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Hebrews 10:32-39 · Providence Baptist Church - Sermons

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Please take your copy of God's Word and join me in Hebrews chapter 10.
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Our study of Hebrews.
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In our study of Hebrews so far, we have seen that the theme of Hebrews is the supremacy and finality of Jesus Christ.
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That is, Christ is greater than fill in the blank for our age.
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In this letter, the author makes the case that Christ is greater than angels.
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Christ is greater than priests.
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That Levitical, Aaronic priesthood they were familiar with in their day.
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And that Christ is greater than the old covenant redemptive economy.
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He has brought a new covenant.
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And it is a superior covenant.
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And we have seen the theme that Christ is the final Word.
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We need no new revelation.
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God has revealed Himself fully in the person and the work of Jesus Christ.
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Now, the temptation that faced the believers, this letter was originally intended for, was the abandonment of their faith.
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And its author is concerned that they persevere to the end.
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We have seen in chapter 6 that this beleaguered church had experienced apostasy in their ranks.
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They had experienced persecution.
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And if the dating is correct, which I believe that it is on this letter,
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this has been going on now for some decade and a half.
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Many years of persecution.
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And in this time, some who had once claimed faith in Jesus Christ had abandoned said faith.
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And so the author of Hebrews is seeking to press them on.
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To encourage them to hang on and to hold up.
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To encourage them to do this even in the face of great adversity.
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And we decided to study this text because as followers of Christ, we will experience trials.
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And we must prepare ourselves to persevere.
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Paul wrote to Timothy in 2 Timothy chapter 3 and verse 12.
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Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
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And that persecution takes many shapes, right?
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In many places and across the ages.
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The truth is, if we are walking righteously in this world,
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the world will hate us as it hated Christ.
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This is not the abnormal thing for the faithful follower of Jesus.
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This is the normal thing.
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Now, I am not an alarmist.
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But brothers and sisters, we need to be mindful of the day in which we live.
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We need to be found persevering now.
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And we need to prepare ourselves to persevere to the end.
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Now, to be abundantly clear, we do not save ourselves by our perseverance.
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But rather, because we have been saved, we persevere.
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It is of highest importance that we understand that God's loving kindness toward us in Jesus Christ.
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The salvation of our souls, right?
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Grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone is the cause.
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Perseverance is the effect.
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Not the other way around.
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The author of Hebrews speaks to this once again in the last half of chapter 10.
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This is a repetitive theme throughout this book.
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Last week, Clay preached on verses 26 through 31 of chapter 10,
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which contains within it the sternest warning against apostasy in this book.
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It is a stark and trembly passage.
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Today, we're going to look at verses 32 through 39,
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which is this pastor's following encouragement.
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In order to gain perspective and grasp the flow of the chapter,
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we're going to begin reading in verse 19 of chapter 10.
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Before I lead us in reading this together,
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we remind you, beloved, that this is God's word to us.
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It was written for his glory and our good.
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And we would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises
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and to obey its commands.
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Hebrews chapter 10, verse 19 and following.
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Therefore, brothers,
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since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus,
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by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain,
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that is, through his flesh,
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and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
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let us draw near with a true heart and full assurance of faith,
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with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience
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and our bodies washed with pure water.
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Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering,
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for he who promised is faithful.
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And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,
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not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some,
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but encouraging one another,
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and all the more as you see the day drawing near.
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For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth,
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there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
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but a fearful expectation of judgment
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and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries.
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Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses
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dies without mercy on the evidence of two or three witnesses.
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How much worse punishment do you think
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will be deserved by the one who has trampled underfoot the Son of God
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and has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified
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and has outraged the Spirit of grace.
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For we know him who said,
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Vengeance is mine, I will repay.
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And again the Lord will judge his people.
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It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
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I believe that Clay helped us to see
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that the person that our author is speaking of
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in verses 26 through 31
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is the person who made a profession of faith in Jesus,
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but whose life was not altered.
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The effect was never shown,
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meaning the cause never happened.
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They showed themselves to not be regenerate,
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but apostate.
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And that's something we need to hear in our day.
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In a day that being Christian means that
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grandma and grandpa are Christian.
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They help put the parking lot in at the church building.
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In a day that being Christian means that
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I occasionally pop into church
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or that I vote Republican.
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We need to hear this.
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The cause produces something in us.
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There's an evidence of who we are in Christ.
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A good tree bears good fruit.
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And if we find that our lives are only bearing bad fruit,
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then we must question the state of our souls.
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So after this strong warning
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that the author of Hebrew gives,
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listen now to his pastoral kindness.
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Remember, this church is tired.
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Any of you feel tired this morning?
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You feel like following Christ is exhausting?
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That we have picked up trouble in the world
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because we are faithful Christ followers?
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Listen to the kindness of this pastor.
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But recall the former days
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when after you were enlightened,
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you endured a hard struggle with sufferings.
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Sometimes being publicly exposed to reproach and affliction
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and sometimes being partners with those so treated.
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For you had compassion on those in prison
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and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property
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since you knew that you yourselves
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had a better possession and an abiding one.
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Therefore, do not throw away your confidence,
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which has a great reward.
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For you have need of endurance
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so that when you have done the will of God,
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you may receive what is promised.
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For yet a little while
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and the coming one will come
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and will not delay.
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But my righteous one shall live by faith.
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And if he shrinks back,
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my soul has no pleasure in him.
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But we are not of those who shrink back
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and are destroyed,
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but of those who have faith
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and preserve their souls.
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The author of Hebrews
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begins instructing his readers
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how to persevere in the present
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by reminding them
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how they persevered in the past.
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He says to them,
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you will have the grace necessary to persevere now
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because look at the evidence
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that you have the grace necessary
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to persevere then.
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He exhorts them to recall
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the beginning of verse 32.
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But recall.
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He's making this case.
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We're not those people.
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We're not those who are going to abandon the faith
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even in the face of difficulty
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and struggle and persecution.
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We're those who are going to persevere
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to the end.
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So he reminds them
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of something that happened in their lives.
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And this happens again
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and again and again
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in the Scripture.
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We're over and over again
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instructed and commanded,
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exhorted,
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encouraged
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to remember.
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And this is massively important
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because we are such forgetful people.
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Let me give you an example
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from the Old Testament.
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In Joshua chapter 3,
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we can read of Israel
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after sojourning in the wilderness
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for 40 years,
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crossing over the Jordan River.
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If you're familiar with the story,
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you'll recall that the priests
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held the Ark of the Covenant
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and the waters split.
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Right?
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Just like they had happened
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so many years
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and to a generation
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that had passed previously.
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Once again,
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God works this miracle
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and they walk across
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on dry ground.
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They walk into the place,
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the land of Gilgal.
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And in that place,
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we can read Joshua chapter 4,
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verse 19 and following.
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The people came up
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out of the Jordan
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on the tenth day
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of the first month
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and they camped at Gilgal
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on the east border
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of Jericho.
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And those twelve stones
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which they took out of the Jordan
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as they were crossing it
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on dry ground,
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Joshua set up at Gilgal.
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And he said to the people of Israel,
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when your children ask their fathers
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in times to come,
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what do these stones mean?
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This wouldn't have been
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twelve stones.
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Significant.
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It pictured something.
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But they carried them.
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I can't imagine
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they were too large.
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There's a pile of twelve stones.
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This doesn't happen naturally.
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So, in times to come,
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children are going to ask fathers,
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what do these stones mean?
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And here's the real significance of them.
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Verse 22,
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Then you shall let your children know.
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Israel passed over this Jordan
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on dry ground.
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For the Lord your God
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dried up the waters of the Jordan for you
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until you passed over,
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as the Lord your God did
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to the Red Sea,
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which He dried up for us
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until we passed over.
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So that all the peoples of the earth
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may know that the hand of the Lord
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is mighty,
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that you may fear
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the Lord your God
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forever.
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So they set up
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an altar of sorts,
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a memoriam,
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that when they saw it,
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they would remember
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the mighty things
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God had done.
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Not only had they passed
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over the Jordan
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into the promised land,
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but prior to that,
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they had passed out of slavery.
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It's meant to bring their minds back
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to the whole Exodus story.
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And notice that the emphasis
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is on,
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Joshua says,
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what God has done.
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We're to be reminded
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about what God
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has done.
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If you go on to read
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in the book of Joshua,
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Joshua many times
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retreats back to Gilgal.
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He goes back to this place
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to reunify forces
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as their conquest is going about
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in the promised land.
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He goes there to strategize.
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And I have to think,
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my theological imagination
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causes me to think
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that he was going back
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to a place
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that helped him remember
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the mighty hand of God.
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What God had done
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and that he was sure
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to keep the promises
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he had made.
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There is great power
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in remembering
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who God is
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and what God
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has done.
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Beloved,
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this book
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serves us so well
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in this way.
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We would take up
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these accounts
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and see who our Lord
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is.
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Remembering
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grants us
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the confidence
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we need
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to persevere.
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So,
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our outline for today
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is simply this.
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Preserving in the past
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and preserving
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in the present.
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And I want to show you
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how the one
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serves the other
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according to the author
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of Hebrews.
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So,
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let's look first
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persevering in
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the past.
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Verse 32
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through 34.
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We see a picture
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of a strange
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group of people.
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I hope in some measure
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we identify
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with these people
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that we would say
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rejoice with them
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and say yes,
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amen
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to the way
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that they lived
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their lives.
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That wouldn't seem
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so far off
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and obscure
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that our lives
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would look something,
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some semblance
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of this.
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He says,
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recall the former days
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when after
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you were enlightened.
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He's talking about them
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coming to faith
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in Christ.
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When the gospel
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of Jesus Christ
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was preached to them
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and embraced
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by them.
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What happened?
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A hard
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struggle
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with sufferings.
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And the author
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of Hebrews
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uses the word
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endured.
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It doesn't seem
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that this was a
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brief and passing
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thing,
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but an ongoing
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thing.
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And history
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shows us
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that there was
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a great deal
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of persecution
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in Rome
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in their day.
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And he gives us
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some detail of that
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going on in
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verse 33.
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Sometimes being
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publicly exposed
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to reproach
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and affliction
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and sometimes
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being partners
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with those
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so treated.
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So they were
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drug out
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into public
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places
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and mocked,
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ridiculed,
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and in some
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cases
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given physical
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injury.
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They were hurt
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as well.
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Beaten.
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Spat upon.
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Things thrown
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at them.
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And we find out
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in the next verse,
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verse 34,
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some of them
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were imprisoned.
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So,
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these people
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had suffered
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and they had
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endured
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a hard
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struggle.
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How did they
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partner with those
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being treated?
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They had compassion
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on them,
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those that were
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thrown in prison.
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In this day,
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if you didn't
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have family
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or friends
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that brought you
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provision in prison,
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you would die there.
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Your jailers
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did not take care
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of your physical need.
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You relied on
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those outside
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to do so.
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And this
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precious little
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church
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bore one
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another's burdens,
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took up that
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task,
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and in doing so,
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they proclaimed
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themselves to be
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Christians.
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They made it
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known to others,
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those in
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prison
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are church,
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they belong to
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Christ,
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and so
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do I.
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And what
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happened to them
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in their going
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to do this
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service to those
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is they had
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their property
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plundered.
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As they're
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going to serve
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their brothers
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and their sisters
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in prison,
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people came
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and stole
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their property,
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ransacked
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their homes.
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And here's the
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peculiar thing
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about this
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people,
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they did it
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joyfully.
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They joyfully
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accepted
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the plundering
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of their property.
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what an odd
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bunch.
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Why were they
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able to do
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this?
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How was it
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that they were
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able to endure
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hard struggle
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with sufferings,
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to be partnered
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with those
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that were
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enduring?
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It's because
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they knew
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that they had
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a better
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possession
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and an abiding
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one.
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They knew
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that the things
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of this world
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are fleeting,
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falling away,
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someday turning
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to dust.
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And they
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held loosely
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to those
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things in
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order that
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they might
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hold tightly
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to Christ.
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They knew
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that they
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had a better
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possession,
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Jesus himself,
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and an abiding
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one,
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the gift of
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the Spirit,
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the Spirit of
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Christ in
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them,
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one that could
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not be
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taken away.
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They understood
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that a student
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is not greater
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than his
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teacher.
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Christ
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suffered.
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Christ
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was
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persecuted.
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Why would
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we ever
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think that
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we wouldn't
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receive the
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same thing
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at the hands
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of the world?
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Paul wrote
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in Colossians
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1,
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verse 24,
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Now I
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rejoice in
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my sufferings
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for your
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sake,
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and in
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my flesh
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I am
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filling up
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what is
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lacking
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in Christ's
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afflictions
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for the
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sake of
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his body,
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that is,
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the church.
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Now is Paul
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there suggesting
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that Jesus'
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suffering was
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not sufficient
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for the
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salvation of
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his church?
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Absolutely
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not.
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What does
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he mean by
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lacking in
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that text?
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I think he
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means simply
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this.
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As we
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behold the
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suffering of
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Jesus Christ,
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this is part of
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our understanding
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of the gospel
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of Jesus Christ.
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And this is
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part of the
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way that God
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carries the
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gospel of
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Jesus Christ
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into the
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world.
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Is that
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Christians
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also
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suffer
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as
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Christ
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suffered?
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We're
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a peculiar
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people.
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People say,
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who are
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these people
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that joyfully
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accept
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suffering
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and hardship?
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What is it
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about them
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that makes
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them so
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strange?
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And we're
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to give
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them an
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answer.
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We have
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a better
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possession
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and an
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abiding
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one.
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We
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ought not
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think that
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we are
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greater
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than our
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master.
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They
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understood
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that
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persecution
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identified
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them
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with
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Jesus
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Christ.
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In Acts
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chapter 5
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and verse
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41,
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we see
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the
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apostles
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before the
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Sanhedrin
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and they
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are beaten
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and charged
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to not
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speak anymore
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in the
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name of
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Christ.
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Verse
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41 says,
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then they
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left the
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presence of
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the council
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rejoicing
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that they
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were
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counted
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worthy
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to
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suffer
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dishonor
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for the
20:44
name.
20:45
They
20:45
found
20:46
great
20:46
joy
20:47
because
20:47
this
20:48
beating
20:49
was
20:49
evidence
20:50
that they
20:51
were rightly
20:51
preaching
20:52
the gospel
20:52
of Jesus
20:53
Christ.
20:54
And praise
20:54
God,
20:55
they weren't
20:55
silenced
20:56
by their
20:56
suffering.
20:57
They
20:57
went forth
20:58
and boldly
20:59
proclaimed
21:00
the gospel.
21:03
Beloved,
21:03
we look at
21:04
the text,
21:04
and the text
21:05
is primary,
21:05
and it is
21:06
of such
21:06
great importance,
21:07
but this
21:07
is also
21:07
why I like
21:08
to bring
21:08
church history
21:09
into the
21:09
life of
21:10
our
21:11
fellowship
21:11
and how
21:11
it helps
21:12
to serve
21:12
us as
21:13
we see
21:13
generations
21:15
of
21:15
Christians
21:15
who have
21:16
walked
21:16
faithfully
21:17
and suffered
21:18
for it.
21:20
On your
21:20
bulletin,
21:21
there's a
21:21
John Bunyan
21:22
quote,
21:22
and I tried
21:23
to find the
21:23
exact circumstance
21:24
that he wrote
21:25
this in response
21:26
to,
21:27
and I
21:27
couldn't,
21:28
but Bunyan
21:29
was highly
21:30
persecuted.
21:32
Bunyan
21:32
wasn't given
21:32
an approval
21:34
of the state
21:35
to preach,
21:36
but he
21:36
did anyway,
21:38
and he
21:38
was thrown
21:38
in prison
21:38
a number
21:39
of times,
21:40
and he
21:40
would preach
21:41
from inside
21:42
the courtyard,
21:42
and people
21:43
would gather
21:43
outside the
21:44
prison walls,
21:44
so he was
21:45
thrown into
21:45
a dark dungeon
21:46
of the prison.
21:48
He suffered
21:49
much,
21:49
and he wrote
21:50
this,
21:51
Therefore,
21:52
I bind
21:52
these lies
21:53
and slanderous
21:55
accusations
21:55
to my person
21:57
as an ornament.
21:59
He decorated
22:00
himself with
22:01
them.
22:01
It belongs
22:02
to my
22:03
Christian
22:04
profession
22:05
to be
22:05
vilified,
22:07
slandered,
22:08
reproached,
22:09
and reviled.
22:11
And since
22:11
all this
22:12
is nothing
22:13
but that,
22:14
as God
22:15
and my
22:16
conscience
22:16
testify,
22:17
I rejoice
22:18
in being
22:19
reproached
22:20
for Christ's
22:21
sake.
22:23
He saw it
22:23
as part of
22:24
the uniform
22:24
that you put
22:25
on when
22:26
you profess
22:26
faith in
22:28
Jesus Christ.
22:29
Do we
22:30
understand
22:30
that?
22:32
Do we
22:32
count the
22:33
cost of
22:34
following
22:35
Jesus?
22:35
Do we
22:35
treasure
22:36
Him in
22:37
a way
22:37
that nothing
22:38
else matters
22:39
in comparison?
22:42
They
22:42
understood
22:43
that suffering
22:44
was for
22:45
their good.
22:47
God
22:47
uses
22:48
suffering
22:48
as a
22:49
kind
22:49
Father
22:50
to bring
22:51
about
22:52
maturity
22:53
in our
22:54
lives.
22:55
James
22:56
wrote in
22:56
James 1,
22:57
verse 2
22:58
and following,
22:58
Count it
22:59
all joy,
23:00
my brothers,
23:00
when you
23:00
meet trials
23:01
of various
23:02
kinds.
23:03
For you
23:04
know that
23:04
the testing
23:04
of your
23:05
faith
23:05
produces
23:06
steadfastness
23:07
and that
23:08
steadfastness
23:08
have its
23:09
full effect
23:09
that you
23:10
may be
23:10
perfect
23:11
and
23:11
complete,
23:13
lacking
23:13
in nothing.
23:16
Do we
23:17
take on
23:17
suffering
23:17
in that
23:18
way?
23:19
Do we
23:19
view it
23:20
as a
23:20
great
23:20
evil
23:21
and a
23:21
thing
23:21
that
23:22
just
23:22
is
23:22
unjust
23:23
and
23:23
should
23:23
never
23:24
happen?
23:24
Or do
23:24
we
23:24
embrace
23:25
it
23:25
as
23:25
part
23:26
of
23:26
God's
23:27
sovereign
23:27
plan
23:28
for
23:29
our
23:29
good?
23:31
They
23:31
understood
23:32
the
23:33
concept
23:34
of
23:35
heavenly
23:35
reward.
23:37
They
23:38
got,
23:38
they have
23:38
a better
23:39
possession
23:40
and an
23:41
abiding
23:42
one.
23:43
They
23:43
embraced
23:43
the
23:44
teaching
23:44
of
23:44
Jesus.
23:45
Matthew
23:45
chapter 6
23:46
verse 19
23:47
and 20.
23:48
Do not lay
23:49
up for
23:49
yourselves
23:49
treasures
23:50
on earth
23:50
where
23:51
moth
23:52
and rust
23:52
destroy
23:53
and where
23:53
thieves
23:54
break in
23:54
and steal.
23:56
They had
23:56
actually
23:56
experienced
23:57
that.
23:58
Thieves
23:58
broke in
23:59
and stole
23:59
their
23:59
earthly
24:00
possessions.
24:01
But lay
24:02
up for
24:02
yourselves
24:02
treasures
24:03
in heaven
24:03
where
24:04
neither
24:04
moth
24:04
nor rust
24:05
destroys
24:05
and where
24:06
thieves
24:06
do not
24:07
break in
24:08
and steal.
24:09
Eternal
24:10
heavenly
24:11
reward.
24:13
The
24:14
things of
24:14
this earth
24:15
and our
24:15
very lives
24:16
themselves
24:17
are fleeting.
24:19
They are
24:19
passing by
24:20
and I
24:21
know
24:21
beloved
24:21
that
24:22
every
24:22
day
24:22
does
24:23
not
24:23
feel
24:23
that
24:23
way.
24:24
Some
24:24
days
24:25
feel
24:25
like
24:26
an
24:27
eternity.
24:29
Press
24:29
on
24:30
as we
24:30
suffer
24:31
and it
24:31
just
24:32
seems
24:32
like
24:32
it
24:32
will
24:32
never
24:33
end.
24:34
One
24:35
glorious
24:35
day
24:35
we're
24:36
going to
24:36
put
24:36
back
24:36
on
24:36
this
24:36
life
24:37
and
24:37
go
24:37
truly
24:38
it
24:39
was
24:39
a
24:39
hand
24:39
breath.
24:41
Truly
24:41
I
24:41
was
24:41
a
24:42
vapor
24:42
in
24:42
the
24:42
wind.
24:44
Why
24:44
did
24:44
I
24:45
not
24:45
heed
24:45
this
24:46
caution
24:46
and
24:47
this
24:47
teaching?
24:49
We
24:49
should
24:49
have
24:49
our
24:50
minds
24:50
aimed
24:51
eternally.
24:53
The rest
24:54
of that
24:54
expanse,
24:55
that
24:55
massive
24:56
amount
24:57
of
24:57
time
24:57
cannot
24:58
be
24:58
measured
24:59
because
24:59
it
24:59
has
25:00
no
25:00
measure.
25:02
They
25:03
understood
25:03
but do
25:04
we
25:04
that we
25:05
should be
25:05
investing
25:05
there
25:06
and not
25:08
here?
25:08
How much
25:09
of our
25:09
lives
25:10
are aimed
25:11
at
25:11
our
25:11
comfort
25:12
and
25:13
our
25:13
leisure
25:14
our
25:14
temporal
25:15
enjoyment
25:16
and
25:17
how
25:17
little
25:18
of our
25:18
lives
25:18
are
25:18
aimed
25:19
like
25:19
that?
25:22
These
25:22
Christians
25:23
were
25:23
faithful
25:23
in this
25:24
way.
25:25
I hope
25:26
that we
25:26
have
25:27
been
25:27
too.
25:27
I
25:27
could
25:28
think
25:28
of
25:28
some
25:28
examples
25:29
of how
25:29
we
25:30
have
25:30
been
25:31
as
25:32
well.
25:33
How
25:33
would
25:33
we
25:34
endure
25:34
a
25:36
hard
25:36
struggle
25:36
with
25:37
sufferings?
25:37
I
25:38
hope
25:38
we
25:38
would
25:38
bear
25:39
up
25:39
by
25:40
the
25:40
grace
25:40
of
25:40
God
25:40
in
25:41
the
25:41
same
25:41
way.
25:43
These
25:43
were
25:43
Christians
25:44
that
25:44
had
25:44
been
25:44
beaten
25:45
down.
25:45
This
25:45
is
25:45
why
25:46
this
25:46
letter
25:46
is
25:46
being
25:47
written
25:47
to
25:47
them.
25:48
It's
25:48
trying
25:48
to
25:48
give
25:49
them
25:49
courage
25:49
to
25:50
press
25:51
on.
25:53
To
25:53
persevere
25:54
in
25:55
the
25:55
present.
25:57
So
25:57
he
25:57
goes
25:57
on
25:58
in
25:58
verse
25:58
35
25:59
and
25:59
on
25:59
through
26:00
the
26:00
end
26:00
of
26:00
our
26:00
text
26:00
in
26:01
verse
26:01
39.
26:02
Because
26:03
of
26:03
this
26:04
past
26:05
persevering
26:06
and
26:07
persevere
26:09
in
26:10
the
26:10
present.
26:11
He
26:11
says
26:12
in
26:12
verse
26:12
35,
26:12
therefore
26:13
do
26:14
not
26:14
throw
26:14
away
26:15
your
26:15
confidence
26:16
which
26:17
has
26:18
a
26:19
great
26:19
reward.
26:20
Now
26:20
as I
26:20
said
26:20
earlier
26:21
their
26:22
confidence
26:23
is
26:23
not
26:24
found
26:24
in
26:25
the
26:25
activity
26:26
of
26:26
enduring
26:26
hard
26:27
struggles
26:27
with
26:27
sufferings.
26:28
Look
26:29
at
26:29
us.
26:30
We're
26:30
endures.
26:32
Right?
26:32
We're
26:33
fantastic
26:34
faithful
26:34
Christians.
26:36
Surely
26:36
we
26:37
can
26:37
press
26:38
on.
26:39
And
26:40
for
26:40
them
26:40
to
26:40
look
26:40
and
26:40
see
26:41
the
26:41
great
26:41
work
26:41
that
26:42
God
26:42
had
26:42
done
26:43
in
26:43
their
26:43
lives.
26:44
The
26:45
affection
26:45
that
26:46
God
26:46
had
26:46
given
26:47
them
26:47
for
26:48
Christ.
26:49
That
26:49
they
26:49
would
26:49
treasure
26:50
Christ
26:50
as a
26:50
greater
26:51
possession
26:51
and an
26:52
abiding
26:52
one
26:52
as a
26:52
gift
26:53
of
26:53
the
26:53
Spirit.
26:54
That
26:54
they
26:54
would
26:55
joyfully
26:55
accept
26:56
the
26:56
plundering
26:56
of
26:56
their
26:56
property
26:57
as
26:57
a
26:57
gift
26:58
of
26:58
the
26:58
Spirit.
26:59
That
26:59
they
26:59
would
27:00
want
27:00
to
27:00
join
27:01
in
27:01
and
27:01
partner
27:07
that
27:07
confidence
27:08
that
27:09
the
27:09
author
27:09
is
27:09
referring
27:09
to.
27:10
This
27:10
confidence
27:11
in
27:11
their
27:12
confession
27:12
of
27:13
Jesus
27:13
as
27:14
the
27:14
Christ
27:15
and
27:15
the
27:15
evidence
27:16
that
27:17
they
27:17
truly
27:17
believe
27:18
that.
27:18
The
27:19
way
27:19
that
27:19
he's
27:19
working
27:19
in
27:20
and
27:21
through
27:21
them.
27:21
Cause
27:22
and
27:22
effect.
27:23
Remember
27:24
the
27:24
effect
27:25
so that
27:25
you'll
27:25
remember
27:26
the
27:27
cause.
27:28
You
27:29
have
27:29
need
27:30
of
27:31
this.
27:31
Do
27:31
not
27:31
throw
27:32
away
27:33
your
27:34
confidence
27:34
because
27:35
it
27:35
has
27:35
a
27:35
great
27:36
reward.
27:38
Another
27:39
example
27:39
from
27:40
church
27:41
history.
27:42
Hugh
27:42
Latimer
27:43
who's
27:43
one of
27:43
the
27:43
Oxford
27:44
martyrs
27:44
if you'd
27:44
like to
27:45
look
27:45
those
27:45
guys up
27:46
at some
27:46
point.
27:48
He once
27:48
was invited
27:49
to preach
27:49
before
27:49
King
27:50
Henry
27:50
VIII
27:51
and
27:52
in
27:52
his
27:52
sermon
27:53
he so
27:53
offended
27:54
King
27:55
Henry
27:55
that he
27:56
was
27:56
ordered
27:57
to preach
27:57
again
27:58
the
27:58
following
27:58
Sunday
27:59
and
28:00
to
28:00
supply
28:00
an
28:00
apology
28:01
as
28:01
part
28:01
of
28:02
that
28:02
sermon.
28:03
Can you
28:06
imagine
28:06
what that
28:07
must have
28:07
felt
28:07
like?
28:09
He
28:09
so
28:09
boldly
28:10
proclaimed
28:10
the
28:10
gospel
28:10
that
28:11
the
28:11
king
28:11
was
28:11
offended
28:11
and
28:11
the
28:12
king
28:12
said
28:12
you'll
28:12
come
28:12
back
28:13
and
28:13
you'll
28:13
apologize.
28:14
What a
28:14
week
28:15
that
28:15
would
28:16
have
28:16
been.
28:18
And
28:18
Hugh
28:18
Latimer
28:18
in the
28:20
beginning
28:21
of this
28:21
like the
28:22
introduction
28:22
to his
28:23
sermon
28:23
out
28:25
loud
28:25
in front
28:25
of the
28:26
king
28:26
addresses
28:26
himself.
28:27
He
28:27
speaks
28:27
to
28:27
himself
28:28
and
28:28
this
28:28
is
28:29
that
28:29
and
28:29
it's
28:30
got
28:30
words
28:31
in it
28:31
that we
28:32
don't
28:32
usually
28:32
use.
28:32
So hang
28:33
with me
28:33
as he
28:34
does
28:34
this.
28:34
He's
28:35
speaking
28:35
to
28:35
himself
28:36
out loud
28:36
in front
28:37
of the
28:37
king
28:37
in his
28:37
court.
28:38
He said
28:38
Hugh
28:39
Latimer
28:40
does
28:41
thou
28:41
know
28:41
before
28:42
whom
28:42
thou
28:42
art
28:43
this
28:43
day
28:43
to
28:43
speak
28:44
to
28:44
the
28:45
high
28:45
and
28:45
mighty
28:46
monarch
28:46
the
28:46
king's
28:47
most
28:47
excellent
28:48
majesty
28:48
who
28:48
can
28:48
take
28:49
away
28:49
thy
28:49
life
28:50
if
28:50
thou
28:51
offendest
28:51
therefore
28:52
take
28:53
heed
28:53
that
28:53
thou
28:53
speak
28:54
is
28:54
not
28:54
a
28:54
word
28:54
that
28:55
may
28:55
displease
28:55
!
29:02
message
29:02
thou
29:03
art
29:03
sent
29:03
even
29:05
by the
29:05
great
29:06
and mighty
29:06
God
29:07
who
29:08
is
29:08
all
29:08
present
29:08
and
29:09
who
29:09
beholdeth
29:09
all
29:10
thy
29:10
ways
29:11
and
29:11
who
29:11
was
29:11
able
29:11
to
29:12
cast
29:12
thy
29:12
soul
29:13
into
29:13
hell
29:14
therefore
29:15
take
29:15
care
29:16
that
29:16
thou
29:16
deliverest
29:17
thy
29:17
message
29:18
faithfully
29:19
he
29:20
said
29:21
to
29:21
himself
29:22
at
29:22
this
29:22
dialogue
29:23
in
29:23
front
29:23
of
29:23
the
29:23
king
29:24
that
29:24
he
29:24
feared
29:24
God
29:25
more
29:26
than
29:27
the
29:27
king
29:28
and
29:29
then
29:29
he
29:29
proceeded
29:29
to
29:30
preach
29:30
the
29:30
exact
29:31
same
29:31
sermon
29:32
he
29:32
had
29:32
preached
29:32
the
29:32
week
29:33
before
29:33
and
29:35
the
29:36
historians
29:37
say
29:37
but
29:37
with
29:37
much
29:38
more
29:38
energy
29:39
and
29:41
I
29:42
don't
29:42
know
29:42
that
29:43
King
29:43
Henry
29:43
VIII
29:44
became
29:44
a
29:45
believer
29:45
but
29:46
it
29:47
was
29:47
received
29:47
favorably
29:48
he
29:49
had
29:50
a
29:50
council
29:51
with
29:51
him
29:51
and
29:51
he
29:52
applauded
29:52
him
29:52
for
29:53
his
29:53
boldness
29:53
to
29:54
preach
29:54
in
29:54
such
29:54
a
29:55
way
29:55
before
29:56
the
29:56
king
29:57
later
29:58
as
29:59
I
29:59
mentioned
29:59
Hugh
30:00
Latimer
30:00
was
30:01
one
30:01
of
30:01
the
30:01
Oxford
30:01
martyrs
30:02
he
30:03
was
30:03
martyred
30:03
not
30:03
by
30:04
King
30:04
Henry
30:04
VIII
30:04
but
30:05
by
30:05
Queen
30:05
Mary
30:06
who
30:06
we
30:06
know
30:07
as
30:07
Bloody
30:08
Mary
30:08
who
30:09
wreaked
30:11
havoc
30:11
against
30:11
the
30:12
Protestant
30:12
church
30:13
and
30:14
he
30:14
was
30:14
ordered
30:14
to
30:14
be
30:14
!
30:14
at
30:15
the
30:15
stake
30:17
and
30:19
he
30:19
is
30:19
quoted
30:19
as
30:19
having
30:19
said
30:20
to
30:20
Ridley
30:20
play
30:21
the
30:21
man
30:22
Master
30:22
Ridley
30:23
we
30:24
shall
30:24
this
30:24
day
30:24
light
30:24
such
30:25
a
30:25
candle
30:25
by
30:25
God's
30:26
grace
30:26
in
30:26
England
30:27
as
30:27
I
30:27
trust
30:28
shall
30:29
never
30:29
be
30:30
put
30:30
out
30:30
do
30:31
and
30:31
the
30:31
Oxford
30:31
martyrs
30:32
these
30:33
men
30:33
in
30:34
addition
30:34
to
30:34
Ridley
30:35
and
30:35
Latimer
30:36
Cranmer
30:37
Thomas
30:37
Cranmer
30:38
were
30:39
burned
30:39
in
30:39
this
30:40
place
30:40
there's
30:40
a
30:40
monument
30:41
to
30:41
them
30:41
there
30:42
now
30:42
but
30:42
was
30:43
the
30:43
very
30:43
beginning
30:43
of
30:44
the
30:44
English
30:44
Reformation
30:45
and
30:46
certainly
30:47
by
30:47
God's
30:48
grace
30:48
that is
30:49
a
30:49
candle
30:50
that
30:50
has
30:50
not
30:51
been
30:52
put
30:52
out
30:53
do
30:54
not
30:55
throw
30:55
away
30:56
your
30:57
confidence
30:58
which
30:58
has
30:58
such
30:59
a
31:00
great
31:00
reward
31:01
verse
31:02
36
31:03
he
31:03
goes
31:03
on
31:03
for
31:05
you
31:05
have
31:05
need
31:06
of
31:06
endurance
31:07
so
31:08
that
31:08
when
31:08
you
31:08
have
31:09
done
31:09
the
31:09
will
31:09
of
31:09
God
31:10
you
31:10
may
31:10
receive
31:11
what
31:12
is
31:12
promised
31:12
this
31:13
idea
31:14
of
31:14
endurance
31:15
could
31:15
be
31:15
thought
31:16
of
31:16
as
31:16
perseverance
31:18
or
31:18
steadfastness
31:20
God
31:22
is
31:22
steadfast
31:23
toward
31:23
us
31:23
and
31:24
we
31:24
in
31:24
return
31:25
by
31:26
his
31:26
grace
31:26
are
31:27
meant
31:27
to
31:27
be
31:27
steadfast
31:28
toward
31:29
him
31:30
the
31:31
Christian
31:31
life
31:32
is
31:33
more
31:33
of
31:33
a
31:34
marathon
31:34
than
31:35
a
31:36
sprint
31:36
we
31:37
are
31:38
meant
31:38
to
31:38
put
31:38
our
31:38
head
31:38
down
31:39
and
31:39
run
31:40
many
31:41
of
31:41
us
31:42
have
31:42
probably
31:42
seen
31:42
some
31:43
sporting
31:43
event
31:44
where
31:44
somebody
31:44
just
31:44
goes
31:45
too
31:46
hard
31:46
at
31:47
the
31:47
beginning
31:47
they
31:48
just
31:48
press
31:49
and
31:49
press
31:49
and
31:49
press
31:50
so
31:51
hard
31:52
and
31:52
they
31:52
run
31:52
out
31:53
of
31:53
steam
31:54
we
31:54
are
31:54
not
31:55
meant
31:55
to
31:55
be
31:55
those
31:55
people
31:56
we
31:56
are
31:56
meant
31:56
to
31:56
!
31:57
the
31:58
Puritans
31:58
often
31:59
called
31:59
this
32:00
plotting
32:00
this
32:01
is not
32:01
a word
32:02
we use
32:02
anymore
32:03
either
32:03
right
32:04
but
32:04
getting
32:05
on the
32:05
road
32:06
on the
32:06
way
32:06
of
32:07
Jesus
32:07
and
32:07
just
32:08
taking
32:08
the
32:09
next
32:09
step
32:09
and
32:10
the
32:10
next
32:10
step
32:10
and
32:10
the
32:10
next
32:11
step
32:11
and
32:11
it
32:12
feels
32:13
like
32:13
plotting
32:14
so
32:15
often
32:16
it's
32:17
rare
32:18
I find
32:18
in my
32:18
life
32:19
that I
32:19
feel
32:19
like
32:20
skipping
32:20
down
32:21
this
32:21
road
32:21
right
32:22
it
32:23
feels
32:23
like
32:24
trudging
32:24
along
32:25
but
32:26
by
32:26
the
32:26
great
32:27
grace
32:27
that
32:28
God
32:28
provides
32:29
we
32:30
will
32:30
plod
32:31
to
32:32
the
32:32
end
32:33
after
32:34
our
32:35
text
32:35
today
32:36
I'm
32:37
going
32:37
to
32:37
be
32:37
into
32:37
Hebrews
32:38
chapter
32:39
11
32:39
which
32:40
is a
32:40
list
32:41
of
32:41
people
32:41
and
32:42
their
32:42
steadfast
32:43
faith
32:44
we're
32:45
going
32:45
to
32:45
consider
32:46
for
32:46
a
32:46
long
32:46
time
32:47
faithfulness
32:48
and
32:48
what
32:49
it
32:49
looks
32:50
like
32:50
and
32:50
just
32:51
after
32:51
chapter
32:51
11
32:52
the author
32:53
of
32:53
Hebrew
32:53
writes
32:54
therefore
32:54
since
32:55
we are
32:56
surrounded
32:56
by so
32:57
great
32:57
a cloud
32:58
of
32:58
witnesses
32:59
all
33:00
of
33:00
these
33:00
faithful
33:01
people
33:02
who
33:02
have
33:02
gone
33:02
before
33:03
us
33:03
let
33:04
us
33:04
also
33:05
lay
33:05
aside
33:05
every
33:06
weight
33:06
and
33:06
sin
33:07
which
33:07
clings
33:08
so
33:08
closely
33:09
and
33:09
let
33:10
us
33:10
run
33:11
with
33:11
endurance
33:12
the
33:13
race
33:13
that
33:14
is
33:14
set
33:14
before
33:15
us
33:15
he
33:16
means
33:16
to
33:17
pick
33:17
up
33:17
this
33:17
type
33:18
of
33:18
imagery
33:19
as
33:19
he
33:19
talks
33:20
back
33:20
in
33:20
chapter
33:20
10
33:21
about
33:21
our
33:21
need
33:22
of
33:23
endurance
33:24
that
33:24
we
33:24
would
33:24
keep
33:25
up
33:25
our
33:26
stamina
33:26
and
33:26
press
33:27
on
33:27
to
33:28
the
33:29
end
33:30
the
33:32
author
33:32
then
33:32
cites
33:33
once
33:34
again
33:35
the
33:36
Old
33:36
Testament
33:37
book
33:38
is
33:38
just
33:39
packed
33:39
full
33:39
of
33:40
the
33:40
Old
33:40
Testament
33:41
let's
33:41
not
33:41
divorce
33:42
our
33:42
faith
33:43
from
33:43
it
33:43
this
33:45
time
33:45
Habakkuk
33:46
chapter
33:47
2
33:47
verse
33:48
3
33:48
and
33:49
4
33:49
the
33:51
book
33:52
of
33:52
Habakkuk
33:52
Habakkuk
33:54
writes
33:54
for
33:55
still
33:55
I'm
33:56
sorry
33:56
God
33:56
speaks
33:56
to
33:57
Habakkuk
33:57
in
33:57
this
33:57
text
33:58
for
33:59
still
33:59
the
33:59
vision
34:00
awaits
34:00
its
34:01
appointed
34:01
time
34:02
it
34:02
hastens
34:03
to
34:03
the
34:03
end
34:03
I
34:04
will
34:04
not
34:04
lie
34:05
if
34:05
it
34:05
seems
34:06
slow
34:06
wait
34:07
for
34:07
it
34:07
it
34:07
will
34:07
surely
34:08
come
34:08
it
34:09
will
34:09
not
34:09
delay
34:10
behold
34:11
his
34:12
soul
34:12
is
34:12
puffed
34:12
up
34:13
it
34:13
is
34:13
not
34:13
upright
34:14
within
34:14
him
34:14
but
34:15
the
34:15
righteous
34:16
shall
34:17
live
34:17
by
34:18
faith
34:19
this
34:19
is
34:20
the
34:20
text
34:20
that
34:20
Paul
34:21
is
34:21
citing
34:21
in
34:21
Romans
34:22
chapter
34:23
1
34:23
and
34:23
verse
34:24
17
34:24
the
34:25
righteous
34:25
shall
34:26
live
34:27
by
34:28
faith
34:28
this
34:29
was
34:29
an
34:29
exhortation
34:30
originally
34:30
given
34:31
by
34:31
God
34:31
to
34:31
Habakkuk
34:32
as
34:33
Habakkuk
34:33
complained
34:34
about
34:35
the
34:35
advances
34:35
of
34:36
injustice
34:36
and
34:37
the
34:37
suffering
34:37
of
34:38
God's
34:39
people
34:39
Habakkuk
34:40
in
34:40
the
34:41
beginning
34:41
of
34:41
this
34:41
book
34:41
is
34:41
crying
34:42
out
34:42
why
34:42
oh
34:43
Lord
34:43
how
34:44
long
34:45
oh
34:45
Lord
34:46
and
34:47
this
34:47
is
34:47
the
34:48
exhortation
34:49
that's
34:49
given
34:49
to
34:49
him
34:50
in
34:50
response
34:51
the
34:52
end
34:52
is
34:52
coming
34:53
don't
34:54
shrink
34:54
back
34:55
press
34:56
on
34:56
in
34:56
faith
34:57
and
34:58
it's
34:58
his
34:59
meditation
34:59
on
35:00
this
35:00
truth
35:00
that
35:01
leads
35:01
him
35:02
to
35:02
pin
35:02
the
35:03
great
35:03
song
35:03
of
35:04
faith
35:04
in
35:04
Habakkuk
35:05
chapter
35:05
3
35:06
verse
35:06
17
35:06
and
35:07
18
35:08
and
35:09
19
35:09
which
35:09
is
35:09
what
35:10
was
35:10
read
35:10
previously
35:11
by
35:12
Clay
35:12
this
35:13
morning
35:13
let me
35:13
just
35:13
reread
35:14
once
35:14
again
35:15
verse
35:15
17
35:15
and
35:16
18
35:17
though
35:18
the
35:18
fig
35:19
tree
35:19
should
35:19
not
35:19
blossom
35:20
nor
35:21
fruit
35:21
beyond
35:21
the
35:22
vines
35:22
the
35:22
produce
35:23
of
35:23
the
35:23
olive
35:24
fail
35:24
and
35:24
the
35:25
fields
35:25
yield
35:26
no
35:26
food
35:26
the
35:27
flock
35:28
be
35:28
cut
35:28
off
35:28
from
35:29
cut
35:29
off
35:29
from
35:29
the
35:29
fold
35:30
and
35:30
there
35:30
be
35:30
no
35:30
herd
35:31
in
35:31
the
35:32
stall
35:32
nothing
35:32
is
35:32
going
35:33
our
35:33
way
35:33
even
35:34
though
35:34
nothing
35:35
is
35:35
going
35:35
our
35:36
way
35:36
Habakkuk
35:37
says
35:37
yet
35:38
I
35:38
will
35:39
rejoice
35:39
in
35:40
the
35:40
Lord
35:40
I
35:41
will
35:41
take
35:41
joy
35:42
in
35:42
the
35:42
God
35:45
this
35:46
is
35:46
the
35:46
text
35:47
Habakkuk
35:48
2
35:49
3
35:49
4
35:50
this
35:51
exhortation
35:52
of
35:52
God
35:52
that
35:53
the
35:53
author
35:53
of
35:53
Hebrews
35:53
cites
35:54
here
35:55
now
35:55
he
35:55
is
35:55
citing
35:56
the
35:56
rearranged
35:57
Septuagint
35:58
version
35:58
of
35:59
Habakkuk
35:59
2
35:59
3
36:00
4
36:00
which
36:01
is
36:01
the
36:01
Greek
36:01
translation
36:02
and
36:03
our
36:04
New
36:04
Testament
36:04
authors
36:05
were
36:05
given
36:06
the
36:06
latitude
36:06
to
36:06
do
36:06
that
36:07
by
36:07
the
36:07
Spirit
36:07
you'll
36:08
find
36:08
that
36:08
inconsistency
36:09
sometimes
36:10
but
36:11
by
36:11
the
36:11
Spirit
36:11
we
36:12
have
36:12
this
36:12
now
36:13
Greek
36:14
version
36:15
of
36:15
Habakkuk
36:16
2
36:16
3
36:17
and
36:17
4
36:17
the
36:18
order
36:18
is
36:18
a
36:18
little
36:18
bit
36:19
different
36:19
than
36:19
it
36:19
is
36:20
in
36:21
the
36:21
Hebrew
36:21
but
36:22
all
36:22
the
36:22
same
36:22
we
36:23
can
36:23
see
36:23
through
36:24
our
36:24
New
36:24
Testament
36:24
understanding
36:25
three
36:25
things
36:26
number
36:27
one
36:27
Jesus
36:29
is
36:30
returning
36:30
soon
36:30
he
36:32
will
36:32
return
36:34
he
36:34
will
36:34
not
36:35
delay
36:36
look
36:36
verse
36:37
37
36:37
yet
36:37
a
36:38
little
36:38
while
36:38
and
36:38
the
36:38
coming
36:39
one
36:39
will
36:40
come
36:41
and
36:41
will
36:42
not
36:42
delay
36:43
this
36:44
may
36:45
feel
36:45
like
36:45
a
36:45
long
36:46
time
36:46
to
36:46
us
36:47
I
36:48
hope
36:48
your
36:48
heart
36:48
with
36:48
me
36:49
could
36:49
say
36:49
come
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Lord
36:49
Jesus
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today
36:50
is
36:51
a
36:51
great
36:51
day
36:51
Lord
36:52
come
36:52
back
36:53
today
36:53
but
36:54
in
36:55
due
36:55
time
36:56
in
36:57
God's
36:57
sovereign
36:57
purpose
36:58
he
36:58
will
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not
36:59
delay
37:00
Jesus
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is
37:00
returning
37:01
soon
37:02
number
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two
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the
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believer
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the
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true
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follower
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of
37:06
Jesus
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Christ
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will
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persevere
37:08
either
37:09
to the
37:09
end
37:10
of
37:10
their
37:10
life
37:10
or
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to
37:11
the
37:11
return
37:11
of
37:12
Christ
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they
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will
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persevere
37:15
they
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will
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stay
37:16
steady
37:18
following
37:18
Jesus
37:19
and
37:21
number
37:21
three
37:21
the
37:23
unbeliever
37:23
will
37:24
not
37:24
persevere
37:25
verse
37:27
38
37:27
but
37:28
my
37:28
righteous
37:29
one
37:29
shall
37:30
live
37:30
by
37:30
faith
37:31
and
37:32
if
37:32
he
37:32
shrinks
37:32
back
37:33
my
37:33
soul
37:33
has
37:33
no
37:34
pleasure
37:34
in
37:35
him
37:36
faith
37:37
here
37:37
could
37:38
also
37:39
be
37:39
rendered
37:40
faithfulness
37:41
so
37:43
my
37:43
righteous
37:43
one
37:43
shall
37:44
live
37:44
by
37:44
faithfulness
37:45
the
37:47
evidencing
37:47
of
37:48
who
37:49
they
37:49
are
37:50
in
37:50
Christ
37:51
they
37:51
stay
37:52
steady
37:52
they
37:53
press
37:53
on
37:54
they
37:54
pursue
37:55
beloved
37:57
if you
37:57
are in
37:57
Christ
37:58
you
37:58
will
37:58
be
37:58
picking
37:58
up
37:59
the
37:59
graces
38:00
of
38:00
God
38:01
to
38:01
you
38:01
meeting
38:02
with
38:02
the
38:02
church
38:02
scripture
38:03
reading
38:04
and
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obedience
38:04
prayer
38:06
and you
38:06
will
38:06
be
38:06
pressing
38:07
on
38:07
in
38:07
holiness
38:08
you
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won't
38:09
be
38:09
like
38:09
a
38:09
man
38:10
who
38:10
looks
38:10
in
38:10
the
38:10
mirror
38:10
and
38:13
turns
38:11
away
38:11
and
38:11
forgets
38:11
his
38:12
face
38:12
you
38:13
will
38:13
be
38:13
like
38:13
a
38:13
man
38:14
who
38:14
rather
38:14
looks
38:15
in
38:15
the
38:15
mirror
38:16
picks
38:16
up
38:16
this
38:16
text
38:17
sees
38:17
who
38:18
you
38:18
are
38:18
in
38:18
Christ
38:19
and
38:19
responds
38:20
faithfully
38:21
to
38:22
who
38:22
you
38:22
are
38:23
in
38:24
Jesus
38:24
the
38:26
believer
38:27
will
38:27
persevere
38:28
in
38:29
faithfulness
38:30
steadfastness
38:31
fidelity
38:33
the
38:35
unbeliever
38:35
will
38:36
not
38:37
the
38:38
unbeliever
38:38
will
38:38
shrink
38:39
back
38:40
when
38:40
things
38:41
get
38:41
tough
38:41
they
38:42
will
38:42
pull
38:42
away
38:43
and
38:43
Jesus
38:43
parable
38:44
of
38:44
the
38:44
sower
38:44
this
38:45
is
38:45
that
38:45
rocky
38:45
soil
38:46
the
38:46
one
38:46
who
38:46
appears
38:47
to
38:48
spring
38:48
forth
38:49
life
38:49
but
38:50
when
38:50
the
38:50
son
38:51
of
38:51
tribulation
38:51
comes
38:52
out
38:52
because
38:52
there
38:52
is
38:53
no
38:53
root
38:53
in
38:54
him
38:54
he
38:55
dries
38:55
up
38:56
and
38:56
withers
38:57
away
38:57
!
39:00
And
39:00
finally
39:01
verse
39:02
39
39:02
the
39:03
author
39:03
says
39:04
and
39:05
I
39:06
hope
39:06
this
39:06
is
39:06
an
39:06
encouragement
39:06
to
39:07
you
39:07
but
39:08
we
39:08
are
39:09
not
39:09
of
39:09
those
39:10
who
39:10
shrink
39:11
back
39:11
and
39:12
are
39:12
destroyed
39:12
this
39:13
is
39:13
not
39:14
us
39:14
wrote
39:16
earlier
39:16
in
39:16
Hebrews
39:17
chapter
39:17
6
39:18
that
39:19
he
39:19
is
39:19
sure
39:20
of
39:20
better
39:20
things
39:21
things
39:22
that
39:22
belong
39:22
to
39:24
God
39:24
he
39:25
himself
39:26
is
39:26
looking
39:26
from
39:27
the
39:27
outside
39:27
at
39:28
this
39:28
tired
39:29
church
39:29
and
39:29
saying
39:30
I'm
39:30
seeing
39:30
the
39:31
evidences
39:31
of
39:32
God's
39:32
grace
39:32
in
39:33
your
39:33
life
39:33
hey
39:34
remember
39:35
when you
39:36
endured
39:36
a hard
39:36
struggle
39:36
with
39:37
sufferings
39:37
remember
39:38
the
39:38
love
39:38
that
39:39
you
39:39
had
39:39
for
39:39
one
39:39
another
39:39
remember
39:40
those
39:41
days
39:41
when
39:41
you
39:41
weren't
39:41
neglecting
39:42
to
39:42
meet
39:42
together
39:43
remember
39:43
those
39:44
days
39:44
when
39:44
you
39:44
did
39:44
in
39:44
fact
39:45
draw
39:45
near
39:45
remember
39:47
that
39:47
we're
39:50
not
39:50
those
39:50
who
39:50
shrink
39:51
back
39:51
we're
39:52
those
39:52
who
39:53
press
39:53
on
39:53
we're
39:55
those
39:55
who
39:55
have
39:55
faith
39:56
and
39:57
preserve
39:58
our
39:59
souls
39:59
I hope
40:01
that this
40:01
is true
40:02
of you
40:02
this
40:03
morning
40:03
we
40:05
must
40:05
never
40:06
grow
40:06
tired
40:07
in our
40:08
preaching
40:08
of the
40:08
gospel
40:08
of Jesus
40:09
Christ
40:09
of saying
40:10
to people
40:11
make
40:12
your
40:12
calling
40:13
and
40:13
election
40:13
sure
40:14
be
40:16
sure
40:16
in
40:17
the
40:17
age
40:18
in
40:18
which
40:18
we
40:18
live
40:18
having
40:19
said
40:20
yeah
40:20
I
40:20
believe
40:21
in
40:21
Jesus
40:21
that
40:22
your
40:22
life
40:23
evidences
40:24
that
40:24
that
40:25
it's
40:25
not
40:26
just
40:26
merely
40:26
a
40:26
mental
40:27
assent
40:27
an
40:28
acceptance
40:28
of
40:28
something
40:29
handed
40:29
down
40:29
to
40:29
you
40:30
through
40:30
some
40:30
generations
40:31
the
40:31
cultural
40:32
thing
40:32
you
40:32
think
40:33
you
40:33
should
40:33
do
40:33
but
40:35
rather
40:35
that
40:35
you
40:35
have
40:35
actually
40:36
beheld
40:36
Jesus
40:37
Christ
40:37
as
40:37
precious
40:38
you've
40:39
understood
40:40
that
40:40
he is
40:40
God
40:41
incarnate
40:42
God
40:42
himself
40:43
humbled
40:43
himself
40:44
to
40:44
become
40:44
a
40:44
man
40:45
massive
40:47
!
40:47
significance
40:47
and
40:49
not only
40:49
that
40:50
to come
40:50
and to die
40:50
on a cross
40:51
to bear
40:52
the wrath
40:53
of God
40:53
for your
40:54
sin
40:54
it was yours
40:56
and he took
40:56
it from you
40:57
and by faith
40:59
in him he gives
41:00
you his perfect
41:01
life
41:02
God would
41:03
behold us
41:04
in Jesus
41:05
and say of us
41:07
beloved
41:08
you're mine
41:10
you belong to me
41:11
you're now my
41:12
sons and daughters
41:13
and I am
41:14
your father
41:14
because of what
41:16
Jesus did
41:16
for us
41:17
because of
41:18
anything
41:18
that we've
41:19
done
41:20
and that
41:21
this realization
41:22
would be a
41:22
thing that
41:23
motivates
41:23
in you
41:24
change
41:26
life
41:27
a life
41:28
lived now
41:28
in worship
41:29
of God
41:29
in every
41:30
area
41:31
we give
41:33
ourselves
41:33
away
41:34
for the
41:34
sake
41:35
of knowing
41:35
Jesus
41:36
we're those
41:37
who lose
41:38
our lives
41:38
in order
41:39
that we
41:39
might gain
41:40
them
41:40
we're those
41:41
who pick
41:42
up our
41:42
cross
41:43
daily
41:44
having counted
41:45
the cost
41:46
knowing
41:47
full well
41:48
what comes
41:48
our way
41:49
being followers
41:50
of Jesus
41:51
for to be
41:52
disciples of
41:53
Christ
41:53
we should
41:54
expect
41:54
the life
41:55
that Christ
41:56
had
41:56
and it's
41:57
going to
41:58
weigh out
41:58
in different
41:59
measure
42:00
I'm married
42:01
and I have
42:01
children
42:02
Jesus didn't
42:03
I'm to give
42:04
myself away
42:06
to the will
42:07
of God
42:07
in this world
42:08
for the glory
42:09
of God
42:09
the way
42:10
that Jesus
42:10
did
42:11
we should
42:12
expect
42:13
struggling
42:14
hard
42:15
struggles
42:16
with
42:16
sufferings
42:17
will come
42:18
our way
42:18
are we
42:20
those who
42:20
shrink back
42:21
and are
42:21
destroyed
42:21
are we
42:22
those
42:23
who have
42:23
faith
42:24
and preserve
42:25
our souls
42:26
let's pray
42:28
together