{"id":1161,"date":"2024-07-14T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-14T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/304-chris-atwood-exhortation-the-formula-of-faith\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T03:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T03:39:08","slug":"304-chris-atwood-exhortation-the-formula-of-faith","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/304-chris-atwood-exhortation-the-formula-of-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"304: Chris Atwood – Exhortation: The Formula of Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are listening to an Exhortation from Bro. Chris Atwood titled \u201cThe Formula of Faith” that was given at the Simi Hills Ecclesia on July 24, 2009.<\/p>\n

We hope this strengthens your Faith and brightens your day!<\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to good Krysofian talks.
\nI’m Levi. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m Chris.
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\nthis week’s talk.
\nHello and welcome back. <\/p>\n

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\nFor this week I’m introducing
\none of my own exhortations that <\/p>\n

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\nI hope that you will enjoy.
\nThis exhortation comes from a <\/p>\n

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\nreally important time in my
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\nIt was an exhortation I gave
\nright after I went on Truth Core<\/p>\n

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\nfor the second time in 2009 and
\nwas given at the Simi Hills <\/p>\n

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\nEcclesia.
\nI also think it’s kind of funny <\/p>\n

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\nthat Levi picked an exhort that
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\nthis time I’m giving an exhort
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\nEcclesia.
\nSo he and I sort of swap. <\/p>\n

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\nThis was the Sunday right after
\nIdyllwild, and this I think <\/p>\n

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\ntimes I’ve ever had in terms of <\/p>\n

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\ngiving an exhortation just
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\npeople that were there,
\nespecially around here, Southern<\/p>\n

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\nCalifornia, the Sunday after
\nIdyllwild, there are a lot of <\/p>\n

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\nextra visitors and people all
\naround the place. <\/p>\n

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\nSo I was 21 when I gave this
\nexhort and it was definitely <\/p>\n

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\nnerve wracking when I remember
\nbeing asked to give the exhort <\/p>\n

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\nright after Idyllwild.
\nBut I’ll also say this <\/p>\n

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\nexhortation was probably the
\nfirst exhortation that I ever <\/p>\n

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\nrecall writing where I looked at
\nit and I was like, oh, this felt<\/p>\n

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\nlike almost like an adult
\nexhortation. <\/p>\n

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\nI don’t know how a better way to
\ndescribe it felt like I had kind<\/p>\n

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\nof gone beyond what I did when I
\nwas baptized when I was 16 in <\/p>\n

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\nsome of the early exhorts that I
\nmade. <\/p>\n

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\nSo I really still connect with
\nthe past Chris that gave this <\/p>\n

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\nexhortation.
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\nexhortation particularly
\npowerful to me is in the example<\/p>\n

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\nat the start of my exhort, I
\ntalk about something that <\/p>\n

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\nhappened in my life that was a
\ndemonstration to me of how God <\/p>\n

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\nwas working in my life, even
\nthough I couldn’t necessarily <\/p>\n

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\nsee it at the time.
\nLittle did past Chris know that <\/p>\n

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\nwithin the next couple weeks
\nfrom when I gave this <\/p>\n

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\nexhortation, things would be put
\nin motion in my life that would <\/p>\n

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\nlead to me being married to my
\nwife Kristen. <\/p>\n

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\nBecause a couple months after I
\ngave this exhortation is when we<\/p>\n

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\nstarted dating.
\nAnd at this exact same date that<\/p>\n

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\nI gave this exhortation, which
\nwas July 24th, we got engaged at<\/p>\n

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\nIdyllwild.
\nAnd then the next year in 2011 <\/p>\n

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\nis when we got married.
\nAnd all of those were things <\/p>\n

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\nthat I did not foresee coming.
\nI remember at the time it being <\/p>\n

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\nsomething that I was really
\nworried about, not knowing who I<\/p>\n

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\nwas going to marry and what I
\nwas going to do with my life <\/p>\n

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\noutside of the job that I talked
\nabout during the beginning of <\/p>\n

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\nthis exhort.
\nBut going back and listening to <\/p>\n

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\nit, remembering what I was
\nworried about at the time, what <\/p>\n

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\nI put into the exhortation.
\nThe lessons in this exhortation <\/p>\n

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\nare still just as relevant now,
\nand there are now dozens of <\/p>\n

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\nexamples from the time I gave
\nthis exhortation when I was 21 <\/p>\n

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\nto now that only reinforce what
\n21 year old me said in this <\/p>\n

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\nexhort.
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\nencouraging to you, and that you
\ncan find similar examples in <\/p>\n

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\nyour own life to the ones that I
\nwill call out, and that you can <\/p>\n

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\nrecognize the formula of.
\nFaith, which is the. <\/p>\n

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\nTitle of my exhortation in your
\nown life, either by looking back<\/p>\n

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\nor remember that formula and the
\nimpact and the importance that <\/p>\n

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\nit has when you’re going through
\nsomething in your life now or in<\/p>\n

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\nthe future.
\nSo I hope this exhortation is <\/p>\n

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\nencouraging to you and
\nuplifting. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd with that, I will turn it
\nover to past Chris for my <\/p>\n

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\nexhortation entitled The Formula
\nof Faith. <\/p>\n

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\nWell, good morning my dear
\nbrothers and sisters and young <\/p>\n

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\npeople.
\nI’m very happy to be able to be <\/p>\n

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\nhere to give you the word of
\nexhortation, and I bring the <\/p>\n

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\nlove and greetings of the 2009
\nTruth Core team and the <\/p>\n

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\necclesias that we have visited
\nthus far, the San Luis Obispo <\/p>\n

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\nEcclesia, the Victoria Ecclesia,
\nand the Calgary Ecclesia. <\/p>\n

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\nAs Russ said, for my exhortation
\nthis morning, we’re going to be <\/p>\n

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\nlooking at a formula that God
\nhas in Scripture on how He works<\/p>\n

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\nin our lives.
\nBut before we turn that up, I <\/p>\n

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\nwant to share with you a story
\nfrom my life. <\/p>\n

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\nNear the summer of last year, I
\nhad lost my job as a campus Rep <\/p>\n

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\nfor Apple Computers.
\nAnd I was in the process of <\/p>\n

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\nlooking for another job.
\nAnd I went and filled out an <\/p>\n

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\napplication and went through an
\ninterview process at the school <\/p>\n

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\ndistrict where I live for a
\nteacher’s assistant position. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I was going through
\nexpecting to get a call back <\/p>\n

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\nafter I’d gone through
\neverything and found out where I<\/p>\n

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\nplaced on the list, expecting to
\nget a call back within about a <\/p>\n

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\nmonth.
\nI never heard anything. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then I ended up making my
\nschedule to go to school and <\/p>\n

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\njust kind of was like, all
\nright, well, I’ll just make it <\/p>\n

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\nby without money for a little
\nbit and as hard as I can be. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd while I was at school, I got
\nmy schedule all set up and while<\/p>\n

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\nI was there, a whole bunch of my
\nclasses got totally messed up. <\/p>\n

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\nI had classes cancelled.
\nI had classes that for some <\/p>\n

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\nreason I, I got dropped out of
\nbecause of like some sort of <\/p>\n

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\nerror and I couldn’t get back
\nin. <\/p>\n

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\nSo I’d start with my classes all
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\nentire day.
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\nclasses in the evening.
\nAnd I had all this time in the <\/p>\n

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\nmorning and I was kind of like,
\nwhat am I going to do? <\/p>\n

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\nThis going to be all this time,
\nyou know, and I, I live about <\/p>\n

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\n1\/2 an hour away from my school.
\nSo it’s like, great, I’ll just <\/p>\n

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\nhave to drive a lot more.
\nAnd then what happened was right<\/p>\n

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\nafter I went to one of my
\nclasses, I came back and there’s<\/p>\n

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\na phone call from the school
\ndistrict and they’re saying that<\/p>\n

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\nwe have a job opening.
\nWould you be interested in <\/p>\n

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\napplying?
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\nSchroeder Elementary, which is
\nthe school that I went to when I<\/p>\n

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\nwas in elementary school.
\nAnd I’ve been volunteering there<\/p>\n

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\nsince my senior year of high
\nschool because my sister went <\/p>\n

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\nthere, much to her chagrin.
\nI was volunteering in her <\/p>\n

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\nclassroom for many years.
\nAnd they called me up and said, <\/p>\n

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\nwe have an opening there.
\nWould you be interested in <\/p>\n

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\ninterviewing?
\nI was like, absolutely. <\/p>\n

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\nSo I went in for the interview
\nand I got the job and it’s a <\/p>\n

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\npermanent position and I feel
\nincredibly blessed. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I want to have you guys
\nremember that story while we <\/p>\n

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\nlook through God’s formula
\nbecause I can see in that story <\/p>\n

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\nin my life that formerly being
\nput into place. <\/p>\n

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\nSo we’re going to start in
\nRomans chapter 5. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is going to be kind of the
\nfocus of my expectation this <\/p>\n

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\nmorning and we’ll kind of jump
\naround and look at some other <\/p>\n

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\nverses.
\nThe formula that God has laid <\/p>\n

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\nout for us is and verses three
\nand four Russ read the 1st 2 <\/p>\n

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\nverses, so we’ll read those
\nagain we’ll just for the context<\/p>\n

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\nand says therefore, being
\njustified by faith, we have <\/p>\n

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\npeace with God through our Lord
\nJesus Christ, by whom also we <\/p>\n

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\nhave access by faith into this
\ngrace wherein we stand and <\/p>\n

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\nrejoice in hope of the glory of
\nGod. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd not only so, but we glory in
\ntribulation, knowing that <\/p>\n

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\ntribulation worketh patience and
\npatience, experience and <\/p>\n

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\nexperience hope, and hope maketh
\nnot ashamed because of the love <\/p>\n

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\nof God is shed abroad unto our
\nhearts by the Holy Spirit which <\/p>\n

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\nis given unto us.
\nWe’re going to look at each of <\/p>\n

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\nthese different things.
\nWe have trials, we have <\/p>\n

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\npatience, we have experience,
\nand we have hope. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’re going to look through
\nthose four things and see how <\/p>\n

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\nGod works in our lives, using
\neach of these different aspects <\/p>\n

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\nto make us into better servants.
\nSo the first one on the list is <\/p>\n

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\ntrials.
\nAnd often times and many of the <\/p>\n

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\nclasses this past week at
\nIdyllwild, we’re sort of <\/p>\n

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\ncovering the same thing as to
\nwhy we should rejoice in trials.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd any good point bears
\nrepeating. <\/p>\n

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\nSo we’ll go over to Proverbs
\nchapter 3 and reading from verse<\/p>\n

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\n12 and said whom the Lord
\nloveth, he correcteth even as a <\/p>\n

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\nfather, the Son in whom he
\ndelighteth. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s the reason why we need to
\nrejoice in trials. <\/p>\n

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\nGod only puts trials in our
\nlives and the people of the <\/p>\n

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\nlives that he cares about to try
\nto mold them, to try to build <\/p>\n

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\nthem.
\nAnd he cares for us all. <\/p>\n

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\nEveryone of us here God cares
\nabout. <\/p>\n

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\nHe wants to make us to be better
\nservants for Him. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd often times we won’t face
\nthe aspects of our lives that <\/p>\n

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\nare the difficult aspects unless
\nsomething is put there to force <\/p>\n

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\nus to face it.
\nA dear brother of mine once said<\/p>\n

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\nthat we all have our little
\ncherished corners of darkness <\/p>\n

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\nthat we all like to hide and
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\nBut God puts trials in our lives
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\ntrials, to bring those little
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\nlight and actually look at them
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\nare the things that are holding
\nus back from being the best <\/p>\n

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\nservants we can for God.
\nSo for each of these ones, I’m <\/p>\n

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\nalso going to look through at an
\nexample in Scripture of someone <\/p>\n

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\nwho was in this stage of their
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\nSo for trials, whenever I think
\nof someone who went through <\/p>\n

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\ntremendous trials, I think of
\nJoe. <\/p>\n

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\nSo we’ll turn over to Job
\nchapter 42. <\/p>\n

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\nSo, and we all know the story of
\nJob, how the, the tremendous <\/p>\n

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\ntrials that he went through in
\nhis life, he lost all of his <\/p>\n

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\npossessions, his children, his
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\nasking him, telling him to curse
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\nBut because he remained faithful
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\nrewarded for his faithfulness.
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\nthe end of chapter 42 and it
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\nlatter end of Job more than the
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\nsheep, 6000 cabals, 1000
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\nHe also had seven sons and three
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\nAnd then skipping down to verse
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\nyears and saw his sons and his
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\nSo Job died being old and full
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\nAnd when we go back and we look
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\nin chapter 511, he says that Job
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\nbecause he was patient through
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\nlives.
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\nnext one in the sequence, we’re
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\nJames reading from verses two
\nand three and says, my brethren,<\/p>\n

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\ncount it all joy when you fall
\ninto diverse temptations, <\/p>\n

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\nknowing this, that the trying of
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\nthese trials are put into our
\nlives and we’ve all have <\/p>\n

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\ndifferent sorts of trials that
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\nour aspects of our lives that we
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\nour own.
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\ntrials to be resolved in God’s
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\nOften times when something
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\nlives, and I know for myself
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\nThe trials and the things that
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\nour lives.
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\nHebrews chapter 12, we see that
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\nto let God work in our lives in
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\nhave actually the opposite
\neffect of patiently waiting. <\/p>\n

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\nSo starting at verse seven says
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\ndealeth with you as with sons,
\nfor what son is he whom the <\/p>\n

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\nFather chasten us not?
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\nthen ye are not partakers and
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\nyou’re bastards and not sons.
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\nlives are not something that we
\nshould reject. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s something we should accept,
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\nIn fact, if we turn just one
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\nwe look at an example of someone
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\npatient for what he was going
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\nof a life of Abraham.
\nSo at reading in verse 17 of <\/p>\n

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\nChapter 11, it says by faith
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\noffered up Isaac and he that
\nreceived the promises offered up<\/p>\n

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\nhis only begotten Son, of whom
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\nthy seed be called accounting,
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\nup even from the dead, from
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\nfigure.
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\nreceived the promises that God
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\nHe had to wait, he had to be
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\nAnd as a result through that the
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\nhis life, the things that God
\nasked of him, he grew and became<\/p>\n

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\na more faithful person.
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\nfor righteousness because of the
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\nThe next stage in the formula
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\ntrials and we endure those
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\nSo if we go over to first Samuel
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\nSo we all know about David, he
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\nwanting to accelerate that and <\/p>\n

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\ntake take what was his right
\naway, he decided to wait to <\/p>\n

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\nserve the king that he’d swore
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\nthe people by night and behold,
\nSaul lay sleeping within the <\/p>\n

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\ntrench and his spear stuck in
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\nThen said to Abhishai to David,
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\ndestroy him not, for who can
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\nLord’s anointing and be
\nguiltless? <\/p>\n

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\nDavid said, Furthermore, as the
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\nsmite him, or as day shall come
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\nspear that is at his bolster,
\nand the cruise of water, and let<\/p>\n

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\nbolster, and they got them away,<\/p>\n

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\nthat I could see as a tremendous
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\nnothing better than Bible
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\nbuilding the hope, just in the <\/p>\n

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\nsame way that we can see God
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\nlearn a parable of the fig tree
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\nis near even at the doors.
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\nbeing a nation, being reformed
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\nsuicide bombers, trying to
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\nplace out of the north part,
\nthou and many people with thee, <\/p>\n

326
\n00:16:41,280 –> 00:16:43,440
\nall of them riding upon horses,
\na great company in a mighty <\/p>\n

327
\n00:16:43,440 –> 00:16:45,000
\narmy.
\nAnd thou shalt come up against <\/p>\n

328
\n00:16:45,000 –> 00:16:47,320
\nmy people Israel as a cloud
\ncover the land. <\/p>\n

329
\n00:16:47,720 –> 00:16:49,920
\nAnd it shall be in the latter
\ndays that I will bring thee <\/p>\n

330
\n00:16:49,920 –> 00:16:53,680
\nagainst my land, and that he
\ndidn’t know me when I shall be <\/p>\n

331
\n00:16:53,680 –> 00:16:58,240
\nsanctified in the O Gog before
\ntheir eyes, Israel is trying to <\/p>\n

332
\n00:16:58,240 –> 00:17:02,280
\nfigure out a way to have safety.
\nAnd when I saw the article, when<\/p>\n

333
\n00:17:02,280 –> 00:17:04,000
\nthey were talking about trying
\nto build up a wall, and their <\/p>\n

334
\n00:17:04,000 –> 00:17:05,960
\nidea was to try to separate
\nthemselves from the people that <\/p>\n

335
\n00:17:05,960 –> 00:17:09,200
\nwere trying to destroy them, I
\ncould think right now each house<\/p>\n

336
\n00:17:09,200 –> 00:17:11,720
\nin there has their own little
\nindividual fortifications that <\/p>\n

337
\n00:17:11,720 –> 00:17:13,160
\nthey build up to secure
\nthemselves. <\/p>\n

338
\n00:17:13,359 –> 00:17:15,400
\nBut if they try to make some
\nsort of secure border control, <\/p>\n

339
\n00:17:15,680 –> 00:17:17,839
\nthey wouldn’t need necessarily
\nall those individual <\/p>\n

340
\n00:17:17,839 –> 00:17:19,880
\nfortifications.
\nSo you could come to this point <\/p>\n

341
\n00:17:20,160 –> 00:17:23,400
\nwhere each individual town is no
\nlonger fortified, but instead <\/p>\n

342
\n00:17:23,400 –> 00:17:26,480
\nit’s the border.
\nSo that was one thing that I saw<\/p>\n

343
\n00:17:28,119 –> 00:17:29,640
\nthe other one.
\nAnd this is something that’s <\/p>\n

344
\n00:17:29,640 –> 00:17:31,560
\nreally interesting.
\nIf you turn over to Psalms <\/p>\n

345
\n00:17:32,000 –> 00:17:37,240
\nchapter 83, starting at verse
\none. <\/p>\n

346
\n00:17:38,360 –> 00:17:41,080
\nKeep not thou silence, O God,
\nHold not thy peace. <\/p>\n

347
\n00:17:41,080 –> 00:17:44,680
\nBe not still, O God, for LO, thy
\nenemies make a tumult, and they <\/p>\n

348
\n00:17:44,680 –> 00:17:46,040
\nhate thee that lift up their
\nhead. <\/p>\n

349
\n00:17:46,280 –> 00:17:48,960
\nThey have taken crafty counsel
\nagainst thy people and consulted<\/p>\n

350
\n00:17:48,960 –> 00:17:51,320
\nagainst thy hidden one.
\nThey have said come let us cut <\/p>\n

351
\n00:17:51,320 –> 00:17:53,760
\nthem off from being a nation,
\nthat the name of Israel may be <\/p>\n

352
\n00:17:53,760 –> 00:17:56,720
\nremembered no more, for they
\nhave consulted together with one<\/p>\n

353
\n00:17:56,720 –> 00:17:58,760
\nconsent.
\nThey are confederate against it.<\/p>\n

354
\n00:17:59,760 –> 00:18:01,880
\nI wanted to read you a few
\nquotes that I found from <\/p>\n

355
\n00:18:01,880 –> 00:18:04,800
\ndifferent Islamic groups when it
\ncomes to referring to to Israel.<\/p>\n

356
\n00:18:05,360 –> 00:18:10,000
\nIn 1968 a man by the name of
\nHassan Albana of the Muslim <\/p>\n

357
\n00:18:10,000 –> 00:18:12,440
\nBrotherhood said if the Jewish
\nstate becomes a fact, the Arabs <\/p>\n

358
\n00:18:12,440 –> 00:18:14,920
\nwill drive the Jews who live in
\ntheir midst into the sea. <\/p>\n

359
\n00:18:15,720 –> 00:18:18,440
\nThe charter of Hamas, the
\nterrorist group, states that <\/p>\n

360
\n00:18:18,440 –> 00:18:22,360
\ntheir their aim is to liberate
\nPalestine from Jordan to the sea<\/p>\n

361
\n00:18:22,600 –> 00:18:25,920
\nand that Israel will continue to
\nexist until Islam obliterates <\/p>\n

362
\n00:18:25,920 –> 00:18:28,360
\nit.
\nAnother spiritual leader in them<\/p>\n

363
\n00:18:28,520 –> 00:18:32,720
\nnamed Hassan Naral says there is
\nno solution to the Arab Israeli <\/p>\n

364
\n00:18:32,720 –> 00:18:34,760
\nconflict except the
\ndisappearance of Israel. <\/p>\n

365
\n00:18:35,400 –> 00:18:38,000
\nAnd then one of the prayers that
\nthis same man made, he said, O <\/p>\n

366
\n00:18:38,000 –> 00:18:41,480
\nAllah, destroy America that is
\ncontrolled by Zionist Jews. <\/p>\n

367
\n00:18:41,600 –> 00:18:44,240
\nAllah will avenge in the name of
\nthe Prophet the colonious <\/p>\n

368
\n00:18:44,240 –> 00:18:47,160
\nsettlers who are the descendants
\nof monkeys and pigs. <\/p>\n

369
\n00:18:48,240 –> 00:18:51,120
\nSo we can see in the statements
\nof the people surround the <\/p>\n

370
\n00:18:51,120 –> 00:18:53,640
\nnation surrounding Israel are
\nmaking a fulfillment of what was<\/p>\n

371
\n00:18:53,640 –> 00:18:57,640
\nbeing said in Psalm 83.
\nThe nations around Israel are <\/p>\n

372
\n00:18:57,640 –> 00:19:00,040
\njoining together because they
\nwant to wipe Israel out. <\/p>\n

373
\n00:19:00,440 –> 00:19:02,760
\nThey want them to be completely
\neliminated. <\/p>\n

374
\n00:19:04,120 –> 00:19:06,560
\nThe ultimate prophecy that we
\nall want to see fulfilled is <\/p>\n

375
\n00:19:06,560 –> 00:19:09,240
\nover.
\nIn Revelation 21 and reading the<\/p>\n

376
\n00:19:09,240 –> 00:19:13,640
\n1st 7 verses, it says I saw a
\nnew heaven and a new earth, For <\/p>\n

377
\n00:19:13,640 –> 00:19:15,760
\nthe 1st heaven and the first
\nearth were passed away, and <\/p>\n

378
\n00:19:15,760 –> 00:19:18,880
\nthere was no more sea.
\nAnd I, John, saw the holy city, <\/p>\n

379
\n00:19:18,880 –> 00:19:21,600
\nNew Jerusalem, coming down from
\nGod out of heaven, prepared as a<\/p>\n

380
\n00:19:21,600 –> 00:19:24,440
\nbride adorned for her husband.
\nAnd I heard a great voice out of<\/p>\n

381
\n00:19:24,440 –> 00:19:27,280
\nheaven saying, Behold,
\nTabernacle of God is with men, <\/p>\n

382
\n00:19:27,480 –> 00:19:29,960
\nand he will dwell with them, and
\nthey shall be his people, and <\/p>\n

383
\n00:19:29,960 –> 00:19:32,400
\nGod himself shall be with them
\nand be their God. <\/p>\n

384
\n00:19:33,040 –> 00:19:36,240
\nAnd God shall wipe away all
\ntears from their eyes, and there<\/p>\n

385
\n00:19:36,240 –> 00:19:39,240
\nshall be no more death, neither
\nsorrow nor crying, neither shall<\/p>\n

386
\n00:19:39,240 –> 00:19:41,800
\nthere be any more pain, for the
\nformer things are passed away. <\/p>\n

387
\n00:19:42,360 –> 00:19:44,800
\nAnd he that sat upon the throne
\nsaid, Behold, I make all things <\/p>\n

388
\n00:19:44,800 –> 00:19:46,440
\nnew.
\nAnd he said unto me, right, For <\/p>\n

389
\n00:19:46,440 –> 00:19:47,800
\nthese words are faithful and
\ntrue. <\/p>\n

390
\n00:19:48,160 –> 00:19:51,200
\nAnd he said unto me, it is done.
\nI am the alpha and the Omega, <\/p>\n

391
\n00:19:51,200 –> 00:19:54,840
\nthe beginning and the end I will
\ngive unto him that is a thirst <\/p>\n

392
\n00:19:54,840 –> 00:19:56,600
\nfountain of the water of life
\nfreely. <\/p>\n

393
\n00:19:56,880 –> 00:19:59,720
\nHe that overcometh shall inherit
\nall things, and I will be his <\/p>\n

394
\n00:19:59,720 –> 00:20:03,880
\nGod, and he shall be my son.
\nSo ultimately that’s that’s the <\/p>\n

395
\n00:20:03,880 –> 00:20:05,880
\nprophecy that we all wanted to
\nsee fulfilled. <\/p>\n

396
\n00:20:05,880 –> 00:20:07,760
\nAnd we can see through the
\ndifferent things that are <\/p>\n

397
\n00:20:07,760 –> 00:20:10,000
\nhappening in the world, signs
\nthat that prophecy is coming <\/p>\n

398
\n00:20:10,000 –> 00:20:13,640
\ncloser to being fulfilled.
\nIt’s with the hope, with that <\/p>\n

399
\n00:20:13,640 –> 00:20:15,720
\neye of faith that we gain
\nthrough the patiently waiting <\/p>\n

400
\n00:20:15,720 –> 00:20:17,280
\nthrough the trials and the
\nexperience we gain from those <\/p>\n

401
\n00:20:17,280 –> 00:20:21,360
\ntrials that were able to see
\nGod’s hand in the world around <\/p>\n

402
\n00:20:21,360 –> 00:20:23,720
\nus.
\nWe’re able to see different <\/p>\n

403
\n00:20:23,720 –> 00:20:26,680
\nprophecies being fulfilled, see
\nthe signs that the Kingdom is <\/p>\n

404
\n00:20:26,680 –> 00:20:29,320
\ngoing to come soon, that He
\ncould come at this very moment. <\/p>\n

405
\n00:20:31,200 –> 00:20:33,760
\nWe can all look forward to that
\nwonderful time when that’s going<\/p>\n

406
\n00:20:33,760 –> 00:20:36,600
\nto be established.
\nWe should remember the words <\/p>\n

407
\n00:20:36,760 –> 00:20:42,440
\nthat were said when Paul wrote
\nto the Romans in chapter 8 says <\/p>\n

408
\n00:20:42,440 –> 00:20:45,720
\nwe know that all things work
\ntogether for the good of them <\/p>\n

409
\n00:20:45,720 –> 00:20:49,200
\nthat love God to them who are
\ncalled according to his purpose.<\/p>\n

410
\n00:20:50,360 –> 00:20:52,840
\nWe need to remember that
\neverything that we go through, <\/p>\n

411
\n00:20:53,040 –> 00:20:57,520
\nwhether it be wonderful or
\npainful or sorrowful, isn’t just<\/p>\n

412
\n00:20:57,520 –> 00:21:00,760
\nput there for happenstance.
\nIt isn’t just something that God<\/p>\n

413
\n00:21:00,760 –> 00:21:02,720
\nkind of throws it out there just
\nto have something happened to us<\/p>\n

414
\n00:21:02,720 –> 00:21:05,080
\nso we have something going on.
\nHe’s molding us. <\/p>\n

415
\n00:21:05,320 –> 00:21:09,280
\nHe’s trying to make us better.
\nHe’s trying to make us to be <\/p>\n

416
\n00:21:09,520 –> 00:21:11,600
\nfaithful followers.
\nAnd so instead of seeing these <\/p>\n

417
\n00:21:11,600 –> 00:21:13,880
\nas trials, they’re like, oh,
\nthese are so difficult. <\/p>\n

418
\n00:21:14,240 –> 00:21:18,040
\nInstead, we should see these as
\nlittle tweaks that God is making<\/p>\n

419
\n00:21:18,040 –> 00:21:20,880
\nin us so that we can be better
\nservants for him, so that we can<\/p>\n

420
\n00:21:20,880 –> 00:21:23,960
\nbe more capable to serve him, to
\nfill the earth with his glory, <\/p>\n

421
\n00:21:24,120 –> 00:21:26,960
\nto take away all the falseness,
\nall the lying, all the sin, to <\/p>\n

422
\n00:21:27,080 –> 00:21:31,280
\nbe able to eliminate that.
\nSo ultimately, that’s the reason<\/p>\n

423
\n00:21:31,280 –> 00:21:34,280
\nwhy every Sunday we gather here
\ntogether to partake of the bread<\/p>\n

424
\n00:21:34,280 –> 00:21:37,880
\nand the wine, to renew the
\npromise we made when we were <\/p>\n

425
\n00:21:37,880 –> 00:21:40,920
\nbaptized.
\nWe come here to ask God for the <\/p>\n

426
\n00:21:40,920 –> 00:21:44,120
\nstrength to face the trials that
\nare in our lives. <\/p>\n

427
\n00:21:44,920 –> 00:21:48,040
\nWe are here to ask God for the
\npatience to have these trials <\/p>\n

428
\n00:21:48,040 –> 00:21:51,440
\nresolved in His time.
\nWe’re here to reflect on the <\/p>\n

429
\n00:21:51,440 –> 00:21:53,920
\nexperience of enduring those
\ntrials that we’ve received. <\/p>\n

430
\n00:21:54,240 –> 00:21:56,400
\nTo be able to see when God is
\nworking our lives, to be able to<\/p>\n

431
\n00:21:56,560 –> 00:21:59,960
\ngain the hope that we were able
\nto gain from that experience and<\/p>\n

432
\n00:21:59,960 –> 00:22:04,360
\nbeing able to see God’s hand in
\nthe world around us until the <\/p>\n

433
\n00:22:04,360 –> 00:22:06,600
\ntime does come.
\nAnd I pray that it comes soon <\/p>\n

434
\n00:22:06,600 –> 00:22:09,640
\nthat we were all able to sing
\nand dance and and be in <\/p>\n

435
\n00:22:09,640 –> 00:22:12,520
\nJerusalem together with our Lord
\nJesus Christ. <\/p>\n

436
\n00:22:13,000 –> 00:22:15,640
\nThat I pray that God will be
\nwith you in your trials, that he<\/p>\n

437
\n00:22:15,640 –> 00:22:17,720
\nwill grant you the patience to
\nendure the trials that we all <\/p>\n

438
\n00:22:17,720 –> 00:22:19,520
\nface.
\nThat it will gift you the <\/p>\n

439
\n00:22:19,520 –> 00:22:23,160
\nexperience from your patience.
\nAnd that he will bless you with <\/p>\n

440
\n00:22:23,160 –> 00:22:26,160
\nrenewed hope and faith until the
\nwords written at the end of <\/p>\n

441
\n00:22:26,160 –> 00:22:28,200
\nRevelation by John are
\nfulfilled. <\/p>\n

442
\n00:22:28,480 –> 00:22:31,840
\nWhich reads, he which testifieth
\nthese things saith, surely I <\/p>\n

443
\n00:22:31,840 –> 00:22:35,560
\ncome quickly, Amen.
\nEven so, come Lord Jesus, the <\/p>\n

444
\n00:22:35,560 –> 00:22:37,560
\ngrace of our Lord Jesus Christ
\nbe with you all. <\/p>\n

445
\n00:22:38,240 –> 00:22:53,480
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\nThank you for listening to the <\/p>\n

446
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304: Chris Atwood – Exhortation: The Formula of Faith<\/a><\/blockquote>