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So<00:15:47.759><c> Paul</c><00:15:48.039><c> in</c><00:15:48.200><c> Hebrews</c><00:15:48.539><c> 10</c><00:15:48.820><c> at</c><00:15:49.000><c> verse</c><00:15:49.299><c> 38</c><00:15:49.940><c> was</c><00:15:50.519><c> showing</c><00:15:50.940><c> a</c><00:15:51.320><c> pattern</c><00:15:51.720><c> of</c><00:15:52.080><c> righteousness.</c>

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He<00:15:52.820><c> was</c><00:15:53.080><c> saying</c><00:15:53.299><c> that</c><00:15:53.919><c> there</c><00:15:54.100><c> was</c><00:15:54.340><c> a</c><00:15:54.539><c> certain</c><00:15:54.899><c> steadfastness</c>

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required<00:15:56.259><c> in</c><00:15:56.480><c> verse</c><00:15:56.679><c> 38,</c><00:15:57.679><c> and</c><00:15:58.000><c> he</c><00:15:58.220><c> was</c><00:15:58.440><c> wanting</c><00:15:58.700><c> the</c>

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steadfastness<00:15:59.740><c> to</c><00:15:59.899><c> be</c><00:16:00.120><c> continued</c><00:16:00.759><c> in</c><00:16:01.379><c> Hebrews</c><00:16:01.700><c> 11</c><00:16:02.139><c> at</c><00:16:02.419><c> verse</c><00:16:02.659><c> one.</c>

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He<00:16:03.279><c> wanted</c><00:16:03.559><c> to</c><00:16:03.799><c> take</c><00:16:03.960><c> the</c><00:16:04.299><c> steadfastness</c><00:16:04.960><c> of</c><00:16:05.120><c> chapter</c><00:16:05.460><c> 10</c><00:16:06.500><c> and</c>

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project<00:16:07.320><c> it</c><00:16:07.519><c> into</c><00:16:07.919><c> showing</c><00:16:08.200><c> what</c><00:16:08.659><c> faith</c>

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really<00:16:10.019><c> does.</c>

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Faith<00:16:11.740><c> in</c><00:16:12.080><c> action</c><00:16:12.659><c> in</c><00:16:13.340><c> Hebrews</c><00:16:13.700><c> 11.</c>

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And<00:16:14.980><c> then</c><00:16:15.120><c> he</c><00:16:15.200><c> went</c><00:16:15.379><c> and</c><00:16:15.580><c> took</c><00:16:15.740><c> illustrations</c><00:16:16.460><c> from</c><00:16:17.100><c> the</c><00:16:17.299><c> history</c><00:16:17.600><c> of</c>

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their<00:16:17.980><c> fathers.</c>

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And<00:16:19.399><c> it's</c><00:16:19.539><c> very</c><00:16:19.759><c> interesting</c><00:16:20.220><c> because</c><00:16:20.860><c> it's</c><00:16:21.519><c> the</c><00:16:21.659><c> history</c><00:16:22.440><c> of</c><00:16:23.100><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:16:24.820><c> what</c><00:16:25.019><c> he</c><00:16:25.220><c> is</c><00:16:25.399><c> doing</c><00:16:25.559><c> here</c><00:16:25.899><c> is</c><00:16:26.080><c> he's</c><00:16:26.320><c> painting</c><00:16:26.700><c> for</c><00:16:26.980><c> us</c><00:16:27.580><c> the</c>

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hope<00:16:28.480><c> of</c><00:16:30.100><c> Israel.</c>

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Because<00:16:33.100><c> what</c><00:16:33.460><c> follows</c><00:16:33.899><c> are</c><00:16:34.419><c> those</c><00:16:35.100><c> of</c><00:16:36.019><c> both</c><00:16:36.279><c> natural</c><00:16:36.740><c> and</c>

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spiritual<00:16:37.860><c> Israel,</c><00:16:38.700><c> aren't</c><00:16:39.000><c> they?</c>

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So<00:16:40.740><c> primarily,</c><00:16:41.580><c> then,</c><00:16:41.860><c> faith</c><00:16:42.179><c> is</c><00:16:42.419><c> a</c><00:16:42.700><c> trust</c><00:16:43.019><c> in</c><00:16:43.279><c> God's</c><00:16:43.740><c> word.</c>

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Abraham<00:16:45.299><c> believed</c><00:16:45.820><c> God</c><00:16:46.139><c> when</c><00:16:46.340><c> he</c><00:16:46.460><c> made</c><00:16:46.679><c> his</c><00:16:46.899><c> promises</c><00:16:47.220><c> to</c><00:16:47.419><c> him,</c><00:16:47.860><c> and</c>

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it<00:16:48.179><c> was</c><00:16:48.440><c> counted</c><00:16:48.659><c> to</c><00:16:48.799><c> him</c><00:16:48.980><c> for</c><00:16:49.240><c> righteousness.</c>

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So<00:16:50.659><c> then</c><00:16:50.840><c> trust</c><00:16:51.100><c> in</c><00:16:51.279><c> God's</c><00:16:51.720><c> word</c><00:16:51.860><c> has</c><00:16:52.080><c> the</c><00:16:52.360><c> result</c><00:16:52.600><c> of</c><00:16:52.860><c> producing</c><00:16:53.399><c> a</c><00:16:54.039><c> confidence</c><00:16:54.620><c> concerning</c><00:16:55.779><c> the</c><00:16:56.080><c> future</c>

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and<00:16:57.759><c> a</c><00:16:57.960><c> conviction</c><00:16:58.539><c> concerning</c><00:16:59.139><c> things</c><00:16:59.559><c> not</c><00:16:59.980><c> seen.</c>

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Isn't<00:17:01.019><c> that</c><00:17:01.220><c> lovely?</c>

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Confidence<00:17:02.299><c> concerning</c><00:17:02.759><c> the</c><00:17:03.039><c> future</c><00:17:03.779><c> and</c><00:17:04.359><c> a</c><00:17:04.519><c> conviction</c><00:17:05.200><c> concerning</c><00:17:05.859><c> things</c><00:17:06.240><c> not</c><00:17:06.660><c> seen.</c>

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Faith<00:17:09.000><c> in</c><00:17:09.240><c> God</c><00:17:09.480><c> and</c><00:17:09.660><c> in</c><00:17:09.819><c> his</c><00:17:10.019><c> word</c><00:17:10.319><c> makes</c><00:17:10.880><c> the</c><00:17:11.220><c> future</c><00:17:11.619><c> reality</c>

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to<00:17:12.460><c> us,</c><00:17:12.920><c> doesn't</c><00:17:12.980><c> it?</c>

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And<00:17:14.099><c> it</c><00:17:14.259><c> gives</c><00:17:14.460><c> a</c><00:17:14.759><c> conviction</c><00:17:15.279><c> of</c><00:17:15.660><c> the</c><00:17:15.960><c> truth</c><00:17:16.359><c> of</c><00:17:17.079><c> the</c><00:17:17.299><c> matters</c>

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made<00:17:18.740><c> known</c><00:17:19.019><c> only</c><00:17:19.339><c> to</c><00:17:19.619><c> God,</c><00:17:19.880><c> things</c>

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which<00:17:20.500><c> are</c><00:17:20.720><c> not</c><00:17:21.039><c> seen.</c>

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And<00:17:21.920><c> those,</c><00:17:22.180><c> of</c><00:17:22.279><c> course,</c><00:17:22.539><c> can</c><00:17:22.660><c> be</c><00:17:22.839><c> things</c><00:17:23.119><c> both</c><00:17:23.660><c> in</c><00:17:24.099><c> the</c><00:17:24.339><c> past,</c>

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in<00:17:25.059><c> the</c><00:17:25.220><c> present,</c><00:17:25.579><c> and</c><00:17:25.759><c> in</c><00:17:25.940><c> the</c><00:17:26.079><c> future,</c>

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things<00:17:26.759><c> not</c><00:17:27.119><c> seen.</c>

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So<00:17:29.359><c> then</c><00:17:29.619><c> Paul,</c><00:17:30.039><c> of</c><00:17:30.079><c> course,</c><00:17:30.400><c> in</c><00:17:30.500><c> Hebrews</c><00:17:30.779><c> 11,</c><00:17:31.319><c> here</c><00:17:31.400><c> is</c><00:17:31.559><c> making</c><00:17:31.839><c> first</c>

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a<00:17:32.440><c> general</c><00:17:32.740><c> statement</c><00:17:33.279><c> of</c><00:17:33.640><c> faith,</c>

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and<00:17:34.779><c> then</c><00:17:34.940><c> he</c><00:17:35.160><c> passes</c><00:17:35.420><c> through</c><00:17:35.759><c> to</c><00:17:35.940><c> the</c><00:17:36.180><c> examples</c><00:17:36.559><c> in</c><00:17:36.900><c> detail.</c>

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Now,<00:17:38.420><c> witness</c><00:17:38.519><c> is</c><00:17:38.799><c> born</c><00:17:38.920><c> in</c><00:17:39.099><c> the</c><00:17:39.339><c> scriptures</c><00:17:39.660><c> to</c><00:17:39.900><c> the</c><00:17:40.099><c> faith</c>

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of<00:17:40.440><c> the</c><00:17:40.619><c> elders</c><00:17:40.779><c> that</c><00:17:40.980><c> we</c><00:17:41.160><c> see</c><00:17:41.299><c> here</c><00:17:41.640><c> in</c>

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Hebrews<00:17:42.180><c> 11</c><00:17:42.759><c> and</c><00:17:43.180><c> to</c><00:17:43.380><c> the</c><00:17:43.599><c> fact</c><00:17:43.740><c> that</c><00:17:43.980><c> the</c><00:17:44.180><c> faith</c><00:17:44.359><c> was</c><00:17:44.660><c> pleasing</c><00:17:44.960><c> to</c><00:17:45.259><c> God.</c>

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We<00:17:45.619><c> see</c><00:17:45.779><c> that</c><00:17:46.000><c> in</c><00:17:46.140><c> verse</c><00:17:46.420><c> two,</c><00:17:47.359><c> for</c><00:17:47.440><c> by</c><00:17:47.740><c> the</c><00:17:48.019><c> elders</c><00:17:48.460><c> obtained</c>

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a<00:17:50.359><c> good</c><00:17:50.519><c> report.</c>

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It<00:17:51.339><c> was</c><00:17:51.559><c> something</c><00:17:51.920><c> that</c><00:17:52.079><c> was</c><00:17:52.420><c> required</c><00:17:53.359><c> of</c><00:17:53.779><c> the</c><00:17:54.079><c> elders.</c>

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They<00:17:55.599><c> couldn't</c><00:17:55.859><c> obtain</c><00:17:56.259><c> a</c><00:17:56.660><c> good</c><00:17:56.839><c> report</c><00:17:57.200><c> without</c><00:17:57.559><c> it,</c><00:17:57.900><c> could</c><00:17:57.980><c> they?</c>

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And<00:17:59.599><c> verse</c><00:17:59.799><c> three,</c><00:18:00.779><c> through</c><00:18:01.039><c> faith,</c><00:18:01.299><c> we</c><00:18:01.519><c> understand</c><00:18:01.980><c> that</c><00:18:02.180><c> the</c><00:18:02.400><c> worlds</c><00:18:02.579><c> were</c><00:18:02.880><c> framed</c><00:18:03.160><c> by</c>

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the<00:18:03.660><c> word</c><00:18:03.799><c> of</c>

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God<00:18:04.420><c> so</c><00:18:04.900><c> that</c><00:18:05.119><c> things</c><00:18:05.539><c> which</c><00:18:05.900><c> are</c><00:18:06.240><c> seen</c><00:18:06.559><c> were</c><00:18:07.099><c> not</c><00:18:07.319><c> made</c><00:18:07.559><c> of</c><00:18:07.819><c> things</c><00:18:08.279><c> which</c><00:18:08.920><c> do</c><00:18:09.200><c> appear.</c>

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So<00:18:11.960><c> then,</c><00:18:12.180><c> before</c><00:18:12.579><c> going</c><00:18:12.799><c> into</c><00:18:13.039><c> all</c><00:18:13.259><c> the</c><00:18:13.559><c> details</c><00:18:13.839><c> here</c><00:18:14.099><c> in</c><00:18:14.279><c> Hebrews</c><00:18:14.559><c> 11</c>

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of<00:18:15.460><c> how</c><00:18:15.680><c> the</c><00:18:15.920><c> elders</c><00:18:16.140><c> exhibited</c>

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their<00:18:17.039><c> faith,</c><00:18:17.740><c> he</c><00:18:18.059><c> states</c><00:18:18.279><c> that</c><00:18:18.619><c> faith</c><00:18:19.019><c> apprehends</c><00:18:19.980><c> that</c><00:18:20.700><c> all</c>

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things<00:18:21.500><c> exist</c><00:18:22.059><c> and</c><00:18:22.380><c> have</c><00:18:22.539><c> their</c><00:18:22.819><c> source</c>

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in<00:18:23.400><c> God.</c><00:18:24.380><c> Isn't</c><00:18:24.500><c> that</c><00:18:24.700><c> lovely?</c>

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And<00:18:25.220><c> he's</c><00:18:25.259><c> setting</c><00:18:25.500><c> God</c><00:18:25.920><c> at</c><00:18:26.440><c> the</c><00:18:26.799><c> basis</c><00:18:27.160><c> of</c><00:18:27.460><c> faith</c><00:18:27.920><c> without</c><00:18:29.339><c> a</c>

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substantive<00:18:30.400><c> belief</c><00:18:31.000><c> in</c><00:18:31.259><c> almighty</c><00:18:31.700><c> God</c>

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as<00:18:33.220><c> the</c><00:18:33.539><c> great</c><00:18:33.799><c> progenitor</c><00:18:34.380><c> of</c><00:18:34.640><c> all</c><00:18:34.900><c> things,</c><00:18:35.839><c> both</c><00:18:36.180><c> time,</c><00:18:36.880><c> the</c>

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worlds,<00:18:37.500><c> the</c><00:18:37.740><c> ages,</c><00:18:38.160><c> as</c><00:18:38.359><c> it</c><00:18:38.599><c> should</c><00:18:38.759><c> be,</c>

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which<00:18:39.440><c> are</c><00:18:39.720><c> framed</c><00:18:39.940><c> by</c><00:18:40.319><c> God.</c>

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And<00:18:41.599><c> of</c><00:18:41.839><c> course,</c><00:18:42.279><c> of</c><00:18:42.420><c> true</c><00:18:42.720><c> faith,</c><00:18:44.220><c> there</c><00:18:44.319><c> is</c><00:18:44.599><c> no</c><00:18:44.859><c> faith.</c>

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So<00:18:48.619><c> faith</c><00:18:49.019><c> is</c><00:18:49.400><c> then</c><00:18:49.720><c> firstly</c><00:18:50.480><c> hearing</c><00:18:51.119><c> and</c><00:18:51.779><c> then</c><00:18:52.039><c> believing</c>

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that<00:18:53.279><c> what</c><00:18:53.759><c> God</c><00:18:54.920><c> says</c><00:18:55.859><c> he</c><00:18:56.880><c> means.</c>

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And<00:18:59.039><c> you</c><00:18:59.160><c> know,</c><00:18:59.279><c> that</c><00:18:59.480><c> is</c><00:18:59.759><c> really</c><00:19:00.000><c> something</c><00:19:00.299><c> which</c><00:19:00.480><c> is</c><00:19:00.680><c> a</c><00:19:00.799><c> problem</c><00:19:01.019><c> in</c>

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today's<00:19:01.700><c> world</c><00:19:01.859><c> because</c><00:19:02.339><c> so</c><00:19:03.180><c> many</c>

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people<00:19:03.740><c> say</c><00:19:04.039><c> things</c><00:19:04.440><c> that</c><00:19:04.619><c> they</c><00:19:04.859><c> do</c><00:19:05.160><c> not</c><00:19:05.559><c> mean</c><00:19:06.740><c> continuously.</c>

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But<00:19:08.680><c> what</c><00:19:08.859><c> God</c><00:19:09.119><c> has</c><00:19:09.400><c> said</c><00:19:09.519><c> here,</c><00:19:09.859><c> every</c><00:19:10.519><c> word</c><00:19:10.819><c> he</c><00:19:11.099><c> means,</c><00:19:11.559><c> brethren</c><00:19:11.740><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:19:12.759><c> and</c><00:19:12.960><c> he</c><00:19:13.160><c> means</c>

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it<00:19:13.539><c> for</c><00:19:13.720><c> our</c><00:19:13.960><c> good.</c>

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And<00:19:15.140><c> this</c><00:19:15.359><c> is</c><00:19:15.579><c> the</c><00:19:15.660><c> basis</c><00:19:15.980><c> of</c><00:19:16.220><c> our</c><00:19:16.500><c> faith,</c><00:19:17.940><c> but</c><00:19:18.079><c> our</c><00:19:18.339><c> faith</c><00:19:18.680><c> in</c>

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him<00:19:19.579><c> is</c><00:19:20.140><c> based</c><00:19:20.500><c> not</c><00:19:20.779><c> only</c><00:19:21.480><c> on</c><00:19:22.140><c> the</c><00:19:22.339><c> things</c>

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that<00:19:22.720><c> he</c><00:19:23.000><c> said,</c><00:19:23.640><c> but</c><00:19:23.740><c> on</c><00:19:24.019><c> his</c><00:19:24.420><c> power,</c><00:19:25.720><c> because</c><00:19:25.779><c> you</c><00:19:25.920><c> see</c><00:19:26.079><c> that</c>

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So<00:19:36.200><c> now</c><00:19:36.380><c> not</c><00:19:36.599><c> only</c><00:19:36.859><c> are</c><00:19:37.019><c> we</c><00:19:37.240><c> believing</c><00:19:37.500><c> on</c><00:19:37.680><c> the</c><00:19:37.839><c> almighty,</c><00:19:39.319><c> but</c>

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we<00:19:39.900><c> are</c><00:19:40.119><c> believing</c><00:19:40.579><c> on</c><00:19:41.019><c> both</c><00:19:41.299><c> his</c><00:19:41.619><c> power</c><00:19:42.099><c> and</c>

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It's<00:19:47.900><c> a</c><00:19:48.059><c> trusting</c><00:19:48.400><c> acceptance</c><00:19:49.099><c> of</c><00:19:49.400><c> God</c><00:19:49.960><c> based</c><00:19:51.059><c> on</c><00:19:51.279><c> his</c><00:19:51.519><c> promises,</c><00:19:53.420><c> based</c>

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on<00:19:53.960><c> the</c><00:19:54.079><c> foundation</c><00:19:54.559><c> of</c><00:19:54.819><c> reason.</c>

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do<00:19:59.519><c> it</c><00:19:59.700><c> today,</c><00:19:59.940><c> but</c><00:20:00.099><c> as</c><00:20:00.319><c> you</c>

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go<00:20:00.619><c> through</c><00:20:01.339><c> Hebrews</c><00:20:01.839><c> 11,</c><00:20:02.380><c> there's</c><00:20:02.579><c> faith</c><00:20:02.799><c> illustrated,</c><00:20:03.579><c> isn't</c><00:20:03.759><c> it?</c>

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And<00:20:04.700><c> what</c><00:20:05.079><c> you</c><00:20:05.500><c> see</c><00:20:05.720><c> as</c><00:20:06.200><c> the</c><00:20:06.500><c> basis,</c><00:20:06.880><c> if</c><00:20:07.059><c> you</c><00:20:07.140><c> have</c><00:20:07.220><c> to</c><00:20:07.539><c> distill</c>

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out<00:20:08.140><c> of</c><00:20:08.319><c> all</c><00:20:08.500><c> these</c><00:20:08.779><c> characters,</c><00:20:09.960><c> what</c>

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their<00:20:10.440><c> attribute</c><00:20:11.019><c> of</c><00:20:11.319><c> faith</c><00:20:11.599><c> was,</c><00:20:12.019><c> or</c><00:20:12.259><c> how</c><00:20:12.420><c> they</c><00:20:12.619><c> reflected</c><00:20:13.059><c> faith,</c><00:20:14.180><c> it</c><00:20:14.339><c> was,</c><00:20:15.000><c> and</c><00:20:15.380><c> I</c>

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hate<00:20:15.640><c> to</c><00:20:15.759><c> use</c>

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the<00:20:16.079><c> word,</c><00:20:16.319><c> but</c><00:20:16.619><c> simply</c><00:20:17.259><c> a</c><00:20:18.420><c> reliance</c><00:20:18.940><c> upon</c><00:20:19.259><c> God</c><00:20:20.119><c> known</c><00:20:21.400><c> to</c><00:20:21.579><c> be</c><00:20:21.779><c> trustworthy.</c>

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It's<00:20:24.619><c> almost</c><00:20:24.940><c> childlike,</c><00:20:26.059><c> and</c><00:20:26.319><c> that's</c><00:20:26.559><c> why</c><00:20:26.680><c> we</c><00:20:26.920><c> sometimes</c>

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might<00:20:27.640><c> not</c><00:20:27.900><c> perform</c><00:20:28.279><c> it.</c>

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It<00:20:29.519><c> was</c><00:20:29.880><c> simply</c><00:20:30.400><c> knowing</c><00:20:30.880><c> that</c><00:20:31.420><c> God</c><00:20:31.619><c> has</c><00:20:31.799><c> always</c><00:20:32.079><c> been</c><00:20:32.380><c> trustworthy.</c>

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He<00:20:33.240><c> always</c><00:20:33.599><c> will</c><00:20:33.819><c> be</c><00:20:34.099><c> trustworthy,</c><00:20:35.660><c> therefore</c><00:20:35.920><c> we</c><00:20:36.140><c> will</c><00:20:36.220><c> just</c>

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continue<00:20:36.900><c> believing,</c><00:20:38.039><c> and</c><00:20:38.319><c> we</c><00:20:38.460><c> will</c>

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always<00:20:39.059><c> believe,</c><00:20:39.900><c> though</c><00:20:40.519><c> temporary</c><00:20:41.440><c> fluctuations</c><00:20:42.119><c> come.</c>

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We<00:20:43.339><c> will</c><00:20:43.559><c> understand</c><00:20:43.900><c> the</c><00:20:44.099><c> end</c><00:20:44.240><c> goal</c><00:20:44.559><c> and</c><00:20:45.200><c> keep</c><00:20:45.480><c> believing.</c>

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I'd<00:20:49.200><c> like</c><00:20:49.319><c> to</c><00:20:49.460><c> quote</c><00:20:49.680><c> from</c><00:20:49.960><c> Brother</c><00:20:50.240><c> Thomas,</c><00:20:50.539><c> he's</c><00:20:50.819><c> got</c><00:20:50.960><c> a</c><00:20:51.059><c> very</c><00:20:51.319><c> nice</c><00:20:51.640><c> definition</c><00:20:52.099><c> of</c>

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any<00:20:59.319><c> true</c><00:20:59.640><c> faith</c><00:21:00.119><c> without</c>

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the<00:21:00.960><c> belief</c><00:21:01.279><c> of</c><00:21:01.579><c> the</c><00:21:01.819><c> truth.</c>

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Because<00:21:05.119><c> you</c><00:21:05.440><c> know,</c><00:21:05.440><c> you</c><00:21:05.539><c> look</c><00:21:05.779><c> at</c><00:21:05.960><c> many</c><00:21:06.259><c> definitions</c><00:21:06.799><c> in</c><00:21:07.259><c> the</c>

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grasp<00:21:11.480><c> of</c><00:21:11.819><c> faith</c><00:21:12.220><c> is</c><00:21:12.880><c> that</c><00:21:13.039><c> it</c><00:21:13.240><c> comes</c><00:21:13.660><c> through</c><00:21:13.980><c> the</c><00:21:14.119><c> Holy</c><00:21:14.319><c> Spirit.</c>

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You<00:21:15.140><c> can't</c><00:21:15.559><c> actually,</c><00:21:16.500><c> you</c><00:21:16.700><c> don't</c><00:21:16.920><c> have</c><00:21:17.140><c> a</c><00:21:17.220><c> solid</c><00:21:17.420><c> basis</c><00:21:17.759><c> of</c><00:21:18.019><c> faith,</c><00:21:18.240><c> it's</c><00:21:18.319><c> something</c><00:21:18.680><c> that</c><00:21:19.059><c> is</c><00:21:19.319><c> a</c><00:21:19.420><c> gift</c>

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And<00:21:26.480><c> Brother</c><00:21:26.839><c> Thomas</c><00:21:27.119><c> continues</c><00:21:27.539><c> to</c><00:21:27.819><c> say,</c><00:21:28.319><c> now</c><00:21:28.559><c> although</c><00:21:28.920><c> a</c>

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men,<00:21:31.960><c> it's</c><00:21:32.200><c> exceedingly</c><00:21:32.759><c> simple,</c><00:21:33.859><c> and</c><00:21:33.980><c> by</c><00:21:34.299><c> no</c><00:21:34.500><c> means</c><00:21:34.799><c> difficult</c><00:21:35.299><c> to</c><00:21:35.559><c> acquire</c><00:21:36.039><c> when</c>

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a<00:21:38.160><c> right.</c>

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This<00:21:51.619><c> is</c><00:21:51.839><c> the</c><00:21:52.019><c> faith</c><00:21:52.220><c> without</c><00:21:52.579><c> which</c><00:21:52.900><c> he</c><00:21:53.140><c> tells</c><00:21:53.359><c> us</c><00:21:53.640><c> afterwards,</c><00:21:54.660><c> God</c><00:21:54.940><c> is</c><00:21:55.240><c> not,</c><00:21:56.000><c> and</c><00:21:56.279><c> cannot</c><00:21:56.539><c> by</c><00:21:56.859><c> any</c>

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possibility<00:21:57.759><c> be</c><00:21:58.619><c> pleased.</c>

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It<00:21:59.839><c> is</c><00:22:00.019><c> a</c><00:22:00.279><c> faith</c><00:22:00.559><c> which</c><00:22:00.880><c> lays</c><00:22:01.160><c> hold</c><00:22:01.460><c> on</c><00:22:01.759><c> the</c><00:22:02.039><c> past</c><00:22:02.640><c> and</c><00:22:03.359><c> the</c><00:22:03.599><c> future.</c>

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It's<00:22:09.599><c> looking</c><00:22:09.779><c> at</c><00:22:10.019><c> the</c><00:22:10.279><c> past</c><00:22:10.819><c> and</c><00:22:11.359><c> the</c><00:22:11.579><c> future.</c>

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Brother<00:22:12.400><c> Thomas</c><00:22:12.680><c> continues</c><00:22:13.119><c> to</c><00:22:13.420><c> say</c><00:22:13.700><c> that</c><00:22:14.220><c> the</c><00:22:14.359><c> person</c><00:22:14.740><c> who</c>

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to<00:22:29.900><c> come,</c><00:22:30.700><c> and</c><00:22:30.920><c> he</c><00:22:31.279><c> confidently</c><00:22:31.839><c> anticipates</c><00:22:32.640><c> the</c><00:22:32.880><c> literal</c>

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He<00:22:36.220><c> understands</c><00:22:37.019><c> the</c><00:22:37.319><c> promises.</c>

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of<00:22:41.279><c> faith.</c>

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true<00:23:00.740><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:23:02.200><c> that's</c><00:23:02.500><c> our</c><00:23:02.779><c> calling,</c><00:23:03.160><c> Brainsisters,</c><00:23:03.660><c> that's</c><00:23:04.059><c> a</c><00:23:04.240><c> great</c>

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hope,<00:23:04.759><c> isn't</c><00:23:04.900><c> it?</c>

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Faith<00:23:06.160><c> is</c><00:23:06.380><c> the</c><00:23:06.539><c> belief</c><00:23:06.839><c> of</c><00:23:07.099><c> testimony.</c>

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As<00:23:08.500><c> he</c><00:23:08.720><c> said</c><00:23:08.940><c> elsewhere,</c><00:23:09.400><c> Brother</c><00:23:09.559><c> Thomas</c><00:23:09.819><c> said</c><00:23:10.019><c> elsewhere,</c>

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that<00:23:10.660><c> the</c><00:23:10.819><c> Christian</c><00:23:11.200><c> religion</c><00:23:11.720><c> is</c>

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a<00:23:12.500><c> religion</c><00:23:12.900><c> of</c><00:23:13.420><c> facts.</c>

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He<00:23:14.619><c> said</c><00:23:14.819><c> all</c><00:23:15.119><c> these</c><00:23:15.400><c> other</c><00:23:15.680><c> churches</c><00:23:16.079><c> which</c><00:23:16.319><c> you</c><00:23:16.539><c> find</c><00:23:16.680><c> in</c>

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the<00:23:17.019><c> world</c><00:23:17.259><c> are</c><00:23:17.839><c> merely</c><00:23:18.299><c> interpretations</c>

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of<00:23:20.500><c> the</c><00:23:20.660><c> Bible.</c>

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They're<00:23:21.500><c> not</c><00:23:21.720><c> facts,</c><00:23:22.140><c> are</c><00:23:22.200><c> they?</c>

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We<00:23:23.339><c> believe,</c><00:23:23.779><c> and</c><00:23:23.859><c> that's</c><00:23:24.119><c> why</c><00:23:24.299><c> we</c><00:23:24.599><c> call</c><00:23:24.759><c> it,</c><00:23:24.900><c> and</c><00:23:25.019><c> we</c><00:23:25.240><c> should</c>

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use<00:23:25.640><c> the</c><00:23:25.799><c> word</c><00:23:25.940><c> more</c><00:23:26.259><c> often,</c><00:23:26.839><c> the</c><00:23:27.160><c> truth.</c>

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It's<00:23:29.359><c> not</c><00:23:29.539><c> interpreted,</c><00:23:30.220><c> Brainsisters,</c><00:23:30.680><c> this</c><00:23:31.140><c> is</c><00:23:31.440><c> the</c><00:23:31.559><c> basis</c>

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of<00:23:32.599><c> our</c><00:23:32.880><c> faith.</c>

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Now<00:23:35.460><c> in</c><00:23:35.599><c> the</c><00:23:35.720><c> Old</c><00:23:35.920><c> Testament,</c><00:23:36.660><c> if</c><00:23:36.799><c> you</c><00:23:36.980><c> have</c><00:23:37.079><c> a</c><00:23:37.180><c> look</c><00:23:37.279><c> for</c><00:23:37.440><c> the</c>

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word<00:23:37.740><c> faith,</c><00:23:38.119><c> you</c><00:23:38.259><c> don't</c><00:23:38.599><c> find</c><00:23:38.960><c> it.</c>

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Now<00:23:40.019><c> this</c><00:23:40.220><c> is</c><00:23:40.400><c> often</c><00:23:40.720><c> a</c><00:23:41.759><c> state</c><00:23:42.319><c> of,</c><00:23:42.680><c> causes</c><00:23:43.039><c> a</c><00:23:43.079><c> lot</c><00:23:43.319><c> of</c><00:23:43.539><c> perplexity</c><00:23:44.539><c> to</c><00:23:44.740><c> people.</c>

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Well<00:23:46.019><c> you</c><00:23:46.079><c> don't</c><00:23:46.380><c> find</c><00:23:46.599><c> it</c><00:23:46.819><c> except</c><00:23:47.019><c> in</c><00:23:47.359><c> two</c><00:23:47.579><c> occasions,</c><00:23:48.299><c> and</c>

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you<00:23:48.579><c> can</c><00:23:48.759><c> write</c><00:23:48.960><c> these</c><00:23:49.180><c> down</c><00:23:49.359><c> if</c><00:23:49.519><c> you'd</c><00:23:49.740><c> like.</c>

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The<00:23:50.059><c> one</c><00:23:50.160><c> is</c><00:23:50.380><c> in</c><00:23:50.500><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:23:51.019><c> 32</c><00:23:51.500><c> at</c><00:23:51.740><c> verse</c><00:23:51.980><c> 20,</c><00:23:53.400><c> and</c><00:23:53.619><c> the</c><00:23:53.839><c> other</c><00:23:54.079><c> in</c>

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Habakkuk<00:23:54.660><c> 2</c><00:23:54.960><c> at</c><00:23:55.140><c> verse</c><00:23:55.400><c> 4.</c>

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We<00:23:55.799><c> won't</c><00:23:56.039><c> turn</c><00:23:56.279><c> them</c><00:23:56.420><c> up.</c>

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Now<00:23:58.319><c> in</c><00:23:58.599><c> the</c><00:23:58.759><c> latter,</c><00:23:59.140><c> the</c><00:23:59.180><c> revised</c><00:23:59.539><c> version</c><00:23:59.920><c> places</c><00:24:00.279><c> in</c><00:24:00.859><c> the</c>

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margin<00:24:01.259><c> the</c><00:24:01.539><c> alternative</c><00:24:02.079><c> rendering,</c><00:24:02.839><c> faithfulness,</c>

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because<00:24:03.599><c> you</c><00:24:03.740><c> won't</c><00:24:03.940><c> find</c><00:24:04.220><c> it</c><00:24:04.700><c> in</c><00:24:04.940><c> the</c><00:24:05.160><c> authorized</c><00:24:05.559><c> version.</c>

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Now<00:24:06.900><c> in</c><00:24:07.099><c> the</c><00:24:07.180><c> New</c><00:24:07.400><c> Testament,</c><00:24:07.759><c> of</c><00:24:07.980><c> course,</c><00:24:08.180><c> it's</c><00:24:08.440><c> very</c><00:24:08.859><c> frequently</c><00:24:09.339><c> used.</c>

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It's<00:24:10.259><c> a</c><00:24:10.640><c> very</c><00:24:11.000><c> frequently</c><00:24:11.480><c> used</c><00:24:11.880><c> word,</c><00:24:12.700><c> and</c><00:24:12.799><c> it</c><00:24:13.099><c> represents</c><00:24:13.519><c> the</c><00:24:13.799><c> Greek</c><00:24:14.000><c> word</c><00:24:14.279><c> pistis,</c><00:24:15.000><c> P</c>

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-I<00:24:15.339><c>-S</c><00:24:15.660><c>-T</c><00:24:15.900><c>-I</c><00:24:16.200><c>-S,</c><00:24:19.119><c> except</c>

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with<00:24:19.700><c> one</c><00:24:19.980><c> occasion</c><00:24:20.579><c> in</c><00:24:20.859><c> Hebrews</c><00:24:21.240><c> 10</c><00:24:21.539><c> at</c><00:24:21.740><c> verse</c><00:24:21.980><c> 23</c><00:24:22.680><c> where</c><00:24:23.440><c> it</c>

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represents<00:24:24.359><c> the</c><00:24:24.660><c> word</c><00:24:24.839><c> alpis,</c><00:24:25.880><c> or</c><00:24:26.059><c> hope.</c>

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So<00:24:27.400><c> it's</c><00:24:27.960><c> very</c><00:24:28.299><c> frequently</c><00:24:28.680><c> occurring</c><00:24:29.000><c> in</c><00:24:29.200><c> the</c><00:24:29.259><c> New</c><00:24:29.480><c> Testament,</c><00:24:29.900><c> there's</c>

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no<00:24:30.319><c> problems</c><00:24:30.779><c> with</c><00:24:31.319><c> understanding</c>

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what<00:24:32.200><c> the</c><00:24:32.380><c> word</c><00:24:32.599><c> faith</c><00:24:32.880><c> is.</c>

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Now<00:24:34.640><c> just</c><00:24:34.920><c> tracking</c><00:24:35.200><c> back</c><00:24:35.500><c> a</c><00:24:35.619><c> little</c><00:24:35.740><c> bit</c><00:24:35.920><c> to</c><00:24:36.119><c> our</c><00:24:36.299><c> English</c><00:24:36.660><c> word,</c><00:24:37.000><c> it's</c><00:24:37.099><c> very</c><00:24:37.319><c> interesting</c><00:24:37.619><c> to</c><00:24:37.839><c> see</c>

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where<00:24:38.180><c> our</c><00:24:38.420><c> English</c><00:24:38.640><c> word</c><00:24:38.859><c> faith</c><00:24:39.240><c> comes</c><00:24:39.680><c> from.</c>

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Of<00:24:40.460><c> course</c><00:24:40.599><c> it's</c><00:24:40.799><c> not</c><00:24:41.000><c> really</c><00:24:41.380><c> scripturally</c><00:24:41.759><c> important</c><00:24:42.400><c> where</c><00:24:42.759><c> the</c>

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English<00:24:43.240><c> word</c><00:24:43.440><c> faith</c><00:24:43.740><c> comes</c><00:24:44.099><c> from,</c><00:24:45.099><c> but</c>

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albeit<00:24:46.000><c> the</c><00:24:46.359><c> word</c><00:24:46.619><c> faith</c><00:24:46.920><c> is</c><00:24:47.200><c> first</c><00:24:47.579><c> found</c><00:24:47.960><c> in</c><00:24:48.319><c> that</c><00:24:48.660><c> pronunciation</c><00:24:49.339><c> in</c><00:24:49.859><c> the</c>

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13th<00:24:50.619><c> century</c><00:24:51.099><c> in</c><00:24:52.240><c> some</c>

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writing.

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And<00:24:53.619><c> it's</c><00:24:53.900><c> akin</c><00:24:54.119><c> to</c><00:24:54.380><c> the</c><00:24:54.579><c> word</c><00:24:54.740><c> which</c><00:24:54.980><c> we</c><00:24:55.299><c> find</c><00:24:55.579><c> in</c><00:24:55.759><c> the</c><00:24:55.980><c> English</c><00:24:56.220><c> called</c>

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fides,<00:24:57.200><c> F</c><00:24:57.640><c>-I</c><00:24:57.660><c>-D</c><00:24:57.920><c>-E</c><00:24:58.180><c>-S,</c><00:24:58.500><c> fides.</c>

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And<00:25:00.079><c> again,</c><00:25:01.240><c> this</c><00:25:01.339><c> goes</c><00:25:01.579><c> back</c><00:25:01.859><c> to</c><00:25:01.980><c> an</c><00:25:02.180><c> old</c><00:25:02.480><c> Sanskrit</c><00:25:03.039><c> root</c><00:25:03.359><c> which</c><00:25:03.559><c> I</c>

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find<00:25:04.019><c> quite</c><00:25:04.259><c> interesting</c><00:25:04.779><c> called</c>

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bide,<00:25:06.259><c> B</c><00:25:06.539><c>-H</c><00:25:06.900><c>-I</c><00:25:07.160><c>-D</c><00:25:07.319><c>-H,</c><00:25:08.119><c> bide,</c><00:25:09.299><c> which</c><00:25:09.440><c> means</c><00:25:09.759><c> to</c><00:25:10.039><c> unite</c><00:25:10.539><c> or</c><00:25:10.900><c> to</c><00:25:11.220><c> bind.</c>

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That's<00:25:12.640><c> a</c><00:25:12.680><c> very</c><00:25:13.019><c> interesting</c><00:25:13.559><c> use,</c><00:25:14.039><c> isn't</c><00:25:14.180><c> it,</c><00:25:14.759><c> or</c><00:25:14.940><c> understanding</c><00:25:15.759><c> of</c><00:25:16.319><c> what</c>

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faith<00:25:16.900><c> actually</c><00:25:17.420><c> does.</c>

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I<00:25:18.160><c> mean,</c><00:25:18.519><c> faith</c><00:25:18.599><c> does</c><00:25:19.099><c> bind</c><00:25:19.359><c> us</c><00:25:19.619><c> to</c><00:25:19.779><c> our</c><00:25:19.920><c> God,</c><00:25:20.380><c> doesn't</c><00:25:20.500><c> it,</c><00:25:20.839><c> it's</c><00:25:21.039><c> binding</c><00:25:21.259><c> us</c>

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to<00:25:21.759><c> the</c><00:25:22.200><c> past</c><00:25:22.700><c> and</c><00:25:23.119><c> it's</c>

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binding<00:25:23.599><c> us</c><00:25:23.880><c> to</c><00:25:23.980><c> the</c><00:25:24.180><c> future.</c>

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And<00:25:25.160><c> that</c><00:25:25.339><c> was</c><00:25:25.559><c> what</c><00:25:25.740><c> many</c><00:25:26.059><c> people</c><00:25:26.500><c> in</c><00:25:26.660><c> the</c><00:25:27.180><c> original</c><00:25:27.819><c> understanding</c><00:25:28.859><c> of</c><00:25:29.200><c> the</c>

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word<00:25:29.720><c> faith</c><00:25:30.559><c> thought</c><00:25:31.059><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:31.619><c> word</c><00:25:31.839><c> faith.</c>

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Now<00:25:34.180><c> if</c><00:25:34.279><c> you</c><00:25:34.420><c> have</c><00:25:34.559><c> a</c><00:25:34.640><c> look</c><00:25:34.720><c> at</c><00:25:34.839><c> the</c><00:25:34.980><c> word</c><00:25:35.140><c> faith</c><00:25:35.480><c> in</c><00:25:35.720><c> the</c><00:25:35.880><c> light</c>

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of<00:25:36.200><c> its</c><00:25:36.400><c> use</c><00:25:36.559><c> in</c><00:25:36.740><c> its</c><00:25:36.920><c> context,</c><00:25:37.480><c> you</c><00:25:37.720><c> see</c>

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that<00:25:38.519><c> there</c><00:25:38.660><c> are</c><00:25:38.799><c> really</c><00:25:39.079><c> two</c><00:25:39.359><c> main</c><00:25:39.599><c> senses</c><00:25:40.019><c> that</c><00:25:40.440><c> faith</c><00:25:40.740><c> is</c><00:25:41.019><c> used.</c>

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One<00:25:41.819><c> is</c><00:25:42.140><c> passive</c><00:25:42.799><c> and</c><00:25:43.319><c> the</c><00:25:43.480><c> other</c><00:25:43.619><c> one</c><00:25:43.660><c> is</c><00:25:43.859><c> active.</c>

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For<00:25:45.000><c> passive</c><00:25:45.279><c> you</c><00:25:45.420><c> find</c><00:25:45.779><c> two</c><00:25:46.059><c> words</c><00:25:46.380><c> fundamentally,</c><00:25:47.859><c> fidelity</c><00:25:48.299><c> and</c><00:25:48.819><c> trustworthiness.</c>

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That's<00:25:50.799><c> the</c><00:25:50.980><c> passive</c><00:25:51.259><c> side.</c>

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It's<00:25:52.079><c> an</c><00:25:52.319><c> attribute</c><00:25:52.720><c> which</c><00:25:52.980><c> you</c><00:25:53.200><c> could</c><00:25:53.359><c> assign</c><00:25:54.059><c> to</c><00:25:54.539><c> an</c><00:25:54.819><c> individual</c><00:25:55.460><c> or</c><00:25:55.960><c> to</c>

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a<00:25:56.319><c> characteristic.</c>

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It<00:25:57.779><c> is</c><00:25:58.119><c> of</c><00:25:58.400><c> fidelity</c><00:25:58.920><c> or</c><00:25:59.279><c> trustworthiness.</c>

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The<00:26:01.440><c> active</c><00:26:01.839><c> side</c><00:26:02.279><c> you</c><00:26:02.700><c> will</c><00:26:03.019><c> see</c><00:26:03.400><c> in</c><00:26:03.759><c> the</c><00:26:03.920><c> words</c><00:26:04.180><c> faith</c><00:26:04.980><c> and</c>

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trust,<00:26:06.920><c> faith</c><00:26:07.359><c> and</c><00:26:07.720><c> trust.</c>

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For<00:26:09.480><c> example,</c><00:26:10.079><c> you'll</c><00:26:10.380><c> see</c><00:26:10.500><c> in</c><00:26:10.660><c> Galatians</c><00:26:11.140><c> 5</c><00:26:11.420><c> verse</c><00:26:11.700><c> 22</c><00:26:12.180><c> that</c>

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the<00:26:12.700><c> context</c><00:26:13.079><c> makes</c><00:26:13.359><c> it</c><00:26:13.599><c> very</c><00:26:13.859><c> clear</c><00:26:14.099><c> that</c>

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the<00:26:14.759><c> word</c><00:26:14.960><c> fidelity</c><00:26:15.539><c> is</c><00:26:15.940><c> meant</c><00:26:16.119><c> and</c><00:26:16.319><c> the</c><00:26:16.539><c> revised</c><00:26:16.819><c> version</c><00:26:17.119><c> actually</c><00:26:17.480><c> puts</c><00:26:17.740><c> that</c><00:26:18.660><c> correctly</c><00:26:19.240><c> in</c><00:26:19.680><c> its</c>

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face<00:26:20.240><c> when</c><00:26:20.359><c> it</c><00:26:20.539><c> uses</c><00:26:20.799><c> the</c><00:26:20.920><c> word</c><00:26:21.160><c> faithfulness</c><00:26:21.819><c> there.</c>

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And<00:26:22.859><c> again</c><00:26:23.119><c> in</c><00:26:23.339><c> Romans</c><00:26:23.599><c> 3</c><00:26:23.900><c> at</c><00:26:24.079><c> verse</c><00:26:24.279><c> 3</c><00:26:24.599><c> in</c><00:26:24.819><c> the</c><00:26:25.079><c> authorized</c><00:26:25.559><c> version,</c><00:26:26.539><c> the</c><00:26:26.700><c> faith</c><00:26:26.920><c> of</c>

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God<00:26:27.720><c> here</c><00:26:28.140><c> means</c><00:26:28.460><c> God's</c>

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fidelity<00:26:29.619><c> to</c><00:26:30.039><c> promise.</c>

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But<00:26:31.240><c> in</c><00:26:31.460><c> the</c><00:26:31.599><c> overwhelming</c><00:26:32.039><c> majority</c><00:26:32.579><c> of</c><00:26:32.900><c> cases,</c><00:26:33.759><c> the</c><00:26:33.900><c> word</c>

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faith<00:26:34.660><c> is</c><00:26:35.299><c> actually</c><00:26:35.759><c> rendered</c><00:26:36.160><c> pistis,</c>

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which<00:26:37.539><c> means</c><00:26:37.819><c> reliance</c><00:26:38.480><c> or</c><00:26:38.799><c> trust</c><00:26:39.160><c> in</c><00:26:39.460><c> scripture.</c>

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Now<00:26:42.339><c> there's</c><00:26:42.759><c> also</c><00:26:43.039><c> another,</c><00:26:43.259><c> of</c><00:26:43.519><c> course,</c><00:26:44.099><c> meaning</c><00:26:44.200><c> of</c><00:26:44.539><c> faith</c>

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and<00:26:44.880><c> it's</c><00:26:45.180><c> in</c><00:26:45.420><c> the</c><00:26:45.460><c> sense</c><00:26:45.640><c> of</c><00:26:46.019><c> creed,</c><00:26:46.359><c> isn't</c>

00:26:46.579 --> 00:26:50.119
it,<00:26:46.759><c> that</c><00:26:47.359><c> we</c><00:26:47.460><c> understand</c><00:26:48.039><c> that</c><00:26:48.279><c> it</c><00:26:48.440><c> is</c><00:26:48.920><c> the</c><00:26:49.319><c> faith.</c>

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For<00:26:50.740><c> example,</c><00:26:51.220><c> in</c><00:26:51.380><c> James</c><00:26:51.660><c> 2</c><00:26:52.079><c> verse</c><00:26:52.359><c> 14</c><00:26:52.779><c> to</c><00:26:53.000><c> 26,</c><00:26:53.640><c> there's</c><00:26:53.900><c> an</c>

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apparent<00:26:54.619><c> contradiction</c><00:26:55.400><c> that's</c><00:26:55.839><c> perplexed</c>

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many<00:26:56.539><c> readers,</c><00:26:57.200><c> but</c><00:26:57.380><c> if</c><00:26:57.539><c> you</c><00:26:57.779><c> use</c><00:26:57.960><c> the</c><00:26:58.140><c> word</c><00:26:58.380><c> faith</c><00:26:58.839><c> there</c><00:26:59.339><c> in</c>

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the<00:27:00.119><c> sense</c><00:27:00.299><c> of</c><00:27:00.759><c> creed</c><00:27:01.000><c> or</c><00:27:01.240><c> orthodox</c><00:27:01.680><c> belief,</c>

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the<00:27:02.339><c> understanding</c><00:27:02.839><c> becomes</c><00:27:03.279><c> very</c><00:27:03.819><c> clear.</c>

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That's<00:27:04.740><c> in</c><00:27:04.859><c> James</c><00:27:05.160><c> chapter</c><00:27:05.539><c> 2</c><00:27:06.380><c> from</c><00:27:06.920><c> verse</c><00:27:07.720><c> 14</c><00:27:08.299><c> to</c><00:27:08.779><c> 26,</c><00:27:09.980><c> but</c><00:27:10.119><c> we</c>

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won't<00:27:10.420><c> go</c><00:27:10.579><c> into</c><00:27:10.740><c> that</c><00:27:10.960><c> in</c><00:27:11.119><c> any</c><00:27:11.299><c> detail.</c>

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So<00:27:12.920><c> what</c><00:27:13.259><c> is</c><00:27:13.480><c> the</c><00:27:13.660><c> issue</c><00:27:13.880><c> then</c><00:27:14.140><c> with</c><00:27:14.380><c> the</c><00:27:14.519><c> Old</c><00:27:14.720><c> Testament?</c>

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Well,<00:27:16.000><c> the</c><00:27:16.099><c> issue</c><00:27:16.299><c> is</c><00:27:16.460><c> very</c><00:27:16.839><c> plain.</c>

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In<00:27:17.119><c> the</c><00:27:17.240><c> Old</c><00:27:17.500><c> Testament,</c><00:27:18.700><c> the</c><00:27:19.079><c> sense</c><00:27:19.640><c> of</c><00:27:20.119><c> faith</c><00:27:20.480><c> and</c><00:27:20.940><c> trust</c>

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and<00:27:21.559><c> trustworthiness</c><00:27:22.440><c> are</c><00:27:23.019><c> actually</c><00:27:23.460><c> very</c>

00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:28.299
deeply<00:27:24.759><c> embedded</c><00:27:25.339><c> in</c><00:27:25.619><c> the</c><00:27:25.859><c> understanding</c><00:27:26.400><c> and</c><00:27:26.660><c> the</c><00:27:26.880><c> words</c><00:27:27.099><c> and</c><00:27:27.299><c> the</c><00:27:27.500><c> phraseology</c><00:27:28.079><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:28.440><c> Old</c><00:27:28.660><c> Testament.</c>

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So<00:27:30.460><c> then</c><00:27:31.079><c> taking</c><00:27:31.680><c> Paul's</c><00:27:32.240><c> lead</c><00:27:32.400><c> from</c><00:27:32.700><c> Hebrews</c><00:27:33.019><c> 11</c><00:27:33.400><c> verse</c><00:27:33.779><c> 1,</c>

00:27:34.440 --> 00:27:36.519
let's<00:27:34.819><c> try</c><00:27:35.079><c> and</c><00:27:35.339><c> break</c><00:27:35.539><c> that</c><00:27:35.900><c> into</c><00:27:36.200><c> two</c>

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sections.

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Firstly,<00:27:37.980><c> the</c><00:27:38.119><c> substance</c><00:27:38.619><c> of</c><00:27:38.920><c> things</c><00:27:39.160><c> hoped</c><00:27:39.480><c> for</c><00:27:39.940><c> and</c><00:27:40.440><c> then</c>

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secondly,<00:27:41.259><c> the</c><00:27:41.519><c> evidence</c><00:27:42.000><c> of</c><00:27:42.519><c> things</c>

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not<00:27:43.200><c> seen.</c>

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Alright,<00:27:44.900><c> the</c><00:27:44.980><c> substance</c><00:27:45.400><c> of</c><00:27:45.619><c> things</c><00:27:45.900><c> hoped</c><00:27:46.220><c> for.</c>

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Well,<00:27:47.980><c> substance</c><00:27:48.319><c> is</c><00:27:48.559><c> quite</c><00:27:48.720><c> an</c><00:27:48.980><c> interesting</c><00:27:49.339><c> word</c><00:27:49.839><c> and</c><00:27:50.299><c> again</c><00:27:50.819><c> here</c>

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I<00:27:51.319><c> apologize</c><00:27:51.880><c> for</c><00:27:52.099><c> going</c><00:27:52.259><c> into</c>

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technical<00:27:52.940><c> detail.</c>

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This<00:27:53.480><c> is</c><00:27:53.660><c> not</c><00:27:53.900><c> really</c><00:27:54.319><c> the</c><00:27:54.779><c> basis</c><00:27:55.059><c> of</c><00:27:55.319><c> all</c><00:27:55.500><c> the</c><00:27:55.700><c> talks.</c>

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I<00:27:56.420><c> just</c><00:27:56.619><c> think</c><00:27:56.720><c> it's</c><00:27:56.900><c> very</c><00:27:57.140><c> important</c><00:27:57.480><c> that</c><00:27:57.619><c> we</c><00:27:57.799><c> get</c><00:27:58.019><c> the</c><00:27:58.259><c> foundation</c><00:27:58.920><c> from</c>

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Hebrews<00:28:00.119><c> 11</c><00:28:00.519><c> verse</c><00:28:00.859><c> 1</c><00:28:01.160><c> in</c>

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its<00:28:01.740><c> place.</c>

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So<00:28:03.420><c> faith</c><00:28:03.619><c> is</c><00:28:03.859><c> the</c><00:28:04.099><c> substance</c><00:28:04.559><c> of</c><00:28:04.799><c> things</c><00:28:05.079><c> hoped</c><00:28:05.380><c> for.</c>

00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:09.880
Well<00:28:06.579><c> substance</c><00:28:07.119><c> comes</c><00:28:07.440><c> from</c><00:28:07.640><c> a</c><00:28:07.799><c> very</c><00:28:08.019><c> interesting</c><00:28:08.440><c> Greek</c><00:28:08.759><c> word</c><00:28:08.960><c> meaning</c><00:28:09.339><c> a</c>

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foundational<00:28:10.599><c> or</c><00:28:10.880><c> a</c><00:28:10.920><c> base.</c>

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This<00:28:12.160><c> platform</c><00:28:12.779><c> here</c><00:28:13.059><c> would</c><00:28:13.220><c> be</c><00:28:13.440><c> the</c><00:28:13.740><c> substance</c><00:28:14.400><c> of</c><00:28:15.160><c> the</c><00:28:15.440><c> lectern.</c>

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It's<00:28:16.920><c> that</c><00:28:17.119><c> which</c><00:28:17.480><c> stands</c><00:28:17.920><c> underneath</c><00:28:18.579><c> it.</c>

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The<00:28:20.240><c> Greek</c><00:28:20.599><c> word</c><00:28:20.900><c> is</c><00:28:21.799><c> huppostasis,</c><00:28:23.279><c> literally</c><00:28:23.519><c> that</c><00:28:23.759><c> which</c>

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means<00:28:24.380><c> it</c><00:28:24.920><c> stands</c><00:28:25.259><c> under</c><00:28:25.819><c> something,</c><00:28:26.420><c> it</c>

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supports<00:28:26.940><c> it.</c>

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And<00:28:28.059><c> it</c><00:28:28.160><c> can</c><00:28:28.380><c> mean</c><00:28:28.740><c> principally,</c><00:28:29.400><c> it's</c><00:28:29.759><c> principally</c><00:28:30.160><c> related</c>

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to<00:28:30.799><c> material</c><00:28:31.279><c> goods</c><00:28:31.579><c> or</c><00:28:31.819><c> possessions.</c>

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In<00:28:35.099><c> the</c><00:28:35.240><c> New</c><00:28:35.460><c> Testament</c><00:28:35.880><c> you</c><00:28:36.079><c> find</c><00:28:36.400><c> it</c><00:28:36.640><c> being</c><00:28:36.859><c> related</c><00:28:37.299><c> to</c><00:28:37.539><c> things</c><00:28:37.779><c> like</c><00:28:38.140><c> property</c><00:28:38.640><c> in</c>

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Hebrews<00:28:39.220><c> 10</c><00:28:39.579><c> verse</c>

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34<00:28:40.539><c> and</c><00:28:41.700><c> in</c><00:28:42.299><c> Luke</c><00:28:42.559><c> 8</c><00:28:42.839><c> verse</c><00:28:43.119><c> 3,</c><00:28:43.819><c> the</c><00:28:44.140><c> things</c><00:28:44.559><c> which</c><00:28:45.220><c> are</c><00:28:45.720><c> at</c><00:28:46.119><c> hand.</c>

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It's<00:28:48.559><c> a</c><00:28:48.839><c> commonly</c><00:28:49.099><c> word</c><00:28:49.480><c> used,</c><00:28:49.819><c> you</c><00:28:49.960><c> can</c><00:28:50.200><c> actually</c><00:28:50.500><c> trace</c><00:28:50.740><c> it</c>

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through<00:28:51.380><c> many</c><00:28:51.700><c> different</c><00:28:52.059><c> Greek</c><00:28:52.380><c> writings</c>

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of<00:28:53.079><c> that</c><00:28:53.319><c> time.</c>

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This<00:28:54.380><c> huppostasis</c><00:28:55.779><c> was</c><00:28:56.200><c> used</c><00:28:56.400><c> by</c><00:28:56.680><c> people</c><00:28:56.960><c> such</c><00:28:57.279><c> as</c><00:28:57.500><c> Aristotle</c>

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as<00:28:58.220><c> well.</c>

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It's<00:28:58.519><c> not</c><00:28:59.000><c> a</c><00:28:59.480><c> specifically</c><00:29:00.019><c> biblical</c><00:29:00.539><c> word,</c><00:29:01.160><c> this</c><00:29:01.440><c> word</c><00:29:01.700><c> substance.</c>

00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:09.220
And<00:29:03.380><c> it's</c><00:29:03.599><c> also</c><00:29:03.880><c> used</c><00:29:04.140><c> not</c><00:29:04.380><c> only</c><00:29:04.680><c> of</c><00:29:04.880><c> the</c><00:29:05.140><c> figurative</c><00:29:05.940><c> foundational</c><00:29:06.799><c> platform</c><00:29:07.400><c> but</c><00:29:08.140><c> Aristotle</c><00:29:08.700><c> uses</c><00:29:09.039><c> in</c>

00:29:09.220 --> 00:29:10.619
a<00:29:09.519><c> very</c><00:29:09.519><c> interesting</c><00:29:09.880><c> application.</c>

00:29:10.740 --> 00:29:15.099
He<00:29:10.900><c> uses</c><00:29:11.279><c> it</c><00:29:11.960><c> as</c><00:29:12.500><c> a</c><00:29:12.819><c> contract</c><00:29:13.240><c> or</c><00:29:13.519><c> a</c><00:29:13.759><c> promise,</c><00:29:14.579><c> that</c><00:29:14.759><c> which</c>

00:29:15.099 --> 00:29:19.039
stands<00:29:15.440><c> under</c><00:29:16.940><c> something</c><00:29:17.720><c> being</c><00:29:18.000><c> performed.</c>

00:29:19.640 --> 00:29:23.980
It<00:29:19.759><c> is</c><00:29:20.000><c> a</c><00:29:20.240><c> contract</c><00:29:20.819><c> as</c><00:29:21.480><c> a</c><00:29:21.619><c> foundation</c><00:29:22.359><c> for</c><00:29:23.180><c> something</c><00:29:23.599><c> to</c><00:29:23.799><c> be</c>

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:25.539
built<00:29:24.180><c> on</c><00:29:24.440><c> top</c><00:29:24.579><c> of</c><00:29:24.740><c> it.</c>

00:29:25.920 --> 00:29:30.880
And<00:29:26.140><c> so</c><00:29:26.240><c> he's</c><00:29:26.500><c> using</c><00:29:26.680><c> the</c><00:29:26.900><c> very</c><00:29:27.960><c> philosophical</c><00:29:28.920><c> sense</c><00:29:29.480><c> and</c><00:29:29.900><c> that</c><00:29:30.400><c> sense</c><00:29:30.640><c> is</c>

00:29:30.880 --> 00:29:32.519
used<00:29:31.039><c> quite</c><00:29:31.359><c> frequently</c><00:29:31.900><c> in</c>

00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:32.960
the<00:29:32.740><c> Greek.</c>

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You<00:29:33.539><c> can</c><00:29:33.759><c> actually</c><00:29:34.059><c> find</c><00:29:34.359><c> that</c><00:29:34.579><c> for</c><00:29:34.779><c> example</c><00:29:35.380><c> in</c><00:29:35.839><c> Hebrews</c><00:29:36.220><c> 1</c><00:29:37.039><c> verse</c><00:29:37.339><c> 3</c>

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where<00:29:38.019><c> you</c><00:29:38.299><c> see</c><00:29:38.680><c> the</c><00:29:39.079><c> philosophical</c>

00:29:39.660 --> 00:29:44.339
use<00:29:40.039><c> of</c><00:29:40.440><c> the</c><00:29:40.819><c> foundation</c><00:29:41.559><c> in</c><00:29:42.319><c> the</c><00:29:42.579><c> sense</c><00:29:42.740><c> of</c><00:29:43.019><c> assurance</c><00:29:43.500><c> in</c><00:29:43.819><c> Hebrews</c><00:29:44.039><c> 3</c>

00:29:44.339 --> 00:29:46.900
verse<00:29:44.680><c> 14</c><00:29:45.299><c> and</c><00:29:45.900><c> then</c><00:29:46.119><c> of</c><00:29:46.339><c> course</c><00:29:46.559><c> the</c>

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steadiness<00:29:47.299><c> of</c><00:29:47.720><c> mind</c><00:29:47.900><c> which</c><00:29:48.160><c> holds</c><00:29:48.420><c> one</c><00:29:48.799><c> firm</c><00:29:49.119><c> in</c><00:29:49.799><c> 2</c><00:29:50.059><c> Corinthians</c><00:29:50.660><c> 9</c><00:29:51.079><c> verse</c><00:29:51.380><c> 4.</c>

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And<00:29:53.180><c> they</c><00:29:53.380><c> find</c><00:29:53.640><c> that</c><00:29:54.039><c> this</c><00:29:54.420><c> word</c><00:29:54.859><c> huppostasis</c><00:29:55.700><c> is</c><00:29:56.319><c> very</c><00:29:56.779><c> common</c><00:29:57.119><c> in</c>

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business<00:29:57.880><c> documents</c><00:29:58.440><c> that</c><00:29:58.700><c> they</c>

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dig<00:29:59.099><c> up.</c>

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The<00:29:59.480><c> old</c><00:29:59.940><c> Greek</c><00:30:00.200><c> business</c><00:30:00.619><c> documents,</c><00:30:01.619><c> when</c><00:30:01.779><c> they</c><00:30:01.980><c> had</c><00:30:02.119><c> a</c>

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look<00:30:02.380><c> through</c><00:30:02.579><c> their</c><00:30:02.859><c> contracts</c><00:30:03.319><c> records</c>

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or<00:30:04.000><c> their</c><00:30:04.240><c> deeds</c><00:30:04.480><c> office,</c><00:30:05.279><c> the</c><00:30:05.460><c> word</c><00:30:05.599><c> huppostasis</c><00:30:06.319><c> pops</c><00:30:06.660><c> up</c>

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all<00:30:07.079><c> the</c><00:30:07.279><c> time.</c>

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And<00:30:08.160><c> it</c><00:30:08.359><c> literally</c><00:30:08.640><c> is</c><00:30:08.819><c> the</c><00:30:09.099><c> basis</c><00:30:09.599><c> or</c><00:30:09.900><c> the</c><00:30:10.200><c> guarantee</c><00:30:10.599><c> of</c><00:30:10.819><c> the</c><00:30:11.039><c> transactions.</c>

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So<00:30:12.819><c> let's</c><00:30:13.160><c> then</c><00:30:13.319><c> take</c><00:30:13.519><c> this</c><00:30:13.759><c> back.</c>

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Faith<00:30:15.480><c> is</c><00:30:15.799><c> the</c><00:30:16.099><c> title</c><00:30:16.400><c> deed</c><00:30:16.880><c> or</c><00:30:17.579><c> the</c><00:30:17.859><c> guarantee</c><00:30:18.579><c> of</c><00:30:20.000><c> things</c>

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hoped<00:30:20.519><c> for.</c>

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Isn't<00:30:21.240><c> that</c><00:30:21.400><c> lovely?</c>

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Now<00:30:22.660><c> we're</c><00:30:22.920><c> hoping</c><00:30:23.220><c> for</c><00:30:23.539><c> things</c><00:30:23.720><c> in</c><00:30:23.900><c> the</c><00:30:24.059><c> kingdom.</c>

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Faith<00:30:25.920><c> is</c><00:30:26.140><c> the</c><00:30:26.279><c> thing</c><00:30:26.480><c> which</c><00:30:26.779><c> carries</c><00:30:27.200><c> us</c><00:30:27.640><c> to</c><00:30:28.019><c> that</c><00:30:28.319><c> hope</c><00:30:28.859><c> and</c>

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that<00:30:30.500><c> faith</c><00:30:30.740><c> is</c><00:30:31.039><c> based</c><00:30:31.380><c> on</c><00:30:32.099><c> the</c><00:30:32.460><c> reality</c>

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of<00:30:33.180><c> things</c><00:30:33.380><c> in</c><00:30:33.599><c> the</c><00:30:33.740><c> past.</c>

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That<00:30:34.680><c> we</c><00:30:34.799><c> have</c><00:30:35.019><c> a</c><00:30:35.180><c> trustworthy</c><00:30:35.599><c> God</c><00:30:35.980><c> in</c><00:30:36.200><c> whom</c><00:30:36.299><c> we</c><00:30:36.460><c> can</c><00:30:36.740><c> lean.</c>

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And<00:30:37.839><c> then</c><00:30:38.099><c> faith</c><00:30:38.420><c> is</c><00:30:38.779><c> the</c><00:30:39.160><c> substance,</c><00:30:40.559><c> the</c><00:30:40.819><c> title</c><00:30:41.279><c> deed</c><00:30:41.500><c> which</c>

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makes<00:30:41.980><c> us</c><00:30:42.240><c> believe</c><00:30:42.680><c> that</c><00:30:43.140><c> things</c><00:30:43.440><c> hoped</c>

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for<00:30:43.980><c> have</c><00:30:44.140><c> a</c><00:30:44.359><c> reality.</c>

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It's<00:30:45.579><c> the</c><00:30:45.859><c> ground</c><00:30:46.140><c> zero</c><00:30:46.619><c> from</c><00:30:46.839><c> which</c><00:30:47.000><c> we</c><00:30:47.119><c> can</c><00:30:47.339><c> build</c><00:30:47.599><c> the</c><00:30:47.799><c> edifice</c><00:30:48.079><c> of</c>

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our<00:30:48.519><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:30:49.920><c> the</c><00:30:50.160><c> Greek</c><00:30:50.359><c> actually</c><00:30:50.799><c> brings</c><00:30:51.119><c> all</c><00:30:51.359><c> that</c><00:30:51.500><c> out</c><00:30:51.640><c> very</c><00:30:51.960><c> beautifully</c><00:30:52.339><c> in</c><00:30:52.980><c> the</c><00:30:53.140><c> sense</c><00:30:53.339><c> of</c>

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that<00:30:53.779><c> which</c>

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stands<00:30:54.339><c> under</c><00:30:54.960><c> all</c><00:30:55.319><c> the</c><00:30:55.559><c> title</c><00:30:55.839><c> deed</c><00:30:56.079><c> of</c><00:30:56.259><c> things</c><00:30:56.480><c> hoped</c><00:30:56.779><c> for.</c>

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Now<00:30:57.859><c> if</c><00:30:57.920><c> you</c><00:30:58.059><c> have</c><00:30:58.220><c> a</c><00:30:58.299><c> look</c><00:30:58.420><c> with</c><00:30:58.619><c> me</c><00:30:58.759><c> at</c><00:30:59.000><c> Hebrews</c><00:30:59.279><c> 1,</c><00:31:00.079><c> you'll</c>

00:31:00.460 --> 00:31:02.440
see<00:31:00.680><c> the</c><00:31:01.059><c> application</c><00:31:01.700><c> of</c><00:31:02.019><c> this</c><00:31:02.279><c> word</c>

00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:03.819
very<00:31:02.759><c> nicely.</c>

00:31:04.660 --> 00:31:09.200
In<00:31:04.859><c> Hebrews</c><00:31:05.160><c> 1,</c><00:31:06.400><c> at</c><00:31:06.559><c> verse</c><00:31:06.859><c> 1,</c><00:31:08.019><c> now</c><00:31:08.220><c> of</c><00:31:08.380><c> course</c><00:31:08.619><c> it's</c><00:31:08.900><c> lovely</c>

00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:11.240
again<00:31:09.480><c> because</c><00:31:09.799><c> it's</c><00:31:10.119><c> starting</c><00:31:10.319><c> off</c><00:31:10.619><c> with</c>

00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:16.660
that<00:31:11.640><c> great</c><00:31:12.079><c> beginning</c><00:31:12.480><c> in</c><00:31:12.740><c> Genesis</c><00:31:13.119><c> of</c><00:31:13.380><c> all</c><00:31:13.640><c> things,</c><00:31:14.160><c> Almighty</c><00:31:14.420><c> God</c><00:31:14.680><c> himself,</c><00:31:16.240><c> who</c><00:31:16.339><c> at</c>

00:31:16.660 --> 00:31:17.519
sundry<00:31:17.099><c> times</c>

00:31:17.519 --> 00:31:20.160
and<00:31:17.880><c> in</c><00:31:18.119><c> divers</c><00:31:18.460><c> manners,</c><00:31:19.119><c> isn't</c><00:31:19.299><c> that</c><00:31:19.539><c> interesting</c><00:31:19.819><c> again</c>

00:31:20.160 --> 00:31:23.400
as<00:31:20.319><c> we</c><00:31:20.500><c> were</c><00:31:20.680><c> saying,</c><00:31:21.839><c> faith,</c><00:31:22.099><c> God</c><00:31:22.380><c> was</c><00:31:22.720><c> not</c>

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continuously<00:31:24.200><c> revealed</c><00:31:25.259><c> to</c><00:31:26.019><c> people</c><00:31:26.259><c> in</c><00:31:26.440><c> the</c><00:31:26.579><c> past.</c>

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It<00:31:26.920><c> was</c><00:31:27.119><c> at</c><00:31:27.380><c> sundry</c><00:31:27.740><c> times</c><00:31:28.119><c> and</c><00:31:28.319><c> in</c><00:31:28.500><c> divers</c><00:31:28.799><c> manners</c><00:31:29.440><c> that</c><00:31:30.000><c> he</c>

00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:32.039
spake<00:31:30.539><c> in</c><00:31:30.680><c> time</c><00:31:30.980><c> past</c><00:31:31.240><c> unto</c><00:31:31.500><c> the</c><00:31:31.759><c> fathers</c>

00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:35.480
by<00:31:32.299><c> the</c><00:31:32.539><c> prophets,</c><00:31:33.680><c> hath</c><00:31:33.759><c> in</c><00:31:33.900><c> these</c><00:31:34.099><c> last</c><00:31:34.400><c> days</c><00:31:34.660><c> spoken</c><00:31:35.119><c> unto</c>

00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:38.359
us<00:31:35.799><c> by</c><00:31:36.019><c> his</c><00:31:36.319><c> son,</c><00:31:37.539><c> whom</c><00:31:37.660><c> he</c><00:31:37.799><c> hath</c><00:31:37.940><c> appointed</c>

00:31:38.359 --> 00:31:43.400
heir<00:31:38.680><c> of</c><00:31:38.799><c> all</c><00:31:39.099><c> things,</c><00:31:40.119><c> by</c><00:31:40.380><c> whom</c><00:31:40.539><c> also</c><00:31:40.940><c> he</c><00:31:41.160><c> made</c><00:31:41.339><c> the</c><00:31:41.619><c> world</c><00:31:42.140><c> on</c>

00:31:43.400 --> 00:31:46.279
account<00:31:44.180><c> of</c><00:31:44.740><c> whom</c><00:31:45.059><c> he</c><00:31:45.359><c> made</c><00:31:45.619><c> the</c><00:31:45.859><c> ages.</c>

00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:51.319
Who<00:31:46.920><c> being</c><00:31:47.180><c> the</c><00:31:47.519><c> brightness</c><00:31:47.900><c> of</c><00:31:48.180><c> God's</c><00:31:48.640><c> glory</c><00:31:49.160><c> and</c><00:31:49.960><c> the</c><00:31:50.380><c> express</c><00:31:50.779><c> image</c>

00:31:51.319 --> 00:31:53.980
of<00:31:51.619><c> his</c><00:31:52.680><c> substance,</c>

00:31:54.400 --> 00:31:57.579
that's<00:31:54.539><c> the</c><00:31:54.619><c> word</c><00:31:54.819><c> there,</c><00:31:55.839><c> it's</c><00:31:55.980><c> the</c><00:31:56.059><c> self</c><00:31:56.299><c> same</c><00:31:56.480><c> word,</c><00:31:57.339><c> the</c>

00:31:57.579 --> 00:32:00.119
express<00:31:57.920><c> image</c><00:31:58.259><c> of</c><00:31:58.460><c> his</c><00:31:58.779><c> substance</c>

00:32:00.440 --> 00:32:04.240
and<00:32:00.859><c> upholding</c><00:32:01.559><c> all</c><00:32:02.099><c> things</c><00:32:02.539><c> by</c><00:32:02.839><c> the</c><00:32:03.180><c> word</c><00:32:03.500><c> of</c><00:32:03.759><c> his</c><00:32:04.059><c> power.</c>

00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:04.960
Isn't<00:32:04.400><c> that</c><00:32:04.599><c> lovely?</c>

00:32:05.319 --> 00:32:10.140
So<00:32:05.500><c> there</c><00:32:05.680><c> we've</c><00:32:05.920><c> got</c><00:32:06.119><c> Christ</c><00:32:06.500><c> as</c><00:32:06.660><c> the</c><00:32:06.980><c> express</c><00:32:07.339><c> image</c><00:32:07.619><c> of</c><00:32:07.839><c> God's</c><00:32:08.380><c> substance</c><00:32:08.940><c> and</c>

00:32:10.140 --> 00:32:11.160
he<00:32:10.400><c> is</c><00:32:10.619><c> then</c><00:32:10.799><c> the</c>

00:32:11.160 --> 00:32:17.640
basis<00:32:11.880><c> for</c><00:32:12.619><c> upholding</c><00:32:13.400><c> all</c><00:32:13.940><c> things</c><00:32:14.660><c> because</c><00:32:15.980><c> the</c><00:32:16.279><c> word</c><00:32:17.119><c> dwelt</c>

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in<00:32:17.859><c> Christ</c><00:32:18.279><c> mightily.</c>

00:32:20.160 --> 00:32:20.799
Isn't<00:32:20.279><c> that</c><00:32:20.500><c> lovely?</c>

00:32:20.880 --> 00:32:23.799
And<00:32:21.039><c> that's</c><00:32:21.259><c> a</c><00:32:21.400><c> perfect</c><00:32:21.640><c> example,</c><00:32:22.079><c> that's</c><00:32:22.579><c> the</c><00:32:22.579><c> self</c><00:32:22.740><c> same</c><00:32:22.900><c> word.</c>

00:32:24.059 --> 00:32:28.519
We<00:32:24.240><c> find</c><00:32:24.700><c> the</c><00:32:24.960><c> self</c><00:32:25.119><c> same</c><00:32:25.299><c> word</c><00:32:25.599><c> used</c><00:32:25.960><c> in</c><00:32:26.279><c> Hebrews</c><00:32:26.680><c> chapter</c><00:32:27.319><c> 3,</c>

00:32:28.920 --> 00:32:32.599
at<00:32:29.079><c> verse</c><00:32:29.599><c> 13</c><00:32:30.039><c> and</c><00:32:30.180><c> 14,</c><00:32:31.700><c> where</c><00:32:31.859><c> Paul</c><00:32:32.240><c> says,</c>

00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:37.299
exhort<00:32:33.079><c> one</c><00:32:33.339><c> another</c><00:32:33.680><c> daily</c><00:32:34.180><c> while</c><00:32:34.599><c> it</c><00:32:34.819><c> is</c><00:32:35.000><c> called</c><00:32:35.160><c> today,</c><00:32:36.559><c> lest</c><00:32:36.900><c> any</c><00:32:37.160><c> of</c>

00:32:37.299 --> 00:32:38.740
you<00:32:37.440><c> be</c><00:32:37.819><c> hardened</c><00:32:38.279><c> through</c>

00:32:38.740 --> 00:32:42.279
the<00:32:39.160><c> deceitfulness</c><00:32:39.539><c> of</c><00:32:39.839><c> sin,</c><00:32:40.900><c> for</c><00:32:41.059><c> we</c><00:32:41.299><c> are</c><00:32:41.460><c> made</c><00:32:41.720><c> partakers</c>

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:45.380
of<00:32:42.519><c> Christ</c><00:32:43.099><c> if</c><00:32:43.799><c> we</c><00:32:44.180><c> hold</c><00:32:44.660><c> the</c><00:32:45.019><c> beginning</c>

00:32:45.380 --> 00:32:52.500
of<00:32:45.940><c> our</c><00:32:46.640><c> substance</c><00:32:47.740><c> steadfast</c><00:32:49.720><c> unto</c><00:32:50.019><c> the</c><00:32:50.299><c> end,</c><00:32:50.819><c> the</c><00:32:51.099><c> beginning</c><00:32:51.579><c> of</c><00:32:52.099><c> our</c>

00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:54.420
platform<00:32:53.059><c> of</c><00:32:53.559><c> growth,</c>

00:32:54.779 --> 00:33:00.599
the<00:32:55.000><c> title</c><00:32:55.299><c> deed</c><00:32:55.599><c> of</c><00:32:55.880><c> hope,</c><00:32:56.980><c> permanent</c><00:32:58.240><c> and</c><00:32:58.980><c> substantive</c><00:32:59.599><c> unto</c><00:33:00.019><c> the</c><00:33:00.259><c> end.</c>

00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:02.380
Isn't<00:33:01.220><c> that</c><00:33:01.420><c> lovely?</c>

00:33:03.140 --> 00:33:06.119
And<00:33:03.599><c> I'll</c><00:33:04.039><c> take</c><00:33:04.160><c> you</c><00:33:04.299><c> to</c><00:33:04.460><c> another</c><00:33:04.700><c> one</c><00:33:05.259><c> in</c><00:33:05.539><c> that</c><00:33:05.619><c> this</c><00:33:05.839><c> is</c><00:33:05.980><c> not</c>

00:33:06.119 --> 00:33:06.980
the<00:33:06.339><c> self</c><00:33:06.519><c> same</c><00:33:06.700><c> word,</c>

00:33:06.980 --> 00:33:08.859
just<00:33:07.440><c> please</c><00:33:07.819><c> while</c><00:33:07.980><c> you're</c><00:33:08.220><c> taking</c><00:33:08.460><c> notes.</c>

00:33:09.200 --> 00:33:13.319
In<00:33:09.200><c> Hebrews</c><00:33:09.420><c> 2,</c><00:33:10.220><c> from</c><00:33:10.480><c> verse</c><00:33:10.720><c> 1</c><00:33:10.980><c> to</c><00:33:11.160><c> 3,</c><00:33:12.160><c> we're</c><00:33:12.619><c> not</c><00:33:12.720><c> saying</c><00:33:12.880><c> this</c><00:33:13.059><c> is</c>

00:33:13.319 --> 00:33:15.279
the<00:33:13.440><c> same</c><00:33:13.680><c> Hebrew</c><00:33:14.259><c> Greek</c><00:33:14.920><c> word,</c>

00:33:15.440 --> 00:33:17.539
but<00:33:15.660><c> what</c><00:33:15.839><c> it's</c><00:33:16.059><c> actually</c><00:33:16.259><c> doing</c><00:33:16.420><c> is</c><00:33:16.599><c> giving</c><00:33:16.759><c> the</c><00:33:17.039><c> same</c><00:33:17.259><c> meaning.</c>

00:33:17.640 --> 00:33:22.220
Have<00:33:17.779><c> a</c><00:33:17.900><c> look</c><00:33:18.000><c> at</c><00:33:18.160><c> this</c><00:33:18.380><c> in</c><00:33:18.640><c> Hebrews</c><00:33:18.960><c> 2,</c><00:33:20.680><c> at</c><00:33:20.900><c> verse</c><00:33:21.200><c> 1.</c>

00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:26.740
Therefore<00:33:22.859><c> we</c><00:33:23.119><c> ought</c><00:33:23.240><c> to</c><00:33:23.500><c> give</c><00:33:23.680><c> them</c><00:33:23.980><c> the</c><00:33:24.059><c> more</c><00:33:24.319><c> earnest</c><00:33:26.319><c> heed</c>

00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:28.720
to<00:33:27.279><c> the</c><00:33:27.480><c> things</c><00:33:27.700><c> which</c><00:33:27.940><c> we</c><00:33:28.099><c> have</c><00:33:28.319><c> heard,</c>

00:33:29.180 --> 00:33:31.720
lest<00:33:29.380><c> at</c><00:33:29.619><c> any</c><00:33:29.859><c> time</c><00:33:30.000><c> we</c><00:33:30.160><c> should</c><00:33:30.299><c> let</c><00:33:30.519><c> them</c><00:33:30.819><c> slip.</c>

00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:37.319
For<00:33:32.279><c> if</c><00:33:32.660><c> the</c><00:33:32.940><c> word</c><00:33:33.220><c> spoken</c><00:33:33.680><c> by</c><00:33:34.019><c> angels</c><00:33:34.480><c> was</c><00:33:35.039><c> steadfast,</c><00:33:37.240><c> and</c>

00:33:37.319 --> 00:33:38.880
every<00:33:37.559><c> transgression</c><00:33:38.180><c> and</c><00:33:38.420><c> disobedience</c>

00:33:38.880 --> 00:33:42.859
received<00:33:39.339><c> a</c><00:33:39.559><c> just</c><00:33:39.819><c> recompense</c><00:33:40.460><c> of</c><00:33:40.660><c> reward,</c><00:33:41.579><c> how</c><00:33:41.880><c> shall</c><00:33:42.039><c> we</c><00:33:42.240><c> escape</c><00:33:42.640><c> if</c>

00:33:42.859 --> 00:33:44.720
we<00:33:43.099><c> neglect</c><00:33:43.460><c> so</c><00:33:43.759><c> great</c><00:33:44.000><c> salvation,</c>

00:33:45.099 --> 00:33:49.519
which<00:33:45.339><c> at</c><00:33:45.460><c> the</c><00:33:45.660><c> first</c><00:33:45.880><c> began</c><00:33:46.240><c> to</c><00:33:46.440><c> be</c><00:33:46.680><c> spoken</c><00:33:46.960><c> by</c><00:33:47.240><c> the</c><00:33:47.380><c> Lord,</c><00:33:47.960><c> and</c><00:33:48.200><c> was</c><00:33:48.500><c> confirmed</c><00:33:48.940><c> unto</c><00:33:49.180><c> us</c>

00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:51.359
by<00:33:49.720><c> them</c><00:33:49.940><c> that</c><00:33:50.200><c> heard</c><00:33:50.319><c> him?</c>

00:33:51.400 --> 00:33:54.640
And<00:33:51.779><c> the</c><00:33:52.079><c> same</c><00:33:52.500><c> sense</c><00:33:52.920><c> is</c><00:33:53.240><c> actually</c><00:33:53.640><c> conveyed</c><00:33:53.980><c> in</c><00:33:54.160><c> that</c><00:33:54.420><c> word</c>

00:33:54.640 --> 00:33:56.559
there,<00:33:54.859><c> because</c><00:33:55.359><c> the</c><00:33:55.660><c> word</c><00:33:55.920><c> steadfast</c>

00:33:56.559 --> 00:34:00.339
there<00:33:56.799><c> in</c><00:33:56.920><c> verse</c><00:33:57.200><c> 2</c><00:33:57.480><c> means</c><00:33:57.960><c> that</c><00:33:58.380><c> which</c><00:33:58.559><c> is</c><00:33:58.859><c> confirmed,</c><00:34:00.200><c> and</c>

00:34:00.339 --> 00:34:01.619
it<00:34:00.559><c> speaks</c><00:34:00.759><c> of</c><00:34:01.000><c> the</c><00:34:01.359><c> foot.</c>

00:34:01.980 --> 00:34:04.980
The<00:34:02.079><c> actual</c><00:34:02.359><c> Greek</c><00:34:02.579><c> word</c><00:34:02.859><c> is</c><00:34:03.119><c> related</c><00:34:03.579><c> to</c><00:34:03.799><c> the</c><00:34:03.940><c> word</c><00:34:04.099><c> foot.</c>

00:34:05.099 --> 00:34:09.659
It's<00:34:05.259><c> that</c><00:34:05.420><c> which</c><00:34:05.779><c> stands</c><00:34:06.240><c> under,</c><00:34:07.640><c> and</c><00:34:07.940><c> the</c><00:34:08.119><c> word</c><00:34:08.260><c> of</c><00:34:08.500><c> the</c><00:34:08.739><c> angels</c><00:34:09.079><c> was</c>

00:34:09.659 --> 00:34:11.460
standing<00:34:10.119><c> under</c>

00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:14.440
the<00:34:11.960><c> transactions</c><00:34:12.519><c> which</c><00:34:12.840><c> God</c><00:34:13.099><c> would</c><00:34:13.380><c> have</c><00:34:13.760><c> with</c><00:34:14.079><c> the</c><00:34:14.260><c> sons</c>

00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:15.500
of<00:34:14.699><c> men.</c>

00:34:15.820 --> 00:34:21.000
And<00:34:16.039><c> this</c><00:34:16.139><c> is</c><00:34:18.059><c> the</c><00:34:18.219><c> same</c><00:34:18.860><c> substance,</c><00:34:19.780><c> which</c><00:34:19.780><c> is</c><00:34:20.300><c> going</c><00:34:20.400><c> to</c><00:34:20.619><c> give</c><00:34:20.719><c> us</c>

00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:22.719
our<00:34:21.239><c> ability</c><00:34:21.699><c> to</c><00:34:22.039><c> see</c><00:34:22.440><c> through</c>

00:34:22.719 --> 00:34:27.019
to<00:34:23.460><c> the</c><00:34:23.739><c> hope</c><00:34:24.079><c> with</c><00:34:25.079><c> the</c><00:34:25.320><c> faith</c><00:34:25.500><c> that</c><00:34:25.679><c> can</c><00:34:25.880><c> look</c><00:34:26.059><c> through</c><00:34:26.280><c> death.</c>

00:34:28.440 --> 00:34:30.400
Now<00:34:28.559><c> what</c><00:34:28.679><c> about</c><00:34:28.940><c> the</c><00:34:29.039><c> issue</c><00:34:29.280><c> of</c><00:34:29.500><c> things</c><00:34:29.760><c> hoped</c><00:34:30.039><c> for?</c>

00:34:30.900 --> 00:34:33.800
Well,<00:34:31.179><c> in</c><00:34:31.380><c> the</c><00:34:31.519><c> Old</c><00:34:31.739><c> Testament,</c><00:34:32.800><c> there</c><00:34:32.840><c> is</c><00:34:33.079><c> no</c><00:34:33.300><c> Hebrew</c><00:34:33.579><c> word</c>

00:34:33.800 --> 00:34:37.340
that<00:34:34.019><c> has</c><00:34:34.260><c> got</c><00:34:34.460><c> the</c><00:34:34.820><c> exact</c><00:34:35.139><c> same</c><00:34:35.579><c> force</c><00:34:36.019><c> of</c><00:34:36.880><c> the</c><00:34:37.099><c> words,</c>

00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:41.199
the<00:34:37.719><c> expectation</c><00:34:38.440><c> of</c><00:34:38.820><c> something</c><00:34:39.139><c> to</c><00:34:39.559><c> come,</c><00:34:39.780><c> some</c><00:34:40.059><c> good</c><00:34:40.400><c> thing.</c>

00:34:41.360 --> 00:34:43.280
So<00:34:41.539><c> in</c><00:34:41.659><c> the</c><00:34:41.800><c> King</c><00:34:42.000><c> James</c><00:34:42.320><c> Version,</c><00:34:42.519><c> when</c><00:34:42.719><c> you</c><00:34:42.840><c> actually</c><00:34:43.079><c> have</c>

00:34:43.280 --> 00:34:44.300
a<00:34:43.340><c> look</c><00:34:43.420><c> in</c><00:34:43.599><c> the</c><00:34:43.719><c> Old</c><00:34:43.940><c> Testament,</c>

00:34:44.420 --> 00:34:48.980
the<00:34:44.539><c> word</c><00:34:44.760><c> hope</c><00:34:45.619><c> stands</c><00:34:46.219><c> for</c><00:34:46.480><c> about</c><00:34:46.900><c> 15</c><00:34:47.559><c> different</c><00:34:48.119><c> Hebrew</c><00:34:48.440><c> words</c><00:34:48.800><c> in</c>

00:34:48.980 --> 00:34:49.880
the<00:34:49.099><c> Old</c><00:34:49.300><c> Testament,</c>

00:34:49.880 --> 00:34:54.199
like<00:34:50.699><c> hope,</c><00:34:51.579><c> trust,</c><00:34:52.619><c> confidence,</c><00:34:53.300><c> etc.</c>

00:34:54.440 --> 00:34:57.940
And<00:34:54.539><c> many</c><00:34:54.800><c> places</c><00:34:55.079><c> in</c><00:34:55.239><c> the</c><00:34:55.320><c> Old</c><00:34:55.539><c> Testament,</c><00:34:55.880><c> you</c><00:34:55.880><c> can't</c><00:34:56.159><c> actually</c><00:34:56.639><c> separate</c><00:34:57.119><c> out</c>

00:34:58.239 --> 00:35:01.460
the<00:34:58.880><c> application</c><00:34:59.519><c> of</c><00:35:00.099><c> the</c><00:35:00.239><c> word</c><00:35:00.460><c> hope.</c>

00:35:01.519 --> 00:35:04.760
But<00:35:01.780><c> in</c><00:35:01.960><c> the</c><00:35:02.019><c> New</c><00:35:02.219><c> Testament,</c><00:35:02.639><c> it's</c><00:35:02.880><c> actually</c><00:35:03.239><c> quite</c><00:35:03.579><c> different.</c>

00:35:05.579 --> 00:35:09.300
So<00:35:06.219><c> when</c><00:35:06.559><c> we</c><00:35:06.800><c> consider</c><00:35:07.219><c> what</c><00:35:07.480><c> actually</c><00:35:07.920><c> happened</c><00:35:08.239><c> in</c><00:35:08.420><c> the</c><00:35:08.500><c> New</c><00:35:08.739><c> Testament,</c>

00:35:09.659 --> 00:35:14.659
and<00:35:09.980><c> the</c><00:35:10.300><c> development</c><00:35:10.719><c> of</c><00:35:11.059><c> the</c><00:35:11.340><c> true</c><00:35:11.619><c> hope</c><00:35:11.840><c> of</c><00:35:12.099><c> Israel,</c><00:35:13.300><c> we</c><00:35:13.579><c> have</c><00:35:13.739><c> just</c><00:35:13.980><c> read</c><00:35:14.320><c> in</c>

00:35:14.659 --> 00:35:16.139
Hebrews<00:35:15.079><c> that</c><00:35:15.380><c> it</c><00:35:15.519><c> was</c><00:35:15.719><c> made</c>

00:35:16.139 --> 00:35:19.219
through<00:35:16.800><c> the</c><00:35:17.079><c> personage</c><00:35:17.579><c> of</c><00:35:17.739><c> the</c><00:35:17.840><c> Lord</c><00:35:18.039><c> Jesus</c><00:35:18.420><c> Christ,</c><00:35:19.199><c> who</c>

00:35:19.219 --> 00:35:22.519
was<00:35:19.480><c> the</c><00:35:19.800><c> substance</c><00:35:20.300><c> of</c><00:35:20.659><c> eternal</c><00:35:21.039><c> God</c><00:35:21.320><c> himself.</c>

00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:26.079
Now,<00:35:23.960><c> this</c><00:35:23.960><c> is</c><00:35:24.179><c> the</c><00:35:24.360><c> proclamation</c><00:35:24.880><c> that</c><00:35:25.199><c> Jesus</c><00:35:25.579><c> Christ</c><00:35:25.900><c> came</c>

00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:26.760
into<00:35:26.280><c> the</c><00:35:26.500><c> world</c>

00:35:26.760 --> 00:35:29.719
to<00:35:27.139><c> give</c><00:35:27.300><c> a</c><00:35:27.539><c> proclamation</c><00:35:28.039><c> of</c><00:35:28.239><c> the</c><00:35:28.400><c> coming</c><00:35:28.639><c> kingdom,</c><00:35:29.199><c> didn't</c><00:35:29.400><c> he?</c>

00:35:30.139 --> 00:35:35.420
It<00:35:30.280><c> was</c><00:35:30.559><c> Christ's</c><00:35:31.519><c> central</c><00:35:31.760><c> teaching,</c><00:35:32.800><c> the</c><00:35:32.960><c> things</c><00:35:33.199><c> concerning</c><00:35:33.719><c> the</c><00:35:34.059><c> kingdom</c><00:35:34.260><c> of</c><00:35:34.539><c> God.</c>

00:35:36.280 --> 00:35:40.840
And<00:35:36.780><c> it's</c><00:35:37.360><c> very</c><00:35:37.679><c> important</c><00:35:38.159><c> because</c><00:35:39.019><c> with</c><00:35:39.679><c> the</c><00:35:39.880><c> Lord</c><00:35:40.039><c> Jesus</c><00:35:40.440><c> Christ,</c>

00:35:40.920 --> 00:35:43.980
that<00:35:41.179><c> was</c><00:35:41.420><c> the</c><00:35:41.699><c> substance</c><00:35:42.199><c> of</c><00:35:42.440><c> his</c><00:35:42.719><c> teaching</c><00:35:43.079><c> regarding</c><00:35:43.539><c> hope.</c>

00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:47.840
It<00:35:44.500><c> was</c><00:35:44.679><c> always</c><00:35:44.880><c> the</c><00:35:45.139><c> kingdom</c><00:35:45.380><c> was</c><00:35:45.639><c> the</c><00:35:45.840><c> hope</c><00:35:46.000><c> for</c><00:35:46.199><c> Jesus,</c><00:35:46.579><c> wasn't</c><00:35:47.000><c> it?</c>

00:35:48.300 --> 00:35:52.659
And<00:35:48.500><c> you</c><00:35:48.719><c> find</c><00:35:48.940><c> that</c><00:35:49.619><c> in</c><00:35:50.199><c> Christ's</c><00:35:50.960><c> teaching</c><00:35:51.179><c> and</c><00:35:51.800><c> in</c><00:35:52.280><c> the</c><00:35:52.500><c> use</c>

00:35:52.659 --> 00:35:53.559
of<00:35:52.820><c> his</c><00:35:53.000><c> language,</c>

00:35:53.980 --> 00:35:57.079
he<00:35:54.119><c> was</c><00:35:54.380><c> one</c><00:35:54.579><c> who</c><00:35:54.820><c> spoke</c><00:35:55.059><c> about</c><00:35:55.300><c> the</c><00:35:55.579><c> realities</c><00:35:56.039><c> of</c><00:35:56.420><c> the</c><00:35:56.679><c> next</c>

00:35:57.079 --> 00:36:00.099
age<00:35:57.659><c> as</c><00:35:58.739><c> being</c><00:35:59.059><c> so</c><00:35:59.579><c> true,</c>

00:36:00.579 --> 00:36:02.940
and<00:36:00.960><c> that</c><00:36:01.219><c> they</c><00:36:01.380><c> are</c><00:36:01.559><c> perfectly</c><00:36:01.980><c> familiar</c><00:36:02.460><c> to</c><00:36:02.659><c> him.</c>

00:36:02.980 --> 00:36:04.519
He<00:36:03.280><c> felt</c><00:36:03.559><c> that</c><00:36:03.760><c> they</c><00:36:03.940><c> were</c><00:36:04.199><c> real.</c>

00:36:04.840 --> 00:36:09.920
It<00:36:04.900><c> was</c><00:36:05.119><c> not</c><00:36:05.320><c> the</c><00:36:05.579><c> tone</c><00:36:05.800><c> of,</c><00:36:06.639><c> well,</c><00:36:06.900><c> I</c><00:36:07.340><c> hope</c><00:36:07.880><c> it's</c><00:36:08.320><c> going</c><00:36:08.440><c> to</c><00:36:08.739><c> happen,</c><00:36:09.440><c> which</c><00:36:09.679><c> we</c>

00:36:09.920 --> 00:36:11.340
use<00:36:10.019><c> the</c><00:36:10.179><c> word</c><00:36:10.340><c> hope.</c>

00:36:11.519 --> 00:36:15.300
When<00:36:12.000><c> Christ</c><00:36:12.340><c> spoke</c><00:36:12.639><c> of</c><00:36:12.800><c> the</c><00:36:12.980><c> future</c><00:36:13.260><c> hope,</c><00:36:13.880><c> it</c><00:36:13.900><c> was</c><00:36:14.179><c> a</c><00:36:14.340><c> reality.</c>

00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:19.059
It<00:36:15.519><c> wasn't</c><00:36:15.860><c> something</c><00:36:16.260><c> which</c><00:36:16.960><c> might</c><00:36:17.840><c> hopefully</c><00:36:18.360><c> happen,</c><00:36:18.960><c> it</c>

00:36:19.059 --> 00:36:19.840
was<00:36:19.280><c> a</c><00:36:19.420><c> reality.</c>

00:36:20.260 --> 00:36:22.539
And<00:36:20.360><c> this</c><00:36:20.519><c> is</c><00:36:20.639><c> very</c><00:36:20.880><c> different</c><00:36:21.099><c> to</c><00:36:21.320><c> the</c><00:36:21.400><c> way</c><00:36:21.539><c> that</c><00:36:21.719><c> we</c><00:36:21.940><c> use</c><00:36:22.119><c> hope</c><00:36:22.320><c> in</c>

00:36:22.539 --> 00:36:23.699
our<00:36:22.920><c> common</c><00:36:23.280><c> English,</c>

00:36:23.940 --> 00:36:27.639
and<00:36:24.099><c> we</c><00:36:24.340><c> dilute</c><00:36:24.880><c> the</c><00:36:25.239><c> strength</c><00:36:25.679><c> of</c><00:36:26.260><c> the</c><00:36:26.500><c> reality</c><00:36:26.900><c> that</c><00:36:27.239><c> we</c><00:36:27.480><c> are</c>

00:36:27.639 --> 00:36:28.559
given<00:36:27.860><c> in</c><00:36:28.139><c> our</c><00:36:28.340><c> hope.</c>

00:36:28.960 --> 00:36:31.000
To<00:36:29.139><c> Christ,</c><00:36:29.559><c> hope</c><00:36:29.780><c> is</c><00:36:30.119><c> certainty.</c>

00:36:31.960 --> 00:36:33.079
That's<00:36:32.300><c> lovely,</c><00:36:32.559><c> isn't</c><00:36:32.780><c> it?</c>

00:36:33.239 --> 00:36:35.980
And<00:36:33.400><c> you</c><00:36:33.519><c> find</c><00:36:33.820><c> that</c><00:36:34.119><c> in</c><00:36:34.659><c> the</c><00:36:34.659><c> New</c><00:36:35.019><c> Testament,</c><00:36:35.480><c> if</c><00:36:35.659><c> you</c><00:36:35.739><c> look</c>

00:36:35.980 --> 00:36:37.880
through<00:36:36.599><c> the</c><00:36:36.920><c> words</c><00:36:37.139><c> of</c><00:36:37.360><c> Christ,</c>

00:36:37.880 --> 00:36:41.460
you<00:36:38.619><c> only</c><00:36:38.880><c> find</c><00:36:39.139><c> two</c><00:36:39.480><c> occurrences</c><00:36:40.239><c> which</c><00:36:40.800><c> are</c><00:36:41.000><c> not,</c><00:36:41.199><c> if</c><00:36:41.340><c> you</c>

00:36:41.460 --> 00:36:43.039
look<00:36:41.579><c> at</c><00:36:41.719><c> the</c><00:36:41.900><c> context,</c>

00:36:43.579 --> 00:36:46.599
exceptions,<00:36:44.360><c> but</c><00:36:44.579><c> Christ</c><00:36:44.860><c> never</c><00:36:45.199><c> uses</c><00:36:45.519><c> the</c><00:36:45.699><c> word</c><00:36:45.840><c> hope.</c>

00:36:47.880 --> 00:36:49.119
For<00:36:48.099><c> Christ,</c><00:36:48.400><c> it</c><00:36:48.519><c> was</c><00:36:48.739><c> real.</c>

00:36:49.500 --> 00:36:51.300
The<00:36:49.679><c> two</c><00:36:49.920><c> occurrences,</c><00:36:50.420><c> if</c><00:36:50.539><c> you're</c><00:36:50.739><c> going</c><00:36:50.840><c> to</c><00:36:51.000><c> go</c><00:36:51.099><c> and</c><00:36:51.199><c> look</c>

00:36:51.300 --> 00:36:52.000
them<00:36:51.460><c> up</c><00:36:51.679><c> afterwards,</c>

00:36:52.059 --> 00:36:55.119
they'll<00:36:52.320><c> save</c><00:36:52.420><c> you</c><00:36:52.539><c> the</c><00:36:52.679><c> trouble</c><00:36:52.920><c> in</c><00:36:53.079><c> Luke</c><00:36:53.360><c> 6,</c><00:36:53.699><c> 34,</c><00:36:54.739><c> and</c><00:36:54.860><c> John</c>

00:36:55.119 --> 00:36:56.059
5,<00:36:55.440><c> 45.</c>

00:36:56.320 --> 00:36:58.320
And<00:36:56.480><c> those</c><00:36:56.639><c> aren't</c><00:36:56.860><c> real</c><00:36:57.079><c> exceptions</c><00:36:57.699><c> at</c><00:36:58.079><c> all.</c>

00:36:58.679 --> 00:37:02.460
The<00:36:58.820><c> Lord</c><00:36:58.940><c> Jesus</c><00:36:59.360><c> Christ</c><00:36:59.739><c> made</c><00:37:00.079><c> the</c><00:37:00.480><c> true</c><00:37:00.800><c> hope</c><00:37:01.159><c> of</c><00:37:01.360><c> the</c><00:37:01.559><c> future</c><00:37:02.059><c> a</c>

00:37:02.460 --> 00:37:03.699
reality<00:37:02.800><c> now.</c>

00:37:03.860 --> 00:37:08.639
And<00:37:04.420><c> of</c><00:37:04.639><c> course</c><00:37:04.860><c> now,</c><00:37:05.480><c> when</c><00:37:05.800><c> he</c><00:37:06.639><c> left</c><00:37:06.960><c> his</c><00:37:07.239><c> disciples,</c><00:37:08.300><c> as</c><00:37:08.519><c> you</c>

00:37:08.639 --> 00:37:09.500
read<00:37:08.820><c> in</c><00:37:09.119><c> Acts,</c>

00:37:09.940 --> 00:37:13.920
they<00:37:10.139><c> were</c><00:37:10.400><c> left</c><00:37:10.820><c> with</c><00:37:11.679><c> the</c><00:37:12.059><c> true</c><00:37:12.280><c> hope</c><00:37:12.460><c> of</c><00:37:12.639><c> the</c><00:37:12.739><c> New</c><00:37:12.920><c> Testament</c><00:37:13.219><c> being</c><00:37:13.480><c> the</c><00:37:13.599><c> hope</c><00:37:13.739><c> of</c>

00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:15.059
the<00:37:14.079><c> kingdom.</c>

00:37:16.500 --> 00:37:19.340
So<00:37:16.880><c> they</c><00:37:17.199><c> were,</c><00:37:17.400><c> as</c><00:37:17.639><c> we</c><00:37:17.880><c> read,</c><00:37:18.280><c> and</c><00:37:18.280><c> for</c><00:37:18.500><c> example</c><00:37:18.820><c> in</c><00:37:19.059><c> Titus,</c>

00:37:19.440 --> 00:37:22.860
that<00:37:19.539><c> they</c><00:37:19.619><c> were</c><00:37:19.880><c> looking</c><00:37:20.380><c> for</c><00:37:21.039><c> the</c><00:37:21.320><c> blessed</c><00:37:21.800><c> hope,</c>

00:37:23.300 --> 00:37:27.119
and<00:37:23.440><c> it</c><00:37:23.539><c> couples</c><00:37:23.820><c> it</c><00:37:24.099><c> directly</c><00:37:24.440><c> with</c><00:37:25.300><c> the</c><00:37:25.599><c> appearing</c><00:37:26.139><c> of</c><00:37:26.920><c> the</c>

00:37:27.119 --> 00:37:28.320
glory<00:37:27.460><c> of</c><00:37:27.679><c> the</c><00:37:27.820><c> great</c><00:37:28.039><c> God,</c>

00:37:28.380 --> 00:37:29.699
our<00:37:28.519><c> Savior</c><00:37:28.840><c> Jesus</c><00:37:29.280><c> Christ.</c>

00:37:29.699 --> 00:37:32.719
So<00:37:30.500><c> what</c><00:37:30.820><c> we</c><00:37:30.880><c> were</c><00:37:31.059><c> reading,</c><00:37:31.480><c> what</c><00:37:31.760><c> Paul</c><00:37:32.000><c> understood</c><00:37:32.460><c> when</c><00:37:32.599><c> he</c>

00:37:32.719 --> 00:37:33.780
was<00:37:32.820><c> writing</c><00:37:33.099><c> to</c><00:37:33.420><c> Titus,</c>

00:37:34.019 --> 00:37:36.760
was<00:37:34.199><c> that</c><00:37:34.420><c> this</c><00:37:34.679><c> hope</c><00:37:34.900><c> was</c><00:37:35.139><c> the</c><00:37:35.360><c> hope</c><00:37:35.539><c> of</c><00:37:35.780><c> the</c><00:37:35.960><c> kingdom.</c>

00:37:37.539 --> 00:37:40.119
It<00:37:37.599><c> was</c><00:37:37.760><c> not</c><00:37:37.900><c> just</c><00:37:38.159><c> merely</c><00:37:38.340><c> we</c><00:37:38.559><c> hope</c><00:37:38.739><c> we</c><00:37:38.980><c> shall</c><00:37:39.099><c> be</c><00:37:39.460><c> saved</c><00:37:39.840><c> or</c>

00:37:40.119 --> 00:37:42.260
we<00:37:40.780><c> hope</c><00:37:40.980><c> that</c><00:37:41.219><c> Christ</c><00:37:41.440><c> will</c><00:37:41.679><c> return</c><00:37:41.920><c> soon.</c>

00:37:42.679 --> 00:37:46.420
It<00:37:43.000><c> was</c><00:37:43.360><c> a</c><00:37:43.800><c> confident</c><00:37:44.179><c> hope</c><00:37:44.599><c> that</c><00:37:45.460><c> things</c><00:37:45.760><c> were</c><00:37:46.000><c> going</c><00:37:46.139><c> to</c>

00:37:46.420 --> 00:37:46.980
work<00:37:46.639><c> out.</c>

00:37:47.099 --> 00:37:51.599
It<00:37:47.159><c> was</c><00:37:47.380><c> unto</c><00:37:47.699><c> a</c><00:37:47.940><c> living</c><00:37:48.139><c> hope,</c><00:37:49.099><c> unto</c><00:37:49.300><c> an</c><00:37:49.559><c> inheritance</c><00:37:50.099><c> incorruptible</c><00:37:51.199><c> and</c>

00:37:51.599 --> 00:37:52.760
under<00:37:51.880><c> filed,</c>

00:37:52.780 --> 00:37:55.860
reserved<00:37:53.199><c> in</c><00:37:53.440><c> heaven</c><00:37:53.619><c> for</c><00:37:53.940><c> you,</c><00:37:54.599><c> who</c><00:37:54.760><c> by</c><00:37:54.980><c> the</c><00:37:55.260><c> power</c><00:37:55.420><c> of</c><00:37:55.760><c> God</c>

00:37:55.860 --> 00:37:56.400
are<00:37:56.099><c> guarded</c>

00:37:56.400 --> 00:38:01.019
through<00:37:56.980><c> faith</c><00:37:57.780><c> unto</c><00:37:58.400><c> salvation,</c><00:37:59.119><c> ready</c><00:37:59.400><c> to</c><00:37:59.619><c> be</c><00:37:59.820><c> revealed</c><00:38:00.320><c> in</c>

00:38:01.019 --> 00:38:01.780
the<00:38:01.199><c> last</c><00:38:01.539><c> time.</c>

00:38:01.800 --> 00:38:03.079
Isn't<00:38:01.960><c> that</c><00:38:02.199><c> lovely?</c>

00:38:03.380 --> 00:38:04.179
It<00:38:03.480><c> was</c><00:38:03.800><c> reserved.</c>

00:38:04.320 --> 00:38:08.460
It's<00:38:04.460><c> a</c><00:38:04.599><c> living</c><00:38:04.820><c> hope,</c><00:38:06.079><c> so</c><00:38:06.260><c> it</c><00:38:06.460><c> had</c><00:38:06.699><c> to</c><00:38:06.960><c> abide</c><00:38:07.340><c> in</c><00:38:07.719><c> bodies</c><00:38:07.980><c> which</c><00:38:08.219><c> were</c>

00:38:08.460 --> 00:38:11.599
real,<00:38:10.059><c> lively</c><00:38:10.420><c> stones.</c>

00:38:12.019 --> 00:38:13.960
The<00:38:12.300><c> inheritance</c><00:38:12.719><c> was</c><00:38:13.079><c> incorruptible.</c>

00:38:14.280 --> 00:38:22.019
It<00:38:14.420><c> was</c><00:38:14.780><c> reserved</c><00:38:15.559><c> by,</c><00:38:17.559><c> and</c><00:38:17.760><c> it</c><00:38:17.880><c> was</c><00:38:18.139><c> preserved</c><00:38:18.440><c> by</c><00:38:18.780><c> God,</c><00:38:19.639><c> through</c><00:38:19.920><c> faith</c><00:38:20.760><c> unto</c><00:38:21.380><c> salvation.</c>

00:38:22.219 --> 00:38:25.219
So<00:38:22.579><c> that</c><00:38:22.820><c> those</c><00:38:23.119><c> who</c><00:38:23.360><c> were</c><00:38:23.500><c> desiring</c><00:38:24.199><c> that</c><00:38:24.480><c> hope</c><00:38:24.619><c> of</c><00:38:24.780><c> the</c><00:38:24.920><c> kingdom</c>

00:38:25.219 --> 00:38:28.119
could<00:38:25.599><c> only</c><00:38:25.960><c> attain</c><00:38:26.219><c> it</c><00:38:26.519><c> through</c><00:38:27.019><c> faith.</c>

00:38:28.500 --> 00:38:33.480
That's<00:38:28.780><c> what</c><00:38:28.940><c> we're</c><00:38:29.139><c> being</c><00:38:29.380><c> told</c><00:38:29.679><c> there</c><00:38:29.940><c> in</c><00:38:30.099><c> 1</c><00:38:30.340><c> Peter</c><00:38:31.039><c> chapter</c><00:38:32.000><c> 1.</c>

00:38:34.639 --> 00:38:37.860
So<00:38:34.800><c> it's</c><00:38:34.960><c> very</c><00:38:35.219><c> important</c><00:38:35.539><c> for</c><00:38:35.739><c> us</c><00:38:35.980><c> there</c><00:38:36.099><c> to</c><00:38:36.340><c> actually</c><00:38:36.639><c> understand</c><00:38:37.260><c> that</c>

00:38:37.860 --> 00:38:39.860
in<00:38:38.639><c> the</c><00:38:38.900><c> first</c><00:38:39.219><c> century,</c>

00:38:40.360 --> 00:38:42.579
when<00:38:40.559><c> the</c><00:38:41.000><c> brethren</c><00:38:41.239><c> and</c><00:38:41.440><c> sisters</c><00:38:41.619><c> were</c><00:38:41.840><c> understanding</c><00:38:42.320><c> hope</c>

00:38:42.579 --> 00:38:44.280
and<00:38:42.800><c> thinking</c><00:38:43.079><c> of</c><00:38:43.300><c> hope,</c>

00:38:44.579 --> 00:38:49.440
it<00:38:44.639><c> was</c><00:38:45.340><c> that</c><00:38:45.900><c> it</c><00:38:46.059><c> was</c><00:38:46.340><c> a</c><00:38:46.480><c> hope</c><00:38:46.719><c> that</c><00:38:47.000><c> was</c><00:38:47.460><c> certain</c><00:38:47.980><c> but</c><00:38:49.159><c> not</c>

00:38:49.440 --> 00:38:50.639
yet<00:38:49.679><c> attained.</c>

00:38:50.840 --> 00:38:54.000
And<00:38:51.480><c> because</c><00:38:51.860><c> it</c><00:38:51.980><c> was</c><00:38:52.280><c> not</c><00:38:52.480><c> yet</c><00:38:52.719><c> attained,</c><00:38:53.119><c> that</c><00:38:53.539><c> bridging</c>

00:38:54.000 --> 00:38:55.360
gap<00:38:54.239><c> between</c><00:38:54.659><c> the</c><00:38:54.980><c> now</c>

00:38:55.360 --> 00:38:58.679
and<00:38:55.820><c> the</c><00:38:56.079><c> time</c><00:38:56.239><c> when</c><00:38:56.440><c> the</c><00:38:56.639><c> hope</c><00:38:56.780><c> was</c><00:38:57.039><c> realized</c><00:38:57.639><c> was</c><00:38:58.239><c> the</c><00:38:58.519><c> time</c>

00:38:58.679 --> 00:39:01.719
for<00:38:58.900><c> the</c><00:38:59.139><c> development</c><00:38:59.460><c> of</c><00:39:00.679><c> faith.</c>

00:39:02.099 --> 00:39:04.800
So<00:39:02.300><c> faith</c><00:39:02.519><c> became</c><00:39:02.860><c> the</c><00:39:03.139><c> bridge</c><00:39:03.320><c> to</c><00:39:03.619><c> carry</c><00:39:03.840><c> them</c><00:39:04.039><c> from</c><00:39:04.239><c> the</c><00:39:04.440><c> present</c>

00:39:04.800 --> 00:39:10.519
to<00:39:05.400><c> the</c><00:39:05.679><c> realization</c><00:39:06.420><c> of</c><00:39:06.780><c> a</c><00:39:07.099><c> real,</c><00:39:08.059><c> tangible</c><00:39:08.500><c> and</c><00:39:09.360><c> living</c><00:39:09.559><c> hope.</c>

00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:16.300
And<00:39:11.400><c> that's</c><00:39:11.619><c> why</c><00:39:11.960><c> faith</c><00:39:12.559><c> was</c><00:39:13.400><c> able</c><00:39:13.659><c> to</c><00:39:14.000><c> guide</c><00:39:14.199><c> them</c><00:39:14.480><c> as</c><00:39:15.059><c> a</c><00:39:15.219><c> bridge</c><00:39:15.639><c> from</c>

00:39:16.300 --> 00:39:18.300
the<00:39:16.519><c> now</c><00:39:16.820><c> into</c><00:39:17.159><c> the</c><00:39:17.420><c> future.</c>

00:39:18.420 --> 00:39:23.820
Faith<00:39:19.019><c> is</c><00:39:19.280><c> the</c><00:39:19.679><c> substance</c><00:39:20.679><c> of</c><00:39:22.099><c> things</c><00:39:23.079><c> hoped</c><00:39:23.519><c> for.</c>

00:39:23.900 --> 00:39:26.019
It<00:39:24.039><c> starts</c><00:39:24.219><c> to</c><00:39:24.420><c> fit</c><00:39:24.539><c> together,</c><00:39:24.920><c> doesn't</c><00:39:25.219><c> it?</c>

00:39:27.099 --> 00:39:31.159
It's<00:39:27.440><c> used</c><00:39:27.679><c> many</c><00:39:28.019><c> times</c><00:39:28.599><c> in</c><00:39:29.079><c> the</c><00:39:29.199><c> New</c><00:39:29.400><c> Testament</c><00:39:29.940><c> as</c><00:39:30.719><c> a</c><00:39:30.940><c> happy</c>

00:39:31.159 --> 00:39:33.480
anticipation<00:39:31.980><c> of</c><00:39:32.420><c> the</c><00:39:32.739><c> good,</c>

00:39:33.579 --> 00:39:36.760
the<00:39:33.820><c> ground</c><00:39:34.079><c> on</c><00:39:34.300><c> which</c><00:39:34.480><c> hope</c><00:39:34.699><c> is</c><00:39:35.019><c> based,</c><00:39:35.760><c> or</c><00:39:35.900><c> the</c><00:39:36.119><c> object</c><00:39:36.519><c> on</c>

00:39:36.760 --> 00:39:38.420
which<00:39:36.980><c> hope</c><00:39:37.179><c> is</c><00:39:37.500><c> based.</c>

00:39:38.579 --> 00:39:40.820
And<00:39:38.739><c> of</c><00:39:38.900><c> course,</c><00:39:39.099><c> we</c><00:39:39.199><c> have</c><00:39:39.300><c> the</c><00:39:39.500><c> lovely</c><00:39:39.820><c> words.</c>

00:39:41.019 --> 00:39:43.300
It's<00:39:41.219><c> the</c><00:39:41.780><c> fundamental</c><00:39:42.360><c> word</c><00:39:42.659><c> in</c><00:39:42.860><c> the</c><00:39:43.079><c> Greek.</c>

00:39:43.300 --> 00:39:46.960
It's<00:39:43.739><c> the</c><00:39:43.840><c> word</c><00:39:44.039><c> elpis,</c><00:39:44.500><c> which</c><00:39:44.639><c> I</c><00:39:44.800><c> think</c><00:39:44.980><c> is</c><00:39:45.300><c> dear</c><00:39:45.579><c> in</c><00:39:46.119><c> many</c><00:39:46.420><c> ways</c><00:39:46.739><c> to</c>

00:39:46.960 --> 00:39:48.099
a<00:39:47.059><c> Christadelphian's</c><00:39:47.940><c> heart</c>

00:39:48.099 --> 00:39:50.599
when<00:39:48.280><c> you</c><00:39:48.500><c> think</c><00:39:48.659><c> of</c><00:39:48.820><c> the</c><00:39:49.000><c> context</c><00:39:49.460><c> of</c><00:39:49.699><c> that.</c>

00:39:51.300 --> 00:39:54.619
But<00:39:51.519><c> flip</c><00:39:51.659><c> back</c><00:39:51.940><c> with</c><00:39:52.159><c> me,</c><00:39:52.360><c> would</c><00:39:52.559><c> you,</c><00:39:53.079><c> to</c><00:39:53.239><c> Ephesians</c><00:39:53.739><c> chapter</c><00:39:54.099><c> 2,</c>

00:39:54.780 --> 00:39:57.260
where<00:39:54.900><c> we're</c><00:39:55.139><c> going</c><00:39:55.219><c> to</c><00:39:55.519><c> see</c><00:39:55.900><c> a</c><00:39:56.079><c> little</c><00:39:56.260><c> bit</c><00:39:56.420><c> of</c><00:39:56.539><c> the</c><00:39:56.780><c> context</c>

00:39:57.260 --> 00:39:58.539
of<00:39:57.500><c> this</c>

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and<00:39:59.579><c> how</c><00:39:59.860><c> this</c><00:40:00.179><c> hope</c><00:40:00.559><c> is</c><00:40:01.179><c> established.</c>

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Now<00:40:06.760><c> Ephesians</c><00:40:07.219><c> chapter</c><00:40:07.539><c> 2,</c><00:40:09.219><c> reading</c><00:40:09.460><c> from</c><00:40:09.760><c> verse</c><00:40:10.059><c> 11,</c>

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Paul<00:40:12.079><c> says,</c>

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Wherefore<00:40:13.039><c> remember</c><00:40:13.380><c> that</c><00:40:13.639><c> ye</c><00:40:13.840><c> being</c><00:40:14.059><c> in</c><00:40:14.260><c> time</c><00:40:14.559><c> past</c><00:40:14.880><c> gentiles</c><00:40:15.460><c> in</c><00:40:15.639><c> the</c><00:40:15.860><c> flesh,</c>

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who<00:40:16.760><c> were</c><00:40:17.019><c> called</c><00:40:17.239><c> uncircumcision</c><00:40:18.280><c> by</c><00:40:18.599><c> that</c><00:40:18.820><c> which</c><00:40:18.980><c> is</c><00:40:19.199><c> called</c><00:40:19.380><c> the</c>

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circumcision<00:40:20.219><c> and</c><00:40:20.420><c> the</c><00:40:20.579><c> flesh</c><00:40:20.739><c> made</c><00:40:21.000><c> by</c><00:40:21.320><c> hands,</c>

00:40:22.420 --> 00:40:25.500
that<00:40:22.659><c> at</c><00:40:22.880><c> that</c><00:40:23.139><c> time</c><00:40:23.340><c> you</c><00:40:23.559><c> were</c><00:40:23.760><c> without</c><00:40:24.119><c> Christ</c><00:40:24.500><c> being</c><00:40:24.840><c> aliens</c><00:40:25.239><c> from</c>

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the<00:40:25.780><c> commonwealth</c><00:40:26.360><c> of</c><00:40:27.599><c> Israel.</c>

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So<00:40:29.079><c> as</c><00:40:29.360><c> we</c><00:40:29.460><c> had</c><00:40:29.679><c> seen</c><00:40:29.820><c> in</c><00:40:30.099><c> Hebrews,</c><00:40:30.960><c> the</c><00:40:31.139><c> true</c><00:40:31.480><c> faith</c><00:40:31.820><c> and</c><00:40:32.039><c> the</c>

00:40:32.219 --> 00:40:34.340
true<00:40:32.460><c> hope</c><00:40:32.780><c> is</c><00:40:33.300><c> the</c><00:40:33.480><c> hope</c><00:40:33.679><c> of</c><00:40:33.920><c> Israel.</c>

00:40:34.380 --> 00:40:38.079
So<00:40:34.639><c> we</c><00:40:34.980><c> were,</c><00:40:35.420><c> by</c><00:40:35.679><c> our</c><00:40:35.900><c> very</c><00:40:36.159><c> nature,</c><00:40:37.159><c> aliens</c><00:40:37.539><c> from</c><00:40:37.780><c> the</c><00:40:37.940><c> hope</c>

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of<00:40:38.360><c> Israel.</c>

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Strangers<00:40:40.139><c> from</c><00:40:40.420><c> the</c><00:40:40.579><c> covenant,</c><00:40:41.139><c> covenants</c><00:40:41.400><c> of</c><00:40:41.619><c> promise</c><00:40:41.880><c> having</c><00:40:42.400><c> no</c><00:40:44.360><c> hope.</c>

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It's<00:40:45.539><c> that</c><00:40:45.679><c> lovely.</c>

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There's<00:40:47.159><c> no</c><00:40:47.460><c> hope</c><00:40:47.760><c> there.</c>

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And<00:40:49.320><c> we</c><00:40:49.440><c> are</c><00:40:49.519><c> without</c><00:40:49.800><c> God</c><00:40:50.039><c> in</c><00:40:50.219><c> the</c><00:40:50.360><c> world.</c>

00:40:50.900 --> 00:40:54.380
So<00:40:51.159><c> the</c><00:40:51.960><c> real</c><00:40:52.420><c> hope</c><00:40:52.679><c> of</c><00:40:52.860><c> Israel,</c><00:40:53.320><c> the</c><00:40:53.460><c> redemption</c><00:40:53.820><c> of</c><00:40:54.039><c> Israel</c>

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in<00:40:54.559><c> the</c><00:40:54.780><c> kingdom,</c>

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was<00:40:56.280><c> not</c><00:40:56.599><c> ours</c><00:40:56.800><c> to</c><00:40:57.139><c> share.</c>

00:40:57.619 --> 00:41:01.820
It<00:40:57.719><c> was</c><00:40:57.920><c> real</c><00:40:58.199><c> enough,</c><00:40:59.079><c> but</c><00:40:59.239><c> we</c><00:40:59.400><c> didn't</c><00:40:59.619><c> have</c><00:40:59.840><c> access</c><00:41:00.219><c> to</c><00:41:00.519><c> hoping</c><00:41:00.780><c> for</c><00:41:01.059><c> it.</c>

00:41:02.880 --> 00:41:07.039
That<00:41:03.519><c> now</c><00:41:03.900><c> in</c><00:41:04.079><c> Christ</c><00:41:04.400><c> Jesus,</c><00:41:05.599><c> ye</c><00:41:05.719><c> who</c><00:41:05.920><c> were</c><00:41:06.159><c> sometimes</c><00:41:06.699><c> were</c>

00:41:07.039 --> 00:41:09.900
far<00:41:07.320><c> off</c><00:41:07.639><c> are</c><00:41:08.199><c> made</c><00:41:08.500><c> nigh</c><00:41:08.639><c> by</c><00:41:08.860><c> the</c><00:41:09.000><c> blood</c><00:41:09.139><c> of</c><00:41:09.340><c> Christ.</c>

00:41:10.300 --> 00:41:14.380
He<00:41:10.480><c> is</c><00:41:10.719><c> our</c><00:41:11.099><c> joining,</c><00:41:12.179><c> our</c><00:41:12.219><c> peace,</c><00:41:12.639><c> who</c><00:41:12.639><c> has</c><00:41:12.780><c> made</c><00:41:13.039><c> both</c><00:41:13.420><c> one,</c>

00:41:14.420 --> 00:41:16.659
and<00:41:14.820><c> now</c><00:41:15.159><c> he</c><00:41:15.320><c> has</c><00:41:15.480><c> done</c><00:41:15.699><c> something.</c>

00:41:16.780 --> 00:41:22.000
He<00:41:17.000><c> has</c><00:41:17.340><c> broken</c><00:41:17.739><c> down</c><00:41:18.219><c> a</c><00:41:18.599><c> partition,</c><00:41:19.219><c> the</c><00:41:19.400><c> middle</c><00:41:19.599><c> wall</c><00:41:19.739><c> of</c><00:41:20.000><c> partition,</c><00:41:20.980><c> between</c><00:41:21.320><c> us</c>

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and<00:41:22.480><c> the</c><00:41:22.699><c> Jews.</c>

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And<00:41:24.579><c> he</c><00:41:24.739><c> came,</c><00:41:25.039><c> verse</c><00:41:25.300><c> 17,</c><00:41:26.500><c> and</c><00:41:26.739><c> preached</c><00:41:27.099><c> peace,</c><00:41:28.039><c> binding</c><00:41:28.380><c> again</c><00:41:29.099><c> to</c>

00:41:29.480 --> 00:41:30.539
them<00:41:29.639><c> which</c><00:41:29.820><c> were</c><00:41:30.019><c> far</c><00:41:30.260><c> off.</c>

00:41:30.539 --> 00:41:37.059
So<00:41:31.159><c> Christ</c><00:41:31.460><c> has</c><00:41:31.699><c> now</c><00:41:31.940><c> destroyed</c><00:41:32.599><c> that</c><00:41:33.300><c> middle</c><00:41:33.760><c> wall</c><00:41:34.139><c> of</c><00:41:34.960><c> separation</c><00:41:35.860><c> and</c>

00:41:37.059 --> 00:41:40.559
that<00:41:37.360><c> becomes,</c><00:41:39.559><c> in</c><00:41:39.619><c> verse</c><00:41:39.880><c> 19,</c>

00:41:40.719 --> 00:41:43.079
we<00:41:40.900><c> are</c><00:41:41.039><c> no</c><00:41:41.320><c> more</c><00:41:41.599><c> strangers</c><00:41:41.920><c> and</c><00:41:42.199><c> foreigners,</c><00:41:42.599><c> but</c><00:41:42.800><c> fellow</c>

00:41:43.079 --> 00:41:44.480
citizens<00:41:43.539><c> with</c><00:41:43.760><c> the</c><00:41:44.019><c> saints</c>

00:41:44.480 --> 00:41:51.739
and<00:41:45.320><c> of</c><00:41:45.579><c> a</c><00:41:46.059><c> household</c><00:41:46.699><c> being</c><00:41:48.039><c> built</c><00:41:48.900><c> on</c><00:41:50.639><c> the</c><00:41:50.940><c> substance,</c><00:41:51.500><c> the</c>

00:41:51.739 --> 00:41:55.539
foundation<00:41:52.639><c> of</c><00:41:53.840><c> the</c><00:41:54.039><c> apostles</c><00:41:54.440><c> and</c><00:41:54.719><c> prophets.</c>

00:41:55.760 --> 00:41:58.539
So<00:41:56.039><c> in</c><00:41:56.260><c> the</c><00:41:56.440><c> mere</c><00:41:56.599><c> destruction</c><00:41:57.219><c> of</c><00:41:57.500><c> that</c><00:41:57.659><c> which</c><00:41:58.000><c> separated,</c>

00:41:58.679 --> 00:42:03.360
Christ<00:41:59.079><c> has</c><00:41:59.400><c> created</c><00:41:59.860><c> a</c><00:42:00.420><c> new</c><00:42:00.820><c> substance</c><00:42:01.519><c> for</c><00:42:01.880><c> us</c><00:42:02.619><c> to</c><00:42:03.119><c> build</c>

00:42:03.360 --> 00:42:04.739
our<00:42:03.659><c> faith</c><00:42:03.880><c> on.</c>

00:42:05.320 --> 00:42:08.300
And<00:42:05.480><c> as</c><00:42:05.699><c> we</c><00:42:05.840><c> know,</c><00:42:06.039><c> our</c><00:42:06.300><c> faith</c><00:42:06.480><c> is</c><00:42:06.679><c> not</c><00:42:06.920><c> groundless</c><00:42:07.400><c> faith.</c>

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It's<00:42:08.559><c> a</c><00:42:08.679><c> foundation</c><00:42:09.519><c> full</c><00:42:10.119><c> faith</c><00:42:10.699><c> of</c><00:42:11.780><c> the</c><00:42:12.000><c> apostles</c><00:42:12.480><c> and</c><00:42:13.820><c> prophets.</c>

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How<00:42:15.019><c> are</c><00:42:15.199><c> we</c><00:42:15.320><c> going</c><00:42:15.440><c> to</c><00:42:15.659><c> have</c><00:42:15.739><c> faith,</c><00:42:16.400><c> brethren</c><00:42:16.500><c> and</c><00:42:16.659><c> sisters,</c>

00:42:17.460 --> 00:42:19.219
if<00:42:17.679><c> the</c><00:42:17.920><c> apostles</c><00:42:18.239><c> and</c><00:42:18.519><c> prophets</c><00:42:18.739><c> are</c><00:42:18.960><c> not</c>

00:42:19.219 --> 00:42:25.400
speaking<00:42:19.559><c> to</c><00:42:19.760><c> you</c><00:42:19.980><c> and</c><00:42:20.139><c> I</c><00:42:20.639><c> and</c><00:42:21.480><c> Christ</c><00:42:21.800><c> himself</c><00:42:22.579><c> being</c><00:42:23.000><c> the</c><00:42:23.239><c> chief</c><00:42:23.420><c> cornerstone</c><00:42:24.219><c> in</c>

00:42:25.400 --> 00:42:26.360
whom<00:42:25.579><c> the</c><00:42:25.780><c> whole</c><00:42:25.980><c> building</c>

00:42:26.360 --> 00:42:30.019
fitly<00:42:26.900><c> framed</c><00:42:27.079><c> together</c><00:42:27.739><c> has</c><00:42:28.300><c> to</c><00:42:28.619><c> grow.</c><00:42:29.440><c> You</c><00:42:29.599><c> see,</c><00:42:29.760><c> it's</c><00:42:29.800><c> not</c>

00:42:30.019 --> 00:42:32.019
a<00:42:30.420><c> static</c><00:42:30.900><c> ecclesia,</c><00:42:31.599><c> is</c><00:42:31.599><c> it?</c>

00:42:32.320 --> 00:42:35.420
This<00:42:32.519><c> is</c><00:42:32.699><c> an</c><00:42:32.780><c> ecclesia</c><00:42:33.039><c> which,</c><00:42:33.519><c> when</c><00:42:33.679><c> the</c><00:42:33.840><c> foundation</c><00:42:34.280><c> is</c><00:42:34.579><c> laid,</c><00:42:35.019><c> it's</c><00:42:35.199><c> not</c>

00:42:35.420 --> 00:42:36.619
just,<00:42:35.780><c> well,</c><00:42:35.880><c> we've</c><00:42:36.099><c> got</c><00:42:36.219><c> the</c><00:42:36.420><c> first</c>

00:42:36.619 --> 00:42:42.699
principles,<00:42:37.260><c> our</c><00:42:37.480><c> substance</c><00:42:37.940><c> laid</c><00:42:38.260><c> down.</c><00:42:40.059><c> That</c><00:42:40.480><c> faith</c><00:42:40.719><c> has</c><00:42:41.019><c> to</c><00:42:41.420><c> grow</c><00:42:41.820><c> into</c><00:42:42.659><c> a</c>

00:42:42.699 --> 00:42:44.960
holy<00:42:43.019><c> temple</c><00:42:43.460><c> in</c><00:42:43.880><c> Yahweh</c><00:42:44.480><c> and</c><00:42:44.780><c> the</c>

00:42:44.960 --> 00:42:50.280
world,<00:42:45.679><c> in</c><00:42:45.960><c> whom</c><00:42:46.119><c> you</c><00:42:46.280><c> are</c><00:42:46.599><c> builded</c><00:42:47.019><c> together</c><00:42:47.820><c> to</c><00:42:48.539><c> be</c><00:42:48.760><c> an</c><00:42:48.880><c> habitation</c><00:42:49.719><c> of</c>

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the<00:42:50.599><c> eternal</c><00:42:51.000><c> spirit.</c>

00:42:52.639 --> 00:42:57.239
And<00:42:53.079><c> that</c><00:42:53.519><c> is</c><00:42:54.079><c> a</c><00:42:54.199><c> high</c><00:42:54.420><c> calling.</c><00:42:55.599><c> That</c><00:42:55.760><c> new</c><00:42:56.039><c> building,</c><00:42:56.519><c> brethren</c><00:42:56.599><c> and</c><00:42:56.840><c> sisters,</c><00:42:57.139><c> is</c>

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based<00:42:57.739><c> on</c><00:42:59.059><c> the</c><00:42:59.460><c> broken</c>

00:42:59.900 --> 00:43:06.260
joinery<00:43:00.739><c> of</c><00:43:01.320><c> the</c><00:43:01.539><c> wall</c><00:43:01.659><c> of</c><00:43:01.940><c> separation</c><00:43:02.559><c> and</c><00:43:03.340><c> it's</c><00:43:03.940><c> a</c><00:43:03.940><c> substantive</c><00:43:04.780><c> basis</c><00:43:05.800><c> on</c>

00:43:06.260 --> 00:43:07.380
which<00:43:06.440><c> we</c><00:43:06.579><c> have</c><00:43:06.800><c> to</c><00:43:07.000><c> grow</c><00:43:07.199><c> as</c>

00:43:07.380 --> 00:43:14.940
ecclesia.<00:43:09.340><c> So</c><00:43:09.539><c> here</c><00:43:09.940><c> in</c><00:43:10.820><c> Ephesians,</c><00:43:12.000><c> we</c><00:43:12.079><c> had</c><00:43:12.400><c> no</c><00:43:12.860><c> elpis</c><00:43:13.420><c> without</c><00:43:14.320><c> Christ,</c><00:43:14.760><c> did</c>

00:43:14.940 --> 00:43:17.460
we?<00:43:15.980><c> He</c><00:43:16.360><c> brought</c><00:43:16.619><c> us</c><00:43:16.940><c> to</c><00:43:17.159><c> the</c>

00:43:17.460 --> 00:43:21.179
Israelite<00:43:17.940><c>-ish</c><00:43:18.159><c> hope</c><00:43:18.440><c> with</c><00:43:18.840><c> whom</c><00:43:18.980><c> Paul</c><00:43:19.460><c> could</c><00:43:20.219><c> associate</c><00:43:20.800><c> when</c><00:43:21.000><c> he</c>

00:43:21.179 --> 00:43:23.119
said,<00:43:21.500><c> I</c><00:43:21.500><c> am</c><00:43:21.679><c> bound</c><00:43:21.840><c> with</c><00:43:22.039><c> this</c><00:43:22.320><c> chain.</c>

00:43:23.400 --> 00:43:26.639
Come<00:43:23.619><c> back</c><00:43:23.860><c> with</c><00:43:24.079><c> me</c><00:43:24.579><c> to</c><00:43:24.860><c> the</c><00:43:25.079><c> understanding</c><00:43:25.579><c> that</c><00:43:25.920><c> the</c><00:43:26.159><c> psalmist</c><00:43:26.400><c> had</c>

00:43:26.639 --> 00:43:30.460
in<00:43:26.920><c> Psalm</c><00:43:27.059><c> 130</c><00:43:27.920><c> of</c><00:43:28.760><c> this</c><00:43:29.039><c> hope</c><00:43:29.219><c> of</c><00:43:29.440><c> Israel.</c>

00:43:32.400 --> 00:43:34.900
It<00:43:32.460><c> was</c><00:43:32.599><c> the</c><00:43:32.699><c> hope</c><00:43:32.800><c> of</c><00:43:33.059><c> Israel</c><00:43:33.420><c> when</c><00:43:33.800><c> Paul</c><00:43:34.059><c> was</c><00:43:34.320><c> referring</c><00:43:34.659><c> to</c>

00:43:34.900 --> 00:43:36.900
it<00:43:35.159><c> and</c><00:43:35.539><c> particularly</c><00:43:36.019><c> here,</c><00:43:36.300><c> for</c><00:43:36.480><c> example,</c>

00:43:36.900 --> 00:43:41.579
in<00:43:37.219><c> Ephesians</c><00:43:38.019><c> in</c><00:43:38.340><c> chapter</c><00:43:39.239><c> two</c><00:43:39.500><c> at</c><00:43:39.679><c> verse</c><00:43:39.980><c> 12,</c><00:43:40.840><c> when</c><00:43:41.079><c> Israel</c>

00:43:41.579 --> 00:43:43.679
and<00:43:41.860><c> the</c><00:43:42.079><c> true</c><00:43:42.260><c> hope</c><00:43:42.500><c> are</c><00:43:42.719><c> connected.</c>

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It's<00:43:43.940><c> not</c><00:43:44.159><c> a</c><00:43:44.280><c> new</c><00:43:44.500><c> concept,</c><00:43:44.920><c> it's</c><00:43:45.139><c> an</c><00:43:45.260><c> Old</c><00:43:45.519><c> Testament</c><00:43:45.900><c> concept</c>

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which<00:43:46.719><c> any</c><00:43:47.019><c> of</c><00:43:47.219><c> those</c><00:43:47.400><c> who</c><00:43:47.539><c> were</c><00:43:47.739><c> listening</c>

00:43:48.179 --> 00:43:53.920
and<00:43:48.820><c> read</c><00:43:49.000><c> the</c><00:43:49.199><c> Old</c><00:43:49.380><c> Testament</c><00:43:49.679><c> should</c><00:43:49.920><c> have</c><00:43:50.119><c> heard.</c><00:43:52.079><c> In</c><00:43:52.340><c> Psalm</c><00:43:52.519><c> 130,</c>

00:43:54.000 --> 00:43:55.900
out<00:43:54.219><c> of</c><00:43:54.400><c> the</c><00:43:54.639><c> depths</c><00:43:54.880><c> have</c><00:43:55.119><c> I</c><00:43:55.360><c> cried</c><00:43:55.579><c> unto</c>

00:43:55.900 --> 00:44:00.940
thee,<00:43:56.559><c> O</c><00:43:56.619><c> Yahweh,</c><00:43:58.480><c> Lord,</c><00:43:59.079><c> hear</c><00:43:59.260><c> my</c><00:43:59.500><c> voice,</c><00:44:00.260><c> let</c><00:44:00.380><c> thine</c><00:44:00.639><c> ears</c>

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be<00:44:01.239><c> attentive</c><00:44:01.599><c> to</c><00:44:01.880><c> the</c><00:44:02.059><c> voice</c><00:44:02.260><c> of</c><00:44:02.440><c> my</c><00:44:02.679><c> supplications.</c>

00:44:04.420 --> 00:44:08.360
If<00:44:04.739><c> thou</c><00:44:05.059><c> Yahweh</c><00:44:05.519><c> shouldest</c><00:44:06.099><c> mark</c><00:44:06.400><c> iniquities,</c><00:44:07.780><c> O</c><00:44:07.900><c> Lord,</c><00:44:08.099><c> who</c>

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shall<00:44:08.619><c> stand</c><00:44:09.159><c> that</c><00:44:10.239><c> there</c><00:44:10.519><c> is</c><00:44:10.760><c> forgiveness</c><00:44:11.219><c> with</c>

00:44:11.579 --> 00:44:16.159
thee<00:44:11.820><c> that</c><00:44:12.039><c> thou</c><00:44:12.239><c> mayest</c><00:44:12.599><c> be</c><00:44:12.820><c> feared?</c><00:44:14.059><c> And</c><00:44:14.519><c> here</c><00:44:14.639><c> is</c><00:44:14.800><c> a</c><00:44:14.940><c> beautiful</c><00:44:15.340><c> attribute</c><00:44:15.880><c> which</c>

00:44:16.159 --> 00:44:17.219
we<00:44:16.360><c> are</c><00:44:16.500><c> going</c><00:44:16.619><c> to</c><00:44:16.940><c> see</c>

00:44:17.219 --> 00:44:23.619
continuously<00:44:18.300><c> in</c><00:44:19.239><c> our</c><00:44:19.420><c> next</c><00:44:19.719><c> couple</c><00:44:19.960><c> of</c><00:44:20.239><c> talks.</c><00:44:21.519><c> I</c><00:44:21.860><c> wait</c><00:44:22.500><c> for</c>

00:44:23.619 --> 00:44:30.219
Yahweh.<00:44:25.059><c> My</c><00:44:25.340><c> soul</c><00:44:25.679><c> doth</c><00:44:25.940><c> wait</c><00:44:26.599><c> and</c><00:44:27.800><c> in</c><00:44:28.380><c> his</c><00:44:28.980><c> word</c>

00:44:30.320 --> 00:44:36.619
do<00:44:30.860><c> I</c><00:44:31.179><c> hope.</c><00:44:32.440><c> You</c><00:44:32.599><c> see,</c><00:44:32.719><c> there's</c><00:44:33.019><c> no</c><00:44:33.360><c> hope</c><00:44:34.159><c> without</c><00:44:35.159><c> faith</c><00:44:35.719><c> and</c>

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there's<00:44:36.900><c> no</c><00:44:37.099><c> faith</c><00:44:37.760><c> without</c><00:44:38.480><c> the</c><00:44:38.699><c> word.</c>

00:44:40.400 --> 00:44:44.599
If<00:44:40.599><c> that</c><00:44:40.980><c> word</c><00:44:41.179><c> is</c><00:44:41.440><c> not</c><00:44:41.739><c> present,</c><00:44:43.519><c> what</c><00:44:43.739><c> does</c><00:44:43.920><c> a</c><00:44:44.099><c> person</c><00:44:44.300><c> hope</c>

00:44:44.599 --> 00:44:47.559
for?<00:44:45.619><c> If</c><00:44:45.820><c> the</c><00:44:46.019><c> apostles</c><00:44:46.519><c> and</c><00:44:46.780><c> the</c><00:44:47.000><c> prophets</c><00:44:47.260><c> are</c>

00:44:47.559 --> 00:44:52.519
speaking<00:44:47.900><c> and</c><00:44:48.119><c> we</c><00:44:48.280><c> are</c><00:44:48.440><c> not</c><00:44:48.639><c> hearing,</c><00:44:50.639><c> but</c><00:44:50.780><c> there</c><00:44:50.960><c> is</c><00:44:51.179><c> a</c><00:44:51.320><c> patient</c><00:44:51.679><c> endurance,</c><00:44:52.260><c> isn't</c>

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there?<00:44:53.179><c> I</c><00:44:53.340><c> mean</c><00:44:53.480><c> that</c><00:44:53.659><c> the</c>

00:44:59.699 --> 00:45:04.840
for<00:44:59.960><c> the</c><00:45:00.039><c> Lord</c><00:45:00.519><c> more</c><00:45:01.360><c> than</c><00:45:01.539><c> they</c><00:45:01.860><c> that</c><00:45:02.300><c> watch</c><00:45:02.559><c> for</c><00:45:02.760><c> the</c><00:45:02.920><c> morning.</c><00:45:03.840><c> And</c><00:45:04.039><c> when</c><00:45:04.179><c> you</c><00:45:04.400><c> think</c><00:45:04.599><c> of</c>

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the<00:45:05.139><c> persecutions</c>

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that<00:45:06.099><c> we</c><00:45:06.980><c> understand</c><00:45:07.559><c> in</c><00:45:07.780><c> verse</c><00:45:08.039><c> one,</c><00:45:08.719><c> and</c><00:45:08.840><c> you</c><00:45:08.900><c> can</c><00:45:09.079><c> imagine</c>

00:45:09.400 --> 00:45:11.139
a<00:45:09.619><c> person,</c><00:45:10.000><c> and</c><00:45:10.199><c> all</c><00:45:10.360><c> of</c><00:45:10.480><c> us</c><00:45:10.619><c> in</c><00:45:10.840><c> different</c>

00:45:11.139 --> 00:45:14.099
times<00:45:11.500><c> of</c><00:45:11.679><c> our</c><00:45:11.880><c> lives,</c><00:45:12.239><c> brothers</c><00:45:12.320><c> and</c><00:45:12.579><c> sisters,</c><00:45:13.460><c> have</c><00:45:13.679><c> paced</c>

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hospital<00:45:14.679><c> rooms</c><00:45:15.280><c> or</c><00:45:16.099><c> our</c><00:45:16.420><c> studies</c><00:45:16.679><c> at</c><00:45:17.019><c> night,</c>

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or<00:45:17.900><c> the</c><00:45:18.179><c> sick</c><00:45:18.420><c> bed</c><00:45:18.539><c> of</c><00:45:18.739><c> a</c><00:45:18.920><c> child</c><00:45:19.460><c> watching</c><00:45:20.340><c> for</c><00:45:20.599><c> the</c><00:45:20.739><c> morning.</c>

00:45:22.920 --> 00:45:27.260
Israel<00:45:23.559><c> hope</c><00:45:24.019><c> in</c><00:45:24.260><c> Yahweh,</c><00:45:25.719><c> for</c><00:45:25.739><c> with</c><00:45:26.019><c> Yahweh</c><00:45:26.320><c> there</c><00:45:26.500><c> is</c><00:45:26.739><c> mercy</c>

00:45:27.260 --> 00:45:29.840
and<00:45:28.099><c> with</c><00:45:28.340><c> him</c><00:45:28.500><c> is</c><00:45:28.780><c> plenteous</c><00:45:29.340><c> redemption.</c>

00:45:30.179 --> 00:45:34.400
There<00:45:30.340><c> is</c><00:45:30.519><c> the</c><00:45:30.659><c> hope</c><00:45:30.780><c> of</c><00:45:30.980><c> Israel.</c><00:45:32.440><c> It's</c><00:45:32.639><c> a</c><00:45:33.480><c> real</c><00:45:33.699><c> and</c><00:45:34.000><c> a</c><00:45:34.199><c> living</c>

00:45:34.400 --> 00:45:37.860
hope<00:45:34.719><c> because</c><00:45:35.380><c> it</c><00:45:35.719><c> said</c><00:45:35.980><c> it's</c><00:45:36.599><c> not</c><00:45:36.940><c> he</c><00:45:37.440><c> may,</c>

00:45:38.079 --> 00:45:44.159
I<00:45:38.340><c> hope</c><00:45:38.639><c> he</c><00:45:38.960><c> shall</c><00:45:39.440><c> redeem.</c><00:45:41.059><c> Verse</c><00:45:41.219><c> eight,</c><00:45:42.300><c> he</c><00:45:42.719><c> shall</c><00:45:43.340><c> redeem</c>

00:45:44.159 --> 00:45:46.300
Israel<00:45:44.519><c> from</c><00:45:44.760><c> all</c><00:45:44.960><c> his</c><00:45:45.139><c> iniquities.</c>

00:45:46.519 --> 00:45:49.840
There's<00:45:46.940><c> no</c><00:45:47.139><c> doubt</c><00:45:47.340><c> about</c><00:45:47.659><c> that,</c><00:45:48.039><c> is</c><00:45:48.039><c> it?</c><00:45:49.000><c> Though</c><00:45:49.179><c> Israel</c><00:45:49.599><c> is</c>

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to<00:45:50.000><c> be</c><00:45:50.340><c> tried,</c>

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though<00:45:51.860><c> the</c><00:45:52.280><c> rebels</c><00:45:52.679><c> as</c><00:45:52.920><c> they</c><00:45:53.119><c> were</c><00:45:53.280><c> in</c><00:45:53.460><c> the</c><00:45:53.679><c> past</c><00:45:54.139><c> should</c><00:45:54.920><c> be</c>

00:45:55.219 --> 00:45:58.380
purged<00:45:55.599><c> out,</c><00:45:56.780><c> Israel</c><00:45:57.280><c> shall</c><00:45:57.579><c> be</c><00:45:57.840><c> redeemed.</c>

00:45:58.619 --> 00:46:01.500
And<00:45:58.780><c> brothers</c><00:45:58.940><c> and</c><00:45:59.280><c> sisters,</c><00:46:00.039><c> though</c><00:46:00.340><c> some</c><00:46:00.599><c> of</c><00:46:00.760><c> us</c><00:46:00.940><c> may</c><00:46:01.199><c> fall</c>

00:46:01.500 --> 00:46:03.860
away<00:46:01.760><c> from</c><00:46:01.980><c> the</c><00:46:02.239><c> truth</c><00:46:02.420><c> and</c><00:46:02.679><c> the</c><00:46:02.920><c> truth</c><00:46:03.099><c> is</c><00:46:03.380><c> diluted</c>

00:46:03.860 --> 00:46:08.940
and<00:46:04.179><c> weakened,</c><00:46:05.280><c> we</c><00:46:05.719><c> will</c><00:46:06.079><c> as</c><00:46:06.400><c> a</c><00:46:06.719><c> collective</c><00:46:07.059><c> body</c><00:46:07.960><c> enter</c><00:46:08.639><c> as</c>

00:46:08.940 --> 00:46:11.380
the<00:46:09.280><c> spiritual</c><00:46:09.639><c> Israel</c><00:46:10.059><c> into</c><00:46:10.320><c> that</c><00:46:10.579><c> hope.</c><00:46:11.139><c> God</c><00:46:11.219><c> has</c>

00:46:11.380 --> 00:46:18.039
said<00:46:11.420><c> he</c><00:46:11.639><c> would.</c><00:46:14.119><c> His</c><00:46:14.400><c> word</c><00:46:14.619><c> will</c><00:46:14.880><c> not</c><00:46:15.039><c> lie.</c><00:46:16.840><c> It</c><00:46:16.960><c> is</c><00:46:17.199><c> the</c><00:46:17.380><c> evidence</c><00:46:17.739><c> of</c>

00:46:18.039 --> 00:46:21.019
things<00:46:18.360><c> not</c><00:46:18.780><c> seen.</c><00:46:20.579><c> And</c><00:46:20.760><c> again,</c>

00:46:21.119 --> 00:46:30.099
we<00:46:21.260><c> find</c><00:46:21.500><c> a</c><00:46:21.719><c> lovely</c><00:46:22.079><c> Greek</c><00:46:22.380><c> word.</c><00:46:23.440><c> The</c><00:46:23.699><c> Greek</c><00:46:23.940><c> word</c><00:46:24.760><c> for</c><00:46:25.440><c> evidence</c><00:46:26.300><c> is</c><00:46:27.380><c> the</c><00:46:27.500><c> word</c><00:46:28.400><c> elegos,</c><00:46:29.719><c> E</c>

00:46:30.099 --> 00:46:33.480
-L<00:46:30.219><c>-E</c><00:46:30.900><c>-G</c><00:46:31.599><c>-C</c><00:46:32.139><c>-H</c><00:46:32.400><c>-O</c><00:46:32.659><c>-S.</c>

00:46:33.579 --> 00:46:37.000
And<00:46:34.019><c> it</c><00:46:34.219><c> actually</c><00:46:34.559><c> speaks</c><00:46:35.000><c> of</c><00:46:35.380><c> the</c><00:46:35.760><c> title</c><00:46:36.099><c> deed.</c><00:46:36.440><c> Once</c><00:46:36.679><c> again,</c>

00:46:37.099 --> 00:46:40.360
the<00:46:37.239><c> word</c><00:46:37.500><c> title</c><00:46:37.940><c> deed</c><00:46:38.280><c> or</c><00:46:38.719><c> the</c><00:46:38.960><c> conviction</c>

00:46:40.760 --> 00:46:45.679
of<00:46:41.360><c> that</c><00:46:41.619><c> which</c><00:46:41.840><c> is</c><00:46:42.079><c> to</c><00:46:42.260><c> come.</c><00:46:44.239><c> The</c><00:46:44.360><c> Greek</c><00:46:44.599><c> word,</c><00:46:45.000><c> I'm</c><00:46:45.420><c> just</c>

00:46:45.679 --> 00:46:48.019
quoting<00:46:45.900><c> from</c><00:46:46.239><c> somebody</c><00:46:46.480><c> who</c><00:46:46.699><c> said</c><00:46:46.860><c> the</c><00:46:47.519><c> Greek</c><00:46:47.780><c> word</c>

00:46:48.019 --> 00:46:55.440
denotes<00:46:48.400><c> putting</c><00:46:48.719><c> to</c><00:46:48.960><c> the</c><00:46:49.179><c> test,</c><00:46:50.159><c> examining</c><00:46:50.619><c> for</c><00:46:50.920><c> the</c><00:46:51.119><c> purpose</c><00:46:51.480><c> of</c><00:46:51.820><c> proof,</c><00:46:52.760><c> bringing</c><00:46:53.380><c> to</c><00:46:54.300><c> conviction.</c>

00:46:55.639 --> 00:46:59.780
Thus,<00:46:56.099><c> if</c><00:46:56.280><c> test</c><00:46:56.679><c> or</c><00:46:57.019><c> proving</c><00:46:57.400><c> is</c><00:46:57.820><c> the</c><00:46:57.980><c> word</c><00:46:58.099><c> to</c><00:46:58.320><c> be</c><00:46:58.539><c> adopted,</c><00:46:59.679><c> a</c>

00:46:59.780 --> 00:47:02.360
firm<00:46:59.980><c> conviction</c><00:47:00.539><c> of</c><00:47:00.800><c> the</c><00:47:01.019><c> reality</c><00:47:01.400><c> of</c><00:47:01.699><c> things</c><00:47:01.920><c> not</c>

00:47:02.360 --> 00:47:08.840
seen<00:47:02.639><c> is</c><00:47:03.320><c> implied</c><00:47:03.760><c> as</c><00:47:03.960><c> the</c><00:47:04.260><c> result</c><00:47:04.599><c> of</c><00:47:05.039><c> putting</c><00:47:05.380><c> to</c><00:47:05.719><c> the</c><00:47:05.940><c> proof.</c><00:47:07.440><c> In</c><00:47:07.760><c> legalistic</c><00:47:08.360><c> Greek,</c><00:47:08.699><c> if</c>

00:47:08.840 --> 00:47:09.539
you<00:47:09.000><c> were</c><00:47:09.179><c> a</c><00:47:09.320><c> lawyer</c>

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in<00:47:09.780><c> Greek</c><00:47:09.940><c> times,</c><00:47:11.199><c> that</c><00:47:11.340><c> word</c><00:47:11.820><c> evidence</c><00:47:12.320><c> means</c><00:47:12.980><c> not</c><00:47:13.420><c> merely</c>

00:47:13.800 --> 00:47:18.639
to<00:47:14.159><c> reply</c><00:47:14.719><c> to,</c><00:47:15.940><c> but</c><00:47:16.159><c> to</c><00:47:16.619><c> prove</c><00:47:16.940><c> beyond</c><00:47:17.559><c> all</c><00:47:18.280><c> doubt</c>

00:47:18.639 --> 00:47:21.960
to<00:47:18.920><c> an</c><00:47:19.119><c> opponent.</c><00:47:19.460><c> Isn't</c><00:47:19.599><c> that</c><00:47:19.800><c> lovely?</c><00:47:20.860><c> It's</c><00:47:21.199><c> an</c><00:47:21.579><c> evidence</c>

00:47:21.960 --> 00:47:24.699
which<00:47:22.260><c> is</c><00:47:22.539><c> beyond</c><00:47:22.840><c> all</c><00:47:23.219><c> doubt</c><00:47:23.480><c> to</c><00:47:23.800><c> us.</c>

00:47:25.119 --> 00:47:29.179
And<00:47:25.360><c> this</c><00:47:25.599><c> is</c><00:47:25.820><c> a</c><00:47:26.000><c> real</c><00:47:26.260><c> and</c><00:47:26.519><c> substantive</c><00:47:27.059><c> faith</c><00:47:27.440><c> which</c><00:47:27.699><c> we</c><00:47:28.019><c> need.</c><00:47:28.639><c> It's</c><00:47:28.840><c> an</c>

00:47:29.179 --> 00:47:31.519
evidence<00:47:29.800><c> of</c><00:47:30.539><c> things</c><00:47:30.820><c> not</c><00:47:31.320><c> seen,</c>

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both<00:47:31.820><c> in</c><00:47:32.039><c> the</c><00:47:32.199><c> past</c><00:47:32.460><c> and</c><00:47:33.119><c> particularly</c><00:47:33.699><c> in</c><00:47:33.900><c> the</c><00:47:34.079><c> future.</c><00:47:35.179><c> It's</c>

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substantive<00:47:36.000><c> beyond</c><00:47:36.539><c> all</c><00:47:37.219><c> reasonable</c><00:47:37.739><c> doubt</c>

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in<00:47:38.860><c> the</c><00:47:39.059><c> legal</c><00:47:39.360><c> Greek.</c><00:47:40.559><c> That's</c><00:47:40.880><c> what</c><00:47:41.019><c> our</c><00:47:41.320><c> faith</c><00:47:41.480><c> is,</c><00:47:41.840><c> Bren</c><00:47:41.940><c> sisters.</c><00:47:42.780><c> This</c><00:47:43.079><c> can</c><00:47:43.380><c> carry</c><00:47:43.599><c> us</c>

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through<00:47:44.280><c> all</c><00:47:44.719><c> troubles,</c>

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through<00:47:45.840><c> all</c><00:47:46.119><c> difficulties</c><00:47:46.840><c> in</c><00:47:47.400><c> happiness</c><00:47:47.900><c> and</c><00:47:48.820><c> in</c><00:47:49.239><c> times</c><00:47:49.480><c> of</c>

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sorrow.<00:47:51.559><c> Paul</c><00:47:51.760><c> says</c><00:47:52.019><c> in</c><00:47:52.219><c> Romans</c><00:47:52.519><c> 8,</c>

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if<00:47:54.199><c> you</c><00:47:54.340><c> have</c><00:47:54.500><c> a</c><00:47:54.579><c> look</c><00:47:54.719><c> with</c><00:47:54.940><c> me</c><00:47:55.099><c> at</c><00:47:55.280><c> Romans</c><00:47:55.519><c> 8</c><00:47:55.800><c> verse</c><00:47:56.099><c> 24,</c><00:47:58.940><c> he</c><00:47:59.159><c> says</c><00:47:59.380><c> in</c><00:47:59.519><c> Romans</c><00:47:59.780><c> 8</c>

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verse<00:48:00.280><c> 24,</c>

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For<00:48:01.079><c> we</c><00:48:01.280><c> are</c><00:48:01.599><c> saved</c><00:48:01.960><c> by</c><00:48:02.360><c> hope,</c><00:48:03.960><c> but</c><00:48:04.119><c> hope</c><00:48:04.400><c> that</c><00:48:04.659><c> is</c><00:48:04.920><c> seen</c><00:48:05.260><c> is</c><00:48:06.599><c> not</c><00:48:07.019><c> hope.</c><00:48:08.659><c> What</c><00:48:08.920><c> is</c>

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seen<00:48:09.539><c> now</c><00:48:09.980><c> is</c><00:48:10.559><c> not</c><00:48:11.019><c> the</c><00:48:11.300><c> reality</c>

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of<00:48:12.079><c> the</c><00:48:12.360><c> truth</c><00:48:12.559><c> which</c><00:48:12.780><c> we</c><00:48:13.079><c> believe,</c><00:48:14.059><c> and</c><00:48:14.199><c> if</c><00:48:14.380><c> we</c><00:48:14.659><c> become</c><00:48:14.900><c> dejected</c><00:48:15.559><c> by</c><00:48:15.840><c> it,</c><00:48:16.039><c> we</c>

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are<00:48:16.519><c> not</c><00:48:16.840><c> understanding</c><00:48:17.579><c> God's</c>

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real<00:48:18.480><c> living</c><00:48:18.739><c> hope,</c><00:48:18.980><c> are</c><00:48:19.219><c> we?</c><00:48:20.860><c> That</c><00:48:21.059><c> which</c><00:48:21.300><c> is</c><00:48:21.619><c> seen</c><00:48:21.880><c> is</c><00:48:22.380><c> not</c><00:48:22.659><c> hope</c><00:48:23.019><c> for</c><00:48:23.539><c> what</c><00:48:23.739><c> a</c>

00:48:23.860 --> 00:48:26.079
man<00:48:24.000><c> seeth.</c><00:48:24.320><c> Why</c><00:48:24.519><c> does</c><00:48:24.679><c> he</c><00:48:24.840><c> hope</c><00:48:25.039><c> for</c><00:48:25.300><c> it?</c>

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But<00:48:27.880><c> if</c><00:48:28.099><c> we</c><00:48:28.340><c> hope</c><00:48:28.559><c> for</c><00:48:28.800><c> that</c><00:48:28.940><c> we</c><00:48:29.320><c> see</c><00:48:29.659><c> not,</c><00:48:30.860><c> then</c><00:48:31.139><c> do</c><00:48:31.519><c> we</c><00:48:31.739><c> with,</c>

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and<00:48:32.440><c> again</c><00:48:32.739><c> the</c><00:48:33.039><c> word</c><00:48:33.219><c> comes</c><00:48:33.559><c> through,</c>

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patience<00:48:35.719><c> wait</c><00:48:36.380><c> for</c><00:48:36.639><c> it.</c><00:48:36.880><c> Isn't</c><00:48:37.059><c> that</c><00:48:37.199><c> lovely?</c><00:48:38.739><c> With</c><00:48:39.099><c> patience</c><00:48:39.639><c> our</c><00:48:39.940><c> heart</c><00:48:40.239><c> is</c>

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desiring<00:48:41.500><c> that</c><00:48:41.940><c> great</c><00:48:42.639><c> hope</c>

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which<00:48:43.900><c> we</c><00:48:44.079><c> are</c><00:48:44.300><c> yet</c><00:48:44.500><c> to</c><00:48:44.739><c> attain</c><00:48:45.039><c> to.</c><00:48:46.239><c> This</c><00:48:46.519><c> is</c><00:48:46.719><c> the</c><00:48:46.840><c> day</c><00:48:46.900><c> of</c><00:48:47.179><c> small</c><00:48:47.380><c> things.</c><00:48:48.079><c> Our</c>

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hearts<00:48:48.659><c> must</c><00:48:48.860><c> not</c><00:48:48.980><c> be</c><00:48:49.219><c> downcast</c>

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because<00:48:50.059><c> of</c><00:48:50.260><c> this.</c><00:48:51.059><c> There's</c><00:48:51.239><c> a</c><00:48:51.420><c> real</c><00:48:51.619><c> and</c><00:48:51.860><c> substantive</c><00:48:52.539><c> faith</c>

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which<00:48:53.760><c> is</c><00:48:53.980><c> going</c><00:48:54.099><c> to</c><00:48:54.360><c> carry</c><00:48:54.500><c> us</c><00:48:54.699><c> by</c><00:48:54.920><c> God's</c><00:48:55.360><c> grace,</c>

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that<00:48:56.059><c> real</c><00:48:56.699><c> and</c><00:48:57.139><c> living</c><00:48:57.320><c> hope.</c><00:48:59.300><c> Come</c><00:48:59.460><c> with</c><00:48:59.579><c> me</c><00:48:59.699><c> to</c><00:48:59.920><c> Hebrews</c><00:49:00.219><c> 6.</c>

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In<00:49:02.119><c> Hebrews</c><00:49:02.360><c> 6</c><00:49:03.059><c> from</c><00:49:03.440><c> verse</c><00:49:03.739><c> 17</c><00:49:04.340><c> onwards.</c>

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In<00:49:10.559><c> Hebrews</c><00:49:10.840><c> 6</c><00:49:11.340><c> verse</c><00:49:11.800><c> 17,</c>

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Where<00:49:12.460><c> in</c><00:49:15.539><c> God</c><00:49:15.900><c> willing</c><00:49:16.219><c> more</c><00:49:16.659><c> abundantly</c><00:49:17.340><c> to</c><00:49:17.699><c> show</c><00:49:17.900><c> unto</c><00:49:18.219><c> the</c>

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heirs<00:49:18.760><c> of</c><00:49:19.239><c> promise</c><00:49:19.719><c> the</c><00:49:20.420><c> immutability</c><00:49:21.159><c> of</c><00:49:21.320><c> his</c>

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counsel,<00:49:22.300><c> confirmed</c><00:49:23.340><c> it</c><00:49:23.599><c> by</c><00:49:23.840><c> an</c><00:49:24.039><c> oath.</c><00:49:24.599><c> Now</c><00:49:24.760><c> I'd</c><00:49:24.900><c> just</c><00:49:25.079><c> like</c><00:49:25.219><c> to</c><00:49:25.340><c> read</c><00:49:25.539><c> to</c><00:49:25.679><c> you</c><00:49:25.820><c> the</c><00:49:26.079><c> NIV.</c><00:49:26.539><c> It</c><00:49:26.659><c> actually</c><00:49:26.880><c> makes</c><00:49:27.119><c> a</c>

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little<00:49:27.460><c> bit</c><00:49:27.719><c> clearer</c><00:49:27.900><c> there</c><00:49:28.159><c> for</c><00:49:28.360><c> you.</c><00:49:29.199><c> Because</c><00:49:29.579><c> God</c><00:49:29.920><c> wanted</c>

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to<00:49:30.539><c> make</c><00:49:30.719><c> the</c><00:49:30.980><c> unchanging</c><00:49:31.719><c> nature</c><00:49:32.340><c> of</c><00:49:32.579><c> his</c><00:49:32.820><c> purpose</c>

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very<00:49:34.300><c> clear</c><00:49:35.039><c> to</c><00:49:35.699><c> the</c><00:49:35.980><c> heirs</c><00:49:36.219><c> of</c><00:49:36.460><c> what</c><00:49:36.619><c> was</c><00:49:36.960><c> promised.</c><00:49:37.719><c> He</c><00:49:38.139><c> confirmed</c><00:49:38.619><c> it</c>

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with<00:49:38.980><c> an</c><00:49:39.199><c> oath.</c><00:49:40.380><c> Now</c><00:49:40.559><c> isn't</c><00:49:40.679><c> that</c><00:49:40.920><c> lovely?</c>

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Because<00:49:41.860><c> the</c><00:49:42.360><c> very</c><00:49:42.679><c> basis</c><00:49:43.099><c> of</c><00:49:43.440><c> faith</c><00:49:43.820><c> is</c><00:49:44.079><c> something</c><00:49:44.400><c> which</c><00:49:44.739><c> carries</c><00:49:45.079><c> us</c>

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through<00:49:45.659><c> fluctuations.</c>

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All<00:49:47.739><c> our</c><00:49:48.059><c> lives</c><00:49:48.300><c> change</c><00:49:49.099><c> as</c><00:49:49.699><c> our</c><00:49:50.260><c> brother</c><00:49:50.559><c> John</c><00:49:50.840><c> mentioned</c><00:49:51.199><c> in</c>

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the<00:49:51.539><c> first</c><00:49:51.760><c> talk</c><00:49:52.000><c> today.</c><00:49:52.739><c> Everything</c><00:49:53.099><c> changes</c><00:49:53.639><c> in</c><00:49:53.880><c> our</c>

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lives.<00:49:54.380><c> But</c><00:49:55.019><c> he</c><00:49:55.320><c> is</c><00:49:55.539><c> saying</c><00:49:55.800><c> here</c><00:49:56.239><c> that</c><00:49:56.900><c> the</c><00:49:57.219><c> very</c><00:49:57.619><c> unchangeable</c><00:49:58.579><c> nature</c><00:49:58.960><c> of</c>

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God's<00:49:59.800><c> purpose</c><00:50:00.119><c> he</c><00:50:00.519><c> wants</c>

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to<00:50:00.940><c> make</c><00:50:01.219><c> clear</c><00:50:01.480><c> to</c><00:50:01.719><c> us.</c><00:50:03.440><c> Because</c><00:50:03.840><c> we</c><00:50:04.059><c> are</c><00:50:04.320><c> heirs,</c><00:50:05.219><c> we</c><00:50:05.400><c> are</c><00:50:05.579><c> going</c><00:50:05.739><c> to</c>

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inherit.<00:50:06.300><c> We've</c><00:50:06.420><c> been</c><00:50:06.559><c> given</c><00:50:06.719><c> the</c><00:50:07.000><c> title</c><00:50:07.280><c> deed</c>

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of<00:50:08.639><c> that</c><00:50:08.880><c> which</c><00:50:09.039><c> is</c><00:50:09.340><c> promised.</c><00:50:10.599><c> And</c><00:50:10.780><c> he's</c><00:50:11.119><c> confirmed</c><00:50:11.500><c> it</c><00:50:11.639><c> with</c>

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an<00:50:12.039><c> oath.</c><00:50:13.460><c> Isn't</c><00:50:13.739><c> that</c><00:50:13.940><c> amazing?</c><00:50:14.360><c> God</c><00:50:14.599><c> doesn't</c>

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need<00:50:15.159><c> to</c><00:50:15.420><c> confirm</c><00:50:15.679><c> with</c><00:50:15.920><c> an</c><00:50:16.039><c> oath,</c><00:50:16.300><c> does</c><00:50:16.420><c> he?</c><00:50:17.340><c> Every</c><00:50:17.699><c> word</c><00:50:17.860><c> that</c><00:50:18.059><c> he</c>

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says<00:50:18.719><c> will</c><00:50:19.360><c> be</c><00:50:19.679><c> performed.</c><00:50:20.360><c> But</c><00:50:20.619><c> to</c><00:50:20.880><c> make</c><00:50:21.059><c> it</c>

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true<00:50:21.880><c> for</c><00:50:22.119><c> us</c><00:50:22.400><c> so</c><00:50:22.739><c> that</c><00:50:22.920><c> we</c><00:50:23.119><c> understand,</c><00:50:24.500><c> he</c><00:50:24.800><c> says</c><00:50:25.119><c> in</c><00:50:25.340><c> verse</c>

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18,<00:50:26.679><c> that</c><00:50:26.840><c> by</c><00:50:27.219><c> two</c><00:50:27.780><c> immutable,</c><00:50:28.579><c> and</c><00:50:28.820><c> the</c><00:50:28.960><c> word</c>

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in<00:50:29.719><c> modern</c><00:50:30.980><c> English</c><00:50:31.320><c> is</c><00:50:31.619><c> unchangeable,</c><00:50:32.619><c> by</c><00:50:32.860><c> two</c><00:50:33.260><c> unchangeable</c><00:50:34.199><c> things</c><00:50:34.780><c> in</c>

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which<00:50:35.639><c> it</c><00:50:35.780><c> is</c><00:50:35.920><c> impossible</c>

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for<00:50:36.880><c> God</c><00:50:37.199><c> to</c><00:50:37.519><c> lie,</c><00:50:38.440><c> we</c><00:50:38.539><c> might</c><00:50:38.860><c> have</c><00:50:39.039><c> a</c><00:50:39.380><c> strong</c><00:50:39.659><c> consolation</c>

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who<00:50:41.559><c> have</c><00:50:41.880><c> fled</c><00:50:42.099><c> for</c><00:50:42.420><c> refuge.</c><00:50:42.880><c> Isn't</c><00:50:43.039><c> that</c><00:50:43.260><c> lovely?</c>

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We<00:50:44.119><c> want</c><00:50:44.360><c> to</c><00:50:44.559><c> leave</c><00:50:44.780><c> this</c><00:50:45.139><c> way</c><00:50:45.360><c> behind,</c><00:50:46.039><c> don't</c><00:50:46.039><c> we?</c><00:50:47.139><c> And</c><00:50:47.480><c> lay</c>

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hold<00:50:48.800><c> on</c><00:50:49.780><c> that</c><00:50:50.019><c> invisible</c><00:50:50.599><c> hope</c><00:50:51.239><c> set</c><00:50:51.659><c> before</c><00:50:52.019><c> us.</c>

00:50:53.000 --> 00:50:56.380
We<00:50:53.300><c> want</c><00:50:53.500><c> to</c><00:50:53.880><c> grasp</c><00:50:54.199><c> into</c><00:50:54.480><c> the</c><00:50:54.760><c> future.</c><00:50:55.599><c> How</c><00:50:55.800><c> are</c><00:50:55.960><c> we</c><00:50:56.019><c> going</c><00:50:56.099><c> to</c>

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grasp<00:50:56.619><c> if</c><00:50:56.780><c> we</c><00:50:56.920><c> don't</c><00:50:57.139><c> have</c><00:50:57.360><c> that</c>

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faith,<00:50:58.039><c> brothers</c><00:50:58.260><c> and</c><00:50:58.440><c> sisters?</c><00:50:59.420><c> And</c><00:50:59.579><c> he</c><00:50:59.699><c> says</c><00:50:59.880><c> in</c><00:51:00.000><c> verse</c><00:51:00.260><c> 19,</c>

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that's<00:51:01.539><c> beautiful,</c><00:51:01.940><c> isn't</c><00:51:02.119><c> it?</c>

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Which<00:51:03.619><c> hope</c><00:51:03.880><c> we</c><00:51:04.219><c> have</c><00:51:04.900><c> as</c><00:51:05.539><c> an</c><00:51:06.019><c> anchor</c><00:51:06.539><c> of</c><00:51:07.199><c> our</c><00:51:07.639><c> soul,</c><00:51:09.320><c> sure</c><00:51:09.539><c> and</c>

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steadfast.<00:51:11.400><c> The</c><00:51:11.599><c> NIV</c><00:51:11.920><c> says,</c>

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firm<00:51:13.500><c> and</c><00:51:14.579><c> secure.</c><00:51:15.940><c> And</c><00:51:16.099><c> when</c><00:51:16.179><c> we</c><00:51:16.420><c> drop</c><00:51:16.599><c> that</c><00:51:16.840><c> anchor</c><00:51:17.239><c> into</c><00:51:17.639><c> the</c><00:51:17.940><c> word</c><00:51:18.260><c> and</c><00:51:19.099><c> these</c><00:51:19.360><c> things</c><00:51:19.599><c> become</c><00:51:19.900><c> so</c>

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real<00:51:20.579><c> to</c><00:51:20.840><c> us</c>

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that<00:51:21.320><c> nothing</c><00:51:21.659><c> will</c><00:51:21.940><c> move</c><00:51:22.119><c> us,</c><00:51:22.980><c> we</c><00:51:23.280><c> become</c><00:51:23.579><c> like</c><00:51:23.880><c> a</c><00:51:24.139><c> ship</c><00:51:24.519><c> bound</c><00:51:25.019><c> and</c>

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the<00:51:25.739><c> waves</c><00:51:25.960><c> throw</c><00:51:26.280><c> that</c><00:51:26.559><c> ship</c><00:51:26.760><c> around</c>

00:51:27.260 --> 00:51:33.380
and<00:51:28.019><c> it</c><00:51:28.280><c> doesn't</c><00:51:28.780><c> move</c><00:51:29.719><c> because</c><00:51:30.400><c> it's</c><00:51:30.679><c> based</c><00:51:31.000><c> on</c><00:51:31.380><c> real,</c><00:51:32.420><c> unchangeable</c><00:51:32.940><c> hopes</c>

00:51:33.380 --> 00:51:35.440
which<00:51:34.440><c> no</c><00:51:34.699><c> man's</c><00:51:34.960><c> going</c><00:51:35.079><c> to</c><00:51:35.239><c> take</c>

00:51:35.440 --> 00:51:39.900
away<00:51:35.679><c> from</c><00:51:35.900><c> us.</c><00:51:37.760><c> So</c><00:51:37.920><c> I'd</c><00:51:38.079><c> like</c><00:51:38.119><c> to</c><00:51:38.260><c> end</c><00:51:38.420><c> with</c><00:51:38.659><c> just</c><00:51:39.199><c> one</c><00:51:39.599><c> or</c><00:51:39.679><c> two</c>

00:51:39.900 --> 00:51:44.920
little<00:51:40.159><c> lines</c><00:51:40.599><c> from</c><00:51:41.840><c> Sir</c><00:51:42.139><c> Walter</c><00:51:42.460><c> Raleigh</c><00:51:43.199><c> of</c><00:51:43.980><c> 1552</c>

00:51:44.920 --> 00:51:50.440
when<00:51:45.159><c> he</c><00:51:45.400><c> said,</c><00:51:47.039><c> give</c><00:51:47.139><c> me</c><00:51:47.420><c> my</c><00:51:47.840><c> scalloped</c><00:51:48.280><c> shell</c><00:51:48.500><c> of</c><00:51:48.840><c> quiet,</c><00:51:50.039><c> my</c>

00:51:50.440 --> 00:51:52.639
staff<00:51:50.719><c> of</c><00:51:51.079><c> faith</c><00:51:51.300><c> to</c><00:51:51.579><c> walk</c><00:51:51.780><c> upon,</c>

00:51:52.860 --> 00:51:59.579
my<00:51:53.320><c> script</c><00:51:53.619><c> of</c><00:51:53.940><c> joy,</c><00:51:54.420><c> immortal</c><00:51:54.940><c> diet,</c><00:51:56.539><c> my</c><00:51:56.719><c> bottle</c><00:51:57.000><c> of</c><00:51:57.260><c> salvation,</c><00:51:59.079><c> my</c><00:51:59.340><c> garn</c>

00:51:59.579 --> 00:52:00.679
of<00:51:59.800><c> glory,</c>

00:52:01.320 --> 00:52:06.420
hope's<00:52:01.679><c> true</c><00:52:01.840><c> gauge,</c><00:52:03.539><c> and</c><00:52:03.800><c> thus</c><00:52:04.239><c> I'll</c><00:52:04.739><c> take</c><00:52:05.059><c> my</c><00:52:05.420><c> pilgrimage.</c>