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Chuck Smith Sermon Notes
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Sermons regarding Hebrews
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1347.html"><b>Sermon 1347: Hebrews 1:1 </b></a>
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<br> Intro: Death, a time of questioning.
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<br>I. HOW APPROPRIATE AT TIME OF GRIEF IN DEATH.
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<br>A. Sometimes a danger of questioning God's providence.
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<br>1. Especially if one is young.
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<br>2. Or dies unexpectedly.
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<br>3. The lump of clay questions the Master Potter.
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<br>B. Many times we are in question of our own future.
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<br>1. More apt if departed one is provider.
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<br>a. How will we meet expenses?
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<br>b. What wi...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1348.html"><b>Sermon 1348: Hebrews 1:1b </b></a>
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<br> "GOD HATH SPOKEN"
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<br>The voice of God in nature - irrational view.
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<br>I. HOW DID GOD SPEAK TO THE PROPHETS? "DIVERSE MANNERS."
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<br>A. Dreams.
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<br>1. Joseph.
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<br>2. Jacob.
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<br>B. Visions.
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<br>1. What is a vision?
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<br>2. Isaiah.
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<br>3. Ezekiel.
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<br>C. Angels.
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<br>1. Gideon.
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<br>2. Daniel.
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<br>D. Audible Voice.
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<br>1. Moses.
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<br>2. Samuel.
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<br>E. Inner Voice.
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<br>1. Elijah "Still small voice."
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<br>II. HOW DOES GOD SPEAK TO US TODAY?
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1349.html"><b>Sermon 1349: Hebrews 1:2 </b></a>
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<br> I. CHRIST RELATION TO GOD (God revealed through works).
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<br>A. Meaning of image.
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<br>1. Not mere likeness, like image on coin.
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<br>2. Essential manifestation and embodiment of the Father.
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<br>a. "He that hath seen me hath seen the Father."
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<br>B. God invisible because pure spirit.
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<br>1. Never seen with physical eyes (light invisible).
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<br>C. Lesson of the image.
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<br>1. As Christ is the image of the Father...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1837.html"><b>Sermon 1837: Hebrews 1:1, 2 </b></a>
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<br> "GOD HAS SPOKEN."
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<br>I. GOD HAS SPOKEN TO MAN.
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<br>A. The eternal living God, the creator of the Universe and all of the life forms within it has spoken to man.
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<br>1. This should not amaze us.
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<br>2. The psalmist said to the men engaged in evil who were saying, "God doesn't see, and He doesn't care," "Ye fools, don't you understand that He that made the ear can hear, He that made the eye can ...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1350.html"><b>Sermon 1350: Hebrews 2:1, 2 </b></a>
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<br> "DRIFTING AWAY FROM CHRIST."
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<br>I. FEARFULLY POSSIBLE TO DRIFT AWAY.
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<br>A. Forces of darkness working against.
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<br>1. "Wrestle not against flesh and blood."
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<br>B. Drifting is practically unnoticed.
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<br>1. Slow moving out with the tide.
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<br>2. Signs to watch.
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<br>a. Bible.
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<br>b. Prayer.
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<br>c. Compassion for lost.
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<br>d. Church attendance.
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<br>II. TO DRIFT FROM CHRIST IS TO DRIFT TO RUIN.
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<br>A. It is to leave only...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1351.html"><b>Sermon 1351: Hebrews 2:1b </b></a>
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<br> "THE SIN OF NEGLECT"
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<br>I. THE WARNING.
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<br>A. Give more earnest heed.
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<br>1. Not a time for slacking off.
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<br>2. Not a time for easing off.
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<br>B. "Lest at anytime we should let them drift away."
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<br>1. The subtlety with which Satan works.
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<br>2. The drifting is slow and almost imperceptible.
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<br>II. WHAT IT MEANS TO NEGLECT SALVATION.
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<br>A. Refusing to act.
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<br>1. Man drowning, thrown a life buoy.
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1352.html"><b>Sermon 1352: Hebrews 2:3 </b></a>
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<br> "NO ESCAPE."
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<br>"How shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation?"
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<br>I. OUR SALVATION IS GREAT BECAUSE:
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<br>A. Of its tremendous scope.
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<br>1. Whosoever will, may come.
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<br>2. He is able to save to the uttermost.
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<br>3. No sin that the blood cannot cover.
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<br>B. Because of the price.
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<br>1. We consider our liberty great because of the price, so much more is our salvation great.
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<br>C. Because of its...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1842.html"><b>Sermon 1842: Hebrews 2:3b </b></a>
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<br> "SO GREAT A SALVATION."
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<br>I. "THEREFORE WE OUGHT TO GIVE THE MORE EARNEST HEED TO THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE HEARD."
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<br>A. The word therefore is a word of conclusion, thus it refers you back to the preceding statements.
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<br>1. God spoke in times past to the fathers through the prophets, but in these last days He has spoken to us by His own Son.
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<br>2. The word spoken through the Son is firsthan...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1852.html"><b>Sermon 1852: Hebrews 2:1-3 </b></a>
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<br> "STAYING THE COURSE."
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<br>I. WE NEED TO TAKE THE MORE EARNEST HEED TO THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE HEARD.
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<br>A. We need to earnestly hold on to the truth.
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<br>B. Today there is tremendous pressure to compromise the truth.
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<br>1. People are trying to broaden the path to heaven.
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<br>2. They accuse us of being too narrow by insisting that Jesus is the only way to heaven.
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<br>3. It is interesting to me that ...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1353.html"><b>Sermon 1353: Hebrews 3:7, 8 </b></a>
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<br> "THE PERILS OF PROCRASTINATION."
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<br>Intro: To whom written. The danger facing them. The danger of procrastination recognized in natural realm. "No time like the present. Don't put off till tomorrow." The call of Christ to men - so many lack just one thing, a full surrender to Him.
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<br>I. THE ASSUMPTIONS OF THE TEXT.
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<br>A. Human responsibility begins when you hear His voice.
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<br>1. Some may se...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1354.html"><b>Sermon 1354: Hebrews 3:7b, 8 </b></a>
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<br> "DANGER OF DELAY."
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<br>Intro: Hebrews written to people who had lived in hope of Messiah. Now that he had come, worried about putting away of old symbols. Danger of unbelief. Necessity of immediate response to divine impulses. World recognizes this: "No time like the present." "Never put off till tomorrow."
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<br>I. THE NECESSITY OF THE MESSAGE.
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<br>A. Many people lack just one thing, personal...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1843.html"><b>Sermon 1843: Hebrews 3:13 </b></a>
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<br> I. THE DECEPTIVE NATURE OF SIN.
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<br>A. Back in the Garden of Eden we read that the woman was deceived.
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<br>1. The Garden was a perfect environment, there were no seductive elements in that world.
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<br>2. Eve did not have a sinful nature.
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<br>a. Her faculties were clear and strong.
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<br>b. She was endowed with the pre-fallen perfect state.
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<br>c. Made in the image of God she knew what it was to commune ...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1844.html"><b>Sermon 1844: Hebrews 3:7-19 </b></a>
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<br> "THE REST."
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<br>I. THERE IS A PROMISED REST FOR THE PEOPLE OF GOD.
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<br>A. Jesus said, "Come unto Me all ye that are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest."
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<br>1. Rest is a synonym for peace, tranquil, placid, unperturbed.
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<br>2. Think of all of the unrest in the world in which we live today.
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<br>a. Just look at the news this past week.
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<br>1. The bombing of our embassies in Africa.
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1355.html"><b>Sermon 1355: Hebrews 4:9 </b></a>
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<br> "GOD'S REST"
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<br>I. GOD HAS PROMISED US A REST FROM:
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<br>A. Fear.
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<br>1. How many people today are tormented by fear?
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<br>2. Some fear they are not saved.
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<br>a. God does not love them.
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<br>b. Theirs is some special case.
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<br>3. Fearing an experience is often more painful than the experience itself.
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<br>a. Many die a thousand deaths fearing one.
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<br>4. "The fear of man brings a snare."
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<br>5. The children of Isr...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1356.html"><b>Sermon 1356: Hebrews 4:9b </b></a>
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<br> I. THE PERILS OF UNBELIEF.
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<br>A. It keeps us man-centered instead of God-centered.
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<br>1. We measure by human resources.
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<br>B. It is destructive.
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<br>C. It is contagious.
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<br>1. Ten spies.
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<br>II. THE FOLLY OF UNBELIEF.
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<br>A. It robs us of God's blessings.
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<br>1. Rest.
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<br>2. Joy.
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<br>3. Provision.
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<br>4. Salvation.
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<br>B. It produces opposite reactions.
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<br>1. I'm weeping when I should be rejoicing.
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1845.html"><b>Sermon 1845: Hebrews 4:12a </b></a>
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<br> "THE WORD OF GOD."
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<br>Intro. Last week we established that the Bible is the word of God, and as such, we should give the more earnest heed to the things that we have heard, for in the Bible, the eternal God the Creator is speaking to His creation.
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<br>I. THE WORD OF GOD IS ALIVE.
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<br>A. In John 6:63 Jesus said, "It is the Spirit that gives life, the flesh profits nothing. The words that I s...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1846.html"><b>Sermon 1846: Hebrews 4:12b</b></a>
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<br> "THE WORD OF GOD."
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<br>Intro. Last week we established that the Bible is the word of God, and as such, we should give the more earnest heed to the things that we have heard, for in the Bible, the eternal God the Creator is speaking to His creation.
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<br>I. THE WORD OF GOD IS ALIVE.
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<br>A. In John 6:63 Jesus said, "It is the Spirit that gives life, the flesh profits nothing. The words that I s...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1847.html"><b>Sermon 1847: Hebrews 5:8 </b></a>
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<br> "LEARNING THROUGH SUFFERING."
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<br>I. BELIEVING IN JESUS CHRIST DOES NOT GRANT TO US A DIVINE IMMUNITY FROM SUFFERING.
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<br>A. Somehow we do not understand suffering and usually look upon it as a curse or possible punishment from God.
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<br>1. We would prefer to go through life and never suffer.
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<br>2. Suffering is a part of life, and it is through suffering that we often learn valuable lessons for...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1848.html"><b>Sermon 1848: Hebrews 6:17-19 </b></a>
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<br> "THE ANCHOR FOR OUR SOUL"
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<br>Intro. In chapter 2 we were told that we needed to take the more earnest heed to the things that we had heard lest at any time we should drift away. In this chapter he speaks of an anchor for our soul. The anchor is to keep the ship from drifting.
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<br>I. WHY WE NEED AN ANCHOR FOR OUR SOUL.
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<br>A. We are living in a rapidly changing world created by advances in s...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1849.html"><b>Sermon 1849: Hebrews 7 </b></a>
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<br> GEN 14:18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he [was] the priest of the most high God.
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<br>GEN 14:19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed [be] Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
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<br>GEN 14:20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
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<br>PSA 110:4 The LORD hath sworn...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1850.html"><b>Sermon 1850: Hebrews 7:23-25 </b></a>
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<br> "SALVATION TO ALL."
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<br>I. THE PURPOSE OF THE PRIESTHOOD. TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN GOD AND MAN.
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<br>A. God is absolutely holy and righteous. He is infinite, all powerful, the creator and sustainer of all things.
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<br>B. One of Job's friends had suggested that his problems would cease if he would just get right with God.
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<br>1. Job responded, "How could I ever plead my case before God?"
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1357.html"><b>Sermon 1357: Hebrews 7:25 </b></a>
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<br> "SEEING HE EVER LIVETH."
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<br>I. THE DIFFICULTY OF SALVATION (Primary need of man).
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<br>A. Rich man and eye of needle.
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<br>1. Lord, who then can be saved?
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<br>2. With man it is impossible.
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<br>B. Difficulty lies in man's inability to act righteously.
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<br>1. Yet we are incurably self-righteous.
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<br>a. "What good thing must I do?"
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<br>2. We justify ourselves.
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<br>3. We balance our good against bad.
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1358.html"><b>Sermon 1358: Hebrews 7:25b; 1 John 1:7 </b></a>
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<br> "CHRIST ABLE TO SAVE TO THE UTTERMOST"
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<br>I. FIND ONE TO DEAL WITH.
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<br>A. Prayer.
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<br>B. Uncle John Vassar.
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<br>II. BEGIN A CONVERSATION.
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<br>A. At altar.
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<br>B. Other places.
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<br>1. "Do you think life is worth living?"
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<br>2. What is the best thing in life?
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<br>3. Handing a good tract.
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<br>III. FIND OUT WHERE THEY STAND.
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<br>A. Asking him question.
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<br>B. Watching his face.
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<br>1. Face revealing.
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1359.html"><b>Sermon 1359: Hebrews 8:6 </b></a>
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<br> "THE BETTER COVENANT"
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<br>I. THE PURPOSE OF THE COVENANT.
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<br>A. To establish the basis for fellowship.
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<br>1. Sin had thwarted the purpose of God for man (fellowship).
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<br>2. God sought to restore man to fellowship.
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<br>B. To put away sin.
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<br>II. GOD'S FIRST COVENANT WITH ISRAEL (THE LAW).
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<br>A. Predicated upon man's obedience.
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<br>1. Thou shalt, thou shalt not.
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<br>2. If thou shalt keep my statutes.
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<div id="num">25.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1360.html"><b>Sermon 1360: Hebrews 8:6b </b></a>
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<br> "GOD'S NEW COVENANT"
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<br>I. THE PURPOSE OF THE COVENANTS.
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<br>A. To establish the basis for man's relationship with God.
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<br>1. Through relationship with God, many are blessed.
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<br>a. Thus it established the basis for blessing.
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<br>2. Man needs to relate to God to be complete.
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<br>a. In many, whole spiritual dimension dormant.
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<br>b. Not a total person - just body and soul.
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<br>c. Fallen man would seek to ...
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<div id="num">26.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1851.html"><b>Sermon 1851: Hebrews 8:10 </b></a>
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<br> "THE NEW COVENANT."
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<br>Intro. The purpose of a covenant was to establish the terms of a relationship.
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<br>I. GOD'S COVENANT WITH ISRAEL IS FOUND IN LEVITICUS 26.
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<br>A. The promises of the covenant.
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<br>1. They would receive seasonal rains that would cause their crops to flourish.
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<br>2. They would have an abundance and would dwell in the land in safety.
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<br>3. They would live in peace and without f...
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<div id="num">27.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1361.html"><b>Sermon 1361: Hebrews 9:27 </b></a>
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<br> "LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE"
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<br>I. MANY DESIRE TO SEE IN THE FUTURE.
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<br>A. Consult fortunetellers.
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<br>B. Life and future very uncertain.
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<br>1. Who knows what one year holds.
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<br>a. 19-year old bridesmaid at Big Bear.
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<br>II. TWO THINGS WE CAN BE SURE.
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<br>A. It is appointed unto man once to die.
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<br>1. Many have tried to escape this appointment.
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<br>a. Ponce de Leon.
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<br>2. Most all try to put off this appointm...
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<div id="num">28.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1362.html"><b>Sermon 1362: Hebrews 9:28 </b></a>
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<br> "THE PURPOSE OF HIS COMING"
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<br>Intro: To prepare us for His second coming, 712 years before birth of Christ, Isaiah. God knows everything, said a virgin would conceive, 785 yrs. before His birth, Hosea. 538 years to Daniel very day. So God spoke in intricate detail giving over 300 facts about Christ. And thus it was in the fullness of time, right on schedule according to the announced...
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<div id="num">29.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1363.html"><b>Sermon 1363: Hebrews 9:28b </b></a>
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<br> "THE PURPOSE OF HIS COMING"
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<br>(To prepare for His second coming.)
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<br>Intro: We have seen that Jesus came to reveal the Father; to give us life; to destroy the works of the devil; to seek and to save the lost. These purposes are not universally fulfilled. The same message can produce divergent results, "the preaching of the cross..."
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<br>I. IN ORDER TO FULFILL ALL THE PROPHECIES, JESUS MUS...
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<div id="num">30.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1364.html"><b>Sermon 1364: Hebrews 9:28c </b></a>
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<br> I. OUR HEARTS TURN WITH GLADNESS TO THE FIRST COMING.
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<br>A. The light that shown over the plains is now shining over us.
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<br>B. The songs the shepherds heard, ring in.
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<br>C. The new hope that filled their hearts, fills.
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<br>D. Yet conscious, all not yet perfect.
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<br>1. The things He came to do not yet completed.
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<br>a. Works of Satan not completely destroyed.
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<br>b. Not all are saved.
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<br>2. The first ad...
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<div id="num">31.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1836.html"><b>Sermon 1836: Hebrews 10:18-24 </b></a>
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<br> "ACCESS TO GOD."
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<br>I. THE TWO THINGS THAT WE HAVE GOING FOR US.
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<br>A. Verse 19: Having boldness to enter into the Holy of Holies.
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<br>1. That is into the very presence of the Father.
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<br>2. When Jesus was crucified, the veil of the temple was torn from the top to the bottom.
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<br>a. The veil had always stood between God and man.
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<br>b. It was there as a protection for man.
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<br>c. For sinful man could ...
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<div id="num">32.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1365.html"><b>Sermon 1365: Hebrews 10:12 </b></a>
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<br> "ONCE FOR ALL"
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<br>I. THE PURPOSE OF MAN'S EXISTENCE.
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<br>A. To know God.
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<br>1. God has revealed Himself in nature.
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<br>a. To the rational, logical mind creation testifies of a Creator, design of a Designer.
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<br>b. Thus, it is natural to believe in God.
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<br>c. Atheism is unnatural, thus it must be taught and constantly worked at.
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<br>d. The witness of nature became distorted as the result of sin and th...
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<div id="num">33.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1366.html"><b>Sermon 1366: Hebrews 10:19 </b></a>
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<br> "OUR APPROACH TO GOD."
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<br>Intro: This message is a continuation of last Sunday's, the approach to God under the new Covenant.
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<br>I. THE PROBLEM: How can sinful man approach a sinless God?
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<br>A. Man had been separated from God by sin.
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<br>1. Garden of Eden, "Where art thou?"
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<br>2. Isaiah, "God's hand is not short..."
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<br>B. Difficulty of approach graphically portrayed in worship in tabernacle.
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<div id="num">34.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1367.html"><b>Sermon 1367: Hebrews 11:4 </b></a>
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<br> "BY FAITH ABEL."
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<br>I. WHY WAS ABEL'S OFFERING ACCEPTED AND CAIN'S REJECTED?
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<br>A. Cain offered of abundance.
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<br>1. Abel gave first fruits best.
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<br>a. Many today give leftovers to God.
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<br>1. No faith to that.
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<br>B. Cain offered his works.
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<br>1. Abel offered a substitute sacrifice.
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<br>a. Without shedding of blood, no remission.
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<br>1. Too many today trying to substitute works instead of blood of Christ...
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<div id="num">35.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1368.html"><b>Sermon 1368: Hebrews 11:5, 6 </b></a>
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<br> "PLEASING GOD."
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<br>I. ENOCH'S TESTIMONY, THAT HE PLEASED GOD.
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<br>A. The elders in heaven declare this to be the purpose for all creation (Rev. 4:11).
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<br>1. You may resent this.
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<br>a. You may not think this is fair.
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<br>2. You may fight this.
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<br>a. You may live your life to please yourself.
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<br>b. You may not care what God thinks.
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<br>3. You'll never find satisfaction or fulfillment until your life is ...
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<div id="num">36.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1369.html"><b>Sermon 1369: Hebrews 11:5b, 6 </b></a>
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<br> "COMING TO GOD."
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<br>I. WHAT IS MEANT BY "COMING TO GOD?"
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<br>A. Communication.
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<br>1. Prayer.
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<br>a. Bringing before God my needs, petitions.
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<br>2. Praise, worshipping, thanking, loving.
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<br>3. Listening - receiving His directives.
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<br>a. The lost art of silence.
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<br>b. The tragedy of those who never listen.
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<br>B. The example of Enoch.
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<br>1. Lived in Godless generation similar to ours.
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<br>a. Seventh from Adam ...
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<div id="num">37.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1370.html"><b>Sermon 1370: Hebrews 11:5c, 6 </b></a>
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<br> "FAITH."
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<br>I. MAN'S HIGHEST CAPACITY "TO PLEASE GOD."
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<br>A. "For thou hast created all things and for Thy pleasure were they created."
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<br>1. Life can never be fulfilling apart from the primary principle of life, to please God.
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<br>B. How can I please God?
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<br>1. Many ways.
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<br>a. Obedience.
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<br>b. Submission.
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<br>c. Worship and praise.
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<br>d. Trust.
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<br>2. One ingredient necessary to all: faith.
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<br>a. Without ...
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<div id="num">38.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1838.html"><b>Sermon 1838: Hebrews 11:17-19 </b></a>
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<br> "THE TESTING OF FAITH."
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<br>Intro. In verse 1, faith is defined for us. "The substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." In verse 6, we are told that without faith it is impossible to please God, for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
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<br>I. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT I BELIEVE IN GOD.
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<br>A. When I say th...
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<div id="num">39.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1371.html"><b>Sermon 1371: Hebrews 11:23 </b></a>
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<br> "BY FAITH."
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<br>Intro: "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen." Faith is believing something I cannot see. I believe the wind exists though I have never seen it. I have felt it, and I have seen evidence of it. I believe electricity exists; I have felt its current, I have seen its arc. I believe God exists, I have felt His touch and I see evidenc...
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<div id="num">40.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1372.html"><b>Sermon 1372: Hebrews 11:23b </b></a>
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<br> I. REFUSED TO BE CALLED SON OF PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER.
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<br>A. As such heir to the throne.
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<br>1. The land of Egypt with its riches.
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<br>2. Luxury, ease, wealth, power.
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<br>a. This to some is ideal.
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<br>B. Moses wise man indeed.
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<br>1. No doubt great temptation.
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<br>2. He looked beyond the natural into the spiritual.
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<br>a. Peace and happiness are spiritual qualities not acquired by natural means.
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<br>II. CHOOSE T...
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<div id="num">41.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1373.html"><b>Sermon 1373: Hebrews 11:24 </b></a>
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<br> "THE WISE CHOICE."
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<br>I. THE TIME OF THE CHOICE "WHEN HE HAD COME TO YEARS."
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<br>A. Actually he had come to the mature age of 40 where life proverbially begins.
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<br>1. Not immature, impulsive decision of youth.
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<br>2. Not senile choice of satiated aged.
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<br>a. Delusion that religious life for aged.
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<br>b. Want to enjoy life first.
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<br>c. Quest for joy has produced 10,000,000 addicts in the U.S. plus un...
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<div id="num">42.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1374.html"><b>Sermon 1374: Hebrews 12:1a </b></a>
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<div id="summary">
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"LOOKING UNTO JESUS."
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Intro: Our text looks at life as a race with a course to run, and a prize to gain.
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I. PREPARATION FOR THE RACE.
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A. "Lay aside every weight."
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1. In training for the Olympics the runners used to tie weights to their bodies.
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2. When the actual race came, they would lay aside every weight.
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3. There are things in life that weigh us down.
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a. Possessions.
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<div id="num">43.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1839.html"><b>Sermon 1839: Hebrews 12:1b</b></a>
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<br> "THE CHRISTIAN RACE."
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<br>I. PAUL IN HIS WRITINGS OFTEN LIKENED THE CHRISTIAN LIFE TO RUNNING A RACE.
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<br>A. To the Corinthians, Paul wrote, "They that run in a race run all, but only one receives the prize, so run that you might obtain."
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<br>B. To the Galatians he wrote, "You did run well, who did hinder you."
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<br>C. To the Philippians, he wrote of having not run in vain; and then he declared ...
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<div id="num">44.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1375.html"><b>Sermon 1375: Hebrews 12:2a</b></a>
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<br> "OUR PROPER ATTITUDE TOWARD SUFFERING."
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<br>I. ALL MEN EXPERIENCE SUFFERING TO A GREATER OR LESSOR DEGREE IN THEIR LIFE.
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<br>A. Physical suffering.
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<br>B. Emotional suffering.
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<br>1. Loss of loved one.
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<br>2. Hurt or disappointed by friend.
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<br>3. To see someone we love suffering.
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<br>C. Spiritual suffering.
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<br>1. Consciousness of sin.
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<br>2. Feeling separated from God.
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<br>D. Suffering is difficult to understa...
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<div id="num">45.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1840.html"><b>Sermon 1840: Hebrews 12:2b </b></a>
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<br> "LOOKING UNTO JESUS."
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<br>I. I BELIEVE THAT PAUL WAS A REAL SPORTS FAN.
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<br>A. He so often makes his analogies from sports.
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<br>1. I believe that he would have been disappointed when the Lakers swept Sacramento.
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<br>2. He often spoke of the Olympic contests.
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<br>3. He likened the Christian life to running in the Olympics.
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<br>a. They that run in a race, run all, but only one receives the prize, so ru...
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<div id="num">46.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1376.html"><b>Sermon 1376: Hebrews 12:25 </b></a>
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<div id="summary">
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<br> "THE UNSHAKEABLES."
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<br>Intro: Few things are more awesome than an earthquake. When the "terra firma" is not so "firma" it gets rather terrifying. Sylmar and freeway destruction.
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<br>I. THE GREAT SHAKING YET TO COME. "YET ONCE MORE."
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<br>A. Many prophecies concerning a final great earthquake.
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<br>1. Rev. speaks of mountains and islands being moved and heaven departing as a scroll.
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<br>2. Isa. 24:1...
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<div id="num">47.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1377.html"><b>Sermon 1377: Hebrews 13:5, 6 </b></a>
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<div id="summary">
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<br> "CONTENTMENT."
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<br>I. WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO MAKE YOU CONTENT?
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<br>A. The majority would answer with something.
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<br>1. New home, car, carpet, husband.
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<br>2. Advertising designed to create covetousness, to make you discontent.
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<br>a. The subtle suggestion that those who use the particular product have found the key to life.
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<br>1. Beautiful people in happy situations.
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<br>a. I would like to be beautiful....
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<div id="num">48.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1378.html"><b>Sermon 1378: Hebrews 13:5b, 6 </b></a>
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<br> I. CONTENT WITH WHAT YOU HAVE.
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<br>A. Does not depend on how much you have.
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<br>1. Diogenes - wash tub large enough.
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<br>2. Alexander - world too small.
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<br>B. Some not happy unless unhappy.
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<br>1. Nothing ever pleases them.
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<br>C. Not to be envious.
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<br>1. Homes.
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<br>2. Cars.
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<br>D. Possessions do not insure happiness.
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<br>1. Don Lee's son.
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<br>II. WE HAVE BEST THING POSSIBLE.
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<br>A. Be content with what you have.
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1379.html"><b>Sermon 1379: Hebrews 13:8 </b></a>
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<br> I. HEALING AND MIRACLES.
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<br>A. Blind, lame, halt, deaf, etc.
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<br>B. Feeding of the 5,000.
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<br>C. Commanding the elements, wind and waves.
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<br>1. Faith to the grain of a mustard seed.
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<br>D. Forgiving sins.
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<br>II. ALSO SAME IN LIKES AND DISLIKES.
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<br>A. He loves the:
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<br>1. Humble (Matt. 5).
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<br>2. Meek.
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<br>3. Merciful.
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<br>4. Hungry.
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<br>5. Pure in heart.
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<br>6. Children and a child-like faith.
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<br>B. He hated:
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Hbr/1841.html"><b>Sermon 1841: Hebrews 13:15 </b></a>
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<br> "THE SACRIFICE OF PRAISE."
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<br>I. WHAT IS MEANT BY SACRIFICE?
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<br>A. It is giving something that is valuable to me for someone else.
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<br>1. I may sacrifice some of my time to come over to help you.
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<br>2. I may sacrifice my seat so that someone else might sit down.
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<br>B. In a biblical sense, it is thought as giving an offering to God.
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<br>1. There were many laws concerning the giving of sacrifices t...
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