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 We're going to go into the book of Hebrews, if you want to start turning there in chapter 2.

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! We're going to be looking at some things here.

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 And the book of Hebrews, interesting book, written to Hebrew Christians, first century Christians.

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 What a change that must have been for them.

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 Coming out of Judaism and all of a sudden trusting Christ as Savior, being born again,

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 that's a whole different, it's a whole different economy, basically a whole different thing.

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 And they had problems with it.

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 So before we get into Hebrews chapter 2, let's pray.

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 Father, we just thank you so much for your word.

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 Thank you for this time that we can come together and pray.

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 We thank you so much, Father, for your word tonight that we can study.

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 Father, I ask that your word would open hearts and minds and help me present it as you would have it done.

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 Father, we again praise you for the great God that you are.

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 Father, we love you and thank you for your love.

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 In Jesus' name, amen.

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 Chapter 2 of Hebrews.

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 Now, Hebrews is a book itself written in the first century.

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 What a changeover for some of those who knew Christ as Savior.

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 But what the book of Hebrews did for the Hebrew converts, the Hebrew born-again believers,

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 is it was reinforcing to them that Jesus fulfilled the law.

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 He did all the points and fulfilled the law.

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 But there was a danger also that the Jewish Christians would start reverting back to the rituals and the rites

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 and all those extra little things that the Pharisees were putting on it.

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 Imagine going through a field on a Sunday, on a Sabbath day, and picking ears of corn,

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 picking the ears of the grain to eat as you're going through,

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 and somebody criticizing, oh, you can't do that.

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 That's work.

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 Is it?

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 So all those little things, those rituals, they could have fallen back into those rules and rituals of Judaism.

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 So there was a danger of lapsing back.

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 When you look at Hebrews itself, it tells us that God's law is good, but Jesus is better.

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 And as you go through the book of Hebrews, you'll see that again.

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 He's better.

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 Better covenant, better promises, better hope, better sacrifice.

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 The law is good, but Jesus is better.

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 Over and over and over, the Bible tells us that.

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 Throughout the book, it says that Jesus Christ is better than the prophets,

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 prophets, than angels, than Aaron, than the priests, than Moses.

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 Jesus is better.

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 Better, better, better.

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 Some, if I recall, some commentators, when you look, they say Jesus is superior in the book.

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 Well, superior, yes, indeed.

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 But I like the word better because the Bible uses the word better.

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 The word superior is not there.

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 Anyway, let's look here in Hebrews chapter 2, and we'll take those first four verses once I get there.

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 I printed them out because a lot of times my Bible, I mean, golly, I'm 72.

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 I'm getting to a point where my type in my Bible is a little small.

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 So I'm going to try it through my Bible here.

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 If I'm not, if I get messed up, I'm going to have to go back over there.

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 Hebrews chapter 2, we're going to do the first four verses.

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 Therefore, we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard,

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 lest at any time we should let them slip.

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 For if the word given by angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received the just recompense of reward,

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 how shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation?

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 Which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him.

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 God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders and with diverse miracles and gifts of the Holy Ghost,

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 according to his own will.

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 Salvation message?

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 Is it?

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 How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation?

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 I mean, we've heard salvation messages.

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 Salvation message?

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 Yeah.

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 Applicable for us today.

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 Can we apply it to our lives today?

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 Yes.

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 And that's where we're going today.

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 That's where we're going today.

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 Right here in the very first word, in chapter 2, it says, therefore.

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 How many times, maybe you haven't thought of this.

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 This is how my mind works.

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 When I see a therefore there, I always think, what's a therefore?

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 Why is a therefore therefore?

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 You ever thought about that?

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 Yeah, I see some smiles.

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 Yeah.

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 You ever think about that?

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 There's a reason why it's there.

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 Because something before had context to relate to what's being said here.

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 In order to understand a little bit more of this, let's go back to chapter 1.

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 In chapter 1, we read right in the very beginning, God.

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 Now, these are the Hebrew people.

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 You're not going to have to prove God to them at all, are you?

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 God, who in sundry times and in diverse manner, spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

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 hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things,

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 by whom also he made the worlds, who being in the brightness of his glory and the express image of his person,

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 and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins,

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 sat down on the right hand of the majesty on high,

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 being made so much better than the angels,

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 as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

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 For unto which of the angels said he at any time,

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 Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.

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 And again, I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son.

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 And the writer, under God's authority and inspiration,

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 the writer continues to use Old Testament Scripture to compare angels to Jesus Christ our Lord.

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 And Jesus, as it's said in the one verse, is better.

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 He's better than any of the angels.

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 Those first verses say that God spoke, spoke by the prophets,

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 now by his Son Jesus Christ, is so much better than the angels.

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 He purged our sins.

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 He's now with the Father.

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 He even said that he's the Creator.

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 So all those things there, but the entire first chapter,

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 the Old Testament Scriptures are brought forth

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 and comparing the angels with Jesus Christ.

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 I'm not going to get into the angel part of it.

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 That's a whole other story.

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 God spoke, now by his Son Jesus Christ, is so much better than the angels.

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 Purged our sins.

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 He's the Creator.

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 Now with the Father.

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 Let's go back to chapter 2.

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 Chapter 2, therefore.

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 Oh, I thought it was going to be up.

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 Be easier for some folks, right?

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 Therefore, we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard,

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 lest at any time...

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 I'm sorry, let me start all over again.

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 Let me go back to here.

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 My print's too small, folks.

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 Therefore, we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard,

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 lest at any time we should let them slip.

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 For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast,

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 and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward,

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 how shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation?

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 Right in the very beginning there,

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 therefore, we ought to give more earnest heed.

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 Now, that in itself says something.

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 We ought to give more earnest heed.

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 You don't hear that word heed said too often, do you?

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 Not anymore.

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 I remember as a kid, you would hear it.

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 Heed my words, stuff like that.

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 You might, older folks might have heard that expression.

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 Yeah.

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 Heed my words.

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 Yeah, I remember that.

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 But it's not a word that we use today,

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 but heed, meaning to give attendance to.

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 Listen up.

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 Take it seriously.

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 Apply it to your mind.

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 So, when it says we ought to give more earnest heed,

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 it's an eagerness to grab hold of the truth of Jesus.

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 Do we have that eagerness today?

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 Now, they were talking about a salvation message.

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 There's a salvation message here.

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 But applying it today,

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 are we giving the heed that needs to be done to our salvation?

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 We ought to give more earnest heed to the things that we have heard.

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 What things?

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 To the Hebrew first century Christians,

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 it was the words of Jesus.

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 It was the testimony of the disciples and the apostles.

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 Can we apply that today to us?

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 We ought to give more earnest heed to the things that we have heard.

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 That gospel message, but also to our salvation.

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 To the things we have heard.

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 Heard meaning we perceive it.

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 Just like we perceive something with our eyes,

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 we understand it.

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 We recognize it.

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 We note it.

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 It's more than just listening.

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 Listening is hearing the sound.

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 But hearing stuff.

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 We perceive it.

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 We note it.

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 We understood it.

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 We ought to give more earnest heed to the things we have heard.

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 Lest at any time we should let them slip.

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 Hear.

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 Any time that we should let them slip.

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 Literally to flow past.

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 To glide by.

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 That's what the meaning means here.

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 When you break it down.

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 We ought to give more earnest heed to the things which we have heard.

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 Lest at any time we should let them slip.

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 Now as a salvation message,

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 it's someone hearing the gospel message in the first century,

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 the Hebrews,

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 and just saying,

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 okay, I heard that.

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 I reject it.

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 What about us today?

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 Today we ought to give more earnest heed to the things which we have heard.

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 Lest at any time we should let them slip.

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 Slip.

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 That word slip.

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 To flow past it means.

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 To glide by.

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 Here it is to drift away from what was heard or what is heard.

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 Salvation message, yes.

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 Application, yes.

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 For us today.

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 Lest at any time we should let them slip.

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 Or to drift away.

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 What comes to your mind when you think about drifting?

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 Boating, yeah.

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 Of course.

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 Boating.

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 You might think of,

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 you know,

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 getting out on a peaceful lake

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 and taking in God's creation.

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 God, why does the sky blue?

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 Why are the trees green?

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 You ever think that stuff?

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 Why did you decide to have this color?

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 Nice and peaceful spot.

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 You guys that are fishermen,

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 you're out there,

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 you like being on the lake.

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 Man, I want to catch a good one.

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 Yep.

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 And you spend all that time peaceful, quiet.

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 Right?

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 Peaceful, quiet things.

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 I think also when I think about drifting is,

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 you know,

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 a lot of times we have friendships

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 and they kind of drift away.

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 I miss my brother Felix back in the Denver area

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 because he was my partner going into nursing homes.

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 And we did the ministry together.

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 So after, you know,

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 a year and a half being here,

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 well, we talked to him about three times.

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 Well, we used to talk to each other three,

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 four times a week.

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 Go have coffee,

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 have a good time.

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 But we used to go out

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 and we used to do the nursing home ministries

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 every Sunday

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 and I miss them.

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 And he drifts away.

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 You know,

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 there's other people that I knew down in Florida,

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 in Georgia.

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 I haven't talked to those folks

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 in I don't know how long.

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 You just,

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 they drift away.

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 They drift away.

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 Drifting.

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 Drifting.

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 Drifting.

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 There's a story

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 that you might have heard.

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 There was two young men

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 that were out fishing

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 and they were above a dam

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 on a river near their home.

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 And as they were concentrating

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 on catching fish,

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 they were unaware

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 that they had drifted

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 until they were not far

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 from the water

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 going over the top of the dam.

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 When they realized their situation,

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 the current became too powerful

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 for them to overcome it.

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 And they were not far

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 and the boat went over the dam

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 and they crashed on the rocks below.

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 Drifting.

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 Drifting.

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 Like a boater drifting unawares,

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 believers can drift away

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 from their first love.

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 We've all been there.

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 Some of us multiple times.

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 Some of us have gone over.

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 Some believers,

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 they get stuck on the rocks.

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 I've been there.

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 How many times?

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 And the Lord's,

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 you know,

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 He's so gracious

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 and so loving.

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 How many times?

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 How many times I've gone over

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 the edge?

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 Drifting.

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 Drifting.

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 Drifting takes no effort,

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 does it?

00:15:19.379 --> 00:15:20.820
 When you're out on that boat,

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 it's an unconscious process sometimes.

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 Slow slip.

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 You never go upstream

00:15:26.060 --> 00:15:28.860
 when you're drifting.

00:15:30.220 --> 00:15:31.300
 There's currents.

00:15:32.100 --> 00:15:33.500
 Get moved into currents

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 and some go over the edge.

00:15:36.760 --> 00:15:38.860
 Things that cause drifting.

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 Oh,

00:15:40.399 --> 00:15:42.019
 it could be social media.

00:15:42.779 --> 00:15:43.740
 I'm guilty of that,

00:15:43.840 --> 00:15:44.820
 getting pulled away.

00:15:46.240 --> 00:15:46.680
 Games.

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 Phone.

00:15:49.360 --> 00:15:51.120
 Young people are more on the phone.

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 I don't use my phone much.

00:15:53.740 --> 00:15:54.360
 It's a phone.

00:15:54.919 --> 00:15:55.720
 I'm an old guy.

00:15:55.940 --> 00:15:56.580
 Give me a break.

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 I don't use it like

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 my laptop.

00:15:59.980 --> 00:16:00.379
 Politics.

00:16:00.940 --> 00:16:01.879
 Some of you may know,

00:16:02.000 --> 00:16:03.200
 I was involved with politics

00:16:03.200 --> 00:16:03.840
 in the past.

00:16:03.840 --> 00:16:05.980
 That was one of the things

00:16:05.980 --> 00:16:06.639
 that got me over

00:16:06.639 --> 00:16:08.360
 the dam.

00:16:08.800 --> 00:16:09.680
 We won't go there.

00:16:09.800 --> 00:16:10.860
 The Lord brought me back.

00:16:11.160 --> 00:16:12.360
 It affects others

00:16:12.360 --> 00:16:13.860
 when you're drifting.

00:16:16.019 --> 00:16:17.019
 You ever thought about

00:16:17.019 --> 00:16:18.220
 your family,

00:16:18.440 --> 00:16:18.920
 your kids,

00:16:19.019 --> 00:16:19.639
 your testimony,

00:16:19.940 --> 00:16:20.379
 your witness,

00:16:20.519 --> 00:16:21.000
 your job?

00:16:21.240 --> 00:16:22.259
 People are watching.

00:16:23.960 --> 00:16:24.960
 People are watching.

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 And your drift

00:16:26.300 --> 00:16:29.320
 affects others.

00:16:30.340 --> 00:16:31.700
 How many remember

00:16:31.700 --> 00:16:32.740
 a year and a half ago,

00:16:32.740 --> 00:16:34.740
 March of 2024?

00:16:36.740 --> 00:16:38.299
 The Port of Baltimore.

00:16:39.180 --> 00:16:40.560
 There's a cargo shift

00:16:40.560 --> 00:16:42.259
 coming into the Port of Baltimore

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 and it loses power.

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 And it's drifting.

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 And it drifts.

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 And it drifts.

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 And it hits the bridge.

00:16:52.440 --> 00:16:54.500
 The Francis Scott Key Bridge.

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 Collapsing the bridge.

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 Killing six workers

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 on the bridge.

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 And closing the port

00:17:03.180 --> 00:17:03.860
 for months.

00:17:04.319 --> 00:17:05.400
 When we drift,

00:17:05.900 --> 00:17:07.420
 it affects others.

00:17:08.860 --> 00:17:10.960
 Sometimes harsh.

00:17:11.620 --> 00:17:12.779
 Sometimes not.

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 But it affects others.

00:17:16.039 --> 00:17:17.100
 Believers have some

00:17:17.100 --> 00:17:18.319
 common signs

00:17:18.319 --> 00:17:19.500
 of drifting.

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 A decreasing desire

00:17:23.740 --> 00:17:25.360
 to study God's Word

00:17:25.360 --> 00:17:26.460
 and to pray.

00:17:27.460 --> 00:17:28.720
 It's the main two things.

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 We've all been there.

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 Those are signs.

00:17:33.539 --> 00:17:34.700
 Brother Scott here on Sunday

00:17:34.700 --> 00:17:36.640
 was giving some statistics

00:17:36.640 --> 00:17:37.839
 about people who

00:17:37.839 --> 00:17:39.799
 don't open their Bible.

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 He's using statistics

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 from 15 years ago.

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 And I checked on some statistics

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 more current.

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 They're not any better.

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 But he said that

00:17:51.259 --> 00:17:53.960
 professed Christians,

00:17:54.680 --> 00:17:55.720
 one-third of them,

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 basically 34%,

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 never opened their Bible.

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 I got saved

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 when I was 22 years old.

00:18:01.279 --> 00:18:02.579
 I gave my testimony here.

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 I was a professed Christian.

00:18:05.180 --> 00:18:05.920
 I professed

00:18:05.920 --> 00:18:06.620
 I was a Christian.

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 I was Catholic.

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 When the gentleman

00:18:08.400 --> 00:18:09.559
 that led me

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 to the Lord,

00:18:10.299 --> 00:18:10.579
 Savior,

00:18:10.759 --> 00:18:11.480
 Jesus Christ,

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 when he said to me,

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 you believe the Bible

00:18:15.100 --> 00:18:15.799
 is the Word of God?

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 I said,

00:18:16.160 --> 00:18:16.640
 yes, I do.

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 I was a Christian.

00:18:19.660 --> 00:18:21.279
 I was a professed Christian.

00:18:21.579 --> 00:18:22.000
 I said,

00:18:22.039 --> 00:18:22.180
 yeah,

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 I believe the Bible

00:18:23.019 --> 00:18:23.880
 is the Word of God.

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 He said,

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 do you know what it says?

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 No.

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 No.

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 I mean,

00:18:31.880 --> 00:18:33.280
 we never open up the Bible.

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 You catch a piece

00:18:34.840 --> 00:18:37.020
 of some translation

00:18:37.020 --> 00:18:39.000
 at a service

00:18:39.000 --> 00:18:40.200
 every once in a while,

00:18:40.320 --> 00:18:42.840
 but it was all church things

00:18:42.840 --> 00:18:44.100
 and church law

00:18:44.100 --> 00:18:45.340
 and church rituals

00:18:45.340 --> 00:18:46.920
 and this and that,

00:18:46.980 --> 00:18:47.960
 but we never did.

00:18:49.320 --> 00:18:50.580
 But the fact that it matters,

00:18:50.680 --> 00:18:51.520
 I believed it was

00:18:51.520 --> 00:18:52.020
 the Word of God,

00:18:52.020 --> 00:18:52.800
 although I didn't know

00:18:52.800 --> 00:18:53.480
 nothing about it.

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 That gave that gentleman,

00:18:56.079 --> 00:18:56.819
 Charlie Snyder,

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 the opportunity

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 to open the Bible

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 and he said,

00:19:00.799 --> 00:19:01.339
 look at this.

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 For God so loved the world

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 he gave his only begotten Son

00:19:05.779 --> 00:19:07.500
 that whosoever believeth in him

00:19:07.500 --> 00:19:08.539
 should not perish

00:19:08.539 --> 00:19:10.779
 but have everlasting life.

00:19:11.980 --> 00:19:12.740
 And I got saved.

00:19:13.059 --> 00:19:14.440
 Common signs of drifting,

00:19:14.579 --> 00:19:14.960
 drifting,

00:19:15.700 --> 00:19:16.480
 decreasing desire

00:19:17.140 --> 00:19:18.380
 to study God's Word

00:19:18.380 --> 00:19:18.900
 and pray.

00:19:18.900 --> 00:19:21.960
 How about the decreasing desire

00:19:21.960 --> 00:19:23.640
 to be with God's people

00:19:23.640 --> 00:19:24.280
 in church?

00:19:24.620 --> 00:19:25.680
 My dear sister

00:19:25.680 --> 00:19:26.440
 who's gone on

00:19:26.440 --> 00:19:27.160
 to be with the Lord,

00:19:27.259 --> 00:19:28.080
 I had the opportunity

00:19:28.080 --> 00:19:30.080
 to lead her to the Lord

00:19:30.080 --> 00:19:31.460
 back in the early 80s,

00:19:31.980 --> 00:19:33.500
 probably about 1980,

00:19:33.620 --> 00:19:34.000
 81.

00:19:36.200 --> 00:19:37.300
 She started going

00:19:37.300 --> 00:19:38.540
 to the church

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 in her town.

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 I lived in a different town.

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 It's a Baptist church.

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 She was going there.

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 I said,

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 this is where you need

00:19:45.580 --> 00:19:46.200
 to go here.

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 She was going for a while

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 and then, you know,

00:19:49.019 --> 00:19:50.100
 you get talking to her

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 and how was church?

00:19:52.900 --> 00:19:53.780
 Well, I didn't go.

00:19:55.019 --> 00:19:55.840
 What's going on?

00:19:55.920 --> 00:19:57.200
 Well, I haven't been going

00:19:57.200 --> 00:19:57.900
 for a while.

00:19:58.820 --> 00:19:59.820
 Well, what's going on?

00:19:59.880 --> 00:20:01.240
 Well, so-and-so's there

00:20:01.240 --> 00:20:02.400
 and I don't like her.

00:20:03.720 --> 00:20:04.540
 So I'm not going to,

00:20:04.640 --> 00:20:05.800
 how many have heard it?

00:20:05.820 --> 00:20:07.060
 You've heard these stories, right?

00:20:07.460 --> 00:20:08.300
 So-and-so's there

00:20:08.300 --> 00:20:09.759
 and I don't get along with her.

00:20:09.960 --> 00:20:10.180
 So I don't,

00:20:10.580 --> 00:20:11.380
 well, listen, you know,

00:20:11.380 --> 00:20:11.700
 I mean,

00:20:11.800 --> 00:20:13.620
 if you can't get along with her

00:20:13.619 --> 00:20:14.039
 and, you know,

00:20:14.079 --> 00:20:15.119
 you get talking with them,

00:20:15.579 --> 00:20:16.679
 go across the river,

00:20:16.759 --> 00:20:18.119
 Riverside Bible Church,

00:20:18.199 --> 00:20:18.799
 you're going to get

00:20:18.799 --> 00:20:19.939
 the gospel message there.

00:20:20.000 --> 00:20:21.199
 You'll get teaching there.

00:20:21.259 --> 00:20:21.819
 It's good.

00:20:22.559 --> 00:20:23.719
 Okay, we'll try it out.

00:20:23.799 --> 00:20:24.559
 A few weeks later,

00:20:25.779 --> 00:20:27.139
 did you go over and check it?

00:20:27.179 --> 00:20:28.759
 No, but I'll get around to it.

00:20:31.579 --> 00:20:34.079
 Okay, so weeks go by,

00:20:34.119 --> 00:20:34.699
 check it out.

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 Did you get over there?

00:20:36.319 --> 00:20:36.519
 No.

00:20:36.659 --> 00:20:37.379
 Well, okay,

00:20:37.619 --> 00:20:38.839
 so-and-so's over there

00:20:38.839 --> 00:20:39.699
 and I don't like them.

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 All right,

00:20:40.779 --> 00:20:41.879
 go four or five miles

00:20:41.879 --> 00:20:43.239
 up the road to Bloomsburg

00:20:43.240 --> 00:20:45.640
 the Baptist Church up there

00:20:45.640 --> 00:20:47.079
 is a great church.

00:20:48.839 --> 00:20:49.779
 Nice size.

00:20:50.559 --> 00:20:51.400
 You'll go up there.

00:20:51.819 --> 00:20:53.079
 Well, we'll get around to it.

00:20:53.160 --> 00:20:54.660
 Well, my sister

00:20:54.660 --> 00:20:56.500
 never got there

00:20:56.500 --> 00:21:00.039
 and she drifted,

00:21:01.039 --> 00:21:02.279
 drifted,

00:21:03.339 --> 00:21:04.519
 drifted,

00:21:04.640 --> 00:21:05.940
 common signs of drifting.

00:21:05.940 --> 00:21:11.000
 How about a decreasing desire

00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:12.059
 to share the gospel?

00:21:13.059 --> 00:21:14.299
 Do you have that desire

00:21:14.299 --> 00:21:15.640
 to share the gospel tonight?

00:21:17.440 --> 00:21:18.120
 Do you?

00:21:18.660 --> 00:21:20.240
 Can you give out a gospel tract?

00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:23.259
 Can you drop one off

00:21:23.259 --> 00:21:24.279
 at the gas station

00:21:24.279 --> 00:21:25.539
 or in a grocery store?

00:21:25.539 --> 00:21:27.700
 Or Walmart?

00:21:29.259 --> 00:21:30.220
 Russ's?

00:21:30.220 --> 00:21:33.339
 Do you still have the desire

00:21:33.339 --> 00:21:34.079
 for the gospel?

00:21:35.339 --> 00:21:36.600
 A common sign

00:21:36.600 --> 00:21:37.539
 of drifting

00:21:37.539 --> 00:21:39.940
 and increasing thrill

00:21:39.940 --> 00:21:40.720
 over the things

00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:41.319
 of the world.

00:21:41.720 --> 00:21:43.500
 I had a dear friend,

00:21:43.660 --> 00:21:44.140
 a brother.

00:21:45.120 --> 00:21:46.319
 We were going to church

00:21:46.319 --> 00:21:47.140
 for some time

00:21:47.140 --> 00:21:48.860
 and he was a manager

00:21:48.860 --> 00:21:49.519
 at a store

00:21:49.519 --> 00:21:52.420
 but hadn't seen him

00:21:52.420 --> 00:21:53.319
 for a couple weeks.

00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:54.440
 Summertime.

00:21:55.640 --> 00:21:56.240
 Hadn't seen him

00:21:56.240 --> 00:21:57.100
 for a couple weeks.

00:21:57.799 --> 00:21:59.039
 Hey, brother Greg,

00:21:59.039 --> 00:21:59.879
 what's going on?

00:22:01.619 --> 00:22:02.019
 Well,

00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:03.359
 my son and I,

00:22:03.460 --> 00:22:06.559
 we like dirt bike riding.

00:22:06.659 --> 00:22:07.259
 You know that.

00:22:07.379 --> 00:22:07.559
 So,

00:22:07.940 --> 00:22:08.740
 we decided we're going

00:22:08.740 --> 00:22:09.839
 to go dirt bike riding.

00:22:10.839 --> 00:22:11.579
 Okay, well,

00:22:11.960 --> 00:22:13.000
 can't you do it on Saturday?

00:22:13.159 --> 00:22:13.480
 Well,

00:22:13.680 --> 00:22:14.579
 I got this to do,

00:22:14.659 --> 00:22:15.119
 that to do,

00:22:15.200 --> 00:22:15.779
 that to do,

00:22:15.779 --> 00:22:15.799
 that to do.

00:22:16.399 --> 00:22:17.399
 No, wait a minute, brother.

00:22:17.539 --> 00:22:18.440
 You're saying that

00:22:18.440 --> 00:22:20.619
 you want to go out

00:22:20.619 --> 00:22:22.279
 dirt bike riding

00:22:22.279 --> 00:22:23.879
 with your son

00:22:23.879 --> 00:22:24.659
 on Sunday

00:22:24.659 --> 00:22:25.779
 rather than going to church.

00:22:25.859 --> 00:22:26.599
 What message

00:22:26.599 --> 00:22:27.559
 are you showing

00:22:27.559 --> 00:22:28.519
 to your son

00:22:28.519 --> 00:22:30.480
 by doing it?

00:22:30.500 --> 00:22:31.200
 Yeah, yeah, yeah,

00:22:31.200 --> 00:22:31.599
 I know.

00:22:32.139 --> 00:22:32.500
 Well,

00:22:32.900 --> 00:22:33.619
 you didn't see him

00:22:33.619 --> 00:22:34.079
 for a while.

00:22:34.180 --> 00:22:34.700
 Didn't see him

00:22:34.700 --> 00:22:35.220
 for a while.

00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:37.940
 Then he shows up

00:22:37.940 --> 00:22:39.180
 one or two times.

00:22:40.059 --> 00:22:40.720
 Everything all right,

00:22:40.799 --> 00:22:41.019
 Greg?

00:22:41.279 --> 00:22:42.039
 Everything okay?

00:22:42.160 --> 00:22:42.359
 Yeah,

00:22:42.420 --> 00:22:43.139
 everything's okay.

00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:44.339
 Next thing you know,

00:22:44.359 --> 00:22:45.000
 he's missing again.

00:22:45.039 --> 00:22:45.700
 What's going on?

00:22:45.759 --> 00:22:46.099
 Oh,

00:22:46.099 --> 00:22:46.920
 my son and I,

00:22:47.019 --> 00:22:47.720
 we want to go

00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:49.359
 do this and that.

00:22:49.420 --> 00:22:50.619
 He was more interested

00:22:50.619 --> 00:22:52.819
 in doing things

00:22:52.819 --> 00:22:53.680
 with his son

00:22:53.680 --> 00:22:56.440
 than things

00:22:56.440 --> 00:22:57.000
 of the Lord

00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:58.160
 and eventually

00:22:58.160 --> 00:22:59.480
 stopped seeing him.

00:22:59.660 --> 00:23:00.240
 I used to go

00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:00.880
 to his work.

00:23:00.960 --> 00:23:01.740
 I used to bug him

00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:02.279
 all the time.

00:23:02.680 --> 00:23:03.019
 He'd go,

00:23:03.120 --> 00:23:03.820
 yeah, yeah, yeah,

00:23:03.820 --> 00:23:04.400
 I'll get back

00:23:04.400 --> 00:23:04.860
 into church.

00:23:04.920 --> 00:23:05.580
 It never came.

00:23:05.880 --> 00:23:06.539
 Never came.

00:23:06.660 --> 00:23:07.059
 Never came.

00:23:07.059 --> 00:23:07.900
 You get to a point

00:23:07.900 --> 00:23:10.400
 where you just

00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:11.240
 throw up your hands

00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:11.539
 and say,

00:23:11.640 --> 00:23:11.860
 Lord,

00:23:12.620 --> 00:23:13.640
 it's in your hands.

00:23:14.500 --> 00:23:15.519
 It's in your hands.

00:23:16.660 --> 00:23:17.820
 And you drift away

00:23:17.820 --> 00:23:18.400
 from him

00:23:18.400 --> 00:23:19.460
 because he's drifted

00:23:19.460 --> 00:23:20.299
 away from the Lord.

00:23:20.620 --> 00:23:21.380
 How about the fellow,

00:23:21.500 --> 00:23:22.039
 you might know

00:23:22.039 --> 00:23:23.080
 somebody like this

00:23:23.079 --> 00:23:23.960
 that says,

00:23:24.179 --> 00:23:24.439
 oh,

00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:25.159
 I'm not going

00:23:25.159 --> 00:23:26.139
 to make it to church,

00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:26.539
 brother,

00:23:26.639 --> 00:23:29.059
 because the Broncos

00:23:29.059 --> 00:23:29.799
 and the Chiefs

00:23:29.799 --> 00:23:30.619
 are going to be on.

00:23:33.039 --> 00:23:33.480
 Sports

00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:36.059
 becomes more important.

00:23:37.699 --> 00:23:38.740
 A game

00:23:38.740 --> 00:23:40.359
 because you're a fanatic.

00:23:41.899 --> 00:23:42.339
 And I don't know

00:23:42.339 --> 00:23:42.859
 about you,

00:23:42.919 --> 00:23:43.579
 but some of the things

00:23:43.579 --> 00:23:44.519
 going on in the NFL,

00:23:44.519 --> 00:23:45.599
 I'm starting to say,

00:23:45.799 --> 00:23:47.259
 I may not be watching

00:23:47.259 --> 00:23:47.720
 the NFL

00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:48.619
 too much longer.

00:23:48.919 --> 00:23:49.259
 Anyway,

00:23:49.439 --> 00:23:50.839
 I like watching football.

00:23:51.139 --> 00:23:51.659
 Don't you?

00:23:51.660 --> 00:23:52.100
 I mean,

00:23:52.140 --> 00:23:53.320
 I like watching football.

00:23:54.400 --> 00:23:55.500
 Don't like the Broncos.

00:23:56.560 --> 00:23:57.420
 Never did.

00:23:58.720 --> 00:23:59.120
 Anyway,

00:24:00.220 --> 00:24:01.460
 common signs of drifting.

00:24:01.640 --> 00:24:02.940
 How about some remedies

00:24:02.940 --> 00:24:05.880
 against drifting?

00:24:06.380 --> 00:24:07.620
 How about keep rowing?

00:24:07.860 --> 00:24:08.620
 You're in the boat.

00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:10.759
 You're drifting.

00:24:11.960 --> 00:24:12.820
 You got to work.

00:24:14.440 --> 00:24:15.259
 You got to row.

00:24:15.840 --> 00:24:17.240
 It requires some effort.

00:24:18.980 --> 00:24:20.100
 Are we making time

00:24:20.100 --> 00:24:20.680
 every day

00:24:20.680 --> 00:24:21.880
 to read God's Word?

00:24:22.299 --> 00:24:23.160
 I don't know about you,

00:24:23.240 --> 00:24:23.660
 but when I,

00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:24.259
 years ago,

00:24:24.320 --> 00:24:25.160
 when I changed

00:24:25.160 --> 00:24:25.940
 and said,

00:24:26.299 --> 00:24:26.759
 you know what,

00:24:26.840 --> 00:24:27.039
 Lord,

00:24:27.120 --> 00:24:28.600
 I'm going to get up early

00:24:28.600 --> 00:24:30.880
 and I'm going to read

00:24:30.880 --> 00:24:31.660
 the Word of God.

00:24:32.940 --> 00:24:33.960
 And I purposely

00:24:33.960 --> 00:24:35.200
 got up early.

00:24:35.360 --> 00:24:35.740
 And you know

00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:37.240
 what changed my day?

00:24:38.039 --> 00:24:39.039
 My days got

00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:39.980
 so much better

00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:42.340
 because I took

00:24:42.340 --> 00:24:43.259
 the time

00:24:43.259 --> 00:24:45.340
 to get into

00:24:45.340 --> 00:24:46.160
 God's Word.

00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:48.779
 Making the time

00:24:48.779 --> 00:24:50.059
 to read God's Word.

00:24:50.839 --> 00:24:52.039
 2 Peter tells us,

00:24:52.119 --> 00:24:53.099
 but grow in grace

00:24:53.099 --> 00:24:53.960
 and in the knowledge

00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:54.639
 of our Lord

00:24:54.639 --> 00:24:56.299
 and Savior Jesus Christ.

00:24:56.819 --> 00:24:57.920
 The Bible tells us,

00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:58.799
 study to show

00:24:58.799 --> 00:25:00.000
 thyself approved

00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:01.319
 unto God

00:25:01.319 --> 00:25:02.259
 a workman

00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:03.519
 that need not

00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:04.220
 be ashamed.

00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:05.359
 It takes work.

00:25:06.539 --> 00:25:07.779
 We got to plan it.

00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:10.079
 Same with our prayer time.

00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:12.599
 We got to talk to God.

00:25:12.980 --> 00:25:13.279
 You know,

00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:14.420
 there was a survey,

00:25:14.420 --> 00:25:15.800
 I can't remember

00:25:15.800 --> 00:25:16.640
 where I seen it

00:25:16.640 --> 00:25:18.240
 or read about it,

00:25:18.840 --> 00:25:21.220
 that 90% of our days

00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:22.539
 we're on autopilot.

00:25:22.980 --> 00:25:23.920
 We get up there

00:25:23.920 --> 00:25:25.300
 and we get up

00:25:25.300 --> 00:25:25.580
 in the morning

00:25:25.580 --> 00:25:26.460
 and we make our coffee.

00:25:27.160 --> 00:25:28.180
 We wash up.

00:25:28.259 --> 00:25:28.860
 We get dressed.

00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:29.620
 We get in the car

00:25:29.620 --> 00:25:30.539
 at a certain time of day.

00:25:30.620 --> 00:25:31.580
 We go drive to work.

00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:33.700
 We hit the same red lights

00:25:33.700 --> 00:25:34.640
 every time we go,

00:25:35.660 --> 00:25:36.660
 how far ever you go.

00:25:37.640 --> 00:25:38.500
 We have lunch

00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:39.480
 at the same time.

00:25:40.800 --> 00:25:40.940
 You know,

00:25:41.019 --> 00:25:41.560
 when we are at,

00:25:41.960 --> 00:25:43.160
 you get into a routine.

00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:44.580
 When I was a technician

00:25:44.580 --> 00:25:45.259
 at FedEx,

00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:46.940
 we did our pass down

00:25:46.940 --> 00:25:47.720
 when we came in

00:25:47.720 --> 00:25:48.620
 from the other shift.

00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:50.120
 First thing you do,

00:25:50.220 --> 00:25:50.860
 you go out there

00:25:50.860 --> 00:25:51.279
 and you run

00:25:51.279 --> 00:25:52.360
 the dimensioning tests

00:25:52.360 --> 00:25:53.440
 on the scan tunnels.

00:25:54.259 --> 00:25:55.680
 You run the packages through

00:25:55.680 --> 00:25:56.200
 and you make sure

00:25:56.200 --> 00:25:57.440
 the measurements were okay.

00:25:58.380 --> 00:25:59.200
 You went down

00:25:59.200 --> 00:26:00.580
 to where the scales were

00:26:00.580 --> 00:26:02.580
 and you did SWAC tests

00:26:02.580 --> 00:26:03.580
 where you're scanning

00:26:03.580 --> 00:26:04.720
 and the weighing,

00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:07.900
 matching up the weight

00:26:07.900 --> 00:26:08.900
 on the scale

00:26:08.900 --> 00:26:09.800
 to be accurate.

00:26:10.600 --> 00:26:11.980
 Those were routines we did.

00:26:12.220 --> 00:26:13.080
 Can't we do that

00:26:13.079 --> 00:26:13.899
 with our prayers?

00:26:14.059 --> 00:26:14.460
 Yes.

00:26:15.319 --> 00:26:16.480
 Think of the examples,

00:26:16.639 --> 00:26:17.500
 all the examples

00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:18.259
 that we have

00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:19.460
 in the Bible for prayer.

00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:21.799
 I believe it was just Sunday

00:26:21.799 --> 00:26:23.319
 Brother Scott was here

00:26:23.319 --> 00:26:24.579
 and he was talking

00:26:24.579 --> 00:26:26.879
 about Daniel.

00:26:28.059 --> 00:26:29.399
 Three times a day

00:26:29.399 --> 00:26:30.619
 and everybody knew it.

00:26:31.579 --> 00:26:32.980
 Three times a day

00:26:32.980 --> 00:26:35.059
 those windows came open

00:26:35.059 --> 00:26:35.859
 and he prayed.

00:26:35.939 --> 00:26:36.659
 You know we prayed

00:26:36.659 --> 00:26:37.980
 more than three times a day.

00:26:38.359 --> 00:26:39.119
 Are we praying

00:26:39.119 --> 00:26:40.079
 three times a day?

00:26:40.399 --> 00:26:41.299
 You're taking the time

00:26:41.299 --> 00:26:42.059
 lunch maybe

00:26:42.059 --> 00:26:43.559
 or we're told

00:26:43.559 --> 00:26:44.859
 to pray without ceasing.

00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:45.359
 I mean,

00:26:45.639 --> 00:26:47.599
 that's a lot,

00:26:47.700 --> 00:26:48.059
 isn't it?

00:26:48.419 --> 00:26:49.440
 It's not that much

00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:50.519
 when the Lord's

00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:51.480
 right there with you.

00:26:51.799 --> 00:26:52.879
 We think about other.

00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:55.559
 David said in Psalm 55,

00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:57.859
 evening and morning

00:26:57.859 --> 00:26:59.299
 and at noon,

00:26:59.399 --> 00:27:00.139
 I will pray

00:27:00.139 --> 00:27:01.200
 and cry out loud

00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:03.379
 and he will,

00:27:04.039 --> 00:27:06.319
 shall hear my voice.

00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:07.859
 and we look at Jesus.

00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:09.960
 Didn't he always

00:27:09.960 --> 00:27:10.700
 take the time

00:27:10.700 --> 00:27:11.399
 to get away

00:27:11.399 --> 00:27:13.000
 and talk to his father?

00:27:14.859 --> 00:27:16.419
 What an example we have

00:27:16.419 --> 00:27:17.720
 every time we look

00:27:17.720 --> 00:27:18.740
 and go through the Gospels.

00:27:19.159 --> 00:27:20.179
 He sought a place

00:27:20.179 --> 00:27:20.879
 of solitude.

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:22.519
 I think about

00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:23.480
 the time he went,

00:27:24.700 --> 00:27:26.659
 and it's in Mark

00:27:26.659 --> 00:27:27.439
 and it's in Luke

00:27:27.439 --> 00:27:28.059
 and in Matthew

00:27:28.059 --> 00:27:29.960
 and in Mark 1,

00:27:30.159 --> 00:27:32.240
 went to Peter's house

00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:35.539
 and the mother-in-law

00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:36.779
 is sick with a fever

00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:38.059
 and Jesus heals

00:27:38.059 --> 00:27:40.319
 the mother-in-law

00:27:40.319 --> 00:27:41.539
 and she comes and serves

00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:44.359
 and as evening came,

00:27:44.539 --> 00:27:45.759
 Jesus is out there

00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:46.799
 in the front lawn

00:27:46.799 --> 00:27:48.299
 healing folks.

00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:49.620
 Next morning,

00:27:50.319 --> 00:27:52.299
 before the sun's even up,

00:27:53.339 --> 00:27:54.900
 before it's daylight,

00:27:55.200 --> 00:27:56.259
 Jesus is off

00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:57.720
 in a solitary place

00:27:57.720 --> 00:27:59.519
 praying to his father.

00:28:00.400 --> 00:28:01.460
 And Pete gets up

00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:02.120
 and is wondering

00:28:02.120 --> 00:28:03.039
 where Jesus is

00:28:03.039 --> 00:28:03.960
 and goes looking for him

00:28:03.960 --> 00:28:04.539
 and finally says,

00:28:04.840 --> 00:28:06.400
 hey, everybody's looking for you.

00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:08.120
 That's the halfy version.

00:28:08.779 --> 00:28:10.059
 But you get it.

00:28:10.920 --> 00:28:12.559
 Jesus, our example,

00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:14.819
 God alone to talk to God

00:28:14.819 --> 00:28:17.180
 set times to go and do it.

00:28:17.840 --> 00:28:19.000
 He took the break

00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:21.279
 from dealing with the people

00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:22.319
 and healing the people

00:28:22.319 --> 00:28:23.500
 and preaching the gospel

00:28:23.500 --> 00:28:25.340
 and preaching the kingdom of heaven

00:28:25.340 --> 00:28:27.100
 and he took the time

00:28:27.100 --> 00:28:29.160
 to pray.

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:30.380
 Get alone with God.

00:28:30.380 --> 00:28:31.940
 Put it in your autopilot.

00:28:33.760 --> 00:28:34.600
 Set it up.

00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:35.640
 Make it routine.

00:28:36.640 --> 00:28:38.040
 If you're not doing it,

00:28:38.140 --> 00:28:38.820
 try it.

00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:39.840
 It'll change.

00:28:41.020 --> 00:28:42.280
 It'll change your day.

00:28:43.100 --> 00:28:44.420
 It'll change your life.

00:28:46.420 --> 00:28:47.760
 Remedies against drifting.

00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:51.380
 Watch out for the undercurrents

00:28:51.380 --> 00:28:54.320
 and the overcurrents.

00:28:54.320 --> 00:28:55.780
 Know your undercurrents.

00:28:55.779 --> 00:28:57.339
 The things that draw us away

00:28:57.339 --> 00:28:58.200
 from our prayer,

00:28:59.160 --> 00:29:01.599
 from our Bible time.

00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:03.920
 Things that get us

00:29:03.920 --> 00:29:05.119
 to drift away.

00:29:06.500 --> 00:29:08.099
 Normal, everyday things

00:29:08.099 --> 00:29:08.779
 can do it.

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:11.000
 It's taking a little bit longer

00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:12.539
 to do X, Y, and Z.

00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:13.779
 And all of a sudden,

00:29:13.940 --> 00:29:16.019
 it's kicking into my prayer time.

00:29:16.700 --> 00:29:18.420
 Don't let it happen, folks.

00:29:18.619 --> 00:29:20.119
 Know your undercurrents.

00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:21.539
 Know those things

00:29:21.539 --> 00:29:22.799
 that draw you away.

00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:25.279
 The Bible tells us,

00:29:25.579 --> 00:29:26.619
 love not the world,

00:29:26.940 --> 00:29:28.059
 neither the things

00:29:28.059 --> 00:29:29.119
 that are in the world.

00:29:29.619 --> 00:29:32.159
 If any man love the world,

00:29:32.279 --> 00:29:33.139
 the love of the Father

00:29:33.139 --> 00:29:34.059
 is not in him.

00:29:34.579 --> 00:29:36.039
 All that is in the world,

00:29:36.159 --> 00:29:37.259
 the lust of the flesh,

00:29:37.899 --> 00:29:39.200
 the lust of the eyes,

00:29:39.259 --> 00:29:40.500
 and the pride of life

00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:41.599
 is not of the Father,

00:29:41.940 --> 00:29:43.599
 but it is of the world.

00:29:44.059 --> 00:29:45.039
 It's those things

00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:45.720
 of the world

00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:47.059
 that are going to cause you

00:29:47.059 --> 00:29:47.599
 to drift.

00:29:49.359 --> 00:29:50.899
 And we'll all do it.

00:29:50.900 --> 00:29:54.120
 We'll all do it.

00:29:54.380 --> 00:29:55.900
 Remedies against drifting.

00:29:57.180 --> 00:29:58.600
 How about a strong anchor

00:29:58.600 --> 00:29:59.920
 that holds fast

00:29:59.920 --> 00:30:00.840
 in every storm?

00:30:02.880 --> 00:30:04.160
 Hebrews, later on,

00:30:04.240 --> 00:30:05.040
 chapter 6,

00:30:05.360 --> 00:30:06.000
 tells us,

00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:07.259
 we have an anchor

00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:08.360
 both sure

00:30:08.360 --> 00:30:10.480
 and steadfast.

00:30:11.660 --> 00:30:12.800
 And that's our hope

00:30:12.800 --> 00:30:13.500
 and our security

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:14.500
 in Jesus Christ,

00:30:14.580 --> 00:30:15.660
 knowing Christ the Savior.

00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:17.820
 And the song goes,

00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:19.119
 we have an anchor

00:30:19.119 --> 00:30:21.139
 that keeps the soul

00:30:21.139 --> 00:30:24.439
 steadfast and sure

00:30:24.439 --> 00:30:26.500
 while the billows roll.

00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:28.700
 There it is.

00:30:29.059 --> 00:30:30.119
 Fastened on the rock

00:30:30.119 --> 00:30:31.599
 that cannot move,

00:30:32.179 --> 00:30:33.720
 grounded firm and deep

00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:36.359
 in the Savior's love.

00:30:38.299 --> 00:30:38.980
 There's a story

00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:40.240
 I read not long ago

00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:42.819
 about a couple other ships.

00:30:44.359 --> 00:30:45.279
 Cargo ships

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:47.419
 are parked outside the port

00:30:47.420 --> 00:30:48.160
 because they're waiting

00:30:48.160 --> 00:30:49.340
 their turn to get in

00:30:49.340 --> 00:30:50.180
 to be unloaded.

00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:52.180
 So their anchor's down

00:30:52.180 --> 00:30:54.180
 and they're resting there.

00:30:55.080 --> 00:30:56.740
 And a storm comes up.

00:30:57.960 --> 00:30:59.600
 As the storm came up,

00:30:59.640 --> 00:31:01.400
 it got really powerful winds.

00:31:02.580 --> 00:31:03.759
 And that started causing

00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:05.220
 the boats to move around a bit.

00:31:05.300 --> 00:31:06.360
 They're both anchored.

00:31:06.640 --> 00:31:07.660
 But the one ship,

00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:08.640
 container ship,

00:31:09.080 --> 00:31:10.539
 the wind got a hold of it

00:31:10.539 --> 00:31:12.100
 and started moving it.

00:31:12.420 --> 00:31:14.240
 And it was dragging anchor.

00:31:16.120 --> 00:31:17.200
 Dragging anchor.

00:31:17.420 --> 00:31:19.600
 And finally,

00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:21.740
 it collided with another ship

00:31:21.740 --> 00:31:22.660
 that was alongside

00:31:22.660 --> 00:31:24.640
 that was secure.

00:31:26.080 --> 00:31:26.880
 Anchor down.

00:31:27.120 --> 00:31:28.259
 There's another song.

00:31:28.460 --> 00:31:29.080
 There it is.

00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:33.220
 In times like these.

00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:35.000
 Thank you.

00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:37.120
 In times like these,

00:31:37.380 --> 00:31:38.940
 you need a Savior.

00:31:39.880 --> 00:31:40.900
 I'm on the wrong one.

00:31:40.900 --> 00:31:42.280
 Be very sure.

00:31:42.280 --> 00:31:43.280
 Be very sure.

00:31:43.280 --> 00:31:45.280
 Be very sure.

00:31:46.019 --> 00:31:48.220
 Your anchor holds

00:31:48.220 --> 00:31:52.759
 and grips the solid rock.

00:31:53.600 --> 00:31:54.500
 We have these songs

00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:55.600
 because they have messages.

00:31:56.080 --> 00:31:56.820
 Those songs.

00:31:57.960 --> 00:31:59.220
 Making sure that anchor

00:31:59.220 --> 00:32:00.060
 is down there.

00:32:00.280 --> 00:32:01.759
 Strong anchor that holds

00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:03.100
 in every storm.

00:32:03.099 --> 00:32:03.939
 Therefore,

00:32:04.219 --> 00:32:05.199
 we ought to give

00:32:05.199 --> 00:32:07.759
 more earnest heed

00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:09.819
 to the things

00:32:09.819 --> 00:32:11.159
 which we have heard,

00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:13.619
 lest at any time

00:32:13.619 --> 00:32:14.899
 we should let them slip.

00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:17.519
 For if the word

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:19.019
 spoken by angels

00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:20.279
 was steadfast,

00:32:20.879 --> 00:32:22.359
 and every transgression

00:32:22.359 --> 00:32:23.719
 and disobedience

00:32:23.719 --> 00:32:25.059
 received a just

00:32:25.059 --> 00:32:26.279
 recompense

00:32:26.279 --> 00:32:27.599
 of reward,

00:32:27.599 --> 00:32:27.779
 reward,

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:30.740
 how shall we escape

00:32:30.740 --> 00:32:32.419
 if we neglect

00:32:32.419 --> 00:32:35.179
 so great salvation?

00:32:35.480 --> 00:32:37.240
 How shall we escape

00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:38.759
 if we neglect

00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:40.059
 so great salvation?

00:32:41.119 --> 00:32:42.299
 Salvation message?

00:32:42.740 --> 00:32:43.500
 Absolutely.

00:32:44.699 --> 00:32:46.139
 Applied to us today?

00:32:47.639 --> 00:32:49.359
 Think about it, folks.

00:32:51.119 --> 00:32:54.159
 Neglect means to admit

00:32:54.159 --> 00:32:55.219
 by carelessness

00:32:55.219 --> 00:32:57.079
 or design.

00:32:57.079 --> 00:32:58.879
 How shall we,

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 applying it to us

00:33:00.879 --> 00:33:02.279
 as believers,

00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:04.500
 how shall we escape

00:33:04.500 --> 00:33:05.679
 if we neglect

00:33:05.679 --> 00:33:07.460
 so great salvation?

00:33:07.899 --> 00:33:09.240
 Admit it by carelessness,

00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:10.379
 by design?

00:33:11.439 --> 00:33:12.519
 Neglect something.

00:33:12.759 --> 00:33:13.879
 If you neglect something,

00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:14.699
 you probably don't

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 consider it great.

00:33:15.779 --> 00:33:16.559
 Just let it go.

00:33:16.679 --> 00:33:17.240
 It don't matter.

00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:18.919
 We'll just drift along.

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 There's something.

00:33:21.439 --> 00:33:21.919
 I don't know.

00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:23.119
 The Lord just

00:33:23.119 --> 00:33:25.139
 wasn't going to

00:33:25.139 --> 00:33:26.500
 bring this out.

00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:27.519
 It's funny

00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:28.039
 the things

00:33:28.039 --> 00:33:29.339
 you pick up

00:33:29.339 --> 00:33:31.259
 on the internet.

00:33:31.839 --> 00:33:33.059
 Some crazy stuff.

00:33:33.380 --> 00:33:34.099
 We got an anchor.

00:33:34.940 --> 00:33:36.339
 This is some new age.

00:33:36.460 --> 00:33:37.880
 I still call it new age.

00:33:38.759 --> 00:33:39.680
 Things that you

00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:40.960
 see on

00:33:40.960 --> 00:33:42.299
 online

00:33:42.299 --> 00:33:44.299
 about

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 drifting.

00:33:46.240 --> 00:33:46.680
 You know,

00:33:46.839 --> 00:33:47.700
 according to

00:33:47.700 --> 00:33:48.400
 people,

00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:49.759
 drifting's a good thing.

00:33:50.960 --> 00:33:52.160
 It's a good thing.

00:33:52.160 --> 00:33:53.600
 This is what they said.

00:33:55.040 --> 00:33:56.180
 Drifting is not

00:33:56.180 --> 00:33:57.220
 just a lack

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 of direction,

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 but a profound

00:33:59.060 --> 00:34:00.080
 journey of

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 letting go

00:34:00.900 --> 00:34:01.940
 and trusting

00:34:01.940 --> 00:34:02.880
 the universe.

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 Really?

00:34:04.340 --> 00:34:05.840
 I trust my Savior,

00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:06.660
 Jesus Christ.

00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:07.700
 How about this one?

00:34:09.019 --> 00:34:09.639
 Uncovering

00:34:09.639 --> 00:34:10.659
 inner peace

00:34:10.659 --> 00:34:11.280
 and new

00:34:11.280 --> 00:34:12.000
 perspectives

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:13.340
 that challenge

00:34:13.340 --> 00:34:14.440
 our understanding

00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:15.260
 of control.

00:34:15.900 --> 00:34:16.440
 Surrender

00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:17.320
 to the

00:34:17.320 --> 00:34:19.679
 natural flow

00:34:19.679 --> 00:34:20.720
 of life.

00:34:22.720 --> 00:34:23.240
 Embracing

00:34:23.240 --> 00:34:24.059
 uncertainty

00:34:24.059 --> 00:34:26.000
 for personal

00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:26.820
 growth.

00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:27.500
 You've got to be

00:34:27.500 --> 00:34:27.900
 kidding me,

00:34:27.960 --> 00:34:28.179
 folks.

00:34:29.300 --> 00:34:30.200
 You've got to be

00:34:30.200 --> 00:34:30.639
 kidding me.

00:34:30.780 --> 00:34:31.619
 If we're drifting

00:34:31.619 --> 00:34:32.659
 as born-again

00:34:32.659 --> 00:34:33.179
 believers,

00:34:34.179 --> 00:34:35.440
 we're in trouble.

00:34:36.220 --> 00:34:37.200
 We're in trouble.

00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:39.039
 How shall we

00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:39.779
 escape

00:34:39.779 --> 00:34:40.739
 if we neglect

00:34:40.739 --> 00:34:41.899
 so great salvation?

00:34:43.559 --> 00:34:44.839
 If we neglect it,

00:34:45.099 --> 00:34:45.899
 it's not considered

00:34:45.899 --> 00:34:46.439
 that great.

00:34:46.939 --> 00:34:48.059
 Bible study slips.

00:34:48.859 --> 00:34:49.500
 Prayer slips.

00:34:49.619 --> 00:34:50.379
 Next thing you know,

00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:51.679
 and here comes

00:34:51.679 --> 00:34:52.000
 the Word.

00:34:52.039 --> 00:34:52.919
 I didn't even mention.

00:34:53.119 --> 00:34:53.679
 Backslide.

00:34:54.519 --> 00:34:55.819
 We've all been there.

00:34:57.659 --> 00:34:58.779
 Got to make sure

00:34:58.779 --> 00:34:59.919
 that we're strong

00:34:59.919 --> 00:35:00.759
 in the Word,

00:35:00.939 --> 00:35:02.239
 strong in our prayer.

00:35:03.139 --> 00:35:03.639
 What's your

00:35:03.639 --> 00:35:04.359
 relationship

00:35:04.359 --> 00:35:05.039
 to the Lord

00:35:05.039 --> 00:35:05.399
 tonight?

00:35:05.400 --> 00:35:07.240
 Is it good?

00:35:07.300 --> 00:35:07.900
 Are you drifting?

00:35:08.220 --> 00:35:08.960
 Is there things

00:35:08.960 --> 00:35:10.360
 happening in your life

00:35:10.360 --> 00:35:12.960
 that you're drifting?

00:35:13.139 --> 00:35:13.880
 You may not even

00:35:13.880 --> 00:35:14.599
 realize it

00:35:14.599 --> 00:35:15.539
 until right now.

00:35:16.639 --> 00:35:17.800
 Are you drifting?

00:35:18.400 --> 00:35:18.840
 Therefore,

00:35:19.139 --> 00:35:20.300
 we ought to give

00:35:20.300 --> 00:35:21.200
 the more

00:35:21.200 --> 00:35:23.019
 earnest heed

00:35:23.019 --> 00:35:24.880
 to the things

00:35:24.880 --> 00:35:25.780
 which we

00:35:25.780 --> 00:35:27.079
 have heard,

00:35:28.139 --> 00:35:29.300
 lest at any

00:35:29.300 --> 00:35:30.539
 time we should

00:35:30.539 --> 00:35:31.480
 let them

00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:32.619
 slip.

00:35:34.320 --> 00:35:35.240
 It's nice

00:35:35.239 --> 00:35:35.779
 to know

00:35:35.779 --> 00:35:36.719
 that when

00:35:36.719 --> 00:35:37.319
 we do

00:35:37.319 --> 00:35:37.859
 drift

00:35:37.859 --> 00:35:39.459
 and slip

00:35:39.459 --> 00:35:39.879
 and even

00:35:39.879 --> 00:35:40.379
 when we

00:35:40.379 --> 00:35:40.819
 go over

00:35:40.819 --> 00:35:41.299
 the edge

00:35:41.299 --> 00:35:41.979
 if we do

00:35:41.979 --> 00:35:42.919
 and crash

00:35:42.919 --> 00:35:43.739
 on the rocks

00:35:43.739 --> 00:35:45.899
 that if we

00:35:45.899 --> 00:35:47.000
 confess our sins

00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:47.859
 He is faithful

00:35:47.859 --> 00:35:48.379
 and just

00:35:48.379 --> 00:35:49.099
 to forgive us

00:35:49.099 --> 00:35:49.719
 our sins

00:35:49.719 --> 00:35:50.579
 and to cleanse us

00:35:50.579 --> 00:35:51.039
 from all

00:35:51.039 --> 00:35:51.899
 unrighteousness.

00:35:52.979 --> 00:35:54.379
 We have a Savior

00:35:54.379 --> 00:35:56.639
 and a loving

00:35:56.639 --> 00:35:57.199
 God

00:35:57.199 --> 00:35:58.119
 and a merciful

00:35:58.119 --> 00:35:58.659
 God

00:35:58.659 --> 00:35:59.579
 and we can

00:35:59.579 --> 00:36:00.359
 always get

00:36:00.359 --> 00:36:00.819
 back.

00:36:01.919 --> 00:36:02.879
 We can get

00:36:02.880 --> 00:36:03.340
 back.

00:36:04.019 --> 00:36:04.660
 Not only

00:36:04.660 --> 00:36:05.140
 to get

00:36:05.140 --> 00:36:05.740
 back

00:36:05.740 --> 00:36:07.539
 but to

00:36:07.539 --> 00:36:08.180
 move forward

00:36:08.180 --> 00:36:08.980
 because when

00:36:08.980 --> 00:36:09.599
 you're drifting

00:36:09.599 --> 00:36:10.539
 you're not

00:36:10.539 --> 00:36:11.300
 going upstream

00:36:11.300 --> 00:36:12.420
 not just

00:36:12.420 --> 00:36:13.119
 get back

00:36:13.119 --> 00:36:14.300
 but moving

00:36:14.300 --> 00:36:14.960
 forward for

00:36:14.960 --> 00:36:15.400
 the Lord.

00:36:16.680 --> 00:36:17.440
 Let's pray.

00:36:17.880 --> 00:36:18.019
 Let's pray.

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