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 My Way is a song that was popularised in 1969 by Frank Sinatra.

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 His version of My Way, in fact, spent 75 weeks in the UK Top 40,

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 a record which stands today.

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 And what is interesting about this song

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 is that it is the most frequently played song at British funeral services.

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 It beats songs like Always Look on the Bright Side of Life by Monty Python

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 and Simply the Best by Tina Turner,

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 which are also quite popular funeral songs, by the way.

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 And although this particular song became Frank Sinatra's signature work,

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 his daughter Tina says that Sinatra came to, in fact, hate the song.

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 He thought the song was self-serving and self-indulgent,

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 and as it turns out, it wasn't played at his funeral.

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 It portrays a life that is lived by my own rules.

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 It's lived my way.

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 I live life my way, my agenda, my standards.

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 I want to do what I want without any sort of constraints by anyone else.

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 It pretty much sums up the attitude of the Western world

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 with its rampant individualism.

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 As it turns out, although Sinatra hated the song,

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 it was a favourite of former Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic.

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 He used to play the song with increasing volume from his prison cell

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 while he stood on trial for crimes against humanity.

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 He too did it his way.

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 And as we look into Leviticus 8 to 10,

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 we'll see that God expects people to approach him his way, God's way.

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 But as we will find out, his way leads to joy.

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 To do it your way, our way, any other way, in fact, leads to death.

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 We're spending, as Sam has indicated,

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 six weeks in this strange world of Leviticus.

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 Last week we saw that Genesis introduces to a ruined race

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 because of disobedience to God's word.

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 Adam and Eve are thrown out of the Garden of Eden,

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 out of God's presence, a paradise which God had created,

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 was lost in Genesis 3.

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 Exodus introduces us to a redeemed people

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 who are miraculously rescued from slavery in Egypt by God.

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 God gathers them as his people

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 and makes a covenant agreement with them

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 to be his special people through Moses.

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 And this leads us to Leviticus,

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 where God reveals how his people are now to live in this new relationship

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 and how it works out in every detail of life.

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 They're to live as new people,

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 living distinct lives amongst the nations.

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 And the immediate background to Leviticus

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 is Exodus 25 to 40,

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 the last bit of the book of Exodus.

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 And it's all about the construction of the tabernacle.

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 And the word tabernacle means dwelling.

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 The tabernacle was meant to symbolize the paradise

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 that the human race had lost back in the Garden of Eden.

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 And we saw that many of the details of the tabernacle

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 reflected the details of the Garden of Eden.

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 And by the end of Exodus,

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 the tabernacle is built.

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 And God is again dwelling amongst his people.

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 But there's a problem.

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 As we saw last week,

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 Moses is standing outside the tabernacle.

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 God has taken up residence in his dwelling, the tabernacle,

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 but there is no way yet that he's open for humanity to approach him,

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 much less to have any relationship or fellowship with him.

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 And so how does one get inside?

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 How does one get back into paradise with God?

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 God, what's missing from this new creation,

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 this tabernacle which symbolized new creation,

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 what's missing from it is the pinnacle of the first creation.

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 People.

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 People aren't there.

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 And God intends to solve that problem.

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 And we saw that right at the beginning of Leviticus

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 when God speaks to Moses

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 and he says,

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 when an Adam among you brings an offering.

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 Now that's the crisis that sets up the beginning of Leviticus.

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 And the first ten chapters

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 addresses this crisis

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 of how the tabernacle,

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 the dwelling place of God,

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 the tabernacle as it's called in in Exodus,

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 becomes the tent of meeting,

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 which is what it's called at the beginning of Leviticus.

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 These chapters are about how the dwelling of God

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 becomes the tent where God meets

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 in fellowship with his people.

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 And this is crucial.

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 This is a crucial point.

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 Because the covenant relationship

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 that God established with his people

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 requires far more than just

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 an awe-inspiring reality of God's presence on earth.

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 Its chief purpose

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 is for humanity to fellowship

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 with its creator.

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 Last week we saw the various sacrifices

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 that were required of God.

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 Today we are going to focus

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 in chapters 8 to 10

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 and see that a mediator

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 needs to stand

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 between an infinitely holy God

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 and finite sinful human beings.

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 There needs to be someone in between.

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 Chapter 8.

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 It is Aaron who is set apart,

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 consecrated as a high priest.

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 He's ordained as a high priest.

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 Aaron and his descendants

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 are to play the role

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 of the new Adam

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 in this new creation,

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 in this tabernacle drama

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 of system of worship.

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 Aaron will be the mediator

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 between God and his people.

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 He is the link

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 that turns the tabernacle

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 into the tent of meeting.

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 The link that mediates

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 fellowship between Israel

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 and the God

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 of heaven and earth.

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 Now I think

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 as we think about the idea of mediator,

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 it's really important for us

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 to grapple with this.

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 You see,

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 one principle

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 of professional mediation

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 is the assumption

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 that the mediator

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 is an independent

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 individual

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 whose goal it is

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 to achieve

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 a mutually satisfying

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 outcome

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 for two

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 parties

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 which are having

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 biffo with one another.

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 And if we think

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 of Israel's priests

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 as a literal mediator

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 in the modern sense,

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 we will get

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 the wrong impression.

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 The chief role

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 of priestly mediation

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 was not between

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 two aggrieved persons

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 but with only

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 one

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 offended

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 party.

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 God alone

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 had the right

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 to be offended

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 by the disobedience

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 of his people.

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 God was faithful,

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 he was loyal

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 to his people

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 but they were not

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 loyal to him.

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 And what's more,

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 the priestly mediator

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 was himself

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 a sinner

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 and required

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 a resolution

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 to his own

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 offense

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 against God

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 before he could

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 represent the

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 Israelite individual

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 or in fact

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 the nation

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 before God.

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 And so this

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 priestly mediator

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 was not to

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 seek a compromise,

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 he was not to

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 enter into

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 negotiations

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 and try and

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 nudge God

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 a little bit this way

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 a little bit that way.

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 There's no

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 two way street here.

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 There was no

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 negotiations to be

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 sorted out.

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 As we say today,

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 it was God's way

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 or the highway.

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 Now at first glance

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 that might seem

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 a little bit tough,

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 a little bit strict,

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 you know,

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 God demanding

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 complete compliance.

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 I mean,

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 you know,

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 what if we,

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 you ought to have

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 a little bit of

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 negotiation here.

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 What if we just

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 negotiate a little bit

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 and maybe 90%

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 might do?

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 God says,

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 no,

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 it's his way

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 or the highway.

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 The most notable

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 phrase which is

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 attached to the

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 activities of

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 chapters 8 and 9

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 is the phrase,

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 just as the

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 Lord commanded.

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 God expected

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 his word

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 to be

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 obeyed

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 just as he did

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 in the Garden of Eden.

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 And yet,

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 from our modern

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 sense,

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 we approach that

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 and we go,

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 you know,

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 let's find a middle

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 ground here.

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 Wouldn't it be

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 a bit more reasonable,

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 maybe even loving

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 of God,

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 if God wasn't

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 so uptight

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 on complete

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 obedience?

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 Maybe a little,

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 he's a bit too

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 rigid here.

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 Maybe we could

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 just negotiate

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 with God.

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 I remember

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 many years ago

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 sitting,

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 talking to a person

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 about the Christian

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 faith and I said,

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 so,

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 you know,

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 what would happen

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 if God all of a

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 sudden appeared to

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 you and stuff like

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 that or you

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 died now,

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 went to front God

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 and he said,

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 well,

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 you know,

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 I'd take a six-pack

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 with me.

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 And he said,

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 we'd go out

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 back door of heaven

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 there somewhere,

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 sit on the step

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 and we'd have a few

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 beers and we'll

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 negotiate.

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 He said,

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 it'll all be fine.

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 It'll all be fine.

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 You see,

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 what we're going to see

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 is that the tabernacle,

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 its sacrifices,

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 the priests,

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 were in fact

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 God's gracious

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 bending

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 towards sinful

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 men and women.

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 You see,

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 without this provision,

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 the provision

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 that God initiated,

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 without this provision,

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 they would have

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 faced the consequences

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 of unforgiven sins,

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 permanently cut off

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 from God

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 and the blessing

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 of his presence

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 forever.

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 And so,

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 in chapter 8,

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 we have the ordination

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 of Aaron

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 and his sons

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 as priests.

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 These are the new

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 Adams in this

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 new paradise

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 sacrifice.

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 And what we see

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 here is this

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 elaborate process.

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 There's robes

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 and sacrifices.

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 And it lasted

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 about a week

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 while they camped

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 in the grounds,

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 the courts

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 of the tent

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 of meeting.

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 Back in 1997,

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 December 1997,

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 I think it was

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 December sometime

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 in 1997,

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 I got ordained

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 as a deacon

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 in the Anglican Church.

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 I was ordained,

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 I was set apart

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 for ministry

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 in the worldwide

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 Anglican Church.

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 And so,

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 it's an ordination

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 process.

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 My ordination

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 process took

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 about an hour

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 and a quarter,

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 something like that.

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 And I didn't

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 have elaborate robes.

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 I had these things

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 that I had to wear.

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 And they're nice,

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 aren't they?

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 And the most

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 significant thing

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 of this

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 is this thing here,

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 in my opinion.

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 This thing here.

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 This symbolizes,

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 this is called

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 a preaching scarf.

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 This symbolizes

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 my chief duty.

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 The thing that

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 I was set apart

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 for was to bring

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 the word of God

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 to God's people,

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 to his creation,

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 to continually proclaim

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 the gospel everywhere.

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 And so,

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 in my ordination,

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 I wore this thing.

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 Now,

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 in my ordination service,

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 and I'm pretty sure

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 this didn't happen to Aaron,

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 but it happened to me.

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 I was,

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 what I had to do was,

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 I wore this garb on,

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 and I'm not used

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 to wearing dresses,

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 not before and not since.

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 And I wasn't used

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 to wearing this.

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 And what happened was,

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 you had to kneel

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 before the bishop,

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 the bishop lays his hands

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 on you,

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 he prays for you,

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 and sets you apart

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 for ministry

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 within the Anglican Church.

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 And as I came

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 and knelt before the bishop,

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 what I didn't realize

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 was that I'd actually

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 stepped on the bottom

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 of these things,

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 and I knelt down.

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 And when I went

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 to get up,

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 I went bang,

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 and I went forward,

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 and I landed

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 in the bishop's lap.

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 He wasn't sure

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 whether to lay hands

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 on me again

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 at that point

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 or what to do.

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 I was terribly embarrassed

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 because I'm like,

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 I can't,

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 I sort of had to grab hold

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 of him in order

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 to get my feet

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 off these things.

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 And it was incredibly

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 embarrassing.

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 The bishop didn't know

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 what to do,

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 but the archdeacon

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 over the side here

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 who was leading the service

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 was killing himself laughing.

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 He thought it was

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 the funniest thing

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 he'd seen at ordination service.

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 Now that didn't happen,

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 Aaron,

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 from what I could tell

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 from the text here.

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 And he was being,

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 he had a slightly

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 different job

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 than I have here,

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 but he had a very,

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 very significant role.

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 He was,

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 as I said,

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 the new Adam

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 coming into this paradise.

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 And up until this point,

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 Moses had been the mediator

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 between God and his people.

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 And now the role

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 of the high priest

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 will become

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 the most significant

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 relationship

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 in God relating

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 to his people.

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 In chapter 10,

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 God,

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 for the first time,

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 starts speaking

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 directly to Aaron.

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 It is a significant honor.

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 And all the expectations

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 of the ordination service

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 in chapter 8

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 and the very first

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 worship service

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 in the tabernacle

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 in chapter 9

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 is expressed

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 in chapter 9,

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 verse 4.

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 It says,

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 For today,

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 the Lord will appear

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 to you.

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 You see,

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 they knew the cloud

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 had descended

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 on the tabernacle.

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 What they hadn't seen,

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 they hadn't seen

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 the glory of God.

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 They hadn't come

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 face to face

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 with God.

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 That's the expectation

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 here.

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 This is the opportunity

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 that God gives for,

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 this is the way forward

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 for people to come

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 into his paradise

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 sacrifice.

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 And the climax

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 of the ordination service

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 and the first worship service

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 is,

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 and in fact,

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 the climax

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 of the first

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 nine chapters

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 of Leviticus

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 is there

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 in verse 22

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 of chapter 9.

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 Aaron lifted his hands

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 towards the people

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 and blessed them.

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 And having sacrificed

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 the sin offering,

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 the burnt offering,

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 the fellowship offering,

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 that is,

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 he did all the offerings

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 he was required,

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 he stepped down.

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 Moses and Aaron

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 then went into

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 the tent of meeting

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 and when they came out,

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 they blessed the people

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 and the glory of the Lord

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 appeared to all the people.

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 Fire came out

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 from the presence

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 of the Lord

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 and consumed the burnt offering

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 and the fat portions

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 on the altar.

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 And when all the people

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 saw it,

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 they shouted for joy

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 and they fell

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 face down.

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 Let me tell you,

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 we read those verses

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 really quickly,

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 but it is very,

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 very difficult.

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 In fact,

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 I want to say

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 it's impossible for me

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 to overstate the wonder

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 of what's just happened there.

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 The crisis

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 which is there

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 at the end of Exodus

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 has now been resolved

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 as two human beings

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 are allowed

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 into the very presence

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 of God

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 for the first time

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 since the flood.

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 First time

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 since the flood.

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 Fellowship

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 has been restored.

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 And notice three things.

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 Firstly,

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 that entering

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 into the presence

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 of God

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 is allowed only

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 after the sacrifices

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 have been performed.

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 Sacrifices first.

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 Secondly,

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 notice that

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 this is a corporate experience.

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 The phrase

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 the people

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 occurs four times

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 from verse 22

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 to the end

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 of that chapter.

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 While Marozos and Aaron

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 are given entry

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 into God's presence,

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 the purpose

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 of them being given

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 entry into God's presence

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 is for the sake

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 of the people.

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 Their entrance

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 means that

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 all the people

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 get to see

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 the glory

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 of God.

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 And thirdly,

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 as a result

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 of approaching

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 God

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 in accordance

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 to His word,

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 God's glory

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 is revealed

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 and the response

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 of the people

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 is joy.

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 This is the moment

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 they've been waiting

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 for for so long

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 and it's met

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 with the most

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 fitting response.

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 They shout for joy

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 and they fell

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 on their faces.

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 That's the goal

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 of the tabernacle.

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 That's the goal

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 of the tent

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 of meeting.

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 God's glory

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 being revealed

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 and people

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 responding

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 in appropriate

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 joy,

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 praise

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 and humble

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 praise.

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 So,

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 it was difficult

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 for me to overstate

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 the,

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 this being,

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 just how much

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 euphoria and joy

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 there would be

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 at this moment.

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 And it's also

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 incredibly hard

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 for me to overstate

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 the crisis

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 that immediately

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 followed.

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 One crisis

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 is resolved

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 and another one

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 has begun.

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 they go

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 from ecstasy

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 to agony.

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 You see,

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 like their father

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 who was high priest,

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 Nadab and Abihu

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 were also priests.

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 And we read

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 in chapter 10,

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 the very first verse,

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 Aaron's sons,

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 Nadab and Abihu

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 took their senses,

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 put fire in them,

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 they added incense

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 and they offered

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 unauthorized fire

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 before the Lord

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 contrary to his

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 command.

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 God.

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 It's,

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 it's incredibly

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 puzzling to know

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 why these guys

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 did this.

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 These guys

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 had a privileged

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 upbringing.

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 They witnessed

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 God's revelation

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 of himself

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 to Israel

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 through,

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 if you like,

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 ringside seats,

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 front and center,

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 you know,

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 box seats,

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 A-grade box seats.

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 They had been

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 among the select

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 group that approached

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 Mount Sinai.

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 When Moses went up

00:17:51.960 --> 00:17:52.819
 to speak with God,

00:17:52.920 --> 00:17:53.539
 they had spent

00:17:53.539 --> 00:17:54.500
 a week communion

00:17:54.500 --> 00:17:55.119
 with God

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 and preparing

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 for his service

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 in the,

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 in the tabernacle

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 courts.

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 They had seen

00:18:00.619 --> 00:18:01.299
 the fire

00:18:01.299 --> 00:18:03.019
 come out

00:18:03.019 --> 00:18:04.319
 from the Holy of Holies,

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 the most holy place

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 with their very own eyes.

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 You see,

00:18:08.519 --> 00:18:09.519
 these guys are not

00:18:09.519 --> 00:18:10.019
 rookies.

00:18:10.119 --> 00:18:10.400
 They're not,

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 you know,

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 they're not,

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 teenagers,

00:18:14.799 --> 00:18:15.180
 you know,

00:18:15.259 --> 00:18:15.940
 in the service.

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 They're not brand new.

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 They're not just

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 straight out of college

00:18:18.600 --> 00:18:19.440
 kind of stuff.

00:18:23.019 --> 00:18:23.840
 Perhaps they were

00:18:23.840 --> 00:18:24.360
 carried away

00:18:24.360 --> 00:18:25.279
 by all the excitement.

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 They wanted the experience

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 to continue,

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 so they attempted

00:18:28.680 --> 00:18:29.400
 to duplicate

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 the experience

00:18:30.279 --> 00:18:31.539
 of duplicating

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 the glory of God

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 by revealing

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 God's fire,

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 which inevitably

00:18:35.680 --> 00:18:36.600
 they actually did.

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 perhaps they might

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 have been

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 a little bit tipsy.

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 The excitement

00:18:40.659 --> 00:18:41.279
 and the euphoria

00:18:41.279 --> 00:18:41.879
 of the moment

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 led them to

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 drink a little bit

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 too much communion wine.

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 I don't know.

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 I mean,

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 verse 8 of chapter 10,

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 so the very next time

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 that God speaks,

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 He says,

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 don't drink wine

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 when you come

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 into my presence,

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 so maybe they'd

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 had a bit too much.

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 Whatever they were thinking,

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 it seems that they believed

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 that the specific command

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 to present the offerings

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 in a precise way

00:19:05.180 --> 00:19:08.259
 that were prescribed

00:19:08.259 --> 00:19:09.700
 by the Lord

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 were not necessary

00:19:11.740 --> 00:19:12.240
 to follow

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 in this moment.

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 What they offered

00:19:15.940 --> 00:19:18.779
 was referred to

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 by Moses

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 as contrary

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 to God's command.

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 Nadab and Abihu

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 decided to approach

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 the Lord

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 on their terms,

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 their way.

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 And the Lord

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 even warns Aaron,

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 the high priest,

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 the holiest man

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 in the land,

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 that he cannot

00:19:37.500 --> 00:19:38.740
 enter God's presence

00:19:38.740 --> 00:19:40.200
 whenever he likes,

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 however he wants to.

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 A friend of mine

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 works,

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 in fact,

00:19:46.020 --> 00:19:46.460
 did work

00:19:46.460 --> 00:19:47.380
 for a large

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 multinational corporation.

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 He was the head

00:19:50.220 --> 00:19:50.680
 of a team.

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 One of his teams

00:19:52.600 --> 00:19:53.400
 was a bit of a problem

00:19:53.400 --> 00:19:54.259
 to deal with

00:19:54.259 --> 00:19:55.020
 that he led

00:19:55.020 --> 00:19:57.320
 and he discovered

00:19:57.320 --> 00:19:59.259
 that this team member

00:19:59.259 --> 00:19:59.819
 one day.

00:20:01.559 --> 00:20:02.879
 Instead of reporting

00:20:02.879 --> 00:20:03.259
 an issue

00:20:03.259 --> 00:20:04.119
 with him directly,

00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:06.079
 he went over him

00:20:06.079 --> 00:20:08.819
 and went over his report

00:20:08.819 --> 00:20:10.240
 and went over him

00:20:10.240 --> 00:20:11.839
 and knocked on the door

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 of the CEO

00:20:14.160 --> 00:20:15.960
 of this large,

00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:17.099
 we're talking thousands

00:20:17.099 --> 00:20:17.640
 of employees

00:20:17.640 --> 00:20:18.339
 in this company,

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 thousands of employees,

00:20:19.839 --> 00:20:20.500
 knocked on the door

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 of the CEO.

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 The CEO

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 opens the door,

00:20:23.740 --> 00:20:23.839
 says,

00:20:23.940 --> 00:20:24.359
 come on in,

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 and sat down.

00:20:26.379 --> 00:20:26.980
 This guy made

00:20:26.980 --> 00:20:27.539
 his complaint

00:20:27.539 --> 00:20:30.099
 and the CEO

00:20:30.099 --> 00:20:30.920
 took a bunch of notes,

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 who do you report to,

00:20:31.620 --> 00:20:32.360
 blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,

00:20:32.360 --> 00:20:33.220
 wrote it all down

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 and then he said,

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 I'll stop you there.

00:20:39.880 --> 00:20:40.339
 He said,

00:20:40.380 --> 00:20:41.000
 we have a system

00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:41.620
 in place

00:20:41.620 --> 00:20:43.759
 that you haven't followed.

00:20:44.940 --> 00:20:46.160
 How dare you

00:20:46.160 --> 00:20:47.279
 knock on my door

00:20:47.279 --> 00:20:48.480
 and come to me

00:20:48.480 --> 00:20:49.339
 with a complaint

00:20:49.339 --> 00:20:50.579
 like this,

00:20:51.240 --> 00:20:52.319
 jumping over

00:20:52.319 --> 00:20:53.759
 all of our systems.

00:20:53.759 --> 00:20:55.279
 You have ignored

00:20:55.279 --> 00:20:56.279
 the way

00:20:56.279 --> 00:20:57.339
 to approach

00:20:57.339 --> 00:20:58.460
 the CEO,

00:20:58.799 --> 00:20:59.440
 if you like.

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 He was marched

00:21:01.240 --> 00:21:02.000
 out of the office.

00:21:02.619 --> 00:21:03.519
 My mate found out

00:21:03.519 --> 00:21:03.920
 about this

00:21:03.920 --> 00:21:04.440
 because he got

00:21:04.440 --> 00:21:04.960
 a phone call

00:21:04.960 --> 00:21:05.519
 from the CEO

00:21:05.519 --> 00:21:06.039
 immediately

00:21:06.039 --> 00:21:06.420
 and said,

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 this bloke

00:21:06.799 --> 00:21:07.359
 on your team?

00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:08.119
 Yep, he does.

00:21:08.400 --> 00:21:09.220
 I want him gone

00:21:09.220 --> 00:21:10.200
 in three months.

00:21:11.680 --> 00:21:12.279
 Out of here

00:21:12.279 --> 00:21:12.879
 in three months.

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 You cannot

00:21:16.400 --> 00:21:17.119
 approach God

00:21:17.119 --> 00:21:18.140
 any way you like.

00:21:21.140 --> 00:21:22.259
 So verse 2,

00:21:22.259 --> 00:21:23.799
 fire came out

00:21:23.799 --> 00:21:24.379
 for the presence

00:21:24.379 --> 00:21:24.879
 of the Lord

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 and consumed them

00:21:25.839 --> 00:21:27.400
 and they died

00:21:27.400 --> 00:21:28.099
 before the Lord.

00:21:29.279 --> 00:21:29.700
 You see,

00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:30.160
 the fire

00:21:30.160 --> 00:21:31.099
 that had generated

00:21:31.099 --> 00:21:32.099
 such joy

00:21:32.099 --> 00:21:33.279
 and such blessing

00:21:33.279 --> 00:21:36.299
 for the people

00:21:36.299 --> 00:21:37.420
 just moments ago

00:21:37.420 --> 00:21:38.119
 was now

00:21:38.119 --> 00:21:38.680
 a source

00:21:38.680 --> 00:21:39.519
 of death

00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:40.119
 and fear.

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 And the tragedy

00:21:43.259 --> 00:21:43.940
 of this whole affair

00:21:43.940 --> 00:21:44.740
 is in verse 4,

00:21:44.799 --> 00:21:45.559
 Moses summoned

00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:46.339
 Mishael

00:21:46.339 --> 00:21:47.279
 and Eliphaz,

00:21:47.940 --> 00:21:48.480
 that guy,

00:21:48.700 --> 00:21:49.640
 sons of Aaron's

00:21:49.640 --> 00:21:50.319
 uncle,

00:21:50.680 --> 00:21:51.079
 Uziel,

00:21:51.079 --> 00:21:51.899
 and said to them,

00:21:52.000 --> 00:21:52.559
 come here,

00:21:53.359 --> 00:21:54.119
 carry your cousins

00:21:54.119 --> 00:21:55.179
 outside the camp

00:21:55.179 --> 00:21:56.039
 away from the front

00:21:56.039 --> 00:21:56.639
 of the sanctuary.

00:21:57.179 --> 00:21:57.899
 And so they came

00:21:57.899 --> 00:21:58.619
 and carried them

00:21:58.619 --> 00:21:59.960
 still in their tunics

00:21:59.960 --> 00:22:00.819
 outside the camp

00:22:00.819 --> 00:22:02.619
 as Moses ordered.

00:22:03.339 --> 00:22:04.039
 Nadab and Abihu

00:22:04.039 --> 00:22:04.599
 were cut off

00:22:04.599 --> 00:22:05.019
 from God

00:22:05.019 --> 00:22:06.119
 in the most dramatic way

00:22:06.119 --> 00:22:07.460
 and now they're removed

00:22:07.460 --> 00:22:08.019
 from the presence

00:22:08.019 --> 00:22:08.559
 of God,

00:22:09.619 --> 00:22:10.819
 even removed

00:22:10.819 --> 00:22:11.559
 from the presence

00:22:11.559 --> 00:22:12.480
 of his people.

00:22:13.859 --> 00:22:14.379
 What we're meant

00:22:14.379 --> 00:22:14.899
 to see here

00:22:14.899 --> 00:22:15.720
 is that Nadab

00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:16.240
 and Abihu

00:22:16.240 --> 00:22:17.220
 are in fact

00:22:17.220 --> 00:22:18.099
 thrown out

00:22:18.099 --> 00:22:18.980
 of paradise

00:22:18.980 --> 00:22:19.579
 again

00:22:19.579 --> 00:22:21.459
 just as Adam

00:22:21.459 --> 00:22:22.079
 and Eve were

00:22:22.079 --> 00:22:22.959
 when they disobeyed

00:22:22.959 --> 00:22:23.559
 God's word.

00:22:24.319 --> 00:22:25.459
 And so what we're

00:22:25.459 --> 00:22:26.099
 left with here

00:22:26.099 --> 00:22:26.879
 is this is

00:22:26.879 --> 00:22:27.919
 a moment of euphoria

00:22:27.919 --> 00:22:28.539
 and so

00:22:28.539 --> 00:22:31.319
 has God's plans

00:22:31.319 --> 00:22:33.119
 of how people

00:22:33.119 --> 00:22:33.839
 will approach him,

00:22:33.879 --> 00:22:34.480
 has it failed?

00:22:35.639 --> 00:22:36.219
 Has this whole

00:22:36.219 --> 00:22:37.319
 sacrificial system,

00:22:37.819 --> 00:22:38.740
 the way that God

00:22:38.740 --> 00:22:39.599
 has constructed

00:22:39.599 --> 00:22:40.379
 for people

00:22:40.379 --> 00:22:41.099
 to have fellowship

00:22:41.099 --> 00:22:41.719
 with him,

00:22:42.379 --> 00:22:42.939
 that people might

00:22:42.939 --> 00:22:44.000
 see his glory,

00:22:44.139 --> 00:22:44.879
 that people might

00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:46.160
 be at one-ment

00:22:46.160 --> 00:22:46.880
 with him,

00:22:47.860 --> 00:22:48.540
 have atonement,

00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:50.580
 has it failed?

00:22:51.280 --> 00:22:52.100
 Is the human race

00:22:52.100 --> 00:22:53.200
 forever doomed

00:22:53.200 --> 00:22:54.420
 now from this moment

00:22:54.420 --> 00:22:56.140
 to be in a situation

00:22:56.140 --> 00:22:57.220
 that Nadab

00:22:57.220 --> 00:22:57.760
 and Abihu

00:22:57.760 --> 00:22:58.720
 are currently in,

00:22:59.040 --> 00:22:59.400
 dead,

00:22:59.640 --> 00:23:00.400
 out of the presence

00:23:00.400 --> 00:23:01.020
 of God,

00:23:01.500 --> 00:23:01.760
 forever?

00:23:05.380 --> 00:23:06.780
 We saw last week

00:23:06.780 --> 00:23:07.720
 that the sacrifices

00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:10.000
 were insufficient

00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:15.420
 and now the mediators

00:23:15.420 --> 00:23:16.220
 we see,

00:23:16.799 --> 00:23:17.920
 the priests themselves

00:23:17.920 --> 00:23:18.839
 are flawed.

00:23:19.539 --> 00:23:20.420
 I mentioned last week

00:23:20.420 --> 00:23:20.859
 that Leviticus

00:23:20.859 --> 00:23:21.480
 is a blueprint

00:23:21.480 --> 00:23:22.680
 of something

00:23:22.680 --> 00:23:23.799
 that's greater to come

00:23:23.799 --> 00:23:25.539
 and when you've got

00:23:25.539 --> 00:23:26.359
 something that's greater

00:23:26.359 --> 00:23:26.839
 you don't need

00:23:26.839 --> 00:23:27.740
 the blueprint anymore.

00:23:27.940 --> 00:23:29.220
 God's disclosure

00:23:29.220 --> 00:23:30.299
 of himself

00:23:30.299 --> 00:23:32.220
 to his people

00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:33.380
 has its fullest expression

00:23:33.380 --> 00:23:33.900
 in the person

00:23:33.900 --> 00:23:34.539
 of the Lord Jesus.

00:23:35.299 --> 00:23:35.940
 We see this

00:23:35.940 --> 00:23:36.420
 as the beginning

00:23:36.420 --> 00:23:37.359
 of the New Testament.

00:23:38.079 --> 00:23:38.980
 If you go to the beginning

00:23:38.980 --> 00:23:39.819
 of his biography

00:23:39.819 --> 00:23:40.819
 on the life of Jesus,

00:23:41.380 --> 00:23:42.940
 John makes an incredible claim.

00:23:43.799 --> 00:23:44.220
 He says,

00:23:44.319 --> 00:23:44.720
 in the beginning

00:23:44.720 --> 00:23:45.360
 was the Word.

00:23:45.460 --> 00:23:45.740
 That is,

00:23:45.819 --> 00:23:47.079
 this Word existed

00:23:47.079 --> 00:23:49.380
 before anything was made

00:23:49.380 --> 00:23:51.920
 and the Word was with God

00:23:51.920 --> 00:23:55.019
 and the Word was God.

00:23:55.980 --> 00:23:56.900
 He was with God

00:23:56.900 --> 00:23:57.400
 in the beginning

00:23:57.400 --> 00:23:58.019
 and through Him,

00:23:58.059 --> 00:23:59.000
 that's through the Word,

00:23:59.360 --> 00:24:00.420
 all things were made.

00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:00.940
 Without Him,

00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:02.200
 nothing was made

00:24:02.200 --> 00:24:03.799
 that has been made.

00:24:03.900 --> 00:24:04.220
 That is,

00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:05.279
 this Word

00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:07.500
 who existed before time

00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:08.299
 is God

00:24:08.299 --> 00:24:09.539
 and He is the Creator,

00:24:09.659 --> 00:24:10.039
 the Maker

00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:10.980
 of the heaven and earth.

00:24:12.079 --> 00:24:12.899
 And then down

00:24:12.899 --> 00:24:13.919
 in verse 14,

00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:15.539
 we see something

00:24:15.539 --> 00:24:16.759
 startling about

00:24:16.759 --> 00:24:18.440
 this Word of God

00:24:18.440 --> 00:24:19.440
 who is God,

00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:20.399
 who is the Creator

00:24:20.399 --> 00:24:21.180
 of heaven and earth.

00:24:21.539 --> 00:24:21.919
 It says,

00:24:22.200 --> 00:24:22.740
 this Word

00:24:22.740 --> 00:24:24.379
 became flesh

00:24:24.379 --> 00:24:26.000
 and made His dwelling

00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:27.099
 amongst us.

00:24:27.579 --> 00:24:29.059
 And the Word dwelling

00:24:29.059 --> 00:24:29.639
 there

00:24:29.639 --> 00:24:31.220
 is quite literally

00:24:31.220 --> 00:24:33.259
 the Word

00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:34.460
 tabernacled

00:24:34.460 --> 00:24:36.019
 amongst us.

00:24:36.019 --> 00:24:38.799
 God came

00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:39.859
 and tabernacled

00:24:39.859 --> 00:24:41.240
 amongst His people.

00:24:42.059 --> 00:24:43.259
 The God

00:24:43.259 --> 00:24:44.460
 who reveals Himself

00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:45.639
 decided to come

00:24:45.639 --> 00:24:46.599
 into His world

00:24:46.599 --> 00:24:48.480
 to reveal His glory

00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:49.879
 in all its splendor,

00:24:50.279 --> 00:24:51.839
 tabernacled amongst us,

00:24:52.559 --> 00:24:53.500
 dwelt amongst us.

00:24:53.539 --> 00:24:54.500
 He turned up.

00:24:56.119 --> 00:24:57.339
 And it says there,

00:24:57.539 --> 00:24:58.339
 a little bit further on,

00:24:58.400 --> 00:24:59.980
 we have seen His glory,

00:25:00.599 --> 00:25:01.700
 the glory of the one

00:25:01.700 --> 00:25:02.220
 and only

00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:03.619
 who came from the Father,

00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:05.019
 full of grace and truth.

00:25:05.019 --> 00:25:06.180
 And you ask yourself

00:25:06.180 --> 00:25:06.700
 the question,

00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:08.079
 who is this Word

00:25:08.079 --> 00:25:09.339
 who is God

00:25:09.339 --> 00:25:10.660
 who existed before creation,

00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:12.039
 who created everything,

00:25:12.359 --> 00:25:13.339
 who came and dwelled

00:25:13.339 --> 00:25:14.200
 amongst us

00:25:14.200 --> 00:25:15.819
 and is full of grace

00:25:15.819 --> 00:25:16.339
 and truth,

00:25:16.460 --> 00:25:17.920
 who reveals the majesty

00:25:17.920 --> 00:25:19.279
 and splendor of God?

00:25:20.440 --> 00:25:21.379
 And verse 16

00:25:21.379 --> 00:25:22.619
 of John 1 tells us,

00:25:23.400 --> 00:25:24.460
 from the fullness

00:25:24.460 --> 00:25:25.359
 of His grace,

00:25:25.639 --> 00:25:26.740
 we have all received

00:25:26.740 --> 00:25:27.900
 one blessing from another.

00:25:28.539 --> 00:25:29.240
 For the law

00:25:29.240 --> 00:25:30.619
 was given through Moses,

00:25:31.339 --> 00:25:33.180
 but grace and truth

00:25:33.180 --> 00:25:35.380
 came through Jesus Christ.

00:25:37.940 --> 00:25:38.240
 You see,

00:25:38.279 --> 00:25:39.400
 the big issue of Leviticus

00:25:39.400 --> 00:25:41.240
 is how is it possible

00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:42.960
 for a human being

00:25:42.960 --> 00:25:45.580
 to be in the presence of God?

00:25:46.039 --> 00:25:47.519
 And here we are told

00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:49.180
 that the Creator God

00:25:49.180 --> 00:25:51.080
 became a human being

00:25:51.080 --> 00:25:52.980
 to come into our presence,

00:25:53.700 --> 00:25:55.759
 to dwell amongst us.

00:25:56.320 --> 00:25:57.200
 And it says that

00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:58.620
 we see His glory,

00:25:59.039 --> 00:25:59.580
 which means that

00:25:59.580 --> 00:26:00.960
 when Jesus arrived,

00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:02.240
 God's character

00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:04.880
 was on full display

00:26:04.880 --> 00:26:06.299
 for the world to see.

00:26:07.720 --> 00:26:09.120
 That's what John 1 says.

00:26:09.819 --> 00:26:11.299
 He came to His own

00:26:11.299 --> 00:26:13.920
 to reveal the presence,

00:26:14.059 --> 00:26:14.900
 to reveal the character

00:26:14.900 --> 00:26:15.940
 and the glory of God,

00:26:16.079 --> 00:26:17.259
 but they rejected Him.

00:26:17.259 --> 00:26:21.960
 What John 1 says

00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:25.319
 is the transcendent God,

00:26:25.319 --> 00:26:27.319
 the one who dwells

00:26:28.119 --> 00:26:29.420
 in invisible light

00:26:29.420 --> 00:26:32.400
 has made Himself known,

00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:34.259
 become visible.

00:26:35.099 --> 00:26:35.700
 And then we see

00:26:35.700 --> 00:26:36.700
 in verse 12 of John 1

00:26:36.700 --> 00:26:37.720
 that those who believe

00:26:37.720 --> 00:26:38.420
 in His name,

00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:39.420
 that it's the name of Christ,

00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:40.279
 He gave the right

00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:41.440
 to become children of God.

00:26:41.700 --> 00:26:41.879
 You see,

00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:43.079
 not only does God come

00:26:43.079 --> 00:26:44.319
 and tabernacle,

00:26:44.980 --> 00:26:46.379
 not only does Jesus

00:26:46.380 --> 00:26:47.840
 become the tabernacle

00:26:47.840 --> 00:26:48.660
 with His people,

00:26:49.160 --> 00:26:50.760
 but He opens up the way

00:26:50.760 --> 00:26:51.900
 for intimate relations

00:26:51.900 --> 00:26:52.620
 that we might become

00:26:52.620 --> 00:26:53.500
 children of God.

00:26:53.560 --> 00:26:54.400
 And how does He do that?

00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:55.280
 Well, Leviticus,

00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:56.560
 sorry, Hebrews 7

00:26:56.560 --> 00:26:58.080
 explains it

00:26:58.080 --> 00:26:58.560
 in the language

00:26:58.560 --> 00:26:59.260
 of Leviticus.

00:26:59.660 --> 00:27:00.340
 It says,

00:27:00.700 --> 00:27:01.320
 Now there have been

00:27:01.320 --> 00:27:03.200
 many of those priests

00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:04.800
 and since death

00:27:04.800 --> 00:27:05.400
 prevented them

00:27:05.400 --> 00:27:07.200
 from continuing in office,

00:27:07.680 --> 00:27:09.080
 but because Jesus

00:27:09.080 --> 00:27:10.340
 lives forever,

00:27:11.520 --> 00:27:12.880
 He is a permanent priesthood.

00:27:13.860 --> 00:27:14.260
 Therefore,

00:27:14.420 --> 00:27:15.520
 He is able to save

00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:16.519
 completely

00:27:16.519 --> 00:27:17.819
 those who come

00:27:17.819 --> 00:27:18.940
 to God through Him

00:27:18.940 --> 00:27:21.319
 because He always lives

00:27:21.319 --> 00:27:23.319
 to intercede for them.

00:27:23.839 --> 00:27:25.059
 Such a high priest

00:27:25.059 --> 00:27:26.579
 truly meets our needs,

00:27:26.900 --> 00:27:27.980
 one who is holy,

00:27:28.639 --> 00:27:29.319
 blameless,

00:27:29.879 --> 00:27:30.259
 pure,

00:27:30.879 --> 00:27:32.180
 set apart from sinners,

00:27:32.579 --> 00:27:35.119
 exalted above the heavens.

00:27:36.900 --> 00:27:38.660
 So Jesus is the tabernacle,

00:27:39.059 --> 00:27:40.839
 the place where God dwells,

00:27:41.579 --> 00:27:42.460
 the place of meeting.

00:27:43.460 --> 00:27:45.279
 He is the perfect high priest.

00:27:46.180 --> 00:27:48.259
 He is not flawed

00:27:48.259 --> 00:27:49.600
 like the other priests.

00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:50.759
 He lived the life

00:27:50.759 --> 00:27:52.000
 of perfect obedience

00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:52.880
 to His Father.

00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:53.799
 And what's more,

00:27:54.340 --> 00:27:55.100
 it says there

00:27:55.100 --> 00:27:56.039
 that He's a high priest

00:27:56.039 --> 00:27:56.860
 who's still alive.

00:27:56.940 --> 00:27:58.059
 He's not dead like the rest.

00:27:58.140 --> 00:27:59.539
 He has a permanent priesthood

00:27:59.539 --> 00:28:01.759
 offering as a mediator

00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:02.840
 between us and God

00:28:02.840 --> 00:28:03.759
 forever.

00:28:05.840 --> 00:28:06.319
 And unlike,

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:07.620
 it keeps going on

00:28:07.620 --> 00:28:08.360
 in Hebrews,

00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:08.779
 it says,

00:28:08.779 --> 00:28:09.960
 unlike the other high priest

00:28:09.960 --> 00:28:11.200
 who He does not need

00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:12.559
 to offer sacrifices

00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:13.839
 day after day,

00:28:14.099 --> 00:28:15.539
 first for His own sins

00:28:15.539 --> 00:28:16.240
 and then for the sins

00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:16.940
 of His people,

00:28:17.700 --> 00:28:19.200
 He sacrificed

00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:20.379
 for their sins

00:28:20.379 --> 00:28:21.460
 once and for all

00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:23.599
 when He offered Himself.

00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:27.339
 So He's the tabernacle

00:28:27.339 --> 00:28:28.720
 set up as the place

00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:29.599
 where the sacrifices

00:28:29.599 --> 00:28:29.980
 are met,

00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:30.980
 where the mediator

00:28:30.980 --> 00:28:31.619
 would go in.

00:28:31.839 --> 00:28:32.759
 He's the mediator

00:28:32.759 --> 00:28:35.180
 who offers the sacrifices

00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:37.940
 and He is the sacrifice Himself.

00:28:41.400 --> 00:28:43.400
 He offers the perfect sacrifices,

00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:44.460
 the perfect priest.

00:28:45.840 --> 00:28:47.580
 The contrast is significant.

00:28:48.840 --> 00:28:49.720
 Under the old covenant,

00:28:49.820 --> 00:28:50.660
 the priest would slaughter

00:28:50.660 --> 00:28:51.100
 an animal,

00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:52.799
 would sprinkle its blood,

00:28:53.080 --> 00:28:53.640
 he'd be required

00:28:53.640 --> 00:28:54.560
 to do it again

00:28:54.560 --> 00:28:55.720
 and again

00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:56.860
 and again

00:28:56.860 --> 00:28:57.539
 and again

00:28:57.539 --> 00:28:57.560
 and again.

00:28:58.740 --> 00:28:59.460
 In fact,

00:28:59.539 --> 00:29:00.460
 to symbolize

00:29:00.460 --> 00:29:02.740
 the never-ending nature

00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:03.640
 of the work

00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:04.200
 of the priest

00:29:04.200 --> 00:29:05.000
 in the old covenant,

00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:07.200
 if you look

00:29:07.200 --> 00:29:08.860
 at the construction blueprints

00:29:08.860 --> 00:29:10.240
 for the tabernacle,

00:29:10.880 --> 00:29:12.460
 there were no seats

00:29:12.460 --> 00:29:14.200
 in the tabernacle.

00:29:15.820 --> 00:29:16.500
 That is,

00:29:16.580 --> 00:29:17.660
 the priest was not meant

00:29:17.660 --> 00:29:18.560
 to sit down.

00:29:19.039 --> 00:29:19.620
 They were never

00:29:19.620 --> 00:29:20.440
 to have rest

00:29:20.440 --> 00:29:21.320
 from their work.

00:29:21.660 --> 00:29:22.220
 It was to happen

00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:23.279
 again and again

00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:24.000
 and bungee on

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:24.640
 and bungee off

00:29:24.640 --> 00:29:25.700
 and fly in and fly out

00:29:25.700 --> 00:29:26.860
 and just again

00:29:26.860 --> 00:29:27.440
 and again

00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:28.019
 and again

00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:28.660
 and again.

00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:30.060
 However,

00:29:30.200 --> 00:29:31.200
 Jesus offered Himself

00:29:31.200 --> 00:29:32.180
 as a sacrifice.

00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:33.180
 He took His own blood

00:29:33.180 --> 00:29:34.440
 in the very presence of God.

00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:35.820
 the heavenly sanctuary

00:29:35.820 --> 00:29:37.120
 and He did it

00:29:37.120 --> 00:29:38.100
 once for all

00:29:38.100 --> 00:29:39.120
 and then it says,

00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:41.019
 He sat down

00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:42.680
 at the right hand

00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:43.500
 of the throne

00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:44.299
 of the majesty

00:29:44.299 --> 00:29:45.740
 in heaven.

00:29:46.600 --> 00:29:47.539
 The job's done.

00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:50.519
 Nat and I

00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:51.259
 have just ended

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:52.340
 a new phase of life.

00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:53.320
 For the first time

00:29:53.320 --> 00:29:54.180
 in nine years,

00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:57.019
 we get a day off together,

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:58.660
 actually it's six hours,

00:29:59.080 --> 00:29:59.980
 with our kids.

00:29:59.980 --> 00:30:00.620
 All of our kids

00:30:00.620 --> 00:30:01.380
 are now at school

00:30:01.380 --> 00:30:03.599
 and so a lot has changed,

00:30:03.640 --> 00:30:04.200
 we've noticed,

00:30:04.660 --> 00:30:05.839
 since kids arrived

00:30:05.839 --> 00:30:06.680
 and one of the things,

00:30:07.220 --> 00:30:08.460
 it's not just sleeplessness,

00:30:08.519 --> 00:30:09.120
 that's one thing,

00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:09.720
 but one thing

00:30:09.720 --> 00:30:10.740
 that particularly notice

00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:11.480
 is the inability

00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:12.339
 for us to have

00:30:12.339 --> 00:30:13.059
 an ordered house

00:30:13.059 --> 00:30:13.640
 for any longer

00:30:13.640 --> 00:30:14.400
 than 20 minutes.

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:15.980
 That's one thing

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:16.460
 we've noticed.

00:30:16.599 --> 00:30:17.140
 With kids,

00:30:17.779 --> 00:30:19.039
 cleaning becomes

00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:20.120
 a meaningless,

00:30:20.880 --> 00:30:22.579
 repetitive task.

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:23.740
 The house

00:30:23.740 --> 00:30:24.980
 never remains clean

00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:26.000
 for any length of time.

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:27.799
 I'm astounded

00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:30.500
 that you get

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:31.660
 how quickly

00:30:31.660 --> 00:30:33.019
 toothpaste ends up

00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:34.079
 on the vanity mirror,

00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:35.259
 even when teeth

00:30:35.259 --> 00:30:36.019
 haven't been cleaned.

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:37.400
 I don't get it.

00:30:37.539 --> 00:30:38.579
 I really don't get it.

00:30:39.079 --> 00:30:40.279
 You wash everything

00:30:40.279 --> 00:30:41.339
 in the laundry pile

00:30:41.339 --> 00:30:42.779
 and you'll still discover

00:30:42.779 --> 00:30:44.900
 clothing on a shelf,

00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:46.140
 there'll be some

00:30:46.140 --> 00:30:46.799
 in the backyard,

00:30:46.920 --> 00:30:47.740
 even in the fridge.

00:30:47.920 --> 00:30:48.119
 I mean,

00:30:48.299 --> 00:30:48.500
 it's,

00:30:49.019 --> 00:30:49.920
 go figure.

00:30:50.920 --> 00:30:52.599
 And before those clothes

00:30:52.599 --> 00:30:53.660
 are even dry

00:30:53.660 --> 00:30:54.519
 and packed away,

00:30:54.619 --> 00:30:55.319
 there are more clothes

00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:55.859
 to wash.

00:30:56.900 --> 00:30:57.359
 That's,

00:30:57.440 --> 00:30:59.059
 that's what the sacrifice,

00:30:59.200 --> 00:31:00.380
 the Old Testament's like.

00:31:00.819 --> 00:31:01.740
 Never ending.

00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:03.339
 Never ending.

00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:04.700
 No time to sit down

00:31:04.700 --> 00:31:05.000
 and go,

00:31:05.140 --> 00:31:05.740
 oh, it's fine.

00:31:05.819 --> 00:31:06.779
 You read the newspaper.

00:31:08.920 --> 00:31:09.619
 Jesus appeared

00:31:09.619 --> 00:31:10.440
 once for all

00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:11.160
 to do away

00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:11.940
 with the sin

00:31:11.940 --> 00:31:13.720
 by the sacrifice

00:31:13.720 --> 00:31:14.779
 of himself.

00:31:15.160 --> 00:31:15.839
 We don't have to go

00:31:15.839 --> 00:31:16.400
 through meaningless

00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:17.000
 repetition

00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:18.539
 of ineffective sacrifices.

00:31:18.900 --> 00:31:19.500
 We can trust

00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:20.039
 in Christ's

00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:21.119
 effective sacrifice

00:31:21.119 --> 00:31:22.099
 once and for all,

00:31:22.359 --> 00:31:22.920
 a sacrifice

00:31:22.920 --> 00:31:23.839
 which does not

00:31:23.839 --> 00:31:24.500
 need repeating

00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:26.299
 because he did the job

00:31:26.299 --> 00:31:28.059
 first time.

00:31:31.059 --> 00:31:32.039
 And that's why

00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:34.140
 Jesus was able to say

00:31:34.140 --> 00:31:34.799
 a little later

00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:35.720
 in John's Gospel,

00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:37.480
 I am the way,

00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:38.740
 the truth,

00:31:39.119 --> 00:31:40.180
 and the life,

00:31:40.660 --> 00:31:41.960
 and no one comes

00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:42.519
 to the Father

00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:44.000
 except through me.

00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:47.400
 There is no basis

00:31:47.400 --> 00:31:48.539
 for acceptance

00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:49.940
 apart from the reality

00:31:49.940 --> 00:31:50.839
 of God

00:31:50.839 --> 00:31:52.259
 offering himself

00:31:52.259 --> 00:31:53.180
 in Christ

00:31:53.180 --> 00:31:54.539
 as the purging

00:31:54.539 --> 00:31:55.579
 and the reconciling

00:31:55.579 --> 00:31:56.059
 offering

00:31:56.059 --> 00:31:57.920
 for our sins.

00:31:59.039 --> 00:32:00.099
 It means that

00:32:00.099 --> 00:32:00.920
 all peoples,

00:32:01.700 --> 00:32:02.960
 different ethnicities,

00:32:03.099 --> 00:32:03.420
 languages,

00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:04.099
 and cultures

00:32:04.099 --> 00:32:05.319
 have a common place

00:32:05.319 --> 00:32:06.299
 at the foot of the cross.

00:32:06.299 --> 00:32:08.839
 There is no other way

00:32:08.839 --> 00:32:10.460
 to the God

00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:12.579
 than through Jesus.

00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:15.740
 Now you might be

00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:16.359
 sitting here

00:32:16.359 --> 00:32:18.519
 tonight thinking

00:32:18.519 --> 00:32:19.779
 this is all nice

00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:21.700
 but great way,

00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:22.440
 great connections

00:32:22.440 --> 00:32:23.000
 in terms of

00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:23.919
 how we get to God

00:32:23.919 --> 00:32:25.919
 but why would I

00:32:25.919 --> 00:32:26.779
 want to meet with God?

00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:31.119
 I think that

00:32:31.119 --> 00:32:32.379
 if you listen

00:32:32.379 --> 00:32:33.359
 to the secular press

00:32:33.359 --> 00:32:33.960
 that seems to be

00:32:33.960 --> 00:32:34.919
 a more popular option

00:32:34.919 --> 00:32:35.419
 nowadays.

00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:36.840
 It would be easy

00:32:36.840 --> 00:32:37.600
 to conclude

00:32:37.600 --> 00:32:39.060
 that our society,

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:40.000
 that in our society

00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:40.800
 that unbelief

00:32:40.800 --> 00:32:41.600
 is on the march,

00:32:42.080 --> 00:32:42.960
 religion is

00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:44.300
 in significant decline

00:32:44.300 --> 00:32:45.080
 and yet

00:32:45.080 --> 00:32:46.940
 belief in God

00:32:46.940 --> 00:32:48.460
 still makes sense

00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:49.680
 for four out of five

00:32:49.680 --> 00:32:50.680
 people in this world.

00:32:51.779 --> 00:32:52.880
 And there's a whole

00:32:52.880 --> 00:32:53.880
 number of reasons

00:32:53.880 --> 00:32:55.940
 why that is the case.

00:32:57.660 --> 00:32:58.700
 And one of the

00:32:58.700 --> 00:33:00.060
 most significant reasons

00:33:00.060 --> 00:33:03.120
 is that deep down,

00:33:03.539 --> 00:33:04.779
 deep down in the core

00:33:04.779 --> 00:33:05.619
 of our beings,

00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:07.359
 there is this sense

00:33:07.359 --> 00:33:09.819
 of the transcendent.

00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:12.339
 There's more

00:33:12.339 --> 00:33:13.259
 to this world

00:33:13.259 --> 00:33:14.619
 than this world.

00:33:16.259 --> 00:33:17.200
 A Harvard professor,

00:33:17.359 --> 00:33:18.000
 James Wood,

00:33:18.420 --> 00:33:19.839
 in a New Yorker article

00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:20.460
 titled,

00:33:20.619 --> 00:33:22.920
 Is That All There Is?

00:33:23.299 --> 00:33:24.319
 tells of a friend

00:33:24.319 --> 00:33:24.779
 of his

00:33:24.779 --> 00:33:26.440
 who's an analytical

00:33:26.440 --> 00:33:27.079
 philosopher

00:33:27.079 --> 00:33:28.079
 and a convinced

00:33:28.079 --> 00:33:28.839
 atheist

00:33:28.839 --> 00:33:30.359
 who sometimes

00:33:30.359 --> 00:33:31.399
 wakes up

00:33:31.399 --> 00:33:32.000
 in the middle

00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:32.619
 of the night

00:33:32.619 --> 00:33:34.299
 haunted by questions

00:33:34.299 --> 00:33:35.139
 like this.

00:33:36.439 --> 00:33:37.539
 How could it be

00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:38.480
 that this world

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:39.279
 is the result

00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:40.199
 of an accidental

00:33:40.199 --> 00:33:41.039
 big bang?

00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:42.980
 How could there be

00:33:42.980 --> 00:33:43.779
 no design,

00:33:43.919 --> 00:33:44.639
 no metaphysical

00:33:44.639 --> 00:33:45.299
 purpose?

00:33:46.259 --> 00:33:46.959
 How could it be

00:33:46.959 --> 00:33:47.959
 that every life,

00:33:48.079 --> 00:33:49.019
 beginning with my own,

00:33:49.079 --> 00:33:49.720
 my husband's

00:33:49.720 --> 00:33:50.740
 and my child's,

00:33:51.019 --> 00:33:51.720
 and spreading

00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:52.240
 outward

00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:53.799
 wood is

00:33:53.799 --> 00:33:54.700
 cosmically

00:33:54.700 --> 00:33:55.819
 irrelevant?

00:33:57.279 --> 00:33:58.120
 Wood himself

00:33:58.120 --> 00:33:59.140
 is a secular man,

00:33:59.660 --> 00:34:00.500
 an atheist,

00:34:00.680 --> 00:34:01.500
 and yet he admits

00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:02.620
 that as one gets

00:34:02.620 --> 00:34:03.059
 older

00:34:03.059 --> 00:34:04.839
 and parents and peers

00:34:04.839 --> 00:34:05.779
 begin to die

00:34:05.779 --> 00:34:07.279
 and the obituaries

00:34:07.279 --> 00:34:08.079
 in the newspaper

00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:08.800
 are no longer

00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:09.820
 missives from a

00:34:09.820 --> 00:34:10.699
 far away pace

00:34:10.699 --> 00:34:11.780
 but local letters

00:34:11.780 --> 00:34:13.260
 and one's own

00:34:13.260 --> 00:34:14.460
 projects seem

00:34:14.460 --> 00:34:16.440
 more pointless,

00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:18.639
 such moments

00:34:18.639 --> 00:34:19.240
 of terror

00:34:19.240 --> 00:34:20.800
 and incomprehension

00:34:20.800 --> 00:34:22.320
 seem more frequent

00:34:22.320 --> 00:34:23.579
 and more piercing.

00:34:27.700 --> 00:34:29.099
 I could give you

00:34:29.099 --> 00:34:30.260
 a long list

00:34:30.260 --> 00:34:30.920
 of names

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:31.860
 of people saying

00:34:31.860 --> 00:34:33.079
 exactly the same thing,

00:34:33.159 --> 00:34:34.320
 people like Steve Jobs

00:34:34.320 --> 00:34:36.240
 battling

00:34:36.240 --> 00:34:37.460
 with his own death

00:34:37.460 --> 00:34:38.200
 saying,

00:34:38.639 --> 00:34:39.860
 surely this is not

00:34:39.860 --> 00:34:40.260
 it,

00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:40.960
 is it?

00:34:43.420 --> 00:34:43.820
 See,

00:34:43.900 --> 00:34:44.940
 in our secular culture

00:34:44.940 --> 00:34:45.480
 where science

00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:46.200
 and technology

00:34:46.199 --> 00:34:47.019
 trumps faith,

00:34:47.119 --> 00:34:47.879
 there is a growing

00:34:47.879 --> 00:34:48.679
 sense of science

00:34:48.679 --> 00:34:49.419
 and technology

00:34:49.419 --> 00:34:50.719
 while contributing

00:34:50.719 --> 00:34:51.579
 a whole lot

00:34:51.579 --> 00:34:53.899
 can't address

00:34:53.899 --> 00:34:54.659
 the big issues

00:34:54.659 --> 00:34:55.299
 of life.

00:34:55.639 --> 00:34:56.439
 If everything

00:34:56.439 --> 00:34:57.039
 has to be

00:34:57.039 --> 00:34:57.819
 scientific,

00:34:58.819 --> 00:34:59.839
 has to have

00:34:59.839 --> 00:35:00.239
 a scientific

00:35:00.239 --> 00:35:00.839
 explanation

00:35:00.839 --> 00:35:01.559
 and proof,

00:35:02.159 --> 00:35:02.980
 then this

00:35:02.980 --> 00:35:03.939
 not only

00:35:03.939 --> 00:35:04.879
 banishes

00:35:04.879 --> 00:35:05.500
 God

00:35:05.500 --> 00:35:07.119
 from the world

00:35:07.119 --> 00:35:07.819
 but it also

00:35:07.819 --> 00:35:08.659
 banishes things

00:35:08.659 --> 00:35:09.359
 like love,

00:35:09.619 --> 00:35:09.899
 hate,

00:35:10.179 --> 00:35:10.579
 meaning,

00:35:11.259 --> 00:35:13.879
 which is

00:35:13.879 --> 00:35:14.659
 a world

00:35:14.659 --> 00:35:17.139
 and can I

00:35:17.139 --> 00:35:17.539
 say

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:18.579
 a world

00:35:18.579 --> 00:35:21.279
 self-evidently

00:35:21.279 --> 00:35:22.899
 not the world

00:35:22.899 --> 00:35:23.739
 that we live in.

00:35:25.879 --> 00:35:26.839
 There must be

00:35:26.839 --> 00:35:27.559
 something more

00:35:27.559 --> 00:35:29.079
 and Jesus

00:35:29.079 --> 00:35:30.139
 made the claim

00:35:30.139 --> 00:35:30.840
 that he is

00:35:30.840 --> 00:35:31.279
 the one

00:35:31.279 --> 00:35:32.079
 who connects

00:35:32.079 --> 00:35:32.559
 you

00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:33.699
 with the

00:35:33.699 --> 00:35:34.599
 something more,

00:35:35.340 --> 00:35:36.119
 with the

00:35:36.119 --> 00:35:36.900
 heavenly father,

00:35:37.299 --> 00:35:38.099
 with the maker

00:35:38.099 --> 00:35:38.619
 of heaven

00:35:38.619 --> 00:35:39.099
 and earth,

00:35:39.139 --> 00:35:39.559
 the one

00:35:39.559 --> 00:35:39.860
 who has

00:35:39.860 --> 00:35:40.440
 all of history,

00:35:40.539 --> 00:35:40.840
 as we just

00:35:40.840 --> 00:35:41.320
 had a brief

00:35:41.320 --> 00:35:41.860
 look at tonight,

00:35:42.039 --> 00:35:43.000
 all of history,

00:35:43.380 --> 00:35:44.000
 all time and

00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:44.299
 eternity

00:35:44.299 --> 00:35:45.239
 in his hands,

00:35:45.900 --> 00:35:46.360
 the one

00:35:46.360 --> 00:35:47.199
 who delights

00:35:47.199 --> 00:35:49.099
 to fellowship

00:35:49.099 --> 00:35:50.159
 with his creation.

00:35:50.159 --> 00:35:52.379
 And if you

00:35:52.379 --> 00:35:53.139
 are sitting here

00:35:53.139 --> 00:35:53.299
 tonight,

00:35:53.359 --> 00:35:53.699
 you have that

00:35:53.699 --> 00:35:54.259
 sense that

00:35:54.259 --> 00:35:54.619
 something's

00:35:54.619 --> 00:35:54.879
 missing,

00:35:55.039 --> 00:35:55.379
 I would

00:35:55.379 --> 00:35:56.039
 implore you

00:35:56.039 --> 00:35:56.679
 to investigate

00:35:56.679 --> 00:35:57.239
 Jesus.

00:35:57.739 --> 00:35:58.299
 You'll be

00:35:58.299 --> 00:35:58.960
 amazed at

00:35:58.960 --> 00:35:59.339
 all the

00:35:59.339 --> 00:35:59.659
 things he

00:35:59.659 --> 00:35:59.879
 said,

00:35:59.940 --> 00:36:00.199
 all the

00:36:00.199 --> 00:36:00.559
 things he

00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:00.899
 did,

00:36:01.099 --> 00:36:01.639
 and the

00:36:01.639 --> 00:36:02.500
 perfect life

00:36:02.500 --> 00:36:03.079
 he lived.

00:36:03.359 --> 00:36:03.799
 Try and

00:36:03.799 --> 00:36:04.339
 pick up.

00:36:04.639 --> 00:36:04.920
 Try and

00:36:04.920 --> 00:36:05.500
 pick holes

00:36:05.500 --> 00:36:05.799
 in his

00:36:05.799 --> 00:36:06.199
 life.

00:36:08.119 --> 00:36:08.519
 Now,

00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:08.739
 if you're

00:36:08.739 --> 00:36:09.139
 a Christian

00:36:09.139 --> 00:36:09.440
 then,

00:36:09.500 --> 00:36:09.920
 on the

00:36:09.920 --> 00:36:10.359
 other hand,

00:36:10.460 --> 00:36:11.139
 and I

00:36:11.139 --> 00:36:11.359
 want to

00:36:11.359 --> 00:36:11.879
 mention four

00:36:11.879 --> 00:36:12.379
 things of

00:36:12.379 --> 00:36:12.899
 application

00:36:12.899 --> 00:36:13.339
 here very

00:36:13.339 --> 00:36:13.699
 briefly.

00:36:14.179 --> 00:36:14.599
 First,

00:36:14.980 --> 00:36:15.819
 realize that

00:36:15.819 --> 00:36:16.179
 Jesus'

00:36:16.179 --> 00:36:16.980
 sacrifice

00:36:16.980 --> 00:36:18.039
 cleanses you

00:36:18.039 --> 00:36:18.899
 through and

00:36:18.899 --> 00:36:19.359
 through.

00:36:19.360 --> 00:36:20.019
 This is

00:36:20.019 --> 00:36:20.400
 not some

00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:20.860
 sort of

00:36:20.860 --> 00:36:21.539
 external

00:36:21.539 --> 00:36:22.280
 washing that

00:36:22.280 --> 00:36:22.660
 makes you

00:36:22.660 --> 00:36:23.140
 look okay

00:36:23.140 --> 00:36:23.400
 to the

00:36:23.400 --> 00:36:23.980
 naked eye.

00:36:24.180 --> 00:36:24.720
 It is an

00:36:24.720 --> 00:36:25.099
 internal

00:36:25.099 --> 00:36:26.180
 washing that

00:36:26.180 --> 00:36:27.519
 means that

00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:28.280
 you stand

00:36:28.280 --> 00:36:30.480
 up clean,

00:36:32.000 --> 00:36:32.539
 pure,

00:36:33.620 --> 00:36:36.300
 right under

00:36:36.300 --> 00:36:36.920
 the all

00:36:36.920 --> 00:36:38.519
 knowing eye

00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:39.059
 of God.

00:36:39.120 --> 00:36:39.620
 When God

00:36:39.620 --> 00:36:40.640
 himself comes

00:36:40.640 --> 00:36:41.539
 looking for

00:36:41.539 --> 00:36:42.440
 your sin,

00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:43.660
 for your

00:36:43.660 --> 00:36:44.260
 blemishes,

00:36:45.019 --> 00:36:45.840
 he can't

00:36:45.840 --> 00:36:47.039
 find anything.

00:36:48.099 --> 00:36:48.780
 It's all

00:36:48.780 --> 00:36:49.220
 being taken

00:36:49.220 --> 00:36:49.680
 away.

00:36:51.420 --> 00:36:51.900
 Secondly,

00:36:53.100 --> 00:36:54.980
 be thankful.

00:36:56.240 --> 00:36:56.780
 The best

00:36:56.780 --> 00:36:57.120
 way to

00:36:57.120 --> 00:36:57.700
 apply the

00:36:57.700 --> 00:36:58.160
 truth of

00:36:58.160 --> 00:36:58.680
 the passage

00:36:58.680 --> 00:36:59.140
 that we've

00:36:59.140 --> 00:36:59.600
 seen today

00:36:59.600 --> 00:37:00.060
 is to go

00:37:00.060 --> 00:37:00.360
 home,

00:37:00.740 --> 00:37:01.019
 to sit

00:37:01.019 --> 00:37:01.440
 down in a

00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:02.000
 quiet spot

00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:02.560
 and praise

00:37:02.560 --> 00:37:03.040
 God for

00:37:03.040 --> 00:37:03.400
 what he

00:37:03.400 --> 00:37:03.800
 has done

00:37:03.800 --> 00:37:04.300
 for you.

00:37:05.060 --> 00:37:05.620
 At the

00:37:05.620 --> 00:37:05.900
 end of

00:37:05.900 --> 00:37:06.360
 Hebrews,

00:37:06.780 --> 00:37:07.220
 again,

00:37:07.340 --> 00:37:07.540
 in the

00:37:07.540 --> 00:37:08.060
 context of

00:37:08.060 --> 00:37:08.400
 talking about

00:37:08.400 --> 00:37:08.860
 the sacrifice

00:37:08.860 --> 00:37:09.519
 of Jesus,

00:37:10.700 --> 00:37:11.200
 it says

00:37:11.200 --> 00:37:11.660
 this,

00:37:11.659 --> 00:37:13.460
 through

00:37:13.460 --> 00:37:13.940
 Jesus,

00:37:14.219 --> 00:37:14.659
 therefore,

00:37:14.779 --> 00:37:15.119
 let us

00:37:15.119 --> 00:37:15.779
 continually

00:37:15.779 --> 00:37:17.079
 offer to

00:37:17.079 --> 00:37:17.859
 God a

00:37:17.859 --> 00:37:19.059
 sacrifice of

00:37:19.059 --> 00:37:19.599
 praise,

00:37:20.539 --> 00:37:21.239
 the fruit of

00:37:21.239 --> 00:37:21.679
 lips that

00:37:21.679 --> 00:37:22.659
 openly confess

00:37:22.659 --> 00:37:23.420
 his name

00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:24.420
 and do not

00:37:24.420 --> 00:37:25.159
 forget to do

00:37:25.159 --> 00:37:25.940
 good and to

00:37:25.940 --> 00:37:26.399
 share with

00:37:26.399 --> 00:37:26.879
 others,

00:37:27.319 --> 00:37:27.859
 for with

00:37:27.859 --> 00:37:29.119
 such sacrifices

00:37:29.119 --> 00:37:29.960
 God is

00:37:29.960 --> 00:37:30.460
 pleased.

00:37:30.819 --> 00:37:31.299
 What are the

00:37:31.299 --> 00:37:32.039
 sacrifices God

00:37:32.039 --> 00:37:32.559
 is pleased with

00:37:32.559 --> 00:37:33.000
 his people?

00:37:33.859 --> 00:37:34.980
 The sacrifice of

00:37:34.980 --> 00:37:35.679
 thanksgiving for

00:37:35.679 --> 00:37:36.339
 what he's done.

00:37:36.340 --> 00:37:39.140
 thirdly,

00:37:40.220 --> 00:37:41.100
 please note

00:37:41.100 --> 00:37:42.120
 that if you're

00:37:42.120 --> 00:37:42.640
 in Christ,

00:37:42.800 --> 00:37:43.360
 you have a

00:37:43.360 --> 00:37:43.960
 new designation,

00:37:44.380 --> 00:37:44.780
 you've got a

00:37:44.780 --> 00:37:45.420
 new role.

00:37:46.380 --> 00:37:46.960
 It's alluded

00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:47.700
 to in

00:37:47.700 --> 00:37:48.920
 Hebrews 13,

00:37:49.400 --> 00:37:50.039
 but made

00:37:50.039 --> 00:37:51.140
 explicit in

00:37:51.140 --> 00:37:52.100
 1 Peter 2

00:37:52.100 --> 00:37:52.880
 verses 9 and

00:37:52.880 --> 00:37:53.140
 10,

00:37:53.240 --> 00:37:53.620
 it says,

00:37:54.039 --> 00:37:54.680
 but you are a

00:37:54.680 --> 00:37:55.519
 chosen people,

00:37:56.559 --> 00:37:57.120
 a royal

00:37:57.120 --> 00:37:58.320
 priesthood.

00:37:59.400 --> 00:38:00.260
 If you are

00:38:00.260 --> 00:38:00.880
 in Christ,

00:38:00.980 --> 00:38:01.240
 if you're

00:38:01.240 --> 00:38:01.980
 united to the

00:38:01.980 --> 00:38:02.740
 perfect priest,

00:38:02.820 --> 00:38:03.120
 the perfect

00:38:03.120 --> 00:38:03.660
 mediator,

00:38:03.860 --> 00:38:04.500
 you too

00:38:04.500 --> 00:38:05.500
 have become

00:38:05.500 --> 00:38:06.260
 a priest,

00:38:06.340 --> 00:38:07.880
 those who

00:38:07.880 --> 00:38:08.120
 put their

00:38:08.120 --> 00:38:08.600
 trust in

00:38:08.600 --> 00:38:09.180
 Jesus are

00:38:09.180 --> 00:38:09.900
 now designated

00:38:09.900 --> 00:38:10.559
 priests,

00:38:10.960 --> 00:38:11.440
 so that,

00:38:11.519 --> 00:38:12.019
 the reason

00:38:12.019 --> 00:38:12.559
 is,

00:38:12.700 --> 00:38:13.340
 going on in

00:38:13.340 --> 00:38:13.720
 1 Peter,

00:38:13.820 --> 00:38:14.160
 it says,

00:38:14.420 --> 00:38:14.760
 so that you

00:38:14.760 --> 00:38:15.539
 may declare

00:38:15.539 --> 00:38:16.720
 the praises

00:38:16.720 --> 00:38:17.680
 of him who

00:38:17.680 --> 00:38:18.180
 called you

00:38:18.180 --> 00:38:18.780
 out of darkness

00:38:18.780 --> 00:38:19.340
 into his

00:38:19.340 --> 00:38:20.100
 wonderful light.

00:38:20.400 --> 00:38:20.700
 You have

00:38:20.700 --> 00:38:22.420
 been redeployed

00:38:22.420 --> 00:38:23.600
 in Christ's

00:38:23.600 --> 00:38:24.840
 service as a

00:38:24.840 --> 00:38:26.039
 priest standing

00:38:26.039 --> 00:38:26.820
 in his presence,

00:38:27.160 --> 00:38:27.840
 giving praise

00:38:27.840 --> 00:38:28.300
 to him and

00:38:28.300 --> 00:38:28.980
 declaring to

00:38:28.980 --> 00:38:29.740
 the nations

00:38:29.740 --> 00:38:30.559
 the praise

00:38:30.559 --> 00:38:32.079
 worthiness of

00:38:32.079 --> 00:38:32.519
 Christ.

00:38:33.559 --> 00:38:34.240
 The Christian

00:38:34.240 --> 00:38:35.120
 church is a

00:38:35.120 --> 00:38:35.740
 kingdom of

00:38:35.740 --> 00:38:36.180
 priests.

00:38:36.340 --> 00:38:38.300
 with Jesus

00:38:38.300 --> 00:38:38.700
 as their

00:38:38.700 --> 00:38:39.579
 benevolent ruler

00:38:39.579 --> 00:38:41.280
 and they're

00:38:41.280 --> 00:38:41.840
 called to

00:38:41.840 --> 00:38:43.019
 mediate the

00:38:43.019 --> 00:38:43.820
 gospel of the

00:38:43.820 --> 00:38:44.900
 good news of

00:38:44.900 --> 00:38:46.660
 Christ to

00:38:46.660 --> 00:38:47.440
 the world

00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:48.940
 and to each

00:38:48.940 --> 00:38:49.200
 other.

00:38:49.300 --> 00:38:49.680
 That's your

00:38:49.680 --> 00:38:50.100
 role.

00:38:51.340 --> 00:38:51.740
 That's the

00:38:51.740 --> 00:38:52.140
 role of the

00:38:52.140 --> 00:38:52.620
 church, to

00:38:52.620 --> 00:38:53.740
 mediate this

00:38:53.740 --> 00:38:55.240
 gospel news to

00:38:55.240 --> 00:38:55.900
 the world and

00:38:55.900 --> 00:38:56.600
 to each other.

00:38:57.539 --> 00:38:58.280
 This is not

00:38:58.280 --> 00:39:00.460
 just a role

00:39:00.460 --> 00:39:01.340
 designated for

00:39:01.340 --> 00:39:02.019
 people like me

00:39:02.019 --> 00:39:02.340
 who have to

00:39:02.340 --> 00:39:02.780
 wear funny

00:39:02.780 --> 00:39:03.740
 dresses occasionally.

00:39:03.739 --> 00:39:06.199
 every Christian

00:39:06.199 --> 00:39:06.899
 is called

00:39:06.899 --> 00:39:07.759
 upon to be a

00:39:07.759 --> 00:39:08.399
 witness to the

00:39:08.399 --> 00:39:09.199
 gospel of Jesus

00:39:09.199 --> 00:39:10.000
 Christ to the

00:39:10.000 --> 00:39:11.259
 nations, to

00:39:11.259 --> 00:39:12.000
 declare his

00:39:12.000 --> 00:39:14.000
 praiseworthiness to

00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:14.619
 the nations.

00:39:15.939 --> 00:39:16.419
 Finally,

00:39:17.619 --> 00:39:19.119
 realize that you

00:39:19.119 --> 00:39:20.199
 have unlimited

00:39:20.199 --> 00:39:21.459
 access to the

00:39:21.459 --> 00:39:22.379
 Father's presence.

00:39:23.579 --> 00:39:24.799
 What a privilege

00:39:24.799 --> 00:39:25.479
 that is.

00:39:26.639 --> 00:39:27.519
 What a privilege

00:39:27.519 --> 00:39:28.259
 that is.

00:39:28.260 --> 00:39:31.780
 I mean, what

00:39:31.780 --> 00:39:32.200
 some of us

00:39:32.200 --> 00:39:33.080
 wouldn't give to

00:39:33.080 --> 00:39:33.600
 be able to get

00:39:33.600 --> 00:39:34.000
 on the end of

00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:34.620
 the phone to

00:39:34.620 --> 00:39:35.760
 the most powerful

00:39:35.760 --> 00:39:36.380
 person in the

00:39:36.380 --> 00:39:36.580
 world.

00:39:36.660 --> 00:39:37.080
 I'm not sure it's

00:39:37.080 --> 00:39:37.700
 Don Trump anymore.

00:39:38.180 --> 00:39:38.540
 But wouldn't it,

00:39:38.800 --> 00:39:40.420
 I mean, what we

00:39:40.420 --> 00:39:41.680
 would give in

00:39:41.680 --> 00:39:42.580
 order to swing

00:39:42.580 --> 00:39:43.460
 something our

00:39:43.460 --> 00:39:43.880
 way.

00:39:46.560 --> 00:39:47.200
 And what a

00:39:47.200 --> 00:39:48.100
 privilege it is to

00:39:48.100 --> 00:39:48.620
 be able to go in

00:39:48.620 --> 00:39:49.440
 the very presence of

00:39:49.440 --> 00:39:50.620
 God, the one who

00:39:50.620 --> 00:39:51.700
 made this world,

00:39:52.960 --> 00:39:53.580
 and to be able to

00:39:53.580 --> 00:39:54.840
 do it at any time

00:39:54.840 --> 00:39:56.120
 and to be able to

00:39:56.120 --> 00:39:56.940
 call him Father,

00:39:56.940 --> 00:39:58.700
 I'm your much

00:39:58.700 --> 00:39:59.159
 loved child,

00:39:59.260 --> 00:40:00.380
 Father, to be

00:40:00.380 --> 00:40:00.980
 able to speak to

00:40:00.980 --> 00:40:01.240
 him.

00:40:02.019 --> 00:40:02.440
 Now friends, can

00:40:02.440 --> 00:40:03.920
 I make, can you

00:40:03.920 --> 00:40:04.760
 make sure that you

00:40:04.760 --> 00:40:06.679
 that you use that

00:40:06.679 --> 00:40:07.179
 privilege?

00:40:08.980 --> 00:40:09.900
 Don't believe the

00:40:09.900 --> 00:40:10.559
 lie of the devil

00:40:10.559 --> 00:40:11.179
 that says that

00:40:11.179 --> 00:40:11.840
 you're not worthy

00:40:11.840 --> 00:40:12.599
 to go there and

00:40:12.599 --> 00:40:13.159
 you're not worthy

00:40:13.159 --> 00:40:13.760
 to call him

00:40:13.760 --> 00:40:14.460
 Father and he's

00:40:14.460 --> 00:40:15.300
 not interested in

00:40:15.300 --> 00:40:15.960
 hearing from you.

00:40:16.920 --> 00:40:17.460
 And in fact, he's

00:40:17.460 --> 00:40:18.099
 probably ignoring

00:40:18.099 --> 00:40:18.780
 your prayer request

00:40:18.780 --> 00:40:19.159
 anyway.

00:40:20.059 --> 00:40:21.179
 It's not on the

00:40:21.179 --> 00:40:23.000
 basis of your

00:40:23.000 --> 00:40:24.220
 worthiness that you

00:40:24.220 --> 00:40:25.260
 approach, but on

00:40:25.260 --> 00:40:26.119
 the basis of

00:40:26.119 --> 00:40:26.700
 Christ's

00:40:26.699 --> 00:40:27.159
 worthiness.

00:40:27.639 --> 00:40:29.359
 In Christ, God

00:40:29.359 --> 00:40:30.279
 sees you as

00:40:30.279 --> 00:40:31.899
 perfectly righteous,

00:40:32.859 --> 00:40:33.579
 as perfectly

00:40:33.579 --> 00:40:34.699
 obedient to the

00:40:34.699 --> 00:40:36.559
 covenant, and so

00:40:36.559 --> 00:40:37.619
 you're always worthy

00:40:37.619 --> 00:40:38.419
 to approach the

00:40:38.419 --> 00:40:39.859
 Father through the

00:40:39.859 --> 00:40:40.179
 Son.

00:40:41.939 --> 00:40:42.539
 Say, Father,

00:40:43.599 --> 00:40:46.339
 Father, what a

00:40:46.339 --> 00:40:46.719
 privilege.

00:40:47.179 --> 00:40:47.539
 Use it.

00:40:48.519 --> 00:40:50.199
 Father.

00:40:50.199 --> 00:40:53.759
 For sale.