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 So we pray for your help in our time together.

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 We're praying in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 So we'll think about the first three verses of this wonderful chapter,

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 this wonderful book, the book of Hebrews,

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 thinking about this theme of Jesus being better.

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 And I think here we will consider that Jesus is better than the prophet who came before.

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 This theme, Jesus is better, is important to our unnamed author

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 because the situation he is writing into is one in which there are Christians

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 who are being tempted back towards Judaism,

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 towards the old ways of temple and sacrifice and law-keeping in order to earn salvation.

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 There is pressure and there is opposition that is growing.

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 And so they're perhaps asking the question, is following Jesus worth it?

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 There's that temptation to drift back.

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 And so the author very powerfully through this letter brings this repeated emphasis

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 that Jesus is better.

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 Jesus completes all that has come before.

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 In our little series, we'll probably just look at the first four chapters.

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 And even in those four chapters, we'll discover Jesus is better than the prophets

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 and then the angels, then Moses and Joshua, better than the temple,

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 better than the priests of the Old Testament.

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 The author wants to make absolutely clear that God has spoken in His Son, Jesus.

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 Therefore, as the church, they and we ought to pay attention.

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 That Jesus is the foundation of our faith and we also want to make Jesus that anchor

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 so that we wouldn't drift away from the truth.

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 So today, just by looking at these first three verses,

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 we'll think about Jesus being better than the prophets.

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 In that sense that Jesus brings a greater revelation of God.

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 He is a new way of God communicating as He comes in His Son, Jesus.

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 And we'll also think about the fact that Jesus completes the story

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 that the prophets told, that the Old Testament told.

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 It needs resolution in Jesus.

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 So for the church then and for the church today,

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 we need to hear and we need to believe in Jesus

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 in order to have that complete picture of God's story of salvation

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 in order to belong to God and His kingdom.

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 And that was a very necessary lesson for them.

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 And it remains important for us, of course, today.

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 I mentioned this morning that one of the things I took on my holiday

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 was a bunch of different mission biographies.

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 And one of the things I guess that you notice when you go back to,

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 let's say, the 1800s where I was for the last couple of weeks

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 is when it came to communications,

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 there's been quite a lot of improvement, hasn't there?

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 200 years ago, a letter went by sea, by ships, perhaps by horseback.

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 It took a long time and not always a reliable means

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 of communicating with friends and family back home.

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 But now, if you're a missionary working anywhere in the world,

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 you have Zoom, you have FaceTime, you have mobile phones,

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 you have internet.

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 And we've seen that with our mission partners.

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 We've been able to communicate with them month by month.

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 And the point is that when it comes to modes of communication,

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 in this instance, that the new is better.

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 And I doubt if any of us would want to go back to snail mail

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 and getting our post delivered by a horse.

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 And then perhaps it'd be helpful for us to think about communicating a story.

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 As we come to the book of Hebrews,

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 one of the things the author wants to make clear

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 is that Jesus completes the story of God's mission of salvation.

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 But think about the stories that we enjoy.

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 Think about perhaps a TV series or perhaps a series of books,

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 even a series of films.

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 Quite often they will use the cliffhanger device.

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 We will build to a point of tension.

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 And then perhaps that'll be the end of a book or the end of a show.

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 And you're left waiting for resolution.

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 When will the hero arrive?

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 How will people be saved?

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 That kind of thing.

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 And the point of the cliffhanger

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 is that we always want the story to be resolved.

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 Perhaps we've had the frustration of a favorite TV show

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 being canceled in the middle of a series.

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 And so the story is left unfinished.

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 It's profoundly disappointing.

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 Well, the author is saying,

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 Jesus completes the story of God's salvation.

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 We cannot miss the coming of the hero.

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 We cannot leave him to one side.

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 Jesus is God's final, God's complete word.

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 There is nothing better than Jesus.

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 And so our author says to first century Jewish Christians,

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 don't go back to the old.

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 And the author would say to us,

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 let's not leave Jesus behind.

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 Let's not drift back to those other things

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 that perhaps we used to trust in

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 for satisfaction, security, and salvation.

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 So two points to show Jesus is better than the prophets.

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 We'll think first of all about how God speaks

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 because our author compares the old and the new.

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 In the first couple of verses.

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 And then we'll concentrate our attention

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 on who it is that God is speaking through

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 as we think about Jesus as the full and final revelation.

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 And the purpose is that we would worship Jesus.

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 That we would have a confident faith in Jesus as Lord

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 as we recognize his identity and his mission.

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 That we would listen and we would stick close to Jesus.

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 So let's think first of all briefly about how God speaks.

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 And let's notice how our author compares

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 the old and the new ways.

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 Verse one and two.

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 In the past, God spoke to our forefathers

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 through the prophets at many times and in various ways.

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 But in these last days, he has spoken to us by his son.

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 Now our starting point, and it's a wonderful starting point,

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 is that we have a God who speaks.

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 We have a God who makes himself known.

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 We have in Christianity a faith that is top down.

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 It's based on God's revelation, not human speculation.

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 We are reminded even in these opening words

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 that we don't have a God who is silent and uncaring and distant.

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 Rather, he speaks and he speaks so that we would know him.

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 Speaks so that we would know his salvation.

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 So having seen that we have a God who speaks,

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 let's look at how the author contrasts

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 how this speaking God has chosen to communicate.

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 So he looks at two different eras.

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 So notice verse one begins in the past.

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 So we think all the way back to Genesis one.

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 We discover from the beginning, our God is a speaking God.

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 He speaks the universe into existence.

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 But in the past here is really thinking

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 about the whole Old Testament period.

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 Before Jesus, that's in the past.

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 So that was in the past for the church

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 that our author was writing to.

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 That's in the past for us too.

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 Compare that with, but in these last days.

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 So there was the past and now this new era is the last days.

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 This is the time in between the first

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 and the second coming of Jesus.

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 So this is the era in which we find ourselves in today.

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 Jesus has come and now we await his return.

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 So it's a new era.

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 And then he draws attention to the fact

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 that there are different recipients in view.

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 So verse one, in the past,

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 God spoke to our forefathers, to our ancestors.

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 Here he's thinking about Old Testament Israel.

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 So in the past, God spoke to Old Testament Israel.

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 And we discover that all through the Old Testament.

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 But in these last days, he has spoken to us.

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 There he has in view the church that he's writing to.

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 But by extension, God has spoken to us in the last days,

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 in our period of time.

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 And we know, don't we, that there was that period of silence

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 between the Old Testament and the New Testament, 400 years.

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 But that silence has been broken, broken decisively

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 as God sent his son, Jesus,

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 in that new way to speak his glory, his salvation to his church.

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 And we are those who receive that message.

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 Notice too that he draws attention

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 to the different agents that God spoke through.

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 So in verse one,

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 In the past, God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets.

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 Who were the prophets?

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 Prophets were God's Old Testament mouthpieces.

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 The Old Testament prophets were famous for saying,

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 thus says the Lord.

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 They received messages from God

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 that they communicated to the people.

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 They functioned as middlemen between God and his people.

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 But now in this new era,

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 verse two,

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 But in these last days,

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 he has spoken to us not by prophets,

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 but by his son,

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 the great prophet.

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 There is no middleman as God speaks

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 in this decisive new way.

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 And when we remember how Jesus spoke,

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 Jesus didn't say,

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 thus says the Lord.

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 Jesus would say,

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 truly, truly, I say to you.

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 Jesus spoke with the authority of God

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 as God the son.

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 And then in these two different eras,

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 there were different ways in which God communicated.

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 In the past,

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 God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets

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 at many times and in various ways.

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 So throughout Old Testament history,

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 we discover God revealing himself

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 and speaking to the prophets.

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 A variety of ways.

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 The burning bush.

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 God appearing in visions and dreams.

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 God speaking audibly.

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 But now,

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 in these last days,

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 he has chosen one decisive way.

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 He has chosen to speak to us

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 by his son.

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 So the whole of Jesus coming

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 is God speaking.

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 Here is God in the flesh.

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 Here is Jesus preaching the truth of God

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 with the authority of God

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 as the son of God.

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 And then we think about Jesus on his mission.

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 And that mission reveals the salvation of God

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 as he comes to die in the place of sinners

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 that all who believe in him would have eternal life.

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 And in all of those ways,

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 God is speaking to us about himself

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 through Jesus, his son.

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 So the author begins very clearly

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 by saying Jesus is better.

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 This new way of God speaking

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 is better than the old.

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 Not that the old was unreliable.

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 It's just God is speaking in a new way.

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 In our modern world,

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 I guess we are intrigued

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 and fascinated in many ways

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 by what is new

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 and by what is novel.

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 And we can discuss,

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 and maybe you have been in discussions,

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 but is the new always better?

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 Well, when it comes to God speaking,

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 there's no debate in this argument.

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 It is better that God has spoken

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 through his son Jesus.

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 Now, what does this mean for a church?

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 What does this mean for us?

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 Well, it certainly has implications

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 for how we read God's story, doesn't it?

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 The Bible is deliberately Jesus-centered.

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 And Jesus himself invites us

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 to read it this way.

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 After his resurrection,

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 as he spoke to his disciples

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 on the Emmaus Road,

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 he began with Moses and the prophets,

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 and he explained that the whole Old Testament

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 was pointing forward to him.

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 So when we read the Bible at home,

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 or when we read the Bible

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 and teach it in church,

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 we are looking to see

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 how this passage of the Old Testament

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 connects us to the Lord Jesus,

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 his person and his work.

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 So we understand that we don't want

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 to throw the Old Testament to one side.

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 And in fact, the whole book of Hebrews

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 draws repeatedly from the Old Testament.

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 We recognize that it is true,

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 it's reliable, it's inspired,

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 but it's incomplete until Jesus comes.

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 So that shapes how we read God's story

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 as the people of God.

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 It also, I think, reminds us, doesn't it,

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 of our privilege and our responsibility.

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 The prophets who are being compared here,

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 they longed for what we now enjoy.

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 And we discover them eagerly

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 wondering who this promised Christ would be,

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 who this suffering servant Messiah would be.

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 We know.

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 We've been given that privilege

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 on this side of the cross.

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 We have heard God speak of his love

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 in a new way in the sending of Jesus.

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 That's our great privilege as the church.

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 But that brings with it, doesn't it,

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 a new responsibility.

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 To respond to that word

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 and to respond with urgency,

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 to respond with faith and obedience.

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 One of the implications,

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 as the author of Hebrews will bring out,

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 is that we are not to drift away,

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 not to become complacent,

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 not become tired of our faith

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 and to move on to something else.

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 Rather, we are to enjoy it ourselves.

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 And as we come to taste and see

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 that God and God's son Jesus are good,

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 that we are then responsible

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 for sharing that gift as the church,

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 we are to be about mission.

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 And in that light,

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 one of the other things that we recognize,

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 as we look at the world around us,

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 we think about the society we live in,

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 we recognize that Jesus is the answer

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 to the spiritual search

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 that so many people are on today.

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 People who have decided the church

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 has nothing to say to them,

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 no interest in picking up the book,

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 but they're still deeply spiritual,

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 still looking to connect with the divine,

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 whatever that might mean,

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 still wanting to hear from God.

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 Spirituality is a multi-billion pound industry.

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 People are still searching,

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 still want to hear from God.

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 Perhaps we have friends like this,

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 seeking meaning, seeking connection,

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 trying different pursuits and practices

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 in order to try and find that higher meaning.

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 In Jesus and in God's Word,

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 we have the answer

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 to the deep longing of every human heart.

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 Because what we have is a God

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 who in love speaks

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 and speaks in the sending of His Son, Jesus.

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 And Jesus invites us in.

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 That we can hear God in His Word.

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 So right from the beginning,

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 there is a big point

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 that our author wants to make clear.

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 And it's simply that He is the speaking God

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 who wants to speak to His church,

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 to His world,

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 and He does that by sending His Son, Jesus.

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 Therefore,

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 as a church,

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 as an individual,

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 we want to be people who listen.

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 We think about every effort at communication,

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 every part of technology involved in communications.

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 There is a responsibility on our part

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 to pick up and to respond.

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 And God is speaking

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 so that we would respond to Him,

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 that we would be drawn in.

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 So Jesus is better,

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 that this new way of speaking

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 is better than the old.

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 Let's think too about the reality

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 of who God speaks through.

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 Because this is where the author chooses to focus

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 from the second half of verse 2 into verse 3,

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 to recognize Jesus as the full and final revelation from God.

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 See, it seems like the author knows

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 that the church,

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 the Christians that he's writing to,

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 and indeed every church in every generation,

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 will face opposition

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 and will then have that temptation,

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 the temptation to going back,

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 to departing from Jesus and His truth,

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 to drifting away from faith.

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 Our temptations won't be the same

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 as a first century Jewish Christian.

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 Perhaps we will be tempted

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 to place our sense of salvation and security

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 in our bank balance

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 or in our status, in our job.

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 Perhaps we're looking to a relationship,

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 imagining that that's the one thing

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 that we really, really need.

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 And we can easily displace Jesus

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 from the throne of our hearts,

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 just as they were tempted to.

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 Well, the author knows their thinking,

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 and his response is, you know,

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 one and a half verses

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 of incredibly rich theology.

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 He gives them seven ways

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 to confirm in their hearts,

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 in their minds,

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 that Jesus is better.

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 He doesn't just want to say

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 Jesus is better than the old.

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 He wants to persuade.

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 He wants to give evidence

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 so that God's people would continue

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 to persevere in faith,

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 to recognize Jesus

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 as that full and final revelation.

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 So we're going to really just blast

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 through these seven ideas.

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 But let me encourage you this week

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 to read them again,

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 to think through them,

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 to pray over them,

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 to think how they connect

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 with the Old Testament,

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 that it'll be clear in our minds

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 that it will lead us to worship Jesus,

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 to recognize just how great He is.

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 So to help us,

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 let's group this into three categories

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 to show also how Jesus fulfills

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 the big story of the Old Testament.

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 We'll think about the three roles of Jesus

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 as king, as prophet, and as priest.

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 So let's remind ourselves

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 from God's Word of Jesus, our King.

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 So look with me at verse 2.

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 Having said in these last days,

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 He has spoken to us by His Son.

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 Our author then goes on to say,

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 whom He appointed heir of all things.

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 Who is Jesus?

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 He is the heir of creation.

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 Brings us back to Psalm 2 this morning.

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 God's King has been installed.

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 This King has the right to rule

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 and to judge the nations

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 that this creation belongs to the Father

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 and the Son is the heir of it all.

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 And so we should listen

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 and we should honor

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 and we should obey.

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 Continuing in verse 2,

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 this Son is the one

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 through whom God made the universe.

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 The Father is the source of creation.

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 Jesus, the Son,

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 is the agent of creation.

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 Some of us, I know,

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 are good at making things,

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 good at crafting things.

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 Boys and girls,

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 perhaps that's something that you enjoy,

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 you have enjoyed.

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 It's amazing to just stop and reflect,

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 even for a moment,

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 on the fact that Jesus can look out

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 over the whole universe

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 and He can say,

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 I made that.

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 The pride that we take

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 in our DIY projects,

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 Jesus made the solar system.

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 And then in verse 3,

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 King Jesus, we're told,

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 sustains all things

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 by His powerful words.

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 Not only does He make them

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 as the agent of creation,

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 He sustains all things.

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 We don't have time,

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 but it'd be worth looking at Psalm 104,

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 which tells us that growth

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 and life and seasons,

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 they're all managed

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 by the word of the King.

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 King Jesus creates,

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 King Jesus sustains all life.

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 God has spoken by His Son,

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 His chosen King,

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 and Jesus is ruling today.

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 Therefore, what's the implication?

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 We're being invited again

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 to trust Him.

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 Think about the folks

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 that are getting written to here.

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 They were facing trouble,

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 persecution.

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 They were anxious.

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 They're being called back

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 to trust God

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 in life and in death,

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 to trust in King Jesus.

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 When we think about our church,

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 when we think about the church,

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 perhaps we can be anxious.

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 Perhaps we can feel

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 so weak and powerless.

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 We wonder what's going to happen.

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 We're invited to trust King Jesus.

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 He's building His church.

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 The gates of hell

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 will not prevail against it.

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 We're being invited

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 to trust the word of this King.

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 We're invited to faith and obedience

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 because He is God's chosen King.

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 To trust His word,

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 to trust His promises.

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 Jesus is not one of those

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 who promises the moon

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 but fails to deliver.

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 Jesus doesn't make promises

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 and then forget all about them.

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 No, our King can be trusted.

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 And so our author here

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 is saying to us,

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 don't drift.

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 Keep trusting.

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 Don't give in to doubt.

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 Don't give in to fear.

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 Rather, honor Jesus as King.

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 And then let's think next

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 about Jesus as prophet.

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 A couple of things here

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 in verse 3.

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 We begin there.

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 The sun is the radiance

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 of God's glory.

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 So if you remember back

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 to Exodus 34,

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 we were reading there

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 of Moses face to face

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 in the presence of God

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 and after being in God's presence,

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 his face was shining.

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 It was radiant.

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 But we need to understand

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 and Moses understood

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 that that was a reflected glory.

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 That wasn't a glory

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 from Moses himself.

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 It was a reflected glory

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 and it was a fading glory.

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 He put the veil on

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 because he knew

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 that that glory would fade.

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 But by contrast,

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 Jesus, God's great,

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 true, final prophet,

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 he shines with the glory of God.

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 That's not reflected.

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 That belongs to him.

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 We can think of

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 the Mount of Transfiguration.

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 Jesus takes James, Peter, and John

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 up a mountain

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 and there he's transfigured.

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 There he shines with brightness

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 and with glory.

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 And remember,

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 who else is there?

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 Moses is there.

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 But Moses is not shining with glory.

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 Jesus is.

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 Jesus is better.

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 Jesus is the radiance of God's glory.

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 Then continuing in verse 3,

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 he is also the exact representation

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 of his being.

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 We might like to think of

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 a stamp

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 where the imprint

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 is a perfect match.

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 What our author is saying

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 is that Jesus looks

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 exactly like God the Father.

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 We want to know

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 what God is like.

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 We can look to Jesus.

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 Jesus said that.

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 John 14,

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 verse 9,

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 He who has seen me

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 has seen the Father.

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 He who has heard Jesus

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 has heard the Father.

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 Our Westminster

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 shorter catechism

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 is helpful on this.

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 Thinking about

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 how does Christ

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 execute the office

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 of a prophet?

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 It says there,

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 Catechism 24,

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 for those of you

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 who have good memories,

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 Christ executes

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 the office

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 of a prophet

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 in revealing to us

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 by his word

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 and spirit

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 the will of God

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 for our salvation.

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 That's the message

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 of the prophet Jesus.

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 Here is this announcement

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 from heaven

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 of a God of love,

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 of a God

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 who has graciously

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 provided a way

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 to be saved.

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 From our sin,

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 from our guilt,

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 from our fear of death,

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 Jesus takes our sin,

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 our guilt,

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 he dies in our place

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 so that by faith

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 we can know salvation

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 and we can receive

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 eternal life.

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 John Calvin on this verse

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 says that God has

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 in Christ

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 stamped for us

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 the likeness

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 to which he would

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 have us conform.

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 Jesus is the one

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 perfect human being.

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 He is the true

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 image of God.

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 We are made

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 in the image of God

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 as people

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 because of sin

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 that image

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 has been defaced.

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 Jesus is the perfect

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 image of God

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 and God is at work

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 in us

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 in order to make us

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 little by little bit

00:27:51.019 --> 00:27:51.779
 by bit more

00:27:51.779 --> 00:27:52.839
 like Jesus

00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:54.660
 with the promise

00:27:54.660 --> 00:27:55.559
 that when we are

00:27:55.559 --> 00:27:56.639
 with him in glory

00:27:56.639 --> 00:27:58.079
 we will be made

00:27:58.079 --> 00:27:58.720
 like him

00:27:58.720 --> 00:27:59.720
 and we will see him

00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:01.720
 as he is.

00:28:05.059 --> 00:28:06.279
 So to be most

00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:07.019
 ourselves

00:28:07.019 --> 00:28:07.980
 as people

00:28:07.980 --> 00:28:10.119
 and to live out

00:28:10.119 --> 00:28:11.440
 our true identity

00:28:11.440 --> 00:28:12.259
 as people

00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:13.420
 is to live

00:28:13.420 --> 00:28:14.240
 like Jesus.

00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:16.720
 What does that look like?

00:28:16.740 --> 00:28:17.819
 It looks like worship.

00:28:19.359 --> 00:28:19.879
 Worshipping

00:28:19.880 --> 00:28:21.640
 God the Father.

00:28:21.640 --> 00:28:23.860
 It looks like

00:28:23.860 --> 00:28:24.620
 enjoying

00:28:24.620 --> 00:28:25.940
 God's glory

00:28:25.940 --> 00:28:27.980
 above all else.

00:28:28.980 --> 00:28:30.320
 It looks like

00:28:30.320 --> 00:28:30.800
 hating

00:28:30.800 --> 00:28:31.960
 sin,

00:28:32.920 --> 00:28:33.320
 dying

00:28:33.320 --> 00:28:34.380
 to self,

00:28:34.860 --> 00:28:35.340
 pursuing

00:28:35.340 --> 00:28:36.560
 God's will

00:28:36.560 --> 00:28:37.520
 in

00:28:37.520 --> 00:28:38.860
 our lives.

00:28:40.940 --> 00:28:42.140
 Jesus

00:28:42.140 --> 00:28:43.520
 speaks

00:28:43.520 --> 00:28:45.820
 of God's

00:28:45.820 --> 00:28:46.420
 salvation

00:28:46.420 --> 00:28:48.160
 and Jesus

00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:49.880
 speaks of

00:28:49.880 --> 00:28:51.000
 how God

00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:51.740
 would have

00:28:51.740 --> 00:28:52.740
 us to live

00:28:52.740 --> 00:28:56.360
 and God

00:28:56.360 --> 00:28:57.180
 is conforming

00:28:57.180 --> 00:28:58.240
 us to that image

00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:59.480
 when our faith

00:28:59.480 --> 00:29:00.039
 is in Jesus.

00:29:00.180 --> 00:29:00.460
 We're given

00:29:00.460 --> 00:29:00.940
 the Spirit

00:29:00.940 --> 00:29:01.500
 and the Spirit

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:02.140
 is at work

00:29:02.140 --> 00:29:02.720
 in us

00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:04.320
 to sanctify us.

00:29:06.100 --> 00:29:06.720
 And let's think

00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:07.279
 about Jesus

00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:09.300
 as our

00:29:09.300 --> 00:29:10.100
 priest.

00:29:10.099 --> 00:29:12.819
 half way

00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:13.279
 through

00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:14.159
 verse

00:29:14.159 --> 00:29:14.939
 three

00:29:14.939 --> 00:29:16.459
 we read

00:29:16.459 --> 00:29:17.319
 after he

00:29:17.319 --> 00:29:18.019
 had provided

00:29:18.019 --> 00:29:18.799
 purification

00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:19.959
 for sins

00:29:19.959 --> 00:29:21.579
 he sat

00:29:21.579 --> 00:29:22.000
 down

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:23.259
 at the

00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:23.879
 right hand

00:29:23.879 --> 00:29:24.199
 of the

00:29:24.199 --> 00:29:24.759
 majesty

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:26.099
 in heaven.

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:27.299
 Jesus

00:29:27.299 --> 00:29:27.980
 our great

00:29:27.980 --> 00:29:28.399
 priest

00:29:28.399 --> 00:29:29.259
 has provided

00:29:29.259 --> 00:29:31.219
 purification

00:29:31.219 --> 00:29:32.719
 purity.

00:29:32.720 --> 00:29:34.960
 This is

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:35.299
 day of

00:29:35.299 --> 00:29:35.799
 atonement

00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:36.339
 language.

00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:36.600
 You can

00:29:36.600 --> 00:29:36.900
 read about

00:29:36.900 --> 00:29:37.180
 the day

00:29:37.180 --> 00:29:37.299
 of

00:29:37.299 --> 00:29:37.700
 atonement

00:29:37.700 --> 00:29:37.920
 in

00:29:37.920 --> 00:29:38.480
 Leviticus

00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:39.680
 16.

00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:41.200
 That great

00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:41.740
 ceremony

00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:42.160
 where there

00:29:42.160 --> 00:29:42.539
 was the

00:29:42.539 --> 00:29:43.559
 burnt

00:29:43.559 --> 00:29:44.200
 offering

00:29:44.200 --> 00:29:46.039
 that was

00:29:46.039 --> 00:29:46.920
 sacrificed

00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:48.559
 the scapegoat

00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:48.799
 that was

00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:49.160
 said to

00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:49.779
 carry the

00:29:49.779 --> 00:29:50.120
 sins

00:29:50.120 --> 00:29:51.200
 of God's

00:29:51.200 --> 00:29:51.500
 people

00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:52.279
 into the

00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:52.600
 wilderness

00:29:52.600 --> 00:29:54.259
 and the

00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:54.779
 outcome

00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:55.200
 of that

00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:56.079
 verse 30

00:29:56.079 --> 00:29:56.720
 of Leviticus

00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:57.620
 16 tells

00:29:57.620 --> 00:29:57.960
 us

00:29:57.960 --> 00:29:59.039
 on this

00:29:59.039 --> 00:29:59.440
 day

00:29:59.440 --> 00:30:00.120
 this day

00:30:00.120 --> 00:30:00.720
 of atonement

00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:01.240
 on this

00:30:01.240 --> 00:30:01.440
 day

00:30:01.440 --> 00:30:02.220
 atonement

00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:02.579
 will be

00:30:02.579 --> 00:30:02.880
 made

00:30:02.880 --> 00:30:03.420
 for you

00:30:03.420 --> 00:30:04.120
 to

00:30:04.120 --> 00:30:04.640
 cleanse

00:30:04.640 --> 00:30:05.120
 you

00:30:05.120 --> 00:30:06.180
 then

00:30:06.180 --> 00:30:06.720
 before

00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:07.000
 the

00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:07.259
 Lord

00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:07.460
 you

00:30:07.460 --> 00:30:07.579
 will

00:30:07.579 --> 00:30:07.740
 be

00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:08.180
 clean

00:30:08.180 --> 00:30:08.480
 from

00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:08.680
 your

00:30:08.680 --> 00:30:09.000
 sin

00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:09.240
 so

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:09.400
 the

00:30:09.400 --> 00:30:09.660
 point

00:30:09.660 --> 00:30:09.779
 of

00:30:09.779 --> 00:30:09.860
 the

00:30:09.860 --> 00:30:09.980
 day

00:30:09.980 --> 00:30:10.100
 of

00:30:10.100 --> 00:30:10.420
 atonement

00:30:10.420 --> 00:30:10.660
 is

00:30:10.660 --> 00:30:11.839
 cleanness

00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:12.240
 before

00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:12.620
 God

00:30:12.620 --> 00:30:13.460
 by having

00:30:13.460 --> 00:30:13.920
 sins

00:30:13.920 --> 00:30:14.240
 dealt

00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:14.380
 with

00:30:14.380 --> 00:30:14.680
 but see

00:30:14.680 --> 00:30:15.059
 the thing

00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:15.360
 is

00:30:15.360 --> 00:30:15.759
 that day

00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:15.860
 of

00:30:15.860 --> 00:30:16.200
 atonement

00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:16.680
 was an

00:30:16.680 --> 00:30:17.240
 annual

00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:17.819
 ceremony

00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:18.259
 for the

00:30:18.259 --> 00:30:18.480
 people

00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:18.860
 of God

00:30:18.860 --> 00:30:19.140
 because

00:30:19.140 --> 00:30:19.779
 those

00:30:19.779 --> 00:30:20.200
 animal

00:30:20.200 --> 00:30:20.799
 sacrifices

00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:21.140
 could

00:30:21.140 --> 00:30:21.500
 never

00:30:21.500 --> 00:30:21.900
 fully

00:30:21.900 --> 00:30:22.360
 deal

00:30:22.360 --> 00:30:22.600
 with

00:30:22.600 --> 00:30:22.860
 sin

00:30:22.860 --> 00:30:23.700
 Jesus

00:30:23.700 --> 00:30:24.100
 comes

00:30:24.100 --> 00:30:24.420
 as a

00:30:24.420 --> 00:30:24.759
 better

00:30:24.759 --> 00:30:25.180
 priest

00:30:25.180 --> 00:30:25.360
 and

00:30:25.360 --> 00:30:25.519
 then

00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:25.779
 he

00:30:25.779 --> 00:30:26.220
 offers

00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:26.920
 the

00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:27.339
 better

00:30:27.339 --> 00:30:28.059
 sacrifice

00:30:28.059 --> 00:30:28.279
 not

00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:28.899
 animal

00:30:28.899 --> 00:30:29.660
 sacrifice

00:30:29.660 --> 00:30:30.920
 needing

00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:31.259
 to be

00:30:31.259 --> 00:30:31.740
 repeated

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:33.680
 rather

00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:33.859
 he

00:30:33.859 --> 00:30:34.079
 gives

00:30:34.079 --> 00:30:34.639
 himself

00:30:34.639 --> 00:30:36.379
 as that

00:30:36.379 --> 00:30:36.740
 perfect

00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:37.200
 once for

00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:37.379
 all

00:30:37.379 --> 00:30:38.019
 sacrifice

00:30:38.019 --> 00:30:38.299
 at the

00:30:38.299 --> 00:30:38.720
 cross

00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:40.099
 where

00:30:40.099 --> 00:30:40.460
 full

00:30:40.460 --> 00:30:41.039
 and final

00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:41.519
 forgiveness

00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:42.539
 is

00:30:42.539 --> 00:30:43.139
 purchased

00:30:43.139 --> 00:30:44.460
 where

00:30:44.460 --> 00:30:44.839
 God's

00:30:44.839 --> 00:30:45.180
 people

00:30:45.180 --> 00:30:45.539
 are

00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:45.980
 made

00:30:45.980 --> 00:30:46.940
 clean

00:30:46.940 --> 00:30:48.319
 and

00:30:48.319 --> 00:30:48.480
 then

00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:48.660
 we're

00:30:48.660 --> 00:30:48.879
 told

00:30:48.879 --> 00:30:49.139
 having

00:30:49.139 --> 00:30:49.639
 provided

00:30:49.639 --> 00:30:50.299
 purification

00:30:50.299 --> 00:30:50.940
 he sat

00:30:50.940 --> 00:30:51.359
 down

00:30:51.359 --> 00:30:52.399
 the

00:30:52.399 --> 00:30:52.599
 point

00:30:52.599 --> 00:30:52.759
 is

00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:52.899
 the

00:30:52.899 --> 00:30:53.099
 work

00:30:53.099 --> 00:30:53.259
 is

00:30:53.259 --> 00:30:53.579
 done

00:30:53.579 --> 00:30:55.059
 his

00:30:55.059 --> 00:30:55.359
 work

00:30:55.359 --> 00:30:55.519
 is

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:56.079
 completed

00:30:56.079 --> 00:30:56.879
 that

00:30:56.879 --> 00:30:57.439
 sacrifice

00:30:57.439 --> 00:30:57.759
 has

00:30:57.759 --> 00:30:58.000
 been

00:30:58.000 --> 00:30:59.139
 accepted

00:30:59.139 --> 00:31:01.159
 forgiveness

00:31:01.159 --> 00:31:01.659
 is

00:31:01.659 --> 00:31:02.079
 ours

00:31:02.079 --> 00:31:02.359
 by

00:31:02.359 --> 00:31:02.799
 faith

00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:03.000
 in

00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:03.279
 Jesus

00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:04.000
 access

00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:04.399
 to

00:31:04.399 --> 00:31:04.740
 God

00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:05.000
 is

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:05.359
 ours

00:31:05.359 --> 00:31:05.619
 by

00:31:05.619 --> 00:31:06.039
 faith

00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:06.599
 in

00:31:06.599 --> 00:31:06.899
 Jesus

00:31:06.899 --> 00:31:07.139
 and

00:31:07.139 --> 00:31:07.500
 now

00:31:07.500 --> 00:31:08.279
 Jesus

00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:08.619
 has

00:31:08.619 --> 00:31:08.779
 the

00:31:08.779 --> 00:31:09.139
 place

00:31:09.139 --> 00:31:09.500
 of

00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:09.960
 honor

00:31:09.960 --> 00:31:10.839
 and

00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:11.399
 glory

00:31:11.399 --> 00:31:12.240
 as

00:31:12.240 --> 00:31:12.740
 king

00:31:12.740 --> 00:31:13.720
 sitting

00:31:13.720 --> 00:31:14.039
 at the

00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:14.319
 right

00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:14.919
 hand

00:31:14.919 --> 00:31:16.000
 of the

00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:16.579
 majesty

00:31:16.579 --> 00:31:17.579
 in

00:31:17.579 --> 00:31:18.019
 heaven

00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:19.559
 seven

00:31:19.559 --> 00:31:20.220
 ways

00:31:20.220 --> 00:31:20.639
 our

00:31:20.639 --> 00:31:20.939
 author

00:31:20.939 --> 00:31:21.359
 says

00:31:21.359 --> 00:31:21.819
 Jesus

00:31:21.819 --> 00:31:22.399
 is

00:31:22.399 --> 00:31:23.199
 better

00:31:23.199 --> 00:31:24.139
 than

00:31:24.139 --> 00:31:24.579
 the

00:31:24.579 --> 00:31:25.000
 old

00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:25.639
 seven

00:31:25.639 --> 00:31:26.039
 ways

00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:26.159
 in

00:31:26.159 --> 00:31:26.319
 which

00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:26.500
 our

00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:26.819
 author

00:31:26.819 --> 00:31:27.099
 wants

00:31:27.099 --> 00:31:27.279
 to

00:31:27.279 --> 00:31:27.500
 say

00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:27.619
 to

00:31:27.619 --> 00:31:27.700
 us

00:31:27.700 --> 00:31:27.839
 don't

00:31:27.839 --> 00:31:27.980
 be

00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:28.319
 tempted

00:31:28.319 --> 00:31:28.559
 by

00:31:28.559 --> 00:31:28.859
 anything

00:31:28.859 --> 00:31:29.339
 less

00:31:29.339 --> 00:31:29.779
 than

00:31:29.779 --> 00:31:30.720
 Jesus

00:31:30.720 --> 00:31:34.759
 so

00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:34.879
 that

00:31:34.879 --> 00:31:34.980
 we

00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:35.180
 might

00:31:35.180 --> 00:31:35.379
 not

00:31:35.379 --> 00:31:35.639
 lose

00:31:35.639 --> 00:31:36.000
 sight

00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:37.319
 of

00:31:37.319 --> 00:31:37.480
 our

00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:37.700
 good

00:31:37.700 --> 00:31:37.899
 our

00:31:37.899 --> 00:31:38.339
 salvation

00:31:38.339 --> 00:31:38.740
 is

00:31:38.740 --> 00:31:39.879
 that

00:31:39.879 --> 00:31:40.000
 we

00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:40.139
 would

00:31:40.139 --> 00:31:40.299
 see

00:31:40.299 --> 00:31:40.579
 again

00:31:40.579 --> 00:31:40.759
 the

00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:41.059
 beauty

00:31:41.059 --> 00:31:41.240
 of

00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:41.379
 the

00:31:41.379 --> 00:31:41.859
 gospel

00:31:41.859 --> 00:31:43.000
 when

00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:43.139
 we

00:31:43.139 --> 00:31:43.339
 think

00:31:43.339 --> 00:31:43.559
 about

00:31:43.559 --> 00:31:43.680
 it

00:31:43.680 --> 00:31:43.960
 and

00:31:43.960 --> 00:31:44.279
 Davy

00:31:44.279 --> 00:31:44.420
 was

00:31:44.420 --> 00:31:44.659
 talking

00:31:44.659 --> 00:31:44.899
 about

00:31:44.899 --> 00:31:45.019
 it

00:31:45.019 --> 00:31:45.200
 this

00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:45.559
 morning

00:31:45.559 --> 00:31:46.899
 we

00:31:46.899 --> 00:31:47.379
 as

00:31:47.379 --> 00:31:47.740
 people

00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:48.220
 naturally

00:31:48.220 --> 00:31:48.619
 choose

00:31:48.619 --> 00:31:48.819
 to

00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:49.319
 rebel

00:31:49.319 --> 00:31:50.339
 against

00:31:50.339 --> 00:31:50.779
 God

00:31:50.779 --> 00:31:51.119
 our

00:31:51.119 --> 00:31:51.399
 king

00:31:51.399 --> 00:31:51.619
 we

00:31:51.619 --> 00:31:52.579
 spark

00:31:52.579 --> 00:31:53.420
 revolution

00:31:53.420 --> 00:31:54.480
 in

00:31:54.480 --> 00:31:54.779
 our

00:31:54.779 --> 00:31:55.019
 sin

00:31:55.019 --> 00:31:55.240
 our

00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:55.759
 desire

00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:56.119
 to

00:31:56.119 --> 00:31:57.779
 rule

00:31:57.779 --> 00:31:58.140
 and to

00:31:58.140 --> 00:31:58.460
 decide

00:31:58.460 --> 00:31:58.619
 for

00:31:58.619 --> 00:31:59.000
 ourselves

00:31:59.000 --> 00:31:59.279
 how

00:31:59.279 --> 00:31:59.559
 our

00:31:59.559 --> 00:31:59.839
 life

00:31:59.839 --> 00:32:00.019
 is

00:32:00.019 --> 00:32:00.259
 going

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:00.460
 to

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:00.799
 go

00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:03.160
 we

00:32:03.160 --> 00:32:03.279
 are

00:32:03.279 --> 00:32:03.500
 those

00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:03.640
 who

00:32:03.640 --> 00:32:03.839
 by

00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:04.220
 nature

00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:04.879
 reject

00:32:04.879 --> 00:32:05.420
 God's

00:32:05.420 --> 00:32:05.619
 word

00:32:05.619 --> 00:32:05.799
 the

00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:06.359
 prophets

00:32:06.359 --> 00:32:06.720
 that would

00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:07.259
 speak to us

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:07.579
 we would

00:32:07.579 --> 00:32:08.000
 naturally

00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:08.599
 choose to

00:32:08.599 --> 00:32:09.079
 reject

00:32:09.079 --> 00:32:09.619
 we don't

00:32:09.619 --> 00:32:09.639
 we don't

00:32:09.639 --> 00:32:10.439
 listen to

00:32:10.439 --> 00:32:10.480
 to

00:32:10.480 --> 00:32:11.279
 God's

00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:11.539
 voice

00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:11.740
 and

00:32:11.740 --> 00:32:12.379
 God's

00:32:12.379 --> 00:32:13.019
 authority

00:32:13.019 --> 00:32:13.339
 and yet

00:32:13.339 --> 00:32:13.799
 how does

00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:14.199
 God

00:32:14.199 --> 00:32:14.960
 respond

00:32:14.960 --> 00:32:17.099
 he responds

00:32:17.099 --> 00:32:17.699
 in sending

00:32:17.699 --> 00:32:18.199
 Jesus

00:32:18.199 --> 00:32:18.779
 who comes

00:32:18.779 --> 00:32:19.079
 as our

00:32:19.079 --> 00:32:19.379
 great

00:32:19.379 --> 00:32:20.099
 high priest

00:32:20.099 --> 00:32:21.220
 who dies

00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:22.439
 to wash

00:32:22.439 --> 00:32:22.919
 us clean

00:32:22.919 --> 00:32:23.859
 us rebel

00:32:23.859 --> 00:32:24.219
 sinners

00:32:24.219 --> 00:32:24.240
 sinners

00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:24.459
 who

00:32:24.459 --> 00:32:25.119
 disregard

00:32:25.119 --> 00:32:25.559
 his

00:32:25.559 --> 00:32:26.119
 word

00:32:26.119 --> 00:32:27.719
 he comes

00:32:27.719 --> 00:32:27.939
 to

00:32:27.939 --> 00:32:28.719
 overcome

00:32:28.719 --> 00:32:29.479
 our

00:32:29.479 --> 00:32:29.759
 sin

00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:29.959
 to

00:32:29.959 --> 00:32:30.399
 speak

00:32:30.399 --> 00:32:30.659
 that

00:32:30.659 --> 00:32:31.000
 word

00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:31.199
 of

00:32:31.199 --> 00:32:31.579
 grace

00:32:31.579 --> 00:32:31.799
 and

00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:32.139
 love

00:32:32.139 --> 00:32:32.359
 to

00:32:32.359 --> 00:32:32.599
 our

00:32:32.599 --> 00:32:33.339
 hearts

00:32:33.339 --> 00:32:35.799
 so as we

00:32:35.799 --> 00:32:36.839
 look at the

00:32:36.839 --> 00:32:37.259
 gospel

00:32:37.259 --> 00:32:37.859
 we understand

00:32:37.859 --> 00:32:38.539
 Jesus is

00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:39.119
 better

00:32:39.119 --> 00:32:41.679
 Mike

00:32:41.679 --> 00:32:42.039
 Kruger

00:32:42.039 --> 00:32:42.319
 who's

00:32:42.319 --> 00:32:42.599
 written a

00:32:42.599 --> 00:32:42.739
 really

00:32:42.739 --> 00:32:43.139
 helpful

00:32:43.139 --> 00:32:43.939
 little

00:32:43.939 --> 00:32:44.339
 book

00:32:44.339 --> 00:32:44.619
 on

00:32:44.619 --> 00:32:45.019
 Hebrews

00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:45.359
 says

00:32:45.359 --> 00:32:45.879
 we have

00:32:45.879 --> 00:32:46.079
 the

00:32:46.079 --> 00:32:46.500
 honor

00:32:46.500 --> 00:32:47.399
 and

00:32:47.399 --> 00:32:48.059
 privilege

00:32:48.059 --> 00:32:49.339
 of living

00:32:49.339 --> 00:32:49.759
 in the

00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:50.239
 age of

00:32:50.239 --> 00:32:50.779
 Christ

00:32:50.779 --> 00:32:51.559
 through

00:32:51.559 --> 00:32:51.839
 whom

00:32:51.839 --> 00:32:52.199
 God

00:32:52.199 --> 00:32:52.459
 has

00:32:52.459 --> 00:32:52.959
 fully

00:32:52.959 --> 00:32:53.959
 and

00:32:53.959 --> 00:32:54.559
 finally

00:32:54.559 --> 00:32:55.099
 spoken

00:32:55.099 --> 00:32:57.019
 and

00:32:57.019 --> 00:32:57.279
 because

00:32:57.279 --> 00:32:57.859
 that's

00:32:57.859 --> 00:32:58.399
 true

00:32:58.399 --> 00:32:59.939
 we are

00:32:59.939 --> 00:33:00.379
 urged

00:33:00.379 --> 00:33:00.959
 not to

00:33:00.959 --> 00:33:01.259
 drift

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:01.679
 away

00:33:01.679 --> 00:33:03.139
 not to

00:33:03.139 --> 00:33:03.839
 go back

00:33:03.839 --> 00:33:04.959
 not to

00:33:04.959 --> 00:33:05.159
 look

00:33:05.159 --> 00:33:05.639
 elsewhere

00:33:05.639 --> 00:33:06.859
 but rather

00:33:06.859 --> 00:33:07.379
 to pay

00:33:07.379 --> 00:33:08.000
 attention

00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:09.299
 as God

00:33:09.299 --> 00:33:09.900
 speaks

00:33:09.900 --> 00:33:10.819
 through

00:33:10.819 --> 00:33:11.319
 Jesus

00:33:11.319 --> 00:33:11.680
 his

00:33:11.680 --> 00:33:11.940
 son

00:33:11.940 --> 00:33:13.940
 let's

00:33:13.940 --> 00:33:14.200
 take a

00:33:14.200 --> 00:33:14.380
 moment

00:33:14.380 --> 00:33:14.640
 to

00:33:14.640 --> 00:33:14.980
 pray

00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:15.779
 together

00:33:15.779 --> 00:33:19.299
 Lord

00:33:19.299 --> 00:33:19.799
 our

00:33:19.799 --> 00:33:20.339
 God

00:33:20.339 --> 00:33:21.299
 and we

00:33:21.299 --> 00:33:21.720
 thank

00:33:21.720 --> 00:33:21.980
 you

00:33:21.980 --> 00:33:22.960
 for the

00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:23.259
 rich

00:33:23.259 --> 00:33:23.640
 truth

00:33:23.640 --> 00:33:23.920
 that we

00:33:23.920 --> 00:33:24.539
 find

00:33:24.539 --> 00:33:25.380
 throughout

00:33:25.380 --> 00:33:25.700
 your

00:33:25.700 --> 00:33:25.980
 word

00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:26.359
 we thank

00:33:26.359 --> 00:33:26.519
 you

00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:26.940
 for

00:33:26.940 --> 00:33:28.019
 this

00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:28.759
 part

00:33:28.759 --> 00:33:29.240
 of

00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:29.980
 Hebrews

00:33:29.980 --> 00:33:30.660
 and this

00:33:30.660 --> 00:33:31.759
 reminder

00:33:31.759 --> 00:33:33.420
 of how

00:33:33.420 --> 00:33:34.099
 wonderful

00:33:34.099 --> 00:33:34.539
 Jesus

00:33:34.539 --> 00:33:35.079
 is

00:33:35.079 --> 00:33:36.579
 that

00:33:36.579 --> 00:33:37.180
 reminder

00:33:37.180 --> 00:33:37.720
 that he

00:33:37.720 --> 00:33:38.380
 shines

00:33:38.380 --> 00:33:39.320
 with the

00:33:39.320 --> 00:33:39.720
 glory

00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:40.180
 of God

00:33:40.180 --> 00:33:40.500
 that he

00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:41.279
 speaks

00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:41.980
 with the

00:33:41.980 --> 00:33:42.539
 authority

00:33:42.539 --> 00:33:43.000
 of God

00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:43.320
 he has

00:33:43.320 --> 00:33:43.720
 come

00:33:43.720 --> 00:33:44.640
 on a

00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:45.039
 saving

00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:45.600
 mission

00:33:45.600 --> 00:33:47.220
 from

00:33:47.220 --> 00:33:48.160
 God

00:33:48.160 --> 00:33:49.000
 that he

00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:49.440
 is

00:33:49.440 --> 00:33:50.120
 our

00:33:50.120 --> 00:33:50.560
 true

00:33:50.560 --> 00:33:51.200
 prophet

00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:51.820
 priest

00:33:51.820 --> 00:33:52.519
 and king

00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:54.299
 and may

00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:54.840
 you help

00:33:54.840 --> 00:33:55.320
 each one

00:33:55.320 --> 00:33:55.600
 of us

00:33:55.600 --> 00:33:55.960
 whether we're

00:33:55.960 --> 00:33:56.400
 here in

00:33:56.400 --> 00:33:56.840
 the building

00:33:56.840 --> 00:33:57.259
 whether we're

00:33:57.259 --> 00:33:57.640
 listening

00:33:57.640 --> 00:33:58.120
 online

00:33:58.120 --> 00:33:58.519
 may you

00:33:58.519 --> 00:33:59.200
 help us

00:33:59.200 --> 00:34:00.560
 to hold

00:34:00.560 --> 00:34:01.299
 on to

00:34:01.299 --> 00:34:01.700
 Jesus

00:34:01.700 --> 00:34:03.100
 to come

00:34:03.100 --> 00:34:03.660
 to him

00:34:03.660 --> 00:34:04.519
 in faith

00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:07.060
 not to

00:34:07.060 --> 00:34:07.920
 turn away

00:34:07.920 --> 00:34:08.760
 to think

00:34:08.760 --> 00:34:09.240
 the old

00:34:09.240 --> 00:34:09.940
 is better

00:34:09.940 --> 00:34:11.000
 not to

00:34:11.000 --> 00:34:11.320
 think there

00:34:11.320 --> 00:34:11.760
 is some

00:34:11.760 --> 00:34:12.340
 greater

00:34:12.340 --> 00:34:13.099
 source of

00:34:13.099 --> 00:34:13.920
 satisfaction

00:34:13.920 --> 00:34:15.420
 not to

00:34:15.420 --> 00:34:15.880
 give up

00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:16.480
 on Jesus

00:34:16.480 --> 00:34:16.920
 when we

00:34:16.920 --> 00:34:17.360
 face

00:34:17.360 --> 00:34:18.460
 persecution

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:19.539
 or opposition

00:34:19.539 --> 00:34:20.539
 or suffering

00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:22.579
 Lord may

00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:22.940
 you keep

00:34:22.940 --> 00:34:23.720
 our eyes

00:34:23.720 --> 00:34:24.460
 fixed

00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:25.920
 on Jesus

00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:27.220
 our great

00:34:27.220 --> 00:34:27.840
 saviour

00:34:27.840 --> 00:34:29.360
 so that we

00:34:29.360 --> 00:34:29.659
 might

00:34:29.659 --> 00:34:31.200
 praise him

00:34:31.199 --> 00:34:32.919
 and live

00:34:32.919 --> 00:34:33.599
 for him

00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:35.039
 we ask

00:34:35.039 --> 00:34:35.379
 it in

00:34:35.379 --> 00:34:36.099
 Jesus name

00:34:36.099 --> 00:34:37.219
 Amen

00:34:37.219 --> 00:34:41.799
 Now we'll

00:34:41.799 --> 00:34:42.619
 close our

00:34:42.619 --> 00:34:43.119
 time

00:34:43.119 --> 00:34:44.599
 hearing

00:34:44.599 --> 00:34:45.379
 the hymn

00:34:45.379 --> 00:34:45.799
 that we

00:34:45.799 --> 00:34:46.960
 heard

00:34:46.960 --> 00:34:47.559
 a few

00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:48.079
 weeks ago

00:34:48.079 --> 00:34:48.879
 Forever

00:34:48.879 --> 00:34:49.779
 Jesus

00:35:01.199 --> 00:35:08.679
 My hymn

00:35:08.679 --> 00:35:09.899
 of praise

00:35:09.899 --> 00:35:11.179
 shall be

00:35:11.179 --> 00:35:12.239
 forever

00:35:12.239 --> 00:35:13.559
 Jesus

00:35:13.559 --> 00:35:15.619
 my firm

00:35:15.619 --> 00:35:17.059
 foundation

00:35:17.059 --> 00:35:19.500
 in shifting

00:35:19.500 --> 00:35:20.639
 sands

00:35:20.639 --> 00:35:22.799
 my strength

00:35:22.799 --> 00:35:23.839
 and hope

00:35:23.839 --> 00:35:25.559
 through many

00:35:25.559 --> 00:35:26.639
 fears and

00:35:26.639 --> 00:35:27.879
 failures

00:35:27.879 --> 00:35:29.299
 the

00:35:29.300 --> 00:35:31.620
 disappointments

00:35:31.620 --> 00:35:33.580
 of the

00:35:33.580 --> 00:35:34.380
 past

00:35:34.380 --> 00:35:36.240
 His

00:35:36.240 --> 00:35:36.940
 constant

00:35:36.940 --> 00:35:37.720
 love

00:35:37.720 --> 00:35:38.860
 has

00:35:38.860 --> 00:35:40.280
 held

00:35:40.280 --> 00:35:40.660
 me

00:35:40.660 --> 00:35:42.460
 fast

00:35:42.460 --> 00:35:46.840
 So

00:35:46.840 --> 00:35:48.180
 for all

00:35:48.180 --> 00:35:49.039
 my

00:35:49.039 --> 00:35:49.760
 days

00:35:49.760 --> 00:35:50.760
 I will

00:35:50.760 --> 00:35:51.640
 sing

00:35:51.640 --> 00:35:52.340
 my

00:35:52.340 --> 00:35:53.420
 praise

00:35:53.420 --> 00:35:54.220
 to the

00:35:54.220 --> 00:35:54.860
 King

00:35:54.860 --> 00:35:56.260
 Forever

00:35:56.260 --> 00:35:58.580
 Jesus

00:35:58.580 --> 00:36:00.480
 Though

00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:01.840
 the storms

00:36:01.840 --> 00:36:03.300
 may rage

00:36:03.300 --> 00:36:04.380
 He is

00:36:04.380 --> 00:36:05.200
 strong

00:36:05.200 --> 00:36:06.680
 to save

00:36:06.680 --> 00:36:07.480
 He's

00:36:07.480 --> 00:36:08.520
 the King

00:36:08.520 --> 00:36:10.380
 Forever

00:36:10.380 --> 00:36:12.960
 Jesus

00:36:12.960 --> 00:36:25.240
 My

00:36:25.240 --> 00:36:25.880
 song

00:36:25.880 --> 00:36:26.940
 of joy

00:36:26.940 --> 00:36:28.340
 shall be

00:36:28.340 --> 00:36:29.360
 forever

00:36:29.360 --> 00:36:30.679
 Jesus

00:36:30.679 --> 00:36:32.659
 who bore

00:36:32.659 --> 00:36:34.119
 the suffering

00:36:34.119 --> 00:36:36.159
 who made

00:36:36.159 --> 00:36:37.099
 way

00:36:37.099 --> 00:36:39.420
 His life

00:36:39.420 --> 00:36:40.280
 a gift

00:36:40.280 --> 00:36:41.360
 His

00:36:41.360 --> 00:36:41.880
 death

00:36:41.880 --> 00:36:42.820
 the precious

00:36:42.820 --> 00:36:44.060
 ransom

00:36:44.060 --> 00:36:45.519
 that

00:36:45.519 --> 00:36:46.080
 wipes

00:36:46.080 --> 00:36:46.500
 the

00:36:46.500 --> 00:36:48.220
 sinner's

00:36:48.220 --> 00:36:48.960
 guilt

00:36:48.960 --> 00:36:50.320
 away

00:36:50.320 --> 00:36:52.160
 and

00:36:52.160 --> 00:36:52.820
 turns

00:36:52.820 --> 00:36:53.120
 our

00:36:53.120 --> 00:36:53.660
 night

00:36:53.660 --> 00:36:54.500
 to

00:36:54.500 --> 00:36:55.600
 glorious

00:36:55.600 --> 00:36:57.600
 days

00:36:57.600 --> 00:37:02.500
 So

00:37:02.500 --> 00:37:03.760
 for all

00:37:03.760 --> 00:37:04.580
 my

00:37:04.580 --> 00:37:05.519
 days

00:37:05.519 --> 00:37:06.160
 I will

00:37:06.160 --> 00:37:07.019
 sing

00:37:07.019 --> 00:37:07.760
 my

00:37:07.760 --> 00:37:08.760
 praise

00:37:08.760 --> 00:37:09.580
 to the

00:37:09.580 --> 00:37:10.340
 King

00:37:10.340 --> 00:37:12.200
 Forever

00:37:12.200 --> 00:37:13.920
 Jesus

00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:15.720
 Though

00:37:15.720 --> 00:37:16.960
 the storms

00:37:16.960 --> 00:37:18.380
 may rage

00:37:18.380 --> 00:37:19.420
 He is

00:37:19.420 --> 00:37:20.320
 strong

00:37:20.320 --> 00:37:21.680
 to save

00:37:21.680 --> 00:37:22.480
 He's

00:37:22.480 --> 00:37:23.620
 the King

00:37:23.620 --> 00:37:25.340
 Forever

00:37:25.340 --> 00:37:27.800
 Jesus

00:37:27.800 --> 00:37:49.280
 My

00:37:49.280 --> 00:37:50.060
 final

00:37:50.060 --> 00:37:50.720
 prayer

00:37:50.720 --> 00:37:52.420
 shall be

00:37:52.420 --> 00:37:53.420
 forever

00:37:53.420 --> 00:37:54.700
 Jesus

00:37:54.699 --> 00:37:57.039
 when shadows

00:37:57.039 --> 00:37:58.739
 lengthen

00:37:58.739 --> 00:37:59.699
 before

00:37:59.699 --> 00:38:02.259
 my eyes

00:38:02.259 --> 00:38:03.019
 My

00:38:03.019 --> 00:38:03.599
 Lord

00:38:03.599 --> 00:38:03.879
 and

00:38:03.879 --> 00:38:04.819
 friend

00:38:04.819 --> 00:38:06.159
 companion

00:38:06.159 --> 00:38:06.799
 through

00:38:06.799 --> 00:38:08.299
 the valley

00:38:08.299 --> 00:38:09.779
 where

00:38:09.779 --> 00:38:10.519
 dearest

00:38:10.519 --> 00:38:11.159
 ones

00:38:11.159 --> 00:38:12.159
 are

00:38:12.159 --> 00:38:13.579
 left

00:38:13.579 --> 00:38:14.899
 behind

00:38:14.899 --> 00:38:16.359
 His

00:38:16.359 --> 00:38:16.980
 hand

00:38:16.980 --> 00:38:17.359
 will

00:38:17.359 --> 00:38:18.019
 lead

00:38:18.019 --> 00:38:18.779
 me

00:38:18.779 --> 00:38:19.539
 to

00:38:19.539 --> 00:38:20.579
 the

00:38:20.579 --> 00:38:21.619
 light

00:38:21.619 --> 00:38:26.639
 So

00:38:26.639 --> 00:38:27.960
 for all

00:38:27.960 --> 00:38:28.799
 my

00:38:28.799 --> 00:38:29.699
 days

00:38:29.699 --> 00:38:30.099
 I

00:38:30.099 --> 00:38:30.400
 will

00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:31.279
 sing

00:38:31.279 --> 00:38:31.940
 my

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:32.920
 praise

00:38:32.920 --> 00:38:33.339
 to

00:38:33.339 --> 00:38:33.619
 the

00:38:33.619 --> 00:38:34.440
 King

00:38:34.440 --> 00:38:36.259
 Forever

00:38:36.259 --> 00:38:38.079
 Jesus

00:38:38.079 --> 00:38:39.880
 Though

00:38:39.880 --> 00:38:41.099
 the storms

00:38:41.099 --> 00:38:41.859
 may

00:38:41.859 --> 00:38:42.480
 rage

00:38:42.480 --> 00:38:43.519
 He is

00:38:43.519 --> 00:38:44.400
 strong

00:38:44.400 --> 00:38:45.039
 to

00:38:45.039 --> 00:38:45.759
 save

00:38:45.759 --> 00:38:46.599
 He's

00:38:46.599 --> 00:38:46.920
 the

00:38:46.920 --> 00:38:47.699
 King

00:38:47.699 --> 00:38:49.440
 Forever

00:38:49.440 --> 00:38:51.700
 Jesus

00:38:51.700 --> 00:38:53.300
 When I

00:38:53.300 --> 00:38:54.119
 meet

00:38:54.119 --> 00:38:54.980
 His

00:38:54.980 --> 00:38:55.460
 gaze

00:38:55.460 --> 00:38:56.159
 I

00:38:56.159 --> 00:38:56.440
 will

00:38:56.440 --> 00:38:57.300
 sing

00:38:57.300 --> 00:38:57.980
 my

00:38:57.980 --> 00:38:59.019
 praise

00:38:59.019 --> 00:38:59.400
 to

00:38:59.400 --> 00:38:59.659
 the

00:38:59.659 --> 00:39:00.420
 King

00:39:00.420 --> 00:39:02.260
 Forever

00:39:02.260 --> 00:39:03.940
 Jesus

00:39:03.940 --> 00:39:05.700
 All

00:39:05.700 --> 00:39:06.139
 my

00:39:06.139 --> 00:39:06.780
 sorrows

00:39:07.659 --> 00:39:08.280
 past

00:39:08.280 --> 00:39:09.059
 I

00:39:09.059 --> 00:39:09.360
 am

00:39:09.360 --> 00:39:10.280
 home

00:39:10.280 --> 00:39:10.960
 at

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 last

00:39:11.460 --> 00:39:12.079
 with

00:39:12.079 --> 00:39:12.539
 my

00:39:12.539 --> 00:39:13.220
 King

00:39:13.220 --> 00:39:14.280
 Forever

00:39:14.280 --> 00:39:17.240
 Jesus

00:39:17.240 --> 00:39:18.500
 With

00:39:18.500 --> 00:39:18.920
 my

00:39:18.920 --> 00:39:19.700
 King

00:39:19.700 --> 00:39:20.820
 Forever

00:39:20.820 --> 00:39:23.780
 Jesus

00:39:23.780 --> 00:39:25.080
 With

00:39:25.080 --> 00:39:25.600
 my

00:39:25.600 --> 00:39:26.300
 King

00:39:26.300 --> 00:39:28.240
 Forever

00:39:28.240 --> 00:39:31.519
 Jesus

00:39:31.519 --> 00:39:39.760
 We

00:39:39.760 --> 00:39:40.040
 stand

00:39:40.040 --> 00:39:40.420
 together

00:39:40.420 --> 00:39:40.940
 for our

00:39:40.940 --> 00:39:41.320
 closing

00:39:41.320 --> 00:39:42.019
 prayer

00:39:42.019 --> 00:39:42.079
 prayer

00:39:42.079 --> 00:39:45.019
 You

00:39:45.019 --> 00:39:45.599
 can use

00:39:45.599 --> 00:39:46.360
 Revelation

00:39:46.360 --> 00:39:47.219
 5

00:39:47.219 --> 00:39:48.219
 verses

00:39:48.219 --> 00:39:48.940
 12

00:39:48.940 --> 00:39:50.119
 and 13

00:39:50.119 --> 00:39:51.460
 praying

00:39:51.460 --> 00:39:51.860
 that this

00:39:51.860 --> 00:39:52.420
 song of

00:39:52.420 --> 00:39:53.159
 the angels

00:39:53.159 --> 00:39:53.579
 and every

00:39:53.579 --> 00:39:54.199
 creature in

00:39:54.199 --> 00:39:54.519
 heaven

00:39:54.519 --> 00:39:55.500
 and on

00:39:55.500 --> 00:39:55.880
 earth at

00:39:55.880 --> 00:39:56.079
 the end

00:39:56.079 --> 00:39:56.360
 of time

00:39:56.360 --> 00:39:57.360
 would be

00:39:57.360 --> 00:39:58.159
 the song

00:39:58.159 --> 00:39:58.820
 of our

00:39:58.820 --> 00:39:59.219
 hearts

00:39:59.219 --> 00:39:59.699
 as well

00:39:59.699 --> 00:40:01.280
 worthy

00:40:01.280 --> 00:40:02.239
 is the

00:40:02.239 --> 00:40:02.759
 lamb who

00:40:02.759 --> 00:40:03.440
 was slain

00:40:03.440 --> 00:40:04.739
 to receive

00:40:04.739 --> 00:40:05.340
 power

00:40:05.340 --> 00:40:06.340
 and wealth

00:40:06.340 --> 00:40:07.300
 and wisdom

00:40:07.300 --> 00:40:08.619
 and strength

00:40:08.619 --> 00:40:10.300
 and honour

00:40:10.300 --> 00:40:11.539
 and glory

00:40:11.539 --> 00:40:13.059
 and praise

00:40:13.059 --> 00:40:14.259
 to him

00:40:14.259 --> 00:40:14.759
 who sits

00:40:14.759 --> 00:40:15.059
 on the

00:40:15.059 --> 00:40:15.340
 throne

00:40:15.340 --> 00:40:15.820
 and to

00:40:15.820 --> 00:40:16.039
 the

00:40:16.039 --> 00:40:16.380
 lamb

00:40:16.380 --> 00:40:17.860
 be praise

00:40:17.860 --> 00:40:18.360
 and honour

00:40:18.360 --> 00:40:19.900
 and glory

00:40:19.900 --> 00:40:20.519
 and power

00:40:20.519 --> 00:40:21.719
 forever

00:40:21.719 --> 00:40:22.940
 and ever

00:40:22.940 --> 00:40:24.139
 Amen

00:40:41.539 --> 00:40:46.719
 and

00:40:50.619 --> 00:40:51.179
 and

00:40:51.179 --> 00:40:57.619
 all