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[0:00] Welcome. Thank you for choosing to listen to this Spirit-filled word by David Enshu. When you catch a word, you have caught God. May you catch a word today that will cause God to change your story.

[0:13] Be blessed. There are times we go to church, and in churches you dance forward and bring your offering, and lay it at the altar.

[0:25] He said, Mommy brought an offering. When we say, let's give offering, people will bring their offerings. They said, come and leave your offering at the altar.

[0:38] You'll bring it. But there was a man, he came. He came with his offering. He said, I'm going. But when he got to the offering, the altar, he put the offering down.

[0:50] He went back. But he felt, no, this is not enough for God. Then he looked for something else. He took it. He left it at the altar.

[1:02] Then he said, okay, I think this is good. As he went, no, this is not enough. Then he went. He went, he said, God, me, myself.

[1:14] Leave me at the altar. Leave my father. His girlfriend said, his girlfriend called. He said, let's go. He said, no.

[1:24] Leave me at the altar. Leave my father. Her boyfriend called at the house. I said, I'm waiting for you in the car. Leave me at the altar. Leave my father.

[1:35] As Rachel said, let's go. He said, leave me at the altar. I want to be at the altar. With my father. Leave me at the altar.

[1:47] With my father. This is not just singing. I'll just give it up for him. I'll die. Leave me at the altar. With my father. Leave me at the altar.

[2:00] Leave me at the altar. With my father. Listen. We can finish the service. And everybody will be going home.

[2:13] But you felt, no. I don't just want to leave the altar. But this altar is physical. I want to just be a living sacrifice. So that everywhere I go.

[2:26] I am a working sacrifice on an altar. That's why we came here. So that your life can be a working sacrifice. On the altar.

[2:38] God. When God is looking for a place. Where constant worship is going on. He only always will look at wherever you are. Whether you are in the train. Whether you are on the plane. Whether you are in the office.

[2:48] Whether you are in the unit. Wherever you are. Because God can see a living sacrifice. And there is an altar. Wherever you find yourself. You are a sacrifice on the altar of God.

[3:00] Shout hallelujah. I am a worship. So. When you go to work on Monday. Or you go to uni. Or you go back to school.

[3:11] Or you go wherever. And your friends realize that your attitude has changed. You are not even doing things like they used to do. You tell them. They say let's go. But I said no.

[3:21] I can't go. So what's wrong with you? Leave me. Leave me now. I'm already a sacrifice. Leave me at the altar. With my father. Leave me at the altar.

[3:33] Leave me at the altar. With my father. What? Pastor. Where do you get this understanding from? Because this is why it's not the Bible.

[3:43] When you read the Bible. We both left. Our friends. Oh. It's because you have not read the New Testament. There is. There's one Old Testament book. In the New Testament.

[3:55] It's in the New Testament. But it's an Old Testament book. Because it focused on all the things that have been happening in the New Testament. The sacrifices.

[4:06] And it gave it a New Testament approach. Hebrews. It talks about sacrifices. It talks about angels. It talks about high priests.

[4:17] It talks about all the styles of worship that heaven accepts. Hebrews talks about it. But in Hebrews. I found out. That in Hebrews chapter 10.

[4:28] From verse 1. It talks about the sacrifices they did. All the things they did in the Old Testament. For the Lord. Having a shadow of the good things to come. And not the very image of the things.

[4:41] Can never with these sacrifices. Same sacrifices. Which are all free. Can never with these same sacrifices. Which they offer continually. Year by year. Make those who approach perfect.

[4:53] He began to talk about everything happening in the Old Testament. He said. It was good. God instituted it. But it couldn't do the job. It was just a shadow of the original.

[5:04] So you see. We can. I'll mention. I'll mention. The dancing of David. The dancing of David is nonsense. In the absence of our dancing. Because Hebrews says that.

[5:16] Hebrews. Hebrews again. He says that. All these guys were not made perfect without us. So when you read Hebrews chapter 11. The last verse. Verse 40. He said these guys. The great guys of faith.

[5:27] He said that. God having a better promise. That they should not be made perfect apart from us. In other words. What they have done. Is good. But. It is not complete without us. So my worship.

[5:40] Validates what David was doing in the Old Testament. My singing. My preaching. Everything we are doing. Me being a sacrifice. On the altar. Begins to give meaning to the sacrifices.

[5:52] They used to do in the Old Testament. But since when did that change? It changed because when you read down. What Hebrews chapter 10. You go down. What verse 8. 9 there. It talks about Jesus. Jesus Christ.

[6:02] He is also a high priest. But those days. The high priest go to the. The altar. With the sacrifice. They go with the sacrifice. So. Let's say.

[6:13] I am a high priest. Minister. Can I use you please? So. This is my sacrifice. Like Abraham. And Isaac. See. So. Abraham said. Isaac. Let's go. God said.

[6:24] I need a sacrifice. That's the difference between giving an offering. And giving yourself. Abraham. Let's go. Isaac said. Abraham said. Let's go. They go to the.

[6:34] Altar. To lie down. He was the sacrifice. On the altar. Okay. That's what they used to do. And so. The high priests. Also came. Every high priest.

[6:45] Always had something to offer. According to Hebrews chapter 8. Verse 1. 2. 3. And Hebrews chapter 5. Said. Every high priest. You must have something to offer. That's what makes you a high priest.

[6:57] If you can. How can you be an MP. Without representing anybody. Wow. Who are you. Who are you. Where's your constituency. Where. Where. Where. You can't be an MP.

[7:07] Without representing anybody. You can't say I represent myself. You are not an MP. You are an advocate. You are a. What. What do you call it. You are trying to stand for something.

[7:20] You know. You are an advocate. Or. Active. Activist. That's the word I'm trying. Activist. But you are not an MP. The MP doesn't speak for himself.

[7:30] He speaks for the others. So high priest. According to Hebrews chapter 8. Every high priest. Is supposed to have. Something. For every high priest. Is appointed to offer. Both gifts.

[7:41] And sacrifices. So if you are a high priest. You must have something too. For. Therefore. It is necessary that. This one. Jesus also. Being a high priest. He must also have a sacrifice. Because.

[7:52] A high priest. Without a sacrifice. Is not a high priest. Is not a high priest. High priest.

[8:03] Without a love. You are not a high priest. So. Isaac. Abraham brought Isaac. Now the priest. Will also bring. So I'm a high priest.

[8:14] I'm going. In fact. The high priest. Is like. An MP. Sort of. He. He. Sends. He sacrifices. On the behalf of the people. Okay.

[8:25] That's the difference. Between those type of high priest. They have to sacrifice. Bring a sacrifice. For. First of all. According to Hebrews chapter 5. For their sins. And then.

[8:36] The sins of the people. Yeah. Verse 1. For every high priest. Taken from among men. Is appointed. For men. In things pertaining to God. That they may offer. Both gifts and sacrifice.

[8:47] Is not the same thing. Chapter 8. Verse 1. Said. Now look at the verse 2. Look at the verse 2. Hebrews chapter 5. Verse 2. He can have compassion. On those who are ignorant. And going astray. Since he himself.

[8:58] Is also subject to weakness. Verse 3. Because of this. He is required. As for the people. So also. For himself. To offer. Sacrifices.

[9:09] For what? Sins. So when the high priest. Comes to the altar. He is bringing a sacrifice. For two groups of people. Number one. Is himself. Number two.

[9:20] Is the rest of the people. So. They must always have a sacrifice. And God. Clearly stipulated. What sort of sacrifice it is. But our Jesus. He is also a high priest.

[9:31] When he came. I need another high priest. Yeah. You look like one. Please come. So. You are. The old testament high priest.

[9:42] Take your. Sacrifice. To the altar. You take the sacrifice. And then. Leave the sacrifice. At the altar. And then he will leave. His sacrifice. And go. And then go.

[9:55] Then the next year. He comes again. And then leave the sacrifice. And go. Okay. So now. This. Sacrifice. Two high priests. One type is old testament. That's why it's wearing yellow.

[10:06] And I'm also another type of high priest. You know. Isaac asked his father. Where is the. Lamb. Father. The knife. Genesis chapter 22. Father. The knife.

[10:16] Father. The firewood. But where is the. Sacrifice. Abraham said. God will show. It's the same thing that happened to Jesus. Two people. Jesus is a type of high priest. And old testament type of high priest.

[10:28] They were all going to the altar. One had sacrifice. But he says he didn't have sacrifice. But a high priest is supposed to offer. Gifts and sacrifice. So what is he going. No. He said. Leave me at the altar. Me myself. I'm the sacrifice.

[10:38] So Jesus Christ. Became the first. Sacrificer. Without a sacrifice. By himself. So Jesus came to offer himself.

[10:49] As a sacrifice. And now from that time. Became a model for you. And I. Who claim to be born again. To be the actual sacrifice. On the altar. So what we say.

[11:00] Leave me at the altar. I am the living. It's not just a song. It's not just a song. I am a living sacrifice. So leave me at the altar.

[11:11] Somebody say leave me at the altar. I receive this living sacrifice.

[11:25] I am. I am. Your worship. I say. I say.

[11:37] This living death. invisibility. I am. Your worship.

[11:47] The truth is tonight and this year. I have more than a song. I am your sacrifice.

[12:05] Have you come out of the song? Then sing with me. I am the one of the songs. Hey! I have your words to receive.

[12:23] Receive. This is a sacrifice. I am your words to receive.

[12:37] I am your sacrifice. This is a sacrifice. I am your words to receive.

[12:51] So come today. What do you do, friends? Leave me at the altar with my father. For the love of my God. Leave me at the altar with my father.

[13:03] Leave me at the altar. Leave me at the altar with my father. Oh! Leave me at the altar.

[13:15] Leave me at the altar with my father. Leave me at the altar with my father. Leave me at the altar with my father.

[13:26] Receive. This living son. Oh! Leave me at the altar. I am your words to receive.

[13:42] Somebody give all that big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big. Oh, come on. Give all that big shout and a smile. Amen. Thank you for listening to this message by David Entry.

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