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Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.92,0:00:09.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, a lot of times when we begin to soften up,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.09,0:00:10.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not a good thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.86,0:00:12.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't want to soften up on what's
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.69,0:00:15.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really right, really good.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.82,0:00:19.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, we need to be
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.16,0:00:21.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,abandoned for Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.18,0:00:24.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to be Jesus freaks - all our life.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.02,0:00:25.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not just when we're first converted.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.65,0:00:26.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to be radicals.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.79,0:00:28.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to do radical things.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.46,0:00:30.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to apply the Word of God
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.45,0:00:32.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a radical way.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.08,0:00:33.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not just when we were first born again,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.86,0:00:35.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but all the way through.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.36,0:00:37.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to mature. We need to grow.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.57,0:00:39.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can just understand what happened
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.66,0:00:41.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to these Hebrews, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.25,0:00:43.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They suffered. They were weary.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.74,0:00:47.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were worn out. They were tired.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.56,0:00:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They had been through the trials,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.08,0:00:50.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they had been through the snares,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.84,0:00:56.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they had been through the dangers.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.02,0:00:58.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in their weariness they weren't ready
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.46,0:00:59.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be as exact as they were.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.84,0:01:01.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't that where it happens?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.53,0:01:02.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We go through the trials,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.81,0:01:06.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we get beat up by the trials we're made to go through.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.26,0:01:08.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They came through much tribulation.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.94,0:01:10.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what we saw in Revelation.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.58,0:01:12.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are the ones that came
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.07,0:01:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the tribulation.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.40,0:01:15.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I don't know what your eschatology
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.89,0:01:16.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is all about,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.63,0:01:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but brethren, we're told
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.04,0:01:19.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through much tribulation, we all come.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.82,0:01:21.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the tribulation I believe that's speaking to,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.97,0:01:24.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not some concocted thing of
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.92,0:01:27.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,premillenial dispensationalism.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.60,0:01:31.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the tribulation that God has called
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.38,0:01:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of His people to come through.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.00,0:01:35.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.05,0:01:36.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We go through that tribulation.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.62,0:01:39.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We come through all the dangers, toils and snares.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.26,0:01:40.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We come through the trials,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.49,0:01:42.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the fact is, we can get worn out.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.85,0:01:44.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we're ready to lay down,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.56,0:01:47.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not be so exact, not be so precise.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.50,0:01:49.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the writer of Hebrews is saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.37,0:01:50.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Onward, Hebrews!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.60,0:01:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And onward, Grace Community Church brethren.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.10,0:01:54.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Onward, we need to press in,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.96,0:01:56.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need to press through,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.27,0:01:57.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need to go on.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.58,0:02:00.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, be exact.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.43,0:02:02.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be precise.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.58,0:02:04.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what if you seem strange to your family
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.20,0:02:05.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or to others or even to other Christians.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.70,0:02:07.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of times it's other professing Christians
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.66,0:02:09.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are the greatest ridiculers
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.92,0:02:12.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the biggest wet blanket when there's
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.48,0:02:14.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,somebody who really wants to give their life
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.73,0:02:16.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for serving Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.97,0:02:18.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, do you see what the writer of Hebrews
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.37,0:02:19.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is calling us on to?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.59,0:02:20.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maturity.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.75,0:02:22.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pressing onward, pressing upward.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.87,0:02:25.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's down that path, brethren,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.12,0:02:28.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that when we get to Melchizedek,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.13,0:02:31.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that kind of resolved, resolute life
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.79,0:02:33.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I am going to do what is right;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.65,0:02:36.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am going to conform my life,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.78,0:02:38.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not to the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.77,0:02:40.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to the Word of Righteousness,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.28,0:02:41.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the standard found in here.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.81,0:02:43.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to strive to figure out what
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.48,0:02:44.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is pleasing to the Lord,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.75,0:02:46.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm going to be exact.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.47,0:02:47.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm going to back to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.71,0:02:49.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if I got dull and sloppy
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.84,0:02:51.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and thick-skulled in my life,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.50,0:02:53.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I began to stray, I'm coming back.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.56,0:02:56.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Repentence is not a one-time thing, brethren.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.48,0:02:57.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to come back.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.85,0:02:59.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You need to be on that track
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.44,0:03:00.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of preciseness.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.82,0:03:02.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Precise to this Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.02,0:03:05.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You need to read it and hear.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.46,0:03:07.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't be like I was with the stewardesses.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.62,0:03:09.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You need to come back where this is the Word of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.56,0:03:11.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not some paltry word of a stewardess
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.89,0:03:14.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that doesn't matter.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.03,0:03:15.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are in an airplane that is
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.49,0:03:16.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going to go down.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.63,0:03:19.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a wrath of God coming, brethren,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.22,0:03:21.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the seatbelt of this Word is
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.43,0:03:22.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all imperative.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.72,0:03:24.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you need to stay fresh
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.59,0:03:25.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on how to keep it buckled,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.97,0:03:29.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how to not let it get unbuckled.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.55,0:03:32.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Folks, this is life and death.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.94,0:03:35.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you just write yourself off right in the beginning
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.22,0:03:38.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well, you know, apostacy is for these other people
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.10,0:03:39.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it could never happen to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.42,0:03:40.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, it's happened to people
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.54,0:03:42.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right out of our own midst.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.74,0:03:44.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's a reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.86,0:03:46.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you want to stay good and true
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.26,0:03:48.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the end, this is something, it is your soul.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.74,0:03:51.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Matt Haney's brother just passed off into eternity.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.54,0:03:52.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What? About 30 years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.97,0:03:55.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A life wasted.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.12,0:03:59.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, that is a shame.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.21,0:04:00.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know what would be
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.52,0:04:02.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an even greater shame?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.06,0:04:04.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is if he sat in this church every week
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.55,0:04:07.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he actually owned a Bible and read it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.59,0:04:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he became so dull of hearing
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.20,0:04:11.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that in the end, he lost his soul.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.63,0:04:13.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's even more tragic, brethren.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.77,0:04:15.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Coming so close.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.50,0:04:16.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus said to one man,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.83,0:04:18.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"you are close to the kingdom."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.91,0:04:22.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Coming so close and missing it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.43,0:04:24.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't want to do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.63,0:04:26.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This needs to be your food.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.48,0:04:28.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We live not by bread alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.41,0:04:29.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, be in this Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.75,0:04:32.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pray to God for help to see it,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.02,0:04:34.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to understand it, to apply it,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.08,0:04:35.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to live it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.28,0:04:36.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be exact.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.38,0:04:37.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be a fanatic.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.33,0:04:38.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be a radical.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.58,0:04:41.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To God's Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.36,0:04:43.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not something that you want to
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.11,0:04:45.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,slow the pace in.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.13,0:04:47.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got to persevere to the end
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.04,0:04:49.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you wwould be saved, brethren.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.07,0:04:52.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Press on.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.12,0:04:54.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Renew your commitment to this Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.76,0:04:57.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God help us, brethren.