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Louie Giglio - Hope Is Holding Onto You

January 18, 2026 | 27:29

Messages of hope and redemption from Passion City Church in Atlanta, Georgia, with Louie Giglio.

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Passion with Louie Giglio | Louie Giglio - Hope Is Holding Onto You | January 18, 2026

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>> maybe you've heard it said
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>> maybe you've heard it said before you can go up to 40 days
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Before you can go up to 40 days without food and you can
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Without food and you can go four days without water,
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Go four days without water, you go four minutes without air,
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You go four minutes without air, they say,
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They say, but you can't go four
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But you can't go four seconds without hope.
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Seconds without hope. we all need hope.
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We all need hope. we are hard wired for hope.
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We are hard wired for hope. the way the proverbs writer
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The way the proverbs writer says it in proverbs 13:12,
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Says it in proverbs 13:12, he says,
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He says, "hope deferred makes
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"hope deferred makes the heart sick,
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The heart sick, but a longing fulfilled
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But a longing fulfilled is a tree of life."
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Is a tree of life." hope deferred.
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Hope deferred. what does that --
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What does that -- what does that mean?
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What does that mean? deferred here,
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Deferred here, this word he uses,
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This word he uses, "hope deferred"
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"hope deferred" is his idea of dragging,
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Is his idea of dragging, for something to drag behind.
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For something to drag behind. so what he's saying is that when
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So what he's saying is that when hope drags our hearts
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Hope drags our hearts become discouraged.
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Become discouraged. when we are hopeless
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When we are hopeless we are heart broken.
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We are heart broken. maybe you know what that's like.
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Maybe you know what that's like. there are many people
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There are many people in our gathering today,
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In our gathering today, many people online linking
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Many people online linking in today who feel hopeless.
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In today who feel hopeless. sure, on the outside
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Sure, on the outside we've learned in
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We've learned in our social media age to put
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Our social media age to put our best self forward.
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Our best self forward. we have learned to manage
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We have learned to manage our image on the exterior.
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Our image on the exterior. and while outwardly we are
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And while outwardly we are projecting that
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Projecting that we're doing great,
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We're doing great, inwardly we know
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Inwardly we know that we're falling apart.
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That we're falling apart. for some people their
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For some people their finances are tight,
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Finances are tight, their marriage feels cold,
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Their marriage feels cold, their dreams seem dashed,
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Their dreams seem dashed, their career seems
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Their career seems to have stalled.
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To have stalled. their health is deteriorating,
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Their health is deteriorating, their kids seem distant,
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Their kids seem distant, and the list goes
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And the list goes on and on and on.
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On and on and on. and many people feel hopeless.
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And many people feel hopeless. and that's why i'm so glad
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And that's why i'm so glad we've been talking about hope.
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We've been talking about hope. i'm not --
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I'm not -- i am not prevented
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I am not prevented from feeling hopeless either.
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From feeling hopeless either. i'm a human being just
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I'm a human being just like you and we're living
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Like you and we're living in a broken planet
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In a broken planet and i know what it's
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And i know what it's like to be discouraged,
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Like to be discouraged, and it's been so good
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And it's been so good to come back to the truth
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To come back to the truth of god's word and to be
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Of god's word and to be reminded of the message
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Reminded of the message we have in jesus christ.
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We have in jesus christ. the reason why we're all here
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The reason why we're all here in this place today that
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In this place today that we can have hope, real hope,
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We can have hope, real hope, anchored hope,
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Anchored hope, rooted in the person
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Rooted in the person and work of jesus christ.
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And work of jesus christ. hope in a very real sense
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Hope in a very real sense is the theme of this book.
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Is the theme of this book. and as we talked about in
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And as we talked about in the first week, jesus is
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The first week, jesus is the source of our hope,
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The source of our hope, he's the object of our hope.
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He's the object of our hope. he's the author and he's
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He's the author and he's the supplier of our hope.
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The supplier of our hope. he is the substance
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He is the substance and the foundation of our hope.
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And the foundation of our hope. the way paul says it
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The way paul says it in chapter one of 1 timothy,
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In chapter one of 1 timothy, he writes in his introduction,
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He writes in his introduction, "paul, an apostle
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"paul, an apostle of christ jesus,
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Of christ jesus, by the command of god our savior
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By the command of god our savior and of christ jesus, our hope."
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And of christ jesus, our hope." one of his identifiers,
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One of his identifiers, one of his names is "our hope."
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One of his names is "our hope." and this title of this
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And this title of this collection talks about
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Collection talks about an unshakable hope.
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An unshakable hope. our hope is not
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Our hope is not wishful thinking.
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Wishful thinking. it was j.i. packer
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It was j.i. packer who said it this way,
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Who said it this way, "the christian hope is
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"the christian hope is not wishful thinking,
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Not wishful thinking, but it is a confident
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But it is a confident expectation rooted
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Expectation rooted in the promises of god."
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In the promises of god." our hope is not optimism,
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Our hope is not optimism, it's anchored.
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It's anchored. it's not just being optimistic.
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It's not just being optimistic. see, optimism is psychological.
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See, optimism is psychological. it's believing the best.
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It's believing the best. i believe somehow everything's
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I believe somehow everything's gonna work out good
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Gonna work out good in the future.
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In the future. that's optimism
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That's optimism and it's psychological.
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And it's psychological. but what we're talking about
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But what we're talking about is so much deeper roots
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Is so much deeper roots than that.
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Than that. we're talking
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We're talking about biblical hope,
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About biblical hope, which is not psychological,
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Which is not psychological, it's theological,
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It's theological, backed by almighty god.
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Backed by almighty god. whereas optimism counts
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Whereas optimism counts the odds, hope,
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The odds, hope, the hope we're talking about,
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The hope we're talking about, counts on god.
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Counts on god. we are to be people of hope.
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We are to be people of hope. hebrews 6,
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Hebrews 6, we'll begin in verse 9.
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We'll begin in verse 9. i'm gonna take it in maybe
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I'm gonna take it in maybe two chunks, nine to twelve,
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Two chunks, nine to twelve, and then we'll come back
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And then we'll come back and go the rest of the way.
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And go the rest of the way. it says this,
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It says this, "though we speak
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"though we speak in this way,
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In this way, yet in your case, beloved,
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Yet in your case, beloved, we feel sure of better things,
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We feel sure of better things, things that belong
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Things that belong to salvation.
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To salvation. for god is not unjust
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For god is not unjust so as to overlook your work
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So as to overlook your work and the love that you have
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And the love that you have shown him for his
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Shown him for his name and serving the saints,
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Name and serving the saints, as you still do.
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As you still do. and we desire that each
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And we desire that each one of you to show
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One of you to show the same earnestness,
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The same earnestness, to have the full assurance
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To have the full assurance of hope until the end
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Of hope until the end so that you may not be sluggish,
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So that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who
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But imitators of those who through faith and patience
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Through faith and patience inherit the promises."
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Inherit the promises." so it begins by saying,
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So it begins by saying, "though we speak in this way,"
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"though we speak in this way," you're like,
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You're like, "well, what's this way?"
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"well, what's this way?" go back and read the first
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Go back and read the first seven verses,
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Seven verses, it's like the writer
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It's like the writer just gives 'em a gut punch
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Just gives 'em a gut punch and then he comes right back
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And then he comes right back and then he calls 'em beloved.
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And then he calls 'em beloved. so, not the point
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So, not the point of the message today,
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Of the message today, but next time you're at
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But next time you're at your office and you gotta
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Your office and you gotta communicate some hard news,
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Communicate some hard news, just follow it up
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Just follow it up with beloved and it will soften
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With beloved and it will soften the blow to the people
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The blow to the people that you're talking to.
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That you're talking to. but he says to them
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But he says to them after warning them,
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After warning them, he said,
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He said, "hey, don't be like
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"hey, don't be like this group of people."
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This group of people." he says,
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He says, "we're convinced that
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"we're convinced that you're not like them.
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You're not like them. we're convinced that
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We're convinced that your faith is genuine.
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Your faith is genuine. we're convinced that you get it.
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We're convinced that you get it. we're convinced that you have
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We're convinced that you have roots deep into the soil
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Roots deep into the soil of the gospel.
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Of the gospel. we're convinced
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We're convinced of better things," he says.
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Of better things," he says. what are the better things?
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What are the better things? things that belong to salvation.
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Things that belong to salvation. so much of the book of hebrews
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So much of the book of hebrews is about the promise
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Is about the promise of salvation.
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Of salvation. so why was he sure?
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So why was he sure? well, he was sure because he saw
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Well, he was sure because he saw evidence in their lives that
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Evidence in their lives that the gospel had taken root.
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The gospel had taken root. look what he says.
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Look what he says. "god is not unjust."
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"god is not unjust." okay, that's awesome.
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Okay, that's awesome. just, side note,
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Just, side note, there's that's one thing
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There's that's one thing nobody ever -- on planet earth,
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Nobody ever -- on planet earth, nobody will ever be able
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Nobody will ever be able to accuse god
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To accuse god of is being unjust.
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Of is being unjust. he is always just.
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He is always just. "he will not overlook your work
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"he will not overlook your work and the love you have shown
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And the love you have shown for his name in
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For his name in serving his saints."
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Serving his saints." hello to all the door
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Hello to all the door holders out there.
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Holders out there. this is awesome.
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This is awesome. did you know that as you serve
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Did you know that as you serve god's people in our house,
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God's people in our house, outside of our house,
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Outside of our house, as you serve his people
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As you serve his people he feels loved by that?
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He feels loved by that? that's pretty awesome.
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That's pretty awesome. and he says, "you still do.'
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And he says, "you still do.' so we're like, "wasn't --
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So we're like, "wasn't -- this was a one act,"
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This was a one act," this is their lifestyle,
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This is their lifestyle, it's not something
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It's not something they did once,
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They did once, it's who they are.
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It's who they are. they are servants modeling
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They are servants modeling their lives after jesus.
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Their lives after jesus. and then he tells 'em,
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And then he tells 'em, "keep going, don't quit,
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"keep going, don't quit, don't stop,
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Don't stop, don't drift,
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Don't drift, don't go back,
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Don't go back, keep pressing on, persevere."
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Keep pressing on, persevere." i want you to have the full
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I want you to have the full assurance of the hope
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Assurance of the hope until the end.
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Until the end. he tells 'em,
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He tells 'em, "don't be sluggish or lazy."
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"don't be sluggish or lazy." side note, we don't
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Side note, we don't need any lazy christians.
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Need any lazy christians. he says,
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He says, "imitate those who through
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"imitate those who through faith and patience
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Faith and patience inherit the promise."
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Inherit the promise." this is kind of foreshadowing
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This is kind of foreshadowing the great chapter in hebrews,
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The great chapter in hebrews, chapter 11,
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Chapter 11, which is known as the
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Which is known as the "hall of faith,"
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"hall of faith," where there's a whole
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Where there's a whole list of people and he's going,
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List of people and he's going, "imitate all of them!"
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"imitate all of them!" so you should read that chapter.
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So you should read that chapter. if you haven't read
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If you haven't read that chapter, go read it.
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That chapter, go read it. were they perfect people?
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Were they perfect people? absolutely not.
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Absolutely not. not one of 'em was.
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Not one of 'em was. but they all clung
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But they all clung to the one who was perfect.
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To the one who was perfect. and so then he gives us
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And so then he gives us this example in verse 13.
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This example in verse 13. he goes to abraham
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He goes to abraham and i love it,
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And i love it, look what he says.
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Look what he says. so he's telling us,
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So he's telling us, "imitate those who through
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"imitate those who through faith and patience
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Faith and patience inherited the promise."
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Inherited the promise." here's an example for you.
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Here's an example for you. "for when god made
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"for when god made a promise to abraham,
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A promise to abraham, since he had no one greater
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Since he had no one greater by whom to swear,
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By whom to swear, he swore by himself, saying,
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He swore by himself, saying, surely i will bless you
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Surely i will bless you and multiply you.
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And multiply you. and thus abraham,
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And thus abraham, having patiently waited,
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Having patiently waited, obtained the promise.
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Obtained the promise. for people swear by something
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For people swear by something greater than themselves,
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Greater than themselves, and in all their disputes,
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And in all their disputes, an oath is final
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An oath is final for confirmation.
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For confirmation. so when god desired to show more
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So when god desired to show more convincingly to the heirs
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Convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable
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Of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose
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Character of his purpose or plan,
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Or plan, he guaranteed
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He guaranteed it with an oath.
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It with an oath. so that by two unchangeable
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So that by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible
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Things in which it is impossible for god to lie,
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For god to lie, we who have fled for refuge
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We who have fled for refuge might have
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Might have strong encouragement."
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Strong encouragement." not just encouragement,
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Not just encouragement, strong encouragement,
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Strong encouragement, "to hold fast to the hope
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"to hold fast to the hope set before us.
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Set before us. we have this as a sure
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We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor
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And steadfast anchor of the soul."
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Of the soul." amen.
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Amen. "a hope that enters the inner
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"a hope that enters the inner place behind the curtain where
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Place behind the curtain where jesus has gone as
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Jesus has gone as the forerunner on our behalf,
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The forerunner on our behalf, becoming our high priest
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Becoming our high priest after the order of melchizedek."
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After the order of melchizedek." so after telling them,
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So after telling them, "hey, imitate those people
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"hey, imitate those people who by faith through patience
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Who by faith through patience inherited the promise,"
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Inherited the promise," he uses abraham
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He uses abraham to illustrate the point.
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To illustrate the point. abraham the father of the faith,
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Abraham the father of the faith, you can read about the covenant,
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You can read about the covenant, genesis 12, genesis 15,
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Genesis 12, genesis 15, genesis 22.
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Genesis 22. i wish we had time,
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I wish we had time, we could do a ten part
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We could do a ten part collection just on that.
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Collection just on that. but for time's sake,
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But for time's sake, let's just go to romans 4.
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Let's just go to romans 4. paul gives us
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Paul gives us a short summary of,
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A short summary of, i think what's at play here
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I think what's at play here in hebrews 6 talking
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In hebrews 6 talking about abraham.
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About abraham. why is abraham the example
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Why is abraham the example that he uses?
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That he uses? romans 4, beginning in verse 18
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Romans 4, beginning in verse 18 down through verse 21.
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Down through verse 21. paul writes and says,
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Paul writes and says, "against all hope.
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"against all hope. abraham in hope believed."
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Abraham in hope believed." what a line.
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What a line. "and so became the father
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"and so became the father of many nations.
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Of many nations. just as it had been said to him,
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Just as it had been said to him, 'so shall your offspring be.'
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'so shall your offspring be.' without weakening in his faith
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Without weakening in his faith he faced the fact that his body
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He faced the fact that his body was as good as dead since
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Was as good as dead since he was about 100 years old,
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He was about 100 years old, and that sarah's womb
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And that sarah's womb was also dead.
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Was also dead. yet he did not waver
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Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding
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Through unbelief regarding the promise of god,
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The promise of god, but was strengthened in his
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But was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to god
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Faith and gave glory to god being fully persuaded."
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Being fully persuaded." somebody underline
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Somebody underline this in your bible.
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This in your bible. "being fully persuaded
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"being fully persuaded that god had the power
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That god had the power to do what he had promised."
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To do what he had promised." this is why abraham is
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This is why abraham is the example in hebrews 6.
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The example in hebrews 6. and i love where it begins.
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And i love where it begins. go look at those words,
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Go look at those words, circle them in your copy
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Circle them in your copy of scripture.
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Of scripture. at the beginning in verse 18,
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At the beginning in verse 18, "against all hope,
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"against all hope, in hope, abraham believed."
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In hope, abraham believed." let me translate that for you.
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Let me translate that for you. when it looked impossible,
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When it looked impossible, when all hope seemed lost,
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When all hope seemed lost, when nobody else understood
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When nobody else understood why he would still have hope,
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Why he would still have hope, when his circumstances
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When his circumstances did not warrant hope,
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Did not warrant hope, when his back
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When his back was against the wall.
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Was against the wall. the way eugene peterson
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The way eugene peterson translated it,
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Translated it, when everything seemed
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When everything seemed hopeless for abraham,
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Hopeless for abraham, abraham believed anyways.
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Abraham believed anyways. somebody needs to hear
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Somebody needs to hear that today.
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That today. when it looked bleak,
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When it looked bleak, dark, discouraging,
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Dark, discouraging, and hopeless abraham,
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And hopeless abraham, in hope, believed.
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In hope, believed. isn't that powerful?
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Isn't that powerful? i don't know what
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I don't know what the circumstances
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The circumstances of your life are.
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Of your life are. i don't know when you're
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I don't know when you're here against all hope.
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Here against all hope. i know there's a lot of people
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I know there's a lot of people in this room that know what it's
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In this room that know what it's like to feel like they
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Like to feel like they are against all hope.
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Are against all hope. "i don't see how this
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"i don't see how this can get worked out.
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Can get worked out. i don't see how this --
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I don't see how this -- i don't see how this plays out
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I don't see how this plays out for the good of me
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For the good of me or the people i love.
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Or the people i love. i don't know --
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I don't know -- i don't know how
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I don't know how all this is gonna work.
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All this is gonna work. i just feels like i'm right
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I just feels like i'm right up against the darkness
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Up against the darkness in a black wall
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In a black wall and my back is against
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And my back is against the wall and i feel like, man,
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The wall and i feel like, man, i am against all hope."
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I am against all hope." anybody know what it feels
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Anybody know what it feels like to be in that spot?
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Like to be in that spot? you're in the hospital room
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You're in the hospital room and the news just keeps coming
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And the news just keeps coming and it's worse
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And it's worse and it's worse and it's worse
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And it's worse and it's worse and it's worse and your marriage
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And it's worse and your marriage is on the rocks and it feels
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Is on the rocks and it feels like it just keeps getting worse
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Like it just keeps getting worse and it's worse
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And it's worse and it's worse.
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And it's worse. and the hope just keeps
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And the hope just keeps diminishing and diminishing
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Diminishing and diminishing and diminishing.
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And diminishing. and abraham goes,
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And abraham goes, "against all hope,
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"against all hope, when nothing seemed possible,
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When nothing seemed possible, in hope, i believed."
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In hope, i believed." do you know that you don't have
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Do you know that you don't have to be able to know how god's
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To be able to know how god's gonna work it out to trust
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Gonna work it out to trust that god will work it out?
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That god will work it out? he doesn't play on your scale.
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He doesn't play on your scale. he doesn't play by your rules.
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He doesn't play by your rules. he's got tools in his belt
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He's got tools in his belt you don't know exist.
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You don't know exist. he will do what he's promised.
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He will do what he's promised. abraham was so sure
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Abraham was so sure if he promised it,
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If he promised it, it's gonna happen,
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It's gonna happen, that even though his
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That even though his life looked bleak --
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Life looked bleak -- he was 100 years old
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He was 100 years old and told he's gonna have a kid.
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And told he's gonna have a kid. you and your spouse go home
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You and your spouse go home and talk about that today
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And talk about that today and tell me what kind
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And tell me what kind of hopelessness that
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Of hopelessness that would feel like.
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Would feel like. and yet, against all hope,
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And yet, against all hope, in hope,
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In hope, abraham believed.
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Abraham believed. hope really shines darkness --
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Hope really shines darkness -- hope really shines
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Hope really shines the brightest in the dark.
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The brightest in the dark. there's no real reason
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There's no real reason to have any need for hope
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To have any need for hope if everything's going great,
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If everything's going great, you just want things
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You just want things to keep going.
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To keep going. it was spurgeon who said
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It was spurgeon who said it this way,
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It this way, "hope itself is like a star,
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"hope itself is like a star, not to be seen in the sunshine
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Not to be seen in the sunshine of prosperity and only
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Of prosperity and only to be discovered in the night
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To be discovered in the night of adversity."
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Of adversity." so i wonder if somebody
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So i wonder if somebody in your journal today,
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In your journal today, somebody watching online today,
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Somebody watching online today, i wonder if you could just write
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I wonder if you could just write down in your journal today
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Down in your journal today and you could write
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And you could write "against all hope."
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"against all hope." maybe you can even fill
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Maybe you can even fill in what that's like.
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In what that's like. "against the circumstances
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"against the circumstances of your life.
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Of your life. i can't see how this
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I can't see how this is gonna work out.
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Is gonna work out. nobody can see how this
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Nobody can see how this is gonna work out.
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Is gonna work out. it seems doom
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It seems doom and it seems gloom,
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And it seems gloom, but against all hope, in hope,
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But against all hope, in hope, i believe."
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I believe." that would be powerful.
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That would be powerful. so why is abraham used
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So why is abraham used as the illustration here?
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As the illustration here? what we see in these verses.
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What we see in these verses. he was faithful,
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He was faithful, he was patient,
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He was patient, it's 25 years after the promise
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It's 25 years after the promise until isaac was born.
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Until isaac was born. he was persistent,
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He was persistent, he was obedient,
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He was obedient, and he was persuaded
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And he was persuaded and convinced that god
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And convinced that god keeps his promises.
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Keeps his promises. desire for a son, object,
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Desire for a son, object, god can do that.
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God can do that. expectation, he said he will
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Expectation, he said he will and i know he will.
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And i know he will. that's hope,
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That's hope, bonhoeffer said,
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Bonhoeffer said, "no matter how hard
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"no matter how hard the winds blow,
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The winds blow, hope in christ keeps
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Hope in christ keeps the believer firm and secure."
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The believer firm and secure." the title in my section
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The title in my section of hebrews 6 here reads,
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Of hebrews 6 here reads, "the certainty
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"the certainty of god's promise."
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Of god's promise." i love that.
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I love that. it's not inspired by god,
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It's not inspired by god, so maybe use a different color
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So maybe use a different color highlighter for the header,
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Highlighter for the header, but you should highlight
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But you should highlight it either way,
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It either way, the certainty of god's promise.
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The certainty of god's promise. not the probability
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Not the probability of god's promise,
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Of god's promise, the certainty of his promise.
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The certainty of his promise. and he gives us two reasons
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And he gives us two reasons why we should have
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Why we should have this certainty,
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This certainty, this full assurance.
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This full assurance. it says in verse 7 that god
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It says in verse 7 that god wanted to make his unchanging
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Wanted to make his unchanging nature of his purpose, his plan,
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Nature of his purpose, his plan, very clear to who?
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Very clear to who? to the heirs of what
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To the heirs of what was promised.
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Was promised. so just little bible background,
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So just little bible background, who are the heirs?
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Who are the heirs? the heirs of abraham?
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The heirs of abraham? isaac, yes, jacob, yes,
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Isaac, yes, jacob, yes, and you and me.
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And you and me. this is the beauty of the text.
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This is the beauty of the text. you go,
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You go, "where do you get that from?"
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"where do you get that from?" paul in galatians 3:29, he says.
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Paul in galatians 3:29, he says. "if you belong to christ,
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"if you belong to christ, then you are abraham's seed
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Then you are abraham's seed and heirs according
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And heirs according to the promise."
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To the promise." it's us.
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It's us. this promise dominoes down
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This promise dominoes down to us.
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To us. and so it's backed
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And so it's backed by two things,
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By two things, god's promise and god's oath.
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God's promise and god's oath. now look at god's promise.
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Now look at god's promise. look what it says.
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Look what it says. it says it is impossible
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It says it is impossible for god to lie.
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For god to lie. think about that.
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Think about that. you don't know anybody else,
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You don't know anybody else, that it is impossible
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That it is impossible for them to lie.
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For them to lie. you know, people that might
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You know, people that might be unlikely for them to lie.
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Be unlikely for them to lie. you know,
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You know, people might be out of their
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People might be out of their character for them to lie,
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Character for them to lie, but they could.
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But they could. god, it says it is impossible
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God, it says it is impossible for him to lie.
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For him to lie. if he lied,
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If he lied, he would be unqualified
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He would be unqualified to be god.
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To be god. he always keeps his promises,
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He always keeps his promises, you can bank on it.
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You can bank on it. you can take it to the bank,
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You can take it to the bank, he has never not kept a promise.
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He has never not kept a promise. he won't start now
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He won't start now and he won't start with you.
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And he won't start with you. and then to add another
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And then to add another layer of double assurance
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Layer of double assurance on top of that,
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On top of that, it says he comes and puts
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It says he comes and puts his oath on it.
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His oath on it. he back his promises
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He back his promises with an oath.
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With an oath. like he's going,
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Like he's going, "i swear i'm telling the truth,
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"i swear i'm telling the truth, so i'm gonna
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So i'm gonna put an oath on that."
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Put an oath on that." and who does he swear by?
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And who does he swear by? now, i got grounded when i was
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Now, i got grounded when i was a kid for swearing to god.
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A kid for swearing to god. you maybe did too.
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You maybe did too. and i don't know,
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And i don't know, maybe i can just say this,
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Maybe i can just say this, give me grace.
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Give me grace. but god here is going,
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But god here is going, "i swear to.
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"i swear to. but nobody else i can swear to.
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But nobody else i can swear to. there's nobody higher than me."
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There's nobody higher than me." the way --
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The way -- the reason we would
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The reason we would do that is we're trying to go,
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Do that is we're trying to go, "i'm telling the truth."
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"i'm telling the truth." i mean, i am really
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I mean, i am really telling the truth, mama.
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Telling the truth, mama. i am telling the truth.
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I am telling the truth. i promise, i'm telling
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I promise, i'm telling the truth.
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The truth. i bet -- you can bank on
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I bet -- you can bank on it i'm telling the truth.
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It i'm telling the truth. this is true.
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This is true. and i'll take it all the way
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And i'll take it all the way up to the highest level
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Up to the highest level of authority i know.
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Of authority i know. god didn't have that option.
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God didn't have that option. he's god.
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He's god. there's nobody higher than him.
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There's nobody higher than him. so he goes in this text,
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So he goes in this text, "here are the promises,"
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"here are the promises," and i'm gonna
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And i'm gonna put my stamp on them.
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Put my stamp on them. i'm gonna give you an oath
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I'm gonna give you an oath and the oath is going to be,
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And the oath is going to be, "i swear by myself
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"i swear by myself this is true."
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This is true." isn't that powerful today?
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Isn't that powerful today? it says,
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It says, "for people always swear
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"for people always swear by someone greater
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By someone greater than themselves.
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Than themselves. and in all their disputes
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And in all their disputes an oath is final.
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An oath is final. it rises up to the top,
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It rises up to the top, but not so for god.
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But not so for god. there's no one greater
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There's no one greater than him."
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Than him." the assurance of his plans,
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The assurance of his plans, purposes and promises,
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Purposes and promises, he puts his name on
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He puts his name on the line to back them.
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The line to back them. and i pray somebody in here
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And i pray somebody in here today that feels like
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Today that feels like they're wavering,
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They're wavering, "i don't know if i can
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"i don't know if i can trust in the --
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Trust in the -- i just --
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I just -- i can't see it.
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I can't see it. it looks like
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It looks like i'm against all hope."
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I'm against all hope." i pray today that you
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I pray today that you would cling with such hope
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Would cling with such hope to the fact that god almighty
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To the fact that god almighty promised and he guaranteed
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Promised and he guaranteed his promise with his word.
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His promise with his word. because after all,
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Because after all, a promise is only as good
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A promise is only as good as the person who makes it.
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As the person who makes it. you know this to be true, right?
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You know this to be true, right? you ever called amazon,
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You ever called amazon, asked 'em where
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Asked 'em where your package was,
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Your package was, you're on the little app
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You're on the little app and it tells you it hasn't
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And it tells you it hasn't left the facility in washington
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Left the facility in washington yet and they're still telling
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Yet and they're still telling you it's gonna
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You it's gonna be delivered today?
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Be delivered today? and you're like,
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And you're like, "this -- i don't."
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"this -- i don't." did you ever leave that
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Did you ever leave that conversation with hope?
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Conversation with hope? no.
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No. when my --
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When my -- when my two year old promises
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When my two year old promises to my wife and i that
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To my wife and i that she's not going to pull her
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She's not going to pull her sister's hair anymore
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Sister's hair anymore ever again,
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Ever again, do you think we have hope?
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Do you think we have hope? no.
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No. why?
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Why? because a promise is only as
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Because a promise is only as good as the person who makes it.
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Good as the person who makes it. in the --
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In the -- right here in this text,
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Right here in this text, you're going,
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You're going, "the promise is good."
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"the promise is good." why?
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Why? "because i made it."
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"because i made it." it's not just the
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It's not just the content of the promise,
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Content of the promise, it's the character of the one
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It's the character of the one who made the promise.
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Who made the promise. it's powerful.
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It's powerful. and then verse 18 goes
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And then verse 18 goes on to say,
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On to say, "we who have fled for refuge,"
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"we who have fled for refuge," that's us.
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That's us. those are people that cling
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Those are people that cling to the message of jesus christ.
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To the message of jesus christ. "we should have strong
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"we should have strong encouragement to hold fast
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Encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us."
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To the hope set before us." this promise and this oath
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This promise and this oath should result in us,
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Should result in us, this strong encouragement
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This strong encouragement to hold fast.
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To hold fast. so what is it?
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So what is it? what -- what is this hope
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What -- what is this hope that we're clinging to?
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That we're clinging to? we know from last week,
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We know from last week, it's not a place,
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It's not a place, it's not even a promise,
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It's not even a promise, it's a person,
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It's a person, it's jesus christ.
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It's jesus christ. the way peter says it
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The way peter says it in first peter 3 is he --
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In first peter 3 is he -- he says, "praise be to the god
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He says, "praise be to the god and father of our lord,
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And father of our lord, jesus christ,
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Jesus christ, in his great mercy
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In his great mercy he has given to us new
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He has given to us new birth into a living hope."
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Birth into a living hope." you know the song?
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You know the song? the song's about him.
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The song's about him. he is our living hope.
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He is our living hope. this is what we're clinging to.
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This is what we're clinging to. this is the promise
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This is the promise in hebrews 6.
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In hebrews 6. this is the one that dominoes
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This is the one that dominoes through the line of abraham,
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Through the line of abraham, that we have a promise that
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That we have a promise that jesus christ is who he said
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Jesus christ is who he said he is and does what
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He is and does what he says he's done.
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He says he's done. this is our hope.
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This is our hope. it is our living hope.
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It is our living hope. so then in verse 19
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So then in verse 19 he says this,
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He says this, "we have this as a sure," what?
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"we have this as a sure," what? what do we have as a sure?
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What do we have as a sure? jesus, the promise of jesus,
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Jesus, the promise of jesus, the promise of salvation,
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The promise of salvation, the promise of what
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The promise of what he's done for us.
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He's done for us. we have this as a sure
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We have this as a sure and steadfast
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And steadfast anchor of the soul,
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Anchor of the soul, a hope that enters
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A hope that enters into the inner place behind
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Into the inner place behind the curtain where jesus is gone
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The curtain where jesus is gone as our forerunner
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As our forerunner on our half --
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On our half -- on our behalf,
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On our behalf, having become
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Having become a high priest forever."
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A high priest forever." so we have this hope.
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So we have this hope. what's the hope?
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What's the hope? john calvin said it this way.
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John calvin said it this way. it is the certainty of christ's
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It is the certainty of christ's victory over sin and death
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Victory over sin and death is the unshakable foundation
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Is the unshakable foundation of our hope.
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Of our hope. we don't just have
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We don't just have hope for this life.
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Hope for this life. this is not a fairy tale,
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This is not a fairy tale, feel good,
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Feel good, let's live good moral
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Let's live good moral lives for the next 80 years.
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Lives for the next 80 years. say we go gluten free, 85.
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Say we go gluten free, 85. no, paul even says that.
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No, paul even says that. he says,
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He says, "if the hope we have in jesus
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"if the hope we have in jesus is only for this life,"
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Is only for this life," what does he say?
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What does he say? we're to be most
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We're to be most pitied out of anybody.
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Pitied out of anybody. but our hope is not
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But our hope is not just in this life.
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Just in this life. the resurrection is true,
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The resurrection is true, the message is true.
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The message is true. the grave is empty,
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The grave is empty, and he extends life beyond death
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And he extends life beyond death for all of those
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For all of those who cling to him.
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Who cling to him. we know how things end,
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We know how things end, and that should inform
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And that should inform the way we live now.
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The way we live now. you ever had somebody text you
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You ever had somebody text you the score of a game before
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The score of a game before you got to watch it?
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You got to watch it? are you still friends with them?
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[laughter]
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This is how hope
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This is how hope should be for us.
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Should be for us. i read ahead.
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I read ahead. i've read to the very end.
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I've read to the very end. i know how it ends.
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I know how it ends. god wins and i'm with him,
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God wins and i'm with him, so i win.
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So i win. so i'm standing right here
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So i'm standing right here at 38 years old and man,
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At 38 years old and man, there's some stuff in my life
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There's some stuff in my life that doesn't really look
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That doesn't really look like i'm winning.
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Like i'm winning. there's some stuff
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There's some stuff i would change.
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I would change. there's some cloud,
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There's some cloud, there's some darkness,
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There's some darkness, there's some results
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There's some results of the brokenness around
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Of the brokenness around me present in my life
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Me present in my life and i pray for them to change
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And i pray for them to change and i ask them to change.
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And i ask them to change. but my hope today is not based
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But my hope today is not based on them changing today.
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On them changing today. my hope's working backwards
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My hope's working backwards from the fact that
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From the fact that way down here,
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Way down here, somewhere down the road,
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Somewhere down the road, it's all gonna get worked out.
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It's all gonna get worked out. every tear gone,
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Every tear gone, every wrong made right,
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Every wrong made right, every sad thing untrue.
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Every sad thing untrue. so i can work backwards and go,
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So i can work backwards and go, "i wish this would be figured
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"i wish this would be figured out right now,
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Out right now, but it's not.
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But it's not. i wish the cancer diagnosis
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I wish the cancer diagnosis would go away right now,
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Would go away right now, but it actually seems
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But it actually seems to be getting worse."
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To be getting worse." how can you have hope there?
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How can you have hope there? your hope works backward
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Your hope works backward from a place where
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From a place where cancer can't go.
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Cancer can't go. that's how you have hope
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That's how you have hope in the middle of cancer.
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In the middle of cancer. that's how you have hope
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That's how you have hope in the middle of hardship
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In the middle of hardship in life.
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In life. you let your hope work backwards
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You let your hope work backwards from the certainty of what's
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From the certainty of what's coming in jesus christ.
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Coming in jesus christ. that's hope.
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That's hope. and not just for the future,
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And not just for the future, but for today.
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But for today. you know the song, right?
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You know the song, right? because he lives.
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Because he lives. how does it go?
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How does it go? because he lives,
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Because he lives, i'm gonna be good in heaven.
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I'm gonna be good in heaven. no.
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No. true, but no.
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True, but no. what does he say?
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What does he say? "because he lives,
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"because he lives, i can face tomorrow."
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I can face tomorrow." god's got a plan
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God's got a plan for you tomorrow.
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For you tomorrow. so let your hope work backwards
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So let your hope work backwards from eternity and activate
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From eternity and activate you and fuel you tomorrow.
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You and fuel you tomorrow. this is the promise
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This is the promise that we've been given.
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That we've been given. we don't check out,
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We don't check out, we endure and we persevere.
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We endure and we persevere. and then he gives us
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And then he gives us this picture and i love it.
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This picture and i love it. and i hope if you leave
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And i hope if you leave with nothing else,
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With nothing else, i hope this image will
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I hope this image will get seared into your mind today.
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Get seared into your mind today. he says we have this hope
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He says we have this hope as an anchor for the soul.
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As an anchor for the soul. sure and steadfast
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Sure and steadfast anchors achieve
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Anchors achieve two things, really.
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Two things, really. there's two primary purposes.
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There's two primary purposes. they one, keep you
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They one, keep you from drifting,
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From drifting, which is a major point
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Which is a major point of the book of hebrews,
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Of the book of hebrews, and they stabilize you.
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And they stabilize you. they keep you safe.
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They keep you safe. and this is what our hope
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And this is what our hope in christ is meant to do for us.
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In christ is meant to do for us. yeah.
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Yeah. you ever used an anchor?
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You ever used an anchor? i grew up in
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I grew up in gainesville, georgia,
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Gainesville, georgia, on lake lanier.
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On lake lanier. i didn't have a boat,
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I didn't have a boat, but i made strategic friends
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But i made strategic friends in the summertime.
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In the summertime. and so,
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And so, i was around anchor some.
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I was around anchor some. you know,
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You know, i know how to get it over the,
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I know how to get it over the, you know,
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You know, how to get it overboard.
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How to get it overboard. i know what you're looking
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I know what you're looking for in terms of where --
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For in terms of where -- how you're trying to get
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How you're trying to get it to grab on the bo --
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It to grab on the bo -- like, i know all that.
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Like, i know all that. it's keeping you from drifting,
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It's keeping you from drifting, it's keeping you steadfast
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It's keeping you steadfast and secure.
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And secure. this is the picture as paul --
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This is the picture as paul -- as the writer of hebrews talks
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As the writer of hebrews talks about a metaphorical
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About a metaphorical anchor in our lives,
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Anchor in our lives, this hope rooted
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This hope rooted in jesus christ.
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In jesus christ. paul even talks about
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Paul even talks about in timothy,
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In timothy, he talks about people that
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He talks about people that have shipwrecked their faith.
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Have shipwrecked their faith. no anchor.
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No anchor. and so i -- we have an anchor.
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And so i -- we have an anchor. maybe you've seen
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Maybe you've seen an anchor before.
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An anchor before. this one would be good
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This one would be good for the chattahoochee river,
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For the chattahoochee river, you know, for your inner tube.
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You know, for your inner tube. i wouldn't recommend putting
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I wouldn't recommend putting this one in your ski boat.
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This one in your ski boat. but how does it work, right?
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But how does it work, right? this goes down off the side
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This goes down off the side of the boat and as it hits
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Of the boat and as it hits the bottom,
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The bottom, these teeth are hopefully
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These teeth are hopefully gonna grip something
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Gonna grip something and lock in.
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And lock in. and when it does,
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And when it does, this rope attaches back
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This rope attaches back up to the boat,
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Up to the boat, to the vessel,
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To the vessel, and it's gonna hold
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And it's gonna hold you from drifting,
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You from drifting, and it's gonna keep
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And it's gonna keep you safe and secure.
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You safe and secure. this is the picture
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This is the picture in the text is an anchor.
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In the text is an anchor. but i want you to see a
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But i want you to see a different kind of anchor
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Different kind of anchor because there's lots
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Because there's lots of different kinds of anchors.
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Of different kinds of anchors. this one blew my mind
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This one blew my mind when i saw it.
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When i saw it. take a look at this anchor.
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Take a look at this anchor. that anchor weighs 70 tons --
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That anchor weighs 70 tons -- 75 tons.
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75 tons. that's seven school buses.
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That's seven school buses. can you imagine throwing
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Can you imagine throwing seven school buses overboard
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Seven school buses overboard of your boat?
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Of your boat? that's crazy.
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That's crazy. the image i want you to get
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The image i want you to get today is not this anchor,
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Today is not this anchor, not that anchor.
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Not that anchor. i want you to think about
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I want you to think about an anchor that is 100 billion
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An anchor that is 100 billion times more secure than that
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Times more secure than that anchor right there.
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Anchor right there. that's what the scripture is
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That's what the scripture is talking about when he says
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Talking about when he says we have an anchor for our souls.
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We have an anchor for our souls. and here's the difference.
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And here's the difference. here's why it's
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Here's why it's so much more secure.
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So much more secure. that anchor and that anchor,
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That anchor and that anchor, they go down into the ocean
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They go down into the ocean depths and they're hopefully
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Depths and they're hopefully gonna grab hold of something
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Gonna grab hold of something on the bottom of the sea floor,
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On the bottom of the sea floor, a rock or something
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A rock or something that it can latch onto.
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That it can latch onto. but our hope is different.
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But our hope is different. our hope doesn't go down
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Our hope doesn't go down in hopes of grabbing a rock,
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In hopes of grabbing a rock, our hope goes up
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Our hope goes up to the rock of ages.
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To the rock of ages. firm and secure.
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Firm and secure. it's not dragging along, like,
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It's not dragging along, like, "oh, maybe we'll
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"oh, maybe we'll catch you today.
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Catch you today. you going," --
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You going," -- no, i got you.
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No, i got you. the hope is attached
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The hope is attached to the rock,
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To the rock, and he will hold us.
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And he will hold us. come what may,
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Come what may, he will hold us.
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He will hold us. the hope,
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The hope, he says in the text that
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He says in the text that enters into the inner place
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Enters into the inner place behind the curtain where jesus
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Behind the curtain where jesus is gone as our forerunner,
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Is gone as our forerunner, it says that
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It says that he's our high priest.
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He's our high priest. you go, "what does that mean?"
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You go, "what does that mean?" the high priest was
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The high priest was an intermediary between god
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An intermediary between god and humanity.
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And humanity. the high priest would come
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The high priest would come and offer sacrifices in order
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And offer sacrifices in order to reconcile people with god.
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To reconcile people with god. and jesus is going,
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And jesus is going, "i didn't come
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"i didn't come and bring a sacrifice,
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And bring a sacrifice, i am the sacrifice.
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I am the sacrifice. nail scarred hands,
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Nail scarred hands, nail scarred feet.
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Nail scarred feet. i am the sacrifice.
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I am the sacrifice. i am the greater, better,
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I am the greater, better, truer high priest.
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Truer high priest. and so your hope should
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And so your hope should be secure into me,
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Be secure into me, who's in the inner courts,
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Who's in the inner courts, who's sitting at the right hand
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Who's sitting at the right hand of the father,
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Of the father, who's interceding,
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Who's interceding, going there with me,
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Going there with me, and there with me,
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And there with me, and there with me,
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And there with me, and there with me."
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And there with me." this is where our hope should
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This is where our hope should be found firm and secure.
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Be found firm and secure. i found this quote and nobody
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I found this quote and nobody knows who said it,
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Knows who said it, but just know
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But just know it wasn't me and someone
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It wasn't me and someone way smarter than me.
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Way smarter than me. it says, "if you fear,
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It says, "if you fear, put all your trust in god.
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Put all your trust in god. that anchor holds."
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That anchor holds." and i love it.
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And i love it. it'll hold you through trials,
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It'll hold you through trials, it'll hold you
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It'll hold you through heartbreak.
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Through heartbreak. it'll hold you through failure.
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It'll hold you through failure. it'll hold you through loss.
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It'll hold you through loss. it'll hold you
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It'll hold you through disappointment.
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Through disappointment. it'll hold you
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It'll hold you through discouragement.
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Through discouragement. it'll hold you through
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It'll hold you through unpredictable years.
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Unpredictable years. it'll hold you through
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It'll hold you through unwanted diagnosis.
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Unwanted diagnosis. it'll hold you through
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It'll hold you through marital strife.
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Marital strife. it'll hold you
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It'll hold you through loneliness.
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Through loneliness. it will hold you
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It will hold you through anything you face.
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Through anything you face. it will hold.
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It will hold. he's got you.
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He's got you. the way paul says
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The way paul says it in romans 8,
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It in romans 8, "for i am convinced
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"for i am convinced that neither height --
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That neither height -- neither death nor life,
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Neither death nor life, angels nor demons,
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Angels nor demons, present nor future,
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Present nor future, nor any powers,
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Nor any powers, height nor depth,
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Height nor depth, nor anything else
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Nor anything else in all creation will be able
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In all creation will be able to separate us from the love
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To separate us from the love of god in christ jesus."
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Of god in christ jesus." this anchor will hold.
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♪ ♪
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Louie Giglio - Hope Is Holding Onto You

January 18, 2026 | 27:29

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