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 Sorry, I just turned this thing on a lot.

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 Then we discussed what repentance actually is.

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! Number one, we said repentance is seeing one's sin, recognizing one's sin, seeing it for what it really is, seeing it in light of how God sees it.

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 Number two, we said repentance is sorrow over one's sin, results in a brokenness, results in a contrite heart.

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 We see that in Psalm 51 and other places in Scripture, Psalm 38.

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 Thirdly, we said true repentance was confessing one's sin.

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 That's kind of the verbal expression of repentance in the life of a believer.

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 And then fourthly, we said that it's a turning away from one's sin, which is kind of what we normally want to think about when we think about repentance.

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 It's first and foremost in our minds, often a turning away from one's sin.

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 But that's kind of the last stage in the process of actually repenting.

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 It's turning away.

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 So, okay, in light of last week's lesson, this week we're going to be talking about the other subtopic of conversion.

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 So we have repentance in one side and we have faith on the other side.

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 Okay, so the other aspect of conversion is faith.

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 Jesus Christ came in Mark 1.15 and he said, repent, and then he said, and believe in the gospel.

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 So first he said, repent, then he said, believe.

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 These are the two aspects, main aspects of what conversion actually is.

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 If repentance is a turning away from sin and thusly a turning around towards something else.

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 Okay, so I'm going this way and then I repent and I do an about face and I turn a different way.

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 Then faith is the thing that propels you forward toward something else.

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 Okay, so I'm walking this way.

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 I repent.

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 That means I turn the other way and then I walk towards something else.

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 Faith is what enables a person to do that.

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 Okay, it's the actual going the different direction that faith is.

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 I kind of gave you a flawed illustration last week by saying that, by saying or telling you to think about conversion as a body

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 and then faith and repentance as the legs of that body that enable it to walk around and move.

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 I think it would be more accurate to say that conversion is the body, okay?

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 Repentance is the legs of that body and then faith is kind of like the muscles.

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 That give movement, that give mobility or strength to the legs to actually function and work.

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 I think that's more accurate.

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 So repentance by itself is not a mobilizing thing.

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 Just like legs without muscles are not a mobilizing thing.

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 You have to have faith in order to move.

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 So no man has ever come to Christ solely on repentance.

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 Repentance.

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 It's kind of like taking a sip of water when you're thirsty, but not exercising the proper muscles to swallow.

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 Okay, it doesn't benefit you if you don't swallow the water and let it digest in your system.

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 So the same thing is that if you only have repentance, if you only have the taking in of water,

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 but you don't actually exercise that repentance with faith,

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 it's kind of like you're wasting your time.

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 So again, no man has ever come to Christ solely on repentance.

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 Many people genuinely repent for crimes against others or for misconduct or for acting irresponsibly.

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 They genuinely feel broken about stuff like that.

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 I recently was watching the news and I saw this guy,

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 a young man whose face was covered in tears.

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 He was sobbing, crying, yelling because he had been driving drunk and it had hit an oncoming car that was,

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 I think, filled with children and killed them.

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 Okay, so this guy's in an orange jumpsuit, you know, on the defendant's side of a courtroom with his hands behind his back,

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 you know, in handcuffs and he's crying out, he's sobbing, he's crying out,

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 begging for mercy from the families that were prosecuting him for this crime.

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 Okay, that's an element of repentance.

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 I think the guy was genuinely broken about that.

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 But that isn't biblical repentance.

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 It's not going to get him anywhere.

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 It's not going to benefit him in Christ.

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 It would not bring the man any closer to Christ.

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 And so a like-mannered repentance by you will not bring you any closer to Christ.

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 There's a lot of things that we repent about, we feel sorry for, we get upset about,

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 maybe tears stream down our faces about, that is not genuine repentance.

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 Okay?

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 Genuine repentance is God-centered.

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 God-centered.

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 On the last day, if that man wanted to use an argument of,

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 hey, well, I mean, I was genuinely repentant about this thing that I did.

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 But he had no repentance or sorrow because he had committed some kind of offense against God,

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 that wouldn't do him any good on the last day.

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 He would still be judged as a sinner and still condemned to hell because he did not repent to the right person,

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 to Christ.

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 True biblical repentance is directed towards the Creator and not fellow creation.

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 Psalm 51.4 is a great verse.

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 Turn there really quickly.

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 I'll show you.

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 Psalm 51.4.

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 This is a really common, again, chapter of Scripture, kind of like Hebrews 11.

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 And David is kind of had freshly committed adultery with this lady named Bathsheba.

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 And then he had killed her husband to cover it up.

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 And he is approached by a prophet who exposes this for him.

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 And he's led to kind of write this psalm or pen the psalm and his brokenness.

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 And he says this in verse 4.

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 So mind you, again, keep this in mind.

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 He has just killed the husband of the woman that he committed adultery with.

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 And he says, against you, referring to God, you only have I sinned against.

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 And done what is evil in your sight.

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 He says, against you and you only have I sinned against.

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 So David saw his sin as against, even in this situation, as against the Father.

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 And that's how you should think about true repentance.

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 It's against God.

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 You have sinned against God.

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 He's the one supporting you accountable.

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 You can sin against other people as well.

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 And we need to ask for forgiveness for them as well.

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 We need to be given forgiveness when we sin against other people ourselves.

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 But true repentance is against God.

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 And that's where it's got to start.

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 Okay?

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 Against you and you only have I sinned against.

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 And done what is evil in your sight.

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 So many men feel sorrow for sin.

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 Not because of their crime.

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 Not because of their offense.

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 But because they were caught.

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 Because by what they had done, they harmed themselves.

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 They harmed some other person.

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 So ask yourself this question.

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 What good will it do me, having repented, to take a step in the wrong direction?

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 Okay?

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 What good will it do you if you repent truly and then take a step in the wrong direction?

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 If that step is anywhere that's not Christ, it's in the wrong direction.

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 You could say it like this.

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 Just because you change lanes on the wide road doesn't mean you're not headed towards death.

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 Okay?

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 A not God-centered repentance is kind of like changing lanes.

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 But you're still on the wide road headed towards death.

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 You're not avoiding it at all.

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 You're just changing lanes.

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 Getting a clearer view to it, in a sense.

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 The direction of one's faith, or the object of one's faith, or the person of one's faith,

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 is by far the most important element of one's faith.

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 An element of repentance.

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 Okay?

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 There's only one way to get to God, and that is through Jesus Christ.

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 John 14, 6 says what?

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 I am the way.

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 I am the truth.

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 I am the life.

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 Nobody comes to the Father except by me.

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 So it starts with Christ, it ends with Christ.

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 Your first step of faith after repentance must be towards Jesus.

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 And must remain towards Him until the day that you die.

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 And that is the work of conversion.

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 When somebody is converted, okay, when you are truly saved,

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 you get an interest in Christ.

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 Your eyes fix on Jesus Christ.

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 You see Him for who He truly is.

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 You see your offenses against God, and you repent to God.

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 Then He forgives you.

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 He regenerates you.

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 He enables you to believe on Him savingly,

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 and you start walking towards Him.

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 And that happens for the remainder of your life.

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 It's an ongoing thing.

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 And so the life of a Christian is a life of repentance.

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 It's also a life of faith.

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 Okay?

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 We talked about repentance last week.

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 This week is faith.

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 That was the introduction.

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 Let's get into it.

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 Hebrews 11.

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 If you turn to Psalm 51, go back to Hebrews 11.

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 Again, now faith is the assurance or the substance of things hoped for.

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 The conviction of things not seen.

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 Here we are given the preeminent description of faith in all Scripture.

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 The best one is right here.

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 It's only one little verse, and it's small, but it is loaded with truth.

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 And I'm looking forward to getting into it.

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 And I want to start, as we begin to unpack this verse, I want to start with the very first word.

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 It says, now.

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 Okay?

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 It says, now.

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 We're going to start here.

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 The author begins by saying, now.

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 Now, this word is a transition word.

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 Meaning, that the reader should change the way that he was thinking to a new line of thinking.

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 Or he's, the author, in a sense, is going to transition the reader from what he just said to a new line of thinking.

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 So, kind of like, in light of that, or like a therefore, or like a thusly, we're going to say this now.

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 Okay?

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 It's a transition phrase.

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 A transition word.

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 And because we're just jumping into this text, I need to give you guys some context.

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 So you can understand what's happening here.

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 It's going to help you understand the fullness of this verse, as we need to.

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 We need to be very careful to allow the verse to speak to us in its natural flow.

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 So, here's a little context for you.

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 For ten chapters now, the author has been laboring to prove one primary main point.

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 For ten chapters.

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 That being, that the new covenant of grace, or of the blood of Jesus Christ, is better and is superior in every way to the old covenant of works.

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 Okay?

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 There's these things called covenants.

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 God makes covenants with man.

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 In the old covenant that God made initially with Adam in the garden, he said, you've got to keep my word perfectly.

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 Now, Adam wasn't a sinner at this point in time.

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 Okay?

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 He had free will.

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 He was completely free to choose to obey God.

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 This is the Adamic covenant.

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 Okay?

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 And it has a lot more attached to it.

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 But this is kind of where it starts.

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 So, Adam had the choice to either choose to obey or not obey God.

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 He did not.

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 All of us fell into sin as a result of it.

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 And so, that's the covenant of works that we were once in.

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 We were enslaved to the law of Moses, to the old covenant of works that said, hey, you can't earn me my favor, my righteousness apart from Christ.

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 So, they were living in this old covenant.

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 Now, this new covenant came into play when Jesus Christ came on the scene, died, shed his blood, purchased for you life.

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 Freedom from sin.

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 Perfection by faith in him.

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 That's the new covenant.

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 Okay?

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 So, for ten chapters, this author, we don't know who the author is in this book, but the author has been trying to prove to these people, these Jewish people, that the new covenant of grace or the blood of Jesus Christ is far better, far superior to every way, to every way and everything in the old covenant of works.

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 And MacArthur once said this.

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 He said, Christ is a better priest with a better sacrifice by which he sealed a better covenant.

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 And he's writing to Jews to prove to them that the new covenant is the best.

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 He says Christ is better than angels, than prophets, than Moses, than Aaron, than Joshua, than everything.

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 That's what he's talked about throughout the first ten chapters.

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 All these things.

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 He's better than all these things.

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 He's better than anyone and everything connected to the old covenant.

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 So, in essence, okay, when he gets to verse 1 of chapter 11, he's saying, you have got to appropriate the new covenant of grace.

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 You've got to possess it.

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 You are not underneath this old covenant any longer.

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 You need to possess this new covenant of Christ.

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 Okay?

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 See, the Jews were trying to earn their salvation.

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 They had twisted this old covenant that God had set forth for them over the years into this cultish, works-based salvation that was filled with rules and all kinds of ethical obligations.

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 I think it's something like, I mean, the Pharisees and Sadducees of Jesus' time had actually imposed upon the text of Scripture that they had at that point in time.

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 So, imposed upon God's covenant something like 400, 600, I don't know what it is, something, hundreds, hundreds of, like, rules that were not what God had said.

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 All these rules.

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 You can't do this and this and this and this and this and this.

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 I mean, it was all this total legalism.

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 And they thought, hey, I'm going to earn God's favor by keeping these rules.

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 They were wrong.

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 They could never do that.

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 They never could do that.

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 God never intended it to be that way.

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 So, they twisted the old covenant.

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 And so, the 10th chapter closes with a warning to appropriate the new covenant.

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 To make the new covenant yours.

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 To step away from Judaism.

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 To step away from this temple stuff.

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 This priesthood stuff.

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 And all that came with that.

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 And come to the new covenant.

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 Okay?

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 Now, this brings up a question in the minds of the reader.

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 Especially this early Jewish reader.

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 That is, how?

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 How do I do that?

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 How do I appropriate this new covenant of Christ?

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 How do I come into the new covenant?

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 What do I do?

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 See, this Jew was, again, he was used to this work system.

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 He had no idea.

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 He had no concept of grace.

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 He had no idea what grace was.

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 And these works weren't even involved.

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 So, how then, one might ask, am I supposed to come into the new covenant?

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 There weren't any sacrifices to make.

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 Okay?

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 There was no particular feasts that they had to observe.

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 Under this new covenant of Christ.

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 There weren't any ritual washings to go through.

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 There was not any ceremonies to go through.

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 There was no circumcision any longer.

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 There wasn't even any memorization of ethics or the law anymore.

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 All these things were nullified when Christ came and fulfilled it all and then died in righteousness.

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 Perfect righteousness.

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 All the works of the law were fulfilled in Christ.

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 Someone said, or he corrects somebody I was looking for earlier.

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 I couldn't find it.

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 He says, I have not come to do away with the law.

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 I've come to establish it.

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 I haven't come to abolish the law, all these regulations.

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 I've come to fulfill it.

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 To become it for you.

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 Okay?

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 And a lot of people, I mean, I'm saying all this stuff, but a lot of people these days are still underneath the same thing.

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 They believe they have to tack on to what Christ has done.

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 It's Jesus Christ plus my exterior ability.

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 Plus my ability to go to church on every single Sunday.

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 Plus my, you know, going to Thursday night Bible study on fall break.

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 Plus my, you know, like baking cookies for the Thursday night Bible study.

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 You know, they have to do all these things to earn God's favor outside of Christ.

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 And that is a, God hates nothing more than that.

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 Than you thinking you have to do anything to earn His favor outside of Jesus.

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 That diminishes His glory.

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 Okay?

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 And you get glory.

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 That's why faith is a work of God.

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 That's why your salvation is a work of God.

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 That's why you're saved by grace through faith in Christ.

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 That not of your own doing.

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 It's a gift of God.

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 Not of works.

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 Lest you can boast.

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 So God strips away from all of you the ability to boast.

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 Okay?

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 In this new covenant.

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 So the answer to the question that these Jews are posing,

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 how do I do this?

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 How do I get this?

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 This new covenant applied to me.

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 The answer is believe.

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 Have faith.

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 It's so simple.

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 Have faith.

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 Have faith in Christ.

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 Jesus' words when He died, His last words were what?

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 It is finished.

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 Right?

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 It is finished.

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 That's a pretty awesome statement.

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 That's a loaded statement.

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 Because that means everything that was required of us for salvation was finished.

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 It is finished.

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 So now we can justifiably say,

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 all it requires is faith in Christ.

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 Now we're going to see what real faith actually is.

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 That's not simply intellectual descent to something.

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 It's not simply walking down an aisle.

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 It's not signing a card.

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 You know, we've said this a million times.

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 It's not for the faint of heart.

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 Okay?

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 True faith is serious business.

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 I think I said last week it's warrior work.

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 It's serious.

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 Okay?

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 We're going to see what this is.

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 So having established this author,

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 having established the preeminence of Christ over all areas of the Old Covenant,

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 that the author now transitions in verse 1 of chapter 11

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 to reaffirm, firstly for the Jews, what faith is.

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 That's verse 1.

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 He reaffirms, this is what faith is.

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 Here's a good definition of what faith is.

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 I'm going to describe it for you.

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 Verse 1.

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 And then he goes on to reassert for these Jews

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 that it's always been faith that's saved.

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 It's always been faith, or by faith,

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 that the righteous have lived and pleased God.

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 So when someone asks you,

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 how would somebody say before Christ?

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 By faith.

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 It says it repetitively in Hebrews 11.

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 It's never not been faith.

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 It's always been intended to be faith.

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 All the sacrifices that they were doing back in the day

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 were meant to point to a Savior.

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 To say, this is what you need.

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 You can't, every day you're cutting lambs and bulls' throats

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 and it's spilling blood

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 because you don't have the ability to ever stop this work.

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 This is kind of cool.

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 The only thing that was missing from the tabernacle,

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 the only piece of furniture that was missing from the tabernacle

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 was a place to sit down

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 because the work was never finished.

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 Okay?

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 So those priests never sat down

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 because it was never done.

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 Then Christ came and said,

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 it's finished.

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 I've done it.

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 Okay?

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 So he's going to reassert for them

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 that it's always been faith

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 that saved you.

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 Now,

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 the author of Hebrews

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 doesn't exactly tell us

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 what the object of our faith should be

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 until chapter 12.

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 He simply kind of describes its nature.

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 He wants to kind of get into general,

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 the general truth about faith first

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 before he kind of gets specific.

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 That's a common way

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 that common way people write in the New Testament

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 is to go from general to specific.

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 So he does this.

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 He goes general first.

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 And I want to,

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 I want to draw your attention

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 for the sake of this teaching

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 to chapter 12,

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 which clearly,

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 as you're going to see,

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 distinguishes Christ

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 as him

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 to whom

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 all of our faith,

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 all of our confidence,

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 all of our conviction

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 should be applied.

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 Okay?

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 Because if you don't know

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 what you're aiming at,

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 you're going to miss.

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 Okay?

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 So all your faith,

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 all your conviction,

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 all your confidence

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 has got to be aimed

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 at Jesus Christ.

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 Look at 12 verses 1 and 2.

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 Therefore,

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 since we have so great

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 a cloud of witnesses,

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 that's,

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 he's referring back

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 to what he just said

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 in the entire chapter

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 of Hebrews 11.

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 Okay?

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 Those are the witnesses.

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 These are the people

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 that have come before us

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 and witnessed for us

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 this thing,

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 this truth,

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 this faith.

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 So therefore,

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 since we have been surrounded

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 by so great a cloud of witnesses,

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 let us also lay aside

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 every encumbrance

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 in the sin

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 which so easily entangles us

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 and let us run with endurance

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 the race that is set before us.

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 How?

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 How?

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 Fixing our eyes on Jesus

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 who is the author

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 and the perfecter of faith.

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 Fixing our eyes on Jesus

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 who is the author

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 and the perfecter of our faith.

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 This is so crucial.

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 If you don't see Jesus

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 as the one who has authored

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 or written

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 or created

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 your faith

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 and he is the finisher

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 of your faith as well,

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 he's the one that drives it on,

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 he's the one that energizes it

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 day to day,

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 you will burn out.

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 You will find yourself

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 trying to

00:22:35.220 --> 00:22:37.140
 create faith

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 from a human's ability.

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 You will find yourself

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 exhausted by ministry

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 and exhausted

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 by the scripture

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 and exhausted

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 by preaching

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 and exhausted

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 by praying

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 and exhausted

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 by loving

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 and worshiping Christ.

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 You will find yourself

00:22:54.780 --> 00:22:55.740
 burnt out

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 if you do not

00:22:57.259 --> 00:22:58.040
 see Jesus

00:22:58.040 --> 00:22:59.440
 every single day

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 as the author

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 and the finisher,

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 the perfecter

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 of your faith.

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 Okay,

00:23:07.219 --> 00:23:08.019
 you have got

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 to remember this.

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 This is so big.

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 He's the one

00:23:13.019 --> 00:23:13.699
 that gives you strength.

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 Apart from me,

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 you can do

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 nothing.

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 He says in John 15, 5.

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 Repentance is a turning away

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 from sin

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 and faith

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 is that element

00:23:30.179 --> 00:23:30.819
 of conversion

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 by which the sinner

00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:33.639
 comes to Christ.

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 It's that element

00:23:34.339 --> 00:23:34.819
 of conversion

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 by which the sinner

00:23:35.740 --> 00:23:37.240
 places their faith,

00:23:37.319 --> 00:23:38.259
 their eyes of faith

00:23:38.259 --> 00:23:39.359
 on Jesus.

00:23:40.799 --> 00:23:42.079
 In the Gospel of John,

00:23:42.819 --> 00:23:43.619
 chapter 6,

00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:44.419
 Jesus finishes

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 speaking to

00:23:46.139 --> 00:23:47.220
 a multitude

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 of people

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 of his disciples.

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 All these people

00:23:49.579 --> 00:23:50.019
 gather around

00:23:50.019 --> 00:23:50.500
 to hear him speak

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 and he said

00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:51.879
 some crazy,

00:23:52.579 --> 00:23:53.299
 crazy stuff.

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 He says stuff like

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 eat my flesh,

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 drink my blood.

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 It's really cannibalistic

00:23:57.399 --> 00:23:57.859
 and weird

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 and strange.

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 But Jesus says this,

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 okay,

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 and it freaks

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 everybody out.

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 And a lot of them

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 leave.

00:24:06.360 --> 00:24:06.519
 Okay,

00:24:06.539 --> 00:24:07.180
 a lot of disciples

00:24:07.180 --> 00:24:07.900
 part away from him

00:24:07.900 --> 00:24:08.140
 and say,

00:24:08.200 --> 00:24:08.759
 I can't handle this.

00:24:08.819 --> 00:24:09.860
 This guy is strange.

00:24:09.960 --> 00:24:11.380
 He's a Charles Manson

00:24:11.380 --> 00:24:11.880
 kind of character.

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 I'm not going to deal

00:24:12.440 --> 00:24:12.860
 with this guy.

00:24:13.960 --> 00:24:14.200
 Okay?

00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:17.000
 So Jesus turns

00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:17.720
 to his 12 disciples

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 and he says this,

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 you do not want

00:24:19.420 --> 00:24:19.920
 to go away

00:24:19.920 --> 00:24:20.920
 also do you?

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 Simon Peter

00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:24.960
 answered him

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 and said,

00:24:25.319 --> 00:24:25.700
 Lord,

00:24:25.819 --> 00:24:26.240
 to whom

00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:27.019
 shall we go?

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 you have the words

00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:31.599
 of eternal life

00:24:31.599 --> 00:24:33.859
 and we have believed

00:24:33.859 --> 00:24:34.440
 and we have come

00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:34.819
 to know

00:24:34.819 --> 00:24:35.519
 that you are

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 the Holy One

00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:37.799
 of God.

00:24:40.059 --> 00:24:40.539
 Okay?

00:24:41.440 --> 00:24:42.480
 So Jesus said

00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:44.000
 some crazy stuff

00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:45.099
 and a lot of people

00:24:45.099 --> 00:24:46.299
 turned and left

00:24:46.299 --> 00:24:46.839
 and went away

00:24:46.839 --> 00:24:47.299
 from him.

00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:48.660
 But he says

00:24:48.660 --> 00:24:50.400
 through Peter,

00:24:50.500 --> 00:24:51.339
 through Peter says,

00:24:51.539 --> 00:24:52.639
 but you have the words

00:24:52.639 --> 00:24:53.279
 of eternal life.

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 We can't go anywhere else.

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 I know it's hard

00:24:56.159 --> 00:24:56.940
 to hear what you just said.

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 It's a struggle

00:24:57.639 --> 00:24:58.500
 for us to deal with that

00:24:58.500 --> 00:24:59.839
 but we can't go anywhere else.

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 We have to stay with you.

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 You have the keys

00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:02.659
 to the kingdom of God.

00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:05.000
 Realize that Jesus

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:05.779
 is not an easy man

00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:06.139
 to follow

00:25:06.139 --> 00:25:07.259
 but he alone,

00:25:07.419 --> 00:25:07.599
 okay?

00:25:07.639 --> 00:25:08.059
 He alone,

00:25:08.139 --> 00:25:08.980
 there's only one person

00:25:08.980 --> 00:25:10.259
 that possesses

00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:10.960
 the key

00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:11.859
 to his father's kingdom

00:25:11.859 --> 00:25:12.759
 and we must

00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:15.000
 by faith

00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:15.460
 follow him

00:25:15.460 --> 00:25:16.940
 no matter the cost.

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 So I say this,

00:25:18.980 --> 00:25:19.079
 okay?

00:25:19.139 --> 00:25:20.119
 I mention that verse

00:25:20.119 --> 00:25:21.460
 to make a point.

00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:23.480
 And the point is this,

00:25:23.539 --> 00:25:23.659
 okay?

00:25:23.660 --> 00:25:25.140
 The Jews struggled

00:25:25.140 --> 00:25:26.120
 with Jesus.

00:25:27.620 --> 00:25:28.519
 When he was on earth,

00:25:28.580 --> 00:25:28.980
 they struggled.

00:25:29.080 --> 00:25:29.400
 They said,

00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:31.100
 you say hard things.

00:25:31.800 --> 00:25:32.600
 You say things

00:25:32.600 --> 00:25:33.080
 that are difficult

00:25:33.080 --> 00:25:33.680
 to understand,

00:25:33.800 --> 00:25:34.200
 that are difficult

00:25:34.200 --> 00:25:35.980
 to believe

00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:36.640
 and to comprehend.

00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:38.060
 And not only that

00:25:38.060 --> 00:25:39.560
 but you're from this town

00:25:39.560 --> 00:25:40.620
 and your brothers say

00:25:40.620 --> 00:25:41.340
 that you're not

00:25:41.340 --> 00:25:41.980
 the real deal

00:25:41.980 --> 00:25:42.700
 and there's all these

00:25:42.700 --> 00:25:43.840
 kind of speculative issues

00:25:43.840 --> 00:25:44.820
 with Jesus Christ.

00:25:46.040 --> 00:25:46.160
 You know,

00:25:46.320 --> 00:25:46.680
 I mean,

00:25:46.860 --> 00:25:47.519
 you're teaching

00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:48.060
 your doctrine.

00:25:48.180 --> 00:25:49.019
 It's really authoritative.

00:25:49.160 --> 00:25:49.759
 It's unlike anything

00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:50.480
 we've ever heard.

00:25:50.540 --> 00:25:51.140
 It's kind of new.

00:25:51.620 --> 00:25:52.640
 We're afraid of new.

00:25:52.640 --> 00:25:53.460
 You're authoritative.

00:25:53.660 --> 00:25:53.800
 You know,

00:25:53.860 --> 00:25:54.600
 you're doing all

00:25:54.600 --> 00:25:55.340
 these crazy miracles.

00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:55.680
 We don't know

00:25:55.680 --> 00:25:56.120
 if it's demons

00:25:56.120 --> 00:25:56.900
 or God.

00:25:57.340 --> 00:25:57.660
 It's just,

00:25:58.000 --> 00:25:58.779
 they struggled.

00:26:00.160 --> 00:26:01.420
 The Jews struggled

00:26:01.420 --> 00:26:02.060
 with Jesus.

00:26:03.279 --> 00:26:03.519
 Okay?

00:26:03.580 --> 00:26:04.779
 But those that knew

00:26:04.779 --> 00:26:05.460
 Jesus,

00:26:06.300 --> 00:26:08.259
 those that knew him

00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:09.560
 experientially by faith,

00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:10.720
 said,

00:26:10.800 --> 00:26:11.200
 even though you're

00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:12.000
 difficult sometimes,

00:26:12.060 --> 00:26:12.259
 Jesus,

00:26:12.440 --> 00:26:13.620
 I've got to stay with you.

00:26:15.640 --> 00:26:16.040
 So,

00:26:16.680 --> 00:26:18.300
 you may struggle

00:26:18.300 --> 00:26:19.040
 with questions.

00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:20.759
 Okay?

00:26:20.819 --> 00:26:21.460
 You may struggle

00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:21.980
 with questions

00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:23.000
 about Jesus' teaching.

00:26:24.940 --> 00:26:25.839
 About the inerrancy

00:26:25.839 --> 00:26:26.319
 of Scripture.

00:26:27.019 --> 00:26:28.379
 About certain doctrines.

00:26:30.700 --> 00:26:31.099
 Okay?

00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:31.799
 About truth

00:26:31.799 --> 00:26:32.519
 that we may speak

00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:33.420
 about Jesus Christ.

00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:35.539
 About his resurrection.

00:26:36.940 --> 00:26:38.059
 But I want to encourage you.

00:26:38.119 --> 00:26:38.940
 God will answer you

00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:39.779
 in due time.

00:26:40.339 --> 00:26:41.079
 He says

00:26:41.079 --> 00:26:41.799
 to seek him

00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:42.480
 with all your heart

00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:43.359
 and you're going to find him.

00:26:43.559 --> 00:26:43.859
 Ask

00:26:43.859 --> 00:26:45.079
 and you're going to receive.

00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:46.859
 Not,

00:26:46.939 --> 00:26:47.959
 the door's going to be open to you.

00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:48.279
 Okay?

00:26:49.839 --> 00:26:50.799
 I'm begging you.

00:26:50.859 --> 00:26:51.279
 I'm asking.

00:26:51.399 --> 00:26:52.159
 I'm pleading with you

00:26:52.159 --> 00:26:53.679
 to just labor with Jesus.

00:26:54.199 --> 00:26:55.019
 Don't get discouraged.

00:26:55.439 --> 00:26:56.259
 Don't run away.

00:26:56.599 --> 00:26:57.500
 Don't be like the crowd.

00:26:59.179 --> 00:26:59.959
 Tarry with them.

00:27:01.099 --> 00:27:01.419
 Okay?

00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:06.579
 Trust in the Lord.

00:27:06.699 --> 00:27:07.639
 Take him at his word.

00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:09.059
 And I promise

00:27:09.059 --> 00:27:10.179
 that he's going to comfort you.

00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:10.939
 He's going to answer you

00:27:10.939 --> 00:27:11.379
 in the end.

00:27:11.380 --> 00:27:13.920
 All right.

00:27:14.360 --> 00:27:14.940
 First point.

00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:15.900
 I only have two points tonight.

00:27:16.020 --> 00:27:16.460
 First point.

00:27:18.820 --> 00:27:19.220
 Faith

00:27:19.220 --> 00:27:20.640
 gives things

00:27:20.640 --> 00:27:21.220
 substance.

00:27:23.600 --> 00:27:24.020
 Faith

00:27:24.020 --> 00:27:24.840
 gives things

00:27:24.840 --> 00:27:25.460
 substance.

00:27:28.600 --> 00:27:29.920
 The first phrase there

00:27:29.920 --> 00:27:31.500
 in our verse,

00:27:31.500 --> 00:27:32.300
 Hebrews 11.

00:27:32.420 --> 00:27:32.980
 One says,

00:27:33.320 --> 00:27:34.100
 faith is the substance

00:27:34.100 --> 00:27:35.060
 of things hoped for.

00:27:36.060 --> 00:27:37.020
 The word substance

00:27:37.020 --> 00:27:39.500
 is hypostasis

00:27:40.080 --> 00:27:41.300
 in the Greek.

00:27:41.940 --> 00:27:43.040
 And it could be translated

00:27:43.040 --> 00:27:44.380
 ground or foundation

00:27:44.380 --> 00:27:45.260
 or substructure.

00:27:45.380 --> 00:27:47.200
 That which has actual substance.

00:27:47.960 --> 00:27:49.300
 Real being.

00:27:50.900 --> 00:27:51.680
 In the Greek.

00:27:53.300 --> 00:27:54.240
 Real substance.

00:27:54.480 --> 00:27:55.420
 Real being

00:27:55.420 --> 00:27:55.960
 is what it says

00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:56.320
 in the Greek.

00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:56.680
 Literally.

00:27:57.660 --> 00:27:58.540
 A thing hoped for

00:27:58.540 --> 00:27:59.580
 is not a tangible thing,

00:27:59.620 --> 00:27:59.880
 is it?

00:28:02.400 --> 00:28:03.600
 This is a strange phrase.

00:28:03.660 --> 00:28:04.160
 I'll give you that.

00:28:04.260 --> 00:28:04.440
 Listen.

00:28:05.240 --> 00:28:06.040
 Faith is the

00:28:06.040 --> 00:28:07.440
 assurance

00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:08.160
 or the substance

00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:09.720
 of things hoped for.

00:28:09.860 --> 00:28:10.680
 Something hoped for

00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:11.600
 doesn't have any ground.

00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:13.019
 Doesn't have any foundation.

00:28:13.180 --> 00:28:14.160
 Doesn't have any tangibility.

00:28:15.600 --> 00:28:16.420
 It's hoped for.

00:28:17.279 --> 00:28:17.519
 Okay.

00:28:17.620 --> 00:28:17.940
 If I

00:28:17.940 --> 00:28:20.720
 or I don't

00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:21.839
 hope for an ice cream cone

00:28:21.839 --> 00:28:22.319
 if I've got it,

00:28:22.440 --> 00:28:23.360
 if I've got one in my hand.

00:28:24.640 --> 00:28:25.819
 I hope for an ice cream cone

00:28:25.819 --> 00:28:26.220
 when I'm standing

00:28:26.220 --> 00:28:26.660
 on the corner

00:28:26.660 --> 00:28:27.279
 at my house

00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:28.539
 waiting for the ice cream

00:28:28.539 --> 00:28:29.480
 truck to come

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:29.920
 through my neighborhood

00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:30.940
 and make it stop.

00:28:31.100 --> 00:28:31.319
 You know,

00:28:31.360 --> 00:28:32.140
 like that's what I'm hoping

00:28:32.140 --> 00:28:32.860
 for that ice cream cone.

00:28:32.920 --> 00:28:33.400
 It's not when I have it

00:28:33.400 --> 00:28:33.779
 in my hand

00:28:33.779 --> 00:28:34.360
 and I can lick it.

00:28:34.359 --> 00:28:36.000
 That doesn't make any sense.

00:28:36.119 --> 00:28:37.059
 I'm not hoping for that

00:28:37.059 --> 00:28:38.019
 if it's in my possession.

00:28:39.099 --> 00:28:40.039
 So if the thing is already

00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:40.579
 in your possession

00:28:40.579 --> 00:28:41.519
 then you don't hope for it.

00:28:42.839 --> 00:28:43.199
 Somehow

00:28:43.199 --> 00:28:44.619
 faith

00:28:44.619 --> 00:28:45.879
 has the ability

00:28:45.879 --> 00:28:47.199
 according to the verse

00:28:47.199 --> 00:28:48.219
 to give a thing

00:28:48.219 --> 00:28:49.000
 hoped for

00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:51.119
 realness.

00:28:53.500 --> 00:28:53.859
 Substance.

00:28:56.559 --> 00:28:56.899
 Okay.

00:28:56.900 --> 00:28:58.820
 Realness.

00:29:03.100 --> 00:29:03.980
 It's like tasting

00:29:03.980 --> 00:29:04.820
 the ice cream cone

00:29:04.820 --> 00:29:05.820
 before it's in your mouth.

00:29:07.700 --> 00:29:08.340
 That's kind of what

00:29:08.340 --> 00:29:08.980
 faith does.

00:29:09.540 --> 00:29:10.400
 So from the beginning

00:29:10.400 --> 00:29:11.100
 this eliminates

00:29:11.100 --> 00:29:11.640
 any notion

00:29:11.640 --> 00:29:12.540
 that faith is whimsical,

00:29:12.800 --> 00:29:13.560
 faith is emotional,

00:29:14.019 --> 00:29:14.500
 unintelligible,

00:29:14.780 --> 00:29:15.000
 silly,

00:29:15.160 --> 00:29:15.400
 easy,

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:15.800
 mystical,

00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:16.660
 fantastical,

00:29:16.920 --> 00:29:17.680
 anything like that.

00:29:17.800 --> 00:29:17.880
 Okay.

00:29:17.920 --> 00:29:19.240
 Biblical faith is rocky.

00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:20.200
 It's real.

00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:21.320
 It's tangible.

00:29:21.759 --> 00:29:22.820
 It's got content.

00:29:22.940 --> 00:29:24.320
 It's got substance to it.

00:29:26.900 --> 00:29:27.620
 It's not some

00:29:27.620 --> 00:29:28.640
 fan,

00:29:28.780 --> 00:29:29.300
 you know,

00:29:29.600 --> 00:29:30.280
 idea.

00:29:31.280 --> 00:29:32.019
 It's real.

00:29:32.280 --> 00:29:33.180
 It does things.

00:29:35.120 --> 00:29:36.200
 What does this mean though?

00:29:36.300 --> 00:29:36.680
 What is this?

00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:38.100
 Faith is the substance

00:29:38.100 --> 00:29:38.400
 of things.

00:29:38.460 --> 00:29:39.100
 What does that mean?

00:29:39.220 --> 00:29:39.580
 MacArthur

00:29:39.580 --> 00:29:41.100
 kind of put it like this.

00:29:41.340 --> 00:29:42.360
 Faith gives things

00:29:42.360 --> 00:29:43.019
 hope for

00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:44.360
 a present

00:29:44.360 --> 00:29:45.500
 substance.

00:29:48.040 --> 00:29:48.840
 A presence.

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:49.700
 I'm going to explain this.

00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:50.580
 A present substance.

00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:51.860
 The examples of our author

00:29:51.860 --> 00:29:54.120
 that he's about to give

00:29:54.120 --> 00:29:54.540
 and illustrate

00:29:54.540 --> 00:29:55.460
 in the rest of this chapter

00:29:55.460 --> 00:29:55.960
 illustrate

00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:57.340
 time after time

00:29:57.340 --> 00:29:58.079
 a person

00:29:58.079 --> 00:29:59.380
 that believes

00:29:59.380 --> 00:30:00.900
 in a promise of God

00:30:00.900 --> 00:30:03.340
 so much so

00:30:03.340 --> 00:30:04.559
 that it radically

00:30:04.559 --> 00:30:05.319
 affects the way

00:30:05.319 --> 00:30:06.039
 they think

00:30:06.039 --> 00:30:07.220
 about things.

00:30:09.319 --> 00:30:10.400
 I'm going to say that again.

00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:10.680
 Okay.

00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:12.840
 Time and time again

00:30:12.840 --> 00:30:16.259
 the author illustrates

00:30:16.259 --> 00:30:16.880
 for us

00:30:16.880 --> 00:30:18.620
 a person

00:30:18.620 --> 00:30:19.900
 believing in a promise

00:30:19.900 --> 00:30:20.440
 of God

00:30:20.440 --> 00:30:21.759
 so much so

00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:24.680
 that it

00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:26.180
 radically affects

00:30:26.180 --> 00:30:27.059
 the way they

00:30:27.059 --> 00:30:28.480
 think about things.

00:30:29.420 --> 00:30:30.700
 They can be in a crazy,

00:30:30.879 --> 00:30:31.220
 bad,

00:30:31.640 --> 00:30:32.559
 horrible circumstance

00:30:32.559 --> 00:30:33.660
 and yet be content

00:30:33.660 --> 00:30:34.039
 somehow.

00:30:35.859 --> 00:30:36.900
 They can have joy

00:30:36.900 --> 00:30:37.640
 in the midst of suffering

00:30:37.640 --> 00:30:38.000
 somehow.

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:38.119
 Now,

00:30:43.119 --> 00:30:43.279
 this,

00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:43.720
 okay,

00:30:43.859 --> 00:30:44.680
 I'm pausing

00:30:44.680 --> 00:30:45.200
 because I want this

00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:46.420
 to sink into your brain.

00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:48.299
 This is incredibly important

00:30:48.299 --> 00:30:49.779
 for you to understand

00:30:49.779 --> 00:30:51.160
 what faith actually does

00:30:51.160 --> 00:30:51.500
 to you

00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:52.759
 when you exercise it rightly.

00:30:53.880 --> 00:30:55.140
 They believe so strongly

00:30:55.140 --> 00:30:56.059
 that what God said

00:30:56.059 --> 00:30:57.059
 that he would do

00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:58.160
 so much so

00:30:58.160 --> 00:30:58.759
 that it radically

00:30:58.759 --> 00:30:59.259
 affected the way

00:30:59.259 --> 00:31:00.380
 that these righteous saints

00:31:00.380 --> 00:31:02.059
 thought about life.

00:31:02.160 --> 00:31:03.039
 Take Abraham and Sarah

00:31:03.039 --> 00:31:03.859
 for example first.

00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:04.099
 Okay,

00:31:04.099 --> 00:31:05.299
 Abraham trusted God

00:31:05.299 --> 00:31:06.879
 for 19 years

00:31:06.879 --> 00:31:07.699
 after he received

00:31:07.699 --> 00:31:08.299
 the promise

00:31:08.299 --> 00:31:09.179
 of a son.

00:31:10.639 --> 00:31:11.679
 19 years.

00:31:11.919 --> 00:31:12.379
 His name was,

00:31:12.619 --> 00:31:13.339
 this is kind of cool,

00:31:13.399 --> 00:31:14.299
 his name was Abram

00:31:14.299 --> 00:31:15.199
 initially

00:31:15.199 --> 00:31:16.779
 which meant

00:31:16.779 --> 00:31:17.679
 father of many.

00:31:20.480 --> 00:31:21.000
 Then,

00:31:21.379 --> 00:31:23.000
 God said,

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:24.359
 I'm going to make you

00:31:24.359 --> 00:31:25.699
 a father

00:31:25.699 --> 00:31:27.079
 of multitudes

00:31:27.079 --> 00:31:29.059
 and your name

00:31:29.059 --> 00:31:29.859
 is now Abraham

00:31:29.859 --> 00:31:30.480
 which means

00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:31.500
 father of multitudes.

00:31:32.339 --> 00:31:32.559
 Now,

00:31:32.759 --> 00:31:33.099
 Abraham

00:31:33.099 --> 00:31:34.500
 was kind of a

00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:35.839
 stationary guy.

00:31:36.119 --> 00:31:36.279
 Okay,

00:31:36.339 --> 00:31:37.099
 he was kind of like

00:31:37.099 --> 00:31:37.779
 the first person

00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:38.299
 you would see

00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:39.539
 when you walk into town.

00:31:41.459 --> 00:31:41.859
 So,

00:31:42.039 --> 00:31:42.959
 what do you do

00:31:42.959 --> 00:31:43.439
 when you meet somebody?

00:31:43.539 --> 00:31:43.740
 Hey,

00:31:44.099 --> 00:31:44.799
 I'm John.

00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:46.379
 You are Abraham.

00:31:46.599 --> 00:31:46.939
 Oh,

00:31:47.159 --> 00:31:47.939
 father of multitudes.

00:31:48.039 --> 00:31:49.039
 How many sons do you have?

00:31:49.279 --> 00:31:49.639
 None.

00:31:51.219 --> 00:31:51.899
 And it was incredibly,

00:31:52.139 --> 00:31:53.099
 this is a very,

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:54.139
 this is a very,

00:31:54.719 --> 00:31:55.639
 sons and daughters,

00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:56.240
 like that's an incredibly

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:57.099
 important thing

00:31:57.099 --> 00:31:57.719
 back in the day.

00:31:57.719 --> 00:31:57.859
 I mean,

00:31:57.939 --> 00:31:58.859
 if you didn't have a family

00:31:58.859 --> 00:31:59.419
 like you were

00:31:59.419 --> 00:32:00.359
 considered to be,

00:32:00.480 --> 00:32:00.619
 you know,

00:32:00.679 --> 00:32:01.639
 you were like the,

00:32:02.319 --> 00:32:03.000
 what's it called?

00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:04.059
 The Brahmin

00:32:04.059 --> 00:32:04.679
 and like the what?

00:32:06.919 --> 00:32:07.299
 Untouchable.

00:32:07.339 --> 00:32:08.119
 You were untouchable.

00:32:08.359 --> 00:32:08.559
 Yeah.

00:32:10.219 --> 00:32:10.619
 Okay.

00:32:12.539 --> 00:32:13.059
 It was,

00:32:13.119 --> 00:32:14.279
 it was incredibly embarrassing.

00:32:14.399 --> 00:32:15.419
 For 19 years,

00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:16.339
 this guy just suffered

00:32:16.339 --> 00:32:16.839
 through this.

00:32:17.219 --> 00:32:17.679
 He was like,

00:32:17.719 --> 00:32:18.500
 come on God,

00:32:18.559 --> 00:32:19.079
 19 years.

00:32:19.419 --> 00:32:20.019
 I was already

00:32:20.019 --> 00:32:20.659
 father of many.

00:32:20.719 --> 00:32:21.240
 That was embarrassing.

00:32:21.339 --> 00:32:21.859
 Now I'm father

00:32:21.859 --> 00:32:22.480
 of multitudes.

00:32:24.159 --> 00:32:25.099
 And my wife

00:32:25.099 --> 00:32:25.639
 is feral.

00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:29.159
 This is embarrassing.

00:32:30.160 --> 00:32:30.380
 Okay.

00:32:30.440 --> 00:32:31.200
 So somehow,

00:32:32.100 --> 00:32:33.100
 faith for Abraham

00:32:33.100 --> 00:32:33.820
 and Sarah,

00:32:35.160 --> 00:32:36.880
 we learn this in

00:32:36.880 --> 00:32:37.500
 Romans 4,

00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:37.860
 20.

00:32:39.720 --> 00:32:40.820
 It says this about Abraham.

00:32:40.920 --> 00:32:42.140
 He didn't waver in faith.

00:32:42.140 --> 00:32:44.840
 Even when he considered

00:32:44.840 --> 00:32:45.540
 his own body.

00:32:46.100 --> 00:32:47.220
 It was as good as dead,

00:32:47.280 --> 00:32:47.740
 it says.

00:32:48.420 --> 00:32:49.660
 He was like a hundred.

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:52.340
 You can't have kids

00:32:52.340 --> 00:32:52.840
 when you're a hundred.

00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:56.779
 Not wavering in unbelief,

00:32:56.859 --> 00:32:57.799
 but growing strong

00:32:57.799 --> 00:32:58.419
 in faith.

00:33:00.359 --> 00:33:01.480
 He grew strong

00:33:01.480 --> 00:33:02.059
 in faith

00:33:02.059 --> 00:33:02.919
 and that gave glory

00:33:02.919 --> 00:33:03.299
 to God.

00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:06.000
 He did not doubt God.

00:33:06.079 --> 00:33:06.980
 He did Abraham's wife,

00:33:07.099 --> 00:33:07.299
 Sarah,

00:33:07.399 --> 00:33:07.759
 doubt God.

00:33:07.819 --> 00:33:08.399
 Look at verse 11

00:33:08.399 --> 00:33:09.059
 of our chapter.

00:33:10.439 --> 00:33:11.279
 It says this,

00:33:11.339 --> 00:33:12.059
 by faith,

00:33:12.139 --> 00:33:13.299
 even Sarah herself

00:33:13.299 --> 00:33:14.779
 received the ability

00:33:14.779 --> 00:33:15.359
 to conceive.

00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:16.819
 Even beyond the proper

00:33:16.819 --> 00:33:17.419
 time of life

00:33:17.419 --> 00:33:18.419
 that she was considered,

00:33:19.099 --> 00:33:19.519
 keyword,

00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:20.279
 considered,

00:33:20.959 --> 00:33:21.659
 or thought,

00:33:21.660 --> 00:33:23.019
 remember I said

00:33:23.019 --> 00:33:23.560
 it changes the way

00:33:23.560 --> 00:33:24.460
 you think about things?

00:33:24.800 --> 00:33:25.820
 So Sarah considered

00:33:25.820 --> 00:33:26.440
 a thought,

00:33:27.440 --> 00:33:28.640
 God faithful

00:33:28.640 --> 00:33:29.360
 who had promised.

00:33:31.940 --> 00:33:32.880
 Faith for her

00:33:32.880 --> 00:33:33.900
 translated into

00:33:33.900 --> 00:33:35.080
 a new way of thinking

00:33:35.080 --> 00:33:36.120
 that gave her

00:33:36.120 --> 00:33:36.500
 the ability

00:33:36.500 --> 00:33:37.340
 to trust God.

00:33:38.720 --> 00:33:39.320
 Even though

00:33:39.320 --> 00:33:40.240
 it was impossible.

00:33:40.519 --> 00:33:41.220
 The elements said

00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:42.000
 it was impossible.

00:33:42.380 --> 00:33:43.240
 She's 90 years old.

00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:44.420
 Her husband's 100 years old.

00:33:44.740 --> 00:33:45.560
 They're past the time

00:33:45.560 --> 00:33:46.220
 of childbearing.

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:47.360
 There's no possible

00:33:47.360 --> 00:33:48.480
 way this is going to happen.

00:33:48.759 --> 00:33:49.400
 They didn't bear children

00:33:49.400 --> 00:33:50.100
 when they were healthy

00:33:50.100 --> 00:33:50.600
 and vibrant.

00:33:50.880 --> 00:33:51.400
 Now they're definitely

00:33:51.400 --> 00:33:51.759
 not going to do it

00:33:51.759 --> 00:33:52.080
 when they're old

00:33:52.080 --> 00:33:52.519
 and decrepit.

00:33:53.380 --> 00:33:54.920
 But they do

00:33:54.920 --> 00:33:55.620
 and they have faith

00:33:55.620 --> 00:33:56.480
 and it makes it happen.

00:33:57.840 --> 00:33:58.880
 Faith gives the thing

00:33:58.880 --> 00:33:59.640
 they hoped for,

00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:00.620
 which is Isaac

00:34:00.620 --> 00:34:01.140
 in their case,

00:34:01.200 --> 00:34:01.820
 that was their son,

00:34:01.900 --> 00:34:02.480
 son of promise,

00:34:02.920 --> 00:34:04.680
 a present substance

00:34:04.680 --> 00:34:06.720
 enabling them

00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:07.420
 to patiently,

00:34:07.740 --> 00:34:08.180
 faithfully,

00:34:08.280 --> 00:34:09.380
 and even joyfully

00:34:09.380 --> 00:34:11.160
 wait for the promise

00:34:11.160 --> 00:34:11.760
 to be fulfilled.

00:34:14.340 --> 00:34:14.740
 Okay?

00:34:15.740 --> 00:34:16.940
 That's what faith is.

00:34:17.160 --> 00:34:18.539
 Real biblical faith is.

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:18.940
 That's one of the

00:34:18.940 --> 00:34:19.780
 descriptions he gives you.

00:34:19.820 --> 00:34:20.460
 There's a lot of them.

00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:22.059
 And that gave glory

00:34:22.059 --> 00:34:22.460
 to God.

00:34:23.420 --> 00:34:24.059
 They didn't have

00:34:24.059 --> 00:34:24.720
 a physical Isaac

00:34:24.720 --> 00:34:25.760
 in their possession yet,

00:34:25.760 --> 00:34:27.500
 but they believed

00:34:27.500 --> 00:34:28.220
 so much so

00:34:28.220 --> 00:34:28.940
 that it brought them

00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:29.760
 real joy

00:34:29.760 --> 00:34:30.820
 when they thought about it.

00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:32.200
 Okay?

00:34:32.200 --> 00:34:33.380
 Abraham believed God

00:34:33.380 --> 00:34:37.240
 so much so

00:34:37.240 --> 00:34:37.660
 that it changed

00:34:37.660 --> 00:34:38.300
 the way that he thought.

00:34:40.180 --> 00:34:40.539
 Okay?

00:34:43.680 --> 00:34:44.800
 Now realize this,

00:34:44.940 --> 00:34:45.240
 okay?

00:34:45.239 --> 00:34:46.619
 You are called

00:34:46.619 --> 00:34:47.379
 to have the same

00:34:47.379 --> 00:34:48.039
 kind of faith.

00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:50.899
 What does Jesus say

00:34:50.899 --> 00:34:51.559
 in John 14,

00:34:51.639 --> 00:34:52.059
 verse 1?

00:34:52.619 --> 00:34:53.139
 Don't let your heart

00:34:53.139 --> 00:34:53.500
 be troubled.

00:34:54.079 --> 00:34:54.819
 Believe in God.

00:34:54.979 --> 00:34:55.799
 Believe also in me.

00:34:56.259 --> 00:34:57.039
 Then what does he say?

00:34:59.019 --> 00:34:59.619
 He says,

00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:00.579
 in my Father's house

00:35:00.579 --> 00:35:01.219
 are many mansions,

00:35:01.579 --> 00:35:02.719
 many dwelling places.

00:35:03.699 --> 00:35:04.359
 If it were not so,

00:35:04.379 --> 00:35:05.099
 I wouldn't have told you that.

00:35:05.779 --> 00:35:06.539
 I go to prepare

00:35:06.539 --> 00:35:07.359
 a place for you.

00:35:07.799 --> 00:35:08.359
 When I'm done

00:35:08.359 --> 00:35:08.799
 with my stuff,

00:35:08.839 --> 00:35:09.219
 I'm going to come back

00:35:09.219 --> 00:35:09.579
 and get you.

00:35:09.579 --> 00:35:09.699
 Now,

00:35:09.699 --> 00:35:13.359
 you realize

00:35:13.360 --> 00:35:14.220
 that's a promise

00:35:14.220 --> 00:35:16.440
 that he's making to you.

00:35:16.680 --> 00:35:17.760
 I'm going away.

00:35:17.820 --> 00:35:18.559
 I'm going to come back.

00:35:19.620 --> 00:35:21.200
 I got dwelling places

00:35:21.200 --> 00:35:22.360
 in my Father's house

00:35:22.360 --> 00:35:23.460
 for you.

00:35:25.940 --> 00:35:27.160
 That's a promise

00:35:27.160 --> 00:35:28.340
 that's meant to

00:35:28.340 --> 00:35:29.840
 quench your worry.

00:35:31.260 --> 00:35:32.820
 It's meant to pacify

00:35:32.820 --> 00:35:33.960
 your anxieties.

00:35:36.840 --> 00:35:37.440
 Okay?

00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:39.500
 When you think about

00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:40.180
 things that are heavenly

00:35:40.180 --> 00:35:40.620
 like that,

00:35:40.740 --> 00:35:41.420
 when you set your mind

00:35:41.420 --> 00:35:42.079
 on heavenly things,

00:35:42.240 --> 00:35:43.140
 it makes these earthly

00:35:43.139 --> 00:35:43.799
 issues that we're

00:35:43.799 --> 00:35:44.319
 dealing with

00:35:44.319 --> 00:35:46.199
 obsolete in a lot of ways.

00:35:47.599 --> 00:35:48.400
 It kind of puts them

00:35:48.400 --> 00:35:48.799
 in perspective.

00:35:48.920 --> 00:35:49.359
 It's not really

00:35:49.359 --> 00:35:49.980
 that big of a deal.

00:35:51.239 --> 00:35:51.960
 I don't have a car.

00:35:52.019 --> 00:35:52.359
 I don't have a job.

00:35:52.359 --> 00:35:53.319
 I just got a job yesterday.

00:35:53.460 --> 00:35:54.019
 I didn't have a job

00:35:54.019 --> 00:35:54.559
 for a long time.

00:35:54.579 --> 00:35:55.000
 I was poor.

00:35:56.179 --> 00:35:57.239
 But at the same time,

00:35:57.379 --> 00:35:59.179
 in light of the reality

00:35:59.179 --> 00:36:00.500
 of me being saved

00:36:00.500 --> 00:36:01.420
 by God's grace

00:36:01.420 --> 00:36:02.619
 and God is coming back

00:36:02.619 --> 00:36:03.779
 for me on a white horse

00:36:03.779 --> 00:36:05.440
 with blood on his robe

00:36:05.440 --> 00:36:06.480
 to kill all sin,

00:36:06.480 --> 00:36:07.159
 death, and hell,

00:36:07.339 --> 00:36:08.219
 and I'm going to be

00:36:08.219 --> 00:36:08.779
 a part of that,

00:36:08.920 --> 00:36:09.559
 I'm not really worried

00:36:09.559 --> 00:36:10.000
 about it.

00:36:10.759 --> 00:36:11.539
 It's not a big deal.

00:36:13.139 --> 00:36:15.460
 That's what faith

00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:16.099
 is meant to do.

00:36:19.179 --> 00:36:20.679
 It's meant to free you

00:36:20.679 --> 00:36:21.579
 from these kinds of things.

00:36:21.879 --> 00:36:22.460
 He says,

00:36:22.539 --> 00:36:23.279
 don't let your heart

00:36:23.279 --> 00:36:24.000
 be troubled.

00:36:24.579 --> 00:36:24.920
 How?

00:36:25.319 --> 00:36:26.019
 Believe in God.

00:36:26.239 --> 00:36:26.960
 Believe also in me.

00:36:28.099 --> 00:36:28.859
 Here's my promise.

00:36:29.379 --> 00:36:30.139
 I'm coming back.

00:36:31.579 --> 00:36:32.440
 Don't worry about it.

00:36:32.440 --> 00:36:36.159
 This is faith.

00:36:37.340 --> 00:36:38.920
 Same thing of Matthew 6,

00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:39.840
 32 and 34.

00:36:39.980 --> 00:36:40.559
 Through 34,

00:36:40.900 --> 00:36:41.800
 he talks about,

00:36:42.200 --> 00:36:42.380
 hey,

00:36:42.460 --> 00:36:43.139
 if you're worried about

00:36:43.139 --> 00:36:44.380
 your food and shelter

00:36:44.380 --> 00:36:45.039
 and your clothing,

00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:46.599
 I'm going to make

00:36:46.599 --> 00:36:47.300
 a promise to you.

00:36:47.780 --> 00:36:48.820
 Seek first my kingdom

00:36:48.820 --> 00:36:49.420
 and my righteousness

00:36:49.420 --> 00:36:50.440
 and all these things

00:36:50.440 --> 00:36:50.960
 you're worried about

00:36:50.960 --> 00:36:51.579
 will be added to you.

00:36:53.280 --> 00:36:54.240
 Don't worry about tomorrow.

00:36:54.240 --> 00:36:54.579
 Tomorrow,

00:36:54.740 --> 00:36:55.619
 today has enough

00:36:55.619 --> 00:36:56.300
 trouble of its own.

00:36:56.480 --> 00:36:57.840
 Just focus on right here,

00:36:57.980 --> 00:36:58.659
 right now.

00:36:58.980 --> 00:36:59.440
 I'm going to,

00:36:59.519 --> 00:37:00.720
 I have you in my hands.

00:37:00.879 --> 00:37:01.559
 I love you.

00:37:03.179 --> 00:37:03.939
 My righteousness

00:37:03.939 --> 00:37:04.980
 is applied to you.

00:37:05.059 --> 00:37:05.719
 Don't worry about

00:37:05.719 --> 00:37:06.559
 that stuff anymore.

00:37:06.839 --> 00:37:07.699
 I'm going to provide.

00:37:08.219 --> 00:37:09.399
 And he always has.

00:37:09.759 --> 00:37:10.679
 Show me a verse.

00:37:11.059 --> 00:37:11.879
 Show me a point in time

00:37:11.879 --> 00:37:12.299
 in history.

00:37:12.719 --> 00:37:13.419
 Show me a point in time

00:37:13.419 --> 00:37:15.219
 in any true Christian's life

00:37:15.219 --> 00:37:16.699
 when God really deserted them.

00:37:18.359 --> 00:37:19.619
 And you can't do it

00:37:19.619 --> 00:37:20.919
 because it hasn't happened.

00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:25.480
 That's the reality of faith.

00:37:29.119 --> 00:37:30.199
 The thing to admire

00:37:30.199 --> 00:37:31.259
 about these Old Testament saints

00:37:31.259 --> 00:37:32.439
 we read in Hebrews 11

00:37:32.439 --> 00:37:33.859
 is their faith.

00:37:34.839 --> 00:37:35.639
 They're incredible

00:37:35.639 --> 00:37:37.239
 in the way that they persevere.

00:37:38.039 --> 00:37:39.139
 The promises that came

00:37:39.139 --> 00:37:39.679
 to those people

00:37:39.679 --> 00:37:40.439
 were so real

00:37:40.439 --> 00:37:40.960
 that even though

00:37:40.960 --> 00:37:42.059
 they never saw them,

00:37:42.299 --> 00:37:44.000
 they based their life on them.

00:37:45.139 --> 00:37:45.779
 Do you realize that?

00:37:45.799 --> 00:37:46.279
 They never saw

00:37:46.279 --> 00:37:47.439
 these promises fulfilled.

00:37:48.119 --> 00:37:48.299
 I mean,

00:37:49.179 --> 00:37:50.480
 Abraham had one son.

00:37:50.719 --> 00:37:51.899
 That wasn't multitudes of people.

00:37:52.159 --> 00:37:52.579
 God said,

00:37:52.639 --> 00:37:53.919
 go look at the stars.

00:37:54.980 --> 00:37:56.039
 As many as you can see,

00:37:56.099 --> 00:37:56.619
 that's how many sons

00:37:56.619 --> 00:37:57.179
 you're going to have.

00:37:57.179 --> 00:37:57.239
 faith.

00:37:57.659 --> 00:37:59.139
 Like the grains of sand

00:37:59.139 --> 00:38:00.299
 on the beaches.

00:38:02.519 --> 00:38:03.619
 He saw one.

00:38:06.739 --> 00:38:08.179
 He grew strong in faith.

00:38:08.259 --> 00:38:09.419
 He believed in what God said.

00:38:10.759 --> 00:38:11.559
 And his people

00:38:11.559 --> 00:38:12.419
 continued and continued

00:38:12.419 --> 00:38:12.799
 and continued.

00:38:13.039 --> 00:38:14.199
 And the story of the Old Testament

00:38:14.199 --> 00:38:14.739
 is incredible

00:38:14.739 --> 00:38:15.579
 to see how God

00:38:15.579 --> 00:38:17.039
 raised up a people

00:38:17.039 --> 00:38:18.960
 through Abraham's lineage,

00:38:19.119 --> 00:38:19.599
 through Isaac

00:38:19.599 --> 00:38:20.440
 and Jacob

00:38:20.440 --> 00:38:21.779
 and the sons of Judah

00:38:21.779 --> 00:38:22.579
 and all these people.

00:38:22.579 --> 00:38:23.880
 and he preserved them.

00:38:25.139 --> 00:38:26.159
 You see things like Joseph,

00:38:26.460 --> 00:38:26.719
 you know,

00:38:26.960 --> 00:38:28.159
 he was traded into slavery

00:38:28.159 --> 00:38:28.619
 in Egypt

00:38:28.619 --> 00:38:30.360
 and then he was shipped off

00:38:30.360 --> 00:38:31.400
 and he was in jail

00:38:31.400 --> 00:38:32.799
 for running away from

00:38:32.799 --> 00:38:34.099
 Potiphar's wife,

00:38:34.159 --> 00:38:34.440
 I think,

00:38:34.480 --> 00:38:35.119
 or something like that.

00:38:35.179 --> 00:38:37.039
 And then he was brought back up

00:38:37.039 --> 00:38:37.860
 and Pharaoh put him

00:38:37.860 --> 00:38:38.739
 as his second hand man

00:38:38.739 --> 00:38:39.900
 and then he was able to save

00:38:39.900 --> 00:38:41.519
 the rest of his family,

00:38:42.920 --> 00:38:44.039
 the lineage of Abraham,

00:38:44.940 --> 00:38:45.940
 because he was in that position

00:38:45.940 --> 00:38:46.480
 to do so.

00:38:47.239 --> 00:38:48.639
 God is just time and time again

00:38:48.639 --> 00:38:49.719
 providentially answering

00:38:49.719 --> 00:38:50.239
 and answering

00:38:50.239 --> 00:38:50.719
 and answering

00:38:50.719 --> 00:38:51.159
 and answering

00:38:51.159 --> 00:38:51.920
 and saying,

00:38:52.219 --> 00:38:53.219
 my promise is going to be fulfilled.

00:38:53.500 --> 00:38:54.399
 My promise to Abraham

00:38:54.399 --> 00:38:55.099
 is going to be fulfilled.

00:38:55.679 --> 00:38:56.719
 All these things are happening.

00:38:57.420 --> 00:38:58.239
 My Davidic covenant

00:38:58.239 --> 00:38:58.839
 is going to be fulfilled.

00:38:58.960 --> 00:38:59.379
 Abrahamic covenant

00:38:59.379 --> 00:38:59.980
 is going to be fulfilled.

00:39:00.239 --> 00:39:01.039
 All these things

00:39:01.039 --> 00:39:01.819
 God is doing

00:39:01.819 --> 00:39:02.480
 and is doing

00:39:02.480 --> 00:39:03.000
 and is doing

00:39:03.000 --> 00:39:03.559
 and preserving

00:39:03.559 --> 00:39:04.799
 and he's never not

00:39:04.799 --> 00:39:05.899
 fulfilled these promises.

00:39:06.639 --> 00:39:07.500
 2 Corinthians 1

00:39:07.500 --> 00:39:09.619
 something

00:39:09.619 --> 00:39:11.559
 20 says this,

00:39:11.659 --> 00:39:12.460
 for as many

00:39:12.460 --> 00:39:13.940
 as may be the promises

00:39:13.940 --> 00:39:14.859
 of God and him

00:39:14.859 --> 00:39:16.159
 that's in Christ,

00:39:17.159 --> 00:39:17.579
 they're yes.

00:39:19.980 --> 00:39:20.839
 Wherefore also

00:39:20.840 --> 00:39:21.320
 by him

00:39:21.320 --> 00:39:21.840
 is our amen

00:39:21.840 --> 00:39:22.360
 to the glory

00:39:22.360 --> 00:39:22.740
 of God

00:39:22.740 --> 00:39:23.420
 through us.

00:39:30.260 --> 00:39:31.140
 So we have nothing

00:39:31.140 --> 00:39:31.720
 to worry about.

00:39:34.140 --> 00:39:35.160
 These Old Testament people

00:39:35.160 --> 00:39:35.920
 simply took God

00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:36.460
 at his word

00:39:36.460 --> 00:39:37.900
 and they lived

00:39:37.900 --> 00:39:38.940
 on the basis of that.

00:39:40.019 --> 00:39:40.780
 They were people

00:39:40.780 --> 00:39:41.260
 of faith

00:39:41.260 --> 00:39:42.740
 and that faith

00:39:42.740 --> 00:39:43.360
 gave substance

00:39:43.360 --> 00:39:44.220
 to what was in the future.

00:39:46.460 --> 00:39:47.440
 Maybe you're still confused,

00:39:47.579 --> 00:39:47.740
 okay?

00:39:48.180 --> 00:39:48.680
 Maybe you are.

00:39:49.379 --> 00:39:50.019
 I don't know.

00:39:51.440 --> 00:39:52.019
 I'm making it

00:39:52.019 --> 00:39:52.679
 more practical for you.

00:39:52.719 --> 00:39:53.299
 Have you ever hoped

00:39:53.299 --> 00:39:53.879
 for anything

00:39:53.879 --> 00:39:57.139
 with such certainty

00:39:57.139 --> 00:39:59.719
 that it became

00:39:59.719 --> 00:40:00.599
 a present reality

00:40:00.599 --> 00:40:01.039
 to you?

00:40:02.639 --> 00:40:03.279
 Have you ever

00:40:03.279 --> 00:40:04.119
 so hoped

00:40:04.119 --> 00:40:04.579
 for something

00:40:04.579 --> 00:40:05.000
 that it became

00:40:05.000 --> 00:40:06.099
 a present reality

00:40:06.099 --> 00:40:06.679
 for you?

00:40:09.679 --> 00:40:10.759
 Maybe like vacation,

00:40:11.159 --> 00:40:11.799
 right?

00:40:11.800 --> 00:40:14.560
 It's May.

00:40:15.840 --> 00:40:16.280
 No.

00:40:17.380 --> 00:40:18.140
 It's April.

00:40:19.660 --> 00:40:21.980
 Crazy school April

00:40:21.980 --> 00:40:23.500
 where all my tests

00:40:23.500 --> 00:40:23.960
 are happening.

00:40:24.220 --> 00:40:25.320
 I'm psyched out

00:40:25.320 --> 00:40:26.180
 and there's that,

00:40:26.580 --> 00:40:27.740
 there's those few moments

00:40:27.740 --> 00:40:28.180
 when I know that,

00:40:28.240 --> 00:40:29.240
 hey, my vacation in May

00:40:29.240 --> 00:40:29.840
 is coming up

00:40:29.840 --> 00:40:31.480
 and I'm thinking about it

00:40:31.480 --> 00:40:32.160
 and I'm thinking about

00:40:32.160 --> 00:40:33.400
 my feet being in the sand

00:40:33.400 --> 00:40:34.420
 and in the ocean

00:40:34.420 --> 00:40:35.380
 and I'm thinking about

00:40:35.380 --> 00:40:36.360
 just relaxing on the beach

00:40:36.360 --> 00:40:36.940
 with a book

00:40:36.940 --> 00:40:37.660
 and hanging out

00:40:37.660 --> 00:40:38.519
 with my best friends

00:40:38.519 --> 00:40:40.119
 and soaking in the rays

00:40:40.119 --> 00:40:40.940
 and I'm just like,

00:40:41.039 --> 00:40:41.759
 I can feel,

00:40:41.759 --> 00:40:42.460
 oh my gosh,

00:40:43.019 --> 00:40:43.840
 I cannot wait

00:40:43.840 --> 00:40:44.360
 to that moment.

00:40:45.420 --> 00:40:45.619
 Right?

00:40:45.820 --> 00:40:46.980
 You so dwell upon

00:40:46.980 --> 00:40:47.500
 that moment

00:40:47.500 --> 00:40:48.119
 that it becomes

00:40:48.119 --> 00:40:48.860
 a present reality

00:40:48.860 --> 00:40:49.159
 for you

00:40:49.159 --> 00:40:50.239
 and you take joy in it.

00:40:51.820 --> 00:40:52.179
 Right?

00:40:52.619 --> 00:40:53.440
 That's an example.

00:40:53.559 --> 00:40:54.000
 Another example

00:40:54.000 --> 00:40:54.840
 is a baby, right?

00:40:54.920 --> 00:40:55.880
 You don't have a baby yet

00:40:55.880 --> 00:40:56.539
 but you prepare

00:40:56.539 --> 00:40:57.019
 for the baby.

00:40:57.119 --> 00:40:57.579
 You get all excited

00:40:57.579 --> 00:40:58.119
 about the baby.

00:40:58.360 --> 00:40:59.259
 You paint the room.

00:40:59.599 --> 00:41:00.059
 You get all the,

00:41:00.099 --> 00:41:00.739
 you get the cradle.

00:41:00.860 --> 00:41:01.380
 You get all these things

00:41:01.380 --> 00:41:01.780
 set up.

00:41:01.960 --> 00:41:02.679
 You get the colors.

00:41:02.840 --> 00:41:03.280
 You, you know,

00:41:03.300 --> 00:41:04.139
 see this sonogram

00:41:04.139 --> 00:41:04.920
 whatever thing it's called

00:41:04.920 --> 00:41:06.480
 and then finally

00:41:06.480 --> 00:41:08.159
 the baby does come

00:41:08.159 --> 00:41:08.819
 but before that

00:41:08.819 --> 00:41:09.259
 you're still,

00:41:09.379 --> 00:41:10.079
 you're rejoicing

00:41:10.079 --> 00:41:11.619
 in that baby's preparation.

00:41:11.839 --> 00:41:12.039
 You can,

00:41:12.239 --> 00:41:12.879
 you're thinking about it.

00:41:12.920 --> 00:41:13.759
 You're anticipating it.

00:41:14.019 --> 00:41:14.679
 You have faith

00:41:14.679 --> 00:41:15.460
 that it's going to come

00:41:15.460 --> 00:41:16.779
 and because of your faith,

00:41:16.839 --> 00:41:17.920
 because of your certainty

00:41:17.920 --> 00:41:19.500
 of that thing happening,

00:41:19.719 --> 00:41:21.019
 it gives you

00:41:21.019 --> 00:41:22.799
 a present substance.

00:41:25.519 --> 00:41:27.379
 A present reality.

00:41:27.779 --> 00:41:28.719
 A realness.

00:41:29.799 --> 00:41:30.699
 A tangibleness.

00:41:32.319 --> 00:41:32.759
 Right?

00:41:34.179 --> 00:41:35.619
 Steak dinner is the same way.

00:41:36.099 --> 00:41:37.399
 Going home after a long day

00:41:37.400 --> 00:41:38.160
 is the same way.

00:41:38.280 --> 00:41:39.500
 Heaven is the same way.

00:41:40.740 --> 00:41:41.320
 Read Revelation.

00:41:41.480 --> 00:41:42.000
 It's incredible

00:41:42.000 --> 00:41:42.340
 what you agree

00:41:42.340 --> 00:41:43.059
 about reading about heaven.

00:41:45.500 --> 00:41:45.980
 John MacArthur,

00:41:46.079 --> 00:41:46.519
 what he was like,

00:41:46.559 --> 00:41:47.220
 he was saying this,

00:41:47.599 --> 00:41:47.800
 this,

00:41:48.160 --> 00:41:49.280
 a great sermon I listened to

00:41:49.280 --> 00:41:50.099
 kind of preparing for this

00:41:50.099 --> 00:41:51.119
 on this passage.

00:41:51.220 --> 00:41:51.619
 He was like,

00:41:52.000 --> 00:41:52.200
 you know,

00:41:52.240 --> 00:41:52.420
 I've,

00:41:52.420 --> 00:41:52.800
 I've,

00:41:52.800 --> 00:41:54.860
 I've basically been to heaven

00:41:54.860 --> 00:41:55.500
 in a lot of ways.

00:41:55.500 --> 00:41:56.940
 Like I've read so much

00:41:56.940 --> 00:41:57.400
 about this

00:41:57.400 --> 00:41:58.579
 and I've studied it so hard

00:41:58.579 --> 00:41:59.800
 and I've seen the pearly gates

00:41:59.800 --> 00:42:00.579
 and I know,

00:42:00.660 --> 00:42:01.740
 and I know the dimensions of heaven

00:42:01.740 --> 00:42:02.660
 and I've been to the,

00:42:02.700 --> 00:42:03.260
 to the,

00:42:03.260 --> 00:42:03.639
 you know,

00:42:03.960 --> 00:42:05.360
 glass or crystal sea

00:42:05.360 --> 00:42:06.960
 and I've seen that tree of life

00:42:06.960 --> 00:42:08.039
 and all these things

00:42:08.039 --> 00:42:08.340
 and I've,

00:42:08.340 --> 00:42:09.720
 I've pictured

00:42:09.720 --> 00:42:10.460
 and I've imagined

00:42:10.460 --> 00:42:11.180
 and I've meditated on

00:42:11.180 --> 00:42:12.539
 God sitting on his throne.

00:42:13.200 --> 00:42:13.519
 He's like,

00:42:13.519 --> 00:42:14.140
 I've been there.

00:42:14.200 --> 00:42:14.300
 I mean,

00:42:14.320 --> 00:42:15.500
 it's given me present reality

00:42:15.500 --> 00:42:16.140
 and joy

00:42:16.140 --> 00:42:19.260
 even though it's not here yet.

00:42:19.260 --> 00:42:19.579
 Right?

00:42:20.120 --> 00:42:20.920
 But it is here.

00:42:23.300 --> 00:42:23.660
 Already,

00:42:23.780 --> 00:42:24.240
 but not yet

00:42:24.240 --> 00:42:24.800
 kind of idea.

00:42:24.800 --> 00:42:28.600
 So,

00:42:28.940 --> 00:42:29.080
 J.

00:42:29.120 --> 00:42:29.440
 Mac said,

00:42:29.519 --> 00:42:30.260
 faith is the ability

00:42:30.260 --> 00:42:30.920
 to take that

00:42:30.920 --> 00:42:31.800
 which is in the future

00:42:31.800 --> 00:42:33.660
 and give it a present substance.

00:42:34.840 --> 00:42:35.660
 That's what it is.

00:42:42.680 --> 00:42:43.620
 Here's the difference though

00:42:43.620 --> 00:42:45.740
 between bringing present substance

00:42:45.740 --> 00:42:46.460
 to those things

00:42:46.460 --> 00:42:47.220
 that I just mentioned

00:42:47.220 --> 00:42:48.780
 and being able to bring

00:42:48.780 --> 00:42:50.039
 real and present substance

00:42:50.039 --> 00:42:51.300
 to Jesus Christ.

00:42:54.800 --> 00:42:57.039
 It is the supernatural work

00:42:57.039 --> 00:42:57.680
 of God

00:42:57.680 --> 00:42:58.780
 that enables a man

00:42:58.780 --> 00:42:59.320
 to see

00:42:59.320 --> 00:43:00.860
 and to believe

00:43:00.860 --> 00:43:01.600
 in Christ

00:43:01.600 --> 00:43:03.539
 with such assurance

00:43:03.539 --> 00:43:06.240
 that it becomes

00:43:06.240 --> 00:43:07.019
 a present reality.

00:43:08.660 --> 00:43:08.840
 Okay?

00:43:09.680 --> 00:43:10.360
 Everybody

00:43:10.360 --> 00:43:11.860
 can do that

00:43:11.860 --> 00:43:12.880
 for a steak dinner

00:43:12.880 --> 00:43:14.820
 or for a vacation.

00:43:15.680 --> 00:43:16.980
 But not everybody

00:43:16.980 --> 00:43:18.080
 can do this

00:43:18.080 --> 00:43:18.680
 with Jesus.

00:43:20.980 --> 00:43:21.640
 So,

00:43:21.720 --> 00:43:22.440
 the difference is

00:43:22.440 --> 00:43:23.180
 faith

00:43:23.179 --> 00:43:24.199
 is a thing

00:43:24.199 --> 00:43:24.919
 that God

00:43:24.919 --> 00:43:26.799
 must give you.

00:43:27.679 --> 00:43:28.679
 He is the author.

00:43:29.539 --> 00:43:30.659
 He is the finisher.

00:43:31.000 --> 00:43:31.759
 The perfecter

00:43:31.759 --> 00:43:32.679
 of your faith.

00:43:34.019 --> 00:43:34.460
 Okay?

00:43:34.639 --> 00:43:34.879
 So,

00:43:34.980 --> 00:43:35.980
 if you don't have this,

00:43:36.899 --> 00:43:38.299
 this faith in Christ

00:43:38.299 --> 00:43:39.119
 that enables you

00:43:39.119 --> 00:43:40.199
 to have Him

00:43:40.199 --> 00:43:41.119
 as a present reality,

00:43:41.359 --> 00:43:42.559
 to go about your days,

00:43:42.639 --> 00:43:43.639
 to endure persecution

00:43:43.639 --> 00:43:44.299
 or suffering

00:43:44.299 --> 00:43:45.379
 or bad days

00:43:45.379 --> 00:43:45.879
 or good days

00:43:45.879 --> 00:43:46.879
 or whatever else it may be,

00:43:47.239 --> 00:43:48.500
 if you don't have that Christ,

00:43:48.639 --> 00:43:49.519
 then you need to pray

00:43:49.519 --> 00:43:51.199
 on your knees

00:43:51.199 --> 00:43:52.639
 for that Christ.

00:43:53.179 --> 00:43:55.799
 you need to ask God

00:43:55.799 --> 00:43:56.739
 with all your heart,

00:43:56.899 --> 00:43:57.319
 soul, mind,

00:43:57.379 --> 00:43:58.399
 and strength

00:43:58.399 --> 00:43:59.779
 to give you

00:43:59.779 --> 00:44:01.159
 Jesus Christ

00:44:01.159 --> 00:44:03.239
 no matter what it costs you.

00:44:03.619 --> 00:44:04.319
 There is nothing

00:44:04.319 --> 00:44:04.799
 in this world

00:44:04.799 --> 00:44:05.619
 that is better than Him.

00:44:07.440 --> 00:44:08.559
 There's not a single thing.

00:44:11.639 --> 00:44:12.019
 Okay?

00:44:12.079 --> 00:44:12.199
 So,

00:44:12.259 --> 00:44:12.819
 if you don't know

00:44:12.819 --> 00:44:13.940
 Jesus in this capacity

00:44:13.940 --> 00:44:15.539
 where He is a real thing

00:44:15.539 --> 00:44:16.019
 to you,

00:44:16.779 --> 00:44:17.419
 if He's just some

00:44:17.419 --> 00:44:18.039
 distant idea

00:44:18.039 --> 00:44:18.519
 or some guy

00:44:18.519 --> 00:44:19.259
 that you've learned about

00:44:19.259 --> 00:44:20.219
 like you've learned about

00:44:20.219 --> 00:44:21.839
 a John Calvin

00:44:21.839 --> 00:44:22.779
 or a John Wesley

00:44:22.779 --> 00:44:23.459
 or if He's just

00:44:23.459 --> 00:44:24.480
 some historical figure

00:44:24.480 --> 00:44:24.980
 to you,

00:44:25.279 --> 00:44:26.899
 then you're not saved.

00:44:28.519 --> 00:44:29.519
 Because salvation

00:44:29.519 --> 00:44:31.259
 produces this faith

00:44:31.259 --> 00:44:35.219
 that takes hold

00:44:35.219 --> 00:44:35.739
 of Christ

00:44:35.739 --> 00:44:36.279
 and says,

00:44:36.439 --> 00:44:37.459
 this is my Christ

00:44:37.459 --> 00:44:37.839
 now.

00:44:39.779 --> 00:44:40.959
 He's my possession.

00:44:42.739 --> 00:44:43.619
 I'm going to cling

00:44:43.619 --> 00:44:44.259
 on to Him.

00:44:44.260 --> 00:44:48.240
 It's a cool...

00:44:48.240 --> 00:44:49.120
 Mary, right?

00:44:49.280 --> 00:44:49.540
 Mary,

00:44:49.720 --> 00:44:50.620
 another good example.

00:44:50.760 --> 00:44:52.140
 She sees Jesus

00:44:52.140 --> 00:44:53.060
 at the tomb.

00:44:54.780 --> 00:44:55.800
 She's so elated.

00:44:55.920 --> 00:44:57.220
 She's so filled

00:44:57.220 --> 00:44:58.220
 with joy to see Jesus.

00:44:58.720 --> 00:44:59.180
 He says,

00:44:59.240 --> 00:44:59.960
 don't cling to me.

00:45:00.500 --> 00:45:01.280
 Don't cling to me.

00:45:01.380 --> 00:45:01.820
 We should be

00:45:01.820 --> 00:45:02.400
 that kind of way.

00:45:03.060 --> 00:45:03.220
 You know?

00:45:03.680 --> 00:45:04.360
 May Jesus say,

00:45:04.440 --> 00:45:04.960
 get off me.

00:45:06.460 --> 00:45:07.000
 You're clinging

00:45:07.000 --> 00:45:07.760
 too close to me.

00:45:08.000 --> 00:45:08.240
 You know?

00:45:08.340 --> 00:45:08.900
 He's not going to say that.

00:45:08.920 --> 00:45:09.260
 I'm just saying,

00:45:09.340 --> 00:45:10.240
 in this scenario,

00:45:10.560 --> 00:45:11.700
 we should be like a Mary

00:45:11.700 --> 00:45:13.920
 that just grabs

00:45:13.920 --> 00:45:14.480
 on to Jesus

00:45:14.480 --> 00:45:15.579
 and holds on to Him.

00:45:18.480 --> 00:45:19.519
 The Scripture says

00:45:19.519 --> 00:45:21.260
 that Jesus knows

00:45:21.260 --> 00:45:21.920
 His church

00:45:21.920 --> 00:45:22.880
 like Adam knew

00:45:22.880 --> 00:45:23.539
 His wife.

00:45:23.760 --> 00:45:24.700
 That's an intimate thing.

00:45:27.200 --> 00:45:27.659
 I mean,

00:45:27.680 --> 00:45:28.480
 it's sexual intercourse

00:45:28.480 --> 00:45:29.559
 between Adam and Eve.

00:45:30.599 --> 00:45:31.519
 And that's meant

00:45:31.519 --> 00:45:32.079
 to be reflective

00:45:32.079 --> 00:45:34.980
 of God's intimacy

00:45:34.980 --> 00:45:36.000
 with His people.

00:45:36.220 --> 00:45:37.320
 It's intense.

00:45:38.800 --> 00:45:39.760
 It's not sexual.

00:45:39.820 --> 00:45:40.119
 I'm just saying

00:45:40.119 --> 00:45:40.920
 it's intense, though.

00:45:41.180 --> 00:45:41.340
 You know?

00:45:43.920 --> 00:45:46.579
 True faith

00:45:46.579 --> 00:45:47.820
 isn't mystical longing.

00:45:48.400 --> 00:45:49.260
 It's a certainty

00:45:49.260 --> 00:45:50.240
 about Christ.

00:45:50.980 --> 00:45:51.940
 It changes the way

00:45:51.940 --> 00:45:53.039
 you think about everything.

00:45:53.260 --> 00:45:54.019
 A true man or woman

00:45:54.019 --> 00:45:54.400
 of faith

00:45:54.400 --> 00:45:54.880
 will be able to

00:45:54.880 --> 00:45:55.680
 actively believe

00:45:55.680 --> 00:45:56.780
 in the promises of God

00:45:56.780 --> 00:45:58.200
 so as to bear

00:45:58.200 --> 00:45:59.519
 the fruits of faith.

00:46:00.519 --> 00:46:01.519
 Love, joy, peace,

00:46:01.599 --> 00:46:02.260
 patience, kindness.

00:46:02.420 --> 00:46:03.119
 These things

00:46:03.119 --> 00:46:04.579
 are a reality

00:46:04.579 --> 00:46:05.139
 for the believer

00:46:05.139 --> 00:46:06.659
 because of their faith

00:46:06.659 --> 00:46:07.760
 in Christ

00:46:07.760 --> 00:46:08.840
 who supplies them

00:46:08.840 --> 00:46:09.240
 with it.

00:46:10.159 --> 00:46:11.460
 And it's not circumstantial.

00:46:11.460 --> 00:46:15.340
 I want to give you

00:46:15.340 --> 00:46:15.880
 one more illustration

00:46:15.880 --> 00:46:16.380
 from the Scripture.

00:46:16.500 --> 00:46:17.280
 Turn to 2 Corinthians.

00:46:21.480 --> 00:46:22.659
 This is just a good illustration

00:46:22.659 --> 00:46:23.440
 of what I've just said.

00:46:25.679 --> 00:46:26.480
 Faith has the ability

00:46:26.480 --> 00:46:27.059
 to change the way

00:46:27.059 --> 00:46:28.079
 you think about things.

00:46:31.659 --> 00:46:32.780
 2 Corinthians 1,

00:46:32.920 --> 00:46:34.000
 beginning in verse 8.

00:46:37.199 --> 00:46:38.000
 This is Paul.

00:46:38.000 --> 00:46:40.420
 He says,

00:46:40.539 --> 00:46:41.119
 We do not want you

00:46:41.119 --> 00:46:42.039
 to be unaware, brethren,

00:46:42.400 --> 00:46:43.619
 of our affliction

00:46:43.619 --> 00:46:45.239
 which came to us in Asia.

00:46:45.320 --> 00:46:45.760
 So in Asia,

00:46:45.840 --> 00:46:46.539
 they were afflicted.

00:46:47.280 --> 00:46:47.880
 They were persecuted

00:46:47.880 --> 00:46:48.400
 for something.

00:46:50.019 --> 00:46:51.639
 That we were burdened

00:46:51.639 --> 00:46:52.599
 excessively

00:46:52.599 --> 00:46:54.579
 beyond our strength

00:46:54.579 --> 00:46:55.639
 so that we despaired

00:46:55.639 --> 00:46:56.239
 even of life.

00:46:56.340 --> 00:46:56.840
 So Paul,

00:46:56.960 --> 00:46:57.460
 in a sense,

00:46:57.920 --> 00:46:58.699
 was suicidal.

00:46:59.539 --> 00:46:59.780
 Okay?

00:47:00.219 --> 00:47:01.780
 He was so afflicted

00:47:01.780 --> 00:47:02.460
 in Asia

00:47:02.460 --> 00:47:03.480
 that he despaired

00:47:03.480 --> 00:47:04.159
 of even living.

00:47:04.199 --> 00:47:04.960
 He didn't want to live anymore.

00:47:05.039 --> 00:47:06.099
 He was so afflicted.

00:47:06.099 --> 00:47:10.539
 Indeed,

00:47:10.799 --> 00:47:11.440
 we had a sentence

00:47:11.440 --> 00:47:12.000
 of death

00:47:12.000 --> 00:47:12.839
 within ourselves

00:47:12.839 --> 00:47:14.699
 in order that we

00:47:14.699 --> 00:47:15.539
 should not trust

00:47:15.539 --> 00:47:16.279
 in ourselves

00:47:16.279 --> 00:47:17.360
 but in God

00:47:17.360 --> 00:47:19.119
 who raises the dead.

00:47:22.819 --> 00:47:23.779
 Who delivered us

00:47:23.779 --> 00:47:24.400
 from so great

00:47:24.400 --> 00:47:25.199
 a peril of death

00:47:25.199 --> 00:47:26.199
 and will deliver us.

00:47:26.380 --> 00:47:27.139
 He on whom

00:47:27.139 --> 00:47:28.179
 we have set our hope

00:47:28.179 --> 00:47:29.019
 and He will yet

00:47:29.019 --> 00:47:29.920
 deliver us.

00:47:31.460 --> 00:47:32.900
 So Paul is burdened

00:47:32.900 --> 00:47:33.559
 excessively

00:47:33.559 --> 00:47:34.880
 beyond what he can bear.

00:47:36.099 --> 00:47:36.779
 And he says,

00:47:36.860 --> 00:47:37.159
 the only thing

00:47:37.159 --> 00:47:37.940
 that sustained me

00:47:37.940 --> 00:47:40.440
 was that promise

00:47:40.440 --> 00:47:40.920
 that you see

00:47:40.920 --> 00:47:41.799
 in verse 9 there.

00:47:43.360 --> 00:47:44.460
 I put my hope,

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 I put my trust

00:47:45.239 --> 00:47:45.980
 in God

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 who raises

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 the dead.

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 That was the promise

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 that Paul

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 clung to

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 in his persecution

00:47:53.980 --> 00:47:55.159
 that enabled him

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 to endure.

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 And then he goes on

00:47:56.920 --> 00:47:57.259
 and he starts

00:47:57.259 --> 00:47:57.980
 praising God

00:47:57.980 --> 00:47:58.519
 and he says,

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 who delivered us

00:48:00.440 --> 00:48:00.839
 from so great

00:48:00.839 --> 00:48:01.559
 a peril of death

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 and He will deliver us.

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 He on whom

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 we have set our hope

00:48:04.339 --> 00:48:04.960
 and He will yet

00:48:04.960 --> 00:48:05.920
 deliver us.

00:48:06.059 --> 00:48:06.659
 Three times

00:48:06.659 --> 00:48:07.099
 in one verse

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 He says He's going

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 to deliver us.

00:48:09.579 --> 00:48:10.559
 He's going to deliver us.

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 I know it is true.

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 It was a certainty

00:48:14.199 --> 00:48:14.779
 about Christ.

00:48:14.880 --> 00:48:15.420
 There wasn't some

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 mystical,

00:48:16.480 --> 00:48:17.360
 you know,

00:48:17.460 --> 00:48:18.139
 wishful thinking.

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 I hope it happens.

00:48:19.119 --> 00:48:19.519
 It wasn't a

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 maybe this is going

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 to happen.

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 I hope it happens.

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 It was a

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 I know

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 in Christ

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 this will happen.

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 He will keep me.

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 He will enable me.

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 This is faith.

00:48:31.099 --> 00:48:31.219
 Okay,

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 this is what faith is.

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 Changes the way

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 that you think

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 about things.

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 Secondly,

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 oh,

00:48:38.039 --> 00:48:38.859
 good quote for us

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 from Spurgeon.

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 Little faith,

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 a little bit of it,

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 will bring the soul

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 to heaven.

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 But much faith

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 will bring heaven

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 to the soul.

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 Little faith

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 will bring you

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 to heaven.

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 But much faith

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 will bring heaven

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 to the soul.

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 Now,

00:49:01.219 --> 00:49:05.059
 do you lack

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 in joy?

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 Do you lack

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 in hope?

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 Do you lack

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 in peace?

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 You've got to

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 grow in your faith.

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 Start taking God

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 at His word

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 and just reading it

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 and saying,

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 all right,

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 God,

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 you said,

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 you said this today.

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 I'm going to apply

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 it to my life.

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 You said it's better

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 to give than

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 to receive.

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 So give me the grace

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 to give today.

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 I'm just going to

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 trust it.

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 Right?

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 And sure enough,

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 I promise you,

00:49:29.359 --> 00:49:29.839
 God's going to come

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 through on that.

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 He's going to prove it.

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 Second point,

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 she's going to be

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 shorter.

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 One page.

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 Faith gives

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 things feet.

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 First point was

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 faith gives

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 things substance.

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 Second point is

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 faith gives

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 things feet.

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 Feet.

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 faith says

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 verse one.

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 Faith is the

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 assurance of

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 things hoped for.

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 It is the

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 conviction of

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 things not

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 seen.

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 These are very

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 closely related.

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 These two phrases

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 are just a kind

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 of a description

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 here.

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 But the big

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 discrepancy between

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 the first phrase

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 and the second

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 phrase is the

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 idea of action.

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 OK, the first

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 thing changed the

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 way you thought

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 about it.

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 The second, the

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 conviction of things

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 not seen changes

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 the way that you

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 live.

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 Changes the way

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 that you live.

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 The word for

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 conviction is I

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 can't say

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 That's the Greek

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 word for conviction

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 and it means a

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 proof.

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 That by which a

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 thing is proved or

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 tested.

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 but it's also in the way that one lives.

00:50:53.860 --> 00:50:57.260
 This is a little bit further step from the phrase of our verse.

00:50:57.400 --> 00:50:59.760
 It implies action, as I said, okay?

00:50:59.860 --> 00:51:01.700
 It implies an action, activity,

00:51:02.160 --> 00:51:04.480
 something that I do in light of what I believe now.

00:51:07.000 --> 00:51:09.539
 J. Max said, this is banking your life on your hope.

00:51:10.480 --> 00:51:12.420
 This is putting all your chips in to Christ.

00:51:15.220 --> 00:51:17.519
 The faith, this faith is lived out.

00:51:17.519 --> 00:51:20.059
 I like to think of it as an expression of one's faith.

00:51:22.519 --> 00:51:23.639
 Have you seen God?

00:51:25.820 --> 00:51:27.079
 Have you smelled Him?

00:51:27.199 --> 00:51:28.000
 Have you tasted Him?

00:51:28.079 --> 00:51:28.860
 Have you touched Him?

00:51:29.679 --> 00:51:30.599
 Have you heard Him?

00:51:31.420 --> 00:51:31.699
 No.

00:51:34.599 --> 00:51:35.579
 Yet you believe.

00:51:37.539 --> 00:51:40.280
 Not one of your five senses has ever sensed Him,

00:51:40.579 --> 00:51:41.420
 yet you believe.

00:51:42.480 --> 00:51:43.719
 Can you observe Him?

00:51:43.820 --> 00:51:44.059
 No.

00:51:44.179 --> 00:51:45.759
 Can you test Him in a test tube?

00:51:45.759 --> 00:51:46.079
 No.

00:51:46.079 --> 00:51:47.739
 Can you look at Him through a microscope?

00:51:48.099 --> 00:51:48.360
 No.

00:51:50.519 --> 00:51:51.819
 Yet you believe in Him.

00:51:53.219 --> 00:51:56.860
 So although you cannot prove God scientifically,

00:51:57.279 --> 00:51:59.519
 you still believe in God.

00:52:01.619 --> 00:52:02.799
 That's a strange thing.

00:52:02.900 --> 00:52:04.480
 That's weird that you would do that.

00:52:04.480 --> 00:52:11.240
 The word elechaz could also be translated evidence.

00:52:13.980 --> 00:52:14.460
 Okay?

00:52:14.699 --> 00:52:15.139
 Evidence.

00:52:15.440 --> 00:52:17.360
 It's the evidence of things not seen.

00:52:19.240 --> 00:52:21.179
 Faith in the life of a regenerate person

00:52:21.179 --> 00:52:24.420
 is the greatest evidence that there is a God.

00:52:24.420 --> 00:52:31.340
 God has seen fit to shame the wise people,

00:52:31.599 --> 00:52:32.840
 the worldly wise people,

00:52:33.200 --> 00:52:36.019
 by enabling

00:52:36.019 --> 00:52:40.420
 the...

00:52:40.420 --> 00:52:42.400
 What was it again?

00:52:42.480 --> 00:52:43.280
 Not the Brahmin and the...

00:52:43.280 --> 00:52:46.000
 The untouchables.

00:52:46.139 --> 00:52:46.840
 We're the untouchables.

00:52:47.180 --> 00:52:48.400
 He's enabled the untouchables

00:52:48.400 --> 00:52:50.659
 to do His will.

00:52:50.659 --> 00:52:53.259
 To live a life of faith.

00:52:54.259 --> 00:52:55.420
 To accomplish things

00:52:55.420 --> 00:52:57.239
 that really can't just be explained.

00:52:59.359 --> 00:53:00.519
 I don't think it's coincidental

00:53:00.519 --> 00:53:01.399
 that God has ordained

00:53:01.399 --> 00:53:02.759
 the majority of His salvations

00:53:02.759 --> 00:53:03.559
 to come through

00:53:03.559 --> 00:53:05.019
 the faithful witness

00:53:05.019 --> 00:53:06.079
 of His people.

00:53:08.619 --> 00:53:09.940
 You can see more of God

00:53:09.940 --> 00:53:10.779
 in the life of a believer

00:53:10.779 --> 00:53:11.539
 than anywhere else.

00:53:13.119 --> 00:53:13.480
 Okay?

00:53:13.480 --> 00:53:16.539
 So faith is something that's supernatural.

00:53:16.840 --> 00:53:17.840
 It's not going to be simply

00:53:17.840 --> 00:53:19.460
 ascertained by

00:53:19.460 --> 00:53:22.059
 a Bunsen burner

00:53:22.059 --> 00:53:23.000
 and microscopes

00:53:23.000 --> 00:53:23.719
 and test tubes.

00:53:25.880 --> 00:53:26.320
 Okay?

00:53:26.440 --> 00:53:28.400
 God is an invisible God.

00:53:30.139 --> 00:53:31.760
 And He has revealed Himself

00:53:31.760 --> 00:53:32.500
 in Christ.

00:53:32.980 --> 00:53:33.800
 So if you want to

00:53:33.800 --> 00:53:34.820
 know about God,

00:53:34.900 --> 00:53:35.920
 if you want to study God,

00:53:35.980 --> 00:53:36.599
 if you want to

00:53:36.599 --> 00:53:37.659
 understand Him,

00:53:37.699 --> 00:53:38.219
 if you want to get

00:53:38.219 --> 00:53:39.219
 evidence for Him,

00:53:39.440 --> 00:53:40.519
 first look at Christ

00:53:40.519 --> 00:53:41.079
 who says,

00:53:41.639 --> 00:53:42.360
 I have...

00:53:42.360 --> 00:53:43.099
 If you've seen me,

00:53:43.099 --> 00:53:43.719
 you've seen the Father,

00:53:43.779 --> 00:53:44.179
 He says.

00:53:45.219 --> 00:53:45.819
 If you've seen me,

00:53:45.819 --> 00:53:46.519
 you've seen the Father.

00:53:46.880 --> 00:53:47.639
 So look at Christ,

00:53:48.099 --> 00:53:48.619
 firstly,

00:53:48.960 --> 00:53:50.639
 and then look at His people.

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 And you will know

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 that there is a God.

00:53:56.159 --> 00:53:57.339
 Faith in the first place,

00:53:57.920 --> 00:53:59.059
 first phrase of our verse,

00:53:59.860 --> 00:54:01.819
 actualizes a future truth.

00:54:02.400 --> 00:54:03.799
 It brings it into one's possession.

00:54:04.000 --> 00:54:04.159
 Okay?

00:54:04.319 --> 00:54:05.799
 Faith in the first phrase,

00:54:05.799 --> 00:54:07.579
 which is the substance

00:54:07.579 --> 00:54:08.579
 of things hoped for,

00:54:09.659 --> 00:54:11.319
 brings a future truth

00:54:11.320 --> 00:54:13.480
 into your possession.

00:54:13.800 --> 00:54:15.200
 It brings it into the heart

00:54:15.200 --> 00:54:15.820
 and the mind

00:54:15.820 --> 00:54:16.360
 of the believer.

00:54:19.100 --> 00:54:20.200
 The second phrase

00:54:20.200 --> 00:54:21.360
 commits a life to it.

00:54:23.680 --> 00:54:25.260
 It commits your life to it.

00:54:25.820 --> 00:54:26.400
 It changes the way

00:54:26.400 --> 00:54:27.019
 that you think,

00:54:27.120 --> 00:54:27.880
 then it changes the way

00:54:27.880 --> 00:54:28.559
 that you live.

00:54:30.920 --> 00:54:31.640
 Look at Noah,

00:54:31.900 --> 00:54:33.420
 verse 7 of Hebrews 11.

00:54:33.420 --> 00:54:35.680
 By faith,

00:54:35.800 --> 00:54:35.980
 Noah,

00:54:36.079 --> 00:54:37.260
 being warned by God

00:54:37.260 --> 00:54:38.960
 about the things

00:54:38.960 --> 00:54:40.099
 not yet seen,

00:54:41.800 --> 00:54:42.860
 in reverence,

00:54:42.980 --> 00:54:43.880
 prepared an ark

00:54:43.880 --> 00:54:44.740
 for the salvation

00:54:44.740 --> 00:54:45.880
 of his household,

00:54:46.880 --> 00:54:48.360
 by which he condemned

00:54:48.360 --> 00:54:48.760
 the world

00:54:48.760 --> 00:54:50.139
 and became an heir

00:54:50.139 --> 00:54:50.860
 of the righteousness

00:54:50.860 --> 00:54:51.659
 which is according

00:54:51.659 --> 00:54:52.360
 to faith.

00:54:52.760 --> 00:54:53.900
 This is ridiculous

00:54:53.900 --> 00:54:55.119
 what Noah did.

00:54:56.059 --> 00:54:56.320
 Okay?

00:54:56.659 --> 00:54:57.300
 Backward information

00:54:57.300 --> 00:54:57.659
 on Noah.

00:54:58.360 --> 00:54:59.220
 Noah lived in a time

00:54:59.220 --> 00:54:59.920
 in which it had never

00:54:59.920 --> 00:55:00.539
 rained before.

00:55:00.539 --> 00:55:03.559
 He had never seen rain.

00:55:04.719 --> 00:55:05.119
 Ever.

00:55:08.039 --> 00:55:09.159
 There was a vapor canopy

00:55:09.159 --> 00:55:09.739
 surrounding the earth

00:55:09.739 --> 00:55:10.539
 at this point in time.

00:55:10.779 --> 00:55:11.659
 This is pre-flood.

00:55:11.940 --> 00:55:13.119
 It was different back then.

00:55:13.199 --> 00:55:13.599
 People had to be

00:55:13.599 --> 00:55:14.300
 900 years old.

00:55:14.820 --> 00:55:16.300
 UV rays were basically

00:55:16.300 --> 00:55:17.000
 non-existent

00:55:17.000 --> 00:55:18.079
 in a lot of ways.

00:55:19.380 --> 00:55:20.219
 It's wild.

00:55:21.639 --> 00:55:21.779
 Okay?

00:55:21.940 --> 00:55:23.019
 He had never seen rain.

00:55:24.279 --> 00:55:24.800
 God says,

00:55:24.880 --> 00:55:25.480
 build a ship.

00:55:25.860 --> 00:55:27.019
 I'm going to flood this place.

00:55:28.380 --> 00:55:29.000
 Noah says,

00:55:29.000 --> 00:55:31.300
 okay,

00:55:32.000 --> 00:55:35.239
 120 years later,

00:55:35.500 --> 00:55:37.440
 God lets rain happen.

00:55:40.280 --> 00:55:41.599
 120 years.

00:55:43.099 --> 00:55:43.400
 Okay,

00:55:43.440 --> 00:55:43.820
 if you think

00:55:43.820 --> 00:55:45.440
 Abraham's ridicule was bad,

00:55:45.659 --> 00:55:46.519
 imagine Noah's.

00:55:46.719 --> 00:55:47.579
 What are you doing?

00:55:49.179 --> 00:55:50.380
 You're building a boat?

00:55:50.739 --> 00:55:52.159
 It's been 80 years.

00:55:52.599 --> 00:55:53.440
 It's not rain.

00:55:53.760 --> 00:55:54.739
 It's not going to happen.

00:55:55.900 --> 00:55:57.039
 The guy's an idiot.

00:55:57.039 --> 00:55:57.759
 Right?

00:55:59.759 --> 00:56:00.960
 120 years.

00:56:03.500 --> 00:56:04.759
 It's one thing to

00:56:04.759 --> 00:56:06.579
 think about rain

00:56:06.579 --> 00:56:06.880
 and say,

00:56:06.960 --> 00:56:07.539
 that might happen.

00:56:07.639 --> 00:56:07.779
 Yeah,

00:56:07.840 --> 00:56:08.820
 I hope that happens.

00:56:09.079 --> 00:56:09.659
 It's another thing

00:56:09.659 --> 00:56:10.960
 to commit a life to it.

00:56:13.860 --> 00:56:15.480
 This is the example

00:56:15.480 --> 00:56:16.440
 of faith that we're given.

00:56:17.920 --> 00:56:18.940
 This is God saying,

00:56:19.079 --> 00:56:19.239
 hey,

00:56:19.340 --> 00:56:20.539
 your faith should be like this.

00:56:20.639 --> 00:56:21.860
 It's ridiculous sometimes.

00:56:22.320 --> 00:56:23.579
 It doesn't make a lot of sense

00:56:23.579 --> 00:56:24.179
 sometimes.

00:56:24.980 --> 00:56:25.159
 You know,

00:56:25.239 --> 00:56:26.460
 we're worried about putting

00:56:26.460 --> 00:56:27.759
 more than 10%

00:56:27.759 --> 00:56:28.480
 in the offering plate.

00:56:28.559 --> 00:56:29.259
 Noah's worried about

00:56:29.259 --> 00:56:30.919
 rain coming after year 85.

00:56:33.739 --> 00:56:34.099
 Okay,

00:56:34.199 --> 00:56:34.919
 faith is nothing.

00:56:36.079 --> 00:56:37.099
 But this is the kind of faith

00:56:37.099 --> 00:56:37.599
 we're called to have.

00:56:37.639 --> 00:56:38.199
 This is the kind of faith

00:56:38.199 --> 00:56:39.279
 that God will give

00:56:39.279 --> 00:56:40.239
 to His people.

00:56:44.980 --> 00:56:46.079
 Faith is to believe it

00:56:46.079 --> 00:56:47.719
 and then bet your life on it.

00:56:48.179 --> 00:56:48.779
 Boom.

00:56:51.099 --> 00:56:52.159
 But the natural man

00:56:52.159 --> 00:56:52.799
 can't do this.

00:56:52.879 --> 00:56:53.239
 He cannot,

00:56:53.599 --> 00:56:54.859
 like Moses in 1127,

00:56:55.359 --> 00:56:56.539
 see Him who is unseen.

00:56:56.679 --> 00:56:57.619
 They can't see this.

00:56:57.699 --> 00:56:58.699
 They can't see God.

00:56:58.899 --> 00:56:59.980
 They can't see the reason

00:56:59.980 --> 00:57:00.579
 in doing that.

00:57:00.759 --> 00:57:02.259
 They think it's foolishness

00:57:02.259 --> 00:57:03.519
 the Gentiles do.

00:57:04.480 --> 00:57:04.920
 Foolishness,

00:57:05.159 --> 00:57:06.159
 atheists will call you.

00:57:06.879 --> 00:57:07.319
 Idiot.

00:57:07.579 --> 00:57:08.539
 Wasting your life.

00:57:11.839 --> 00:57:13.259
 Missing the point of life.

00:57:16.399 --> 00:57:16.799
 No.

00:57:17.699 --> 00:57:18.099
 No.

00:57:18.099 --> 00:57:20.299
 Not the last day.

00:57:21.239 --> 00:57:22.559
 We'll see if it's the last word.

00:57:25.079 --> 00:57:26.339
 This faith in which we speak

00:57:26.339 --> 00:57:27.079
 cannot be acquired

00:57:27.079 --> 00:57:28.639
 through observable proofs.

00:57:28.779 --> 00:57:29.719
 1 Corinthians 2.9

00:57:29.719 --> 00:57:30.519
 establishes this.

00:57:30.619 --> 00:57:31.559
 Things which eye

00:57:31.559 --> 00:57:32.699
 has not seen,

00:57:32.900 --> 00:57:34.039
 ear has not heard,

00:57:34.299 --> 00:57:34.980
 which have not entered

00:57:34.980 --> 00:57:35.619
 the heart of man,

00:57:35.679 --> 00:57:37.199
 all that God has prepared

00:57:37.199 --> 00:57:39.039
 for those who love Him.

00:57:39.159 --> 00:57:40.239
 For to us...

00:57:40.239 --> 00:57:40.759
 Who's that?

00:57:41.759 --> 00:57:42.480
 Who's the us?

00:57:44.699 --> 00:57:45.099
 Christians.

00:57:45.099 --> 00:57:45.199
 Christians.

00:57:45.199 --> 00:57:45.199


00:57:48.099 --> 00:57:51.779
 All that God has prepared

00:57:51.779 --> 00:57:52.819
 for those who love Him.

00:57:52.960 --> 00:57:53.759
 For to us,

00:57:54.079 --> 00:57:55.059
 God revealed them

00:57:55.059 --> 00:57:55.739
 through the Spirit.

00:58:00.079 --> 00:58:01.219
 So if you have Christ,

00:58:01.799 --> 00:58:02.559
 you have His Spirit.

00:58:03.059 --> 00:58:04.099
 His Spirit is a guarantee.

00:58:04.960 --> 00:58:05.819
 His Spirit is a pledge.

00:58:05.900 --> 00:58:06.619
 It's a down payment.

00:58:08.279 --> 00:58:09.579
 That this is true of you.

00:58:12.819 --> 00:58:13.860
 You have this ability.

00:58:14.019 --> 00:58:14.900
 You have this salvation.

00:58:15.099 --> 00:58:15.739
 I'm going to give you

00:58:15.739 --> 00:58:16.559
 my Spirit to prove it.

00:58:18.099 --> 00:58:21.000
 But the world can't see it.

00:58:21.039 --> 00:58:22.159
 Their ears can't hear it.

00:58:22.239 --> 00:58:23.199
 They can't perceive it.

00:58:23.400 --> 00:58:23.880
 It hasn't entered

00:58:23.880 --> 00:58:24.639
 their heart yet.

00:58:25.519 --> 00:58:26.779
 It's a supernatural thing.

00:58:30.679 --> 00:58:31.360
 How do you know

00:58:31.360 --> 00:58:32.779
 what real faith looks like

00:58:32.779 --> 00:58:33.980
 in a very practical sense?

00:58:35.119 --> 00:58:35.920
 I think you should turn

00:58:35.920 --> 00:58:36.739
 to the parable of the sower.

00:58:39.440 --> 00:58:39.759
 Okay?

00:58:39.860 --> 00:58:40.960
 Test yourself to this.

00:58:43.199 --> 00:58:43.920
 In Matthew...

00:58:43.920 --> 00:58:44.579
 You know what?

00:58:45.460 --> 00:58:46.019
 I'll tell you what.

00:58:46.079 --> 00:58:46.719
 I'll just explain it.

00:58:46.719 --> 00:58:47.679
 Matthew 13.

00:58:48.299 --> 00:58:48.519
 Alright?

00:58:48.959 --> 00:58:49.699
 Matthew 13.

00:58:50.419 --> 00:58:51.500
 Jesus describes

00:58:51.500 --> 00:58:53.799
 the parable of the sower.

00:58:54.459 --> 00:58:54.919
 And He says,

00:58:55.000 --> 00:58:55.599
 the first...

00:58:55.599 --> 00:58:55.939
 He says,

00:58:56.019 --> 00:58:56.659
 a sower goes out

00:58:56.659 --> 00:58:57.259
 to sow some seed.

00:58:57.359 --> 00:58:57.859
 He sows some seed

00:58:57.859 --> 00:58:59.379
 against the rock,

00:58:59.480 --> 00:59:01.679
 against the pathway,

00:59:01.839 --> 00:59:02.139
 basically,

00:59:02.259 --> 00:59:03.179
 on the rock.

00:59:03.399 --> 00:59:04.379
 Then He sows some seed

00:59:04.379 --> 00:59:05.139
 on...

00:59:05.139 --> 00:59:05.379
 No.

00:59:05.779 --> 00:59:06.039
 Okay.

00:59:06.259 --> 00:59:06.859
 Forget about it.

00:59:06.859 --> 00:59:07.779
 I can't recall it.

00:59:07.839 --> 00:59:08.399
 We're going to read it.

00:59:09.459 --> 00:59:09.599
 Alright?

00:59:09.699 --> 00:59:10.219
 I know it's already

00:59:10.219 --> 00:59:10.859
 10 till...

00:59:11.539 --> 00:59:12.199
 It's fall breaks

00:59:12.199 --> 00:59:12.899
 and nobody's got a test

00:59:12.899 --> 00:59:13.139
 tomorrow

00:59:13.139 --> 00:59:14.039
 so I can keep you longer.

00:59:14.039 --> 00:59:18.599
 Let's just read this.

00:59:18.639 --> 00:59:19.139
 It's so good.

00:59:21.079 --> 00:59:21.779
 13.1

00:59:21.779 --> 00:59:25.400
 On that day,

00:59:25.500 --> 00:59:26.239
 Jesus went out

00:59:26.239 --> 00:59:27.739
 of the house

00:59:27.739 --> 00:59:28.759
 and was sitting by the sea

00:59:28.759 --> 00:59:30.320
 and great multitudes

00:59:30.320 --> 00:59:31.039
 gathered to Him

00:59:31.039 --> 00:59:32.860
 so that He got in the boat

00:59:32.860 --> 00:59:33.400
 and sat down

00:59:33.400 --> 00:59:33.940
 and the whole multitude

00:59:33.940 --> 00:59:34.960
 was standing on the beach

00:59:34.960 --> 00:59:36.039
 and He spoke many things

00:59:36.039 --> 00:59:36.619
 to them in parables,

00:59:36.779 --> 00:59:37.039
 saying,

00:59:37.579 --> 00:59:37.960
 Behold,

00:59:38.059 --> 00:59:39.099
 the sower went out to sow.

00:59:39.980 --> 00:59:40.739
 And as He sowed,

00:59:40.759 --> 00:59:42.000
 some seed fell beside the road

00:59:42.000 --> 00:59:42.759
 and the birds came

00:59:42.760 --> 00:59:43.620
 and ate them up.

00:59:43.920 --> 00:59:44.760
 Other seeds fell upon

00:59:44.760 --> 00:59:45.580
 the rocky places

00:59:45.580 --> 00:59:47.380
 where they did not have

00:59:47.380 --> 00:59:48.120
 much soil

00:59:48.120 --> 00:59:49.260
 and immediately they sprang up

00:59:49.260 --> 00:59:50.500
 because they had no depth of soil.

00:59:50.900 --> 00:59:52.020
 But when the sun had risen,

00:59:52.720 --> 00:59:53.540
 they were scorched

00:59:53.540 --> 00:59:54.740
 and because they had no root,

00:59:55.060 --> 00:59:56.020
 they withered away.

00:59:56.640 --> 00:59:57.900
 And others fell among the thorns

00:59:57.900 --> 00:59:58.640
 and the thorns came up

00:59:58.640 --> 00:59:59.240
 and choked them out

00:59:59.240 --> 01:00:00.540
 and others fell on good soil

01:00:00.540 --> 01:00:01.400
 and yielded a crop

01:00:01.400 --> 01:00:02.060
 and some 100 fold,

01:00:02.140 --> 01:00:02.400
 60,

01:00:02.900 --> 01:00:03.720
 or some 100 fold,

01:00:03.820 --> 01:00:04.240
 some 60,

01:00:04.340 --> 01:00:04.760
 some 30.

01:00:05.240 --> 01:00:06.200
 He who has ears to hear,

01:00:06.280 --> 01:00:06.620
 let him hear.

01:00:07.340 --> 01:00:07.600
 Okay?

01:00:07.660 --> 01:00:08.560
 So He tells the story,

01:00:08.560 --> 01:00:08.860
 He says,

01:00:08.960 --> 01:00:09.000
 Hey,

01:00:09.040 --> 01:00:09.720
 some seed fell upon

01:00:09.720 --> 01:00:10.520
 the side of the road,

01:00:10.840 --> 01:00:11.680
 some seed on the rocky soil,

01:00:11.679 --> 01:00:13.719
 some seed in the midst

01:00:13.719 --> 01:00:14.659
 of thorns

01:00:14.659 --> 01:00:16.059
 and some seed on good soil.

01:00:17.279 --> 01:00:18.460
 Then He explains it

01:00:18.460 --> 01:00:19.899
 in 18.

01:00:20.699 --> 01:00:21.440
 And He says,

01:00:21.539 --> 01:00:22.299
 Hear then the parable

01:00:22.299 --> 01:00:22.759
 of the sower.

01:00:23.839 --> 01:00:24.940
 When anyone hears

01:00:24.940 --> 01:00:26.039
 the word of the kingdom

01:00:26.039 --> 01:00:27.559
 and does not understand it,

01:00:27.819 --> 01:00:29.000
 the evil one comes

01:00:29.000 --> 01:00:30.419
 and snatches away

01:00:30.419 --> 01:00:31.159
 what has been sown

01:00:31.159 --> 01:00:31.619
 in his heart.

01:00:31.839 --> 01:00:32.480
 This is the one

01:00:32.480 --> 01:00:33.000
 on whom the seed

01:00:33.000 --> 01:00:34.099
 was sown beside the road.

01:00:34.599 --> 01:00:35.159
 And the one

01:00:35.159 --> 01:00:35.639
 on whom the seed

01:00:35.639 --> 01:00:36.019
 was sown

01:00:36.019 --> 01:00:36.719
 in the rocky places,

01:00:36.719 --> 01:00:37.379
 this is the man

01:00:37.379 --> 01:00:38.179
 who hears the word

01:00:38.179 --> 01:00:39.039
 and immediately

01:00:39.039 --> 01:00:40.440
 receives it with joy.

01:00:41.399 --> 01:00:42.319
 Yet He has no firm

01:00:42.319 --> 01:00:42.940
 root in Himself.

01:00:43.219 --> 01:00:44.379
 It is only temporary.

01:00:44.679 --> 01:00:45.299
 But when affliction

01:00:45.299 --> 01:00:46.440
 or persecution arises

01:00:46.440 --> 01:00:47.139
 because of the word,

01:00:47.219 --> 01:00:48.299
 immediately He falls away.

01:00:49.579 --> 01:00:50.359
 And the one

01:00:50.359 --> 01:00:50.960
 on whom the seed

01:00:50.960 --> 01:00:51.419
 was sown

01:00:51.419 --> 01:00:52.319
 among the thorns,

01:00:52.399 --> 01:00:52.940
 this is the man

01:00:52.940 --> 01:00:53.559
 who hears the word

01:00:53.559 --> 01:00:54.599
 and the worry of the world

01:00:54.599 --> 01:00:55.500
 and the deceitfulness

01:00:55.500 --> 01:00:56.079
 of riches

01:00:56.079 --> 01:00:57.239
 choke the word

01:00:57.239 --> 01:00:58.000
 and it becomes

01:00:58.000 --> 01:00:59.359
 unfruitful.

01:01:00.500 --> 01:01:01.039
 And the one

01:01:01.039 --> 01:01:01.480
 on whom the seed

01:01:01.480 --> 01:01:01.859
 was sown

01:01:01.859 --> 01:01:02.579
 on the good soil,

01:01:02.699 --> 01:01:03.259
 this is the man

01:01:03.259 --> 01:01:03.980
 who hears the word

01:01:03.980 --> 01:01:04.899
 and understands it,

01:01:05.179 --> 01:01:06.279
 who indeed bears fruit,

01:01:06.280 --> 01:01:07.680
 and some are bringing forth

01:01:07.680 --> 01:01:08.740
 some a hundredfold,

01:01:08.860 --> 01:01:09.360
 some sixty,

01:01:09.440 --> 01:01:10.019
 and some thirty.

01:01:10.780 --> 01:01:11.800
 So you want to know

01:01:11.800 --> 01:01:12.740
 if you have faith or not?

01:01:15.700 --> 01:01:16.300
 Test yourself

01:01:16.300 --> 01:01:16.960
 to this passage.

01:01:17.100 --> 01:01:18.000
 Are you the kind of person

01:01:18.000 --> 01:01:21.140
 that it goes

01:01:21.140 --> 01:01:21.620
 in one ear

01:01:21.620 --> 01:01:22.140
 out the other?

01:01:25.080 --> 01:01:25.800
 You never really

01:01:25.800 --> 01:01:26.340
 even consider

01:01:26.340 --> 01:01:26.680
 the things

01:01:26.680 --> 01:01:27.080
 that you hear

01:01:27.080 --> 01:01:27.519
 in church?

01:01:30.000 --> 01:01:30.320
 Buildings?

01:01:32.380 --> 01:01:32.980
 Number two,

01:01:33.140 --> 01:01:33.540
 are you the kind

01:01:33.540 --> 01:01:33.900
 of person

01:01:33.900 --> 01:01:34.360
 that has

01:01:34.360 --> 01:01:35.340
 the seed

01:01:35.340 --> 01:01:35.960
 of the gospel,

01:01:35.960 --> 01:01:36.599
 the truth

01:01:36.599 --> 01:01:37.260
 about Christ

01:01:37.260 --> 01:01:38.240
 sown upon you?

01:01:38.420 --> 01:01:39.000
 You receive it

01:01:39.000 --> 01:01:39.360
 with joy

01:01:39.360 --> 01:01:40.220
 for a moment

01:01:40.220 --> 01:01:41.340
 at a New Year's

01:01:41.340 --> 01:01:41.780
 conference

01:01:41.780 --> 01:01:44.960
 or at a Thursday

01:01:44.960 --> 01:01:45.539
 night Bible study

01:01:45.539 --> 01:01:46.500
 or Sunday morning

01:01:46.500 --> 01:01:47.079
 church service.

01:01:47.159 --> 01:01:47.599
 You receive it

01:01:47.599 --> 01:01:48.099
 with joy

01:01:48.099 --> 01:01:49.099
 in a moment.

01:01:49.579 --> 01:01:50.280
 You feel convicted

01:01:50.280 --> 01:01:51.119
 the lights are dimmed

01:01:51.119 --> 01:01:51.920
 low and the candles

01:01:51.920 --> 01:01:52.220
 are lit

01:01:52.220 --> 01:01:52.920
 and the aroma

01:01:52.920 --> 01:01:53.500
 is nice

01:01:53.500 --> 01:01:55.139
 and the preacher

01:01:55.139 --> 01:01:55.760
 was hilarious.

01:01:58.980 --> 01:01:59.900
 And you receive it

01:01:59.900 --> 01:02:00.320
 with joy

01:02:00.320 --> 01:02:00.900
 and you're so happy

01:02:00.900 --> 01:02:01.679
 for a week and a half

01:02:01.679 --> 01:02:02.000
 and it's

01:02:02.000 --> 01:02:02.500
 ah,

01:02:03.559 --> 01:02:04.820
 Jesus isn't really

01:02:04.820 --> 01:02:05.880
 as exciting

01:02:05.880 --> 01:02:06.240
 as it used

01:02:06.240 --> 01:02:06.599
 to be.

01:02:07.900 --> 01:02:08.280
 You forget

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 about Jesus

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 and it withers

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 away.

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 Persecution

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 comes,

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 somebody approaches

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 you by your

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 faith,

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 the going

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 gets hard,

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 the road's

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 a little bit

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 rocky,

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 and you just

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 forget about it,

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 I'll deal

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 with it later.

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 That's not

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 faith.

01:02:24.519 --> 01:02:24.880
 Thirdly,

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 are you the kind

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 of person that

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 is the word of

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 God sown upon

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 you,

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 the seed of

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 Christ,

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 the gospel of

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 Christ comes

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 into your ear,

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 you hear it,

01:02:31.800 --> 01:02:32.519
 you receive it,

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 it springs up

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 for a time,

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 it looks like,

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 hey,

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 this is genuine

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 faith,

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 this guy,

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 we should bring

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 him into the

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 church.

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 Then all of a

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 sudden you see

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 this guy has

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 got a strange

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 interest in

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 riches,

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 and he just

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 cannot get away

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 from the pleasures

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 of the world,

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 and worldliness

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 just chokes

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 him out.

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 It's not true

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 faith either.

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 True faith,

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 when it comes

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 into your heart

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 and into your

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 mind,

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 takes root

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 and bears

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 true fruit.

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 Some 60,

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 some 30,

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 some 100,

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 but it bears

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 fruit.

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 And it

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 continues and

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 it persists.

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 And Jesus

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 says himself,

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 those that the

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 Father gives

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 me, I don't

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 lose them,

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 any of them.

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 If you're truly

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 his, he's not

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 going to lose

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 you.

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 That's a good

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 way to test

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 it.

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 So what a

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 salvation we

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 have.

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 Worthy is

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 the Lord

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 of all the

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 glory.

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 There is a

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 natural faith

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 people are

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 acquainted with.

01:03:42.440 --> 01:03:43.260
 Everyone lives

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 by the

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 principle of

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 natural faith.

01:03:45.360 --> 01:03:45.619
 You go to

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 the doctor's

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 office, they

01:03:47.260 --> 01:03:47.739
 say, you

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 have cancer.

01:03:48.440 --> 01:03:48.760
 You say,

01:03:48.860 --> 01:03:50.420
 okay, you

01:03:50.420 --> 01:03:51.139
 come back,

01:03:51.400 --> 01:03:51.719
 right?

01:03:52.280 --> 01:03:52.960
 He says, I'm

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 going to cut

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 you open with

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 a scalpel,

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 cut this tumor

01:03:57.119 --> 01:03:59.280
 out, so you

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 back up and

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 then send you

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 on your way.

01:04:00.680 --> 01:04:00.920
 It's going to

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 cost you $100,000.

01:04:02.860 --> 01:04:03.420
 And you say,

01:04:03.480 --> 01:04:03.980
 all right, fine,

01:04:04.019 --> 01:04:04.420
 I'll talk to my

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 insurance company.

01:04:05.019 --> 01:04:05.500
 You go back,

01:04:05.620 --> 01:04:06.940
 you willingly get

01:04:06.940 --> 01:04:08.800
 stuck with the

01:04:08.800 --> 01:04:09.840
 needle, shot

01:04:09.840 --> 01:04:10.519
 drugs up you,

01:04:10.600 --> 01:04:11.200
 you pass out,

01:04:11.260 --> 01:04:11.720
 you get cut

01:04:11.720 --> 01:04:12.640
 open, sliced

01:04:12.640 --> 01:04:13.040
 open, they

01:04:13.040 --> 01:04:13.380
 fool around

01:04:13.380 --> 01:04:13.920
 inside of you,

01:04:14.060 --> 01:04:14.820
 and then after a

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 few hours, you're

01:04:15.320 --> 01:04:15.680
 back out.

01:04:15.740 --> 01:04:16.220
 That's natural

01:04:16.220 --> 01:04:16.519
 faith.

01:04:16.880 --> 01:04:17.360
 I don't know,

01:04:17.480 --> 01:04:17.980
 I mean, I'm

01:04:17.980 --> 01:04:18.600
 trusting this guy

01:04:18.600 --> 01:04:18.840
 who knows what

01:04:18.840 --> 01:04:19.160
 he's doing.

01:04:20.100 --> 01:04:20.660
 You drink water

01:04:20.660 --> 01:04:21.019
 from a water

01:04:21.019 --> 01:04:21.700
 fountain, I hope

01:04:21.700 --> 01:04:22.240
 it's clean.

01:04:22.239 --> 01:04:24.539
 I hope I don't

01:04:24.539 --> 01:04:24.859
 get Ebola

01:04:24.859 --> 01:04:27.119
 virus from this

01:04:27.119 --> 01:04:28.179
 water, you know?

01:04:28.959 --> 01:04:29.659
 Not here,

01:04:29.759 --> 01:04:30.299
 obviously, but

01:04:30.299 --> 01:04:30.859
 other places.

01:04:31.779 --> 01:04:32.459
 That's natural

01:04:32.459 --> 01:04:32.819
 faith.

01:04:35.099 --> 01:04:36.299
 God is requiring

01:04:36.299 --> 01:04:36.779
 of you a

01:04:36.779 --> 01:04:38.199
 supernatural faith

01:04:38.199 --> 01:04:40.500
 that you can't

01:04:40.500 --> 01:04:41.479
 conjure up.

01:04:43.659 --> 01:04:44.559
 An enduring

01:04:44.559 --> 01:04:45.099
 faith.

01:04:48.979 --> 01:04:49.379
 Trusting

01:04:49.379 --> 01:04:49.799
 faith.

01:04:49.799 --> 01:04:49.859
 Faith.

01:04:52.239 --> 01:04:53.079
 That is

01:04:53.079 --> 01:04:53.619
 patient.

01:04:54.859 --> 01:04:55.779
 That is

01:04:55.779 --> 01:04:56.459
 steadfast.

01:04:56.559 --> 01:04:56.739
 That is

01:04:56.739 --> 01:04:57.199
 immovable.

01:04:58.459 --> 01:04:59.639
 A faith that

01:04:59.639 --> 01:05:00.359
 results in

01:05:00.359 --> 01:05:03.339
 work and

01:05:03.339 --> 01:05:04.119
 love and

01:05:04.119 --> 01:05:04.619
 joy in

01:05:04.619 --> 01:05:05.000
 Jesus.

01:05:06.739 --> 01:05:07.919
 It moves a

01:05:07.919 --> 01:05:08.199
 man to

01:05:08.199 --> 01:05:08.579
 action.

01:05:11.559 --> 01:05:12.319
 Right?

01:05:12.500 --> 01:05:12.859
 Okay, so

01:05:12.859 --> 01:05:13.819
 faith is

01:05:13.819 --> 01:05:16.879
 gives things

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 substance and

01:05:18.959 --> 01:05:20.459
 faith gives

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 things feet.

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