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This week’s talk is an exhortation by Brother Shawn Moynihan titled \u201cSo Great a Cloud of Witness,\u201d which he gave at the Cambridge Ecclesia in Canada on June 22, 2025.<\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to good Christophian
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\nI’m Levi.
\nI’m Chris. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd now let’s talk more about
\nthis week’s talk. <\/p>\n

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\nHello and welcome back.
\nThis is brother Chris Howard. <\/p>\n

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\nWith a excellent excitation to
\nshare with you. <\/p>\n

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\nThis excitation was given near
\nthe end of June just earlier <\/p>\n

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\nthis year at the Cambridge
\nEcclesia and is given by Brother<\/p>\n

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\nSean Monahan.
\nWith the title so great A. <\/p>\n

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\nCloud of Witnesses.
\nNow this exhortation came in as <\/p>\n

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\na recommendation that I actually
\ngot to listen to with the <\/p>\n

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\nsuggester as we were doing a
\nroad trip for the Idlewild Bible<\/p>\n

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\nSchool and driving around with
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\nthat were staying with my wife
\nand I. <\/p>\n

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\nAfter the Bible school, so this.
\nExhortation was an excellent and<\/p>\n

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\nencouraging reminder looking at
\nwho is in your cloud of <\/p>\n

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\nwitnesses.
\nNow I won’t go into more detail <\/p>\n

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\nthan that, I’ll let Brother Sean
\ndo that, But I found this to be <\/p>\n

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\na super encouraging one, one
\nthat was great to listen to and <\/p>\n

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\nto remind me of.
\nWho do you look to, both <\/p>\n

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\nscripturally and in your daily
\nlife as the reminder of who are <\/p>\n

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\nwe looking to be inspired by and
\nwho do we inspire with our <\/p>\n

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\nactions?
\nSo I hope you find this <\/p>\n

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\nencouraging to listen to and
\nreminds you of just how many <\/p>\n

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\namazing people we have both in
\nthe Bible to look to, both big <\/p>\n

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\nand small, and also the people
\nthat in our lives that encourage<\/p>\n

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\nus and inspire us on our walk to
\nthe Kingdom. <\/p>\n

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\nSo I hope you find this to be an
\nuplifting excitation that will <\/p>\n

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\nencourage you along your walk.
\nSo now I’ll turn it over to her <\/p>\n

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\nbrother Sean Monahan for his
\nexcitation entitled. <\/p>\n

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\nSo.
\nGreat. <\/p>\n

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\nA cloud of witnesses.
\nSo who is in your cloud? <\/p>\n

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\nWho is in your cloud?
\nNow, I’m not talking about cloud<\/p>\n

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\ncomputing.
\nI’m talking about, biblically <\/p>\n

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\nspeaking, who is in your cloud.
\nIf you can’t answer that <\/p>\n

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\nquestion right now, it’s hoped
\nthat by the end of the <\/p>\n

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\nexpectation you’ll have a firm
\nidea of who is in your cloud. <\/p>\n

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\nOur key verse is really a
\nbiblical cloud. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s Hebrews 12\/1 and two.
\nTherefore we also, since we are <\/p>\n

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\nsurrounded by so great a cloud
\nof witnesses, let us lay aside <\/p>\n

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\nevery weight and the sin which
\nso easily ensnares us, and let <\/p>\n

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\nus run with endurance the race
\nthat is set before us, looking <\/p>\n

49
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\nout to Jesus, the author and
\nfinisher of our faith, who for <\/p>\n

50
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\nthe joy that was set before him,
\nendured the cross, despising the<\/p>\n

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\nshame, and has sat down at the
\nright hand of the throne of God.<\/p>\n

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\nSo the writer to the Hebrews is
\npainting a picture for us, isn’t<\/p>\n

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\nhe?
\nIt’s painting a picture. <\/p>\n

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\nSo how should we understand this
\npicture? <\/p>\n

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\nLet’s break it down.
\nWell, what’s the setting of this<\/p>\n

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\npicture in Hebrew?
\nSwell 1 and 2. <\/p>\n

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\nSo we’ll run with endurance the
\nrace that is set before us. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd this word that’s translated
\nrace, doesn’t really mean race. <\/p>\n

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\nIt means any kind of
\ncompetition. <\/p>\n

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\nIn the Greco Roman world, it was
\nthe agon. <\/p>\n

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\nIt was the IT was the the the
\ncompetition that created <\/p>\n

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\nexcellence, created arete and
\nagon is used throughout the New <\/p>\n

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\nTestament to describe our
\nstruggle as spiritual athletes. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s used to describe Jesus
\nstruggle and the Garden of <\/p>\n

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\nGethsemane.
\nIt’s where we get our word agony<\/p>\n

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\nfrom.
\nAnd we know that Paul especially<\/p>\n

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\nloved to use this metaphor of
\nspiritual athletes competing, <\/p>\n

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\ndemonstrating excellence through
\nthe strength of Jesus Christ and<\/p>\n

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\nthe God of Israel demonstrating
\nexcellence in this competition, <\/p>\n

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\nin this agon.
\nIt occurs in Romans 9. <\/p>\n

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\nIt occurs in Galatians 2 and
\nPhilippians 2 and Philippians 3 <\/p>\n

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\nand Second Timothy 4.
\nOf course, he’s talking about <\/p>\n

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\nI’ve fought the good fight, I’ve
\nfinished the course, I’ve kept <\/p>\n

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\nthe faith.
\nHenceforth it laid up for me a <\/p>\n

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\ncrown of righteousness.
\nThat crown, of course, is the <\/p>\n

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\nStefanos.
\nIt’s the Laurel wreath awarded <\/p>\n

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\nto the winners, the victors, and
\nthe agon. <\/p>\n

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\nHe uses it in particular in
\nFirst Corinthians 9. <\/p>\n

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\nSo if you want to turn there, he
\nreally breaks out this metaphor.<\/p>\n

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\nFirst Corinthians 9 starting
\nverse 24. <\/p>\n

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\nDo not know that in a race all
\nthe runners run, but only one <\/p>\n

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\ngets the prize.
\nRun in such a way as to get the <\/p>\n

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\nprize Everyone who competes in
\nthe games. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is the the verb form of
\nthat noun agon. <\/p>\n

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\nEveryone who competes goes into
\nstrict training. <\/p>\n

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\nThey do it to get a crown that
\nwill not last, but we do it to <\/p>\n

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\nget a crown that will last
\nforever. <\/p>\n

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\nTherefore, I do not run like a
\nman running aimlessly. <\/p>\n

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\nI do not box like a man beating
\nthe air. <\/p>\n

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\nNo, I beat my body and make it
\nmy slave, so that after I have <\/p>\n

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\npreached to others, I myself
\nwill not be disqualified for the<\/p>\n

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\nprize.
\nSo this is a common picture that<\/p>\n

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\nhad great resonance for those
\nJewish readers that were the <\/p>\n

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\nfirst readers of this epistle
\nthat lived in this Greco Roman <\/p>\n

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\nworld.
\nSo we have a picture of the <\/p>\n

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\nscene.
\nIt’s a competition in a stadium.<\/p>\n

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\nSo who’s in that picture?
\nWell, there’s three characters. <\/p>\n

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\nThere’s the competitor, there’s
\nthe athlete in the arena. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the writer to the Hebrews
\nexhorts that to be us. <\/p>\n

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\nThere are the witnesses
\ncompassed about, surrounded by <\/p>\n

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\nso great a cloud of witnesses.
\nAnd the last part of this <\/p>\n

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\npicture is the most important
\none, and it’s Jesus. <\/p>\n

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\nIs it the finish line?
\nAnd the writer exhorts us to <\/p>\n

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\nkeep our eyes focused on Jesus.
\nSo we have the scene. <\/p>\n

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\nWe have the characters and now
\nthe athlete is acting. <\/p>\n

106
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\nWhat are we exhorted to do in
\nthis competition? <\/p>\n

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\nWell, we’re exhorted to lay
\naside every weight. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd what that really means is
\nthat in the Greco Roman world, <\/p>\n

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\nathletes compete competed
\nwithout any clothes. <\/p>\n

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\nIn fact, gymnasium originally
\nmeant from gumnatsuo means to <\/p>\n

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\nexercise without clothes.
\nSo I’m not going to belabor this<\/p>\n

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\npoint for obvious reasons, but
\nthe the metaphor really is, is <\/p>\n

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\nthat you remove everything
\nthat’s going to get in the way <\/p>\n

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\nof your performance and we’re to
\nlay aside everything that besets<\/p>\n

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\nor ensnares.
\nThat’s a really cool Greek word.<\/p>\n

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\nThis word actually means to kind
\nof move people out of the way so<\/p>\n

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\nthat you can accomplish what you
\nneed to to do. <\/p>\n

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\nYou can picture an athlete
\npreparing to compete and there’s<\/p>\n

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\npeople milling around this
\nexcuse me, excuse me, I’ve got a<\/p>\n

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\nplace to go.
\nThat’s what we’re to do. <\/p>\n

121
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\nAnd then there’s this weird
\nphrase, run with patience. <\/p>\n

122
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\nSo most races, especially at
\nthis time, we’re not very long. <\/p>\n

123
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\nWe’re not talking about a
\nmarathon. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’re not talking about a 10K,
\nI’m talking about 5K. <\/p>\n

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\nActually, for me a 3K would be
\nlong too, but we’re not talking <\/p>\n

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\nabout that.
\nThese races were at most 400 <\/p>\n

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\nmeters.
\nSo run with patients. <\/p>\n

128
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\nWell, patients is a bad
\ntranslation. <\/p>\n

129
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\nThis Greek word Hoopa Monet
\nreally means with with spirit. <\/p>\n

130
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\nIf I could use an Ontario hockey
\nanalogy, it means to compete <\/p>\n

131
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\nwith grit, with grit.
\nAnd the last action for the <\/p>\n

132
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\nathlete in the arena is to look
\nto Jesus. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd again, this is an
\ninteresting word it it doesn’t <\/p>\n

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\nmean to kind of look just at
\nJesus, but it means to remove <\/p>\n

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\neverything else from your field
\nof vision. <\/p>\n

136
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\nSo this idea of getting rid of
\nall these distractions and <\/p>\n

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\nfocusing on Jesus.
\nSo let’s take a look at the <\/p>\n

138
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\npeople that are the cloud of
\nwitnesses. <\/p>\n

139
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\nWell, witnesses is interesting.
\nIt it’s where we get our word <\/p>\n

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\nmartyr from and it and it really
\nit doesn’t mean something <\/p>\n

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\npassive.
\nWe’re going to see that it’s <\/p>\n

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\nrelated to the the words that
\nare used in Hebrews 11 obtained <\/p>\n

143
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\na good report and testify and
\nthings like that. <\/p>\n

144
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\nSo who are the witnesses?
\nThe witnesses are examples. <\/p>\n

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\nThey are examples.
\nThey’re the examples that we’re <\/p>\n

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\nin Hebrews 11.
\nAnd then the example that Jesus <\/p>\n

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\nsets.
\nWe have to stop brothers and <\/p>\n

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\nsisters and friends and
\nrecognize that there is nothing <\/p>\n

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\nmore powerful than the power of
\nexample. <\/p>\n

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\nMy favorite quote about that is
\nsomeone wrote to the Victorian <\/p>\n

151
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\nphilosopher Thomas Carlyle.
\nAnd so Doctor Carlyle, you’re an<\/p>\n

152
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\namazing teacher.
\nWhat you know, what do you do? <\/p>\n

153
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\nHow come you’re such a great
\nteacher? <\/p>\n

154
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\nWhat’s your secret?
\nHe said there’s no secret. <\/p>\n

155
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\nSimply be what you would have
\nyour students become. <\/p>\n

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\nSimply be what you would have
\nyour students become. <\/p>\n

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\nSo this cloud of witnesses,
\nthere’s the examples, the <\/p>\n

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\npowerful examples of faith.
\nNow let’s put it in the context.<\/p>\n

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\nSo one of the things that you
\nhave to understand about <\/p>\n

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\ncompeting at this time is that
\nyou would go up to the arena to <\/p>\n

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\ncompete and as you would go up,
\nyou would see statues of <\/p>\n

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\nchampion athletes in the past.
\nSo if you were a discus thrower,<\/p>\n

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\nyou would go up to your event
\nand you would go by on your way <\/p>\n

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\nup and you would see statues of
\nfamous discus throwers in the <\/p>\n

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\npast, examples that would
\ninspire you to do your best. <\/p>\n

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\nSo this is how we should
\nunderstand witness in this <\/p>\n

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\ncontext.
\nThey are examples for us, and <\/p>\n

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\nthe example is important because
\nthe writer to the Hebrews talks <\/p>\n

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\nabout cause and effect, right?
\nHe says because we are <\/p>\n

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\nsurrounded by so great a cloud
\nof witnesses, then we should act<\/p>\n

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\nthis way.
\nTheir example motivates us. <\/p>\n

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\nNow let’s take a step back.
\nWhy cloud? <\/p>\n

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\nWhy cloud?
\nWhat resonance would cloud have <\/p>\n

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\nfor the original Hebrew readers
\nof this text? <\/p>\n

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\nWell, we know that in the Old
\nTestament, cloud meant many <\/p>\n

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\nthings.
\nWe’re just going to focus on one<\/p>\n

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\nthing, and that is the cloud
\nreferred to God’s presence in <\/p>\n

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\nhis community, in his family,
\nand specifically his example <\/p>\n

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\nthat motivated his family.
\nThe cloud was in God’s presence,<\/p>\n

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\nleading the way, providing
\ndirection in the wilderness. <\/p>\n

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\nThe cloud by day, right?
\nWe know that it demonstrated his<\/p>\n

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\npresence at Mount Sinai.
\nWe know that it demonstrated his<\/p>\n

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\npresence in the Tabernacle.
\nAnd later on, when we had the <\/p>\n

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\nintroduction of the First
\nTemple, God’s presence was <\/p>\n

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\nindicated on all these examples
\nby a cloud. <\/p>\n

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\nNow most specifically, we read
\nabout the cloud in Exodus 34, <\/p>\n

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\nand here we have the cloud
\ndemonstrating God’s character <\/p>\n

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\nattributes.
\nWe read in Exodus 34 starting <\/p>\n

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\nverse 5.
\nNow the Lord descended in the <\/p>\n

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\ncloud and stood with him there
\nand proclaimed the name of the <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:15,880 –> 00:13:19,640
\nLord, And the Lord passed before
\nhim and proclaimed the Lord. <\/p>\n

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\nThe Lord God, merciful and
\ngracious, long-suffering and <\/p>\n

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\nabounding in goodness and truth,
\nkeeping mercy for thousands, <\/p>\n

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\nforgiving iniquity and
\ntransgression and sin, by no <\/p>\n

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\nmeans clearing the guilty,
\nvisiting the iniquity of the <\/p>\n

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\nfathers upon the children and
\nthe children’s children to the <\/p>\n

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\nthird and 4th generation.
\nThis is such an important <\/p>\n

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\npassage for us, right?
\nThe use of the divine name. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, Brother Thomas really
\nasserted that that this meant I <\/p>\n

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\nwill be manifest in a multitude
\nof mighty ones. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd what God’s really saying
\nhere is my character will be <\/p>\n

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\nmanifest in men and women who I
\nwill make part of my family <\/p>\n

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\nduring their lives and who will
\npartake of my divine nature in <\/p>\n

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\nthe Kingdom.
\nSo the cloud would have would <\/p>\n

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\nhave resonated as the the
\nexample provided by God’s <\/p>\n

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\npresence.
\nAnd it’s really understanding <\/p>\n

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\nthat God’s example is at the
\nheart of God manifestation. <\/p>\n

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\nJesus himself says this in John
\nfive. <\/p>\n

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\nHe says, most assuredly, I say
\nto you, I can do nothing of of <\/p>\n

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\nmyself, but what I see the
\nFather do for whatever he does, <\/p>\n

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\nthe Son also does.
\nIn like manner, the power of <\/p>\n

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\nexample and the cloud is at a
\nspecial resonance as we saw in <\/p>\n

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\nExodus 34 for the character
\nattributes of God. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we see that in 2nd
\nCorinthians 3 that Paul takes <\/p>\n

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\nthis account in Exodus 34 and
\nbreaks it down and he says in <\/p>\n

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\nverse 18.
\nAnd we all with unveiled faces, <\/p>\n

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\nbeholding as in a mirror the
\nglory of God, are being <\/p>\n

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\ntransformed into the same image,
\nthe Greek word icon, the same <\/p>\n

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\nimage from 1\u00b0 of glory to
\nanother, just as from the Lord. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that’s our purpose, right?
\nIt’s our purpose is to manifest <\/p>\n

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\nGod’s character.
\nOur purpose is to manifest the <\/p>\n

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\ncharacter attributes that we saw
\nso fully demonstrated in his <\/p>\n

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\nSon.
\nIn Colossians one we read that <\/p>\n

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\nJesus is the image, the icon of
\nthe invisible God. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd in Romans 8, Paul tells us
\nthat that is our job. <\/p>\n

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\nHe says in verse 29 for those
\nwhom he foreknew, he also pre <\/p>\n

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\npredestined to be conformed to
\nthe image, to the ikonos of his <\/p>\n

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\nson, in order that he might be
\nthe first born among many <\/p>\n

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\nbrothers.
\nSo we have these cloud of <\/p>\n

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\nwitnesses in Hebrews 11.
\nAnd these are examples of faith.<\/p>\n

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\nThey’re not examples of
\nperfection, which personally I <\/p>\n

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\nfind very comforting.
\nI had the example of Gideon when<\/p>\n

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\nwe read in in Judges 6, because
\nlet’s be honest, Gideon tried <\/p>\n

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\nfaith after every other option
\ndidn’t work out right. <\/p>\n

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\nThe Angel comes to him and says
\nyou’re going to deliver Israel, <\/p>\n

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\nyou mighty man of valor.
\nAnd he said, I don’t see any <\/p>\n

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\nevidence that that God is with
\nme. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the next step, well, it’s,
\nit’s going to happen. <\/p>\n

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\nWell, you know, I need a sign.
\nAnd then he gets the sign and <\/p>\n

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\nthen it’s still not enough.
\nBecause did you notice the the <\/p>\n

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\nlittle detail is that he was
\nstill too scared to do stuff <\/p>\n

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\nduring the daytime.
\nSo this is encouraging, right? <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:03,280 –> 00:17:06,000
\nThese examples in Hebrews 11 are
\nnot perfect. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:06,680 –> 00:17:09,280
\nThey’re men and women like we
\nare who make mistakes. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd isn’t it awesome that we
\nhave a God that is so forgiving?<\/p>\n

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\nSo who’s in my cloud?
\nI’m going to pick 3 examples. <\/p>\n

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\nFrom Hebrews 11.
\nGideon’s in my cloud because I <\/p>\n

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\ncan really empathize with his
\nfaithfulness and God’s patience <\/p>\n

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\nwith his evolving faithfulness.
\nWho else is in my cloud? <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:33,400 –> 00:17:39,160
\nFrom Hebrews 11, Sarah is in my
\ncloud because she laughed when <\/p>\n

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\nshe heard of the promise of
\nIsaac. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:41,320 –> 00:17:46,360
\nAnd yet we know in Hebrews 11
\nthat by faith Sarah herself <\/p>\n

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\nreceives strength to conceive
\nseed. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:49,880 –> 00:17:54,080
\nAnd she bore a child when she
\nwas past age because he she <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:54,080 –> 00:17:56,480
\njudged him faithful who had
\npromised. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:57,920 –> 00:17:59,680
\nIt’s never too late to have
\nfaith. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:01,600 –> 00:18:03,960
\nAnd the last example that I’ll
\npick for the sake of time in <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:03,960 –> 00:18:08,320
\nHebrews 11 is David.
\nWhat really resonates for me <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:08,320 –> 00:18:11,440
\nright now in this point in my
\nlife from David is his <\/p>\n

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\nfaithfulness despite great
\nfamily pain. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:18,320 –> 00:18:22,640
\nIn Second Samuel 18, we read
\nafter he gets news that Absalom <\/p>\n

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\nwas killed.
\nO Absalom, my son, Absalom <\/p>\n

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\nwould.
\nI had died for thee, O Absalom, <\/p>\n

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\nmy son.
\nIt resonates for me because we <\/p>\n

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\nrecognize that we have hopes for
\nour children, and those hopes <\/p>\n

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\ndon’t always become realized as
\npart of the plan of, of God. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd yet, you know, the anguish
\nhere from David leaps off the <\/p>\n

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\npage, doesn’t it?
\nIt leaps off the page. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd yet David was faithful
\nbecause he knew that whatever <\/p>\n

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\nGod had done was right.
\nSo those are three examples from<\/p>\n

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\nmy cloud in Hebrews 11.
\nNow the writer to the Hebrews <\/p>\n

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\ntells us that it’s not just
\nHebrews 11 because he says we’re<\/p>\n

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\ncompassed about, we’re
\nsurrounded, they’re all around <\/p>\n

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\nus.
\nThese examples, they’re not just<\/p>\n

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\nin the Faith Hall of Fame in
\nHebrews 11. <\/p>\n

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\nPaul says this over and over
\nagain in Philippians 317. <\/p>\n

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\nHe writes, Imitate me, brothers
\nand sisters, and look around to <\/p>\n

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\nthose already following the
\nexample that we have said <\/p>\n

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\nfamously, he exhorts, Timothy,
\nlet no man despise thy youth, <\/p>\n

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\nbut be an example.
\nAnd then in writing to the <\/p>\n

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\necclesia at Thessalonica, he
\nsays, And you became followers <\/p>\n

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\nof us and of the Lord, having
\nreceived the word in much <\/p>\n

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\naffliction with joy, and with
\njoy of the Holy Spirit, so that <\/p>\n

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\nyou became examples to all.
\nAnd Macedonia and Akaia who <\/p>\n

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\nbelieve examples, we’re
\nsurrounded by examples and <\/p>\n

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\nexamples.
\nOf course, Paul is demonstrating<\/p>\n

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\nthat can come from our ecclesia.
\nIt’s not just Hebrews 11. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s from our ecclesia and from
\nour personal history. <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:26,160 –> 00:20:28,760
\nSo I’m going to share one
\nexample from my personal history<\/p>\n

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\nof someone who’s in my cloud.
\nAnd I’m going to share 3 <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:31,600 –> 00:20:35,120
\nexamples of folks in our
\ncollegia that are in my cloud. <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:35,800 –> 00:20:42,000
\nDon’t worry, no names will be
\nused except my wife Kathy. <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:43,480 –> 00:20:46,400
\nGoes without saying that Kathy’s
\nin my cloud as an inspiring <\/p>\n

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\nexample to me.
\nBut from my personal history, my<\/p>\n

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\ngrandfather’s in my cloud.
\nSo my grandmother and <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:01,720 –> 00:21:04,520
\ngrandfather raised me and my
\ngrandfather died when I was 9. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:06,000 –> 00:21:13,480
\nAnd his example of loving God’s
\nWord sticks with me to this day.<\/p>\n

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\n00:21:15,280 –> 00:21:17,440
\nAnd I’m just going to use an
\nexample, sorry, brother Paul. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:17,720 –> 00:21:20,080
\nSo brother Paul carries this
\nbriefcase. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:21,000 –> 00:21:24,760
\nMy grandfather carried A
\nbriefcase just like that and it <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:24,760 –> 00:21:28,480
\nwas, it was chock full of books.
\nHe had like 8 different <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:28,480 –> 00:21:30,720
\nconcordances.
\nHe had the companion Bible, he <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:30,720 –> 00:21:32,520
\nhad the diaglot.
\nHe had help as Israel. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:32,800 –> 00:21:35,960
\nI can remember being like 5 or 6
\nand trying to pick it up and I <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:35,960 –> 00:21:42,200
\nwas like staple to the floor.
\nI can remember him listening to <\/p>\n

306
\n00:21:42,480 –> 00:21:46,280
\nto exhortations.
\nAnd you know what you had to do <\/p>\n

307
\n00:21:46,280 –> 00:21:48,800
\nto listen to an exhortation in
\n1971? <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:50,040 –> 00:21:54,920
\nYou had to get a reel to reel
\ntape and this tape recorder that<\/p>\n

309
\n00:21:54,920 –> 00:21:58,760
\nwas like the size of this table
\nand listened to it. <\/p>\n

310
\n00:22:05,000 –> 00:22:15,640
\nHe loved God’s word.
\nSo my grandfather’s in my cloud.<\/p>\n

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\n00:22:19,200 –> 00:22:21,680
\nOK, 3 examples from our ecclesia
\nthat inspire me. <\/p>\n

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\nFirst, the parents that are
\nworking so hard to raise <\/p>\n

313
\n00:22:28,120 –> 00:22:30,160
\nchildren and the nurture and
\nadmonition of the Lord. <\/p>\n

314
\n00:22:31,400 –> 00:22:33,640
\nI know you probably don’t feel
\ninspiring. <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:33,680 –> 00:22:36,000
\nIn fact, probably the dominant
\nfeeling that you have right now <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:36,000 –> 00:22:40,080
\nis exhaustion.
\nIt’s OK, but you’re in my cloud.<\/p>\n

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\n00:22:41,040 –> 00:22:49,840
\nYou’re in my cloud.
\nThe second example are folks who<\/p>\n

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\nare facing serious and ongoing
\nhealth challenges and yet meet <\/p>\n

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\nthose challenges with faith and
\nwith gratitude and with <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:58,040 –> 00:23:07,120
\nthankfulness and with optimism.
\nYou’re in my cloud and older <\/p>\n

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\nfolks, now I’m going to stop
\nhere because right now all the <\/p>\n

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\nteenagers thinking, but you’re
\npretty old. <\/p>\n

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\nUncle Sean, are you talking
\nabout yourself? <\/p>\n

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\nLike, no little tip, once you
\nget to be 20 years old, an old <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:18,000 –> 00:23:19,560
\nperson is 20 years older than
\nyou. <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:21,080 –> 00:23:26,000
\nBut older folks who are facing
\nthe significant challenges of <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:26,000 –> 00:23:30,720
\nage, yet are so faithful and so
\noptimistic and such an example <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:31,920 –> 00:23:36,000
\nof that thing, that grit, that
\nperseverance over time. <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:37,800 –> 00:23:44,480
\nYou’re in my cloud.
\nSo brothers and sisters, I’d <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:44,480 –> 00:23:47,960
\ninvite you to look around.
\nLook around. <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:49,520 –> 00:23:58,560
\nWho’s in your cloud?
\nWhose example inspires you the <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:58,560 –> 00:24:00,920
\nbest?
\nThe most important example, of <\/p>\n

333
\n00:24:00,920 –> 00:24:04,680
\ncourse, is Jesus, and he is the
\nmost important person in our <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:04,680 –> 00:24:08,040
\ncloud, Paul states.
\nThis clearly says be imitators <\/p>\n

335
\n00:24:08,040 –> 00:24:12,280
\nof me, even as I also am of
\nChrist, Peter writes. <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:12,600 –> 00:24:15,840
\nFor to this you’ve been called
\nbecause Christ also suffered for<\/p>\n

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\n00:24:15,840 –> 00:24:19,280
\nyou leaving an example so that
\nyou might follow in his steps. <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:20,120 –> 00:24:23,720
\nAnd Jesus himself said I am the
\nway, the truth and the life. <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:23,960 –> 00:24:26,760
\nNo one comes to the Father but
\nby me. <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:29,280 –> 00:24:31,560
\nSo Jesus example is a powerful
\none. <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:33,560 –> 00:24:36,360
\nHe says after washing the the
\ndisciples feet. <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:36,360 –> 00:24:39,560
\nI have given you an example that
\nyou should do just as I have <\/p>\n

343
\n00:24:39,560 –> 00:24:43,800
\ndone to you an example of humble
\nservice. <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:46,480 –> 00:24:51,080
\nAnd we live out Jesus example in
\ntwo sets of interrelated <\/p>\n

345
\n00:24:51,080 –> 00:24:53,880
\nrelationships, right?
\nAnd he talks about the two great<\/p>\n

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\n00:24:53,880 –> 00:24:56,600
\ncommandments, loving God and
\nloving your brother. <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:59,400 –> 00:25:05,600
\nThat is how we enact our
\nmanifesting of the characters of<\/p>\n

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\n00:25:05,600 –> 00:25:09,240
\nGod with our relationship with
\nGod and with our relationship <\/p>\n

349
\n00:25:09,240 –> 00:25:12,760
\nwith each other.
\nOne’s kind of a vertical <\/p>\n

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\n00:25:12,760 –> 00:25:16,960
\nrelationship, one’s horizontal,
\nbut they’re interrelated. <\/p>\n

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\n00:25:19,480 –> 00:25:24,000
\nYou know, our relationship with
\neach other is the demonstration <\/p>\n

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\n00:25:24,360 –> 00:25:30,600
\nof our relationship with God.
\nIt’s the mark of our <\/p>\n

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\n00:25:30,600 –> 00:25:33,720
\ndiscipleship.
\nJesus says that in in John 13. <\/p>\n

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\n00:25:33,720 –> 00:25:36,240
\nBy this will all men know that
\nye are my disciples. <\/p>\n

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\n00:25:36,280 –> 00:25:42,960
\nIf you have love one for
\nanother, and John takes it even <\/p>\n

356
\n00:25:43,560 –> 00:25:47,040
\nfurther in first John 4, if
\nsomeone says I love God and <\/p>\n

357
\n00:25:47,040 –> 00:25:51,360
\nhates his brother, he is a liar.
\nFor he who does not love his <\/p>\n

358
\n00:25:51,360 –> 00:25:56,120
\nbrother whom he has seen, how
\ncan he love God whom he has not <\/p>\n

359
\n00:25:56,120 –> 00:25:58,560
\nseen?
\nAnd this is the commandment that<\/p>\n

360
\n00:25:58,560 –> 00:26:02,120
\nwe have from him, that he who
\nloves God must love his brother <\/p>\n

361
\n00:26:02,120 –> 00:26:07,400
\nalso.
\nSo let’s go back to the scene. <\/p>\n

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\n00:26:09,000 –> 00:26:15,560
\nWe’re exhorted to compete, we’re
\nexhorted to lay everything else <\/p>\n

363
\n00:26:15,560 –> 00:26:20,400
\naside, and we’re exhorted to
\nlook unto Jesus, the author and <\/p>\n

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\n00:26:20,400 –> 00:26:24,040
\nfinisher of our faith, who for
\nthe joy that was set before him,<\/p>\n

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\n00:26:24,040 –> 00:26:28,880
\nendured the cross.
\nJesus is our finish line. <\/p>\n

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\n00:26:29,000 –> 00:26:33,640
\nHe’s our example.
\nAnd and we have the key for <\/p>\n

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\n00:26:33,640 –> 00:26:35,680
\nrunning the race.
\nWe have the motivation for <\/p>\n

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\n00:26:35,680 –> 00:26:39,520
\nrunning the race for the joy
\nthat was set before him. <\/p>\n

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\n00:26:40,880 –> 00:26:43,280
\nI think that there are many
\noccasions when the joy was set <\/p>\n

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\n00:26:43,280 –> 00:26:47,720
\nbefore him, but I think of one
\nin particular, and that’s the <\/p>\n

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\ntransfiguration.
\nAnd what’s interesting, one of <\/p>\n

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\nthe many interesting things
\nabout the transfiguration is <\/p>\n

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\n00:26:56,120 –> 00:26:59,400
\nthat we read this in Luke 9
\nstarting verse 34. <\/p>\n

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\n00:27:00,400 –> 00:27:04,640
\nWhile he was saying this, a
\ncloud came and overshadowed them<\/p>\n

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\n00:27:04,960 –> 00:27:08,840
\nand they were fearful as they
\nentered the cloud and a voice <\/p>\n

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\n00:27:08,840 –> 00:27:12,680
\ncame out of the cloud saying
\nthis is my beloved son, hear <\/p>\n

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\n00:27:12,680 –> 00:27:18,720
\nhim.
\nSo like us Jesus support comes <\/p>\n

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\nout of the cloud.
\nSo as we take of the bread and <\/p>\n

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\n00:27:25,400 –> 00:27:30,360
\nwine, brothers and sisters, ask
\nyourself who is in your cloud? <\/p>\n

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\nWe have all these examples from
\nscripture. <\/p>\n

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\n00:27:33,920 –> 00:27:38,480
\nChoose people that resonate with
\nyou, that provide an example <\/p>\n

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\n00:27:38,480 –> 00:27:40,680
\nthat you can relate to and be
\ninspired by. <\/p>\n

383
\n00:27:42,240 –> 00:27:44,720
\nThink about your personal
\nhistory and your ecclesial <\/p>\n

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\n00:27:44,720 –> 00:27:49,360
\nfamily, the people in this room.
\nThink about people that resonate<\/p>\n

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\n00:27:49,360 –> 00:27:51,640
\nwith you, that provide an
\nexample that you can relate to <\/p>\n

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\n00:27:51,640 –> 00:27:55,920
\nand be inspired by.
\nAnd most important, think about <\/p>\n

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\n00:27:56,040 –> 00:28:02,240
\nJesus and the power of His
\nexample, because as we compete, <\/p>\n

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\n00:28:03,720 –> 00:28:07,040
\nHe is helping us every step of
\nour race. <\/p>\n

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\n00:28:07,360 –> 00:28:12,680
\nWe know this because in Hebrews
\n7 we read He is able to save <\/p>\n

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\n00:28:12,680 –> 00:28:16,720
\ncompletely those who draw near
\nto God through him, because He <\/p>\n

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\n00:28:16,720 –> 00:28:20,120
\ncontinually lives to intercede
\nfor them. <\/p>\n

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357: Shawn Moynihan – Exhortation: So Great a Cloud of Witnesses<\/a><\/blockquote>