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 God, we need you to speak to us this morning by your word.

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 We need your spirit, Lord, to open our eyes and to soften our hearts

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 so that we might hear from you today your word to us this morning.

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 God, I pray that you might use my words, Lord, to speak for you.

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 And that you would point us together towards you this morning.

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 God, we pray we would be strengthened and encouraged.

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 We pray these things in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Amen.

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 So I'm wondering if you've ever woken up in the morning

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 for those of you who are here and have professed faith in Christ,

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 maybe you've grown up in the church,

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 if you've woken up in the morning and just thought,

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 is any of this really real?

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 You know, your kids wake you up out of a deep sleep.

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 You stumble out of bed, drag a comb across my head,

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 get dressed, eat a bowl of Cheerios,

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 manage a few fights,

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 get off to work.

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 And you just think,

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 is the Christian faith real?

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 Does it make a difference?

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 Maybe you're here this morning

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 and you're exploring that question.

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 And you're looking around and you're thinking,

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 all of these people believe something

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 and I don't understand why.

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 And I don't get it.

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 We live in a world

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 that doesn't tell us that God exists.

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 Most of your neighbors won't say,

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 hey, isn't it great

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 that there's a spiritual world

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 where God lives?

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 And is it work among us today?

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 In fact, we may even live in a world,

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 depending on your particular circumstances,

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 where faith is opposed.

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 Faith is seen as a crutch for the weak.

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 For people who can't make it on their own,

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 they need something else.

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 Maybe faith is seen as an escape into unreality.

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 So when you say things like,

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 I believe in the Bible

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 and I want to follow it,

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 you're looked at like you have two heads

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 without a single brain between the two of them.

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 Not always,

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 but often.

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 I think we live in a world like that.

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 Or we live in a world where

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 you'll be encouraged to have faith and believe.

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 But not to believe in something in particular.

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 Faith is the power of positive thinking.

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 Just believe

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 and the world will become a better place.

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 Just believe

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 and you can achieve all of your dreams.

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 Just believe.

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 Be optimistic

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 because it's better

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 somehow.

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 In the midst of all of this,

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 the Christian faith presents its...

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 The Christian world,

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 the Christian belief system

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 holds, I can't even say it without saying,

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 it is a system of faith.

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 It is about believing something.

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 And it is hard for us

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 to keep going

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 when both the mundane realities

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 of our lives

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 and the world that we live in

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 every day

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 seem to tell us

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 that it's not very real

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 or it's not very important.

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 And we grow weary

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 of believing.

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 We grow weary

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 of feeling like the odd man out.

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 We grow weary

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 of feeling like

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 we're committed to something

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 that other people think

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 is foolish.

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 We wonder if it's worth it.

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 We wonder how we can keep going.

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 Well, friends,

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 our passage this morning

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 is about that.

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 Hebrews chapter 11.

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 It's listed in your bulletin.

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 I think it's page 1009

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 or something like that.

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 Somewhere around that area.

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 I forgot to get the number.

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 Hebrews chapter 11, verse 1.

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 And as you turn there,

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 I just want to remind you

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 about the context

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 of what we heard.

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 Last week,

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 we looked at the end

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 of chapter 10.

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 And after 10 chapters

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 of this glorious exposition

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 about how Jesus is greater

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 than anything else

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 in the whole world,

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 Jesus has done everything

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 we could ever want,

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 then there is

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 in the section

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 right before this,

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 if you remember,

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 Pastor Nick preached on this,

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 a solemn warning

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 and a great encouragement.

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 And in the midst of it,

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 what we saw

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 was that the stakes

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 are really high.

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 To keep going in faith

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 for Christians

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 makes all the difference

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 in the world.

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 And to keep going

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 means that there's

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 a great reward.

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 And there are promises

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 that will be kept.

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 And there is a better

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 and an abiding possession

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 that we have with God

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 and in God himself

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 that is greater

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 than anything else.

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 Oh, but if we lose that,

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 but if we let go of that,

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 if we turn away from that,

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 what a grievous thing it is.

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 And the writer is writing

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 these letters

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 to encourage us

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 to keep going,

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 to persevere,

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 to press on

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 in faith.

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 And if you remember,

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 that's how he ends it.

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 We are not of those

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 who shrink back

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 and are destroyed,

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 but we are those

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 who have faith

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 and, therefore,

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 preserve our souls.

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 And that leads us

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 to our section

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 this morning.

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 Please pray,

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 or please read with me

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 Hebrews chapter 11,

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 verse 1 through 7.

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 Now, faith is the assurance

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 of things hoped for,

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 the conviction of things

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 not seen.

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 For by it,

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 the people of old

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 receive their commendation.

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 By faith,

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 we understand

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 that the universe

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 was created

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 by the word of God,

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 so that what is seen

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 was not made out of things

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 that are visible.

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 By faith,

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 Abel offered to God

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 a more acceptable sacrifice

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 than Cain,

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 through which he was commended

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 as righteous,

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 God commending him

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 by accepting his gifts.

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 And through his faith,

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 though he died,

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 he still speaks.

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 By faith,

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 Enoch was taken up

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 so that he should not see death

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 and he was not found

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 because God had taken him.

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 Now, before he was taken,

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 he was commended

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 as having pleased God.

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 And without faith,

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 it is impossible

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 to please him.

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 For whoever would draw near

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 to God

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 must believe that he exists

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 and that he rewards

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 those who seek him.

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 By faith,

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 Noah,

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 being warned by God

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 concerning events

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 as yet unseen,

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 in reverent fear,

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 constructed an ark

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 for the saving

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 of his household.

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 By this,

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 he condemned the world

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 and became an heir

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 of the righteousness

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 that comes

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 by faith.

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 How do we keep going?

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 The writer of the Hebrews

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 wants us to see

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 that the answer is

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 by faith.

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 It is by faith

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 that we keep going

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 in this Christian life.

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 But what does that mean?

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 That's what our passage

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 is going to help us see

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 this morning.

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 And what we're going to see

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 is that faith

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 is the organ,

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 it is the instrument,

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 it is the lens

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 that God has given us

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 to see the world

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 and the reality of the world

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 as he sees it,

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 as he defines it,

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 as he says

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 that it truly is.

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 Faith is the gift

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 of God

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 by which our eyes

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 are opened

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 to see

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 the world

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 as it really is.

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 And as we do that,

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 we are strengthened

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 to persevere.

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 This is what I hope

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 you will get

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 from this message

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 this morning.

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 is that persevering

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 is dependent

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 on faith.

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 And faith

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 is God's gift

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 so that we can see

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 what is really real.

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 And when we see

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 what is really real,

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 it makes it worth

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 continuing on.

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 The passage breakdown

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 very simply.

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 Verses 1-3

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 tell us about

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 the essence

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 of faith.

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 Verses 4-7

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 give us a picture

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 of the exercise

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 of faith.

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 So let's look

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 at it together.

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 First,

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 the essence

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 of faith.

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 Faith has been

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 described as,

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 well,

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 it's been described

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 in the world

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 by many things.

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 I talked about

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 some of them earlier.

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 Faith is described

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 as believing

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 in something

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 you know

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 that can't

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 possibly be true.

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 Or faith is hoping

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 that something

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 you wish might be true

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 would be true,

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 but you don't

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 really know.

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 But biblical faith

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 is different than that.

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 If you look at me

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 with me in verse 1,

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 you will see,

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 it says,

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 now faith is the assurance

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 of things hoped for

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 and the conviction

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 of things not seen.

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 When we talk about faith

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 in our modern culture,

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 we often talk about it

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 as subjective experience.

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 I have faith.

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 faith.

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 And,

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 unfortunately,

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 the language

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 of this translation

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 seems to reinforce that.

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 Faith is assurance

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 or conviction.

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 So,

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 so my faith

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 is about how strongly

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 I hold

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 to the things

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 that I think.

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 But,

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 you know,

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 a hundred years ago,

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 if someone read

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 this passage

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 in the authorized version

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 or the King James version,

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 it would read,

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 faith is the substance

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 of things hoped for

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 and the evidence

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 of things unseen.

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 We could get into

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 a whole discussion

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 about why the translation

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 has shifted.

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 But what I want you to see

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 is that behind this verse,

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 the definition of faith

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 is not a subjective experience

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 of believing something.

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 But faith is

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 the ability to see

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 an objective reality.

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 And particularly,

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 do you see what he says?

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 It is the objective reality

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 of things hoped for.

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 And the evidence,

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 the signs

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 that something is true

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 even though it cannot be seen.

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 It is an incredible thing

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 that God has given us faith

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 so that we can

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 look at the world

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 and know

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 what is true about it

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 by faith.

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 The promises of God

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 are one of the things

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 that the writer of the Hebrews

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 wants us to remember

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 that we can see.

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 He's talked for

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 ten chapters

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 and if you've been here,

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 we've talked for

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 six or seven months now

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 about the promises of God,

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 about what God

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 has accomplished

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 in Christ

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 for us.

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 And that when we

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 are in Christ,

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 we are sheltered

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 from the storm

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 of God's righteous

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 wrath against sin.

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 We are given

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 a future promise

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 of life

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 eternal

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 with God

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 that can never

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 be taken away

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 from us.

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 We are promised

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 a cleansed

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 heart

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 that will one day

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 be made new

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 so that the stain

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 of sin

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 will be completely

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 removed from it

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 and we will no longer

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 know

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 the evil,

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 selfish desires

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 that spring up

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 in our heart.

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 Friends,

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 these aren't things

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 you can see.

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 they aren't things

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 that you can

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 pull out

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 a Geiger counter

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 or a microphone

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 or a camera

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 and record.

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 They're not

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 something that

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 our five senses

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 can ascertain.

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 But they are real.

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 They are as real,

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 in fact,

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 I might argue

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 they are more real

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 than the material

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 world

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 that we live in.

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 This is why

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 the writer of Hebrews

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 in verse 3

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 goes right to creation

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 to lay a foundation

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 stone

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 for us.

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 Friends,

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 there's a lot

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 of discussion today

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 about where the world

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 came from

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 and how it came

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 into being.

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 But to believe

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 in the God

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 of the Bible

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 is to believe

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 what verse 3

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 says.

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 That matter

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 is not eternal.

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 That the physical

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 world is not

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 all that there is.

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 And there's

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 great value

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 in science

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 and exploring it

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 and understanding it.

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 But we must

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 not confuse

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 that with

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 knowledge

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 of all things.

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 For it says

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 that we know

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 that the world

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 came from God

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 because He spoke

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 and in the power

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 of His Word,

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 the physical world

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 that we live in,

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 the universe

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 that we live in,

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 came into existence.

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 It did not

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 create itself.

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 It does not

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 sustain itself.

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 But an unseen

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 God

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 is the source

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 of it all.

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 And the writer

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 of Hebrews

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 goes there

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 to say,

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 look,

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 the very fabric

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 of the world

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 we live in

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 shows us

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 that there is

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 more than

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 what we can see

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 with our physical

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 eyes and measure

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 and test

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 with a scientific

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 hypothesis.

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 There has always

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 been more

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 than that

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 in this world

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 that we live in.

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 And so faith

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 is the eyes

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 to see

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 that the world

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 is more.

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 That there is

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 a reality

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 that God

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 exists

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 and that God

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 shapes the world

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 that we live in.

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 There are

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 future things

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 that are certain.

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 There are unseen

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 things

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 that are real

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 right now.

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 Do you remember

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 the story

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 we just read?

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 If you followed

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 Elizabeth

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 as she read

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 that story

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 in great

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 vigor.

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 Elisha prayed

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 that God

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 would open

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 the eyes

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 of his servant

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 to see

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 the reality

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 of his situation.

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 And as his eyes

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 were opened

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 by God

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 with faith,

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 he suddenly

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 saw a reality

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 that he couldn't

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 see otherwise.

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 He saw

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 God's power.

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 He saw

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 God's forces

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 at work

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 in the situation.

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 But friends,

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 it's not simply

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 enough to know

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 something by faith.

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 That's only

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 the very beginning.

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 In fact,

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 classically,

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 faith has been

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 defined as

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 knowledge,

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 knowing something,

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 assent,

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 agreeing that it's

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 true,

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 and then finally

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 trust.

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 Trust to live

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 in light of it.

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 For God,

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 as he calls

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 in us

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 into faith,

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 calls us

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 into a

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 relationship

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 with him.

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 So verse 6

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 says,

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 whoever must

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 draw near

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 to God,

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 that is,

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 come to God

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 in relationship

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 and find him

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 to be the

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 great treasure

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 and reward

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 of life,

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 those who

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 draw near

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 to God

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 must believe

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 that he exists.

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 Now that sounds

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 sort of silly.

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 Of course

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 you'd have to

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 believe he exists

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 to draw near.

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 But you must

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 also believe

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 that he is

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 the rewarder

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 of those

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 who seek

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 him.

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 Not just

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 that he is

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 there,

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 but that he's

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 trustworthy,

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 that he's

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 worth pursuing,

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 that he's

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 faithful,

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 that the things

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 he says

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 are true

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 about you

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 and about

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 himself

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 and about

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 the world.

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 Trusting

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 means

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 living in

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 this relationship

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 in a way

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 that changes

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 how we act.

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 You probably

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 have heard

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 the great,

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 the story,

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 this is a

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 classic illustration

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 of what faith

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 is.

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 The great

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 blondin

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 walked in

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 the 1940s

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 across Niagara

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 Falls on a

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 rope.

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 In researching

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 I realized

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 he didn't

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 just do it

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 once,

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 he did it

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 like for

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 weeks.

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 And he

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 did different

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 things.

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 He cooked

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 an omelet.

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 Over Niagara

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 Falls on a

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 rope.

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 There's a

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 story,

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 I think it's

00:18:39.959 --> 00:18:40.159
 true,

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 I don't know

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 if it's

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 true.

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 There's a

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 story about

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 one time

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 he took

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 a wheelbarrow

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 and he

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 walked the

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 wheelbarrow

00:18:44.740 --> 00:18:45.059
 on the

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 rope,

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 across the

00:18:45.899 --> 00:18:46.119
 rope,

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 and then

00:18:46.619 --> 00:18:47.000
 he turned

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 around and

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 he came

00:18:47.679 --> 00:18:48.259
 back and

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 some wag

00:18:50.679 --> 00:18:51.079
 from the

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 audience

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 made a

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 comment and

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 blondin

00:18:54.279 --> 00:18:54.579
 looked at

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 him and

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 said,

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 do you

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 think I

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 can do

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 this again?

00:18:56.500 --> 00:18:56.659
 He

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 said,

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 yes.

00:18:58.139 --> 00:18:58.419
 He said,

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 do you

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 think I

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 can carry

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 you in

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 this

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 wheelbarrow?

00:19:00.699 --> 00:19:01.059
 Yes.

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 We'll get

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 in.

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 Friends,

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 that's a

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 picture of

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 what biblical

00:19:07.660 --> 00:19:08.400
 faith is.

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 It's not

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 just knowing,

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 it's not

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 just a

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 sensing,

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 yeah,

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 I think

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 you can

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 do it.

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 It's

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 taking your

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 whole life

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 and putting

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 it into

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 the hands

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 of the

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 thing that

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 you are

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 saying is

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 true.

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 And here

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 is putting

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 our hands,

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 our lives,

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 in the hands

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 of the

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 living God

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 life.

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 You might

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 be thinking,

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 isn't this

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 just wishful

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 thinking?

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 Have we

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 escaped from

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 just like

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 Matt and

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 a bunch of

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 people thinking,

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 oh,

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 this is a

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 great idea?

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 Maybe,

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 maybe,

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 if only this

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 were true,

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 then I would

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 believe it,

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 but I don't

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 know how to

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 believe it.

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 On what

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 basis do we

00:19:57.000 --> 00:19:57.440
 know that

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 this is true?

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 On what

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 basis do we

00:20:00.040 --> 00:20:00.920
 understand

00:20:00.920 --> 00:20:01.580
 God?

00:20:04.220 --> 00:20:04.680
 Well,

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 friends,

00:20:05.800 --> 00:20:08.540
 that's another

00:20:08.540 --> 00:20:08.940
 sermon,

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 but briefly.

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 It's because

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 God has made

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 himself known.

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 He's made

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 himself known

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 through this

00:20:18.160 --> 00:20:18.500
 book,

00:20:19.340 --> 00:20:19.800
 the Bible,

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 which tells

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 us who he

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 is and what

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 he's done

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 in the

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 world.

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 But even

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 more importantly

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 than that,

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 he's made

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 himself known

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 by sending

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 his son

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 into the

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 world.

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 I remember

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 when I

00:20:35.840 --> 00:20:37.380
 was 16,

00:20:38.080 --> 00:20:38.620
 exploring

00:20:38.620 --> 00:20:39.180
 Christianity

00:20:39.180 --> 00:20:39.640
 for the

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 first time.

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 I didn't

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 come to

00:20:43.120 --> 00:20:43.640
 faith because

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 I was

00:20:43.960 --> 00:20:44.519
 convinced

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 that God

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 had created

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 the world.

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 I didn't

00:20:47.560 --> 00:20:47.980
 come to

00:20:47.980 --> 00:20:48.580
 faith because

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 I knew

00:20:49.100 --> 00:20:49.519
 that the

00:20:49.519 --> 00:20:50.200
 Bible was

00:20:50.200 --> 00:20:50.880
 absolutely

00:20:50.880 --> 00:20:51.460
 true.

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 I came

00:20:54.500 --> 00:20:55.140
 to faith

00:20:55.140 --> 00:20:56.160
 because I

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 became

00:20:56.539 --> 00:20:57.160
 convinced

00:20:57.160 --> 00:20:57.799
 that Jesus

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 was real,

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 that he

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 really came

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 and he

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 really lived

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 and he

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 really died

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 and he

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 really rose

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 again from

00:21:05.840 --> 00:21:06.340
 the dead.

00:21:06.339 --> 00:21:06.399
 faith.

00:21:11.559 --> 00:21:12.299
 And if

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 God

00:21:12.779 --> 00:21:13.339
 entered the

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 world like

00:21:13.879 --> 00:21:14.459
 that and

00:21:14.459 --> 00:21:15.699
 did what

00:21:15.699 --> 00:21:16.159
 he did

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 for us,

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 well,

00:21:19.659 --> 00:21:20.339
 that made

00:21:20.339 --> 00:21:20.579
 me go

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 back and

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 suddenly this

00:21:22.240 --> 00:21:22.819
 book made

00:21:22.819 --> 00:21:23.579
 more sense

00:21:23.579 --> 00:21:24.480
 and suddenly

00:21:24.480 --> 00:21:25.199
 believing that

00:21:25.199 --> 00:21:25.740
 God created

00:21:25.740 --> 00:21:26.299
 the world

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 fit a lot

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 better.

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 It's not all

00:21:32.279 --> 00:21:32.819
 the answer to

00:21:32.819 --> 00:21:33.500
 that question.

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 There's a lot

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 of good

00:21:34.559 --> 00:21:36.099
 reasons to

00:21:36.099 --> 00:21:36.640
 believe,

00:21:37.160 --> 00:21:37.559
 but if

00:21:37.559 --> 00:21:37.960
 you're here

00:21:37.960 --> 00:21:38.559
 looking for

00:21:38.559 --> 00:21:39.079
 proof,

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 I don't

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 know if

00:21:42.299 --> 00:21:42.519
 you're going

00:21:42.519 --> 00:21:42.940
 to find

00:21:42.940 --> 00:21:44.359
 it because

00:21:44.359 --> 00:21:44.940
 God has

00:21:44.940 --> 00:21:45.640
 designed us

00:21:45.640 --> 00:21:46.500
 to persevere

00:21:46.500 --> 00:21:47.420
 by faith,

00:21:48.059 --> 00:21:48.940
 by believing

00:21:48.940 --> 00:21:50.779
 in him,

00:21:51.319 --> 00:21:52.359
 by putting

00:21:52.359 --> 00:21:52.980
 on these

00:21:52.980 --> 00:21:53.799
 lenses so

00:21:53.799 --> 00:21:54.079
 that we

00:21:54.079 --> 00:21:55.140
 see reality

00:21:55.140 --> 00:21:57.140
 as he

00:21:57.140 --> 00:21:58.039
 defines it,

00:21:58.240 --> 00:21:58.660
 as he

00:21:58.660 --> 00:21:59.259
 tells us

00:21:59.259 --> 00:21:59.599
 that it

00:21:59.599 --> 00:22:00.019
 is.

00:22:03.500 --> 00:22:07.779
 One of

00:22:07.779 --> 00:22:08.099
 the fun

00:22:08.099 --> 00:22:08.640
 things is

00:22:08.640 --> 00:22:08.960
 that we're

00:22:08.960 --> 00:22:09.140
 going to

00:22:09.140 --> 00:22:09.599
 spend the

00:22:09.599 --> 00:22:11.380
 next five

00:22:11.380 --> 00:22:11.859
 weeks,

00:22:12.519 --> 00:22:13.279
 four weeks,

00:22:13.539 --> 00:22:14.420
 exploring what

00:22:14.420 --> 00:22:14.900
 this looks

00:22:14.900 --> 00:22:15.839
 like because

00:22:15.839 --> 00:22:16.660
 the rest of

00:22:16.660 --> 00:22:17.200
 the book,

00:22:17.420 --> 00:22:18.039
 the rest of

00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:18.640
 the chapter,

00:22:19.200 --> 00:22:20.059
 Hebrews chapter

00:22:20.059 --> 00:22:20.799
 11, is all

00:22:20.799 --> 00:22:21.099
 of these

00:22:21.099 --> 00:22:22.059
 pictures of

00:22:22.059 --> 00:22:22.400
 what does it

00:22:22.400 --> 00:22:23.059
 actually look

00:22:23.059 --> 00:22:23.519
 like to

00:22:23.519 --> 00:22:23.880
 believe.

00:22:24.299 --> 00:22:24.460
 What

00:22:24.460 --> 00:22:26.119
 particularly

00:22:26.119 --> 00:22:26.700
 did people

00:22:26.700 --> 00:22:27.539
 believe about

00:22:27.539 --> 00:22:27.859
 God?

00:22:28.140 --> 00:22:28.759
 How did it

00:22:28.759 --> 00:22:29.380
 change their

00:22:29.380 --> 00:22:29.779
 lives?

00:22:30.079 --> 00:22:30.619
 How did they

00:22:30.619 --> 00:22:31.339
 exhibit both

00:22:31.339 --> 00:22:32.099
 knowledge and

00:22:32.099 --> 00:22:32.799
 trust in

00:22:32.799 --> 00:22:33.680
 God as

00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:34.379
 they lived

00:22:34.379 --> 00:22:35.200
 by faith?

00:22:35.599 --> 00:22:35.839
 And it

00:22:35.839 --> 00:22:36.299
 is this

00:22:36.299 --> 00:22:37.819
 catalog of

00:22:37.819 --> 00:22:38.339
 people to

00:22:38.339 --> 00:22:38.639
 give us

00:22:38.639 --> 00:22:40.079
 examples so

00:22:40.079 --> 00:22:40.339
 that we

00:22:40.339 --> 00:22:40.579
 would be

00:22:40.579 --> 00:22:42.359
 encouraged to

00:22:42.359 --> 00:22:42.919
 not lose

00:22:42.919 --> 00:22:43.539
 heart but

00:22:43.539 --> 00:22:44.500
 to persevere

00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:45.899
 in faith

00:22:45.899 --> 00:22:50.000
 by putting

00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:50.359
 on that

00:22:50.359 --> 00:22:50.940
 lens and

00:22:50.940 --> 00:22:51.519
 seeing the

00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:52.019
 world as

00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:52.720
 God defines

00:22:52.720 --> 00:22:53.700
 it and

00:22:53.700 --> 00:22:54.440
 living according

00:22:54.440 --> 00:22:55.000
 to it.

00:22:55.599 --> 00:22:56.000
 So what

00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:56.279
 does it

00:22:56.279 --> 00:22:56.859
 look like?

00:22:57.119 --> 00:22:57.379
 What does

00:22:57.379 --> 00:22:58.099
 the exercise

00:22:58.099 --> 00:22:59.019
 of faith

00:22:59.019 --> 00:23:00.079
 look like?

00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:00.680
 Let's look

00:23:00.680 --> 00:23:01.139
 at verses

00:23:01.139 --> 00:23:01.980
 four through

00:23:01.980 --> 00:23:02.599
 seven with

00:23:02.599 --> 00:23:02.879
 me.

00:23:06.939 --> 00:23:07.639
 You'll see

00:23:07.639 --> 00:23:08.959
 that each

00:23:08.959 --> 00:23:09.279
 of these

00:23:09.279 --> 00:23:10.079
 stories there

00:23:10.079 --> 00:23:10.459
 are three

00:23:10.459 --> 00:23:11.179
 main characters

00:23:11.179 --> 00:23:11.919
 here Abel

00:23:11.919 --> 00:23:12.339
 and then

00:23:12.339 --> 00:23:12.980
 Enoch and

00:23:12.980 --> 00:23:13.699
 then Noah

00:23:13.699 --> 00:23:14.339
 in verses

00:23:14.339 --> 00:23:14.679
 four,

00:23:14.779 --> 00:23:14.980
 five,

00:23:15.039 --> 00:23:15.419
 and seven

00:23:15.419 --> 00:23:16.000
 and there's

00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:16.539
 this pattern

00:23:16.539 --> 00:23:17.240
 by faith

00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:18.119
 Enoch Abel

00:23:18.119 --> 00:23:18.740
 by faith

00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:19.339
 Enoch by

00:23:19.339 --> 00:23:19.919
 faith Noah

00:23:19.919 --> 00:23:20.539
 and this

00:23:20.539 --> 00:23:21.099
 goes on for

00:23:21.099 --> 00:23:21.519
 the rest of

00:23:21.519 --> 00:23:22.000
 the chapter

00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:22.659
 it happens

00:23:22.659 --> 00:23:23.059
 in verse

00:23:23.059 --> 00:23:23.339
 four,

00:23:23.459 --> 00:23:23.639
 five,

00:23:23.740 --> 00:23:23.959
 seven,

00:23:24.079 --> 00:23:24.259
 eight,

00:23:24.359 --> 00:23:24.599
 nine,

00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:25.459
 eleven,

00:23:25.759 --> 00:23:26.079
 seventeen,

00:23:26.319 --> 00:23:26.719
 twenty-one,

00:23:26.819 --> 00:23:27.259
 twenty-two,

00:23:27.359 --> 00:23:27.759
 twenty-three,

00:23:27.879 --> 00:23:28.319
 twenty-four,

00:23:28.419 --> 00:23:28.719
 et cetera,

00:23:28.799 --> 00:23:29.079
 et cetera.

00:23:29.299 --> 00:23:29.980
 He does it

00:23:29.980 --> 00:23:30.339
 over and

00:23:30.339 --> 00:23:30.599
 over and

00:23:30.599 --> 00:23:30.839
 over and

00:23:30.839 --> 00:23:31.079
 over and

00:23:31.079 --> 00:23:32.439
 over again to

00:23:32.440 --> 00:23:33.220
 say this

00:23:33.220 --> 00:23:33.660
 is what it

00:23:33.660 --> 00:23:34.259
 looks like

00:23:34.259 --> 00:23:34.740
 to live

00:23:34.740 --> 00:23:35.460
 by faith.

00:23:37.259 --> 00:23:37.860
 And we

00:23:37.860 --> 00:23:38.259
 get these

00:23:38.259 --> 00:23:39.440
 three examples

00:23:39.440 --> 00:23:40.440
 and the

00:23:40.440 --> 00:23:41.259
 first two

00:23:41.259 --> 00:23:43.920
 are very

00:23:43.920 --> 00:23:44.480
 quick.

00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:48.279
 Abel,

00:23:48.779 --> 00:23:49.860
 his story

00:23:49.860 --> 00:23:50.299
 is recorded

00:23:50.299 --> 00:23:50.840
 in Genesis

00:23:50.840 --> 00:23:51.320
 four.

00:23:51.779 --> 00:23:52.360
 He offered

00:23:52.360 --> 00:23:53.080
 up a

00:23:53.080 --> 00:23:53.580
 sacrifice

00:23:53.580 --> 00:23:54.200
 that was

00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:55.460
 more pleasing

00:23:55.460 --> 00:23:56.279
 to God

00:23:56.279 --> 00:23:57.180
 than the

00:23:57.180 --> 00:23:57.480
 one that

00:23:57.480 --> 00:23:58.019
 his brother

00:23:58.019 --> 00:23:58.580
 offered.

00:23:58.579 --> 00:23:59.960
 friends,

00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:00.319
 this is

00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:00.599
 not

00:24:00.599 --> 00:24:01.220
 because

00:24:01.220 --> 00:24:02.059
 Abel's

00:24:02.059 --> 00:24:02.539
 sacrifice

00:24:02.539 --> 00:24:02.960
 was

00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:04.220
 categorically,

00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:06.299
 quantitatively

00:24:06.299 --> 00:24:07.379
 better

00:24:07.379 --> 00:24:09.939
 than

00:24:09.939 --> 00:24:10.599
 Cain's.

00:24:11.279 --> 00:24:11.599
 It

00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:12.019
 seems

00:24:12.019 --> 00:24:12.519
 very

00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:12.960
 clear

00:24:12.960 --> 00:24:13.399
 both

00:24:13.399 --> 00:24:13.939
 in the

00:24:13.939 --> 00:24:14.339
 Genesis

00:24:14.339 --> 00:24:14.720
 four

00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:15.179
 passage

00:24:15.179 --> 00:24:15.500
 and

00:24:15.500 --> 00:24:15.839
 here

00:24:15.839 --> 00:24:16.399
 that

00:24:16.399 --> 00:24:16.579
 the

00:24:16.579 --> 00:24:16.899
 thing

00:24:16.899 --> 00:24:17.079
 that

00:24:17.079 --> 00:24:17.299
 was

00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:17.519
 the

00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:17.939
 difference

00:24:17.939 --> 00:24:18.339
 between

00:24:18.339 --> 00:24:18.720
 Abel

00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:18.939
 and

00:24:18.939 --> 00:24:19.439
 Cain's

00:24:19.439 --> 00:24:19.960
 sacrifice

00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:21.720
 was the

00:24:21.720 --> 00:24:21.939
 state

00:24:21.939 --> 00:24:22.220
 of their

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 heart

00:24:22.619 --> 00:24:23.699
 and their

00:24:23.699 --> 00:24:24.259
 faith.

00:24:25.199 --> 00:24:25.460
 Abel

00:24:25.460 --> 00:24:25.779
 came

00:24:25.779 --> 00:24:26.019
 and he

00:24:26.019 --> 00:24:26.460
 offered

00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:26.779
 this

00:24:26.779 --> 00:24:27.599
 sacrifice

00:24:27.599 --> 00:24:28.519
 to

00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:29.180
 God

00:24:29.180 --> 00:24:31.680
 believing

00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:32.139
 that he

00:24:32.139 --> 00:24:32.720
 existed

00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:34.119
 seeking

00:24:34.119 --> 00:24:35.240
 to please

00:24:35.240 --> 00:24:35.639
 him

00:24:35.639 --> 00:24:36.059
 and to

00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:36.460
 honor

00:24:36.460 --> 00:24:37.000
 him

00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:38.160
 looking

00:24:38.160 --> 00:24:38.940
 to him

00:24:38.940 --> 00:24:39.399
 to be

00:24:39.399 --> 00:24:39.579
 a

00:24:39.579 --> 00:24:40.420
 rewarder

00:24:40.420 --> 00:24:42.379
 for his

00:24:42.379 --> 00:24:42.920
 faithful

00:24:42.920 --> 00:24:43.480
 offering

00:24:43.480 --> 00:24:43.940
 giving

00:24:43.940 --> 00:24:44.220
 the

00:24:44.220 --> 00:24:44.519
 first

00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:44.940
 fruits

00:24:44.940 --> 00:24:47.019
 from

00:24:47.019 --> 00:24:47.180
 the

00:24:47.180 --> 00:24:47.379
 work

00:24:47.379 --> 00:24:47.579
 that

00:24:47.579 --> 00:24:47.680
 he

00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:48.059
 had.

00:24:50.879 --> 00:24:51.500
 Whatever

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 Cain

00:24:51.920 --> 00:24:52.259
 did

00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:52.639
 it was

00:24:52.639 --> 00:24:52.920
 not

00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:53.319
 that

00:24:53.319 --> 00:24:54.680
 for

00:24:54.680 --> 00:24:54.920
 when

00:24:54.920 --> 00:24:55.500
 God

00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:55.720
 did

00:24:55.720 --> 00:24:55.960
 not

00:24:55.960 --> 00:24:56.320
 accept

00:24:56.320 --> 00:24:56.980
 Cain's

00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:58.000
 sacrifice

00:24:58.000 --> 00:24:58.380
 there

00:24:58.380 --> 00:24:58.560
 was

00:24:58.560 --> 00:24:58.779
 no

00:24:58.779 --> 00:24:59.320
 repentance

00:24:59.320 --> 00:24:59.779
 there

00:24:59.779 --> 00:24:59.960
 was

00:24:59.960 --> 00:25:00.180
 no

00:25:00.180 --> 00:25:00.620
 broken

00:25:00.620 --> 00:25:01.279
 heartedness

00:25:01.279 --> 00:25:01.759
 there

00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:01.940
 was

00:25:01.940 --> 00:25:02.120
 no

00:25:02.120 --> 00:25:02.539
 grief

00:25:02.539 --> 00:25:02.740
 there

00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:02.900
 was

00:25:02.900 --> 00:25:03.420
 anger

00:25:03.420 --> 00:25:03.980
 there

00:25:03.980 --> 00:25:04.180
 was

00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:04.720
 resentment

00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:06.200
 and

00:25:06.200 --> 00:25:06.660
 ultimately

00:25:06.660 --> 00:25:07.039
 there

00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:07.279
 was

00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:07.539
 a

00:25:07.539 --> 00:25:08.000
 rejection

00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:08.320
 of

00:25:08.320 --> 00:25:08.700
 God

00:25:08.700 --> 00:25:09.820
 and

00:25:09.820 --> 00:25:09.980
 a

00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:10.420
 denial

00:25:10.420 --> 00:25:12.539
 and

00:25:12.539 --> 00:25:12.700
 so

00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:13.060
 Abel

00:25:13.060 --> 00:25:13.380
 is held

00:25:13.380 --> 00:25:13.700
 up as

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 this

00:25:13.860 --> 00:25:14.180
 brief

00:25:14.180 --> 00:25:14.519
 example

00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:15.000
 of

00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:15.140
 a

00:25:15.140 --> 00:25:15.340
 man

00:25:15.340 --> 00:25:15.480
 who

00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:15.700
 wanted

00:25:15.700 --> 00:25:15.920
 to

00:25:15.920 --> 00:25:16.320
 please

00:25:16.320 --> 00:25:16.720
 God

00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:16.940
 with

00:25:16.940 --> 00:25:17.100
 his

00:25:17.100 --> 00:25:17.580
 offering

00:25:17.580 --> 00:25:19.460
 and

00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:19.620
 was

00:25:19.620 --> 00:25:20.039
 declared

00:25:20.039 --> 00:25:20.539
 righteous

00:25:20.539 --> 00:25:20.820
 that

00:25:20.820 --> 00:25:20.960
 is

00:25:20.960 --> 00:25:21.080
 he

00:25:21.080 --> 00:25:21.259
 did

00:25:21.259 --> 00:25:21.480
 the

00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:21.740
 right

00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:22.100
 thing

00:25:22.100 --> 00:25:22.460
 before

00:25:22.460 --> 00:25:23.000
 God

00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:23.500
 by

00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:24.200
 exercising

00:25:24.200 --> 00:25:24.519
 his

00:25:24.519 --> 00:25:24.980
 faith

00:25:24.980 --> 00:25:28.160
 and

00:25:28.160 --> 00:25:28.319
 then

00:25:28.319 --> 00:25:28.819
 Enoch

00:25:28.819 --> 00:25:30.819
 is

00:25:30.819 --> 00:25:31.160
 mentioned

00:25:31.160 --> 00:25:31.759
 in the

00:25:31.759 --> 00:25:31.900
 middle

00:25:31.900 --> 00:25:32.120
 of a

00:25:32.120 --> 00:25:32.799
 genealogy

00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:33.080
 in

00:25:33.080 --> 00:25:33.360
 Genesis

00:25:33.360 --> 00:25:33.840
 5

00:25:33.840 --> 00:25:34.259
 22

00:25:34.259 --> 00:25:34.519
 through

00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:35.000
 24

00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:36.600
 and

00:25:36.600 --> 00:25:36.720
 it

00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:36.920
 says

00:25:36.920 --> 00:25:37.059
 that

00:25:37.059 --> 00:25:37.160
 he

00:25:37.160 --> 00:25:37.460
 walked

00:25:37.460 --> 00:25:37.700
 with

00:25:37.700 --> 00:25:38.160
 God

00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:39.360
 and

00:25:39.360 --> 00:25:39.480
 that

00:25:39.480 --> 00:25:39.580
 he

00:25:39.580 --> 00:25:39.720
 was

00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:40.000
 taken

00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:40.360
 up

00:25:40.359 --> 00:25:41.859
 he

00:25:41.859 --> 00:25:44.179
 was

00:25:44.179 --> 00:25:48.819
 rewarded

00:25:48.819 --> 00:25:51.699
 by

00:25:51.699 --> 00:25:52.099
 being

00:25:52.099 --> 00:25:54.619
 spared

00:25:54.619 --> 00:25:55.299
 the

00:25:55.299 --> 00:25:55.639
 judgment

00:25:55.639 --> 00:25:55.879
 of

00:25:55.879 --> 00:25:56.279
 death

00:25:56.279 --> 00:25:58.119
 by

00:25:58.119 --> 00:25:58.339
 being

00:25:58.339 --> 00:25:58.659
 taken

00:25:58.659 --> 00:25:58.879
 up

00:25:58.879 --> 00:25:59.099
 into

00:25:59.099 --> 00:25:59.439
 heaven

00:25:59.439 --> 00:26:00.119
 because

00:26:00.119 --> 00:26:00.699
 he

00:26:00.699 --> 00:26:00.839
 had

00:26:00.839 --> 00:26:01.259
 walked

00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:01.740
 because

00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:02.059
 he

00:26:02.059 --> 00:26:02.240
 had

00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:02.679
 lived

00:26:02.679 --> 00:26:02.859
 a

00:26:02.859 --> 00:26:03.079
 life

00:26:03.079 --> 00:26:03.719
 seeking

00:26:03.719 --> 00:26:04.059
 to

00:26:04.059 --> 00:26:04.419
 please

00:26:04.419 --> 00:26:04.959
 God

00:26:04.959 --> 00:26:06.819
 what I

00:26:06.819 --> 00:26:06.979
 want

00:26:06.979 --> 00:26:07.179
 you to

00:26:07.179 --> 00:26:07.379
 see is

00:26:07.379 --> 00:26:07.639
 the writer

00:26:07.639 --> 00:26:07.799
 of

00:26:07.799 --> 00:26:08.099
 Hebrews

00:26:08.099 --> 00:26:08.699
 throws

00:26:08.699 --> 00:26:08.919
 out

00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:09.120
 these

00:26:09.120 --> 00:26:09.380
 two

00:26:09.380 --> 00:26:09.800
 examples

00:26:09.800 --> 00:26:10.140
 really

00:26:10.140 --> 00:26:10.539
 quickly

00:26:10.539 --> 00:26:11.259
 not

00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:11.620
 because

00:26:11.620 --> 00:26:11.860
 we're

00:26:11.860 --> 00:26:12.100
 supposed

00:26:12.100 --> 00:26:12.340
 to

00:26:12.340 --> 00:26:12.640
 dig

00:26:12.640 --> 00:26:12.980
 into

00:26:12.980 --> 00:26:13.240
 the

00:26:13.240 --> 00:26:13.720
 details

00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:14.100
 of

00:26:14.100 --> 00:26:14.279
 it

00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:14.720
 but

00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:15.019
 simply

00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:15.200
 to

00:26:15.200 --> 00:26:15.360
 say

00:26:15.360 --> 00:26:15.620
 look

00:26:15.620 --> 00:26:15.860
 these

00:26:15.860 --> 00:26:15.960
 are

00:26:15.960 --> 00:26:16.140
 two

00:26:16.140 --> 00:26:16.440
 men

00:26:16.440 --> 00:26:17.060
 they

00:26:17.060 --> 00:26:18.080
 sought

00:26:18.080 --> 00:26:18.300
 to

00:26:18.300 --> 00:26:18.680
 please

00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:19.100
 God

00:26:19.100 --> 00:26:19.720
 because

00:26:19.720 --> 00:26:19.980
 by

00:26:19.980 --> 00:26:20.340
 faith

00:26:20.340 --> 00:26:20.500
 they

00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:20.820
 believed

00:26:20.820 --> 00:26:21.000
 that

00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:21.240
 God

00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:21.460
 was

00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:21.860
 there

00:26:21.860 --> 00:26:22.440
 and

00:26:22.440 --> 00:26:22.580
 that

00:26:22.580 --> 00:26:22.700
 he

00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:22.880
 was

00:26:22.880 --> 00:26:23.000
 a

00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:23.560
 rewarder

00:26:23.560 --> 00:26:23.700
 of

00:26:23.700 --> 00:26:23.920
 those

00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:24.080
 who

00:26:24.080 --> 00:26:24.500
 diligently

00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:24.980
 seek

00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:25.259
 him

00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:25.859
 and

00:26:25.859 --> 00:26:25.879
 that

00:26:25.879 --> 00:26:26.079
 that

00:26:26.079 --> 00:26:26.180
 is

00:26:26.180 --> 00:26:26.400
 what

00:26:26.400 --> 00:26:27.099
 Abel

00:26:27.099 --> 00:26:27.400
 did

00:26:27.400 --> 00:26:27.700
 and

00:26:27.700 --> 00:26:27.879
 that

00:26:27.879 --> 00:26:27.980
 is

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.140
 what

00:26:28.140 --> 00:26:28.599
 Enoch

00:26:28.599 --> 00:26:29.000
 did

00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:29.420
 and

00:26:29.420 --> 00:26:29.660
 that's

00:26:29.660 --> 00:26:29.799
 why

00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:30.079
 verse

00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:30.400
 six

00:26:30.400 --> 00:26:30.599
 is

00:26:30.599 --> 00:26:30.720
 in

00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:30.879
 the

00:26:30.879 --> 00:26:31.140
 middle

00:26:31.140 --> 00:26:31.539
 of

00:26:31.539 --> 00:26:32.220
 this

00:26:32.220 --> 00:26:32.640
 section

00:26:32.640 --> 00:26:32.839
 and

00:26:32.839 --> 00:26:33.019
 not

00:26:33.019 --> 00:26:33.160
 in

00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:33.279
 the

00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:33.779
 definition

00:26:33.779 --> 00:26:34.099
 in

00:26:34.099 --> 00:26:34.339
 verses

00:26:34.339 --> 00:26:34.599
 one

00:26:34.599 --> 00:26:34.759
 through

00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:35.140
 three

00:26:35.140 --> 00:26:35.839
 because

00:26:35.839 --> 00:26:36.059
 he's

00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:36.200
 just

00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:36.359
 saying

00:26:36.359 --> 00:26:36.500
 do

00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:36.599
 you

00:26:36.599 --> 00:26:36.740
 see

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:36.980
 what's

00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:37.160
 going

00:26:37.160 --> 00:26:37.420
 on

00:26:37.420 --> 00:26:37.579
 here

00:26:37.579 --> 00:26:37.940
 these

00:26:37.940 --> 00:26:38.319
 guys

00:26:38.319 --> 00:26:39.079
 believed

00:26:39.079 --> 00:26:39.279
 that

00:26:39.279 --> 00:26:39.480
 God

00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:39.680
 was

00:26:39.680 --> 00:26:40.099
 there

00:26:40.099 --> 00:26:41.900
 and

00:26:41.900 --> 00:26:42.039
 they

00:26:42.039 --> 00:26:42.460
 sought

00:26:42.460 --> 00:26:43.480
 him

00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:44.140
 diligently

00:26:44.140 --> 00:26:46.379
 they

00:26:46.379 --> 00:26:46.680
 sought

00:26:46.680 --> 00:26:47.059
 his

00:26:47.059 --> 00:26:47.680
 reward

00:26:47.680 --> 00:26:48.519
 his

00:26:48.519 --> 00:26:49.440
 commendation

00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:50.339
 his

00:26:50.339 --> 00:26:50.720
 witness

00:26:50.720 --> 00:26:51.220
 of their

00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:51.700
 faith

00:26:51.700 --> 00:26:51.940
 that

00:26:51.940 --> 00:26:52.259
 they

00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:53.599
 believed

00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:53.899
 in

00:26:53.899 --> 00:26:54.219
 him

00:26:54.219 --> 00:26:54.480
 and

00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:54.919
 lived

00:26:54.919 --> 00:26:55.419
 for

00:26:55.419 --> 00:26:55.839
 him

00:26:55.839 --> 00:26:56.919
 in

00:26:56.919 --> 00:26:57.059
 the

00:26:57.059 --> 00:26:57.419
 world

00:26:57.419 --> 00:26:58.000
 and

00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:58.139
 then

00:26:58.139 --> 00:26:58.279
 we

00:26:58.279 --> 00:26:58.500
 come

00:26:58.500 --> 00:26:58.639
 to

00:26:58.639 --> 00:26:58.819
 the

00:26:58.819 --> 00:26:59.119
 last

00:26:59.119 --> 00:26:59.659
 example

00:26:59.659 --> 00:27:01.539
 in

00:27:01.539 --> 00:27:01.819
 verse

00:27:01.819 --> 00:27:02.199
 seven

00:27:02.199 --> 00:27:03.019
 the

00:27:03.019 --> 00:27:03.419
 story

00:27:03.419 --> 00:27:03.599
 of

00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:03.959
 Noah

00:27:03.959 --> 00:27:05.259
 Genesis

00:27:05.259 --> 00:27:06.319
 six

00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:06.559
 through

00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:07.079
 nine

00:27:07.079 --> 00:27:08.879
 he

00:27:08.879 --> 00:27:09.059
 was

00:27:09.059 --> 00:27:09.500
 described

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:09.679
 in

00:27:09.679 --> 00:27:09.939
 Genesis

00:27:09.939 --> 00:27:10.319
 six

00:27:10.319 --> 00:27:10.500
 as

00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:10.779
 having

00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:11.339
 someone

00:27:11.339 --> 00:27:11.519
 who

00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:11.639
 had

00:27:11.639 --> 00:27:11.879
 found

00:27:11.879 --> 00:27:12.279
 favor

00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:12.539
 with

00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:12.839
 God

00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:13.000
 who

00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:13.339
 walked

00:27:13.339 --> 00:27:13.559
 with

00:27:13.559 --> 00:27:13.879
 God

00:27:13.879 --> 00:27:14.339
 who

00:27:14.339 --> 00:27:14.500
 was

00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:14.899
 righteous

00:27:14.899 --> 00:27:15.359
 in

00:27:15.359 --> 00:27:15.539
 all

00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:15.719
 his

00:27:15.719 --> 00:27:15.980
 ways

00:27:15.980 --> 00:27:16.399
 and

00:27:16.399 --> 00:27:16.719
 he

00:27:16.719 --> 00:27:17.199
 stood

00:27:17.199 --> 00:27:17.699
 out

00:27:17.699 --> 00:27:18.319
 like

00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:18.500
 a

00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:18.740
 sore

00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.199
 thumb

00:27:19.199 --> 00:27:19.779
 in

00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:20.199
 fact

00:27:20.199 --> 00:27:20.679
 it

00:27:20.679 --> 00:27:20.980
 says

00:27:20.980 --> 00:27:21.159
 that

00:27:21.159 --> 00:27:21.319
 the

00:27:21.319 --> 00:27:21.699
 world

00:27:21.699 --> 00:27:21.919
 had

00:27:21.919 --> 00:27:22.199
 gotten

00:27:22.199 --> 00:27:22.639
 so

00:27:22.639 --> 00:27:23.099
 bad

00:27:23.099 --> 00:27:23.319
 that

00:27:23.599 --> 00:27:23.679
 God

00:27:23.679 --> 00:27:23.839
 had

00:27:23.839 --> 00:27:24.299
 repented

00:27:24.299 --> 00:27:24.539
 of

00:27:24.539 --> 00:27:26.139
 making

00:27:26.139 --> 00:27:26.539
 it

00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:27.179
 that

00:27:27.179 --> 00:27:27.579
 God

00:27:27.579 --> 00:27:28.159
 saw

00:27:28.159 --> 00:27:28.399
 that

00:27:28.399 --> 00:27:28.740
 men

00:27:28.740 --> 00:27:29.019
 did

00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:29.459
 all

00:27:29.459 --> 00:27:29.839
 evil

00:27:29.839 --> 00:27:30.439
 everywhere

00:27:30.439 --> 00:27:30.759
 all

00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:30.959
 the

00:27:30.959 --> 00:27:31.519
 time

00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:33.919
 you

00:27:33.919 --> 00:27:34.199
 couldn't

00:27:34.199 --> 00:27:34.359
 get

00:27:34.359 --> 00:27:34.599
 more

00:27:34.599 --> 00:27:35.279
 superlatives

00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:35.679
 to say

00:27:35.679 --> 00:27:35.859
 how

00:27:35.859 --> 00:27:36.419
 bad

00:27:36.419 --> 00:27:36.639
 the

00:27:36.639 --> 00:27:36.919
 world

00:27:36.919 --> 00:27:37.159
 was

00:27:37.159 --> 00:27:37.599
 how

00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:38.219
 dark

00:27:38.219 --> 00:27:38.399
 it

00:27:38.399 --> 00:27:38.539
 had

00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:39.179
 become

00:27:39.179 --> 00:27:41.019
 I

00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:41.219
 haven't

00:27:41.219 --> 00:27:41.500
 seen

00:27:41.500 --> 00:27:41.639
 the

00:27:41.639 --> 00:27:41.879
 movie

00:27:41.879 --> 00:27:42.219
 Noah

00:27:42.219 --> 00:27:42.740
 but

00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:42.879
 I

00:27:42.879 --> 00:27:43.079
 hear

00:27:43.079 --> 00:27:43.240
 that

00:27:43.240 --> 00:27:43.399
 one

00:27:43.399 --> 00:27:43.519
 of

00:27:43.519 --> 00:27:43.659
 its

00:27:43.659 --> 00:27:44.299
 strengths

00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:44.819
 is

00:27:44.819 --> 00:27:44.959
 that

00:27:44.959 --> 00:27:45.099
 it

00:27:45.099 --> 00:27:45.539
 depicts

00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:45.779
 the

00:27:45.779 --> 00:27:46.339
 darkness

00:27:46.339 --> 00:27:46.639
 of

00:27:46.639 --> 00:27:46.779
 the

00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:47.259
 world

00:27:47.259 --> 00:27:49.219
 not

00:27:49.219 --> 00:27:49.419
 even

00:27:49.419 --> 00:27:49.899
 recommending

00:27:49.899 --> 00:27:50.179
 it

00:27:50.179 --> 00:27:50.339
 I'm

00:27:50.339 --> 00:27:50.519
 just

00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:50.939
 saying

00:27:50.939 --> 00:27:51.439
 if

00:27:51.439 --> 00:27:51.659
 you've

00:27:51.659 --> 00:27:51.899
 seen

00:27:51.899 --> 00:27:52.179
 it

00:27:52.180 --> 00:27:57.259
 and in

00:27:57.259 --> 00:27:57.500
 the middle

00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:57.820
 of that

00:27:57.820 --> 00:27:58.400
 darkness

00:27:58.400 --> 00:27:59.279
 God

00:27:59.279 --> 00:27:59.820
 repented

00:27:59.820 --> 00:28:00.299
 of making

00:28:00.299 --> 00:28:00.799
 the world

00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:01.100
 God

00:28:01.100 --> 00:28:01.680
 wished

00:28:01.680 --> 00:28:03.360
 that he

00:28:03.360 --> 00:28:03.640
 could

00:28:03.640 --> 00:28:04.720
 destroy

00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:05.420
 the evil

00:28:05.420 --> 00:28:06.039
 because it

00:28:06.039 --> 00:28:06.759
 was so

00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:07.360
 terrible

00:28:07.360 --> 00:28:09.440
 and yet

00:28:09.440 --> 00:28:09.900
 this one

00:28:09.900 --> 00:28:10.180
 man

00:28:10.180 --> 00:28:10.460
 Noah

00:28:10.460 --> 00:28:11.100
 stood out

00:28:11.100 --> 00:28:12.120
 and God

00:28:12.120 --> 00:28:12.880
 came to

00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:13.140
 him

00:28:13.140 --> 00:28:13.640
 and God

00:28:13.640 --> 00:28:14.480
 told him

00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:15.100
 of an

00:28:15.100 --> 00:28:15.660
 unseen

00:28:15.660 --> 00:28:16.100
 future

00:28:16.100 --> 00:28:16.460
 thing

00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:16.759
 that was

00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:17.039
 going to

00:28:17.039 --> 00:28:17.380
 happen

00:28:17.380 --> 00:28:17.840
 he

00:28:17.840 --> 00:28:18.120
 said

00:28:18.120 --> 00:28:18.460
 Noah

00:28:18.460 --> 00:28:18.680
 the

00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:18.960
 day

00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:19.180
 is

00:28:19.180 --> 00:28:19.540
 coming

00:28:19.540 --> 00:28:19.760
 where

00:28:19.760 --> 00:28:19.960
 there

00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:20.080
 will

00:28:20.080 --> 00:28:20.240
 be

00:28:20.240 --> 00:28:20.980
 deliverance

00:28:20.980 --> 00:28:21.200
 and

00:28:21.200 --> 00:28:21.360
 there

00:28:21.360 --> 00:28:21.480
 will

00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:21.640
 be

00:28:21.640 --> 00:28:22.100
 judgment

00:28:22.100 --> 00:28:25.200
 and I

00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:25.400
 want

00:28:25.400 --> 00:28:25.840
 you

00:28:25.840 --> 00:28:26.860
 to

00:28:26.860 --> 00:28:27.120
 build

00:28:27.120 --> 00:28:27.320
 an

00:28:27.320 --> 00:28:27.680
 ark

00:28:27.680 --> 00:28:29.040
 so

00:28:29.040 --> 00:28:29.220
 that

00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:29.420
 this

00:28:29.420 --> 00:28:30.140
 deliverance

00:28:30.140 --> 00:28:30.360
 will

00:28:30.360 --> 00:28:30.760
 happen

00:28:30.760 --> 00:28:31.800
 I

00:28:31.800 --> 00:28:32.040
 want

00:28:32.040 --> 00:28:32.320
 you

00:28:32.320 --> 00:28:32.580
 to

00:28:32.580 --> 00:28:33.140
 obey

00:28:33.140 --> 00:28:35.080
 and

00:28:35.080 --> 00:28:35.380
 says

00:28:35.380 --> 00:28:35.600
 that

00:28:35.600 --> 00:28:35.900
 Noah

00:28:35.900 --> 00:28:36.280
 did

00:28:36.280 --> 00:28:36.720
 all

00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:36.960
 that

00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:37.400
 God

00:28:37.400 --> 00:28:38.680
 told

00:28:38.680 --> 00:28:38.880
 him

00:28:38.880 --> 00:28:39.160
 to

00:28:39.160 --> 00:28:39.800
 he

00:28:39.800 --> 00:28:40.060
 built

00:28:40.060 --> 00:28:40.260
 a

00:28:40.260 --> 00:28:40.540
 four

00:28:40.540 --> 00:28:40.840
 story

00:28:40.840 --> 00:28:41.340
 boat

00:28:41.340 --> 00:28:41.920
 in

00:28:41.920 --> 00:28:42.040
 the

00:28:42.040 --> 00:28:42.240
 middle

00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:42.560
 of

00:28:42.560 --> 00:28:43.060
 the

00:28:43.060 --> 00:28:43.520
 arid

00:28:43.520 --> 00:28:44.200
 high

00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:44.860
 plains

00:28:44.860 --> 00:28:45.420
 of

00:28:45.420 --> 00:28:45.720
 upper

00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:46.640
 Mesopotamia

00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:47.500
 there

00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:47.720
 is

00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:48.900
 probably

00:28:48.900 --> 00:28:49.600
 no

00:28:49.600 --> 00:28:50.000
 boat

00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:50.380
 that

00:28:50.380 --> 00:28:50.900
 size

00:28:50.900 --> 00:28:51.520
 ever

00:28:51.520 --> 00:28:51.880
 built

00:28:51.880 --> 00:28:52.340
 anywhere

00:28:52.340 --> 00:28:52.880
 in

00:28:52.880 --> 00:28:53.140
 that

00:28:53.140 --> 00:28:54.900
 millennia

00:28:54.900 --> 00:28:56.540
 it

00:28:56.540 --> 00:28:56.720
 was

00:28:56.720 --> 00:28:56.980
 so

00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:57.520
 large

00:28:57.520 --> 00:28:59.759
 and

00:28:59.759 --> 00:28:59.860
 it

00:28:59.860 --> 00:29:00.020
 was

00:29:00.020 --> 00:29:00.240
 not

00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:00.580
 built

00:29:00.580 --> 00:29:01.520
 near

00:29:01.520 --> 00:29:01.860
 any

00:29:01.860 --> 00:29:02.140
 body

00:29:02.140 --> 00:29:02.340
 of

00:29:02.340 --> 00:29:02.700
 water

00:29:02.700 --> 00:29:03.580
 large

00:29:03.580 --> 00:29:03.840
 enough

00:29:03.840 --> 00:29:04.040
 to

00:29:04.040 --> 00:29:04.300
 hold

00:29:04.300 --> 00:29:04.540
 it

00:29:04.540 --> 00:29:06.380
 I

00:29:06.380 --> 00:29:06.480
 don't

00:29:06.480 --> 00:29:06.540
 know

00:29:06.540 --> 00:29:06.640
 if

00:29:06.640 --> 00:29:06.759
 you're

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:06.980
 Keith

00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:07.240
 Green

00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:07.780
 fans

00:29:07.780 --> 00:29:08.460
 do

00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:08.520
 you

00:29:08.520 --> 00:29:08.680
 guys

00:29:08.680 --> 00:29:08.860
 know

00:29:08.860 --> 00:29:09.100
 Keith

00:29:09.100 --> 00:29:09.400
 Green

00:29:09.400 --> 00:29:09.740
 you

00:29:09.740 --> 00:29:09.940
 just

00:29:09.940 --> 00:29:10.160
 think

00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:10.440
 about

00:29:10.440 --> 00:29:10.759
 Noah

00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:11.200
 toting

00:29:11.200 --> 00:29:11.380
 his

00:29:11.380 --> 00:29:11.759
 umbrella

00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:11.980
 when

00:29:11.980 --> 00:29:12.100
 there

00:29:12.100 --> 00:29:12.380
 wasn't

00:29:12.380 --> 00:29:12.500
 a

00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:12.759
 cloud

00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:12.900
 in

00:29:12.900 --> 00:29:13.000
 the

00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:13.360
 sky

00:29:13.360 --> 00:29:14.120
 all

00:29:14.120 --> 00:29:14.259
 his

00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:14.560
 neighbors

00:29:14.560 --> 00:29:14.800
 would

00:29:14.800 --> 00:29:15.080
 laugh

00:29:15.080 --> 00:29:15.240
 when

00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:15.380
 he

00:29:15.380 --> 00:29:15.540
 would

00:29:15.540 --> 00:29:15.860
 pass

00:29:15.860 --> 00:29:16.080
 by

00:29:16.079 --> 00:29:16.319
 and

00:29:16.319 --> 00:29:16.480
 they

00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:16.819
 snickered

00:29:16.819 --> 00:29:16.939
 when

00:29:16.939 --> 00:29:17.059
 he

00:29:17.059 --> 00:29:17.399
 passed

00:29:17.399 --> 00:29:17.720
 by

00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:18.859
 and

00:29:18.859 --> 00:29:19.179
 God

00:29:19.179 --> 00:29:19.399
 said

00:29:19.399 --> 00:29:19.619
 don't

00:29:19.619 --> 00:29:19.819
 worry

00:29:19.819 --> 00:29:20.139
 Noah

00:29:20.139 --> 00:29:20.399
 you

00:29:20.399 --> 00:29:20.619
 know

00:29:20.619 --> 00:29:21.859
 just

00:29:21.859 --> 00:29:22.059
 keep

00:29:22.059 --> 00:29:22.299
 building

00:29:22.299 --> 00:29:22.519
 that

00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:22.839
 boat

00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:23.740
 just

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:23.879
 a

00:29:23.879 --> 00:29:24.019
 matter

00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:24.159
 of

00:29:24.159 --> 00:29:24.399
 time

00:29:24.399 --> 00:29:24.559
 till

00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:24.720
 we

00:29:24.720 --> 00:29:24.899
 see

00:29:24.899 --> 00:29:25.099
 who's

00:29:25.099 --> 00:29:25.220
 going

00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:25.319
 to

00:29:25.319 --> 00:29:25.619
 float

00:29:25.619 --> 00:29:26.220
 so

00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:27.159
 anyway

00:29:27.159 --> 00:29:31.819
 but

00:29:31.819 --> 00:29:31.980
 when

00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:32.119
 you

00:29:32.119 --> 00:29:32.339
 think

00:29:32.339 --> 00:29:32.639
 about

00:29:32.639 --> 00:29:32.799
 it

00:29:32.799 --> 00:29:33.220
 Noah

00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:36.079
 stood

00:29:36.079 --> 00:29:36.359
 out

00:29:36.359 --> 00:29:37.359
 completely

00:29:37.359 --> 00:29:38.199
 from

00:29:38.199 --> 00:29:38.359
 the

00:29:38.359 --> 00:29:38.599
 world

00:29:38.599 --> 00:29:38.939
 around

00:29:38.939 --> 00:29:39.199
 him

00:29:39.199 --> 00:29:39.639
 he

00:29:39.639 --> 00:29:39.960
 must

00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:40.179
 have

00:29:40.179 --> 00:29:40.519
 looked

00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:40.819
 like

00:29:40.819 --> 00:29:41.039
 an

00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:41.639
 absolute

00:29:41.639 --> 00:29:42.240
 fool

00:29:42.240 --> 00:29:43.379
 he

00:29:43.379 --> 00:29:43.720
 must

00:29:43.720 --> 00:29:43.919
 have

00:29:43.919 --> 00:29:44.220
 looked

00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:44.519
 like

00:29:44.519 --> 00:29:44.779
 an

00:29:44.779 --> 00:29:45.259
 idiot

00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:47.319
 he

00:29:47.319 --> 00:29:47.640
 must

00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:47.839
 have

00:29:47.839 --> 00:29:48.099
 looked

00:29:48.099 --> 00:29:48.359
 like

00:29:48.359 --> 00:29:48.519
 he

00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:48.700
 was

00:29:48.700 --> 00:29:49.359
 crazy

00:29:49.359 --> 00:29:52.799
 and yet

00:29:52.799 --> 00:29:53.140
 the writer

00:29:53.140 --> 00:29:53.339
 of

00:29:53.339 --> 00:29:53.759
 Hebrews

00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:55.000
 tells

00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:55.720
 us

00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:58.359
 that by

00:29:58.359 --> 00:29:58.900
 faith

00:29:58.900 --> 00:29:59.440
 he did

00:29:59.440 --> 00:29:59.940
 this

00:29:59.940 --> 00:30:01.960
 he put

00:30:01.960 --> 00:30:02.440
 on

00:30:02.440 --> 00:30:03.940
 the lens

00:30:03.940 --> 00:30:04.539
 of faith

00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:04.940
 and he

00:30:04.940 --> 00:30:05.619
 saw that

00:30:05.619 --> 00:30:06.200
 what God

00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:06.640
 had said

00:30:06.640 --> 00:30:07.039
 about the

00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:07.299
 world

00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:08.079
 was true

00:30:08.079 --> 00:30:08.680
 and he

00:30:08.680 --> 00:30:09.240
 changed

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:09.980
 his life

00:30:09.980 --> 00:30:10.640
 in accordance

00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:11.500
 to it

00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:12.619
 he

00:30:12.619 --> 00:30:13.099
 believed

00:30:13.099 --> 00:30:13.500
 he

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:14.980
 believed

00:30:14.980 --> 00:30:16.059
 that God

00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:17.660
 would

00:30:17.660 --> 00:30:18.599
 deliver

00:30:18.599 --> 00:30:19.019
 his

00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:19.740
 family

00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:22.019
 by

00:30:22.019 --> 00:30:22.319
 this

00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:22.779
 boat

00:30:22.779 --> 00:30:26.480
 and

00:30:26.480 --> 00:30:26.720
 by

00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:26.980
 his

00:30:26.980 --> 00:30:27.880
 faithfulness

00:30:27.880 --> 00:30:30.000
 he

00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:30.420
 condemned

00:30:30.420 --> 00:30:30.900
 the world

00:30:30.900 --> 00:30:31.299
 around

00:30:31.299 --> 00:30:31.660
 him

00:30:31.660 --> 00:30:32.380
 as it

00:30:32.380 --> 00:30:32.559
 says

00:30:32.559 --> 00:30:32.740
 in

00:30:32.740 --> 00:30:32.960
 verse

00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:33.339
 seven

00:30:33.339 --> 00:30:34.579
 Charles

00:30:34.579 --> 00:30:34.960
 Spurgeon

00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:35.339
 says

00:30:35.339 --> 00:30:35.619
 the way

00:30:35.619 --> 00:30:35.920
 you know

00:30:35.920 --> 00:30:36.279
 a crooked

00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:36.740
 stick

00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:37.460
 is by

00:30:37.460 --> 00:30:37.799
 placing

00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:38.240
 a straight

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:38.460
 one

00:30:38.460 --> 00:30:38.700
 next

00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:39.019
 to it

00:30:39.019 --> 00:30:39.440
 you

00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:39.599
 can

00:30:39.599 --> 00:30:39.799
 tell

00:30:39.799 --> 00:30:39.980
 how

00:30:39.980 --> 00:30:40.259
 crooked

00:30:40.259 --> 00:30:40.460
 it

00:30:40.460 --> 00:30:40.799
 is

00:30:40.799 --> 00:30:43.019
 doesn't

00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:43.200
 mean

00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:43.440
 Noah

00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:43.980
 preached

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:44.819
 condemnation

00:30:44.819 --> 00:30:45.240
 to his

00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:45.599
 neighbors

00:30:45.599 --> 00:30:46.680
 it

00:30:46.680 --> 00:30:46.960
 simply

00:30:46.960 --> 00:30:47.240
 meant

00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:47.419
 that

00:30:47.419 --> 00:30:47.579
 by

00:30:47.579 --> 00:30:47.859
 his

00:30:47.859 --> 00:30:48.460
 righteous

00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:49.240
 faithful

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:49.819
 obedience

00:30:49.819 --> 00:30:50.200
 to

00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:50.619
 God

00:30:50.619 --> 00:30:52.639
 he

00:30:52.639 --> 00:30:53.500
 demonstrated

00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:55.299
 the

00:30:55.299 --> 00:30:56.119
 unrighteousness

00:30:56.119 --> 00:30:56.419
 and the

00:30:56.419 --> 00:30:56.700
 evil

00:30:56.700 --> 00:30:57.299
 of all

00:30:57.299 --> 00:30:57.859
 around

00:30:57.859 --> 00:30:58.279
 him

00:30:58.279 --> 00:31:03.899
 the

00:31:03.899 --> 00:31:04.180
 writer of

00:31:04.180 --> 00:31:04.279
 the

00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:04.539
 Hebrews

00:31:04.539 --> 00:31:05.240
 brings up

00:31:05.240 --> 00:31:05.519
 Noah

00:31:05.519 --> 00:31:06.039
 to say

00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:06.779
 this is a

00:31:06.779 --> 00:31:07.279
 man who

00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:07.759
 lived

00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:08.059
 by

00:31:08.059 --> 00:31:08.619
 faith

00:31:08.619 --> 00:31:09.759
 because

00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:09.919
 he

00:31:09.919 --> 00:31:10.279
 saw

00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:10.539
 the

00:31:10.539 --> 00:31:10.819
 world

00:31:10.819 --> 00:31:11.000
 the

00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:11.139
 way

00:31:11.139 --> 00:31:11.579
 God

00:31:11.579 --> 00:31:12.039
 defined

00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:12.220
 it

00:31:12.220 --> 00:31:12.559
 not

00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:12.819
 the

00:31:12.819 --> 00:31:13.099
 way

00:31:13.099 --> 00:31:13.420
 his

00:31:13.420 --> 00:31:13.839
 neighbors

00:31:13.839 --> 00:31:14.660
 would

00:31:14.660 --> 00:31:14.879
 have

00:31:14.879 --> 00:31:15.299
 seen

00:31:15.299 --> 00:31:15.599
 it

00:31:15.599 --> 00:31:19.059
 and so

00:31:19.059 --> 00:31:19.279
 he

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:19.500
 was

00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:20.039
 declared

00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:20.920
 righteous

00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:22.359
 righteous

00:31:22.359 --> 00:31:23.019
 not because

00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:23.440
 he was

00:31:23.440 --> 00:31:23.839
 morally

00:31:23.839 --> 00:31:24.480
 perfect

00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:25.799
 but as

00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:26.119
 it says

00:31:26.119 --> 00:31:26.480
 in verse

00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:26.799
 seven

00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:27.259
 in fact

00:31:27.259 --> 00:31:27.879
 he became

00:31:27.879 --> 00:31:28.460
 an heir

00:31:28.460 --> 00:31:28.879
 of the

00:31:28.879 --> 00:31:29.319
 righteousness

00:31:29.319 --> 00:31:30.139
 that comes

00:31:30.139 --> 00:31:30.440
 by

00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:31.000
 faith

00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:33.339
 friends

00:31:33.339 --> 00:31:33.619
 we have

00:31:33.619 --> 00:31:33.879
 to get

00:31:33.879 --> 00:31:34.099
 this

00:31:34.099 --> 00:31:34.500
 right

00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:35.579
 faith

00:31:35.579 --> 00:31:35.899
 isn't

00:31:35.899 --> 00:31:36.240
 another

00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:36.740
 work

00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:37.379
 that we

00:31:37.379 --> 00:31:37.599
 have

00:31:37.599 --> 00:31:38.099
 to do

00:31:38.099 --> 00:31:38.559
 so that

00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:38.859
 God

00:31:38.859 --> 00:31:39.200
 will be

00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:39.559
 pleased

00:31:39.559 --> 00:31:39.839
 with

00:31:39.839 --> 00:31:40.240
 us

00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:40.940
 because

00:31:40.940 --> 00:31:41.240
 we

00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:41.480
 do

00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:41.659
 it

00:31:41.659 --> 00:31:41.980
 so

00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:42.440
 well

00:31:42.440 --> 00:31:42.720
 or

00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:43.000
 because

00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:43.319
 we

00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:43.559
 do

00:31:43.559 --> 00:31:43.740
 it

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:44.019
 so

00:31:44.019 --> 00:31:44.460
 rightly

00:31:44.460 --> 00:31:45.779
 faith

00:31:45.779 --> 00:31:46.200
 is a

00:31:46.200 --> 00:31:46.500
 gift

00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:46.759
 that

00:31:46.759 --> 00:31:47.299
 God

00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:47.740
 gives

00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:48.220
 us

00:31:48.220 --> 00:31:49.960
 so

00:31:49.960 --> 00:31:50.099
 that

00:31:50.099 --> 00:31:50.259
 we

00:31:50.259 --> 00:31:50.440
 can

00:31:50.440 --> 00:31:50.859
 see

00:31:50.859 --> 00:31:51.339
 him

00:31:51.339 --> 00:31:52.059
 and

00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:52.299
 see

00:31:52.299 --> 00:31:52.599
 his

00:31:52.599 --> 00:31:53.379
 faithfulness

00:31:53.379 --> 00:31:53.779
 and

00:31:53.779 --> 00:31:53.980
 see

00:31:53.980 --> 00:31:54.279
 his

00:31:54.279 --> 00:31:54.819
 power

00:31:54.819 --> 00:31:55.279
 and

00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:55.500
 see

00:31:55.500 --> 00:31:55.819
 his

00:31:55.819 --> 00:31:56.500
 reality

00:31:56.500 --> 00:31:57.000
 and

00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:57.220
 see

00:31:57.220 --> 00:31:57.579
 his

00:31:57.579 --> 00:31:58.220
 salvation

00:31:58.220 --> 00:31:58.779
 and

00:31:58.779 --> 00:31:59.000
 see

00:31:59.000 --> 00:31:59.319
 his

00:31:59.319 --> 00:31:59.919
 deliverance

00:31:59.919 --> 00:32:00.279
 more

00:32:00.279 --> 00:32:00.879
 clearly

00:32:00.880 --> 00:32:04.340
 because

00:32:04.340 --> 00:32:04.680
 when

00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:05.100
 that

00:32:05.100 --> 00:32:05.320
 is

00:32:05.320 --> 00:32:05.760
 true

00:32:05.760 --> 00:32:08.080
 then

00:32:08.080 --> 00:32:10.320
 we

00:32:10.320 --> 00:32:10.500
 will

00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:10.720
 be

00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:11.240
 saved

00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:12.260
 not

00:32:12.260 --> 00:32:12.640
 because

00:32:12.640 --> 00:32:12.880
 we

00:32:12.880 --> 00:32:13.540
 believed

00:32:13.540 --> 00:32:14.600
 but

00:32:14.600 --> 00:32:14.860
 because

00:32:14.860 --> 00:32:15.060
 of

00:32:15.060 --> 00:32:15.240
 what

00:32:15.240 --> 00:32:15.700
 God

00:32:15.700 --> 00:32:15.960
 has

00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:16.400
 done

00:32:16.400 --> 00:32:16.700
 and

00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:17.060
 the

00:32:17.060 --> 00:32:17.480
 thing

00:32:17.480 --> 00:32:18.000
 that

00:32:18.000 --> 00:32:18.160
 we

00:32:18.160 --> 00:32:18.360
 have

00:32:18.360 --> 00:32:18.680
 put

00:32:18.680 --> 00:32:18.920
 our

00:32:18.920 --> 00:32:19.460
 faith

00:32:19.460 --> 00:32:20.040
 in

00:32:20.040 --> 00:32:23.080
 this

00:32:23.080 --> 00:32:23.240
 is

00:32:23.240 --> 00:32:23.600
 why

00:32:23.600 --> 00:32:23.880
 at

00:32:23.880 --> 00:32:24.000
 the

00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:24.200
 end

00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:24.440
 of

00:32:24.440 --> 00:32:25.540
 chapter

00:32:25.540 --> 00:32:26.000
 10

00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:26.540
 the

00:32:26.540 --> 00:32:26.720
 writer

00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:26.860
 of

00:32:26.860 --> 00:32:27.160
 Hebrews

00:32:27.160 --> 00:32:27.680
 quotes

00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:28.420
 Habakkuk

00:32:28.420 --> 00:32:28.960
 2

00:32:28.960 --> 00:32:29.340
 form

00:32:29.339 --> 00:32:29.759
 the

00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:30.079
 righteous

00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:30.459
 shall

00:32:30.459 --> 00:32:30.720
 live

00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:30.939
 by

00:32:30.939 --> 00:32:31.419
 faith

00:32:31.419 --> 00:32:32.879
 this

00:32:32.879 --> 00:32:33.039
 is

00:32:33.039 --> 00:32:33.480
 why

00:32:33.480 --> 00:32:33.899
 the

00:32:33.899 --> 00:32:34.379
 context

00:32:34.379 --> 00:32:34.579
 of

00:32:34.579 --> 00:32:34.720
 the

00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:34.980
 whole

00:32:34.980 --> 00:32:35.220
 book

00:32:35.220 --> 00:32:35.379
 is

00:32:35.379 --> 00:32:35.619
 so

00:32:35.619 --> 00:32:36.099
 important

00:32:36.099 --> 00:32:37.079
 because

00:32:37.079 --> 00:32:37.359
 we

00:32:37.359 --> 00:32:37.539
 could

00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:37.740
 read

00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:37.939
 this

00:32:37.939 --> 00:32:38.259
 chapter

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:38.419
 and

00:32:38.419 --> 00:32:38.639
 just

00:32:38.639 --> 00:32:38.939
 think

00:32:38.939 --> 00:32:39.339
 you

00:32:39.339 --> 00:32:39.559
 should

00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:39.959
 believe

00:32:39.959 --> 00:32:40.379
 harder

00:32:40.379 --> 00:32:40.679
 or

00:32:40.679 --> 00:32:41.099
 believe

00:32:41.099 --> 00:32:41.599
 more

00:32:41.599 --> 00:32:44.139
 but

00:32:44.139 --> 00:32:44.299
 he's

00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:44.500
 given

00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:44.659
 you

00:32:44.659 --> 00:32:44.980
 10

00:32:44.980 --> 00:32:45.459
 chapters

00:32:45.459 --> 00:32:45.720
 of

00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:46.039
 what

00:32:46.039 --> 00:32:46.240
 you

00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:46.379
 are

00:32:46.379 --> 00:32:46.559
 to

00:32:46.559 --> 00:32:47.019
 believe

00:32:47.019 --> 00:32:47.399
 in

00:32:47.399 --> 00:32:47.659
 so

00:32:47.659 --> 00:32:47.839
 that

00:32:47.839 --> 00:32:48.000
 you

00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:48.199
 may

00:32:48.199 --> 00:32:48.439
 be

00:32:48.439 --> 00:32:48.899
 saved

00:32:48.899 --> 00:32:50.639
 that

00:32:50.639 --> 00:32:51.359
 Jesus

00:32:51.359 --> 00:32:52.720
 offered

00:32:52.720 --> 00:32:53.559
 the

00:32:53.559 --> 00:32:54.259
 sacrifice

00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:55.119
 necessary

00:32:55.119 --> 00:32:55.459
 that

00:32:55.459 --> 00:32:56.000
 Jesus

00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:57.379
 died

00:32:57.379 --> 00:32:57.699
 on

00:32:57.699 --> 00:32:57.859
 the

00:32:57.859 --> 00:32:58.399
 cross

00:32:58.400 --> 00:32:59.740
 for

00:32:59.740 --> 00:32:59.940
 the

00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:00.540
 salvation

00:33:00.540 --> 00:33:00.940
 of

00:33:00.940 --> 00:33:01.460
 wicked

00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:02.980
 selfish

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:03.980
 self

00:33:03.980 --> 00:33:04.540
 important

00:33:04.540 --> 00:33:05.600
 people

00:33:05.600 --> 00:33:06.500
 like

00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:06.940
 you

00:33:06.940 --> 00:33:07.300
 and

00:33:07.300 --> 00:33:07.620
 me

00:33:07.620 --> 00:33:09.160
 and

00:33:09.160 --> 00:33:09.280
 that

00:33:09.280 --> 00:33:09.420
 when

00:33:09.420 --> 00:33:09.560
 we

00:33:09.560 --> 00:33:09.960
 put

00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:10.220
 our

00:33:10.220 --> 00:33:10.720
 faith

00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:11.040
 in

00:33:11.040 --> 00:33:11.280
 what

00:33:11.280 --> 00:33:11.759
 he

00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:12.019
 has

00:33:12.019 --> 00:33:12.320
 done

00:33:12.320 --> 00:33:12.860
 when

00:33:12.860 --> 00:33:13.040
 we

00:33:13.040 --> 00:33:13.680
 trust

00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:13.920
 in

00:33:13.920 --> 00:33:14.180
 that

00:33:14.180 --> 00:33:14.540
 when

00:33:14.540 --> 00:33:14.700
 we

00:33:14.700 --> 00:33:15.200
 acknowledge

00:33:15.200 --> 00:33:15.519
 it's

00:33:15.519 --> 00:33:15.840
 true

00:33:15.840 --> 00:33:16.360
 when

00:33:16.360 --> 00:33:16.519
 we

00:33:16.519 --> 00:33:16.940
 assent

00:33:16.940 --> 00:33:17.080
 that

00:33:17.080 --> 00:33:17.220
 we

00:33:17.220 --> 00:33:17.600
 agree

00:33:17.600 --> 00:33:17.880
 with

00:33:17.880 --> 00:33:18.100
 it

00:33:18.100 --> 00:33:18.519
 and

00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:18.740
 then

00:33:18.740 --> 00:33:18.960
 when

00:33:18.960 --> 00:33:19.160
 we

00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:19.780
 trust

00:33:19.780 --> 00:33:20.000
 in

00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:20.259
 it

00:33:20.259 --> 00:33:22.280
 when

00:33:22.280 --> 00:33:22.380
 we

00:33:22.380 --> 00:33:22.860
 forsake

00:33:22.860 --> 00:33:23.120
 all

00:33:23.120 --> 00:33:23.240
 of

00:33:23.240 --> 00:33:23.400
 our

00:33:23.400 --> 00:33:23.740
 other

00:33:23.740 --> 00:33:24.140
 self

00:33:24.140 --> 00:33:24.700
 salvation

00:33:24.700 --> 00:33:25.380
 projects

00:33:25.380 --> 00:33:26.200
 to put

00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:26.460
 all

00:33:26.460 --> 00:33:26.740
 of our

00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:26.960
 eggs

00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:27.380
 in one

00:33:27.380 --> 00:33:27.820
 basket

00:33:27.819 --> 00:33:28.200
 and to

00:33:28.200 --> 00:33:28.399
 say

00:33:28.399 --> 00:33:29.000
 this

00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:29.859
 is my

00:33:29.859 --> 00:33:30.399
 only

00:33:30.399 --> 00:33:30.980
 hope

00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:33.799
 of

00:33:33.799 --> 00:33:34.059
 drawing

00:33:34.059 --> 00:33:34.259
 near

00:33:34.259 --> 00:33:34.480
 to

00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:34.899
 God

00:33:34.899 --> 00:33:39.700
 this

00:33:39.700 --> 00:33:40.019
 is how

00:33:40.019 --> 00:33:40.359
 we are

00:33:40.359 --> 00:33:40.859
 saved

00:33:40.859 --> 00:33:43.559
 and

00:33:43.559 --> 00:33:43.720
 this

00:33:43.720 --> 00:33:43.879
 is

00:33:43.879 --> 00:33:44.039
 meant

00:33:44.039 --> 00:33:44.339
 to be

00:33:44.339 --> 00:33:44.500
 an

00:33:44.500 --> 00:33:45.000
 encouragement

00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:47.399
 to the

00:33:47.399 --> 00:33:47.740
 Hebrews

00:33:47.740 --> 00:33:48.099
 who are

00:33:48.099 --> 00:33:48.460
 facing

00:33:48.460 --> 00:33:49.220
 persecution

00:33:49.220 --> 00:33:50.179
 who are

00:33:50.179 --> 00:33:50.500
 losing

00:33:50.500 --> 00:33:50.759
 their

00:33:50.759 --> 00:33:51.240
 possessions

00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:51.639
 and

00:33:51.639 --> 00:33:52.359
 possibly

00:33:52.359 --> 00:33:52.799
 even

00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:53.019
 their

00:33:53.019 --> 00:33:53.679
 lives

00:33:53.680 --> 00:33:57.420
 the

00:33:57.420 --> 00:33:57.580
 writer

00:33:57.580 --> 00:33:57.720
 of

00:33:57.720 --> 00:33:58.000
 Hebrews

00:33:58.000 --> 00:33:58.920
 saying

00:33:58.920 --> 00:33:59.460
 hang

00:33:59.460 --> 00:33:59.640
 in

00:33:59.640 --> 00:33:59.880
 there

00:33:59.880 --> 00:34:00.580
 hold

00:34:00.580 --> 00:34:00.840
 on

00:34:00.840 --> 00:34:01.060
 to

00:34:01.060 --> 00:34:01.500
 faith

00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:02.600
 because

00:34:02.600 --> 00:34:03.120
 faith

00:34:03.120 --> 00:34:03.340
 will

00:34:03.340 --> 00:34:03.660
 hold

00:34:03.660 --> 00:34:03.960
 on

00:34:03.960 --> 00:34:04.299
 to

00:34:04.299 --> 00:34:05.660
 God

00:34:05.660 --> 00:34:06.380
 and

00:34:06.380 --> 00:34:06.640
 his

00:34:06.640 --> 00:34:07.180
 reality

00:34:07.180 --> 00:34:10.480
 and

00:34:10.480 --> 00:34:10.780
 as you

00:34:10.780 --> 00:34:11.039
 hold

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:11.400
 on

00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:12.280
 God

00:34:12.280 --> 00:34:12.460
 will

00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:12.880
 preserve

00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:13.200
 you

00:34:13.200 --> 00:34:13.860
 and

00:34:13.860 --> 00:34:14.000
 the

00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:14.360
 promises

00:34:14.360 --> 00:34:14.619
 will

00:34:14.619 --> 00:34:14.860
 come

00:34:14.860 --> 00:34:15.260
 true

00:34:15.260 --> 00:34:15.840
 though

00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:16.039
 they

00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:16.360
 take

00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:16.539
 your

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:17.000
 life

00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:18.159
 they

00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:18.460
 cannot

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:18.820
 take

00:34:18.820 --> 00:34:18.960
 you

00:34:18.960 --> 00:34:19.099
 out

00:34:19.099 --> 00:34:19.180
 of

00:34:19.180 --> 00:34:19.320
 the

00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:19.579
 hands

00:34:19.579 --> 00:34:19.760
 of

00:34:19.760 --> 00:34:20.139
 God

00:34:20.139 --> 00:34:21.019
 though

00:34:21.019 --> 00:34:21.179
 they

00:34:21.179 --> 00:34:21.460
 take

00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:21.619
 your

00:34:21.619 --> 00:34:22.099
 career

00:34:22.099 --> 00:34:22.779
 they

00:34:22.779 --> 00:34:23.099
 cannot

00:34:23.099 --> 00:34:23.500
 take

00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:23.659
 your

00:34:23.659 --> 00:34:24.019
 identity

00:34:24.019 --> 00:34:24.339
 in

00:34:24.339 --> 00:34:24.799
 Christ

00:34:24.799 --> 00:34:26.519
 though

00:34:26.519 --> 00:34:26.639
 they

00:34:26.639 --> 00:34:26.920
 take

00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:27.079
 your

00:34:27.079 --> 00:34:27.460
 children

00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:27.940
 they

00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:28.259
 cannot

00:34:28.259 --> 00:34:28.639
 take

00:34:28.639 --> 00:34:28.779
 you

00:34:28.779 --> 00:34:28.940
 out

00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:29.019
 of

00:34:29.019 --> 00:34:29.179
 the

00:34:29.179 --> 00:34:29.500
 family

00:34:29.500 --> 00:34:29.739
 of

00:34:29.739 --> 00:34:30.099
 God

00:34:30.099 --> 00:34:33.079
 whatever

00:34:33.079 --> 00:34:33.739
 it

00:34:33.739 --> 00:34:34.059
 might

00:34:34.059 --> 00:34:34.559
 be

00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:39.739
 you

00:34:39.739 --> 00:34:40.299
 have

00:34:40.299 --> 00:34:41.159
 by

00:34:41.159 --> 00:34:41.699
 faith

00:34:41.699 --> 00:34:42.920
 all

00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:44.379
 that

00:34:44.379 --> 00:34:44.539
 you

00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:44.879
 need

00:34:44.879 --> 00:34:47.719
 and

00:34:47.719 --> 00:34:47.859
 it's

00:34:47.859 --> 00:34:48.039
 meant

00:34:48.039 --> 00:34:48.259
 to mean

00:34:48.259 --> 00:34:48.759
 encouragement

00:34:48.759 --> 00:34:49.359
 to us

00:34:49.359 --> 00:34:49.739
 too

00:34:49.739 --> 00:34:50.859
 meant

00:34:50.859 --> 00:34:51.059
 to be

00:34:51.059 --> 00:34:51.159
 an

00:34:51.159 --> 00:34:51.500
 encouragement

00:34:51.500 --> 00:34:52.019
 to us

00:34:52.019 --> 00:34:52.419
 when

00:34:52.419 --> 00:34:53.299
 we

00:34:53.299 --> 00:34:53.639
 keep

00:34:53.639 --> 00:34:53.799
 a

00:34:53.799 --> 00:34:54.119
 Sabbath

00:34:54.119 --> 00:34:58.299
 and

00:34:58.299 --> 00:34:59.439
 draw

00:34:59.439 --> 00:34:59.859
 a line

00:34:59.859 --> 00:35:00.299
 and say

00:35:00.299 --> 00:35:00.719
 I won't

00:35:00.719 --> 00:35:00.979
 work

00:35:00.979 --> 00:35:01.179
 on

00:35:01.179 --> 00:35:01.679
 Sundays

00:35:01.679 --> 00:35:06.000
 it

00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:07.759
 helps

00:35:07.759 --> 00:35:08.039
 us

00:35:08.039 --> 00:35:08.559
 when we

00:35:08.559 --> 00:35:09.099
 draw

00:35:09.099 --> 00:35:09.479
 a line

00:35:09.479 --> 00:35:10.059
 to say

00:35:10.059 --> 00:35:11.119
 I won't

00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:11.719
 stay

00:35:11.719 --> 00:35:12.079
 over

00:35:12.079 --> 00:35:13.659
 with you

00:35:13.659 --> 00:35:14.139
 tonight

00:35:14.139 --> 00:35:14.819
 to your

00:35:14.819 --> 00:35:15.179
 girlfriend

00:35:15.179 --> 00:35:15.819
 or boyfriend

00:35:15.819 --> 00:35:17.279
 because I'm

00:35:17.279 --> 00:35:17.639
 committed

00:35:17.639 --> 00:35:19.259
 to purity

00:35:19.260 --> 00:35:23.200
 it

00:35:23.200 --> 00:35:23.900
 helps

00:35:23.900 --> 00:35:24.520
 make sense

00:35:24.520 --> 00:35:24.860
 when you

00:35:24.860 --> 00:35:25.140
 say

00:35:25.140 --> 00:35:25.560
 I'm

00:35:25.560 --> 00:35:25.700
 going to

00:35:25.700 --> 00:35:25.840
 give

00:35:25.840 --> 00:35:26.080
 away

00:35:26.080 --> 00:35:26.680
 80%

00:35:26.680 --> 00:35:27.000
 of what

00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:27.140
 I

00:35:27.140 --> 00:35:27.440
 earn

00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:28.040
 because I

00:35:28.040 --> 00:35:28.200
 can

00:35:28.200 --> 00:35:28.480
 live

00:35:28.480 --> 00:35:28.720
 on

00:35:28.720 --> 00:35:29.660
 20%

00:35:29.660 --> 00:35:30.740
 of it

00:35:30.739 --> 00:35:33.079
 it

00:35:33.079 --> 00:35:33.359
 makes

00:35:33.359 --> 00:35:33.859
 sense

00:35:33.859 --> 00:35:34.299
 when

00:35:34.299 --> 00:35:35.139
 you

00:35:35.139 --> 00:35:35.419
 say

00:35:35.419 --> 00:35:36.219
 this

00:35:36.219 --> 00:35:36.419
 is

00:35:36.419 --> 00:35:36.619
 the

00:35:36.619 --> 00:35:37.379
 book

00:35:37.379 --> 00:35:37.679
 by

00:35:37.679 --> 00:35:37.939
 which

00:35:37.939 --> 00:35:38.119
 I

00:35:38.119 --> 00:35:38.519
 live

00:35:38.519 --> 00:35:38.919
 this

00:35:38.919 --> 00:35:39.079
 is

00:35:39.079 --> 00:35:39.239
 the

00:35:39.239 --> 00:35:39.419
 book

00:35:39.419 --> 00:35:39.619
 that

00:35:39.619 --> 00:35:40.119
 defines

00:35:40.119 --> 00:35:40.739
 reality

00:35:40.739 --> 00:35:41.419
 and

00:35:41.419 --> 00:35:41.579
 when

00:35:41.579 --> 00:35:41.759
 I

00:35:41.759 --> 00:35:42.379
 don't

00:35:42.379 --> 00:35:42.919
 understand

00:35:42.919 --> 00:35:43.179
 how

00:35:43.179 --> 00:35:43.619
 this

00:35:43.619 --> 00:35:44.239
 relates

00:35:44.239 --> 00:35:44.439
 to

00:35:44.439 --> 00:35:44.799
 something

00:35:44.799 --> 00:35:45.339
 else

00:35:45.339 --> 00:35:46.139
 I'm

00:35:46.139 --> 00:35:46.299
 going to

00:35:46.299 --> 00:35:46.519
 keep

00:35:46.519 --> 00:35:48.019
 seeking

00:35:48.019 --> 00:35:48.819
 understanding

00:35:48.820 --> 00:35:50.120
 but

00:35:50.120 --> 00:35:50.280
 I'm

00:35:50.280 --> 00:35:50.400
 going to

00:35:50.400 --> 00:35:50.700
 start

00:35:50.700 --> 00:35:51.220
 here

00:35:51.220 --> 00:35:52.120
 and

00:35:52.120 --> 00:35:52.300
 let

00:35:52.300 --> 00:35:52.720
 this

00:35:52.720 --> 00:35:53.080
 be

00:35:53.080 --> 00:35:53.320
 my

00:35:53.320 --> 00:35:53.800
 guide

00:35:53.800 --> 00:35:59.559
 when

00:35:59.559 --> 00:36:00.300
 like

00:36:00.300 --> 00:36:00.600
 Noah

00:36:00.600 --> 00:36:00.840
 you

00:36:00.840 --> 00:36:01.039
 may

00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:01.200
 be

00:36:01.200 --> 00:36:01.539
 viewed

00:36:01.539 --> 00:36:01.800
 as

00:36:01.800 --> 00:36:02.340
 crazy

00:36:02.340 --> 00:36:02.880
 by

00:36:02.880 --> 00:36:03.080
 your

00:36:03.080 --> 00:36:03.500
 neighbors

00:36:03.500 --> 00:36:06.019
 or

00:36:06.019 --> 00:36:06.539
 when

00:36:06.539 --> 00:36:07.039
 like

00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:07.300
 me

00:36:07.300 --> 00:36:07.500
 when

00:36:07.500 --> 00:36:07.620
 I

00:36:07.620 --> 00:36:07.820
 wake

00:36:07.820 --> 00:36:08.000
 up

00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:08.120
 in

00:36:08.120 --> 00:36:08.240
 the

00:36:08.240 --> 00:36:08.519
 morning

00:36:08.519 --> 00:36:08.920
 I

00:36:08.920 --> 00:36:09.380
 wonder

00:36:09.380 --> 00:36:11.680
 is

00:36:11.680 --> 00:36:11.860
 it

00:36:11.860 --> 00:36:12.400
 real

00:36:12.400 --> 00:36:16.660
 I

00:36:16.660 --> 00:36:16.820
 go

00:36:16.820 --> 00:36:17.260
 back

00:36:17.260 --> 00:36:18.580
 I

00:36:18.580 --> 00:36:18.680
 go

00:36:18.680 --> 00:36:18.960
 back

00:36:18.960 --> 00:36:19.180
 to

00:36:19.180 --> 00:36:19.320
 the

00:36:19.320 --> 00:36:19.560
 very

00:36:19.560 --> 00:36:20.020
 beginning

00:36:20.020 --> 00:36:22.440
 the

00:36:22.440 --> 00:36:22.700
 most

00:36:22.700 --> 00:36:23.100
 important

00:36:23.100 --> 00:36:23.700
 reality

00:36:23.700 --> 00:36:25.480
 is

00:36:25.480 --> 00:36:25.640
 that

00:36:25.640 --> 00:36:26.160
 Christ

00:36:26.160 --> 00:36:26.460
 is

00:36:26.460 --> 00:36:26.800
 real

00:36:26.800 --> 00:36:28.700
 that

00:36:28.700 --> 00:36:28.820
 he

00:36:28.820 --> 00:36:29.180
 lived

00:36:29.180 --> 00:36:29.360
 that

00:36:29.360 --> 00:36:29.480
 he

00:36:29.480 --> 00:36:29.780
 died

00:36:29.780 --> 00:36:29.980
 that

00:36:29.980 --> 00:36:30.100
 he

00:36:30.100 --> 00:36:30.380
 rose

00:36:30.380 --> 00:36:30.780
 again

00:36:30.780 --> 00:36:31.080
 that

00:36:31.080 --> 00:36:31.640
 now

00:36:31.640 --> 00:36:33.140
 he

00:36:33.140 --> 00:36:33.480
 is

00:36:33.480 --> 00:36:33.920
 ever

00:36:33.920 --> 00:36:34.740
 interceding

00:36:34.740 --> 00:36:35.020
 for

00:36:35.020 --> 00:36:35.360
 me

00:36:35.360 --> 00:36:37.460
 that

00:36:37.460 --> 00:36:37.760
 he

00:36:37.760 --> 00:36:38.100
 has

00:36:38.100 --> 00:36:38.480
 saved

00:36:38.480 --> 00:36:38.780
 me

00:36:38.780 --> 00:36:39.680
 that

00:36:39.680 --> 00:36:39.920
 he

00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:40.180
 has

00:36:40.180 --> 00:36:40.480
 made

00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:40.700
 me

00:36:40.700 --> 00:36:41.200
 his

00:36:41.200 --> 00:36:42.600
 that

00:36:42.600 --> 00:36:43.040
 he

00:36:43.040 --> 00:36:43.420
 will

00:36:43.420 --> 00:36:43.840
 one

00:36:43.840 --> 00:36:44.200
 day

00:36:44.200 --> 00:36:45.860
 bring

00:36:45.860 --> 00:36:46.400
 all

00:36:46.400 --> 00:36:46.620
 the

00:36:46.620 --> 00:36:47.100
 promises

00:36:47.099 --> 00:36:49.219
 home

00:36:49.219 --> 00:36:50.579
 that

00:36:50.579 --> 00:36:50.880
 I

00:36:50.880 --> 00:36:51.099
 will

00:36:51.099 --> 00:36:51.299
 be

00:36:51.299 --> 00:36:51.799
 his

00:36:51.799 --> 00:36:53.519
 he

00:36:53.519 --> 00:36:53.719
 will

00:36:53.719 --> 00:36:53.880
 be

00:36:53.880 --> 00:36:54.199
 my

00:36:54.199 --> 00:36:54.639
 treasure

00:36:54.639 --> 00:36:56.920
 friends

00:36:56.920 --> 00:36:57.440
 this

00:36:57.440 --> 00:36:58.920
 is

00:36:58.920 --> 00:36:59.059
 a

00:36:59.059 --> 00:36:59.279
 life

00:36:59.279 --> 00:36:59.460
 of

00:36:59.460 --> 00:36:59.819
 faith

00:36:59.819 --> 00:37:01.420
 this

00:37:01.420 --> 00:37:01.719
 is

00:37:01.719 --> 00:37:01.880
 what

00:37:01.880 --> 00:37:02.000
 it

00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:02.139
 can

00:37:02.139 --> 00:37:02.380
 look

00:37:02.380 --> 00:37:02.779
 like

00:37:02.779 --> 00:37:05.339
 for

00:37:05.339 --> 00:37:05.559
 us

00:37:05.559 --> 00:37:05.759
 to

00:37:05.759 --> 00:37:06.259
 believe

00:37:06.259 --> 00:37:07.900
 let's

00:37:07.900 --> 00:37:08.179
 pray

00:37:08.179 --> 00:37:20.019
 Lord

00:37:20.019 --> 00:37:20.199
 we

00:37:20.199 --> 00:37:20.440
 think

00:37:20.440 --> 00:37:20.599
 of

00:37:20.599 --> 00:37:20.739
 the

00:37:20.739 --> 00:37:21.000
 man

00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:21.199
 who

00:37:21.199 --> 00:37:21.500
 said

00:37:21.500 --> 00:37:21.739
 Lord

00:37:21.739 --> 00:37:21.919
 I

00:37:21.919 --> 00:37:22.440
 believe

00:37:22.440 --> 00:37:22.819
 help

00:37:22.819 --> 00:37:23.159
 my

00:37:23.159 --> 00:37:23.819
 unbelief

00:37:23.819 --> 00:37:25.099
 God

00:37:25.099 --> 00:37:25.480
 with him

00:37:25.480 --> 00:37:25.899
 we cry

00:37:25.899 --> 00:37:26.099
 out

00:37:26.099 --> 00:37:26.339
 this

00:37:26.339 --> 00:37:26.719
 morning

00:37:26.719 --> 00:37:28.000
 Lord

00:37:28.000 --> 00:37:28.199
 will

00:37:28.199 --> 00:37:28.379
 you

00:37:28.379 --> 00:37:28.739
 help

00:37:28.739 --> 00:37:29.219
 us

00:37:29.219 --> 00:37:31.419
 Lord

00:37:31.419 --> 00:37:31.639
 in

00:37:31.639 --> 00:37:31.839
 our

00:37:31.839 --> 00:37:32.739
 unbelief

00:37:32.739 --> 00:37:33.039
 Lord

00:37:33.039 --> 00:37:33.539
 we need

00:37:33.539 --> 00:37:33.759
 you

00:37:33.759 --> 00:37:34.000
 to

00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:34.440
 remind

00:37:34.440 --> 00:37:34.839
 us

00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:35.500
 we

00:37:35.500 --> 00:37:35.740
 need

00:37:35.740 --> 00:37:35.980
 you

00:37:35.980 --> 00:37:36.220
 to

00:37:36.220 --> 00:37:36.660
 strengthen

00:37:36.660 --> 00:37:37.019
 us

00:37:37.019 --> 00:37:37.220
 we

00:37:37.220 --> 00:37:37.539
 need

00:37:37.539 --> 00:37:38.000
 you

00:37:38.000 --> 00:37:39.220
 Lord

00:37:39.220 --> 00:37:39.480
 to

00:37:39.480 --> 00:37:40.079
 again

00:37:40.079 --> 00:37:40.539
 help

00:37:40.539 --> 00:37:40.820
 us

00:37:40.820 --> 00:37:41.320
 see

00:37:41.320 --> 00:37:43.039
 clearly

00:37:43.039 --> 00:37:43.960
 the

00:37:43.960 --> 00:37:44.420
 world

00:37:44.420 --> 00:37:46.140
 as

00:37:46.140 --> 00:37:46.420
 you

00:37:46.420 --> 00:37:46.620
 have

00:37:46.620 --> 00:37:47.059
 defined

00:37:47.059 --> 00:37:47.320
 it

00:37:47.320 --> 00:37:48.160
 and

00:37:48.160 --> 00:37:48.320
 to

00:37:48.320 --> 00:37:48.559
 see

00:37:48.559 --> 00:37:49.140
 you

00:37:49.140 --> 00:37:49.940
 most

00:37:49.940 --> 00:37:50.559
 importantly

00:37:50.559 --> 00:37:51.960
 in

00:37:51.960 --> 00:37:52.160
 the

00:37:52.160 --> 00:37:52.500
 world

00:37:52.500 --> 00:37:52.700
 and

00:37:52.700 --> 00:37:53.120
 over

00:37:53.120 --> 00:37:53.340
 the

00:37:53.340 --> 00:37:53.820
 world

00:37:53.820 --> 00:37:54.940
 Lord

00:37:54.940 --> 00:37:55.120
 that

00:37:55.120 --> 00:37:55.400
 you

00:37:55.400 --> 00:37:55.539
 are

00:37:55.539 --> 00:37:55.700
 the

00:37:55.700 --> 00:37:55.960
 most

00:37:55.960 --> 00:37:56.720
 important

00:37:56.720 --> 00:37:57.680
 reality

00:37:57.680 --> 00:37:59.160
 of

00:37:59.160 --> 00:37:59.500
 all

00:37:59.500 --> 00:38:01.440
 and

00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:01.659
 Lord

00:38:01.659 --> 00:38:01.860
 in

00:38:01.860 --> 00:38:02.239
 seeing

00:38:02.239 --> 00:38:02.579
 that

00:38:02.579 --> 00:38:02.880
 Lord

00:38:02.880 --> 00:38:03.539
 you

00:38:03.539 --> 00:38:03.659
 will

00:38:03.659 --> 00:38:03.840
 help

00:38:03.840 --> 00:38:04.000
 us

00:38:04.000 --> 00:38:04.139
 to

00:38:04.139 --> 00:38:04.320
 make

00:38:04.320 --> 00:38:04.719
 sense

00:38:04.719 --> 00:38:04.880
 of

00:38:04.880 --> 00:38:05.039
 our

00:38:05.039 --> 00:38:05.400
 everyday

00:38:05.400 --> 00:38:06.059
 lives

00:38:06.059 --> 00:38:07.059
 both

00:38:07.059 --> 00:38:07.219
 the

00:38:07.219 --> 00:38:07.500
 hard

00:38:07.500 --> 00:38:07.880
 things

00:38:07.880 --> 00:38:08.039
 and

00:38:08.039 --> 00:38:08.179
 the

00:38:08.179 --> 00:38:08.460
 mundane

00:38:08.460 --> 00:38:09.119
 things

00:38:09.119 --> 00:38:11.039
 God

00:38:11.039 --> 00:38:11.199
 we

00:38:11.199 --> 00:38:11.400
 pray

00:38:11.400 --> 00:38:11.579
 you

00:38:11.579 --> 00:38:11.679
 would

00:38:11.679 --> 00:38:11.900
 help

00:38:11.900 --> 00:38:12.199
 us

00:38:12.199 --> 00:38:12.460
 in

00:38:12.460 --> 00:38:12.699
 Jesus

00:38:12.699 --> 00:38:13.119
 name

00:38:13.119 --> 00:38:14.280
 Amen