WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.780 Join me, won't you, to read Hebrews. 00:00:01.900 --> 00:00:04.719 It's going to be up on the screens if you would prefer to read it that way. 00:00:05.679 --> 00:00:07.200 But let's open God's word. 00:00:10.160 --> 00:00:17.480 Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets. 00:00:17.480 --> 00:00:28.060 But in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. 00:00:28.059 --> 00:00:34.460 He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature. 00:00:35.100 --> 00:00:38.339 And he upholds the universe by the word of his power. 00:00:40.079 --> 00:00:53.239 After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the majesty on high, having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs. 00:00:54.060 --> 00:00:55.320 This is the word of God. 00:00:58.060 --> 00:01:01.660 Well, good morning, everyone. 00:01:05.359 --> 00:01:07.820 It's good to be back from holidays with you all. 00:01:08.100 --> 00:01:11.760 And I can see a few visitors in the crowd. 00:01:11.859 --> 00:01:13.200 So a warm welcome to you. 00:01:13.480 --> 00:01:14.180 My name is David. 00:01:14.180 --> 00:01:15.879 I'm the pastor here. 00:01:16.379 --> 00:01:17.780 And I can also see Dave and Alison. 00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:18.900 Welcome back, guys. 00:01:19.680 --> 00:01:21.659 And you'll be with us for a while. 00:01:21.760 --> 00:01:23.780 So that's lovely to have you back with us. 00:01:23.780 --> 00:01:26.019 All right. 00:01:26.200 --> 00:01:28.599 Will you pray with me as we come to God's word? 00:01:28.599 --> 00:01:45.359 Father, as Hebrews says, your word is living and active, that you are presently speaking to us through your word. 00:01:45.479 --> 00:01:51.139 And so I pray that you would help us be ready to hear you speak. 00:01:51.140 --> 00:01:55.799 Give us every help to understand what you're saying. 00:01:57.040 --> 00:02:02.319 And may it just overwhelm us with whatever we're facing. 00:02:02.579 --> 00:02:06.460 May what you say be bigger and greater. 00:02:06.459 --> 00:02:11.659 I ask for your help as I try to speak truthfully and clearly. 00:02:11.939 --> 00:02:12.579 In Jesus' name. 00:02:12.879 --> 00:02:13.139 Amen. 00:02:14.780 --> 00:02:21.060 Well, I wonder, if you know the book of Hebrews, if you've heard of it before, what comes to mind? 00:02:21.759 --> 00:02:22.859 What's the book about? 00:02:22.959 --> 00:02:23.579 What's in it? 00:02:23.580 --> 00:02:31.540 I think for many, one of the first things, if you're like me, you think of is it's known for its strong warnings. 00:02:32.660 --> 00:02:35.020 Don't fall away from Christ. 00:02:35.220 --> 00:02:35.620 Is that? 00:02:36.080 --> 00:02:38.260 I'm trying to gauge body language here. 00:02:38.660 --> 00:02:42.620 But that's one of the first things I think people think of in the book of Hebrews. 00:02:42.620 --> 00:02:50.520 Hebrews, a quick skim of its contents, even the verses we're looking at today, it is, you're just swimming in the Old Testament. 00:02:52.960 --> 00:02:58.580 Which is one of the reasons why the elders, we want to do Hebrews now, because we've just finished Exodus. 00:02:59.659 --> 00:03:02.980 But these Christians seem to have come out of Judaism. 00:03:03.400 --> 00:03:11.659 They'd initially shown great commitment to Jesus, even to the point of suffering, real loss. 00:03:12.620 --> 00:03:15.000 But something's happened. 00:03:15.620 --> 00:03:19.000 Over time, their zeal has, it's fading. 00:03:19.700 --> 00:03:22.960 And they seem to be asking a question. 00:03:24.099 --> 00:03:25.680 Is this really it? 00:03:27.539 --> 00:03:34.860 If we're meant to be so blessed by God in Christ, why is life so hard? 00:03:34.860 --> 00:03:39.980 You read the end of the book, and it's about, it's encouraging. 00:03:41.640 --> 00:03:44.060 The faithful of old had to endure a lot. 00:03:44.320 --> 00:03:45.480 You're not alone in this. 00:03:45.800 --> 00:03:49.500 You hear of discipline, being the loving hand of the Father. 00:03:50.380 --> 00:03:51.800 Why is life so hard? 00:03:51.860 --> 00:03:55.940 They're in danger of just, let's just slip back into Judaism. 00:03:56.140 --> 00:04:00.680 Let's just come under the safety of Judaism again. 00:04:00.680 --> 00:04:05.620 It offers a long history of God's people. 00:04:07.120 --> 00:04:09.700 Religion is, you can taste it. 00:04:09.800 --> 00:04:12.300 You can smell worship of God. 00:04:12.379 --> 00:04:13.960 You can bring your animal sacrifice. 00:04:14.159 --> 00:04:15.480 You can go to a human. 00:04:15.980 --> 00:04:16.939 I shouldn't touch myself. 00:04:17.019 --> 00:04:18.259 I don't think I'm a priest. 00:04:18.680 --> 00:04:21.960 Go to a human, a real living priest. 00:04:22.460 --> 00:04:26.259 It's religion you can touch and see and smell. 00:04:26.259 --> 00:04:28.539 It's safe. 00:04:28.659 --> 00:04:30.420 You'll be accepted in society. 00:04:33.719 --> 00:04:34.420 I don't know. 00:04:34.500 --> 00:04:37.439 I don't know any of you who are tempted to go back into Judaism. 00:04:39.039 --> 00:04:41.259 I won't ask for hands to be raised. 00:04:42.639 --> 00:04:44.699 I'm not tempted to go back into Judaism. 00:04:45.719 --> 00:04:47.860 So why should you and I listen to Hebrews? 00:04:47.860 --> 00:04:55.879 Because I think we all ask that question they're asking. 00:04:56.400 --> 00:05:01.860 If God really is so committed to us who believe in Jesus, 00:05:02.180 --> 00:05:04.439 why is life so hard? 00:05:06.120 --> 00:05:07.480 Is this really it? 00:05:08.180 --> 00:05:09.620 I love church. 00:05:10.319 --> 00:05:11.120 Is this it? 00:05:13.600 --> 00:05:15.220 We can ask that question. 00:05:15.220 --> 00:05:17.760 I'm not tempted to go to Judaism. 00:05:18.300 --> 00:05:21.980 I'm not tempted to revert back to ancestral worship. 00:05:22.740 --> 00:05:27.960 My mind does not think of that because I didn't grow up in that world view. 00:05:28.280 --> 00:05:30.740 I'm not tempted to think of karma. 00:05:32.100 --> 00:05:33.420 I'll tell you what I am tempted. 00:05:35.200 --> 00:05:38.640 To just go slip back into the materialism. 00:05:40.040 --> 00:05:41.860 My mind just goes there all the time. 00:05:41.860 --> 00:05:46.379 That what is here in the present, the past doesn't matter, 00:05:46.500 --> 00:05:49.100 the future doesn't matter here, this is what matters. 00:05:49.500 --> 00:05:50.240 That's what I'm tempted. 00:05:51.600 --> 00:05:56.220 What is real is what you can eat, what you can buy, 00:05:56.939 --> 00:06:00.220 what I can achieve. 00:06:00.540 --> 00:06:05.740 My mind dreams of these big projects that when I stop and reflect, 00:06:05.939 --> 00:06:10.160 I think I'm just trying to build my own name if I pursue those projects. 00:06:10.160 --> 00:06:12.700 That's what I'm tempted to go back into. 00:06:18.080 --> 00:06:24.140 It can be lots of things that can make us start to doubt that Jesus is the full thing. 00:06:24.240 --> 00:06:24.700 He's it. 00:06:26.760 --> 00:06:29.240 A bit of hardship, a bit of doubt, 00:06:29.720 --> 00:06:36.500 and some are just starting to weigh up the pros and cons. 00:06:36.680 --> 00:06:38.860 Is your marriage really worth that effort? 00:06:38.860 --> 00:06:47.360 You want to change jobs, you want to change churches, 00:06:47.360 --> 00:06:49.680 because you think it's going to satisfy your soul. 00:06:52.960 --> 00:06:59.000 You find the achievements and applause in your workplace way more exciting than what's happening right now. 00:06:59.000 --> 00:07:04.100 That home renovation, you can see it. 00:07:04.899 --> 00:07:10.720 Isn't that more exciting than getting stuck into Hebrew? 00:07:12.939 --> 00:07:16.839 Whatever it is, I don't know what it is for you. 00:07:17.040 --> 00:07:18.360 I know my own heart better. 00:07:18.360 --> 00:07:26.639 But we're all tempted to just revert to what our culture says will give us life. 00:07:26.639 --> 00:07:29.899 So we need to hear Hebrews. 00:07:32.819 --> 00:07:34.479 It's such an encouraging book. 00:07:34.560 --> 00:07:36.139 And yes, there's strong warnings. 00:07:36.300 --> 00:07:39.439 But I don't think the strong warnings are the main message. 00:07:39.800 --> 00:07:42.699 They're just the negative side of the coin. 00:07:43.339 --> 00:07:44.240 Now David's back. 00:07:44.319 --> 00:07:45.979 I'm going to use his coin illustration. 00:07:45.980 --> 00:07:49.879 It's just the negative side of the positive message of the book. 00:07:51.080 --> 00:07:54.040 The message of the book is endure. 00:07:55.040 --> 00:07:57.020 Endure in faith and hope. 00:07:57.439 --> 00:07:57.740 Why? 00:07:58.080 --> 00:08:00.360 Because there's a key word that goes throughout Hebrews. 00:08:01.439 --> 00:08:01.700 Better. 00:08:04.439 --> 00:08:05.840 Jesus is better. 00:08:06.960 --> 00:08:08.360 It comes up repeatedly. 00:08:08.360 --> 00:08:11.780 He's better than Moses to bring you to God. 00:08:12.060 --> 00:08:14.560 He's better than Joshua to bring you into rest. 00:08:15.819 --> 00:08:19.800 He's better than the city you're living in. 00:08:20.520 --> 00:08:22.000 There's a better city coming. 00:08:22.480 --> 00:08:23.939 He's the better high priest. 00:08:24.960 --> 00:08:26.720 He's the better sacrifice. 00:08:26.920 --> 00:08:28.699 He's really dealt with your sin. 00:08:29.060 --> 00:08:31.560 He's the better covenant, better promises. 00:08:33.420 --> 00:08:34.720 That's what Hebrews is about. 00:08:34.800 --> 00:08:35.320 He's better. 00:08:35.320 --> 00:08:36.560 Endure. 00:08:38.080 --> 00:08:38.640 Endure. 00:08:39.040 --> 00:08:39.780 He's better. 00:08:43.920 --> 00:08:47.960 Anything else promising meaning and purpose and hope and joy, 00:08:48.040 --> 00:08:49.040 it's an imitation. 00:08:49.740 --> 00:08:51.820 It's alluring you away from what's better. 00:08:53.260 --> 00:08:54.700 I think that's what Hebrews is about. 00:08:54.960 --> 00:08:57.940 And I need to hear it. 00:08:58.940 --> 00:09:04.480 I hope you're starting to be convinced you need to hear it too. 00:09:05.320 --> 00:09:06.379 We all need Hebrews. 00:09:06.580 --> 00:09:10.260 And in this punchy opening, like, it's kind of a letter, 00:09:10.360 --> 00:09:11.180 but it's kind of not. 00:09:11.920 --> 00:09:15.460 The author just, he doesn't have time for saying, hey, how are you doing? 00:09:15.960 --> 00:09:19.640 He just, he goes, he puts a bomb underneath the people going, 00:09:21.080 --> 00:09:23.600 Jesus is better. 00:09:23.600 --> 00:09:32.980 What we're going to see in these opening verses is the son of God is God's full and final word to us. 00:09:33.399 --> 00:09:35.460 Now, why is he the full and final word? 00:09:36.920 --> 00:09:40.120 Well, verses two and three, just look at who he is, 00:09:40.580 --> 00:09:43.320 by virtue of who he is and what he's done and what he's doing. 00:09:43.320 --> 00:09:46.420 You can't add anything to him. 00:09:48.080 --> 00:09:49.180 So that's where we're going. 00:09:49.640 --> 00:09:52.180 So if you want to open your Bibles with me, 00:09:52.760 --> 00:09:57.280 let's look at verse one and the first part of verse two. 00:10:00.580 --> 00:10:03.260 God is a speaking God. 00:10:03.360 --> 00:10:04.780 We saw that in Exodus, didn't we? 00:10:05.340 --> 00:10:06.680 He wants to be known. 00:10:06.679 --> 00:10:11.539 He has spoken his will for your life. 00:10:13.059 --> 00:10:18.159 He's spoken, not specifics of his will, 00:10:19.339 --> 00:10:22.599 but we have all we need to live a godly life. 00:10:23.019 --> 00:10:25.319 He's spoken his will for history. 00:10:26.019 --> 00:10:28.519 This is such good news, that God is a speaking God. 00:10:28.799 --> 00:10:29.899 We can know him. 00:10:31.759 --> 00:10:35.500 I'm no scientist and I always fear when I use these illustrations, 00:10:35.500 --> 00:10:38.139 one of you is going to correct me afterwards. 00:10:38.600 --> 00:10:40.100 Correct me afterwards, not right now. 00:10:41.639 --> 00:10:46.500 But if you study an atom, apparently the size of it, 00:10:46.720 --> 00:10:48.860 the nuclei compared to the electrons, 00:10:49.320 --> 00:10:52.120 the distance of that, the relative distance, 00:10:52.379 --> 00:10:56.460 is like a fly in the middle of a basketball stadium. 00:10:57.980 --> 00:11:01.919 You study that, that's incredible. 00:11:02.159 --> 00:11:04.980 You should bow down and worship whoever made that. 00:11:05.500 --> 00:11:07.500 You're not going to find God there. 00:11:07.659 --> 00:11:12.059 You're not going to find his will for you and for history. 00:11:12.840 --> 00:11:16.519 You're not going to find it in coincidence and providence. 00:11:16.759 --> 00:11:22.759 People read the star signs and people look for answers 00:11:22.759 --> 00:11:26.139 in interpreting political events and interpreting, 00:11:26.559 --> 00:11:29.039 oh, I bumped into so-and-so, maybe I should marry them. 00:11:29.039 --> 00:11:34.740 People, you won't find God's will in providence. 00:11:35.500 --> 00:11:37.879 You will find it in his word. 00:11:39.740 --> 00:11:42.779 You won't find it inside you, in your conscience. 00:11:45.079 --> 00:11:48.419 It's too, you'll find something there of God's will, 00:11:48.519 --> 00:11:49.579 but it's too vague. 00:11:49.580 --> 00:11:54.860 I think the sin, absorption of self, it's too messed up. 00:11:56.620 --> 00:11:58.200 It's such good news. 00:11:58.300 --> 00:11:59.920 God is a speaking God. 00:12:00.460 --> 00:12:01.500 We can know him. 00:12:02.780 --> 00:12:04.259 We can know his will. 00:12:04.740 --> 00:12:07.080 We'd be utterly lost if he didn't speak. 00:12:07.139 --> 00:12:07.900 He has spoken. 00:12:07.899 --> 00:12:12.899 And we're told here he's spoken in two stages. 00:12:15.899 --> 00:12:18.980 Notice the contrast between verses 1 and 2. 00:12:20.340 --> 00:12:25.959 Long ago, in these last days, there's two stages. 00:12:27.579 --> 00:12:31.360 At many times, in many ways, God spoke to our fathers. 00:12:31.360 --> 00:12:40.440 He has spoken to us by the prophets, by his son. 00:12:40.899 --> 00:12:41.960 There's two stages. 00:12:44.240 --> 00:12:48.379 You consider all the privileges Moses had as a prophet 00:12:48.379 --> 00:12:52.100 and the prophet, other prophets are measured by. 00:12:52.940 --> 00:12:56.320 He had a visible, audible call of God. 00:12:56.460 --> 00:12:57.899 He saw the plagues. 00:12:57.899 --> 00:13:01.300 He saw the manifestation of God and heard his voice. 00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:02.220 He saw the presence on Mount Sinai. 00:13:02.480 --> 00:13:05.120 He met with God as a friend speaks face-to-face 00:13:05.120 --> 00:13:05.960 in the tent of meeting. 00:13:06.960 --> 00:13:09.000 His glory filled the tabernacle. 00:13:09.300 --> 00:13:11.740 And not even Moses could go inside. 00:13:11.820 --> 00:13:13.379 He just hit the deck and worshipped. 00:13:14.159 --> 00:13:17.480 All that incredible revelation of who God is, 00:13:17.720 --> 00:13:23.060 his desire to save and come into covenant relationships, 00:13:23.899 --> 00:13:24.960 so much of his will. 00:13:24.960 --> 00:13:29.320 And yet, this author is saying, it's partial. 00:13:31.360 --> 00:13:38.639 The entire Old Testament revelation, at many times, many ways, 00:13:39.139 --> 00:13:41.139 that's just saying it's fragmentary. 00:13:41.460 --> 00:13:42.519 It's partial. 00:13:42.980 --> 00:13:44.000 That's stage one. 00:13:44.639 --> 00:13:47.039 Stage two is better. 00:13:48.039 --> 00:13:49.379 Now, we don't have the word better here, 00:13:49.460 --> 00:13:50.980 but that's the point of this passage. 00:13:51.060 --> 00:13:51.480 It's better. 00:13:51.480 --> 00:13:57.820 This isn't saying the Old Testament is less true 00:13:57.820 --> 00:13:59.340 and the New Testament more true. 00:13:59.440 --> 00:14:02.940 It is a unified word from a unified God. 00:14:03.220 --> 00:14:05.320 It's not saying less true and more true. 00:14:05.800 --> 00:14:09.259 It's the progression from partial to full 00:14:09.259 --> 00:14:15.779 or promise to delivering on that promise. 00:14:15.779 --> 00:14:17.179 That's the progression. 00:14:18.199 --> 00:14:19.679 It's not true and false. 00:14:19.799 --> 00:14:22.379 It's promise to here it is. 00:14:23.360 --> 00:14:28.879 Or to use Hebrew's language, shadow to reality. 00:14:30.480 --> 00:14:31.779 Chapter 10, verse 1. 00:14:32.559 --> 00:14:35.720 When Joshua led the people of God into the promised land, 00:14:35.799 --> 00:14:37.379 that is a literal land. 00:14:37.919 --> 00:14:40.100 But Hebrews are saying, that's just a shadow. 00:14:40.539 --> 00:14:41.100 It's a copy. 00:14:41.100 --> 00:14:46.980 It's the real thing is in the sun. 00:14:48.300 --> 00:14:52.860 We are in the days of reality. 00:14:53.340 --> 00:14:54.840 The real thing has come. 00:14:58.200 --> 00:15:00.860 We've been in the last days for 2,000 years. 00:15:00.980 --> 00:15:03.940 The last days is the fullness. 00:15:05.800 --> 00:15:07.440 The reality has come. 00:15:07.440 --> 00:15:12.880 God has spoken to us. 00:15:13.160 --> 00:15:13.980 Isn't that incredible? 00:15:19.380 --> 00:15:21.220 Sometimes we get discouraged, though, don't we? 00:15:21.340 --> 00:15:24.700 We want another word from God. 00:15:26.660 --> 00:15:29.160 We know Jesus is meant to be the answer. 00:15:29.520 --> 00:15:31.100 If you've been to church long enough, 00:15:34.860 --> 00:15:37.000 we know Jesus is meant to be the answer. 00:15:37.440 --> 00:15:42.120 We want God to give us a third word. 00:15:42.260 --> 00:15:43.900 Give us a third stage. 00:15:44.060 --> 00:15:45.480 So many people crave this. 00:15:45.580 --> 00:15:46.320 We crave this. 00:15:47.260 --> 00:15:49.840 Give me some human institution 00:15:49.840 --> 00:15:53.360 to give me something on top of what the word of God says. 00:15:53.480 --> 00:15:56.580 Give me a human teacher on YouTube 00:15:56.580 --> 00:15:57.680 or someone you've met, 00:15:57.900 --> 00:15:59.980 someone who seems impressive, 00:15:59.980 --> 00:16:02.300 to give me more. 00:16:02.299 --> 00:16:09.039 I think sometimes we seek pastoral advice. 00:16:09.120 --> 00:16:10.819 I remember seeking pastoral advice 00:16:10.819 --> 00:16:12.759 and you kind of get frustrated 00:16:12.759 --> 00:16:15.759 because they keep pushing you back to Jesus, 00:16:16.319 --> 00:16:17.299 these pastors. 00:16:19.120 --> 00:16:21.439 Give me something more. 00:16:21.440 --> 00:16:28.240 And some look for this additional direct word 00:16:28.240 --> 00:16:29.280 from the Holy Spirit. 00:16:34.540 --> 00:16:37.640 We're tempted to look for this third stage. 00:16:37.900 --> 00:16:39.320 And a pastor in America, 00:16:39.540 --> 00:16:40.920 a lot of you would have heard his name, 00:16:40.980 --> 00:16:41.440 John Piper, 00:16:41.440 --> 00:16:43.640 he had a really searching question for himself 00:16:43.640 --> 00:16:45.780 that I found really, really helpful. 00:16:45.779 --> 00:16:49.759 He asked himself, 00:16:51.079 --> 00:16:52.959 is the aching of my soul 00:16:52.959 --> 00:16:56.559 and the confusion of my mind 00:16:56.559 --> 00:16:58.339 really owing to the fact 00:16:58.339 --> 00:17:03.579 that I have exhausted this word of Jesus? 00:17:03.580 --> 00:17:09.539 Have I exhausted who Jesus is 00:17:09.539 --> 00:17:12.440 and the implications of all he's done 00:17:12.440 --> 00:17:13.920 and the promises? 00:17:14.420 --> 00:17:17.660 And have I exhausted that 00:17:17.660 --> 00:17:19.460 and that's why I'm discouraged? 00:17:22.480 --> 00:17:24.960 And then John Piper goes on to reflect 00:17:24.960 --> 00:17:28.340 on what he thinks God the Father might respond to us. 00:17:29.279 --> 00:17:31.460 Is my word, Jesus Christ, 00:17:31.460 --> 00:17:33.779 so short, so simple, 00:17:34.480 --> 00:17:35.420 so thin 00:17:35.420 --> 00:17:37.860 that you're done with it? 00:17:40.920 --> 00:17:41.960 You've got it all. 00:17:42.059 --> 00:17:43.460 It has shaped your mind. 00:17:44.000 --> 00:17:45.140 It has moulded you 00:17:45.140 --> 00:17:47.340 so that now you think his thoughts after him. 00:17:47.880 --> 00:17:48.920 You're done with that 00:17:48.920 --> 00:17:50.519 and you want a third word? 00:17:53.579 --> 00:17:55.940 Jesus is the full and final word. 00:17:57.940 --> 00:18:00.200 We are expecting Jesus to come back. 00:18:00.200 --> 00:18:03.539 We are not expecting any more word. 00:18:03.620 --> 00:18:04.700 We don't need one 00:18:04.700 --> 00:18:06.779 because he's full and he's final. 00:18:08.120 --> 00:18:09.380 We don't need one. 00:18:12.880 --> 00:18:14.480 And verses two to three 00:18:14.480 --> 00:18:16.000 show us why. 00:18:16.400 --> 00:18:18.400 Why is the son full and final? 00:18:21.100 --> 00:18:22.600 I'm going to leave verse four, 00:18:23.000 --> 00:18:24.200 even though it was read this morning, 00:18:24.259 --> 00:18:25.700 I'm going to leave it for next week 00:18:25.700 --> 00:18:27.900 because I think it connects 00:18:27.900 --> 00:18:30.360 into the detail of next week better. 00:18:30.440 --> 00:18:31.980 If you're confused by angels, 00:18:33.740 --> 00:18:35.319 join the club first of all, 00:18:35.640 --> 00:18:39.259 but have a think this week. 00:18:39.319 --> 00:18:40.539 It's along the lines that 00:18:40.539 --> 00:18:43.759 the Old Testament revelation was mediated, 00:18:43.860 --> 00:18:45.080 was given through angels. 00:18:45.299 --> 00:18:46.819 So just think on that during the week, 00:18:46.880 --> 00:18:48.019 but we'll look at it more next week. 00:18:48.019 --> 00:18:51.180 We're going to focus on two to three, 00:18:51.180 --> 00:18:52.119 verses two to three. 00:18:55.559 --> 00:18:57.400 Apparently mountain climbers 00:18:57.400 --> 00:19:00.660 who go way up in altitude, 00:19:01.720 --> 00:19:03.559 the air pressure is so low. 00:19:03.559 --> 00:19:05.200 Again, I'm going to say something scientific 00:19:05.200 --> 00:19:06.099 that I don't understand. 00:19:06.759 --> 00:19:09.220 And inside your head, 00:19:09.480 --> 00:19:10.400 the pressure's higher. 00:19:10.639 --> 00:19:12.859 So they're known for getting nosebleeds, 00:19:13.299 --> 00:19:14.599 is my point. 00:19:15.419 --> 00:19:17.159 Mountain climbers are so high up, 00:19:17.500 --> 00:19:18.899 they're known for getting nosebleeds. 00:19:19.039 --> 00:19:20.539 And one pastor called this 00:19:20.539 --> 00:19:23.779 nosebleed Christology. 00:19:23.919 --> 00:19:25.579 Like the theology here, 00:19:26.659 --> 00:19:29.519 we are going so high up, 00:19:31.359 --> 00:19:33.099 you should be getting a nosebleed. 00:19:34.740 --> 00:19:36.139 And the problem with that, 00:19:36.459 --> 00:19:37.859 and the problem I found preparing, 00:19:38.859 --> 00:19:40.299 to my shame I think, 00:19:40.480 --> 00:19:43.559 is it doesn't feel relevant. 00:19:44.599 --> 00:19:45.619 I want, 00:19:45.719 --> 00:19:46.959 I want saying, 00:19:47.159 --> 00:19:48.579 more practical, 00:19:48.879 --> 00:19:49.819 the everyday life, 00:19:49.939 --> 00:19:50.039 but 00:19:50.039 --> 00:19:52.699 don't, 00:19:52.839 --> 00:19:53.859 please don't be fooled 00:19:53.859 --> 00:19:55.039 that this is irrelevant. 00:19:56.039 --> 00:19:57.139 Don't come to church 00:19:57.139 --> 00:19:58.119 for a quick fix 00:19:58.119 --> 00:19:59.439 of the problems you're facing. 00:19:59.799 --> 00:20:01.359 What we really need 00:20:01.359 --> 00:20:03.399 is a nosebleed. 00:20:04.459 --> 00:20:06.099 We need to go up. 00:20:08.919 --> 00:20:11.439 We need a nosebleed view of the sun. 00:20:12.019 --> 00:20:12.639 I've only, 00:20:12.640 --> 00:20:13.720 unfortunately I've only got 00:20:13.720 --> 00:20:14.820 Mount Kosciuszko to, 00:20:15.360 --> 00:20:16.420 that's my experience 00:20:16.420 --> 00:20:17.180 I can draw on, 00:20:17.259 --> 00:20:17.380 but 00:20:17.380 --> 00:20:20.780 why do we linger at the top? 00:20:22.200 --> 00:20:23.640 Not for practical use. 00:20:24.020 --> 00:20:24.560 You linger 00:20:24.560 --> 00:20:27.900 because you're blown away. 00:20:28.880 --> 00:20:30.020 You're just looking 00:20:30.020 --> 00:20:32.580 as far as the eye can see 00:20:32.580 --> 00:20:33.240 and you're just, 00:20:33.980 --> 00:20:36.280 you're blown away, 00:20:36.840 --> 00:20:37.320 aren't you? 00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:38.820 With such a view. 00:20:38.819 --> 00:20:41.299 That's the point of these verses. 00:20:43.139 --> 00:20:44.859 If you're starting to doubt, 00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:47.319 is Jesus really that great? 00:20:48.579 --> 00:20:48.879 Oh, 00:20:49.619 --> 00:20:50.039 let's, 00:20:50.039 --> 00:20:50.859 let's climb. 00:20:51.299 --> 00:20:52.179 Let's go up. 00:20:52.180 --> 00:20:58.700 There's something of a 00:20:58.700 --> 00:21:01.360 mirror image chiasm here. 00:21:02.400 --> 00:21:04.140 People see chiasms everywhere, 00:21:04.360 --> 00:21:05.940 but verses two to three 00:21:05.940 --> 00:21:07.920 where the points kind of radiate out 00:21:07.920 --> 00:21:09.740 and the central point 00:21:09.740 --> 00:21:10.860 is the central point. 00:21:11.080 --> 00:21:12.080 So I'm going to start there 00:21:12.080 --> 00:21:13.279 and start at verse three. 00:21:13.279 --> 00:21:15.899 Who the sun is, 00:21:17.039 --> 00:21:18.299 is why he's 00:21:18.299 --> 00:21:20.240 full and final. 00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:22.319 He is the radiance 00:21:22.319 --> 00:21:23.980 of the glory 00:21:23.980 --> 00:21:24.980 of God 00:21:24.980 --> 00:21:26.680 and the exact imprint 00:21:26.680 --> 00:21:28.460 of his nature. 00:21:31.859 --> 00:21:33.779 We shouldn't be thinking of the sun 00:21:33.779 --> 00:21:36.099 as representing God 00:21:36.099 --> 00:21:37.399 like a painting 00:21:37.399 --> 00:21:38.779 represents 00:21:38.779 --> 00:21:40.920 the person. 00:21:40.920 --> 00:21:43.820 because they're two different things. 00:21:45.300 --> 00:21:46.759 Don't think of representing 00:21:46.759 --> 00:21:47.840 like an ambassador 00:21:47.840 --> 00:21:49.560 representing a president. 00:21:51.180 --> 00:21:52.220 They're two different, 00:21:52.720 --> 00:21:54.039 they're two different things. 00:21:54.960 --> 00:21:56.920 A better illustration is 00:21:56.920 --> 00:21:59.560 the light coming in 00:21:59.560 --> 00:22:01.140 from the sun 00:22:01.140 --> 00:22:02.160 arrived eight, 00:22:02.580 --> 00:22:02.759 oh, 00:22:03.140 --> 00:22:03.480 arrived, 00:22:03.580 --> 00:22:03.660 no, 00:22:03.720 --> 00:22:04.320 arrived now, 00:22:04.680 --> 00:22:05.340 but was, 00:22:05.700 --> 00:22:06.380 came from the sun 00:22:06.380 --> 00:22:07.580 eight minutes ago or so. 00:22:08.600 --> 00:22:09.960 That's light, 00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:11.140 that radiates 00:22:11.140 --> 00:22:11.579 from the sun. 00:22:11.640 --> 00:22:12.559 Are we seeing the sun? 00:22:12.700 --> 00:22:12.980 Yes. 00:22:14.539 --> 00:22:16.480 It's of the same stuff. 00:22:18.319 --> 00:22:21.340 It is the same essence 00:22:21.340 --> 00:22:23.039 radiating out. 00:22:24.180 --> 00:22:25.620 That is who the sun is. 00:22:26.840 --> 00:22:28.960 All the glory of God 00:22:28.960 --> 00:22:31.600 is radiating, 00:22:32.039 --> 00:22:32.880 is light 00:22:32.880 --> 00:22:34.880 coming from the father. 00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:36.460 That is who the sun is. 00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:38.840 If you have seen me, 00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:40.279 you have seen the father, 00:22:40.400 --> 00:22:41.039 Jesus says. 00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:45.079 You read the gospels 00:22:45.079 --> 00:22:47.000 and he is the full display 00:22:47.000 --> 00:22:48.340 of the character of God. 00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:49.100 He's not 00:22:49.100 --> 00:22:51.079 approximating God. 00:22:54.279 --> 00:22:55.759 He's not just similar 00:22:55.759 --> 00:22:56.900 in essence, 00:22:57.079 --> 00:22:58.600 he is the same 00:22:58.600 --> 00:23:00.460 character, 00:23:00.579 --> 00:23:01.340 he's the same 00:23:01.340 --> 00:23:02.000 essence. 00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:06.059 Moses 00:23:06.059 --> 00:23:06.920 never 00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:08.000 claimed 00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:08.960 such a thing. 00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:11.059 Scripture 00:23:11.059 --> 00:23:11.779 never says 00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:12.660 anything like this 00:23:12.660 --> 00:23:12.980 about 00:23:12.980 --> 00:23:14.240 someone like Moses. 00:23:15.660 --> 00:23:16.400 Either Jesus 00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:17.559 is so 00:23:17.559 --> 00:23:18.839 far above 00:23:18.839 --> 00:23:19.599 any 00:23:19.599 --> 00:23:20.279 prophet 00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:20.660 or 00:23:20.660 --> 00:23:21.500 religious 00:23:21.500 --> 00:23:22.279 authority, 00:23:22.900 --> 00:23:24.339 if this is true, 00:23:24.480 --> 00:23:25.940 he's so far above 00:23:25.940 --> 00:23:27.819 anyone else. 00:23:28.480 --> 00:23:29.640 If it's not true, 00:23:29.740 --> 00:23:29.859 he 00:23:29.859 --> 00:23:33.139 he's so far below. 00:23:34.259 --> 00:23:34.559 It just, 00:23:35.839 --> 00:23:36.879 what a ridiculous 00:23:36.879 --> 00:23:38.319 claim if it's not true. 00:23:40.240 --> 00:23:41.500 You've got to make a choice. 00:23:43.179 --> 00:23:44.479 He's way above 00:23:44.479 --> 00:23:45.459 any other 00:23:45.459 --> 00:23:46.079 authority 00:23:46.079 --> 00:23:46.939 or he's, 00:23:47.199 --> 00:23:48.539 just disregard him. 00:23:48.639 --> 00:23:49.319 Don't choose 00:23:49.319 --> 00:23:50.240 anything in the middle. 00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:53.559 He's not simply 00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:54.799 describing God, 00:23:55.639 --> 00:23:57.099 he's not pointing away 00:23:57.099 --> 00:23:58.039 saying there's God 00:23:58.039 --> 00:23:58.479 over there, 00:23:58.480 --> 00:23:59.099 he's, 00:23:59.099 --> 00:23:59.860 he's radiating, 00:23:59.900 --> 00:24:01.279 he is the radiating 00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:03.460 glory of God. 00:24:03.880 --> 00:24:04.660 You can't add 00:24:04.660 --> 00:24:05.480 anything to him 00:24:05.480 --> 00:24:06.460 because of who he is. 00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:09.740 He's full. 00:24:09.920 --> 00:24:10.799 You can't add 00:24:10.799 --> 00:24:11.259 to that. 00:24:16.779 --> 00:24:17.980 And because of who he is, 00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:18.620 that's why he 00:24:18.620 --> 00:24:20.039 does what he does. 00:24:20.039 --> 00:24:24.140 I hope you're getting 00:24:24.140 --> 00:24:24.900 just a little bit 00:24:24.900 --> 00:24:25.920 of a blood trickle 00:24:25.920 --> 00:24:26.920 so far, 00:24:26.980 --> 00:24:28.380 but it's going to get worse. 00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:29.500 Verse 2, 00:24:29.599 --> 00:24:30.539 through whom 00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:32.539 he, 00:24:32.799 --> 00:24:33.019 God, 00:24:33.099 --> 00:24:34.339 created the universe. 00:24:35.259 --> 00:24:36.059 World here 00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:37.279 for ESV translation, 00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:39.380 it feels too narrow 00:24:39.380 --> 00:24:40.660 for the word 00:24:40.660 --> 00:24:41.579 in Greek. 00:24:42.620 --> 00:24:44.000 Everything exists 00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:44.920 in the ages 00:24:44.920 --> 00:24:45.519 of history. 00:24:48.819 --> 00:24:49.900 Through whom 00:24:49.900 --> 00:24:50.500 he made 00:24:50.500 --> 00:24:51.339 all things. 00:24:51.339 --> 00:24:57.819 an unbelieving 00:24:57.819 --> 00:24:58.539 physicist, 00:24:59.839 --> 00:25:00.079 Dr. 00:25:00.159 --> 00:25:01.059 Brian Green 00:25:01.059 --> 00:25:02.240 describes the 00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:03.159 wonder of 00:25:03.159 --> 00:25:03.839 the universe. 00:25:03.959 --> 00:25:04.039 Now, 00:25:04.079 --> 00:25:04.939 he's not a 00:25:04.939 --> 00:25:05.220 Christian, 00:25:06.459 --> 00:25:08.279 and here we go 00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:08.839 talking about 00:25:08.839 --> 00:25:09.619 something scientific 00:25:09.619 --> 00:25:10.339 I don't understand 00:25:10.339 --> 00:25:10.599 again, 00:25:10.679 --> 00:25:11.240 but entropy. 00:25:12.019 --> 00:25:12.519 Everything 00:25:12.519 --> 00:25:14.299 that exists, 00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:15.259 everything in 00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:15.639 matter, 00:25:16.459 --> 00:25:18.639 has entropy. 00:25:18.640 --> 00:25:19.480 It goes from 00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:20.300 order to 00:25:20.300 --> 00:25:20.940 disorder, 00:25:21.160 --> 00:25:21.560 and not the 00:25:21.560 --> 00:25:21.980 other way. 00:25:22.960 --> 00:25:23.900 Here's his point. 00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:24.160 Dr. 00:25:24.220 --> 00:25:24.640 Green says, 00:25:25.420 --> 00:25:27.360 you'd think that 00:25:27.360 --> 00:25:28.380 entropy must have 00:25:28.380 --> 00:25:29.380 been lower 00:25:29.380 --> 00:25:30.440 in the past. 00:25:31.060 --> 00:25:31.980 It would suggest 00:25:31.980 --> 00:25:32.960 that at the Big Bang, 00:25:33.080 --> 00:25:34.480 entropy was in a 00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:35.560 really low value, 00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:36.940 really ordered 00:25:36.940 --> 00:25:38.100 state. 00:25:38.780 --> 00:25:39.180 Now, 00:25:39.220 --> 00:25:39.960 that's confusing 00:25:39.960 --> 00:25:40.840 because, 00:25:40.839 --> 00:25:41.199 A, 00:25:41.679 --> 00:25:42.259 we don't really 00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:42.779 know how the 00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:43.339 universe came 00:25:43.339 --> 00:25:44.159 into existence. 00:25:45.679 --> 00:25:46.240 That's a 00:25:46.240 --> 00:25:47.099 physicist saying 00:25:47.099 --> 00:25:47.339 that. 00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:48.619 B, 00:25:48.939 --> 00:25:49.659 if it's so 00:25:49.659 --> 00:25:50.179 ordered, 00:25:50.679 --> 00:25:51.199 you ask 00:25:51.199 --> 00:25:51.659 yourself, 00:25:52.839 --> 00:25:53.779 how did it 00:25:53.779 --> 00:25:54.259 get so 00:25:54.259 --> 00:25:54.659 ordered? 00:25:55.079 --> 00:25:55.459 I mean, 00:25:55.659 --> 00:25:56.000 when the 00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:56.519 books on the 00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:57.019 shelf are 00:25:57.019 --> 00:25:58.399 alphabeticalised, 00:25:58.459 --> 00:25:59.000 I can't even 00:25:59.000 --> 00:25:59.399 say that word, 00:25:59.599 --> 00:26:00.299 we know how 00:26:00.299 --> 00:26:00.659 they get 00:26:00.659 --> 00:26:01.039 ordered. 00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:01.419 Some 00:26:01.419 --> 00:26:01.899 intelligent 00:26:01.899 --> 00:26:02.759 being came 00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:03.039 along, 00:26:03.119 --> 00:26:03.500 you or me 00:26:03.500 --> 00:26:04.039 or my kid, 00:26:04.199 --> 00:26:04.699 and put the 00:26:04.699 --> 00:26:05.079 books in 00:26:05.079 --> 00:26:05.859 alphabetical order. 00:26:05.939 --> 00:26:06.379 But if the 00:26:06.379 --> 00:26:06.879 moment of 00:26:06.879 --> 00:26:07.839 creation was so 00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:08.659 highly ordered, 00:26:08.919 --> 00:26:09.519 the question is, 00:26:09.559 --> 00:26:10.199 who did that? 00:26:10.200 --> 00:26:11.340 Or what did 00:26:11.340 --> 00:26:11.519 that? 00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:12.039 Or what's the 00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:12.740 origin of this 00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:13.100 order? 00:26:18.180 --> 00:26:19.100 I was really 00:26:19.100 --> 00:26:19.960 struck by 00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:21.200 Hebrews 11, 00:26:21.600 --> 00:26:22.080 3, 00:26:22.680 --> 00:26:23.299 preparing for 00:26:23.299 --> 00:26:23.840 this series. 00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:25.039 By faith we 00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:25.740 understand that 00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:26.519 the universe was 00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:27.460 created by the 00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:28.340 word of God, 00:26:28.920 --> 00:26:29.580 so that what is 00:26:29.580 --> 00:26:30.920 seen was not 00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:31.720 made out of 00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:32.240 things that are 00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:32.519 visible. 00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:37.000 My house, 00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:37.640 my coffee 00:26:37.640 --> 00:26:38.100 machine, 00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:39.120 my body, 00:26:39.119 --> 00:26:41.939 institutions, 00:26:42.619 --> 00:26:43.079 countries, 00:26:43.239 --> 00:26:44.319 they feel so 00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:45.979 solid. 00:26:46.119 --> 00:26:46.759 They feel like 00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:48.619 that's real, 00:26:48.859 --> 00:26:49.259 that's, 00:26:50.639 --> 00:26:51.319 and spiritual 00:26:51.319 --> 00:26:51.819 stuff, 00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:54.519 but all those 00:26:54.519 --> 00:26:55.179 things can be 00:26:55.179 --> 00:26:55.839 shaken. 00:26:56.179 --> 00:26:56.559 It can be, 00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:58.339 it can come to 00:26:58.339 --> 00:26:58.879 an end. 00:27:01.379 --> 00:27:02.079 Entropy will 00:27:02.079 --> 00:27:02.739 have the last 00:27:02.739 --> 00:27:03.219 word. 00:27:03.220 --> 00:27:03.279 God, 00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:06.920 there's something 00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:07.960 more foundational 00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:10.700 than stuff, 00:27:11.700 --> 00:27:13.160 and the 00:27:13.160 --> 00:27:14.000 son is 00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:14.920 it. 00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:17.360 He was there 00:27:17.360 --> 00:27:17.680 in the 00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:18.039 beginning. 00:27:20.400 --> 00:27:21.559 He was with 00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:22.180 God in 00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:22.940 creating all 00:27:22.940 --> 00:27:23.519 things. 00:27:27.860 --> 00:27:28.740 He was not 00:27:28.740 --> 00:27:29.200 only in the 00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:29.440 beginning, 00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:32.180 but he 00:27:32.180 --> 00:27:33.519 upholds the 00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:34.180 universe by 00:27:34.180 --> 00:27:34.600 the word of 00:27:34.600 --> 00:27:35.059 his power. 00:27:40.440 --> 00:27:41.059 I'm going to, 00:27:42.059 --> 00:27:42.340 if, 00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:42.940 apparently, 00:27:43.140 --> 00:27:43.740 if a sheet of 00:27:43.740 --> 00:27:44.039 paper, 00:27:45.220 --> 00:27:45.820 the thickness, 00:27:46.220 --> 00:27:46.640 not that 00:27:46.640 --> 00:27:47.019 thickness, 00:27:47.620 --> 00:27:48.340 but the side 00:27:48.340 --> 00:27:48.759 view of a 00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:49.320 sheet of paper 00:27:49.320 --> 00:27:50.340 was the 00:27:50.340 --> 00:27:51.160 distance between 00:27:51.160 --> 00:27:51.720 the earth and 00:27:51.720 --> 00:27:52.160 the sun, 00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.580 then the 00:27:54.580 --> 00:27:55.279 distance between 00:27:55.279 --> 00:27:56.019 the earth and 00:27:56.019 --> 00:27:56.900 the nearest star 00:27:56.900 --> 00:27:57.720 would be a 00:27:57.720 --> 00:27:58.420 stack of 00:27:58.420 --> 00:27:58.800 paper, 00:27:59.360 --> 00:28:00.279 21 metres 00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:00.740 high, 00:28:00.840 --> 00:28:01.340 the nearest 00:28:01.340 --> 00:28:01.759 star. 00:28:02.300 --> 00:28:02.800 So that's 00:28:02.800 --> 00:28:03.400 cricket pitch, 00:28:03.460 --> 00:28:03.900 for those who 00:28:03.900 --> 00:28:04.360 love cricket. 00:28:05.279 --> 00:28:05.600 That's the 00:28:05.600 --> 00:28:06.500 closest star. 00:28:08.580 --> 00:28:09.240 And the 00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:10.060 distance across 00:28:10.060 --> 00:28:10.539 our Milky 00:28:10.539 --> 00:28:11.200 Way galaxy, 00:28:11.660 --> 00:28:12.759 on this 00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:13.420 scale, 00:28:14.100 --> 00:28:15.680 is New 00:28:15.680 --> 00:28:16.240 Castle to 00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:17.080 Canberra, 00:28:17.080 --> 00:28:18.580 plus 50 00:28:18.580 --> 00:28:19.019 k's. 00:28:19.120 --> 00:28:19.539 That's just 00:28:19.539 --> 00:28:20.100 our galaxy. 00:28:22.620 --> 00:28:23.259 I know 00:28:23.259 --> 00:28:23.600 this is 00:28:23.600 --> 00:28:24.600 doing justice, 00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:27.759 but if 00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:29.220 someone is 00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:30.299 holding all 00:28:30.299 --> 00:28:31.980 that together 00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:33.099 and he's not 00:28:33.099 --> 00:28:33.740 straining, 00:28:33.879 --> 00:28:34.079 going, 00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:34.379 whoa, 00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:34.879 this is a 00:28:34.879 --> 00:28:35.079 burden, 00:28:35.420 --> 00:28:36.119 just by the 00:28:36.119 --> 00:28:36.539 word of his 00:28:36.539 --> 00:28:36.900 power, 00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:37.539 he is 00:28:37.539 --> 00:28:38.779 upholding. 00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:42.059 That is 00:28:42.059 --> 00:28:42.440 not the 00:28:42.440 --> 00:28:42.740 kind of 00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:45.299 person you 00:28:45.299 --> 00:28:45.960 ask into 00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:46.559 your life 00:28:46.559 --> 00:28:48.900 to be your 00:28:48.900 --> 00:28:49.299 personal 00:28:49.299 --> 00:28:49.839 assistant. 00:28:51.379 --> 00:28:51.960 That is 00:28:51.960 --> 00:28:52.299 not the 00:28:52.299 --> 00:28:52.619 kind of 00:28:52.619 --> 00:28:53.099 person 00:28:53.099 --> 00:28:55.240 whose word 00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:55.779 to you, 00:28:55.899 --> 00:28:56.379 you go, 00:28:56.919 --> 00:28:57.439 hmm, 00:28:57.759 --> 00:28:58.740 I really 00:28:58.740 --> 00:28:59.240 like that 00:28:59.240 --> 00:28:59.439 bit, 00:28:59.539 --> 00:29:00.059 I'm going 00:29:00.059 --> 00:29:00.319 to pick 00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:00.899 and choose. 00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:02.199 That's not 00:29:02.199 --> 00:29:02.539 the kind 00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:03.039 of person 00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:03.879 you doubt 00:29:03.879 --> 00:29:04.899 that he 00:29:04.899 --> 00:29:05.639 knows what 00:29:05.639 --> 00:29:06.219 life is 00:29:06.219 --> 00:29:06.819 all about. 00:29:07.899 --> 00:29:08.819 If he 00:29:08.819 --> 00:29:09.699 withdrew his 00:29:09.699 --> 00:29:12.139 word of 00:29:12.139 --> 00:29:12.539 David 00:29:12.539 --> 00:29:12.819 bought 00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:13.559 existing, 00:29:15.439 --> 00:29:16.119 you'd have 00:29:16.119 --> 00:29:16.299 no, 00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:18.939 you wouldn't 00:29:18.939 --> 00:29:19.619 see a cloud 00:29:19.619 --> 00:29:20.099 of smoke, 00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:20.519 I just, 00:29:21.959 --> 00:29:22.219 I don't 00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:22.440 know, 00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:22.940 nothing. 00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:28.640 It's not 00:29:28.640 --> 00:29:29.000 just my 00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:29.779 heart keeping 00:29:29.779 --> 00:29:30.259 me going, 00:29:30.860 --> 00:29:31.880 he's upholding 00:29:31.880 --> 00:29:33.140 me and 00:29:33.140 --> 00:29:34.579 everything by 00:29:34.579 --> 00:29:35.160 the word of 00:29:35.160 --> 00:29:35.779 his power. 00:29:43.819 --> 00:29:44.420 Is your 00:29:44.420 --> 00:29:45.140 nose bleeding 00:29:45.140 --> 00:29:45.440 yet? 00:29:47.160 --> 00:29:47.839 I know 00:29:47.839 --> 00:29:48.140 I'm not 00:29:48.140 --> 00:29:48.539 doing it 00:29:48.539 --> 00:29:48.920 justice. 00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:54.440 of course 00:29:54.440 --> 00:29:55.640 he can 00:29:55.640 --> 00:29:56.140 declare 00:29:56.140 --> 00:29:56.720 God's 00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:57.559 full and 00:29:57.559 --> 00:29:58.019 complete 00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:58.660 will for 00:29:58.660 --> 00:29:59.220 our lives 00:29:59.220 --> 00:29:59.600 and the 00:29:59.600 --> 00:30:00.039 will for 00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:00.539 all history 00:30:00.539 --> 00:30:01.680 because he 00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:02.079 holds it 00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:02.500 all together 00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:03.539 which means 00:30:03.539 --> 00:30:04.220 he can 00:30:04.220 --> 00:30:04.799 progress 00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:05.640 history to 00:30:05.640 --> 00:30:06.059 God's 00:30:06.059 --> 00:30:06.400 end. 00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:13.680 Verse 3, 00:30:13.799 --> 00:30:14.220 there's one 00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:15.039 main verb 00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:16.059 in verse 3. 00:30:16.160 --> 00:30:16.700 Everything else 00:30:16.700 --> 00:30:17.279 is kind of 00:30:17.279 --> 00:30:18.640 detailed to 00:30:18.640 --> 00:30:20.240 say why 00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:21.039 it's so 00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:21.839 fitting that 00:30:21.839 --> 00:30:22.859 Jesus sat 00:30:22.859 --> 00:30:23.400 down. 00:30:24.620 --> 00:30:26.039 He sat 00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:26.660 down, 00:30:26.980 --> 00:30:27.339 he's 00:30:27.339 --> 00:30:28.000 enthroned 00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:28.980 at the 00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:29.480 right hand 00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:29.700 of the 00:30:29.700 --> 00:30:30.380 majesty in 00:30:30.380 --> 00:30:30.599 heaven. 00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:33.680 Why is 00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:34.180 that so 00:30:34.180 --> 00:30:34.539 fitting? 00:30:34.660 --> 00:30:35.299 Because he 00:30:35.299 --> 00:30:36.059 is the 00:30:36.059 --> 00:30:36.700 radiance of 00:30:36.700 --> 00:30:37.079 the glory 00:30:37.079 --> 00:30:37.579 of God. 00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:40.559 Because he 00:30:40.559 --> 00:30:41.019 is the 00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:42.019 one upholding 00:30:42.019 --> 00:30:42.660 the universe. 00:30:42.859 --> 00:30:43.640 He created 00:30:43.640 --> 00:30:44.359 all things. 00:30:45.779 --> 00:30:46.279 Who else 00:30:46.279 --> 00:30:46.640 should be 00:30:46.640 --> 00:30:47.120 sitting at 00:30:47.120 --> 00:30:47.579 God's right 00:30:47.579 --> 00:30:47.920 hand? 00:30:47.920 --> 00:30:52.320 And to 00:30:52.320 --> 00:30:52.720 think that 00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:53.500 this one 00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:54.860 also is 00:30:54.860 --> 00:30:55.320 the one 00:30:55.320 --> 00:30:57.080 who made 00:30:57.080 --> 00:30:58.060 purification 00:30:58.060 --> 00:30:59.000 for sins. 00:31:01.420 --> 00:31:02.360 Such a 00:31:02.360 --> 00:31:03.160 glorious one 00:31:03.160 --> 00:31:04.120 came and 00:31:04.120 --> 00:31:06.120 dealt with 00:31:06.120 --> 00:31:06.720 my 00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:10.460 rebellion 00:31:10.460 --> 00:31:11.340 against such 00:31:11.340 --> 00:31:11.700 a one. 00:31:12.640 --> 00:31:13.300 He came 00:31:13.300 --> 00:31:13.779 and dealt 00:31:13.779 --> 00:31:14.660 with all 00:31:14.660 --> 00:31:15.259 my sin. 00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:17.579 And look 00:31:17.579 --> 00:31:17.819 at the 00:31:17.819 --> 00:31:18.119 tense 00:31:18.119 --> 00:31:18.460 there. 00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:20.559 He's not 00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:21.160 making 00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:21.940 purification. 00:31:22.579 --> 00:31:23.339 It's not 00:31:23.339 --> 00:31:23.920 he will 00:31:23.920 --> 00:31:24.400 make. 00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:26.160 It's past 00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:26.559 tense. 00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:28.240 He's made 00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:28.859 purification 00:31:28.859 --> 00:31:29.480 and he's 00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:30.879 sat down. 00:31:31.240 --> 00:31:31.660 Every other 00:31:31.660 --> 00:31:32.680 priest has 00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:33.379 to stand 00:31:33.379 --> 00:31:33.819 up and 00:31:33.819 --> 00:31:35.160 keep offering 00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:36.379 guilt 00:31:36.379 --> 00:31:37.420 offerings. 00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:38.140 Not 00:31:38.140 --> 00:31:38.500 Jesus. 00:31:39.220 --> 00:31:39.960 His offering 00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:40.440 by his 00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:41.339 own blood. 00:31:42.599 --> 00:31:43.379 It's done. 00:31:43.380 --> 00:31:44.980 the sin 00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:45.520 you commit 00:31:45.520 --> 00:31:45.940 on your 00:31:45.940 --> 00:31:46.840 last day 00:31:46.840 --> 00:31:48.160 on your 00:31:48.160 --> 00:31:49.420 deathbed. 00:31:50.140 --> 00:31:51.040 If you 00:31:51.040 --> 00:31:51.500 trust in 00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:51.760 Jesus, 00:31:51.860 --> 00:31:52.180 if you're 00:31:52.180 --> 00:31:52.760 in him 00:31:52.760 --> 00:31:53.960 by faith, 00:31:54.520 --> 00:31:54.960 he's already 00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:55.860 purified it. 00:31:56.460 --> 00:31:57.320 It's done. 00:32:01.480 --> 00:32:02.240 And so 00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:02.580 he sat 00:32:02.580 --> 00:32:02.920 down. 00:32:05.120 --> 00:32:05.880 Who else 00:32:05.880 --> 00:32:06.480 is worthy 00:32:06.480 --> 00:32:07.240 to occupy 00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:07.960 that place 00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:08.360 at God's 00:32:08.360 --> 00:32:08.880 right hand 00:32:08.880 --> 00:32:09.780 but him 00:32:09.780 --> 00:32:10.140 but the 00:32:10.140 --> 00:32:10.400 son? 00:32:10.400 --> 00:32:14.280 he's 00:32:14.280 --> 00:32:14.920 heir of 00:32:14.920 --> 00:32:15.620 all things. 00:32:16.680 --> 00:32:16.960 He's 00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:17.360 reigning. 00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:18.280 He's 00:32:18.280 --> 00:32:19.720 over the 00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:19.960 devil. 00:32:22.300 --> 00:32:22.820 He's 00:32:22.820 --> 00:32:23.120 reigning 00:32:23.120 --> 00:32:23.519 over the 00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:23.700 devil. 00:32:23.820 --> 00:32:24.000 He's 00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:24.280 reigning 00:32:24.280 --> 00:32:24.759 over our 00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:25.060 bodies. 00:32:25.340 --> 00:32:25.519 He's 00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:25.820 reigning 00:32:25.820 --> 00:32:27.880 over all 00:32:27.880 --> 00:32:28.519 politics. 00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:28.880 He's 00:32:28.880 --> 00:32:29.180 reigning 00:32:29.180 --> 00:32:29.940 over the 00:32:29.940 --> 00:32:30.200 weather. 00:32:35.080 --> 00:32:35.920 I struggle 00:32:35.920 --> 00:32:36.519 to imagine, 00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:37.019 I don't know 00:32:37.019 --> 00:32:37.360 about you, 00:32:37.460 --> 00:32:37.780 I struggle 00:32:37.780 --> 00:32:38.259 to imagine 00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:38.740 a new 00:32:38.740 --> 00:32:39.259 earth 00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:39.879 sometimes 00:32:39.879 --> 00:32:40.359 and new 00:32:40.359 --> 00:32:40.740 bodies. 00:32:40.940 --> 00:32:42.799 I believe 00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:42.980 it, 00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:43.279 don't get 00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:43.680 me wrong, 00:32:43.920 --> 00:32:44.359 you're 00:32:44.359 --> 00:32:44.519 probably 00:32:44.519 --> 00:32:44.859 worried 00:32:44.859 --> 00:32:45.480 about your 00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:45.960 past now 00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:46.660 but I 00:32:46.660 --> 00:32:47.180 believe it 00:32:47.180 --> 00:32:47.579 but sometimes 00:32:47.579 --> 00:32:49.900 it's hard 00:32:49.900 --> 00:32:50.339 to imagine 00:32:50.339 --> 00:32:50.640 is it 00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:50.879 not? 00:32:53.019 --> 00:32:53.839 How can 00:32:53.839 --> 00:32:54.180 I know 00:32:54.180 --> 00:32:54.579 that the 00:32:54.579 --> 00:32:55.700 son can 00:32:55.700 --> 00:32:56.420 come good 00:32:56.420 --> 00:32:57.000 on such 00:32:57.000 --> 00:32:57.480 a promise 00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:57.960 that a 00:32:57.960 --> 00:32:58.579 city of 00:32:58.579 --> 00:32:59.039 God is 00:32:59.039 --> 00:32:59.420 coming? 00:33:01.759 --> 00:33:02.420 When he 00:33:02.420 --> 00:33:02.759 says, 00:33:03.359 --> 00:33:03.740 blessed are 00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:04.200 the meek, 00:33:05.119 --> 00:33:05.799 not the 00:33:05.799 --> 00:33:06.660 self-seeking 00:33:06.660 --> 00:33:08.420 but blessed 00:33:08.420 --> 00:33:08.779 are the 00:33:08.779 --> 00:33:09.220 meek 00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:10.319 who 00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:10.819 inherit 00:33:10.819 --> 00:33:11.079 the 00:33:11.079 --> 00:33:11.359 earth? 00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:11.700 How can 00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:12.180 he promise 00:33:12.180 --> 00:33:12.339 that? 00:33:12.359 --> 00:33:12.579 How can 00:33:12.579 --> 00:33:13.039 I know 00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:13.399 that? 00:33:13.879 --> 00:33:14.220 How can 00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:14.559 the son 00:33:14.559 --> 00:33:15.000 guarantee 00:33:15.000 --> 00:33:15.519 that? 00:33:17.319 --> 00:33:17.799 Because 00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:18.099 he's the 00:33:18.099 --> 00:33:18.420 heir. 00:33:20.139 --> 00:33:20.599 It's 00:33:20.599 --> 00:33:20.839 his. 00:33:21.460 --> 00:33:21.920 It's 00:33:21.920 --> 00:33:22.240 his to 00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:22.500 give. 00:33:24.839 --> 00:33:25.319 The 00:33:25.319 --> 00:33:25.519 new 00:33:25.519 --> 00:33:25.920 creation 00:33:25.920 --> 00:33:26.160 is 00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:26.420 his. 00:33:30.579 --> 00:33:31.180 How can 00:33:31.180 --> 00:33:31.500 I know 00:33:31.500 --> 00:33:31.960 that nothing 00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:32.299 in all 00:33:32.299 --> 00:33:32.799 creation 00:33:32.799 --> 00:33:33.200 can 00:33:33.200 --> 00:33:33.720 separate 00:33:33.720 --> 00:33:34.200 me from 00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:34.519 the love 00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:34.819 of God 00:33:34.819 --> 00:33:35.259 in Christ 00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:35.720 because 00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:37.779 he's 00:33:37.779 --> 00:33:37.900 the 00:33:37.900 --> 00:33:38.200 heir. 00:33:39.140 --> 00:33:39.599 It's 00:33:39.599 --> 00:33:39.759 all 00:33:39.759 --> 00:33:40.000 his. 00:33:41.420 --> 00:33:41.799 He's 00:33:41.799 --> 00:33:42.000 going to 00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:42.740 use all 00:33:42.740 --> 00:33:42.920 that 00:33:42.920 --> 00:33:43.420 sickness 00:33:43.420 --> 00:33:44.839 for your 00:33:44.839 --> 00:33:45.559 glory not 00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:46.099 to destroy 00:33:46.099 --> 00:33:46.440 you. 00:33:48.940 --> 00:33:49.500 Knowing 00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:49.920 he's the 00:33:49.920 --> 00:33:50.799 heir is 00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:51.619 so important. 00:33:54.900 --> 00:33:55.460 It 00:33:55.460 --> 00:33:56.019 guarantees 00:33:56.019 --> 00:33:56.940 our hope. 00:33:59.900 --> 00:34:00.660 He's the 00:34:00.660 --> 00:34:02.059 anchor of 00:34:02.059 --> 00:34:02.700 our soul 00:34:02.700 --> 00:34:03.299 as Hebrews 00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:04.740 will describe 00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:05.160 later. 00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:11.840 I hope 00:34:11.840 --> 00:34:12.340 your nose 00:34:12.340 --> 00:34:12.960 is gushing. 00:34:13.519 --> 00:34:14.199 I can't 00:34:14.199 --> 00:34:14.599 see any 00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:15.199 physically but 00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:15.539 I hope 00:34:15.539 --> 00:34:16.179 your spiritual 00:34:16.179 --> 00:34:16.719 nose is 00:34:16.719 --> 00:34:17.059 gushing. 00:34:17.719 --> 00:34:18.519 You can't 00:34:18.519 --> 00:34:19.400 add anything 00:34:19.400 --> 00:34:19.820 to this 00:34:19.820 --> 00:34:20.260 guy. 00:34:24.300 --> 00:34:25.000 How do 00:34:25.000 --> 00:34:25.440 we finish? 00:34:27.019 --> 00:34:27.860 Chapter 2 00:34:27.860 --> 00:34:28.360 verse 1 00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:29.719 Therefore we 00:34:29.719 --> 00:34:30.960 must pay much 00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:31.820 closer attention 00:34:31.820 --> 00:34:32.440 to what we 00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:32.920 have heard 00:34:32.920 --> 00:34:33.460 lest we 00:34:33.460 --> 00:34:33.940 drift away 00:34:33.940 --> 00:34:34.320 from it. 00:34:34.739 --> 00:34:36.759 How do 00:34:36.759 --> 00:34:37.239 you endure 00:34:37.239 --> 00:34:37.939 in faith? 00:34:39.739 --> 00:34:40.259 Be 00:34:40.259 --> 00:34:41.059 obsessed 00:34:41.059 --> 00:34:41.939 with the 00:34:41.939 --> 00:34:42.159 Son. 00:34:44.199 --> 00:34:44.839 Be 00:34:44.839 --> 00:34:45.559 fanatical. 00:34:46.079 --> 00:34:46.599 Not in 00:34:46.599 --> 00:34:47.219 violence of 00:34:47.219 --> 00:34:47.500 course. 00:34:49.159 --> 00:34:49.919 None of 00:34:49.919 --> 00:34:50.719 this lukewarm 00:34:50.719 --> 00:34:51.319 stuff with 00:34:51.319 --> 00:34:51.579 Jesus. 00:34:53.379 --> 00:34:54.199 Be a 00:34:54.199 --> 00:34:54.599 fanatic 00:34:54.599 --> 00:34:55.139 about him. 00:34:55.139 --> 00:34:55.639 God 00:34:55.639 --> 00:35:00.039 you are 00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:00.819 known by 00:35:00.819 --> 00:35:01.400 this one 00:35:01.400 --> 00:35:01.920 if you 00:35:01.920 --> 00:35:02.539 trust him. 00:35:02.539 --> 00:35:03.519 He knows 00:35:03.519 --> 00:35:03.699 you. 00:35:05.799 --> 00:35:06.639 He's with 00:35:06.639 --> 00:35:07.199 us in 00:35:07.199 --> 00:35:07.759 this room 00:35:07.759 --> 00:35:08.480 right now 00:35:08.480 --> 00:35:08.900 by his 00:35:08.900 --> 00:35:09.199 spirit. 00:35:10.159 --> 00:35:10.920 You are 00:35:10.920 --> 00:35:11.639 caught up 00:35:11.639 --> 00:35:13.859 in his 00:35:13.859 --> 00:35:14.519 will for 00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:15.339 history and 00:35:15.339 --> 00:35:16.139 into the 00:35:16.139 --> 00:35:16.539 eternal 00:35:16.539 --> 00:35:17.119 ages. 00:35:17.119 --> 00:35:23.339 we have 00:35:23.339 --> 00:35:23.759 to pay 00:35:23.759 --> 00:35:24.019 much 00:35:24.019 --> 00:35:24.400 closer 00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:24.779 attention 00:35:24.779 --> 00:35:25.339 to this 00:35:25.339 --> 00:35:25.559 one. 00:35:25.819 --> 00:35:26.059 Let's 00:35:26.059 --> 00:35:26.519 not go 00:35:26.519 --> 00:35:27.119 looking for 00:35:27.119 --> 00:35:27.599 a third 00:35:27.599 --> 00:35:28.000 word. 00:35:28.139 --> 00:35:28.920 We don't 00:35:28.920 --> 00:35:29.679 need one. 00:35:29.679 --> 00:35:31.719 We don't 00:35:31.719 --> 00:35:32.179 need one. 00:35:32.179 --> 00:35:32.639 We don't 00:35:32.639 --> 00:35:34.299 need one. 00:35:34.300 --> 00:35:41.940 I want 00:35:41.940 --> 00:35:42.220 to come 00:35:42.220 --> 00:35:42.820 right down 00:35:42.820 --> 00:35:43.019 from 00:35:43.019 --> 00:35:44.019 altitude to 00:35:44.019 --> 00:35:46.340 put our 00:35:46.340 --> 00:35:46.880 feet in 00:35:46.880 --> 00:35:47.340 the dust 00:35:47.340 --> 00:35:47.880 for a 00:35:47.880 --> 00:35:48.080 second. 00:35:49.440 --> 00:35:49.920 Probably 00:35:49.920 --> 00:35:50.220 give us 00:35:50.220 --> 00:35:51.039 vertigo or 00:35:51.039 --> 00:35:52.519 whatever it 00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:53.539 is by 00:35:53.539 --> 00:35:54.019 doing this 00:35:54.019 --> 00:35:54.960 but what 00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:56.460 strategies are 00:35:56.460 --> 00:35:56.820 you putting 00:35:56.820 --> 00:35:57.240 in place? 00:35:57.380 --> 00:35:57.720 Start of 00:35:57.720 --> 00:35:58.039 the new 00:35:58.039 --> 00:35:58.380 year. 00:35:58.720 --> 00:35:59.039 I get 00:35:59.039 --> 00:35:59.320 out of 00:35:59.320 --> 00:35:59.660 habits. 00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:00.440 I'm in 00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:01.019 bad habits 00:36:01.019 --> 00:36:01.260 at the 00:36:01.260 --> 00:36:01.500 moment. 00:36:02.019 --> 00:36:02.480 What 00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:03.000 habits are 00:36:03.000 --> 00:36:03.340 we putting 00:36:03.340 --> 00:36:03.820 in place 00:36:03.820 --> 00:36:04.320 to pay 00:36:04.320 --> 00:36:04.800 much 00:36:04.800 --> 00:36:05.340 closer 00:36:05.340 --> 00:36:05.760 attention 00:36:05.760 --> 00:36:06.120 to the 00:36:06.120 --> 00:36:06.380 sun? 00:36:08.340 --> 00:36:09.080 Are you 00:36:09.080 --> 00:36:10.360 specific 00:36:10.360 --> 00:36:10.940 strategies? 00:36:12.500 --> 00:36:13.240 What are 00:36:13.240 --> 00:36:13.440 you going 00:36:13.440 --> 00:36:13.880 to read? 00:36:14.920 --> 00:36:15.519 How are 00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:15.720 you going 00:36:15.720 --> 00:36:16.000 to read 00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:16.120 it? 00:36:16.180 --> 00:36:16.480 When? 00:36:18.960 --> 00:36:19.440 With 00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:19.800 who? 00:36:21.180 --> 00:36:22.740 How are 00:36:22.740 --> 00:36:22.920 you going 00:36:22.920 --> 00:36:23.140 to get 00:36:23.140 --> 00:36:23.700 your teeth 00:36:23.700 --> 00:36:24.280 stuck into 00:36:24.280 --> 00:36:24.720 Hebrews? 00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:26.140 Don't let 00:36:26.140 --> 00:36:26.800 sermons be 00:36:26.800 --> 00:36:27.120 enough. 00:36:27.240 --> 00:36:27.780 Re-listen to 00:36:27.780 --> 00:36:28.300 the sermons. 00:36:29.800 --> 00:36:30.500 There's so 00:36:30.500 --> 00:36:31.120 many good 00:36:31.120 --> 00:36:31.660 resources. 00:36:31.920 --> 00:36:32.300 Don't go 00:36:32.300 --> 00:36:33.220 googling it 00:36:33.220 --> 00:36:33.740 but come 00:36:33.739 --> 00:36:35.799 talk to us 00:36:35.799 --> 00:36:36.179 for good 00:36:36.179 --> 00:36:36.619 resources. 00:36:36.739 --> 00:36:36.959 How are 00:36:36.959 --> 00:36:37.059 you going 00:36:37.059 --> 00:36:37.259 to get 00:36:37.259 --> 00:36:37.659 stuck 00:36:37.659 --> 00:36:37.879 into 00:36:37.879 --> 00:36:38.319 Hebrews 00:36:38.319 --> 00:36:39.919 in this 00:36:39.919 --> 00:36:40.299 series? 00:36:41.819 --> 00:36:42.339 Start of 00:36:42.339 --> 00:36:42.619 the new 00:36:42.619 --> 00:36:42.979 year, 00:36:44.179 --> 00:36:44.979 I would 00:36:44.979 --> 00:36:45.559 love to 00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:46.399 see every 00:36:46.399 --> 00:36:47.819 person in 00:36:47.819 --> 00:36:48.159 a small 00:36:48.159 --> 00:36:48.439 group. 00:36:49.659 --> 00:36:49.939 Is that 00:36:49.939 --> 00:36:53.959 I don't 00:36:53.959 --> 00:36:54.339 think that's 00:36:54.339 --> 00:36:54.739 unrealistic. 00:36:55.000 --> 00:36:55.579 If medically 00:36:55.579 --> 00:36:56.259 we can do 00:36:56.259 --> 00:36:57.319 it, we 00:36:57.319 --> 00:36:57.779 need each 00:36:57.779 --> 00:36:57.959 other. 00:36:58.039 --> 00:36:58.659 Hebrews is 00:36:58.659 --> 00:36:58.919 going to 00:36:58.919 --> 00:36:59.319 talk about 00:36:59.319 --> 00:36:59.539 this. 00:36:59.819 --> 00:37:00.459 I need 00:37:00.459 --> 00:37:00.679 you. 00:37:00.679 --> 00:37:01.119 I have 00:37:01.119 --> 00:37:01.559 blind 00:37:01.559 --> 00:37:02.119 spots. 00:37:03.440 --> 00:37:04.000 This 00:37:04.000 --> 00:37:04.559 temptation 00:37:04.559 --> 00:37:05.199 in my 00:37:05.199 --> 00:37:06.679 life, it 00:37:06.679 --> 00:37:07.599 blinds me 00:37:07.599 --> 00:37:08.000 to the 00:37:08.000 --> 00:37:08.579 glory of 00:37:08.579 --> 00:37:09.099 Jesus and 00:37:09.099 --> 00:37:09.659 I need 00:37:09.659 --> 00:37:10.639 you to 00:37:10.639 --> 00:37:11.359 keep going. 00:37:12.960 --> 00:37:15.579 So please 00:37:15.579 --> 00:37:16.319 make specific 00:37:16.319 --> 00:37:16.960 plans for 00:37:16.960 --> 00:37:17.559 small groups. 00:37:17.559 --> 00:37:20.119 who knows 00:37:20.119 --> 00:37:20.719 what's really 00:37:20.719 --> 00:37:21.320 going on in 00:37:21.320 --> 00:37:21.820 your life? 00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:25.099 There was a 00:37:25.099 --> 00:37:26.139 sin I've been 00:37:26.139 --> 00:37:26.840 convicted of 00:37:26.840 --> 00:37:27.380 recently. 00:37:27.519 --> 00:37:27.799 You're all 00:37:27.799 --> 00:37:28.239 wondering what 00:37:28.239 --> 00:37:28.659 it is now. 00:37:30.719 --> 00:37:31.539 Emma asked 00:37:31.539 --> 00:37:31.900 the question, 00:37:32.019 --> 00:37:32.380 who are you 00:37:32.380 --> 00:37:32.619 going to 00:37:32.619 --> 00:37:33.079 talk to? 00:37:35.659 --> 00:37:36.139 Great 00:37:36.139 --> 00:37:36.579 question. 00:37:37.000 --> 00:37:37.239 Great 00:37:37.239 --> 00:37:37.579 question. 00:37:38.000 --> 00:37:38.340 Make a 00:37:38.340 --> 00:37:38.659 plan. 00:37:38.779 --> 00:37:39.320 Who knows 00:37:39.320 --> 00:37:39.679 you well 00:37:39.679 --> 00:37:40.559 enough that 00:37:40.559 --> 00:37:41.239 they see 00:37:41.239 --> 00:37:42.619 you and 00:37:42.619 --> 00:37:43.400 they love 00:37:43.400 --> 00:37:43.699 you? 00:37:43.699 --> 00:37:47.980 He's 00:37:47.980 --> 00:37:48.579 worthy of 00:37:48.579 --> 00:37:49.219 paying much 00:37:49.219 --> 00:37:49.639 closer 00:37:49.639 --> 00:37:50.119 attention. 00:37:52.119 --> 00:37:52.799 Don't let 00:37:52.799 --> 00:37:55.159 anything let 00:37:55.159 --> 00:37:55.960 you drift away 00:37:55.960 --> 00:37:56.399 from him 00:37:56.399 --> 00:37:58.419 because he's 00:37:58.419 --> 00:37:58.659 better. 00:37:59.460 --> 00:37:59.699 He's 00:37:59.699 --> 00:37:59.919 better. 00:38:05.000 --> 00:38:05.519 He's 00:38:05.519 --> 00:38:06.039 worthy of 00:38:06.039 --> 00:38:06.219 our 00:38:06.219 --> 00:38:06.659 obsession. 00:38:08.239 --> 00:38:08.539 Will you 00:38:08.539 --> 00:38:08.980 pray with me? 00:38:09.179 --> 00:38:09.460 Let's pray. 00:38:13.699 --> 00:38:16.639 Father, we 00:38:16.639 --> 00:38:17.219 look forward 00:38:17.219 --> 00:38:18.699 to when you 00:38:18.699 --> 00:38:19.799 send your 00:38:19.799 --> 00:38:20.439 son to 00:38:20.439 --> 00:38:21.079 return and 00:38:21.079 --> 00:38:21.759 restore all 00:38:21.759 --> 00:38:23.439 things so 00:38:23.439 --> 00:38:23.919 that we can 00:38:23.919 --> 00:38:24.599 know you 00:38:24.599 --> 00:38:26.579 face to 00:38:26.579 --> 00:38:26.939 face. 00:38:27.119 --> 00:38:27.879 But thank 00:38:27.879 --> 00:38:28.480 you in the 00:38:28.480 --> 00:38:29.079 meantime that 00:38:29.079 --> 00:38:29.519 you've given 00:38:29.519 --> 00:38:30.839 your word and 00:38:30.839 --> 00:38:32.699 you are speaking 00:38:32.699 --> 00:38:33.279 through your 00:38:33.279 --> 00:38:34.179 word about 00:38:34.179 --> 00:38:34.679 your son. 00:38:36.960 --> 00:38:39.919 Lord, may 00:38:39.919 --> 00:38:40.919 you fill us 00:38:40.919 --> 00:38:41.219 with your 00:38:41.219 --> 00:38:42.039 spirit that we 00:38:42.039 --> 00:38:42.759 might pay 00:38:42.759 --> 00:38:43.579 closer attention 00:38:43.579 --> 00:38:43.960 to your 00:38:43.960 --> 00:38:45.360 son as a 00:38:45.360 --> 00:38:45.980 church family. 00:38:46.579 --> 00:38:46.980 In Jesus' 00:38:47.099 --> 00:38:47.360 name I 00:38:47.360 --> 00:38:47.539 pray. 00:38:47.819 --> 00:38:48.099 Amen.