WEBVTT 00:00:00.260 --> 00:00:06.919 If you'd open up your Bibles to Hebrews chapter 9, I'm going to be preaching on Hebrews 00:00:06.919 --> 00:00:06.919 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:59.980 chapter 9. 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:05.340 A golden urn holding the manna and Aaron's staff that budded in the tablets of the covenant. 00:01:05.900 --> 00:01:09.439 Above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. 00:01:09.900 --> 00:01:12.060 Of these things we cannot now speak in detail. 00:01:13.980 --> 00:01:19.560 These preparations having thus been made, the priests go regularly into the first section 00:01:19.560 --> 00:01:23.700 performing their ritual duties, but into the second only the high priest goes. 00:01:24.659 --> 00:01:29.180 And he but once a year, and not without taking blood, which he offers for himself and for 00:01:29.180 --> 00:01:33.480 the unintentional sins of the people, by this the Holy Spirit indicates that the way into 00:01:33.480 --> 00:01:39.860 the holy places is not yet opened as long as the first section is still standing, which 00:01:39.860 --> 00:01:42.080 is symbolic for the present age. 00:01:43.440 --> 00:01:50.280 According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the conscience 00:01:50.280 --> 00:01:57.519 of the worshiper, but deal only with food and drink and various washings, regulations of the body 00:01:57.519 --> 00:02:00.400 imposed until the time of reformation. 00:02:01.260 --> 00:02:02.060 Verse 11. 00:02:02.060 --> 00:02:12.439 But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent, not made with hands, that is not of this creation, 00:02:13.039 --> 00:02:19.400 he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves, but by means of his own blood, 00:02:19.400 --> 00:02:24.539 thus securing an eternal redemption. 00:02:24.539 --> 00:02:33.319 For if the bloods of goats and bulls and the sprinkling of defiled persons with the ashes of heifer sanctify for the purication of the flesh, 00:02:33.759 --> 00:02:40.379 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal spirit offered himself without blemish to God, 00:02:40.900 --> 00:02:45.960 purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God. 00:02:45.960 --> 00:02:47.400 Amen. 00:02:50.200 --> 00:02:56.360 You know, when the check engine light appears on your car's dashboard, it means you've got to do something. 00:02:58.319 --> 00:03:04.080 It usually means there's either a malfunction with your car, or you just need to get it regularly serviced. 00:03:05.120 --> 00:03:09.080 And if you're like me, the temptation is to just to flat out ignore it, and here's why. 00:03:10.500 --> 00:03:15.340 I don't want the inconvenience of having to schedule bringing the car into a mechanic, 00:03:15.340 --> 00:03:19.200 and I definitely don't want to be confronted with what I've got to pay. 00:03:20.759 --> 00:03:21.599 Maybe you can relate. 00:03:21.719 --> 00:03:24.159 Anybody in the room with a check engine light on? 00:03:24.240 --> 00:03:26.140 I see that hand. 00:03:27.860 --> 00:03:30.020 Anybody else in the room with a check engine light on? 00:03:32.099 --> 00:03:38.659 Your conscience is the check engine light of your soul. 00:03:38.659 --> 00:03:46.060 Your conscience is your moral self-awareness. 00:03:46.219 --> 00:03:52.979 When you do something wrong, your conscience lights up to tell you that your heart needs servicing. 00:03:54.219 --> 00:03:58.800 You've got to address this sin, this wrong that you've done. 00:04:00.879 --> 00:04:06.479 Guilt is knowing that you have sinned and that you're responsible for it. 00:04:06.479 --> 00:04:19.159 A guilty verdict in a court of law is a declaration that someone has committed a crime and that they are responsible for it, 00:04:19.240 --> 00:04:21.039 and there's a consequence that they must pay. 00:04:23.680 --> 00:04:29.860 Real sin results in real guilt with real consequences. 00:04:30.019 --> 00:04:31.180 Do you know what we're talking about this morning? 00:04:31.259 --> 00:04:33.000 We're talking about a guilty conscience. 00:04:33.000 --> 00:04:41.379 When the check engine light of your soul turns on after you've done something wrong. 00:04:43.060 --> 00:04:44.199 What do you do? 00:04:45.339 --> 00:04:50.259 When your conscience convicts you of real guilt for real sin. 00:04:50.379 --> 00:04:52.060 Is there any real help? 00:04:52.060 --> 00:04:57.540 Is it possible for a guilty conscience to be purified? 00:04:58.519 --> 00:05:02.079 Or in the words of the writer of Hebrews, perfected? 00:05:03.439 --> 00:05:05.600 Can a guilty conscience be made clean? 00:05:06.019 --> 00:05:08.340 Well, that's what Hebrews 9, 1 through 14 answers. 00:05:09.860 --> 00:05:10.720 Here's the answer. 00:05:12.160 --> 00:05:15.819 Only the blood of Christ can cleanse your guilty conscience. 00:05:15.819 --> 00:05:20.599 Only the blood of Christ can cleanse your guilty conscience. 00:05:20.759 --> 00:05:24.099 And so, this passage, we can divide it into two sections. 00:05:24.620 --> 00:05:26.939 What cannot clean your conscience? 00:05:27.300 --> 00:05:28.139 Verses 1 through 10. 00:05:29.199 --> 00:05:30.839 And then 11 through 14. 00:05:31.459 --> 00:05:34.819 What can clean your conscience? 00:05:34.819 --> 00:05:45.879 When the check engine light of your soul turns on, don't turn to what can't clean your conscience. 00:05:46.420 --> 00:05:50.740 Draw near to what can clean your conscience. 00:05:51.060 --> 00:05:55.800 Only the blood of Christ can cleanse your guilty conscience. 00:05:57.259 --> 00:05:59.180 So, what can't clean your conscience? 00:05:59.339 --> 00:06:00.719 Let's look at verses 1 through 10. 00:06:00.720 --> 00:06:07.480 Now, remember that the original audience of the book of Hebrews, this letter came into a church. 00:06:07.940 --> 00:06:12.180 And they were Christians with a Jewish Hebrew background. 00:06:12.580 --> 00:06:13.980 They had been suffering for Christ. 00:06:14.080 --> 00:06:18.140 We're going to see that more as we get into the latter chapters of the book of Hebrews. 00:06:19.140 --> 00:06:22.640 And they were being tempted to go back to the old covenant of Judaism. 00:06:22.639 --> 00:06:26.300 With its earthly tabernacle. 00:06:26.719 --> 00:06:28.579 And its Levitical priesthood. 00:06:28.779 --> 00:06:30.879 And its animal sacrifices. 00:06:31.919 --> 00:06:38.019 The problem was that by going back to these old covenant arrangements, 00:06:38.479 --> 00:06:41.120 they would have to forsake Christ. 00:06:42.259 --> 00:06:44.800 And the new covenant he had established in his blood. 00:06:44.800 --> 00:06:52.780 Only the blood of Christ can cleanse a guilty conscience. 00:06:53.960 --> 00:06:55.939 Not the blood of bulls and goats. 00:06:57.379 --> 00:07:08.139 So, in verses 1 through 10, the writer of Hebrews shows us how the old covenant arrangements of the earthly tabernacle 00:07:08.139 --> 00:07:14.899 and the Levitical priesthood and animal sacrifices fall short of cleansing a guilty conscience. 00:07:15.079 --> 00:07:17.019 It's shown to be faulty. 00:07:18.699 --> 00:07:19.199 Incomplete. 00:07:20.300 --> 00:07:24.199 So, in verses 1 through 5, we see a description of the earthly tabernacle. 00:07:25.659 --> 00:07:29.120 Maybe you haven't heard of the earthly tabernacle before. 00:07:29.120 --> 00:07:35.100 It was a portable tent that God had the Jewish people design. 00:07:35.500 --> 00:07:37.639 And he would come and dwell in that tent. 00:07:37.920 --> 00:07:43.680 And he would kind of like go with his people in the wilderness and into the promised land. 00:07:43.959 --> 00:07:52.860 If you want to take a deeper look at the tabernacle, look at Exodus chapter 25, verses chapter 25 through chapter 31. 00:07:52.860 --> 00:07:58.879 In this passage, we learn that it's an earthly place of holiness. 00:08:01.319 --> 00:08:03.699 It's a real dwelling place of God. 00:08:04.819 --> 00:08:08.420 In 2 through 5, we learn that there's two sections of this tent. 00:08:10.800 --> 00:08:19.699 The first is this outer section, the holy place with a lampstand and a table and the bread of presents. 00:08:19.699 --> 00:08:24.319 And the second section is called the holy of holies. 00:08:24.439 --> 00:08:25.539 It's the inner section. 00:08:25.659 --> 00:08:29.420 You would have to go through the holy place to get into the holy of holies. 00:08:30.479 --> 00:08:34.600 And in the holy of holies was the Ark of the Covenant. 00:08:35.899 --> 00:08:43.580 And inside the Ark of the Covenant, you had an urn holding the manna, God's provision for his people in the wilderness. 00:08:43.580 --> 00:08:49.280 You had the staff of Aaron that budded, showing that he was a priest from God. 00:08:49.500 --> 00:08:54.820 And that you had the tablets of the Old Covenant, the Ten Commandments. 00:08:54.960 --> 00:09:01.320 And so the Ark was this kind of remembrance of the Old Covenant. 00:09:02.160 --> 00:09:04.940 And on it, the top of the Ark was the mercy seat. 00:09:04.940 --> 00:09:09.300 And it was believed, we see it throughout the Old Testament, God would dwell. 00:09:09.460 --> 00:09:16.560 He would come in his cloud of presence, the Shekinah glory, and come within the holy of holies to dwell with his people. 00:09:19.600 --> 00:09:20.720 It's quite a description. 00:09:21.940 --> 00:09:24.560 It was a real way in which God was dwelling with his people. 00:09:24.559 --> 00:09:34.439 But what the tabernacle, the earthly tabernacle, with these two sections make very clear is this. 00:09:35.439 --> 00:09:40.500 Even though God was with his people, he was separate from his people. 00:09:41.519 --> 00:09:42.799 Restricted access. 00:09:44.659 --> 00:09:48.059 So we move from the earthly temple. 00:09:48.319 --> 00:09:50.979 Now let's talk about the Levitical priests. 00:09:50.980 --> 00:09:54.899 In verses 6 and 7, we have this description of priestly duties. 00:09:55.700 --> 00:10:04.420 In verse 6, we have kind of the everyday priests who come in and out of that first section, the holy place. 00:10:05.379 --> 00:10:07.720 And what they were doing, and they're coming in and going out. 00:10:07.800 --> 00:10:10.259 They were tending to the oil in the lampstand. 00:10:10.399 --> 00:10:11.860 They were placing the bread of presence. 00:10:12.100 --> 00:10:15.279 They were making sure there was incense on the altar. 00:10:15.279 --> 00:10:22.220 But what you need to understand is, it was only Levitical priests who were entering the holy place. 00:10:22.519 --> 00:10:25.500 No other person from Israel could enter. 00:10:26.759 --> 00:10:27.519 Restricted access. 00:10:29.699 --> 00:10:31.159 And then we look at verse 7. 00:10:31.159 --> 00:10:35.939 And in verse 7, it even gets more restricted. 00:10:36.939 --> 00:10:47.179 Because the high priest, only the high priest, could enter the holy of holies only once a year. 00:10:47.179 --> 00:10:53.079 And he would enter on what's called the Day of Atonement. 00:10:53.899 --> 00:10:54.979 Yom Kippur. 00:10:57.019 --> 00:10:59.459 Restricted access. 00:11:05.099 --> 00:11:09.239 And now we move to the animal sacrifice. 00:11:10.239 --> 00:11:12.039 Of the old covenant. 00:11:13.279 --> 00:11:14.639 The former arrangement. 00:11:14.639 --> 00:11:21.960 In verses 7 through 10, we see that the high priest, he had to sacrifice a bull. 00:11:22.919 --> 00:11:25.460 The shedding of blood to cover his own sin. 00:11:25.799 --> 00:11:28.720 Before he'd go into the holy of holies on Yom Kippur. 00:11:29.100 --> 00:11:32.460 At which time he would bring in the blood of an unblemished goat. 00:11:32.720 --> 00:11:36.860 And sprinkle it upon the mercy seat to cover the sins of Israel for the year. 00:11:40.100 --> 00:11:42.460 This was repeated year after year after year. 00:11:42.460 --> 00:11:46.019 Could you imagine a time lapse photography? 00:11:46.680 --> 00:11:53.160 You know those time lapse photographies of like, of seasons in Yosemite? 00:11:54.440 --> 00:11:58.879 Could you just imagine a time lapse photography over 15 or 20 years of the same high priest 00:11:58.879 --> 00:12:02.220 entering into the holy of holies with the blood? 00:12:02.220 --> 00:12:08.680 And over 10 to 15, 20 years you have this man who's getting more and more aged and decrepit. 00:12:09.180 --> 00:12:12.240 Kind of entering into the holy of holies. 00:12:12.580 --> 00:12:14.139 Bringing blood and then leaving. 00:12:14.560 --> 00:12:16.180 Bringing blood and then leaving. 00:12:17.360 --> 00:12:18.220 Do you know what it means? 00:12:21.040 --> 00:12:22.820 It's what we read later. 00:12:22.820 --> 00:12:28.440 It's the blood of bulls in coats cannot take away sins. 00:12:29.820 --> 00:12:32.980 Again and again and again. 00:12:34.520 --> 00:12:40.760 And what God's people and us are being reminded of in this is that sin results, 00:12:40.920 --> 00:12:45.820 real sin results in real guilt and requires real blood. 00:12:46.340 --> 00:12:47.120 Something has to die. 00:12:47.120 --> 00:12:57.000 We read in 10.4 that the blood of bulls and goats can, it's impossible to take away sins. 00:12:59.480 --> 00:13:03.279 Excuse me, in 9 verses 9 and 10 we read this. 00:13:03.279 --> 00:13:08.080 According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifices are offered 00:13:08.080 --> 00:13:17.340 that cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper. 00:13:18.220 --> 00:13:18.780 It cannot. 00:13:20.160 --> 00:13:21.440 It comes up short. 00:13:22.780 --> 00:13:26.960 The blood of bulls and goats, it's impossible for those to take away sins. 00:13:26.960 --> 00:13:33.460 It's impossible for animal blood to take away, make clean our consciences, our inner beings. 00:13:33.460 --> 00:14:03.440 It's impossible for us. 00:14:03.460 --> 00:14:04.360 Animal sacrifice. 00:14:04.920 --> 00:14:07.320 All part of the old covenant arrangement. 00:14:08.019 --> 00:14:11.019 The seriousness of sin, but couldn't cleanse the heart of sinners. 00:14:12.860 --> 00:14:14.600 And so that's why we read 8.7. 00:14:15.500 --> 00:14:17.420 For if the first covenant had been faultless, 00:14:18.080 --> 00:14:20.600 there would have been no occasion to look for a second. 00:14:22.060 --> 00:14:24.280 Or in verse 13 of chapter 8, 00:14:24.500 --> 00:14:25.580 and speaking of a new covenant, 00:14:26.060 --> 00:14:27.700 he makes the first one obsolete. 00:14:27.900 --> 00:14:29.879 This arrangement has been made obsolete. 00:14:29.879 --> 00:14:36.460 And what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish, vanish away. 00:14:39.220 --> 00:14:43.100 But did you notice verse 8 in chapter 9? 00:14:43.100 --> 00:14:51.820 By this arrangement, the Holy Spirit indicates, 00:14:52.460 --> 00:14:54.220 the Holy Spirit speaking a word, 00:14:55.680 --> 00:14:58.420 that the way into the holy places is not yet opened, 00:14:58.620 --> 00:15:00.940 as long as the first section is still standing, 00:15:01.399 --> 00:15:03.920 which is symbolic for the present age. 00:15:04.060 --> 00:15:05.779 That word in verse 9, symbolic, 00:15:05.779 --> 00:15:07.339 we get the word parable from. 00:15:07.720 --> 00:15:11.600 And so the Holy Spirit is pointing to the old covenant arrangement 00:15:11.600 --> 00:15:13.980 and saying, hey, you in the present age, 00:15:14.179 --> 00:15:15.600 this is a little parable for you. 00:15:16.579 --> 00:15:17.539 Learn from it. 00:15:18.220 --> 00:15:19.240 And what he's saying is, 00:15:19.519 --> 00:15:22.519 as long as this system is up and operational, 00:15:23.079 --> 00:15:24.600 it keeps closed, 00:15:25.299 --> 00:15:27.159 the true way into 00:15:27.159 --> 00:15:30.819 the heavenly tent, 00:15:31.620 --> 00:15:34.419 God's heavenly dwelling place. 00:15:37.319 --> 00:15:38.319 Don't go back. 00:15:40.379 --> 00:15:41.899 Don't go back to the first covenant. 00:15:43.899 --> 00:15:47.199 You can't cleanse your guilty conscience. 00:15:47.659 --> 00:15:50.179 Only the blood of Christ can. 00:15:52.799 --> 00:15:55.139 But I'm guessing the majority of us are like, 00:15:55.539 --> 00:15:56.919 I don't care. 00:15:57.159 --> 00:16:01.339 I'm not looking to go back to an earthly tabernacle. 00:16:02.439 --> 00:16:07.439 I am not looking for a Levitical priest on Google. 00:16:09.500 --> 00:16:11.439 I'm definitely not going to Meijer 00:16:11.439 --> 00:16:12.939 to find an animal sacrifice. 00:16:16.579 --> 00:16:18.679 But what you need to understand is that 00:16:18.679 --> 00:16:23.159 though we're not tempted to go back to the old covenant, 00:16:23.319 --> 00:16:27.100 we are tempted to look to arrangements 00:16:27.100 --> 00:16:32.399 incapable of cleansing our consciences. 00:16:33.580 --> 00:16:37.680 We try to mediate our own atonements. 00:16:37.679 --> 00:16:43.519 When the check engine light of your soul turns on, 00:16:44.159 --> 00:16:48.579 I'm guessing you turn to one of the following early on. 00:16:49.019 --> 00:16:49.819 Here's the first one. 00:16:50.500 --> 00:16:52.319 When you become aware of the guilt of your sin, 00:16:53.699 --> 00:16:55.799 you try to outgood your guilt. 00:16:55.799 --> 00:17:01.139 Your thinking is, I just need to do more good than wrong. 00:17:01.479 --> 00:17:03.219 And if I do more good than wrong, 00:17:03.699 --> 00:17:05.480 God will see that in the end, 00:17:05.579 --> 00:17:06.980 and I'll be okay. 00:17:06.980 --> 00:17:11.500 But the sad thing is, God doesn't settle accounts that way. 00:17:14.500 --> 00:17:18.660 You can't outgood your guilt. 00:17:19.700 --> 00:17:23.720 Your guilt for real sin stands against you. 00:17:24.160 --> 00:17:25.279 It condemns you. 00:17:26.039 --> 00:17:29.259 You can't cover it up with your own do-gooding. 00:17:31.059 --> 00:17:32.319 That's not going to work. 00:17:33.740 --> 00:17:37.299 Or maybe, instead of trying to outgood your guilt, 00:17:37.460 --> 00:17:39.059 you make others pay for your guilt. 00:17:39.799 --> 00:17:42.599 This is kind of a victim mentality or blame shifting. 00:17:42.980 --> 00:17:47.079 It's a way to avoid taking responsibility for your real sin 00:17:47.079 --> 00:17:51.099 and your real guilt and your real consequences that are due. 00:17:52.359 --> 00:17:56.199 You're like, this person is the reason why I feel so guilty. 00:17:58.639 --> 00:18:00.059 And maybe there's something to that, 00:18:00.240 --> 00:18:05.079 but we must take responsibility for our own sin. 00:18:06.960 --> 00:18:08.659 Another way that we try to, 00:18:09.720 --> 00:18:10.639 another arrangement, 00:18:11.259 --> 00:18:13.659 is to try to minimize our guilt. 00:18:14.559 --> 00:18:16.159 And the way that we minimize our guilt is 00:18:16.160 --> 00:18:18.000 by comparing ourselves to other people. 00:18:18.519 --> 00:18:20.720 We're like, you know, I know I'm pretty bad, 00:18:20.800 --> 00:18:21.660 but I'm not that bad. 00:18:26.200 --> 00:18:28.200 Here's another way that we try to minimize our guilt. 00:18:29.279 --> 00:18:30.380 We theologize it. 00:18:30.840 --> 00:18:31.960 We say things like this. 00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:36.200 God doesn't see that small stuff. 00:18:37.060 --> 00:18:40.259 Or we say, God doesn't care about the details like that. 00:18:40.320 --> 00:18:41.259 It's not a big deal to him. 00:18:41.960 --> 00:18:44.180 He sees that's not significant. 00:18:44.180 --> 00:18:48.080 Or the ultimate minimization of God is this. 00:18:48.920 --> 00:18:50.700 The ultimate way to minimize your guilt 00:18:50.700 --> 00:18:53.740 is by cutting God off. 00:18:55.100 --> 00:18:56.960 You know, one of the easiest ways 00:18:56.960 --> 00:18:58.400 to be relieved of your guilt 00:18:58.400 --> 00:19:00.039 is to separate it from God. 00:19:00.440 --> 00:19:02.539 You just say, God doesn't exist. 00:19:04.060 --> 00:19:05.900 There is a way you can stop feeling guilty 00:19:05.900 --> 00:19:06.900 about your wrongs. 00:19:07.860 --> 00:19:09.060 It's just not true. 00:19:09.059 --> 00:19:13.960 Other ways that people try to 00:19:13.960 --> 00:19:16.099 kind of deal with their guilt, 00:19:16.980 --> 00:19:18.720 they implode. 00:19:21.519 --> 00:19:23.039 They are so aware. 00:19:23.179 --> 00:19:24.259 They're so ashamed. 00:19:24.379 --> 00:19:25.519 They're so guilt-ridden. 00:19:25.879 --> 00:19:27.419 They can't sleep at night. 00:19:27.619 --> 00:19:29.419 And we all know the stories of people 00:19:29.419 --> 00:19:31.159 who have taken their own lives 00:19:31.159 --> 00:19:32.679 because they're so guilty. 00:19:32.680 --> 00:19:37.880 I happen to think 00:19:37.880 --> 00:19:39.600 that the primary way 00:19:39.600 --> 00:19:43.060 that people seek to deal with their own sin, 00:19:43.160 --> 00:19:44.799 they find an arrangement, 00:19:45.320 --> 00:19:48.640 is by numbing themselves to their guilt. 00:19:49.759 --> 00:19:52.279 You find ways to distract yourself, 00:19:53.060 --> 00:19:55.299 to numb yourself 00:19:55.299 --> 00:19:56.279 by being busy, 00:19:56.600 --> 00:19:57.759 by finding entertainment, 00:19:58.320 --> 00:20:01.420 by drinking yourself numb to your guilt, 00:20:01.420 --> 00:20:04.740 by smoking yourself numb to your guilt, 00:20:04.900 --> 00:20:08.120 by sexing yourself numb to your guilt. 00:20:08.600 --> 00:20:09.759 They're just different tactics 00:20:09.759 --> 00:20:12.019 to numb yourself to your real guilt. 00:20:13.539 --> 00:20:14.920 All these arrangements, 00:20:16.060 --> 00:20:17.820 like the old covenant, 00:20:18.160 --> 00:20:20.880 are incapable of cleansing, 00:20:21.400 --> 00:20:22.279 of purifying, 00:20:22.920 --> 00:20:25.840 of perfecting a guilty conscience. 00:20:27.960 --> 00:20:29.400 Don't turn to that. 00:20:31.420 --> 00:20:33.320 When your check engine light goes on, 00:20:33.740 --> 00:20:35.400 don't turn to those things. 00:20:36.279 --> 00:20:37.700 They can't cleanse you. 00:20:39.320 --> 00:20:41.380 There's only one thing that can cleanse you, 00:20:42.039 --> 00:20:43.400 to which we now turn. 00:20:44.640 --> 00:20:46.680 What can cleanse your conscience? 00:20:47.060 --> 00:20:48.420 Verses 11 through 14, 00:20:49.120 --> 00:20:50.860 only Christ's blood 00:20:50.860 --> 00:20:53.640 can cleanse your guilty conscience. 00:20:53.860 --> 00:20:56.000 That's the point of verses 11 through 14. 00:20:56.000 --> 00:20:58.019 And 11 through 14, 00:20:58.140 --> 00:20:59.119 it's a contrast. 00:21:00.380 --> 00:21:01.720 It's a contrast between 00:21:01.720 --> 00:21:03.539 the new covenant arrangement in Christ 00:21:03.539 --> 00:21:05.440 and the old covenant arrangement. 00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:08.859 What we see in verses 11 through 14 00:21:08.859 --> 00:21:11.759 is a better tabernacle, 00:21:12.700 --> 00:21:14.720 a better priest, 00:21:15.460 --> 00:21:17.500 and a better sacrifice. 00:21:21.180 --> 00:21:22.099 Verse 11, 00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:23.380 the second half in particular, 00:21:23.380 --> 00:21:25.560 we see the better tent. 00:21:26.440 --> 00:21:27.520 But when Christ appeared 00:21:27.520 --> 00:21:28.360 as a high priest 00:21:28.360 --> 00:21:29.720 of the good things that have come, 00:21:30.140 --> 00:21:32.420 then through the greater 00:21:32.420 --> 00:21:33.640 and more perfect tent, 00:21:34.560 --> 00:21:35.620 not made with hands, 00:21:35.740 --> 00:21:37.260 that is not of this creation, 00:21:37.800 --> 00:21:39.380 he entered once for all 00:21:39.380 --> 00:21:42.360 into the holy places. 00:21:43.620 --> 00:21:45.100 If you turn back 00:21:45.100 --> 00:21:46.820 in your Bible 00:21:46.820 --> 00:21:49.780 to Hebrews chapter 8, verse 5, 00:21:49.779 --> 00:21:54.379 we see that the earthly tabernacle 00:21:54.379 --> 00:21:56.779 pointed to the heavenly tabernacle. 00:21:57.420 --> 00:21:58.519 In verse 5 we read, 00:21:58.839 --> 00:22:00.000 they served a copy 00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:01.960 in shadow of the heavenly things. 00:22:02.019 --> 00:22:03.259 For when Moses was about 00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:04.319 to erect the tent, 00:22:05.299 --> 00:22:07.119 Exodus 25 through 31, 00:22:08.779 --> 00:22:09.799 when he was about 00:22:09.799 --> 00:22:11.079 to erect the tent, 00:22:11.500 --> 00:22:12.899 he was instructed by God saying, 00:22:12.899 --> 00:22:14.420 see that you make everything 00:22:14.420 --> 00:22:15.639 according to the pattern 00:22:15.639 --> 00:22:17.160 that was shown you on the mountain. 00:22:17.259 --> 00:22:17.960 In other words, 00:22:17.960 --> 00:22:21.200 the earthly tabernacle 00:22:21.200 --> 00:22:21.860 is patterned off 00:22:21.860 --> 00:22:23.240 the heavenly tabernacle. 00:22:24.400 --> 00:22:26.039 The heavenly dwelling place, 00:22:26.319 --> 00:22:27.759 the heavenly sanctuary, 00:22:28.340 --> 00:22:29.319 where God is. 00:22:29.380 --> 00:22:30.600 It's not made with human hands. 00:22:31.539 --> 00:22:32.799 It's not of this creation. 00:22:33.299 --> 00:22:33.980 We're talking about 00:22:33.980 --> 00:22:36.420 the actual, present, 00:22:37.180 --> 00:22:39.660 permanent, dwelling place 00:22:39.660 --> 00:22:40.900 of God. 00:22:43.960 --> 00:22:44.920 8, 1, and 2. 00:22:45.380 --> 00:22:46.220 Now the point in what 00:22:46.220 --> 00:22:47.319 we are saying is this, 00:22:47.319 --> 00:22:48.799 we have such a high priest, 00:22:49.079 --> 00:22:49.720 one who is seated 00:22:49.720 --> 00:22:50.559 at the right hand 00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:51.240 of the throne 00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:52.240 of the majesty in heaven, 00:22:52.579 --> 00:22:54.119 a minister in the holy places, 00:22:54.399 --> 00:22:55.359 in the true tent 00:22:55.359 --> 00:22:56.439 that the Lord set up, 00:22:56.500 --> 00:22:56.980 not man. 00:22:58.559 --> 00:22:59.139 Better tent. 00:23:00.399 --> 00:23:01.500 Look at 924. 00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:03.419 For Christ has entered 00:23:03.419 --> 00:23:05.379 not into holy places 00:23:05.379 --> 00:23:06.819 made with hands, 00:23:07.419 --> 00:23:08.139 which are copies 00:23:08.139 --> 00:23:09.059 of the true things, 00:23:09.299 --> 00:23:10.659 but into heaven itself, 00:23:11.119 --> 00:23:11.919 now to appear 00:23:11.919 --> 00:23:13.099 in the presence of God 00:23:13.099 --> 00:23:13.740 on our behalf. 00:23:13.740 --> 00:23:16.420 You see, 00:23:16.500 --> 00:23:17.279 the new covenant, 00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:18.940 what you learned 00:23:18.940 --> 00:23:19.839 about last week, 00:23:20.259 --> 00:23:21.620 has ushered in 00:23:21.620 --> 00:23:23.460 a better tent, 00:23:24.740 --> 00:23:26.200 better tabernacle. 00:23:26.940 --> 00:23:28.200 And through the blood 00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:28.779 of Christ, 00:23:28.900 --> 00:23:30.720 we have unrestricted access 00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:32.480 to the very presence 00:23:32.480 --> 00:23:33.279 of God. 00:23:35.279 --> 00:23:36.220 Better tent. 00:23:38.019 --> 00:23:39.039 Better priest. 00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:41.379 If you look back 00:23:41.379 --> 00:23:42.099 at verse 11, 00:23:43.720 --> 00:23:44.740 chapter 9, 00:23:45.139 --> 00:23:46.399 but when Christ appeared 00:23:46.399 --> 00:23:48.680 as a high priest 00:23:48.680 --> 00:23:49.940 of the good things 00:23:49.940 --> 00:23:50.700 that have come, 00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:53.440 high priest 00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:54.379 of the good things 00:23:54.379 --> 00:23:54.779 that have come. 00:23:54.839 --> 00:23:55.139 Remember, 00:23:56.039 --> 00:23:56.759 Jesus Christ 00:23:56.759 --> 00:23:57.639 is not a priest 00:23:57.639 --> 00:23:58.539 in the order 00:23:58.539 --> 00:24:01.039 of the Levitical priesthood. 00:24:01.879 --> 00:24:03.180 He's a priest 00:24:03.180 --> 00:24:03.819 in the order 00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:04.740 of Melchizedek, 00:24:04.740 --> 00:24:06.720 which means 00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:10.440 he is a king priest, 00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:12.660 which means 00:24:12.660 --> 00:24:14.880 he is indestructible, 00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:16.059 which means 00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:17.900 he has a permanent priesthood. 00:24:19.900 --> 00:24:20.799 Would you repeat 00:24:20.799 --> 00:24:21.220 after me? 00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:23.539 Christ is my 00:24:23.539 --> 00:24:27.220 risen and reigning 00:24:27.220 --> 00:24:30.359 priest and king 00:24:30.359 --> 00:24:32.639 the anchor 00:24:32.639 --> 00:24:33.500 of my soul 00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:36.899 whose blood 00:24:36.899 --> 00:24:38.179 cleanses 00:24:38.179 --> 00:24:39.339 my conscience. 00:24:43.119 --> 00:24:43.759 Unlike 00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:45.159 the Levitical priests 00:24:45.159 --> 00:24:46.059 who were sinners 00:24:46.059 --> 00:24:48.259 and died, 00:24:49.939 --> 00:24:50.439 Christ 00:24:50.439 --> 00:24:51.740 is sinless 00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:53.439 and lives 00:24:53.439 --> 00:24:55.939 an indestructible 00:24:55.939 --> 00:24:56.759 life. 00:24:57.839 --> 00:24:58.419 In verse 11, 00:24:58.519 --> 00:24:59.079 we read that 00:24:59.079 --> 00:25:00.039 but when Christ 00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:00.699 appeared 00:25:00.699 --> 00:25:03.240 as a high priest. 00:25:03.859 --> 00:25:04.359 Did anybody 00:25:04.359 --> 00:25:04.960 notice I 00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:06.099 didn't mention 00:25:06.099 --> 00:25:06.639 verse 10? 00:25:08.079 --> 00:25:08.399 If you look 00:25:08.399 --> 00:25:09.879 back at verse 10, 00:25:10.460 --> 00:25:11.059 but deal only, 00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:11.779 speaking of the 00:25:11.779 --> 00:25:12.379 old covenant 00:25:12.379 --> 00:25:13.879 and its regulations, 00:25:15.039 --> 00:25:15.500 they only deal 00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:15.899 with food 00:25:15.899 --> 00:25:16.279 and drink 00:25:16.279 --> 00:25:16.720 and various 00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:17.339 washings 00:25:17.339 --> 00:25:18.119 outside, 00:25:19.179 --> 00:25:19.859 kind of like 00:25:19.859 --> 00:25:21.119 ceremonial 00:25:21.119 --> 00:25:22.439 cleanness, 00:25:22.879 --> 00:25:23.679 regulations 00:25:23.679 --> 00:25:24.460 of the body, 00:25:24.779 --> 00:25:25.220 external, 00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:26.339 imposed until 00:25:26.339 --> 00:25:27.379 the time 00:25:27.379 --> 00:25:28.319 of reformation. 00:25:29.079 --> 00:25:32.079 the time 00:25:32.079 --> 00:25:32.619 of 00:25:32.619 --> 00:25:33.659 reformation 00:25:33.659 --> 00:25:35.399 in the 00:25:35.399 --> 00:25:36.000 Greek language 00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:36.619 in which the 00:25:36.619 --> 00:25:37.059 New Testament 00:25:37.059 --> 00:25:37.619 was written 00:25:37.619 --> 00:25:37.819 in, 00:25:37.879 --> 00:25:38.259 that word 00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:39.059 reformation 00:25:39.059 --> 00:25:40.539 means to 00:25:40.539 --> 00:25:41.019 make straight. 00:25:41.299 --> 00:25:41.899 It was used 00:25:41.899 --> 00:25:42.740 in first century 00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:44.599 medical terminology 00:25:44.599 --> 00:25:45.539 in order to 00:25:45.539 --> 00:25:46.220 set straight 00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:46.839 a broken 00:25:46.839 --> 00:25:48.279 arm, 00:25:48.460 --> 00:25:49.199 to set 00:25:49.199 --> 00:25:50.159 in place 00:25:50.159 --> 00:25:51.059 a joint 00:25:51.059 --> 00:25:51.639 out of place, 00:25:51.679 --> 00:25:52.139 to make it 00:25:52.139 --> 00:25:52.539 straight. 00:25:52.919 --> 00:25:53.319 And so what 00:25:53.319 --> 00:25:53.879 we're being told 00:25:53.879 --> 00:25:54.639 here is that 00:25:54.639 --> 00:25:55.559 the new covenant 00:25:55.559 --> 00:25:56.399 makes straight 00:25:56.399 --> 00:25:57.000 what the old 00:25:57.000 --> 00:25:57.279 covenant 00:25:57.279 --> 00:25:57.940 couldn't. 00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:00.819 That time 00:26:00.819 --> 00:26:01.680 of reformation 00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:02.259 began 00:26:02.259 --> 00:26:03.899 when Jesus 00:26:03.899 --> 00:26:04.339 appeared. 00:26:07.099 --> 00:26:07.879 He brought 00:26:07.879 --> 00:26:08.279 the good 00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:08.799 things of 00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:09.039 the new 00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:09.339 covenant 00:26:09.339 --> 00:26:09.879 with him. 00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:13.639 He came 00:26:13.639 --> 00:26:14.079 to make 00:26:14.079 --> 00:26:14.539 straight 00:26:14.539 --> 00:26:15.019 what was 00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:15.399 crooked. 00:26:17.660 --> 00:26:18.460 He came 00:26:18.460 --> 00:26:19.200 to inaugurate 00:26:19.200 --> 00:26:20.019 a new 00:26:20.019 --> 00:26:20.460 covenant 00:26:20.460 --> 00:26:21.420 that made 00:26:21.420 --> 00:26:21.839 the old 00:26:21.839 --> 00:26:22.279 covenant 00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:23.819 obsolete 00:26:23.819 --> 00:26:24.619 and useless. 00:26:27.700 --> 00:26:28.119 And notice 00:26:28.119 --> 00:26:28.740 in verse 12 00:26:28.740 --> 00:26:29.799 that it's 00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:30.200 through his 00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:30.740 blood 00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:31.679 that he 00:26:31.679 --> 00:26:32.139 entered 00:26:32.139 --> 00:26:32.819 God's 00:26:32.819 --> 00:26:33.299 dwelling 00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:33.960 place. 00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:35.200 And that 00:26:35.200 --> 00:26:36.799 once for 00:26:36.799 --> 00:26:37.139 all. 00:26:38.700 --> 00:26:39.259 Unlike the 00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:39.779 priests, 00:26:40.159 --> 00:26:40.519 Levitical 00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:41.220 priests who 00:26:41.220 --> 00:26:42.599 came and 00:26:42.599 --> 00:26:43.559 went in 00:26:43.559 --> 00:26:44.159 and out 00:26:44.159 --> 00:26:44.559 of the 00:26:44.559 --> 00:26:45.339 early tent, 00:26:47.039 --> 00:26:47.399 remember 00:26:47.399 --> 00:26:47.700 that, 00:26:48.859 --> 00:26:49.619 those kind 00:26:49.619 --> 00:26:49.939 of like 00:26:49.939 --> 00:26:50.879 15 to 20 00:26:50.879 --> 00:26:51.460 year photos 00:26:51.460 --> 00:26:51.880 of the 00:26:51.880 --> 00:26:52.079 high 00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:52.480 priest 00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:53.259 coming in 00:26:53.259 --> 00:26:53.920 and out, 00:26:56.980 --> 00:26:57.440 Jesus 00:26:57.440 --> 00:26:59.180 has 00:26:59.180 --> 00:26:59.860 entered 00:26:59.860 --> 00:27:01.120 the 00:27:01.120 --> 00:27:01.420 heavenly 00:27:01.420 --> 00:27:01.799 dwelling 00:27:01.799 --> 00:27:02.340 place of 00:27:02.340 --> 00:27:02.600 God 00:27:02.600 --> 00:27:04.299 permanently. 00:27:05.299 --> 00:27:05.940 If you look 00:27:05.940 --> 00:27:06.299 back at 00:27:06.299 --> 00:27:06.960 chapter 7 00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:08.400 verses 24 00:27:08.400 --> 00:27:09.000 and 25, 00:27:09.299 --> 00:27:09.600 we read 00:27:09.600 --> 00:27:09.900 this, 00:27:09.900 --> 00:27:10.519 but he 00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:11.040 holds his 00:27:11.040 --> 00:27:11.460 priesthood 00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:11.940 permanently 00:27:11.940 --> 00:27:12.560 because he 00:27:12.560 --> 00:27:13.100 continues 00:27:13.100 --> 00:27:13.759 forever. 00:27:14.900 --> 00:27:15.440 Consequently, 00:27:15.580 --> 00:27:16.120 he's able 00:27:16.120 --> 00:27:16.519 to save 00:27:16.519 --> 00:27:16.840 to the 00:27:16.840 --> 00:27:17.240 uttermost 00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:17.960 those who 00:27:17.960 --> 00:27:18.340 draw near 00:27:18.340 --> 00:27:18.740 to God 00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.560 through him 00:27:19.560 --> 00:27:20.380 draw near 00:27:20.380 --> 00:27:21.019 into the 00:27:21.019 --> 00:27:21.400 heavenly 00:27:21.400 --> 00:27:21.820 tent. 00:27:22.540 --> 00:27:22.980 Since he 00:27:22.980 --> 00:27:23.480 always lives 00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:23.780 to make 00:27:23.780 --> 00:27:24.259 intercession 00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:24.600 for them, 00:27:24.660 --> 00:27:25.160 he's a 00:27:25.160 --> 00:27:25.380 better 00:27:25.380 --> 00:27:25.800 priest 00:27:25.800 --> 00:27:26.600 and he 00:27:26.600 --> 00:27:27.440 has a 00:27:27.440 --> 00:27:27.780 better 00:27:27.780 --> 00:27:28.480 ministry. 00:27:30.160 --> 00:27:30.720 Especially, 00:27:31.120 --> 00:27:31.840 especially, 00:27:32.640 --> 00:27:33.300 especially 00:27:33.300 --> 00:27:34.759 when the 00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:35.200 check engine 00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:35.720 light of your 00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:36.580 soul turns 00:27:36.580 --> 00:27:36.800 on. 00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:38.940 better 00:27:38.940 --> 00:27:39.480 priest, 00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:40.619 better 00:27:40.619 --> 00:27:41.079 tent, 00:27:42.299 --> 00:27:42.619 better 00:27:42.619 --> 00:27:43.599 sacrifice. 00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:47.379 What we 00:27:47.379 --> 00:27:47.740 see in 00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:48.319 verses 11 00:27:48.319 --> 00:27:48.899 through 14 00:27:48.899 --> 00:27:49.519 is that 00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:51.359 this new 00:27:51.359 --> 00:27:51.899 covenant 00:27:51.899 --> 00:27:53.680 arrangement 00:27:53.680 --> 00:27:55.759 is a 00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:55.940 better 00:27:55.940 --> 00:27:56.559 sacrifice 00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:57.000 with better 00:27:57.000 --> 00:27:57.379 blood. 00:27:58.720 --> 00:27:59.659 Not the 00:27:59.659 --> 00:28:00.039 blood of 00:28:00.039 --> 00:28:00.559 goats, 00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:01.139 bulls, 00:28:01.220 --> 00:28:01.680 heifers, 00:28:02.639 --> 00:28:04.279 but the 00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:04.879 blood of 00:28:04.879 --> 00:28:06.639 the unblemished 00:28:06.640 --> 00:28:07.720 priest king, 00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:09.660 the blood 00:28:09.660 --> 00:28:10.220 of Christ. 00:28:11.560 --> 00:28:12.240 In verses 00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:12.780 13 and 00:28:12.780 --> 00:28:13.140 14, 00:28:13.660 --> 00:28:14.520 we have 00:28:14.520 --> 00:28:14.759 what's 00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:15.380 called a 00:28:15.380 --> 00:28:16.360 lesser to 00:28:16.360 --> 00:28:16.640 greater 00:28:16.640 --> 00:28:17.120 argument. 00:28:17.380 --> 00:28:17.620 It goes 00:28:17.620 --> 00:28:18.200 like this. 00:28:20.120 --> 00:28:20.640 The 00:28:20.640 --> 00:28:20.940 lesser, 00:28:21.300 --> 00:28:21.840 verse 13. 00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:24.220 For if 00:28:24.220 --> 00:28:24.540 the blood 00:28:24.540 --> 00:28:24.940 of goats 00:28:24.940 --> 00:28:25.680 and bulls 00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:26.400 and the 00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:26.780 sprinkling 00:28:26.780 --> 00:28:27.240 of deviled 00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:28.180 persons 00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:29.540 with the 00:28:29.540 --> 00:28:29.960 ashes of 00:28:29.960 --> 00:28:30.300 a heifer 00:28:30.300 --> 00:28:31.060 sanctify 00:28:31.060 --> 00:28:31.380 for the 00:28:31.380 --> 00:28:32.380 purification 00:28:32.380 --> 00:28:32.800 of the 00:28:32.800 --> 00:28:33.060 flesh, 00:28:33.080 --> 00:28:33.340 in other 00:28:33.340 --> 00:28:33.560 words, 00:28:33.860 --> 00:28:34.020 hey, 00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:35.300 the old 00:28:35.300 --> 00:28:35.660 covenant 00:28:35.660 --> 00:28:36.440 did some 00:28:36.440 --> 00:28:37.060 purifying, 00:28:37.180 --> 00:28:37.420 it was 00:28:37.420 --> 00:28:37.700 of the 00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:37.920 outer 00:28:37.920 --> 00:28:38.460 person, 00:28:39.180 --> 00:28:39.500 it was 00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:39.800 good. 00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:42.960 If the 00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:43.320 blood of 00:28:43.320 --> 00:28:43.779 bulls and 00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:44.140 goats could 00:28:44.140 --> 00:28:44.740 do that, 00:28:45.420 --> 00:28:46.080 verse 14, 00:28:47.060 --> 00:28:47.560 how much 00:28:47.560 --> 00:28:47.960 more? 00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:51.600 How much 00:28:51.600 --> 00:28:52.040 more will 00:28:52.040 --> 00:28:52.440 the blood 00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:53.200 of Christ, 00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:54.259 who through 00:28:54.259 --> 00:28:54.740 the eternal 00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:55.600 spirit, 00:28:56.420 --> 00:28:57.019 that is the 00:28:57.019 --> 00:28:57.779 Holy Spirit 00:28:57.779 --> 00:28:59.120 working in 00:28:59.120 --> 00:28:59.960 Jesus as 00:28:59.960 --> 00:29:00.560 he lived 00:29:00.560 --> 00:29:01.120 on this 00:29:01.120 --> 00:29:01.779 planet to 00:29:01.779 --> 00:29:02.400 live a 00:29:02.400 --> 00:29:02.740 perfect 00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:03.340 life, 00:29:03.800 --> 00:29:04.820 he never, 00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:05.700 there was 00:29:05.700 --> 00:29:06.539 no, 00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:08.139 not once, 00:29:08.879 --> 00:29:09.259 a check 00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:11.019 engine light 00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:11.960 in his 00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:12.639 soul, 00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:15.919 but the 00:29:15.919 --> 00:29:16.319 blood of 00:29:16.319 --> 00:29:16.799 Christ who 00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:17.099 threw the 00:29:17.099 --> 00:29:17.399 eternal 00:29:17.399 --> 00:29:18.039 spirit off 00:29:18.039 --> 00:29:18.419 himself, 00:29:18.819 --> 00:29:19.579 purify our 00:29:19.579 --> 00:29:20.200 conscience from 00:29:20.200 --> 00:29:20.980 dead works to 00:29:20.980 --> 00:29:21.339 serve the 00:29:21.339 --> 00:29:21.700 living God, 00:29:21.740 --> 00:29:22.119 you see, 00:29:22.659 --> 00:29:23.240 the blood of 00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:24.039 Christ can 00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:25.059 do what the 00:29:25.059 --> 00:29:25.359 blood of 00:29:25.359 --> 00:29:26.359 animals can't, 00:29:28.359 --> 00:29:30.859 purify our 00:29:30.859 --> 00:29:31.559 conscience from 00:29:31.559 --> 00:29:32.220 dead works, 00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:34.860 cleanse us 00:29:34.860 --> 00:29:35.440 through and 00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:35.620 through, 00:29:35.720 --> 00:29:35.940 it's a 00:29:35.940 --> 00:29:36.460 comparison 00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:37.420 between the 00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:37.740 blood of 00:29:37.740 --> 00:29:38.200 animals and 00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:38.480 the blood 00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:39.259 of Christ's, 00:29:39.579 --> 00:29:39.940 the blood 00:29:39.940 --> 00:29:41.319 of animals, 00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:41.880 hey, 00:29:41.940 --> 00:29:42.319 can perfect 00:29:42.319 --> 00:29:43.380 your body, 00:29:43.539 --> 00:29:43.860 make you 00:29:43.860 --> 00:29:44.319 clean on the 00:29:44.319 --> 00:29:44.640 outside, 00:29:44.779 --> 00:29:45.039 but it's 00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:45.380 only the 00:29:45.380 --> 00:29:45.700 blood of 00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:46.600 Christ that 00:29:46.600 --> 00:29:47.000 can clean 00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:47.319 you in 00:29:47.319 --> 00:29:47.920 the inside, 00:29:48.920 --> 00:29:52.120 what makes 00:29:52.120 --> 00:29:53.279 Christ's blood 00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:54.539 better than 00:29:54.539 --> 00:29:55.319 the blood of 00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:55.700 animals? 00:29:55.700 --> 00:29:58.440 why can't 00:29:58.440 --> 00:29:58.940 the blood of 00:29:58.940 --> 00:29:59.620 bulls and 00:29:59.620 --> 00:30:01.120 goats take 00:30:01.120 --> 00:30:01.680 away sin, 00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:01.980 but the 00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:02.319 blood of 00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:02.940 Christ can? 00:30:06.480 --> 00:30:07.180 Christ is 00:30:07.180 --> 00:30:07.799 totally God 00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:08.220 and totally 00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:08.559 man, 00:30:10.559 --> 00:30:12.000 totally, 00:30:12.160 --> 00:30:12.539 completely, 00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:13.360 utterly man, 00:30:13.519 --> 00:30:14.340 sinless life, 00:30:14.840 --> 00:30:15.200 perfect 00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:15.940 conscience, 00:30:16.740 --> 00:30:17.319 perfect 00:30:17.319 --> 00:30:18.620 conscience, 00:30:19.580 --> 00:30:21.140 and he's 00:30:21.140 --> 00:30:21.700 totally God, 00:30:21.860 --> 00:30:22.240 eternal, 00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:23.120 indestructible, 00:30:23.119 --> 00:30:24.979 and when 00:30:24.979 --> 00:30:26.279 this totally 00:30:26.279 --> 00:30:26.599 God, 00:30:26.819 --> 00:30:27.519 totally man, 00:30:27.899 --> 00:30:28.500 Jesus Christ 00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:28.959 died on the 00:30:28.959 --> 00:30:29.419 cross, 00:30:30.479 --> 00:30:31.599 his blood 00:30:31.599 --> 00:30:32.879 was the 00:30:32.879 --> 00:30:33.239 perfect 00:30:33.239 --> 00:30:34.139 unblemished 00:30:34.139 --> 00:30:35.539 sacrifice, 00:30:36.339 --> 00:30:37.000 his death 00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:38.479 paid for 00:30:38.479 --> 00:30:39.219 your sin 00:30:39.219 --> 00:30:40.859 once and 00:30:40.859 --> 00:30:41.739 for all 00:30:41.739 --> 00:30:42.859 and in 00:30:42.859 --> 00:30:43.379 full. 00:30:45.879 --> 00:30:47.359 If your 00:30:47.359 --> 00:30:48.279 sin provoked 00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:49.239 God's eternal 00:30:49.239 --> 00:30:49.839 wrath, 00:30:51.139 --> 00:30:51.859 Christ's 00:30:51.859 --> 00:30:52.359 blood 00:30:52.359 --> 00:30:53.579 satisfies 00:30:53.579 --> 00:30:54.259 that 00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:54.639 eternal 00:30:54.639 --> 00:30:55.019 wrath, 00:30:56.019 --> 00:30:56.879 because he's 00:30:56.879 --> 00:30:57.579 both totally 00:30:57.579 --> 00:30:57.979 God and 00:30:57.979 --> 00:30:58.519 totally man. 00:31:00.079 --> 00:31:00.939 What this 00:31:00.939 --> 00:31:01.679 means is that 00:31:01.679 --> 00:31:03.659 his blood 00:31:03.659 --> 00:31:04.759 secured in 00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:05.059 eternal 00:31:05.059 --> 00:31:05.519 redemption. 00:31:06.459 --> 00:31:06.979 You see that 00:31:06.979 --> 00:31:07.240 in verse 00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:07.639 12? 00:31:09.199 --> 00:31:09.500 Thus 00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:10.519 securing in 00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:10.879 eternal 00:31:10.879 --> 00:31:11.419 redemption. 00:31:13.039 --> 00:31:13.879 That word 00:31:13.879 --> 00:31:14.579 redemption is 00:31:14.579 --> 00:31:16.500 oftentimes a 00:31:16.500 --> 00:31:16.939 kind of a 00:31:16.939 --> 00:31:17.759 religious word, 00:31:19.139 --> 00:31:20.039 but what it 00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:20.719 means is just 00:31:20.719 --> 00:31:21.299 another way of 00:31:21.299 --> 00:31:21.899 talking about 00:31:21.900 --> 00:31:23.300 salvation in 00:31:23.300 --> 00:31:23.940 terms of a 00:31:23.940 --> 00:31:24.560 transaction. 00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:27.120 Redemption, 00:31:27.340 --> 00:31:27.840 that language 00:31:27.840 --> 00:31:28.440 was used in 00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:28.740 the first 00:31:28.740 --> 00:31:29.340 century to 00:31:29.340 --> 00:31:30.680 describe buying 00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:31.519 someone out 00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:32.140 of slavery, 00:31:33.100 --> 00:31:34.259 or buying 00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:35.220 someone out 00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:35.840 of prison, 00:31:36.340 --> 00:31:37.540 or buying 00:31:37.540 --> 00:31:38.460 someone out 00:31:38.460 --> 00:31:39.100 of debt, 00:31:40.180 --> 00:31:40.680 that you 00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:42.500 would pay a 00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:43.360 redemption price 00:31:43.360 --> 00:31:43.820 called a 00:31:43.820 --> 00:31:44.180 ransom, 00:31:44.700 --> 00:31:45.320 and that would 00:31:45.320 --> 00:31:46.080 free that 00:31:46.080 --> 00:31:47.340 person from 00:31:47.340 --> 00:31:48.500 prison or 00:31:48.500 --> 00:31:49.880 slavery or 00:31:49.880 --> 00:31:50.420 debt. 00:31:52.259 --> 00:31:52.480 And so 00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:53.400 this eternal 00:31:53.400 --> 00:31:54.980 redemption that 00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:55.299 has been 00:31:55.299 --> 00:31:55.940 secured has 00:31:55.940 --> 00:31:56.420 been secured 00:31:56.420 --> 00:31:57.200 by the 00:31:57.200 --> 00:31:57.880 blood of 00:31:57.880 --> 00:31:59.240 Christ for 00:31:59.240 --> 00:31:59.519 all who 00:31:59.519 --> 00:31:59.900 believe. 00:32:01.299 --> 00:32:01.839 All of 00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:02.599 God's wrath 00:32:02.599 --> 00:32:04.119 for all of 00:32:04.119 --> 00:32:05.660 your sin was 00:32:05.660 --> 00:32:07.339 poured out for 00:32:07.339 --> 00:32:08.460 all and in 00:32:08.460 --> 00:32:09.259 full on 00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:10.019 Christ, which 00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:10.799 means all of 00:32:10.799 --> 00:32:12.359 your sin, the 00:32:12.359 --> 00:32:13.119 penalty of it, 00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:14.319 has been 00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:14.700 forgiven. 00:32:14.700 --> 00:32:14.799 forgiven. 00:32:16.880 --> 00:32:17.600 Totally, 00:32:18.259 --> 00:32:18.580 utterly, 00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:19.759 completely, 00:32:20.440 --> 00:32:21.120 really 00:32:21.120 --> 00:32:22.840 forgiven. 00:32:23.920 --> 00:32:25.000 Let me mix 00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:25.660 my metaphors. 00:32:28.059 --> 00:32:28.960 Let's say 00:32:28.960 --> 00:32:29.400 you have a 00:32:29.400 --> 00:32:29.660 fever. 00:32:31.180 --> 00:32:32.340 Your fever 00:32:32.340 --> 00:32:33.819 means you 00:32:33.819 --> 00:32:34.120 have an 00:32:34.120 --> 00:32:34.519 infection. 00:32:35.779 --> 00:32:36.340 You can 00:32:36.340 --> 00:32:37.460 manage your 00:32:37.460 --> 00:32:39.120 fever, or 00:32:39.120 --> 00:32:40.120 you can use 00:32:40.120 --> 00:32:41.759 antibiotics, or 00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:43.160 essential oils, 00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:43.779 any fans? 00:32:44.700 --> 00:32:46.140 to address 00:32:46.140 --> 00:32:46.900 the infection. 00:32:48.140 --> 00:32:48.720 And when you 00:32:48.720 --> 00:32:49.400 address the 00:32:49.400 --> 00:32:50.799 infection, the 00:32:50.799 --> 00:32:51.440 fever goes 00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:51.880 away. 00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:55.319 God, through 00:32:55.319 --> 00:32:56.299 Christ's blood, 00:32:56.960 --> 00:32:57.420 paid the 00:32:57.420 --> 00:32:58.819 penalty of 00:32:58.819 --> 00:33:00.279 your sin so 00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:01.319 that your guilt 00:33:01.319 --> 00:33:02.240 fever goes 00:33:02.240 --> 00:33:02.680 away. 00:33:06.539 --> 00:33:07.759 Christ's blood 00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:10.080 is so better 00:33:10.080 --> 00:33:10.680 than the blood 00:33:10.680 --> 00:33:11.299 of animals. 00:33:11.299 --> 00:33:13.000 it does 00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:14.639 only what 00:33:14.639 --> 00:33:15.720 God can 00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:16.200 do. 00:33:17.639 --> 00:33:18.500 Remove the 00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:19.059 penalty of 00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:19.879 sin, and 00:33:19.879 --> 00:33:20.839 therefore remove 00:33:20.839 --> 00:33:21.779 the guilt of 00:33:21.779 --> 00:33:22.799 your sin, and 00:33:22.799 --> 00:33:24.639 therefore cleanse 00:33:24.639 --> 00:33:26.099 your guilty 00:33:26.099 --> 00:33:27.319 conscience. 00:33:33.319 --> 00:33:34.200 The real 00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:36.000 guilt for your 00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:38.180 real sin has 00:33:38.180 --> 00:33:38.659 been really 00:33:38.660 --> 00:33:39.300 forgiven in 00:33:39.300 --> 00:33:39.680 Christ. 00:33:42.300 --> 00:33:43.160 It turns 00:33:43.160 --> 00:33:43.560 off the 00:33:43.560 --> 00:33:44.080 check engine 00:33:44.080 --> 00:33:44.400 light. 00:33:48.400 --> 00:33:49.440 It relieves 00:33:49.440 --> 00:33:49.880 you of the 00:33:49.880 --> 00:33:50.259 burden. 00:33:52.920 --> 00:33:53.660 Once for 00:33:53.660 --> 00:33:55.820 all, and 00:33:55.820 --> 00:33:57.800 in full, Christ 00:33:57.800 --> 00:33:58.380 shed his 00:33:58.380 --> 00:33:59.040 blood for the 00:33:59.040 --> 00:33:59.580 penalty of 00:33:59.580 --> 00:34:00.040 your sin. 00:34:01.320 --> 00:34:01.580 You know 00:34:01.580 --> 00:34:01.759 what this 00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:02.000 means? 00:34:02.460 --> 00:34:03.660 Don't go 00:34:03.660 --> 00:34:04.660 back to 00:34:04.660 --> 00:34:06.000 to that 00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:07.220 which can't 00:34:07.220 --> 00:34:08.480 cleanse your 00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:09.240 guilty conscience. 00:34:09.680 --> 00:34:11.440 Draw near to 00:34:11.440 --> 00:34:12.320 who can. 00:34:12.960 --> 00:34:13.559 This is good 00:34:13.559 --> 00:34:13.900 news. 00:34:15.320 --> 00:34:16.200 This is gospel 00:34:16.200 --> 00:34:17.920 news for a 00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:18.700 guilty conscience. 00:34:19.360 --> 00:34:20.300 It's a better 00:34:20.300 --> 00:34:21.139 tent, a better 00:34:21.139 --> 00:34:21.980 priest, and a 00:34:21.980 --> 00:34:22.720 better sacrifice 00:34:22.720 --> 00:34:23.420 with better 00:34:23.420 --> 00:34:24.200 blood that 00:34:24.200 --> 00:34:25.039 establishes a 00:34:25.039 --> 00:34:25.720 better redemption 00:34:25.720 --> 00:34:27.159 for eternity. 00:34:30.159 --> 00:34:31.019 So you know 00:34:31.019 --> 00:34:31.860 what we must do? 00:34:31.940 --> 00:34:32.440 Here's what we 00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:32.820 must do. 00:34:32.820 --> 00:34:34.840 three ways to 00:34:34.840 --> 00:34:35.860 apply this. 00:34:37.680 --> 00:34:38.519 When you are 00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:39.160 reminded of 00:34:39.160 --> 00:34:39.820 past sins, 00:34:40.580 --> 00:34:42.080 anybody in the 00:34:42.080 --> 00:34:43.280 room reminded 00:34:43.280 --> 00:34:44.080 of past sins? 00:34:45.500 --> 00:34:46.420 I've got some 00:34:46.420 --> 00:34:47.880 horrific past 00:34:47.880 --> 00:34:48.280 sins. 00:34:50.080 --> 00:34:50.820 And sometimes 00:34:50.820 --> 00:34:51.860 the devil uses 00:34:51.860 --> 00:34:54.280 a flaming arrow 00:34:54.280 --> 00:34:55.240 to launch at 00:34:55.240 --> 00:34:55.539 me. 00:34:57.940 --> 00:34:58.860 When you are 00:34:58.860 --> 00:34:59.539 reminded of 00:34:59.539 --> 00:35:01.519 past sins, 00:35:01.900 --> 00:35:02.160 do you know 00:35:02.159 --> 00:35:02.440 what you need 00:35:02.440 --> 00:35:02.779 to do? 00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:03.920 You need 00:35:03.920 --> 00:35:04.619 to preach. 00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:07.019 You need 00:35:07.019 --> 00:35:07.399 to preach 00:35:07.399 --> 00:35:08.199 the gospel 00:35:08.199 --> 00:35:09.819 to yourself. 00:35:10.519 --> 00:35:10.899 You need 00:35:10.899 --> 00:35:11.219 to say 00:35:11.219 --> 00:35:11.759 things like 00:35:11.759 --> 00:35:12.139 this, 00:35:12.279 --> 00:35:12.619 Christian, 00:35:13.119 --> 00:35:14.219 that sin, 00:35:14.619 --> 00:35:15.319 not in 00:35:15.319 --> 00:35:15.679 part, 00:35:16.039 --> 00:35:16.599 but the 00:35:16.599 --> 00:35:17.139 whole, 00:35:17.839 --> 00:35:18.259 was paid 00:35:18.259 --> 00:35:19.259 for by the 00:35:19.259 --> 00:35:19.599 blood of 00:35:19.599 --> 00:35:20.059 Christ. 00:35:22.199 --> 00:35:22.839 I've been 00:35:22.839 --> 00:35:23.739 cleansed. 00:35:24.440 --> 00:35:25.099 No more 00:35:25.099 --> 00:35:25.399 guilt. 00:35:26.599 --> 00:35:26.920 Am I 00:35:26.920 --> 00:35:27.379 grieved that 00:35:27.379 --> 00:35:27.819 I did that? 00:35:27.920 --> 00:35:28.179 Yes. 00:35:28.579 --> 00:35:29.039 Am I 00:35:29.039 --> 00:35:29.659 guilty that I 00:35:29.659 --> 00:35:30.039 did that? 00:35:30.039 --> 00:35:30.840 No more. 00:35:36.840 --> 00:35:37.460 So the 00:35:37.460 --> 00:35:38.300 first way 00:35:38.300 --> 00:35:39.039 we draw 00:35:39.039 --> 00:35:39.719 near is by 00:35:39.719 --> 00:35:40.199 preaching 00:35:40.199 --> 00:35:42.219 the blood 00:35:42.219 --> 00:35:43.059 to ourselves. 00:35:43.599 --> 00:35:44.219 Nothing but 00:35:44.219 --> 00:35:44.940 the blood 00:35:44.940 --> 00:35:45.800 of Jesus. 00:35:46.219 --> 00:35:46.400 Okay, 00:35:46.840 --> 00:35:47.259 second, 00:35:49.440 --> 00:35:50.019 let's 00:35:50.019 --> 00:35:52.059 just say, 00:35:52.539 --> 00:35:53.199 hypothetically 00:35:53.199 --> 00:35:53.739 speaking, 00:35:54.420 --> 00:35:55.400 you have a 00:35:55.400 --> 00:35:55.900 brother or 00:35:55.900 --> 00:35:56.380 sister in 00:35:56.380 --> 00:35:56.780 Christ, 00:35:57.640 --> 00:35:59.840 and they 00:35:59.840 --> 00:36:01.059 believe that 00:36:01.059 --> 00:36:01.640 Christ's 00:36:01.640 --> 00:36:02.740 blood can 00:36:02.740 --> 00:36:03.500 cleanse them 00:36:03.500 --> 00:36:04.300 of the 00:36:04.300 --> 00:36:05.599 little to 00:36:05.599 --> 00:36:06.860 moderate sized 00:36:06.860 --> 00:36:07.519 sins, 00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:08.820 but not the 00:36:08.820 --> 00:36:09.360 big stuff. 00:36:11.039 --> 00:36:11.940 Not rape, 00:36:13.059 --> 00:36:13.519 too big. 00:36:14.800 --> 00:36:16.240 Not if you 00:36:16.240 --> 00:36:16.920 sold your body 00:36:16.920 --> 00:36:17.400 for money, 00:36:17.500 --> 00:36:18.360 that's too big. 00:36:19.320 --> 00:36:20.000 Not if you 00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:20.740 committed adultery, 00:36:20.840 --> 00:36:21.559 that's too big. 00:36:21.559 --> 00:36:24.599 not if you 00:36:24.599 --> 00:36:25.000 extorted 00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:25.579 somebody, 00:36:26.860 --> 00:36:27.719 not if you 00:36:27.719 --> 00:36:28.360 were part in 00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:28.880 an abortion, 00:36:29.559 --> 00:36:30.039 too big. 00:36:34.679 --> 00:36:35.519 Jenny and I 00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:36.279 recently brought 00:36:36.279 --> 00:36:36.960 our grandson 00:36:36.960 --> 00:36:37.440 Hudson 00:36:37.440 --> 00:36:40.119 through the 00:36:40.119 --> 00:36:41.159 quick trip 00:36:41.159 --> 00:36:42.079 car wash. 00:36:44.579 --> 00:36:45.380 I was 00:36:45.380 --> 00:36:45.820 thrilled. 00:36:46.659 --> 00:36:46.940 Hudson 00:36:46.940 --> 00:36:47.559 didn't care. 00:36:49.159 --> 00:36:49.880 But our 00:36:49.880 --> 00:36:50.559 Honda CRV 00:36:50.559 --> 00:36:51.219 fit perfect. 00:36:51.559 --> 00:36:54.119 Could you 00:36:54.119 --> 00:36:55.820 imagine our 00:36:55.820 --> 00:36:56.420 Honda CRV 00:36:56.420 --> 00:36:57.019 pulling out 00:36:57.019 --> 00:36:57.579 and at the 00:36:57.579 --> 00:36:58.500 other end of 00:36:58.500 --> 00:36:59.179 the quick 00:36:59.179 --> 00:37:00.139 trip car wash 00:37:00.139 --> 00:37:01.239 is an 00:37:01.239 --> 00:37:02.460 18-wheeler 00:37:02.460 --> 00:37:03.719 tractor trailer 00:37:03.719 --> 00:37:04.460 with a 00:37:04.460 --> 00:37:05.380 53-foot 00:37:05.380 --> 00:37:05.860 trailer. 00:37:06.960 --> 00:37:07.360 You're like, 00:37:07.440 --> 00:37:07.820 that doesn't 00:37:07.820 --> 00:37:08.079 fit. 00:37:10.279 --> 00:37:11.079 There's some 00:37:11.079 --> 00:37:11.639 people in this 00:37:11.639 --> 00:37:12.299 room right now 00:37:12.299 --> 00:37:13.860 who think that 00:37:13.860 --> 00:37:15.119 you have a 00:37:15.119 --> 00:37:15.900 semi-tractor 00:37:15.900 --> 00:37:16.880 trailer sized 00:37:16.880 --> 00:37:18.099 sin that 00:37:18.099 --> 00:37:19.019 can't fit 00:37:19.019 --> 00:37:19.860 through the 00:37:19.860 --> 00:37:20.599 guilt wash 00:37:20.599 --> 00:37:21.199 of the 00:37:21.199 --> 00:37:21.539 blood. 00:37:21.559 --> 00:37:23.619 It's too 00:37:23.619 --> 00:37:24.079 big. 00:37:24.079 --> 00:37:24.639 It's too 00:37:24.639 --> 00:37:24.099 big. 00:37:25.820 --> 00:37:26.799 I can handle 00:37:26.799 --> 00:37:27.159 my little 00:37:27.159 --> 00:37:27.599 sins but 00:37:27.599 --> 00:37:28.099 can't handle 00:37:28.099 --> 00:37:28.519 the big 00:37:28.519 --> 00:37:28.880 stuff. 00:37:32.820 --> 00:37:33.619 You're 00:37:33.619 --> 00:37:34.420 underestimating 00:37:34.420 --> 00:37:34.820 the blood. 00:37:37.759 --> 00:37:38.900 There is 00:37:38.900 --> 00:37:40.179 no sin 00:37:40.179 --> 00:37:41.679 too 00:37:41.679 --> 00:37:42.380 big 00:37:42.380 --> 00:37:43.659 for the 00:37:43.659 --> 00:37:44.360 guilt wash 00:37:44.360 --> 00:37:44.840 of the 00:37:44.840 --> 00:37:45.179 blood. 00:37:46.340 --> 00:37:47.380 No sin 00:37:47.380 --> 00:37:47.880 too big. 00:37:47.880 --> 00:37:50.640 He is 00:37:50.640 --> 00:37:51.039 able. 00:37:51.039 --> 00:37:51.760 Perhaps 00:37:51.760 --> 00:37:53.400 you and 00:37:53.400 --> 00:37:54.200 your shame 00:37:54.200 --> 00:37:56.539 are thinking 00:37:56.539 --> 00:37:57.160 too little 00:37:57.160 --> 00:37:57.480 of the 00:37:57.480 --> 00:37:57.780 blood. 00:38:03.619 --> 00:38:04.640 Your sin 00:38:04.640 --> 00:38:05.900 is not 00:38:05.900 --> 00:38:06.340 too big 00:38:06.340 --> 00:38:06.680 for the 00:38:06.680 --> 00:38:06.940 blood. 00:38:07.320 --> 00:38:07.840 In fact, 00:38:08.340 --> 00:38:08.740 the blood 00:38:08.740 --> 00:38:09.260 of Christ 00:38:09.260 --> 00:38:10.039 is bigger 00:38:10.039 --> 00:38:11.640 and better 00:38:11.640 --> 00:38:12.880 than the 00:38:12.880 --> 00:38:13.460 biggest sin 00:38:13.460 --> 00:38:13.940 you've ever 00:38:13.940 --> 00:38:14.280 made. 00:38:14.280 --> 00:38:16.500 there is 00:38:16.500 --> 00:38:16.920 forgiveness, 00:38:17.140 --> 00:38:17.480 there is 00:38:17.480 --> 00:38:18.100 cleansing 00:38:18.100 --> 00:38:19.040 through the 00:38:19.040 --> 00:38:19.380 blood. 00:38:20.380 --> 00:38:21.160 So you 00:38:21.160 --> 00:38:22.019 tell your 00:38:22.019 --> 00:38:22.540 friend, 00:38:23.760 --> 00:38:24.100 no, 00:38:25.240 --> 00:38:26.180 that sin 00:38:26.180 --> 00:38:27.019 isn't bigger 00:38:27.019 --> 00:38:27.700 than Christ's 00:38:27.700 --> 00:38:27.940 blood. 00:38:28.040 --> 00:38:28.700 Christ's blood is 00:38:28.700 --> 00:38:29.380 bigger than that. 00:38:30.480 --> 00:38:31.840 The guilt of that 00:38:31.840 --> 00:38:32.600 has been paid 00:38:32.600 --> 00:38:33.040 for. 00:38:35.960 --> 00:38:36.920 I've got plenty 00:38:36.920 --> 00:38:37.700 of 18 wheelers 00:38:37.700 --> 00:38:38.100 that have been 00:38:38.100 --> 00:38:38.600 forgiven and 00:38:38.600 --> 00:38:39.019 cleansed. 00:38:39.019 --> 00:38:43.440 The third 00:38:43.440 --> 00:38:44.259 area is 00:38:44.259 --> 00:38:44.639 this. 00:38:46.679 --> 00:38:47.179 You're like, 00:38:47.300 --> 00:38:47.500 okay, 00:38:47.639 --> 00:38:47.820 okay, 00:38:47.920 --> 00:38:48.320 past sins, 00:38:48.400 --> 00:38:48.860 I get it, 00:38:49.380 --> 00:38:49.940 but what happens 00:38:49.940 --> 00:38:50.259 if I sin 00:38:50.259 --> 00:38:50.519 today? 00:38:50.820 --> 00:38:51.179 What happens 00:38:51.179 --> 00:38:51.480 if I sin 00:38:51.480 --> 00:38:51.960 tomorrow or 00:38:51.960 --> 00:38:52.300 later in 00:38:52.300 --> 00:38:52.579 the week? 00:38:53.360 --> 00:38:53.699 What do 00:38:53.699 --> 00:38:54.019 I do? 00:38:56.960 --> 00:38:57.340 Well, 00:38:57.440 --> 00:38:58.280 this once 00:38:58.280 --> 00:38:59.099 for all 00:38:59.099 --> 00:38:59.759 and in 00:38:59.759 --> 00:39:00.280 full 00:39:00.280 --> 00:39:01.059 blood 00:39:01.059 --> 00:39:01.639 payment, 00:39:02.179 --> 00:39:03.599 that's 00:39:03.599 --> 00:39:03.860 always 00:39:03.860 --> 00:39:04.219 waiting. 00:39:05.440 --> 00:39:05.840 It's 00:39:05.840 --> 00:39:06.320 promised. 00:39:07.019 --> 00:39:07.480 It's been 00:39:07.480 --> 00:39:07.960 done. 00:39:07.960 --> 00:39:09.940 He's 00:39:09.940 --> 00:39:10.840 paid it. 00:39:11.360 --> 00:39:11.619 He's 00:39:11.619 --> 00:39:12.820 in the 00:39:12.820 --> 00:39:13.039 heaven. 00:39:13.139 --> 00:39:13.260 He's 00:39:13.260 --> 00:39:13.800 interceding 00:39:13.800 --> 00:39:14.300 for you. 00:39:14.920 --> 00:39:15.440 So when 00:39:15.440 --> 00:39:16.260 you sin, 00:39:16.440 --> 00:39:16.960 you make 00:39:16.960 --> 00:39:18.019 a beeline 00:39:18.019 --> 00:39:19.099 to your 00:39:19.099 --> 00:39:20.139 priest king. 00:39:20.559 --> 00:39:20.960 You don't 00:39:20.960 --> 00:39:21.460 avoid him. 00:39:21.940 --> 00:39:22.599 You confess 00:39:22.599 --> 00:39:23.039 your sin 00:39:23.039 --> 00:39:23.420 to him. 00:39:24.519 --> 00:39:24.760 Like, 00:39:24.860 --> 00:39:24.960 oh, 00:39:25.639 --> 00:39:26.079 Lord Jesus, 00:39:26.159 --> 00:39:26.460 I did it 00:39:26.460 --> 00:39:26.780 again. 00:39:29.300 --> 00:39:29.800 Paid 00:39:29.800 --> 00:39:30.099 in full 00:39:30.099 --> 00:39:31.199 once 00:39:31.199 --> 00:39:31.480 for all. 00:39:31.519 --> 00:39:31.780 If we 00:39:31.780 --> 00:39:32.119 confess 00:39:32.119 --> 00:39:32.559 our sins, 00:39:32.679 --> 00:39:32.860 he's 00:39:32.860 --> 00:39:33.320 faithful 00:39:33.320 --> 00:39:33.900 and just 00:39:33.900 --> 00:39:34.940 to forgive 00:39:34.940 --> 00:39:35.260 us our 00:39:35.260 --> 00:39:35.460 sins 00:39:35.460 --> 00:39:35.980 and to 00:39:35.980 --> 00:39:36.420 cleanse 00:39:36.420 --> 00:39:36.900 us 00:39:36.900 --> 00:39:37.820 from all 00:39:37.820 --> 00:39:38.860 unrighteousness. 00:39:39.340 --> 00:39:39.700 1 John 00:39:39.700 --> 00:39:39.900 1. 00:39:39.940 --> 00:39:40.180 9. 00:39:40.559 --> 00:39:40.940 And then 00:39:40.940 --> 00:39:41.300 when you 00:39:41.300 --> 00:39:41.700 confess 00:39:41.700 --> 00:39:42.240 your sins, 00:39:42.460 --> 00:39:43.139 you confess 00:39:43.139 --> 00:39:43.900 his peace 00:39:43.900 --> 00:39:47.180 cleansed 00:39:47.180 --> 00:39:47.480 by the 00:39:47.480 --> 00:39:47.760 blood. 00:39:50.639 --> 00:39:51.320 Constantly 00:39:51.320 --> 00:39:51.980 available. 00:39:53.820 --> 00:39:54.480 Your guilt 00:39:54.480 --> 00:39:55.280 has been 00:39:55.280 --> 00:39:56.480 permanently 00:39:56.480 --> 00:39:57.119 removed 00:39:57.119 --> 00:39:58.880 because 00:39:58.880 --> 00:39:59.960 the payment 00:39:59.960 --> 00:40:01.720 has been 00:40:01.720 --> 00:40:02.059 made. 00:40:02.059 --> 00:40:05.480 what can 00:40:05.480 --> 00:40:06.179 cleanse 00:40:06.179 --> 00:40:07.779 your guilty 00:40:07.779 --> 00:40:08.659 conscience? 00:40:09.659 --> 00:40:10.519 Nothing 00:40:10.519 --> 00:40:11.320 but the 00:40:11.320 --> 00:40:11.799 blood 00:40:11.799 --> 00:40:12.440 of 00:40:12.440 --> 00:40:13.559 Jesus. 00:40:16.559 --> 00:40:17.460 We've 00:40:17.460 --> 00:40:17.880 looked at 00:40:17.880 --> 00:40:18.639 what can't 00:40:18.639 --> 00:40:18.920 cleanse 00:40:18.920 --> 00:40:19.860 your guilty 00:40:19.860 --> 00:40:20.279 conscience 00:40:20.279 --> 00:40:21.000 and we've 00:40:21.000 --> 00:40:21.380 looked at 00:40:21.380 --> 00:40:22.119 what can 00:40:22.119 --> 00:40:22.799 cleanse 00:40:22.799 --> 00:40:23.799 your guilty 00:40:23.799 --> 00:40:24.400 conscience. 00:40:24.799 --> 00:40:25.539 So when 00:40:25.539 --> 00:40:26.500 the 00:40:26.500 --> 00:40:28.099 check 00:40:28.099 --> 00:40:29.139 engine 00:40:29.139 --> 00:40:29.920 light of 00:40:29.920 --> 00:40:30.559 your soul 00:40:30.559 --> 00:40:31.579 turns on 00:40:31.579 --> 00:40:32.019 and you 00:40:32.019 --> 00:40:32.599 are feeling 00:40:32.599 --> 00:40:33.139 guilt, 00:40:33.779 --> 00:40:34.299 don't 00:40:34.299 --> 00:40:35.159 turn to 00:40:35.159 --> 00:40:35.980 what can't 00:40:35.980 --> 00:40:36.579 clean 00:40:36.579 --> 00:40:37.880 your conscience. 00:40:38.239 --> 00:40:38.779 Draw near 00:40:38.779 --> 00:40:39.440 to who 00:40:39.440 --> 00:40:39.920 has 00:40:39.920 --> 00:40:40.779 cleaned 00:40:40.779 --> 00:40:41.039 your 00:40:41.039 --> 00:40:41.579 conscience 00:40:41.579 --> 00:40:43.679 only by 00:40:43.679 --> 00:40:44.159 the blood 00:40:44.159 --> 00:40:45.460 of Christ. 00:40:46.920 --> 00:40:47.820 The book 00:40:47.820 --> 00:40:48.559 of Hebrews 00:40:48.559 --> 00:40:49.440 is one 00:40:49.440 --> 00:40:50.039 long 00:40:50.039 --> 00:40:51.059 exhortation 00:40:51.059 --> 00:40:52.719 warning 00:40:52.719 --> 00:40:53.340 us 00:40:53.340 --> 00:40:54.320 to 00:40:54.320 --> 00:40:55.119 don't 00:40:55.119 --> 00:40:55.440 drift, 00:40:55.639 --> 00:40:56.059 to don't 00:40:56.059 --> 00:40:56.679 go back 00:40:56.679 --> 00:40:57.919 and 00:40:57.919 --> 00:40:58.599 encouraging 00:40:58.599 --> 00:40:59.219 us 00:40:59.219 --> 00:41:00.279 to draw 00:41:00.279 --> 00:41:00.799 near, 00:41:01.139 --> 00:41:01.839 to hold 00:41:01.839 --> 00:41:02.419 fast, 00:41:02.639 --> 00:41:03.460 to press 00:41:03.460 --> 00:41:04.039 on, 00:41:04.339 --> 00:41:05.039 and to 00:41:05.039 --> 00:41:05.519 convince 00:41:05.519 --> 00:41:05.919 you 00:41:05.919 --> 00:41:07.199 the blood 00:41:07.199 --> 00:41:07.839 of Christ 00:41:07.839 --> 00:41:09.199 has 00:41:09.199 --> 00:41:09.579 covered 00:41:09.579 --> 00:41:10.019 you 00:41:10.019 --> 00:41:11.940 forever. 00:41:14.319 --> 00:41:15.119 Makes you 00:41:15.119 --> 00:41:15.480 want to say 00:41:15.480 --> 00:41:15.919 thank you. 00:41:17.579 --> 00:41:18.440 Let's pray 00:41:18.440 --> 00:41:18.859 and sing. 00:41:21.000 --> 00:41:21.960 Lord Jesus, 00:41:23.199 --> 00:41:23.719 our 00:41:23.719 --> 00:41:24.859 indestructible 00:41:24.860 --> 00:41:25.500 priest and 00:41:25.500 --> 00:41:25.840 king 00:41:25.840 --> 00:41:27.700 who right 00:41:27.700 --> 00:41:28.440 now you 00:41:28.440 --> 00:41:28.700 are in 00:41:28.700 --> 00:41:29.019 the very 00:41:29.019 --> 00:41:29.559 presence 00:41:29.559 --> 00:41:30.120 of God. 00:41:32.880 --> 00:41:33.760 Thank you. 00:41:36.140 --> 00:41:36.880 Thank you 00:41:36.880 --> 00:41:37.320 for doing 00:41:37.320 --> 00:41:37.840 what none 00:41:37.840 --> 00:41:38.140 of us 00:41:38.140 --> 00:41:38.660 can do 00:41:38.660 --> 00:41:39.340 for no 00:41:39.340 --> 00:41:39.980 blood 00:41:39.980 --> 00:41:40.800 can cover 00:41:40.800 --> 00:41:41.900 your 00:41:41.900 --> 00:41:42.340 blood. 00:41:43.599 --> 00:41:44.380 We thank 00:41:44.380 --> 00:41:44.840 you for 00:41:44.840 --> 00:41:45.860 giving 00:41:45.860 --> 00:41:46.280 yourself 00:41:46.280 --> 00:41:47.380 for us, 00:41:48.420 --> 00:41:49.579 for cleansing 00:41:49.579 --> 00:41:49.840 our 00:41:49.840 --> 00:41:50.480 consciences. 00:41:50.480 --> 00:41:54.119 it is 00:41:54.119 --> 00:41:54.380 such 00:41:54.380 --> 00:41:54.619 good 00:41:54.619 --> 00:41:55.059 news. 00:41:58.260 --> 00:41:58.840 Will 00:41:58.840 --> 00:41:58.940 you 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:59.300 receive 00:41:59.300 --> 00:41:59.460 our 00:41:59.460 --> 00:42:00.119 praise 00:42:00.119 --> 00:42:00.480 now 00:42:00.480 --> 00:42:00.820 Lord? 00:42:01.659 --> 00:42:01.760 In 00:42:01.760 --> 00:42:01.920 your 00:42:01.920 --> 00:42:02.099 name 00:42:02.099 --> 00:42:02.260 we 00:42:02.260 --> 00:42:02.519 pray. 00:42:03.280 --> 00:42:03.539 Amen. 00:42:03.539 --> 00:42:03.659 Amen. 00:42:03.659 --> 00:42:03.659 00:42:03.659 --> 00:42:03.659 00:42:03.659 --> 00:42:03.659 00:42:03.659 --> 00:42:03.659 00:42:03.659 --> 00:42:03.659 00:42:03.659 --> 00:42:03.659 00:42:03.659 --> 00:42:03.659 00:42:03.659 --> 00:42:03.659 00:42:03.659 --> 00:42:03.659 00:42:03.659 --> 00:42:03.659 00:42:03.659 --> 00:42:03.659 00:42:03.659 --> 00:42:03.659 00:42:03.659 --> 00:42:03.659 00:42:03.659 --> 00:42:03.659 00:42:03.659 --> 00:42:03.659 00:42:03.659 --> 00:42:03.659 00:42:03.659 --> 00:42:03.659 00:42:03.659 --> 00:42:03.659 00:42:03.659 --> 00:42:03.659 00:42:03.659 --> 00:42:03.659 00:42:03.659 --> 00:42:03.659 00:42:03.659 --> 00:42:03.659 00:42:03.659 --> 00:42:03.659 00:42:03.659 --> 00:42:03.659 00:42:03.659 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