WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.320 Good morning, everybody. 00:00:10.060 --> 00:00:13.280 Could you please open to Hebrews chapter 7. 00:00:17.240 --> 00:00:20.039 ! Hebrews chapter 7, and we're going to read from verse 23. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:36.640 So if you're using the church Bible there, it's on page 1205. 00:00:38.740 --> 00:00:45.399 Hebrews chapter 7, and verse 23. 00:00:45.539 --> 00:00:48.879 Actually, turn over to page 1206. 00:00:55.879 --> 00:00:57.780 Oh, thank you, Kevin. 00:00:58.519 --> 00:00:58.920 Good man. 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:09.760 Before we read, let's pray and ask for God to help us as we open up his word. 00:01:14.599 --> 00:01:19.680 Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of kings, Lord of lords, 00:01:21.719 --> 00:01:23.420 maker of the whole universe, 00:01:24.840 --> 00:01:28.039 sustaining it right now by the power of your word, 00:01:28.040 --> 00:01:32.500 we've sung already how great you are. 00:01:34.920 --> 00:01:36.420 And yet we feel so small 00:01:36.420 --> 00:01:38.660 and weak 00:01:38.660 --> 00:01:39.780 and fragile. 00:01:42.180 --> 00:01:43.940 We have many things burdening us 00:01:43.940 --> 00:01:46.180 as we look out into the coming year. 00:01:48.500 --> 00:01:49.460 We pray that 00:01:49.460 --> 00:01:52.540 by your Holy Spirit, the words that we're just about to read 00:01:52.540 --> 00:01:55.200 will be more than just words. 00:01:56.800 --> 00:01:59.260 That they be life to us. 00:02:01.260 --> 00:02:03.280 Strength, comfort, 00:02:05.000 --> 00:02:07.000 encouragement to us. 00:02:08.680 --> 00:02:09.939 Speak to us now. 00:02:11.620 --> 00:02:12.180 Amen. 00:02:12.180 --> 00:02:15.580 Evelyn's going to read it for us. 00:02:15.580 --> 00:02:16.840 Thanks, Evelyn. 00:02:22.560 --> 00:02:25.000 Hebrews chapter 7, verse 23. 00:02:26.000 --> 00:02:28.520 Now, there have been many of those priests 00:02:28.520 --> 00:02:29.620 since death, 00:02:29.860 --> 00:02:32.260 prevented them from continuing in office. 00:02:32.259 --> 00:02:34.599 But because Jesus lives forever, 00:02:35.099 --> 00:02:36.699 he has a permanent priesthood. 00:02:37.340 --> 00:02:39.819 Therefore, he is able to save completely 00:02:39.819 --> 00:02:42.239 those who come to God through him, 00:02:42.560 --> 00:02:45.519 because he always lives to intercede for them. 00:02:46.340 --> 00:02:49.219 Such a high priest truly meets our need. 00:02:49.719 --> 00:02:50.659 One who is holy, 00:02:51.239 --> 00:02:51.799 blameless, 00:02:52.159 --> 00:02:52.500 pure, 00:02:53.079 --> 00:02:54.299 set apart from sinners, 00:02:54.639 --> 00:02:55.919 exalted above the heavens. 00:02:56.979 --> 00:02:58.560 Unlike the other high priests, 00:02:58.560 --> 00:03:01.400 he does not need to offer sacrifices 00:03:01.400 --> 00:03:02.719 day after day, 00:03:03.099 --> 00:03:04.620 first for his own sins 00:03:04.620 --> 00:03:06.699 and then for the sins of the people. 00:03:07.379 --> 00:03:09.379 He sacrificed for their sins 00:03:09.379 --> 00:03:10.420 once for all 00:03:10.420 --> 00:03:11.840 when he offered himself. 00:03:12.759 --> 00:03:15.159 For the law appoints as high priests 00:03:15.159 --> 00:03:17.219 men in all their weaknesses. 00:03:18.099 --> 00:03:18.879 But the oath, 00:03:19.159 --> 00:03:20.539 which came after the law, 00:03:21.000 --> 00:03:21.980 appointed the Son, 00:03:22.439 --> 00:03:24.080 who has been made perfect forever. 00:03:25.219 --> 00:03:27.920 Now, the main point of what we are saying is this. 00:03:28.560 --> 00:03:30.300 We do have such a high priest 00:03:30.300 --> 00:03:32.620 who sat down at the right hand 00:03:32.620 --> 00:03:34.699 of the throne of the majesty in heaven 00:03:34.699 --> 00:03:36.879 and who serves in the sanctuary, 00:03:37.420 --> 00:03:40.099 the true tabernacle set up by the Lord, 00:03:40.539 --> 00:03:42.099 not by a mere human being. 00:03:42.099 --> 00:03:52.439 Do you ever wonder, 00:03:52.620 --> 00:03:54.500 in the middle of your sin and failures, 00:03:55.219 --> 00:03:57.780 am I really forgiven? 00:04:01.400 --> 00:04:02.539 When you've messed up 00:04:02.539 --> 00:04:04.439 for what seems like the hundredth time, 00:04:05.280 --> 00:04:07.539 do you ever ask yourself, 00:04:08.099 --> 00:04:09.620 where is Jesus now? 00:04:09.620 --> 00:04:15.400 See, for most of us here, 00:04:15.840 --> 00:04:17.259 in the back of our minds, 00:04:17.360 --> 00:04:18.280 we know, right, 00:04:18.340 --> 00:04:19.680 that 2,000 years ago, 00:04:20.459 --> 00:04:21.939 Jesus died for our sin. 00:04:23.840 --> 00:04:25.180 And he rose again 00:04:25.180 --> 00:04:27.160 so that we could be forgiven. 00:04:28.540 --> 00:04:30.959 That's the central truth of our faith, right? 00:04:30.959 --> 00:04:35.279 But when I've failed, 00:04:36.000 --> 00:04:37.899 again and again, 00:04:39.060 --> 00:04:41.459 that same sin that I've struggled with for years, 00:04:41.959 --> 00:04:46.620 I can't help but feel a vast gulf 00:04:46.620 --> 00:04:51.060 between Jesus dying on the cross for me 00:04:51.060 --> 00:04:52.279 2,000 years ago 00:04:52.279 --> 00:04:58.939 and my on-the-ground reality of sin today. 00:05:02.139 --> 00:05:03.139 And I ask, 00:05:03.539 --> 00:05:06.479 is Jesus really here with me in this? 00:05:06.480 --> 00:05:10.980 I wonder if anyone can relate 00:05:10.980 --> 00:05:12.360 to that feeling 00:05:12.360 --> 00:05:13.620 and those questions. 00:05:15.220 --> 00:05:16.700 You feel the disconnect 00:05:16.700 --> 00:05:19.160 between what Jesus did for you back then 00:05:19.160 --> 00:05:23.960 and your day-to-day reality of sin, 00:05:25.220 --> 00:05:25.860 sadness, 00:05:26.660 --> 00:05:27.040 suffering. 00:05:27.040 --> 00:05:31.480 But our text today, 00:05:31.540 --> 00:05:34.879 it just cuts through all of us 00:05:34.879 --> 00:05:37.100 and it drives at the heart 00:05:37.100 --> 00:05:41.740 of who Jesus is for you and for me today. 00:05:43.420 --> 00:05:45.660 Not just what he did for us way back when, 00:05:45.960 --> 00:05:49.100 but what he is doing for us right now in heaven. 00:05:50.480 --> 00:05:55.240 Read verse 24 and 25 again with me. 00:05:55.240 --> 00:05:58.740 Because Jesus lives forever, 00:05:59.500 --> 00:06:01.620 he is a permanent priesthood. 00:06:03.139 --> 00:06:03.460 Therefore, 00:06:03.780 --> 00:06:05.740 he is able to save completely 00:06:05.740 --> 00:06:08.519 those who come to God through him 00:06:08.519 --> 00:06:11.240 because he always lives 00:06:11.819 --> 00:06:13.920 to intercede for them. 00:06:15.540 --> 00:06:17.699 If you are a believer in Christ, 00:06:18.519 --> 00:06:21.019 Jesus is interceding for you 00:06:21.019 --> 00:06:23.079 right now in heaven. 00:06:23.079 --> 00:06:26.079 He is not distant from your situation. 00:06:26.479 --> 00:06:28.439 He is all over it. 00:06:29.579 --> 00:06:31.899 He is interceding round the clock 00:06:31.899 --> 00:06:34.939 for everyone who comes to God 00:06:34.939 --> 00:06:36.399 through him. 00:06:37.680 --> 00:06:39.219 We are going to explore 00:06:39.219 --> 00:06:41.939 Jesus' intercession for us 00:06:41.939 --> 00:06:43.399 by answering three questions. 00:06:44.060 --> 00:06:44.419 Firstly, 00:06:44.620 --> 00:06:45.279 who is it for? 00:06:46.060 --> 00:06:46.659 Secondly, 00:06:47.159 --> 00:06:47.939 what does it mean? 00:06:48.879 --> 00:06:49.539 And third, 00:06:49.620 --> 00:06:50.279 why does it matter 00:06:50.279 --> 00:06:52.000 for us today? 00:06:52.099 --> 00:06:52.759 So first one, 00:06:52.919 --> 00:06:53.419 it's brief. 00:06:53.579 --> 00:06:54.199 Who is it for? 00:06:55.179 --> 00:06:56.699 We just read in verse 25, 00:06:57.079 --> 00:06:58.939 Jesus is able to save completely 00:06:58.939 --> 00:07:01.699 those who come to God 00:07:01.699 --> 00:07:03.359 through him. 00:07:04.339 --> 00:07:04.739 Now, 00:07:04.779 --> 00:07:05.479 there are lots of ways 00:07:05.479 --> 00:07:06.339 that people can 00:07:06.339 --> 00:07:08.079 try to come to God, 00:07:08.159 --> 00:07:08.419 right? 00:07:09.379 --> 00:07:10.819 We can try to come to God 00:07:10.819 --> 00:07:12.859 through presenting to him 00:07:12.859 --> 00:07:13.839 the good things 00:07:13.839 --> 00:07:15.239 that we have done in our lives. 00:07:15.240 --> 00:07:19.139 But the Bible is clear 00:07:19.139 --> 00:07:20.420 that we can never do 00:07:20.420 --> 00:07:21.040 enough good things 00:07:21.040 --> 00:07:21.579 in our lives 00:07:21.579 --> 00:07:23.300 to meet God's holy standard. 00:07:25.579 --> 00:07:27.000 We could try to come to God 00:07:27.000 --> 00:07:28.780 through religious practices 00:07:28.780 --> 00:07:31.019 like saying your prayers 00:07:31.019 --> 00:07:31.519 every day 00:07:31.519 --> 00:07:32.960 or attending church 00:07:32.960 --> 00:07:34.319 or giving generously to church. 00:07:34.480 --> 00:07:37.439 And as good as all that is, 00:07:37.500 --> 00:07:38.400 the Bible tells us 00:07:38.400 --> 00:07:39.680 that none of these things 00:07:39.680 --> 00:07:41.360 are ever enough. 00:07:41.360 --> 00:07:45.879 verse 25 tells us 00:07:45.879 --> 00:07:46.540 that Jesus 00:07:46.540 --> 00:07:48.280 only intercedes 00:07:48.280 --> 00:07:49.920 for those who come to God 00:07:49.920 --> 00:07:51.819 through him. 00:07:53.900 --> 00:07:55.340 Those are the only people 00:07:55.340 --> 00:07:56.580 he is able to save 00:07:56.580 --> 00:07:57.360 completely 00:07:57.360 --> 00:07:59.680 because they trust 00:07:59.680 --> 00:08:00.920 not in something 00:08:00.920 --> 00:08:01.639 that they've done, 00:08:01.900 --> 00:08:03.080 but in Jesus' 00:08:03.720 --> 00:08:04.759 perfect work 00:08:04.759 --> 00:08:05.800 for them. 00:08:07.800 --> 00:08:08.780 He lived 00:08:08.779 --> 00:08:11.099 a life of perfect obedience 00:08:11.099 --> 00:08:11.739 to God 00:08:11.739 --> 00:08:13.199 they couldn't live. 00:08:15.419 --> 00:08:16.759 He took the punishment 00:08:16.759 --> 00:08:17.819 they deserved 00:08:17.819 --> 00:08:18.539 for their sin. 00:08:20.939 --> 00:08:21.539 Jesus 00:08:21.539 --> 00:08:23.239 only intercedes 00:08:23.239 --> 00:08:23.819 for those 00:08:23.819 --> 00:08:24.359 who come 00:08:24.359 --> 00:08:25.339 to the Father 00:08:25.339 --> 00:08:26.759 through faith 00:08:26.759 --> 00:08:27.599 in him. 00:08:29.879 --> 00:08:30.819 So for those 00:08:30.819 --> 00:08:31.459 who are outside 00:08:31.459 --> 00:08:32.000 of Christ, 00:08:33.980 --> 00:08:34.759 Jesus is not 00:08:34.759 --> 00:08:35.439 speaking words 00:08:35.439 --> 00:08:36.159 of intercession 00:08:36.159 --> 00:08:38.019 on their behalf. 00:08:38.779 --> 00:08:39.819 rather, 00:08:40.179 --> 00:08:41.480 as the coming judge, 00:08:41.559 --> 00:08:42.339 he is speaking words 00:08:42.339 --> 00:08:43.339 of condemnation 00:08:43.339 --> 00:08:44.500 over them. 00:08:46.899 --> 00:08:47.759 Over those 00:08:47.759 --> 00:08:48.199 who have 00:08:48.199 --> 00:08:49.159 rejected 00:08:49.159 --> 00:08:50.079 him. 00:08:52.360 --> 00:08:52.879 So, 00:08:53.220 --> 00:08:54.860 here's the first question. 00:08:55.079 --> 00:08:55.480 It's not 00:08:55.480 --> 00:08:56.899 easy to ask 00:08:56.899 --> 00:08:58.039 or to think about. 00:08:59.519 --> 00:09:00.299 But which words 00:09:00.299 --> 00:09:01.000 is Christ speaking 00:09:01.000 --> 00:09:01.819 over your life? 00:09:05.659 --> 00:09:06.500 Are they words 00:09:06.500 --> 00:09:07.259 of intercession? 00:09:08.779 --> 00:09:09.879 Or are they words 00:09:09.879 --> 00:09:10.759 of condemnation? 00:09:13.100 --> 00:09:14.279 We need to be real 00:09:14.279 --> 00:09:14.759 about that. 00:09:15.980 --> 00:09:16.279 Jesus 00:09:16.279 --> 00:09:18.459 only intercedes 00:09:18.459 --> 00:09:19.579 for those 00:09:19.579 --> 00:09:20.799 who come to God 00:09:20.799 --> 00:09:21.799 through faith 00:09:21.799 --> 00:09:22.199 in him. 00:09:23.939 --> 00:09:24.939 But what does it 00:09:24.939 --> 00:09:25.220 mean 00:09:25.220 --> 00:09:26.579 that Jesus 00:09:26.579 --> 00:09:27.360 intercedes 00:09:27.360 --> 00:09:28.720 for believers? 00:09:29.299 --> 00:09:29.620 Well, 00:09:29.919 --> 00:09:30.539 the word 00:09:30.539 --> 00:09:31.199 intercedes 00:09:31.199 --> 00:09:32.159 in verse 25, 00:09:32.299 --> 00:09:33.019 it means to make 00:09:33.019 --> 00:09:33.439 an appeal 00:09:33.439 --> 00:09:33.919 for someone. 00:09:33.919 --> 00:09:37.240 means advocating 00:09:37.240 --> 00:09:38.339 for them, 00:09:39.179 --> 00:09:40.179 representing them, 00:09:40.919 --> 00:09:41.199 speaking 00:09:41.199 --> 00:09:42.559 on their behalf. 00:09:45.139 --> 00:09:45.620 Now, 00:09:45.679 --> 00:09:45.899 I wonder, 00:09:46.019 --> 00:09:46.860 did any of you 00:09:46.860 --> 00:09:48.179 ever get in trouble 00:09:48.179 --> 00:09:48.779 with a teacher 00:09:48.779 --> 00:09:49.259 in school? 00:09:53.479 --> 00:09:54.799 Alex is shaking 00:09:54.799 --> 00:09:55.139 his head, 00:09:55.219 --> 00:09:55.959 and I 100% 00:09:55.959 --> 00:09:56.699 don't believe him. 00:09:56.700 --> 00:10:00.259 You know, 00:10:01.780 --> 00:10:02.860 I think we all 00:10:02.860 --> 00:10:03.420 figured out 00:10:03.420 --> 00:10:04.020 that teacher 00:10:04.020 --> 00:10:04.680 in school 00:10:04.680 --> 00:10:06.620 that nobody 00:10:06.620 --> 00:10:07.360 wanted 00:10:07.360 --> 00:10:08.420 to cross. 00:10:09.560 --> 00:10:10.360 You can picture 00:10:10.360 --> 00:10:11.240 that teacher 00:10:11.240 --> 00:10:11.759 in your mind 00:10:11.759 --> 00:10:12.200 right now? 00:10:13.020 --> 00:10:13.780 Asaph is pointing 00:10:13.780 --> 00:10:14.220 at me. 00:10:17.160 --> 00:10:17.600 Well, 00:10:18.320 --> 00:10:19.080 I was in my 00:10:19.080 --> 00:10:19.560 first year 00:10:19.560 --> 00:10:20.360 of secondary school, 00:10:20.460 --> 00:10:21.220 and I had figured 00:10:21.220 --> 00:10:21.940 out who that 00:10:21.940 --> 00:10:22.700 teacher was. 00:10:22.700 --> 00:10:25.160 Now, 00:10:25.259 --> 00:10:25.620 our school 00:10:25.620 --> 00:10:26.200 had a rule, 00:10:26.259 --> 00:10:26.640 it was a funny 00:10:26.640 --> 00:10:26.820 rule. 00:10:27.320 --> 00:10:27.800 No one was 00:10:27.800 --> 00:10:28.420 allowed upstairs 00:10:28.420 --> 00:10:29.000 at lunchtime. 00:10:30.379 --> 00:10:31.200 What did I do? 00:10:32.720 --> 00:10:33.400 I followed 00:10:33.400 --> 00:10:33.920 my friends 00:10:33.920 --> 00:10:34.440 upstairs at 00:10:34.440 --> 00:10:34.840 lunchtime. 00:10:36.600 --> 00:10:37.120 And who 00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:37.540 appeared at 00:10:37.540 --> 00:10:37.740 the end 00:10:37.740 --> 00:10:38.220 of the corridor? 00:10:39.500 --> 00:10:40.240 The teacher 00:10:40.240 --> 00:10:40.940 that no one 00:10:40.940 --> 00:10:41.800 wanted to cross. 00:10:43.960 --> 00:10:45.060 She shouted 00:10:45.060 --> 00:10:46.200 from the very 00:10:46.200 --> 00:10:46.580 end of this 00:10:46.580 --> 00:10:47.040 really long 00:10:47.040 --> 00:10:47.340 corridor, 00:10:47.460 --> 00:10:47.960 she shouted, 00:10:48.140 --> 00:10:48.520 freeze! 00:10:51.520 --> 00:10:52.200 And I wish 00:10:52.200 --> 00:10:52.660 that had been 00:10:52.659 --> 00:10:53.259 my response. 00:10:54.360 --> 00:10:54.919 But instead 00:10:54.919 --> 00:10:55.500 it was flight. 00:10:56.759 --> 00:10:57.399 I panicked. 00:10:59.639 --> 00:11:00.459 And I 00:11:00.459 --> 00:11:01.439 started power 00:11:01.439 --> 00:11:02.360 walking back 00:11:02.360 --> 00:11:04.339 to the stairs. 00:11:05.620 --> 00:11:06.439 For I knew 00:11:06.439 --> 00:11:06.759 that I was 00:11:06.759 --> 00:11:07.259 halfway down 00:11:07.259 --> 00:11:07.679 the stairs, 00:11:07.779 --> 00:11:08.179 and she was 00:11:08.179 --> 00:11:09.039 hot on my 00:11:09.039 --> 00:11:09.399 heels, 00:11:09.740 --> 00:11:10.120 and at this 00:11:10.120 --> 00:11:10.399 point, 00:11:11.079 --> 00:11:11.579 I knew, 00:11:11.659 --> 00:11:12.000 and all my 00:11:12.000 --> 00:11:12.679 friends upstairs 00:11:12.679 --> 00:11:13.000 knew, 00:11:13.120 --> 00:11:13.620 I was well 00:11:13.620 --> 00:11:14.079 and truly 00:11:14.079 --> 00:11:14.600 goosed. 00:11:15.399 --> 00:11:15.879 She was 00:11:15.879 --> 00:11:16.839 red with 00:11:16.839 --> 00:11:17.299 fury, 00:11:17.899 --> 00:11:18.439 probably from 00:11:18.439 --> 00:11:19.439 running down 00:11:19.439 --> 00:11:19.899 the corridor, 00:11:19.899 --> 00:11:19.959 door. 00:11:21.539 --> 00:11:22.319 And I 00:11:22.319 --> 00:11:23.340 was 00:11:23.340 --> 00:11:24.360 guilty. 00:11:29.360 --> 00:11:29.980 I got 00:11:29.980 --> 00:11:30.220 both 00:11:30.220 --> 00:11:30.519 barrels. 00:11:31.319 --> 00:11:31.819 I wasn't 00:11:31.819 --> 00:11:32.120 spared. 00:11:34.159 --> 00:11:34.819 And as I 00:11:34.819 --> 00:11:35.340 went home 00:11:35.340 --> 00:11:36.340 that evening, 00:11:36.340 --> 00:11:37.139 I was sick 00:11:37.139 --> 00:11:38.159 with worry, 00:11:38.840 --> 00:11:39.799 because I 00:11:39.799 --> 00:11:40.319 didn't know 00:11:40.319 --> 00:11:40.939 how I could 00:11:40.939 --> 00:11:42.600 ever work 00:11:42.600 --> 00:11:43.059 with that 00:11:43.059 --> 00:11:43.600 teacher again, 00:11:43.639 --> 00:11:43.980 or even be 00:11:43.980 --> 00:11:44.360 in the same 00:11:44.360 --> 00:11:45.460 room as 00:11:45.460 --> 00:11:45.659 her. 00:11:45.659 --> 00:11:46.939 And here 00:11:46.939 --> 00:11:47.299 I was 00:11:47.299 --> 00:11:47.699 in first 00:11:47.699 --> 00:11:47.919 year. 00:11:51.139 --> 00:11:51.740 But my 00:11:51.740 --> 00:11:52.019 mum, 00:11:52.379 --> 00:11:53.360 she heard 00:11:53.360 --> 00:11:53.740 about this, 00:11:53.759 --> 00:11:53.959 and she 00:11:53.959 --> 00:11:54.399 arranged a 00:11:54.399 --> 00:11:54.759 meeting with 00:11:54.759 --> 00:11:55.179 this teacher. 00:11:56.319 --> 00:11:57.019 And she 00:11:57.019 --> 00:11:58.120 interceded for 00:11:58.120 --> 00:11:58.299 me. 00:11:58.839 --> 00:11:59.439 She appealed 00:11:59.439 --> 00:11:59.899 to the 00:11:59.899 --> 00:12:00.279 teacher to 00:12:00.279 --> 00:12:00.819 show me a 00:12:00.819 --> 00:12:01.299 mercy and 00:12:01.299 --> 00:12:01.620 forgiveness 00:12:01.620 --> 00:12:02.059 that I 00:12:02.059 --> 00:12:02.459 did not 00:12:02.459 --> 00:12:02.899 deserve. 00:12:06.059 --> 00:12:06.679 And here's 00:12:06.679 --> 00:12:06.939 what happened. 00:12:07.100 --> 00:12:07.759 After serving 00:12:07.759 --> 00:12:08.339 the detention, 00:12:09.480 --> 00:12:09.860 the teacher 00:12:09.860 --> 00:12:10.519 never once 00:12:10.519 --> 00:12:10.779 held it 00:12:10.779 --> 00:12:11.159 against me 00:12:11.159 --> 00:12:11.360 again. 00:12:13.720 --> 00:12:14.299 In fact, 00:12:14.379 --> 00:12:14.860 we went on 00:12:14.860 --> 00:12:15.179 in later 00:12:15.179 --> 00:12:15.639 years to 00:12:15.639 --> 00:12:16.199 work really 00:12:16.199 --> 00:12:16.559 closely 00:12:16.559 --> 00:12:16.939 together. 00:12:18.699 --> 00:12:19.299 She was 00:12:19.299 --> 00:12:19.500 the one 00:12:19.500 --> 00:12:19.840 who first 00:12:19.840 --> 00:12:20.220 trained me 00:12:20.220 --> 00:12:20.519 in public 00:12:20.519 --> 00:12:20.860 speaking. 00:12:23.279 --> 00:12:23.879 And she 00:12:23.879 --> 00:12:24.439 actually became 00:12:24.439 --> 00:12:24.720 one of my 00:12:24.720 --> 00:12:25.259 favourite teachers 00:12:25.259 --> 00:12:25.620 in school. 00:12:26.480 --> 00:12:26.980 Now, I 00:12:26.980 --> 00:12:27.460 know that 00:12:27.460 --> 00:12:28.259 none of 00:12:28.259 --> 00:12:28.539 that could 00:12:28.539 --> 00:12:28.980 have happened 00:12:28.980 --> 00:12:30.340 if my 00:12:30.340 --> 00:12:30.699 mum had 00:12:30.699 --> 00:12:31.399 not interceded 00:12:31.399 --> 00:12:32.100 for me 00:12:32.100 --> 00:12:33.120 in that 00:12:33.120 --> 00:12:33.439 moment. 00:12:35.799 --> 00:12:36.340 And in 00:12:36.340 --> 00:12:37.000 an ultimate 00:12:37.000 --> 00:12:37.399 sense, 00:12:38.860 --> 00:12:39.340 Jesus 00:12:39.340 --> 00:12:40.319 intercedes 00:12:40.319 --> 00:12:41.700 for guilty 00:12:41.700 --> 00:12:42.159 sinners 00:12:42.159 --> 00:12:43.220 like you 00:12:43.220 --> 00:12:43.519 and me. 00:12:43.519 --> 00:12:44.519 God 00:12:44.519 --> 00:12:44.819 will 00:12:44.819 --> 00:12:45.079 be 00:12:45.079 --> 00:12:45.360 not 00:12:45.360 --> 00:12:47.519 to 00:12:47.519 --> 00:12:47.679 some 00:12:47.679 --> 00:12:48.039 irrelevant 00:12:48.039 --> 00:12:48.360 figure 00:12:48.360 --> 00:12:48.519 like 00:12:48.519 --> 00:12:48.659 a 00:12:48.659 --> 00:12:48.939 teacher 00:12:48.939 --> 00:12:49.740 or a 00:12:49.740 --> 00:12:50.059 boss. 00:12:50.720 --> 00:12:50.819 No, 00:12:50.980 --> 00:12:51.220 he 00:12:51.220 --> 00:12:51.799 appeals 00:12:51.799 --> 00:12:52.019 to 00:12:52.019 --> 00:12:52.460 God 00:12:52.460 --> 00:12:52.919 the 00:12:52.919 --> 00:12:53.360 Father 00:12:53.360 --> 00:12:55.079 before 00:12:55.079 --> 00:12:55.399 whom 00:12:55.399 --> 00:12:55.539 we 00:12:55.539 --> 00:12:55.779 all 00:12:55.779 --> 00:12:56.299 stand 00:12:56.299 --> 00:12:57.159 condemned. 00:12:57.159 --> 00:12:59.519 So, 00:12:59.759 --> 00:13:01.159 how does 00:13:01.159 --> 00:13:01.439 he 00:13:01.439 --> 00:13:02.179 intercede 00:13:02.179 --> 00:13:02.519 for us? 00:13:02.579 --> 00:13:02.879 How does 00:13:02.879 --> 00:13:03.799 he seal 00:13:03.799 --> 00:13:04.159 our 00:13:04.159 --> 00:13:04.779 pardon? 00:13:04.919 --> 00:13:05.000 Well, 00:13:05.039 --> 00:13:05.620 to understand 00:13:05.620 --> 00:13:05.980 how, 00:13:06.480 --> 00:13:06.959 the writer 00:13:06.959 --> 00:13:07.839 of this 00:13:07.839 --> 00:13:08.379 text in 00:13:08.379 --> 00:13:08.759 Hebrews, 00:13:09.159 --> 00:13:09.519 he wants 00:13:09.519 --> 00:13:09.759 to bring 00:13:09.759 --> 00:13:10.100 us back 00:13:10.100 --> 00:13:10.399 to the 00:13:10.399 --> 00:13:10.740 role of 00:13:10.740 --> 00:13:11.339 the priest 00:13:11.339 --> 00:13:12.319 in the 00:13:12.319 --> 00:13:12.679 Old 00:13:12.679 --> 00:13:13.339 Testament 00:13:13.339 --> 00:13:15.000 and what 00:13:15.000 --> 00:13:15.579 they did 00:13:15.579 --> 00:13:16.219 in the 00:13:16.219 --> 00:13:16.539 temple. 00:13:16.719 --> 00:13:16.839 Now, 00:13:17.500 --> 00:13:17.959 the role 00:13:17.959 --> 00:13:18.519 of priest 00:13:18.519 --> 00:13:19.459 back then 00:13:19.459 --> 00:13:19.819 in the 00:13:19.819 --> 00:13:20.139 Old 00:13:20.139 --> 00:13:20.379 Testament 00:13:20.379 --> 00:13:20.719 law 00:13:20.719 --> 00:13:21.459 and all 00:13:21.459 --> 00:13:21.579 the 00:13:21.579 --> 00:13:21.980 practices 00:13:21.980 --> 00:13:22.379 that went 00:13:22.379 --> 00:13:22.799 with it, 00:13:23.120 --> 00:13:23.919 they were 00:13:23.919 --> 00:13:24.319 fulfilled 00:13:24.319 --> 00:13:25.179 by Jesus. 00:13:25.179 --> 00:13:25.639 So, 00:13:25.699 --> 00:13:25.939 these 00:13:25.939 --> 00:13:26.679 practices, 00:13:27.039 --> 00:13:27.639 they no 00:13:27.639 --> 00:13:28.000 longer 00:13:28.000 --> 00:13:28.859 apply to 00:13:28.859 --> 00:13:29.339 us today, 00:13:29.439 --> 00:13:30.019 but Jesus 00:13:30.019 --> 00:13:31.279 has fulfilled 00:13:31.279 --> 00:13:32.620 them and 00:13:32.620 --> 00:13:33.379 in verse 24 00:13:33.379 --> 00:13:33.859 we read, 00:13:34.079 --> 00:13:34.599 he has now 00:13:34.599 --> 00:13:35.219 become our 00:13:35.219 --> 00:13:36.259 true high 00:13:36.259 --> 00:13:36.679 priest 00:13:36.679 --> 00:13:37.459 forever. 00:13:38.039 --> 00:13:38.219 Okay, 00:13:38.319 --> 00:13:38.759 so that's 00:13:38.759 --> 00:13:39.599 what he's 00:13:39.599 --> 00:13:39.959 doing for 00:13:39.959 --> 00:13:40.339 us in 00:13:40.339 --> 00:13:40.559 heaven. 00:13:41.120 --> 00:13:41.419 So, 00:13:41.500 --> 00:13:41.719 we're going 00:13:41.719 --> 00:13:42.019 to look 00:13:42.019 --> 00:13:42.319 at this 00:13:42.319 --> 00:13:43.019 former role 00:13:43.019 --> 00:13:43.759 of priest 00:13:43.759 --> 00:13:44.620 in the 00:13:44.620 --> 00:13:44.819 Old 00:13:44.819 --> 00:13:45.199 Testament 00:13:45.199 --> 00:13:46.659 to learn 00:13:46.659 --> 00:13:47.319 how Jesus, 00:13:47.559 --> 00:13:48.000 our true 00:13:48.000 --> 00:13:48.599 high priest, 00:13:49.259 --> 00:13:49.759 intercedes 00:13:49.759 --> 00:13:50.759 for us 00:13:50.759 --> 00:13:51.059 now. 00:13:51.939 --> 00:13:52.199 Now, 00:13:52.259 --> 00:13:52.759 the priest 00:13:52.759 --> 00:13:53.859 had two 00:13:53.859 --> 00:13:54.379 main roles. 00:13:54.379 --> 00:13:55.279 number 00:13:55.279 --> 00:13:55.519 one, 00:13:56.519 --> 00:13:57.139 they made 00:13:57.139 --> 00:13:57.740 sacrifices. 00:13:59.039 --> 00:13:59.299 Number 00:13:59.299 --> 00:13:59.600 two, 00:14:00.419 --> 00:14:01.299 they interceded 00:14:01.299 --> 00:14:02.159 for God's 00:14:02.159 --> 00:14:02.480 people. 00:14:03.500 --> 00:14:03.740 So, 00:14:04.000 --> 00:14:04.460 have a look 00:14:04.460 --> 00:14:04.799 at verse 00:14:04.799 --> 00:14:06.439 26 and 00:14:06.439 --> 00:14:06.740 what it 00:14:06.740 --> 00:14:07.299 says of 00:14:07.299 --> 00:14:07.659 Jesus. 00:14:08.139 --> 00:14:08.439 It says, 00:14:08.700 --> 00:14:08.840 such a 00:14:08.840 --> 00:14:09.399 high priest 00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:10.639 truly meets 00:14:10.639 --> 00:14:11.039 our need, 00:14:12.179 --> 00:14:12.620 one who 00:14:12.620 --> 00:14:13.480 is holy, 00:14:13.939 --> 00:14:14.419 blameless, 00:14:15.179 --> 00:14:15.539 pure, 00:14:16.039 --> 00:14:16.519 set apart 00:14:16.519 --> 00:14:17.179 from sinners, 00:14:17.600 --> 00:14:18.100 exalted 00:14:18.100 --> 00:14:19.559 above the 00:14:19.559 --> 00:14:19.899 heavens. 00:14:20.059 --> 00:14:20.220 Okay, 00:14:20.279 --> 00:14:20.620 so that's 00:14:20.620 --> 00:14:21.100 setting Jesus 00:14:21.100 --> 00:14:21.659 apart from 00:14:21.659 --> 00:14:22.179 all the 00:14:22.179 --> 00:14:22.559 Old 00:14:22.559 --> 00:14:22.980 Testament 00:14:22.980 --> 00:14:23.519 priests 00:14:23.519 --> 00:14:24.220 who are 00:14:24.220 --> 00:14:24.559 sinful 00:14:24.559 --> 00:14:24.939 people. 00:14:27.240 --> 00:14:27.740 Jesus 00:14:27.740 --> 00:14:27.960 was 00:14:27.960 --> 00:14:28.439 blameless, 00:14:29.019 --> 00:14:29.500 and therefore, 00:14:29.659 --> 00:14:30.299 verse 27, 00:14:30.600 --> 00:14:31.019 unlike the 00:14:31.019 --> 00:14:31.439 other high 00:14:31.439 --> 00:14:31.740 priests, 00:14:32.079 --> 00:14:32.399 he does 00:14:32.399 --> 00:14:32.819 not need 00:14:32.819 --> 00:14:33.159 to offer 00:14:33.159 --> 00:14:33.840 sacrifices 00:14:33.840 --> 00:14:34.480 day after 00:14:34.480 --> 00:14:34.759 day, 00:14:34.860 --> 00:14:35.419 first for 00:14:35.419 --> 00:14:35.819 his own 00:14:35.819 --> 00:14:36.220 sins, 00:14:36.620 --> 00:14:37.199 and then 00:14:37.199 --> 00:14:37.559 for the 00:14:37.559 --> 00:14:37.860 sins of 00:14:37.860 --> 00:14:38.259 the people. 00:14:39.199 --> 00:14:39.539 Why? 00:14:41.139 --> 00:14:41.659 He 00:14:41.659 --> 00:14:42.439 sacrificed 00:14:42.439 --> 00:14:43.199 for their 00:14:43.199 --> 00:14:44.120 sins once 00:14:44.120 --> 00:14:44.659 for all 00:14:44.659 --> 00:14:45.620 when he 00:14:45.620 --> 00:14:46.079 offered 00:14:46.079 --> 00:14:46.659 himself. 00:14:46.659 --> 00:14:46.779 people. 00:14:48.860 --> 00:14:49.659 You see, 00:14:50.419 --> 00:14:51.120 the priests 00:14:51.120 --> 00:14:51.740 made 00:14:51.740 --> 00:14:52.519 animal 00:14:52.519 --> 00:14:53.379 sacrifices 00:14:53.379 --> 00:14:53.939 for their 00:14:53.939 --> 00:14:54.519 own sin 00:14:54.519 --> 00:14:55.019 and for 00:14:55.019 --> 00:14:55.419 the sin 00:14:55.419 --> 00:14:56.379 of the 00:14:56.379 --> 00:14:56.699 people, 00:14:56.899 --> 00:14:57.240 and this 00:14:57.240 --> 00:14:57.600 was meant 00:14:57.600 --> 00:14:58.600 to point 00:14:58.600 --> 00:14:59.199 them forward 00:14:59.199 --> 00:14:59.659 to a 00:14:59.659 --> 00:15:00.600 once-for-all 00:15:00.600 --> 00:15:01.199 sacrifice 00:15:01.199 --> 00:15:01.600 someday. 00:15:02.139 --> 00:15:02.839 But Jesus, 00:15:04.139 --> 00:15:04.699 because he 00:15:04.699 --> 00:15:05.539 never sinned, 00:15:06.299 --> 00:15:07.240 he could 00:15:07.240 --> 00:15:07.719 sacrifice 00:15:07.719 --> 00:15:08.199 himself. 00:15:09.240 --> 00:15:10.179 He poured 00:15:10.179 --> 00:15:10.860 out his 00:15:10.860 --> 00:15:11.339 innocent 00:15:11.339 --> 00:15:11.759 blood 00:15:11.759 --> 00:15:13.120 for our 00:15:13.120 --> 00:15:14.100 sin as a 00:15:14.100 --> 00:15:14.899 once-for-all 00:15:14.899 --> 00:15:17.639 sacrifice. 00:15:18.720 --> 00:15:19.399 No more 00:15:19.399 --> 00:15:20.000 sacrifices 00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:20.759 needed. 00:15:20.899 --> 00:15:21.279 So that's 00:15:21.279 --> 00:15:22.519 the first 00:15:22.519 --> 00:15:22.959 part. 00:15:24.500 --> 00:15:25.019 Jesus, 00:15:25.559 --> 00:15:25.959 our true 00:15:25.959 --> 00:15:26.600 high priest, 00:15:27.639 --> 00:15:28.299 made a 00:15:28.299 --> 00:15:28.919 once-and-for-all 00:15:28.919 --> 00:15:29.480 sacrifice. 00:15:29.860 --> 00:15:30.139 Now here's 00:15:30.139 --> 00:15:30.439 the second 00:15:30.439 --> 00:15:30.759 part, 00:15:31.059 --> 00:15:31.360 because the 00:15:31.360 --> 00:15:31.699 second part 00:15:31.699 --> 00:15:31.879 of the 00:15:31.879 --> 00:15:32.279 priest's role 00:15:32.279 --> 00:15:32.659 was to 00:15:32.659 --> 00:15:33.259 intercede 00:15:33.259 --> 00:15:33.980 for the 00:15:33.980 --> 00:15:34.279 people. 00:15:35.000 --> 00:15:35.340 So, 00:15:35.639 --> 00:15:36.059 once a 00:15:36.059 --> 00:15:36.220 year, 00:15:37.299 --> 00:15:37.720 the high 00:15:37.720 --> 00:15:38.360 priest would 00:15:38.360 --> 00:15:39.019 go into 00:15:39.019 --> 00:15:40.100 the inner 00:15:40.100 --> 00:15:40.740 room of 00:15:40.740 --> 00:15:41.139 the temple 00:15:41.139 --> 00:15:41.659 called the 00:15:41.659 --> 00:15:42.039 Holy of 00:15:42.039 --> 00:15:42.360 Holies. 00:15:43.059 --> 00:15:43.519 That's where 00:15:43.519 --> 00:15:44.100 God's 00:15:44.100 --> 00:15:44.819 presence 00:15:44.820 --> 00:15:45.540 dwelt. 00:15:46.960 --> 00:15:47.600 And there, 00:15:48.580 --> 00:15:48.900 the high 00:15:48.900 --> 00:15:49.240 priest would 00:15:49.240 --> 00:15:50.480 sprinkle the 00:15:50.480 --> 00:15:51.480 blood of 00:15:51.480 --> 00:15:52.300 the sacrificed 00:15:52.300 --> 00:15:52.900 animal, 00:15:53.100 --> 00:15:53.900 thereby pleading 00:15:53.900 --> 00:15:55.080 to God 00:15:55.080 --> 00:15:56.100 to forgive 00:15:56.100 --> 00:15:56.600 the people 00:15:56.600 --> 00:15:57.920 on the 00:15:57.920 --> 00:15:59.340 basis of 00:15:59.340 --> 00:15:59.879 the innocent 00:15:59.879 --> 00:16:01.020 blood that 00:16:01.020 --> 00:16:01.580 was shed. 00:16:03.120 --> 00:16:03.620 Now how 00:16:03.620 --> 00:16:03.860 does that 00:16:03.860 --> 00:16:04.200 point us 00:16:04.200 --> 00:16:04.600 to Jesus? 00:16:06.980 --> 00:16:07.660 Read with 00:16:07.660 --> 00:16:08.520 me chapter 00:16:08.520 --> 00:16:08.920 8, 00:16:09.560 --> 00:16:10.480 verse 1 00:16:10.480 --> 00:16:10.920 and 2. 00:16:12.580 --> 00:16:13.300 We do 00:16:13.300 --> 00:16:13.740 have such 00:16:13.740 --> 00:16:14.140 a high 00:16:14.140 --> 00:16:14.480 priest, 00:16:14.480 --> 00:16:14.899 Jesus, 00:16:15.159 --> 00:16:16.019 who sat 00:16:16.019 --> 00:16:17.240 down at 00:16:17.240 --> 00:16:17.659 the right 00:16:17.659 --> 00:16:18.159 hand of 00:16:18.159 --> 00:16:18.620 the throne 00:16:18.620 --> 00:16:18.980 of the 00:16:18.980 --> 00:16:19.539 majesty in 00:16:19.539 --> 00:16:20.980 heaven and 00:16:20.980 --> 00:16:21.800 who serves 00:16:21.800 --> 00:16:22.159 in the 00:16:22.159 --> 00:16:22.560 sanctuary, 00:16:23.240 --> 00:16:23.720 the true 00:16:23.720 --> 00:16:24.840 tabernacle set 00:16:24.840 --> 00:16:25.300 up by the 00:16:25.300 --> 00:16:25.560 Lord, 00:16:26.060 --> 00:16:26.820 not by a 00:16:26.820 --> 00:16:27.600 mere human 00:16:27.600 --> 00:16:27.899 being. 00:16:28.000 --> 00:16:28.539 So Jesus, 00:16:29.060 --> 00:16:29.740 after making 00:16:29.740 --> 00:16:31.519 his sacrifice 00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:32.360 on the 00:16:32.360 --> 00:16:32.740 cross, 00:16:34.080 --> 00:16:35.560 he entered 00:16:35.560 --> 00:16:36.659 into the 00:16:36.659 --> 00:16:37.500 presence of 00:16:37.500 --> 00:16:37.980 God, 00:16:38.159 --> 00:16:38.899 the Father 00:16:38.899 --> 00:16:39.620 in heaven. 00:16:39.620 --> 00:16:40.620 God's 00:16:40.620 --> 00:16:39.679 name. 00:16:42.159 --> 00:16:42.960 And there 00:16:42.960 --> 00:16:43.659 he serves 00:16:43.659 --> 00:16:44.940 in the 00:16:44.940 --> 00:16:45.379 sanctuary, 00:16:46.379 --> 00:16:47.799 day after 00:16:47.799 --> 00:16:49.139 day after 00:16:49.139 --> 00:16:49.600 day. 00:16:50.759 --> 00:16:51.220 And just 00:16:51.220 --> 00:16:52.320 as like in 00:16:52.320 --> 00:16:52.560 the Old 00:16:52.560 --> 00:16:52.879 Testament, 00:16:53.019 --> 00:16:53.519 the priest 00:16:53.519 --> 00:16:54.960 served in 00:16:54.960 --> 00:16:55.700 an earthly 00:16:55.700 --> 00:16:56.759 temple by 00:16:56.759 --> 00:16:58.039 presenting the 00:16:58.039 --> 00:16:58.460 blood, 00:16:59.940 --> 00:17:00.980 so Jesus 00:17:00.980 --> 00:17:01.600 now, 00:17:01.740 --> 00:17:02.100 in this 00:17:02.100 --> 00:17:02.820 heavenly 00:17:02.820 --> 00:17:03.340 temple in 00:17:03.340 --> 00:17:03.600 heaven, 00:17:03.600 --> 00:17:06.279 is presenting 00:17:06.279 --> 00:17:07.160 his blood 00:17:07.160 --> 00:17:07.960 to the 00:17:07.960 --> 00:17:08.299 Father, 00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:10.140 showing his 00:17:10.140 --> 00:17:11.299 nail-pierced 00:17:11.299 --> 00:17:12.220 hands and 00:17:12.220 --> 00:17:12.640 feet, 00:17:12.980 --> 00:17:13.960 appealing to 00:17:13.960 --> 00:17:14.500 the Father 00:17:14.500 --> 00:17:15.860 moment by 00:17:15.860 --> 00:17:17.140 moment for 00:17:17.140 --> 00:17:17.920 the forgiveness 00:17:17.920 --> 00:17:19.519 of his 00:17:19.519 --> 00:17:20.000 people. 00:17:20.400 --> 00:17:20.839 And this 00:17:20.839 --> 00:17:21.860 is ongoing 00:17:21.860 --> 00:17:22.660 today. 00:17:24.099 --> 00:17:24.839 He is 00:17:24.839 --> 00:17:25.620 pleading with 00:17:25.620 --> 00:17:26.140 the Father, 00:17:27.599 --> 00:17:28.400 on the basis 00:17:28.400 --> 00:17:29.140 of my blood 00:17:29.140 --> 00:17:29.640 shed on the 00:17:29.640 --> 00:17:29.960 cross, 00:17:30.319 --> 00:17:31.259 forgive their 00:17:31.259 --> 00:17:31.660 sin. 00:17:31.660 --> 00:17:34.200 that is 00:17:34.200 --> 00:17:34.779 what Jesus 00:17:34.779 --> 00:17:35.500 is doing 00:17:35.500 --> 00:17:36.320 for you 00:17:36.320 --> 00:17:37.160 and I 00:17:37.160 --> 00:17:38.700 right now 00:17:38.700 --> 00:17:39.540 in heaven. 00:17:40.540 --> 00:17:41.320 His work 00:17:41.320 --> 00:17:42.779 continues. 00:17:43.480 --> 00:17:43.800 And it's 00:17:43.800 --> 00:17:44.300 not just a 00:17:44.300 --> 00:17:44.800 one-time 00:17:44.800 --> 00:17:45.300 event. 00:17:47.080 --> 00:17:47.880 Maybe the 00:17:47.880 --> 00:17:48.420 first day 00:17:48.420 --> 00:17:48.680 that you 00:17:48.680 --> 00:17:49.120 put your 00:17:49.120 --> 00:17:49.660 trust in 00:17:49.660 --> 00:17:50.080 Christ. 00:17:51.660 --> 00:17:52.380 No, 00:17:52.400 --> 00:17:52.540 it's 00:17:52.540 --> 00:17:52.900 happening 00:17:52.900 --> 00:17:54.580 every single 00:17:54.580 --> 00:17:55.279 day since 00:17:55.279 --> 00:17:55.560 then, 00:17:56.000 --> 00:17:57.500 moment by 00:17:57.500 --> 00:17:58.100 moment. 00:17:58.580 --> 00:17:59.620 He ever 00:17:59.620 --> 00:18:01.300 lives to 00:18:01.299 --> 00:18:02.240 intercede 00:18:02.240 --> 00:18:03.480 for us. 00:18:04.299 --> 00:18:04.619 There's 00:18:04.619 --> 00:18:04.919 another 00:18:04.919 --> 00:18:05.659 really 00:18:05.659 --> 00:18:06.059 helpful 00:18:06.059 --> 00:18:07.119 verse on 00:18:07.119 --> 00:18:07.519 the screen. 00:18:07.659 --> 00:18:08.019 It's from 00:18:08.019 --> 00:18:09.220 1 John 2 00:18:09.220 --> 00:18:09.680 verse 1. 00:18:09.740 --> 00:18:09.919 It says, 00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:10.279 My dear 00:18:10.279 --> 00:18:10.619 children, 00:18:10.759 --> 00:18:11.119 I write 00:18:11.119 --> 00:18:11.519 this to 00:18:11.519 --> 00:18:12.259 you so 00:18:12.259 --> 00:18:12.619 that you 00:18:12.619 --> 00:18:13.039 will not 00:18:13.039 --> 00:18:13.319 sin. 00:18:14.519 --> 00:18:15.000 But if 00:18:15.000 --> 00:18:15.619 anybody 00:18:15.619 --> 00:18:16.579 does sin, 00:18:18.279 --> 00:18:19.220 we have 00:18:19.220 --> 00:18:19.980 an advocate 00:18:19.980 --> 00:18:20.899 with the 00:18:20.899 --> 00:18:21.220 Father, 00:18:21.639 --> 00:18:21.960 Jesus 00:18:21.960 --> 00:18:22.579 Christ, 00:18:23.299 --> 00:18:23.539 the 00:18:23.539 --> 00:18:23.980 righteous 00:18:23.980 --> 00:18:24.680 one. 00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:25.480 Right 00:18:25.480 --> 00:18:25.899 now in 00:18:25.899 --> 00:18:26.159 heaven, 00:18:27.220 --> 00:18:28.359 moment by 00:18:28.359 --> 00:18:28.779 moment, 00:18:28.779 --> 00:18:29.680 Jesus is 00:18:29.680 --> 00:18:30.700 appealing to 00:18:30.700 --> 00:18:31.259 the Father 00:18:31.259 --> 00:18:32.180 for our 00:18:32.180 --> 00:18:32.660 forgiveness 00:18:32.660 --> 00:18:33.899 on the 00:18:33.899 --> 00:18:35.160 basis of 00:18:35.160 --> 00:18:35.779 his blood 00:18:35.779 --> 00:18:36.379 shed. 00:18:37.660 --> 00:18:38.240 And his 00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:38.960 request is 00:18:38.960 --> 00:18:39.779 granted every 00:18:39.779 --> 00:18:40.559 single time 00:18:40.559 --> 00:18:43.480 because the 00:18:43.480 --> 00:18:44.500 sacrifice he 00:18:44.500 --> 00:18:45.639 made is 00:18:45.639 --> 00:18:46.399 totally 00:18:46.399 --> 00:18:48.019 sufficient for 00:18:48.019 --> 00:18:49.359 every sin 00:18:49.359 --> 00:18:49.920 of his 00:18:49.920 --> 00:18:50.200 people. 00:18:50.339 --> 00:18:50.539 That is 00:18:50.539 --> 00:18:52.119 amazing news 00:18:52.119 --> 00:18:53.220 for you 00:18:53.220 --> 00:18:54.440 and for me 00:18:54.440 --> 00:18:54.819 if we are 00:18:54.819 --> 00:18:55.939 in Christ. 00:18:58.779 --> 00:18:59.439 His one 00:18:59.439 --> 00:19:00.519 sacrifice 00:19:00.519 --> 00:19:01.980 purchased our 00:19:01.980 --> 00:19:02.339 forgiveness. 00:19:04.079 --> 00:19:05.200 His daily 00:19:05.200 --> 00:19:05.980 intercession 00:19:05.980 --> 00:19:08.059 applies that 00:19:08.059 --> 00:19:08.839 forgiveness to 00:19:08.839 --> 00:19:09.139 us. 00:19:10.200 --> 00:19:10.619 Let me say 00:19:10.619 --> 00:19:10.939 that again. 00:19:11.000 --> 00:19:11.679 His one 00:19:11.679 --> 00:19:12.240 sacrifice 00:19:12.240 --> 00:19:13.000 purchased our 00:19:13.000 --> 00:19:13.299 forgiveness. 00:19:14.220 --> 00:19:15.139 His daily 00:19:15.139 --> 00:19:16.039 intercession 00:19:16.039 --> 00:19:17.419 applies that 00:19:17.419 --> 00:19:17.759 forgiveness 00:19:17.759 --> 00:19:19.399 to us. 00:19:21.019 --> 00:19:21.799 I want you 00:19:21.799 --> 00:19:22.179 to imagine 00:19:22.179 --> 00:19:22.740 a courtroom. 00:19:22.740 --> 00:19:24.640 it's not a 00:19:24.640 --> 00:19:25.240 perfect analogy 00:19:25.240 --> 00:19:26.299 but it may 00:19:26.299 --> 00:19:26.620 tell us 00:19:26.620 --> 00:19:26.940 something. 00:19:29.660 --> 00:19:30.200 Imagine 00:19:30.200 --> 00:19:30.880 God the 00:19:30.880 --> 00:19:31.400 Father is 00:19:31.400 --> 00:19:31.859 the judge 00:19:31.859 --> 00:19:32.339 and we 00:19:32.339 --> 00:19:33.079 are on 00:19:33.079 --> 00:19:33.620 the dock 00:19:33.620 --> 00:19:35.759 guilty 00:19:35.759 --> 00:19:36.819 of sin 00:19:36.819 --> 00:19:37.819 and rebellion 00:19:37.819 --> 00:19:39.079 against 00:19:39.079 --> 00:19:39.779 God the 00:19:39.779 --> 00:19:40.059 Father. 00:19:41.539 --> 00:19:42.039 And imagine 00:19:42.039 --> 00:19:42.640 that Satan 00:19:42.640 --> 00:19:43.059 is the 00:19:43.059 --> 00:19:43.579 prosecutor. 00:19:44.880 --> 00:19:45.460 Justice 00:19:45.460 --> 00:19:46.440 must be 00:19:46.440 --> 00:19:46.859 done, 00:19:47.120 --> 00:19:47.620 he shouts. 00:19:49.140 --> 00:19:49.900 The penalty 00:19:49.900 --> 00:19:50.640 for their 00:19:50.640 --> 00:19:51.140 rebellion 00:19:51.140 --> 00:19:52.680 is separation 00:19:52.680 --> 00:19:53.560 from God 00:19:53.560 --> 00:19:54.360 forever. 00:19:55.140 --> 00:19:55.480 Eternal 00:19:55.480 --> 00:19:55.860 death. 00:19:57.900 --> 00:19:58.519 And we 00:19:58.519 --> 00:19:58.940 are guilty. 00:20:00.980 --> 00:20:01.320 And we 00:20:01.320 --> 00:20:01.680 could try 00:20:01.680 --> 00:20:03.240 to list 00:20:03.240 --> 00:20:03.759 off some 00:20:03.759 --> 00:20:04.140 things we 00:20:04.140 --> 00:20:04.400 did in 00:20:04.400 --> 00:20:04.920 our lives 00:20:04.920 --> 00:20:05.860 but they 00:20:05.860 --> 00:20:07.019 could never 00:20:07.019 --> 00:20:07.620 make up 00:20:07.620 --> 00:20:08.380 for our 00:20:08.380 --> 00:20:09.220 rebellion. 00:20:10.700 --> 00:20:10.960 Now I 00:20:10.960 --> 00:20:11.259 want you to 00:20:11.259 --> 00:20:11.980 imagine Jesus 00:20:11.980 --> 00:20:13.720 as a defense 00:20:13.720 --> 00:20:15.420 lawyer throwing 00:20:15.420 --> 00:20:15.880 open the 00:20:15.880 --> 00:20:16.140 doors of 00:20:16.140 --> 00:20:16.480 the court. 00:20:16.480 --> 00:20:18.980 and he 00:20:18.980 --> 00:20:19.940 walks up 00:20:19.940 --> 00:20:20.599 the aisle 00:20:20.599 --> 00:20:21.400 to God 00:20:21.400 --> 00:20:21.860 the Father 00:20:21.860 --> 00:20:22.460 and he 00:20:22.460 --> 00:20:23.259 shows him 00:20:23.259 --> 00:20:24.559 his wounded 00:20:24.559 --> 00:20:25.360 hands and 00:20:25.360 --> 00:20:26.059 feet saying 00:20:26.059 --> 00:20:27.819 they trusted 00:20:27.819 --> 00:20:28.279 in me. 00:20:29.539 --> 00:20:30.460 I've taken 00:20:30.460 --> 00:20:31.039 their sin 00:20:31.039 --> 00:20:32.500 and the 00:20:32.500 --> 00:20:33.099 sentence 00:20:33.099 --> 00:20:34.059 that they 00:20:34.059 --> 00:20:34.660 deserved 00:20:34.660 --> 00:20:35.900 on the 00:20:35.900 --> 00:20:36.299 cross. 00:20:36.860 --> 00:20:37.339 Forgive 00:20:37.339 --> 00:20:38.539 them for 00:20:38.539 --> 00:20:39.099 the sake 00:20:39.099 --> 00:20:39.980 of my 00:20:39.980 --> 00:20:40.759 blood. 00:20:40.860 --> 00:20:41.180 And the 00:20:41.180 --> 00:20:41.539 judge 00:20:41.539 --> 00:20:43.059 looks at 00:20:43.059 --> 00:20:43.500 Christ 00:20:43.500 --> 00:20:44.700 and looks 00:20:44.700 --> 00:20:45.259 at us 00:20:45.259 --> 00:20:47.839 and declares 00:20:47.839 --> 00:20:48.740 us pardoned 00:20:48.740 --> 00:20:49.200 of all our 00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:49.420 sin. 00:20:50.960 --> 00:20:51.859 And given 00:20:51.859 --> 00:20:52.859 every benefit 00:20:52.859 --> 00:20:53.379 that Christ 00:20:53.379 --> 00:20:53.940 deserved 00:20:53.940 --> 00:20:55.920 freed 00:20:55.920 --> 00:20:57.559 and adopted 00:20:57.559 --> 00:20:58.379 as children 00:20:58.379 --> 00:20:58.759 of the 00:20:58.759 --> 00:20:59.059 Father 00:20:59.059 --> 00:20:59.579 forever 00:20:59.579 --> 00:21:00.500 Satan 00:21:00.500 --> 00:21:01.539 dismayed 00:21:01.539 --> 00:21:02.359 slinks 00:21:02.359 --> 00:21:02.859 away. 00:21:02.859 --> 00:21:05.819 But he'll 00:21:05.819 --> 00:21:06.139 be back 00:21:06.139 --> 00:21:06.779 to accuse 00:21:06.779 --> 00:21:07.339 again 00:21:07.339 --> 00:21:07.939 no doubt. 00:21:09.879 --> 00:21:10.619 And when 00:21:10.619 --> 00:21:11.119 he does 00:21:11.119 --> 00:21:13.339 Jesus 00:21:13.339 --> 00:21:14.279 will be 00:21:14.279 --> 00:21:14.559 there 00:21:14.559 --> 00:21:15.059 because he 00:21:15.059 --> 00:21:16.240 never stops 00:21:16.240 --> 00:21:16.979 being our 00:21:16.979 --> 00:21:17.359 advocate 00:21:17.359 --> 00:21:18.379 before 00:21:18.379 --> 00:21:19.519 the judge. 00:21:19.639 --> 00:21:20.259 He stays 00:21:20.259 --> 00:21:20.679 at the 00:21:20.679 --> 00:21:21.240 Father's 00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:21.619 side 00:21:21.619 --> 00:21:23.199 ever living 00:21:23.199 --> 00:21:24.699 to intercede 00:21:24.699 --> 00:21:25.379 for us. 00:21:26.259 --> 00:21:26.859 His one 00:21:26.859 --> 00:21:27.439 sacrifice 00:21:27.439 --> 00:21:27.899 purchased 00:21:27.899 --> 00:21:28.439 our forgiveness. 00:21:29.919 --> 00:21:30.459 His daily 00:21:30.459 --> 00:21:31.079 intercession 00:21:31.079 --> 00:21:32.299 applies 00:21:32.299 --> 00:21:32.879 that 00:21:32.879 --> 00:21:33.240 forgiveness 00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:34.220 to us 00:21:34.220 --> 00:21:34.700 again 00:21:34.700 --> 00:21:35.259 and again 00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:36.019 and again. 00:21:36.879 --> 00:21:37.440 Now why 00:21:37.440 --> 00:21:37.720 does all 00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:38.139 this matter? 00:21:43.440 --> 00:21:44.079 I've got 00:21:44.079 --> 00:21:44.419 a couple 00:21:44.419 --> 00:21:45.200 suggestions 00:21:45.200 --> 00:21:47.159 and four 00:21:47.159 --> 00:21:47.680 different ways 00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:48.059 that I feel 00:21:48.059 --> 00:21:48.500 like this 00:21:48.500 --> 00:21:49.359 matters 00:21:49.359 --> 00:21:49.980 deeply 00:21:49.980 --> 00:21:50.559 in our 00:21:50.559 --> 00:21:50.859 lives. 00:21:50.960 --> 00:21:51.240 Here's the 00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:51.720 first one 00:21:51.720 --> 00:21:52.119 that I 00:21:52.119 --> 00:21:52.419 propose. 00:21:55.259 --> 00:21:55.779 Your 00:21:55.779 --> 00:21:56.200 forgiven 00:21:56.200 --> 00:21:56.899 status is 00:21:56.899 --> 00:21:57.859 no formal 00:21:57.859 --> 00:21:59.079 technicality. 00:21:59.919 --> 00:22:00.700 It's a 00:22:00.700 --> 00:22:01.059 living, 00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:02.079 breathing, 00:22:02.299 --> 00:22:02.919 reality. 00:22:03.819 --> 00:22:04.059 Now I 00:22:04.059 --> 00:22:04.279 wonder, 00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:05.399 does anyone 00:22:05.399 --> 00:22:05.740 here have 00:22:05.740 --> 00:22:06.240 a random 00:22:06.240 --> 00:22:07.000 qualification 00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:08.099 or award 00:22:08.099 --> 00:22:08.559 given to 00:22:08.559 --> 00:22:09.079 you years 00:22:09.079 --> 00:22:09.460 ago? 00:22:10.379 --> 00:22:10.859 Maybe back 00:22:10.859 --> 00:22:11.159 in the day 00:22:11.159 --> 00:22:11.419 you did 00:22:11.419 --> 00:22:11.680 like a 00:22:11.680 --> 00:22:12.180 night class 00:22:12.180 --> 00:22:12.799 in photography 00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:13.279 or something 00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:14.700 or tea 00:22:14.700 --> 00:22:15.039 blending. 00:22:16.879 --> 00:22:17.259 Or maybe 00:22:17.259 --> 00:22:17.599 you even 00:22:17.599 --> 00:22:18.379 spent 13 00:22:18.379 --> 00:22:19.220 years learning 00:22:19.220 --> 00:22:19.819 Irish. 00:22:21.019 --> 00:22:21.419 Maybe. 00:22:22.419 --> 00:22:23.039 But if I 00:22:23.039 --> 00:22:23.299 were to 00:22:23.299 --> 00:22:23.859 ask you 00:22:23.859 --> 00:22:25.039 cod is 00:22:25.039 --> 00:22:25.819 anam dit, 00:22:25.919 --> 00:22:26.299 you'd probably 00:22:26.299 --> 00:22:26.700 look at me 00:22:26.700 --> 00:22:27.039 like I had 00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:27.519 two heads. 00:22:27.519 --> 00:22:30.539 you see 00:22:30.539 --> 00:22:30.879 technically 00:22:30.879 --> 00:22:31.379 you studied 00:22:31.379 --> 00:22:32.379 Irish for 00:22:32.379 --> 00:22:33.039 13 years 00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:35.039 but it's 00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:35.519 so far 00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:36.099 removed from 00:22:36.099 --> 00:22:36.579 your present 00:22:36.579 --> 00:22:37.200 reality. 00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:38.960 I mean 00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:39.099 it's 00:22:39.099 --> 00:22:39.460 technically 00:22:39.460 --> 00:22:39.980 true 00:22:39.980 --> 00:22:42.339 but not 00:22:42.339 --> 00:22:42.920 real today. 00:22:44.779 --> 00:22:45.059 And 00:22:45.059 --> 00:22:45.480 sometimes we 00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:45.759 can think 00:22:45.759 --> 00:22:46.079 about our 00:22:46.079 --> 00:22:46.379 forgiveness 00:22:46.379 --> 00:22:47.000 before God 00:22:47.000 --> 00:22:47.339 like that, 00:22:47.400 --> 00:22:47.559 right? 00:22:48.019 --> 00:22:48.740 Technically I'm 00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:49.079 forgiven. 00:22:50.220 --> 00:22:50.660 It's written 00:22:50.660 --> 00:22:51.299 down somewhere 00:22:51.299 --> 00:22:51.680 I don't know 00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:52.139 in a filing 00:22:52.139 --> 00:22:52.900 cabinet in 00:22:52.900 --> 00:22:53.180 heaven, 00:22:53.180 --> 00:22:53.640 but it 00:22:53.640 --> 00:22:53.900 doesn't 00:22:53.900 --> 00:22:54.660 feel real 00:22:54.660 --> 00:22:55.799 in my 00:22:55.799 --> 00:22:57.039 day-to-day 00:22:57.039 --> 00:22:57.880 reality of 00:22:57.880 --> 00:22:58.400 failing 00:22:58.400 --> 00:22:59.259 time and 00:22:59.259 --> 00:22:59.759 time again. 00:23:02.140 --> 00:23:02.840 We say 00:23:02.840 --> 00:23:03.480 yes I know 00:23:03.480 --> 00:23:04.140 Jesus died 00:23:04.140 --> 00:23:04.680 for my sin 00:23:04.680 --> 00:23:05.039 but am I 00:23:05.039 --> 00:23:05.340 really 00:23:05.340 --> 00:23:05.840 forgiven for 00:23:05.840 --> 00:23:06.100 that? 00:23:07.500 --> 00:23:07.820 I've 00:23:07.820 --> 00:23:08.200 messed up 00:23:08.200 --> 00:23:08.680 time and 00:23:08.680 --> 00:23:09.200 time again. 00:23:10.279 --> 00:23:11.100 Now we 00:23:11.100 --> 00:23:12.140 realize from 00:23:12.140 --> 00:23:12.660 reading this 00:23:12.660 --> 00:23:13.320 passage that 00:23:13.320 --> 00:23:13.759 Jesus' 00:23:13.980 --> 00:23:14.580 forgiveness is 00:23:14.580 --> 00:23:15.200 a living 00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:15.920 breathing 00:23:15.920 --> 00:23:16.840 reality. 00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:18.960 Because 00:23:18.960 --> 00:23:20.039 right in 00:23:20.039 --> 00:23:20.360 the moment 00:23:20.360 --> 00:23:20.660 of our 00:23:20.660 --> 00:23:22.519 sin we 00:23:22.519 --> 00:23:23.119 have an 00:23:23.119 --> 00:23:23.799 advocate in 00:23:23.799 --> 00:23:24.339 heaven who 00:23:24.339 --> 00:23:24.900 is pleading 00:23:24.900 --> 00:23:25.379 to the 00:23:25.379 --> 00:23:26.119 father for 00:23:26.119 --> 00:23:26.500 us. 00:23:26.960 --> 00:23:27.259 There is 00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:28.079 nothing distant 00:23:28.079 --> 00:23:29.240 or technical 00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:30.839 or removed 00:23:30.839 --> 00:23:31.859 about that. 00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:32.920 That is real 00:23:32.920 --> 00:23:34.160 and true and 00:23:34.160 --> 00:23:35.180 you can build 00:23:35.180 --> 00:23:36.160 your life 00:23:36.160 --> 00:23:37.500 upon that. 00:23:39.379 --> 00:23:40.240 You are not 00:23:40.240 --> 00:23:40.680 just forgiven 00:23:40.680 --> 00:23:41.240 in the past. 00:23:41.680 --> 00:23:42.059 You are being 00:23:42.059 --> 00:23:43.000 forgiven right 00:23:43.000 --> 00:23:43.799 now because 00:23:43.799 --> 00:23:44.680 Jesus always 00:23:44.680 --> 00:23:45.259 lives to 00:23:45.259 --> 00:23:45.940 intercede for 00:23:45.940 --> 00:23:46.119 you. 00:23:46.420 --> 00:23:47.019 Do you 00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:47.960 believe it? 00:23:49.099 --> 00:23:49.759 Live in 00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:50.019 it. 00:23:52.519 --> 00:23:54.680 here is 00:23:54.680 --> 00:23:55.000 the second 00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:55.279 thing. 00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:56.680 You are 00:23:56.680 --> 00:23:57.079 never 00:23:57.079 --> 00:23:57.819 condemned. 00:23:59.440 --> 00:24:00.099 We read 00:24:00.099 --> 00:24:00.539 this passage 00:24:00.539 --> 00:24:01.180 already earlier. 00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:03.700 Romans 8 00:24:03.700 --> 00:24:05.119 34 says 00:24:05.119 --> 00:24:05.460 this. 00:24:05.660 --> 00:24:05.940 Paul, 00:24:06.579 --> 00:24:07.079 speaking of 00:24:07.079 --> 00:24:07.480 those whose 00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:08.039 faith is in 00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:08.319 Jesus, 00:24:08.539 --> 00:24:08.799 he says, 00:24:09.440 --> 00:24:09.920 who then is 00:24:09.920 --> 00:24:10.299 the one who 00:24:10.299 --> 00:24:10.740 condemns? 00:24:11.960 --> 00:24:12.680 No one. 00:24:14.259 --> 00:24:14.700 Christ 00:24:14.700 --> 00:24:15.720 Jesus who 00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:16.119 died, 00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:16.559 more than 00:24:16.559 --> 00:24:16.779 that, 00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:17.660 who was 00:24:17.660 --> 00:24:18.180 raised to 00:24:18.180 --> 00:24:18.500 life, 00:24:18.940 --> 00:24:19.500 is at the 00:24:19.500 --> 00:24:20.200 right hand 00:24:20.200 --> 00:24:20.819 of God 00:24:20.819 --> 00:24:21.860 and is 00:24:21.860 --> 00:24:22.380 also 00:24:22.380 --> 00:24:23.580 interceding 00:24:23.580 --> 00:24:24.819 for us. 00:24:26.319 --> 00:24:26.600 You see, 00:24:26.660 --> 00:24:27.059 the devil 00:24:27.059 --> 00:24:28.500 spitfires 00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:29.680 condemnation 00:24:29.680 --> 00:24:30.299 at us 00:24:30.299 --> 00:24:31.279 throughout 00:24:31.279 --> 00:24:31.720 the day. 00:24:33.279 --> 00:24:33.860 You're 00:24:33.860 --> 00:24:34.240 finished. 00:24:35.539 --> 00:24:36.140 You're 00:24:36.140 --> 00:24:36.539 disgusting. 00:24:37.960 --> 00:24:38.500 You've 00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:38.880 gone too 00:24:38.880 --> 00:24:39.140 far. 00:24:39.480 --> 00:24:39.720 You'll 00:24:39.720 --> 00:24:40.180 never 00:24:40.180 --> 00:24:41.120 come back 00:24:41.120 --> 00:24:42.080 from this. 00:24:42.319 --> 00:24:42.580 Do you 00:24:42.580 --> 00:24:42.940 have those 00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:43.220 thoughts? 00:24:44.059 --> 00:24:44.460 I do. 00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:47.519 They 00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:47.920 especially 00:24:47.920 --> 00:24:48.799 happen when 00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:49.319 we failed 00:24:49.319 --> 00:24:49.899 again and 00:24:49.899 --> 00:24:50.299 again in 00:24:50.299 --> 00:24:50.799 that area 00:24:50.799 --> 00:24:51.200 of sin 00:24:51.200 --> 00:24:51.500 we've 00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:51.819 struggled 00:24:51.819 --> 00:24:52.240 with for 00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:52.519 years. 00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:53.339 But can 00:24:53.339 --> 00:24:53.919 you see 00:24:53.919 --> 00:24:54.460 Jesus 00:24:54.460 --> 00:24:55.700 right now 00:24:55.700 --> 00:24:56.980 sitting at 00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:57.339 God's 00:24:57.339 --> 00:24:57.939 right hand 00:24:57.939 --> 00:24:58.879 refuting 00:24:58.879 --> 00:24:59.879 every 00:24:59.879 --> 00:25:01.019 single 00:25:01.019 --> 00:25:02.200 condemnation 00:25:02.200 --> 00:25:02.779 the devil 00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.379 levels at 00:25:03.379 --> 00:25:03.639 you? 00:25:05.419 --> 00:25:05.799 Satan 00:25:05.799 --> 00:25:06.960 screams 00:25:06.960 --> 00:25:07.839 condemned. 00:25:09.059 --> 00:25:09.279 The 00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:09.859 son 00:25:09.859 --> 00:25:11.179 declares 00:25:11.179 --> 00:25:12.399 forgiven. 00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:14.939 And whose 00:25:14.939 --> 00:25:15.819 word do 00:25:15.819 --> 00:25:16.460 you think 00:25:16.460 --> 00:25:16.980 holds the 00:25:16.980 --> 00:25:17.220 weight 00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:17.839 before God? 00:25:19.319 --> 00:25:22.859 if you 00:25:22.859 --> 00:25:24.099 belong to 00:25:24.099 --> 00:25:24.539 him and 00:25:24.539 --> 00:25:24.799 Jesus 00:25:24.799 --> 00:25:25.559 presents his 00:25:25.559 --> 00:25:25.980 nail 00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:26.419 pierced 00:25:26.419 --> 00:25:26.960 hands and 00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:27.319 feet to 00:25:27.319 --> 00:25:27.759 the father 00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:29.119 again in 00:25:29.119 --> 00:25:29.859 our darkest 00:25:29.859 --> 00:25:30.519 moments of 00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:30.960 sin and 00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:31.579 says I 00:25:31.579 --> 00:25:32.139 was condemned 00:25:32.139 --> 00:25:32.639 for them. 00:25:33.639 --> 00:25:34.259 They are 00:25:34.259 --> 00:25:34.980 free. 00:25:37.619 --> 00:25:38.139 Remember 00:25:38.139 --> 00:25:38.639 you are 00:25:38.639 --> 00:25:39.339 never 00:25:39.339 --> 00:25:40.319 condemned 00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:42.259 because 00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:42.939 Christ 00:25:42.939 --> 00:25:43.980 ever 00:25:43.980 --> 00:25:44.619 lives 00:25:44.619 --> 00:25:45.299 to 00:25:45.299 --> 00:25:45.819 intercede 00:25:45.819 --> 00:25:46.259 for you. 00:25:47.579 --> 00:25:48.200 And that 00:25:48.200 --> 00:25:48.519 leads to 00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:48.879 our next 00:25:48.879 --> 00:25:49.379 implication. 00:25:49.819 --> 00:25:50.079 You are 00:25:50.079 --> 00:25:50.799 completely 00:25:50.799 --> 00:25:52.019 saved. 00:25:54.419 --> 00:25:55.019 It's in 00:25:55.019 --> 00:25:55.460 our struggle 00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:56.000 with sin 00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:56.419 that we 00:25:56.419 --> 00:25:57.159 often wonder 00:25:57.159 --> 00:25:57.579 am I 00:25:57.579 --> 00:25:57.939 really 00:25:57.939 --> 00:25:58.480 saved? 00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:01.000 We 00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:01.379 naturally 00:26:01.379 --> 00:26:02.039 assume that 00:26:02.039 --> 00:26:02.779 our salvation 00:26:02.779 --> 00:26:04.099 is based on 00:26:04.099 --> 00:26:04.679 how well we're 00:26:04.679 --> 00:26:05.119 doing in the 00:26:05.119 --> 00:26:05.859 Christian life. 00:26:06.639 --> 00:26:07.220 But what if 00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:07.539 I'm still 00:26:07.539 --> 00:26:08.059 struggling with 00:26:08.059 --> 00:26:08.419 the same 00:26:08.419 --> 00:26:08.819 sin for 00:26:08.819 --> 00:26:09.359 decades? 00:26:11.179 --> 00:26:11.759 What if 00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:12.359 I'm plagued 00:26:12.359 --> 00:26:13.079 with doubts 00:26:13.079 --> 00:26:14.079 about God, 00:26:14.119 --> 00:26:14.559 if he's even 00:26:14.559 --> 00:26:15.039 good? 00:26:16.159 --> 00:26:16.599 What if 00:26:16.599 --> 00:26:17.159 I neglect 00:26:17.159 --> 00:26:18.440 scripture and 00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:18.819 prayer? 00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:19.759 What if 00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:20.099 I allow 00:26:20.099 --> 00:26:21.519 idols to 00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:22.779 become more 00:26:22.779 --> 00:26:23.419 important than 00:26:23.419 --> 00:26:23.940 God in my 00:26:23.940 --> 00:26:24.940 life and I 00:26:24.940 --> 00:26:25.539 don't love 00:26:25.539 --> 00:26:26.299 Christ like I 00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:27.079 once did? 00:26:27.399 --> 00:26:27.899 We can 00:26:27.899 --> 00:26:28.500 naturally begin 00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:29.139 to wonder am 00:26:29.139 --> 00:26:29.960 I still in 00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:30.440 Christ? 00:26:31.899 --> 00:26:32.339 Has my 00:26:32.339 --> 00:26:32.980 sin and 00:26:32.980 --> 00:26:33.539 foolishness 00:26:33.539 --> 00:26:34.240 taken me 00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:34.859 away from 00:26:34.859 --> 00:26:35.159 him? 00:26:36.440 --> 00:26:36.940 Remember 00:26:36.940 --> 00:26:38.059 verse 25 00:26:38.059 --> 00:26:39.779 Jesus is 00:26:39.779 --> 00:26:40.460 able to 00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:40.819 save 00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:41.700 completely 00:26:41.700 --> 00:26:43.620 those who 00:26:43.620 --> 00:26:44.299 come to 00:26:44.299 --> 00:26:45.039 God through 00:26:45.039 --> 00:26:46.980 him because 00:26:46.980 --> 00:26:47.779 he always 00:26:47.779 --> 00:26:48.819 lives to 00:26:48.819 --> 00:26:49.660 intercede for 00:26:49.660 --> 00:26:49.860 them. 00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:50.860 Jesus doesn't 00:26:50.860 --> 00:26:51.720 save half 00:26:51.720 --> 00:26:52.440 the way and 00:26:52.440 --> 00:26:52.819 you've got to 00:26:52.819 --> 00:26:53.259 make the rest 00:26:53.259 --> 00:26:53.600 of the way. 00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:56.220 He saves 00:26:56.220 --> 00:26:56.799 completely. 00:26:58.360 --> 00:26:59.160 His one 00:26:59.160 --> 00:27:00.080 sacrifice, 00:27:00.940 --> 00:27:01.700 purchase our 00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:02.080 forgiveness, 00:27:03.299 --> 00:27:04.200 his daily 00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:05.299 intercession 00:27:05.299 --> 00:27:06.759 applies it 00:27:06.759 --> 00:27:08.080 to us. 00:27:08.079 --> 00:27:09.740 right now 00:27:09.740 --> 00:27:10.399 in the middle 00:27:10.399 --> 00:27:10.980 of your sin, 00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:11.679 your doubts, 00:27:12.799 --> 00:27:13.659 idolatry, 00:27:14.379 --> 00:27:14.819 wondering, 00:27:15.579 --> 00:27:16.139 Jesus is 00:27:16.139 --> 00:27:16.779 pleading for 00:27:16.779 --> 00:27:17.159 you and 00:27:17.159 --> 00:27:17.379 me, 00:27:17.839 --> 00:27:18.179 Father, 00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:19.599 for the 00:27:19.599 --> 00:27:20.139 sake of 00:27:20.139 --> 00:27:20.980 my blood, 00:27:21.399 --> 00:27:22.199 forgive them 00:27:22.199 --> 00:27:23.619 for their 00:27:23.619 --> 00:27:24.359 neglectfulness 00:27:24.359 --> 00:27:25.240 and their 00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:25.720 wandering. 00:27:27.619 --> 00:27:28.139 Christ's 00:27:28.139 --> 00:27:28.559 intercession 00:27:28.559 --> 00:27:29.259 reminds us we 00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:29.779 are completely 00:27:29.779 --> 00:27:30.159 saved. 00:27:30.639 --> 00:27:31.059 No matter 00:27:31.059 --> 00:27:31.559 how we may 00:27:31.559 --> 00:27:32.119 feel, 00:27:33.379 --> 00:27:33.720 and our 00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:34.119 feelings go 00:27:34.119 --> 00:27:34.379 up and 00:27:34.379 --> 00:27:34.559 down, 00:27:34.619 --> 00:27:34.759 right? 00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:37.619 no matter 00:27:37.619 --> 00:27:37.940 how we 00:27:37.940 --> 00:27:38.500 feel or 00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:38.819 how we 00:27:38.819 --> 00:27:39.279 failed, 00:27:39.859 --> 00:27:41.440 Jesus ever 00:27:41.440 --> 00:27:41.879 lives to 00:27:41.879 --> 00:27:42.539 intercede for 00:27:42.539 --> 00:27:42.879 us and 00:27:42.879 --> 00:27:43.400 therefore we 00:27:43.400 --> 00:27:43.839 are completely 00:27:43.839 --> 00:27:44.279 saved. 00:27:45.940 --> 00:27:46.660 Praise God 00:27:46.660 --> 00:27:47.039 for that. 00:27:49.140 --> 00:27:49.839 And here's 00:27:49.839 --> 00:27:50.259 the last 00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:51.359 implication. 00:27:52.819 --> 00:27:53.279 You have 00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:53.819 Jesus praying 00:27:53.819 --> 00:27:54.259 for you in 00:27:54.259 --> 00:27:54.680 temptation. 00:27:56.680 --> 00:27:57.480 I think we 00:27:57.480 --> 00:27:58.960 focus our 00:27:58.960 --> 00:27:59.759 whole attention 00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:01.000 on how Jesus 00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:02.480 pleads to 00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:02.799 the Father 00:28:02.799 --> 00:28:03.240 for us in 00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:03.819 our sin. 00:28:04.759 --> 00:28:05.759 Is that 00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:06.099 the only 00:28:06.099 --> 00:28:07.039 time Jesus 00:28:07.039 --> 00:28:07.779 intercedes for 00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:07.940 us? 00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:08.400 No. 00:28:08.740 --> 00:28:09.140 We can 00:28:09.140 --> 00:28:09.700 actually find 00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:10.119 in Scripture 00:28:10.119 --> 00:28:11.200 other examples 00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:11.799 of Jesus 00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:13.119 interceding for 00:28:13.119 --> 00:28:13.539 his people. 00:28:13.819 --> 00:28:14.160 Now here's 00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:15.059 one in 00:28:15.059 --> 00:28:16.220 Luke 22. 00:28:16.519 --> 00:28:16.720 This is 00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:17.119 interesting. 00:28:18.119 --> 00:28:18.579 And Jesus 00:28:18.579 --> 00:28:19.099 is speaking 00:28:19.099 --> 00:28:20.259 to Simon 00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:21.980 Peter before 00:28:21.980 --> 00:28:22.759 his death. 00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:24.400 And Jesus 00:28:24.400 --> 00:28:24.960 says this, 00:28:25.059 --> 00:28:25.359 Simon, 00:28:25.619 --> 00:28:26.019 Simon, 00:28:26.879 --> 00:28:28.000 Satan has 00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:28.900 asked to 00:28:28.900 --> 00:28:29.660 sift all 00:28:29.660 --> 00:28:30.160 of you as 00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:30.440 wheat. 00:28:31.440 --> 00:28:31.900 But I 00:28:31.900 --> 00:28:32.660 have prayed 00:28:32.660 --> 00:28:33.599 for you, 00:28:33.599 --> 00:28:34.039 Simon, 00:28:34.599 --> 00:28:35.319 that your 00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:36.419 faith may 00:28:36.419 --> 00:28:37.139 not fail. 00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:38.919 And when 00:28:38.919 --> 00:28:39.279 you have 00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:40.159 turned back, 00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:41.699 strengthen 00:28:41.699 --> 00:28:43.059 your brothers. 00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:43.939 You see 00:28:43.939 --> 00:28:44.639 that Jesus 00:28:44.639 --> 00:28:45.179 was praying 00:28:45.179 --> 00:28:45.899 for Simon 00:28:45.899 --> 00:28:46.359 Peter here 00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:48.199 before his 00:28:48.199 --> 00:28:49.019 sin of 00:28:49.019 --> 00:28:49.399 betrayal. 00:28:51.500 --> 00:28:52.379 And he 00:28:52.379 --> 00:28:52.919 intercedes 00:28:52.919 --> 00:28:53.919 for us 00:28:53.919 --> 00:28:55.279 in our 00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:55.959 everyday 00:28:55.959 --> 00:28:56.519 weaknesses 00:28:56.519 --> 00:28:58.099 and temptations, 00:28:58.259 --> 00:28:58.939 praying like he 00:28:58.940 --> 00:28:59.180 does. 00:28:59.259 --> 00:29:00.299 In John 00:29:00.299 --> 00:29:01.180 17, 00:29:01.360 --> 00:29:01.860 11, 00:29:01.960 --> 00:29:02.240 he says, 00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:02.820 this is 00:29:02.820 --> 00:29:03.320 Jesus' 00:29:03.980 --> 00:29:04.580 words in 00:29:04.580 --> 00:29:04.880 his prayer. 00:29:04.980 --> 00:29:05.160 He says, 00:29:05.259 --> 00:29:06.039 Holy Father, 00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:07.720 protect them 00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:09.080 by the 00:29:09.080 --> 00:29:10.039 power of 00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:10.539 your name. 00:29:10.640 --> 00:29:10.779 See, 00:29:11.380 --> 00:29:12.160 I don't 00:29:12.160 --> 00:29:12.420 know what 00:29:12.420 --> 00:29:12.700 it is 00:29:12.700 --> 00:29:13.059 you're 00:29:13.059 --> 00:29:14.240 suffering or 00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:14.700 struggling 00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:15.180 with in 00:29:15.180 --> 00:29:15.539 your life. 00:29:15.620 --> 00:29:15.720 It could 00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:16.080 be mental 00:29:16.080 --> 00:29:16.500 health. 00:29:16.600 --> 00:29:16.779 It could 00:29:16.779 --> 00:29:17.539 be overwhelming 00:29:17.539 --> 00:29:18.299 pressure at 00:29:18.299 --> 00:29:18.620 work. 00:29:19.059 --> 00:29:19.360 It could 00:29:19.360 --> 00:29:20.180 be relationships. 00:29:20.180 --> 00:29:20.580 It could 00:29:20.580 --> 00:29:21.299 be finance. 00:29:22.660 --> 00:29:23.220 And the 00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:24.160 temptation is 00:29:24.160 --> 00:29:24.900 to despair. 00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:26.320 Just give 00:29:26.320 --> 00:29:26.600 up. 00:29:26.820 --> 00:29:27.440 Curse God. 00:29:27.539 --> 00:29:27.779 Walk 00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:28.140 away. 00:29:28.940 --> 00:29:31.360 Jesus is 00:29:31.360 --> 00:29:32.160 praying for 00:29:32.160 --> 00:29:33.360 you in 00:29:33.360 --> 00:29:33.500 your 00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:34.080 temptation. 00:29:35.400 --> 00:29:36.160 So you 00:29:36.160 --> 00:29:36.460 have the 00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:37.240 strength to 00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:37.700 withstand. 00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:40.420 And even 00:29:40.420 --> 00:29:41.000 when we do 00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:41.440 fall, 00:29:42.000 --> 00:29:43.500 Peter 00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:44.059 definitely 00:29:44.059 --> 00:29:44.620 did, 00:29:45.460 --> 00:29:46.259 it's not 00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:46.779 game over, 00:29:46.880 --> 00:29:47.180 is it? 00:29:49.539 --> 00:29:50.420 Because Jesus 00:29:50.420 --> 00:29:50.920 is praying 00:29:50.920 --> 00:29:53.019 protection over 00:29:53.019 --> 00:29:54.039 you and me 00:29:54.039 --> 00:29:55.480 in temptation 00:29:55.480 --> 00:29:56.559 and in 00:29:56.559 --> 00:29:56.920 failure. 00:29:58.940 --> 00:30:00.720 God 00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:01.600 is 00:30:01.600 --> 00:30:01.779 to 00:30:01.779 --> 00:30:01.980 finish. 00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:02.279 Let's 00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:02.900 return to 00:30:02.900 --> 00:30:03.360 the question 00:30:03.360 --> 00:30:03.860 we asked 00:30:03.860 --> 00:30:04.100 at the 00:30:04.100 --> 00:30:04.420 start. 00:30:05.920 --> 00:30:07.180 Where is 00:30:07.180 --> 00:30:07.860 Jesus now? 00:30:08.519 --> 00:30:09.279 In the 00:30:09.279 --> 00:30:09.720 middle of 00:30:09.720 --> 00:30:11.320 my sin 00:30:11.320 --> 00:30:12.320 and suffering. 00:30:12.620 --> 00:30:13.059 Is he 00:30:13.059 --> 00:30:13.420 doing 00:30:13.420 --> 00:30:13.779 anything? 00:30:15.360 --> 00:30:15.960 Am I 00:30:15.960 --> 00:30:16.420 really 00:30:16.420 --> 00:30:16.900 forgiven? 00:30:16.900 --> 00:30:20.120 I pray 00:30:20.120 --> 00:30:20.980 that we 00:30:20.980 --> 00:30:21.300 can all 00:30:21.300 --> 00:30:21.880 answer those 00:30:21.880 --> 00:30:22.820 questions now 00:30:22.820 --> 00:30:23.620 with assurance. 00:30:24.759 --> 00:30:25.620 Jesus is at 00:30:25.620 --> 00:30:26.100 the right 00:30:26.100 --> 00:30:26.460 hand of 00:30:26.460 --> 00:30:26.900 the Father. 00:30:27.600 --> 00:30:28.320 He sees 00:30:28.320 --> 00:30:29.840 everything I 00:30:29.840 --> 00:30:30.300 am going 00:30:30.300 --> 00:30:30.720 through. 00:30:31.759 --> 00:30:32.280 He is 00:30:32.280 --> 00:30:33.340 passionately 00:30:33.340 --> 00:30:34.880 interceding 00:30:34.880 --> 00:30:35.500 for me with 00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:35.900 all his 00:30:35.900 --> 00:30:36.340 heart, 00:30:37.340 --> 00:30:38.700 applying his 00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:39.240 forgiveness 00:30:39.240 --> 00:30:40.580 in every 00:30:40.580 --> 00:30:41.180 moment of 00:30:41.180 --> 00:30:41.480 sin. 00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:42.099 I am 00:30:42.099 --> 00:30:42.779 completely 00:30:42.779 --> 00:30:43.440 saved 00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:45.680 because his 00:30:45.680 --> 00:30:46.940 one sacrifice 00:30:46.940 --> 00:30:48.120 purchased my 00:30:48.120 --> 00:30:48.440 forgiveness. 00:30:49.380 --> 00:30:50.519 His daily 00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:51.380 intercession 00:30:51.380 --> 00:30:52.920 keeps on 00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:54.000 applying it 00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:54.519 to me. 00:30:55.599 --> 00:30:56.420 He is 00:30:56.420 --> 00:30:57.480 boldly 00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:58.200 praying 00:30:58.200 --> 00:30:59.000 strength 00:30:59.000 --> 00:30:59.960 for me 00:30:59.960 --> 00:31:00.640 in temptation. 00:31:01.079 --> 00:31:01.380 I am 00:31:01.380 --> 00:31:01.980 never 00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:03.079 condemned 00:31:03.079 --> 00:31:04.920 but 00:31:04.920 --> 00:31:05.500 completely 00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:06.279 safe 00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:07.200 in him. 00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:11.019 Let's pray. 00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:17.319 I wonder 00:31:17.319 --> 00:31:17.740 which one 00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:18.200 of those 00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:20.259 applications 00:31:20.259 --> 00:31:20.860 stands out 00:31:20.860 --> 00:31:21.180 to you 00:31:21.180 --> 00:31:21.599 most. 00:31:27.599 --> 00:31:28.140 Maybe 00:31:28.140 --> 00:31:28.420 you could 00:31:28.420 --> 00:31:28.860 take a 00:31:28.860 --> 00:31:29.480 moment, 00:31:29.680 --> 00:31:29.980 we could 00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:30.259 all take 00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:30.579 a moment 00:31:30.579 --> 00:31:30.960 to 00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:32.740 thank 00:31:32.740 --> 00:31:33.200 God 00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:36.059 for what 00:31:36.059 --> 00:31:36.319 Jesus 00:31:36.319 --> 00:31:37.460 is doing 00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:37.980 for us 00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:38.559 right now 00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:40.519 and that 00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:41.019 impact 00:31:41.019 --> 00:31:42.240 it has 00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:42.579 on our 00:31:42.579 --> 00:31:42.940 day-to-day 00:31:42.940 --> 00:31:43.279 life. 00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:43.359 Amen. 00:31:43.359 --> 00:32:09.079 Our Lord 00:32:09.079 --> 00:32:09.799 Jesus Christ, 00:32:09.799 --> 00:32:11.919 sorry for 00:32:11.919 --> 00:32:12.379 thinking that 00:32:12.379 --> 00:32:12.519 you're 00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:13.019 distant 00:32:13.019 --> 00:32:14.299 and removed. 00:32:17.099 --> 00:32:17.539 Sorry 00:32:17.539 --> 00:32:17.919 for so 00:32:17.919 --> 00:32:18.220 often 00:32:18.220 --> 00:32:18.839 forgetting 00:32:18.839 --> 00:32:21.259 what you're 00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:21.700 doing for 00:32:21.700 --> 00:32:22.059 us right 00:32:22.059 --> 00:32:22.419 now in 00:32:22.419 --> 00:32:22.639 heaven. 00:32:22.639 --> 00:32:22.720 Amen. 00:32:27.720 --> 00:32:28.480 Help us 00:32:28.480 --> 00:32:29.059 to remember 00:32:29.059 --> 00:32:30.980 we are 00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:31.279 never 00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:31.720 condemned 00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:32.240 if we 00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:32.539 are in 00:32:32.539 --> 00:32:32.819 Christ. 00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:35.720 Help us 00:32:35.720 --> 00:32:36.119 to remember 00:32:36.119 --> 00:32:36.519 we are 00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:36.980 completely 00:32:36.980 --> 00:32:37.440 saved 00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:39.799 and safe. 00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:43.599 Help us 00:32:43.599 --> 00:32:44.039 to remember 00:32:44.039 --> 00:32:44.460 that you're 00:32:44.460 --> 00:32:45.019 praying for 00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:46.539 us in 00:32:46.539 --> 00:32:47.120 temptation, 00:32:47.319 --> 00:32:47.940 in weakness, 00:32:48.940 --> 00:32:51.160 in failure. 00:32:53.900 --> 00:32:55.019 Comfort us 00:32:55.019 --> 00:32:56.319 and strengthen 00:32:56.319 --> 00:32:57.620 us with this 00:32:57.620 --> 00:32:58.200 knowledge as we 00:32:58.200 --> 00:32:59.640 go out into 00:32:59.640 --> 00:33:00.480 the week, 00:33:00.680 --> 00:33:01.259 into the year 00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:01.640 ahead, 00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:03.559 that when 00:33:03.559 --> 00:33:04.159 those questions 00:33:04.159 --> 00:33:04.639 arise in 00:33:04.639 --> 00:33:04.980 our mind 00:33:04.980 --> 00:33:05.379 again, 00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:07.639 we can 00:33:07.639 --> 00:33:08.159 remember 00:33:08.159 --> 00:33:09.919 and we 00:33:09.919 --> 00:33:10.440 can see 00:33:10.440 --> 00:33:10.919 you there 00:33:10.919 --> 00:33:12.159 in our 00:33:12.159 --> 00:33:12.740 mind's eye 00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:13.659 at the 00:33:13.659 --> 00:33:13.980 right hand 00:33:13.980 --> 00:33:14.200 of the 00:33:14.200 --> 00:33:14.519 Father, 00:33:15.839 --> 00:33:16.539 passionately 00:33:16.539 --> 00:33:17.339 interceding 00:33:17.339 --> 00:33:17.879 for us. 00:33:20.379 --> 00:33:20.899 Amen. 00:33:20.900 --> 00:33:21.000 Amen.