for us.

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 God has spoken.

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 Right?

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 Why is that important?

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 Right?

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 Well, if I were to ask you a question

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 sort of coming in

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 by the side here,

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 what,

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 you know,

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 we live in an age

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 where there's all kinds of

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 religions and viewpoints

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 and this type of thing.

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 What makes

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 the God of the Bible

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 different

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 than other gods?

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 Right?

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 Well,

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 there's a lot of things

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 that can be said there.

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 First thing that comes to mind

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 immediately

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 is the God of the Bible

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 is a triune God.

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 That's unlike anything else

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 and of course

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 tied to the doctrine of the Trinity

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 is the uniqueness

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 of the Lord Jesus,

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 the Son of God.

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 But another truth

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 that makes

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 God unique

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 than all of the gods

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 out there

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 is that God

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 who is the triune God

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 has spoken.

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 It's important to remember

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 in a couple of ways

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 in our day.

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 Right?

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 When we go to the opening

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 chapters of Genesis,

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 the universe came into existence

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 by God's spoken word.

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 Right?

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 That opening verse

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 of chapter 1 of Genesis.

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 In the beginning,

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 God created

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 the heavens and the earth.

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 God said,

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 boom,

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 there's the universe.

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 God's speech

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 is also found

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 in His

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 telling us

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 who He is.

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 So He not only

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 creates universes

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 by His speech,

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 He also makes Himself

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 known to us.

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 Now,

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 this seems basic,

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 elementary,

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 Christian thought

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 and what the Bible teaches.

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 Why is this important?

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 Why was it important

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 for these Christians

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 to know this?

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 Well,

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 in their own personal lives,

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 they are facing trials

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 and difficulties

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 and persecution.

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 How do you face?

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 some of these Christians

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 eventually

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 were put on light poles

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 and burned to death.

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 How do you encourage people

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 to go to death

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 for their convictions?

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 How do you encourage people

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 to stand firm

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 in the midst

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 of life's difficulties?

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 How do you give confidence

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 to people

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 when they face

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 and all of us face

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 in our just everyday lives

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 life and death circumstances,

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 news of cancer,

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 news of difficulties?

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 How do you encourage

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 people to remain firm?

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 Well,

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 Scripture will come back

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 to the fact

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 that the only way

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 we can encourage people

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 is that we have to give them

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 a true

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 word

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 from God.

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 We can't just give people

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 nice thoughts.

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 We can't just

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 read poetry to them.

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 We can't just say

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 think pleasant thoughts,

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 everything will be good.

00:22:06.100 --> 00:22:06.460
 Well,

00:22:06.460 --> 00:22:07.660
 it doesn't work that way.

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 We need to have

00:22:09.279 --> 00:22:10.240
 a sure

00:22:10.240 --> 00:22:11.059
 word

00:22:11.059 --> 00:22:12.079
 from God.

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 We need to know

00:22:13.840 --> 00:22:15.140
 that God is real,

00:22:15.259 --> 00:22:16.100
 that His promises

00:22:16.100 --> 00:22:16.920
 are sure,

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 that what I have

00:22:18.380 --> 00:22:19.840
 banked my life upon

00:22:19.840 --> 00:22:21.180
 in faith and confidence

00:22:21.180 --> 00:22:22.940
 is really true

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 even in the midst

00:22:24.059 --> 00:22:24.620
 of

00:22:24.620 --> 00:22:25.640
 martyrdom,

00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:26.539
 even in the midst

00:22:26.539 --> 00:22:27.240
 of suffering,

00:22:27.380 --> 00:22:27.900
 even in the midst

00:22:27.900 --> 00:22:29.299
 of trials and difficulty.

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 And that's why

00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:31.220
 I think this author

00:22:31.220 --> 00:22:32.420
 begins with

00:22:32.420 --> 00:22:34.140
 God has spoken.

00:22:34.140 --> 00:22:36.080
 God has spoken.

00:22:36.300 --> 00:22:37.240
 What He has said

00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:37.860
 is sure.

00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:38.120
 Now,

00:22:38.160 --> 00:22:39.000
 He's going to

00:22:39.000 --> 00:22:40.160
 move quite quickly

00:22:40.160 --> 00:22:41.640
 to these Christians

00:22:41.640 --> 00:22:42.180
 to say,

00:22:42.300 --> 00:22:43.200
 God has spoken

00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:44.780
 definitively in Christ

00:22:44.780 --> 00:22:45.440
 and your faith

00:22:45.440 --> 00:22:45.880
 in Him.

00:22:46.120 --> 00:22:46.700
 But He,

00:22:47.380 --> 00:22:47.960
 before He even

00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:48.540
 gets there,

00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:50.040
 He reminds them

00:22:50.040 --> 00:22:51.259
 and He reminds us

00:22:51.259 --> 00:22:53.560
 that our only hope

00:22:53.560 --> 00:22:54.420
 in life

00:22:54.420 --> 00:22:55.759
 and in death

00:22:55.759 --> 00:22:57.120
 and any confidence

00:22:57.120 --> 00:22:57.880
 and certainty

00:22:57.880 --> 00:22:58.680
 we can have

00:22:58.680 --> 00:22:59.500
 of our present

00:22:59.500 --> 00:23:00.960
 and the future

00:23:00.960 --> 00:23:02.380
 is that God

00:23:02.380 --> 00:23:04.000
 has not remained silent,

00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:05.460
 that God

00:23:05.460 --> 00:23:07.039
 has spoken to us

00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:08.240
 a sure word

00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:09.619
 that we can

00:23:09.619 --> 00:23:11.400
 build our lives on it,

00:23:11.460 --> 00:23:12.039
 that we can have

00:23:12.039 --> 00:23:13.019
 confidence in it,

00:23:13.079 --> 00:23:13.880
 that we can trust

00:23:13.880 --> 00:23:14.819
 His word more

00:23:14.819 --> 00:23:15.839
 than anything else.

00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:17.039
 And that's why

00:23:17.039 --> 00:23:17.920
 I think this author

00:23:17.920 --> 00:23:19.440
 begins in the way

00:23:19.440 --> 00:23:20.220
 that he does.

00:23:21.160 --> 00:23:22.099
 One other area

00:23:22.099 --> 00:23:22.559
 where I think

00:23:22.559 --> 00:23:23.240
 this is important

00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:23.859
 as well,

00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:26.579
 as we wrestle

00:23:26.579 --> 00:23:28.059
 with our society

00:23:28.059 --> 00:23:28.879
 around us,

00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:30.379
 our society

00:23:30.379 --> 00:23:32.139
 that can be

00:23:32.139 --> 00:23:32.480
 characterized

00:23:32.480 --> 00:23:33.539
 in a number of ways,

00:23:33.679 --> 00:23:34.119
 but I think

00:23:34.119 --> 00:23:34.819
 a fair way

00:23:34.819 --> 00:23:35.879
 of characterizing it

00:23:35.879 --> 00:23:37.240
 as we live

00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:38.519
 in the Western world,

00:23:38.619 --> 00:23:39.319
 this type of thing,

00:23:39.460 --> 00:23:39.899
 is it's a very

00:23:39.899 --> 00:23:41.940
 pluralistic society

00:23:41.940 --> 00:23:42.559
 in the sense

00:23:42.559 --> 00:23:43.460
 of mentality,

00:23:44.119 --> 00:23:44.579
 mindset.

00:23:45.619 --> 00:23:46.899
 Everywhere around us

00:23:46.899 --> 00:23:48.119
 is the viewpoint

00:23:48.119 --> 00:23:50.799
 that everyone's view

00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:51.440
 is acceptable.

00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:53.319
 We see that

00:23:53.319 --> 00:23:54.399
 in religious viewpoints.

00:23:54.559 --> 00:23:55.359
 Various religions

00:23:55.359 --> 00:23:56.419
 have their own way

00:23:56.419 --> 00:23:57.899
 to talk about God

00:23:57.900 --> 00:23:58.860
 and to know God

00:23:58.860 --> 00:23:59.340
 and Christians

00:23:59.340 --> 00:24:00.080
 are one way

00:24:00.080 --> 00:24:01.160
 and Muslims

00:24:01.160 --> 00:24:01.680
 are another

00:24:01.680 --> 00:24:02.240
 and Buddhists

00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:02.720
 are another

00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:03.960
 and all of this mindset.

00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:05.460
 It's important

00:24:05.460 --> 00:24:06.180
 to realize

00:24:06.180 --> 00:24:07.940
 that the answer

00:24:07.940 --> 00:24:08.700
 to that

00:24:08.700 --> 00:24:10.460
 is not just

00:24:10.460 --> 00:24:12.000
 adopting that mentality

00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:13.019
 but realizing

00:24:13.019 --> 00:24:14.280
 that the only way

00:24:14.280 --> 00:24:15.759
 we can know

00:24:15.759 --> 00:24:16.940
 that we are right

00:24:16.940 --> 00:24:17.940
 versus someone else

00:24:17.940 --> 00:24:18.800
 is that God

00:24:18.800 --> 00:24:19.940
 has spoken to us.

00:24:20.460 --> 00:24:21.220
 That God

00:24:21.220 --> 00:24:22.000
 who exists,

00:24:22.180 --> 00:24:22.440
 the God

00:24:22.440 --> 00:24:23.680
 who knows all things

00:24:23.680 --> 00:24:24.519
 has made

00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:25.780
 Himself known.

00:24:25.900 --> 00:24:26.720
 And that's precisely

00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:27.800
 what Scripture says.

00:24:28.680 --> 00:24:29.600
 Often Christians

00:24:29.600 --> 00:24:30.400
 are presented

00:24:30.400 --> 00:24:32.300
 as bigots

00:24:32.300 --> 00:24:34.080
 or as narrow-minded

00:24:34.080 --> 00:24:35.000
 because they say

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:36.180
 we believe the truth.

00:24:36.360 --> 00:24:37.180
 We have to always

00:24:37.180 --> 00:24:38.080
 remind people

00:24:38.080 --> 00:24:39.680
 that we didn't

00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:40.540
 make this up.

00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:41.900
 We didn't say

00:24:41.900 --> 00:24:43.519
 I want you to believe

00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:44.240
 this because

00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:45.640
 I think it's true

00:24:45.640 --> 00:24:46.220
 and I don't care

00:24:46.220 --> 00:24:46.840
 what you think.

00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:48.460
 No, we are saying

00:24:48.460 --> 00:24:49.400
 we are saying

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 these things

00:24:50.200 --> 00:24:51.640
 because God

00:24:51.640 --> 00:24:53.019
 who has made

00:24:53.019 --> 00:24:53.840
 all things,

00:24:53.980 --> 00:24:55.280
 who knows all things,

00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:56.079
 who rules

00:24:56.079 --> 00:24:57.099
 over all things

00:24:57.099 --> 00:24:58.519
 has now made

00:24:58.519 --> 00:24:59.339
 His plan

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 known to us.

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 It's on that basis

00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:05.180
 that we can then say

00:25:05.180 --> 00:25:06.899
 this is a sure word.

00:25:07.399 --> 00:25:08.559
 This is a word

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 not only for your life

00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:10.839
 but it's a word

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 of truth.

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 It's a word

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 that we can govern

00:25:13.740 --> 00:25:14.960
 all of our lives

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 in light of.

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 These Christians

00:25:17.859 --> 00:25:18.519
 needed to know

00:25:18.519 --> 00:25:19.559
 that in the first century.

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 We in the 21st century

00:25:21.819 --> 00:25:22.440
 need to know

00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:23.840
 the same thing as well.

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 Now of course

00:25:24.259 --> 00:25:25.880
 the fact that God

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 has spoken

00:25:26.539 --> 00:25:27.640
 also entails

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 that we hear His word.

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 That we don't just

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 carry it around

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 but we're readers

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 of that word.

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 We're obeyers

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 of that word.

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 The author is going

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 to encourage them

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 with that as well.

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 Follow God's word.

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 Know God's word.

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 Study God's word

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 so that is then

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 part of our life.

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 God has spoken.

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 That then means

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 be hearers

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 and doers of it.

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 So that's the first area

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 that He begins

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 as He gives to them

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 this opening letter

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 speaking to these Christians

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 in all of their

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 difficulties and trials.

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 God has spoken.

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 But of course

00:26:03.180 --> 00:26:04.160
 the point of

00:26:04.160 --> 00:26:05.880
 God's speech here

00:26:05.880 --> 00:26:07.039
 is to move quickly

00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:09.839
 to Jesus Christ.

00:26:10.460 --> 00:26:11.279
 He reminds them

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 and this is probably

00:26:12.099 --> 00:26:13.339
 if they're Jewish Christians

00:26:13.339 --> 00:26:15.500
 they know of God's speech

00:26:15.500 --> 00:26:16.519
 from the Old Testament.

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 They may even be

00:26:19.720 --> 00:26:21.620
 tempted to go back

00:26:21.620 --> 00:26:22.660
 to that Old Testament

00:26:22.660 --> 00:26:25.200
 and maybe compromise

00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:26.339
 their commitment to Christ.

00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:27.059
 So the author

00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:28.000
 quickly moves

00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:29.220
 to this second area.

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 God has not only spoken

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 but He's spoken

00:26:33.640 --> 00:26:35.059
 decisively

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 and finally

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 in Jesus the Christ.

00:26:38.779 --> 00:26:39.400
 Now that's

00:26:39.400 --> 00:26:40.539
 the point of

00:26:40.539 --> 00:26:42.259
 verse 1 and 2

00:26:42.259 --> 00:26:44.259
 a comparison

00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:45.100
 and contrast

00:26:45.100 --> 00:26:46.059
 that's going on

00:26:46.059 --> 00:26:46.559
 and you probably

00:26:46.559 --> 00:26:47.220
 noticed that

00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:48.519
 as we began

00:26:48.519 --> 00:26:49.240
 to read this.

00:26:49.380 --> 00:26:50.420
 In the past

00:26:50.420 --> 00:26:52.940
 and then in verse 2

00:26:52.940 --> 00:26:54.180
 in the last days.

00:26:54.440 --> 00:26:54.940
 Obviously there's

00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:55.779
 a contrast here.

00:26:56.740 --> 00:26:57.539
 In the past

00:26:57.539 --> 00:26:58.380
 God spoke.

00:26:58.539 --> 00:26:59.360
 In the last days

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 God spoke.

00:27:01.140 --> 00:27:02.259
 But then He goes on

00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:02.819
 to say

00:27:02.819 --> 00:27:03.980
 in the past

00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:04.759
 He spoke to our

00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:05.440
 forefathers

00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:06.720
 through the prophets.

00:27:08.620 --> 00:27:09.880
 In the last days

00:27:09.880 --> 00:27:10.480
 He's spoken

00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:11.660
 by Son.

00:27:12.600 --> 00:27:13.640
 In the past

00:27:13.640 --> 00:27:14.400
 He's spoken

00:27:14.400 --> 00:27:15.480
 in many times

00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:17.040
 and in various ways.

00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:19.700
 But verse 2

00:27:19.700 --> 00:27:22.160
 implicitly

00:27:22.160 --> 00:27:23.140
 if not explicitly

00:27:23.140 --> 00:27:24.040
 here is

00:27:24.040 --> 00:27:24.759
 in speaking

00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:25.560
 in the Son

00:27:25.560 --> 00:27:26.820
 it's not various

00:27:26.820 --> 00:27:27.420
 and diverse

00:27:27.420 --> 00:27:28.100
 in many ways.

00:27:28.820 --> 00:27:29.820
 There's completion

00:27:29.820 --> 00:27:30.300
 to it.

00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:31.040
 There's these

00:27:31.040 --> 00:27:31.980
 comparison and

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:32.540
 contrasting

00:27:32.540 --> 00:27:33.240
 that He has here.

00:27:33.840 --> 00:27:34.500
 You can see it

00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:35.340
 first in the sense

00:27:35.340 --> 00:27:36.800
 of whom God

00:27:36.800 --> 00:27:37.700
 has spoken to

00:27:37.700 --> 00:27:38.259
 and through.

00:27:38.420 --> 00:27:38.560
 Right?

00:27:38.620 --> 00:27:39.340
 In the past

00:27:39.340 --> 00:27:40.360
 referring to the

00:27:40.360 --> 00:27:41.160
 Old Testament era

00:27:41.160 --> 00:27:42.600
 He spoke to

00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:43.159
 the prophets.

00:27:43.699 --> 00:27:44.039
 Moses

00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:44.939
 and Isaiah

00:27:44.939 --> 00:27:45.639
 and Jeremiah

00:27:45.639 --> 00:27:46.559
 and all the

00:27:46.559 --> 00:27:47.539
 Old Testament prophets.

00:27:48.319 --> 00:27:49.179
 Those prophets

00:27:49.179 --> 00:27:50.699
 spoke God's

00:27:50.699 --> 00:27:51.819
 word truly.

00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:53.459
 Yet

00:27:53.459 --> 00:27:55.599
 this phrase

00:27:55.599 --> 00:27:56.839
 here many times

00:27:56.839 --> 00:27:57.659
 and in various

00:27:57.659 --> 00:27:58.379
 ways

00:27:58.379 --> 00:28:00.240
 not only speaks

00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:01.139
 of repetition

00:28:01.139 --> 00:28:03.419
 but it speaks

00:28:03.419 --> 00:28:03.839
 of

00:28:03.839 --> 00:28:04.339
 you know

00:28:04.339 --> 00:28:05.119
 the book of Hebrews

00:28:05.119 --> 00:28:05.819
 speaks a lot

00:28:05.819 --> 00:28:06.599
 about repetition

00:28:06.599 --> 00:28:07.879
 and repetition

00:28:07.879 --> 00:28:09.779
 conveys notions

00:28:09.779 --> 00:28:11.119
 of incompleteness.

00:28:11.119 --> 00:28:12.879
 that's the two

00:28:12.879 --> 00:28:13.279
 ideas.

00:28:13.439 --> 00:28:14.459
 It's many times

00:28:14.459 --> 00:28:15.379
 but it's also

00:28:15.379 --> 00:28:16.539
 fragmentary

00:28:16.539 --> 00:28:17.279
 or incomplete.

00:28:17.639 --> 00:28:18.079
 It's not

00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:20.119
 fully given.

00:28:21.399 --> 00:28:22.139
 The Old Testament

00:28:22.139 --> 00:28:22.919
 is true

00:28:22.919 --> 00:28:23.659
 and reliable

00:28:23.659 --> 00:28:24.559
 and authoritative

00:28:24.559 --> 00:28:25.479
 but it's not

00:28:25.479 --> 00:28:26.659
 the complete

00:28:26.659 --> 00:28:27.239
 fullness

00:28:27.239 --> 00:28:28.319
 of God's plan.

00:28:28.839 --> 00:28:29.619
 That's the point

00:28:29.619 --> 00:28:30.199
 that He's getting

00:28:30.199 --> 00:28:30.719
 at here

00:28:30.719 --> 00:28:31.739
 with the contrast

00:28:31.739 --> 00:28:32.399
 with but.

00:28:32.759 --> 00:28:33.439
 God spoke

00:28:33.439 --> 00:28:34.279
 through the prophets

00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:35.439
 many times

00:28:35.439 --> 00:28:36.359
 diverse ways

00:28:36.359 --> 00:28:37.500
 but in

00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:38.859
 these last

00:28:38.859 --> 00:28:39.619
 days

00:28:39.619 --> 00:28:41.399
 what's

00:28:41.399 --> 00:28:42.039
 last days

00:28:42.039 --> 00:28:42.739
 referring to.

00:28:43.679 --> 00:28:44.319
 Well last days

00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:44.959
 is an Old Testament

00:28:44.959 --> 00:28:45.339
 term.

00:28:46.659 --> 00:28:47.479
 Last days

00:28:47.479 --> 00:28:48.539
 is a term

00:28:48.539 --> 00:28:49.319
 that comes

00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:49.899
 from the

00:28:49.899 --> 00:28:50.399
 prophets

00:28:50.399 --> 00:28:51.419
 of the Old

00:28:51.419 --> 00:28:51.839
 Testament

00:28:51.839 --> 00:28:53.279
 that as they

00:28:53.279 --> 00:28:53.979
 looked to

00:28:53.979 --> 00:28:54.799
 the future

00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:56.419
 they looked

00:28:56.419 --> 00:28:57.579
 for God

00:28:57.579 --> 00:28:58.219
 to bring

00:28:58.219 --> 00:28:59.039
 His great

00:28:59.039 --> 00:29:00.259
 salvation plan

00:29:00.259 --> 00:29:01.039
 to pass

00:29:01.039 --> 00:29:01.739
 in the future

00:29:01.739 --> 00:29:03.299
 the last days.

00:29:03.979 --> 00:29:04.419
 Well the author

00:29:04.419 --> 00:29:04.859
 of Hebrews

00:29:04.859 --> 00:29:05.500
 is saying

00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:07.099
 those days

00:29:07.099 --> 00:29:08.419
 that the

00:29:08.419 --> 00:29:08.899
 prophets

00:29:08.899 --> 00:29:09.679
 looked forward

00:29:09.679 --> 00:29:10.219
 to

00:29:10.219 --> 00:29:11.359
 are now

00:29:11.359 --> 00:29:11.819
 here.

00:29:13.159 --> 00:29:14.359
 Those days

00:29:14.359 --> 00:29:14.759
 that the

00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:15.179
 prophets

00:29:15.179 --> 00:29:16.019
 longed for

00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:16.819
 have arrived.

00:29:16.939 --> 00:29:17.240
 How have

00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:18.019
 they arrived?

00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:19.839
 They've arrived

00:29:19.839 --> 00:29:21.339
 in the

00:29:21.339 --> 00:29:21.759
 Son.

00:29:22.679 --> 00:29:23.779
 They've arrived

00:29:23.779 --> 00:29:24.679
 in the Lord

00:29:24.679 --> 00:29:25.419
 Jesus Christ.

00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:25.819
 What is He

00:29:25.819 --> 00:29:26.379
 saying here?

00:29:26.459 --> 00:29:27.099
 Well He's

00:29:27.099 --> 00:29:27.599
 reminding

00:29:27.599 --> 00:29:28.819
 these Christians

00:29:28.819 --> 00:29:31.379
 that God's

00:29:31.379 --> 00:29:32.240
 spoken word

00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:33.179
 has come

00:29:33.179 --> 00:29:34.240
 to completion.

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:36.000
 Finality.

00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:38.140
 in Christ

00:29:38.140 --> 00:29:39.140
 the prophets

00:29:39.140 --> 00:29:40.000
 look forward.

00:29:40.220 --> 00:29:40.759
 Christ has

00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:41.380
 now come.

00:29:41.619 --> 00:29:42.299
 In Christ

00:29:42.299 --> 00:29:43.480
 all of God's

00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:43.960
 plans and

00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:44.519
 purposes have

00:29:44.519 --> 00:29:44.839
 come to

00:29:44.839 --> 00:29:45.220
 pass.

00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:46.700
 In Christ

00:29:46.700 --> 00:29:47.859
 all of God's

00:29:47.859 --> 00:29:48.460
 redemptive

00:29:48.460 --> 00:29:49.380
 work is now

00:29:49.380 --> 00:29:50.039
 complete.

00:29:50.599 --> 00:29:51.500
 In Christ

00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:52.579
 all of God's

00:29:52.579 --> 00:29:53.440
 revelation

00:29:53.440 --> 00:29:54.000
 from the

00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:54.619
 past which

00:29:54.619 --> 00:29:55.279
 is true

00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:56.220
 and authoritative

00:29:56.220 --> 00:29:57.259
 has now

00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:57.980
 reached its

00:29:57.980 --> 00:29:59.079
 end point.

00:29:59.200 --> 00:29:59.799
 That's the

00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:00.539
 emphasis here.

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:00.980
 And it's

00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:01.640
 quite a statement

00:30:01.640 --> 00:30:01.980
 right?

00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:03.019
 Now how would

00:30:03.019 --> 00:30:03.700
 this encourage

00:30:03.700 --> 00:30:04.400
 these Christians

00:30:04.400 --> 00:30:04.720
 right?

00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:05.640
 Well they

00:30:05.640 --> 00:30:06.160
 place their

00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:06.540
 faith in

00:30:06.540 --> 00:30:06.820
 Christ.

00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:07.380
 They may

00:30:07.380 --> 00:30:07.920
 be now

00:30:07.920 --> 00:30:08.320
 in light

00:30:08.320 --> 00:30:09.040
 of trials

00:30:09.040 --> 00:30:09.660
 and persecution

00:30:09.660 --> 00:30:10.400
 wondering is

00:30:10.400 --> 00:30:11.540
 this a good

00:30:11.540 --> 00:30:12.240
 place to put

00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:12.759
 my faith?

00:30:13.660 --> 00:30:13.940
 And the

00:30:13.940 --> 00:30:14.360
 author of

00:30:14.360 --> 00:30:14.860
 Hebrews is

00:30:14.860 --> 00:30:15.400
 coming back

00:30:15.400 --> 00:30:15.820
 and saying

00:30:15.820 --> 00:30:16.340
 yes.

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.560
 You will

00:30:18.560 --> 00:30:19.960
 find only

00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:20.660
 God's

00:30:20.660 --> 00:30:21.740
 finality of

00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:22.360
 his revelation

00:30:22.360 --> 00:30:23.180
 and finality

00:30:23.180 --> 00:30:23.880
 of his plan

00:30:23.880 --> 00:30:24.620
 and finality

00:30:24.620 --> 00:30:25.200
 of his truth

00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:25.940
 in one place

00:30:25.940 --> 00:30:26.340
 alone.

00:30:27.320 --> 00:30:28.100
 The prophets

00:30:28.100 --> 00:30:29.120
 deliberately

00:30:29.120 --> 00:30:30.240
 and purposely

00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:31.080
 were looking

00:30:31.080 --> 00:30:31.860
 forward.

00:30:33.160 --> 00:30:33.860
 Christ now

00:30:33.859 --> 00:30:34.379
 is the one

00:30:34.379 --> 00:30:34.879
 who's brought

00:30:34.879 --> 00:30:35.199
 it to

00:30:35.199 --> 00:30:35.699
 pass.

00:30:36.019 --> 00:30:36.319
 And then

00:30:36.319 --> 00:30:36.699
 the author

00:30:36.699 --> 00:30:37.399
 develops this

00:30:37.399 --> 00:30:37.759
 throughout the

00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:38.139
 book, right?

00:30:38.719 --> 00:30:39.259
 In the Old

00:30:39.259 --> 00:30:40.039
 Testament you

00:30:40.039 --> 00:30:41.539
 had priests

00:30:41.539 --> 00:30:43.039
 and sacrifices.

00:30:43.479 --> 00:30:43.839
 They have

00:30:43.839 --> 00:30:44.939
 now all

00:30:44.939 --> 00:30:45.399
 reached their

00:30:45.399 --> 00:30:46.259
 finality in

00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:47.139
 the great

00:30:47.139 --> 00:30:48.179
 priest, the

00:30:48.179 --> 00:30:49.179
 great sacrifice.

00:30:50.399 --> 00:30:51.319
 Moses was a

00:30:51.319 --> 00:30:52.139
 great leader but

00:30:52.139 --> 00:30:52.819
 he has been

00:30:52.819 --> 00:30:54.359
 eclipsed by

00:30:54.359 --> 00:30:55.359
 the coming of

00:30:55.359 --> 00:30:56.099
 Christ who

00:30:56.099 --> 00:30:56.479
 has now

00:30:56.479 --> 00:30:57.479
 fulfilled all

00:30:57.479 --> 00:30:58.099
 that Moses

00:30:58.099 --> 00:30:59.039
 anticipated and

00:30:59.039 --> 00:30:59.779
 so on and so

00:30:59.779 --> 00:31:00.339
 on and so on.

00:31:00.359 --> 00:31:00.699
 And this is

00:31:00.699 --> 00:31:01.519
 how the

00:31:01.519 --> 00:31:02.279
 greatness and

00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:02.799
 glory of

00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:03.319
 Christ is

00:31:03.319 --> 00:31:03.859
 presented.

00:31:04.859 --> 00:31:05.599
 Now if we

00:31:05.599 --> 00:31:06.480
 really understand

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:07.139
 what he is

00:31:07.139 --> 00:31:07.599
 claiming here,

00:31:07.619 --> 00:31:07.960
 and this is

00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:08.579
 quite a claim,

00:31:08.920 --> 00:31:09.079
 right?

00:31:09.440 --> 00:31:10.440
 All of God's

00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:11.059
 revelation has

00:31:11.059 --> 00:31:11.519
 come in Christ.

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:12.420
 All of the

00:31:12.420 --> 00:31:12.980
 truth of God

00:31:12.980 --> 00:31:13.539
 is now found

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:13.940
 in him.

00:31:14.379 --> 00:31:15.319
 All of God's

00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:15.879
 plans and

00:31:15.879 --> 00:31:16.519
 purposes are

00:31:16.519 --> 00:31:17.079
 centered in

00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:18.099
 one individual

00:31:18.099 --> 00:31:18.559
 alone.

00:31:18.639 --> 00:31:18.900
 You have to

00:31:18.900 --> 00:31:19.440
 say to yourself,

00:31:19.819 --> 00:31:21.200
 man, that's a

00:31:21.200 --> 00:31:21.819
 lot for one

00:31:21.819 --> 00:31:22.599
 individual to

00:31:22.599 --> 00:31:23.119
 carry, isn't

00:31:23.119 --> 00:31:23.319
 it?

00:31:23.579 --> 00:31:24.420
 How is that

00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:25.059
 possible?

00:31:25.779 --> 00:31:26.279
 Our world

00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:26.960
 stumbles over

00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:27.299
 this.

00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:28.139
 How can

00:31:28.139 --> 00:31:29.019
 one man

00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:31.139
 be the

00:31:31.139 --> 00:31:31.599
 one who

00:31:31.599 --> 00:31:31.839
 is the

00:31:31.839 --> 00:31:32.220
 truth of

00:31:32.220 --> 00:31:32.480
 God?

00:31:32.859 --> 00:31:33.339
 How can

00:31:33.339 --> 00:31:34.059
 one man

00:31:34.059 --> 00:31:34.900
 be the

00:31:34.900 --> 00:31:35.160
 one who

00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:35.379
 is the

00:31:35.379 --> 00:31:35.879
 savior of

00:31:35.879 --> 00:31:36.279
 the world?

00:31:36.700 --> 00:31:37.539
 How is

00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:38.299
 that possible?

00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:39.220
 Well, the

00:31:39.220 --> 00:31:39.900
 author makes

00:31:39.900 --> 00:31:40.519
 it very clear

00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:40.859
 how it's

00:31:40.859 --> 00:31:41.539
 very possible.

00:31:42.099 --> 00:31:42.500
 He goes

00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:43.599
 on then to

00:31:43.599 --> 00:31:44.460
 give you

00:31:44.460 --> 00:31:45.579
 reasons why

00:31:45.579 --> 00:31:46.660
 God's

00:31:46.660 --> 00:31:47.460
 revelation has

00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:47.900
 come to

00:31:47.900 --> 00:31:48.980
 finality in

00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:49.420
 Christ.

00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:50.099
 And there

00:31:50.099 --> 00:31:50.639
 you have a

00:31:50.639 --> 00:31:51.379
 description

00:31:51.379 --> 00:31:52.200
 here that

00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:53.559
 we can just

00:31:53.559 --> 00:31:54.259
 simply run

00:31:54.259 --> 00:31:55.099
 through quickly

00:31:55.099 --> 00:31:57.559
 which describes

00:31:57.559 --> 00:31:58.559
 then this

00:31:58.559 --> 00:32:00.200
 son, this

00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:01.839
 Lord Jesus

00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:02.519
 Christ who

00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:03.339
 has come, the

00:32:03.339 --> 00:32:04.099
 word made

00:32:04.099 --> 00:32:04.539
 flesh.

00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:05.319
 How is he

00:32:05.319 --> 00:32:05.819
 described?

00:32:05.960 --> 00:32:06.319
 Well, just

00:32:06.319 --> 00:32:06.799
 look in

00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:07.359
 verse 2.

00:32:08.220 --> 00:32:08.859
 He is

00:32:08.859 --> 00:32:10.359
 heir of

00:32:10.359 --> 00:32:11.179
 all things.

00:32:11.579 --> 00:32:12.519
 Why is

00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:13.099
 Christ the

00:32:13.099 --> 00:32:13.879
 definitive truth

00:32:13.879 --> 00:32:14.359
 of God?

00:32:15.000 --> 00:32:15.319
 Well, he

00:32:15.319 --> 00:32:15.940
 owns everything.

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:17.919
 He's the

00:32:17.919 --> 00:32:18.599
 heir of all

00:32:18.599 --> 00:32:18.899
 things.

00:32:19.440 --> 00:32:19.839
 He's not

00:32:19.839 --> 00:32:20.759
 only heir because

00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.599
 he's been the

00:32:21.599 --> 00:32:22.419
 eternal son of

00:32:22.419 --> 00:32:23.159
 God, but also

00:32:23.159 --> 00:32:23.859
 by his very

00:32:23.859 --> 00:32:24.619
 coming he

00:32:24.619 --> 00:32:25.839
 has accomplished

00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:26.419
 a work.

00:32:26.559 --> 00:32:27.139
 He has won

00:32:27.139 --> 00:32:27.659
 back.

00:32:27.660 --> 00:32:28.800
 He is

00:32:28.800 --> 00:32:29.279
 redeemed as

00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:30.019
 Colossians 1

00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:30.820
 speaks about

00:32:30.820 --> 00:32:32.120
 him reconciling

00:32:32.120 --> 00:32:32.540
 all things.

00:32:32.620 --> 00:32:33.060
 I mean, he

00:32:33.060 --> 00:32:33.580
 has done a

00:32:33.580 --> 00:32:34.580
 work which

00:32:34.580 --> 00:32:35.420
 he now owns

00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:35.920
 the universe.

00:32:36.320 --> 00:32:36.880
 He owned

00:32:36.880 --> 00:32:38.080
 it from the

00:32:38.080 --> 00:32:38.580
 beginning and

00:32:38.580 --> 00:32:39.320
 he owns it as

00:32:39.320 --> 00:32:39.800
 a result of

00:32:39.800 --> 00:32:40.160
 his work.

00:32:40.300 --> 00:32:41.040
 He knows

00:32:41.040 --> 00:32:41.560
 all things,

00:32:41.680 --> 00:32:42.220
 owns all

00:32:42.220 --> 00:32:42.580
 things.

00:32:42.680 --> 00:32:43.120
 He's heir.

00:32:43.259 --> 00:32:43.640
 Well, that

00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:44.220
 gives you

00:32:44.220 --> 00:32:45.100
 reasons why

00:32:45.100 --> 00:32:45.640
 he indeed

00:32:45.640 --> 00:32:45.940
 is the

00:32:45.940 --> 00:32:46.259
 truth.

00:32:47.019 --> 00:32:47.420
 And then it

00:32:47.420 --> 00:32:47.900
 goes back

00:32:47.900 --> 00:32:48.640
 even to

00:32:48.640 --> 00:32:49.920
 the creation.

00:32:50.420 --> 00:32:50.660
 We saw

00:32:50.660 --> 00:32:51.019
 this in

00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:51.759
 Colossians 1.

00:32:51.860 --> 00:32:52.279
 We see it

00:32:52.279 --> 00:32:52.560
 here.

00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:53.740
 He's heir of

00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:54.420
 all things

00:32:54.420 --> 00:32:55.680
 through whom

00:32:55.680 --> 00:32:57.160
 he made

00:32:57.160 --> 00:32:57.900
 the universe.

00:32:59.220 --> 00:32:59.440
 The

00:32:59.440 --> 00:33:00.140
 through picks

00:33:00.140 --> 00:33:02.039
 up the

00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:02.940
 relationship to

00:33:02.940 --> 00:33:03.920
 God, the

00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:04.279
 Father.

00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:04.980
 This is

00:33:04.980 --> 00:33:05.980
 triune, but

00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:06.680
 it's the

00:33:06.680 --> 00:33:07.720
 Father through

00:33:07.720 --> 00:33:08.620
 the agency of

00:33:08.620 --> 00:33:09.059
 the Son.

00:33:09.180 --> 00:33:10.019
 The Son who

00:33:10.019 --> 00:33:11.359
 is eternal is

00:33:11.359 --> 00:33:11.940
 the one who's

00:33:11.940 --> 00:33:12.680
 the agent of

00:33:12.680 --> 00:33:13.180
 creation.

00:33:13.880 --> 00:33:14.720
 So he's heir of

00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:15.559
 all things and

00:33:15.559 --> 00:33:16.460
 through him,

00:33:16.759 --> 00:33:17.519
 Father through

00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:18.279
 Son by

00:33:18.279 --> 00:33:18.859
 Spirit,

00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:20.180
 created this

00:33:20.180 --> 00:33:20.720
 universe.

00:33:20.720 --> 00:33:22.120
 John 1

00:33:22.120 --> 00:33:22.759
 will say the

00:33:22.759 --> 00:33:23.279
 same thing

00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:23.819
 as well.

00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:24.500
 So you

00:33:24.500 --> 00:33:24.940
 say, well,

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:25.640
 why should

00:33:25.640 --> 00:33:27.059
 we bank

00:33:27.059 --> 00:33:27.620
 our life

00:33:27.620 --> 00:33:28.200
 on him?

00:33:28.339 --> 00:33:28.940
 Why should

00:33:28.940 --> 00:33:29.720
 he, we

00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:30.259
 think that

00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:30.819
 he is the

00:33:30.819 --> 00:33:31.440
 fulfillment of

00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:31.960
 the prophets?

00:33:32.940 --> 00:33:33.900
 Well, he's

00:33:33.900 --> 00:33:34.279
 the creator of

00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:34.700
 the universe,

00:33:34.900 --> 00:33:35.120
 right?

00:33:36.019 --> 00:33:36.920
 He is the

00:33:36.920 --> 00:33:37.680
 heir of all

00:33:37.680 --> 00:33:38.160
 things.

00:33:38.680 --> 00:33:39.299
 And then, of

00:33:39.299 --> 00:33:39.680
 course, in

00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:40.500
 verse 3, if

00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:41.500
 you skip down

00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:42.160
 sort of halfway

00:33:42.160 --> 00:33:42.640
 through the

00:33:42.640 --> 00:33:43.559
 verse, you

00:33:43.559 --> 00:33:44.839
 combine creation

00:33:44.839 --> 00:33:45.920
 with ruling

00:33:45.920 --> 00:33:46.400
 over the

00:33:46.400 --> 00:33:46.819
 universe,

00:33:47.600 --> 00:33:47.819
 right?

00:33:47.960 --> 00:33:48.400
 So he

00:33:48.400 --> 00:33:48.839
 says he

00:33:48.839 --> 00:33:50.039
 sustains all

00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:50.559
 things,

00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:51.339
 by his

00:33:51.339 --> 00:33:51.819
 powerful

00:33:51.819 --> 00:33:52.279
 word.

00:33:52.860 --> 00:33:53.339
 So again,

00:33:53.420 --> 00:33:53.880
 you have

00:33:53.880 --> 00:33:55.100
 here the

00:33:55.100 --> 00:33:55.920
 triune God

00:33:55.920 --> 00:33:56.440
 in and

00:33:56.440 --> 00:33:57.400
 through God

00:33:57.400 --> 00:33:57.960
 the Son.

00:33:58.140 --> 00:33:58.539
 That's who

00:33:58.539 --> 00:33:58.940
 the Lord

00:33:58.940 --> 00:33:59.559
 Jesus is,

00:33:59.660 --> 00:34:00.140
 God the

00:34:00.140 --> 00:34:00.380
 Son.

00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:02.059
 Through him

00:34:02.059 --> 00:34:02.759
 creation is

00:34:02.759 --> 00:34:03.039
 made.

00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:04.079
 Through him

00:34:04.079 --> 00:34:05.539
 he sustains

00:34:05.539 --> 00:34:06.400
 all things

00:34:06.400 --> 00:34:07.740
 by a word.

00:34:08.780 --> 00:34:09.260
 So the

00:34:09.260 --> 00:34:10.300
 word creates

00:34:10.300 --> 00:34:10.860
 the universe

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:11.179
 and the

00:34:11.179 --> 00:34:11.900
 word sustains

00:34:11.900 --> 00:34:12.039
 you.

00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:12.260
 Now,

00:34:13.099 --> 00:34:13.519
 I spend a

00:34:13.519 --> 00:34:13.699
 lot of

00:34:13.699 --> 00:34:14.099
 time just

00:34:14.099 --> 00:34:14.659
 thinking about

00:34:14.659 --> 00:34:15.420
 the rise

00:34:15.420 --> 00:34:16.460
 of technology

00:34:16.460 --> 00:34:17.659
 of being

00:34:17.659 --> 00:34:18.099
 able to

00:34:18.099 --> 00:34:18.920
 know something

00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:19.980
 about the

00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:20.599
 vastness

00:34:20.599 --> 00:34:20.980
 of this

00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:21.380
 universe.

00:34:22.539 --> 00:34:23.559
 It's huge,

00:34:23.819 --> 00:34:24.019
 right?

00:34:24.719 --> 00:34:25.319
 And then

00:34:25.319 --> 00:34:25.880
 think of

00:34:25.880 --> 00:34:26.599
 the developments,

00:34:26.819 --> 00:34:27.039
 you know,

00:34:27.099 --> 00:34:27.719
 not too long

00:34:27.719 --> 00:34:28.059
 ago of

00:34:28.059 --> 00:34:28.639
 micron,

00:34:28.960 --> 00:34:29.659
 microscopes,

00:34:29.739 --> 00:34:29.940
 and all that

00:34:29.940 --> 00:34:30.400
 we can go

00:34:30.400 --> 00:34:30.880
 down to

00:34:30.880 --> 00:34:31.860
 the smallest

00:34:31.860 --> 00:34:32.699
 of the

00:34:32.699 --> 00:34:33.219
 cell and

00:34:33.219 --> 00:34:33.639
 we now

00:34:33.639 --> 00:34:34.380
 know that

00:34:34.380 --> 00:34:35.079
 it is

00:34:35.079 --> 00:34:36.099
 complex and

00:34:36.099 --> 00:34:36.819
 designed and

00:34:36.819 --> 00:34:37.339
 ordered and

00:34:37.339 --> 00:34:37.440
 all.

00:34:37.779 --> 00:34:38.059
 And you

00:34:38.059 --> 00:34:38.319
 think,

00:34:38.699 --> 00:34:39.480
 this world,

00:34:39.759 --> 00:34:40.559
 this creation

00:34:40.559 --> 00:34:41.339
 is phenomenal.

00:34:41.799 --> 00:34:42.779
 It's amazing.

00:34:43.019 --> 00:34:44.380
 It's designed

00:34:44.380 --> 00:34:45.039
 and ordered

00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:45.679
 and purposed

00:34:45.679 --> 00:34:46.079
 in our

00:34:46.079 --> 00:34:46.500
 bodies.

00:34:46.500 --> 00:34:47.179
 And then

00:34:47.179 --> 00:34:47.599
 you think

00:34:47.599 --> 00:34:48.579
 of the

00:34:48.579 --> 00:34:49.320
 one who

00:34:49.320 --> 00:34:49.719
 is the

00:34:49.719 --> 00:34:50.119
 one who

00:34:50.119 --> 00:34:51.059
 brought that

00:34:51.059 --> 00:34:51.639
 into being,

00:34:51.800 --> 00:34:52.340
 the triune

00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:52.920
 God through

00:34:52.920 --> 00:34:53.400
 the sun.

00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:54.820
 The one

00:34:54.820 --> 00:34:55.800
 who sustains

00:34:55.800 --> 00:34:57.019
 every single

00:34:57.019 --> 00:34:57.820
 element of

00:34:57.820 --> 00:34:58.420
 the universe

00:34:58.420 --> 00:34:59.199
 is through

00:34:59.199 --> 00:34:59.900
 this sun.

00:35:00.820 --> 00:35:01.159
 And then

00:35:01.159 --> 00:35:01.659
 we say,

00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:02.400
 why should

00:35:02.400 --> 00:35:03.000
 we think

00:35:03.000 --> 00:35:03.880
 that in

00:35:03.880 --> 00:35:04.320
 him the

00:35:04.320 --> 00:35:04.699
 truth of

00:35:04.699 --> 00:35:05.039
 God is

00:35:05.039 --> 00:35:05.300
 found

00:35:05.300 --> 00:35:05.800
 completely?

00:35:06.360 --> 00:35:07.019
 Why is

00:35:07.019 --> 00:35:07.400
 he the

00:35:07.400 --> 00:35:08.219
 final revelation?

00:35:08.380 --> 00:35:08.760
 Why is

00:35:08.760 --> 00:35:09.260
 he better

00:35:09.260 --> 00:35:09.980
 than Moses

00:35:09.980 --> 00:35:10.599
 and prophets

00:35:10.599 --> 00:35:11.119
 and priests

00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:11.559
 and kings

00:35:11.559 --> 00:35:11.820
 of the

00:35:11.820 --> 00:35:12.320
 Old Testament?

00:35:12.719 --> 00:35:13.079
 Who

00:35:13.079 --> 00:35:13.480
 he is?

00:35:14.400 --> 00:35:14.579
 Who

00:35:14.579 --> 00:35:14.960
 he is?

00:35:15.079 --> 00:35:15.319
 He's

00:35:15.319 --> 00:35:15.920
 God,

00:35:16.159 --> 00:35:16.940
 the sun.

00:35:17.039 --> 00:35:17.259
 And then

00:35:17.259 --> 00:35:17.819
 verse 3,

00:35:17.920 --> 00:35:18.380
 we skipped

00:35:18.380 --> 00:35:18.779
 the first

00:35:18.779 --> 00:35:19.199
 part of

00:35:19.199 --> 00:35:19.400
 this.

00:35:19.699 --> 00:35:20.500
 This emphasizes

00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:21.159
 the same

00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:21.559
 point.

00:35:22.319 --> 00:35:22.799
 Here's a

00:35:22.799 --> 00:35:23.380
 verse that,

00:35:23.759 --> 00:35:23.940
 I mean,

00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:24.599
 all these

00:35:24.599 --> 00:35:25.920
 references here

00:35:25.920 --> 00:35:26.460
 speak of

00:35:26.460 --> 00:35:27.179
 the deity

00:35:27.179 --> 00:35:27.619
 of the

00:35:27.619 --> 00:35:27.940
 sun.

00:35:28.719 --> 00:35:29.360
 But this

00:35:29.360 --> 00:35:29.840
 one here,

00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:30.319
 he's the

00:35:30.319 --> 00:35:31.239
 radiance

00:35:31.239 --> 00:35:31.860
 of God's

00:35:31.860 --> 00:35:32.219
 glory.

00:35:32.360 --> 00:35:33.019
 So all

00:35:33.019 --> 00:35:33.400
 that the

00:35:33.400 --> 00:35:34.279
 father is,

00:35:34.460 --> 00:35:35.219
 he is.

00:35:35.380 --> 00:35:36.340
 He radiates

00:35:36.340 --> 00:35:36.759
 the very

00:35:36.759 --> 00:35:37.500
 glory of

00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:37.860
 God.

00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:38.719
 And then

00:35:38.719 --> 00:35:39.059
 you have

00:35:39.059 --> 00:35:39.699
 this phrase

00:35:39.699 --> 00:35:40.119
 here,

00:35:40.639 --> 00:35:41.259
 he is the

00:35:41.259 --> 00:35:42.159
 exact

00:35:42.159 --> 00:35:43.859
 representation

00:35:43.859 --> 00:35:45.179
 of

00:35:45.179 --> 00:35:46.299
 God's

00:35:46.299 --> 00:35:47.059
 being.

00:35:47.819 --> 00:35:48.339
 There's

00:35:48.339 --> 00:35:48.920
 no other

00:35:48.920 --> 00:35:49.259
 way,

00:35:49.399 --> 00:35:49.739
 and this

00:35:49.739 --> 00:35:49.960
 is the

00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:50.279
 way the

00:35:50.279 --> 00:35:50.679
 church

00:35:50.679 --> 00:35:51.159
 throughout

00:35:51.159 --> 00:35:51.599
 history

00:35:51.599 --> 00:35:53.039
 has sought

00:35:53.039 --> 00:35:53.480
 to think

00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:53.960
 through these

00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:54.440
 passages.

00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:54.839
 If they

00:35:54.839 --> 00:35:55.279
 ask the

00:35:55.279 --> 00:35:55.639
 question,

00:35:55.839 --> 00:35:56.559
 who is

00:35:56.559 --> 00:35:56.899
 this

00:35:56.899 --> 00:35:57.399
 son?

00:35:58.159 --> 00:35:58.699
 Who

00:35:58.699 --> 00:35:59.460
 is this

00:35:59.460 --> 00:35:59.819
 Lord

00:35:59.819 --> 00:36:00.199
 Jesus

00:36:00.199 --> 00:36:00.859
 Christ?

00:36:01.319 --> 00:36:01.579
 They

00:36:01.579 --> 00:36:02.039
 have to

00:36:02.039 --> 00:36:02.480
 conclude

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:02.980
 with one

00:36:02.980 --> 00:36:03.639
 voice from

00:36:03.639 --> 00:36:03.879
 this

00:36:03.879 --> 00:36:04.319
 passage

00:36:04.319 --> 00:36:04.699
 and many

00:36:04.699 --> 00:36:05.159
 others,

00:36:05.719 --> 00:36:06.379
 he is

00:36:06.379 --> 00:36:07.039
 God

00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:07.319
 the

00:36:07.319 --> 00:36:07.579
 son.

00:36:08.519 --> 00:36:09.139
 He

00:36:09.139 --> 00:36:09.339
 is

00:36:09.339 --> 00:36:09.839
 God

00:36:09.839 --> 00:36:10.039
 the

00:36:10.039 --> 00:36:10.559
 son

00:36:10.559 --> 00:36:10.920
 who

00:36:10.920 --> 00:36:11.379
 became

00:36:11.379 --> 00:36:12.019
 flesh.

00:36:12.159 --> 00:36:12.960
 John

00:36:12.960 --> 00:36:13.259
 1,

00:36:13.359 --> 00:36:13.839
 14,

00:36:13.960 --> 00:36:14.059
 the

00:36:14.059 --> 00:36:14.719
 word

00:36:14.719 --> 00:36:15.579
 became

00:36:15.579 --> 00:36:16.339
 flesh.

00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:16.859
 This

00:36:16.859 --> 00:36:17.099
 isn't

00:36:17.099 --> 00:36:17.299
 just

00:36:17.299 --> 00:36:17.420
 a

00:36:17.420 --> 00:36:17.779
 man.

00:36:18.359 --> 00:36:18.539
 He

00:36:18.539 --> 00:36:18.639
 is

00:36:18.639 --> 00:36:18.739
 a

00:36:18.739 --> 00:36:18.920
 man.

00:36:19.599 --> 00:36:19.679
 He

00:36:19.679 --> 00:36:19.839
 took

00:36:19.839 --> 00:36:20.000
 on

00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:20.179
 our

00:36:20.179 --> 00:36:20.639
 humanity.

00:36:21.719 --> 00:36:21.859
 But

00:36:21.859 --> 00:36:22.019
 he

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:22.259
 is

00:36:22.259 --> 00:36:23.119
 God.

00:36:23.279 --> 00:36:23.399
 He

00:36:23.399 --> 00:36:23.500
 is

00:36:23.500 --> 00:36:23.940
 God

00:36:23.940 --> 00:36:24.139
 the

00:36:24.139 --> 00:36:24.339
 son

00:36:24.339 --> 00:36:24.539
 from

00:36:24.539 --> 00:36:24.980
 eternity.

00:36:25.159 --> 00:36:25.679
 Creator,

00:36:25.899 --> 00:36:26.639
 sustainer,

00:36:26.980 --> 00:36:27.359
 heir,

00:36:27.980 --> 00:36:28.139
 the

00:36:28.139 --> 00:36:28.440
 one who

00:36:28.440 --> 00:36:28.719
 is the

00:36:28.719 --> 00:36:29.279
 radiance

00:36:29.279 --> 00:36:29.619
 of the

00:36:29.619 --> 00:36:29.940
 father.

00:36:30.940 --> 00:36:31.460
 Jesus

00:36:31.460 --> 00:36:31.719
 can

00:36:31.719 --> 00:36:32.079
 say

00:36:32.079 --> 00:36:32.460
 in

00:36:32.460 --> 00:36:32.960
 John

00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:33.480
 14,

00:36:33.639 --> 00:36:33.739
 if

00:36:33.739 --> 00:36:33.940
 you've

00:36:33.940 --> 00:36:34.119
 seen

00:36:34.119 --> 00:36:34.319
 the

00:36:34.319 --> 00:36:34.639
 father,

00:36:34.759 --> 00:36:34.899
 you've

00:36:34.899 --> 00:36:35.079
 seen

00:36:35.079 --> 00:36:35.259
 me.

00:36:35.339 --> 00:36:35.500
 Not

00:36:35.500 --> 00:36:35.739
 that

00:36:35.739 --> 00:36:36.039
 they're

00:36:36.039 --> 00:36:36.199
 the

00:36:36.199 --> 00:36:36.519
 same

00:36:36.519 --> 00:36:37.099
 person,

00:36:37.259 --> 00:36:37.359
 but

00:36:37.359 --> 00:36:38.139
 by his

00:36:38.139 --> 00:36:38.319
 very

00:36:38.319 --> 00:36:38.960
 work and

00:36:42.159 --> 00:36:42.279
 you

00:36:42.279 --> 00:36:42.579
 have

00:36:42.579 --> 00:36:42.859
 this

00:36:42.859 --> 00:36:43.739
 powerful

00:36:43.739 --> 00:36:44.000
 statement.

00:36:44.199 --> 00:36:44.319
 Now,

00:36:44.819 --> 00:36:45.099
 again,

00:36:45.179 --> 00:36:45.619
 why is

00:36:45.619 --> 00:36:45.839
 the

00:36:45.839 --> 00:36:46.119
 author

00:36:46.119 --> 00:36:46.599
 beginning

00:36:46.599 --> 00:36:46.879
 with

00:36:46.879 --> 00:36:47.079
 this

00:36:47.079 --> 00:36:47.239
 to

00:36:47.239 --> 00:36:47.460
 these

00:36:47.460 --> 00:36:47.879
 Christians?

00:36:49.119 --> 00:36:49.359
 Well,

00:36:49.379 --> 00:36:49.500
 they're

00:36:49.500 --> 00:36:49.639
 in

00:36:49.639 --> 00:36:49.960
 danger

00:36:49.960 --> 00:36:50.339
 of

00:36:50.339 --> 00:36:50.719
 maybe

00:36:50.719 --> 00:36:51.539
 denying

00:36:51.539 --> 00:36:51.819
 this.

00:36:52.420 --> 00:36:52.619
 Or

00:36:52.619 --> 00:36:52.819
 they're

00:36:52.819 --> 00:36:52.980
 in

00:36:52.980 --> 00:36:53.359
 danger

00:36:53.359 --> 00:36:53.819
 of

00:36:53.819 --> 00:36:55.219
 compromise.

00:36:55.460 --> 00:36:55.500
 And

00:36:55.500 --> 00:36:55.619
 they're

00:36:55.619 --> 00:36:55.739
 in

00:36:55.739 --> 00:36:56.119
 danger

00:36:56.119 --> 00:36:56.659
 of

00:36:56.659 --> 00:36:57.500
 standing

00:36:57.500 --> 00:36:57.899
 still

00:36:57.899 --> 00:36:58.019
 in

00:36:58.019 --> 00:36:58.139
 their

00:36:58.139 --> 00:36:58.420
 Christian

00:36:58.420 --> 00:36:58.899
 lives.

00:36:59.059 --> 00:36:59.379
 And

00:36:59.379 --> 00:36:59.500
 what

00:36:59.500 --> 00:36:59.599
 does

00:36:59.599 --> 00:36:59.699
 the

00:36:59.699 --> 00:36:59.899
 author

00:36:59.899 --> 00:37:00.199
 do?

00:37:00.299 --> 00:37:00.399
 He

00:37:00.399 --> 00:37:00.779
 says,

00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:01.739
 wait a

00:37:01.739 --> 00:37:01.899
 second,

00:37:02.359 --> 00:37:02.500
 I

00:37:02.500 --> 00:37:02.599
 know

00:37:02.599 --> 00:37:02.739
 you're

00:37:02.739 --> 00:37:02.960
 facing

00:37:02.960 --> 00:37:03.440
 difficulties,

00:37:04.000 --> 00:37:04.119
 but

00:37:04.119 --> 00:37:04.599
 realize

00:37:04.599 --> 00:37:04.799
 the

00:37:04.799 --> 00:37:04.960
 one

00:37:04.960 --> 00:37:05.079
 you

00:37:05.079 --> 00:37:05.259
 put

00:37:05.259 --> 00:37:05.379
 your

00:37:05.379 --> 00:37:05.819
 confidence

00:37:05.819 --> 00:37:06.219
 in

00:37:06.219 --> 00:37:06.719
 will

00:37:06.719 --> 00:37:06.899
 see

00:37:06.899 --> 00:37:07.019
 you

00:37:12.159 --> 00:37:12.739
 flagpole.

00:37:14.219 --> 00:37:14.799
 He

00:37:14.799 --> 00:37:15.119
 is the

00:37:15.119 --> 00:37:15.359
 Lord of

00:37:15.359 --> 00:37:15.460
 the

00:37:15.460 --> 00:37:15.980
 universe.

00:37:16.539 --> 00:37:16.819
 There's

00:37:16.819 --> 00:37:16.920
 an

00:37:16.920 --> 00:37:17.399
 eternity

00:37:17.399 --> 00:37:17.819
 before

00:37:17.819 --> 00:37:18.159
 you.

00:37:18.299 --> 00:37:18.420
 He

00:37:18.420 --> 00:37:18.599
 will

00:37:18.599 --> 00:37:18.859
 come

00:37:18.859 --> 00:37:19.119
 again.

00:37:19.179 --> 00:37:19.219
 I

00:37:19.219 --> 00:37:19.279
 mean,

00:37:19.319 --> 00:37:19.500
 all

00:37:19.500 --> 00:37:19.639
 of

00:37:19.639 --> 00:37:19.799
 that

00:37:19.799 --> 00:37:19.920
 is

00:37:19.920 --> 00:37:20.099
 what's

00:37:20.099 --> 00:37:20.559
 encouraging

00:37:20.559 --> 00:37:20.819
 them

00:37:20.819 --> 00:37:21.000
 to

00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:21.480
 live

00:37:21.480 --> 00:37:22.039
 in

00:37:22.039 --> 00:37:22.239
 this

00:37:22.239 --> 00:37:22.639
 life

00:37:22.639 --> 00:37:23.659
 with

00:37:23.659 --> 00:37:24.199
 confidence

00:37:24.199 --> 00:37:24.519
 and

00:37:24.519 --> 00:37:25.079
 trust

00:37:25.079 --> 00:37:25.719
 in

00:37:25.719 --> 00:37:26.159
 him

00:37:26.159 --> 00:37:26.659
 and

00:37:26.659 --> 00:37:27.019
 in

00:37:27.019 --> 00:37:27.379
 him

00:37:27.379 --> 00:37:27.859
 alone.

00:37:28.420 --> 00:37:28.739
 You

00:37:28.739 --> 00:37:28.920
 have

00:37:28.920 --> 00:37:29.339
 all

00:37:29.339 --> 00:37:29.500
 of

00:37:29.500 --> 00:37:29.679
 that

00:37:29.679 --> 00:37:30.259
 grounding,

00:37:30.440 --> 00:37:30.579
 this

00:37:30.579 --> 00:37:31.119
 glory

00:37:31.119 --> 00:37:31.339
 of

00:37:31.339 --> 00:37:31.719
 Christ

00:37:31.719 --> 00:37:32.420
 to

00:37:32.420 --> 00:37:32.639
 give

00:37:32.639 --> 00:37:32.799
 them

00:37:32.799 --> 00:37:33.399
 incentive

00:37:33.399 --> 00:37:33.699
 to

00:37:33.699 --> 00:37:34.079
 press

00:37:34.079 --> 00:37:34.420
 on,

00:37:34.539 --> 00:37:34.679
 give

00:37:34.679 --> 00:37:34.839
 them

00:37:34.839 --> 00:37:35.359
 incentive

00:37:35.359 --> 00:37:35.619
 to

00:37:35.619 --> 00:37:35.839
 live

00:37:35.839 --> 00:37:36.059
 their

00:37:36.059 --> 00:37:36.500
 life

00:37:36.500 --> 00:37:37.019
 even

00:37:37.019 --> 00:37:37.379
 when

00:37:37.379 --> 00:37:37.599
 the

00:37:37.599 --> 00:37:37.839
 world

00:37:37.839 --> 00:37:38.219
 around

00:37:38.219 --> 00:37:38.559
 them

00:37:38.559 --> 00:37:39.619
 is

00:37:39.619 --> 00:37:41.420
 encouraging

00:37:41.420 --> 00:37:41.659
 them

00:37:41.659 --> 00:37:41.820
 to

00:37:41.820 --> 00:37:42.079
 not

00:37:42.079 --> 00:37:42.320
 live

00:37:42.320 --> 00:37:42.539
 that

00:37:42.539 --> 00:37:42.920
 life

00:37:42.920 --> 00:37:43.079
 or

00:37:43.079 --> 00:37:43.219
 it's

00:37:43.219 --> 00:37:43.599
 crashing

00:37:43.599 --> 00:37:43.980
 around

00:37:43.980 --> 00:37:44.279
 them.

00:37:44.639 --> 00:37:44.719
 And

00:37:44.719 --> 00:37:44.860
 then

00:37:44.860 --> 00:37:44.980
 he

00:37:44.980 --> 00:37:45.519
 finishes

00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:45.900
 with

00:37:45.900 --> 00:37:46.139
 one

00:37:46.139 --> 00:37:46.639
 last

00:37:46.639 --> 00:37:47.380
 point

00:37:47.380 --> 00:37:47.619
 here

00:37:47.619 --> 00:37:47.739
 and

00:37:47.739 --> 00:37:47.860
 we'll

00:37:47.860 --> 00:37:48.119
 wrap

00:37:48.119 --> 00:37:48.259
 it

00:37:48.259 --> 00:37:48.519
 here

00:37:48.519 --> 00:37:48.799
 with

00:37:48.799 --> 00:37:49.139
 this

00:37:49.139 --> 00:37:49.799
 last

00:37:49.799 --> 00:37:50.079
 phrase

00:37:50.079 --> 00:37:50.199
 and

00:37:50.199 --> 00:37:50.320
 he

00:37:50.320 --> 00:37:50.779
 develops

00:37:50.779 --> 00:37:50.940
 this

00:37:50.940 --> 00:37:51.059
 through

00:37:51.059 --> 00:37:51.179
 the

00:37:51.179 --> 00:37:51.619
 entire

00:37:51.619 --> 00:37:52.019
 book.

00:37:52.940 --> 00:37:53.539
 This

00:37:53.539 --> 00:37:53.679
 is

00:37:53.679 --> 00:37:53.900
 just

00:37:53.900 --> 00:37:54.039
 the

00:37:54.039 --> 00:37:54.360
 opening

00:37:54.360 --> 00:37:54.940
 statement.

00:37:55.860 --> 00:37:56.460
 God

00:37:56.460 --> 00:37:56.960
 has spoken

00:37:56.960 --> 00:37:57.599
 definitively

00:37:57.599 --> 00:37:57.699
 in

00:37:57.699 --> 00:37:57.840
 his

00:37:57.840 --> 00:37:58.099
 Son.

00:37:58.299 --> 00:37:58.679
 Why?

00:37:59.139 --> 00:37:59.500
 Because

00:37:59.500 --> 00:37:59.639
 of

00:37:59.639 --> 00:37:59.739
 who

00:37:59.739 --> 00:37:59.880
 he

00:37:59.880 --> 00:38:00.199
 is.

00:38:01.059 --> 00:38:01.400
 Heir,

00:38:01.900 --> 00:38:02.360
 creator,

00:38:02.639 --> 00:38:03.199
 sustainer,

00:38:03.460 --> 00:38:04.079
 radiance of

00:38:04.079 --> 00:38:04.360
 God's

00:38:04.360 --> 00:38:04.639
 glory,

00:38:04.759 --> 00:38:05.099
 exact

00:38:05.099 --> 00:38:05.599
 representation

00:38:05.599 --> 00:38:06.019
 of

00:38:06.019 --> 00:38:06.239
 being.

00:38:06.239 --> 00:38:06.779
 But

00:38:06.779 --> 00:38:06.939
 then

00:38:06.939 --> 00:38:07.099
 he

00:38:07.099 --> 00:38:07.559
 moves

00:38:07.559 --> 00:38:07.879
 in

00:38:07.879 --> 00:38:08.239
 verse

00:38:08.239 --> 00:38:08.739
 3

00:38:08.739 --> 00:38:09.739
 to

00:38:09.739 --> 00:38:10.000
 then

00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:10.599
 shift

00:38:10.599 --> 00:38:11.500
 which

00:38:11.500 --> 00:38:11.659
 of

00:38:11.659 --> 00:38:11.879
 course

00:38:11.879 --> 00:38:12.559
 assumes

00:38:12.559 --> 00:38:13.399
 that

00:38:13.399 --> 00:38:13.679
 this

00:38:13.679 --> 00:38:14.059
 Son

00:38:14.059 --> 00:38:14.279
 who

00:38:14.279 --> 00:38:14.419
 is

00:38:14.419 --> 00:38:14.799
 creator

00:38:14.799 --> 00:38:15.019
 and

00:38:15.019 --> 00:38:15.579
 sustainer

00:38:15.579 --> 00:38:15.819
 has

00:38:15.819 --> 00:38:16.259
 now

00:38:16.259 --> 00:38:17.099
 come

00:38:17.099 --> 00:38:17.259
 to

00:38:17.259 --> 00:38:17.439
 this

00:38:17.439 --> 00:38:17.819
 world.

00:38:18.539 --> 00:38:19.139
 He

00:38:19.139 --> 00:38:19.279
 has

00:38:19.279 --> 00:38:19.519
 become

00:38:19.519 --> 00:38:20.019
 flesh.

00:38:20.719 --> 00:38:20.939
 He

00:38:20.939 --> 00:38:21.059
 has

00:38:21.059 --> 00:38:21.339
 become

00:38:21.339 --> 00:38:21.759
 man.

00:38:21.939 --> 00:38:22.119
 Why

00:38:22.119 --> 00:38:22.539
 does

00:38:22.539 --> 00:38:22.619
 he

00:38:22.619 --> 00:38:22.879
 assume

00:38:22.879 --> 00:38:23.139
 that?

00:38:23.219 --> 00:38:23.719
 Because

00:38:23.719 --> 00:38:24.399
 he

00:38:24.399 --> 00:38:24.599
 was

00:38:24.599 --> 00:38:24.879
 able

00:38:24.879 --> 00:38:25.079
 to

00:38:25.079 --> 00:38:25.459
 provide

00:38:25.459 --> 00:38:26.199
 purifications

00:38:26.199 --> 00:38:26.519
 for

00:38:26.519 --> 00:38:26.859
 sins.

00:38:27.659 --> 00:38:27.959
 That

00:38:27.959 --> 00:38:28.259
 happened

00:38:28.259 --> 00:38:28.439
 in

00:38:28.439 --> 00:38:28.759
 history.

00:38:29.659 --> 00:38:29.759
 He

00:38:29.759 --> 00:38:29.959
 was

00:38:29.959 --> 00:38:30.259
 able

00:38:30.259 --> 00:38:30.479
 to

00:38:30.479 --> 00:38:30.779
 come

00:38:30.779 --> 00:38:31.000
 to

00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:31.219
 this

00:38:31.219 --> 00:38:31.639
 world.

00:38:31.979 --> 00:38:32.079
 He

00:38:32.079 --> 00:38:32.239
 was

00:38:32.239 --> 00:38:32.439
 able

00:38:32.439 --> 00:38:32.679
 to

00:38:32.679 --> 00:38:33.119
 live.

00:38:33.759 --> 00:38:33.839
 He

00:38:33.839 --> 00:38:34.000
 was

00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:34.219
 able

00:38:34.219 --> 00:38:34.459
 to

00:38:34.459 --> 00:38:34.959
 die.

00:38:35.559 --> 00:38:35.739
 And

00:38:35.739 --> 00:38:35.899
 in

00:38:35.899 --> 00:38:36.099
 his

00:38:36.099 --> 00:38:36.519
 death

00:38:36.519 --> 00:38:37.539
 he

00:38:37.539 --> 00:38:38.079
 brought

00:38:38.079 --> 00:38:38.779
 all

00:38:38.779 --> 00:38:38.959
 of

00:38:38.959 --> 00:38:39.079
 the

00:38:39.079 --> 00:38:39.339
 Old

00:38:39.339 --> 00:38:39.839
 Testament

00:38:39.839 --> 00:38:41.079
 types

00:38:41.079 --> 00:38:41.359
 and

00:38:41.359 --> 00:38:41.799
 shadows

00:38:41.799 --> 00:38:42.119
 to

00:38:42.119 --> 00:38:42.339
 their

00:38:42.339 --> 00:38:42.759
 fulfillment.

00:38:43.399 --> 00:38:43.659
 He

00:38:43.659 --> 00:38:44.139
 brought

00:38:44.139 --> 00:38:44.659
 everything

00:38:44.659 --> 00:38:45.139
 to

00:38:45.139 --> 00:38:45.419
 pass.

00:38:45.519 --> 00:38:46.079
 This

00:38:46.079 --> 00:38:46.379
 is a

00:38:46.379 --> 00:38:46.759
 priestly

00:38:46.759 --> 00:38:47.319
 picture

00:38:47.319 --> 00:38:47.759
 here.

00:38:48.139 --> 00:38:48.239
 He

00:38:48.239 --> 00:38:48.799
 provided

00:38:48.799 --> 00:38:50.000
 purifications

00:38:50.000 --> 00:38:50.359
 for

00:38:50.359 --> 00:38:50.619
 sins.

00:38:50.679 --> 00:38:50.899
 All

00:38:50.899 --> 00:38:51.019
 of

00:38:51.019 --> 00:38:51.159
 that

00:38:51.159 --> 00:38:51.539
 set

00:38:51.539 --> 00:38:52.259
 in

00:38:52.259 --> 00:38:52.379
 the

00:38:52.379 --> 00:38:52.879
 context

00:38:52.879 --> 00:38:53.099
 of

00:38:53.099 --> 00:38:53.219
 the

00:38:53.219 --> 00:38:53.379
 Old

00:38:53.379 --> 00:38:53.779
 Testament

00:38:53.779 --> 00:38:54.259
 where

00:38:54.259 --> 00:38:54.579
 a

00:38:54.579 --> 00:38:54.819
 priest

00:38:54.819 --> 00:38:54.980
 would

00:38:54.980 --> 00:38:55.119
 have

00:38:55.119 --> 00:38:55.279
 to

00:38:55.279 --> 00:38:55.719
 offer

00:38:55.719 --> 00:38:56.359
 something

00:38:56.359 --> 00:38:56.599
 on

00:38:56.599 --> 00:38:57.019
 behalf

00:38:57.019 --> 00:38:57.139
 of

00:38:57.139 --> 00:38:57.259
 the

00:38:57.259 --> 00:38:57.699
 people.

00:38:58.239 --> 00:38:58.779
 God

00:38:58.779 --> 00:38:58.939
 who

00:38:58.939 --> 00:38:59.119
 is

00:38:59.119 --> 00:38:59.639
 holy

00:38:59.639 --> 00:38:59.919
 and

00:38:59.919 --> 00:39:00.219
 we

00:39:00.219 --> 00:39:00.519
 as

00:39:00.519 --> 00:39:01.019
 sinners

00:39:01.019 --> 00:39:02.119
 we

00:39:02.119 --> 00:39:02.239
 have

00:39:02.239 --> 00:39:02.619
 sinned

00:39:02.619 --> 00:39:02.899
 against

00:39:02.900 --> 00:39:03.400
 God

00:39:03.400 --> 00:39:04.519
 ultimately

00:39:04.519 --> 00:39:04.820
 in

00:39:04.820 --> 00:39:04.940
 the

00:39:04.940 --> 00:39:05.300
 Bible

00:39:05.300 --> 00:39:06.400
 God

00:39:06.400 --> 00:39:06.539
 is

00:39:06.539 --> 00:39:06.740
 going

00:39:06.740 --> 00:39:06.920
 to

00:39:06.920 --> 00:39:07.240
 have

00:39:07.240 --> 00:39:07.480
 to

00:39:07.480 --> 00:39:08.079
 provide

00:39:08.079 --> 00:39:08.880
 someone

00:39:08.880 --> 00:39:09.200
 to

00:39:09.200 --> 00:39:09.539
 stand

00:39:09.539 --> 00:39:10.039
 for

00:39:10.039 --> 00:39:10.519
 us

00:39:10.519 --> 00:39:10.680
 in

00:39:10.680 --> 00:39:10.920
 order

00:39:10.920 --> 00:39:11.180
 to

00:39:11.180 --> 00:39:11.420
 meet

00:39:11.420 --> 00:39:11.579
 his

00:39:11.579 --> 00:39:12.099
 demand.

00:39:12.639 --> 00:39:12.980
 In

00:39:12.980 --> 00:39:13.079
 the

00:39:13.079 --> 00:39:13.260
 Old

00:39:13.260 --> 00:39:13.599
 Testament

00:39:13.599 --> 00:39:14.180
 it

00:39:14.180 --> 00:39:14.300
 was

00:39:14.300 --> 00:39:14.820
 pictured

00:39:14.820 --> 00:39:15.840
 in

00:39:15.840 --> 00:39:16.260
 terms

00:39:16.260 --> 00:39:16.720
 of

00:39:16.720 --> 00:39:17.280
 animals

00:39:17.280 --> 00:39:17.740
 but

00:39:17.740 --> 00:39:18.579
 you

00:39:18.579 --> 00:39:18.740
 read

00:39:18.740 --> 00:39:18.860
 the

00:39:18.860 --> 00:39:19.000
 Old

00:39:19.000 --> 00:39:19.300
 Testament

00:39:19.300 --> 00:39:19.720
 that's

00:39:19.720 --> 00:39:19.920
 never

00:39:19.920 --> 00:39:20.079
 going

00:39:20.079 --> 00:39:20.119
 to

00:39:20.119 --> 00:39:20.220
 be

00:39:20.220 --> 00:39:20.519
 enough.

00:39:21.960 --> 00:39:22.539
 Ultimately

00:39:22.539 --> 00:39:22.960
 all

00:39:22.960 --> 00:39:23.099
 of

00:39:23.099 --> 00:39:23.260
 that

00:39:23.260 --> 00:39:23.460
 has

00:39:23.460 --> 00:39:23.619
 to

00:39:23.619 --> 00:39:23.980
 come

00:39:23.980 --> 00:39:24.460
 in

00:39:24.460 --> 00:39:25.220
 the

00:39:25.220 --> 00:39:25.720
 final

00:39:25.720 --> 00:39:26.500
 sacrifice

00:39:26.500 --> 00:39:27.280
 the

00:39:27.280 --> 00:39:27.599
 giving

00:39:27.599 --> 00:39:27.880
 of

00:39:27.880 --> 00:39:28.119
 his

00:39:28.119 --> 00:39:28.720
 son

00:39:28.720 --> 00:39:29.039
 who

00:39:29.039 --> 00:39:29.200
 is

00:39:29.200 --> 00:39:29.460
 not

00:39:29.460 --> 00:39:29.740
 just

00:39:29.740 --> 00:39:29.920
 a

00:39:29.920 --> 00:39:30.240
 man

00:39:30.240 --> 00:39:30.400
 who

00:39:30.400 --> 00:39:30.639
 does

00:39:30.639 --> 00:39:30.860
 this

00:39:30.860 --> 00:39:31.119
 for

00:39:31.119 --> 00:39:31.420
 us

00:39:32.900 --> 00:39:33.099
 the

00:39:33.099 --> 00:39:33.400
 son

00:39:33.400 --> 00:39:33.639
 who

00:39:33.639 --> 00:39:34.119
 becomes

00:39:34.119 --> 00:39:34.559
 man

00:39:34.559 --> 00:39:35.280
 in

00:39:35.280 --> 00:39:35.639
 order

00:39:35.639 --> 00:39:35.940
 to

00:39:35.940 --> 00:39:36.400
 stand

00:39:36.400 --> 00:39:36.559
 in

00:39:36.559 --> 00:39:36.700
 our

00:39:36.700 --> 00:39:37.180
 behalf

00:39:37.180 --> 00:39:37.480
 to

00:39:37.480 --> 00:39:37.960
 meet

00:39:37.960 --> 00:39:38.639
 our

00:39:38.639 --> 00:39:39.300
 need

00:39:39.300 --> 00:39:40.160
 to

00:39:40.160 --> 00:39:40.780
 stand

00:39:40.780 --> 00:39:40.980
 in

00:39:40.980 --> 00:39:41.160
 our

00:39:41.160 --> 00:39:41.860
 place

00:39:41.860 --> 00:39:42.599
 to

00:39:42.599 --> 00:39:43.000
 pay

00:39:43.000 --> 00:39:43.300
 for

00:39:43.300 --> 00:39:43.519
 our

00:39:43.519 --> 00:39:43.920
 sin

00:39:43.920 --> 00:39:44.240
 and

00:39:44.240 --> 00:39:44.639
 notice

00:39:44.639 --> 00:39:44.860
 what

00:39:44.860 --> 00:39:45.019
 he

00:39:45.019 --> 00:39:45.340
 says

00:39:45.340 --> 00:39:45.579
 here

00:39:45.579 --> 00:39:45.700
 and

00:39:45.700 --> 00:39:45.900
 again

00:39:45.900 --> 00:39:46.099
 this

00:39:46.099 --> 00:39:46.300
 is

00:39:46.300 --> 00:39:46.800
 in

00:39:46.800 --> 00:39:47.280
 contrast

00:39:47.280 --> 00:39:47.500
 to

00:39:47.500 --> 00:39:47.619
 the

00:39:47.619 --> 00:39:47.820
 Old

00:39:47.820 --> 00:39:48.200
 Testament

00:39:48.200 --> 00:39:49.200
 he

00:39:49.200 --> 00:39:49.579
 sat

00:39:49.579 --> 00:39:50.059
 down

00:39:50.059 --> 00:39:51.260
 right

00:39:51.260 --> 00:39:52.360
 Old

00:39:52.360 --> 00:39:52.760
 Testament

00:39:52.760 --> 00:39:53.800
 priests

00:39:53.800 --> 00:39:54.360
 never

00:39:54.360 --> 00:39:54.599
 sat

00:39:54.599 --> 00:39:54.840
 down

00:39:54.840 --> 00:39:55.420
 they

00:39:55.420 --> 00:39:55.519
 were

00:39:55.519 --> 00:39:55.860
 constantly

00:39:55.860 --> 00:39:56.160
 working

00:39:56.160 --> 00:39:56.860
 but

00:39:56.860 --> 00:39:57.039
 this

00:39:57.039 --> 00:39:57.220
 one

00:39:57.220 --> 00:39:57.460
 sat

00:39:57.460 --> 00:39:57.760
 down

00:39:57.760 --> 00:39:58.820
 and

00:39:58.820 --> 00:39:58.980
 he

00:39:58.980 --> 00:39:59.420
 sat

00:39:59.420 --> 00:39:59.800
 down

00:39:59.800 --> 00:39:59.960
 at

00:39:59.960 --> 00:40:00.139
 the

00:40:00.139 --> 00:40:00.500
 right

00:40:00.500 --> 00:40:01.059
 hand

00:40:01.059 --> 00:40:01.780
 picture

00:40:01.780 --> 00:40:02.019
 of

00:40:02.019 --> 00:40:02.720
 power

00:40:02.719 --> 00:40:02.980
 it's

00:40:02.980 --> 00:40:03.099
 a

00:40:03.099 --> 00:40:03.319
 picture

00:40:03.319 --> 00:40:03.480
 of

00:40:03.480 --> 00:40:04.119
 authority

00:40:04.119 --> 00:40:04.399
 it's

00:40:04.399 --> 00:40:04.519
 a

00:40:04.519 --> 00:40:04.779
 picture

00:40:04.779 --> 00:40:05.059
 of

00:40:05.059 --> 00:40:06.059
 completion

00:40:06.059 --> 00:40:06.959
 it's

00:40:06.959 --> 00:40:07.099
 a

00:40:07.099 --> 00:40:07.419
 picture

00:40:07.419 --> 00:40:07.799
 of

00:40:07.799 --> 00:40:07.959
 a

00:40:07.959 --> 00:40:08.659
 redeemer

00:40:08.659 --> 00:40:09.599
 think

00:40:09.599 --> 00:40:09.739
 of

00:40:09.739 --> 00:40:09.879
 this

00:40:09.879 --> 00:40:10.019
 in

00:40:10.019 --> 00:40:10.239
 terms

00:40:10.239 --> 00:40:10.359
 of

00:40:10.359 --> 00:40:10.480
 the

00:40:10.480 --> 00:40:10.659
 Lord

00:40:10.659 --> 00:40:10.980
 Jesus

00:40:10.980 --> 00:40:11.219
 as

00:40:11.219 --> 00:40:11.399
 we

00:40:11.399 --> 00:40:12.139
 pull

00:40:12.139 --> 00:40:12.299
 this

00:40:12.299 --> 00:40:12.599
 together

00:40:12.599 --> 00:40:12.919
 here

00:40:12.919 --> 00:40:13.119
 where

00:40:13.119 --> 00:40:13.259
 the

00:40:13.259 --> 00:40:13.480
 Lord

00:40:13.480 --> 00:40:13.879
 Jesus

00:40:13.879 --> 00:40:14.239
 as

00:40:14.239 --> 00:40:14.439
 the

00:40:14.439 --> 00:40:14.819
 son

00:40:14.819 --> 00:40:16.099
 in

00:40:16.099 --> 00:40:16.559
 this

00:40:16.559 --> 00:40:17.059
 son

00:40:17.059 --> 00:40:17.679
 we

00:40:17.679 --> 00:40:17.959
 have

00:40:17.959 --> 00:40:18.379
 the

00:40:18.379 --> 00:40:19.239
 finality

00:40:19.239 --> 00:40:19.459
 of

00:40:19.459 --> 00:40:19.799
 God's

00:40:19.799 --> 00:40:20.279
 truth

00:40:20.279 --> 00:40:21.299
 no

00:40:21.299 --> 00:40:21.599
 other

00:40:21.599 --> 00:40:22.019
 word

00:40:22.019 --> 00:40:22.259
 can

00:40:22.259 --> 00:40:22.459
 be

00:40:22.459 --> 00:40:23.039
 trusted

00:40:23.039 --> 00:40:24.079
 fully

00:40:24.079 --> 00:40:24.459
 other

00:40:24.459 --> 00:40:24.779
 than

00:40:24.779 --> 00:40:25.000
 what

00:40:25.000 --> 00:40:25.399
 he

00:40:25.399 --> 00:40:26.019
 himself

00:40:26.019 --> 00:40:26.899
 gives

00:40:26.899 --> 00:40:27.119
 and

00:40:27.119 --> 00:40:27.500
 all

00:40:27.500 --> 00:40:27.679
 that

00:40:27.679 --> 00:40:27.859
 he

00:40:27.859 --> 00:40:28.019
 has

00:40:28.019 --> 00:40:28.179
 made

00:40:28.179 --> 00:40:28.439
 known

00:40:28.439 --> 00:40:28.599
 of

00:40:28.599 --> 00:40:29.099
 himself

00:40:29.099 --> 00:40:30.099
 but we

00:40:30.099 --> 00:40:30.440
 also

00:40:30.440 --> 00:40:30.719
 have

00:40:30.719 --> 00:40:30.920
 not

00:40:30.920 --> 00:40:31.139
 just

00:40:31.139 --> 00:40:31.519
 truth

00:40:31.519 --> 00:40:31.799
 found

00:40:31.799 --> 00:40:31.980
 in

00:40:31.980 --> 00:40:32.219
 him

00:40:32.219 --> 00:40:33.059
 we

00:40:33.059 --> 00:40:33.239
 have

00:40:33.239 --> 00:40:33.400
 a

00:40:33.400 --> 00:40:34.099
 redeemer

00:40:34.099 --> 00:40:34.659
 found

00:40:34.659 --> 00:40:34.860
 in

00:40:34.860 --> 00:40:35.139
 him

00:40:35.139 --> 00:40:36.440
 you

00:40:36.440 --> 00:40:36.920
 and I

00:40:36.920 --> 00:40:37.460
 need

00:40:37.460 --> 00:40:37.920
 to know

00:40:37.920 --> 00:40:38.519
 truth

00:40:38.519 --> 00:40:39.239
 from

00:40:39.239 --> 00:40:39.739
 God

00:40:39.739 --> 00:40:41.159
 but we

00:40:41.159 --> 00:40:41.519
 also

00:40:41.519 --> 00:40:41.980
 need

00:40:41.980 --> 00:40:42.699
 to have

00:40:42.699 --> 00:40:44.360
 salvation

00:40:44.360 --> 00:40:45.260
 from

00:40:45.260 --> 00:40:45.460
 our

00:40:45.460 --> 00:40:46.000
 sin

00:40:46.000 --> 00:40:47.099
 before

00:40:47.099 --> 00:40:47.559
 God

00:40:47.559 --> 00:40:48.660
 and

00:40:48.660 --> 00:40:49.079
 in

00:40:49.079 --> 00:40:49.660
 Christ

00:40:49.660 --> 00:40:50.019
 this

00:40:50.019 --> 00:40:50.480
 one

00:40:50.480 --> 00:40:51.280
 who

00:40:51.280 --> 00:40:51.480
 has

00:40:51.480 --> 00:40:51.780
 come

00:40:51.780 --> 00:40:52.360
 God's

00:40:52.360 --> 00:40:52.620
 own

00:40:52.620 --> 00:40:53.019
 son

00:40:53.019 --> 00:40:53.300
 we

00:40:53.300 --> 00:40:53.640
 have

00:40:53.640 --> 00:40:54.140
 both

00:40:54.140 --> 00:40:54.440
 the

00:40:54.440 --> 00:40:54.780
 truth

00:40:54.780 --> 00:40:54.940
 of

00:40:54.940 --> 00:40:55.280
 God

00:40:55.280 --> 00:40:56.360
 and

00:40:56.360 --> 00:40:56.539
 we

00:40:56.539 --> 00:40:56.800
 have

00:40:56.800 --> 00:40:57.000
 the

00:40:57.000 --> 00:40:57.440
 redemption

00:40:57.440 --> 00:40:57.780
 of

00:40:57.780 --> 00:40:58.059
 God

00:40:58.059 --> 00:40:58.640
 we

00:40:58.640 --> 00:40:58.800
 have

00:40:58.800 --> 00:40:58.960
 the

00:40:58.960 --> 00:40:59.400
 forgiveness

00:40:59.400 --> 00:40:59.740
 of

00:40:59.740 --> 00:41:00.140
 sins

00:41:00.140 --> 00:41:00.780
 and

00:41:00.780 --> 00:41:00.940
 we

00:41:00.940 --> 00:41:01.120
 have

00:41:01.120 --> 00:41:01.760
 everything

00:41:01.760 --> 00:41:02.099
 that

00:41:02.099 --> 00:41:02.320
 we

00:41:02.320 --> 00:41:02.579
 can

00:41:02.579 --> 00:41:03.620
 count

00:41:03.620 --> 00:41:03.920
 on

00:41:03.920 --> 00:41:04.160
 him

00:41:04.160 --> 00:41:04.400
 his

00:41:04.400 --> 00:41:04.940
 word

00:41:04.940 --> 00:41:05.539
 is

00:41:05.539 --> 00:41:06.180
 true

00:41:06.180 --> 00:41:07.340
 he

00:41:07.340 --> 00:41:07.840
 is

00:41:07.840 --> 00:41:08.519
 greater

00:41:08.519 --> 00:41:08.760
 than

00:41:08.760 --> 00:41:08.960
 any

00:41:08.960 --> 00:41:09.340
 prophet

00:41:09.340 --> 00:41:10.660
 he

00:41:10.660 --> 00:41:10.880
 is

00:41:10.880 --> 00:41:11.500
 greater

00:41:11.500 --> 00:41:11.760
 than

00:41:11.760 --> 00:41:11.960
 any

00:41:11.960 --> 00:41:12.420
 priest

00:41:12.420 --> 00:41:13.240
 and

00:41:13.240 --> 00:41:13.559
 ultimately

00:41:13.559 --> 00:41:13.800
 he's

00:41:13.800 --> 00:41:14.080
 presented

00:41:14.080 --> 00:41:14.420
 here

00:41:14.420 --> 00:41:14.780
 as

00:41:14.780 --> 00:41:14.960
 the

00:41:14.960 --> 00:41:15.340
 king

00:41:15.340 --> 00:41:15.960
 it's

00:41:15.960 --> 00:41:16.180
 been a

00:41:16.180 --> 00:41:16.400
 common

00:41:16.400 --> 00:41:16.680
 way

00:41:16.680 --> 00:41:16.860
 of

00:41:16.860 --> 00:41:17.580
 looking

00:41:17.580 --> 00:41:17.760
 at

00:41:17.760 --> 00:41:17.900
 who

00:41:17.900 --> 00:41:18.200
 Jesus

00:41:18.200 --> 00:41:18.519
 is

00:41:18.519 --> 00:41:18.700
 our

00:41:18.700 --> 00:41:18.980
 great

00:41:18.980 --> 00:41:19.360
 prophet

00:41:19.360 --> 00:41:19.720
 priest

00:41:19.720 --> 00:41:19.920
 and

00:41:19.920 --> 00:41:20.280
 king

00:41:20.280 --> 00:41:20.580
 well

00:41:20.580 --> 00:41:20.800
 that's

00:41:20.800 --> 00:41:21.039
 right

00:41:21.039 --> 00:41:21.340
 here

00:41:21.340 --> 00:41:21.600
 isn't

00:41:21.600 --> 00:41:21.780
 it

00:41:21.780 --> 00:41:22.580
 and

00:41:22.580 --> 00:41:23.200
 everything

00:41:23.200 --> 00:41:23.620
 centers

00:41:23.620 --> 00:41:23.820
 in

00:41:23.820 --> 00:41:24.080
 him

00:41:24.080 --> 00:41:24.480
 so

00:41:24.480 --> 00:41:24.900
 that

00:41:24.900 --> 00:41:26.200
 what

00:41:26.200 --> 00:41:26.460
 would

00:41:26.460 --> 00:41:26.960
 these

00:41:26.960 --> 00:41:27.660
 Christians

00:41:27.660 --> 00:41:28.380
 what

00:41:28.380 --> 00:41:28.700
 should

00:41:28.700 --> 00:41:28.820
 have

00:41:28.820 --> 00:41:28.960
 they

00:41:28.960 --> 00:41:29.140
 have

00:41:29.140 --> 00:41:29.440
 heard

00:41:29.440 --> 00:41:29.820
 from

00:41:29.820 --> 00:41:30.100
 this

00:41:30.100 --> 00:41:30.400
 author

00:41:30.400 --> 00:41:30.740
 speaking

00:41:30.740 --> 00:41:30.920
 to

00:41:30.920 --> 00:41:31.160
 them

00:41:31.160 --> 00:41:33.200
 encouragement

00:41:33.200 --> 00:41:33.920
 right

00:41:33.920 --> 00:41:35.200
 you've

00:41:35.200 --> 00:41:35.600
 started

00:41:35.600 --> 00:41:36.140
 well

00:41:36.140 --> 00:41:38.080
 keep

00:41:38.080 --> 00:41:38.560
 looking

00:41:38.560 --> 00:41:38.840
 to

00:41:38.840 --> 00:41:39.140
 him

00:41:39.140 --> 00:41:40.420
 keep

00:41:40.420 --> 00:41:41.060
 running

00:41:41.060 --> 00:41:41.480
 the

00:41:41.480 --> 00:41:41.920
 race

00:41:41.920 --> 00:41:43.960
 also

00:41:43.960 --> 00:41:44.480
 warning

00:41:44.480 --> 00:41:45.940
 if

00:41:45.940 --> 00:41:46.059
 I

00:41:46.059 --> 00:41:46.260
 take

00:41:46.260 --> 00:41:46.420
 my

00:41:46.420 --> 00:41:46.639
 eyes

00:41:46.639 --> 00:41:46.860
 off

00:41:46.860 --> 00:41:47.000
 of

00:41:47.000 --> 00:41:47.220
 him

00:41:47.220 --> 00:41:47.539
 and

00:41:47.539 --> 00:41:47.940
 wander

00:41:47.940 --> 00:41:48.200
 away

00:41:48.200 --> 00:41:48.400
 from

00:41:48.400 --> 00:41:48.700
 him

00:41:48.700 --> 00:41:49.559
 there's

00:41:49.559 --> 00:41:49.659
 a

00:41:49.659 --> 00:41:49.900
 warning

00:41:49.900 --> 00:41:50.079
 in

00:41:50.079 --> 00:41:50.300
 chapter

00:41:50.300 --> 00:41:50.539
 two

00:41:50.539 --> 00:41:50.720
 that

00:41:50.720 --> 00:41:50.900
 picks

00:41:50.900 --> 00:41:51.039
 up

00:41:51.039 --> 00:41:51.280
 this

00:41:51.280 --> 00:41:51.960
 if

00:41:51.960 --> 00:41:52.059
 I

00:41:52.059 --> 00:41:52.440
 wander

00:41:52.440 --> 00:41:52.940
 away

00:41:52.940 --> 00:41:54.340
 then of

00:41:54.340 --> 00:41:54.539
 course

00:41:54.539 --> 00:41:54.760
 there's

00:41:54.760 --> 00:41:55.139
 no hope

00:41:55.139 --> 00:41:55.659
 for us

00:41:55.659 --> 00:41:56.079
 because

00:41:56.079 --> 00:41:56.659
 there's

00:41:56.659 --> 00:41:57.240
 no salvation

00:41:57.240 --> 00:41:57.659
 outside

00:41:57.659 --> 00:41:57.960
 this

00:41:57.960 --> 00:41:58.380
 redeemer

00:41:58.380 --> 00:41:59.680
 why would

00:41:59.680 --> 00:41:59.960
 that be

00:41:59.960 --> 00:42:00.340
 the case

00:42:00.340 --> 00:42:00.780
 well look

00:42:00.780 --> 00:42:01.019
 who he

00:42:01.019 --> 00:42:01.260
 is

00:42:01.260 --> 00:42:02.440
 nobody

00:42:02.440 --> 00:42:02.880
 can

00:42:02.880 --> 00:42:03.760
 is like

00:42:03.760 --> 00:42:03.960
 this

00:42:03.960 --> 00:42:04.260
 person

00:42:04.260 --> 00:42:04.720
 no one

00:42:04.720 --> 00:42:04.920
 can

00:42:04.920 --> 00:42:05.200
 save

00:42:05.200 --> 00:42:05.360
 us

00:42:05.360 --> 00:42:05.680
 no one

00:42:05.680 --> 00:42:05.860
 can

00:42:05.860 --> 00:42:06.019
 meet

00:42:06.019 --> 00:42:06.180
 our

00:42:06.180 --> 00:42:06.420
 need

00:42:06.420 --> 00:42:06.860
 no

00:42:06.860 --> 00:42:07.579
 human

00:42:07.579 --> 00:42:07.900
 being

00:42:07.900 --> 00:42:08.099
 can

00:42:08.099 --> 00:42:08.260
 do

00:42:08.260 --> 00:42:08.500
 this

00:42:08.500 --> 00:42:08.840
 other

00:42:08.840 --> 00:42:09.360
 than

00:42:09.360 --> 00:42:09.920
 him

00:42:09.920 --> 00:42:11.039
 so

00:42:11.039 --> 00:42:11.220
 that

00:42:11.220 --> 00:42:11.340
 if

00:42:11.340 --> 00:42:11.460
 I

00:42:11.460 --> 00:42:11.760
 wander

00:42:11.760 --> 00:42:12.079
 from

00:42:12.079 --> 00:42:12.360
 him

00:42:12.360 --> 00:42:13.420
 there's

00:42:13.420 --> 00:42:13.579
 no

00:42:13.579 --> 00:42:13.980
 salvation

00:42:13.980 --> 00:42:14.320
 outside

00:42:14.320 --> 00:42:14.460
 of

00:42:14.460 --> 00:42:14.640
 him

00:42:14.640 --> 00:42:16.360
 but

00:42:16.360 --> 00:42:16.660
 in

00:42:16.660 --> 00:42:16.980
 him

00:42:16.980 --> 00:42:17.360
 the

00:42:17.360 --> 00:42:17.760
 encouragement

00:42:17.760 --> 00:42:18.380
 then is

00:42:18.380 --> 00:42:19.099
 everything's

00:42:19.099 --> 00:42:19.260
 found

00:42:19.260 --> 00:42:19.380
 in

00:42:19.380 --> 00:42:19.559
 him

00:42:19.559 --> 00:42:20.800
 if

00:42:20.800 --> 00:42:20.860
 you

00:42:20.860 --> 00:42:21.019
 want

00:42:21.019 --> 00:42:21.099
 to

00:42:21.099 --> 00:42:21.300
 know

00:42:21.300 --> 00:42:21.579
 what's

00:42:21.579 --> 00:42:21.740
 really

00:42:21.740 --> 00:42:22.160
 true

00:42:22.160 --> 00:42:22.880
 go

00:42:22.880 --> 00:42:23.000
 to

00:42:23.000 --> 00:42:23.160
 him

00:42:23.160 --> 00:42:24.260
 if

00:42:24.260 --> 00:42:24.360
 you

00:42:24.360 --> 00:42:24.539
 want

00:42:24.539 --> 00:42:24.640
 to

00:42:24.640 --> 00:42:24.940
 know

00:42:24.940 --> 00:42:25.480
 that

00:42:25.480 --> 00:42:25.620
 your

00:42:25.620 --> 00:42:25.880
 sins

00:42:25.880 --> 00:42:26.019
 are

00:42:26.019 --> 00:42:26.400
 forgiven

00:42:26.400 --> 00:42:26.640
 you

00:42:26.640 --> 00:42:26.960
 stand

00:42:26.960 --> 00:42:27.220
 right

00:42:27.220 --> 00:42:27.480
 before

00:42:27.480 --> 00:42:27.860
 God

00:42:27.860 --> 00:42:28.260
 now

00:42:28.260 --> 00:42:28.460
 and

00:42:28.460 --> 00:42:28.760
 forever

00:42:28.760 --> 00:42:29.200
 more

00:42:29.200 --> 00:42:29.599
 go

00:42:29.599 --> 00:42:29.740
 to

00:42:29.740 --> 00:42:29.980
 him

00:42:29.980 --> 00:42:30.840
 he

00:42:30.840 --> 00:42:31.380
 meets

00:42:31.380 --> 00:42:31.820
 our

00:42:31.820 --> 00:42:32.320
 every

00:42:32.320 --> 00:42:32.780
 need

00:42:32.780 --> 00:42:33.340
 and

00:42:33.340 --> 00:42:33.539
 he's

00:42:33.539 --> 00:42:33.960
 presenting

00:42:33.960 --> 00:42:34.160
 to

00:42:34.160 --> 00:42:34.340
 these

00:42:34.340 --> 00:42:34.660
 Christians

00:42:34.660 --> 00:42:34.860
 as

00:42:34.860 --> 00:42:35.059
 he's

00:42:35.059 --> 00:42:35.320
 presenting

00:42:35.320 --> 00:42:35.500
 to

00:42:35.500 --> 00:42:35.940
 us

00:42:35.940 --> 00:42:36.400
 right

00:42:36.400 --> 00:42:37.000
 same

00:42:37.000 --> 00:42:37.500
 message

00:42:37.500 --> 00:42:38.240
 that

00:42:38.240 --> 00:42:38.519
 they

00:42:38.519 --> 00:42:38.960
 have

00:42:38.960 --> 00:42:39.260
 we

00:42:39.260 --> 00:42:39.720
 have

00:42:39.720 --> 00:42:41.160
 the

00:42:41.160 --> 00:42:41.440
 Lord

00:42:41.440 --> 00:42:41.780
 Jesus

00:42:41.780 --> 00:42:42.380
 Christ

00:42:42.380 --> 00:42:43.220
 is

00:42:43.220 --> 00:42:43.480
 the

00:42:43.480 --> 00:42:43.780
 most

00:42:43.780 --> 00:42:44.700
 important

00:42:44.700 --> 00:42:45.160
 person

00:42:45.160 --> 00:42:45.280
 in

00:42:45.280 --> 00:42:45.380
 all

00:42:45.380 --> 00:42:45.519
 the

00:42:45.519 --> 00:42:45.880
 universe

00:42:45.880 --> 00:42:47.320
 he's

00:42:47.320 --> 00:42:47.780
 central

00:42:47.780 --> 00:42:48.220
 to

00:42:48.220 --> 00:42:48.460
 he

00:42:48.460 --> 00:42:48.780
 must

00:42:48.780 --> 00:42:48.980
 be

00:42:48.980 --> 00:42:49.280
 central

00:42:49.280 --> 00:42:49.519
 he's

00:42:49.519 --> 00:42:49.740
 central

00:42:49.740 --> 00:42:49.860
 to

00:42:49.860 --> 00:42:50.140
 God's

00:42:50.140 --> 00:42:50.500
 plans

00:42:50.500 --> 00:42:50.720
 and

00:42:50.720 --> 00:42:51.119
 purposes

00:42:51.119 --> 00:42:52.019
 he

00:42:52.019 --> 00:42:52.380
 must

00:42:52.380 --> 00:42:52.640
 now

00:42:52.640 --> 00:42:52.880
 be

00:42:52.880 --> 00:42:53.360
 central

00:42:53.360 --> 00:42:53.660
 to

00:42:53.660 --> 00:42:53.960
 our

00:42:53.960 --> 00:42:54.680
 lives

00:42:54.680 --> 00:42:55.059
 right

00:42:55.059 --> 00:42:56.440
 it's

00:42:56.440 --> 00:42:56.640
 not

00:42:56.640 --> 00:42:57.000
 enough

00:42:57.000 --> 00:42:57.300
 to

00:42:57.300 --> 00:42:57.800
 simply

00:42:57.800 --> 00:42:59.079
 say

00:42:59.079 --> 00:42:59.320
 I

00:42:59.320 --> 00:42:59.640
 believe

00:42:59.640 --> 00:42:59.820
 in

00:42:59.820 --> 00:43:00.160
 Jesus

00:43:00.160 --> 00:43:01.000
 right

00:43:01.000 --> 00:43:01.559
 mentioned

00:43:01.559 --> 00:43:01.820
 even

00:43:01.820 --> 00:43:01.980
 in

00:43:01.980 --> 00:43:02.179
 my

00:43:02.179 --> 00:43:02.940
 Christian

00:43:02.940 --> 00:43:03.440
 testimony

00:43:03.440 --> 00:43:03.840
 right

00:43:03.840 --> 00:43:03.960
 I

00:43:03.960 --> 00:43:04.019
 mean

00:43:04.019 --> 00:43:04.199
 I

00:43:04.199 --> 00:43:04.619
 used

00:43:04.619 --> 00:43:04.780
 to

00:43:04.780 --> 00:43:05.219
 be

00:43:05.219 --> 00:43:05.420
 that

00:43:05.420 --> 00:43:05.559
 way

00:43:05.559 --> 00:43:05.659
 on

00:43:05.659 --> 00:43:05.780
 my

00:43:05.780 --> 00:43:06.000
 own

00:43:06.000 --> 00:43:06.559
 being

00:43:06.559 --> 00:43:06.800
 raised

00:43:06.800 --> 00:43:06.900
 in

00:43:06.900 --> 00:43:07.000
 a

00:43:07.000 --> 00:43:07.280
 Christian

00:43:07.280 --> 00:43:07.760
 setting

00:43:07.760 --> 00:43:07.960
 a

00:43:07.960 --> 00:43:08.179
 Christian

00:43:08.179 --> 00:43:08.539
 background

00:43:08.539 --> 00:43:08.880
 Christian

00:43:08.880 --> 00:43:09.139
 home

00:43:09.139 --> 00:43:09.480
 oh yeah

00:43:09.480 --> 00:43:09.599
 I

00:43:09.599 --> 00:43:09.780
 believe

00:43:09.780 --> 00:43:09.900
 in

00:43:09.900 --> 00:43:10.099
 Jesus

00:43:10.099 --> 00:43:10.719
 not

00:43:10.719 --> 00:43:10.960
 enough

00:43:10.960 --> 00:43:11.119
 to

00:43:11.119 --> 00:43:11.280
 just

00:43:11.280 --> 00:43:11.480
 sort

00:43:11.480 --> 00:43:11.539
 of

00:43:11.539 --> 00:43:11.659
 have

00:43:11.659 --> 00:43:11.860
 that

00:43:11.860 --> 00:43:12.800
 generalized

00:43:12.800 --> 00:43:13.280
 faith

00:43:13.280 --> 00:43:13.440
 no

00:43:13.440 --> 00:43:13.599
 we

00:43:13.599 --> 00:43:13.820
 must

00:43:13.820 --> 00:43:14.500
 personally

00:43:14.500 --> 00:43:14.940
 commit

00:43:14.940 --> 00:43:15.380
 ourselves

00:43:15.380 --> 00:43:15.579
 to

00:43:15.579 --> 00:43:15.900
 him

00:43:15.900 --> 00:43:16.559
 we

00:43:16.559 --> 00:43:16.820
 must

00:43:16.820 --> 00:43:17.340
 know

00:43:17.340 --> 00:43:17.820
 him

00:43:17.820 --> 00:43:18.460
 we

00:43:18.460 --> 00:43:18.820
 must

00:43:18.820 --> 00:43:19.539
 walk

00:43:19.539 --> 00:43:19.780
 with

00:43:19.780 --> 00:43:20.019
 him

00:43:20.019 --> 00:43:20.199
 we

00:43:20.199 --> 00:43:20.400
 must

00:43:20.400 --> 00:43:20.739
 take

00:43:20.739 --> 00:43:20.980
 his

00:43:20.980 --> 00:43:21.400
 word

00:43:21.400 --> 00:43:21.599
 and

00:43:21.599 --> 00:43:21.780
 put

00:43:21.780 --> 00:43:21.940
 into

00:43:21.940 --> 00:43:22.380
 practice

00:43:22.380 --> 00:43:23.659
 he

00:43:23.659 --> 00:43:24.179
 is

00:43:24.179 --> 00:43:24.500
 this

00:43:24.500 --> 00:43:25.179
 glorious

00:43:25.179 --> 00:43:25.719
 redeemer

00:43:25.719 --> 00:43:26.019
 and

00:43:26.019 --> 00:43:26.619
 glorious

00:43:26.619 --> 00:43:27.119
 king

00:43:27.119 --> 00:43:28.199
 and

00:43:28.199 --> 00:43:28.340
 he

00:43:28.340 --> 00:43:28.920
 demands

00:43:28.920 --> 00:43:29.619
 rightly

00:43:29.619 --> 00:43:30.619
 and

00:43:30.619 --> 00:43:30.960
 nothing

00:43:30.960 --> 00:43:31.440
 less

00:43:31.440 --> 00:43:32.059
 than

00:43:32.059 --> 00:43:32.199
 our

00:43:32.199 --> 00:43:32.400
 very

00:43:32.400 --> 00:43:32.860
 lives

00:43:32.860 --> 00:43:34.039
 so

00:43:34.039 --> 00:43:34.300
 this

00:43:34.300 --> 00:43:34.679
 week

00:43:34.679 --> 00:43:34.920
 as

00:43:34.920 --> 00:43:35.079
 we

00:43:35.079 --> 00:43:35.380
 go

00:43:35.380 --> 00:43:35.699
 into

00:43:35.699 --> 00:43:36.219
 our

00:43:36.219 --> 00:43:37.639
 workplaces

00:43:37.639 --> 00:43:37.820
 as

00:43:37.820 --> 00:43:37.920
 we

00:43:37.920 --> 00:43:38.159
 rub

00:43:38.159 --> 00:43:38.659
 shoulders

00:43:38.659 --> 00:43:38.860
 with

00:43:38.860 --> 00:43:39.280
 people

00:43:39.280 --> 00:43:39.599
 right

00:43:39.599 --> 00:43:39.920
 we

00:43:39.920 --> 00:43:40.059
 are

00:43:40.059 --> 00:43:40.219
 to

00:43:40.219 --> 00:43:40.719
 go

00:43:40.719 --> 00:43:41.159
 with

00:43:41.159 --> 00:43:41.300
 our

00:43:41.300 --> 00:43:41.739
 faith

00:43:41.739 --> 00:43:42.219
 firmly

00:43:42.219 --> 00:43:42.760
 placed

00:43:42.760 --> 00:43:42.940
 in

00:43:42.940 --> 00:43:43.260
 him

00:43:43.260 --> 00:43:44.139
 that

00:43:44.139 --> 00:43:44.300
 we

00:43:44.300 --> 00:43:44.440
 are

00:43:44.440 --> 00:43:44.619
 to

00:43:44.619 --> 00:43:44.920
 go

00:43:44.920 --> 00:43:45.159
 to

00:43:45.159 --> 00:43:45.519
 say

00:43:45.519 --> 00:43:45.840
 I

00:43:45.840 --> 00:43:46.059
 want

00:43:46.059 --> 00:43:46.219
 to

00:43:46.219 --> 00:43:46.679
 please

00:43:46.679 --> 00:43:46.920
 him

00:43:46.920 --> 00:43:47.019
 in

00:43:47.019 --> 00:43:47.179
 all

00:43:47.179 --> 00:43:47.579
 things

00:43:47.579 --> 00:43:48.519
 I

00:43:48.519 --> 00:43:48.840
 want

00:43:48.840 --> 00:43:49.000
 to

00:43:49.000 --> 00:43:49.179
 no

00:43:49.179 --> 00:43:49.460
 matter

00:43:49.460 --> 00:43:49.860
 whether

00:43:49.860 --> 00:43:50.440
 people

00:43:50.440 --> 00:43:50.779
 laugh

00:43:50.779 --> 00:43:50.920
 at

00:43:50.920 --> 00:43:51.159
 me

00:43:51.159 --> 00:43:51.360
 or

00:43:51.360 --> 00:43:51.559
 I'm

00:43:51.559 --> 00:43:52.079
 persecuted

00:43:52.079 --> 00:43:52.539
 or

00:43:52.539 --> 00:43:52.860
 they

00:43:52.860 --> 00:43:53.119
 think

00:43:53.119 --> 00:43:53.299
 I'm

00:43:53.299 --> 00:43:53.619
 nuts

00:43:53.619 --> 00:43:54.500
 I'm

00:43:54.500 --> 00:43:54.840
 living

00:43:54.840 --> 00:43:55.199
 for

00:43:55.199 --> 00:43:55.579
 him

00:43:55.579 --> 00:43:55.940
 he

00:43:55.940 --> 00:43:56.099
 is

00:43:56.099 --> 00:43:56.239
 the

00:43:56.239 --> 00:43:56.559
 truth

00:43:56.559 --> 00:43:56.719
 of

00:43:56.719 --> 00:43:56.980
 God

00:43:56.980 --> 00:43:57.239
 he's

00:43:57.239 --> 00:43:57.340
 the

00:43:57.340 --> 00:43:57.779
 salvation

00:43:57.779 --> 00:43:58.039
 of

00:43:58.039 --> 00:43:58.360
 God

00:43:58.360 --> 00:43:58.619
 and

00:43:58.619 --> 00:43:58.799
 we

00:43:58.799 --> 00:43:59.099
 then

00:43:59.099 --> 00:43:59.940
 from

00:43:59.940 --> 00:44:00.460
 now

00:44:00.460 --> 00:44:00.679
 and

00:44:00.679 --> 00:44:01.340
 forevermore

00:44:01.340 --> 00:44:01.699
 seek

00:44:01.699 --> 00:44:01.920
 to

00:44:01.920 --> 00:44:02.360
 please

00:44:02.360 --> 00:44:02.539
 him

00:44:02.539 --> 00:44:02.719
 and

00:44:02.719 --> 00:44:03.380
 glorify

00:44:03.380 --> 00:44:03.779
 him

00:44:03.779 --> 00:44:04.739
 and

00:44:04.739 --> 00:44:05.219
 indeed

00:44:05.219 --> 00:44:05.759
 if

00:44:05.759 --> 00:44:06.039
 we

00:44:06.039 --> 00:44:06.960
 sometimes

00:44:06.960 --> 00:44:08.340
 somebody

00:44:08.340 --> 00:44:08.739
 may be

00:44:08.739 --> 00:44:08.940
 here

00:44:08.940 --> 00:44:09.079
 that

00:44:09.079 --> 00:44:09.259
 does

00:44:09.259 --> 00:44:09.460
 not

00:44:09.460 --> 00:44:09.739
 know

00:44:09.739 --> 00:44:10.079
 him

00:44:10.079 --> 00:44:10.440
 right

00:44:10.440 --> 00:44:11.400
 hopefully

00:44:11.400 --> 00:44:11.920
 we

00:44:11.920 --> 00:44:12.139
 have

00:44:12.139 --> 00:44:12.360
 to

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 emphasize

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 and

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 you

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 see

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 that

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 there

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 can

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 be

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 no

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 truth

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 and

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 salvation

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 apart

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 from

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 him

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 given

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 who

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 he

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 is

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 this

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 savior

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 cannot

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 be

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 treated

00:44:21.460 --> 00:44:21.960
 lightly

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 he

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 has

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 to

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 be

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 treated

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 with

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 utter

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 seriousness

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 and

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 we

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 then

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 have

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 to

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 say

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 I

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 want

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 to

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 know

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 him

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 and

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 place

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 my

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 faith

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 and

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 confidence

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 in

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 him

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 that's

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 what

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 the

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 author

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 of

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 Hebrews

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 is

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 calling

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 these

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 first

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 Christians

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 to

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 and

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 he

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 calls

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 us

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 to

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 the

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 same

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 calling

00:44:38.420 --> 00:44:38.680
 the

00:44:38.680 --> 00:44:38.980
 same

00:44:38.980 --> 00:44:39.539
 message

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 the

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 same

00:44:40.440 --> 00:44:41.059
 command

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 believe

00:44:41.820 --> 00:44:41.940
 in

00:44:41.940 --> 00:44:42.059
 the

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 Lord

00:44:42.220 --> 00:44:42.580
 Jesus

00:44:42.580 --> 00:44:43.120
 trust

00:44:43.120 --> 00:44:43.360
 in

00:44:43.360 --> 00:44:43.640
 him

00:44:43.640 --> 00:44:44.080
 in

00:44:44.080 --> 00:44:44.380
 him

00:44:44.380 --> 00:44:44.680
 is

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 everything

00:44:45.260 --> 00:44:46.019
 and

00:44:46.019 --> 00:44:46.180
 we

00:44:46.180 --> 00:44:46.480
 now

00:44:46.480 --> 00:44:46.680
 can

00:44:46.680 --> 00:44:46.860
 have

00:44:46.860 --> 00:44:47.360
 confidence

00:44:47.360 --> 00:44:47.960
 now

00:44:47.960 --> 00:44:48.360
 and

00:44:48.360 --> 00:44:48.740
 forever

00:44:48.740 --> 00:44:49.080
 more

00:44:49.080 --> 00:44:49.580
 well

00:44:49.580 --> 00:44:50.019
 let's

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 pray

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 and

00:44:50.360 --> 00:44:50.559
 commit

00:44:50.559 --> 00:44:50.840
 that

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 to

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 our

00:44:51.780 --> 00:44:52.019
 lives

00:44:52.019 --> 00:44:52.340
 heavenly

00:44:52.340 --> 00:44:52.700
 father

00:44:52.700 --> 00:44:52.920
 we

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 thank

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 you

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 for

00:44:53.900 --> 00:44:54.840
 this

00:44:54.840 --> 00:44:55.420
 passage

00:44:55.420 --> 00:44:55.620
 of

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 scripture

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 we

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 thank

00:44:57.860 --> 00:44:58.000
 you

00:44:58.000 --> 00:44:58.160
 that

00:44:58.160 --> 00:44:58.280
 it

00:44:58.280 --> 00:44:58.780
 reminds

00:44:58.780 --> 00:44:59.200
 us

00:44:59.200 --> 00:44:59.400
 of

00:44:59.400 --> 00:44:59.539
 our

00:44:59.539 --> 00:45:00.080
 great

00:45:00.080 --> 00:45:00.460
 and

00:45:00.460 --> 00:45:01.140
 glorious