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 Good to see you all this morning. Happy Father's Day to all of you.

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 Let me invite you to turn with me to Numbers chapter 16.

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! We are continuing through our summer sermon series in the book of Numbers,

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 and today we're looking at all of chapter 16. That's page 116 or 117 in the Pew Bibles.

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 And as we come to God's Word, let me begin with a word of prayer for us.

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 Father, we do ask for your Spirit to come now and help us to not just understand your Word with our

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 minds, but truly to have it shape our desires and our commitments, Lord, at a deeper heart level.

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 Lord, we want to not just be hearers of your Word, but doers. And Lord, we know that this

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 deep heart transformation comes only as you, by your Spirit, help us to see our Savior Christ,

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 our Lord Jesus, more richly and more fully. So do just that as we come to this rich passage,

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 this rich book of Numbers. We pray this in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 All right, let me begin by reading the first 15 verses of Numbers chapter 16.

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 Now, Korah, the son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab,

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 and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, Korah's rebellion. Now, at first, this seems to be just

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 another story in Numbers about the people grumbling against the leadership of Moses. At this point in

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 Numbers, you think, man, are they going to grumble about anything else, right? But, you know, when we

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 take a closer look, we see that this rebellion, this chapter, it's really about something more vital.

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 Well, chapter 16 and 17 and 18 of Numbers, which is really the center of this book, they take up the

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 theme of the priesthood. And what was the priesthood all about? Well, the priesthood was all about how

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 sinful people could draw near to a holy God.

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 And so, the question that really runs throughout this passage at the deepest level is,

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 can we approach God on our own terms? Or must we submit ourselves to approaching God on His terms?

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 Well, let's take a closer look and see how that comes out in this passage. First, notice in verses 9 and 10

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 what Korah is really after when he raises this complaint and raises this rebellion. What he's

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 really after is the priesthood. Now, as a Levite, Korah had been assigned, along with the rest of his

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 tribe, a very important role in the care and in the service of the tabernacle. The Levites, you'll

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 remember, were set apart of all the other tribes to serve the Lord and to serve the people of God by

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 keeping and tending the tabernacle. And Korah's clan, Korah's clan, which was the Kohathites, the

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 children of Kohath, they were even responsible for moving the most holy things into the holy places of

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 the tabernacle when it was set up. They had the unique role given from the Lord to intercede in this way

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 for the people. But Korah wanted that role for himself. And we can speculate why. You know, perhaps

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 Korah wanted the priesthood because he thought it would bring him more privilege or more power or more

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 human praise, not just carrying the ark, but going in and being the one who offered the sacrifice before

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 the ark. You know, too often people seek leadership for these reasons, for privilege, for power, for human

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 praise. And the New Testament is very clear that we should watch out for so-called leaders like that.

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 Beware, the New Testament will say again and again, beware the leader who wants to lead,

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 but who doesn't want to serve. Leaders in the church, leaders in the people of God should be first and foremost

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 willing servants, willing to set up the chairs and make the coffee if need be.

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 Nothing at the end of the New Testament will actually name Korah by name as an example of what to beware of

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 in the church. Beware the so-called leader that stirs up dissension and disunity. Beware the so-called

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 leader that seems to listen intently to people's complaints only to manipulate it for his own gain.

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 Jesus spoke a blessing upon whom? Upon the peacemakers.

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 Paul writes that we should make every effort to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of

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 peace. That's what a real leader looks like.

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 But last, notice how Korah makes his case in verse 3. He says to Moses and Aaron, he says,

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 you've gone too far, for all in the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them.

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 Why then do you, Moses and Aaron, exalt yourselves above the assembly of the Lord?

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 Now, of course, there is a sense in which some of what Korah is saying is true.

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 God had indeed chosen and set apart the people for himself. In that sense, the entire congregation

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 was holy unto the Lord, and God had indeed been dwelling in their midst. The Lord was among them.

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 In fact, at the end of chapter 15, right before this passage, that's exactly what the instructions

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 about the tassels on the garments was all about. It was to remind the people to keep the commandments

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 of God. It was to remind them to be set apart, to be holy, because the Lord was indeed in their midst.

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 But here's a hallmark of a false teacher. They take something that's true,

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 and they use it to justify something that's false.

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 Korah's conclusion was that anyone should be able to be a priest because the congregation was holy,

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 that anyone should be able to do what the priest can do. But that was wrong. Yes, God had set apart

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 the whole people for himself. Yes, they were a holy nation and a royal priesthood, as Exodus 19.6 says.

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 But that doesn't mean that they could then approach God on their own terms.

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 God had appointed very specific means whereby they could draw near. And under the old covenant,

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 he had chosen one particular family for that particular role and no one else.

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 And this brings us to the real heart of the passage. Yes, Korah is an example of a so-called

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 leader to watch out for and to avoid, but the real question that Korah raises is,

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 can we approach God on our own terms?

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 You see, the heart of Korah's rebellion is just that, a desire to want to draw near to God

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 in the way that Korah himself chooses, apart from God's appointed means.

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 And friends, that is the very heart of human rebellion against God,

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 that I get to choose how and on what basis I get to God. I mean, surely, right, if I'm sincere

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 and I'm basically moral, that's enough, right? Why can't I draw near to God through my own version

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 of spirituality? Whatever I happen to think is best. I mean, who's to say which religion is true,

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 right? I mean, aren't they all just kind of paths leading up the same mountain?

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 Aren't we all just blindfolded men and women grabbing a different part of the elephant?

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 You've got your way, I've got mine. God will just accept them all, right?

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 So goes, I think, our very common line of thinking.

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 But can we, can we actually draw near to God on our own terms?

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 You see, the problem with this line of thinking

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 is that it fails to account for God's holiness.

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 It fails to account for God's holiness.

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 Because God is not some inert goal at the top of a mountain

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 that we can just bushwhack our way to the top.

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 And God is certainly not a kind of benign elephant

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 that we can blindly grasp and grope like a baby Dumbo.

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 God is holy.

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 God is infinite in majesty, in power, in purity, in love.

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 The chapter from Revelation that Nick read for us earlier is all about this.

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 What do we see there in Revelation 4?

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 We see that God is not some kind of cosmic, doting grandparent,

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 but God is the Holy One

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 before whom all creation will and must worship.

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 An unmediated glimpse of the Holy and Majestic God,

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 an unmediated glimpse of that God would not be bliss,

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 but our utter undoing.

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 Like a tiny ship pushed by a growing wave

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 into rocky cliffs thousands of feet high,

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 dashed into oblivion,

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 one glimpse of God's real unmediated glory

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 would utterly wreck us.

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 We cannot come to God on our own terms

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 because of who God is.

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 And that's exactly what we see

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 in the next part of this passage.

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 Let's pick up in verse 16,

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 and we'll read all the way through verse 40

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 and see what happens to Korah's rebellion.

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 Moses said to Korah,

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 Be present, you and all your company,

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 before the Lord, you and they and Aaron tomorrow,

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 and let every one of you take his censer

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 and put incense on it,

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 which was a priestly task, by the way.

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 God is basically saying,

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 Okay, Korah, put yourself in the place of a priest.

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 Let every one of you take his censer

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 and put incense on it,

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 and every one of you bring before the Lord his censer.

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 250 censers, you also, and Aaron, each a censer.

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 So every man took his censer

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 and put fire in them and laid incense on them,

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 stood at the entrance of the tent of meeting

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 with Moses and Aaron.

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 Then Korah assembled all the congregation against them

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 at the entrance of the tent of meeting,

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 and the glory of the Lord appeared

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 to all the congregation.

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 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron,

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 saying, Separate yourselves from this congregation

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 that I may consume them in a moment.

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 And they fell on their faces and said,

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 Oh God, the God of the spirits of all flesh

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 shall one man sin,

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 and you will be angry with all the congregation?

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 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

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 Say to the congregation,

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 Get away from the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.

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 Then Moses rose and went to Dathan and Abiram,

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 and the elders of Israel followed him.

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 And he spoke to the congregation, saying,

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 Depart, please, from the tents of these wicked men,

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 and touch nothing of theirs,

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 lest you be swept away with all their sins.

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 So they got away from the dwelling of Korah,

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 Dathan, and Abiram.

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 And Dathan and Abiram came out and stood

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 at the door of their tents,

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 together with their wives, their sons,

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 and their little ones.

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 And Moses said,

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 Hereby you shall know that the Lord has sent me

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 to do all these works,

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 and that it has not been of my own accord.

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 If these men die as all men die,

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 or if they are visited by the fate of all mankind,

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 then the Lord has not sent me.

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 But if the Lord creates something new,

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 and the ground opens its mouth

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 and swallows them with all that belongs to them,

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 and they go down alive into Sheol,

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 then you shall know that these men

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 have despised the Lord.

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 And as soon as he had finished speaking all these words,

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 the ground under them split apart,

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 and the earth opened its mouth

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 and swallowed them with their households

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 and all the people who belonged to Korah

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 and all their goods.

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 So they and all that belonged to them

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 went down alive into Sheol,

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 and the earth closed over them,

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 and they perished from the midst of the assembly.

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 And all Israel who were around them

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 fled at their cry,

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 for they said,

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 Lest the earth swallow us up.

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 And fire came out from the Lord

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 and consumed the 250 men offering the incense.

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 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

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 Tell Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the priest,

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 to take up the censers out of the blaze.

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 Then scatter the fire far and wide,

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 for they have become holy.

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 As for the censers of these men

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 who have sinned at the cost of their lives,

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 let them be made into hammered plates

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 as a covering for the altar,

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 for they offered them before the Lord,

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 and they became holy.

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 Thus they shall be a sign

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 to the people of Israel.

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 So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers,

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 which those who were burned had offered,

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 and they were hammered out

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 as a covering for the altar

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 to be a reminder

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 to the people of Israel,

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 so that no outsider

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 who is not of the descendants of Aaron

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 should draw near

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 to burn incense before the Lord,

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 lest he become like Korah

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 and his company,

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 as the Lord said to him

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 through Moses.

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 So Korah wanted to come to God

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 on his own terms.

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 Dathan and Abiram joined Korah

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 in his rebellion,

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 and as a result,

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 they all crashed against the rocks

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 of God's holiness.

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 Korah and the rest

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 who take censers

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 before the Lord at the tabernacle,

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 you would sort of put fire

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 inside a plate

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 and you would swing it

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 so the incense would go up.

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 Korah and all the rest

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 who did so

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 before the Lord at the tabernacle

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 were consumed by fire.

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 And the tragedy

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 is that the sin of Korah

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 and Dathan and Abiram

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 doesn't just impact themselves,

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 but their families as well.

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 At first,

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 we sort of recoil

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 at passages like this,

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 don't we?

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 At first,

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 it seems unjust

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 for family members

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 to suffer the same fate

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 as the heads of the households

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 who did the rebellion,

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 who did the rebelling.

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 But that's the tragedy

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 of sin, friends.

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 It impacts all those around us.

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 Especially the presumptuous sin

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 of thinking

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 that we can handle God

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 on our own terms

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 in any way that we see fit.

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 That rebellion

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 will impact our children.

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 And that's why people

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 were commanded to flee

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 from the tents

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 of Dathan and Abiram.

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 And even Korah's tent,

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 even though Korah himself

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 was at the tabernacle

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 with the 250,

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 God in mercy warned them

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 that this sin

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 was going to impact

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 all those around it.

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 But you see,

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 that spreading impact

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 of sin,

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 the truth is,

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 that's exactly how sin

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 has worked

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 from the very beginning.

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 All the way back

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 to our first parents,

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 when our first parents sinned,

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 we all fell

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 under its deadly sway.

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 Consider the original sin

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 of Adam.

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 Rather than listen

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 to God and obey,

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 Adam chose his own terms.

00:17:23.359 --> 00:17:24.039
 He took the fruit

00:17:24.039 --> 00:17:24.879
 God had commanded him

00:17:24.879 --> 00:17:25.679
 not to take,

00:17:26.059 --> 00:17:27.339
 thinking that in doing so,

00:17:27.419 --> 00:17:28.319
 he could just become

00:17:28.319 --> 00:17:29.039
 like God

00:17:29.039 --> 00:17:30.279
 rather than approach

00:17:30.279 --> 00:17:31.500
 God on God's terms.

00:17:31.980 --> 00:17:32.379
 Adam thought

00:17:32.379 --> 00:17:32.799
 he could do it

00:17:32.799 --> 00:17:33.519
 his own way.

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 And that rebellion

00:17:36.539 --> 00:17:38.240
 brought spiritual death,

00:17:39.240 --> 00:17:41.099
 not just to Adam and Eve,

00:17:41.720 --> 00:17:43.259
 but to all humanity.

00:17:43.259 --> 00:17:46.460
 You see,

00:17:46.539 --> 00:17:46.660
 friends,

00:17:46.779 --> 00:17:48.279
 every single human being

00:17:48.279 --> 00:17:49.059
 is created

00:17:49.059 --> 00:17:50.379
 in God's own image.

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 Each one of us

00:17:51.640 --> 00:17:52.279
 is full

00:17:52.279 --> 00:17:54.379
 of inestimable

00:17:54.379 --> 00:17:55.119
 dignity

00:17:55.119 --> 00:17:55.980
 and value

00:17:55.980 --> 00:17:56.720
 and worth.

00:17:58.220 --> 00:17:58.859
 And

00:17:58.859 --> 00:18:01.259
 every human being

00:18:01.259 --> 00:18:02.119
 has inherited

00:18:02.119 --> 00:18:04.140
 a guilty status

00:18:04.140 --> 00:18:04.920
 before God

00:18:04.920 --> 00:18:06.819
 and a corrupt nature

00:18:06.819 --> 00:18:07.259
 within ourselves.

00:18:07.259 --> 00:18:10.980
 Like a computer virus

00:18:10.980 --> 00:18:11.660
 that spreads

00:18:11.660 --> 00:18:12.819
 to every computer

00:18:12.819 --> 00:18:13.480
 in the network,

00:18:13.619 --> 00:18:14.700
 there is no human

00:18:14.700 --> 00:18:15.460
 who is exempt

00:18:15.460 --> 00:18:16.559
 from the effects

00:18:16.559 --> 00:18:17.539
 of Adam's sin.

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 And that means

00:18:20.500 --> 00:18:21.700
 there is no

00:18:21.700 --> 00:18:23.440
 approaching God

00:18:23.440 --> 00:18:24.180
 and His holiness

00:18:24.180 --> 00:18:26.339
 without it resulting

00:18:26.339 --> 00:18:27.319
 in utter ruin.

00:18:30.140 --> 00:18:31.680
 The 250 men

00:18:31.680 --> 00:18:33.119
 who swung their censers

00:18:33.119 --> 00:18:33.579
 that day

00:18:33.579 --> 00:18:34.660
 before the tabernacle

00:18:34.660 --> 00:18:35.779
 were consumed

00:18:35.779 --> 00:18:37.340
 in an instant.

00:18:41.420 --> 00:18:42.060
 God

00:18:42.060 --> 00:18:42.840
 is not

00:18:42.840 --> 00:18:45.040
 to be trifled with.

00:18:48.080 --> 00:18:49.620
 How could we think

00:18:49.620 --> 00:18:51.000
 that we could just

00:18:51.000 --> 00:18:52.080
 saunter

00:18:52.080 --> 00:18:53.300
 into God's presence?

00:18:54.000 --> 00:18:54.980
 That we could just

00:18:54.980 --> 00:18:55.840
 approach God

00:18:55.840 --> 00:18:56.500
 and be accepted

00:18:56.500 --> 00:18:57.100
 by God

00:18:57.100 --> 00:18:58.019
 on our own terms,

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 on our own way?

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 I mean,

00:19:00.800 --> 00:19:01.240
 think about it.

00:19:01.900 --> 00:19:02.920
 We would never

00:19:02.920 --> 00:19:03.620
 think about

00:19:03.619 --> 00:19:04.599
 entering our

00:19:04.599 --> 00:19:05.479
 neighbor's house

00:19:05.479 --> 00:19:06.559
 without their

00:19:06.559 --> 00:19:07.019
 permission

00:19:07.019 --> 00:19:08.139
 and on their

00:19:08.139 --> 00:19:08.699
 own terms,

00:19:08.759 --> 00:19:08.979
 right?

00:19:10.119 --> 00:19:10.739
 Of course,

00:19:11.079 --> 00:19:11.599
 you wouldn't just

00:19:11.599 --> 00:19:12.059
 like show up

00:19:12.059 --> 00:19:12.439
 at your neighbor's

00:19:12.439 --> 00:19:12.579
 house,

00:19:12.619 --> 00:19:13.099
 open the door

00:19:13.099 --> 00:19:13.500
 and take off

00:19:13.500 --> 00:19:13.839
 your shoes

00:19:13.839 --> 00:19:14.299
 and start eating

00:19:14.299 --> 00:19:14.679
 the food

00:19:14.679 --> 00:19:15.219
 out of their fridge.

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 I mean,

00:19:16.119 --> 00:19:16.579
 maybe you would.

00:19:16.639 --> 00:19:16.899
 Maybe you have

00:19:16.899 --> 00:19:17.299
 a really good

00:19:17.299 --> 00:19:17.679
 relationship

00:19:17.679 --> 00:19:18.079
 with your neighbor.

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 I don't know.

00:19:19.459 --> 00:19:19.919
 But no,

00:19:20.019 --> 00:19:20.459
 you do it

00:19:20.459 --> 00:19:21.179
 on your neighbor's

00:19:21.179 --> 00:19:21.539
 terms,

00:19:21.639 --> 00:19:21.779
 right?

00:19:21.819 --> 00:19:22.179
 That's how

00:19:22.179 --> 00:19:22.779
 you draw near

00:19:22.779 --> 00:19:23.219
 to them.

00:19:25.539 --> 00:19:26.399
 But think about

00:19:26.399 --> 00:19:27.059
 something even greater.

00:19:27.139 --> 00:19:27.399
 What about

00:19:27.399 --> 00:19:28.139
 the mayor's office?

00:19:28.199 --> 00:19:28.599
 What if we were

00:19:28.599 --> 00:19:29.039
 to walk,

00:19:29.379 --> 00:19:29.659
 you know,

00:19:29.699 --> 00:19:30.299
 a few blocks

00:19:30.299 --> 00:19:31.000
 down to the green

00:19:31.000 --> 00:19:31.559
 and go into

00:19:31.559 --> 00:19:32.839
 the city hall

00:19:32.839 --> 00:19:34.139
 and go into

00:19:34.139 --> 00:19:34.539
 the city hall?

00:19:34.859 --> 00:19:35.740
 We just kind of

00:19:35.740 --> 00:19:36.500
 barge into

00:19:36.500 --> 00:19:37.220
 Mayor Eelker's

00:19:37.220 --> 00:19:37.599
 office,

00:19:38.059 --> 00:19:38.519
 put our feet

00:19:38.519 --> 00:19:39.419
 up on his desk.

00:19:40.079 --> 00:19:40.500
 What would

00:19:40.500 --> 00:19:40.839
 happen?

00:19:41.579 --> 00:19:41.980
 Well,

00:19:42.039 --> 00:19:42.480
 you would most

00:19:42.480 --> 00:19:43.059
 likely be

00:19:43.059 --> 00:19:43.679
 escorted out

00:19:43.679 --> 00:19:44.359
 by security,

00:19:44.480 --> 00:19:44.659
 right?

00:19:44.720 --> 00:19:45.199
 You can't

00:19:45.199 --> 00:19:46.279
 approach the

00:19:46.279 --> 00:19:46.879
 human mayor

00:19:46.879 --> 00:19:47.299
 on your own

00:19:47.299 --> 00:19:47.519
 terms.

00:19:47.579 --> 00:19:47.759
 And what

00:19:47.759 --> 00:19:48.079
 about the

00:19:48.079 --> 00:19:48.599
 White House?

00:19:51.459 --> 00:19:52.099
 Try to get

00:19:52.099 --> 00:19:52.399
 into the

00:19:52.399 --> 00:19:52.759
 White House

00:19:52.759 --> 00:19:53.220
 on your own

00:19:53.220 --> 00:19:53.779
 terms and you

00:19:53.779 --> 00:19:54.319
 will certainly

00:19:54.319 --> 00:19:54.980
 be arrested

00:19:54.980 --> 00:19:56.359
 or worse.

00:19:59.319 --> 00:19:59.720
 Friends,

00:19:59.779 --> 00:20:00.279
 if that is

00:20:00.279 --> 00:20:01.419
 true of our

00:20:01.419 --> 00:20:01.819
 relationship

00:20:01.819 --> 00:20:02.419
 with mere

00:20:02.419 --> 00:20:03.439
 humans,

00:20:04.399 --> 00:20:05.220
 what makes

00:20:05.220 --> 00:20:05.639
 us think

00:20:05.639 --> 00:20:05.939
 that we

00:20:05.939 --> 00:20:06.460
 could approach

00:20:06.460 --> 00:20:07.740
 God on

00:20:07.740 --> 00:20:08.139
 our own

00:20:08.139 --> 00:20:08.519
 terms,

00:20:08.759 --> 00:20:09.039
 in our

00:20:09.039 --> 00:20:09.460
 own way?

00:20:11.379 --> 00:20:11.939
 God,

00:20:12.939 --> 00:20:14.299
 the consuming

00:20:14.299 --> 00:20:15.539
 fire himself

00:20:15.539 --> 00:20:16.139
 who is

00:20:16.139 --> 00:20:17.299
 infinitely good,

00:20:18.119 --> 00:20:18.939
 infinitely pure,

00:20:19.720 --> 00:20:20.639
 perfectly just.

00:20:24.419 --> 00:20:25.519
 And so God

00:20:25.519 --> 00:20:26.779
 tells Aaron's

00:20:26.779 --> 00:20:27.099
 son,

00:20:27.279 --> 00:20:27.720
 Eleazar,

00:20:28.119 --> 00:20:29.399
 to take all

00:20:29.399 --> 00:20:30.159
 those burned

00:20:30.159 --> 00:20:30.939
 censors of

00:20:30.939 --> 00:20:31.319
 Korah's

00:20:31.319 --> 00:20:31.779
 rebellion,

00:20:32.019 --> 00:20:32.619
 to hammer

00:20:32.619 --> 00:20:33.059
 them into

00:20:33.059 --> 00:20:33.539
 plates,

00:20:33.859 --> 00:20:34.240
 and to

00:20:34.240 --> 00:20:34.859
 plate them

00:20:34.859 --> 00:20:35.379
 onto the

00:20:35.379 --> 00:20:35.960
 altar as

00:20:35.960 --> 00:20:36.500
 a covering

00:20:36.500 --> 00:20:37.399
 so that when

00:20:37.399 --> 00:20:37.740
 the people

00:20:37.740 --> 00:20:38.179
 came to

00:20:38.179 --> 00:20:38.759
 the tabernacle

00:20:38.759 --> 00:20:39.200
 to worship,

00:20:39.299 --> 00:20:39.539
 they would

00:20:39.539 --> 00:20:39.960
 see the

00:20:39.960 --> 00:20:40.439
 covering and

00:20:40.439 --> 00:20:41.079
 every time

00:20:41.079 --> 00:20:41.399
 they would

00:20:41.399 --> 00:20:42.139
 be reminded

00:20:42.139 --> 00:20:43.899
 that they

00:20:43.899 --> 00:20:44.579
 had to

00:20:44.579 --> 00:20:44.980
 come to

00:20:44.980 --> 00:20:46.259
 God on

00:20:46.259 --> 00:20:46.599
 God's

00:20:46.599 --> 00:20:47.559
 own terms

00:20:47.559 --> 00:20:49.099
 or not

00:20:49.099 --> 00:20:49.519
 at all.

00:20:54.259 --> 00:20:54.700
 Friend,

00:20:54.759 --> 00:20:55.179
 how are you

00:20:55.179 --> 00:20:56.039
 hoping to

00:20:56.039 --> 00:20:56.539
 approach

00:20:56.539 --> 00:20:57.420
 God,

00:20:57.420 --> 00:20:57.720
 to get

00:20:57.720 --> 00:20:58.180
 near to

00:20:58.180 --> 00:20:58.480
 God

00:20:58.480 --> 00:20:58.859
 today?

00:21:01.019 --> 00:21:01.740
 I mean,

00:21:01.759 --> 00:21:02.240
 after all,

00:21:03.299 --> 00:21:03.940
 nearness to

00:21:03.940 --> 00:21:04.240
 God,

00:21:05.240 --> 00:21:06.000
 communion with

00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:06.240
 God,

00:21:06.759 --> 00:21:07.500
 fellowship with

00:21:07.500 --> 00:21:07.720
 God,

00:21:07.859 --> 00:21:08.920
 that is the

00:21:08.920 --> 00:21:09.659
 very thing

00:21:09.659 --> 00:21:10.039
 that we

00:21:10.039 --> 00:21:10.579
 humans were

00:21:10.579 --> 00:21:11.379
 created for.

00:21:12.759 --> 00:21:13.720
 We weren't

00:21:13.720 --> 00:21:14.420
 created to

00:21:14.420 --> 00:21:14.879
 find our

00:21:14.879 --> 00:21:15.180
 meaning,

00:21:15.599 --> 00:21:16.240
 our purpose,

00:21:16.480 --> 00:21:17.119
 our hope,

00:21:17.420 --> 00:21:18.220
 merely in the

00:21:18.220 --> 00:21:18.920
 created things

00:21:18.920 --> 00:21:19.680
 of this life.

00:21:20.779 --> 00:21:21.440
 Do you want

00:21:21.440 --> 00:21:22.259
 evidence that we

00:21:22.259 --> 00:21:22.920
 weren't created

00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:23.599
 to find our

00:21:23.599 --> 00:21:24.159
 meaning and hope

00:21:24.159 --> 00:21:24.740
 and purpose in

00:21:24.740 --> 00:21:25.140
 the things of

00:21:25.140 --> 00:21:25.599
 this life?

00:21:26.660 --> 00:21:27.759
 Then talk to

00:21:27.759 --> 00:21:29.180
 someone who

00:21:29.180 --> 00:21:29.880
 has it all.

00:21:31.140 --> 00:21:31.680
 Talk to the

00:21:31.680 --> 00:21:32.299
 wealthiest people,

00:21:32.420 --> 00:21:32.920
 talk to the

00:21:32.920 --> 00:21:33.559
 most famous

00:21:33.559 --> 00:21:33.859
 people,

00:21:33.980 --> 00:21:34.299
 talk to the

00:21:34.299 --> 00:21:35.160
 most powerful

00:21:35.160 --> 00:21:35.519
 people,

00:21:35.640 --> 00:21:36.660
 and what do

00:21:36.660 --> 00:21:37.220
 you find?

00:21:39.799 --> 00:21:40.720
 Do you find

00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:41.240
 that all those

00:21:41.240 --> 00:21:41.700
 things have

00:21:41.700 --> 00:21:42.180
 brought them

00:21:42.180 --> 00:21:42.880
 contentment,

00:21:43.759 --> 00:21:44.120
 joy,

00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:45.519
 peace,

00:21:46.700 --> 00:21:47.079
 awe?

00:21:49.640 --> 00:21:50.079
 No.

00:21:52.220 --> 00:21:52.900
 More often

00:21:52.900 --> 00:21:53.259
 than not,

00:21:53.319 --> 00:21:53.660
 they will all

00:21:53.660 --> 00:21:54.059
 tell you the

00:21:54.059 --> 00:21:54.680
 same thing.

00:21:55.740 --> 00:21:56.660
 It didn't

00:21:56.660 --> 00:21:57.579
 actually make

00:21:57.579 --> 00:21:58.339
 them happy.

00:22:01.140 --> 00:22:01.839
 This is why

00:22:01.839 --> 00:22:02.620
 songwriting is

00:22:02.620 --> 00:22:03.059
 such a good

00:22:03.059 --> 00:22:03.440
 gig,

00:22:03.960 --> 00:22:04.519
 because you

00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:05.000
 write songs,

00:22:05.079 --> 00:22:05.480
 you get really

00:22:05.480 --> 00:22:05.859
 famous,

00:22:06.039 --> 00:22:06.539
 it doesn't

00:22:06.539 --> 00:22:07.279
 actually satisfy,

00:22:07.400 --> 00:22:07.759
 so then you

00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:08.259
 can just write

00:22:08.259 --> 00:22:08.980
 more songs about

00:22:08.980 --> 00:22:09.700
 being dissatisfied

00:22:09.700 --> 00:22:10.120
 and make more

00:22:10.120 --> 00:22:10.259
 money.

00:22:10.299 --> 00:22:10.740
 It's a brilliant

00:22:10.740 --> 00:22:11.240
 scheme,

00:22:11.500 --> 00:22:11.819
 right?

00:22:12.859 --> 00:22:13.539
 And yet it is

00:22:13.539 --> 00:22:14.779
 evidence that

00:22:14.779 --> 00:22:15.480
 this world is

00:22:15.480 --> 00:22:16.180
 not what we

00:22:16.180 --> 00:22:16.960
 were created to

00:22:16.960 --> 00:22:17.839
 find our deepest

00:22:17.839 --> 00:22:18.359
 meaning and

00:22:18.359 --> 00:22:19.120
 identity in.

00:22:20.440 --> 00:22:21.319
 That deep

00:22:21.319 --> 00:22:21.720
 hole,

00:22:21.839 --> 00:22:22.299
 that deep

00:22:22.299 --> 00:22:23.220
 hunger still

00:22:23.220 --> 00:22:23.720
 remains.

00:22:23.720 --> 00:22:25.700
 there's only

00:22:25.700 --> 00:22:26.600
 one thing

00:22:26.600 --> 00:22:27.000
 that can

00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:28.059
 satisfy the

00:22:28.059 --> 00:22:28.759
 human heart,

00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:30.600
 and we've

00:22:30.600 --> 00:22:31.160
 read about it

00:22:31.160 --> 00:22:31.700
 in Revelation

00:22:31.700 --> 00:22:32.240
 4,

00:22:33.100 --> 00:22:34.480
 the glory of

00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:34.839
 God,

00:22:34.900 --> 00:22:35.539
 our Creator,

00:22:37.460 --> 00:22:38.220
 only in

00:22:38.220 --> 00:22:38.960
 communion with

00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:39.579
 the triune

00:22:39.579 --> 00:22:40.039
 God,

00:22:40.720 --> 00:22:41.640
 the triune

00:22:41.640 --> 00:22:42.819
 God whom all

00:22:42.819 --> 00:22:44.039
 creation praises

00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:44.819
 ceaselessly,

00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:45.519
 day and night,

00:22:45.920 --> 00:22:46.900
 only in communion

00:22:46.900 --> 00:22:47.559
 with God,

00:22:47.559 --> 00:22:49.980
 will we find

00:22:49.980 --> 00:22:50.559
 the true

00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:51.779
 meaning of

00:22:51.779 --> 00:22:52.639
 our existence.

00:22:53.819 --> 00:22:54.919
 And only in

00:22:54.919 --> 00:22:55.599
 communion with

00:22:55.599 --> 00:22:56.159
 the triune

00:22:56.159 --> 00:22:57.359
 God revealed

00:22:57.359 --> 00:22:57.859
 in Jesus

00:22:57.859 --> 00:22:58.519
 Christ,

00:22:59.179 --> 00:23:00.119
 will we be

00:23:00.119 --> 00:23:00.639
 able to

00:23:00.639 --> 00:23:01.819
 actually enjoy

00:23:01.819 --> 00:23:02.339
 the things of

00:23:02.339 --> 00:23:02.960
 this life?

00:23:03.940 --> 00:23:04.740
 Because otherwise

00:23:04.740 --> 00:23:05.399
 we just try to

00:23:05.399 --> 00:23:06.079
 use the things

00:23:06.079 --> 00:23:07.019
 of this life to

00:23:07.019 --> 00:23:07.859
 fill the God-sized

00:23:07.859 --> 00:23:08.279
 hole in our

00:23:08.279 --> 00:23:08.779
 hearts and it

00:23:08.779 --> 00:23:09.419
 doesn't work.

00:23:09.419 --> 00:23:09.539
 It doesn't

00:23:13.759 --> 00:23:14.639
 Here's the truth,

00:23:14.779 --> 00:23:15.019
 friends.

00:23:15.019 --> 00:23:18.440
 you and I

00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:19.579
 need to

00:23:19.579 --> 00:23:20.339
 approach God.

00:23:21.900 --> 00:23:23.079
 We have to

00:23:23.079 --> 00:23:23.639
 draw near to

00:23:23.639 --> 00:23:24.000
 God,

00:23:24.519 --> 00:23:26.339
 but we can't

00:23:26.339 --> 00:23:26.879
 do it on our

00:23:26.879 --> 00:23:27.519
 own terms.

00:23:29.119 --> 00:23:30.160
 Our sin is

00:23:30.160 --> 00:23:30.700
 too great,

00:23:31.700 --> 00:23:32.700
 and the holiness

00:23:32.700 --> 00:23:33.339
 of God is

00:23:33.339 --> 00:23:34.559
 infinitely greater

00:23:34.559 --> 00:23:34.920
 still.

00:23:37.700 --> 00:23:38.559
 So what's

00:23:38.559 --> 00:23:39.059
 the solution?

00:23:42.740 --> 00:23:43.879
 How can we

00:23:43.879 --> 00:23:44.720
 actually draw near?

00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:46.279
 What's the

00:23:46.279 --> 00:23:46.940
 answer to our

00:23:46.940 --> 00:23:47.259
 dilemma?

00:23:50.299 --> 00:23:50.960
 Well, it's

00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:51.319
 this,

00:23:51.900 --> 00:23:54.220
 that God has

00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:54.799
 appointed a

00:23:54.799 --> 00:23:54.980
 way.

00:23:56.619 --> 00:23:58.180
 God has set

00:23:58.180 --> 00:23:58.579
 His own

00:23:58.579 --> 00:23:59.099
 terms.

00:24:00.779 --> 00:24:01.200
 In His

00:24:01.200 --> 00:24:01.740
 grace,

00:24:02.440 --> 00:24:03.319
 God has

00:24:03.319 --> 00:24:03.799
 opened a

00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:04.480
 road whereby

00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:05.639
 sinful humans

00:24:05.639 --> 00:24:06.680
 can come to

00:24:06.680 --> 00:24:08.960
 Him and

00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:09.400
 not be

00:24:09.400 --> 00:24:09.859
 consumed.

00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:12.359
 But there's

00:24:12.359 --> 00:24:13.039
 no other

00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:13.460
 road.

00:24:13.460 --> 00:24:16.100
 only one

00:24:16.100 --> 00:24:16.920
 leads out

00:24:16.920 --> 00:24:17.600
 from Him

00:24:17.600 --> 00:24:18.360
 and only

00:24:18.360 --> 00:24:19.340
 one leads

00:24:19.340 --> 00:24:19.779
 back to

00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:20.019
 Him.

00:24:22.980 --> 00:24:23.759
 And that

00:24:23.759 --> 00:24:24.500
 road was

00:24:24.500 --> 00:24:25.440
 signified

00:24:25.440 --> 00:24:27.680
 under the

00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:28.000
 Mosaic

00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:28.500
 covenant

00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:31.440
 that one

00:24:31.440 --> 00:24:32.299
 appointed way

00:24:32.299 --> 00:24:32.840
 to God

00:24:32.840 --> 00:24:33.799
 was signified

00:24:33.799 --> 00:24:34.360
 under the

00:24:34.360 --> 00:24:34.620
 Mosaic

00:24:34.620 --> 00:24:34.960
 covenant

00:24:34.960 --> 00:24:35.440
 by the

00:24:35.440 --> 00:24:36.059
 priesthood

00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:36.880
 of Aaron.

00:24:36.880 --> 00:24:39.880
 Aaron and

00:24:39.880 --> 00:24:40.120
 his

00:24:40.120 --> 00:24:40.820
 sons

00:24:40.820 --> 00:24:42.540
 would be

00:24:42.540 --> 00:24:43.180
 the means

00:24:43.180 --> 00:24:43.600
 whereby

00:24:43.600 --> 00:24:44.280
 the Old

00:24:44.280 --> 00:24:44.640
 Testament

00:24:44.640 --> 00:24:45.260
 people could

00:24:45.260 --> 00:24:45.460
 have

00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:45.860
 fellowship

00:24:45.860 --> 00:24:46.380
 with God

00:24:46.380 --> 00:24:46.960
 without being

00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:47.600
 consumed by

00:24:47.600 --> 00:24:47.840
 God's

00:24:47.840 --> 00:24:48.120
 holiness.

00:24:49.540 --> 00:24:50.020
 Through the

00:24:50.020 --> 00:24:50.780
 priesthood's

00:24:50.780 --> 00:24:51.500
 intercession,

00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:52.420
 God would

00:24:52.420 --> 00:24:53.120
 make atonement

00:24:53.120 --> 00:24:53.480
 for His

00:24:53.480 --> 00:24:55.620
 people so

00:24:55.620 --> 00:24:56.000
 that sinful

00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:56.620
 people could

00:24:56.620 --> 00:24:57.040
 dwell with

00:24:57.040 --> 00:24:57.300
 a holy

00:24:57.300 --> 00:24:57.680
 God.

00:24:57.680 --> 00:25:00.539
 Let's read

00:25:00.539 --> 00:25:00.920
 the rest of

00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:01.360
 the chapter,

00:25:01.560 --> 00:25:02.240
 verses 41

00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:02.880
 through 50.

00:25:04.220 --> 00:25:04.820
 But on the

00:25:04.820 --> 00:25:05.140
 next day,

00:25:05.180 --> 00:25:05.380
 all the

00:25:05.380 --> 00:25:05.980
 congregation of

00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:06.400
 the people of

00:25:06.400 --> 00:25:06.900
 Israel grumbled

00:25:06.900 --> 00:25:07.480
 against Moses

00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:07.900
 and against

00:25:07.900 --> 00:25:08.019
 Aaron,

00:25:08.140 --> 00:25:08.380
 saying,

00:25:08.940 --> 00:25:09.220
 You have

00:25:09.220 --> 00:25:09.720
 killed the

00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:10.080
 people of

00:25:10.080 --> 00:25:10.420
 the Lord.

00:25:11.620 --> 00:25:12.259
 And when the

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:12.860
 congregation had

00:25:12.860 --> 00:25:13.600
 assembled against

00:25:13.600 --> 00:25:14.060
 Moses and

00:25:14.060 --> 00:25:14.600
 against Aaron,

00:25:15.200 --> 00:25:15.759
 they turned

00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:16.080
 toward the

00:25:16.080 --> 00:25:16.400
 tent of

00:25:16.400 --> 00:25:16.620
 meeting,

00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:17.160
 and behold,

00:25:17.360 --> 00:25:17.980
 the cloud

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:18.560
 covered it,

00:25:19.060 --> 00:25:19.560
 and the glory

00:25:19.560 --> 00:25:19.880
 of the Lord

00:25:19.880 --> 00:25:20.299
 appeared.

00:25:21.060 --> 00:25:21.519
 And Moses

00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:21.900
 and Aaron

00:25:21.900 --> 00:25:22.460
 came to the

00:25:22.460 --> 00:25:22.920
 front of the

00:25:22.920 --> 00:25:23.460
 tent of meeting,

00:25:23.539 --> 00:25:23.860
 and the Lord

00:25:23.860 --> 00:25:24.580
 spoke to Moses,

00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:24.940
 saying,

00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:26.120
 Get away from

00:25:26.119 --> 00:25:26.519
 the midst of

00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:27.079
 this congregation

00:25:27.079 --> 00:25:27.739
 that I may

00:25:27.739 --> 00:25:28.459
 consume them

00:25:28.459 --> 00:25:28.899
 in a moment.

00:25:29.899 --> 00:25:30.559
 And they fell

00:25:30.559 --> 00:25:31.139
 on their faces,

00:25:31.359 --> 00:25:32.919
 and Moses said

00:25:32.919 --> 00:25:33.419
 to Aaron,

00:25:33.679 --> 00:25:34.779
 Take your

00:25:34.779 --> 00:25:36.379
 censer and

00:25:36.379 --> 00:25:37.599
 put fire on

00:25:37.599 --> 00:25:38.399
 it from off

00:25:38.399 --> 00:25:39.759
 the altar and

00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:40.619
 lay incense on

00:25:40.619 --> 00:25:41.379
 it and carry it

00:25:41.379 --> 00:25:42.239
 quickly to the

00:25:42.239 --> 00:25:43.799
 congregation and

00:25:43.799 --> 00:25:44.399
 make atonement

00:25:44.399 --> 00:25:46.119
 for them, for

00:25:46.119 --> 00:25:46.799
 wrath has gone

00:25:46.799 --> 00:25:47.279
 out from the

00:25:47.279 --> 00:25:47.579
 Lord.

00:25:48.500 --> 00:25:49.199
 The plague has

00:25:49.199 --> 00:25:49.539
 begun.

00:25:52.079 --> 00:25:52.819
 So Aaron

00:25:52.819 --> 00:25:53.199
 took it,

00:25:53.239 --> 00:25:53.879
 as Moses said,

00:25:53.919 --> 00:25:54.439
 and ran into

00:25:54.439 --> 00:25:55.000
 the midst of

00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:55.559
 the assembly,

00:25:56.119 --> 00:25:57.139
 and behold,

00:25:57.199 --> 00:25:57.839
 the plague had

00:25:57.839 --> 00:25:58.419
 already begun

00:25:58.419 --> 00:25:58.799
 among the

00:25:58.799 --> 00:25:59.079
 people,

00:25:59.679 --> 00:26:00.399
 and he put

00:26:00.399 --> 00:26:00.659
 on the

00:26:00.659 --> 00:26:02.099
 incense and

00:26:02.099 --> 00:26:02.719
 made atonement

00:26:02.719 --> 00:26:03.019
 for the

00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:03.359
 people,

00:26:03.979 --> 00:26:05.199
 and he stood

00:26:05.199 --> 00:26:05.919
 between the

00:26:05.919 --> 00:26:06.219
 dead and

00:26:06.219 --> 00:26:06.599
 the living,

00:26:07.659 --> 00:26:08.099
 and the

00:26:08.099 --> 00:26:08.519
 plague was

00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:08.939
 stopped.

00:26:10.539 --> 00:26:11.159
 Now those

00:26:11.159 --> 00:26:11.759
 who died in

00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:12.119
 the plague

00:26:12.119 --> 00:26:12.879
 were fourteen

00:26:12.879 --> 00:26:13.459
 thousand,

00:26:14.299 --> 00:26:15.979
 besides those

00:26:15.979 --> 00:26:16.479
 who died in

00:26:16.479 --> 00:26:17.000
 the affair of

00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:17.359
 Korah.

00:26:19.059 --> 00:26:19.659
 And Aaron

00:26:19.659 --> 00:26:20.219
 returned to

00:26:20.219 --> 00:26:20.779
 Moses at the

00:26:20.779 --> 00:26:21.359
 entrance of the

00:26:21.359 --> 00:26:21.899
 tent of meeting

00:26:21.899 --> 00:26:23.319
 when the plague

00:26:23.319 --> 00:26:23.939
 was stopped.

00:26:23.940 --> 00:26:27.420
 So you see,

00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:28.059
 when Korah,

00:26:28.220 --> 00:26:28.980
 when Korah and

00:26:28.980 --> 00:26:29.740
 his company of

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:31.200
 250 chiefs of

00:26:31.200 --> 00:26:31.860
 the congregation,

00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:32.400
 important,

00:26:32.580 --> 00:26:32.920
 powerful,

00:26:33.120 --> 00:26:33.720
 prestigious men,

00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:34.500
 when they took

00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:35.240
 their censers and

00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:35.700
 burned incense

00:26:35.700 --> 00:26:36.299
 before God,

00:26:36.340 --> 00:26:36.559
 they were

00:26:36.559 --> 00:26:37.160
 consumed.

00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:39.519
 But when Aaron,

00:26:40.080 --> 00:26:40.740
 just Aaron,

00:26:41.539 --> 00:26:42.320
 by himself,

00:26:42.400 --> 00:26:43.100
 takes a censer,

00:26:43.720 --> 00:26:44.180
 and when he

00:26:44.180 --> 00:26:44.960
 stands between

00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:45.559
 the dead and

00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:47.539
 the living and

00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:48.519
 makes intercession,

00:26:49.420 --> 00:26:50.120
 the plague is

00:26:50.120 --> 00:26:50.500
 stopped.

00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:52.799
 the just

00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:53.539
 wrath of God

00:26:53.539 --> 00:26:54.559
 is turned away

00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:55.720
 from the sinful

00:26:55.720 --> 00:26:56.140
 people,

00:26:56.220 --> 00:26:56.619
 and they're

00:26:56.619 --> 00:26:57.200
 saved.

00:26:59.819 --> 00:27:00.519
 Notice how

00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:01.180
 this episode

00:27:01.180 --> 00:27:01.519
 starts.

00:27:01.579 --> 00:27:01.900
 Now the whole

00:27:01.900 --> 00:27:02.599
 congregation is

00:27:02.599 --> 00:27:03.220
 grumbling against

00:27:03.220 --> 00:27:03.960
 them, and God

00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:05.380
 again gives

00:27:05.380 --> 00:27:06.279
 what is true.

00:27:06.380 --> 00:27:06.680
 He says,

00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:07.859
 get away from

00:27:07.859 --> 00:27:08.220
 the midst of

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:08.799
 this congregation

00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:09.339
 that I may

00:27:09.339 --> 00:27:09.940
 consume them

00:27:09.940 --> 00:27:10.319
 in a moment.

00:27:10.380 --> 00:27:10.579
 You see,

00:27:10.640 --> 00:27:11.019
 that's how

00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:12.559
 sinful sin is.

00:27:13.660 --> 00:27:14.720
 It deserves

00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:15.680
 God's wrath.

00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:17.920
 But Aaron,

00:27:18.119 --> 00:27:19.380
 fulfilling the

00:27:19.380 --> 00:27:20.240
 priestly office

00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:20.940
 that God had

00:27:20.940 --> 00:27:21.759
 assigned to

00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:22.140
 him,

00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:23.660
 stands in the

00:27:23.660 --> 00:27:24.180
 midst of the

00:27:24.180 --> 00:27:25.079
 people and

00:27:25.079 --> 00:27:25.920
 offers up

00:27:25.920 --> 00:27:26.920
 intercession on

00:27:26.920 --> 00:27:27.680
 their behalf.

00:27:28.799 --> 00:27:29.480
 And God,

00:27:29.599 --> 00:27:30.400
 in His grace,

00:27:30.859 --> 00:27:32.940
 receives Aaron's

00:27:32.940 --> 00:27:33.500
 intercession.

00:27:35.380 --> 00:27:36.640
 God turns aside

00:27:36.640 --> 00:27:37.120
 His wrath.

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:37.960
 He withholds

00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:38.319
 His full

00:27:38.319 --> 00:27:38.680
 judgment.

00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:43.299
 But friends,

00:27:43.380 --> 00:27:43.680
 you see,

00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:44.620
 Aaron in the

00:27:44.620 --> 00:27:45.319
 Old Covenant,

00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:47.640
 Aaron was just

00:27:47.640 --> 00:27:49.940
 a picture of

00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:50.600
 the greater

00:27:50.600 --> 00:27:51.640
 priest to come.

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.620
 As the New

00:27:54.620 --> 00:27:55.539
 Testament opens

00:27:55.539 --> 00:27:56.100
 and as the

00:27:56.100 --> 00:27:57.740
 story unfolds

00:27:57.740 --> 00:27:58.940
 and as we see

00:27:58.940 --> 00:27:59.840
 the ministry

00:27:59.840 --> 00:28:01.039
 and the deeds

00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:01.960
 and the work

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:02.799
 of the Lord

00:28:02.799 --> 00:28:03.779
 Jesus Christ,

00:28:04.600 --> 00:28:05.440
 we see that

00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:06.140
 He was the

00:28:06.140 --> 00:28:07.480
 true and the

00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:08.200
 better priest.

00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:09.640
 He was the

00:28:09.640 --> 00:28:10.259
 priest that Aaron

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:10.840
 and his sons

00:28:10.840 --> 00:28:11.279
 were just

00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:12.279
 gesturing towards,

00:28:12.340 --> 00:28:12.940
 just pointing

00:28:12.940 --> 00:28:13.580
 towards as a

00:28:13.580 --> 00:28:13.960
 sign.

00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:16.039
 You see,

00:28:16.140 --> 00:28:17.120
 Jesus did

00:28:17.120 --> 00:28:18.160
 stand in the

00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:18.900
 midst of His

00:28:18.900 --> 00:28:19.900
 sinful people

00:28:19.900 --> 00:28:21.019
 and He

00:28:21.019 --> 00:28:22.079
 identified with

00:28:22.079 --> 00:28:22.779
 them fully.

00:28:24.420 --> 00:28:25.259
 And He didn't

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:26.120
 merely offer up

00:28:26.120 --> 00:28:26.860
 incense and

00:28:26.860 --> 00:28:27.279
 prayers,

00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:28.220
 but He offered

00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:28.720
 up His own

00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:29.420
 body on the

00:28:29.420 --> 00:28:29.860
 cross.

00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:32.640
 And when Jesus,

00:28:32.779 --> 00:28:33.779
 our true priest,

00:28:34.100 --> 00:28:34.860
 stood in the

00:28:34.860 --> 00:28:36.000
 midst of His

00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:36.400
 people,

00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:39.519
 on that day,

00:28:39.579 --> 00:28:40.120
 the wrath of

00:28:40.119 --> 00:28:41.319
 God didn't

00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:41.979
 turn aside.

00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:45.219
 No, at the

00:28:45.219 --> 00:28:45.659
 cross, the

00:28:45.659 --> 00:28:46.339
 holiness of

00:28:46.339 --> 00:28:46.899
 God was in

00:28:46.899 --> 00:28:47.839
 full display

00:28:47.839 --> 00:28:49.939
 as Jesus

00:28:49.939 --> 00:28:50.979
 bore the

00:28:50.979 --> 00:28:51.799
 full weight

00:28:51.799 --> 00:28:53.219
 of the divine

00:28:53.219 --> 00:28:54.019
 wrath our

00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:55.159
 sins deserved.

00:28:57.299 --> 00:28:58.359
 But His

00:28:58.359 --> 00:28:59.000
 sin,

00:28:59.399 --> 00:29:00.679
 death-bearing

00:29:00.679 --> 00:29:01.179
 death,

00:29:01.979 --> 00:29:03.019
 this was

00:29:03.019 --> 00:29:03.779
 the very

00:29:03.779 --> 00:29:04.879
 plan of

00:29:04.879 --> 00:29:05.319
 God.

00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:08.819
 For in

00:29:08.819 --> 00:29:09.179
 Jesus,

00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:10.180
 we see

00:29:10.180 --> 00:29:11.500
 the terms,

00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:13.060
 God's terms,

00:29:13.220 --> 00:29:14.220
 whereby sinful

00:29:14.220 --> 00:29:15.160
 humans can now

00:29:15.160 --> 00:29:15.700
 come near.

00:29:17.360 --> 00:29:18.259
 Through faith

00:29:18.259 --> 00:29:19.120
 in Jesus

00:29:19.120 --> 00:29:20.080
 crucified and

00:29:20.080 --> 00:29:20.320
 risen,

00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:21.799
 sinners can

00:29:21.799 --> 00:29:22.400
 draw near to

00:29:22.400 --> 00:29:22.900
 God because

00:29:22.900 --> 00:29:23.680
 Jesus Christ

00:29:23.680 --> 00:29:25.100
 has turned

00:29:25.100 --> 00:29:25.940
 aside God's

00:29:25.940 --> 00:29:26.600
 holy wrath

00:29:26.600 --> 00:29:27.380
 through His

00:29:27.380 --> 00:29:28.140
 self-giving

00:29:28.140 --> 00:29:28.799
 death on the

00:29:28.799 --> 00:29:29.299
 cross in our

00:29:29.299 --> 00:29:29.799
 place.

00:29:31.440 --> 00:29:31.840
 And what's

00:29:31.840 --> 00:29:32.279
 more, on the

00:29:32.279 --> 00:29:32.779
 third day,

00:29:32.880 --> 00:29:33.660
 this true and

00:29:33.660 --> 00:29:34.100
 better high

00:29:34.100 --> 00:29:35.200
 priest rose

00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:35.539
 from the

00:29:35.539 --> 00:29:35.840
 dead,

00:29:37.080 --> 00:29:37.480
 and forty

00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:37.860
 days later,

00:29:37.920 --> 00:29:38.519
 He ascended

00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:38.880
 to the

00:29:38.880 --> 00:29:39.240
 Father's

00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:39.780
 right hand,

00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:40.600
 where He

00:29:40.600 --> 00:29:41.700
 now intercedes

00:29:41.700 --> 00:29:42.720
 forever for

00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:43.080
 those who

00:29:43.080 --> 00:29:43.580
 trust in

00:29:43.580 --> 00:29:43.800
 Him.

00:29:45.300 --> 00:29:45.640
 You see,

00:29:45.800 --> 00:29:47.260
 unlike Aaron

00:29:47.260 --> 00:29:48.200
 and all of

00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:49.020
 Aaron's sons

00:29:49.020 --> 00:29:49.840
 down through

00:29:49.840 --> 00:29:50.320
 the Old

00:29:50.320 --> 00:29:51.220
 Testament age,

00:29:51.780 --> 00:29:52.500
 unlike Aaron

00:29:52.500 --> 00:29:53.120
 who eventually

00:29:53.120 --> 00:29:53.900
 died,

00:29:55.580 --> 00:29:55.940
 Jesus,

00:29:57.100 --> 00:29:57.700
 our true and

00:29:57.700 --> 00:29:58.180
 better high

00:29:58.180 --> 00:29:58.460
 priest,

00:29:58.600 --> 00:30:00.020
 always lives.

00:30:01.380 --> 00:30:01.840
 And that

00:30:01.840 --> 00:30:02.260
 means He

00:30:02.260 --> 00:30:03.520
 always lives

00:30:03.520 --> 00:30:04.780
 to make

00:30:04.780 --> 00:30:05.380
 intercession

00:30:05.380 --> 00:30:06.020
 for us.

00:30:06.020 --> 00:30:08.300
 What He

00:30:08.300 --> 00:30:08.940
 did for us

00:30:08.940 --> 00:30:10.240
 will always

00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:10.980
 be effective

00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:12.220
 before the

00:30:12.220 --> 00:30:12.620
 throne of

00:30:12.620 --> 00:30:13.000
 our holy

00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:13.400
 God.

00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:17.160
 So for

00:30:17.160 --> 00:30:18.320
 those who

00:30:18.320 --> 00:30:19.100
 approach God

00:30:19.100 --> 00:30:20.040
 apart from

00:30:20.040 --> 00:30:20.420
 Jesus,

00:30:21.420 --> 00:30:22.720
 there is

00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:23.500
 nothing but a

00:30:23.500 --> 00:30:24.740
 fearful expectation

00:30:24.740 --> 00:30:25.420
 of judgment.

00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:28.140
 But for those

00:30:28.140 --> 00:30:28.700
 who approach

00:30:28.700 --> 00:30:29.900
 God through

00:30:29.900 --> 00:30:30.520
 Jesus,

00:30:31.660 --> 00:30:32.640
 there is

00:30:32.640 --> 00:30:33.040
 actually

00:30:33.040 --> 00:30:35.680
 confidence and

00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:36.980
 boldness to

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:37.820
 approach God

00:30:37.820 --> 00:30:39.800
 because Jesus

00:30:39.800 --> 00:30:40.800
 has covered

00:30:40.800 --> 00:30:41.560
 our sins

00:30:41.560 --> 00:30:43.460
 and welcomed

00:30:43.460 --> 00:30:44.320
 us in His

00:30:44.320 --> 00:30:44.660
 name.

00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:49.560
 And you see,

00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:50.280
 that means if

00:30:50.280 --> 00:30:51.160
 you're not a

00:30:51.160 --> 00:30:51.560
 Christian,

00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:54.020
 if you're here

00:30:54.020 --> 00:30:54.660
 this morning and

00:30:54.660 --> 00:30:55.280
 you're spiritually

00:30:55.280 --> 00:30:55.980
 searching and

00:30:55.980 --> 00:30:56.780
 trying to figure

00:30:56.780 --> 00:30:58.700
 out what it

00:30:58.700 --> 00:30:59.420
 means to be in a

00:30:59.420 --> 00:31:00.140
 relationship with

00:31:00.140 --> 00:31:01.539
 God, then the

00:31:01.539 --> 00:31:02.039
 message of

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:03.080
 number 16 to

00:31:03.080 --> 00:31:04.000
 you is this.

00:31:06.420 --> 00:31:07.340
 Repent of

00:31:07.340 --> 00:31:08.440
 trying to

00:31:08.440 --> 00:31:09.300
 approach God

00:31:09.300 --> 00:31:10.039
 on your own

00:31:10.039 --> 00:31:10.539
 terms.

00:31:11.320 --> 00:31:12.120
 Admit it and

00:31:12.120 --> 00:31:12.820
 turn away from

00:31:12.820 --> 00:31:13.019
 it.

00:31:14.120 --> 00:31:14.519
 Repent of

00:31:14.519 --> 00:31:14.840
 trying to

00:31:14.840 --> 00:31:15.360
 approach God

00:31:15.360 --> 00:31:15.779
 on your own

00:31:15.779 --> 00:31:16.300
 terms, in

00:31:16.300 --> 00:31:16.580
 your own

00:31:16.580 --> 00:31:17.259
 way, and

00:31:17.259 --> 00:31:18.680
 accept the

00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:19.400
 one and

00:31:19.400 --> 00:31:20.259
 only sure

00:31:20.259 --> 00:31:20.680
 way to

00:31:20.680 --> 00:31:21.039
 draw near

00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:21.580
 to God

00:31:21.580 --> 00:31:23.600
 through what

00:31:23.600 --> 00:31:24.279
 God Himself

00:31:24.279 --> 00:31:24.960
 has appointed

00:31:24.960 --> 00:31:25.960
 through the

00:31:25.960 --> 00:31:26.400
 true and

00:31:26.400 --> 00:31:26.880
 better high

00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:27.320
 priest, the

00:31:27.320 --> 00:31:27.720
 Lord Jesus

00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:28.259
 Christ.

00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:29.920
 call upon

00:31:29.920 --> 00:31:30.420
 Him and

00:31:30.420 --> 00:31:30.740
 entrust

00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:31.259
 yourself to

00:31:31.259 --> 00:31:32.279
 Him and

00:31:32.279 --> 00:31:33.740
 know that

00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:34.420
 without a

00:31:34.420 --> 00:31:35.000
 doubt in

00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:35.740
 Him your

00:31:35.740 --> 00:31:36.579
 sins will

00:31:36.579 --> 00:31:37.220
 be forgiven.

00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:39.379
 And because

00:31:39.379 --> 00:31:39.940
 He lives to

00:31:39.940 --> 00:31:41.180
 always intercede

00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:41.900
 for you, you

00:31:41.900 --> 00:31:42.599
 will have

00:31:42.599 --> 00:31:43.779
 eternal favor

00:31:43.779 --> 00:31:44.680
 and fellowship

00:31:44.680 --> 00:31:45.379
 with God your

00:31:45.379 --> 00:31:46.640
 Creator, and

00:31:46.640 --> 00:31:47.079
 God will be

00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:48.160
 your joy and

00:31:48.160 --> 00:31:48.619
 your utmost

00:31:48.619 --> 00:31:49.400
 satisfaction,

00:31:50.119 --> 00:31:51.799
 because there's

00:31:51.799 --> 00:31:52.480
 one who stands

00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:53.039
 for you at the

00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:53.519
 right hand of

00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:53.819
 God.

00:31:56.960 --> 00:31:57.740
 And for those

00:31:57.740 --> 00:31:58.059
 of us who

00:31:58.059 --> 00:31:58.559
 are trusting

00:31:58.559 --> 00:31:59.179
 in Christ,

00:32:00.419 --> 00:32:00.720
 then the

00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:01.399
 application of

00:32:01.399 --> 00:32:02.099
 number 16

00:32:02.099 --> 00:32:02.579
 is this,

00:32:04.139 --> 00:32:04.759
 remember,

00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:07.579
 remember that

00:32:07.579 --> 00:32:07.940
 our true

00:32:07.940 --> 00:32:08.500
 priest has

00:32:08.500 --> 00:32:09.799
 come and

00:32:09.799 --> 00:32:10.000
 that He

00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:10.700
 always lives

00:32:10.700 --> 00:32:11.039
 to make

00:32:11.039 --> 00:32:11.519
 intercession

00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:12.119
 for us and

00:32:12.119 --> 00:32:12.740
 that now we

00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:13.279
 can draw near

00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:13.859
 with confidence

00:32:13.859 --> 00:32:14.399
 to God.

00:32:14.879 --> 00:32:15.319
 Ephesians 3,

00:32:15.339 --> 00:32:15.740
 11 through

00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:16.500
 12 says that

00:32:16.500 --> 00:32:17.440
 God has

00:32:17.440 --> 00:32:18.200
 saved us

00:32:18.200 --> 00:32:18.879
 according to

00:32:18.879 --> 00:32:19.440
 the eternal

00:32:19.440 --> 00:32:20.639
 purpose that

00:32:20.639 --> 00:32:20.919
 He has

00:32:20.919 --> 00:32:21.859
 realized in

00:32:21.859 --> 00:32:22.379
 Christ Jesus

00:32:22.379 --> 00:32:23.000
 our Lord,

00:32:23.599 --> 00:32:24.339
 in whom,

00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:25.019
 in Jesus,

00:32:25.019 --> 00:32:26.460
 we now have

00:32:26.460 --> 00:32:27.660
 boldness and

00:32:27.660 --> 00:32:28.680
 access with

00:32:28.680 --> 00:32:29.599
 confidence through

00:32:29.599 --> 00:32:30.119
 our faith in

00:32:30.119 --> 00:32:30.319
 Him.

00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:33.079
 Do you see

00:32:33.079 --> 00:32:34.139
 what the work

00:32:34.139 --> 00:32:34.559
 of Jesus

00:32:34.559 --> 00:32:35.319
 Christ has

00:32:35.319 --> 00:32:35.920
 wrought?

00:32:38.819 --> 00:32:39.700
 Now we can

00:32:39.700 --> 00:32:40.460
 draw near to

00:32:40.460 --> 00:32:41.240
 God, though we

00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:41.720
 are sinners,

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:42.579
 and yes,

00:32:42.660 --> 00:32:43.139
 God is holy,

00:32:43.259 --> 00:32:43.819
 now we can

00:32:43.819 --> 00:32:44.579
 draw near to

00:32:44.579 --> 00:32:45.460
 God with

00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:46.500
 boldness and

00:32:46.500 --> 00:32:47.200
 with confidence.

00:32:48.299 --> 00:32:49.519
 We don't have

00:32:49.519 --> 00:32:50.480
 to find our

00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:51.139
 identity and

00:32:51.139 --> 00:32:52.039
 satisfaction in

00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:52.539
 the things of

00:32:52.539 --> 00:32:53.059
 this world.

00:32:53.299 --> 00:32:54.079
 We can come

00:32:54.079 --> 00:32:55.259
 to God and

00:32:55.259 --> 00:32:55.879
 find it in

00:32:55.879 --> 00:32:56.779
 Him, the

00:32:56.779 --> 00:32:57.220
 one we were

00:32:57.220 --> 00:32:58.180
 created for.

00:33:00.659 --> 00:33:01.420
 We have

00:33:01.420 --> 00:33:03.019
 boldness and

00:33:03.019 --> 00:33:03.619
 access with

00:33:03.619 --> 00:33:04.180
 confidence.

00:33:04.700 --> 00:33:05.139
 It's not

00:33:05.139 --> 00:33:05.759
 presumption,

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:07.460
 it's not pride

00:33:07.460 --> 00:33:08.379
 like Korah,

00:33:08.639 --> 00:33:09.259
 but real

00:33:09.259 --> 00:33:09.759
 confidence.

00:33:10.619 --> 00:33:11.399
 It's boldness

00:33:11.399 --> 00:33:13.700
 even because of

00:33:13.700 --> 00:33:14.159
 what God has

00:33:14.159 --> 00:33:14.819
 accomplished in

00:33:14.819 --> 00:33:15.619
 Jesus Christ on

00:33:15.619 --> 00:33:16.139
 our behalf.

00:33:17.839 --> 00:33:18.700
 We see this

00:33:18.700 --> 00:33:19.099
 theme throughout

00:33:19.099 --> 00:33:19.700
 the New Testament,

00:33:19.819 --> 00:33:20.299
 but perhaps

00:33:20.299 --> 00:33:21.339
 Hebrews 10,

00:33:21.799 --> 00:33:22.359
 19 through

00:33:22.359 --> 00:33:23.279
 25 says it

00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:23.619
 best.

00:33:24.659 --> 00:33:25.119
 The author of

00:33:25.119 --> 00:33:25.539
 Hebrews says,

00:33:25.619 --> 00:33:25.799
 therefore,

00:33:25.939 --> 00:33:26.299
 brothers and

00:33:26.299 --> 00:33:27.740
 sisters, since

00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:28.439
 we have confidence

00:33:28.439 --> 00:33:29.099
 to enter the

00:33:29.099 --> 00:33:30.039
 holy places by

00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:30.639
 the blood of

00:33:30.639 --> 00:33:32.019
 Jesus, by the

00:33:32.019 --> 00:33:33.199
 new and living

00:33:33.199 --> 00:33:34.359
 way that He

00:33:34.359 --> 00:33:35.219
 opened for us

00:33:35.219 --> 00:33:36.059
 through the

00:33:36.059 --> 00:33:36.599
 curtain that is

00:33:36.599 --> 00:33:37.039
 through His

00:33:37.039 --> 00:33:38.339
 flesh, and

00:33:38.339 --> 00:33:38.959
 since we have

00:33:38.959 --> 00:33:40.079
 a great priest

00:33:40.079 --> 00:33:40.740
 over the house

00:33:40.740 --> 00:33:42.259
 of God, let

00:33:42.259 --> 00:33:43.879
 us draw near

00:33:43.879 --> 00:33:45.839
 with a true

00:33:45.839 --> 00:33:46.519
 heart and full

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:47.099
 assurance of

00:33:47.099 --> 00:33:47.519
 faith, with

00:33:47.519 --> 00:33:47.919
 our hearts

00:33:47.919 --> 00:33:48.759
 sprinkled clean

00:33:48.759 --> 00:33:49.240
 from an evil

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:50.419
 conscience, and

00:33:50.419 --> 00:33:51.240
 our bodies washed

00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:52.019
 with pure water.

00:33:52.359 --> 00:33:53.599
 Let us hold

00:33:53.599 --> 00:33:54.919
 fast the

00:33:54.919 --> 00:33:55.599
 confession of

00:33:55.599 --> 00:33:56.219
 our hope without

00:33:56.219 --> 00:33:57.879
 wavering, for He

00:33:57.879 --> 00:33:58.659
 who promised is

00:33:58.659 --> 00:33:59.079
 faithful.

00:34:00.079 --> 00:34:00.899
 And let us

00:34:00.899 --> 00:34:01.759
 consider how to

00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:02.659
 stir up one

00:34:02.659 --> 00:34:03.500
 another to love

00:34:03.500 --> 00:34:04.279
 and good works,

00:34:04.819 --> 00:34:06.119
 not neglecting to

00:34:06.119 --> 00:34:07.000
 meet together as is

00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:07.759
 the habit of some,

00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:09.739
 but encouraging one

00:34:09.739 --> 00:34:11.539
 another, and all the

00:34:11.539 --> 00:34:12.279
 more as you see the

00:34:12.279 --> 00:34:13.219
 day drawing near.

00:34:14.799 --> 00:34:15.799
 Amen, friends.

00:34:16.739 --> 00:34:17.819
 Through Jesus, the

00:34:17.819 --> 00:34:18.519
 way is open.

00:34:18.519 --> 00:34:20.360
 We have a great

00:34:20.360 --> 00:34:21.079
 priest over the

00:34:21.079 --> 00:34:21.860
 house of God.

00:34:22.340 --> 00:34:23.300
 We don't have to

00:34:23.300 --> 00:34:24.219
 come to God on our

00:34:24.219 --> 00:34:25.159
 own terms, which are

00:34:25.159 --> 00:34:26.539
 failing and faulty, but

00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:27.739
 God has graciously

00:34:27.739 --> 00:34:28.739
 opened heaven's door

00:34:28.739 --> 00:34:31.820
 through Jesus, and we

00:34:31.820 --> 00:34:32.599
 can come in.

00:34:34.039 --> 00:34:34.940
 We have a great

00:34:34.940 --> 00:34:35.579
 priest over the

00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:37.579
 house of God, so let

00:34:37.579 --> 00:34:38.840
 us draw near in faith.

00:34:39.759 --> 00:34:41.320
 Let us hold fast in

00:34:41.320 --> 00:34:44.019
 hope, and let us stir

00:34:44.019 --> 00:34:45.239
 up one another in love.

00:34:45.239 --> 00:34:47.239
 Let us pray.

00:34:50.119 --> 00:34:52.579
 Father, we do ask that

00:34:52.579 --> 00:34:53.539
 You would impress upon

00:34:53.539 --> 00:34:54.559
 us, Your people, again

00:34:54.559 --> 00:34:56.099
 a genuine sense of

00:34:56.099 --> 00:34:56.599
 Your holiness.

00:34:57.500 --> 00:34:58.239
 Help us to live in

00:34:58.239 --> 00:34:58.979
 awe of You, God.

00:34:59.039 --> 00:34:59.699
 Help us to have a

00:34:59.699 --> 00:35:01.239
 rightful reverence

00:35:01.799 --> 00:35:02.399
 before You.

00:35:04.459 --> 00:35:05.959
 And Lord, help us to

00:35:05.959 --> 00:35:08.519
 see that in Christ,

00:35:09.319 --> 00:35:10.599
 what would mean certain

00:35:10.599 --> 00:35:11.819
 destruction for us,

00:35:11.820 --> 00:35:15.700
 drawing near to You,

00:35:15.740 --> 00:35:16.580
 our holy God, has

00:35:16.580 --> 00:35:19.600
 now, Lord, become an

00:35:19.600 --> 00:35:22.740
 open path where the

00:35:22.740 --> 00:35:23.840
 work of Christ and the

00:35:23.840 --> 00:35:24.760
 intercession of Christ

00:35:24.760 --> 00:35:25.539
 has paved the way.

00:35:26.420 --> 00:35:27.519
 Lord, open our eyes to

00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:28.580
 see this truth afresh.

00:35:29.960 --> 00:35:31.180
 Give us confidence and

00:35:31.180 --> 00:35:31.960
 boldness as we go

00:35:31.960 --> 00:35:33.000
 forth this week in His

00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:33.280
 name.

00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:34.240
 Amen.

00:35:34.240 --> 00:35:34.340
 Amen.