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 Would you open up your Bibles to the book of Hebrews?

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 We're making our way through the book of Hebrews.

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 We'll be in the book of Hebrews for a few months here.

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 Hebrews chapter 2, verses 1 through 4.

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 It's going to start on page 1187 of your pew Bible.

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 So let me read these four verses.

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 This is God speaking to us.

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

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 For since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable,

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 and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution,

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 how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation?

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 It was declared at first by the Lord,

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 and it was attested to us by those who heard,

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 while God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles

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 and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to His will.

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 May God bless the hearing of His word.

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 Imagine you are sitting across from your doctor in his examination room,

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 and He says to you,

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 we've got back the results of your blood tests,

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 and they confirm what I've been telling you for the last three years.

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 Your lifestyle is compromising your health,

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 and your life is in danger.

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 And then He goes on.

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 If you don't heed my words,

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 if you don't stake your life on what I'm telling you,

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 you will have a triple bypass in three years,

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 and you will be in the ground in seven.

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 He goes on to say,

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 you're adrift.

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 You're neglecting yourself.

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 And if you don't stop,

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 it's not going to go well for you.

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 What would you do?

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 Would you heed

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 your doctor's

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 prescriptive words?

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 Will you stake your life on what

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 He is saying?

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 Will you pay much closer

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 attention to His words?

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 The book of Hebrews

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 is one long exhortation,

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 and it's an exhortation

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 again and again

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 not to drift from Christ,

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 but to hold fast to Christ

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 all the way to the end.

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 And what's interspersed

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 throughout the book of Hebrews

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 in a beautiful way

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 are five warning passages.

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 And this morning,

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 we're looking at the first warning passage

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 in chapter 2, 1 through 4.

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 And these warning passages

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 in the book of Hebrews

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 are warnings against apostasy.

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 Apostasy is when

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 someone who has professed

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 to be a Christian

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 seemingly changes their mind

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 and rejects Christ

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 and the salvation He has accomplished.

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 So, apostasy is having to do

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 with those who have

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 claimed to be Christians

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 turning from Christ

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 and rejecting Him.

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 It's not talking about

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 a season of doubt.

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 It's not a season of disobedience

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 and you're coming back to the Lord.

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 It's about someone

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 who has rejected Christ.

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 Someone who's professed

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 to be a Christian.

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 The author of Hebrews

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 is seeing some kind of

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 spiritual illness in the church,

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 the original recipients

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 of this letter.

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 And do you know

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 what he's concerned about?

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 He's concerned

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 that he is seeing

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 early onset apostasy

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 in the church.

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 And so, he addresses it.

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 And in Hebrews 2, 1 through 4,

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 he diagnoses a problem.

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 And then he gives a prognosis

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 of what will happen

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 if this goes unchecked.

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 And then he finally,

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 he gives us a prescription

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 of what to do.

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 Of how not to drift.

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 How not to neglect

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 this great salvation

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 Are you going to listen

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 to the great healer

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 of your soul this morning?

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 Are you going to listen

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 to the very words of God

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 that he is addressing to you?

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 Don't drift from the sun.

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 Stake your life

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 on this great salvation

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 in the sun.

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 Don't drift from him.

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 Stake your life on him.

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 So let's look

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 at the diagnosis first.

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 Diagnosis is this idea

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 of this is what the problem is.

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 And the diagnosis begins

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 in chapter 2, verse 1.

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 Therefore, we must pay

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 much closer attention

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 to what we have heard

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 lest we drift away from it.

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 That's getting at this sense

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 of the problem.

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 Notice, verse 1 starts

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 with a therefore.

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 And like any good kind of

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 student of the Bible,

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 we ask when we see a therefore,

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 what's the therefore therefore?

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 And it's connecting

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 to the argument

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 that the writer of Hebrews

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 has just made

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 that Jesus is greater,

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 that the Son is greater

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 than the prophets.

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 He's the full and final

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 revelation of God.

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 He's greater than the angels

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 because he is God.

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 Therefore, we must pay

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 much closer attention

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 to what we've heard

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 about Jesus,

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 this great salvation,

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 lest we drift away

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 from Jesus,

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 this great salvation.

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 You know,

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 when we read those words,

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 lest we drift away,

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 we're talking about something

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 becoming unmoored,

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 unbound,

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 disconnected.

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 And maybe in your mind

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 when you hear the words

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 drift away,

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 they don't strike you

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 as that concerning.

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 Maybe you go,

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 maybe you're like me,

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 you hear drift away

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 and you start imagining

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 floating in a lazy river

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 up in the dells.

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 It's kind of drifting.

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 What you're going to see

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 in the book of Hebrews

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 is his use of drift away

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 is far more serious

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 than that.

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 In fact,

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 if you look down

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 at verse 3,

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 he uses a word

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 in the place of drift away.

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 How shall we escape

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 if we neglect

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 such a great salvation?

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 This drifting away

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 from what we've heard

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 is a kind of

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 spiritual neglect.

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 And I hope you're getting

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 kind of this sense of

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 this is a serious

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 spiritual condition.

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 As we make our way

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 through the book of Hebrews

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 and as we start looking,

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 we'll come across

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 these other warning passages

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 and the language shifts.

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 The language shifts

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 from drifting away

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 and neglect

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 and it moves into

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 much more weighty language.

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 It starts to show you

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 the pastoral concern

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 this writer has

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 for this church.

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 He's concerned

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 that what he is seeing

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 and hearing about

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 is early onset apostasy.

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 In chapter 3,

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 verse 12,

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 he moves from drift,

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 negligence language

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 to falling away

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 from the living God.

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 in chapter 6,

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 verses 4 through 6,

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 he says,

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 it's impossible

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 to restore

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 those who have

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 fallen away

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 from Christ.

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 In chapter 10,

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 verses 26 through 29,

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 he talks about

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 this drift,

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 this negligence,

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 this falling away

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 as trampling

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 the Son of God

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 underfoot.

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 He's speaking of those

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 who've professed

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 to be Christians.

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 in chapter 12,

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 verse 25,

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 it's a rejection

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 of him

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 who warns

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 from heaven

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 who's been exalted

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 on high

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 at the right hand,

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 seated at the right hand

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 of God.

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 This drift away language

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 that we see

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 in chapter 2,

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 verse 1 right here,

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 it may not sound serious

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 when in fact

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 it's very serious.

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 It could be

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 early onset apostasy.

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 It could be

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 the metastasizing

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 of unbelief.

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 Maybe you're starting

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 to ask this question,

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 well,

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 how do I know

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 if I'm drifting away?

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 How do I know

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 if I'm neglecting

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 this great salvation

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 found in Jesus Christ?

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 Well,

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 do you know

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 how you go to,

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 theoretically,

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 you go to your doctor

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 once a year

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 for an annual checkup?

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 Imagine you're sitting

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 on the examination table.

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 He pulls out

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 that little tool

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 with that little windshield

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 on it

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 and it has a little nose

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 on the end

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 with a little light on it.

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 Do you know

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 what I'm talking about?

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 He puts it

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 into your ear

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 and he's looking

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 into your ear.

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 Do you know why?

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 He's checking

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 your hearing.

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 It's a diagnostic.

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 We can ask

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 a similar question

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 diagnostic,

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 brothers and sisters.

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 It's not just

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 are you hearing

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 God speak

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 through His Word?

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 Are you

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 heeding

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 His Word?

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 Are you

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 obeying

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 and believing

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 what He's saying

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 in His Word?

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 So it's an ear check.

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 There's another

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 kind of check.

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 Do you remember

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 you're sitting there

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 and your doctor

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 pulls out that

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 little rubber mallet

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 and He kind of taps

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 just below your kneecap?

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 He's checking

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 your reflexes?

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 When you encounter

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 sin,

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 what's your reflex?

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 When you're tempted

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 to grieve God,

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 what's your reaction?

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 Is it like,

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 ooh,

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 give me some of that?

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 Or are you like,

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 no, no.

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 this isn't pleasing

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 in His sight?

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 What's your knee-jerk reaction

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 to when tempted

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 by sin?

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 There's another

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 kind of check.

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 It's the breathing check.

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 It's when your doctor

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 pulls out the stethoscope

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 and he puts it

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 on your back

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 and he says,

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 okay,

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 take a deep breath,

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 breathe in,

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 breathe out.

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 I was on staff

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 with Campus Crusade

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 for Christ

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 and the founder

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 of Campus Crusade

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 is a guy named

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 Bill Bright

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 and he taught

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 all the staff

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 this idea

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 of spiritual breathing.

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 It's where you

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 inhale God's Word

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 and you exhale

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 sin by way

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 of confession.

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 When was the last time

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 as a diagnostic check

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 on how you are doing,

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 when was the last time

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 you confessed sin

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 on your own

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 between you

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 and God

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 where you said,

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 Lord,

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 thank you for making me

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 aware of that

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 grievous thing in me.

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 I confess it to you

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 as wrong.

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 You're exhaling toxic air

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 by way of confession.

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 Ear check,

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 knee check,

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 lung check

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 and then he takes

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 that stethoscope

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 and puts it on your chest

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 and he's listening.

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 He's listening for your pulse.

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 Let me ask you,

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 Christian,

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 what is your heart beating for?

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 Is your heart beating

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 for God's Son?

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 If a stethoscope

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 was put on your heart,

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 would we hear,

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 God's Son,

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 God's Son,

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 God's Son,

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 your heart pulses

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 for the glory

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 of Jesus?

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 Or is it

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 myself,

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 myself,

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 myself?

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 These are just diagnostics

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 to check how we're doing.

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 We're sitting on the examination,

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 we're in the examination room

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 of God

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 and he's using his word

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 to get at stuff in us

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 to see if there's any hint

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 of us drifting away,

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 of neglecting him.

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 It could be early onset apostasy.

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 So we take the time now

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 to ask these hard questions.

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 Do you know

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 what these hard

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 kind of questions

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 are getting at?

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 What's at the very heart

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 of these kinds of

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 drift and negligence?

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 It's in 312.

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 Take care, brothers,

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 lest there be in any of you

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 an evil,

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 unbelieving heart

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 leading you to fall away

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 from the living God.

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 These are diagnostics

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 to check your heart

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 and the health

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 of your faith

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 in Christ.

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 And expose any kind

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 of unbelief.

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 The diagnosis

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 that this writer

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 of Hebrews

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 is showing us

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 is a kind of unbelief.

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 It's a drift.

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 It's a negligence.

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 And he moves from diagnosis

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 to prognosis.

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 A prognosis

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 is a prediction.

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 It's a prediction

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 of what a disease,

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 of what an injury,

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 of what a virus

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 will develop into

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 if it goes unchecked.

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 checked.

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 And the prognosis

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 that we're given

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 is in verses

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 2 through 4

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 of chapter 2.

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 It's a prognosis

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 of unbelief.

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 What happens

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 when an unbelieving

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 heart is unrepentant?

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 Unrepentant.

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 And what we see here

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 is a prognosis

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 that is not good.

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 What we have

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 in 2, 1 through 4

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 is essentially

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 a warning.

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 The writer

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 of Hebrews

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 is elegant.

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 He's sophisticated.

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 And he argues

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 with complicated arguments.

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 And he's going to warn us

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 this morning

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 with a kind of an argument

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 that moves from lesser

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 to greater.

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 He's going to go

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 something like this.

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 Hey,

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 if those people

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 living in the

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 old covenant

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 under the law

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 of Moses,

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 if when they

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 rejected

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 God's word

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 and they

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 received

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 a just

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 retribution,

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 how much

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 more

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 will

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 we

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 who profess

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 Christ

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 in the new covenant

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 not escape

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 a judgment

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 if we reject

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 Christ?

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 That's going to be

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 the argument here.

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 He's moving

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 from lesser

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 to greater

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 and it's a warning.

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 So let me show you

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 three elements

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 in the comparison,

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 okay?

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 There's the message.

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 In chapter

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 2,

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 verse 2,

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 we read,

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 for since the message

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 declared by angels

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 proved to be reliable.

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 That's the lesser

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 of the argument.

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 It's talking about

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 a message

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 that was declared

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 by angels.

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 What's being referred

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 to here

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 is the law

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 of Moses.

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 The angels

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 served as

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 an intermediary

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 in bringing forth

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 the law of Moses.

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 You can look up

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 Galatians 3.19.

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 And so this message,

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 this law of Moses,

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 you can sum it up

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 in the Ten Commandments.

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 You won't have

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 any other gods

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 before you.

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 Observe the Sabbath,

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 honor your parents,

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 don't bear false witness,

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 don't covet.

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 The thing about

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 this message is

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 it doesn't save.

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 What the law of Moses

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 does and does well

00:16:44.560 --> 00:16:46.160
 is it puts forth

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 the standard

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 of God's holiness

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 and it exposes

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 our sinfulness.

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 It shows us

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 that we fall short.

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 That's the message.

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 The lesser message.

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 The greater message

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 is in verse 3.

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 How shall we escape

00:17:02.980 --> 00:17:03.580
 if we neglect

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 such a great salvation?

00:17:05.640 --> 00:17:06.559
 It was declared

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 at first by the Lord.

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 It's what we have heard.

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 It's the message

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 of the gospel

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 Christ.

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 It's what he's been saying

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 all up to this point

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 that the Son

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 is greater than the prophets.

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 In verse 2,

00:17:22.519 --> 00:17:23.480
 he's the full and final

00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:24.660
 revelation of God.

00:17:25.380 --> 00:17:26.860
 He's greater than the angels.

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 He is God.

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 He has brought about salvation.

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 Angels serve him.

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 He's declared this message.

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 It's the gospel.

00:17:38.000 --> 00:17:38.819
 And what we see

00:17:38.819 --> 00:17:39.620
 going on here

00:17:39.620 --> 00:17:41.120
 is the gospel

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 is greater

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 than the Mosaic law

00:17:43.700 --> 00:17:45.019
 because the Mosaic law

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 can't save

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 whereas the gospel

00:17:47.000 --> 00:17:48.460
 one believed does save.

00:17:51.319 --> 00:17:52.640
 The other comparison

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 is between messengers.

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 So we have a comparison

00:17:55.200 --> 00:17:57.080
 between Mosaic law

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 and gospel

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 and now we have

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 a comparison

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 between the lesser

00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:02.740
 angels declared

00:18:02.740 --> 00:18:06.400
 and the new covenant

00:18:06.400 --> 00:18:07.360
 messenger,

00:18:08.279 --> 00:18:08.740
 the Lord.

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 for since the message

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 declared by angels

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 proved to be reliable,

00:18:16.940 --> 00:18:17.880
 these angels

00:18:17.880 --> 00:18:20.039
 were intermediaries

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 of the Mosaic law

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 and it was,

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 it proved reliable.

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 It was binding.

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 It was the truth

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 of God's word

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 and that's the lesser

00:18:35.380 --> 00:18:36.420
 of the messengers,

00:18:37.539 --> 00:18:38.160
 these angels.

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 The greater of the messengers

00:18:39.840 --> 00:18:41.559
 is in verse 3.

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 How shall we escape

00:18:42.680 --> 00:18:43.240
 if we neglect

00:18:43.240 --> 00:18:44.220
 such a great salvation?

00:18:44.819 --> 00:18:45.480
 It was declared

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 at first

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 by the Lord.

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 And if you look up

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 at verse 10,

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 it's the last reference

00:18:51.160 --> 00:18:51.840
 to the Lord.

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 You, Lord,

00:18:53.080 --> 00:18:53.900
 laid the foundation

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 of the earth

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 in the beginning.

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 Do you know

00:18:55.200 --> 00:18:55.840
 who that's referencing?

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 The Son, Jesus.

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 What's being said here

00:19:00.460 --> 00:19:01.599
 is that

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 the message

00:19:02.579 --> 00:19:03.339
 of the gospel,

00:19:04.619 --> 00:19:05.660
 the messenger,

00:19:06.160 --> 00:19:07.500
 the first messenger,

00:19:07.740 --> 00:19:09.019
 the first declarer

00:19:09.019 --> 00:19:10.660
 of this great salvation

00:19:10.660 --> 00:19:12.700
 was Jesus himself,

00:19:12.839 --> 00:19:13.279
 the Son.

00:19:15.519 --> 00:19:16.299
 The messenger

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 is the message.

00:19:20.900 --> 00:19:22.160
 Chapter 1, verse 2,

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 but in these last days

00:19:23.299 --> 00:19:24.539
 he has spoken to us

00:19:24.539 --> 00:19:26.000
 by his Son.

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 He is the message.

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 And not only just

00:19:33.339 --> 00:19:34.400
 Jesus,

00:19:35.799 --> 00:19:36.079
 I mean,

00:19:36.140 --> 00:19:36.900
 we see it in

00:19:36.900 --> 00:19:38.539
 Mark chapter 1,

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 verses 14 and 15.

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 Jesus says this.

00:19:49.099 --> 00:19:50.299
 Now, after John was arrested,

00:19:50.460 --> 00:19:51.579
 Jesus came into Galilee.

00:19:51.680 --> 00:19:52.940
 This is the first thing

00:19:52.940 --> 00:19:53.460
 he says

00:19:53.460 --> 00:19:54.619
 in the gospel of Mark.

00:19:57.259 --> 00:19:58.519
 Jesus came into Galilee

00:19:58.519 --> 00:19:59.759
 proclaiming the gospel

00:19:59.759 --> 00:20:00.220
 of God

00:20:00.220 --> 00:20:02.019
 and saying,

00:20:02.200 --> 00:20:03.019
 the time is fulfilled

00:20:03.019 --> 00:20:03.839
 and the kingdom of God

00:20:03.839 --> 00:20:04.400
 is at hand.

00:20:04.839 --> 00:20:05.519
 Repent and believe

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 the gospel.

00:20:06.740 --> 00:20:07.460
 Who was the first

00:20:07.460 --> 00:20:08.799
 declarer of the gospel?

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 In the new covenant,

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 it's Jesus.

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 But it's not just Jesus.

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 Look who else

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 attests

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 to this salvation.

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 It was declared

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 at first

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 by the Lord

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 and it was attested

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 to us

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 by those who heard.

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 So,

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 there's another group

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 of people

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 who heard

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 the Lord Jesus

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 kind of proclaim

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 this gospel

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 and they were ear witnesses

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 and eyewitnesses

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 were talking about

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 the apostles.

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 And they attested

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 to this message.

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 They proclaimed it.

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 Did you know,

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 aside from Judas,

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 10 of the 11 apostles

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 died martyrs' death

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 proclaiming

00:20:52.799 --> 00:20:54.179
 this great salvation

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 about Jesus?

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 That Jesus,

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 the Son,

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 was fully God,

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 fully man.

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 That he died

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 on the cross

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 for our sins.

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 He was raised

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 on the third day.

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 He ascended on high

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 to the right hand of God

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 where he's reigning on high

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 and then he will come back

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 and return

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 and judge all things.

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 They died.

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 It gets at this

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 attesting to the truthfulness

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 of the message.

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 But there's more.

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 Four.

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 While God also

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 bore witness

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 by signs and wonders

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 and various miracles

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 all throughout the gospels,

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 all throughout the book of Acts,

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 you see signs

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 and wonders

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 and miracles

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 being done.

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 All pointing to

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 the truthfulness

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 of this great salvation.

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 in Christ.

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 It's God

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 bearing witness

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 to the gospel.

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 And we also have

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 and by gifts

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 distributed

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 according to his will.

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 The Holy Spirit

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 in Pentecost,

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 he came down

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 and poured out

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 gifts

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 upon all of those

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 who believed in Jesus.

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 It was the beginning

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 of the new covenant age

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 where God's people

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 themselves

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 become the priesthood

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 of all believers.

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 believers.

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 It's a new era

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 bearing witness

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 to the truthfulness

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 of this gospel salvation.

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 Here's what I'm trying

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 to get at.

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 the messenger

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 of the old covenant,

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 these angels

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 attesting

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 to the Mosaic law,

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 that was good,

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 it's true,

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 but it's

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 this message

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 of salvation

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 that was proclaimed

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 first by Jesus

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 and then attested

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 to by the apostles

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 and was born witness

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 by God

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 and the Holy Spirit,

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 that's better!

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 That's better!

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 It's a lesser

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 to greater argument.

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 And this is where

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 it gets to the crux

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 of the matter.

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 This is now

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 where the warning

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 comes in.

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 The new covenant

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 brings a greater

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 retribution.

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 This gospel message,

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 when rejected,

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 it has a greater

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 punishment.

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 It has a greater punishment.

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 In chapter 2,

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 verse 2,

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 we read,

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 and every transgression

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 or disobedience

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 received a just

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 retribution.

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 This Mosaic law

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 that was brought in

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 by angels,

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 anyone who transgressed it,

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 stepped over the line

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 of God's word,

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 anyone who disobeyed it,

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 were unwilling

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 to listen to God's word.

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 It brought about

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 a just punishment.

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 Just think

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 of that generation

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 of Israelites

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 who wandered

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 for 40 years

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 in the wilderness

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 and were not allowed

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 into the promised land

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 because of their unbelief.

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 A just retribution.

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 And then we move

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 into the new covenant.

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 Verse 3,

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 if they didn't escape,

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 how shall we escape

00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:09.259
 if we neglect

00:24:09.259 --> 00:24:10.180
 this great salvation?

00:24:10.180 --> 00:24:10.279
 salvation?

00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:15.980
 How shall we escape

00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:18.060
 if we drift

00:24:18.060 --> 00:24:19.320
 and neglect

00:24:19.320 --> 00:24:21.100
 this great salvation

00:24:21.100 --> 00:24:23.279
 in the sun?

00:24:23.500 --> 00:24:25.519
 If you reject

00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:26.700
 the great salvation

00:24:26.700 --> 00:24:27.799
 in the sun,

00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:29.180
 you will face

00:24:29.180 --> 00:24:30.759
 the great retribution

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 of the sun.

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 That's how serious

00:24:33.799 --> 00:24:34.360
 this is.

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 God is not indifferent

00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:39.620
 to those who have professed

00:24:39.619 --> 00:24:40.199
 to be followers

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 of Jesus

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 and then trample

00:24:42.039 --> 00:24:42.839
 him underfoot.

00:24:44.919 --> 00:24:45.839
 It's a warning

00:24:45.839 --> 00:24:47.379
 of God's impending wrath.

00:24:53.379 --> 00:24:54.639
 It's a serious business

00:24:54.639 --> 00:24:55.799
 in the book of Hebrews.

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 If there are signs

00:25:01.119 --> 00:25:02.039
 that could be

00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:04.199
 early onset apostasy,

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 you must take them seriously.

00:25:05.859 --> 00:25:08.379
 Now you may be

00:25:08.379 --> 00:25:09.259
 sitting in your pew

00:25:09.259 --> 00:25:09.779
 wondering,

00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:11.199
 hold on Pastor Mike,

00:25:11.299 --> 00:25:12.299
 I thought that once

00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:12.939
 you're saved,

00:25:13.079 --> 00:25:14.179
 you're always saved.

00:25:14.859 --> 00:25:15.879
 This doesn't sound

00:25:15.879 --> 00:25:16.319
 like that.

00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:19.379
 Well, let me just

00:25:19.379 --> 00:25:20.159
 kind of tweak that

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 for you.

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 What the New Testament

00:25:23.839 --> 00:25:24.839
 actually teaches

00:25:24.839 --> 00:25:27.619
 is what's called

00:25:27.619 --> 00:25:28.479
 the perseverance

00:25:28.479 --> 00:25:29.439
 of the saints.

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 A saving faith,

00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:36.440
 a genuine saving faith,

00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:39.240
 is a persevering faith.

00:25:40.620 --> 00:25:41.420
 It's what Jesus

00:25:41.420 --> 00:25:42.039
 talked about

00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:43.039
 in Matthew 24,

00:25:44.980 --> 00:25:46.100
 those who endure

00:25:46.100 --> 00:25:46.799
 to the end

00:25:46.799 --> 00:25:47.500
 will be saved.

00:25:51.460 --> 00:25:52.480
 The proof

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:53.920
 of the genuineness

00:25:53.920 --> 00:25:54.779
 of one's faith

00:25:54.779 --> 00:25:55.580
 is ultimately

00:25:55.580 --> 00:25:56.320
 demonstrated

00:25:56.320 --> 00:25:57.880
 in being faithful

00:25:57.880 --> 00:25:58.420
 to Jesus

00:25:58.420 --> 00:25:59.100
 all the way

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 to the end

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 of your life

00:26:00.080 --> 00:26:00.880
 or His return.

00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:09.039
 So you may be

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:09.980
 asking this question,

00:26:10.140 --> 00:26:10.539
 you know what,

00:26:10.560 --> 00:26:10.980
 I've been hearing

00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:12.460
 about ex-evangelicals,

00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:13.759
 it seems like

00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:15.140
 every three to six months

00:26:15.140 --> 00:26:16.180
 there's another pastor

00:26:16.180 --> 00:26:17.100
 who's walked away

00:26:17.100 --> 00:26:18.160
 from the Christian faith.

00:26:18.519 --> 00:26:19.180
 What about them?

00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:21.440
 What do you think

00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:21.820
 about them,

00:26:21.900 --> 00:26:22.400
 Pastor Mike?

00:26:25.940 --> 00:26:27.320
 I've come to the conclusion

00:26:27.319 --> 00:26:29.559
 that they were likely

00:26:29.559 --> 00:26:30.559
 not Christians

00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:31.399
 to begin with.

00:26:36.659 --> 00:26:37.659
 Because the work

00:26:37.659 --> 00:26:38.519
 of God's Spirit

00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:39.539
 in regenerating

00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:40.339
 someone's heart

00:26:40.339 --> 00:26:41.939
 in the justifying

00:26:41.939 --> 00:26:42.980
 grace of God

00:26:42.980 --> 00:26:44.159
 is irrevocable.

00:26:47.659 --> 00:26:48.839
 Genuine faith

00:26:48.839 --> 00:26:50.740
 perseveres

00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:51.519
 all the way

00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:52.259
 to the end.

00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:53.659
 And that's what you're

00:26:53.659 --> 00:26:53.960
 going to hear

00:26:53.960 --> 00:26:54.579
 in the book of Hebrews

00:26:54.579 --> 00:26:55.339
 over and over again.

00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:58.039
 It's called up

00:26:58.039 --> 00:26:58.720
 to something.

00:26:59.859 --> 00:27:00.439
 Now let me just

00:27:00.439 --> 00:27:01.480
 make one comment here.

00:27:01.639 --> 00:27:02.579
 If you find yourself

00:27:02.579 --> 00:27:03.359
 in a situation,

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:04.759
 maybe you've grown up

00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:05.359
 in the church

00:27:05.359 --> 00:27:06.679
 and you're asking

00:27:06.679 --> 00:27:07.159
 the question,

00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:07.980
 do I believe

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:08.740
 all this stuff?

00:27:09.939 --> 00:27:10.899
 Maybe you're reflecting

00:27:10.899 --> 00:27:11.740
 on some things

00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:12.139
 and you're like,

00:27:12.379 --> 00:27:13.000
 have you heard

00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:13.319
 the word

00:27:13.319 --> 00:27:14.159
 deconstructing

00:27:14.159 --> 00:27:15.819
 the faith phrase?

00:27:16.220 --> 00:27:17.099
 This is a very

00:27:17.099 --> 00:27:17.759
 helpful book

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:18.319
 if you're in that

00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:18.819
 situation.

00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:19.399
 It's called

00:27:19.399 --> 00:27:20.699
 Before You Lose Your Faith.

00:27:20.779 --> 00:27:21.919
 We've got four other copies

00:27:21.920 --> 00:27:22.920
 at the Connect Desk

00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:23.360
 out there.

00:27:23.820 --> 00:27:24.840
 I read this two years ago.

00:27:24.960 --> 00:27:25.820
 This would be very helpful

00:27:25.820 --> 00:27:26.740
 for anyone in the room

00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:27.600
 who is like,

00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:29.060
 is this true?

00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:30.519
 Is this Christianity

00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:31.259
 thing true?

00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:33.019
 This is a great book

00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:33.420
 to read.

00:27:33.539 --> 00:27:34.180
 Come find me

00:27:34.180 --> 00:27:34.940
 after the service

00:27:34.940 --> 00:27:35.600
 if that's you.

00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:39.720
 Here's what's happening

00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:41.480
 in 2, 1 through 4.

00:27:42.680 --> 00:27:43.560
 It's a lesser

00:27:43.560 --> 00:27:44.720
 to greater argument

00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:47.380
 warning us

00:27:47.380 --> 00:27:48.279
 not to drift.

00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:50.000
 Who likes

00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:50.580
 greater than,

00:27:50.680 --> 00:27:51.019
 less than,

00:27:51.060 --> 00:27:51.560
 or equal to?

00:27:51.920 --> 00:27:52.860
 I love it

00:27:52.860 --> 00:27:53.779
 in elementary school.

00:27:54.180 --> 00:27:54.940
 I loved it!

00:27:56.120 --> 00:27:57.100
 So you tell me,

00:27:57.920 --> 00:27:59.720
 who's greater?

00:28:00.560 --> 00:28:01.240
 The message

00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:01.820
 of the gospel

00:28:01.820 --> 00:28:02.580
 or the message

00:28:02.580 --> 00:28:03.140
 of Moses?

00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:04.740
 The gospel!

00:28:05.779 --> 00:28:06.460
 Because the gospel

00:28:06.460 --> 00:28:06.960
 saves.

00:28:08.100 --> 00:28:08.560
 Greater than,

00:28:08.640 --> 00:28:08.940
 less than,

00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:09.519
 or equal to.

00:28:10.340 --> 00:28:11.360
 The messenger

00:28:11.360 --> 00:28:12.880
 of the Lord Jesus Christ

00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:13.660
 or angels?

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:15.700
 The Lord Jesus Christ.

00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:17.180
 What is the

00:28:17.180 --> 00:28:18.300
 greater retribution?

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:20.180
 Rejection of the son

00:28:20.180 --> 00:28:21.300
 or rejection of Moses?

00:28:21.299 --> 00:28:21.960
 It's rejection

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:22.680
 of the son.

00:28:24.879 --> 00:28:25.799
 And so this lesser

00:28:25.799 --> 00:28:26.740
 to greater argument,

00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:28.399
 well,

00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:29.339
 it's a prognosis

00:28:29.339 --> 00:28:32.079
 of what will happen

00:28:32.079 --> 00:28:33.940
 if you've professed

00:28:33.940 --> 00:28:34.379
 Christ

00:28:34.379 --> 00:28:36.240
 and then you

00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:38.200
 go full-fledged

00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:38.859
 apostasy.

00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:42.759
 Serious business.

00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:46.519
 the prognosis.

00:28:50.859 --> 00:28:51.960
 Anybody in the room

00:28:51.960 --> 00:28:53.019
 looking for a little

00:28:53.019 --> 00:28:53.779
 hope at this point?

00:28:53.779 --> 00:28:59.119
 maybe you're sitting

00:28:59.119 --> 00:28:59.639
 in your pew

00:28:59.639 --> 00:28:59.980
 like,

00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:04.180
 good doctor,

00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:07.319
 would you prescribe

00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:08.399
 something, please,

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.720
 by which,

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:12.440
 by which I can

00:29:12.440 --> 00:29:13.299
 assure

00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:14.559
 myself

00:29:14.559 --> 00:29:16.200
 that I will not

00:29:16.200 --> 00:29:17.000
 fall away.

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:19.140
 doctor,

00:29:19.599 --> 00:29:20.380
 Lord Jesus,

00:29:20.740 --> 00:29:21.859
 would you please

00:29:21.859 --> 00:29:23.380
 prescribe something

00:29:23.380 --> 00:29:24.079
 to me

00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:25.880
 so that I won't

00:29:25.880 --> 00:29:26.359
 drift,

00:29:26.859 --> 00:29:27.319
 that I won't

00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:27.839
 trample you

00:29:27.839 --> 00:29:28.299
 underfoot,

00:29:28.720 --> 00:29:29.359
 that I won't

00:29:29.359 --> 00:29:30.240
 reject you,

00:29:30.339 --> 00:29:30.720
 that I won't

00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:31.660
 fall away from you,

00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:32.460
 would you please

00:29:32.460 --> 00:29:33.700
 give me something?

00:29:34.700 --> 00:29:35.579
 And he does.

00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:38.000
 It's in verse 1.

00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:40.359
 Therefore,

00:29:40.559 --> 00:29:41.059
 we must

00:29:41.059 --> 00:29:43.039
 pay much

00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:44.039
 closer attention

00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:44.799
 to what we

00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:45.579
 have heard.

00:29:48.259 --> 00:29:48.940
 If

00:29:48.940 --> 00:29:50.380
 the diagnosis

00:29:50.380 --> 00:29:52.099
 is drift,

00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:54.019
 it's neglect,

00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:55.400
 and with

00:29:55.400 --> 00:29:56.460
 the possibility

00:29:56.460 --> 00:29:57.440
 of this

00:29:57.440 --> 00:29:59.420
 early onset

00:29:59.420 --> 00:30:00.380
 apostasy,

00:30:00.920 --> 00:30:01.779
 if that's what

00:30:01.779 --> 00:30:02.420
 the diagnosis

00:30:02.420 --> 00:30:02.940
 is,

00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:04.180
 if it's drifting

00:30:04.180 --> 00:30:04.819
 from Christ,

00:30:04.900 --> 00:30:05.099
 do you know

00:30:05.099 --> 00:30:05.700
 what the

00:30:05.700 --> 00:30:06.640
 prescription is?

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:10.680
 pay much

00:30:10.680 --> 00:30:11.480
 closer attention

00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:12.200
 to Christ.

00:30:13.700 --> 00:30:14.279
 Draw near

00:30:14.279 --> 00:30:14.660
 to him.

00:30:16.140 --> 00:30:16.680
 Your great

00:30:16.680 --> 00:30:17.299
 salvation.

00:30:19.180 --> 00:30:20.140
 It's drift

00:30:20.140 --> 00:30:20.819
 prevention.

00:30:22.059 --> 00:30:22.839
 He is our

00:30:22.839 --> 00:30:23.819
 drift prevention.

00:30:24.839 --> 00:30:25.220
 It's the

00:30:25.220 --> 00:30:25.779
 opposite of

00:30:25.779 --> 00:30:26.119
 neglect.

00:30:27.660 --> 00:30:28.480
 It's at the

00:30:28.480 --> 00:30:28.960
 heart of

00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:30.200
 holding fast

00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:31.099
 to Jesus

00:30:31.099 --> 00:30:32.019
 all the way

00:30:32.019 --> 00:30:32.799
 to the end.

00:30:32.940 --> 00:30:33.619
 It's fixing

00:30:33.619 --> 00:30:34.200
 your eyes

00:30:34.200 --> 00:30:34.779
 on him,

00:30:35.099 --> 00:30:35.759
 paying much

00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:36.480
 closer attention

00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:37.039
 to him.

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:38.579
 Let me

00:30:38.579 --> 00:30:38.920
 just point

00:30:38.920 --> 00:30:39.200
 out three

00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:39.539
 things.

00:30:39.680 --> 00:30:40.140
 What we

00:30:40.140 --> 00:30:40.660
 have heard.

00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:42.400
 We must

00:30:42.400 --> 00:30:43.420
 pay much

00:30:43.420 --> 00:30:44.160
 closer attention

00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:45.000
 to what we

00:30:45.000 --> 00:30:45.599
 have heard.

00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:47.299
 The what we

00:30:47.299 --> 00:30:47.799
 have heard

00:30:47.799 --> 00:30:48.519
 is the gospel

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:49.000
 of Jesus

00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:49.440
 Christ,

00:30:49.559 --> 00:30:50.000
 this great

00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:50.539
 salvation.

00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:51.960
 He is the

00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:52.380
 message,

00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:55.099
 the Son,

00:30:56.420 --> 00:30:57.000
 the radiance

00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:57.759
 of God's glory,

00:30:57.880 --> 00:30:58.420
 the exact

00:30:58.420 --> 00:30:59.220
 imprint of

00:30:59.220 --> 00:30:59.960
 God's nature.

00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:00.960
 He humbled

00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:01.640
 himself,

00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:02.960
 taking on

00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:03.339
 flesh.

00:31:03.339 --> 00:31:03.960
 He offered

00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:04.779
 himself on

00:31:04.779 --> 00:31:05.380
 the cross,

00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:06.339
 a sacrifice

00:31:06.339 --> 00:31:06.799
 to pay

00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:07.179
 for our

00:31:07.179 --> 00:31:07.899
 sins once

00:31:07.899 --> 00:31:08.439
 and for

00:31:08.439 --> 00:31:08.980
 all,

00:31:10.419 --> 00:31:11.799
 purifying us

00:31:11.799 --> 00:31:12.379
 from sins.

00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:12.799
 And then he

00:31:12.799 --> 00:31:13.480
 sat down at

00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:13.919
 the right hand

00:31:13.919 --> 00:31:14.359
 of God.

00:31:14.919 --> 00:31:15.679
 This is the

00:31:15.679 --> 00:31:16.000
 gospel.

00:31:16.099 --> 00:31:16.459
 This is the

00:31:16.459 --> 00:31:17.079
 good news.

00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:19.099
 It's like a

00:31:19.099 --> 00:31:20.059
 priceless diamond.

00:31:22.319 --> 00:31:23.379
 I just happen

00:31:23.379 --> 00:31:23.799
 to have a

00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:24.500
 priceless diamond

00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:24.899
 with me.

00:31:25.899 --> 00:31:26.740
 I brought it

00:31:26.740 --> 00:31:27.079
 here under

00:31:27.079 --> 00:31:27.459
 lock and

00:31:27.459 --> 00:31:27.679
 key.

00:31:29.799 --> 00:31:30.740
 It's worth

00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:31.500
 trillions.

00:31:33.579 --> 00:31:34.279
 See that?

00:31:34.279 --> 00:31:35.039
 Don't rush

00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:35.559
 the pulpit.

00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:39.359
 Do you

00:31:39.359 --> 00:31:39.779
 know what

00:31:39.779 --> 00:31:40.779
 makes a

00:31:40.779 --> 00:31:41.099
 diamond

00:31:41.099 --> 00:31:41.839
 valuable?

00:31:44.539 --> 00:31:45.480
 It's rare.

00:31:46.599 --> 00:31:47.379
 It's unique.

00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:51.740
 It's useful.

00:31:52.879 --> 00:31:53.539
 It's the

00:31:53.539 --> 00:31:53.779
 hardest

00:31:53.779 --> 00:31:54.500
 substance

00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:55.759
 on earth

00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:56.299
 naturally.

00:31:56.500 --> 00:31:56.839
 That's why

00:31:56.839 --> 00:31:57.180
 you have

00:31:57.180 --> 00:31:58.299
 diamond-tipped

00:31:58.299 --> 00:31:59.119
 cutting blades.

00:32:00.639 --> 00:32:01.359
 And it's

00:32:01.359 --> 00:32:01.759
 beautiful.

00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:04.160
 It

00:32:04.160 --> 00:32:05.079
 refracts

00:32:05.079 --> 00:32:06.420
 light and

00:32:06.420 --> 00:32:07.319
 glorious

00:32:07.319 --> 00:32:08.240
 splendor.

00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:10.200
 You know,

00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:10.960
 the gospel of

00:32:10.960 --> 00:32:11.640
 Jesus Christ

00:32:11.640 --> 00:32:13.079
 is the

00:32:13.079 --> 00:32:13.339
 greatest

00:32:13.339 --> 00:32:13.879
 diamond of

00:32:13.879 --> 00:32:14.079
 all.

00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:16.519
 It's

00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:17.539
 rare.

00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:19.720
 Who else

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:20.160
 do you know

00:32:20.160 --> 00:32:20.819
 that is totally

00:32:20.819 --> 00:32:21.480
 God and totally

00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:22.019
 man and one

00:32:22.019 --> 00:32:22.379
 person?

00:32:22.619 --> 00:32:23.119
 That's rare.

00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:24.920
 It's useful.

00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:26.140
 Not for

00:32:26.140 --> 00:32:26.660
 cutting hard

00:32:26.660 --> 00:32:27.240
 substances.

00:32:28.200 --> 00:32:28.599
 What the

00:32:28.599 --> 00:32:29.339
 gospel does,

00:32:29.500 --> 00:32:30.259
 it delivers us

00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:30.960
 from our sin.

00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:32.759
 It rescues

00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:33.160
 us.

00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:33.960
 It's the

00:32:33.960 --> 00:32:34.460
 message of

00:32:34.460 --> 00:32:34.940
 salvation.

00:32:35.539 --> 00:32:35.779
 There's

00:32:35.779 --> 00:32:36.480
 nothing else.

00:32:36.579 --> 00:32:37.039
 There's no

00:32:37.039 --> 00:32:37.460
 other name

00:32:37.460 --> 00:32:37.839
 under heaven

00:32:37.839 --> 00:32:38.339
 given among

00:32:38.339 --> 00:32:38.839
 men by

00:32:38.839 --> 00:32:39.119
 which we

00:32:39.119 --> 00:32:39.400
 can be

00:32:39.400 --> 00:32:39.879
 saved.

00:32:41.160 --> 00:32:41.819
 And it's

00:32:41.819 --> 00:32:42.240
 beautiful.

00:32:43.220 --> 00:32:44.000
 The gospel

00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:45.140
 is beautiful.

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.559
 It's God's

00:32:46.559 --> 00:32:47.220
 grace on

00:32:47.220 --> 00:32:47.900
 display.

00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:49.859
 Him loving

00:32:49.859 --> 00:32:51.700
 sinners in

00:32:51.700 --> 00:32:52.599
 their sin.

00:32:53.500 --> 00:32:54.079
 What a

00:32:54.079 --> 00:32:54.720
 beautiful,

00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:55.819
 beautiful thing.

00:32:55.819 --> 00:33:00.099
 what this

00:33:00.099 --> 00:33:01.259
 gospel is,

00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:03.299
 it calls for

00:33:03.299 --> 00:33:04.679
 paying careful

00:33:04.679 --> 00:33:05.379
 attention to

00:33:05.379 --> 00:33:05.519
 it.

00:33:07.099 --> 00:33:08.079
 We don't

00:33:08.079 --> 00:33:08.759
 want to

00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:10.379
 devalue it.

00:33:11.139 --> 00:33:11.619
 We don't

00:33:11.619 --> 00:33:11.839
 want to

00:33:11.839 --> 00:33:12.519
 neglect it,

00:33:12.779 --> 00:33:13.279
 drift from

00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:13.539
 it.

00:33:15.619 --> 00:33:16.419
 We're to

00:33:16.419 --> 00:33:17.079
 pay much

00:33:17.079 --> 00:33:17.799
 closer

00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:19.079
 attention to

00:33:19.079 --> 00:33:19.220
 it.

00:33:19.379 --> 00:33:20.059
 It's the

00:33:20.059 --> 00:33:21.839
 opposite of

00:33:21.839 --> 00:33:22.259
 neglect.

00:33:23.539 --> 00:33:24.279
 It's the

00:33:24.279 --> 00:33:24.859
 opposite of

00:33:24.859 --> 00:33:25.539
 drifting away.

00:33:25.539 --> 00:33:27.359
 Have you

00:33:27.359 --> 00:33:27.639
 ever seen

00:33:27.639 --> 00:33:28.079
 a jeweler

00:33:28.079 --> 00:33:31.359
 examining

00:33:31.359 --> 00:33:32.659
 diamonds?

00:33:34.220 --> 00:33:34.960
 Pulls out

00:33:34.960 --> 00:33:36.279
 that black

00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:37.700
 monocle

00:33:37.700 --> 00:33:38.500
 magnifier

00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:39.839
 and he's

00:33:39.839 --> 00:33:40.359
 examining

00:33:40.359 --> 00:33:42.980
 a diamond.

00:33:44.119 --> 00:33:44.619
 He's looking

00:33:44.619 --> 00:33:45.700
 at the

00:33:45.700 --> 00:33:46.259
 clarity of

00:33:46.259 --> 00:33:46.399
 it.

00:33:47.559 --> 00:33:48.519
 He's looking

00:33:48.519 --> 00:33:48.779
 at the

00:33:48.779 --> 00:33:49.299
 cut on

00:33:49.299 --> 00:33:49.440
 it.

00:33:49.720 --> 00:33:50.079
 He's looking

00:33:50.079 --> 00:33:50.379
 at the

00:33:50.379 --> 00:33:50.759
 carat

00:33:50.759 --> 00:33:51.200
 size.

00:33:51.460 --> 00:33:51.799
 He's looking

00:33:51.799 --> 00:33:52.059
 at the

00:33:52.059 --> 00:33:52.379
 color.

00:33:52.839 --> 00:33:53.099
 And when

00:33:53.099 --> 00:33:53.519
 they all

00:33:53.519 --> 00:33:54.220
 match up,

00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:54.899
 he's like,

00:33:55.139 --> 00:33:55.440
 wow!

00:33:55.539 --> 00:33:58.420
 Now,

00:33:58.460 --> 00:33:58.700
 that's a

00:33:58.700 --> 00:33:58.920
 diamond.

00:34:00.779 --> 00:34:01.440
 It's a

00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:01.759
 beauty.

00:34:02.299 --> 00:34:02.539
 It's

00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:03.059
 incredible

00:34:03.059 --> 00:34:03.559
 worth.

00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:05.500
 What we're

00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:06.019
 being called

00:34:06.019 --> 00:34:06.299
 to do

00:34:06.299 --> 00:34:06.639
 here,

00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:07.980
 and paying

00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:08.360
 close

00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:09.059
 attention to

00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:09.559
 the gospel

00:34:09.559 --> 00:34:09.960
 message,

00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:10.420
 this great

00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:10.920
 salvation,

00:34:11.920 --> 00:34:13.019
 is to make

00:34:13.019 --> 00:34:13.519
 our hearts

00:34:13.519 --> 00:34:14.199
 happy in

00:34:14.199 --> 00:34:14.500
 Jesus.

00:34:15.599 --> 00:34:16.300
 It's to

00:34:16.300 --> 00:34:17.039
 treasure him.

00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:17.980
 It's to

00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:18.719
 treasure Christ

00:34:18.719 --> 00:34:19.239
 and what he

00:34:19.239 --> 00:34:19.800
 has done.

00:34:20.079 --> 00:34:21.000
 To delight in

00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:21.279
 him,

00:34:21.279 --> 00:34:22.039
 to gaze

00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:22.800
 frequently

00:34:22.800 --> 00:34:23.640
 in an

00:34:23.640 --> 00:34:24.280
 unrushed

00:34:24.280 --> 00:34:24.820
 fashion

00:34:24.820 --> 00:34:26.480
 upon Christ

00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:27.360
 and his

00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:28.300
 finished work.

00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:29.800
 That's the

00:34:29.800 --> 00:34:30.660
 glory of

00:34:30.660 --> 00:34:31.260
 this message.

00:34:33.260 --> 00:34:33.940
 You know

00:34:33.940 --> 00:34:34.100
 what?

00:34:34.180 --> 00:34:35.240
 We live

00:34:35.240 --> 00:34:37.340
 in a

00:34:37.340 --> 00:34:38.580
 over-hurried,

00:34:38.900 --> 00:34:40.080
 over-extended

00:34:40.080 --> 00:34:40.840
 rush

00:34:40.840 --> 00:34:41.720
 culture.

00:34:43.180 --> 00:34:43.800
 And what

00:34:43.800 --> 00:34:44.500
 we're being

00:34:44.500 --> 00:34:45.500
 called upon

00:34:45.500 --> 00:34:46.620
 to is to

00:34:46.620 --> 00:34:47.580
 gaze upon

00:34:47.580 --> 00:34:48.220
 the greatness

00:34:48.220 --> 00:34:48.680
 of our

00:34:48.680 --> 00:34:49.420
 salvation in

00:34:49.420 --> 00:34:49.940
 Christ

00:34:49.940 --> 00:34:51.700
 frequently

00:34:51.700 --> 00:34:53.820
 in an

00:34:53.820 --> 00:34:54.380
 unrushed

00:34:54.380 --> 00:34:54.780
 fashion.

00:35:00.059 --> 00:35:00.760
 This is the

00:35:00.760 --> 00:35:01.139
 prescription.

00:35:04.340 --> 00:35:05.079
 This is what

00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:05.780
 wards off

00:35:05.780 --> 00:35:06.639
 drift and

00:35:06.639 --> 00:35:07.059
 neglect.

00:35:09.960 --> 00:35:10.700
 You may be

00:35:10.700 --> 00:35:11.019
 asking,

00:35:11.159 --> 00:35:11.579
 how do I

00:35:11.579 --> 00:35:11.900
 do that?

00:35:11.940 --> 00:35:12.260
 How do I

00:35:12.260 --> 00:35:13.119
 pay much

00:35:13.119 --> 00:35:14.460
 more closer

00:35:14.460 --> 00:35:15.360
 attention to

00:35:15.360 --> 00:35:16.740
 this message

00:35:16.740 --> 00:35:17.480
 of salvation?

00:35:17.740 --> 00:35:17.900
 Well,

00:35:17.900 --> 00:35:18.940
 you don't

00:35:18.940 --> 00:35:19.420
 look inside

00:35:19.420 --> 00:35:19.900
 yourself.

00:35:20.840 --> 00:35:21.539
 You don't

00:35:21.539 --> 00:35:22.180
 look for it

00:35:22.180 --> 00:35:22.480
 in an

00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:23.280
 experience.

00:35:24.519 --> 00:35:25.940
 You gaze

00:35:25.940 --> 00:35:26.400
 upon the

00:35:26.400 --> 00:35:26.840
 glory of

00:35:26.840 --> 00:35:27.200
 the Son

00:35:27.200 --> 00:35:27.440
 in the

00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:27.860
 pages of

00:35:27.860 --> 00:35:28.160
 Scripture.

00:35:29.300 --> 00:35:29.820
 That's

00:35:29.820 --> 00:35:30.960
 where you

00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:31.380
 will pay

00:35:31.380 --> 00:35:32.079
 close attention

00:35:32.079 --> 00:35:32.619
 to Jesus.

00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:35.200
 In this

00:35:35.200 --> 00:35:35.539
 book,

00:35:36.539 --> 00:35:37.559
 if you

00:35:37.559 --> 00:35:38.099
 haven't started

00:35:38.099 --> 00:35:38.579
 reading through

00:35:38.579 --> 00:35:38.980
 the book of

00:35:38.980 --> 00:35:39.260
 Hebrews,

00:35:39.420 --> 00:35:39.680
 I would

00:35:39.680 --> 00:35:40.260
 encourage you

00:35:40.260 --> 00:35:40.619
 to for

00:35:40.619 --> 00:35:41.200
 one reason,

00:35:42.200 --> 00:35:43.360
 the glory

00:35:43.360 --> 00:35:43.660
 of the

00:35:43.660 --> 00:35:43.860
 Son.

00:35:45.460 --> 00:35:45.940
 Again

00:35:45.940 --> 00:35:46.840
 and again

00:35:46.840 --> 00:35:47.300
 and again

00:35:47.300 --> 00:35:48.380
 we are

00:35:48.380 --> 00:35:49.039
 given these

00:35:49.039 --> 00:35:50.080
 glimpses of

00:35:50.080 --> 00:35:50.680
 the glory

00:35:50.680 --> 00:35:51.039
 of the

00:35:51.039 --> 00:35:51.320
 Son.

00:35:52.220 --> 00:35:52.780
 It is

00:35:52.780 --> 00:35:53.300
 a,

00:35:53.940 --> 00:35:55.460
 it makes

00:35:55.460 --> 00:35:55.960
 your heart

00:35:55.960 --> 00:35:56.539
 happy in

00:35:56.539 --> 00:35:56.940
 Jesus.

00:35:58.000 --> 00:35:58.140
 It will

00:35:58.140 --> 00:35:58.380
 help you

00:35:58.380 --> 00:35:58.700
 treasure

00:35:58.700 --> 00:35:59.000
 Him.

00:35:59.980 --> 00:36:00.280
 This

00:36:00.280 --> 00:36:00.680
 morning I

00:36:00.680 --> 00:36:00.840
 was in

00:36:00.840 --> 00:36:01.039
 the book

00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:01.600
 of Revelation.

00:36:02.260 --> 00:36:02.900
 I had

00:36:02.900 --> 00:36:03.680
 my socks

00:36:03.680 --> 00:36:04.420
 blown off

00:36:04.420 --> 00:36:06.780
 because of

00:36:06.780 --> 00:36:07.820
 the glory

00:36:07.820 --> 00:36:08.700
 of Jesus

00:36:08.700 --> 00:36:09.300
 in chapter

00:36:09.300 --> 00:36:09.680
 one.

00:36:11.280 --> 00:36:11.539
 The

00:36:11.539 --> 00:36:12.180
 Gospels,

00:36:13.860 --> 00:36:14.420
 these are

00:36:14.420 --> 00:36:15.900
 glimpse after

00:36:15.900 --> 00:36:16.960
 glimpse of

00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:17.700
 the Son

00:36:17.700 --> 00:36:18.660
 in action

00:36:18.660 --> 00:36:19.760
 where you

00:36:19.760 --> 00:36:20.360
 can gaze

00:36:20.360 --> 00:36:21.019
 upon His

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:21.720
 glory and

00:36:21.720 --> 00:36:22.380
 be amazed.

00:36:22.800 --> 00:36:23.220
 Treasure

00:36:23.220 --> 00:36:23.720
 Him.

00:36:24.300 --> 00:36:24.700
 Pay close

00:36:24.700 --> 00:36:25.260
 attention to

00:36:25.260 --> 00:36:25.380
 Him.

00:36:25.639 --> 00:36:26.000
 What is

00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:26.280
 He doing?

00:36:26.340 --> 00:36:26.579
 What is

00:36:26.579 --> 00:36:27.039
 He saying?

00:36:27.639 --> 00:36:27.980
 How is

00:36:27.980 --> 00:36:28.460
 He interacting

00:36:28.460 --> 00:36:29.019
 with people?

00:36:29.720 --> 00:36:30.280
 That's

00:36:30.280 --> 00:36:30.960
 your King.

00:36:34.720 --> 00:36:35.260
 It's

00:36:35.260 --> 00:36:35.700
 finding a

00:36:35.700 --> 00:36:36.099
 time.

00:36:36.340 --> 00:36:36.440
 It's

00:36:36.440 --> 00:36:36.880
 finding a

00:36:36.880 --> 00:36:37.340
 place.

00:36:37.579 --> 00:36:37.720
 It's

00:36:37.720 --> 00:36:38.360
 having a

00:36:38.360 --> 00:36:38.920
 plan and

00:36:38.920 --> 00:36:39.079
 it's

00:36:39.079 --> 00:36:39.539
 having a

00:36:39.539 --> 00:36:40.000
 goal.

00:36:40.940 --> 00:36:41.280
 And the

00:36:41.280 --> 00:36:41.760
 goal,

00:36:41.760 --> 00:36:42.860
 when you

00:36:42.860 --> 00:36:43.420
 look to

00:36:43.420 --> 00:36:44.600
 gaze upon

00:36:44.600 --> 00:36:45.220
 Jesus,

00:36:46.700 --> 00:36:47.580
 is to

00:36:47.580 --> 00:36:48.360
 glory in

00:36:48.360 --> 00:36:48.780
 Jesus,

00:36:49.700 --> 00:36:50.660
 is to

00:36:50.660 --> 00:36:51.180
 delight in

00:36:51.180 --> 00:36:51.340
 Him.

00:36:54.420 --> 00:36:55.400
 We must

00:36:55.400 --> 00:36:56.200
 pay careful

00:36:56.200 --> 00:36:57.780
 attention to

00:36:57.780 --> 00:36:58.860
 this

00:36:58.860 --> 00:37:00.280
 gospel message

00:37:00.280 --> 00:37:00.700
 with which

00:37:00.700 --> 00:37:01.260
 we've heard

00:37:01.260 --> 00:37:03.140
 again and

00:37:03.140 --> 00:37:03.440
 again.

00:37:04.000 --> 00:37:04.240
 There's

00:37:04.240 --> 00:37:05.220
 one word

00:37:05.220 --> 00:37:06.000
 in verse

00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:06.960
 one I

00:37:06.960 --> 00:37:07.560
 just want

00:37:07.560 --> 00:37:07.780
 you to

00:37:07.780 --> 00:37:07.960
 see.

00:37:09.560 --> 00:37:10.400
 It's the

00:37:10.400 --> 00:37:10.940
 word must.

00:37:11.760 --> 00:37:13.760
 therefore,

00:37:14.120 --> 00:37:15.300
 we must

00:37:15.300 --> 00:37:18.300
 pay much

00:37:18.300 --> 00:37:18.660
 closer

00:37:18.660 --> 00:37:19.000
 attention.

00:37:19.200 --> 00:37:20.100
 It's not

00:37:20.100 --> 00:37:20.480
 a maybe.

00:37:20.760 --> 00:37:21.180
 It's not

00:37:21.180 --> 00:37:21.700
 a suggestion.

00:37:22.980 --> 00:37:23.720
 It's a

00:37:23.720 --> 00:37:24.140
 must.

00:37:24.940 --> 00:37:25.440
 Do you

00:37:25.440 --> 00:37:26.540
 not want

00:37:26.540 --> 00:37:27.020
 to drift?

00:37:28.900 --> 00:37:29.520
 Do you

00:37:29.520 --> 00:37:29.940
 not want

00:37:29.940 --> 00:37:30.680
 to neglect

00:37:30.680 --> 00:37:31.560
 this great

00:37:31.560 --> 00:37:32.260
 salvation in

00:37:32.260 --> 00:37:32.680
 the sun?

00:37:33.420 --> 00:37:34.360
 You must

00:37:34.360 --> 00:37:34.880
 pay much

00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:35.680
 closer attention

00:37:35.680 --> 00:37:36.840
 to what we've

00:37:36.840 --> 00:37:37.440
 heard about

00:37:37.440 --> 00:37:37.680
 Him.

00:37:39.320 --> 00:37:40.240
 It's God's

00:37:40.240 --> 00:37:41.120
 prescription to

00:37:41.119 --> 00:37:42.059
 ward off

00:37:42.059 --> 00:37:44.339
 early onset

00:37:44.339 --> 00:37:45.199
 apostasy.

00:37:49.659 --> 00:37:50.799
 Do you

00:37:50.799 --> 00:37:51.400
 know how

00:37:51.400 --> 00:37:51.739
 to keep

00:37:51.739 --> 00:37:52.199
 from drifting

00:37:52.199 --> 00:37:52.920
 from Christ

00:37:52.920 --> 00:37:53.619
 and neglecting

00:37:53.619 --> 00:37:53.799
 Him?

00:37:55.799 --> 00:37:56.759
 Big

00:37:56.759 --> 00:37:58.259
 daily

00:37:58.259 --> 00:37:58.799
 doses

00:37:58.799 --> 00:38:00.859
 of Jesus.

00:38:02.059 --> 00:38:03.059
 Big

00:38:03.059 --> 00:38:04.519
 daily

00:38:04.519 --> 00:38:05.279
 doses

00:38:05.279 --> 00:38:06.179
 of Jesus.

00:38:06.460 --> 00:38:06.980
 Don't

00:38:06.980 --> 00:38:07.839
 drift

00:38:07.840 --> 00:38:08.920
 from Him.

00:38:09.519 --> 00:38:10.059
 Stake

00:38:10.059 --> 00:38:10.980
 your

00:38:10.980 --> 00:38:11.880
 life

00:38:11.880 --> 00:38:12.880
 upon Him.

00:38:14.420 --> 00:38:14.559
 Pay

00:38:14.559 --> 00:38:14.860
 careful

00:38:14.860 --> 00:38:15.180
 attention

00:38:15.180 --> 00:38:15.620
 to Him.

00:38:18.120 --> 00:38:18.760
 Here you

00:38:18.760 --> 00:38:18.980
 are

00:38:18.980 --> 00:38:20.880
 in God's

00:38:20.880 --> 00:38:21.500
 examination

00:38:21.500 --> 00:38:21.940
 room.

00:38:24.320 --> 00:38:24.900
 The

00:38:24.900 --> 00:38:25.519
 diagnosis

00:38:25.519 --> 00:38:26.140
 we've seen

00:38:26.140 --> 00:38:26.720
 this morning

00:38:26.720 --> 00:38:27.720
 is one of

00:38:27.720 --> 00:38:28.280
 unbelief.

00:38:29.860 --> 00:38:30.380
 Drift,

00:38:31.180 --> 00:38:31.700
 negligence

00:38:31.700 --> 00:38:32.039
 of the

00:38:32.039 --> 00:38:32.320
 sun,

00:38:33.320 --> 00:38:33.940
 moves into

00:38:33.940 --> 00:38:34.800
 falling away,

00:38:34.960 --> 00:38:35.340
 trampling

00:38:35.340 --> 00:38:36.039
 Him underfoot,

00:38:36.039 --> 00:38:36.840
 rejecting Him

00:38:36.840 --> 00:38:37.199
 wholesale.

00:38:38.480 --> 00:38:39.320
 We don't

00:38:39.320 --> 00:38:39.699
 want that.

00:38:41.719 --> 00:38:42.400
 The

00:38:42.400 --> 00:38:43.019
 prognosis

00:38:43.019 --> 00:38:43.619
 is very

00:38:43.619 --> 00:38:44.039
 sober.

00:38:47.179 --> 00:38:47.900
 When

00:38:47.900 --> 00:38:48.599
 this kind

00:38:48.599 --> 00:38:49.099
 of drift

00:38:49.099 --> 00:38:49.800
 and negligence

00:38:49.800 --> 00:38:51.519
 goes unchecked,

00:38:51.800 --> 00:38:52.320
 unheeded,

00:38:52.539 --> 00:38:53.880
 you don't

00:38:53.880 --> 00:38:55.059
 listen to

00:38:55.059 --> 00:38:55.759
 the doctor

00:38:55.759 --> 00:38:56.239
 of your

00:38:56.239 --> 00:38:56.579
 soul,

00:38:57.579 --> 00:38:58.599
 there's no

00:38:58.599 --> 00:38:59.079
 escape from

00:38:59.079 --> 00:38:59.380
 the wrath

00:38:59.380 --> 00:38:59.739
 to come.

00:38:59.739 --> 00:39:00.739
 God

00:39:00.739 --> 00:39:01.739
 will

00:39:01.739 --> 00:39:02.739
 come.

00:39:02.739 --> 00:39:02.939
 And for

00:39:02.939 --> 00:39:03.439
 those who've

00:39:03.439 --> 00:39:03.979
 professed

00:39:03.979 --> 00:39:04.679
 faith in

00:39:04.679 --> 00:39:05.179
 Christ,

00:39:05.979 --> 00:39:06.819
 who persist

00:39:06.819 --> 00:39:07.259
 in their

00:39:07.259 --> 00:39:07.919
 rejection of

00:39:07.919 --> 00:39:08.239
 Christ,

00:39:08.839 --> 00:39:09.379
 they were

00:39:09.379 --> 00:39:09.959
 likely never

00:39:09.959 --> 00:39:11.039
 Christians to

00:39:11.039 --> 00:39:11.659
 begin with.

00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:13.699
 But the

00:39:13.699 --> 00:39:14.119
 prescription,

00:39:15.859 --> 00:39:16.299
 whether you

00:39:16.299 --> 00:39:16.559
 are a

00:39:16.559 --> 00:39:17.039
 non-Christian

00:39:17.039 --> 00:39:17.379
 in the

00:39:17.379 --> 00:39:17.599
 room,

00:39:18.339 --> 00:39:19.079
 you need

00:39:19.079 --> 00:39:19.659
 to treasure

00:39:19.659 --> 00:39:20.059
 Jesus.

00:39:20.259 --> 00:39:20.500
 And if

00:39:20.500 --> 00:39:20.859
 you're a

00:39:20.859 --> 00:39:21.339
 Christian in

00:39:21.339 --> 00:39:21.699
 the room,

00:39:21.979 --> 00:39:22.699
 you need

00:39:22.699 --> 00:39:23.339
 to treasure

00:39:23.339 --> 00:39:23.939
 Jesus.

00:39:23.940 --> 00:39:26.700
 it's to

00:39:26.700 --> 00:39:27.720
 pay much

00:39:27.720 --> 00:39:28.220
 closer

00:39:28.220 --> 00:39:29.119
 attention to

00:39:29.119 --> 00:39:29.720
 this great

00:39:29.720 --> 00:39:30.679
 salvation in

00:39:30.679 --> 00:39:31.500
 the Son that

00:39:31.500 --> 00:39:32.720
 he, I mean,

00:39:32.780 --> 00:39:33.539
 we celebrated at

00:39:33.539 --> 00:39:34.179
 the table this

00:39:34.179 --> 00:39:34.420
 morning.

00:39:34.820 --> 00:39:35.579
 He gave

00:39:35.579 --> 00:39:36.159
 himself for

00:39:36.159 --> 00:39:36.519
 us.

00:39:37.840 --> 00:39:38.300
 He died

00:39:38.300 --> 00:39:39.039
 for you.

00:39:43.619 --> 00:39:44.139
 Brothers

00:39:44.139 --> 00:39:44.740
 and sisters,

00:39:48.740 --> 00:39:50.659
 where are

00:39:50.659 --> 00:39:50.920
 you at?

00:39:53.940 --> 00:39:55.119
 will you

00:39:55.119 --> 00:39:55.820
 heed God's

00:39:55.820 --> 00:39:56.159
 word?

00:39:58.940 --> 00:40:00.159
 Will you

00:40:00.159 --> 00:40:01.019
 stop

00:40:01.019 --> 00:40:01.920
 drifting

00:40:01.920 --> 00:40:02.960
 from the

00:40:02.960 --> 00:40:04.220
 Son and

00:40:04.220 --> 00:40:05.519
 start staking

00:40:05.519 --> 00:40:06.700
 your life

00:40:06.700 --> 00:40:08.000
 on him?

00:40:09.559 --> 00:40:10.280
 It's what

00:40:10.280 --> 00:40:10.700
 we call

00:40:10.700 --> 00:40:11.400
 around here

00:40:11.400 --> 00:40:14.159
 treasuring

00:40:14.159 --> 00:40:15.039
 Jesus above

00:40:15.039 --> 00:40:15.720
 all else.

00:40:18.920 --> 00:40:20.019
 All the

00:40:20.019 --> 00:40:20.300
 way,

00:40:21.099 --> 00:40:21.780
 all the

00:40:21.780 --> 00:40:21.980
 way,

00:40:22.460 --> 00:40:23.700
 all the

00:40:23.699 --> 00:40:24.000
 way to

00:40:24.000 --> 00:40:24.159
 the

00:40:24.159 --> 00:40:24.419
 end.

00:40:26.939 --> 00:40:27.439
 Will you

00:40:27.439 --> 00:40:27.779
 pray with

00:40:27.779 --> 00:40:27.980
 me?

00:40:36.019 --> 00:40:36.460
 Father

00:40:36.460 --> 00:40:36.739
 God,

00:40:36.799 --> 00:40:37.199
 would you

00:40:37.199 --> 00:40:37.599
 pour out

00:40:37.599 --> 00:40:37.739
 your

00:40:37.739 --> 00:40:38.019
 spirit

00:40:38.019 --> 00:40:38.319
 upon

00:40:38.319 --> 00:40:38.839
 us

00:40:38.839 --> 00:40:41.699
 that we

00:40:41.699 --> 00:40:42.159
 would see

00:40:42.159 --> 00:40:42.739
 the glory

00:40:42.739 --> 00:40:43.119
 of the

00:40:43.119 --> 00:40:43.439
 Son

00:40:43.439 --> 00:40:44.539
 throughout

00:40:44.539 --> 00:40:45.079
 the pages

00:40:45.079 --> 00:40:45.679
 of Scripture,

00:40:46.379 --> 00:40:47.059
 that you

00:40:47.059 --> 00:40:47.759
 would wow

00:40:47.759 --> 00:40:48.319
 us,

00:40:48.460 --> 00:40:48.960
 that we

00:40:48.960 --> 00:40:49.439
 would

00:40:49.439 --> 00:40:50.339
 treasure

00:40:50.339 --> 00:40:51.460
 the gospel

00:40:51.460 --> 00:40:52.000
 diamond,

00:40:52.500 --> 00:40:53.019
 and that

00:40:53.019 --> 00:40:53.340
 we

00:40:53.340 --> 00:40:53.699
 would

00:40:53.699 --> 00:40:54.199
 press

00:40:54.199 --> 00:40:55.099
 on out

00:40:55.099 --> 00:40:55.980
 of joy

00:40:55.980 --> 00:40:57.019
 in Jesus,

00:40:58.019 --> 00:40:58.380
 even if

00:40:58.380 --> 00:40:58.679
 that means

00:40:58.679 --> 00:40:59.119
 suffering,

00:41:00.320 --> 00:41:00.659
 even if

00:41:00.659 --> 00:41:00.940
 that means

00:41:00.940 --> 00:41:01.460
 hardship.

00:41:04.039 --> 00:41:04.679
 God,

00:41:04.759 --> 00:41:05.780
 unite us

00:41:05.780 --> 00:41:07.800
 around the

00:41:07.800 --> 00:41:08.039
 Son.

00:41:09.079 --> 00:41:09.539
 In your name

00:41:09.539 --> 00:41:09.940
 we pray.

00:41:10.800 --> 00:41:11.119
 Amen.

00:41:11.119 --> 00:41:11.239
 Amen.

00:41:11.239 --> 00:41:11.280
 Amen.

00:41:11.280 --> 00:41:11.280


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 Amen.

00:41:13.380 --> 00:41:31.280
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