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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 <i>The Message to the Hebrews,</i>

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today's topic, <i>Jesus, the Anchor
for Your Soul</i>,

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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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<i>The Message to the Hebrews?</i>

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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 <i>Jesus, the Anchor for Your Soul</i>

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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,"
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
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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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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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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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"who doesn't have any French

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he enjoys studying

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When we tried to share

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about Hope Sabbath School, guess what?

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a lot of them were watching it already.

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of our Sabbath School teachers can use

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the same interactive style
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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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a French-speaking church there in Florida?

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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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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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(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 <i>Message to the Hebrews,</i>

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and today, <i>Jesus, the Anchor of Our Soul.</i>

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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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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
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but we'll get to them in just a minute.

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listen carefully as Brittany reads.

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What are some of the blessings

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who received the message of Jesus

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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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that jumped out, a blessing that came

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when they received the word about Jesus?

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would become partakers of the Holy Spirit.

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that's really the greatest gift
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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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What's another blessing that came, Jason?

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both personally, intellectually

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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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"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"
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
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

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to the true character of God is powerful.

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(Derek) You've seen the beauty of God.

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There's so much, Heide,

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packed into this little...

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I don't know if you looked down

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at some of the others.

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Which ones haven't we mentioned yet,

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a blessing that comes or that came

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to when they heard about Jesus?

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(Heide) Another one mentioned

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was that they've tasted

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the good Word of God.

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(Derek) I like that one, too.

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You know, the Bible says, "All Scripture

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is given by inspiration of God."

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And doesn't the Psalmist say,

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"Your word is a lamp to my feet,"

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back to being enlightened,

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"and a light to my path."

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So, they've not just been taught
earthly fables,

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but they've been taught

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the living Word of God.

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I think there's one more.

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Was there one more?

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(Sabina) Yes, there is one more.

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(Derek) What was it, Sabina?

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(Sabina) I see here they also experienced

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"the powers of the age to come."

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(Derek) What does that mean?

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(Sabina) It means, to me, Pastor Derek,

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that the power of God

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is different than human power.

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Human power is usually based

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on money and strength.

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Those are some of the things

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that people can have clout

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over situations or other people.

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But the power of God is love;

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and I think that once you have experienced

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this power of love,

346
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it is something that changes

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everything in you; it's very powerful.

348
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(Derek) And I'm thinking, too,

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when they would go up and say,

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"In the name of Jesus, stand up and walk."

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Or Peter would stretch out

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on a lifeless body and say, "Let this..."

353
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What did he do with Dorcas?

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Didn't he...I forget, he raised her
from the dead.

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Did he say, "Arise"?

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I mean, they had experienced
the power of God.

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You'll find that in Acts, chapter 9.

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So, I'm going to give you
a testimony here.

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And, Puia, I'll come to your comment.

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Maybe you can start, Puia,

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because I know you've got a testimony.

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This sounds amazing, when we hear

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the truth about Jesus,

364
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all of these blessings - enlightened,

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tasting the heavenly gift,

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partakers of the Holy Spirit,

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tasting the good Word of God, experiencing

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the powers of the age to come.

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When you first personally surrendered

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your heart to Jesus,

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what was the gift that became

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most apparent to you just right away?

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I mean, all these gifts are coming.

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(Puia) Yes, for me personally, I would say

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my understanding of God's love

376
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has been a gradual experience
where I continue -

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even until now, I don't claim

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to know everything about God's love,

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but I'm continuing to grow,

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and I believe what I have appreciated

381
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so much is my understanding

382
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of the character of God has shifted.

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I have had a paradigm shift

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where I no longer relate to God

385
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as Someone who is only happy

386
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when I perform good, you know?

387
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But I now see God as Someone

388
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who loves me with an unending love,

389
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so that has been powerful.

390
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And to also add onto what Sabina

391
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was saying about experiencing

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the power of the age to come,

393
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I believe this can also mean that when
it says,

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"the age to come," that's talking

395
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abouthe future Kingdom of God.

396
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And when Jesus said, "The Kingdom

397
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of Heaven is at hand...Thy Kingdom come,"

398
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I believe this is also meaning to say

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that as believers we can <i>now</i> begin

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to experience Heaven.

401
00:16:57,988 --> 00:17:00,901
Heaven starts now, and I think
that's just beautiful.

402
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(Derek) So, we might say...

403
00:17:02,229 --> 00:17:03,947
And, Heide, I'll come to your point.

404
00:17:03,947 --> 00:17:05,630
We might say that Puia

405
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has been enlightened, right?

406
00:17:07,630 --> 00:17:08,767
Light has come to him.

407
00:17:08,767 --> 00:17:12,009
He's tasted the heavenly gift.

408
00:17:12,009 --> 00:17:13,623
And if the Holy Spirit's the One

409
00:17:13,623 --> 00:17:15,098
who leads us into all truth,

410
00:17:15,098 --> 00:17:16,566
he's also become a partaker

411
00:17:16,566 --> 00:17:17,702
of the Holy Spirit.

412
00:17:17,702 --> 00:17:19,742
But all of that has helped

413
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a paradigm shift in his mind.

414
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And he's smiling while he's sharing that.

415
00:17:24,012 --> 00:17:26,089
He's excited because something

416
00:17:26,089 --> 00:17:28,546
supernatural has happened in his life.

417
00:17:28,546 --> 00:17:31,552
Heide, what became the most precious gift

418
00:17:31,552 --> 00:17:35,059
that you became aware of as you entered

419
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into that personal relationship
with Jesus?

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00:17:38,039 --> 00:17:39,580
(Heide) Well, I was raised

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in a Christian home,

422
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and I first started to have a relationship

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and seek out God in my teen years.

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And maybe when I was about 19

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I began to really surrender
my heart to Him

426
00:17:52,837 --> 00:17:54,626
and to spend time in prayer,

427
00:17:54,626 --> 00:17:56,535
a great deal of time in prayer.

428
00:17:56,535 --> 00:17:59,671
And I remember before that,

429
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I didn't notice it,

430
00:18:01,079 --> 00:18:03,700
but I never felt good enough.

431
00:18:03,700 --> 00:18:06,540
And when I started to pray

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00:18:06,540 --> 00:18:08,141
and spend time with God,

433
00:18:08,141 --> 00:18:11,699
I remember consciously realizing

434
00:18:11,699 --> 00:18:15,831
a few months later that I no longer felt

435
00:18:15,831 --> 00:18:17,893
like I wasn't good enough.

436
00:18:17,893 --> 00:18:21,054
I had changed my perception of myself

437
00:18:21,054 --> 00:18:24,087
because my value wasn't in how I looked

438
00:18:24,087 --> 00:18:27,305
or my degree or my job or my grades.

439
00:18:27,305 --> 00:18:29,591
My value was now in the fact

440
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that I am the daughter

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00:18:30,706 --> 00:18:33,786
of the Most High God.

442
00:18:33,786 --> 00:18:36,478
That was just invaluable to me.

443
00:18:36,478 --> 00:18:38,247
(Derek) That's so beautiful.

444
00:18:38,247 --> 00:18:39,077
I'm going to come

445
00:18:39,077 --> 00:18:40,267
to a challenging question

446
00:18:40,267 --> 00:18:41,670
after Shaina's comment

447
00:18:41,670 --> 00:18:43,773
because I'm saying if there are

448
00:18:43,773 --> 00:18:46,151
so many blessings that come

449
00:18:46,151 --> 00:18:48,793
as we accept who Jesus is,

450
00:18:48,793 --> 00:18:50,484
our Great High Priest, our Savior

451
00:18:50,484 --> 00:18:51,751
and soon-coming King,

452
00:18:51,751 --> 00:18:53,147
why would anyone want

453
00:18:53,147 --> 00:18:56,760
to turn away frm that relationship?

454
00:18:56,760 --> 00:18:59,467
Shaina, your comment first.

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00:18:59,467 --> 00:19:00,714
(Shaina) Yes, I'm thinking

456
00:19:00,714 --> 00:19:04,646
of particularly the "became a partaker

457
00:19:04,646 --> 00:19:06,529
of the Holy Spirit,"

458
00:19:06,529 --> 00:19:08,969
and I'm thinking of the fruit
of the Spirit

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00:19:08,969 --> 00:19:12,954
when I truly experience Jesus for myself

460
00:19:12,954 --> 00:19:15,221
and not based on what others

461
00:19:15,221 --> 00:19:19,374
painted Jesus to be like.

462
00:19:19,374 --> 00:19:21,045
Taking in all the things

463
00:19:21,045 --> 00:19:22,967
that are going on in the world

464
00:19:22,967 --> 00:19:26,079
and watching the news

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00:19:26,079 --> 00:19:29,020
could put you in a state of depression,

466
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but I have peace, and that's one

467
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of the fruit of the Spirit.

468
00:19:33,598 --> 00:19:35,517
And so, becoming a partaker

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00:19:35,517 --> 00:19:37,572
of the Holy Spirit, I'd say,

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is one of the gifts that I have received.

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(Derek) And you've experienced

472
00:19:42,353 --> 00:19:43,886
the powers of the age to come

473
00:19:43,886 --> 00:19:45,420
if you're experiencing the peace

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00:19:45,420 --> 00:19:46,396
of God, too, right?

475
00:19:46,396 --> 00:19:48,957
I'm going to ask Livinia if you'd read

476
00:19:48,957 --> 00:19:53,802
Hebrews 10:32,33 because it may

477
00:19:53,802 --> 00:19:55,505
partially answer the question,

478
00:19:55,505 --> 00:19:57,479
at least back in the early -

479
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these Hebrew Christians.

480
00:19:59,308 --> 00:20:04,441
Why would anyone turn away from Jesus

481
00:20:04,441 --> 00:20:05,590
when so many blessings,

482
00:20:05,590 --> 00:20:08,546
even ones we've shared together...

483
00:20:08,546 --> 00:20:10,825
Here may be at least one reason, Livinia.

484
00:20:10,825 --> 00:20:11,928
Would you read for us

485
00:20:11,928 --> 00:20:15,107
Hebrews 10, verses 32 and 33?

486
00:20:15,107 --> 00:20:16,443
(Livinia) Certainly, reading

487
00:20:16,443 --> 00:20:19,240
from the New Living Translation:

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(Derek) Can you think of any times

489
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in the New Testament,

490
00:20:46,406 --> 00:20:49,142
even during the earthly ministry of Jesus,

491
00:20:49,142 --> 00:20:52,363
when people appeared to back away

492
00:20:52,363 --> 00:20:59,537
because of ridicule or persecution
or hardship?

493
00:20:59,537 --> 00:21:02,708
Anybody, Sabina, can you think of someone?

494
00:21:02,708 --> 00:21:04,403
(Sabina) Pastor Derek, I'm thinking

495
00:21:04,403 --> 00:21:05,472
about a text in John.

496
00:21:05,472 --> 00:21:07,049
I was trying to survey in my mind

497
00:21:07,049 --> 00:21:09,376
exactly the address of this text.

498
00:21:09,376 --> 00:21:10,401
And that's when Jesus

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has just finished a sermon,

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00:21:12,914 --> 00:21:14,666
and the Bible says that many people

501
00:21:14,666 --> 00:21:16,707
started turning away from Him.

502
00:21:16,707 --> 00:21:18,348
(Derek) The end of John chapter 6.

503
00:21:18,348 --> 00:21:19,570
(Sabina) Exactly, the end

504
00:21:19,570 --> 00:21:20,490
of John chapter 6.

505
00:21:20,490 --> 00:21:22,280
So, He's coming, in the book of John,

506
00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:24,475
from doing miracle after miracle
after miracle,

507
00:21:24,475 --> 00:21:25,934
yet He does have a message

508
00:21:25,934 --> 00:21:28,167
that is calling people to repentance,

509
00:21:28,167 --> 00:21:29,256
that is calling people

510
00:21:29,256 --> 00:21:31,221
to a change in their lives.

511
00:21:31,221 --> 00:21:33,472
And that's not always an easy message.

512
00:21:33,472 --> 00:21:35,072
And also including people

513
00:21:35,072 --> 00:21:37,199
who had believed that Jesus

514
00:21:37,199 --> 00:21:39,483
was coming not only as the Messiah

515
00:21:39,483 --> 00:21:41,583
but that the Messiah would be a King

516
00:21:41,583 --> 00:21:45,294
and change their immediate situation,

517
00:21:45,294 --> 00:21:47,281
which was not necessarily the case

518
00:21:47,281 --> 00:21:50,108
because we know that for some of them

519
00:21:50,108 --> 00:21:51,349
they still had to endure

520
00:21:51,349 --> 00:21:53,257
a lot of suffering, as we are seeing.

521
00:21:53,257 --> 00:21:54,988
And then Peter turns to Him,

522
00:21:54,988 --> 00:21:56,518
and there is a dialogue

523
00:21:56,518 --> 00:21:58,563
between Peter and Jesus...

524
00:21:58,563 --> 00:22:00,561
(Derek) Why don't you turn to that for us.

525
00:22:00,561 --> 00:22:01,659
I think the Holy Spirit

526
00:22:01,659 --> 00:22:03,908
is leading us there, John, chapter 6.

527
00:22:03,908 --> 00:22:06,721
Would you start in verse 66?

528
00:22:06,721 --> 00:22:12,217
John 6 and verse 66 and perhaps

529
00:22:12,217 --> 00:22:20,180
you could read down through verse 69,
John 6:66-69.

530
00:22:20,180 --> 00:22:22,283
And the context, of course, is Jesus

531
00:22:22,283 --> 00:22:25,689
has just fed 5,000, and they've come back

532
00:22:25,689 --> 00:22:28,061
for more free sandwiches.

533
00:22:28,061 --> 00:22:31,555
And Jesus says, "I am the bread of life."

534
00:22:31,555 --> 00:22:33,463
And pick up the story, if you would,

535
00:22:33,463 --> 00:22:37,534
in John 6, verse 66 through 69.

536
00:22:37,534 --> 00:22:39,818
It may help answer the question,

537
00:22:39,818 --> 00:22:43,022
why would people turn away from Jesus

538
00:22:43,022 --> 00:22:44,452
after so many blessings

539
00:22:44,452 --> 00:22:46,605
that we've highlighted have come to them?

540
00:22:46,605 --> 00:22:49,396
(Sabina) Exactly, so here we have John 6,

541
00:22:49,396 --> 00:22:53,394
from verse 66 through 69, and I'm reading

542
00:22:53,394 --> 00:22:56,024
from the New King James Version,
and it says:

543
00:23:18,777 --> 00:23:21,567
(Derek) So, why did many, it says,

544
00:23:21,567 --> 00:23:23,688
at that time many turned away

545
00:23:23,688 --> 00:23:25,554
and didn't walk with Him anymore.

546
00:23:25,554 --> 00:23:29,493
Why did they do that, anybody?
Yes, Livinia?

547
00:23:29,493 --> 00:23:33,594
(Livinia) Because prior to that exchange,

548
00:23:33,594 --> 00:23:35,821
Jesus said to them,

549
00:23:35,821 --> 00:23:37,975
"Anyone who eats My flesh

550
00:23:37,975 --> 00:23:41,389
and drinks My blood has eternal life,

551
00:23:41,389 --> 00:23:44,884
and I will raise that person
at the last day."

552
00:23:44,884 --> 00:23:48,455
And many of the disciples said,

553
00:23:48,455 --> 00:23:50,646
"This is a hard saying,

554
00:23:50,646 --> 00:23:53,754
hard to understand; who can accept it?"

555
00:23:53,754 --> 00:23:55,393
(Derek) They were hoping He'd say,

556
00:23:55,393 --> 00:23:57,588
"You can get more free fish sandwiches,

557
00:23:57,588 --> 00:24:00,007
just stop by each morning."

558
00:24:00,007 --> 00:24:05,861
They were wanting the physical benefits,

559
00:24:05,861 --> 00:24:08,236
like, "I don't think He's the Messiah

560
00:24:08,236 --> 00:24:11,183
that we wanted Him to be," but there may

561
00:24:11,183 --> 00:24:12,618
have been many other reasons.

562
00:24:12,618 --> 00:24:17,198
But for some reason,

563
00:24:17,198 --> 00:24:18,837
whether because He's not

564
00:24:18,837 --> 00:24:21,032
who they thought or disappointment,

565
00:24:21,032 --> 00:24:23,563
"many of His disciples."

566
00:24:23,563 --> 00:24:25,932
The word "many" means...?

567
00:24:25,932 --> 00:24:26,894
(Team Member) A lot?

568
00:24:26,894 --> 00:24:29,552
(Derek) A lot, the majority,

569
00:24:29,552 --> 00:24:30,908
that He even turns

570
00:24:30,908 --> 00:24:33,877
to the 12 and says what?

571
00:24:33,877 --> 00:24:36,068
"Will you also go away?"

572
00:24:36,068 --> 00:24:38,539
Shaina, you had a comment?

573
00:24:38,539 --> 00:24:40,482
(Shaina) I'm thinking specifically

574
00:24:40,482 --> 00:24:43,955
of one of the twelve who walked with Him

575
00:24:43,955 --> 00:24:46,393
who ended up betraying Him, Judas.

576
00:24:46,393 --> 00:24:49,609
He literally walked with Jesus
for three years

577
00:24:49,609 --> 00:24:52,333
of His whole entire ministry and saw Him

578
00:24:52,333 --> 00:24:56,469
and saw all the things that He did,
and fell away.

579
00:24:56,469 --> 00:24:59,186
But I'm thinking that it was because they

580
00:24:59,186 --> 00:25:02,935
weren't truly anchored in Jesus.

581
00:25:02,935 --> 00:25:06,718
It was a superficial following.

582
00:25:06,718 --> 00:25:09,154
There was no true heart conversion,

583
00:25:09,154 --> 00:25:12,523
which when the wind came and blew,

584
00:25:12,523 --> 00:25:14,178
it blew them out.

585
00:25:14,178 --> 00:25:15,923
(Derek) That's a good point, Shaina,

586
00:25:15,923 --> 00:25:18,181
but let's remember that Simon Peter

587
00:25:18,181 --> 00:25:22,263
also buckled to the pressure.

588
00:25:22,263 --> 00:25:24,202
You know, you read about the persecution

589
00:25:24,202 --> 00:25:25,834
of the Hebrew Christians,

590
00:25:25,834 --> 00:25:28,922
but he also was ridiculed.

591
00:25:28,922 --> 00:25:31,523
That was the word, mocked or ridiculed.

592
00:25:31,523 --> 00:25:34,531
And for a moment, what happened?

593
00:25:34,531 --> 00:25:37,307
He wavered and fell, didn't he?

594
00:25:37,307 --> 00:25:39,268
Well, we're going to go back to the text.

595
00:25:39,268 --> 00:25:41,175
Brittany, since you read verses 4 and 5,

596
00:25:41,175 --> 00:25:43,567
I'm going to ask you to read them again,

597
00:25:43,567 --> 00:25:46,058
but now read on through verse 6,

598
00:25:46,058 --> 00:25:47,192
because it gives us

599
00:25:47,192 --> 00:25:50,929
a very difficult passage.

600
00:25:50,929 --> 00:25:52,558
We want to wrestle with it,

601
00:25:52,558 --> 00:25:55,987
because I think we would all recognize,

602
00:25:55,987 --> 00:25:57,280
am I right, that we've all

603
00:25:57,280 --> 00:26:00,397
had times when we've wavered?

604
00:26:00,397 --> 00:26:03,314
This appears to say - well, let's listen

605
00:26:03,314 --> 00:26:05,480
to what the author of Hebrews says.

606
00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:08,103
Hebrews 6, verses 4 through 6.

607
00:26:08,103 --> 00:26:09,353
(Brittany) I'll be reading

608
00:26:09,353 --> 00:26:10,914
from the New King James Version,

609
00:26:10,914 --> 00:26:12,783
Hebrews, chapter 6, verse 4:

610
00:26:43,210 --> 00:26:45,406
(Derek) Now, whatever this text is saying,

611
00:26:45,406 --> 00:26:47,419
I'd like you to first do a scan

612
00:26:47,419 --> 00:26:49,372
of the Bible, okay?

613
00:26:49,372 --> 00:26:50,850
And, Puia, I'm going to ask you

614
00:26:50,850 --> 00:26:54,387
to go first, just short answers.

615
00:26:54,387 --> 00:26:57,102
Think of someone in the Bible

616
00:26:57,102 --> 00:26:59,416
who, to use Brittany's language, fell;

617
00:26:59,416 --> 00:27:04,234
they fell away, but they were restored.

618
00:27:04,234 --> 00:27:06,129
Can you give us a name, Puia,

619
00:27:06,129 --> 00:27:07,452
of someone who fell away,

620
00:27:07,452 --> 00:27:10,331
and they were restored again.

621
00:27:10,331 --> 00:27:12,176
(Puia) Previously you mentioned Peter.

622
00:27:12,176 --> 00:27:15,389
I believe Peter is one example who fell,
but he was restored.

623
00:27:15,389 --> 00:27:19,305
(Derek) Shaina's got her hand
raised, too. Shaina?

624
00:27:19,305 --> 00:27:21,864
(Shaina) I'm also thinking of Samson.

625
00:27:21,864 --> 00:27:23,838
(Derek) Samson is another.

626
00:27:23,838 --> 00:27:26,593
Heide, you've got your hand raised.

627
00:27:26,593 --> 00:27:28,880
(Heide) I was also going to say Samson,

628
00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:31,686
but another one was Jacob who fell,

629
00:27:31,686 --> 00:27:35,234
and yet the Lord blessed him greatly
in the future.

630
00:27:35,234 --> 00:27:37,484
(Derek) We don't have to think
very hard, do we?

631
00:27:37,484 --> 00:27:38,557
Brittany, another one?

632
00:27:38,557 --> 00:27:39,609
(Brittany) King David.

633
00:27:39,609 --> 00:27:41,808
(Derek) King David is a great example,

634
00:27:41,808 --> 00:27:46,190
who commits adultery and deception
and murder. Jason?

635
00:27:46,190 --> 00:27:48,246
(Jason) Adam and Eve?

636
00:27:48,246 --> 00:27:49,453
(Derek) You took us back

637
00:27:49,453 --> 00:27:50,635
to the beginning, right,

638
00:27:50,635 --> 00:27:53,127
Adam and Eve who fell and were restored.

639
00:27:53,127 --> 00:27:57,131
The Bible is full of people

640
00:27:57,131 --> 00:28:00,761
who fell away and were restored, right?

641
00:28:00,761 --> 00:28:01,980
Now, that doesn't mean,

642
00:28:01,980 --> 00:28:03,868
"Well, let's just sin because we can

643
00:28:03,868 --> 00:28:05,602
always be restored," because there's

644
00:28:05,602 --> 00:28:09,426
something in this text that says

645
00:28:09,426 --> 00:28:12,647
you can't come back in a certain
situation.

646
00:28:12,647 --> 00:28:15,279
But, give me some Bible texts

647
00:28:15,279 --> 00:28:18,043
that would support the fact

648
00:28:18,043 --> 00:28:20,090
that you may fall away,

649
00:28:20,090 --> 00:28:21,644
but God will welcome you back.

650
00:28:21,644 --> 00:28:23,894
You can be restored

651
00:28:23,894 --> 00:28:25,626
to be part of His family.

652
00:28:25,626 --> 00:28:26,768
Anybody, what's a text

653
00:28:26,768 --> 00:28:28,350
that comes to your mind, Livinia?

654
00:28:28,350 --> 00:28:29,521
(Livinia) "For There is

655
00:28:29,521 --> 00:28:32,100
now therefore no condemnation

656
00:28:32,100 --> 00:28:34,227
to those who are in Christ Jesus."

657
00:28:34,227 --> 00:28:35,943
(Derek) Alright, so you would say...

658
00:28:35,943 --> 00:28:37,735
Do you want to read that text for us?

659
00:28:37,735 --> 00:28:39,403
That's in Romans, I believe

660
00:28:39,403 --> 00:28:41,874
chapter 8, right, and verse 1,

661
00:28:41,874 --> 00:28:44,533
Romans, chapter 8 and verse 1.

662
00:28:44,533 --> 00:28:46,419
By the way, some people might say,

663
00:28:46,419 --> 00:28:48,096
"Derek, how do you keep remembering

664
00:28:48,096 --> 00:28:49,204
where those texts are?"

665
00:28:49,204 --> 00:28:51,406
Well, there's a promise in the Bible

666
00:28:51,406 --> 00:28:53,866
that, "The Helper, the Holy Spirit,

667
00:28:53,866 --> 00:28:56,031
whom the Father will send in My name,

668
00:28:56,031 --> 00:28:57,897
He will teach you all things,

669
00:28:57,897 --> 00:28:59,299
and bring to your..."?

670
00:28:59,299 --> 00:29:00,681
(Derek, Team) "Remembrance."

671
00:29:00,681 --> 00:29:02,188
(Derek) And by the way, if I

672
00:29:02,188 --> 00:29:04,000
can't quite remember, I can always ask

673
00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:05,387
the Hope Sabbath School team,

674
00:29:05,387 --> 00:29:06,743
and you will help me, right?

675
00:29:06,743 --> 00:29:08,559
But let's read it just so that we know

676
00:29:08,559 --> 00:29:09,616
that you're reading it

677
00:29:09,616 --> 00:29:10,973
out of the Scripture here.

678
00:29:10,973 --> 00:29:14,087
Romans 8 and verse 1, what does it say?

679
00:29:14,087 --> 00:29:15,211
(Livinia) So, reading

680
00:29:15,211 --> 00:29:17,901
from the New Living Translation:

681
00:29:24,626 --> 00:29:27,431
(Derek) Now, that's interesting
because how many have sinned

682
00:29:27,431 --> 00:29:29,194
and fallen short of the glory of God?

683
00:29:29,194 --> 00:29:29,896
(Team) All.

684
00:29:29,896 --> 00:29:31,562
(Derek) So, how many are condemned?

685
00:29:31,562 --> 00:29:32,371
(Pedro) Everyone.

686
00:29:32,371 --> 00:29:34,691
(Derek) So, everyone can be restored.

687
00:29:34,691 --> 00:29:37,144
That's what it's saying, right? Yes?

688
00:29:37,144 --> 00:29:40,711
(Travis) I was thinking of Ezekiel 33:11,

689
00:29:40,711 --> 00:29:42,270
and can I read that?

690
00:29:42,270 --> 00:29:43,787
(Derek) Yes, of course you can.

691
00:29:43,787 --> 00:29:48,125
Ezekiel 33 and verse 11.

692
00:29:48,125 --> 00:29:49,987
Ezekiel, a prophet contemporary

693
00:29:49,987 --> 00:29:52,483
of Daniel in Babylon,

694
00:29:52,483 --> 00:29:54,803
and he's down the river in Susa,

695
00:29:54,803 --> 00:29:57,423
and Jeremiah back in Jerusalem.

696
00:29:57,423 --> 00:30:01,028
And what does he say in Ezekiel 33:11?

697
00:30:01,028 --> 00:30:02,725
(Travis) It says, and I'm reading

698
00:30:02,725 --> 00:30:04,892
from the New King James Version:

699
00:30:20,415 --> 00:30:22,672
(Derek) That's the Lord speaking, right?!

700
00:30:22,672 --> 00:30:25,224
So, we ought to have no doubt

701
00:30:25,224 --> 00:30:28,521
that a person who falls into sin,

702
00:30:28,521 --> 00:30:31,035
if she turns, if he turns,

703
00:30:31,035 --> 00:30:34,000
isn't there the text in 1 John 1:9,

704
00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:36,010
"If we confess our sins,

705
00:30:36,010 --> 00:30:37,650
He is faithful and just to..."?

706
00:30:37,650 --> 00:30:38,956
(Derek, Team) "Forgive us."

707
00:30:38,956 --> 00:30:40,031
(Derek) "...and to...?

708
00:30:40,031 --> 00:30:40,990
(Team) "Cleanse us."

709
00:30:40,990 --> 00:30:42,046
(Derek) From how much?

710
00:30:42,046 --> 00:30:43,764
(Derek, Team) "All unrighteousness."

711
00:30:43,764 --> 00:30:45,432
Now if someone said, "Pastor Derek,

712
00:30:45,432 --> 00:30:47,382
you don't know the bad things I've done,"

713
00:30:47,382 --> 00:30:48,903
well, Shaina, I need you to read

714
00:30:48,903 --> 00:30:50,810
a text for us in 1 Corinthians 6,

715
00:30:50,810 --> 00:30:52,489
verses 9 through 11.

716
00:30:52,489 --> 00:30:54,510
Someone says, "You don't know...

717
00:30:54,510 --> 00:30:57,411
That may be for holy people like you,

718
00:30:57,411 --> 00:31:02,069
but I have done things that are so bad

719
00:31:02,069 --> 00:31:06,692
that I cannot be restored."

720
00:31:06,692 --> 00:31:08,882
And by the way, you don't say that

721
00:31:08,882 --> 00:31:11,187
with joy in your heart.

722
00:31:11,187 --> 00:31:13,731
But I've got good news for you.

723
00:31:13,731 --> 00:31:15,000
If you are even feeling

724
00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:17,071
a desire to be restored,

725
00:31:17,071 --> 00:31:19,856
the Holy Spirit is still speaking.

726
00:31:19,856 --> 00:31:21,480
Listen to the amazing text

727
00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:22,549
Shaina's going to read

728
00:31:22,549 --> 00:31:24,882
from 1 Corinthians, chapter 6,

729
00:31:24,882 --> 00:31:28,033
verses 9 through 11.

730
00:31:28,033 --> 00:31:29,472
(Shaina) And I will be reading

731
00:31:29,472 --> 00:31:31,906
from the New King James Version:

732
00:32:07,918 --> 00:32:10,996
(Derek) Somebody ought to say, "Amen."

733
00:32:10,996 --> 00:32:12,453
That is good news.

734
00:32:12,453 --> 00:32:14,205
And by the way, don't judge someone,

735
00:32:14,205 --> 00:32:15,988
"Well, that's bad," because there are

736
00:32:15,988 --> 00:32:17,902
a lot of things there like extortioners,

737
00:32:17,902 --> 00:32:19,673
that people think they're clever

738
00:32:19,673 --> 00:32:22,235
to extort money from people
by selling things

739
00:32:22,235 --> 00:32:23,935
for more than they're worth

740
00:32:23,935 --> 00:32:24,935
or for buying things

741
00:32:24,935 --> 00:32:27,164
for less than they should.

742
00:32:27,164 --> 00:32:29,774
We all need forgiveness, don't we?

743
00:32:29,774 --> 00:32:32,045
But restoration can come.

744
00:32:32,045 --> 00:32:33,515
So, with that in mind,

745
00:32:33,515 --> 00:32:35,656
let's go back to that text

746
00:32:35,656 --> 00:32:37,566
that Brittany read for us

747
00:32:37,566 --> 00:32:39,749
which says it's impossible.

748
00:32:39,749 --> 00:32:42,192
Let's just read verse 6, Brittany, again,

749
00:32:42,192 --> 00:32:44,171
because we've got to wrestle with this.

750
00:32:44,171 --> 00:32:47,218
There's something here that makes

751
00:32:47,218 --> 00:32:52,317
this turning away fatal.

752
00:32:52,317 --> 00:32:54,503
Let's see what the text says again.

753
00:32:54,503 --> 00:32:56,135
(Brittany) In Hebrews, chapter 6,

754
00:32:56,135 --> 00:32:57,531
verse 6, and I'll be reading

755
00:32:57,531 --> 00:32:59,558
from the New King James Version:

756
00:33:12,533 --> 00:33:13,817
(Derek) When I fall, Pedro,

757
00:33:13,817 --> 00:33:18,420
and run to Jesus, what do I find?

758
00:33:18,420 --> 00:33:21,540
When I fall, and I run to Jesus,
what do I find?

759
00:33:21,540 --> 00:33:22,537
(Pedro) Repentance?

760
00:33:22,537 --> 00:33:25,400
(Derek) Mercy and grace, right?

761
00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:27,571
Because I come in repentance.

762
00:33:27,571 --> 00:33:31,172
But this is saying, "If you crucify

763
00:33:31,172 --> 00:33:34,868
the Son of God afresh and" (what?)

764
00:33:34,868 --> 00:33:37,625
"bring Him to open shame."

765
00:33:37,625 --> 00:33:40,258
Let's look at another verse.

766
00:33:40,258 --> 00:33:41,638
Heide, could you read for us

767
00:33:41,638 --> 00:33:45,198
in Hebrews, chapter 10,

768
00:33:45,198 --> 00:33:47,389
verses 26 through 29?

769
00:33:47,389 --> 00:33:49,768
This is so important because someone

770
00:33:49,768 --> 00:33:52,305
might be saying, "Derek,

771
00:33:52,305 --> 00:33:54,642
I think I've gone too far.

772
00:33:54,642 --> 00:33:56,551
I don't think there's any hope for me."

773
00:33:56,551 --> 00:33:58,079
Well, I'm telling you, if you're

774
00:33:58,079 --> 00:33:59,466
watching Hope Sabbath School,

775
00:33:59,466 --> 00:34:01,183
and your heart is at all responding,

776
00:34:01,183 --> 00:34:02,992
there <i>is</i> hope for you.

777
00:34:02,992 --> 00:34:06,283
But let's see what this fatal mistake is

778
00:34:06,283 --> 00:34:08,306
from which it's impossible

779
00:34:08,306 --> 00:34:11,359
to turn back. Heide?

780
00:34:11,359 --> 00:34:12,570
(Heide) I'll be reading

781
00:34:12,570 --> 00:34:14,916
from the New King James Version,
and it says:

782
00:35:00,176 --> 00:35:02,066
(Derek) What are the strong words there

783
00:35:02,066 --> 00:35:04,149
that impact you, Jason?

784
00:35:04,149 --> 00:35:05,440
(Jason) The last part there

785
00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:07,977
"insulted the Spirit of grace,"

786
00:35:07,977 --> 00:35:11,695
so rejecting the Holy Spirit.

787
00:35:11,695 --> 00:35:13,362
(Derek) Who's the One that leads us

788
00:35:13,362 --> 00:35:15,144
to repentance and also, Brittany?

789
00:35:15,144 --> 00:35:16,604
(Brittany) I was just thinking

790
00:35:16,604 --> 00:35:17,668
what Jason was saying.

791
00:35:17,668 --> 00:35:18,746
In Matthew Jesus talks

792
00:35:18,746 --> 00:35:21,070
about this very thing in chapter 12,

793
00:35:21,070 --> 00:35:22,949
and He said, "Any sin

794
00:35:22,949 --> 00:35:24,039
will be forgiven you

795
00:35:24,039 --> 00:35:26,334
except the sin against the Holy Spirit."

796
00:35:26,334 --> 00:35:29,695
So, it's almost like the same reflection

797
00:35:29,695 --> 00:35:31,462
of the end of this verse.

798
00:35:31,462 --> 00:35:34,882
It's like, "What did Jesus
say about this?"

799
00:35:34,882 --> 00:35:40,595
(Derek) So, when we crucify Jesus afresh,

800
00:35:40,595 --> 00:35:42,763
there was another idea there,

801
00:35:42,763 --> 00:35:45,323
of "trampling on the Son of God."

802
00:35:45,323 --> 00:35:47,016
I mean, I don't even...That's such

803
00:35:47,016 --> 00:35:50,533
an offensive thought, isn't it?

804
00:35:50,533 --> 00:35:52,770
You trample on the Son of God.

805
00:35:52,770 --> 00:35:57,525
If you throw the Savior away,

806
00:35:57,525 --> 00:36:00,496
you've thrown away any hope.

807
00:36:00,496 --> 00:36:03,123
There is only one way of salvation.

808
00:36:03,123 --> 00:36:07,767
It's impossible to be restored

809
00:36:07,767 --> 00:36:10,804
without Jesus. Is that right?

810
00:36:10,804 --> 00:36:11,560
(Team) Yes.

811
00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:14,096
(Derek) If you're saying, "Jesus, help me.

812
00:36:14,096 --> 00:36:16,347
I have made a mess; I've been King David.

813
00:36:16,347 --> 00:36:19,529
I've committed adultery and murder;
Jesus, help me,"

814
00:36:19,529 --> 00:36:22,632
it is not impossible to be restored!

815
00:36:22,632 --> 00:36:24,035
(Team) Amen.

816
00:36:24,035 --> 00:36:25,377
(Derek) But if you trample

817
00:36:25,377 --> 00:36:26,191
on the Son of God

818
00:36:26,191 --> 00:36:28,685
and bring Him open shame,

819
00:36:28,685 --> 00:36:31,250
and what did he do to the Spirit of truth?

820
00:36:31,250 --> 00:36:32,251
(Team Member) Insult.

821
00:36:32,251 --> 00:36:34,615
(Derek) You insult the Spirit of truth,

822
00:36:34,615 --> 00:36:36,848
you are in a deadly situation. Pedro?

823
00:36:36,848 --> 00:36:38,784
(Pedro) We see here that those

824
00:36:38,784 --> 00:36:41,279
that wouldn't receive any forgiveness,

825
00:36:41,279 --> 00:36:43,649
are those that are not asking
for forgiveness.

826
00:36:43,649 --> 00:36:46,292
We see that God is trying,

827
00:36:46,292 --> 00:36:48,972
pursuing us, to go after Him,

828
00:36:48,972 --> 00:36:52,367
and those that decide not to accept

829
00:36:52,367 --> 00:36:55,058
or have rejected or trample over,

830
00:36:55,058 --> 00:36:59,952
are those who will be receiving damnation.

831
00:36:59,952 --> 00:37:04,904
(Derek) So, how do we safeguard ourselves

832
00:37:04,904 --> 00:37:07,189
against that fatal mistake?

833
00:37:07,189 --> 00:37:09,018
We have received all of the blessings

834
00:37:09,018 --> 00:37:10,615
just like the Hebrews did.

835
00:37:10,615 --> 00:37:13,438
And the author of Hebrews is saying,

836
00:37:13,438 --> 00:37:15,967
"Don't do this!" right?

837
00:37:15,967 --> 00:37:18,999
"Don't trample on the Son of God."

838
00:37:18,999 --> 00:37:22,444
"Don't crucify the Son of God afresh."

839
00:37:22,444 --> 00:37:26,233
How do I safeguard, Sabina, against that?

840
00:37:26,233 --> 00:37:27,701
(Sabina) Pastor Derek, I think

841
00:37:27,701 --> 00:37:29,421
that a key element here in the text

842
00:37:29,421 --> 00:37:32,083
in verse 26 is when he's saying

843
00:37:32,083 --> 00:37:34,139
that if we sin willfully.

844
00:37:34,139 --> 00:37:37,332
So, it does have to do with our wills

845
00:37:37,332 --> 00:37:39,851
and the things that we work in our hearts

846
00:37:39,851 --> 00:37:42,661
on whether to do for life or for death.

847
00:37:42,661 --> 00:37:43,763
So, I think that a way

848
00:37:43,763 --> 00:37:44,813
to safeguard ourselves

849
00:37:44,813 --> 00:37:46,795
is to submit our will to God.

850
00:37:46,795 --> 00:37:48,857
And one of the ways to submit

851
00:37:48,857 --> 00:37:52,293
our will to God is to consider Scripture

852
00:37:52,293 --> 00:37:54,172
and His teaching in the Law,

853
00:37:54,172 --> 00:37:55,512
the prophets and everything

854
00:37:55,512 --> 00:37:57,554
that was left for us as a resource

855
00:37:57,554 --> 00:37:58,839
to consult with God.

856
00:37:58,839 --> 00:38:00,824
If our will is aligned with His,

857
00:38:00,824 --> 00:38:02,853
and if we're not willfully going

858
00:38:02,853 --> 00:38:05,332
against His will for our lives.

859
00:38:05,332 --> 00:38:06,797
(Derek) But someone might say,

860
00:38:06,797 --> 00:38:08,585
"But I do that, Sabina.

861
00:38:08,585 --> 00:38:12,273
I do at times willfully transgress God."

862
00:38:12,273 --> 00:38:14,509
I want to read an encouraging text
with you.

863
00:38:14,509 --> 00:38:15,820
Puia, could you go

864
00:38:15,820 --> 00:38:18,080
right before the book of Revelation

865
00:38:18,080 --> 00:38:19,750
to the book of Jude.

866
00:38:19,750 --> 00:38:21,519
It's only one chapter,

867
00:38:21,519 --> 00:38:25,113
but verse 25 of Jude.

868
00:38:25,113 --> 00:38:28,696
Jude, most Bible scholars would believe,

869
00:38:28,696 --> 00:38:33,349
is a stepbrother of Jesus,
brother of James,

870
00:38:33,349 --> 00:38:35,296
leader of the church in Jerusalem,

871
00:38:35,296 --> 00:38:36,422
so he's one of the ones

872
00:38:36,422 --> 00:38:38,711
who was in the upper room, remember,

873
00:38:38,711 --> 00:38:42,271
and "with Mary and His brothers."

874
00:38:42,271 --> 00:38:43,914
He's a follower of Jesus.

875
00:38:43,914 --> 00:38:45,651
What word does he give us, Puia,

876
00:38:45,651 --> 00:38:48,428
in verse 25 of that short letter

877
00:38:48,428 --> 00:38:51,306
right before the book of Revelation?

878
00:38:51,306 --> 00:38:52,849
(Puia) Sure, and I'll be reading

879
00:38:52,849 --> 00:38:54,633
from the New King James Version:

880
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:07,396
(Derek) So, I realize, Puia,

881
00:39:07,396 --> 00:39:10,772
I need you to read verse 24 as well,

882
00:39:10,772 --> 00:39:12,782
but thank you for reading verse 25.

883
00:39:12,782 --> 00:39:14,848
That was my mistake, and maybe we

884
00:39:14,848 --> 00:39:17,163
just needed to know to praise God, too.

885
00:39:17,163 --> 00:39:18,576
But would you go back,

886
00:39:18,576 --> 00:39:21,374
and would you read verse 24 and 25?

887
00:39:21,374 --> 00:39:22,945
Obviously, the Spirit wants

888
00:39:22,945 --> 00:39:25,355
both of those heard.

889
00:39:25,355 --> 00:39:27,893
(Puia) Sure, verse 24:

890
00:39:47,069 --> 00:39:48,879
(Derek) Can I say no one will be lost

891
00:39:48,879 --> 00:39:51,518
because she is weak?

892
00:39:51,518 --> 00:39:53,072
(Team Member) Yes, that's right.

893
00:39:53,072 --> 00:39:55,694
(Derek) No one will be lost
because he's weak.

894
00:39:55,694 --> 00:39:57,412
We will be lost because we don't run

895
00:39:57,412 --> 00:40:00,748
to the Savior of our souls.

896
00:40:00,748 --> 00:40:03,264
"Jesus, help me!" "Jesus, save me!"

897
00:40:03,264 --> 00:40:04,726
That is a choice, isn't it?

898
00:40:04,726 --> 00:40:05,528
(Sabina) It is.

899
00:40:05,528 --> 00:40:07,548
(Derek) Now, lest we get discouraged

900
00:40:07,548 --> 00:40:10,473
and say, "Oh, boy, that's heavy duty,"

901
00:40:10,473 --> 00:40:12,061
the author to the Hebrews

902
00:40:12,061 --> 00:40:13,561
brings some good news.

903
00:40:13,561 --> 00:40:15,013
And, Pedro, I'm going to ask

904
00:40:15,013 --> 00:40:17,685
if you would read back in Hebrews 6,

905
00:40:17,685 --> 00:40:19,781
verses 9 through 12.

906
00:40:19,781 --> 00:40:21,956
And I would say to all of us,

907
00:40:21,956 --> 00:40:24,220
we need to give people warnings,

908
00:40:24,220 --> 00:40:27,164
but we also need to give them hope,
are you with me?

909
00:40:27,164 --> 00:40:28,874
So, let's hear some hope

910
00:40:28,874 --> 00:40:32,627
in Hebrews 6, verses 9 through 12.

911
00:40:32,627 --> 00:40:33,750
(Pedro) I'll be reading

912
00:40:33,750 --> 00:40:37,247
from the New King James Version,
Hebrews 6:9-12:

913
00:41:26,226 --> 00:41:27,525
(Derek) Now, before we look

914
00:41:27,525 --> 00:41:30,485
at the specifics of the appeal,

915
00:41:30,485 --> 00:41:32,308
all of us, when we decide

916
00:41:32,308 --> 00:41:34,221
to surrender wholly to Jesus,

917
00:41:34,221 --> 00:41:36,217
we're under attack by the enemy.

918
00:41:36,217 --> 00:41:37,815
Temptations will come, right?

919
00:41:37,815 --> 00:41:38,873
I mean, if you think

920
00:41:38,873 --> 00:41:40,705
when you make a commitment to Jesus,

921
00:41:40,705 --> 00:41:43,331
no temptation will come, think again.

922
00:41:43,331 --> 00:41:44,998
It will happen, right?

923
00:41:44,998 --> 00:41:47,518
But we know where we need to run.

924
00:41:47,518 --> 00:41:49,448
Why is it important,

925
00:41:49,448 --> 00:41:51,764
that just like the author

926
00:41:51,764 --> 00:41:53,314
to the Hebrews here,

927
00:41:53,314 --> 00:41:55,621
we speak words of encouragement

928
00:41:55,621 --> 00:41:57,947
to people on their journey?

929
00:41:57,947 --> 00:41:59,678
Why is that important?

930
00:41:59,678 --> 00:42:01,416
We're not denying the danger,

931
00:42:01,416 --> 00:42:03,400
still giving the warning.

932
00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:04,813
Brittany, why is it important

933
00:42:04,813 --> 00:42:07,137
to give words of encouragement?

934
00:42:07,137 --> 00:42:08,865
(Brittany) I think especially today,

935
00:42:08,865 --> 00:42:11,147
everywhere you look, you turn on the TV,

936
00:42:11,147 --> 00:42:12,383
you look at your computer,

937
00:42:12,383 --> 00:42:13,668
you read the newspaper,

938
00:42:13,668 --> 00:42:17,156
everywhere you look, there's no good news.

939
00:42:17,156 --> 00:42:19,359
And we need encouragement

940
00:42:19,359 --> 00:42:20,348
in this world today.

941
00:42:20,348 --> 00:42:22,071
People are suffering from depression

942
00:42:22,071 --> 00:42:25,699
and anxiety and so much difficulty.

943
00:42:25,699 --> 00:42:27,224
But we need to know

944
00:42:27,224 --> 00:42:30,158
that there is a God who loves us so much,

945
00:42:30,158 --> 00:42:33,196
and He says, "Just look up, look up to Me;

946
00:42:33,196 --> 00:42:34,691
don't look at your surroundings

947
00:42:34,691 --> 00:42:36,350
and what you're going through.

948
00:42:36,350 --> 00:42:39,174
Look to Me; I've walked that same road

949
00:42:39,174 --> 00:42:40,390
that you're on right now.

950
00:42:40,390 --> 00:42:41,760
I'm going to hold your hand.

951
00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:43,635
I'm going to help you through this."

952
00:42:43,635 --> 00:42:45,717
(Derek) So, we know

953
00:42:45,717 --> 00:42:47,645
the challenges are real,

954
00:42:47,645 --> 00:42:49,651
but those words of encouragement,

955
00:42:49,651 --> 00:42:51,506
I was thinking, where it talked

956
00:42:51,506 --> 00:42:53,835
about not forsaking the assembling

957
00:42:53,835 --> 00:42:55,980
but exhorting one another,

958
00:42:55,980 --> 00:42:58,764
that's not like beating each other.

959
00:42:58,764 --> 00:43:02,348
That's a loving encouragement.
Yes, Travis.

960
00:43:02,348 --> 00:43:03,551
(Travis) So, I'm thinking

961
00:43:03,551 --> 00:43:05,034
about the love of God, right?

962
00:43:05,034 --> 00:43:08,647
It's obvious that God believes in us.

963
00:43:08,647 --> 00:43:10,498
He wouldn't have come and died

964
00:43:10,498 --> 00:43:11,891
if He wouldn't have had faith

965
00:43:11,891 --> 00:43:14,309
in even who we could become.

966
00:43:14,309 --> 00:43:15,559
And so, if we're going

967
00:43:15,559 --> 00:43:17,765
to go around condemning people,

968
00:43:17,765 --> 00:43:19,934
they're probably going to only go
as far as...

969
00:43:19,934 --> 00:43:21,954
You know, if someone

970
00:43:21,954 --> 00:43:23,003
is always telling you,

971
00:43:23,003 --> 00:43:24,436
"You're not going to be this,"

972
00:43:24,436 --> 00:43:26,105
and, "You're not going to be that,"

973
00:43:26,105 --> 00:43:28,053
you'll probably rise no higher than that.

974
00:43:28,053 --> 00:43:29,434
But if you can encourage them

975
00:43:29,434 --> 00:43:31,154
and tell them, "God even believes

976
00:43:31,154 --> 00:43:33,121
in what you can become,"

977
00:43:33,121 --> 00:43:34,588
you can lift their spirit,

978
00:43:34,588 --> 00:43:37,216
and they can see in Jesus

979
00:43:37,216 --> 00:43:38,807
there is something much higher.

980
00:43:38,807 --> 00:43:40,897
And if you keep encouraging, encouraging,

981
00:43:40,897 --> 00:43:42,493
I know that from experience,

982
00:43:42,493 --> 00:43:44,155
when people have encouraged me

983
00:43:44,155 --> 00:43:45,373
instead of condemning me,

984
00:43:45,373 --> 00:43:47,666
when they should or could have
condemned me,

985
00:43:47,666 --> 00:43:49,113
my response was, "I don't

986
00:43:49,113 --> 00:43:51,504
even want to go back to that place."

987
00:43:51,504 --> 00:43:54,031
And it's caused me to climb higher

988
00:43:54,031 --> 00:43:55,775
and higher and higher.

989
00:43:55,775 --> 00:43:57,303
(Derek) And it's especially true

990
00:43:57,303 --> 00:44:00,738
if they'll say, "Let's walk
together," right?

991
00:44:00,738 --> 00:44:02,442
"By the way, let me just remind you

992
00:44:02,442 --> 00:44:03,966
I'm not perfect either," right,

993
00:44:03,966 --> 00:44:06,269
"but let's walk together on the journey."

994
00:44:06,269 --> 00:44:09,775
Now, it also says "lest you become...,"

995
00:44:09,775 --> 00:44:12,708
my Bible, I think, said <i>sluggish</i>.

996
00:44:12,708 --> 00:44:14,519
Do you have another translation?

997
00:44:14,519 --> 00:44:16,252
That's kind of an Old English word,

998
00:44:16,252 --> 00:44:20,675
<i>sluggish</i>; what does that mean,
in verse 12?

999
00:44:20,675 --> 00:44:21,553
(Brittany) Lazy.

1000
00:44:21,553 --> 00:44:25,587
(Derek) Lazy. Let's talk about that.

1001
00:44:25,587 --> 00:44:29,539
Heide, lest you become lazy.

1002
00:44:29,539 --> 00:44:33,149
Lazy about what, do you think?

1003
00:44:33,149 --> 00:44:36,135
(Heide) I'm not sure if it means

1004
00:44:36,135 --> 00:44:40,505
lazy, just like neglecting

1005
00:44:40,505 --> 00:44:43,174
your relationship with God

1006
00:44:43,174 --> 00:44:46,626
or also neglecting your purpose,

1007
00:44:46,626 --> 00:44:48,626
you know, the mission that you have

1008
00:44:48,626 --> 00:44:49,986
when you come to know God.

1009
00:44:49,986 --> 00:44:52,319
I would think it's both, though.

1010
00:44:52,319 --> 00:44:53,662
(Derek) Alright, so I've got

1011
00:44:53,662 --> 00:44:55,306
a few hands raised here, Livinia.

1012
00:44:55,306 --> 00:44:56,327
It's not just talking

1013
00:44:56,327 --> 00:44:59,682
about getting up late in the morning,
lazy right?

1014
00:44:59,682 --> 00:45:01,708
But be careful, lest you become lazy,

1015
00:45:01,708 --> 00:45:02,600
What do you think?

1016
00:45:02,600 --> 00:45:03,706
(Livinia) I think that

1017
00:45:03,706 --> 00:45:05,677
the New Living Translation

1018
00:45:05,677 --> 00:45:07,144
sheds some light on that.

1019
00:45:07,144 --> 00:45:08,703
(Derek) Alright, and you'll read

1020
00:45:08,703 --> 00:45:10,948
for us again then, verse 12

1021
00:45:10,948 --> 00:45:13,607
of Hebrews, chapter 6?

1022
00:45:13,607 --> 00:45:15,656
Alright, let's hear it
in your translation.

1023
00:45:15,656 --> 00:45:16,670
(Livinia) Okay:

1024
00:45:33,400 --> 00:45:36,180
(Derek) "Spiritually dull

1025
00:45:36,180 --> 00:45:38,700
and indifferent," lazy.

1026
00:45:38,700 --> 00:45:40,414
I think we would agree

1027
00:45:40,414 --> 00:45:42,732
that this laziness is talking,

1028
00:45:42,732 --> 00:45:44,531
I think as Heide alluded to,

1029
00:45:44,531 --> 00:45:46,722
being spiritually lazy,

1030
00:45:46,722 --> 00:45:48,093
which would mean that I

1031
00:45:48,093 --> 00:45:51,370
would neglect what? Anybody?

1032
00:45:51,370 --> 00:45:52,328
What would I neglect

1033
00:45:52,328 --> 00:45:53,591
if I'm spiritually lazy?

1034
00:45:53,591 --> 00:45:54,872
(Pedro) A relationship.

1035
00:45:54,872 --> 00:45:56,282
I look into the aspect

1036
00:45:56,282 --> 00:45:57,315
here in the verses,

1037
00:45:57,315 --> 00:46:00,130
but the others who have patience,

1038
00:46:00,130 --> 00:46:02,480
or they are finding assurance

1039
00:46:02,480 --> 00:46:04,254
in the hope until the end,

1040
00:46:04,254 --> 00:46:05,317
that we see here,

1041
00:46:05,317 --> 00:46:07,002
continue to press forward.

1042
00:46:07,002 --> 00:46:10,311
Matthew 24:13 says, "Those

1043
00:46:10,311 --> 00:46:12,517
who endure to the end shall be saved."

1044
00:46:12,517 --> 00:46:14,225
So, continue to endure.

1045
00:46:14,225 --> 00:46:15,776
I can say that I've been married

1046
00:46:15,776 --> 00:46:19,619
for 15 years because I have endured,

1047
00:46:19,619 --> 00:46:22,093
or I have chosen every day to be married.

1048
00:46:22,093 --> 00:46:23,554
The moment I choose not to be,

1049
00:46:23,554 --> 00:46:27,616
I have become lazy or dull

1050
00:46:27,616 --> 00:46:29,033
in my relationship with God.

1051
00:46:29,033 --> 00:46:30,045
(Derek) And your wife

1052
00:46:30,045 --> 00:46:31,711
has also endured to the end, right?

1053
00:46:31,711 --> 00:46:32,497
(Pedro) Amen.

1054
00:46:32,497 --> 00:46:34,913
(Derek) So there's that commitment
of holding fast.

1055
00:46:34,913 --> 00:46:37,372
But this spiritual laziness,

1056
00:46:37,372 --> 00:46:39,802
let's say someone's watching and saying,

1057
00:46:39,802 --> 00:46:41,755
"Maybe I'm spiritually...," what would be

1058
00:46:41,755 --> 00:46:45,462
some red flags, so to speak, warning signs

1059
00:46:45,462 --> 00:46:48,883
of becoming spiritually dull

1060
00:46:48,883 --> 00:46:52,160
and indifferent? Sabina?

1061
00:46:52,160 --> 00:46:53,675
(Sabina) I think, for instance,

1062
00:46:53,675 --> 00:46:55,714
if you decide to stop reading the Bible

1063
00:46:55,714 --> 00:46:58,851
or lose the interest of sharing

1064
00:46:58,851 --> 00:47:01,260
the Word of God with other people,

1065
00:47:01,260 --> 00:47:03,538
maybe just you stop praying,

1066
00:47:03,538 --> 00:47:04,600
things that are part

1067
00:47:04,600 --> 00:47:07,682
of our spiritual discipline of the day.

1068
00:47:07,682 --> 00:47:09,081
(Derek) I was at a university

1069
00:47:09,081 --> 00:47:10,940
where I had the privilege of studying,

1070
00:47:10,940 --> 00:47:12,130
and I was back there,

1071
00:47:12,130 --> 00:47:13,584
and a man came up to me.

1072
00:47:13,584 --> 00:47:14,737
He had been a pastor.

1073
00:47:14,737 --> 00:47:16,299
I said, "Where are you serving?"

1074
00:47:16,299 --> 00:47:18,001
"I'm not a pastor anymore."

1075
00:47:18,001 --> 00:47:21,814
He said, "I didn't pray for two years,

1076
00:47:21,814 --> 00:47:26,635
and then I finally abandoned my work."

1077
00:47:26,635 --> 00:47:31,527
That's becoming spiritually lazy.

1078
00:47:31,527 --> 00:47:32,969
But you say, "Well, what if he

1079
00:47:32,969 --> 00:47:34,712
doesn't feel like praying?"

1080
00:47:34,712 --> 00:47:38,137
Answer? Pray anyway, right?

1081
00:47:38,137 --> 00:47:40,164
Run to Jesus and say, "Jesus,

1082
00:47:40,164 --> 00:47:42,474
I don't know what's happening here,

1083
00:47:42,474 --> 00:47:46,030
but I need to be...," what's the word?

1084
00:47:46,030 --> 00:47:46,950
(Brittany) Revived.

1085
00:47:46,950 --> 00:47:49,017
(Derek) Revived, "I need to be revived,

1086
00:47:49,017 --> 00:47:50,759
and I'm not going to be revived

1087
00:47:50,759 --> 00:47:53,124
by hiding from You," right?

1088
00:47:53,124 --> 00:47:55,100
"I'm going to run to You.

1089
00:47:55,100 --> 00:47:57,712
You said time in Your Word, in prayer,

1090
00:47:57,712 --> 00:48:00,637
fellowship with other Christians." Sabina?

1091
00:48:00,637 --> 00:48:02,560
(Sabina) And then I really like the word

1092
00:48:02,560 --> 00:48:04,600
that he uses in the previous verse

1093
00:48:04,600 --> 00:48:07,621
when he's talking about the diligence
that they had been showing

1094
00:48:07,621 --> 00:48:08,539
to the work of God.

1095
00:48:08,539 --> 00:48:11,389
So this word "diligence," I think, is key.

1096
00:48:11,389 --> 00:48:13,791
That everything that we do in life,
it doesn't need

1097
00:48:13,791 --> 00:48:15,378
to be just our spiritual journey;

1098
00:48:15,378 --> 00:48:16,664
just think about your work

1099
00:48:16,664 --> 00:48:17,851
or when you are studying

1100
00:48:17,851 --> 00:48:19,246
or if you have a relationship

1101
00:48:19,246 --> 00:48:20,632
with a family member,

1102
00:48:20,632 --> 00:48:22,652
everything takes work,
right, Pastor Derek?

1103
00:48:22,652 --> 00:48:23,866
We need to spend time,

1104
00:48:23,866 --> 00:48:25,496
we need to dedicate, separate,

1105
00:48:25,496 --> 00:48:27,361
you know, some money

1106
00:48:27,361 --> 00:48:28,828
to invest in certain things.

1107
00:48:28,828 --> 00:48:30,134
You need to separate time.

1108
00:48:30,134 --> 00:48:32,503
You need to separate your thoughts even

1109
00:48:32,503 --> 00:48:33,958
to dedicate to certain things.

1110
00:48:33,958 --> 00:48:35,126
And that's not different

1111
00:48:35,126 --> 00:48:36,699
than our relationship with God.

1112
00:48:36,699 --> 00:48:38,903
So, we need to be intentional

1113
00:48:38,903 --> 00:48:40,606
about the things that we are doing,

1114
00:48:40,606 --> 00:48:42,555
including our relationship with Jesus.

1115
00:48:42,555 --> 00:48:44,647
(Derek) Well, we're getting
in chapter 6 now.

1116
00:48:44,647 --> 00:48:46,022
Puia, could you read for us

1117
00:48:46,022 --> 00:48:48,868
in Hebrews 6, verses 17 to 20,

1118
00:48:48,868 --> 00:48:50,502
because this is where it talks

1119
00:48:50,502 --> 00:48:51,820
about the anchor.

1120
00:48:51,820 --> 00:48:55,636
Now, what is the anchor for our soul?

1121
00:48:55,636 --> 00:48:57,691
Let's see, normally with Hebrews,

1122
00:48:57,691 --> 00:48:59,270
if you're not sure of the answer,

1123
00:48:59,270 --> 00:49:01,055
just say "Jesus," okay?

1124
00:49:01,055 --> 00:49:03,175
But let's listen carefully,

1125
00:49:03,175 --> 00:49:05,985
Hebrews, chapter 6:17-20.

1126
00:49:05,985 --> 00:49:09,093
We would recognize many blessings come

1127
00:49:09,093 --> 00:49:11,086
when we hear and embrace

1128
00:49:11,086 --> 00:49:15,000
the truth about Jesus and accept Him.

1129
00:49:15,000 --> 00:49:19,172
Persecution, ridicule could cause us
to turn away,

1130
00:49:19,172 --> 00:49:21,220
but now Puia is going to read to us

1131
00:49:21,220 --> 00:49:24,647
about the anchor; thank you, Puia.

1132
00:49:24,647 --> 00:49:25,904
(Puia) And I'll be reading

1133
00:49:25,904 --> 00:49:27,597
from the New King James Version:

1134
00:50:09,309 --> 00:50:11,437
(Derek) So, what's the anchor

1135
00:50:11,437 --> 00:50:13,111
of our soul there?

1136
00:50:13,111 --> 00:50:15,710
Or maybe there's more than one answer.

1137
00:50:15,710 --> 00:50:17,148
What's the anchor of our soul?

1138
00:50:17,148 --> 00:50:19,145
Jason, what did you hear?

1139
00:50:19,145 --> 00:50:20,433
(Jason) Well, we have Jesus

1140
00:50:20,433 --> 00:50:22,207
as a key anchor of our soul.

1141
00:50:22,207 --> 00:50:23,775
(Derek) Right, what did

1142
00:50:23,775 --> 00:50:25,256
it say in the text?

1143
00:50:25,256 --> 00:50:26,279
(Sabina) It's hope.

1144
00:50:26,279 --> 00:50:28,033
(Derek) It's the hope that we have,

1145
00:50:28,033 --> 00:50:30,580
but that hope is not detached

1146
00:50:30,580 --> 00:50:32,075
from a Person.

1147
00:50:32,075 --> 00:50:35,652
That hope is embedded in the One who has

1148
00:50:35,652 --> 00:50:38,285
already gone beyond the veil, right?

1149
00:50:38,285 --> 00:50:40,486
He's already there; I've got my hope,

1150
00:50:40,486 --> 00:50:41,827
but it's anchored in the One

1151
00:50:41,827 --> 00:50:45,272
who is my living hope, right;
He is the One.

1152
00:50:45,272 --> 00:50:48,191
Why is it important to remember

1153
00:50:48,191 --> 00:50:51,177
that Jesus is the anchor of our soul?

1154
00:50:51,177 --> 00:50:53,373
He is our living hope.

1155
00:50:53,373 --> 00:50:55,242
Whatever we're facing, why is that

1156
00:50:55,242 --> 00:50:58,600
so important that we remember that?

1157
00:50:58,600 --> 00:51:01,221
Like the early Hebrew Christians

1158
00:51:01,221 --> 00:51:04,080
who were being ridiculed, persecuted,

1159
00:51:04,080 --> 00:51:06,502
thrown in prison, having all of their...

1160
00:51:06,502 --> 00:51:07,930
You go home tomorrow,

1161
00:51:07,930 --> 00:51:09,684
and all of your goods are taken away

1162
00:51:09,684 --> 00:51:11,352
because you're a follower of Jesus.

1163
00:51:11,352 --> 00:51:13,408
Why is it important to have Jesus

1164
00:51:13,408 --> 00:51:15,434
as the anchor of your soul?

1165
00:51:15,434 --> 00:51:17,767
Anybody, what do you say? Sabina?

1166
00:51:17,767 --> 00:51:18,953
(Sabina) I would respond

1167
00:51:18,953 --> 00:51:21,298
just like Peter responded, Pastor Derek.

1168
00:51:21,298 --> 00:51:22,438
He alone, Jesus alone,

1169
00:51:22,438 --> 00:51:25,269
has the words of life everlasting.

1170
00:51:25,269 --> 00:51:27,826
So, if anything is falling apart
in this world,

1171
00:51:27,826 --> 00:51:30,024
even if you are menaced in your life,

1172
00:51:30,024 --> 00:51:32,202
if your life is at risk,

1173
00:51:32,202 --> 00:51:35,662
ultimately that's the one last resource

1174
00:51:35,662 --> 00:51:37,500
that we have, is going to Jesus

1175
00:51:37,500 --> 00:51:38,710
because He's the only One

1176
00:51:38,710 --> 00:51:42,239
that of all things can provide
this life eternal.

1177
00:51:42,239 --> 00:51:44,049
(Derek) So, we come to Jesus,

1178
00:51:44,049 --> 00:51:48,771
and we say, "Lord, they've taken my home,

1179
00:51:48,771 --> 00:51:51,297
they've fired me from my job,

1180
00:51:51,297 --> 00:51:54,184
I'm no longer able to buy and sell.

1181
00:51:54,184 --> 00:51:57,052
I don't have anything left."

1182
00:51:57,052 --> 00:51:59,676
And the Lord says to us,

1183
00:51:59,676 --> 00:52:04,765
"Will you also go away?"

1184
00:52:04,765 --> 00:52:07,927
And we would quote Peter.

1185
00:52:07,927 --> 00:52:10,717
"Will you also go away," Shaina?

1186
00:52:10,717 --> 00:52:12,297
And we will quote Peter

1187
00:52:12,297 --> 00:52:15,560
who says, "Lord...," Jason?

1188
00:52:15,560 --> 00:52:16,871
(Jason) "Where would we go?

1189
00:52:16,871 --> 00:52:18,039
We only have You."

1190
00:52:18,039 --> 00:52:19,963
(Derek) "Where should we go?

1191
00:52:19,963 --> 00:52:21,886
We know that You have the words..."

1192
00:52:21,886 --> 00:52:23,683
(Sabina) "The words of life eternal."

1193
00:52:23,683 --> 00:52:25,082
(Derek) "...of eternal life."

1194
00:52:25,082 --> 00:52:27,107
So, that is the anchor

1195
00:52:27,107 --> 00:52:31,506
when everything else falls apart. Travis?

1196
00:52:31,506 --> 00:52:33,306
(Travis) I'm just thinking, you know,

1197
00:52:33,306 --> 00:52:34,363
an anchor is something

1198
00:52:34,363 --> 00:52:35,468
used in boating, right,

1199
00:52:35,468 --> 00:52:37,445
and I was thinking, in the book of James

1200
00:52:37,445 --> 00:52:38,720
when you were saying this

1201
00:52:38,720 --> 00:52:40,205
about being blown, tossed about

1202
00:52:40,205 --> 00:52:42,184
by every wind and doctrine.

1203
00:52:42,184 --> 00:52:43,864
Of course, we could be tossed about

1204
00:52:43,864 --> 00:52:44,971
by just trials that you

1205
00:52:44,971 --> 00:52:46,229
just have mentioned.

1206
00:52:46,229 --> 00:52:47,708
But the thing about an anchor

1207
00:52:47,708 --> 00:52:49,976
is it holds us in one place.

1208
00:52:49,976 --> 00:52:51,680
And while this is coming

1209
00:52:51,680 --> 00:52:52,707
and that is coming,

1210
00:52:52,707 --> 00:52:54,172
we're able to stay the course

1211
00:52:54,172 --> 00:52:55,633
because the anchor,

1212
00:52:55,633 --> 00:52:56,847
He's the lamp to our feet

1213
00:52:56,847 --> 00:52:59,065
and a light to our path, right, His words,

1214
00:52:59,065 --> 00:53:00,565
and we can just stay the course

1215
00:53:00,565 --> 00:53:03,352
because He's the One who holds us fast.

1216
00:53:03,352 --> 00:53:04,332
(Derek) So, give me,

1217
00:53:04,332 --> 00:53:05,451
in the closing minutes

1218
00:53:05,451 --> 00:53:06,848
to give you a scan everybody,

1219
00:53:06,848 --> 00:53:08,910
our remote team members are ready

1220
00:53:08,910 --> 00:53:11,341
and our team here in the studio,

1221
00:53:11,341 --> 00:53:15,573
give me a promise that brings you comfort,

1222
00:53:15,573 --> 00:53:19,641
a promise of God that brings you comfort,

1223
00:53:19,641 --> 00:53:23,350
that even if everything else crumbles,

1224
00:53:23,350 --> 00:53:25,292
you have an anchor for your soul

1225
00:53:25,292 --> 00:53:27,902
and that Jesus will be faithful

1226
00:53:27,902 --> 00:53:29,607
to His promises. Brittany?

1227
00:53:29,607 --> 00:53:31,476
(Brittany) One of my favorite promises

1228
00:53:31,476 --> 00:53:34,906
is found in 1 Thessalonians, chapter 5

1229
00:53:34,906 --> 00:53:37,749
and verses 23 and 24.

1230
00:53:37,749 --> 00:53:39,582
(Derek) Do you know that was the text

1231
00:53:39,582 --> 00:53:41,395
that was read at my baptism?

1232
00:53:41,395 --> 00:53:43,233
That's a very special text,

1233
00:53:43,233 --> 00:53:47,072
1 Thessalonians, chapter 5.

1234
00:53:47,072 --> 00:53:49,901
(Brittany) Verses 23 and 24.

1235
00:53:49,901 --> 00:53:51,846
(Derek) 23 and 24, and you would say

1236
00:53:51,846 --> 00:53:55,419
this brings great comfort,

1237
00:53:55,419 --> 00:53:57,717
that the Lord is the anchor of our soul.

1238
00:53:57,717 --> 00:53:59,251
Let's see how that reads.

1239
00:53:59,251 --> 00:54:00,574
(Brittany) I'll be reading

1240
00:54:00,574 --> 00:54:02,109
from the New King James Version:

1241
00:54:23,361 --> 00:54:25,690
(Derek) I'd like to hear that

1242
00:54:25,690 --> 00:54:27,292
in Livinia's translation.

1243
00:54:27,292 --> 00:54:28,981
I realize...That's the one

1244
00:54:28,981 --> 00:54:30,707
I had memorized that you have there;

1245
00:54:30,707 --> 00:54:32,262
that's beautiful, but, Livinia,

1246
00:54:32,262 --> 00:54:33,660
do you have that also

1247
00:54:33,660 --> 00:54:36,409
in your translation of the Bible?

1248
00:54:36,409 --> 00:54:38,732
Let's hear that powerful text

1249
00:54:38,732 --> 00:54:40,721
(thank you, Brittany, for sharing that),

1250
00:54:40,721 --> 00:54:46,414
1 Thessalonians 5:23,24.

1251
00:54:46,414 --> 00:54:47,478
(Livinia) Yes, reading

1252
00:54:47,478 --> 00:54:49,887
from the New Living Translation:

1253
00:55:12,553 --> 00:55:14,914
(Derek) That's a text worth writing down,

1254
00:55:14,914 --> 00:55:17,835
1 Thessalonians 5:23,24.

1255
00:55:17,835 --> 00:55:19,797
We've got time for one more,

1256
00:55:19,797 --> 00:55:22,373
just a text of encouragement

1257
00:55:22,373 --> 00:55:26,212
that we might share. Heide.

1258
00:55:26,212 --> 00:55:27,322
(Heide) I heard this

1259
00:55:27,322 --> 00:55:31,435
during a children's story in my church;
it's Isaiah 49:15.

1260
00:55:31,435 --> 00:55:34,382
(Derek) Isaiah 49 and verse 15.

1261
00:55:34,382 --> 00:55:36,427
(Heide) Yes, and I'll be reading it

1262
00:55:36,427 --> 00:55:39,162
from the New King James Version,
and it says:

1263
00:55:50,554 --> 00:55:52,611
That means so much to me

1264
00:55:52,611 --> 00:55:54,908
as a mother having my own children,

1265
00:55:54,908 --> 00:55:57,841
as a daughter who has, praise God,

1266
00:55:57,841 --> 00:56:00,198
one of the most wonderful moms
in the world,

1267
00:56:00,198 --> 00:56:03,307
that there is Someone who is at a level

1268
00:56:03,307 --> 00:56:05,429
even higher than that,

1269
00:56:05,429 --> 00:56:07,150
than the love of a mother,

1270
00:56:07,150 --> 00:56:08,897
that will never leave me

1271
00:56:08,897 --> 00:56:13,056
and never leave any of us.

1272
00:56:13,056 --> 00:56:16,093
(Derek) Jesus is the anchor of our soul,

1273
00:56:16,093 --> 00:56:19,284
and our hope in Him is the anchor

1274
00:56:19,284 --> 00:56:21,382
that will hold us fast

1275
00:56:21,382 --> 00:56:24,157
when everything else around us
is crumbling.

1276
00:56:24,157 --> 00:56:26,536
So, my appeal to you today,

1277
00:56:26,536 --> 00:56:28,786
you may say, "I've experienced Jesus,

1278
00:56:28,786 --> 00:56:32,630
but I'm feeling the pull away,"
run to Jesus.

1279
00:56:32,630 --> 00:56:35,133
Run to Him and say, "Jesus,

1280
00:56:35,133 --> 00:56:37,371
hold me close to You"; He loves you

1281
00:56:37,371 --> 00:56:39,893
with an immeasurable and unfailing love.

1282
00:56:39,893 --> 00:56:42,371
If you're hearing His voice

1283
00:56:42,371 --> 00:56:45,941
coming by the Spirit of God, run to Him.

1284
00:56:45,941 --> 00:56:47,873
Ask Him to strengthen you,

1285
00:56:47,873 --> 00:56:49,465
to cleanse you of your sin

1286
00:56:49,465 --> 00:56:51,860
and to hold you close to Him

1287
00:56:51,860 --> 00:56:54,552
and to be the anchor of your soul

1288
00:56:54,552 --> 00:56:56,147
that He longs to be.

1289
00:56:56,147 --> 00:56:58,133
Let's pray; Father in Heaven,

1290
00:56:58,133 --> 00:57:00,177
oh, we bless Your name

1291
00:57:00,177 --> 00:57:02,621
for this precious truth that Jesus

1292
00:57:02,621 --> 00:57:04,952
is indeed the Anchor of our soul.

1293
00:57:04,952 --> 00:57:06,803
We have been blessed.

1294
00:57:06,803 --> 00:57:08,114
God, forgive us if we've

1295
00:57:08,114 --> 00:57:10,033
even thought of turning away.

1296
00:57:10,033 --> 00:57:12,745
We run to Jesus even today,

1297
00:57:12,745 --> 00:57:15,377
and we thank You for our precious Savior.

1298
00:57:15,377 --> 00:57:17,759
In Jesus' name. Amen.

1299
00:57:17,759 --> 00:57:18,975
(Team) Amen.

1300
00:57:18,975 --> 00:57:21,793
(Derek) Well, thanks for joining us
for Hope Sabbath School.

1301
00:57:21,793 --> 00:57:23,711
I'm so thankful, in the storms of life

1302
00:57:23,711 --> 00:57:26,434
that we have an anchor for our soul.

1303
00:57:26,434 --> 00:57:28,589
When everything else falls away,

1304
00:57:28,589 --> 00:57:31,919
Jesus your Savior is there with you.

1305
00:57:31,919 --> 00:57:33,512
Share that good news

1306
00:57:33,512 --> 00:57:34,892
with those around you.

1307
00:57:34,892 --> 00:58:21,489
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