Class # from Bro. Jason Bobis\u2019s series on \u201cPursuit of Biblical Faith\u201d.<\/p>\n
Classes 1 and 2 from this series was used for GCT Episode 044.<\/p>\n
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\nI’m very thankful to be with you
\naround God’s word and it’s such <\/p>\n
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\na lovely thing to be back here.
\nIn the Detroit area, with all of<\/p>\n
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\nyou, I love this area and
\nmoreover I love the people in <\/p>\n
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\nthis area.
\nYou guys are very special to me.<\/p>\n
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\nSo it’s always nice to spend
\ntime around God’s word together <\/p>\n
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\nwith you.
\nIt’s been useful for me to look <\/p>\n
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\nagain at this topic of faith of
\nbiblical faith and really to <\/p>\n
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\nrefine my thoughts since I
\nshared this information with the<\/p>\n
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\nbrothers and sisters at Enfield
\nand South Australia as a pair of<\/p>\n
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\nWednesday night classes about
\nseven months ago. <\/p>\n
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\nOr so I say refine my thoughts
\nbecause in a very real way I <\/p>\n
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\nhave to admit from the outset
\nthat what I hope to share with <\/p>\n
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\nyou really aren’t my thoughts
\nand I think, you’ll think that <\/p>\n
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\nyou’ll soon.
\nSee that. <\/p>\n
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\nThese Concepts and thoughts are
\nfrom scripture, they’re not my <\/p>\n
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\nthoughts.
\nBut I want them to be my <\/p>\n
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\nthoughts.
\nI know how I naturally think. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd what I’ll share with you
\nisn’t natural to me by any <\/p>\n
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\nstretch, I have to admit that
\neven by knowing and sharing some<\/p>\n
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\nof these principles which can be
\nhelpful for working on our faith<\/p>\n
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\ndaily, it’s still difficult to
\nput these things into practice, <\/p>\n
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\nbut it is worthwhile It’s just
\nsomething that I’ve been <\/p>\n
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\nconfronted with between the time
\nof delivering. <\/p>\n
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\nThese talks the first time in
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\nNow this time it’s just
\nimportant to remember that we’re<\/p>\n
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\nlearning and we’re growing in.
\nSometimes we do better than <\/p>\n
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\nothers, spiritual growth is
\nrecursive, in other words, it’s <\/p>\n
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\nthree steps forward, and it’s
\ntwo steps back. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd three steps forward, and two
\nsteps back. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd that’s how fighting the
\nflesh is life, is like that <\/p>\n
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\nbrothers and sisters for all of
\nus myself, very much included. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so I have Admit that the
\nthoughts that I’ll share have <\/p>\n
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\nbeen compiled from a range of
\nsources in trying to answer <\/p>\n
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\nreally 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 assumed that everyone in <\/p>\n
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\nthis room and in Australia, had
\nask themselves that question. <\/p>\n
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\nIt some point very early in
\ntheir spiritual 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, Could the less I <\/p>\n
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\nseem to find.
\nSo you may know that, I teach it<\/p>\n
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\nHeritage College, which is a
\ncrusade, Alfie and school, and <\/p>\n
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\nAdelaide.
\nAnd if we were there and we’re <\/p>\n
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\nnot, but if we were, this is
\nwhat the learning intention <\/p>\n
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\nwould be your really, what the
\naim would be for this. <\/p>\n
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\nThis session, it’d be pretty
\nstraightforward. <\/p>\n
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\nWe are learning to develop
\nbiblical, strategies for growing<\/p>\n
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\nour faith in God and the Lord
\nJesus Christ on a daily basis. <\/p>\n
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\nI have to admit that really,
\nthis question is come from <\/p>\n
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\nasking another one first and
\nthat is well, what can I do for <\/p>\n
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\nGod?
\nWhat can I give God? <\/p>\n
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\nAs you know the cattle on a
\nthousand hills are his anyway <\/p>\n
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\nand if we’re honest and
\nreflecting about what it is that<\/p>\n
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\nwe can give God, will you
\nrealize pretty quickly that <\/p>\n
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\neverything that we have God has
\ngiven us in the first place. <\/p>\n
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\nSo what is it that we can give
\nhim? <\/p>\n
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\nWell, really the only thing that
\nwe can give God, who has created<\/p>\n
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\nthe Earth and all things in it
\nis our faith in him in short my <\/p>\n
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\nconfidence, my trust.
\nAnd from that, trust comes a <\/p>\n
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\nlove for him that he so desires
\nto see in his children. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so we want to ask, we want
\nto start the weekend together by<\/p>\n
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\nasking a simple question.
\nWhy is the Bible putting so much<\/p>\n
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\nimportance on this topic of
\nfaith? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd how important is Faith?
\nWhy is it the hinge point for <\/p>\n
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\nevery good work that follows?
\nWell in short faith is the very <\/p>\n
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\nbasis of the expression of God’s
\ncharacter in us. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s the gateway to that.
\nSo we take a look at the verse <\/p>\n
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\nthat Paul just read in Hebrews
\n11 and verse 6. there, it says, <\/p>\n
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\nBut without faith, it is
\nimpossible to, please. <\/p>\n
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\nGod, please God for.
\nHe, that comes to God, must <\/p>\n
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\nbelieve that God is, and that he
\nis, a rewarder of them that <\/p>\n
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\ndiligently seek him.
\nSo, so you mean to say that if I<\/p>\n
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\ngive all my money to the poor,
\nand I go and work in a soup <\/p>\n
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\nkitchen and faith in God, wasn’t
\nthe motivating factor. <\/p>\n
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\nThat I haven’t pleased God.
\nReally, without faith, whatever <\/p>\n
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\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 verse 25 says, <\/p>\n
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\nhave you offered unto me
\nsacrifices and offerings in the <\/p>\n
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\nwilderness, these 40 years, o
\nHouse of Israel. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd in Acts chapter 7 and verse
\n22. 42. <\/p>\n
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\nIt says, OE House of Israel.
\nHave you offered to me, slain <\/p>\n
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\nbeasts, and sacrifices by the
\nspace of 40 years in the <\/p>\n
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\nwilderness.
\nHebrews chapter 4, and verse two<\/p>\n
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\nhints.
\nAt the reason, why he didn’t <\/p>\n
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\neven take any notice.
\nAnd that’s because the element <\/p>\n
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\nof Faith was missing.
\nThe writer to the Hebrews says <\/p>\n
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\nthat their carcasses, which are
\nakin to dead animals fell in the<\/p>\n
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\nwilderness and they didn’t enter
\nthe promised land because of <\/p>\n
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\nunbelief.
\nHebrews 4 verse 2 says For unto <\/p>\n
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\nus, the gospel is preached as
\nwell intended as unto them but <\/p>\n
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\nthe word preached did not profit
\nthem, not being mixed with faith<\/p>\n
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\nin them that heard it.
\nWithout faith brothers and <\/p>\n
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\nsisters.
\nIt is impossible to please God. <\/p>\n
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\nLater in Zechariah, God took
\nabsolutely, no, notice of the <\/p>\n
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\nJews ritual fastings for 70
\nyears, they did this. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so the prophet is sent into
\nrebuked them. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd to correct them to do the
\nfasting with humility, which <\/p>\n
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\nwill find is the very basis of
\nfaith. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so as we work through this,
\nstay together, what we going to <\/p>\n
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\nfind is that if we want to
\nincrease our faith, we have to <\/p>\n
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\ndecrease our self-importance.
\nWe have to be humble. <\/p>\n
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\nThat doesn’t mean being
\ndowntrodden and wallowing in the<\/p>\n
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\nmire.
\nThat doesn’t mean you having <\/p>\n
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\nlong faces and being miserable.
\nIt simply means that we have to <\/p>\n
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\nsee ourselves as we truly are If
\nChrist said, I can do nothing of<\/p>\n
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\nmy own self.
\nWhy should we ever think to <\/p>\n
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\nourselves, right?
\nI’ve got this. <\/p>\n
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\nWithout Christ, we are nothing
\nbut through Christ, we are made <\/p>\n
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\nto ride upon the high places of
\nthe earth. <\/p>\n
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\nWe can do all things through
\nChrist, who strengthens us? <\/p>\n
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\nIn fact, we are more than
\nconquerors. <\/p>\n
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\nWe are the sons and the
\ndaughters of the Living. <\/p>\n
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\nGod.
\nWe are Mighty ones and how is <\/p>\n
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\nthat possible by faith?
\nSo why does the bible put so <\/p>\n
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\nmuch importance on this concept
\nand how important is it? <\/p>\n
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\nWell, you probably know Paul’s
\nfamous dissertation about love <\/p>\n
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\nand First Corinthians 13 and
\nyou’ll know that he ends that <\/p>\n
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\npassage with this he says.
\nAnd now abideth faith, hope, and<\/p>\n
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\nlove these three but the
\ngreatest of these is love. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd what I want you to consider
\nis that Godly love is born out <\/p>\n
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\nof faith.
\nIn other words, you cannot <\/p>\n
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\ndemonstrate the love of God
\nunless you first have faith that<\/p>\n
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\nGod exists, you can’t extend the
\nlove of God to others until <\/p>\n
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\nFirst perceive through faith,
\nthe love that God has towards <\/p>\n
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\nyou.
\nAnd so the range of what we <\/p>\n
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\nthink and know, and thus, what
\nwe can do is limited by what we <\/p>\n
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\nfail to notice.
\nAnd appreciate this is exactly <\/p>\n
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\nwhat Jesus taught in.
\nJohn chapter 5 and verse 19. <\/p>\n
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\nHe says the son can do nothing
\nof himself, but what he sees the<\/p>\n
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\nfather, do for what so
\neverything he does. <\/p>\n
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\nThese also, the son does
\nlikewise. <\/p>\n
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\nIt was about what the sun
\nnotice, the father doing and the<\/p>\n
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\npoint here, Is that that Faith
\nproceeds Love. <\/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
\nfor. <\/p>\n
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\nIn his children is one that is
\ninspired by his love and that’s <\/p>\n
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\nthe love of First Corinthians
\n13, that kind of love mother <\/p>\n
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\nnever fails.
\nIt doesn’t get tired. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s energizing it’s without
\nlimit because its source Is <\/p>\n
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\nunlimited and if you can tap
\ninto that kind of love, he won’t<\/p>\n
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\nbe weary in well-doing because
\nthe energy comes from faith in <\/p>\n
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\nGod.
\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 at verse 8, this
\nis 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.
\nBut the role of Faith does play <\/p>\n
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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.
\nThat’s how important faith is <\/p>\n
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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 thou he has known <\/p>\n
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\nSee sometimes I think we <\/p>\n
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\n00:19:07,800 –> 00:19:11,600
\nsometimes, I get the impression
\nthat we the way that we approach<\/p>\n
338
\n00:19:11,600 –> 00:19:15,100
\nliving the truth is that if we
\ncan, simply refresh our mind <\/p>\n
339
\n00:19:15,100 –> 00:19:17,900
\nwith Godly principles enough.
\nWhen the challenges of life <\/p>\n
340
\n00:19:17,900 –> 00:19:21,500
\narise, all we have to do is
\nsimply pick the right principle <\/p>\n
341
\n00:19:21,800 –> 00:19:24,200
\nand we have to apply it in love.
\nAnd that we’ve done the right <\/p>\n
342
\n00:19:24,200 –> 00:19:27,300
\nthing by God.
\nAnd the In the great frustration<\/p>\n
343
\n00:19:27,300 –> 00:19:30,000
\ncomes in.
\nWhen we don’t seed widely enough<\/p>\n
344
\n00:19:30,200 –> 00:19:32,400
\nor remember enough biblical
\nprinciples to make better <\/p>\n
345
\n00:19:32,400 –> 00:19:36,000
\ndecisions, we miss the mark and
\nwe just didn’t know our Bibles <\/p>\n
346
\n00:19:36,000 –> 00:19:40,200
\nbetter and we self rebuke.
\nAnd so to keep ourselves from <\/p>\n
347
\n00:19:40,200 –> 00:19:42,500
\nfalling, all we really need to
\ndo is just get down to the study<\/p>\n
348
\n00:19:42,500 –> 00:19:45,100
\ndesk, more and develop a wider
\nperspective. <\/p>\n
349
\n00:19:45,400 –> 00:19:47,600
\nIn other words, the problem is
\nthat we’re just not disciplined <\/p>\n
350
\n00:19:47,600 –> 00:19:50,400
\nenough.
\nAnd that exhortation, the one <\/p>\n
351
\n00:19:50,400 –> 00:19:54,000
\nthat says you really aren’t
\ntrying as hard as you could, is <\/p>\n
352
\n00:19:54,000 –> 00:19:56,900
\none, that is always true.
\nWe could do more. <\/p>\n
353
\n00:19:57,300 –> 00:20:00,400
\nAnd each of us would be fools to
\ndecry discipline, but but you <\/p>\n
354
\n00:20:00,400 –> 00:20:04,200
\ntry it, and if you’re anything
\nlike me, you’ll find that it is <\/p>\n
355
\n00:20:04,200 –> 00:20:08,800
\nnot about self will.
\nIt’s actually about belief, I <\/p>\n
356
\n00:20:08,800 –> 00:20:13,300
\nshould be better, but I’m not.
\nAnd that’s why I need Christ, <\/p>\n
357
\n00:20:13,800 –> 00:20:16,100
\nbecause I’m not who, or what I
\nwant to be. <\/p>\n
358
\n00:20:16,600 –> 00:20:19,700
\nI’m trying and I assume that you
\nalready All are trying to keep <\/p>\n
359
\n00:20:19,700 –> 00:20:23,400
\nyourselves from sinning to, but
\nso often would I tell myself and<\/p>\n
360
\n00:20:23,400 –> 00:20:26,000
\nwhat I hear an excerpt ations
\nand in class is it is that we <\/p>\n
361
\n00:20:26,000 –> 00:20:29,200
\nneed to try harder to the best
\nof my ability. <\/p>\n
362
\n00:20:29,800 –> 00:20:33,700
\nWell, let a man examine himself
\nbut when I do, I am dismayed <\/p>\n
363
\n00:20:33,700 –> 00:20:36,400
\nwith my ability to lead a Godly
\nlife. <\/p>\n
364
\n00:20:36,400 –> 00:20:40,000
\nI’m sick with myself, so I can’t
\nhelp, but ask myself the <\/p>\n
365
\n00:20:40,000 –> 00:20:41,500
\nquestion, isn’t there a better
\nway? <\/p>\n
366
\n00:20:42,000 –> 00:20:44,900
\nI have little to no power to be
\nthe man that I want to be in <\/p>\n
367
\n00:20:44,900 –> 00:20:49,400
\nChrist.
\nUnless Unless I apprehended in <\/p>\n
368
\n00:20:49,400 –> 00:20:53,400
\nfaith, you see there is a better
\nway and that is the way of faith<\/p>\n
369
\n00:20:53,400 –> 00:20:56,500
\nin Christ Jesus.
\nOur lord who can work in me and <\/p>\n
370
\n00:20:56,500 –> 00:21:00,700
\ndo things that I just can’t do.
\nSurely, I’m not the only one who<\/p>\n
371
\n00:21:00,700 –> 00:21:04,800
\nfeels frustrated by The Daily
\nGrind of fighting the Flesh and <\/p>\n
372
\n00:21:04,800 –> 00:21:07,700
\nthere’s an irony to this because
\nwe of all mankind, should be <\/p>\n
373
\n00:21:07,700 –> 00:21:10,500
\nmost happy.
\nWe are supposed to be, liberated<\/p>\n
374
\n00:21:10,500 –> 00:21:14,900
\nfree from sin because of the
\nsacrifice of Christ and sadly we<\/p>\n
375
\n00:21:14,900 –> 00:21:18,600
\ncan go on for a long time
\nwithout feeling the joy of being<\/p>\n
376
\n00:21:18,600 –> 00:21:21,800
\nfree from sin and I know that
\nwe’re still in this body and <\/p>\n
377
\n00:21:21,800 –> 00:21:25,600
\nwe’re going to fight it.
\nDon’t get me wrong. <\/p>\n
378
\n00:21:25,600 –> 00:21:29,400
\nSometimes I do feel that Joy, a
\nfeeling feeling truly forgiven <\/p>\n
379
\n00:21:29,400 –> 00:21:32,500
\nand free from sin.
\nAnd that’s the joy that Christ <\/p>\n
380
\n00:21:32,500 –> 00:21:35,300
\ntalks about in the upper room.
\nAnd this usually happens for me <\/p>\n
381
\n00:21:35,300 –> 00:21:37,900
\nat the breaking of bread and in
\nthe love of Christ, breaks my <\/p>\n
382
\n00:21:37,900 –> 00:21:40,600
\nheart.
\nBut I want to live liberated <\/p>\n
383
\n00:21:40,600 –> 00:21:42,600
\nfrom sin.
\nNot just in the Kingdom age, I <\/p>\n
384
\n00:21:42,600 –> 00:21:47,800
\nwant to serve god without fear
\nin faith now, but what happens <\/p>\n
385
\n00:21:47,800 –> 00:21:50,000
\nfor so many of us.
\nAnyways, that week by week, we <\/p>\n
386
\n00:21:50,000 –> 00:21:53,400
\ncome to the table of remembrance
\nand we fear with a grave fear <\/p>\n
387
\n00:21:53,400 –> 00:21:55,900
\nthat we don’t condemn ourselves.
\nBy disrespecting, the Lord’s <\/p>\n
388
\n00:21:55,900 –> 00:21:57,700
\ntable.
\nAnd so on very solemn <\/p>\n
389
\n00:21:57,700 –> 00:22:01,600
\nself-examination, we scour our
\nmind and we reflect on every <\/p>\n
390
\n00:22:01,600 –> 00:22:04,700
\nrotten thing that we’ve done and
\nwe’re really hard on ourselves. <\/p>\n
391
\n00:22:04,900 –> 00:22:08,500
\nAnd rightfully, so we should
\nhate sin and we walk away <\/p>\n
392
\n00:22:08,500 –> 00:22:12,800
\ncommitted to try harder in the
\nnext week to not keep making the<\/p>\n
393
\n00:22:12,800 –> 00:22:15,700
\nsame mistakes and sometimes
\nbrothers and sisters, our <\/p>\n
394
\n00:22:15,700 –> 00:22:18,700
\nwillpower rides high.
\nAnd we do, in fact, do better <\/p>\n
395
\n00:22:19,300 –> 00:22:22,000
\nand sometimes by Sunday
\nafternoon, we feel ashamed yet <\/p>\n
396
\n00:22:22,000 –> 00:22:25,500
\nagain that we have fallen short
\nof the glory, A of God and we <\/p>\n
397
\n00:22:25,500 –> 00:22:27,800
\nsay to ourselves what a Wretched
\nMan that I am. <\/p>\n
398
\n00:22:28,800 –> 00:22:31,900
\nHow is it that we end up at the
\nbreaking of bread week by week <\/p>\n
399
\n00:22:32,000 –> 00:22:35,700
\nwith the same or similar sins?
\nNow I imagine I’m not the only <\/p>\n
400
\n00:22:35,700 –> 00:22:38,600
\none here that’s had this sport
\nsort of experience in living the<\/p>\n
401
\n00:22:38,600 –> 00:22:41,000
\ntruth.
\nAnd what I want to get across in<\/p>\n
402
\n00:22:41,000 –> 00:22:45,000
\nthese studies is that it is not
\na willpower issue, it is <\/p>\n
403
\n00:22:45,000 –> 00:22:48,600
\nactually a faith issue and yet
\nstrangely, we are not talking <\/p>\n
404
\n00:22:48,600 –> 00:22:51,700
\nabout fighting the good fight of
\nFaith with faith. <\/p>\n
405
\n00:22:52,200 –> 00:22:54,500
\nAnd that’s exactly what I
\nbelieve Paul is talking about <\/p>\n
406
\n00:22:54,500 –> 00:22:57,700
\nwhen he says at the beginning in
\nthe end of Romans The Obedience <\/p>\n
407
\n00:22:57,700 –> 00:23:01,400
\nof faith.
\nYou see faith in Christ has to <\/p>\n
408
\n00:23:01,400 –> 00:23:03,300
\nbe the way in which we could
\nbecome obedience. <\/p>\n
409
\n00:23:03,300 –> 00:23:06,700
\nIt has to be the way in which we
\novercome our natural desires. <\/p>\n
410
\n00:23:06,700 –> 00:23:10,700
\nAnd so, what I want to do in our
\ntime together, this weekend is I<\/p>\n
411
\n00:23:10,700 –> 00:23:13,700
\nwant to talk about fighting the
\ngood fight of Faith by faith. <\/p>\n
412
\n00:23:13,700 –> 00:23:17,000
\nAnd so that’s the aim.
\nThat’s that’s the learning <\/p>\n
413
\n00:23:17,000 –> 00:23:19,400
\nintention.
\nWe are learning to develop <\/p>\n
414
\n00:23:19,400 –> 00:23:22,800
\nstrategies for increasing our
\nfaith in God, and the Lord Jesus<\/p>\n
415
\n00:23:22,800 –> 00:23:25,800
\nChrist on a daily basis.
\nAnd so what you see on the <\/p>\n
416
\n00:23:25,800 –> 00:23:28,100
\nscreen in front of you is simply
\na roadmap for how we’re going to<\/p>\n
417
\n00:23:28,108 –> 00:23:30,900
\ndo that.
\nThat as you can see right there,<\/p>\n
418
\n00:23:30,900 –> 00:23:33,900
\nwe have a tree which is
\nillustrative of the principle <\/p>\n
419
\n00:23:33,900 –> 00:23:36,600
\nthat, if you get the root of the
\ntree, right? <\/p>\n
420
\n00:23:36,600 –> 00:23:40,700
\nIt will bear fruit.
\nWe know that Christ is the root,<\/p>\n
421
\n00:23:40,800 –> 00:23:43,000
\nthe root and The Offspring of
\nDavid. <\/p>\n
422
\n00:23:43,300 –> 00:23:45,900
\nSometimes we have to focus
\nsometimes what we end up doing <\/p>\n
423
\n00:23:45,900 –> 00:23:49,300
\nis we focus on the fruit of the
\nspirit and we wonder why it’s so<\/p>\n
424
\n00:23:49,300 –> 00:23:52,200
\nhard to see it in ourselves when
\nwhat we should be doing is <\/p>\n
425
\n00:23:52,200 –> 00:23:56,600
\nfocusing on the route or abiding
\nin the vine is John 15 says, <\/p>\n
426
\n00:23:57,000 –> 00:24:01,100
\nit’s a simple analogy.
\nOur route in Christ is our <\/p>\n
427
\n00:24:01,100 –> 00:24:04,600
\nfaith.
\nAnd then above the line, You’ll <\/p>\n
428
\n00:24:04,600 –> 00:24:08,200
\nsee, those are the roots down
\nthere and then you see a line <\/p>\n
429
\n00:24:08,200 –> 00:24:09,900
\nin.
\nSo above the line are our good <\/p>\n
430
\n00:24:09,900 –> 00:24:12,300
\nworks.
\nAnd those are produced by faith <\/p>\n
431
\n00:24:12,300 –> 00:24:17,900
\nin Christ, The Works, and the
\nfruit But sometimes brothers and<\/p>\n
432
\n00:24:17,900 –> 00:24:21,200
\nsisters are things that choke
\nour faith, thorns and thistles <\/p>\n
433
\n00:24:21,200 –> 00:24:23,700
\nso to speak.
\nYeah, they’re small and very <\/p>\n
434
\n00:24:23,700 –> 00:24:26,900
\nInsidious and sometimes we don’t
\neven know that they’re there. <\/p>\n
435
\n00:24:27,200 –> 00:24:30,700
\nWhich is why David says in
\nPsalm, 19 Lord reveal unto me. <\/p>\n
436
\n00:24:30,700 –> 00:24:34,500
\nMy secret faults.
\nNow, I think it only makes sense<\/p>\n
437
\n00:24:34,500 –> 00:24:37,800
\nto talk about these Thorns to
\nour faith because we can know <\/p>\n
438
\n00:24:37,800 –> 00:24:41,400
\nhow God generates faith in us
\nand we can know what we should <\/p>\n
439
\n00:24:41,400 –> 00:24:45,600
\ndo to cultivate our own faith.
\nBut if we have thorns choking <\/p>\n
440
\n00:24:45,600 –> 00:24:48,500
\nour faith, or if we Have
\nsticking points or obstacles are<\/p>\n
441
\n00:24:48,500 –> 00:24:50,700
\nroadblocks.
\nThe other bits might make all <\/p>\n
442
\n00:24:50,700 –> 00:24:53,400
\nthe sense in the world and
\nTheory, but they won’t be <\/p>\n
443
\n00:24:53,400 –> 00:24:55,600
\nreceived.
\nThe principal is sometimes. <\/p>\n
444
\n00:24:55,600 –> 00:24:57,200
\nWe have to sweep the house
\nclean. <\/p>\n
445
\n00:24:57,200 –> 00:24:59,400
\nBefore we can put something
\nbetter back in. <\/p>\n
446
\n00:25:00,100 –> 00:25:02,900
\nAnd so we will look at Thorns
\nthrough our faith in ways that <\/p>\n
447
\n00:25:02,900 –> 00:25:07,200
\nGod generates our faith and our
\ntime together, Lord willing. <\/p>\n
448
\n00:25:08,400 –> 00:25:11,500
\nAnd So eventually in our time
\ntogether will do is we will look<\/p>\n
449
\n00:25:11,500 –> 00:25:15,500
\nat ways in which God works on
\nour faith and ways in which we <\/p>\n
450
\n00:25:15,500 –> 00:25:21,000
\ncan increase our faith day by
\nday until our faith is turned to<\/p>\n
451
\n00:25:21,000 –> 00:25:23,400
\nsight.
\nAnd finally, what we’ll do <\/p>\n
452
\n00:25:23,400 –> 00:25:25,600
\ntogether.
\nLord willing, we will remember <\/p>\n
453
\n00:25:25,600 –> 00:25:28,200
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ.
\nTomorrow morning is, we’re going<\/p>\n
454
\n00:25:28,200 –> 00:25:31,700
\nto see how all these Concepts
\ncome together in our master. <\/p>\n
455
\n00:25:33,300 –> 00:25:35,600
\nBut first, we have to ask the
\nquestion. <\/p>\n
456
\n00:25:35,600 –> 00:25:37,900
\nWhat are we even talking about?
\nWhat, what is Faith? <\/p>\n
457
\n00:25:37,900 –> 00:25:40,600
\nAnd it’s easy to say?
\nFaith is the substance of things<\/p>\n
458
\n00:25:40,600 –> 00:25:43,800
\nhoped for the evidence of Things
\nNot Seen, but I’m not <\/p>\n
459
\n00:25:43,800 –> 00:25:45,700
\nnecessarily sure that that’s
\nclear. <\/p>\n
460
\n00:25:46,300 –> 00:25:48,000
\nSo, we’ll begin with the
\nquestion. <\/p>\n
461
\n00:25:48,000 –> 00:25:53,300
\nWhat even is Faith and the most
\nsimple way I can put it is <\/p>\n
462
\n00:25:53,300 –> 00:25:55,000
\nFaith.
\nIs your thoughts? <\/p>\n
463
\n00:25:55,600 –> 00:25:58,700
\nYour thoughts, which have
\nsubstance, your faith is your <\/p>\n
464
\n00:25:58,700 –> 00:26:01,400
\nconnection to God and Christ.
\nYour faith. <\/p>\n
465
\n00:26:01,400 –> 00:26:05,400
\nIs your connection to what I’ve
\nsaid what they promised and <\/p>\n
466
\n00:26:05,400 –> 00:26:08,000
\neverything that we read in
\nscripture, your faith is your <\/p>\n
467
\n00:26:08,000 –> 00:26:11,600
\nbelief.
\nIt’s your trust and to put it in<\/p>\n
468
\n00:26:11,600 –> 00:26:13,300
\na modern term or modern
\nparlance. <\/p>\n
469
\n00:26:13,300 –> 00:26:15,800
\nIt’s your signal strength to
\nGod. <\/p>\n
470
\n00:26:17,100 –> 00:26:21,200
\nOne little question is, can it
\nbe literal can these things <\/p>\n
471
\n00:26:21,200 –> 00:26:23,300
\nactually shape?
\nOur daily experience? <\/p>\n
472
\n00:26:23,300 –> 00:26:26,200
\nCan our faith have a literal
\neffect on our lives because you <\/p>\n
473
\n00:26:26,200 –> 00:26:28,500
\nwrap your probably remember, the
\nscripture talks about having <\/p>\n
474
\n00:26:28,700 –> 00:26:33,100
\nfaith to move mountains.
\nFirst Corinthians 13, averse to,<\/p>\n
475
\n00:26:33,100 –> 00:26:37,300
\nand for example, in Matthew 17
\nand verse 20, the disciples were<\/p>\n
476
\n00:26:37,300 –> 00:26:40,800
\nnot able to heal a boy, who was
\nhaving his epileptic seizures, <\/p>\n
477
\n00:26:41,000 –> 00:26:45,000
\nand they wanted to know why and
\nJesus said unto them because of <\/p>\n
478
\n00:26:45,000 –> 00:26:49,300
\nyour unbelief for The, I say
\nunto you, if you have faith as a<\/p>\n
479
\n00:26:49,308 –> 00:26:52,600
\ngrain of mustard seed, you shall
\nsay unto this mountain, remove, <\/p>\n
480
\n00:26:52,600 –> 00:26:56,100
\nhence To Yonder place and it
\nshall remove and nothing shall <\/p>\n
481
\n00:26:56,100 –> 00:26:57,400
\nbe impossible.
\nAnd to you. <\/p>\n
482
\n00:26:58,500 –> 00:27:02,200
\nFaith to move mountains.
\nIs that a metaphor must be a <\/p>\n
483
\n00:27:02,200 –> 00:27:04,500
\nmetaphor?
\nA mountain is an is an obstacle,<\/p>\n
484
\n00:27:04,500 –> 00:27:06,900
\nfor example.
\nAnd if you have faith that you <\/p>\n
485
\n00:27:06,900 –> 00:27:08,900
\ncan do all things through
\nChrist, who strengthens you? <\/p>\n
486
\n00:27:08,900 –> 00:27:11,800
\nWell, well, you will be able to
\novercome those obstacles that <\/p>\n
487
\n00:27:11,800 –> 00:27:15,100
\nare in your path, but can it be
\ntaken literally. <\/p>\n
488
\n00:27:16,000 –> 00:27:18,800
\nAnd I think that it actually can
\nbrothers and sisters because of <\/p>\n
489
\n00:27:18,800 –> 00:27:24,500
\nscripture Zechariah 14.
\nVerse 4 tells us that our feet <\/p>\n
490
\n00:27:24,800 –> 00:27:28,500
\nshall stand with his on the
\nMount of Olives in that Day, <\/p>\n
491
\n00:27:28,500 –> 00:27:31,400
\nwhich is before Jerusalem on the
\nEast and the Mount of Olives <\/p>\n
492
\n00:27:31,400 –> 00:27:32,900
\nshow.
\nCleave in the midst thereof <\/p>\n
493
\n00:27:32,900 –> 00:27:36,000
\ntoward the East and toward the
\nwest and there should be a very <\/p>\n
494
\n00:27:36,000 –> 00:27:38,700
\ngreat valley and half the
\nmountain to remove towards the <\/p>\n
495
\n00:27:38,700 –> 00:27:41,000
\nNorth and half show removed to
\nthe South. <\/p>\n
496
\n00:27:41,400 –> 00:27:45,200
\nAnd so yes, those that live
\nlives of faith will see the <\/p>\n
497
\n00:27:45,200 –> 00:27:48,100
\nliteral culmination of their
\nbelief when the Lord comes to <\/p>\n
498
\n00:27:48,100 –> 00:27:51,400
\nReign on Earth and we will be
\nwith him by his grace in that <\/p>\n
499
\n00:27:51,400 –> 00:27:54,700
\nday.
\nBut moreover, our faith does <\/p>\n
500
\n00:27:54,700 –> 00:27:57,600
\nhave a profound impact on our
\ndaily experience. <\/p>\n
501
\n00:27:58,000 –> 00:28:00,800
\nAnd so the question we have to
\nask next is well where does <\/p>\n
502
\n00:28:00,800 –> 00:28:01,800
\nfaith?
\nFind Roots? <\/p>\n
503
\n00:28:01,800 –> 00:28:06,600
\nWhere is it generated in Romans,
\n6, 10, and verse 6 tells us the <\/p>\n
504
\n00:28:06,600 –> 00:28:08,200
\nanswer.
\nIf you turn there with me, I’m <\/p>\n
505
\n00:28:08,200 –> 00:28:13,600
\ngoing to read about 45 verses
\nRomans 10:8, verse 6 and we’ll <\/p>\n
506
\n00:28:13,600 –> 00:28:16,400
\nread down through through verse
\n10. <\/p>\n
507
\n00:28:24,100 –> 00:28:25,900
\nSo where does faith?
\nFind root? <\/p>\n
508
\n00:28:25,900 –> 00:28:28,400
\nWhere is it?
\nGenerated the heart? <\/p>\n
509
\n00:28:28,400 –> 00:28:31,900
\nRomans 10.
\nVerse 6, but the righteousness, <\/p>\n
510
\n00:28:31,900 –> 00:28:36,500
\nwhich is of Faith speaks on this
\nwise, say not in thine heart, <\/p>\n
511
\n00:28:36,500 –> 00:28:39,500
\nwho shall Ascend into heaven,
\nthat is to bring Christ down <\/p>\n
512
\n00:28:39,500 –> 00:28:42,600
\nfrom above, or who, shall
\ndescend into the deep that is to<\/p>\n
513
\n00:28:42,600 –> 00:28:45,200
\nbring Christ again from the
\ndead, but what? <\/p>\n
514
\n00:28:45,200 –> 00:28:49,600
\nSaith it.
\nThe word is near unto you even <\/p>\n
515
\n00:28:49,600 –> 00:28:53,600
\nin your mouth and in your heart,
\nthat is the word of faith. <\/p>\n
516
\n00:28:53,600 –> 00:28:57,900
\nWhich we preach verse 9, that if
\nThou shalt confess with thy <\/p>\n
517
\n00:28:57,900 –> 00:29:01,900
\nmouth, the Lord Jesus.
\nAnd shalt believe in thine heart<\/p>\n
518
\n00:29:02,300 –> 00:29:03,900
\nthat God has raised him from the
\ndead. <\/p>\n
519
\n00:29:03,900 –> 00:29:06,600
\nThou shalt be saved for with the
\nheart. <\/p>\n
520
\n00:29:06,600 –> 00:29:10,600
\nMan, believes unto righteousness
\nand with the mouth confession is<\/p>\n
521
\n00:29:10,600 –> 00:29:14,400
\nmade unto salvation.
\nAnd so, where does faith find <\/p>\n
522
\n00:29:14,400 –> 00:29:16,400
\nroot?
\nIt’s in the heart. <\/p>\n
523
\n00:29:16,600 –> 00:29:19,600
\nIn other words, in the Inner Man
\nin your thoughts. <\/p>\n
524
\n00:29:20,000 –> 00:29:22,100
\nAnd now you see how this
\npresents a problem brothers and <\/p>\n
525
\n00:29:22,100 –> 00:29:27,700
\nsisters because we know Jeremiah
\n17:9 where it says the heart is <\/p>\n
526
\n00:29:27,700 –> 00:29:31,700
\ndeceitful above all things and
\nit’s desperately wicked who can <\/p>\n
527
\n00:29:31,700 –> 00:29:38,200
\nknow it and we know it.
\nBut if all the challenges to <\/p>\n
528
\n00:29:38,200 –> 00:29:40,700
\nthat limit our faith and we’re
\ngoing to look at these later. <\/p>\n
529
\n00:29:41,000 –> 00:29:44,700
\nFear, or sin or Pride or looking
\nat oneself. <\/p>\n
530
\n00:29:44,700 –> 00:29:48,700
\nInstead of looking at God wrong
\nbeliefs, that choke our faith, <\/p>\n
531
\n00:29:48,700 –> 00:29:50,700
\nor lack of perception, and
\nawareness. <\/p>\n
532
\n00:29:51,200 –> 00:29:53,500
\nThe cares of this life,
\noverwhelming us or not <\/p>\n
533
\n00:29:53,500 –> 00:29:56,300
\nunderstanding our purpose.
\nIn our destiny, destiny. <\/p>\n
534
\n00:29:56,900 –> 00:30:00,800
\nThe greatest obstacle, I believe
\nto Growing our faith. <\/p>\n
535
\n00:30:01,600 –> 00:30:05,600
\nIs is not believing that God is
\nin every detail of Our Lives. <\/p>\n
536
\n00:30:06,700 –> 00:30:10,600
\nSo what limits Faith?
\nWhat grows Faith, the degree to,<\/p>\n
537
\n00:30:10,600 –> 00:30:19,000
\nwhich you believe this?
\nThe God is active and he is <\/p>\n
538
\n00:30:19,000 –> 00:30:21,900
\npresent in our lives.
\nAnd that’s what I mean. <\/p>\n
539
\n00:30:21,900 –> 00:30:25,500
\nBy God being in every detail,
\nGod being in everything in the <\/p>\n
540
\n00:30:25,500 –> 00:30:28,200
\nlife of a Believer.
\nAnd yet we know these scriptures<\/p>\n
541
\n00:30:28,200 –> 00:30:31,800
\nbrothers and sisters, Psalm 34
\nverse 7, the angel of Yahweh. <\/p>\n
542
\n00:30:31,800 –> 00:30:36,100
\nEncamps around those that fear
\nhim and he delivers them, Isaiah<\/p>\n
543
\n00:30:36,100 –> 00:30:39,600
\n55 verse 11.
\nSo, shall my word be that when <\/p>\n
544
\n00:30:39,600 –> 00:30:42,900
\nit goes out from my mouth, it
\nshall not return unto me void, <\/p>\n
545
\n00:30:43,000 –> 00:30:45,800
\nbut it shall accomplish that,
\nwhich I please, and it shall <\/p>\n
546
\n00:30:45,800 –> 00:30:49,300
\nprosper in, In the thing, we’re
\ninto ice ended Philippians 1. <\/p>\n
547
\n00:30:49,300 –> 00:30:53,600
\nOver 6 says be confident of this
\nvery thing that he which has <\/p>\n
548
\n00:30:53,600 –> 00:30:57,400
\nbegun a good work in you.
\nHe will perform it until the day<\/p>\n
549
\n00:30:57,400 –> 00:31:02,500
\nof Jesus Christ.
\nNow I know that it’s hard to <\/p>\n
550
\n00:31:02,500 –> 00:31:06,200
\nbelieve from personal experience
\nthat God is in every detail of <\/p>\n
551
\n00:31:06,208 –> 00:31:09,500
\nour lives.
\nEspecially when there were times<\/p>\n
552
\n00:31:09,500 –> 00:31:12,400
\nin the life of a disciple, in
\nwhich we hit rock bottom, and we<\/p>\n
553
\n00:31:12,400 –> 00:31:15,100
\nfeel like our prayers are only
\ngoing up to the ceiling and no <\/p>\n
554
\n00:31:15,100 –> 00:31:17,400
\nfurther.
\nIt’s especially difficult to <\/p>\n
555
\n00:31:17,408 –> 00:31:20,000
\nbelieve in the midst of great
\nsorrow and suffering. <\/p>\n
556
\n00:31:20,800 –> 00:31:23,300
\nAnd I’m sure at one point,
\nespecially in the midst of <\/p>\n
557
\n00:31:23,300 –> 00:31:26,700
\nsuffering, I would have found
\nwhat I’m about to say, quite <\/p>\n
558
\n00:31:26,700 –> 00:31:29,000
\nhard to accept quite
\nconfronting. <\/p>\n
559
\n00:31:29,800 –> 00:31:32,900
\nOffensive.
\nBut nevertheless, it is true <\/p>\n
560
\n00:31:32,900 –> 00:31:37,000
\nthat in the life of God’s
\ncovenant people who have <\/p>\n
561
\n00:31:37,000 –> 00:31:38,900
\nsurrendered their will to him at
\nbaptism. <\/p>\n
562
\n00:31:38,900 –> 00:31:43,600
\nHe is in every aspect of Our
\nLives, even the very hairs of <\/p>\n
563
\n00:31:43,600 –> 00:31:46,900
\nour head are numbered, God is in
\nevery aspect of our lives. <\/p>\n
564
\n00:31:46,900 –> 00:31:50,900
\nBut how either by creating
\nscenarios in which we grow or at<\/p>\n
565
\n00:31:50,900 –> 00:31:54,100
\nthe very least, by allowing
\nsituations to come into our life<\/p>\n
566
\n00:31:54,100 –> 00:31:58,500
\nto generate and to grow Faith to
\nbring us to receive the end of <\/p>\n
567
\n00:31:58,500 –> 00:32:01,700
\nour faith, the very salvation
\nOne of our souls, The more I’ve <\/p>\n
568
\n00:32:01,700 –> 00:32:04,100
\nlooked into scripture, the more,
\nI am convinced that what you <\/p>\n
569
\n00:32:04,100 –> 00:32:07,900
\nbelieve about?
\nThis idea has an enormous impact<\/p>\n
570
\n00:32:07,900 –> 00:32:10,900
\nand whether your faith grows,
\nwhether it’s stagnates, or <\/p>\n
571
\n00:32:10,900 –> 00:32:14,300
\nwhether it shrinks back, and
\nthere are numerous examples of <\/p>\n
572
\n00:32:14,300 –> 00:32:17,100
\nmen and women in scripture, who
\nbelieve that God was in <\/p>\n
573
\n00:32:17,100 –> 00:32:19,800
\neverything in their lives, and
\nthey are the people that you and<\/p>\n
574
\n00:32:19,800 –> 00:32:23,000
\nI want to be like in moreover,
\nthey are the people that God <\/p>\n
575
\n00:32:23,000 –> 00:32:25,200
\nwants us to emulate.
\nWhy? <\/p>\n
576
\n00:32:25,700 –> 00:32:28,300
\nBecause that’s the level of
\nconnection that God wants to <\/p>\n
577
\n00:32:28,300 –> 00:32:33,800
\nhave with his children.
\nNow, it’s important Also to <\/p>\n
578
\n00:32:33,800 –> 00:32:37,100
\nclarify from the outside outset
\nwhat God is not in. <\/p>\n
579
\n00:32:38,100 –> 00:32:42,200
\nGod is not in sin.
\nGod has nothing to do with sin, <\/p>\n
580
\n00:32:42,700 –> 00:32:45,300
\nand although he has made
\nprovision for it in the lives of<\/p>\n
581
\n00:32:45,300 –> 00:32:47,700
\nhis children.
\nBecause he knows our frame that <\/p>\n
582
\n00:32:47,700 –> 00:32:51,700
\nwe are, but dust and that we
\nwill, in fact sin, despite our <\/p>\n
583
\n00:32:51,700 –> 00:32:57,000
\nbest efforts and intentions, not
\nto let’s be clear, God hates sin<\/p>\n
584
\n00:32:58,000 –> 00:33:02,900
\nThe portrait of Jesus Christ on
\nthe cross is God’s view of our <\/p>\n
585
\n00:33:02,900 –> 00:33:05,500
\nsin.
\nIt is worthy of death. <\/p>\n
586
\n00:33:06,000 –> 00:33:09,800
\nIt is not something to be winked
\nat and never should our Liberty <\/p>\n
587
\n00:33:09,800 –> 00:33:12,000
\nin Christ.
\nBreed license to sin. <\/p>\n
588
\n00:33:13,400 –> 00:33:17,500
\nAnd as we know when we sin we
\nseparate ourselves from God, he <\/p>\n
589
\n00:33:17,500 –> 00:33:20,800
\nhides his face from a sort of
\nspeak the Caribbean cover their <\/p>\n
590
\n00:33:20,800 –> 00:33:24,100
\neyes and we are left most alone.
\nWe have disobeyed the word of <\/p>\n
591
\n00:33:24,100 –> 00:33:27,500
\nGod, it doesn’t mean that God,
\nabandons us forever. <\/p>\n
592
\n00:33:27,500 –> 00:33:30,800
\nHe still works with us and
\nreforms us to bring us back to <\/p>\n
593
\n00:33:30,800 –> 00:33:34,600
\nhim, but he’s not in sin, he
\ndoesn’t permit it, he doesn’t <\/p>\n
594
\n00:33:34,600 –> 00:33:36,600
\ncondone it.
\nAnd although he has made <\/p>\n
595
\n00:33:36,600 –> 00:33:40,000
\nprovision for it, let us never
\nforget that that provision is <\/p>\n
596
\n00:33:40,000 –> 00:33:42,200
\nthe blood of his only begotten
\nson. <\/p>\n
597
\n00:33:45,200 –> 00:33:49,300
\nWe have to understand how God
\ngenerates or creates faith and <\/p>\n
598
\n00:33:49,300 –> 00:33:53,500
\nit’s critical that we spend some
\ntime considering what God thinks<\/p>\n
599
\n00:33:53,500 –> 00:33:57,800
\nof us once were baptized, you
\nsee, everything changes when we <\/p>\n
600
\n00:33:57,800 –> 00:34:01,700
\npublicly confess at are baptized
\nbaptism that we are worthy of <\/p>\n
601
\n00:34:01,700 –> 00:34:03,800
\ndeath.
\nWhen we surrender our will to <\/p>\n
602
\n00:34:03,800 –> 00:34:05,800
\nGod.
\nAnd we make an Everlasting <\/p>\n
603
\n00:34:05,800 –> 00:34:08,100
\nCovenant with the creator of all
\nthe world. <\/p>\n
604
\n00:34:08,600 –> 00:34:10,900
\nThere has been a change of
\nstatus or his brother. <\/p>\n
605
\n00:34:10,900 –> 00:34:14,000
\nThomas says, there’s been a
\nchange in Constitution. <\/p>\n
606
\n00:34:14,600 –> 00:34:18,100
\nWe are a new creation is what
\nColossians says and is someone <\/p>\n
607
\n00:34:18,100 –> 00:34:20,800
\nthat is admitted that there once
\nwas a way that seems right unto <\/p>\n
608
\n00:34:20,800 –> 00:34:24,600
\nme but that way LED to death,
\nthere has been a significant <\/p>\n
609
\n00:34:24,600 –> 00:34:27,600
\nchange.
\nWhy is it so important to <\/p>\n
610
\n00:34:27,600 –> 00:34:30,000
\nrealize what it is that God
\nthinks of us? <\/p>\n
611
\n00:34:30,800 –> 00:34:34,000
\nWell, sometimes brothers and
\nsisters, we don’t see ourselves <\/p>\n
612
\n00:34:34,000 –> 00:34:38,300
\nas God to sees us and seeing how
\nspecial we are to God. <\/p>\n
613
\n00:34:38,600 –> 00:34:41,400
\nAccording to his words,
\ngenerates faith. <\/p>\n
614
\n00:34:42,500 –> 00:34:44,400
\nNext, what we’re going to have
\nto do is we’re going to have to <\/p>\n
615
\n00:34:44,400 –> 00:34:47,800
\nlook at, why that’s so hard to
\nbelieve that God is involved in <\/p>\n
616
\n00:34:47,800 –> 00:34:51,100
\nevery detail of our life and one
\nof the great challenges to our <\/p>\n
617
\n00:34:51,100 –> 00:34:55,100
\nfaith comes in suffering.
\nWe all know that it’s easy to <\/p>\n
618
\n00:34:55,100 –> 00:34:57,200
\nbelieve that God is involved in
\nthe good things. <\/p>\n
619
\n00:34:57,600 –> 00:35:00,600
\nBut what shall we shall?
\nWe receive good at the hand of <\/p>\n
620
\n00:35:00,600 –> 00:35:02,400
\nGod and shall we not receive
\nevil? <\/p>\n
621
\n00:35:03,400 –> 00:35:06,200
\nWhy is it hard to accept that
\nGod is in the great challenges <\/p>\n
622
\n00:35:06,200 –> 00:35:08,400
\nof life?
\nWell well fundamentally it <\/p>\n
623
\n00:35:08,400 –> 00:35:12,000
\nchallenges our sense of justice.
\nThe question we all face <\/p>\n
624
\n00:35:12,000 –> 00:35:14,700
\ninternally is why is this
\nhappening to me? <\/p>\n
625
\n00:35:15,000 –> 00:35:17,200
\nIn other words I’m a pretty good
\nguy. <\/p>\n
626
\n00:35:17,400 –> 00:35:20,300
\nI go to meeting three times a
\nweek and I care about the things<\/p>\n
627
\n00:35:20,300 –> 00:35:23,900
\nof God.
\nThis isn’t fair and that’s where<\/p>\n
628
\n00:35:23,900 –> 00:35:26,700
\nwe get derailed and thinking
\nthat we should be able to <\/p>\n
629
\n00:35:26,700 –> 00:35:31,700
\njustify ourselves to God.
\nThat’s a workspace mentality and<\/p>\n
630
\n00:35:31,700 –> 00:35:33,100
\none that cannot bring us to the
\nking. <\/p>\n
631
\n00:35:34,100 –> 00:35:37,100
\nAn intellectual level.
\nWe know that God is the <\/p>\n
632
\n00:35:37,100 –> 00:35:40,300
\njustifier of them that believe
\nin Jesus, that’s the atonement <\/p>\n
633
\n00:35:40,500 –> 00:35:42,900
\nthat come.
\nWhat may God Is Right that <\/p>\n
634
\n00:35:42,900 –> 00:35:47,200
\nChrist died to declare God’s
\nrighteousness and that God is a <\/p>\n
635
\n00:35:47,200 –> 00:35:50,000
\njustifier of him, which believe
\nin Jesus. <\/p>\n
636
\n00:35:50,000 –> 00:35:53,900
\nThat’s Romans 3, the first 26
\nbut it’s easy, brothers and <\/p>\n
637
\n00:35:53,900 –> 00:35:57,700
\nsisters to lose perspective when
\nwere under stress and so it’s <\/p>\n
638
\n00:35:57,700 –> 00:36:01,900
\nhelpful to have a reminder of
\nwhat it is that God says about <\/p>\n
639
\n00:36:01,900 –> 00:36:04,700
\nhis people.
\nAnd finally, what we Endeavor to<\/p>\n
640
\n00:36:04,700 –> 00:36:07,200
\ndo together is to look at
\nbiblical examples of lives that <\/p>\n
641
\n00:36:07,200 –> 00:36:10,100
\nare transformed by the belief
\nthat God is in everything in <\/p>\n
642
\n00:36:10,100 –> 00:36:12,200
\ntheir life.
\nThese are men and women through <\/p>\n
643
\n00:36:12,200 –> 00:36:16,500
\nwhom God has done The Impossible
\nby faith will look at examples <\/p>\n
644
\n00:36:16,500 –> 00:36:21,000
\nfrom Jacob’s life from Joseph.
\nDavid Elijah will look in the <\/p>\n
645
\n00:36:21,000 –> 00:36:22,700
\nPsalms and we’ll look at the
\nLord. <\/p>\n
646
\n00:36:22,700 –> 00:36:25,600
\nJesus Christ, the author and
\nfinisher of faith. <\/p>\n
647
\n00:36:26,000 –> 00:36:28,200
\nAnd we’re going to look
\nspecifically at the mind of <\/p>\n
648
\n00:36:28,200 –> 00:36:30,500
\nfaith in the upper room at the
\nbreaking of bread. <\/p>\n
649
\n00:36:30,500 –> 00:36:31,900
\nTomorrow morning.
\nGod willing. <\/p>\n
650
\n00:36:33,000 –> 00:36:35,900
\nBut before we finish this
\nsession, I have some homework to<\/p>\n
651
\n00:36:35,900 –> 00:36:38,400
\nset.
\nAnd what I’m challenging you to <\/p>\n
652
\n00:36:38,400 –> 00:36:43,000
\ndo is to let God in on every
\naspect of your life. <\/p>\n
653
\n00:36:43,000 –> 00:36:45,800
\nFor the next two weeks, put it
\nto the test. <\/p>\n
654
\n00:36:46,100 –> 00:36:50,000
\nJust try it when you struggle
\nwith something, however, small <\/p>\n
655
\n00:36:50,400 –> 00:36:53,900
\npray about it.
\nPray without ceasing how you do.<\/p>\n
656
\n00:36:53,900 –> 00:36:55,400
\nOne thing is, how you do
\neverything. <\/p>\n
657
\n00:36:55,500 –> 00:36:58,600
\nHe who is faithful in little
\nwill be faithful in much when <\/p>\n
658
\n00:36:58,600 –> 00:37:00,700
\nsomething good happens to you in
\nthe next week. <\/p>\n
659
\n00:37:00,800 –> 00:37:02,700
\nThank God for it.
\nPraise His Holy. <\/p>\n
660
\n00:37:02,900 –> 00:37:06,500
\nHe named connect with him and
\nrejoice in his loving kindness <\/p>\n
661
\n00:37:06,800 –> 00:37:08,300
\nand something challenging
\nhappens. <\/p>\n
662
\n00:37:08,900 –> 00:37:11,700
\nWell, ask for his help.
\nI hope this doesn’t sound too <\/p>\n
663
\n00:37:11,700 –> 00:37:14,200
\ntouchy-feely for you or to
\nPentecostal. <\/p>\n
664
\n00:37:14,200 –> 00:37:16,700
\nI’m not looking for a men’s and
\nI hope you don’t roll in the <\/p>\n
665
\n00:37:16,700 –> 00:37:20,000
\naisle.
\nJust pray fervently with <\/p>\n
666
\n00:37:20,000 –> 00:37:23,200
\nrespects and with, reverence,
\njust just test it out. <\/p>\n
667
\n00:37:23,300 –> 00:37:26,500
\nHave faith, that God is in
\neverything and that he is <\/p>\n
668
\n00:37:26,500 –> 00:37:28,600
\nbringing things into your life,
\nfor the development of your <\/p>\n
669
\n00:37:28,600 –> 00:37:32,600
\nfaith or allowing things to take
\nplace in your life too. <\/p>\n
670
\n00:37:32,800 –> 00:37:36,000
\nA shape and develop you and make
\nyou fit for his Temple, call <\/p>\n
671
\n00:37:36,000 –> 00:37:38,400
\nupon His holy name, in faith,
\nwhatever it is. <\/p>\n
672
\n00:37:38,400 –> 00:37:42,600
\nYour lot is for the next two
\nweeks, brothers and sisters, the<\/p>\n
673
\n00:37:42,607 –> 00:37:45,700
\nscripture abounds with examples
\nof why we should believe that. <\/p>\n
674
\n00:37:45,700 –> 00:37:48,100
\nGod not only wants to be
\ninvolved in all aspects of her <\/p>\n
675
\n00:37:48,100 –> 00:37:51,600
\nlife, but he is crafting and
\neven allowing situations and <\/p>\n
676
\n00:37:51,600 –> 00:37:55,600
\ncircumstances to prepare us for
\nthe kingdom and one objection. <\/p>\n
677
\n00:37:55,600 –> 00:37:58,900
\nYou might have that, I had been
\nthinking along these lines, is <\/p>\n
678
\n00:37:59,500 –> 00:38:02,700
\nhe is God Almighty, isn’t he too
\nbusy running? <\/p>\n
679
\n00:38:02,800 –> 00:38:06,100
\nIn the universe, holding the
\nplanets in places, putting the <\/p>\n
680
\n00:38:06,100 –> 00:38:10,300
\nthe presidents and dictators in
\nplace to bring about the battle <\/p>\n
681
\n00:38:10,300 –> 00:38:12,200
\nof Armageddon.
\nMaking stars. <\/p>\n
682
\n00:38:12,500 –> 00:38:16,300
\nDo you seriously think that God
\nwants me to believe that he is <\/p>\n
683
\n00:38:16,300 –> 00:38:18,600
\ninterested in my little
\ntroubles? <\/p>\n
684
\n00:38:19,700 –> 00:38:22,200
\nIn short.
\nYes, he is. <\/p>\n
685
\n00:38:23,100 –> 00:38:25,000
\nEven the very hairs of your head
\nare numbered. <\/p>\n
686
\n00:38:26,100 –> 00:38:28,900
\nAnd so we have to start by
\nconsidering what it is that God <\/p>\n
687
\n00:38:28,900 –> 00:38:33,100
\nactually thinks of us, not what
\nwe think, God thinks of us. <\/p>\n
688
\n00:38:33,600 –> 00:38:38,100
\nBut what the scripture says, and
\nwhat God thinks of us, when he <\/p>\n
689
\n00:38:38,100 –> 00:38:42,200
\nlooks at us through the blood
\ncovering sacrifice of the Lord <\/p>\n
690
\n00:38:42,200 –> 00:38:45,600
\nJesus Christ, we have to see
\nourselves as God sees us through<\/p>\n
691
\n00:38:45,600 –> 00:38:48,100
\nthe sacrifice of his son, and
\nLord willing. <\/p>\n
692
\n00:38:48,100 –> 00:38:50,800
\nThat’s where we’ll begin our
\nnext session in about half an <\/p>\n
693
\n00:38:50,800 –> 00:38:51,200
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