WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.000 We're in Romans chapter 4, if you guys want to flip there. 00:00:15.000 --> 00:00:16.859 This is your first time here. 00:00:16.859 --> 00:00:20.100 We are studying and going through the book of Romans. 00:00:20.100 --> 00:00:20.000 ! 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:35.340 Romans chapter 4, our text this morning is verse 18 through 25. 00:00:39.439 --> 00:00:40.640 Read along with me. 00:00:40.700 --> 00:00:44.120 In hope he believed against hope, he being Abraham, 00:00:44.659 --> 00:00:47.400 that he should become the father of many nations, 00:00:47.840 --> 00:00:51.420 as he had been told, so shall your offspring be. 00:00:52.060 --> 00:00:55.019 He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, 00:00:55.420 --> 00:00:58.539 which was as good as dead since he was about 100 years old, 00:00:58.539 --> 00:01:01.799 or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah's womb. 00:01:02.759 --> 00:01:06.400 No distrust made him waver concerning the promise of God, 00:01:06.799 --> 00:01:10.200 but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, 00:01:10.719 --> 00:01:14.739 fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised. 00:01:15.460 --> 00:01:18.340 That is why his faith was counted to him as righteousness. 00:01:18.920 --> 00:01:22.859 But the words it was counted to him were not written for his sake alone, 00:01:22.960 --> 00:01:24.239 but for ours also. 00:01:24.239 --> 00:01:27.619 It will be counted to us who believe in him, 00:01:27.719 --> 00:01:29.799 who raised from the dead, Jesus our Lord, 00:01:30.179 --> 00:01:32.640 who was delivered up for our trespasses, 00:01:32.919 --> 00:01:35.379 and raised for our justification. 00:01:36.799 --> 00:01:40.780 When I was a kid, we used to get a magazine called Ranger Rick. 00:01:40.879 --> 00:01:42.340 I don't know if you guys have ever seen this. 00:01:42.959 --> 00:01:47.099 In it were stories about animals, nature, weather, 00:01:47.579 --> 00:01:51.000 you know, stuff that kids thought were cool before video games came out. 00:01:51.000 --> 00:01:55.920 My favorite part of the magazine was found on the last couple pages. 00:01:57.120 --> 00:01:59.560 One of the, it always had a picture drawn, 00:02:00.260 --> 00:02:03.819 tree or garden or whatever, house. 00:02:04.400 --> 00:02:06.640 And in that picture drawn were hidden things. 00:02:06.739 --> 00:02:08.819 And your job was to find those hidden objects, 00:02:08.979 --> 00:02:10.939 circle them, mark them off the list, 00:02:11.000 --> 00:02:12.460 and then go into the back of the magazine 00:02:12.460 --> 00:02:13.879 and check and see if you got it right. 00:02:14.819 --> 00:02:18.159 The other favorite of mine was the snapshot pictures. 00:02:18.159 --> 00:02:21.699 They would take a picture of something really, really, really close up, 00:02:22.359 --> 00:02:26.460 like a beehive or a rug or a cracker, 00:02:26.599 --> 00:02:29.599 and your job was to guess what that object was. 00:02:30.419 --> 00:02:34.039 Now, the problem was that that object was not in the environment 00:02:34.039 --> 00:02:35.180 that it normally is in. 00:02:35.259 --> 00:02:39.840 So you had no other clue except what you were seeing, 00:02:40.180 --> 00:02:41.519 what that object was. 00:02:41.579 --> 00:02:45.180 And you could go to the back of the book and cheat if you wanted to. 00:02:45.180 --> 00:02:47.400 You could try to figure it out. 00:02:47.480 --> 00:02:51.140 And even as a kid, I would know exactly what the answer was 00:02:51.140 --> 00:02:52.920 and I still didn't see it. 00:02:52.980 --> 00:02:54.640 I couldn't get it. 00:02:56.420 --> 00:03:01.480 The problem was that you're given such a small look at this object 00:03:01.480 --> 00:03:06.680 that you couldn't put it into the environment on purpose, of course. 00:03:07.040 --> 00:03:09.439 It's a problem to solve as a kid. 00:03:09.439 --> 00:03:12.159 And you would need help. 00:03:13.079 --> 00:03:16.699 I'm afraid that our theology has the same problem. 00:03:18.280 --> 00:03:23.180 Our view of God is so limited by what we can see 00:03:23.180 --> 00:03:26.460 or sometimes even feel. 00:03:27.520 --> 00:03:31.520 That's another whole subject we talk about later. 00:03:31.520 --> 00:03:37.600 Our view is so limited because we don't learn about God. 00:03:37.700 --> 00:03:39.540 We don't spend time with God. 00:03:39.600 --> 00:03:41.020 We don't trust Him more. 00:03:41.240 --> 00:03:43.660 That we get these little snapshots. 00:03:44.900 --> 00:03:48.080 Little blown, zoomed in pictures. 00:03:48.080 --> 00:03:53.180 And so when a struggle comes, and it will, 00:03:54.540 --> 00:04:00.240 when we lose a job or lose a loved one or fail a class, 00:04:01.300 --> 00:04:03.960 whatever it is, we give up. 00:04:04.260 --> 00:04:06.320 And we try to solve the problem ourselves 00:04:06.320 --> 00:04:08.720 instead of trusting the one who is faithful, 00:04:09.580 --> 00:04:12.800 the one who we can put our hope in, 00:04:13.860 --> 00:04:16.560 who will never leave us or forsake us. 00:04:16.560 --> 00:04:20.660 We give up because all we see is this tiny picture 00:04:20.660 --> 00:04:22.360 that we can't make out what it is. 00:04:23.759 --> 00:04:26.399 We have this one characteristic of God. 00:04:27.160 --> 00:04:30.019 One thing that God, that we know about Him, 00:04:30.199 --> 00:04:31.259 and that's it. 00:04:32.540 --> 00:04:33.620 And the life of Abraham, 00:04:34.220 --> 00:04:37.459 specifically two events can show us this 00:04:37.459 --> 00:04:40.660 in the writings of Scripture, 00:04:40.840 --> 00:04:43.300 can give life to words this morning. 00:04:43.300 --> 00:04:46.680 Paul clearly in Romans chapter 2 00:04:46.680 --> 00:04:49.400 is using the life of Abraham to make his argument. 00:04:49.920 --> 00:04:51.600 So quickly I'm going to kind of review 00:04:51.600 --> 00:04:53.819 the life of Abraham for us. 00:04:54.400 --> 00:04:55.780 Abraham was an idolatrous. 00:04:55.900 --> 00:04:57.680 We kind of got a review this morning. 00:04:57.800 --> 00:04:59.120 I didn't know Nathan was going to do that. 00:04:59.540 --> 00:05:01.100 So I'll just add to it. 00:05:02.600 --> 00:05:04.879 Abraham was an idolatrous pagan man 00:05:04.879 --> 00:05:07.620 who lived in the land of Ur of the Chaldeans. 00:05:07.620 --> 00:05:12.199 So pagan, idolatrous guy did not know God. 00:05:13.579 --> 00:05:15.100 And God picks Abraham, 00:05:15.319 --> 00:05:17.079 and at the time his name was Abram, 00:05:17.300 --> 00:05:19.120 and calls him out and says, 00:05:19.480 --> 00:05:20.540 pack up and go. 00:05:21.560 --> 00:05:22.680 Doesn't tell him where. 00:05:23.160 --> 00:05:24.759 And just like that, 00:05:24.840 --> 00:05:25.680 Abraham gets, 00:05:25.959 --> 00:05:27.600 Abram gets up and he goes. 00:05:30.240 --> 00:05:33.459 Abram, whose name means father of many, 00:05:33.459 --> 00:05:35.479 is what his name means, 00:05:35.479 --> 00:05:39.299 which is a good example of God's sovereignty 00:05:39.299 --> 00:05:40.239 and his providence, 00:05:41.379 --> 00:05:45.500 using things to work for his good. 00:05:46.379 --> 00:05:48.120 Abram's name meaning father of many. 00:05:49.120 --> 00:05:51.139 Abram was given a promise that God, 00:05:52.139 --> 00:05:53.479 from God, 00:05:53.519 --> 00:05:55.679 that he would be the father of many nations, 00:05:56.939 --> 00:05:59.120 all without having a child of his own. 00:05:59.120 --> 00:06:03.939 The constant reminder of his name, 00:06:04.680 --> 00:06:06.780 and the lack of not having a child, 00:06:08.079 --> 00:06:10.240 led Abram to follow his wife's advice, 00:06:10.379 --> 00:06:11.319 and take a child from, 00:06:11.720 --> 00:06:12.720 or with Hagar, 00:06:12.899 --> 00:06:13.980 who was Sarah's, 00:06:14.019 --> 00:06:15.100 his wife's servant. 00:06:23.399 --> 00:06:25.220 Doubt and despair crept in, 00:06:25.780 --> 00:06:27.500 and sin was the result. 00:06:27.500 --> 00:06:30.079 Well, I don't have a child, 00:06:30.259 --> 00:06:32.660 so I'm going to go this route. 00:06:33.560 --> 00:06:34.920 God hasn't come through, 00:06:35.240 --> 00:06:36.959 so I'm going to go this route. 00:06:37.860 --> 00:06:39.519 Because Abram at that moment 00:06:39.519 --> 00:06:41.579 did not have a kingdom view, 00:06:41.680 --> 00:06:43.319 did not have a big God view. 00:06:43.459 --> 00:06:44.959 He had a small God view. 00:06:46.019 --> 00:06:48.120 He didn't necessarily believe God. 00:06:48.199 --> 00:06:49.100 Time had gone. 00:06:49.220 --> 00:06:50.439 Years had passed. 00:06:51.480 --> 00:06:54.279 It took 40 years for the promise to be fulfilled. 00:06:54.279 --> 00:06:58.119 God made good on his promise to Abraham 00:06:58.119 --> 00:07:00.079 by giving him a son, Isaac. 00:07:00.899 --> 00:07:03.419 When, as Paul says in our text, 00:07:03.599 --> 00:07:05.719 Abraham was as good as dead, 00:07:06.279 --> 00:07:10.399 since he was about a hundred years old. 00:07:10.899 --> 00:07:15.899 Or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah's womb. 00:07:17.419 --> 00:07:20.079 See, God was preparing Abraham. 00:07:20.079 --> 00:07:20.159 Abraham. 00:07:21.519 --> 00:07:22.539 Preparing Abraham to, 00:07:22.779 --> 00:07:23.899 giving him this kingdom view, 00:07:24.019 --> 00:07:25.539 revealing himself to him. 00:07:26.120 --> 00:07:26.899 So that when, 00:07:27.099 --> 00:07:28.639 when the time came for Abraham 00:07:28.639 --> 00:07:31.079 to take Isaac up onto the mountain 00:07:31.079 --> 00:07:32.860 and sacrifice his only son, 00:07:33.379 --> 00:07:35.300 he did it because he knew 00:07:35.300 --> 00:07:38.120 that God was faithful. 00:07:38.519 --> 00:07:39.120 He knew 00:07:39.120 --> 00:07:43.259 that God would fulfill his promise. 00:07:43.259 --> 00:07:45.079 We read last week, 00:07:45.159 --> 00:07:45.899 Hebrews 11, 00:07:46.699 --> 00:07:48.480 about Abraham. 00:07:48.579 --> 00:07:48.819 It says, 00:07:48.920 --> 00:07:50.000 By faith Abraham, 00:07:50.439 --> 00:07:51.560 when he was tested, 00:07:52.019 --> 00:07:53.180 offered up Isaac. 00:07:54.099 --> 00:07:55.779 And he who had received the promises 00:07:55.779 --> 00:07:58.279 was in the act of offering up his only son, 00:07:58.800 --> 00:07:59.860 of whom it was said, 00:08:00.000 --> 00:08:02.000 Through Isaac shall your offspring be named. 00:08:02.620 --> 00:08:02.899 So, 00:08:03.120 --> 00:08:04.300 the very son 00:08:04.300 --> 00:08:06.099 that the promise was going to come through, 00:08:06.920 --> 00:08:08.500 Abraham believed God, 00:08:08.560 --> 00:08:09.839 had a big picture of God, 00:08:09.839 --> 00:08:12.199 and offered up Isaac 00:08:12.199 --> 00:08:13.579 as a sacrifice. 00:08:15.099 --> 00:08:15.819 He considered 00:08:15.819 --> 00:08:17.939 that God was able 00:08:17.939 --> 00:08:19.699 even to raise him from the dead, 00:08:19.799 --> 00:08:20.239 from which, 00:08:20.399 --> 00:08:21.399 figuratively speaking, 00:08:21.500 --> 00:08:22.879 he did receive him back. 00:08:23.679 --> 00:08:24.759 So God knew, 00:08:24.919 --> 00:08:25.879 or Abraham knew, 00:08:26.000 --> 00:08:26.839 who God was. 00:08:27.599 --> 00:08:29.379 God had worked in his life 00:08:29.379 --> 00:08:30.979 and revealed himself to Abraham 00:08:30.979 --> 00:08:33.139 so he could trust in the God 00:08:33.139 --> 00:08:33.839 who is faithful. 00:08:35.559 --> 00:08:36.720 Abraham was faithful. 00:08:36.720 --> 00:08:39.259 He was faithful because 00:08:39.259 --> 00:08:40.580 he had a big picture 00:08:40.580 --> 00:08:42.460 of who God is. 00:08:44.000 --> 00:08:46.300 Faith is not a step into the unknown. 00:08:47.500 --> 00:08:48.800 We joke around about 00:08:48.800 --> 00:08:50.560 the Indiana Jones Temple of Doom, 00:08:50.620 --> 00:08:51.420 have you guys seen it? 00:08:51.920 --> 00:08:55.379 Where Indiana Jones has to step out 00:08:55.379 --> 00:08:57.460 into the void 00:08:57.460 --> 00:09:00.720 and picture is that's faith. 00:09:00.800 --> 00:09:01.720 Well, that's not faith. 00:09:02.840 --> 00:09:04.080 Faith isn't just jumping out 00:09:04.080 --> 00:09:05.519 into something we don't know. 00:09:06.720 --> 00:09:08.700 It is complete confidence 00:09:08.700 --> 00:09:09.420 in the God 00:09:09.420 --> 00:09:11.320 who issues the command or promise. 00:09:12.700 --> 00:09:15.300 Faith is not full understanding, 00:09:15.540 --> 00:09:16.620 but full trust. 00:09:18.560 --> 00:09:22.139 And Abraham trusted God. 00:09:23.600 --> 00:09:25.120 Didn't understand why 00:09:25.120 --> 00:09:26.560 he was going to sacrifice his son, 00:09:26.639 --> 00:09:28.840 but he trusted God. 00:09:28.840 --> 00:09:33.740 See, some of us in this room 00:09:33.740 --> 00:09:34.300 will pray, 00:09:34.639 --> 00:09:38.560 God, increase or strengthen my faith. 00:09:39.720 --> 00:09:40.899 My question to you is, 00:09:40.940 --> 00:09:41.860 why are you praying that? 00:09:43.540 --> 00:09:45.820 Is it for more understanding, 00:09:46.160 --> 00:09:47.200 which isn't faith at all, 00:09:47.240 --> 00:09:48.040 it's just knowledge? 00:09:50.680 --> 00:09:52.259 More understanding of life, 00:09:52.360 --> 00:09:54.780 or is it the ability to trust him more 00:09:54.780 --> 00:09:56.019 because he is Lord? 00:09:56.019 --> 00:09:58.519 That is faith. 00:09:59.980 --> 00:10:02.439 Abraham is celebrated because of his faith, 00:10:03.000 --> 00:10:05.179 and that faith came from God, 00:10:05.579 --> 00:10:07.639 and God revealing himself to Abraham 00:10:07.639 --> 00:10:09.819 through his 40 years of waiting. 00:10:09.820 --> 00:10:13.560 This morning, 00:10:13.600 --> 00:10:14.440 there's two points. 00:10:15.400 --> 00:10:15.860 Next week, 00:10:15.900 --> 00:10:16.820 there'll be two points 00:10:16.820 --> 00:10:18.120 from this same text. 00:10:19.720 --> 00:10:20.960 Your view of God 00:10:20.960 --> 00:10:22.360 determines how you live. 00:10:22.879 --> 00:10:24.040 Your view of God, 00:10:24.460 --> 00:10:25.040 big view, 00:10:25.160 --> 00:10:25.660 little view, 00:10:25.800 --> 00:10:26.700 your view of God 00:10:26.700 --> 00:10:27.940 determines how you live, 00:10:28.080 --> 00:10:29.920 and it determines what you believe. 00:10:30.960 --> 00:10:33.020 Two simple points this morning. 00:10:33.019 --> 00:10:36.240 So are you looking at a small, 00:10:36.439 --> 00:10:37.279 tiny picture, 00:10:37.399 --> 00:10:38.759 a zoomed-in picture 00:10:38.759 --> 00:10:40.120 of who God is? 00:10:40.259 --> 00:10:41.799 Or are you looking at a much bigger, 00:10:42.019 --> 00:10:42.699 broader picture 00:10:42.699 --> 00:10:43.919 that you can take comfort in 00:10:43.919 --> 00:10:45.240 and find joy in? 00:10:45.879 --> 00:10:47.360 That's the question this morning. 00:10:49.120 --> 00:10:50.699 As I studied this week 00:10:50.699 --> 00:10:51.939 and as I prepared, 00:10:52.759 --> 00:10:55.699 it became more and more clear to me 00:10:55.699 --> 00:10:57.159 that there's a lot of information 00:10:57.159 --> 00:10:59.720 that I think is good to share with you. 00:10:59.720 --> 00:11:01.279 So this text, 00:11:01.420 --> 00:11:03.000 we'll cover again next week 00:11:03.000 --> 00:11:05.680 with two more points. 00:11:07.340 --> 00:11:08.440 So let's dig in. 00:11:09.720 --> 00:11:10.779 Your view of God 00:11:10.779 --> 00:11:12.240 determines how you live. 00:11:12.580 --> 00:11:13.420 Your view of God 00:11:13.420 --> 00:11:15.340 determines how you live. 00:11:15.420 --> 00:11:16.840 So your actions are determined 00:11:16.840 --> 00:11:19.700 by your view of God. 00:11:19.980 --> 00:11:21.800 This is found in verse 18 and 19. 00:11:23.800 --> 00:11:24.600 It says, 00:11:25.100 --> 00:11:26.519 In hope he, Abraham, 00:11:26.820 --> 00:11:28.800 believed against hope 00:11:28.799 --> 00:11:30.079 that he should become 00:11:30.079 --> 00:11:31.539 the father of many nations. 00:11:32.259 --> 00:11:33.319 As he had been told, 00:11:33.539 --> 00:11:34.939 so shall your offspring be. 00:11:35.419 --> 00:11:36.819 He did not weaken in faith 00:11:36.819 --> 00:11:38.419 when he considered his own body, 00:11:38.479 --> 00:11:39.500 which was as good as dead, 00:11:39.939 --> 00:11:41.539 since he was about 100 years old, 00:11:42.439 --> 00:11:43.959 or when he considered 00:11:43.959 --> 00:11:46.639 the barrenness of Sarah's womb. 00:11:48.279 --> 00:11:50.740 In hope he believed against hope. 00:11:51.839 --> 00:11:54.120 The New American Standard says, 00:11:54.120 --> 00:11:56.159 In hope against hope he believed. 00:11:56.879 --> 00:11:58.559 The New King James Version says, 00:11:58.799 --> 00:12:01.379 Who against hope believed in hope. 00:12:02.819 --> 00:12:04.299 Paul in this statement 00:12:04.299 --> 00:12:06.379 puts hope against hope. 00:12:07.979 --> 00:12:09.740 What in the world does this mean? 00:12:12.219 --> 00:12:13.579 It's very poetic. 00:12:14.659 --> 00:12:15.899 It sounds really good, 00:12:15.959 --> 00:12:18.039 but what is he trying to say? 00:12:19.359 --> 00:12:20.459 In verse 17, 00:12:20.579 --> 00:12:21.679 he's just finished saying 00:12:21.679 --> 00:12:23.620 that Abraham believed in God 00:12:23.620 --> 00:12:25.159 who gives life to dead 00:12:25.159 --> 00:12:27.059 and calls into existence 00:12:27.059 --> 00:12:28.699 the things that do not exist. 00:12:28.839 --> 00:12:29.000 Okay? 00:12:29.059 --> 00:12:29.860 So that's kind of where 00:12:29.860 --> 00:12:31.279 we're coming from. 00:12:32.100 --> 00:12:34.079 And now Paul wages hope 00:12:34.079 --> 00:12:35.219 against hope. 00:12:35.899 --> 00:12:37.059 What we have here 00:12:37.059 --> 00:12:38.819 is two different types of hope. 00:12:40.000 --> 00:12:40.459 Okay? 00:12:40.559 --> 00:12:41.819 A better way to say that 00:12:41.819 --> 00:12:43.519 is that the object 00:12:43.519 --> 00:12:45.000 of the hope changes. 00:12:45.500 --> 00:12:45.819 Okay? 00:12:46.839 --> 00:12:47.620 So follow me. 00:12:47.980 --> 00:12:49.939 In our text from the ESV, 00:12:49.940 --> 00:12:51.400 it says, 00:12:51.920 --> 00:12:52.520 In hope, 00:12:53.480 --> 00:12:54.900 he believed against hope. 00:12:54.900 --> 00:12:56.480 Well, this first hope, 00:12:56.640 --> 00:12:57.160 in hope, 00:12:57.520 --> 00:12:58.860 is God's hope. 00:12:59.920 --> 00:13:04.520 It's hope that is in God alone. 00:13:05.200 --> 00:13:06.660 This hope never changes. 00:13:07.380 --> 00:13:08.580 It is constant. 00:13:08.580 --> 00:13:10.379 And it works 00:13:10.379 --> 00:13:12.580 outside of our understanding. 00:13:14.580 --> 00:13:15.139 So, 00:13:15.860 --> 00:13:17.440 we, 00:13:17.680 --> 00:13:18.720 as human beings, 00:13:18.820 --> 00:13:20.080 have a limited understanding 00:13:20.080 --> 00:13:20.860 of who God is. 00:13:21.620 --> 00:13:22.940 We have gravity. 00:13:23.139 --> 00:13:24.580 We have these rules 00:13:24.580 --> 00:13:25.580 that we have to follow. 00:13:25.680 --> 00:13:26.780 And God doesn't necessarily 00:13:26.780 --> 00:13:28.600 have to follow those same rules. 00:13:28.720 --> 00:13:29.920 We're all going to die. 00:13:32.860 --> 00:13:35.600 God does not work that way. 00:13:35.600 --> 00:13:39.120 It definitely doesn't work 00:13:39.120 --> 00:13:40.060 the way we want them to. 00:13:41.220 --> 00:13:42.519 Or the way that nature 00:13:42.519 --> 00:13:44.019 or reason says to. 00:13:45.040 --> 00:13:46.600 If we were to take 00:13:46.600 --> 00:13:47.800 a logical view, 00:13:48.220 --> 00:13:49.120 a logical view 00:13:49.120 --> 00:13:50.680 at the life of Abraham 00:13:50.680 --> 00:13:52.379 and some other stories 00:13:52.379 --> 00:13:53.100 through Scripture, 00:13:54.220 --> 00:13:55.259 nothing happened 00:13:55.259 --> 00:13:56.920 that was logical. 00:13:58.500 --> 00:14:00.080 Logic and reason says 00:14:00.080 --> 00:14:00.940 it is impossible 00:14:00.940 --> 00:14:02.399 for Abraham and Sarah 00:14:02.399 --> 00:14:03.480 to have a child. 00:14:05.600 --> 00:14:07.200 99 years old 00:14:07.200 --> 00:14:08.639 and she was barren. 00:14:09.540 --> 00:14:10.940 Logic and reason says 00:14:10.940 --> 00:14:12.159 there's no hope 00:14:12.159 --> 00:14:12.980 for a son. 00:14:13.960 --> 00:14:14.139 So, 00:14:14.240 --> 00:14:14.879 what does Abraham 00:14:14.879 --> 00:14:15.879 and Sarah do? 00:14:16.899 --> 00:14:17.519 Sarah says, 00:14:17.620 --> 00:14:18.720 here's my servant Hagar. 00:14:18.899 --> 00:14:19.540 Have a child. 00:14:19.639 --> 00:14:20.980 His name will be Ishmael. 00:14:22.159 --> 00:14:23.300 The rest is history. 00:14:24.779 --> 00:14:26.320 Logic and reason says 00:14:26.320 --> 00:14:27.639 it is impossible 00:14:27.639 --> 00:14:29.399 to walk on dry ground 00:14:29.399 --> 00:14:30.019 in the middle 00:14:30.019 --> 00:14:30.960 of the Red Sea. 00:14:32.920 --> 00:14:33.840 I agree. 00:14:33.840 --> 00:14:35.740 But God doesn't work 00:14:35.740 --> 00:14:38.800 within our limited understanding. 00:14:40.220 --> 00:14:41.879 Logic and reason says 00:14:41.879 --> 00:14:43.700 that no one person 00:14:43.700 --> 00:14:45.259 can live a perfect, 00:14:45.740 --> 00:14:46.980 sinless life. 00:14:50.420 --> 00:14:51.500 But He did. 00:14:52.180 --> 00:14:53.620 Christ did. 00:14:54.200 --> 00:14:55.399 Logic and reason says 00:14:55.399 --> 00:14:56.899 that no one person 00:14:56.899 --> 00:14:58.340 dies for the sins 00:14:58.340 --> 00:14:59.440 of the world. 00:14:59.440 --> 00:15:03.640 logic and reason 00:15:03.640 --> 00:15:04.180 is right, 00:15:04.300 --> 00:15:06.620 but Christ did. 00:15:07.620 --> 00:15:08.620 Logic and reason 00:15:08.620 --> 00:15:09.180 says that 00:15:09.180 --> 00:15:10.720 no one can resurrect 00:15:10.720 --> 00:15:11.860 from being dead 00:15:11.860 --> 00:15:12.840 three days. 00:15:14.920 --> 00:15:15.960 But He did. 00:15:17.360 --> 00:15:19.000 All of this happened. 00:15:20.280 --> 00:15:20.520 Now, 00:15:20.580 --> 00:15:21.400 I am not preaching 00:15:21.400 --> 00:15:22.760 against logic and reason. 00:15:22.920 --> 00:15:24.000 It has its place. 00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:26.899 There are times 00:15:26.899 --> 00:15:29.279 and places 00:15:29.279 --> 00:15:30.240 for it. 00:15:30.279 --> 00:15:31.179 Just ask Paul. 00:15:31.279 --> 00:15:32.019 We are in the midst 00:15:32.019 --> 00:15:33.639 of a logical argument 00:15:33.639 --> 00:15:34.779 that Paul is laying out 00:15:34.779 --> 00:15:35.519 through Romans. 00:15:36.480 --> 00:15:37.220 What I am trying 00:15:37.220 --> 00:15:37.759 to communicate 00:15:37.759 --> 00:15:39.120 is that God 00:15:39.120 --> 00:15:40.299 does not always act 00:15:40.299 --> 00:15:41.580 within our logic 00:15:41.580 --> 00:15:43.220 and reason. 00:15:44.820 --> 00:15:45.059 See, 00:15:45.080 --> 00:15:45.600 here is the problem. 00:15:45.679 --> 00:15:46.779 You can use logic 00:15:46.779 --> 00:15:47.379 and reason 00:15:47.379 --> 00:15:48.399 to prove God, 00:15:48.860 --> 00:15:49.879 but you can also 00:15:49.879 --> 00:15:50.980 use logic and reason 00:15:50.980 --> 00:15:51.980 to disprove God. 00:15:51.980 --> 00:15:54.000 As far as I am concerned, 00:15:54.100 --> 00:15:54.639 those two 00:15:54.639 --> 00:15:55.779 counter each other 00:15:55.779 --> 00:15:56.860 and knock each other out. 00:15:59.120 --> 00:16:00.560 God does not work 00:16:00.560 --> 00:16:02.399 inside our little box 00:16:02.399 --> 00:16:03.700 of understanding. 00:16:06.300 --> 00:16:07.920 And in Abraham's case, 00:16:08.060 --> 00:16:08.680 in hope, 00:16:09.200 --> 00:16:09.980 he believed 00:16:09.980 --> 00:16:11.019 against hope. 00:16:11.920 --> 00:16:13.300 So this is against hope. 00:16:13.539 --> 00:16:14.539 This is man's hope. 00:16:14.620 --> 00:16:15.740 This is our hope. 00:16:15.800 --> 00:16:17.659 This is our understanding. 00:16:18.220 --> 00:16:20.139 Our minute minds 00:16:20.139 --> 00:16:21.299 can only grasp 00:16:21.299 --> 00:16:22.559 certain things 00:16:22.559 --> 00:16:23.960 with certain limitations. 00:16:27.740 --> 00:16:28.559 As I have already 00:16:28.559 --> 00:16:29.100 pointed out, 00:16:29.179 --> 00:16:30.120 from our standpoint, 00:16:30.399 --> 00:16:31.580 from our vantage point, 00:16:32.100 --> 00:16:33.580 there is no way 00:16:33.580 --> 00:16:34.080 that Abraham 00:16:34.080 --> 00:16:35.100 has a child. 00:16:36.659 --> 00:16:37.059 And yet, 00:16:37.460 --> 00:16:38.360 Matthew 19, 00:16:38.500 --> 00:16:38.879 it says, 00:16:39.220 --> 00:16:39.699 with man, 00:16:39.779 --> 00:16:40.539 this is impossible. 00:16:40.679 --> 00:16:41.939 Speaking of the camel 00:16:41.939 --> 00:16:43.100 going through the eye 00:16:43.100 --> 00:16:43.659 of the needle. 00:16:44.379 --> 00:16:45.100 With man, 00:16:45.100 --> 00:16:46.279 this is impossible. 00:16:46.460 --> 00:16:47.059 With God, 00:16:47.059 --> 00:16:49.159 all things are possible. 00:16:50.139 --> 00:16:51.279 And right before that, 00:16:51.480 --> 00:16:52.659 Jesus is talking about 00:16:52.659 --> 00:16:53.379 the rich man 00:16:53.379 --> 00:16:54.720 entering heaven. 00:16:56.580 --> 00:16:58.439 All things are possible. 00:16:59.679 --> 00:17:00.539 The question is, 00:17:00.580 --> 00:17:01.740 do you have hope 00:17:01.740 --> 00:17:03.899 that is counter-cultural? 00:17:05.240 --> 00:17:06.019 Do you have hope 00:17:06.019 --> 00:17:07.740 that is the antithesis 00:17:07.740 --> 00:17:09.059 to logic and reason? 00:17:09.180 --> 00:17:09.920 Or is your hope 00:17:09.920 --> 00:17:11.240 still limited 00:17:11.240 --> 00:17:13.740 by your 00:17:13.740 --> 00:17:15.980 little box? 00:17:15.980 --> 00:17:18.099 because when 00:17:18.099 --> 00:17:19.860 logic and reason 00:17:19.860 --> 00:17:20.720 no longer 00:17:20.720 --> 00:17:23.299 exists 00:17:23.299 --> 00:17:23.940 or solves 00:17:23.940 --> 00:17:24.579 your problem 00:17:24.579 --> 00:17:25.660 or makes a solution, 00:17:25.860 --> 00:17:26.839 what do you have left? 00:17:27.640 --> 00:17:28.860 What do you have left 00:17:28.860 --> 00:17:29.980 when logic and reason 00:17:29.980 --> 00:17:30.519 are gone? 00:17:31.259 --> 00:17:32.360 Do you have faith 00:17:32.360 --> 00:17:33.500 to hope against hope 00:17:33.500 --> 00:17:33.900 or does 00:17:33.900 --> 00:17:35.819 God no longer 00:17:35.819 --> 00:17:36.860 exist to you? 00:17:37.200 --> 00:17:37.880 And you can probably 00:17:37.880 --> 00:17:38.519 think of people 00:17:38.519 --> 00:17:38.920 who have 00:17:38.920 --> 00:17:40.799 left the church 00:17:40.799 --> 00:17:41.740 or stopped 00:17:41.740 --> 00:17:42.220 attending 00:17:42.220 --> 00:17:42.839 or stopped 00:17:42.839 --> 00:17:43.640 being a Christian 00:17:43.640 --> 00:17:44.520 or whatever 00:17:44.520 --> 00:17:45.740 the case may be 00:17:45.740 --> 00:17:48.000 because 00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:50.040 logic and reason 00:17:50.040 --> 00:17:51.340 ended. 00:17:54.280 --> 00:17:55.160 God told 00:17:55.160 --> 00:17:55.960 Abraham 00:17:55.960 --> 00:17:56.380 he would be 00:17:56.380 --> 00:17:56.880 the father 00:17:56.880 --> 00:17:57.960 of many nations. 00:17:58.640 --> 00:17:59.380 It took 00:17:59.380 --> 00:18:00.140 40 years 00:18:00.140 --> 00:18:00.860 from the first 00:18:00.860 --> 00:18:01.500 promise. 00:18:03.560 --> 00:18:04.680 And in God's 00:18:04.680 --> 00:18:05.960 perfect timing, 00:18:06.640 --> 00:18:08.100 40 years, 00:18:09.360 --> 00:18:09.720 Abraham 00:18:09.720 --> 00:18:10.300 hoped 00:18:10.300 --> 00:18:11.080 against hope. 00:18:11.079 --> 00:18:13.460 See what Paul 00:18:13.460 --> 00:18:14.039 does here 00:18:14.039 --> 00:18:15.099 is he measures 00:18:15.099 --> 00:18:15.939 God's given 00:18:15.939 --> 00:18:16.299 hope, 00:18:16.439 --> 00:18:16.839 he measures 00:18:16.839 --> 00:18:17.720 God's hope 00:18:17.720 --> 00:18:18.740 with man's 00:18:18.740 --> 00:18:19.000 hope. 00:18:20.359 --> 00:18:21.059 And if you're 00:18:21.059 --> 00:18:21.460 going to measure 00:18:21.460 --> 00:18:21.980 the two, 00:18:23.139 --> 00:18:23.740 God's hope 00:18:23.740 --> 00:18:24.259 is going to win 00:18:24.259 --> 00:18:24.879 every time 00:18:24.879 --> 00:18:25.980 because with 00:18:25.980 --> 00:18:26.379 God, 00:18:26.579 --> 00:18:28.099 all things 00:18:28.099 --> 00:18:29.099 are possible. 00:18:31.720 --> 00:18:32.240 Don't 00:18:32.240 --> 00:18:33.480 limit your 00:18:33.480 --> 00:18:34.460 view of 00:18:34.460 --> 00:18:34.939 God 00:18:34.939 --> 00:18:36.619 by putting 00:18:36.619 --> 00:18:36.899 Him in 00:18:36.899 --> 00:18:37.279 your little 00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:37.899 box of 00:18:37.899 --> 00:18:38.599 understanding 00:18:38.599 --> 00:18:40.959 that you 00:18:40.959 --> 00:18:41.519 open up 00:18:41.519 --> 00:18:41.919 once a 00:18:41.919 --> 00:18:42.119 week 00:18:42.119 --> 00:18:42.419 when you 00:18:42.419 --> 00:18:42.799 attend 00:18:42.799 --> 00:18:43.359 church 00:18:43.359 --> 00:18:47.419 or when 00:18:47.419 --> 00:18:47.759 you hang 00:18:47.759 --> 00:18:48.099 out with 00:18:48.099 --> 00:18:48.279 your 00:18:48.279 --> 00:18:49.279 friends 00:18:49.279 --> 00:18:49.659 who 00:18:49.659 --> 00:18:50.259 are 00:18:50.259 --> 00:18:50.699 nice 00:18:50.699 --> 00:18:50.899 and 00:18:50.899 --> 00:18:51.179 good 00:18:51.179 --> 00:18:51.359 and 00:18:51.359 --> 00:18:52.740 Christians. 00:18:53.579 --> 00:18:54.279 Don't do 00:18:54.279 --> 00:18:54.539 it. 00:18:55.219 --> 00:18:55.779 God is 00:18:55.779 --> 00:18:56.279 much 00:18:56.279 --> 00:18:56.619 bigger 00:18:56.619 --> 00:18:57.319 and 00:18:57.319 --> 00:18:57.579 greater 00:18:57.579 --> 00:18:57.839 than 00:18:57.839 --> 00:18:58.159 that. 00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:01.119 Reason 00:19:01.119 --> 00:19:01.699 and logic 00:19:01.699 --> 00:19:02.279 are good, 00:19:02.919 --> 00:19:03.279 but God 00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:04.099 created us 00:19:04.099 --> 00:19:04.519 and gave 00:19:04.519 --> 00:19:05.039 us brains 00:19:05.039 --> 00:19:05.519 to use 00:19:05.519 --> 00:19:05.619 it, 00:19:05.619 --> 00:19:06.359 but faith 00:19:06.359 --> 00:19:07.279 is more 00:19:07.279 --> 00:19:07.539 than 00:19:07.539 --> 00:19:08.279 arguments 00:19:08.279 --> 00:19:08.799 and 00:19:08.799 --> 00:19:09.579 statistics. 00:19:11.399 --> 00:19:11.959 Faith 00:19:11.959 --> 00:19:12.679 is confidence 00:19:12.679 --> 00:19:13.119 in the 00:19:13.119 --> 00:19:13.659 Creator 00:19:13.659 --> 00:19:15.479 who, 00:19:15.559 --> 00:19:15.859 as we've 00:19:15.859 --> 00:19:16.099 seen, 00:19:16.199 --> 00:19:16.759 defied 00:19:16.759 --> 00:19:17.239 death 00:19:17.239 --> 00:19:17.479 and 00:19:17.479 --> 00:19:17.899 defeated 00:19:17.899 --> 00:19:18.419 sin 00:19:18.419 --> 00:19:18.859 against 00:19:18.859 --> 00:19:19.319 all 00:19:19.319 --> 00:19:19.819 logic 00:19:19.819 --> 00:19:20.379 through 00:19:20.379 --> 00:19:21.259 Jesus 00:19:21.259 --> 00:19:22.239 Christ. 00:19:23.979 --> 00:19:24.679 So look 00:19:24.679 --> 00:19:25.019 at verse 00:19:25.019 --> 00:19:25.639 19. 00:19:27.159 --> 00:19:27.979 He did 00:19:27.979 --> 00:19:28.599 not weaken 00:19:28.599 --> 00:19:29.139 in faith 00:19:29.139 --> 00:19:29.419 when he 00:19:29.419 --> 00:19:29.819 considered 00:19:29.819 --> 00:19:30.199 his own 00:19:30.199 --> 00:19:30.599 body, 00:19:31.359 --> 00:19:32.439 which was 00:19:32.439 --> 00:19:32.759 as good 00:19:32.759 --> 00:19:33.219 as dead, 00:19:33.899 --> 00:19:34.219 since he 00:19:34.219 --> 00:19:34.579 was about 00:19:34.579 --> 00:19:34.839 a hundred 00:19:34.839 --> 00:19:35.539 years old 00:19:35.539 --> 00:19:36.220 or when 00:19:36.220 --> 00:19:36.319 he 00:19:36.319 --> 00:19:36.759 considered 00:19:36.759 --> 00:19:37.000 the 00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:37.599 barrenness 00:19:37.599 --> 00:19:37.939 of 00:19:37.939 --> 00:19:38.839 Sarah's 00:19:38.839 --> 00:19:39.379 womb. 00:19:39.899 --> 00:19:40.359 If you're 00:19:40.359 --> 00:19:41.019 like me, 00:19:42.259 --> 00:19:42.539 and 00:19:42.539 --> 00:19:43.419 hopefully 00:19:43.419 --> 00:19:43.959 you're not, 00:19:44.359 --> 00:19:44.699 but if 00:19:44.699 --> 00:19:44.959 you are 00:19:44.959 --> 00:19:45.480 like me, 00:19:46.459 --> 00:19:47.319 you probably 00:19:47.319 --> 00:19:48.159 chuckled a little 00:19:48.159 --> 00:19:48.799 the first time 00:19:48.799 --> 00:19:49.139 you read 00:19:49.139 --> 00:19:49.500 this. 00:19:49.919 --> 00:19:50.799 I kind 00:19:50.799 --> 00:19:51.000 of 00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:51.579 snickered 00:19:51.579 --> 00:19:52.059 and chuckled 00:19:52.059 --> 00:19:52.359 a little 00:19:52.359 --> 00:19:52.539 bit. 00:19:52.939 --> 00:19:53.459 Paul's a 00:19:53.459 --> 00:19:53.939 funny guy. 00:19:55.220 --> 00:19:55.500 Abraham 00:19:55.500 --> 00:19:56.159 was nearly 00:19:56.159 --> 00:19:56.539 dead. 00:19:56.639 --> 00:19:56.859 That's 00:19:56.859 --> 00:19:57.599 pretty funny. 00:20:00.159 --> 00:20:00.439 See, 00:20:00.679 --> 00:20:01.359 in our 00:20:01.359 --> 00:20:01.699 time, 00:20:01.779 --> 00:20:01.959 that's 00:20:01.959 --> 00:20:02.919 a joke. 00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:03.220 That's 00:20:03.220 --> 00:20:03.699 an insult, 00:20:03.899 --> 00:20:04.199 something. 00:20:05.799 --> 00:20:06.819 And when 00:20:06.819 --> 00:20:07.220 we read 00:20:07.220 --> 00:20:07.599 scripture, 00:20:07.679 --> 00:20:07.939 we tend 00:20:07.939 --> 00:20:08.480 to read 00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:09.720 in and 00:20:09.720 --> 00:20:09.939 kind of 00:20:09.939 --> 00:20:10.339 put our 00:20:10.339 --> 00:20:10.819 emotions 00:20:10.819 --> 00:20:11.399 and our 00:20:11.399 --> 00:20:13.299 views with 00:20:13.299 --> 00:20:14.559 the text, 00:20:15.139 --> 00:20:16.119 our feelings 00:20:16.119 --> 00:20:16.459 and our 00:20:16.459 --> 00:20:16.959 perspective. 00:20:17.959 --> 00:20:18.639 But in 00:20:18.639 --> 00:20:19.079 this case, 00:20:19.159 --> 00:20:19.619 Paul is 00:20:19.619 --> 00:20:20.500 not insulting 00:20:20.500 --> 00:20:21.359 Abraham. 00:20:21.599 --> 00:20:22.039 He's not 00:20:22.039 --> 00:20:22.539 making a 00:20:22.539 --> 00:20:23.159 joke about 00:20:23.159 --> 00:20:23.599 Abraham. 00:20:24.439 --> 00:20:25.359 He's using 00:20:25.359 --> 00:20:26.019 Abraham's 00:20:26.019 --> 00:20:26.579 life to 00:20:26.579 --> 00:20:27.039 make a 00:20:27.039 --> 00:20:27.399 point. 00:20:27.400 --> 00:20:29.400 Abraham's 00:20:29.400 --> 00:20:30.280 life to 00:20:30.280 --> 00:20:30.400 Abraham's 00:20:30.400 --> 00:20:31.280 life to 00:20:31.280 --> 00:20:31.300 be 00:20:31.300 --> 00:20:31.660 away. 00:20:31.660 --> 00:20:31.580 He's 00:20:31.580 --> 00:20:32.140 way past 00:20:32.140 --> 00:20:32.400 having 00:20:32.400 --> 00:20:32.860 kids. 00:20:34.240 --> 00:20:34.780 And Sarah 00:20:34.780 --> 00:20:35.960 was barren. 00:20:36.920 --> 00:20:37.280 Or in 00:20:37.280 --> 00:20:37.800 the Greek, 00:20:38.780 --> 00:20:39.380 her womb 00:20:39.380 --> 00:20:40.000 was dead. 00:20:41.660 --> 00:20:42.259 Yet, 00:20:42.360 --> 00:20:42.820 he did not 00:20:42.820 --> 00:20:43.540 weaken in 00:20:43.540 --> 00:20:43.980 faith. 00:20:45.620 --> 00:20:46.200 Abraham's 00:20:46.200 --> 00:20:46.800 faith was 00:20:46.800 --> 00:20:47.860 rooted in 00:20:47.860 --> 00:20:48.259 the truth 00:20:48.259 --> 00:20:48.759 of God, 00:20:48.860 --> 00:20:49.120 and he 00:20:49.120 --> 00:20:49.440 had a 00:20:49.440 --> 00:20:50.120 large view, 00:20:50.180 --> 00:20:50.560 a big 00:20:50.560 --> 00:20:51.140 view of 00:20:51.140 --> 00:20:51.460 God. 00:20:51.460 --> 00:20:54.240 and his 00:20:54.240 --> 00:20:54.880 life showed 00:20:54.880 --> 00:20:55.160 it. 00:20:56.220 --> 00:20:56.600 That's why 00:20:56.600 --> 00:20:57.079 he's in 00:20:57.079 --> 00:20:58.200 Hebrews 11, 00:20:59.559 --> 00:21:00.059 the faith 00:21:00.059 --> 00:21:00.700 hall of fame, 00:21:00.779 --> 00:21:01.019 if that's 00:21:01.019 --> 00:21:01.180 what you 00:21:01.180 --> 00:21:01.380 want to 00:21:01.380 --> 00:21:01.759 call it. 00:21:04.700 --> 00:21:05.480 He didn't 00:21:05.480 --> 00:21:06.019 weaken in 00:21:06.019 --> 00:21:06.920 faith because 00:21:06.920 --> 00:21:08.559 what verse 00:21:08.559 --> 00:21:10.160 17 says, 00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:11.900 look at 00:21:11.900 --> 00:21:12.240 it, 00:21:12.960 --> 00:21:13.539 says of 00:21:13.539 --> 00:21:14.160 the God 00:21:14.160 --> 00:21:14.660 in whom 00:21:14.660 --> 00:21:15.360 he believed, 00:21:15.579 --> 00:21:16.000 who gives 00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:16.620 life to 00:21:16.620 --> 00:21:17.079 the dead, 00:21:17.980 --> 00:21:18.420 the Greek 00:21:18.420 --> 00:21:18.980 says that 00:21:18.980 --> 00:21:19.860 Sarah's 00:21:19.860 --> 00:21:20.340 womb was 00:21:20.340 --> 00:21:20.680 dead, 00:21:20.680 --> 00:21:22.140 and calls 00:21:22.140 --> 00:21:22.900 into existence 00:21:22.900 --> 00:21:23.660 the things 00:21:23.660 --> 00:21:23.980 that do 00:21:23.980 --> 00:21:24.680 not exist. 00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:26.220 Isaac 00:21:26.220 --> 00:21:27.140 did not 00:21:27.140 --> 00:21:27.600 exist. 00:21:28.180 --> 00:21:28.539 Abraham 00:21:28.539 --> 00:21:29.360 believed 00:21:29.360 --> 00:21:31.600 this God. 00:21:33.100 --> 00:21:33.740 And both 00:21:33.740 --> 00:21:34.799 Abraham 00:21:34.799 --> 00:21:35.400 witnessed 00:21:35.400 --> 00:21:36.279 firsthand 00:21:36.279 --> 00:21:39.039 and both 00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:39.980 God used 00:21:39.980 --> 00:21:40.539 to strengthen 00:21:40.539 --> 00:21:41.140 Abraham 00:21:41.140 --> 00:21:43.640 and not 00:21:43.640 --> 00:21:44.180 weaken his 00:21:44.180 --> 00:21:44.539 faith. 00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:45.980 So if we 00:21:45.980 --> 00:21:46.940 have a 00:21:46.940 --> 00:21:47.560 big God 00:21:47.560 --> 00:21:47.880 view, 00:21:48.080 --> 00:21:48.400 if we 00:21:48.400 --> 00:21:49.820 have a 00:21:49.820 --> 00:21:50.259 perspective 00:21:50.259 --> 00:21:51.119 of God 00:21:51.119 --> 00:21:51.619 and try 00:21:51.619 --> 00:21:51.980 not to 00:21:51.980 --> 00:21:52.640 limit God 00:21:52.640 --> 00:21:52.980 and say, 00:21:53.099 --> 00:21:53.379 okay, 00:21:53.519 --> 00:21:53.920 God, 00:21:54.019 --> 00:21:54.180 you're 00:21:54.180 --> 00:21:55.039 greater than 00:21:55.039 --> 00:21:55.799 this, 00:21:55.900 --> 00:21:56.059 you're 00:21:56.059 --> 00:21:56.640 greater than 00:21:56.640 --> 00:21:57.539 what I 00:21:57.539 --> 00:21:58.339 can see, 00:21:59.299 --> 00:22:00.220 we will 00:22:00.220 --> 00:22:00.599 live 00:22:00.599 --> 00:22:01.400 different 00:22:01.400 --> 00:22:03.660 lives. 00:22:05.720 --> 00:22:06.480 We will 00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:06.819 not be 00:22:06.819 --> 00:22:07.140 weak, 00:22:07.200 --> 00:22:07.400 but we 00:22:07.400 --> 00:22:07.599 will be 00:22:07.599 --> 00:22:08.220 strong in 00:22:08.220 --> 00:22:08.379 our 00:22:08.379 --> 00:22:08.759 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00:22:26.399 --> 00:22:26.399 00:22:26.399 --> 00:22:26.399 00:22:26.399 --> 00:22:26.399 00:22:26.399 --> 00:22:26.399 00:22:26.399 --> 00:22:26.399 00:22:26.399 --> 00:22:26.399 00:22:26.399 --> 00:22:26.399 00:22:26.399 --> 00:22:26.399 00:22:26.399 --> 00:22:26.399 00:22:26.399 --> 00:22:26.399 00:22:26.399 --> 00:22:26.399 00:22:26.400 --> 00:22:33.920 Our actions more than likely are going to be God-honoring and God-pleasing and Christ-exalting, 00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:40.680 no matter the situation, no matter the suffering, no matter what we are dealing with. 00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:48.000 So question, do you think our brothers in India or Iran or China or North Korea, 00:22:48.900 --> 00:22:54.000 being beaten for proclaiming Christ, have a big God-view or a small God-view? 00:22:56.400 --> 00:23:01.880 See, the American church is filled with small God-view Christians. 00:23:04.259 --> 00:23:07.620 And I'll be honest with you, and I know Nathan will be honest with you, 00:23:07.820 --> 00:23:11.480 we refuse to be one and refuse to teach you to be one. 00:23:12.620 --> 00:23:18.600 We serve a big God, King of kings, Lord of lords, who is worthy of all praise. 00:23:18.600 --> 00:23:21.840 The rocks cry out to Him for crying out loud. 00:23:21.839 --> 00:23:34.339 He has given us His Word, and through it, our story after story of God doing unreal, unbelievable things. 00:23:36.359 --> 00:23:39.699 And let's be honest, things that are not logical. 00:23:39.700 --> 00:23:48.380 So let's pray in your life, and in my life, and here at Christ Family Church, 00:23:48.480 --> 00:23:50.920 that God would do something illogical. 00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:58.080 Something outside of our understanding for His glory and our good. 00:23:58.079 --> 00:24:03.720 Hear me clearly. 00:24:04.179 --> 00:24:06.519 It's not about what God can do for you. 00:24:08.379 --> 00:24:09.599 Let's not pray that. 00:24:09.699 --> 00:24:12.839 It's not about what God can do for you, what He can provide for you. 00:24:12.980 --> 00:24:17.299 It is about what He has already done, and what you do in light of that. 00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:23.940 And all that, that comes from a big God view. 00:24:25.619 --> 00:24:30.819 That comes from seeing God, seeing the big picture, learning about Him, reading His Word, 00:24:31.460 --> 00:24:33.619 loving, spending time with Him. 00:24:35.480 --> 00:24:41.460 So not only does your view of God determine how you live, but it also determines what you believe. 00:24:41.460 --> 00:24:46.299 Verse 20 and 21 says, 00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:51.620 No distrust made him waver concerning the promise of God. 00:24:52.360 --> 00:24:55.740 But he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, 00:24:56.220 --> 00:25:00.680 fully convinced that God was able to do what He had promised. 00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:07.779 Now, Abraham, from a world's perspective, had every reason to doubt God. 00:25:07.779 --> 00:25:14.799 Every reason to waver in his faith and in his belief. 00:25:15.539 --> 00:25:16.279 But he didn't. 00:25:17.440 --> 00:25:21.879 Because Abraham had a big God view, and the result was his belief in God. 00:25:23.160 --> 00:25:26.180 Specifically, his faith was strengthened. 00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:27.700 We just read that in our text. 00:25:29.720 --> 00:25:32.660 Our view of God determines what we believe. 00:25:32.660 --> 00:25:37.800 It's like the thermostat of our beliefs. 00:25:38.140 --> 00:25:40.680 Thermostat controls the air temperature in a room. 00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:42.259 It doesn't take the temperature. 00:25:42.560 --> 00:25:43.980 It controls the temperature. 00:25:46.060 --> 00:25:50.540 Likewise, our view of God controls what we actually believe about God. 00:25:50.539 --> 00:25:58.720 So if you have a small view of God, if you think that God is limited, follow me here. 00:25:58.720 --> 00:26:05.500 Then your beliefs about Scripture, your beliefs about Jesus, your beliefs about sin are affected, 00:26:06.619 --> 00:26:09.460 and a lot of times end up unbiblical. 00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:15.220 Back to the text. 00:26:15.360 --> 00:26:20.680 No distrust made him waver concerning the promise of God. 00:26:21.319 --> 00:26:23.900 Now, we can rejoice in this. 00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:24.940 Abraham was human. 00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:26.539 He wasn't superhuman. 00:26:26.920 --> 00:26:29.380 He wasn't this incredible, faithful guy. 00:26:29.539 --> 00:26:32.880 He was faithful because God made him faithful. 00:26:32.880 --> 00:26:43.440 Which means that Abraham being human, like you and like me, there were times of doubt in his life. 00:26:43.540 --> 00:26:45.020 There were times of anxiousness. 00:26:45.820 --> 00:26:47.360 Hagar is a good example. 00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:56.280 But none of that, none of those emotions or feelings, it says, made him waver. 00:26:56.820 --> 00:27:01.120 No distrust made him waver concerning the promise of God. 00:27:02.880 --> 00:27:06.460 Abraham secured himself to who God is. 00:27:08.840 --> 00:27:10.220 He gave in to sin. 00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:21.620 That inner struggle, that battle that wages on in all of us, was overcome by the promise of God. 00:27:25.380 --> 00:27:27.100 Abraham's view of a big God. 00:27:27.100 --> 00:27:31.280 Now, this inner struggle, it says, no distrust made him waver. 00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:35.539 Remember, the Greek word means to be divided in one's own mind. 00:27:35.819 --> 00:27:36.599 To be divided. 00:27:38.420 --> 00:27:39.960 Abraham was not divided. 00:27:40.119 --> 00:27:43.259 There was a conversation inside his head. 00:27:43.579 --> 00:27:45.539 I'm sure, if he's human, there had to be. 00:27:46.220 --> 00:27:46.759 Do we do this? 00:27:46.799 --> 00:27:47.039 Do we not? 00:27:47.099 --> 00:27:47.460 Do we do this? 00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:47.839 Do we not? 00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:49.859 But he never wavered. 00:27:49.879 --> 00:27:52.879 He never turned from the promise of God. 00:27:52.880 --> 00:28:01.520 With a small view of God, with a little picture of who God is, there would be wavering and a divided mind. 00:28:01.520 --> 00:28:04.300 Because there's no foundation. 00:28:04.520 --> 00:28:05.460 There's no truth. 00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:10.780 To talk you off the ledge of despair and hopelessness. 00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:14.579 There was no wavering. 00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:18.799 It says, instead, he grew strong in his faith. 00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:26.960 This grew strong is like a muscle grows stronger with strain and with weight, constantly working those muscles. 00:28:27.619 --> 00:28:32.579 Faith is strengthened by those strains and struggles within and from without. 00:28:32.579 --> 00:28:43.199 So, you go through a hard time and God gives you a promise and you trust him, your faith is strengthened. 00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:47.859 You don't trust him, but God works that out. 00:28:49.159 --> 00:28:50.539 Your faith is strengthened. 00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:57.179 Abraham's faith was strengthened through his life. 00:28:57.180 --> 00:29:03.620 Now, if question number two of the Logos questions is, why did God make you? 00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:06.600 It's from the Westminster Confession of Faith. 00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:10.120 And the answer is to glorify God and enjoy him forever. 00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:15.259 While we were created, God made us to glorify him and enjoy him forever. 00:29:17.660 --> 00:29:26.160 If that's the reason God made us, then we should look around and see how we can glorify God. 00:29:26.160 --> 00:29:28.940 How can we bring God honor and glory? 00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:31.640 If that's what we were created to do. 00:29:32.600 --> 00:29:36.180 Well, in our text, we have an example of that. 00:29:40.120 --> 00:29:41.160 Look at it. 00:29:48.320 --> 00:29:49.320 Verse 20. 00:29:50.019 --> 00:29:53.040 No distrust made him waver concerning the promise of God. 00:29:53.039 --> 00:29:58.440 But he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God. 00:29:59.480 --> 00:30:00.319 Finish it out. 00:30:00.440 --> 00:30:04.539 Fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised. 00:30:06.039 --> 00:30:11.740 Abraham glorified God because of who he was, God, and what he was going to do. 00:30:12.099 --> 00:30:12.539 God. 00:30:14.180 --> 00:30:15.200 Verse 21. 00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:20.279 He was fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised. 00:30:21.640 --> 00:30:23.740 Can you say that about your life? 00:30:23.860 --> 00:30:28.180 Can you say that you're fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised? 00:30:30.080 --> 00:30:31.120 I hope you can. 00:30:32.160 --> 00:30:36.460 This verse, verse 21, is the epitome of having a big view of God. 00:30:36.460 --> 00:30:42.460 This epitomizes what it means to believe in God. 00:30:43.660 --> 00:30:46.140 Abraham was fully convinced. 00:30:46.400 --> 00:30:48.019 No room for anything else. 00:30:48.120 --> 00:30:52.059 He was fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised. 00:30:53.340 --> 00:30:56.640 In other words, God does what he says he's going to do. 00:30:56.640 --> 00:30:59.560 God has the power. 00:31:01.060 --> 00:31:06.620 The inner struggle, the battle that wages on in all of us was overcome by the promise of God. 00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:18.180 God does what he promises. 00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:22.720 How could he do less and still be God? 00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:23.860 Think about that. 00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:27.060 How could God do less and still be God? 00:31:29.380 --> 00:31:34.960 This verse 21, fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised, 00:31:36.019 --> 00:31:41.080 is the root of what our view should be of God. 00:31:41.580 --> 00:31:42.420 Fully convinced. 00:31:43.220 --> 00:31:44.120 It doesn't matter. 00:31:45.840 --> 00:31:47.860 It doesn't matter what it looks like in the end. 00:31:47.859 --> 00:31:49.500 God is going to fulfill his promises. 00:31:49.979 --> 00:31:51.279 Have you guys read Revelation? 00:31:51.599 --> 00:31:54.279 There's a lot of illogical things in that book. 00:31:56.139 --> 00:31:57.119 It doesn't matter. 00:31:57.259 --> 00:31:59.399 God is going to fulfill what he says he's going to fulfill. 00:31:59.459 --> 00:32:02.559 He's going to do what he says he's going to do. 00:32:04.139 --> 00:32:08.919 We should be fully convinced that what we read in Scripture is true. 00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:12.599 That what he says will happen. 00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:16.259 We should never ask the question, will God? 00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:19.180 If it says he will, he will. 00:32:20.500 --> 00:32:28.859 But we do ask that when we choose logic and reason over what Scripture says. 00:32:29.059 --> 00:32:36.140 When we choose and say there's no way that the earth was created in so and so six days. 00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:38.059 There's no way. 00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:39.319 Illogical. 00:32:39.319 --> 00:32:44.639 Scripture says that we have to believe it. 00:32:49.779 --> 00:32:52.419 Will Jesus come back for his bride, the church? 00:32:53.319 --> 00:32:53.759 Yes. 00:32:54.799 --> 00:32:56.619 Will Jesus destroy the enemy? 00:32:57.299 --> 00:32:57.779 Yes. 00:32:58.559 --> 00:33:00.740 Will our bodies be perfected? 00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:01.379 Yes. 00:33:01.919 --> 00:33:03.220 Will sin be destroyed? 00:33:03.679 --> 00:33:04.079 Yes. 00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:05.980 Will God keep his promises? 00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:06.579 Yes. 00:33:06.579 --> 00:33:08.500 Is hell a real place? 00:33:08.859 --> 00:33:09.240 Yes. 00:33:09.659 --> 00:33:11.919 Will people who do not know Jesus be sent to hell? 00:33:12.439 --> 00:33:12.859 Yes. 00:33:13.199 --> 00:33:14.879 Is heaven a real place? 00:33:15.240 --> 00:33:15.619 Yes. 00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:20.439 All are promises, spoken words of God from his word. 00:33:22.199 --> 00:33:23.319 How about a personal side? 00:33:23.619 --> 00:33:24.839 Will God hear my prayers? 00:33:26.319 --> 00:33:26.699 Yes. 00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:29.319 If you're a child of God, he will hear your prayers. 00:33:30.099 --> 00:33:31.579 Will God answer my prayers? 00:33:31.699 --> 00:33:32.000 Yes. 00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:33.339 If you pray in his will. 00:33:34.660 --> 00:33:36.460 Does God judge me for my sin? 00:33:36.799 --> 00:33:37.119 No. 00:33:37.220 --> 00:33:40.279 If you're a believer, Christ has already been judged for your sin. 00:33:42.200 --> 00:33:43.900 Am I accepted by the Father? 00:33:44.099 --> 00:33:44.460 Yes. 00:33:44.559 --> 00:33:46.619 You have been adopted because of Christ. 00:33:47.819 --> 00:33:49.859 Does God love some people more than me? 00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:50.339 No. 00:33:51.940 --> 00:33:53.839 Can God love me any less? 00:33:54.779 --> 00:33:55.099 No. 00:33:56.859 --> 00:33:58.440 Can God love me any more? 00:33:59.339 --> 00:34:00.180 Absolutely not. 00:34:00.180 --> 00:34:00.220 Absolutely not. 00:34:00.220 --> 00:34:03.720 Can we believe the entire Bible? 00:34:04.059 --> 00:34:04.380 Yes. 00:34:04.680 --> 00:34:05.299 We must. 00:34:06.980 --> 00:34:09.519 We must have a big view of God. 00:34:09.760 --> 00:34:16.940 Not so that we can do things better or have nicer things or be a better speaker or be more popular. 00:34:17.300 --> 00:34:20.659 But so we can bring the most glory to God. 00:34:20.659 --> 00:34:26.799 So that our faith can be strengthened like Abraham. 00:34:28.579 --> 00:34:36.819 And so our actions proclaim the goodness of God instead of our actions proclaiming our unbelief and insecurities. 00:34:36.820 --> 00:34:42.420 Jesus Christ lived an illogical life. 00:34:44.160 --> 00:34:48.240 How can a man be 100% human and 100% God? 00:34:49.160 --> 00:34:50.640 The math doesn't work. 00:34:51.160 --> 00:34:51.800 Illogical. 00:34:52.160 --> 00:34:52.880 But he was. 00:34:53.400 --> 00:34:56.440 How can he live a perfect, sinless life? 00:34:56.440 --> 00:35:00.200 Seems impossible to me. 00:35:00.200 --> 00:35:01.159 But he did. 00:35:02.400 --> 00:35:06.720 Why would he die for the sins of a people who crucified him? 00:35:08.360 --> 00:35:09.360 I don't know. 00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:12.079 I wouldn't. 00:35:12.420 --> 00:35:13.039 But he did. 00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:16.719 How does his death and resurrection affect you? 00:35:17.059 --> 00:35:17.779 Illogical. 00:35:20.300 --> 00:35:24.219 Because without Christ, everything is logical. 00:35:25.679 --> 00:35:30.059 Without Christ, you're a sinner and you deserve hell and that's where you're going. 00:35:30.059 --> 00:35:35.059 You're a sinner created, born into it. 00:35:36.059 --> 00:35:36.900 It's logical. 00:35:37.400 --> 00:35:40.940 You can do nothing that is God honoring without Christ. 00:35:41.519 --> 00:35:42.039 Logical. 00:35:42.639 --> 00:35:46.259 You are guilty for the sin that you commit, that you live and breathe. 00:35:47.299 --> 00:35:47.860 Logical. 00:35:48.279 --> 00:35:50.340 Without Christ, there is no hope. 00:35:51.340 --> 00:35:51.779 Logical. 00:35:53.159 --> 00:35:53.719 But. 00:35:55.039 --> 00:35:59.000 While you were dead in sin, Christ died for you. 00:35:59.000 --> 00:36:00.239 Which means. 00:36:00.840 --> 00:36:04.019 He took on the sin of you and me and the world. 00:36:04.519 --> 00:36:07.940 The wrath and punishment that we deserve was all put on him. 00:36:08.360 --> 00:36:09.000 Illogical. 00:36:10.460 --> 00:36:12.639 He died a gruesome death. 00:36:13.960 --> 00:36:16.300 Three days later, rose from the grave. 00:36:16.739 --> 00:36:17.420 Illogical. 00:36:19.340 --> 00:36:20.159 This act. 00:36:21.340 --> 00:36:24.599 Being resurrected, defeated death and sin. 00:36:25.320 --> 00:36:25.980 Which means. 00:36:25.980 --> 00:36:28.480 Because of Christ, we have a living hope. 00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:30.420 That we can live with him forever. 00:36:32.000 --> 00:36:34.059 We can cling to a promise. 00:36:34.460 --> 00:36:35.019 To come. 00:36:35.400 --> 00:36:36.039 Next week. 00:36:36.559 --> 00:36:37.159 Next year. 00:36:37.539 --> 00:36:38.739 Forty years from now. 00:36:38.800 --> 00:36:39.800 It does not matter. 00:36:40.719 --> 00:36:42.260 Because he is faithful. 00:36:43.300 --> 00:36:45.519 And we can have complete confidence. 00:36:47.400 --> 00:36:48.519 Fully convinced. 00:36:48.519 --> 00:36:54.019 If you do not know Christ, you must repent. 00:36:55.659 --> 00:36:57.440 And believe in Jesus Christ. 00:36:58.840 --> 00:36:59.780 Not reasonable. 00:37:00.460 --> 00:37:01.219 No reason. 00:37:01.940 --> 00:37:02.679 Not logical. 00:37:04.679 --> 00:37:06.039 But in the illogical. 00:37:06.480 --> 00:37:08.679 God is most glorified in the illogical. 00:37:08.800 --> 00:37:10.880 Because only he can do it. 00:37:11.679 --> 00:37:14.780 Only he can do the illogical. 00:37:14.780 --> 00:37:16.820 Pray with me. 00:37:27.060 --> 00:37:29.120 Father, I thank you for your word. 00:37:29.119 --> 00:37:30.119 God. 00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:33.319 I pray that you are pleased. 00:37:34.179 --> 00:37:35.119 Plead with you that. 00:37:35.799 --> 00:37:37.119 That hearts. 00:37:38.319 --> 00:37:39.719 Were touched by your spirit. 00:37:41.659 --> 00:37:43.779 That you used the word spoken this morning. 00:37:43.780 --> 00:37:51.540 And thank you, God, that you don't work in my limited understanding of you. 00:37:51.820 --> 00:37:52.820 That you are so much greater. 00:37:52.960 --> 00:37:53.560 So much bigger. 00:37:55.360 --> 00:37:58.700 So much more than what I can imagine up. 00:38:01.280 --> 00:38:02.420 Create in my mind. 00:38:02.420 --> 00:38:02.460 God. 00:38:04.780 --> 00:38:09.380 I thank you, God, that you had the foresight to create what you've created. 00:38:10.900 --> 00:38:11.820 This earth. 00:38:12.059 --> 00:38:13.480 And this land. 00:38:13.740 --> 00:38:17.500 And just everything that we see has been created by you. 00:38:17.619 --> 00:38:19.220 God, we thank you for it. 00:38:20.039 --> 00:38:21.079 I thank you for Christ. 00:38:21.159 --> 00:38:25.360 That you had a plan A for mankind. 00:38:25.360 --> 00:38:33.099 That you were willing to sacrifice a life for many. 00:38:34.340 --> 00:38:41.099 I thank you that life sacrificed was also raised from the dead so that we can have life. 00:38:41.099 --> 00:38:51.619 God, I pray that Christ is exalted by not just our listening here. 00:38:51.699 --> 00:38:53.059 Not just your word being preached. 00:38:53.219 --> 00:38:55.860 But our actions leaving this place. 00:38:57.279 --> 00:39:04.199 And God, as we get ready to worship and celebrate what Christ has done by partaking of the Lord's Supper. 00:39:06.019 --> 00:39:08.659 I pray that you're honored by our hearts and our intentions. 00:39:08.659 --> 00:39:14.099 And God, as we move from that to worshiping in song. 00:39:15.099 --> 00:39:21.859 I pray that we worship with pure hearts. 00:39:23.299 --> 00:39:24.779 Worship in truth. 00:39:25.440 --> 00:39:30.059 Celebrate what you have done for your people. 00:39:31.619 --> 00:39:33.500 Your grace overwhelms me. 00:39:35.000 --> 00:39:37.839 Your mercy blows me away. 00:39:38.659 --> 00:39:42.239 And you show it day after day after day. 00:39:43.199 --> 00:39:44.599 To you be glory and honor. 00:39:45.739 --> 00:39:46.500 In Jesus' name. 00:39:46.960 --> 00:39:47.199 Amen.