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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.08,0:00:19.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ theme music ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.61,0:00:21.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Welcome to Hope Sabbath School,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.48,0:00:23.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an in-depth, interactive study
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.32,0:00:24.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Word of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.43,0:00:25.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're in the middle of a series
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.93,0:00:28.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on {\i1}The Message to the Hebrews.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.05,0:00:29.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's also a message for us,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.79,0:00:33.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's all about Jesus; our topic today,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.38,0:00:36.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Jesus, Our Faithful Brother.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.21,0:00:38.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, He is our King, our Champion,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.40,0:00:40.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our great High Priest, but He's also,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.94,0:00:44.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to the book of Hebrews,\Nour faithful Brother.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.17,0:00:45.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm praying you'll be blessed
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.74,0:00:47.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we study together today.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.41,0:00:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, welcome to Hope Sabbath School,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.08,0:00:50.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,welcome to the team,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.19,0:00:51.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,good to see you again.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.51,0:00:53.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll notice I'm a little excited,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.20,0:00:54.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's because Travis,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.44,0:00:56.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of our team members,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.09,0:00:57.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be teaching today.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.30,0:00:58.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Travis, glad to have you
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.74,0:01:00.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on this great topic.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.18,0:01:01.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're also really happy
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.91,0:01:03.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have a couple of our team members
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.68,0:01:06.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,joining us remotely, and we want to say hi
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.62,0:01:07.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Gleny down in Florida.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.93,0:01:09.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gleny, great to see you again.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.83,0:01:12.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And also Rodney up in Toronto
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.12,0:01:14.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Canada, good to see you, Rodney.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.70,0:01:15.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, you know, we've got
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.98,0:01:17.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hope Sabbath School members
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.30,0:01:19.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all around the world, but we're just glad
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.28,0:01:22.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they could be with us as we study today.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.46,0:01:24.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want to forget that we have
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.28,0:01:26.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a special gift for you during this series
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.89,0:01:28.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on {\i1}The Message to the Hebrews.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.55,0:01:30.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's all about Jesus, and so we thought
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.81,0:01:32.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we'll offer you a resource
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.46,0:01:35.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about who Jesus was and what He taught.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.09,0:01:37.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's on the teachings of Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.03,0:01:40.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can receive either an audiobook\Nor a PDF.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.52,0:01:44.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just go to hopetv.org/hopess.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.79,0:01:46.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All you have to do is click
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.23,0:01:47.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on a little button in the middle
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.79,0:01:50.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the page that says "Free Gift."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.28,0:01:52.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's that simple; you'll get a link,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.70,0:01:54.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you'll be able to download
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.13,0:01:55.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that resource about Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.84,0:01:57.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what this book
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.27,0:01:59.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Hebrews is all about.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.55,0:02:02.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to also just welcome those of you
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.08,0:02:04.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or share some emails we've received
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.82,0:02:07.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Hope Sabbath School members\Naround the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.15,0:02:09.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's one from Moses,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.68,0:02:12.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,good Bible name, in Nigeria.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.50,0:02:16.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Moses writes and says, "Shalom."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.43,0:02:18.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, it didn't get much of a response.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.38,0:02:20.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How about a wave for Nigeria?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.97,0:02:22.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I was introduced to Hope Sabbath School
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.98,0:02:25.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by my friend's mother
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.32,0:02:27.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for more than a year now.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.31,0:02:30.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We used to gather in her house and watch
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.77,0:02:32.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hope Sabbath School every week."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.97,0:02:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we can do that, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.60,0:02:36.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like a missionary activity.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.78,0:02:38.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Your teachings are so edifying,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.88,0:02:40.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's made me love God
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.64,0:02:43.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so much more." Praise God.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.76,0:02:45.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Whenever I felt bored,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.67,0:02:46.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then I would remember
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.79,0:02:49.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hope Sabbath School Bible study is coming,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.97,0:02:51.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I would feel joy
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.09,0:02:52.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the rest of the day.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.99,0:02:55.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your one hour is like ten minutes
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.82,0:02:57.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we love to hear more and more."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.90,0:02:59.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, "I think I'd like to meet Moses."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.93,0:03:02.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Word of God is blessing\Nhis life, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.68,0:03:04.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"With Hope Sabbath School now,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.69,0:03:07.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know why my late mother used to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.60,0:03:11.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'The Word of God is so sweet.'
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.91,0:03:13.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanks to Hope Sabbath School.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.56,0:03:14.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God bless you all
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.96,0:03:16.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as you continue to bless us."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.75,0:03:18.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, Moses, thanks for sharing
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.28,0:03:19.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your testimony with us
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.99,0:03:22.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Northern Nigeria.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.10,0:03:23.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know your mother,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.60,0:03:25.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,obviously a follower of Jesus,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.25,0:03:27.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will rejoice on that resurrection day
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.82,0:03:29.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we'll all gather together
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.38,0:03:31.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Kingdom of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.11,0:03:34.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bernard writes to us from Norway.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.08,0:03:36.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, Bernard is actually a physician
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.81,0:03:40.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Ghana ministering in Northern Norway,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.85,0:03:43.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he says, "I am truly blessed
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.30,0:03:45.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the interactive Bible studies
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.13,0:03:46.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on Hope Sabbath School.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.68,0:03:49.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,May the Lord richly bless the entire team
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.66,0:03:51.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all of the Hope Sabbath School members
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.68,0:03:53.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around the world," and we say?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.68,0:03:54.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek, Team) Amen.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.81,0:03:56.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) "It's my prayer
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.10,0:03:57.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that many more people
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.38,0:03:59.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be led to Jesus
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.20,0:04:00.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through Hope Sabbath School.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.81,0:04:01.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And those of us who are
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.94,0:04:04.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,already followers of Jesus would have
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.02,0:04:07.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a deeper relationship with the Savior."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.59,0:04:09.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, thanks so much, Bernard.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.56,0:04:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're always happy to hear from you.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.28,0:04:13.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God bless you and your family
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.13,0:04:15.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as you continue to serve Him there.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.60,0:04:17.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, here's a real note.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.73,0:04:20.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's from a donor in New Jersey.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.11,0:04:21.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I just want to say thank you
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.65,0:04:22.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to all of our donors;
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.67,0:04:24.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're a donor-supported ministry here.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.68,0:04:26.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are volunteers that you see,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.38,0:04:28.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,come on their own steam.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.31,0:04:30.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That means, whether they fly or drive,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.82,0:04:32.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,however they get here,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.25,0:04:34.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're here because they\Nbelieve in the mission
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.50,0:04:35.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Hope Sabbath School. Amen?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.90,0:04:36.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Team) Amen.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.61,0:04:38.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) And so, we want to thank you
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.32,0:04:40.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you're helping that broadcast to go,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.31,0:04:42.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to impact lives around the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.51,0:04:45.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a donor letter here from New Jersey
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.76,0:04:47.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the United States,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.56,0:04:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I want to just say thank you
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.08,0:04:50.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to all of you who partner with us.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.72,0:04:52.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're a donor-supported ministry.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.97,0:04:54.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This donor writes and says,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.28,0:04:57.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I am a Jamaican living between Jamaica
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.44,0:04:59.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the United States."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.04,0:05:00.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't think she's living between,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.73,0:05:03.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you know what I mean, both places.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.56,0:05:06.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I enjoy watching Hope Sabbath School
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.14,0:05:08.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every morning and on Friday evening
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.47,0:05:10.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with my grandchildren.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.67,0:05:12.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm so blessed to be part
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.03,0:05:13.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of this great work.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.53,0:05:15.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Enclosed is a gift to help
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.89,0:05:17.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the gospel go to the world." Amen?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.92,0:05:18.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Team) Amen.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.67,0:05:20.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) And a gift of 500 dollars
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.58,0:05:21.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help the ministry
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.55,0:05:22.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Hope Sabbath School.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.66,0:05:25.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you, Donor from New Jersey,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.24,0:05:27.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and thanks to each one.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.15,0:05:30.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can just go to hopetv.org/donate,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.56,0:05:32.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be part of the miracle and say,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.03,0:05:32.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I want to be a part
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.98,0:05:34.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of making a difference in the world."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.94,0:05:36.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you so much.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.55,0:05:39.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jackson writes to us from Zambia
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.100,0:05:41.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and says, "Thank you
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.62,0:05:42.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for Hope Sabbath School.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.80,0:05:47.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am so blessed by your interactions.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.22,0:05:49.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, it's been kind of difficult
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.01,0:05:51.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for me to study the Bible,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.02,0:05:54.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to stand and make a proper contribution.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.38,0:05:55.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But from the time I started
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.97,0:05:58.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,watching Hope Sabbath School,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.01,0:06:00.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's changed me a lot."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.20,0:06:02.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) Praise God.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.19,0:06:04.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) "Now, I'm confident to stand
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.35,0:06:06.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to interact with others
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.32,0:06:09.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to deliver the Bible study
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.22,0:06:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the mighty Spirit of Jesus in me."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.88,0:06:12.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Team) Amen.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.64,0:06:15.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) "Again, I say thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.53,0:06:18.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Regards to all the team there,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.02,0:06:20.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including Jason, Tricia Lee,"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.81,0:06:21.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who's not here today,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.85,0:06:23.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but, Jason, you're here, right,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.42,0:06:24.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"and everyone else."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.59,0:06:26.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, Jackson, thanks for writing to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.62,0:06:28.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the way, Hope Channel Zambia
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.69,0:06:31.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God's using to be a great blessing,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.05,0:06:33.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we also want to have special prayer
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.34,0:06:36.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the President Elect of Zambia,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.94,0:06:38.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope you watch Hope Sabbath School,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.88,0:06:41.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's a Master Guide and an active member
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.18,0:06:42.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.94,0:06:44.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, God bless all
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.12,0:06:46.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Hope Sabbath School members there
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.57,0:06:48.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the beautiful country of Zambia.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.24,0:06:51.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One last note, from Christopher,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.55,0:06:55.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,living in Canada, originally\Nfrom New Jersey.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.41,0:06:56.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"My name is Christopher.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.57,0:06:57.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm writing to you
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.50,0:07:00.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Slave Lake, Alberta."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.61,0:07:03.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That just sounds cold, just the name.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.76,0:07:05.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I really enjoy your programs.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.76,0:07:07.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Keep up the good work.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.44,0:07:10.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I especially like the theme songs,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.36,0:07:13.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I hope some day," Christopher says,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.01,0:07:14.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"we can sing together."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.35,0:07:15.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, Christopher, we need
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.80,0:07:17.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your help right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.13,0:07:18.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'd like you to sing
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.13,0:07:19.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our theme song with us.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.62,0:07:21.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the way, if you don't know it yet,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.39,0:07:23.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,download it from our website,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.31,0:07:26.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hopetv.org/hopess.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.68,0:07:28.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can download the MP3 file
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.60,0:07:30.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the sheet music; we've learned it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.71,0:07:33.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a 3,000-year-old Scripture song,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.38,0:07:36.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Bless the Lord, O my soul."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.09,0:07:37.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's sing it together.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.39,0:07:38.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ music ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.50,0:10:16.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) It's hard for me to stay still
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.36,0:10:17.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I hear that song,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.43,0:10:19.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Bless the Lord, O my soul;
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.14,0:10:20.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all that's within me,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.33,0:10:21.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bless His holy name!"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.55,0:10:23.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, Travis, I know as you teach today,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.61,0:10:24.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're going to hear
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.53,0:10:25.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some good news about Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.87,0:10:29.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, God bless you as you lead the study.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.26,0:10:32.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) Shall we bow our heads and pray?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.27,0:10:33.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Father in Heaven, we're so grateful
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.95,0:10:36.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be here to open up the Word
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.43,0:10:40.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and study, Lord, how Jesus\Nbecame our Brother.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.63,0:10:43.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's exciting news to think that You want
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.38,0:10:45.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be so close to each and every one of us
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.60,0:10:48.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that You actually would think of us
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.49,0:10:50.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as brothers and sisters.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.36,0:10:51.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, Father, we ask
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.31,0:10:53.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the Holy Spirit would be here,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.12,0:10:54.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we would understand.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.47,0:10:56.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Give us wisdom and understanding,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.33,0:10:58.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we may shed light to the world
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.22,0:11:00.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about how good and how great You are.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.44,0:11:02.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Jesus' name. Amen.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.37,0:11:03.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek, Team) Amen!
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.54,0:11:06.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) I'm excited to share
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.14,0:11:07.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to lead today's study
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.58,0:11:09.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because, well, because I have a brother.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.86,0:11:11.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a sister as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.48,0:11:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I actually have two brothers,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.00,0:11:15.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but one of my brothers, his name is Joe,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.94,0:11:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we talk to each other almost every day,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.10,0:11:21.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so at least every other day,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.13,0:11:24.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just about everything, about life,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.37,0:11:26.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about God, about family.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.30,0:11:29.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I can't even imagine my life
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.42,0:11:30.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without my brother.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.35,0:11:32.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, then I started to think about Jesus,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.41,0:11:33.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I thought, "I can't imagine
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.89,0:11:35.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my life without Jesus!"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.04,0:11:36.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I thought, "Wow, this is going to be
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.95,0:11:37.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a great study,"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.74,0:11:39.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we're going to learn
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.11,0:11:43.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how Jesus became our faithful Brother.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.21,0:11:44.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, we're going
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.69,0:11:46.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be comparing some verses
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.04,0:11:48.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we begin today's study.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.31,0:11:50.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, Rodney, I'm going to have you turn
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.30,0:11:52.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Leviticus, chapter 25,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.79,0:11:57.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and read verse 25 and then 47 through 49.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.45,0:11:59.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, Livinia, if you would turn
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.67,0:12:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Hebrews 2:14-16, I will have you
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.00,0:12:06.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,read that as soon as Rodney is finished.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.33,0:12:07.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Rodney) And I'm reading
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.47,0:12:09.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the King James Version:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.42,0:12:27.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Forty-seven to forty-nine:
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.14,0:13:15.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) Thank you, Rodney.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.42,0:13:16.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And would you now read
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.50,0:13:19.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Hebrews, chapter 2:14-16, Livinia?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.41,0:13:20.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Livinia) Certainly, reading
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.78,0:13:23.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the New Living Translation:
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.42,0:14:06.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) I like that version, Livinia.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.31,0:14:08.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, how did Jesus pay
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.01,0:14:11.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the debt that we owed?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.59,0:14:13.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Abigail) By shedding His blood\Nand dying for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.88,0:14:16.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) By shedding His blood, okay?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.20,0:14:18.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) I was thinking, back to Leviticus
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.18,0:14:20.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Rodney...where it said,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.02,0:14:22.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If he can, he can redeem himself."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.18,0:14:24.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I thought, "We can't do that," right?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.98,0:14:25.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) Right.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.72,0:14:26.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) People try, but we
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.99,0:14:29.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can't redeem ourselves, so Jesus comes
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.32,0:14:32.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the Old Testament kinsman redeemer,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.21,0:14:33.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He does for us
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.65,0:14:36.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what we cannot do for ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.46,0:14:37.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) Yes, Jonathan.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.58,0:14:39.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jonathan) I think it's on multiple levels
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.58,0:14:40.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because, I mean, on one hand
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.98,0:14:43.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have sold ourselves out
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.29,0:14:47.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a debt of guilt and a debt
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.86,0:14:50.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of hurt to other people.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.15,0:14:52.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, there's the redemption
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.57,0:14:54.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our own hearts, of our consciences.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.42,0:14:55.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's the redemption
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.48,0:14:57.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the effect of other people.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.64,0:15:00.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I guess on multiple levels
Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.71,0:15:03.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He has to do many things, so I'm not sure.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.18,0:15:04.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) Okay. Sabina?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.65,0:15:06.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Sabina) And what I'm thinking also,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.40,0:15:07.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in relating to Leviticus,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.78,0:15:09.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially the second text
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.08,0:15:11.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that talks about having a rich relative,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.60,0:15:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for me I find that Jesus
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.98,0:15:14.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is this rich relative in the sense
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.63,0:15:16.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that He lived a sinless life
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.84,0:15:19.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I in my sinful nature
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.06,0:15:21.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,am not able to live fully just as He did.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.91,0:15:25.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, with His richness of sinlessness,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.78,0:15:27.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was able to pay the price
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.70,0:15:30.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I'm not able to pay for.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.31,0:15:32.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, in this sense that's\Nhow He is my Savior.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.96,0:15:35.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) So, it was more than just Jesus
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.27,0:15:37.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having to just come and pay the price;
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.51,0:15:39.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was more personal than that, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.67,0:15:42.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He became, well, as our lesson says,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.58,0:15:45.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our Kinsman Redeemer, blood relative,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.35,0:15:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so to speak, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.00,0:15:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was personal,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.50,0:15:50.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as Jonathan was mentioning.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.68,0:15:53.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, how does this work, this gracious work
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.76,0:15:57.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that God has done for us through Jesus,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.17,0:16:01.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reveal the immeasurable, unfailing love?\NSabina?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.85,0:16:03.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Sabina) I think we just said,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.28,0:16:05.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Jesus Himself, He didn't need that.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.45,0:16:08.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was sinless, and He didn't need
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.58,0:16:11.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to pay any price for His own salvation.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.06,0:16:15.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was already the reigning King\Nof the universe.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.21,0:16:17.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, for me, in a sense this reveals
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.82,0:16:20.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,truly God's outpouring love upon us
Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.78,0:16:21.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because He wants us
Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.86,0:16:23.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be with Him for eternity.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.56,0:16:24.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, that's how He displays
Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.82,0:16:25.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to me so much love.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.74,0:16:27.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He didn't need that for Himself,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.68,0:16:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but for our own sake.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:30.10,0:16:32.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) Did He give up anything?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:32.01,0:16:33.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did He give up anything
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.43,0:16:35.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do this work, Jason?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.68,0:16:38.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jason) Yeah, He gave up His power,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:38.19,0:16:40.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His ability to use His divinity
Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.45,0:16:42.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whenever He wanted to.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.02,0:16:44.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He became human, so He had to have
Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.31,0:16:46.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our same weaknesses that we hate
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.44,0:16:48.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our same human struggles.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.78,0:16:49.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) I'm thinking
Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.78,0:16:50.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Matthew, chapter 13.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.90,0:16:53.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a parable where a man
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.73,0:16:55.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,goes and sells all he can
Dialogue: 0,0:16:55.42,0:16:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to buy a field because of the treasure.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.00,0:17:00.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, that treasure is all of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.29,0:17:01.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, here Jesus gives,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.86,0:17:03.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He counted it joy, by the way,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:03.92,0:17:06.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come and give everything up.\NYes, Jonathan.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:06.57,0:17:07.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jonathan) I think also He
Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.85,0:17:09.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,identifies Himself with us.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.27,0:17:11.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, He takes on the fact
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.38,0:17:13.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I have done these terrible things;
Dialogue: 0,0:17:13.72,0:17:15.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says, "Yeah, that's My son.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:15.73,0:17:18.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's My redeemed one."
Dialogue: 0,0:17:18.41,0:17:21.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, He takes on that debt,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:21.20,0:17:24.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that debt of that sin and has to proclaim
Dialogue: 0,0:17:24.21,0:17:25.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the universe why it's okay
Dialogue: 0,0:17:25.64,0:17:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for Jonathan to come to Heaven
Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.08,0:17:28.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and live for eternity.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.64,0:17:30.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) And a text flashed into my mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.56,0:17:32.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jonathan, that having done that,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.52,0:17:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If anyone is in Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:33.78,0:17:35.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she is a new creation,"
Dialogue: 0,0:17:35.54,0:17:36.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"he is a new creation."
Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.84,0:17:38.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, He is not only redeeming me
Dialogue: 0,0:17:38.36,0:17:41.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the penalty of my transgression
Dialogue: 0,0:17:41.10,0:17:42.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but from the bondage of sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:42.61,0:17:44.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's setting me free
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.38,0:17:46.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be the daughter of God, the son of God
Dialogue: 0,0:17:46.71,0:17:49.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I was created to be; that's awesome.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:49.42,0:17:51.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) And He became to partake
Dialogue: 0,0:17:51.20,0:17:53.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the same humanity that we live,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:53.90,0:17:55.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to experience the things
Dialogue: 0,0:17:55.20,0:17:56.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we go through
Dialogue: 0,0:17:56.72,0:17:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that He could show that love.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:59.00,0:18:01.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gleny and then Nancy.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:01.63,0:18:03.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Gleny) Yeah, I like how you mentioned
Dialogue: 0,0:18:03.45,0:18:04.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that He counted it as joy
Dialogue: 0,0:18:04.96,0:18:06.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come and do this for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:06.37,0:18:07.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wasn't dragging His feet
Dialogue: 0,0:18:07.84,0:18:09.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the kinsman, like, "Ah,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:09.18,0:18:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have to do this, oh, no!"
Dialogue: 0,0:18:11.28,0:18:13.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a pleasure; He wanted
Dialogue: 0,0:18:13.69,0:18:15.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do it out of His love.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:15.44,0:18:18.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, that gives even more comfort
Dialogue: 0,0:18:18.29,0:18:20.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,knowing that the price He paid
Dialogue: 0,0:18:20.39,0:18:22.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wasn't a burden for Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:22.08,0:18:23.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) He was looking at us
Dialogue: 0,0:18:23.48,0:18:25.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and saying, "Gleny is My sister!"
Dialogue: 0,0:18:25.32,0:18:27.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, "Jonathan is My brother."
Dialogue: 0,0:18:27.99,0:18:29.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, I feel the same way
Dialogue: 0,0:18:29.43,0:18:31.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about my brothers, that I would want
Dialogue: 0,0:18:31.48,0:18:34.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do anything to save them\Nas well. Nancy.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:34.84,0:18:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nancy) I wanted to say that it was
Dialogue: 0,0:18:36.52,0:18:38.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an incredible risk that He took.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:38.14,0:18:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine coming to this earth as a baby?!
Dialogue: 0,0:18:40.80,0:18:42.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, anything can happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:42.67,0:18:46.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But God entrusted Jesus to Mary,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:46.48,0:18:50.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, you know, He Himself
Dialogue: 0,0:18:50.59,0:18:53.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,influenced His upbringing.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:53.79,0:18:55.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He did it all for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:55.75,0:18:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was an incredible risk.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:57.01,0:18:59.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also wanted to say that it reminds me,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:59.65,0:19:02.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Kinsman Redeemer idea reminds me
Dialogue: 0,0:19:02.84,0:19:04.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of when a relative who has
Dialogue: 0,0:19:04.86,0:19:06.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the same type of blood,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:06.38,0:19:09.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gives blood to the relative.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:09.06,0:19:11.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, you need someone
Dialogue: 0,0:19:11.34,0:19:14.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is of your own blood type
Dialogue: 0,0:19:14.01,0:19:14.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do that for you,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:14.98,0:19:16.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's what Jesus did for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:16.54,0:19:17.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was our closest relative,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:17.88,0:19:19.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He came through for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:19.52,0:19:21.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) Amen. Not only was He close,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:21.85,0:19:23.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as Gleny had mentioned, right,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:23.63,0:19:24.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He counted it joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:24.58,0:19:26.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't something that's like,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:26.92,0:19:28.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wasn't dragging His feet
Dialogue: 0,0:19:28.54,0:19:30.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as she had just mentioned.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:30.02,0:19:31.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was actually excited.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:31.57,0:19:32.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, we're going to move on
Dialogue: 0,0:19:32.97,0:19:34.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the next part of our lesson,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:34.86,0:19:36.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not ashamed to call us
Dialogue: 0,0:19:36.47,0:19:38.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His brothers and sisters, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:38.81,0:19:41.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, Sabina, if you would read
Dialogue: 0,0:19:41.22,0:19:43.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hebrews, chapter 2, verse 11,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:43.43,0:19:44.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're going to learn
Dialogue: 0,0:19:44.85,0:19:46.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why Jesus wasn't ashamed
Dialogue: 0,0:19:46.85,0:19:48.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to call us His brothers and sisters.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:48.62,0:19:50.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Sabina) Okay, so I'll be reading
Dialogue: 0,0:19:50.20,0:19:51.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the New King James Version,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:51.74,0:19:55.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Hebrews 2, verse 11, says:
Dialogue: 0,0:20:05.70,0:20:08.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) So, what do you think, Abigail,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:08.68,0:20:10.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why isn't Jesus ashamed
Dialogue: 0,0:20:10.51,0:20:12.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to call us brothers and sisters?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:12.96,0:20:14.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Abigail) He believes and knows
Dialogue: 0,0:20:14.46,0:20:17.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we are the children of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:17.38,0:20:19.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we are all siblings.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:19.48,0:20:20.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) There's a closeness.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:20.92,0:20:22.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How did it describe it, Sabina,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:22.74,0:20:24.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the closeness, that we are...
Dialogue: 0,0:20:24.61,0:20:27.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Sanctifier and the ones\Nbeing sanctified are...?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:27.56,0:20:28.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek, Travis) One.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:28.54,0:20:29.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Sabina) One, yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:29.53,0:20:31.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) There's a closeness. Jason.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:31.33,0:20:33.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jason) And sanctification is a process,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:33.26,0:20:34.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so He's changing us
Dialogue: 0,0:20:34.23,0:20:36.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because when I look at myself, I'm like,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:36.16,0:20:37.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yeah, I'm a brother of Jesus?"
Dialogue: 0,0:20:37.68,0:20:39.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm like, "Jesus? No way."
Dialogue: 0,0:20:39.14,0:20:41.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see all my sinful self.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:41.06,0:20:42.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what Jesus is doing
Dialogue: 0,0:20:42.16,0:20:45.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is He's changing us to become like Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:45.58,0:20:47.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) You know, that's important.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:47.33,0:20:48.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think to mention,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:48.80,0:20:50.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's a verb there, "being," right?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:50.56,0:20:52.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not instantaneous.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:52.23,0:20:53.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some people might say,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:53.41,0:20:55.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I don't feel like I'm there yet."
Dialogue: 0,0:20:55.23,0:20:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, Jesus has promised to continue
Dialogue: 0,0:20:57.01,0:20:58.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take us on this walk
Dialogue: 0,0:20:58.70,0:21:00.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to sanctify those
Dialogue: 0,0:21:00.28,0:21:02.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who put their faith in Him. Livinia.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:02.68,0:21:04.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Livinia) Because He is the author
Dialogue: 0,0:21:04.33,0:21:06.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the finisher of our faith,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:06.39,0:21:08.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He sees us not as we are,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:08.58,0:21:11.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He sees us as we will be
Dialogue: 0,0:21:11.18,0:21:13.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we allow His Holy Spirit
Dialogue: 0,0:21:13.31,0:21:15.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to continue to work in our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:15.59,0:21:17.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) Praise God. Yes, Sabina.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:17.32,0:21:19.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Sabina) Amen. I love your question also
Dialogue: 0,0:21:19.44,0:21:21.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it makes me realize
Dialogue: 0,0:21:21.18,0:21:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there are many opportunities
Dialogue: 0,0:21:22.80,0:21:24.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which I personally may have felt
Dialogue: 0,0:21:24.85,0:21:27.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ashamed to have some associations.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:27.81,0:21:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think we all as humans,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:29.06,0:21:30.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can relate to that.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:30.39,0:21:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, sometimes if you see someone
Dialogue: 0,0:21:32.20,0:21:34.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doing something that you disapprove of,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:34.40,0:21:36.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you may not want to be seen
Dialogue: 0,0:21:36.44,0:21:38.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with that person; isn't that true?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:38.07,0:21:39.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even though God calls us
Dialogue: 0,0:21:39.47,0:21:41.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be loving and kind and to approach,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:41.45,0:21:43.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we also have the humanness in us
Dialogue: 0,0:21:43.72,0:21:45.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that makes us, like, "Oh,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:45.28,0:21:46.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how do I approach that?"
Dialogue: 0,0:21:46.68,0:21:48.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think this is an invitation also
Dialogue: 0,0:21:48.81,0:21:51.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of God for us, to be loving\Ntowards other people
Dialogue: 0,0:21:51.89,0:21:53.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to associate with them
Dialogue: 0,0:21:53.49,0:21:54.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a healthy level.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:54.41,0:21:56.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think you understand what I am saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:56.36,0:21:58.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not doing the same things, necessarily,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:58.23,0:21:59.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in love and kindness,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:59.60,0:22:01.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not to be ashamed of other people.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:01.60,0:22:03.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the same manner,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:03.42,0:22:04.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it just humbles me so much
Dialogue: 0,0:22:04.85,0:22:07.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that He, knowing me deeply
Dialogue: 0,0:22:07.89,0:22:09.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everything that I am,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:09.40,0:22:11.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's not ashamed of who I am,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:11.26,0:22:14.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's just beautiful,\Nto associate with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:14.51,0:22:16.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) I think that's really\Na beautiful point.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:16.79,0:22:18.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm just thinking of the Garden of Eden.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:18.70,0:22:21.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Adam and Eve have just sinned, right,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:21.38,0:22:25.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and of course, if God was like we are
Dialogue: 0,0:22:25.04,0:22:26.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the human flesh,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:26.18,0:22:27.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He would be, like, "I don't
Dialogue: 0,0:22:27.50,0:22:29.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,want to hang out with them anymore."
Dialogue: 0,0:22:29.22,0:22:31.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But He doesn't; He actually is\Nlooking for them
Dialogue: 0,0:22:31.51,0:22:33.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then even [asks] them,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:33.04,0:22:36.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a remarkable theme, "Who told you\Nyou were naked?"
Dialogue: 0,0:22:36.25,0:22:37.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The feelings they were feeling
Dialogue: 0,0:22:37.68,0:22:38.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,weren't something that God
Dialogue: 0,0:22:38.94,0:22:39.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had brought on them
Dialogue: 0,0:22:39.87,0:22:41.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but something that Satan,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:41.43,0:22:42.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, what sin does.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:42.93,0:22:46.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the natural consequence\Nof sin. Jonathan.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:46.30,0:22:48.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jonathan) I mentioned it once before,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:48.14,0:22:50.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I find verse 10 interesting as well,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:50.60,0:22:51.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where it points out
Dialogue: 0,0:22:51.54,0:22:53.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there's a shared experience
Dialogue: 0,0:22:53.48,0:22:55.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between Christ and us
Dialogue: 0,0:22:55.19,0:22:58.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we go through similar things,\Nand we struggle.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:58.16,0:23:00.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to look to the Father
Dialogue: 0,0:23:00.05,0:23:01.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and trust Him just like Christ did.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:01.78,0:23:03.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, there's that sense
Dialogue: 0,0:23:03.04,0:23:07.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in that we're kind of family as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:07.100,0:23:09.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) Thank you, Jonathan.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:09.38,0:23:10.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nancy, would you read
Dialogue: 0,0:23:10.81,0:23:15.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hebrews 11:24-26 for us?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:15.57,0:23:17.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is talking about Moses.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:17.25,0:23:18.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, the question
Dialogue: 0,0:23:18.52,0:23:19.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we're going to be asking
Dialogue: 0,0:23:19.90,0:23:21.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is how did the decision of Moses
Dialogue: 0,0:23:21.74,0:23:25.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,foreshadow the work of Jesus our Messiah?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:25.96,0:23:27.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you don't mind reading that for us,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:27.97,0:23:31.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,again, Hebrews, chapter 11,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:31.46,0:23:34.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,verses 24 through 26, Nancy.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:34.27,0:23:35.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nancy) Sure, I'll be reading
Dialogue: 0,0:23:35.65,0:23:42.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the New American Standard Bible,\N24 through 26:
Dialogue: 0,0:24:06.92,0:24:08.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) I was thinking about that
Dialogue: 0,0:24:08.68,0:24:10.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as I was studying the lesson.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:10.59,0:24:13.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These do not mirror each other exactly
Dialogue: 0,0:24:13.64,0:24:15.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the thing that Moses
Dialogue: 0,0:24:15.46,0:24:18.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was giving up, okay, well,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:18.12,0:24:19.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was just temporary.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:19.28,0:24:20.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The pleasures of sin
Dialogue: 0,0:24:20.26,0:24:21.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were just for a season.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:21.63,0:24:23.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the thing that Jesus gave up,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:23.94,0:24:26.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was Heaven; there was no sin;
Dialogue: 0,0:24:26.31,0:24:28.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was no sorrow; there was no pain.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:28.18,0:24:30.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Jesus actually gave up a lot more,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:30.42,0:24:32.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that He could come down,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:32.08,0:24:33.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He could experience,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:33.60,0:24:34.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only experience
Dialogue: 0,0:24:34.97,0:24:36.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what we went through, but, what?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:36.95,0:24:41.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To save us, right, and to redeem us.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:41.14,0:24:43.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus, our Kinsman,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:43.36,0:24:46.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our faithful, redeeming Brother.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:46.07,0:24:51.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, what is an appropriate response
Dialogue: 0,0:24:51.34,0:24:52.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the condescension
Dialogue: 0,0:24:52.73,0:24:54.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Son of God coming down and...
Dialogue: 0,0:24:54.66,0:24:56.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is an appropriate response?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:56.88,0:24:58.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jonathan) Worship.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:58.51,0:25:00.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) Jonathan says "worship."
Dialogue: 0,0:25:00.44,0:25:01.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Sabina) And joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:01.54,0:25:05.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) Joy. Doesn't the Bible say,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:05.27,0:25:07.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"With lovingkindness I have drawn you"?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:07.82,0:25:09.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when we are drawn,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:09.18,0:25:11.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's a response, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:11.69,0:25:13.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Sabina) And also, Travis, I would say,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:13.60,0:25:15.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going along with what I just shared,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:15.34,0:25:16.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but just reinforcing it even more,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:16.98,0:25:18.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think my response
Dialogue: 0,0:25:18.07,0:25:21.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to do the same for other people.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:21.49,0:25:24.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's my response to this lovingkindness.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:24.46,0:25:28.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who am I not to love other people?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:28.32,0:25:31.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) Thank you, Sabina. Rodney.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:31.41,0:25:33.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Rodney) My response also as a result
Dialogue: 0,0:25:33.50,0:25:36.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of experiencing this love
Dialogue: 0,0:25:36.55,0:25:38.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that He has extended to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:38.94,0:25:41.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't help it but share it with others.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:41.09,0:25:42.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They, too, should know
Dialogue: 0,0:25:42.89,0:25:44.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about this immeasurable love
Dialogue: 0,0:25:44.83,0:25:46.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Jesus has for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:46.81,0:25:48.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just amazing to experience,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:48.91,0:25:51.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we just cannot keep it to ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:51.01,0:25:52.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hence, why we're doing
Dialogue: 0,0:25:52.22,0:25:53.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hope Sabbath School, to share
Dialogue: 0,0:25:53.60,0:25:55.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His love to the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:55.74,0:25:57.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) I agree with you, Rodney.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:57.97,0:26:01.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to read Matthew 10:32,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:01.79,0:26:04.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I could have Jason read that,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:04.84,0:26:07.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Matthew, chapter 10:32-33.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:07.68,0:26:09.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're going to build on Rodney's response.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:09.68,0:26:11.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think he's absolutely right.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:11.65,0:26:14.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also was thinking of the Psalmist,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:14.56,0:26:16.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Create in me a clean heart,"
Dialogue: 0,0:26:16.42,0:26:17.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he wanted the Holy Spirit
Dialogue: 0,0:26:17.82,0:26:19.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the joy of salvation.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:19.02,0:26:20.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he said, "Lord, if you do this,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:20.95,0:26:23.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to go and tell sinners
Dialogue: 0,0:26:23.88,0:26:26.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about Your grace and about Your love."
Dialogue: 0,0:26:26.02,0:26:27.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, that seems like
Dialogue: 0,0:26:27.03,0:26:28.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an appropriate response to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:28.62,0:26:30.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jason, would you read?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:30.58,0:26:33.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jason) I have the New King James Version\Nhere, Matthew,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:33.24,0:26:37.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,chapter 10, verses 32 and 33:
Dialogue: 0,0:26:53.19,0:26:54.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) So, what is the plea here?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:54.90,0:26:56.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does Jesus want us to do
Dialogue: 0,0:26:56.36,0:26:59.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in response to His love?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:59.18,0:27:00.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jason) Confess, which means
Dialogue: 0,0:27:00.53,0:27:02.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,identify with, connect with.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:02.91,0:27:03.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) Or...?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:03.78,0:27:05.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jason) Express, yes, express
Dialogue: 0,0:27:05.22,0:27:06.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what He has done for us,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:06.47,0:27:07.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His love, praise Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:07.92,0:27:09.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) To pass it on, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:09.62,0:27:11.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've had somebody...I'm going
Dialogue: 0,0:27:11.44,0:27:13.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through a drive-through somewhere,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:13.07,0:27:15.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and someone paid for my food
Dialogue: 0,0:27:15.72,0:27:17.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or something like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:17.40,0:27:19.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the teller at the window said,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:19.52,0:27:21.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, you could always pass it on."
Dialogue: 0,0:27:21.48,0:27:22.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, that's what Jesus
Dialogue: 0,0:27:22.71,0:27:24.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is wanting us to do, right,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:24.53,0:27:25.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to pass it on. Yes, Nancy.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:25.83,0:27:27.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nancy) It makes me think
Dialogue: 0,0:27:27.04,0:27:28.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Samaritan woman, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:28.64,0:27:30.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how Jesus stopped just on purpose.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:30.46,0:27:31.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He knew she was going
Dialogue: 0,0:27:31.49,0:27:33.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be the only one there at noon,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:33.31,0:27:35.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it was so hot in the day,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:35.27,0:27:37.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to draw water from the well.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:37.26,0:27:40.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when she learned who Jesus was,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:40.34,0:27:41.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that He was the Messiah,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:41.87,0:27:45.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her reaction was to go tell everybody.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:45.50,0:27:46.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was the first missionary.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:46.93,0:27:48.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said, "Come, see a Man
Dialogue: 0,0:27:48.19,0:27:50.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who told me everything I ever did."
Dialogue: 0,0:27:50.58,0:27:52.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He accepted her,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:52.12,0:27:54.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so her response was to share.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:54.29,0:27:56.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's what we ought to do as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:56.18,0:27:57.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) And we see the fruits
Dialogue: 0,0:27:57.65,0:27:59.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of that, too, in the book of Acts,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:59.30,0:28:01.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that many Samaritan people
Dialogue: 0,0:28:01.17,0:28:02.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gave their hearts to Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:02.50,0:28:03.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seeds were planted
Dialogue: 0,0:28:03.38,0:28:04.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through that connection,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:04.72,0:28:06.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's the ultimate goal, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:06.55,0:28:07.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus is not willing
Dialogue: 0,0:28:07.50,0:28:09.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that any should perish.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:09.12,0:28:11.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gleny, could I have you read
Dialogue: 0,0:28:11.31,0:28:15.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hebrews 13:12-15 for us
Dialogue: 0,0:28:15.91,0:28:17.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just to build on the concept
Dialogue: 0,0:28:17.78,0:28:21.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Jesus is drawing us,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:21.20,0:28:23.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He's hoping that there's
Dialogue: 0,0:28:23.12,0:28:24.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going to be a response?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:24.49,0:28:26.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's not forcing us, right,\Nto go and share.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:26.69,0:28:28.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But He's hoping that there
Dialogue: 0,0:28:28.08,0:28:29.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be a response
Dialogue: 0,0:28:29.55,0:28:31.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the immeasurable, unfailing love,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:31.84,0:28:34.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Him becoming [conceding],
Dialogue: 0,0:28:34.16,0:28:36.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,becoming a man, giving up everything
Dialogue: 0,0:28:36.84,0:28:38.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for joy, as Gleny had just shared.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:38.88,0:28:41.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's happy to do this for us,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:41.44,0:28:42.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He wants us to share
Dialogue: 0,0:28:42.89,0:28:44.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the excitement of winning souls.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:44.56,0:28:47.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go ahead, Gleny.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:47.44,0:28:49.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Gleny) So, Hebrews 13:12-15,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:49.82,0:28:50.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'll be reading
Dialogue: 0,0:28:50.84,0:28:53.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the New King James Version,\Nand it says:
Dialogue: 0,0:29:25.18,0:29:28.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) Do we have a message to share?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:28.06,0:29:29.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We do have a message to share.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:29.93,0:29:31.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus is our Brother.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:31.47,0:29:32.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus is our Savior.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:32.84,0:29:34.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, as we've been studying,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:34.51,0:29:36.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our High Priest, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:36.15,0:29:40.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I want to ask a question.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:40.28,0:29:41.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Can I just hold a minute?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:41.89,0:29:43.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I think we missed an element.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:43.66,0:29:45.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's good that we go share,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:45.17,0:29:47.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but actually we ought to praise Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:47.75,0:29:51.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's really...The sacrifice of praise
Dialogue: 0,0:29:51.03,0:29:52.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is really, really important.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:52.53,0:29:56.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think that, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:56.03,0:29:58.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we think about our lives, sometimes
Dialogue: 0,0:29:58.45,0:30:01.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can even get busy doing good things.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:01.61,0:30:04.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we need to just pause and say,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:04.46,0:30:06.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Jesus, I just want to praise You
Dialogue: 0,0:30:06.10,0:30:08.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for what You've done."
Dialogue: 0,0:30:08.07,0:30:10.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I just want to give thanks to You,"
Dialogue: 0,0:30:10.13,0:30:13.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, the sacrifice of praise.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:13.66,0:30:15.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think, I don't know, I didn't grow up
Dialogue: 0,0:30:15.99,0:30:18.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hearing a lot of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:18.84,0:30:20.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, "God, I just want
Dialogue: 0,0:30:20.07,0:30:22.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to say thank You today before I give You
Dialogue: 0,0:30:22.02,0:30:24.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my shopping list," you know?
Dialogue: 0,0:30:24.04,0:30:25.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I just want to praise You
Dialogue: 0,0:30:25.34,0:30:26.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for what You've done."
Dialogue: 0,0:30:26.65,0:30:27.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) You know, Derek,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:27.87,0:30:29.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I agree with that, but I want to just say
Dialogue: 0,0:30:29.84,0:30:31.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this is an experience,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:31.99,0:30:35.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially lately in the Bible studies\NI'm giving.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:35.74,0:30:37.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel like I'm praising God
Dialogue: 0,0:30:37.19,0:30:39.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just giving the Bible studies
Dialogue: 0,0:30:39.42,0:30:43.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that's part of sharing,\Nis praising God.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:43.17,0:30:44.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, it's a beautiful thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:44.50,0:30:45.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But thank you, Derek,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:45.52,0:30:46.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for pointing that out.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:46.60,0:30:50.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think we do need to give thanks\Nand praise God.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:50.14,0:30:53.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I can tell you that I have
Dialogue: 0,0:30:53.07,0:30:56.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not always shared with enthusiasm
Dialogue: 0,0:30:56.10,0:30:59.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the wonderful works of Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:59.19,0:31:00.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there are times
Dialogue: 0,0:31:00.10,0:31:01.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I have been ashamed.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:01.34,0:31:03.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I want you think
Dialogue: 0,0:31:03.08,0:31:05.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a few Bible characters
Dialogue: 0,0:31:05.33,0:31:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or someone in the Scriptures that was
Dialogue: 0,0:31:08.42,0:31:12.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ashamed to associate themselves\Nwith Jesus. Jason.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:12.49,0:31:14.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jason) So, one of His disciples,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:14.80,0:31:19.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the ones closest to Him\Nwas the Apostle Peter.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:19.23,0:31:22.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Peter, right around the time\Nof Jesus' trial,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:22.78,0:31:24.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was so ashamed that he denied
Dialogue: 0,0:31:24.36,0:31:26.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he even had association with Jesus,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:26.42,0:31:28.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even did things to show
Dialogue: 0,0:31:28.40,0:31:32.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he was not associated with Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:32.32,0:31:34.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) By the way, what was the outcome?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:34.39,0:31:36.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did Jesus just cast him aside?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:36.60,0:31:38.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jason) Nope, Jesus invited him
Dialogue: 0,0:31:38.12,0:31:40.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come back and literally had some words
Dialogue: 0,0:31:40.32,0:31:41.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that showed him that he
Dialogue: 0,0:31:41.69,0:31:43.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had a ministry to still continue
Dialogue: 0,0:31:43.38,0:31:46.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of taking care of His church.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:46.26,0:31:47.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) So, you're saying
Dialogue: 0,0:31:47.52,0:31:48.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there's hope for those,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:48.91,0:31:51.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if we have denied Jesus, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:51.17,0:31:52.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is hope for those.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:52.32,0:31:53.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a matter of fact, Peter
Dialogue: 0,0:31:53.58,0:31:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,became a powerful preacher. Yes, Sabina.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:55.78,0:31:56.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Sabina) The other person
Dialogue: 0,0:31:56.97,0:31:58.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm thinking of is Nicodemus.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:58.61,0:32:00.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just mentioned him in another study,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:00.42,0:32:02.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but for me he's like really the example
Dialogue: 0,0:32:02.52,0:32:05.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a person that was ashamed of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:05.68,0:32:07.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though recognizing that He was
Dialogue: 0,0:32:07.60,0:32:10.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming from God at a certain point\Nin his life.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:10.13,0:32:11.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was so attached
Dialogue: 0,0:32:11.41,0:32:14.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to his religious traditions
Dialogue: 0,0:32:14.29,0:32:16.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he could not even give in to the fact
Dialogue: 0,0:32:16.31,0:32:18.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he was seeing Jesus the Messiah
Dialogue: 0,0:32:18.40,0:32:20.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he had been teaching
Dialogue: 0,0:32:20.50,0:32:23.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or studying about for so many years.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:23.26,0:32:25.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think that for me,\Nwhat's more powerful
Dialogue: 0,0:32:25.36,0:32:27.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about this particular passage
Dialogue: 0,0:32:27.24,0:32:29.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that Jesus is not ashamed of Nicodemus.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:29.80,0:32:31.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He takes the time to engage
Dialogue: 0,0:32:31.98,0:32:33.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with Nicodemus in a way
Dialogue: 0,0:32:33.23,0:32:35.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to teach him, to love him,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:35.01,0:32:38.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even to use him further in ministry
Dialogue: 0,0:32:38.34,0:32:40.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we are going to eventually see\Nin the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:40.63,0:32:43.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nicodemus, apparently he comes to Jesus
Dialogue: 0,0:32:43.04,0:32:46.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and will share Jesus with other people.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:46.24,0:32:50.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, that's a good example\Nto me, Nicodemus.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:50.03,0:32:51.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) Thank you for sharing that.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:51.89,0:32:53.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, it's testimony time.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:53.61,0:32:56.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Would any of you like to share a time
Dialogue: 0,0:32:56.41,0:32:58.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you felt the pressure
Dialogue: 0,0:32:58.64,0:33:00.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to conceal your identity
Dialogue: 0,0:33:00.18,0:33:02.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a follower of Jesus?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:02.60,0:33:07.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see Gleny smiling. Gleny, do you?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:07.16,0:33:08.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Gleny) No, it just sounds
Dialogue: 0,0:33:08.41,0:33:10.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like confession times.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:10.34,0:33:14.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like, "Okay...reevaluate."
Dialogue: 0,0:33:14.40,0:33:15.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) Does someone want
Dialogue: 0,0:33:15.67,0:33:17.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be a little bit vulnerable
Dialogue: 0,0:33:17.05,0:33:19.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and share an experience? Jason?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:19.24,0:33:22.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jason) Sure, so there was a time
Dialogue: 0,0:33:22.41,0:33:25.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was hired in a prominent position
Dialogue: 0,0:33:25.48,0:33:28.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be able to work in an office
Dialogue: 0,0:33:28.59,0:33:31.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on Capitol Hill for a member of Congress.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:31.37,0:33:33.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And during that time,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:33.25,0:33:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the people in the office, I don't know
Dialogue: 0,0:33:35.10,0:33:36.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what their personal beliefs were,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:36.97,0:33:38.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the idea was, it was pretty secular.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:38.87,0:33:40.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You kind of kept your religion
Dialogue: 0,0:33:40.58,0:33:41.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out of the office.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:41.76,0:33:43.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you had private beliefs, that was fine,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:43.79,0:33:45.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you didn't really tell other people
Dialogue: 0,0:33:45.80,0:33:47.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about what you believed.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:47.27,0:33:48.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so for me, I remember
Dialogue: 0,0:33:48.51,0:33:49.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was feeling pressured.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:49.69,0:33:50.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, do I tell people
Dialogue: 0,0:33:50.77,0:33:53.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that, you know, I take Sabbath off?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:53.30,0:33:55.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do I tell people that I
Dialogue: 0,0:33:55.22,0:33:56.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't eat this certain food,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:56.87,0:33:58.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I don't drink these certain things,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:58.78,0:34:00.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I don't do these certain actions?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:00.61,0:34:02.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do I express myself as a Believer
Dialogue: 0,0:34:02.23,0:34:03.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what that really means?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:03.63,0:34:05.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or, do I kind of try to, like, hide it
Dialogue: 0,0:34:05.59,0:34:07.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not let people know too much?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:07.36,0:34:09.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, that was definitely pressure.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:09.28,0:34:11.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the end of the day, I decided, look,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:11.19,0:34:12.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have to be who I am.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:12.25,0:34:13.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God's convicted me,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:13.17,0:34:14.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm just going to live my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:14.90,0:34:16.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And luckily they were very cool with it.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:16.93,0:34:20.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People were accepting, like, "Oh, cool,\Nokay, so this is what you believe?"
Dialogue: 0,0:34:20.46,0:34:21.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yeah." "We appreciate that."
Dialogue: 0,0:34:21.84,0:34:23.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think I had an easier time
Dialogue: 0,0:34:23.38,0:34:25.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in that way just because I was genuine\Nabout it,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:25.63,0:34:26.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and people could see
Dialogue: 0,0:34:26.67,0:34:28.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it was who I really was.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:28.38,0:34:29.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) Well, praise God
Dialogue: 0,0:34:29.61,0:34:31.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that God had given you
Dialogue: 0,0:34:31.41,0:34:33.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the enthusiasm to share,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:33.53,0:34:35.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even in spite of the temptation
Dialogue: 0,0:34:35.90,0:34:38.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to, well, maybe say,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:38.10,0:34:40.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm not sure I know Him."
Dialogue: 0,0:34:40.33,0:34:41.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Praise God for that.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:41.62,0:34:43.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, we are going to move on.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:43.09,0:34:47.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Flesh and blood like us,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:47.86,0:34:50.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's the next part of our lesson study.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:50.84,0:34:52.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're going to read Hebrews,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:52.19,0:34:55.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,chapter 2, verse 14, and, Abigail,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:55.10,0:34:57.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would you please read that for us?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:57.80,0:35:00.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why was it necessary for Jesus
Dialogue: 0,0:35:00.65,0:35:03.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to become flesh and blood just like us?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:03.85,0:35:05.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Abigail) And I'll be reading
Dialogue: 0,0:35:05.26,0:35:07.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the New Living Translation:
Dialogue: 0,0:35:27.97,0:35:29.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) So, why couldn't He
Dialogue: 0,0:35:29.48,0:35:31.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have just made some declaration
Dialogue: 0,0:35:31.71,0:35:33.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the throne to save us?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:33.56,0:35:36.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why couldn't He have done that?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:36.82,0:35:38.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jonathan) I think it has something
Dialogue: 0,0:35:38.52,0:35:40.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do with the nature of His salvation.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:40.76,0:35:43.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because if it was just something
Dialogue: 0,0:35:43.58,0:35:45.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was entirely external,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:45.41,0:35:48.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like it was just something He could
Dialogue: 0,0:35:48.90,0:35:50.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just fix something in a book somewhere -
Dialogue: 0,0:35:50.94,0:35:52.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, there is this idea
Dialogue: 0,0:35:52.48,0:35:53.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of books in Heaven -
Dialogue: 0,0:35:53.44,0:35:55.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, yes, okay, that's involved, but it
Dialogue: 0,0:35:55.36,0:35:57.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wasn't just some legal thing in Heaven.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:57.97,0:35:59.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was something that had
Dialogue: 0,0:35:59.32,0:36:00.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be very real that we
Dialogue: 0,0:36:00.69,0:36:01.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had to identify with.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:01.75,0:36:06.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had to say, "Yes...He's like me.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:06.58,0:36:08.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's walking my walk."
Dialogue: 0,0:36:08.62,0:36:11.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For Him to be our Savior,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:11.70,0:36:14.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He has to be one of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:14.18,0:36:15.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) So, you're saying that if He
Dialogue: 0,0:36:15.96,0:36:17.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,came down with all this power...
Dialogue: 0,0:36:17.94,0:36:19.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, He did because He got
Dialogue: 0,0:36:19.48,0:36:20.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His power from the Father;
Dialogue: 0,0:36:20.100,0:36:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do we have that same power?
Dialogue: 0,0:36:23.52,0:36:25.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right, but He became flesh like us
Dialogue: 0,0:36:25.63,0:36:27.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to experience the same as we did.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:27.72,0:36:29.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, then the accusation
Dialogue: 0,0:36:29.16,0:36:30.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could never be made,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:30.13,0:36:32.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You had some special power
Dialogue: 0,0:36:32.01,0:36:34.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to manipulate Your way through
Dialogue: 0,0:36:34.02,0:36:36.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and live a sinless life," right?
Dialogue: 0,0:36:36.51,0:36:38.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because He was human,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:38.01,0:36:41.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fully human and fully God. Yes, Sabina.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:41.49,0:36:42.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Sabina) And I also would add
Dialogue: 0,0:36:42.87,0:36:44.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the Bible says that Jesus,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:44.39,0:36:45.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He came to fulfill the law,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:45.86,0:36:47.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the law had a provision
Dialogue: 0,0:36:47.15,0:36:48.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that [a sacrifice] was necessary
Dialogue: 0,0:36:48.85,0:36:50.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to expiate for our sins.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:50.32,0:36:51.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, you may remember
Dialogue: 0,0:36:51.56,0:36:54.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the original sin has led to death.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:54.50,0:36:58.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, there was a price to be paid for,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:58.23,0:37:00.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just God declaring something different
Dialogue: 0,0:37:00.70,0:37:03.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than what He had already committed\Nwith the universe
Dialogue: 0,0:37:03.50,0:37:07.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was not going to be really part\Nof His character.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:07.18,0:37:09.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So He needed to accomplish
Dialogue: 0,0:37:09.75,0:37:15.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the regulation He has\Ndetermined Himself.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:15.10,0:37:16.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I think that's part...
Dialogue: 0,0:37:16.86,0:37:18.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Yeah, I really struggle
Dialogue: 0,0:37:18.70,0:37:21.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the depths of this, you know?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:21.41,0:37:25.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I do know, if we lived in a country
Dialogue: 0,0:37:25.95,0:37:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where Jonathan could take my place, and I
Dialogue: 0,0:37:28.92,0:37:31.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was guilty of getting life in prison,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:31.57,0:37:33.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Jonathan could say, "Well, I'll
Dialogue: 0,0:37:33.25,0:37:37.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even go to the death penalty\Nin your place,"
Dialogue: 0,0:37:37.54,0:37:39.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know he could just do that for me,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:39.55,0:37:41.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then he'd be gone.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:41.32,0:37:45.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Jesus is the eternal Son of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:45.76,0:37:50.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so His provision is infinite.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:50.49,0:37:52.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His provision, and I don't
Dialogue: 0,0:37:52.47,0:37:54.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even understand it all fully;
Dialogue: 0,0:37:54.25,0:37:56.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know it is a complete revelation
Dialogue: 0,0:37:56.13,0:37:58.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the immeasurable, unfailing love\Nof God.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:58.80,0:38:01.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But His provision is sufficient
Dialogue: 0,0:38:01.65,0:38:03.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for Livinia and Jonathan and Abigail,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:03.95,0:38:05.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Nancy and Jason and Sabina
Dialogue: 0,0:38:05.66,0:38:08.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Gleny and Rodney and Travis and Derek
Dialogue: 0,0:38:08.14,0:38:11.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and every person who has ever lived
Dialogue: 0,0:38:11.16,0:38:16.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or who ever will live on the planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:16.77,0:38:21.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the mystery of the fact
Dialogue: 0,0:38:21.76,0:38:25.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that God comes down and provides
Dialogue: 0,0:38:25.96,0:38:29.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a salvation that is available\Nfor everyone!
Dialogue: 0,0:38:29.93,0:38:34.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) That's powerful, Derek. Rodney.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:34.61,0:38:36.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Rodney) This is deep waters.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:36.98,0:38:39.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're walking on holy ground here,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:39.47,0:38:41.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we need divine assistance.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:41.48,0:38:44.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What flashed in my mind\Nis the Bible records
Dialogue: 0,0:38:44.89,0:38:47.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that, "The wages of sin is death."
Dialogue: 0,0:38:47.74,0:38:50.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were destined to die, and here it is
Dialogue: 0,0:38:50.100,0:38:52.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that God is in the position
Dialogue: 0,0:38:52.55,0:38:54.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of being God - He can't die.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:54.87,0:38:57.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so He had to make a provision
Dialogue: 0,0:38:57.47,0:38:59.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come in our form
Dialogue: 0,0:38:59.60,0:39:01.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to actually, as Pastor Derek just said,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:01.70,0:39:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,die the infinite death,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:03.00,0:39:04.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if that makes sense,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:04.76,0:39:07.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for us to be able to live.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:07.19,0:39:08.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a mystery,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:08.82,0:39:11.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and until we get home -
Dialogue: 0,0:39:11.09,0:39:12.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we'll spend some time with Jesus
Dialogue: 0,0:39:12.80,0:39:14.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to really have Him unravel
Dialogue: 0,0:39:14.86,0:39:16.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the plan of salvation
Dialogue: 0,0:39:16.39,0:39:18.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we can understand it.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:18.98,0:39:21.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) Beautiful. Well, we're going
Dialogue: 0,0:39:21.34,0:39:22.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to keep moving on in the lesson.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:22.88,0:39:24.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you for sharing that, Rodney.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:24.55,0:39:26.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think you're right; it is deep.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:26.86,0:39:29.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Jesus wasn't just human.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:29.63,0:39:32.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Derek just said He was the Son of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:32.53,0:39:35.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we want to read a few verses,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:35.59,0:39:38.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because Jesus did identify with us
Dialogue: 0,0:39:38.23,0:39:39.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the human family,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:39.69,0:39:42.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but how is Jesus our Savior, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:42.58,0:39:44.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How is He our Savior?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:44.27,0:39:47.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nancy, if you'd read Hebrews 4:15,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:47.12,0:39:48.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, Jason, I'm going
Dialogue: 0,0:39:48.13,0:39:51.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have you read 7, verse 26.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:51.60,0:39:53.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, Jonathan, if you
Dialogue: 0,0:39:53.40,0:39:57.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't mind reading Luke 1:34-35.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:57.58,0:39:59.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want to know how the Incarnate Son
Dialogue: 0,0:39:59.72,0:40:02.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of God is different from us, okay?
Dialogue: 0,0:40:02.61,0:40:04.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Would you start, Nancy?
Dialogue: 0,0:40:04.65,0:40:06.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nancy) Hebrews 4:15,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:06.02,0:40:08.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is from the NASB:
Dialogue: 0,0:40:20.48,0:40:22.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) That's the double negative.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:22.23,0:40:25.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We do not have a High Priest who cannot.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:25.12,0:40:27.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We {\i1}do{\i0} have a High Priest who {\i1}can,{\i0} right?
Dialogue: 0,0:40:27.45,0:40:28.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek, Team) Right.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:28.42,0:40:29.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) That's what that means.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:29.96,0:40:31.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a High Priest who can.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:31.78,0:40:33.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you, Nancy. Jason?
Dialogue: 0,0:40:33.88,0:40:35.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jason) New King James Version
Dialogue: 0,0:40:35.32,0:40:38.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Hebrews, chapter 7, verse 26, says:
Dialogue: 0,0:40:51.100,0:40:53.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) A faithful High Priest,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:53.52,0:40:55.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we just learned in a study Sabina\Nhad given
Dialogue: 0,0:40:55.60,0:40:56.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that He was different,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:56.82,0:40:59.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because He didn't have to offer\Nfor Himself.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:59.49,0:41:00.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's great news: We have
Dialogue: 0,0:41:00.74,0:41:02.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a High Priest who {\i1}can.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:41:02.46,0:41:03.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to remember that.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:03.75,0:41:05.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a High Priest who can.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:05.84,0:41:08.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go ahead and read, Jonathan, for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:08.96,0:41:11.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jonathan) Okay, Luke 1:34-35:
Dialogue: 0,0:41:30.73,0:41:36.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) So, how does Jesus our Savior,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:36.68,0:41:40.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how is He different than us? Sabina.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:40.04,0:41:41.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Sabina) Well, we just read
Dialogue: 0,0:41:41.40,0:41:43.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was holy, the Holy Child.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:43.60,0:41:45.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I think that for me summarizes it.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:45.70,0:41:47.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was holy; He is holy,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:47.60,0:41:52.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He remained holy till the end.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:52.67,0:41:53.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) Yes, Nancy.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:53.63,0:41:55.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nancy) I love it; I love
Dialogue: 0,0:41:55.01,0:41:56.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how Jesus found a loophole
Dialogue: 0,0:41:56.44,0:42:01.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to fulfill the penalty of death
Dialogue: 0,0:42:01.38,0:42:05.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we earned by sinning.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:05.05,0:42:06.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Hebrews it says
Dialogue: 0,0:42:06.62,0:42:08.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that only by the shedding of blood
Dialogue: 0,0:42:08.72,0:42:10.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can you have remission of sin,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:10.77,0:42:12.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and God can't change
Dialogue: 0,0:42:12.43,0:42:13.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the laws of the universe.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:13.63,0:42:14.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are set laws.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:14.90,0:42:18.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's, you know, the law of love;\Nit is what it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:18.62,0:42:21.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, in order to fulfill
Dialogue: 0,0:42:21.11,0:42:25.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the penalty of death, He did it for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:25.16,0:42:28.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And since He has life within Himself,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:28.66,0:42:30.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was fine, you know?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:30.50,0:42:32.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) John the Baptist said,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:32.01,0:42:33.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Behold, the Lamb of God."
Dialogue: 0,0:42:33.29,0:42:34.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He didn't say, "Behold,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:34.42,0:42:36.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the lamb of man," right?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:36.48,0:42:38.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Behold, the Lamb of God," Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:38.71,0:42:40.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Bible, repeatedly, He gave Himself,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:40.96,0:42:43.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He gave Himself. Rodney?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:43.85,0:42:45.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Rodney) And Nancy is absolutely correct.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:45.82,0:42:48.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you go back to the sacrificial system,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:48.62,0:42:52.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they needed a spotless lamb
Dialogue: 0,0:42:52.31,0:42:54.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for them to sacrifice.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:54.03,0:42:55.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here it is, that Jesus came.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:55.79,0:42:58.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He did not sin at all, and He,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:58.04,0:43:00.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back to what you just said, Travis,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:00.36,0:43:04.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is actually the spotless Lamb of God
Dialogue: 0,0:43:04.02,0:43:06.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that takes away the sins of all of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:06.80,0:43:08.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Praise be to God.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:08.21,0:43:09.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis, Team) Amen.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:09.19,0:43:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) And yet, you know, the mystery.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:11.66,0:43:15.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know Nancy said He had\Nlife within Himself,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:15.33,0:43:16.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet the mystery was,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:16.80,0:43:20.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as fully human, He couldn't see
Dialogue: 0,0:43:20.11,0:43:22.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beyond the portals of the grave.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:22.70,0:43:27.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, He is willing to provide\Nsalvation for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:27.73,0:43:29.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Back to something Abigail said
Dialogue: 0,0:43:29.37,0:43:30.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a previous study,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:30.78,0:43:33.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is trusting the Word of God
Dialogue: 0,0:43:33.53,0:43:36.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than His feelings at that moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:36.45,0:43:38.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because in the garden He prays,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:38.10,0:43:40.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Father, if it's possible...,"
Dialogue: 0,0:43:40.17,0:43:41.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the greatest trauma
Dialogue: 0,0:43:41.54,0:43:45.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is being separated from His Father\Nby that sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:45.62,0:43:47.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Father, if it's possible,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:47.03,0:43:48.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,take this cup from Me."
Dialogue: 0,0:43:48.43,0:43:50.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, this was not like, "This is fine;
Dialogue: 0,0:43:50.91,0:43:52.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything's going to be fine."
Dialogue: 0,0:43:52.75,0:43:56.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In His humanity He suffered,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:56.03,0:43:57.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is, I know, the next section,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:57.69,0:43:59.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but He suffered,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:59.57,0:44:03.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet He did it as a revelation
Dialogue: 0,0:44:03.02,0:44:06.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the immeasurable, unfailing love\Nof God.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:06.44,0:44:07.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) By the way,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:07.46,0:44:08.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was no other way
Dialogue: 0,0:44:08.51,0:44:09.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because when Jesus said,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:09.68,0:44:11.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If it's possible," there was
Dialogue: 0,0:44:11.12,0:44:12.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no reply from Heaven.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:12.95,0:44:14.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) There was no "plan B."
Dialogue: 0,0:44:14.41,0:44:15.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) There was no "plan B."
Dialogue: 0,0:44:15.98,0:44:17.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was the way, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:44:17.76,0:44:21.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, we're going to keep moving on.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:21.04,0:44:22.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Livinia, if you'd read Hebrews,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:22.96,0:44:27.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,chapter 2:10, 17 and 18,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:27.47,0:44:30.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're going to see that there\Nis a common theme
Dialogue: 0,0:44:30.04,0:44:32.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between these three verses.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:32.39,0:44:36.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hebrews, chapter 2, verse 10,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:36.36,0:44:39.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then verses 17 and 18.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:39.74,0:44:40.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Livinia) Okay, reading
Dialogue: 0,0:44:40.84,0:44:43.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the New Living Translation:
Dialogue: 0,0:45:10.22,0:45:11.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seventeen:
Dialogue: 0,0:45:44.51,0:45:49.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) So, what common theme\Ndo you see here?
Dialogue: 0,0:45:49.63,0:45:50.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:50.52,0:45:51.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) Suffering,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:51.43,0:45:54.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus is suffering for mankind.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:54.98,0:45:57.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, how was Jesus made perfect
Dialogue: 0,0:45:57.34,0:46:01.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the sufferings? Sabina?
Dialogue: 0,0:46:01.35,0:46:02.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Sabina) I would say, Travis,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:02.76,0:46:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that ultimately, it's by dying
Dialogue: 0,0:46:05.44,0:46:08.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to replace us, because we can see
Dialogue: 0,0:46:08.89,0:46:10.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Jesus as a human being,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:10.85,0:46:11.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we are reading here,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:11.98,0:46:13.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He also would go through suffering,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:13.66,0:46:15.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so He probably experienced pain
Dialogue: 0,0:46:15.55,0:46:17.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even emotional suffering,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:17.79,0:46:20.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we will see in some passages\Nof the Bible.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:20.23,0:46:22.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But ultimately, what was the one thing
Dialogue: 0,0:46:22.66,0:46:25.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make Him be able
Dialogue: 0,0:46:25.29,0:46:28.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to apply to be our Mediator
Dialogue: 0,0:46:28.70,0:46:32.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is offering the pure sacrifice.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:32.22,0:46:34.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He cannot be just the High Priest
Dialogue: 0,0:46:34.92,0:46:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without the sacrifice,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:36.04,0:46:37.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we already identified Him
Dialogue: 0,0:46:37.43,0:46:39.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as being the High Priest,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:39.13,0:46:40.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but He only could conquer, then,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:40.66,0:46:42.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ultimately, that victory for us,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:42.24,0:46:44.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if He could have a sacrifice as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:44.72,0:46:46.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's, for me, the main suffering
Dialogue: 0,0:46:46.55,0:46:47.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that He had to go through
Dialogue: 0,0:46:47.81,0:46:51.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to grant us and to qualify
Dialogue: 0,0:46:51.33,0:46:56.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the perfect design.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:56.46,0:46:58.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) I wish we had more time
Dialogue: 0,0:46:58.01,0:46:59.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to expand on just this topic,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:59.62,0:47:01.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I do have to ask the question,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:01.100,0:47:06.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what were the sufferings that Jesus,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:06.16,0:47:08.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean the greatest sufferings,\Nthat He endured?
Dialogue: 0,0:47:08.98,0:47:10.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would love to go to some verses,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:10.60,0:47:12.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but for sake of time we won't.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:12.34,0:47:15.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But one of them was Matthew 27:46.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:15.40,0:47:17.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He cries out on the cross, "Father,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:17.30,0:47:20.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Father, why have You forsaken Me?”
Dialogue: 0,0:47:20.53,0:47:24.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What was He experiencing there? Jason.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:24.96,0:47:26.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jason) He was experiencing separation
Dialogue: 0,0:47:26.82,0:47:29.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from His Father, even though He was God.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:29.07,0:47:31.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God the Son was experiencing separation
Dialogue: 0,0:47:31.79,0:47:33.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from God the Father,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:33.51,0:47:35.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something He had never experienced before.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:35.78,0:47:37.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) Wow.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:37.07,0:47:38.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Doesn't it say somewhere,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:38.68,0:47:40.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our sins have separated us.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:40.72,0:47:42.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, of course, as we've heard
Dialogue: 0,0:47:42.39,0:47:43.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the whole study,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:43.61,0:47:45.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not the sin of Jesus;
Dialogue: 0,0:47:45.11,0:47:48.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was the Holy One, the sinless Savior.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:48.23,0:47:50.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's taking upon Himself
Dialogue: 0,0:47:50.82,0:47:52.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sin of the world
Dialogue: 0,0:47:52.51,0:47:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that becomes, as it were,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:55.00,0:47:59.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a terrible obstacle between Him\Nand His Father.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:59.88,0:48:01.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, Travis, I think
Dialogue: 0,0:48:01.73,0:48:03.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was His greatest suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:03.61,0:48:04.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, He was beaten,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:04.97,0:48:08.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was spat upon, but I think
Dialogue: 0,0:48:08.08,0:48:11.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His greatest suffering was that suffering
Dialogue: 0,0:48:11.99,0:48:14.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of feeling separated from His Father.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:14.50,0:48:17.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) I think being separated\Nfrom family, right...?
Dialogue: 0,0:48:17.24,0:48:19.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Well, but from eternity past,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:19.29,0:48:21.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They had been one together.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:21.20,0:48:22.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) But I'm just trying to...
Dialogue: 0,0:48:22.84,0:48:24.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a human, right, we could never relate.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:24.79,0:48:26.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope we never have to experience it.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:26.61,0:48:28.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the way, we don't; that's the promise.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:28.58,0:48:30.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He did that so we wouldn't have to.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:30.25,0:48:31.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But just being separated
Dialogue: 0,0:48:31.46,0:48:34.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from family is excruciating. Livinia.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:34.64,0:48:37.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Livinia) And even in those dying words,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:37.26,0:48:39.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which the New Living Translation reads as,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:39.99,0:48:43.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"My God, My God, why have\NYou abandoned Me?"
Dialogue: 0,0:48:43.87,0:48:46.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Psalm 22, it's a quote;
Dialogue: 0,0:48:46.14,0:48:48.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's quoting from Scripture.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:48.18,0:48:53.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the last verse of Psalm 22, verse 31,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:53.32,0:48:56.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,states, "His righteous acts will be told
Dialogue: 0,0:48:56.61,0:48:59.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to those not yet born.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:59.15,0:49:02.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They will hear about everything\Nhe has done."
Dialogue: 0,0:49:02.98,0:49:10.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, even that cry of despair -\Nthere's hope.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:10.08,0:49:11.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) We're going to have
Dialogue: 0,0:49:11.43,0:49:13.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to keep moving on.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:13.92,0:49:18.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually, that's not the only thing\Nthat Jesus suffered.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:18.01,0:49:19.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The question was, what are
Dialogue: 0,0:49:19.28,0:49:21.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of the greatest things He suffered?
Dialogue: 0,0:49:21.25,0:49:22.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But also, there was
Dialogue: 0,0:49:22.16,0:49:23.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something else that He suffered.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:23.73,0:49:27.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't just the beatings\Nrecorded in Luke.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:27.09,0:49:30.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An angel was sent to resuscitate Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:30.55,0:49:33.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were drops of blood
Dialogue: 0,0:49:33.02,0:49:34.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that He was sweating.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:34.79,0:49:36.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What was He experiencing there?
Dialogue: 0,0:49:36.33,0:49:37.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I think He was experiencing
Dialogue: 0,0:49:37.93,0:49:40.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,separation from the Father, even then.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:40.53,0:49:42.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what else was He experiencing
Dialogue: 0,0:49:42.16,0:49:45.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at that time? Nancy.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:45.45,0:49:46.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nancy) Extreme stress.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:46.57,0:49:47.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) Stress?
Dialogue: 0,0:49:47.45,0:49:48.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nancy) Yeah, extreme stress
Dialogue: 0,0:49:48.83,0:49:54.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from all of the sins that we've all done
Dialogue: 0,0:49:54.57,0:49:56.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and from all of eternity,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:56.20,0:49:58.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was too much.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:58.07,0:49:59.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the only time
Dialogue: 0,0:49:59.74,0:50:02.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the Godhead was severed.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:02.36,0:50:04.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From the beginning, well,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:04.69,0:50:06.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from time eternal, the Father,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:06.72,0:50:08.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Son and the Holy Spirit were one,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:08.50,0:50:10.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in this moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:10.02,0:50:12.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus feels the separation.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:12.52,0:50:13.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He did that for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:13.79,0:50:16.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) So, He's being separated\Nfrom the Father.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:16.14,0:50:17.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The weight of the sins
Dialogue: 0,0:50:17.24,0:50:20.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were being poured out on Him. Rodney?
Dialogue: 0,0:50:20.50,0:50:26.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Rodney) I think that there is also\Nthe element of Him
Dialogue: 0,0:50:26.35,0:50:29.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,getting to the point where He's, like,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:29.22,0:50:30.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If there is anyone
Dialogue: 0,0:50:30.34,0:50:33.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is supposed to be ashamed of anyone,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:33.54,0:50:36.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I, Jesus, should be ashamed of you,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:36.68,0:50:39.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you're ashamed of Me, and I am doing
Dialogue: 0,0:50:39.91,0:50:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything possible to save you.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:43.20,0:50:48.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet, still, some will actually\Nwalk away from Me."
Dialogue: 0,0:50:48.58,0:50:53.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that, I think His heart was broken
Dialogue: 0,0:50:53.90,0:50:55.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,knowing that there will be people,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:55.86,0:50:57.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after understanding all
Dialogue: 0,0:50:57.72,0:50:59.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that He did for us,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:59.97,0:51:02.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who will literally, unfortunately, make
Dialogue: 0,0:51:02.59,0:51:05.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the conscious decision to walk away.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:05.26,0:51:06.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we pray God today
Dialogue: 0,0:51:06.65,0:51:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there would be no one
Dialogue: 0,0:51:08.20,0:51:10.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hearing us on this [program]
Dialogue: 0,0:51:10.65,0:51:12.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who will make a decision like that,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:12.32,0:51:15.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but rather turn to Jesus
Dialogue: 0,0:51:15.02,0:51:16.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and give our hearts to Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:16.38,0:51:17.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek, Team) Amen.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:17.32,0:51:19.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) Jesus endured the suffering,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:19.16,0:51:21.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was victorious, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:51:21.13,0:51:23.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because of that, right, we now
Dialogue: 0,0:51:23.93,0:51:25.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can experience salvation.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:25.98,0:51:27.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to keep moving on.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:27.58,0:51:29.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wish we had a whole other hour
Dialogue: 0,0:51:29.19,0:51:30.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to spend on this topic.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:30.88,0:51:32.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would like Nancy
Dialogue: 0,0:51:32.41,0:51:36.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to read Hebrews 12:1-3,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:36.77,0:51:39.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the one thing that we do,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:39.03,0:51:40.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember John the Baptist,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:40.53,0:51:41.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Behold, the Lamb of God,"
Dialogue: 0,0:51:41.90,0:51:43.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we just talked about that,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:43.40,0:51:45.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was inviting those around
Dialogue: 0,0:51:45.03,0:51:47.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to cast their eyes on Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:47.52,0:51:48.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, why is it important
Dialogue: 0,0:51:48.71,0:51:50.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to fix our eyes on Jesus?
Dialogue: 0,0:51:50.40,0:51:52.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Would you read that for us, Nancy?
Dialogue: 0,0:51:52.42,0:51:53.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nancy) Yes, I'm reading
Dialogue: 0,0:51:53.58,0:51:55.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the New American Standard Bible:
Dialogue: 0,0:52:36.63,0:52:38.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) Well, why should we
Dialogue: 0,0:52:38.67,0:52:41.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,keep our eyes fixed on Jesus? Abigail.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:41.31,0:52:44.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Abigail) So we do not grow weary\Nand give up.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:44.81,0:52:48.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to die of self,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:48.18,0:52:49.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and fix our eyes on Him
Dialogue: 0,0:52:49.75,0:52:51.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that we may be able
Dialogue: 0,0:52:51.66,0:52:53.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to not only be saved
Dialogue: 0,0:52:53.06,0:52:54.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to share the good news
Dialogue: 0,0:52:54.43,0:52:55.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for others to be saved.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:55.66,0:52:57.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) And what does it say
Dialogue: 0,0:52:57.04,0:52:59.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about sin, what does it do, it easily...?
Dialogue: 0,0:52:59.05,0:53:01.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Team) Encumbers. Ensnares us.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:01.25,0:53:02.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) So, we need
Dialogue: 0,0:53:02.23,0:53:06.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to keep our eyes fixed on Jesus. Gleny.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:06.07,0:53:07.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Gleny) We need to fix our eyes on Jesus
Dialogue: 0,0:53:07.99,0:53:08.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because if we don't,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:08.95,0:53:10.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're going to start drowning,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:10.70,0:53:13.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like Peter, when the moment
Dialogue: 0,0:53:13.62,0:53:16.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he took his eyes off of Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:16.06,0:53:17.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's so easy to drift away.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:17.46,0:53:20.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's our normal human nature, so we have
Dialogue: 0,0:53:20.27,0:53:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to intentionally keep our eyes fixed.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:23.06,0:53:25.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And not just do it for ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:25.93,0:53:28.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but even support our fellow brethren
Dialogue: 0,0:53:28.05,0:53:30.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in their journey of learning
Dialogue: 0,0:53:30.26,0:53:34.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to keep their eyes fixed on Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:34.51,0:53:35.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) Yes, Sabina.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:35.54,0:53:37.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Sabina) And one thing I'm thinking also
Dialogue: 0,0:53:37.45,0:53:39.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that the Bible gives us lots\Nof examples,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:39.57,0:53:40.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even Jesus alerted us,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:40.95,0:53:42.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that as the end-time approaches,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:42.96,0:53:44.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we also would face persecutions
Dialogue: 0,0:53:44.94,0:53:46.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like these people here
Dialogue: 0,0:53:46.10,0:53:48.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Paul is addressing,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:48.32,0:53:49.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that we also would be exposed
Dialogue: 0,0:53:49.95,0:53:52.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to all sorts of pressures and suffering,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:52.63,0:53:53.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only on our body
Dialogue: 0,0:53:53.84,0:53:55.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but likely even against our beliefs
Dialogue: 0,0:53:55.95,0:53:57.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our conscience, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:53:57.87,0:53:59.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I think that here,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:59.64,0:54:01.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what Paul is trying to tell them
Dialogue: 0,0:54:01.84,0:54:04.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is you have the perfect example in Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:04.60,0:54:06.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you feel like you are hopeless
Dialogue: 0,0:54:06.48,0:54:08.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or things appear to be too difficult
Dialogue: 0,0:54:08.58,0:54:09.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for you, or too hard,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:09.91,0:54:12.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,remember what He endured,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:12.41,0:54:13.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,keep your eyes on Him,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:13.77,0:54:16.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He will grant you victory.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:16.55,0:54:17.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) Jesus made
Dialogue: 0,0:54:17.47,0:54:18.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an appeal to His disciples.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:18.79,0:54:21.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "Follow Me."
Dialogue: 0,0:54:21.47,0:54:24.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How does that appeal apply to us today?
Dialogue: 0,0:54:24.98,0:54:26.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How does that appeal apply?
Dialogue: 0,0:54:26.55,0:54:28.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does it mean for our lives today
Dialogue: 0,0:54:28.32,0:54:31.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to follow Jesus? Anyone?
Dialogue: 0,0:54:31.24,0:54:34.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rodney? I see you smiling.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:34.36,0:54:35.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Rodney) The Word there says
Dialogue: 0,0:54:35.92,0:54:38.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"author and finisher."
Dialogue: 0,0:54:38.34,0:54:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's the pioneer; He's the One
Dialogue: 0,0:54:40.80,0:54:42.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that goes before us.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:42.06,0:54:43.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He has set the example.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:43.91,0:54:45.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I praise God today
Dialogue: 0,0:54:45.83,0:54:48.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I can follow Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:48.29,0:54:49.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a song again
Dialogue: 0,0:54:49.35,0:54:51.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that rings in my mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:51.09,0:54:53.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I will follow Thee, my Savior,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:53.37,0:54:55.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wheresoever my lot may be.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:55.89,0:54:59.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where Thou goest, I will follow.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:59.05,0:55:00.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, my Lord, I'll follow Thee."
Dialogue: 0,0:55:00.100,0:55:03.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I follow Jesus, I will be fine.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:03.63,0:55:05.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of us will be fine in Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:05.21,0:55:07.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) Amen. Jonathan, I would like you
Dialogue: 0,0:55:07.58,0:55:09.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to read two last verses for us,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:09.42,0:55:11.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Matthew, chapter 5:14-16,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:11.91,0:55:13.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,three verses, I'm sorry.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:13.72,0:55:16.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Matthew, chapter 5, verse 14,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:16.46,0:55:19.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because as followers of Jesus,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:19.08,0:55:20.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our lives can actually be
Dialogue: 0,0:55:20.29,0:55:22.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a blessing to others, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:55:22.50,0:55:24.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, well, I know that's our appeal
Dialogue: 0,0:55:24.66,0:55:26.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every time we close Hope Sabbath School,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:26.58,0:55:29.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we can share in the blessing\Nto others.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:29.47,0:55:30.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go ahead, Jonathan.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:30.43,0:55:31.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jonathan) Alright, I'm reading
Dialogue: 0,0:55:31.97,0:55:33.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the New American Standard Version:
Dialogue: 0,0:56:01.13,0:56:05.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) So, how do...our examples
Dialogue: 0,0:56:05.81,0:56:08.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as followers of Jesus, how are they
Dialogue: 0,0:56:08.30,0:56:12.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a blessing to others? Someone? Abigail.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:12.70,0:56:14.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Abigail) By us following Him,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:14.26,0:56:15.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fixing our eyes on Him,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:15.59,0:56:16.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we can only do that
Dialogue: 0,0:56:16.73,0:56:20.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by asking Him for the strength to do it,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:20.29,0:56:22.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but us asking Him for the strength
Dialogue: 0,0:56:22.38,0:56:24.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to continually fix our eyes on Him,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:24.75,0:56:26.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to continually follow Him,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:26.57,0:56:28.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it will draw others to Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:28.74,0:56:30.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And everything is just
Dialogue: 0,0:56:30.07,0:56:32.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the glorification of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:32.06,0:56:35.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not for our own glory whatsoever,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:35.56,0:56:37.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but all is to give glory to God
Dialogue: 0,0:56:37.30,0:56:38.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that all of us...
Dialogue: 0,0:56:38.62,0:56:41.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wants all His children to be saved.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:41.57,0:56:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Travis) The Apostle Paul said,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:43.10,0:56:46.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Imitate me as I have imitated Christ."
Dialogue: 0,0:56:46.57,0:56:48.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As followers of Jesus,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:48.18,0:56:49.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we want to imitate Jesus
Dialogue: 0,0:56:49.79,0:56:51.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that others may be blessed
Dialogue: 0,0:56:51.58,0:56:56.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and see, not us, right, but see Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:56.86,0:57:00.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Amen. And the greatest thing\Nthat Jesus did
Dialogue: 0,0:57:00.83,0:57:03.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even in His greatest crisis,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:03.71,0:57:06.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He kept His eyes on the Father.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:06.61,0:57:08.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"My God, My God,"
Dialogue: 0,0:57:08.07,0:57:10.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even in that cry He was praying.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:10.38,0:57:14.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And His final prayer, "Father,\Ninto Your hands."
Dialogue: 0,0:57:14.08,0:57:16.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's a prayer we can pray every day,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:16.64,0:57:17.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Jesus, into Your hands."
Dialogue: 0,0:57:17.87,0:57:19.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Father, into Your hands."
Dialogue: 0,0:57:19.65,0:57:22.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are safe when we are
Dialogue: 0,0:57:22.50,0:57:24.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the hands of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:24.21,0:57:25.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's pray together.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:25.18,0:57:28.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Father in heaven, we're deeply moved
Dialogue: 0,0:57:28.83,0:57:32.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the self-sacrificing love
Dialogue: 0,0:57:32.26,0:57:33.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that You have revealed,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:33.45,0:57:35.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:35.90,0:57:37.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We thank You, Jesus,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:37.11,0:57:39.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that You are our faithful Brother.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:39.56,0:57:42.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have identified with the human family
Dialogue: 0,0:57:42.34,0:57:43.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to save us and bring many sons
Dialogue: 0,0:57:43.80,0:57:45.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and daughters to glory.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:45.84,0:57:49.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,May we accept Your saving love\Neven this day.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:49.25,0:57:52.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Jesus' name. Amen.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:52.70,0:57:55.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, thanks for joining us\Nfor Hope Sabbath School.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:55.13,0:57:56.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just want to use
Dialogue: 0,0:57:56.03,0:57:57.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my favorite Hebrew word - Hallelujah.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:57.80,0:58:01.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God loves you with an immeasurable\Nand unfailing love.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:01.01,0:58:03.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Accept His love and share His love
Dialogue: 0,0:58:03.77,0:58:05.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with those around you.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:05.07,0:58:55.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ theme music ♪