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 My name is James. I'll be bringing the reading this morning from Hebrews chapter 7.

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 We'll be reading the whole chapter together.

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 For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God,

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 met Abraham, returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him.

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 And to him Abraham apportioned a tenth part of everything.

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 He is first, by translation of his name, king of righteousness,

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 and then he is also king of Salem, that is, king of peace.

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 He is without father or mother or genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life,

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 but resembling the Son of God, he continues a priest forever.

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 See how great this man was, to whom Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth of the spoils.

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 And those descendants of Levi, who received the priestly office,

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 have a commandment in the law to take tithes from the people, that is, from their brothers,

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 through the, though these are descended from Abraham, are also descended from Abraham.

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 But this man, who does not have his descent from them, received tithes from Abraham,

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 and blessed him who had the promises.

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 It is beyond dispute that the inferior is blessed by the superior.

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 In the one case, tithes are received by mortal men,

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 but in the other case, by one of whom it is testified that he lives.

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 One might even say that Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham,

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 for he was still in the loins of his ancestor when Melchizedek met him.

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 Now, if perfection had been attainable through the Levitical priesthood,

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 for under it the people received the law,

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 what further need would there have been for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek,

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 rather than one named after the order of Aaron?

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 For when there is a change in the priesthood, there is necessarily a change in the law as well.

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 For the one of whom these things are spoken belong to another tribe,

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 from which no one has ever served at the altar.

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 For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah,

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 and in connection with that tribe, Moses said nothing about priests.

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 This becomes even more evident when another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek,

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 who has become a priest not on the basis of a legal requirement concerning bodily descent,

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 but by the power of an indestructible life.

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 For it is witnessed of him,

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 you are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.

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 For on the one hand, a former commandment is set aside because of its weakness and uselessness,

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 for the law made nothing perfect.

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 But on the other hand, a better hope is introduced,

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 through which we draw near to God.

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 And it was not without an oath,

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 for those who formerly became priests were made such without an oath.

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 But this one was made a priest with an oath,

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 by the one who said to him,

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 The Lord has sworn, and I will not change his mind.

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 You are a priest forever.

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 This makes Jesus the guarantor of a better covenant.

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 The former priests were many in number,

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 because they were prevented by death from continuing in office.

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 But he holds his priesthood permanently,

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 because he continues forever.

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 However,

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 consequently,

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 he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him,

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 since he always lives to make intercession for them.

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 For it was indeed fitting that we should have such a high priest,

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 holy, innocent, unstained,

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 separated from sinners,

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 and exalted above the heavens.

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 He has no need,

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 like those high priests,

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 to offer sacrifices daily,

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 first for his own sins,

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 and then for those of the people,

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 since he did this once for all,

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 when he offered up himself.

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 For the law appoints men in their weakness,

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 as high priests.

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 But the word of the oath,

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 which came later than the law,

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 appoints a son,

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 who has been made perfect forever.

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 Well, good morning, everyone.

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 My name's,

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 well,

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 you all know,

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 anyway,

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 don't you?

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 I was too slow,

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 wasn't I?

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 For those who don't know my name,

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 it's David.

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 I'm one of the staff here.

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 Well,

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 the passage we're looking at this morning

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 is hinged around the word

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 perfection.

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 And it occurred to me

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 that perfection

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 is something

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 that we

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 all crave,

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 especially in relationships,

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 and perhaps especially

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 in our homes.

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 So I think we crave perfection

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 as husbands,

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 as wives,

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 father,

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 mother,

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 as children.

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 And I think we crave perfection

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 in our wider friendships.

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 And at work.

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 And even in our leisure pursuits.

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 And I think the source of that

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 is that deep in our innermost being,

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 I think we sense

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 that we're made for something

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 much better

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 than the imperfections

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 we see in ourselves

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 and the imperfections

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 we see in others around us.

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 The imperfections,

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 in fact,

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 we see at every point

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 in our world.

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 And

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 the problem is,

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 I think,

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 that striving for perfection

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 makes us

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 anxious.

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 Because

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 as we strive for perfection,

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 and I think in our world today,

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 we fear being judged

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 for imperfection.

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 And I think that may also,

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 then,

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 in part,

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 drive the current

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 focus

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 on the need

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 for resilience.

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 resilience.

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 We even have got

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 official government people

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 whose job

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 is to

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 pursue

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 resilience

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 in the nation.

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 And resilience,

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 I think,

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 is a measure of perfection.

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 Now,

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 back in the day,

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 a long day ago,

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 when you had physical bookstores,

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 does anybody remember

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 physical bookstores?

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 Oh,

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 a couple,

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 even Simon remembers them.

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 You're older than you think,

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 buddy.

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 Or older than you're prepared

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 to admit,

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 maybe.

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 If you get into a bookstore,

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 a physical bookstore,

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 by far and away,

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 the largest section

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 was always

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 the self-help section.

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 That has been replaced today

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 by online.

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 Endless online

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 influencers

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 and podcasters

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 who are constantly

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 giving us

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 stuff

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 to help us

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 be better.

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 Chase perfection

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 or,

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 in the terms

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 of today,

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 I think,

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 help us to be

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 the best version

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 of ourselves

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 in whatever context

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 that is.

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 Now,

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 of course,

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 like everything else

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 we do in life,

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 our measure of perfection

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 is usually individualistic

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 and self-centered.

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 Recently,

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 just last week,

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 in fact,

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 I saw a lady

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 at the supermarket

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 wearing a T-shirt

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 and I couldn't help

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 because the words

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 were large,

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 but it said,

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 I'm living my best life,

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 don't get in my way.

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 And I thought,

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 the two phrases

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 sort of jarred.

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 Her best life

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 wasn't that relaxed

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 for her,

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 I don't think.

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 Then last week

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 in Outback Magazine,

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 I read about

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 a 15-year-old girl,

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 PLC Armadale,

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 and they run

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 a program

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 for their year nine kids,

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 a 28-day program

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 of really challenging

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 outdoor tasks.

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 And the design

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 of the course,

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 by their own words,

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 is to build confidence

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 and resilience,

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 to make the girls

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 feel confident

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 and comfortable

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 with themselves.

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 Anyway,

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 this girl,

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 when she was asked

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 to report on her

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 at the results

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 of that course for her,

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 she said,

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 I thought it was

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 a really interesting

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 phrase for a 15-year-old.

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 I used to be

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 really scared

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 of imperfection.

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 It's quite interesting

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 for a 15-year-old girl,

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 isn't it?

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 I used to be

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 really scared

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 of imperfection.

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 And then she goes on

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 to describe

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 how the course

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 had reduced

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 her anxiety

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 and increased

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 her happiness

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 because,

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 as she said,

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 I've begun

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 to like this

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 new version

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 of myself

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 that appeared

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 during this 28-day

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 program.

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 Turn it aside again,

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 just thinking more

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 about this perfection.

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 We're very quick

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 to call out

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 and condemn

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 imperfection

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 in others around us,

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 I think.

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 Including those

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 closest to us.

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 Now,

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 in part,

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 I think that's

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 probably because

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 that we

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 need people

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 around us

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 to be perfect

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 as a sort

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 of reinforcement

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 or an offset

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 of our own

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 imperfection

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 to give us

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 peace of mind.

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 So,

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 when they

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 show imperfection,

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 that really

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 unsettles us,

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 unnerves us,

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 and perhaps

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 even disappoints us.

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 And so,

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 we express

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 almost a demand

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 that they get

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 their life

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 life in order

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 and become

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 more perfect

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 for us.

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 But partly,

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 it may also be

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 because

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 if I can point

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 out somebody

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 else's imperfection,

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 then I can

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 actually reassure

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 myself that I'm

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 up the scale

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 a bit

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 in the quest

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 for perfection.

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 And so,

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 I can build

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 my sense

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 of achieving

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 perfection

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 as I expose

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 the imperfection

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 of others

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 around us.

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 And again,

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 the familiar

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 word is a

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 very common

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 word in our

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 society today.

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 Anybody who

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 impacts my

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 sense of

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 perfection

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 by their

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 imperfection,

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 we often

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 just call

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 toxic people.

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 And of course,

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 we all know

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 what we have

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 to do with

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 toxic people.

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 We get rid

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 of them,

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 unfriend

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 them,

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 just move

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 away from

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 them.

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 Now,

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 for those

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 who have

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 been struggling

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 to engage

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 with the

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 story of

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 the letter

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 of Hebrews,

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 I think

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 the idea

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 of perfection

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 is a really

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 good point

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 of engagement.

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 Because this

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 was a letter

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 written to a

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 bunch of

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 Christians with

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 a Jewish

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 background who

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 were also

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 seeking

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 perfection so

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 they could

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 live the

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 best life

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 possible for

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 them in

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 their situation.

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 and that

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 best life

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 possible for

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 them clearly

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 included how

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 much Jesus

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 would figure

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 in their

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 lives, how

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 much Jesus

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 would shape

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 their lives,

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 how much

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 Jesus would

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 shape their

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 thinking and

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 living.

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 Especially

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 as they

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 started to

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 realize that

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 the cost of

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 serving Jesus

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 was getting

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 greater and

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 greater and

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 greater and

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 greater,

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 excluded from

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 family,

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 excluded from

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 their local

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 community,

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 excluded from

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 the local

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 synagogue,

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 not able to

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 be part of

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 the society

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 which was

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 built around

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 the Jewish

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 religious

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 calendar,

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 and increasingly

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 the reality

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 of brutal

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 persecution,

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 even death,

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 at the hands

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 of the Roman

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 masters.

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 So they

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 were trying to

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 work out,

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 well, what is

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 perfection for

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 us?

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 Yes, it

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 involves Jesus,

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 but how much

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 Jesus?

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 The argument

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 of the letter

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 of Hebrews is

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 very simple.

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 Don't be

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 tempted to

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 move away

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 from an

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 all-in

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 identification

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 and commitment

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 to Jesus.

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 That's the

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 argument.

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 Don't do it.

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 Don't be

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 tempted to.

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 Very simple

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 argument.

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 The answer

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 and the

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 reason, as

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 it were, is

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 also quite

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 simple.

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 Don't do

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 it because

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 Jesus is

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 the perfection

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 you crave.

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 Right?

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 To put

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 your hope

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 or confidence

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 of acceptance

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 with God

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 in anything

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 other than

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 the perfection

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 of Jesus

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 is to put

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 your hope

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 in

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 imperfection

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 and indeed

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 actually denies

00:12:47.120 --> 00:12:47.899
 the perfection

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 of Jesus.

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 Jesus.

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 And that

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 takes us

00:12:51.679 --> 00:12:52.059
 into chapter

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 seven, which

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 continues to

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 establish the

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 perfection of

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 Jesus as

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 God's long

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 promised and

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 uniquely

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 qualified high

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 priest.

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 priest.

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 So here we

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 go.

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 We have to

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 dive into

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 the bit that

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 sort of makes

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 it hard for

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 us.

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 Priests and

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 sacrifice in

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 the Old

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 Testament Jewish

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 religious system.

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 Well, priests

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 and sacrifice

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 were at the

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 center of the

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 Old Testament

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 Jewish religious

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 system.

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 They had a

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 very responsible

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 role.

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 And the role

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 was actually, it

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 was called a

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 mediator.

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 Mediator is

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 somebody who's

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 in between two

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 or more parties.

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 And the

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 priest's role

00:13:29.000 --> 00:13:29.879
 was to bring

00:13:29.879 --> 00:13:32.840
 dirty, rebellious,

00:13:33.360 --> 00:13:34.320
 sinful people

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 together into

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 relationship with

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 a clean, holy,

00:13:40.480 --> 00:13:41.379
 perfect God.

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 No mean

00:13:44.200 --> 00:13:44.500
 feat.

00:13:48.559 --> 00:13:49.899
 To do that,

00:13:50.279 --> 00:13:51.460
 the priest's role

00:13:51.460 --> 00:13:52.220
 meant he had to

00:13:52.220 --> 00:13:53.039
 deal with the

00:13:53.039 --> 00:13:55.559
 sin of these

00:13:55.559 --> 00:13:56.700
 dirty, sinful

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 people so that

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 they'd be

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 acceptable in

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 relationship with

00:14:01.240 --> 00:14:02.519
 the clean, holy,

00:14:02.899 --> 00:14:03.779
 sinless God.

00:14:04.620 --> 00:14:05.480
 And he did that

00:14:05.480 --> 00:14:06.259
 through sacrifices.

00:14:06.820 --> 00:14:07.399
 But also he

00:14:07.399 --> 00:14:08.379
 needed to pray for

00:14:08.379 --> 00:14:09.840
 these dirty, sinful

00:14:09.840 --> 00:14:12.340
 people because he

00:14:12.340 --> 00:14:12.919
 prayed to the

00:14:12.919 --> 00:14:13.440
 Lord for them

00:14:13.440 --> 00:14:14.340
 because he said,

00:14:14.399 --> 00:14:15.539
 Lord, you know

00:14:15.539 --> 00:14:16.300
 the weakness of

00:14:16.300 --> 00:14:16.800
 these people.

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 You know they

00:14:18.000 --> 00:14:19.360
 can't keep their

00:14:19.360 --> 00:14:19.720
 promises.

00:14:20.120 --> 00:14:20.820
 You know they

00:14:20.820 --> 00:14:21.519
 might mean well

00:14:21.519 --> 00:14:22.279
 but can't deliver.

00:14:22.759 --> 00:14:23.860
 So the priest's job

00:14:23.860 --> 00:14:24.680
 was to pray for

00:14:24.680 --> 00:14:25.120
 his people.

00:14:25.120 --> 00:14:29.259
 And help them

00:14:29.259 --> 00:14:29.940
 in their struggle

00:14:29.940 --> 00:14:30.539
 for obedience.

00:14:32.840 --> 00:14:34.980
 So the

00:14:34.980 --> 00:14:35.860
 argument of the

00:14:35.860 --> 00:14:36.480
 letter written

00:14:36.480 --> 00:14:37.440
 primarily to

00:14:37.440 --> 00:14:38.100
 Christians with a

00:14:38.100 --> 00:14:38.840
 Jewish background

00:14:38.840 --> 00:14:41.360
 is dominated by

00:14:41.360 --> 00:14:42.019
 the background

00:14:42.019 --> 00:14:42.820
 question of

00:14:42.820 --> 00:14:44.500
 which priest

00:14:44.500 --> 00:14:45.500
 will you

00:14:45.500 --> 00:14:47.440
 trust to

00:14:47.440 --> 00:14:48.240
 make you

00:14:48.240 --> 00:14:50.039
 acceptable to

00:14:50.039 --> 00:14:50.340
 God?

00:14:50.340 --> 00:14:50.600
 But

00:14:50.600 --> 00:14:56.000
 and ensure

00:14:56.000 --> 00:14:56.519
 you make it

00:14:56.519 --> 00:14:57.580
 home safely

00:14:57.580 --> 00:14:58.060
 to heaven.

00:14:59.120 --> 00:14:59.960
 Now from the

00:14:59.960 --> 00:15:00.680
 opening paragraph

00:15:00.680 --> 00:15:01.360
 of the letter

00:15:01.360 --> 00:15:03.519
 Jesus is

00:15:03.519 --> 00:15:04.420
 presented as

00:15:04.420 --> 00:15:05.300
 God's

00:15:05.300 --> 00:15:05.879
 unique

00:15:05.879 --> 00:15:07.259
 or purpose

00:15:07.259 --> 00:15:07.759
 built

00:15:07.759 --> 00:15:09.800
 perfect

00:15:09.800 --> 00:15:11.300
 high priest

00:15:11.300 --> 00:15:13.200
 who has been

00:15:13.200 --> 00:15:13.899
 perfectly

00:15:13.899 --> 00:15:14.820
 successful

00:15:14.820 --> 00:15:16.200
 in his role

00:15:16.200 --> 00:15:17.000
 as mediator.

00:15:17.000 --> 00:15:18.360
 and that

00:15:18.360 --> 00:15:18.799
 has been

00:15:18.799 --> 00:15:19.179
 set up

00:15:19.179 --> 00:15:20.059
 in contrast

00:15:20.059 --> 00:15:20.919
 to the

00:15:20.919 --> 00:15:21.799
 imperfection

00:15:21.799 --> 00:15:22.740
 and ultimate

00:15:22.740 --> 00:15:23.620
 failure of

00:15:23.620 --> 00:15:24.399
 every other

00:15:24.399 --> 00:15:24.899
 priesthood

00:15:24.899 --> 00:15:25.480
 and indeed

00:15:25.480 --> 00:15:25.940
 the whole

00:15:25.940 --> 00:15:27.100
 Jewish

00:15:27.100 --> 00:15:27.799
 religious

00:15:27.799 --> 00:15:28.279
 system.

00:15:28.919 --> 00:15:29.379
 That's the

00:15:29.379 --> 00:15:30.179
 contrast that's

00:15:30.179 --> 00:15:30.779
 operating right

00:15:30.779 --> 00:15:31.100
 through the

00:15:31.100 --> 00:15:31.320
 letter.

00:15:32.460 --> 00:15:33.279
 Jesus has dealt

00:15:33.279 --> 00:15:34.059
 perfectly with

00:15:34.059 --> 00:15:34.299
 sin.

00:15:35.399 --> 00:15:36.279
 He knows

00:15:36.279 --> 00:15:36.940
 and understands

00:15:36.940 --> 00:15:37.600
 our situation

00:15:37.600 --> 00:15:38.220
 perfectly.

00:15:38.879 --> 00:15:39.399
 He is

00:15:39.399 --> 00:15:40.080
 constantly

00:15:40.080 --> 00:15:40.899
 praying for

00:15:40.899 --> 00:15:41.120
 us.

00:15:41.899 --> 00:15:42.440
 He stands

00:15:42.440 --> 00:15:42.919
 ready to

00:15:42.919 --> 00:15:43.360
 help his

00:15:43.360 --> 00:15:44.500
 people be

00:15:44.500 --> 00:15:44.980
 faithful.

00:15:44.980 --> 00:15:47.460
 and ultimately

00:15:47.460 --> 00:15:48.259
 he will lead

00:15:48.259 --> 00:15:48.879
 us home to

00:15:48.879 --> 00:15:49.879
 glory or

00:15:49.879 --> 00:15:50.320
 the word that

00:15:50.320 --> 00:15:50.940
 we've been

00:15:50.940 --> 00:15:51.600
 introduced to

00:15:51.600 --> 00:15:51.940
 us in

00:15:51.940 --> 00:15:52.940
 Hebrews chapter

00:15:52.940 --> 00:15:53.279
 three and

00:15:53.279 --> 00:15:54.200
 four is the

00:15:54.200 --> 00:15:54.740
 word rest.

00:15:54.840 --> 00:15:55.320
 He will lead

00:15:55.320 --> 00:15:55.960
 us home to

00:15:55.960 --> 00:15:56.379
 rest.

00:15:56.960 --> 00:15:57.420
 Now what is

00:15:57.420 --> 00:15:57.759
 rest?

00:15:58.120 --> 00:15:58.539
 It is the

00:15:58.539 --> 00:16:01.000
 enjoyment of

00:16:01.000 --> 00:16:01.840
 the perfection

00:16:01.840 --> 00:16:02.840
 of God

00:16:02.840 --> 00:16:06.759
 from our own

00:16:06.759 --> 00:16:07.279
 point of

00:16:07.279 --> 00:16:07.720
 having been

00:16:07.720 --> 00:16:08.420
 made perfect.

00:16:11.300 --> 00:16:12.240
 So perfection

00:16:12.240 --> 00:16:12.940
 is everywhere

00:16:12.940 --> 00:16:14.060
 in Hebrews.

00:16:14.980 --> 00:16:19.320
 And the

00:16:19.320 --> 00:16:19.720
 letter is

00:16:19.720 --> 00:16:20.080
 saying we

00:16:20.080 --> 00:16:20.360
 can have

00:16:20.360 --> 00:16:20.840
 absolute

00:16:20.840 --> 00:16:21.500
 confidence

00:16:21.500 --> 00:16:22.379
 before God

00:16:22.379 --> 00:16:22.980
 because of

00:16:22.980 --> 00:16:23.940
 Jesus because

00:16:23.940 --> 00:16:24.759
 the refrain

00:16:24.759 --> 00:16:25.519
 is he's

00:16:25.519 --> 00:16:26.100
 our better

00:16:26.100 --> 00:16:27.000
 high priest.

00:16:29.279 --> 00:16:29.779
 Chapter

00:16:29.779 --> 00:16:30.300
 four verse

00:16:30.300 --> 00:16:30.740
 16.

00:16:31.800 --> 00:16:32.480
 So last

00:16:32.480 --> 00:16:33.560
 week we're

00:16:33.560 --> 00:16:34.139
 forever

00:16:34.139 --> 00:16:34.899
 anchored

00:16:34.899 --> 00:16:38.139
 his

00:16:38.139 --> 00:16:38.620
 perfection.

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 That was

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 where the

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 end of

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 Dave's

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 passage from

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 last week

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 chapter six

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 verse 20

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 18 through

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 20.

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 He's that

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 good.

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 Perfection

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 how do you

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 describe

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 perfection

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 except to

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 say perfection

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 is perfection

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 and Jesus

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 is perfection.

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 So we can

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 be totally

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 confident

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 totally

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 relaxed

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 to as

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 aware

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 just

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 wander

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 into the

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 presence

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 of God

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 as his

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 child.

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 to pick

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 up

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 what

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 Alan

00:17:06.140 --> 00:17:08.500
 said

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 this

00:17:08.680 --> 00:17:08.900
 morning.

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 Sorry to

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 kill you

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 Alison.

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 What could

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 be offensive

00:17:13.660 --> 00:17:14.200
 about that

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 Alan?

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 Okay I

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 don't know

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 where that

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 came from

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 I'm so

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 sorry.

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 Having said

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 all that

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 there's a

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 question

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 lurking in

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 the background

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 for those

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 who knew a

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 thing or two

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 about the

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 Old Testament

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 Jewish

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 religion.

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 And that

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 question

00:17:34.759 --> 00:17:35.339
 hitherto has

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 been unspoken

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 in the

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 letter but I

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 want to try

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 and bring it

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 out this

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 morning because

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 I think it

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 helps us

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 understand

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 chapter 7.

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 That is

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 how can

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 Jesus be

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 this bigger

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 and better

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 high priest

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 when in

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 fact he's

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 not qualified

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 to be a

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 priest at

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 all?

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 Now

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 God's law

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 was really

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 clear about

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 two things.

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 God's law

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 was really

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 clear that

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 priests had

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 to be from

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 the line of

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 Aaron and

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 Levi.

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 Clearly

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 our text

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 chapter 7

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 tells us

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 Jesus was

00:18:09.640 --> 00:18:09.920
 from the

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 line of

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 Judah.

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 So he

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 didn't have

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 that

00:18:11.480 --> 00:18:12.000
 qualification

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 therefore he

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 couldn't be

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 a priest.

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 The other

00:18:15.000 --> 00:18:15.340
 thing that

00:18:15.340 --> 00:18:16.040
 God's law

00:18:16.040 --> 00:18:16.360
 was really

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 clear about

00:18:16.840 --> 00:18:17.740
 was that

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 the role

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 of priest

00:18:18.720 --> 00:18:19.320
 and king

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 had to be

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 kept

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 separate.

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 Now

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 surely this

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 means that

00:18:27.080 --> 00:18:28.640
 Jesus being

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 a descendant

00:18:29.320 --> 00:18:29.740
 of King

00:18:29.740 --> 00:18:31.000
 David from

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 the line of

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 Judah and

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 given that

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 he's already

00:18:34.220 --> 00:18:34.920
 been described

00:18:34.920 --> 00:18:35.820
 multiple times

00:18:35.820 --> 00:18:36.420
 in this letter

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 as the

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 king and

00:18:37.840 --> 00:18:38.200
 lord of

00:18:38.200 --> 00:18:38.640
 this world

00:18:38.640 --> 00:18:39.160
 king of

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 kings and

00:18:39.720 --> 00:18:40.140
 lord of

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 lords.

00:18:42.700 --> 00:18:43.259
 Then

00:18:43.259 --> 00:18:44.160
 surely given

00:18:44.160 --> 00:18:44.680
 that he

00:18:44.680 --> 00:18:45.259
 can also

00:18:45.259 --> 00:18:46.420
 claim to

00:18:46.420 --> 00:18:46.900
 be a high

00:18:46.900 --> 00:18:47.240
 priest.

00:18:48.539 --> 00:18:49.279
 So in

00:18:49.279 --> 00:18:49.880
 two accounts

00:18:49.880 --> 00:18:50.140
 as it

00:18:50.140 --> 00:18:50.400
 were

00:18:50.400 --> 00:18:53.440
 Jesus

00:18:53.440 --> 00:18:53.940
 could not

00:18:53.940 --> 00:18:54.580
 properly be

00:18:54.580 --> 00:18:55.420
 considered a

00:18:55.420 --> 00:18:55.860
 great high

00:18:55.860 --> 00:18:56.240
 priest.

00:18:58.680 --> 00:18:59.200
 Dilemma.

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 Enter

00:19:01.700 --> 00:19:02.600
 Melchizedek

00:19:02.600 --> 00:19:04.580
 or as

00:19:04.580 --> 00:19:04.900
 Lachlan

00:19:04.900 --> 00:19:05.680
 introduced him

00:19:05.680 --> 00:19:06.019
 to us a

00:19:06.019 --> 00:19:06.240
 couple of

00:19:06.240 --> 00:19:06.600
 weeks ago

00:19:06.600 --> 00:19:07.040
 Milky

00:19:07.040 --> 00:19:07.380
 Joe.

00:19:10.160 --> 00:19:10.740
 Melchizedek

00:19:10.740 --> 00:19:12.519
 Melchizedek's

00:19:12.519 --> 00:19:13.460
 this mysterious

00:19:13.460 --> 00:19:15.740
 figure who

00:19:15.740 --> 00:19:16.840
 pictures or

00:19:16.840 --> 00:19:17.560
 gives us a

00:19:17.560 --> 00:19:18.480
 sneak peek

00:19:18.480 --> 00:19:18.800
 of the

00:19:20.400 --> 00:19:21.180
 into God's

00:19:21.180 --> 00:19:21.960
 plan for

00:19:21.960 --> 00:19:22.740
 an alternative

00:19:22.740 --> 00:19:24.000
 perfect

00:19:24.000 --> 00:19:25.700
 priest-king

00:19:25.700 --> 00:19:26.259
 figure.

00:19:27.380 --> 00:19:28.280
 I'll try and

00:19:28.280 --> 00:19:28.860
 unpack that a

00:19:28.860 --> 00:19:29.259
 little bit for

00:19:29.259 --> 00:19:29.440
 you.

00:19:30.340 --> 00:19:30.840
 Last week,

00:19:31.320 --> 00:19:32.420
 two or three

00:19:32.420 --> 00:19:32.780
 weeks ago,

00:19:32.820 --> 00:19:33.500
 in chapter 5,

00:19:33.540 --> 00:19:34.720
 verse 6 and

00:19:34.720 --> 00:19:36.019
 10, we were

00:19:36.019 --> 00:19:37.040
 introduced to

00:19:37.040 --> 00:19:37.580
 this guy,

00:19:37.840 --> 00:19:38.500
 Melchizedek.

00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:40.780
 And the

00:19:40.780 --> 00:19:42.019
 writer found

00:19:42.019 --> 00:19:42.740
 Melchizedek

00:19:42.740 --> 00:19:43.820
 back in

00:19:43.820 --> 00:19:45.100
 Psalm 110.

00:19:45.099 --> 00:19:45.359
 10.

00:19:47.719 --> 00:19:48.599
 And he uses

00:19:48.599 --> 00:19:49.439
 Melchizedek to

00:19:49.439 --> 00:19:50.339
 explain the

00:19:50.339 --> 00:19:51.500
 unique qualification

00:19:51.500 --> 00:19:52.679
 and perfection

00:19:52.679 --> 00:19:54.139
 of Jesus as

00:19:54.139 --> 00:19:54.619
 God's high

00:19:54.619 --> 00:19:54.919
 priest.

00:19:55.459 --> 00:19:56.159
 So Melchizedek,

00:19:56.240 --> 00:19:56.519
 as it were,

00:19:56.559 --> 00:19:57.319
 is a sneak

00:19:57.319 --> 00:19:59.579
 peek or a

00:19:59.579 --> 00:20:00.399
 video clip,

00:20:01.399 --> 00:20:02.079
 a real life

00:20:02.079 --> 00:20:02.699
 lesson, as it

00:20:02.699 --> 00:20:03.179
 were, something

00:20:03.179 --> 00:20:03.619
 like that.

00:20:04.459 --> 00:20:05.019
 And it goes

00:20:05.019 --> 00:20:05.439
 like this, I

00:20:05.439 --> 00:20:05.619
 think.

00:20:06.659 --> 00:20:07.559
 Just as King

00:20:07.559 --> 00:20:08.619
 David, back in

00:20:08.619 --> 00:20:09.740
 Psalm 95, and

00:20:09.740 --> 00:20:10.500
 Alan read that to

00:20:10.500 --> 00:20:10.919
 you this morning,

00:20:11.319 --> 00:20:11.919
 just as King

00:20:11.919 --> 00:20:13.439
 David in Psalm 95

00:20:13.440 --> 00:20:14.440
 had written of

00:20:14.440 --> 00:20:15.299
 the need for a

00:20:15.299 --> 00:20:18.400
 better rest than

00:20:18.400 --> 00:20:19.220
 the promised land

00:20:19.220 --> 00:20:19.759
 had ever

00:20:19.759 --> 00:20:20.779
 delivered, even

00:20:20.779 --> 00:20:21.519
 under his rule.

00:20:21.580 --> 00:20:22.100
 Remember, King

00:20:22.100 --> 00:20:23.600
 David was the

00:20:23.600 --> 00:20:27.019
 pinnacle of the

00:20:27.019 --> 00:20:27.440
 life of the

00:20:27.440 --> 00:20:28.059
 promised land.

00:20:29.100 --> 00:20:29.880
 So King David,

00:20:29.960 --> 00:20:30.539
 even then, said,

00:20:30.779 --> 00:20:31.779
 we need a better

00:20:31.779 --> 00:20:32.180
 rest.

00:20:32.860 --> 00:20:33.980
 We don't have

00:20:33.980 --> 00:20:34.779
 that enjoyment of

00:20:34.779 --> 00:20:35.759
 perfection in

00:20:35.759 --> 00:20:36.500
 God's presence.

00:20:37.420 --> 00:20:38.539
 It just didn't

00:20:38.539 --> 00:20:38.840
 deliver.

00:20:39.420 --> 00:20:39.900
 We couldn't

00:20:39.900 --> 00:20:40.420
 deliver it.

00:20:40.420 --> 00:20:43.720
 And that was

00:20:43.720 --> 00:20:44.580
 discussed back in

00:20:44.580 --> 00:20:45.080
 chapters 3 and

00:20:45.080 --> 00:20:45.259
 4.

00:20:45.420 --> 00:20:46.500
 But just as he

00:20:46.500 --> 00:20:47.880
 said that, so

00:20:47.880 --> 00:20:49.039
 also, in Psalm

00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:50.160
 110, King

00:20:50.160 --> 00:20:51.620
 David wrote of

00:20:51.620 --> 00:20:52.400
 the need for a

00:20:52.400 --> 00:20:53.420
 new and better

00:20:53.420 --> 00:20:54.560
 priest-king

00:20:54.560 --> 00:20:56.500
 figure to

00:20:56.500 --> 00:20:57.220
 deliver that

00:20:57.220 --> 00:20:57.940
 rest to God's

00:20:57.940 --> 00:20:58.140
 people.

00:20:58.259 --> 00:20:58.759
 So we need a

00:20:58.759 --> 00:21:00.240
 better rest, and

00:21:00.240 --> 00:21:01.340
 we need someone

00:21:01.340 --> 00:21:02.100
 who can deliver

00:21:02.100 --> 00:21:02.860
 us into that

00:21:02.860 --> 00:21:03.259
 rest.

00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:04.779
 In Psalm 110,

00:21:05.320 --> 00:21:06.900
 David envisages

00:21:06.900 --> 00:21:08.500
 this priest-king

00:21:08.500 --> 00:21:09.279
 figure to

00:21:10.420 --> 00:21:11.300
 who would do

00:21:11.300 --> 00:21:13.000
 that, in the

00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:13.400
 order of

00:21:13.400 --> 00:21:14.060
 Melchizedek.

00:21:15.360 --> 00:21:16.140
 The same

00:21:16.140 --> 00:21:16.940
 connection at the

00:21:16.940 --> 00:21:17.440
 end of Dave's

00:21:17.440 --> 00:21:18.000
 passage last

00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:19.080
 week, 620.

00:21:20.759 --> 00:21:21.539
 Melchizedek was

00:21:21.539 --> 00:21:22.680
 a sneak preview

00:21:22.680 --> 00:21:24.000
 of God's plan to

00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:24.840
 deliver the

00:21:24.840 --> 00:21:25.779
 perfection of

00:21:25.779 --> 00:21:26.560
 rest or

00:21:26.560 --> 00:21:27.740
 salvation, a

00:21:27.740 --> 00:21:28.560
 sure hope of

00:21:28.560 --> 00:21:29.759
 acceptance before

00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:31.160
 God, and

00:21:31.160 --> 00:21:32.480
 direct access to

00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:32.940
 him forever.

00:21:34.140 --> 00:21:35.860
 Now, the

00:21:35.860 --> 00:21:36.660
 background, the

00:21:36.660 --> 00:21:37.279
 backstory to

00:21:37.279 --> 00:21:38.160
 Melchizedek is in

00:21:38.160 --> 00:21:38.720
 Genesis chapter

00:21:38.720 --> 00:21:39.160
 14.

00:21:39.160 --> 00:21:40.940
 We're

00:21:40.940 --> 00:21:41.400
 introduced to

00:21:41.400 --> 00:21:42.540
 Melchizedek, and

00:21:42.540 --> 00:21:43.240
 he was

00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:44.920
 unusually both

00:21:44.920 --> 00:21:45.900
 a king and a

00:21:45.900 --> 00:21:46.240
 priest.

00:21:48.640 --> 00:21:49.360
 And as you

00:21:49.360 --> 00:21:49.940
 read that story,

00:21:50.019 --> 00:21:50.320
 and you should

00:21:50.320 --> 00:21:50.900
 go and read it,

00:21:51.320 --> 00:21:51.920
 very interesting

00:21:51.920 --> 00:21:52.180
 story.

00:21:52.460 --> 00:21:53.120
 As you read

00:21:53.120 --> 00:21:53.620
 that story, you

00:21:53.620 --> 00:21:54.380
 find that not

00:21:54.380 --> 00:21:54.960
 only was a

00:21:54.960 --> 00:21:55.540
 king and a

00:21:55.540 --> 00:21:56.580
 priest combined,

00:21:57.220 --> 00:21:57.720
 but he was

00:21:57.720 --> 00:21:58.240
 actually a

00:21:58.240 --> 00:21:59.300
 model of both

00:21:59.300 --> 00:22:01.720
 roles, a very

00:22:01.720 --> 00:22:02.600
 good model of

00:22:02.600 --> 00:22:03.140
 both roles.

00:22:04.100 --> 00:22:04.920
 You'll see when

00:22:04.920 --> 00:22:05.500
 you read Genesis

00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:06.300
 14 that as

00:22:06.300 --> 00:22:07.900
 king, he

00:22:09.160 --> 00:22:10.019
 was concerned

00:22:10.019 --> 00:22:10.880
 to recognize

00:22:10.880 --> 00:22:11.660
 and honor the

00:22:11.660 --> 00:22:11.980
 Lord.

00:22:12.460 --> 00:22:12.740
 And in

00:22:12.740 --> 00:22:13.500
 Genesis 14,

00:22:13.620 --> 00:22:14.140
 that makes

00:22:14.140 --> 00:22:14.720
 him stand in

00:22:14.720 --> 00:22:15.620
 sharp contrast

00:22:15.620 --> 00:22:16.300
 to another

00:22:16.300 --> 00:22:16.740
 king that was

00:22:16.740 --> 00:22:17.140
 mentioned there,

00:22:17.200 --> 00:22:17.600
 the king of

00:22:17.600 --> 00:22:19.019
 Sodom, who

00:22:19.019 --> 00:22:19.640
 was entirely

00:22:19.640 --> 00:22:20.460
 self-interested.

00:22:23.279 --> 00:22:23.840
 And then

00:22:23.840 --> 00:22:24.259
 again as

00:22:24.259 --> 00:22:24.779
 priest,

00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:26.600
 Melchizedek

00:22:26.600 --> 00:22:27.860
 brought God's

00:22:27.860 --> 00:22:28.580
 blessing to

00:22:28.580 --> 00:22:30.900
 Abraham, and

00:22:30.900 --> 00:22:31.340
 in turn

00:22:31.340 --> 00:22:32.500
 encouraged Abraham

00:22:32.500 --> 00:22:33.680
 to be thankful

00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:34.960
 to the Lord for

00:22:34.960 --> 00:22:35.660
 the victory he

00:22:35.660 --> 00:22:36.180
 had just won

00:22:36.180 --> 00:22:37.060
 against all odds.

00:22:37.059 --> 00:22:37.980
 So the priest

00:22:37.980 --> 00:22:38.359
 was actually

00:22:38.359 --> 00:22:39.019
 doing what a

00:22:39.019 --> 00:22:39.419
 priest was

00:22:39.419 --> 00:22:39.899
 meant to do.

00:22:40.059 --> 00:22:40.379
 He was

00:22:40.379 --> 00:22:41.839
 bringing the

00:22:41.839 --> 00:22:42.859
 clean God and

00:22:42.859 --> 00:22:43.639
 that sinful,

00:22:44.839 --> 00:22:45.599
 rebellious Abraham

00:22:45.599 --> 00:22:46.720
 together.

00:22:54.500 --> 00:22:55.359
 His name,

00:22:55.700 --> 00:22:56.440
 we're told in

00:22:56.440 --> 00:22:57.279
 chapter 7 here,

00:22:57.859 --> 00:22:58.539
 which in Old

00:22:58.539 --> 00:22:59.119
 Testament terms

00:22:59.119 --> 00:22:59.960
 always describes

00:22:59.960 --> 00:23:00.460
 a person's

00:23:00.460 --> 00:23:00.879
 character,

00:23:02.319 --> 00:23:03.819
 highlights his

00:23:03.819 --> 00:23:04.819
 desire to rule

00:23:04.819 --> 00:23:05.500
 his people in

00:23:05.500 --> 00:23:06.039
 righteousness,

00:23:06.819 --> 00:23:07.200
 and to

00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:09.339
 ensure rest

00:23:09.339 --> 00:23:10.759
 or peace,

00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:12.059
 that's in his

00:23:12.059 --> 00:23:12.339
 name,

00:23:13.519 --> 00:23:14.460
 exists between

00:23:14.460 --> 00:23:16.339
 the Holy God

00:23:16.339 --> 00:23:17.559
 and dirty,

00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:18.579
 rebellious people.

00:23:20.779 --> 00:23:21.759
 He's there on

00:23:21.759 --> 00:23:22.660
 the job praying

00:23:22.660 --> 00:23:23.359
 for his people,

00:23:25.460 --> 00:23:26.000
 encouraging

00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:27.059
 thankfulness and

00:23:27.059 --> 00:23:27.420
 obedience.

00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:29.519
 He is, in a

00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:30.019
 sense, the

00:23:30.019 --> 00:23:30.819
 model priest.

00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:32.319
 God, he

00:23:32.319 --> 00:23:34.919
 was really

00:23:34.919 --> 00:23:39.559
 good, but he

00:23:39.559 --> 00:23:40.039
 wasn't the

00:23:40.039 --> 00:23:40.500
 best.

00:23:41.819 --> 00:23:42.779
 But he does

00:23:42.779 --> 00:23:43.319
 give us a

00:23:43.319 --> 00:23:44.899
 sneak preview to

00:23:44.899 --> 00:23:45.399
 the one who

00:23:45.399 --> 00:23:46.039
 would be the

00:23:46.039 --> 00:23:49.000
 best, the

00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:49.519
 Lord Jesus.

00:23:52.539 --> 00:23:53.000
 Now then,

00:23:53.319 --> 00:23:53.919
 after that,

00:23:54.079 --> 00:23:54.519
 various other

00:23:54.519 --> 00:23:55.639
 things are made

00:23:55.639 --> 00:23:56.579
 to sort of

00:23:56.579 --> 00:23:56.939
 build the

00:23:56.939 --> 00:23:57.179
 point.

00:23:57.180 --> 00:23:58.160
 verse 4,

00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:01.360
 the authority

00:24:01.360 --> 00:24:02.060
 of Melchizedek,

00:24:02.120 --> 00:24:02.500
 because he just

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:03.380
 bursts onto the

00:24:03.380 --> 00:24:04.000
 scene, and he's

00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:04.860
 not the normal

00:24:04.860 --> 00:24:05.640
 pattern for a

00:24:05.640 --> 00:24:06.720
 priest, but the

00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:07.140
 writer to the

00:24:07.140 --> 00:24:07.640
 Hebrew is saying,

00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:07.960
 well, look,

00:24:08.200 --> 00:24:09.259
 clearly, he was

00:24:09.259 --> 00:24:10.200
 recognized as a

00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:11.200
 priest by one as

00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:11.900
 great as Abraham,

00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:12.680
 the father of

00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:13.820
 all Jews.

00:24:14.900 --> 00:24:15.500
 He was

00:24:15.500 --> 00:24:16.140
 recognized and

00:24:16.140 --> 00:24:18.080
 honored as

00:24:18.080 --> 00:24:18.960
 Abraham accepted

00:24:18.960 --> 00:24:19.960
 a blessing from

00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:21.539
 him and offered

00:24:21.539 --> 00:24:22.500
 a tithe to him,

00:24:22.560 --> 00:24:23.720
 which was the

00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:25.140
 legislative response,

00:24:25.140 --> 00:24:26.800
 the entitlement

00:24:26.800 --> 00:24:27.600
 of a priest.

00:24:30.560 --> 00:24:31.360
 Verse 9,

00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:33.960
 it's an idea,

00:24:34.280 --> 00:24:35.060
 an argument that's

00:24:35.060 --> 00:24:35.740
 not familiar to

00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:36.259
 us, the

00:24:36.259 --> 00:24:36.720
 argument of

00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:37.259
 solidarity.

00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:38.540
 So the

00:24:38.540 --> 00:24:38.980
 argument is

00:24:38.980 --> 00:24:39.420
 this, that

00:24:39.420 --> 00:24:41.200
 Abraham approves

00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:42.160
 and endorses

00:24:42.160 --> 00:24:43.660
 and honors this

00:24:43.660 --> 00:24:44.140
 priestly

00:24:44.140 --> 00:24:44.920
 Melchizedek,

00:24:45.380 --> 00:24:46.100
 Levi, who

00:24:46.100 --> 00:24:46.540
 would be his

00:24:46.540 --> 00:24:47.340
 great grandson

00:24:47.340 --> 00:24:48.460
 because of a

00:24:48.460 --> 00:24:49.380
 principle of

00:24:49.380 --> 00:24:50.200
 solidarity, that

00:24:50.200 --> 00:24:51.220
 is what the

00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:52.120
 father of the

00:24:52.120 --> 00:24:52.980
 race gets,

00:24:53.300 --> 00:24:53.960
 then flows

00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:54.400
 right down

00:24:54.400 --> 00:24:55.340
 through to

00:24:55.340 --> 00:24:55.860
 everybody it

00:24:55.860 --> 00:24:56.320
 comes from.

00:24:56.880 --> 00:24:57.280
 In that

00:24:57.280 --> 00:24:58.320
 basic argument,

00:24:58.840 --> 00:24:59.380
 the writer says,

00:24:59.480 --> 00:25:00.280
 well, in that

00:25:00.280 --> 00:25:01.500
 sense, Levi has

00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:02.460
 also endorsed

00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:04.280
 and recognized

00:25:04.280 --> 00:25:04.920
 a greater

00:25:04.920 --> 00:25:06.460
 priesthood than

00:25:06.460 --> 00:25:07.019
 what he came

00:25:07.019 --> 00:25:07.280
 from.

00:25:10.620 --> 00:25:11.620
 But ultimately,

00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:12.360
 so he comes

00:25:12.360 --> 00:25:13.060
 with high

00:25:13.060 --> 00:25:13.880
 validation, but

00:25:13.880 --> 00:25:14.259
 ultimately,

00:25:14.380 --> 00:25:15.080
 verses 3 and

00:25:15.080 --> 00:25:15.800
 8, the

00:25:15.800 --> 00:25:16.780
 ultimate validation

00:25:16.780 --> 00:25:17.720
 of Melchizedek

00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:19.060
 is from the

00:25:19.060 --> 00:25:20.080
 Lord by the

00:25:20.080 --> 00:25:20.560
 way in which

00:25:20.560 --> 00:25:21.620
 the Lord brings

00:25:21.620 --> 00:25:22.100
 him into the

00:25:22.100 --> 00:25:22.960
 picture unannounced

00:25:22.960 --> 00:25:23.900
 and equally

00:25:23.900 --> 00:25:24.579
 quickly takes

00:25:24.579 --> 00:25:24.940
 him back

00:25:24.940 --> 00:25:25.140
 out.

00:25:25.840 --> 00:25:26.259
 So he's a

00:25:26.259 --> 00:25:26.840
 priest and

00:25:26.840 --> 00:25:28.019
 a king, but

00:25:28.019 --> 00:25:29.220
 because the

00:25:29.220 --> 00:25:29.900
 record doesn't

00:25:29.900 --> 00:25:30.360
 tell us anything

00:25:30.360 --> 00:25:31.140
 else, essentially

00:25:31.140 --> 00:25:31.759
 then he's a

00:25:31.759 --> 00:25:32.299
 priest and

00:25:32.299 --> 00:25:33.000
 king forever.

00:25:39.480 --> 00:25:40.039
 Melchizedek

00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:43.799
 is one who

00:25:43.799 --> 00:25:44.420
 was purpose

00:25:44.420 --> 00:25:47.120
 built as

00:25:47.120 --> 00:25:47.840
 God's savior

00:25:47.840 --> 00:25:49.559
 figure, a

00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:50.380
 king priest

00:25:50.380 --> 00:25:51.440
 with forever

00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:51.980
 authority.

00:25:52.800 --> 00:25:53.500
 Perhaps, is it

00:25:53.500 --> 00:25:54.120
 too much to say

00:25:54.120 --> 00:25:54.680
 he was purpose

00:25:54.680 --> 00:25:55.860
 built to give

00:25:55.860 --> 00:25:56.380
 us a sneak

00:25:56.380 --> 00:25:58.280
 peek of the

00:25:58.280 --> 00:25:59.780
 best priest

00:25:59.780 --> 00:26:00.220
 that would be

00:26:00.220 --> 00:26:00.720
 to come, the

00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:01.480
 best king that

00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:02.000
 was still to

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:02.220
 come?

00:26:04.940 --> 00:26:05.620
 Whatever we

00:26:05.620 --> 00:26:06.060
 want to say

00:26:06.060 --> 00:26:06.820
 about Melchizedek,

00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:08.220
 he does actually

00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:08.960
 give us a sneak

00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:09.740
 peek of Jesus.

00:26:10.160 --> 00:26:11.120
 He is all that

00:26:11.120 --> 00:26:12.360
 God's people need

00:26:12.360 --> 00:26:13.720
 to be delivered

00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:14.880
 into rest.

00:26:14.880 --> 00:26:18.420
 a king that

00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:19.200
 will rule over

00:26:19.200 --> 00:26:20.240
 them and take

00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:22.400
 them to God, a

00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:23.080
 priest who will

00:26:23.080 --> 00:26:23.600
 deal with their

00:26:23.600 --> 00:26:24.380
 sins and pray

00:26:24.380 --> 00:26:24.840
 for them.

00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:25.980
 Pray for them

00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:26.440
 rather, sorry.

00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:29.760
 He is the

00:26:29.760 --> 00:26:31.380
 unique, purpose

00:26:31.380 --> 00:26:33.140
 built, perfect

00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:34.260
 priest who would

00:26:34.260 --> 00:26:35.460
 resolve the

00:26:35.460 --> 00:26:36.100
 problem of sin

00:26:36.100 --> 00:26:36.800
 once for all and

00:26:36.800 --> 00:26:37.580
 who would also be

00:26:37.580 --> 00:26:38.500
 a perfect king

00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:39.320
 figure as he looks

00:26:39.320 --> 00:26:40.180
 forward to Jesus,

00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:42.460
 leading his people

00:26:42.460 --> 00:26:43.380
 safely home to

00:26:43.380 --> 00:26:44.460
 glory or heaven.

00:26:44.880 --> 00:26:47.020
 Now all of that

00:26:47.020 --> 00:26:47.720
 in the first 10

00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:48.380
 verses of chapter

00:26:48.380 --> 00:26:49.980
 7 builds to

00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:51.100
 the main point,

00:26:51.340 --> 00:26:52.100
 the conclusion

00:26:52.100 --> 00:26:52.700
 that the writer

00:26:52.700 --> 00:26:53.520
 wants to get to.

00:26:55.520 --> 00:26:56.380
 And if you get

00:26:56.380 --> 00:26:57.400
 stuck on Melchizedek,

00:26:57.560 --> 00:26:58.280
 well then leave

00:26:58.280 --> 00:26:58.880
 him behind at

00:26:58.880 --> 00:26:59.300
 this point.

00:26:59.760 --> 00:27:00.420
 Come with me

00:27:00.420 --> 00:27:01.380
 through verse 11

00:27:01.380 --> 00:27:02.360
 to 28 because

00:27:02.360 --> 00:27:03.600
 that's where the

00:27:03.600 --> 00:27:04.640
 writer really wants

00:27:04.640 --> 00:27:05.220
 us to focus.

00:27:06.560 --> 00:27:07.640
 He sort of starts

00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:08.520
 to dig into now

00:27:08.520 --> 00:27:09.800
 the various

00:27:09.800 --> 00:27:11.160
 aspects of the

00:27:11.160 --> 00:27:12.420
 perfection of

00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:13.320
 Jesus as our

00:27:13.320 --> 00:27:14.220
 great high priest.

00:27:14.880 --> 00:27:16.260
 the conclusion

00:27:16.260 --> 00:27:17.180
 is that God's

00:27:17.180 --> 00:27:19.380
 perfection is

00:27:19.380 --> 00:27:20.440
 won for us and

00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:21.340
 gifted to us in

00:27:21.340 --> 00:27:21.680
 Jesus.

00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:24.840
 Now again, the

00:27:24.840 --> 00:27:25.380
 argument goes

00:27:25.380 --> 00:27:25.780
 something like

00:27:25.780 --> 00:27:26.100
 this.

00:27:27.380 --> 00:27:28.300
 Since God's

00:27:28.300 --> 00:27:29.520
 rest or heaven

00:27:29.520 --> 00:27:30.520
 is perfection,

00:27:32.600 --> 00:27:34.900
 and since God's

00:27:34.900 --> 00:27:36.540
 people are dirty,

00:27:37.480 --> 00:27:38.120
 rebellious,

00:27:38.380 --> 00:27:38.860
 imperfect,

00:27:38.859 --> 00:27:41.359
 perfect, then

00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:43.079
 how can we

00:27:43.079 --> 00:27:44.639
 achieve perfection

00:27:44.639 --> 00:27:45.599
 such that we

00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:46.079
 will be

00:27:46.079 --> 00:27:48.219
 acceptable in

00:27:48.219 --> 00:27:49.219
 relationship forever

00:27:49.219 --> 00:27:49.759
 with the perfect

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:51.000
 Lord, perfect

00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:51.359
 God?

00:27:52.819 --> 00:27:53.619
 Answer,

00:27:54.359 --> 00:27:56.839
 Jesus is just

00:27:56.839 --> 00:27:58.199
 what the doctor

00:27:58.199 --> 00:27:58.679
 ordered.

00:27:58.680 --> 00:28:03.720
 not only was he

00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:04.380
 perfect,

00:28:05.140 --> 00:28:07.320
 which is

00:28:07.320 --> 00:28:08.320
 something remarkable

00:28:08.320 --> 00:28:09.039
 in itself,

00:28:10.120 --> 00:28:11.740
 not only did he

00:28:11.740 --> 00:28:12.680
 show us God's

00:28:12.680 --> 00:28:13.220
 perfection,

00:28:13.660 --> 00:28:14.460
 if you've seen me,

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:14.920
 you've seen the

00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:16.220
 Father, which is

00:28:16.220 --> 00:28:16.820
 even more

00:28:16.820 --> 00:28:17.320
 remarkable,

00:28:18.820 --> 00:28:19.860
 most remarkable

00:28:19.860 --> 00:28:20.519
 of all,

00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:24.960
 he delivers

00:28:24.960 --> 00:28:28.379
 perfection to

00:28:28.379 --> 00:28:29.119
 his dirty,

00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:29.920
 sinful people

00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:32.319
 in such a way

00:28:32.319 --> 00:28:33.420
 as to guarantee

00:28:33.420 --> 00:28:34.639
 forever

00:28:34.639 --> 00:28:37.119
 perfection for

00:28:37.119 --> 00:28:37.759
 God's people

00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:38.920
 and therefore

00:28:38.920 --> 00:28:40.420
 complete

00:28:40.420 --> 00:28:41.259
 acceptance

00:28:41.259 --> 00:28:42.680
 before the

00:28:42.680 --> 00:28:42.920
 Lord.

00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:48.039
 Jesus delivers

00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:49.759
 what no other

00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:53.480
 others before

00:28:53.480 --> 00:28:54.220
 him could only

00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:54.940
 point to.

00:28:56.900 --> 00:28:57.599
 That's the

00:28:57.599 --> 00:28:58.200
 argument of

00:28:58.200 --> 00:28:58.980
 verses 11,

00:28:59.079 --> 00:28:59.539
 12, 13,

00:28:59.660 --> 00:29:00.000
 14.

00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:01.500
 So,

00:29:01.940 --> 00:29:03.960
 why does

00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:04.799
 Jesus turn

00:29:04.799 --> 00:29:06.259
 up with a

00:29:06.259 --> 00:29:07.160
 high endorsement

00:29:07.160 --> 00:29:07.740
 that he has

00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:09.000
 as God's

00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:09.480
 alternative

00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:10.140
 priest after

00:29:10.140 --> 00:29:10.619
 the order of

00:29:10.619 --> 00:29:11.200
 Melchizedek

00:29:11.200 --> 00:29:12.400
 when there was

00:29:12.400 --> 00:29:13.599
 apparently a

00:29:13.599 --> 00:29:14.420
 perfectly good

00:29:14.420 --> 00:29:15.200
 Levitical

00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:16.259
 priesthood system

00:29:16.259 --> 00:29:16.759
 already in

00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:17.140
 operation?

00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:18.000
 Answer could

00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:18.480
 only be.

00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:19.259
 The only one

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:19.859
 logical answer

00:29:19.859 --> 00:29:21.480
 because that

00:29:21.480 --> 00:29:22.759
 existing system

00:29:22.759 --> 00:29:24.379
 was imperfect

00:29:24.379 --> 00:29:25.859
 and always

00:29:25.859 --> 00:29:26.759
 anticipated

00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:28.700
 something better

00:29:28.700 --> 00:29:29.440
 coming along

00:29:29.440 --> 00:29:30.700
 to do what

00:29:30.700 --> 00:29:31.099
 it couldn't

00:29:31.099 --> 00:29:31.359
 do,

00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:32.720
 to achieve

00:29:32.720 --> 00:29:33.079
 what it

00:29:33.079 --> 00:29:33.640
 could never

00:29:33.640 --> 00:29:34.119
 achieve.

00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:38.680
 The Old

00:29:38.680 --> 00:29:39.640
 Testament system

00:29:39.640 --> 00:29:40.759
 could never

00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:42.500
 bring God's

00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:43.160
 people to

00:29:43.160 --> 00:29:43.660
 perfection.

00:29:43.660 --> 00:29:48.580
 verses 18 and

00:29:48.580 --> 00:29:49.680
 19 sort of

00:29:49.680 --> 00:29:50.360
 flesh out that

00:29:50.360 --> 00:29:50.820
 a little bit.

00:29:52.500 --> 00:29:53.160
 Talking about

00:29:53.160 --> 00:29:54.779
 the weakness

00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:55.700
 of the law.

00:29:56.800 --> 00:29:57.259
 The law

00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:58.019
 made nothing

00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:58.519
 perfect,

00:29:59.840 --> 00:30:00.519
 but on the

00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:00.820
 other hand,

00:30:00.880 --> 00:30:01.460
 a better hope

00:30:01.460 --> 00:30:01.920
 is introduced

00:30:01.920 --> 00:30:02.560
 through which

00:30:02.560 --> 00:30:03.160
 we draw near

00:30:03.160 --> 00:30:03.640
 to God.

00:30:05.880 --> 00:30:06.320
 So,

00:30:06.540 --> 00:30:07.160
 how does it

00:30:07.160 --> 00:30:07.380
 work?

00:30:07.380 --> 00:30:09.440
 God's law

00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:10.420
 introduced by

00:30:10.420 --> 00:30:12.680
 Moses was

00:30:12.680 --> 00:30:13.440
 intended to

00:30:13.440 --> 00:30:13.960
 make people

00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:14.800
 aware of

00:30:14.800 --> 00:30:15.340
 their sin

00:30:15.340 --> 00:30:16.960
 or imperfection

00:30:16.960 --> 00:30:18.160
 and to

00:30:18.160 --> 00:30:18.440
 make them

00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:18.860
 aware of

00:30:18.860 --> 00:30:19.600
 their inability

00:30:19.600 --> 00:30:20.840
 therefore to

00:30:20.840 --> 00:30:21.600
 be acceptable

00:30:21.600 --> 00:30:22.460
 in relationship

00:30:22.460 --> 00:30:23.120
 with God.

00:30:24.700 --> 00:30:25.180
 So,

00:30:25.360 --> 00:30:25.960
 the Old

00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:27.040
 Testament law

00:30:27.040 --> 00:30:28.320
 highlighted the

00:30:28.320 --> 00:30:29.420
 vast gap

00:30:29.420 --> 00:30:31.200
 between dirty

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:32.020
 sinful people

00:30:32.019 --> 00:30:33.039
 and a

00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:33.639
 clean holy

00:30:33.639 --> 00:30:34.000
 God.

00:30:37.559 --> 00:30:38.200
 The

00:30:38.200 --> 00:30:38.759
 sacrificial

00:30:38.759 --> 00:30:39.599
 system then

00:30:39.599 --> 00:30:40.960
 was God's

00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:41.660
 temporary

00:30:41.660 --> 00:30:42.420
 provision

00:30:42.420 --> 00:30:43.660
 to bridge

00:30:43.660 --> 00:30:44.319
 that gap.

00:30:47.299 --> 00:30:47.980
 Allowing

00:30:47.980 --> 00:30:49.940
 dirty

00:30:49.940 --> 00:30:50.700
 sinful people

00:30:50.700 --> 00:30:51.379
 to come

00:30:51.379 --> 00:30:53.079
 and have

00:30:53.079 --> 00:30:53.700
 fellowship with

00:30:53.700 --> 00:30:54.119
 them, but

00:30:54.119 --> 00:30:54.839
 in the

00:30:54.839 --> 00:30:56.400
 context of

00:30:56.400 --> 00:30:57.339
 pretty strict

00:30:57.339 --> 00:30:58.319
 limits because

00:30:58.319 --> 00:30:59.220
 they were

00:30:59.220 --> 00:31:00.039
 mixing as

00:31:00.039 --> 00:31:00.599
 dirty people

00:31:00.599 --> 00:31:01.680
 in a very

00:31:01.680 --> 00:31:02.920
 very dangerous

00:31:02.920 --> 00:31:04.080
 situation as

00:31:04.080 --> 00:31:04.820
 they fellowshiped

00:31:04.820 --> 00:31:05.019
 with the

00:31:05.019 --> 00:31:05.539
 holy God.

00:31:07.060 --> 00:31:07.680
 So,

00:31:08.460 --> 00:31:09.480
 there was a

00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:10.259
 guardedness,

00:31:11.600 --> 00:31:12.680
 a contingency.

00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:13.960
 Yes, it

00:31:13.960 --> 00:31:14.680
 brought God

00:31:14.680 --> 00:31:15.380
 and people

00:31:15.380 --> 00:31:15.860
 together,

00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:16.980
 but under

00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:17.779
 pretty strict

00:31:17.779 --> 00:31:18.420
 guidelines.

00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:25.019
 So,

00:31:25.120 --> 00:31:25.400
 you see,

00:31:25.600 --> 00:31:26.460
 at best,

00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:29.240
 God's,

00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:30.740
 sorry,

00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:32.140
 I jumped

00:31:32.140 --> 00:31:32.579
 ahead of my

00:31:32.579 --> 00:31:33.099
 paragraph there.

00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:33.299
 So,

00:31:33.440 --> 00:31:34.019
 add to that

00:31:34.019 --> 00:31:34.539
 weakness

00:31:34.539 --> 00:31:37.400
 the failure

00:31:37.400 --> 00:31:37.700
 of the

00:31:37.700 --> 00:31:38.079
 priesthood

00:31:38.079 --> 00:31:38.480
 itself.

00:31:38.660 --> 00:31:38.900
 Look at

00:31:38.900 --> 00:31:39.900
 verse 23.

00:31:41.839 --> 00:31:42.079
 So,

00:31:42.339 --> 00:31:42.579
 you get

00:31:42.579 --> 00:31:43.559
 an imperfect

00:31:43.559 --> 00:31:44.339
 system

00:31:44.339 --> 00:31:45.960
 run by

00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:46.519
 imperfect

00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:47.140
 priests.

00:31:49.640 --> 00:31:50.160
 Their

00:31:50.160 --> 00:31:50.920
 imperfection

00:31:50.920 --> 00:31:51.319
 and weakness

00:31:51.319 --> 00:31:51.799
 was obvious.

00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:52.859
 Every single

00:31:52.859 --> 00:31:53.339
 high priest

00:31:53.339 --> 00:31:53.799
 died.

00:31:55.200 --> 00:31:55.799
 Josephus,

00:31:55.859 --> 00:31:56.279
 the Jewish

00:31:56.279 --> 00:31:56.779
 historian,

00:31:57.400 --> 00:31:57.859
 has done

00:31:57.859 --> 00:31:58.180
 the hard

00:31:58.180 --> 00:31:58.779
 work and

00:31:58.779 --> 00:31:59.259
 he reckons

00:31:59.259 --> 00:31:59.660
 there was

00:31:59.660 --> 00:32:00.500
 83

00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:02.299
 high

00:32:02.299 --> 00:32:02.799
 priests

00:32:02.799 --> 00:32:05.180
 from

00:32:05.180 --> 00:32:05.680
 Aaron

00:32:05.680 --> 00:32:06.639
 through to

00:32:06.639 --> 00:32:07.019
 the time

00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:07.480
 of Jesus.

00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:08.779
 And guess

00:32:08.779 --> 00:32:09.039
 what?

00:32:10.279 --> 00:32:10.879
 Every one

00:32:10.879 --> 00:32:11.079
 of them

00:32:11.079 --> 00:32:11.359
 died.

00:32:13.680 --> 00:32:13.920
 And then

00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:14.139
 there was

00:32:14.139 --> 00:32:14.660
 thousands of

00:32:14.660 --> 00:32:15.200
 other priests

00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:16.519
 and all of

00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:16.899
 them died

00:32:16.899 --> 00:32:17.139
 too.

00:32:23.139 --> 00:32:23.899
 The

00:32:23.899 --> 00:32:24.720
 priesthood

00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:25.920
 itself

00:32:25.920 --> 00:32:27.340
 was part

00:32:27.340 --> 00:32:27.620
 of the

00:32:27.620 --> 00:32:28.060
 problem

00:32:28.060 --> 00:32:28.680
 of sin.

00:32:37.400 --> 00:32:37.940
 So,

00:32:38.039 --> 00:32:38.500
 at best,

00:32:38.600 --> 00:32:39.180
 that system

00:32:39.180 --> 00:32:39.680
 could only

00:32:39.680 --> 00:32:40.740
 point people

00:32:40.740 --> 00:32:41.420
 to God's

00:32:41.420 --> 00:32:41.680
 future

00:32:41.680 --> 00:32:42.220
 perfection.

00:32:42.640 --> 00:32:43.000
 It could

00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:43.779
 never deliver

00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:44.360
 perfection.

00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:45.360
 It could

00:32:45.360 --> 00:32:45.820
 make people

00:32:45.820 --> 00:32:46.440
 anticipate

00:32:46.440 --> 00:32:47.080
 perfection.

00:32:47.380 --> 00:32:47.720
 It could

00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:48.039
 make them

00:32:48.039 --> 00:32:48.480
 desire

00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:49.019
 perfection.

00:32:49.360 --> 00:32:49.660
 It could

00:32:49.660 --> 00:32:49.980
 make them

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:50.400
 cry out

00:32:50.400 --> 00:32:50.820
 to God

00:32:50.820 --> 00:32:51.960
 for perfection,

00:32:52.340 --> 00:32:52.720
 but it

00:32:52.720 --> 00:32:53.160
 couldn't

00:32:53.160 --> 00:32:53.560
 actually

00:32:53.560 --> 00:32:54.340
 deliver it

00:32:54.340 --> 00:32:54.960
 in itself.

00:32:55.920 --> 00:32:59.060
 Jesus

00:32:59.060 --> 00:33:01.420
 is God's

00:33:01.420 --> 00:33:02.900
 purpose-built

00:33:02.900 --> 00:33:04.180
 perfect

00:33:04.180 --> 00:33:04.980
 replacement

00:33:04.980 --> 00:33:05.900
 for that

00:33:05.900 --> 00:33:06.680
 whole

00:33:06.680 --> 00:33:07.740
 imperfect

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:08.259
 system.

00:33:10.360 --> 00:33:10.640
 And at

00:33:10.640 --> 00:33:11.420
 every point

00:33:11.420 --> 00:33:12.480
 his superiority

00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:13.900
 is obvious.

00:33:14.320 --> 00:33:15.019
 At every

00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:15.960
 point it

00:33:15.960 --> 00:33:16.320
 is clear

00:33:16.320 --> 00:33:16.779
 that he

00:33:16.779 --> 00:33:17.380
 is

00:33:17.380 --> 00:33:18.300
 perfection

00:33:18.300 --> 00:33:21.120
 and wins

00:33:21.120 --> 00:33:21.759
 perfection

00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:22.960
 for his

00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:23.340
 dirty,

00:33:23.600 --> 00:33:23.820
 needy

00:33:23.820 --> 00:33:24.100
 people.

00:33:24.099 --> 00:33:24.099


00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:26.659
 Verse 16,

00:33:27.059 --> 00:33:27.299
 and then

00:33:27.299 --> 00:33:27.819
 21 and

00:33:27.819 --> 00:33:28.319
 24.

00:33:29.159 --> 00:33:30.059
 Verse 16,

00:33:30.740 --> 00:33:33.000
 he has

00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:33.599
 become a

00:33:33.599 --> 00:33:34.379
 priest not

00:33:34.379 --> 00:33:34.679
 on the

00:33:34.679 --> 00:33:35.259
 basis of

00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:35.659
 a legal

00:33:35.659 --> 00:33:36.379
 requirement

00:33:36.379 --> 00:33:36.899
 concerning

00:33:36.899 --> 00:33:37.299
 bodily

00:33:37.299 --> 00:33:37.759
 descent,

00:33:38.759 --> 00:33:40.179
 but by

00:33:40.179 --> 00:33:40.899
 the power

00:33:40.899 --> 00:33:41.480
 of an

00:33:41.480 --> 00:33:42.139
 indestructible

00:33:42.139 --> 00:33:42.619
 life.

00:33:43.919 --> 00:33:44.539
 Same idea

00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:45.199
 in 21 and

00:33:45.199 --> 00:33:45.659
 24.

00:33:46.799 --> 00:33:47.819
 Jesus is

00:33:47.819 --> 00:33:48.279
 God's

00:33:48.279 --> 00:33:48.619
 forever

00:33:48.619 --> 00:33:49.299
 priest

00:33:49.299 --> 00:33:50.299
 priest

00:33:50.299 --> 00:33:52.399
 because he

00:33:52.399 --> 00:33:53.019
 is God's

00:33:53.019 --> 00:33:53.399
 forever

00:33:53.399 --> 00:33:53.960
 person.

00:33:57.960 --> 00:33:58.519
 His

00:33:58.519 --> 00:33:59.079
 sinlessness

00:33:59.079 --> 00:34:00.919
 meant he

00:34:00.919 --> 00:34:01.639
 didn't die

00:34:01.639 --> 00:34:03.180
 like every

00:34:03.180 --> 00:34:03.720
 other person

00:34:03.720 --> 00:34:04.220
 before and

00:34:04.220 --> 00:34:04.480
 since.

00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:12.240
 he comes

00:34:12.240 --> 00:34:12.920
 with God's

00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:13.440
 specific

00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:13.920
 backing,

00:34:14.099 --> 00:34:14.400
 God's

00:34:14.400 --> 00:34:14.800
 special

00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:15.159
 oath,

00:34:15.559 --> 00:34:15.900
 which is

00:34:15.900 --> 00:34:17.320
 a really

00:34:17.320 --> 00:34:17.980
 big emphasis

00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:18.519
 there because

00:34:18.519 --> 00:34:19.219
 when God

00:34:19.219 --> 00:34:19.980
 says something

00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:20.340
 it's as

00:34:20.340 --> 00:34:20.659
 good as

00:34:20.659 --> 00:34:21.000
 done.

00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:21.679
 God

00:34:21.679 --> 00:34:22.019
 doesn't

00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:22.420
 have to

00:34:22.420 --> 00:34:23.059
 back up

00:34:23.059 --> 00:34:25.000
 his promise

00:34:25.000 --> 00:34:26.000
 with an

00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:26.579
 extra promise

00:34:26.579 --> 00:34:27.019
 saying I

00:34:27.019 --> 00:34:27.619
 really will

00:34:27.619 --> 00:34:28.039
 do it.

00:34:28.380 --> 00:34:28.500
 I mean

00:34:28.500 --> 00:34:28.740
 that's what

00:34:28.740 --> 00:34:29.000
 we have

00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:29.179
 to do,

00:34:29.219 --> 00:34:29.420
 that's what

00:34:29.420 --> 00:34:29.820
 kids do,

00:34:29.880 --> 00:34:30.059
 isn't it?

00:34:30.099 --> 00:34:30.840
 I really,

00:34:30.980 --> 00:34:31.199
 really,

00:34:31.280 --> 00:34:31.519
 really,

00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:32.059
 really promise.

00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:33.739
 But God

00:34:33.739 --> 00:34:34.059
 in this

00:34:34.059 --> 00:34:34.440
 case is

00:34:34.440 --> 00:34:36.019
 so determined

00:34:36.019 --> 00:34:37.340
 to give

00:34:37.340 --> 00:34:37.679
 us people

00:34:37.679 --> 00:34:38.320
 confidence

00:34:38.320 --> 00:34:38.880
 that he

00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:39.659
 set this

00:34:39.659 --> 00:34:40.500
 path in

00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:41.059
 motion and

00:34:41.059 --> 00:34:41.320
 it will

00:34:41.320 --> 00:34:42.159
 never change.

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:42.900
 It is

00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:43.480
 perfect.

00:34:44.619 --> 00:34:45.019
 He adds

00:34:45.019 --> 00:34:45.239
 another

00:34:45.239 --> 00:34:45.759
 promise to

00:34:45.759 --> 00:34:45.920
 it.

00:34:46.659 --> 00:34:47.179
 It's sort

00:34:47.179 --> 00:34:47.679
 of ridiculous

00:34:47.679 --> 00:34:48.139
 in a sense

00:34:48.139 --> 00:34:49.059
 but it's

00:34:49.059 --> 00:34:49.360
 there to

00:34:49.360 --> 00:34:49.719
 tell us

00:34:49.719 --> 00:34:50.360
 how serious

00:34:50.360 --> 00:34:50.820
 God is

00:34:50.820 --> 00:34:51.299
 about this.

00:34:58.199 --> 00:34:58.719
 Jesus

00:34:58.719 --> 00:34:59.400
 comes with

00:34:59.400 --> 00:34:59.779
 God's

00:34:59.779 --> 00:35:00.279
 specific

00:35:00.279 --> 00:35:00.739
 backing

00:35:00.739 --> 00:35:02.399
 and is

00:35:02.399 --> 00:35:03.059
 fit for

00:35:03.059 --> 00:35:03.639
 task.

00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:07.739
 He does

00:35:07.739 --> 00:35:08.059
 not need

00:35:08.059 --> 00:35:08.279
 to be

00:35:08.279 --> 00:35:08.719
 replaced.

00:35:10.419 --> 00:35:11.099
 He will

00:35:11.099 --> 00:35:11.719
 never need

00:35:11.719 --> 00:35:11.919
 to be

00:35:11.919 --> 00:35:12.319
 updated.

00:35:14.739 --> 00:35:15.259
 There's

00:35:15.259 --> 00:35:15.979
 no new

00:35:15.979 --> 00:35:16.559
 or better

00:35:16.559 --> 00:35:17.059
 priest to

00:35:17.059 --> 00:35:17.379
 come

00:35:17.379 --> 00:35:19.219
 because he

00:35:19.219 --> 00:35:19.659
 is now

00:35:19.659 --> 00:35:20.159
 in heaven

00:35:20.159 --> 00:35:22.000
 with an

00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:22.500
 endless

00:35:22.500 --> 00:35:25.339
 role

00:35:25.339 --> 00:35:28.479
 continuing

00:35:28.479 --> 00:35:29.339
 daily

00:35:29.339 --> 00:35:30.379
 from heaven

00:35:30.380 --> 00:35:31.599
 to call

00:35:31.599 --> 00:35:31.960
 his people

00:35:31.960 --> 00:35:32.200
 home,

00:35:32.260 --> 00:35:32.599
 to lead

00:35:32.599 --> 00:35:32.740
 them

00:35:32.740 --> 00:35:32.980
 home,

00:35:33.460 --> 00:35:34.099
 to pray

00:35:34.099 --> 00:35:34.420
 for his

00:35:34.420 --> 00:35:34.640
 people.

00:35:39.119 --> 00:35:40.160
 Verse 27,

00:35:41.599 --> 00:35:42.820
 he has no

00:35:42.820 --> 00:35:43.320
 need like

00:35:43.320 --> 00:35:43.800
 those high

00:35:43.800 --> 00:35:44.280
 priests to

00:35:44.280 --> 00:35:44.500
 offer

00:35:44.500 --> 00:35:45.220
 sacrifices

00:35:45.220 --> 00:35:45.700
 daily,

00:35:46.640 --> 00:35:47.180
 first for

00:35:47.180 --> 00:35:47.640
 his own

00:35:47.640 --> 00:35:48.760
 sins and

00:35:48.760 --> 00:35:49.280
 then for

00:35:49.280 --> 00:35:49.640
 those of

00:35:49.640 --> 00:35:50.039
 the people

00:35:50.039 --> 00:35:51.820
 since he

00:35:51.820 --> 00:35:52.320
 did this

00:35:52.320 --> 00:35:52.940
 once for

00:35:52.940 --> 00:35:54.059
 all when

00:35:54.059 --> 00:35:54.460
 he offered

00:35:54.460 --> 00:35:55.119
 up himself.

00:35:55.119 --> 00:35:59.199
 Jesus

00:35:59.199 --> 00:36:00.259
 is God's

00:36:00.259 --> 00:36:00.839
 solution.

00:36:03.659 --> 00:36:04.219
 He's

00:36:04.219 --> 00:36:04.679
 never

00:36:04.679 --> 00:36:05.059
 been,

00:36:05.179 --> 00:36:05.359
 never

00:36:05.359 --> 00:36:05.859
 will be

00:36:05.859 --> 00:36:06.239
 part of

00:36:06.239 --> 00:36:06.359
 the

00:36:06.359 --> 00:36:06.679
 problem.

00:36:08.900 --> 00:36:09.539
 Yes,

00:36:09.859 --> 00:36:10.539
 like other

00:36:10.539 --> 00:36:10.960
 priests,

00:36:11.199 --> 00:36:12.039
 Jesus did

00:36:12.039 --> 00:36:12.500
 die.

00:36:13.500 --> 00:36:14.219
 But unlike

00:36:14.219 --> 00:36:15.199
 other priests,

00:36:15.619 --> 00:36:16.279
 he didn't

00:36:16.279 --> 00:36:17.940
 die as a

00:36:17.940 --> 00:36:18.539
 consequence

00:36:18.539 --> 00:36:20.079
 of his own

00:36:20.079 --> 00:36:20.940
 imperfection

00:36:20.940 --> 00:36:21.319
 or sin.

00:36:21.320 --> 00:36:23.880
 Jesus died

00:36:23.880 --> 00:36:25.240
 voluntarily as

00:36:25.240 --> 00:36:25.760
 a perfect

00:36:25.760 --> 00:36:26.700
 sacrifice

00:36:26.700 --> 00:36:29.360
 to deal

00:36:29.360 --> 00:36:30.280
 finally and

00:36:30.280 --> 00:36:30.980
 completely with

00:36:30.980 --> 00:36:31.380
 the sins of

00:36:31.380 --> 00:36:31.700
 his people.

00:36:31.960 --> 00:36:32.260
 And that will

00:36:32.260 --> 00:36:32.820
 be unpacked

00:36:32.820 --> 00:36:33.140
 more in

00:36:33.140 --> 00:36:33.760
 chapters 9

00:36:33.760 --> 00:36:34.160
 and 10.

00:36:36.660 --> 00:36:37.700
 Verse 25,

00:36:38.420 --> 00:36:39.480
 Jesus saves

00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:40.300
 us completely.

00:36:42.460 --> 00:36:43.200
 He meets

00:36:43.200 --> 00:36:43.900
 our every

00:36:43.900 --> 00:36:44.800
 need and

00:36:44.800 --> 00:36:45.240
 he never

00:36:45.240 --> 00:36:45.780
 leaves us

00:36:45.780 --> 00:36:46.120
 alone.

00:36:46.119 --> 00:36:50.319
 consequently,

00:36:50.859 --> 00:36:51.659
 verse 25,

00:36:52.239 --> 00:36:52.759
 consequently,

00:36:52.859 --> 00:36:53.079
 there you

00:36:53.079 --> 00:36:53.179
 go,

00:36:53.239 --> 00:36:53.880
 that's the

00:36:53.880 --> 00:36:54.199
 arguments

00:36:54.199 --> 00:36:54.500
 bringing

00:36:54.500 --> 00:36:54.900
 forward.

00:36:55.400 --> 00:36:55.819
 Given all

00:36:55.819 --> 00:36:56.079
 that's been

00:36:56.079 --> 00:36:56.279
 said,

00:36:56.400 --> 00:36:56.960
 consequently,

00:36:57.900 --> 00:36:58.159
 he is

00:36:58.159 --> 00:36:58.819
 able to

00:36:58.819 --> 00:37:00.139
 save to

00:37:00.139 --> 00:37:00.940
 the uttermost.

00:37:02.380 --> 00:37:02.559
 Now,

00:37:02.639 --> 00:37:03.019
 that's not a

00:37:03.019 --> 00:37:03.739
 word we use

00:37:03.739 --> 00:37:04.679
 very much,

00:37:04.819 --> 00:37:07.339
 but to

00:37:07.339 --> 00:37:07.679
 save us

00:37:07.679 --> 00:37:08.279
 completely,

00:37:08.960 --> 00:37:09.480
 perfectly,

00:37:11.599 --> 00:37:12.279
 meeting our

00:37:12.279 --> 00:37:12.799
 every need,

00:37:13.119 --> 00:37:13.719
 never leaving

00:37:13.719 --> 00:37:14.179
 us alone.

00:37:16.119 --> 00:37:16.940
 He has

00:37:16.940 --> 00:37:17.980
 unique power,

00:37:19.639 --> 00:37:21.079
 unique ability,

00:37:22.679 --> 00:37:23.639
 unique desire

00:37:23.639 --> 00:37:24.859
 to deliver

00:37:24.859 --> 00:37:26.299
 perfection to

00:37:26.299 --> 00:37:26.940
 his dirty,

00:37:27.420 --> 00:37:28.279
 imperfect people,

00:37:28.400 --> 00:37:28.839
 making them

00:37:28.839 --> 00:37:29.579
 acceptable to

00:37:29.579 --> 00:37:30.199
 God forever.

00:37:31.500 --> 00:37:32.319
 And that's a

00:37:32.319 --> 00:37:32.880
 really important

00:37:32.880 --> 00:37:33.279
 thing in there

00:37:33.279 --> 00:37:34.079
 because some

00:37:34.079 --> 00:37:34.599
 people have the

00:37:34.599 --> 00:37:35.359
 power to do

00:37:35.359 --> 00:37:35.859
 good in this

00:37:35.859 --> 00:37:36.259
 world, but

00:37:36.259 --> 00:37:36.659
 don't.

00:37:39.219 --> 00:37:40.079
 They apply

00:37:40.079 --> 00:37:40.699
 their power

00:37:40.699 --> 00:37:41.579
 for their own

00:37:41.579 --> 00:37:41.940
 benefit.

00:37:44.139 --> 00:37:44.619
 Jesus has

00:37:44.619 --> 00:37:45.460
 power and

00:37:45.460 --> 00:37:46.099
 ability and

00:37:46.099 --> 00:37:46.699
 authority,

00:37:47.480 --> 00:37:48.119
 all of which

00:37:48.119 --> 00:37:48.400
 has been

00:37:48.400 --> 00:37:49.159
 applied through

00:37:49.159 --> 00:37:49.579
 his own

00:37:49.579 --> 00:37:50.139
 death and

00:37:50.139 --> 00:37:50.659
 resurrection

00:37:50.659 --> 00:37:52.940
 to bring

00:37:52.940 --> 00:37:53.920
 perfection to

00:37:53.920 --> 00:37:54.440
 his dirty,

00:37:54.659 --> 00:37:55.380
 imperfect people

00:37:55.380 --> 00:37:55.779
 so they

00:37:55.779 --> 00:37:56.619
 might be

00:37:56.619 --> 00:37:57.860
 acceptable to

00:37:57.860 --> 00:37:58.360
 God and

00:37:58.360 --> 00:37:59.559
 in turn enjoy

00:37:59.559 --> 00:38:00.219
 the perfection

00:38:00.219 --> 00:38:00.659
 of God,

00:38:00.779 --> 00:38:01.779
 rest or

00:38:01.779 --> 00:38:02.440
 heaven or

00:38:02.440 --> 00:38:03.559
 glory forever.

00:38:07.839 --> 00:38:08.799
 Jesus does

00:38:08.799 --> 00:38:09.000
 it.

00:38:12.139 --> 00:38:13.279
 He follows

00:38:13.279 --> 00:38:14.519
 through every

00:38:14.519 --> 00:38:15.639
 step of the

00:38:15.639 --> 00:38:17.139
 way of

00:38:17.139 --> 00:38:17.699
 salvation.

00:38:19.440 --> 00:38:20.639
 From in

00:38:20.639 --> 00:38:21.259
 eternity, we're

00:38:21.259 --> 00:38:21.780
 told in other

00:38:21.780 --> 00:38:22.199
 parts of

00:38:22.199 --> 00:38:23.259
 scripture, as

00:38:23.259 --> 00:38:24.059
 he planned

00:38:24.059 --> 00:38:25.579
 this great

00:38:25.579 --> 00:38:26.559
 salvation of

00:38:26.559 --> 00:38:27.880
 horribly dirty

00:38:27.880 --> 00:38:29.340
 people, to

00:38:29.340 --> 00:38:29.940
 the other end

00:38:29.940 --> 00:38:30.719
 of eternity

00:38:30.719 --> 00:38:31.139
 when we're

00:38:31.139 --> 00:38:31.940
 sitting beside

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:33.179
 him in

00:38:33.179 --> 00:38:33.699
 perfection,

00:38:34.579 --> 00:38:35.300
 enjoying the

00:38:35.300 --> 00:38:35.920
 perfection of

00:38:35.920 --> 00:38:36.980
 God, like

00:38:36.980 --> 00:38:38.159
 Jesus and

00:38:38.159 --> 00:38:38.780
 with Jesus

00:38:38.780 --> 00:38:39.139
 forever.

00:38:39.139 --> 00:38:41.519
 every step

00:38:41.519 --> 00:38:41.960
 of the way,

00:38:42.619 --> 00:38:43.719
 he's done

00:38:43.719 --> 00:38:44.179
 it, he's

00:38:44.179 --> 00:38:44.400
 followed

00:38:44.400 --> 00:38:44.739
 through.

00:38:47.299 --> 00:38:47.779
 One

00:38:47.779 --> 00:38:48.679
 confession to

00:38:48.679 --> 00:38:49.339
 Jesus in

00:38:49.339 --> 00:38:50.039
 contrast to

00:38:50.039 --> 00:38:50.519
 the old

00:38:50.519 --> 00:38:51.119
 Jew system,

00:38:51.460 --> 00:38:52.559
 one confession

00:38:52.559 --> 00:38:54.639
 to Jesus is

00:38:54.639 --> 00:38:55.099
 enough to

00:38:55.099 --> 00:38:55.519
 bring us to

00:38:55.519 --> 00:38:55.779
 God.

00:38:55.780 --> 00:39:01.400
 Jesus, only

00:39:01.400 --> 00:39:02.100
 you can do

00:39:02.100 --> 00:39:02.880
 for me that

00:39:02.880 --> 00:39:03.560
 which I know

00:39:03.560 --> 00:39:04.120
 I can never

00:39:04.120 --> 00:39:04.460
 do for

00:39:04.460 --> 00:39:04.820
 myself.

00:39:05.700 --> 00:39:06.200
 I could

00:39:06.200 --> 00:39:06.940
 never deal

00:39:06.940 --> 00:39:07.260
 with my

00:39:07.260 --> 00:39:07.780
 own sins.

00:39:08.780 --> 00:39:09.740
 I recognize

00:39:09.740 --> 00:39:11.120
 my sin, that

00:39:11.120 --> 00:39:11.640
 which I know

00:39:11.640 --> 00:39:12.060
 about, and I

00:39:12.060 --> 00:39:12.620
 recognize it's

00:39:12.620 --> 00:39:13.300
 far, far worse

00:39:13.300 --> 00:39:13.800
 than even I'm

00:39:13.800 --> 00:39:14.800
 aware of, but

00:39:14.800 --> 00:39:15.640
 all of it I

00:39:15.640 --> 00:39:16.420
 confess to you

00:39:16.420 --> 00:39:16.760
 now and I

00:39:16.760 --> 00:39:20.840
 beg that you

00:39:20.840 --> 00:39:21.380
 will show me

00:39:21.380 --> 00:39:21.880
 grace and

00:39:21.880 --> 00:39:23.740
 mercy and give

00:39:23.740 --> 00:39:24.460
 me perfection

00:39:24.460 --> 00:39:25.199
 confession that's

00:39:25.199 --> 00:39:27.039
 not mine to

00:39:27.039 --> 00:39:27.440
 demand.

00:39:28.480 --> 00:39:29.639
 Just one

00:39:29.639 --> 00:39:30.480
 confession

00:39:30.480 --> 00:39:35.440
 makes you a

00:39:35.440 --> 00:39:36.420
 person acceptable

00:39:36.420 --> 00:39:37.460
 to God

00:39:37.460 --> 00:39:38.199
 forever.

00:39:40.820 --> 00:39:41.599
 Put that

00:39:41.599 --> 00:39:42.159
 against the

00:39:42.159 --> 00:39:44.480
 daily burden

00:39:44.480 --> 00:39:45.579
 of sacrifice

00:39:45.579 --> 00:39:46.639
 after sacrifice

00:39:46.639 --> 00:39:47.599
 after sacrifice.

00:39:48.059 --> 00:39:48.500
 The worry

00:39:48.500 --> 00:39:49.079
 of it, have

00:39:49.079 --> 00:39:49.420
 I done

00:39:49.420 --> 00:39:49.900
 enough?

00:39:50.320 --> 00:39:50.820
 What if I

00:39:50.820 --> 00:39:51.280
 missed out

00:39:51.280 --> 00:39:51.960
 some sins?

00:39:52.400 --> 00:39:52.960
 What if my

00:39:52.960 --> 00:39:53.740
 sacrifice wasn't

00:39:53.740 --> 00:39:54.260
 quite right?

00:39:54.260 --> 00:39:54.840
 What if the

00:39:54.840 --> 00:39:55.560
 priest didn't

00:39:55.560 --> 00:39:56.180
 offer the

00:39:56.180 --> 00:39:56.900
 sacrifice in

00:39:56.900 --> 00:39:57.500
 quite a right

00:39:57.500 --> 00:39:57.660
 way?

00:39:57.720 --> 00:39:58.020
 What if he

00:39:58.020 --> 00:39:58.320
 did that

00:39:58.320 --> 00:39:58.740
 without his

00:39:58.740 --> 00:39:59.160
 heart being

00:39:59.160 --> 00:39:59.460
 in the right

00:39:59.460 --> 00:39:59.680
 place?

00:39:59.920 --> 00:40:00.220
 Does my

00:40:00.220 --> 00:40:00.880
 sacrifice still

00:40:00.880 --> 00:40:01.300
 work for me?

00:40:01.940 --> 00:40:02.340
 Anxiety,

00:40:02.940 --> 00:40:03.400
 fear,

00:40:06.400 --> 00:40:08.820
 against one

00:40:08.820 --> 00:40:09.820
 confession to

00:40:09.820 --> 00:40:10.280
 Jesus.

00:40:18.720 --> 00:40:19.160
 Perfection.

00:40:20.440 --> 00:40:21.240
 Jesus never

00:40:21.240 --> 00:40:22.240
 forgets his

00:40:22.239 --> 00:40:22.859
 responsibility.

00:40:22.859 --> 00:40:24.859
 He never

00:40:24.859 --> 00:40:26.419
 forgets that

00:40:26.419 --> 00:40:27.000
 his people are

00:40:27.000 --> 00:40:27.899
 constantly at

00:40:27.899 --> 00:40:28.439
 risk of

00:40:28.439 --> 00:40:28.899
 failure.

00:40:29.199 --> 00:40:29.439
 So he's

00:40:29.439 --> 00:40:30.319
 constantly praying

00:40:30.319 --> 00:40:32.299
 for us and

00:40:32.299 --> 00:40:33.219
 helping us in

00:40:33.219 --> 00:40:33.739
 our struggle.

00:40:36.399 --> 00:40:36.819
 And because

00:40:36.819 --> 00:40:37.259
 Jesus'

00:40:38.379 --> 00:40:39.339
 relationship with

00:40:39.339 --> 00:40:39.959
 his father is

00:40:39.959 --> 00:40:40.559
 perfection,

00:40:41.699 --> 00:40:43.279
 therefore it's

00:40:43.279 --> 00:40:44.019
 always real,

00:40:44.119 --> 00:40:44.479
 it's always

00:40:44.479 --> 00:40:44.979
 immediate.

00:40:45.579 --> 00:40:45.859
 And therefore

00:40:45.859 --> 00:40:46.459
 his prayer

00:40:46.459 --> 00:40:47.099
 requests to

00:40:47.099 --> 00:40:47.959
 his father are

00:40:47.959 --> 00:40:49.139
 always for our

00:40:49.139 --> 00:40:49.459
 good.

00:40:49.460 --> 00:40:51.260
 and they

00:40:51.260 --> 00:40:52.440
 cover anything

00:40:52.440 --> 00:40:54.820
 required to

00:40:54.820 --> 00:40:55.740
 get us safely

00:40:55.740 --> 00:40:56.800
 through this

00:40:56.800 --> 00:40:57.940
 life and

00:40:57.940 --> 00:40:58.460
 home to

00:40:58.460 --> 00:40:58.860
 heaven to

00:40:58.860 --> 00:40:59.280
 be with him

00:40:59.280 --> 00:40:59.599
 forever.

00:41:03.639 --> 00:41:04.280
 That's a

00:41:04.280 --> 00:41:04.840
 heck of a lot

00:41:04.840 --> 00:41:05.820
 more broad

00:41:05.820 --> 00:41:06.199
 than my

00:41:06.199 --> 00:41:06.800
 prayers are

00:41:06.800 --> 00:41:09.519
 for the few

00:41:09.519 --> 00:41:09.960
 people I

00:41:09.960 --> 00:41:10.400
 pray for.

00:41:10.400 --> 00:41:14.559
 And it

00:41:14.559 --> 00:41:15.420
 even includes

00:41:15.420 --> 00:41:16.119
 his prayers

00:41:16.119 --> 00:41:16.800
 even include

00:41:16.800 --> 00:41:17.700
 things that

00:41:17.700 --> 00:41:18.300
 might trip

00:41:18.300 --> 00:41:18.700
 us up,

00:41:18.860 --> 00:41:19.220
 which we're

00:41:19.220 --> 00:41:19.519
 not even

00:41:19.519 --> 00:41:20.139
 aware of.

00:41:21.680 --> 00:41:22.019
 He's going

00:41:22.019 --> 00:41:22.559
 to stop us

00:41:22.559 --> 00:41:23.260
 as it were,

00:41:23.680 --> 00:41:24.360
 picture language,

00:41:24.619 --> 00:41:24.900
 he's going

00:41:24.900 --> 00:41:25.500
 to stop us

00:41:25.500 --> 00:41:26.099
 perhaps,

00:41:26.559 --> 00:41:26.940
 and I won't

00:41:26.940 --> 00:41:27.380
 go down that,

00:41:27.559 --> 00:41:28.059
 it could be

00:41:28.059 --> 00:41:28.460
 misunderstood,

00:41:28.800 --> 00:41:29.380
 it was a

00:41:29.380 --> 00:41:30.139
 non-scripted

00:41:30.139 --> 00:41:30.579
 thing so I'll

00:41:30.579 --> 00:41:30.980
 leave it out.

00:41:31.519 --> 00:41:32.619
 It was ill

00:41:32.619 --> 00:41:32.940
 thought.

00:41:36.440 --> 00:41:37.380
 Verse 28,

00:41:37.740 --> 00:41:38.119
 I'll finish

00:41:38.119 --> 00:41:38.539
 on this.

00:41:40.400 --> 00:41:41.639
 Since Jesus

00:41:41.639 --> 00:41:42.340
 is God's

00:41:42.340 --> 00:41:44.160
 son, he

00:41:44.160 --> 00:41:45.220
 is perfection.

00:41:47.460 --> 00:41:48.539
 Since he is

00:41:48.539 --> 00:41:49.300
 God's purpose

00:41:49.300 --> 00:41:50.280
 built Messiah,

00:41:50.720 --> 00:41:51.460
 his priest,

00:41:51.720 --> 00:41:52.760
 king, saviour

00:41:52.760 --> 00:41:54.260
 figure, he

00:41:54.260 --> 00:41:54.780
 has won

00:41:54.780 --> 00:41:55.960
 perfection for

00:41:55.960 --> 00:41:57.920
 us, has

00:41:57.920 --> 00:41:58.820
 gifted it to

00:41:58.820 --> 00:42:00.280
 us, and has

00:42:00.280 --> 00:42:01.260
 the power and

00:42:01.260 --> 00:42:02.059
 authority and

00:42:02.059 --> 00:42:03.139
 the means to

00:42:05.119 --> 00:42:06.180
 deliver us in

00:42:06.180 --> 00:42:06.880
 his perfection

00:42:06.880 --> 00:42:07.400
 home to

00:42:07.400 --> 00:42:07.639
 heaven.

00:42:07.639 --> 00:42:07.700
 Amen.

00:42:10.400 --> 00:42:13.000
 he has done

00:42:13.000 --> 00:42:14.180
 for us what

00:42:14.180 --> 00:42:15.019
 we'd never

00:42:15.019 --> 00:42:17.000
 do for

00:42:17.000 --> 00:42:17.480
 ourselves.

00:42:18.760 --> 00:42:19.599
 So, I

00:42:19.599 --> 00:42:20.160
 finish on this

00:42:20.160 --> 00:42:20.440
 word.

00:42:22.180 --> 00:42:23.039
 Back to the

00:42:23.039 --> 00:42:23.340
 start.

00:42:24.860 --> 00:42:25.840
 Where are you

00:42:25.840 --> 00:42:26.820
 looking for

00:42:26.820 --> 00:42:27.340
 perfection?

00:42:28.900 --> 00:42:29.500
 The

00:42:29.500 --> 00:42:30.280
 perfection you

00:42:30.280 --> 00:42:31.780
 crave and so

00:42:31.780 --> 00:42:32.500
 desperately need.

00:42:32.500 --> 00:42:37.739
 do you

00:42:37.739 --> 00:42:38.579
 think Jesus

00:42:38.579 --> 00:42:39.179
 is the

00:42:39.179 --> 00:42:40.760
 perfection you

00:42:40.760 --> 00:42:41.059
 need?

00:42:42.579 --> 00:42:43.239
 Do you

00:42:43.239 --> 00:42:43.860
 think his

00:42:43.860 --> 00:42:45.019
 perfection is

00:42:45.019 --> 00:42:46.079
 able and

00:42:46.079 --> 00:42:47.159
 willing to

00:42:47.159 --> 00:42:47.739
 meet all your

00:42:47.739 --> 00:42:48.039
 needs?

00:42:51.519 --> 00:42:52.360
 Very simple

00:42:52.360 --> 00:42:52.980
 way to test

00:42:52.980 --> 00:42:53.920
 your answer in

00:42:53.920 --> 00:42:54.559
 the quietness of

00:42:54.559 --> 00:42:55.159
 your own mind.

00:42:56.099 --> 00:42:57.079
 The evidence of

00:42:57.079 --> 00:42:57.639
 your answer will

00:42:57.639 --> 00:43:00.239
 be, do you

00:43:00.239 --> 00:43:01.400
 go to Jesus

00:43:01.400 --> 00:43:02.340
 for protection

00:43:02.340 --> 00:43:03.119
 and for your

00:43:03.119 --> 00:43:03.420
 needs?

00:43:07.300 --> 00:43:08.440
 Or are you

00:43:08.440 --> 00:43:10.180
 still searching

00:43:10.180 --> 00:43:10.720
 elsewhere?

00:43:19.200 --> 00:43:20.320
 Why look

00:43:20.320 --> 00:43:22.420
 beyond Jesus?

00:43:25.119 --> 00:43:26.000
 He is

00:43:26.000 --> 00:43:26.500
 perfection.

00:43:28.500 --> 00:43:29.519
 You can't

00:43:29.519 --> 00:43:30.420
 improve on

00:43:30.420 --> 00:43:31.119
 perfection.

00:43:32.300 --> 00:43:32.920
 So, Jesus

00:43:32.920 --> 00:43:33.800
 is the man

00:43:33.800 --> 00:43:34.880
 you're looking

00:43:34.880 --> 00:43:35.119
 for.

00:43:35.119 --> 00:43:35.119


00:43:35.119 --> 00:43:35.119


00:43:35.119 --> 00:43:35.119


00:43:35.119 --> 00:43:35.119


00:43:35.119 --> 00:43:35.119


00:43:35.119 --> 00:44:05.099
 Thank you.