>> In Jill's is pleased to bring
you something better. from the
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Book of Hebrews. >> Hello? Happy
Sabbath and welcome back to 3. A
B N's virtual home coming fall
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camp meeting 2021 where the
theme is something better. And I
hope that you have been blessed
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by the messages that you seen
here presented. And you know
what? I hope that you're not
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only taking this knowledge but
you're applying it to your
everyday life. I'm looking for
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ways to apply what I'm hearing
and learning to my life as well.
And the speaker for the
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hours going to be pastor James
Rafferty. He is 3ABN, director
of disciple ship. James
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Rafferty is an ordained pastor
evangelist and author of several
books. He has been in
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full time gospel ministry for 37
years with a special focus on
Daniel and revelation and I
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can attest to that. I have spent
112 episodes with them on
salvation and symbols and signs
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and he definitely has a special
focus in Daniel in revelation.
God has opened doors for James
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to share the everlasting gospel
and America Africa Asia, Europe
South America and the South
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Pacific. He has been married to
his wife received for 32 years.
They make their home in
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central California and are
blessed with 2 adult children.
His sermon will be entitled
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faith factor. But just before he
blesses us with the spoken word.
We will be blessed in
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song by Tim Parton. And he'll
be singing I will cherish the
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cross. ¤ ¤ >> I
remember that day mercy
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saved me. >> And laying I knelt
down in They're at the cross
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love for gay. Be exchanging mice
and for his grace. >> I will
never forget the 3rd.
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>> And he lifted and the he >>
So precious to me the place of
my pardon. I was 3 D.
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>> I'm a child of God. >> That's
>> why I cherish that for all.
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¤ >> My Heart will
always be >> found in the crawl.
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>> don't choose to be Lee,
but >> It's the power of will >>
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That's >> why I share is that
for all. And there's the cross
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until ¤ and exchange it. of
God. >> that's why I cherish.
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¤ ¤ >> I will
cherish the cross so
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precious to me the place of my
part and I was redeemed by love
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that. Powerful song just reminds
me when I first accepted Jesus
Christ as my savior.
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Continual dependence. We have on
Christ from day one. Forward. He
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is the author and he is the
We'll be talking about that in
our last meeting, the 7th right
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now. We're going to be looking
at Hebrews Chapter 11. The title
of this meeting today right now
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is faith factor. The faith of
Jesus. We began with an emphasis
on the languages of
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love. God's love languages. And
we looked at them in the Book of
Hebrews because it's a
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relational book and then we
looked at how God communicates
through those languages to us.
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So that we would actually be
able to communicate those
languages through those things
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just to others. We noted that
God's gift of love is his first
love language and he was
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chapter one and then we want to
hear is chapter 2 and we looked
at physical touch and we talked
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about how Jesus Christ has can
netted himself with the human
race for all eternity. So the 2
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love languages that we focused
on here is one in 2 are gods
gift and physical touch 2 of
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the. 5. But then we discovered
2 more making 7 altogether in
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the Book of Hebrews some just
reviewing a little bit for us
because. We want to connect
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the Book of Hebrews with the
Book of revelation. You know, in
the Book of revelation were
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told about the everlasting
gospel and the everlasting
gospel has to go to all the
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world because the everlasting
gospel is what brings Babylon
down and that alone is a code
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word for confusion. Spiritual
Confucian confusion about God
confusion, about how got sates
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confusion about how God feels
about us and the only thing that
can bring that spiritual
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confusion. Doubt is the Gospel
and the Gospel is in essence, a
revelation of the love of God
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reveal to us on Calvary. And so
he bruises also talking about
God's love. But it's
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using love languages revelation
focuses on God's love
symbolically. He was focuses on
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it. Relational Lee, we talked
last night about heart
transplant or and how that got
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left toward us comes in to
sausage changes. ASA transforms
us. So that out of us, his love
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can flow out to others. We end
up loving God with all our heart
mind soul and loving our
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neighbor as ourselves. So in
revelation, the everlasting
gospel is preached and it
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produces of people. To keep the
commandments of God and that's
the love of God in us
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and the love of God flowing out
of us to other. So it's the same
basic principle in Hebrews
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and in revelation. Indeed, the
Book of revelation is like a
summation of the entire Bible
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revelation speaks about this
mostly in symbolic or
theological terms. The Book
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of Hebrews speaks about this
in. Relational terms. And that's
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not new to the Bible. You know,
back in the day Abraham was
called a friend of God. A RAM
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was the father of faith, right.
He was called a friend of God
and God called him out of or
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out of the land of the county
and out about the law. >> And
when he came out of
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Babylon were told in Genesis, 26
1st 5 Abraham kept God's laws
and statutes and his
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commandments and is not a
judgment. So we see here this
relational experience going all
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the way back to the very
beginning of God's call. >> To
his people. The Old
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Testament like the Book of
Hebrews talks about the Gospel
in this relational language
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rather than the strictly
theological or even symbolic
language of a lot of the books
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of the Bible and the Book of
revelation. So this relation ul
focus of how God relates
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to Austin the languages of love
has been our emphasis. So far
and we're going to continue to
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focus on this. But this time
we're going to focus on it in
the Book of Hebrews chapter
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11. So again, the title of our
messages. Fey factor and we
could actually parallel that to
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revelation chapter 14 verse 12
where it says here are those
that keep the commandments of
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God and have faith of Jesus
faith factor is the faith of
Jesus. Let's praise. We get
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started. And ask God to be with
us father in heaven which want
to thank you again for this
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opportunity to study this
beautiful scene of something
better. In the book at keepers.
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Thank you for each of the
presentations. Thank you for the
light and the truth that
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Shelley has brought forth to us.
Thank you for each of the
musicians and the blessing and
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power and influence of music
that reminds us in song of the
plan of salvation and the
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sacred work that you've been
doing in our lives and hearts
and father don't. Stop that
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work now, we've been sitting in
a number of meetings today. And
we've been taking in the
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messages. But we want more. We
don't want to be satisfied. We
need we have a great need,
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especially in the world in which
we live in. We have a great need
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for ourselves and for others. So
please send your holy spirit to
guide and direct us right now to
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speak through me in spite of
myself and please help us to
your Sept of an open all of
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those that are here. All of our
listeners to your words for we
ask it in Jesus name a man.
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While we are so thankful
that you have joined us for this
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homecoming. A camp meeting here.
The fall camp mean 3ABN. It is a
blessing. 2 fellowship
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together. There's just a small
number of us here in person. But
I know there's many more of
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us out there viewing. And I'm
just thankful that you've chosen
to give got this time a
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member. This is not my time with
you. This is God's time with you
and we'll be right in
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to God's word in studying this
faith fact. You know, God loves
us. The Bible says that God
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loves us faithfully, which
actually causes us to see
ourselves and others through
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the eyes of faith. It is God's
faith toward us that actually
causes us to have faith in the
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first place. He is the author of
our faith. You know, we've
turned from God and yet he's
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continued to pursue relationship
with us in the Garden of Eden,
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Adam and Eve were hiding from
God that he was pursuing them.
This relationship pursuit by God
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has been with every person on
planet Earth and it isn't
evidence of God's faithfulness
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toward us even though we've been
unfaithful to him. The Bible
says that God draws
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everyone sees that I-5 be lifted
up from the Earth will draw all
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men on to me. John chapter, 12
verse 32. The Bible says that
the Christ ransom all in first,
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Timothy chapter 4. The Bible
says that Jesus Christ died
fall. We read that in Hebrews
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chapter 2 and verse 9. The Bible
says in acts 17 that God gives
life to all the Bible says in
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John, one verse 9 that God gives
light to all the Bible says in
Titus chapter to the gods grace
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disappeared and all men. We know
in John, 3.16 that God loves the
world loves God loves
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all mankind and we know, of
course, that God gives every man
a measure of faith. That's
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what we have. We have a measure
of faith and that's Romans
chapter 12 and verse 3. So the
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faith of Jesus is not just human
faith. It's not just faith in
Christ. The faith of
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Jesus, the faith of Jesus this
talked about in revelation
chapter for 12 or 14 years.
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12. >> Is also perhaps we
should say it could primarily be
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Christ's faith manifested toward
humanity because crisis said far
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more faithful. God has been far
more faithful. The faith of
Jesus has been far more faithful
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toward us. Then our response to
him has been. As we see
throughout all of the
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scriptures. Have you ever
believed in someone when no one
else did. Have you ever
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believed. In yourself when it
seemed like there was nothing to
believe in. They've had those
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experiences. I remember when I
was a young man, I was. Again by
myself at 16 years of
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age. I was working in a hospital
part time. In fact, Danny and I
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have something in common. We
both were orderlies. He was
making $0.80 an hour. When I
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became an orderly or nursing
Tech. I was making $3 and $0.21
an hour. >> So men always gone
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up or, you know, this is though,
that tells you how many years
were part of the way I was
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working in this Hospital and I
failed to come into work now.
The reason I feel the coming to
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work was because of my party
lifestyle. I woke up too late
and I just didn't make it into
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work and that's an automatic
fire. You don't. You have to
show up. You get your stuff.
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You leave us. You know, so I
came into work to go to my
locker to get my stuff and the
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supervisor her that I was on the
premises in the hospital and she
came to me and she said
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the boss wants to talk to Scott
wants to talk to you. And the
name has not changed to protect
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anyone there. His name was Scott
and I said why? I said I know.
I'm fine. I know. I just
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need to leave. And she said, you
just need to go talk to Scott.
So I went in to talk
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to Scott long story short. Scott
told me that I wasn't fired. He
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said I still have my job. Now.
This was so unusual. I had given
up on myself. But this man
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exercised faith in me. And I'll
tell you what, I was never late
for work and I never missed
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another day of working in
because the faith and the
confidence, the belief that he
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placed in me motivated me to do
a better job and never failed
again. I remember my car broke
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down one day it was pouring down
rain and I walk to work to make
sure it's there on time.
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And this is what the Bible tells
us about got in first
Corinthians chapter 13 the
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launch after it says that that
love God love bears. All things
believes all things hopes, all
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things endures. All things. >>
Faith. Hope and love continue.
God sees hope where
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we see 9 God believes in us. We
can hardly believe it ourselves.
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God is loft. That's the Bible.
Now. Your thoughts, your
feelings, maybe even other
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people society at large. They're
going to tell you different
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things. >> But we need to be
directed by the word of God. We
need to follow the word of God
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and we need to look at God's
love as something that is active
God's love is a verb. It's not
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just principle that sits by
itself alone. It actually
impacts us in a powerful way. We
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need to also understand that
faith and belief are pretty much
synonymous. You know, if you if
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you study this this war faith
and belief, you're going to find
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that. It's used a lot in the
word of gotten honestly. In
fact, I don't if you knew this,
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but the Book of John, the gospel
of John never uses the word
faith. Not one time. Instead,
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it uses the word belief. That's
the only word that's used in the
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Gospel of John. The the only
time faith is even mention in
the in the Gospel of John is
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when Jesus says to Thomas put
your finger and into my side,
etcetera be not faithless, but
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believing. Matthew, Mark and
Luke emphasize the word faith
instead of belief. But Johns.
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the size is the word belief that
he uses that word believe more
times than the word faith
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is used in all the other 3
Gospels combined together. So
John was really into this
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war. Believe it. I think it's
powerful because I have faith in
you. I believe in you.
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I know you can do this. That's
what God is saying to us. That
was that's what God is
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communicated to us. Before we
get into he was Chapter 11.
We're really going to see this
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explode out. We want to look. At
Romans chapter 3. This is what
we find a definition, if
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you will, of the faith of God
with the faith of Jesus so that
we can understand in the
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context of revelation chapter 14
verse 12 Romans chapter 3
beginning with verse 3. Here's
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what's S. For what if some did
not believe. Shell there and
belief make the faith of God
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without effect. So there's the
phrase, the faith of got. This
is not our faith. This
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is God's faith is the faith of
God and Paul's asking the
question, if people don't
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believe in, got it. People turn
away from God if they reject
God, if they reject him as
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their savings. They were jet.
God's love. Does that an belief
that they have that lack of
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belief that could be. Does that
make the faith of God without
effect. And you know his answer
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to that is God for bid. It. Yes.
Let God be true. And that every
man, the ally as it is
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written the Dow mice be
justified in 9 Sainz and my dust
over calm when thou art
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That's powerful language. We
got one. Paul says God forbid he
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wants us to take notice
something that's really
powerful. So. But then he goes
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on to say that God can overcome
what he is judge, what is God
going to be judged for I thought
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we were the ones who are going
to be out why we got be judged.
Well, guys going to be judged
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primarily for what he's being
judged for right now. Believing.
That fall and sinful
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human beings who hurt and hate.
Will respond is love and allow
the Holy spirit to change them.
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The Levy that human beings can
be transformed by a heart
transplant. That's what that's
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what God is on trial for. He.
He's on trial for believing in
us for having faith in us
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for holding out for us which by
the way, the side effects of
that is evil and pain and
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suffering. And sorrow. And
death. God is holding out for
got his long suffering to us
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with not willing that any would
perish. It was long suffering of
got what's all that made
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him. Paul. It was a long
suffering of got toward the
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thief on the cross that made him
that promised him paradise. It
was a long suffering I've
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got one man NASA that caused him
to be converted in safed. God.
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It's holding out for us. And
because of that, we see evil in
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pain and suffering because of
that. We see God on trial. If
you will. God is being judged of
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God is a God of love why is he
allowing all this pain families
allowing it because you don't
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believe in God and he's holding
out for you. Every time a center
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like me except Jesus Christ
as their savior. God's faith and
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belief toward us is vindicated.
Every time a center except
Christ as savior. All of having
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rejoices. They throw a party.
That's what Jesus says. They
hope the particles come home.
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Let's have a party cook up the
roads to get the fact that a
calf. And even if some do not
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believe does that make God's
faithfulness God's belief in us.
God forbid process. God
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forbid it. It doesn't make it
without effect. God's faith in
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us. >> Holds fast. It holds
true. He was Chapter 11 and just
look there. It's a powerful
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book. It picks up the Saints.
Same theme faith. But it's
really interesting because he
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was Chapter 11. Is speaking
about our faith. What we don't
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realize sometimes we read here
is Chapter 11 is our faith is
actually response of God's faith
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toward us and God's faith toward
us in Hebrews Chapter 11 is the
power that is actually carrying
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gots people through all of the
experiences that are described
here are going to see that are
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hopefully really powerfully as
we read the scriptures. The
first first we want to read
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is Hebrews Chapter 11 in verse.
One says now faith is the
substance of things hoped for
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and the evidence of things not
seen hole. All right. There you
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see a kind of a confirmation
here. God is exercise in faith
war humanity even though he sees
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how we can. We are. How an right
us. We are for 21 years. Got
exercise faith toward me.
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And I know that he saved my
life. Several times he sent
people to speak to me sent
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people to so season, the my life
and in my heart and then a 21
years of age. Those seeds
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were waters that faith paid off.
And I accepted Jesus Christ as
my personal savior.
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Praise God. And Jesus is telling
us is using the Bible is telling
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us here that faith by
definition. Is the evidence the
substance of things hoped for
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the evidence of things. Not not
saying then he goes on to
describe the face experience
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of God's people. And by the way,
I want to just emphasize here.
We're still on the theme
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of biblical and our languages of
love. This is going to be the
language. Called words of
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affirmation, words of
affirmation that's probably my
weakest language. My wife will
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will tell you that. I'm I'm a
perfectionist by nature. I try
to get out of my system.
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But I just oh, it's so hard so I
can come home in the House is
all clean. But one thing is and
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on and I'll point out that
one thing that isn't done. I'm
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making myself very vulnerable
here before you all that. I just
want you to know. I'm working on
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this words of affirmation. We
have stressed wrong love
languages and we have week left
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family just and this is my week
Loveland which and I want to
make it my stronger love
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language because I believe that
God speaks to all of the
language equal through all of
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the language is equally. And I I
know he wants us to do the same
thing so I can naturally be in
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acts of service mode and do
things for people et cetera, et
cetera. But sometimes it's I
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have to put forth an effort to
affirm. To lift up to encourage
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people. This chapter is
dedicated to the love language
of words of affirmation. And
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you're going to see why here in
just a second. Let's just go
through it. We'll just move to
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verse over 7. By faith talking
about noa noa being one of God
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of things that were it's not us.
My glasses on here. Soon be
easier. Be one of got things not
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seen as yet move with fear.
Prepared are to the saving his
house by which he condemned the
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world and became the heir of
righteousness, which is by
faith. Noah, you're amazing.
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Look at the M exercising faith,
preaching preparing an arc. But
you notice doesn't mention
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anything about Noah getting
drunk in his tent. It's not in
the text. Now. This is not the
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first time we're going to see
this omission of the failures.
Affirmation of the successes
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and omission of the failures.
You know, we're more inclined to
be critical of someone just
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makes a misstep. You know, we're
just on it. God is giving us a
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picture of how he sees us
through the eyes of faith when
we put our faith in Jesus
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Christ. All of our fears, all on
the steps, all of our sins. Our
cast into the depths of the sea.
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That's what we're told. The Mike
a chapter 7. Cason the depths of
the sea and before dog leaves
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that location, he post up a
bunch of no fishing signs.
That's what got us. And we know
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that because if he was Chapter
11, let's continue on. By faith.
It says in verse 8 Abraham when
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he was called out to go into a
place which he should after
receive for inheritance obey
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any went out, not knowing
where he went. I thank yous are
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joining the land of promise in a
strange country dwelling in
Tabernacle with Isaac and Jacob
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airs with them of the same
promise at Tabernacle is like a
tense. This is this is camping.
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This is. >> To do our modern
day version of this would be go
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camping and my wife and our
family loves to go camp. We've
got campaign for you.
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>> Years. >> And we kind we you
know, went from a tense and hard
00:24:48.32\00:24:58.59
surface to a tent and air match
trust to a little motor home.
That was really nice that that
00:24:58.59\00:25:04.47
transition unit graduation too.
2 more comfortable camping
situation. As you get older,
00:25:04.47\00:25:10.31
you feel the need for that. I
guess all right. Well, Abraham
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was in a tent. He never got a
motor home. My wife had, you
know, certain requirements for
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campaign and one of the
requirements was yes, we can go
camping as long as we go into a
00:25:20.52\00:25:23.95
campground that has flush
toilets and showers. I don't
think Abraham have flush toilets
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and showers. And of course we
knew everybody going. We love to
camp a cottage Grove Lake was
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right about 15 miles, maybe 35
40 minutes from us and we can
always run back to the House
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and get whatever we forgotten.
Boy, do we should get some
things. We just run back to the
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House. Labor have wasn't running
that to the best of sure are to
the land of the Cal
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the county to County and he
wasn't running back there to get
anything. He was done.
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He was gone. He was camping
permanently know flush out. >>
Toilets. No showers and no
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opportunity to go back. That
was it for him. Of course he did
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send back for a wife for his
son. Isaac. But no supply us. He
was on his own and he wasn't out
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there. You know, my wife and I
will go camping maybe for 3 days
or 4 days. If we have 5
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days my family's going home
without me. But I just sit out
there and looking to the fire
00:26:15.54\00:26:18.01
at night and I just love campy.
But I went out there for 5 days,
10 days, 20 days a year,
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2 years, 3 the rest of his life.
We spent in a tent. This was a
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Rams faith. That doesn't say
anything here about how Abraham
wide and told the Egyptians.
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Sarah was his sister. It's not
in the text. God removes from
the life of Abraham all of his
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failures. And God is going to be
the same thing for us. Got sees
us through the eyes of faith and
00:26:52.31\00:26:59.05
Jesus Christ covers are
failures. Got believes in us and
he speaks in to us these
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words of affirmation. Continuing
our look at this. This is really
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amazing. He goes on in the next
on the next page here and it
says I want to move to another
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another person. Because you have
so many here. By faith, Jake it
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when he was dying blessed but
verse 21 but blast, both of his
sons and we're shuttling on top
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of the staff. Does anything
about Jacob deceiving is that.
Pertaining to the east saw in
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stealing the birthright. Nothing
there. In other words, God is
00:27:36.32\00:27:45.59
omitting again, all of the
failures that's let's continue
on here. It says here by faith.
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Let's go down to Moses, Moses.
What he was come of years
refused verse 24 to be called
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of the sun. A Pharaoh's daughter
choosing rather, to suffer
affliction with the
00:27:54.47\00:27:58.44
people of God, then do enjoy the
pleasure sun for a season, a
season a steaming, the
00:27:58.44\00:28:04.18
reproach of Christ greater
riches. >> Then the Treasury
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needs. If we had respect under
the recompense of the reward
doesn't say anything about
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Moses killing Egyptian bury him
in the Senate. Does anything
about Moses striking Iraq twice
00:28:10.99\00:28:17.49
and bringing the glory to
himself. All of that's gone.
Saul scrap. This is how God
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sees us by faith. His faith
motivates us to live by faith.
When we know that God
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forgives us as Abraham new as
Moses, new is Jake up now. As no
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one knew. When we know the God
forgives us when he you know, we
know that he covers this. We
00:28:37.08\00:28:40.55
know that he puts us into the
depths of the sea. It motivates
us to live for him. His faith
00:28:40.55\00:28:47.89
toward us motivate sauce to live
from. That's why revelation 14
12 says here they to keep the
00:28:47.89\00:28:50.83
commands of God have the faith
of Jesus because the faith of
Jesus that motivates them to
00:28:50.83\00:28:55.10
keep the commandments of God.
It's the faith Jesus has in us
that motivates us to live for
00:28:55.10\00:29:02.60
him. And that's why the
2 go together because the
00:29:02.60\00:29:05.51
commandments of God is the law
and the faith of Jesus is the
00:29:05.51\00:29:09.61
Gospel. And the law in the
Gospel go hand in hand and
sometimes we. Put all the
00:29:09.61\00:29:18.02
emphasis on the lawn, all the
emphasis what we're supposed to
all the emphasis on our
00:29:18.02\00:29:22.39
obedience. >> All you have. This
us God doesn't do that. He never
does that. Of course, when we do
00:29:22.39\00:29:28.26
that, sometimes. Well, you will
react to that and the reaction
that will be put all the
00:29:28.26\00:29:32.37
emphasis on grace and all the
others on God's love and all the
answers on what God does.
00:29:32.37\00:29:36.77
>> And leave out the obedience
to God's commandments. >> We're
00:29:36.77\00:29:42.91
creatures. >> Of imbalance.
Naturally. That's wise and 30 21
says you will hear a voice
00:29:42.91\00:29:49.02
behind you saying this is the
way walking in it. We turn to
the left or when you turn to the
00:29:49.02\00:29:54.22
right and sometimes we just go.
We just focus on one extreme say
that's extreme. That's bad.
00:29:54.22\00:29:58.19
That's wrong. And we don't
realize that in order to balance
out extreme you you yourself of
00:29:58.19\00:30:01.40
necessity have to become
extreme. God doesn't want us to
00:30:01.40\00:30:05.87
be balancing out. Another
extreme. God wants us to be
balanced. And as we balance,
00:30:05.87\00:30:12.01
that example, which is the
example of Jesus Christ will
help others to be balanced in
00:30:12.01\00:30:19.35
Christian experience. Then it
goes on here and it says and you
know. Paul is running out
00:30:19.35\00:30:23.62
of time here is that he's
running out of time. So he says
00:30:23.62\00:30:31.06
here by faith. Versed 31 the
heart rate. Half parish. Not
with them. That believe not. And
00:30:31.06\00:30:35.10
I think the only reason why that
word heart is in here. It's not
a negative is just remind us of
00:30:35.10\00:30:39.33
who what we have this was who
this was. She exercised faith in
00:30:39.33\00:30:46.31
God and it goes on to say. Verse
32 what July more say for time
00:30:46.31\00:30:55.08
would fail to tell of Gideon un
beginning. Sort of the Lord for
getting in who ended up. Leading
00:30:55.08\00:31:01.52
his people into idolatry. That's
not mentioned in the text. Don't
mention that. By phase. Getting
00:31:01.52\00:31:08.40
N. Right. And back member back.
I'm not going out there that you
cope with me. Hi and Sam
00:31:08.40\00:31:14.90
said. And Delilah. I guess
that's all we need to say about
00:31:14.90\00:31:19.64
that right. I mean, I didn't
even below. Why wasn't even sure
that Sampson was saved me. The
00:31:19.64\00:31:23.14
guy basically committed suicide
right. I wasn't sure he was safe
until I read he was
00:31:23.14\00:31:29.12
Chapter 11. Wow. God is amazing.
The faith and the belief he
exercises toward us
00:31:29.12\00:31:34.46
that motivates us to live for
him is. Phenomenal. And so we
00:31:34.46\00:31:43.90
kind of summarizes it. All
right. Here. And basically says
if you getting the picture. This
00:31:43.90\00:31:51.17
is your life. And this is my
life as seen through the eyes of
Jesus. This is what it looks
00:31:51.17\00:31:56.78
like when we enter into the
investigative judgment. You
know, a lot of scared to death
00:31:56.78\00:32:01.02
of the investigative judgment he
Bush after 11 is the
investigative judgment. It's a
00:32:01.02\00:32:04.69
time in our lives. Are
investigated and if we have
faith in Jesus and if we stand
00:32:04.69\00:32:09.66
with Jesus and if he stands, are
mediator, all of our failures
and sends our blotted out and
00:32:09.66\00:32:15.50
our life record stands just like
he was Chapter 11 without one
staying for Sen recorded. All of
00:32:15.50\00:32:24.47
it is gone. Prescott that the
investigator judgment is the
Gospel is good news. That's why
00:32:24.47\00:32:27.18
the of us to golf was this fear
got. Glory to him for the hour
is judgments. Come and that word
00:32:27.18\00:32:34.15
fear that phrase fear according
to someone 47 were Sullivan
means to trust or hope in God's
00:32:34.15\00:32:40.42
mercy. The Lord takes pleasure
in those that fear him that
hoping his mercy. We hope in
00:32:40.42\00:32:44.83
his mercy through the
investigative judge will be
hoping his grace because to
00:32:44.83\00:32:48.16
his mercy and through his grace.
Our sins are blotted out. We
stand perfect before
00:32:48.16\00:32:53.54
God and with that revelation to
our minds. We live for him were
several. So we can't be moved
00:32:53.54\00:32:56.87
and that's what God is wanted
for each one of us. So the faith
of Jesus. Season office
00:32:56.87\00:33:07.18
as we can be in him. This faith
is actually gifted to us to the
00:33:07.18\00:33:12.09
word of God. This is what I see
in you. If any man is in crises.
A new creation. Things are
00:33:12.09\00:33:15.46
passed away. All things will
become the new. That's the faith
that's gifted to us in
00:33:15.46\00:33:20.56
Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ.
Keeps us through this faith. We
become recorded in the
00:33:20.56\00:33:31.24
Hebrews Hall of Fame. You know,
a lot of people want to be
recorded in some Hall of Fame.
00:33:31.24\00:33:35.74
Will we. Every single believer
has the opportunity to be
recorded in the he was book of
00:33:35.74\00:33:39.18
fate. Here is Hall of Fame.
Notice what it says here in
versus 38 or 39 40 of papers.
00:33:39.18\00:33:48.99
And these all having obtained a
good report through faith.
Through the faith of Jesus,
00:33:48.99\00:33:54.73
which is manifested in their
response to that faith having
their own faith because of his
00:33:54.73\00:34:02.70
faith in them. These all.
Received a good report having
obtained a good report skews me
00:34:02.70\00:34:07.28
through faith receive, not the
promise. God having provided
some better thing for. Us that
00:34:07.28\00:34:14.75
they without us should not a
perfect or complete God has
provided some better thing for
00:34:14.75\00:34:22.16
the final generation. And I can
only imagine what that is. Can
00:34:22.16\00:34:28.53
you imagine living a life.
Through the gift of God's faith
and belief in us that actually
00:34:28.53\00:34:33.17
over comes the beasts. Mark is
an inch. His name, all the
characteristics of the beast.
00:34:33.17\00:34:40.51
His anger, his deception. Judge
Mel accusations his control
coercion. We overcome
00:34:40.51\00:34:48.48
all of that. We actually do that
by following the land where
every go. So we're going
00:34:48.48\00:34:52.02
to look at that more closely in
our last meeting. How do we have
00:34:52.02\00:34:59.59
this faith. How do we have this
faith. How do we actually
experience the gift of faith
00:34:59.59\00:35:06.70
that God is exercising toward
us. The belief that God is
exercising towards because one
00:35:06.70\00:35:10.27
thing we've got to exercise.
That is one thing we've got to
believe in us. But is that
00:35:10.27\00:35:15.31
belief going to actually
vindicate his character is going
to vindicate his government.
00:35:15.31\00:35:19.98
It's going to be able to say
even though there's a lot of
people that don't believe it
00:35:19.98\00:35:21.98
doesn't make my faith of not
affect. >> God forbid it. >> How
do we do that? Well,
00:35:21.98\00:35:28.56
he was chapter 12. We move right
into that chapter tells us how
00:35:28.56\00:35:34.30
that works. He was chapter 12.
It's kind of a summation, if you
will, of what we've read in
00:35:34.30\00:35:38.23
Chapter 11, look what look what
it says here where 4 C we also
welcome pastor rounded was so
00:35:38.23\00:35:44.41
great. A cloud of witnesses. One
of these people witnessing to
their witnessing to the
00:35:44.41\00:35:47.08
faith of Jesus Christ of
witnessing to the belief of God
in them. And that witness prue
00:35:47.08\00:35:51.61
is proven to be genuine. It
actually it actually. Develops
that actually produces
00:35:51.61\00:35:57.35
people who are beating to God,
then walk with calm like it did
with Abraham Abraham lied.
00:35:57.35\00:36:02.26
And you know, I want to high
again and yet God's faith toward
him God's belief in him,
00:36:02.26\00:36:09.30
caused him to keep God's
commandments in his lot of
statutes. To follow him.
00:36:09.30\00:36:14.97
Wherever he's he he let so how
do we do this. Well, he was
chapter 12 Seymour throughout
00:36:14.97\00:36:20.08
was so great cloud of witnesses
let us lay aside every weight.
>> And that's in the dust.
00:36:20.08\00:36:26.15
So easily the saddest and run
with patients. The race and 74,
as we say. Well with we stopped
00:36:26.15\00:36:29.95
right there. We can say, OK, so
based on the experiences of all
these other humans. We need
00:36:29.95\00:36:34.62
to overcome our sins and
especially that special Sen all
the things that went down
00:36:34.62\00:36:38.66
that special said if we look at
all their experience. That's
what we need to do. No, that's
00:36:38.66\00:36:45.20
not actually it. >> Even
we. >> Will make excuses for our
00:36:45.20\00:36:51.27
president. Failures by looking
at the lives of others all yet
will day. But, you know, member
00:36:51.27\00:36:55.44
Look at what David did. He was a
man after God's own heart. The
versus not actually telling
00:36:55.44\00:37:03.79
us to look back at these
witnesses as a motivation for us
to overcome cent. The Bible
00:37:03.79\00:37:08.22
is telling us look back at these
witnesses. Who end up recorded
00:37:08.22\00:37:14.73
without sin even though they
were centers to look at them. An
example of what God can do
00:37:14.73\00:37:21.97
to us if his verse 2, he was
just 12 years too. If we look on
to Jesus the author and the
00:37:21.97\00:37:27.68
finisher of our faith see, the
key is looking at the Jesus not
looking into people.
00:37:27.68\00:37:32.88
God can do for us what he's done
for Abraham and Moses and Noah.
And Jake up and Sampson
00:37:32.88\00:37:40.96
and Gideon and Iraq. Andrei have
he can do for us what he did for
00:37:40.96\00:37:44.46
them. If we're looking under
Jesus, the author and finisher
that's going to be our next
00:37:44.46\00:37:49.66
meeting. The finish. Our last
meeting this evening. The
finisher of our say. He also are
00:37:49.66\00:37:53.90
saying how did the author our
faith gives a measure of faith
and belief in us. Good faith
00:37:53.90\00:37:59.07
toward us. That's how we often
our faith and that faith grew
and us to see if a growth in us
00:37:59.07\00:38:06.01
and we responded to that faith.
His faith forced us cause us to
be faithful back to him.
00:38:06.01\00:38:09.48
It always starts with dot. It
doesn't start with us. For
migration was saved.
00:38:09.48\00:38:19.03
chapter 2 verse 8 for a through
faith and that not of
yourselves. It is the gift of
00:38:19.03\00:38:24.33
God is that talking about race
or faith. It's talking about the
safe in verse 8 to actually
00:38:24.33\00:38:29.67
talk about the faith. The faith
is the gift of God. The graces
to, of course, as we read.
00:38:29.67\00:38:38.05
In Romans chapter 12 verse 11 as
well as in Hebrews chapter 12.
And first to hear. He's the
00:38:38.05\00:38:44.12
author and finisher faith. But
we know the grace is a gift to
Titus to 11 says that the
00:38:44.12\00:38:48.79
grace of God has appeared in all
men teaching them that the 9 and
August, they should live
00:38:48.79\00:38:51.39
right just being so willing this
present world. He's the author
and finisher who for the
00:38:51.39\00:39:00.24
joy. That was set before him
endured the cross despising the
shame and it set down at the
00:39:00.24\00:39:05.87
right hand of the throne of
God for consider yemm. >> That
00:39:05.87\00:39:13.25
endured such a contradiction of
says against himself. Let's TV
weary and think your minds
00:39:13.25\00:39:21.59
consider him. Consider him.
Jesus under. A contradiction of
centers against him. So what was
00:39:21.59\00:39:23.89
the common action that hinder
well, he's on the cross. He's
been leaving in the world. He's
00:39:23.89\00:39:31.07
dying for the world and no one
is believing in him. That's such
a contradiction. He says
00:39:31.07\00:39:40.48
on the cross. Father forgive
them for they know not what
they're doing. That's faith.
00:39:40.48\00:39:44.31
That is the exercise. That is
the faith of Jesus father
forgive You know, we're going
00:39:44.31\00:39:49.25
to need that faith in the end of
time. We're going need to get a
walk from the coldness
00:39:49.25\00:39:52.42
of others courage from their
cowardice. And people are going
00:39:52.42\00:39:59.23
to convert if we can do that,
that's God's purpose for us. You
know, when we love the world as
00:39:59.23\00:40:02.93
Christ loved the world. Then for
us, his mission is accomplished
were fitted for haven't because
00:40:02.93\00:40:06.77
we have in our hearts. That's
God's goal for us because there
are going to be solved in the
00:40:06.77\00:40:12.97
very end of time. They're going
to be people who are going to be
persecuting us and we're
00:40:12.97\00:40:16.38
going to be people standing by
looking on and they're going to
be converted by our response or
00:40:16.38\00:40:22.28
lack of it. This is God's
purpose. And it was fulfilled
ultimately in Jesus Christ who
00:40:22.28\00:40:30.73
endured this contradiction of
centers against himself. People
who refused to believe
00:40:30.73\00:40:35.70
in him while he was exercising
believe in them. People who
refuse to have faith in him as
00:40:35.70\00:40:39.20
the Messiah. Why he came to
exercise faith toward them.
Christ manifest is so much
00:40:39.20\00:40:45.41
faith in those who are
crucifying him that he could say
father forgive them for.
00:40:45.41\00:40:47.31
They know not what they do. But
if we don't accept that gift of
faith. We won't be for
00:40:47.31\00:40:56.92
gift. Nothing will change. Will
be guilty of Chris, if I'm the
son of God. Only the lowly
00:40:56.92\00:41:01.86
thief. With say that day by
faith Christ. Not even quest to
cite polls were responding.
00:41:01.86\00:41:15.57
She's us. Follow through. He
loved us. John 13 1 says on to
00:41:15.57\00:41:24.51
the end. To the very end. This
is the faith of Jesus and this
is the faith we need to keep
00:41:24.51\00:41:29.18
according to revelation,
chapter, 14 verse 12 notice that
would keep. You can only keep
00:41:29.18\00:41:32.95
something has been given to you
right. God is giving us this
fate and he's giving us
00:41:32.95\00:41:38.56
his command. He promised to put
his command is in our hearts and
our minds. He's going to
00:41:38.56\00:41:40.83
write them. He says keeping.
He's promising to give us this
measure of faith to be the
00:41:40.83\00:41:47.77
author and finisher of our
faith. And he says keep it. And
we keep that because God
00:41:47.77\00:41:53.58
has given to us to keep. We
don't produce faith. We don't
produce the faith of
00:41:53.58\00:41:59.01
Jesus goddess. And we keep this
faith. We hold on to this faith.
00:41:59.01\00:42:04.45
We hold on to the faith of
Jesus. Even though the devil
tries to wrest it from us. And
00:42:04.45\00:42:12.29
he will. He will press upon us.
Our sins the animals. So as we
try to make us lose hold of the
00:42:12.29\00:42:16.80
faith of Jesus all he doesn't
have faith in you. He doesn't
believe in you. You're no good.
00:42:16.80\00:42:18.80
You're not waiting to be saved.
There's no way that God is going
to take you to have a
00:42:18.80\00:42:23.64
look at. You look at your live
look at how you live. You know,
people are going to help the
00:42:23.64\00:42:28.04
devil out. Church. People are
going to help the devil out. The
devil is out to destroy the
00:42:28.04\00:42:33.48
faith of Jesus in your life. He
wants to take that gift. He
wants to rip it from your
00:42:33.48\00:42:38.65
hands and there are a lot of
professed church. People are
going to try to help him to do
00:42:38.65\00:42:43.26
that. They are the Devil's
helpers. They give out their
rendition of your lives.
00:42:43.26\00:42:47.20
They tell you as they look at
you. How it is with you and God,
that's what jumps friends.
00:42:47.20\00:42:55.14
Did you remember. They looked at
him. They have the onlookers
assessment, a heartless
00:42:55.14\00:43:01.58
assessment because. Humans can't
read the heart only got can.
00:43:01.58\00:43:08.35
They step into a job. And when
we step in the judge, others.
Our judgment is based on the
00:43:08.35\00:43:14.99
outward appearance. What's
happening to Remember in 2003. I
was diagnosed with cancer.
00:43:14.99\00:43:22.43
Firework answer and it was
difficult was hard for me. I
mean, my mother called me up
00:43:22.43\00:43:25.60
and said you are 7 day as you
follow the health message you
have cancer. I drink I smoke.
00:43:25.60\00:43:29.34
I don't have cancer, but you've
got cancer. It was heart, but
the hardest blows came from
00:43:29.34\00:43:37.51
church members. Some of them
were called me up and they would
00:43:37.51\00:43:42.48
say. So. If you've been
following the health message.
What did you do that? Cause got
00:43:42.48\00:43:49.89
to allow you to get cancer. Now.
Ultimately found out that
firework answer is it is is.
00:43:49.89\00:43:57.90
Primarily produced by exposure
to radiation. And I had a lot of
it working hospital living
00:43:57.90\00:44:02.14
in certain areas. And so
that was probably how I got the
00:44:02.14\00:44:06.91
firework answer. I finally got
the 5 were taken out by thought
word was removed through surgery
00:44:06.91\00:44:13.21
and I've been cancer free ever
since that surgery took place by
remember one man say to me.
00:44:13.21\00:44:17.39
Don't have a thyroid us and not
on the virus. So what do you do
because, you know, without a
00:44:17.39\00:44:22.02
fight. What you can't let you
can't survive without firing
your thyroid regulates your
00:44:22.02\00:44:27.66
body said. Well, the day I take
a little fire until you know
that pill is what. That's why
00:44:27.66\00:44:32.80
candy chocolate. I'm. Diddy some
chocolate chip cookies today. I
00:44:32.80\00:44:36.64
just will confess that. I had
more than one chocolate chip
cookie. I can't really usually
00:44:36.64\00:44:44.81
do that. Because I'm on this
medication that regulates my
body. And when I eat chocolate
00:44:44.81\00:44:50.45
just a little bit of caffeine
just gets going, just gets be. I
can't sleep center, but I
00:44:50.45\00:44:55.92
I justified eating chocolate
because I have 2 meetings this
one a follow money to manage
00:44:55.92\00:45:01.40
him. He's a vanity. I think I
can overrule that caffeine
before I go to sleep tonight.
00:45:01.40\00:45:08.10
I have this medication. I take
every day. I was talking with
the brother about this and he
00:45:08.10\00:45:10.81
was saying, well, how you gonna
make it through the time of
00:45:10.81\00:45:16.41
trouble. And he said, well, I
guess got to perform a miracle,
but he said, but I'm not sure
00:45:16.41\00:45:18.45
since your the one that decided
to get the fire of cancer and
take your fire right now. These
00:45:18.45\00:45:22.05
are the kind of thought one guy
said to me, why did you go to
the Gaza wreck, run.
00:45:22.05\00:45:27.76
You know, in other words, go to
a hospital. Have the surgery. I
said, well, the reason why is
00:45:27.76\00:45:30.66
because I did a lot of research
and 80% of the people who don't
have the fire that when they
00:45:30.66\00:45:34.93
get fired cancer die. And 20% of
people only 20% of people. They
get the fire were taken
00:45:34.93\00:45:42.14
out. I've got an 8% chance
of living. If I get my thought
00:45:42.14\00:45:44.47
were taken out. That's why. I
had the surgery. I don't think
it's going to the gods
00:45:44.47\00:45:50.68
KRON. The point I'm trying to
make ends the devil is going to
do everything you can. I
00:45:50.68\00:45:56.42
remember when I was diagnosed
with thyroid cancer and I
started getting these calls and
00:45:56.42\00:45:59.19
this different attitude around
me that my mind was spiraling
down into darkness. It was just
00:45:59.19\00:46:07.76
dark, dark dark. It was
depressing. And I can really
relate to the story of Joe.
00:46:07.76\00:46:12.33
I mean, literally and it was a
pastor young pastor friend who
was in Seattle. We lived in
00:46:12.33\00:46:15.57
Washington state at the time.
We're about 7 or 8 hours from
Seattle. And he heard about my
00:46:15.57\00:46:18.81
experience. He had been a camp
meeting. We've been you know,
working out together and became
00:46:18.81\00:46:23.98
friends and he came. He drove
all the way over to our place on
a Friday evening. We had.
00:46:23.98\00:46:31.59
And 19 service for me. He came
all the way from from Seattle
could get out of the 7 summits.
00:46:31.59\00:46:36.19
We drove all the way over that
day. You know, I can service was
part of the 19 service and
00:46:36.19\00:46:41.06
then after 19 service at about
7, 8 o'clock. You have all the
way back to Seattle that night
00:46:41.06\00:46:43.77
so he could do his sermon. The
next morning. And it touched my
00:46:43.77\00:46:50.94
heart. God is working through
that pastor to tell me of his
life. And that's what we need
00:46:50.94\00:46:58.11
when people are dealing with
cancer. You know, I was felt
uncomfortable. You know, I hear
00:46:58.11\00:47:00.98
about people even cancer. Hear
about people being with us. When
you say and now I go
00:47:00.98\00:47:05.92
back to the experience and and
the thing that people want to
hear is something like just
00:47:05.92\00:47:08.16
simple stuff. Not details. How
do your own just we just want
you to know that God loves
00:47:08.16\00:47:13.19
you that we love you and
we're praying for you. Just that
00:47:13.19\00:47:22.30
simple. The other thing we need
to remember here is that we
don't have to accept how others
00:47:22.30\00:47:27.44
define us. We don't have to
believe their narrative of our
lives. We need to believe God's
00:47:27.44\00:47:34.32
narrative of our lives and we
see that in the experience of
job. You know, Joe was a
00:47:34.32\00:47:37.05
perfect man. He was faithful to
God. He hadn't done anything
Wrong. On track with with his
00:47:37.05\00:47:46.63
father doing everything got
wanted to do, but that he was
involved in this great
00:47:46.63\00:47:49.86
controversy. You know, Satan
comes in and Satan starts
accusing got a favoritism with
00:47:49.86\00:47:56.24
Joe. The big picture is what
we see. Job didn't see it. So we
00:47:56.24\00:48:01.01
lost everything lost. His
healthy losses, wealthy bosses.
Kids. His wife was struggling.
00:48:01.01\00:48:05.88
He put his arm around and said
don't don't speak like a full
list. Woman. We get through.
00:48:05.88\00:48:10.39
God has blessed us and we need
to also know that we need to get
through these these hard
00:48:10.39\00:48:13.66
times when it seems like God is
taking everything away from us.
And so his friends come in.
00:48:13.66\00:48:18.79
They sit with him for a week in
silence. And that's really I
mean, I just have to say praise
00:48:18.79\00:48:22.43
God that they did that. But then
they started talking. And it
wasn't. They were trying
00:48:22.43\00:48:30.11
to hurt job. Sometimes the
things we say to people we're
not trying to hurt them, but
00:48:30.11\00:48:34.08
sometimes our theological
understanding of the Bible is
it's just kind of show. We just
00:48:34.08\00:48:41.12
don't understand and Joe's
friends were of the mind set
because they all went to.
00:48:41.12\00:48:47.66
Seminary together. That if you
are wealthy and you have a lot
of children and you're doing
00:48:47.66\00:48:54.86
well, God is but if you're poor
and you don't have a lot of
money. No children. God's
00:48:54.86\00:48:58.17
curse. And you must be something
wrong. Your life. You need to
00:48:58.17\00:49:03.77
repent. You need to repent. And
so they looked based through
their theological classes. They
00:49:03.77\00:49:08.91
looked at Joe. They look at the
fact that he lost all his
wealth. He lost all his
00:49:08.91\00:49:12.75
children. He lost his health and
they said child. Come on, man.
You can talk to us. You can talk
00:49:12.75\00:49:24.26
to us. What are you doing? What
what how is your really? They
stigmatize Joe and they at
00:49:24.26\00:49:28.80
first the kind of beat around
the Bush. You know, the kind of
was really subtle and careful.
00:49:28.80\00:49:31.63
They kind of just kind of said
this is the kind of said that.
But mentally they were
00:49:31.63\00:49:36.97
pummeling him. Their theology
wouldn't let it go. They
couldn't let it go because they
00:49:36.97\00:49:42.58
were convinced that job had some
secrets in in his life. And so
over and over again,
00:49:42.58\00:49:46.85
they came out and they came out
of the can at. One
self-righteous attack after
00:49:46.85\00:49:51.55
another under the guise of
trying to help him until finally
00:49:51.55\00:49:57.53
job said to them. If you would
just be quiet. That would be
consolation enough. Yourself
00:49:57.53\00:50:03.77
that way about people sometimes,
you know. I hope I don't hear
from this person again. If you
00:50:03.77\00:50:11.71
would just be quiet. And these
are jobs friends. But you know,
all through this experience, Joe
00:50:11.71\00:50:20.85
held on. His faith. In the one
who is faithful to him, didn't
00:50:20.85\00:50:29.42
waver. First 25 of Joe chapter
19 for. I know that my redeemer
lives that he shall stand at the
00:50:29.42\00:50:35.26
latter day upon the Earth. And
that though, my skin after my
skin and warms destroy this
00:50:35.26\00:50:41.40
body yet in my flesh ally see
God whom I shall see for myself
and my eyes shall behold and
00:50:41.40\00:50:45.01
not another though. My rains be
consumed. >> Is that powerful?
00:50:45.01\00:50:52.25
Joe held on. He held onto his
belief in God. He held onto his
faith in God because God had
00:50:52.25\00:50:59.45
faith in him. >> That's what
started. There's an animal, a
00:50:59.45\00:51:05.49
land of us. His name is Joe. But
this man was perfect. Joe didn't
say that job says in chapter 9.
00:51:05.49\00:51:10.60
If I say I'm perfect, my own
words will condemn me. God said
that Goss says job is my man.
00:51:10.60\00:51:16.54
He's I have faith in him. I
thought isn't him. And Satan
says, OK, let's see about this.
00:51:16.54\00:51:24.68
And God is saying the same thing
about his friend, the church.
00:51:24.68\00:51:29.52
That's my church. I faith in
them. I have confidence in them
and Satan saying okay.
00:51:29.52\00:51:38.56
Job less lost all of his wealth,
all of his money. >> The red,
00:51:38.56\00:51:43.63
the church. >> In the end, the
time aren't going to be able to
00:51:43.63\00:51:49.44
buy or cell. >> And then Joe's
life was threatened. He was
afflicted with sickness to the
00:51:49.44\00:51:54.41
point of death. God's Church in
the end of time. Going to have a
death decree written against
00:51:54.41\00:52:02.02
them. We're going to go through
a similar experience. That job
went through. We're going to
00:52:02.02\00:52:09.92
hate it. I think that's what the
word job means. But double check
00:52:09.92\00:52:14.36
that look it up for me. In
Hebrew. In other words,
everything Joe went through
00:52:14.36\00:52:21.57
is a tight pointing forward to
what we're going to go through
the end of time and the final
00:52:21.57\00:52:25.31
onslaught that we're going to
experience. According to jokes
00:52:25.31\00:52:32.41
life. Friends are going to come.
The House and friends are going
to try to convince us that God
00:52:32.41\00:52:37.99
isn't with us. That was sitting
in Scott that all of the
calamities of the come upon our
00:52:37.99\00:52:41.59
in our lives and all the things
we're expands our our faults
just like it was with Joe.
00:52:41.59\00:52:48.66
And what is God calling us to do
what they've got called job to
00:52:48.66\00:52:57.54
do. Your number. Joe chapter, 42
first 10 God shows up on the
scene and in God's presence. Job
00:52:57.54\00:53:02.74
is humbled. He confesses the
struggles. He's been going
through the things that he's
00:53:02.74\00:53:06.08
been saying. He repents, we're
told. And of course, we're told
that that our repentance will
00:53:06.08\00:53:11.35
deepen that. The more we see
Jesus a repentance experience
will be. And then says in verse,
00:53:11.35\00:53:21.10
10. That job crate for his
friends. You can in certain
words in there. His miserable
00:53:21.10\00:53:26.47
comforter worth this physicians
just be quiet and that will be
my consolation friends. All
00:53:26.47\00:53:33.27
right. You could say his
frenemies, Joe pray for his
frenemies. And that's what God
00:53:33.27\00:53:39.78
is calling us to do. Probably
going to be our highest calling
00:53:39.78\00:53:44.49
in the end of time. To pray for
those. Who persecute us. To
bless them. And asked God. In
00:53:44.49\00:53:54.83
their lives. And Joe 42% says
and the captivity of job was
00:53:54.83\00:53:59.47
turned. When you pray for his
enemies. Isn't that amazing? So
in some way we need to look
00:53:59.47\00:54:06.41
at this. As God loving us by
faith, not because of who we are
00:54:06.41\00:54:15.98
or what we are but because of
who and what God is. And because
00:54:15.98\00:54:23.36
of who God is he sees us by
faith because he is faithful.
And he will never stop being
00:54:23.36\00:54:31.30
faithful. Believes in us even if
we don't believe in ourselves
got exercises face toward us.
00:54:31.30\00:54:40.94
And this faith leads. To give
himself. Through Jesus Christ
for arson. And to say when no
00:54:40.94\00:54:47.82
one is believing him. Father
forgive them. For. They know not
what they do. Jesus.
00:54:47.82\00:54:54.59
Is beating us. He's encouraging
us right now. That which is
00:54:54.59\00:55:02.46
given to us to keep his faith,
his faith because it's his faith
that holes as fast. We need to
00:55:02.46\00:55:09.50
believe what Jesus says about
us, not what people say about us
and not even what you say
00:55:09.50\00:55:15.98
about yourself. We can't believe
that we have to believe. Well,
00:55:15.98\00:55:21.08
God sets this is how Jesus was
tempted in the wilderness. God
had said to Jesus at the
00:55:21.08\00:55:29.02
baptism. This is my beloved son
and who might well policed. And
you know who God was speaking to
00:55:29.02\00:55:32.06
what he said that Jesus he was
speaking to every son and
daughter that he was speaking
00:55:32.06\00:55:37.37
to the whole world. >> Who
believe in Christ. This is my
beloved son. You my
00:55:37.37\00:55:41.30
beloved dog you might want to
and say give them and saying
said if you're the son of God
00:55:41.30\00:55:43.97
prove it. If you're the son of
God. >> Turn the stones in the
00:55:43.97\00:55:48.91
Brett and Satan comes to us. He
says what he really a child of
God prove that what you do.
00:55:48.91\00:55:55.48
We need to believe where the
child of God with a son and
daughter of God because God
00:55:55.48\00:56:02.19
says we are his children. We
need to believe that based upon
his work. We need to
00:56:02.19\00:56:04.96
believe that we are who got says
we are. We knew except his
rendition of our lives.
00:56:04.96\00:56:10.87
We need to see ourselves through
kids. I standing in his right
distance from buy his
00:56:10.87\00:56:15.24
perfect life and his penalty
satisfying death. And in so
doing, we will live a life
00:56:15.24\00:56:22.21
obedience to him. In fact, one
of the reasons why we haven't
produced a life of obedience is
00:56:22.21\00:56:26.01
because we do not have the faith
of Jesus. We don't have this
gospel. To combine with
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our law keeping to motivate us.
To law, keeping. I appeal to you
today is will you say yes.
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Will you say yes to the faith of
Jesus Christ. Will you choose to
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believe what God believes about
you today where you choose to
see yourself as God sees you.
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When you choose to be forgiven
justified in Jesus Christ. Will
you accept the gift of
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God's salvation. By faith today.
I pray that you will do this.
He's one of us would
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do this. I pray in Jesus name.
Father in heaven as we close out
now. We just want to thank
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you for the faith of Jesus who
want to thank you for the love
that you've manifested toward
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us. Even in our own belief. And
we want to ask. That you would
make that faith hours
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and that it would motivate us to
live for you. But let each one
of us father say Amen to
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this wonderful
gift in Jesus. ¤ ¤
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