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♪ theme music ♪
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(Derek) Welcome to Hope Sabbath School,
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an in-depth, interactive study
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of the Word of God.
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I'm excited today; we're continuing
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a series on The Message to the Hebrews,
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today's topic, Jesus, the Anchor[br]for Your Soul,
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the Anchor for my soul.
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It's such an encouraging topic.
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I know you'll be blessed,
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and I'm glad you're with us today.
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And welcome to the team.
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What have we learned?
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The book of Hebrews is all about...?
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(Team) Jesus!
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(Derek) It's all about Jesus, yes,
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and we're going to be so blessed
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as we study today.
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We've not only got
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our team here in the studio,
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but we've got some
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of our remote team members joining us.
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Good to see Heide again
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from South Carolina,
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good to see you, Heide.
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And Puia from Hawaii,
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great to have you with us, Puia.
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And Shaina from Maine,
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so good to have you with us, Shaina.
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We just love our remote team members
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joining us here because it just expands
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our discussion and the stories
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that we can share.
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Remember, I said it's all about Jesus,
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The Message to the Hebrews?
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We have a special gift
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for you this series,
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and I know that thousands of you
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will write in for it
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because you say, "Derek, I'd like
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to learn more about Jesus,"
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who He was and what He taught.
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We've got a special resource for you.
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It's a gift; all you have to do
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is go to our website, hopetv.org/hopess.
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Right in the center of the screen
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you'll find a "Free Gift" button.
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It's that simple; click on it.
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You can either get a digital audiobook
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or a PDF where you can learn more
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about who Jesus was and what He taught,
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not only for yourself but to share
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that good news with others.
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So, take advantage of that free gift.
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And we're glad you're part
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of our Hope Sabbath School family.
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Well, here are some emails
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we received from around the world.
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Brenda, writing from South Africa,
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Brenda, if you are watching today,
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thanks for writing to us.
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She writes and says, "I enjoy
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Hope Sabbath School every Saturday.
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I love the in-depth, interactive study,
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and I switch on my TV
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to Hope Channel early
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so I can understand the Bible study.
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And when our on-line service begins,
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I can make a contribution.
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Thanks for Hope Sabbath School."
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Well, Brenda, we're glad
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you've got a local church,
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even if, right now,
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there are some restrictions for gathering.
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But we're glad, also, you're part
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of our Hope Sabbath School family.
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Here's a note from Tasmania.
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I don't remember the last time,
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but I think we've heard
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from Tasmania before.
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Ben and Isabel write and say,
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"Hello, Hope Sabbath School team."
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(Team) Hello.
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(Derek) Got the wave.
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"My wife and I watch
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Hope Sabbath School every single week.
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You make the study enjoyable
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and easy to understand.
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You are indeed a blessing to many.
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May God bless you all."
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Well, Ben and Isabel,
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thanks for writing to us,
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and we're praying that our study today
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on Jesus, the Anchor for Your Soul
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will also be so clear,
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but more than that, that we'll accept
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that Anchor for our soul,
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and we'll be rejoicing together today.
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Here's a note, we get notes
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every once in a while, not just emails.
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This one is from a donor
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in Brooklyn, New York,
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in the United States of America,
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and the donor says,
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"Greetings in Jesus' name.
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I've been watching you
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during the pandemic.
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It's a blessing to study with you all.
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I understand the Bible so much better
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than when I was alone.
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Praise God for your knowledge
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and your happy, bubbly team.
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I'm blessed that I found
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Hope Sabbath School.
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Thank you for your ministry.
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I enjoy the soothing songs
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at the beginning of the study.
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May the Lord continue
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to bless Hope Sabbath School
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as you spread God's Word to all the world.
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Looking forward to our soon-coming King,"[br]what do you say?
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(Team) Amen!
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(Derek) "Just a little gift
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to help spread God's Word,"
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and a gift of 500 dollars
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to help Hope Sabbath School.
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We just want to say thank you.
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You're joining the impact movement
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that's sharing the love of God[br]with the world.
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And by the way, we want
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to thank every donor.
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You are all part of this miracle.
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You can go to hopetv.org/donate,
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and say, "I want to be part
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of this great miracle,
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sharing God's good news with the world."
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Thank you for all you do.
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Francis writes to us from Kenya.
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You know, we have a Hope Channel in Kenya
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called HCK, Hope Channel Kenya.
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"I'm Francis from Nairobi.
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I feel blessed every time I follow
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your interactive study of the Word of God.
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I have realized new ways
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to search the Scriptures,
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and I've been blessed immensely.
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Thank you, and may God bless
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the entire Hope Sabbath School family
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and all the people who watch the programs
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all over the world."
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Well, thank you, Francis,
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for writing to us from Kenya.
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I know we've got a lot
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of Hope Sabbath School members there.
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And one last note, from Florida
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in the United States of America.
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Florence writes, and she says,
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"My church is French-speaking.
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My husband and I have to study
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from the French study guide
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because as a Sabbath School teacher,
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he has to teach mostly in Creole.
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Hope Sabbath School, though,
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is a great blessing because we found
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a lot of answers and clarifications
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on a lot of things
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that seemed difficult for us.
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In addition, my son," Florence writes,
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"who doesn't have any French
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or Creole education,
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he enjoys studying
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Hope Sabbath School with us.
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When we tried to share
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with some of our members
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about Hope Sabbath School, guess what?
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We were surprised to find out
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a lot of them were watching it already.
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We're trying to see if all
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of our Sabbath School teachers can use
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the same interactive style[br]in their classes.
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God bless you abundantly
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for this wonderful work that you are doing
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by the power of God."
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Well, Florence, thanks for writing to us.
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Isn't that amazing,
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a French-speaking church there in Florida?
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And we're so thankful, Florence,
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that your son is also joining us
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as part of Hope Sabbath School.
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Well, right now we need your help to sing.
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We'd like to sing in the studio,
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but we've got some restrictions right now.
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But you sing really well,
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and our theme song,
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taken from Psalm 103,
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is full of joy and praise to God.
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"Bless the Lord, O my soul;
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and all that is within me,
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bless His holy name!"
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Let's sing it together.
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♪ music ♪
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(Derek) Let's pray together.
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Father in heaven, I just want
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to thank You for the study today.
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We're continuing our series
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on the Message to the Hebrews,
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and today, Jesus, the Anchor of Our Soul.
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I just pray that Jesus would be lifted up
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in all of His power to save,
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and the Holy Spirit would guide,
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as we study today,
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Hope Sabbath School members
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all around the world, maybe someone
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joining for the very first time,
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that someone would find eternal salvation
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by trusting in Jesus.
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Guide us in our study.
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In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) We're starting
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in Hebrews, chapter 6,
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in what some might consider
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to be a controversial text
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in the book of Hebrews.
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But, I think embedded in the text
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is some word of hope for us.
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So, we're in Hebrews, chapter 6,
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verses 4 and 5, and, Brittany,
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would you start our study today?
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And the first words[br]are a little challenging,
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but we'll get to them in just a minute.
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But let's see some of the blessings,
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listen carefully as Brittany reads.
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What are some of the blessings
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that were received by those
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who received the message of Jesus
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with a receptive heart?
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Hebrews, chapter 6, verses 4 and 5.
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(Brittany) And I'll be reading
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from the New King James Version:
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(Derek) Middle of the sentence
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because it's going to talk
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about whether or not they can be renewed,
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but we'll come to that in a minute.
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Let's focus on some of the blessings
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that first came when they received
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the word with a receptive heart.
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Did you hear, Shaina, did you hear a word
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that jumped out, a blessing that came
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when they received the word about Jesus?
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(Shaina) Yes, so those people
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would become partakers of the Holy Spirit.
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(Derek) Okay, that's a big one, isn't it?
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Because if you read the teaching of Jesus,
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that's really the greatest gift[br]that God gives.
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If you give good gifts,
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Pedro, to your daughter,
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how much will the Lord, the Father,
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give the Holy Spirit, right?
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So, thank you, Shaina.
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What's another blessing that came, Jason?
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(Jason) They will be enlightened,
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meaning they will have understanding;
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they'll have realization,
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both personally, intellectually
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and I would say probably experientially.
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(Derek) I like that word "enlightened"
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because in the Scripture we speak
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about "shall not walk in darkness,
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but have the light of life,"
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talking about Jesus, light of life.
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Brittany, something else?
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(Brittany) I love how it says
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"tasted the heavenly gift,"
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so we can experience Jesus.
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It's not just Someone we hear about
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but Someone we actually "taste"[br]in a way
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that our senses can taste food;
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we can experience Jesus
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and have a relationship.
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(Derek) Livinia, can you think of a text,
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I'm putting you on the spot,
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but can you think of a text
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that also talks about tasting?
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It's in the Psalms, isn't it?
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(Livinia) "Taste and see
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that the Lord is good"?
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(Derek) That's right!
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That's, I think, is it Psalm 34
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and verse 8, "Taste and see
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that the Lord is good."
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So, Brittany, you'd say
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they've tasted the heavenly gift, namely,
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they experienced the goodness of God.
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So, "partakers of the Holy Spirit,"
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Puia, what else do you see?
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What other blessing had they experienced?
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(Puia) Jason mentioned it already,
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but for me, the word "enlightened"
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also jumped out because I understand that
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as to mean that when we are converted,
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our eyes are open to the character[br]of God as love.
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We no longer worship Him
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through fear but through love,
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and being enlightened
0:13:38.397,0:13:40.888
to the true character of God is powerful.
0:13:40.888,0:13:42.715
(Derek) You've seen the beauty of God.
0:13:42.715,0:13:44.277
There's so much, Heide,
0:13:44.277,0:13:46.044
packed into this little...
0:13:46.044,0:13:47.521
I don't know if you looked down
0:13:47.521,0:13:48.589
at some of the others.
0:13:48.589,0:13:50.369
Which ones haven't we mentioned yet,
0:13:50.369,0:13:52.017
a blessing that comes or that came
0:13:52.017,0:13:53.918
to when they heard about Jesus?
0:13:53.918,0:13:55.299
(Heide) Another one mentioned
0:13:55.299,0:13:56.746
was that they've tasted
0:13:56.746,0:13:59.634
the good Word of God.
0:13:59.634,0:14:01.037
(Derek) I like that one, too.
0:14:01.037,0:14:02.945
You know, the Bible says, "All Scripture
0:14:02.945,0:14:04.999
is given by inspiration of God."
0:14:04.999,0:14:06.403
And doesn't the Psalmist say,
0:14:06.403,0:14:09.628
"Your word is a lamp to my feet,"
0:14:09.628,0:14:10.876
back to being enlightened,
0:14:10.876,0:14:12.950
"and a light to my path."
0:14:12.950,0:14:17.314
So, they've not just been taught[br]earthly fables,
0:14:17.314,0:14:18.444
but they've been taught
0:14:18.444,0:14:19.729
the living Word of God.
0:14:19.729,0:14:20.931
I think there's one more.
0:14:20.931,0:14:21.844
Was there one more?
0:14:21.844,0:14:23.381
(Sabina) Yes, there is one more.
0:14:23.381,0:14:24.788
(Derek) What was it, Sabina?
0:14:24.788,0:14:27.526
(Sabina) I see here they also experienced
0:14:27.526,0:14:29.651
"the powers of the age to come."
0:14:29.651,0:14:31.023
(Derek) What does that mean?
0:14:31.023,0:14:33.120
(Sabina) It means, to me, Pastor Derek,
0:14:33.120,0:14:35.227
that the power of God
0:14:35.227,0:14:36.840
is different than human power.
0:14:36.840,0:14:38.364
Human power is usually based
0:14:38.364,0:14:41.593
on money and strength.
0:14:41.593,0:14:42.933
Those are some of the things
0:14:42.933,0:14:44.207
that people can have clout
0:14:44.207,0:14:46.647
over situations or other people.
0:14:46.647,0:14:48.138
But the power of God is love;
0:14:48.138,0:14:50.149
and I think that once you have experienced
0:14:50.149,0:14:51.063
this power of love,
0:14:51.063,0:14:53.097
it is something that changes
0:14:53.097,0:14:55.146
everything in you; it's very powerful.
0:14:55.146,0:14:56.608
(Derek) And I'm thinking, too,
0:14:56.608,0:14:58.218
when they would go up and say,
0:14:58.218,0:15:01.349
"In the name of Jesus, stand up and walk."
0:15:01.349,0:15:02.959
Or Peter would stretch out
0:15:02.959,0:15:06.763
on a lifeless body and say, "Let this..."
0:15:06.763,0:15:08.828
What did he do with Dorcas?
0:15:08.828,0:15:12.177
Didn't he...I forget, he raised her[br]from the dead.
0:15:12.177,0:15:13.581
Did he say, "Arise"?
0:15:13.581,0:15:16.364
I mean, they had experienced[br]the power of God.
0:15:16.364,0:15:18.512
You'll find that in Acts, chapter 9.
0:15:18.512,0:15:21.140
So, I'm going to give you[br]a testimony here.
0:15:21.140,0:15:23.156
And, Puia, I'll come to your comment.
0:15:23.156,0:15:24.424
Maybe you can start, Puia,
0:15:24.424,0:15:26.300
because I know you've got a testimony.
0:15:26.300,0:15:30.070
This sounds amazing, when we hear
0:15:30.070,0:15:31.659
the truth about Jesus,
0:15:31.659,0:15:34.786
all of these blessings - enlightened,
0:15:34.786,0:15:36.513
tasting the heavenly gift,
0:15:36.513,0:15:38.550
partakers of the Holy Spirit,
0:15:38.550,0:15:41.196
tasting the good Word of God, experiencing
0:15:41.196,0:15:43.086
the powers of the age to come.
0:15:43.086,0:15:46.696
When you first personally surrendered
0:15:46.696,0:15:48.129
your heart to Jesus,
0:15:48.129,0:15:50.130
what was the gift that became
0:15:50.130,0:15:52.439
most apparent to you just right away?
0:15:52.439,0:15:56.411
I mean, all these gifts are coming.
0:15:56.411,0:15:59.493
(Puia) Yes, for me personally, I would say
0:15:59.493,0:16:01.604
my understanding of God's love
0:16:01.604,0:16:04.728
has been a gradual experience[br]where I continue -
0:16:04.728,0:16:06.235
even until now, I don't claim
0:16:06.235,0:16:07.969
to know everything about God's love,
0:16:07.969,0:16:09.816
but I'm continuing to grow,
0:16:09.816,0:16:11.859
and I believe what I have appreciated
0:16:11.859,0:16:14.570
so much is my understanding
0:16:14.570,0:16:16.565
of the character of God has shifted.
0:16:16.565,0:16:18.282
I have had a paradigm shift
0:16:18.282,0:16:20.379
where I no longer relate to God
0:16:20.379,0:16:23.729
as Someone who is only happy
0:16:23.729,0:16:26.237
when I perform good, you know?
0:16:26.237,0:16:29.072
But I now see God as Someone
0:16:29.072,0:16:32.375
who loves me with an unending love,
0:16:32.375,0:16:33.967
so that has been powerful.
0:16:33.967,0:16:37.394
And to also add onto what Sabina
0:16:37.394,0:16:39.333
was saying about experiencing
0:16:39.333,0:16:41.105
the power of the age to come,
0:16:41.105,0:16:43.854
I believe this can also mean that when[br]it says,
0:16:43.854,0:16:45.425
"the age to come," that's talking
0:16:45.425,0:16:47.667
abouthe future Kingdom of God.
0:16:47.667,0:16:49.386
And when Jesus said, "The Kingdom
0:16:49.386,0:16:52.068
of Heaven is at hand...Thy Kingdom come,"
0:16:52.068,0:16:53.840
I believe this is also meaning to say
0:16:53.840,0:16:56.165
that as believers we can now begin
0:16:56.165,0:16:57.988
to experience Heaven.
0:16:57.988,0:17:00.901
Heaven starts now, and I think[br]that's just beautiful.
0:17:00.901,0:17:02.229
(Derek) So, we might say...
0:17:02.229,0:17:03.947
And, Heide, I'll come to your point.
0:17:03.947,0:17:05.630
We might say that Puia
0:17:05.630,0:17:07.630
has been enlightened, right?
0:17:07.630,0:17:08.767
Light has come to him.
0:17:08.767,0:17:12.009
He's tasted the heavenly gift.
0:17:12.009,0:17:13.623
And if the Holy Spirit's the One
0:17:13.623,0:17:15.098
who leads us into all truth,
0:17:15.098,0:17:16.566
he's also become a partaker
0:17:16.566,0:17:17.702
of the Holy Spirit.
0:17:17.702,0:17:19.742
But all of that has helped
0:17:19.742,0:17:22.053
a paradigm shift in his mind.
0:17:22.053,0:17:24.012
And he's smiling while he's sharing that.
0:17:24.012,0:17:26.089
He's excited because something
0:17:26.089,0:17:28.546
supernatural has happened in his life.
0:17:28.546,0:17:31.552
Heide, what became the most precious gift
0:17:31.552,0:17:35.059
that you became aware of as you entered
0:17:35.059,0:17:38.039
into that personal relationship[br]with Jesus?
0:17:38.039,0:17:39.580
(Heide) Well, I was raised
0:17:39.580,0:17:40.698
in a Christian home,
0:17:40.698,0:17:43.220
and I first started to have a relationship
0:17:43.220,0:17:47.055
and seek out God in my teen years.
0:17:47.055,0:17:48.765
And maybe when I was about 19
0:17:48.765,0:17:52.837
I began to really surrender[br]my heart to Him
0:17:52.837,0:17:54.626
and to spend time in prayer,
0:17:54.626,0:17:56.535
a great deal of time in prayer.
0:17:56.535,0:17:59.671
And I remember before that,
0:17:59.671,0:18:01.079
I didn't notice it,
0:18:01.079,0:18:03.700
but I never felt good enough.
0:18:03.700,0:18:06.540
And when I started to pray
0:18:06.540,0:18:08.141
and spend time with God,
0:18:08.141,0:18:11.699
I remember consciously realizing
0:18:11.699,0:18:15.831
a few months later that I no longer felt
0:18:15.831,0:18:17.893
like I wasn't good enough.
0:18:17.893,0:18:21.054
I had changed my perception of myself
0:18:21.054,0:18:24.087
because my value wasn't in how I looked
0:18:24.087,0:18:27.305
or my degree or my job or my grades.
0:18:27.305,0:18:29.591
My value was now in the fact
0:18:29.591,0:18:30.706
that I am the daughter
0:18:30.706,0:18:33.786
of the Most High God.
0:18:33.786,0:18:36.478
That was just invaluable to me.
0:18:36.478,0:18:38.247
(Derek) That's so beautiful.
0:18:38.247,0:18:39.077
I'm going to come
0:18:39.077,0:18:40.267
to a challenging question
0:18:40.267,0:18:41.670
after Shaina's comment
0:18:41.670,0:18:43.773
because I'm saying if there are
0:18:43.773,0:18:46.151
so many blessings that come
0:18:46.151,0:18:48.793
as we accept who Jesus is,
0:18:48.793,0:18:50.484
our Great High Priest, our Savior
0:18:50.484,0:18:51.751
and soon-coming King,
0:18:51.751,0:18:53.147
why would anyone want
0:18:53.147,0:18:56.760
to turn away frm that relationship?
0:18:56.760,0:18:59.467
Shaina, your comment first.
0:18:59.467,0:19:00.714
(Shaina) Yes, I'm thinking
0:19:00.714,0:19:04.646
of particularly the "became a partaker
0:19:04.646,0:19:06.529
of the Holy Spirit,"
0:19:06.529,0:19:08.969
and I'm thinking of the fruit[br]of the Spirit
0:19:08.969,0:19:12.954
when I truly experience Jesus for myself
0:19:12.954,0:19:15.221
and not based on what others
0:19:15.221,0:19:19.374
painted Jesus to be like.
0:19:19.374,0:19:21.045
Taking in all the things
0:19:21.045,0:19:22.967
that are going on in the world
0:19:22.967,0:19:26.079
and watching the news
0:19:26.079,0:19:29.020
could put you in a state of depression,
0:19:29.020,0:19:32.254
but I have peace, and that's one
0:19:32.254,0:19:33.598
of the fruit of the Spirit.
0:19:33.598,0:19:35.517
And so, becoming a partaker
0:19:35.517,0:19:37.572
of the Holy Spirit, I'd say,
0:19:37.572,0:19:40.920
is one of the gifts that I have received.
0:19:40.920,0:19:42.353
(Derek) And you've experienced
0:19:42.353,0:19:43.886
the powers of the age to come
0:19:43.886,0:19:45.420
if you're experiencing the peace
0:19:45.420,0:19:46.396
of God, too, right?
0:19:46.396,0:19:48.957
I'm going to ask Livinia if you'd read
0:19:48.957,0:19:53.802
Hebrews 10:32,33 because it may
0:19:53.802,0:19:55.505
partially answer the question,
0:19:55.505,0:19:57.479
at least back in the early -
0:19:57.479,0:19:59.308
these Hebrew Christians.
0:19:59.308,0:20:04.441
Why would anyone turn away from Jesus
0:20:04.441,0:20:05.590
when so many blessings,
0:20:05.590,0:20:08.546
even ones we've shared together...
0:20:08.546,0:20:10.825
Here may be at least one reason, Livinia.
0:20:10.825,0:20:11.928
Would you read for us
0:20:11.928,0:20:15.107
Hebrews 10, verses 32 and 33?
0:20:15.107,0:20:16.443
(Livinia) Certainly, reading
0:20:16.443,0:20:19.240
from the New Living Translation:
0:20:43.707,0:20:45.347
(Derek) Can you think of any times
0:20:45.347,0:20:46.406
in the New Testament,
0:20:46.406,0:20:49.142
even during the earthly ministry of Jesus,
0:20:49.142,0:20:52.363
when people appeared to back away
0:20:52.363,0:20:59.537
because of ridicule or persecution[br]or hardship?
0:20:59.537,0:21:02.708
Anybody, Sabina, can you think of someone?
0:21:02.708,0:21:04.403
(Sabina) Pastor Derek, I'm thinking
0:21:04.403,0:21:05.472
about a text in John.
0:21:05.472,0:21:07.049
I was trying to survey in my mind
0:21:07.049,0:21:09.376
exactly the address of this text.
0:21:09.376,0:21:10.401
And that's when Jesus
0:21:10.401,0:21:12.914
has just finished a sermon,
0:21:12.914,0:21:14.666
and the Bible says that many people
0:21:14.666,0:21:16.707
started turning away from Him.
0:21:16.707,0:21:18.348
(Derek) The end of John chapter 6.
0:21:18.348,0:21:19.570
(Sabina) Exactly, the end
0:21:19.570,0:21:20.490
of John chapter 6.
0:21:20.490,0:21:22.280
So, He's coming, in the book of John,
0:21:22.280,0:21:24.475
from doing miracle after miracle[br]after miracle,
0:21:24.475,0:21:25.934
yet He does have a message
0:21:25.934,0:21:28.167
that is calling people to repentance,
0:21:28.167,0:21:29.256
that is calling people
0:21:29.256,0:21:31.221
to a change in their lives.
0:21:31.221,0:21:33.472
And that's not always an easy message.
0:21:33.472,0:21:35.072
And also including people
0:21:35.072,0:21:37.199
who had believed that Jesus
0:21:37.199,0:21:39.483
was coming not only as the Messiah
0:21:39.483,0:21:41.583
but that the Messiah would be a King
0:21:41.583,0:21:45.294
and change their immediate situation,
0:21:45.294,0:21:47.281
which was not necessarily the case
0:21:47.281,0:21:50.108
because we know that for some of them
0:21:50.108,0:21:51.349
they still had to endure
0:21:51.349,0:21:53.257
a lot of suffering, as we are seeing.
0:21:53.257,0:21:54.988
And then Peter turns to Him,
0:21:54.988,0:21:56.518
and there is a dialogue
0:21:56.518,0:21:58.563
between Peter and Jesus...
0:21:58.563,0:22:00.561
(Derek) Why don't you turn to that for us.
0:22:00.561,0:22:01.659
I think the Holy Spirit
0:22:01.659,0:22:03.908
is leading us there, John, chapter 6.
0:22:03.908,0:22:06.721
Would you start in verse 66?
0:22:06.721,0:22:12.217
John 6 and verse 66 and perhaps
0:22:12.217,0:22:20.180
you could read down through verse 69,[br]John 6:66-69.
0:22:20.180,0:22:22.283
And the context, of course, is Jesus
0:22:22.283,0:22:25.689
has just fed 5,000, and they've come back
0:22:25.689,0:22:28.061
for more free sandwiches.
0:22:28.061,0:22:31.555
And Jesus says, "I am the bread of life."
0:22:31.555,0:22:33.463
And pick up the story, if you would,
0:22:33.463,0:22:37.534
in John 6, verse 66 through 69.
0:22:37.534,0:22:39.818
It may help answer the question,
0:22:39.818,0:22:43.022
why would people turn away from Jesus
0:22:43.022,0:22:44.452
after so many blessings
0:22:44.452,0:22:46.605
that we've highlighted have come to them?
0:22:46.605,0:22:49.396
(Sabina) Exactly, so here we have John 6,
0:22:49.396,0:22:53.394
from verse 66 through 69, and I'm reading
0:22:53.394,0:22:56.024
from the New King James Version,[br]and it says:
0:23:18.777,0:23:21.567
(Derek) So, why did many, it says,
0:23:21.567,0:23:23.688
at that time many turned away
0:23:23.688,0:23:25.554
and didn't walk with Him anymore.
0:23:25.554,0:23:29.493
Why did they do that, anybody?[br]Yes, Livinia?
0:23:29.493,0:23:33.594
(Livinia) Because prior to that exchange,
0:23:33.594,0:23:35.821
Jesus said to them,
0:23:35.821,0:23:37.975
"Anyone who eats My flesh
0:23:37.975,0:23:41.389
and drinks My blood has eternal life,
0:23:41.389,0:23:44.884
and I will raise that person[br]at the last day."
0:23:44.884,0:23:48.455
And many of the disciples said,
0:23:48.455,0:23:50.646
"This is a hard saying,
0:23:50.646,0:23:53.754
hard to understand; who can accept it?"
0:23:53.754,0:23:55.393
(Derek) They were hoping He'd say,
0:23:55.393,0:23:57.588
"You can get more free fish sandwiches,
0:23:57.588,0:24:00.007
just stop by each morning."
0:24:00.007,0:24:05.861
They were wanting the physical benefits,
0:24:05.861,0:24:08.236
like, "I don't think He's the Messiah
0:24:08.236,0:24:11.183
that we wanted Him to be," but there may
0:24:11.183,0:24:12.618
have been many other reasons.
0:24:12.618,0:24:17.198
But for some reason,
0:24:17.198,0:24:18.837
whether because He's not
0:24:18.837,0:24:21.032
who they thought or disappointment,
0:24:21.032,0:24:23.563
"many of His disciples."
0:24:23.563,0:24:25.932
The word "many" means...?
0:24:25.932,0:24:26.894
(Team Member) A lot?
0:24:26.894,0:24:29.552
(Derek) A lot, the majority,
0:24:29.552,0:24:30.908
that He even turns
0:24:30.908,0:24:33.877
to the 12 and says what?
0:24:33.877,0:24:36.068
"Will you also go away?"
0:24:36.068,0:24:38.539
Shaina, you had a comment?
0:24:38.539,0:24:40.482
(Shaina) I'm thinking specifically
0:24:40.482,0:24:43.955
of one of the twelve who walked with Him
0:24:43.955,0:24:46.393
who ended up betraying Him, Judas.
0:24:46.393,0:24:49.609
He literally walked with Jesus[br]for three years
0:24:49.609,0:24:52.333
of His whole entire ministry and saw Him
0:24:52.333,0:24:56.469
and saw all the things that He did,[br]and fell away.
0:24:56.469,0:24:59.186
But I'm thinking that it was because they
0:24:59.186,0:25:02.935
weren't truly anchored in Jesus.
0:25:02.935,0:25:06.718
It was a superficial following.
0:25:06.718,0:25:09.154
There was no true heart conversion,
0:25:09.154,0:25:12.523
which when the wind came and blew,
0:25:12.523,0:25:14.178
it blew them out.
0:25:14.178,0:25:15.923
(Derek) That's a good point, Shaina,
0:25:15.923,0:25:18.181
but let's remember that Simon Peter
0:25:18.181,0:25:22.263
also buckled to the pressure.
0:25:22.263,0:25:24.202
You know, you read about the persecution
0:25:24.202,0:25:25.834
of the Hebrew Christians,
0:25:25.834,0:25:28.922
but he also was ridiculed.
0:25:28.922,0:25:31.523
That was the word, mocked or ridiculed.
0:25:31.523,0:25:34.531
And for a moment, what happened?
0:25:34.531,0:25:37.307
He wavered and fell, didn't he?
0:25:37.307,0:25:39.268
Well, we're going to go back to the text.
0:25:39.268,0:25:41.175
Brittany, since you read verses 4 and 5,
0:25:41.175,0:25:43.567
I'm going to ask you to read them again,
0:25:43.567,0:25:46.058
but now read on through verse 6,
0:25:46.058,0:25:47.192
because it gives us
0:25:47.192,0:25:50.929
a very difficult passage.
0:25:50.929,0:25:52.558
We want to wrestle with it,
0:25:52.558,0:25:55.987
because I think we would all recognize,
0:25:55.987,0:25:57.280
am I right, that we've all
0:25:57.280,0:26:00.397
had times when we've wavered?
0:26:00.397,0:26:03.314
This appears to say - well, let's listen
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to what the author of Hebrews says.
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Hebrews 6, verses 4 through 6.
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(Brittany) I'll be reading
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from the New King James Version,
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Hebrews, chapter 6, verse 4:
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(Derek) Now, whatever this text is saying,
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I'd like you to first do a scan
0:26:47.419,0:26:49.372
of the Bible, okay?
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And, Puia, I'm going to ask you
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to go first, just short answers.
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Think of someone in the Bible
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who, to use Brittany's language, fell;
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they fell away, but they were restored.
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Can you give us a name, Puia,
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of someone who fell away,
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and they were restored again.
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(Puia) Previously you mentioned Peter.
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I believe Peter is one example who fell,[br]but he was restored.
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(Derek) Shaina's got her hand[br]raised, too. Shaina?
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(Shaina) I'm also thinking of Samson.
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(Derek) Samson is another.
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Heide, you've got your hand raised.
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(Heide) I was also going to say Samson,
0:27:28.880,0:27:31.686
but another one was Jacob who fell,
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and yet the Lord blessed him greatly[br]in the future.
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(Derek) We don't have to think[br]very hard, do we?
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Brittany, another one?
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(Brittany) King David.
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(Derek) King David is a great example,
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who commits adultery and deception[br]and murder. Jason?
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(Jason) Adam and Eve?
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(Derek) You took us back
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to the beginning, right,
0:27:50.635,0:27:53.127
Adam and Eve who fell and were restored.
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The Bible is full of people
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who fell away and were restored, right?
0:28:00.761,0:28:01.980
Now, that doesn't mean,
0:28:01.980,0:28:03.868
"Well, let's just sin because we can
0:28:03.868,0:28:05.602
always be restored," because there's
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something in this text that says
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you can't come back in a certain[br]situation.
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But, give me some Bible texts
0:28:15.279,0:28:18.043
that would support the fact
0:28:18.043,0:28:20.090
that you may fall away,
0:28:20.090,0:28:21.644
but God will welcome you back.
0:28:21.644,0:28:23.894
You can be restored
0:28:23.894,0:28:25.626
to be part of His family.
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Anybody, what's a text
0:28:26.768,0:28:28.350
that comes to your mind, Livinia?
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(Livinia) "For There is
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now therefore no condemnation
0:28:32.100,0:28:34.227
to those who are in Christ Jesus."
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(Derek) Alright, so you would say...
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Do you want to read that text for us?
0:28:37.735,0:28:39.403
That's in Romans, I believe
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chapter 8, right, and verse 1,
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Romans, chapter 8 and verse 1.
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By the way, some people might say,
0:28:46.419,0:28:48.096
"Derek, how do you keep remembering
0:28:48.096,0:28:49.204
where those texts are?"
0:28:49.204,0:28:51.406
Well, there's a promise in the Bible
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that, "The Helper, the Holy Spirit,
0:28:53.866,0:28:56.031
whom the Father will send in My name,
0:28:56.031,0:28:57.897
He will teach you all things,
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and bring to your..."?
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(Derek, Team) "Remembrance."
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(Derek) And by the way, if I
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can't quite remember, I can always ask
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the Hope Sabbath School team,
0:29:05.387,0:29:06.743
and you will help me, right?
0:29:06.743,0:29:08.559
But let's read it just so that we know
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that you're reading it
0:29:09.616,0:29:10.973
out of the Scripture here.
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Romans 8 and verse 1, what does it say?
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(Livinia) So, reading
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from the New Living Translation:
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(Derek) Now, that's interesting[br]because how many have sinned
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and fallen short of the glory of God?
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(Team) All.
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(Derek) So, how many are condemned?
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(Pedro) Everyone.
0:29:32.371,0:29:34.691
(Derek) So, everyone can be restored.
0:29:34.691,0:29:37.144
That's what it's saying, right? Yes?
0:29:37.144,0:29:40.711
(Travis) I was thinking of Ezekiel 33:11,
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and can I read that?
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(Derek) Yes, of course you can.
0:29:43.787,0:29:48.125
Ezekiel 33 and verse 11.
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Ezekiel, a prophet contemporary
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of Daniel in Babylon,
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and he's down the river in Susa,
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and Jeremiah back in Jerusalem.
0:29:57.423,0:30:01.028
And what does he say in Ezekiel 33:11?
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(Travis) It says, and I'm reading
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from the New King James Version:
0:30:20.415,0:30:22.672
(Derek) That's the Lord speaking, right?!
0:30:22.672,0:30:25.224
So, we ought to have no doubt
0:30:25.224,0:30:28.521
that a person who falls into sin,
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if she turns, if he turns,
0:30:31.035,0:30:34.000
isn't there the text in 1 John 1:9,
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"If we confess our sins,
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He is faithful and just to..."?
0:30:37.650,0:30:38.956
(Derek, Team) "Forgive us."
0:30:38.956,0:30:40.031
(Derek) "...and to...?
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(Team) "Cleanse us."
0:30:40.990,0:30:42.046
(Derek) From how much?
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(Derek, Team) "All unrighteousness."
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Now if someone said, "Pastor Derek,
0:30:45.432,0:30:47.382
you don't know the bad things I've done,"
0:30:47.382,0:30:48.903
well, Shaina, I need you to read
0:30:48.903,0:30:50.810
a text for us in 1 Corinthians 6,
0:30:50.810,0:30:52.489
verses 9 through 11.
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Someone says, "You don't know...
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That may be for holy people like you,
0:30:57.411,0:31:02.069
but I have done things that are so bad
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that I cannot be restored."
0:31:06.692,0:31:08.882
And by the way, you don't say that
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with joy in your heart.
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But I've got good news for you.
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If you are even feeling
0:31:15.000,0:31:17.071
a desire to be restored,
0:31:17.071,0:31:19.856
the Holy Spirit is still speaking.
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Listen to the amazing text
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Shaina's going to read
0:31:22.549,0:31:24.882
from 1 Corinthians, chapter 6,
0:31:24.882,0:31:28.033
verses 9 through 11.
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(Shaina) And I will be reading
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from the New King James Version:
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(Derek) Somebody ought to say, "Amen."
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That is good news.
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And by the way, don't judge someone,
0:32:14.205,0:32:15.988
"Well, that's bad," because there are
0:32:15.988,0:32:17.902
a lot of things there like extortioners,
0:32:17.902,0:32:19.673
that people think they're clever
0:32:19.673,0:32:22.235
to extort money from people[br]by selling things
0:32:22.235,0:32:23.935
for more than they're worth
0:32:23.935,0:32:24.935
or for buying things
0:32:24.935,0:32:27.164
for less than they should.
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We all need forgiveness, don't we?
0:32:29.774,0:32:32.045
But restoration can come.
0:32:32.045,0:32:33.515
So, with that in mind,
0:32:33.515,0:32:35.656
let's go back to that text
0:32:35.656,0:32:37.566
that Brittany read for us
0:32:37.566,0:32:39.749
which says it's impossible.
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Let's just read verse 6, Brittany, again,
0:32:42.192,0:32:44.171
because we've got to wrestle with this.
0:32:44.171,0:32:47.218
There's something here that makes
0:32:47.218,0:32:52.317
this turning away fatal.
0:32:52.317,0:32:54.503
Let's see what the text says again.
0:32:54.503,0:32:56.135
(Brittany) In Hebrews, chapter 6,
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verse 6, and I'll be reading
0:32:57.531,0:32:59.558
from the New King James Version:
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(Derek) When I fall, Pedro,
0:33:13.817,0:33:18.420
and run to Jesus, what do I find?
0:33:18.420,0:33:21.540
When I fall, and I run to Jesus,[br]what do I find?
0:33:21.540,0:33:22.537
(Pedro) Repentance?
0:33:22.537,0:33:25.400
(Derek) Mercy and grace, right?
0:33:25.400,0:33:27.571
Because I come in repentance.
0:33:27.571,0:33:31.172
But this is saying, "If you crucify
0:33:31.172,0:33:34.868
the Son of God afresh and" (what?)
0:33:34.868,0:33:37.625
"bring Him to open shame."
0:33:37.625,0:33:40.258
Let's look at another verse.
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Heide, could you read for us
0:33:41.638,0:33:45.198
in Hebrews, chapter 10,
0:33:45.198,0:33:47.389
verses 26 through 29?
0:33:47.389,0:33:49.768
This is so important because someone
0:33:49.768,0:33:52.305
might be saying, "Derek,
0:33:52.305,0:33:54.642
I think I've gone too far.
0:33:54.642,0:33:56.551
I don't think there's any hope for me."
0:33:56.551,0:33:58.079
Well, I'm telling you, if you're
0:33:58.079,0:33:59.466
watching Hope Sabbath School,
0:33:59.466,0:34:01.183
and your heart is at all responding,
0:34:01.183,0:34:02.992
there is hope for you.
0:34:02.992,0:34:06.283
But let's see what this fatal mistake is
0:34:06.283,0:34:08.306
from which it's impossible
0:34:08.306,0:34:11.359
to turn back. Heide?
0:34:11.359,0:34:12.570
(Heide) I'll be reading
0:34:12.570,0:34:14.916
from the New King James Version,[br]and it says:
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(Derek) What are the strong words there
0:35:02.066,0:35:04.149
that impact you, Jason?
0:35:04.149,0:35:05.440
(Jason) The last part there
0:35:05.440,0:35:07.977
"insulted the Spirit of grace,"
0:35:07.977,0:35:11.695
so rejecting the Holy Spirit.
0:35:11.695,0:35:13.362
(Derek) Who's the One that leads us
0:35:13.362,0:35:15.144
to repentance and also, Brittany?
0:35:15.144,0:35:16.604
(Brittany) I was just thinking
0:35:16.604,0:35:17.668
what Jason was saying.
0:35:17.668,0:35:18.746
In Matthew Jesus talks
0:35:18.746,0:35:21.070
about this very thing in chapter 12,
0:35:21.070,0:35:22.949
and He said, "Any sin
0:35:22.949,0:35:24.039
will be forgiven you
0:35:24.039,0:35:26.334
except the sin against the Holy Spirit."
0:35:26.334,0:35:29.695
So, it's almost like the same reflection
0:35:29.695,0:35:31.462
of the end of this verse.
0:35:31.462,0:35:34.882
It's like, "What did Jesus[br]say about this?"
0:35:34.882,0:35:40.595
(Derek) So, when we crucify Jesus afresh,
0:35:40.595,0:35:42.763
there was another idea there,
0:35:42.763,0:35:45.323
of "trampling on the Son of God."
0:35:45.323,0:35:47.016
I mean, I don't even...That's such
0:35:47.016,0:35:50.533
an offensive thought, isn't it?
0:35:50.533,0:35:52.770
You trample on the Son of God.
0:35:52.770,0:35:57.525
If you throw the Savior away,
0:35:57.525,0:36:00.496
you've thrown away any hope.
0:36:00.496,0:36:03.123
There is only one way of salvation.
0:36:03.123,0:36:07.767
It's impossible to be restored
0:36:07.767,0:36:10.804
without Jesus. Is that right?
0:36:10.804,0:36:11.560
(Team) Yes.
0:36:11.560,0:36:14.096
(Derek) If you're saying, "Jesus, help me.
0:36:14.096,0:36:16.347
I have made a mess; I've been King David.
0:36:16.347,0:36:19.529
I've committed adultery and murder;[br]Jesus, help me,"
0:36:19.529,0:36:22.632
it is not impossible to be restored!
0:36:22.632,0:36:24.035
(Team) Amen.
0:36:24.035,0:36:25.377
(Derek) But if you trample
0:36:25.377,0:36:26.191
on the Son of God
0:36:26.191,0:36:28.685
and bring Him open shame,
0:36:28.685,0:36:31.250
and what did he do to the Spirit of truth?
0:36:31.250,0:36:32.251
(Team Member) Insult.
0:36:32.251,0:36:34.615
(Derek) You insult the Spirit of truth,
0:36:34.615,0:36:36.848
you are in a deadly situation. Pedro?
0:36:36.848,0:36:38.784
(Pedro) We see here that those
0:36:38.784,0:36:41.279
that wouldn't receive any forgiveness,
0:36:41.279,0:36:43.649
are those that are not asking[br]for forgiveness.
0:36:43.649,0:36:46.292
We see that God is trying,
0:36:46.292,0:36:48.972
pursuing us, to go after Him,
0:36:48.972,0:36:52.367
and those that decide not to accept
0:36:52.367,0:36:55.058
or have rejected or trample over,
0:36:55.058,0:36:59.952
are those who will be receiving damnation.
0:36:59.952,0:37:04.904
(Derek) So, how do we safeguard ourselves
0:37:04.904,0:37:07.189
against that fatal mistake?
0:37:07.189,0:37:09.018
We have received all of the blessings
0:37:09.018,0:37:10.615
just like the Hebrews did.
0:37:10.615,0:37:13.438
And the author of Hebrews is saying,
0:37:13.438,0:37:15.967
"Don't do this!" right?
0:37:15.967,0:37:18.999
"Don't trample on the Son of God."
0:37:18.999,0:37:22.444
"Don't crucify the Son of God afresh."
0:37:22.444,0:37:26.233
How do I safeguard, Sabina, against that?
0:37:26.233,0:37:27.701
(Sabina) Pastor Derek, I think
0:37:27.701,0:37:29.421
that a key element here in the text
0:37:29.421,0:37:32.083
in verse 26 is when he's saying
0:37:32.083,0:37:34.139
that if we sin willfully.
0:37:34.139,0:37:37.332
So, it does have to do with our wills
0:37:37.332,0:37:39.851
and the things that we work in our hearts
0:37:39.851,0:37:42.661
on whether to do for life or for death.
0:37:42.661,0:37:43.763
So, I think that a way
0:37:43.763,0:37:44.813
to safeguard ourselves
0:37:44.813,0:37:46.795
is to submit our will to God.
0:37:46.795,0:37:48.857
And one of the ways to submit
0:37:48.857,0:37:52.293
our will to God is to consider Scripture
0:37:52.293,0:37:54.172
and His teaching in the Law,
0:37:54.172,0:37:55.512
the prophets and everything
0:37:55.512,0:37:57.554
that was left for us as a resource
0:37:57.554,0:37:58.839
to consult with God.
0:37:58.839,0:38:00.824
If our will is aligned with His,
0:38:00.824,0:38:02.853
and if we're not willfully going
0:38:02.853,0:38:05.332
against His will for our lives.
0:38:05.332,0:38:06.797
(Derek) But someone might say,
0:38:06.797,0:38:08.585
"But I do that, Sabina.
0:38:08.585,0:38:12.273
I do at times willfully transgress God."
0:38:12.273,0:38:14.509
I want to read an encouraging text[br]with you.
0:38:14.509,0:38:15.820
Puia, could you go
0:38:15.820,0:38:18.080
right before the book of Revelation
0:38:18.080,0:38:19.750
to the book of Jude.
0:38:19.750,0:38:21.519
It's only one chapter,
0:38:21.519,0:38:25.113
but verse 25 of Jude.
0:38:25.113,0:38:28.696
Jude, most Bible scholars would believe,
0:38:28.696,0:38:33.349
is a stepbrother of Jesus,[br]brother of James,
0:38:33.349,0:38:35.296
leader of the church in Jerusalem,
0:38:35.296,0:38:36.422
so he's one of the ones
0:38:36.422,0:38:38.711
who was in the upper room, remember,
0:38:38.711,0:38:42.271
and "with Mary and His brothers."
0:38:42.271,0:38:43.914
He's a follower of Jesus.
0:38:43.914,0:38:45.651
What word does he give us, Puia,
0:38:45.651,0:38:48.428
in verse 25 of that short letter
0:38:48.428,0:38:51.306
right before the book of Revelation?
0:38:51.306,0:38:52.849
(Puia) Sure, and I'll be reading
0:38:52.849,0:38:54.633
from the New King James Version:
0:39:06.000,0:39:07.396
(Derek) So, I realize, Puia,
0:39:07.396,0:39:10.772
I need you to read verse 24 as well,
0:39:10.772,0:39:12.782
but thank you for reading verse 25.
0:39:12.782,0:39:14.848
That was my mistake, and maybe we
0:39:14.848,0:39:17.163
just needed to know to praise God, too.
0:39:17.163,0:39:18.576
But would you go back,
0:39:18.576,0:39:21.374
and would you read verse 24 and 25?
0:39:21.374,0:39:22.945
Obviously, the Spirit wants
0:39:22.945,0:39:25.355
both of those heard.
0:39:25.355,0:39:27.893
(Puia) Sure, verse 24:
0:39:47.069,0:39:48.879
(Derek) Can I say no one will be lost
0:39:48.879,0:39:51.518
because she is weak?
0:39:51.518,0:39:53.072
(Team Member) Yes, that's right.
0:39:53.072,0:39:55.694
(Derek) No one will be lost[br]because he's weak.
0:39:55.694,0:39:57.412
We will be lost because we don't run
0:39:57.412,0:40:00.748
to the Savior of our souls.
0:40:00.748,0:40:03.264
"Jesus, help me!" "Jesus, save me!"
0:40:03.264,0:40:04.726
That is a choice, isn't it?
0:40:04.726,0:40:05.528
(Sabina) It is.
0:40:05.528,0:40:07.548
(Derek) Now, lest we get discouraged
0:40:07.548,0:40:10.473
and say, "Oh, boy, that's heavy duty,"
0:40:10.473,0:40:12.061
the author to the Hebrews
0:40:12.061,0:40:13.561
brings some good news.
0:40:13.561,0:40:15.013
And, Pedro, I'm going to ask
0:40:15.013,0:40:17.685
if you would read back in Hebrews 6,
0:40:17.685,0:40:19.781
verses 9 through 12.
0:40:19.781,0:40:21.956
And I would say to all of us,
0:40:21.956,0:40:24.220
we need to give people warnings,
0:40:24.220,0:40:27.164
but we also need to give them hope,[br]are you with me?
0:40:27.164,0:40:28.874
So, let's hear some hope
0:40:28.874,0:40:32.627
in Hebrews 6, verses 9 through 12.
0:40:32.627,0:40:33.750
(Pedro) I'll be reading
0:40:33.750,0:40:37.247
from the New King James Version,[br]Hebrews 6:9-12:
0:41:26.226,0:41:27.525
(Derek) Now, before we look
0:41:27.525,0:41:30.485
at the specifics of the appeal,
0:41:30.485,0:41:32.308
all of us, when we decide
0:41:32.308,0:41:34.221
to surrender wholly to Jesus,
0:41:34.221,0:41:36.217
we're under attack by the enemy.
0:41:36.217,0:41:37.815
Temptations will come, right?
0:41:37.815,0:41:38.873
I mean, if you think
0:41:38.873,0:41:40.705
when you make a commitment to Jesus,
0:41:40.705,0:41:43.331
no temptation will come, think again.
0:41:43.331,0:41:44.998
It will happen, right?
0:41:44.998,0:41:47.518
But we know where we need to run.
0:41:47.518,0:41:49.448
Why is it important,
0:41:49.448,0:41:51.764
that just like the author
0:41:51.764,0:41:53.314
to the Hebrews here,
0:41:53.314,0:41:55.621
we speak words of encouragement
0:41:55.621,0:41:57.947
to people on their journey?
0:41:57.947,0:41:59.678
Why is that important?
0:41:59.678,0:42:01.416
We're not denying the danger,
0:42:01.416,0:42:03.400
still giving the warning.
0:42:03.400,0:42:04.813
Brittany, why is it important
0:42:04.813,0:42:07.137
to give words of encouragement?
0:42:07.137,0:42:08.865
(Brittany) I think especially today,
0:42:08.865,0:42:11.147
everywhere you look, you turn on the TV,
0:42:11.147,0:42:12.383
you look at your computer,
0:42:12.383,0:42:13.668
you read the newspaper,
0:42:13.668,0:42:17.156
everywhere you look, there's no good news.
0:42:17.156,0:42:19.359
And we need encouragement
0:42:19.359,0:42:20.348
in this world today.
0:42:20.348,0:42:22.071
People are suffering from depression
0:42:22.071,0:42:25.699
and anxiety and so much difficulty.
0:42:25.699,0:42:27.224
But we need to know
0:42:27.224,0:42:30.158
that there is a God who loves us so much,
0:42:30.158,0:42:33.196
and He says, "Just look up, look up to Me;
0:42:33.196,0:42:34.691
don't look at your surroundings
0:42:34.691,0:42:36.350
and what you're going through.
0:42:36.350,0:42:39.174
Look to Me; I've walked that same road
0:42:39.174,0:42:40.390
that you're on right now.
0:42:40.390,0:42:41.760
I'm going to hold your hand.
0:42:41.760,0:42:43.635
I'm going to help you through this."
0:42:43.635,0:42:45.717
(Derek) So, we know
0:42:45.717,0:42:47.645
the challenges are real,
0:42:47.645,0:42:49.651
but those words of encouragement,
0:42:49.651,0:42:51.506
I was thinking, where it talked
0:42:51.506,0:42:53.835
about not forsaking the assembling
0:42:53.835,0:42:55.980
but exhorting one another,
0:42:55.980,0:42:58.764
that's not like beating each other.
0:42:58.764,0:43:02.348
That's a loving encouragement.[br]Yes, Travis.
0:43:02.348,0:43:03.551
(Travis) So, I'm thinking
0:43:03.551,0:43:05.034
about the love of God, right?
0:43:05.034,0:43:08.647
It's obvious that God believes in us.
0:43:08.647,0:43:10.498
He wouldn't have come and died
0:43:10.498,0:43:11.891
if He wouldn't have had faith
0:43:11.891,0:43:14.309
in even who we could become.
0:43:14.309,0:43:15.559
And so, if we're going
0:43:15.559,0:43:17.765
to go around condemning people,
0:43:17.765,0:43:19.934
they're probably going to only go[br]as far as...
0:43:19.934,0:43:21.954
You know, if someone
0:43:21.954,0:43:23.003
is always telling you,
0:43:23.003,0:43:24.436
"You're not going to be this,"
0:43:24.436,0:43:26.105
and, "You're not going to be that,"
0:43:26.105,0:43:28.053
you'll probably rise no higher than that.
0:43:28.053,0:43:29.434
But if you can encourage them
0:43:29.434,0:43:31.154
and tell them, "God even believes
0:43:31.154,0:43:33.121
in what you can become,"
0:43:33.121,0:43:34.588
you can lift their spirit,
0:43:34.588,0:43:37.216
and they can see in Jesus
0:43:37.216,0:43:38.807
there is something much higher.
0:43:38.807,0:43:40.897
And if you keep encouraging, encouraging,
0:43:40.897,0:43:42.493
I know that from experience,
0:43:42.493,0:43:44.155
when people have encouraged me
0:43:44.155,0:43:45.373
instead of condemning me,
0:43:45.373,0:43:47.666
when they should or could have[br]condemned me,
0:43:47.666,0:43:49.113
my response was, "I don't
0:43:49.113,0:43:51.504
even want to go back to that place."
0:43:51.504,0:43:54.031
And it's caused me to climb higher
0:43:54.031,0:43:55.775
and higher and higher.
0:43:55.775,0:43:57.303
(Derek) And it's especially true
0:43:57.303,0:44:00.738
if they'll say, "Let's walk[br]together," right?
0:44:00.738,0:44:02.442
"By the way, let me just remind you
0:44:02.442,0:44:03.966
I'm not perfect either," right,
0:44:03.966,0:44:06.269
"but let's walk together on the journey."
0:44:06.269,0:44:09.775
Now, it also says "lest you become...,"
0:44:09.775,0:44:12.708
my Bible, I think, said sluggish.
0:44:12.708,0:44:14.519
Do you have another translation?
0:44:14.519,0:44:16.252
That's kind of an Old English word,
0:44:16.252,0:44:20.675
sluggish; what does that mean,[br]in verse 12?
0:44:20.675,0:44:21.553
(Brittany) Lazy.
0:44:21.553,0:44:25.587
(Derek) Lazy. Let's talk about that.
0:44:25.587,0:44:29.539
Heide, lest you become lazy.
0:44:29.539,0:44:33.149
Lazy about what, do you think?
0:44:33.149,0:44:36.135
(Heide) I'm not sure if it means
0:44:36.135,0:44:40.505
lazy, just like neglecting
0:44:40.505,0:44:43.174
your relationship with God
0:44:43.174,0:44:46.626
or also neglecting your purpose,
0:44:46.626,0:44:48.626
you know, the mission that you have
0:44:48.626,0:44:49.986
when you come to know God.
0:44:49.986,0:44:52.319
I would think it's both, though.
0:44:52.319,0:44:53.662
(Derek) Alright, so I've got
0:44:53.662,0:44:55.306
a few hands raised here, Livinia.
0:44:55.306,0:44:56.327
It's not just talking
0:44:56.327,0:44:59.682
about getting up late in the morning,[br]lazy right?
0:44:59.682,0:45:01.708
But be careful, lest you become lazy,
0:45:01.708,0:45:02.600
What do you think?
0:45:02.600,0:45:03.706
(Livinia) I think that
0:45:03.706,0:45:05.677
the New Living Translation
0:45:05.677,0:45:07.144
sheds some light on that.
0:45:07.144,0:45:08.703
(Derek) Alright, and you'll read
0:45:08.703,0:45:10.948
for us again then, verse 12
0:45:10.948,0:45:13.607
of Hebrews, chapter 6?
0:45:13.607,0:45:15.656
Alright, let's hear it[br]in your translation.
0:45:15.656,0:45:16.670
(Livinia) Okay:
0:45:33.400,0:45:36.180
(Derek) "Spiritually dull
0:45:36.180,0:45:38.700
and indifferent," lazy.
0:45:38.700,0:45:40.414
I think we would agree
0:45:40.414,0:45:42.732
that this laziness is talking,
0:45:42.732,0:45:44.531
I think as Heide alluded to,
0:45:44.531,0:45:46.722
being spiritually lazy,
0:45:46.722,0:45:48.093
which would mean that I
0:45:48.093,0:45:51.370
would neglect what? Anybody?
0:45:51.370,0:45:52.328
What would I neglect
0:45:52.328,0:45:53.591
if I'm spiritually lazy?
0:45:53.591,0:45:54.872
(Pedro) A relationship.
0:45:54.872,0:45:56.282
I look into the aspect
0:45:56.282,0:45:57.315
here in the verses,
0:45:57.315,0:46:00.130
but the others who have patience,
0:46:00.130,0:46:02.480
or they are finding assurance
0:46:02.480,0:46:04.254
in the hope until the end,
0:46:04.254,0:46:05.317
that we see here,
0:46:05.317,0:46:07.002
continue to press forward.
0:46:07.002,0:46:10.311
Matthew 24:13 says, "Those
0:46:10.311,0:46:12.517
who endure to the end shall be saved."
0:46:12.517,0:46:14.225
So, continue to endure.
0:46:14.225,0:46:15.776
I can say that I've been married
0:46:15.776,0:46:19.619
for 15 years because I have endured,
0:46:19.619,0:46:22.093
or I have chosen every day to be married.
0:46:22.093,0:46:23.554
The moment I choose not to be,
0:46:23.554,0:46:27.616
I have become lazy or dull
0:46:27.616,0:46:29.033
in my relationship with God.
0:46:29.033,0:46:30.045
(Derek) And your wife
0:46:30.045,0:46:31.711
has also endured to the end, right?
0:46:31.711,0:46:32.497
(Pedro) Amen.
0:46:32.497,0:46:34.913
(Derek) So there's that commitment[br]of holding fast.
0:46:34.913,0:46:37.372
But this spiritual laziness,
0:46:37.372,0:46:39.802
let's say someone's watching and saying,
0:46:39.802,0:46:41.755
"Maybe I'm spiritually...," what would be
0:46:41.755,0:46:45.462
some red flags, so to speak, warning signs
0:46:45.462,0:46:48.883
of becoming spiritually dull
0:46:48.883,0:46:52.160
and indifferent? Sabina?
0:46:52.160,0:46:53.675
(Sabina) I think, for instance,
0:46:53.675,0:46:55.714
if you decide to stop reading the Bible
0:46:55.714,0:46:58.851
or lose the interest of sharing
0:46:58.851,0:47:01.260
the Word of God with other people,
0:47:01.260,0:47:03.538
maybe just you stop praying,
0:47:03.538,0:47:04.600
things that are part
0:47:04.600,0:47:07.682
of our spiritual discipline of the day.
0:47:07.682,0:47:09.081
(Derek) I was at a university
0:47:09.081,0:47:10.940
where I had the privilege of studying,
0:47:10.940,0:47:12.130
and I was back there,
0:47:12.130,0:47:13.584
and a man came up to me.
0:47:13.584,0:47:14.737
He had been a pastor.
0:47:14.737,0:47:16.299
I said, "Where are you serving?"
0:47:16.299,0:47:18.001
"I'm not a pastor anymore."
0:47:18.001,0:47:21.814
He said, "I didn't pray for two years,
0:47:21.814,0:47:26.635
and then I finally abandoned my work."
0:47:26.635,0:47:31.527
That's becoming spiritually lazy.
0:47:31.527,0:47:32.969
But you say, "Well, what if he
0:47:32.969,0:47:34.712
doesn't feel like praying?"
0:47:34.712,0:47:38.137
Answer? Pray anyway, right?
0:47:38.137,0:47:40.164
Run to Jesus and say, "Jesus,
0:47:40.164,0:47:42.474
I don't know what's happening here,
0:47:42.474,0:47:46.030
but I need to be...," what's the word?
0:47:46.030,0:47:46.950
(Brittany) Revived.
0:47:46.950,0:47:49.017
(Derek) Revived, "I need to be revived,
0:47:49.017,0:47:50.759
and I'm not going to be revived
0:47:50.759,0:47:53.124
by hiding from You," right?
0:47:53.124,0:47:55.100
"I'm going to run to You.
0:47:55.100,0:47:57.712
You said time in Your Word, in prayer,
0:47:57.712,0:48:00.637
fellowship with other Christians." Sabina?
0:48:00.637,0:48:02.560
(Sabina) And then I really like the word
0:48:02.560,0:48:04.600
that he uses in the previous verse
0:48:04.600,0:48:07.621
when he's talking about the diligence[br]that they had been showing
0:48:07.621,0:48:08.539
to the work of God.
0:48:08.539,0:48:11.389
So this word "diligence," I think, is key.
0:48:11.389,0:48:13.791
That everything that we do in life,[br]it doesn't need
0:48:13.791,0:48:15.378
to be just our spiritual journey;
0:48:15.378,0:48:16.664
just think about your work
0:48:16.664,0:48:17.851
or when you are studying
0:48:17.851,0:48:19.246
or if you have a relationship
0:48:19.246,0:48:20.632
with a family member,
0:48:20.632,0:48:22.652
everything takes work,[br]right, Pastor Derek?
0:48:22.652,0:48:23.866
We need to spend time,
0:48:23.866,0:48:25.496
we need to dedicate, separate,
0:48:25.496,0:48:27.361
you know, some money
0:48:27.361,0:48:28.828
to invest in certain things.
0:48:28.828,0:48:30.134
You need to separate time.
0:48:30.134,0:48:32.503
You need to separate your thoughts even
0:48:32.503,0:48:33.958
to dedicate to certain things.
0:48:33.958,0:48:35.126
And that's not different
0:48:35.126,0:48:36.699
than our relationship with God.
0:48:36.699,0:48:38.903
So, we need to be intentional
0:48:38.903,0:48:40.606
about the things that we are doing,
0:48:40.606,0:48:42.555
including our relationship with Jesus.
0:48:42.555,0:48:44.647
(Derek) Well, we're getting[br]in chapter 6 now.
0:48:44.647,0:48:46.022
Puia, could you read for us
0:48:46.022,0:48:48.868
in Hebrews 6, verses 17 to 20,
0:48:48.868,0:48:50.502
because this is where it talks
0:48:50.502,0:48:51.820
about the anchor.
0:48:51.820,0:48:55.636
Now, what is the anchor for our soul?
0:48:55.636,0:48:57.691
Let's see, normally with Hebrews,
0:48:57.691,0:48:59.270
if you're not sure of the answer,
0:48:59.270,0:49:01.055
just say "Jesus," okay?
0:49:01.055,0:49:03.175
But let's listen carefully,
0:49:03.175,0:49:05.985
Hebrews, chapter 6:17-20.
0:49:05.985,0:49:09.093
We would recognize many blessings come
0:49:09.093,0:49:11.086
when we hear and embrace
0:49:11.086,0:49:15.000
the truth about Jesus and accept Him.
0:49:15.000,0:49:19.172
Persecution, ridicule could cause us[br]to turn away,
0:49:19.172,0:49:21.220
but now Puia is going to read to us
0:49:21.220,0:49:24.647
about the anchor; thank you, Puia.
0:49:24.647,0:49:25.904
(Puia) And I'll be reading
0:49:25.904,0:49:27.597
from the New King James Version:
0:50:09.309,0:50:11.437
(Derek) So, what's the anchor
0:50:11.437,0:50:13.111
of our soul there?
0:50:13.111,0:50:15.710
Or maybe there's more than one answer.
0:50:15.710,0:50:17.148
What's the anchor of our soul?
0:50:17.148,0:50:19.145
Jason, what did you hear?
0:50:19.145,0:50:20.433
(Jason) Well, we have Jesus
0:50:20.433,0:50:22.207
as a key anchor of our soul.
0:50:22.207,0:50:23.775
(Derek) Right, what did
0:50:23.775,0:50:25.256
it say in the text?
0:50:25.256,0:50:26.279
(Sabina) It's hope.
0:50:26.279,0:50:28.033
(Derek) It's the hope that we have,
0:50:28.033,0:50:30.580
but that hope is not detached
0:50:30.580,0:50:32.075
from a Person.
0:50:32.075,0:50:35.652
That hope is embedded in the One who has
0:50:35.652,0:50:38.285
already gone beyond the veil, right?
0:50:38.285,0:50:40.486
He's already there; I've got my hope,
0:50:40.486,0:50:41.827
but it's anchored in the One
0:50:41.827,0:50:45.272
who is my living hope, right;[br]He is the One.
0:50:45.272,0:50:48.191
Why is it important to remember
0:50:48.191,0:50:51.177
that Jesus is the anchor of our soul?
0:50:51.177,0:50:53.373
He is our living hope.
0:50:53.373,0:50:55.242
Whatever we're facing, why is that
0:50:55.242,0:50:58.600
so important that we remember that?
0:50:58.600,0:51:01.221
Like the early Hebrew Christians
0:51:01.221,0:51:04.080
who were being ridiculed, persecuted,
0:51:04.080,0:51:06.502
thrown in prison, having all of their...
0:51:06.502,0:51:07.930
You go home tomorrow,
0:51:07.930,0:51:09.684
and all of your goods are taken away
0:51:09.684,0:51:11.352
because you're a follower of Jesus.
0:51:11.352,0:51:13.408
Why is it important to have Jesus
0:51:13.408,0:51:15.434
as the anchor of your soul?
0:51:15.434,0:51:17.767
Anybody, what do you say? Sabina?
0:51:17.767,0:51:18.953
(Sabina) I would respond
0:51:18.953,0:51:21.298
just like Peter responded, Pastor Derek.
0:51:21.298,0:51:22.438
He alone, Jesus alone,
0:51:22.438,0:51:25.269
has the words of life everlasting.
0:51:25.269,0:51:27.826
So, if anything is falling apart[br]in this world,
0:51:27.826,0:51:30.024
even if you are menaced in your life,
0:51:30.024,0:51:32.202
if your life is at risk,
0:51:32.202,0:51:35.662
ultimately that's the one last resource
0:51:35.662,0:51:37.500
that we have, is going to Jesus
0:51:37.500,0:51:38.710
because He's the only One
0:51:38.710,0:51:42.239
that of all things can provide[br]this life eternal.
0:51:42.239,0:51:44.049
(Derek) So, we come to Jesus,
0:51:44.049,0:51:48.771
and we say, "Lord, they've taken my home,
0:51:48.771,0:51:51.297
they've fired me from my job,
0:51:51.297,0:51:54.184
I'm no longer able to buy and sell.
0:51:54.184,0:51:57.052
I don't have anything left."
0:51:57.052,0:51:59.676
And the Lord says to us,
0:51:59.676,0:52:04.765
"Will you also go away?"
0:52:04.765,0:52:07.927
And we would quote Peter.
0:52:07.927,0:52:10.717
"Will you also go away," Shaina?
0:52:10.717,0:52:12.297
And we will quote Peter
0:52:12.297,0:52:15.560
who says, "Lord...," Jason?
0:52:15.560,0:52:16.871
(Jason) "Where would we go?
0:52:16.871,0:52:18.039
We only have You."
0:52:18.039,0:52:19.963
(Derek) "Where should we go?
0:52:19.963,0:52:21.886
We know that You have the words..."
0:52:21.886,0:52:23.683
(Sabina) "The words of life eternal."
0:52:23.683,0:52:25.082
(Derek) "...of eternal life."
0:52:25.082,0:52:27.107
So, that is the anchor
0:52:27.107,0:52:31.506
when everything else falls apart. Travis?
0:52:31.506,0:52:33.306
(Travis) I'm just thinking, you know,
0:52:33.306,0:52:34.363
an anchor is something
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used in boating, right,
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and I was thinking, in the book of James
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when you were saying this
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about being blown, tossed about
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by every wind and doctrine.
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Of course, we could be tossed about
0:52:43.864,0:52:44.971
by just trials that you
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just have mentioned.
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But the thing about an anchor
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is it holds us in one place.
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And while this is coming
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and that is coming,
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we're able to stay the course
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because the anchor,
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He's the lamp to our feet
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and a light to our path, right, His words,
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and we can just stay the course
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because He's the One who holds us fast.
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(Derek) So, give me,
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in the closing minutes
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to give you a scan everybody,
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our remote team members are ready
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and our team here in the studio,
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give me a promise that brings you comfort,
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a promise of God that brings you comfort,
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that even if everything else crumbles,
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you have an anchor for your soul
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and that Jesus will be faithful
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to His promises. Brittany?
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(Brittany) One of my favorite promises
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is found in 1 Thessalonians, chapter 5
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and verses 23 and 24.
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(Derek) Do you know that was the text
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that was read at my baptism?
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That's a very special text,
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1 Thessalonians, chapter 5.
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(Brittany) Verses 23 and 24.
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(Derek) 23 and 24, and you would say
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this brings great comfort,
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that the Lord is the anchor of our soul.
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Let's see how that reads.
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(Brittany) I'll be reading
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from the New King James Version:
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(Derek) I'd like to hear that
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in Livinia's translation.
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I realize...That's the one
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I had memorized that you have there;
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that's beautiful, but, Livinia,
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do you have that also
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in your translation of the Bible?
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Let's hear that powerful text
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(thank you, Brittany, for sharing that),
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1 Thessalonians 5:23,24.
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(Livinia) Yes, reading
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from the New Living Translation:
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(Derek) That's a text worth writing down,
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1 Thessalonians 5:23,24.
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We've got time for one more,
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just a text of encouragement
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that we might share. Heide.
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(Heide) I heard this
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during a children's story in my church;[br]it's Isaiah 49:15.
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(Derek) Isaiah 49 and verse 15.
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(Heide) Yes, and I'll be reading it
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from the New King James Version,[br]and it says:
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That means so much to me
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as a mother having my own children,
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as a daughter who has, praise God,
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one of the most wonderful moms[br]in the world,
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that there is Someone who is at a level
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even higher than that,
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than the love of a mother,
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that will never leave me
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and never leave any of us.
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(Derek) Jesus is the anchor of our soul,
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and our hope in Him is the anchor
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that will hold us fast
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when everything else around us[br]is crumbling.
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So, my appeal to you today,
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you may say, "I've experienced Jesus,
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but I'm feeling the pull away,"[br]run to Jesus.
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Run to Him and say, "Jesus,
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hold me close to You"; He loves you
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with an immeasurable and unfailing love.
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If you're hearing His voice
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coming by the Spirit of God, run to Him.
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Ask Him to strengthen you,
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to cleanse you of your sin
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and to hold you close to Him
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and to be the anchor of your soul
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that He longs to be.
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Let's pray; Father in Heaven,
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oh, we bless Your name
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for this precious truth that Jesus
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is indeed the Anchor of our soul.
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We have been blessed.
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God, forgive us if we've
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even thought of turning away.
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We run to Jesus even today,
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and we thank You for our precious Savior.
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In Jesus' name. Amen.
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) Well, thanks for joining us[br]for Hope Sabbath School.
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I'm so thankful, in the storms of life
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that we have an anchor for our soul.
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When everything else falls away,
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Jesus your Savior is there with you.
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Share that good news
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with those around you.
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