WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.680 Hebrews chapter 11, verse 23. 00:00:03.399 --> 00:00:10.019 By faith, Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they 00:00:10.019 --> 00:00:16.080 ! saw that the child was beautiful, and they were not afraid of the king's edict. By faith, Moses, 00:00:16.080 --> 00:00:23.039 when he was grown up, refused to be called the sons of Pharaoh's daughter, choosing rather to be mistreated 00:00:23.039 --> 00:00:29.440 with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. He considered the reproach of 00:00:29.440 --> 00:00:37.480 Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward. By faith, he left 00:00:37.480 --> 00:00:43.600 Egypt, not being afraid of the anger of the king, for he enjoyed as seeing him who is invisible. 00:00:44.079 --> 00:00:50.719 By faith, he kept the Passover and sprinkled the blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn 00:00:50.719 --> 00:00:58.420 might not touch them. By faith, the people crossed the Red Sea as on dry land, but the Egyptians, 00:00:58.420 --> 00:01:06.019 when they attempted to do the same, they were drowned. By faith, the walls of Jericho fell down 00:01:06.019 --> 00:01:12.980 after they had been encircled for seven days. By faith, Rahab, the prostitute, did not perish with 00:01:12.980 --> 00:01:19.840 those who were disobedient, because she had given a friendly welcome to the spies. And what more shall I 00:01:19.840 --> 00:01:29.600 say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David, Samuel, and the prophets, 00:01:30.320 --> 00:01:37.520 who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, 00:01:37.520 --> 00:01:44.560 quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, became mighty 00:01:44.560 --> 00:01:52.159 in war, put foreign armies to flight. Women received back their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, 00:01:52.159 --> 00:01:58.799 refusing to accept release, so that they might rise again to a better life. Others suffered mocking and 00:01:58.799 --> 00:02:05.200 flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed 00:02:05.200 --> 00:02:12.159 with the sword. They went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated, 00:02:12.159 --> 00:02:19.520 of whom the world was not worthy, wandering about in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. 00:02:21.120 --> 00:02:28.000 And all these, though commended through their faith, did not receive what was promised, since God had 00:02:28.000 --> 00:02:34.000 provided something better for us, that apart from us, they should not be made perfect. 00:02:34.000 --> 00:02:43.520 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight 00:02:43.520 --> 00:02:50.879 and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 00:02:51.520 --> 00:02:59.120 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him, 00:02:59.120 --> 00:03:07.280 who endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. 00:03:13.680 --> 00:03:15.520 Good morning, everyone. My name is Martin. 00:03:17.360 --> 00:03:23.599 What an encouragement it has been already this morning, as brothers and sisters have been baptized 00:03:23.599 --> 00:03:28.319 amongst us. I would like to add my welcome to those who are visiting, especially those who have come 00:03:28.319 --> 00:03:34.560 supporting a loved one who is here. Great to see you. And let's pray as we come to God's word. 00:03:35.359 --> 00:03:44.719 Heavenly Father, we thank you for your word. We thank you for the testimony in this chapter to the 00:03:44.719 --> 00:03:49.359 faith of many who have gone before. And we thank you this morning for the testimonies amongst us 00:03:49.360 --> 00:03:58.320 of the faith of those who have been baptized. Lord, we thank you that you are a faithful God, 00:03:59.760 --> 00:04:07.040 that faith in you, trust in you is never wasted, that it is always answered by your faithfulness 00:04:07.040 --> 00:04:16.080 and your promises. And we pray that as we spend time meditating on your word this morning, that you would 00:04:16.079 --> 00:04:20.639 grow each one of us in faith in you. In Jesus' name. Amen. 00:04:24.479 --> 00:04:30.479 Well, eight brothers and sisters have stood up amongst us today and received water baptism. 00:04:31.759 --> 00:04:41.120 Baptism is above all a picture of what God does for us by his son, through his son and by his spirit. 00:04:41.120 --> 00:04:52.639 God washes us. God forgives us. God in Christ nailed our sins to the cross, crucifying the old man. 00:04:53.759 --> 00:05:02.000 God raises us up with Christ into new life. Baptism pictures what God does for us. 00:05:03.040 --> 00:05:08.639 But baptism is also an expression of faith, faith on the part of the one who is baptized, 00:05:08.639 --> 00:05:15.759 faith that God has indeed done all the things that baptism symbolizes. 00:05:17.279 --> 00:05:21.279 Washed and forgiven and put sin to death and raised us up. 00:05:23.360 --> 00:05:29.919 Lola, Bella, Liz, Chez, Carol, Caitlin, Zach and Colin have stood up amongst us and declared 00:05:29.920 --> 00:05:35.759 their faith in God our Saviour, Father, Son and Spirit. 00:05:37.520 --> 00:05:41.040 The Bible passage we're considering today is all about faith. 00:05:41.040 --> 00:05:44.960 We're looking at the second half of Hebrews chapter 11. 00:05:46.319 --> 00:05:53.600 If you are visiting us today, maybe in support of a loved one, you've landed in the middle of a series 00:05:53.600 --> 00:06:01.120 or towards the end of a series from the book of Hebrews and indeed in the second of two talks on Hebrews chapter 11. 00:06:01.120 --> 00:06:08.639 We saw in the first half of chapter 11 last week that faith is trusting the promises of God. 00:06:09.600 --> 00:06:14.800 Faith trusts God for things we do not yet have and things we do not yet see. 00:06:16.240 --> 00:06:24.560 We also saw in the first half of Hebrews 11 that faith recognizes that not even death is an obstacle to the promises of God. 00:06:24.560 --> 00:06:35.360 That's why the Bible can say in Hebrews 11 verse 13 that Abraham, Isaac and Jacob all died in faith, 00:06:36.079 --> 00:06:38.439 not having received the things promised. 00:06:40.360 --> 00:06:45.879 It's why again it can say at the end of the chapter in the passage we just heard read in verse 39, 00:06:45.879 --> 00:06:54.000 Now of an even greater procession of believers, Old Testament believers, verse 39, 00:06:54.800 --> 00:07:02.240 And all these, though commended through their faith, did not receive what was promised. 00:07:04.879 --> 00:07:06.759 Now let me ask you a question. 00:07:09.000 --> 00:07:14.980 Are Christians, Christian believers, are we in the same situation? 00:07:15.879 --> 00:07:29.159 That is, do we who believe in Jesus die in faith when we die, 00:07:30.519 --> 00:07:32.959 not having received the things that are promised? 00:07:34.560 --> 00:07:39.560 Do we who believe in Jesus live our whole lives by faith, 00:07:40.279 --> 00:07:45.199 not receiving what God has promised? 00:07:45.879 --> 00:07:49.300 Are those words also true of us? 00:07:53.240 --> 00:08:02.180 Well, the answer has to be no and yes. 00:08:03.860 --> 00:08:05.120 Doesn't it? 00:08:05.740 --> 00:08:07.040 No and yes. 00:08:08.600 --> 00:08:09.300 No. 00:08:09.300 --> 00:08:19.319 Much of what they were promised, much of what they only had in shadow, we have in reality. 00:08:21.199 --> 00:08:24.420 They had the sacrificial system, Old Testament believers. 00:08:25.060 --> 00:08:26.280 We have the cross. 00:08:26.279 --> 00:08:30.439 They had the descendants of Aaron as priests. 00:08:30.559 --> 00:08:31.339 We have Jesus. 00:08:32.379 --> 00:08:33.519 They had the temple. 00:08:33.639 --> 00:08:35.240 We have access to heaven itself. 00:08:36.139 --> 00:08:37.620 Already our sins are forgiven. 00:08:38.740 --> 00:08:40.779 Already we're included in God's family. 00:08:41.639 --> 00:08:43.799 Already we receive God's spirit. 00:08:43.799 --> 00:08:47.179 Hebrews 11 verse 40 says, 00:08:47.959 --> 00:08:52.699 The reason the ancients died in faith, not having received what was promised, 00:08:53.259 --> 00:08:59.659 was, verse 40, because God had provided something better for us. 00:08:59.659 --> 00:09:06.519 That apart from us, they should not be made perfect. 00:09:08.019 --> 00:09:09.539 It was for our sake. 00:09:10.679 --> 00:09:15.019 Promises that weren't yet fulfilled for believers before Christ, 00:09:15.579 --> 00:09:19.899 have now been fulfilled for us who believe in Christ. 00:09:19.899 --> 00:09:25.840 No, our situation is not like theirs. 00:09:27.980 --> 00:09:33.679 And yet, yes, our situation is like theirs. 00:09:34.939 --> 00:09:36.840 The answer is also yes. 00:09:38.340 --> 00:09:39.679 Our faith is the same. 00:09:40.959 --> 00:09:42.340 Hebrews 9 verse 28, 00:09:42.340 --> 00:09:51.860 We eagerly wait for Jesus to appear a second time to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him. 00:09:52.879 --> 00:09:54.879 Hebrews 13 verse 14, 00:09:55.440 --> 00:10:02.139 Here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come. 00:10:04.080 --> 00:10:06.940 Yes, we have more than Old Testament believers did, 00:10:06.940 --> 00:10:12.140 but we still await the final fulfillment of God's promises to us. 00:10:13.440 --> 00:10:16.240 It can be said of every Christian who dies. 00:10:17.440 --> 00:10:21.860 He too died in faith, not having received the things that are promised. 00:10:23.720 --> 00:10:29.800 And this faith, this faith that is undaunted, even in the face of death, 00:10:30.980 --> 00:10:34.100 this faith is the faith that wins the victory. 00:10:34.100 --> 00:10:38.480 This faith is the faith that overcomes the world. 00:10:40.379 --> 00:10:43.500 In the second half of Hebrews 11, this is what I want us to see this morning, 00:10:43.840 --> 00:10:47.279 we see four reasons that faith overcomes the world. 00:10:48.920 --> 00:10:53.519 First, faith overcomes the world because it doesn't fear the world's power. 00:10:54.899 --> 00:11:00.519 That's what we see in the example of Moses in verses 23 to verse 27. 00:11:00.680 --> 00:11:03.560 Faith overcomes the world because it's unafraid. 00:11:04.100 --> 00:11:06.220 Look at verse 23. 00:11:07.779 --> 00:11:14.100 By faith, Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents 00:11:14.100 --> 00:11:16.620 because they saw that the child was beautiful 00:11:16.620 --> 00:11:20.879 and they were not afraid of the king's edict. 00:11:21.620 --> 00:11:26.159 You may well be familiar with what this is describing here in brief. 00:11:26.159 --> 00:11:33.559 That Pharaoh had commanded that all the baby boys born to the Hebrews, 00:11:33.679 --> 00:11:36.779 who were at that time enslaved to the Egyptians, 00:11:37.039 --> 00:11:40.459 all the baby boys born to the Hebrews would be killed at birth. 00:11:40.460 --> 00:11:44.980 But rather than give him up to be killed, 00:11:45.139 --> 00:11:47.600 Moses' parents hid their child for three months. 00:11:47.860 --> 00:11:51.519 And then they put Moses in a basket among the reeds by the river, 00:11:51.660 --> 00:11:53.379 watched over by his older sister, 00:11:53.879 --> 00:11:56.320 where he was discovered by Pharaoh's daughter, 00:11:56.400 --> 00:12:01.600 who then protected and adopted the boy and raised him as her own. 00:12:01.600 --> 00:12:09.960 Moses' parents defied the decree of Pharaoh at considerable risk, 00:12:10.080 --> 00:12:11.060 no doubt, to themselves. 00:12:12.200 --> 00:12:13.240 They were unafraid. 00:12:13.960 --> 00:12:15.779 We see it in the actions of Moses himself. 00:12:15.879 --> 00:12:16.600 Verse 27. 00:12:16.600 --> 00:12:22.080 By faith, Moses left Egypt, not being afraid of the anger of the king, 00:12:22.980 --> 00:12:27.220 for he endured as seeing him who is invisible. 00:12:28.600 --> 00:12:30.800 Moses defied as an adult. 00:12:30.899 --> 00:12:33.159 He defied and confronted Pharaoh. 00:12:33.519 --> 00:12:37.440 He repeatedly called for the Israelites to be set free 00:12:37.440 --> 00:12:40.399 so that they could serve the Lord. 00:12:41.240 --> 00:12:42.600 He didn't fear the king. 00:12:43.600 --> 00:12:45.379 He didn't fear the power of Egypt. 00:12:45.379 --> 00:12:49.700 He didn't fear the power of the world because he did fear God. 00:12:50.639 --> 00:12:53.939 He endured as seeing him who is invisible. 00:12:56.659 --> 00:13:01.240 Brothers, sisters, we don't need to fear worldly powers. 00:13:03.259 --> 00:13:05.820 We don't need to fear the power of the world. 00:13:07.200 --> 00:13:08.960 Now, Christians, let me point out, 00:13:09.019 --> 00:13:13.120 Christians are always for governments and authorities 00:13:13.120 --> 00:13:16.299 in that we respect government, 00:13:16.440 --> 00:13:18.720 we respect authorities as instituted by God. 00:13:19.259 --> 00:13:21.000 We pray for human authorities. 00:13:21.139 --> 00:13:22.039 We pray for governments. 00:13:22.159 --> 00:13:22.960 We submit to them. 00:13:23.259 --> 00:13:25.759 We desire that governments rule justly. 00:13:26.360 --> 00:13:28.440 We seek to live at peace with all people. 00:13:28.440 --> 00:13:32.500 But we don't need to fear governments. 00:13:32.860 --> 00:13:35.840 We don't need to fear prime ministers and presidents and kings. 00:13:36.040 --> 00:13:38.840 We don't need to fear armies and missiles and bombs. 00:13:39.080 --> 00:13:41.380 We don't need to fear multinational corporations. 00:13:41.620 --> 00:13:45.180 We don't need to fear bosses and managers and CEOs. 00:13:45.179 --> 00:13:49.319 We know the one who rules all things. 00:13:50.139 --> 00:13:52.639 We know the one who judges all people. 00:13:54.399 --> 00:13:56.139 We know where history is heading. 00:13:56.139 --> 00:13:57.139 We don't need to fear. 00:13:57.139 --> 00:13:58.139 We know the one who rules all things. 00:13:58.139 --> 00:14:02.100 We don't need to be on the right side of history. 00:14:02.600 --> 00:14:04.899 For we're on the right side of eternity. 00:14:08.580 --> 00:14:10.779 That means believers, Christian believers, 00:14:10.919 --> 00:14:14.460 make the best protesters, the best whistleblowers 00:14:14.460 --> 00:14:16.460 and the best campaigners for justice. 00:14:16.639 --> 00:14:19.779 Because we can challenge and resist corrupt authority 00:14:19.779 --> 00:14:21.139 because we have no fear. 00:14:21.139 --> 00:14:26.000 We can say with Peter and the apostles, 00:14:26.199 --> 00:14:28.639 we must obey God rather than men. 00:14:31.199 --> 00:14:32.840 We've seen that in this past week, 00:14:33.299 --> 00:14:34.819 for those who have been watching the news, 00:14:34.939 --> 00:14:37.740 although it's scarcely been reported in the news. 00:14:39.199 --> 00:14:43.000 10,000 people who rallied outside New South Wales Parliament 00:14:43.000 --> 00:14:44.819 to protest a corrupt bill, 00:14:45.659 --> 00:14:49.539 a corrupt bill that turns nurses and midwives 00:14:49.539 --> 00:14:51.399 into abortionists. 00:14:54.240 --> 00:14:56.179 Thankfully, parts of the bill were struck down 00:14:56.179 --> 00:14:57.019 in the upper house. 00:14:57.339 --> 00:14:58.860 But the central part 00:14:58.860 --> 00:15:04.339 that allows midwives and nurses 00:15:04.339 --> 00:15:06.879 who should protect life 00:15:06.879 --> 00:15:08.959 instead to take life, 00:15:09.539 --> 00:15:12.719 that central part is passed unchanged. 00:15:12.860 --> 00:15:14.579 It'll go before the lower house on Tuesday. 00:15:14.740 --> 00:15:15.679 We still need to pray. 00:15:16.500 --> 00:15:18.039 There's still time to contact an MP, 00:15:18.039 --> 00:15:19.839 your local MP. 00:15:22.839 --> 00:15:24.539 You know, more and more we face a world 00:15:24.539 --> 00:15:29.779 in which human power is lifted up in defiance of God. 00:15:31.539 --> 00:15:34.099 But faith overcomes the world because it's unafraid. 00:15:37.579 --> 00:15:40.079 Secondly, faith overcomes the world because it's patient. 00:15:40.620 --> 00:15:43.539 Faith does not covet the world's riches. 00:15:43.539 --> 00:15:46.159 Look at verse 24 to 26. 00:15:46.159 --> 00:15:49.139 By faith, Moses, when he was grown up, 00:15:49.279 --> 00:15:51.980 refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, 00:15:52.959 --> 00:15:56.299 choosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God 00:15:56.299 --> 00:15:58.459 than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. 00:15:59.839 --> 00:16:02.659 He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth 00:16:02.659 --> 00:16:04.519 than the treasures of Egypt, 00:16:05.339 --> 00:16:07.819 for he was looking to the reward. 00:16:10.120 --> 00:16:12.939 See, Moses refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter. 00:16:12.940 --> 00:16:16.800 He rejected the treasures of Egypt and the fleeting pleasures of sin. 00:16:18.040 --> 00:16:22.380 Moses turned his back on all the wealth and prestige 00:16:22.380 --> 00:16:28.300 and status and comfort which the ruling Egyptian dynasty had to offer. 00:16:28.299 --> 00:16:33.799 He was looking to be called the promise of God. 00:16:33.799 --> 00:16:34.699 The promise of God. 00:16:37.259 --> 00:16:42.779 Faith enables you to live free of the passion 00:16:42.779 --> 00:16:47.399 which controls the lives of most people in our world. 00:16:48.399 --> 00:16:54.439 The pursuit of pleasure and comfort and wealth and ease. 00:16:54.440 --> 00:16:58.320 I mean, we heard this in Colin's testimony just earlier, didn't we? 00:17:00.520 --> 00:17:02.180 This is what people live for. 00:17:03.060 --> 00:17:04.360 The treasures of Egypt. 00:17:07.820 --> 00:17:11.120 People live as if this life is all there is. 00:17:11.640 --> 00:17:14.380 As if every desire must be satisfied now. 00:17:14.779 --> 00:17:17.059 As if the only good things we'll ever enjoy 00:17:17.059 --> 00:17:20.059 are whatever good things we're able to grasp onto now. 00:17:20.059 --> 00:17:25.460 But we who believe see beyond Egypt. 00:17:25.879 --> 00:17:27.619 We see beyond the present age. 00:17:28.319 --> 00:17:30.399 We look to the heavenly city that is to come. 00:17:31.940 --> 00:17:34.019 So we don't need to live for everything now. 00:17:35.279 --> 00:17:36.319 We don't need it. 00:17:37.819 --> 00:17:39.819 Isn't that why, at short notice, 00:17:40.319 --> 00:17:41.859 as a church, 00:17:42.240 --> 00:17:44.899 we were able to raise so much money 00:17:44.899 --> 00:17:47.159 to send to Myanmar for disaster relief 00:17:47.159 --> 00:17:48.179 just a few weeks ago? 00:17:48.180 --> 00:17:53.299 Money you could have spent on your own comforts. 00:17:54.320 --> 00:17:57.340 Money that instead you gave up 00:17:57.340 --> 00:17:59.640 to ease the suffering of others. 00:18:01.480 --> 00:18:04.160 Isn't that why, when they received this money, 00:18:04.259 --> 00:18:05.700 our brother and sister in Myanmar 00:18:05.700 --> 00:18:07.200 didn't use it for themselves? 00:18:09.000 --> 00:18:12.299 But at personal cost and at considerable risk, 00:18:12.299 --> 00:18:17.460 they travelled through that conflict-stricken land 00:18:17.460 --> 00:18:20.759 to places worst affected by the earthquake 00:18:20.759 --> 00:18:25.059 and gladly spent and gave that money 00:18:25.059 --> 00:18:26.180 in the service of others, 00:18:26.220 --> 00:18:27.940 in all those ways we heard about last week. 00:18:27.940 --> 00:18:36.980 Now, I know a young man who won thousands of dollars 00:18:36.980 --> 00:18:38.559 playing poker online. 00:18:38.559 --> 00:18:44.059 The money he won was all from other online gamblers. 00:18:45.319 --> 00:18:48.899 He was smarter at poker than those other players 00:18:48.899 --> 00:18:51.639 and so he won the money they lost. 00:18:51.859 --> 00:18:53.500 Their money became his. 00:18:55.339 --> 00:18:57.039 And he was travelling overseas, 00:18:57.200 --> 00:18:58.720 enjoying his winnings, 00:18:58.720 --> 00:19:02.240 but he became a Christian 00:19:02.240 --> 00:19:05.679 and he gave all that up. 00:19:05.680 --> 00:19:09.960 He returned home 00:19:09.960 --> 00:19:12.460 and turned to honest 00:19:12.460 --> 00:19:14.100 and humble 00:19:14.100 --> 00:19:16.500 and, let's face it, 00:19:16.539 --> 00:19:18.240 less lucrative work. 00:19:21.759 --> 00:19:23.700 Faith doesn't covet the world's riches. 00:19:27.100 --> 00:19:28.279 Faith is patient. 00:19:29.279 --> 00:19:30.820 We have the promises of God. 00:19:32.000 --> 00:19:33.799 We don't need everything now. 00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:37.099 Yeah, how freeing that is. 00:19:37.859 --> 00:19:39.720 That's what Colin testified too in the end, 00:19:39.779 --> 00:19:42.359 how freeing that was for him. 00:19:44.059 --> 00:19:46.079 That we don't need everything now. 00:19:46.240 --> 00:19:48.680 We don't need to live in restless pursuit 00:19:48.680 --> 00:19:50.440 of pleasure and comfort and wealth. 00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:54.799 We're free to live quietly and humbly 00:19:54.799 --> 00:19:56.639 in pursuit of better things. 00:19:59.919 --> 00:20:00.399 Faith. 00:20:00.539 --> 00:20:02.180 This is the faith that overcomes the world 00:20:02.180 --> 00:20:04.340 because it does not fear the world's power 00:20:04.340 --> 00:20:06.160 and it does not covet the world's riches. 00:20:07.740 --> 00:20:09.380 Thirdly, faith overcomes the world 00:20:09.380 --> 00:20:12.519 because faith accomplishes mighty works. 00:20:12.980 --> 00:20:14.400 From verse 28 to 35, 00:20:14.400 --> 00:20:16.840 we've got kind of a list of achievements of faith 00:20:16.840 --> 00:20:19.220 and the text is continuing to work through 00:20:19.220 --> 00:20:21.299 examples of faith from the Old Testament, 00:20:22.019 --> 00:20:23.600 kind of chronologically. 00:20:23.599 --> 00:20:29.759 And we have this list of things people did 00:20:29.759 --> 00:20:33.039 because they believed God's promises. 00:20:35.799 --> 00:20:37.980 And so actually these things that people did 00:20:37.980 --> 00:20:39.219 were not things they did. 00:20:40.980 --> 00:20:42.559 They were things God did. 00:20:45.059 --> 00:20:48.339 Faith simply took hold of things 00:20:48.339 --> 00:20:50.679 that were promised by God. 00:20:50.680 --> 00:20:53.140 So in verse 28, 00:20:53.279 --> 00:20:55.820 by faith Moses kept the Passover 00:20:55.820 --> 00:20:57.500 and sprinkled the blood 00:20:57.500 --> 00:21:00.180 so that the destroyer of the firstborn 00:21:00.180 --> 00:21:01.519 might not touch them. 00:21:01.580 --> 00:21:03.420 In that final plague on Egypt 00:21:03.420 --> 00:21:05.380 when the firstborn was struck down, 00:21:05.840 --> 00:21:07.539 by faith Moses and the people of Israel 00:21:07.539 --> 00:21:09.080 observed the Passover 00:21:09.080 --> 00:21:11.799 and found shelter under the blood 00:21:11.799 --> 00:21:13.380 that God provided. 00:21:15.340 --> 00:21:16.320 Verse 29, 00:21:16.319 --> 00:21:18.740 by faith the people crossed the Red Sea 00:21:18.740 --> 00:21:20.119 as if on dry land 00:21:20.119 --> 00:21:21.579 but the Egyptians 00:21:21.579 --> 00:21:23.079 when they attempted to do the same 00:21:23.079 --> 00:21:23.679 were drowned. 00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:27.700 The people of Israel trusted the Lord. 00:21:28.759 --> 00:21:29.759 He parted the sea 00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:33.579 and they escaped unharmed. 00:21:35.279 --> 00:21:35.980 Verse 30, 00:21:36.039 --> 00:21:39.019 by faith the walls of Jericho, 00:21:39.159 --> 00:21:40.740 this is the time of Joshua, 00:21:40.919 --> 00:21:41.339 the book of Joshua, 00:21:41.419 --> 00:21:43.439 by faith the walls of Jericho fell down 00:21:43.440 --> 00:21:44.660 after they'd been encircled 00:21:44.660 --> 00:21:45.980 for seven days. 00:21:46.759 --> 00:21:48.120 God commanded his people 00:21:48.120 --> 00:21:49.680 just to march around Jericho 00:21:49.680 --> 00:21:50.720 for seven days 00:21:50.720 --> 00:21:52.120 with the ark of the Lord 00:21:52.120 --> 00:21:52.980 and with trumpets 00:21:52.980 --> 00:21:55.720 and the walls of the city fell 00:21:55.720 --> 00:21:59.620 and the people of Israel prevailed. 00:22:01.220 --> 00:22:02.019 Verse 31, 00:22:02.120 --> 00:22:04.059 by faith Rahab the prostitute 00:22:04.059 --> 00:22:05.440 did not perish with those 00:22:05.440 --> 00:22:06.380 who were disobedient 00:22:06.380 --> 00:22:07.600 because she had given 00:22:07.600 --> 00:22:09.700 a friendly welcome to the spies. 00:22:09.900 --> 00:22:11.440 She was one of the residents of Jericho 00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:13.660 but she believed God 00:22:13.660 --> 00:22:14.779 was with the Israelites. 00:22:15.740 --> 00:22:16.880 She'd heard of the Lord 00:22:16.880 --> 00:22:18.799 and so she welcomed 00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:20.500 the Israelite spies 00:22:20.500 --> 00:22:22.340 and she was spared 00:22:22.340 --> 00:22:23.559 in the destruction of the city. 00:22:26.820 --> 00:22:27.759 Verse 32, 00:22:28.019 --> 00:22:29.200 what more shall I say 00:22:29.200 --> 00:22:30.400 for time would not tell, 00:22:30.920 --> 00:22:32.920 time would fail me 00:22:32.920 --> 00:22:34.140 to tell of Gideon, 00:22:35.140 --> 00:22:36.940 Barak, Samson, Jephthah, 00:22:37.460 --> 00:22:38.640 of David and Samuel 00:22:38.640 --> 00:22:39.300 and the prophets 00:22:39.300 --> 00:22:40.520 who through faith 00:22:40.520 --> 00:22:41.440 conquered kingdoms, 00:22:41.600 --> 00:22:42.500 enforced justice, 00:22:42.640 --> 00:22:43.400 obtained promises, 00:22:43.600 --> 00:22:44.720 stopped the mouths of lions, 00:22:45.060 --> 00:22:46.160 quenched the power of the fire, 00:22:46.320 --> 00:22:47.500 escaped the edge of the sword, 00:22:47.940 --> 00:22:48.780 were made strong 00:22:48.780 --> 00:22:49.500 out of weakness, 00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:50.780 became mighty in war, 00:22:50.880 --> 00:22:52.259 put foreign armies to fight, 00:22:52.660 --> 00:22:54.400 women received back their dead, 00:22:54.740 --> 00:22:55.840 received back their dead 00:22:55.840 --> 00:22:56.600 by resurrection. 00:22:58.300 --> 00:22:59.460 Well time did not permit 00:22:59.460 --> 00:23:00.480 the writer of Hebrews 00:23:00.480 --> 00:23:01.800 to elaborate on these 00:23:01.800 --> 00:23:02.860 Old Testament examples 00:23:02.860 --> 00:23:04.660 and time does not permit us 00:23:04.660 --> 00:23:05.560 to do so either. 00:23:05.559 --> 00:23:06.980 But the emphasis 00:23:06.980 --> 00:23:07.740 of these verses 00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:09.339 is on their mighty deeds. 00:23:11.039 --> 00:23:12.440 They trusted God, 00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:13.720 they trusted God's promises 00:23:13.720 --> 00:23:15.220 and so they were empowered 00:23:15.220 --> 00:23:16.839 to do the things 00:23:16.839 --> 00:23:18.059 that God had raised them up 00:23:18.059 --> 00:23:18.519 to do, 00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:20.940 to achieve the purposes 00:23:20.940 --> 00:23:22.279 for which God had sent them. 00:23:24.819 --> 00:23:25.980 Now you may not have 00:23:25.980 --> 00:23:26.859 to conquer kingdoms 00:23:26.859 --> 00:23:28.079 or fight lions 00:23:28.079 --> 00:23:29.019 or rout an army, 00:23:30.099 --> 00:23:32.460 but there are things 00:23:32.460 --> 00:23:33.539 God has promised us 00:23:33.539 --> 00:23:34.119 in Christ. 00:23:35.559 --> 00:23:36.299 There are things 00:23:36.299 --> 00:23:37.359 which we who believe 00:23:37.359 --> 00:23:38.419 in Jesus can do 00:23:38.419 --> 00:23:41.759 because it's not we 00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:42.700 who do them, 00:23:43.480 --> 00:23:44.559 but it's God. 00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:48.279 By faith, 00:23:48.899 --> 00:23:51.179 you can forgive someone 00:23:51.179 --> 00:23:52.039 who's wronged you. 00:23:55.079 --> 00:23:56.639 You believe that God 00:23:56.639 --> 00:23:58.139 has forgiven your offences, 00:23:58.299 --> 00:23:59.000 which are many. 00:23:59.000 --> 00:24:02.019 so you can forgive 00:24:02.019 --> 00:24:02.720 the wrong someone 00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:03.700 has done against you. 00:24:05.900 --> 00:24:06.299 I mean, 00:24:06.319 --> 00:24:06.880 I'm not just talking 00:24:06.880 --> 00:24:08.240 about trivial misdemeanours, 00:24:08.319 --> 00:24:08.720 which, you know, 00:24:08.759 --> 00:24:09.700 we can just kind of let go. 00:24:11.079 --> 00:24:12.259 I'm talking about 00:24:12.259 --> 00:24:16.079 even deeply painful hurts. 00:24:18.420 --> 00:24:19.400 You can let go 00:24:19.400 --> 00:24:19.839 of bitterness. 00:24:19.839 --> 00:24:23.039 You know, 00:24:23.059 --> 00:24:24.459 even if the other person 00:24:24.459 --> 00:24:25.459 doesn't 00:24:25.459 --> 00:24:27.980 admit what they've done 00:24:27.980 --> 00:24:28.740 and apologise 00:24:28.740 --> 00:24:29.699 and repent, 00:24:31.279 --> 00:24:32.439 even if there's no 00:24:32.439 --> 00:24:33.659 actual reconciliation 00:24:33.659 --> 00:24:34.759 of relationship, 00:24:35.179 --> 00:24:35.639 even if, 00:24:35.779 --> 00:24:36.619 as might be the case, 00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:37.819 you cannot trust 00:24:37.819 --> 00:24:38.419 that person 00:24:38.419 --> 00:24:39.519 in the same way again, 00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:43.220 you don't need to live 00:24:43.220 --> 00:24:44.139 a life of resentment 00:24:44.139 --> 00:24:46.539 controlled by the hurts 00:24:46.539 --> 00:24:47.299 you've received. 00:24:47.299 --> 00:24:50.680 As God 00:24:50.680 --> 00:24:51.599 has forgiven you, 00:24:51.700 --> 00:24:52.700 you can be gracious 00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:54.440 and merciful 00:24:54.440 --> 00:24:55.879 and forgiving 00:24:55.879 --> 00:24:58.019 and at peace. 00:25:00.379 --> 00:25:01.399 You can do 00:25:01.399 --> 00:25:02.359 by faith 00:25:02.359 --> 00:25:04.079 what you could not 00:25:04.079 --> 00:25:04.639 do alone. 00:25:08.159 --> 00:25:08.960 By faith, 00:25:09.039 --> 00:25:09.799 you can change. 00:25:11.619 --> 00:25:12.500 You believe 00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:12.899 that God 00:25:12.899 --> 00:25:13.339 has given you 00:25:13.339 --> 00:25:13.960 his spirit 00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:14.480 through whom 00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:15.599 he sanctifies you, 00:25:15.940 --> 00:25:16.680 purifies you 00:25:16.680 --> 00:25:17.580 and makes you holy. 00:25:19.180 --> 00:25:20.120 You can let go 00:25:20.120 --> 00:25:20.840 of old habits. 00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:22.580 You can put sin 00:25:22.580 --> 00:25:22.940 to death. 00:25:23.019 --> 00:25:23.500 You can grow 00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:24.080 in godliness. 00:25:25.299 --> 00:25:26.759 You can find freedom 00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:28.180 from destructive 00:25:28.180 --> 00:25:28.720 addictions. 00:25:29.240 --> 00:25:29.940 You do all this 00:25:29.940 --> 00:25:30.980 not by your power 00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:32.340 but by God's power 00:25:32.340 --> 00:25:33.460 because you trust 00:25:33.460 --> 00:25:33.920 in him. 00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:35.779 You know, 00:25:35.820 --> 00:25:36.380 there are amazing 00:25:36.380 --> 00:25:37.440 stories I could share 00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:37.900 with you 00:25:37.900 --> 00:25:38.960 of young men 00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:40.160 who have been 00:25:40.160 --> 00:25:41.120 set free 00:25:41.120 --> 00:25:42.140 from various 00:25:42.140 --> 00:25:42.799 addictions 00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:44.120 through faith 00:25:44.120 --> 00:25:44.880 in Christ. 00:25:44.880 --> 00:25:48.280 sometimes the 00:25:48.280 --> 00:25:48.820 battle has been 00:25:48.820 --> 00:25:49.180 long. 00:25:50.840 --> 00:25:51.840 Almost always 00:25:51.840 --> 00:25:52.340 it's a battle 00:25:52.340 --> 00:25:53.200 fought alongside 00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:54.380 other brothers 00:25:54.380 --> 00:25:56.140 united in prayer. 00:25:58.100 --> 00:25:58.960 It's stories 00:25:58.960 --> 00:25:59.480 of lives 00:25:59.480 --> 00:26:00.320 transformed, 00:26:01.020 --> 00:26:01.740 made whole, 00:26:02.180 --> 00:26:02.880 made pure. 00:26:04.880 --> 00:26:05.780 There's testimonies 00:26:05.780 --> 00:26:06.420 of people in our 00:26:06.420 --> 00:26:06.900 own midst 00:26:06.900 --> 00:26:07.300 who've been 00:26:07.300 --> 00:26:08.300 freed from addiction. 00:26:08.299 --> 00:26:12.099 So don't despair 00:26:12.099 --> 00:26:12.940 if some lion 00:26:12.940 --> 00:26:13.500 or army 00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:14.399 is before you. 00:26:15.799 --> 00:26:16.639 Take hold 00:26:16.639 --> 00:26:17.240 of the promises 00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:17.879 of God. 00:26:20.139 --> 00:26:21.019 By faith 00:26:21.019 --> 00:26:21.460 in God 00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:22.119 and his promises 00:26:22.119 --> 00:26:22.899 there are battles 00:26:22.899 --> 00:26:23.659 we can fight 00:26:23.659 --> 00:26:24.379 and victories 00:26:24.379 --> 00:26:25.159 we can win 00:26:25.159 --> 00:26:26.180 which we would 00:26:26.180 --> 00:26:27.399 lose every time 00:26:27.399 --> 00:26:28.039 if we fought 00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:28.619 on our own. 00:26:30.879 --> 00:26:31.940 Faith accomplishes 00:26:31.940 --> 00:26:32.599 mighty works. 00:26:32.599 --> 00:26:36.959 Fourthly 00:26:36.959 --> 00:26:37.439 and finally 00:26:37.439 --> 00:26:38.000 faith 00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:38.619 endures 00:26:38.619 --> 00:26:39.399 terrible 00:26:39.399 --> 00:26:39.939 hardships. 00:26:40.899 --> 00:26:41.539 In the rest 00:26:41.539 --> 00:26:42.299 of verse 35 00:26:42.299 --> 00:26:42.879 to 38 00:26:42.879 --> 00:26:43.439 the text 00:26:43.439 --> 00:26:43.959 moves on 00:26:43.959 --> 00:26:44.299 from the 00:26:44.299 --> 00:26:44.819 achievements 00:26:44.819 --> 00:26:45.579 of faith 00:26:45.579 --> 00:26:46.959 to the 00:26:46.959 --> 00:26:47.399 endurance 00:26:47.399 --> 00:26:48.139 of faith 00:26:48.139 --> 00:26:49.639 from things 00:26:49.639 --> 00:26:50.279 accomplished 00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:51.759 to things 00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:52.219 suffered. 00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:53.480 Look at 00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:54.480 halfway through 00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:55.299 verse 35 00:26:55.299 --> 00:26:57.599 some 00:26:57.599 --> 00:26:59.259 were tortured 00:26:59.259 --> 00:27:01.039 refusing to 00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:01.839 accept release 00:27:01.839 --> 00:27:02.680 so that they 00:27:02.680 --> 00:27:03.259 might rise 00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:03.799 again to a 00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:04.359 better life. 00:27:05.379 --> 00:27:05.579 Others 00:27:05.579 --> 00:27:06.319 suffered mocking 00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:07.200 and flogging 00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:07.799 and even 00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:08.779 chains and 00:27:08.779 --> 00:27:09.519 imprisonment. 00:27:10.419 --> 00:27:10.680 They were 00:27:10.680 --> 00:27:11.240 stoned. 00:27:12.619 --> 00:27:13.279 They were 00:27:13.279 --> 00:27:14.519 sawn in two. 00:27:15.779 --> 00:27:16.139 They were 00:27:16.139 --> 00:27:16.659 killed with 00:27:16.659 --> 00:27:17.279 the sword. 00:27:18.619 --> 00:27:19.039 They went 00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:19.500 about in 00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:20.180 skins of 00:27:20.180 --> 00:27:20.799 sheep and 00:27:20.799 --> 00:27:21.279 goats 00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:22.579 destitute 00:27:22.579 --> 00:27:23.299 afflicted 00:27:23.299 --> 00:27:23.919 mistreated. 00:27:23.920 --> 00:27:26.320 of whom 00:27:26.320 --> 00:27:26.980 the world 00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:27.720 was not 00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:28.240 worthy. 00:27:29.600 --> 00:27:29.940 Wandering 00:27:29.940 --> 00:27:30.480 about in 00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:31.060 deserts and 00:27:31.060 --> 00:27:31.600 mountains and 00:27:31.600 --> 00:27:32.039 in dens 00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:32.640 and caves 00:27:32.640 --> 00:27:32.960 of the 00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:33.320 earth. 00:27:38.320 --> 00:27:39.120 This is 00:27:39.120 --> 00:27:39.580 the ancient 00:27:39.580 --> 00:27:40.140 power of 00:27:40.140 --> 00:27:40.440 faith. 00:27:42.940 --> 00:27:43.220 Sorry, 00:27:43.340 --> 00:27:44.259 this is another 00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:44.860 power of 00:27:44.860 --> 00:27:45.140 faith. 00:27:45.380 --> 00:27:45.880 This is another 00:27:45.880 --> 00:27:46.340 power of 00:27:46.340 --> 00:27:46.600 faith. 00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:48.120 Because God 00:27:48.120 --> 00:27:48.620 has promised 00:27:48.620 --> 00:27:49.240 us the world 00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:49.759 to come, 00:27:51.360 --> 00:27:52.120 those who 00:27:52.120 --> 00:27:52.820 believe can 00:27:52.820 --> 00:27:53.740 endure anything 00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:54.220 now. 00:27:57.819 --> 00:27:58.880 Among those 00:27:58.880 --> 00:27:59.400 who attended 00:27:59.400 --> 00:27:59.960 the Billy 00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:00.559 Graham 00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:02.099 itinerant 00:28:02.099 --> 00:28:02.900 evangelist 00:28:02.900 --> 00:28:03.859 conference in 00:28:03.859 --> 00:28:04.819 Amsterdam in 00:28:04.819 --> 00:28:07.620 1983 was 00:28:07.620 --> 00:28:08.140 a Maasai 00:28:08.140 --> 00:28:08.880 warrior named 00:28:08.880 --> 00:28:09.299 Joseph. 00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:12.660 Joseph had 00:28:12.660 --> 00:28:13.099 heard the 00:28:13.099 --> 00:28:13.740 gospel and 00:28:13.740 --> 00:28:14.599 accepted Jesus 00:28:14.599 --> 00:28:15.460 Christ as his 00:28:15.460 --> 00:28:15.859 Lord and 00:28:15.859 --> 00:28:16.240 Saviour. 00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:17.720 And Joseph 00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:18.259 was so 00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:19.180 overjoyed with 00:28:19.180 --> 00:28:19.759 the good news 00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:20.420 that he began 00:28:20.420 --> 00:28:21.279 to share the 00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:21.759 message with 00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:22.240 anyone he 00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:23.039 could and 00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:23.519 with the 00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:23.900 members of 00:28:23.900 --> 00:28:24.480 his tribe. 00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:26.559 He went 00:28:26.559 --> 00:28:27.079 back to his 00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:27.660 village and 00:28:27.660 --> 00:28:28.640 began telling 00:28:28.640 --> 00:28:29.240 everyone in 00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:29.819 his village the 00:28:29.819 --> 00:28:30.359 good news of 00:28:30.359 --> 00:28:31.480 Jesus door to 00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:33.859 door, speaking 00:28:33.859 --> 00:28:34.339 to any who 00:28:34.339 --> 00:28:34.779 would listen. 00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:37.680 Joseph was 00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:38.599 surprised when 00:28:38.599 --> 00:28:39.200 the others in 00:28:39.200 --> 00:28:40.120 his village 00:28:40.120 --> 00:28:41.759 rejected the 00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:43.500 message that 00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:44.799 he'd received. 00:28:44.799 --> 00:28:46.940 and not only 00:28:46.940 --> 00:28:47.579 rejected it, they 00:28:47.579 --> 00:28:48.519 became violent. 00:28:49.379 --> 00:28:50.599 The men of the 00:28:50.599 --> 00:28:51.240 village grabbed 00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:51.779 him and held 00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:52.539 him down while 00:28:52.539 --> 00:28:53.720 women beat 00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:54.240 him with 00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:55.000 strands of 00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:55.720 barbed wire. 00:28:58.359 --> 00:28:59.099 Then they 00:28:59.099 --> 00:28:59.740 dragged him from 00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:02.139 the village and 00:29:02.139 --> 00:29:02.599 left him to 00:29:02.599 --> 00:29:02.940 die. 00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:07.299 Joseph survived 00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:08.500 that ordeal and 00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:09.680 crawled to a 00:29:09.680 --> 00:29:10.419 water hole and 00:29:10.419 --> 00:29:11.139 then over several 00:29:11.139 --> 00:29:12.139 days passing in 00:29:12.139 --> 00:29:12.519 and out of 00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:13.539 consciousness, he 00:29:13.539 --> 00:29:14.740 gradually, gradually 00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:15.240 his strength 00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:15.819 revived. 00:29:16.639 --> 00:29:17.259 So what did 00:29:17.259 --> 00:29:17.599 he do? 00:29:18.700 --> 00:29:19.579 He went back to 00:29:19.579 --> 00:29:20.059 his village, 00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:23.539 shared his 00:29:23.539 --> 00:29:24.099 faith with them 00:29:24.099 --> 00:29:24.680 once more. 00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:26.480 Jesus died for 00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:27.139 you so that you 00:29:27.139 --> 00:29:27.599 might find 00:29:27.599 --> 00:29:28.440 forgiveness and 00:29:28.440 --> 00:29:29.460 come to know the 00:29:29.460 --> 00:29:30.180 living God. 00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:31.599 Once more they 00:29:31.599 --> 00:29:32.200 grew angry. 00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:33.440 Once more the 00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:34.019 men held him 00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:34.680 down while the 00:29:34.680 --> 00:29:35.279 women beat him. 00:29:35.539 --> 00:29:36.139 Once more they 00:29:36.139 --> 00:29:36.680 dragged him 00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:37.259 outside and 00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:37.720 left him to 00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:38.039 die. 00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:41.700 days later he 00:29:41.700 --> 00:29:42.579 awoke bruised 00:29:42.579 --> 00:29:43.279 and scarred and 00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:43.839 determined to 00:29:43.839 --> 00:29:44.399 go back. 00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:47.579 The third time 00:29:47.579 --> 00:29:48.500 Joseph returned to 00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:49.059 his village. 00:29:49.940 --> 00:29:50.759 This time they 00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:51.420 attacked him on 00:29:51.420 --> 00:29:51.779 sight. 00:29:54.480 --> 00:29:55.379 As they beat 00:29:55.379 --> 00:29:56.079 him he spoke of 00:29:56.079 --> 00:29:56.539 Christ. 00:29:59.099 --> 00:29:59.779 Before he 00:29:59.779 --> 00:30:00.500 passed out the 00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:01.299 last thing Joseph 00:30:01.299 --> 00:30:02.740 saw were the 00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:03.819 women beating 00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:05.339 him beginning to 00:30:05.339 --> 00:30:05.700 weep. 00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:10.680 he woke in 00:30:10.680 --> 00:30:11.279 his own bed. 00:30:13.019 --> 00:30:13.879 The ones who 00:30:13.879 --> 00:30:14.279 were beating 00:30:14.279 --> 00:30:14.940 him were now 00:30:14.940 --> 00:30:15.500 nursing him 00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:15.839 back to 00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:16.159 health. 00:30:18.319 --> 00:30:19.139 The entire 00:30:19.139 --> 00:30:19.680 village had 00:30:19.680 --> 00:30:20.000 come to 00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:20.440 Christ. 00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:28.519 If we know 00:30:28.519 --> 00:30:29.259 we're saved, 00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:31.599 if we know 00:30:31.599 --> 00:30:32.339 God promises 00:30:32.339 --> 00:30:32.980 us life, 00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:34.319 if we know 00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:34.799 we have a 00:30:34.799 --> 00:30:35.200 future, 00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:37.539 then we can 00:30:37.539 --> 00:30:38.180 face suffering 00:30:38.180 --> 00:30:38.539 now. 00:30:39.899 --> 00:30:40.420 Any 00:30:40.420 --> 00:30:40.879 suffering. 00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:42.839 Our 00:30:42.839 --> 00:30:43.339 suffering is 00:30:43.339 --> 00:30:43.740 temporary. 00:30:45.000 --> 00:30:45.500 The glory 00:30:45.500 --> 00:30:45.960 of heaven 00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:47.339 is everlasting. 00:30:49.579 --> 00:30:49.940 Whatever 00:30:49.940 --> 00:30:50.659 trial, 00:30:50.879 --> 00:30:51.180 grief, 00:30:51.359 --> 00:30:51.940 hardship or 00:30:51.940 --> 00:30:52.799 persecution we 00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:53.420 face, it 00:30:53.420 --> 00:30:54.259 cannot rob us 00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:54.720 of eternal 00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:55.119 joy. 00:30:57.319 --> 00:30:57.899 And so by 00:30:57.899 --> 00:30:58.359 faith we 00:30:58.359 --> 00:30:58.920 meet it with 00:30:58.920 --> 00:31:00.859 patience and 00:31:00.859 --> 00:31:01.879 steadfastness 00:31:01.879 --> 00:31:03.339 and perseverance. 00:31:03.339 --> 00:31:03.559 perseverance. 00:31:05.740 --> 00:31:06.439 That's the 00:31:06.439 --> 00:31:06.919 victory of 00:31:06.919 --> 00:31:07.279 faith. 00:31:09.579 --> 00:31:10.279 That's how 00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:11.099 faith overcomes 00:31:11.099 --> 00:31:11.599 the world. 00:31:13.299 --> 00:31:14.179 Faith does 00:31:14.179 --> 00:31:14.819 not fear the 00:31:14.819 --> 00:31:15.500 world's power. 00:31:17.379 --> 00:31:17.859 Faith does 00:31:17.859 --> 00:31:18.639 not covet the 00:31:18.639 --> 00:31:19.279 world's riches. 00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:21.279 Faith 00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:21.959 accomplishes 00:31:21.959 --> 00:31:22.779 mighty deeds. 00:31:24.379 --> 00:31:25.099 Faith endures 00:31:25.099 --> 00:31:25.519 terrible 00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:25.980 hardships. 00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:29.980 I don't 00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:30.299 know which 00:31:30.299 --> 00:31:30.640 of those 00:31:30.640 --> 00:31:31.180 tests is 00:31:31.180 --> 00:31:31.559 confronting 00:31:31.559 --> 00:31:32.140 your faith 00:31:32.140 --> 00:31:32.720 right now. 00:31:34.160 --> 00:31:34.880 Whether there 00:31:34.880 --> 00:31:35.440 is corrupt 00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:36.200 power to be 00:31:36.200 --> 00:31:36.819 resisted. 00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:38.940 Whether there 00:31:38.940 --> 00:31:39.880 are seductions 00:31:39.880 --> 00:31:40.539 of the world 00:31:40.539 --> 00:31:41.240 to be denied. 00:31:42.839 --> 00:31:43.759 Whether some 00:31:43.759 --> 00:31:44.620 great work 00:31:44.620 --> 00:31:46.220 must be 00:31:46.220 --> 00:31:46.620 attempted. 00:31:48.299 --> 00:31:48.940 Or whether 00:31:48.940 --> 00:31:49.660 some hardship 00:31:49.660 --> 00:31:50.140 must be 00:31:50.140 --> 00:31:50.559 endured. 00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:52.940 But whichever 00:31:52.940 --> 00:31:53.519 it is, 00:31:54.200 --> 00:31:54.799 God's up to 00:31:54.799 --> 00:31:54.980 it. 00:31:55.980 --> 00:31:56.779 The 00:31:56.779 --> 00:31:57.660 promises of 00:31:57.660 --> 00:31:58.319 God are 00:31:58.319 --> 00:31:59.559 enough to 00:31:59.559 --> 00:32:00.180 prepare you 00:32:00.180 --> 00:32:00.700 for it. 00:32:02.460 --> 00:32:03.539 The faith 00:32:03.539 --> 00:32:04.279 you have 00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:05.420 is the 00:32:05.420 --> 00:32:06.120 same faith 00:32:06.120 --> 00:32:07.039 they had. 00:32:08.640 --> 00:32:09.660 The God 00:32:09.660 --> 00:32:10.559 you trust 00:32:10.559 --> 00:32:11.380 is the 00:32:11.380 --> 00:32:12.059 same God 00:32:12.059 --> 00:32:13.079 they trusted. 00:32:19.299 --> 00:32:20.259 So have 00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:20.620 faith. 00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:23.860 Above all, 00:32:23.860 --> 00:32:24.360 look to 00:32:24.360 --> 00:32:24.819 Jesus. 00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:28.279 chapter 12 00:32:28.279 --> 00:32:28.799 verses 1 00:32:28.799 --> 00:32:29.160 and 2. 00:32:30.380 --> 00:32:30.740 Therefore 00:32:30.740 --> 00:32:31.400 since we 00:32:31.400 --> 00:32:32.039 are surrounded 00:32:32.039 --> 00:32:32.920 by so 00:32:32.920 --> 00:32:33.839 great a 00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:34.640 cloud of 00:32:34.640 --> 00:32:35.140 witnesses, 00:32:35.839 --> 00:32:37.180 let us 00:32:37.180 --> 00:32:38.140 also lay 00:32:38.140 --> 00:32:39.039 aside every 00:32:39.039 --> 00:32:39.779 weight and 00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:40.799 sin which 00:32:40.799 --> 00:32:41.440 clings so 00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:43.400 closely and 00:32:43.400 --> 00:32:44.299 let us run 00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:45.039 with endurance 00:32:45.039 --> 00:32:45.799 the race that 00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:46.539 is set before 00:32:46.539 --> 00:32:48.460 us, looking 00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:49.220 to Jesus, 00:32:50.259 --> 00:32:50.860 the founder 00:32:50.860 --> 00:32:51.620 and perfecter 00:32:51.620 --> 00:32:52.440 of our faith, 00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:53.980 who for the 00:32:53.980 --> 00:32:54.480 joy that 00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:54.820 was set 00:32:54.820 --> 00:32:55.420 before him 00:32:55.420 --> 00:32:56.180 endured the 00:32:56.180 --> 00:32:56.620 cross, 00:32:57.380 --> 00:32:58.279 despising the 00:32:58.279 --> 00:32:59.700 shame and 00:32:59.700 --> 00:33:00.360 is seated at 00:33:00.360 --> 00:33:00.779 the right 00:33:00.779 --> 00:33:02.000 hand of the 00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:02.460 throne of 00:33:02.460 --> 00:33:02.860 God. 00:33:05.580 --> 00:33:06.640 Jesus is, 00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:08.019 verse 2 00:33:08.019 --> 00:33:08.340 says, 00:33:08.440 --> 00:33:09.200 the founder 00:33:09.200 --> 00:33:10.259 of our 00:33:10.259 --> 00:33:10.680 faith. 00:33:11.960 --> 00:33:12.700 Our faith 00:33:12.700 --> 00:33:13.279 begins with 00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:13.500 him. 00:33:15.380 --> 00:33:15.860 He is our 00:33:15.860 --> 00:33:16.400 Lord, he is 00:33:16.400 --> 00:33:17.160 our saviour, he 00:33:17.160 --> 00:33:17.920 is our master, 00:33:18.340 --> 00:33:18.820 he is our 00:33:18.820 --> 00:33:19.160 brother. 00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:22.000 Jesus is our 00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:22.860 perfect high 00:33:22.860 --> 00:33:23.700 priest and our 00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:24.320 all-sufficient 00:33:24.320 --> 00:33:24.940 sacrifice. 00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:26.400 He is the 00:33:26.400 --> 00:33:27.019 one who has 00:33:27.019 --> 00:33:27.640 gone before 00:33:27.640 --> 00:33:28.140 us. 00:33:29.460 --> 00:33:30.080 He is the 00:33:30.080 --> 00:33:30.580 one who 00:33:30.580 --> 00:33:31.340 unlocks for 00:33:31.340 --> 00:33:32.080 us the 00:33:32.080 --> 00:33:32.740 promises of 00:33:32.740 --> 00:33:33.100 God. 00:33:34.680 --> 00:33:34.940 Faith 00:33:34.940 --> 00:33:36.460 begins with 00:33:36.460 --> 00:33:36.840 Jesus. 00:33:38.800 --> 00:33:39.860 He's also the 00:33:39.860 --> 00:33:40.500 perfecter of 00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:41.120 our faith. 00:33:41.800 --> 00:33:42.340 It's Jesus 00:33:42.340 --> 00:33:43.060 himself who 00:33:43.060 --> 00:33:43.500 will bring 00:33:43.500 --> 00:33:44.519 everything that 00:33:44.519 --> 00:33:44.980 God has 00:33:44.980 --> 00:33:45.740 promised to 00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:46.180 perfect 00:33:46.180 --> 00:33:46.800 fulfilment. 00:33:46.799 --> 00:33:49.359 He's 00:33:49.359 --> 00:33:50.220 coming soon. 00:33:51.059 --> 00:33:51.519 He will 00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:52.220 not delay 00:33:52.220 --> 00:33:53.559 and he 00:33:53.559 --> 00:33:54.180 comes to 00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:55.119 save all 00:33:55.119 --> 00:33:55.480 who are 00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:56.200 waiting for 00:33:56.200 --> 00:33:56.539 him. 00:33:59.299 --> 00:34:00.259 Jesus is 00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:00.839 moreover 00:34:00.839 --> 00:34:02.119 the supreme 00:34:02.119 --> 00:34:03.639 example of 00:34:03.639 --> 00:34:04.099 faith. 00:34:05.539 --> 00:34:06.079 For the 00:34:06.079 --> 00:34:06.960 joy that 00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:07.379 was set 00:34:07.379 --> 00:34:08.039 before him, 00:34:08.300 --> 00:34:08.880 Jesus looked 00:34:08.880 --> 00:34:09.139 to the 00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:09.500 future, 00:34:10.599 --> 00:34:11.079 himself, 00:34:11.779 --> 00:34:12.119 as he 00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:12.659 contemplated 00:34:12.659 --> 00:34:13.239 the cross. 00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:14.980 He looked 00:34:14.980 --> 00:34:15.420 ahead. 00:34:15.420 --> 00:34:17.059 He trusted 00:34:17.059 --> 00:34:17.700 the father. 00:34:18.220 --> 00:34:18.860 He believed 00:34:18.860 --> 00:34:19.240 what was 00:34:19.240 --> 00:34:19.680 promised. 00:34:21.500 --> 00:34:22.200 For the 00:34:22.200 --> 00:34:22.639 joy that 00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:23.000 was set 00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:23.639 before him, 00:34:23.980 --> 00:34:24.880 he endured 00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:25.599 the cross, 00:34:26.240 --> 00:34:26.920 despising 00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:27.579 the shame, 00:34:28.440 --> 00:34:28.880 and is 00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:29.360 seated at 00:34:29.360 --> 00:34:29.780 the right 00:34:29.780 --> 00:34:30.599 hand of 00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:31.000 the throne 00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:31.400 of God. 00:34:31.460 --> 00:34:31.880 He is the 00:34:31.880 --> 00:34:32.400 supreme 00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:33.579 example of 00:34:33.579 --> 00:34:33.800 faith. 00:34:33.940 --> 00:34:34.480 Jesus did 00:34:34.480 --> 00:34:34.900 not fear 00:34:34.900 --> 00:34:35.380 the world's 00:34:35.380 --> 00:34:35.700 power. 00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:38.200 The Jewish 00:34:38.200 --> 00:34:38.619 leaders, 00:34:38.900 --> 00:34:39.760 the Sanhedrin, 00:34:40.139 --> 00:34:40.639 the high 00:34:40.639 --> 00:34:41.059 priest, 00:34:41.340 --> 00:34:41.720 Herod, 00:34:42.019 --> 00:34:42.440 the Roman 00:34:42.440 --> 00:34:42.940 emperor, 00:34:43.360 --> 00:34:43.579 or his 00:34:43.579 --> 00:34:44.119 representative, 00:34:44.119 --> 00:34:44.619 Pontius 00:34:44.619 --> 00:34:45.039 Pilate, 00:34:45.199 --> 00:34:46.059 all gathered 00:34:46.059 --> 00:34:46.960 together against 00:34:46.960 --> 00:34:47.519 Jesus, 00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:48.940 all raging 00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:49.420 against 00:34:49.420 --> 00:34:50.000 Jesus. 00:34:52.940 --> 00:34:53.559 Jesus 00:34:53.559 --> 00:34:54.059 didn't fear 00:34:54.059 --> 00:34:54.259 them. 00:34:57.759 --> 00:34:58.400 Jesus 00:34:58.400 --> 00:34:58.759 didn't 00:34:58.759 --> 00:34:59.219 covet the 00:34:59.219 --> 00:34:59.940 world's 00:34:59.940 --> 00:35:00.239 riches. 00:35:01.139 --> 00:35:01.619 He was 00:35:01.619 --> 00:35:02.000 born in 00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:02.460 a manger. 00:35:03.759 --> 00:35:04.000 He had 00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:04.519 no place 00:35:04.519 --> 00:35:04.880 to lay 00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:05.539 his head. 00:35:06.699 --> 00:35:07.199 Offered 00:35:07.199 --> 00:35:07.619 by the 00:35:07.619 --> 00:35:07.859 devil, 00:35:07.960 --> 00:35:08.480 a shortcut 00:35:08.480 --> 00:35:08.980 to all 00:35:08.980 --> 00:35:09.480 the kingdoms 00:35:09.480 --> 00:35:10.219 and splendour 00:35:10.219 --> 00:35:10.480 of the 00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:10.699 world, 00:35:10.799 --> 00:35:11.420 he refused, 00:35:11.559 --> 00:35:11.900 saying, 00:35:11.900 --> 00:35:12.400 it's 00:35:12.400 --> 00:35:12.700 written, 00:35:13.059 --> 00:35:13.340 worship 00:35:13.340 --> 00:35:13.619 the 00:35:13.619 --> 00:35:13.840 Lord 00:35:13.840 --> 00:35:14.059 your 00:35:14.059 --> 00:35:14.380 God 00:35:14.380 --> 00:35:14.539 and 00:35:14.539 --> 00:35:14.840 serve 00:35:14.840 --> 00:35:15.019 him 00:35:15.019 --> 00:35:15.380 only. 00:35:16.619 --> 00:35:16.920 Jesus 00:35:16.920 --> 00:35:17.200 didn't 00:35:17.200 --> 00:35:17.400 cover 00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:17.559 the 00:35:17.559 --> 00:35:17.840 world's 00:35:17.840 --> 00:35:18.119 riches. 00:35:21.599 --> 00:35:22.160 Jesus 00:35:22.160 --> 00:35:22.800 endured 00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:23.440 terrible 00:35:23.440 --> 00:35:24.039 suffering, 00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:26.720 falsely 00:35:26.720 --> 00:35:27.300 accused, 00:35:27.840 --> 00:35:29.099 mistreated, 00:35:29.500 --> 00:35:29.800 beaten, 00:35:30.200 --> 00:35:30.680 spat on, 00:35:30.980 --> 00:35:31.340 stripped 00:35:31.340 --> 00:35:31.880 naked, 00:35:32.680 --> 00:35:33.320 mocked, 00:35:35.000 --> 00:35:35.519 crucified. 00:35:38.579 --> 00:35:38.880 Knowing 00:35:38.880 --> 00:35:39.780 all of 00:35:39.780 --> 00:35:40.200 that lay 00:35:40.200 --> 00:35:40.559 ahead, 00:35:40.559 --> 00:35:41.039 Jesus 00:35:41.039 --> 00:35:41.820 set his 00:35:41.820 --> 00:35:42.360 face to 00:35:42.360 --> 00:35:42.719 go to 00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:43.159 Jerusalem. 00:35:46.960 --> 00:35:47.559 He 00:35:47.559 --> 00:35:47.739 didn't 00:35:47.739 --> 00:35:47.960 just 00:35:47.960 --> 00:35:48.420 suffer 00:35:48.420 --> 00:35:49.880 that, 00:35:50.259 --> 00:35:51.219 he 00:35:51.219 --> 00:35:51.739 chose 00:35:51.739 --> 00:35:52.079 that, 00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:52.639 he 00:35:52.639 --> 00:35:53.079 submitted 00:35:53.079 --> 00:35:53.299 to 00:35:53.299 --> 00:35:53.599 that. 00:35:55.139 --> 00:35:55.739 He 00:35:55.739 --> 00:35:55.980 didn't 00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:56.219 shy 00:35:56.219 --> 00:35:56.460 from 00:35:56.460 --> 00:35:56.860 death, 00:35:57.440 --> 00:35:57.940 he 00:35:57.940 --> 00:35:58.179 didn't 00:35:58.179 --> 00:35:58.500 save 00:35:58.500 --> 00:35:58.860 himself, 00:35:59.019 --> 00:35:59.099 he 00:35:59.099 --> 00:35:59.299 didn't 00:35:59.299 --> 00:35:59.500 come 00:35:59.500 --> 00:35:59.759 down 00:35:59.759 --> 00:35:59.940 from 00:35:59.940 --> 00:36:00.099 the 00:36:00.099 --> 00:36:00.360 cross, 00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:00.719 he 00:36:00.719 --> 00:36:01.460 endured 00:36:01.460 --> 00:36:02.259 the 00:36:02.259 --> 00:36:02.739 cross, 00:36:04.079 --> 00:36:04.699 despising 00:36:04.699 --> 00:36:04.900 the 00:36:04.900 --> 00:36:05.279 shame. 00:36:05.280 --> 00:36:10.360 Jesus 00:36:10.360 --> 00:36:10.700 didn't 00:36:10.700 --> 00:36:10.900 fear 00:36:10.900 --> 00:36:11.040 the 00:36:11.040 --> 00:36:11.320 world's 00:36:11.320 --> 00:36:11.560 power, 00:36:11.700 --> 00:36:11.860 Jesus 00:36:11.860 --> 00:36:12.160 didn't 00:36:12.160 --> 00:36:12.380 covet 00:36:12.380 --> 00:36:12.560 the 00:36:12.560 --> 00:36:12.840 world's 00:36:12.840 --> 00:36:13.100 riches, 00:36:13.260 --> 00:36:13.460 Jesus 00:36:13.460 --> 00:36:13.940 endured 00:36:13.940 --> 00:36:14.360 terrible 00:36:14.360 --> 00:36:14.780 suffering 00:36:14.780 --> 00:36:15.100 and 00:36:15.100 --> 00:36:15.460 Jesus 00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:16.220 accomplished 00:36:16.220 --> 00:36:16.560 a 00:36:16.560 --> 00:36:16.860 mighty 00:36:16.860 --> 00:36:17.400 work 00:36:17.400 --> 00:36:19.820 through 00:36:19.820 --> 00:36:20.120 his 00:36:20.120 --> 00:36:20.580 suffering, 00:36:20.840 --> 00:36:21.000 the 00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:21.480 salvation 00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:21.920 of 00:36:21.920 --> 00:36:22.580 all 00:36:22.580 --> 00:36:23.800 who 00:36:23.800 --> 00:36:24.140 believe 00:36:24.140 --> 00:36:24.320 in 00:36:24.320 --> 00:36:24.600 him. 00:36:27.880 --> 00:36:28.460 Look 00:36:28.460 --> 00:36:28.640 to 00:36:28.640 --> 00:36:29.080 Jesus, 00:36:29.760 --> 00:36:31.000 both an 00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:31.800 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00:36:49.819 of 00:36:49.819 --> 00:36:50.039 your 00:36:50.039 --> 00:36:50.519 saviour. 00:36:52.460 --> 00:36:53.259 To 00:36:53.259 --> 00:36:53.579 him 00:36:53.579 --> 00:36:54.299 be glory 00:36:54.299 --> 00:36:54.859 forever 00:36:54.859 --> 00:36:55.039 and 00:36:55.039 --> 00:36:55.259 ever. 00:36:56.539 --> 00:36:56.920 Amen.