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 Our text for this morning is Hebrews chapter 3 verses 7 through 19.

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! Before I read them I want to remind you beloved that this is God's word to us.

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 He is written for his glory and for our good.

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

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 Hebrews chapter 3 verse 7 and following.

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 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says,

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 Today if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion on the day of testing in the wilderness,

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 where your fathers put me to the test and saw my works for forty years.

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 Therefore, I was provoked with that generation and said,

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 They always go astray in their heart.

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 They have not known my ways.

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 As I swore in my wrath, they shall not enter my rest.

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 Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart,

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 leading you to fall away from the living God.

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 But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called today,

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 that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

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 For we have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end.

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 As it is said, today, if you hear his voice,

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 do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.

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 For who were those who heard and yet rebelled?

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 Was it not all those who left Egypt, led by Moses?

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 And with whom was he provoked for forty years?

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 Was it not those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?

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 And to whom did he swear that they would not enter his rest,

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 but to those who were disobedient?

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 So we see that they were unable to enter because of unbelief.

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 The author of Hebrews begins this portion of this very pastoral letter,

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 a letter addressed to a group of Hellenistic Jewish Christians who had suffered greatly.

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 We get evidence of that throughout this letter.

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 And they were being tempted to forget the surpassing excellency of Jesus Christ

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 and to return to Judaism.

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 And he begins this with these words,

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 therefore, as the Holy Spirit says.

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 Here we have another in a series of therefores.

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 Chapter 2, verse 1, verse 14, verse 17, chapter 3, and verse 1.

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 Which means that the author of Hebrews is building a case.

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 He's elaborating and developing an idea.

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 And we must pay careful attention to these therefores.

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 In this text, the therefore refers generally to all that he has said

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 concerning Jesus' superiority to Moses,

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 that great and venerated figure of Jewish history.

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 And it refers specifically to the preceding phrase.

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 I'm going to get it out.

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 Found in verse 6, the last part.

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 Which says,

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 And we are his house if indeed we hold fast our confidence

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 and our boasting in our hope.

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 It's coming off that phrase.

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 Like, we are God's house.

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 We belong to him if we hold fast.

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 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says.

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 This letter was written to address the temptation

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 that these beleaguered Christians were facing.

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 The temptation to leave the faith.

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 To not preserve to the end.

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 And he sets about this work of teaching them a startling truth.

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 It is possible to have every appearance of beginning well,

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 but to end very poorly.

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 It is possible to have every appearance of beginning well,

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 but to end very poorly.

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 This is so timely for the church today.

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 In an age of rampant, cheap grace gospel offers,

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 we need such a word.

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 So many caught up in what I like to call decisionism.

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 So many, I say with trembling, led astray

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 because they believe that they have the power to save themselves.

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 And they tie that to a solitary event in their lives.

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 In order to show this Hebrew audience and us this,

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 he does what every faithful pastor does.

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 He opens to them and explains the Scripture.

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 He appeals to God's authoritative word on the matter.

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 And we can know this is what he is laboring to do

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 because he says,

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 as the Holy Spirit says.

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 He knows about, he believes in the inspiration of Scripture.

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 And he does so, he quotes from Psalm 95.

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 So the text for his sermon in our text today is Psalm 95,

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 the last part of verse 7 through verse 11.

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 And he declares, right,

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 this is the authoritative word of God, right?

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 The Holy Spirit has spoken this.

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 It meant something back then.

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 It means something for the church that he's writing to.

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 And it means something for us today.

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 So in the last half of verse 7 of Hebrews chapter 3

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 and through verse 11 of Hebrews chapter 3,

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 he quotes from Psalm 95.

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 He's quoting from the Septuagint,

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 which is the Greek translation of the Old Testament.

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 This would have been their Bible in their day,

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 much like me quoting from the ESV.

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 Today, if you hear his voice,

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 do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion

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 on the day of testing in the wilderness

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 where your fathers put me to the test

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 and saw my works for 40 years.

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 Therefore, I was provoked with that generation

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 and said they always go astray in their heart.

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 They have not known my ways.

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 As I swore in my wrath,

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 they shall not enter my rest.

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 So our text's author,

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 for the sake of their souls and ours,

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 picks up from Psalm 95 the Exodus story

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 in order to instruct them and us

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 about the dangers of having every appearance

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 of beginning well,

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 but ending very poorly.

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 The Exodus story was always meant to serve us

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 in this way.

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 It is a type for the deliverance,

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 the ultimate deliverance,

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 of God's people, the church.

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 Recall that God has a people

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 under the bondage of slavery.

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 And in order to make his name known,

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 God delivers his people from that bondage

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 through a judgment that they are spared from

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 by the mark of a sacrificial lamb.

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 In 1 Corinthians 5 and verse 7,

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 Paul states,

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 Christ, our Passover lamb,

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 has been sacrificed.

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 Paul saw this great connection

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 between the Exodus story,

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 the great redemptive story

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 of the Old Testament,

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 and the deliverance that was theirs

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 and is ours in Christ.

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 God's people are then led out of Egypt

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 by Moses,

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 who the author of Hebrews has just told us

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 that Moses prefigured Christ.

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 In Hebrews 3, verse 5,

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 in the first part of 6,

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 he wrote,

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 Moses was faithful in all God's house

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 as a servant

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 to testify to the things

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 that were to be spoken later.

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 But Christ is faithful

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 over God's house

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 as a son.

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 Moses was the type.

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 Christ is the anti-type.

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 He's the fulfillment

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 of what Moses was meant to picture

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 as one leading his people

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 out of bondage to sin.

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 The Israelites are met

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 with the obstacle

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 of the Red Sea

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 not long after their departure

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 from Egypt,

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 being pursued

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 by the fickle-minded Pharaoh

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 when God delivers them

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 through the parting

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 of the water

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 and judges the Egyptians

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 by its reunion.

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 They were led miraculously

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 by pillars of cloud

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 and fire.

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 They were provided for

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 miraculously, right,

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 food from heaven

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 and water from rocks.

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 In all of their unfaithfulness,

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 God was faithful.

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 And what the author of Hebrews

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 is doing is showing

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 those who claim

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 to follow Jesus Christ

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 what their unfaithfulness

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 ultimately cost the Egyptians

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 or the Israelites

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 and warning us

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 not to do the same.

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 The Apostle Paul

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 does this very thing.

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 He picks up again

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 the Exodus story

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 in 1 Corinthians 10

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 verses 1-6

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 where he wrote,

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 For I do not want you

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 to be unaware, brothers,

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 that our fathers

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 were all under the cloud

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 and all passed through the sea

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 and all were baptized

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 into Moses

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 in the cloud

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 and in the sea

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 and all ate

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 the same spiritual food

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 and all drank

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 the same spiritual drink

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 for they drank

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 from the spiritual rock

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 that followed them

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 and the rock

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 was Christ.

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 We don't have time

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 this morning

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 to unpack all of that

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 but it is cool.

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 Verse 5,

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 Nevertheless,

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 with most of them

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 God was not pleased

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 for they were overthrown

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 in the wilderness.

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 Now,

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 verse 6,

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 these things took place

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 as examples

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 for us

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 that we might not

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 desire evil

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 as they did.

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 They're given to us

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 as an example

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 that we would pick them up

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 and see

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 how it is

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 that we're

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 to remain faithful

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 to the way

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 of Christ.

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 So join me,

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 if you will,

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 for a moment.

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 Please mark

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 Hebrews chapter 3

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 but join me

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 in Psalm 95.

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 I want to draw

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 your attention

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 just for a moment

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 to verses 7 and 8.

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 Amen.

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 Let me remind you

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 that in Hebrews chapter 3

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 as he's citing

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 the Septuagint

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 and he says

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 today if you hear his voice

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 do not harden your hearts

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 as in the rebellion

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 on the day of testing

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 in the wilderness.

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 I want you to see

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 the difference

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 here in Psalm 95

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 last half of verse 7

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 and verse 8.

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 Today if you hear

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 his voice

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 do not harden your hearts

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 as at Meribah

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 as on the day

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 at Massah

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 in the wilderness.

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 Their locations

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 in Psalm 95

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 isn't that interesting?

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 But

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 the Hebrew words

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 Meribah

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 and Massah

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 mean

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 to quarrel

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 or to rebel.

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 That's Meribah

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 and Massah

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 means

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 testing.

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 So he's picking up

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 the event

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 what was happening

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 what was going on

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 what was the intention

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 of the Israelite people

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 as they were

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 rebelling against God

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 and putting God

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 to the test.

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 Now

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 you can leave

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 Psalm 95

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 we'll look at it

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 a little bit more

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 in Hebrews chapter 3

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 but turn with me

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 in the middle

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 to Exodus chapter 17

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 and let's look at the place

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 where this actually happens.

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 I want to remind you

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 that we're not

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 first century

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 Hellenistic Jews

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 so we have to do

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 a little more work

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 than he had to do

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 he could simply just

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 quote Psalm 95

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 and they knew exactly

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 what he was talking about.

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 we may need to be

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 prompted a bit

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 I know I needed

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 to actually go find

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 the place this happened

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 my mind did not go

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 Exodus 17

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 first seven verses

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 listen to what happened

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 Exodus 17

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 beginning in verse 1

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 all the congregation

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 all the congregation

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 of the people

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 of Israel

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 moved on

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 from the wilderness

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 of sin

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 by stages

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 according to the commandment

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 of the Lord

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 and camped

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 at Rephidim

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 but there was

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 no water

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 for the people

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 to drink

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 now this is not

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 long

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 after they've

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 crossed the Red Sea

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 it has not

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 taken much

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 time

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 for this people

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 to not have their

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 apparent need

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 met

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 watch what happens

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 therefore

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 the people

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 quarreled

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 with Moses

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 and said

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 give us water

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 to drink

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 and Moses

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 said to them

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 why do you

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 quarrel with me

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 why do you

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 test

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 the Lord

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 see those two words

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 but the people

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 thirsted there

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 for water

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 and the people

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 grumbled against

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 Moses and said

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 why did you

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 bring us up

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 out of Egypt

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 to kill us

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 and our children

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 and our livestock

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 with thirst

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 so Moses

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 cried to the

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 Lord

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 what shall I

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 do with this

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 people

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 they are almost

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 ready to stone

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 me

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 and the Lord

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 said to Moses

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 pass on

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 before the people

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 taking with you

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 some of the

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 elders of Israel

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 and take in your

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 hand the staff

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 with which you

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 struck the Nile

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 and go

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 behold I will

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 stand before you

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 there on the

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 rock at Horeb

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 and you shall

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 strike the rock

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 and water

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 shall come out

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 of it

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 and the people

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 will drink

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 and Moses

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 did so

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 in the sight

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 of the elders

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 of Israel

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 and he called

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 the name of the

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 place

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 Massah

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 and Meribah

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 testing

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 and rebellion

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 because of the

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 quarreling

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 of the people

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 of Israel

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 and because they

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 tested the Lord

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 by saying

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 is the Lord

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 among us

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 or not

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 okay

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 so this is

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 the event

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 that the writer

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 of Hebrews

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 is pulling

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 upon

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 right

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 but this was

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 not the only

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 time

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 that the people

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 quarreled

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 in fact there's

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 quite a history

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 of quarreling

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 we find out in

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 Numbers chapter 14

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 God says there were

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 ten times

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 they put him

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 to the test

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 and as you read

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 through that narrative

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 you'll see that cycle

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 again and again

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 and again

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 of them not

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 believing that God

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 would do what God

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 had said

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 he would do

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 in preserving

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 them

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 as a people

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 but to bookend

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 this

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 I want you now

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 to turn with me

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 to Numbers chapter 20

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 and then I promise

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 we'll go back

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 to Hebrews 3

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 and stay

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 now we know

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 that because of

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 Israel's unfaithfulness

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 right

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 they were set

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 to wander

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 in the wilderness

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 and they did so

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 for 40 years

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 a journey

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 from Egypt

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 to the land

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 of Canaan

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 could feasibly

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 have been done

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 in two weeks

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 and they spent

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 40 years

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 wandering around

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 as a people

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 in the desert

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 this comes

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 this event

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 in Numbers chapter 20

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 right

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 very close

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 to the end

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 of that

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 wandering

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 and again

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 a similar

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 event

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 starting in

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 verse 2

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 now there was

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 no water

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 for the congregation

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 and they

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 assembled themselves

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 together

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 against Moses

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 and against Aaron

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 and the people

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 quarreled with Moses

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 and said

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 would that we

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 had perished

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 when our brothers

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 perished before the Lord

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 why have you

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 brought the assembly

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 of the Lord

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 into this wilderness

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 that we should

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 die here

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 both we

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 and our cattle

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 and why have you

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 made us come up

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 out of Egypt

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 to bring us

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 to this evil place

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 it is no place

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 for grain

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 or figs

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 or vines

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 or pomegranates

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 and there is

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 no water

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 to drink

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 then Moses

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 and Aaron

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 went from the

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 presence of the

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 assembly

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 to the entrance

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 of the tent

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 of meeting

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 and fell

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 on their faces

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 and the glory

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 of the Lord

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 appeared to them

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 and the Lord

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 spoke to Moses

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 saying

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 take the staff

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 and assemble

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 the congregation

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 you and Aaron

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 your brother

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 and tell the rock

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 before their eyes

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 to yield

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 its water

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 so you shall

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 bring water

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 out of the rock

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 for them

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 and give drink

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 to the congregation

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 and their cattle

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 so a very similar

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 event

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 they have no water

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 they are grumbling

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 about water

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 Moses goes and

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 pleads for them

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 to have water

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 and God

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 gives him

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 instructions

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 but they are

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 different this time

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 did you notice

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 the difference

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 the first time

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 he was told

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 to take a staff

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 and strike the rock

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 when he strikes

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 the rock

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 the rock

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 I'm presuming

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 breaks open

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 and water

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 comes flowing

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 out

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 abundant water

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 for this mass

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 of people

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 this time

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 he's told

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 to do

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 something

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 different

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 verse 8

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 says

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 tell the rock

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 before your eyes

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 to yield

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 its water

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 right

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 say to the rock

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 give me your water

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 and it

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 will happen

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 it's important

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 that we pay attention

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 to God's

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 good instruction

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 for us

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 verse 9

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 and Moses

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 took the staff

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 from before the Lord

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 as he commanded him

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 then Moses and Aaron

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 gathered the assembly

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 together before the rock

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 and he said to them

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 hear now you rebels

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!

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 shall we bring water

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 for you

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 out of this rock?

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 and Moses

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 lifted up his hand

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 and struck the rock

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 with his staff

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 twice

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 and water

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 came out

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 abundantly

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 and the congregation

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 drank

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 and their livestock

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 now

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 God in his kindness

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 gave them water

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 anyway

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 notice that

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 he gave them water

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 anyway

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 and we are very quick

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 to say

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 well the result

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 is good

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 right

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 the water

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 came

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 the means

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 don't really

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 matter

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 God doesn't feel

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 that way at all

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 about it

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 God has a much

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 different perspective

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 in fact I think

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 most people

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 read this text

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 and go

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 fantastic

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 Moses obeyed

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 and it happened

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 again

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 but then God

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 does a very

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 curious thing

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 verse 12

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 and the Lord

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 said to Moses

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 and Aaron

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 because you

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 did not believe

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 in me

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 they disobeyed

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 what he had

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 told them

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 to do

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 to uphold

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 me as holy

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 in the eyes

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 of the people

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 of Israel

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 therefore you

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 shall not

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 bring this

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 assembly

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 into the land

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 that I have

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 given them

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 these

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 are the waters

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 of Merivah

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 there it is

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 again

00:20:11.079 --> 00:20:11.759
 rebellion

00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:13.079
 where the people

00:20:13.079 --> 00:20:13.659
 of Israel

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 quarreled

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 with the Lord

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 and through

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 them

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 he showed

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 himself

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 holy

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 this was a judgment

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 that was passed

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 on that generation

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 you recall that

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 none of that

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 generation

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 got to see

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 the promised land

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 none of them

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 got to enter

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 into the rest

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 of Canaan

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 so the author

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 of Hebrews

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 is warning

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 them

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 and us

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 in this way

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 the last half

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 of verse 7

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 of Hebrews 3

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 today

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 today

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 if you hear

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 his voice

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 do not harden

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 your hearts

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 as in the

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 rebellion

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 on the day

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 of testing

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 in the wilderness

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 and again

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 in verse 15

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 and I believe

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 repeated

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 for emphasis

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 as it is said

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 today

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 if you hear

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 his voice

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 do not

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 harden

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 your hearts

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 as in

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 the rebellion

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 do not be

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 like the Israelites

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 that faithful

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 faithless

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 excuse me

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 faithless

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 generation

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 learn your lesson

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 from post

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 exodus

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 Israel

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 this is the plea

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 of the author

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 of Hebrews

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 there were those

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 who had

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 every appearance

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 of beginning

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 well

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 but ended

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 very poorly

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 they did not

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 enter God's

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 rest

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 do not

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 be counted

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 among them

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 don't merely

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 say

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 you're a follower

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 of Christ

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 be

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 a follower

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 of Christ

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 and in verses

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 12

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 and 13

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 and 14

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 the author

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 of Hebrews

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 gives three

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 exhortations

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 to help

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 us

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 number one

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 protect

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 your heart

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 number two

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 press one

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 another

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 toward holiness

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 and number

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 three

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 persevere

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 to the end

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 number one

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 protect your

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 heart

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 verse 12

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 says take

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 care brothers

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 lest there be

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 in any of you

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 an evil

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 unbelieving

00:22:22.419 --> 00:22:23.319
 heart

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 leading you

00:22:23.959 --> 00:22:24.599
 to fall

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 away

00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:26.159
 from the

00:22:26.159 --> 00:22:26.519
 living

00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:27.779
 God

00:22:27.779 --> 00:22:29.480
 he's saying

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 to us

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 this morning

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 be very

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 careful

00:22:32.740 --> 00:22:33.980
 be vigilant

00:22:33.980 --> 00:22:33.980


00:22:34.980 --> 00:22:36.579
 Sin is deceitful

00:22:36.579 --> 00:22:37.039
 our hearts

00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:37.759
 are fickle

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 pay attention

00:22:39.000 --> 00:22:39.879
 to what's

00:22:39.879 --> 00:22:40.819
 going on

00:22:40.819 --> 00:22:42.079
 in you

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 trace the

00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:44.759
 contours

00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:45.439
 of your

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 affections

00:22:46.420 --> 00:22:47.800
 what do

00:22:47.800 --> 00:22:48.539
 you love

00:22:48.539 --> 00:22:49.880
 the world

00:22:49.880 --> 00:22:50.779
 or the

00:22:50.779 --> 00:22:51.100
 ways of

00:22:51.100 --> 00:22:51.480
 Christ

00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:53.060
 they stand

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 in opposition

00:22:53.640 --> 00:22:54.220
 to one

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 another

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 to fall

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 away

00:22:57.160 --> 00:22:58.160
 means

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 to

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 willingly

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 apostatize

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 it means

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 to turn

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 away

00:23:05.320 --> 00:23:06.700
 from the

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 faith you

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 once

00:23:07.700 --> 00:23:09.080
 proclaimed

00:23:09.080 --> 00:23:10.840
 this kind

00:23:10.840 --> 00:23:11.640
 of turning

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 away

00:23:12.140 --> 00:23:12.920
 bears

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 a

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 huge

00:23:14.320 --> 00:23:15.480
 penalty

00:23:15.480 --> 00:23:16.920
 to reject

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 Moses

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 meant

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 not

00:23:18.559 --> 00:23:18.920
 entering

00:23:18.920 --> 00:23:19.120
 into

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 the

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 promised

00:23:19.500 --> 00:23:19.860
 land

00:23:19.860 --> 00:23:21.279
 to

00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:21.599
 reject

00:23:21.599 --> 00:23:22.240
 Christ

00:23:22.240 --> 00:23:23.160
 means

00:23:23.160 --> 00:23:23.480
 not

00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:23.839
 gaining

00:23:23.839 --> 00:23:24.059
 the

00:23:24.059 --> 00:23:24.579
 blessings

00:23:24.579 --> 00:23:25.460
 of

00:23:25.460 --> 00:23:25.759
 eternal

00:23:25.759 --> 00:23:26.339
 life

00:23:26.339 --> 00:23:27.259
 but

00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:27.759
 rather

00:23:27.759 --> 00:23:29.240
 eternal

00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:29.640
 death

00:23:29.640 --> 00:23:30.819
 this is a

00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:31.380
 grander

00:23:31.380 --> 00:23:31.640
 thing

00:23:31.640 --> 00:23:32.200
 a greater

00:23:32.200 --> 00:23:32.519
 thing

00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:32.759
 an

00:23:32.759 --> 00:23:33.400
 eternal

00:23:33.400 --> 00:23:33.839
 thing

00:23:33.839 --> 00:23:34.299
 that the

00:23:34.299 --> 00:23:34.640
 writer of

00:23:34.640 --> 00:23:34.920
 Hebrews

00:23:34.920 --> 00:23:35.839
 is talking

00:23:35.839 --> 00:23:36.200
 about

00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:37.259
 he's using

00:23:37.259 --> 00:23:37.980
 the temporal

00:23:37.980 --> 00:23:38.559
 example

00:23:38.559 --> 00:23:39.200
 of the

00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:39.519
 Exodus

00:23:39.519 --> 00:23:40.620
 story

00:23:40.620 --> 00:23:41.759
 to teach

00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:42.240
 us this

00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:43.079
 and we can

00:23:43.079 --> 00:23:43.460
 know this

00:23:43.460 --> 00:23:44.039
 because Moses

00:23:44.039 --> 00:23:44.620
 didn't enter

00:23:44.620 --> 00:23:45.180
 Canaan

00:23:45.180 --> 00:23:46.560
 but when

00:23:46.560 --> 00:23:47.019
 Jesus was

00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:47.560
 transfigured

00:23:47.560 --> 00:23:47.880
 who did he

00:23:47.880 --> 00:23:48.140
 meet with

00:23:48.140 --> 00:23:48.340
 on the

00:23:48.340 --> 00:23:48.600
 mountain

00:23:48.600 --> 00:23:49.779
 Moses

00:23:49.779 --> 00:23:50.279
 Moses

00:23:50.279 --> 00:23:50.960
 was there

00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:51.380
 right

00:23:51.380 --> 00:23:52.080
 Moses

00:23:52.080 --> 00:23:52.720
 was found

00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:53.220
 in

00:23:53.220 --> 00:23:53.880
 Christ

00:23:53.880 --> 00:23:54.259
 right

00:23:54.259 --> 00:23:54.700
 Moses

00:23:54.700 --> 00:23:55.720
 was taken

00:23:55.720 --> 00:23:56.519
 off to

00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:57.039
 glory

00:23:57.039 --> 00:23:58.380
 but he

00:23:58.380 --> 00:23:58.860
 didn't enter

00:23:58.860 --> 00:23:59.240
 that

00:23:59.240 --> 00:24:00.580
 earthly rest

00:24:00.580 --> 00:24:01.100
 of the

00:24:01.100 --> 00:24:01.440
 land

00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:02.360
 of Canaan

00:24:02.360 --> 00:24:02.700
 and that's

00:24:02.700 --> 00:24:03.560
 to show us

00:24:03.560 --> 00:24:03.920
 something

00:24:03.920 --> 00:24:04.440
 greater

00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:04.980
 about our

00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:05.560
 eternal

00:24:05.560 --> 00:24:06.799
 rest

00:24:06.799 --> 00:24:08.940
 take care

00:24:08.940 --> 00:24:10.400
 watch

00:24:10.400 --> 00:24:11.060
 over

00:24:11.060 --> 00:24:12.440
 your heart

00:24:12.440 --> 00:24:13.920
 be sure

00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:14.519
 that you

00:24:14.519 --> 00:24:15.039
 are

00:24:15.039 --> 00:24:15.740
 in

00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:17.059
 Christ

00:24:17.059 --> 00:24:19.019
 the author

00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:19.360
 of Hebrews

00:24:19.360 --> 00:24:19.779
 wrote in

00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:20.019
 Hebrews

00:24:20.019 --> 00:24:20.539
 chapter 10

00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:20.820
 and verse

00:24:20.820 --> 00:24:21.200
 31

00:24:21.200 --> 00:24:22.000
 it is a

00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:22.600
 fearful

00:24:22.600 --> 00:24:23.180
 thing

00:24:23.180 --> 00:24:24.180
 to fall

00:24:24.180 --> 00:24:24.580
 into the

00:24:24.580 --> 00:24:25.180
 hands

00:24:25.180 --> 00:24:26.019
 of the

00:24:26.019 --> 00:24:26.340
 living

00:24:26.340 --> 00:24:27.180
 God

00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:28.600
 apart from

00:24:28.600 --> 00:24:29.120
 the righteousness

00:24:29.120 --> 00:24:29.820
 of Jesus

00:24:29.820 --> 00:24:30.559
 it is a

00:24:30.559 --> 00:24:31.440
 scary thing

00:24:31.440 --> 00:24:32.220
 to be judged

00:24:32.220 --> 00:24:33.140
 to be condemned

00:24:33.140 --> 00:24:34.180
 by God

00:24:34.180 --> 00:24:34.559
 almighty

00:24:34.559 --> 00:24:35.059
 right

00:24:35.059 --> 00:24:35.680
 we need

00:24:35.680 --> 00:24:36.299
 the righteousness

00:24:36.299 --> 00:24:36.940
 of Christ

00:24:36.940 --> 00:24:37.880
 to carry us

00:24:37.880 --> 00:24:38.380
 through

00:24:38.380 --> 00:24:39.420
 that judgment

00:24:39.420 --> 00:24:39.880
 right

00:24:39.880 --> 00:24:40.440
 that we

00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:40.740
 would be

00:24:40.740 --> 00:24:41.240
 found

00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:42.660
 complete

00:24:42.660 --> 00:24:43.480
 and whole

00:24:43.480 --> 00:24:44.460
 set apart

00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:45.340
 in him

00:24:45.340 --> 00:24:45.700
 that we

00:24:45.700 --> 00:24:46.280
 would stand

00:24:46.280 --> 00:24:47.340
 before God

00:24:47.340 --> 00:24:47.840
 and then

00:24:47.840 --> 00:24:48.540
 live with him

00:24:48.540 --> 00:24:49.660
 forever

00:24:49.660 --> 00:24:52.100
 in Mark

00:24:52.100 --> 00:24:52.920
 chapter 4

00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:53.800
 and Matthew

00:24:53.800 --> 00:24:54.260
 13

00:24:54.260 --> 00:24:54.700
 and Luke

00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:55.180
 8

00:24:55.180 --> 00:24:56.600
 Jesus

00:24:56.600 --> 00:24:57.160
 tells the

00:24:57.160 --> 00:24:57.700
 parable

00:24:57.700 --> 00:24:59.160
 of the

00:24:59.160 --> 00:24:59.420
 sower

00:24:59.420 --> 00:25:01.020
 and this

00:25:01.020 --> 00:25:01.420
 is so

00:25:01.420 --> 00:25:02.040
 instructive

00:25:02.040 --> 00:25:02.580
 for us

00:25:02.580 --> 00:25:03.100
 in our

00:25:03.100 --> 00:25:03.380
 day

00:25:03.380 --> 00:25:04.700
 there's a

00:25:04.700 --> 00:25:04.940
 sower

00:25:04.940 --> 00:25:05.340
 who goes

00:25:05.340 --> 00:25:05.680
 about

00:25:05.680 --> 00:25:06.000
 sowing

00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:06.440
 about the

00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:06.800
 word

00:25:06.800 --> 00:25:07.060
 right

00:25:07.060 --> 00:25:07.500
 the gospel

00:25:07.500 --> 00:25:07.860
 of Jesus

00:25:07.860 --> 00:25:08.300
 Christ

00:25:08.300 --> 00:25:08.600
 and we

00:25:08.600 --> 00:25:08.720
 know

00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:09.100
 that that

00:25:09.100 --> 00:25:09.640
 word

00:25:09.640 --> 00:25:10.080
 falls

00:25:10.080 --> 00:25:10.740
 on various

00:25:10.740 --> 00:25:11.280
 types

00:25:11.280 --> 00:25:12.259
 of ground

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:13.560
 that word

00:25:13.560 --> 00:25:13.920
 is sown

00:25:13.920 --> 00:25:14.320
 along

00:25:14.320 --> 00:25:15.000
 the path

00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:15.560
 and it's

00:25:15.560 --> 00:25:16.100
 snatched

00:25:16.100 --> 00:25:16.400
 away

00:25:16.400 --> 00:25:17.040
 by birds

00:25:17.040 --> 00:25:17.340
 and we

00:25:17.340 --> 00:25:17.960
 find out

00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:18.300
 in Jesus'

00:25:18.540 --> 00:25:19.120
 explanation

00:25:19.120 --> 00:25:19.960
 of the

00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:20.340
 parable

00:25:20.340 --> 00:25:20.759
 that this

00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:21.180
 is Satan

00:25:21.180 --> 00:25:21.740
 taking it

00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:22.040
 away

00:25:22.040 --> 00:25:22.380
 it's those

00:25:22.380 --> 00:25:22.700
 who hear

00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:23.120
 the gospel

00:25:23.120 --> 00:25:23.460
 of Jesus

00:25:23.460 --> 00:25:23.780
 Christ

00:25:23.780 --> 00:25:24.200
 and never

00:25:24.200 --> 00:25:24.759
 respond

00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:25.960
 in faith

00:25:25.960 --> 00:25:27.259
 there's

00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:27.480
 word

00:25:27.480 --> 00:25:27.840
 sown

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 in rocky

00:25:28.680 --> 00:25:29.120
 soil

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 and because

00:25:30.320 --> 00:25:30.660
 it's

00:25:30.660 --> 00:25:31.060
 shallow

00:25:31.060 --> 00:25:32.120
 it yields

00:25:32.120 --> 00:25:32.700
 quickly

00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:33.100
 right

00:25:33.100 --> 00:25:33.960
 the greenery

00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:34.940
 pops forward

00:25:34.940 --> 00:25:35.740
 right

00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:37.320
 starts well

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 but when

00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:39.160
 the sun

00:25:39.160 --> 00:25:39.880
 of tribulation

00:25:39.880 --> 00:25:40.860
 comes out

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 it scorches

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 them

00:25:42.360 --> 00:25:43.600
 when life

00:25:43.600 --> 00:25:44.519
 gets hard

00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:46.279
 it withers

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 up

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 and it

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 dies

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 in Mark

00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:49.720
 chapter 4

00:25:49.720 --> 00:25:50.860
 in verse 17

00:25:50.860 --> 00:25:52.799
 Mark records

00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:53.600
 Jesus saying

00:25:53.600 --> 00:25:54.100
 that it

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 immediately

00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:56.160
 they fall

00:25:56.160 --> 00:25:56.900
 away

00:25:56.900 --> 00:25:57.980
 same phrase

00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:59.200
 found in

00:25:59.200 --> 00:25:59.500
 Hebrews

00:25:59.500 --> 00:26:00.440
 they fall

00:26:00.440 --> 00:26:01.680
 away

00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:03.080
 some of that

00:26:03.080 --> 00:26:03.740
 word is sown

00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:04.200
 among

00:26:04.200 --> 00:26:05.640
 thorns

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 and we

00:26:06.600 --> 00:26:06.900
 learn that

00:26:06.900 --> 00:26:07.120
 those

00:26:07.120 --> 00:26:07.580
 thorns

00:26:07.580 --> 00:26:07.980
 are the

00:26:07.980 --> 00:26:08.700
 cares

00:26:08.700 --> 00:26:09.020
 of the

00:26:09.020 --> 00:26:09.400
 world

00:26:09.400 --> 00:26:10.180
 the desire

00:26:10.180 --> 00:26:10.880
 for riches

00:26:10.880 --> 00:26:12.040
 and those

00:26:12.040 --> 00:26:12.360
 thorns

00:26:12.360 --> 00:26:13.380
 choke out

00:26:13.380 --> 00:26:14.580
 the word

00:26:14.580 --> 00:26:14.960
 and it

00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:15.320
 never

00:26:15.320 --> 00:26:16.000
 brings

00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:16.380
 forth

00:26:16.380 --> 00:26:17.940
 fruit

00:26:17.940 --> 00:26:20.480
 and some

00:26:20.480 --> 00:26:20.680
 of that

00:26:20.680 --> 00:26:21.020
 word

00:26:21.020 --> 00:26:21.960
 is sown

00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:22.920
 among

00:26:22.920 --> 00:26:23.600
 good soil

00:26:23.600 --> 00:26:24.920
 and seed

00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:25.200
 sown

00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:25.520
 in good

00:26:25.520 --> 00:26:25.900
 soil

00:26:25.900 --> 00:26:27.440
 bears fruit

00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:27.880
 bears the

00:26:27.880 --> 00:26:28.400
 fruit of

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 righteousness

00:26:29.840 --> 00:26:31.580
 and beloved

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 what the

00:26:32.320 --> 00:26:32.840
 author of

00:26:32.840 --> 00:26:33.140
 Hebrews

00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:33.840
 is saying

00:26:33.839 --> 00:26:34.579
 to the

00:26:34.579 --> 00:26:34.939
 original

00:26:34.939 --> 00:26:35.419
 audience

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 and to

00:26:35.659 --> 00:26:35.819
 us

00:26:35.819 --> 00:26:36.019
 this

00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:36.379
 morning

00:26:36.379 --> 00:26:37.699
 is let's

00:26:37.699 --> 00:26:38.439
 be careful

00:26:38.439 --> 00:26:40.099
 having been

00:26:40.099 --> 00:26:41.119
 people who

00:26:41.119 --> 00:26:42.199
 started off

00:26:42.199 --> 00:26:42.579
 well

00:26:42.579 --> 00:26:44.319
 who claim

00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:44.539
 to be

00:26:44.539 --> 00:26:44.839
 Christ

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 followers

00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:45.659
 I would

00:26:45.659 --> 00:26:46.459
 presume

00:26:46.459 --> 00:26:46.839
 that at

00:26:46.839 --> 00:26:47.439
 least most

00:26:47.439 --> 00:26:47.679
 of you

00:26:47.679 --> 00:26:48.179
 this morning

00:26:48.179 --> 00:26:48.579
 would say

00:26:48.579 --> 00:26:48.839
 that you're

00:26:48.839 --> 00:26:49.199
 a follower

00:26:49.199 --> 00:26:50.240
 of Jesus

00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:51.699
 you're not

00:26:51.699 --> 00:26:52.379
 the word

00:26:52.379 --> 00:26:52.740
 sown

00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:53.480
 along the

00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:53.879
 path

00:26:53.879 --> 00:26:56.500
 I pray

00:26:56.500 --> 00:26:56.839
 that you're

00:26:56.839 --> 00:26:57.259
 the word

00:26:57.259 --> 00:26:57.720
 sown

00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:58.439
 among good

00:26:58.439 --> 00:26:58.919
 soil

00:26:58.919 --> 00:26:59.500
 bearing the

00:26:59.500 --> 00:26:59.980
 fruit of

00:26:59.980 --> 00:27:00.419
 righteousness

00:27:00.419 --> 00:27:02.199
 he's saying

00:27:02.199 --> 00:27:02.819
 be careful

00:27:02.819 --> 00:27:03.240
 that you're

00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:03.779
 not

00:27:03.779 --> 00:27:05.000
 rocky

00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:05.519
 soil

00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:07.059
 or thorny

00:27:07.059 --> 00:27:07.839
 soil

00:27:07.839 --> 00:27:09.299
 that you

00:27:09.299 --> 00:27:10.160
 don't

00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:10.799
 end

00:27:10.799 --> 00:27:12.399
 poorly

00:27:12.399 --> 00:27:13.859
 and this

00:27:13.859 --> 00:27:14.039
 is the

00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:14.460
 trouble of

00:27:14.460 --> 00:27:15.019
 our day

00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:15.619
 is what

00:27:15.619 --> 00:27:16.099
 we simply

00:27:16.099 --> 00:27:16.420
 do

00:27:16.420 --> 00:27:16.779
 as we

00:27:16.779 --> 00:27:17.240
 go about

00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:17.980
 asking the

00:27:17.980 --> 00:27:18.319
 trees

00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:18.740
 what kind

00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.059
 of tree

00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:19.599
 they are

00:27:19.599 --> 00:27:20.859
 what kind

00:27:20.859 --> 00:27:21.119
 of tree

00:27:21.119 --> 00:27:21.579
 are you

00:27:21.579 --> 00:27:21.859
 can you

00:27:21.859 --> 00:27:22.099
 imagine

00:27:22.099 --> 00:27:23.460
 an orchard

00:27:23.460 --> 00:27:25.599
 farmer

00:27:25.599 --> 00:27:26.500
 I didn't

00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:26.859
 start that

00:27:26.859 --> 00:27:27.359
 sentence off

00:27:27.359 --> 00:27:27.579
 well

00:27:27.579 --> 00:27:28.299
 a fruit

00:27:28.299 --> 00:27:28.660
 farmer

00:27:28.660 --> 00:27:29.859
 in his

00:27:29.859 --> 00:27:30.279
 orchard

00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:32.139
 what kind

00:27:32.139 --> 00:27:32.579
 of tree

00:27:32.579 --> 00:27:33.180
 are you

00:27:33.180 --> 00:27:34.060
 I am

00:27:34.060 --> 00:27:34.400
 a peach

00:27:34.400 --> 00:27:34.700
 tree

00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:35.160
 what kind

00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:35.380
 of tree

00:27:35.380 --> 00:27:35.680
 are you

00:27:35.680 --> 00:27:36.480
 I am

00:27:36.480 --> 00:27:36.880
 an apple

00:27:36.880 --> 00:27:37.240
 tree

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:39.180
 you know

00:27:39.180 --> 00:27:39.580
 the tree

00:27:39.580 --> 00:27:40.539
 by its

00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:41.680
 fruit

00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:42.960
 and we

00:27:42.960 --> 00:27:43.320
 know that

00:27:43.320 --> 00:27:43.660
 the trees

00:27:43.660 --> 00:27:43.960
 that don't

00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:44.400
 bear fruit

00:27:44.400 --> 00:27:44.799
 are cut

00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:45.299
 down and

00:27:45.299 --> 00:27:45.860
 thrown into

00:27:45.860 --> 00:27:46.960
 the fire

00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:47.299
 right

00:27:47.299 --> 00:27:47.640
 they're not

00:27:47.640 --> 00:27:48.560
 good trees

00:27:48.560 --> 00:27:49.460
 they're not

00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:49.980
 good for

00:27:49.980 --> 00:27:50.500
 the production

00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:51.440
 of fruit

00:27:51.440 --> 00:27:51.880
 and so

00:27:51.880 --> 00:27:52.140
 they're

00:27:52.140 --> 00:27:53.240
 cut down

00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:53.920
 and other

00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:54.380
 trees are

00:27:54.380 --> 00:27:54.720
 planted

00:27:54.720 --> 00:27:56.100
 in their

00:27:56.100 --> 00:27:56.640
 place

00:27:56.640 --> 00:27:58.780
 we

00:27:58.780 --> 00:27:59.040
 ought

00:27:59.040 --> 00:27:59.220
 not

00:27:59.220 --> 00:27:59.440
 let

00:27:59.440 --> 00:27:59.580
 there

00:27:59.580 --> 00:27:59.700
 be

00:27:59.700 --> 00:27:59.860
 a

00:27:59.860 --> 00:28:00.300
 self

00:28:00.300 --> 00:28:01.100
 proclamation

00:28:01.100 --> 00:28:02.480
 that's

00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:02.660
 not

00:28:02.660 --> 00:28:03.480
 evidenced

00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:04.300
 by

00:28:04.300 --> 00:28:04.540
 fruit

00:28:04.540 --> 00:28:04.820
 bearing

00:28:04.820 --> 00:28:07.640
 second

00:28:07.640 --> 00:28:07.960
 peter

00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:09.560
 chapter

00:28:09.560 --> 00:28:09.800
 one

00:28:09.800 --> 00:28:10.000
 verse

00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:10.320
 ten

00:28:10.320 --> 00:28:10.759
 apostle

00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:11.060
 peter

00:28:11.060 --> 00:28:11.759
 wrote

00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:12.040
 therefore

00:28:12.040 --> 00:28:12.420
 brothers

00:28:12.420 --> 00:28:12.620
 be

00:28:12.620 --> 00:28:13.220
 all

00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:13.400
 the

00:28:13.400 --> 00:28:13.560
 more

00:28:13.560 --> 00:28:13.920
 diligent

00:28:13.920 --> 00:28:14.200
 to

00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:14.720
 confirm

00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:15.560
 your

00:28:15.560 --> 00:28:16.220
 calling

00:28:16.220 --> 00:28:16.860
 and

00:28:16.860 --> 00:28:17.300
 election

00:28:17.300 --> 00:28:17.720
 right

00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:18.100
 be

00:28:18.100 --> 00:28:18.580
 diligent

00:28:18.580 --> 00:28:19.020
 set

00:28:19.020 --> 00:28:19.480
 yourself

00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:19.720
 to

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:19.940
 the

00:28:19.940 --> 00:28:20.540
 work

00:28:20.540 --> 00:28:21.560
 of

00:28:21.560 --> 00:28:22.340
 confirming

00:28:22.340 --> 00:28:22.940
 your

00:28:22.940 --> 00:28:23.420
 calling

00:28:23.420 --> 00:28:23.660
 and

00:28:23.660 --> 00:28:23.780
 your

00:28:23.780 --> 00:28:24.280
 election

00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:25.200
 be

00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:26.000
 assured

00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:27.339
 how

00:28:27.339 --> 00:28:28.779
 for if

00:28:28.779 --> 00:28:28.899
 you

00:28:28.899 --> 00:28:29.319
 practice

00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:29.940
 these

00:28:29.940 --> 00:28:30.559
 qualities

00:28:30.559 --> 00:28:31.859
 you

00:28:31.859 --> 00:28:32.000
 will

00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:32.259
 never

00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:32.920
 fall

00:28:32.920 --> 00:28:34.259
 fall

00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:35.500
 same

00:28:35.500 --> 00:28:35.920
 language

00:28:35.920 --> 00:28:36.500
 being used

00:28:36.500 --> 00:28:36.660
 there

00:28:36.660 --> 00:28:37.200
 once again

00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:37.440
 and he

00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:37.720
 has just

00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:38.079
 listed

00:28:38.079 --> 00:28:38.480
 off

00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:39.200
 a bunch

00:28:39.200 --> 00:28:39.339
 of

00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:39.819
 qualities

00:28:39.819 --> 00:28:40.259
 that

00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:40.539
 should

00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:40.799
 be

00:28:40.799 --> 00:28:41.359
 possessed

00:28:41.359 --> 00:28:42.339
 by the

00:28:42.339 --> 00:28:42.680
 Christian

00:28:42.680 --> 00:28:43.160
 not in

00:28:43.160 --> 00:28:43.619
 perfection

00:28:43.619 --> 00:28:44.079
 but in

00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:44.599
 growing

00:28:44.599 --> 00:28:45.440
 degrees

00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:46.500
 of

00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:46.960
 glory

00:28:46.960 --> 00:28:48.399
 protect

00:28:48.399 --> 00:28:48.920
 your

00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:49.420
 heart

00:28:49.420 --> 00:28:50.339
 ask

00:28:50.339 --> 00:28:50.579
 the

00:28:50.579 --> 00:28:51.160
 question

00:28:51.160 --> 00:28:51.539
 the

00:28:51.539 --> 00:28:51.920
 good

00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:52.160
 and

00:28:52.160 --> 00:28:52.500
 honest

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:52.920
 question

00:28:52.920 --> 00:28:53.240
 am

00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:53.539
 I

00:28:53.539 --> 00:28:53.899
 in

00:28:53.900 --> 00:28:54.620
 Christ

00:28:54.620 --> 00:28:55.120
 has

00:28:55.120 --> 00:28:55.280
 he

00:28:55.280 --> 00:28:55.860
 changed

00:28:55.860 --> 00:28:56.220
 me

00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:57.280
 do

00:28:57.280 --> 00:28:57.400
 I

00:28:57.400 --> 00:28:57.620
 say

00:28:57.620 --> 00:28:57.780
 I

00:28:57.780 --> 00:28:58.019
 follow

00:28:58.019 --> 00:28:58.320
 Jesus

00:28:58.320 --> 00:28:58.580
 because

00:28:58.580 --> 00:28:58.780
 it's

00:28:58.780 --> 00:28:58.960
 the

00:28:58.960 --> 00:28:59.340
 comfortable

00:28:59.340 --> 00:28:59.940
 and easy

00:28:59.940 --> 00:29:00.180
 thing

00:29:00.180 --> 00:29:00.580
 to do

00:29:00.580 --> 00:29:00.780
 in

00:29:00.780 --> 00:29:00.920
 this

00:29:00.920 --> 00:29:01.259
 culture

00:29:01.259 --> 00:29:02.440
 or

00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:02.580
 do

00:29:02.580 --> 00:29:02.720
 I

00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:03.280
 really

00:29:03.280 --> 00:29:03.720
 treasure

00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:04.040
 him

00:29:04.040 --> 00:29:04.800
 above

00:29:04.800 --> 00:29:05.120
 everything

00:29:05.120 --> 00:29:05.519
 else

00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:06.060
 have

00:29:06.060 --> 00:29:06.180
 I

00:29:06.180 --> 00:29:06.460
 really

00:29:06.460 --> 00:29:07.019
 forsaken

00:29:07.019 --> 00:29:07.259
 the

00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:07.519
 world

00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:07.700
 in

00:29:07.700 --> 00:29:08.080
 order

00:29:08.080 --> 00:29:08.280
 to

00:29:08.280 --> 00:29:08.519
 follow

00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:08.860
 him

00:29:08.860 --> 00:29:09.259
 have

00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:09.360
 I

00:29:09.360 --> 00:29:09.560
 really

00:29:09.560 --> 00:29:10.019
 denied

00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:10.460
 myself

00:29:10.460 --> 00:29:10.800
 taken

00:29:10.800 --> 00:29:11.000
 up

00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:11.240
 my

00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:11.780
 cross

00:29:11.780 --> 00:29:12.500
 that

00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:12.680
 I

00:29:12.680 --> 00:29:13.040
 might

00:29:13.040 --> 00:29:13.600
 gain

00:29:13.600 --> 00:29:14.660
 Christ

00:29:14.660 --> 00:29:17.120
 it's

00:29:17.120 --> 00:29:17.259
 a

00:29:17.259 --> 00:29:17.580
 serious

00:29:17.580 --> 00:29:18.080
 question

00:29:18.080 --> 00:29:18.460
 it's

00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:18.560
 a

00:29:18.560 --> 00:29:18.840
 question

00:29:18.840 --> 00:29:19.040
 that

00:29:19.040 --> 00:29:19.460
 must

00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:19.460


00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:19.680
 be

00:29:19.680 --> 00:29:20.160
 asked

00:29:20.160 --> 00:29:21.560
 for

00:29:21.560 --> 00:29:21.700
 the

00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:21.860
 sake

00:29:21.860 --> 00:29:22.000
 of

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:22.120
 your

00:29:23.900 --> 00:29:25.820
 heart

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 secondly

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 he

00:29:27.700 --> 00:29:28.060
 exhorts

00:29:28.060 --> 00:29:28.360
 us

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 to

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 press

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 one

00:29:29.640 --> 00:29:30.040
 another

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 towards

00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:31.820
 holiness

00:29:31.820 --> 00:29:33.380
 verse 13

00:29:33.380 --> 00:29:33.600
 but

00:29:33.600 --> 00:29:34.120
 exhort

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 one

00:29:34.320 --> 00:29:34.620
 another

00:29:34.620 --> 00:29:35.240
 every

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:35.740
 day

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:36.340
 as long

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 as it

00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:36.840
 is

00:29:36.840 --> 00:29:37.360
 called

00:29:37.360 --> 00:29:38.380
 today

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 the

00:30:09.360 --> 00:30:09.740
 church

00:30:09.740 --> 00:30:10.460
 exists

00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:11.240
 for

00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:11.460
 your

00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:12.080
 good

00:30:12.080 --> 00:30:12.780
 that

00:30:12.780 --> 00:30:13.000
 you

00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:13.320
 would

00:30:13.320 --> 00:30:13.680
 be

00:30:13.680 --> 00:30:14.580
 affirmed

00:30:14.580 --> 00:30:14.720
 that

00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:14.800
 you

00:30:14.800 --> 00:30:14.920
 would

00:30:14.920 --> 00:30:15.140
 have

00:30:15.140 --> 00:30:15.860
 assurance

00:30:15.860 --> 00:30:16.120
 of

00:30:16.120 --> 00:30:16.500
 your

00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:17.840
 salvation

00:30:17.840 --> 00:30:19.060
 we

00:30:19.060 --> 00:30:19.280
 talk

00:30:19.280 --> 00:30:19.580
 about

00:30:19.580 --> 00:30:20.100
 this

00:30:20.100 --> 00:30:20.380
 kind

00:30:20.380 --> 00:30:20.520
 of

00:30:20.520 --> 00:30:20.940
 thing

00:30:20.940 --> 00:30:21.640
 trying

00:30:21.640 --> 00:30:21.860
 to

00:30:21.860 --> 00:30:22.480
 help

00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:22.920
 those

00:30:22.920 --> 00:30:23.100
 who

00:30:23.100 --> 00:30:23.260
 may

00:30:23.260 --> 00:30:23.560
 think

00:30:23.560 --> 00:30:23.800
 they're

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 in

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 Christ

00:30:24.360 --> 00:30:24.540
 and

00:30:24.540 --> 00:30:24.640
 are

00:30:24.640 --> 00:30:24.940
 not

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 it's

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 always

00:30:25.320 --> 00:30:25.500
 a

00:30:25.500 --> 00:30:25.700
 fear

00:30:25.700 --> 00:30:25.860
 of

00:30:25.860 --> 00:30:26.180
 mine

00:30:26.180 --> 00:30:26.800
 that

00:30:26.800 --> 00:30:26.960
 we

00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:27.340
 beat

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 down

00:30:27.620 --> 00:30:27.800
 the

00:30:27.800 --> 00:30:28.060
 broken

00:30:28.060 --> 00:30:28.560
 hearted

00:30:28.560 --> 00:30:28.800
 in

00:30:28.800 --> 00:30:28.900
 the

00:30:28.900 --> 00:30:29.440
 process

00:30:29.440 --> 00:30:30.200
 we

00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:30.400
 beat

00:30:30.400 --> 00:30:30.620
 down

00:30:30.620 --> 00:30:30.740
 a

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:31.040
 person

00:30:31.040 --> 00:30:31.280
 this

00:30:31.280 --> 00:30:31.540
 morning

00:30:31.540 --> 00:30:31.760
 that

00:30:31.760 --> 00:30:31.960
 is

00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:32.640
 struggling

00:30:32.640 --> 00:30:33.340
 with

00:30:33.340 --> 00:30:33.720
 their

00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:34.040
 sin

00:30:34.040 --> 00:30:34.540
 maybe

00:30:34.540 --> 00:30:35.040
 in

00:30:35.040 --> 00:30:35.640
 Christ

00:30:35.640 --> 00:30:35.640


00:30:38.380 --> 00:30:38.960
 trapping

00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:39.700
 sin

00:30:39.700 --> 00:30:40.060
 and

00:30:40.060 --> 00:30:40.180
 they're

00:30:40.180 --> 00:30:40.500
 trying

00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:40.660
 to

00:30:40.660 --> 00:30:40.860
 shake

00:30:40.860 --> 00:30:41.000
 it

00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:41.240
 loose

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:41.560
 and

00:30:41.560 --> 00:30:41.700
 they're

00:30:41.700 --> 00:30:42.100
 working

00:30:42.100 --> 00:30:42.440
 at it

00:30:42.440 --> 00:30:42.500
 and

00:30:42.500 --> 00:30:42.660
 it's

00:30:42.660 --> 00:30:42.960
 just

00:30:42.960 --> 00:30:43.300
 not

00:30:43.300 --> 00:30:43.800
 happening

00:30:43.800 --> 00:30:44.260
 and

00:30:44.260 --> 00:30:44.440
 they

00:30:44.440 --> 00:30:44.920
 contend

00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:45.100
 to

00:30:45.100 --> 00:30:45.220
 go

00:30:45.220 --> 00:30:45.540
 maybe

00:30:45.540 --> 00:30:45.900
 I'm

00:30:45.900 --> 00:30:46.060
 just

00:30:46.060 --> 00:30:46.320
 not

00:30:46.320 --> 00:30:46.500
 a

00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:46.880
 Christian

00:30:46.880 --> 00:30:48.000
 maybe

00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:48.460
 God

00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:48.620
 has

00:30:48.620 --> 00:30:48.940
 not

00:30:48.940 --> 00:30:49.460
 saved

00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:49.840
 my

00:30:49.840 --> 00:30:50.600
 soul

00:30:50.600 --> 00:30:51.760
 brothers

00:30:51.760 --> 00:30:51.960
 and

00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:52.200
 sisters

00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:52.580
 this

00:30:52.580 --> 00:30:52.740
 is

00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:52.960
 why

00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:53.140
 you

00:30:53.140 --> 00:30:53.540
 need

00:30:53.540 --> 00:30:54.060
 a

00:30:54.060 --> 00:30:54.540
 church

00:30:54.540 --> 00:30:55.880
 you

00:30:55.880 --> 00:30:56.000
 need

00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:56.120
 the

00:30:56.120 --> 00:30:56.300
 church

00:30:56.300 --> 00:30:56.460
 to

00:30:56.460 --> 00:30:56.660
 tell

00:30:56.660 --> 00:30:56.800
 you

00:30:56.800 --> 00:30:56.980
 when

00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:57.120
 you're

00:30:57.120 --> 00:30:57.340
 living

00:30:57.340 --> 00:30:57.520
 in

00:30:57.520 --> 00:30:57.700
 sin

00:30:57.700 --> 00:30:57.860
 that

00:30:57.860 --> 00:30:57.960
 you

00:30:57.960 --> 00:30:58.220
 do

00:30:58.220 --> 00:30:58.500
 not

00:30:58.500 --> 00:30:59.000
 see

00:30:59.000 --> 00:30:59.780
 because

00:30:59.780 --> 00:31:00.380
 sin

00:31:00.380 --> 00:31:00.540
 is

00:31:00.540 --> 00:31:01.340
 deceitful

00:31:01.340 --> 00:31:01.620
 our

00:31:01.620 --> 00:31:02.000
 text

00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:02.680
 tells

00:31:02.680 --> 00:31:02.960
 us

00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:03.440
 you

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:03.820
 also

00:31:03.820 --> 00:31:04.080
 need

00:31:04.080 --> 00:31:04.220
 the

00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:04.600
 church

00:31:04.600 --> 00:31:05.640
 to

00:31:05.640 --> 00:31:05.820
 say

00:31:05.820 --> 00:31:06.019
 to

00:31:06.019 --> 00:31:06.320
 you

00:31:06.320 --> 00:31:06.900
 brother

00:31:06.900 --> 00:31:07.900
 sister

00:31:07.900 --> 00:31:09.100
 I

00:31:09.100 --> 00:31:09.560
 know

00:31:09.560 --> 00:31:09.860
 you're

00:31:09.860 --> 00:31:10.160
 feeling

00:31:10.160 --> 00:31:10.759
 particularly

00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:11.220
 ashamed

00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:11.620
 at this

00:31:11.620 --> 00:31:11.940
 moment

00:31:11.940 --> 00:31:12.980
 but

00:31:12.980 --> 00:31:13.160
 you

00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:13.360
 are

00:31:13.360 --> 00:31:13.700
 in

00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:14.120
 Christ

00:31:14.120 --> 00:31:14.380
 we

00:31:14.380 --> 00:31:14.560
 have

00:31:14.560 --> 00:31:15.140
 seen

00:31:15.140 --> 00:31:15.860
 good

00:31:15.860 --> 00:31:16.880
 fruit

00:31:16.880 --> 00:31:17.100
 and

00:31:17.100 --> 00:31:17.360
 we've

00:31:17.360 --> 00:31:17.560
 seen

00:31:17.560 --> 00:31:17.720
 it

00:31:17.720 --> 00:31:18.080
 in

00:31:18.080 --> 00:31:19.000
 abundance

00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:20.220
 we

00:31:20.220 --> 00:31:20.500
 spend

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:20.860
 that

00:31:20.860 --> 00:31:21.240
 kind

00:31:21.240 --> 00:31:21.380
 of

00:31:21.380 --> 00:31:21.720
 time

00:31:21.720 --> 00:31:22.060
 together

00:31:22.060 --> 00:31:22.240
 we

00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:22.580
 work

00:31:22.580 --> 00:31:22.960
 together

00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:23.299
 in

00:31:23.299 --> 00:31:24.000
 that

00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:24.980
 way

00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:25.519
 that

00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:25.660
 we

00:31:25.660 --> 00:31:26.160
 might

00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:27.060
 finish

00:31:27.060 --> 00:31:28.480
 well

00:31:28.480 --> 00:31:29.799
 to

00:31:29.799 --> 00:31:29.940
 the

00:31:29.940 --> 00:31:30.120
 glory

00:31:30.120 --> 00:31:30.299
 of

00:31:30.299 --> 00:31:30.519
 God

00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:31.700
 we

00:31:31.700 --> 00:31:32.200
 need

00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:32.759
 one

00:31:32.759 --> 00:31:33.099
 another

00:31:33.099 --> 00:31:34.019
 to

00:31:34.019 --> 00:31:34.180
 do

00:31:34.180 --> 00:31:34.519
 this

00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:35.039
 if

00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:35.099
 you

00:31:35.099 --> 00:31:35.200
 are

00:31:35.200 --> 00:31:35.379
 trying

00:31:35.379 --> 00:31:35.500
 to

00:31:35.500 --> 00:31:35.660
 live

00:31:35.660 --> 00:31:35.819
 the

00:31:35.819 --> 00:31:36.119
 Christian

00:31:36.119 --> 00:31:36.539
 life

00:31:36.539 --> 00:31:37.000
 on

00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:37.539
 your

00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:38.200
 own

00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:39.299
 I

00:31:39.299 --> 00:31:39.660
 fear

00:31:39.660 --> 00:31:39.859
 for

00:31:39.859 --> 00:31:40.059
 you

00:31:40.059 --> 00:31:40.720
 because

00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:40.900
 of

00:31:40.900 --> 00:31:41.019
 this

00:31:41.019 --> 00:31:41.339
 reason

00:31:41.339 --> 00:31:43.720
 author

00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:43.859
 of

00:31:43.859 --> 00:31:44.019
 Hebrews

00:31:44.019 --> 00:31:44.279
 says

00:31:44.279 --> 00:31:44.619
 later

00:31:44.619 --> 00:31:44.799
 in

00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:45.039
 chapter

00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:45.400
 10

00:31:45.400 --> 00:31:45.579
 verse

00:31:45.579 --> 00:31:45.960
 24

00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:46.119
 and

00:31:46.119 --> 00:31:46.500
 25

00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:46.779
 and

00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:46.980
 let

00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:47.119
 us

00:31:47.119 --> 00:31:47.599
 consider

00:31:47.599 --> 00:31:48.039
 how

00:31:48.039 --> 00:31:48.279
 to

00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:48.819
 stir

00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:49.240
 up

00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:49.440
 one

00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:49.720
 another

00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:49.940
 to

00:31:49.940 --> 00:31:50.339
 love

00:31:50.339 --> 00:31:51.160
 and

00:31:51.160 --> 00:31:51.339
 good

00:31:51.339 --> 00:31:51.779
 works

00:31:51.779 --> 00:31:52.700
 not

00:31:52.700 --> 00:31:53.240
 neglecting

00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:53.379
 to

00:31:53.379 --> 00:31:53.599
 meet

00:31:53.599 --> 00:31:53.980
 together

00:31:53.980 --> 00:31:54.160
 as

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:54.339
 the

00:31:54.339 --> 00:31:54.579
 habit

00:31:54.579 --> 00:31:54.740
 of

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:55.059
 some

00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:55.819
 but

00:31:55.819 --> 00:31:56.519
 encouraging

00:31:56.519 --> 00:31:56.759
 one

00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:57.160
 another

00:31:57.160 --> 00:31:57.519
 and

00:31:57.519 --> 00:31:58.279
 all

00:31:58.279 --> 00:31:58.559
 the

00:31:58.559 --> 00:31:58.980
 more

00:31:58.980 --> 00:31:59.259
 as

00:31:59.259 --> 00:31:59.379
 you

00:31:59.379 --> 00:31:59.740
 see

00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:00.019
 the

00:32:00.019 --> 00:32:00.579
 day

00:32:00.579 --> 00:32:01.579
 drawing

00:32:01.579 --> 00:32:02.619
 near

00:32:02.619 --> 00:32:03.460
 the

00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:04.019
 finish

00:32:04.019 --> 00:32:04.400
 you

00:32:04.400 --> 00:32:04.480
 see

00:32:04.480 --> 00:32:04.579
 what

00:32:04.579 --> 00:32:04.720
 he's

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:04.980
 saying

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:05.240
 he's

00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:05.500
 picking

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:05.640
 up

00:32:05.640 --> 00:32:05.799
 this

00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:06.200
 idea

00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:06.519
 all

00:32:06.519 --> 00:32:06.599
 the

00:32:06.599 --> 00:32:06.680
 way

00:32:06.680 --> 00:32:06.839
 back

00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:06.960
 from

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:07.220
 chapter

00:32:07.220 --> 00:32:07.440
 three

00:32:07.440 --> 00:32:07.579
 the

00:32:07.579 --> 00:32:07.960
 finish

00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:08.200
 it's

00:32:08.200 --> 00:32:08.559
 coming

00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:08.779
 you

00:32:08.779 --> 00:32:09.059
 see

00:32:09.059 --> 00:32:09.240
 it

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:09.799
 coming

00:32:09.799 --> 00:32:10.740
 so

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:11.440
 be

00:32:11.440 --> 00:32:12.119
 sure

00:32:12.119 --> 00:32:12.440
 to

00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:12.859
 finish

00:32:12.859 --> 00:32:13.960
 well

00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:14.519
 be

00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:14.940
 sure

00:32:14.940 --> 00:32:15.119
 to

00:32:15.119 --> 00:32:15.279
 be

00:32:15.279 --> 00:32:15.839
 found

00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:16.460
 in

00:32:16.460 --> 00:32:17.539
 Christ

00:32:17.539 --> 00:32:17.879
 having

00:32:17.879 --> 00:32:18.099
 your

00:32:18.099 --> 00:32:18.839
 affections

00:32:18.839 --> 00:32:19.379
 changed

00:32:19.379 --> 00:32:19.980
 by

00:32:19.980 --> 00:32:20.619
 him

00:32:20.619 --> 00:32:20.819
 we're

00:32:20.819 --> 00:32:20.900
 supposed

00:32:20.900 --> 00:32:21.059
 to

00:32:21.059 --> 00:32:21.319
 help

00:32:21.319 --> 00:32:21.500
 each

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:21.759
 other

00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:22.960
 in

00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:23.119
 that

00:32:23.119 --> 00:32:23.619
 process

00:32:23.619 --> 00:32:25.900
 thirdly

00:32:25.900 --> 00:32:28.079
 persevere

00:32:28.079 --> 00:32:28.240
 to

00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:28.379
 the

00:32:28.379 --> 00:32:28.680
 end

00:32:28.680 --> 00:32:29.500
 verse

00:32:29.500 --> 00:32:29.880
 14

00:32:29.880 --> 00:32:30.700
 for

00:32:30.700 --> 00:32:30.880
 we

00:32:30.880 --> 00:32:31.000
 have

00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:31.220
 come

00:32:31.220 --> 00:32:31.420
 to

00:32:31.420 --> 00:32:31.720
 share

00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:32.019
 in

00:32:32.019 --> 00:32:32.560
 Christ

00:32:32.560 --> 00:32:33.680
 this

00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:33.860
 is

00:32:33.860 --> 00:32:34.259
 true

00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:34.600
 of

00:32:34.600 --> 00:32:35.100
 us

00:32:35.100 --> 00:32:35.460
 we've

00:32:35.460 --> 00:32:35.600
 come

00:32:35.600 --> 00:32:35.740
 to

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:36.000
 share

00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:36.279
 in

00:32:36.279 --> 00:32:36.680
 Christ

00:32:36.680 --> 00:32:37.660
 if

00:32:37.660 --> 00:32:39.000
 indeed

00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:39.940
 we

00:32:39.940 --> 00:32:40.420
 hold

00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:40.680
 our

00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:41.200
 original

00:32:41.200 --> 00:32:42.100
 confidence

00:32:42.100 --> 00:32:43.080
 firm

00:32:43.080 --> 00:32:43.360
 to the

00:32:43.360 --> 00:32:43.580
 end

00:32:43.579 --> 00:32:45.579
 we

00:32:45.579 --> 00:32:45.599
 we

00:32:45.599 --> 00:32:45.859
 always

00:32:45.859 --> 00:32:45.980
 have

00:32:45.980 --> 00:32:46.159
 to be

00:32:46.159 --> 00:32:46.339
 so

00:32:46.339 --> 00:32:46.559
 very

00:32:46.559 --> 00:32:47.119
 careful

00:32:47.119 --> 00:32:47.759
 at

00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:47.919
 this

00:32:47.919 --> 00:32:48.279
 point

00:32:48.279 --> 00:32:49.179
 because

00:32:49.179 --> 00:32:49.299
 we

00:32:49.299 --> 00:32:49.419
 are

00:32:49.419 --> 00:32:49.659
 never

00:32:49.659 --> 00:32:50.279
 saying

00:32:50.279 --> 00:32:50.879
 that

00:32:50.879 --> 00:32:51.099
 we

00:32:51.099 --> 00:32:51.839
 work

00:32:51.839 --> 00:32:52.179
 to

00:32:52.179 --> 00:32:52.359
 earn

00:32:52.359 --> 00:32:52.539
 our

00:32:52.539 --> 00:32:53.000
 salvation

00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:54.259
 ever

00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:55.139
 are we

00:32:55.139 --> 00:32:55.359
 saying

00:32:55.359 --> 00:32:55.659
 that

00:32:55.659 --> 00:32:57.419
 salvation

00:32:57.419 --> 00:32:58.179
 is

00:32:58.179 --> 00:32:58.980
 fully a

00:32:58.980 --> 00:32:59.240
 work

00:32:59.240 --> 00:32:59.679
 of God

00:32:59.679 --> 00:33:00.039
 on our

00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:00.419
 behalf

00:33:00.419 --> 00:33:01.539
 he

00:33:01.539 --> 00:33:02.220
 changes

00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:02.899
 us

00:33:02.899 --> 00:33:03.720
 because

00:33:03.720 --> 00:33:04.519
 of

00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:05.000
 the

00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:05.379
 work

00:33:05.379 --> 00:33:05.839
 of

00:33:05.839 --> 00:33:06.259
 Christ

00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:07.619
 if

00:33:07.619 --> 00:33:07.759
 we're

00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:08.000
 saved

00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:08.200
 by

00:33:08.200 --> 00:33:08.579
 works

00:33:08.579 --> 00:33:08.940
 it's

00:33:08.940 --> 00:33:09.319
 Christ

00:33:09.319 --> 00:33:09.680
 works

00:33:09.680 --> 00:33:09.960
 and not

00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:10.140
 our

00:33:10.140 --> 00:33:10.359
 own

00:33:10.359 --> 00:33:12.039
 but

00:33:12.039 --> 00:33:12.339
 being

00:33:12.339 --> 00:33:12.839
 found

00:33:12.839 --> 00:33:13.059
 in

00:33:13.059 --> 00:33:13.440
 him

00:33:13.440 --> 00:33:13.960
 we've

00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:14.079
 been

00:33:14.079 --> 00:33:14.259
 given

00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:14.420
 a

00:33:14.420 --> 00:33:14.579
 new

00:33:14.579 --> 00:33:14.960
 nature

00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:15.700
 and

00:33:15.700 --> 00:33:15.900
 that

00:33:15.900 --> 00:33:16.099
 new

00:33:16.099 --> 00:33:16.379
 nature

00:33:16.379 --> 00:33:16.579
 is

00:33:16.579 --> 00:33:17.059
 evidenced

00:33:17.059 --> 00:33:17.640
 by

00:33:17.640 --> 00:33:18.559
 our

00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:19.000
 working

00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:20.160
 it

00:33:20.160 --> 00:33:20.559
 simply

00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:22.680
 proclaims

00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:22.700
!

00:33:22.700 --> 00:33:22.960
 who

00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:23.140
 we

00:33:23.140 --> 00:33:23.420
 are

00:33:23.420 --> 00:33:24.740
 so

00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:24.819
 we

00:33:24.819 --> 00:33:24.920
 have

00:33:24.920 --> 00:33:24.980
 to

00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:25.079
 be

00:33:25.079 --> 00:33:25.279
 so

00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:25.640
 careful

00:33:25.640 --> 00:33:25.920
 about

00:33:25.920 --> 00:33:26.119
 this

00:33:26.119 --> 00:33:26.240
 but

00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:26.379
 this

00:33:26.379 --> 00:33:26.500
 is

00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:26.900
 exactly

00:33:26.900 --> 00:33:27.079
 what

00:33:27.079 --> 00:33:27.220
 he's

00:33:27.220 --> 00:33:27.460
 saying

00:33:27.460 --> 00:33:28.000
 to

00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:28.160
 us

00:33:28.160 --> 00:33:28.400
 here

00:33:28.400 --> 00:33:29.259
 we've

00:33:29.259 --> 00:33:29.500
 come

00:33:29.500 --> 00:33:29.680
 to

00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:29.879
 share

00:33:29.879 --> 00:33:30.019
 in

00:33:30.019 --> 00:33:30.319
 Christ

00:33:30.319 --> 00:33:30.960
 if

00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:31.720
 indeed

00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:32.879
 we

00:33:32.879 --> 00:33:33.319
 hold

00:33:33.319 --> 00:33:33.599
 our

00:33:33.599 --> 00:33:33.920
 original

00:33:33.920 --> 00:33:34.519
 confidence

00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:35.440
 firm

00:33:35.440 --> 00:33:35.600
 to

00:33:35.600 --> 00:33:35.759
 the

00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:36.019
 end

00:33:36.019 --> 00:33:37.180
 I

00:33:37.180 --> 00:33:37.539
 don't

00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:37.799
 think

00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:38.039
 there's

00:33:38.039 --> 00:33:38.240
 really

00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:38.480
 too

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:38.759
 many

00:33:38.759 --> 00:33:38.920
 in

00:33:38.920 --> 00:33:39.059
 our

00:33:39.059 --> 00:33:39.360
 day

00:33:39.360 --> 00:33:39.620
 that

00:33:39.620 --> 00:33:39.900
 don't

00:33:39.900 --> 00:33:40.519
 love

00:33:40.519 --> 00:33:40.700
 the

00:33:40.700 --> 00:33:41.120
 doctrine

00:33:41.120 --> 00:33:41.940
 of

00:33:41.940 --> 00:33:42.059
 the

00:33:42.059 --> 00:33:42.460
 perseverance

00:33:42.460 --> 00:33:43.240
 of

00:33:43.240 --> 00:33:43.400
 the

00:33:43.400 --> 00:33:43.740
 saints

00:33:43.740 --> 00:33:44.600
 there's

00:33:44.600 --> 00:33:45.220
 few

00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:45.380
 that

00:33:45.380 --> 00:33:45.700
 reject

00:33:45.700 --> 00:33:45.860
 it

00:33:45.860 --> 00:33:46.120
 many

00:33:46.120 --> 00:33:46.340
 will

00:33:46.340 --> 00:33:46.640
 reject

00:33:46.640 --> 00:33:46.840
 the

00:33:46.840 --> 00:33:47.180
 system

00:33:47.180 --> 00:33:47.360
 that

00:33:47.360 --> 00:33:47.460
 it

00:33:47.460 --> 00:33:47.759
 belongs

00:33:47.759 --> 00:33:48.080
 within

00:33:48.080 --> 00:33:49.360
 but

00:33:49.360 --> 00:33:49.779
 few

00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:49.920
 will

00:33:49.920 --> 00:33:50.200
 reject

00:33:50.200 --> 00:33:50.380
 the

00:33:50.380 --> 00:33:50.740
 doctrine

00:33:50.740 --> 00:33:51.480
 itself

00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:52.620
 you

00:33:52.620 --> 00:33:52.759
 will

00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:52.960
 not

00:33:52.960 --> 00:33:53.320
 often

00:33:53.320 --> 00:33:53.559
 hear

00:33:53.559 --> 00:33:53.680
 it

00:33:53.680 --> 00:33:53.840
 as

00:33:53.840 --> 00:33:54.220
 perseverance

00:33:54.220 --> 00:33:54.480
 of

00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:54.600
 the

00:33:54.600 --> 00:33:54.779
 saints

00:33:54.779 --> 00:33:54.920
 you

00:33:54.920 --> 00:33:55.019
 will

00:33:55.019 --> 00:33:55.279
 often

00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:55.580
 hear

00:33:55.580 --> 00:33:55.720
 it

00:33:55.720 --> 00:33:56.019
 as

00:33:56.019 --> 00:33:56.840
 once

00:33:56.840 --> 00:33:57.279
 saved

00:33:57.279 --> 00:33:57.640
 always

00:33:57.640 --> 00:33:58.200
 saved

00:33:58.200 --> 00:33:58.880
 right

00:33:58.880 --> 00:34:00.279
 but

00:34:00.279 --> 00:34:00.500
 what's

00:34:00.500 --> 00:34:00.960
 tragic

00:34:00.960 --> 00:34:01.320
 is that

00:34:01.319 --> 00:34:01.659
 is so

00:34:01.659 --> 00:34:02.059
 often

00:34:02.059 --> 00:34:02.480
 taught

00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:02.799
 right

00:34:02.799 --> 00:34:03.200
 alongside

00:34:03.200 --> 00:34:04.059
 decisionism

00:34:04.059 --> 00:34:04.679
 right

00:34:04.679 --> 00:34:05.139
 so

00:34:05.139 --> 00:34:05.639
 merely

00:34:05.639 --> 00:34:07.039
 raise a

00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:07.439
 hand

00:34:07.439 --> 00:34:08.259
 walk

00:34:08.259 --> 00:34:08.420
 an

00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:08.659
 aisle

00:34:08.659 --> 00:34:09.019
 we're

00:34:09.019 --> 00:34:09.119
 going

00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:09.179
 to

00:34:09.179 --> 00:34:09.340
 be

00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:09.559
 sure

00:34:09.559 --> 00:34:09.759
 not

00:34:09.759 --> 00:34:09.900
 to

00:34:09.900 --> 00:34:10.219
 embarrass

00:34:10.219 --> 00:34:10.440
 you

00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:10.539
 in

00:34:10.539 --> 00:34:10.619
 the

00:34:10.619 --> 00:34:10.940
 process

00:34:10.940 --> 00:34:11.099
 of

00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:11.360
 that

00:34:11.360 --> 00:34:12.559
 right

00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:13.199
 and

00:34:13.199 --> 00:34:13.699
 now

00:34:13.699 --> 00:34:14.719
 once

00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:15.279
 saved

00:34:15.279 --> 00:34:16.380
 always

00:34:16.380 --> 00:34:16.880
 saved

00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:17.719
 and

00:34:17.719 --> 00:34:18.159
 so

00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:18.739
 so

00:34:18.739 --> 00:34:19.360
 so

00:34:19.360 --> 00:34:20.039
 very

00:34:20.039 --> 00:34:21.119
 damaging

00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:22.059
 to

00:34:22.059 --> 00:34:22.179
 the

00:34:22.179 --> 00:34:22.360
 church

00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:22.500
 of

00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:22.820
 Christ

00:34:22.820 --> 00:34:24.360
 so

00:34:24.360 --> 00:34:25.079
 very

00:34:25.079 --> 00:34:25.739
 harmful

00:34:25.739 --> 00:34:26.480
 this

00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:26.840
 might

00:34:26.840 --> 00:34:27.079
 be

00:34:27.079 --> 00:34:27.340
 the

00:34:27.340 --> 00:34:27.599
 most

00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:28.179
 needful

00:34:28.179 --> 00:34:28.539
 thing

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:28.699
 to

00:34:28.699 --> 00:34:28.860
 be

00:34:28.860 --> 00:34:29.239
 spoken

00:34:29.239 --> 00:34:29.719
 about

00:34:29.719 --> 00:34:30.340
 with

00:34:30.340 --> 00:34:30.739
 conviction

00:34:30.739 --> 00:34:31.099
 and

00:34:31.099 --> 00:34:31.480
 clarity

00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:31.920
 in

00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:32.059
 our

00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:32.299
 day

00:34:32.299 --> 00:34:33.440
 I'm

00:34:33.440 --> 00:34:34.259
 extremely

00:34:34.259 --> 00:34:35.000
 troubled

00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:35.340
 even

00:34:35.340 --> 00:34:35.779
 by

00:34:35.779 --> 00:34:36.119
 our

00:34:36.119 --> 00:34:36.579
 own

00:34:36.579 --> 00:34:37.279
 maybe

00:34:37.279 --> 00:34:37.400
 I

00:34:37.400 --> 00:34:37.519
 should

00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:37.639
 even

00:34:37.639 --> 00:34:37.759
 say

00:34:37.759 --> 00:34:38.360
 particularly

00:34:38.360 --> 00:34:38.759
 by

00:34:38.759 --> 00:34:39.019
 our

00:34:39.019 --> 00:34:39.500
 own

00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:40.460
 denomination

00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:41.500
 and

00:34:41.500 --> 00:34:41.599
 the

00:34:41.599 --> 00:34:41.739
 way

00:34:41.739 --> 00:34:41.960
 we're

00:34:41.960 --> 00:34:42.159
 in

00:34:42.159 --> 00:34:42.420
 this

00:34:42.420 --> 00:34:43.320
 cycle

00:34:43.320 --> 00:34:44.180
 of

00:34:44.180 --> 00:34:44.360
 giving

00:34:44.360 --> 00:34:44.700
 people

00:34:44.700 --> 00:34:45.260
 false

00:34:45.260 --> 00:34:46.500
 assurance

00:34:46.500 --> 00:34:49.900
 John

00:34:49.900 --> 00:34:50.059
 wrote

00:34:50.059 --> 00:34:50.159
 in

00:34:50.159 --> 00:34:50.360
 1st

00:34:50.360 --> 00:34:50.519
 John

00:34:50.519 --> 00:34:50.760
 chapter

00:34:50.760 --> 00:34:51.019
 2

00:34:51.019 --> 00:34:51.200
 verse

00:34:51.200 --> 00:34:51.700
 19

00:34:51.700 --> 00:34:53.139
 and

00:34:53.139 --> 00:34:53.280
 just

00:34:53.280 --> 00:34:53.460
 take

00:34:53.460 --> 00:34:53.619
 this

00:34:53.619 --> 00:34:53.820
 just

00:34:53.820 --> 00:34:54.039
 take

00:34:54.039 --> 00:34:54.220
 this

00:34:54.220 --> 00:34:54.480
 verse

00:34:54.480 --> 00:34:55.180
 thinking

00:34:55.180 --> 00:34:55.639
 about

00:34:55.639 --> 00:34:56.940
 in

00:34:56.940 --> 00:34:57.139
 our

00:34:57.139 --> 00:34:57.360
 own

00:34:57.360 --> 00:34:57.960
 association

00:34:57.960 --> 00:34:58.300
 the

00:34:58.300 --> 00:34:58.720
 partnership

00:34:58.720 --> 00:34:58.900
 of

00:34:58.900 --> 00:34:59.119
 churches

00:34:59.119 --> 00:34:59.380
 in

00:34:59.380 --> 00:34:59.659
 our

00:34:59.659 --> 00:35:00.039
 area

00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:02.440
 the

00:35:02.440 --> 00:35:03.059
 average

00:35:03.059 --> 00:35:03.659
 weekly

00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:04.220
 attendance

00:35:04.220 --> 00:35:05.039
 as

00:35:05.039 --> 00:35:05.420
 compared

00:35:05.420 --> 00:35:05.639
 to

00:35:05.639 --> 00:35:05.900
 the

00:35:05.900 --> 00:35:06.500
 membership

00:35:06.500 --> 00:35:07.019
 of

00:35:07.019 --> 00:35:07.420
 those

00:35:07.420 --> 00:35:07.760
 churches

00:35:07.760 --> 00:35:08.700
 is

00:35:08.700 --> 00:35:09.240
 32

00:35:09.240 --> 00:35:09.800
 percent

00:35:09.800 --> 00:35:11.840
 they

00:35:11.840 --> 00:35:12.000
 have

00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:12.440
 a

00:35:12.440 --> 00:35:12.760
 greater

00:35:12.760 --> 00:35:13.200
 membership

00:35:13.200 --> 00:35:13.740
 than

00:35:13.740 --> 00:35:14.320
 average

00:35:14.320 --> 00:35:14.980
 weekly

00:35:14.980 --> 00:35:15.700
 attendance

00:35:15.700 --> 00:35:16.180
 and

00:35:16.180 --> 00:35:16.300
 it

00:35:16.300 --> 00:35:17.120
 comes

00:35:17.120 --> 00:35:17.380
 out

00:35:17.380 --> 00:35:17.559
 to

00:35:17.559 --> 00:35:18.640
 32

00:35:18.640 --> 00:35:19.620
 percent

00:35:19.620 --> 00:35:21.100
 so

00:35:21.100 --> 00:35:21.539
 there's

00:35:21.539 --> 00:35:21.780
 a

00:35:21.780 --> 00:35:22.440
 massive

00:35:22.440 --> 00:35:22.700
 number

00:35:22.700 --> 00:35:22.840
 of

00:35:22.840 --> 00:35:23.039
 people

00:35:23.039 --> 00:35:23.220
 who

00:35:23.220 --> 00:35:23.300
 are

00:35:23.300 --> 00:35:23.480
 never

00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:23.780
 gathering

00:35:23.780 --> 00:35:23.960
 with

00:35:23.960 --> 00:35:24.059
 the

00:35:24.059 --> 00:35:24.320
 church

00:35:24.320 --> 00:35:24.500
 is

00:35:24.500 --> 00:35:24.640
 what

00:35:24.640 --> 00:35:25.000
 that

00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:25.340
 means

00:35:25.340 --> 00:35:25.860
 a

00:35:25.860 --> 00:35:26.320
 massive

00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:26.680
 number

00:35:26.680 --> 00:35:27.660
 not

00:35:27.660 --> 00:35:28.019
 part

00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:28.380
 of

00:35:28.380 --> 00:35:28.539
 a

00:35:28.539 --> 00:35:28.900
 fellowship

00:35:28.900 --> 00:35:30.039
 on a

00:35:30.039 --> 00:35:30.420
 consistent

00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:31.000
 basis

00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:32.460
 at all

00:35:32.460 --> 00:35:33.320
 listen to

00:35:33.320 --> 00:35:33.480
 1st

00:35:33.480 --> 00:35:33.700
 John

00:35:33.700 --> 00:35:33.980
 chapter

00:35:33.980 --> 00:35:34.320
 2

00:35:34.320 --> 00:35:34.519
 and

00:35:34.519 --> 00:35:34.680
 verse

00:35:34.680 --> 00:35:35.120
 19

00:35:35.119 --> 00:35:36.559
 they

00:35:36.559 --> 00:35:36.819
 went

00:35:36.819 --> 00:35:37.000
 out

00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:37.259
 from

00:35:37.259 --> 00:35:37.679
 us

00:35:37.679 --> 00:35:39.319
 but

00:35:39.319 --> 00:35:39.460
 they

00:35:39.460 --> 00:35:39.659
 were

00:35:39.659 --> 00:35:39.880
 not

00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:40.079
 of

00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:40.460
 us

00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:41.480
 for

00:35:41.480 --> 00:35:41.579
 if

00:35:41.579 --> 00:35:41.719
 they

00:35:41.719 --> 00:35:41.960
 had

00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:42.139
 been

00:35:42.139 --> 00:35:42.319
 of

00:35:42.319 --> 00:35:42.480
 us

00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:42.679
 they

00:35:42.679 --> 00:35:42.900
 would

00:35:42.900 --> 00:35:43.139
 have

00:35:43.139 --> 00:35:43.619
 continued

00:35:43.619 --> 00:35:43.980
 with

00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:44.380
 us

00:35:44.380 --> 00:35:45.319
 but

00:35:45.319 --> 00:35:45.460
 they

00:35:45.460 --> 00:35:45.659
 went

00:35:45.659 --> 00:35:46.059
 out

00:35:46.059 --> 00:35:46.460
 that

00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:46.559
 it

00:35:46.559 --> 00:35:46.719
 might

00:35:46.719 --> 00:35:47.059
 become

00:35:47.059 --> 00:35:47.639
 plain

00:35:47.639 --> 00:35:48.539
 that

00:35:48.539 --> 00:35:48.719
 they

00:35:48.719 --> 00:35:49.139
 all

00:35:49.139 --> 00:35:49.380
 are

00:35:49.380 --> 00:35:49.819
 not

00:35:49.819 --> 00:35:50.839
 of

00:35:50.839 --> 00:35:51.159
 us

00:35:51.159 --> 00:35:55.859
 if

00:35:55.859 --> 00:35:56.000
 you

00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:56.519
 love

00:35:56.519 --> 00:35:57.480
 Christ

00:35:57.480 --> 00:35:58.219
 you

00:35:58.219 --> 00:35:58.739
 love

00:35:58.739 --> 00:36:00.059
 Christ's

00:36:00.059 --> 00:36:00.539
 church

00:36:00.539 --> 00:36:01.579
 you

00:36:01.579 --> 00:36:02.000
 love

00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:02.239
 his

00:36:02.239 --> 00:36:03.019
 people

00:36:03.019 --> 00:36:03.759
 you

00:36:03.759 --> 00:36:04.039
 love

00:36:04.039 --> 00:36:04.219
 his

00:36:04.219 --> 00:36:04.659
 work

00:36:04.659 --> 00:36:04.860
 in

00:36:04.860 --> 00:36:05.079
 the

00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:05.659
 world

00:36:05.659 --> 00:36:06.300
 which

00:36:06.300 --> 00:36:06.679
 beloved

00:36:06.679 --> 00:36:07.119
 whether

00:36:07.119 --> 00:36:07.300
 we

00:36:07.300 --> 00:36:07.619
 want

00:36:07.619 --> 00:36:07.860
 to

00:36:07.860 --> 00:36:08.059
 admit

00:36:08.059 --> 00:36:08.159
 it

00:36:08.159 --> 00:36:08.280
 or

00:36:08.280 --> 00:36:08.539
 not

00:36:08.539 --> 00:36:09.280
 happens

00:36:09.280 --> 00:36:10.119
 primarily

00:36:10.119 --> 00:36:11.320
 in

00:36:11.320 --> 00:36:11.420
 the

00:36:11.420 --> 00:36:11.820
 church

00:36:11.820 --> 00:36:12.820
 I mean

00:36:12.820 --> 00:36:12.940
 in

00:36:12.940 --> 00:36:13.059
 this

00:36:13.059 --> 00:36:13.440
 building

00:36:13.440 --> 00:36:13.739
 I mean

00:36:13.739 --> 00:36:13.940
 the

00:36:13.940 --> 00:36:14.360
 life

00:36:14.360 --> 00:36:14.539
 of

00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:15.019
 God's

00:36:15.019 --> 00:36:16.199
 people

00:36:16.199 --> 00:36:18.179
 it

00:36:18.179 --> 00:36:18.320
 is

00:36:18.320 --> 00:36:18.860
 possible

00:36:18.860 --> 00:36:19.840
 to

00:36:19.840 --> 00:36:20.000
 have

00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:20.659
 every

00:36:20.659 --> 00:36:21.360
 appearance

00:36:21.360 --> 00:36:22.079
 of

00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:22.420
 beginning

00:36:22.420 --> 00:36:22.880
 well

00:36:22.880 --> 00:36:23.420
 but

00:36:23.420 --> 00:36:23.579
 to

00:36:23.579 --> 00:36:24.059
 end

00:36:24.059 --> 00:36:25.539
 very

00:36:25.539 --> 00:36:25.940
 poorly

00:36:25.940 --> 00:36:27.460
 I'm

00:36:27.460 --> 00:36:27.579
 going to

00:36:27.579 --> 00:36:27.739
 give

00:36:27.739 --> 00:36:27.860
 you

00:36:27.860 --> 00:36:28.019
 we

00:36:28.019 --> 00:36:28.280
 probably

00:36:28.280 --> 00:36:28.639
 all

00:36:28.639 --> 00:36:28.860
 could

00:36:28.860 --> 00:36:29.019
 think

00:36:29.019 --> 00:36:29.119
 of

00:36:29.119 --> 00:36:29.239
 some

00:36:29.239 --> 00:36:29.619
 examples

00:36:29.619 --> 00:36:29.840
 from

00:36:29.840 --> 00:36:29.960
 our

00:36:29.960 --> 00:36:30.139
 own

00:36:30.139 --> 00:36:30.400
 living

00:36:30.400 --> 00:36:31.659
 let me

00:36:31.659 --> 00:36:31.780
 give

00:36:31.780 --> 00:36:31.860
 you

00:36:31.860 --> 00:36:31.960
 a

00:36:31.960 --> 00:36:32.179
 couple

00:36:32.179 --> 00:36:32.400
 of

00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:32.860
 examples

00:36:32.860 --> 00:36:33.860
 from

00:36:33.860 --> 00:36:34.000
 the

00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:34.240
 Bible

00:36:34.240 --> 00:36:35.660
 it

00:36:35.660 --> 00:36:35.800
 is

00:36:35.800 --> 00:36:36.220
 possible

00:36:36.220 --> 00:36:36.380
 to

00:36:36.380 --> 00:36:36.579
 have

00:36:36.579 --> 00:36:36.920
 every

00:36:36.920 --> 00:36:37.360
 appearance

00:36:37.360 --> 00:36:37.519
 of

00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:37.720
 beginning

00:36:37.720 --> 00:36:37.940
 well

00:36:37.940 --> 00:36:38.099
 but

00:36:38.099 --> 00:36:38.240
 to

00:36:38.240 --> 00:36:38.500
 end

00:36:38.500 --> 00:36:39.099
 very

00:36:39.099 --> 00:36:40.059
 poorly

00:36:40.059 --> 00:36:40.440
 take

00:36:40.440 --> 00:36:40.599
 for

00:36:40.599 --> 00:36:41.039
 example

00:36:41.039 --> 00:36:42.420
 Demas

00:36:42.420 --> 00:36:44.700
 Paul

00:36:44.700 --> 00:36:45.079
 mentions

00:36:45.079 --> 00:36:45.320
 this

00:36:45.320 --> 00:36:45.680
 man

00:36:45.680 --> 00:36:46.019
 in his

00:36:46.019 --> 00:36:46.220
 letter

00:36:46.220 --> 00:36:46.380
 to

00:36:46.380 --> 00:36:46.500
 the

00:36:46.500 --> 00:36:46.980
 Colossians

00:36:46.980 --> 00:36:47.599
 and

00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:48.440
 in his

00:36:48.440 --> 00:36:48.599
 letter

00:36:48.599 --> 00:36:48.780
 to

00:36:48.780 --> 00:36:49.120
 Philemon

00:36:49.120 --> 00:36:50.340
 he's

00:36:50.340 --> 00:36:50.519
 a

00:36:50.519 --> 00:36:50.940
 partner

00:36:50.940 --> 00:36:51.180
 with

00:36:51.180 --> 00:36:51.360
 them

00:36:51.360 --> 00:36:51.780
 he sends

00:36:51.780 --> 00:36:52.320
 greetings

00:36:52.320 --> 00:36:52.840
 on

00:36:52.840 --> 00:36:53.320
 behalf

00:36:53.320 --> 00:36:53.760
 of

00:36:53.760 --> 00:36:54.740
 Demas

00:36:54.740 --> 00:36:55.240
 to

00:36:55.240 --> 00:36:55.480
 the

00:36:55.480 --> 00:36:55.760
 churches

00:36:55.760 --> 00:36:56.099
 and

00:36:56.099 --> 00:36:56.360
 to

00:36:56.360 --> 00:36:57.260
 Philemon

00:36:57.260 --> 00:36:58.260
 in

00:36:58.260 --> 00:36:58.599
 Philemon

00:36:58.599 --> 00:36:58.920
 Paul

00:36:58.920 --> 00:36:59.280
 refers

00:36:59.280 --> 00:36:59.440
 to

00:36:59.440 --> 00:36:59.680
 him

00:36:59.680 --> 00:37:00.000
 as

00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:00.220
 his

00:37:00.220 --> 00:37:00.820
 fellow

00:37:00.820 --> 00:37:02.400
 worker

00:37:02.400 --> 00:37:04.119
 but

00:37:04.119 --> 00:37:04.240
 in

00:37:04.240 --> 00:37:04.599
 Paul's

00:37:04.599 --> 00:37:05.180
 final

00:37:05.180 --> 00:37:05.519
 letter

00:37:05.519 --> 00:37:06.460
 in

00:37:06.460 --> 00:37:06.680
 2nd

00:37:06.680 --> 00:37:06.940
 Timothy

00:37:06.940 --> 00:37:07.400
 we

00:37:07.400 --> 00:37:07.740
 discover

00:37:07.740 --> 00:37:08.240
 something

00:37:08.240 --> 00:37:09.119
 troubling

00:37:09.119 --> 00:37:09.619
 quite

00:37:09.619 --> 00:37:10.320
 startling

00:37:10.320 --> 00:37:10.920
 about

00:37:10.920 --> 00:37:11.880
 Demas

00:37:11.880 --> 00:37:12.160
 2nd

00:37:12.160 --> 00:37:12.360
 Timothy

00:37:12.360 --> 00:37:13.260
 chapter 4

00:37:13.260 --> 00:37:14.900
 verse 9

00:37:14.900 --> 00:37:15.440
 and following

00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:17.240
 Paul says

00:37:17.239 --> 00:37:18.279
 do

00:37:18.279 --> 00:37:18.279


00:37:18.279 --> 00:37:18.479
 your

00:37:18.479 --> 00:37:19.039
 best

00:37:19.039 --> 00:37:19.959
 to

00:37:19.959 --> 00:37:20.239
 come

00:37:20.239 --> 00:37:20.439
 to

00:37:20.439 --> 00:37:20.659
 me

00:37:20.659 --> 00:37:21.019
 soon

00:37:21.019 --> 00:37:22.719
 for

00:37:22.719 --> 00:37:23.299
 Demas

00:37:23.299 --> 00:37:24.359
 in

00:37:24.359 --> 00:37:24.899
 love

00:37:24.899 --> 00:37:25.179
 with

00:37:25.179 --> 00:37:25.379
 this

00:37:25.379 --> 00:37:25.739
 present

00:37:25.739 --> 00:37:26.179
 world

00:37:26.179 --> 00:37:27.500
 has

00:37:27.500 --> 00:37:27.939
 deserted

00:37:27.939 --> 00:37:28.239
 me

00:37:28.239 --> 00:37:28.799
 and

00:37:28.799 --> 00:37:28.979
 gone

00:37:28.979 --> 00:37:29.139
 to

00:37:29.139 --> 00:37:29.699
 Thessalonica

00:37:29.699 --> 00:37:31.579
 he

00:37:31.579 --> 00:37:31.959
 abandoned

00:37:31.959 --> 00:37:32.159
 the

00:37:32.159 --> 00:37:32.479
 faith

00:37:32.479 --> 00:37:33.519
 he

00:37:33.519 --> 00:37:33.979
 abandoned

00:37:33.979 --> 00:37:34.459
 the

00:37:34.459 --> 00:37:34.919
 mission

00:37:34.919 --> 00:37:35.979
 of

00:37:35.979 --> 00:37:36.319
 God

00:37:36.319 --> 00:37:37.000
 he

00:37:37.000 --> 00:37:37.259
 abandoned

00:37:37.259 --> 00:37:37.479
 the

00:37:37.479 --> 00:37:37.859
 way

00:37:37.859 --> 00:37:38.159
 of

00:37:38.159 --> 00:37:38.459
 God

00:37:38.459 --> 00:37:39.119
 because

00:37:39.119 --> 00:37:39.399
 he

00:37:39.399 --> 00:37:40.399
 loved

00:37:40.399 --> 00:37:41.479
 rather

00:37:41.479 --> 00:37:41.779
 than

00:37:41.779 --> 00:37:42.500
 Christ

00:37:42.500 --> 00:37:42.799
 and his

00:37:42.799 --> 00:37:43.199
 purpose

00:37:43.199 --> 00:37:44.500
 the

00:37:44.500 --> 00:37:44.759
 present

00:37:44.759 --> 00:37:45.139
 world

00:37:45.139 --> 00:37:46.279
 he

00:37:46.279 --> 00:37:46.819
 appeared

00:37:46.819 --> 00:37:47.819
 to

00:37:47.819 --> 00:37:48.400
 begin

00:37:48.400 --> 00:37:49.940
 well

00:37:49.940 --> 00:37:51.319
 but

00:37:51.319 --> 00:37:51.579
 as far

00:37:51.579 --> 00:37:51.799
 as we

00:37:51.799 --> 00:37:51.920
 can

00:37:51.920 --> 00:37:52.239
 tell

00:37:52.239 --> 00:37:52.599
 as far

00:37:52.599 --> 00:37:52.960
 as the

00:37:52.960 --> 00:37:53.779
 biblical

00:37:53.779 --> 00:37:54.239
 narrative

00:37:54.239 --> 00:37:54.920
 tells us

00:37:54.920 --> 00:37:55.139
 he

00:37:55.139 --> 00:37:55.519
 ended

00:37:55.519 --> 00:37:56.619
 very

00:37:56.619 --> 00:37:56.940
 poorly

00:37:56.940 --> 00:37:59.219
 it

00:37:59.219 --> 00:37:59.579
 is also

00:37:59.579 --> 00:38:00.219
 possible

00:38:00.219 --> 00:38:01.799
 take

00:38:01.799 --> 00:38:02.099
 heart

00:38:02.099 --> 00:38:02.839
 to

00:38:02.839 --> 00:38:03.279
 begin

00:38:03.279 --> 00:38:03.779
 poorly

00:38:03.779 --> 00:38:05.779
 but

00:38:05.779 --> 00:38:05.960
 to

00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:06.259
 end

00:38:06.259 --> 00:38:06.539
 very

00:38:06.539 --> 00:38:06.980
 well

00:38:06.980 --> 00:38:09.019
 and

00:38:09.019 --> 00:38:09.339
 the

00:38:09.339 --> 00:38:09.559
 truth

00:38:09.559 --> 00:38:09.739
 is

00:38:09.739 --> 00:38:09.879
 if

00:38:09.879 --> 00:38:10.059
 we're

00:38:10.059 --> 00:38:10.219
 in

00:38:10.219 --> 00:38:10.539
 Christ

00:38:10.539 --> 00:38:10.819
 this

00:38:10.819 --> 00:38:10.940
 is

00:38:10.940 --> 00:38:11.159
 all

00:38:11.159 --> 00:38:11.259
 of

00:38:11.259 --> 00:38:11.379
 our

00:38:11.379 --> 00:38:11.739
 story

00:38:11.739 --> 00:38:13.539
 I

00:38:13.539 --> 00:38:13.679
 don't

00:38:13.679 --> 00:38:13.940
 think

00:38:13.940 --> 00:38:14.559
 any

00:38:14.559 --> 00:38:14.759
 of

00:38:14.759 --> 00:38:14.859
 us

00:38:14.860 --> 00:38:15.000
 were

00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:15.380
 very

00:38:15.380 --> 00:38:16.059
 astounding

00:38:16.059 --> 00:38:16.380
 when we

00:38:16.380 --> 00:38:16.559
 first

00:38:16.559 --> 00:38:16.740
 came

00:38:16.740 --> 00:38:16.880
 to

00:38:16.880 --> 00:38:17.160
 faith

00:38:17.160 --> 00:38:17.960
 in

00:38:17.960 --> 00:38:18.220
 Christ

00:38:18.220 --> 00:38:18.400
 but

00:38:18.400 --> 00:38:18.760
 hopefully

00:38:18.760 --> 00:38:19.200
 bit

00:38:19.200 --> 00:38:19.980
 by bit

00:38:19.980 --> 00:38:20.480
 degree

00:38:20.480 --> 00:38:20.760
 by

00:38:20.760 --> 00:38:21.180
 degree

00:38:21.180 --> 00:38:22.000
 he

00:38:22.000 --> 00:38:22.120
 is

00:38:22.120 --> 00:38:22.519
 working

00:38:22.519 --> 00:38:23.200
 a

00:38:23.200 --> 00:38:23.500
 holiness

00:38:23.500 --> 00:38:24.019
 in

00:38:24.019 --> 00:38:24.340
 us

00:38:24.340 --> 00:38:25.880
 an

00:38:25.880 --> 00:38:26.240
 example

00:38:26.240 --> 00:38:27.019
 from

00:38:27.019 --> 00:38:27.140
 the

00:38:27.140 --> 00:38:27.440
 scripture

00:38:27.440 --> 00:38:28.780
 is

00:38:28.780 --> 00:38:29.039
 John

00:38:29.039 --> 00:38:29.400
 Mark

00:38:29.400 --> 00:38:31.260
 Mark

00:38:31.260 --> 00:38:31.380
 in

00:38:31.380 --> 00:38:31.539
 Acts

00:38:31.539 --> 00:38:31.700
 chapter

00:38:31.700 --> 00:38:31.960
 12

00:38:31.960 --> 00:38:32.220
 verse

00:38:32.220 --> 00:38:33.000
 25

00:38:33.000 --> 00:38:34.180
 we read

00:38:34.180 --> 00:38:34.660
 and Barnabas

00:38:34.660 --> 00:38:35.180
 returned

00:38:35.180 --> 00:38:35.500
 from

00:38:35.500 --> 00:38:35.860
 Jerusalem

00:38:35.860 --> 00:38:36.640
 when they

00:38:36.640 --> 00:38:36.900
 had

00:38:36.900 --> 00:38:37.400
 completed

00:38:37.400 --> 00:38:37.620
 their

00:38:37.620 --> 00:38:37.900
 service

00:38:37.900 --> 00:38:38.240
 bringing

00:38:38.240 --> 00:38:38.579
 with

00:38:38.579 --> 00:38:38.880
 them

00:38:38.880 --> 00:38:39.360
 John

00:38:39.360 --> 00:38:40.300
 whose

00:38:40.300 --> 00:38:40.660
 other

00:38:40.660 --> 00:38:41.079
 name

00:38:41.079 --> 00:38:42.460
 was

00:38:42.460 --> 00:38:42.840
 Mark

00:38:42.840 --> 00:38:44.140
 and

00:38:44.140 --> 00:38:44.340
 then in

00:38:44.340 --> 00:38:44.519
 Acts

00:38:44.519 --> 00:38:44.740
 chapter

00:38:44.740 --> 00:38:45.160
 13

00:38:45.160 --> 00:38:45.320
 and

00:38:45.320 --> 00:38:45.539
 verse

00:38:45.539 --> 00:38:46.160
 13

00:38:46.160 --> 00:38:47.280
 we

00:38:47.280 --> 00:38:47.500
 read

00:38:47.500 --> 00:38:47.660
 now

00:38:47.660 --> 00:38:47.960
 Paul

00:38:47.960 --> 00:38:48.200
 and his

00:38:48.200 --> 00:38:48.539
 companions

00:38:48.539 --> 00:38:49.180
 set sail

00:38:49.180 --> 00:38:49.559
 from

00:38:49.559 --> 00:38:50.380
 Paphos

00:38:50.380 --> 00:38:51.280
 where they

00:38:51.280 --> 00:38:51.500
 had

00:38:51.500 --> 00:38:52.260
 experienced

00:38:52.260 --> 00:38:52.720
 quite a bit

00:38:52.720 --> 00:38:52.960
 of

00:38:52.960 --> 00:38:53.519
 persecution

00:38:53.519 --> 00:38:54.559
 there's a lot

00:38:54.559 --> 00:38:55.039
 of

00:38:55.039 --> 00:38:56.980
 rejection

00:38:56.980 --> 00:38:57.340
 of the

00:38:57.340 --> 00:38:57.620
 gospel

00:38:57.620 --> 00:38:57.920
 there

00:38:57.920 --> 00:38:58.579
 and they

00:38:58.579 --> 00:38:59.160
 came to

00:38:59.160 --> 00:38:59.820
 Perga

00:38:59.820 --> 00:39:00.120
 in

00:39:00.120 --> 00:39:00.720
 Pamphylia

00:39:00.720 --> 00:39:01.820
 and

00:39:01.820 --> 00:39:02.320
 John

00:39:02.320 --> 00:39:02.860
 this is

00:39:02.860 --> 00:39:03.160
 Mark

00:39:03.160 --> 00:39:03.940
 left

00:39:03.940 --> 00:39:04.320
 them

00:39:04.320 --> 00:39:05.740
 and returned

00:39:05.740 --> 00:39:05.920
 to

00:39:05.920 --> 00:39:06.380
 Jerusalem

00:39:06.380 --> 00:39:07.760
 and as

00:39:07.760 --> 00:39:07.880
 you're

00:39:07.880 --> 00:39:08.240
 reading that

00:39:08.240 --> 00:39:08.440
 in a

00:39:08.440 --> 00:39:08.800
 timeline

00:39:08.800 --> 00:39:09.500
 it's

00:39:09.500 --> 00:39:09.640
 just

00:39:09.640 --> 00:39:09.760
 the

00:39:09.760 --> 00:39:10.120
 detail

00:39:10.120 --> 00:39:10.480
 John

00:39:10.480 --> 00:39:10.900
 left

00:39:10.900 --> 00:39:11.740
 okay

00:39:11.739 --> 00:39:12.599
 John

00:39:12.599 --> 00:39:12.879
 left

00:39:12.879 --> 00:39:13.099
 maybe

00:39:13.099 --> 00:39:13.199
 there

00:39:13.199 --> 00:39:13.299
 was

00:39:13.299 --> 00:39:13.419
 some

00:39:13.419 --> 00:39:13.599
 other

00:39:13.599 --> 00:39:13.939
 reason

00:39:13.939 --> 00:39:14.219
 that

00:39:14.219 --> 00:39:14.299
 he

00:39:14.299 --> 00:39:14.500
 needed

00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:14.619
 to

00:39:14.619 --> 00:39:14.879
 go

00:39:14.879 --> 00:39:15.559
 to

00:39:15.559 --> 00:39:15.739
 Jerusalem

00:39:15.739 --> 00:39:15.859
 but

00:39:15.859 --> 00:39:15.979
 we

00:39:15.979 --> 00:39:16.279
 find

00:39:16.279 --> 00:39:16.459
 out

00:39:16.459 --> 00:39:16.739
 more

00:39:16.739 --> 00:39:17.119
 about

00:39:17.119 --> 00:39:17.699
 why

00:39:17.699 --> 00:39:17.919
 he

00:39:17.919 --> 00:39:18.199
 left

00:39:18.199 --> 00:39:18.419
 in

00:39:18.419 --> 00:39:18.979
 Acts

00:39:18.979 --> 00:39:19.299
 chapter

00:39:19.299 --> 00:39:20.119
 15

00:39:20.119 --> 00:39:20.859
 verse 36

00:39:20.859 --> 00:39:21.319
 and following

00:39:21.319 --> 00:39:22.779
 and after

00:39:22.779 --> 00:39:23.299
 some days

00:39:23.299 --> 00:39:23.819
 Paul said

00:39:23.819 --> 00:39:24.279
 to Barnabas

00:39:24.279 --> 00:39:24.599
 let us

00:39:24.599 --> 00:39:25.039
 return

00:39:25.039 --> 00:39:25.479
 and visit

00:39:25.479 --> 00:39:25.639
 the

00:39:25.639 --> 00:39:25.939
 brothers

00:39:25.939 --> 00:39:26.139
 in

00:39:26.139 --> 00:39:26.439
 every

00:39:26.439 --> 00:39:26.819
 city

00:39:26.819 --> 00:39:27.000
 where

00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:27.159
 we

00:39:27.159 --> 00:39:27.619
 proclaim

00:39:27.619 --> 00:39:27.879
 the

00:39:27.879 --> 00:39:28.159
 word

00:39:28.159 --> 00:39:28.359
 of

00:39:28.359 --> 00:39:28.479
 the

00:39:28.479 --> 00:39:28.759
 Lord

00:39:28.759 --> 00:39:29.439
 and

00:39:29.439 --> 00:39:29.679
 see

00:39:29.679 --> 00:39:29.879
 how

00:39:29.879 --> 00:39:30.059
 they

00:39:30.059 --> 00:39:30.419
 are

00:39:30.419 --> 00:39:31.500
 now

00:39:31.500 --> 00:39:31.959
 Barnabas

00:39:31.959 --> 00:39:32.199
 wanted

00:39:32.199 --> 00:39:32.379
 to

00:39:32.379 --> 00:39:32.619
 take

00:39:32.619 --> 00:39:33.239
 with

00:39:33.239 --> 00:39:33.919
 them

00:39:33.919 --> 00:39:34.559
 John

00:39:34.559 --> 00:39:35.239
 called

00:39:35.239 --> 00:39:36.139
 Mark

00:39:36.139 --> 00:39:37.299
 but

00:39:37.299 --> 00:39:37.619
 Paul

00:39:37.619 --> 00:39:37.899
 thought

00:39:37.899 --> 00:39:38.179
 best

00:39:38.179 --> 00:39:38.500
 not

00:39:41.739 --> 00:39:42.319
 and

00:39:42.319 --> 00:39:42.439
 had

00:39:42.439 --> 00:39:42.779
 not

00:39:42.779 --> 00:39:43.079
 gone

00:39:43.079 --> 00:39:43.379
 with

00:39:43.379 --> 00:39:43.719
 them

00:39:43.719 --> 00:39:44.719
 to

00:39:44.719 --> 00:39:44.859
 the

00:39:44.859 --> 00:39:45.219
 work

00:39:45.219 --> 00:39:46.339
 and

00:39:46.339 --> 00:39:46.479
 there

00:39:46.479 --> 00:39:46.759
 arose

00:39:46.759 --> 00:39:46.919
 a

00:39:46.919 --> 00:39:47.219
 sharp

00:39:47.219 --> 00:39:47.719
 disagreement

00:39:47.719 --> 00:39:48.099
 so that

00:39:48.099 --> 00:39:48.219
 they

00:39:48.219 --> 00:39:48.759
 separated

00:39:48.759 --> 00:39:49.119
 from

00:39:49.119 --> 00:39:49.399
 each

00:39:49.399 --> 00:39:49.699
 other

00:39:49.699 --> 00:39:50.319
 Barnabas

00:39:50.319 --> 00:39:50.500
 took

00:39:50.500 --> 00:39:50.699
 Mark

00:39:50.699 --> 00:39:50.879
 with

00:39:50.879 --> 00:39:51.099
 him

00:39:51.099 --> 00:39:51.779
 and

00:39:51.779 --> 00:39:51.959
 sailed

00:39:51.959 --> 00:39:52.259
 away

00:39:52.259 --> 00:39:53.079
 to

00:39:53.079 --> 00:39:53.419
 Cyprus

00:39:53.419 --> 00:39:53.779
 so

00:39:53.779 --> 00:39:54.659
 there

00:39:54.659 --> 00:39:54.879
 is

00:39:54.879 --> 00:39:55.099
 a

00:39:55.099 --> 00:39:55.859
 reason

00:39:55.859 --> 00:39:56.599
 behind

00:39:56.599 --> 00:39:57.339
 Paul's

00:39:57.339 --> 00:39:57.699
 thinking

00:39:57.699 --> 00:39:58.139
 right

00:39:58.139 --> 00:39:58.639
 he

00:39:58.639 --> 00:39:59.219
 withdrew

00:39:59.219 --> 00:39:59.519
 from

00:39:59.519 --> 00:39:59.919
 them

00:39:59.919 --> 00:40:01.119
 and

00:40:01.119 --> 00:40:01.359
 it's

00:40:01.359 --> 00:40:01.799
 understood

00:40:01.799 --> 00:40:02.579
 largely

00:40:02.579 --> 00:40:03.099
 that

00:40:03.099 --> 00:40:03.719
 Paul

00:40:03.719 --> 00:40:04.519
 didn't

00:40:04.519 --> 00:40:05.000
 think

00:40:05.000 --> 00:40:05.599
 he

00:40:05.599 --> 00:40:05.719
 was

00:40:05.719 --> 00:40:05.799
 in

00:40:05.799 --> 00:40:05.899
 the

00:40:05.899 --> 00:40:06.319
 faith

00:40:06.319 --> 00:40:07.559
 he

00:40:07.559 --> 00:40:07.939
 because

00:40:07.939 --> 00:40:08.199
 of

00:40:08.199 --> 00:40:08.899
 fear

00:40:08.899 --> 00:40:09.699
 ran

00:40:09.699 --> 00:40:09.899
 back

00:40:09.899 --> 00:40:10.059
 to

00:40:10.059 --> 00:40:10.419
 Jerusalem

00:40:10.419 --> 00:40:11.159
 he

00:40:11.159 --> 00:40:11.479
 wasn't

00:40:11.480 --> 00:40:11.760
 willing

00:40:11.760 --> 00:40:11.960
 to

00:40:11.960 --> 00:40:12.300
 follow

00:40:12.300 --> 00:40:12.480
 the

00:40:12.480 --> 00:40:12.659
 way

00:40:12.659 --> 00:40:12.800
 of

00:40:12.800 --> 00:40:13.079
 Christ

00:40:13.079 --> 00:40:13.280
 the

00:40:13.280 --> 00:40:13.599
 way

00:40:13.599 --> 00:40:14.400
 of

00:40:14.400 --> 00:40:14.860
 suffering

00:40:14.860 --> 00:40:15.300
 and

00:40:15.300 --> 00:40:15.400
 he

00:40:15.400 --> 00:40:15.840
 separated

00:40:15.840 --> 00:40:16.219
 and

00:40:16.219 --> 00:40:17.360
 Barnabas

00:40:17.360 --> 00:40:17.679
 who

00:40:17.679 --> 00:40:18.119
 was

00:40:18.119 --> 00:40:18.280
 his

00:40:18.280 --> 00:40:18.559
 cousin

00:40:18.559 --> 00:40:19.740
 didn't

00:40:19.740 --> 00:40:20.019
 think

00:40:20.019 --> 00:40:20.360
 so

00:40:20.360 --> 00:40:20.679
 and

00:40:20.679 --> 00:40:20.900
 so

00:40:20.900 --> 00:40:21.179
 a

00:40:21.179 --> 00:40:21.619
 disagreement

00:40:21.619 --> 00:40:22.240
 arose

00:40:22.240 --> 00:40:23.000
 amongst

00:40:23.000 --> 00:40:23.260
 them

00:40:23.260 --> 00:40:23.519
 and

00:40:23.519 --> 00:40:24.099
 Barnabas

00:40:24.099 --> 00:40:24.260
 and

00:40:24.260 --> 00:40:24.579
 Paul

00:40:24.579 --> 00:40:25.320
 went

00:40:25.320 --> 00:40:26.300
 their

00:40:26.300 --> 00:40:26.599
 separate

00:40:26.599 --> 00:40:27.039
 ways

00:40:27.039 --> 00:40:28.340
 well

00:40:28.340 --> 00:40:28.519
 praise

00:40:28.519 --> 00:40:28.800
 God

00:40:28.800 --> 00:40:29.000
 we

00:40:29.000 --> 00:40:29.420
 get

00:40:29.420 --> 00:40:29.559
 some

00:40:29.559 --> 00:40:29.699
 more

00:40:29.699 --> 00:40:30.179
 information

00:40:30.179 --> 00:40:31.079
 about

00:40:31.079 --> 00:40:32.300
 Mark

00:40:32.300 --> 00:40:33.159
 in

00:40:33.159 --> 00:40:33.360
 2nd

00:40:33.360 --> 00:40:33.579
 Timothy

00:40:33.579 --> 00:40:33.920
 chapter

00:40:33.920 --> 00:40:34.380
 4

00:40:34.380 --> 00:40:35.420
 verse

00:40:35.420 --> 00:40:35.880
 11

00:40:35.880 --> 00:40:36.559
 just

00:40:36.559 --> 00:40:36.820
 after

00:40:36.820 --> 00:40:37.139
 Paul

00:40:37.139 --> 00:40:38.039
 speaking

00:40:38.039 --> 00:40:38.219
 of

00:40:38.219 --> 00:40:38.599
 Demas

00:40:38.599 --> 00:40:40.000
 he

00:40:40.000 --> 00:40:40.320
 says

00:40:40.320 --> 00:40:40.679
 Luke

00:40:40.679 --> 00:40:41.300
 alone

00:40:41.300 --> 00:40:42.460
 is with

00:40:42.460 --> 00:40:42.700
 me

00:40:42.700 --> 00:40:44.080
 get

00:40:44.080 --> 00:40:44.640
 Mark

00:40:44.640 --> 00:40:45.620
 and

00:40:45.620 --> 00:40:46.039
 bring

00:40:46.039 --> 00:40:46.480
 him

00:40:46.480 --> 00:40:47.360
 with

00:40:47.360 --> 00:40:47.640
 you

00:40:47.640 --> 00:40:48.400
 same

00:40:48.400 --> 00:40:48.780
 Mark

00:40:48.780 --> 00:40:49.519
 get

00:40:49.519 --> 00:40:50.100
 Mark

00:40:50.100 --> 00:40:50.980
 and

00:40:50.980 --> 00:40:51.140
 bring

00:40:51.140 --> 00:40:51.240
 him

00:40:51.240 --> 00:40:51.320
 here

00:40:51.320 --> 00:40:51.480
 the

00:40:51.480 --> 00:40:52.060
 one

00:40:52.060 --> 00:40:52.240
 that

00:40:52.240 --> 00:40:52.500
 he

00:40:52.500 --> 00:40:52.920
 had

00:40:52.920 --> 00:40:53.800
 rejected

00:40:53.800 --> 00:40:54.220
 as a

00:40:54.220 --> 00:40:54.500
 missionary

00:40:54.500 --> 00:40:55.060
 partner

00:40:55.060 --> 00:40:55.539
 he's

00:40:55.539 --> 00:40:55.780
 now

00:40:55.780 --> 00:40:56.039
 saying

00:40:56.039 --> 00:40:56.260
 get

00:40:56.260 --> 00:40:56.420
 him

00:40:56.420 --> 00:40:56.580
 and

00:40:56.580 --> 00:40:56.800
 bring

00:40:56.800 --> 00:40:57.140
 him

00:40:57.140 --> 00:40:57.560
 with

00:40:57.560 --> 00:40:57.820
 you

00:40:57.820 --> 00:40:58.600
 for

00:40:58.600 --> 00:40:59.240
 he

00:40:59.240 --> 00:40:59.420
 is

00:40:59.420 --> 00:40:59.900
 very

00:40:59.900 --> 00:41:00.800
 useful

00:41:00.800 --> 00:41:01.380
 to

00:41:01.380 --> 00:41:01.660
 me

00:41:01.660 --> 00:41:02.960
 for

00:41:02.960 --> 00:41:03.340
 ministry

00:41:03.340 --> 00:41:04.960
 and

00:41:04.960 --> 00:41:05.100
 this

00:41:05.100 --> 00:41:05.180
 is

00:41:05.180 --> 00:41:05.260
 the

00:41:05.260 --> 00:41:05.400
 very

00:41:05.400 --> 00:41:05.720
 same

00:41:05.720 --> 00:41:06.220
 Mark

00:41:06.220 --> 00:41:06.440
 that

00:41:06.440 --> 00:41:06.980
 authored

00:41:06.980 --> 00:41:07.260
 the

00:41:07.260 --> 00:41:07.620
 gospel

00:41:07.619 --> 00:41:08.079
 he

00:41:08.079 --> 00:41:08.079


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!

00:41:08.679 --> 00:41:09.019
!