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The writer is setting the stage for three exhortations. We learned in the previous verses that God was pleased with Jesus’ sacrifice and there was evidence about this in Jeremiah 31:31-34 where the Holy Spirit reassures the worshiper about his/her right standing before God by the process of sanctification, in which He ( the Spirit of God) enables him/her to obey the laws of God. Moreover the same Scripture also informs the believer that He is forgiven and needs no longer to offer any more sacrifices for sins. Because of all this, the writer says that now the worshiper has confidence to enter into the Holy Of Holies. We need to understand what this news sounded like for the readers. Access to the Holy Of Holies was prohibited to all but the High Priest. And even the High Priest was only allowed in there once a year. And He never entered with confidence, because He had to go in with the blood of calves and goats and follow very strict instructions, or else he could be struck dead. That was a terrifying experience, the High Priest was never confident whenever he was getting ready to go through the veil that separated the Holy Place from the Holy of Holies. But when Jesus breathed His last on the cross and said it is finished, the veil was torn from top to bottom, and access to the Holy Of Holies was now open to all who put their trust in Him. The worshiper is now allowed in that secret place only through the body of Christ. And this is a living way, that isn’t going to fade or ever die out. And Christ is our great High Priest who intercedes for us. Just think about the people received those words.
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hello and um welcome back to our study
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of the book of
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um hebrews we started chapter 10 and we
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are going slow slowly through it and
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we're gonna finish we're actually not
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gonna finish it today we're just gonna
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look at verses 19 19-25
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but before i start i just want to give
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you a quick recap our last
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study that we did we talked about christ
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sacrifice not being needed to be
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repeated because he died once and for
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all and that satisfied the wrath of god
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and he paid the penalty for our sins and
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for the sins of those that god has
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chosen and again we talked about the
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worth of the sacrifice of christ all he
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had to do is one time and that satisfied
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everything now the writer is comparing
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that and contrasting that to the
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sacrificial system that had been around
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for a thousand more than a thousand
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years where the jewish people
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continuously did that they offered
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the blood of calves and goats and then
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what the writer was shown was that that
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did not take away sins because the blood
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of bulls and goats cannot take away sins
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but when christ died once and for all he
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achieved what thousands of years of
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sacrificial system couldn't do and then
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as a result we also had the internal
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weakness of the holy spirit because when
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when um the writer recalled jeremiah 31
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one of the benefit of jesus sacrifice on
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the cross was the fact that god was not
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going to put his spirit in the people's
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heart and as a result the people now are
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going to be able to
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obey obey the word of god
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as a result of the holy spirit coming
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that's an internal witness because now
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the spirit of god enables and the
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believer to not love the word of god to
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love doing the things of god so the same
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the sanctification process was part of
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the evidence that indeed uh now it was a
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new covenant and that new covenant was
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inaugurated by jesus christ so he gives
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all his proofs and then he begins um
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verses 19 to 25 by giving three
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exaltations and that's what we're going
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to look at today again
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let's recall the background to this
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letter he's talking to jewish believers
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that are undergoing persecution and
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their temptation was that they wanted to
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go back to the old sacrificial system
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because it was something that was
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tangible they could see it they could
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feel it and that again would serve as a
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way to for them to avoid the persecution
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but he's telling them don't do that
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because the old system can do nothing
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for you so we've been talking about
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since the beginning and in verses 19 to
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25 is going to talk about the full
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assurance of faith so what i'm gonna do
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is i'm going to read the verse
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and then we are going to dissect it all
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right so let's go to hebrews chapter 10
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we're going to read verses 19 to 25 now
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the scripture says therefore brothers
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since we have confidence to enter the
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holy places by the blood of jesus
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by the new and living way that he opened
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for us through the curtain that is
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through his flesh and since we have a
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great priest over the house of god let
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us draw near
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with a true heart
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with true heart in full assurance of
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faith
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with our hearts sprinkled clean from an
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evil conscience and our bodies our
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bodies washed with pure water
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let us hold fast the confession of our
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hope without wavering for he who
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promised is faithful and let us consider
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how to stir up one another to love and
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good works not neglecting to meet
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together as is the habit of some but
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encouraging one another and all the more
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as you see the day drawing near again
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this is the word of god
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receive it as such
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so now we're going to go to
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talk about verses 19 to 21. basically he
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says that therefore brothers since we
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have confidence to enter the holy places
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by the blood of jesus
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by the new and living way that he opened
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for us through the curtain that is
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through his flesh and since we have a
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great high priest over the house of god
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and i'm gonna stop there and i'm gonna
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talk about the exhortation so basically
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he setting the stage for three
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exaltations and we learned in the
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previous verses verses 11 through 18
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that god was pleased with jesus
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sacrifice and there was evidence about
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this in jeremiah 31 verse 31 to 34
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where the holy spirit reassures the
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worshiper about his rights standing
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before god by the process of what
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sanctification in which the spirit of
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god himself enables the the believer to
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obey the laws of god i kind of want to
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read jeremiah 31 31 to 34 real quick
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before we get into explaining this
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listen to the scripture
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the new covenant
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behold
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the days are coming declares the lord
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when i will make a new covenant with the
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house of israel and the house of judah
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not like the covenant that i made with
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their fathers on the day when i took
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them by the hand to bring them out of
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the land of egypt my covenant that they
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broke though i was their husband
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declares the lord
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for this is the covenant that i would
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make with the house of israel after
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those days declares the lord
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i
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will put my law within them and i will
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write them on their heart and i will be
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their god and they shall be my people
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and no longer
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shall each one teach his neighbor and
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each his brother saying lord o lord for
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they shall all know me from the least of
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them to the greatest declares the lord
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for i will forgive their iniquity and
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i'll remember their sin no more
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now i just want to make a quick comment
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here you know a lot of people talk about
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how uh we are no longer under the law
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and now we are under grace yes we are
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under grace but now the spirit of god
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enables us to obey the law of god see we
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couldn't earn our way to god by obeying
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the laws but now with the spirit of god
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living in a believer the believer longs
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to do the things of god the believer
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loves the law of god because the spirit
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of god loves the law of god so there's
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no such thing as a believer that does
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not love the law because the the
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believer now
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wants to do the will of god by obeying
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the law of god so yes we are no longer
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under the law in the sense that we no
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longer keep the law in order to
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enter into heaven because no one could
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do it anyway because the law brought
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what damnation but now under the spirit
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of god we are now empowered to love the
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things of god so that's what the
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scripture says wherever there is such
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things such as the fruit of the spirit
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there's no longer any need for the law
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because the spirit of god loves the law
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of god that's what that means so
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you can be a believer and live in sin
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and say well i'm no longer under the law
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i'm under grace that's not what this
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means because the spirit of god loves
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the law of god i just want to make that
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clear
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now let's continue so basically
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uh the same scripture also informs the
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believer that he is forgiven and needs
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no longer to offer any more sacrifices
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for sins because jesus dealt with it
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right now because of all these the
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writer says that now the worshiper has
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confidence to do what to enter into the
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holy of holies and we need to understand
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what this news sounded like for the
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readers see access to the holy of holies
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was prohibited
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to all but the high priest and even the
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high priest was only allowed in the holy
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of lord holies once a year
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and he
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never entered that place with confidence
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okay because he had to go in with the
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blood of what carlston got and follow
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very strict instructions or else he
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could be struck dead and that happened
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to some
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right so that was a terrifying
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experience and the high priest was never
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confident whenever he was getting ready
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to go through the veil that separated
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the holy place from the holy of holies
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but when jesus breathed his last on the
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cross and said it is finished the veil
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was torn from what from top to bottom
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shown that god is the one that actually
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tore the veil and now access to the holy
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of holies was now open to all
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who put their trust in jesus christ so
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the worshipers now allowed into that
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secret place only through the body of
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christ okay and this is a living way
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that is not going to fade or that's
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never going to die out and christ is our
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great high priest who enters seeds for
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us
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now just think about how those people
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receive those words like this was like
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but this is the reality of the new
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covenant and now he's going to talk
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about the
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the the exhortation now in verse 22 he
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starts with the first one listen to what
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he says here let us do what draw near
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with a true heart in full assurance of
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faith with our hearts sprinkled clean
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from an evil conscience and our bodies
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washed with pure water
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so what's the observation here see this
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is the first of the three exaltations
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that the writer gives to his readers
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right so based on what was said in the
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previous verses it is evident that under
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the new covenant the worshiper has
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access into the holy of holies
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into the tabernacle
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erected by god himself we have access
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there so what i want to make clear
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before tackling these verses is that the
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believers right standing before god has
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been settled
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okay there's no longer any need to offer
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any sacrifices for sins that has been
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settled
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once and for all by jesus that is done
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no longer shall anybody offer any
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sacrifices anymore that is done
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but
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there's a big but
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that doesn't give the worshiper the
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freedom to enter into fellowship with
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god with a cavalier attitude
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make no mistakes about that okay yes the
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debt has been paid once and for about
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god will still
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chastise his children when they disobey
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him because they've grieved him you've
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grieved the holy spirit
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so
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entering the presence of god still
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requires a pure heart and it still
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requires a clean conscience which means
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we must confess our sins prior to coming
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boldly to the throne of grace we don't
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just come in there with a cavalier
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attitude and if you want to know how to
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enter the presence of god let's go to
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first john chapter five verse two
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two uh verse five first john chapter
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first john one verse five all the way to
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uh chapter two verse two i wanna read
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that to you listen to the scripture
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let's go to first john five one
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verse 5 to
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chapter 2 verse 2. this is the message
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we've heard from him and proclaimed to
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you that god is light god is not a
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finger ambiguous okay he's light in him
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there is no darkness at all there is no
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confusion
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if you say listen if we say we have
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fellowship with god
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while we walk in darkness we lie and do
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not practice the truth
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but if we walk in the light as he's in
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the light we have fellowship with one
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another and the blood of jesus does what
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cleanses us from all sin if we say we
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have no sin we deceive ourselves and the
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truth is not in us but if we confess our
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sins
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is what he is faithful and just to
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forgive us our sins and to cleanse us
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from all our righteousness if we say we
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have not seen we make him a liar and his
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word is no is not in us
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my little children i'm writing these
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things to you so that you may know what
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so that you may not sin see he writes
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you so that we may not sin
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but he says but if anyone does sin again
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this is not an attitude of like just
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willful disobedience now you say if
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anyone does miss the mark
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we have an advocate with the father
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jesus christ the righteous he is what
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the propitiation for our sins and not
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for ours only but also for the sins of
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the whole world so john gives us the
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blueprint onto how to enter
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the presence of god we have to confess
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our sins before we go in there we don't
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go in there with a cavalier attitude yes
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we are told to come to the throne of
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grace with confidence but that does not
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give you the right to go in there with a
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cavalier attitude you come into the
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throne of grace with respect with a pure
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heart with a clean conscience you coming
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there confessing your sins so you ask
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yourself lord have i done anything today
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that has not pleased you and we know
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that we've done it and we confess the
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lord please forgive us on the basis of
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what jesus did on the cross and then you
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enter into the presence of god
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look at the the old testament
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even when isaiah the prophet whenever
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the end of the
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presence of god it was utter what they
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were filled
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with reverence
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there was fear
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we can't be referent going into the
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presence of god
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or we will not go any further he will
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not play around god does not play
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when we come into his presence
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irreverent we will be chastised one way
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or another so we need to remember we're
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going to the presence of god yes jesus
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established it yes jesus opened the way
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but that does not give you the right to
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go in there
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cover your cavalier attitude okay
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so scripture also tells us that blessed
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are the pure in heart for they shall see
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god see why none of us can be perfectly
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uh pure in heart on the side of eternity
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uh attitude shall reflect a desire to
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want to do what pleases god okay
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this is why the sanctification process
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is so vital
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and in not only conforming us to the
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image of christ but also to confirm our
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election as true children of god you see
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so born again believers long to be like
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their savior because god seed remain in
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them so the first exaltation is an open
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invitation to come to the throne of
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grace but with the right attitude in
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order to have an unbroken fellowship
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with god that's the first exaltation so
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that our
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fellowship with god is unbroken
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okay
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and the next thing he says is let us
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hold fast the confession of our hope
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without wavering for he who promised is
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faithful why is that so important see we
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need to understand uh why the second
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exaltation is so is so vital and so
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crucial see if you recall the background
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to this letter the jewish believers that
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the writer was addressing were being
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tempted to forsake their confession of
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jesus and the hope of eternal life
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because of the persecution they were
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under so they were tempted to give up
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all of that
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so in this exhortation is inviting them
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to hold tight to the hope that once
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confessed without wavering because god
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who made the promises faithful if you go
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to verse um 13 to 20 of chapter 6 let's
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go there and remember what the scripture
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tells us
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listen to what the scripture says here
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for when god made a promise to abraham
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since he had no one greater by whom to
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swear he swore by himself saying surely
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i will bless you and multiply you and
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thus abraham having patiently waited
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obtained the promise abraham
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for people swear by something greater
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than themselves in in all their disputes
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and off is the final for confirmation so
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when god desired to show more
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convincingly to the heirs of the
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promised the unchangeable character of
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his purpose he guaranteed with another
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so that by two unchangeable things in
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which is impossible for god to lie
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we who have fled for refuge might have
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strong encouragement to hold fast the
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hope set before us we have this as a
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sure and steadfast anchor of the soul a
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hope that enters into the inner place
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behind the curtain where jesus has gone
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as a forerunner on our behalf having
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become a high priest forever after the
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order of melchizedek so basically
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he's saying
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not only did god make a promise he
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backed it up if an oath abraham was
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descendants this jewish believer believe
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as well believed god and held on to his
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hope okay so the writer is just
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reminding them he's saying for the
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second time
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i'm giving you the cure against wavering
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i'm giving you the cure against fear i'm
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giving you the the cure against
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discouragement
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i'm going through discouragement right
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now myself
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it is hard to see god in the process
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when we can't see anything
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so we we believe by faith now the faith
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that i'm talking about is not something
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abstract believing in something
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wishful thinking that's not what it is
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but it's a faith that is grounded in the
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word of god because the scripture tells
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us faith comes by hearing and hearing by
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the word of god so god gives his word
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and he doesn't return to him void so he
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said hold on to the hope
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because god will promise is faithful
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so we need to pay attention to these
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words in great in times of great trials
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we must fix our eyes on jesus look ahead
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to the coming of christ because god is
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faithful to his promise today we may not
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have all what that we want
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but we have everything that we need in
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jesus so we look forward to the day that
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we are going to be clothed with a a
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perfect body we look forward to the day
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where we will see
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our faith will be our eyes where we will
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see jesus for real
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so he's telling them don't give up
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hold on to these truths because they are
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real god made a promise and he backed it
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up even oh
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so i like how this version reads in the
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french version it's incredible he says
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in the french version let us remain
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attached
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attached to this confession attached to
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this confession
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and i believe the idea here is that we
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must be firmly established in this hope
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to the point where it informs all
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our decisions
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do you live by faith is the question
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do you trust in the word of god
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it's not something that you can
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manufacture
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because jesus told his disciples
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right he says
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they say increase our faith and he tells
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them if you had faith as little as a
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mustard seed you can say to this
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mountain move and you move basically
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he's telling them you don't even have a
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scentilla of faith
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because it's not something that you can
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produce it is produced by the word of
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god because god speaks the word and we
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receive it and it causes us to believe
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it
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so this is why
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the righteous shall live by faith
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because faith comes from god
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so we have to desperately ask him lord
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please strengthen us according to your
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word
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and that's why he's saying hold on to
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this
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by faith
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and then let's go on to the last last
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one here and listen to what he says and
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let us consider how to start up one
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another to love and good works not
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neglecting to meet together as is the
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habit of some but encouraging one
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another and all the more as you see the
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day drawing near
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see the first
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two exaltation
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had to do with
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people's relationship with god
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and our confession of faith right but
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the third one had to do with fellowship
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with other believers see based on the
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words above we can infer that some of
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the believers who were waving
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had stopped coming to church
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they are stopped coming to the assembly
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of the believers
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and that was detrimental to their growth
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isolation is one of the tools
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satan uses to plunge believers into
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doubt
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he weakens the believer's work so the
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writer was inviting his readers to be
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active in the fellowship
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first by showing up and then encouraging
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each other to love and good works those
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are all the byproducts of the fruit of
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the spirit and the motivation he gives
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for this exaltation was the second
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coming of christ because christ is
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coming soon he's telling them the
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believers primary objective is to remain
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faithful and leave
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in light of the second coming
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jesus says to his disciples to seek
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first what the kingdom of god and his
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righteousness and that's the idea that
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is being communicated here see if you go
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to colossians 3 verse 1 to 4 the
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scripture says if then
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you have been raised with christ seek
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the things that are above where christ
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is seated at the right hand of god set
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your mind on things that are above not
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on things on earth for you have died and
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your real life now is hidden with christ
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in god when christ loses your life
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appears
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then you shall also appear with him in
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glory see the believers real new life
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hasn't fully been disclosed yet
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okay what a believer would be has not
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yet been made manifest but we know that
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when christ appears we shall be like him
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for we shall see we shall see him as he
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truly is and that shall encourage us to
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to good works to love and the fellowship
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so
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in conclusion i will say that the first
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one the first examination again is to
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come correct in the throne to the throne
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of grace don't come here with a cavalier
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attitude and second
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hold on to the confession of hope
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and then don't give up meeting with
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other believers that's important
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especially born again
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holy spirit filled believers they are
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tremendously helpful
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and that's what you know
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in our day and age the church has been
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weakened but i'm not going to be one of
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those to be so
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desperate because i know that there are
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still good solid christian churches out
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there that are teaching the word of god
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and that the believers in those churches
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are strong and has been strengthened
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and that's what we need is we need those
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that are living by the spirit of god to
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be
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strengthening one another there's
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nothing better than having a believer
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that's a strong believer that believes
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in the gifts of the spirit that believes
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in the word of god that believes in the
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truth of the scripture
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being around those people
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make you stronger because you need that
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we need that
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we can't do this thing isolated
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okay the christian life was never meant
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to be lived in isolation that's the
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plague of the devil he wants to isolate
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you so that he can begin to seed doubts
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in your mind that you begin to
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wallow in the despair
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my whole my family and i were sick for
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like two weeks and a half now we've
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covered
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absolutely horrendous disease
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and i see how hard it was because we
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were kind of isolated but believers
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showed up people prayed for us
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and i could sense the spirit of god
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working
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there were times where i was really just
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crying out for help
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but it's it was good
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because in times of struggle that's when
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you see the spirit of god at work
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that's all i wanted to say today have a
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wonderful day
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and i'll see you next time thank you