WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.339 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama. 00:00:06.799 --> 00:00:10.519 ! Our passion is to experience and express grace. Join us. 00:00:10.519 --> 00:00:22.400 There was once a congregation of God's people that saw the power and the glory of God at work among them marvelously. 00:00:23.120 --> 00:00:27.000 They sang praises to His greatness. 00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:32.159 They regularly gathered together and heard His law read to them. 00:00:32.859 --> 00:00:35.620 They were led by men called by God. 00:00:36.480 --> 00:00:39.679 They talked often of God's truth. 00:00:40.420 --> 00:00:47.740 They received God's provision enough to make budget 40 years in a row. 00:00:47.960 --> 00:00:50.780 It was like manna falling from heaven or something. 00:00:50.780 --> 00:01:03.700 And yet, neither the leader nor most of the people made it where God was taking them. 00:01:05.000 --> 00:01:08.500 They started out fast with God, excited. 00:01:08.500 --> 00:01:12.280 But they didn't finish well. 00:01:14.859 --> 00:01:24.040 Sometimes churches and Christians start out with a bang, like a firecracker, looking and sounding so good, 00:01:24.180 --> 00:01:30.019 but only to fade just as impressively and quickly. 00:01:30.019 --> 00:01:38.780 And I think this is a particular concern in a culture where our attention spans are shrinking. 00:01:39.879 --> 00:01:46.719 Flashy experiences are often needed to keep our commitment to anything or anyone. 00:01:47.179 --> 00:01:48.459 We get bored, don't we? 00:01:48.459 --> 00:01:50.819 Dissatisfied very quickly. 00:01:52.679 --> 00:01:57.159 I bet every one of us has at home some project that we've started. 00:01:57.319 --> 00:02:00.419 Maybe we got really close, but we never quite finished. 00:02:00.420 --> 00:02:09.159 The writer to the Hebrews, who has been pointing us to the greatness of Jesus over and over, 00:02:09.159 --> 00:02:19.860 he wants to ensure the churches that he's writing to endure, persevere, finish as well as they started with God, 00:02:19.920 --> 00:02:22.539 even when life is tough. 00:02:23.580 --> 00:02:26.680 And so, in chapter 3, he's going to do two things. 00:02:26.680 --> 00:02:35.379 He's going to compare Jesus and Moses, and then he's going to give God's people a warning from their history, 00:02:35.640 --> 00:02:43.840 the history of God's people in the Exodus generation that I just recounted for us a little bit. 00:02:45.600 --> 00:02:47.260 Warning, he says. 00:02:48.200 --> 00:02:53.260 This could happen to you, to y'all, to us. 00:02:53.259 --> 00:02:57.479 Listen as I read to what he's warning against. 00:02:58.000 --> 00:02:58.719 Listen for that. 00:02:59.280 --> 00:03:01.840 And to how he tells us to guard against it. 00:03:03.179 --> 00:03:05.019 Hebrews chapter 3. 00:03:05.840 --> 00:03:06.919 The whole thing. 00:03:08.259 --> 00:03:12.439 Therefore, holy brothers, you who share in a heavenly calling, 00:03:13.099 --> 00:03:17.479 consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession, 00:03:17.840 --> 00:03:20.519 who was faithful to him who appointed him, 00:03:20.520 --> 00:03:24.260 just as Moses also was faithful in all God's house. 00:03:25.080 --> 00:03:28.380 For Jesus has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, 00:03:28.840 --> 00:03:34.020 as much more glory as the builder of a house has more honor than the house itself. 00:03:34.840 --> 00:03:39.439 For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God. 00:03:40.040 --> 00:03:43.180 Now, Moses was faithful in all God's house as a servant, 00:03:43.600 --> 00:03:46.400 to testify to the things that were to be spoken later, 00:03:46.400 --> 00:03:50.640 but Christ is faithful over God's house as a son, 00:03:51.560 --> 00:03:53.480 and we are his house, 00:03:54.500 --> 00:03:58.500 if indeed we hold fast our confidence and our boasting and our hope. 00:03:59.280 --> 00:04:01.719 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, 00:04:02.200 --> 00:04:04.120 today, if you hear his voice, 00:04:04.500 --> 00:04:08.960 do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion on the day of testing in the wilderness, 00:04:09.740 --> 00:04:14.080 where your fathers put me to the test and saw my works for 40 years. 00:04:14.080 --> 00:04:17.720 Therefore, I was provoked with that generation and said, 00:04:18.100 --> 00:04:20.280 they always go astray in their heart. 00:04:20.600 --> 00:04:22.199 They have not known my ways. 00:04:22.520 --> 00:04:25.939 As I swore in my wrath, they shall not enter my rest. 00:04:27.319 --> 00:04:28.980 Take care, brothers, 00:04:30.060 --> 00:04:33.400 lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, 00:04:33.480 --> 00:04:36.360 leading you to fall away from the living God. 00:04:36.900 --> 00:04:39.360 But exhort one another every day, 00:04:39.540 --> 00:04:41.199 as long as it is called today, 00:04:41.199 --> 00:04:45.219 that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness. 00:04:45.899 --> 00:04:48.039 For we share in Christ, 00:04:48.719 --> 00:04:52.519 if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end. 00:04:53.459 --> 00:04:54.159 As it is said, 00:04:54.399 --> 00:04:55.699 today, if you hear his voice, 00:04:55.800 --> 00:04:58.199 do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion. 00:04:59.060 --> 00:05:01.500 For who were those who heard and yet rebelled? 00:05:02.079 --> 00:05:04.879 Was it not all those who left Egypt, led by Moses? 00:05:05.219 --> 00:05:08.779 And with whom was it that he was provoked for 40 years? 00:05:08.779 --> 00:05:12.399 Was it not those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? 00:05:13.679 --> 00:05:16.339 And to whom did he swear that they would not enter his rest, 00:05:16.479 --> 00:05:18.579 but to those who were disobedient? 00:05:19.519 --> 00:05:23.979 So we see that they were unable to enter because of unbelief. 00:05:25.019 --> 00:05:27.359 Thus far, God's holy word. 00:05:27.939 --> 00:05:28.519 Let's pray. 00:05:28.519 --> 00:05:35.479 God, these are challenging words for our hearts. 00:05:37.500 --> 00:05:38.959 They are your words. 00:05:39.799 --> 00:05:44.279 And so, by Holy Spirit, as you say here, 00:05:44.379 --> 00:05:45.699 would you speak to us? 00:05:46.560 --> 00:05:48.139 Would you give us ears to hear? 00:05:48.259 --> 00:05:49.899 Would you soften our hearts? 00:05:51.819 --> 00:05:53.919 In Jesus' name, amen. 00:05:53.919 --> 00:05:54.039 Amen. 00:05:54.040 --> 00:05:59.280 It might be a compliment 00:05:59.280 --> 00:06:05.500 to be told that you have rock-hard abs or biceps. 00:06:05.840 --> 00:06:07.740 I wouldn't know, but I think it would be. 00:06:09.320 --> 00:06:12.180 But you don't want to hear the doctor say, 00:06:12.879 --> 00:06:15.600 you have a hard heart. 00:06:16.379 --> 00:06:18.960 That is a problem physically. 00:06:18.959 --> 00:06:24.579 And as this passage says, spiritually. 00:06:26.199 --> 00:06:29.359 The preacher here is not telling the people 00:06:29.359 --> 00:06:31.019 that they have hard hearts, 00:06:31.019 --> 00:06:36.240 but he is warning them about the danger of that diagnosis, 00:06:36.719 --> 00:06:39.039 showing them that it's a problem 00:06:39.039 --> 00:06:41.699 that no one plans to have. 00:06:41.740 --> 00:06:43.219 I'm going to have a hard heart. 00:06:43.439 --> 00:06:43.620 No. 00:06:43.620 --> 00:06:47.040 Yet it still happens. 00:06:48.120 --> 00:06:49.060 So beware. 00:06:50.240 --> 00:06:53.240 That spiritual sickness, hard heartedness, 00:06:53.360 --> 00:06:55.800 is mentioned several times in this passage. 00:06:56.459 --> 00:07:01.259 So I want us to see what that dangerous condition involves, 00:07:01.860 --> 00:07:04.100 and then where it leads, 00:07:04.819 --> 00:07:06.500 and how to prevent it. 00:07:06.500 --> 00:07:13.800 First, we'll start with what a hard-hearted diagnosis involves. 00:07:14.800 --> 00:07:18.920 It starts with the hardening being against God. 00:07:20.459 --> 00:07:24.300 Notice the writer to the Hebrews turns to Psalm 95. 00:07:24.680 --> 00:07:27.180 That's where this big quotation is from, 00:07:27.319 --> 00:07:28.360 starting at verse 7. 00:07:28.800 --> 00:07:32.160 That's a psalm that these Jewish Christians he's writing to 00:07:32.160 --> 00:07:33.959 would have been very familiar with. 00:07:33.959 --> 00:07:37.139 They would have heard it nearly every week of their lives 00:07:37.139 --> 00:07:39.519 as they came to Sabbath worship. 00:07:39.719 --> 00:07:41.939 We began our service with it this morning. 00:07:42.079 --> 00:07:44.799 You know, come, let us worship and bow down. 00:07:44.919 --> 00:07:48.060 Let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker. 00:07:48.299 --> 00:07:51.199 It's a reminder of the God that we worship. 00:07:51.899 --> 00:07:53.319 And then there's a command. 00:07:55.639 --> 00:07:57.819 Today, over and over. 00:07:58.120 --> 00:08:00.339 Today, if you hear his voice, 00:08:00.839 --> 00:08:02.539 don't harden your hearts. 00:08:02.540 --> 00:08:05.420 Don't put him to the test. 00:08:06.140 --> 00:08:08.180 Our hearts go astray 00:08:08.180 --> 00:08:10.700 when they get distant from God's ways. 00:08:10.800 --> 00:08:11.600 Verse 10. 00:08:13.140 --> 00:08:15.580 We start to listen to man's voices 00:08:15.580 --> 00:08:17.680 telling us where life is found 00:08:17.680 --> 00:08:18.840 rather than God's. 00:08:19.560 --> 00:08:23.460 Like the Israelites that we read about earlier, right? 00:08:23.560 --> 00:08:25.800 Quarreling about the water. 00:08:26.140 --> 00:08:28.020 Grumbling about their leaders. 00:08:28.019 --> 00:08:33.740 We're not even sure anymore that God is really among us. 00:08:34.579 --> 00:08:35.399 Is he really here? 00:08:35.480 --> 00:08:37.120 Can we really trust him? 00:08:38.220 --> 00:08:42.379 We so need that regular reminder, don't we? 00:08:42.659 --> 00:08:45.480 See, I marched out of Egypt with God, 00:08:45.960 --> 00:08:48.960 but now I'm thinking Egypt might have been better. 00:08:48.960 --> 00:08:52.080 Amazing, right? 00:08:52.080 --> 00:08:54.759 These people watched the plagues. 00:08:55.259 --> 00:08:57.560 They survived the Passover. 00:08:57.780 --> 00:09:01.400 They walked through the Red Sea on dry ground. 00:09:02.400 --> 00:09:08.220 And they're wondering now about whether God or Pharaoh 00:09:08.220 --> 00:09:11.139 would be a better provider for them. 00:09:11.139 --> 00:09:11.740 Wow. 00:09:15.740 --> 00:09:19.159 Y'all, that's the deceitfulness of sin. 00:09:20.360 --> 00:09:22.000 That ought to get our attention. 00:09:23.039 --> 00:09:25.000 Verse 13 says, 00:09:25.399 --> 00:09:27.419 our hearts can be hardened 00:09:27.419 --> 00:09:30.860 by the deceitfulness of sin. 00:09:30.860 --> 00:09:35.240 They can become evil, unbelieving hearts. 00:09:35.240 --> 00:09:38.440 Not because we set out to be evil 00:09:38.440 --> 00:09:39.960 and do lots of bad stuff. 00:09:41.480 --> 00:09:44.460 But because sin deceives us. 00:09:45.899 --> 00:09:47.100 See, sin tells us what? 00:09:47.240 --> 00:09:50.320 Life is to be found somewhere else apart from God. 00:09:50.460 --> 00:09:51.820 Maybe not even far away. 00:09:51.899 --> 00:09:54.680 Maybe just right here to the side a little bit. 00:09:55.019 --> 00:09:57.440 And you get used to going to that place for life. 00:09:57.539 --> 00:09:59.680 It becomes normal and natural 00:09:59.680 --> 00:10:03.080 and your heart gets hard toward God. 00:10:03.080 --> 00:10:06.620 It doesn't look to Him for life anymore. 00:10:08.040 --> 00:10:09.160 Let me just give you some examples 00:10:09.160 --> 00:10:10.680 of the deceitfulness of sin. 00:10:10.860 --> 00:10:12.440 There are thousands. 00:10:13.460 --> 00:10:16.300 Just imagine you're really wanting to be friends 00:10:16.300 --> 00:10:18.680 with this girl at youth group. 00:10:20.160 --> 00:10:23.420 But she keeps making fun of this other girl. 00:10:23.540 --> 00:10:25.660 Talking bad about her and so, 00:10:25.900 --> 00:10:27.060 but you really want to be her friend, 00:10:27.140 --> 00:10:28.140 so you laugh along. 00:10:28.520 --> 00:10:30.140 Sometimes you even chime in 00:10:30.140 --> 00:10:32.900 with a little slight at the other girl. 00:10:33.080 --> 00:10:36.540 So that the cool girl likes being with you. 00:10:36.900 --> 00:10:37.500 And you're thinking, 00:10:37.639 --> 00:10:38.600 you know, no one's hurt. 00:10:39.180 --> 00:10:39.600 What's happened? 00:10:39.639 --> 00:10:41.040 I'm just getting a friend. 00:10:43.600 --> 00:10:45.480 But sin deceived you. 00:10:46.180 --> 00:10:48.520 You're actually destroying 00:10:48.520 --> 00:10:51.580 the possibility of safe friendship, aren't you? 00:10:52.139 --> 00:10:54.500 Of real gospel community. 00:10:54.960 --> 00:10:57.700 You'll never feel safe with that cool girl 00:10:57.700 --> 00:10:59.000 if you're laughing at others. 00:10:59.120 --> 00:10:59.800 Because how do you know 00:10:59.800 --> 00:11:01.200 that they're not laughing at you 00:11:01.200 --> 00:11:02.240 when you're not there? 00:11:05.680 --> 00:11:06.940 Frustrated with the intimacy 00:11:06.940 --> 00:11:08.100 in your own marriage? 00:11:09.120 --> 00:11:10.740 You turn to digital images 00:11:10.740 --> 00:11:11.960 on your screens. 00:11:13.100 --> 00:11:15.020 You tell yourself at first things like, 00:11:15.080 --> 00:11:16.259 I deserve this. 00:11:16.759 --> 00:11:18.120 I'm not hurting anyone. 00:11:18.460 --> 00:11:20.020 In fact, I'm avoiding arguments 00:11:20.020 --> 00:11:21.120 with my spouse. 00:11:21.120 --> 00:11:25.700 But sin deceived you. 00:11:26.440 --> 00:11:28.740 You're actually misusing 00:11:28.740 --> 00:11:31.200 another image bearer of God. 00:11:31.340 --> 00:11:33.379 And you're avoiding the opportunity 00:11:33.379 --> 00:11:34.360 for repentance 00:11:34.360 --> 00:11:35.659 and forgiveness 00:11:35.659 --> 00:11:37.139 and true love 00:11:37.139 --> 00:11:37.700 in your marriage. 00:11:37.860 --> 00:11:39.759 You're taking a cheap substitute 00:11:39.759 --> 00:11:41.580 that won't actually love you. 00:11:41.659 --> 00:11:43.259 You won't experience that. 00:11:43.639 --> 00:11:44.460 And soon you find 00:11:44.460 --> 00:11:45.340 you're both drifting 00:11:45.340 --> 00:11:46.519 from God 00:11:46.519 --> 00:11:48.379 and from one another. 00:11:51.460 --> 00:11:53.360 Maybe you're increasingly angry 00:11:53.360 --> 00:11:54.379 with other Christians 00:11:54.379 --> 00:11:55.620 for how they're responding 00:11:55.620 --> 00:11:57.120 to current events. 00:11:57.779 --> 00:11:58.960 Just hypothetically. 00:11:59.899 --> 00:12:01.460 You're so frustrated 00:12:01.460 --> 00:12:03.220 with how they're not loving people. 00:12:03.340 --> 00:12:04.840 They're not speaking out, 00:12:04.939 --> 00:12:07.100 but they're silently compromising. 00:12:08.379 --> 00:12:09.960 You're so angry 00:12:09.960 --> 00:12:12.539 that instead of growing together 00:12:12.539 --> 00:12:14.259 and leaning into that, 00:12:14.579 --> 00:12:15.399 you disconnect 00:12:15.399 --> 00:12:16.919 from church entirely. 00:12:18.019 --> 00:12:19.360 I don't need them. 00:12:19.599 --> 00:12:20.779 I've got Jesus. 00:12:21.959 --> 00:12:23.139 And they don't need me. 00:12:25.620 --> 00:12:27.579 But sin deceived you. 00:12:28.579 --> 00:12:30.579 You're actually abandoning 00:12:30.579 --> 00:12:33.019 brothers and sisters in need 00:12:33.019 --> 00:12:35.620 in your own church family 00:12:35.620 --> 00:12:37.059 while thinking you're helping 00:12:37.059 --> 00:12:38.240 those who are in need 00:12:38.240 --> 00:12:40.120 because you're not there with them 00:12:40.120 --> 00:12:41.299 where Jesus puts you. 00:12:41.299 --> 00:12:43.679 and you're setting yourself up 00:12:43.679 --> 00:12:44.419 in your own mind 00:12:44.419 --> 00:12:45.399 as the only one 00:12:45.399 --> 00:12:46.479 who knows what's best. 00:12:46.579 --> 00:12:47.419 You're isolating. 00:12:47.740 --> 00:12:48.579 That's not what Jesus 00:12:48.579 --> 00:12:49.659 made you for. 00:12:52.179 --> 00:12:53.979 See, sin deceives us. 00:12:54.359 --> 00:12:56.099 It promises us life 00:12:56.099 --> 00:12:57.679 apart from God, 00:12:57.979 --> 00:12:59.519 apart from His ways. 00:12:59.799 --> 00:13:02.859 I know better about my life, right? 00:13:02.939 --> 00:13:03.919 Who could know 00:13:03.919 --> 00:13:05.359 as well as I do 00:13:05.359 --> 00:13:06.259 what I need? 00:13:07.579 --> 00:13:09.199 And we start to ignore 00:13:09.199 --> 00:13:10.859 the conviction of sin 00:13:10.860 --> 00:13:13.379 the preaching of God's word, 00:13:13.580 --> 00:13:15.180 the brother or sister 00:13:15.180 --> 00:13:17.220 who wants to challenge us 00:13:17.220 --> 00:13:19.600 because our heart 00:13:19.600 --> 00:13:21.240 has grown hard. 00:13:21.879 --> 00:13:22.639 I mean, maybe we're not 00:13:22.639 --> 00:13:23.899 the worst guy in the world. 00:13:24.060 --> 00:13:25.300 We feel pretty decent 00:13:25.300 --> 00:13:25.980 about ourselves, 00:13:26.060 --> 00:13:27.100 but that's the problem. 00:13:27.899 --> 00:13:29.399 We've gotten satisfied 00:13:29.399 --> 00:13:31.480 with life on our own. 00:13:32.639 --> 00:13:33.200 Sin. 00:13:33.200 --> 00:13:37.720 Malcolm Muggeridge wrote about 00:13:37.720 --> 00:13:39.320 this deceptive settling 00:13:39.320 --> 00:13:41.220 in his autobiography. 00:13:42.220 --> 00:13:43.700 The saddest thing to me 00:13:43.700 --> 00:13:45.060 in looking back on my life 00:13:45.060 --> 00:13:46.100 has been to recall 00:13:46.100 --> 00:13:47.620 not so much the wickedness 00:13:47.620 --> 00:13:48.759 I have been involved in, 00:13:48.920 --> 00:13:50.420 the cruel and selfish 00:13:50.420 --> 00:13:51.820 and egotistic things 00:13:51.820 --> 00:13:52.480 I have done, 00:13:52.820 --> 00:13:54.220 the hurt I have inflicted 00:13:54.220 --> 00:13:55.100 on those I loved, 00:13:55.140 --> 00:13:56.820 although all that's painful enough. 00:13:56.820 --> 00:13:59.360 What hurts most 00:13:59.360 --> 00:14:00.240 is the preference 00:14:00.240 --> 00:14:01.980 I have so often shown 00:14:01.980 --> 00:14:03.400 for what is inferior, 00:14:04.420 --> 00:14:05.360 tenth rate, 00:14:06.020 --> 00:14:07.700 when the first rate 00:14:07.700 --> 00:14:08.980 was there for the having. 00:14:09.740 --> 00:14:11.220 Like a man who goes shopping 00:14:11.220 --> 00:14:12.020 and comes back 00:14:12.020 --> 00:14:13.280 with cardboard shoes 00:14:13.280 --> 00:14:14.440 when he might have had leather, 00:14:14.940 --> 00:14:16.140 with dried fruit 00:14:16.140 --> 00:14:17.379 when he might have had fresh, 00:14:17.920 --> 00:14:19.620 with processed cheese 00:14:19.620 --> 00:14:20.680 when he might have had cheddar, 00:14:21.640 --> 00:14:23.300 with paper flowers 00:14:23.299 --> 00:14:26.319 when the primroses were out. 00:14:28.519 --> 00:14:29.620 God was there. 00:14:29.620 --> 00:14:29.939 He said, 00:14:30.240 --> 00:14:30.779 life, 00:14:31.199 --> 00:14:31.699 joy, 00:14:32.339 --> 00:14:33.199 rest, 00:14:33.939 --> 00:14:34.779 peace, 00:14:35.259 --> 00:14:35.939 hope, 00:14:36.399 --> 00:14:37.019 love, 00:14:37.620 --> 00:14:39.299 but I thought 00:14:39.299 --> 00:14:40.679 I'd found a better way. 00:14:42.759 --> 00:14:44.620 The end of that road 00:14:44.620 --> 00:14:46.539 is getting hardened 00:14:46.539 --> 00:14:48.839 in unbelief. 00:14:50.179 --> 00:14:52.259 It's mentioned twice here 00:14:52.259 --> 00:14:53.379 the evil, 00:14:53.600 --> 00:14:54.620 unbelieving heart 00:14:54.620 --> 00:14:55.620 there in verse 12. 00:14:55.879 --> 00:14:56.899 That means it doesn't 00:14:56.899 --> 00:14:58.679 keep its singular focus 00:14:58.679 --> 00:15:00.759 on trust and hope 00:15:00.759 --> 00:15:01.620 in God. 00:15:03.019 --> 00:15:04.879 And then in verse 19, 00:15:05.039 --> 00:15:05.759 at the end of the day, 00:15:05.840 --> 00:15:06.799 the hard heart just 00:15:06.799 --> 00:15:09.039 doesn't believe 00:15:09.039 --> 00:15:09.779 in God 00:15:09.779 --> 00:15:11.120 anymore. 00:15:12.740 --> 00:15:14.559 A settled coldness 00:15:14.559 --> 00:15:15.799 and distance 00:15:15.799 --> 00:15:16.799 from God, 00:15:17.639 --> 00:15:18.419 from His Word, 00:15:18.700 --> 00:15:19.659 from His people, 00:15:19.799 --> 00:15:21.360 even when you're around them 00:15:21.360 --> 00:15:22.200 quite often. 00:15:23.600 --> 00:15:24.899 You're just impervious 00:15:24.899 --> 00:15:25.279 to them. 00:15:25.480 --> 00:15:26.460 You're shut off 00:15:26.460 --> 00:15:27.340 from them. 00:15:27.519 --> 00:15:29.159 You've slowly rubbed 00:15:29.159 --> 00:15:30.759 a callous on your heart, 00:15:30.800 --> 00:15:31.740 even in church, 00:15:32.120 --> 00:15:33.620 and you've kept rubbing it 00:15:33.620 --> 00:15:34.919 so you no longer feel 00:15:34.919 --> 00:15:35.620 conviction. 00:15:36.379 --> 00:15:37.340 You no longer feel 00:15:37.340 --> 00:15:38.000 a longing. 00:15:38.580 --> 00:15:39.560 You no longer feel 00:15:39.560 --> 00:15:41.000 anything. 00:15:42.960 --> 00:15:43.279 Listen, 00:15:43.460 --> 00:15:44.779 it's possible 00:15:44.779 --> 00:15:47.679 to hear and see God 00:15:47.679 --> 00:15:49.839 and still rebel 00:15:49.839 --> 00:15:52.000 in unbelief. 00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:54.759 To sit among His people 00:15:54.759 --> 00:15:56.980 and still reject 00:15:56.980 --> 00:15:58.299 His lordship 00:15:58.299 --> 00:15:59.559 in your life, 00:15:59.799 --> 00:16:00.699 His love 00:16:00.699 --> 00:16:02.019 for you 00:16:02.019 --> 00:16:04.139 to feel nothing. 00:16:05.319 --> 00:16:06.879 You started so well 00:16:06.879 --> 00:16:07.659 with God, 00:16:08.139 --> 00:16:10.839 but then sin deceived 00:16:10.840 --> 00:16:12.259 and your heart 00:16:12.259 --> 00:16:13.820 began to harden. 00:16:16.600 --> 00:16:18.060 It's a serious diagnosis. 00:16:18.700 --> 00:16:19.899 How serious 00:16:19.899 --> 00:16:21.980 is spiritual hard-heartedness? 00:16:22.040 --> 00:16:23.100 What's the prognosis 00:16:23.100 --> 00:16:23.620 for you 00:16:23.620 --> 00:16:24.740 if it takes you down? 00:16:26.379 --> 00:16:27.500 Take care. 00:16:28.639 --> 00:16:29.500 Watch out. 00:16:30.379 --> 00:16:31.580 Lest there be 00:16:31.580 --> 00:16:32.780 in any of you 00:16:32.780 --> 00:16:33.480 an evil, 00:16:33.680 --> 00:16:34.720 unbelieving heart 00:16:34.720 --> 00:16:36.100 leading you 00:16:36.100 --> 00:16:37.779 to fall away 00:16:37.779 --> 00:16:41.240 from the living God. 00:16:42.639 --> 00:16:45.080 No one wants that. 00:16:45.220 --> 00:16:46.639 Away from the God 00:16:46.639 --> 00:16:47.759 who made you 00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:49.540 to be with Him. 00:16:50.379 --> 00:16:50.860 Certainly, 00:16:51.000 --> 00:16:52.000 that wouldn't be me, 00:16:52.220 --> 00:16:52.519 right? 00:16:52.620 --> 00:16:53.519 Look where I am. 00:16:53.540 --> 00:16:54.620 I'm sitting in church. 00:16:55.060 --> 00:16:55.779 I've been in church 00:16:55.779 --> 00:16:56.580 my whole life. 00:16:56.820 --> 00:16:57.960 I know more theology 00:16:57.960 --> 00:16:58.940 than my pastor. 00:16:59.420 --> 00:17:00.100 I've led 00:17:00.100 --> 00:17:01.600 the fundraising campaign. 00:17:01.779 --> 00:17:02.940 We got that golden calf 00:17:02.940 --> 00:17:04.079 up in no time. 00:17:04.079 --> 00:17:09.500 Listen to the pastor's heart 00:17:09.500 --> 00:17:11.359 concerned for his people. 00:17:12.819 --> 00:17:13.699 Who was it 00:17:13.699 --> 00:17:16.179 that finished so poorly 00:17:16.179 --> 00:17:17.220 back then 00:17:17.220 --> 00:17:17.879 in the wilderness? 00:17:18.919 --> 00:17:19.899 Stuck in the wilderness 00:17:19.899 --> 00:17:20.639 40 years, 00:17:20.779 --> 00:17:21.799 buried there. 00:17:22.359 --> 00:17:24.119 It was a whole generation, 00:17:24.299 --> 00:17:24.659 he says, 00:17:24.879 --> 00:17:25.699 of people 00:17:25.699 --> 00:17:26.399 who followed 00:17:26.399 --> 00:17:27.500 Moses' footsteps 00:17:27.500 --> 00:17:28.339 out of Egypt 00:17:28.339 --> 00:17:30.259 and across the Red Sea. 00:17:30.439 --> 00:17:31.220 They started 00:17:31.220 --> 00:17:32.359 so fast 00:17:32.359 --> 00:17:32.899 with God, 00:17:32.980 --> 00:17:33.319 it seemed. 00:17:33.319 --> 00:17:34.659 No one had ever seen 00:17:34.659 --> 00:17:35.659 the greatness of God 00:17:35.659 --> 00:17:36.700 the way they had. 00:17:37.980 --> 00:17:39.220 They are the ones 00:17:39.220 --> 00:17:40.419 who sinned, 00:17:40.960 --> 00:17:42.179 died in the wilderness, 00:17:42.700 --> 00:17:44.039 were disobedient. 00:17:45.079 --> 00:17:47.000 They didn't really believe. 00:17:49.059 --> 00:17:50.000 They showed it 00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:50.980 when God said, 00:17:51.059 --> 00:17:51.099 here, 00:17:51.299 --> 00:17:51.679 come in 00:17:51.679 --> 00:17:53.000 and take this land 00:17:53.000 --> 00:17:54.000 that I'm giving you. 00:17:54.700 --> 00:17:55.579 And they said, 00:17:55.839 --> 00:17:56.079 yeah, 00:17:56.119 --> 00:17:57.359 but there's giants. 00:17:58.399 --> 00:17:58.720 How? 00:17:58.720 --> 00:17:59.339 How? 00:18:02.059 --> 00:18:02.660 You know, 00:18:02.720 --> 00:18:03.700 Egypt might have been 00:18:03.700 --> 00:18:04.860 better than that. 00:18:06.360 --> 00:18:08.319 We know better than Yahweh 00:18:08.319 --> 00:18:10.059 what is best for us. 00:18:12.940 --> 00:18:13.420 Unbelief. 00:18:15.779 --> 00:18:16.299 Powerful, 00:18:16.420 --> 00:18:17.059 painful 00:18:17.059 --> 00:18:18.059 unbelief. 00:18:18.059 --> 00:18:20.519 The prognosis 00:18:20.519 --> 00:18:21.519 for the hard heart 00:18:21.519 --> 00:18:22.559 is it's unable 00:18:22.559 --> 00:18:24.139 to enter 00:18:24.139 --> 00:18:25.559 God's rest. 00:18:27.700 --> 00:18:28.599 Makes sense, 00:18:28.679 --> 00:18:29.039 doesn't it? 00:18:29.039 --> 00:18:30.059 If your heart 00:18:30.059 --> 00:18:31.259 is hardened against God 00:18:31.259 --> 00:18:32.259 looking for life 00:18:32.259 --> 00:18:33.139 somewhere else 00:18:33.139 --> 00:18:34.399 and anything else 00:18:34.399 --> 00:18:35.279 that you can find, 00:18:35.720 --> 00:18:37.299 you can't enjoy 00:18:37.299 --> 00:18:37.740 the rest 00:18:37.740 --> 00:18:38.480 that God offers 00:18:38.480 --> 00:18:39.679 only in Himself. 00:18:39.680 --> 00:18:43.060 There's no rest 00:18:43.060 --> 00:18:44.259 to relieve you. 00:18:44.900 --> 00:18:45.779 No heaven 00:18:45.779 --> 00:18:47.080 to look forward to. 00:18:47.220 --> 00:18:48.440 No promises 00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:49.380 to count on. 00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:50.519 No love 00:18:50.519 --> 00:18:51.420 to revel in. 00:18:51.519 --> 00:18:52.440 No peace 00:18:52.440 --> 00:18:53.460 to calm you. 00:18:53.920 --> 00:18:54.900 No God 00:18:54.900 --> 00:18:56.400 to hold you. 00:18:59.600 --> 00:19:01.060 Now that's dark, 00:19:01.500 --> 00:19:01.700 right? 00:19:01.799 --> 00:19:02.060 I mean, 00:19:02.120 --> 00:19:02.960 not a lot of 00:19:02.960 --> 00:19:04.519 cheer and chuckles 00:19:04.519 --> 00:19:05.660 from me today. 00:19:08.019 --> 00:19:09.180 Neither the pastor 00:19:09.180 --> 00:19:09.940 to the Hebrews 00:19:09.940 --> 00:19:11.560 nor this pastor 00:19:11.560 --> 00:19:12.440 wants to talk 00:19:12.440 --> 00:19:13.000 about that 00:19:13.000 --> 00:19:14.480 potential diagnosis 00:19:14.480 --> 00:19:16.340 and prognosis 00:19:16.340 --> 00:19:18.000 without telling you 00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:19.120 how to avoid it. 00:19:21.880 --> 00:19:23.060 What's the prescription? 00:19:23.279 --> 00:19:24.120 Are you ready for that? 00:19:24.220 --> 00:19:25.180 What do I do? 00:19:25.220 --> 00:19:26.460 I don't want to end up there. 00:19:26.779 --> 00:19:27.700 What's the prescription 00:19:27.700 --> 00:19:28.580 to prevent 00:19:28.580 --> 00:19:30.180 hard heartedness? 00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:30.820 Notice, 00:19:31.380 --> 00:19:31.779 good news, 00:19:31.840 --> 00:19:32.560 he's writing to those 00:19:32.560 --> 00:19:34.140 who haven't hardened yet, 00:19:34.240 --> 00:19:35.180 at least not beyond 00:19:35.180 --> 00:19:36.380 help or hope. 00:19:36.519 --> 00:19:37.580 He's warning them 00:19:37.580 --> 00:19:39.140 and he's encouraging them 00:19:39.140 --> 00:19:40.180 as a community. 00:19:40.180 --> 00:19:41.580 If you're hearing me, 00:19:41.620 --> 00:19:42.620 it's not too late. 00:19:45.400 --> 00:19:47.040 To keep your heart soft, 00:19:47.140 --> 00:19:47.840 first pill 00:19:47.840 --> 00:19:49.160 to take daily. 00:19:51.340 --> 00:19:51.980 Speak 00:19:51.980 --> 00:19:53.840 to one another's hearts. 00:19:55.100 --> 00:19:56.100 I want to look more closely 00:19:56.100 --> 00:19:56.600 at verses 00:19:56.600 --> 00:19:58.500 12 and 13. 00:19:58.500 --> 00:20:01.660 take care, 00:20:01.940 --> 00:20:02.839 brothers and sisters, 00:20:03.559 --> 00:20:06.039 lest there be in any of you 00:20:06.039 --> 00:20:06.640 an evil, 00:20:06.839 --> 00:20:07.940 unbelieving heart 00:20:07.940 --> 00:20:10.140 leading you to fall away 00:20:10.140 --> 00:20:11.880 from the living God. 00:20:13.819 --> 00:20:14.259 But, 00:20:14.420 --> 00:20:16.640 instead of falling away 00:20:16.640 --> 00:20:18.039 from the living God 00:20:18.039 --> 00:20:19.599 with an unbelieving heart, 00:20:19.720 --> 00:20:20.160 what? 00:20:20.599 --> 00:20:20.819 What? 00:20:20.819 --> 00:20:21.539 But, 00:20:21.539 --> 00:20:23.179 exhort one another 00:20:23.179 --> 00:20:24.379 every day, 00:20:24.720 --> 00:20:26.500 as long as it is called today, 00:20:26.859 --> 00:20:27.879 that none of you 00:20:27.879 --> 00:20:28.839 may be hardened 00:20:28.839 --> 00:20:30.179 by the deceitfulness 00:20:30.179 --> 00:20:31.200 of sin. 00:20:31.339 --> 00:20:32.200 You notice there 00:20:32.200 --> 00:20:33.259 how many hearts 00:20:33.259 --> 00:20:34.519 you're supposed to be 00:20:34.519 --> 00:20:35.759 watching carefully, 00:20:36.240 --> 00:20:37.119 taking care, 00:20:37.379 --> 00:20:37.659 that you don't, 00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:38.460 how many of them? 00:20:38.599 --> 00:20:39.339 Is it just one? 00:20:39.399 --> 00:20:40.240 Is it just your own 00:20:40.240 --> 00:20:41.359 that you're responsible for? 00:20:42.379 --> 00:20:42.839 It's not, 00:20:42.939 --> 00:20:43.119 is it? 00:20:43.119 --> 00:20:46.419 It's all your brothers 00:20:46.419 --> 00:20:47.339 and sisters. 00:20:47.639 --> 00:20:48.159 Take care, 00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:49.399 lest in any of you 00:20:49.399 --> 00:20:50.879 so that none of you, 00:20:51.399 --> 00:20:52.479 you need to be watching out 00:20:52.479 --> 00:20:53.259 for all of them. 00:20:55.079 --> 00:20:56.500 It is your job 00:20:56.500 --> 00:20:57.659 to make sure 00:20:57.659 --> 00:20:58.479 the deceitfulness 00:20:58.479 --> 00:20:59.159 of sin 00:20:59.159 --> 00:21:01.019 does not harden you 00:21:01.019 --> 00:21:02.539 or anyone else 00:21:02.539 --> 00:21:03.539 in your family. 00:21:04.599 --> 00:21:04.959 Oh, 00:21:05.279 --> 00:21:05.539 pastor, 00:21:05.619 --> 00:21:06.559 I just wanted to take 00:21:06.559 --> 00:21:08.139 my pill at home 00:21:08.139 --> 00:21:09.119 every day 00:21:09.119 --> 00:21:10.019 and just carry on 00:21:10.019 --> 00:21:10.639 with my life. 00:21:10.959 --> 00:21:11.359 Nope, 00:21:12.039 --> 00:21:12.899 not an option. 00:21:13.859 --> 00:21:14.419 Exhort 00:21:14.419 --> 00:21:15.799 one another 00:21:15.799 --> 00:21:17.099 every day. 00:21:17.979 --> 00:21:19.519 It's that beautiful word 00:21:19.519 --> 00:21:20.699 parakaleo 00:21:20.699 --> 00:21:21.959 translated, 00:21:22.299 --> 00:21:23.019 you'll know it as 00:21:23.019 --> 00:21:23.599 counsel 00:21:23.599 --> 00:21:25.139 or encourage, 00:21:25.679 --> 00:21:26.199 exhort, 00:21:26.719 --> 00:21:27.119 help, 00:21:27.779 --> 00:21:28.279 comfort. 00:21:29.439 --> 00:21:29.979 Literally, 00:21:30.279 --> 00:21:30.739 it means 00:21:30.739 --> 00:21:31.699 call 00:21:31.699 --> 00:21:33.000 alongside. 00:21:33.739 --> 00:21:34.399 It means 00:21:34.399 --> 00:21:35.799 come beside 00:21:35.799 --> 00:21:36.699 a brother 00:21:36.699 --> 00:21:37.539 or sister 00:21:37.539 --> 00:21:39.019 and yell at them 00:21:39.019 --> 00:21:40.199 in love. 00:21:40.200 --> 00:21:44.059 like a heart 00:21:44.059 --> 00:21:44.840 massage. 00:21:45.460 --> 00:21:46.019 Soften 00:21:46.019 --> 00:21:47.160 their hearts 00:21:47.160 --> 00:21:47.840 to God. 00:21:48.259 --> 00:21:49.180 Don't let sin 00:21:49.180 --> 00:21:50.120 deceive them 00:21:50.120 --> 00:21:51.620 and harden them. 00:21:52.000 --> 00:21:52.100 See, 00:21:52.279 --> 00:21:53.559 it's a lot 00:21:53.559 --> 00:21:54.400 more than just 00:21:54.400 --> 00:21:55.000 hang out 00:21:55.000 --> 00:21:55.779 with one another. 00:21:56.340 --> 00:21:56.580 You know, 00:21:56.720 --> 00:21:57.700 play pickleball, 00:21:57.980 --> 00:21:58.660 read a book, 00:21:59.059 --> 00:21:59.960 shoot the breeze, 00:22:00.140 --> 00:22:00.960 tell jokes. 00:22:02.080 --> 00:22:02.380 No, 00:22:02.860 --> 00:22:03.680 speak to one 00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:05.120 another's hearts. 00:22:05.759 --> 00:22:06.840 What's going on there? 00:22:06.839 --> 00:22:08.399 In context, 00:22:08.899 --> 00:22:09.579 this is saying 00:22:09.579 --> 00:22:10.699 the practical, 00:22:11.139 --> 00:22:12.019 personal remedy 00:22:12.019 --> 00:22:13.059 that God gives 00:22:13.059 --> 00:22:14.459 against the deceitfulness 00:22:14.459 --> 00:22:15.159 of sin 00:22:15.159 --> 00:22:16.119 in your heart 00:22:16.119 --> 00:22:17.519 is brothers 00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:18.379 and sisters 00:22:18.379 --> 00:22:19.819 who make the truth 00:22:19.819 --> 00:22:20.519 of Jesus 00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:22.019 seem more beautiful 00:22:22.019 --> 00:22:23.019 than the lies 00:22:23.019 --> 00:22:23.579 of sin. 00:22:24.459 --> 00:22:25.779 That's God's remedy. 00:22:25.939 --> 00:22:26.720 That's the pill. 00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:27.939 Brothers and sisters 00:22:27.939 --> 00:22:29.039 who make the truth 00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:29.619 of Jesus 00:22:29.619 --> 00:22:30.779 seem more beautiful 00:22:30.779 --> 00:22:31.299 to you 00:22:31.299 --> 00:22:32.159 than the lies 00:22:32.159 --> 00:22:32.699 of sin. 00:22:32.700 --> 00:22:35.279 Sometimes that means 00:22:35.279 --> 00:22:36.180 calling you out 00:22:36.180 --> 00:22:37.640 on the lies of sin 00:22:37.640 --> 00:22:38.580 they see you believing. 00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:40.980 Sometimes that will mean 00:22:40.980 --> 00:22:42.180 sharing their own struggles 00:22:42.180 --> 00:22:43.600 and praying together. 00:22:44.220 --> 00:22:45.220 Sometimes that will mean 00:22:45.220 --> 00:22:46.620 coming alongside you 00:22:46.620 --> 00:22:47.360 and yelling 00:22:47.360 --> 00:22:48.559 the wonder 00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:49.519 and the worth 00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:50.140 of Jesus 00:22:50.140 --> 00:22:51.360 so loudly 00:22:51.360 --> 00:22:52.019 in your ear 00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:53.059 that it drowns out 00:22:53.059 --> 00:22:54.080 anything else 00:22:54.080 --> 00:22:55.220 that you may be 00:22:55.220 --> 00:22:55.960 listening to. 00:22:56.960 --> 00:22:58.140 I have so many 00:22:58.140 --> 00:22:58.980 of those in my life. 00:22:59.039 --> 00:22:59.680 I hope you do. 00:22:59.779 --> 00:23:00.380 So many. 00:23:00.460 --> 00:23:01.240 I'm so thankful. 00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:03.180 I think that God knew 00:23:03.180 --> 00:23:04.180 that I was going 00:23:04.180 --> 00:23:06.259 to need so much help 00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:08.339 to see the deceitfulness 00:23:08.339 --> 00:23:09.519 of my sin 00:23:09.519 --> 00:23:11.099 to see the worth 00:23:11.099 --> 00:23:11.900 of my Savior. 00:23:12.079 --> 00:23:12.599 He's given me 00:23:12.599 --> 00:23:13.680 so many 00:23:13.680 --> 00:23:14.620 many of you. 00:23:15.059 --> 00:23:16.000 I'll come back to that. 00:23:17.900 --> 00:23:18.980 Speak to 00:23:18.980 --> 00:23:19.960 one 00:23:19.960 --> 00:23:21.400 another. 00:23:23.220 --> 00:23:24.359 Let me just point out 00:23:24.359 --> 00:23:24.779 briefly 00:23:24.779 --> 00:23:26.120 no matter how 00:23:26.120 --> 00:23:27.359 spiritual you are 00:23:27.359 --> 00:23:28.519 this is 00:23:28.519 --> 00:23:29.799 part of the Bible 00:23:29.799 --> 00:23:31.059 that you can't obey. 00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:32.220 on your own 00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:33.980 by yourself. 00:23:34.500 --> 00:23:35.740 Even if you and God 00:23:35.740 --> 00:23:36.559 are having really 00:23:36.559 --> 00:23:37.720 great quiet times 00:23:37.720 --> 00:23:38.579 even if you have 00:23:38.579 --> 00:23:39.299 already read 00:23:39.299 --> 00:23:40.200 the entire Bible 00:23:40.200 --> 00:23:41.140 reading plan for the year 00:23:41.140 --> 00:23:42.440 and prayed all of the 00:23:42.440 --> 00:23:43.299 prayers in the booklets 00:23:43.299 --> 00:23:45.480 you can't do this. 00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:47.299 You actually have to have 00:23:47.299 --> 00:23:48.859 a grace group 00:23:48.859 --> 00:23:50.019 whether you call it 00:23:50.019 --> 00:23:50.620 that or not. 00:23:52.120 --> 00:23:53.440 You need other people. 00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:55.220 Listen, 00:23:55.359 --> 00:23:55.859 you are in 00:23:55.859 --> 00:23:57.799 rebellion against God 00:23:57.799 --> 00:23:59.240 disobedience 00:23:59.240 --> 00:24:00.220 to His Word 00:24:00.220 --> 00:24:01.180 if you aren't 00:24:01.180 --> 00:24:02.339 actively seeking 00:24:02.339 --> 00:24:03.920 people to speak 00:24:03.920 --> 00:24:05.039 into your heart 00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:05.980 while you speak 00:24:05.980 --> 00:24:06.599 into theirs. 00:24:07.079 --> 00:24:08.519 It's that serious. 00:24:09.940 --> 00:24:10.680 How often 00:24:10.680 --> 00:24:11.980 do we need to take 00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:12.460 this pill? 00:24:12.900 --> 00:24:14.339 Every day 00:24:14.339 --> 00:24:16.420 as long as it is 00:24:16.420 --> 00:24:17.140 called today 00:24:17.140 --> 00:24:19.140 until Jesus returns 00:24:19.140 --> 00:24:21.039 you never stop 00:24:21.039 --> 00:24:22.160 needing this. 00:24:23.220 --> 00:24:24.059 This is not some 00:24:24.059 --> 00:24:25.759 legalistic 24 hour 00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:26.859 period where you 00:24:26.859 --> 00:24:27.559 must speak 00:24:27.559 --> 00:24:28.220 to one another 00:24:28.220 --> 00:24:28.940 or else. 00:24:29.879 --> 00:24:30.099 Listen, 00:24:30.180 --> 00:24:30.779 if you miss 00:24:30.779 --> 00:24:31.599 the preventive 00:24:31.599 --> 00:24:33.079 medication once 00:24:33.079 --> 00:24:34.099 you're probably 00:24:34.099 --> 00:24:35.220 okay that night 00:24:35.220 --> 00:24:37.480 but never stop 00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:38.579 taking it regularly, 00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:39.000 right? 00:24:39.920 --> 00:24:40.920 That's the warning. 00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:43.039 Hardness 00:24:43.039 --> 00:24:43.720 will begin 00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:44.240 to develop. 00:24:46.099 --> 00:24:46.339 You know 00:24:46.339 --> 00:24:46.819 one of the things 00:24:46.819 --> 00:24:47.299 that means? 00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:49.759 It means 00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:50.119 that 00:24:50.119 --> 00:24:51.779 I am not 00:24:51.779 --> 00:24:52.480 able to do 00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:53.339 this for you. 00:24:53.339 --> 00:24:55.720 A sermon 00:24:55.720 --> 00:24:56.500 on Sunday 00:24:56.500 --> 00:24:57.480 and a quirky 00:24:57.480 --> 00:24:58.939 video on Wednesday 00:24:58.939 --> 00:24:59.779 that you skip 00:24:59.779 --> 00:25:01.500 over to remind 00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:02.220 you about the 00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:03.039 worth of Jesus 00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:04.819 that's not enough. 00:25:06.879 --> 00:25:07.799 You need to 00:25:07.799 --> 00:25:08.740 find your people. 00:25:09.459 --> 00:25:10.399 Find a grace 00:25:10.399 --> 00:25:10.839 group. 00:25:11.159 --> 00:25:12.099 Ask someone 00:25:12.099 --> 00:25:13.179 to yell 00:25:13.179 --> 00:25:14.379 alongside you. 00:25:14.639 --> 00:25:15.619 Offer to yell 00:25:15.619 --> 00:25:17.339 alongside them. 00:25:17.740 --> 00:25:18.599 Blame it on me 00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:19.279 if you need to 00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:19.980 if it's awkward. 00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:20.759 Blame it on 00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:21.199 Hebrews. 00:25:22.419 --> 00:25:23.119 But do it. 00:25:23.339 --> 00:25:25.799 I want to 00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:26.379 urge you to do it 00:25:26.379 --> 00:25:26.879 today. 00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:28.079 This afternoon. 00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:29.919 Today 00:25:29.919 --> 00:25:30.679 in the words 00:25:30.679 --> 00:25:31.259 of Hebrews 00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:32.339 reach out 00:25:32.339 --> 00:25:33.019 to at least 00:25:33.019 --> 00:25:33.939 one person. 00:25:34.139 --> 00:25:34.759 Can I just 00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:35.299 challenge each 00:25:35.299 --> 00:25:35.659 of you to do 00:25:35.659 --> 00:25:35.779 that? 00:25:36.099 --> 00:25:36.539 Reach out 00:25:36.539 --> 00:25:37.439 to one person 00:25:37.439 --> 00:25:38.539 or one group 00:25:38.539 --> 00:25:39.299 at a minimum 00:25:39.299 --> 00:25:41.659 and just say 00:25:41.659 --> 00:25:44.199 you do this 00:25:44.199 --> 00:25:44.759 for me. 00:25:44.919 --> 00:25:45.819 Thank you. 00:25:46.339 --> 00:25:46.899 Please don't 00:25:46.899 --> 00:25:47.439 stop. 00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:51.860 or I so 00:25:51.860 --> 00:25:52.820 need you 00:25:52.820 --> 00:25:53.840 to do this 00:25:53.840 --> 00:25:54.140 for me. 00:25:54.240 --> 00:25:54.680 Would you 00:25:54.680 --> 00:25:55.519 please 00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:57.059 would you 00:25:57.059 --> 00:25:57.700 please do 00:25:57.700 --> 00:25:58.320 this for me? 00:25:59.120 --> 00:26:00.019 Make a note 00:26:00.019 --> 00:26:00.759 somewhere right 00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:01.480 now so that you 00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:02.480 do it this 00:26:02.480 --> 00:26:03.180 afternoon that you 00:26:03.180 --> 00:26:03.720 reach out and 00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:04.519 say brother 00:26:04.519 --> 00:26:05.580 sister let me be 00:26:05.580 --> 00:26:06.340 your shelter. 00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:07.620 Let me shine 00:26:07.620 --> 00:26:09.059 light into your 00:26:09.059 --> 00:26:09.740 life. 00:26:13.400 --> 00:26:14.120 Some of you are 00:26:14.120 --> 00:26:14.900 texting right now 00:26:14.900 --> 00:26:15.540 that's not what 00:26:15.540 --> 00:26:15.980 I said. 00:26:16.080 --> 00:26:17.100 God sees you 00:26:17.100 --> 00:26:19.780 this afternoon 00:26:19.780 --> 00:26:20.960 do that. 00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:23.519 That's a big 00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:24.140 part of the 00:26:24.140 --> 00:26:25.220 prescription here. 00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:27.680 Speak to one 00:26:27.680 --> 00:26:28.040 another. 00:26:30.820 --> 00:26:32.460 But it's not 00:26:32.460 --> 00:26:32.880 just to be 00:26:32.880 --> 00:26:33.480 talkative. 00:26:33.860 --> 00:26:34.500 Remember it's 00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:35.740 to our hearts. 00:26:35.900 --> 00:26:36.460 So what is it 00:26:36.460 --> 00:26:37.259 that we're saying? 00:26:37.340 --> 00:26:37.660 What are we 00:26:37.660 --> 00:26:38.480 speaking about? 00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:39.820 We speak to 00:26:39.820 --> 00:26:40.380 one another 00:26:40.380 --> 00:26:41.340 so that we 00:26:41.340 --> 00:26:42.580 listen ultimately 00:26:42.580 --> 00:26:44.500 to God's 00:26:44.500 --> 00:26:44.960 voice. 00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:46.319 That's the one 00:26:46.319 --> 00:26:46.640 we need to 00:26:46.640 --> 00:26:47.140 hear right? 00:26:47.559 --> 00:26:48.220 Twice the 00:26:48.220 --> 00:26:48.900 preacher quotes 00:26:48.900 --> 00:26:50.059 that line from 00:26:50.059 --> 00:26:50.900 Psalm 95. 00:26:51.180 --> 00:26:51.480 He's really 00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:52.240 focused on that 00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:53.339 first part. 00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:54.640 Today if you 00:26:54.640 --> 00:26:56.140 hear his 00:26:56.140 --> 00:26:58.619 voice do 00:26:58.619 --> 00:26:59.200 not harden 00:26:59.200 --> 00:26:59.660 your hearts. 00:26:59.960 --> 00:27:00.799 Stay soft. 00:27:00.980 --> 00:27:01.960 Stay warm 00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:03.099 to what God 00:27:03.099 --> 00:27:03.920 says. 00:27:04.339 --> 00:27:05.299 Even if it 00:27:05.299 --> 00:27:06.099 challenges you 00:27:06.099 --> 00:27:07.500 especially if it 00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:08.400 challenges you 00:27:08.400 --> 00:27:10.039 keep sitting 00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:11.519 under God's 00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:12.099 word. 00:27:12.700 --> 00:27:13.480 You don't know 00:27:13.480 --> 00:27:14.079 what to say 00:27:14.079 --> 00:27:14.799 to your friend 00:27:14.799 --> 00:27:16.079 when you reach 00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:16.779 out, when you 00:27:16.779 --> 00:27:17.420 speak to them 00:27:17.420 --> 00:27:17.880 one day. 00:27:18.299 --> 00:27:18.960 Share something 00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:19.660 you read in 00:27:19.660 --> 00:27:20.539 your Bible 00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:21.019 reading. 00:27:21.400 --> 00:27:22.319 Even copy 00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:23.299 and paste it. 00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:24.900 Anything that 00:27:24.900 --> 00:27:26.220 helped you see 00:27:26.220 --> 00:27:27.120 your need for 00:27:27.120 --> 00:27:28.500 Jesus and his 00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:29.740 graciously meeting 00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:30.319 your need. 00:27:30.420 --> 00:27:31.420 Just share it 00:27:31.420 --> 00:27:31.839 with them. 00:27:33.380 --> 00:27:33.900 Look at verse 00:27:33.900 --> 00:27:34.220 seven. 00:27:35.980 --> 00:27:37.099 As the Holy 00:27:37.099 --> 00:27:38.700 Spirit says, 00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:39.620 interesting way to 00:27:39.620 --> 00:27:40.720 quote scripture 00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:41.240 isn't it? 00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:42.740 As the Holy 00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:43.680 Spirit says, 00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:45.259 God speaks to 00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:46.200 us in his 00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:46.579 word. 00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:48.220 Doesn't he? 00:27:50.220 --> 00:27:50.980 Notice just 00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:51.339 for a minute 00:27:51.339 --> 00:27:51.900 that this 00:27:51.900 --> 00:27:52.819 really neat 00:27:52.819 --> 00:27:53.519 dynamic that's 00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:54.000 going on. 00:27:55.279 --> 00:27:56.039 This is God 00:27:56.039 --> 00:27:56.940 the Holy Spirit 00:27:56.940 --> 00:27:58.039 speaking in 00:27:58.039 --> 00:27:59.019 Psalm 95 00:27:59.019 --> 00:28:01.100 to speak to 00:28:01.100 --> 00:28:01.799 God's people 00:28:01.799 --> 00:28:02.700 then about 00:28:02.700 --> 00:28:03.279 something that 00:28:03.279 --> 00:28:04.220 happened several 00:28:04.220 --> 00:28:05.339 hundred years 00:28:05.339 --> 00:28:07.039 before that they 00:28:07.039 --> 00:28:07.779 need to heed the 00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.420 warning of and 00:28:08.420 --> 00:28:08.940 learn from. 00:28:09.579 --> 00:28:10.019 You see what's 00:28:10.019 --> 00:28:10.500 happening there? 00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:11.639 Learn from them 00:28:11.639 --> 00:28:12.379 the Holy Spirit 00:28:12.379 --> 00:28:12.700 says. 00:28:13.099 --> 00:28:13.740 And then the 00:28:13.740 --> 00:28:14.319 writer to the 00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:15.599 Hebrews takes 00:28:15.599 --> 00:28:16.740 Psalm 95 00:28:16.740 --> 00:28:17.839 several hundred 00:28:17.839 --> 00:28:18.980 years after that 00:28:18.980 --> 00:28:19.639 and says, 00:28:20.160 --> 00:28:20.920 look back to 00:28:20.920 --> 00:28:21.200 that. 00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:22.519 God's still 00:28:22.519 --> 00:28:23.299 speaking. 00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:24.579 Listen again 00:28:24.579 --> 00:28:25.460 to him. 00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:26.980 And here we 00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:28.220 are now gathered 00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:29.240 several hundred 00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:30.160 years later 00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:31.420 looking back to 00:28:31.420 --> 00:28:32.480 the writer writing 00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:33.200 to the Hebrews 00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:33.920 and saying, 00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:34.920 listen to what 00:28:34.920 --> 00:28:35.259 he says. 00:28:35.519 --> 00:28:36.639 God is speaking. 00:28:37.059 --> 00:28:37.960 The Holy Spirit 00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:38.980 speaks to you 00:28:38.980 --> 00:28:40.000 today and says, 00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:41.119 don't miss this. 00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:42.500 If you hear his 00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:43.900 voice, don't 00:28:43.900 --> 00:28:44.660 harden your 00:28:44.660 --> 00:28:45.200 heart. 00:28:45.700 --> 00:28:46.700 God still speaks 00:28:46.700 --> 00:28:47.720 by his spirit 00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:49.019 through his word. 00:28:49.099 --> 00:28:49.720 You can count 00:28:49.720 --> 00:28:50.180 on it. 00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:51.940 Today, today, 00:28:51.940 --> 00:28:53.200 if you hear his 00:28:53.200 --> 00:28:54.700 voice, listen up. 00:28:54.879 --> 00:28:55.819 Don't turn away. 00:28:56.319 --> 00:28:57.200 Keep listening. 00:28:58.859 --> 00:29:00.279 So that ultimately 00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:03.859 you hold fast 00:29:03.859 --> 00:29:05.599 to Jesus. 00:29:08.059 --> 00:29:08.699 Did you remember 00:29:08.699 --> 00:29:09.199 that's where this 00:29:09.199 --> 00:29:09.839 whole passage 00:29:09.839 --> 00:29:10.519 started? 00:29:10.719 --> 00:29:11.299 Some of you were 00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:12.039 wondering if I was 00:29:12.039 --> 00:29:12.500 going to make it 00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:13.079 back to that. 00:29:14.399 --> 00:29:15.139 Verse 1. 00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:16.679 Consider 00:29:16.679 --> 00:29:18.279 Jesus. 00:29:18.979 --> 00:29:19.399 Fix 00:29:19.399 --> 00:29:20.740 your thoughts 00:29:20.740 --> 00:29:21.740 on Jesus 00:29:21.740 --> 00:29:22.399 is what it 00:29:22.399 --> 00:29:22.819 means. 00:29:23.779 --> 00:29:24.639 He is the one 00:29:24.639 --> 00:29:25.479 that you most 00:29:25.479 --> 00:29:26.779 need to help 00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:27.559 you endure. 00:29:28.159 --> 00:29:28.419 See, 00:29:28.799 --> 00:29:29.379 the Israelites 00:29:29.379 --> 00:29:30.439 who wandered 00:29:30.439 --> 00:29:30.959 in the wilderness, 00:29:31.119 --> 00:29:32.179 who failed to 00:29:32.180 --> 00:29:32.720 finish well, 00:29:32.799 --> 00:29:33.440 they had a good 00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:33.759 leader, 00:29:33.860 --> 00:29:34.340 didn't they? 00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:35.779 Moses was 00:29:35.779 --> 00:29:37.240 indeed the epitome 00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:37.820 of greatness 00:29:37.820 --> 00:29:38.759 for the Jews 00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:39.480 and sure enough, 00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:40.340 he was faithful 00:29:40.340 --> 00:29:41.420 to God. 00:29:42.320 --> 00:29:42.840 This is not 00:29:42.840 --> 00:29:43.580 ripping on Moses 00:29:43.580 --> 00:29:43.980 here. 00:29:44.560 --> 00:29:45.500 God sent Moses 00:29:45.500 --> 00:29:46.360 to deliver his 00:29:46.360 --> 00:29:47.120 message to his 00:29:47.120 --> 00:29:48.340 people and then 00:29:48.340 --> 00:29:49.100 to deliver his 00:29:49.100 --> 00:29:49.820 people from 00:29:49.820 --> 00:29:50.440 bondage. 00:29:50.680 --> 00:29:51.400 He represented 00:29:51.400 --> 00:29:52.480 God to the 00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:52.980 people and then 00:29:52.980 --> 00:29:53.480 he represented 00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:54.160 the people to 00:29:54.160 --> 00:29:54.759 God when he 00:29:54.759 --> 00:29:55.519 pled for God 00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:56.340 to show mercy 00:29:56.340 --> 00:29:56.960 on them. 00:29:58.080 --> 00:29:58.480 What an 00:29:58.480 --> 00:29:59.060 amazing, 00:29:59.220 --> 00:30:00.600 incredible guy. 00:30:02.180 --> 00:30:04.460 But just like 00:30:04.460 --> 00:30:04.860 he did with 00:30:04.860 --> 00:30:05.440 the angels 00:30:05.440 --> 00:30:06.500 in chapter 2, 00:30:06.640 --> 00:30:07.420 the writer here 00:30:07.420 --> 00:30:08.240 is giving a 00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:09.400 warning saying, 00:30:09.880 --> 00:30:10.539 if the people 00:30:10.539 --> 00:30:11.960 following Moses 00:30:11.960 --> 00:30:13.420 fell away 00:30:13.420 --> 00:30:14.340 and missed out 00:30:14.340 --> 00:30:14.860 on something 00:30:14.860 --> 00:30:15.259 good, 00:30:15.960 --> 00:30:16.940 how much 00:30:16.940 --> 00:30:17.920 more will 00:30:17.920 --> 00:30:18.779 people following 00:30:18.779 --> 00:30:19.740 Jesus who 00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:20.779 fall away from 00:30:20.779 --> 00:30:22.720 him miss out 00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:24.200 on something 00:30:24.200 --> 00:30:25.320 good? 00:30:26.519 --> 00:30:26.840 See, 00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:27.360 while Moses 00:30:27.360 --> 00:30:28.200 is a servant, 00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:28.940 he says, 00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:30.360 of God, 00:30:30.359 --> 00:30:32.779 Jesus is the 00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:34.559 son of God. 00:30:34.639 --> 00:30:34.899 Moses, 00:30:35.079 --> 00:30:36.359 you're outranked. 00:30:37.639 --> 00:30:38.159 While Moses 00:30:38.159 --> 00:30:39.079 is a part of 00:30:39.079 --> 00:30:40.240 God's house, 00:30:40.899 --> 00:30:42.079 Jesus builds 00:30:42.079 --> 00:30:42.679 the house. 00:30:42.819 --> 00:30:43.059 Moses, 00:30:43.259 --> 00:30:44.299 you're outdone. 00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:47.240 Jesus is the 00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:49.099 apostle of our 00:30:49.099 --> 00:30:49.899 confession, 00:30:50.079 --> 00:30:50.740 the one we 00:30:50.740 --> 00:30:52.319 affirm as sent 00:30:52.319 --> 00:30:53.500 by God from 00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:54.500 heaven to dwell 00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:55.559 with us. 00:30:55.699 --> 00:30:56.319 The prophet 00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:57.039 like Moses, 00:30:57.199 --> 00:30:58.159 but even greater 00:30:58.159 --> 00:30:58.799 than Moses. 00:30:58.799 --> 00:31:00.319 Jesus is also 00:31:00.319 --> 00:31:02.039 the high priest 00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:03.119 of our 00:31:03.119 --> 00:31:03.680 confession, 00:31:03.819 --> 00:31:04.379 the one who 00:31:04.379 --> 00:31:05.700 represents us 00:31:05.700 --> 00:31:06.559 before God 00:31:06.559 --> 00:31:07.579 by making the 00:31:07.579 --> 00:31:08.659 ultimate sacrifice, 00:31:08.899 --> 00:31:09.099 right? 00:31:09.839 --> 00:31:11.119 So that no one 00:31:11.119 --> 00:31:11.680 in him, 00:31:11.899 --> 00:31:13.000 no one following 00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:13.500 Jesus, 00:31:13.859 --> 00:31:15.279 no one in his 00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:16.379 family ever 00:31:16.379 --> 00:31:17.299 fails to make 00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:17.839 it home. 00:31:18.500 --> 00:31:20.039 So glory to 00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:20.539 Jesus, 00:31:20.799 --> 00:31:20.980 right? 00:31:21.299 --> 00:31:22.299 Glory and glory 00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:23.680 and more glory 00:31:23.680 --> 00:31:24.839 because he 00:31:24.839 --> 00:31:25.480 brings us 00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:25.740 home. 00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:28.660 See, 00:31:29.180 --> 00:31:30.640 we're really 00:31:30.640 --> 00:31:31.299 close to 00:31:31.299 --> 00:31:31.599 Jesus. 00:31:31.880 --> 00:31:32.480 We are his 00:31:32.480 --> 00:31:34.059 brothers and 00:31:34.059 --> 00:31:34.779 sisters, 00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:36.299 it says. 00:31:36.660 --> 00:31:36.940 Isn't that 00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:37.420 beautiful? 00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:38.420 That reminder 00:31:38.420 --> 00:31:39.019 to you right 00:31:39.019 --> 00:31:39.319 as he's 00:31:39.319 --> 00:31:39.880 warning you. 00:31:40.740 --> 00:31:41.180 We are in 00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:41.980 the second 00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:42.519 analogy, 00:31:42.660 --> 00:31:43.299 we are God's 00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:43.980 house, 00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:45.539 which is why 00:31:45.539 --> 00:31:46.539 every single 00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:47.000 brick, 00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:48.019 every one of 00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:49.200 us is needed. 00:31:49.319 --> 00:31:50.059 We must cling 00:31:50.059 --> 00:31:50.599 to one another, 00:31:50.700 --> 00:31:51.599 let no one fall 00:31:51.599 --> 00:31:52.500 away because God 00:31:52.500 --> 00:31:53.240 lives here. 00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:54.120 Wow, 00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:55.759 what an amazing 00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:56.380 thing we're a 00:31:56.380 --> 00:31:56.740 part of. 00:31:57.799 --> 00:31:58.339 And then he 00:31:58.339 --> 00:31:58.539 says, 00:31:59.200 --> 00:32:00.599 we share in 00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:03.859 Christ as 00:32:03.859 --> 00:32:04.460 long as we 00:32:04.460 --> 00:32:05.779 hold fast our 00:32:05.779 --> 00:32:07.120 confidence to 00:32:07.120 --> 00:32:07.660 the end. 00:32:08.279 --> 00:32:08.680 Is that what 00:32:08.680 --> 00:32:08.920 he's saying? 00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:10.079 As long as our 00:32:10.079 --> 00:32:11.039 grip is strong 00:32:11.039 --> 00:32:11.680 enough, is that 00:32:11.680 --> 00:32:12.079 what will do 00:32:12.079 --> 00:32:12.240 it? 00:32:12.400 --> 00:32:12.660 No. 00:32:13.140 --> 00:32:13.859 He talks about 00:32:13.859 --> 00:32:14.579 our confidence 00:32:14.579 --> 00:32:16.279 in Jesus. 00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:17.519 Our boasting 00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:18.480 and our hope 00:32:18.480 --> 00:32:19.660 is Jesus. 00:32:20.440 --> 00:32:21.500 He indeed 00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:22.920 enables us to 00:32:22.920 --> 00:32:23.820 endure and 00:32:23.820 --> 00:32:24.380 to finish 00:32:24.380 --> 00:32:24.779 what we 00:32:24.779 --> 00:32:25.400 started with 00:32:25.400 --> 00:32:25.600 him. 00:32:25.660 --> 00:32:26.000 Isn't this 00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:26.920 amazing that 00:32:26.920 --> 00:32:27.380 we're not 00:32:27.380 --> 00:32:28.180 actually on 00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:28.620 our own? 00:32:28.940 --> 00:32:29.500 We have a 00:32:29.500 --> 00:32:30.320 share, a 00:32:30.320 --> 00:32:31.620 stake in 00:32:31.620 --> 00:32:32.660 Christ, the 00:32:32.660 --> 00:32:33.620 enduring one. 00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:34.060 We're in 00:32:34.060 --> 00:32:34.560 him. 00:32:38.820 --> 00:32:39.460 I want to 00:32:39.460 --> 00:32:39.880 show you as 00:32:39.880 --> 00:32:41.380 we close a 00:32:41.380 --> 00:32:42.900 clip from 00:32:42.900 --> 00:32:43.820 the 1992 00:32:43.820 --> 00:32:45.140 Olympics. 00:32:46.580 --> 00:32:47.420 I suspect 00:32:47.420 --> 00:32:48.039 many of you 00:32:48.039 --> 00:32:48.400 will have 00:32:48.400 --> 00:32:48.820 seen it. 00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:49.360 One of the 00:32:49.360 --> 00:32:50.080 great moments 00:32:50.080 --> 00:32:51.039 in Olympic 00:32:51.039 --> 00:32:51.580 history, 00:32:51.579 --> 00:32:52.279 British 00:32:52.279 --> 00:32:52.960 sprinter 00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:53.500 Derek 00:32:53.500 --> 00:32:54.059 Redmond 00:32:54.059 --> 00:32:55.199 was really 00:32:55.199 --> 00:32:55.699 fast. 00:32:55.859 --> 00:32:56.519 He ran 00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:57.159 away with 00:32:57.159 --> 00:32:57.679 his first 00:32:57.679 --> 00:32:58.480 heat in 00:32:58.480 --> 00:32:58.960 the 400 00:32:58.960 --> 00:32:59.399 meters. 00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:00.480 This you're 00:33:00.480 --> 00:33:00.939 about to 00:33:00.939 --> 00:33:02.179 see is his 00:33:02.179 --> 00:33:03.179 semifinal heat 00:33:03.179 --> 00:33:03.619 and I'm 00:33:03.619 --> 00:33:04.099 going to 00:33:04.099 --> 00:33:04.960 commentate for 00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:05.879 us so I 00:33:05.879 --> 00:33:06.299 can make some 00:33:06.299 --> 00:33:06.859 points along 00:33:06.859 --> 00:33:07.179 the way. 00:33:07.419 --> 00:33:07.699 It's a little 00:33:07.699 --> 00:33:08.039 long. 00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:10.199 There's 00:33:10.199 --> 00:33:10.740 Redmond in 00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:11.439 lane five 00:33:11.439 --> 00:33:12.179 wearing blue. 00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:13.779 You'll be able 00:33:13.779 --> 00:33:14.299 to tell who he 00:33:14.299 --> 00:33:14.839 is in just a 00:33:14.839 --> 00:33:14.980 minute. 00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:15.899 He separates 00:33:15.899 --> 00:33:16.480 from the pack 00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:17.339 but he starts 00:33:17.339 --> 00:33:18.759 really fast. 00:33:18.759 --> 00:33:19.960 He's looking 00:33:19.960 --> 00:33:20.420 good. 00:33:20.900 --> 00:33:21.299 He's there 00:33:21.299 --> 00:33:21.680 in the middle 00:33:21.680 --> 00:33:23.879 looking strong 00:33:23.879 --> 00:33:25.259 really, really 00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:25.660 fast. 00:33:25.720 --> 00:33:25.920 A little 00:33:25.920 --> 00:33:26.420 faster than 00:33:26.420 --> 00:33:26.599 me. 00:33:27.440 --> 00:33:27.799 And then 00:33:27.799 --> 00:33:28.440 oh no. 00:33:29.299 --> 00:33:29.779 Oh. 00:33:31.359 --> 00:33:32.379 He tears 00:33:32.379 --> 00:33:33.220 his hamstring 00:33:33.220 --> 00:33:35.819 and he's 00:33:35.819 --> 00:33:36.819 down as the 00:33:36.819 --> 00:33:38.400 other racers 00:33:38.400 --> 00:33:39.039 kind of keep 00:33:39.039 --> 00:33:39.779 going and he 00:33:39.779 --> 00:33:41.900 just falls on 00:33:41.900 --> 00:33:42.720 the track and 00:33:42.720 --> 00:33:44.879 there they are 00:33:44.879 --> 00:33:45.379 headed to the 00:33:45.379 --> 00:33:46.180 finish line but 00:33:46.180 --> 00:33:47.360 he is all 00:33:47.360 --> 00:33:48.080 the way back 00:33:48.080 --> 00:33:48.920 and then he 00:33:48.920 --> 00:33:49.860 hobbles up 00:33:49.860 --> 00:33:52.140 and he starts 00:33:52.140 --> 00:33:52.820 limping his 00:33:52.820 --> 00:33:54.299 way around 00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:54.759 the track. 00:33:54.880 --> 00:33:55.299 Look at his 00:33:55.299 --> 00:33:56.500 face. 00:33:57.539 --> 00:33:58.140 Like the 00:33:58.140 --> 00:33:59.620 agony that he's 00:33:59.620 --> 00:33:59.960 feeling. 00:34:00.080 --> 00:34:00.380 You get a 00:34:00.380 --> 00:34:01.240 close up here in 00:34:01.240 --> 00:34:01.860 just a second. 00:34:02.000 --> 00:34:02.640 He can barely 00:34:02.640 --> 00:34:03.640 keep moving. 00:34:03.740 --> 00:34:04.259 All of a sudden 00:34:04.259 --> 00:34:04.940 somebody comes 00:34:04.940 --> 00:34:05.680 running down out 00:34:05.680 --> 00:34:06.360 of the stands. 00:34:07.360 --> 00:34:07.740 Anybody know 00:34:07.740 --> 00:34:08.240 who that is? 00:34:09.559 --> 00:34:10.159 That's his 00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:10.500 dad. 00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:12.240 His dad gets 00:34:12.240 --> 00:34:13.039 by security, 00:34:13.180 --> 00:34:13.360 right? 00:34:13.700 --> 00:34:14.380 Nobody's stopping 00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:14.680 him. 00:34:14.679 --> 00:34:16.139 And he 00:34:16.139 --> 00:34:16.559 finds his 00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:17.779 son, puts 00:34:17.779 --> 00:34:18.139 his arm 00:34:18.139 --> 00:34:18.679 around him. 00:34:23.059 --> 00:34:23.440 Redmond 00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:25.019 later, you 00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:25.319 can keep 00:34:25.319 --> 00:34:25.859 watching, just 00:34:25.859 --> 00:34:26.500 listen to me. 00:34:27.419 --> 00:34:28.119 Redmond says 00:34:28.119 --> 00:34:28.599 what his dad 00:34:28.599 --> 00:34:29.259 was saying to 00:34:29.259 --> 00:34:29.659 him here. 00:34:30.299 --> 00:34:30.599 He said the 00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:31.119 first thing he 00:34:31.119 --> 00:34:31.619 said was, 00:34:32.099 --> 00:34:32.399 you're a 00:34:32.399 --> 00:34:32.819 champion. 00:34:33.219 --> 00:34:33.719 You've got 00:34:33.719 --> 00:34:34.339 nothing to 00:34:34.339 --> 00:34:34.699 prove. 00:34:34.899 --> 00:34:35.219 You're a 00:34:35.219 --> 00:34:35.599 champion. 00:34:36.460 --> 00:34:36.980 He was 00:34:36.980 --> 00:34:37.239 telling him 00:34:37.239 --> 00:34:37.399 he didn't 00:34:37.399 --> 00:34:37.859 have to keep 00:34:37.859 --> 00:34:38.199 going. 00:34:38.940 --> 00:34:39.879 He said, 00:34:39.980 --> 00:34:40.579 I want to 00:34:40.579 --> 00:34:40.919 get to the 00:34:40.919 --> 00:34:41.440 finish line. 00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:41.839 His dad 00:34:41.839 --> 00:34:43.879 said, hey, 00:34:44.059 --> 00:34:44.339 okay. 00:34:44.679 --> 00:34:45.359 We started 00:34:45.359 --> 00:34:45.960 this together. 00:34:46.699 --> 00:34:47.139 We're going 00:34:47.139 --> 00:34:47.639 to finish 00:34:47.639 --> 00:34:48.279 this together. 00:34:48.399 --> 00:34:48.579 He said, 00:34:48.619 --> 00:34:48.919 that's what he 00:34:48.919 --> 00:34:49.440 kept whispering 00:34:49.440 --> 00:34:49.859 in his ear. 00:34:49.899 --> 00:34:50.099 We're going 00:34:50.099 --> 00:34:50.500 to finish 00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:51.079 this together. 00:34:51.659 --> 00:34:52.039 You will 00:34:52.039 --> 00:34:52.500 notice that 00:34:52.500 --> 00:34:52.799 his dad 00:34:52.799 --> 00:34:53.119 has no 00:34:53.119 --> 00:34:53.440 interest, 00:34:53.559 --> 00:34:53.819 by the way, 00:34:53.839 --> 00:34:54.159 in anybody 00:34:54.159 --> 00:34:54.739 else helping. 00:34:54.859 --> 00:34:55.039 It's one 00:34:55.039 --> 00:34:55.199 of my 00:34:55.199 --> 00:34:55.739 favorite parts. 00:34:56.059 --> 00:34:56.399 He keeps 00:34:56.399 --> 00:34:56.879 brushing up. 00:34:57.199 --> 00:34:57.759 Dude, we 00:34:57.759 --> 00:34:58.319 got this. 00:34:58.799 --> 00:34:59.039 Leave us 00:34:59.039 --> 00:34:59.319 alone. 00:34:59.500 --> 00:34:59.940 Get off 00:34:59.940 --> 00:35:00.339 the camera. 00:35:03.279 --> 00:35:03.759 All the 00:35:03.759 --> 00:35:04.039 way. 00:35:09.319 --> 00:35:09.879 All the 00:35:09.879 --> 00:35:10.239 way to the 00:35:10.239 --> 00:35:10.799 finish line. 00:35:10.879 --> 00:35:11.299 You can't 00:35:11.299 --> 00:35:11.779 hear this 00:35:11.779 --> 00:35:12.039 because I 00:35:12.039 --> 00:35:12.440 turned the 00:35:12.440 --> 00:35:13.059 audio off, 00:35:13.159 --> 00:35:13.360 but as 00:35:13.360 --> 00:35:13.780 they cross 00:35:13.780 --> 00:35:14.240 the finish 00:35:14.240 --> 00:35:14.740 line here, 00:35:15.059 --> 00:35:15.500 there is 00:35:15.500 --> 00:35:16.720 a huge 00:35:16.720 --> 00:35:18.360 roar from 00:35:18.360 --> 00:35:18.900 the crowd 00:35:18.900 --> 00:35:20.340 like nobody 00:35:20.340 --> 00:35:20.780 else who 00:35:20.780 --> 00:35:21.200 won any 00:35:21.200 --> 00:35:21.619 race. 00:35:25.760 --> 00:35:26.280 Listen, 00:35:27.720 --> 00:35:29.360 God has 00:35:29.360 --> 00:35:30.179 challenged you 00:35:30.179 --> 00:35:30.639 and warned 00:35:30.639 --> 00:35:31.119 you pretty 00:35:31.119 --> 00:35:31.900 hard today. 00:35:32.320 --> 00:35:33.039 I feel 00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:33.320 that. 00:35:35.200 --> 00:35:36.099 The beauty 00:35:36.099 --> 00:35:36.519 of the 00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:36.880 word of 00:35:36.880 --> 00:35:37.280 God, 00:35:37.940 --> 00:35:38.200 of the 00:35:38.200 --> 00:35:38.880 gospel of 00:35:38.880 --> 00:35:39.240 Jesus, 00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:40.519 is that 00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:40.860 God is 00:35:40.860 --> 00:35:41.500 not standing 00:35:41.500 --> 00:35:42.260 far away 00:35:42.260 --> 00:35:43.039 doing that. 00:35:43.800 --> 00:35:44.640 When you've 00:35:44.640 --> 00:35:44.980 fallen, 00:35:45.840 --> 00:35:46.400 when you're 00:35:46.400 --> 00:35:47.320 despairing, 00:35:47.420 --> 00:35:48.119 when you're 00:35:48.119 --> 00:35:48.840 not sure 00:35:48.840 --> 00:35:49.320 that you 00:35:49.320 --> 00:35:49.960 can finish 00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:50.559 the race 00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:51.180 and hold 00:35:51.180 --> 00:35:51.559 on, 00:35:51.980 --> 00:35:52.660 God has 00:35:52.660 --> 00:35:53.820 come down 00:35:53.820 --> 00:35:54.579 out of 00:35:54.579 --> 00:35:55.079 heaven, 00:35:55.220 --> 00:35:55.559 out of 00:35:55.559 --> 00:35:56.539 the stands, 00:35:56.640 --> 00:35:57.240 if you will, 00:35:57.340 --> 00:35:57.720 and he's 00:35:57.720 --> 00:35:58.099 put his 00:35:58.099 --> 00:35:58.720 arm around 00:35:58.720 --> 00:35:59.480 you and 00:35:59.480 --> 00:35:59.920 said, 00:36:00.280 --> 00:36:00.880 we started 00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:01.720 this together. 00:36:02.720 --> 00:36:03.740 I made 00:36:03.740 --> 00:36:04.039 you. 00:36:04.599 --> 00:36:05.539 I chose 00:36:05.539 --> 00:36:05.880 you. 00:36:06.340 --> 00:36:06.780 I went 00:36:06.780 --> 00:36:07.099 to the 00:36:07.099 --> 00:36:08.059 cross for 00:36:08.059 --> 00:36:08.300 you. 00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:09.039 I rose 00:36:09.039 --> 00:36:09.420 from the 00:36:09.420 --> 00:36:10.160 grave for 00:36:10.160 --> 00:36:10.320 you. 00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:11.160 I'm with 00:36:11.160 --> 00:36:11.800 you now, 00:36:11.860 --> 00:36:12.340 and I'm 00:36:12.340 --> 00:36:13.380 coming back 00:36:13.380 --> 00:36:14.039 for you. 00:36:14.240 --> 00:36:15.039 We started 00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:15.860 this together. 00:36:16.260 --> 00:36:16.700 We're going 00:36:16.700 --> 00:36:17.420 to finish 00:36:17.420 --> 00:36:18.920 this together. 00:36:20.640 --> 00:36:21.360 And that 00:36:21.360 --> 00:36:21.840 roar from 00:36:21.840 --> 00:36:22.440 the crowd, 00:36:22.820 --> 00:36:23.440 I think 00:36:23.440 --> 00:36:23.840 that's the 00:36:23.840 --> 00:36:24.400 brothers and 00:36:24.400 --> 00:36:25.019 sisters who 00:36:25.019 --> 00:36:25.700 are yelling 00:36:25.700 --> 00:36:27.300 alongside you. 00:36:28.700 --> 00:36:29.119 They're yet 00:36:29.119 --> 00:36:29.539 one more 00:36:29.539 --> 00:36:30.640 reminder to 00:36:30.640 --> 00:36:31.099 lean on 00:36:31.099 --> 00:36:31.579 Jesus, 00:36:32.860 --> 00:36:33.920 to hold 00:36:33.920 --> 00:36:34.920 fast to 00:36:34.920 --> 00:36:35.240 him, 00:36:35.239 --> 00:36:35.699 the 00:36:35.699 --> 00:36:36.339 faithful 00:36:36.339 --> 00:36:36.939 savior. 00:36:37.379 --> 00:36:37.779 They're 00:36:37.779 --> 00:36:38.459 yelling so 00:36:38.459 --> 00:36:38.839 that Jesus 00:36:38.839 --> 00:36:39.599 can whisper 00:36:39.599 --> 00:36:39.979 in your 00:36:39.979 --> 00:36:40.479 ear right 00:36:40.479 --> 00:36:40.799 now. 00:36:40.959 --> 00:36:41.559 With his 00:36:41.559 --> 00:36:42.099 arm around 00:36:42.099 --> 00:36:42.259 you, 00:36:42.299 --> 00:36:42.699 he's saying, 00:36:43.099 --> 00:36:43.399 you don't 00:36:43.399 --> 00:36:43.899 have to 00:36:43.899 --> 00:36:44.379 figure it 00:36:44.379 --> 00:36:45.039 all out. 00:36:45.379 --> 00:36:46.019 You don't 00:36:46.019 --> 00:36:46.599 have to 00:36:46.599 --> 00:36:47.039 be the 00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:47.859 strong one. 00:36:48.159 --> 00:36:48.639 You don't 00:36:48.639 --> 00:36:49.099 have to 00:36:49.099 --> 00:36:49.500 have the 00:36:49.500 --> 00:36:50.179 strength 00:36:50.179 --> 00:36:50.859 to make 00:36:50.859 --> 00:36:51.099 it to 00:36:51.099 --> 00:36:51.699 the finish 00:36:51.699 --> 00:36:52.139 line. 00:36:52.899 --> 00:36:53.559 You just 00:36:53.559 --> 00:36:54.799 trust me. 00:36:55.919 --> 00:36:56.279 Lean on 00:36:56.279 --> 00:36:56.619 me. 00:36:58.779 --> 00:36:59.539 I'll bring 00:36:59.539 --> 00:36:59.959 you home. 00:37:01.239 --> 00:37:01.879 We're going 00:37:01.879 --> 00:37:02.339 to finish 00:37:02.339 --> 00:37:03.000 this together. 00:37:05.239 --> 00:37:05.839 Today, 00:37:05.979 --> 00:37:06.159 if you 00:37:06.159 --> 00:37:06.559 hear his 00:37:06.559 --> 00:37:07.139 voice, 00:37:07.699 --> 00:37:08.519 don't 00:37:08.519 --> 00:37:08.959 harden your 00:37:08.959 --> 00:37:09.419 hearts. 00:37:11.419 --> 00:37:11.939 Jesus, 00:37:12.079 --> 00:37:12.419 help us 00:37:12.419 --> 00:37:12.979 hear you. 00:37:15.179 --> 00:37:15.839 Even if 00:37:15.839 --> 00:37:16.019 you're 00:37:16.019 --> 00:37:16.839 whispering to 00:37:16.839 --> 00:37:17.099 us, 00:37:17.239 --> 00:37:18.019 especially if 00:37:18.019 --> 00:37:18.239 you're 00:37:18.239 --> 00:37:18.979 shouting in 00:37:18.979 --> 00:37:19.739 our pain, 00:37:20.959 --> 00:37:22.799 help us to 00:37:22.799 --> 00:37:23.439 know there's 00:37:23.439 --> 00:37:24.219 someone holding 00:37:24.219 --> 00:37:24.859 us, 00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:26.639 to whom we 00:37:26.639 --> 00:37:27.699 can hold 00:37:27.699 --> 00:37:28.619 fast in our 00:37:28.619 --> 00:37:29.159 weakness, 00:37:29.799 --> 00:37:30.399 cast our 00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:31.619 broken selves 00:37:31.619 --> 00:37:32.059 on, 00:37:32.440 --> 00:37:32.920 and be 00:37:32.920 --> 00:37:33.680 safe, 00:37:34.139 --> 00:37:34.820 and be 00:37:34.820 --> 00:37:35.579 helped, 00:37:35.800 --> 00:37:36.139 and be 00:37:36.139 --> 00:37:36.900 strengthened 00:37:36.900 --> 00:37:38.180 for however 00:37:38.180 --> 00:37:38.980 many days 00:37:38.980 --> 00:37:39.340 you have 00:37:39.340 --> 00:37:39.860 left for 00:37:39.860 --> 00:37:40.360 us here, 00:37:40.500 --> 00:37:41.139 and for 00:37:41.139 --> 00:37:41.980 an eternity 00:37:41.980 --> 00:37:43.019 that we 00:37:43.019 --> 00:37:43.539 look forward 00:37:43.539 --> 00:37:44.019 to with 00:37:44.019 --> 00:37:44.260 you. 00:37:45.720 --> 00:37:46.340 Thank you 00:37:46.340 --> 00:37:46.780 for being 00:37:46.780 --> 00:37:47.380 our older 00:37:47.380 --> 00:37:47.820 brother, 00:37:48.519 --> 00:37:50.720 for coming 00:37:50.720 --> 00:37:51.599 to us, 00:37:51.960 --> 00:37:52.340 and making 00:37:52.340 --> 00:37:52.940 us a part 00:37:52.940 --> 00:37:53.180 of your 00:37:53.180 --> 00:37:53.639 family. 00:37:55.980 --> 00:37:56.500 Soften 00:37:56.500 --> 00:37:57.139 our hearts. 00:37:58.039 --> 00:37:58.700 Holy Spirit, 00:37:58.699 --> 00:37:59.299 we need 00:37:59.299 --> 00:37:59.579 you to 00:37:59.579 --> 00:37:59.960 work. 00:38:02.219 --> 00:38:02.779 Our 00:38:02.779 --> 00:38:03.239 stony 00:38:03.239 --> 00:38:04.179 hearts are 00:38:04.179 --> 00:38:05.259 slow to 00:38:05.259 --> 00:38:05.659 relent, 00:38:06.419 --> 00:38:07.119 but Jesus, 00:38:07.299 --> 00:38:07.659 you're so 00:38:07.659 --> 00:38:08.079 beautiful, 00:38:08.239 --> 00:38:08.679 you're so 00:38:08.679 --> 00:38:09.119 wonderful, 00:38:09.319 --> 00:38:09.859 you're so 00:38:09.859 --> 00:38:10.339 good, 00:38:10.439 --> 00:38:10.879 you can 00:38:10.879 --> 00:38:11.379 make them 00:38:11.379 --> 00:38:12.159 soft, 00:38:13.159 --> 00:38:14.079 that we 00:38:14.079 --> 00:38:14.899 might trust 00:38:14.899 --> 00:38:15.779 you and 00:38:15.779 --> 00:38:16.259 walk with 00:38:16.259 --> 00:38:16.659 you even 00:38:16.659 --> 00:38:17.079 today. 00:38:18.359 --> 00:38:19.059 Do that 00:38:19.059 --> 00:38:19.519 work right 00:38:19.519 --> 00:38:19.779 now. 00:38:20.739 --> 00:38:21.239 Keep working 00:38:21.239 --> 00:38:21.799 on us and 00:38:21.799 --> 00:38:22.279 don't let us 00:38:22.279 --> 00:38:22.679 forget. 00:38:23.059 --> 00:38:23.619 We ask in 00:38:23.619 --> 00:38:24.019 your name. 00:38:24.919 --> 00:38:25.239 Amen. 00:38:26.539 --> 00:38:27.259 For more 00:38:27.259 --> 00:38:27.779 information, 00:38:28.119 --> 00:38:28.599 visit us 00:38:28.599 --> 00:38:29.299 online at 00:38:29.299 --> 00:38:30.099 southwood.org.