Diligently Seek Him

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Diligently Seek Him

• Heb 116 But without faith it is impossible to
  please him for he that cometh to God must
  believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of
  them that diligently seek him.
• He that cometh to God (approaches, fellowship)
• Separated by Adams sin (Isa. 592)
• Acceptable Sacrifice by Abel (Heb. 114)
• To come to God we must please Him
• To please Him we must have faith (Rom. 1017)

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Faith to Please Him

• Confidence in what God has told us 111-3
• Heb. 1032 illuminated (learned Gospel)
• Im not so concerned with inactive belief that
  prevents baptism as the inactive belief which
  follows it.
• Our own error of once baptized always saved
• Heb. 1032-34 endured abuse for Christ in past
• Heb. 1035-39 rewarded if we do not draw back
• Endure, patience, confidence, live by faith

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Emphasis by Restatement

• Heb 1038 Now the just shall live by faith but
  if any man draw back, my soul shall have no
  pleasure in him.
• Heb. 1039 But we are not of them who draw back
  unto perdition but of them that believe to the
  saving of the soul.
• Quitting faith and returning to the former life
  (lose Gods pleasure and your soul)

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Faith not Flesh

• 2 Cor. 56-8 The walk we walk
• Heb. 1038 Live by faith
• Heb. 1028-29 neglect of Spiritual values in the
  pursuit of fleshly interests
• Heb.112 elders obtained a good report
• 4 Abel (obtained witness before us, God
  testified by acceptance, Still speaks)

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Faith to Please Him

• Heb 1038 Now the just shall live by faith but
  if any man draw back, my soul shall have no
  pleasure in him.
• 115 Enoch illustrates (Pleased God)
• Thus he lived by faith, walked by faith
• Gen. 522 Walked with God
• Gen. 524 God took him, translated, was not
• 7 men around him in record (lived and died)
• Average 927 years (Enoch 365) Gen. 523