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 We'll turn to Mark chapter 11 this morning, Mark chapter 11, as we continue here looking

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 through at the life of Jesus, as we've come to the final days of Jesus' ministry here

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 upon the earth.

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 And the Bible gives us more information about this period in His life than any other.

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 It gives us all sorts of details along the way in this final seven to eight days here

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 we are looking at.

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 And we see Jesus as He had entered into Jerusalem just a couple days earlier from where we're

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 looking here, He had entered in and the people had greeted Him joyfully and honored Him.

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 And He'd made His way into the temple and then returned back away from the city of Jerusalem

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 into the town of Bethany.

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 And on Monday on His way back into Jerusalem there and the temple, we find that when He

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 entered the temple, He began to cleanse the area and teaching people and preaching about

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 the use of the temple.

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 That was not to be a place of merchandise, but a place of prayer, a place where people could

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 connect and communicate with God.

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 It was a place that was supposed to be something that would build people's relationship and

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 draw them to the Lord.

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 But we find here, before He went into the temple that day, on His way to Jerusalem, Jesus

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 was hungry, so He looked for some figs on His way and had some leaves.

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 And we're going to be reading through about that.

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 But He expected some figs to be present as the leaves were formed upon the tree.

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 Now just a little interesting tidbit there for you on that.

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 Figs produce fruit before leaves.

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 Leaves were present with an expectation of fruit to be on the tree.

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 And so we're going to look here as Jesus finds no figs upon it and He responds by condemning

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 the tree for the lack of figs.

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 And we're going to look here because this event, the next day as Peter finds that the tree

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 has withered away, we find that Peter asks him a question about it.

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 He makes note of it and Jesus gives a response towards him.

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 We're going to look at here today the reality of that faith that must draw us to God.

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 And so we find here, as we begin looking here in Mark chapter 11, we found Mark chapter 11

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 this morning.

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 Go ahead and stand together in honor of the reading of the Word of God.

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 And we'll read a couple of verses here up at verses 12 through 14, and then we'll skip

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 down to verse 20.

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 And so we find here, it says in verse 12,

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 Now verse 20,

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 we find the next day after Jesus had cleansed the temple and went back out, they're coming

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 back into the town the next day.

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 It says,

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 In the morning as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.

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 And Peter says,

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 Remember, and saith unto him,

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 Master, behold,

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 the thing that thou artest thou artest is withered away.

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 And Jesus answering saith unto them,

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 Have faith in God.

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 And when you stand praying, forgive.

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 If you have ought against any, that your Father also is in heaven, may forgive you your trespasses.

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 And if you do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.

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 Let's pray.

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 Heavenly Father, as we come before you this morning, Lord, we're so thankful for your word, Lord,

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 as we look at this lesson on faith and trusting you and what it means,

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 what that looks like and the necessities around it.

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 Lord, we pray just have your hand upon each heart, each life here today.

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 Lord, you know each one.

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 You know the needs that we bring in.

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 Lord, you know the challenges that we face.

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 Lord, would you just help us to focus upon the truth of your word today,

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 even in the midst of those things,

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 that the principal reality is we need to have faith in you.

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 And Lord, we pray just have your hand upon each one today in a mighty way.

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 And let us ask it in your precious name.

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 Amen.

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 You may be seated.

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 You know, while we can make application to our lives and other events and parables in Scripture,

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 one thing we always need to be careful of is to make sure we focus on the way that Jesus presented something.

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 Because oftentimes people have read this passage talking about him cursing the fig tree,

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 and you'll find a lot of people try to put a lot of speculation into it.

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 But we're going to stick to how Jesus described and the focus that Jesus put on the event

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 and what Jesus had to say about it.

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 Because when it comes to the Scripture,

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 when Jesus gives an illustration or an application to something,

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 we can rest assured it's the right one.

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 It's what he wanted us to know and what he wanted us to understand about the truth of the matter.

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 But we find here that the next morning here,

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 after Jesus had returned back into the city,

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 we find the disciples were fascinated as they passed the tree

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 that the day before on Monday had leaves and was green and growing and looked vibrant.

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 And the next morning, the tree was withered up.

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 It's dried up.

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 You know, there was nothing more to it.

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 It was dried up from the root.

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 And notice what Peter asked him here in verse 21.

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 Or says to him,

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 And Peter, calling to remember, saith unto him,

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 Master, behold the fig tree which thou cursest is withered away.

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 You know, it wasn't hard for the disciples to see the difference.

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 You know, the day before that tree was very green, it was noticeable.

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 From even afar off, Jesus made note of how green it was from afar

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 because he came looking for the figs.

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 He made note of what had appeared and what was there.

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 And one day it's green and lush.

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 And the next day, this word withered,

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 literally, if you've been driving around Lincoln lately,

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 you see a lot of withered trees.

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 That's the same term.

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 In other words, it was dried up.

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 All the leaves had turned brown.

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 There was nothing left of what brought any vibrancy.

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 And you know, we walk, you drive around town,

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 you see all these piles of tree limbs that have withered away.

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 That's what happened to this tree overnight.

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 Now, that's the reason the disciples could very easily notice that

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 and make attention to it because that would be pretty obvious.

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 If you've got a tree that's totally green one day

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 and you come back the next day and it's dried up from the root,

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 all the leaves are dried up, everything just withered away on it,

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 it would catch your attention.

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 And we find here it did just that.

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 And it was completely,

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 it was not natural for it to wither away so quickly and completely.

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 But I want you to draw your attention here this morning to verse 22.

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 Because Jesus gives us a very critical statement about this.

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 Notice how Jesus responds to him.

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 Verse 22,

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 Jesus answering, saith unto them,

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 Have faith in God.

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 Have faith in God.

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 You know, we know that faith is central to God's program.

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 Everything that God has for us is centered around this concept of faith,

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 this trusting.

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 You know, think about what the Bible tells us.

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 Hebrews chapter 11, verse 6 says this,

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 But without faith, it is impossible to please him.

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 It is impossible to please him without faith.

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 Faith is a critical element that we find.

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 And when you look through the scripture,

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 you'll find that faith did so many things.

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 Not just a generic faith.

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 Because we're going to look here this morning,

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 sometimes people get in trouble and they get caught up in the faith.

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 But I want you to understand,

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 the focus of what your faith is upon is important.

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 Why do you have faith?

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 Faith itself, we can have faith in a lot of things.

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 But faith, the object of our faith, is important.

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 I want you to see here,

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 Jesus points them to that fact that it's not,

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 don't be fascinated or caught up in the tree.

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 Understand that it's faith in God that's critical.

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 And sometimes we can get caught up in the fanciful

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 and the things that catch our attention.

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 Instead of focusing upon the right direction,

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 that's to focus upon God.

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 But when you look at the scripture,

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 there's many individuals that had miraculous things take place

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 because of faith.

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 You'll consider Joshua commanded the sun to stand still

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 so Israel could defeat the Amorites.

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 I mean, that took faith.

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 Where was this faith?

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 That was in God.

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 We find Isaiah, in Isaiah 38,

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 we find King Hezekiah was told he would die

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 and he prayed and the Lord added 15 years

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 because of his faith in God.

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 We find in Abraham,

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 there in Genesis chapter 22,

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 was told to sacrifice Isaac,

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 his son of promise,

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 and he obeyed by faith

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 and God gave him a ram in his place.

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 Joshua, we find in Joshua 14,

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 we find an 85-year-old man by the name of Caleb,

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 believed God for the power to defeat a mountain filled full of giants.

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 God gave him the mountain.

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 We find in a teenage boy named David there in 1 Samuel,

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 by faith defeated a giant named Goliath.

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 By faith he accomplished those things.

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 God gave him the victory.

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 Three young men in the book of Daniel there,

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 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego believed God

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 to keep them from the power of a pagan king

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 in a fiery furnace.

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 And God met them there in the furnace

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 and protected them,

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 not because of just faith,

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 but their faith in God.

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 What was added here is important

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 because many times we could give many examples of faith

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 and not just generic,

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 but directed and specific focused faith in God.

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 We need to trust God,

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 the reality of it,

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 the object of biblical faith.

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 This is the object of biblical faith,

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 is not just faith itself,

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 it's not just hope itself,

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 but it's in God.

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 He is the one that gives hope

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 when we trust Him.

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 It's what He has done

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 and what He can do.

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 You know, we understand that faith

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 is not blindly wishing something true.

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 You know, sometimes people enter into that idea of faith,

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 that faith is just something that,

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 well, you're just hoping that to be.

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 Well, faith has something more to it

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 than just hopeful wishing

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 or just being positive-minded.

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 I want you to understand,

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 faith is not just something that fascinates the mind.

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 I mean, the disciples were fascinated

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 by what happened to the tree.

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 Sometimes things will happen

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 and people get fascinated by it.

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 And they'll even maybe give honor to God for something,

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 but their faith misses the mark

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 because the mark is not in what is fanciful

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 or what is hopeful

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 or what's wished for,

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 but our faith needs to be in God,

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 in who He is.

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 Notice back here in Hebrews 11, verse 6,

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 notice what He tells us here.

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 Without faith it is impossible to please Him,

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 for he that cometh to God,

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 notice it,

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 you must believe that He is.

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 Have faith in God.

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 Believe that He is.

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 And when we say to believe that He is,

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 that doesn't just mean that He exists.

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 You know, the reality is

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 a lot of people will give acknowledgement to God.

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 But their faith is not in God.

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 Because in your faith is in God,

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 there's some things you have faith in

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 because Jesus is the foundation of faith

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 must be in God.

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 Our faith is not in His kingdom

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 that's going to come.

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 Our faith is not in the law.

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 Our faith can't even be in our position,

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 even like His disciples.

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 Their faith couldn't be in the fact

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 that Jesus made them a disciple.

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 Their faith had to rest in God.

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 Had to rest above those things.

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 In something of more substance,

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 the one that was behind all of it.

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 Because simply it's being persuaded

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 by who God is,

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 His character,

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 to have a deep, settled trust

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 in who He is,

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 what He says,

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 and what He will do.

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 Because we have to understand,

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 we must have faith in His person.

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 You know, not just acknowledgement

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 that He exists,

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 but who He is.

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 That He is God.

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 He is above all.

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 You know, I want you to understand

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 His person is there

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 because He's personal with us.

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 He wants to connect with us.

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 The Bible tells us in 1 Peter 5, 7,

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 to cast,

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 casting all your cares upon Him,

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 for He careth for you.

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 That's a personal connection.

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 It says who God is.

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 He has a personality.

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 He has something that you can connect with.

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 He wants and invites you

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 to bring those things.

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 Think about Philippians 4,

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 in verse 6,

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 where it says,

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 Be careful for nothing,

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 but in everything,

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 by prayer and supplication,

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 with thanksgiving,

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 let your requests remain known unto God.

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 And the peace of God,

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 which passes all understanding,

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 shall keep your hearts and minds

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 through Christ Jesus.

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 You know,

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 we need to know

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 that we can trust His person,

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 who He is.

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 not just a generic God,

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 but a specific God.

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 But we can have that

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 because we must have faith

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 in His promises.

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 Because of who He is as a person,

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 we can have faith

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 in His promises

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 that He has made to us.

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 To trust those things.

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 Think about Romans chapter 4.

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 Romans chapter 4,

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 here in verse 21,

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 it says,

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 and being what?

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 Fully what?

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 What?

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 Is that next word?

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 Persuaded.

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 Fully persuaded.

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 That has to do with our thinking.

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 How we process it,

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 creates a filter

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 or a lens

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 through which we see

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 and how we understand.

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 When you're fully persuaded

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 in your mind,

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 it's locked in.

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 Have you ever noticed

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 that somebody's

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 fully persuaded about them?

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 You just will almost give up

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 arguing with them

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 about anything?

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 Or about that topic?

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 Because if they're

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 fully persuaded,

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 man,

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 there's nothing

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 going to change their mind.

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 God tells us

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 we need to be

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 fully persuaded

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 because He had promised

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 that He was able

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 also to perform.

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 He is able

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 also to perform.

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 Think about Hebrews chapter 6

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 in verse 18

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 that says,

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 by two immutable things

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 in which it's impossible

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 for God to lie.

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 You know?

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 To understand

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 that God cannot lie.

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 He will not lie to you.

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 You know?

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 We look at the world today.

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 You know,

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 whenever the elections

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 come up,

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 you can look at it

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 another way.

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 Oftentimes,

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 it's the lying season.

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 You know?

00:17:01.960 --> 00:17:02.960
 There's more lies

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 floating around right now

00:17:04.000 --> 00:17:04.839
 about everything

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 than you can shake a stick at.

00:17:06.559 --> 00:17:06.680
 You know,

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 especially at the age

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 of social media,

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 but I want you to understand

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 when God said something

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 in His description

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 of somebody

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 or you or me,

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 God does not lie.

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 God's promises are true.

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 His application,

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 His,

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 what He tells us

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 about the world,

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 what He tells us

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 about us as individuals,

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 what He tells us

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 is going to happen.

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 It's going to be.

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 We can trust

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 what God has said.

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 You know,

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 Numbers chapter 23

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 and verse 19

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 says this,

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 God is not a man

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 that He should lie,

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 neither the Son of Man

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 that He should repent.

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 Hath He said

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 and shall He not do it?

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 Or hath He spoken

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 and shall He not make it good?

00:17:47.580 --> 00:17:47.900
 You know,

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 He's asking questions

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 for the children of Israel

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 who had just come out of Egypt.

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 God made promises to them

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 and He said,

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 hey,

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 what did you guys just see?

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 What did you just see

00:18:01.220 --> 00:18:02.559
 and understand

00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:03.359
 and experience?

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 Did I not tell you

00:18:05.379 --> 00:18:06.379
 this was going to happen

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 and did it not happen?

00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:11.859
 He wants us to know

00:18:11.859 --> 00:18:13.000
 that we must have faith

00:18:13.000 --> 00:18:13.859
 in His promises,

00:18:14.399 --> 00:18:15.740
 but we need to have faith

00:18:15.740 --> 00:18:17.039
 also in His power

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 because, you know,

00:18:18.720 --> 00:18:19.740
 we know very quickly

00:18:19.740 --> 00:18:20.480
 that promises

00:18:20.480 --> 00:18:21.579
 are easily made.

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 You know,

00:18:24.179 --> 00:18:25.059
 even as people,

00:18:25.059 --> 00:18:26.519
 sometimes we make promises

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 even with good intentions.

00:18:29.539 --> 00:18:30.019
 You know,

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 I think we can all look back

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 on our life at some point

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 and say,

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 I made a promise

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 that I made with good intentions

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 but I couldn't fulfill it.

00:18:38.960 --> 00:18:40.139
 There were other things

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 that I could not control

00:18:41.299 --> 00:18:43.379
 that impacted my ability

00:18:43.379 --> 00:18:44.299
 to fulfill a promise.

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 But I want you to understand

00:18:47.339 --> 00:18:48.779
 when it comes to God,

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 He has the power

00:18:50.619 --> 00:18:53.019
 to fulfill them.

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 That's the difference

00:18:55.299 --> 00:18:56.339
 in God's promise

00:18:56.339 --> 00:18:57.639
 over any other promise

00:18:57.639 --> 00:18:58.180
 you'll get.

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 God says,

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 when I promise it,

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 I have the ability

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 to perform it.

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 I have what it takes.

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 You know,

00:19:07.379 --> 00:19:09.139
 think about Jeremiah 32.

00:19:09.799 --> 00:19:11.039
 Jeremiah 32 says,

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 Oh Lord God,

00:19:12.000 --> 00:19:12.319
 behold,

00:19:12.440 --> 00:19:13.480
 thou hast made the heaven

00:19:13.480 --> 00:19:14.079
 and the earth

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 by thy great power

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 and stretched out arm.

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 Notice this,

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 there is nothing

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 too hard for thee.

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 Nothing too hard for God.

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 Luke chapter 1 verse 37

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 makes a very simple statement,

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 for with God

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 nothing shall be impossible.

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 When it comes to faith in God,

00:19:38.119 --> 00:19:39.119
 we need to trust

00:19:39.119 --> 00:19:40.980
 His eternal plan.

00:19:41.059 --> 00:19:41.720
 We need to trust

00:19:41.720 --> 00:19:42.460
 His purposes.

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 You know,

00:19:43.919 --> 00:19:44.919
 God has a purpose

00:19:44.919 --> 00:19:45.759
 in what He's doing.

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 Often times,

00:19:47.940 --> 00:19:48.839
 we get uncomfortable

00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:49.940
 with God's purpose,

00:19:50.720 --> 00:19:52.579
 but God has a purpose

00:19:52.579 --> 00:19:53.259
 and a plan

00:19:53.259 --> 00:19:54.259
 that He has established

00:19:54.259 --> 00:19:54.980
 and set out.

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 He has it the way

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 He's going to do it.

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 And when it comes

00:19:58.879 --> 00:19:59.940
 to faith in God,

00:20:00.019 --> 00:20:00.960
 we need to trust

00:20:00.960 --> 00:20:02.539
 His eternal plan,

00:20:02.619 --> 00:20:03.920
 a plan that He will

00:20:03.920 --> 00:20:04.900
 accomplish.

00:20:05.619 --> 00:20:06.259
 If He is a,

00:20:06.500 --> 00:20:07.879
 we can trust His person,

00:20:07.980 --> 00:20:09.140
 we can trust His promises,

00:20:09.319 --> 00:20:10.460
 we can trust His power,

00:20:11.259 --> 00:20:12.740
 we can trust His purposes.

00:20:13.799 --> 00:20:14.019
 You know,

00:20:14.059 --> 00:20:15.720
 think about Ephesians chapter 1.

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 It's made this morning.

00:20:17.740 --> 00:20:18.920
 Ephesians chapter 1

00:20:18.920 --> 00:20:19.680
 and verse 9

00:20:19.680 --> 00:20:22.400
 tells us this.

00:20:22.519 --> 00:20:22.720
 It says,

00:20:22.980 --> 00:20:24.059
 Having made known unto us

00:20:24.059 --> 00:20:25.500
 the mystery of His will.

00:20:28.119 --> 00:20:30.200
 God doesn't hide His will from us.

00:20:30.900 --> 00:20:33.240
 He reveals His will to us.

00:20:34.559 --> 00:20:36.019
 He wants us to know

00:20:36.019 --> 00:20:37.240
 that He is accomplishing

00:20:37.240 --> 00:20:38.019
 what He said

00:20:38.019 --> 00:20:39.359
 He was going to do.

00:20:40.879 --> 00:20:41.559
 You ever notice

00:20:41.559 --> 00:20:42.119
 it's real easy

00:20:42.119 --> 00:20:42.839
 to claim something

00:20:42.839 --> 00:20:43.539
 if nobody knows

00:20:43.539 --> 00:20:44.980
 what you started out with?

00:20:44.980 --> 00:20:47.120
 You know,

00:20:47.319 --> 00:20:48.559
 I promised that years ago.

00:20:48.620 --> 00:20:49.099
 Who heard you?

00:20:49.140 --> 00:20:49.380
 Nobody.

00:20:49.519 --> 00:20:50.420
 Well, how do you know?

00:20:51.740 --> 00:20:52.579
 God tells us,

00:20:52.660 --> 00:20:53.599
 Hey, here's the plan.

00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:54.420
 Here's the purpose.

00:20:54.680 --> 00:20:55.920
 I promised these things

00:20:55.920 --> 00:20:56.599
 to be so.

00:20:56.839 --> 00:20:58.099
 Now you can examine it.

00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:01.440
 Now you can trust it.

00:21:01.920 --> 00:21:02.220
 He says,

00:21:02.319 --> 00:21:03.960
 According to His good pleasure,

00:21:04.299 --> 00:21:05.480
 which He hath purposed

00:21:05.480 --> 00:21:06.099
 in Himself,

00:21:06.700 --> 00:21:07.920
 that in the dispensation

00:21:07.920 --> 00:21:09.079
 of the fullness of times

00:21:09.079 --> 00:21:10.160
 He might gather together

00:21:10.160 --> 00:21:10.759
 in one

00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:12.640
 all things in Christ

00:21:12.640 --> 00:21:13.859
 which are in heaven

00:21:13.859 --> 00:21:14.759
 or which are on earth

00:21:14.759 --> 00:21:15.539
 even in Him,

00:21:16.079 --> 00:21:17.000
 in whom also

00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:17.759
 we have attained

00:21:17.759 --> 00:21:18.460
 an inheritance

00:21:18.460 --> 00:21:20.180
 being predestined

00:21:20.180 --> 00:21:21.240
 according to the purpose

00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:21.660
 of Him

00:21:21.660 --> 00:21:22.920
 who worketh all things

00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:23.839
 after the counsel

00:21:23.839 --> 00:21:26.440
 of His own will.

00:21:26.819 --> 00:21:28.220
 I want you to understand

00:21:28.220 --> 00:21:29.900
 God has declared

00:21:29.900 --> 00:21:31.940
 some very simple promises.

00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:34.000
 This verse applies

00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:34.779
 very directly

00:21:34.779 --> 00:21:35.720
 to your salvation

00:21:35.720 --> 00:21:37.500
 in this way.

00:21:37.500 --> 00:21:39.000
 Your salvation,

00:21:39.220 --> 00:21:39.720
 God says,

00:21:39.819 --> 00:21:40.920
 Whosoever shall call

00:21:40.920 --> 00:21:41.500
 upon the name

00:21:41.500 --> 00:21:42.059
 of the Lord,

00:21:42.440 --> 00:21:43.480
 whoever trusts me

00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:44.059
 as Savior,

00:21:44.579 --> 00:21:46.579
 will be with Him.

00:21:48.420 --> 00:21:49.299
 That's what God

00:21:49.299 --> 00:21:50.059
 predetermined.

00:21:50.920 --> 00:21:51.400
 God said,

00:21:51.519 --> 00:21:52.200
 I have a plan

00:21:52.200 --> 00:21:52.799
 and a way

00:21:52.799 --> 00:21:53.759
 and if they make

00:21:53.759 --> 00:21:54.519
 that choice,

00:21:54.680 --> 00:21:55.859
 I have predetermined

00:21:55.859 --> 00:21:56.700
 I'm going to fulfill it.

00:21:57.579 --> 00:21:58.880
 I'm going to take care of it.

00:21:59.140 --> 00:22:00.440
 It's all upon me.

00:22:02.440 --> 00:22:02.660
 You know,

00:22:02.680 --> 00:22:03.039
 think about

00:22:03.039 --> 00:22:04.420
 Proverbs chapter 19.

00:22:05.319 --> 00:22:06.599
 Proverbs chapter 19

00:22:06.599 --> 00:22:07.459
 in verse 21

00:22:07.459 --> 00:22:08.459
 tells us this,

00:22:09.579 --> 00:22:10.759
 There are many devices

00:22:10.759 --> 00:22:11.899
 in a man's heart.

00:22:13.459 --> 00:22:13.759
 Nevertheless,

00:22:14.099 --> 00:22:15.399
 the counsel of the Lord

00:22:15.399 --> 00:22:18.359
 that shall stand.

00:22:19.740 --> 00:22:21.000
 God is the one

00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:22.279
 that has established

00:22:22.279 --> 00:22:23.219
 those things

00:22:23.219 --> 00:22:25.000
 because consider

00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:26.899
 His will is very clear

00:22:26.899 --> 00:22:27.779
 within the Scripture.

00:22:28.339 --> 00:22:29.219
 God is not willing

00:22:29.219 --> 00:22:30.319
 that any should perish,

00:22:30.459 --> 00:22:31.539
 that all should come

00:22:31.539 --> 00:22:32.039
 to repentance.

00:22:32.939 --> 00:22:33.139
 You know,

00:22:33.159 --> 00:22:34.500
 God makes some very clear

00:22:34.500 --> 00:22:35.719
 statements about His will.

00:22:36.599 --> 00:22:38.559
 His desire

00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:39.419
 and His plan

00:22:39.419 --> 00:22:40.319
 and His provision

00:22:40.319 --> 00:22:42.019
 took care of everything

00:22:42.019 --> 00:22:42.799
 we need

00:22:42.799 --> 00:22:43.819
 to have a relationship

00:22:43.819 --> 00:22:44.339
 with Him

00:22:44.339 --> 00:22:45.139
 if we trust

00:22:45.139 --> 00:22:46.679
 in God.

00:22:47.059 --> 00:22:48.079
 If our faith

00:22:48.079 --> 00:22:48.919
 is in God,

00:22:49.119 --> 00:22:50.240
 not in church,

00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:51.399
 not in baptism,

00:22:51.659 --> 00:22:53.000
 not in what somebody

00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:53.859
 told you,

00:22:54.939 --> 00:22:56.639
 our faith must be

00:22:56.639 --> 00:22:57.439
 in God,

00:22:57.980 --> 00:22:58.980
 must be in what

00:22:58.980 --> 00:23:00.240
 Christ has done,

00:23:00.579 --> 00:23:01.579
 the one that came

00:23:01.579 --> 00:23:02.879
 and died for our sin.

00:23:02.880 --> 00:23:04.980
 It has to be

00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:05.840
 in that alone.

00:23:08.180 --> 00:23:09.340
 Because we see here,

00:23:09.440 --> 00:23:10.580
 notice what He tells them

00:23:10.580 --> 00:23:11.500
 in verse 23.

00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:13.220
 He makes that declarative

00:23:13.220 --> 00:23:14.280
 statement of faith

00:23:14.280 --> 00:23:14.940
 in God.

00:23:15.380 --> 00:23:16.300
 And then Jesus says,

00:23:16.380 --> 00:23:17.940
 For verily I say unto you,

00:23:18.500 --> 00:23:19.620
 that whoso shall say

00:23:19.620 --> 00:23:20.360
 unto this mountain,

00:23:20.480 --> 00:23:21.260
 Be thou removed,

00:23:21.360 --> 00:23:22.120
 and be thou cast

00:23:22.120 --> 00:23:22.840
 into the sea,

00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:24.380
 and shall not doubt

00:23:24.380 --> 00:23:25.220
 in His heart,

00:23:25.500 --> 00:23:26.380
 but shall believe

00:23:26.380 --> 00:23:27.160
 that those things

00:23:27.160 --> 00:23:27.840
 which He saith

00:23:27.840 --> 00:23:28.880
 shall come to pass,

00:23:29.300 --> 00:23:30.240
 He shall have

00:23:30.240 --> 00:23:31.880
 whatsoever He saith.

00:23:31.880 --> 00:23:32.520
 He saith.

00:23:33.940 --> 00:23:34.860
 Now I want you

00:23:34.860 --> 00:23:35.800
 to break these down

00:23:35.800 --> 00:23:36.320
 a little bit

00:23:36.320 --> 00:23:38.080
 because God tells us

00:23:38.080 --> 00:23:39.240
 we have opportunities

00:23:39.240 --> 00:23:40.940
 of faith.

00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:41.980
 What are we going

00:23:41.980 --> 00:23:42.820
 to trust Him in?

00:23:43.780 --> 00:23:44.460
 What are we going

00:23:44.460 --> 00:23:45.500
 to ask Him for?

00:23:46.040 --> 00:23:47.660
 Our faith functions

00:23:47.660 --> 00:23:49.100
 when we trust God

00:23:49.100 --> 00:23:50.460
 and that He's going

00:23:50.460 --> 00:23:52.120
 to do that which is

00:23:52.120 --> 00:23:54.080
 often what we see

00:23:54.080 --> 00:23:54.960
 as impossible.

00:23:57.960 --> 00:23:59.280
 Those things that we look

00:23:59.280 --> 00:24:00.560
 at and say are impossible

00:24:00.559 --> 00:24:02.339
 because I want you

00:24:02.339 --> 00:24:03.359
 to get the picture here

00:24:03.359 --> 00:24:03.919
 because remember

00:24:03.919 --> 00:24:05.200
 Jesus is coming down

00:24:05.200 --> 00:24:06.240
 to the Mount of Olives

00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:09.700
 when He's describing,

00:24:10.059 --> 00:24:11.419
 telling the disciples this.

00:24:11.940 --> 00:24:12.980
 So they're coming down

00:24:12.980 --> 00:24:13.559
 from the mount

00:24:13.559 --> 00:24:14.679
 and can you imagine

00:24:14.679 --> 00:24:15.619
 Jesus when He said,

00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:16.440
 Hey, this,

00:24:16.539 --> 00:24:17.619
 if you ask the Lord,

00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:18.859
 this mountain,

00:24:18.940 --> 00:24:19.500
 He's looking at the

00:24:19.500 --> 00:24:20.559
 Mount of Olives

00:24:20.559 --> 00:24:22.039
 and cast into the sea

00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:22.579
 which would have been

00:24:22.579 --> 00:24:23.319
 the Dead Sea.

00:24:23.319 --> 00:24:26.159
 that was a big thing

00:24:26.159 --> 00:24:27.279
 in the disciples' minds.

00:24:27.359 --> 00:24:28.059
 They could vividly

00:24:28.059 --> 00:24:28.759
 see the picture.

00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:30.659
 They're thinking,

00:24:30.859 --> 00:24:31.720
 this is impossible.

00:24:34.059 --> 00:24:35.319
 The point isn't

00:24:35.319 --> 00:24:36.460
 the moving of the mountain.

00:24:36.700 --> 00:24:37.500
 Jesus is making

00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:38.319
 a point here

00:24:38.319 --> 00:24:39.859
 that reveals to them

00:24:39.859 --> 00:24:41.519
 that true faith in God

00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:44.119
 will change insurmountable

00:24:44.119 --> 00:24:45.539
 obstacles in your life.

00:24:46.700 --> 00:24:47.559
 Faith in God

00:24:47.559 --> 00:24:48.439
 will move things

00:24:48.439 --> 00:24:49.099
 that we think

00:24:49.099 --> 00:24:49.879
 are impossible.

00:24:49.880 --> 00:24:50.000
 impossible.

00:24:51.940 --> 00:24:53.620
 They may be impossible

00:24:53.620 --> 00:24:54.420
 to us

00:24:54.420 --> 00:24:55.860
 but they are possible

00:24:55.860 --> 00:24:57.220
 with God.

00:24:58.800 --> 00:24:59.680
 Let me give you

00:24:59.680 --> 00:25:00.220
 an example.

00:25:00.380 --> 00:25:00.800
 Have you ever

00:25:00.800 --> 00:25:03.760
 considered that sometimes

00:25:03.760 --> 00:25:05.080
 we either look at somebody

00:25:05.080 --> 00:25:06.840
 or maybe even yourself,

00:25:06.960 --> 00:25:07.940
 you've had this thought

00:25:07.940 --> 00:25:10.020
 that I am so lost,

00:25:10.080 --> 00:25:11.400
 so far away from God,

00:25:11.760 --> 00:25:12.880
 God can't save me.

00:25:15.820 --> 00:25:16.620
 You know what?

00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:17.360
 God says,

00:25:17.360 --> 00:25:18.480
 hold on because

00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:19.780
 I can.

00:25:19.880 --> 00:25:21.020
 Amen.

00:25:24.100 --> 00:25:25.220
 What we think

00:25:25.220 --> 00:25:26.000
 is impossible,

00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:26.980
 God says,

00:25:27.440 --> 00:25:28.980
 I can.

00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:31.800
 I can take a sinner

00:25:31.800 --> 00:25:32.400
 and turn him

00:25:32.400 --> 00:25:33.000
 into a saint.

00:25:35.560 --> 00:25:36.600
 God can do

00:25:36.600 --> 00:25:37.300
 the impossible.

00:25:37.460 --> 00:25:38.420
 We can look at somebody

00:25:38.420 --> 00:25:38.760
 and say,

00:25:38.860 --> 00:25:39.940
 that's a lost cause

00:25:39.940 --> 00:25:41.020
 and God says

00:25:41.020 --> 00:25:42.060
 if they trust me,

00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:43.540
 it can be totally different.

00:25:45.460 --> 00:25:46.380
 You think about

00:25:46.380 --> 00:25:47.420
 sometimes we have

00:25:47.420 --> 00:25:48.220
 a great need

00:25:48.220 --> 00:25:48.839
 that appears

00:25:48.839 --> 00:25:49.440
 that could never

00:25:49.440 --> 00:25:49.960
 be met.

00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:51.160
 You know,

00:25:51.200 --> 00:25:51.700
 sometimes we have

00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:52.940
 situations in life

00:25:52.940 --> 00:25:53.299
 that say,

00:25:53.380 --> 00:25:53.559
 Lord,

00:25:53.640 --> 00:25:53.900
 I don't know

00:25:53.900 --> 00:25:54.539
 how this is going

00:25:54.539 --> 00:25:54.920
 to happen.

00:25:55.180 --> 00:25:55.519
 I don't know

00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:56.079
 how this is going

00:25:56.079 --> 00:25:56.680
 to be overcome.

00:25:57.680 --> 00:25:58.779
 I don't even have

00:25:58.779 --> 00:25:59.620
 any idea

00:25:59.620 --> 00:26:00.700
 of how this could

00:26:00.700 --> 00:26:02.279
 even change around

00:26:02.279 --> 00:26:03.160
 or turn around.

00:26:05.160 --> 00:26:06.279
 And Jesus is telling

00:26:06.279 --> 00:26:06.980
 the disciples,

00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:08.960
 have faith in God.

00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:12.100
 Have faith in God.

00:26:12.099 --> 00:26:14.139
 I guarantee you

00:26:14.139 --> 00:26:14.799
 that Shadrach,

00:26:14.899 --> 00:26:15.199
 Meshach,

00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:15.779
 and Abednego

00:26:15.779 --> 00:26:16.879
 took a lot of faith

00:26:16.879 --> 00:26:17.240
 to say,

00:26:17.359 --> 00:26:17.519
 okay,

00:26:17.639 --> 00:26:19.199
 in the furnace we go.

00:26:21.719 --> 00:26:22.619
 Because when we read

00:26:22.619 --> 00:26:23.879
 those Old Testament stories,

00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:27.059
 we get to look back

00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:27.939
 at what happened.

00:26:29.839 --> 00:26:30.899
 They didn't know

00:26:30.899 --> 00:26:31.779
 what was going to happen.

00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:35.919
 They had no idea

00:26:35.919 --> 00:26:36.980
 what God was going to do.

00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:39.960
 They didn't look

00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:41.420
 at the king

00:26:41.420 --> 00:26:41.680
 and say,

00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:42.539
 you throw us in there

00:26:42.539 --> 00:26:43.660
 and Jesus will save us.

00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:44.819
 That wasn't their attitude.

00:26:46.360 --> 00:26:47.860
 Their attitude was,

00:26:47.920 --> 00:26:48.579
 very simply,

00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:50.819
 we trust God

00:26:50.819 --> 00:26:52.079
 over everything else.

00:26:55.160 --> 00:26:56.319
 And God changed

00:26:56.319 --> 00:26:56.940
 the impossible.

00:27:00.120 --> 00:27:01.039
 Some problems

00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:01.819
 seem so big

00:27:01.819 --> 00:27:02.299
 it appears

00:27:02.299 --> 00:27:02.920
 they could never

00:27:02.920 --> 00:27:03.559
 be overcome.

00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:06.059
 But God says,

00:27:06.059 --> 00:27:07.419
 I can.

00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:10.079
 God changes

00:27:10.079 --> 00:27:11.000
 the impossible

00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:11.879
 to the possible.

00:27:13.200 --> 00:27:13.940
 Because of His

00:27:13.940 --> 00:27:14.500
 promise,

00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:15.639
 and faith in God

00:27:15.639 --> 00:27:16.359
 is built upon

00:27:16.359 --> 00:27:17.099
 the promises

00:27:17.099 --> 00:27:19.000
 found in His Word.

00:27:19.440 --> 00:27:20.259
 He allows us

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:21.940
 to believe

00:27:21.940 --> 00:27:23.480
 God in the impossible.

00:27:24.179 --> 00:27:24.980
 Just as it was

00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:25.659
 impossible

00:27:25.659 --> 00:27:26.539
 for you and I

00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:27.259
 to be saved.

00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:29.319
 You know,

00:27:29.359 --> 00:27:30.079
 there's not a single

00:27:30.079 --> 00:27:31.399
 person that's possible

00:27:31.399 --> 00:27:32.119
 to be saved

00:27:32.119 --> 00:27:32.879
 of their own accord.

00:27:32.880 --> 00:27:36.400
 not a one of us.

00:27:39.340 --> 00:27:40.280
 It was God

00:27:40.280 --> 00:27:41.120
 that made it possible.

00:27:43.280 --> 00:27:44.340
 It was God

00:27:44.340 --> 00:27:45.500
 who changed things.

00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:49.300
 Look over at

00:27:49.300 --> 00:27:50.640
 1 Timothy for a moment.

00:27:51.220 --> 00:27:52.460
 1 Timothy chapter 2.

00:27:52.520 --> 00:27:53.960
 Look here at verse 3.

00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:54.480
 It says,

00:27:54.480 --> 00:27:55.519
 For this is good

00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:56.259
 and acceptable

00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:56.960
 in the sight

00:27:56.960 --> 00:27:58.039
 of God our Savior

00:27:58.039 --> 00:27:59.240
 who will have

00:27:59.240 --> 00:28:00.519
 all men to be saved

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:01.140
 and come unto

00:28:01.140 --> 00:28:01.860
 the knowledge

00:28:01.860 --> 00:28:02.839
 of the truth.

00:28:03.440 --> 00:28:04.059
 For there is

00:28:04.059 --> 00:28:04.799
 one God

00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:05.660
 and one mediator

00:28:05.660 --> 00:28:06.420
 between God

00:28:06.420 --> 00:28:06.860
 and men,

00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:08.140
 the man Christ Jesus

00:28:08.140 --> 00:28:10.400
 who gave Himself

00:28:10.400 --> 00:28:11.779
 a ransom for all

00:28:11.779 --> 00:28:12.680
 to be testified

00:28:12.680 --> 00:28:14.700
 in due time.

00:28:15.640 --> 00:28:16.480
 He made it

00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:17.200
 very clear.

00:28:17.339 --> 00:28:18.079
 He made it

00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:18.860
 proclaimed

00:28:18.860 --> 00:28:19.920
 that the impossible

00:28:19.920 --> 00:28:21.259
 is possible.

00:28:21.559 --> 00:28:22.279
 But it's not

00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:23.279
 possible by a

00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:24.319
 generic faith.

00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:25.220
 You know,

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:26.160
 oftentimes we have

00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:27.559
 a generation today

00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:28.740
 that reads this passage

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:29.379
 and they say,

00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:29.839
 Well,

00:28:29.899 --> 00:28:30.960
 this is a blank check

00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:31.480
 for me.

00:28:33.839 --> 00:28:34.680
 One thing we have

00:28:34.680 --> 00:28:35.799
 to always keep in mind

00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:36.460
 that the Bible

00:28:36.460 --> 00:28:38.000
 never contradicts itself.

00:28:39.859 --> 00:28:41.460
 And the context here,

00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:42.099
 God says,

00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:43.359
 You trust me

00:28:43.359 --> 00:28:44.160
 and I can do

00:28:44.160 --> 00:28:45.539
 the impossible things

00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:46.500
 in your life

00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:48.220
 that need to be accomplished

00:28:48.220 --> 00:28:51.000
 because it's a specific faith

00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:51.819
 in the promise

00:28:51.819 --> 00:28:52.819
 that God made.

00:28:53.279 --> 00:28:54.779
 When you call upon Him

00:28:54.779 --> 00:28:55.559
 to save you,

00:28:55.839 --> 00:28:57.279
 you're trusting God

00:28:57.279 --> 00:28:59.180
 in a specific promise

00:28:59.180 --> 00:29:00.779
 that He made.

00:29:03.639 --> 00:29:04.879
 That's how you're saved

00:29:04.879 --> 00:29:05.859
 is trusting God

00:29:05.859 --> 00:29:07.299
 for a very specific promise.

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:10.059
 That promise is

00:29:10.059 --> 00:29:10.859
 that He,

00:29:11.139 --> 00:29:12.500
 when you call upon Him,

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:14.039
 that calling isn't just

00:29:14.039 --> 00:29:15.139
 recognizing that

00:29:15.139 --> 00:29:16.160
 He's present.

00:29:17.940 --> 00:29:19.139
 It's acknowledging

00:29:19.139 --> 00:29:20.359
 that you are the one

00:29:20.359 --> 00:29:21.799
 that could do nothing

00:29:21.799 --> 00:29:23.119
 and He is the one

00:29:23.119 --> 00:29:24.259
 that has done everything

00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:25.359
 by shedding His blood

00:29:25.359 --> 00:29:25.960
 on the cross

00:29:25.960 --> 00:29:26.659
 for your sin.

00:29:28.879 --> 00:29:29.579
 God says,

00:29:29.720 --> 00:29:30.680
 If you trust Him,

00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:32.259
 if you call upon Him

00:29:32.259 --> 00:29:33.119
 to be your Savior

00:29:33.119 --> 00:29:34.200
 to cleanse you from sin,

00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:34.559
 He says,

00:29:34.639 --> 00:29:35.019
 I will.

00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:43.960
 Jesus is clear about faith

00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:44.720
 as believing

00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:46.639
 and not doubting.

00:29:47.059 --> 00:29:48.400
 It's not wavering

00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:49.119
 in confidence

00:29:49.119 --> 00:29:50.519
 that God will do

00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:52.039
 what He promised.

00:29:52.839 --> 00:29:54.099
 But just to be clear here,

00:29:54.180 --> 00:29:54.799
 what I want to talk

00:29:54.799 --> 00:29:55.259
 for a moment,

00:29:55.379 --> 00:29:56.400
 this fact that faith

00:29:56.400 --> 00:29:57.539
 is not a blank check

00:29:57.539 --> 00:29:58.680
 because some think,

00:29:58.779 --> 00:29:58.819
 well,

00:29:59.019 --> 00:30:00.139
 if I have faith,

00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:01.200
 then God's got to do it.

00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:01.880
 That's not the way

00:30:01.880 --> 00:30:02.480
 this works.

00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:05.880
 Faith is always,

00:30:06.539 --> 00:30:07.420
 faith in God

00:30:07.420 --> 00:30:08.559
 is always connected

00:30:08.559 --> 00:30:09.980
 to the promises of God.

00:30:12.100 --> 00:30:13.180
 They don't separate.

00:30:14.559 --> 00:30:15.580
 They're built upon

00:30:15.580 --> 00:30:16.420
 His promises.

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:18.220
 It's built upon

00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:19.180
 what He has declared.

00:30:19.319 --> 00:30:20.120
 It's founded upon

00:30:20.120 --> 00:30:21.160
 the Word of God.

00:30:21.660 --> 00:30:23.100
 Jesus always points

00:30:23.100 --> 00:30:24.000
 to that reality

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:25.220
 for us

00:30:25.220 --> 00:30:26.420
 and we understand

00:30:26.420 --> 00:30:28.220
 that very clearly.

00:30:28.640 --> 00:30:30.140
 Notice in the Gospel of John,

00:30:30.140 --> 00:30:31.580
 look over to John chapter 14

00:30:31.580 --> 00:30:32.259
 for a moment.

00:30:32.900 --> 00:30:34.160
 John chapter 14,

00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:35.259
 we find over here,

00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:37.280
 John chapter 14,

00:30:37.340 --> 00:30:38.280
 look at verse 13.

00:30:38.820 --> 00:30:39.160
 It says,

00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:40.580
 whatsoever ye shall ask

00:30:40.580 --> 00:30:41.400
 in my name

00:30:41.400 --> 00:30:42.140
 will I do

00:30:42.140 --> 00:30:43.460
 that the Father

00:30:43.460 --> 00:30:44.480
 may be glorified

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:45.200
 in the Son

00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:46.840
 and if ye shall ask

00:30:46.840 --> 00:30:48.020
 anything in my name,

00:30:48.100 --> 00:30:49.800
 I will do it.

00:30:49.940 --> 00:30:50.820
 He promises

00:30:50.820 --> 00:30:52.560
 He's going to accomplish it

00:30:52.560 --> 00:30:53.700
 if we ask

00:30:53.700 --> 00:30:56.220
 according to His will

00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:57.500
 to do those things.

00:30:57.580 --> 00:30:58.140
 His will

00:30:58.140 --> 00:30:59.180
 is important

00:30:59.180 --> 00:30:59.900
 that's connected

00:30:59.900 --> 00:31:00.480
 in this

00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:01.600
 here this morning.

00:31:02.120 --> 00:31:02.920
 But I want you

00:31:02.920 --> 00:31:03.440
 to see here

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:04.279
 because faith

00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:05.220
 has some challenges.

00:31:06.640 --> 00:31:07.660
 You know that statement

00:31:07.660 --> 00:31:08.880
 that Jesus made,

00:31:09.340 --> 00:31:10.640
 have faith in God.

00:31:14.840 --> 00:31:15.840
 In a sense,

00:31:15.940 --> 00:31:16.779
 sometimes we treat it

00:31:16.779 --> 00:31:17.560
 like a platitude.

00:31:20.060 --> 00:31:21.080
 Yes I do,

00:31:22.080 --> 00:31:22.640
 but

00:31:22.640 --> 00:31:24.500
 there's some obstacles

00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:26.039
 to actually trusting God.

00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:28.119
 and we'll notice

00:31:28.119 --> 00:31:29.720
 what Jesus reveals

00:31:29.720 --> 00:31:30.619
 to His disciples

00:31:30.619 --> 00:31:32.440
 because faith in God

00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:33.680
 can do the impossible,

00:31:34.399 --> 00:31:36.159
 but faith can be hindered

00:31:36.159 --> 00:31:38.599
 by things about us.

00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:39.779
 There are many things

00:31:39.779 --> 00:31:41.379
 that can hinder our prayers

00:31:41.379 --> 00:31:42.859
 and we'll quickly look

00:31:42.859 --> 00:31:44.079
 at three here this morning

00:31:44.079 --> 00:31:44.980
 that Jesus makes

00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:45.940
 direct mention of.

00:31:46.180 --> 00:31:47.299
 Things that hinder

00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:49.279
 those things coming to pass.

00:31:49.659 --> 00:31:50.940
 Because notice here

00:31:50.940 --> 00:31:52.399
 what it says in verse 23.

00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:53.440
 He says,

00:31:53.560 --> 00:31:54.660
 Verily I say unto you

00:31:54.660 --> 00:31:56.440
 that to whosoever

00:31:56.440 --> 00:31:57.640
 shall say unto this mountain

00:31:57.640 --> 00:31:58.280
 thou shalt be removed

00:31:58.280 --> 00:32:00.200
 and be thou cast into the sea.

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:00.880
 Now notice this,

00:32:01.120 --> 00:32:02.460
 and shall not doubt

00:32:02.460 --> 00:32:04.460
 in his heart.

00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:06.460
 Doubt.

00:32:08.420 --> 00:32:09.340
 This goes back

00:32:09.340 --> 00:32:10.420
 to what we talked about earlier

00:32:10.420 --> 00:32:11.720
 when it comes to unbelief.

00:32:13.900 --> 00:32:15.040
 Remember when Jesus

00:32:15.040 --> 00:32:16.460
 went into different villages

00:32:16.460 --> 00:32:17.180
 there was things

00:32:17.180 --> 00:32:18.160
 He did not do,

00:32:18.259 --> 00:32:18.800
 there was miracles

00:32:18.800 --> 00:32:19.780
 that were not performed

00:32:19.780 --> 00:32:20.580
 and what did Jesus

00:32:20.579 --> 00:32:21.419
 accredit it to?

00:32:23.579 --> 00:32:24.019
 Unbelief.

00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:27.000
 Unbelief.

00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:29.079
 They were refusing

00:32:29.079 --> 00:32:30.240
 to recognize

00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:32.179
 who God is,

00:32:32.220 --> 00:32:33.179
 to trust Him.

00:32:33.759 --> 00:32:35.019
 Because doubt

00:32:35.019 --> 00:32:36.519
 is divided into one's,

00:32:36.839 --> 00:32:38.199
 is dividing one's

00:32:38.199 --> 00:32:40.319
 or to draw back.

00:32:40.939 --> 00:32:41.159
 You know,

00:32:41.179 --> 00:32:42.519
 when we pray with doubt

00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:43.679
 we're drawing back

00:32:43.679 --> 00:32:44.659
 from God's Word

00:32:44.659 --> 00:32:45.599
 and His promises.

00:32:46.659 --> 00:32:46.899
 You know,

00:32:46.919 --> 00:32:47.960
 ultimately really

00:32:47.960 --> 00:32:49.319
 doubt questions

00:32:49.319 --> 00:32:50.399
 God's character.

00:32:50.579 --> 00:32:52.839
 I'll tell you

00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:53.159
 to look over

00:32:53.159 --> 00:32:53.960
 in the book of James

00:32:53.960 --> 00:32:54.480
 this morning.

00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:56.199
 James chapter 1.

00:33:00.339 --> 00:33:01.399
 Notice what James

00:33:01.399 --> 00:33:01.839
 tells us

00:33:01.839 --> 00:33:02.559
 in James 1.

00:33:02.639 --> 00:33:03.139
 He says,

00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:04.240
 But let him ask

00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:04.980
 in faith

00:33:04.980 --> 00:33:07.799
 nothing wavering.

00:33:08.319 --> 00:33:09.579
 For he that wavereth

00:33:09.579 --> 00:33:10.419
 is like a wave

00:33:10.419 --> 00:33:10.939
 of the sea

00:33:10.939 --> 00:33:11.939
 driven with the wind

00:33:11.939 --> 00:33:12.519
 and tossed.

00:33:12.960 --> 00:33:13.679
 For let not

00:33:13.679 --> 00:33:14.859
 think that he shall

00:33:14.859 --> 00:33:16.079
 receive anything

00:33:16.079 --> 00:33:17.339
 of the Lord.

00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:18.559
 Now I want you

00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:19.200
 to understand

00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:20.220
 that James

00:33:20.220 --> 00:33:21.059
 makes it clear

00:33:21.059 --> 00:33:22.079
 that we can doubt,

00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:23.359
 we can know,

00:33:23.519 --> 00:33:24.079
 but we have,

00:33:24.919 --> 00:33:26.000
 we hold back

00:33:26.000 --> 00:33:28.000
 to say,

00:33:28.399 --> 00:33:29.480
 God says He can,

00:33:29.579 --> 00:33:30.039
 but I really

00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:31.019
 don't believe He can.

00:33:35.359 --> 00:33:35.839
 You know,

00:33:35.859 --> 00:33:36.539
 that's a real thing

00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:36.899
 for us,

00:33:36.940 --> 00:33:37.200
 isn't it?

00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:41.600
 just like anything

00:33:41.600 --> 00:33:42.420
 else in life,

00:33:42.440 --> 00:33:43.120
 you can know

00:33:43.120 --> 00:33:44.100
 something up here,

00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:44.980
 but to actually

00:33:44.980 --> 00:33:47.440
 put the confidence

00:33:47.440 --> 00:33:48.160
 out in it

00:33:48.160 --> 00:33:49.000
 is a different thing.

00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:51.960
 To actually put

00:33:51.960 --> 00:33:52.980
 a trust in it

00:33:52.980 --> 00:33:53.259
 to say,

00:33:53.360 --> 00:33:53.680
 I'm going to

00:33:53.680 --> 00:33:55.019
 extend myself

00:33:55.019 --> 00:33:56.480
 out beyond

00:33:56.480 --> 00:33:57.319
 where I am

00:33:57.319 --> 00:33:58.220
 because I trust

00:33:58.220 --> 00:33:58.880
 God's going to

00:33:58.880 --> 00:33:59.680
 make the difference.

00:33:59.680 --> 00:34:04.080
 unbelief.

00:34:04.600 --> 00:34:05.680
 Notice verse 24,

00:34:05.880 --> 00:34:06.120
 it says,

00:34:06.519 --> 00:34:06.600
 therefore,

00:34:07.140 --> 00:34:07.960
 I say unto you,

00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:08.860
 whatsoever things

00:34:08.860 --> 00:34:09.500
 ye desire

00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:10.180
 when you pray,

00:34:10.300 --> 00:34:10.900
 believe that you

00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:11.659
 receive them

00:34:11.659 --> 00:34:12.680
 and ye

00:34:12.680 --> 00:34:14.159
 shall have them.

00:34:14.700 --> 00:34:15.420
 Now this word

00:34:15.420 --> 00:34:15.720
 we're going to

00:34:15.720 --> 00:34:16.400
 look at here

00:34:16.400 --> 00:34:17.119
 is desire.

00:34:17.260 --> 00:34:17.740
 What things

00:34:17.740 --> 00:34:18.460
 ye desire?

00:34:19.400 --> 00:34:19.680
 You know,

00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:21.280
 because we ought

00:34:21.280 --> 00:34:21.960
 to desire

00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:22.960
 the right things

00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:23.639
 when we pray.

00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:26.159
 Because the Bible

00:34:26.159 --> 00:34:26.920
 tells us we can

00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:27.760
 desire the wrong

00:34:27.760 --> 00:34:28.659
 things when we pray.

00:34:29.679 --> 00:34:31.219
 We can desire

00:34:31.219 --> 00:34:32.259
 things contrary

00:34:32.259 --> 00:34:33.319
 to the word of God.

00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:36.559
 Because God's

00:34:36.559 --> 00:34:37.119
 going to answer

00:34:37.119 --> 00:34:38.059
 prayer when we

00:34:38.059 --> 00:34:38.679
 trust Him

00:34:38.679 --> 00:34:39.599
 because our prayers

00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:40.239
 need to be built

00:34:40.239 --> 00:34:41.059
 upon His what?

00:34:41.739 --> 00:34:42.599
 His promises.

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:44.779
 Upon His word

00:34:44.779 --> 00:34:45.859
 and what He has said.

00:34:46.639 --> 00:34:47.299
 Notice what it

00:34:47.299 --> 00:34:48.059
 tells us here

00:34:48.059 --> 00:34:49.299
 that our prayers

00:34:49.299 --> 00:34:49.899
 need to be in

00:34:49.899 --> 00:34:50.719
 alignment with

00:34:50.719 --> 00:34:51.519
 God's will.

00:34:51.879 --> 00:34:52.440
 Look over in

00:34:52.440 --> 00:34:53.960
 1 John chapter 5.

00:34:54.359 --> 00:34:55.879
 1 John chapter 5

00:34:55.879 --> 00:34:56.839
 and verse 14

00:34:56.839 --> 00:34:58.199
 tells us this

00:34:58.199 --> 00:34:58.899
 and this is the

00:34:58.899 --> 00:34:59.619
 confidence that

00:34:59.619 --> 00:35:00.440
 we have in Him

00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:01.539
 that if we ask

00:35:01.539 --> 00:35:02.599
 anything according

00:35:02.599 --> 00:35:03.159
 to what?

00:35:04.119 --> 00:35:05.639
 His will

00:35:05.639 --> 00:35:08.179
 He heareth us.

00:35:09.059 --> 00:35:10.059
 And if we know

00:35:10.059 --> 00:35:10.799
 that He hear us

00:35:10.799 --> 00:35:11.799
 whatsoever we ask

00:35:11.799 --> 00:35:12.579
 we know that we

00:35:12.579 --> 00:35:13.219
 have a petition

00:35:13.219 --> 00:35:14.619
 that we desire

00:35:14.619 --> 00:35:15.900
 of Him.

00:35:16.460 --> 00:35:17.139
 In other words

00:35:17.139 --> 00:35:18.119
 when our desire

00:35:18.119 --> 00:35:19.579
 is to see His will

00:35:19.579 --> 00:35:20.980
 and His purpose

00:35:20.980 --> 00:35:21.539
 fulfilled

00:35:21.539 --> 00:35:22.940
 He promises

00:35:22.940 --> 00:35:24.279
 to answer.

00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:25.359
 You know,

00:35:25.400 --> 00:35:25.900
 think about

00:35:25.900 --> 00:35:27.539
 Joshua and Caleb

00:35:27.539 --> 00:35:28.199
 and all the

00:35:28.199 --> 00:35:29.039
 others we mentioned

00:35:29.039 --> 00:35:29.759
 who received

00:35:29.759 --> 00:35:30.539
 big answers

00:35:30.539 --> 00:35:31.300
 to their prayer

00:35:31.300 --> 00:35:31.840
 of faith

00:35:31.840 --> 00:35:33.039
 did so

00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:33.579
 because they

00:35:33.579 --> 00:35:34.219
 were asking

00:35:34.219 --> 00:35:34.880
 for things

00:35:34.880 --> 00:35:35.320
 that God

00:35:35.320 --> 00:35:35.820
 had already

00:35:35.820 --> 00:35:36.940
 promised them

00:35:36.940 --> 00:35:37.559
 in His word.

00:35:37.559 --> 00:35:39.840
 God had already

00:35:39.840 --> 00:35:40.920
 promised Caleb

00:35:40.920 --> 00:35:41.519
 to take the

00:35:41.519 --> 00:35:42.139
 mountain years

00:35:42.139 --> 00:35:42.500
 earlier.

00:35:43.219 --> 00:35:44.440
 He promised it

00:35:44.440 --> 00:35:45.059
 to him years

00:35:45.059 --> 00:35:45.880
 earlier and Caleb

00:35:45.880 --> 00:35:46.179
 says,

00:35:46.539 --> 00:35:46.860
 God,

00:35:47.019 --> 00:35:47.699
 I'm calling

00:35:47.699 --> 00:35:48.719
 upon your promise

00:35:48.719 --> 00:35:49.480
 to fulfill it.

00:35:49.739 --> 00:35:50.299
 When the sun

00:35:50.299 --> 00:35:51.559
 stood still

00:35:51.559 --> 00:35:52.340
 that day for

00:35:52.340 --> 00:35:52.860
 Joshua

00:35:52.860 --> 00:35:53.799
 and the children

00:35:53.799 --> 00:35:54.380
 of Israel

00:35:54.380 --> 00:35:55.659
 it stood still

00:35:55.659 --> 00:35:56.980
 because Joshua

00:35:56.980 --> 00:35:58.079
 was calling

00:35:58.079 --> 00:35:59.320
 upon God's promise

00:35:59.320 --> 00:36:00.299
 to deliver them

00:36:00.299 --> 00:36:01.299
 and to conquer

00:36:01.299 --> 00:36:02.000
 the land.

00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:05.019
 He was giving

00:36:05.019 --> 00:36:05.539
 them something

00:36:05.539 --> 00:36:06.480
 of substance.

00:36:11.940 --> 00:36:12.599
 You know,

00:36:12.639 --> 00:36:13.099
 does God

00:36:13.099 --> 00:36:13.780
 ever answer

00:36:13.780 --> 00:36:14.340
 the prayers

00:36:14.340 --> 00:36:15.019
 of His children

00:36:15.019 --> 00:36:15.719
 when they ask

00:36:15.719 --> 00:36:16.260
 for things

00:36:16.260 --> 00:36:16.599
 that He

00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:17.039
 hasn't

00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:18.019
 explicitly

00:36:18.019 --> 00:36:18.539
 promised?

00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:20.500
 Yes.

00:36:21.599 --> 00:36:22.360
 Because God

00:36:22.360 --> 00:36:22.880
 understands

00:36:22.880 --> 00:36:23.239
 that there are

00:36:23.239 --> 00:36:23.639
 certain things

00:36:23.639 --> 00:36:24.239
 we do need.

00:36:25.699 --> 00:36:26.000
 I mean,

00:36:26.039 --> 00:36:26.539
 He's given us

00:36:26.539 --> 00:36:27.480
 generic promises

00:36:27.480 --> 00:36:28.840
 that He'll never

00:36:28.840 --> 00:36:29.380
 leave us

00:36:29.380 --> 00:36:30.179
 or forsake us.

00:36:30.219 --> 00:36:30.760
 He promises

00:36:30.760 --> 00:36:31.420
 to take care

00:36:31.420 --> 00:36:31.960
 of our daily

00:36:31.960 --> 00:36:32.480
 needs.

00:36:32.639 --> 00:36:32.740
 But,

00:36:33.099 --> 00:36:33.300
 you know,

00:36:33.360 --> 00:36:34.019
 sometimes we can

00:36:34.019 --> 00:36:35.099
 ask for some

00:36:35.099 --> 00:36:36.019
 specific things

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:36.900
 that are still

00:36:36.900 --> 00:36:37.559
 according to

00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:38.099
 God's will.

00:36:38.220 --> 00:36:38.760
 Things that will

00:36:38.760 --> 00:36:39.579
 help us

00:36:39.579 --> 00:36:40.180
 or benefit us.

00:36:40.180 --> 00:36:40.599
 You might say

00:36:40.599 --> 00:36:41.400
 those are blessings

00:36:41.400 --> 00:36:42.240
 that God gives

00:36:42.240 --> 00:36:42.760
 to you.

00:36:43.019 --> 00:36:44.180
 But those blessings

00:36:44.180 --> 00:36:44.940
 and those things

00:36:44.940 --> 00:36:46.079
 will never go

00:36:46.079 --> 00:36:46.820
 in counter

00:36:46.820 --> 00:36:47.659
 to His will.

00:36:50.320 --> 00:36:51.119
 They'll always

00:36:51.119 --> 00:36:51.840
 be a blessing

00:36:51.840 --> 00:36:53.059
 because of His will.

00:36:53.159 --> 00:36:53.960
 Something that

00:36:53.960 --> 00:36:55.220
 He's given to you

00:36:55.220 --> 00:36:57.680
 that benefits

00:36:57.680 --> 00:36:59.260
 or encourages

00:36:59.260 --> 00:36:59.860
 you or

00:36:59.860 --> 00:37:00.940
 strengthens you

00:37:00.940 --> 00:37:02.000
 and your faith

00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:02.980
 can move forward.

00:37:05.159 --> 00:37:05.720
 But look at

00:37:05.720 --> 00:37:06.579
 verse 25

00:37:06.579 --> 00:37:08.079
 and 26.

00:37:08.400 --> 00:37:09.340
 This is another

00:37:09.340 --> 00:37:10.360
 interesting one

00:37:10.360 --> 00:37:10.900
 as you think

00:37:10.900 --> 00:37:11.480
 about Jesus.

00:37:11.639 --> 00:37:12.179
 He starts out,

00:37:12.280 --> 00:37:12.760
 they're talking

00:37:12.760 --> 00:37:13.659
 about a fig tree

00:37:13.659 --> 00:37:14.659
 and mountains

00:37:14.659 --> 00:37:15.760
 moving into the sea

00:37:15.760 --> 00:37:16.659
 and He turns

00:37:16.659 --> 00:37:17.860
 this whole conversation

00:37:17.860 --> 00:37:19.200
 around to faith

00:37:19.200 --> 00:37:19.800
 in God

00:37:19.800 --> 00:37:21.119
 and trusting Him

00:37:21.119 --> 00:37:22.280
 above everything else.

00:37:25.480 --> 00:37:27.440
 Verse 25 and 26

00:37:27.440 --> 00:37:28.260
 point something out

00:37:28.260 --> 00:37:28.679
 where I think

00:37:28.679 --> 00:37:29.300
 a lot of times

00:37:29.300 --> 00:37:29.920
 we struggle

00:37:29.920 --> 00:37:30.560
 with faith.

00:37:33.420 --> 00:37:34.060
 And that's

00:37:34.060 --> 00:37:34.519
 in the area

00:37:34.519 --> 00:37:35.060
 of forgiveness.

00:37:38.860 --> 00:37:39.760
 We struggle

00:37:39.760 --> 00:37:41.000
 in trusting God

00:37:41.000 --> 00:37:41.580
 when we say

00:37:41.580 --> 00:37:41.980
 we're going to

00:37:41.980 --> 00:37:42.280
 forgive.

00:37:46.080 --> 00:37:47.360
 God makes promises

00:37:47.360 --> 00:37:48.200
 associated.

00:37:48.400 --> 00:37:49.000
 Notice what He

00:37:49.000 --> 00:37:49.700
 tells us here.

00:37:50.360 --> 00:37:51.120
 This idea of

00:37:51.120 --> 00:37:51.840
 unforgiveness.

00:37:52.000 --> 00:37:52.300
 Look here,

00:37:52.300 --> 00:37:53.039
 and when you

00:37:53.039 --> 00:37:54.280
 stand praying

00:37:54.280 --> 00:37:55.220
 forgive.

00:37:55.220 --> 00:37:55.560
 Forgive.

00:37:56.760 --> 00:37:57.820
 If you have

00:37:57.820 --> 00:37:58.720
 ought against

00:37:58.720 --> 00:37:59.260
 any.

00:38:02.060 --> 00:38:03.019
 That's a pretty

00:38:03.019 --> 00:38:03.920
 generic statement.

00:38:05.320 --> 00:38:06.380
 If you have

00:38:06.380 --> 00:38:07.180
 ought against

00:38:07.180 --> 00:38:07.780
 anybody,

00:38:07.900 --> 00:38:08.420
 if there's a

00:38:08.420 --> 00:38:09.519
 problem that you

00:38:09.519 --> 00:38:10.320
 haven't forgiven

00:38:10.320 --> 00:38:11.080
 or that you

00:38:11.080 --> 00:38:11.740
 haven't dealt

00:38:11.740 --> 00:38:12.160
 with,

00:38:12.480 --> 00:38:13.300
 Jesus says

00:38:13.300 --> 00:38:14.240
 it hinders

00:38:14.240 --> 00:38:15.780
 your prayers

00:38:15.780 --> 00:38:16.680
 when you don't

00:38:16.680 --> 00:38:17.320
 trust Him

00:38:17.320 --> 00:38:17.700
 to say,

00:38:18.080 --> 00:38:18.860
 I can forgive

00:38:18.860 --> 00:38:19.420
 them because

00:38:19.420 --> 00:38:20.360
 God has forgiven

00:38:20.360 --> 00:38:20.720
 me.

00:38:22.720 --> 00:38:23.559
 If God

00:38:23.559 --> 00:38:24.220
 can forgive

00:38:24.220 --> 00:38:24.620
 me,

00:38:25.620 --> 00:38:27.519
 I'd be able

00:38:27.519 --> 00:38:27.940
 to forgive

00:38:27.940 --> 00:38:28.720
 somebody else.

00:38:31.760 --> 00:38:32.420
 But we

00:38:32.420 --> 00:38:33.039
 struggle with

00:38:33.039 --> 00:38:33.440
 forgiveness,

00:38:33.620 --> 00:38:33.940
 don't we?

00:38:37.200 --> 00:38:38.140
 Jesus tells

00:38:38.140 --> 00:38:38.820
 the disciples,

00:38:38.980 --> 00:38:39.460
 because there's

00:38:39.460 --> 00:38:39.760
 going to be

00:38:39.760 --> 00:38:40.220
 some things

00:38:40.220 --> 00:38:40.559
 happen.

00:38:40.740 --> 00:38:41.300
 Often we

00:38:41.300 --> 00:38:41.539
 wonder,

00:38:41.880 --> 00:38:42.220
 why does

00:38:42.220 --> 00:38:43.019
 Jesus focus

00:38:43.019 --> 00:38:43.700
 on forgiveness?

00:38:43.699 --> 00:38:43.899
 this?

00:38:46.419 --> 00:38:47.000
 When you

00:38:47.000 --> 00:38:47.659
 look and read

00:38:47.659 --> 00:38:48.059
 about what

00:38:48.059 --> 00:38:48.579
 happened to

00:38:48.579 --> 00:38:49.179
 the apostles

00:38:49.179 --> 00:38:49.739
 here a little

00:38:49.739 --> 00:38:50.339
 later in the

00:38:50.339 --> 00:38:50.639
 scripture,

00:38:51.939 --> 00:38:55.000
 they had to

00:38:55.000 --> 00:38:55.659
 offer a lot

00:38:55.659 --> 00:38:56.199
 of forgiveness

00:38:56.199 --> 00:38:56.960
 to people

00:38:56.960 --> 00:39:00.399
 for things

00:39:00.399 --> 00:39:00.679
 that they

00:39:00.679 --> 00:39:01.019
 did.

00:39:05.500 --> 00:39:06.179
 Think about

00:39:06.179 --> 00:39:06.739
 Peter and

00:39:06.739 --> 00:39:07.039
 John,

00:39:07.119 --> 00:39:07.339
 they were

00:39:07.339 --> 00:39:07.699
 beaten,

00:39:09.159 --> 00:39:09.500
 put in

00:39:09.500 --> 00:39:09.819
 prison.

00:39:10.059 --> 00:39:10.139
 They were

00:39:10.139 --> 00:39:10.619
 beaten,

00:39:10.619 --> 00:39:11.439
 put in

00:39:11.439 --> 00:39:11.839
 prison.

00:39:11.840 --> 00:39:14.559
 John had

00:39:14.559 --> 00:39:15.059
 his brother

00:39:15.059 --> 00:39:15.980
 killed by

00:39:15.980 --> 00:39:16.320
 getting his

00:39:16.320 --> 00:39:16.780
 head chopped

00:39:16.780 --> 00:39:17.019
 off.

00:39:17.100 --> 00:39:17.280
 That's

00:39:17.280 --> 00:39:17.500
 pretty

00:39:17.500 --> 00:39:17.900
 personal.

00:39:22.900 --> 00:39:23.400
 And

00:39:23.400 --> 00:39:23.960
 Jesus was

00:39:23.960 --> 00:39:24.400
 telling them

00:39:24.400 --> 00:39:24.820
 it doesn't

00:39:24.820 --> 00:39:26.860
 matter what's

00:39:26.860 --> 00:39:27.579
 happening now

00:39:27.579 --> 00:39:27.980
 or what's

00:39:27.980 --> 00:39:28.720
 happening later.

00:39:30.380 --> 00:39:31.240
 You need to

00:39:31.240 --> 00:39:32.039
 forgive just

00:39:32.039 --> 00:39:32.940
 as I forgave

00:39:32.940 --> 00:39:33.340
 you.

00:39:35.700 --> 00:39:36.500
 But that's a

00:39:36.500 --> 00:39:37.120
 real struggle

00:39:37.120 --> 00:39:38.360
 because he

00:39:38.360 --> 00:39:39.280
 expects us to

00:39:39.280 --> 00:39:39.539
 forgive.

00:39:39.539 --> 00:39:39.739
 forgive.

00:39:40.420 --> 00:39:40.960
 Notice in

00:39:40.960 --> 00:39:41.659
 verse 26

00:39:41.659 --> 00:39:42.059
 he says,

00:39:42.179 --> 00:39:42.539
 if you do

00:39:42.539 --> 00:39:43.719
 not forgive

00:39:43.719 --> 00:39:44.219
 neither will

00:39:44.219 --> 00:39:44.699
 your Father

00:39:44.699 --> 00:39:45.219
 which is in

00:39:45.219 --> 00:39:45.759
 heaven forgive

00:39:45.759 --> 00:39:46.739
 your trespasses.

00:39:47.059 --> 00:39:47.460
 In other

00:39:47.460 --> 00:39:47.940
 words, I want

00:39:47.940 --> 00:39:48.139
 you to

00:39:48.139 --> 00:39:48.820
 understand here,

00:39:48.860 --> 00:39:49.219
 we'll talk

00:39:49.219 --> 00:39:49.619
 about this

00:39:49.619 --> 00:39:50.059
 a little bit

00:39:50.059 --> 00:39:50.440
 more in

00:39:50.440 --> 00:39:50.719
 just a

00:39:50.719 --> 00:39:50.980
 moment,

00:39:51.440 --> 00:39:51.759
 but I

00:39:51.759 --> 00:39:52.099
 want you

00:39:52.099 --> 00:39:52.679
 to understand

00:39:52.679 --> 00:39:53.400
 the importance

00:39:53.400 --> 00:39:54.840
 of forgiveness.

00:39:55.519 --> 00:39:55.940
 Look over in

00:39:55.940 --> 00:39:56.840
 Ephesians chapter

00:39:56.840 --> 00:39:57.579
 4 and verse

00:39:57.579 --> 00:39:58.139
 32.

00:39:59.159 --> 00:39:59.900
 Ephesians 4

00:39:59.900 --> 00:40:00.980
 32 tells us

00:40:00.980 --> 00:40:01.320
 this, it

00:40:01.320 --> 00:40:01.460
 says,

00:40:01.559 --> 00:40:02.079
 be kind

00:40:02.079 --> 00:40:02.480
 one to

00:40:02.480 --> 00:40:02.860
 another,

00:40:03.440 --> 00:40:04.059
 tenderhearted,

00:40:04.199 --> 00:40:04.880
 forgiving one

00:40:04.880 --> 00:40:05.279
 another,

00:40:05.779 --> 00:40:06.440
 for even as

00:40:06.440 --> 00:40:08.320
 God for

00:40:08.320 --> 00:40:08.940
 Christ's

00:40:08.940 --> 00:40:09.420
 sake hath

00:40:09.420 --> 00:40:09.820
 forgiven

00:40:09.820 --> 00:40:10.260
 you.

00:40:15.380 --> 00:40:15.940
 You know,

00:40:15.960 --> 00:40:16.260
 the right

00:40:16.260 --> 00:40:17.139
 perspective in

00:40:17.139 --> 00:40:17.820
 our eyes when

00:40:17.820 --> 00:40:18.700
 we understand

00:40:18.700 --> 00:40:19.639
 that God

00:40:19.639 --> 00:40:21.099
 offered us

00:40:21.099 --> 00:40:22.200
 a way of

00:40:22.200 --> 00:40:22.659
 forgiveness,

00:40:23.179 --> 00:40:24.360
 but we

00:40:24.360 --> 00:40:25.320
 didn't merit

00:40:25.320 --> 00:40:27.220
 the forgiveness.

00:40:29.480 --> 00:40:30.599
 Oftentimes we

00:40:30.599 --> 00:40:31.260
 hold up our

00:40:31.260 --> 00:40:31.960
 forgiveness because

00:40:31.960 --> 00:40:32.380
 we look and

00:40:32.380 --> 00:40:32.980
 say that person

00:40:32.980 --> 00:40:33.800
 doesn't merit

00:40:33.800 --> 00:40:34.119
 it.

00:40:34.119 --> 00:40:37.219
 and God

00:40:37.219 --> 00:40:37.679
 says you

00:40:37.679 --> 00:40:38.259
 didn't either,

00:40:39.659 --> 00:40:41.099
 but I

00:40:41.099 --> 00:40:41.759
 gave it

00:40:41.759 --> 00:40:42.900
 anyway.

00:40:46.079 --> 00:40:46.739
 The

00:40:46.739 --> 00:40:47.259
 necessity

00:40:47.259 --> 00:40:48.940
 of forgiveness,

00:40:50.219 --> 00:40:50.400
 that

00:40:50.400 --> 00:40:51.339
 unforgiveness,

00:40:52.440 --> 00:40:53.420
 just as

00:40:53.420 --> 00:40:54.420
 faith enables

00:40:54.420 --> 00:40:55.219
 our prayers,

00:40:56.259 --> 00:40:57.079
 unforgiveness

00:40:57.079 --> 00:40:57.940
 is a barrier

00:40:57.940 --> 00:40:58.599
 to them.

00:40:59.639 --> 00:40:59.980
 You say,

00:41:00.079 --> 00:41:00.759
 why is that?

00:41:00.799 --> 00:41:01.079
 Because

00:41:01.079 --> 00:41:01.759
 unforgiving

00:41:01.759 --> 00:41:02.739
 spirits puts

00:41:02.739 --> 00:41:03.440
 us at odds

00:41:03.440 --> 00:41:03.759
 with the

00:41:03.759 --> 00:41:04.039
 Lord.

00:41:05.019 --> 00:41:05.559
 Now what

00:41:05.559 --> 00:41:06.199
 Jesus is

00:41:06.199 --> 00:41:06.839
 talking about

00:41:06.839 --> 00:41:07.339
 here is

00:41:07.339 --> 00:41:08.420
 twofold,

00:41:08.500 --> 00:41:08.659
 because you

00:41:08.659 --> 00:41:08.859
 got to

00:41:08.859 --> 00:41:09.440
 understand his

00:41:09.440 --> 00:41:10.199
 audience is

00:41:10.199 --> 00:41:10.539
 the first

00:41:10.539 --> 00:41:10.900
 thing.

00:41:11.239 --> 00:41:11.679
 Whenever you

00:41:11.679 --> 00:41:12.039
 read the

00:41:12.039 --> 00:41:12.299
 scripture,

00:41:12.480 --> 00:41:12.719
 it's like,

00:41:12.779 --> 00:41:13.159
 who is he

00:41:13.159 --> 00:41:13.839
 saying this

00:41:13.839 --> 00:41:14.199
 to?

00:41:16.039 --> 00:41:16.779
 He's saying

00:41:16.779 --> 00:41:17.279
 this to his

00:41:17.279 --> 00:41:17.819
 disciples,

00:41:18.139 --> 00:41:19.420
 those that

00:41:19.420 --> 00:41:19.779
 have already

00:41:19.779 --> 00:41:20.579
 trusted him,

00:41:20.679 --> 00:41:21.059
 those that

00:41:21.059 --> 00:41:21.639
 have been

00:41:21.639 --> 00:41:22.299
 set apart

00:41:22.299 --> 00:41:22.859
 to serve

00:41:22.859 --> 00:41:23.139
 him.

00:41:23.799 --> 00:41:24.579
 He's telling

00:41:24.579 --> 00:41:25.099
 them that,

00:41:25.199 --> 00:41:25.380
 hey,

00:41:25.519 --> 00:41:26.259
 if you

00:41:26.259 --> 00:41:27.079
 don't forgive,

00:41:27.759 --> 00:41:28.319
 it's going

00:41:28.319 --> 00:41:28.819
 to hinder

00:41:28.819 --> 00:41:29.880
 our relationship.

00:41:29.880 --> 00:41:29.940
 fellowship.

00:41:33.160 --> 00:41:34.079
 He's not

00:41:34.079 --> 00:41:34.760
 talking about

00:41:34.760 --> 00:41:35.980
 losing salvation,

00:41:36.180 --> 00:41:36.599
 he's talking

00:41:36.599 --> 00:41:37.320
 about hindering

00:41:37.320 --> 00:41:39.780
 fellowship with

00:41:39.780 --> 00:41:40.360
 one another.

00:41:40.360 --> 00:41:48.380
 God's

00:41:48.380 --> 00:41:49.220
 God's

00:41:49.220 --> 00:41:50.700
 fellowship with

00:41:50.700 --> 00:41:51.640
 God after

00:41:51.640 --> 00:41:52.280
 salvation.

00:41:53.400 --> 00:41:54.420
 Unforgiveness is

00:41:54.420 --> 00:41:55.099
 a hindrance,

00:41:55.460 --> 00:41:56.440
 and we can hold

00:41:56.440 --> 00:41:57.160
 on to those

00:41:57.160 --> 00:41:57.519
 things.

00:41:57.579 --> 00:41:57.880
 When we

00:41:57.880 --> 00:41:58.740
 possess an

00:41:58.740 --> 00:41:59.380
 unforgiving

00:41:59.380 --> 00:41:59.940
 spirit,

00:42:00.039 --> 00:42:00.660
 our prayers

00:42:00.660 --> 00:42:01.019
 will be

00:42:01.019 --> 00:42:01.400
 hindered,

00:42:01.760 --> 00:42:02.539
 and God's

00:42:02.539 --> 00:42:03.180
 forgiveness will

00:42:03.180 --> 00:42:04.059
 not be realized

00:42:04.059 --> 00:42:04.880
 in our daily

00:42:04.880 --> 00:42:05.980
 walk with

00:42:05.980 --> 00:42:06.380
 him.

00:42:06.380 --> 00:42:08.960
 You know,

00:42:08.980 --> 00:42:09.539
 this morning

00:42:09.539 --> 00:42:09.900
 we should

00:42:09.900 --> 00:42:10.640
 consider the

00:42:10.640 --> 00:42:11.780
 important nature

00:42:11.780 --> 00:42:14.880
 of faith

00:42:14.880 --> 00:42:15.500
 when it comes

00:42:15.500 --> 00:42:16.140
 to the things

00:42:16.140 --> 00:42:16.660
 of God.

00:42:17.380 --> 00:42:18.240
 Because Jesus

00:42:18.240 --> 00:42:18.940
 makes it clear,

00:42:19.039 --> 00:42:19.700
 have faith

00:42:19.700 --> 00:42:21.440
 in God.

00:42:22.480 --> 00:42:23.360
 Not in your

00:42:23.360 --> 00:42:23.860
 abilities,

00:42:24.260 --> 00:42:24.820
 not in what

00:42:24.820 --> 00:42:25.500
 somebody else

00:42:25.500 --> 00:42:25.960
 has done,

00:42:26.059 --> 00:42:26.780
 have faith

00:42:26.780 --> 00:42:28.160
 in him.

00:42:28.660 --> 00:42:29.460
 To trust

00:42:29.460 --> 00:42:29.860
 him.

00:42:30.860 --> 00:42:31.599
 God is the

00:42:31.599 --> 00:42:32.039
 one that

00:42:32.039 --> 00:42:33.039
 everything else

00:42:33.039 --> 00:42:33.820
 submits to.

00:42:34.660 --> 00:42:34.900
 You know,

00:42:34.940 --> 00:42:35.640
 the focus of

00:42:35.640 --> 00:42:36.300
 our faith

00:42:36.300 --> 00:42:37.120
 not only

00:42:37.120 --> 00:42:37.600
 gives us

00:42:37.600 --> 00:42:38.260
 a direction,

00:42:38.420 --> 00:42:38.960
 but connects

00:42:38.960 --> 00:42:39.500
 us with the

00:42:39.500 --> 00:42:39.920
 one that

00:42:39.920 --> 00:42:40.740
 supplies the

00:42:40.740 --> 00:42:41.539
 needs along

00:42:41.539 --> 00:42:42.019
 the way.

00:42:44.580 --> 00:42:45.360
 This morning,

00:42:45.460 --> 00:42:45.940
 how is your

00:42:45.940 --> 00:42:46.320
 faith?

00:42:49.440 --> 00:42:50.140
 How is your

00:42:50.140 --> 00:42:50.760
 faith today?

00:42:53.400 --> 00:42:53.840
 Because

00:42:53.840 --> 00:42:54.580
 oftentimes we

00:42:54.580 --> 00:42:55.260
 come in with

00:42:55.260 --> 00:42:55.900
 mountains that

00:42:55.900 --> 00:42:56.340
 need to be

00:42:56.340 --> 00:42:56.920
 moved in our

00:42:56.920 --> 00:42:57.320
 lives.

00:42:59.660 --> 00:43:00.440
 That you look

00:43:00.440 --> 00:43:00.900
 at and say,

00:43:00.980 --> 00:43:01.480
 God, I don't

00:43:01.480 --> 00:43:02.060
 know how that's

00:43:02.060 --> 00:43:02.560
 going to happen.

00:43:03.600 --> 00:43:04.140
 And Jesus

00:43:04.140 --> 00:43:04.580
 says,

00:43:04.579 --> 00:43:07.659
 trust me.

00:43:09.799 --> 00:43:10.559
 Follow my

00:43:10.559 --> 00:43:11.039
 promises,

00:43:11.960 --> 00:43:12.519
 claim my

00:43:12.519 --> 00:43:13.000
 promises,

00:43:13.400 --> 00:43:14.119
 and I will

00:43:14.119 --> 00:43:16.199
 fulfill my

00:43:16.199 --> 00:43:16.639
 promises.

00:43:21.259 --> 00:43:21.860
 Are there

00:43:21.860 --> 00:43:22.480
 mountains that

00:43:22.480 --> 00:43:22.960
 need to be

00:43:22.960 --> 00:43:23.380
 moved?

00:43:23.460 --> 00:43:23.719
 Are you

00:43:23.719 --> 00:43:24.360
 seeking his

00:43:24.360 --> 00:43:24.880
 will in your

00:43:24.880 --> 00:43:25.279
 life?

00:43:27.279 --> 00:43:27.840
 Do you

00:43:27.840 --> 00:43:28.480
 trust him to

00:43:28.480 --> 00:43:30.319
 do what he

00:43:30.319 --> 00:43:31.860
 promises to

00:43:31.860 --> 00:43:32.140
 do?

00:43:34.000 --> 00:43:34.640
 Because you

00:43:34.640 --> 00:43:35.120
 can know

00:43:35.120 --> 00:43:35.539
 what it

00:43:35.539 --> 00:43:36.200
 says, but

00:43:36.200 --> 00:43:36.400
 there's

00:43:36.400 --> 00:43:37.019
 another to

00:43:37.019 --> 00:43:37.599
 trust it.

00:43:39.000 --> 00:43:39.940
 Because trust

00:43:39.940 --> 00:43:40.880
 involves stretching

00:43:40.880 --> 00:43:41.640
 out to say,

00:43:41.800 --> 00:43:42.519
 I think God,

00:43:43.079 --> 00:43:44.019
 it's not just

00:43:44.019 --> 00:43:44.640
 thinking that

00:43:44.640 --> 00:43:45.180
 God's going to

00:43:45.180 --> 00:43:45.680
 do it, it's

00:43:45.680 --> 00:43:46.559
 knowing God

00:43:46.559 --> 00:43:47.180
 is going to

00:43:47.180 --> 00:43:48.860
 fulfill after

00:43:48.860 --> 00:43:49.280
 you step

00:43:49.280 --> 00:43:49.579
 out.

00:43:52.079 --> 00:43:53.180
 Faith is an

00:43:53.180 --> 00:43:53.800
 element of

00:43:53.800 --> 00:43:54.260
 saying, I'm

00:43:54.260 --> 00:43:55.000
 going someplace

00:43:55.000 --> 00:43:55.720
 that I'm not

00:43:55.720 --> 00:43:57.579
 sure of, but

00:43:57.579 --> 00:43:58.380
 I'm trusting in

00:43:58.380 --> 00:43:58.860
 the one that

00:43:58.860 --> 00:43:59.320
 is sure.

00:44:01.480 --> 00:44:02.119
 Because I

00:44:02.119 --> 00:44:02.660
 know who he

00:44:02.660 --> 00:44:04.860
 is and what

00:44:04.860 --> 00:44:05.420
 he can do.

00:44:06.599 --> 00:44:07.300
 It's the

00:44:07.300 --> 00:44:08.800
 substance of

00:44:08.800 --> 00:44:09.480
 our faith.

00:44:13.480 --> 00:44:14.160
 Today we

00:44:14.160 --> 00:44:14.680
 need to

00:44:14.680 --> 00:44:16.260
 understand the

00:44:16.260 --> 00:44:18.260
 importance of

00:44:18.260 --> 00:44:18.579
 humbling

00:44:18.579 --> 00:44:19.640
 ourselves when

00:44:19.640 --> 00:44:20.480
 we trust him

00:44:20.480 --> 00:44:22.140
 to his will

00:44:22.140 --> 00:44:23.559
 and not

00:44:23.559 --> 00:44:23.920
 ours.

00:44:26.559 --> 00:44:27.079
 You know,

00:44:27.099 --> 00:44:27.599
 maybe it's a

00:44:27.599 --> 00:44:28.400
 simple today to

00:44:28.400 --> 00:44:29.000
 say I need to

00:44:29.000 --> 00:44:29.659
 call upon the

00:44:29.659 --> 00:44:29.940
 Savior.

00:44:31.579 --> 00:44:32.179
 There's never

00:44:32.179 --> 00:44:33.039
 been a time and

00:44:33.039 --> 00:44:33.900
 a place where I

00:44:33.900 --> 00:44:34.440
 could look and

00:44:34.440 --> 00:44:36.239
 see that that's

00:44:36.239 --> 00:44:36.819
 when I called

00:44:36.819 --> 00:44:37.420
 upon him.

00:44:40.839 --> 00:44:41.599
 This is the

00:44:41.599 --> 00:44:42.099
 moment I

00:44:42.099 --> 00:44:43.319
 trusted God, I

00:44:43.319 --> 00:44:44.360
 trusted Christ as

00:44:44.360 --> 00:44:44.940
 my Savior.

00:44:46.759 --> 00:44:47.319
 Because that

00:44:47.319 --> 00:44:47.960
 happens in a

00:44:47.960 --> 00:44:48.279
 moment.

00:44:49.679 --> 00:44:50.659
 It happens at a

00:44:50.659 --> 00:44:51.719
 specific place at a

00:44:51.719 --> 00:44:52.500
 specific time.

00:44:55.819 --> 00:44:56.860
 If you can't see

00:44:56.860 --> 00:44:57.320
 that in your

00:44:57.320 --> 00:44:57.900
 mind, that's

00:44:57.900 --> 00:44:58.180
 something you

00:44:58.180 --> 00:44:58.640
 need to deal

00:44:58.640 --> 00:44:59.320
 with before the

00:44:59.320 --> 00:44:59.579
 Lord.

00:45:04.960 --> 00:45:05.740
 If that's the

00:45:05.740 --> 00:45:06.200
 case, I

00:45:06.200 --> 00:45:08.380
 encourage you to

00:45:08.380 --> 00:45:09.260
 trust him today.

00:45:11.539 --> 00:45:12.140
 But as the

00:45:12.140 --> 00:45:12.700
 heads are bowed

00:45:12.700 --> 00:45:13.160
 and eyes are

00:45:13.160 --> 00:45:13.640
 closed this

00:45:13.640 --> 00:45:13.920
 morning,

00:45:14.920 --> 00:45:18.500
 maybe there's

00:45:18.500 --> 00:45:19.260
 some things when

00:45:19.260 --> 00:45:19.920
 it comes in

00:45:19.920 --> 00:45:20.640
 regarding to your

00:45:20.640 --> 00:45:21.539
 faith in God

00:45:21.539 --> 00:45:22.079
 this morning.

00:45:22.079 --> 00:45:26.179
 maybe there's

00:45:26.179 --> 00:45:26.799
 some mountains,

00:45:26.960 --> 00:45:27.279
 maybe there's

00:45:27.279 --> 00:45:27.960
 some obstacles,

00:45:29.279 --> 00:45:30.239
 maybe there's

00:45:30.239 --> 00:45:30.880
 some things that

00:45:30.880 --> 00:45:31.279
 you're just like,

00:45:31.360 --> 00:45:31.860
 Lord, I don't

00:45:31.860 --> 00:45:34.239
 understand what's

00:45:34.239 --> 00:45:34.779
 going on.

00:45:34.840 --> 00:45:35.139
 I don't

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 understand why

00:45:37.159 --> 00:45:38.019
 this is happening.

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 But Lord, I'm

00:45:42.659 --> 00:45:43.480
 going to seek you

00:45:43.480 --> 00:45:44.179
 and your will,

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 Lord, I'm going

00:45:44.699 --> 00:45:46.960
 to trust you as

00:45:46.960 --> 00:45:47.480
 we walk through

00:45:47.480 --> 00:45:48.340
 those things day

00:45:48.340 --> 00:45:48.860
 by day.

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 Is that your

00:45:53.159 --> 00:45:53.840
 need today?

00:45:55.300 --> 00:45:55.659
 Heavenly

00:45:55.659 --> 00:45:56.260
 Fathers, we

00:45:56.260 --> 00:45:56.880
 come before you

00:45:56.880 --> 00:45:57.360
 this morning.

00:45:57.440 --> 00:45:57.880
 Lord, we just

00:45:57.880 --> 00:45:58.420
 thank you and

00:45:58.420 --> 00:45:59.039
 praise you for

00:45:59.039 --> 00:45:59.760
 your word and

00:45:59.760 --> 00:46:00.539
 for your promises,

00:46:00.940 --> 00:46:02.320
 just for who you

00:46:02.320 --> 00:46:03.079
 are, Lord, that we

00:46:03.079 --> 00:46:05.679
 can trust you in

00:46:05.679 --> 00:46:06.780
 all areas of our

00:46:06.780 --> 00:46:07.179
 life.

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 And Lord, we pray

00:46:07.840 --> 00:46:08.519
 just have your hand

00:46:08.519 --> 00:46:09.900
 upon each one here

00:46:09.900 --> 00:46:10.199
 today.

00:46:10.260 --> 00:46:11.019
 Lord, you know the

00:46:11.019 --> 00:46:11.860
 needs, you know the

00:46:11.860 --> 00:46:13.480
 specifics of each

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 life.

00:46:13.940 --> 00:46:14.699
 Lord, there's no

00:46:14.699 --> 00:46:15.359
 hiding those

00:46:15.359 --> 00:46:16.239
 things from you.

00:46:17.279 --> 00:46:17.739
 Lord, if there's

00:46:17.739 --> 00:46:18.519
 one here today that

00:46:18.519 --> 00:46:19.339
 doesn't know you as

00:46:19.339 --> 00:46:20.299
 Savior, that today

00:46:20.299 --> 00:46:21.079
 would be the day

00:46:21.079 --> 00:46:21.879
 they would call upon

00:46:21.879 --> 00:46:22.179
 you.

00:46:23.359 --> 00:46:23.919
 But Lord, if there's

00:46:23.919 --> 00:46:24.859
 other needs, that it

00:46:24.859 --> 00:46:25.719
 might be the day that

00:46:25.719 --> 00:46:26.460
 they say, I'm going

00:46:26.460 --> 00:46:27.699
 to put all my eggs

00:46:27.699 --> 00:46:28.599
 in God's basket.

00:46:29.779 --> 00:46:30.719
 I'm going to trust

00:46:30.719 --> 00:46:31.919
 him in everything

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 moving forward.

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 And Lord, we just

00:46:35.539 --> 00:46:36.419
 ask it all in your

00:46:36.419 --> 00:46:37.339
 precious name, Lord,

00:46:37.359 --> 00:46:38.299
 as the piano plays,

00:46:38.739 --> 00:46:39.379
 that you'd work upon

00:46:39.379 --> 00:46:40.399
 hearts and lives here

00:46:40.399 --> 00:46:40.799
 today.

00:46:40.799 --> 00:46:41.919
 In Jesus' name,

00:46:42.819 --> 00:46:43.099
 amen.

00:46:43.379 --> 00:46:44.059
 What about you

00:46:44.059 --> 00:46:44.460
 today?

00:46:44.699 --> 00:46:45.699
 Amen.