It's my privilege to introduce
our speaker for the night,
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evangelist and Brother
David Asscherick and Dave,
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come on out and God bless
you for what you do again.
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We've told you that last night,
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but we want you to
know that we love you.
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How many will remembered to pray
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for Brother David
in what he is doing.
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Amen. Look at all the hands,
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so you've got
people's gonna praying for you.
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And we're
looking forward tonight
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to the message of God has
given you to share with us.
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Amen, thank you, Danny.
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Good evening everyone.
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Good evening.
Have you been blessed
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to be here at
this camp meeting? Yes.
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I can tell you
this is an absolutely
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wonderful camp
meeting, amen. Amen.
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I tell you most
of the camp meetings
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that we go to are a
weekend and then a week
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and then a weekend.
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But I have received as
much spiritual blessing
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here in two and a half days,
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that I normally get
as much as I normally
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get in those ten
day camp meetings, amen,
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I mean the testimonies
have thrilled my soul.
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The music has been
absolutely exquisite
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to the glory of
the God, amen? Amen.
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Oh, I tell you, our message
tonight is an important message.
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Last night we had a
message of encouragement,
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the message of inspiration.
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And we learned that we
must first reside in Christ
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before we continue to
abide in Christ, amen.
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Amen. It is an
exercise in futility
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to seek to
continue to abide in Christ,
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if we don't have
that living confidence
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that we presently reside in Him.
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Last night was a
message of encouragement.
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Last night was a
message of inspiration.
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Tonight's message will also be
encouraging by the grace of God
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it will also be inspiring.
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But tonight's message
will also be challenging.
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We need to hear challenging
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messages sometimes, don't we?
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Our message this
evening is entitled
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"To be or not to be shaken".
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"To be or not to be shaken."
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Let us begin with prayer.
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Father in Heaven, tonight
we say with the Apostle Paul,
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God forbid that I
should glory in anything,
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save the cross of Jesus Christ.
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And Father it is that cross,
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that cross alone
that recommends us to you.
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And Father tonight as we
study this important topic
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from the Book of Hebrews
"To be or not to be shaken."
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As the rain is
beginning to fall, Lord
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we've been
singing that all weekend,
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it's beginning to rain.
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Help us to remember
that it began to rain
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in the days of Noah.
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And that rain was good
news for Noah and his family,
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but very bad news for others.
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And Father as shaking is coming.
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The time of trouble and
adversity of time of trouble
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such as never was
since there was a nation
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says the Prophet Daniel.
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And Father we want to be
ready to stand in that time.
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Father we want to be clinking
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to the great cross of Christ
to that anchor of the soul.
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Be with us now,
as we open your word,
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may you open our hearts,
for we ask it in Jesus name.
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Let all the saints of
the living God say, amen.
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Amen. Let's open our
Bible to the Book of Hebrews.
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What book everyone? Hebrews.
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Now is that in the Old
Testament or the New Testament?
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New. Good, Hebrews.
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Now the author of Hebrews
does not declare who he is.
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Christian tradition has a
sign the authorship of this book
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to the Apostle Paul,
as a general consensus.
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Ellen White makes it
very clear the Apostle Paul
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was the author of Hebrews
and that's good enough for me.
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Independent of who
the author of Hebrews was,
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you can be sure of one thing
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as you read the
Book of Hebrews through,
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it is one of the
most well thought,
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one of the most chronological,
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linear and well
articulated epistles
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in the entire New Testament.
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In fact many theologians
consider the Book of Hebrews
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to see to be the
single most organized,
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the single most systematic book
in the entire New Testament,
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if not the entire Bible.
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It is a very, very
well organized book.
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Something else that will strike
you as you read Hebrews 1,
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all the way up to
chapter 13 is that the author
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of this epistle
whoever it is, the author
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of this epistle
is deeply concerned.
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He is deeply--what
did I say everyone?
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Deeply concern, we have
this reverberating bottom-line
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that saturates the
entire Book of Hebrews,
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there is a deep concern here.
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And tonight
we're going to discuss
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what was the
nature of that concern.
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And what lessons can
we draw from that concern.
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What salient
conclusions can we draw living
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today in the year 2004 as
the latter rain begins to fall?
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Let's begin in
Hebrews Chapter 1.
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The author of Hebrews
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begins with the
most rudimentary truth
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of all, the most basic truth
and that is that God has spoken.
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That God has--what
did I say everyone?
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God has spoken.
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I'm in Hebrews 1:1
"God who had various times
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and in various
ways, spoke in time passed
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of the fathers by the prophets,
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has in these last days spoken
to us by his what, everyone?
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By his Son, whom He as
appointed the heir of all things
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through whom also
He made the worlds.
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Who being the
brightness of His glory
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and the express image
of his person and upholding
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all things by the
word of His power,
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when He had by
himself perched our sins
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sat down at the right
hand of the majesty on high.
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Can someone say, amen? Amen.
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The first three
verses here of Hebrews.
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The author of Hebrews
begins with the most basic,
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the most rudimentary
truth in the Christian religion
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and that is that God has spoken,
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God has revealed Himself
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in the old
dispensation if you will.
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God spoke through His prophets,
through his what everyone?
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Through his prophets.
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But in these last days, He
has spoken to us by His Son,
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whom he has appointed
the heir of all things.
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The author of
Hebrews begins very simply.
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He wants us to
understand that God
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has spoken and then
he moves from there.
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He moves from
this most rudimentary,
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this most basic
foundational, elementary truth
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to a series of very strident,
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to a series of very
concerned exhortations.
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Now I want to show
you these exhortations,
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we go right to
Hebrews Chapter 2.
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Hebrews Chapter 2 beginning
in verse 1, what verse everyone?
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Hebrews 2:1. The
author of Hebrews says,
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"Therefore we must
give the more earnest heed
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to the things we
have heard, lest" be what?
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"Lest we drift away."
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Notice the next verse.
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"For if the word spoken
through angels proved stedfast,
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and every
transgression and disobedience
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received a just reward.
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How shall we escape, if we
neglect so greater salvation,
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which at the first began
to be spoken by the Lord,
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and was confirmed to
us by those who heard him.
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Let's just spend a moment here.
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Notice there in verse 1,
the author of Hebrews says,
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that we must give earnest heed
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to the things that
we've heard and it's concern
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here is that if we're
not paying earnest heed here,
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if we're not paying
diligent attention here,
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we might drift away.
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We might, what everyone?
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Now I want you to
notice the language there.
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He doesn't say we might runaway.
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He doesn't say that
we might scurry away
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or that we might
choose to move away quickly.
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He says that we
might drift away.
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Then he says
something absolutely
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remarkable in
verse 3, notice that.
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How shall we escape if we
reject so great salvation?
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Is that what the Bible says?
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The Bible says, how
then shall we escape
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if we neglect our
greatest salvation.
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Now is there a difference
between reject and neglect,
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are those different
words, yes or no? Yes.
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Sure? The word reject is active.
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The word reject means that
you have made up your mind.
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You have made the
volitional decision
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that you're going to
go against something.
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You're rejecting it.
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You're taking an
active position over
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and against another position.
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The author of Hebrews does
not say, how shall we escape
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if we reject so
greater salvation.
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He says, how shall
we escape if we neglect.
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Now tell me
about the word neglect.
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What does that word mean?
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Oh that's good, to ignore.
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To not pay proper attention to.
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Now notice the use of
these two phrases here.
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In verse 1 he
says, I'm concerned
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that we might drift away, not
run away, but drift away slowly.
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In verse 3 he says, I'm
concerned that we might neglect
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this great salvation
that has been preached to us.
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This is the first
of several exhortations
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where the author of
Hebrews is deadly concerned.
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He is deeply concerned
that something is transpiring
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in the congregation
to whom he is writing.
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Notice this second exhortation
verse--Chapter 3, Hebrews 3:7.
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Hebrews 3:7. The
author of Hebrews says,
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therefore, as
the Holy Spirit says,
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"Today, if you will hear his
voice, do not harden your what?
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Do not harden your hearts
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as in the rebellion in the
day of trial in the wilderness".
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Notice what he is saying,
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today do not harden
your hearts as the Israelites
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did in the time of temptation
and in the time of rebellion.
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Notice now, skip down to
verse 12 of the same chapter.
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"Beware brethren, lest there
be in any of you an evil heart
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of unbelief, in
departing from the living God."
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In what everyone?
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In departing
from the living God,
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that means to go
away from the living God.
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He says, beware, and the
word beware is the contraction,
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a conjunction of
two words, 'be aware'.
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Apparently there is a legitimate
danger here, be careful.
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Be careful that an evil heart
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of unbelief does not cause you
to depart from the living God.
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Don't harden your hearts
as in the rebellion, verse 13.
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"But exhort one another daily,
while it is called to day,
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lest any of you be
hardened," there it is again,
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"through the
deceitfulness" of what? "sin."
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Verse 14, "For we have
become partakers of Christ,"
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if we have become
partakers of Christ
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if we hold the
beginning of our confidence
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steadfast to what everyone?
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"To the end." Now
you're beginning to see
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a pattern here if
you're paying attention.
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We've looked at just
two of these exhortations
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the first says, be careful
that you don' t drift away,
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be careful that you don't
neglect so greater salvation,
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be careful that you don't
depart from the living God
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and then he
says, we need to hold
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the beginning of our faith
steadfast right to the very end.
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The author of
Hebrews is deeply concerned.
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He is deadly concerned
that people are drifting away
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from what they once believed.
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But let us note that
the exhortations continue.
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We're in Hebrew
Chapter 4 now, Hebrews 4:14,
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Hebrews 4:14, a
familiar passage.
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"Seeing then that we
have a great high priest
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who has passed
through the heavens, Jesus,
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the Son of God, let us
hold fast our confession."
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Let us hold what everyone?
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Let us hold fast our confession.
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What does He mean by that?
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What he means is, let's
stick to what we believe.
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Let's hold fast
to our confession.
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Hebrews Chapter 6. Hebrews 6:4.
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The language here is so
strong in Hebrews Chapter 6,
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so as to almost defy belief.
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Notice the strength, the
austerity of these words.
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Hebrews 6:4.
You can be confident
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as you read this passage,
that the author of Hebrews
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is deeply concerned.
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He is deadly
serious about this issue.
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Hebrews 6:4.
"For it is impossible
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for those who
were once enlightened,
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and have tasted
the heavenly gift,
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and have become
partakers of the Holy Spirit.
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And have tasted
the good word of God,
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and the powers
of the age to come,
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if they fall away.
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If they what everyone?
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"If they fall away, to
renew them again to repentance,
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since they crucify again
for themselves the Son of God,
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and put him to an open shame."
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Now friends, is
that strong language,
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yes or no? Yes.
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Now listen, I've
to two little boys,
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and I love those little
boys very much, very, very much.
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I have little Landen,
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he is three years old
just a bundle of energy,
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I don't where he gets
it from, it's amazing.
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And then my
younger son is 18 months,
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they're just 18 months apart
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and I tell you that
did not go very well
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in the Asscherick home.
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Well, my wife
learned she was pregnant
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and that our children are only
going to be 18 months apart,
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I was like amen
and she cried all day.
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Now these two little
boys are bundles of energy
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and they're always
running here and running
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there and just
utterly exhausting my wife.
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Now as a general rule
when I speak to my children
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I speak very kindly
to them and very sweetly
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to them and I
rough house with them
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and I play with
them etcetera, etcetera.
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But there are times when it
is appropriate for me to speak
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very strongly to my children.
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Is that true, yes or no?
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Even at the age of three, I'll
give you a very good example.
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A couple of days ago my son
thought it would be a good idea
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to see if his tongue would
fit into an electrical socket.
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I say, let's not see if it fits.
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That's a good time where,
you know, it's not probably
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the best time to
say, you know, Landen,
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sweetie come
here, no, no, no, no.
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That's the time when,
you know, all--its chaos,
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I say, what do you
think you're doing, boy?
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Get over here, you
know, I have to talk
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strongly to him and he
just the fear of God in size.
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Friends, you read these verses
here in Hebrews Chapter 6,
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the author of Hebrews is saying,
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what do you think you're doing?
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It's impossible he says.
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If you've tasted of
the goodness of God,
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even enlighten
by the Holy Spirit.
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If you fall away he says,
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how are we going to
renew you to repentance,
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you're crucifying
the Son of God, afresh.
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Very concerned.
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The epistle of Hebrews
is not a casual epistle.
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It's not a nice letter.
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It is a very well
calculated, a very well thought,
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a very well articulated letter
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that is saturated with
deep even desperate concern.
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Let us continue to unfold this.
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Hebrews Chapter 6:11. "And we
desire that each one of you show
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the same diligence to
the full assurance of hope
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until the" what everyone? End.
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"Till the end." Hang in there
is what he is saying. Verse 12.
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"That you do not become,
my version says, sluggish."
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What does your
version say? Sluggish.
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Sluggish, slothful, lazy.
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I'm concerned he says,
that you're becoming sluggish,
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that you're becoming slothful,
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that you're
becoming lackadaisical.
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That you do not
become sluggish but imitate
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those who through faith and
patience inherit the promises.
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Are you beginning to see
a pattern here, yes or no?
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You cannot miss the pattern.
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He says, do not drift away.
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Do not neglect the salvation.
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Do not harden your hearts.
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Do not become rebellious.
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Do not depart
from the living God.
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Hold fast to the end.
Hold fast our confession.
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Don't fall away.
Hold with diligence.
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Hope to the end. Do
not become sluggish.
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He is saying,
hang in there. Amen.
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And now our final exhortation,
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Hebrews Chapter
10:23. Hebrews Chapter 10:23.
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By the way
others could be sited.
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This is just a sampling
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of the many
exhortations found in Hebrews.
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Hebrews Chapter
10:23, what verse everyone?
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23, "Let us hold fast
the confession of our hope.
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That language has
come up three times now.
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Let us hold
fast, let us hold fast,
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let us hold fast, verse 23,
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"Let us hold fast the
confession of our hope
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without what is the next word?
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Without wavering.
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Now you tell me what
is the root word of waver?
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Its wave, that
exactly right. It's a wave.
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Now friends, think about
waves, waves have no stability.
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One day the wind blows
to the south and another day
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the wind blows to the north,
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one day it blows to the
east, another to the west.
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He says, you're
going to be wavering.
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His concern was about wavering,
departing, neglecting, etcetera.
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Let us hold fast the
confession of our faith
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without wavering, for He
who promised is faithful.
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Can you say, amen? Amen.
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Now why are all
these exhortations?
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Why all of the concern?
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What's doing on here?
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I think we have establish
beyond any reasonable doubt
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that the author of Hebrews
sat down to write this epistle,
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because he was deeply concerned
00:19:36.32\00:19:38.56
that the people to whom he
was writing Jewish Christians
00:19:38.57\00:19:41.47
were beginning to
slide back and to slide away
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from what they
formally had believed.
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Are you comfortable
with that, yes or no?
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Is that a safe
conclusion, yes or no? Yes.
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Okay, now why?
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What's the concern?
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These warnings, these rebukes
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and exhortations
were calculated to halt
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and obvious back
sliding among God's people.
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Something was happening.
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Something dangerous
amongst the Jewish Christians
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of the first
century, what was it?
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Now in order to
answer this question
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we have to understand the thrust
of the Book of Hebrews, okay.
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The Book of Hebrews is
an exercise in comparisons.
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And what did I say everyone?
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In comparisons, that's
the entire Book of Hebrews.
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It's a study in comparisons and
that comparison is two-tiered.
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This comparison divides
everything into two categories.
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How many categories, everyone?
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Two categories.
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On this side we have
the old and on this side
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we have the--guess what?
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The new. And as you
read the Book of Hebrews
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you find the
author of the Hebrews
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saying in the old dispensation,
they had a covenant.
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In the new dispensation
we have a better covenant.
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In the old
dispensation they had prophets.
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In the new dispensation
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we have the Son of
God, the true prophet.
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In the old dispensation,
they had a priesthood.
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In the new dispensation,
we have a better priesthood.
00:21:19.33\00:21:22.78
In the old dispensation
they had a sacrifice,
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we have a better sacrifice.
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They had a sanctuary,
we have a better sanctuary.
00:21:26.52\00:21:28.76
They had a rest, we had a better
rest, they had a sacrifice,
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we have a better
sacrifice etcetera, etcetera.
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In fact if you wanted to distill
the entire Book of Hebrews
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down to a single word, you
know what that word would be?
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Better. The whole Book
of Hebrews can be distilled
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down to a single word
and that word is better.
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They have a covenant,
we have a better covenant.
00:21:50.38\00:21:51.98
They had a prophet,
we have better prophets.
00:21:51.99\00:21:53.44
They had a priesthood,
we have a better priesthood.
00:21:53.45\00:21:55.41
They had a sanctuary,
we have a better sanctuary.
00:21:55.42\00:21:57.17
They had a rest,
we have a better rest.
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They had a sacrifice,
we have a better sacrifice.
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Now why they're concerned?
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Friends, listen very carefully.
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Go with me to
Hebrews Chapter 12.
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Hebrews, what chapter? Twelve.
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Now remember, how did
the Book of Hebrews begin?
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What was that
very basic rudimentary
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beginning, what was it?
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God has what?
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God has spoken.
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Now remarkably Hebrews ends
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with this very same
theme that God has spoken.
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The theological
content of Hebrews really ends,
00:22:34.67\00:22:37.73
that really wraps up
in Hebrews Chapter 12
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and I want you to notice this.
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Hebrews 12:25. Hebrews Chapter
12 beginning in verse 25.
00:22:41.90\00:22:47.67
Now Hebrews of
course has 13 Chapters,
00:22:47.68\00:22:49.66
we recognize that but Chapter 13
00:22:49.67\00:22:52.08
is largely exhortations,
greetings, etcetera, okay.
00:22:52.09\00:22:56.03
The real thrust of the
theological content of Hebrews
00:22:56.04\00:22:58.83
wraps up here in
Hebrews Chapter 12.
00:22:58.84\00:23:00.57
Now notice with me verse 25,
00:23:00.58\00:23:03.03
"See that you do not
refuse him who, what?
00:23:03.04\00:23:08.44
Speaks, "So notice.
Hebrews begins, God has spoken,
00:23:08.45\00:23:11.53
Hebrews is
ending, God has spoken.
00:23:11.54\00:23:14.93
See that you do not
refuse him who speaks.
00:23:14.94\00:23:18.59
For if they did not escape who
refused him who spoke on earth,"
00:23:18.60\00:23:23.26
this is the
reference to the Mount Sinai,
00:23:23.27\00:23:25.46
"Much more shall we
not escape if we turn away
00:23:25.47\00:23:28.07
from him who speaks
from" where everyone?
00:23:28.08\00:23:30.96
You see the
contrast he is drawing.
00:23:30.97\00:23:33.93
If they didn't escape
when that voice came thundering
00:23:33.94\00:23:37.16
from Sinai, how shall we
escape if we neglect the voice
00:23:37.17\00:23:40.77
that is coming to us
from the very pressings
00:23:40.78\00:23:42.99
of the celestial
kingdom itself from heaven.
00:23:43.00\00:23:47.17
He goes on verse 26, "Whose
voice then shook the earth,
00:23:47.18\00:23:51.01
but now he has promised, saying,
00:23:51.02\00:23:53.80
Yet once more I
shake not only the earth,
00:23:53.81\00:23:57.16
but also," what
everyone? Heaven. "Heaven.
00:23:57.17\00:23:59.57
Now this, yet
once more, indicates
00:23:59.58\00:24:02.09
the removal of those
things that are being shaken,
00:24:02.10\00:24:05.36
as of things that
are made, that the things
00:24:05.37\00:24:07.52
which cannot be
shaken may remain.
00:24:07.53\00:24:13.20
Therefore,
since we are receiving
00:24:13.21\00:24:14.46
a kingdom which
cannot be shaken,
00:24:14.47\00:24:16.09
let us have grace by
which we may serve God
00:24:16.10\00:24:18.62
acceptably with
reverence and godly fear."
00:24:18.63\00:24:24.56
As the author of
Hebrews draws to a close.
00:24:24.57\00:24:28.88
He says the time is
coming when everything
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that can be
shaken will be shaken.
00:24:33.98\00:24:39.71
So that only the things that
cannot be shaken will remain.
00:24:39.72\00:24:45.32
Now listen very carefully.
00:24:45.33\00:24:48.83
Why is the author of
Hebrews so concerned?
00:24:48.84\00:24:52.33
Why these
constant reverberating,
00:24:52.34\00:24:56.92
constant repetitious
exhortations, don't fall away,
00:24:56.93\00:25:01.61
don't drift away,
don't neglect, hold fast,
00:25:01.62\00:25:04.42
hold fast, why, why the concern?
00:25:04.43\00:25:08.47
Friends, listen very carefully.
00:25:08.48\00:25:12.08
The Book of Hebrews was written
00:25:12.09\00:25:16.42
the general scholarly consensus
00:25:16.43\00:25:20.53
is that the Book of Hebrews
00:25:20.54\00:25:21.76
was written
between 63 and 67 A.D.
00:25:21.77\00:25:28.13
I want to let that sink in.
00:25:29.96\00:25:34.09
The Book of Hebrews was written
00:25:34.10\00:25:38.12
between 63 and 67 A.D.
00:25:38.13\00:25:43.49
Now why is that so important?
00:25:43.50\00:25:47.88
Tell me why that
might be important.
00:25:47.89\00:25:50.68
Friends, what seminal event is
going to transpire in 70 A.D.?
00:25:50.69\00:25:56.79
What is it everyone?
00:25:56.80\00:25:59.06
The destruction of Jerusalem.
00:25:59.07\00:26:03.09
Now the epistle of
Hebrews, who is this written to?
00:26:03.10\00:26:07.39
This is written to
Jewish Christians, friends.
00:26:07.40\00:26:11.01
More than likely this
was written specifically
00:26:11.02\00:26:13.56
to Jewish Christians who were
living in the immediate vicinity
00:26:13.57\00:26:17.19
or within the actual
confines of Jerusalem itself.
00:26:17.20\00:26:21.75
And now the whole
thing is coming together.
00:26:21.76\00:26:25.03
The author of Hebrews knows God
00:26:25.04\00:26:27.65
has revealed to
the author of Hebrews
00:26:27.66\00:26:29.74
that something terrible,
00:26:29.75\00:26:31.04
something
catastrophic and cataclysmic,
00:26:31.05\00:26:33.53
something so horrendous,
so as to be unimaginable
00:26:33.54\00:26:36.99
is going to take
place very shortly.
00:26:37.00\00:26:40.83
Now as if that wasn't bad
enough the author of Hebrews
00:26:40.84\00:26:43.24
can see that the
very Jewish Christians
00:26:43.25\00:26:45.79
to whom he is writing
are beginning to slide back
00:26:45.80\00:26:48.98
into some of the old
forms, the old sacrifices,
00:26:48.99\00:26:51.62
the old covenant, the old
priesthood, the old sanctuary,
00:26:51.63\00:26:54.84
etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.
00:26:54.85\00:26:57.06
They were loosing
confidence in Christ in heaven.
00:26:57.07\00:27:00.60
Loosing confidence in
the heavenly sanctuary,
00:27:00.61\00:27:02.92
loosing confidence in
the heavenly sacrifice,
00:27:02.93\00:27:05.38
loosing confidence in the new
covenant and their confidence
00:27:05.39\00:27:08.21
was increasingly being
placed in the earthly temple,
00:27:08.22\00:27:11.88
in the earthly covenant,
in the earthly sacrifice,
00:27:11.89\00:27:15.16
and in the earthly priesthood.
00:27:15.17\00:27:19.28
Now, friends, the
danger here is precisely this.
00:27:19.29\00:27:22.68
As the author of Hebrews
00:27:22.69\00:27:23.87
is seeing all of
this in panoramic sweep,
00:27:23.88\00:27:26.17
he knows that the very place
00:27:26.18\00:27:28.91
were all of these
people are putting
00:27:28.92\00:27:30.45
an increasing amount of faith,
00:27:30.46\00:27:31.99
the temple the city Jerusalem
is going to be destroyed.
00:27:32.00\00:27:37.89
Now, friends, put
two and two together
00:27:37.90\00:27:39.45
and you can
understand the urgency here.
00:27:39.46\00:27:44.55
If your faith is in a building,
00:27:44.56\00:27:47.61
what happens to your faith
when the building is destroyed?
00:27:47.62\00:27:51.51
Where is your faith, friends?
00:27:51.52\00:27:53.66
If your faith is in a man,
00:27:53.67\00:27:55.31
what happens when
that man is murdered?
00:27:55.32\00:27:58.98
If your faith is
in a sanctuary system
00:27:58.99\00:28:01.87
that is here on earth, what
happens when that whole building
00:28:01.88\00:28:05.85
and that whole forum in which
that sacrifice takes place,
00:28:05.86\00:28:10.29
what happens when that's gone?
00:28:10.30\00:28:14.90
Now we can begin to see.
00:28:14.91\00:28:18.24
The author of
Hebrews is deeply concerned,
00:28:18.25\00:28:20.92
that's why he is saying
we have something better.
00:28:20.93\00:28:23.02
He knew that he needed to
get those Jewish Christians
00:28:23.03\00:28:25.41
taking their eyes off
of the earthly sacrifice,
00:28:25.42\00:28:27.74
off of the earthly priesthood,
the earthly sanctuary,
00:28:27.75\00:28:29.88
the earthly covenant and getting
their eyes on Christ in heaven.
00:28:29.89\00:28:34.69
Because when that
whole thing went down
00:28:34.70\00:28:39.14
and Josephus tells us
that more than a million people
00:28:39.15\00:28:42.96
lost their lives in
that one conflagration.
00:28:42.97\00:28:48.30
The author of Hebrews can see
it when that thing goes down,
00:28:48.31\00:28:52.25
unless their
confidence is firmly rooted
00:28:52.26\00:28:56.05
and anchored in heaven,
00:28:56.06\00:29:00.73
they are going to so shaken,
so as to utterly castaway
00:29:00.74\00:29:06.90
their
confidence and their faith.
00:29:06.91\00:29:11.32
Notice again, Hebrews
Chapter 12, let's read it.
00:29:11.33\00:29:14.39
Verse 25, "See that you
do not refuse him who speaks.
00:29:14.40\00:29:21.29
For if they did not escape who
refused him who spoke on earth,
00:29:21.30\00:29:24.62
how much more
shall we not escape
00:29:24.63\00:29:26.53
if we turn away for
him who speaks from heaven.
00:29:26.54\00:29:30.20
Whose voice
then shook the earth,
00:29:30.21\00:29:31.95
but now he has promised, saying,
00:29:31.96\00:29:33.23
Yet once more I shake
00:29:33.24\00:29:34.53
not only the
earth, but heaven also.
00:29:34.54\00:29:35.90
Now this once more indicates
00:29:35.91\00:29:37.47
the removal of those things that
are being shaken as of things
00:29:37.48\00:29:40.16
that are being
made that the things
00:29:40.17\00:29:41.43
which can not shaken may remain.
00:29:41.44\00:29:44.22
Therefore since
we're receiving a kingdom
00:29:44.23\00:29:45.95
which cannot
shaken, let us have grace
00:29:45.96\00:29:48.31
by which we may
serve God acceptively
00:29:48.32\00:29:50.39
which reverence and godly fear
00:29:50.40\00:29:52.32
for our God is a
consuming fire." Amen.
00:29:52.33\00:29:59.93
Friends, is this
coming together for you now.
00:29:59.94\00:30:01.54
The whole Book of Hebrews,
00:30:01.55\00:30:02.97
I've often maintained
that the Book of Hebrews
00:30:02.98\00:30:04.85
is the easiest book in the
New Testament to understand.
00:30:04.86\00:30:08.29
Are there elements in
there that are complex,
00:30:08.30\00:30:10.51
are there elements in
there that are deep absolutely,
00:30:10.52\00:30:13.10
but the Book of Hebrews
00:30:13.11\00:30:14.53
is a piece of cake to
wrap your fingers around.
00:30:14.54\00:30:18.73
You can distill it down
into these two major themes
00:30:18.74\00:30:21.20
that we've
discussed this evening.
00:30:21.21\00:30:22.56
Number one you have this
persistent, reverberating,
00:30:22.57\00:30:26.24
reechoing exhortations,
hang in there, don't fall back,
00:30:26.25\00:30:29.63
don't slide
back, don't drift away,
00:30:29.64\00:30:31.35
hold fast at what you believe.
00:30:31.36\00:30:34.06
And number two, you
have this consistent theme
00:30:34.07\00:30:36.40
that they had a covenant,
we have a better covenant,
00:30:36.41\00:30:38.29
they had sacrifice, a better,
a better, a better, a better,
00:30:38.30\00:30:41.52
because the author of Hebrews
knows that if the confidence
00:30:41.53\00:30:44.19
of those people to whom he is
writing is in an earthly system.
00:30:44.20\00:30:48.68
In anything that is earthly,
everything that can be shaken
00:30:48.69\00:30:52.42
will be shaken and his
concern is, is that those people
00:30:52.43\00:30:56.23
themselves will
be utterly shaken.
00:30:56.24\00:31:02.26
Have you ever been
in an earthquake? Yes.
00:31:02.27\00:31:07.40
How many people here
have been in an earthquake?
00:31:07.41\00:31:09.76
Oh, these things
are a joy aren't they?
00:31:09.77\00:31:16.10
At the beginning of
the year in February,
00:31:16.11\00:31:19.38
my wife and I
conducted a three week
00:31:19.39\00:31:21.27
evangelistic meeting on
the campus of Loma Linda,
00:31:21.28\00:31:23.34
California and that
was an absolute joy,
00:31:23.35\00:31:25.71
let me tell you, it was
just glorious to be there.
00:31:25.72\00:31:28.24
We preached in the afternoon
to about 400 to 500 students
00:31:28.25\00:31:32.60
they would come, we
fed them a free meal,
00:31:32.61\00:31:34.75
so of course they
were going to come.
00:31:34.76\00:31:37.08
And they sit
there and while they ate
00:31:37.09\00:31:38.34
I preached my
heart out for 40 minutes
00:31:38.35\00:31:40.07
and then they had
to scurry off the class
00:31:40.08\00:31:41.62
and then I had
preached again in the evening
00:31:41.63\00:31:42.81
to another 300 or 400 people.
00:31:42.82\00:31:44.57
It was wonderful being there, I
absolutely loved it to be there,
00:31:44.58\00:31:48.46
in the new--not
the new Jerusalem
00:31:48.47\00:31:50.12
but the contemporary
Jerusalem of Loma Linda.
00:31:50.13\00:31:55.22
I fell like I had
made my pilgrimage,
00:31:55.23\00:31:57.14
you know, now I really
am a Seventh-day Adventist.
00:31:57.15\00:32:02.67
One night, oh I suppose we've
been there about two weeks.
00:32:02.68\00:32:08.69
One evening I'm just sitting
there and reading my Bible,
00:32:08.70\00:32:12.26
it's late in the evening, my
wife has already gone to sleep,
00:32:12.27\00:32:15.38
the boys were asleep,
in the quite of the evening
00:32:15.39\00:32:17.95
I, I was in my underwear just
sitting there reading my Bible,
00:32:17.96\00:32:22.88
oh just having a sweet
devotional time with the Lord
00:32:22.89\00:32:25.36
when all of a
sudden I heard this sound,
00:32:25.37\00:32:28.53
that sounded like an explosion.
00:32:28.54\00:32:30.73
I'll tell you
exactly what it sounded like.
00:32:30.74\00:32:32.24
It sounded like someone
walked up to the front door
00:32:32.25\00:32:34.66
of the house,
opened up the front door
00:32:34.67\00:32:37.63
and then with
literally super human strength
00:32:37.64\00:32:39.94
slam that front door,
it was like an explosion
00:32:39.95\00:32:43.40
but the house shook.
00:32:43.41\00:32:45.09
Now I tell you that
interrupted my devotion,
00:32:45.10\00:32:47.61
I tell you that. Just
boomed, just out of nowhere,
00:32:47.62\00:32:51.07
totally
unannounced and I had no idea
00:32:51.08\00:32:53.17
it was coming and
I thought somebody
00:32:53.18\00:32:56.46
was trying to get in the house.
00:32:56.47\00:32:58.50
That's what it sounded like
to me, it sounded like somebody
00:32:58.51\00:33:00.22
was trying to break into
the house and so I, I stood up,
00:33:00.23\00:33:03.35
you know, and my first
thought was where is my knife.
00:33:03.36\00:33:07.66
I've a little pocket knife that
a good friend of mine send me.
00:33:12.90\00:33:17.97
I normally keep it
in my pants right here,
00:33:17.98\00:33:20.57
but I had my underwear on, I
don't wear with my underwear.
00:33:20.58\00:33:25.34
It's a true story, I
stood up and my first thought
00:33:25.35\00:33:27.64
was where is my knife
and then I thought a knife,
00:33:27.65\00:33:33.65
did you hear the
sound of that explosion.
00:33:33.66\00:33:38.34
Probably what I do
is--It's a nice knife,
00:33:38.35\00:33:40.47
a good friend
of mine name Jabel,
00:33:40.48\00:33:41.68
the young man who
we named our son after,
00:33:41.69\00:33:43.42
he is the one
who send it to me as,
00:33:43.43\00:33:44.71
you know, nice knife
maybe I'd taken and say,
00:33:44.72\00:33:46.57
you know, here's my
knife don't hurt me.
00:33:46.58\00:33:49.57
Take it as a gift you're
gonna have anything you want.
00:33:49.58\00:33:53.54
So I stand up and
after just a moment
00:33:53.55\00:33:55.31
I thought somebody is
trying to get into this house,
00:33:55.32\00:33:56.77
I've got to find my knife, and
then I thought where's my wife.
00:33:56.78\00:34:04.07
So I ran into my room
and sure enough my wife
00:34:04.08\00:34:08.48
is sleeping through this
and I turned the lights on
00:34:08.49\00:34:12.43
and I noticed she
was kind of rousing
00:34:12.44\00:34:14.33
and she said
sweetie what are you doing?
00:34:14.34\00:34:16.61
I said, I said,
honey, somebody is trying
00:34:16.62\00:34:18.82
to get into the
house, where is my knife.
00:34:18.83\00:34:23.16
This is a true story I'm telling
you exactly like it happened.
00:34:23.17\00:34:27.66
And she said, she
said, oh you mean that noise?
00:34:27.67\00:34:32.01
I said, yeah that noise.
00:34:32.02\00:34:33.15
She said, oh it
was just thunder.
00:34:33.16\00:34:38.13
I looked at her and I
said now you listen to me sis.
00:34:38.14\00:34:44.67
I've been alive for 30 years
00:34:44.68\00:34:48.09
and I've been
through many of thunderstorm,
00:34:48.10\00:34:49.97
now that was not thunder.
00:34:49.98\00:34:51.31
Now where is my knife?
00:34:51.32\00:34:54.58
I said, I think somebody is
trying to break in the house.
00:34:54.59\00:34:58.16
And now she is
panicking too, right.
00:34:58.17\00:35:01.51
And so sure enough
we locate the knife
00:35:01.52\00:35:03.36
and then we shut the door.
00:35:03.37\00:35:07.18
And, you know,
we're just standing
00:35:07.19\00:35:08.86
there, waiting to be
slain I guess, I don't know.
00:35:08.87\00:35:14.60
By the way, man, let
me say something here.
00:35:14.61\00:35:18.59
I know you, man, you
entertain these romantic notions
00:35:18.60\00:35:25.12
that if some
rapscallions, some burglar
00:35:25.13\00:35:27.92
ever came to your house late
at night that you would step up
00:35:27.93\00:35:32.21
to the plate and
take care of business.
00:35:32.22\00:35:38.16
You would rush out of your room
00:35:38.17\00:35:39.46
and you go find
these infiltrators.
00:35:39.47\00:35:41.71
Let me tell you
it is not like that.
00:35:41.72\00:35:46.30
It is nothing like that,
I just stood in that room,
00:35:46.31\00:35:49.59
I didn't even had the
sense to put my pants on,
00:35:49.60\00:35:51.50
I just stood in the room.
00:35:51.51\00:35:54.57
Knife in hand, wife
under my arm, just waiting.
00:35:54.58\00:36:01.48
And you know, praise the Lord
for my wife, it was probably,
00:36:01.49\00:36:06.58
it's probably five minutes
later, five minutes later
00:36:06.59\00:36:12.13
that my wife said,
00:36:12.14\00:36:14.87
may be it was an earthquake.
00:36:14.88\00:36:20.77
And I tell you just like
a, just like a light bulb
00:36:20.78\00:36:23.50
came on I thought
we're in California.
00:36:23.51\00:36:29.30
I put my knife down, put my
pants on, went walked though out
00:36:29.31\00:36:35.71
the house and sure enough
there were no infiltrators.
00:36:35.72\00:36:39.69
Woke up the next morning
went and checked the paper
00:36:39.70\00:36:41.62
and there had been an
earthquake that night.
00:36:41.63\00:36:43.58
Now let me tell you
something I praised Jesus
00:36:43.59\00:36:46.48
that I don't live in California.
00:36:46.49\00:36:51.67
These earthquakes are
scary business, amen. Amen.
00:36:51.68\00:36:54.71
Now let me tell you
why they're so scary.
00:36:54.72\00:36:58.30
Because the things that
you put confidence in, in times
00:36:58.31\00:37:01.42
of disaster or
adversity or natural disaster.
00:37:01.43\00:37:04.83
The things that you put
confidence in the things
00:37:04.84\00:37:06.40
like buildings or
shelters or basements
00:37:06.41\00:37:09.15
etcetera, etcetera, structures.
00:37:09.16\00:37:13.26
If a hurricane
comes, or a tornado comes
00:37:13.27\00:37:16.22
you know they'll tell
you get in the basement.
00:37:16.23\00:37:18.09
Hide under a car,
get into some structure.
00:37:18.10\00:37:20.83
Well, this doesn't
work in an earthquake.
00:37:20.84\00:37:24.41
Because, friends, when you're
counting on that structure,
00:37:24.42\00:37:26.60
when you're counting on
that structure to be strong
00:37:26.61\00:37:29.17
what you're really
saying is the steel
00:37:29.18\00:37:31.30
what ever the, the
matrix of this building
00:37:31.31\00:37:34.08
is it goes into
the earth and the earth
00:37:34.09\00:37:36.63
is strong and so
it will be strong.
00:37:36.64\00:37:39.19
The building will
be strong but, friends,
00:37:39.20\00:37:40.73
what happens when the thing,
the matrix of the building
00:37:40.74\00:37:44.53
the architecture of the building
00:37:44.54\00:37:45.96
is put into something
that is itself now moving.
00:37:45.97\00:37:52.80
These earthquakes
don't play by the rules,
00:37:52.81\00:37:54.49
I mean everything is
influx in an earthquake.
00:37:54.50\00:38:02.20
The reason they're so scary,
00:38:02.21\00:38:04.93
is that because
every thing is shaking.
00:38:04.94\00:38:07.71
Every thing is moving, there
is no place to go for safety.
00:38:07.72\00:38:13.53
There is no place
to get your bearings.
00:38:13.54\00:38:16.83
There is nothing
that you can cling to.
00:38:16.84\00:38:19.13
You're at the whim
and whimsy of nature.
00:38:19.14\00:38:25.16
This is the image
00:38:25.17\00:38:27.64
that the author of
Hebrews is trying to convey.
00:38:27.65\00:38:31.74
The author of Hebrew says,
listen to me Jewish Christians,
00:38:31.75\00:38:36.89
you're reverting back
to the earthly sanctuary.
00:38:36.90\00:38:41.67
You're reverting back
to an earthly priesthood.
00:38:41.68\00:38:45.20
You're reverting back
to an earthly sacrifice,
00:38:45.21\00:38:48.21
all of those
things will be destroyed
00:38:48.22\00:38:50.73
and if your faith
is in those things
00:38:50.74\00:38:52.60
you will be totally shaken.
00:38:52.61\00:38:58.38
The Book of Hebrews
could have just as easily
00:39:00.98\00:39:03.87
been written to Seventh-day
Adventist in the year 2004.
00:39:03.88\00:39:10.35
Amen. Friends, everything
00:39:10.36\00:39:11.80
that can shake
is going to shake.
00:39:11.81\00:39:17.05
I want to say that again.
00:39:17.06\00:39:19.64
Everything that can
shake is going to shake.
00:39:19.65\00:39:25.64
Even ministers will shake.
00:39:25.65\00:39:29.89
You had better not have
your confidence in Kenneth Cox,
00:39:29.90\00:39:32.80
or David Asscherick, or
Mark Finley, or Doug Batchelor,
00:39:32.81\00:39:36.12
or Danny Shelton because
ministers shake my friends.
00:39:36.13\00:39:42.73
Now you can
appreciate their message,
00:39:42.74\00:39:44.38
you can appreciate their style,
00:39:44.39\00:39:45.82
you can appreciate
their own inimitable way
00:39:45.83\00:39:47.96
of communicating the
gospel, but your confidence
00:39:47.97\00:39:50.25
had better not
be in a man. Amen.
00:39:50.26\00:39:54.00
If your confidence
is in a man and that man
00:39:54.01\00:39:56.42
is shaking, your
faith is shaking.
00:39:56.43\00:40:01.04
Ministers shake.
00:40:01.05\00:40:04.45
Churches will shake.
00:40:04.46\00:40:09.01
There will be
entire churches friends,
00:40:09.02\00:40:12.12
that will leave
the great message
00:40:12.13\00:40:14.72
that has been
commuted to us as a people.
00:40:14.73\00:40:19.17
Don't put too much
confidence in your pastor.
00:40:19.18\00:40:22.58
You follow your pastor
00:40:22.59\00:40:23.99
in as much as what
he says is consistent
00:40:24.00\00:40:26.34
with what the Bible
says and don't follow him
00:40:26.35\00:40:28.41
any further than
that. Amen. That's right.
00:40:28.42\00:40:32.34
You say you're a
third generation Adventist,
00:40:32.35\00:40:33.93
the fourth generation Adventist,
00:40:33.94\00:40:35.44
the fifth generation Adventist.
00:40:35.45\00:40:36.67
You can't go back
much further than that.
00:40:36.68\00:40:39.11
Friends, even denominations
00:40:39.12\00:40:41.20
can shake to
their very foundations.
00:40:41.21\00:40:44.97
Do not be so naive as to think
that our special denomination
00:40:44.98\00:40:49.16
and I love this
church, amen. Amen.
00:40:49.17\00:40:51.93
Do not be so naive as to
think that even this church
00:40:51.94\00:40:54.77
is not going to be
shaken to its very core. Amen.
00:40:54.78\00:41:02.05
Amen. Friends, even
ministries will shake.
00:41:02.06\00:41:06.09
Now I love it is
written as much as the next guy,
00:41:06.10\00:41:08.94
but ministries will shake.
00:41:08.95\00:41:12.07
I'm fan of Doug Batchelor
and Amazing Facts as well,
00:41:12.08\00:41:14.71
but ministries will shake.
00:41:14.72\00:41:18.79
Everything that can be shaken
00:41:18.80\00:41:21.62
will be shaken.
00:41:21.63\00:41:27.61
Governments will shake.
00:41:27.62\00:41:32.34
Now we're somewhat inoculated
00:41:32.35\00:41:34.00
from this, because we
live in the superpower,
00:41:34.01\00:41:38.07
the evil munch of modernity,
00:41:38.08\00:41:40.36
we live in the
United States of America.
00:41:40.37\00:41:44.65
I got news for you.
00:41:44.66\00:41:45.88
The United States
of America can shake.
00:41:45.89\00:41:51.50
Now I believe as
the Apostle Paul says,
00:41:51.51\00:41:53.32
that we need to
pray for our kings,
00:41:53.33\00:41:54.90
we need to pray
for our presidents,
00:41:54.91\00:41:56.07
we need to pray for our leaders,
00:41:56.08\00:41:57.42
but don't put
too much confidence
00:41:57.43\00:41:59.18
in any of these
politicians or leaders,
00:41:59.19\00:42:01.74
this government will
shake to its very foundations.
00:42:01.75\00:42:06.80
Our military
superpower will not deliver us
00:42:06.81\00:42:10.25
from the coming conflagration,
00:42:10.26\00:42:11.72
settle that in
your mind right now.
00:42:11.73\00:42:14.07
Our superior military strength
00:42:14.08\00:42:16.21
will not get us through the
time of trouble that is coming.
00:42:16.22\00:42:19.05
Even the governments are going
to shake to their very core.
00:42:19.06\00:42:25.61
That's right. I believe again
we should pray for these men.
00:42:25.62\00:42:27.54
We should not
ridicule them by the way.
00:42:27.55\00:42:29.40
I find it to be
an absolute turn off.
00:42:29.41\00:42:33.34
I find it to be antithetical to
the principles of Christianity
00:42:33.35\00:42:36.92
when I hear people mocking
00:42:36.93\00:42:38.43
the President of the
United States of America.
00:42:38.44\00:42:41.40
Friends, we
should pray for this man.
00:42:41.41\00:42:43.23
I've heard minister
stand up in the pulpit
00:42:43.24\00:42:45.13
and use defamatory language
00:42:45.14\00:42:47.24
about the President of
the United States of America.
00:42:47.25\00:42:49.63
Friends, we need to
pray for this man. Amen.
00:42:49.64\00:42:56.48
But even this
government is going to shake.
00:42:56.49\00:43:00.02
Even this country and I
am proud to be an American,
00:43:00.03\00:43:03.56
I say that with no equivocation,
00:43:03.57\00:43:06.40
this government will
shake to its very foundations.
00:43:06.41\00:43:10.93
The principles of truth and
liberty, liberty of conscience,
00:43:10.94\00:43:14.16
the great
freedoms that we hold dear
00:43:14.17\00:43:16.10
are going to be
totally erased, It will shake.
00:43:16.11\00:43:22.43
The economy is going to shake.
00:43:22.44\00:43:27.23
Right now they talk
about an economic downturn.
00:43:27.24\00:43:30.54
The Bible foretells an
economic downturn friends,
00:43:30.55\00:43:33.72
that is going to be
far more dire and serious
00:43:33.73\00:43:38.01
than anything we have yet seen.
00:43:38.02\00:43:39.83
You see this worth nothing,
that is worth nothing, friends.
00:43:39.84\00:43:46.18
Fortunately for the time
being you can actually purchase
00:43:46.19\00:43:48.98
some Great
Controversies with this.
00:43:48.99\00:43:50.57
You can purchase
some books with this.
00:43:50.58\00:43:51.88
You can fund in
some programs with this.
00:43:51.89\00:43:53.77
You can send some missionaries
to India or build the church.
00:43:53.78\00:43:56.91
But friends, a time is coming
00:43:56.92\00:43:58.25
where this will be worth
absolutely totally nothing.
00:43:58.26\00:44:01.54
Don't put your confidence in
this piece of paper, friends.
00:44:01.55\00:44:05.48
Don't put your
confidence in your bank account,
00:44:05.49\00:44:07.40
whether it has
three zeros, four zeroes,
00:44:07.41\00:44:09.58
or eight zeroes or no zeroes.
00:44:09.59\00:44:11.60
Friends, you do
not put your confidence
00:44:11.61\00:44:13.91
even in the economy the
economy is going to shake
00:44:13.92\00:44:16.84
and this will be worth nothing.
00:44:16.85\00:44:21.72
That's right. I was
recently in South Africa.
00:44:21.73\00:44:25.10
I leave next week
to go there again.
00:44:25.11\00:44:28.99
And a man with,
you know, these men.
00:44:29.00\00:44:32.38
These men will come
up and shake you hands
00:44:32.39\00:44:34.09
and they have hands that they
could catch a baseball with.
00:44:34.10\00:44:37.27
I mean, these things are mitts,
00:44:37.28\00:44:39.77
great big sausages for fingers.
00:44:39.78\00:44:42.50
Just whom just
swallow your hand up.
00:44:42.51\00:44:48.55
You know, as a pastor
I'm keen on these things
00:44:48.56\00:44:50.38
because I shake
peoples hands at the door
00:44:50.39\00:44:52.48
and you could
always tell those men
00:44:52.49\00:44:53.79
that have the office
jobs, right, yeah, yeah, yeah,
00:44:53.80\00:44:56.82
there's the farmer,
there's the brick layer,
00:44:56.83\00:44:58.48
there's the painter, there's
the computer analyst right,
00:44:58.49\00:45:00.70
you know, just like
shaking a glass of warm water.
00:45:00.71\00:45:05.98
Oh, this fellow man,
I'm telling you South Africa
00:45:05.99\00:45:08.31
this guy was huge.
00:45:08.32\00:45:12.74
He came up to me
and shook my hand,
00:45:12.75\00:45:14.68
he shook my whole
arm, his hands were so big.
00:45:14.69\00:45:19.31
He said to me,
I've seen you on 3ABN.
00:45:19.32\00:45:23.31
He said I've
something I want to give you.
00:45:23.32\00:45:25.92
I said what is it?
00:45:25.93\00:45:27.36
And he reached up to one
of those great big fingers
00:45:27.37\00:45:30.25
and he pulled off a ring.
00:45:30.26\00:45:32.49
Now the ring is
nothing to look at.
00:45:32.50\00:45:35.79
He pulled off this ring
00:45:35.80\00:45:37.02
and I tell you took some
energy too and gave it to me.
00:45:37.03\00:45:42.67
He said I'm a new Adventist
and I've been watching 3ABN
00:45:42.68\00:45:47.53
and the spirit
of God has convicted
00:45:47.54\00:45:49.41
me that I need to
get rid of this thing.
00:45:49.42\00:45:51.77
Now I'm thinking this
thing is, what is this,
00:45:51.78\00:45:55.34
did you get this
in quarter machine?
00:45:55.35\00:45:59.80
He said, this is
a two carat diamond.
00:45:59.81\00:46:01.62
Now South Africa as you know
its like big diamond country.
00:46:01.63\00:46:04.08
He said, this here
this a two carat diamond,
00:46:04.09\00:46:06.47
he said it's worth a lot of
money and he said the next time
00:46:06.48\00:46:09.14
you're at 3ABN I want
you to give this to you,
00:46:09.15\00:46:11.48
pulled it right off of
his finger and gave it to me.
00:46:11.49\00:46:13.47
Well, there happened to
be somebody standing right
00:46:13.48\00:46:15.24
there who just approached
me after this man walked away.
00:46:15.25\00:46:18.54
He said, I'm a
gemologist, that's what I do.
00:46:18.55\00:46:21.31
I look at these
stones and I evaluate them,
00:46:21.32\00:46:23.59
he said if you
like I'll take a look
00:46:23.60\00:46:25.02
at that stone, I
said sure take it.
00:46:25.03\00:46:26.41
So I gave him the ring,
he came back the next day
00:46:26.42\00:46:28.08
he said, that man was
not telling you an untruth.
00:46:28.09\00:46:30.48
He said, this is an
absolutely beautiful stone
00:46:30.49\00:46:32.89
nearly a two carat diamond.
00:46:32.90\00:46:34.05
I said, what's that thing worth.
00:46:34.06\00:46:35.09
He said, well, it depends
on what the diamond market,
00:46:35.10\00:46:36.81
where it's at? If it's higher,
if it's lower, if it's upper,
00:46:36.82\00:46:39.03
if it's down, he
said, well, probably
00:46:39.04\00:46:40.33
just four or
five thousand dollars.
00:46:40.34\00:46:44.37
Then I got nervous about it.
00:46:44.38\00:46:50.73
Friends, this man had
his priorities straight. Yes.
00:46:50.74\00:46:54.90
This man understood that soon
and very soon this little rock
00:46:54.91\00:46:58.29
is not going to be
worth anything, he slipped
00:46:58.30\00:47:00.35
that thing off his
finger as quick as he could,
00:47:00.36\00:47:02.07
he said, quick use
this in the work of the Lord
00:47:02.08\00:47:04.25
while there is still time.
00:47:04.26\00:47:08.22
And, friends, so to with us.
00:47:08.23\00:47:10.09
Don't put your
confidence in money.
00:47:10.10\00:47:14.69
Ministers will shake.
00:47:14.70\00:47:16.26
Ministries will shake.
00:47:16.27\00:47:18.31
Churches will shake.
Governments will shake.
00:47:18.32\00:47:21.70
Economies will shake
00:47:21.71\00:47:23.54
and even families will shake.
00:47:23.55\00:47:30.34
I had firsthand knowledge
00:47:30.35\00:47:31.47
of this as I come
from a divorced family.
00:47:31.48\00:47:34.85
And let me say
you something here,
00:47:34.86\00:47:36.20
God hates divorce. Amen.
00:47:36.21\00:47:39.60
But he loves divorcees.
00:47:39.61\00:47:41.94
Amen. Do you hear the
distinction here, yes or no?
00:47:41.95\00:47:45.42
Yes. I don't know
00:47:45.43\00:47:48.79
what's going on
in your marriage.
00:47:48.80\00:47:49.93
But let me tell you something.
00:47:49.94\00:47:52.49
however bad it is, however
tough it is you might not
00:47:52.50\00:47:56.35
even be able to
look at your spouse,
00:47:56.36\00:47:58.42
you're so
frustrated, he has wronged you,
00:47:58.43\00:48:00.89
she has wronged you,
he has embarrassed you,
00:48:00.90\00:48:03.04
she has embarrassed
you, whatever it is,
00:48:03.05\00:48:05.05
you need to get on
your knees and work
00:48:05.06\00:48:07.21
this thing out for
the sake of Jesus. Amen.
00:48:07.22\00:48:11.63
Friends, even the most
solid and secure marriages,
00:48:11.64\00:48:14.71
even those
marriages that you look out
00:48:14.72\00:48:16.20
and you think no way
never gonna break up,
00:48:16.21\00:48:18.28
not gonna happen, those
two are rock solid together
00:48:18.29\00:48:21.42
even those kinds
of marriages shake.
00:48:21.43\00:48:26.56
Everything that can be shaken
00:48:26.57\00:48:28.86
will be shaken.
00:48:28.87\00:48:36.80
So that those things which
cannot be shaken will remain.
00:48:36.81\00:48:42.82
Your health can be shaken.
00:48:42.83\00:48:48.65
I'm 30 years young so I
feel practically invincible,
00:48:48.66\00:48:52.62
but you know what's interesting.
00:48:52.63\00:48:54.47
Thirty year olds die
too, did you know that?
00:48:54.48\00:48:57.61
They have done
studies and have actually
00:48:57.62\00:48:59.16
demonstrated that 30
years old can die too.
00:48:59.17\00:49:01.37
Now you're sitting
there and you might be
00:49:07.84\00:49:09.51
in reasonably good health.
00:49:09.52\00:49:12.99
Let me tell you something,
00:49:13.00\00:49:14.03
don't put your
confidence in your health.
00:49:14.04\00:49:17.14
You health can be taken
away from you in a moment.
00:49:17.15\00:49:19.08
Health is like freedom, you
don't miss it till it's gone.
00:49:19.09\00:49:24.99
Friends, everything that
can be shaken will be shaken,
00:49:25.00\00:49:27.60
that was the
author of Hebrews concern
00:49:27.61\00:49:29.22
and tonight that is my concern.
00:49:29.23\00:49:32.62
A time of trouble
such as never was since
00:49:32.63\00:49:35.05
there was a nation is coming
and everything will be influx.
00:49:35.06\00:49:38.73
Everything will be shaking,
churches will be shaking,
00:49:38.74\00:49:41.00
denominations
shaking, government shaking,
00:49:41.01\00:49:43.18
everything that can
be shaken will be shaken,
00:49:43.19\00:49:46.00
so that only those things which
cannot be shaken will remain.
00:49:46.01\00:49:53.03
As we prepare to
close, go with me
00:49:53.04\00:49:54.27
to Hebrews
Chapter 6, what is it?
00:49:54.28\00:49:56.59
What is it alone
that will not be shaken,
00:49:56.60\00:50:00.04
Hebrews Chapter 6.
00:50:00.05\00:50:05.00
Hebrews Chapter 6, and
I'm beginning in verse 16,
00:50:05.01\00:50:07.29
what verse everyone?
00:50:07.30\00:50:09.16
Sixteen. Hebrews 6:16.
00:50:09.17\00:50:11.34
"For men indeed swear
by the greater and an oath
00:50:11.35\00:50:14.74
for confirmation is for
them an end of all dispute."
00:50:14.75\00:50:18.36
When somebody gives an
oath, that settles the matter.
00:50:18.37\00:50:22.90
Verse 17, "Thus God determining
to show more abundantly
00:50:22.91\00:50:27.86
to the heirs of promise,
the immutability that means
00:50:27.87\00:50:31.60
the
changelessness of his council,
00:50:31.61\00:50:33.57
he confirmed it by an oath.
00:50:33.58\00:50:36.93
God took an oath.
00:50:36.94\00:50:39.92
He said, I swear on this one.
00:50:39.93\00:50:43.77
Verse 18, "That by
two changeless immutable
00:50:43.78\00:50:47.14
things in which it is
impossible for God to lie,
00:50:47.15\00:50:51.29
we might have strong consolation
who have fled for refuge
00:50:51.30\00:50:55.60
to lay hold of the
hope set before us.
00:50:55.61\00:50:59.62
This hope, we have as
an anchor of the soul,
00:50:59.63\00:51:04.19
both sure and steadfast,
00:51:04.20\00:51:06.23
and which enters the
presence behind, the veil.
00:51:06.24\00:51:10.97
Friends, this is
sanctuary language.
00:51:10.98\00:51:13.17
What kind of
language? Sanctuary language.
00:51:13.18\00:51:14.96
This is saying behind the veil.
00:51:14.97\00:51:17.64
Now the
theologians are gonna debate
00:51:17.65\00:51:19.20
is that the first veil or the
second veil, it doesn't matter.
00:51:19.21\00:51:21.34
What Hebrew is saying is into
the very presence of God. Amen.
00:51:21.35\00:51:25.95
This hope that we have, the name
00:51:25.96\00:51:27.64
of that hope by
the way is Jesus.
00:51:27.65\00:51:29.35
This Jesus, He
goes into the veil.
00:51:29.36\00:51:33.66
This hope of Jesus, our Savior,
our Friend, our Redeemer,
00:51:33.67\00:51:37.49
our Crucified and living Savior,
00:51:37.50\00:51:39.44
this is our hope that
anchors our soul. Amen.
00:51:39.45\00:51:44.01
He's gone into
the veil. Verse 20,
00:51:44.02\00:51:47.62
"Where the forerunner has
entered for us, even Jesus,
00:51:47.63\00:51:51.37
having become a High Priest
00:51:51.38\00:51:53.21
forever according to
the order of Melchizedek."
00:51:53.22\00:51:56.07
Friends, the only
thing that cannot be shaken,
00:51:56.08\00:51:59.68
when everything that can be
shaken will be shaken is Christ
00:51:59.69\00:52:02.91
and Him crucified and His
living word 'the Bible.' Amen.
00:52:02.92\00:52:09.15
Settle this in
your minds right now.
00:52:09.16\00:52:12.53
If we are anchored, if
we are riveted to Christ
00:52:12.54\00:52:16.09
when everything that
can be shaken is shaken,
00:52:16.10\00:52:18.92
we will not be shaken, because
we are clinging to Christ,
00:52:18.93\00:52:22.25
we are reverted to His word,
we are reverted to His Son,
00:52:22.26\00:52:25.91
we are reverted to
Jesus who is behind the veil,
00:52:25.92\00:52:28.26
for He's in most only
place of the heavenly sanctuary.
00:52:28.27\00:52:30.83
That alone will get us through
00:52:30.84\00:52:32.95
the coming crisis. Amen.
00:52:32.96\00:52:39.94
It is beginning to rain,
00:52:39.95\00:52:43.00
but I remind you that it began
00:52:43.01\00:52:47.42
to rain in the days of Noah.
00:52:47.43\00:52:51.84
That was good news
by the way for Noah.
00:52:51.85\00:52:57.92
But it was bad news for those
who did not heed the message.
00:52:57.93\00:53:03.23
The same flood that sealed Noah
into the Ark sealed the rest
00:53:03.24\00:53:11.10
of the unbelieving
world outside of the Ark.
00:53:11.11\00:53:15.79
Friends, it is
beginning to rain,
00:53:15.80\00:53:17.34
we are
beginning even now to feel
00:53:17.35\00:53:18.84
the drops of the latter rain
00:53:18.85\00:53:20.43
all around us, but is
that rain accumulates us,
00:53:20.44\00:53:23.05
that rain continues, it's going
to become a Holy Spirit flood.
00:53:23.06\00:53:27.54
And everybody that Christ
00:53:27.55\00:53:29.10
can shake in is going to
come rushing into this fold,
00:53:29.11\00:53:32.55
but friends I'm saddened to tell
you that there will be hundreds
00:53:32.56\00:53:35.81
and even thousands
who will be carried out
00:53:35.82\00:53:38.25
by the same flood
that carries others in.
00:53:38.26\00:53:43.95
Let us settle it in our minds
00:53:43.96\00:53:45.43
right now that
it is not the title,
00:53:45.44\00:53:47.28
it is not the
moniker Seventh-day Adventist
00:53:47.29\00:53:50.25
that does anything for us, it
is Christ and Him alone. Amen.
00:53:50.26\00:53:55.19
God has His people
in the Baptist church,
00:53:55.20\00:53:57.49
God has His people
in Nazarene church,
00:53:57.50\00:53:59.83
God has His people
even in the Catholic Church,
00:53:59.84\00:54:01.84
do you believe
that, yes or no? Yes.
00:54:01.85\00:54:03.42
God has His people everywhere.
00:54:03.43\00:54:06.54
Amen. Let's not
pretend that we have a monopoly
00:54:06.55\00:54:08.35
on the kingdom of
heaven here, friends.
00:54:08.36\00:54:09.87
It is beginning to
rain and some of us folk
00:54:09.88\00:54:12.76
are going to get uncomfortable.
00:54:12.77\00:54:14.29
We like church just to be
a place where we can go sit
00:54:14.30\00:54:17.09
and be casual, be
complacent, be content.
00:54:17.10\00:54:19.61
And we're going to be shaken out
00:54:19.62\00:54:23.04
while multitudes
will be shaking in. Amen.
00:54:23.05\00:54:27.38
Everything that can be
shaken will be shaking.
00:54:27.39\00:54:32.77
It is beginning to rain.
00:54:32.78\00:54:36.31
I plead with you
tonight on behalf of Christ
00:54:36.32\00:54:41.62
I plead with you
tonight on behalf of Christ
00:54:41.63\00:54:46.56
that as these early
drops begin to fall,
00:54:46.57\00:54:50.67
be sure that for
you its good news.
00:54:50.68\00:54:56.86
Be sure that you are anchored
00:54:56.87\00:54:59.53
and reverted to
Christ and Him alone.
00:54:59.54\00:55:05.09
Be sure that
you are not trusting
00:55:05.10\00:55:07.24
to anything or anyone earthly.
00:55:07.25\00:55:12.31
Put your
confidence, put your trust,
00:55:12.32\00:55:16.44
put your hope
only in Jesus. Amen.
00:55:16.45\00:55:21.97
You need to know this word.
00:55:21.98\00:55:24.83
It's not going to do you
any good that I know the word.
00:55:24.84\00:55:27.34
It doesn't do you any good
that Kenneth Cox knows the word.
00:55:27.35\00:55:29.84
You need to know the word.
00:55:29.85\00:55:32.27
You need to love this word.
00:55:32.28\00:55:33.51
You need to cherish this word.
00:55:33.52\00:55:34.79
We need to live this word.
00:55:34.80\00:55:39.12
Friends, the time is coming.
00:55:39.13\00:55:42.06
Your government swept away,
00:55:42.07\00:55:43.58
your church shaking
to its very foundation,
00:55:43.59\00:55:46.30
your money not worth anything,
00:55:46.31\00:55:47.83
your job gone, your health gone.
00:55:47.84\00:55:49.64
You are going to need
something that cannot be shaken.
00:55:49.65\00:55:52.76
You need an anchor
for the soul. Amen.
00:55:52.77\00:55:59.44
Friends, my
question for you tonight
00:55:59.45\00:56:00.78
is will your anchor hold?
00:56:00.79\00:56:04.66
In the time of storm,
will your anchor hold?
00:56:04.67\00:56:10.40
Have you been trusting to
something other than Jesus?
00:56:10.41\00:56:15.60
In a subtle way, have you
taken your eyes of the Christ?
00:56:15.61\00:56:21.10
Like the Hebrew Christians,
00:56:21.11\00:56:22.53
have you began to
put too much confidence
00:56:22.54\00:56:24.95
in an earthly
ministry and earthly man,
00:56:24.96\00:56:27.09
you could even put too much
confidence in 3ABN, friends.
00:56:27.10\00:56:32.70
Tonight the message
is spoken to your hearts
00:56:32.71\00:56:36.14
and you see that 100
percent of your confidence,
00:56:36.15\00:56:38.62
your full confidence must be
in Christ and Him alone. Amen.
00:56:38.63\00:56:43.38
Tonight, you want to
say I need that anchor.
00:56:43.39\00:56:47.35
I want to have
the anchor of Christ,
00:56:47.36\00:56:49.11
because it's beginning to rain
00:56:49.12\00:56:50.24
and everything that can
be shaken will be shaken.
00:56:50.25\00:56:54.00
Lord Jesus, give me this
anchor, an anchor of the soul.
00:56:54.01\00:56:59.15
How many of you say, Lord Jesus,
help me to get my eyes on You?
00:56:59.16\00:57:03.23
Help me to get
my eyes off anything
00:57:03.24\00:57:05.05
and everything
that can be shaken.
00:57:05.06\00:57:06.58
Help me to be rooted and
grounded and riveted in Christ
00:57:06.59\00:57:10.09
and Him crucified only,
is that your desire? Amen.
00:57:10.10\00:57:14.14
Let us pray, Father in heaven.
00:57:14.15\00:57:18.13
We need an anchor.
00:57:18.14\00:57:21.37
We need an anchor that
goes right into the veil.
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An anchor that cannot be shaken.
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An anchor that cannot be moved.
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Father, that anchor is
Christ and Him crucified.
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That anchor is the
Bible, the Holy word.
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So Father, my prayer
for each of these attendees
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here at this
inaugural fall of 3ABN
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camp meeting is that
each of them would place
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their total complete and
entire confidence in Christ.
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May they cling to Him
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as their only
hope, their only anchor.
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And in the mighty
powerful loving glorious
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majestic name of Jesus, we pray.
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Let all the saints of
the living God, say amen.
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