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 Amen. You may be seated. Kids, you can be excused to your King's Kids class.

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 And if you would open up, I would ask that everybody open up their pew Bible

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 because there's something I want you to see in an actual Bible this morning to Hebrews chapter 3.

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 I'm going to be preaching on an extended section, but it's on 1188 and 189 of your Bibles.

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 But before I get to preaching, I just want to say, Jenny and I had a great time last weekend

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 at the Weekend to Remember in Madison. And so we are grateful for the time to refresh our marriage.

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 One of our favorite parts was seeing John and Terry Tipman in their element, serving people.

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 We got the sense that God was significantly at work in many people's lives.

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 And if you're wondering what a weekend to remember is, I would just point you to the Tipmans.

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 Would you guys raise your hands?

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 It is designed to help husbands and wives who are getting married or are married.

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 It's an enriching. There's a couple in our area. They're about to happen. It's not too late.

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 Now to Hebrews chapter 3. I'm going to read this extended section.

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 It's one unit. It's one argument. So 3.7 through 4.13.

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 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says,

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 Take care, brothers, sisters.

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 Lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God.

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 But exhort one another every day, as long as it's called today, that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

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 For we have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end.

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 As it is said, today if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.

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 For who were those who heard and yet rebelled?

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 Was it not all those who left Egypt led by Moses?

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 And with whom was he provoked for forty years?

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 Was it not those who had sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?

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 And to whom did he swear that they would not enter his rest, but to those who were disobedient?

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 So we see that they were unable to enter because of unbelief.

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 Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear, lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it.

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 For good news came to us just as to them.

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 But the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened.

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 For we have believed, enter that rest.

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 As he has said, as I swore my wrath, they will not enter my rest.

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 Although his works were finished from the foundation of the world, for he has said, he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way,

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 and God rested on the seventh day from all his works.

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 And again, in this passage, he said, they shall not enter my rest.

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 Since therefore, it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly received the good news failed to enter because of disobedience.

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 Again, he appoints a certain day today, saying through David, so long afterward, and the words already quoted,

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 today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.

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 For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken of another day later on.

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 So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God.

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 For whoever has entered God's rest has also rested from his work as God did from his.

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 Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience.

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 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword,

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 piercing to the division of soul and spirit of joints and marrow,

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 and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

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 And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give an account.

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 May God bless the reading of his word.

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 Every Saturday in Kenosha at 10.30 a.m. on the nose,

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 there's the testing of the severe weather warning system.

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 Sirens blare.

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 You can't miss it.

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 In fact, those sirens are tested every Saturday in order to tune your ear,

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 so that when July rolls around,

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 and we have some of these big thunderstorms come in,

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 or tornado watch warning,

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 when those sirens blare,

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 not only do you hear them, but you heed them.

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 You take shelter.

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 If you don't,

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 you're in danger.

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 Now, there's a danger being spoken about in this passage,

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 this extended passage.

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 It's the danger of a hardened heart.

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 A hardened heart is a heart that doesn't care about God.

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 A hardened heart hears God's word,

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 and God's word just bounce off.

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 It's a very dangerous place to be.

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 And what this passage is,

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 is its own warning.

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 The book of Hebrews is one long exhortation to hold fast to Jesus Christ all the way to the end.

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 In Hebrews, the book contains five warning passages.

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 And this morning, we're looking at the second warning passage.

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 The first was in chapter, at the beginning of chapter 2.

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 It's not a blaring siren.

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 It's the Holy Spirit speaking.

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 Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.

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 When you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.

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 If you chronically, habitually harden your heart to God speaking,

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 you're like the wilderness generation of Israel,

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 who left Egypt but did not enter God's promised rest because of their hardened hearts.

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 No.

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 What we're being called to hear is not to harden our hearts,

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 but to open our hearts.

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 To let God's word penetrate our hearts

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 so that we can strive all the way to the end

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 into God's promised rest.

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 His full, final, and forever rest.

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 And so what I want you to help you to see,

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 I'm going to walk through,

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 is this one extended passage has four alarms in it.

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 It's a four-alarm warning.

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 First alarm is the quote in Psalm 95.

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 The second alarm is an unbelief alarm.

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 The third alarm is a no-entry alarm.

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 And the fourth alarm is a judgment alarm.

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 So today, if you hear God speaking,

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 don't harden your hearts.

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 Open your hearts.

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 Let God's word do God's work.

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 So let's look at this first alarm.

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 The Psalm 95 alarm.

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 And this is in chapter 3, verse 7 through 11.

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 And there's a few things I want you to notice.

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 The first one is this.

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 If you just look at the layout in your open Bible, Pew Bible,

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 you're going to notice something.

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 And so you're going to notice that verses 7 through 11 are indented.

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 And then you see they're indented quotes.

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 And then you'll see another series of indented quotes in verse 15,

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 in verse 4, verse 3, and 4, verse 5, and 4, verse 7.

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 And they're all references back to this original quote from Psalm 95.

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 So you have these quotes that are indented,

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 and then you're followed by blocks of words.

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 And you know what's going on?

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 The writer of Hebrews is taking Psalm 95, 7 through 11,

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 and he is expositing it to the original hearers.

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 He's explaining and applying it to them.

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 So what I want you to see is the nature of this is pretty elegant.

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 This is a written exposition of a section from Psalm 95.

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 The next thing I want you to notice is the location of this warning,

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 the context of it.

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 If you look at 3.6, where Les was preaching last week, we read this,

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 but Christ is faithful over God's house as a son, and we are his house.

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 If indeed we hold fast, our confidence and our boasting in our hope.

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 So Jesus Christ, superior to Moses, hold fast to him.

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 That's 3.6.

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 And then I'll look at 4.14.

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 Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens,

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 Jesus, the Son of God.

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 Let us hold fast our confession.

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 And so this extended kind of exposition of Psalm 95 is a warning

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 in between a call to hold fast to Jesus in 3.6

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 and a call to hold fast to Jesus in 4.14.

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 Do you see it?

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 Which means that this is a warning passage.

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 What will keep you from holding fast to Jesus all the way to the end?

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 Now that sheds light on why the author chose Psalm 95, 7 through 11.

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 It's a warning.

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 It's a warning.

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 It's a warning.

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 Psalm 95 was originally written by David.

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 And what David is doing, this is a thousand years before Christ.

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 And David wrote Psalm 95.

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 It starts with this call to worship and ends with a warning.

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 And what he's doing in the warning in verses 7 through 11 is he's taking that warning

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 and he's writing the warning actually to David's generation.

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 But he's looking back on the wilderness generation hundreds of years before.

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 The wilderness generation that came out of Egypt but didn't make it to the promised land.

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 And David is writing this to warn his generation of the failure of that generation.

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 You following?

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 And so what the writer of Hebrews is doing is he's taking David's warning to his people

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 about that generation and now he's using that same thing to warn his generation.

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 And here we are in the 21st century taking that same warning and applying it to us.

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 We've got four generations of God's people here.

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 What happened in the wilderness in verse 8?

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 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion on the day of testing in the wilderness.

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 What was the failure?

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 What happened?

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 Well, if you turn back into Psalm 95 in your Old Testament,

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 you will see that there's actually two places named in Psalm 95 8.

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 Massa and Meribah.

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 There's an event that happened, Numbers 20 at Massa.

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 There's an event that happened in Exodus 17 at Meribah.

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 In both situations, Israel started to grumble and complain because they were in the wilderness

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 and they were like, we just want something to drink.

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 Oh, Moses, you take us off.

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 We want to be back in Egypt.

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 Start getting really mad.

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 They get fighting.

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 God eventually provides water from them in God's gracious fashion.

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 But you know what gets revealed about Israel?

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 They're grumblers.

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 It's a mark of unbelief, of disobedience.

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 In Numbers 13 and 14, do you remember this story where the spies are sent out into Canaan

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 to check out the land?

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 And so Joshua and Caleb were part of that group, guys.

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 They go out.

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 They check it out.

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 They come back.

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 They bring back a cluster of grapes.

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 And Joshua and Caleb are like, let's do it.

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 Let's trust God.

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 Let's go in.

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 But everybody else is like, oh, the people of Canaan, they're just too big.

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 We can't handle them.

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 We can't do this.

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 And they respond in fear, which is another outworking of unbelief.

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 And God, it provoked God.

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 And he said, I will swear in my wrath that this people will not enter my promised land,

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 my promised rest.

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 For 40 years, they provoked him like this.

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 And what it is, it's an example of habitual, settled unbelief.

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 And because of that, God did not allow them into his promised rest of that land.

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 So David has picked this note.

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 So the writer of Hebrews has picked Psalm 95 in order to warn his people,

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 the original audience, of what will happen if there's chronic habitual unbelief among them.

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 God will not allow them into his rest.

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 It's an alarm.

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 It's like a check engine light in your car.

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 Psalm 95 is blinking, 7 through 11.

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 And the question is this morning, are you going to pay attention to it?

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 Are you going to allow Psalm 95 to do its work in your heart?

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 Are you going to allow it to penetrate you?

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 Or is it just going to bounce off you?

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 In fact, Psalm 95, 7 through 11 was not only alarm to David's generation,

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 and then to the original audience of Hebrews,

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 but it's meant to be alarm for us.

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 To say, okay, let's heed these words.

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 Let's not harden our hearts.

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 Let's open our hearts.

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 And did you notice?

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 That it's the Holy Spirit who's saying this in verse 7?

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 The second alarm is the unbelief alarm.

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 And that's in verses 12 through 19 of chapter 3.

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 And the writer begins explaining and applying Psalm 95, 7 through 11 to his original audience.

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 And there's a couple things about this that I want you to notice.

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 There's a warning.

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 In verse 12, it says,

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 Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart,

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 leading you to fall away from the living God.

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 Technically, that take care,

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 technically, it's watch out.

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 Now, keep your eyes open.

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 Watch out, brothers and sisters.

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 Lest there be in any of you an evil and unbelieving heart.

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 Now, biblically speaking, the heart was the center,

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 the controlling center of a person's life.

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 It was the seat of their thinking, of their feeling, of their will.

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 And so whatever reigned supreme in one's heart,

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 that controlled your life.

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 And so if you can imagine evil or unbelief kind of reigning in your heart,

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 it's controlling your life.

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 And so the writer of Hebrews is saying,

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 Hey, remember that Psalm of David and the warning that he gave

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 because of the wilderness generation?

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 Take it to heart.

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 Let there not be evil, habitual evil.

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 It's chronically setting your heart on the very things that grieves God

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 and provokes him to wrath.

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 Watch out for an unbelieving heart.

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 The Greek word for that literally translates into apostasy.

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 Unbelief.

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 It's not a season of doubt or questioning.

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 It's a settled posture of heart.

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 It's a state of being.

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 It's habitual.

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 And so what he's doing here is he's warning.

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 Watch out that there's not this kind of heart,

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 these things controlling your hearts among you

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 that would cause you to fall away from the living God.

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 Remember, this is in between two calls to hold fast to Jesus

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 all the way to the end.

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 Now you might be wondering,

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 Hey, what would I be looking for in myself or in others

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 that would be kind of manifestations of evil in unbelief?

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 Well, you can just point back to the wilderness generation.

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 Grumbling, infighting.

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 Complaining.

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 Fear.

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 Being ruled by fear that God can't act for his people,

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 for the glory of his name and the good of his people.

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 Chronic postures of heart like that.

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 One of the things that Hebrews is going to raise

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 is when God's people don't gather together,

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 we neglect the coming together,

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 that can become a sign of a settled unbelief.

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 The book of Proverbs talks about that this way, 18.1.

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 Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire.

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 He breaks out against all sound judgment.

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 These are just some things that evidence a settled posture of heart

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 that is grievous in God's sight.

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 You could call it like a virus.

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 Unbelief, unchecked evil is a virus in a body of Christ,

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 in a church.

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 And the way that you kind of like address it,

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 the antidote for that virus is in verse 13.

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 But exhort one another every day,

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 as long as it's called today,

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 that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

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 So we are being exhorted to exhort one another.

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 And if you're wondering what an exhortation is,

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 it's like you're using your words to urge people on.

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 Maybe you've been to a cross-country meet or a marathon.

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 You know someone who's running in them.

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 And what you do is like the person is running,

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 and you go up to a place where they're going to pass.

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 And you're like, you keep on going.

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 You run, run, run, run, run.

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 Give me more cowbell.

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 Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding.

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 And then they pass you,

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 and then you run to the next place where they will be,

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 and you're like, go, go, go, go, go.

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 Don't give up.

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 You're urging them on.

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 You're exhorting them.

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 You're not going to say, listen to your body.

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 Don't stop running.

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 Don't do it.

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 You're going to tell them, press on.

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 Go to the end.

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 What we're being told to do here is we're to exhort one another.

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 A Christian church spurs one another on.

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 We encourage one another.

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 We exhort one another to not give up, to hold fast to Jesus,

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 to watch out for the deceitfulness of sin.

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 Don't let that rule your heart, but press on to Jesus.

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 It's the priesthood of all believers, brothers and sisters.

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 It's the household of God.

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 It's not just the pastor's job.

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 We're all to be doing it together,

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 to be encouraging one another, exhorting one another.

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 And do you notice we're to be doing this daily,

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 but exhort one another every day,

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 as long as it's called today?

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 That's impressive.

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 It also gets to the sneakiness of sin.

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 Daily, needing to be exhorted.

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 I mean, we gather on a Sunday morning every week

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 to be exhorted by God's word,

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 to press on, to not give up.

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 We send out the word of encouragement

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 to our people in our church every Thursday,

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 to press them on, to encourage them,

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 to not give up.

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 Do you know what?

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 I don't know if you know what this is.

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 This is called a cellular phone.

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 It is a computer.

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 I can send messages to people with it,

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 and I can exhort people with it.

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 I can send, today, fix your eyes on Jesus, dear brother.

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 Today, don't give up.

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 He is worthy.

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 Today, remember Jesus is the treasure hidden in the field.

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 Today, today, run for him.

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 Look for him.

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 Don't give up on him.

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 See?

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 See?

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 We can exhort one another.

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 Daily.

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 It's to keep us from being hardened.

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 The Old Testament talks about it

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 as becoming stiff-necked.

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 I hope you're seeing what's going on.

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 The preventative from hardening your heart

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 to God's word

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 is by being exhorted by God's word.

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 That's the content.

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 We exhort one another with God speaking.

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 We send texts to one another

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 of God's word addressing them.

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 Don't give up.

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 Now, I want you to see something.

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 Do you remember?

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 It's the Spirit speaking in verse 7.

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 And in chapter 1-1,

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 we read,

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 Long ago at many times and in many ways,

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 God spoke to our fathers by the prophets,

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 but in these last days,

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 he's spoken to us by his Son.

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 Today, if you hear his voice,

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 Jesus is the incarnate voice of God.

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 One of the greatest ways

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 we can exhort one another

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 is by aiming one another at Jesus,

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 the one we are to hold fast to

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 all the way to the end.

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 He is our great high priest.

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 He's seated on his throne.

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 He has grace to give in time of need.

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 We exhort to him.

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 So there's a warning.

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 There's an exhortation.

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 Unbelief should be alarming.

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 We've got to take these kind of measures

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 in order to kind of prevent it

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 from taking place.

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 There's an assurance in verse 14.

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 It's conditional.

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 For we have come to share in Christ

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 if indeed we hold our original confidence

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 firm to the end.

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 It echoes what we read in chapter 3, verse 6.

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 Notice the writer of Hebrews includes himself.

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 For we have come to share in Christ

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 if indeed we hold our original confidence firm

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 to the end.

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 He's not being presumptuous.

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 He's saying,

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 I'm going to press on and hold fast to Jesus too.

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 One of the things I want to keep on reminding you

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 through this series

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 is that a genuine saving faith

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 is a persevering faith.

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 The way that genuine faith

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 will be ultimately demonstrated

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 is if you follow Jesus

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 all the way through the end.

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 Jesus spoke about this in Matthew 24.

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 That those who will be saved

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 will persevere to the end.

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 And so what's being told to us here

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 is yes, there's no denial

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 that Jesus is the anchor of our souls.

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 The focus here

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 is on our responsibility

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 to remain faithful to him.

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 We're to persevere all the way to the end.

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 And when you are holding fast to Jesus,

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 not perfectly but faithfully,

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 it should be a confidence.

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 So how do you know

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 if you are someone holding fast to Jesus

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 or if someone is holding fast

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 or Jesus or not?

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 It's when you exhort them,

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 how do they respond to God's word?

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 Are they hardened in heart?

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 Does it bounce just off?

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 Or does it penetrate their heart?

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 Causing them to strive

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 strive to hold fast to Jesus

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 all the way to the end?

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 What happens in the rest of chapter 3

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 in verses 15 through 18,

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 we have a series of rhetorical questions

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 that's an example

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 of people who claim to be

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 part of God's people

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 who started but didn't finish.

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 that unbelief kept them

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 from entering God's rest.

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 It's a stark warning.

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 What I want you to notice

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 is in verse 12,

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 take care, brothers,

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 lest there be in any of you

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 an evil, unbelieving heart.

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 See the word unbelieving?

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 And then look at verse 19.

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 So we see that you were unable,

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 that they were unable to enter

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 because of unbelief.

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 It's that word unbelief.

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 It bookends this little passage.

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 It's what's being emphasized here.

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 It's an unbelief warning.

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 An alarm.

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 And the way that we address the alarm

00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:34.180
 is by asking the question,

00:26:34.940 --> 00:26:36.400
 oh God, is there unbelief in me?

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 Is there something in my heart

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 that I'm not trusting your word?

00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:45.640
 Either I'm grumbling or complaining

00:26:45.640 --> 00:26:47.640
 or I'm living in fear.

00:26:47.640 --> 00:26:49.539
 I'm overly anxious.

00:26:50.339 --> 00:26:51.880
 I'm withholding myself

00:26:51.880 --> 00:26:52.660
 from fellowshipping

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 with brothers and sisters.

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 Is some kind of unbelief virus in me?

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 And this week,

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 as I've been asking myself the question,

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:02.400
 God in his grace and mercy

00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:03.500
 showed me some things.

00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:06.299
 Showed me some things.

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 I needed to confess.

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 And so we respond

00:27:11.420 --> 00:27:12.640
 by allowing God's word

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 to do its work,

00:27:13.420 --> 00:27:15.380
 but then we exhort one another

00:27:15.380 --> 00:27:16.180
 with God's word.

00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:19.360
 So we gather on a Sunday morning.

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 We are exhorted by God's word.

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 We listen and read

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 and watch faithful preaching

00:27:25.960 --> 00:27:27.100
 and healthy teaching.

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 Text one another with his voice

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 to spur each other on.

00:27:33.099 --> 00:27:37.639
 Anybody been through

00:27:37.639 --> 00:27:38.559
 an airport security?

00:27:40.259 --> 00:27:40.519
 You know,

00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:41.719
 you walk into the tube thing

00:27:41.719 --> 00:27:43.759
 and this thing goes around you.

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 And then you get flagged

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 and you walk out

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 and then you get wanded.

00:27:55.660 --> 00:27:57.240
 That's how this is functioning.

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 So this passage,

00:28:00.599 --> 00:28:02.319
 this unbelief alarm

00:28:02.319 --> 00:28:03.940
 is like God's word

00:28:03.940 --> 00:28:05.140
 passing over your heart.

00:28:05.140 --> 00:28:06.560
 Beep, beep, beep.

00:28:08.259 --> 00:28:09.420
 Got some unbelief in there?

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.080
 Beep, beep.

00:28:11.400 --> 00:28:12.080
 The way you do it

00:28:12.080 --> 00:28:12.740
 is you confess it.

00:28:14.540 --> 00:28:16.460
 Don't let it bounce off.

00:28:17.660 --> 00:28:18.600
 Let it penetrate.

00:28:20.180 --> 00:28:21.660
 Let God's word do its work.

00:28:24.320 --> 00:28:25.600
 The next alarm

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 is the no entry alarm.

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 And that's in chapter 4,

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 1 through 11.

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 And what you'll notice is this.

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 Just as unbelief bookended

00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:37.079
 that last passage

00:28:37.079 --> 00:28:38.539
 in verse 12 and 19,

00:28:39.399 --> 00:28:40.559
 we have a phrase

00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:42.679
 bookending this passage.

00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:45.199
 Therefore,

00:28:45.419 --> 00:28:46.119
 while the promise

00:28:46.119 --> 00:28:47.359
 of entering his rest

00:28:47.359 --> 00:28:48.480
 still stands,

00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:50.740
 of entering his rest.

00:28:51.139 --> 00:28:51.919
 See that in 4, 1?

00:28:52.579 --> 00:28:55.559
 Now look at 4, 11.

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 Let us therefore strive

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:58.259
 to enter that rest

00:28:58.259 --> 00:29:00.819
 so that no one may fall

00:29:00.819 --> 00:29:02.319
 by the same sort of disobedience.

00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:03.879
 So this idea

00:29:03.879 --> 00:29:06.500
 of entering God's rest,

00:29:06.879 --> 00:29:09.179
 it frames this next section

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 so it's a no entry alarm.

00:29:13.099 --> 00:29:13.919
 What will keep you

00:29:13.919 --> 00:29:15.779
 from entering God's rest?

00:29:20.059 --> 00:29:20.639
 Remember,

00:29:20.779 --> 00:29:21.859
 what we're talking about here

00:29:21.859 --> 00:29:24.619
 is not an unbelief

00:29:24.619 --> 00:29:26.379
 that you see

00:29:26.379 --> 00:29:27.839
 and confess to the Lord.

00:29:27.839 --> 00:29:28.639
 we're talking about

00:29:28.639 --> 00:29:29.659
 an unbelief in someone

00:29:29.659 --> 00:29:30.699
 that they will ignore

00:29:30.699 --> 00:29:31.759
 and disregard

00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:32.720
 because they have

00:29:32.720 --> 00:29:33.500
 a hardened heart.

00:29:33.619 --> 00:29:34.259
 They don't care.

00:29:38.839 --> 00:29:39.919
 The question is,

00:29:40.720 --> 00:29:42.240
 what is this rest?

00:29:44.379 --> 00:29:46.379
 What is this rest

00:29:46.379 --> 00:29:48.459
 that it just permeates

00:29:48.459 --> 00:29:49.459
 this passage

00:29:49.459 --> 00:29:51.799
 from verses 4, 1 through 11?

00:29:51.919 --> 00:29:52.519
 It shows up

00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:53.699
 in so many different ways.

00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:55.819
 As I swore my wrath,

00:29:55.819 --> 00:29:56.960
 they shall not enter my rest,

00:29:57.039 --> 00:29:57.480
 verse 3.

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 They shall not enter my rest,

00:29:59.279 --> 00:29:59.879
 verse 5.

00:30:00.939 --> 00:30:01.559
 Verse 8,

00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:02.599
 if Joshua is able

00:30:02.599 --> 00:30:03.419
 to give them rest.

00:30:04.179 --> 00:30:04.579
 9,

00:30:04.679 --> 00:30:05.799
 there remains a Sabbath rest.

00:30:05.859 --> 00:30:06.819
 What is this rest?

00:30:07.579 --> 00:30:08.139
 Let us strive

00:30:08.139 --> 00:30:09.139
 to enter this rest.

00:30:09.279 --> 00:30:09.859
 What rest

00:30:09.859 --> 00:30:10.819
 are we talking about?

00:30:11.159 --> 00:30:12.179
 It's God's rest.

00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:14.299
 And the writer of Hebrews

00:30:14.299 --> 00:30:14.799
 says something

00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:15.399
 very interesting.

00:30:16.639 --> 00:30:17.559
 He connects it

00:30:17.559 --> 00:30:18.839
 to Genesis chapter 2.

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:21.879
 Look at verse 3 and 4

00:30:21.879 --> 00:30:22.519
 of chapter 4.

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 For we who have believed

00:30:24.500 --> 00:30:25.359
 enter that rest.

00:30:25.599 --> 00:30:25.759
 So,

00:30:26.639 --> 00:30:27.519
 belief in Jesus

00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:28.940
 gets us into God's rest

00:30:28.940 --> 00:30:29.879
 where unbelief

00:30:29.879 --> 00:30:31.319
 keeps us out of his rest.

00:30:31.639 --> 00:30:32.139
 And then he says,

00:30:32.359 --> 00:30:32.819
 as he said,

00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:33.980
 as I swore my wrath,

00:30:34.180 --> 00:30:35.980
 they shall not enter my rest,

00:30:36.220 --> 00:30:37.339
 although his works

00:30:37.339 --> 00:30:37.799
 were finished

00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:38.480
 from the foundation

00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:38.920
 of the world.

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:40.279
 For he has somewhere

00:30:40.279 --> 00:30:42.160
 spoken of the seventh day

00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:42.839
 in this way,

00:30:43.160 --> 00:30:44.079
 and God rested

00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:45.180
 on the seventh day

00:30:45.180 --> 00:30:45.920
 from all his works.

00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:47.859
 So what the Hebrews writer

00:30:47.859 --> 00:30:48.319
 is doing

00:30:48.319 --> 00:30:49.079
 is he's connecting

00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:50.079
 Genesis 2 rest

00:30:50.079 --> 00:30:51.460
 with Psalm 95 rest.

00:30:51.460 --> 00:30:52.539
 What is his rest?

00:30:54.680 --> 00:30:56.120
 What he's saying is

00:30:56.120 --> 00:30:58.340
 God's rest

00:30:58.340 --> 00:30:59.620
 actually began

00:30:59.620 --> 00:31:00.840
 in Genesis 2

00:31:00.840 --> 00:31:03.259
 when he was finished

00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:03.920
 from his work

00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:06.000
 of creating the world.

00:31:06.980 --> 00:31:08.519
 Just think about Eden.

00:31:11.079 --> 00:31:12.140
 God dwelling

00:31:12.140 --> 00:31:13.279
 with his people,

00:31:13.440 --> 00:31:14.059
 Adam and Eve,

00:31:14.640 --> 00:31:15.559
 in his place.

00:31:15.900 --> 00:31:17.420
 Eden experiencing

00:31:17.420 --> 00:31:18.420
 his peace

00:31:18.420 --> 00:31:19.840
 in his rest.

00:31:20.480 --> 00:31:20.700
 You know,

00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:21.460
 one of my favorite

00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:24.059
 verses is Genesis 3, 8

00:31:24.059 --> 00:31:26.220
 where God comes

00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:27.080
 a-walking

00:31:27.080 --> 00:31:28.100
 in the cool

00:31:28.100 --> 00:31:29.080
 of the day,

00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:29.960
 calling out

00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:30.720
 for Adam and Eve.

00:31:30.880 --> 00:31:32.840
 It was before their sin.

00:31:32.960 --> 00:31:33.620
 It was a place

00:31:33.620 --> 00:31:34.640
 of perfect peace

00:31:34.640 --> 00:31:35.600
 and rest.

00:31:37.059 --> 00:31:38.779
 Them with God

00:31:38.779 --> 00:31:40.360
 in his finished

00:31:40.360 --> 00:31:42.019
 work of creation.

00:31:42.019 --> 00:31:46.379
 but because of their unbelief

00:31:46.379 --> 00:31:47.400
 and disobedience

00:31:47.400 --> 00:31:48.099
 God removed

00:31:48.099 --> 00:31:49.940
 from his rest

00:31:49.940 --> 00:31:50.660
 and then they had

00:31:50.660 --> 00:31:51.059
 to toil.

00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:53.859
 And we were

00:31:53.859 --> 00:31:54.819
 born into

00:31:54.819 --> 00:31:55.579
 sinful toil.

00:31:57.400 --> 00:31:58.059
 And so that's the,

00:31:58.240 --> 00:31:59.180
 that's where rest

00:31:59.180 --> 00:32:00.339
 began in Eden,

00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:00.960
 right?

00:32:02.839 --> 00:32:03.639
 But then there was

00:32:03.639 --> 00:32:04.619
 another kind of rest

00:32:04.619 --> 00:32:07.079
 promised.

00:32:07.079 --> 00:32:07.220
 rest.

00:32:08.220 --> 00:32:09.179
 In 4, 2,

00:32:09.279 --> 00:32:10.019
 for good news

00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:11.159
 came to us

00:32:11.159 --> 00:32:12.279
 just as to them,

00:32:12.359 --> 00:32:12.699
 the wilderness

00:32:12.699 --> 00:32:13.399
 generation.

00:32:14.099 --> 00:32:14.659
 But the message

00:32:14.659 --> 00:32:15.139
 they heard

00:32:15.139 --> 00:32:15.819
 did not benefit

00:32:15.819 --> 00:32:16.259
 them because

00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:16.740
 they were not

00:32:16.740 --> 00:32:17.460
 united by faith

00:32:17.460 --> 00:32:17.740
 with those

00:32:17.740 --> 00:32:18.179
 who listened.

00:32:18.740 --> 00:32:19.179
 Verse 6,

00:32:19.439 --> 00:32:19.960
 since therefore

00:32:19.960 --> 00:32:20.720
 it remains for

00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:21.319
 some to enter

00:32:21.319 --> 00:32:22.099
 it, rest,

00:32:22.460 --> 00:32:23.279
 those who formerly

00:32:23.279 --> 00:32:24.019
 received the good

00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:24.240
 news,

00:32:24.359 --> 00:32:24.759
 the wilderness

00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:25.379
 generation,

00:32:25.740 --> 00:32:26.419
 failed to enter

00:32:26.419 --> 00:32:26.919
 because of

00:32:26.919 --> 00:32:27.619
 disobedience.

00:32:28.139 --> 00:32:28.899
 So there was

00:32:28.899 --> 00:32:29.659
 a promise,

00:32:29.879 --> 00:32:30.539
 good news,

00:32:30.939 --> 00:32:31.819
 proclaimed to

00:32:31.819 --> 00:32:32.399
 that wilderness

00:32:32.399 --> 00:32:32.939
 generation.

00:32:33.059 --> 00:32:33.220
 Do you know

00:32:33.220 --> 00:32:33.759
 what it was?

00:32:33.759 --> 00:32:36.079
 I'm going to

00:32:36.079 --> 00:32:36.539
 bring you out

00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:36.900
 of Egypt

00:32:36.900 --> 00:32:37.359
 and I'm going

00:32:37.359 --> 00:32:37.900
 to bring you

00:32:37.900 --> 00:32:39.299
 into Canaan,

00:32:39.940 --> 00:32:40.680
 my promised

00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:41.279
 rest,

00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:42.000
 my promised

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:42.500
 land,

00:32:42.879 --> 00:32:43.500
 flowing with

00:32:43.500 --> 00:32:44.039
 milk and

00:32:44.039 --> 00:32:44.339
 honey.

00:32:44.700 --> 00:32:45.259
 It is my

00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:45.680
 place.

00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:46.180
 You will

00:32:46.180 --> 00:32:46.599
 dwell with

00:32:46.599 --> 00:32:47.319
 me and

00:32:47.319 --> 00:32:47.619
 we will

00:32:47.619 --> 00:32:48.279
 dwell together

00:32:48.279 --> 00:32:48.879
 and it

00:32:48.879 --> 00:32:49.220
 will be

00:32:49.220 --> 00:32:49.599
 good.

00:32:49.879 --> 00:32:50.220
 We'll be

00:32:50.220 --> 00:32:50.640
 together.

00:32:50.940 --> 00:32:51.220
 You just

00:32:51.220 --> 00:32:51.500
 need to

00:32:51.500 --> 00:32:52.039
 trust and

00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:52.700
 obey me.

00:32:54.420 --> 00:32:55.019
 And they

00:32:55.019 --> 00:32:57.019
 didn't trust

00:32:57.019 --> 00:32:57.440
 and obey

00:32:57.440 --> 00:32:57.660
 him.

00:32:57.740 --> 00:32:58.099
 For 40

00:32:58.099 --> 00:32:58.519
 years they

00:32:58.519 --> 00:32:58.980
 provoked

00:32:58.980 --> 00:32:59.240
 him.

00:32:59.859 --> 00:33:00.180
 So he

00:33:00.180 --> 00:33:00.920
 swore in

00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:01.559
 his rest

00:33:01.559 --> 00:33:02.160
 or his

00:33:02.160 --> 00:33:02.400
 wrath,

00:33:02.599 --> 00:33:02.960
 you will

00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:03.740
 not enter

00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:04.819
 my rest.

00:33:05.140 --> 00:33:05.500
 No

00:33:05.500 --> 00:33:06.160
 admittance,

00:33:06.480 --> 00:33:07.200
 no thank

00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:07.440
 you,

00:33:07.559 --> 00:33:08.039
 you can't

00:33:08.039 --> 00:33:08.400
 come in

00:33:08.400 --> 00:33:10.940
 here because

00:33:10.940 --> 00:33:11.220
 of your

00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:11.779
 unbelief.

00:33:13.579 --> 00:33:13.819
 And then

00:33:13.819 --> 00:33:14.400
 in Psalm

00:33:14.400 --> 00:33:14.859
 95,

00:33:17.059 --> 00:33:18.480
 David is

00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:18.920
 talking about

00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:19.380
 a different

00:33:19.380 --> 00:33:19.799
 rest.

00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:22.059
 Because

00:33:22.059 --> 00:33:23.799
 Joshua had

00:33:23.799 --> 00:33:24.279
 brought

00:33:24.279 --> 00:33:25.180
 Israel into

00:33:25.180 --> 00:33:25.740
 the promised

00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:26.200
 land and

00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:27.259
 David wrote

00:33:27.259 --> 00:33:27.900
 Psalm 95

00:33:27.900 --> 00:33:28.859
 after Joshua.

00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:30.000
 So this is a

00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:30.460
 different kind

00:33:30.460 --> 00:33:30.960
 of rest.

00:33:32.140 --> 00:33:32.640
 The rest

00:33:32.640 --> 00:33:33.720
 of Psalm 95

00:33:33.720 --> 00:33:34.940
 is addressing

00:33:34.940 --> 00:33:35.940
 a full,

00:33:36.299 --> 00:33:36.640
 final,

00:33:37.059 --> 00:33:38.039
 and forever

00:33:38.039 --> 00:33:38.819
 rest

00:33:38.819 --> 00:33:42.600
 of God.

00:33:44.200 --> 00:33:44.940
 Not in

00:33:44.940 --> 00:33:45.259
 Canaan.

00:33:49.059 --> 00:33:49.900
 The rest

00:33:49.900 --> 00:33:50.440
 that's being

00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:51.539
 talked about

00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:51.700
 here,

00:33:51.799 --> 00:33:52.600
 this God's

00:33:52.600 --> 00:33:52.980
 rest,

00:33:53.740 --> 00:33:54.220
 well it's a

00:33:54.220 --> 00:33:54.740
 rest that

00:33:54.740 --> 00:33:55.759
 still stands.

00:33:56.100 --> 00:33:56.380
 Look at

00:33:56.380 --> 00:33:56.799
 4.1.

00:33:57.680 --> 00:33:58.019
 While the

00:33:58.019 --> 00:33:58.500
 promise of

00:33:58.500 --> 00:33:59.120
 entering his

00:33:59.120 --> 00:34:00.000
 rest still

00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:01.059
 stands,

00:34:01.180 --> 00:34:02.240
 we can still

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:02.620
 enter the

00:34:02.620 --> 00:34:03.000
 rest.

00:34:05.640 --> 00:34:06.200
 Look at

00:34:06.200 --> 00:34:06.660
 4.6.

00:34:06.819 --> 00:34:07.019
 Since

00:34:07.019 --> 00:34:07.779
 therefore it,

00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:08.679
 God's rest,

00:34:08.760 --> 00:34:09.260
 remains for

00:34:09.260 --> 00:34:09.699
 some to

00:34:09.699 --> 00:34:10.300
 enter it.

00:34:11.980 --> 00:34:12.539
 Look at

00:34:12.539 --> 00:34:13.000
 4.9.

00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:14.059
 So then

00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:14.860
 there remains

00:34:14.860 --> 00:34:15.340
 a Sabbath

00:34:15.340 --> 00:34:15.960
 rest for the

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:16.340
 people of

00:34:16.340 --> 00:34:16.599
 God, the

00:34:16.599 --> 00:34:16.960
 new covenant

00:34:16.960 --> 00:34:17.440
 people of

00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:17.639
 God.

00:34:18.639 --> 00:34:19.380
 There remains

00:34:19.380 --> 00:34:20.000
 a rest,

00:34:20.260 --> 00:34:20.679
 brothers and

00:34:20.679 --> 00:34:20.920
 sisters,

00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:21.400
 that we can

00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:21.739
 enter.

00:34:21.739 --> 00:34:25.719
 what is

00:34:25.719 --> 00:34:26.299
 this rest?

00:34:30.199 --> 00:34:30.859
 Well, let's

00:34:30.859 --> 00:34:31.239
 think about

00:34:31.239 --> 00:34:31.799
 this rest

00:34:31.799 --> 00:34:32.359
 in two

00:34:32.359 --> 00:34:35.079
 ways, as

00:34:35.079 --> 00:34:35.539
 a person

00:34:35.539 --> 00:34:36.059
 and as a

00:34:36.059 --> 00:34:36.419
 place.

00:34:39.639 --> 00:34:40.099
 God's

00:34:40.099 --> 00:34:42.159
 rest as

00:34:42.159 --> 00:34:42.619
 a person,

00:34:43.779 --> 00:34:44.019
 Jesus.

00:34:48.359 --> 00:34:48.799
 Here,

00:34:48.879 --> 00:34:49.559
 Matthew 11.

00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:53.320
 Come to

00:34:53.320 --> 00:34:53.619
 me,

00:34:54.619 --> 00:34:57.139
 all you

00:34:57.139 --> 00:34:57.619
 who labor

00:34:57.619 --> 00:34:57.920
 and are

00:34:57.920 --> 00:34:58.480
 heavy laden,

00:34:59.480 --> 00:35:00.380
 and I

00:35:00.380 --> 00:35:00.659
 will give

00:35:00.659 --> 00:35:01.199
 you rest.

00:35:03.000 --> 00:35:03.599
 Take my

00:35:03.599 --> 00:35:04.039
 yoke upon

00:35:04.039 --> 00:35:04.279
 you and

00:35:04.279 --> 00:35:04.579
 learn from

00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:04.900
 me, for

00:35:04.900 --> 00:35:05.139
 I am

00:35:05.139 --> 00:35:05.960
 gentle and

00:35:05.960 --> 00:35:06.480
 lowly and

00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:06.940
 hard, and

00:35:06.940 --> 00:35:07.179
 you will

00:35:07.179 --> 00:35:07.779
 find rest

00:35:07.779 --> 00:35:08.199
 for your

00:35:08.199 --> 00:35:08.860
 souls, for

00:35:08.860 --> 00:35:09.420
 my yoke is

00:35:09.420 --> 00:35:10.179
 easy and

00:35:10.179 --> 00:35:10.699
 my burden

00:35:10.699 --> 00:35:11.360
 is light.

00:35:11.440 --> 00:35:12.000
 Jesus is

00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:12.880
 rest incarnate.

00:35:13.199 --> 00:35:13.880
 And so our

00:35:13.880 --> 00:35:14.559
 rest as

00:35:14.559 --> 00:35:15.480
 Christians begins

00:35:15.480 --> 00:35:16.239
 with a

00:35:16.239 --> 00:35:17.559
 relationship with

00:35:17.559 --> 00:35:18.340
 Jesus who is

00:35:18.340 --> 00:35:18.739
 alive.

00:35:19.559 --> 00:35:21.159
 we don't

00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:21.639
 have to work

00:35:21.639 --> 00:35:23.219
 anymore for

00:35:23.219 --> 00:35:23.739
 salvation.

00:35:24.799 --> 00:35:25.340
 He's

00:35:25.340 --> 00:35:25.960
 accomplished it

00:35:25.960 --> 00:35:26.460
 for us.

00:35:26.820 --> 00:35:27.259
 He is our

00:35:27.259 --> 00:35:27.719
 peace.

00:35:31.659 --> 00:35:32.420
 But this

00:35:32.420 --> 00:35:33.039
 rest is not

00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:33.699
 just a person,

00:35:33.799 --> 00:35:34.420
 it's a place.

00:35:36.960 --> 00:35:37.519
 Jesus,

00:35:37.840 --> 00:35:38.480
 starting a

00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:39.179
 relationship with

00:35:39.179 --> 00:35:40.159
 him is the

00:35:40.159 --> 00:35:41.299
 beginning of

00:35:41.299 --> 00:35:42.219
 our entrance

00:35:42.219 --> 00:35:43.340
 into God's

00:35:43.340 --> 00:35:44.099
 rest, but

00:35:44.099 --> 00:35:44.519
 the full,

00:35:44.739 --> 00:35:45.460
 final, and

00:35:45.460 --> 00:35:46.519
 forever rest,

00:35:46.840 --> 00:35:47.460
 that's a

00:35:47.460 --> 00:35:47.880
 place.

00:35:47.880 --> 00:35:50.260
 and the

00:35:50.260 --> 00:35:50.579
 writer of

00:35:50.579 --> 00:35:51.099
 Hebrews talks

00:35:51.099 --> 00:35:51.519
 about it.

00:35:52.539 --> 00:35:53.119
 Would you

00:35:53.119 --> 00:35:54.260
 open up to

00:35:54.260 --> 00:35:54.900
 Hebrews chapter

00:35:54.900 --> 00:35:55.200
 11?

00:35:55.260 --> 00:35:55.640
 Let me just

00:35:55.640 --> 00:35:56.099
 show you a

00:35:56.099 --> 00:35:56.820
 couple spots.

00:35:59.260 --> 00:35:59.480
 Hebrews

00:35:59.480 --> 00:36:00.099
 chapter 11

00:36:00.099 --> 00:36:00.640
 verse 10.

00:36:02.619 --> 00:36:03.119
 Speaking of

00:36:03.119 --> 00:36:03.800
 Jacob, for

00:36:03.800 --> 00:36:04.500
 he, Jacob,

00:36:04.599 --> 00:36:05.000
 was looking

00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:05.579
 forward to

00:36:05.579 --> 00:36:06.240
 the city

00:36:06.240 --> 00:36:07.440
 that has

00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:08.140
 foundations

00:36:08.140 --> 00:36:09.860
 whose designer

00:36:09.860 --> 00:36:10.440
 and builder

00:36:10.440 --> 00:36:11.059
 is God.

00:36:12.300 --> 00:36:13.079
 Our full,

00:36:13.280 --> 00:36:13.860
 final, and

00:36:13.860 --> 00:36:14.720
 forever place

00:36:14.720 --> 00:36:16.039
 is a city

00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:16.779
 not built

00:36:16.779 --> 00:36:17.259
 by human

00:36:17.259 --> 00:36:17.699
 hands,

00:36:19.019 --> 00:36:19.420
 built by

00:36:19.420 --> 00:36:19.739
 God.

00:36:21.239 --> 00:36:21.759
 In verses

00:36:21.759 --> 00:36:22.739
 13 through

00:36:22.739 --> 00:36:24.539
 16, we

00:36:24.539 --> 00:36:25.039
 see this,

00:36:25.159 --> 00:36:25.500
 these all

00:36:25.500 --> 00:36:26.019
 died in the

00:36:26.019 --> 00:36:26.460
 faith, not

00:36:26.460 --> 00:36:27.119
 having received

00:36:27.119 --> 00:36:27.480
 the things

00:36:27.480 --> 00:36:28.179
 promised, but

00:36:28.179 --> 00:36:29.059
 having seen

00:36:29.059 --> 00:36:29.380
 them, this is

00:36:29.380 --> 00:36:29.900
 chapter 11,

00:36:30.159 --> 00:36:30.559
 but having

00:36:30.559 --> 00:36:31.259
 seen them and

00:36:31.259 --> 00:36:31.639
 greeted them

00:36:31.639 --> 00:36:32.400
 from afar, and

00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:33.599
 having acknowledged

00:36:33.599 --> 00:36:34.579
 that they were

00:36:34.579 --> 00:36:35.460
 strangers and

00:36:35.460 --> 00:36:36.279
 exiles on the

00:36:36.279 --> 00:36:36.739
 earth, for

00:36:36.739 --> 00:36:37.219
 people who

00:36:37.219 --> 00:36:37.920
 speak thus,

00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:38.480
 make it clear

00:36:38.480 --> 00:36:38.940
 that they are

00:36:38.940 --> 00:36:39.440
 seeking a

00:36:39.440 --> 00:36:39.759
 homeland.

00:36:41.440 --> 00:36:42.139
 If they had

00:36:42.139 --> 00:36:42.500
 been thinking

00:36:42.500 --> 00:36:43.320
 of their land

00:36:43.320 --> 00:36:43.860
 from which they

00:36:43.860 --> 00:36:44.480
 had gone out,

00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:44.880
 they would

00:36:44.880 --> 00:36:45.219
 have had

00:36:45.219 --> 00:36:45.899
 opportunity to

00:36:45.899 --> 00:36:46.399
 return, but

00:36:46.399 --> 00:36:47.439
 as it is, they

00:36:47.439 --> 00:36:48.179
 desire a better

00:36:48.179 --> 00:36:48.980
 country that is

00:36:48.980 --> 00:36:49.779
 a heavenly one.

00:36:50.139 --> 00:36:50.599
 Therefore, God

00:36:50.599 --> 00:36:51.179
 is not ashamed

00:36:51.179 --> 00:36:51.519
 that he called

00:36:51.519 --> 00:36:52.019
 their God, for

00:36:52.019 --> 00:36:52.679
 he has prepared

00:36:52.679 --> 00:36:54.139
 for them a

00:36:54.139 --> 00:36:54.359
 city.

00:36:57.599 --> 00:36:58.379
 The place of

00:36:58.379 --> 00:36:59.859
 full, final,

00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:00.559
 and forever

00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:01.259
 rest.

00:37:01.579 --> 00:37:02.199
 Chapter 12,

00:37:02.319 --> 00:37:02.980
 verse 22,

00:37:03.359 --> 00:37:03.819
 but you have

00:37:03.819 --> 00:37:04.319
 come to

00:37:04.319 --> 00:37:04.919
 Mount Zion

00:37:04.919 --> 00:37:05.480
 and the city

00:37:05.480 --> 00:37:05.879
 of the living

00:37:05.879 --> 00:37:06.739
 God, the

00:37:06.739 --> 00:37:07.579
 heavenly Jerusalem

00:37:07.579 --> 00:37:08.059
 and to

00:37:08.059 --> 00:37:08.819
 innumerable

00:37:08.819 --> 00:37:09.419
 angels and

00:37:09.419 --> 00:37:09.759
 festal

00:37:09.759 --> 00:37:10.779
 gathering, and

00:37:10.779 --> 00:37:11.019
 to the

00:37:11.019 --> 00:37:11.579
 assembly of

00:37:11.579 --> 00:37:12.219
 the firstborn

00:37:12.219 --> 00:37:12.579
 who are

00:37:12.579 --> 00:37:13.119
 enrolled in

00:37:13.119 --> 00:37:13.480
 heaven and

00:37:13.480 --> 00:37:13.939
 to God, the

00:37:13.939 --> 00:37:14.319
 judge of

00:37:14.319 --> 00:37:15.039
 all, and

00:37:15.039 --> 00:37:15.500
 the spirit

00:37:15.500 --> 00:37:15.779
 of the

00:37:15.779 --> 00:37:15.980
 righteous

00:37:15.980 --> 00:37:16.599
 made perfect

00:37:16.599 --> 00:37:16.900
 and to

00:37:16.900 --> 00:37:17.579
 Jesus, the

00:37:17.579 --> 00:37:18.119
 mediator of

00:37:18.119 --> 00:37:18.360
 a new

00:37:18.360 --> 00:37:18.679
 covenant.

00:37:20.820 --> 00:37:21.159
 It's a

00:37:21.159 --> 00:37:21.440
 city.

00:37:23.199 --> 00:37:23.519
 Revelation

00:37:23.519 --> 00:37:25.279
 21, 22,

00:37:25.420 --> 00:37:25.880
 talk about

00:37:25.880 --> 00:37:26.900
 this heavenly

00:37:26.900 --> 00:37:28.380
 Jerusalem as

00:37:28.380 --> 00:37:28.800
 when after

00:37:28.800 --> 00:37:29.659
 Jesus returns,

00:37:29.820 --> 00:37:30.920
 it descends

00:37:30.920 --> 00:37:32.400
 upon the

00:37:32.400 --> 00:37:33.340
 new earth,

00:37:33.699 --> 00:37:34.539
 and God

00:37:34.539 --> 00:37:36.320
 dwells with

00:37:36.320 --> 00:37:37.559
 his people

00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:39.539
 forever in

00:37:39.539 --> 00:37:40.980
 his place in

00:37:40.980 --> 00:37:41.860
 perfect peace.

00:37:41.860 --> 00:37:41.940
 Peace.

00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:41.940


00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:41.940


00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:41.940


00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:41.940


00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:41.940


00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:41.940


00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:41.940


00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:41.940


00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:42.940
 Peace.

00:37:45.039 --> 00:37:46.719
 that's God's

00:37:46.719 --> 00:37:47.059
 rest.

00:37:48.920 --> 00:37:49.779
 Starts in a

00:37:49.779 --> 00:37:50.460
 relationship with

00:37:50.460 --> 00:37:51.599
 Jesus, and

00:37:51.599 --> 00:37:52.840
 it comes to

00:37:52.840 --> 00:37:54.880
 fruition in

00:37:54.880 --> 00:37:55.320
 the heavenly

00:37:55.320 --> 00:37:55.980
 Jerusalem.

00:37:56.639 --> 00:37:57.380
 Full, final,

00:37:57.940 --> 00:37:58.460
 and forever

00:37:58.460 --> 00:37:58.779
 peace.

00:37:58.860 --> 00:37:58.980
 Do you

00:37:58.980 --> 00:37:59.279
 remember?

00:38:00.199 --> 00:38:00.659
 Before you

00:38:00.659 --> 00:38:01.079
 became a

00:38:01.079 --> 00:38:01.940
 Christian, God

00:38:01.940 --> 00:38:02.460
 was a threat

00:38:02.460 --> 00:38:03.019
 to you, you

00:38:03.019 --> 00:38:03.460
 were a threat

00:38:03.460 --> 00:38:04.159
 to yourself,

00:38:04.619 --> 00:38:05.519
 relationships were

00:38:05.519 --> 00:38:06.360
 threatening, this

00:38:06.360 --> 00:38:07.619
 creation was

00:38:07.619 --> 00:38:08.360
 threatening with

00:38:08.360 --> 00:38:09.400
 claws and teeth

00:38:09.400 --> 00:38:11.340
 at you, but

00:38:11.340 --> 00:38:12.059
 now what we're

00:38:12.059 --> 00:38:13.179
 looking at is in

00:38:13.179 --> 00:38:13.440
 the new

00:38:13.440 --> 00:38:14.500
 Jerusalem, there

00:38:14.500 --> 00:38:15.779
 is no more

00:38:15.779 --> 00:38:16.219
 threat.

00:38:19.019 --> 00:38:19.859
 Nothing but

00:38:19.859 --> 00:38:21.579
 peace, nothing

00:38:21.579 --> 00:38:22.259
 but rest.

00:38:23.539 --> 00:38:24.940
 With God, with

00:38:24.940 --> 00:38:26.259
 yourself, others,

00:38:27.419 --> 00:38:29.279
 in the seven

00:38:29.279 --> 00:38:30.219
 Siberian tigers

00:38:30.219 --> 00:38:32.019
 I'll have as

00:38:32.019 --> 00:38:32.319
 pets.

00:38:33.980 --> 00:38:34.919
 No threat.

00:38:38.419 --> 00:38:39.199
 Do you know

00:38:39.199 --> 00:38:39.579
 what will keep

00:38:39.579 --> 00:38:39.879
 you out of

00:38:39.879 --> 00:38:40.059
 that?

00:38:40.059 --> 00:38:41.059
 No.

00:38:43.179 --> 00:38:43.699
 Chronic

00:38:43.699 --> 00:38:44.299
 unbelief.

00:38:48.019 --> 00:38:48.579
 Unrepentant,

00:38:48.739 --> 00:38:49.759
 unchecked,

00:38:50.799 --> 00:38:51.539
 unbelief.

00:38:53.519 --> 00:38:54.359
 That's a

00:38:54.359 --> 00:38:56.159
 rejecting of

00:38:56.159 --> 00:38:56.579
 Christ.

00:39:03.139 --> 00:39:04.179
 Jenny, Mary,

00:39:04.259 --> 00:39:04.679
 and me were in

00:39:04.679 --> 00:39:05.119
 New York City

00:39:05.119 --> 00:39:05.799
 this past summer

00:39:05.799 --> 00:39:07.019
 and we were

00:39:07.019 --> 00:39:07.460
 riding the

00:39:07.460 --> 00:39:08.839
 subway and you

00:39:08.839 --> 00:39:09.460
 have this key

00:39:09.460 --> 00:39:10.519
 card and in

00:39:10.519 --> 00:39:10.899
 order to get on

00:39:10.899 --> 00:39:11.359
 the subway you

00:39:11.359 --> 00:39:11.799
 have to go

00:39:11.800 --> 00:39:14.420
 and you'll

00:39:14.420 --> 00:39:15.120
 either get up

00:39:15.120 --> 00:39:16.460
 and you're

00:39:16.460 --> 00:39:18.080
 locked or

00:39:18.080 --> 00:39:18.920
 you'll get a

00:39:18.920 --> 00:39:19.820
 green light

00:39:19.820 --> 00:39:20.480
 and a

00:39:20.480 --> 00:39:24.260
 and so if

00:39:24.260 --> 00:39:24.519
 you have the

00:39:24.519 --> 00:39:24.840
 right key

00:39:24.840 --> 00:39:27.519
 card, you

00:39:27.519 --> 00:39:28.140
 can enter.

00:39:30.320 --> 00:39:31.160
 The right key

00:39:31.160 --> 00:39:33.560
 card is

00:39:33.560 --> 00:39:36.800
 Jesus, the

00:39:36.800 --> 00:39:37.300
 one who died

00:39:37.300 --> 00:39:38.019
 for our sins,

00:39:38.480 --> 00:39:39.220
 the one who's

00:39:39.220 --> 00:39:39.740
 been raised from

00:39:39.740 --> 00:39:41.100
 the dead, the

00:39:41.099 --> 00:39:41.659
 one who sits

00:39:41.659 --> 00:39:42.420
 on his throne,

00:39:43.019 --> 00:39:43.699
 the one who's

00:39:43.699 --> 00:39:44.460
 coming back and

00:39:44.460 --> 00:39:44.980
 we're one day

00:39:44.980 --> 00:39:45.420
 closer.

00:39:48.259 --> 00:39:50.420
 This is a

00:39:50.420 --> 00:39:51.079
 no entry

00:39:51.079 --> 00:39:51.579
 alarm.

00:39:53.199 --> 00:39:54.099
 Do you have

00:39:54.099 --> 00:39:54.440
 Jesus?

00:39:54.619 --> 00:39:55.339
 Are you holding

00:39:55.339 --> 00:39:56.239
 fast to him?

00:39:57.920 --> 00:39:58.360
 Now,

00:39:58.940 --> 00:39:59.440
 today,

00:39:59.639 --> 00:40:00.920
 are you trusting

00:40:00.920 --> 00:40:01.219
 him?

00:40:03.380 --> 00:40:04.079
 There's two

00:40:04.079 --> 00:40:04.980
 responses from

00:40:04.980 --> 00:40:05.679
 this passage

00:40:05.679 --> 00:40:07.159
 itself of how

00:40:07.159 --> 00:40:07.860
 to respond.

00:40:07.860 --> 00:40:09.860
 God's

00:40:09.860 --> 00:40:10.860
 love.

00:40:10.860 --> 00:40:11.200
 We see the

00:40:11.200 --> 00:40:12.300
 one in

00:40:12.300 --> 00:40:11.079
 chapter 4,

00:40:11.160 --> 00:40:11.700
 verse 1.

00:40:12.660 --> 00:40:12.860
 Therefore,

00:40:13.539 --> 00:40:13.980
 while the

00:40:13.980 --> 00:40:14.460
 promise of

00:40:14.460 --> 00:40:14.940
 entering his

00:40:14.940 --> 00:40:15.360
 rest still

00:40:15.360 --> 00:40:16.039
 stands, let

00:40:16.039 --> 00:40:16.800
 us fear,

00:40:18.700 --> 00:40:20.780
 lest any

00:40:20.780 --> 00:40:21.240
 of you should

00:40:21.240 --> 00:40:21.840
 seem to have

00:40:21.840 --> 00:40:22.320
 failed to

00:40:22.320 --> 00:40:22.640
 reach it.

00:40:22.840 --> 00:40:23.840
 The fear is

00:40:23.840 --> 00:40:24.579
 that someone

00:40:24.579 --> 00:40:25.559
 in this room

00:40:25.559 --> 00:40:27.000
 fails to

00:40:27.000 --> 00:40:28.180
 enter God's

00:40:28.180 --> 00:40:28.500
 rest.

00:40:28.740 --> 00:40:29.200
 That's the

00:40:29.200 --> 00:40:29.480
 fear.

00:40:30.760 --> 00:40:31.460
 Because of

00:40:31.460 --> 00:40:32.019
 unbelief.

00:40:33.780 --> 00:40:34.860
 Because sin

00:40:34.860 --> 00:40:35.200
 had hardened

00:40:35.200 --> 00:40:35.740
 their hearts.

00:40:35.740 --> 00:40:36.180
 Because

00:40:37.860 --> 00:40:38.920
 the other

00:40:38.920 --> 00:40:40.220
 way to

00:40:40.220 --> 00:40:40.740
 respond is

00:40:40.740 --> 00:40:41.039
 in verse

00:40:41.039 --> 00:40:41.420
 11.

00:40:42.620 --> 00:40:42.900
 Let us

00:40:42.900 --> 00:40:43.760
 therefore strive

00:40:43.760 --> 00:40:44.599
 to enter

00:40:44.599 --> 00:40:45.320
 that rest

00:40:45.320 --> 00:40:46.019
 so that no

00:40:46.019 --> 00:40:46.680
 one may fall

00:40:46.680 --> 00:40:47.240
 by the same

00:40:47.240 --> 00:40:47.660
 sort of

00:40:47.660 --> 00:40:48.240
 disobedience

00:40:48.240 --> 00:40:48.539
 of the

00:40:48.539 --> 00:40:48.780
 wilderness

00:40:48.780 --> 00:40:49.360
 generation

00:40:49.360 --> 00:40:51.200
 type of

00:40:51.200 --> 00:40:51.780
 unbelief.

00:40:54.400 --> 00:40:54.900
 That

00:40:54.900 --> 00:40:55.980
 strive to

00:40:55.980 --> 00:40:56.700
 enter his

00:40:56.700 --> 00:40:57.260
 rest might

00:40:57.260 --> 00:40:57.720
 sound like

00:40:57.720 --> 00:40:58.620
 an oxymoron

00:40:58.620 --> 00:40:58.900
 in your

00:40:58.900 --> 00:40:59.440
 ears, like

00:40:59.440 --> 00:41:00.120
 a contradiction

00:41:00.120 --> 00:41:00.860
 in terms.

00:41:02.500 --> 00:41:03.140
 But it's

00:41:03.140 --> 00:41:03.420
 what the

00:41:03.420 --> 00:41:03.800
 writer of

00:41:03.800 --> 00:41:04.260
 Hebrews has

00:41:04.260 --> 00:41:04.620
 been saying

00:41:04.620 --> 00:41:05.140
 all along.

00:41:06.460 --> 00:41:06.780
 It's just

00:41:06.780 --> 00:41:07.240
 another way of

00:41:07.239 --> 00:41:07.659
 talking about

00:41:07.659 --> 00:41:08.879
 holding fast

00:41:08.879 --> 00:41:09.679
 to Jesus

00:41:09.679 --> 00:41:11.139
 all the

00:41:11.139 --> 00:41:11.519
 way to

00:41:11.519 --> 00:41:12.099
 the end.

00:41:13.299 --> 00:41:13.839
 Strive

00:41:13.839 --> 00:41:14.939
 to enter

00:41:14.939 --> 00:41:16.219
 that full

00:41:16.219 --> 00:41:17.219
 final

00:41:17.219 --> 00:41:18.659
 and forever

00:41:18.659 --> 00:41:20.139
 rest.

00:41:21.419 --> 00:41:22.339
 The strive

00:41:22.339 --> 00:41:22.779
 means to

00:41:22.779 --> 00:41:23.079
 do your

00:41:23.079 --> 00:41:23.479
 best.

00:41:24.659 --> 00:41:25.339
 What's being

00:41:25.339 --> 00:41:25.799
 talked about

00:41:25.799 --> 00:41:26.419
 here is not

00:41:26.419 --> 00:41:27.719
 minimal what

00:41:27.719 --> 00:41:28.339
 you can do,

00:41:28.899 --> 00:41:29.899
 it's maximal

00:41:29.899 --> 00:41:30.899
 what you do.

00:41:32.079 --> 00:41:33.039
 It's not

00:41:33.039 --> 00:41:34.679
 casually

00:41:34.679 --> 00:41:35.899
 drifting into

00:41:35.900 --> 00:41:36.200
 the new

00:41:36.200 --> 00:41:36.660
 Jerusalem,

00:41:37.180 --> 00:41:38.519
 it's

00:41:38.519 --> 00:41:39.360
 purposefully

00:41:39.360 --> 00:41:40.180
 striding

00:41:40.180 --> 00:41:41.059
 into the

00:41:41.059 --> 00:41:41.200
 new

00:41:41.200 --> 00:41:41.639
 Jerusalem.

00:41:43.340 --> 00:41:43.900
 It's

00:41:43.900 --> 00:41:44.200
 finishing

00:41:44.200 --> 00:41:44.740
 strong,

00:41:45.400 --> 00:41:46.000
 it's doing

00:41:46.000 --> 00:41:46.639
 your best,

00:41:47.000 --> 00:41:47.780
 not because

00:41:47.780 --> 00:41:48.559
 your salvation

00:41:48.559 --> 00:41:49.200
 depends on

00:41:49.200 --> 00:41:49.380
 it,

00:41:49.860 --> 00:41:51.019
 because you

00:41:51.019 --> 00:41:51.500
 have been

00:41:51.500 --> 00:41:51.920
 saved,

00:41:52.420 --> 00:41:52.740
 genuinely,

00:41:53.220 --> 00:41:54.380
 and you're

00:41:54.380 --> 00:41:54.860
 just working

00:41:54.860 --> 00:41:55.200
 it out.

00:41:57.480 --> 00:41:58.460
 This is

00:41:58.460 --> 00:41:59.639
 the no

00:41:59.639 --> 00:42:00.360
 entry alarm.

00:42:00.360 --> 00:42:00.380
 alarm.

00:42:02.099 --> 00:42:02.900
 The last

00:42:02.900 --> 00:42:04.820
 alarm is

00:42:04.820 --> 00:42:05.200
 in chapter

00:42:05.200 --> 00:42:05.640
 three,

00:42:06.019 --> 00:42:06.480
 chapter four,

00:42:06.559 --> 00:42:06.880
 excuse me,

00:42:06.960 --> 00:42:07.460
 verses 12

00:42:07.460 --> 00:42:07.960
 and 13.

00:42:09.200 --> 00:42:09.900
 And for the

00:42:09.900 --> 00:42:10.360
 sake of time,

00:42:10.420 --> 00:42:10.840
 I just want

00:42:10.840 --> 00:42:11.300
 to point you

00:42:11.300 --> 00:42:12.400
 to two

00:42:12.400 --> 00:42:12.820
 things,

00:42:13.380 --> 00:42:14.019
 that the

00:42:14.019 --> 00:42:14.400
 word of

00:42:14.400 --> 00:42:14.860
 God is

00:42:14.860 --> 00:42:15.260
 living and

00:42:15.260 --> 00:42:15.620
 active.

00:42:17.099 --> 00:42:17.579
 It

00:42:17.579 --> 00:42:19.620
 penetrates.

00:42:20.900 --> 00:42:21.340
 It's

00:42:21.340 --> 00:42:22.039
 sharper than

00:42:22.039 --> 00:42:22.720
 a two-edged

00:42:22.720 --> 00:42:23.019
 sword.

00:42:23.200 --> 00:42:23.780
 The two-edged

00:42:23.780 --> 00:42:25.280
 sword is a

00:42:25.280 --> 00:42:25.800
 sword that was

00:42:25.800 --> 00:42:26.640
 designed for

00:42:26.640 --> 00:42:27.940
 not slicing

00:42:27.940 --> 00:42:28.579
 and cutting,

00:42:28.920 --> 00:42:29.320
 but for

00:42:29.320 --> 00:42:29.820
 piercing.

00:42:30.360 --> 00:42:30.760
 For

00:42:30.760 --> 00:42:31.480
 penetrating,

00:42:31.960 --> 00:42:32.599
 for dividing,

00:42:33.059 --> 00:42:33.500
 for doing

00:42:33.500 --> 00:42:34.280
 deep damage.

00:42:35.460 --> 00:42:35.820
 In this

00:42:35.820 --> 00:42:36.160
 case,

00:42:37.340 --> 00:42:37.960
 deep good.

00:42:40.000 --> 00:42:40.460
 This

00:42:40.460 --> 00:42:41.300
 word of

00:42:41.300 --> 00:42:42.539
 God that

00:42:42.539 --> 00:42:43.519
 pierces

00:42:43.519 --> 00:42:45.820
 dividing soul

00:42:45.820 --> 00:42:46.280
 and spirit,

00:42:46.420 --> 00:42:46.780
 joints and

00:42:46.780 --> 00:42:47.019
 marrow,

00:42:47.160 --> 00:42:47.680
 discerning the

00:42:47.680 --> 00:42:48.039
 thoughts and

00:42:48.039 --> 00:42:48.599
 intentions of

00:42:48.599 --> 00:42:48.860
 the heart.

00:42:49.099 --> 00:42:49.360
 Do you know

00:42:49.360 --> 00:42:49.700
 what's being

00:42:49.700 --> 00:42:50.480
 described here?

00:42:51.920 --> 00:42:52.720
 It's the

00:42:52.720 --> 00:42:54.760
 opposite of

00:42:54.760 --> 00:42:55.079
 a hard

00:42:55.079 --> 00:42:55.320
 heart.

00:42:57.320 --> 00:42:58.280
 It's not

00:42:58.280 --> 00:42:58.760
 a hard

00:42:58.760 --> 00:43:00.160
 heart that

00:43:00.159 --> 00:43:00.579
 God's word

00:43:00.579 --> 00:43:01.379
 just bounces

00:43:01.379 --> 00:43:02.179
 off because

00:43:02.179 --> 00:43:02.440
 of the

00:43:02.440 --> 00:43:03.299
 hardness and

00:43:03.299 --> 00:43:03.980
 unbelief of

00:43:03.980 --> 00:43:04.519
 the person.

00:43:04.899 --> 00:43:05.039
 No,

00:43:05.119 --> 00:43:05.619
 this is a

00:43:05.619 --> 00:43:06.440
 heart that

00:43:06.440 --> 00:43:07.460
 is open

00:43:07.460 --> 00:43:08.420
 to God's

00:43:08.420 --> 00:43:09.339
 word and

00:43:09.339 --> 00:43:10.359
 says things

00:43:10.359 --> 00:43:10.719
 like,

00:43:10.859 --> 00:43:11.179
 oh God,

00:43:11.239 --> 00:43:11.559
 have your

00:43:11.559 --> 00:43:12.199
 work in

00:43:12.199 --> 00:43:12.480
 me.

00:43:13.500 --> 00:43:14.299
 Show me

00:43:14.299 --> 00:43:15.279
 any

00:43:15.279 --> 00:43:15.879
 unbelief in

00:43:15.879 --> 00:43:16.259
 my heart.

00:43:18.259 --> 00:43:19.099
 Help me put

00:43:19.099 --> 00:43:19.559
 to death

00:43:19.559 --> 00:43:21.019
 what grieves

00:43:21.019 --> 00:43:21.719
 you and would

00:43:21.719 --> 00:43:22.199
 you bring to

00:43:22.199 --> 00:43:22.839
 life faith and

00:43:22.839 --> 00:43:23.199
 obedience.

00:43:25.019 --> 00:43:25.659
 Use your

00:43:25.659 --> 00:43:26.579
 word to

00:43:26.579 --> 00:43:27.519
 deeply

00:43:27.519 --> 00:43:28.539
 address my

00:43:28.539 --> 00:43:29.079
 innermost

00:43:29.079 --> 00:43:30.019
 being so

00:43:30.019 --> 00:43:30.360
 that I

00:43:30.360 --> 00:43:31.319
 can wholeheartedly

00:43:31.319 --> 00:43:31.880
 live for

00:43:31.880 --> 00:43:32.239
 you.

00:43:37.039 --> 00:43:37.920
 This word

00:43:37.920 --> 00:43:38.639
 of God is

00:43:38.639 --> 00:43:39.139
 literally

00:43:39.139 --> 00:43:40.099
 logos of

00:43:40.099 --> 00:43:40.420
 God.

00:43:42.519 --> 00:43:43.199
 And this

00:43:43.199 --> 00:43:44.079
 section begins

00:43:44.079 --> 00:43:45.539
 with 412,

00:43:46.259 --> 00:43:46.480
 for the

00:43:46.480 --> 00:43:47.000
 logos of

00:43:47.000 --> 00:43:47.480
 God and

00:43:47.480 --> 00:43:48.019
 it ends

00:43:48.019 --> 00:43:48.319
 with a

00:43:48.319 --> 00:43:49.360
 logos to

00:43:49.360 --> 00:43:49.759
 whom we

00:43:49.759 --> 00:43:50.360
 must give

00:43:50.360 --> 00:43:51.019
 a logos

00:43:51.019 --> 00:43:51.779
 account.

00:43:52.000 --> 00:43:52.579
 It's framed

00:43:52.579 --> 00:43:53.340
 with word,

00:43:54.199 --> 00:43:54.759
 framed with

00:43:54.759 --> 00:43:55.480
 giving account.

00:43:55.480 --> 00:43:56.960
 And so

00:43:56.960 --> 00:43:57.619
 that last

00:43:57.619 --> 00:43:58.280
 verse,

00:43:58.440 --> 00:43:59.240
 verse 13,

00:43:59.420 --> 00:43:59.820
 is this

00:43:59.820 --> 00:44:00.940
 judgment

00:44:00.940 --> 00:44:01.539
 alarm.

00:44:02.380 --> 00:44:02.920
 All of us

00:44:02.920 --> 00:44:03.679
 in the room

00:44:03.679 --> 00:44:04.380
 will stand

00:44:04.380 --> 00:44:05.420
 before the

00:44:05.420 --> 00:44:06.099
 living God

00:44:06.099 --> 00:44:06.940
 to have to

00:44:06.940 --> 00:44:07.240
 give an

00:44:07.240 --> 00:44:07.639
 account,

00:44:07.800 --> 00:44:08.280
 a word,

00:44:08.559 --> 00:44:09.340
 for every

00:44:09.340 --> 00:44:10.340
 single day

00:44:10.340 --> 00:44:10.740
 of our

00:44:10.740 --> 00:44:11.340
 lives.

00:44:12.179 --> 00:44:13.039
 Every day.

00:44:15.559 --> 00:44:16.440
 For those

00:44:16.440 --> 00:44:17.179
 who strive

00:44:17.179 --> 00:44:17.679
 to enter

00:44:17.679 --> 00:44:18.940
 the new

00:44:18.940 --> 00:44:19.360
 Jerusalem,

00:44:19.519 --> 00:44:20.019
 God's rest,

00:44:20.480 --> 00:44:21.059
 who have

00:44:21.059 --> 00:44:21.740
 opened their

00:44:21.740 --> 00:44:22.740
 hearts for

00:44:22.740 --> 00:44:23.380
 God to do

00:44:23.380 --> 00:44:24.079
 the piercing

00:44:24.079 --> 00:44:24.699
 work of

00:44:24.699 --> 00:44:25.099
 his word

00:44:25.099 --> 00:44:25.719
 that judges

00:44:25.719 --> 00:44:26.380
 our hearts

00:44:26.380 --> 00:44:27.940
 to kill

00:44:27.940 --> 00:44:28.500
 sin and

00:44:28.500 --> 00:44:28.920
 bring to

00:44:28.920 --> 00:44:29.319
 life what

00:44:29.319 --> 00:44:29.920
 pleases the

00:44:29.920 --> 00:44:30.219
 God,

00:44:30.420 --> 00:44:31.380
 that day

00:44:31.380 --> 00:44:32.179
 is not

00:44:32.179 --> 00:44:32.619
 something you

00:44:32.619 --> 00:44:32.860
 fear.

00:44:34.759 --> 00:44:35.400
 That's a

00:44:35.400 --> 00:44:35.679
 day you

00:44:35.679 --> 00:44:36.079
 look forward

00:44:36.079 --> 00:44:36.380
 to,

00:44:37.380 --> 00:44:38.079
 where you

00:44:38.079 --> 00:44:38.719
 hear your

00:44:38.719 --> 00:44:39.500
 Savior say,

00:44:40.619 --> 00:44:41.239
 well done,

00:44:41.360 --> 00:44:41.679
 good and

00:44:41.679 --> 00:44:42.400
 faithful servant.

00:44:43.440 --> 00:44:43.860
 Come,

00:44:44.099 --> 00:44:44.860
 enter the

00:44:44.860 --> 00:44:45.179
 joy,

00:44:45.299 --> 00:44:46.139
 the rest

00:44:46.139 --> 00:44:47.019
 of your

00:44:47.019 --> 00:44:47.500
 master.

00:44:49.639 --> 00:44:50.339
 But for

00:44:50.339 --> 00:44:51.139
 those who

00:44:51.139 --> 00:44:52.319
 have hardened

00:44:52.319 --> 00:44:52.759
 hearts,

00:44:52.760 --> 00:44:57.240
 God is

00:44:57.240 --> 00:44:57.680
 sworn in

00:44:57.680 --> 00:44:58.220
 his wrath,

00:44:59.080 --> 00:44:59.440
 you will

00:44:59.440 --> 00:44:59.940
 not enter

00:44:59.940 --> 00:45:00.520
 his rest.

00:45:01.720 --> 00:45:02.520
 You can't

00:45:02.520 --> 00:45:03.060
 hide from

00:45:03.060 --> 00:45:03.260
 him.

00:45:04.300 --> 00:45:04.900
 You can't

00:45:04.900 --> 00:45:05.400
 pretend you're

00:45:05.400 --> 00:45:05.900
 something you're

00:45:05.900 --> 00:45:06.200
 not.

00:45:07.400 --> 00:45:08.040
 He sees

00:45:08.040 --> 00:45:08.700
 all,

00:45:09.140 --> 00:45:10.120
 everything is

00:45:10.120 --> 00:45:10.780
 revealed before

00:45:10.780 --> 00:45:11.400
 nothing is

00:45:11.400 --> 00:45:11.840
 hidden from

00:45:11.840 --> 00:45:12.320
 his sight.

00:45:14.700 --> 00:45:15.700
 So if you

00:45:15.700 --> 00:45:17.280
 are aware

00:45:17.280 --> 00:45:18.580
 of unbelief

00:45:18.580 --> 00:45:19.400
 in your heart,

00:45:19.400 --> 00:45:20.880
 and God's

00:45:20.880 --> 00:45:21.539
 word is

00:45:21.539 --> 00:45:22.059
 getting through

00:45:22.059 --> 00:45:22.599
 enough where

00:45:22.599 --> 00:45:22.940
 it is

00:45:22.940 --> 00:45:23.400
 registering,

00:45:23.920 --> 00:45:24.500
 what you

00:45:24.500 --> 00:45:25.619
 do is you

00:45:25.619 --> 00:45:26.059
 confess it

00:45:26.059 --> 00:45:26.380
 to him.

00:45:27.700 --> 00:45:28.260
 That's

00:45:28.260 --> 00:45:29.139
 normal Christian

00:45:29.139 --> 00:45:29.599
 course.

00:45:30.860 --> 00:45:31.500
 When God

00:45:31.500 --> 00:45:32.460
 pierces your

00:45:32.460 --> 00:45:32.860
 heart,

00:45:33.619 --> 00:45:34.180
 you confess

00:45:34.180 --> 00:45:34.900
 it to him

00:45:34.900 --> 00:45:35.900
 and that's

00:45:35.900 --> 00:45:36.800
 why 416

00:45:36.800 --> 00:45:37.300
 is in your

00:45:37.300 --> 00:45:37.619
 Bible.

00:45:38.119 --> 00:45:38.460
 Then we

00:45:38.460 --> 00:45:39.180
 draw near

00:45:39.180 --> 00:45:39.900
 with confidence

00:45:39.900 --> 00:45:40.639
 to the throne

00:45:40.639 --> 00:45:41.059
 of grace

00:45:41.059 --> 00:45:41.639
 that we may

00:45:41.639 --> 00:45:42.460
 receive mercy

00:45:42.460 --> 00:45:43.460
 and grace

00:45:43.460 --> 00:45:44.360
 in time of

00:45:44.360 --> 00:45:44.599
 need.

00:45:44.840 --> 00:45:45.500
 It turns out

00:45:45.500 --> 00:45:46.340
 we're in need

00:45:46.340 --> 00:45:47.019
 a lot of the

00:45:47.019 --> 00:45:47.400
 time.

00:45:47.680 --> 00:45:47.980
 Do I have an

00:45:47.980 --> 00:45:48.119
 amen?

00:45:49.400 --> 00:45:53.139
 Every Saturday

00:45:53.139 --> 00:45:54.420
 is in

00:45:54.420 --> 00:45:54.900
 Kenosha,

00:45:55.059 --> 00:45:55.900
 1030 a.m.

00:45:56.980 --> 00:45:57.780
 It's a

00:45:57.780 --> 00:45:58.300
 testing of

00:45:58.300 --> 00:45:58.700
 the weather

00:45:58.700 --> 00:45:59.760
 warning system.

00:46:01.160 --> 00:46:01.559
 Sirens

00:46:01.559 --> 00:46:02.119
 blare.

00:46:02.519 --> 00:46:02.840
 It's a

00:46:02.840 --> 00:46:03.420
 four alarm

00:46:03.420 --> 00:46:04.119
 warning.

00:46:04.639 --> 00:46:05.240
 And today,

00:46:05.599 --> 00:46:06.300
 this day,

00:46:06.680 --> 00:46:08.300
 March 23rd,

00:46:08.519 --> 00:46:09.500
 2025,

00:46:10.280 --> 00:46:11.139
 are you

00:46:11.139 --> 00:46:12.000
 hearing

00:46:12.000 --> 00:46:14.200
 the warning

00:46:14.200 --> 00:46:15.800
 of God?

00:46:16.800 --> 00:46:17.559
 Are you

00:46:17.559 --> 00:46:18.280
 hearing the

00:46:18.280 --> 00:46:18.960
 Holy Spirit

00:46:18.960 --> 00:46:19.639
 speaking?

00:46:20.099 --> 00:46:20.380
 Are you

00:46:20.380 --> 00:46:20.940
 allowing

00:46:20.940 --> 00:46:22.240
 his words

00:46:22.240 --> 00:46:22.780
 of Psalm

00:46:22.780 --> 00:46:23.980
 95 to

00:46:23.980 --> 00:46:24.539
 penetrate

00:46:24.539 --> 00:46:25.220
 into the

00:46:25.220 --> 00:46:25.920
 recesses of

00:46:25.920 --> 00:46:26.320
 your heart

00:46:26.320 --> 00:46:27.240
 or are you

00:46:27.240 --> 00:46:27.519
 just going

00:46:27.519 --> 00:46:27.720
 to let him

00:46:27.720 --> 00:46:28.320
 bounce off?

00:46:31.699 --> 00:46:32.519
 If God's

00:46:32.519 --> 00:46:32.940
 word is

00:46:32.940 --> 00:46:34.059
 piercing your

00:46:34.059 --> 00:46:34.400
 heart,

00:46:35.340 --> 00:46:36.059
 exposing your

00:46:36.059 --> 00:46:37.380
 sin of

00:46:37.380 --> 00:46:38.019
 unbelief,

00:46:38.980 --> 00:46:39.800
 ingratitude,

00:46:40.240 --> 00:46:40.760
 neglect of

00:46:40.760 --> 00:46:41.460
 getting together,

00:46:41.920 --> 00:46:42.260
 you know what

00:46:42.260 --> 00:46:42.480
 you do?

00:46:42.619 --> 00:46:43.039
 You thank

00:46:43.039 --> 00:46:43.599
 him for it.

00:46:44.639 --> 00:46:45.240
 It's his

00:46:45.240 --> 00:46:45.780
 kindness to

00:46:45.780 --> 00:46:46.019
 you.

00:46:46.019 --> 00:46:47.440
 it's

00:46:47.440 --> 00:46:48.679
 normal for

00:46:48.679 --> 00:46:49.259
 those striving

00:46:49.259 --> 00:46:49.739
 to enter

00:46:49.739 --> 00:46:50.059
 God's

00:46:50.059 --> 00:46:50.380
 full and

00:46:50.380 --> 00:46:51.039
 final rest.

00:46:51.039 --> 00:46:51.539
 That's

00:46:51.539 --> 00:46:52.019
 normal.

00:46:53.159 --> 00:46:53.820
 So we

00:46:53.820 --> 00:46:54.340
 draw near

00:46:54.340 --> 00:46:54.759
 to him

00:46:54.759 --> 00:46:55.980
 and find

00:46:55.980 --> 00:46:56.500
 grace in

00:46:56.500 --> 00:46:56.880
 that time

00:46:56.880 --> 00:46:57.139
 of need.

00:46:57.199 --> 00:46:57.559
 It keeps

00:46:57.559 --> 00:46:58.079
 our hearts

00:46:58.079 --> 00:46:58.639
 tender.

00:47:03.119 --> 00:47:03.900
 Be warned,

00:47:05.039 --> 00:47:03.920
!

00:47:03.920 --> 00:47:07.240
 hold fast

00:47:07.240 --> 00:47:07.900
 to Christ

00:47:07.900 --> 00:47:10.039
 all the way

00:47:10.039 --> 00:47:10.539
 to the end.

00:47:10.840 --> 00:47:11.260
 Let's pray.

00:47:12.240 --> 00:47:12.619
 God in

00:47:12.619 --> 00:47:12.860
 heaven,

00:47:14.579 --> 00:47:15.159
 Lord,

00:47:15.240 --> 00:47:15.720
 would you

00:47:15.720 --> 00:47:17.800
 address

00:47:17.800 --> 00:47:19.400
 things in

00:47:19.400 --> 00:47:20.340
 us and

00:47:20.340 --> 00:47:21.360
 purify us,

00:47:21.440 --> 00:47:22.000
 your people,

00:47:22.500 --> 00:47:23.460
 so that we

00:47:23.460 --> 00:47:23.840
 would live

00:47:23.840 --> 00:47:24.619
 wholeheartedly

00:47:24.619 --> 00:47:25.700
 holding fast

00:47:25.700 --> 00:47:27.019
 to you all

00:47:27.019 --> 00:47:27.539
 the way to

00:47:27.539 --> 00:47:28.559
 the end and

00:47:28.559 --> 00:47:28.980
 we're doing

00:47:28.980 --> 00:47:30.000
 that together.

00:47:30.000 --> 00:47:31.739
 God,

00:47:31.820 --> 00:47:32.360
 thank you so

00:47:32.360 --> 00:47:33.000
 much for

00:47:33.000 --> 00:47:33.820
 Hebrews chapter

00:47:33.820 --> 00:47:34.340
 3,

00:47:34.500 --> 00:47:35.179
 7 through

00:47:35.179 --> 00:47:35.460
 4,

00:47:35.519 --> 00:47:35.980
 13.

00:47:36.739 --> 00:47:37.260
 Would you

00:47:37.260 --> 00:47:38.039
 make much

00:47:38.039 --> 00:47:39.039
 of your

00:47:39.039 --> 00:47:39.699
 word in our

00:47:39.699 --> 00:47:39.960
 lives?

00:47:40.039 --> 00:47:40.300
 In Jesus'

00:47:40.460 --> 00:47:40.699
 name we

00:47:40.699 --> 00:47:40.920
 pray.

00:47:41.480 --> 00:47:41.800
 Amen.

00:47:41.800 --> 00:47:41.940
 Amen.