{"id":368,"date":"2019-08-07T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/044-jason-bobis-the-pursuit-of-biblical-faith-class-1-and-2\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T00:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T00:36:11","slug":"044-jason-bobis-the-pursuit-of-biblical-faith-class-1-and-2","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/044-jason-bobis-the-pursuit-of-biblical-faith-class-1-and-2\/","title":{"rendered":"044: Jason Bobis – The Pursuit of Biblical Faith, Class 1 and 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

This weeks class is by Bro. Jason Bobis that was given at the Royal Oak, MI Study Day in 2017. The series is titled “The Pursuit of Biblical Faith” and this is the first TWO classes, back to back.<\/p>\n

Thank you for listening, God bless, and talk to you next week.<\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to the good Christian
\ntalks podcast. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m Levi.
\nAnd I’m Chris. <\/p>\n

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\nThank you so much for joining us
\nthis week. <\/p>\n

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\nOn this podcast, we select one
\ntaco week to help each one of <\/p>\n

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\nus.
\nGet the Bible in our daily news <\/p>\n

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\nfeed.
\nWe post at the start of each <\/p>\n

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\nweek for you to listen.
\nWith a short intro beforehand to<\/p>\n

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\nkind of set the stage for the
\ntalk, you’re about to hear. <\/p>\n

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

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\nThis is the first two classes
\nfrom a study done by Brother, <\/p>\n

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\nJason vobis in Detroit, that the
\ntitle of the series is called <\/p>\n

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\nthe pursuit of biblical faith.
\nAnd I’ve decided to post the <\/p>\n

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\nboth the introduction, which is
\nthe first class and the second <\/p>\n

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\nclass, which is the Thorns of
\nour faith of the things that <\/p>\n

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\nkind of get in the way.
\nI really found these glasses to <\/p>\n

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\nbe super excellent.
\nAnd I think really building on <\/p>\n

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\neach other.
\nSo I wanted, we wanted to go <\/p>\n

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\nahead and try it.
\nSeeing both classes at once. <\/p>\n

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\nI will post, I will post a
\nlittle, the music in between the<\/p>\n

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\nclasses.
\nSo you’ll know when one class <\/p>\n

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\nends in the other class begins
\nbut still found the family’s two<\/p>\n

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\nclasses to just to just be
\nreally helpful for me actually <\/p>\n

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\njust studying and that’s what it
\nreally is. <\/p>\n

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\nIs it really feels like a very
\nspecific study on faith. <\/p>\n

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\nJason does a really good job
\nfocusing on the majority of <\/p>\n

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\nscripture.
\nThere’s tons of verses that that<\/p>\n

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\ntouch on this topic of of having
\na real and biblical Faith having<\/p>\n

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\na having a real faith and
\nletting that be active and real <\/p>\n

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\nand alive in us.
\nAnd and then that’s that. <\/p>\n

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\nHe makes a lot of assertions in
\nthe introduction that I think <\/p>\n

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\nare actually helpful helpful to
\nhear and helpful to hear all <\/p>\n

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\ntogether before.
\nWhen he goes into the later <\/p>\n

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\nclasses where he kind of
\nexplains those points. <\/p>\n

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\nBut then the second class has
\nthe has kind of the challenges <\/p>\n

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\nthat will To, to a real faith
\nand how how the message of the <\/p>\n

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\nBible and the reality of our
\nfaith can defeat those things. <\/p>\n

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\nSo again, I felt it was worth
\nincluding both of these. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s what we’ve, that’s what
\nwe’ve done here. <\/p>\n

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\nSo really excited to share these
\nclasses. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is the pursuit of biblical
\nFaith by Brother. <\/p>\n

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\nJason, vobis the introduction
\nand the Thorns of our faith. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s be useful for me to look
\nagain at this time. <\/p>\n

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\nTopic of faith of biblical faith
\nand really to refine my thoughts<\/p>\n

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\nsince I shared this information
\nwith the brothers and sisters at<\/p>\n

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\nEnfield in South Australia as a
\npair of Wednesday night, class <\/p>\n

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\nis about seven months ago or so
\nI say refined my thoughts <\/p>\n

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\nbecause in a very real way I
\nhave to admit from the outset <\/p>\n

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\nthat what I hope to share with
\nyou really aren’t my thoughts <\/p>\n

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\nand I think, you’ll think that
\nyou’ll soon see that these <\/p>\n

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\nConcepts and thoughts are from
\nscripture. <\/p>\n

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\nThey’re not my thoughts but I
\nThem to be my thoughts. <\/p>\n

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\nI know how I naturally think.
\nAnd what I’ll share with you <\/p>\n

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\nisn’t natural to me by any
\nstretch, I have to admit that <\/p>\n

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\neven by knowing and sharing some
\nof these principles which can be<\/p>\n

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\nhelpful for working on our faith
\ndaily, it’s still difficult to <\/p>\n

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\nput these things into practice,
\nbut it is worthwhile It’s just <\/p>\n

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\nsomething that I’ve been
\nconfronted with between the time<\/p>\n

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\nof delivering.
\nThese talks the first time in <\/p>\n

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\nreally.
\nNow this time it’s just <\/p>\n

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\nimportant to remember that we’re
\nlearning and we’re growing in. <\/p>\n

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\nSometimes we do better than
\nothers, spiritual growth is <\/p>\n

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\nrecursive in other words, it’s
\nthree steps forward, and it’s <\/p>\n

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\ntwo steps back.
\nAnd three steps forward, and two<\/p>\n

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\nsteps back.
\nAnd that’s how fighting the <\/p>\n

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\nflesh is life, is like that
\nbrothers and sisters for all of <\/p>\n

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\nus myself, very much included.
\nAnd so, I have to admit that the<\/p>\n

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\nthoughts that I’ll share have
\nbeen From a range of sources in <\/p>\n

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\ntrying to answer really one.
\nRather fundamental question for <\/p>\n

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\nmyself.
\nAnd that is, what am I doing <\/p>\n

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\ndaily to develop my faith in God
\nand the Lord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s a question that is so basic
\nthat I assume that everyone in <\/p>\n

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\nthis room and in Australia, had
\nask themselves that question at <\/p>\n

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\nsome point, very early in their
\nspiritual life. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd yet, ironically, the more
\nthat I search for answers or <\/p>\n

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\nmaterials like this, in the
\nBrotherhood, the less I seem to <\/p>\n

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\nfind So, you may know that, I
\nteach it Heritage College, which<\/p>\n

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\nis a Christian School and
\nAdelaide. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd if we were there and we’re
\nnot, but if we were, this is <\/p>\n

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\nwhat the learning intention
\nwould be your really, what the <\/p>\n

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\naim would be for this.
\nThis session, it’d be pretty <\/p>\n

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\nstraightforward.
\nWe are learning to develop <\/p>\n

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\nbiblical, strategies for growing
\nour faith in God and the Lord <\/p>\n

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\nJesus Christ on a daily basis.
\nI have to admit that really, <\/p>\n

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\nthis question is come from
\nasking another one first and <\/p>\n

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\nthat is well, what can I do for
\nGod? <\/p>\n

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\nWhat can I give God?
\nAs you know the cattle on a <\/p>\n

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\nthousand hills are his anyway
\nand if we’re honest and <\/p>\n

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\nreflecting about what it is that
\nwe can give God, we realized <\/p>\n

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\npretty quickly that everything
\nthat we have, God has given us <\/p>\n

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\nin the first place.
\nSo what is it that we can give <\/p>\n

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\nhim?
\nWell, really the only thing that<\/p>\n

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\nwe can give God, who has created
\nthe Earth and all things in it <\/p>\n

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\nis our faith in him in short my
\nconfidence, my trust. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd from that, trust comes a
\nlove for him, that he so desires<\/p>\n

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\nto seeing his children.
\nAnd so we want to ask, we want <\/p>\n

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\nto start the weekend together by
\nasking a simple question. <\/p>\n

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\nWhy is the Bible putting so much
\nimportance on this topic of <\/p>\n

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\nfaith?
\nAnd how important is Faith? <\/p>\n

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\nWhy is it the hinge point for
\nevery good work that follows? <\/p>\n

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\nWell in short faith is the very
\nbasis of the expression of God’s<\/p>\n

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\ncharacter in us.
\nIt’s the gateway to that. <\/p>\n

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\nSo we take a look at the verse
\nthat Paul just read in Hebrews <\/p>\n

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\n11 and verse 6. there, it says,
\nBut without faith, it is <\/p>\n

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\nimpossible to, please.
\nGod, please God for. <\/p>\n

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\nHe, that comes to God, must
\nbelieve that God is, and that he<\/p>\n

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\nis, a rewarder of them that
\ndiligently seek him. <\/p>\n

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\nSo, so you mean to say that if I
\ngive all my money to the poor <\/p>\n

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\nand and I go and work in a soup
\nkitchen and faith in God, wasn’t<\/p>\n

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\nthe motivating factor, that I
\nhaven’t pleased, God really, <\/p>\n

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\nwithout faith, whatever that is.
\nI cannot please God, it’s <\/p>\n

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\nimpossible.
\nIs what the scripture says, for <\/p>\n

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\nexample, in a most chapter 5 and
\nin Acts chapter 7 we’re told <\/p>\n

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\nthat God took no, notice
\nabsolutely zero notice of the <\/p>\n

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\nIsraelites, sacrifices and their
\nofferings in the wilderness for <\/p>\n

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\n40 years.
\nAmos chapter 5 and verse 25 <\/p>\n

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\nsays, have you offered unto me
\nsacrifices and offerings in the <\/p>\n

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\nwilderness?
\nThese 40 years, o House of <\/p>\n

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\nIsrael.
\nIn Acts chapter 7 and verse 22. <\/p>\n

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\n42.
\nIt says, Bowie House of Israel. <\/p>\n

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\nHave you offered to me?
\nSlain beasts, and sacrifices by <\/p>\n

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\nthe space of 40 years in the
\nwilderness. <\/p>\n

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\nHebrews chapter 4, and verse two
\nhints. <\/p>\n

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\nAt the reason, why he didn’t
\neven take any notice. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that’s because the element
\nof Faith was missing. <\/p>\n

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\nThe writer to the Hebrews says
\nthat their carcasses, which are <\/p>\n

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\nakin to dead animals fell in the
\nwilderness and they didn’t enter<\/p>\n

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\nthe promised land because of
\nunbelief. <\/p>\n

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\nHebrews 4 verse 2 says For unto
\nus, the gospel is preached as <\/p>\n

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\nwell intended as unto them but
\nthe word preached did not profit<\/p>\n

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\nthem, not being mixed with faith
\nin them that heard it. <\/p>\n

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\nWithout faith, brothers and
\nsisters. <\/p>\n

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\nIt is impossible to please God.
\nLater in Zechariah, God took <\/p>\n

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\nabsolutely, no, notice of the
\nJews ritual fastings for 70 <\/p>\n

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\nyears.
\nThey did this. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so the profit is sent in to
\nrebuke them and to correct them <\/p>\n

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\nto do, the fasting with
\nhumility, which will find is the<\/p>\n

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\nvery basis of faith.
\nAnd so as we work through this, <\/p>\n

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\nstay together, what we’re going
\nto find is that if we want to <\/p>\n

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\nincrease our faith, we have to
\ndecrease our self-importance. <\/p>\n

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\nWe have to be humbled.
\nThat doesn’t mean being <\/p>\n

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\ndowntrodden and wallowing in the
\nmire. <\/p>\n

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\nThat doesn’t mean you having
\nlong faces and being miserable. <\/p>\n

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\nIt simply means that we have to
\nsee ourselves as we truly are If<\/p>\n

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\nChrist said, I can do nothing of
\nmy own self. <\/p>\n

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\nWhy should we ever think to
\nourselves, right? <\/p>\n

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\nI’ve got this.
\nWithout Christ, we are nothing <\/p>\n

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\nbut through Christ, we are made
\nto ride upon the high places of <\/p>\n

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\nthe earth.
\nWe can do all things through <\/p>\n

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\nChrist, who strengthens us?
\nIn fact, we are more than <\/p>\n

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\nconquerors.
\nWe are the sons and the <\/p>\n

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\ndaughters of the Living.
\nGod. <\/p>\n

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\nWe are Mighty ones and how is
\nthat possible by faith? <\/p>\n

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\nSo why does the bible put so
\nmuch importance on this concept <\/p>\n

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\nand how important is it?
\nWell, you probably know Paul’s <\/p>\n

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\nfamous dissertation about love
\nand First Corinthians 13 and <\/p>\n

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\nyou’ll know that he ends that
\npassage with this he says. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd now abideth faith, hope, and
\nlove these three but the <\/p>\n

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\ngreatest of these is love.
\nAnd what I want you to consider <\/p>\n

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\nis that Godly love is born out
\nof faith. <\/p>\n

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\nIn other words, you cannot
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\nunless you first have faith that
\nGod exists, you can’t extend the<\/p>\n

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\nlove of God to others until
\nFirst perceive through faith, <\/p>\n

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\nthe love that God has towards
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\nAnd so the range of what we
\nthink and know, and thus, what <\/p>\n

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\nwe can do is limited by what we
\nfail to notice. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd appreciate this is exactly
\nwhat Jesus taught in. <\/p>\n

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\nJohn chapter 5 and verse 19.
\nHe says the son can do nothing <\/p>\n

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\nof himself, but what he sees the
\nfather, do for what so <\/p>\n

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\neverything he does.
\nThese also the son does <\/p>\n

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\nlikewise.
\nIt was about what the sun <\/p>\n

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\nnoticed, the father doing and
\nthe point here. <\/p>\n

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\nIs that that Faith proceeds
\nLove. <\/p>\n

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\nTherefore, it’s clear that
\nwithout faith. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s impossible to love like God
\nloves. <\/p>\n

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\nYou can have compassion people
\nwho don’t know God by all human <\/p>\n

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\ndefinitions love their children.
\nFor example, but the quality of <\/p>\n

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\nthe love that God is looking
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\nIn his children is one that is
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\nthe love of First Corinthians
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\nnever fails.
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\nIt’s energizing it’s without
\nlimit because its source Is <\/p>\n

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\nunlimited.
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\nkind of love, you won’t be weary
\nin well-doing because the energy<\/p>\n

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\ncomes from faith in God.
\nWho Powers Your Love, sure we <\/p>\n

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\nmay lose the plot sometimes and
\nneed to be stirred up by way of <\/p>\n

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\nremembrance, but the love of God
\nis a force without limit. <\/p>\n

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\nIt won’t happen without faith
\nfirst. <\/p>\n

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\nIn Ephesians, 2 8 verse 8.
\nThis is what we read. <\/p>\n

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\nWe read for by Grace, you are
\nsaved through faith and that not<\/p>\n

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\nof yourselves.
\nIt is the gift of God, not by <\/p>\n

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\nworks.
\nLest any man should boast. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so four times in this verse
\nGod reiterates to us, that it is<\/p>\n

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\nhis work by grace.
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\nan important part.
\nIn other words, we cannot be <\/p>\n

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\nsaved by God’s grace, unless we
\nhave faith. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s the process.
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\nwithout it.
\nNot only can we not please God, <\/p>\n

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\ncan we not manifest his love,
\nbut there is no no salvation.. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that’s exactly what Paul
\ntold his son in the faith. <\/p>\n

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\nTimothy and second Timothy
\nchapter 3, verse 14 and 15 he <\/p>\n

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\nsays, but continue thou in the
\nthings which Outhouse known and <\/p>\n

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\nhas been assured of knowing of
\nwhom thou Hast learned them that<\/p>\n

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\nfrom a child thou Hast known the
\nholy scriptures, which are able <\/p>\n

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\nto make thee wise unto salvation
\nthrough faith, which is in <\/p>\n

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\nChrist Jesus.
\nNow, you probably know that the <\/p>\n

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\njust shall live by faith, have a
\ncook and Hebrews 10 and numerous<\/p>\n

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\nother scriptures tell us that
\nthe just shall live by faith. <\/p>\n

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\nBut, but did you know that?
\nIt’s by faith that we Gentiles <\/p>\n

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\nwere brought It into the family
\nof God. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd how do we know this?
\nWell, Peter spoke to the <\/p>\n

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\njudaizers in Jerusalem, when
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\nGentiles and he told them that
\nGod had purified. <\/p>\n

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\nThe Gentiles Hearts through
\nfaith and the evidence of this <\/p>\n

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\nwas that God gave the Gentiles,
\nthe Holy Spirit. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd there was no denying the
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\nverse 9.
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\nthe circumcision doesn’t make
\nyou special and it doesn’t make <\/p>\n

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\nyou righteous before God.
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\nthat it was the circumcision of
\nthe heart that matters and as we<\/p>\n

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\nwill soon, learn the heart is
\nwhere Faith takes root the <\/p>\n

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\nthat avails you anything is
\nFaith working through. <\/p>\n

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\nLove.
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\nsigns of religion.
\nNow, it probably comes as no <\/p>\n

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\nsurprise that we find Faith as
\nan integral part of the <\/p>\n

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\natonement turn with me.
\nIf you would to Romans chapter 3<\/p>\n

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\nand we’ll start at verse 23 and
\nwill read through to the end of <\/p>\n

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\nthe chapter.
\nAnd what I want you to do is I <\/p>\n

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\nwant you to look for the concept
\nof faith. <\/p>\n

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\nI count seven times.
\nIf you want, you can put a <\/p>\n

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\ncircle around the word faith or
\nbelieve which is the same <\/p>\n

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\nconcept.
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\nthe atonement.
\nRomans, 3 verse 23. <\/p>\n

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\nFor all have sinned and come
\nshort of the glory of God being <\/p>\n

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\njustified, freely by his grace
\nthrough the Redemption that is <\/p>\n

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\nin Christ.
\nJesus, by whom God has set forth<\/p>\n

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\nto be a propitiation through
\nfaith in his blood, why to <\/p>\n

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\ndeclare his righteousness, for
\nthe remission of sins that are <\/p>\n

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\npast through the forbearance of
\nGod to declare. <\/p>\n

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\nI say at this time, God’s
\nrighteousness, that he might be <\/p>\n

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\njust and a justifier of him,
\nwhich believeth in Jesus. <\/p>\n

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\nVerse 27, where is boasting
\nthen? <\/p>\n

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\nIt is excluded by what law of
\nWorks, nay, but by the law of <\/p>\n

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\nFaith.
\nTherefore, we conclude that a <\/p>\n

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\nman is justified by faith
\nwithout the Deeds of the law. <\/p>\n

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\nIs he the god of the Jews only?
\nIs he not also of the Gentiles? <\/p>\n

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\nYes, of the Gentiles.
\nAlso seeing it as one God which <\/p>\n

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\nshall justify the circumcision
\nby faith and the uncircumcision <\/p>\n

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\nthrough faith.
\nDo we then make void the law <\/p>\n

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\nthrough faith by no means.
\nYea, we establish the law and <\/p>\n

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\nthis is the critical passage
\nabout the atonement. <\/p>\n

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\nThis, this is how God is
\nreconciling. <\/p>\n

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\nThe world unto himself and seven
\ntimes in seven or eight versus <\/p>\n

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\nthe term faith.
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\ninto it.
\nThis is how we’re saved brothers<\/p>\n

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\nand sisters.
\nNow, what are the weightier <\/p>\n

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\nmatters of the law?
\nIf I was to make this a pop <\/p>\n

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\nquiz, I wonder if you could
\nanswer that question. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s in Matthew 23, verse 23.
\nAnd this is where the Lord, the <\/p>\n

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\nLord upgrades.
\nThe religious leaders for <\/p>\n

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\nfocusing on small, things like
\nmint, and anise, and cumin. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd they miss the importance of
\nthe weightier matters of the <\/p>\n

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\nlaw.
\nAnd here they are judgment mercy<\/p>\n

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\nand Eighth.
\nThe Lord says these Bochy have <\/p>\n

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\nto done.
\nSorry these you ought to have <\/p>\n

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\ndone and not to let leave the
\nothers undone. <\/p>\n

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\nIn the first Epistle of John.
\nWhat is the victory that <\/p>\n

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\novercomes the world?
\nOur faith. <\/p>\n

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\nWhatsoever is born of God,
\novercomes the world. <\/p>\n

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\nIt says, and this is the victory
\nthat overcomes, the world even <\/p>\n

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\nour faith who is he that
\novercomes the world but he, that<\/p>\n

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\nbelieves that Jesus is the son
\nof God. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it just goes on and on.
\nAnd on. <\/p>\n

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\nWhy was the Gospel of John
\nwritten? <\/p>\n

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\nFor example, tells us clearly at
\nthe end of chapter 20, John 20, <\/p>\n

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\nverse 31 says, but these things
\nare written, that you might <\/p>\n

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\nbelieve that Jesus is the
\nChrist, the son of God, and that<\/p>\n

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\nbelieving continuous.
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\nname, be a simply wasn’t written
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\nadmonition, but for the
\ndevelopment of our faith or our <\/p>\n

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\nconnection to God, Now, this is
\nan interesting one, Paul opens, <\/p>\n

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\nand he closes the book of Romans
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\nAnd while many translators make <\/p>\n

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\nthat the obedience to the faith,
\nwhich implies that, this is the <\/p>\n

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\nway the one true Faith.
\nWalk you in it. <\/p>\n

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\nIt becomes very powerful when
\nthe article, the isn’t there, <\/p>\n

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\nthe diag lot and many other
\ntranslations renders it The <\/p>\n

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\nObedience of Faith.
\nWhy is that so interesting? <\/p>\n

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\nBecause it instructs us that our
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\nof the reality of God in our
\nlives. <\/p>\n

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\nOur obedience is a function of
\nour faith. <\/p>\n

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\nIn other words, without belief
\nwithout faith, you just can’t be<\/p>\n

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\nobedience.
\nI believe Paul is saying I am <\/p>\n

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\nwriting this letter to you to
\ninform you. <\/p>\n

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\nYes, of the way to life in Jesus
\nChrist, the faith, the one true <\/p>\n

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\nfaith, and he’s saying, but I’m
\nalso writing it to you, to bring<\/p>\n

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\nyou into to obedience.
\nAnd how does that happen? <\/p>\n

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\nBrothers and sisters by law?
\nNo, by faith. <\/p>\n

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\nLater towards the end of the
\nbook of Romans. <\/p>\n

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\nPaul says in some matters of
\nconscience your conscience has a<\/p>\n

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\nsevere impact on whether or not
\nyou sin and if you don’t act in <\/p>\n

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\nfaith yusin he says for
\nwhatsoever is not of faith is <\/p>\n

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\nsin.
\nAnd there are so many other <\/p>\n

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\nadditional verses that we could
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\nthis context.
\nIn this content Concept in <\/p>\n

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\nscripture, and if you’re
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\nprobably your minds are probably
\nticking over with all sorts of <\/p>\n

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\nother ones to add to the list.
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\ntopic of faith is a theme that
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\nBible will clearly it, is that
\nyou now agree with me and I have<\/p>\n

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\nyour attention moving forward.
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\nthe point.
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\nhis heart.
\nSo he is that’s from Proverbs, <\/p>\n

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\n23 and verse 7.
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\nthe intention of scripture is to
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\nthat we think that.
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\nGod’s words and Christ sayings
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\nthat we think.
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\nwe dwell upon and those things
\nwill always have an impact on <\/p>\n

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\nour reality.
\nThe more we live in, the more we<\/p>\n

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\nlearn our minds, we figure out
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\nwhat it is, we think about, we
\nend up living in situations. <\/p>\n

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\nWe don’t desire In other words,
\nwe create our circumstances and <\/p>\n

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\nby what it is, we think about
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\nsubconsciously believe or have
\nfaith in. <\/p>\n

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\nNow, we’ve all experienced that
\nvery same thing. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’ve made some bad choices,
\nperhaps we didn’t even realize <\/p>\n

330
\n00:19:04,200 –> 00:19:07,300
\nit at the time and we’ve had to
\nlive with some consequences that<\/p>\n

331
\n00:19:07,800 –> 00:19:11,200
\nwe wish we wouldn’t have to we
\nwish we were more conscious of <\/p>\n

332
\n00:19:11,600 –> 00:19:15,000
\nof when we made the moment made
\nthe decision at the moment. <\/p>\n

333
\n00:19:15,800 –> 00:19:18,300
\nYou see what we have faith in
\nbrothers and sisters and what we<\/p>\n

334
\n00:19:18,300 –> 00:19:20,400
\nactually believe regardless of
\nwhat it is. <\/p>\n

335
\n00:19:20,400 –> 00:19:25,100
\nWe profess to believe creates
\nour reality for as a man thinks <\/p>\n

336
\n00:19:25,100 –> 00:19:27,300
\nin his heart.
\nSo is he? <\/p>\n

337
\n00:19:28,400 –> 00:19:32,900
\nAdvertisers know this.
\nAnd so what they do is they <\/p>\n

338
\n00:19:32,900 –> 00:19:37,500
\nlayer things over and over, and
\nover into our subconscious mind,<\/p>\n

339
\n00:19:37,700 –> 00:19:41,200
\nto get us to believe lives such
\nas it really doesn’t matter. <\/p>\n

340
\n00:19:41,200 –> 00:19:43,400
\nIf we do, what we know feels
\ngood. <\/p>\n

341
\n00:19:43,400 –> 00:19:47,100
\nNow even though later down the
\ntrack, it’s going to harm us and<\/p>\n

342
\n00:19:47,100 –> 00:19:52,400
\nwreak havoc on our lives.
\nAnd when we can’t also help but <\/p>\n

343
\n00:19:52,400 –> 00:19:56,400
\nask the question in the Bible,
\nwhy is God angry with what are <\/p>\n

344
\n00:19:56,400 –> 00:19:59,300
\ncalled Sorcerers or magicians?
\nWe know that there is no such <\/p>\n

345
\n00:19:59,300 –> 00:20:01,500
\nthing as magic or sorcery in the
\nBible. <\/p>\n

346
\n00:20:01,700 –> 00:20:04,800
\nWe know that there’s only one
\npower and all the universe. <\/p>\n

347
\n00:20:04,800 –> 00:20:08,000
\nIsaiah 45 tells us that concept
\neight times. <\/p>\n

348
\n00:20:09,200 –> 00:20:13,000
\nBut why is God so angry and
\ncondemning a man like Simon the <\/p>\n

349
\n00:20:13,000 –> 00:20:15,400
\nSorcerer.
\nFor example, in Acts chapter 8, <\/p>\n

350
\n00:20:15,800 –> 00:20:18,900
\nwell what he was doing is he was
\nbewitching people with his <\/p>\n

351
\n00:20:18,900 –> 00:20:21,800
\nsorceries and all that.
\nThat means This man was meddling<\/p>\n

352
\n00:20:22,000 –> 00:20:25,100
\nwith the gateway to God.
\nThis man was meddling with <\/p>\n

353
\n00:20:25,100 –> 00:20:27,600
\npeople’s beliefs.
\nHe was toying with people’s <\/p>\n

354
\n00:20:27,600 –> 00:20:30,000
\nbeliefs and that’s serious
\nstuff. <\/p>\n

355
\n00:20:30,400 –> 00:20:33,200
\nThat is not something that God
\nlightly dismisses. <\/p>\n

356
\n00:20:34,100 –> 00:20:37,000
\nAnd so, we understand that this
\nworld is very, very capable of <\/p>\n

357
\n00:20:37,000 –> 00:20:39,400
\nshaping our beliefs and that’s
\nwhy we should have nothing to do<\/p>\n

358
\n00:20:39,400 –> 00:20:41,400
\nwith it.
\nThat’s why we should guard our <\/p>\n

359
\n00:20:41,400 –> 00:20:45,200
\nhearts and that’s why also
\nChrist in his first public <\/p>\n

360
\n00:20:45,200 –> 00:20:48,600
\nspeech in The Sermon, on the
\nMount, in Matthew, 5, 6 and 7 <\/p>\n

361
\n00:20:49,000 –> 00:20:51,900
\naddresses.
\nThe Part of the issue and he <\/p>\n

362
\n00:20:51,900 –> 00:20:54,500
\nteaches us that we have to get
\nour thoughts, right? <\/p>\n

363
\n00:20:54,700 –> 00:20:57,400
\nIt’s where it all begins.
\nWe have to subject. <\/p>\n

364
\n00:20:57,400 –> 00:21:01,000
\nOur thoughts to God’s thoughts,
\nand we have to seek God’s <\/p>\n

365
\n00:21:01,000 –> 00:21:05,000
\nDirection and in, ask your his
\ninsight and prayer to direct our<\/p>\n

366
\n00:21:05,000 –> 00:21:06,700
\nsteps.
\nAnd then we actually have to <\/p>\n

367
\n00:21:06,700 –> 00:21:08,900
\nbelieve that he does direct our
\nsteps. <\/p>\n

368
\n00:21:09,100 –> 00:21:13,900
\nWe have to look for God’s hand
\nat work after we pray, you see? <\/p>\n

369
\n00:21:14,100 –> 00:21:18,300
\nSometimes I think we sometimes I
\nget the impression that we The <\/p>\n

370
\n00:21:18,300 –> 00:21:21,800
\nway that we approach living the
\ntruth is that if we can, simply <\/p>\n

371
\n00:21:21,800 –> 00:21:24,100
\nrefresh our mind with Godly
\nprinciples enough. <\/p>\n

372
\n00:21:24,100 –> 00:21:27,500
\nWhen the challenges of life
\narise, all we have to do is <\/p>\n

373
\n00:21:27,500 –> 00:21:31,000
\nsimply pick the right principle
\nand we have to apply it in love <\/p>\n

374
\n00:21:31,000 –> 00:21:32,600
\nand that we’ve done the right
\nthing by God. <\/p>\n

375
\n00:21:33,100 –> 00:21:35,700
\nAnd then the great frustration
\ncomes in. <\/p>\n

376
\n00:21:35,900 –> 00:21:39,000
\nWhen we don’t seed widely enough
\nor remember enough biblical <\/p>\n

377
\n00:21:39,000 –> 00:21:41,700
\nprinciples to make better
\ndecisions, we miss the mark and <\/p>\n

378
\n00:21:41,700 –> 00:21:44,000
\nthat we just didn’t know our
\nBibles better. <\/p>\n

379
\n00:21:44,400 –> 00:21:48,300
\nAnd we self rebuke, And so to
\nkeep ourselves from falling, all<\/p>\n

380
\n00:21:48,300 –> 00:21:51,200
\nwe really need to do is just get
\ndown to the study desk, more and<\/p>\n

381
\n00:21:51,200 –> 00:21:53,900
\ndevelop a wider perspective.
\nIn other words, the problem is <\/p>\n

382
\n00:21:53,900 –> 00:21:55,700
\nthat we’re just not disciplined
\nenough. <\/p>\n

383
\n00:21:56,600 –> 00:21:58,900
\nAnd that exhortation.
\nThe one that says, you really <\/p>\n

384
\n00:21:58,900 –> 00:22:02,500
\naren’t trying as hard as you
\ncould, is one, that is always <\/p>\n

385
\n00:22:02,500 –> 00:22:04,400
\ntrue.
\nWe could do more. <\/p>\n

386
\n00:22:04,900 –> 00:22:08,000
\nAnd each of us would be fools to
\ndecry discipline, but but you <\/p>\n

387
\n00:22:08,000 –> 00:22:11,700
\ntry it, and if you’re anything
\nlike me, you’ll find that it is <\/p>\n

388
\n00:22:11,700 –> 00:22:15,600
\nnot about self-will.
\nIt’s actually about belief. <\/p>\n

389
\n00:22:16,300 –> 00:22:20,800
\nI should be better, but I’m not.
\nAnd that’s why I need Christ, <\/p>\n

390
\n00:22:21,400 –> 00:22:23,700
\nbecause I’m not who, or what I
\nwant to be. <\/p>\n

391
\n00:22:24,200 –> 00:22:27,200
\nI’m trying and I assume that you
\nall are trying to keep <\/p>\n

392
\n00:22:27,200 –> 00:22:30,900
\nyourselves from sinning to.
\nBut so often what I tell myself <\/p>\n

393
\n00:22:30,900 –> 00:22:33,600
\nand what I hear in exhortations
\nand in classes, it is that we <\/p>\n

394
\n00:22:33,600 –> 00:22:36,700
\nneed to try harder to the best
\nof my ability. <\/p>\n

395
\n00:22:37,400 –> 00:22:41,300
\nWell, let a man examine himself,
\nbut when I do, I am dismayed <\/p>\n

396
\n00:22:41,300 –> 00:22:43,900
\nwith my ability to lead a Godly
\nlife. <\/p>\n

397
\n00:22:44,000 –> 00:22:47,500
\nI’m sick with myself.
\nSo I can’t help but ask myself <\/p>\n

398
\n00:22:47,500 –> 00:22:49,100
\nthe question, isn’t there a
\nbetter way? <\/p>\n

399
\n00:22:49,600 –> 00:22:52,500
\nI have little to no power to be
\nthe man that I want to be in <\/p>\n

400
\n00:22:52,500 –> 00:22:58,100
\nChrist unless unless I
\napprehended in faith, you see <\/p>\n

401
\n00:22:58,100 –> 00:23:01,500
\nthere is a better way and that
\nis the way of faith in Christ <\/p>\n

402
\n00:23:01,500 –> 00:23:04,100
\nJesus.
\nOur lord who can work in me and <\/p>\n

403
\n00:23:04,100 –> 00:23:08,300
\ndo things that I just can’t do.
\nSurely, I’m not the only one who<\/p>\n

404
\n00:23:08,300 –> 00:23:12,400
\nfeels frustrated by The Daily
\nGrind of fighting the Flesh and <\/p>\n

405
\n00:23:12,400 –> 00:23:15,300
\nthere’s an irony to this because
\nwe of all mankind, should be <\/p>\n

406
\n00:23:15,300 –> 00:23:18,100
\nmost happy.
\nWe are supposed to be, liberated<\/p>\n

407
\n00:23:18,100 –> 00:23:22,500
\nfree from sin because of the
\nsacrifice of Christ and sadly we<\/p>\n

408
\n00:23:22,500 –> 00:23:26,100
\ncan go on for a long time
\nwithout feeling the joy of being<\/p>\n

409
\n00:23:26,100 –> 00:23:29,400
\nfree from sin and I know that
\nwe’re still in this body and <\/p>\n

410
\n00:23:29,400 –> 00:23:32,900
\nwe’re going to fight it.
\nDon’t get me wrong. <\/p>\n

411
\n00:23:32,900 –> 00:23:36,800
\nSometimes I do feel that Joy, a
\nfeeling feeling truly forgiven <\/p>\n

412
\n00:23:36,800 –> 00:23:40,000
\nand free from sin.
\nAnd that’s the joy that Christ <\/p>\n

413
\n00:23:40,000 –> 00:23:43,000
\ntalks about in the upper room.
\nAnd this usually happens for me <\/p>\n

414
\n00:23:43,000 –> 00:23:45,500
\nat the breaking of bread and in
\nthe love of Christ, breaks my <\/p>\n

415
\n00:23:45,500 –> 00:23:48,200
\nheart.
\nBut I want to live liberated <\/p>\n

416
\n00:23:48,200 –> 00:23:50,200
\nfrom sin.
\nNot just in the Kingdom age, I <\/p>\n

417
\n00:23:50,200 –> 00:23:54,800
\nwant to serve god without fear
\nand faith now, but what happens <\/p>\n

418
\n00:23:54,800 –> 00:23:57,600
\nfor so many of us.
\nAnyways, that week by week, we <\/p>\n

419
\n00:23:57,600 –> 00:24:01,000
\ncome to the table of remembrance
\nand we fear with a grave fear <\/p>\n

420
\n00:24:01,000 –> 00:24:03,500
\nthat we don’t condemn ourselves.
\nBy disrespecting the Lord’s <\/p>\n

421
\n00:24:03,500 –> 00:24:05,300
\ntable.
\nAnd so and very solemn <\/p>\n

422
\n00:24:05,300 –> 00:24:09,100
\nself-examination, we scour our
\nmind and we reflect on every <\/p>\n

423
\n00:24:09,100 –> 00:24:12,300
\nrotten thing that we’ve done and
\nwe’re really hard on ourselves. <\/p>\n

424
\n00:24:12,500 –> 00:24:16,100
\nAnd rightfully, so we should
\nhate sin and we walk away <\/p>\n

425
\n00:24:16,100 –> 00:24:20,400
\ncommitted to try harder in the
\nnext week to not keep making the<\/p>\n

426
\n00:24:20,400 –> 00:24:23,200
\nsame mistakes and sometimes
\nbrothers and sisters, our <\/p>\n

427
\n00:24:23,200 –> 00:24:26,300
\nwillpower rides high.
\nAnd we do, in fact, do better <\/p>\n

428
\n00:24:26,800 –> 00:24:29,600
\nand sometimes by Sunday
\nafternoon, we feel ashamed yet <\/p>\n

429
\n00:24:29,600 –> 00:24:33,100
\nagain that we have fallen short
\nof the glory, A of God and we <\/p>\n

430
\n00:24:33,100 –> 00:24:35,400
\nsay to ourselves what a Wretched
\nMan that I am. <\/p>\n

431
\n00:24:35,700 –> 00:24:39,100
\nHow is it that we end up at the
\nbreaking of bread week by week <\/p>\n

432
\n00:24:39,100 –> 00:24:43,300
\nwith the same or similar sins?
\nNow I imagine I’m not the only <\/p>\n

433
\n00:24:43,300 –> 00:24:46,300
\none here that’s had this sport
\nsort of experience in living the<\/p>\n

434
\n00:24:46,300 –> 00:24:48,600
\ntruth.
\nAnd what I want to get across in<\/p>\n

435
\n00:24:48,600 –> 00:24:52,600
\nthese studies is that it is not
\na willpower issue, it is <\/p>\n

436
\n00:24:52,608 –> 00:24:56,100
\nactually a faith issue and yet
\nstrangely, we are not talking <\/p>\n

437
\n00:24:56,100 –> 00:24:59,100
\nabout fighting the good fight of
\nFaith with faith. <\/p>\n

438
\n00:24:59,100 –> 00:25:02,000
\nAnd that’s exactly what I
\nbelieve Paul is talking about <\/p>\n

439
\n00:25:02,000 –> 00:25:05,100
\nwhen he says at the beginning in
\nthe end of Romans The Obedience <\/p>\n

440
\n00:25:05,100 –> 00:25:06,000
\nof faith.
\nFaith. <\/p>\n

441
\n00:25:06,000 –> 00:25:09,900
\nYou see faith in Christ has to
\nbe the way in which we could <\/p>\n

442
\n00:25:09,900 –> 00:25:12,400
\nbecome obedience.
\nIt has to be the way in which we<\/p>\n

443
\n00:25:12,400 –> 00:25:16,400
\novercome our natural desires.
\nAnd so, what I want to do in our<\/p>\n

444
\n00:25:16,408 –> 00:25:19,400
\ntime together, this weekend, as
\nI want to talk about fighting <\/p>\n

445
\n00:25:19,400 –> 00:25:23,500
\nthe good fight of Faith by
\nfaith, and so that’s the aim. <\/p>\n

446
\n00:25:23,500 –> 00:25:25,100
\nThat’s that’s the learning
\nintention. <\/p>\n

447
\n00:25:25,100 –> 00:25:28,600
\nWe are learning to develop
\nstrategies for increasing our <\/p>\n

448
\n00:25:28,600 –> 00:25:32,100
\nfaith in God, and the Lord Jesus
\nChrist on a daily basis. <\/p>\n

449
\n00:25:32,100 –> 00:25:34,500
\nAnd, and so what you see on the
\nscreen in front of you is simply<\/p>\n

450
\n00:25:34,500 –> 00:25:36,400
\na roadmap for how we’re going.
\nDo that. <\/p>\n

451
\n00:25:37,500 –> 00:25:40,000
\nAs you can see right there, we
\nhave a tree which is <\/p>\n

452
\n00:25:40,200 –> 00:25:43,500
\nillustrative of the principle
\nthat if you get the root of the <\/p>\n

453
\n00:25:43,500 –> 00:25:45,500
\ntree, right?
\nIt will bear fruits. <\/p>\n

454
\n00:25:45,900 –> 00:25:49,900
\nWe know that Christ is the root,
\nthe root and The Offspring of <\/p>\n

455
\n00:25:49,900 –> 00:25:52,400
\nDavid.
\nSometimes we have to focus <\/p>\n

456
\n00:25:52,500 –> 00:25:55,100
\nsometimes what we end up doing
\nis we focus on the fruit of the <\/p>\n

457
\n00:25:55,100 –> 00:25:58,700
\nspirit and we wonder why it’s so
\nhard to see it in ourselves when<\/p>\n

458
\n00:25:58,700 –> 00:26:02,000
\nwhat we should be doing is
\nfocusing on the route or abiding<\/p>\n

459
\n00:26:02,000 –> 00:26:06,900
\nin the vine is John 15 says it’s
\na simple analogy, Our Roots in <\/p>\n

460
\n00:26:07,300 –> 00:26:12,200
\nNext is our faith.
\nAnd then above the line, You’ll <\/p>\n

461
\n00:26:12,200 –> 00:26:15,800
\nsee, those are the roots down
\nthere and then you see a line. <\/p>\n

462
\n00:26:15,800 –> 00:26:18,100
\nAnd so above the line are our
\ngood works. <\/p>\n

463
\n00:26:18,300 –> 00:26:22,300
\nAnd those are produced by faith
\nin Christ, The Works, and the <\/p>\n

464
\n00:26:22,300 –> 00:26:26,900
\nfruit But sometimes brothers and
\nsisters are things that choke <\/p>\n

465
\n00:26:26,900 –> 00:26:29,500
\nour faith, thorns and thistles,
\nso to speak. <\/p>\n

466
\n00:26:30,000 –> 00:26:33,300
\nYeah, they’re small and very
\nInsidious and sometimes we don’t<\/p>\n

467
\n00:26:33,300 –> 00:26:36,000
\neven know that they’re there,
\nwhich is why David says in <\/p>\n

468
\n00:26:36,000 –> 00:26:41,400
\nPsalm, 19 Lord reveal unto me.
\nMy secret faults Now, I think it<\/p>\n

469
\n00:26:41,400 –> 00:26:44,000
\nonly makes sense to talk about
\nthese Thorns to our faith <\/p>\n

470
\n00:26:44,000 –> 00:26:48,100
\nbecause we can know how God
\ngenerates faith in us and we can<\/p>\n

471
\n00:26:48,100 –> 00:26:50,800
\nknow what we should do to
\ncultivate our own faith. <\/p>\n

472
\n00:26:50,800 –> 00:26:54,300
\nBut if we have thorns choking
\nour faith, or if we have <\/p>\n

473
\n00:26:54,300 –> 00:26:57,900
\nsticking points or obstacles are
\nroadblocks, the other bits might<\/p>\n

474
\n00:26:57,900 –> 00:27:01,000
\nmake all the sense in the world
\nand Theory, but they won’t be <\/p>\n

475
\n00:27:01,000 –> 00:27:03,200
\nreceived.
\nThe principal is sometimes. <\/p>\n

476
\n00:27:03,200 –> 00:27:05,800
\nWe have to sweep the house
\nclean, before we can put <\/p>\n

477
\n00:27:05,800 –> 00:27:08,900
\nsomething better back in.
\nAnd so, we will look at Thorns <\/p>\n

478
\n00:27:08,900 –> 00:27:13,200
\nthrough our faith in ways that
\nGod generates our faith in our <\/p>\n

479
\n00:27:13,200 –> 00:27:14,800
\ntime together.
\nLord willing. <\/p>\n

480
\n00:27:16,000 –> 00:27:19,100
\nAnd So eventually in our time
\ntogether will do is we will look<\/p>\n

481
\n00:27:19,100 –> 00:27:23,000
\nat ways in which God works on
\nour faith and ways in which we <\/p>\n

482
\n00:27:23,000 –> 00:27:28,600
\ncan increase our faith day by
\nday until our faith is turned to<\/p>\n

483
\n00:27:28,600 –> 00:27:31,000
\nsight.
\nAnd finally, what we’ll do <\/p>\n

484
\n00:27:31,000 –> 00:27:33,200
\ntogether.
\nLord willing, we will remember <\/p>\n

485
\n00:27:33,200 –> 00:27:35,700
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ.
\nTomorrow morning is, we’re going<\/p>\n

486
\n00:27:35,700 –> 00:27:39,200
\nto see how all these Concepts
\ncome together in our master. <\/p>\n

487
\n00:27:40,900 –> 00:27:43,200
\nBut first, we have to ask the
\nquestion. <\/p>\n

488
\n00:27:43,200 –> 00:27:45,500
\nWhat are we even talking about?
\nWhat, what is Faith? <\/p>\n

489
\n00:27:45,500 –> 00:27:48,500
\nAnd it’s easy to say, faith is
\nthe substance of things hoped <\/p>\n

490
\n00:27:48,500 –> 00:27:52,100
\nfor the evidence of Things Not
\nSeen, but I’m not necessarily <\/p>\n

491
\n00:27:52,100 –> 00:27:55,000
\nsure that that’s clear.
\nSo, we’ll begin with the <\/p>\n

492
\n00:27:55,008 –> 00:27:58,700
\nquestion.
\nWhat even is Faith and the most <\/p>\n

493
\n00:27:58,700 –> 00:28:01,400
\nsimple way I can put it is
\nFaith. <\/p>\n

494
\n00:28:01,400 –> 00:28:04,200
\nIs your thoughts?
\nYour thoughts, which have <\/p>\n

495
\n00:28:04,200 –> 00:28:08,300
\nsubstance, your faith is your
\nconnection to God and Christ. <\/p>\n

496
\n00:28:08,600 –> 00:28:11,700
\nYour faith is your connection to
\nwhat they’ve Said with a <\/p>\n

497
\n00:28:11,700 –> 00:28:14,000
\npromise.
\nAnd everything that we read in <\/p>\n

498
\n00:28:14,000 –> 00:28:16,200
\nscripture, your faith is your
\nbelief. <\/p>\n

499
\n00:28:16,900 –> 00:28:20,400
\nIt’s your trust and to put it in
\na modern term or modern <\/p>\n

500
\n00:28:20,400 –> 00:28:22,800
\nparlance.
\nIt’s your signal strength to <\/p>\n

501
\n00:28:22,800 –> 00:28:26,800
\nGod.
\nOne little question is, can it <\/p>\n

502
\n00:28:26,800 –> 00:28:29,700
\nbe literal can these things
\nactually shape? <\/p>\n

503
\n00:28:29,700 –> 00:28:32,200
\nOur daily experience?
\nCan our faith have a literal <\/p>\n

504
\n00:28:32,200 –> 00:28:34,900
\neffect on our lives because you
\nwrap your probably remember, the<\/p>\n

505
\n00:28:34,900 –> 00:28:38,100
\nscripture talks about having
\nfaith to move mountains. <\/p>\n

506
\n00:28:38,800 –> 00:28:43,000
\nFirst, Corinthians 13, verse 2.
\nAnd for example, in Matthew 17 <\/p>\n

507
\n00:28:43,000 –> 00:28:46,600
\nand verse 20, the disciples were
\nnot able to heal a boy, who was <\/p>\n

508
\n00:28:46,600 –> 00:28:50,500
\nhaving these epileptic seizures
\nand they wanted to know why and <\/p>\n

509
\n00:28:50,500 –> 00:28:54,900
\nJesus said unto them because of
\nyour unbelief for The, I say <\/p>\n

510
\n00:28:54,900 –> 00:28:58,400
\nunto you, if you have faith as a
\ngrain of mustard seed, you shall<\/p>\n

511
\n00:28:58,400 –> 00:29:01,600
\nsay unto this mountain, remove,
\nhence To Yonder place and it <\/p>\n

512
\n00:29:01,600 –> 00:29:05,000
\nshall remove and nothing shall
\nbe impossible into you. <\/p>\n

513
\n00:29:06,100 –> 00:29:09,800
\nFaith to move mountains.
\nIs that a metaphor must be a <\/p>\n

514
\n00:29:09,800 –> 00:29:12,100
\nmetaphor?
\nA mountain is an is an obstacle,<\/p>\n

515
\n00:29:12,100 –> 00:29:14,500
\nfor example.
\nAnd if you have faith that you <\/p>\n

516
\n00:29:14,500 –> 00:29:16,500
\ncan do all things through
\nChrist, who strengthens you? <\/p>\n

517
\n00:29:16,500 –> 00:29:19,300
\nWell, well, you will be able to
\novercome those obstacles that <\/p>\n

518
\n00:29:19,300 –> 00:29:22,700
\nare in your path, but the can it
\nbe taken literally. <\/p>\n

519
\n00:29:23,600 –> 00:29:26,400
\nAnd I think that it actually can
\nbrothers and sisters because of <\/p>\n

520
\n00:29:26,400 –> 00:29:32,200
\nscripture Zechariah 14.
\nVerse 4 tells us that our feet <\/p>\n

521
\n00:29:32,400 –> 00:29:36,200
\nshall stand with his on the
\nMount of Olives and that Which <\/p>\n

522
\n00:29:36,200 –> 00:29:39,300
\nis before Jerusalem on the East
\nand the Mount of Olives show. <\/p>\n

523
\n00:29:39,300 –> 00:29:42,000
\nCleave in the midst thereof
\ntoward the East and toward the <\/p>\n

524
\n00:29:42,000 –> 00:29:45,300
\nwest and there should be a very
\ngreat valley and half the <\/p>\n

525
\n00:29:45,300 –> 00:29:47,800
\nmountain to remove towards the
\nNorth and half show, remove to <\/p>\n

526
\n00:29:47,800 –> 00:29:50,700
\nthe South.
\nAnd so yes, those that live <\/p>\n

527
\n00:29:50,700 –> 00:29:54,000
\nlives of faith will see the
\nliteral combination of their <\/p>\n

528
\n00:29:54,000 –> 00:29:57,600
\nbelief when the Lord comes to
\nReign on Earth and we will be <\/p>\n

529
\n00:29:57,600 –> 00:29:59,300
\nwith him by his grace in that
\nday. <\/p>\n

530
\n00:30:00,400 –> 00:30:03,900
\nBut moreover, our faith does
\nhave a profound impact on our <\/p>\n

531
\n00:30:03,900 –> 00:30:06,700
\ndaily experience.
\nAnd so the question we have to <\/p>\n

532
\n00:30:06,700 –> 00:30:08,700
\nask next is well where does
\nfaith? <\/p>\n

533
\n00:30:08,700 –> 00:30:11,900
\nFind Roots?
\nWhere is it generated in Romans,<\/p>\n

534
\n00:30:11,900 –> 00:30:14,700
\n6, 10?
\nAnd verse 6 tells us the answer <\/p>\n

535
\n00:30:14,800 –> 00:30:16,500
\nshe turn there with me.
\nI’m going to read about four or <\/p>\n

536
\n00:30:16,500 –> 00:30:22,400
\nfive verses Romans 10:8 verse 6
\nand we’ll read down through <\/p>\n

537
\n00:30:22,800 –> 00:30:32,900
\nthrough verse 10.
\nSo where does faith? <\/p>\n

538
\n00:30:32,900 –> 00:30:33,900
\nFind root?
\nWhere is it? <\/p>\n

539
\n00:30:33,900 –> 00:30:36,700
\nGenerated the heart?
\nRomans 10. <\/p>\n

540
\n00:30:36,700 –> 00:30:41,700
\nVerse 6, but the righteousness,
\nwhich is of Faith speaks on this<\/p>\n

541
\n00:30:41,700 –> 00:30:45,500
\nwise, say not in thine heart,
\nwho shall Ascend into heaven, <\/p>\n

542
\n00:30:45,500 –> 00:30:48,800
\nthat is to bring Christ down
\nfrom above, or who, shall <\/p>\n

543
\n00:30:48,800 –> 00:30:51,400
\ndescend into the deep that is to
\nbring Christ again from the <\/p>\n

544
\n00:30:51,408 –> 00:30:53,500
\ndead, but what?
\nSaith it. <\/p>\n

545
\n00:30:54,500 –> 00:30:59,700
\nThe word is near unto you even
\nin your mouth and in your heart,<\/p>\n

546
\n00:30:59,900 –> 00:31:04,300
\nthat is the word of faith.
\nWhich we preach verse 9, that if<\/p>\n

547
\n00:31:04,300 –> 00:31:07,300
\nThou shalt confess with thy
\nmouth, the Lord Jesus. <\/p>\n

548
\n00:31:07,400 –> 00:31:11,200
\nAnd shalt believe in thine heart
\nthat God has raised him from the<\/p>\n

549
\n00:31:11,200 –> 00:31:13,900
\ndead.
\nThou shalt be saved for with the<\/p>\n

550
\n00:31:13,900 –> 00:31:16,600
\nheart.
\nMan, believes unto righteousness<\/p>\n

551
\n00:31:16,600 –> 00:31:19,400
\nand with the mouth confession is
\nmade unto salvation. <\/p>\n

552
\n00:31:20,800 –> 00:31:22,500
\nAnd so, where does faith find
\nroot? <\/p>\n

553
\n00:31:23,000 –> 00:31:25,500
\nIt’s in the heart.
\nIn other words, in the Inner Man<\/p>\n

554
\n00:31:25,900 –> 00:31:28,600
\nin your thoughts.
\nAnd now you see how this <\/p>\n

555
\n00:31:28,600 –> 00:31:32,100
\npresents a problem brothers and
\nsisters because we know Jeremiah<\/p>\n

556
\n00:31:32,100 –> 00:31:37,700
\n17:9 where it says the heart is
\ndeceitful above all things and <\/p>\n

557
\n00:31:37,700 –> 00:31:41,500
\nit’s desperately wicked who can
\nknow it and we know it. <\/p>\n

558
\n00:31:44,200 –> 00:31:47,100
\nBut if all the challenges to
\nthat limit our faith and we’re <\/p>\n

559
\n00:31:47,100 –> 00:31:51,500
\ngoing to look at these later.
\nFear, or sin or Pride or looking<\/p>\n

560
\n00:31:51,500 –> 00:31:54,700
\nat oneself.
\nInstead of looking at God wrong <\/p>\n

561
\n00:31:54,700 –> 00:31:57,600
\nbeliefs, that choke our faith,
\nor lack of perception, and <\/p>\n

562
\n00:31:57,600 –> 00:31:59,800
\nawareness.
\nThe cares of this life, <\/p>\n

563
\n00:31:59,800 –> 00:32:02,200
\noverwhelming us or not
\nunderstanding our purpose. <\/p>\n

564
\n00:32:02,200 –> 00:32:06,600
\nIn our destiny, destiny.
\nThe greatest obstacle, I believe<\/p>\n

565
\n00:32:07,100 –> 00:32:11,300
\nto Growing our faith.
\nIs is not believing that God is <\/p>\n

566
\n00:32:11,300 –> 00:32:15,700
\nin every detail of Our Lives.
\nSo what limits Faith? <\/p>\n

567
\n00:32:15,900 –> 00:32:19,400
\nWhat grows Faith, the degree to,
\nwhich you believe this? <\/p>\n

568
\n00:32:24,400 –> 00:32:28,100
\nThat God is active and he is
\npresent in our lives. <\/p>\n

569
\n00:32:28,700 –> 00:32:31,300
\nAnd that’s what I mean.
\nBy God being in every detail, <\/p>\n

570
\n00:32:31,900 –> 00:32:34,100
\nGod being in everything in the
\nlife of a Believer. <\/p>\n

571
\n00:32:34,500 –> 00:32:36,800
\nAnd yet we know these scriptures
\nbrothers and sisters. <\/p>\n

572
\n00:32:36,800 –> 00:32:39,400
\nPsalm 34 verse 7, the angel of
\nYahweh. <\/p>\n

573
\n00:32:39,400 –> 00:32:43,700
\nEncamps around those that fear
\nhim and he delivers them, Isaiah<\/p>\n

574
\n00:32:43,700 –> 00:32:47,400
\n55 verse 11.
\nSo shall my word be that when it<\/p>\n

575
\n00:32:47,400 –> 00:32:50,800
\ngoes out from my mouth, it shall
\nnot return unto me void, but it <\/p>\n

576
\n00:32:50,800 –> 00:32:52,400
\nshall accomplish that which I
\nplease. <\/p>\n

577
\n00:32:52,900 –> 00:32:54,400
\nAnd it shall prosper in the
\nthing. <\/p>\n

578
\n00:32:54,400 –> 00:32:59,100
\nWhereto, I sent it Philippians 1
\nat verse 6 says be confident of <\/p>\n

579
\n00:32:59,100 –> 00:33:02,900
\nthis very thing that he which
\nhas begun a good work in you. <\/p>\n

580
\n00:33:03,300 –> 00:33:06,100
\nHe will perform it until the day
\nof Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n

581
\n00:33:07,600 –> 00:33:12,300
\nNow I know that it’s hard to
\nbelieve from personal experience<\/p>\n

582
\n00:33:12,600 –> 00:33:14,500
\nthat God is in every detail of
\nour lives. <\/p>\n

583
\n00:33:15,100 –> 00:33:18,200
\nEspecially when there were times
\nin the life of a disciple, in <\/p>\n

584
\n00:33:18,200 –> 00:33:21,300
\nwhich we hit rock bottom, and we
\nfeel like our prayers are only <\/p>\n

585
\n00:33:21,300 –> 00:33:23,200
\ngoing up to the ceiling and no
\nfurther. <\/p>\n

586
\n00:33:23,900 –> 00:33:26,300
\nIt’s especially difficult to
\nbelieve in the midst of great <\/p>\n

587
\n00:33:26,300 –> 00:33:29,800
\nsorrow and suffering.
\nAnd I’m sure at one point, <\/p>\n

588
\n00:33:29,800 –> 00:33:32,700
\nespecially in the midst of
\nsuffering, I would have found <\/p>\n

589
\n00:33:32,700 –> 00:33:35,800
\nwhat I’m about to say, quite
\nhard to accept quite <\/p>\n

590
\n00:33:35,800 –> 00:33:38,100
\nconfronting.
\nOffensive. <\/p>\n

591
\n00:33:38,100 –> 00:33:42,800
\nBut nevertheless, it is true
\nthat in the life of God’s <\/p>\n

592
\n00:33:42,800 –> 00:33:46,100
\ncovenant people who have
\nsurrendered their will to him at<\/p>\n

593
\n00:33:46,100 –> 00:33:49,300
\nbaptism.
\nHe is in every aspect of Our <\/p>\n

594
\n00:33:49,300 –> 00:33:53,500
\nLives, even the very hairs of
\nour head are numbered, God is in<\/p>\n

595
\n00:33:53,500 –> 00:33:56,700
\nevery aspect of our lives.
\nBut how either by creating <\/p>\n

596
\n00:33:56,700 –> 00:33:59,600
\nscenarios in which we grow or at
\nthe very least, by allowing <\/p>\n

597
\n00:33:59,600 –> 00:34:04,800
\nsituations to come into our life
\nto generate and to grow Faith to<\/p>\n

598
\n00:34:04,800 –> 00:34:07,200
\nbring us to receive the end of
\nour faith, the very salvation <\/p>\n

599
\n00:34:07,400 –> 00:34:10,500
\nOne of our souls, The more I’ve
\nlooked into scripture, the more,<\/p>\n

600
\n00:34:10,500 –> 00:34:12,500
\nI am convinced that what you
\nbelieve about? <\/p>\n

601
\n00:34:12,500 –> 00:34:16,900
\nThis idea has an enormous impact
\nand whether your faith grows, <\/p>\n

602
\n00:34:17,400 –> 00:34:20,400
\nwhether it’s stagnates, or
\nwhether it shrinks back, and <\/p>\n

603
\n00:34:20,400 –> 00:34:23,400
\nthere are numerous examples of
\nmen and women in scripture, who <\/p>\n

604
\n00:34:23,500 –> 00:34:26,400
\nbelieve that God was in
\neverything in their lives, and <\/p>\n

605
\n00:34:26,400 –> 00:34:29,100
\nthey are the people that you and
\nI want to be like in moreover, <\/p>\n

606
\n00:34:29,300 –> 00:34:31,900
\nthey are the people that God
\nwants us to emulate. <\/p>\n

607
\n00:34:32,300 –> 00:34:34,600
\nWhy?
\nBecause that’s the level of <\/p>\n

608
\n00:34:34,600 –> 00:34:37,100
\nconnection that God wants to
\nhave with his children. <\/p>\n

609
\n00:34:39,800 –> 00:34:43,400
\nNow, it’s important Also to
\nclarify from the outside outset <\/p>\n

610
\n00:34:43,400 –> 00:34:47,000
\nwhat God is not in.
\nGod is not in sin. <\/p>\n

611
\n00:34:47,900 –> 00:34:51,400
\nGod has nothing to do with sin,
\nand although he has made <\/p>\n

612
\n00:34:51,400 –> 00:34:54,199
\nprovision for it in the lives of
\nhis children because he knows <\/p>\n

613
\n00:34:54,199 –> 00:34:58,800
\nour frame that we are, but dust.
\nAnd that we will, in fact sin, <\/p>\n

614
\n00:34:58,800 –> 00:35:02,700
\ndespite our best efforts and
\nintentions, not to let’s be <\/p>\n

615
\n00:35:02,700 –> 00:35:04,500
\nclear.
\nGod hates sin. <\/p>\n

616
\n00:35:05,600 –> 00:35:10,500
\nThe portrait of Jesus Christ on
\nthe cross is God’s view of our <\/p>\n

617
\n00:35:10,500 –> 00:35:13,100
\nsin.
\nIt is worthy of death. <\/p>\n

618
\n00:35:13,600 –> 00:35:17,400
\nIt is not something to be winked
\nat and never should our Liberty <\/p>\n

619
\n00:35:17,400 –> 00:35:19,500
\nin Christ.
\nBreed license to sin. <\/p>\n

620
\n00:35:21,000 –> 00:35:24,500
\nAnd as we know when we sin we we
\nseparate ourselves from God. <\/p>\n

621
\n00:35:24,800 –> 00:35:27,900
\nHe hides his face from us.
\nSo to speak the the Caribbean <\/p>\n

622
\n00:35:27,900 –> 00:35:31,300
\ncover their eyes and we are left
\nmost alone, we have disobeyed <\/p>\n

623
\n00:35:31,300 –> 00:35:35,100
\nthe word of God, it doesn’t mean
\nthat God, abandons us forever. <\/p>\n

624
\n00:35:35,100 –> 00:35:38,400
\nHe still works with us and
\nreforms us to bring us back to <\/p>\n

625
\n00:35:38,400 –> 00:35:42,200
\nhim, but he’s not in sin, he
\ndoesn’t permit it, he doesn’t <\/p>\n

626
\n00:35:42,200 –> 00:35:44,200
\ncondone it.
\nAnd although he has made <\/p>\n

627
\n00:35:44,200 –> 00:35:47,600
\nprovision for it, let us never
\nforget that that provision is <\/p>\n

628
\n00:35:47,600 –> 00:35:49,800
\nthe blood of his only begotten
\nson. <\/p>\n

629
\n00:35:52,800 –> 00:35:56,900
\nWe have to understand how God
\ngenerates or creates faith and <\/p>\n

630
\n00:35:56,900 –> 00:36:01,100
\nit’s critical that we spend some
\ntime considering what God thinks<\/p>\n

631
\n00:36:01,100 –> 00:36:05,300
\nof us once were baptized, you
\nsee, everything changes when we <\/p>\n

632
\n00:36:05,300 –> 00:36:09,300
\npublicly confess at are baptized
\nbaptism that we are worthy of <\/p>\n

633
\n00:36:09,300 –> 00:36:11,400
\ndeath.
\nWhen we surrender our will to <\/p>\n

634
\n00:36:11,400 –> 00:36:13,400
\nGod.
\nAnd we make an Everlasting <\/p>\n

635
\n00:36:13,400 –> 00:36:15,600
\nCovenant, with the creator of
\nall the world. <\/p>\n

636
\n00:36:16,200 –> 00:36:18,500
\nThere’s been a change of status
\nor his brother. <\/p>\n

637
\n00:36:18,500 –> 00:36:23,400
\nThomas says, there’s been a
\nchange in We are a new creation <\/p>\n

638
\n00:36:23,400 –> 00:36:26,500
\nis what Colossians and is
\nsomeone that is admitted that <\/p>\n

639
\n00:36:26,500 –> 00:36:29,800
\nthere once was a way that seems
\nright unto me but that way LED <\/p>\n

640
\n00:36:29,800 –> 00:36:32,900
\nto death, there has been a
\nsignificant change. <\/p>\n

641
\n00:36:33,700 –> 00:36:36,900
\nWhy is it so important to
\nrealize what it is that God <\/p>\n

642
\n00:36:36,900 –> 00:36:39,700
\nthinks of us?
\nWell, sometimes brothers and <\/p>\n

643
\n00:36:39,700 –> 00:36:44,600
\nsisters, we don’t see ourselves
\nas God sees us and seeing how <\/p>\n

644
\n00:36:44,600 –> 00:36:47,600
\nspecial we are to God.
\nAccording to his words, <\/p>\n

645
\n00:36:47,900 –> 00:36:51,100
\ngenerates faith.
\nNext, what we’re going to have <\/p>\n

646
\n00:36:51,100 –> 00:36:53,200
\nto do is we’re going to have to
\nlook at, why that’s so hard to <\/p>\n

647
\n00:36:53,207 –> 00:36:57,400
\nbelieve that God is involved in
\nevery detail of our life and one<\/p>\n

648
\n00:36:57,408 –> 00:37:00,600
\nof the great challenges to our
\nfaith comes in suffering. <\/p>\n

649
\n00:37:01,300 –> 00:37:04,000
\nWe all know that it’s easy to
\nbelieve that God is involved in <\/p>\n

650
\n00:37:04,000 –> 00:37:06,700
\nthe good things.
\nBut what shall we shall? <\/p>\n

651
\n00:37:06,700 –> 00:37:09,600
\nWe receive good at the hand of
\nGod and shall we not receive <\/p>\n

652
\n00:37:09,600 –> 00:37:12,600
\nevil?
\nWhy is it hard to accept that <\/p>\n

653
\n00:37:12,600 –> 00:37:14,100
\nGod is in the great challenges
\nof life? <\/p>\n

654
\n00:37:14,100 –> 00:37:17,200
\nWell, fundamentally it
\nchallenges, our sense of <\/p>\n

655
\n00:37:17,200 –> 00:37:19,600
\njustice.
\nThe question we all face <\/p>\n

656
\n00:37:19,600 –> 00:37:22,300
\ninternally is why is this
\nhappening to me? <\/p>\n

657
\n00:37:22,600 –> 00:37:24,700
\nIn other words I’m a pretty good
\nguy. <\/p>\n

658
\n00:37:25,000 –> 00:37:27,900
\nI go to meeting three times a
\nweek and I care about the things<\/p>\n

659
\n00:37:27,900 –> 00:37:31,500
\nof God.
\nThis isn’t fair and that’s where<\/p>\n

660
\n00:37:31,500 –> 00:37:34,300
\nwe get derailed and thinking
\nthat we should be able to <\/p>\n

661
\n00:37:34,300 –> 00:37:39,300
\njustify ourselves to God.
\nThat’s a workspace mentality and<\/p>\n

662
\n00:37:39,300 –> 00:37:40,700
\none that cannot bring us to the
\nkingdom. <\/p>\n

663
\n00:37:41,700 –> 00:37:44,700
\nAn intellectual level.
\nWe know that God is the <\/p>\n

664
\n00:37:44,700 –> 00:37:47,900
\njustifier of them that believe
\nin Jesus, that’s the atonement <\/p>\n

665
\n00:37:48,100 –> 00:37:50,500
\nthat come.
\nWhat may God Is Right that <\/p>\n

666
\n00:37:50,500 –> 00:37:54,800
\nChrist died to declare God’s
\nrighteousness and that God is a <\/p>\n

667
\n00:37:54,800 –> 00:37:57,700
\njustifier of him, which believe
\nin Jesus. <\/p>\n

668
\n00:37:57,700 –> 00:38:01,500
\nThat’s Romans 3, the first 26
\nbut it’s easy, brothers and <\/p>\n

669
\n00:38:01,500 –> 00:38:05,300
\nsisters to lose perspective when
\nwere under stress and so it’s <\/p>\n

670
\n00:38:05,300 –> 00:38:09,500
\nhelpful to have a reminder of
\nwhat it is that God says about <\/p>\n

671
\n00:38:09,500 –> 00:38:12,300
\nhis people.
\nAnd finally, what we Endeavor to<\/p>\n

672
\n00:38:12,300 –> 00:38:14,800
\ndo together is to look at
\nbiblical examples of lives that <\/p>\n

673
\n00:38:14,800 –> 00:38:17,700
\nare transformed by the belief
\nthat God is in everything in <\/p>\n

674
\n00:38:17,700 –> 00:38:19,800
\ntheir life.
\nThese are men and women through <\/p>\n

675
\n00:38:19,800 –> 00:38:24,100
\nwhom God has done The Impossible
\nby faith will look at examples <\/p>\n

676
\n00:38:24,100 –> 00:38:28,600
\nfrom Jacob’s life from Joseph.
\nDavid Elijah will look in the <\/p>\n

677
\n00:38:28,600 –> 00:38:32,100
\nPsalms we’ll look at the Lord.
\nJesus Christ, the author and <\/p>\n

678
\n00:38:32,100 –> 00:38:35,200
\nfinisher of faith and we’re
\ngoing to look specifically at <\/p>\n

679
\n00:38:35,200 –> 00:38:38,100
\nthe mind of faith in the upper
\nroom at the breaking of bread. <\/p>\n

680
\n00:38:38,100 –> 00:38:39,400
\nTomorrow morning.
\nGod willing. <\/p>\n

681
\n00:38:40,600 –> 00:38:43,500
\nBut before we finish this
\nsession, I have some homework to<\/p>\n

682
\n00:38:43,500 –> 00:38:46,000
\nset.
\nAnd what I’m challenging you to <\/p>\n

683
\n00:38:46,000 –> 00:38:50,600
\ndo is to let God in on every
\naspect of your life. <\/p>\n

684
\n00:38:50,600 –> 00:38:53,400
\nFor the next two weeks, put it
\nto the test. <\/p>\n

685
\n00:38:53,700 –> 00:38:58,200
\nJust try when you struggle with
\nsomething, however, small pray <\/p>\n

686
\n00:38:58,200 –> 00:39:01,500
\nabout it.
\nPray without ceasing how you do.<\/p>\n

687
\n00:39:01,500 –> 00:39:03,000
\nOne thing is, how you do
\neverything. <\/p>\n

688
\n00:39:03,000 –> 00:39:06,200
\nHe who is faithful in little
\nwill be faithful in much when <\/p>\n

689
\n00:39:06,200 –> 00:39:08,200
\nsomething good happens to you in
\nthe next week. <\/p>\n

690
\n00:39:08,400 –> 00:39:10,300
\nThank God for it.
\nPraise His Holy. <\/p>\n

691
\n00:39:10,500 –> 00:39:14,100
\nHe named connect with them and
\nrejoice in his loving-kindness <\/p>\n

692
\n00:39:14,400 –> 00:39:15,900
\nand something challenging
\nhappens. <\/p>\n

693
\n00:39:16,500 –> 00:39:19,300
\nWe’ll ask for his help.
\nI hope this doesn’t sound too <\/p>\n

694
\n00:39:19,300 –> 00:39:21,800
\ntouchy-feely for you or to
\nPentecostal. <\/p>\n

695
\n00:39:21,800 –> 00:39:24,300
\nI’m not looking for a men’s and
\nI hope you don’t roll in the <\/p>\n

696
\n00:39:24,300 –> 00:39:27,600
\naisle.
\nJust pray fervently with <\/p>\n

697
\n00:39:27,600 –> 00:39:30,800
\nrespects and with, reverence,
\njust just test it out. <\/p>\n

698
\n00:39:30,900 –> 00:39:34,100
\nHave faith, that God is in
\neverything and that he is <\/p>\n

699
\n00:39:34,100 –> 00:39:36,200
\nbringing things into your life,
\nfor the development of your <\/p>\n

700
\n00:39:36,200 –> 00:39:40,200
\nfaith or allowing things to take
\nplace in your life too. <\/p>\n

701
\n00:39:40,400 –> 00:39:43,600
\nA shape and develop you and make
\nyou fit for his Temple, call <\/p>\n

702
\n00:39:43,600 –> 00:39:46,000
\nupon His holy name, in faith,
\nwhatever it is. <\/p>\n

703
\n00:39:46,000 –> 00:39:50,200
\nYour lot is for the next two
\nweeks, brothers and sisters, the<\/p>\n

704
\n00:39:50,207 –> 00:39:53,300
\nscripture abounds with examples
\nof why we should believe that. <\/p>\n

705
\n00:39:53,300 –> 00:39:55,700
\nGod not only wants to be
\ninvolved in all aspects of her <\/p>\n

706
\n00:39:55,700 –> 00:39:59,300
\nlife, but he is crafting and
\neven allowing situations and <\/p>\n

707
\n00:39:59,300 –> 00:40:03,200
\ncircumstances to prepare us for
\nthe kingdom and one objection. <\/p>\n

708
\n00:40:03,200 –> 00:40:06,500
\nYou might have that, I had been
\nthinking along these lines, is <\/p>\n

709
\n00:40:07,100 –> 00:40:10,300
\nhe is God Almighty, isn’t he too
\nbusy running? <\/p>\n

710
\n00:40:10,400 –> 00:40:14,000
\nUniverse holding the planets and
\nplaces putting the the <\/p>\n

711
\n00:40:14,700 –> 00:40:17,800
\npresidents and dictators in
\nplace to bring about the battle <\/p>\n

712
\n00:40:17,800 –> 00:40:19,800
\nof Armageddon.
\nMaking stars. <\/p>\n

713
\n00:40:20,100 –> 00:40:23,900
\nDo you seriously think that God
\nwants me to believe that he is <\/p>\n

714
\n00:40:23,900 –> 00:40:26,200
\ninterested in my little
\ntroubles? <\/p>\n

715
\n00:40:27,300 –> 00:40:29,800
\nIn short.
\nYes, he is. <\/p>\n

716
\n00:40:30,700 –> 00:40:32,600
\nEven the very hairs of your head
\nare numbered. <\/p>\n

717
\n00:40:33,700 –> 00:40:36,500
\nAnd so we have to start by
\nconsidering what it is that God <\/p>\n

718
\n00:40:36,500 –> 00:40:40,700
\nactually thinks of us, not what
\nwe think, God thinks of us. <\/p>\n

719
\n00:40:41,200 –> 00:40:45,800
\nBut what the scripture says, and
\nwhat God thinks of us, when he <\/p>\n

720
\n00:40:45,800 –> 00:40:49,800
\nlooks at us through the blood
\ncovering sacrifice of the Lord <\/p>\n

721
\n00:40:49,800 –> 00:40:53,200
\nJesus Christ, we have to see
\nourselves as God sees us through<\/p>\n

722
\n00:40:53,200 –> 00:40:55,700
\nthe sacrifice of his son, and
\nLord willing. <\/p>\n

723
\n00:40:55,700 –> 00:40:58,400
\nThat’s where we’ll begin our
\nnext session in about half an <\/p>\n

724
\n00:40:58,400 –> 00:41:14,400
\nhour.
\nBrothers and sisters. <\/p>\n

725
\n00:41:14,408 –> 00:41:18,500
\nI recognize that there is a lot
\nof information that I hope to <\/p>\n

726
\n00:41:18,500 –> 00:41:21,900
\nshare with you in the course of
\na very short space and time. <\/p>\n

727
\n00:41:21,900 –> 00:41:24,200
\nAnd that’s part of the reason
\nthat there is a handout is <\/p>\n

728
\n00:41:24,200 –> 00:41:27,700
\nbecause I don’t expect you to
\ntake in everything that I’m <\/p>\n

729
\n00:41:27,700 –> 00:41:30,600
\nsaying.
\nBut really one of the things <\/p>\n

730
\n00:41:30,607 –> 00:41:34,800
\nthat has encouraged me about
\nbeing able to share this is that<\/p>\n

731
\n00:41:34,800 –> 00:41:38,400
\nit’s created a conversation and
\nthat’s really one of the goals <\/p>\n

732
\n00:41:38,400 –> 00:41:39,600
\nas well.
\nJust to continue the <\/p>\n

733
\n00:41:39,600 –> 00:41:43,400
\nconversation and if we don’t get
\nto everything, we don’t get <\/p>\n

734
\n00:41:43,500 –> 00:41:45,800
\nEverything.
\nBut we’ve made a good start and <\/p>\n

735
\n00:41:45,800 –> 00:41:47,200
\nit’ll give you some food for
\nthought. <\/p>\n

736
\n00:41:47,200 –> 00:41:52,900
\nI pray as we go forward.
\nOver time, I’ve learned that at <\/p>\n

737
\n00:41:52,900 –> 00:41:56,300
\nthe breaking of bread when we
\nexamine ourselves, there has to <\/p>\n

738
\n00:41:56,300 –> 00:42:00,400
\nbe a point in which I shift my
\nthinking from that, which I’ve <\/p>\n

739
\n00:42:00,400 –> 00:42:04,500
\ndone a Miss over the last seven
\ndays to to thinking about the <\/p>\n

740
\n00:42:04,500 –> 00:42:08,400
\nsufficiency of, Christ’s
\nsacrifice that in him, is the <\/p>\n

741
\n00:42:08,400 –> 00:42:10,500
\nForgiveness of sins that I so
\nneed. <\/p>\n

742
\n00:42:11,000 –> 00:42:13,900
\nI don’t know how it works for
\nyou, but At the point of <\/p>\n

743
\n00:42:13,900 –> 00:42:17,300
\ndelineation for me, is usually
\nwhen we take the cup, when I <\/p>\n

744
\n00:42:17,308 –> 00:42:19,900
\ntake the bread, I usually think
\nof my Hang-Ups. <\/p>\n

745
\n00:42:20,100 –> 00:42:23,300
\nAnd when I take the cop, I thank
\nGod for the Forgiveness of sins.<\/p>\n

746
\n00:42:24,000 –> 00:42:27,500
\nYou see, the emblem of wine
\nisn’t designed only to represent<\/p>\n

747
\n00:42:27,500 –> 00:42:31,700
\nthe blood of Christ and thus a
\nlife of total dedication and <\/p>\n

748
\n00:42:31,700 –> 00:42:34,300
\nobedience poured out, it’s
\npersonal. <\/p>\n

749
\n00:42:34,900 –> 00:42:39,800
\nIt also represents the fact that
\nmy sins are covered by his blood<\/p>\n

750
\n00:42:40,300 –> 00:42:43,300
\nand he did it for us.
\nPaul felt this. <\/p>\n

751
\n00:42:43,900 –> 00:42:48,000
\nIn Galatians 2, where it says
\nthe life that I now live in the <\/p>\n

752
\n00:42:48,000 –> 00:42:53,200
\nflesh, I live by the faith of
\nthe Son of God, who loved me and<\/p>\n

753
\n00:42:53,200 –> 00:42:55,400
\nhe says, who gave his life for
\nme. <\/p>\n

754
\n00:42:56,000 –> 00:42:59,300
\nYou see it was intensely
\npersonal for him, but there has <\/p>\n

755
\n00:42:59,300 –> 00:43:01,600
\nto be a point at which I
\npersonally stop looking at <\/p>\n

756
\n00:43:01,600 –> 00:43:05,300
\nmyself and all my Hang-Ups and I
\nEndeavor to remember the Lord <\/p>\n

757
\n00:43:05,300 –> 00:43:08,800
\nJesus Christ for me, personally,
\nthat’s when I would take the <\/p>\n

758
\n00:43:08,800 –> 00:43:11,800
\nwine.
\nI say that I had to learn that <\/p>\n

759
\n00:43:11,800 –> 00:43:13,900
\nover time because there was a
\nportion of my life in which the <\/p>\n

760
\n00:43:13,900 –> 00:43:18,200
\nbreaking of bread, wasn’t a very
\njoyful thing that the scrutiny <\/p>\n

761
\n00:43:18,200 –> 00:43:20,400
\nwith which I would examine
\nmyself consumed me. <\/p>\n

762
\n00:43:21,000 –> 00:43:22,400
\nAnd it made me feel immense
\nguilt. <\/p>\n

763
\n00:43:22,400 –> 00:43:24,400
\nAnd while that is critically
\nimportant to the part of <\/p>\n

764
\n00:43:24,400 –> 00:43:28,200
\nexamining oneself at the
\nbreaking of bread Christ, <\/p>\n

765
\n00:43:28,200 –> 00:43:32,500
\ninitially instituted it for us
\nto remember him, it’s a memorial<\/p>\n

766
\n00:43:32,500 –> 00:43:36,200
\nservice.
\nSo there has to be a break from <\/p>\n

767
\n00:43:36,200 –> 00:43:39,800
\nlooking at oneself in, clear
\nterms and Loathing the flesh to <\/p>\n

768
\n00:43:39,800 –> 00:43:43,800
\nlooking One that saves us from
\nwhat we deserve, the Corinthians<\/p>\n

769
\n00:43:43,800 –> 00:43:46,600
\nthey were guilty of not even
\nlooking at themselves whatsoever<\/p>\n

770
\n00:43:46,900 –> 00:43:48,800
\nand thus, they didn’t even
\nrealize that the spirit of <\/p>\n

771
\n00:43:48,800 –> 00:43:50,600
\nChrist was not at their
\nmemorial. <\/p>\n

772
\n00:43:51,100 –> 00:43:53,600
\nThis was proven by the fact that
\nPaul had to write them a letter <\/p>\n

773
\n00:43:53,600 –> 00:43:56,800
\nto instruct them as to what the
\nwhole thing was even about that,<\/p>\n

774
\n00:43:56,800 –> 00:43:59,700
\nthey shouldn’t get drunk at the
\nmemorial and that they should <\/p>\n

775
\n00:43:59,700 –> 00:44:02,400
\nshare their food with one
\nanother and that they should <\/p>\n

776
\n00:44:02,400 –> 00:44:04,000
\nTerry.
\nOr wait for one another. <\/p>\n

777
\n00:44:04,900 –> 00:44:07,900
\nYou see the problem that I was
\ndealing with is that I was not <\/p>\n

778
\n00:44:07,900 –> 00:44:12,700
\nactually seeing myself as God
\nsees me, but when you go back <\/p>\n

779
\n00:44:12,700 –> 00:44:16,400
\nthrough scripture, it’s quite
\nastonishing what God says about <\/p>\n

780
\n00:44:16,400 –> 00:44:18,500
\nThose who commit their lives to
\nhim. <\/p>\n

781
\n00:44:18,900 –> 00:44:22,200
\nThrough a rather simple, yet
\nserious acts called baptism. <\/p>\n

782
\n00:44:22,700 –> 00:44:25,600
\nIt’s amazing.
\nHow God views you once you make <\/p>\n

783
\n00:44:25,600 –> 00:44:31,200
\na covenant with him.
\nWe know from acts 15 that God is<\/p>\n

784
\n00:44:31,200 –> 00:44:32,900
\ncalling out a people for his
\nname. <\/p>\n

785
\n00:44:33,400 –> 00:44:36,800
\nAnd while we know from the first
\nchapters of Romans that the holy<\/p>\n

786
\n00:44:36,800 –> 00:44:39,300
\nOracles of God were initially
\ncommitted to the Jews. <\/p>\n

787
\n00:44:39,400 –> 00:44:43,400
\nThe Gentiles were grafted in and
\nsince the Jews largely rejected <\/p>\n

788
\n00:44:43,400 –> 00:44:47,200
\nthe teaching of the Apostles
\nlow, they turn to the Gentiles <\/p>\n

789
\n00:44:47,700 –> 00:44:50,000
\nand that’s how you and I have
\ncome to know the plan and <\/p>\n

790
\n00:44:50,000 –> 00:44:53,700
\npurpose of God you see God has
\nbeen calling out a people for <\/p>\n

791
\n00:44:53,700 –> 00:44:56,500
\nhis name, a Remnant throughout
\ntime. <\/p>\n

792
\n00:44:57,000 –> 00:45:00,200
\nYou probably know the metaphor
\nthat the sun is lifting up <\/p>\n

793
\n00:45:00,200 –> 00:45:03,300
\nlittle droplets of water out of
\nthe oceans of humanities to make<\/p>\n

794
\n00:45:03,300 –> 00:45:06,400
\nup his cloud of witnesses and
\nthat cloud of witnesses doesn’t <\/p>\n

795
\n00:45:06,400 –> 00:45:10,000
\njust include the faithful of
\nAges past, but God is continuing<\/p>\n

796
\n00:45:10,000 –> 00:45:12,100
\nto do it.
\nI was just talking with Jerry <\/p>\n

797
\n00:45:12,100 –> 00:45:14,800
\nAsbury.
\nMy sister’s father-in-law <\/p>\n

798
\n00:45:14,800 –> 00:45:16,900
\nearlier this weekend.
\nWe were talking about the new <\/p>\n

799
\n00:45:16,900 –> 00:45:21,000
\nReturn of the Lord Jesus Christ.
\nAnd it dawned on me that so long<\/p>\n

800
\n00:45:21,000 –> 00:45:24,900
\nas God continues to call out a
\npeople for his name, I can <\/p>\n

801
\n00:45:24,900 –> 00:45:27,900
\npatiently endure and wait for
\nChrist’s return. <\/p>\n

802
\n00:45:28,200 –> 00:45:31,600
\nI very personal reasons why I
\nwant the return of Christ, but <\/p>\n

803
\n00:45:31,600 –> 00:45:34,700
\npeople are still being baptized
\nand being brought into the <\/p>\n

804
\n00:45:34,707 –> 00:45:38,300
\nfamily of God.
\nAnd what I want to show you is <\/p>\n

805
\n00:45:38,300 –> 00:45:41,600
\nwhat God thinks of you and me,
\nonce we make a vow unto him at <\/p>\n

806
\n00:45:41,600 –> 00:45:46,000
\nbaptism when we make a covenant
\nwith the Living God and the <\/p>\n

807
\n00:45:46,008 –> 00:45:49,000
\nblood of his only begotten son
\ncovers our sins. <\/p>\n

808
\n00:45:49,400 –> 00:45:53,600
\nThing changes in clear.
\nTerms, we go from Death to life <\/p>\n

809
\n00:45:54,200 –> 00:45:56,700
\nas I mentioned, brother, Thomas
\nis taught that we undergo a <\/p>\n

810
\n00:45:56,700 –> 00:45:59,600
\nchange in Constitution.
\nScripture says we are a new <\/p>\n

811
\n00:45:59,600 –> 00:46:02,400
\ncreation created in Christ Jesus
\nunto good works. <\/p>\n

812
\n00:46:02,800 –> 00:46:06,400
\nAnd once we emerge out of the
\nwaters and new, we are called <\/p>\n

813
\n00:46:06,400 –> 00:46:09,500
\nSaints.
\nNow the majority of the letters <\/p>\n

814
\n00:46:09,500 –> 00:46:13,300
\nof the New Testament open with
\nto the Saints at Corinth, for <\/p>\n

815
\n00:46:13,300 –> 00:46:16,600
\nexample, to the Saints, in
\nEphesus to the Saints at <\/p>\n

816
\n00:46:16,600 –> 00:46:19,200
\nPhilippi to the Saints it classy
\nand so on. <\/p>\n

817
\n00:46:19,300 –> 00:46:22,400
\nOn and it’s rather clear that
\nthe Saints are the Believers <\/p>\n

818
\n00:46:22,700 –> 00:46:24,500
\nnow.
\nThe Catholics believe something <\/p>\n

819
\n00:46:24,500 –> 00:46:26,900
\nthat’s completely different,
\nthey believe that that a <\/p>\n

820
\n00:46:26,900 –> 00:46:29,800
\ncanonized Saint in their
\ntradition, not from scripture <\/p>\n

821
\n00:46:29,800 –> 00:46:32,100
\nbut from their tradition as it
\ncan and I st. <\/p>\n

822
\n00:46:32,100 –> 00:46:35,100
\nYou have to perform two Miracles
\nafter you’re already dead and <\/p>\n

823
\n00:46:35,100 –> 00:46:38,300
\nyou’re up in heaven, they have
\nbeen, they have to be thoroughly<\/p>\n

824
\n00:46:38,300 –> 00:46:41,300
\ncorroborated by the Vatican and
\nproven. <\/p>\n

825
\n00:46:41,400 –> 00:46:44,900
\nAnd then that Saints is alive
\nand can receive prayers from <\/p>\n

826
\n00:46:44,900 –> 00:46:47,800
\nthose that especially like you
\nand want to pray to you instead <\/p>\n

827
\n00:46:47,800 –> 00:46:50,900
\nof Christ.
\nSo Have this raft of Patron, <\/p>\n

828
\n00:46:50,900 –> 00:46:53,100
\nSaints.
\nAnd so, if you were fond of, for<\/p>\n

829
\n00:46:53,100 –> 00:46:57,100
\nexample, the Virgin of Guadalupe
\nyou could pray to that Saints. <\/p>\n

830
\n00:46:57,400 –> 00:47:00,300
\nNow, we know that that’s absurd.
\nBecause we know what happens to <\/p>\n

831
\n00:47:00,300 –> 00:47:02,800
\nsomeone when they die, they
\nreturn to dust and they await <\/p>\n

832
\n00:47:02,800 –> 00:47:04,500
\nthe resurrection and the
\nJudgment. <\/p>\n

833
\n00:47:05,300 –> 00:47:08,400
\nBut if you do a simple word
\nstudy using Strong’s, <\/p>\n

834
\n00:47:08,400 –> 00:47:12,300
\nConcordance, it teaches us what
\nthat word Saint means. <\/p>\n

835
\n00:47:13,400 –> 00:47:15,600
\nIf you have any idea what it
\nmeans, this is what it means. <\/p>\n

836
\n00:47:15,600 –> 00:47:20,500
\nIt means sacred It means that,
\nas a baptized believer, you are <\/p>\n

837
\n00:47:20,500 –> 00:47:25,500
\nsacred to God, which is why the
\npsalmist in Psalm 116 tells us <\/p>\n

838
\n00:47:25,800 –> 00:47:29,100
\nprecious in the eyes of God is
\nthe death of his Saints. <\/p>\n

839
\n00:47:30,100 –> 00:47:33,000
\nSo, Paul tells Ephesians now
\ntherefore ye are no more <\/p>\n

840
\n00:47:33,000 –> 00:47:36,700
\nstrangers and foreigners but
\nfellow-citizens with the Saints <\/p>\n

841
\n00:47:37,100 –> 00:47:42,100
\nand your part of the household
\nof God in Chapter 2, he says you<\/p>\n

842
\n00:47:42,100 –> 00:47:45,300
\nare the Holy Temple a habitation
\nof God. <\/p>\n

843
\n00:47:45,600 –> 00:47:47,900
\nHow is that possible?
\nIt’s through the spirit. <\/p>\n

844
\n00:47:47,900 –> 00:47:51,100
\nRoman says that once you’re
\nbaptized, you are made free from<\/p>\n

845
\n00:47:51,100 –> 00:47:54,900
\nsin and you became a servant of
\nrighteousness that’s in chapter <\/p>\n

846
\n00:47:54,900 –> 00:47:58,600
\n6.
\nJesus says Pence forth from here<\/p>\n

847
\n00:47:58,600 –> 00:48:01,800
\non out.
\nI call you not servants for the <\/p>\n

848
\n00:48:01,800 –> 00:48:03,700
\nservant knoweth, not what the
\nLord do it. <\/p>\n

849
\n00:48:03,700 –> 00:48:07,900
\nBut I call you friends for all
\nthings of my father, having made<\/p>\n

850
\n00:48:07,900 –> 00:48:11,000
\nknown unto you and that is
\nexactly the moniker that’s used <\/p>\n

851
\n00:48:11,000 –> 00:48:13,800
\nof Moses.
\nThe friend of God, he was, in <\/p>\n

852
\n00:48:13,800 –> 00:48:16,700
\nfact, the friend of God because
\nhe Did but the Lord commanded <\/p>\n

853
\n00:48:16,707 –> 00:48:19,900
\nbrothers and sisters, it’s even
\nmore intimate than that. <\/p>\n

854
\n00:48:19,908 –> 00:48:23,100
\nAnd you can understand this
\nbecause you have friends and you<\/p>\n

855
\n00:48:23,100 –> 00:48:25,200
\nwould do a lot for your friends
\nbecause you really care about <\/p>\n

856
\n00:48:25,200 –> 00:48:27,300
\nthem.
\nAnd if you need help, you help <\/p>\n

857
\n00:48:27,300 –> 00:48:30,300
\nthem and they call upon you for
\nsupport and for strength. <\/p>\n

858
\n00:48:30,300 –> 00:48:33,700
\nBut then there’s family.
\nAnd that’s supposed to be on <\/p>\n

859
\n00:48:33,700 –> 00:48:35,200
\nanother level of connection all
\ntogether. <\/p>\n

860
\n00:48:35,200 –> 00:48:37,800
\nAnd if you didn’t grow up in a
\nparticularly loyal and loving <\/p>\n

861
\n00:48:37,800 –> 00:48:41,800
\nfamily, we can all get some
\nsense of what Christ mean means.<\/p>\n

862
\n00:48:41,800 –> 00:48:43,300
\nWhen he says, we are his
\nbrethren. <\/p>\n

863
\n00:48:43,300 –> 00:48:48,000
\nWe find this in Hebrews To at
\nfirst, 10 through 13 and he <\/p>\n

864
\n00:48:48,000 –> 00:48:51,400
\nquotes Psalm 22 there, this
\nparallels Matthew 12, where <\/p>\n

865
\n00:48:51,700 –> 00:48:54,200
\nChrist asked the question?
\nWell, well, who are my brethren <\/p>\n

866
\n00:48:55,000 –> 00:48:58,100
\nand this is where does found
\nthat we take the name. <\/p>\n

867
\n00:48:58,100 –> 00:49:01,500
\nChris delphine’s, is a body of
\nBelievers, the brethren in <\/p>\n

868
\n00:49:01,500 –> 00:49:05,100
\nChrist Brethren being a word,
\nthat incorporates, both males, <\/p>\n

869
\n00:49:05,100 –> 00:49:07,900
\nand females.
\nAnd in other words, we are ones <\/p>\n

870
\n00:49:07,900 –> 00:49:11,100
\nwho will do the will of God or
\nwe intend to. <\/p>\n

871
\n00:49:12,300 –> 00:49:15,800
\nNow, what’s so interesting, is
\nthat Hebrews chapter 2 says The <\/p>\n

872
\n00:49:15,800 –> 00:49:21,100
\nChrist is not ashamed to call us
\nhis Brethren but God takes it <\/p>\n

873
\n00:49:21,100 –> 00:49:24,300
\none step further in and Isaiah
\nchapter 8, verse 18. <\/p>\n

874
\n00:49:24,500 –> 00:49:27,900
\nIt’s quoted and it’s describing
\nthe Saints of the Sacred ones to<\/p>\n

875
\n00:49:27,900 –> 00:49:33,800
\nbe gods and Christ’s children.
\nI know that children can drive <\/p>\n

876
\n00:49:33,800 –> 00:49:37,100
\nparents crazy in the same
\nmanner, which students Drive <\/p>\n

877
\n00:49:37,100 –> 00:49:39,300
\nteachers crazy.
\nBut I also know that good <\/p>\n

878
\n00:49:39,300 –> 00:49:43,100
\nparents love their kids to B and
\nhow much more does a lot, Lord. <\/p>\n

879
\n00:49:43,100 –> 00:49:47,500
\nJesus Christ loved us whom God
\nhas Given him as his children. <\/p>\n

880
\n00:49:48,100 –> 00:49:51,900
\nAnd as Christ is God’s son and
\nwe become the children of God. <\/p>\n

881
\n00:49:52,200 –> 00:49:54,900
\nThis is precisely what the
\nnation’s for says, and it <\/p>\n

882
\n00:49:54,900 –> 00:49:56,500
\nteaches us.
\nIt says it, once we are <\/p>\n

883
\n00:49:56,500 –> 00:50:01,600
\nbaptized, we have received the
\nadoption of sons because we are <\/p>\n

884
\n00:50:02,000 –> 00:50:06,100
\nSons and Daughters of God, God
\nhas sent forth the spirit of his<\/p>\n

885
\n00:50:06,100 –> 00:50:08,400
\nson into our hearts.
\nAnd we cry. <\/p>\n

886
\n00:50:08,400 –> 00:50:12,200
\nAbba Father And then Paul
\nconcludes with something that we<\/p>\n

887
\n00:50:12,200 –> 00:50:15,900
\nalready know from Christ where
\nhe says, wherefore thou are no <\/p>\n

888
\n00:50:15,900 –> 00:50:20,200
\nlonger a servant but a son and
\nif a son then you are an air <\/p>\n

889
\n00:50:20,600 –> 00:50:24,400
\nthrough Christ.
\nJohn in his first epistle, has <\/p>\n

890
\n00:50:24,400 –> 00:50:28,200
\nthis beautiful verse that has
\nbeen turned into a song and I <\/p>\n

891
\n00:50:28,207 –> 00:50:33,000
\ncan sing it for you.
\nOkay, I won’t say I was thinking<\/p>\n

892
\n00:50:33,000 –> 00:50:36,900
\nfor you but you know this song
\nand it’s a it’s something that <\/p>\n

893
\n00:50:36,900 –> 00:50:39,400
\nwe can we can sing.
\nWhen we lose sight of what it <\/p>\n

894
\n00:50:39,400 –> 00:50:41,300
\nis, that God thinks of us, it
\ngoes like this. <\/p>\n

895
\n00:50:41,300 –> 00:50:43,900
\nIt goes behold what manner of
\nlove the father has given unto <\/p>\n

896
\n00:50:43,900 –> 00:50:47,900
\nus that we should be called the
\nsons of God and it repeats five <\/p>\n

897
\n00:50:47,900 –> 00:50:51,300
\ntimes or three times or whatever
\nand then it tells next important<\/p>\n

898
\n00:50:51,300 –> 00:50:56,500
\npart of the story and so on.
\nAnd John reminds us, he says <\/p>\n

899
\n00:50:56,600 –> 00:50:59,500
\nwhen he shall appear we shall be
\nlike him. <\/p>\n

900
\n00:50:59,800 –> 00:51:04,300
\nI’m not going to sing that song.
\nWe shall be like thankful. <\/p>\n

901
\n00:51:04,300 –> 00:51:07,400
\nYou probably thinking Galatians
\n3 says, you are all children of <\/p>\n

902
\n00:51:07,400 –> 00:51:10,200
\nGod by faith in Christ Jesus.
\nFor his many of you have been <\/p>\n

903
\n00:51:10,200 –> 00:51:12,300
\nbaptized into Christ.
\nHave put on Christ, there is <\/p>\n

904
\n00:51:12,300 –> 00:51:14,500
\nneither Jew, nor Greek nor Bond
\nnor free. <\/p>\n

905
\n00:51:14,500 –> 00:51:17,700
\nThere is neither male nor female
\nfor you are all one in Christ <\/p>\n

906
\n00:51:17,700 –> 00:51:20,700
\nJesus.
\nYou see, we are the family of <\/p>\n

907
\n00:51:20,700 –> 00:51:24,000
\nGod and that trumps any
\nidentifier that we would have <\/p>\n

908
\n00:51:24,000 –> 00:51:26,400
\nhad previous.
\nActually, you see, we are <\/p>\n

909
\n00:51:26,500 –> 00:51:30,500
\nChrist’s Paul finishes and if
\nyou be Christ’s, then you are <\/p>\n

910
\n00:51:30,500 –> 00:51:33,900
\nAbraham’s seed and you are heirs
\naccording to the promise. <\/p>\n

911
\n00:51:33,900 –> 00:51:37,000
\nAnd this is why in first
\nThessalonians 5 verse 5, Paul <\/p>\n

912
\n00:51:37,000 –> 00:51:40,400
\nreminds the Thessalonians and
\nus, he says, you are all the <\/p>\n

913
\n00:51:40,400 –> 00:51:44,700
\nchildren of light and the
\nchildren of day we are not of <\/p>\n

914
\n00:51:44,700 –> 00:51:47,900
\nDarkness.
\nWe are not of the knights and <\/p>\n

915
\n00:51:47,900 –> 00:51:51,800
\nthere’s another song or a CD.
\nAnd so again the level of <\/p>\n

916
\n00:51:51,800 –> 00:51:55,100
\ndetail, the level of care that
\nGod has for us continues to <\/p>\n

917
\n00:51:55,107 –> 00:51:58,500
\nbecome even more pronounced in
\nscripture and Matthew 10 and in <\/p>\n

918
\n00:51:58,500 –> 00:52:02,500
\nLuke 12 Christ, teaches us, that
\nwe are more valuable to God Than<\/p>\n

919
\n00:52:02,500 –> 00:52:05,000
\nThe Sparrows.
\nAnd that even the very hairs of <\/p>\n

920
\n00:52:05,000 –> 00:52:08,900
\nour head are numbered, it goes
\nbeyond that, to almost defy. <\/p>\n

921
\n00:52:08,900 –> 00:52:11,900
\nOur ability to understand.
\nAgain, in Ephesians, we learn <\/p>\n

922
\n00:52:11,900 –> 00:52:16,100
\nthat God has chosen us in Christ
\nbefore the foundation. <\/p>\n

923
\n00:52:16,300 –> 00:52:19,800
\nThe world and that we should be
\nholy and Without Blame before <\/p>\n

924
\n00:52:19,800 –> 00:52:23,500
\nhim in love that.
\nHe predestinated us to be <\/p>\n

925
\n00:52:23,500 –> 00:52:27,600
\nadopted by Christ according to
\nthe pleasure of his Goodwill and<\/p>\n

926
\n00:52:27,600 –> 00:52:32,400
\nto the praise of his grace.
\nWe see, I cannot help but wonder<\/p>\n

927
\n00:52:32,900 –> 00:52:37,300
\nwhy God included this concept of
\npredestination and election in <\/p>\n

928
\n00:52:37,300 –> 00:52:40,400
\nthe Bible.
\nYou know, sometimes it’s hard to<\/p>\n

929
\n00:52:40,400 –> 00:52:43,400
\nwrap your mind around when you
\nstart considering the idea of <\/p>\n

930
\n00:52:43,400 –> 00:52:45,100
\nFree Will and it can be very
\ntricky. <\/p>\n

931
\n00:52:45,500 –> 00:52:48,100
\nSometimes I You’re why God
\ninclude stuff like that in his <\/p>\n

932
\n00:52:48,100 –> 00:52:49,900
\nword.
\nI know a brother that got so <\/p>\n

933
\n00:52:49,900 –> 00:52:52,000
\ntangled up in this city left the
\ntruth. <\/p>\n

934
\n00:52:53,000 –> 00:52:55,000
\nI cannot.
\nBut wonder, why would God bring <\/p>\n

935
\n00:52:55,000 –> 00:52:58,400
\nup the idea of predestination?
\nIs it just to Simply say, I’m <\/p>\n

936
\n00:52:58,400 –> 00:53:01,800
\npowerful and I knew you before
\nyou were in the womb, I don’t <\/p>\n

937
\n00:53:01,800 –> 00:53:03,800
\nthink so.
\nI think he, I believe that he <\/p>\n

938
\n00:53:03,800 –> 00:53:07,000
\nincluded it because it’s
\nintended to relay its intended, <\/p>\n

939
\n00:53:07,000 –> 00:53:10,100
\nto make us realize how
\nincredibly special we are to <\/p>\n

940
\n00:53:10,100 –> 00:53:12,500
\nhim.
\nIt’s there to comfort. <\/p>\n

941
\n00:53:12,500 –> 00:53:16,200
\nOur souls is, we rest our
\nthoughts in the stability of God<\/p>\n

942
\n00:53:16,200 –> 00:53:18,600
\nsteadfastness.
\nIt’s there to make us feel <\/p>\n

943
\n00:53:18,600 –> 00:53:21,500
\nincredibly special in to
\nindicate the depth and the <\/p>\n

944
\n00:53:21,500 –> 00:53:25,100
\nheight, and the breadth of his
\nFor us, he knew us before we <\/p>\n

945
\n00:53:25,100 –> 00:53:28,600
\nwere even in the womb, like he
\ntold Jeremiah and he told him <\/p>\n

946
\n00:53:28,600 –> 00:53:31,700
\nthat to comfort him and to give
\nhim something to believe in. <\/p>\n

947
\n00:53:32,500 –> 00:53:37,300
\nAnd so sometimes we believe that
\nwe have chosen God and in some <\/p>\n

948
\n00:53:37,300 –> 00:53:43,600
\nsense, that’s correct.
\nBut it’s actually that we have <\/p>\n

949
\n00:53:43,600 –> 00:53:47,200
\nbeen chosen by God, that’s what
\nColossians tells us, God hath <\/p>\n

950
\n00:53:47,200 –> 00:53:50,900
\nfrom the beginning, chosen you
\nto Salvation through the <\/p>\n

951
\n00:53:50,900 –> 00:53:54,700
\nsanctification of the spirit and
\nthe belief of the truth, we <\/p>\n

952
\n00:53:54,700 –> 00:53:58,300
\ncan’t just believe whatever he
\nwants just as Christ told the <\/p>\n

953
\n00:53:58,300 –> 00:54:02,200
\nwoman at the well and Samaria,
\nit’s not just enough to have <\/p>\n

954
\n00:54:02,200 –> 00:54:05,700
\nfaith, we have to have faith in
\ntrue things, we have to worship,<\/p>\n

955
\n00:54:05,700 –> 00:54:08,500
\nnot only in spirit, but in
\nbiblical truth. <\/p>\n

956
\n00:54:08,800 –> 00:54:11,800
\nAnd so we are exhorted in
\nColossians that as Elect of God.<\/p>\n

957
\n00:54:11,800 –> 00:54:15,000
\nHoly and beloved put on the
\nbowels of Mercy. <\/p>\n

958
\n00:54:15,300 –> 00:54:18,800
\nKindness, humbleness of my
\nmeekness and long-suffering, see<\/p>\n

959
\n00:54:18,800 –> 00:54:22,600
\nsee that’s how he wants us to
\nrespond to his love and we can <\/p>\n

960
\n00:54:23,200 –> 00:54:28,700
\nif we first accept his love in
\nfaith, What does God think of, <\/p>\n

961
\n00:54:28,700 –> 00:54:31,700
\nas brothers and sisters?
\nIn Romans 8, it says that there <\/p>\n

962
\n00:54:31,700 –> 00:54:36,100
\nis no condemnation to those that
\nare in Christ Jesus, who walk <\/p>\n

963
\n00:54:36,100 –> 00:54:39,200
\nnot after the flesh, but after
\nthe spirit, and if she can <\/p>\n

964
\n00:54:39,200 –> 00:54:42,600
\nbelieve that that you’re that,
\nyou’re not condemned and you <\/p>\n

965
\n00:54:42,600 –> 00:54:45,900
\nwon’t be the Judgment seat.
\nHow would that make you respond <\/p>\n

966
\n00:54:45,900 –> 00:54:47,400
\nif you knew you were going to be
\nin the Kingdom? <\/p>\n

967
\n00:54:47,400 –> 00:54:49,500
\nIn other words, how would that
\nmake you feel? <\/p>\n

968
\n00:54:49,500 –> 00:54:51,200
\nAnd what would that inspire you
\nto do? <\/p>\n

969
\n00:54:51,500 –> 00:54:54,700
\nWell, the New Testament, it
\ninspired men and women to turn <\/p>\n

970
\n00:54:54,700 –> 00:54:58,100
\nthe world upside down because
\nthey fully believe In the <\/p>\n

971
\n00:54:58,100 –> 00:55:01,600
\nsufficiency of God, God so loved
\nthe world that he gave his only <\/p>\n

972
\n00:55:01,600 –> 00:55:04,800
\nbegotten son, that whosoever
\nbelieveth in him should not <\/p>\n

973
\n00:55:04,800 –> 00:55:07,300
\nperish, but have everlasting
\nlife. <\/p>\n

974
\n00:55:07,700 –> 00:55:10,800
\nGod did not send his son into
\nthe world to condemn the world, <\/p>\n

975
\n00:55:11,100 –> 00:55:13,900
\nbut rather that the world
\nthrough him might be saved. <\/p>\n

976
\n00:55:14,000 –> 00:55:17,600
\nHe that believeth on him is not
\ncondemned but he that believeth <\/p>\n

977
\n00:55:17,600 –> 00:55:19,400
\nnot is already condemned because
\nhe hath. <\/p>\n

978
\n00:55:19,400 –> 00:55:22,000
\nNot believed in the name of the
\nonly begotten son of God. <\/p>\n

979
\n00:55:23,200 –> 00:55:25,400
\nAnd yet sometimes brothers and
\nsisters, we act like we’re <\/p>\n

980
\n00:55:25,400 –> 00:55:29,800
\nalready condemned, but right
\nhere, John says that God loves <\/p>\n

981
\n00:55:29,800 –> 00:55:33,100
\nus and he’s given his only
\nbegotten son for me and you. <\/p>\n

982
\n00:55:33,600 –> 00:55:36,100
\nAnd so we have to stop acting
\nlike were condemned. <\/p>\n

983
\n00:55:36,200 –> 00:55:38,900
\nWe have to start acting like our
\nnames are actually written in <\/p>\n

984
\n00:55:38,900 –> 00:55:41,300
\nthe book of life.
\nThis is the admonition of the <\/p>\n

985
\n00:55:41,300 –> 00:55:44,800
\nApostle, Paul where he says walk
\nworthy of your High Calling <\/p>\n

986
\n00:55:45,900 –> 00:55:49,400
\nBrothers and sisters, Christ,
\ncame to Deliver Us From Fear, <\/p>\n

987
\n00:55:49,700 –> 00:55:54,700
\nspecifically, the fear of death.
\nAnd therefore, if you don’t have<\/p>\n

988
\n00:55:54,700 –> 00:55:57,300
\nto fear death, well, what do we
\ndo at? <\/p>\n

989
\n00:55:57,300 –> 00:56:01,000
\nWhat do we have to fear?
\nIt says that he tasted death for<\/p>\n

990
\n00:56:01,000 –> 00:56:03,600
\nevery man and, you know, the
\nverse because it’s the one that <\/p>\n

991
\n00:56:03,600 –> 00:56:06,200
\nseparates us from the throngs of
\ntrinitarians. <\/p>\n

992
\n00:56:06,500 –> 00:56:08,600
\nBut, let’s take a look at the
\nverse afterwards. <\/p>\n

993
\n00:56:08,600 –> 00:56:14,000
\nIt’s in Hebrews 2 chapter 2,
\nverses 14 and 15. <\/p>\n

994
\n00:56:17,900 –> 00:56:22,400
\nThis is where it talks about
\nChrist coming to Deliver Us from<\/p>\n

995
\n00:56:22,500 –> 00:56:28,200
\nthe fear of death verse 14, is a
\nfirst principle verse one that <\/p>\n

996
\n00:56:28,200 –> 00:56:31,700
\nwe know quite well.
\nIt says Forasmuch then as the <\/p>\n

997
\n00:56:31,700 –> 00:56:33,600
\nchildren are partakers of Flesh
\nand Blood. <\/p>\n

998
\n00:56:33,600 –> 00:56:37,900
\nHe also himself likewise took
\npart of the same that through <\/p>\n

999
\n00:56:37,900 –> 00:56:41,300
\ndeath he might destroy him.
\nThat had the power of death. <\/p>\n

1000
\n00:56:41,300 –> 00:56:43,000
\nThat is the diabolo through the
\ndevil. <\/p>\n

1001
\n00:56:43,000 –> 00:56:46,100
\nThe false accuser verse 15 is
\nthe one I want to call your <\/p>\n

1002
\n00:56:46,100 –> 00:56:49,400
\nattention to and this was part
\nof the reason that he came. <\/p>\n

1003
\n00:56:50,600 –> 00:56:54,500
\nAnd and deliver them who through
\nfear of death were all their <\/p>\n

1004
\n00:56:54,500 –> 00:56:57,800
\nlifetime subject to bondage.
\nNow, can you believe that, that,<\/p>\n

1005
\n00:56:58,000 –> 00:57:00,900
\nthat is part of the expressed
\npurpose for which Christ came <\/p>\n

1006
\n00:57:00,900 –> 00:57:03,500
\nforth.
\nWhy should we think that God <\/p>\n

1007
\n00:57:03,500 –> 00:57:06,000
\ndoesn’t really want to be
\ninvolved in every detail of her <\/p>\n

1008
\n00:57:06,000 –> 00:57:09,600
\nlife of Christ came to Deliver
\nUs from the fear of death? <\/p>\n

1009
\n00:57:10,200 –> 00:57:13,500
\nOr is it that we don’t know and
\nwho invite him in in faith? <\/p>\n

1010
\n00:57:14,700 –> 00:57:16,600
\nAnd so, brothers and sisters in
\nour right Minds. <\/p>\n

1011
\n00:57:16,600 –> 00:57:19,100
\nWe know that it is God’s
\nintention to save us. <\/p>\n

1012
\n00:57:19,100 –> 00:57:21,900
\nAnd yet in our wrong Minds, we
\nstill entertain doubts about <\/p>\n

1013
\n00:57:21,900 –> 00:57:24,600
\nwhether or not God permits
\nthings into our life to develop <\/p>\n

1014
\n00:57:24,600 –> 00:57:26,400
\nour faith in our connection to
\nhim. <\/p>\n

1015
\n00:57:26,800 –> 00:57:29,900
\nSometimes, we think that God is
\nonly in the big things and yet, <\/p>\n

1016
\n00:57:29,900 –> 00:57:31,600
\nwe don’t use scripture to
\nDefine. <\/p>\n

1017
\n00:57:31,600 –> 00:57:34,200
\nWhat is a big thing?
\nWhat might be a big thing to Me?<\/p>\n

1018
\n00:57:34,200 –> 00:57:36,400
\nMaybe nothing to you in vice
\nversa. <\/p>\n

1019
\n00:57:36,600 –> 00:57:39,800
\nHow do we make that
\ndetermination on what basis in <\/p>\n

1020
\n00:57:39,800 –> 00:57:41,800
\nsome sense?
\nIt’s akin to saying when <\/p>\n

1021
\n00:57:41,800 –> 00:57:45,000
\nsomebody says, oh only part of
\nthe Bible isn’t Fired in true. <\/p>\n

1022
\n00:57:45,400 –> 00:57:47,500
\nYou say, well, how are you going
\nto make that determination? <\/p>\n

1023
\n00:57:48,100 –> 00:57:50,200
\nAnd they have no basis the parts
\nthat they like, and they <\/p>\n

1024
\n00:57:50,207 –> 00:57:51,700
\nunderstand.
\nWell, they accept that, and <\/p>\n

1025
\n00:57:51,707 –> 00:57:53,100
\nthat’s true.
\nBut the parts they don’t <\/p>\n

1026
\n00:57:53,100 –> 00:57:54,700
\nunderstand.
\nThey say it’s not true. <\/p>\n

1027
\n00:57:55,300 –> 00:57:58,100
\nAnd we say, in a similar sense,
\nwe use the same logic when we <\/p>\n

1028
\n00:57:58,100 –> 00:58:02,400
\nsay, God’s involved in the big
\nthings, but there’s no criteria <\/p>\n

1029
\n00:58:02,400 –> 00:58:04,600
\non which we bake make that
\njudgment. <\/p>\n

1030
\n00:58:04,800 –> 00:58:07,000
\nIf you’re going to say that God
\nis only in the big things. <\/p>\n

1031
\n00:58:07,100 –> 00:58:09,000
\nHow are you going to make that
\ndetermination? <\/p>\n

1032
\n00:58:09,300 –> 00:58:12,400
\nWhat is a big thing?
\nAnd so it makes far more sense <\/p>\n

1033
\n00:58:12,400 –> 00:58:14,000
\nto say no.
\nGod is actually involved. <\/p>\n

1034
\n00:58:14,100 –> 00:58:17,600
\nIn every detail of our lives and
\ntherefore we can call upon him <\/p>\n

1035
\n00:58:17,800 –> 00:58:19,300
\nand ask for his guidance and
\ngive him. <\/p>\n

1036
\n00:58:19,300 –> 00:58:25,700
\nThanks, when when things go well
\nCurious from the word of God, <\/p>\n

1037
\n00:58:26,000 –> 00:58:28,700
\nword of God.
\nThis beautiful reassuring verse <\/p>\n

1038
\n00:58:28,700 –> 00:58:32,000
\nin Hebrews 7 and verse 25.
\nIf you’re in still in Hebrews, <\/p>\n

1039
\n00:58:32,000 –> 00:58:35,900
\nyou can turn over the page, this
\nis such a stunning verse. <\/p>\n

1040
\n00:58:36,700 –> 00:58:42,100
\nIt says that Christ is able to
\nsave us to the uttermost and all<\/p>\n

1041
\n00:58:42,100 –> 00:58:46,900
\nthem that come unto God by him,
\nseeing that he ever liveth to <\/p>\n

1042
\n00:58:46,900 –> 00:58:50,300
\nmake intercession for us.
\nI just think about that for a <\/p>\n

1043
\n00:58:50,308 –> 00:58:53,800
\nminute he ever liveth.
\nIn other words, one of The <\/p>\n

1044
\n00:58:53,800 –> 00:58:57,100
\nreasons that Christ is alive, is
\nto make intercession for me and <\/p>\n

1045
\n00:58:57,100 –> 00:58:59,300
\nyou.
\nThat’s why he laid down his life<\/p>\n

1046
\n00:58:59,300 –> 00:59:01,600
\nin the first place.
\nThat was his motivation. <\/p>\n

1047
\n00:59:01,700 –> 00:59:04,100
\nThat was part of the joy, that
\nwas set before him. <\/p>\n

1048
\n00:59:04,300 –> 00:59:07,200
\nThat’s how he could in the same
\nnight in which he was betrayed, <\/p>\n

1049
\n00:59:07,500 –> 00:59:10,900
\nbreak bread and drink wine, and
\nleave us a way to remember him. <\/p>\n

1050
\n00:59:11,100 –> 00:59:14,500
\nHe did it for us.
\nIt’s why he gave his life to to <\/p>\n

1051
\n00:59:14,500 –> 00:59:17,400
\nreconnect us to God, to make
\nintercession to bridge. <\/p>\n

1052
\n00:59:17,400 –> 00:59:19,800
\nThe gap that we’ve created
\nbetween God and us. <\/p>\n

1053
\n00:59:20,600 –> 00:59:25,200
\nBy our sins, our iniquities have
\nseparated us from God but we are<\/p>\n

1054
\n00:59:25,200 –> 00:59:29,500
\nbrought nigh or near by the
\nblood of Christ and we are saved<\/p>\n

1055
\n00:59:29,500 –> 00:59:33,700
\nby his life.
\nJimmy tells us this is beautiful<\/p>\n

1056
\n00:59:33,700 –> 00:59:37,700
\nverse praising.
\nGod says, now unto him that is <\/p>\n

1057
\n00:59:37,700 –> 00:59:41,900
\nable to keep us from falling and
\nto present us faultless before <\/p>\n

1058
\n00:59:41,900 –> 00:59:45,600
\nthe presence of his glory, with
\nexceeding Joy to the only wise <\/p>\n

1059
\n00:59:45,600 –> 00:59:49,100
\nGod and our Saviour, be glory
\nand majesty and Dominion Forever<\/p>\n

1060
\n00:59:49,100 –> 00:59:51,200
\nboth both now and forever.
\nAmen. <\/p>\n

1061
\n00:59:52,300 –> 00:59:55,500
\nAnd yet we think we think
\nsometimes he’s got to be talking<\/p>\n

1062
\n00:59:55,500 –> 00:59:58,400
\nabout somebody else.
\nHe’s got to be talking about <\/p>\n

1063
\n00:59:58,400 –> 01:00:03,200
\nanybody but me, and if you go to
\nRevelation 14, God gives us a <\/p>\n

1064
\n01:00:03,207 –> 01:00:05,200
\npicture of that very verse being
\nfulfilled. <\/p>\n

1065
\n01:00:05,300 –> 01:00:08,200
\nUs being presented faultless
\nBefore the Throne of his Grace <\/p>\n

1066
\n01:00:08,500 –> 01:00:12,900
\nsinging, a new song, When it
\ncomes time for judgment, this is<\/p>\n

1067
\n01:00:12,900 –> 01:00:14,700
\nwhat he says about us.
\nIsaiah 26. <\/p>\n

1068
\n01:00:14,700 –> 01:00:18,300
\nTells us What God Says, to his
\nsacred ones, those that are in <\/p>\n

1069
\n01:00:18,308 –> 01:00:22,400
\nhis family.
\nHe says, come my people enter <\/p>\n

1070
\n01:00:22,400 –> 01:00:26,300
\nthou into thy Chambers, shut the
\ndoors behind thee, hide thyself,<\/p>\n

1071
\n01:00:26,300 –> 01:00:29,400
\nas it were, for a little moment
\nuntil the indignation be over <\/p>\n

1072
\n01:00:29,400 –> 01:00:33,400
\npast, for behold, Yahweh comes
\nout of his place to punish the <\/p>\n

1073
\n01:00:33,400 –> 01:00:35,400
\ninhabitants of the Earth for
\ntheir iniquity. <\/p>\n

1074
\n01:00:36,100 –> 01:00:39,300
\nThe Earth also shall disclose
\nher blood and shall no more <\/p>\n

1075
\n01:00:39,300 –> 01:00:43,900
\ncover her slain.
\nAnd he hides us from that this <\/p>\n

1076
\n01:00:43,900 –> 01:00:46,400
\nharmonizes with the words of
\nChrist, where he says, fear not <\/p>\n

1077
\n01:00:46,400 –> 01:00:49,300
\nlittle flock, it is your
\nfather’s, good pleasure to give <\/p>\n

1078
\n01:00:49,300 –> 01:00:53,200
\nyou the kingdom.
\nAnd he tells us that detail so <\/p>\n

1079
\n01:00:53,200 –> 01:00:55,300
\nthat we can hold the vision sure
\nin our minds. <\/p>\n

1080
\n01:00:55,600 –> 01:00:57,400
\nIt says he adds a little bit
\nmore. <\/p>\n

1081
\n01:00:57,400 –> 01:01:00,000
\nHe says, then the king shall say
\nunto them on his right hand. <\/p>\n

1082
\n01:01:00,100 –> 01:01:02,900
\nCome Ye blessed of my father
\ninherit the Kingdom, which was <\/p>\n

1083
\n01:01:02,900 –> 01:01:06,000
\nprepared for you from the
\nfoundation of the world. <\/p>\n

1084
\n01:01:07,100 –> 01:01:08,800
\nAnd so these things is John
\nStates. <\/p>\n

1085
\n01:01:08,800 –> 01:01:11,800
\nIn his first official epistle,
\nhad been written unto us, that <\/p>\n

1086
\n01:01:11,800 –> 01:01:15,300
\nwe might believe on the name of
\nthe son of God and that we may <\/p>\n

1087
\n01:01:15,300 –> 01:01:18,800
\nknow that we have eternal life
\nand that we may believe on the <\/p>\n

1088
\n01:01:18,808 –> 01:01:22,700
\nname of the son of God.
\nAnd yet we say, I can’t believe <\/p>\n

1089
\n01:01:22,700 –> 01:01:24,700
\nit.
\nThere must be some sort of <\/p>\n

1090
\n01:01:24,700 –> 01:01:27,000
\nqualifier.
\nWhat do you mean that I have <\/p>\n

1091
\n01:01:27,000 –> 01:01:28,800
\neternal life?
\nMy back hurts. <\/p>\n

1092
\n01:01:28,800 –> 01:01:30,800
\nWhen I get out of the chair.
\nMy neck is stiff. <\/p>\n

1093
\n01:01:30,800 –> 01:01:34,400
\nI feel pretty mortal.
\nBrothers and sisters, God calls <\/p>\n

1094
\n01:01:34,400 –> 01:01:38,000
\nthose things which are not as
\nthough they are. <\/p>\n

1095
\n01:01:38,700 –> 01:01:41,600
\nThe scripture is very clear.
\nIt says that we have eternal <\/p>\n

1096
\n01:01:41,600 –> 01:01:44,600
\nlife and that’s what God thinks
\nof us. <\/p>\n

1097
\n01:01:45,400 –> 01:01:47,400
\nYou see, just as Paul was
\nteaching, the Believers in <\/p>\n

1098
\n01:01:47,400 –> 01:01:50,600
\nPhilippi our names, are written
\nin the Book of Life. <\/p>\n

1099
\n01:01:51,200 –> 01:01:54,700
\nJesus told his disciples to not
\nbe too pleased with themselves, <\/p>\n

1100
\n01:01:54,900 –> 01:01:59,700
\nafter being able to, to drive
\nout spirits and that the spirits<\/p>\n

1101
\n01:01:59,700 –> 01:02:02,300
\nwere subject to them.
\nAnd Luke chapter 10 but he said,<\/p>\n

1102
\n01:02:02,300 –> 01:02:04,600
\ndon’t Be so happy with
\nyourselves for that. <\/p>\n

1103
\n01:02:04,800 –> 01:02:08,100
\nHe says, Rejoice, that your name
\nis written in the Book of Life. <\/p>\n

1104
\n01:02:09,900 –> 01:02:13,400
\nRevelation 3 verse 5 says, a
\nsimilar thing and we doubting <\/p>\n

1105
\n01:02:13,400 –> 01:02:17,200
\nsay I might have done some bad
\nthings this week and perhaps <\/p>\n

1106
\n01:02:17,200 –> 01:02:19,600
\nChrist is erased.
\nMy name out of the book. <\/p>\n

1107
\n01:02:20,800 –> 01:02:23,800
\nIs that what’s going on Christ,
\nis erasing, our name out of the <\/p>\n

1108
\n01:02:23,800 –> 01:02:27,000
\nbook and then he’s adding it
\nback in based on whether or not <\/p>\n

1109
\n01:02:27,000 –> 01:02:29,000
\nwe had a good week.
\nIn other words, can we get our <\/p>\n

1110
\n01:02:29,000 –> 01:02:32,600
\nnames written back into the book
\nof life based on our works? <\/p>\n

1111
\n01:02:34,000 –> 01:02:37,700
\nNot so you think he’s tearing
\nthe page for all the rubbing out<\/p>\n

1112
\n01:02:37,700 –> 01:02:41,300
\nand putting back in that we
\nthink that he’s doing not so <\/p>\n

1113
\n01:02:41,900 –> 01:02:44,000
\nyour names are written in the
\nbook of life. <\/p>\n

1114
\n01:02:44,400 –> 01:02:49,600
\nYou are a son and a daughter or
\na daughter of God and with that <\/p>\n

1115
\n01:02:49,600 –> 01:02:55,000
\nin mind apprehended in faith.
\nGod is simply saying serve me in<\/p>\n

1116
\n01:02:55,000 –> 01:02:58,400
\nlove and appreciation.
\nPaul. <\/p>\n

1117
\n01:02:58,400 –> 01:03:00,900
\nSimilarly and treats the
\nColossians when he says do you <\/p>\n

1118
\n01:03:00,908 –> 01:03:03,000
\nnot know that you are the Temple
\nof the Living God? <\/p>\n

1119
\n01:03:03,000 –> 01:03:06,000
\nAnd that the spirit of God
\ndwells in you and yet we <\/p>\n

1120
\n01:03:06,000 –> 01:03:08,800
\ncompartmentalize at to say well
\nyes, as long as we remember <\/p>\n

1121
\n01:03:08,800 –> 01:03:11,200
\nGod’s spirit word and his word
\ndwells in us and it’s in our <\/p>\n

1122
\n01:03:11,200 –> 01:03:13,700
\nmind because we know that the
\nholy spirit is Spirit gifts are <\/p>\n

1123
\n01:03:13,700 –> 01:03:16,800
\nno longer in possession as they
\nwere amended and have them like <\/p>\n

1124
\n01:03:16,800 –> 01:03:18,400
\nthey do.
\nNow is they did in the first <\/p>\n

1125
\n01:03:18,400 –> 01:03:22,300
\ncentury, but it’s far more
\nDynamic than that brothers and <\/p>\n

1126
\n01:03:22,300 –> 01:03:24,700
\nsisters.
\nThose who are the sons and the <\/p>\n

1127
\n01:03:24,700 –> 01:03:27,600
\ndaughters of the Living.
\nGod are led by the spirit if <\/p>\n

1128
\n01:03:27,600 –> 01:03:31,000
\nthey continue to commit
\nthemselves to seeking to do the <\/p>\n

1129
\n01:03:31,000 –> 01:03:33,900
\nwill of God prayerfully.
\nIf we don’t lean unto our Not <\/p>\n

1130
\n01:03:33,900 –> 01:03:37,100
\nunderstanding.
\nBut we can’t do whatever we want<\/p>\n

1131
\n01:03:37,100 –> 01:03:40,600
\nand say well I’m like by the
\nspirit but if we wait on the <\/p>\n

1132
\n01:03:40,600 –> 01:03:43,500
\nLord prayerfully and if we look
\nto him for guidance and <\/p>\n

1133
\n01:03:43,500 –> 01:03:48,000
\nDirection, he promises to direct
\nour paths and that’s the way <\/p>\n

1134
\n01:03:48,000 –> 01:03:51,300
\nscripture explains how all this
\nworks is simply by saying in <\/p>\n

1135
\n01:03:51,300 –> 01:03:54,400
\nColossians 1, he says, well,
\nit’s gotten you. <\/p>\n

1136
\n01:03:55,000 –> 01:03:59,500
\nIt’s Christ in you the hope of
\nglory and truly, it makes sense <\/p>\n

1137
\n01:03:59,500 –> 01:04:01,500
\nthat God would dwell in us and
\ndo works. <\/p>\n

1138
\n01:04:01,500 –> 01:04:04,900
\nIf we humble ourselves, if we
\nmake a little room in ourselves <\/p>\n

1139
\n01:04:04,900 –> 01:04:07,200
\nfor him, You.
\nSo because that’s it precisely <\/p>\n

1140
\n01:04:07,200 –> 01:04:10,200
\nthe method in which God worked
\nin the Lord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n

1141
\n01:04:10,300 –> 01:04:13,200
\nJesus Christ said I can do
\nnothing of my own self Christ. <\/p>\n

1142
\n01:04:13,200 –> 01:04:16,500
\nNever claimed that the Miracles
\nthat he performed were his in <\/p>\n

1143
\n01:04:16,500 –> 01:04:20,200
\nany way.
\nBetter said they were performed <\/p>\n

1144
\n01:04:20,200 –> 01:04:23,600
\nthrough him.
\nPhilippians 2, says he did not <\/p>\n

1145
\n01:04:23,600 –> 01:04:27,800
\ngrasp at equality with God but
\nthe Miracles were intended to <\/p>\n

1146
\n01:04:27,800 –> 01:04:31,100
\nwork on the witnesses Faith or
\non their belief Christ was <\/p>\n

1147
\n01:04:31,100 –> 01:04:36,700
\nworking on their faith.
\nJohn 14 says, the Lord says <\/p>\n

1148
\n01:04:37,200 –> 01:04:40,200
\nbelieve is thou not that I am in
\nthe father and the father is in <\/p>\n

1149
\n01:04:40,200 –> 01:04:42,700
\nme the words that I speak unto
\nyou. <\/p>\n

1150
\n01:04:42,800 –> 01:04:46,700
\nI speak not of myself but the
\nfather that dwelleth in me, he <\/p>\n

1151
\n01:04:46,700 –> 01:04:49,000
\ndoes the works.
\nAnd right at the end of the <\/p>\n

1152
\n01:04:49,000 –> 01:04:51,700
\nfirst chapter of Colossians,
\nPaul is telling that, that his <\/p>\n

1153
\n01:04:51,700 –> 01:04:54,400
\njob is to tell the whole world
\nabout something that have been <\/p>\n

1154
\n01:04:54,400 –> 01:04:56,600
\nhidden for the ages and from
\nGenerations. <\/p>\n

1155
\n01:04:57,100 –> 01:05:00,700
\nBut now he says, it’s made
\nmanifest for us the Saints and <\/p>\n

1156
\n01:05:00,700 –> 01:05:03,500
\nthat is the idea of Christ
\ndwelling in US. <\/p>\n

1157
\n01:05:03,700 –> 01:05:07,400
\nColossians 1 a 27.
\nHe says the mystery that’s been <\/p>\n

1158
\n01:05:07,400 –> 01:05:10,800
\nhidden from the ages.
\nIs Christ in you the hope of <\/p>\n

1159
\n01:05:10,800 –> 01:05:14,500
\nglory as a community, we know
\nthis we call this God <\/p>\n

1160
\n01:05:14,500 –> 01:05:18,200
\nmanifestation.
\nBut is that really possible that<\/p>\n

1161
\n01:05:18,200 –> 01:05:21,500
\nChrist can dwell in US?
\nOf course, it is because God has<\/p>\n

1162
\n01:05:21,500 –> 01:05:24,300
\npromised.
\nIt, this is God’s promise to <\/p>\n

1163
\n01:05:24,300 –> 01:05:27,100
\nwork in us, but but we Short
\nCircuit the entire process. <\/p>\n

1164
\n01:05:27,100 –> 01:05:30,200
\nIf we don’t believe it to be
\npossible, you see, you have to <\/p>\n

1165
\n01:05:30,200 –> 01:05:33,500
\nhave faith that this is even
\npossible for it to happen. <\/p>\n

1166
\n01:05:34,800 –> 01:05:36,900
\nBut it makes sense brothers and
\nsisters that God would be <\/p>\n

1167
\n01:05:36,900 –> 01:05:40,400
\nwilling to dwell in us both to
\nWill and to do his good <\/p>\n

1168
\n01:05:40,400 –> 01:05:42,700
\npleasure.
\nWell why does it make sense? <\/p>\n

1169
\n01:05:43,100 –> 01:05:46,500
\nWell here’s how Romans 8 puts it
\nsays he spared. <\/p>\n

1170
\n01:05:46,500 –> 01:05:52,000
\nNot his own son but he delivered
\nhim up for us all how shall not?<\/p>\n

1171
\n01:05:52,100 –> 01:05:56,500
\nHe then also with him give us
\nall things freely. <\/p>\n

1172
\n01:05:57,400 –> 01:06:00,200
\nIf God has not spared his own
\nson for us. <\/p>\n

1173
\n01:06:01,300 –> 01:06:03,500
\nWhat greater gift, can he give
\nus the net? <\/p>\n

1174
\n01:06:03,500 –> 01:06:08,600
\nHe has given us all things.
\nAnd yet, sometimes we think like<\/p>\n

1175
\n01:06:08,600 –> 01:06:11,800
\nthe the second son in the
\nprodigal story, and we don’t <\/p>\n

1176
\n01:06:11,800 –> 01:06:14,800
\neven realize that we have access
\nto it by God’s grace. <\/p>\n

1177
\n01:06:15,500 –> 01:06:17,400
\nYou see in the parable of the
\ntwo lost Sons. <\/p>\n

1178
\n01:06:17,400 –> 01:06:20,900
\nWe learned that the father tells
\nthe other disgruntled son, son, <\/p>\n

1179
\n01:06:21,500 –> 01:06:26,200
\nThou Are Forever with me.
\nAll that I have is thine And we <\/p>\n

1180
\n01:06:26,200 –> 01:06:30,400
\nknow that God’s hand is open.
\nHe is the almighty Psalm 84 <\/p>\n

1181
\n01:06:30,400 –> 01:06:33,300
\nreminds us the Lord.
\nOur God is a sun and shield. <\/p>\n

1182
\n01:06:33,300 –> 01:06:35,200
\nThe Lord will give Grace and
\nGlory. <\/p>\n

1183
\n01:06:35,400 –> 01:06:38,900
\nNo, good thing.
\nWill he withhold from those that<\/p>\n

1184
\n01:06:38,900 –> 01:06:43,100
\nwalk uprightly?
\nFirst Corinthians 2 shows us. <\/p>\n

1185
\n01:06:43,400 –> 01:06:46,600
\nNow we have received not the
\nspirit of the world, but the <\/p>\n

1186
\n01:06:46,600 –> 01:06:51,000
\nspirit, which is of god, why
\nthat we might know the things <\/p>\n

1187
\n01:06:51,000 –> 01:06:53,300
\nthat are freely given to us of
\nGod. <\/p>\n

1188
\n01:06:53,800 –> 01:06:56,900
\nSecond Corinthians, Paul reminds
\nus and he says, all things are <\/p>\n

1189
\n01:06:56,900 –> 01:07:00,700
\nfor your sake.
\nWhy that the abundant grace <\/p>\n

1190
\n01:07:00,700 –> 01:07:04,100
\nmight through the Thanksgiving
\nof many redound to the glory of <\/p>\n

1191
\n01:07:04,100 –> 01:07:10,000
\nGod, that’s in 4:15 and so we
\ncan only conclude that God must <\/p>\n

1192
\n01:07:10,000 –> 01:07:12,900
\nbe involved in Detail of our
\nlives there. <\/p>\n

1193
\n01:07:12,900 –> 01:07:16,000
\nWhile he may not be the cause of
\nall things in our lives. <\/p>\n

1194
\n01:07:16,200 –> 01:07:19,500
\nHe certainly knows about every
\ndetail and that he’s allowing <\/p>\n

1195
\n01:07:19,500 –> 01:07:24,100
\neven challenging things.
\nEven that he’s allowing even the<\/p>\n

1196
\n01:07:24,100 –> 01:07:27,400
\nchallenging things as a
\nmechanism to grow our faith and <\/p>\n

1197
\n01:07:27,400 –> 01:07:30,500
\nto deepen, our connection with
\nhim on a daily basis. <\/p>\n

1198
\n01:07:32,100 –> 01:07:34,900
\nAnd so, it’s our response to the
\nissues of life that become, <\/p>\n

1199
\n01:07:34,900 –> 01:07:39,100
\nespecially important.
\nAnd that the father wants to <\/p>\n

1200
\n01:07:39,100 –> 01:07:42,400
\nhelp us overcome, they were not
\ngoing to do it in our own <\/p>\n

1201
\n01:07:42,400 –> 01:07:45,300
\nstrength.
\nAnd thus, we must be instant in <\/p>\n

1202
\n01:07:45,300 –> 01:07:47,700
\nprayer and in everything give
\nthanks. <\/p>\n

1203
\n01:07:49,100 –> 01:07:51,800
\nNow I’m some of you will
\nprobably be wondering if I <\/p>\n

1204
\n01:07:51,800 –> 01:07:55,500
\nsimply stack, the deck and I
\njust bringing up the verses to <\/p>\n

1205
\n01:07:55,500 –> 01:07:58,800
\nthe top to make the point that I
\nwant to make have I presented <\/p>\n

1206
\n01:07:58,800 –> 01:08:02,700
\nonly one side of the argument or
\nis this actual in an <\/p>\n

1207
\n01:08:02,700 –> 01:08:05,700
\nintellectual sense.
\nWe know that God is omnipotent <\/p>\n

1208
\n01:08:05,700 –> 01:08:09,900
\nand omniscient all-knowing and
\nomnipresence three armies and <\/p>\n

1209
\n01:08:09,900 –> 01:08:13,800
\nyet we run from him, like Jonah,
\nwe just have trouble accepting <\/p>\n

1210
\n01:08:13,800 –> 01:08:16,700
\nthat God is in everything.
\nAnd when I say that God is in <\/p>\n

1211
\n01:08:16,700 –> 01:08:19,399
\neverything, some of you made a
\ndebate, the idea, In the God is <\/p>\n

1212
\n01:08:19,399 –> 01:08:21,500
\nnot the cause of all things, and
\nthat’s true. <\/p>\n

1213
\n01:08:22,700 –> 01:08:26,600
\nMan has a will and he exerts
\nthat will and we all know that <\/p>\n

1214
\n01:08:26,600 –> 01:08:29,000
\nwhen man’s will collides with
\nanother man’s will. <\/p>\n

1215
\n01:08:29,600 –> 01:08:32,899
\nWe call that a power struggle?
\nAnd it causes so much grief from<\/p>\n

1216
\n01:08:32,899 –> 01:08:35,100
\nthis world.
\nFor example, some men have the <\/p>\n

1217
\n01:08:35,100 –> 01:08:39,000
\nwill to drink themselves drunk
\nand then get in a car and drive <\/p>\n

1218
\n01:08:39,300 –> 01:08:42,000
\nand others have been the victim
\nof their drunk driving in have <\/p>\n

1219
\n01:08:42,000 –> 01:08:45,000
\ndied.
\nAnd you say, well, how can you <\/p>\n

1220
\n01:08:45,000 –> 01:08:47,899
\nsay that God is in that?
\nHow is God in everything? <\/p>\n

1221
\n01:08:48,700 –> 01:08:52,500
\nWell, God did not cause the
\ndrunk driver to take somebody’s <\/p>\n

1222
\n01:08:52,500 –> 01:08:55,100
\nlife or to drink beer that, or
\nwhatever it is in the first <\/p>\n

1223
\n01:08:55,100 –> 01:08:57,200
\nplace.
\nBut he certainly allowed it to <\/p>\n

1224
\n01:08:57,200 –> 01:09:00,100
\nhappen.
\nAnd this is the very idea that <\/p>\n

1225
\n01:09:00,100 –> 01:09:01,700
\nmakes shipwreck of people’s
\nFaith. <\/p>\n

1226
\n01:09:01,700 –> 01:09:05,600
\nThis is, this is very personal
\nstuff and naturally we come to <\/p>\n

1227
\n01:09:05,608 –> 01:09:08,300
\nquestions, like, well why didn’t
\nyou stop it? <\/p>\n

1228
\n01:09:08,899 –> 01:09:14,300
\nI thought you were a loving God.
\nWhen it comes to suffering cause<\/p>\n

1229
\n01:09:14,300 –> 01:09:18,600
\nis not the issue, the effect is
\nthe issue. <\/p>\n

1230
\n01:09:19,399 –> 01:09:21,200
\nDoes it drive you to connect
\nwith God? <\/p>\n

1231
\n01:09:21,200 –> 01:09:23,800
\nLike never before or does it
\ncause you to go on strike from <\/p>\n

1232
\n01:09:23,800 –> 01:09:28,500
\nGod, how you respond is not
\nchange, the fact that God knows <\/p>\n

1233
\n01:09:28,500 –> 01:09:31,100
\nabout it that he permitted it to
\nhappen. <\/p>\n

1234
\n01:09:31,300 –> 01:09:33,700
\nAnd that the only reason that
\nhe’s done, so is to strengthen <\/p>\n

1235
\n01:09:33,700 –> 01:09:36,800
\nour faith, which is more
\nprecious to him than gold. <\/p>\n

1236
\n01:09:37,700 –> 01:09:39,600
\nThat is the only thing that we
\ncan offer him. <\/p>\n

1237
\n01:09:40,300 –> 01:09:43,300
\nThe only thing that will bring
\nus to sell out to Salvation by <\/p>\n

1238
\n01:09:43,300 –> 01:09:46,899
\nGod’s grace you see on some
\nlevel, we know that God is in <\/p>\n

1239
\n01:09:46,899 –> 01:09:48,500
\neverything.
\nWe know that he’s in the good <\/p>\n

1240
\n01:09:48,500 –> 01:09:50,899
\nthings, the things that we call
\nblessings which are often just <\/p>\n

1241
\n01:09:50,899 –> 01:09:53,700
\nthe things that we want.
\nWe thank God for the house or <\/p>\n

1242
\n01:09:53,700 –> 01:09:56,800
\nthe car, the job, or the new
\nclothes are the food. <\/p>\n

1243
\n01:09:57,200 –> 01:09:59,700
\nWe’re blessed to know the truth
\nis revealed in the Bible, but <\/p>\n

1244
\n01:10:00,000 –> 01:10:01,900
\nit’s not particularly
\nchallenging to believe that God <\/p>\n

1245
\n01:10:01,900 –> 01:10:05,600
\nis in what we perceive is, good.
\nSometimes it is challenging to <\/p>\n

1246
\n01:10:05,608 –> 01:10:07,300
\nbe thankful, but that’s another
\nstory. <\/p>\n

1247
\n01:10:07,400 –> 01:10:11,000
\nWe will look at how God grows
\nour faith, in our next session. <\/p>\n

1248
\n01:10:11,000 –> 01:10:14,200
\nLord willing.
\nBut have I only presented one <\/p>\n

1249
\n01:10:14,200 –> 01:10:17,700
\nside of the argument or is this
\nactually a Biblical perspective?<\/p>\n

1250
\n01:10:18,500 –> 01:10:20,700
\nYou may think that I’m making it
\nsound as though. <\/p>\n

1251
\n01:10:20,900 –> 01:10:23,700
\nOnce were baptized.
\nThere’s nothing we can do to not<\/p>\n

1252
\n01:10:23,700 –> 01:10:26,700
\nbe in the kingdom and you and I
\nboth know that that’s rubbish. <\/p>\n

1253
\n01:10:27,200 –> 01:10:30,500
\nWe are not Calvinists who
\nbelieve once were saved were <\/p>\n

1254
\n01:10:30,500 –> 01:10:34,200
\nalways saved.
\nThe point of God telling us over<\/p>\n

1255
\n01:10:34,200 –> 01:10:36,600
\nand over and over again of our
\nstatus. <\/p>\n

1256
\n01:10:36,600 –> 01:10:41,300
\nIn Jesus Christ is to inspire us
\nto build our faith in him to <\/p>\n

1257
\n01:10:41,300 –> 01:10:44,800
\nmake us feel loved.
\nAnd it’s not a not to allow us <\/p>\n

1258
\n01:10:44,800 –> 01:10:48,100
\nto run.
\nAmok I must conclude by finally <\/p>\n

1259
\n01:10:48,100 –> 01:10:51,500
\nsaying that it all these verses
\ncome with a warning, which can <\/p>\n

1260
\n01:10:51,500 –> 01:10:54,800
\nbe summed up, simply by saying
\nour Liberty in. <\/p>\n

1261
\n01:10:54,800 –> 01:10:58,600
\nJesus Christ cannot breed
\nlicense to do whatever we want <\/p>\n

1262
\n01:10:58,600 –> 01:11:01,600
\nin our own eyes.
\nWe cannot say that we’re led by <\/p>\n

1263
\n01:11:01,600 –> 01:11:05,800
\nthe spirit and do unseemly.
\nThings, can we lose the kingdom?<\/p>\n

1264
\n01:11:06,000 –> 01:11:07,600
\nOf course, we can lose the
\nkingdom. <\/p>\n

1265
\n01:11:08,200 –> 01:11:11,500
\nHow well, what we do is we
\ninvert the truth. <\/p>\n

1266
\n01:11:11,500 –> 01:11:15,500
\nIn other words, what we do is we
\nstop believing In some kind of <\/p>\n

1267
\n01:11:15,500 –> 01:11:17,900
\nstrange sense.
\nIt’s kind of weird to think <\/p>\n

1268
\n01:11:17,900 –> 01:11:21,000
\nabout how we can disqualify
\nourselves from the kingdom and <\/p>\n

1269
\n01:11:21,000 –> 01:11:24,000
\nto be clear, the Bible doesn’t
\nexactly explain how that <\/p>\n

1270
\n01:11:24,000 –> 01:11:26,000
\nhappens.
\nOther to Simply identify <\/p>\n

1271
\n01:11:26,000 –> 01:11:27,800
\nbehaviors.
\nThat reveal a mine that stop <\/p>\n

1272
\n01:11:27,800 –> 01:11:31,500
\nbelieving for example, in First
\nCorinthians 6:9 and 10, it says <\/p>\n

1273
\n01:11:32,400 –> 01:11:35,200
\nknow, ye not that the
\nunrighteous shall not inherit <\/p>\n

1274
\n01:11:35,200 –> 01:11:38,800
\nthe kingdom of God.
\nYou see if righteousness by <\/p>\n

1275
\n01:11:38,800 –> 01:11:42,400
\nfaith, while the unrighteous are
\nnot believing anymore. <\/p>\n

1276
\n01:11:42,700 –> 01:11:45,100
\nAnd so we get the description of
\nthe actions of the faithless. <\/p>\n

1277
\n01:11:45,100 –> 01:11:48,400
\nMind, when Paul says, be not
\ndeceived, neither fornicators, <\/p>\n

1278
\n01:11:48,500 –> 01:11:52,500
\nnor idolaters nor adulterers nor
\neffeminate nor abusers of <\/p>\n

1279
\n01:11:52,500 –> 01:11:55,200
\nthemselves.
\nWith mankind, nor thieves nor <\/p>\n

1280
\n01:11:55,200 –> 01:11:58,900
\nCovetous, nor drunkards, nor
\nrevilers nor extortioners, they <\/p>\n

1281
\n01:11:58,900 –> 01:12:01,000
\nwill not inherit the kingdom of
\nGod. <\/p>\n

1282
\n01:12:01,600 –> 01:12:05,300
\nGalatians 5:19, and 20 says, a
\nsimilar thing and it outlines <\/p>\n

1283
\n01:12:05,300 –> 01:12:08,400
\nthe mind of unbelief where it
\nsays, Now the works of the flesh<\/p>\n

1284
\n01:12:08,400 –> 01:12:11,500
\nare manifest which are these
\nadultery fornication, <\/p>\n

1285
\n01:12:11,500 –> 01:12:15,300
\nuncleanness lasciviousness
\nidolatry, witchcraft hatred <\/p>\n

1286
\n01:12:15,300 –> 01:12:19,500
\nvariance, Emulsion emulations
\nwrath Strife, seditions <\/p>\n

1287
\n01:12:19,500 –> 01:12:22,500
\nheresies, envyings murders,
\ndrunkenness revellings and such,<\/p>\n

1288
\n01:12:22,500 –> 01:12:26,500
\nlike of which I tell you before,
\nas I’ve told you in past times <\/p>\n

1289
\n01:12:26,800 –> 01:12:29,700
\nthat they, which do such things
\nshall not inherit the kingdom of<\/p>\n

1290
\n01:12:29,700 –> 01:12:33,100
\nGod.
\nPaul tells Timothy at the <\/p>\n

1291
\n01:12:33,100 –> 01:12:35,900
\nbeginning of his first letter
\nthat some haven’t held the faith<\/p>\n

1292
\n01:12:35,900 –> 01:12:37,600
\nin kept it kept a clean
\nconscience. <\/p>\n

1293
\n01:12:37,900 –> 01:12:40,600
\nIn fact, some have put away
\nthose things which have <\/p>\n

1294
\n01:12:40,600 –> 01:12:42,600
\nShipwrecked or destroyed their
\nfaith. <\/p>\n

1295
\n01:12:42,900 –> 01:12:46,100
\nIf you read the letter to Jude,
\nfor example you’ll see that he’s<\/p>\n

1296
\n01:12:46,100 –> 01:12:48,600
\nusing a very similar metaphor to
\nparaphrase. <\/p>\n

1297
\n01:12:48,600 –> 01:12:51,700
\nHe says, some not only have
\nturned from the one true Faith, <\/p>\n

1298
\n01:12:51,700 –> 01:12:53,900
\nbut they have also stopped
\nhaving faith. <\/p>\n

1299
\n01:12:53,900 –> 01:12:58,700
\nThey’ve stopped believing and so
\nhis exhortation is not only to <\/p>\n

1300
\n01:12:58,700 –> 01:13:01,500
\ncontend earnestly for the faith
\nthat was once delivered to The <\/p>\n

1301
\n01:13:01,500 –> 01:13:06,100
\nSaints, but it but in verse 20
\nit says, but you beloved <\/p>\n

1302
\n01:13:06,100 –> 01:13:09,000
\nbuilding yourself up in your
\nMost Holy Faith. <\/p>\n

1303
\n01:13:09,300 –> 01:13:12,300
\nPraying in the Holy Spirit and
\nkeep sight of the love of God, <\/p>\n

1304
\n01:13:12,400 –> 01:13:15,600
\nwhich he has for you.
\nAnd so, what’s the point? <\/p>\n

1305
\n01:13:16,000 –> 01:13:19,900
\nThe point is that we cannot the
\npoint is that we cannot wonder <\/p>\n

1306
\n01:13:19,900 –> 01:13:24,000
\nwhat God thinks of us once were
\nwe cannot let God’s God’s what <\/p>\n

1307
\n01:13:24,000 –> 01:13:26,400
\nGod thinks of us.
\nBreed complacency like it did in<\/p>\n

1308
\n01:13:26,400 –> 01:13:30,000
\nthose who said off, we have
\nAbraham as our father, but <\/p>\n

1309
\n01:13:30,000 –> 01:13:32,500
\nrather the point.
\nPoint is that it’s supposed to <\/p>\n

1310
\n01:13:32,500 –> 01:13:36,200
\ninspire us and motivate us to
\nlove each other and to love our <\/p>\n

1311
\n01:13:36,200 –> 01:13:39,800
\nGod is he is for shown us but
\nbrothers and sisters let us <\/p>\n

1312
\n01:13:39,800 –> 01:13:42,400
\nnever forget that our God is a
\nconsuming fire. <\/p>\n

1313
\n01:13:43,400 –> 01:13:46,400
\nNow what I want to do with our
\ntime together is I want to show <\/p>\n

1314
\n01:13:46,400 –> 01:13:48,300
\nyou that there is every reason
\nto believe that God is <\/p>\n

1315
\n01:13:48,300 –> 01:13:51,300
\nintimately involved in every
\ndetail of our lives and that he <\/p>\n

1316
\n01:13:51,300 –> 01:13:54,800
\ncares for us and that the way
\nyou and I should respond, daily <\/p>\n

1317
\n01:13:55,100 –> 01:13:58,600
\nis in faith.
\nSo what we going to do next is <\/p>\n

1318
\n01:13:58,600 –> 01:14:02,000
\nwe’re going to spend a little
\nbit of time, looking at the <\/p>\n

1319
\n01:14:02,000 –> 01:14:05,200
\nThorns to our faith and then, I
\ndon’t believe there’s going to <\/p>\n

1320
\n01:14:05,208 –> 01:14:08,200
\nbe enough time.
\nSadly to look at ways in which <\/p>\n

1321
\n01:14:08,200 –> 01:14:11,700
\nGod grows our faith and ways in,
\nwhich we can increase our faith,<\/p>\n

1322
\n01:14:12,100 –> 01:14:13,100
\nLord willing.
\nThose are things. <\/p>\n

1323
\n01:14:13,100 –> 01:14:18,700
\nWe’ll do tomorrow morning.
\nSo, here is the learning <\/p>\n

1324
\n01:14:18,700 –> 01:14:20,200
\nattention.
\nWe’ve talked about this, which <\/p>\n

1325
\n01:14:20,200 –> 01:14:21,800
\nis kind of move through this
\nquickly. <\/p>\n

1326
\n01:14:21,800 –> 01:14:24,500
\nWe’ve talked about the
\nimportance of Faith. <\/p>\n

1327
\n01:14:24,700 –> 01:14:28,000
\nWe’ve talked about what faith
\nactually is, it’s our thoughts, <\/p>\n

1328
\n01:14:28,300 –> 01:14:31,300
\nwhich have substance, we talked
\nabout the getting the root of <\/p>\n

1329
\n01:14:31,300 –> 01:14:33,100
\nthe tree, right?
\nWhich is our faith. <\/p>\n

1330
\n01:14:34,400 –> 01:14:38,000
\nAnd we’ve talked about not
\nsimply just working on fruit and<\/p>\n

1331
\n01:14:38,000 –> 01:14:41,700
\nwondering why it’s not there.
\nAnd we are now going to spend a <\/p>\n

1332
\n01:14:41,708 –> 01:14:43,700
\nlittle bit of time.
\nTalking about what limits our <\/p>\n

1333
\n01:14:43,700 –> 01:14:45,100
\nfaith.
\nHere’s just an overview of <\/p>\n

1334
\n01:14:45,100 –> 01:14:46,600
\nwhat’s going to come tomorrow,
\nLord willing. <\/p>\n

1335
\n01:14:46,800 –> 01:14:49,400
\nHow does God generate or
\nincrease our faith? <\/p>\n

1336
\n01:14:49,800 –> 01:14:51,200
\nAnd then we’ll spend there’s a
\nlot. <\/p>\n

1337
\n01:14:51,700 –> 01:14:53,800
\nNot sure how we’ll get through
\nit, but we’ll do our best by <\/p>\n

1338
\n01:14:53,800 –> 01:14:57,100
\nGod’s grace, and we’ll look at
\nhow we can increase our faith. <\/p>\n

1339
\n01:14:57,400 –> 01:15:00,500
\nSo, so what limits faith, and I,
\nwe talked about this from the <\/p>\n

1340
\n01:15:00,500 –> 01:15:02,900
\nvery beginning, the degree to,
\nwhich you believe that God is <\/p>\n

1341
\n01:15:02,900 –> 01:15:06,200
\nactive and present in your life,
\nhas a profound impact on your <\/p>\n

1342
\n01:15:06,200 –> 01:15:09,900
\nfaith, the angel of the Lord
\nencamps around round about those<\/p>\n

1343
\n01:15:10,000 –> 01:15:16,100
\nthat fear him and he delivers
\nthem No, I asked you to do some <\/p>\n

1344
\n01:15:16,100 –> 01:15:19,200
\nhomework and it’s something that
\nI hope you’ll do after. <\/p>\n

1345
\n01:15:19,200 –> 01:15:24,300
\nWe spent some time together this
\nweekend, it’s a challenge, it’s <\/p>\n

1346
\n01:15:24,300 –> 01:15:26,100
\na challenge to make these things
\ntangible. <\/p>\n

1347
\n01:15:26,100 –> 01:15:29,100
\nAnd that’s what the homework is
\ndesigned to try to do and it <\/p>\n

1348
\n01:15:29,100 –> 01:15:33,400
\nhelps to ask a few questions.
\nFor example, can you suspend <\/p>\n

1349
\n01:15:33,400 –> 01:15:36,500
\nyour disbelief for two weeks and
\ntry to believe that God is in <\/p>\n

1350
\n01:15:36,500 –> 01:15:38,200
\neverything?
\nBut that he’s permitting <\/p>\n

1351
\n01:15:38,200 –> 01:15:41,200
\neverything into your life when
\nsomething good comes in your <\/p>\n

1352
\n01:15:41,200 –> 01:15:42,800
\nlife.
\nDo you think out immediately <\/p>\n

1353
\n01:15:43,300 –> 01:15:45,400
\nSomething challenging occurs
\nwill you think to yourself? <\/p>\n

1354
\n01:15:45,400 –> 01:15:49,800
\nWell, this is about developing
\nmy faith my connection in God in<\/p>\n

1355
\n01:15:49,800 –> 01:15:53,300
\nsharing this stuff previously.
\nSome have thought that the <\/p>\n

1356
\n01:15:53,300 –> 01:15:56,500
\nhomework was try to was to try
\nto figure out how God is in <\/p>\n

1357
\n01:15:56,500 –> 01:16:00,700
\neverything and and I wish in the
\npast that I had made the <\/p>\n

1358
\n01:16:00,700 –> 01:16:03,300
\nhomework more clear.
\nIt’s very, very difficult to <\/p>\n

1359
\n01:16:03,300 –> 01:16:06,400
\nunderstand how God is involved
\nin everything even though it’s <\/p>\n

1360
\n01:16:06,400 –> 01:16:08,700
\nsomething that we’re all
\nnaturally curious about you. <\/p>\n

1361
\n01:16:08,700 –> 01:16:10,300
\nRemember that?
\nThat was the Virgin. <\/p>\n

1362
\n01:16:10,300 –> 01:16:12,800
\nMary’s question he respected of
\nher. <\/p>\n

1363
\n01:16:13,000 –> 01:16:15,500
\nThief.
\nShe said, how shall this be <\/p>\n

1364
\n01:16:15,500 –> 01:16:18,100
\nseeing that?
\nI know not a man, you see, <\/p>\n

1365
\n01:16:18,100 –> 01:16:21,000
\nrarely do we get to understand
\nhow it is that God works <\/p>\n

1366
\n01:16:21,300 –> 01:16:22,900
\ninstead.
\nOur attention must first be <\/p>\n

1367
\n01:16:22,900 –> 01:16:25,400
\nplaced in the fact that he is
\nworking in every aspect of our <\/p>\n

1368
\n01:16:25,400 –> 01:16:29,800
\nlives.
\nSo just to clarify, it’s not the<\/p>\n

1369
\n01:16:29,800 –> 01:16:32,700
\npoint of the homework to try and
\nfigure out how God’s working. <\/p>\n

1370
\n01:16:33,900 –> 01:16:37,600
\nIt’s just to believe that he is.
\nThe goal of the homework, is to <\/p>\n

1371
\n01:16:37,600 –> 01:16:40,800
\ndevelop a mindset which always
\naffirms that that, which is <\/p>\n

1372
\n01:16:40,800 –> 01:16:43,400
\ngoing on right now.
\nWhatever it may be in my My life<\/p>\n

1373
\n01:16:43,400 –> 01:16:46,400
\nnot only is God aware of but
\nthat he’s permitted to happen <\/p>\n

1374
\n01:16:46,400 –> 01:16:49,100
\nfor the sole purpose of
\ndeepening my connection to him <\/p>\n

1375
\n01:16:49,600 –> 01:16:51,900
\npart of the Great challenge,
\nespecially when it comes to <\/p>\n

1376
\n01:16:51,900 –> 01:16:54,000
\nFaith and suffering.
\nIs that our thoughts? <\/p>\n

1377
\n01:16:54,000 –> 01:16:56,100
\nGenerally go into one of two
\ndirections. <\/p>\n

1378
\n01:16:56,600 –> 01:17:00,600
\nOne, why is this happening to me
\nand two? <\/p>\n

1379
\n01:17:00,800 –> 01:17:03,800
\nHow is God in this?
\nIn other words, how is this <\/p>\n

1380
\n01:17:03,800 –> 01:17:06,600
\ngoing to work out?
\nI’ve spent time in both camps <\/p>\n

1381
\n01:17:06,600 –> 01:17:09,100
\nand I’ve tried that homework
\nbefore and it can be <\/p>\n

1382
\n01:17:09,100 –> 01:17:11,800
\ndisheartening for the simple
\nfact that we just don’t know how<\/p>\n

1383
\n01:17:11,800 –> 01:17:14,600
\nGod is working.
\nWe don’t know the path or the <\/p>\n

1384
\n01:17:14,600 –> 01:17:17,300
\nmeans the mechanisms, by which
\nhe works. <\/p>\n

1385
\n01:17:17,500 –> 01:17:19,700
\nWe simply have to have faith
\nthat he is working. <\/p>\n

1386
\n01:17:20,000 –> 01:17:21,300
\nNow, this isn’t just my
\nthoughts. <\/p>\n

1387
\n01:17:21,300 –> 01:17:25,000
\nThis is scriptural, when
\nperplexed about, how about how a<\/p>\n

1388
\n01:17:25,000 –> 01:17:28,900
\nman could be reborn Nicodemus
\nwas not told the process, by <\/p>\n

1389
\n01:17:28,900 –> 01:17:32,300
\nwhich the ministering spirits of
\nthe Angels, bring a man to lay <\/p>\n

1390
\n01:17:32,300 –> 01:17:36,400
\ndown his life, symbolically in
\nbaptism, and be reborn, but he <\/p>\n

1391
\n01:17:36,400 –> 01:17:39,300
\nwas required to have faith.
\nThat God could do it, and that <\/p>\n

1392
\n01:17:39,300 –> 01:17:40,600
\nGod could remake.
\nA man. <\/p>\n

1393
\n01:17:40,600 –> 01:17:44,200
\nAfter the spirit, Jesus said to
\nme, Adem\u00e1s, the wind blows, <\/p>\n

1394
\n01:17:44,200 –> 01:17:47,300
\nwhere it listed and you hear the
\nsound thereof, but you cannot <\/p>\n

1395
\n01:17:47,300 –> 01:17:49,200
\ntell from whence.
\nIt comes with her. <\/p>\n

1396
\n01:17:49,200 –> 01:17:51,400
\nIt goes.
\nSo is every one that is born of <\/p>\n

1397
\n01:17:51,400 –> 01:17:55,900
\nthe spirit.
\nNow, very simple way of making <\/p>\n

1398
\n01:17:55,900 –> 01:18:00,100
\nthis this practical and viewing
\neyes through the life of Faith. <\/p>\n

1399
\n01:18:00,600 –> 01:18:03,400
\nCame to me from a close friend
\nand a brother. <\/p>\n

1400
\n01:18:03,800 –> 01:18:08,300
\nAnd he said, he said that when
\nyou go to a Bible school or a <\/p>\n

1401
\n01:18:08,300 –> 01:18:11,200
\nsteady weekend or a special
\neffort or that kind of thing <\/p>\n

1402
\n01:18:11,500 –> 01:18:14,100
\nthat God will bring into your
\nlife, the very principles that <\/p>\n

1403
\n01:18:14,100 –> 01:18:16,800
\nyou are just learning about and
\nhe said that this would happen <\/p>\n

1404
\n01:18:16,800 –> 01:18:20,800
\nwithin 48 Hours of the
\ncompletion of the study and that<\/p>\n

1405
\n01:18:20,800 –> 01:18:23,700
\nthe point of God doing.
\nSo in bringing this into into <\/p>\n

1406
\n01:18:23,700 –> 01:18:27,000
\nour Green’s is to move our
\nunderstanding from ideas and <\/p>\n

1407
\n01:18:27,000 –> 01:18:31,100
\nTheory to the experiential to
\nwhere you actually experience <\/p>\n

1408
\n01:18:31,100 –> 01:18:32,700
\nit.
\nYou see when you experience a <\/p>\n

1409
\n01:18:32,700 –> 01:18:36,400
\nlesson, you don’t forget it but
\nif you hear it well you tend to <\/p>\n

1410
\n01:18:36,400 –> 01:18:40,400
\nforget 90% of what we hear.
\nSo I believe that this is akin <\/p>\n

1411
\n01:18:40,400 –> 01:18:43,200
\nto what the Bible talks about is
\nenacted Parable. <\/p>\n

1412
\n01:18:43,700 –> 01:18:47,600
\nYou see, at some point in our
\nlives, we have to go through <\/p>\n

1413
\n01:18:47,600 –> 01:18:50,800
\nsomething that God is going
\nthrough himself, or what his son<\/p>\n

1414
\n01:18:50,800 –> 01:18:53,400
\nhas experienced.
\nAnd the reason that we do so, is<\/p>\n

1415
\n01:18:53,400 –> 01:18:55,100
\nthat we have a better.
\nOur understanding of his <\/p>\n

1416
\n01:18:55,100 –> 01:18:58,300
\nfeelings and his point of view,
\nthe prophets in the Old <\/p>\n

1417
\n01:18:58,300 –> 01:19:00,900
\nTestament, went through this
\nsort of experience to grow their<\/p>\n

1418
\n01:19:00,900 –> 01:19:04,200
\nfaith and their connection.
\nAnd so also, the God’s people <\/p>\n

1419
\n01:19:04,200 –> 01:19:07,600
\nmight recognize the principles
\nin the ways of God manifest in <\/p>\n

1420
\n01:19:07,600 –> 01:19:11,000
\nthe Physical Realm, in short,
\nand acted parables are a <\/p>\n

1421
\n01:19:11,008 –> 01:19:14,300
\nteaching Aid now.
\nNow the skeptic in us would say <\/p>\n

1422
\n01:19:14,300 –> 01:19:17,900
\nthat well, that just becomes a
\nself-fulfilling prophecy to to a<\/p>\n

1423
\n01:19:17,900 –> 01:19:20,000
\nhammer.
\nEverything looks like a nail. <\/p>\n

1424
\n01:19:20,000 –> 01:19:23,300
\nOnce you have that perspective
\nin mind once you’ve got those <\/p>\n

1425
\n01:19:23,300 –> 01:19:26,000
\nBible principles, Rules in mind,
\nyou’re bound to see them <\/p>\n

1426
\n01:19:26,000 –> 01:19:29,600
\ntranspire because you’re simply
\nthinking about them, you’ve put <\/p>\n

1427
\n01:19:29,600 –> 01:19:32,400
\non those sorts of glasses and
\ntherefore, the world can’t help.<\/p>\n

1428
\n01:19:32,400 –> 01:19:36,700
\nBut look the way you expected.
\nWell, I’m at the persuasion that<\/p>\n

1429
\n01:19:36,700 –> 01:19:40,200
\nGod is active and that he’s
\npresent in our lives and it’s <\/p>\n

1430
\n01:19:40,200 –> 01:19:43,300
\nhis work to draw us closer to
\nhim and that he’s preparing us <\/p>\n

1431
\n01:19:43,300 –> 01:19:46,000
\nfor the kingdom.
\nI believe that those Myriad of <\/p>\n

1432
\n01:19:46,000 –> 01:19:49,600
\nangels are actually working and
\nworking diligently to bring us <\/p>\n

1433
\n01:19:49,600 –> 01:19:53,000
\nto Salvation and not that we’re
\ncreating coincidence because the<\/p>\n

1434
\n01:19:53,000 –> 01:19:56,300
\ncoincidence is because we simply
\nwant to see them, but you can <\/p>\n

1435
\n01:19:56,300 –> 01:20:01,800
\ntest that out for yourself.
\nWhen I want to look at next is <\/p>\n

1436
\n01:20:01,900 –> 01:20:06,000
\nwhat limits our faith?
\nIn spending some time on this <\/p>\n

1437
\n01:20:06,000 –> 01:20:09,300
\ntopic, I’ve come to conclude
\nthat what you and I think about <\/p>\n

1438
\n01:20:09,300 –> 01:20:12,000
\nthe level of God’s involvement
\ninvolvement in our lives. <\/p>\n

1439
\n01:20:12,000 –> 01:20:15,400
\nHas a profound effect on whether
\nour faith grows, whether it <\/p>\n

1440
\n01:20:15,400 –> 01:20:17,200
\nstays the same or whether it
\nshrinks back. <\/p>\n

1441
\n01:20:17,200 –> 01:20:20,600
\nIn other words, the degree to
\nwhich we believe God is active <\/p>\n

1442
\n01:20:20,600 –> 01:20:23,000
\nand present.
\nOur life has an enormous impact <\/p>\n

1443
\n01:20:23,000 –> 01:20:24,800
\non our faith.
\nAnd we’ve gone over some of <\/p>\n

1444
\n01:20:24,800 –> 01:20:28,300
\nthese scriptures already.
\nLet me just fast forward a <\/p>\n

1445
\n01:20:28,308 –> 01:20:30,900
\nlittle bit here in my notes for
\nthe sake of time. <\/p>\n

1446
\n01:20:32,300 –> 01:20:33,900
\nLet’s take a look at this first
\none. <\/p>\n

1447
\n01:20:35,000 –> 01:20:37,600
\nOne of the great Thorns to our
\nfaith is fear. <\/p>\n

1448
\n01:20:37,900 –> 01:20:40,300
\nAlthough I don’t think it’s the
\nopposite of faith. <\/p>\n

1449
\n01:20:40,600 –> 01:20:44,300
\nI think pride is the opposite of
\nFaith, but fear is a great <\/p>\n

1450
\n01:20:44,300 –> 01:20:48,000
\ndetriment to our faith.
\nWhat really prevents us from <\/p>\n

1451
\n01:20:48,000 –> 01:20:51,200
\ngrowing in faith and drawing
\ncloser to God is fear fear in <\/p>\n

1452
\n01:20:51,300 –> 01:20:54,700
\nall its many forms and varieties
\nexcept for Godly fear, which is <\/p>\n

1453
\n01:20:54,700 –> 01:20:57,700
\nreverence.
\nAnd so we read in first John 4 <\/p>\n

1454
\n01:20:57,700 –> 01:21:00,900
\nverse 18, the young, the
\ninstruction of how to overcome <\/p>\n

1455
\n01:21:00,900 –> 01:21:04,300
\nfear and that is to think deeply
\nover and over again. <\/p>\n

1456
\n01:21:04,800 –> 01:21:09,000
\nWhat about God’s love for us?
\nYou see, John says, there is no <\/p>\n

1457
\n01:21:09,000 –> 01:21:14,200
\nfear in love, but perfect love
\ncasts out fear because fear has <\/p>\n

1458
\n01:21:14,200 –> 01:21:17,400
\ntorment.
\nHe that feareth is not made <\/p>\n

1459
\n01:21:17,400 –> 01:21:20,700
\nperfect in love.
\nNotice that John doesn’t say <\/p>\n

1460
\n01:21:21,100 –> 01:21:23,400
\nbecause, you know, that God’s
\nloving you will never fear. <\/p>\n

1461
\n01:21:23,400 –> 01:21:27,800
\nAgain, it’s not what God is
\nasking or expecting when Daniel <\/p>\n

1462
\n01:21:27,800 –> 01:21:30,400
\nwas thrown into the lions den,
\ndid he fear? <\/p>\n

1463
\n01:21:30,900 –> 01:21:33,900
\nOf course he did.
\nHe was human but his faith in <\/p>\n

1464
\n01:21:33,900 –> 01:21:37,600
\nGod was so Developed that.
\nIt overcame, his fear and the <\/p>\n

1465
\n01:21:37,600 –> 01:21:41,500
\nangel that encamped around him,
\nshut the mouth of the Lions, to <\/p>\n

1466
\n01:21:41,500 –> 01:21:44,800
\nthe honor in the glory of God,
\nand to the development of <\/p>\n

1467
\n01:21:45,000 –> 01:21:48,100
\npsoriasis, the Kings faith and
\nthe faith of countless others, <\/p>\n

1468
\n01:21:48,900 –> 01:21:51,200
\nbut it’s about faith overcoming
\nfear. <\/p>\n

1469
\n01:21:51,400 –> 01:21:54,800
\nIt’s not that we won’t feel
\nafraid or doubtful her, or <\/p>\n

1470
\n01:21:54,800 –> 01:21:58,400
\nstressed out.
\nAnd so, what we’re learning is, <\/p>\n

1471
\n01:21:58,600 –> 01:22:01,900
\nwe’re learning what to do when
\nwe feel that pointy edge of the <\/p>\n

1472
\n01:22:01,900 –> 01:22:07,100
\nthorn of fear and how it can
\npossibly We caused out. <\/p>\n

1473
\n01:22:07,400 –> 01:22:10,700
\nWhat do we do?
\nWhen we feel fear, what we pray?<\/p>\n

1474
\n01:22:11,100 –> 01:22:14,900
\nLord help my unbelief is Nathan
\ntalked to Nate talked about in <\/p>\n

1475
\n01:22:14,900 –> 01:22:18,600
\nhis prayer few minutes ago.
\nWe boldly say the Lord is my <\/p>\n

1476
\n01:22:18,600 –> 01:22:20,400
\nhelper.
\nI will not fear. <\/p>\n

1477
\n01:22:20,600 –> 01:22:23,700
\nWhat shall men do unto me?
\nThat’s in Hebrews, in the Psalms<\/p>\n

1478
\n01:22:23,700 –> 01:22:27,800
\nas well.
\nBecause we have not received the<\/p>\n

1479
\n01:22:27,808 –> 01:22:31,300
\nspirit of bondage again to fear
\nas Paul tells us in Romans 8. <\/p>\n

1480
\n01:22:31,700 –> 01:22:35,300
\nBut what do we do when we fear,
\nwe cry out to God, Abba? <\/p>\n

1481
\n01:22:35,300 –> 01:22:38,800
\nFather, which is exactly what we
\nsee in the example of the Lord <\/p>\n

1482
\n01:22:38,800 –> 01:22:41,100
\nJesus Christ.
\nWhen he suffered, he threatened <\/p>\n

1483
\n01:22:41,100 –> 01:22:43,900
\nnot but he committed himself to
\nhim. <\/p>\n

1484
\n01:22:43,900 –> 01:22:47,800
\nThat judgeth righteously, that’s
\nwhat faithful men and women did <\/p>\n

1485
\n01:22:47,800 –> 01:22:51,700
\nall throughout scripture.
\nThink of Moses and Joshua, who <\/p>\n

1486
\n01:22:51,700 –> 01:22:57,200
\nhad fear, think of Paul Hannah,
\nIs a bit thin Mary, there are <\/p>\n

1487
\n01:22:57,200 –> 01:23:01,500
\nnumerous passages in your notes
\nand your Bibles and examples of <\/p>\n

1488
\n01:23:01,500 –> 01:23:05,300
\nfaithful men and women, who when
\nthey were weak or made strong, <\/p>\n

1489
\n01:23:06,000 –> 01:23:08,900
\nwe see God doesn’t want us to
\nhave a spirit of fear, but of <\/p>\n

1490
\n01:23:08,900 –> 01:23:12,800
\npower, and of love, and of a
\nsound mind, that’s what Paul <\/p>\n

1491
\n01:23:12,800 –> 01:23:15,600
\ntold his son in the faith
\nTimothy, because Timothy, like, <\/p>\n

1492
\n01:23:15,600 –> 01:23:17,900
\nall of us had this had some fear
\nto get around. <\/p>\n

1493
\n01:23:19,000 –> 01:23:24,500
\nBut why is this in Luke 18 verse
\n70 for Zacharias after not <\/p>\n

1494
\n01:23:24,500 –> 01:23:27,200
\nspeaking for many months,
\nfinally breaks forth. <\/p>\n

1495
\n01:23:27,200 –> 01:23:30,500
\nAnd says that God is performing
\nthe oath that he has sworn to <\/p>\n

1496
\n01:23:30,500 –> 01:23:32,900
\nAbraham in the birth of the
\nMessiah. <\/p>\n

1497
\n01:23:33,200 –> 01:23:36,200
\nAnd so that we are delivered out
\nof the hands of our enemies. <\/p>\n

1498
\n01:23:36,400 –> 01:23:39,600
\nAnd we might serve god without
\nfear in Holiness and <\/p>\n

1499
\n01:23:39,600 –> 01:23:42,900
\nrighteousness, all the days of
\nour life, part of the reason <\/p>\n

1500
\n01:23:42,900 –> 01:23:45,800
\nthat Jesus Christ came was to
\nDeliver Us From Fear. <\/p>\n

1501
\n01:23:47,900 –> 01:23:52,400
\nNow a second Thorn to our faith
\nis believing untruths or lies <\/p>\n

1502
\n01:23:52,500 –> 01:23:54,300
\nand thus, the hardening of our
\nheart. <\/p>\n

1503
\n01:23:54,600 –> 01:23:57,700
\nThis is exactly what happened to
\nthe children of Israel after The<\/p>\n

1504
\n01:23:57,700 –> 01:24:00,600
\nExodus as they March through the
\nWilderness in unbelief. <\/p>\n

1505
\n01:24:00,900 –> 01:24:05,400
\nWe get this from a commentary in
\nPsalm, 81 in verses 11 and 12, <\/p>\n

1506
\n01:24:06,000 –> 01:24:09,500
\nbut my people would not hearken
\nunto my voice and Israel would <\/p>\n

1507
\n01:24:09,500 –> 01:24:12,100
\nhave none of me.
\nSo, I gave them unto their own <\/p>\n

1508
\n01:24:12,100 –> 01:24:15,400
\nhearts less, and they walked in
\ntheir own councils. <\/p>\n

1509
\n01:24:16,200 –> 01:24:18,900
\nYou may have heard it said
\nbefore that, that God loves us <\/p>\n

1510
\n01:24:18,900 –> 01:24:22,400
\ntoo much to force us into his
\nkingdom, that he will not take <\/p>\n

1511
\n01:24:22,400 –> 01:24:26,100
\naway our free will, if we
\nstubbornly and persistently and <\/p>\n

1512
\n01:24:26,100 –> 01:24:29,500
\ndefiantly choose to believe lies
\nor go our own way. <\/p>\n

1513
\n01:24:29,800 –> 01:24:32,700
\nGod will give us over to over to
\nthat mind for a season. <\/p>\n

1514
\n01:24:33,100 –> 01:24:35,400
\nI don’t believe that he
\ncompletely Cuts us off. <\/p>\n

1515
\n01:24:35,900 –> 01:24:38,700
\nBut he because he hasn’t
\ncompletely cut off his people. <\/p>\n

1516
\n01:24:38,700 –> 01:24:42,000
\nIsrael, despite all their
\nunbelief, but he will let us <\/p>\n

1517
\n01:24:42,000 –> 01:24:44,000
\ntaste the Folly of our own
\nchoices. <\/p>\n

1518
\n01:24:44,600 –> 01:24:45,800
\nWhy?
\nBecause he can use it as <\/p>\n

1519
\n01:24:46,000 –> 01:24:49,000
\nTeaching tool to recover ass
\nagain, it’s not the preferred <\/p>\n

1520
\n01:24:49,000 –> 01:24:51,800
\nway.
\nBut each of us at times like <\/p>\n

1521
\n01:24:51,800 –> 01:24:55,200
\nsheep have gone astray.
\nThe other problem with really, <\/p>\n

1522
\n01:24:55,300 –> 01:24:58,500
\nreally with believing the wrong
\nthings is is that it limits our <\/p>\n

1523
\n01:24:58,500 –> 01:25:01,700
\nspiritual growth.
\nNow, I’d like to believe that we<\/p>\n

1524
\n01:25:01,700 –> 01:25:03,900
\nas christadelphians as Bible
\nstudents. <\/p>\n

1525
\n01:25:03,900 –> 01:25:06,900
\nAnd as Seekers of Truth, have
\neverything perfect. <\/p>\n

1526
\n01:25:07,000 –> 01:25:09,000
\nBut I’d be surprised if that was
\nthe case. <\/p>\n

1527
\n01:25:09,300 –> 01:25:11,600
\nI don’t think for a moment that
\nI think that we have wrong <\/p>\n

1528
\n01:25:11,600 –> 01:25:13,500
\nDoctrine, I’m not talking about
\nthat. <\/p>\n

1529
\n01:25:14,500 –> 01:25:18,600
\nMy question is, what is so wrong
\nabout what is so bad about wrong<\/p>\n

1530
\n01:25:18,600 –> 01:25:21,100
\nbelief?
\nAnd what I think the answer that<\/p>\n

1531
\n01:25:21,100 –> 01:25:25,100
\nquestion is that wrong belief
\nstifles, your spiritual growth, <\/p>\n

1532
\n01:25:25,600 –> 01:25:29,100
\nwrong Doctrine limits, how much
\nyou can grow spiritually. <\/p>\n

1533
\n01:25:29,100 –> 01:25:32,700
\nLet me give you an example.
\nIf, for example, you absolutely <\/p>\n

1534
\n01:25:32,700 –> 01:25:35,900
\nbelieve that Jesus is God that
\nhe is the father that he is <\/p>\n

1535
\n01:25:35,900 –> 01:25:38,300
\nYahweh and he’s come down in the
\nform of a man. <\/p>\n

1536
\n01:25:38,700 –> 01:25:42,200
\nYou automatically are limited
\nand limited in your ability to <\/p>\n

1537
\n01:25:42,500 –> 01:25:46,800
\novercome the Tendencies of And
\nif you consciously or even <\/p>\n

1538
\n01:25:46,800 –> 01:25:50,100
\nsubconsciously believe this, you
\ncan’t help but think on some <\/p>\n

1539
\n01:25:50,100 –> 01:25:52,800
\nlevel that Jesus could do things
\nthat I could never do. <\/p>\n

1540
\n01:25:53,000 –> 01:25:57,200
\nHe was God on Earth, he was
\nabove Temptation, he was unable <\/p>\n

1541
\n01:25:57,200 –> 01:25:59,400
\nto sin.
\nIn fact he could never really <\/p>\n

1542
\n01:25:59,400 –> 01:26:02,200
\ndie.
\nHe see the whole method that God<\/p>\n

1543
\n01:26:02,200 –> 01:26:05,600
\nhas given us to overcome that
\nhas been shown to us in. <\/p>\n

1544
\n01:26:05,600 –> 01:26:11,000
\nJesus Christ is null and void.
\nAnd so what Christ did is he <\/p>\n

1545
\n01:26:11,000 –> 01:26:13,400
\nlooked to the father and that’s
\nthe method that you and I are <\/p>\n

1546
\n01:26:13,400 –> 01:26:15,700
\nsupposed to do.
\nBut if you believe that Jesus is<\/p>\n

1547
\n01:26:15,700 –> 01:26:19,600
\nGod, that whole method for
\novercoming Temptation and sin <\/p>\n

1548
\n01:26:20,600 –> 01:26:22,300
\ndoesn’t really exist in your
\nmind. <\/p>\n

1549
\n01:26:23,200 –> 01:26:26,500
\nIf you understand that he was in
\nfact in all points tempted as we<\/p>\n

1550
\n01:26:26,500 –> 01:26:29,500
\nare, then you learn that, he
\novercame sin and you learn the <\/p>\n

1551
\n01:26:29,500 –> 01:26:33,400
\nmethod and how he did that, and
\nand you can use the same method.<\/p>\n

1552
\n01:26:33,700 –> 01:26:36,100
\nIt’s the same with the, the
\nsupernet, the doctrine of the <\/p>\n

1553
\n01:26:36,100 –> 01:26:38,300
\nsupernatural.
\nDevil, if you believe that God <\/p>\n

1554
\n01:26:38,300 –> 01:26:42,100
\nhas allowed a supernatural being
\nto run around and wreak havoc on<\/p>\n

1555
\n01:26:42,100 –> 01:26:44,900
\nGod’s Earth on some level, you
\ncan’t help. <\/p>\n

1556
\n01:26:44,900 –> 01:26:47,300
\nBut wonder how much does this
\nGod loved me. <\/p>\n

1557
\n01:26:47,900 –> 01:26:50,600
\nThe question that you that
\nquestion subconsciously? <\/p>\n

1558
\n01:26:50,600 –> 01:26:52,400
\nErodes your relationship with
\nGod. <\/p>\n

1559
\n01:26:52,800 –> 01:26:54,200
\nWhy?
\nDo you like this being do this? <\/p>\n

1560
\n01:26:54,200 –> 01:26:59,000
\nTo me is God really in control,
\nbut if you know that the devil <\/p>\n

1561
\n01:26:59,000 –> 01:27:01,900
\nin the Bible is human nature and
\nthat’s what we’re fighting <\/p>\n

1562
\n01:27:01,900 –> 01:27:04,800
\nagainst in ourselves.
\nNot just in the government and <\/p>\n

1563
\n01:27:04,800 –> 01:27:07,800
\nin society in high places, but
\nthe age in which we live and in <\/p>\n

1564
\n01:27:07,800 –> 01:27:11,200
\nourselves, you know, what you’re
\nbattling and you can learn <\/p>\n

1565
\n01:27:11,200 –> 01:27:13,200
\nmethods for overcoming and God’s
\nstrength. <\/p>\n

1566
\n01:27:13,200 –> 01:27:16,000
\nIf you don’t know this, well,
\nyou’re fighting a losing battle <\/p>\n

1567
\n01:27:16,200 –> 01:27:18,500
\nand your relationship with the
\nLiving God suffers because <\/p>\n

1568
\n01:27:18,500 –> 01:27:22,000
\nyou’re believing a lie.
\nThe problem with believing lies <\/p>\n

1569
\n01:27:22,000 –> 01:27:24,600
\nand untruth, is it limits your
\nspiritual growth? <\/p>\n

1570
\n01:27:26,400 –> 01:27:29,800
\nAnother Thorn.
\nTo our faith is our lack of <\/p>\n

1571
\n01:27:29,800 –> 01:27:33,100
\nperception and this I believe is
\none of the expressed purposes of<\/p>\n

1572
\n01:27:33,100 –> 01:27:36,700
\nreading God’s word daily, by
\ndoing the Bible readings makes <\/p>\n

1573
\n01:27:36,700 –> 01:27:41,000
\nus as Brian Styles would say
\nmore God, conscious, the range <\/p>\n

1574
\n01:27:41,000 –> 01:27:43,800
\nof what we think and do is
\nlimited by what we fail to <\/p>\n

1575
\n01:27:43,800 –> 01:27:45,900
\nnotice.
\nWe need to become more aware. <\/p>\n

1576
\n01:27:46,200 –> 01:27:49,400
\nWe can’t help or even pray about
\nthat, which we don’t know. <\/p>\n

1577
\n01:27:49,900 –> 01:27:52,700
\nAnd We know about things because
\nof the phone tree or because of <\/p>\n

1578
\n01:27:52,700 –> 01:27:55,900
\nFacebook or gossip.
\nNo, we have to learn how to be <\/p>\n

1579
\n01:27:55,900 –> 01:27:57,800
\nperceptive to the needs of
\nothers. <\/p>\n

1580
\n01:27:58,100 –> 01:28:01,000
\nAnd moreover we have to be
\nperceptive to the hand of God in<\/p>\n

1581
\n01:28:01,000 –> 01:28:03,800
\nour lives.
\nAnd so one of the conclusions, <\/p>\n

1582
\n01:28:03,800 –> 01:28:07,500
\nthe writer of the Hebrews draws
\nand chapter 13 as he draws our <\/p>\n

1583
\n01:28:07,500 –> 01:28:12,200
\nawareness to, it says in verse
\n22, but you are coming to Mount <\/p>\n

1584
\n01:28:12,200 –> 01:28:15,600
\nZion and to the city of the
\nLiving God and the Heavenly <\/p>\n

1585
\n01:28:15,600 –> 01:28:19,200
\nJerusalem and to an innumerable
\ncompany of angels, He wants us <\/p>\n

1586
\n01:28:19,200 –> 01:28:21,300
\nto be aware of this.
\nIs he says you have come to the <\/p>\n

1587
\n01:28:21,300 –> 01:28:24,600
\ngeneral assembly of the
\nEcclesia, the firstborn which <\/p>\n

1588
\n01:28:24,600 –> 01:28:27,400
\nare whose names are written in
\nheaven, you were coming to the <\/p>\n

1589
\n01:28:27,400 –> 01:28:31,700
\ngod to God, the judge of all the
\nearth into this, the spirits of <\/p>\n

1590
\n01:28:31,700 –> 01:28:34,700
\njust men made perfect and to
\nJesus Christ, the mediator of <\/p>\n

1591
\n01:28:34,700 –> 01:28:37,500
\nthe New Covenant and yet much of
\nthe time we don’t perceive it <\/p>\n

1592
\n01:28:37,500 –> 01:28:40,900
\nwe’re not aware of it.
\nIf we want to grow in faith we <\/p>\n

1593
\n01:28:40,900 –> 01:28:46,100
\nhave to grow in awareness.
\nAnother Thorn to our faith into <\/p>\n

1594
\n01:28:46,100 –> 01:28:50,200
\nthe growth and development of it
\nis pride and arrogancy her <\/p>\n

1595
\n01:28:50,200 –> 01:28:54,400
\narrogance and really self-will.
\nAnd this goes hand-in-hand with <\/p>\n

1596
\n01:28:54,400 –> 01:28:56,400
\nanother potential Thorn.
\nWhich we’ll talk about in a <\/p>\n

1597
\n01:28:56,407 –> 01:28:59,300
\nminute of having too much
\nability and relying on one <\/p>\n

1598
\n01:28:59,300 –> 01:29:01,500
\nstrength.
\nBut here’s the classic scripture<\/p>\n

1599
\n01:29:01,500 –> 01:29:06,900
\nfor this one, Paul Proverbs 8,
\n16 Verse 18 Pride goes before <\/p>\n

1600
\n01:29:06,900 –> 01:29:10,400
\ndestruction and a haughty spirit
\nbefore a fall, you know that <\/p>\n

1601
\n01:29:10,400 –> 01:29:13,100
\nit’s the pride of life that is
\none of the gateways of sin that <\/p>\n

1602
\n01:29:13,100 –> 01:29:16,500
\nwe Have to be aware of.
\nYou can also review the pride of<\/p>\n

1603
\n01:29:16,500 –> 01:29:20,700
\nNebuchadnezzar in Daniel for and
\neven in Romans the pride of the <\/p>\n

1604
\n01:29:20,708 –> 01:29:25,100
\nGentiles from the respect to the
\nJews to see how pride is the <\/p>\n

1605
\n01:29:25,100 –> 01:29:27,900
\ngreat enemy of faith.
\nWe tend to think it’s fear that <\/p>\n

1606
\n01:29:27,900 –> 01:29:29,900
\nthe enemy of Faith but really
\nit’s Pride. <\/p>\n

1607
\n01:29:30,600 –> 01:29:36,800
\nNevertheless, these are thorns
\nThe next one and I’d like you to<\/p>\n

1608
\n01:29:36,800 –> 01:29:42,100
\nturn up a queasy astiz 9 verse
\n11 Ecclesiastes. 911 with me. <\/p>\n

1609
\n01:29:44,400 –> 01:29:47,200
\nNow, when we analyze the idea
\nthat God is intimately involved <\/p>\n

1610
\n01:29:47,200 –> 01:29:49,800
\nin the life of his Covenant
\npeople, either by creating <\/p>\n

1611
\n01:29:49,800 –> 01:29:53,800
\nscenarios or allowing scenarios
\ninto our life to grow our faith.<\/p>\n

1612
\n01:29:54,400 –> 01:29:57,700
\nMany brothers and sisters will
\nautomatically bring up this <\/p>\n

1613
\n01:29:57,700 –> 01:30:01,500
\nverse in Ecclesiastes 911.
\nSo we got to go there and have a<\/p>\n

1614
\n01:30:01,508 –> 01:30:04,200
\nlook.
\nYou’ll probably know it well or <\/p>\n

1615
\n01:30:04,200 –> 01:30:08,000
\nat least part of this verse.
\nWell, the part that says time <\/p>\n

1616
\n01:30:08,000 –> 01:30:11,600
\nand chance happens to all men
\nbut what about the rest of the <\/p>\n

1617
\n01:30:11,600 –> 01:30:14,700
\nverse?
\nWhat’s the context about You see<\/p>\n

1618
\n01:30:14,900 –> 01:30:18,000
\nit’s a bit tricky to quote from
\nEcclesiastes because we know <\/p>\n

1619
\n01:30:18,000 –> 01:30:20,000
\nthat Solomon is working things
\nthrough. <\/p>\n

1620
\n01:30:20,000 –> 01:30:22,900
\nIt’s a work in progress and so
\nthe conclusions at the end of <\/p>\n

1621
\n01:30:22,900 –> 01:30:24,400
\nthe book are especially
\nimportant. <\/p>\n

1622
\n01:30:24,600 –> 01:30:28,800
\nBut what about chapter 3?
\nBut 9:11, what’s the context of <\/p>\n

1623
\n01:30:28,800 –> 01:30:30,800
\nthis verse?
\nLet’s read it, slowly and <\/p>\n

1624
\n01:30:30,800 –> 01:30:33,300
\ncarefully.
\nThis is what it says in <\/p>\n

1625
\n01:30:33,300 –> 01:30:37,200
\nEcclesiastes 9 11.
\nIt says I returned and saw Under<\/p>\n

1626
\n01:30:37,200 –> 01:30:41,500
\nthe Sun that the race is not to
\nthe Swift, nor the battle to the<\/p>\n

1627
\n01:30:41,500 –> 01:30:43,700
\nstrong neither yet bread to the
\nwise. <\/p>\n

1628
\n01:30:44,000 –> 01:30:48,100
\nIs neither yet riches to Men of
\nunderstanding, nor yet favor to <\/p>\n

1629
\n01:30:48,100 –> 01:30:52,500
\nMen of skill, but time and
\nchance happeneth to them all. <\/p>\n

1630
\n01:30:53,800 –> 01:30:57,900
\nHear my questions.
\nRace to the Swift. <\/p>\n

1631
\n01:30:58,700 –> 01:31:00,300
\nIs that you?
\nIs that how you think of <\/p>\n

1632
\n01:31:00,300 –> 01:31:03,700
\nyourself is the Swift?
\nThe second class of people and <\/p>\n

1633
\n01:31:03,700 –> 01:31:08,400
\nthere are five is nor is the
\nbattle to the strong. <\/p>\n

1634
\n01:31:08,700 –> 01:31:11,400
\nAre you strong?
\nIs that how you overcome in your<\/p>\n

1635
\n01:31:11,400 –> 01:31:15,300
\nstrength?
\nThird class of people is neither<\/p>\n

1636
\n01:31:15,300 –> 01:31:18,600
\nis their bread to the wise.
\nIs that how you get your bread? <\/p>\n

1637
\n01:31:18,700 –> 01:31:21,500
\nBecause you’re wise, or you’re
\nclever, or is it God? <\/p>\n

1638
\n01:31:21,500 –> 01:31:26,300
\nThat’s providing providing the
\nbread for you to sustain you The<\/p>\n

1639
\n01:31:26,300 –> 01:31:30,300
\nfourth class of people in that
\nverse nor yet riches to Men of <\/p>\n

1640
\n01:31:30,300 –> 01:31:32,700
\nunderstanding.
\nAre you rich because of your <\/p>\n

1641
\n01:31:32,700 –> 01:31:35,400
\nunderstanding or has got blessed
\nyou that way. <\/p>\n

1642
\n01:31:36,000 –> 01:31:40,500
\nNumber 5, it says, nor yet
\nfavor, two men of skill is your <\/p>\n

1643
\n01:31:40,500 –> 01:31:43,700
\nskill so high that everything
\nseems to work out in your favor.<\/p>\n

1644
\n01:31:43,800 –> 01:31:45,200
\nIn other words, brothers and
\nsisters. <\/p>\n

1645
\n01:31:45,200 –> 01:31:48,900
\nIs this verse talking about you?
\nAnd I, or is it talking about <\/p>\n

1646
\n01:31:48,900 –> 01:31:51,000
\nsomeone who trusts in
\nthemselves? <\/p>\n

1647
\n01:31:51,500 –> 01:31:55,000
\nIf Solomon, looking at Believers
\nin God or everyone else under <\/p>\n

1648
\n01:31:55,000 –> 01:31:58,400
\nthe sun, I don’t think that we
\nare under the Asun. <\/p>\n

1649
\n01:31:58,800 –> 01:32:02,100
\nThat’s an expression of the
\ncountless masses of humanity, <\/p>\n

1650
\n01:32:02,300 –> 01:32:05,800
\nwho care, not for the things of
\nthe Living, God, I don’t believe<\/p>\n

1651
\n01:32:05,800 –> 01:32:08,300
\nthat this is a verse that’s
\ntalking about those who have a <\/p>\n

1652
\n01:32:08,308 –> 01:32:11,600
\ncovenant relationship with God.
\nYou see, I believe that we are <\/p>\n

1653
\n01:32:11,600 –> 01:32:15,800
\nunder the s0n, the Lord Jesus
\nChrist, the son of God, that our<\/p>\n

1654
\n01:32:15,800 –> 01:32:17,800
\nBanner is the Lord, our
\nrighteousness. <\/p>\n

1655
\n01:32:17,800 –> 01:32:20,800
\nThat’s what we’re under, and to
\ntake it one step further. <\/p>\n

1656
\n01:32:20,800 –> 01:32:23,700
\nWhen the Apostle Paul saw the
\nRisen Lord, on the way to <\/p>\n

1657
\n01:32:23,700 –> 01:32:27,200
\nDamascus, he was enveloped in In
\na brightness that was above the <\/p>\n

1658
\n01:32:27,200 –> 01:32:30,500
\nbrightness above the Sun and
\nthat was the countenance of the <\/p>\n

1659
\n01:32:30,500 –> 01:32:31,800
\nLord.
\nJesus Christ. <\/p>\n

1660
\n01:32:32,600 –> 01:32:35,800
\nThat’s an X 26.
\nWhen he’s recounting the story <\/p>\n

1661
\n01:32:35,800 –> 01:32:40,600
\nto King Agrippa, Now notice at
\nthe end of that verse, it says <\/p>\n

1662
\n01:32:41,000 –> 01:32:44,300
\ntime and chance happens to them
\nall. <\/p>\n

1663
\n01:32:44,600 –> 01:32:48,000
\nThat’s a qualifier that’s
\ntalking about the five <\/p>\n

1664
\n01:32:48,000 –> 01:32:50,300
\ncategories of people.
\nIn that verse, therefore, I <\/p>\n

1665
\n01:32:50,308 –> 01:32:53,400
\ndon’t believe it’s that time and
\nchance happens to us all. <\/p>\n

1666
\n01:32:53,900 –> 01:32:55,200
\nThat doesn’t mean that bad
\nthings. <\/p>\n

1667
\n01:32:55,200 –> 01:32:58,900
\nDon’t happen to us.
\nSurely, I know that doesn’t mean<\/p>\n

1668
\n01:32:58,900 –> 01:33:02,700
\nthat a man doesn’t have free
\nwill and it opinions Upon Our <\/p>\n

1669
\n01:33:02,700 –> 01:33:04,900
\nFree Will, as we spoke about
\nearlier in the drunk driving <\/p>\n

1670
\n01:33:04,900 –> 01:33:07,800
\nexample.
\nBut it isn’t a matter of <\/p>\n

1671
\n01:33:07,800 –> 01:33:10,400
\nhappenstance in our lives
\nbrothers and sisters, it’s not <\/p>\n

1672
\n01:33:10,400 –> 01:33:12,700
\nchance.
\nGod knows about every detail of <\/p>\n

1673
\n01:33:12,708 –> 01:33:14,900
\nour life.
\nNow while we know that he could <\/p>\n

1674
\n01:33:14,900 –> 01:33:19,400
\nintervene nothing happens, it’s
\noutside of his control that he <\/p>\n

1675
\n01:33:19,400 –> 01:33:22,000
\ncan’t reverse.
\nHe is the Almighty. <\/p>\n

1676
\n01:33:23,100 –> 01:33:26,000
\nAnd so why does God let those
\nthings happen to job? <\/p>\n

1677
\n01:33:26,000 –> 01:33:29,900
\nFor example in 1st Peter 1 verse
\n7 tells us the answer which is <\/p>\n

1678
\n01:33:29,900 –> 01:33:33,800
\nwhat Paul read earlier.
\nIt happens to deepen his faith, <\/p>\n

1679
\n01:33:33,800 –> 01:33:36,800
\nwhich is more precious than gold
\nand by the end of the story, <\/p>\n

1680
\n01:33:36,800 –> 01:33:39,400
\njobs, understanding, and his
\nappreciation for the love of, <\/p>\n

1681
\n01:33:39,400 –> 01:33:43,300
\nGod is all the more enriched and
\nthat’s precious to God. <\/p>\n

1682
\n01:33:44,400 –> 01:33:47,900
\nIf we misunderstand scripture or
\nthe idea of Providence or how <\/p>\n

1683
\n01:33:47,900 –> 01:33:51,000
\nGod works in our life, it can
\ncertainly limit our faith. <\/p>\n

1684
\n01:33:53,300 –> 01:33:55,100
\nWhat are other Thorns to our
\nfaith? <\/p>\n

1685
\n01:33:55,100 –> 01:33:58,200
\nWell, we can have faith in the
\nwrong things and we’ve touched <\/p>\n

1686
\n01:33:58,200 –> 01:34:02,000
\non this already.
\nYou see, God didn’t write 1189 <\/p>\n

1687
\n01:34:02,000 –> 01:34:04,800
\nchapters of scripture for us to
\nbelieve whatever we want. <\/p>\n

1688
\n01:34:04,800 –> 01:34:06,900
\nWe can’t just make it up as we
\ngo. <\/p>\n

1689
\n01:34:07,500 –> 01:34:10,400
\nWe’ve already talked about the
\nwoman in the well and worshiping<\/p>\n

1690
\n01:34:10,400 –> 01:34:13,800
\nin spirit and truth.
\nBut really, this is a battle for<\/p>\n

1691
\n01:34:13,800 –> 01:34:16,800
\nall throughout.
\nThe Bible is God instructed his <\/p>\n

1692
\n01:34:16,800 –> 01:34:20,200
\npeople from the outset.
\nNot to worship graven images or <\/p>\n

1693
\n01:34:20,200 –> 01:34:22,900
\nIdols.
\nThat’s exactly what Paul was. <\/p>\n

1694
\n01:34:23,100 –> 01:34:27,300
\nWas instructing on Mars Hill and
\nin Athens in Acts 17, when they <\/p>\n

1695
\n01:34:27,300 –> 01:34:30,800
\nhad an altar to the unknown, God
\nignorant Lee worship this <\/p>\n

1696
\n01:34:30,800 –> 01:34:34,400
\nunknown God, and the Psalms
\nrightly conclude the idols of <\/p>\n

1697
\n01:34:34,400 –> 01:34:37,200
\nthe Heathen are gold and silver.
\nThey’re works of men’s hands. <\/p>\n

1698
\n01:34:37,200 –> 01:34:41,500
\nThey they are a snare unto them.
\nYou see, our, our faith must be <\/p>\n

1699
\n01:34:41,500 –> 01:34:45,900
\nin biblical faith and that’s why
\nRomans 10 tells us faith comes <\/p>\n

1700
\n01:34:45,900 –> 01:34:49,600
\nby hearing and hearing by the
\nword of God, it must be God’s <\/p>\n

1701
\n01:34:49,600 –> 01:34:51,300
\nwords.
\nWe can’t have faith in the wrong<\/p>\n

1702
\n01:34:51,300 –> 01:34:54,600
\nthings, you see?
\nNobody has faith in something. <\/p>\n

1703
\n01:34:54,700 –> 01:34:58,400
\nYou can’t say I don’t have any
\nbeliefs because that’s a belief <\/p>\n

1704
\n01:34:58,400 –> 01:35:02,300
\nto actually on some level
\neverybody has Faith. <\/p>\n

1705
\n01:35:02,800 –> 01:35:05,800
\nMost of the world doesn’t have
\nbiblical faith and that’s what <\/p>\n

1706
\n01:35:05,800 –> 01:35:09,600
\nyou and I have to strive for
\nHaving faith in the wrong <\/p>\n

1707
\n01:35:09,600 –> 01:35:13,000
\nthings.
\nWill certainly be a thorn to our<\/p>\n

1708
\n01:35:13,000 –> 01:35:15,400
\ngrowth and development and our
\nconnection to God. <\/p>\n

1709
\n01:35:17,400 –> 01:35:21,100
\nAnother Thorn to our faith can
\nbe continually wounding. <\/p>\n

1710
\n01:35:21,100 –> 01:35:24,000
\nOur conscience.
\nYou see one of the goals are <\/p>\n

1711
\n01:35:24,008 –> 01:35:26,000
\nreading.
\nThe Bible, must be to develop a <\/p>\n

1712
\n01:35:26,000 –> 01:35:28,800
\nGodly conscience to be able to
\ndiscern, right, and wrong to <\/p>\n

1713
\n01:35:28,800 –> 01:35:32,600
\nchoose the good.
\nAnd to eschew the evil, it’s <\/p>\n

1714
\n01:35:32,600 –> 01:35:36,400
\npointless to know the right path
\nand say, well it doesn’t matter,<\/p>\n

1715
\n01:35:36,900 –> 01:35:39,600
\nI can do such and such and it
\nreally doesn’t affect my <\/p>\n

1716
\n01:35:39,600 –> 01:35:42,700
\nconnection to God.
\nAnd so believing a lie one of <\/p>\n

1717
\n01:35:42,700 –> 01:35:46,200
\nthe most famous of which is it
\ndoesn’t really matter is a huge <\/p>\n

1718
\n01:35:46,200 –> 01:35:48,000
\nThorn, two are connected.
\nShould we have God? <\/p>\n

1719
\n01:35:48,600 –> 01:35:51,200
\nIt’s probably the biggest lie
\never told effectively. <\/p>\n

1720
\n01:35:51,200 –> 01:35:53,300
\nThat’s what the serpent told,
\nEve in the garden. <\/p>\n

1721
\n01:35:53,300 –> 01:35:55,900
\nIt doesn’t really matter.
\nIf you eat that fruit, thou <\/p>\n

1722
\n01:35:55,900 –> 01:35:58,900
\nshall not surely die.
\nIt’s the biggest lie. <\/p>\n

1723
\n01:35:58,900 –> 01:36:01,400
\nAnd it’s one that we have to
\nbecome aware of, and it’s so <\/p>\n

1724
\n01:36:01,400 –> 01:36:04,600
\nprevalent as young people to be
\naware of that. <\/p>\n

1725
\n01:36:05,400 –> 01:36:08,100
\nHe does matter.
\nAnd what happens when you <\/p>\n

1726
\n01:36:08,108 –> 01:36:12,100
\ncontinually wound Godly God’s
\nconscience, your Godly <\/p>\n

1727
\n01:36:12,100 –> 01:36:14,500
\nconscience.
\nThe one that God is trying to <\/p>\n

1728
\n01:36:14,500 –> 01:36:17,000
\nhelp you develop through his
\nliving word is that you end up. <\/p>\n

1729
\n01:36:17,200 –> 01:36:19,200
\nOmitting, all sorts of rubbish
\ninto your life. <\/p>\n

1730
\n01:36:21,200 –> 01:36:25,000
\nYou defile yourself and God
\ncannot dwell in a filthy Temple.<\/p>\n

1731
\n01:36:25,000 –> 01:36:29,100
\nHe’s who too holy for that.
\nSo what’s the antidote for that?<\/p>\n

1732
\n01:36:29,700 –> 01:36:32,300
\nAre we lost forever once we go
\ndown the wrong track? <\/p>\n

1733
\n01:36:32,300 –> 01:36:36,900
\nWell, no Hebrews 11 verse 49.
\nVerse 9, tells us the only <\/p>\n

1734
\n01:36:36,900 –> 01:36:41,000
\nantidote is the contemplation of
\nwhat Christ does for you has <\/p>\n

1735
\n01:36:41,000 –> 01:36:43,600
\ndone for you personally.
\nYou see, it’s not the blood of <\/p>\n

1736
\n01:36:43,600 –> 01:36:46,900
\nbulls and goats and animal
\nsacrifices that can affect a <\/p>\n

1737
\n01:36:46,900 –> 01:36:49,400
\nman’s heart.
\nLike the blood of Christ can. <\/p>\n

1738
\n01:36:49,700 –> 01:36:52,200
\nThe only remedy is to Consider
\nwhat God has done for you, <\/p>\n

1739
\n01:36:52,200 –> 01:36:54,700
\npersonally.
\nAnd then, once the love of <\/p>\n

1740
\n01:36:54,700 –> 01:36:57,400
\nChrist is broken your heart and
\nyou’ve asked for forgiveness, <\/p>\n

1741
\n01:36:57,800 –> 01:37:02,100
\nyou do is David describes in
\nPsalm one time when 19, where he<\/p>\n

1742
\n01:37:02,100 –> 01:37:05,700
\nasked that very question.
\nWhere with wherewithal shall a <\/p>\n

1743
\n01:37:05,700 –> 01:37:09,000
\nyoung man cleanse his ways?
\nAnd the answer comes back by <\/p>\n

1744
\n01:37:09,000 –> 01:37:14,100
\ntaking heed according to Thy
\nWord, You see discernment is not<\/p>\n

1745
\n01:37:14,100 –> 01:37:16,700
\nthe ability to know the
\ndifference between right and <\/p>\n

1746
\n01:37:16,700 –> 01:37:18,800
\nwrong.
\nIt’s knowing the difference <\/p>\n

1747
\n01:37:18,800 –> 01:37:23,100
\nbetween right and almost rights
\nand there probably isn’t a time <\/p>\n

1748
\n01:37:23,100 –> 01:37:25,000
\nin history.
\nThe history of the world where <\/p>\n

1749
\n01:37:25,000 –> 01:37:28,700
\nthat ability is been more needed
\nthan right now, we live in <\/p>\n

1750
\n01:37:28,708 –> 01:37:32,100
\ntreacherous times.
\nNow we only have a couple more <\/p>\n

1751
\n01:37:32,100 –> 01:37:35,300
\nThorns to to our faith to go,
\nand we’ll finish up for this <\/p>\n

1752
\n01:37:35,300 –> 01:37:38,000
\nevening, but another Thorn to
\nour faith. <\/p>\n

1753
\n01:37:38,500 –> 01:37:42,000
\nAnd it might seem to be a little
\ncounterintuitive is being too <\/p>\n

1754
\n01:37:42,000 –> 01:37:44,300
\ncapable.
\nAnd what I mean by that is <\/p>\n

1755
\n01:37:44,300 –> 01:37:47,200
\nleaning on to One’s Own Strength
\nor one’s own. <\/p>\n

1756
\n01:37:47,200 –> 01:37:50,900
\nUnderstanding, God says, in
\nFirst Corinthians 1, verse 19 <\/p>\n

1757
\n01:37:51,200 –> 01:37:53,400
\nfor it is written.
\nI will destroy the wisdom of the<\/p>\n

1758
\n01:37:53,400 –> 01:37:56,000
\nwise and will bring to nothing
\nthe understanding of The <\/p>\n

1759
\n01:37:56,000 –> 01:37:57,700
\nPrudent.
\nWhere is the wise, where is the <\/p>\n

1760
\n01:37:57,700 –> 01:37:59,400
\nScribe?
\nWhere is the disputer of this <\/p>\n

1761
\n01:37:59,400 –> 01:38:02,600
\nworld has not God, made the
\nfully made foolish. <\/p>\n

1762
\n01:38:02,600 –> 01:38:05,700
\nThe wisdom of this world.
\nFor after that, in the wisdom of<\/p>\n

1763
\n01:38:05,700 –> 01:38:09,300
\nGod, the World by its wisdom.
\nDid not know God. <\/p>\n

1764
\n01:38:09,500 –> 01:38:12,000
\nIt, pleased God, by the
\nfoolishness of preaching, to <\/p>\n

1765
\n01:38:12,000 –> 01:38:17,000
\nsave them that We’ve you see,
\neven though you may think what <\/p>\n

1766
\n01:38:17,000 –> 01:38:20,300
\nyou have is a really good
\nsolution to an issue, or you may<\/p>\n

1767
\n01:38:20,300 –> 01:38:24,000
\nfeel really capable of helping
\nsomebody in need, wouldn’t the <\/p>\n

1768
\n01:38:24,000 –> 01:38:27,300
\nguidance of God In Prayer always
\nimprove things? <\/p>\n

1769
\n01:38:27,700 –> 01:38:31,400
\nWould it make sense to run it by
\nthe master of the universe? <\/p>\n

1770
\n01:38:32,000 –> 01:38:34,500
\nAnd so we get this classic
\nprinciple in Zachariah. <\/p>\n

1771
\n01:38:34,500 –> 01:38:40,200
\nForward says not by might nor by
\npower, but by my spirit saith, <\/p>\n

1772
\n01:38:40,200 –> 01:38:44,400
\nthe Lord of hosts.
\nProverbs 3 verse 5 says, trust <\/p>\n

1773
\n01:38:44,400 –> 01:38:46,900
\nin the Lord, with all thine
\nheart, and lean not unto thine <\/p>\n

1774
\n01:38:46,900 –> 01:38:50,100
\nown understanding in all, thy
\nways acknowledge Him and He <\/p>\n

1775
\n01:38:50,100 –> 01:38:53,300
\nShall direct thy paths.
\nBe not wise in thine own eyes <\/p>\n

1776
\n01:38:53,800 –> 01:38:55,800
\nfear, Yahweh and depart from
\nevil. <\/p>\n

1777
\n01:38:59,000 –> 01:39:01,000
\nAnother Thorn to our faith that
\nwe’ve discussed in. <\/p>\n

1778
\n01:39:01,000 –> 01:39:03,800
\nGreat detail is not clearly
\nunderstanding what God thinks of<\/p>\n

1779
\n01:39:03,800 –> 01:39:06,300
\nyou and really up until this
\npoint. <\/p>\n

1780
\n01:39:06,300 –> 01:39:09,200
\nWe’ve only talked about what God
\nthinks of those who have made a <\/p>\n

1781
\n01:39:09,208 –> 01:39:11,800
\ncovenant relationship with him
\nin baptism, but it’s important <\/p>\n

1782
\n01:39:11,800 –> 01:39:14,900
\nto realize, especially for the
\nyoung people that haven’t been <\/p>\n

1783
\n01:39:14,900 –> 01:39:17,400
\nbaptized that your relationship
\nwith God. <\/p>\n

1784
\n01:39:17,400 –> 01:39:20,000
\nBegins long before baptism.
\nBaptism. <\/p>\n

1785
\n01:39:20,100 –> 01:39:23,700
\nBaptism formalizes it.
\nYou see, God is the initiator of<\/p>\n

1786
\n01:39:23,700 –> 01:39:26,400
\nour salvation and he begins
\nworking out in our lives. <\/p>\n

1787
\n01:39:26,700 –> 01:39:28,800
\nLong before we ever get
\nbaptized. <\/p>\n

1788
\n01:39:29,300 –> 01:39:31,900
\nIn fact, one of the reasons
\npeople often get baptized is <\/p>\n

1789
\n01:39:31,900 –> 01:39:34,600
\nbecause they can’t deny that.
\nGod has been working in their <\/p>\n

1790
\n01:39:34,600 –> 01:39:39,000
\nlife and calling them and their
\nbaptism is simply a response to <\/p>\n

1791
\n01:39:39,000 –> 01:39:43,400
\nhis to how good he’s been to us
\nespecially when we well and we <\/p>\n

1792
\n01:39:43,400 –> 01:39:45,500
\ndon’t deserve it.
\nThat’s called the gifts of <\/p>\n

1793
\n01:39:45,500 –> 01:39:47,600
\nGrace.
\nThis is demonstrated by the <\/p>\n

1794
\n01:39:47,600 –> 01:39:50,000
\nsimple fact that God heard the
\nprayer of this faithful. <\/p>\n

1795
\n01:39:50,300 –> 01:39:53,600
\nAlbeit unbaptized, man named
\nCornelius in Acts 10. <\/p>\n

1796
\n01:39:54,200 –> 01:39:57,500
\nIt’s also shown that while we
\nwere yet without Strength Christ<\/p>\n

1797
\n01:39:57,500 –> 01:39:59,800
\ndied for the ungodly, while we
\nwere yet. <\/p>\n

1798
\n01:39:59,800 –> 01:40:03,600
\nSinners that God has no pleasure
\nin the death of the unrighteous,<\/p>\n

1799
\n01:40:03,800 –> 01:40:06,700
\nhe sends the rain on the just
\nand the unjust got his is <\/p>\n

1800
\n01:40:06,700 –> 01:40:09,800
\ncalling out a people for his
\nname and while many are called <\/p>\n

1801
\n01:40:09,800 –> 01:40:15,400
\nfew are chosen.
\nNumber 10. <\/p>\n

1802
\n01:40:15,500 –> 01:40:18,400
\nWhat are some of the Thorns that
\nchoke our faith and keep us from<\/p>\n

1803
\n01:40:18,400 –> 01:40:20,300
\ngrowing in our relationship with
\nGod? <\/p>\n

1804
\n01:40:20,600 –> 01:40:23,400
\nWell, being overly
\nself-conscious or looking at <\/p>\n

1805
\n01:40:23,400 –> 01:40:28,800
\noneself instead of Christ, and
\nforgive the example from the <\/p>\n

1806
\n01:40:28,800 –> 01:40:31,200
\nfirst class.
\nBut that’s what I was alluding <\/p>\n

1807
\n01:40:31,200 –> 01:40:34,200
\nto when I said, I had to learn
\nto stop thinking about myself <\/p>\n

1808
\n01:40:34,200 –> 01:40:37,200
\nand my Hang-Ups at the breaking
\nof bread and to shift my focus <\/p>\n

1809
\n01:40:37,200 –> 01:40:40,400
\nto think about the Lord, Jesus
\nChrist who I was endeavoring to <\/p>\n

1810
\n01:40:40,400 –> 01:40:41,800
\nRemember at the breaking of
\nbread. <\/p>\n

1811
\n01:40:42,600 –> 01:40:45,600
\nOne of the easiest ways to find
\nthe root of any problem. <\/p>\n

1812
\n01:40:46,500 –> 01:40:51,000
\nIs to find the focus and if the
\nfocus is self, it’s not going to<\/p>\n

1813
\n01:40:51,000 –> 01:40:53,300
\ngo.
\nWell and we all do this because <\/p>\n

1814
\n01:40:53,300 –> 01:40:55,900
\nit’s human nature.
\nThe classic example of this is <\/p>\n

1815
\n01:40:55,900 –> 01:40:57,500
\nPeter walking on the water,
\nright? <\/p>\n

1816
\n01:40:57,600 –> 01:41:00,300
\nSo as long as he was looking at
\nChrist, he was doing the <\/p>\n

1817
\n01:41:00,300 –> 01:41:02,500
\nimpossible.
\nAnd as soon as he looked at the <\/p>\n

1818
\n01:41:02,500 –> 01:41:06,500
\nSea and the waves roaring around
\nhim, he lost focus and began to <\/p>\n

1819
\n01:41:06,500 –> 01:41:09,100
\nthink about himself and began to
\nsink. <\/p>\n

1820
\n01:41:09,900 –> 01:41:13,800
\nLooking at oneself is a thorn to
\nourselves and to unto our faith.<\/p>\n

1821
\n01:41:15,100 –> 01:41:18,000
\nNumber 11, the cares of this
\nlife have overwhelmed you <\/p>\n

1822
\n01:41:18,400 –> 01:41:20,600
\nanother Thorn to our faith is
\nthat very thing? <\/p>\n

1823
\n01:41:20,900 –> 01:41:24,400
\nThus, we aren’t able to look up
\nlift up our heads to look at our<\/p>\n

1824
\n01:41:24,400 –> 01:41:27,800
\nprovider.
\nWe’re told to cast our cares <\/p>\n

1825
\n01:41:27,800 –> 01:41:30,700
\nupon the Lord, we’re told that
\nthe Lord cares for us. <\/p>\n

1826
\n01:41:31,200 –> 01:41:33,300
\nBut in this one what I want you
\nto think about is our <\/p>\n

1827
\n01:41:33,300 –> 01:41:36,300
\nresponsibility is those that are
\nso-called living in the first <\/p>\n

1828
\n01:41:36,300 –> 01:41:39,100
\nworld to our brothers and
\nsisters who are living in the <\/p>\n

1829
\n01:41:39,100 –> 01:41:43,400
\nthird world so-called Some of
\nthem are so ground down in <\/p>\n

1830
\n01:41:43,400 –> 01:41:46,700
\npoverty, that it’s difficult for
\nthem to even lift up their head <\/p>\n

1831
\n01:41:46,700 –> 01:41:49,400
\nand to God.
\nAnd so it is our responsibility <\/p>\n

1832
\n01:41:49,400 –> 01:41:52,900
\nas the privileged.
\nIt’s our duty to give unto every<\/p>\n

1833
\n01:41:52,900 –> 01:41:55,500
\nman as they have need.
\nWhich is what we get from acts <\/p>\n

1834
\n01:41:55,500 –> 01:41:58,700
\nto so that they don’t have to
\nworry about the necessities of <\/p>\n

1835
\n01:41:58,700 –> 01:42:01,400
\nlife and that they can worship
\ngod without worry. <\/p>\n

1836
\n01:42:02,200 –> 01:42:04,900
\nThe ironic thing that is he the
\nironic thing is that even <\/p>\n

1837
\n01:42:05,000 –> 01:42:08,900
\ndespite having all of our
\npersonal needs met, we can get <\/p>\n

1838
\n01:42:08,900 –> 01:42:11,600
\ncaught up in the consumer
\nculture, which is this Each and <\/p>\n

1839
\n01:42:11,608 –> 01:42:15,100
\nlet the cares of this life crowd
\nout our relationship with God <\/p>\n

1840
\n01:42:15,300 –> 01:42:18,000
\nand diminish, our faith in him.
\nWell, we’re getting too close to<\/p>\n

1841
\n01:42:18,000 –> 01:42:22,900
\nthe end, thank you for your
\npatience, but here’s another <\/p>\n

1842
\n01:42:22,900 –> 01:42:26,700
\nThorn to our faith, not
\nunderstanding your purpose, or <\/p>\n

1843
\n01:42:26,700 –> 01:42:29,500
\nyour destiny in life.
\nAnd that’s not to mean that we <\/p>\n

1844
\n01:42:29,500 –> 01:42:35,100
\nshould be high-minded, but it
\ndoes help to know exactly why we<\/p>\n

1845
\n01:42:35,100 –> 01:42:37,500
\nare on planet Earth.
\nAnd this hopefully isn’t too <\/p>\n

1846
\n01:42:37,500 –> 01:42:41,100
\nmystical or woohoo.
\nWhat does the Bible say about <\/p>\n

1847
\n01:42:41,100 –> 01:42:44,500
\nyour future?
\nYou see, Christ knew exactly. <\/p>\n

1848
\n01:42:44,500 –> 01:42:47,600
\nIt was very clear in his mind
\nwhy he was alive. <\/p>\n

1849
\n01:42:47,700 –> 01:42:50,100
\nAnd most of the world has no
\nclue why they’re on planet <\/p>\n

1850
\n01:42:50,100 –> 01:42:52,000
\nEarth.
\nMany think well it’s all about <\/p>\n

1851
\n01:42:52,000 –> 01:42:54,500
\neating and drinking and being
\nmerry for tomorrow we die. <\/p>\n

1852
\n01:42:55,200 –> 01:42:58,300
\nBut that’s believing a lie.
\nSo clear was Christ. <\/p>\n

1853
\n01:42:58,300 –> 01:43:01,100
\nPurpose in his mind that under
\nthe great stress of eminent <\/p>\n

1854
\n01:43:01,100 –> 01:43:04,000
\ncrucifixion.
\nHe could clearly articulate. <\/p>\n

1855
\n01:43:04,000 –> 01:43:07,300
\nWhy he was born, this is the
\nfamous exchange of pilot and I’m<\/p>\n

1856
\n01:43:07,300 –> 01:43:11,100
\nsure you remember it pilot says
\nunto him Are you a king then? <\/p>\n

1857
\n01:43:11,900 –> 01:43:14,800
\nJesus answered.
\nI’ll say it’s time. <\/p>\n

1858
\n01:43:14,800 –> 01:43:19,400
\nIt came to this end was I born
\nand for this cause came I into <\/p>\n

1859
\n01:43:19,400 –> 01:43:22,200
\nthe world that I should bear
\nwitness to the truth. <\/p>\n

1860
\n01:43:22,200 –> 01:43:24,500
\nFor every one that is of the
\ntruth, hears my voice. <\/p>\n

1861
\n01:43:25,100 –> 01:43:28,000
\nAnd this is when pilate asks
\nfamous question, the one for the<\/p>\n

1862
\n01:43:28,000 –> 01:43:30,000
\nages.
\nWhat is truth. <\/p>\n

1863
\n01:43:31,300 –> 01:43:35,200
\nWhen Christ was 12 years old, he
\ntold his parents wished. <\/p>\n

1864
\n01:43:35,200 –> 01:43:37,900
\nShe not that I must be about my
\nfather’s business. <\/p>\n

1865
\n01:43:38,800 –> 01:43:41,900
\nSamuel also, from a very young
\nage, knew why he was alive and <\/p>\n

1866
\n01:43:41,900 –> 01:43:44,700
\nwhat his Destiny was.
\nAnd he fulfilled the mission <\/p>\n

1867
\n01:43:45,000 –> 01:43:48,400
\nDavid understood it, Daniel the
\nsame and scores of others. <\/p>\n

1868
\n01:43:48,700 –> 01:43:52,300
\nHow long will it take us to
\nfigure out and moreover, once we<\/p>\n

1869
\n01:43:52,300 –> 01:43:56,100
\nhave that based on God’s word,
\nnot or not our own, how long <\/p>\n

1870
\n01:43:56,100 –> 01:43:58,600
\nwill it take before?
\nWe actually believe that we are <\/p>\n

1871
\n01:43:58,600 –> 01:44:01,000
\ndestined to live forever in
\nChrist’s Kingdom. <\/p>\n

1872
\n01:44:01,900 –> 01:44:04,500
\nYou see brothers and sisters.
\nOur problem isn’t necessarily <\/p>\n

1873
\n01:44:04,500 –> 01:44:06,400
\nBible study.
\nAlthough each of us can do more,<\/p>\n

1874
\n01:44:06,400 –> 01:44:09,800
\nI’m sure the issue is actually
\nbelieving what we already <\/p>\n

1875
\n01:44:09,800 –> 01:44:12,900
\nintellectually know.
\nAnd while we know that the <\/p>\n

1876
\n01:44:12,900 –> 01:44:16,300
\nadversary of the Bible isn’t
\nsome Supernatural temper that <\/p>\n

1877
\n01:44:16,300 –> 01:44:19,600
\nruns around with pitchfork and
\nscrambles our brain to do things<\/p>\n

1878
\n01:44:19,600 –> 01:44:23,800
\nthat we don’t really want to do.
\nWhat that Supernatural devil or <\/p>\n

1879
\n01:44:23,808 –> 01:44:28,100
\nwhat the devil is in, the Bible
\nis that Resident voice in our <\/p>\n

1880
\n01:44:28,100 –> 01:44:32,300
\nheads, that hears the word of
\nGod and simply refuses to <\/p>\n

1881
\n01:44:32,300 –> 01:44:34,600
\nbelieve it.
\nIt’s listening to all these <\/p>\n

1882
\n01:44:34,600 –> 01:44:38,500
\nverses about what God thinks
\nabout you and me and it’s the <\/p>\n

1883
\n01:44:38,500 –> 01:44:41,500
\nresponse that says well yeah
\nthat’s all very well for <\/p>\n

1884
\n01:44:41,500 –> 01:44:44,400
\nsomebody else, but it has
\nnothing to do with me. <\/p>\n

1885
\n01:44:45,300 –> 01:44:48,800
\nThat’s the Satan of the Bible.
\nIt’s the voice inside us, that <\/p>\n

1886
\n01:44:48,800 –> 01:44:52,100
\nmakes an accusation against God
\nthat calls him a liar. <\/p>\n

1887
\n01:44:52,400 –> 01:44:56,400
\nAnd refuses his words, the Satan
\nof the Bible is the doubting <\/p>\n

1888
\n01:44:56,400 –> 01:44:58,800
\nvoice within each of us.
\nThat Slanders the word of God <\/p>\n

1889
\n01:44:58,800 –> 01:45:02,000
\nand refuses to believe with the
\ncreator of the universe has said<\/p>\n

1890
\n01:45:02,000 –> 01:45:05,400
\nabout us.
\nIt’s the doubt that he can do <\/p>\n

1891
\n01:45:05,400 –> 01:45:09,000
\nit, that he is able to present
\nus faultless Before the Throne <\/p>\n

1892
\n01:45:09,000 –> 01:45:12,200
\nof his grace and that we can be
\nwithout sin with him forever. <\/p>\n

1893
\n01:45:12,200 –> 01:45:14,900
\nMore.
\nNow I’m not suggesting that <\/p>\n

1894
\n01:45:14,900 –> 01:45:17,800
\nbelieving is easy.
\nI know from experience that it <\/p>\n

1895
\n01:45:17,800 –> 01:45:21,900
\nrequires effort in the sense of
\ncontinually continually <\/p>\n

1896
\n01:45:22,200 –> 01:45:24,500
\nthreshing, Andre layering these
\nthings in our mind because we’re<\/p>\n

1897
\n01:45:24,500 –> 01:45:27,800
\nleaking vessels but there is a
\nway to dwell in this new <\/p>\n

1898
\n01:45:27,800 –> 01:45:30,900
\nmindset, the mindset of faith in
\nChrist Jesus our lord. <\/p>\n

1899
\n01:45:31,300 –> 01:45:34,100
\nAnd that’s what I want to talk
\nabout in our session tomorrow <\/p>\n

1900
\n01:45:34,100 –> 01:45:36,200
\nmorning.
\nHow God, generates our faith, <\/p>\n

1901
\n01:45:37,000 –> 01:45:40,000
\njust give me three more minutes,
\nmaybe five, and I’ll close this <\/p>\n

1902
\n01:45:40,000 –> 01:45:43,600
\nsession please.
\nThe question that we have to ask<\/p>\n

1903
\n01:45:43,600 –> 01:45:48,500
\nourselves is that when this is
\nwhat God thinks of us, why is it<\/p>\n

1904
\n01:45:48,500 –> 01:45:50,300
\nthat we have such trouble
\nbelieving it? <\/p>\n

1905
\n01:45:51,900 –> 01:45:54,400
\nWell, it’s interesting that on a
\nfirst principle levels, we <\/p>\n

1906
\n01:45:54,400 –> 01:45:56,900
\nrightly concluded that there is
\nno Supernatural devil. <\/p>\n

1907
\n01:45:58,600 –> 01:46:01,000
\nThere is an entity out there,
\nrunning around the world, <\/p>\n

1908
\n01:46:01,000 –> 01:46:03,600
\nwreaking havoc on God’s
\ncreation, tempting and poking. <\/p>\n

1909
\n01:46:03,600 –> 01:46:05,500
\nAnd prodding men and women to do
\nthe wrong thing. <\/p>\n

1910
\n01:46:05,500 –> 01:46:10,800
\nWe know that to be ourselves We
\nknow that Temptation comes from <\/p>\n

1911
\n01:46:10,800 –> 01:46:14,200
\nman’s hearts and we’re drawn
\naway of our own lust, but it’s <\/p>\n

1912
\n01:46:14,208 –> 01:46:16,800
\nimportant to remember that the
\nHallmark characteristic of the <\/p>\n

1913
\n01:46:16,800 –> 01:46:19,100
\nadversary or the opponent in
\nscriptures. <\/p>\n

1914
\n01:46:19,100 –> 01:46:21,600
\nOne, who denies the truth.
\nOne, who hears the word of God <\/p>\n

1915
\n01:46:21,600 –> 01:46:24,900
\nand inverts, it, when who makes
\na false accusation against God <\/p>\n

1916
\n01:46:27,300 –> 01:46:29,800
\nIf we believe that way brothers
\nand sisters, there’s a problem <\/p>\n

1917
\n01:46:29,800 –> 01:46:33,400
\nin our thinking.
\nI believe before the foundations<\/p>\n

1918
\n01:46:33,400 –> 01:46:36,900
\nof the earth, God asked a rather
\nsimple question and I’m not <\/p>\n

1919
\n01:46:36,900 –> 01:46:39,600
\ntrying to be facetious here, I’m
\nnot being flippant. <\/p>\n

1920
\n01:46:39,600 –> 01:46:44,000
\nI imagine it’s a question that
\nall good parents ask themselves <\/p>\n

1921
\n01:46:44,100 –> 01:46:47,300
\nat some point in time about
\ntheir children and that question<\/p>\n

1922
\n01:46:47,300 –> 01:46:50,700
\nis, what a my children need to
\nbe successful. <\/p>\n

1923
\n01:46:50,900 –> 01:46:53,400
\nIt’s one that I can’t help but
\nask about my students at <\/p>\n

1924
\n01:46:53,400 –> 01:46:56,400
\nHeritage College because I only
\ncare about them and want the <\/p>\n

1925
\n01:46:56,407 –> 01:46:59,400
\nbest for them.
\nIn some mushy way. <\/p>\n

1926
\n01:46:59,400 –> 01:47:02,100
\nI love them right?
\nI’m only a teacher. <\/p>\n

1927
\n01:47:02,100 –> 01:47:04,900
\nI’m not a parent but I can
\nimagine that every good parent <\/p>\n

1928
\n01:47:05,000 –> 01:47:07,100
\nwould ask this question about
\ntheir own children. <\/p>\n

1929
\n01:47:07,400 –> 01:47:10,900
\nWhat is it that I could provide
\nwhatever it is, I would so that <\/p>\n

1930
\n01:47:10,900 –> 01:47:15,000
\nthey could be successful.
\nAnd I reckon in all seriousness <\/p>\n

1931
\n01:47:15,000 –> 01:47:18,800
\nthat God asked his angels before
\nthe world began, what would my <\/p>\n

1932
\n01:47:18,800 –> 01:47:22,700
\ncreation need before?
\nGiving me the free-will offering<\/p>\n

1933
\n01:47:22,700 –> 01:47:25,600
\nof their love.
\nWhat reassurance would they need<\/p>\n

1934
\n01:47:25,800 –> 01:47:27,500
\nthat?
\nI deeply care about them and <\/p>\n

1935
\n01:47:27,500 –> 01:47:29,400
\ndesire, them to be with me
\nforever. <\/p>\n

1936
\n01:47:29,800 –> 01:47:31,600
\nWhat would be the ultimate
\nexpression of love? <\/p>\n

1937
\n01:47:31,600 –> 01:47:34,700
\nThat would inspire a reciprocal
\nlove from them. <\/p>\n

1938
\n01:47:35,700 –> 01:47:40,000
\nI think, you know, the answer,
\nHe said, I will give them my <\/p>\n

1939
\n01:47:40,000 –> 01:47:44,000
\nonly begotten son.
\nHe will declare my righteousness<\/p>\n

1940
\n01:47:44,100 –> 01:47:48,000
\nthat sin is worthy of death and
\nthat the flesh profits nothing. <\/p>\n

1941
\n01:47:49,000 –> 01:47:52,100
\nHe will allow himself to be made
\na sign for all generations and <\/p>\n

1942
\n01:47:52,100 –> 01:47:54,200
\nhe will lay down his life for
\nhis friends. <\/p>\n

1943
\n01:47:55,000 –> 01:47:56,700
\nThat is the gift that I will
\ngive them. <\/p>\n

1944
\n01:47:57,000 –> 01:48:00,800
\nThat is the token of my love.
\nThat is the very model of what I<\/p>\n

1945
\n01:48:00,800 –> 01:48:04,000
\nwant to see in them, love
\nmotivated by faith and <\/p>\n

1946
\n01:48:04,000 –> 01:48:07,000
\nconfidence in me.
\nAnd that’s the basis for the <\/p>\n

1947
\n01:48:07,000 –> 01:48:09,600
\nrelationship that I desire to
\nsee working in them. <\/p>\n

1948
\n01:48:10,300 –> 01:48:13,900
\nAnd this was the grace that we
\nsee Peter, and Paul and and all <\/p>\n

1949
\n01:48:13,900 –> 01:48:17,800
\nthe apostles in Acts preaching,
\nthis was the gift that was on <\/p>\n

1950
\n01:48:17,800 –> 01:48:19,900
\noffer.
\nThis was the undercurrent of <\/p>\n

1951
\n01:48:19,907 –> 01:48:22,400
\ntheir mind.
\nIt’s what gave these men hope <\/p>\n

1952
\n01:48:22,400 –> 01:48:25,500
\nand what set the world on fire
\nand it changed the course of <\/p>\n

1953
\n01:48:25,500 –> 01:48:27,200
\nhuman history?
\nIt no way. <\/p>\n

1954
\n01:48:27,200 –> 01:48:31,700
\nDid they set out to prove their
\nlove to God by their Works? <\/p>\n

1955
\n01:48:31,700 –> 01:48:32,700
\nThey wouldn’t have gotten very
\nfar. <\/p>\n

1956
\n01:48:32,700 –> 01:48:36,900
\nIf they did, these men were
\nenergized, first 50, the power <\/p>\n

1957
\n01:48:36,900 –> 01:48:40,700
\nof the love of God, seen in the
\nface of Jesus Christ, but <\/p>\n

1958
\n01:48:40,700 –> 01:48:44,200
\nbrothers and sisters, if we
\ninvert the process and we try to<\/p>\n

1959
\n01:48:44,200 –> 01:48:47,100
\ngenerate Faith by going out and
\ndoing something nice for others <\/p>\n

1960
\n01:48:47,100 –> 01:48:50,700
\nwithout the proper motivation.
\nWe’ve deceived ourselves, we <\/p>\n

1961
\n01:48:50,700 –> 01:48:54,000
\nwill get weary in well-doing
\nbecause our willpower is <\/p>\n

1962
\n01:48:54,100 –> 01:48:56,900
\nunsustainable.
\nThe power of God’s love is <\/p>\n

1963
\n01:48:56,900 –> 01:49:01,000
\nwithout limit.
\nSo when we come to remember the <\/p>\n

1964
\n01:49:01,000 –> 01:49:04,000
\nLord Jesus Christ tomorrow
\nmorning, let us be thankful <\/p>\n

1965
\n01:49:04,000 –> 01:49:07,300
\nthankful for him by whom our
\nsins are blotted out, thankful <\/p>\n

1966
\n01:49:07,300 –> 01:49:10,400
\nfor this unspeakable gift that
\nGod has given us in Jesus <\/p>\n

1967
\n01:49:10,400 –> 01:49:13,600
\nChrist, and let us go forth in
\nthe motivation of the love of <\/p>\n

1968
\n01:49:13,600 –> 01:49:15,700
\nChrist.
\nAs seen in the breaking of <\/p>\n

1969
\n01:49:15,708 –> 01:49:20,300
\nbread, the emblems of bread and
\nwine and let us become humble so<\/p>\n

1970
\n01:49:20,300 –> 01:49:22,900
\nthat God can work in us and do
\nhis good pleasure. <\/p>\n

1971
\n01:49:31,500 –> 01:49:34,200
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\ngood Kristoff and talks podcast.<\/p>\n

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