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 Our Bible reading today is from Hebrews 5, 11 to 6, 20.

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 About this, we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you've become dull of hearing.

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 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God.

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 You need milk, not solid food.

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 For everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child.

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 But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.

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 Therefore, let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity,

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 not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works,

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 and of faith toward God, and of instruction about washings, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

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 And this we will do if God permits.

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 For it's impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened,

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 who have tasted their heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit,

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 and have tasted the goodness of the word of God, and the powers of the age to come,

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 and then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance,

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 since they are crucifying once again the Son of God, to their own harm, and holding him up to contempt.

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 For land that has drunk the rain that often falls on it,

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 and produces a crop useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated,

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 receives a blessing from God.

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 But if it bears thorns and thistles,

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 it's worthless,

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 and near to being cursed,

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 and its end is to be burned.

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 Though we speak in this way,

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 yet in your case, beloved,

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 we feel sure of better things,

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 things that belong to salvation.

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 For God is not unjust,

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 so as to overlook your work,

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 and the love that you have shown for his name,

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 in serving the saints,

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 as you still do.

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 And we desire each one of you,

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 to show the same earnestness,

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 to have the full assurance of hope,

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 until the end,

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 so that you may not be sluggish,

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 but imitators of those,

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 who through faith and patience,

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 inherit the promises.

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 For when God made a promise to Abraham,

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 since he had no one greater by whom to swear,

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 he swore by himself,

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 saying,

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 Surely I will bless you and multiply you.

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 And thus,

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 Abraham,

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 having patiently waited,

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 obtained the promise.

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 For people swear

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 by something greater than themselves,

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 and in all their disputes,

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 an oath is final for confirmation.

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 So when God desired to show,

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 more convincingly,

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 to the heirs of the promise,

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 the unchangeable character of his purpose,

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 he guaranteed it with an oath,

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 so that by two unchangeable things,

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 in which it's impossible for God to lie,

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 we,

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 we,

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 who have fled for refuge,

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 might have strong encouragement,

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 to hold fast to the hope,

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 he set before us.

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 We have this as a sure,

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 and steadfast anchor,

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 of the soul,

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 a hope that enters,

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 into the inner place,

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 behind the curtain,

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 where Jesus,

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 has gone as a forerunner,

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 on our behalf,

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 having become,

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 a high priest forever,

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 after the order of Melchizedek.

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 Well,

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 good morning everyone.

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 Will you please pray with me,

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 as we come to God's word.

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 Lord,

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 I ask that you would,

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 speak to each one of us,

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 and fill us with the wonder,

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 that,

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 we should gain,

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 from Christ's reward.

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 Lord,

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 Lord,

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 I pray that you would,

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 do what I can't do,

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 and,

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 challenge,

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 those of us who,

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 need to hear,

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 your challenge,

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 and comfort,

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 those of us who,

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 need to hear,

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 your comfort.

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 And I pray this in Jesus name.

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 Amen.

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 Can I just ask someone,

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 to turn this fan down?

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 I think my notes,

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 are going to go everywhere.

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 Thanks Alex.

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 Well,

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 if you can have your Bibles open,

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 or your Bible app,

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 or turn notifications off,

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 I would recommend,

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 but,

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 if you can have your Bibles,

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 in front of you,

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 because,

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 I want to point you down,

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 in some texts.

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 We're arriving at,

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 one of the,

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 scariest,

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 warnings,

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 in the book of Hebrews,

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 are we not?

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 Of falling away.

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 It's one of the,

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 scariest warnings,

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 in the whole Bible.

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 Some,

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 take this passage,

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 is clearly saying,

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 you can never be sure,

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 if tomorrow,

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 you're going to wake up a believer.

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 You,

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 you can't be sure.

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 Others impose,

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 on this passage,

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 other beautiful parts,

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 of scripture,

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 precious,

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 guarantees,

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 that if you're in Christ,

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 you will make it to glory.

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 And they kind of,

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 pile up the passages,

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 next to Hebrews 6,

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 to kind of just,

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 let's just soften this a bit.

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 they kind of treat,

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 the warning in this passage,

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 as if there's this cliff,

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 and there's this invisible force field,

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 that if,

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 even if you try to go over,

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 you can't.

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 They treat it as a fake warning.

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 I think this passage,

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 and the warning in here,

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 gets at the,

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 gets at the heart of the question,

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 does God want,

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 his people,

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 to be,

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 assured,

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 of their salvation?

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 Does God want that?

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 This passage,

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 is one that,

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 addresses that question.

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 Up until preparing,

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 this week,

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 I think I thought of Hebrews 6,

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 as the falling away chapter.

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 That just goes to show you,

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 how much,

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 your pastor,

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 still,

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 has to learn.

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 And,

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 this chapter is about hope.

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 Can you believe that?

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 It's about hope.

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 A sure,

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 and steadfast hope.

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 What I want to do this morning,

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 is I want to,

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 because there's so much fear,

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 around this warning,

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 in this passage,

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 I want to,

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 address that issue,

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 head on.

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 And,

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 start with my conclusion,

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 and then I want to show you,

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 in the text,

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 why I'm confident of this.

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 And then,

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 I pray that we'll be,

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 in a better position,

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 in a better head space,

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 to hear the real challenge,

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 and the amazing hope,

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 in this passage.

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 So,

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 let me tell you,

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 my conclusion,

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 in a nutshell,

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 and,

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 this is,

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 by no means,

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 a novel,

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 conclusion.

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 Those who,

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 profess,

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 belief,

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 in Jesus,

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 can fall away.

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 Experience,

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 tells us that,

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 doesn't it?

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 Church history,

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 tells us that.

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 And,

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 I think this passage,

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 tells us that.

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 Those who profess,

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 but,

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 those who belong,

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 to Christ,

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 will never,

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 ever,

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 fall away.

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 Now,

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 I need to say more,

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 to that,

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 don't I?

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 But,

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 I think this is consistent,

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 with why,

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 the apostle John,

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 wrote,

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 one John,

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 some professing Christians,

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 left their church,

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 and they are so,

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 troubled by that fact.

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 And,

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 here's,

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 his conclusion,

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 in chapter 2,

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 verse 19.

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 They went out from us,

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 and he doesn't say,

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 they went out from us,

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 and now they don't belong,

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 to us anymore.

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 He says,

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 they went out from us,

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 but they were not of us.

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 If they had been,

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 of us,

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 they would have,

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 continued with us.

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 So,

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 the warning in here,

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 is very real,

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 in verses 4 to 8.

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 There is such,

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 a spiritual condition,

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 that after experiencing,

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 so much of God's blessings,

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 for the people of God,

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 if that person,

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 abandons the faith,

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 deliberately,

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 not just for superficial pressure,

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 like we see Peter denying Christ,

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 three times,

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 not just superficial pressure,

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 but deliberately,

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 at the level of their heart,

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 over a long period of time,

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 such a person,

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 this passage says,

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 it is impossible,

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 not just difficult,

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 but impossible,

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 for them,

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 to repent again.

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 I don't think it's impossible,

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 because God won't accept,

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 their repentance,

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 if they actually repented,

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 it's impossible,

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 because,

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 they will never want,

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 to repent,

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 they're incapable,

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 of repenting,

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 that is scary,

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 that's scary,

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 that's a real warning,

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 perhaps the author,

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 still has that first generation,

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 in Exodus in mind,

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 that we saw in previous weeks,

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 where the spies,

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 they go into the promised land,

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 and they say,

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 it is a good land,

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 they get some of the fruit,

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 and they take it back,

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 and they're like,

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 wow,

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 but their hearts,

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 are still in Egypt,

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 they don't trust his promise,

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 imagine,

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 a lady,

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 who's grown up in the church,

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 let's call her,

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 I'm really hoping,

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 I don't know,

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 anyone called Judith,

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 in this church,

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 I was just like,

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 testing my brain,

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 let's call her Judith,

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 okay,

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 just to imagine,

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 someone real,

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 with a real name,

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 I'm not thinking,

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 of anyone in particular,

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 okay,

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 Judith was once,

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 enjoying friendships,

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 in church,

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 really close friendships,

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 and she was on the music team,

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 and after a while,

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 her good friends moved,

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 out of church,

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 and then,

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 she started to feel like,

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 she didn't feel appreciated,

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 for all her efforts,

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 in the music team,

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 and then the pastor,

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 just started saying things,

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 that offended her views,

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 and then she just starts,

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 seeing just all the problems,

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 gee,

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 hypocrites in the church,

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 and then she just slowly,

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 moves away from the church,

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 and years,

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 and years,

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 and years later,

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 she just doesn't identify,

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 as a Christian anymore,

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 and her old friends,

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 they reach out to her,

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 in deep concern,

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 pleading with her,

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 for the love of God,

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 literally the love of God,

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 for you,

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 and warning her,

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 but nothing,

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 that kind of person,

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 Judah thinks,

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 she knows Christianity,

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 from within its walls,

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 but,

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 here's the question,

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 has she known,

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 love for Jesus,

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 for his own sake,

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 it can be,

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 like receiving,

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 an inoculation,

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 to the gospel,

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 you can,

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 you get a dead version,

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 of the virus,

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 and if you receive that,

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 it makes you immune,

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 to the real thing,

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 spiritually,

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 that can happen,

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 you can think,

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 you know the real thing,

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 and someone just gets,

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 deadened,

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 to the gospel,

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 they've heard it all before,

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 it's a scary,

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 scary,

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 spiritual condition,

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 to be in,

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 I'm not saying,

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 you and I,

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 can know,

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 who is in that condition,

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 I'm not sure,

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 based on this passage,

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 you and I can know that,

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 I think it's above our pay grade,

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 we just offer the gospel,

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 only God knows that,

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 I'm just trying to describe,

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 this warning is real,

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 it happens,

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 the hardest description,

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 in here,

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 is,

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 in verse four,

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 that how can you partake,

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 of the Holy Spirit,

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 and not be united,

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 to Jesus,

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 perhaps it's sharing,

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 not in an individual sense,

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 sharing in the Holy Spirit,

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 but you're in the community,

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 of the Holy Spirit,

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 but maybe,

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 but maybe it's even deeper,

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 than that,

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 maybe it is in an individual sense,

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 and the following two phrases,

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 in verse five,

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 explain it,

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 you've tasted,

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 you've shared in the Holy Spirit,

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 in as much as,

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 tasting the goodness,

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 of the word of God,

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 and the powers,

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 of the age to come,

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 that doesn't necessarily mean,

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 that they,

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 that person has,

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 the Holy Spirit,

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 as a seal,

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 of their salvation,

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 it could be like someone,

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 like we saw in Acts eight,

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 Simon,

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 the Samaritan,

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 to some degree,

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 he believed,

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 he heard the good news,

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 to some degree,

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 he believed,

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 he was even baptized,

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 but at the core,

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 of his person,

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 he still loved,

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 his own name,

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 he still loved power,

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 the gospel,

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 never got,

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 to his core,

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 it's a real warning,

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 but I don't think,

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 the author,

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 thinks his readers,

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 are in this condition,

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 or even close to it,

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 the picture,

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 of two kinds of soil,

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 that we've got,

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 in verses seven and eight,

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 it's not saying,

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 that one field,

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 had fruit,

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 and then it became,

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 thorns and thistles,

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 it's,

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 one bears fruit,

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 and one,

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 never bears fruit,

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 it's only thorns,

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 and thistles,

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 I think it's very similar,

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 to Jesus's parable,

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 the four soils,

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 the gospel,

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 can produce,

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 something,

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 in people,

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 where the second soil,

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 sprouts up,

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 quickly,

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 and the third soil,

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 is choked,

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 by the concerns,

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 of this world,

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 there can be,

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 some superficial change,

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 but it's the fourth soil,

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 who are good,

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 varying degrees of fruit,

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 30,

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 60,

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 100,

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 varying degrees of fruit,

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 but there's real fruit,

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 the author,

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 does not believe,

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 his readers are fruitless,

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 he doesn't believe,

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 they're that land,

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 that are fruitless,

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 look at verse four,

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 it is impossible,

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 in the case of those,

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 who,

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 and then jump to verse nine,

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 though we speak in this way,

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 yet in your case,

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 beloved,

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 beloved,

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 we don't use that word,

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 do we,

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 loved ones,

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 loved ones,

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 in your case,

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 loved ones,

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 not just loved by the author,

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 but loved by God,

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 we are confident,

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 of better things,

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 he's confident,

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 of a genuine faith,

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 in their case,

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 and he gives the reason,

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 for his confidence,

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 in verse 10,

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 God is not unjust,

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 so as to overlook your work,

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 and that the love,

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 and the love,

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 that you have shown,

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 for his name,

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 in serving the saints,

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 as you still do,

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 these believers,

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 had shown a real love for God,

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 how have they shown that,

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 by serving his saints,

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 and we get a picture,

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 of that in chapter 10,

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 some in the church,

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 early on,

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 were put in prison,

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 and instead of playing it safe,

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 they looked after those,

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 who imprisoned,

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 and they themselves,

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 were at great risk,

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 they lost property,

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 they lost their houses,

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 it was real sacrifice,

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 and they lost it with joy,

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 they knew the hope,

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 set before them,

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 and they loved God's people,

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 even losing this world,

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 with joy,

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 the author remembers that,

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 and he says,

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 I am sure of better things,

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 I see fruit,

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 so why the warning,

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 is that where your mind,

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 has got to,

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 why the warning,

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 if he's so confident,

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 his readers are,

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 fruitful,

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 fruitful,

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 fruitful,

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 I don't think it's a fake warning,

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 so why warn,

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 I think it's like Psalm 73,

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 I love Psalm 73,

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 I don't know if you know it,

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 I'm going to say a few of the lines,

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 and maybe that'll remind you,

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 but I think it's,

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 the purpose of the warning here,

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 is like Psalm 73,

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 my feet,

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 had almost stumbled,

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 my steps,

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 had nearly slipped,

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 for I was envious,

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 of the arrogant,

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 when I saw,

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 the prosperity,

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 of the wicked,

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 always at ease,

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 they increase,

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 in riches,

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 until I went,

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 into the sanctuary of God,

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 and then I discerned,

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 their end,

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 truly you set them,

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 in slippery places,

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 you make them fall to ruin,

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 how they are destroyed,

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 in a moment,

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 swept away utterly,

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 by terrors,

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 oh I am continually,

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 with you,

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 you hold my right hand,

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 you guide me,

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 with your counsel,

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 and afterward,

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 you will receive me,

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 to glory,

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 I think,

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 don't we all need,

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 Psalm 73,

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 because there's times,

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 where we can,

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 look at those,

00:19:54.359 --> 00:19:55.879
 who aren't trusting in Jesus,

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 and we think,

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 that's an attractive path,

00:19:59.259 --> 00:20:03.199
 but look at their end,

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 and it helps us wake up,

00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:09.399
 wake up to that path,

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 it is not a good path,

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 at all,

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 so I think,

00:20:16.919 --> 00:20:17.480
 the author here,

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 is saying,

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 I'm not saying,

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 you're on this path,

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 to destruction,

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 I'm saying,

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 you're attracted to it,

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 consider the end,

00:20:25.659 --> 00:20:26.379
 of that road,

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 that is not a good road,

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 I think,

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 it's like a friend,

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 who's flirting,

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 with someone,

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 who's not their spouse,

00:20:37.700 --> 00:20:38.759
 like,

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 they're not,

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 they're not,

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 committing adultery,

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 they tell you,

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 of their deep feelings,

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 for this other woman,

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 and they think,

00:20:48.700 --> 00:20:49.880
 there is this path,

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 where they can be,

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 friends with this woman,

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 and be faithful to their,

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 they think that,

00:20:54.559 --> 00:20:55.860
 that such a path exists,

00:20:56.220 --> 00:20:57.120
 I think it's like,

00:20:57.180 --> 00:20:57.860
 saying to your friend,

00:20:58.100 --> 00:20:59.240
 I'm sorry,

00:20:59.380 --> 00:21:01.039
 that path does not exist,

00:21:01.899 --> 00:21:03.180
 you probably wouldn't say,

00:21:03.240 --> 00:21:03.599
 I'm sorry,

00:21:03.859 --> 00:21:05.359
 that path does not exist,

00:21:06.399 --> 00:21:07.200
 look friend,

00:21:07.299 --> 00:21:08.480
 where that path ends,

00:21:08.599 --> 00:21:10.180
 many have walked before you,

00:21:10.420 --> 00:21:11.299
 over that cliff,

00:21:12.059 --> 00:21:13.519
 you will lose more,

00:21:13.559 --> 00:21:14.399
 and more affection,

00:21:14.399 --> 00:21:15.399
 for your spouse,

00:21:15.480 --> 00:21:17.379
 until you despise her,

00:21:17.539 --> 00:21:18.639
 you will,

00:21:18.879 --> 00:21:20.019
 your marriage will implode,

00:21:20.099 --> 00:21:21.379
 the destructive effect,

00:21:21.379 --> 00:21:22.180
 on your children,

00:21:22.379 --> 00:21:23.940
 and your community,

00:21:23.940 --> 00:21:24.680
 and you,

00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:27.460
 I do not want to know,

00:21:27.700 --> 00:21:28.200
 how God,

00:21:28.480 --> 00:21:30.019
 I wouldn't want to be facing God,

00:21:30.120 --> 00:21:31.740
 if you go down that road,

00:21:32.700 --> 00:21:35.080
 thinking about the end of that road,

00:21:36.080 --> 00:21:37.160
 is really loving,

00:21:38.100 --> 00:21:39.360
 before you walk down it,

00:21:39.680 --> 00:21:40.660
 I think it's like that,

00:21:44.180 --> 00:21:45.559
 this warning in here,

00:21:45.740 --> 00:21:46.940
 is like a warning,

00:21:47.100 --> 00:21:47.960
 near the edge of a cliff,

00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:50.120
 very bright,

00:21:50.360 --> 00:21:51.360
 you can't miss it,

00:21:52.900 --> 00:21:53.759
 cliff ahead,

00:21:54.240 --> 00:21:55.400
 jagged rocks at the bottom,

00:21:56.039 --> 00:21:56.820
 death certain,

00:21:58.000 --> 00:21:59.860
 do not go down this path,

00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:01.680
 and God's people,

00:22:01.880 --> 00:22:03.220
 will hear the warning,

00:22:03.980 --> 00:22:05.720
 today if you hear his voice,

00:22:06.059 --> 00:22:07.340
 don't harden your heart,

00:22:08.259 --> 00:22:11.920
 don't harden your heart,

00:22:11.920 --> 00:22:11.960
 don't harden your heart,

00:22:11.960 --> 00:22:25.759
 if you are keenly aware,

00:22:25.759 --> 00:22:26.420
 of your sin,

00:22:27.420 --> 00:22:29.759
 if you're really aware,

00:22:29.900 --> 00:22:30.579
 of your failure,

00:22:30.720 --> 00:22:31.539
 again and again,

00:22:31.660 --> 00:22:32.420
 and you're aware,

00:22:32.799 --> 00:22:34.079
 of the lack,

00:22:34.360 --> 00:22:35.840
 the smallness of your faith,

00:22:35.940 --> 00:22:37.160
 and the inconsistency,

00:22:37.160 --> 00:22:37.880
 of your faith,

00:22:37.880 --> 00:22:38.180
 and,

00:22:38.420 --> 00:22:41.700
 you feel like an imposter,

00:22:41.860 --> 00:22:42.740
 in this room right now,

00:22:42.820 --> 00:22:44.180
 if you feel like that,

00:22:45.260 --> 00:22:47.560
 this warning is not to you,

00:22:47.559 --> 00:22:51.819
 it's not actually for you,

00:22:52.819 --> 00:22:55.599
 remember our passage,

00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:56.200
 last week,

00:22:56.259 --> 00:22:57.259
 that Wilco took us through,

00:22:57.359 --> 00:22:58.099
 we have a,

00:22:58.099 --> 00:23:00.440
 sympathetic high priest,

00:23:00.619 --> 00:23:01.299
 he knows,

00:23:01.619 --> 00:23:02.259
 our temptation,

00:23:03.399 --> 00:23:04.059
 he knows it,

00:23:04.119 --> 00:23:05.059
 he's experienced it,

00:23:05.099 --> 00:23:05.539
 and he says,

00:23:05.659 --> 00:23:05.940
 come,

00:23:06.220 --> 00:23:07.819
 come to my throne of grace,

00:23:07.819 --> 00:23:11.179
 your failure,

00:23:11.319 --> 00:23:12.159
 after failure,

00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:12.939
 after failure,

00:23:13.079 --> 00:23:13.759
 come to me,

00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:15.359
 you'll find mercy,

00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:17.200
 and I'm going to put you back,

00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:18.119
 on your feet again,

00:23:18.220 --> 00:23:18.599
 and again,

00:23:18.700 --> 00:23:19.039
 and again,

00:23:19.220 --> 00:23:20.439
 this warning is not for you,

00:23:20.799 --> 00:23:22.259
 if you think you're a failure,

00:23:22.899 --> 00:23:23.659
 it's not for you,

00:23:24.379 --> 00:23:25.419
 this warning,

00:23:25.839 --> 00:23:28.240
 is if you think you can water down Jesus,

00:23:28.819 --> 00:23:30.379
 play it safe in this world,

00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:32.720
 be in love with this world,

00:23:33.299 --> 00:23:34.579
 and be in love with Jesus,

00:23:34.579 --> 00:23:35.319
 at the same time,

00:23:36.460 --> 00:23:37.519
 this warning is for you,

00:23:37.819 --> 00:23:40.379
 and we all need that warning sometimes,

00:23:41.099 --> 00:23:47.019
 so what are these original hearers,

00:23:48.359 --> 00:23:49.740
 doing,

00:23:49.879 --> 00:23:50.779
 what is their path,

00:23:50.879 --> 00:23:51.419
 they're taking,

00:23:51.519 --> 00:23:52.879
 that they think is so attractive,

00:23:55.799 --> 00:23:56.919
 we'll have a look at the,

00:23:56.960 --> 00:23:58.159
 the end of chapter five,

00:23:59.740 --> 00:24:02.059
 I'm a child of Gary and Mary,

00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:04.200
 I'm a child of God,

00:24:05.460 --> 00:24:07.519
 hopefully I have dependent,

00:24:07.519 --> 00:24:09.480
 faith in Jesus like a child,

00:24:11.059 --> 00:24:12.539
 those senses of child,

00:24:13.420 --> 00:24:14.759
 I love those senses,

00:24:15.039 --> 00:24:16.359
 but if you called me a child,

00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:18.259
 in any other way,

00:24:19.359 --> 00:24:20.779
 it would not be a compliment,

00:24:22.420 --> 00:24:24.859
 you can probably think of exceptions,

00:24:25.079 --> 00:24:26.259
 but you get my point,

00:24:27.259 --> 00:24:30.139
 the author doesn't think they're apostates,

00:24:30.140 --> 00:24:36.420
 he does think they're being willfully babies,

00:24:38.040 --> 00:24:38.960
 willfully,

00:24:39.420 --> 00:24:43.100
 he pauses in chapter five,

00:24:43.160 --> 00:24:43.620
 verse 10,

00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:47.160
 talking about Jesus as our perfect high priest,

00:24:47.900 --> 00:24:49.640
 until he picks it up again in seven,

00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:50.240
 verse one,

00:24:50.320 --> 00:24:50.960
 he's saying,

00:24:51.420 --> 00:24:53.060
 I can't go on with this,

00:24:53.140 --> 00:24:56.540
 because you don't want to hear it,

00:24:56.539 --> 00:24:59.159
 you don't want to mature,

00:24:59.460 --> 00:25:00.559
 and understand Jesus,

00:25:01.559 --> 00:25:02.879
 as your high priest,

00:25:03.619 --> 00:25:04.839
 they should be,

00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:06.420
 by this point in their Christian walk,

00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:07.980
 they should be teaching others,

00:25:08.359 --> 00:25:10.299
 that Jesus is our perfect high priest,

00:25:11.119 --> 00:25:11.779
 but they're not,

00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:17.299
 they're still on the ABCs,

00:25:17.440 --> 00:25:19.639
 they're in this extended adolescence,

00:25:19.640 --> 00:25:24.400
 it's probably out of fear,

00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:28.180
 if you look at verses six,

00:25:28.259 --> 00:25:28.660
 one and two,

00:25:28.720 --> 00:25:31.259
 when he talks about the elementary doctrines of Christ,

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:35.000
 these doctrines about repentance,

00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:36.520
 and faith towards God,

00:25:37.120 --> 00:25:39.060
 and ritual washings,

00:25:39.440 --> 00:25:40.500
 I think they're all things,

00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:43.640
 that their Jewish family and society,

00:25:43.860 --> 00:25:44.300
 would be like,

00:25:44.360 --> 00:25:44.620
 oh yeah,

00:25:44.740 --> 00:25:44.940
 okay,

00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:47.580
 we can accept that,

00:25:47.579 --> 00:25:50.319
 they're sticking to things,

00:25:51.539 --> 00:25:53.960
 that their fellow Jews would accept,

00:25:54.980 --> 00:25:55.980
 would play it safe,

00:25:56.779 --> 00:26:01.039
 but if they embrace Jesus,

00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:02.919
 as their perfect high priest,

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:03.939
 who's done away,

00:26:04.619 --> 00:26:05.779
 with the old priesthood,

00:26:05.819 --> 00:26:06.819
 you don't need that,

00:26:07.199 --> 00:26:08.439
 those sacrifices anymore,

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:09.460
 you don't need all that,

00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:11.019
 that's dangerous,

00:26:11.659 --> 00:26:12.839
 that is dangerous,

00:26:13.279 --> 00:26:14.919
 your father could say to you,

00:26:15.199 --> 00:26:17.299
 as long as you keep going on about this Jesus,

00:26:17.299 --> 00:26:18.419
 as high priest business,

00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:20.899
 I don't want to see you in my house,

00:26:23.579 --> 00:26:24.039
 it could,

00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:25.639
 I don't know if that really happened,

00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:27.639
 but it could cost them dearly,

00:26:28.639 --> 00:26:33.079
 I think it's out of fear,

00:26:33.339 --> 00:26:36.119
 let's just water down Jesus,

00:26:36.299 --> 00:26:38.599
 to what our fellow Jews,

00:26:40.259 --> 00:26:42.440
 who crucified Jesus,

00:26:42.839 --> 00:26:43.339
 accept,

00:26:44.139 --> 00:26:45.740
 so that we can play it safe,

00:26:45.740 --> 00:26:49.500
 so our author's main concern,

00:26:49.779 --> 00:26:50.140
 is,

00:26:51.140 --> 00:26:53.220
 to go on to maturity,

00:26:54.220 --> 00:26:57.380
 he doesn't think they're apostates,

00:26:57.460 --> 00:27:00.180
 he thinks they're being willfully children,

00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:02.440
 they're attracted to this path,

00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:04.400
 of playing it safe,

00:27:04.680 --> 00:27:05.720
 water down Jesus,

00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:08.120
 so that you,

00:27:08.839 --> 00:27:09.460
 fit in,

00:27:09.460 --> 00:27:14.840
 just notice at this point,

00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:15.140
 that,

00:27:16.240 --> 00:27:17.640
 moving on from,

00:27:17.640 --> 00:27:19.519
 elementary doctrines of Christ,

00:27:19.680 --> 00:27:20.880
 is not moving on,

00:27:20.920 --> 00:27:21.880
 to some teaching,

00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:23.840
 that's not about Christ,

00:27:23.940 --> 00:27:24.519
 it's some like,

00:27:24.660 --> 00:27:25.380
 second tier,

00:27:25.559 --> 00:27:26.200
 second level,

00:27:26.840 --> 00:27:28.319
 level 30 boss,

00:27:28.920 --> 00:27:29.579
 Christian,

00:27:29.799 --> 00:27:31.400
 it's not moving on from Christ,

00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:31.740
 it's,

00:27:32.220 --> 00:27:33.340
 it's what the whole book of Hebrews,

00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:33.860
 is about,

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:35.539
 it's going deeper,

00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:36.740
 into who Jesus is,

00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:39.259
 maturity,

00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:40.440
 is going deeper,

00:27:40.440 --> 00:27:41.359
 into who he is,

00:27:41.420 --> 00:27:42.099
 and what he's done,

00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:43.819
 it's not moving past that,

00:27:45.380 --> 00:27:46.380
 or maturity,

00:27:46.579 --> 00:27:47.960
 in verse 14 of chapter 5,

00:27:48.259 --> 00:27:48.539
 it's,

00:27:49.259 --> 00:27:50.539
 it's in the daily,

00:27:50.539 --> 00:27:52.359
 confusion,

00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:53.640
 and hardship of life,

00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:54.019
 going,

00:27:54.660 --> 00:27:56.859
 what pleases God,

00:27:56.920 --> 00:27:57.519
 in this situation,

00:27:57.660 --> 00:27:59.400
 how do I live in Christ,

00:27:59.559 --> 00:28:00.299
 and honour him,

00:28:00.339 --> 00:28:01.220
 in this situation,

00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:03.339
 not playing it safe,

00:28:03.339 --> 00:28:04.880
 how do I get by,

00:28:05.019 --> 00:28:05.680
 in this world,

00:28:05.779 --> 00:28:06.559
 in this situation,

00:28:06.740 --> 00:28:06.900
 but,

00:28:07.819 --> 00:28:09.039
 how do I live in Jesus,

00:28:09.200 --> 00:28:09.960
 in this situation,

00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:11.559
 that's maturity,

00:28:12.380 --> 00:28:14.620
 so it's not moving,

00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:15.440
 beyond Jesus,

00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:17.059
 let's be clear about that,

00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:20.940
 so I think the passage,

00:28:21.099 --> 00:28:22.059
 does have a real,

00:28:22.059 --> 00:28:23.339
 challenge to us,

00:28:25.019 --> 00:28:30.059
 I think the challenge is,

00:28:30.180 --> 00:28:31.140
 where are you tempted,

00:28:31.140 --> 00:28:32.620
 to downplay,

00:28:33.620 --> 00:28:34.099
 Jesus,

00:28:34.460 --> 00:28:35.880
 and just water him down,

00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:37.400
 to what,

00:28:37.400 --> 00:28:39.700
 those around you,

00:28:39.900 --> 00:28:40.400
 find,

00:28:41.599 --> 00:28:42.079
 acceptable,

00:28:43.079 --> 00:28:44.720
 I think that's the challenge,

00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:46.099
 because,

00:28:46.299 --> 00:28:47.140
 at that point,

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:49.519
 we will be,

00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:50.720
 willfully remaining,

00:28:51.140 --> 00:28:51.539
 children,

00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:52.319
 and,

00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:54.960
 someone who stays,

00:28:55.079 --> 00:28:55.579
 on that path,

00:28:55.620 --> 00:28:56.559
 that's a dangerous path,

00:28:56.559 --> 00:29:05.059
 so,

00:29:05.059 --> 00:29:05.940
 he scares,

00:29:05.940 --> 00:29:06.519
 his readers,

00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:07.960
 to snap out,

00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:08.619
 of the illusion,

00:29:08.779 --> 00:29:09.299
 that they can,

00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:10.179
 simply just,

00:29:10.359 --> 00:29:11.000
 play it safe,

00:29:11.099 --> 00:29:12.319
 and water Jesus down,

00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:13.319
 but,

00:29:13.539 --> 00:29:15.559
 the warning,

00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:16.639
 isn't the main thing,

00:29:16.720 --> 00:29:17.980
 the author wants to say,

00:29:17.980 --> 00:29:21.599
 fearing,

00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:22.339
 the fate,

00:29:22.420 --> 00:29:23.160
 of those,

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:24.240
 who fall away,

00:29:25.539 --> 00:29:27.900
 that can wake you up,

00:29:29.200 --> 00:29:29.380
 but,

00:29:29.440 --> 00:29:30.059
 it won't,

00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:31.700
 fear won't produce maturity,

00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:35.340
 the main thing,

00:29:35.400 --> 00:29:36.460
 the author wants to get to,

00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:37.720
 is to show,

00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:38.620
 his readers,

00:29:38.799 --> 00:29:39.680
 how sure,

00:29:39.860 --> 00:29:40.840
 and steadfast,

00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:41.680
 their hope is,

00:29:42.100 --> 00:29:42.500
 hope,

00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:44.120
 hope,

00:29:44.360 --> 00:29:46.640
 that will produce maturity,

00:29:47.360 --> 00:29:48.960
 that will give us,

00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:49.580
 perspective,

00:29:50.019 --> 00:29:50.779
 and courage,

00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:52.100
 and,

00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:53.759
 knowing we're safe,

00:29:54.400 --> 00:29:55.340
 to go deeper,

00:29:55.340 --> 00:29:55.960
 into Jesus,

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:57.539
 and stand out,

00:29:58.740 --> 00:29:59.400
 for him,

00:29:59.400 --> 00:30:01.500
 imitate those,

00:30:01.560 --> 00:30:02.280
 who through faith,

00:30:02.360 --> 00:30:02.900
 and patience,

00:30:03.060 --> 00:30:03.820
 inherit the promises,

00:30:04.820 --> 00:30:08.000
 God's given us,

00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:09.180
 in this church,

00:30:09.320 --> 00:30:10.560
 people who are ahead of us,

00:30:11.840 --> 00:30:13.340
 we can imitate their faith,

00:30:14.680 --> 00:30:15.700
 he's given us,

00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:17.180
 people in church history,

00:30:17.540 --> 00:30:17.700
 and,

00:30:18.100 --> 00:30:19.160
 we can imitate their faith,

00:30:19.880 --> 00:30:20.259
 I can't,

00:30:20.519 --> 00:30:21.440
 I can't wait,

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:22.640
 to get to chapter 11,

00:30:23.140 --> 00:30:24.040
 and the great cloud,

00:30:24.040 --> 00:30:24.600
 of witnesses,

00:30:25.060 --> 00:30:25.040
 and,

00:30:26.600 --> 00:30:26.960
 imitate,

00:30:27.840 --> 00:30:28.320
 faith,

00:30:28.400 --> 00:30:28.820
 and patience,

00:30:28.819 --> 00:30:29.500
 and who better,

00:30:29.619 --> 00:30:30.359
 than Abraham,

00:30:31.599 --> 00:30:33.740
 he goes to Abraham,

00:30:34.639 --> 00:30:35.879
 the man of faith,

00:30:35.980 --> 00:30:36.659
 the pioneer,

00:30:37.079 --> 00:30:38.000
 of saving faith,

00:30:39.859 --> 00:30:40.419
 life,

00:30:40.639 --> 00:30:41.799
 is hard,

00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:45.119
 trials,

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:45.960
 are dreadfully,

00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:47.299
 dreadfully painful,

00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:48.659
 and so,

00:30:48.779 --> 00:30:49.419
 was the case,

00:30:49.500 --> 00:30:49.980
 for Abraham,

00:30:50.839 --> 00:30:51.980
 the section here,

00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:53.720
 is quoting,

00:30:53.899 --> 00:30:55.460
 from just after Abraham,

00:30:56.099 --> 00:30:57.500
 offers up Isaac,

00:30:57.500 --> 00:31:02.220
 I'm not sure,

00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:02.819
 I can think,

00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:04.339
 of a trial,

00:31:05.339 --> 00:31:06.539
 more costly,

00:31:06.880 --> 00:31:07.299
 than that,

00:31:08.099 --> 00:31:13.759
 it's easy,

00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:14.640
 to imagine,

00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:15.259
 a God,

00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:15.740
 who,

00:31:16.380 --> 00:31:17.519
 doesn't care,

00:31:17.779 --> 00:31:18.460
 whether we feel,

00:31:18.460 --> 00:31:19.720
 assured of our salvation,

00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:20.160
 or not,

00:31:20.680 --> 00:31:21.519
 maybe he just wants,

00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:22.779
 to keep us on our toes,

00:31:23.160 --> 00:31:24.200
 keep us a bit unsure,

00:31:24.200 --> 00:31:25.779
 so that we'll be obedient,

00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:28.680
 but as another pastor,

00:31:28.680 --> 00:31:29.640
 said about this passage,

00:31:29.779 --> 00:31:30.700
 I've got a God,

00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:32.700
 who spends most of his energy,

00:31:32.840 --> 00:31:34.039
 helping me know,

00:31:34.380 --> 00:31:36.160
 my future is secure,

00:31:36.400 --> 00:31:39.019
 that's the kind of God,

00:31:39.080 --> 00:31:39.740
 painted here,

00:31:40.740 --> 00:31:43.920
 God promised Abraham,

00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:47.160
 I will bless you,

00:31:48.360 --> 00:31:50.759
 God can't lie,

00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:53.200
 it's not in his nature,

00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:53.779
 to lie,

00:31:54.200 --> 00:31:55.060
 all you need,

00:31:55.140 --> 00:31:55.860
 is his promise,

00:31:56.660 --> 00:31:58.460
 if you trust in Christ,

00:31:59.200 --> 00:32:00.380
 all God's promises,

00:32:00.600 --> 00:32:01.360
 are yours,

00:32:02.019 --> 00:32:03.140
 I will bless you,

00:32:03.360 --> 00:32:04.060
 all we need,

00:32:04.120 --> 00:32:04.660
 is his promise,

00:32:05.380 --> 00:32:06.160
 but our God,

00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:07.019
 adds an oath,

00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:08.759
 to his promise,

00:32:08.860 --> 00:32:09.259
 to Abraham,

00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:09.400
 him,

00:32:10.299 --> 00:32:13.200
 there's a game,

00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:14.220
 we play with Sam,

00:32:14.819 --> 00:32:15.599
 at home,

00:32:15.680 --> 00:32:16.379
 that can range,

00:32:16.379 --> 00:32:17.259
 from silly,

00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:19.740
 to really sweet,

00:32:20.440 --> 00:32:21.299
 we take turns,

00:32:21.379 --> 00:32:21.720
 saying,

00:32:21.879 --> 00:32:22.640
 I love you more,

00:32:22.740 --> 00:32:25.039
 than all the snot,

00:32:25.400 --> 00:32:26.039
 in the world,

00:32:26.339 --> 00:32:27.839
 I love you more,

00:32:27.920 --> 00:32:29.400
 than all the baby chinos,

00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:30.960
 in the world,

00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:31.599
 I love you more,

00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:32.700
 than all the cheese,

00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:34.420
 I love you more,

00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:35.140
 all the money,

00:32:35.299 --> 00:32:35.559
 in the world,

00:32:35.619 --> 00:32:36.140
 I love you more,

00:32:36.180 --> 00:32:37.420
 than all the poor patrol,

00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:38.099
 in the world,

00:32:38.099 --> 00:32:43.099
 God's promise,

00:32:43.259 --> 00:32:43.740
 it's enough,

00:32:43.839 --> 00:32:44.419
 it's enough,

00:32:44.539 --> 00:32:45.119
 for us to know,

00:32:45.179 --> 00:32:45.679
 we'll make it,

00:32:46.459 --> 00:32:47.259
 but our God,

00:32:47.379 --> 00:32:48.719
 it's as if he's searched,

00:32:48.839 --> 00:32:49.159
 in heaven,

00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:49.559
 on earth,

00:32:49.639 --> 00:32:49.819
 and go,

00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:51.959
 what's the most,

00:32:51.959 --> 00:32:53.059
 valuable thing,

00:32:53.699 --> 00:32:56.179
 I can assure my people,

00:32:57.619 --> 00:32:58.919
 by myself,

00:32:59.099 --> 00:33:00.059
 I have sworn,

00:33:02.839 --> 00:33:04.759
 unless I stop,

00:33:04.879 --> 00:33:05.679
 being God,

00:33:05.680 --> 00:33:08.519
 I swear,

00:33:08.799 --> 00:33:09.700
 I will bless you,

00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:10.740
 he,

00:33:10.840 --> 00:33:10.799
 he,

00:33:10.840 --> 00:33:14.200
 he tells us,

00:33:14.279 --> 00:33:14.840
 verse 17,

00:33:15.519 --> 00:33:16.299
 because God,

00:33:16.360 --> 00:33:17.680
 desired to show,

00:33:17.920 --> 00:33:18.980
 more convincingly,

00:33:19.640 --> 00:33:20.420
 to the heirs,

00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:21.060
 of the promise,

00:33:21.779 --> 00:33:22.720
 the unchangeable,

00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:23.200
 character,

00:33:23.380 --> 00:33:24.279
 of his purpose,

00:33:24.840 --> 00:33:25.360
 and so,

00:33:25.420 --> 00:33:26.340
 he guaranteed it,

00:33:26.420 --> 00:33:26.980
 with an oath,

00:33:26.980 --> 00:33:31.860
 he wants us,

00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:32.400
 the heirs,

00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:33.099
 of his promises,

00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:34.960
 who look to Jesus,

00:33:35.059 --> 00:33:35.940
 as our hope,

00:33:36.059 --> 00:33:36.480
 to know,

00:33:36.920 --> 00:33:38.339
 the unchanging character,

00:33:38.339 --> 00:33:39.200
 of his purpose,

00:33:40.200 --> 00:33:44.700
 this world,

00:33:44.819 --> 00:33:45.519
 is not something,

00:33:45.519 --> 00:33:46.279
 worth,

00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:47.779
 playing it safe,

00:33:48.579 --> 00:33:49.279
 watering down,

00:33:49.360 --> 00:33:50.000
 Jesus for,

00:33:50.140 --> 00:33:50.799
 it is heading,

00:33:51.019 --> 00:33:52.539
 it is heading,

00:33:52.539 --> 00:33:53.620
 for the cliff,

00:33:53.720 --> 00:33:54.579
 over a waterfall,

00:33:54.740 --> 00:33:56.179
 it is like a garment,

00:33:56.279 --> 00:33:57.399
 that's going to be rolled up,

00:33:57.519 --> 00:33:58.279
 and gone,

00:33:58.439 --> 00:33:58.639
 it's,

00:33:59.159 --> 00:34:02.359
 it's something,

00:34:02.500 --> 00:34:03.339
 we should flee,

00:34:03.500 --> 00:34:04.579
 for refuge from,

00:34:09.579 --> 00:34:11.219
 and to delight,

00:34:11.340 --> 00:34:11.860
 in the fact,

00:34:12.039 --> 00:34:12.199
 that,

00:34:13.039 --> 00:34:14.219
 we are heirs,

00:34:14.279 --> 00:34:15.179
 of the world to come,

00:34:15.739 --> 00:34:19.880
 so how do we hold fast,

00:34:20.019 --> 00:34:20.599
 to this hope,

00:34:20.799 --> 00:34:21.880
 how do we hold fast,

00:34:21.940 --> 00:34:22.920
 if God wants us,

00:34:22.920 --> 00:34:24.700
 to know our hope,

00:34:25.220 --> 00:34:26.200
 how do we hold,

00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:30.500
 scripture can use,

00:34:30.700 --> 00:34:31.300
 this word hope,

00:34:31.340 --> 00:34:32.180
 in different ways,

00:34:32.559 --> 00:34:34.340
 as we do today,

00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:34.700
 still,

00:34:35.840 --> 00:34:36.740
 my hope,

00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:37.619
 is that,

00:34:38.619 --> 00:34:39.900
 I'm sorry,

00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:40.320
 for all the,

00:34:40.320 --> 00:34:41.480
 sport metaphors,

00:34:41.579 --> 00:34:41.720
 okay,

00:34:41.820 --> 00:34:42.880
 but my hope,

00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:43.519
 is that Liverpool,

00:34:43.860 --> 00:34:45.440
 win the Champions League,

00:34:45.860 --> 00:34:46.000
 okay,

00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:46.659
 that's the goal,

00:34:46.900 --> 00:34:47.700
 that's the objective,

00:34:47.880 --> 00:34:48.420
 that they win,

00:34:48.420 --> 00:34:50.300
 my hope,

00:34:50.400 --> 00:34:50.800
 is in,

00:34:50.800 --> 00:34:52.619
 Mohammed Salah,

00:34:53.019 --> 00:34:54.360
 to keep scoring,

00:34:54.980 --> 00:34:55.860
 he's the means,

00:34:55.940 --> 00:34:57.280
 of achieving that hope,

00:34:58.280 --> 00:34:59.039
 internally,

00:34:59.280 --> 00:35:00.380
 I can feel,

00:35:01.180 --> 00:35:01.740
 hopeful,

00:35:02.619 --> 00:35:03.220
 or,

00:35:03.320 --> 00:35:04.200
 not so hopeful,

00:35:04.940 --> 00:35:05.440
 internally,

00:35:05.720 --> 00:35:06.300
 subjectively,

00:35:06.539 --> 00:35:08.039
 so there's the objective hope,

00:35:08.780 --> 00:35:09.680
 there's the means,

00:35:09.800 --> 00:35:10.820
 of that hope,

00:35:10.980 --> 00:35:12.260
 and there's the feeling,

00:35:13.220 --> 00:35:14.700
 of whether you feel hopeful,

00:35:14.699 --> 00:35:16.719
 the author,

00:35:16.719 --> 00:35:17.719
 is trying to,

00:35:17.719 --> 00:35:19.439
 motivate us,

00:35:19.500 --> 00:35:20.719
 in our subjective feelings,

00:35:20.819 --> 00:35:21.259
 he is,

00:35:21.899 --> 00:35:23.639
 that we might have,

00:35:23.799 --> 00:35:24.399
 strong,

00:35:24.699 --> 00:35:25.859
 mighty encouragement,

00:35:26.859 --> 00:35:27.699
 but the way,

00:35:27.799 --> 00:35:28.480
 you produce that,

00:35:28.579 --> 00:35:29.980
 is not by looking inside,

00:35:30.099 --> 00:35:30.379
 going,

00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:32.319
 am I feeling hopeful,

00:35:32.619 --> 00:35:33.539
 if you do that,

00:35:34.819 --> 00:35:36.599
 every time I do that,

00:35:36.819 --> 00:35:37.739
 let me speak personally,

00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:38.099
 is,

00:35:38.960 --> 00:35:39.819
 I don't know,

00:35:40.599 --> 00:35:41.079
 yes,

00:35:41.219 --> 00:35:42.179
 sometimes it's,

00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:44.419
 you look internally,

00:35:44.420 --> 00:35:46.340
 and you spiral down,

00:35:47.900 --> 00:35:49.400
 I don't feel hopeful,

00:35:49.539 --> 00:35:49.900
 sometimes,

00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:50.820
 I don't feel as hopeful,

00:35:50.900 --> 00:35:51.599
 as I ought to,

00:35:52.860 --> 00:35:54.860
 the hope spoken of here,

00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:55.400
 isn't,

00:35:56.619 --> 00:35:57.240
 feelings,

00:35:58.480 --> 00:36:01.519
 the hope spoken of here,

00:36:01.659 --> 00:36:03.079
 is our objective hope,

00:36:03.940 --> 00:36:05.460
 we are going to be brought,

00:36:05.619 --> 00:36:06.220
 to glory,

00:36:08.180 --> 00:36:10.340
 we're going to be,

00:36:10.420 --> 00:36:11.960
 in that eternal city,

00:36:11.960 --> 00:36:14.059
 whose architect,

00:36:14.280 --> 00:36:14.639
 and builder,

00:36:14.639 --> 00:36:15.280
 is God,

00:36:15.840 --> 00:36:16.380
 we're going to,

00:36:16.380 --> 00:36:17.619
 have a kingdom,

00:36:18.440 --> 00:36:19.519
 that can't be shaken,

00:36:20.340 --> 00:36:20.940
 a new heavens,

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:21.480
 and new earth,

00:36:22.159 --> 00:36:23.119
 a new earth,

00:36:23.519 --> 00:36:25.699
 a world of pure love,

00:36:26.980 --> 00:36:27.639
 that's,

00:36:27.639 --> 00:36:28.019
 that's,

00:36:28.059 --> 00:36:28.780
 that's the hope,

00:36:28.780 --> 00:36:32.280
 what's the means,

00:36:33.200 --> 00:36:36.580
 it's nothing inside of me,

00:36:38.100 --> 00:36:41.560
 it points us,

00:36:41.640 --> 00:36:42.580
 to God's promise,

00:36:43.160 --> 00:36:43.880
 I've promised,

00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:45.140
 and I've sworn with an oath,

00:36:46.260 --> 00:36:47.480
 look at,

00:36:48.260 --> 00:36:49.220
 your forerunner,

00:36:49.320 --> 00:36:50.660
 look at your high priest,

00:36:50.780 --> 00:36:51.300
 your hope,

00:36:52.180 --> 00:36:53.200
 as Catherine talked about,

00:36:53.260 --> 00:36:54.000
 in the kids talk,

00:36:54.120 --> 00:36:54.440
 is,

00:36:55.540 --> 00:36:56.560
 it's not inside you,

00:36:56.559 --> 00:36:57.799
 it's up in heaven,

00:36:59.400 --> 00:37:01.420
 it's not about you,

00:37:01.719 --> 00:37:02.059
 it's,

00:37:02.239 --> 00:37:04.960
 it's in heaven itself,

00:37:05.039 --> 00:37:05.960
 it's like an anchor,

00:37:06.619 --> 00:37:08.440
 for your soul,

00:37:08.619 --> 00:37:09.360
 and it's up,

00:37:09.759 --> 00:37:11.199
 in the holy of holies,

00:37:11.259 --> 00:37:11.799
 he's using,

00:37:12.099 --> 00:37:13.079
 that temple metaphor,

00:37:13.239 --> 00:37:14.159
 behind the curtain,

00:37:14.299 --> 00:37:15.579
 where only the high priest,

00:37:15.639 --> 00:37:16.019
 could go,

00:37:16.699 --> 00:37:17.320
 where the,

00:37:17.320 --> 00:37:18.940
 ark of the covenant is,

00:37:19.360 --> 00:37:20.360
 the new covenant,

00:37:20.759 --> 00:37:21.759
 in Jesus blood,

00:37:21.759 --> 00:37:23.199
 our high priest is there,

00:37:23.259 --> 00:37:23.920
 he's in heaven,

00:37:23.920 --> 00:37:25.880
 it's like our anchor,

00:37:26.079 --> 00:37:26.720
 is tied,

00:37:27.019 --> 00:37:28.220
 to something immovable,

00:37:29.039 --> 00:37:29.960
 not you,

00:37:30.260 --> 00:37:32.280
 I move all the time,

00:37:32.960 --> 00:37:33.480
 our anchor,

00:37:33.700 --> 00:37:34.119
 is tied,

00:37:34.240 --> 00:37:35.400
 to the throne of God,

00:37:36.059 --> 00:37:38.559
 because that's where Jesus is,

00:37:39.000 --> 00:37:39.740
 that's where he's seated,

00:37:41.599 --> 00:37:42.420
 isn't that encouraging,

00:37:43.820 --> 00:37:45.180
 Hebrews 6,

00:37:45.240 --> 00:37:45.920
 is about hope,

00:37:47.440 --> 00:37:48.780
 and how anchored,

00:37:48.780 --> 00:37:50.480
 how anchored we are,

00:37:50.480 --> 00:37:58.659
 Jesus is a forerunner,

00:37:58.760 --> 00:37:59.880
 he's in glory,

00:38:00.699 --> 00:38:01.579
 he's not just done it,

00:38:01.599 --> 00:38:02.340
 for his own sake,

00:38:02.400 --> 00:38:03.340
 he's representing us,

00:38:03.380 --> 00:38:04.519
 he's done it on our behalf,

00:38:04.880 --> 00:38:05.860
 if he's glorified,

00:38:06.539 --> 00:38:07.400
 everyone with him,

00:38:07.519 --> 00:38:08.480
 will be glorified,

00:38:15.119 --> 00:38:16.940
 and Hebrews tells us,

00:38:17.000 --> 00:38:18.840
 he's the one working in us,

00:38:18.840 --> 00:38:23.400
 to make sure that rope,

00:38:23.559 --> 00:38:25.000
 is tied to the other end,

00:38:26.200 --> 00:38:30.579
 the end of the book,

00:38:30.960 --> 00:38:32.340
 especially highlights this,

00:38:32.420 --> 00:38:33.460
 I could go to other places,

00:38:33.660 --> 00:38:37.200
 but the author ends on this note,

00:38:38.200 --> 00:38:39.140
 chapter 13,

00:38:39.220 --> 00:38:40.079
 20 and 21,

00:38:43.079 --> 00:38:45.260
 God is the one doing the heart work,

00:38:45.380 --> 00:38:46.220
 inside of us,

00:38:46.219 --> 00:38:49.819
 he didn't tie up the anchor,

00:38:50.139 --> 00:38:50.519
 in heaven,

00:38:50.659 --> 00:38:52.099
 and then just leave it up to us,

00:38:52.219 --> 00:38:52.859
 for the other end,

00:38:53.099 --> 00:38:53.859
 he's the one,

00:38:54.579 --> 00:38:56.739
 doing the work inside of us,

00:38:56.819 --> 00:38:58.159
 now may the God of peace,

00:38:58.899 --> 00:39:00.399
 who brought again from the dead,

00:39:00.459 --> 00:39:01.259
 our Lord Jesus,

00:39:02.079 --> 00:39:03.419
 the great shepherd of the sheep,

00:39:03.699 --> 00:39:04.619
 be by the blood,

00:39:04.679 --> 00:39:05.799
 of the eternal covenant,

00:39:07.319 --> 00:39:08.279
 equip you,

00:39:09.279 --> 00:39:10.480
 with everything good,

00:39:11.379 --> 00:39:12.599
 that you may do his will,

00:39:12.599 --> 00:39:15.119
 working in us,

00:39:16.480 --> 00:39:18.279
 that which is pleasing in his sight,

00:39:19.159 --> 00:39:20.259
 through Jesus Christ,

00:39:20.339 --> 00:39:21.639
 to whom be glory forever,

00:39:22.339 --> 00:39:22.900
 and ever,

00:39:23.739 --> 00:39:24.179
 Amen.

00:39:25.659 --> 00:39:26.839
 Our God wants,

00:39:27.259 --> 00:39:28.779
 he uses most of his energy,

00:39:29.779 --> 00:39:30.860
 to tell us,

00:39:31.000 --> 00:39:31.940
 our hope is sure,

00:39:31.940 --> 00:39:37.860
 no trial,

00:39:38.039 --> 00:39:38.760
 no temptation,

00:39:38.980 --> 00:39:40.139
 no one can move us,

00:39:42.139 --> 00:39:44.099
 fear can wake us up,

00:39:44.900 --> 00:39:46.700
 when we're attracted,

00:39:46.920 --> 00:39:47.760
 to this path,

00:39:47.800 --> 00:39:49.380
 of watering down Jesus,

00:39:49.840 --> 00:39:50.880
 fear can go,

00:39:51.440 --> 00:39:51.579
 hey,

00:39:51.800 --> 00:39:52.679
 wake up,

00:39:54.599 --> 00:39:55.139
 but,

00:39:55.220 --> 00:39:57.139
 let's know our hope,

00:39:58.039 --> 00:39:58.619
 hope,

00:40:00.119 --> 00:40:00.820
 that is sure,

00:40:00.820 --> 00:40:01.900
 and steadfast,

00:40:03.500 --> 00:40:04.660
 that will make us,

00:40:05.000 --> 00:40:05.559
 press on,

00:40:06.180 --> 00:40:06.860
 to maturity,

00:40:07.900 --> 00:40:09.160
 will you pray with me,

00:40:09.280 --> 00:40:09.640
 let's pray,

00:40:14.039 --> 00:40:14.640
 Father,

00:40:14.880 --> 00:40:16.019
 we praise you,

00:40:18.500 --> 00:40:19.539
 that our security,

00:40:19.900 --> 00:40:20.900
 isn't left to us,

00:40:21.000 --> 00:40:21.559
 otherwise,

00:40:23.600 --> 00:40:25.280
 our feet would slip,

00:40:25.480 --> 00:40:26.340
 and we would fall,

00:40:26.760 --> 00:40:27.440
 thank you that,

00:40:28.280 --> 00:40:29.880
 it's all up to Jesus,

00:40:29.880 --> 00:40:31.660
 and that,

00:40:32.559 --> 00:40:33.880
 our soul is anchored,

00:40:34.019 --> 00:40:34.420
 in heaven,

00:40:35.160 --> 00:40:36.300
 no one can touch it,

00:40:36.940 --> 00:40:38.680
 we can't stuff it up,

00:40:39.680 --> 00:40:41.140
 Lord,

00:40:41.200 --> 00:40:42.059
 I beg you again,

00:40:43.220 --> 00:40:44.039
 to,

00:40:44.559 --> 00:40:45.480
 reassure,

00:40:45.680 --> 00:40:46.420
 those of us,

00:40:46.480 --> 00:40:47.800
 who are feeling hopeless,

00:40:48.559 --> 00:40:50.420
 to fix their eyes,

00:40:50.480 --> 00:40:51.000
 on Jesus,

00:40:51.860 --> 00:40:53.059
 knowing where their hope is,

00:40:53.059 --> 00:40:53.480
 and,

00:40:54.139 --> 00:40:55.380
 I ask for those,

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 who are attracted,

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 to a path,

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 that,

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 is deadly,

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 Lord,

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 I pray that,

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 you would wake,

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 wake us up,

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 in Jesus name,

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 Amen.