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Robert Jeffress - Fearless Faith

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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - Fearless Faith | May 12, 2026

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From the pulpit
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Of the first baptist church of dallas, texas,
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This is pathway to victory with dr. robert jeffress.
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Hi, i'm robert jeffress.
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And welcome again to pathway to victory.
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Scientists contend that humans develop
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The emotion of fear purely out of necessity.
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Fear was designed to keep us safe
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From predators and other dangers,
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But scripture reveals a much more sinister reality.
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The bible is full of stories of people who acted out of fear
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And suffered the consequences,
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Which is why the writer of hebrews so adamantly urged
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His readers to develop a faith that is unshakeable.
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My message is titled fearless faith.
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On today's edition of pathway to victory.
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I remember reading a study once by dr. walter cavert
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And he said that 92% of the things
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That you and i worry about end up never happening.
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Isn't that an interesting thing?
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92% of the things we tend to worry about
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Never come to pass.
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Which i guess proves the adage it doesn't pay to worry.
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But the flip side of that is it does cost.
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It costs a lot to worry.
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Somebody has said
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Fear doesn't empty tomorrow of its troubles,
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But it does empty today of its strength.
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There are many downsides to worry, to fear,
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But perhaps the greatest downside is this,
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Fear always leads us to make bad decisions.
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In fact, if you look back over
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Some of the worst mistakes you have ever made,
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The worst decisions,
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I bet you can trace many if not all of them to fear.
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Proverbs 29:25 says fear is like a trap that ensnares us.
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I remember reading in a book
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By christian financial consultant ron blue,
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He told the story of one of his clients who was a christian
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But who had heard all of these reports
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And read books about the coming economic earthquake
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And how the world's economy was going to be destroyed,
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And this client was so fearful of that,
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That he decided to sell all of his stocks
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And invest in silver.
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Over the next years, that client watched
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The stock market quadruple in value
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While silver did absolutely nothing.
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It was a bad decision motivated by fear.
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Lots of people make bad decisions based on fear.
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Some single adults are fearful of being single
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The rest of their lives so they make a wrong decision
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About a life partner.
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Some people are fearful about death,
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They make wrong decisions about health treatment
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Or lack of health treatment.
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There are some people, teenagers who are fearful
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Of missing out, being left out of the crowd,
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So they make bad decisions related
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To substance abuse and immorality.
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Fear always leads to wrong decisions.
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That was true of the hebrew christians
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To whom this letter to the hebrews is written.
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They were brand new christians.
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They had come out of judaism
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And now they were fearful of the persecution
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They were getting ready to experience.
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They were fearful of being ostracized by their family
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And friends for embracing christianity.
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And they were on the brink of making a disastrous decision,
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And that was the decision to give up their christian faith
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And go back into judaism.
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And so the writer writes this letter
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To warn them of the consequences of making
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That kind of disastrous decision.
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What's the antidote to fear that leads to wrong decisions?
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In a word, it's faith.
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And that's what the 11th chapter of hebrews is all about,
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About what real faith is and what real faith does.
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Remember our definition of faith.
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Faith is believing that god will do
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What he has promised to do and acting accordingly.
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And throughout the book of hebrews 11,
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We see different aspects of that kind of faith.
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A faith that sanctifies, a faith that saves,
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A faith that submits, a faith that surrenders.
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And today, we're going to look at another aspect of faith,
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A faith that is unshakeable.
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Specifically, we're going to look at how faith
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Helps you conquer the four most common fears in life,
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The four fears that will keep you
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From experiencing god's best in your life.
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If you have your bible, turn to hebrews 11
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As we talk about developing a fearless faith.
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Remember i said last time,
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Abraham was to the jewish people
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What george washington is to us.
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He was the father of the nation.
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Well, if that's true,
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Then moses is probably like abraham lincoln
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Is to us today.
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Moses was the great law-giver,
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And it is the character moses that the writer uses
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To illustrate how faith can help
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You conquer four specific fears in life.
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First of all, the fear of loss.
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One reason some of you may be struggling right now
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In your commitment to god,
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Struggling in whether or not you're going to go all in
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In serving god with all of your heart,
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Is you're fearful that if you make
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That kind of radical commitment,
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You're going to have to give up something important to you.
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You're going to lose out on some benefit.
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And that's what's causing you
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To shrink back in your commitment to god.
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Did you know moses faced that as well?
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Let's see how faith helped him overcome the fear of loss.
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The story begins in verse 23.
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By faith, moses when he was born was hidden for three months
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By his parents because they saw he was a beautiful child
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And they were not afraid of the king's edict.
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We don't know much about moses first 40 years of living.
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We have this verse.
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We also have acts 7:21-22 that says
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After moses had been set outside,
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Pharaoh's daughter took him away
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And nurtured him as her own son.
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Moses was educated in all the learning of the egyptians
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And he was a man of power and words and deeds.
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Then, hebrews 11:24-25,
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By faith, moses when he had grown up refused
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To be called the son of pharaoh's daughter,
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Choosing rather to endure ill treatment
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With the people of god
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Than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin.
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By this time, it is evident moses knew his life purpose
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Was to be the deliverer of the israelites,
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And one day he goes out to one of the work sites
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And he sees an egyptian mistreating
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One of the hebrew slaves.
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And moses is so infuriated that he kills the egyptian,
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Hides him in the sand, thinking nobody noticed.
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Now, let me be clear, what moses did was wrong,
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But he did have the right motive.
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On that day, he made a choice.
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He said i would rather identify with god's people
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Who are suffering than continue
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To enjoy the privilege of being pharaoh's grandson.
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And that's why it says he chose to endure
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The ill treatment with the people of god
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Than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin.
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Now, moses paid for his mistake.
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He spent the next 40 years fleeing from pharaoh.
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He spent 40 years on the backside of the desert.
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But he said i would rather experience punishment
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Than endure the passing pleasures of sin.
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By the way, will you underline that phrase?
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It is so key in verse 25, the passing pleasures of sin.
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Don't let anybody, including satan, mislead you about sin.
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Sometimes we preacher types will talk all the time
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About how painful sin is, how unpleasant sin is,
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How distasteful sin is,
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And then one of our flock goes out and gets some sin.
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And guess what?
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It's kind of fun. it's kind of pleasurable.
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It's not nearly as bad as the preacher told them it was.
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They think, well, if the preacher was wrong about that,
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Maybe he's wrong about some other things as well.
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No, the bible says sin is very pleasurable for a season.
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For a season, but ultimately, what is sweet becomes bitter.
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And that's what the writer is saying here.
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Moses decided to give up the passing pleasures of sin
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In order to follow god.
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What's the antidote to the fear of loss?
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It is a faith in the promises of god.
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Look at verse 26.
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For moses, considering the reproach of christ,
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Greater riches than the treasures of egypt,
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For he was looking to the reward.
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He did the mental arithmetic in his mind
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Before he made this choice
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And he decided i would rather give up present pleasures
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In order to receive future benefits.
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Yes, being in pharaoh's household,
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There's a lot of fleshly pleasures to that.
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There's a lot of material gained to be an heir to pharaoh.
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But all of that is passing, fleeting,
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Compared to the eternal promises of god.
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And that's the same for you and me.
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God doesn't always reward our obedience immediately,
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But he always rewards it ultimately.
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And the only way to conquer the fear of loss in your life
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Is to focus on the promises of god.
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Faith allowed moses to conquer the fear of loss.
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It also allowed him to conquer the fear of other people.
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The fear of other people will also prevent you
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From experiencing god's best in your life.
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Look at verse 27.
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By faith, he, that is moses,
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Left egypt not fearing the wrath of the king
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For he endured as seeing him, that is god, who is unseen.
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What's the antidote to the fear of other people?
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What will conquer that fear in your life?
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It is faith in god's power.
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A faith in god's power.
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You know, whenever i'm tempted to be afraid of other people
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And what they might do to me,
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I always think about jesus' words in matthew 10:28
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When he said do not fear those who kill the body
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But are unable to kill the soul.
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Instead, fear the one who is able
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To destroy both your body and your soul.
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Whenever i'm tempted to be fearful of somebody,
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I think, okay, what's the worst thing
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This person can do to me?
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And i guess when you think about it,
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The worst thing anybody can do to you is kill you.
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I mean, that's the ultimate thing, right?
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Kill you.
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Would that be so bad?
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The key, the antidote to conquering fear of people,
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Is a faith in god's power.
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There's a third fear that moses learned to conquer
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Through faith and it's the fear of death,
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And it's referred to in hebrews 11:28.
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By faith, he, moses, kept the passover
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And the sprinkling of the blood so that he,
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That is god, who destroyed the firstborn
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Would not touch them.
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Exodus 12 is the story of how god saved the worst plague
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For the last that would come to egypt,
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To turn pharaoh's heart, to allow the people to leave egypt.
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God said i'm going to send the death angel throughout egypt
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And i'm going to kill the firstborn of every house.
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That was, by the way, a promise made
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Not just to the egyptians but to the israelites.
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I'm going to kill the firstborn of every house.
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But there's one way to escape my judgment, he said.
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If you will take an innocent lamb
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And you'll take the blood of that lamb
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And place it on the doorpost of your home,
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When i see the blood of that lamb,
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I will pass over you in judgment.
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And i'm sure there are those who argued
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With moses when he relayed the instruction.
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Moses, that can't be enough.
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Just the blood of a lamb?
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Don't we need to make a sacrifice?
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Don't we need to make some oath or commitment to god?
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Don't we need to learn to be better
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To one another and kinder to the egyptians?
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Surely, there's something else that we have to do?
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Moses said, no, the only instruction
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Is take the blood of a lamb and put it on the doorpost,
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And when i will see the blood,
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I will pass over you in judgment.
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That's where we get passover from.
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That was the first passover,
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God passing over the people in judgment.
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And of course, all of that was a foreshadowing
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Of what would happen 1,300 years later when jesus christ,
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The perfect lamb of god,
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Who takes away the sins of the earth,
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Offers us the way to be passed over in judgment.
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You see, ladies and gentlemen,
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Every one of us deserves to die.
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Maybe you're fearful of death.
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Maybe you wonder, what awaits me
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On the other side of the grave, if anything?
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How can i know for sure i'm going to be welcomed
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Into god's presence instead of sent to hell
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That i deserve forever and ever?
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There are not many ways to escape that judgment.
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There's only one way.
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It is by believing and trusting in jesus,
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The lamb of god who died for the sins of the world,
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Believing that in some inexplicable way,
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When he died on that cross,
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He endured the punishment
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That you and i deserve for our sins.
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And the bible says the instant that you put your faith
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In jesus christ, god no longer sees your sin.
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He sees the blood of his son
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And he passes over you in judgment.
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Romans 8:1, there is therefore now no condemnation awaiting
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Those who belong to christ jesus.
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Today, if you're fearful of death
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And want to know how to escape eternal punishment,
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There is only one antidote to that fear of death.
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And it is a faith in god's provision,
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The only provision for your sin,
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Jesus christ, our lord.
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There's some people who would say, pastor,
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I'm not nearly as afraid of dying as i am of living,
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Through some terrible problem,
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Through some trial in life,
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Whether it be an illness, whether it be a bankruptcy,
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Whether it be a divorce.
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I'm fearful of the trials of this life,
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Not what happens in the next life.
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And that was true of these hebrew christians
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Who were beginning to experience persecution
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For their faith as we'll see next time, verse 20:37 says,
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Some in the past were being sawn in two,
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Others stoned, other tortured,
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Even worse, watching their families tortured.
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And they said, god, we don't want to do that.
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What's the antidote to the fear of trials?
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It is a faith in god's protection.
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And you see that illustrated in verse 29.
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By faith, they, talking about the israelites,
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Passed through the red sea
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As though they were passing through dry land.
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And the egyptians, when they attempted it, were drowned.
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After that 10th and final plague
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Of killing of the firstborn, that was enough for pharaoh.
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He said, get out of here.
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Scram as quickly as possible.
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I don't want you hebrews around here anymore.
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And so they packed up quickly
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And off they went toward the promised land,
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But then they came to the red sea,
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The obstacle between them and their future,
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And they had one of two choices.
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They could go forward into the red sea and drown
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Or they could stay where they are and face pharaoh's army.
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Not much of a choice.
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But god said go forward.
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And you know what the miracle was.
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God parted that red sea.
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He held the great walls of water on either side
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At bay through the mighty winds
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And the israelites went forward in faith,
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Believing that god would protect them.
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Just think of the faith that took
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To take that first step, that second step, that third step.
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Remember, these israelites had not seen
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"the 10 commandments" movie yet,
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They didn't know how this was going to turn out.
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They just took god at his word and they moved forward
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And god supernaturally protected them.
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Do you know the same is true for you and me?
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God didn't tell those israelites,
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Now, here you face this tremendous trial ahead of you,
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The red sea.
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I'm going to take you around the red sea.
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Nor did he say i'm going to build a bridge
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So you can pass over the red sea instead.
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Verse 28 says, i will lead you through the red sea.
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And god says the same thing to you and me.
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Listen to me, if you don't remember anything else
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I say this morning, god has not promised
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To exempt you from problems in this world.
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God doesn't have a special blessing for a christian
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That says, because you're a christian,
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You don't ever have to worry about sickness
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Or financial difficulty
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Or children who rebel against you or divorce.
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You're supernaturally protected from those things.
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No, christians experience the same problems
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As everybody else does in this world.
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There is no exemption from problems
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When you become a christian.
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Nor does god promise to always deliver you out of a problem.
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He does, sometimes. there are miracles.
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But miracles wouldn't be miracles
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If they happened all the time.
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You'd call miracles normals, you know?
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But they're called miracles because they're rare,
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The exception.
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Most of the time, god does not deliver you
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Out of your problem.
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He doesn't say i'm going to exempt you from problems,
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I'm going to deliver you out of problems.
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But what he does promise is this,
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I will walk with you through your problem.
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I will be with you through the problem.
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Isn't that what isaiah 43:2 says?
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When you pass through the water,
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Not around the water,
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When you pass through the water, i will be with you,
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And through the rivers, they will not overflow you.
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When you walk through the fire,
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You will not be scorched,
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Nor will the flame burn you.
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Let me ask you again this morning,
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What is it that's keeping you
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From experiencing god's blessing in your life?
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What's keeping you from going all in
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In your commitment to jesus christ?
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Is it a fear of loss?
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Have faith in god's promises to you.
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Is it a fear of other people?
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Have faith in god's power to overcome those people.
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Is it a fear of death?
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Have faith in god's one and only provision
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For your salvation and your eternity.
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Is it a fear of trials?
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Have faith in god's power and protection
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To sustain you through that trial.
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You know, it's said that
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Whenever the great commander general napoleon
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Would get ready for a major battle,
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The night before the battle, he had this ritual
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Of where he would stand alone in his tent.
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And one by one his top generals would come into the tent
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With napoleon, and without saying a word,
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They would shake his hand, look straight into his eyes,
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And then leave the tent ready to die
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For the general that they loved.
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Why? because they knew their general.
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It's the same thing for us.
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Ultimately, the antidote to fear in our life
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Is knowing our god.
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Daniel said it this way in daniel 11:32,
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The people who know their god
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Shall stand firm and take action.
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Nothing will give us more courage
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Than getting to know true and living god.
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When we immerse ourselves in the truth
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About god's character,
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When we renew our minds with the truth of god's word,
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That's when we acquire the boldness of abraham
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And a faith that's fearless.
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And those two words, bold and fearless,
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Are words that also characterize our ministry
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Here at pathway to victory.
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Now, please stay right there.
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I'll be back with more pathway to victory in just a moment.
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To help you rediscover the joy of time with god.
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In spiritual essentials, i share three simple,
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A meaningful part of your everyday life,
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Including a practical plan to help you get started today.
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These are the same strategies i use in my own bible study.
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There's no shortage of things
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In this life to be afraid of,
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But in moses' case, we clearly see the value
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Of overcoming our fears
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And allowing faith to guide our decisions.
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Well, god occasionally allows us
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To taste the rewards of a faithful life.
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But most people end up dying
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Without fully seeing the results of their faith.
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So, how do we develop the kind of faith
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That obeys god without any visible results
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And in spite of adverse circumstances?
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Stay tuned for a preview of what's coming up next
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In our series, spiritual fitness.
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Although god occasionally allows us
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To experience just a taste of the rewards
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For our faith in him,
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Most people end up dying
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Without ever fully seeing the results of their faith
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In this life at least.
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But the kind of faith that pleases god
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Is a faith that obeys god in spite of any visible results
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And in spite of adverse circumstances.
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Set your dvr and join us next time for the message,
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Against all odds, here on pathway to victory.
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Robert Jeffress - Fearless Faith

May 12, 2026 | 27:29

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