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\nI wanted to find a picture that
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\nit.
\nBut you know, not only is there <\/p>\n
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\nups and downs, there’s obviously
\ntwists and turns and you have <\/p>\n
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\nhigh points, you have low
\npoints, you have days, weeks, <\/p>\n
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\nmonths, years that are low or or
\nhigh, times when your faith is <\/p>\n
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\nstrong, times when it struggles,
\ntimes when we succumb to our <\/p>\n
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\nweaknesses and times when we
\nstand strong. <\/p>\n
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\nNow some of us are are better, a
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\ndeveloped, stronger.
\nMaybe you have them less <\/p>\n
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\nfrequently.
\nSome of us can tell the time of <\/p>\n
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\nday by how we’re feeling.
\nExperiencing ups and downs is is<\/p>\n
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\npart of life and and it’s
\nrelatively healthy. <\/p>\n
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\nWhen the swings become severe
\nand debilitating, that’s when <\/p>\n
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\nyou are out of balance.
\nThe goal is to reduce the <\/p>\n
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\nseverity and the frequency of
\nthe times that you feel lost and<\/p>\n
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\ndisconnected when you feel
\nseparated from God and at odds <\/p>\n
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\nwith your brothers and sisters
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\nI want to stop there and just do
\na quick aside because I said, <\/p>\n
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\nyou know, you feel at odds with
\nyour brothers and sisters and <\/p>\n
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\nthat’s, it’s been a common
\nrecurrence. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the, and the comments that
\nyou’ve been bringing up and you <\/p>\n
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\nknow, oftentimes the things that
\nset us off are, are the stupid <\/p>\n
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\npeople that we fellowship with,
\nright? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I want to remind us that
\nthat’s on purpose. <\/p>\n
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\nThose stupid people are called
\nChrist’s brethren. <\/p>\n
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\nHe, he died for them and he and
\nhe put them in your ecclesia on <\/p>\n
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\npurpose because he wants you to
\nlearn from that. <\/p>\n
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\nHe wants you to grow from that.
\nWe we grow through painful <\/p>\n
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\nexperiences, not through easy
\nexperiences. <\/p>\n
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\nA helpful suggestion is I have
\nfound to learn what your <\/p>\n
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\ntriggers are.
\nYou might be familiar with the <\/p>\n
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\nconcept of triggers when it
\ncomes to your your sins. <\/p>\n
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\nYou know things that trigger
\nyou, anything that leads to <\/p>\n
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\nunhealthy behavior and try you
\ntry to try to be prepared for <\/p>\n
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\nthose.
\nI would frequently come home <\/p>\n
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\nafter a day’s work and be mean
\nand unkind and impatient and the<\/p>\n
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\ngenius I lived with would found,
\nfound that she would greet me <\/p>\n
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\nwith a hug and a kiss and a
\nlittle plate of crackers and <\/p>\n
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\ncheese and poof, all the hangry
\nis gone. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s just amazing how that
\nworked, right? <\/p>\n
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\nWe’ve got you’ve got different
\ntriggers. <\/p>\n
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\nEvery one of us has different
\ntriggers and and it requires you<\/p>\n
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\nsome introspection, some
\nself-assessment to try to look <\/p>\n
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\nat what’s happening in your life
\nwhen your faith starts to wean, <\/p>\n
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\nwhat specifically is going on,
\nwhat kind of what kind of things<\/p>\n
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\nare happening.
\nA very common trigger stress, a <\/p>\n
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\nlot of us react to that.
\nAnxiety and boredom are also <\/p>\n
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\nreally ranked high as far as
\ntriggers. <\/p>\n
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\nThere’s physical triggers as
\nwell. <\/p>\n
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\nCertain locations, people, even
\neven some foods sometimes can <\/p>\n
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\ncan trigger some bad reactions.
\nLearning what it is that set you<\/p>\n
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\ndown a path that leads to your
\nfaith challenges is a helpful <\/p>\n
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\nstep in trying to reduce them.
\nAnd a trigger might be a person <\/p>\n
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\nmight be a brother and sister in
\nyour meeting. <\/p>\n
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\nFor me, my triggers are boredom
\nand and then loneliness. <\/p>\n
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\nFor you, it’s probably something
\ndifferent. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’re familiar with the, the
\nrise and the fall of faith, the <\/p>\n
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\nthe, the UPS, the downs, the and
\nthe company, company often the <\/p>\n
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\naccompanying rise and fall of
\nour righteous behavior. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’ve all experienced peaks
\ngreat times where we just felt <\/p>\n
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\nfulfilled and and connected
\nwhere everything was going, you <\/p>\n
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\nknow, just the way it should go
\nand everything in and everything<\/p>\n
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\nfeels very close to God and and
\nclose and in harmony with what <\/p>\n
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\nyou understand the the Bible to
\nbe teaching. <\/p>\n
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\nMaybe a Thursday at Bible school
\nis a real, you know, by that <\/p>\n
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\ntime you’re really feeling good
\nabout it. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’ve also probably all
\nexperienced the opposite times <\/p>\n
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\nwhen we we didn’t feel like we
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\nwhen we questioned how well
\nwe’re living up to the high <\/p>\n
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\ncalling.
\nMaybe a Thursday at Bible <\/p>\n
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\nschool.
\nAbraham is, as you can tell, one<\/p>\n
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\nof my favorite examples and he
\nhad hills and valleys as well. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’ve already discussed the the
\nthing that I think it must have <\/p>\n
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\nbeen a very big high for him
\nwhen God brought him outside and<\/p>\n
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\nsaid look toward heaven and
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\nIf able to number them, so shall
\nyour offspring be and he <\/p>\n
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\nbelieved the Lord and accounted
\nto him as righteousness. <\/p>\n
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\nYou you find yourself in a
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\nconnects.
\nThe prayer really just brings <\/p>\n
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\nyou close to God and you’re you.
\nMaybe you’re at the ocean or <\/p>\n
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\nyou’re on a mountain.
\nHere’s Abraham all alone out in <\/p>\n
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\nthe cold, you know, feeling the,
\nthe night around him and he <\/p>\n
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\non a high.
\nHe was very, very close to God. <\/p>\n
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\nAbraham also had loaves.
\nAbraham had Egypt. <\/p>\n
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\nWhen you look at the life of
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\nrefers to Abraham as a friend of
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\nHe dedicated his life to the
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\nAnd yet Abraham had his points
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\nIf you look at the Genesis
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\nsaid to Abraham, go from your
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\nfather’s health, to the land
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\nNow I’m making you a great
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\nI will bless you and make your
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\nand curse those who curse you.
\nSo Abraham went as the Lord had <\/p>\n
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\ntold him and Lord went with
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\nand took Sarah’s wife and lodge
\nbrother’s son, all their <\/p>\n
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\npossessions, the people they had
\nacquired in here and they set <\/p>\n
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\nout to go land of Canaan.
\nWhen they came to land of <\/p>\n
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\nCanaan, another of the the great
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\nI think of Abraham’s life this
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\nreally strong when they packed
\nup and they pulled out of town. <\/p>\n
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\nYou know that big that feeling
\nwhen you’re heading out in your <\/p>\n
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\nbig road trip and you’ve got
\neverything all ready. <\/p>\n
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\nEven though he lived in a well
\ndeveloped, civilized city, he <\/p>\n
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\nfollows God’s calling and he
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\neven going.
\nSo just trusting that God would <\/p>\n
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\nin this strange land was was <\/p>\n
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\ngoing to show him.
\nAnd in the land of Canaan they <\/p>\n
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\ncame and Abraham passed through
\nthe land to the place of <\/p>\n
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\nShechem, to the mount of Mora,
\noak of Mora. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd at that that time that
\nCanaanites were in the land. <\/p>\n
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\nSo he first comes to Shechem and
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\nAbraham once he gets there and
\nclearly tells him that this is <\/p>\n
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\nthe land that’s promised to his
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\nVerse 7, the Lord appeared to
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\noffspring, I will give this
\nland. <\/p>\n
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\nSo he built there and altar the
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\nHe’s still feeling really good.
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\nstrength, their energy, they’ve,
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\nthey’ve come to the place.
\nGod has brought them to the <\/p>\n
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\nplace and God tells him this is
\nthe place I’m going to give you <\/p>\n
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\nand we build an offer there and
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\nthe Lord.
\nBut the Canaanite was in the <\/p>\n
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\nland, so we headed South.
\nGod speaks to you and tells you <\/p>\n
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\nthat this is the land is going
\nto be in your family forever. <\/p>\n
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\nIsn’t this the land?
\nThis is the land. <\/p>\n
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\nAbraham doesn’t really feel like
\nhe can stay. <\/p>\n
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\nThe Canaanites were in the land
\nand he didn’t. <\/p>\n
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\nHe didn’t feel up to it.
\nHis faith started to feel the <\/p>\n
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\nstress of that challenge and he
\ncontinues S into the area area <\/p>\n
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\nof Bethel.
\nFrom there he moved to the Hill <\/p>\n
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\nCountry in the east of Bethel
\nand pitched his tent with Bethel<\/p>\n
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\nin the West and AI on the east.
\nAnd there he built an altar Lord<\/p>\n
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\nand called upon the Lord.
\nAnd that, I think, would have <\/p>\n
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\nbeen a different sacrifice that
\nwould have been maybe a little <\/p>\n
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\nbit more pleading, a little bit
\nmore, you know, here I am, you <\/p>\n
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\nknow, be with me, help me.
\nDo you think he’s definitely <\/p>\n
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\nstill feeling strong, feeling
\ngood? <\/p>\n
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\nBut how life works is either
\nwhen you start to feel good, you<\/p>\n
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\ntry to feel strong.
\nIf I feel like things are going <\/p>\n
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\nwell, there’s something that
\ncomes up to challenge you, to <\/p>\n
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\nmaybe stretch you, to help you
\ngrow a little further or maybe <\/p>\n
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\nto cause you to fall.
\nAnd Abraham journeyed on, still <\/p>\n
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\ngoing towards the Negeb, and
\nthere was a famine, the land. <\/p>\n
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\nSo everyone went down to Egypt
\nto sojourn there for the famine <\/p>\n
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\nwas severe.
\nNow that’s a tough, tough <\/p>\n
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\nchallenge, a famine in the land.
\nHe continues to go further and <\/p>\n
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\nfurther South Down into Egypt.
\nI think it’s a challenging time <\/p>\n
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\nright now for the whole family.
\nAbraham’s faith seems like it’s <\/p>\n
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\nnot up to the challenge.
\nGod had told him. <\/p>\n
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\nGod had promised him twice now
\nhe was going to be a great <\/p>\n
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\nnation.
\nHe was going to give this 75 <\/p>\n
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\nyear old man a child and he
\npromised to him the land that <\/p>\n
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\nyou can see around you, I’m
\ngoing to give to you and to the <\/p>\n
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\nseed after you.
\nGod surely didn’t bring Abraham <\/p>\n
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\nall the way out there in the
\ndesert to die of starvation. <\/p>\n
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\nSo Abraham had an opportunity to
\nshow his faith in God’s <\/p>\n
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\npromises, to show his faith in
\nGod’s Word, to know that God has<\/p>\n
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\nHe’s not going to let us die. <\/p>\n
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\nInstead, he goes down.
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\nNever, never a sign of spiritual
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\nIn scriptural terms, Egypt is
\nalways a descent into sin, a <\/p>\n
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\nalmost always involves going <\/p>\n
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\nThere often seems to be <\/p>\n
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\nharder, but it brings with it <\/p>\n
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\nchange your morals, and often <\/p>\n
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\nappears, I think that God plans
\nit that way. <\/p>\n
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\nGod, God is trying to test us.
\nHe’s trying to try us to, to <\/p>\n
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\nprove us, to stretch our faith.
\nHe wants us to choose the path <\/p>\n
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\nof faith.
\nHe often wants us to choose the <\/p>\n
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\nChoosing the easy path brings <\/p>\n
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\nSo it seems to it seems there <\/p>\n
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\nseems to be problems that spring
\nup in your life when you try to <\/p>\n
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\nfind your own solution to your
\nproblems. <\/p>\n
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\nWhen you follow God’s path, some
\nsometimes problems go away. <\/p>\n
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\nBut when you make your own
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\nAlmost immediately in Abraham’s <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s a telltale sign. <\/p>\n
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\nSarah, I know that you are a
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\nthey will say this is his wife. <\/p>\n
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\nThen they will kill me, but they
\nwill let you live. <\/p>\n
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\nSay you are my sister.
\nThat may go well with me because<\/p>\n
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\nof you, that my life may be
\nspared for your sake. <\/p>\n
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\nNote to self, whenever you have
\nto ask your family to lie for <\/p>\n
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\nyou, you’re probably going down
\na bad Rd. <\/p>\n
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\nWhen Abraham entered Egypt, the
\nEgyptians saw that the woman was<\/p>\n
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\nPrincess of Pharaoh saw her, <\/p>\n
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\nthey praised her to Pharaoh and
\nthe woman was taken into <\/p>\n
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\nPharaoh’s house.
\nHe realizes now that he’s put <\/p>\n
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\ndanger due to Sarah’s beauty. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I think again, if his faith
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\nalready heading down a wrong
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\nI made-up is it’s it’s hard to <\/p>\n
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\nway street, right?
\nYou’ve got to pull AU turn even <\/p>\n
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\nway down a Rd. and he’s got to
\nmake a change. <\/p>\n
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\nyour easy choice, once <\/p>\n
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\ndemands are sure to come.
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\ninevitable.
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\nproblems when you’re in the <\/p>\n
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\nmiddle of the problem.
\nSo in envision situations where <\/p>\n
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\nforward. <\/p>\n
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\nabout, you know, being <\/p>\n
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\nintentional.
\nIt’s one thing I’m just terrible<\/p>\n
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\nat, you know, but, but be
\nintentional. <\/p>\n
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\nLook, look forward, plan ahead.
\nWhat’s what’s going to happen? <\/p>\n
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\nWhat situation could arise in my
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\nor in my work or in my
\ncommunity? <\/p>\n
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\nTrust your faith in God’s
\nability to save you and don’t <\/p>\n
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\nrighteousness.
\nSarah is overpoweringly <\/p>\n
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\nattractive to Pharaoh.
\nJewish history says that Sarah, <\/p>\n
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\nSo Abraham shifts the danger
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\ntrouble.
\nYou don’t make good decisions. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd how Abraham’s conscience
\nmust have racked him every time <\/p>\n
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\nPharaoh gave him a gift.
\nI think he would have felt more <\/p>\n
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\nlike Sarah’s pimp than Sarah’s
\nhusband. <\/p>\n
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\nBut God protected Sarah, God
\nprotected Abraham, and God <\/p>\n
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\nplagued Pharaoh, and for her
\nsake. <\/p>\n
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\nHe dealt well with Abraham.
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\nmale donkeys and male servants
\nand female servants and female <\/p>\n
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\ndonkeys and camels.
\nBut the Lord afflicted Pharaoh <\/p>\n
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\nin his house with great plagues
\nbecause of Sarah Abrams wife. <\/p>\n
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\nSo Pharaoh called, Abraham said,
\nwhat is this you’ve done to me? <\/p>\n
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\nWhy’d you not tell me she was
\nyour wife? <\/p>\n
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\nWhy’d you say she’s my sister?
\nSo I took her from my wife. <\/p>\n
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\nHere’s your sister, take her go.
\nAnd Pharaoh gave men orders <\/p>\n
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\nconcerning him, and they sent
\nhim away with his wife and all <\/p>\n
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\nthat he had.
\nPharaoh figures it out. <\/p>\n
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\nPharaoh’s the one that acts
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\nPharaoh sends Abraham back to
\nthe land that God had promised <\/p>\n
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\nhim, and Abraham goes up out of
\nEgypt. <\/p>\n
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\nVerse 1.
\nAbraham went up from Egypt, he <\/p>\n
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\nand his wife and all that he had
\nand a lot with him into the <\/p>\n
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\nlivestock, in silver and gold.
\nThat’s often the result of going<\/p>\n
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\ndown into Egypt.
\nThat’s often the result when you<\/p>\n
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\nmake those choices, when you
\nfollow those fleshly intentions,<\/p>\n
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\nright?
\nThat’s what drives us in. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s what draws us into Egypt.
\nA better job, a higher salary, a<\/p>\n
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\nbetter standard of living.
\nWe convinced yourself that we’re<\/p>\n
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\ndoing it for our family.
\nYou know, the kids will be able <\/p>\n
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\nto go to a better school, my
\nwife won’t have to work. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd it’s the family that usually
\nsuffers the most because of that<\/p>\n
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\ndecision.
\nFew were able to leave once they<\/p>\n
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\nget there.
\nAbraham had to literally be <\/p>\n
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\ndriven from the land under
\nguarded escort, and he journeyed<\/p>\n
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\non from the Negeb as far as
\nBethel, to the place where his <\/p>\n
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\ntent had been at the beginning
\nbetween Bethel and AI, to the <\/p>\n
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\nat the 1st. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd there Abraham called upon
\nthe name of the Lord, and he’s <\/p>\n
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\nout and he’s back up.
\nHe’s working his way back up. <\/p>\n
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\nHe saved himself from a terrible
\nsituation, and he starts fresh <\/p>\n
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\nagain.
\nConfession of failure, <\/p>\n
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\nFaith is like a muscle. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s been stretched, it’s been
\nbroken down, it’ll be built back<\/p>\n
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\nWe don’t want to do that. <\/p>\n
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\nWe don’t want to go through that
\npain. <\/p>\n
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\nBut but God does it to us.
\nWe have to learn how to take <\/p>\n
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\nadvantage of that.
\nAbraham experienced the <\/p>\n
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\nspiritual highs of God, you
\nknow, giving him these promises <\/p>\n
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\nand the spiritual lows of him
\ngiving his wife to Pharaoh in <\/p>\n
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\norder to save his own skin.
\nNow he finds himself back in the<\/p>\n
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\npromised land and calling upon
\nthe name of the Lord again. <\/p>\n
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\nBut lest you think he learned
\nfrom that experience, several <\/p>\n
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\nyears later he finds himself
\ntelling the same lies again. <\/p>\n
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\nShe’s my sister Leather.
\nRinse, repeat. <\/p>\n
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\nLike all of us, Abraham had
\nmoments where his faith was <\/p>\n
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\nweak.
\nHe had problems learning the <\/p>\n
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\nlesson we’ve been trying to be
\ntaught, and he confronted the <\/p>\n
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\nsame mistake more than once.
\nBut he dedicated his life to <\/p>\n
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\nserving God.
\nHe knew that God would justify <\/p>\n
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\nhim regardless of his
\nimperfections. <\/p>\n
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\nHe believed in a God of mercy.
\nPaul speaks to this in Romans 6 <\/p>\n
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\nand 7, that that tension that
\nexists in our lives, the tension<\/p>\n
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\nthat exists when we choose a
\nlife of service to God. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd yet occasionally we find our
\nfaith wavering. <\/p>\n
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\nLife is this continual pattern
\nof of ups and down, of highs and<\/p>\n
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\nlows, times when you feel strong
\nand able to tackle the biggest <\/p>\n
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\nproblems and times when you trip
\nand fall over the smallest <\/p>\n
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\nlittle issue.
\nIt’s a process. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s called conversion.
\nIt’s called transformation. <\/p>\n
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\nIt always begins with knowledge.
\nYou have to know God in order to<\/p>\n
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\ntrust Him.
\nBut if you just stay in that <\/p>\n
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\nknowledge gathering mode your
\nwhole life and you don’t use <\/p>\n
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\nrelationship with God, then you <\/p>\n
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\nhave no hope.
\nYou have to be converted. <\/p>\n
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\nYou have to be transformed.
\nThat knowledge has to bring you <\/p>\n
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\nto a relationship with God.
\nIt’s our relationship with God <\/p>\n
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\nthat saves us, not our knowledge
\nof God. <\/p>\n
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\nhave an active and growing <\/p>\n
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\nknowledge about who He is.
\nHow else can a healthy <\/p>\n
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\nunless you know who the person
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\nBut God is most concerned that
\nyou trust Him. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat good is all that knowledge
\nof God if you don’t develop <\/p>\n
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\nrelationship with Him and learn
\nto love Him and learn to trust <\/p>\n
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\nHim?
\nNow this conversion is ongoing. <\/p>\n
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\nIt didn’t happen the day you got
\nbaptized. <\/p>\n
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\nIt didn’t happen a year after.
\nIt takes a lifetime. <\/p>\n
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\nduring that whole lifetime <\/p>\n
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\nbecause you feed it with more
\nknowledge of about who God is <\/p>\n
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\nand what He stands for.
\nYou also feed it by experiences <\/p>\n
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\nthat you share with God, times
\nwhen He’s been there for them <\/p>\n
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\nfor you, time when you felt Him
\neffectively. <\/p>\n
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\nthose in the past through the
\nBible and by seeing how He deals<\/p>\n
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\nYou won’t be saved if your faith<\/p>\n
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\nis still based solely on the
\nknowledge you get from the <\/p>\n
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\nThat knowledge has to bring you <\/p>\n
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\nto a trusting relationship with
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\nYou have to have things you <\/p>\n
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\nunderstand correctly.
\nBut the faith that’s described <\/p>\n
337
\n00:21:54,560 –> 00:21:59,040
\nin the Bible is based in a trust
\nin God rather than ourselves, <\/p>\n
338
\n00:21:59,240 –> 00:22:05,040
\nand a faithfulness to God by
\nbeing humbly faithful to him and<\/p>\n
339
\n00:22:05,040 –> 00:22:09,600
\nto those around us.
\nBut then life happens. <\/p>\n
340
\n00:22:10,640 –> 00:22:13,600
\nThen you hit one of those
\nincredible lows in your life <\/p>\n
341
\n00:22:15,360 –> 00:22:17,680
\nwhere you fall and you can’t
\nseem to get back up. <\/p>\n
342
\n00:22:20,200 –> 00:22:24,080
\nWe’re challenged by something we
\nread or something we hear or or <\/p>\n
343
\n00:22:24,080 –> 00:22:28,880
\nwe think something that just
\nmakes us question what we were <\/p>\n
344
\n00:22:28,880 –> 00:22:31,520
\nconvinced was right.
\nEach time we deal with something<\/p>\n
345
\n00:22:31,520 –> 00:22:34,520
\noutside of our familiar patterns
\nof thought, it’s good. <\/p>\n
346
\n00:22:35,200 –> 00:22:37,520
\nIt helps us to grow.
\nIt helps us to change. <\/p>\n
347
\n00:22:37,880 –> 00:22:40,400
\nLife is a series of challenges
\nto your faith. <\/p>\n
348
\n00:22:40,920 –> 00:22:44,920
\nThat’s if your faith is
\npreoccupied with with with <\/p>\n
349
\n00:22:44,920 –> 00:22:46,920
\ncorrect thinking.
\nYou’re, you’re going to see <\/p>\n
350
\n00:22:46,920 –> 00:22:50,560
\nthings and hear things and read
\nthings, blogs and articles and <\/p>\n
351
\n00:22:50,640 –> 00:22:55,200
\nposts and memes and songs and
\nmovies and cartoons and shows <\/p>\n
352
\n00:22:55,960 –> 00:22:59,480
\nand most importantly,
\nconversations that that make you<\/p>\n
353
\n00:22:59,480 –> 00:23:05,440
\nquestion what you once thought
\nyou were certain about is a is a<\/p>\n
354
\n00:23:06,240 –> 00:23:09,800
\nterrible comic.
\nAnd I hope you don’t ever watch <\/p>\n
355
\n00:23:09,800 –> 00:23:13,440
\nthem.
\nGervais, Ricky Gervais. <\/p>\n
356
\n00:23:13,880 –> 00:23:18,400
\nAnd he said he was, he said he’s
\na renowned atheist and he was in<\/p>\n
357
\n00:23:18,400 –> 00:23:23,440
\nan interview and the, he said,
\nyou know, the interview said, <\/p>\n
358
\n00:23:23,440 –> 00:23:27,120
\nhow can you not believe in God?
\nAnd he said there’s a roughly <\/p>\n
359
\n00:23:27,120 –> 00:23:31,040
\n5000 gods on the, on the planet
\nthat are worshipped and you <\/p>\n
360
\n00:23:31,040 –> 00:23:35,640
\ndon’t believe in 4999 of them.
\nI don’t believe in one more. <\/p>\n
361
\n00:23:39,000 –> 00:23:42,440
\nAnd it struck me, it really hit
\nme because when I think of, you <\/p>\n
362
\n00:23:42,440 –> 00:23:45,760
\nknow, Vishnu or or Buddha or
\nwhatever, I kind of snicker <\/p>\n
363
\n00:23:45,760 –> 00:23:47,760
\ninside my, my head.
\nAnd you’re like, oh, they’re not<\/p>\n
364
\n00:23:47,760 –> 00:23:49,440
\nreal gods.
\nThat’s just a fake idol. <\/p>\n
365
\n00:23:49,560 –> 00:23:52,840
\nYou know, there’s only one God.
\nAnd then to have someone say, <\/p>\n
366
\n00:23:53,000 –> 00:23:55,640
\nwell, I only believe in, you
\nknow, one more than you don’t <\/p>\n
367
\n00:23:55,640 –> 00:24:02,320
\nbelieve in it just it struck me
\nand my faith was strong and I <\/p>\n
368
\n00:24:02,320 –> 00:24:05,080
\nwas clear sighted.
\nAnd I said, yeah, well, you <\/p>\n
369
\n00:24:05,080 –> 00:24:09,680
\nknow, that’s a, that’s a point.
\nBut I am out of all the things I<\/p>\n
370
\n00:24:09,680 –> 00:24:13,080
\ndoubt, out of all the things I
\nquestion, I never questioned <\/p>\n
371
\n00:24:13,080 –> 00:24:15,640
\nGod.
\nGod’s just rock solid. <\/p>\n
372
\n00:24:15,640 –> 00:24:19,400
\nHe’s, he’s clear in my sight.
\nAnd I and I thank him for that. <\/p>\n
373
\n00:24:19,840 –> 00:24:22,320
\nIf I didn’t have that, what
\nwould I have? <\/p>\n
374
\n00:24:27,470 –> 00:24:30,270
\nLife can, can step in.
\nJust, you know, you’re literally<\/p>\n
375
\n00:24:30,270 –> 00:24:34,710
\nwatching a, you know, 32nd clip
\non YouTube because you can’t <\/p>\n
376
\n00:24:34,710 –> 00:24:38,070
\nfall asleep and someone says
\nsomething on the clip and you <\/p>\n
377
\n00:24:38,070 –> 00:24:42,320
\ncan it can make you spin and you
\nfind yourself in a valley and <\/p>\n
378
\n00:24:42,320 –> 00:24:43,720
\nyesterday you were just on a
\nhill. <\/p>\n
379
\n00:24:46,040 –> 00:24:48,680
\nThis is a fundamental part, I
\nthink of our walk in Christ. <\/p>\n
380
\n00:24:50,200 –> 00:24:53,320
\nI feel like we should have been
\ntold this in the beginning. <\/p>\n
381
\n00:24:54,080 –> 00:24:59,320
\nYou know that expected.
\nDon’t be surprised by it. <\/p>\n
382
\n00:25:00,080 –> 00:25:02,280
\nThere’s going to be UPS, there’s
\ngoing to be downs. <\/p>\n
383
\n00:25:04,360 –> 00:25:08,200
\nI think it’d be a good idea to
\nstart telling young people what <\/p>\n
384
\n00:25:08,200 –> 00:25:09,840
\nto expect.
\nI don’t want to scare them off. <\/p>\n
385
\n00:25:09,840 –> 00:25:12,720
\nBut, you know, I think we may
\nwant to consider the answers we <\/p>\n
386
\n00:25:12,720 –> 00:25:15,920
\ngive our young people when they
\nask those tough questions, <\/p>\n
387
\n00:25:17,960 –> 00:25:22,480
\nquestions that their base of
\nknowledge is not able to answer.<\/p>\n
388
\n00:25:23,840 –> 00:25:28,640
\nWhen they ask us things like why
\ndoes God allow so much injustice<\/p>\n
389
\n00:25:28,640 –> 00:25:32,360
\nand suffering in the world?
\nWhy does God appear so violent <\/p>\n
390
\n00:25:32,360 –> 00:25:33,800
\nand vengeful in the Old
\nTestament? <\/p>\n
391
\n00:25:35,200 –> 00:25:37,520
\nIf Christianity is true, then
\nwhy do Christians treat each <\/p>\n
392
\n00:25:37,520 –> 00:25:42,560
\nother so badly?
\nYou may have heard questions <\/p>\n
393
\n00:25:42,560 –> 00:25:44,960
\nlike that before in the past.
\nSome of the tough questions, and<\/p>\n
394
\n00:25:45,320 –> 00:25:47,600
\nI’m sure you can think of others
\nthat you’ve heard of. <\/p>\n
395
\n00:25:48,040 –> 00:25:52,880
\nAnd for many, the gut reaction
\nis to jump to the defense of the<\/p>\n
396
\n00:25:52,880 –> 00:25:57,720
\nBible and give them some
\nworkable answer, pieced together<\/p>\n
397
\n00:25:57,720 –> 00:26:00,040
\nfrom some important concepts in
\nthe Bible. <\/p>\n
398
\n00:26:02,040 –> 00:26:06,280
\nAnd maybe it might just be
\nbetter to be honest and just <\/p>\n
399
\n00:26:06,280 –> 00:26:09,160
\ntell him, I don’t know, you
\nknow, I’m struggled with that <\/p>\n
400
\n00:26:09,160 –> 00:26:10,920
\ntoo.
\nI’m trying to figure that out <\/p>\n
401
\n00:26:10,920 –> 00:26:14,680
\nmyself.
\nI know two things, that God is <\/p>\n
402
\n00:26:14,680 –> 00:26:19,200
\nall powerful and that God loves
\nme and he’s going to, he’s going<\/p>\n
403
\n00:26:19,200 –> 00:26:21,720
\nto carry me through this.
\nAnd, and if it’s something I <\/p>\n
404
\n00:26:21,720 –> 00:26:23,240
\nneed to understand, he’ll help
\nme understand it. <\/p>\n
405
\n00:26:23,240 –> 00:26:25,200
\nIf it’s something I don’t need
\nto understand, it’s above me or <\/p>\n
406
\n00:26:25,200 –> 00:26:30,120
\nbigger than me.
\nI don’t need to understand it to<\/p>\n
407
\n00:26:30,120 –> 00:26:32,360
\nshare with them that it really
\nis. <\/p>\n
408
\n00:26:32,640 –> 00:26:38,320
\nThere really are hard questions
\nout there, and it’s OK for you <\/p>\n
409
\n00:26:38,320 –> 00:26:42,720
\nto struggle with them.
\nBut God is good. <\/p>\n
410
\n00:26:44,800 –> 00:26:49,280
\nGod is good.
\nHe knows way more than we’re <\/p>\n
411
\n00:26:49,280 –> 00:26:51,240
\never going to come close to
\nknowing. <\/p>\n
412
\n00:26:53,760 –> 00:26:55,920
\nHis understanding is way beyond
\nours. <\/p>\n
413
\n00:26:57,400 –> 00:27:02,120
\nI love God and I trust that what
\nHe’s doing in my life is best. <\/p>\n
414
\n00:27:06,920 –> 00:27:09,760
\nI may not always fully
\nunderstand why he’s doing it, <\/p>\n
415
\n00:27:11,400 –> 00:27:19,640
\nbut I trust him.
\nAnother another interesting side<\/p>\n
416
\n00:27:19,640 –> 00:27:21,240
\nthought.
\nI’m sorry I don’t like side <\/p>\n
417
\n00:27:21,240 –> 00:27:23,640
\nthoughts in a talk, but
\nsometimes they just come up. <\/p>\n
418
\n00:27:25,440 –> 00:27:27,880
\nOne of the tricky parts about
\nbelonging to an organized <\/p>\n
419
\n00:27:27,880 –> 00:27:32,560
\nreligion.
\nWe’re able to quantify and <\/p>\n
420
\n00:27:32,560 –> 00:27:35,400
\nclassify someone’s academic
\nknowledge. <\/p>\n
421
\n00:27:37,640 –> 00:27:41,440
\nWe can judge someone based on
\nwhat they understand. <\/p>\n
422
\n00:27:43,000 –> 00:27:48,800
\nIt’s not as easy to see how good
\nthe relationship with God is. <\/p>\n
423
\n00:27:50,800 –> 00:27:54,440
\nSo from the very start we have
\nthis, relate this, this problem <\/p>\n
424
\n00:27:54,440 –> 00:27:55,720
\nin our relationship with each
\nother. <\/p>\n
425
\n00:27:55,920 –> 00:27:59,000
\nWhen someone wants to join our
\necclesia, we ask them a bunch of<\/p>\n
426
\n00:27:59,400 –> 00:28:05,200
\nacademic questions because it’s
\neasy to judge and classify <\/p>\n
427
\n00:28:05,200 –> 00:28:10,760
\nsomeone’s understanding.
\nBut before I got baptized, you <\/p>\n
428
\n00:28:10,760 –> 00:28:13,960
\nknow, I had to list the names of
\nthe of the kings of Israel. <\/p>\n
429
\n00:28:14,480 –> 00:28:16,920
\nI don’t know why.
\nAnd I can’t remember them now. <\/p>\n
430
\n00:28:17,640 –> 00:28:20,400
\nI remember.
\nI remember that my CYC teacher <\/p>\n
431
\n00:28:20,400 –> 00:28:24,200
\ntaught me one of those anagrams,
\nyou know, to help me remember <\/p>\n
432
\n00:28:24,200 –> 00:28:27,640
\nit, like O EE IOH or something.
\nI forget what it was. <\/p>\n
433
\n00:28:27,640 –> 00:28:29,600
\nOthneil E Hood.
\nYeah. <\/p>\n
434
\n00:28:29,680 –> 00:28:33,160
\nYeah, a lot of good it did me
\nright here. <\/p>\n
435
\n00:28:33,160 –> 00:28:34,400
\nI am not, you know, I’m
\nforgetting it. <\/p>\n
436
\n00:28:35,240 –> 00:28:37,760
\nThey wanted to know if I had
\nmemorized these verses. <\/p>\n
437
\n00:28:37,760 –> 00:28:40,440
\nThey couldn’t.
\nThey couldn’t really find out <\/p>\n
438
\n00:28:40,680 –> 00:28:42,760
\nhow strong my relationship was
\nwith God. <\/p>\n
439
\n00:28:44,240 –> 00:28:49,160
\nThey just wanted to know, you
\nknow what I knew we you can’t do<\/p>\n
440
\n00:28:49,160 –> 00:28:55,720
\nan examination of someone’s
\ntrust and yet trust is the most <\/p>\n
441
\n00:28:55,720 –> 00:28:59,240
\nimportant part.
\nSo I think I’m not saying <\/p>\n
442
\n00:28:59,240 –> 00:29:02,920
\nabandoned the examination, the
\ninterview, we call it now <\/p>\n
443
\n00:29:02,920 –> 00:29:08,520
\nbecause it’s more PCI.
\nBut let’s let’s be sure to talk <\/p>\n
444
\n00:29:08,520 –> 00:29:12,520
\nabout the rest.
\nBaptism isn’t the goal. <\/p>\n
445
\n00:29:13,360 –> 00:29:16,800
\nBaptism is the door you go
\nthrough to begin the walk. <\/p>\n
446
\n00:29:17,200 –> 00:29:21,320
\nAnd it’s that walk of a lifelong
\nof trans life filled of <\/p>\n
447
\n00:29:21,320 –> 00:29:23,560
\ntransformation and change and
\ngrowth. <\/p>\n
448
\n00:29:23,760 –> 00:29:27,520
\nThat’s the goal.
\nAnd let’s be sure to tell them <\/p>\n
449
\n00:29:27,520 –> 00:29:31,800
\nthat, you know, we’re going to
\nhave this interview with you and<\/p>\n
450
\n00:29:31,800 –> 00:29:35,080
\nwe want you to get baptized
\nbecause we want you to begin <\/p>\n
451
\n00:29:35,080 –> 00:29:40,000
\nthis process of transformation,
\nthis process of change. <\/p>\n
452
\n00:29:42,000 –> 00:29:45,320
\nThat academic appeal kind of
\ncontinues through our entire <\/p>\n
453
\n00:29:45,320 –> 00:29:50,160
\nexperience at church.
\nSo let’s just play with this <\/p>\n
454
\n00:29:50,200 –> 00:29:53,920
\nphoto for a minute here.
\nImagine being a father of a <\/p>\n
455
\n00:29:53,920 –> 00:29:59,200
\nbeautiful young daughter and
\nthis man comes to you and he <\/p>\n
456
\n00:29:59,200 –> 00:30:02,000
\ntells you he wants permission to
\nmarry your daughter. <\/p>\n
457
\n00:30:03,680 –> 00:30:06,400
\nAnd you look him in the eyes and
\nyou say, how does she like his <\/p>\n
458
\n00:30:06,400 –> 00:30:08,560
\neggs?
\nHow does she like her eggs? <\/p>\n
459
\n00:30:11,440 –> 00:30:16,880
\nWhat size are her shoes?
\nIs she good at parallel parking?<\/p>\n
460
\n00:30:19,360 –> 00:30:22,080
\nDoes she have a favorite number,
\nand if So, what is that number? <\/p>\n
461
\n00:30:25,400 –> 00:30:28,680
\nGive me the names of all 5
\nschools that she attended as a <\/p>\n
462
\n00:30:28,680 –> 00:30:31,040
\nchild, in order, spelled
\ncorrectly, memorized. <\/p>\n
463
\n00:30:32,760 –> 00:30:37,040
\nOf course you wouldn’t do that.
\nOf course you wouldn’t. <\/p>\n
464
\n00:30:37,840 –> 00:30:43,960
\nYou’d say, do you love her?
\nYou’d say, are you going to take<\/p>\n
465
\n00:30:43,960 –> 00:30:48,480
\ncare of her?
\nYou’d say, what are you going to<\/p>\n
466
\n00:30:48,480 –> 00:30:55,600
\ndo to make her happy?
\nYou’d say, how are you going to <\/p>\n
467
\n00:30:55,600 –> 00:30:59,600
\nserve her spiritual and her
\nemotional needs? <\/p>\n
468
\n00:31:02,960 –> 00:31:07,080
\nAnd you know what?
\nYou’d have to trust his answers <\/p>\n
469
\n00:31:10,920 –> 00:31:12,760
\nwhen it’s your child that you’re
\ngiving away. <\/p>\n
470
\n00:31:12,960 –> 00:31:16,280
\nYou don’t care if the boy has a
\ngood academic understanding of <\/p>\n
471
\n00:31:16,280 –> 00:31:18,960
\nyour daughter.
\nYou want to know about His <\/p>\n
472
\n00:31:18,960 –> 00:31:23,720
\nrelationship with her.
\nWe need to be more concerned <\/p>\n
473
\n00:31:23,720 –> 00:31:26,760
\nabout how our brothers and
\nsisters are doing and building a<\/p>\n
474
\n00:31:26,760 –> 00:31:30,600
\nrelationship with God then we
\nare counting their attendance at<\/p>\n
475
\n00:31:30,600 –> 00:31:35,320
\nSunday School.
\nBut that’s the rub, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
476
\n00:31:35,320 –> 00:31:38,400
\nRight, We can’t.
\nIt’s hard. <\/p>\n
477
\n00:31:38,720 –> 00:31:41,120
\nOne really great way to build a
\nrelationship with God is to <\/p>\n
478
\n00:31:41,120 –> 00:31:42,840
\nstudy His Bible and learn more
\nabout Him. <\/p>\n
479
\n00:31:43,000 –> 00:31:45,280
\nSo attending at Sunday
\nattendance at Sunday School is <\/p>\n
480
\n00:31:45,280 –> 00:31:47,360
\nimportant.
\nBut you can’t have a <\/p>\n
481
\n00:31:47,360 –> 00:31:49,120
\nrelationship with God without
\ngetting to know Him. <\/p>\n
482
\n00:31:50,240 –> 00:31:53,720
\nYou don’t need a PhD in order to
\ngo on your first date. <\/p>\n
483
\n00:31:55,240 –> 00:31:58,560
\nYou need to start having a
\nrelationship with God in Christ <\/p>\n
484
\n00:31:58,800 –> 00:32:02,080
\nat whatever point you are with
\nwhatever knowledge you have. <\/p>\n
485
\n00:32:04,200 –> 00:32:07,160
\nIf you feel you’re lacking in a
\ncertain area, then turn to the <\/p>\n
486
\n00:32:07,160 –> 00:32:10,400
\nscriptures For more information
\non on who God is and how he <\/p>\n
487
\n00:32:10,400 –> 00:32:14,760
\nthinks.
\nSo jump back to my example of <\/p>\n
488
\n00:32:14,760 –> 00:32:17,120
\nthe the young suitor asking for
\nthe hand in marriage. <\/p>\n
489
\n00:32:17,560 –> 00:32:22,320
\nWouldn’t you really question
\nthat boy’s grasp of reality if <\/p>\n
490
\n00:32:23,040 –> 00:32:26,360
\nhe won’t ask the girl to marry
\nhim because he hasn’t fully <\/p>\n
491
\n00:32:26,360 –> 00:32:29,920
\nmemorized the correct number of
\nthe names of every one of the <\/p>\n
492
\n00:32:30,160 –> 00:32:32,520
\nschool she went to before age
\n18? <\/p>\n
493
\n00:32:33,680 –> 00:32:37,080
\nYou know, how can you put a ring
\non my daughter’s finger while <\/p>\n
494
\n00:32:37,080 –> 00:32:39,800
\nI’m still working on that middle
\nschool is, was it Nobel? <\/p>\n
495
\n00:32:39,800 –> 00:32:44,920
\nWas it Nobel or NOBLE?
\nYou’re not going to marry my <\/p>\n
496
\n00:32:44,920 –> 00:32:45,720
\ndaughter?
\nReally. <\/p>\n
497
\n00:32:48,440 –> 00:32:52,840
\nGod wants us to be in a
\nrelationship with him, and that <\/p>\n
498
\n00:32:52,840 –> 00:32:56,120
\nrelationship involves a lifetime
\nof learning about God’s <\/p>\n
499
\n00:32:56,120 –> 00:32:58,080
\ncharacter.
\nAnd do you think you might <\/p>\n
500
\n00:32:58,080 –> 00:33:01,320
\npossibly change during your next
\nlifetime? <\/p>\n
501
\n00:33:01,520 –> 00:33:07,000
\nYeah, you’re gonna who you who
\nyou are 30 years from now is so <\/p>\n
502
\n00:33:07,000 –> 00:33:09,560
\ndifferent than who you were 30
\nyears ago. <\/p>\n
503
\n00:33:14,680 –> 00:33:19,440
\nBut that learning has to serve
\nthe purpose of us building a <\/p>\n
504
\n00:33:19,440 –> 00:33:23,600
\nrelationship.
\nWhen we have classes, when we <\/p>\n
505
\n00:33:23,600 –> 00:33:27,760
\nteach, you know, any kind of
\nSunday school, we have to focus <\/p>\n
506
\n00:33:27,760 –> 00:33:31,360
\non how does this Bible teach us
\nabout who God is and how we can <\/p>\n
507
\n00:33:31,360 –> 00:33:33,120
\nbuild a better relationship with
\nhim. <\/p>\n
508
\n00:33:34,840 –> 00:33:38,200
\nLearning about God’s character
\nbecause we want to be more like <\/p>\n
509
\n00:33:38,200 –> 00:33:42,480
\nhim.
\nI love how God is described as <\/p>\n
510
\n00:33:43,000 –> 00:33:47,040
\ncharacters kind and merciful and
\nloving and patient and <\/p>\n
511
\n00:33:47,040 –> 00:33:55,190
\nlong-suffering.
\nWhy would we ever find ourselves<\/p>\n
512
\n00:33:55,190 –> 00:33:58,310
\nin a position where all we
\nreally want to do is is read and<\/p>\n
513
\n00:33:58,310 –> 00:34:01,870
\nlearn about God and not actually
\ntake the step of starting a <\/p>\n
514
\n00:34:01,870 –> 00:34:05,670
\nrelationship with Him, Learning
\nto love Him and trust Him. <\/p>\n
515
\n00:34:09,750 –> 00:34:15,230
\nLearning puffs up, trusting
\nbreaks down. <\/p>\n
516
\n00:34:17,030 –> 00:34:19,920
\nThat’s the road, right?
\nIt doesn’t always happen and <\/p>\n
517
\n00:34:19,920 –> 00:34:22,280
\ndefinitely shouldn’t happen, but
\none of the temptations for <\/p>\n
518
\n00:34:22,280 –> 00:34:26,639
\nhumans is to take in knowledge
\nand let it build in them a sense<\/p>\n
519
\n00:34:26,639 –> 00:34:30,280
\nof intelligence and power and
\nsuperiority. <\/p>\n
520
\n00:34:32,360 –> 00:34:35,480
\nIt was that way for the lawyers
\nand the Pharisees, and it’s that<\/p>\n
521
\n00:34:35,480 –> 00:34:38,880
\nway for us today.
\nYou can continue to learn more <\/p>\n
522
\n00:34:38,880 –> 00:34:43,040
\nand more, and it empowers you.
\nYou rise in stature among other <\/p>\n
523
\n00:34:43,040 –> 00:34:44,840
\nstudents.
\nYou feel like you really are <\/p>\n
524
\n00:34:44,840 –> 00:34:51,639
\nsomething learning puffs up.
\nTrusting in God is the opposite.<\/p>\n
525
\n00:34:52,760 –> 00:34:55,360
\nTrusting in God requires you
\nacknowledge you really don’t <\/p>\n
526
\n00:34:55,360 –> 00:34:58,800
\nknow the answer.
\nYou really can’t solve your own <\/p>\n
527
\n00:34:58,800 –> 00:35:01,800
\nproblems.
\nThese these tough words like <\/p>\n
528
\n00:35:01,800 –> 00:35:08,800
\nsubmitting and surrendering and
\ngiving yourself over to God. <\/p>\n
529
\n00:35:09,640 –> 00:35:12,520
\nTrusting breaks you down.
\nLike we were talking about <\/p>\n
530
\n00:35:12,520 –> 00:35:15,720
\nyesterday.
\nWe said certainty and pride are <\/p>\n
531
\n00:35:15,720 –> 00:35:20,120
\nconnected and doubt and humility
\nare connected. <\/p>\n
532
\n00:35:20,840 –> 00:35:25,480
\nAnd when you trust to God, you,
\nyou, you, you’re humble and, and<\/p>\n
533
\n00:35:25,480 –> 00:35:28,000
\nit breaks you down.
\nIt’s, it’s, it’s the way to <\/p>\n
534
\n00:35:28,000 –> 00:35:32,240
\nGod’s heart, but it’s humbling.
\nIt’s the way to really come to <\/p>\n
535
\n00:35:32,240 –> 00:35:35,040
\nknow God and more important, to
\nbe known by God. <\/p>\n
536
\n00:35:35,440 –> 00:35:38,360
\nAnd it’s much more about
\nsurrendering than conquering. <\/p>\n
537
\n00:35:40,160 –> 00:35:43,640
\nIt’s much more about admitting
\nyour weaknesses than exhibiting <\/p>\n
538
\n00:35:43,640 –> 00:35:48,160
\nyour strength.
\nIt’s much more about being <\/p>\n
539
\n00:35:48,680 –> 00:35:54,360
\nhonest than being correct.
\nLook at this first. <\/p>\n
540
\n00:35:55,600 –> 00:35:58,080
\nNow concerning food offered
\ntitles. <\/p>\n
541
\n00:35:58,440 –> 00:36:00,560
\nWe know that all of us possess
\nknowledge. <\/p>\n
542
\n00:36:00,920 –> 00:36:04,280
\nThis knowledge puffs up, but
\nlove builds up. <\/p>\n
543
\n00:36:05,320 –> 00:36:07,960
\nIf anyone imagines he knows
\nsomething, he does not yet know <\/p>\n
544
\n00:36:07,960 –> 00:36:10,960
\nas he ought to know.
\nBut if anyone loves God, he’s <\/p>\n
545
\n00:36:10,960 –> 00:36:15,800
\nknown by God.
\nI love the way it says that if <\/p>\n
546
\n00:36:15,800 –> 00:36:17,880
\nanyone imagines that he knows
\nsomething. <\/p>\n
547
\n00:36:18,880 –> 00:36:21,000
\nIt’s like, you know, you think
\nyou know something. <\/p>\n
548
\n00:36:21,000 –> 00:36:24,280
\nYou imagine you know something,
\nbut you don’t really know yet, <\/p>\n
549
\n00:36:24,360 –> 00:36:30,200
\nas you ought to know.
\nWe can’t understand, but we can <\/p>\n
550
\n00:36:30,200 –> 00:36:36,160
\nlove.
\nThat’s the danger to forever <\/p>\n
551
\n00:36:36,160 –> 00:36:39,480
\nlearning and and not coming to a
\nrelationship of trust, a <\/p>\n
552
\n00:36:40,120 –> 00:36:47,600
\nrelationship of love.
\nIt’s a very tempting thing to <\/p>\n
553
\n00:36:47,600 –> 00:36:51,440
\nwant to learn more and more.
\nOn the other side, it’s very <\/p>\n
554
\n00:36:51,440 –> 00:36:58,240
\nhard for us to submit to God,
\nsubmit our will to God’s will, <\/p>\n
555
\n00:36:58,240 –> 00:37:02,800
\nto give up your priorities, your
\nagenda, your schedule, your <\/p>\n
556
\n00:37:02,800 –> 00:37:09,960
\ngoals and take on His.
\nIt’s hard to trust Him even more<\/p>\n
557
\n00:37:10,760 –> 00:37:12,080
\nwhen you don’t understand what
\nhe’s doing. <\/p>\n
558
\n00:37:16,680 –> 00:37:22,800
\nI have a last set of questions
\nfor you because tomorrow I <\/p>\n
559
\n00:37:22,800 –> 00:37:30,880
\ndecided to give you the day off.
\nSo if you have any comments or <\/p>\n
560
\n00:37:30,880 –> 00:37:34,720
\nsuggestions, criticisms, that’s
\nfine too. <\/p>\n
561
\n00:37:34,720 –> 00:37:41,160
\nI’ll forward those to John.
\nAny, any anything you want to <\/p>\n
562
\n00:37:41,160 –> 00:37:43,440
\nshare at all.
\nThis is your your last chance. <\/p>\n
563
\n00:37:43,440 –> 00:37:54,850
\nI appreciate that.
\nGot it. <\/p>\n
564
\n00:37:58,490 –> 00:38:00,250
\nWe all experience hills and
\nvalleys. <\/p>\n
565
\n00:38:00,490 –> 00:38:03,570
\nWe all have high points and low
\npoints in our walk and faith. <\/p>\n
566
\n00:38:04,810 –> 00:38:07,970
\nCome to trust God when it
\ndoesn’t make sense to you. <\/p>\n
567
\n00:38:09,850 –> 00:38:11,770
\nStart with small things.
\nThat’s the best way. <\/p>\n
568
\n00:38:11,930 –> 00:38:14,890
\nStart with the small things and
\ndevelop that sense of trust. <\/p>\n
569
\n00:38:15,410 –> 00:38:19,000
\nSo you’ll be ready if big things
\never do come. <\/p>\n
570
\n00:38:20,120 –> 00:38:23,560
\nGrow your trust in God by
\nreading the Bible and hearing <\/p>\n
571
\n00:38:23,560 –> 00:38:26,760
\nhow He has dealt with those in
\nthe past and by being observant <\/p>\n
572
\n00:38:27,360 –> 00:38:30,360
\nand looking around you and
\nseeing how He deals with others <\/p>\n
573
\n00:38:30,360 –> 00:38:32,720
\ntoday and how He deals with you
\ntoday. <\/p>\n
574
\n00:38:33,560 –> 00:38:36,880
\nLet’s not read the Bible hoping
\nthat somehow the act of doing so<\/p>\n
575
\n00:38:36,880 –> 00:38:40,880
\nwill have some power to save us.
\nThat was the problem in the Jews<\/p>\n
576
\n00:38:40,880 –> 00:38:44,720
\nday, in Jesus’s day, the problem
\nwith the Jews, he said you <\/p>\n
577
\n00:38:44,720 –> 00:38:47,560
\nsearch the Scripture because you
\nthink that in them you have <\/p>\n
578
\n00:38:47,560 –> 00:38:50,600
\neternal life and it’s they that
\nbear witness about me. <\/p>\n
579
\n00:38:51,320 –> 00:38:55,840
\nThe whole point of the Bible is
\ntelling you about me, yet you <\/p>\n
580
\n00:38:55,840 –> 00:39:02,960
\nrefuse to come to me.
\nIf I were to rewrite that verse,<\/p>\n
581
\n00:39:03,720 –> 00:39:06,440
\nI would say, you know, you
\nsearch the Scripture because you<\/p>\n
582
\n00:39:06,440 –> 00:39:09,360
\nthink it bears witness of me,
\nbut you think of Scripture <\/p>\n
583
\n00:39:10,200 –> 00:39:11,520
\nbecause you think and then you
\nhave eternal life. <\/p>\n
584
\n00:39:11,680 –> 00:39:14,280
\nIt bear witness of me and you
\nrefuse to come to me because <\/p>\n
585
\n00:39:14,280 –> 00:39:16,480
\nyou’re too busy searching the
\nScripture because you think and <\/p>\n
586
\n00:39:16,480 –> 00:39:19,120
\nthen you have eternal life, but
\nit’s talking about me. <\/p>\n
587
\n00:39:20,960 –> 00:39:27,600
\nCome to Jesus, concentrate on
\nmaking your time with the Bible <\/p>\n
588
\n00:39:27,720 –> 00:39:30,400
\nfocused on what you can learn to
\nhelp you improve your <\/p>\n
589
\n00:39:30,400 –> 00:39:35,040
\nrelationship with God to help
\nyou better understand Jesus. <\/p>\n
590
\n00:39:37,240 –> 00:39:40,920
\nWell, that’s the only reason
\nreally behind reading the Bible,<\/p>\n
591
\n00:39:42,240 –> 00:39:48,640
\nfor us to know God, for us to
\ntrust Him, trust him during the <\/p>\n
592
\n00:39:48,640 –> 00:39:51,240
\ngood times and during the bad
\ntimes. <\/p>\n
593
\n00:39:55,120 –> 00:40:00,720
\nYou don’t need to focus on doing
\nsomething great, some big life <\/p>\n
594
\n00:40:00,720 –> 00:40:05,880
\nchanging, amazing deed.
\nYou just need to focus on doing <\/p>\n
595
\n00:40:05,880 –> 00:40:11,240
\nsomething good.
\nSomething useful. <\/p>\n
596
\n00:40:12,440 –> 00:40:13,480
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