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Today If You Hear His Voice, Do not Harden Your Hearts, Hebrews 4:1-13, Are You Rested?
Feb 19, 2025
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In chapter 4 of the book of Hebrews, Paul or the author puts a huge emphasis on the nature and consequences of a hardened heart. Those who continue to resist the Word of God eventually fail to enter His rest, they go from bad to worse. I want us to look at Paul or the author’s exposition of a hardened heart. I believe it’s important that we examine ourselves to see where we stand in this matter. We’re going to be exploring Hebrews 4:1-13, see video
Scripture References:
Hebrews 4:1-13
Romans 1:16-32
Hebrews 11:6
Philippians 2:13
Romans 10:17
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hello good morning this is taiva
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kybes.com
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and today we are going to be looking at
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hebrews chapter 4
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verse 1 to 13 and the title of the study
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is today if you hear his voice do not
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harden your heart
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now um this is a recurring theme in the
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book of hebrews
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and i'm gonna jump into my introduction
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and uh basically in the chapter four
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of the book of hebrews paul or the
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author i think it's paul
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i wrote it but people argue about it so
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i'm not going to get into that today but
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i believe it's part because the writing
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seems like it's a pauline writing so
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but i'm going to put paul or the author
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so paula the author
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puts a huge emphasis on the nature and
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consequences of your heart and heart
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so those who continue to resist the word
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of god eventually fall
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fail to enter his rest and they go from
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bad
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to worse so i want us to look at paul or
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the author's exposition of
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what it means to have a hardened heart
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so we're going to look at that today
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and i believe it's important to that we
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examine ourselves
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to see where we stand uh in this matter
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so we're going to be looking at hebrews
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chapter 4 verse 1-13
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okay so let's get into it so the first
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thing we're going to do is uh i'm going
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to go to the scripture
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we're going to read it and then we're
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going to take it verse by verse
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so i'm just going to play it in the
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background and then you can listen
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and because i like the guy's diction
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better than mine so i'm gonna play it
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and then once i play it uh we are going
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to uh analyze it
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okay so let me hit the play button and
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i'm gonna go back to the scripture you
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can read
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alongside i should look at my screen
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therefore since the promise of entering
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his rest still stands
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let us be careful that none of you be
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found to have fallen short of it
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for we also have had the good news
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proclaimed to us
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just as they did but the message they
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heard
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was of no value to them because they did
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not share the faith
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of those who obeyed now we who have
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believed enter that rest
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just as god has said so i declared on
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oath in my anger
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they shall never enter my rest and yet
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his works have been finished since the
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creation of the world
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for somewhere he has spoken about the
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seventh day and these words
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on the seventh day god rested from all
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his works
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and again in the passage above he says
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they shall never
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enter my rest therefore
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since it still remains for some to enter
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that rest
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and since those who formerly had the
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good news proclaimed to them did not go
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in
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because of their disobedience god again
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set a certain day calling it today
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this he did when a long time later he
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spoke through david
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as in the passage already quoted today
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if you hear his voice do not harden your
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hearts
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for if joshua had given them rest god
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would not have spoken later about
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another day
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there remains then a sabbath rest for
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the people of god
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for anyone who enters god's rest also
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rests from their works
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just as god did from his let us
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therefore make every effort to enter
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that rest
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so that no one will perish by following
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their example
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of disobedience for the word of god
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is alive and active sharper than any
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double-edged sword
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it penetrates even to dividing soul and
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spirit
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joints and marrow it judges the thoughts
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and attitudes of the heart
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nothing in all creation is hidden from
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god's sight
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everything is uncovered and laid bare
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before the eyes of him to whom we must
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give
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account and then we'll stop here because
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that's all i wanted to
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uh um focus on so this is the word of
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god and i hope that when you
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listen to this word it produces an
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action in you
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so now we're gonna get into dissecting
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each verse uh one at a time
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so let's go back to our presentation and
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then we're gonna go from uh
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verse one so one at a time okay
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so the first verse is verse one he says
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therefore since the promise of entering
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his rest
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still stands let us be careful that none
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of you be found
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to have fallen short of it so what does
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that mean
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god has prepared a place of rest for his
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people
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and that place of rest is still standing
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and available to this day
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it was available when the book of
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hebrews was being written
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and it's still up for grabs today so the
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question is
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have you and i fallen short of it the
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same way
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paul and and the people that were
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listening to him
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fell short of it and we need to know why
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they fell short of it and the answer to
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that to that question is in verse two he
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says in verse two
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for we also had the good news
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proclaimed to us just as they did but
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the message
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they heard was of no value to them
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because
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they did not share the faith of those
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who obeyed so what does that mean
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basically they failed to enter the rest
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of god
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because they did not hear the words with
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ears of faith
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and that's so important ears of faith
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scripture says that without faith it's
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impossible to please god that's hebrews
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11
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6. so they were not united by faith with
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those who obeyed
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because faith produces in the one who
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hears
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and yields the command of god an action
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that's the action
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faith produces obedience basically when
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you hear the word of god
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and you hear ears of faith it produces
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obedience
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so therefore that obedience is the
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result of the faith that was produced in
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you
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by the word of god okay so romans 10 17
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says
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we know that true faith comes by hearing
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and hearing comes by the word of god
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and god made it our way so that the
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glory can become his
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our obedience glorifies the faith that
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god has given us
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and god has granted to us because
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philippians 2 13 says
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it is him who works in us both to will
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and act according to
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his good purpose so those people when
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they heard the word of god
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it didn't produce that kind of faith in
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them because they didn't receive it by
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faith
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and faith comes from god
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this is important to understand let's go
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to the next
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we need to know who enters the rest of
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god who else
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okay in verse 3 scripture says nah
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we will have believed enter that rest
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just as god has said so i declared on
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off in my anger
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they shall never enter my rest
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and yet his works have been finished
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since the creation of the world we need
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to understand
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that verse as well see the prerequisite
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for entering the rest of god is faith
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believing in god
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so what disqualifies a person from
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entering the rest of god
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is unbelief faithlessness or a lack of
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faith
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so those who count on their own works
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cut themselves out
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from entering the rest of god for they
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do not believe god
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and they don't internalize his promises
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and they put no
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faith in his word and for that reason
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god
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declares that they will never enter his
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rest
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the rest still remains to this day but
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some will never enter the rest of god
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and we we talked about it we talked
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about why because of a lack of faith
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because
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faith comes from god and those are
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trying to
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do things in their own terms and on
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their own
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will never enter the rest of god because
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when they receive the word of god
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they don't receive it by faith they try
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to produce something
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from their own mind from their own
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understanding from their own
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and that is not pleasant to god because
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scripture says
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without faith it's impossible to please
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god
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okay now does the rest still stand to
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this day
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we're going to find out in verse 4 and 5
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what is verse 45 say for somewhere he
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has spoken about the seventh day
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in these words on the seventh day god
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rested from all his works and again in
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the passage above
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he says they shall never enter my rest
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so god's rest is still available today
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it was available then
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and it's still available today when the
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book of hebrews are being written
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because jesus hasn't returned yet
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so god rested from his works in creation
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we need to make that distinction
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he rested from his work of creation his
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works of creation
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the six days or periods of creation
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however long they lasted
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so god rest us from those creation days
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okay so we are still in the seventh days
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in the seventh day
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based on the scripture so we are still
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in day seven because god is still the
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rest of god still remains to this day
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so we are still in the seventh day
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because god's rest is still
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standing and the scripture says they
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shall never
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enter my rest this man means that god's
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rest is still available to this day
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the rest is still up for grabs so let's
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let's keep that in mind
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okay so my question is
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are you hearing the voice of god today
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are you hearing the voice of god and i'm
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gonna get into what that means
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in a minute so in verse six and seven
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the scripture says therefore since it
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still remains
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for some to enter that rest and since
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those who formerly had the good news
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proclaimed to them did not go in because
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of their disobedience
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god again said a certain day calling me
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today
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this he did when a long time later he
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spoke through david
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as in the passage all recorded so
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basically
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uh and the passage quote it says today
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if you hear his voice do not
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harden your hearts so we need to
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understand that
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the rest is still available that's not
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the question so the writer
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reiterates the reasons why some failed
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to enter
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disobedience so to enter the rest of god
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is contingent on our obedience of the
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word of god so
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to enter the hero the rest of god is
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basically dependent on your obedience of
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the word of god
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so it may sound like a salvation by
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words but it is that we need to
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understand that
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jesus said if you love me you will obey
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my commands
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so people read that verse and they go
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well
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uh if you really love jesus you'll
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always comment yes but what does
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jesus what is jesus saying to us jesus
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says he said somewhere in 1st john 4
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4 9 14 i think first john 4 9
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we love him because he first loved us
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in other words the only reason why
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anyone
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can obey the word of god is because god
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himself
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granted them the ability to obey him
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this is so important
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the only reason why you and i can obey
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the word of god the only reason why you
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and i can
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love jesus is because he first loved us
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so the author of hebrews was asking his
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audience
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are you hearing the voice of god today
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and i'm going to submit the same
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question to you
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are you hearing the word of god today
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and when i say hearing i'm saying
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is he producing fruits in your life or
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are you resisting it
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because the one who loves god will obey
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the word of god because god himself has
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enabled that person
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to obey the word of god so is the word
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of god
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producing fruit in your life or are you
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resisting it
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are you hearing the voice of god when
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you hear the voice of god
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when you hear the word of god is he
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producing a fruit in your life
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and are you obeying it because obedience
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to the word of god
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is a clear sign that you have been in
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dwell with the holy spirit
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because only the holy spirit loves the
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word of god
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because without faith it's impossible to
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please god
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and faith comes from god
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himself so is that you are you hearing
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the voice of god today
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is the question and and we need to know
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verse 8 says joshua couldn't give the
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people rest and that's so important
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because it's going to explain why they
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couldn't joshua couldn't give them rest
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see the scripture says in verse 8 for if
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joshua had given them rest
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god would not have spoken later about
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another day
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so the observation joshua could not give
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the people
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rest and this is why god spoke about the
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coming of the messiah
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where him he himself would circumcise
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the hearts of the people
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so they could obey god and we need to go
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to joshua 24
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16 to 19. that's so important i want us
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to go to that passage so let's go there
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so joshua gives like an admonition to
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the people he's calling them to serve
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the lord he's telling them
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this is what's going to happen if you
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serve the lord and we're going to pick
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it up from verse 16.
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then the people answered fabric from us
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to forsake the lord to serve other gods
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it was the lord our god himself brothers
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and our parents
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up out of egypt from that land of
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slavery and performed
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those great signs before our very eyes
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he protected us on our entire journey
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and among all the nations through which
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we traveled
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and the lord drove out before us all the
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nations including the amorites who lived
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in the land
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we too would serve the lord because he
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is our god
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and joshua says this to the people
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you are not able to serve the lord
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for he is a holy god he is a jealous god
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and he will not forgive your rebellion
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and your sins
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imagine listening to joshua saying that
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to you you are
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not able to serve the lord do you know
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what i mean that's
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it carries so much meaning and i want us
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to look at that a little closer
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so when i first read that it stunned me
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and i'm like why did
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did he say that and we need to find out
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see one thing joshua understood was that
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the righteous shall live by faith alone
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and without faith it's impossible to
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please god
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see god granted joshua the mind to
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understand that unless the lord himself
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regenerates one's heart it's impossible
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to obey him this is why he told the
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people
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you are not able to serve the lord your
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god
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okay because anyone who obeys god has
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been
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regenerated because by nature we
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hate the words of god by nature we are
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resistant
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of his word we don't like the word of
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god because we are born with that sinful
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nature
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this is why joshua said to the people
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you are not able to serve the lord your
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god you cannot
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she's yes some may try to obey the law
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but their righteousness will just be
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similar to that of the pharisees it's
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going to be superficial
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it's not going to be lasting and this is
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why the rest of god
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comes from god himself because god
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himself is the one that grants you the
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ability to obey him
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so that god gets the glory
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okay so this is why the scripture says
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if you hear his voice
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do not harden your heart because if you
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have been grieving the ability to hear
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the voice of god
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and the words of god and if you have you
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have the ability to not resist it
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is because god himself has granted you
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the ability to do that
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because you can't do that on your own no
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man loves the word of god
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there's none righteous only jesus
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so are you rested is the question are
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you in a place of rest
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so verse 9 10 says there remains then a
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sabbath rest for the people of god
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for anyone who enters god's rest also
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rest from their works
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just as god did from his and we need to
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understand what that means
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see the sabbath day was instituted to
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remind the people
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that everything that they were doing was
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only possible because of god's provision
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but they failed to recognize it it
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became just something mundane
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so if you truly understand everything
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every day is a sabbath
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because for for every day is the sabbath
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day for the man that has entered the
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rest of god
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why because that person rests
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from his works the same way god rested
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from his works in creation
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the lord is done with the days of
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creation he's no longer doing the days
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of creation
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so now he's in the seventh day which i
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believe is the day of redemption
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so we also will enter the rest of god
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have seized
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and stopped doing our own thing how do
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you know that you've entered the rest of
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god when you stop doing your own thing
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and now everything you do
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is because of the word of god we no
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longer live to please ourselves
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but we leave to please god scripture
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says that man does not leave by bread
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alone but by every word that proceeds
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from the mouth of god
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so the rested man or woman is the person
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that lives
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by the commands of god we get restless
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because we try to please everybody else
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but god
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jesus was the busiest man that ever
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lived but he was
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always arrested do you know why
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everything he did
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pleased to god because everything he did
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came from god
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and he said somewhere in john 14 10
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do you not believe that i am in the
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father and the father is in me
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the words that i speak to you i do not
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speak on my own authority
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but the father who dwells in me does his
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works and this is the rest of god
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jesus lived out deuteronomy 6 5 you
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shall love the lord your god with all
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your heart with all your soul with all
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your mind
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and everything that jesus did was a
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result of god
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working in him because he is god
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okay so the rested man is the man
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that no longer lives to please x y and z
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but is the man that lives
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by the grace of god through the word of
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god for the glory of god
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that's the rested man or woman is that
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you
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is that me okay see where your life
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if you're arrested man is a reflection
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of the breath of god
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this is why every day is a sabbath day
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because
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for the rest of person it's no longer
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you you drop
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everything about yourself you cease from
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doing your own thing and now you live
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your life
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solely to please god you are completely
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surrendered
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to the will of god that's the rested
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person
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so therefore now your life at that point
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is pleasing to god because he himself
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is living his life through you what did
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paul say i no longer live for christ
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lives in me
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and the life that i that i live now are
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leaves by faith in the son of god who
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gave him suffer from me
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so that's the rested man christ in you
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the hope of glory that's the rested man
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a woman so now
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verse 11 strive to enter the rest verse
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11 says
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let us therefore make every effort to
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enter the arrest so that no one will
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perish
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by following the example of disobedience
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so it seems as if the author is saying
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it's up to you
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to strive to enter the arrest stop
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disobeying god and you will enter
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but what i read here is a plea for the
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mercy of god
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we cannot enter the rest of god by
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trying to enter
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on our own terms the author is speaking
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the word of god to those that will hear
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it in other words if his plea
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has caused you to repent in dust and
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ashes
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then the word of god through the lips
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and pain of the writer of verse 11 has
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accomplished his purpose
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basically as he says those words if
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those words are causing you to repent
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and say lord i want to enter the arrest
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i am sick and tired of
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my sinful life i am sick and tired of
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doing what i do
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then exactly right because now you are
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hearing the voice of god and is causing
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fruits in your life he's producing an
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action
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because isaiah 55 11 says
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so is my word that goes out from my
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mouth it will all return to me empty
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see god has intended his word for some
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people and when the
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the word of god goes out it accomplished
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the purpose for which
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god sent it so if you listen to verse 11
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and he's causing you to strive to enter
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the rest of god
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that means god's hand is upon you
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because only god can cause
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someone to receive his words with grace
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okay so
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so if you're reading verse 11 i can say
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like i said and it causes you to strive
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to enter the rest of god then the spirit
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of god
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rests upon you because only those who
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respond to the prompting of the word of
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god
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are sons and daughters of the living god
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to make his point clear
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paul or the author adds verse 12 and 13
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which we read now
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listen to what he says the word of god
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is living for the word of god is living
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and active sharper than any
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double-edged sword he penetrates even to
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dividing soul and spirit
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joins a marrow it judges the thoughts
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and attitudes of the heart
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nothing in all creation is hidden from
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god's sight everything is uncovered and
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laid
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bare before the eyes of him to whom we
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must give account
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so basically the word of god is alive
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and active i don't even know how to
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interpret
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this portion correctly it is pretty much
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a self-explanatory
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the word of god will produce faith in
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the one god has intended
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to it will undo you and if if
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if only if you you've been chosen by god
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only those who who god whom god are
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sealed
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by his own will for salvation will
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respond to the prompting
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of the words of god and that's how
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powerful the word of god is
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okay so only those to whom god has
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intended it will receive it
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and you produce an action in those
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people because that's the way god works
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this is god's word this is god's own
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work and this is a god's own spirit and
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he does
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what he wants because it is always for
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the glory
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of his will because he has a will that
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he has prepared
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he has something prepared for his glory
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and and when he sends his word out it's
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going to accomplish that very purpose in
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the one who hears and listens and obeys
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so your obedience really is a result of
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the holy spirit himself
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working in you to will and act according
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to god's word so
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you can take zero credit for anything
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because everything you are able to do
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when you love god you obey the word of
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god you live for righteousness
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all that is possible because god's
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spirit himself is in you
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and is working in you because that
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pleases god
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so god works in you and the glory comes
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and goes back to god so
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there's nothing that you can claim that
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you can do because you kind of love god
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because you you just have that desire
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that desire is only possible because of
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the word of god because of the spirit of
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god
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living in you so what can i say
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are you hearing the voice of god today
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or is his words
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meaningless to you if you are hearing
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his voice
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if the word of god cuts you and leads
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you to repent and believe the gospel
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consider yourself blessed i'll say that
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again if the word of god cuts you to the
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heart
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and lead you to repent and believe the
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gospel
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consider yourself blessed the scripture
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says
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blessed are those who mourn mourn over
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what mourn over their sins
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for they shall be comforted so i want to
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end this with
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romans 1 verse 16 to 32. i think it's
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fitting for me to end with that verse
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without passage i'm going to play it i'm
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going to have the screen here but i'm
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going to play in the background so you
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can listen
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okay so we're going to start from verse
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16 of
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romans 1 not ashamed of the gospel
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because it is the power of god
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that brings salvation to everyone who
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believes
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first to the jew then to the gentile
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for in the gospel the righteousness of
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god is revealed
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a righteousness that is by faith from
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first to last
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just as it is written the righteous will
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live
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by faith the wrath of god is being
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revealed from heaven against all the
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godlessness and wickedness of people
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who suppress the truth by their
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wickedness
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since what may be known about god is
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plain to them because god has made it
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plain to them
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for since the creation of the world
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god's invisible qualities
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his eternal power and divine nature have
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been clearly seen
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being understood from what has been made
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so that people
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are without excuse for although they
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knew god
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they neither glorified him as god nor
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gave thanks to him
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but their thinking became futile and
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their foolish hearts were darkened
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although they claimed to be wise they
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became
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fools and exchanged the glory of the
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immortal god
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for images made to look like a mortal
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human being and birds and
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animals and reptiles therefore god gave
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them over in the sinful desires of their
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hearts to sexual impurity
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for the degrading of their bodies with
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one another
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they exchanged the truth about god for a
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lie
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and worshiped and served created things
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rather than the creator
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who is forever praised amen
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because of this god gave them over to
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shameful lusts
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even their women exchanged natural
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sexual relations for unnatural ones
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in the same way the men also abandoned
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natural relations with women
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and were inflamed with lust for one
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another
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men committed shameful acts with other
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men
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and received in themselves the due
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penalty for their error
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furthermore just as they did not think
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it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of
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god
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so god gave them over to a depraved mind
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so that they do what ought not to be
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done
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they have become filled with every kind
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of wickedness evil
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greed and depravity they are full of
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envy
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murder strife deceit and malice
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they are gossips slanderers god haters
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insolent arrogant and boastful
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they invent ways of doing evil they
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disobey their parents
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they have no understanding no fidelity
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no
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love no mercy although they know god's
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righteous decree
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that those who do such things deserve
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death
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they not only continue to do these very
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things
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but also approve of those who practice
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them
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and this is it this is the word of god
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now
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this why did i give you this because i'm
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showing you what happens to the person
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that is now hearing the voice of god
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they go from bad to worse if you look at
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um verse 28 of romans 1
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it shows you what happens god gave them
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over to a depraved or debased mind so
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that they
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do what ought not to be done they have
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become filled with
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every kind of wickedness evil greed and
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depravity
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they are full of envy murder strife
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deceit and malice
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their gossips slanderers god haters
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insolent arrogant and boastful they
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invent ways of doing evil they disobey
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their parents
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they have no understanding no fidelity
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no love no mercy
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although they know god's righteous
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decree that those who do such things
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deserve to die
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they not only continue to do these very
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things but also approve of those
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who practice these things so basically
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this is the final destination of the
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person that resists
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the word of god eventually you become
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numb to it
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and you become desensitized so i'm
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praying that that's not you
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so if you're hearing the voice of god
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this morning through these scriptures
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please repent i should not even say
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please
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because you ought to be on your knees on
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your face crying for the mercy of god
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because his wrath is coming he's already
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here have you been given over to a
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debased mind
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this is why i'm saying examine yourself
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to see if you are in the faith
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do you love the word of god do you
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cherish the word of god do you love the
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truth or do you resist it
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if you resist it constantly my friend
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you are not saved and if you are hearing
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my voice is warning and this is causing
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you
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to tremble then please repent
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because the kingdom of god is at hand
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repent and believe the gospel
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that's all i'm gonna say have a good day
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and i'll see you next time