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Welcome to the podcast of the 
White Church in Adelaide, South 

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Australia. 
Morning, everyone. 

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How are you? 
Why you open your Bibles? 

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We're going to be in Hebrews 
chapter 10 this morning. 

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We're going to read the 
Scriptures and we'll pray, and 

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then we'll dive into some stuff.
I'm going to be reading from the

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NIV this morning. 
So your wording might be 

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slightly different. 
That should say pretty well the 

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same thing. 
We're going to start in verse 

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19. 
It says, therefore, brothers and

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sisters, since we have 
confidence to enter the Most 

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Holy Place by the blood of 
Jesus, by a new and living way 

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open for us through the curtain 
that is His body, and since we 

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have a great High Priest over 
the House of God, let us draw 

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near to God with a sincere heart
and with the full assurance that

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faith brings. 
Having our hearts sprinkled to 

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cleanse us from a guilty 
conscience, and having our 

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bodies washed with pure water, 
let us hold on swervingly to the

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hope we profess for He who 
promised is faithful. 

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And let us consider how we may 
spur one another on toward love 

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and good deeds, not giving up 
meeting together as some are in 

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the habit of doing, but rather 
encouraging one another. 

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And all the more as you see the 
day approaching. 

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Father, we thank you for your 
word, because earlier in Hebrews

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it tells us that this word is 
alive and active. 

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And so we thank you for the 
power that it has this morning. 

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And we open our hearts wide for 
the work you want to do in us 

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through us for the work of your 
Holy Spirit this morning on our 

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hearts. 
Come and minister to us. 

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Come and highlight things to us 
as we dive into your word this 

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morning. 
We thank you in Jesus name, 

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Amen. 
Amen. 

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My title for this morning. 
You may have picked it up if you

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were here last week. 
Let us is a very those two words

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we were focusing on, but you may
have picked it up. 

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And my title is my three points.
Let us draw near, let us hold 

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fast. 
Let us spur on. 

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So my title is draw near, hold 
fast, spur on. 

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And so in this Scripture, as I 
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it from last week, the fact that
there three times the author of 

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Hebrews is kind of going, let us
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Let us hold fast, let us spur 
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fascinating with this Scripture 
to begin with this section is he

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starts off. 
He says therefore, since and he 

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gives us two things. 
Therefore, since we have 

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confidence to enter the most 
holy place by the blood of Jesus

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and since we have a great high 
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this author says before you even
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Remember the work of Jesus. 
Remember the work of Jesus, 

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everything that happens here, 
the entire church is founded 

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upon a revelation of Jesus. 
When Paul writes to the 

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Corinthians in one Corinthians 
15, he says, hey, I want to, I 

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want to pass on to you something
of the highest importance, the 

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thing on which you stand your 
ground, the thing on which you 

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cling to. 
He goes of first importance. 

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Understand this, that Jesus died
for your sins according to the 

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Scriptures, that he was buried 
according to the Scriptures, and

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that he rose again. 
He goes of first importance. 

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Before you think of anything 
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Jesus is of first importance. 
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thing that will motivate us to 
draw near. 

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It's the thing that gives us 
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It's the thing that motivates us
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has said, and it's the thing 
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But we must understand, the 
writer of Hebrews says again, 

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before you do anything, catch a 
revelation of the work of Jesus,

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because it changes everything. 
The very fact that we exceeded 

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in this room is only by the work
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Jesus himself, when he talks 
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the revelation that Peter 
catches that you are the Christ,

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the Messiah, the Son of the 
living God. 

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Jesus says on that revelation, I
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I'm not going to build it on the
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I'm going to build it on a 
revelation of Jesus, on the work

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of what Jesus has done. 
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and anything we do, whenever we,
whenever we encourage each 

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other, meet with each other, 
whenever we're talking, whenever

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we're gathering into our Bible, 
first and foremost we say, God, 

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let me catch a revelation of the
work of Jesus because it is the 

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thing that's going to that's 
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It's going to, it's going to 
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It's going to grip us. 
When the work of Jesus gets in 

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here, then I want to just carry 
on the work of Jesus as we're 

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saying, the work of Jesus is the
thing that causes me to draw 

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near to God. 
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It says the blood of Jesus 
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It's the work of Jesus that 
causes me to cling to the word 

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of God. 
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Because I know that this work 
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great. 
We sang it this morning. 

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How deep the Father's love for 
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And Paul writes and he says, 
man, you don't even, you can't 

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even comprehend this love, how 
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long is the love of Christ? 
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we start meditating on the work 
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will change everything. 
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And we don't gather here because
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invite people to church. 
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actually understand the work of 
Jesus come to church so that you

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may know him, not come to church
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church. 
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saying you need to know about 
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It's the greatest evangelism 
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We're not inviting people to 
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We're inviting people and say, 
come and understand what Jesus 

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has done for you. 
The greatest work of all time, 

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of all history, the thing that 
conquered sin and death, the 

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work of Jesus. 
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revelation of the work of Jesus,
it's only then can we actually 

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be empowered to then do what 
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Again, it's only by the work of 
Jesus that we can then go on and

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move on into let us, does it 
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So I want to ask you probably a 
question to consider or think 

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through this week is how's my 
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How's my understanding of the 
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And even this week, come before 
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how wondrous this work is 
revealed to me, something that I

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don't know about how glorious 
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Because when, when we get before
him and we kind of go, wow, what

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a work. 
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everything down for him. 
So now we don't we don't work 

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and serve. 
I work and serve because I have 

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an understanding that he gave 
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And when I do that, then 
everything I give doesn't even 

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compare with what He's given for
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As I say our three points, from 
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three points. 
Let us draw near. 

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Let us hold fast and let us spur
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Let us draw near Jesus. 
God's desire always throughout 

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all of Scripture was that He 
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Him. 
In Genesis chapter 3, when man 

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unfortunately fell, we sins. 
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he comes walking to be near to 
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He wasn't afraid of sin and 
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It wasn't God's desire. 
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you actually need me. 
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Exodus again. 
God descends on the cloud on 

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Mount Sinai and he calls the 
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It says, come and draw near to 
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And again the people say no, 
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But God's desire is that every 
single one of us would draw near

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to him. 
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Because he has the answer to 
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He has the answer to everything.
We draw near to him whenever we 

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get together. 
Our encouragement should be if 

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you are facing something, draw 
near to him because you will 

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find the answer you need in him.
You won't find the answer in me.

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I have a very limited amount of 
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He's the fount of all knowledge 
that the the hope of all 

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nations. 
He brings life, He brings joy, 

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He brings healing, He brings 
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I don't have anything compared 
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And so when we come, we say God 
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It's why part of why we sing, 
part of why we gather is so that

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we will draw near to Him because
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is where we find the person of 
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Like this, this gospel we talk 
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experiential gospel. 
It's not just something we need 

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to know in here. 
It's something that we actually 

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live in here. 
It's about coming into the 

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presence of God. 
These scriptures are great, but 

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they're actually even Jesus 
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he says to the Pharisees, you 
know these, you don't actually 

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know the one that they speak 
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These are meant to lead us into 
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And see, when you draw near to 
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you actually then find yourself 
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And so if we're looking for the 
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want to be close to his heart. 
We want to be people that are in

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step with the Spirit. 
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It means draw near to Him. 
Draw near to him. 

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If you are struggling or facing 
something, my encouragement 

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would be draw near to Him. 
Draw near to him. 

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And if you came to one of the 
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instructions would be draw near 
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Draw near to him because He has 
everything you need. 

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When you read the Scriptures, 
draw near to him. 

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And so this this writer of 
Hebrews says, first of all, draw

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near. 
Draw near, be found in the 

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presence of God. 
Be found close to the heart of 

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God because he is. 
He has everything you need. 

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Let us draw near in everything 
we do, in every meeting we get 

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together and every time we 
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our quiet personal times at 
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Let us be a people who draw near
to the heart of God that we we 

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are drawing close to saying, 
God, I want to be found in your 

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presence only be found close to 
the person of God. 

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I want to be close to your heart
knowing what you're doing. 

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Let us be a people who draw 
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The second thing that this 
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let us hold unswervingly. 
Or if you're reading another 

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version, it would say, let us 
hold fast. 

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It's our first one. 
We draw near and we hold fast. 

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Hold fast to the hope we 
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our confession. 
Our lives should be established 

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and built upon the word of God. 
I heard a quote this week and I 

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actually quite like it. 
It says let the Bible govern 

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every part of who you are and 
how you live, not just your 

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doctrine. 
Let the Bible govern every part 

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of who you are and how you live,
not just your doctrine. 

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Because I think sometimes we can
say, well, I hold fast to my 

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confession, which means I 
understand what sanctification 

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is and glorification, and I can 
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But the point is actually how 
does that govern the way that 

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you live? 
This is our standard for living.

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It is not what we think, what we
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successful in the world. 
This is our standard for living.

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And it's sometimes when we when 
we live like this in line with 

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the word of God, it doesn't look
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How many times do we see in the 
Scriptures in the perfect will 

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of God and things don't go 
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And that's why this writer of 
Hebrews is saying hold fast. 

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And it's great because he says 
hold fast for he who promised is

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faithful. 
Hold fast because he who 

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promised is faithful. 
How many times if you you start 

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living this out, maybe in the 
way that you handle money, you 

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start kind of going, God, we're 
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offer, we're going to give. 
And it doesn't go according to 

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plan. 
You lose your job. 

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Well, suddenly you're like, I 
can't pay my bill and go, but 

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hold fast because he who 
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Maybe. 
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the moment, so I'm kind of 
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promised is faithful. 
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have to hold fast to this. 
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who we are and how we live. 
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a people of God, part of what we
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actually encouraging each other.
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Hold fast to the Word of God. 
Live your life in line with 

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this. 
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It's not about us being able to 
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It's actually how are we 
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How are we living the Word of 
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How's our speech doesn't line up
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How's our finances, How's the 
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up with this? 
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hold fast to this no matter what
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Let us be a people who hold fast
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lives reflect it the way that we
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We want to be a people that say 
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how we do church, not what 
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look like elsewhere. 
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It's for how we do church, how 
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our jobs, how we how we live out
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This is what it is Even Jesus in
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He says in the the wise builder 
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of mine and actually puts him 
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He's going in that person. 
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Because he who promised is 
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He who promised is faithful. 
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in First Timothy, he says this 
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The whole physical fitness might
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Godliness has benefit for all 
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Living this out has benefit now 
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Let us be a people who hold fast
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it may not look like we expected
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We cling to this. 
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our basis for living, and we 
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His work, and hold fast to what 
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And let us be a people who draw 
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Let us be a people who hold 
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Let us be a people who spur on. 
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to be just a place we come and 
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He didn't just intend for a 
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meeting. 
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when in Matthew chapter 28 says 
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nations and even in I think it's
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where it says actually this 
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nation and people group and then
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We have a job to do. 
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is not preaching. 
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That job is not sitting in 
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Let us spur on. 
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And as the people of God, we 
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that we need to live life on 
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a mission. 
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Commission, right? 
It's the mission that we partner

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with God in the world. 
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nations, teaching them to obey, 
baptizing them and teaching them

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to obey. 
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deeds. 
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approaching. 
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on it last week like we are in 
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These guys 2000 years ago were 
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I'd expect us to be a little bit
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And all the more as we see the 
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us to be a people that spur one 
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other in the mission of God, not
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everyday lives, but actually 
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and making disciples? 
How are you going and reaching 

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the people around you, reaching 
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Because ultimately we are here 
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mission and the church is called
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God has commissioned a front 
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church that doesn't just break 
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like Morphevale, but a church 
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in nations. 
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encouraging each other and 
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the King. 
Take ground if because we are 

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all here. 
None of us have gone home to be 

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with him yet, so he has still 
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No matter what stage of life we 
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From the youngest of the kids in
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oldest of us, we have a job to 
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to be people who say spur on one
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And he goes on. 
He says, you know, and meet 

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together, encourage one another 
what spur one another on to the 

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mission. 
Spur one another on to the 

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mission of God. 
Let us be a people who number 

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one, draw near to him, our 
source, our hope, our healer, 

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draw near to him, hold on to 
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Let us be a people that hold 
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us be a people who spur on one 
another towards the mission that

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God has. 
Amen. 

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Amen. 
Why don't you just close your 

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eyes and we'll pray? 
Father, we thank you again for 

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your words. 
A simple word, but Father, it 

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carries great significance for 
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And we just even pray just as we
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from this meeting time, that we 
would catch what you want us to 

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do. 
That you've called us to be a 

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people who draw near to the 
heart of God in everything we 

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do, to spend time in your 
presence, to spend time getting 

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close to the Father's heart, 
that your desire is for us to be

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close, to keep in step with the 
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Give us the strength to hold 
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faith. 
Let us be a people who encourage

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each other to hold fast to what 
you've said, to cling to the 

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promises of God, to anchor our 
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your ways, to what you how you 
have designed things to work in 

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every area of our life. 
Wherever there is an area, let 

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us be submissive enough to allow
you to come and adjust that and 

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God. 
Let us be a people that are 

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captivated by the mission of 
God, that have our eyes fixed on

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the Great Commission to go and 
make disciples. 

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That we would be a people that 
are continually spurring one 

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another on to take ground for 
the king to see people saved, to

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see people discipled and added 
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No matter what stage of life 
we're at, God, encourage us by 

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your spirit. 
Help us to be a people that, as 

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the Scripture says, to let us 
carry this together as the 

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people of God. 
And we thank you for your 

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incredible work, that all of 
this is only possible because of

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what you've done for us. 
Only possible, but because of 

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the new and living way that 
you've opened for us, only 

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possible because of our great 
high priest. 

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And so we thank you for the work
of Jesus. 

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May we never lose the wonder of 
the work of Jesus. 

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May we never lose sight of it. 
And we thank you for your word. 

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We thank you for this time 
together in Jesus name, Amen. 

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today's message. 

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