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 I invite you to take out your copy of God's Word and turn to Hebrews chapter 6.

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 We're going to continue our verse-by-verse study of the book of Hebrews.

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 With today's text, which is Hebrews chapter 6, verses 9-12.

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 Before I read it, I remind you, beloved, that this is God's Word to us.

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 It was written for His glory and our good.

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

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 Hebrews chapter 6, verse 9 and following.

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 Though we speak in this way, yet in your case, beloved, we feel sure of better things.

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 Things that belong to salvation.

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 For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for His name in serving the saints, as you still do.

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 And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance of hope until the end.

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 So that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

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 This morning, as we look at these verses, I want to first draw your attention to the word that the author of Hebrews uses in addressing the church that this letter is written to.

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 He gives them the title, beloved.

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 Beloved.

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 Which means loved ones or loved.

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 It sounds so very churchy to say beloved.

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 It's not a word I ever use, at least rarely outside of this room.

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 But it just simply means loved ones.

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 And He does this.

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 He gives them this title.

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 He addresses them in this way after saying in the beginning of verse 9, though we speak in this way.

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 So just prior to this, verses 4 through 8, He has issued to them a warning.

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 And it's a similar warning.

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 It's been carrying all throughout the text so far.

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 However, it is the large reason this letter was written that they would be careful to be sure that they are, in fact, in the faith.

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 Remember that this little church had suffered much and they were being tempted to go back to Judaism.

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 To forsake the following of Christ for the sake of avoiding discomfort.

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 Avoiding the trial that was coming their way.

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 And so just previously, by way of reminder, verses 4 through 8 of chapter 6, the author of Hebrews has written,

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

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 and have tasted the goodness of the Word of God and the powers of the age to come,

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

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

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 For land that has drunk the rain that often falls on it and produces a crop useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated,

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 receives a blessing from God.

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 But if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed,

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 and its end is to be burned.

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 He has rebuked these Christians for being dull of hearing in chapter 5 and verse 11.

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 And has spoken of the need to go on to maturity in chapter 6 verse 1.

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 And then issued this very grave warning concerning land that has received the water of God's grace,

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 and then produced only thorns and thistles.

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 And what he says of it is that this land will be burned.

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 This pastor, out of concern for those who may leave the faith,

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 has warned them in chapter 2 and verse 1,

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 to pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it.

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 What is he referring to?

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 The gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 That we can only be justified before God by grace alone,

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 through faith alone,

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 in the person and work of Jesus Christ alone.

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 He is concerned that these he's writing to would be apostate.

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 That they would leave the faith and show themselves to have never been Christians at all.

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 He shares Paul's sentiment when Paul writes in 1 Timothy chapter 1 verse 18 and following,

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 where Paul exhorts Timothy,

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 wage the good warfare,

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 holding faith and a good conscience.

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 By rejecting this,

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 referring to faith and a good conscience,

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 some have made shipwreck of their faith.

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 The author of Hebrews will go on in this chapter to say,

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 in verses 19 and the beginning of verse 20,

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 we have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul.

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 A hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain

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 where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf.

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 Jesus Christ is the anchor for the soul that is storm-tossed.

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 So he has spoken strongly about those who did not make Jesus the steadfast anchor of their souls.

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 Who have drifted and shipwrecked their faith.

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 And he is warning these Christians not to be deceived by false conversion.

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 To not put too much credit in their religious experience.

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 To not find themselves among the drifted and shipwrecked.

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 And it is with this in mind,

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 as he's completing that portion of his case,

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 that he calls them beloved.

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 It is significant.

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 I hope that if it doesn't already arrest on this word,

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 that after this morning, as you're reading your scripture,

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 when you see the word beloved,

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 it will cause you to pause and think about all that that term means for you in Christ.

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 I believe for the author of Hebrews that there are two senses to this address.

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 Reasons that he uses this term.

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 I think first, he is simply saying,

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 you are loved by me.

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 I am penning this letter for your sake.

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 I care deeply about you.

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 It's a familial term.

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 He is relating to them as their brother.

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 He is saying to them,

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 you are my brothers and you are my sisters.

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 You are my beloved.

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 Much like the apostle John does in 1 John 3,

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 verse 1 and following where he writes,

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 see what kind of love the Father has given to us,

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 that we should be called children of God.

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 And so we are.

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 The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

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 So the apostle John is saying to these Christians,

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 we are brothers and sisters.

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 And then at the beginning of verse 2,

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 he says, beloved, we are God's children now.

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 He is expressing to them a great affection for them.

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 Secondly, and more importantly,

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 he is saying you are loved by God.

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 You are loved by God.

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 In fact, the author's ability to call them beloved

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 has its beginning in God's adoption of them.

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 God's familial terminology.

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 His inclusion of these people into his family.

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 The author belongs to him and they to him

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 because they all belong to God.

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 Just after Jesus was baptized,

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 Matthew 3, verse 17 tells us,

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 and behold, a voice from heaven said,

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 this is my beloved son

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 with whom I am well pleased.

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 And so if we are in Jesus,

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 if we have been adopted in him,

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 his righteousness given to us,

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 our sin given to him,

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 this term transfers to us.

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 No longer enemies,

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 but beloved children.

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 And I hope this word prompts that in you.

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 A contemplation about who you are in Christ.

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 Have you noticed my use of this same term

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 as I address you?

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 I also mean it in both sentences.

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 Have you noticed that I most regularly use it

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 when I'm about to say something particularly difficult

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 or when I'm trying to bring a particular comfort

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 or draw your attention?

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 I've already done it once this morning

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 and I do that every Sunday morning.

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 Beloved,

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 this is God's word to us.

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 I'm founding that in.

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 My great love for you

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 because of God's great love for us.

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 He's written us this good book

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 so we should pay attention to it

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 is what I'm saying to you.

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 God loves you

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 and he's written you a word.

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 Pay attention this morning.

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 I'm saying I love you

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 and more importantly,

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 God loves you.

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 And that is what the author of Hebrews

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 is doing here

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 for his original audience

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 and for us.

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 He has just said

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 a particularly difficult thing

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 and he is now bringing

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 a particular comfort.

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 He has warned them

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 not to neglect such a great salvation

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 by going on to maturity.

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 And now he gives to them

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 his confidence

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 that they are in fact Christians

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 and that they will persevere

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 to the end.

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 He is convinced

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 of the sincerity

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 of their love for Christ.

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 And had they

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 not separated by time

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 and been friends,

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 he would have agreed

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 with the Puritan theologian

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 William Pink.

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 This is on your bulletin

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 who said,

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 God presently gives

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 an everlasting assurance

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 of salvation

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 to all who love Christ

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 sincerely.

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 He is writing now

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 at this point in the text

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 as he has been warning

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 and warning

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 and warning

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 and rebuking

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 and warning

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 some comfort to them.

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 He is offering to them

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 his confidence

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 and he is hoping for

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 and wanting them

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 to have

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 this confidence.

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 And so that is a general outline

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 for today's study.

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 Number one,

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 the author has confidence

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 that they are Christians.

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 Christians.

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 And number two,

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 the author wants them

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 to have confidence

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 that they are Christians.

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 So first,

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 he expresses

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 this confidence.

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 He says,

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 yet in your case,

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 beloved,

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 he's just talked about

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 people who appeared

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 to be Christians

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 and showed themselves

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 not to be.

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 Those who had drifted.

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 Those who had make

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 shipwreck of their faith.

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 Those who did not

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 go on to maturity.

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 Those who rejected Jesus

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 as the Christ.

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 Yet in your case,

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 beloved,

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 we feel sure

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 of better things.

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 Things that belong

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 to salvation.

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 These were things

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 that he could see

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 and observe

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 and been told of

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 that existed

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 with this little church.

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 What are these things

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 that belong to salvation?

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 salvation.

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 The Christian life

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 will give evidence

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 to its faithfulness.

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 Good trees

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 will bear

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 good fruit.

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 Now,

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 there are certainly

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 external evidences

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 and we want to consider

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 and we want to talk

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 about those.

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 But before we do,

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 I want to talk

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 just briefly

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 this morning

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 about internal

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 evidences.

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 A thing that cannot

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 be measured

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 from the outside.

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 A thing that the author

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 of Hebrews

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 could not look

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 upon them

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 and know

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 with great confidence.

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 Because if you are

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 in fact in Christ,

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 if He has made you new,

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 He has made you new

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 by His Spirit.

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 He has given to you

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 the gift

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 of a Spirit

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 that indwells you,

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 makes you new,

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 causes you to walk

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 in His ways.

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 Right?

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 Replaces that heart of stone

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 with the heart of flesh.

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 Paul writes about this

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 in Romans 8,

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 verse 15-16,

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 where he writes,

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 For you did not receive

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 the spirit of slavery

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 to fall back into fear,

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 but you have received

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 the spirit of adoption

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 as sons

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 by whom we cry,

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 Abba,

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 Father,

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 Daddy,

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 Father.

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 And then verse 16 says,

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 The Spirit Himself

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 bears witness

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 with our spirit

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 that we are children

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 of God.

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 Right?

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 We have the spirit

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 that testifies to this,

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 is a seal of this,

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 that communicates to us

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 that we belong

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 to God.

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 No longer a spirit

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 of fear,

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 but a spirit of adoption

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 as sons.

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 Right?

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 An internal knowing

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 that we belong

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 to God.

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 This is a precious reality

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 that the spirit of God

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 speaks to us

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 in this way

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 if we have Him.

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 J.I. Packer

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 in his wonderful work

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 Knowing God,

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 which I commend to you,

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 wrote this,

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 If you want to judge

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 how well a person

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 understands Christianity,

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 find out how much

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 he makes

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 of the thought

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 of being God's child

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 and having God

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 as his Father.

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 If this is not

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 the thought

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 that prompts

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 and controls

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 his worship

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 and prayers

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 and his whole outlook

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 on life,

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 it means that

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 he does not

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 understand Christianity

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 very well at all.

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 For everything

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 that Christ taught,

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 everything that makes

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 the New Testament new

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 and better than the old,

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 everything that is

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 distinctively Christian

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 as opposed to

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 merely Jewish,

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 is summed up

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 in the knowledge

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 of the fatherhood

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 of God.

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 Father is the

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 Christian name

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 for God.

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 This internal testimony

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 works for our assurance.

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 Jesus said in John 14

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 in verse 27,

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 Peace I leave with you,

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 my peace I give to you,

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 not as the world gives

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 do I give to you.

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 Let not your hearts

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 be troubled,

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 neither let them

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 be afraid.

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 Now, beloved,

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 if you are in Christ,

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 there are times

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 in your life

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 you may doubt

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 your salvation.

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 I am not saying

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 that if you ever

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 doubt your salvation,

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 you are not in fact

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 in Christ.

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 But through prayer

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 and fellowship

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 and the study of the word,

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 if you have the spirit,

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 the spirit will

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 give you this

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 adoptive status,

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 this understanding,

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 right,

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 will not make you

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 in fear,

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 but will grant you

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 peace.

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 So there's this internal,

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 a bit subjective

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 evidencing,

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 but more specifically,

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 I think what our author

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 is writing about

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 is external evidencing,

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 right,

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 again,

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 things he could see

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 and hear about,

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 could report on.

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 In verse 10,

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 he expresses this,

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 for God is not unjust

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 so as to overlook

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 your work,

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 activity,

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 outward sign,

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 and the love

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 that you have shown

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 for his name

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 in serving the saints,

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 right,

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 you once did it,

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 and he goes on to say

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 at the end of verse 10,

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 as you still do.

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 Not just past work

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 and love,

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 but also present work

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 and love.

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 Later on in the book

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 of Hebrews,

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 he writes in chapter 10,

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 32 and following,

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 but recall the former days

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 when after you were enlightened,

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 you endured a hard struggle

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 with sufferings,

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 sometimes being publicly exposed

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 to reproach and affliction,

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 and sometimes being partners

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 with those so treated.

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 For you had compassion

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 on those in prison,

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 and you joyfully accepted

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 the plundering of your property,

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 since you knew

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 that you yourselves

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 had a better possession

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 and an abiding one.

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 There's one example

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 in our text,

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 in this book,

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 of what the author of Hebrews

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 here is talking about.

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 This work and the love

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 that you have shown

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 for his name

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 in serving the saints,

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 as you still do.

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 So, what's happening here

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 is that people are being

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 publicly mocked,

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 in some cases imprisoned,

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 and for the church,

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 right,

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 who's bearing the name

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 of Christ,

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 to identify

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 with those in prison,

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 to come to them

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 and bring aid to them,

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 because they weren't being

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 taken care of in prison,

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 they were just simply

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 locked up.

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 They were to be fed,

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 they were to be fed

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 by family.

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 They were also then

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 taking on

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 the name

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 of Christ.

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 Christ

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 had become

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 most precious

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 to them,

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 a better possession

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 and an abiding one,

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 verse 34

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 of chapter 10

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 says,

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 that they were willing

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 to bear up

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 under this reproach

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 and this affliction,

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 right,

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 to love

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 those

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 who were being

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 mistreated.

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 And this is because

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 they understood

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 the commands

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 of Christ.

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 John chapter 13,

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 verse 34,

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 and verse 35,

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 Jesus says,

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 a new commandment

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 I give to you

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 that you love

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 one another.

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 Just as I have loved you,

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 you also

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 are to love

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 one another.

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 By this,

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 all people will know

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 that you are my disciples

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 if you have love

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 for one another.

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 And as a mental exercise,

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 it is

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 helpful

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 to think about

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 John 13,

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 35

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 and replace

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 in there

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 all of the things

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 we tend

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 to think

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 will make us

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 known as Jesus'

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 disciples.

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 disciples

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 and there is

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 any measure

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 of them.

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 Going to church

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 on Sunday morning

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 does not necessarily

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 mean you're a disciple

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 Claiming to be

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 an evangelical

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 does not necessarily

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 make you a disciple

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 Voting for a particular

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 party does not

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 necessarily make you

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 a disciple

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 Going on a mission trip

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 every spring break

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 does not necessarily

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 make you

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 a disciple

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 Jesus brings it down

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 to this one thing.

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 By this

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 all people will know

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 that you are my disciples

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 if you have

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 love

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 for one another.

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 And this bears

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 itself out

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 in so many ways

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 which may include

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 going to church

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 on Sundays

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 and going on

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 mission trips.

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 All types of things

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 are

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 loving.

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 But just before that

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 he has said

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 just as I

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 have loved you

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 you also

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 are to love

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 one another.

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 And so something

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 we can be sure of

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 is that the type

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 of love

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 he's talking about

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 is a sacrificial

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 love.

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 It's a love

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 that gives

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 of yourself

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 for the sake

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 of

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 for the highest

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 good

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 of

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 another.

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 The author

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 of Hebrews

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 is doing

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 that very

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 thing here.

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 We live

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 in a culture

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 that defines

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 love

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 by the way

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 in which

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 the person

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 receives

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 the love.

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 So if we

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 say something

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 to someone

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 that they don't

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 particularly like

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 and it doesn't

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 feel loving

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 to them

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 then our culture

00:21:01.180 --> 00:21:02.080
 is very quick

00:21:02.080 --> 00:21:02.799
 to dismiss

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 the action

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 as unloving.

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 It's aimed

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 at how

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 the object

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 feels

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 about

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 what's done.

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 The author

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 of Hebrews

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 has just

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 called them

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 beloved.

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 He just

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 said you

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 are loved

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 ones.

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 I love

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 you.

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 And he's

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 been so

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 very hard

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 on them.

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 He has

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 just

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 finished

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 this

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 harsh

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 rebuke

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 to now

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 go on

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 to be

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 an

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 encouragement.

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 So love

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 takes on

00:21:32.759 --> 00:21:33.600
 all kinds

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 of forms.

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 But we

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 know

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 that the

00:21:36.759 --> 00:21:37.000
 Christian

00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:37.480
 life

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 is a

00:21:38.300 --> 00:21:38.759
 life

00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:39.600
 of

00:21:39.600 --> 00:21:40.280
 sacrificial

00:21:40.280 --> 00:21:41.900
 love.

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 And they

00:21:42.900 --> 00:21:43.020
 had

00:21:43.020 --> 00:21:43.560
 expressed

00:21:43.560 --> 00:21:44.040
 this.

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 And this

00:21:44.860 --> 00:21:45.480
 was giving

00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:46.400
 this

00:21:46.400 --> 00:21:46.960
 pastor

00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:47.320
 a

00:21:47.320 --> 00:21:47.900
 confidence

00:21:47.900 --> 00:21:49.480
 in their

00:21:49.480 --> 00:21:49.940
 salvation.

00:21:51.460 --> 00:21:52.040
 Secondly,

00:21:52.220 --> 00:21:52.540
 the author

00:21:52.540 --> 00:21:53.340
 wants them

00:21:53.340 --> 00:21:53.660
 to have

00:21:53.660 --> 00:21:54.100
 confidence

00:21:54.100 --> 00:21:54.920
 that they

00:21:54.920 --> 00:21:55.040
 are

00:21:55.040 --> 00:21:55.480
 Christians.

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 He doesn't

00:21:56.140 --> 00:21:56.360
 want it

00:21:56.360 --> 00:21:56.700
 to end

00:21:56.700 --> 00:21:57.160
 just with

00:21:57.160 --> 00:21:57.520
 his

00:21:57.520 --> 00:21:58.360
 confidence.

00:21:58.600 --> 00:21:59.040
 He also

00:21:59.040 --> 00:21:59.540
 wants

00:21:59.540 --> 00:22:00.060
 them

00:22:00.060 --> 00:22:01.160
 to be

00:22:01.160 --> 00:22:01.560
 confident.

00:22:01.740 --> 00:22:02.280
 Verse 11

00:22:02.280 --> 00:22:03.700
 he writes,

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 and we

00:22:03.980 --> 00:22:04.380
 desire

00:22:04.380 --> 00:22:04.880
 each

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 one of

00:22:05.480 --> 00:22:05.900
 you

00:22:05.900 --> 00:22:07.020
 to show

00:22:07.020 --> 00:22:07.620
 the same

00:22:07.620 --> 00:22:08.320
 earnestness

00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:09.599
 to have

00:22:09.599 --> 00:22:10.859
 the full

00:22:10.859 --> 00:22:11.599
 assurance

00:22:11.599 --> 00:22:12.339
 of hope

00:22:12.339 --> 00:22:13.639
 until the

00:22:13.639 --> 00:22:13.960
 end.

00:22:14.679 --> 00:22:15.439
 Not

00:22:15.439 --> 00:22:16.659
 some

00:22:16.659 --> 00:22:17.220
 assurance,

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 not a

00:22:18.839 --> 00:22:19.000
 little

00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:19.399
 measure

00:22:19.399 --> 00:22:19.559
 of

00:22:19.559 --> 00:22:19.960
 assurance,

00:22:20.119 --> 00:22:21.200
 but full

00:22:21.200 --> 00:22:21.819
 assurance,

00:22:21.939 --> 00:22:22.519
 the full

00:22:22.519 --> 00:22:23.339
 measure,

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 complete

00:22:24.559 --> 00:22:26.059
 assurance,

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 an unshakable

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 confidence is

00:22:28.700 --> 00:22:29.000
 what he's

00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:29.679
 talking about

00:22:29.679 --> 00:22:29.980
 here.

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 And not

00:22:30.799 --> 00:22:31.960
 just today,

00:22:32.379 --> 00:22:33.099
 but today

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 and tomorrow

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 and the

00:22:35.099 --> 00:22:36.200
 next until

00:22:36.200 --> 00:22:37.580
 the end.

00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:38.500
 He wants

00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:38.880
 them to

00:22:38.880 --> 00:22:39.740
 persevere.

00:22:40.180 --> 00:22:40.519
 He wants

00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:40.880
 them to

00:22:40.880 --> 00:22:42.240
 press on

00:22:42.240 --> 00:22:42.940
 in knowing

00:22:42.940 --> 00:22:44.140
 God and

00:22:44.140 --> 00:22:44.940
 doing so

00:22:44.940 --> 00:22:46.340
 to the

00:22:46.340 --> 00:22:46.620
 end.

00:22:47.700 --> 00:22:48.059
 And he

00:22:48.059 --> 00:22:48.360
 gives us

00:22:48.360 --> 00:22:48.940
 some ideas

00:22:48.940 --> 00:22:49.600
 about how

00:22:49.600 --> 00:22:50.400
 it is

00:22:50.400 --> 00:22:51.400
 that we

00:22:51.400 --> 00:22:52.039
 can have

00:22:52.039 --> 00:22:52.700
 this

00:22:52.700 --> 00:22:53.980
 assurance.

00:22:54.880 --> 00:22:55.360
 So how

00:22:55.360 --> 00:22:55.660
 is it

00:22:55.660 --> 00:22:55.840
 that we

00:22:55.840 --> 00:22:56.400
 can have

00:22:56.400 --> 00:22:57.140
 full

00:22:57.140 --> 00:22:57.840
 assurance?

00:22:58.779 --> 00:22:59.100
 Number

00:22:59.100 --> 00:22:59.480
 one,

00:23:00.880 --> 00:23:01.940
 don't

00:23:01.940 --> 00:23:02.259
 be

00:23:02.259 --> 00:23:02.559
 lazy.

00:23:03.580 --> 00:23:03.819
 Number

00:23:03.819 --> 00:23:04.120
 one,

00:23:05.380 --> 00:23:05.720
 don't

00:23:05.720 --> 00:23:05.880
 be

00:23:05.880 --> 00:23:06.259
 lazy.

00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:06.960
 The first

00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:07.279
 part of

00:23:07.279 --> 00:23:08.019
 verse 12,

00:23:09.500 --> 00:23:10.100
 he writes

00:23:10.100 --> 00:23:10.360
 so that

00:23:10.360 --> 00:23:10.640
 you may

00:23:10.640 --> 00:23:12.400
 not be

00:23:12.400 --> 00:23:13.059
 sluggish.

00:23:15.759 --> 00:23:16.620
 I think

00:23:16.620 --> 00:23:17.319
 that this

00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:19.880
 particular

00:23:19.880 --> 00:23:20.799
 challenge,

00:23:21.160 --> 00:23:21.539
 we would

00:23:21.539 --> 00:23:22.259
 not be

00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:22.960
 sluggish,

00:23:24.140 --> 00:23:24.779
 plagues

00:23:24.779 --> 00:23:25.339
 the American

00:23:25.339 --> 00:23:26.039
 church.

00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:27.880
 I think

00:23:27.880 --> 00:23:28.500
 many of

00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:29.259
 us would

00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:29.779
 find that

00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:30.120
 we are

00:23:30.120 --> 00:23:30.700
 far too

00:23:30.700 --> 00:23:31.160
 often,

00:23:31.819 --> 00:23:32.640
 far too

00:23:32.640 --> 00:23:33.500
 apathetic,

00:23:34.200 --> 00:23:34.940
 sitting

00:23:34.940 --> 00:23:35.500
 back,

00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:36.420
 seems

00:23:36.420 --> 00:23:37.400
 that so

00:23:37.400 --> 00:23:37.880
 often,

00:23:38.579 --> 00:23:38.900
 comfort

00:23:38.900 --> 00:23:39.380
 is our

00:23:39.380 --> 00:23:39.799
 very

00:23:39.799 --> 00:23:40.460
 worst

00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:41.339
 enemy.

00:23:42.460 --> 00:23:43.019
 We don't

00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:43.440
 see that

00:23:43.440 --> 00:23:43.960
 the stakes

00:23:43.960 --> 00:23:44.620
 are high.

00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:45.660
 We kind

00:23:45.660 --> 00:23:46.559
 of float

00:23:46.559 --> 00:23:47.120
 through

00:23:47.120 --> 00:23:48.160
 life.

00:23:48.819 --> 00:23:49.120
 And here

00:23:49.120 --> 00:23:49.559
 he's saying

00:23:49.559 --> 00:23:50.299
 the opposite.

00:23:51.160 --> 00:23:51.900
 Don't

00:23:51.900 --> 00:23:52.380
 be

00:23:52.380 --> 00:23:53.059
 sluggish.

00:23:53.180 --> 00:23:53.579
 Don't

00:23:53.579 --> 00:23:54.100
 be

00:23:54.100 --> 00:23:54.980
 lazy.

00:23:55.380 --> 00:23:55.940
 Put

00:23:55.940 --> 00:23:56.620
 yourself

00:23:56.620 --> 00:23:57.380
 to

00:23:57.380 --> 00:23:58.240
 the

00:23:58.240 --> 00:23:58.819
 task.

00:23:58.819 --> 00:23:58.899
 task.

00:23:59.559 --> 00:24:00.159
 This

00:24:00.159 --> 00:24:00.419
 word

00:24:00.419 --> 00:24:00.599
 here

00:24:00.599 --> 00:24:01.099
 translated

00:24:01.099 --> 00:24:01.639
 in the

00:24:01.639 --> 00:24:02.099
 ESV

00:24:02.099 --> 00:24:02.720
 sluggish

00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:03.439
 is the

00:24:03.439 --> 00:24:03.720
 very

00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:04.119
 same

00:24:04.119 --> 00:24:04.579
 word

00:24:04.579 --> 00:24:05.379
 translated

00:24:05.379 --> 00:24:05.559
 in

00:24:05.559 --> 00:24:05.779
 chapter

00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:06.259
 5

00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:06.519
 and

00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:06.839
 verse

00:24:06.839 --> 00:24:07.359
 11

00:24:07.359 --> 00:24:08.079
 as

00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:09.179
 dull.

00:24:09.559 --> 00:24:10.139
 When he

00:24:10.139 --> 00:24:10.619
 rebukes

00:24:10.619 --> 00:24:10.960
 them

00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:12.240
 that they're

00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:12.439
 being

00:24:12.439 --> 00:24:13.019
 dull

00:24:13.019 --> 00:24:13.659
 of hearing,

00:24:15.039 --> 00:24:15.399
 you could

00:24:15.399 --> 00:24:16.000
 also say

00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:17.059
 sluggish

00:24:17.059 --> 00:24:17.700
 of hearing,

00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:18.939
 lazy

00:24:18.939 --> 00:24:20.139
 of hearing.

00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:21.779
 The author

00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:22.259
 of Hebrews

00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:23.200
 has rebuked

00:24:23.200 --> 00:24:23.679
 them for

00:24:23.679 --> 00:24:24.460
 being sluggish

00:24:24.460 --> 00:24:24.740
 in their

00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:25.319
 hearing and

00:24:25.319 --> 00:24:25.900
 does not

00:24:25.900 --> 00:24:26.799
 also want

00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:27.579
 them to

00:24:27.579 --> 00:24:27.860
 become

00:24:27.860 --> 00:24:28.640
 sluggish

00:24:28.640 --> 00:24:29.700
 in their

00:24:29.700 --> 00:24:30.220
 acting.

00:24:31.220 --> 00:24:31.759
 And there's

00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:32.299
 a connection

00:24:32.299 --> 00:24:32.920
 between the

00:24:32.920 --> 00:24:33.160
 two,

00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:33.840
 between our

00:24:33.840 --> 00:24:35.340
 hearing and

00:24:35.340 --> 00:24:35.519
 our

00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:35.860
 obedience.

00:24:36.759 --> 00:24:37.140
 And I

00:24:37.140 --> 00:24:37.559
 would suggest

00:24:37.559 --> 00:24:37.920
 to you,

00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:38.440
 although not

00:24:38.440 --> 00:24:38.700
 in the

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:39.259
 text today,

00:24:39.400 --> 00:24:39.740
 that there's

00:24:39.740 --> 00:24:40.100
 also a

00:24:40.100 --> 00:24:40.360
 connection

00:24:40.360 --> 00:24:40.759
 between our

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:41.140
 obedience

00:24:41.140 --> 00:24:41.759
 and our

00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:42.440
 hearing.

00:24:43.360 --> 00:24:43.740
 That God

00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:44.000
 doesn't

00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:44.920
 entrust us

00:24:44.920 --> 00:24:45.759
 with more

00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:46.319
 until we're

00:24:46.319 --> 00:24:46.920
 obedient with

00:24:46.920 --> 00:24:47.340
 what he's

00:24:47.340 --> 00:24:47.980
 already

00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:49.519
 taught us.

00:24:49.940 --> 00:24:50.360
 That part

00:24:50.360 --> 00:24:50.700
 of the

00:24:50.700 --> 00:24:52.019
 growing up

00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:52.600
 process

00:24:52.600 --> 00:24:54.039
 is that when

00:24:54.039 --> 00:24:54.740
 God gives

00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:55.299
 you something

00:24:55.299 --> 00:24:55.899
 to obey,

00:24:56.319 --> 00:24:56.819
 you obey

00:24:56.819 --> 00:24:57.619
 that thing

00:24:57.619 --> 00:24:58.399
 and he

00:24:58.399 --> 00:24:59.019
 continues to

00:24:59.019 --> 00:24:59.279
 give you

00:24:59.279 --> 00:25:00.039
 more to

00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:00.720
 obey and

00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:01.579
 grows you

00:25:01.579 --> 00:25:02.740
 up into

00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:03.240
 Christ.

00:25:05.059 --> 00:25:05.659
 James,

00:25:05.740 --> 00:25:06.019
 in James

00:25:06.019 --> 00:25:06.639
 chapter 1

00:25:06.639 --> 00:25:07.240
 verse 22

00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:08.639
 through 25,

00:25:09.039 --> 00:25:09.839
 most of the

00:25:09.839 --> 00:25:10.319
 book of James

00:25:10.319 --> 00:25:11.159
 is about this

00:25:11.159 --> 00:25:12.599
 very issue.

00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:13.819
 He writes,

00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:14.940
 but be

00:25:14.940 --> 00:25:16.000
 doers of

00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:16.440
 the word

00:25:16.440 --> 00:25:17.059
 and not

00:25:17.059 --> 00:25:18.680
 hearers only

00:25:18.680 --> 00:25:20.299
 deceiving

00:25:20.299 --> 00:25:21.639
 yourselves.

00:25:22.899 --> 00:25:23.359
 Do not

00:25:23.359 --> 00:25:23.879
 deceive

00:25:23.880 --> 00:25:24.320
 yourself.

00:25:24.680 --> 00:25:25.120
 What he's

00:25:25.120 --> 00:25:25.400
 saying

00:25:25.400 --> 00:25:25.820
 essentially

00:25:25.820 --> 00:25:26.140
 is that

00:25:26.140 --> 00:25:26.260
 you're

00:25:26.260 --> 00:25:26.420
 not

00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:26.720
 hearing

00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:26.900
 it

00:25:26.900 --> 00:25:27.040
 if

00:25:27.040 --> 00:25:27.140
 you're

00:25:27.140 --> 00:25:27.420
 not

00:25:27.420 --> 00:25:28.360
 doing

00:25:28.360 --> 00:25:28.680
 it.

00:25:29.400 --> 00:25:29.900
 Verse 23,

00:25:30.140 --> 00:25:30.420
 for if

00:25:30.420 --> 00:25:31.220
 anyone is

00:25:31.220 --> 00:25:31.720
 a hearer

00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:31.940
 of the

00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:32.240
 word

00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:32.700
 and not

00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:33.140
 a doer,

00:25:33.980 --> 00:25:34.160
 he is

00:25:34.160 --> 00:25:34.420
 like a

00:25:34.420 --> 00:25:34.780
 man who

00:25:34.780 --> 00:25:34.980
 looks

00:25:34.980 --> 00:25:35.340
 intently

00:25:35.340 --> 00:25:35.660
 at his

00:25:35.660 --> 00:25:35.960
 natural

00:25:35.960 --> 00:25:36.380
 face

00:25:36.380 --> 00:25:36.780
 in a

00:25:36.780 --> 00:25:37.000
 mirror.

00:25:37.520 --> 00:25:37.780
 For

00:25:37.780 --> 00:25:38.060
 he looks

00:25:38.060 --> 00:25:38.500
 at himself

00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:38.880
 and goes

00:25:38.880 --> 00:25:39.200
 away

00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:39.500
 and at

00:25:39.500 --> 00:25:40.040
 once

00:25:40.040 --> 00:25:41.000
 forgets

00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:41.940
 what

00:25:41.940 --> 00:25:42.200
 he was

00:25:42.200 --> 00:25:42.560
 like.

00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:43.880
 He's

00:25:43.880 --> 00:25:44.060
 merely

00:25:44.060 --> 00:25:44.400
 saying

00:25:44.400 --> 00:25:44.940
 you're

00:25:44.940 --> 00:25:45.100
 not

00:25:45.100 --> 00:25:45.620
 using

00:25:45.620 --> 00:25:45.780
 the

00:25:45.780 --> 00:25:45.920
 mirror

00:25:45.920 --> 00:25:46.060
 for

00:25:46.060 --> 00:25:46.180
 the

00:25:46.180 --> 00:25:46.360
 purpose

00:25:46.360 --> 00:25:46.480
 of

00:25:46.480 --> 00:25:46.580
 the

00:25:46.580 --> 00:25:46.800
 mirror.

00:25:47.080 --> 00:25:47.420
 You

00:25:47.420 --> 00:25:47.600
 don't

00:25:47.600 --> 00:25:47.800
 get

00:25:47.800 --> 00:25:47.960
 what

00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:48.500
 it's

00:25:48.500 --> 00:25:49.160
 for

00:25:49.160 --> 00:25:50.880
 verse 25,

00:25:50.980 --> 00:25:51.120
 but the

00:25:51.120 --> 00:25:51.400
 one who

00:25:51.400 --> 00:25:51.680
 looks

00:25:51.680 --> 00:25:52.000
 into the

00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:52.279
 perfect

00:25:52.279 --> 00:25:52.660
 law,

00:25:53.079 --> 00:25:53.200
 the

00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.480
 law

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:53.700
 of

00:25:53.700 --> 00:25:54.100
 liberty

00:25:54.100 --> 00:25:55.259
 and

00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:56.360
 perseveres,

00:25:57.400 --> 00:25:57.700
 presses

00:25:57.700 --> 00:25:58.420
 on to

00:25:58.420 --> 00:25:58.600
 the

00:25:58.600 --> 00:25:59.039
 end

00:25:59.039 --> 00:25:59.640
 in

00:25:59.640 --> 00:26:00.140
 his

00:26:00.140 --> 00:26:00.579
 doing,

00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:01.660
 being

00:26:01.660 --> 00:26:02.000
 no

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:02.539
 hearer

00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:02.720
 who

00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:03.420
 forgets,

00:26:03.420 --> 00:26:03.779
 but a

00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:04.140
 doer

00:26:04.140 --> 00:26:04.360
 who

00:26:04.360 --> 00:26:05.059
 acts,

00:26:05.620 --> 00:26:06.000
 he

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:06.380
 will be

00:26:06.380 --> 00:26:06.960
 blessed

00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:08.180
 in his

00:26:08.180 --> 00:26:08.500
 doing.

00:26:08.500 --> 00:26:10.099
 Be

00:26:10.099 --> 00:26:10.940
 doers

00:26:10.940 --> 00:26:11.619
 and not

00:26:11.619 --> 00:26:12.299
 hearers

00:26:12.299 --> 00:26:12.779
 only.

00:26:13.519 --> 00:26:14.180
 Do not

00:26:14.180 --> 00:26:14.819
 be

00:26:14.819 --> 00:26:16.240
 lazy

00:26:16.240 --> 00:26:16.940
 in your

00:26:16.940 --> 00:26:17.400
 pursuit

00:26:17.400 --> 00:26:18.220
 of God.

00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:19.380
 So that's

00:26:19.380 --> 00:26:19.900
 to say it

00:26:19.900 --> 00:26:20.259
 in the

00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:20.619
 negative,

00:26:20.880 --> 00:26:21.099
 but I

00:26:21.099 --> 00:26:21.420
 think it's

00:26:21.420 --> 00:26:21.920
 also very

00:26:21.920 --> 00:26:22.279
 important

00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:22.640
 that we

00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:22.960
 say it

00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:23.259
 in the

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:23.839
 positive.

00:26:24.880 --> 00:26:25.000
 So

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.420
 secondly,

00:26:25.779 --> 00:26:26.220
 how can

00:26:26.220 --> 00:26:26.599
 you have

00:26:26.599 --> 00:26:27.000
 assurance?

00:26:27.740 --> 00:26:28.059
 Work.

00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:29.759
 Work

00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:30.299
 to have

00:26:30.299 --> 00:26:31.259
 assurance.

00:26:32.180 --> 00:26:32.519
 The last

00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:32.799
 part of

00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:33.240
 verse 11,

00:26:33.339 --> 00:26:33.640
 he says,

00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:34.019
 show the

00:26:34.019 --> 00:26:34.240
 same

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:34.640
 earnestness

00:26:34.640 --> 00:26:35.220
 to have

00:26:35.220 --> 00:26:35.900
 full

00:26:35.900 --> 00:26:36.339
 assurance

00:26:36.339 --> 00:26:36.519
 and

00:26:36.519 --> 00:26:36.759
 hope

00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:37.220
 until

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:38.019
 the

00:26:38.019 --> 00:26:38.339
 end.

00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:39.019
 This

00:26:39.019 --> 00:26:39.559
 idea of

00:26:39.559 --> 00:26:40.359
 earnestness

00:26:40.359 --> 00:26:41.799
 means a

00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:42.299
 serious

00:26:42.299 --> 00:26:43.119
 devotion

00:26:43.119 --> 00:26:43.960
 to,

00:26:44.339 --> 00:26:45.339
 to pick

00:26:45.339 --> 00:26:45.759
 up the

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:46.660
 task of

00:26:46.660 --> 00:26:46.980
 having

00:26:46.980 --> 00:26:47.299
 full

00:26:47.299 --> 00:26:47.759
 assurance

00:26:47.759 --> 00:26:48.599
 of hope

00:26:48.599 --> 00:26:49.480
 until

00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:49.680
 the

00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:50.039
 end.

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:51.279
 Beloved,

00:26:51.339 --> 00:26:51.599
 we are

00:26:51.599 --> 00:26:52.779
 far too

00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:53.259
 informed

00:26:53.259 --> 00:26:54.119
 by our

00:26:54.119 --> 00:26:55.259
 feelings.

00:26:56.420 --> 00:26:56.859
 I think

00:26:56.859 --> 00:26:57.480
 way too

00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:57.859
 often,

00:26:58.160 --> 00:26:58.599
 we wait

00:26:58.599 --> 00:26:58.859
 to be

00:26:58.859 --> 00:26:59.279
 obedient

00:26:59.279 --> 00:26:59.819
 until it

00:26:59.819 --> 00:27:00.119
 feels

00:27:00.119 --> 00:27:00.519
 good

00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:01.319
 to be

00:27:01.319 --> 00:27:01.900
 obedient.

00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:03.380
 We are

00:27:03.380 --> 00:27:03.940
 waiting

00:27:03.940 --> 00:27:04.460
 for a

00:27:04.460 --> 00:27:04.980
 feeling

00:27:04.980 --> 00:27:05.599
 of

00:27:05.599 --> 00:27:06.400
 assurance

00:27:06.400 --> 00:27:08.019
 and we

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:08.519
 want

00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:08.859
 to have

00:27:08.859 --> 00:27:09.359
 feelings

00:27:09.359 --> 00:27:09.839
 and we

00:27:09.839 --> 00:27:10.099
 are not

00:27:10.099 --> 00:27:10.720
 stoics.

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:11.779
 Feelings

00:27:11.779 --> 00:27:12.519
 can be

00:27:12.519 --> 00:27:12.920
 good

00:27:12.920 --> 00:27:13.220
 and they

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:13.680
 can be

00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:14.059
 helpful.

00:27:14.220 --> 00:27:14.460
 They can

00:27:14.460 --> 00:27:15.079
 be informative

00:27:15.079 --> 00:27:15.799
 for us.

00:27:16.619 --> 00:27:17.740
 We want

00:27:17.740 --> 00:27:18.819
 our feelings

00:27:18.819 --> 00:27:19.859
 to coincide

00:27:19.859 --> 00:27:20.119
 with.

00:27:20.180 --> 00:27:20.460
 We want

00:27:20.460 --> 00:27:20.740
 them to

00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:21.500
 catch up

00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:22.779
 to the

00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:23.099
 truth.

00:27:24.879 --> 00:27:25.160
 So,

00:27:25.359 --> 00:27:26.039
 here he's

00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:26.680
 not saying

00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:28.279
 feel

00:27:28.279 --> 00:27:28.700
 assured.

00:27:29.420 --> 00:27:30.059
 He's

00:27:30.059 --> 00:27:30.259
 saying

00:27:30.259 --> 00:27:31.059
 have

00:27:31.059 --> 00:27:31.960
 earnestness.

00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:33.139
 Show

00:27:33.139 --> 00:27:33.879
 devotion

00:27:33.879 --> 00:27:34.319
 to.

00:27:34.660 --> 00:27:34.759
 Right?

00:27:35.099 --> 00:27:35.759
 Work

00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:36.839
 to have

00:27:36.839 --> 00:27:37.339
 assurance

00:27:37.339 --> 00:27:38.000
 of hope

00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:38.819
 until the

00:27:38.819 --> 00:27:39.059
 end.

00:27:39.799 --> 00:27:40.339
 Be a

00:27:40.339 --> 00:27:40.799
 doer

00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:42.440
 and let

00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:42.920
 the feeling

00:27:42.920 --> 00:27:43.279
 of it

00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:44.259
 catch up.

00:27:45.940 --> 00:27:46.720
 No one

00:27:46.720 --> 00:27:47.059
 can be

00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:47.500
 saved

00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:48.779
 by their

00:27:48.779 --> 00:27:49.160
 works.

00:27:49.819 --> 00:27:50.240
 The

00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:50.700
 gospel of

00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:51.319
 Jesus Christ

00:27:51.319 --> 00:27:52.140
 says this

00:27:52.140 --> 00:27:52.500
 to us

00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:52.900
 again

00:27:52.900 --> 00:27:53.759
 and again

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.680
 and again.

00:27:54.859 --> 00:27:55.359
 We needed

00:27:55.359 --> 00:27:55.779
 Jesus'

00:27:56.019 --> 00:27:56.500
 righteousness,

00:27:56.700 --> 00:27:57.460
 his perfect

00:27:57.460 --> 00:27:58.019
 law

00:27:58.019 --> 00:27:58.700
 keeping.

00:27:59.180 --> 00:27:59.240
 Right?

00:27:59.480 --> 00:28:00.079
 No one

00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:00.379
 can be

00:28:00.379 --> 00:28:00.680
 saved

00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:01.019
 by their

00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:01.379
 works.

00:28:01.900 --> 00:28:02.140
 But

00:28:02.140 --> 00:28:02.740
 saving

00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:03.440
 faith

00:28:03.440 --> 00:28:04.480
 does

00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:05.539
 work.

00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:07.480
 Evidences

00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:08.579
 the

00:28:08.579 --> 00:28:08.920
 faith.

00:28:10.460 --> 00:28:11.019
 Again,

00:28:11.140 --> 00:28:11.519
 James,

00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:11.879
 he's

00:28:11.879 --> 00:28:12.079
 helpful

00:28:12.079 --> 00:28:12.740
 to us

00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:13.240
 in this

00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:14.839
 chapter 2

00:28:14.839 --> 00:28:15.220
 and verse

00:28:15.220 --> 00:28:16.039
 14.

00:28:16.220 --> 00:28:16.440
 He says,

00:28:16.579 --> 00:28:16.980
 What good

00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:17.339
 is it,

00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:18.039
 my brothers,

00:28:18.799 --> 00:28:19.460
 if someone

00:28:19.460 --> 00:28:20.119
 says he

00:28:20.119 --> 00:28:20.839
 has faith

00:28:20.839 --> 00:28:21.839
 but does

00:28:21.839 --> 00:28:22.400
 not have

00:28:22.400 --> 00:28:22.900
 works?

00:28:23.400 --> 00:28:24.039
 Can that

00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:24.579
 faith

00:28:24.579 --> 00:28:25.940
 save him?

00:28:27.059 --> 00:28:27.579
 James is

00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:27.980
 making the

00:28:27.980 --> 00:28:28.460
 case that

00:28:28.460 --> 00:28:29.440
 he's merely

00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:30.579
 this person

00:28:30.579 --> 00:28:31.379
 he's referring

00:28:31.379 --> 00:28:31.759
 to,

00:28:32.359 --> 00:28:33.000
 just has

00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:33.420
 some

00:28:33.420 --> 00:28:34.200
 mental

00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:34.920
 assent.

00:28:34.920 --> 00:28:36.720
 says,

00:28:36.940 --> 00:28:37.519
 like my

00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:37.800
 children

00:28:37.800 --> 00:28:38.100
 say,

00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:38.460
 I believe

00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:38.820
 in Jesus

00:28:38.820 --> 00:28:40.480
 but they

00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:40.940
 don't know

00:28:40.940 --> 00:28:41.300
 him,

00:28:41.440 --> 00:28:41.580
 they have

00:28:41.580 --> 00:28:41.820
 not been

00:28:41.820 --> 00:28:42.259
 changed

00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:43.000
 by him,

00:28:43.380 --> 00:28:43.960
 they're not

00:28:43.960 --> 00:28:44.600
 being granted

00:28:44.600 --> 00:28:45.259
 the spirit

00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:46.700
 of Christ

00:28:46.700 --> 00:28:48.380
 and this

00:28:48.380 --> 00:28:48.940
 is the

00:28:48.940 --> 00:28:49.940
 great issue

00:28:49.940 --> 00:28:51.080
 of our

00:28:51.080 --> 00:28:51.300
 day.

00:28:52.360 --> 00:28:53.360
 I say it

00:28:53.360 --> 00:28:53.759
 over and

00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:54.279
 over again,

00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:54.759
 I feel like

00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:55.039
 a broken

00:28:55.039 --> 00:28:55.660
 record at

00:28:55.660 --> 00:28:56.279
 times.

00:28:57.700 --> 00:28:58.560
 The gospel

00:28:58.560 --> 00:28:58.940
 of Jesus

00:28:58.940 --> 00:28:59.519
 Christ

00:28:59.519 --> 00:29:00.440
 is that we

00:29:00.440 --> 00:29:00.779
 are saved

00:29:00.779 --> 00:29:01.259
 by grace

00:29:01.259 --> 00:29:01.539
 alone,

00:29:01.640 --> 00:29:02.060
 through faith

00:29:02.060 --> 00:29:02.420
 alone,

00:29:02.560 --> 00:29:03.000
 in Christ

00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:03.339
 alone.

00:29:03.880 --> 00:29:04.920
 God saves

00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:05.500
 those who

00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:06.380
 are his.

00:29:06.779 --> 00:29:07.339
 He moves

00:29:07.339 --> 00:29:07.740
 in them

00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:08.640
 to repentance

00:29:08.640 --> 00:29:10.039
 and faith.

00:29:10.460 --> 00:29:11.240
 He causes

00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:11.880
 them to turn

00:29:11.880 --> 00:29:12.420
 from sin

00:29:12.420 --> 00:29:13.079
 and to believe

00:29:13.079 --> 00:29:13.720
 in Christ.

00:29:14.019 --> 00:29:14.700
 To place

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:15.519
 all of their

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:16.000
 confidence

00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:16.960
 in who

00:29:16.960 --> 00:29:17.660
 Jesus

00:29:17.660 --> 00:29:18.920
 is.

00:29:19.400 --> 00:29:19.779
 And this

00:29:19.779 --> 00:29:20.579
 is a great

00:29:20.579 --> 00:29:21.740
 work of

00:29:21.740 --> 00:29:22.319
 God.

00:29:22.900 --> 00:29:23.480
 This is a

00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:24.380
 monergistic

00:29:24.380 --> 00:29:24.880
 work.

00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:26.460
 God saves,

00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:27.859
 God keeps.

00:29:28.700 --> 00:29:29.220
 It's in

00:29:29.220 --> 00:29:30.299
 that salvation

00:29:30.299 --> 00:29:31.180
 that we

00:29:31.180 --> 00:29:32.639
 now walk,

00:29:32.919 --> 00:29:33.220
 that we

00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:34.099
 evidence

00:29:34.099 --> 00:29:34.779
 it.

00:29:36.779 --> 00:29:37.919
 Just because

00:29:37.919 --> 00:29:38.339
 you have

00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:38.859
 raised your

00:29:38.859 --> 00:29:40.619
 hand or

00:29:40.619 --> 00:29:41.220
 walked down

00:29:41.220 --> 00:29:41.799
 an aisle

00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:42.440
 does not

00:29:42.440 --> 00:29:43.299
 necessarily

00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:45.019
 mean you're

00:29:45.019 --> 00:29:45.440
 a Christian.

00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:47.119
 What

00:29:47.119 --> 00:29:47.799
 evidences

00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:49.960
 your faith?

00:29:50.419 --> 00:29:51.059
 And remember

00:29:51.059 --> 00:29:52.259
 that he's

00:29:52.259 --> 00:29:53.079
 being encouraging

00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:53.899
 to this end.

00:29:54.680 --> 00:29:54.759
 Right?

00:29:55.339 --> 00:29:55.960
 He's being

00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:56.740
 encouraging to

00:29:56.740 --> 00:29:57.200
 this end.

00:29:57.659 --> 00:29:58.539
 I have a

00:29:58.539 --> 00:29:58.859
 confidence.

00:29:58.980 --> 00:29:59.539
 I want you

00:29:59.539 --> 00:29:59.980
 to have a

00:29:59.980 --> 00:30:00.339
 confidence.

00:30:00.899 --> 00:30:01.019
 Right?

00:30:01.339 --> 00:30:01.980
 I'm

00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:02.399
 observing.

00:30:02.899 --> 00:30:04.180
 You continue

00:30:04.180 --> 00:30:04.920
 to do

00:30:04.920 --> 00:30:06.240
 this work.

00:30:06.579 --> 00:30:07.639
 Be earnest

00:30:07.639 --> 00:30:08.779
 in your

00:30:08.779 --> 00:30:09.180
 working.

00:30:11.299 --> 00:30:12.200
 Paul writes

00:30:12.200 --> 00:30:12.639
 in Ephesians

00:30:12.639 --> 00:30:13.319
 chapter 2

00:30:13.319 --> 00:30:14.159
 verses 4

00:30:14.159 --> 00:30:14.700
 through 10.

00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:15.019
 Some of

00:30:15.019 --> 00:30:15.240
 this will

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:15.799
 sound familiar

00:30:15.799 --> 00:30:16.180
 from our

00:30:16.180 --> 00:30:16.639
 time with

00:30:16.639 --> 00:30:17.039
 the children.

00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:17.700
 But God

00:30:17.700 --> 00:30:19.259
 being rich

00:30:19.259 --> 00:30:19.799
 in mercy

00:30:19.799 --> 00:30:20.639
 because of

00:30:20.639 --> 00:30:21.059
 the great

00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:21.519
 love with

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:21.920
 which he

00:30:21.920 --> 00:30:22.539
 loved us

00:30:22.539 --> 00:30:24.019
 even when

00:30:24.019 --> 00:30:24.319
 we were

00:30:24.319 --> 00:30:25.139
 dead in

00:30:25.139 --> 00:30:25.299
 our

00:30:25.299 --> 00:30:25.940
 trespasses.

00:30:26.819 --> 00:30:27.119
 Dead.

00:30:27.879 --> 00:30:28.359
 Inactive.

00:30:29.019 --> 00:30:29.500
 Unable.

00:30:29.539 --> 00:30:31.539
 He made

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:32.399
 us alive

00:30:32.399 --> 00:30:32.879
 together

00:30:32.879 --> 00:30:33.399
 with

00:30:33.399 --> 00:30:33.879
 Christ.

00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:35.099
 By grace

00:30:35.099 --> 00:30:35.500
 you have

00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:36.059
 been saved

00:30:36.059 --> 00:30:37.119
 and raises

00:30:37.119 --> 00:30:37.599
 up with

00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:37.899
 him and

00:30:37.899 --> 00:30:38.319
 seated us

00:30:38.319 --> 00:30:38.659
 with him

00:30:38.659 --> 00:30:38.879
 in the

00:30:38.879 --> 00:30:39.079
 heavenly

00:30:39.079 --> 00:30:39.460
 places

00:30:39.460 --> 00:30:39.779
 in

00:30:39.779 --> 00:30:40.440
 Christ

00:30:40.440 --> 00:30:41.119
 Jesus.

00:30:42.119 --> 00:30:42.339
 So that

00:30:42.339 --> 00:30:42.519
 in the

00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:42.859
 coming

00:30:42.859 --> 00:30:43.159
 ages

00:30:43.159 --> 00:30:43.500
 he might

00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:43.779
 show

00:30:43.779 --> 00:30:43.960
 the

00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:44.379
 immeasurable

00:30:44.379 --> 00:30:44.799
 riches

00:30:44.799 --> 00:30:45.220
 of his

00:30:45.220 --> 00:30:45.539
 grace

00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:46.139
 and kindness

00:30:46.139 --> 00:30:46.839
 toward us

00:30:46.839 --> 00:30:47.759
 in Christ

00:30:47.759 --> 00:30:47.980
 Jesus.

00:30:48.059 --> 00:30:48.159
 Right?

00:30:48.180 --> 00:30:48.359
 In order

00:30:48.359 --> 00:30:48.779
 to put

00:30:48.779 --> 00:30:49.559
 on display

00:30:49.559 --> 00:30:49.940
 his

00:30:49.940 --> 00:30:50.359
 greatness

00:30:50.359 --> 00:30:51.059
 he has

00:30:51.059 --> 00:30:51.480
 saved

00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:52.139
 a people.

00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:52.839
 Verse

00:30:52.839 --> 00:30:53.220
 8.

00:30:54.019 --> 00:30:54.279
 For by

00:30:54.279 --> 00:30:54.700
 grace you

00:30:54.700 --> 00:30:55.019
 have been

00:30:55.019 --> 00:30:55.359
 saved

00:30:55.359 --> 00:30:55.619
 through

00:30:55.619 --> 00:30:56.079
 faith.

00:30:56.079 --> 00:30:56.859
 And this

00:30:56.859 --> 00:30:57.419
 is not

00:30:57.419 --> 00:30:58.240
 your own

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:58.619
 doing.

00:30:59.059 --> 00:30:59.419
 It is

00:30:59.419 --> 00:30:59.879
 the gift

00:30:59.879 --> 00:31:00.699
 of God

00:31:00.699 --> 00:31:01.919
 not a

00:31:01.919 --> 00:31:02.399
 result of

00:31:02.399 --> 00:31:02.899
 works

00:31:02.899 --> 00:31:03.839
 so that

00:31:03.839 --> 00:31:04.599
 no one

00:31:04.599 --> 00:31:05.859
 may boast.

00:31:07.299 --> 00:31:07.500
 And then

00:31:07.500 --> 00:31:07.960
 verse 10.

00:31:08.639 --> 00:31:10.139
 For we

00:31:10.139 --> 00:31:10.539
 are his

00:31:10.539 --> 00:31:11.159
 workmanship

00:31:11.159 --> 00:31:13.220
 created in

00:31:13.220 --> 00:31:13.699
 Christ

00:31:13.699 --> 00:31:14.099
 Jesus

00:31:14.099 --> 00:31:15.679
 for good

00:31:15.679 --> 00:31:16.139
 works.

00:31:16.639 --> 00:31:17.659
 He saved

00:31:17.659 --> 00:31:18.079
 us

00:31:18.079 --> 00:31:19.259
 for good

00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:19.759
 works

00:31:19.759 --> 00:31:20.279
 which

00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:20.859
 evidence

00:31:20.859 --> 00:31:21.779
 this saving

00:31:21.779 --> 00:31:22.220
 power in

00:31:22.220 --> 00:31:22.720
 our lives

00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:23.700
 which

00:31:23.700 --> 00:31:24.299
 God

00:31:24.299 --> 00:31:24.759
 prepared

00:31:24.759 --> 00:31:25.299
 beforehand

00:31:25.299 --> 00:31:26.700
 that we

00:31:26.700 --> 00:31:27.160
 should walk

00:31:27.160 --> 00:31:27.500
 in them.

00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:29.400
 So do

00:31:29.400 --> 00:31:29.660
 you want

00:31:29.660 --> 00:31:30.180
 to have

00:31:30.180 --> 00:31:30.940
 assurance?

00:31:31.559 --> 00:31:31.740
 Do you

00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:31.940
 want to

00:31:31.940 --> 00:31:32.440
 feel

00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:33.000
 assured?

00:31:33.779 --> 00:31:34.319
 Then get

00:31:34.319 --> 00:31:34.860
 to work.

00:31:35.779 --> 00:31:36.220
 Pick up

00:31:36.220 --> 00:31:36.680
 the scripture

00:31:36.680 --> 00:31:37.740
 and read

00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:38.420
 the commands.

00:31:39.019 --> 00:31:39.819
 How is it

00:31:39.819 --> 00:31:40.380
 that God

00:31:40.380 --> 00:31:40.960
 would have

00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:41.799
 me walk?

00:31:43.079 --> 00:31:43.720
 Learn

00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:44.799
 to love

00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:45.779
 righteousness.

00:31:46.319 --> 00:31:46.940
 Put off

00:31:46.940 --> 00:31:47.700
 old habits

00:31:47.700 --> 00:31:48.200
 by putting

00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:49.299
 on new

00:31:49.299 --> 00:31:49.759
 habits.

00:31:50.440 --> 00:31:50.720
 And you

00:31:50.720 --> 00:31:51.160
 will find

00:31:51.160 --> 00:31:51.539
 in doing

00:31:51.539 --> 00:31:51.920
 this if

00:31:51.920 --> 00:31:52.160
 you are

00:31:52.160 --> 00:31:52.840
 in Christ

00:31:52.840 --> 00:31:54.400
 your trajectory

00:31:54.400 --> 00:31:54.940
 will be

00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:55.340
 towards

00:31:55.340 --> 00:31:55.740
 holiness.

00:31:56.620 --> 00:31:56.980
 You will

00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:57.580
 find that

00:31:57.580 --> 00:31:58.100
 it gets

00:31:58.100 --> 00:31:59.080
 easier and

00:31:59.080 --> 00:31:59.700
 easier to

00:31:59.700 --> 00:32:00.100
 do these

00:32:00.100 --> 00:32:00.660
 things.

00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:01.900
 We never

00:32:01.900 --> 00:32:02.560
 become perfect

00:32:02.560 --> 00:32:03.080
 beside of

00:32:03.080 --> 00:32:03.840
 heaven but

00:32:03.840 --> 00:32:04.720
 we progress

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:05.779
 toward it.

00:32:06.600 --> 00:32:07.080
 Always

00:32:07.080 --> 00:32:07.460
 making

00:32:07.460 --> 00:32:08.160
 progress

00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:09.540
 bit by

00:32:09.540 --> 00:32:10.340
 bit by

00:32:10.340 --> 00:32:10.620
 bit.

00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:11.060
 One

00:32:11.060 --> 00:32:11.900
 degree

00:32:11.900 --> 00:32:12.920
 of glory

00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:13.600
 to another

00:32:13.600 --> 00:32:14.200
 degree

00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:15.380
 of glory

00:32:15.380 --> 00:32:16.259
 as the

00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:16.820
 spirit of

00:32:16.820 --> 00:32:17.120
 Christ

00:32:17.120 --> 00:32:17.700
 powerfully

00:32:17.700 --> 00:32:18.160
 works

00:32:18.160 --> 00:32:19.560
 within us.

00:32:20.320 --> 00:32:20.700
 We are

00:32:20.700 --> 00:32:21.100
 meant to be

00:32:21.100 --> 00:32:21.600
 a people.

00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:21.860
 That is

00:32:21.859 --> 00:32:22.099
 why we are

00:32:22.099 --> 00:32:22.879
 left here.

00:32:22.879 --> 00:32:23.319
 We are

00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:23.319


00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:24.179
 We still

00:32:24.179 --> 00:32:24.599
 carry the

00:32:24.599 --> 00:32:25.119
 baggage of

00:32:25.119 --> 00:32:25.659
 our flesh

00:32:25.659 --> 00:32:26.039
 around.

00:32:26.759 --> 00:32:27.259
 We have

00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:27.619
 a great

00:32:27.619 --> 00:32:29.039
 deal of

00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:30.099
 sympathy with

00:32:30.099 --> 00:32:30.419
 those who

00:32:30.419 --> 00:32:30.799
 are not

00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:31.319
 in Christ

00:32:31.319 --> 00:32:31.799
 because we

00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:32.819
 still feel

00:32:32.819 --> 00:32:33.259
 we still

00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:34.419
 experience

00:32:34.419 --> 00:32:36.119
 the effect

00:32:36.119 --> 00:32:36.519
 of a

00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:36.899
 fallen

00:32:36.899 --> 00:32:37.819
 nature.

00:32:38.319 --> 00:32:39.039
 But we have

00:32:39.039 --> 00:32:39.439
 been set

00:32:39.439 --> 00:32:39.979
 free from

00:32:39.979 --> 00:32:40.279
 sin.

00:32:40.399 --> 00:32:40.579
 We have

00:32:40.579 --> 00:32:41.119
 been delivered

00:32:41.119 --> 00:32:41.479
 from it.

00:32:41.500 --> 00:32:41.759
 We no

00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:42.599
 longer have

00:32:42.599 --> 00:32:43.559
 to sin

00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:44.459
 because we

00:32:44.459 --> 00:32:45.439
 have the

00:32:45.439 --> 00:32:45.799
 spirit of

00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:46.240
 Christ.

00:32:46.659 --> 00:32:46.979
 We can

00:32:46.979 --> 00:32:47.539
 be obedient

00:32:47.539 --> 00:32:48.039
 to him

00:32:48.039 --> 00:32:48.359
 and we're

00:32:48.359 --> 00:32:49.000
 meant to

00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:49.799
 be moving

00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:50.779
 ever

00:32:50.779 --> 00:32:52.399
 heavenward.

00:32:53.440 --> 00:32:53.879
 And this

00:32:53.879 --> 00:32:54.599
 is how we

00:32:54.599 --> 00:32:55.720
 exalt Christ

00:32:55.720 --> 00:32:56.599
 on the

00:32:56.599 --> 00:32:56.899
 earth.

00:32:57.799 --> 00:32:58.180
 This is

00:32:58.180 --> 00:32:58.940
 why as a

00:32:58.940 --> 00:32:59.659
 people,

00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:00.579
 as a church,

00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:01.039
 we're meant

00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:01.420
 to be drawn

00:33:01.420 --> 00:33:02.119
 together and

00:33:02.119 --> 00:33:02.960
 distinct in

00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:03.480
 that way.

00:33:03.899 --> 00:33:04.240
 That our

00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:04.720
 community would

00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:05.240
 look at us

00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:05.460
 and go,

00:33:05.559 --> 00:33:06.039
 what is it

00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:06.460
 with those

00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:06.960
 people?

00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:08.619
 They're

00:33:08.619 --> 00:33:09.339
 improving

00:33:09.339 --> 00:33:09.940
 people.

00:33:10.599 --> 00:33:11.200
 They're so

00:33:11.200 --> 00:33:11.980
 humble as

00:33:11.980 --> 00:33:12.319
 they walk

00:33:12.319 --> 00:33:12.740
 before their

00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:13.259
 God.

00:33:13.700 --> 00:33:14.359
 They're putting

00:33:14.359 --> 00:33:15.359
 off sin

00:33:15.359 --> 00:33:15.619
 and they're

00:33:15.619 --> 00:33:16.419
 putting on

00:33:16.419 --> 00:33:17.679
 righteousness.

00:33:18.579 --> 00:33:19.219
 What an

00:33:19.219 --> 00:33:20.000
 odd people.

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:21.439
 And to

00:33:21.439 --> 00:33:21.859
 some that'll

00:33:21.859 --> 00:33:22.759
 be attractive

00:33:22.759 --> 00:33:23.159
 and to

00:33:23.159 --> 00:33:23.459
 some it'll

00:33:23.459 --> 00:33:24.879
 be repulsive.

00:33:25.779 --> 00:33:26.079
 So,

00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:26.799
 don't be

00:33:26.799 --> 00:33:27.099
 lazy.

00:33:28.359 --> 00:33:28.779
 Secondly,

00:33:29.119 --> 00:33:29.559
 work.

00:33:30.939 --> 00:33:31.399
 Third,

00:33:32.459 --> 00:33:32.740
 imitate.

00:33:34.339 --> 00:33:35.099
 Last part

00:33:35.099 --> 00:33:35.339
 of verse

00:33:35.339 --> 00:33:35.779
 12,

00:33:37.099 --> 00:33:37.319
 the author

00:33:37.319 --> 00:33:37.619
 says,

00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:39.119
 but imitators

00:33:39.119 --> 00:33:40.779
 of those

00:33:40.779 --> 00:33:41.399
 who through

00:33:41.399 --> 00:33:42.979
 faith and

00:33:42.979 --> 00:33:43.699
 patience

00:33:43.699 --> 00:33:45.139
 inherit the

00:33:45.140 --> 00:33:45.500
 promises.

00:33:48.160 --> 00:33:49.259
 This life

00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:50.040
 is not

00:33:50.040 --> 00:33:51.280
 long.

00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:52.780
 We are

00:33:52.780 --> 00:33:54.259
 here but

00:33:54.259 --> 00:33:54.920
 a moment,

00:33:55.160 --> 00:33:55.300
 right?

00:33:55.360 --> 00:33:56.040
 A vapor

00:33:56.040 --> 00:33:57.140
 in the

00:33:57.140 --> 00:33:57.480
 wind.

00:33:58.240 --> 00:33:59.140
 The older

00:33:59.140 --> 00:33:59.800
 I get,

00:34:00.340 --> 00:34:00.780
 the more

00:34:00.780 --> 00:34:01.440
 I feel

00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:01.820
 that.

00:34:02.440 --> 00:34:03.160
 The life

00:34:03.160 --> 00:34:03.520
 seems to

00:34:03.520 --> 00:34:04.480
 be accelerating.

00:34:05.160 --> 00:34:05.740
 I've asked

00:34:05.740 --> 00:34:06.560
 people older

00:34:06.560 --> 00:34:06.880
 than me,

00:34:06.940 --> 00:34:07.259
 does it ever

00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:07.820
 slow down?

00:34:07.860 --> 00:34:08.160
 And I say,

00:34:08.280 --> 00:34:08.500
 nope,

00:34:08.780 --> 00:34:09.240
 it keeps

00:34:09.240 --> 00:34:09.760
 right on.

00:34:10.240 --> 00:34:10.920
 I turned

00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:11.780
 39 at the

00:34:11.780 --> 00:34:12.039
 end of

00:34:12.039 --> 00:34:12.579
 January

00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:14.079
 and already

00:34:14.079 --> 00:34:15.019
 was dreading

00:34:15.019 --> 00:34:15.420
 40,

00:34:15.659 --> 00:34:15.820
 like,

00:34:16.099 --> 00:34:16.699
 approaching

00:34:16.699 --> 00:34:16.920
 it.

00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:17.159
 I was

00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:17.440
 already

00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:17.800
 dreading

00:34:17.800 --> 00:34:17.960
 it.

00:34:18.119 --> 00:34:18.380
 And we

00:34:18.380 --> 00:34:19.039
 are almost

00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:19.900
 halfway there

00:34:19.900 --> 00:34:20.219
 already.

00:34:20.320 --> 00:34:20.579
 It felt

00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:21.340
 like yesterday

00:34:21.340 --> 00:34:22.539
 I was

00:34:22.539 --> 00:34:22.759
 going,

00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:23.159
 oh,

00:34:23.219 --> 00:34:23.679
 39,

00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:25.139
 and I'm

00:34:25.139 --> 00:34:25.280
 going to

00:34:25.280 --> 00:34:26.019
 blink again,

00:34:26.440 --> 00:34:26.739
 and I'm

00:34:26.739 --> 00:34:26.880
 going to

00:34:26.880 --> 00:34:27.400
 be 40.

00:34:27.880 --> 00:34:28.500
 Life does

00:34:28.500 --> 00:34:29.219
 not last

00:34:29.219 --> 00:34:29.840
 that long,

00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:30.679
 but in

00:34:30.679 --> 00:34:31.219
 our struggle

00:34:31.219 --> 00:34:31.820
 with sin,

00:34:31.880 --> 00:34:32.639
 it feels

00:34:32.639 --> 00:34:33.599
 like forever.

00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:35.219
 God,

00:34:35.280 --> 00:34:36.000
 deliver me

00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:36.340
 from this

00:34:36.340 --> 00:34:36.920
 body of

00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:37.360
 death.

00:34:38.199 --> 00:34:39.380
 Every day

00:34:39.380 --> 00:34:40.259
 as I set

00:34:40.259 --> 00:34:40.739
 my face

00:34:40.739 --> 00:34:41.340
 towards him

00:34:41.340 --> 00:34:41.840
 just seems

00:34:41.840 --> 00:34:42.480
 like such

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:43.840
 a struggle.

00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:45.840
 And to

00:34:45.840 --> 00:34:46.320
 walk in a

00:34:46.320 --> 00:34:46.699
 world that

00:34:46.699 --> 00:34:47.219
 is hostile

00:34:47.219 --> 00:34:48.260
 toward us,

00:34:48.920 --> 00:34:49.740
 as we're

00:34:49.740 --> 00:34:50.320
 following the

00:34:50.320 --> 00:34:50.740
 way of

00:34:50.740 --> 00:34:51.139
 God,

00:34:51.619 --> 00:34:52.139
 we are

00:34:52.139 --> 00:34:52.820
 bound to

00:34:52.820 --> 00:34:53.360
 get tired.

00:34:54.420 --> 00:34:55.119
 Just as

00:34:55.119 --> 00:34:55.639
 the Christians

00:34:55.639 --> 00:34:56.420
 of this

00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:57.599
 church that

00:34:57.599 --> 00:34:58.039
 this author

00:34:58.039 --> 00:34:58.460
 is writing

00:34:58.460 --> 00:34:59.500
 to were

00:34:59.500 --> 00:34:59.920
 getting

00:34:59.920 --> 00:35:01.199
 tired,

00:35:01.699 --> 00:35:01.840
 right?

00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:02.219
 They were

00:35:02.219 --> 00:35:03.000
 beleaguered,

00:35:03.260 --> 00:35:03.400
 right?

00:35:03.440 --> 00:35:03.679
 They were

00:35:03.679 --> 00:35:04.719
 worn out.

00:35:05.240 --> 00:35:05.820
 They had

00:35:05.820 --> 00:35:06.480
 suffered and

00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:07.300
 they would

00:35:07.300 --> 00:35:08.920
 suffer.

00:35:10.440 --> 00:35:10.840
 The author of

00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:11.140
 Hebrews was

00:35:11.140 --> 00:35:11.559
 writing to

00:35:11.559 --> 00:35:12.059
 them and

00:35:12.059 --> 00:35:13.400
 us to

00:35:13.400 --> 00:35:13.980
 tell us

00:35:13.980 --> 00:35:14.380
 and them

00:35:14.380 --> 00:35:15.079
 to imitate

00:35:15.079 --> 00:35:16.760
 those who

00:35:16.760 --> 00:35:17.820
 went before

00:35:17.820 --> 00:35:18.059
 us.

00:35:18.420 --> 00:35:18.780
 Look to

00:35:18.780 --> 00:35:19.240
 those who

00:35:19.240 --> 00:35:20.420
 finished well,

00:35:20.519 --> 00:35:21.059
 who already

00:35:21.059 --> 00:35:22.559
 finished and

00:35:22.559 --> 00:35:23.220
 who finished

00:35:23.220 --> 00:35:24.620
 well.

00:35:25.660 --> 00:35:25.960
 And the

00:35:25.960 --> 00:35:26.340
 author of

00:35:26.340 --> 00:35:26.740
 Hebrews is

00:35:26.740 --> 00:35:28.480
 likely setting

00:35:28.480 --> 00:35:28.920
 them and

00:35:28.920 --> 00:35:30.000
 us up for

00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:30.660
 the hall of

00:35:30.660 --> 00:35:31.660
 faith that

00:35:31.660 --> 00:35:32.260
 is chapter

00:35:32.260 --> 00:35:32.960
 11.

00:35:33.140 --> 00:35:33.340
 If you're

00:35:33.340 --> 00:35:33.840
 familiar with

00:35:33.840 --> 00:35:34.160
 the book

00:35:34.160 --> 00:35:35.480
 of Hebrews,

00:35:36.039 --> 00:35:36.940
 chapter 11

00:35:36.940 --> 00:35:37.840
 lays out a

00:35:37.840 --> 00:35:38.960
 series of

00:35:38.960 --> 00:35:39.600
 people who

00:35:39.599 --> 00:35:41.159
 by faith

00:35:41.159 --> 00:35:42.940
 and patience

00:35:42.940 --> 00:35:44.119
 inherited

00:35:44.119 --> 00:35:45.860
 the promises.

00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:46.839
 And so I

00:35:46.839 --> 00:35:47.239
 would like for

00:35:47.239 --> 00:35:47.639
 us to go

00:35:47.639 --> 00:35:48.099
 there together.

00:35:48.199 --> 00:35:48.639
 So turn over

00:35:48.639 --> 00:35:49.299
 a few pages

00:35:49.299 --> 00:35:49.819
 if you will

00:35:49.819 --> 00:35:51.259
 to Hebrews

00:35:51.259 --> 00:35:53.179
 chapter 11.

00:36:03.019 --> 00:36:03.559
 As we

00:36:03.559 --> 00:36:03.960
 think about

00:36:03.960 --> 00:36:04.279
 being

00:36:04.279 --> 00:36:05.759
 imitators,

00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:06.460
 now this

00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:08.019
 phrase,

00:36:08.360 --> 00:36:08.960
 through faith

00:36:08.960 --> 00:36:09.800
 and patience,

00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:11.460
 in extra

00:36:11.460 --> 00:36:12.019
 biblical Hebrew

00:36:12.019 --> 00:36:12.380
 writing,

00:36:12.659 --> 00:36:13.199
 was most

00:36:13.199 --> 00:36:14.119
 often attributed

00:36:14.119 --> 00:36:15.380
 to Abraham.

00:36:16.320 --> 00:36:16.780
 And it's

00:36:16.780 --> 00:36:17.579
 very possible

00:36:17.579 --> 00:36:18.059
 at this

00:36:18.059 --> 00:36:18.780
 point in

00:36:18.780 --> 00:36:19.800
 the Hebrew

00:36:19.800 --> 00:36:20.400
 listener's

00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:20.980
 mind,

00:36:21.420 --> 00:36:21.820
 that's where

00:36:21.820 --> 00:36:22.280
 the brain

00:36:22.280 --> 00:36:23.000
 goes immediately.

00:36:23.179 --> 00:36:23.360
 Oh,

00:36:23.400 --> 00:36:23.820
 Abraham,

00:36:24.300 --> 00:36:24.679
 faith and

00:36:24.679 --> 00:36:25.000
 patience.

00:36:25.740 --> 00:36:26.119
 And he

00:36:26.119 --> 00:36:26.820
 is talked

00:36:26.820 --> 00:36:28.099
 about most

00:36:28.099 --> 00:36:29.039
 extensively in

00:36:29.039 --> 00:36:30.360
 Hebrews chapter

00:36:30.360 --> 00:36:30.720
 11.

00:36:30.840 --> 00:36:31.179
 But I think

00:36:31.179 --> 00:36:31.659
 the author of

00:36:31.659 --> 00:36:32.320
 Hebrews also

00:36:32.320 --> 00:36:32.980
 means to

00:36:32.980 --> 00:36:34.380
 gather others

00:36:34.380 --> 00:36:34.980
 into that

00:36:34.980 --> 00:36:35.400
 number.

00:36:35.960 --> 00:36:37.220
 So yes,

00:36:37.860 --> 00:36:38.260
 Abraham,

00:36:38.579 --> 00:36:39.500
 but also

00:36:39.500 --> 00:36:41.019
 to add to

00:36:41.019 --> 00:36:41.340
 that.

00:36:42.220 --> 00:36:42.559
 And we

00:36:42.559 --> 00:36:43.440
 now have,

00:36:44.059 --> 00:36:44.500
 as I'm

00:36:44.500 --> 00:36:44.640
 going to

00:36:44.640 --> 00:36:45.059
 add to

00:36:45.059 --> 00:36:45.320
 Hebrews

00:36:45.320 --> 00:36:46.019
 chapter 11,

00:36:46.300 --> 00:36:47.119
 not in

00:36:47.119 --> 00:36:47.640
 an inspired

00:36:47.640 --> 00:36:48.240
 sense,

00:36:48.940 --> 00:36:49.360
 but we

00:36:49.360 --> 00:36:50.019
 now have

00:36:50.019 --> 00:36:50.500
 many who

00:36:50.500 --> 00:36:50.920
 have gone

00:36:50.920 --> 00:36:52.079
 before us.

00:36:52.559 --> 00:36:52.900
 So I

00:36:52.900 --> 00:36:53.140
 commend

00:36:53.140 --> 00:36:53.660
 biography

00:36:53.660 --> 00:36:54.280
 to you

00:36:54.280 --> 00:36:55.420
 to read

00:36:55.420 --> 00:36:56.099
 about the

00:36:56.099 --> 00:36:56.900
 faith and

00:36:56.900 --> 00:36:57.820
 patience of

00:36:57.820 --> 00:36:59.680
 others as

00:36:59.680 --> 00:37:00.099
 well.

00:37:01.800 --> 00:37:02.480
 Verse 1 of

00:37:02.480 --> 00:37:02.880
 Hebrews 11

00:37:02.880 --> 00:37:03.119
 says,

00:37:03.119 --> 00:37:03.699
 now faith

00:37:03.699 --> 00:37:04.019
 is the

00:37:04.019 --> 00:37:04.699
 assurance

00:37:04.699 --> 00:37:05.940
 of things

00:37:05.940 --> 00:37:07.099
 hoped for,

00:37:07.699 --> 00:37:08.519
 the conviction

00:37:08.519 --> 00:37:09.519
 of things

00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:11.819
 not seen.

00:37:12.079 --> 00:37:12.619
 So as

00:37:12.619 --> 00:37:13.480
 we're tired,

00:37:13.579 --> 00:37:13.779
 as we're

00:37:13.779 --> 00:37:14.359
 beat down,

00:37:14.420 --> 00:37:14.739
 as we're

00:37:14.739 --> 00:37:15.179
 beleaguered,

00:37:15.259 --> 00:37:15.659
 as this

00:37:15.659 --> 00:37:16.480
 church was,

00:37:16.839 --> 00:37:17.400
 faith is

00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:18.179
 believing in

00:37:18.179 --> 00:37:18.659
 the promises

00:37:18.659 --> 00:37:19.159
 of God

00:37:19.159 --> 00:37:19.759
 that are out

00:37:19.759 --> 00:37:20.099
 there.

00:37:20.179 --> 00:37:20.599
 We're not

00:37:20.599 --> 00:37:21.559
 there yet,

00:37:21.859 --> 00:37:22.139
 right?

00:37:22.480 --> 00:37:22.880
 But we're

00:37:22.880 --> 00:37:23.539
 believing we

00:37:23.539 --> 00:37:24.440
 will get

00:37:24.440 --> 00:37:24.759
 there.

00:37:25.619 --> 00:37:25.839
 It's

00:37:25.839 --> 00:37:26.380
 believing

00:37:26.380 --> 00:37:27.039
 that.

00:37:27.599 --> 00:37:27.900
 And so

00:37:27.900 --> 00:37:28.259
 you can

00:37:28.259 --> 00:37:28.859
 see as

00:37:28.859 --> 00:37:29.319
 he goes

00:37:29.319 --> 00:37:29.839
 through this

00:37:29.839 --> 00:37:30.480
 text talking

00:37:30.480 --> 00:37:30.880
 about the

00:37:30.880 --> 00:37:31.239
 faith of

00:37:31.239 --> 00:37:31.759
 these people

00:37:31.760 --> 00:37:32.980
 that this

00:37:32.980 --> 00:37:33.340
 was a

00:37:33.340 --> 00:37:33.960
 patient

00:37:33.960 --> 00:37:35.440
 faith.

00:37:36.460 --> 00:37:37.080
 So faith

00:37:37.080 --> 00:37:37.420
 is the

00:37:37.420 --> 00:37:38.100
 assurance of

00:37:38.100 --> 00:37:38.660
 things hoped

00:37:38.660 --> 00:37:38.900
 for,

00:37:38.960 --> 00:37:39.520
 the conviction

00:37:39.520 --> 00:37:40.300
 of things

00:37:40.300 --> 00:37:41.620
 not seen.

00:37:42.160 --> 00:37:42.960
 For by it

00:37:42.960 --> 00:37:43.580
 the people

00:37:43.580 --> 00:37:44.780
 of old

00:37:44.780 --> 00:37:45.820
 received

00:37:45.820 --> 00:37:46.520
 their

00:37:46.520 --> 00:37:47.220
 commendation.

00:37:48.260 --> 00:37:48.700
 By faith

00:37:48.700 --> 00:37:49.360
 we understand

00:37:49.360 --> 00:37:49.720
 that the

00:37:49.720 --> 00:37:50.240
 universe was

00:37:50.240 --> 00:37:50.760
 created by

00:37:50.760 --> 00:37:51.100
 the word

00:37:51.100 --> 00:37:51.540
 of God

00:37:51.540 --> 00:37:52.200
 so that

00:37:52.200 --> 00:37:52.540
 what is

00:37:52.540 --> 00:37:52.820
 seen

00:37:52.820 --> 00:37:53.160
 was not

00:37:53.160 --> 00:37:53.620
 made

00:37:53.620 --> 00:37:53.940
 out of

00:37:53.940 --> 00:37:54.380
 things

00:37:54.380 --> 00:37:54.760
 that are

00:37:54.760 --> 00:37:55.080
 visible.

00:37:56.140 --> 00:37:56.640
 By faith

00:37:56.640 --> 00:37:57.000
 Abel

00:37:57.000 --> 00:37:57.440
 offered to

00:37:57.440 --> 00:37:57.740
 God a

00:37:57.740 --> 00:37:58.280
 more acceptable

00:37:58.280 --> 00:37:58.900
 sacrifice

00:37:58.900 --> 00:37:59.860
 than Cain

00:37:59.860 --> 00:38:00.840
 through which

00:38:00.840 --> 00:38:01.220
 he was

00:38:01.220 --> 00:38:01.820
 commended as

00:38:01.820 --> 00:38:02.260
 righteous,

00:38:02.840 --> 00:38:03.639
 God commending

00:38:03.639 --> 00:38:04.240
 him by

00:38:04.240 --> 00:38:04.760
 accepting

00:38:04.760 --> 00:38:05.760
 his gifts.

00:38:06.480 --> 00:38:06.800
 And through

00:38:06.800 --> 00:38:07.440
 his faith

00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:08.079
 though he

00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:09.019
 died he

00:38:09.019 --> 00:38:10.519
 still speaks.

00:38:10.920 --> 00:38:11.519
 To who?

00:38:11.960 --> 00:38:12.460
 To us.

00:38:13.619 --> 00:38:14.280
 By faith

00:38:14.280 --> 00:38:14.880
 Enoch was

00:38:14.880 --> 00:38:15.519
 taken up so

00:38:15.519 --> 00:38:15.780
 that he

00:38:15.780 --> 00:38:16.380
 should not

00:38:16.380 --> 00:38:17.160
 see death

00:38:17.160 --> 00:38:17.800
 and he

00:38:17.800 --> 00:38:18.240
 was not

00:38:18.240 --> 00:38:18.860
 found because

00:38:18.860 --> 00:38:19.320
 God had

00:38:19.320 --> 00:38:19.860
 taken him.

00:38:20.340 --> 00:38:20.780
 Now before

00:38:20.780 --> 00:38:21.079
 he was

00:38:21.079 --> 00:38:21.680
 taken he

00:38:21.680 --> 00:38:22.500
 was commended

00:38:22.500 --> 00:38:23.440
 as having

00:38:23.440 --> 00:38:24.160
 pleased

00:38:24.160 --> 00:38:24.880
 God.

00:38:25.760 --> 00:38:26.119
 And without

00:38:26.119 --> 00:38:26.700
 faith it is

00:38:26.700 --> 00:38:27.360
 impossible to

00:38:27.360 --> 00:38:27.800
 please him

00:38:27.800 --> 00:38:28.220
 for whoever

00:38:28.219 --> 00:38:28.699
 would draw

00:38:28.699 --> 00:38:29.179
 near to

00:38:29.179 --> 00:38:30.059
 God must

00:38:30.059 --> 00:38:30.579
 believe that

00:38:30.579 --> 00:38:31.299
 he exists

00:38:31.299 --> 00:38:32.119
 and that

00:38:32.119 --> 00:38:32.839
 he rewards

00:38:32.839 --> 00:38:33.759
 those who

00:38:33.759 --> 00:38:34.219
 seek him.

00:38:35.219 --> 00:38:35.659
 By faith

00:38:35.659 --> 00:38:36.239
 Noah being

00:38:36.239 --> 00:38:36.799
 warned by

00:38:36.799 --> 00:38:37.500
 God concerning

00:38:37.500 --> 00:38:38.199
 events as

00:38:38.199 --> 00:38:38.959
 yet unseen

00:38:38.959 --> 00:38:40.159
 in reverent

00:38:40.159 --> 00:38:41.419
 fear constructed

00:38:41.419 --> 00:38:42.519
 an ark for

00:38:42.519 --> 00:38:43.039
 the saving of

00:38:43.039 --> 00:38:43.559
 his household.

00:38:44.199 --> 00:38:45.139
 By this he

00:38:45.139 --> 00:38:45.739
 condemned the

00:38:45.739 --> 00:38:46.319
 world and

00:38:46.319 --> 00:38:46.819
 became an

00:38:46.819 --> 00:38:47.500
 heir of the

00:38:47.500 --> 00:38:47.939
 righteousness

00:38:47.939 --> 00:38:49.059
 that comes

00:38:49.059 --> 00:38:49.779
 by faith.

00:38:50.779 --> 00:38:51.419
 By faith

00:38:51.419 --> 00:38:51.839
 Abraham

00:38:51.839 --> 00:38:52.539
 obeyed when

00:38:52.539 --> 00:38:53.000
 he was called

00:38:53.000 --> 00:38:53.639
 to go out

00:38:53.639 --> 00:38:54.399
 to a place

00:38:54.399 --> 00:38:54.819
 that he was

00:38:54.819 --> 00:38:55.339
 to receive

00:38:55.339 --> 00:38:56.059
 as an

00:38:56.059 --> 00:38:56.459
 inheritance

00:38:56.459 --> 00:38:57.419
 and he

00:38:57.419 --> 00:38:57.919
 went out

00:38:57.920 --> 00:38:58.599
 not knowing

00:38:58.599 --> 00:38:59.220
 where he

00:38:59.220 --> 00:38:59.760
 was going.

00:39:00.639 --> 00:39:01.000
 By faith

00:39:01.000 --> 00:39:01.380
 he went to

00:39:01.380 --> 00:39:01.680
 live in

00:39:01.680 --> 00:39:01.960
 the land

00:39:01.960 --> 00:39:02.480
 of promise

00:39:02.480 --> 00:39:02.820
 as in

00:39:02.820 --> 00:39:03.220
 a foreign

00:39:03.220 --> 00:39:03.900
 land living

00:39:03.900 --> 00:39:04.400
 in tents

00:39:04.400 --> 00:39:05.000
 with Isaac

00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:05.639
 and Jacob

00:39:05.639 --> 00:39:06.579
 heirs with

00:39:06.579 --> 00:39:07.400
 him of

00:39:07.400 --> 00:39:07.820
 the same

00:39:07.820 --> 00:39:08.380
 promise.

00:39:08.840 --> 00:39:09.159
 For he

00:39:09.159 --> 00:39:09.659
 was looking

00:39:09.659 --> 00:39:10.860
 forward to

00:39:10.860 --> 00:39:11.400
 the city

00:39:11.400 --> 00:39:11.940
 that has

00:39:11.940 --> 00:39:12.680
 foundations

00:39:12.680 --> 00:39:13.659
 whose

00:39:13.659 --> 00:39:14.519
 designer and

00:39:14.519 --> 00:39:14.840
 builder

00:39:14.840 --> 00:39:15.980
 is God.

00:39:17.059 --> 00:39:17.659
 By faith

00:39:17.659 --> 00:39:18.139
 Sarah

00:39:18.139 --> 00:39:19.440
 herself received

00:39:19.440 --> 00:39:20.159
 power to

00:39:20.159 --> 00:39:21.099
 conceive even

00:39:21.099 --> 00:39:21.579
 when she was

00:39:21.579 --> 00:39:22.639
 past the age

00:39:22.639 --> 00:39:23.579
 since she

00:39:23.579 --> 00:39:24.440
 considered him

00:39:24.440 --> 00:39:25.700
 faithful who

00:39:25.700 --> 00:39:26.480
 had promised.

00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:27.780
 therefore

00:39:27.780 --> 00:39:28.539
 from one

00:39:28.539 --> 00:39:28.960
 man

00:39:28.960 --> 00:39:29.639
 and him

00:39:29.639 --> 00:39:30.079
 as good

00:39:30.079 --> 00:39:30.800
 as dead

00:39:30.800 --> 00:39:31.460
 were born

00:39:31.460 --> 00:39:32.000
 descendants

00:39:32.000 --> 00:39:32.659
 as many

00:39:32.659 --> 00:39:33.059
 as the

00:39:33.059 --> 00:39:33.719
 stars of

00:39:33.719 --> 00:39:34.019
 heaven

00:39:34.019 --> 00:39:34.619
 and as

00:39:34.619 --> 00:39:34.880
 many

00:39:34.880 --> 00:39:35.260
 as the

00:39:35.260 --> 00:39:35.880
 innumerable

00:39:35.880 --> 00:39:36.539
 grains of

00:39:36.539 --> 00:39:37.000
 sand

00:39:37.000 --> 00:39:37.940
 by the

00:39:37.940 --> 00:39:38.480
 seashore.

00:39:39.199 --> 00:39:39.679
 I just love

00:39:39.679 --> 00:39:39.900
 that he

00:39:39.900 --> 00:39:40.420
 calls Abraham

00:39:40.420 --> 00:39:40.860
 as good

00:39:40.860 --> 00:39:41.280
 as dead.

00:39:42.740 --> 00:39:43.860
 Verse 13

00:39:43.860 --> 00:39:44.559
 These all

00:39:44.559 --> 00:39:45.380
 died in

00:39:45.380 --> 00:39:46.000
 faith

00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:47.460
 not having

00:39:47.460 --> 00:39:48.219
 received

00:39:48.219 --> 00:39:48.980
 the things

00:39:48.980 --> 00:39:49.539
 promised

00:39:49.539 --> 00:39:50.579
 but having

00:39:50.579 --> 00:39:51.460
 seen them

00:39:51.460 --> 00:39:52.460
 and greeted

00:39:52.460 --> 00:39:52.960
 them from

00:39:52.960 --> 00:39:53.460
 afar

00:39:53.460 --> 00:39:54.199
 and having

00:39:54.199 --> 00:39:54.860
 acknowledged

00:39:54.860 --> 00:39:55.260
 that they

00:39:55.260 --> 00:39:56.019
 were strangers

00:39:56.019 --> 00:39:57.240
 and exiles

00:39:57.240 --> 00:39:58.200
 on the

00:39:58.200 --> 00:39:58.539
 earth.

00:39:59.180 --> 00:40:00.120
 They all

00:40:00.120 --> 00:40:00.880
 recognized

00:40:00.880 --> 00:40:01.840
 that there

00:40:01.840 --> 00:40:02.140
 was a

00:40:02.140 --> 00:40:02.740
 greater

00:40:02.740 --> 00:40:03.440
 promise

00:40:03.440 --> 00:40:04.360
 for them

00:40:04.360 --> 00:40:04.980
 and they

00:40:04.980 --> 00:40:05.340
 did not

00:40:05.340 --> 00:40:06.140
 know exactly

00:40:06.140 --> 00:40:06.559
 how the

00:40:06.559 --> 00:40:06.780
 greater

00:40:06.780 --> 00:40:07.120
 promise

00:40:07.120 --> 00:40:07.420
 would come

00:40:07.420 --> 00:40:07.880
 to pass.

00:40:07.980 --> 00:40:08.360
 We now

00:40:08.360 --> 00:40:08.920
 know it

00:40:08.920 --> 00:40:09.280
 comes to

00:40:09.280 --> 00:40:10.059
 pass in

00:40:10.059 --> 00:40:11.400
 Christ.

00:40:12.640 --> 00:40:13.140
 Verse 14

00:40:13.140 --> 00:40:13.579
 For people

00:40:13.579 --> 00:40:14.140
 who speak

00:40:14.140 --> 00:40:15.120
 thus make

00:40:15.120 --> 00:40:15.519
 it clear

00:40:15.519 --> 00:40:15.820
 that they

00:40:15.820 --> 00:40:16.320
 are seeking

00:40:16.320 --> 00:40:17.079
 a homeland.

00:40:17.800 --> 00:40:17.980
 If they

00:40:17.980 --> 00:40:18.200
 had been

00:40:18.200 --> 00:40:18.620
 thinking of

00:40:18.620 --> 00:40:18.980
 that land

00:40:18.980 --> 00:40:19.340
 from which

00:40:19.340 --> 00:40:19.660
 they had

00:40:19.660 --> 00:40:20.099
 gone out

00:40:20.099 --> 00:40:20.519
 they would

00:40:20.519 --> 00:40:20.900
 have had

00:40:20.900 --> 00:40:21.440
 opportunity

00:40:21.440 --> 00:40:22.700
 to return.

00:40:22.699 --> 00:40:24.019
 But as

00:40:24.019 --> 00:40:24.319
 it is

00:40:24.319 --> 00:40:24.980
 they desire

00:40:24.980 --> 00:40:25.519
 a better

00:40:25.519 --> 00:40:26.019
 country

00:40:26.019 --> 00:40:26.639
 that is

00:40:26.639 --> 00:40:27.579
 a heavenly

00:40:27.579 --> 00:40:27.980
 one.

00:40:28.759 --> 00:40:28.839
 Therefore

00:40:28.839 --> 00:40:29.399
 God is

00:40:29.399 --> 00:40:29.960
 not ashamed

00:40:29.960 --> 00:40:30.219
 to be

00:40:30.219 --> 00:40:30.519
 called

00:40:30.519 --> 00:40:30.859
 their

00:40:30.859 --> 00:40:31.299
 God

00:40:31.299 --> 00:40:32.019
 for he

00:40:32.019 --> 00:40:32.159
 has

00:40:32.159 --> 00:40:32.579
 prepared

00:40:32.579 --> 00:40:33.179
 for them

00:40:33.179 --> 00:40:34.000
 a city.

00:40:35.139 --> 00:40:35.239
 By

00:40:35.239 --> 00:40:35.639
 faith

00:40:35.639 --> 00:40:36.059
 Abraham

00:40:36.059 --> 00:40:36.539
 when he

00:40:36.539 --> 00:40:37.159
 was tested

00:40:37.159 --> 00:40:37.639
 offered

00:40:37.639 --> 00:40:37.839
 up

00:40:37.839 --> 00:40:38.179
 Isaac

00:40:38.179 --> 00:40:39.099
 and he

00:40:39.099 --> 00:40:39.359
 who had

00:40:39.359 --> 00:40:39.859
 received

00:40:39.859 --> 00:40:40.460
 the promises

00:40:40.460 --> 00:40:41.000
 was in

00:40:41.000 --> 00:40:41.519
 the act

00:40:41.519 --> 00:40:42.279
 of offering

00:40:42.279 --> 00:40:42.779
 up his

00:40:42.779 --> 00:40:43.619
 only son

00:40:43.619 --> 00:40:44.659
 of whom

00:40:44.659 --> 00:40:44.919
 it was

00:40:44.919 --> 00:40:45.319
 said

00:40:45.319 --> 00:40:45.879
 through

00:40:45.879 --> 00:40:46.559
 Isaac

00:40:46.559 --> 00:40:47.199
 shall

00:40:47.199 --> 00:40:47.399
 your

00:40:47.399 --> 00:40:47.899
 offspring

00:40:47.899 --> 00:40:48.839
 be

00:40:48.839 --> 00:40:49.279
 named.

00:40:50.299 --> 00:40:50.480
 He

00:40:50.480 --> 00:40:50.819
 considered

00:40:50.819 --> 00:40:51.259
 that God

00:40:51.259 --> 00:40:51.659
 was able

00:40:51.659 --> 00:40:52.199
 even to

00:40:52.199 --> 00:40:52.839
 raise him

00:40:52.839 --> 00:40:53.379
 from the

00:40:53.379 --> 00:40:53.679
 dead

00:40:53.679 --> 00:40:54.439
 from which

00:40:54.439 --> 00:40:55.079
 figuratively

00:40:55.079 --> 00:40:55.519
 speaking

00:40:55.519 --> 00:40:56.639
 he did

00:40:56.639 --> 00:40:57.339
 receive him

00:40:57.339 --> 00:40:57.719
 back.

00:40:58.819 --> 00:40:59.279
 By faith

00:40:59.279 --> 00:40:59.799
 Isaac

00:40:59.799 --> 00:41:00.359
 invoked

00:41:00.359 --> 00:41:00.919
 future

00:41:00.919 --> 00:41:01.359
 blessings

00:41:01.359 --> 00:41:01.919
 on Jacob

00:41:01.919 --> 00:41:02.679
 and Esau.

00:41:03.179 --> 00:41:03.719
 By faith

00:41:03.719 --> 00:41:04.099
 Jacob

00:41:04.099 --> 00:41:04.679
 when dying

00:41:04.679 --> 00:41:05.019
 blessed

00:41:05.019 --> 00:41:05.359
 each

00:41:05.359 --> 00:41:05.679
 of the

00:41:05.679 --> 00:41:05.899
 sons

00:41:05.899 --> 00:41:06.059
 of

00:41:06.059 --> 00:41:06.399
 Joseph

00:41:06.399 --> 00:41:06.899
 bowing

00:41:06.899 --> 00:41:07.039
 in

00:41:07.039 --> 00:41:07.359
 worship

00:41:07.359 --> 00:41:07.619
 over

00:41:07.619 --> 00:41:07.779
 the

00:41:07.779 --> 00:41:08.059
 head

00:41:08.059 --> 00:41:08.539
 of

00:41:08.539 --> 00:41:08.699
 his

00:41:08.699 --> 00:41:09.159
 staff.

00:41:09.839 --> 00:41:09.939
 By

00:41:09.939 --> 00:41:10.239
 faith

00:41:10.239 --> 00:41:10.619
 Joseph

00:41:10.619 --> 00:41:10.879
 at the

00:41:10.879 --> 00:41:10.960
 end

00:41:10.960 --> 00:41:11.059
 of

00:41:11.059 --> 00:41:11.159
 his

00:41:11.159 --> 00:41:11.460
 life

00:41:11.460 --> 00:41:11.699
 made

00:41:11.699 --> 00:41:12.079
 mention

00:41:12.079 --> 00:41:12.319
 of

00:41:12.319 --> 00:41:12.460
 the

00:41:12.460 --> 00:41:12.899
 exodus

00:41:12.899 --> 00:41:13.139
 of

00:41:13.139 --> 00:41:13.259
 the

00:41:13.259 --> 00:41:13.679
 Israelites

00:41:13.679 --> 00:41:14.579
 and

00:41:14.579 --> 00:41:14.859
 gave

00:41:14.859 --> 00:41:15.539
 directions

00:41:15.539 --> 00:41:16.179
 concerning

00:41:16.179 --> 00:41:16.919
 his

00:41:16.919 --> 00:41:17.299
 bones.

00:41:18.159 --> 00:41:18.259
 By

00:41:18.259 --> 00:41:18.559
 faith

00:41:18.559 --> 00:41:18.980
 Moses

00:41:18.980 --> 00:41:19.379
 when he

00:41:19.379 --> 00:41:19.819
 was born

00:41:19.819 --> 00:41:20.259
 was hidden

00:41:20.259 --> 00:41:20.699
 for three

00:41:20.699 --> 00:41:21.079
 months

00:41:21.079 --> 00:41:21.519
 by his

00:41:21.519 --> 00:41:21.960
 parents

00:41:21.960 --> 00:41:22.500
 because

00:41:22.500 --> 00:41:22.719
 they

00:41:22.719 --> 00:41:23.119
 saw

00:41:23.119 --> 00:41:23.300
 that

00:41:23.300 --> 00:41:23.420
 the

00:41:23.420 --> 00:41:23.699
 child

00:41:23.699 --> 00:41:23.900
 was

00:41:23.900 --> 00:41:24.300
 beautiful

00:41:24.300 --> 00:41:24.840
 and

00:41:24.840 --> 00:41:24.940
 they

00:41:24.940 --> 00:41:25.039
 were

00:41:25.039 --> 00:41:25.360
 not

00:41:25.360 --> 00:41:25.800
 afraid

00:41:25.800 --> 00:41:26.039
 of

00:41:26.039 --> 00:41:26.199
 the

00:41:26.199 --> 00:41:26.599
 king's

00:41:26.599 --> 00:41:27.059
 edict.

00:41:27.920 --> 00:41:28.019
 By

00:41:28.019 --> 00:41:28.340
 faith

00:41:28.340 --> 00:41:28.699
 Moses

00:41:28.699 --> 00:41:29.019
 when he

00:41:29.019 --> 00:41:29.139
 was

00:41:29.139 --> 00:41:29.380
 grown

00:41:29.380 --> 00:41:29.579
 up

00:41:29.579 --> 00:41:29.880
 refused

00:41:29.880 --> 00:41:30.219
 to be

00:41:30.219 --> 00:41:30.500
 called

00:41:30.500 --> 00:41:30.719
 the

00:41:30.719 --> 00:41:31.000
 son

00:41:31.000 --> 00:41:31.440
 of

00:41:31.440 --> 00:41:31.800
 Pharaoh's

00:41:31.800 --> 00:41:32.119
 daughter

00:41:32.119 --> 00:41:32.800
 choosing

00:41:32.800 --> 00:41:33.280
 rather

00:41:33.280 --> 00:41:33.559
 to be

00:41:33.559 --> 00:41:34.139
 mistreated

00:41:34.139 --> 00:41:34.320
 with

00:41:34.320 --> 00:41:34.460
 the

00:41:34.460 --> 00:41:34.699
 people

00:41:34.699 --> 00:41:34.860
 of

00:41:34.860 --> 00:41:35.119
 God

00:41:35.119 --> 00:41:35.300
 than

00:41:35.300 --> 00:41:35.440
 to

00:41:35.440 --> 00:41:35.840
 enjoy

00:41:35.840 --> 00:41:36.039
 the

00:41:36.039 --> 00:41:36.340
 fleeting

00:41:36.340 --> 00:41:36.840
 pleasures

00:41:36.840 --> 00:41:37.500
 of

00:41:37.500 --> 00:41:37.840
 sin.

00:41:38.519 --> 00:41:38.699
 He

00:41:38.699 --> 00:41:39.059
 considered

00:41:39.059 --> 00:41:39.199
 the

00:41:39.199 --> 00:41:39.679
 reproach

00:41:39.679 --> 00:41:39.820
 of

00:41:39.820 --> 00:41:40.199
 Christ

00:41:40.199 --> 00:41:40.699
 greater

00:41:40.699 --> 00:41:41.179
 wealth

00:41:41.179 --> 00:41:41.420
 than

00:41:41.420 --> 00:41:41.559
 the

00:41:41.559 --> 00:41:41.940
 treasures

00:41:41.940 --> 00:41:42.259
 of

00:41:42.259 --> 00:41:42.599
 Egypt

00:41:42.599 --> 00:41:43.259
 for

00:41:43.259 --> 00:41:43.380
 he

00:41:43.380 --> 00:41:43.539
 was

00:41:43.539 --> 00:41:43.900
 looking

00:41:43.900 --> 00:41:44.500
 to

00:41:44.500 --> 00:41:44.619
 the

00:41:44.619 --> 00:41:45.099
 reward.

00:41:51.519 --> 00:41:53.340
 By

00:41:53.340 --> 00:41:53.619
 faith

00:41:53.619 --> 00:41:53.739
 he

00:41:53.739 --> 00:41:53.980
 kept

00:41:53.980 --> 00:41:54.139
 the

00:41:54.139 --> 00:41:54.539
 Passover

00:41:54.539 --> 00:41:54.900
 and

00:41:54.900 --> 00:41:55.340
 sprinkled

00:41:55.340 --> 00:41:55.480
 the

00:41:55.480 --> 00:41:55.840
 blood

00:41:55.840 --> 00:41:56.239
 so

00:41:56.239 --> 00:41:56.360
 that

00:41:56.360 --> 00:41:56.460
 the

00:41:56.460 --> 00:41:57.039
 destroyer

00:41:57.039 --> 00:41:57.139
 of

00:41:57.139 --> 00:41:57.280
 the

00:41:57.280 --> 00:41:57.780
 firstborn

00:41:57.780 --> 00:41:58.000
 may

00:41:58.000 --> 00:41:58.179
 not

00:41:58.179 --> 00:41:58.460
 touch

00:41:58.460 --> 00:41:58.719
 them.

00:41:59.480 --> 00:41:59.699
 By

00:41:59.699 --> 00:42:00.000
 faith

00:42:00.000 --> 00:42:00.139
 the

00:42:00.139 --> 00:42:00.360
 people

00:42:00.360 --> 00:42:00.739
 crossed

00:42:00.739 --> 00:42:00.920
 the

00:42:00.920 --> 00:42:01.099
 Red

00:42:01.099 --> 00:42:01.340
 Sea

00:42:01.340 --> 00:42:01.500
 as

00:42:01.500 --> 00:42:01.639
 on

00:42:01.639 --> 00:42:01.880
 dry

00:42:01.880 --> 00:42:02.320
 land

00:42:02.320 --> 00:42:02.699
 but

00:42:02.699 --> 00:42:02.840
 the

00:42:02.840 --> 00:42:03.239
 Egyptians

00:42:03.239 --> 00:42:03.500
 when

00:42:03.500 --> 00:42:03.599
 they

00:42:03.599 --> 00:42:03.880
 attempted

00:42:03.880 --> 00:42:04.059
 to

00:42:04.059 --> 00:42:04.159
 do

00:42:04.159 --> 00:42:04.320
 the

00:42:04.320 --> 00:42:04.659
 same

00:42:04.659 --> 00:42:05.159
 were

00:42:05.159 --> 00:42:05.599
 drowned.

00:42:06.320 --> 00:42:06.579
 By

00:42:06.579 --> 00:42:06.940
 faith

00:42:06.940 --> 00:42:07.119
 the

00:42:07.119 --> 00:42:07.460
 walls

00:42:07.460 --> 00:42:07.619
 of

00:42:07.619 --> 00:42:07.920
 Jericho

00:42:07.920 --> 00:42:08.219
 fell

00:42:08.219 --> 00:42:08.599
 down

00:42:08.599 --> 00:42:08.900
 after

00:42:08.900 --> 00:42:09.019
 they

00:42:09.019 --> 00:42:09.119
 had

00:42:09.119 --> 00:42:09.280
 been

00:42:09.280 --> 00:42:09.719
 circled

00:42:09.719 --> 00:42:10.239
 for

00:42:10.239 --> 00:42:10.539
 seven

00:42:10.539 --> 00:42:11.059
 days.

00:42:11.619 --> 00:42:11.739
 By

00:42:11.739 --> 00:42:12.079
 faith

00:42:12.079 --> 00:42:12.599
 Rahab

00:42:12.599 --> 00:42:12.780
 the

00:42:12.780 --> 00:42:12.780


00:42:12.780 --> 00:42:13.259
 prostitute

00:42:13.259 --> 00:42:13.420
 did

00:42:13.420 --> 00:42:13.599
 not

00:42:13.599 --> 00:42:13.940
 perish

00:42:13.940 --> 00:42:14.119
 with

00:42:14.119 --> 00:42:14.400
 those

00:42:14.400 --> 00:42:14.519
 who

00:42:14.519 --> 00:42:14.639
 were

00:42:14.639 --> 00:42:15.320
 disobedient

00:42:15.320 --> 00:42:15.860
 because

00:42:15.860 --> 00:42:16.059
 she

00:42:16.059 --> 00:42:16.200
 had

00:42:16.200 --> 00:42:16.420
 given

00:42:16.420 --> 00:42:16.619
 a

00:42:16.619 --> 00:42:16.900
 friendly

00:42:16.900 --> 00:42:17.360
 welcome

00:42:17.360 --> 00:42:17.860
 to

00:42:17.860 --> 00:42:18.019
 the

00:42:18.019 --> 00:42:18.400
 spies.

00:42:18.920 --> 00:42:19.079
 And

00:42:19.079 --> 00:42:19.300
 what

00:42:19.300 --> 00:42:19.800
 more

00:42:19.800 --> 00:42:20.340
 shall

00:42:20.340 --> 00:42:20.559
 I

00:42:20.559 --> 00:42:21.099
 say?

00:42:21.720 --> 00:42:21.900
 For

00:42:21.900 --> 00:42:22.340
 time

00:42:22.340 --> 00:42:22.519
 would

00:42:22.519 --> 00:42:22.940
 fail

00:42:22.940 --> 00:42:23.179
 me

00:42:23.179 --> 00:42:23.360
 to

00:42:23.360 --> 00:42:23.679
 tell

00:42:23.679 --> 00:42:24.179
 of

00:42:24.179 --> 00:42:24.639
 Gideon,

00:42:24.800 --> 00:42:25.200
 Barak,

00:42:25.340 --> 00:42:25.820
 Samson,

00:42:26.220 --> 00:42:26.659
 Jephthah,

00:42:26.800 --> 00:42:27.240
 of David

00:42:27.240 --> 00:42:27.840
 and Samuel

00:42:27.840 --> 00:42:28.200
 and the

00:42:28.200 --> 00:42:28.720
 prophets

00:42:28.720 --> 00:42:29.539
 who

00:42:29.539 --> 00:42:29.780
 through

00:42:29.780 --> 00:42:30.220
 faith

00:42:30.220 --> 00:42:30.639
 conquered

00:42:30.639 --> 00:42:31.260
 kingdoms,

00:42:31.619 --> 00:42:32.000
 enforced

00:42:32.000 --> 00:42:32.700
 justice,

00:42:33.059 --> 00:42:33.400
 obtained

00:42:33.400 --> 00:42:34.019
 promises,

00:42:34.619 --> 00:42:35.019
 stopped

00:42:35.019 --> 00:42:35.480
 the mouths

00:42:35.480 --> 00:42:36.159
 of lions,

00:42:36.639 --> 00:42:36.940
 quenched

00:42:36.940 --> 00:42:37.380
 the power

00:42:37.380 --> 00:42:37.920
 of fire,

00:42:38.119 --> 00:42:38.480
 escaped

00:42:38.480 --> 00:42:38.880
 the edge

00:42:38.880 --> 00:42:39.139
 of the

00:42:39.139 --> 00:42:39.420
 sword,

00:42:39.559 --> 00:42:39.860
 were made

00:42:39.860 --> 00:42:40.500
 strong

00:42:40.500 --> 00:42:40.840
 out of

00:42:40.840 --> 00:42:41.220
 weakness,

00:42:41.559 --> 00:42:41.860
 became

00:42:41.860 --> 00:42:42.420
 mighty,

00:42:43.940 --> 00:42:44.220
 foreign

00:42:44.220 --> 00:42:44.760
 armies

00:42:44.760 --> 00:42:45.460
 to

00:42:45.460 --> 00:42:45.860
 flight.

00:42:46.340 --> 00:42:46.780
 He's

00:42:46.780 --> 00:42:47.000
 going

00:42:47.000 --> 00:42:47.340
 through

00:42:47.340 --> 00:42:47.840
 the

00:42:47.840 --> 00:42:48.380
 entire

00:42:48.380 --> 00:42:49.240
 Old

00:42:49.240 --> 00:42:50.059
 Testament

00:42:50.059 --> 00:42:51.519
 telling

00:42:51.519 --> 00:42:52.220
 us

00:42:52.220 --> 00:42:52.980
 and them

00:42:52.980 --> 00:42:53.659
 pay

00:42:53.659 --> 00:42:54.280
 attention

00:42:54.280 --> 00:42:56.000
 to

00:42:56.000 --> 00:42:56.200
 the

00:42:56.200 --> 00:42:56.539
 faith

00:42:56.539 --> 00:42:56.780
 and

00:42:56.780 --> 00:42:57.519
 patience

00:42:57.519 --> 00:42:58.559
 of

00:42:58.559 --> 00:42:58.780
 those

00:42:58.780 --> 00:42:58.900
 who

00:42:58.900 --> 00:42:59.019
 have

00:42:59.019 --> 00:42:59.260
 gone

00:42:59.260 --> 00:42:59.599
 before

00:42:59.599 --> 00:42:59.780
 you.

00:42:59.860 --> 00:43:00.019
 Be

00:43:00.019 --> 00:43:00.740
 imitators

00:43:00.740 --> 00:43:01.820
 of

00:43:01.820 --> 00:43:03.099
 them.

00:43:03.860 --> 00:43:04.139
 This

00:43:04.139 --> 00:43:04.360
 by the

00:43:04.360 --> 00:43:04.500
 way

00:43:04.500 --> 00:43:04.700
 is the

00:43:04.700 --> 00:43:04.880
 text

00:43:04.880 --> 00:43:05.019
 that

00:43:05.019 --> 00:43:05.200
 makes

00:43:05.200 --> 00:43:05.400
 a lot

00:43:05.400 --> 00:43:05.460
 of

00:43:05.460 --> 00:43:05.599
 people

00:43:05.599 --> 00:43:05.800
 think

00:43:05.800 --> 00:43:05.980
 this

00:43:05.980 --> 00:43:06.099
 was

00:43:06.099 --> 00:43:06.480
 originally

00:43:06.480 --> 00:43:06.700
 a

00:43:06.700 --> 00:43:07.000
 sermon

00:43:07.000 --> 00:43:07.460
 that

00:43:07.460 --> 00:43:07.579
 was

00:43:07.579 --> 00:43:07.980
 recorded

00:43:07.980 --> 00:43:08.240
 because

00:43:08.240 --> 00:43:08.380
 he

00:43:08.380 --> 00:43:08.539
 says

00:43:08.539 --> 00:43:08.639
 he

00:43:08.639 --> 00:43:08.820
 doesn't

00:43:08.820 --> 00:43:08.980
 have

00:43:08.980 --> 00:43:09.420
 time

00:43:09.420 --> 00:43:09.679
 and

00:43:09.679 --> 00:43:09.840
 he's

00:43:09.840 --> 00:43:10.220
 writing

00:43:10.220 --> 00:43:10.360
 a

00:43:10.360 --> 00:43:10.519
 letter.

00:43:10.519 --> 00:43:10.880
 But

00:43:10.880 --> 00:43:13.619
 verse

00:43:13.619 --> 00:43:13.940
 35

00:43:13.940 --> 00:43:14.420
 women

00:43:14.420 --> 00:43:14.819
 received

00:43:14.819 --> 00:43:15.079
 back

00:43:15.079 --> 00:43:15.239
 their

00:43:15.239 --> 00:43:15.500
 dead

00:43:15.500 --> 00:43:15.659
 by

00:43:15.659 --> 00:43:16.199
 resurrection.

00:43:16.859 --> 00:43:16.940
 Some

00:43:16.940 --> 00:43:17.099
 were

00:43:17.099 --> 00:43:17.519
 tortured

00:43:17.519 --> 00:43:17.940
 refusing

00:43:17.940 --> 00:43:18.119
 to

00:43:18.119 --> 00:43:18.400
 accept

00:43:18.400 --> 00:43:18.859
 release

00:43:18.859 --> 00:43:19.259
 so they

00:43:19.259 --> 00:43:19.519
 might

00:43:19.519 --> 00:43:19.960
 rise

00:43:19.960 --> 00:43:20.239
 again

00:43:20.239 --> 00:43:20.380
 to

00:43:20.380 --> 00:43:20.519
 a

00:43:20.519 --> 00:43:20.679
 better

00:43:20.679 --> 00:43:21.079
 life.

00:43:21.799 --> 00:43:22.019
 Others

00:43:22.019 --> 00:43:22.359
 suffered

00:43:22.359 --> 00:43:22.960
 mocking

00:43:22.960 --> 00:43:23.759
 and flogging

00:43:23.759 --> 00:43:24.159
 and even

00:43:24.159 --> 00:43:24.659
 chains

00:43:24.659 --> 00:43:24.920
 and

00:43:24.920 --> 00:43:25.500
 imprisonment.

00:43:25.940 --> 00:43:25.980
 They

00:43:25.980 --> 00:43:26.619
 were stoned.

00:43:26.839 --> 00:43:27.019
 They

00:43:27.019 --> 00:43:27.359
 were sawn

00:43:27.359 --> 00:43:27.799
 in two.

00:43:28.219 --> 00:43:28.319
 They

00:43:28.319 --> 00:43:28.659
 were killed

00:43:28.659 --> 00:43:29.000
 with a

00:43:29.000 --> 00:43:29.339
 sword.

00:43:29.759 --> 00:43:29.799
 They

00:43:29.799 --> 00:43:29.940
 went

00:43:29.940 --> 00:43:30.159
 about

00:43:30.159 --> 00:43:30.739
 in skins

00:43:30.739 --> 00:43:30.960
 of

00:43:30.960 --> 00:43:31.259
 sheep

00:43:31.259 --> 00:43:31.839
 and goats

00:43:31.839 --> 00:43:32.579
 destitute,

00:43:32.779 --> 00:43:33.279
 afflicted,

00:43:33.639 --> 00:43:34.239
 mistreated,

00:43:34.460 --> 00:43:34.880
 of whom

00:43:34.880 --> 00:43:35.519
 the world

00:43:35.519 --> 00:43:36.539
 was not

00:43:36.539 --> 00:43:37.420
 worthy,

00:43:38.219 --> 00:43:38.539
 wandering

00:43:38.539 --> 00:43:39.019
 about in

00:43:39.019 --> 00:43:39.579
 deserts and

00:43:39.579 --> 00:43:40.179
 mountains and

00:43:40.179 --> 00:43:40.699
 in dens

00:43:40.699 --> 00:43:41.779
 and caves

00:43:41.779 --> 00:43:42.619
 of the

00:43:42.619 --> 00:43:42.940
 earth.

00:43:43.480 --> 00:43:44.039
 You

00:43:44.039 --> 00:43:44.319
 were not

00:43:44.319 --> 00:43:44.900
 alone

00:43:44.900 --> 00:43:46.000
 in your

00:43:46.000 --> 00:43:46.380
 suffering.

00:43:47.940 --> 00:43:48.440
 Verse 39

00:43:48.440 --> 00:43:49.599
 And all

00:43:49.599 --> 00:43:50.019
 these,

00:43:50.380 --> 00:43:51.000
 though commended

00:43:51.000 --> 00:43:51.460
 through their

00:43:51.460 --> 00:43:51.859
 faith,

00:43:52.940 --> 00:43:53.239
 did not

00:43:53.239 --> 00:43:53.839
 receive

00:43:53.839 --> 00:43:54.599
 what was

00:43:54.599 --> 00:43:55.159
 promised,

00:43:55.859 --> 00:43:56.480
 since God

00:43:56.480 --> 00:43:56.980
 had provided

00:43:56.980 --> 00:43:57.859
 something better

00:43:57.859 --> 00:43:58.739
 for us,

00:43:59.179 --> 00:43:59.759
 that apart

00:43:59.759 --> 00:44:00.380
 from us,

00:44:00.900 --> 00:44:01.179
 they should

00:44:01.179 --> 00:44:01.539
 not be

00:44:01.539 --> 00:44:01.880
 made

00:44:01.880 --> 00:44:02.559
 perfect.

00:44:02.679 --> 00:44:02.980
 He's talking

00:44:02.980 --> 00:44:03.239
 about the

00:44:03.239 --> 00:44:03.619
 coming of

00:44:03.619 --> 00:44:04.400
 Christ and

00:44:04.400 --> 00:44:04.719
 the saving

00:44:04.719 --> 00:44:05.000
 of the

00:44:05.000 --> 00:44:05.420
 church.

00:44:06.539 --> 00:44:07.099
 Chapter

00:44:07.099 --> 00:44:07.539
 12

00:44:07.539 --> 00:44:07.940
 Therefore,

00:44:09.199 --> 00:44:10.019
 since we

00:44:10.019 --> 00:44:10.839
 are surrounded

00:44:10.839 --> 00:44:11.659
 by so great

00:44:11.659 --> 00:44:12.179
 a cloud of

00:44:12.179 --> 00:44:12.519
 witnesses,

00:44:13.119 --> 00:44:13.619
 let us

00:44:13.619 --> 00:44:14.299
 also lay

00:44:14.299 --> 00:44:15.139
 aside every

00:44:15.139 --> 00:44:15.839
 weight and

00:44:15.839 --> 00:44:16.559
 sin which

00:44:16.559 --> 00:44:17.339
 clings so

00:44:17.339 --> 00:44:17.779
 closely,

00:44:18.219 --> 00:44:19.000
 and let

00:44:19.000 --> 00:44:19.859
 us run

00:44:19.859 --> 00:44:21.219
 with endurance

00:44:21.219 --> 00:44:21.940
 the race

00:44:21.940 --> 00:44:23.279
 that is set

00:44:23.279 --> 00:44:23.980
 before us.

00:44:24.379 --> 00:44:26.079
 Run with

00:44:26.079 --> 00:44:26.579
 endurance,

00:44:26.819 --> 00:44:28.039
 not lazily,

00:44:28.859 --> 00:44:30.159
 not lackadaisically,

00:44:30.759 --> 00:44:32.539
 not sluggish,

00:44:33.219 --> 00:44:34.559
 but competing,

00:44:35.259 --> 00:44:36.559
 running,

00:44:37.239 --> 00:44:38.399
 being earnest

00:44:38.400 --> 00:44:39.320
 in this,

00:44:39.320 --> 00:44:40.300
 and doing

00:44:40.300 --> 00:44:41.160
 so with

00:44:41.160 --> 00:44:42.220
 endurance,

00:44:42.519 --> 00:44:42.720
 with

00:44:42.720 --> 00:44:44.320
 patience.

00:44:45.039 --> 00:44:45.559
 Verse 2,

00:44:45.680 --> 00:44:46.980
 looking to

00:44:46.980 --> 00:44:48.340
 Jesus,

00:44:49.019 --> 00:44:49.840
 the founder

00:44:49.840 --> 00:44:50.599
 and perfecter

00:44:50.599 --> 00:44:51.320
 of our faith,

00:44:51.840 --> 00:44:52.599
 who for the

00:44:52.599 --> 00:44:53.139
 joy that was

00:44:53.139 --> 00:44:53.880
 set before him

00:44:53.880 --> 00:44:54.539
 endured the

00:44:54.539 --> 00:44:54.980
 cross,

00:44:55.119 --> 00:44:55.940
 despising the

00:44:55.940 --> 00:44:56.340
 shame and

00:44:56.340 --> 00:44:57.500
 acceded at

00:44:57.500 --> 00:44:57.780
 the right

00:44:57.780 --> 00:44:59.200
 hand of the

00:44:59.200 --> 00:44:59.539
 throne of

00:44:59.539 --> 00:44:59.900
 God.

00:45:00.820 --> 00:45:01.780
 Consider him

00:45:01.780 --> 00:45:03.059
 who endured

00:45:03.059 --> 00:45:03.760
 from sinners

00:45:03.760 --> 00:45:04.980
 such hostility

00:45:04.980 --> 00:45:05.980
 against himself,

00:45:05.980 --> 00:45:07.079
 so that you

00:45:07.079 --> 00:45:07.800
 may not

00:45:07.800 --> 00:45:09.099
 grow weary

00:45:09.099 --> 00:45:11.000
 or faint-hearted.

00:45:12.820 --> 00:45:14.019
 So as we

00:45:14.019 --> 00:45:15.159
 look to be

00:45:15.159 --> 00:45:16.440
 imitators

00:45:16.440 --> 00:45:18.039
 of those who

00:45:18.039 --> 00:45:18.320
 have gone

00:45:18.320 --> 00:45:19.059
 before us

00:45:19.059 --> 00:45:20.139
 in this

00:45:20.139 --> 00:45:20.740
 life,

00:45:21.400 --> 00:45:22.320
 we are also

00:45:22.320 --> 00:45:22.940
 meant to

00:45:22.940 --> 00:45:24.380
 look to

00:45:24.380 --> 00:45:24.840
 Christ,

00:45:25.760 --> 00:45:26.440
 who suffered

00:45:26.440 --> 00:45:27.539
 for our

00:45:27.539 --> 00:45:27.960
 sake.

00:45:29.019 --> 00:45:29.460
 Only

00:45:29.460 --> 00:45:30.559
 undeserving

00:45:30.559 --> 00:45:32.019
 sufferer who

00:45:32.019 --> 00:45:32.519
 has ever

00:45:32.519 --> 00:45:33.119
 existed,

00:45:33.760 --> 00:45:34.340
 who had no

00:45:34.340 --> 00:45:35.039
 fault in him

00:45:35.039 --> 00:45:35.860
 whatsoever,

00:45:35.980 --> 00:45:36.440
 but took

00:45:36.440 --> 00:45:37.260
 on our

00:45:37.260 --> 00:45:38.039
 fault and

00:45:38.039 --> 00:45:39.440
 suffered in

00:45:39.440 --> 00:45:39.960
 our stead.

00:45:40.440 --> 00:45:41.260
 Took away

00:45:41.260 --> 00:45:42.659
 God's wrath

00:45:42.659 --> 00:45:43.360
 due us,

00:45:43.500 --> 00:45:43.740
 and he

00:45:43.740 --> 00:45:44.639
 drank it

00:45:44.639 --> 00:45:46.320
 to its

00:45:46.320 --> 00:45:46.760
 end.

00:45:48.199 --> 00:45:48.900
 It's an

00:45:48.900 --> 00:45:49.619
 astounding

00:45:49.619 --> 00:45:50.179
 thing,

00:45:50.840 --> 00:45:51.119
 beloved,

00:45:51.599 --> 00:45:52.159
 that if you

00:45:52.159 --> 00:45:52.840
 are in fact

00:45:52.840 --> 00:45:54.179
 in Christ,

00:45:54.820 --> 00:45:55.699
 you have

00:45:55.699 --> 00:45:56.539
 been changed.

00:45:57.960 --> 00:45:58.099
 It's

00:45:58.099 --> 00:45:58.619
 doctrine of

00:45:58.619 --> 00:45:59.139
 regeneration.

00:45:59.579 --> 00:46:00.000
 You're not

00:46:00.000 --> 00:46:00.519
 the same

00:46:00.519 --> 00:46:01.320
 old you.

00:46:01.480 --> 00:46:01.860
 You're a

00:46:01.860 --> 00:46:02.559
 new

00:46:02.559 --> 00:46:04.000
 creation,

00:46:04.000 --> 00:46:04.059
 creation,

00:46:04.940 --> 00:46:05.420
 and you're

00:46:05.420 --> 00:46:06.039
 being given

00:46:06.039 --> 00:46:06.579
 by the

00:46:06.579 --> 00:46:06.980
 spirit

00:46:06.980 --> 00:46:07.780
 new

00:46:07.780 --> 00:46:08.760
 impulse.

00:46:10.280 --> 00:46:10.719
 So just

00:46:10.719 --> 00:46:11.599
 as the

00:46:11.599 --> 00:46:11.920
 author of

00:46:11.920 --> 00:46:13.219
 Hebrews is

00:46:13.219 --> 00:46:13.619
 looking at

00:46:13.619 --> 00:46:13.920
 this little

00:46:13.920 --> 00:46:14.739
 faithful church,

00:46:16.199 --> 00:46:16.980
 just as I

00:46:16.980 --> 00:46:17.679
 can look out

00:46:17.679 --> 00:46:18.639
 on so many

00:46:18.639 --> 00:46:19.260
 of you,

00:46:19.559 --> 00:46:20.119
 some of you I

00:46:20.119 --> 00:46:20.500
 don't know that

00:46:20.500 --> 00:46:20.760
 well,

00:46:20.920 --> 00:46:21.579
 but many of you

00:46:21.579 --> 00:46:22.219
 I can look at

00:46:22.219 --> 00:46:22.420
 and say,

00:46:22.460 --> 00:46:22.860
 I have a

00:46:22.860 --> 00:46:23.420
 confidence.

00:46:23.420 --> 00:46:23.639
 confidence.

00:46:24.800 --> 00:46:25.720
 We also

00:46:25.720 --> 00:46:26.700
 want to have

00:46:26.700 --> 00:46:27.599
 our own

00:46:27.599 --> 00:46:28.220
 confidence.

00:46:29.059 --> 00:46:29.700
 I want you

00:46:29.700 --> 00:46:30.180
 to have

00:46:30.180 --> 00:46:31.480
 a confidence

00:46:31.480 --> 00:46:32.860
 that you're

00:46:32.860 --> 00:46:33.300
 in Christ

00:46:33.300 --> 00:46:33.800
 because if

00:46:33.800 --> 00:46:34.420
 you don't,

00:46:34.720 --> 00:46:35.159
 you may

00:46:35.159 --> 00:46:35.880
 not be

00:46:35.880 --> 00:46:37.079
 in Christ.

00:46:37.940 --> 00:46:38.260
 I don't

00:46:38.260 --> 00:46:38.659
 mean that

00:46:38.659 --> 00:46:39.019
 to cause

00:46:39.019 --> 00:46:39.820
 fear in

00:46:39.820 --> 00:46:41.300
 you unless

00:46:41.300 --> 00:46:41.820
 you need

00:46:41.820 --> 00:46:42.059
 to be

00:46:42.059 --> 00:46:42.400
 fearful.

00:46:43.680 --> 00:46:44.039
 Maybe

00:46:44.039 --> 00:46:44.480
 your end

00:46:44.480 --> 00:46:45.240
 is destruction

00:46:45.240 --> 00:46:46.340
 and your

00:46:46.340 --> 00:46:46.820
 eternity

00:46:46.820 --> 00:46:47.800
 is torment

00:46:47.800 --> 00:46:48.559
 and separation

00:46:48.559 --> 00:46:49.880
 from our

00:46:49.880 --> 00:46:50.280
 Most High

00:46:50.280 --> 00:46:50.740
 God.

00:46:51.400 --> 00:46:51.680
 These are

00:46:51.680 --> 00:46:52.240
 the loving,

00:46:52.239 --> 00:46:53.259
 kind words

00:46:53.259 --> 00:46:53.659
 of God

00:46:53.659 --> 00:46:54.000
 for us

00:46:54.000 --> 00:46:54.399
 this morning

00:46:54.399 --> 00:46:54.679
 that we

00:46:54.679 --> 00:46:55.299
 would repent

00:46:55.299 --> 00:46:56.899
 and believe,

00:46:57.219 --> 00:46:57.639
 that we

00:46:57.639 --> 00:46:58.279
 would press

00:46:58.279 --> 00:46:58.879
 on,

00:46:59.139 --> 00:46:59.539
 that we

00:46:59.539 --> 00:47:00.339
 would work

00:47:00.339 --> 00:47:01.459
 to have

00:47:01.459 --> 00:47:02.959
 assurance.

00:47:04.719 --> 00:47:05.299
 And so

00:47:05.299 --> 00:47:05.699
 in summary,

00:47:05.839 --> 00:47:06.679
 some application.

00:47:08.299 --> 00:47:08.819
 First,

00:47:10.139 --> 00:47:11.259
 be part

00:47:11.259 --> 00:47:11.679
 of a

00:47:11.679 --> 00:47:12.539
 faithful church

00:47:12.539 --> 00:47:14.099
 if you

00:47:14.099 --> 00:47:14.379
 are not

00:47:14.379 --> 00:47:14.759
 already.

00:47:15.659 --> 00:47:16.039
 Be part

00:47:16.039 --> 00:47:16.399
 of a

00:47:16.399 --> 00:47:16.699
 biblical

00:47:16.699 --> 00:47:17.219
 church.

00:47:17.459 --> 00:47:17.759
 For the

00:47:17.759 --> 00:47:18.019
 sake of

00:47:18.019 --> 00:47:18.259
 time,

00:47:18.339 --> 00:47:18.779
 I can't

00:47:18.779 --> 00:47:19.279
 explain

00:47:19.279 --> 00:47:19.559
 everything

00:47:19.559 --> 00:47:20.079
 I mean

00:47:20.079 --> 00:47:21.439
 by that.

00:47:22.239 --> 00:47:23.079
 Be part

00:47:23.079 --> 00:47:23.779
 of a

00:47:23.779 --> 00:47:24.379
 church.

00:47:25.539 --> 00:47:26.019
 Beloved,

00:47:26.139 --> 00:47:26.519
 the church

00:47:26.519 --> 00:47:26.819
 is not

00:47:26.819 --> 00:47:27.019
 an

00:47:27.019 --> 00:47:27.799
 afterthought.

00:47:28.459 --> 00:47:28.679
 You're

00:47:28.679 --> 00:47:29.000
 not the

00:47:29.000 --> 00:47:29.259
 center

00:47:29.259 --> 00:47:29.619
 of the

00:47:29.619 --> 00:47:30.039
 gospel

00:47:30.039 --> 00:47:30.579
 and then

00:47:30.579 --> 00:47:31.319
 God

00:47:31.319 --> 00:47:31.500
 says,

00:47:31.599 --> 00:47:31.739
 oh,

00:47:31.819 --> 00:47:32.000
 sure,

00:47:32.119 --> 00:47:32.479
 and also

00:47:32.479 --> 00:47:32.799
 gather,

00:47:32.919 --> 00:47:33.259
 that could

00:47:33.259 --> 00:47:33.559
 be good

00:47:33.559 --> 00:47:34.000
 for you.

00:47:35.459 --> 00:47:35.959
 God

00:47:35.959 --> 00:47:36.739
 saved a

00:47:36.739 --> 00:47:37.219
 people,

00:47:37.359 --> 00:47:37.839
 he saved

00:47:37.839 --> 00:47:38.699
 a church,

00:47:39.000 --> 00:47:39.500
 and these

00:47:39.500 --> 00:47:40.419
 local expressions

00:47:40.419 --> 00:47:40.979
 of it are

00:47:40.979 --> 00:47:41.659
 given tools

00:47:41.659 --> 00:47:42.179
 to help

00:47:42.179 --> 00:47:43.179
 us in

00:47:43.179 --> 00:47:43.759
 this way,

00:47:44.179 --> 00:47:44.919
 to help

00:47:44.919 --> 00:47:45.799
 you have

00:47:45.799 --> 00:47:46.439
 assurance.

00:47:46.440 --> 00:47:48.360
 you need

00:47:48.360 --> 00:47:49.139
 followers of

00:47:49.139 --> 00:47:49.900
 Jesus Christ

00:47:49.900 --> 00:47:51.159
 to have a

00:47:51.159 --> 00:47:51.900
 confidence in

00:47:51.900 --> 00:47:52.240
 you,

00:47:52.440 --> 00:47:53.420
 and you

00:47:53.420 --> 00:47:54.280
 need opportunity

00:47:54.280 --> 00:47:55.119
 to love

00:47:55.119 --> 00:47:55.740
 what God

00:47:55.740 --> 00:47:56.500
 loves,

00:47:56.800 --> 00:47:57.460
 to give

00:47:57.460 --> 00:47:58.619
 that evidence.

00:47:59.159 --> 00:47:59.980
 I love

00:47:59.980 --> 00:48:00.519
 God's

00:48:00.519 --> 00:48:00.960
 people,

00:48:01.320 --> 00:48:01.679
 and I

00:48:01.679 --> 00:48:02.380
 serve

00:48:02.380 --> 00:48:03.579
 God's

00:48:03.579 --> 00:48:03.900
 people.

00:48:05.480 --> 00:48:05.960
 Christianity

00:48:05.960 --> 00:48:06.860
 is not a

00:48:06.860 --> 00:48:07.980
 solo sport.

00:48:09.599 --> 00:48:10.400
 Secondly,

00:48:11.400 --> 00:48:12.960
 be confident.

00:48:12.960 --> 00:48:14.920
 press on

00:48:14.920 --> 00:48:16.519
 to have

00:48:16.519 --> 00:48:18.039
 assurance.

00:48:18.760 --> 00:48:19.079
 Assurance

00:48:19.079 --> 00:48:19.880
 is such

00:48:19.880 --> 00:48:20.960
 a blessing.

00:48:22.300 --> 00:48:22.920
 I still

00:48:22.920 --> 00:48:23.420
 sin.

00:48:24.240 --> 00:48:25.099
 I have

00:48:25.099 --> 00:48:26.059
 times where

00:48:26.059 --> 00:48:26.440
 I do

00:48:26.440 --> 00:48:27.340
 things that

00:48:27.340 --> 00:48:28.000
 would say

00:48:28.000 --> 00:48:28.420
 to God,

00:48:28.539 --> 00:48:29.099
 I am not

00:48:29.099 --> 00:48:29.619
 your son.

00:48:29.800 --> 00:48:30.059
 I'm going

00:48:30.059 --> 00:48:30.539
 to act

00:48:30.539 --> 00:48:31.159
 in total

00:48:31.159 --> 00:48:32.039
 contradiction

00:48:32.039 --> 00:48:32.860
 to the

00:48:32.860 --> 00:48:33.420
 reality that

00:48:33.420 --> 00:48:33.880
 you love

00:48:33.880 --> 00:48:34.199
 me and

00:48:34.199 --> 00:48:34.380
 you've

00:48:34.380 --> 00:48:34.760
 given me

00:48:34.760 --> 00:48:35.159
 good

00:48:35.159 --> 00:48:36.440
 commands.

00:48:37.119 --> 00:48:37.599
 But it

00:48:37.599 --> 00:48:37.900
 is a

00:48:37.900 --> 00:48:38.240
 wonderful

00:48:38.240 --> 00:48:38.659
 thing when

00:48:38.659 --> 00:48:39.380
 that happens

00:48:39.380 --> 00:48:40.280
 to get

00:48:40.280 --> 00:48:40.720
 to go to

00:48:40.720 --> 00:48:41.019
 the cross

00:48:41.019 --> 00:48:41.320
 of Christ

00:48:41.320 --> 00:48:41.920
 and rejoice

00:48:41.920 --> 00:48:42.360
 that I

00:48:42.360 --> 00:48:42.500
 am

00:48:42.500 --> 00:48:43.039
 his.

00:48:43.480 --> 00:48:44.039
 That he

00:48:44.039 --> 00:48:44.599
 accomplished

00:48:44.599 --> 00:48:45.159
 a work

00:48:45.159 --> 00:48:45.760
 in me

00:48:45.760 --> 00:48:46.440
 and that

00:48:46.440 --> 00:48:46.780
 is

00:48:46.780 --> 00:48:47.800
 unshakable

00:48:47.800 --> 00:48:48.119
 because

00:48:48.119 --> 00:48:48.420
 it's

00:48:48.420 --> 00:48:48.719
 his

00:48:48.719 --> 00:48:49.079
 doing.

00:48:50.980 --> 00:48:51.840
 I sit

00:48:51.840 --> 00:48:52.280
 and counsel

00:48:52.280 --> 00:48:53.179
 so many

00:48:53.179 --> 00:48:54.780
 that sin

00:48:54.780 --> 00:48:55.079
 and they

00:48:55.079 --> 00:48:55.880
 just don't

00:48:55.880 --> 00:48:56.539
 know.

00:48:57.340 --> 00:48:57.860
 I want

00:48:57.860 --> 00:48:58.079
 you to

00:48:58.079 --> 00:48:58.340
 know.

00:48:58.900 --> 00:48:59.239
 It's a

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 good thing

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 to know.

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 So be

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 confident,

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 but be

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 confident by

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 not being

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 lazy,

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 by working,

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 pressing on,

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 being earnest

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 and knowing,

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 and by

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 imitating

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 those who

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 have gone

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 before you,

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 faith and

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 patience

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 receive the

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 promise,

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 and especially

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 by imitating

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 Christ.

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 Let's pray

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 together.

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