WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.020 Hi there, I'm Linda, for those of you who don't know me. 00:00:05.020 --> 00:00:08.439 I'm reading from Hebrews chapter 9 today, the whole chapter. 00:00:08.439 --> 00:00:08.439 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:33.759 It is called the Holy Place. 00:00:34.619 --> 00:00:40.399 Behind the second curtain was a second section called the Most Holy Place, having the golden 00:00:40.399 --> 00:00:46.859 altar of incense and the Ark of the Covenant covered on all sides with gold, in which was 00:00:46.859 --> 00:00:52.700 a golden urn holding the manna, and Aaron's staff that budded, and the tablets of the 00:00:52.700 --> 00:00:53.039 covenant. 00:00:54.980 --> 00:00:59.600 Above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. 00:01:00.259 --> 00:01:03.359 Of these things we cannot now speak in detail. 00:01:04.219 --> 00:01:10.120 These preparations having thus been made, the priests go regularly into the first section, 00:01:10.420 --> 00:01:11.920 performing the ritual duties. 00:01:12.700 --> 00:01:18.980 But into the second only the high priest goes, and he but once a year, and not without taking 00:01:18.980 --> 00:01:23.740 blood, which he offers himself, and for the unintentional sins of the people. 00:01:23.739 --> 00:01:31.280 By this the Holy Spirit indicates that the way into the holy places is not yet opened as 00:01:31.280 --> 00:01:36.640 long as the first section is still standing, which is symbolic for the present age. 00:01:37.839 --> 00:01:44.280 According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the conscience 00:01:44.280 --> 00:01:50.620 of the worshipper, but deal only with food and drink and various washings, regulations for 00:01:50.620 --> 00:01:53.740 the body imposed until the time of reformation. 00:01:53.739 --> 00:02:02.399 But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through 00:02:02.399 --> 00:02:08.579 the greater and more perfect tent, not made with hands, that is, nor of this creation, he 00:02:08.579 --> 00:02:14.459 entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves, 00:02:14.459 --> 00:02:19.240 but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption. 00:02:19.240 --> 00:02:27.719 For if the blood of goats and bulls and the sprinkling of defiled persons with ashes of a heifer sanctify 00:02:27.719 --> 00:02:33.820 for the purification of the flesh, how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal 00:02:33.820 --> 00:02:41.300 spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve 00:02:41.300 --> 00:02:42.140 the living God. 00:02:43.660 --> 00:02:49.219 Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the 00:02:49.240 --> 00:02:55.540 promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions 00:02:55.540 --> 00:02:57.140 committed under the first covenant. 00:02:58.219 --> 00:03:03.040 For where a will is involved, the death of the one who made it must be established. 00:03:04.159 --> 00:03:10.120 For a will takes effect only at death, since it is not in force as long as the one who made 00:03:10.120 --> 00:03:10.879 it is alive. 00:03:10.879 --> 00:03:16.460 Therefore not even the first covenant was inaugurated without blood. 00:03:17.340 --> 00:03:22.599 For when every commandment of the law had been declared by Moses to all the people, he took 00:03:22.599 --> 00:03:28.680 the blood of the calves and goats with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both 00:03:28.680 --> 00:03:34.199 the book itself and the people, saying, this is the blood of the covenant that God commanded 00:03:34.199 --> 00:03:34.759 for you. 00:03:34.759 --> 00:03:40.280 And in the same way he sprinkled with the blood both the tent and all the vessels used in 00:03:40.280 --> 00:03:40.620 worship. 00:03:41.780 --> 00:03:47.000 Indeed, under the law, almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding 00:03:47.000 --> 00:03:49.579 of blood there is no forgiveness of sins. 00:03:51.419 --> 00:03:57.120 Thus it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but 00:03:57.120 --> 00:04:00.799 the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 00:04:00.800 --> 00:04:07.020 For Christ has entered, not into the holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true 00:04:07.020 --> 00:04:12.740 things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf. 00:04:13.800 --> 00:04:18.819 Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, as the high priest enters the holy place every year 00:04:18.819 --> 00:04:20.240 with blood, not his own. 00:04:21.040 --> 00:04:24.939 For then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. 00:04:24.939 --> 00:04:31.579 But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the 00:04:31.579 --> 00:04:32.899 sacrifice of himself. 00:04:33.719 --> 00:04:39.839 And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, so Christ, 00:04:40.019 --> 00:04:45.420 having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal 00:04:45.420 --> 00:04:48.839 with sin, but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him. 00:04:48.839 --> 00:04:53.319 Well, good morning everyone. 00:04:56.599 --> 00:05:04.959 Last Sunday we considered how we crave to be loved unconditionally, and yet practically we 00:05:04.959 --> 00:05:08.359 reduce most of our relationships to being transactional. 00:05:08.620 --> 00:05:14.599 That is, I will only do what you want if I can be sure that you will do what I want in 00:05:14.599 --> 00:05:15.079 response. 00:05:15.919 --> 00:05:17.899 We spent a little bit of time talking about that. 00:05:17.899 --> 00:05:21.519 At the elders meeting Tuesday night, when we reviewed the sermon as we normally do, 00:05:22.479 --> 00:05:27.500 we asked the question, why do we become transactional? 00:05:30.879 --> 00:05:34.479 And there's possible, I've got three possible answers, and there's probably heaps more, 00:05:34.560 --> 00:05:39.339 but three I've thought about this week is that sometimes it's just because we're so self-centered 00:05:39.339 --> 00:05:40.279 in relationships. 00:05:42.479 --> 00:05:45.879 By definition, a relationship involves two or more parties. 00:05:45.879 --> 00:05:52.379 Each of those parties, by definition, would also be craving unconditional love and acceptance. 00:05:52.939 --> 00:05:58.800 But in practice, we just make the relationship so often about ourselves. 00:05:59.899 --> 00:06:00.579 Me, me, me. 00:06:00.579 --> 00:06:10.479 That means, I think, that we only give the other party what we think is necessary to get back 00:06:10.479 --> 00:06:11.399 from them what we want. 00:06:13.599 --> 00:06:15.879 It's pretty pervasive, I think, in most relationships. 00:06:16.599 --> 00:06:18.159 And sometimes it's just defensiveness. 00:06:18.160 --> 00:06:23.460 I think it's because we know ourselves so well. 00:06:23.540 --> 00:06:24.660 We know our brokenness. 00:06:24.760 --> 00:06:26.580 We know our failings so well. 00:06:27.580 --> 00:06:34.580 And from there, we fear that as other people get to know us, then they'll actually decide 00:06:34.580 --> 00:06:38.060 we're too unlovely to love unconditionally. 00:06:38.060 --> 00:06:46.899 And so then I think what we do then is often we resort to selective engagement, selective commitment 00:06:46.899 --> 00:06:47.879 to the relationship. 00:06:48.519 --> 00:06:53.560 And that selective engagement is commitment is designed to sort of manipulate or make the 00:06:53.560 --> 00:06:59.120 other party love us despite our unloveliness. 00:06:59.120 --> 00:07:08.220 And sometimes then I think it's just not liking being indebted to someone else. 00:07:09.040 --> 00:07:11.120 We don't like indebtedness to others. 00:07:13.220 --> 00:07:18.660 I actually think we're scared of the unconditional love and acceptance we crave. 00:07:20.280 --> 00:07:22.319 Now, that sounds a bit contradictory, doesn't it? 00:07:22.759 --> 00:07:25.019 But when you think about it, it's quite scary. 00:07:25.019 --> 00:07:32.019 Because if somebody loves me unconditionally, despite my unloveliness, then I owe them heaps. 00:07:32.779 --> 00:07:39.579 I owe them everything in response. 00:07:41.060 --> 00:07:46.519 Now, in that situation, I think we bring down the level of expectation and the level of responsibility 00:07:46.519 --> 00:07:47.759 by being transactional. 00:07:48.099 --> 00:07:53.539 That is, if I think I can contribute or have contributed at least in kind to the relationship, 00:07:53.540 --> 00:07:58.620 either equally or substantially, then that lessens my sense of indebtedness. 00:08:03.360 --> 00:08:08.280 No doubt there are other reasons, but each of those show the issue that was raised in chapter 00:08:08.280 --> 00:08:12.040 eight yesterday, last week, and flows through into chapter nine of Hebrews. 00:08:12.420 --> 00:08:15.480 That is, each of those things show the heart of the problem in relationships. 00:08:15.480 --> 00:08:19.340 And it's the problem of the heart, as I said last week. 00:08:21.140 --> 00:08:21.939 It's crazy. 00:08:22.800 --> 00:08:30.400 But we actually destroy or reject the unconditional love and acceptance we crave desperately. 00:08:32.620 --> 00:08:34.820 Because we're so messed up on the inside. 00:08:36.519 --> 00:08:37.480 We're so broken. 00:08:37.480 --> 00:08:46.300 And all of this is at play as we pursue relationship with God. 00:08:48.460 --> 00:08:53.600 Knowing our imperfections and failings, we want God to love us unconditionally. 00:08:54.420 --> 00:08:57.100 But our heart pushes to transactional responses. 00:08:57.100 --> 00:09:04.860 That is, just doing the religious things we think will please God so that we get the blessings we deserve. 00:09:08.399 --> 00:09:16.779 Now, again, I want to connect from there into Hebrews, which is all about the clean or holy God 00:09:16.779 --> 00:09:25.600 making a covenant promise to love unconditionally and accept his dirty or sinful people. 00:09:25.600 --> 00:09:26.720 That's the contrast. 00:09:27.139 --> 00:09:29.500 That's the gulf that has to be bridged. 00:09:29.879 --> 00:09:31.940 Those are the two parties that have to be brought together. 00:09:33.879 --> 00:09:37.200 And they are brought together through the person and work of Jesus. 00:09:38.720 --> 00:09:41.480 And that's been God's covenant promise from the very start. 00:09:42.940 --> 00:09:49.040 And it's been backed with his gracious provision of the Old Testament institutions or infrastructure. 00:09:49.960 --> 00:09:53.759 Prophets, priests, kings, temples, sacrifice, law. 00:09:53.759 --> 00:10:05.340 All of those things are indications of God's commitment as a clean and holy God to connect with and relate to unconditionally 00:10:05.340 --> 00:10:07.639 his dirty, rebellious people. 00:10:07.639 --> 00:10:19.279 But in response, we saw last week, his rebellious people constantly misunderstood and abused God's provision 00:10:19.279 --> 00:10:26.299 as they settled into legalistic or transactional patterns of doing religious things they believed would keep God happy 00:10:26.299 --> 00:10:30.860 and bring them the blessings they wanted without actually loving God for himself. 00:10:30.860 --> 00:10:40.259 The heart of the problem is the problem of the heart. 00:10:42.480 --> 00:10:50.960 And Hebrews tells us over and over and over again that the old system was ineffective to deliver what was most needed. 00:10:50.960 --> 00:10:54.040 A total change of heart. 00:10:54.840 --> 00:10:57.019 New desires, new attitudes, new thinking. 00:10:57.780 --> 00:11:00.240 And which overflows then into new actions. 00:11:01.400 --> 00:11:04.820 New wholehearted love for and obedience to God. 00:11:05.560 --> 00:11:07.980 In response to his unconditional love of us. 00:11:09.160 --> 00:11:13.980 And Hebrews, the letter to Hebrews is built around the New Testament. 00:11:14.400 --> 00:11:16.660 And the word testament there is very similar to the word covenant. 00:11:17.080 --> 00:11:18.180 New Testament, new covenant. 00:11:18.820 --> 00:11:19.920 Old Testament, old covenant. 00:11:19.919 --> 00:11:26.759 The Hebrews is built around the New Testament or covenant delivered through the person and work of Jesus. 00:11:27.479 --> 00:11:30.519 We saw in chapter 2 that he is God's trailblazer. 00:11:30.919 --> 00:11:32.459 He is our champion of salvation. 00:11:32.919 --> 00:11:36.759 He delivers the perfection of relationship that only God, 00:11:38.319 --> 00:11:41.519 sorry, that all the Old Testament pointed to 00:11:41.519 --> 00:11:46.179 and which God will only be satisfied with. 00:11:48.279 --> 00:11:49.360 Jesus delivers it. 00:11:49.919 --> 00:11:58.419 Chapter 7 through 10 explores how everything Jesus is and has done 00:11:58.419 --> 00:12:03.219 is the reality and perfection that the Old points to and actually demands. 00:12:03.220 --> 00:12:11.220 And chapter 9, what we're looking at this morning, explores how the priestly or mediatorial role of Jesus. 00:12:11.300 --> 00:12:12.360 Remember, that's what a priest is. 00:12:12.660 --> 00:12:15.019 His job was to bring two parties together. 00:12:15.180 --> 00:12:15.920 He was a mediator. 00:12:17.019 --> 00:12:18.500 A clean, holy God 00:12:18.500 --> 00:12:21.100 and dirty, sinful people. 00:12:21.100 --> 00:12:28.100 And chapter 9 explores how the mediatorial role of Jesus brings God, 00:12:28.100 --> 00:12:32.800 dirty, sinful people into perfect relationship with a clean or holy God. 00:12:32.799 --> 00:12:41.559 And does so in such a new and better way that the pathway that God's people have used for centuries 00:12:41.559 --> 00:12:44.079 is now declared to be obsolete. 00:12:44.080 --> 00:12:47.879 So into chapter 9 then. 00:12:47.879 --> 00:12:50.580 And I tell you, Dave said at the start that I was a needy person. 00:12:50.720 --> 00:12:52.340 He doesn't know the half of it. 00:12:52.340 --> 00:12:57.899 In terms of chapter 9, this one had me bamboozled. 00:12:58.680 --> 00:13:02.360 And you might think at the end of this session that it still has me bamboozled. 00:13:02.840 --> 00:13:03.860 Anyway, you can decide that. 00:13:05.000 --> 00:13:08.160 The first 10 verses of chapter 9 I think is a case study. 00:13:09.340 --> 00:13:11.460 A case study on the Day of Atonement. 00:13:11.460 --> 00:13:19.540 And it's used to show the necessity for a real atonement, a better atonement, ultimate atonement. 00:13:21.139 --> 00:13:29.580 Now, as I said before, every institution in the old Mosaic Covenant pointed to the seriousness of sin. 00:13:31.400 --> 00:13:32.379 Every one of them. 00:13:32.960 --> 00:13:39.920 Every one of them also pointed to God's gracious provision to remove sin as the barrier to fellowship that it was. 00:13:41.460 --> 00:13:42.980 Clean, holy God here. 00:13:44.500 --> 00:13:46.879 Why are sinful, rebellious people over there? 00:13:47.360 --> 00:13:48.660 Because sin. 00:13:49.220 --> 00:13:53.000 God can't interact or fellowship with sin. 00:13:55.519 --> 00:13:59.480 All the institutions of the Old Testament work to show that. 00:13:59.920 --> 00:14:03.800 But none more than the Day of Atonement and the Tabernacle. 00:14:04.759 --> 00:14:08.740 And you can read all about them in Exodus chapter 25 and Leviticus 16. 00:14:09.120 --> 00:14:10.639 It's absolutely fascinating reading. 00:14:10.639 --> 00:14:13.699 You should read it just to see what it says about it all back there. 00:14:14.639 --> 00:14:16.360 Now, just a potted summary. 00:14:16.720 --> 00:14:19.019 Hopefully enough to get us to see the point of this case study. 00:14:19.720 --> 00:14:22.679 Now, the tabernacle or the tent, that's what the word means. 00:14:23.759 --> 00:14:25.899 It was actually called the tent of meeting. 00:14:27.399 --> 00:14:30.059 It was where God committed to live or to dwell. 00:14:31.279 --> 00:14:31.639 Why? 00:14:32.600 --> 00:14:34.840 So that his people could meet with him. 00:14:36.220 --> 00:14:37.220 That's relationship. 00:14:37.220 --> 00:14:40.100 So that he could love them unconditionally. 00:14:42.940 --> 00:14:50.720 Everything about the tabernacle was both awe-inspiring on the one hand and fear-causing on the other hand. 00:14:50.720 --> 00:14:58.379 The structure and furnishings were ever so precise. 00:14:58.480 --> 00:15:02.480 If you read the Old Testament, everything had to be made according to a very strict pattern. 00:15:06.480 --> 00:15:13.660 Near enough is not good enough when approaching God and entering fellowship with him. 00:15:13.659 --> 00:15:20.319 God is very precise about how that needs to happen and can happen. 00:15:21.379 --> 00:15:27.919 Then the structure and furnishings of the tabernacle were beautiful in themselves. 00:15:28.600 --> 00:15:29.039 Physically. 00:15:29.299 --> 00:15:31.500 As you started in the outer court, it was bronze. 00:15:31.500 --> 00:15:37.600 And then as you moved closer to the actual presence of God himself, things became golden and then pure gold. 00:15:41.860 --> 00:15:45.399 Beautiful to the eye physically and to the mind. 00:15:47.179 --> 00:15:56.039 Because every aspect of every piece of furnishing in that tabernacle symbolized God's commitment to loving his people. 00:15:56.279 --> 00:15:57.940 To be in a relationship with them. 00:15:58.240 --> 00:15:59.799 To blessing them despite their sin. 00:15:59.799 --> 00:16:12.000 But, at the same time, every single furnishing and structure says sin is such a serious thing. 00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:23.059 Blood was everywhere in the tabernacle and on everything. 00:16:25.159 --> 00:16:27.639 Some of that thought is picked up in the end of chapter 9. 00:16:28.559 --> 00:16:28.859 Why? 00:16:29.799 --> 00:16:32.879 Because sin defiles or taints everything. 00:16:33.819 --> 00:16:36.919 Everything needs to be purified if it's to be in God's presence. 00:16:37.599 --> 00:16:39.319 That's how serious sin is. 00:16:42.620 --> 00:16:43.959 Then the Day of Atonement. 00:16:45.359 --> 00:16:50.759 Now, it was the most exciting and anticipated day in the Jewish year. 00:16:50.759 --> 00:16:59.419 Because it was the day when the high priest offered sacrifice for the sin of the nation. 00:16:59.419 --> 00:17:00.659 It was the day of great anticipation. 00:17:00.659 --> 00:17:04.659 It was a day of great anticipation. 00:17:07.059 --> 00:17:10.899 But again, it was also a day of great uncertainty and even fear. 00:17:12.180 --> 00:17:13.319 We'll get to that in a minute. 00:17:14.980 --> 00:17:20.039 Great anticipation as the high priest entered into the most holy place. 00:17:20.039 --> 00:17:25.059 So, outer courtyard, the most holy place or the holy of holies. 00:17:25.059 --> 00:17:28.819 The high priest, completely screened off. 00:17:30.019 --> 00:17:33.940 Once a year, a certain time, wearing certain dress. 00:17:33.940 --> 00:17:35.840 Very precise, very precise again. 00:17:37.160 --> 00:17:38.960 The high priest was able to enter. 00:17:38.960 --> 00:17:43.799 With the blood of sacrifice. 00:17:45.920 --> 00:17:47.460 To pour on the mercy seat. 00:17:49.380 --> 00:17:52.140 Sin expiated, propitiated. 00:17:52.279 --> 00:17:55.940 He poured it out on the mercy seat to turn away the wrath of God. 00:17:56.880 --> 00:17:57.920 The offense of God. 00:17:58.579 --> 00:17:59.200 That's sin. 00:17:59.200 --> 00:18:01.299 And the sinfulness of his people. 00:18:05.759 --> 00:18:07.039 Very exciting indeed. 00:18:07.799 --> 00:18:08.980 We need forgiveness. 00:18:09.400 --> 00:18:11.420 That was the anticipation of the nation. 00:18:13.180 --> 00:18:15.539 But there's also great uncertainty, even fear. 00:18:17.980 --> 00:18:20.400 The high priest wore a bell. 00:18:23.080 --> 00:18:24.880 An early tracking device. 00:18:24.880 --> 00:18:28.160 While ever the bell was ringing. 00:18:28.600 --> 00:18:32.360 People knew that the priest had not been struck down. 00:18:32.680 --> 00:18:34.400 Before the purity of the Lord. 00:18:36.960 --> 00:18:38.460 And just in case he was. 00:18:38.720 --> 00:18:40.180 He had a rope tied around his waist. 00:18:41.420 --> 00:18:43.120 So they could retrieve the body. 00:18:51.640 --> 00:18:53.280 The point of the case study. 00:18:53.279 --> 00:18:55.920 Is that despite all the precision. 00:18:56.940 --> 00:18:58.339 Despite all the beauty. 00:18:59.619 --> 00:19:01.019 Despite all the promise. 00:19:01.740 --> 00:19:02.680 That the tabernacle. 00:19:03.019 --> 00:19:06.039 Its furnishings and the day of atonement offered. 00:19:07.799 --> 00:19:09.279 It could at best. 00:19:09.420 --> 00:19:11.960 The tabernacle and the day of atonement at best. 00:19:12.960 --> 00:19:16.539 Could offer only severely limited outcomes. 00:19:16.539 --> 00:19:21.720 And the point of the writer here. 00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:23.039 Is that if you just look at the tent. 00:19:23.099 --> 00:19:24.119 The tent by definition. 00:19:25.039 --> 00:19:27.039 Constructed by people using material things. 00:19:27.420 --> 00:19:28.659 It's obviously temporary. 00:19:30.339 --> 00:19:31.659 And therefore inadequate. 00:19:31.819 --> 00:19:33.559 As the true dwelling place of God. 00:19:34.119 --> 00:19:36.180 And the true place of mediation. 00:19:36.319 --> 00:19:37.420 Bringing together forever. 00:19:37.819 --> 00:19:39.779 The clean God and his dirty sinful people. 00:19:39.779 --> 00:19:43.180 That just at a physical level. 00:19:43.240 --> 00:19:44.160 Spoke of temporeness. 00:19:45.160 --> 00:19:46.700 But more importantly. 00:19:46.819 --> 00:19:47.700 At a spiritual level. 00:19:49.279 --> 00:19:51.019 The spiritual outcomes. 00:19:51.339 --> 00:19:52.319 Were limited. 00:19:52.680 --> 00:19:55.059 In all the key areas necessary. 00:19:55.839 --> 00:19:57.519 For the perfect relationship. 00:19:57.519 --> 00:19:58.920 God wanted to have with his people. 00:20:00.619 --> 00:20:01.299 Clearly. 00:20:01.519 --> 00:20:03.759 There was limited access to God. 00:20:03.759 --> 00:20:05.440 You can't have. 00:20:06.160 --> 00:20:07.940 A vibrant personal relationship. 00:20:08.460 --> 00:20:10.740 When there's only severely limited access. 00:20:13.740 --> 00:20:15.960 Individuals by the structure of the tabernacle. 00:20:16.339 --> 00:20:17.779 Were kept away from God. 00:20:17.940 --> 00:20:19.220 At a safe distance. 00:20:21.039 --> 00:20:23.700 Lest they be struck down by God's purity. 00:20:24.740 --> 00:20:25.660 And holiness. 00:20:28.940 --> 00:20:30.759 Their mediators in the meantime. 00:20:31.140 --> 00:20:32.180 Labored every day. 00:20:32.539 --> 00:20:32.960 Priests. 00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:34.519 Labored every day. 00:20:34.559 --> 00:20:36.279 To keep fellowship with God alive. 00:20:36.400 --> 00:20:37.119 By focusing. 00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:39.039 On sacrifices for sin. 00:20:40.119 --> 00:20:42.500 That was the single biggest issue. 00:20:44.059 --> 00:20:44.839 And so. 00:20:45.359 --> 00:20:46.859 The tabernacle was in a sense. 00:20:46.940 --> 00:20:47.680 Like an abattoir. 00:20:52.920 --> 00:20:54.339 And the chief priest. 00:20:56.059 --> 00:20:57.220 Or high priest. 00:20:57.960 --> 00:20:59.740 Could only be in God's presence. 00:20:59.940 --> 00:21:00.879 For a few minutes. 00:21:01.720 --> 00:21:02.539 Each year. 00:21:02.539 --> 00:21:04.200 And even then. 00:21:04.720 --> 00:21:06.659 On very tenuous grounds. 00:21:09.799 --> 00:21:10.859 Limited access. 00:21:11.740 --> 00:21:13.740 There's also very limited pardon. 00:21:13.960 --> 00:21:14.579 Or cleansing. 00:21:16.180 --> 00:21:17.079 From sin. 00:21:18.279 --> 00:21:20.279 If you look at verse 7 of chapter 9. 00:21:20.279 --> 00:21:21.279 The fact that atonement. 00:21:21.279 --> 00:21:24.539 The fact that atonement. 00:21:24.539 --> 00:21:25.859 Had to be repeated. 00:21:27.539 --> 00:21:28.139 Regularly. 00:21:28.720 --> 00:21:29.299 With flesh. 00:21:30.379 --> 00:21:31.339 Fresh blood. 00:21:34.240 --> 00:21:34.720 Says. 00:21:34.960 --> 00:21:36.180 That it wasn't adequate. 00:21:38.180 --> 00:21:39.440 But don't know only that. 00:21:39.500 --> 00:21:40.700 But when you read it in the Old Testament. 00:21:41.039 --> 00:21:42.220 You find that the day of atonement. 00:21:42.420 --> 00:21:43.359 Didn't ever offer. 00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:44.680 To cover all sins. 00:21:44.680 --> 00:21:51.539 Which meant that God's people were always. 00:21:53.299 --> 00:21:53.820 Exposed. 00:21:54.779 --> 00:21:56.580 And vulnerable to God's wrath. 00:21:56.779 --> 00:21:57.380 Against sin. 00:21:57.600 --> 00:21:58.860 And against rebels. 00:21:58.859 --> 00:22:01.719 And so we're told there. 00:22:01.859 --> 00:22:04.579 That forgiveness was achieved. 00:22:04.579 --> 00:22:05.379 But it was. 00:22:06.119 --> 00:22:07.119 External and limited. 00:22:07.639 --> 00:22:08.019 In that. 00:22:08.379 --> 00:22:10.359 It actually didn't change people. 00:22:11.199 --> 00:22:12.579 Where they needed to be changed. 00:22:12.719 --> 00:22:13.039 They didn't. 00:22:13.099 --> 00:22:14.899 It didn't change people on the inside. 00:22:15.639 --> 00:22:17.719 And therefore it didn't really set people free. 00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:19.779 To be the righteous people. 00:22:19.899 --> 00:22:20.959 That God could relate to. 00:22:21.119 --> 00:22:21.679 Unconditionally. 00:22:22.039 --> 00:22:22.659 And freely. 00:22:22.660 --> 00:22:24.940 And ultimately. 00:22:25.940 --> 00:22:27.100 In the contrast. 00:22:28.040 --> 00:22:28.960 People knew. 00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:31.960 That the blood of a bull. 00:22:32.080 --> 00:22:32.500 Or a goat. 00:22:32.600 --> 00:22:33.120 Or a heifer. 00:22:35.240 --> 00:22:36.880 Could not really. 00:22:37.360 --> 00:22:38.140 Be adequate. 00:22:38.440 --> 00:22:39.380 To pay the price. 00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:41.960 For a person. 00:22:42.240 --> 00:22:42.720 Who sinned. 00:22:42.860 --> 00:22:44.200 God said early on. 00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:44.920 In his covenant. 00:22:45.740 --> 00:22:47.140 That when a person sins. 00:22:47.620 --> 00:22:48.940 A person needs to die. 00:22:49.420 --> 00:22:50.480 There needs to be that equivalence. 00:22:52.660 --> 00:22:56.900 The old system. 00:22:57.040 --> 00:22:57.860 Couldn't deliver. 00:22:58.000 --> 00:22:58.519 The rest. 00:22:58.700 --> 00:22:59.420 Or enjoyment. 00:22:59.600 --> 00:23:00.800 Of perfect relationship. 00:23:00.800 --> 00:23:01.620 With God. 00:23:02.360 --> 00:23:02.920 Enjoyed. 00:23:02.980 --> 00:23:03.820 In the garden of Eden. 00:23:04.019 --> 00:23:04.660 And lost. 00:23:05.700 --> 00:23:06.600 Because of sin. 00:23:06.640 --> 00:23:07.080 And rebellion. 00:23:07.500 --> 00:23:08.080 In fact. 00:23:08.700 --> 00:23:09.779 The more they did it. 00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:11.340 The more it cried out. 00:23:11.740 --> 00:23:13.040 Or pointed forward. 00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:15.660 To the time. 00:23:15.800 --> 00:23:16.480 Predicted by. 00:23:16.840 --> 00:23:17.240 Jeremiah. 00:23:17.400 --> 00:23:17.800 Which we saw. 00:23:18.040 --> 00:23:18.580 In chapter. 00:23:18.920 --> 00:23:19.300 Eight. 00:23:19.380 --> 00:23:19.840 Last week. 00:23:22.660 --> 00:23:23.380 The time when. 00:23:23.880 --> 00:23:24.340 He would. 00:23:24.640 --> 00:23:25.420 Deal with the heart. 00:23:25.460 --> 00:23:26.000 Of the problem. 00:23:27.840 --> 00:23:28.800 And renew. 00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:29.740 The heart. 00:23:30.100 --> 00:23:31.000 Or reform the heart. 00:23:31.080 --> 00:23:31.900 And minds of his people. 00:23:32.860 --> 00:23:33.840 It's called here. 00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:35.140 Chapter. 00:23:35.420 --> 00:23:35.900 Nine. 00:23:35.960 --> 00:23:36.360 Verse ten. 00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:38.800 The time. 00:23:38.880 --> 00:23:39.620 Of reformation. 00:23:42.540 --> 00:23:43.580 The tabernacle. 00:23:43.779 --> 00:23:44.660 And the day of atonement. 00:23:45.580 --> 00:23:46.640 Pointed forward to. 00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:47.820 And actually demanded. 00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:48.920 Required. 00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:49.960 Something. 00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:50.779 Better. 00:23:50.779 --> 00:23:52.859 A reformation. 00:23:55.799 --> 00:23:56.700 The perfection. 00:23:56.700 --> 00:23:57.339 Of Jesus. 00:23:57.339 --> 00:23:58.399 Blood atonement. 00:23:58.700 --> 00:23:59.160 Delivers. 00:23:59.160 --> 00:24:00.180 That reformation. 00:24:00.839 --> 00:24:01.519 For his people. 00:24:01.940 --> 00:24:02.579 Once for all. 00:24:02.740 --> 00:24:03.279 Verses 11. 00:24:03.359 --> 00:24:03.759 Through to the end. 00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:04.180 Of the chapter. 00:24:08.700 --> 00:24:09.480 The time. 00:24:09.559 --> 00:24:10.399 Of reformation. 00:24:10.500 --> 00:24:11.139 The time. 00:24:11.139 --> 00:24:12.119 Of the new. 00:24:12.559 --> 00:24:12.960 Expression. 00:24:13.119 --> 00:24:13.519 The delivery. 00:24:13.619 --> 00:24:14.099 Of this new. 00:24:14.180 --> 00:24:14.599 Expression. 00:24:14.639 --> 00:24:15.099 Of God's. 00:24:15.160 --> 00:24:15.480 Cabinet. 00:24:15.599 --> 00:24:15.960 Promise. 00:24:16.359 --> 00:24:16.980 Has come. 00:24:17.139 --> 00:24:17.619 In Jesus. 00:24:17.619 --> 00:24:19.639 And he brings. 00:24:20.299 --> 00:24:21.000 The good things. 00:24:21.579 --> 00:24:22.219 What are the good things? 00:24:22.339 --> 00:24:23.559 By point of contrast here. 00:24:24.059 --> 00:24:25.479 The things that the tabernacle. 00:24:25.699 --> 00:24:26.679 And the oil system. 00:24:27.579 --> 00:24:28.259 The day of atonement. 00:24:28.419 --> 00:24:29.099 Couldn't deliver. 00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:32.139 The good things. 00:24:32.179 --> 00:24:33.500 Required for rest. 00:24:35.159 --> 00:24:36.579 Or the enjoyment. 00:24:37.579 --> 00:24:39.279 Of perfect relationship. 00:24:39.279 --> 00:24:39.819 With God. 00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:42.119 Now. 00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:43.399 There is so much. 00:24:43.399 --> 00:24:44.059 In these chapters. 00:24:44.179 --> 00:24:44.819 And I got myself. 00:24:44.819 --> 00:24:46.039 In a heck of a tangle. 00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:46.879 Yesterday. 00:24:47.319 --> 00:24:47.779 Such that. 00:24:47.939 --> 00:24:48.500 Mid-morning. 00:24:48.659 --> 00:24:49.460 I scrapped everything. 00:24:49.619 --> 00:24:49.899 I'd done. 00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:50.379 All week. 00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:52.359 And reformatted. 00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:52.980 And rewrote. 00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:53.519 So. 00:24:53.839 --> 00:24:54.579 You may be getting. 00:24:54.579 --> 00:24:55.359 Something that's better. 00:24:55.779 --> 00:24:56.679 Or you may be getting. 00:24:56.679 --> 00:24:57.619 Something that's equally. 00:24:57.819 --> 00:24:58.619 As confused. 00:24:58.960 --> 00:24:59.859 You can be the decider. 00:25:00.159 --> 00:25:01.460 But there's so much stuff. 00:25:01.559 --> 00:25:01.779 In this. 00:25:01.919 --> 00:25:02.899 In these verses. 00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:04.439 I've just had to skim. 00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:04.939 Over the top. 00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:05.559 Of lots of it. 00:25:07.659 --> 00:25:08.339 Two things. 00:25:08.379 --> 00:25:08.980 I just picked out. 00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:09.779 Of these verses then. 00:25:09.819 --> 00:25:10.319 From this on. 00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:11.159 The good things. 00:25:11.159 --> 00:25:11.960 That Jesus delivers. 00:25:12.439 --> 00:25:13.700 And the words are in here. 00:25:13.779 --> 00:25:14.019 Verse. 00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:15.000 Verse 12. 00:25:15.779 --> 00:25:16.919 Jesus delivers. 00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:19.039 And it's a lovely term. 00:25:19.240 --> 00:25:19.919 Eternal. 00:25:20.639 --> 00:25:21.159 Redemption. 00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:23.279 Now that word. 00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:23.779 Eternal. 00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:23.819 Eternal. 00:25:23.939 --> 00:25:24.339 Just means. 00:25:25.119 --> 00:25:25.539 Forever. 00:25:26.419 --> 00:25:26.879 Perfect. 00:25:31.439 --> 00:25:32.539 The question then is. 00:25:32.679 --> 00:25:33.700 How has final. 00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:35.759 Forever redemption. 00:25:35.960 --> 00:25:36.599 Been delivered. 00:25:37.399 --> 00:25:38.000 Uniquely. 00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:38.799 By Jesus. 00:25:38.799 --> 00:25:38.899 Jesus. 00:25:41.059 --> 00:25:41.460 Well. 00:25:41.460 --> 00:25:42.539 Let me try. 00:25:42.539 --> 00:25:43.700 And just work through it with you. 00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:47.359 Two things. 00:25:47.579 --> 00:25:48.559 From the very start. 00:25:49.059 --> 00:25:50.680 God was absolutely clear. 00:25:50.859 --> 00:25:52.099 About the consequences. 00:25:52.139 --> 00:25:53.539 Of rebellion. 00:25:53.680 --> 00:25:54.099 Or sin. 00:25:55.180 --> 00:25:55.980 They're deadly. 00:25:56.180 --> 00:25:56.680 Says the Lord. 00:25:59.279 --> 00:26:00.359 You're cut off. 00:26:00.359 --> 00:26:01.339 From relationship. 00:26:02.279 --> 00:26:03.119 With God. 00:26:03.259 --> 00:26:03.899 You're cut off. 00:26:03.899 --> 00:26:04.819 From access. 00:26:04.819 --> 00:26:05.819 To God. 00:26:06.679 --> 00:26:07.619 And you're exposed. 00:26:07.819 --> 00:26:08.759 To the full extent. 00:26:08.980 --> 00:26:10.079 Of God's wrath. 00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:10.839 Which is God's. 00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:12.059 Anger and offense. 00:26:12.939 --> 00:26:14.619 At being a clean God. 00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:15.240 And being treated. 00:26:15.599 --> 00:26:16.220 So horribly. 00:26:16.879 --> 00:26:17.579 By the creatures. 00:26:17.579 --> 00:26:18.220 You've made. 00:26:23.639 --> 00:26:24.720 Deadly consequences. 00:26:26.079 --> 00:26:27.099 But in addition. 00:26:27.099 --> 00:26:28.000 To the consequences. 00:26:28.159 --> 00:26:28.359 Sin. 00:26:28.359 --> 00:26:29.019 There was actually. 00:26:29.719 --> 00:26:30.439 A penalty. 00:26:31.219 --> 00:26:31.740 That was. 00:26:31.979 --> 00:26:32.740 Due for sin. 00:26:33.339 --> 00:26:34.639 Or rebelling against God. 00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:37.579 Actively trying to build. 00:26:37.919 --> 00:26:38.779 The good life. 00:26:39.059 --> 00:26:39.759 Apart from him. 00:26:40.139 --> 00:26:41.159 God viewed sin. 00:26:41.299 --> 00:26:42.019 As a crime. 00:26:43.919 --> 00:26:44.740 The great. 00:26:44.899 --> 00:26:45.719 Sovereign Lord. 00:26:46.979 --> 00:26:47.379 Sees. 00:26:47.459 --> 00:26:48.419 His rebellious people. 00:26:48.619 --> 00:26:48.839 As. 00:26:49.399 --> 00:26:49.959 Criminals. 00:26:50.299 --> 00:26:50.740 Against him. 00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:53.839 And the full force. 00:26:53.880 --> 00:26:54.700 Of his justice. 00:26:54.700 --> 00:26:55.079 Then. 00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:56.220 Demands. 00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:57.700 They pay the price. 00:26:57.700 --> 00:26:58.539 Of the rebellion. 00:26:59.099 --> 00:26:59.680 Which again. 00:27:00.099 --> 00:27:00.700 Is death. 00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:08.160 And that's a real problem for us. 00:27:08.200 --> 00:27:08.480 Because. 00:27:09.160 --> 00:27:09.359 See. 00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:11.559 In our natural born state. 00:27:11.660 --> 00:27:12.359 Our hearts. 00:27:12.940 --> 00:27:14.059 Just push us. 00:27:14.620 --> 00:27:15.200 To rebellion. 00:27:15.759 --> 00:27:16.680 We're hardwired. 00:27:16.839 --> 00:27:17.740 To rebel against God. 00:27:17.900 --> 00:27:18.539 So that means. 00:27:18.660 --> 00:27:19.559 That every day. 00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:20.700 Our guilt. 00:27:21.379 --> 00:27:22.099 Is increasing. 00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:22.619 As it were. 00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:31.779 Consequences of sin. 00:27:31.919 --> 00:27:32.740 The penalty for sin. 00:27:33.460 --> 00:27:34.539 Each of these. 00:27:35.339 --> 00:27:36.779 Is far beyond. 00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:39.339 Any person's ability. 00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:40.019 To bear. 00:27:40.599 --> 00:27:41.319 Or to remedy. 00:27:46.059 --> 00:27:46.659 But. 00:27:46.660 --> 00:27:49.600 The priestly. 00:27:49.600 --> 00:27:49.660 The priestly. 00:27:49.920 --> 00:27:50.980 Or mediatorial. 00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:51.820 Work of Jesus. 00:27:52.860 --> 00:27:53.420 Restores. 00:27:53.560 --> 00:27:54.140 The connection. 00:27:54.140 --> 00:27:55.360 Between the clean God. 00:27:55.420 --> 00:27:56.120 And his dirty people. 00:27:56.640 --> 00:27:57.480 Because he. 00:27:57.840 --> 00:27:58.400 Undoves. 00:27:58.560 --> 00:27:59.440 The consequences. 00:27:59.640 --> 00:28:00.019 Of sin. 00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:01.340 And he pays. 00:28:01.400 --> 00:28:01.960 The penalty. 00:28:02.360 --> 00:28:02.779 For sin. 00:28:03.360 --> 00:28:04.259 Both of which. 00:28:04.820 --> 00:28:05.200 Happen. 00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:06.720 Through his death. 00:28:06.779 --> 00:28:07.220 The shedding. 00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:07.960 Of his blood. 00:28:11.100 --> 00:28:11.660 As he. 00:28:11.880 --> 00:28:12.680 Undoves. 00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:13.560 The consequences. 00:28:13.560 --> 00:28:14.120 Of sin. 00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:15.819 Satisfying. 00:28:15.899 --> 00:28:16.339 The demands. 00:28:16.419 --> 00:28:17.459 Of God's justice. 00:28:18.299 --> 00:28:20.039 And reformatting. 00:28:20.039 --> 00:28:21.139 Us from the inside out. 00:28:21.219 --> 00:28:21.659 So that now. 00:28:21.739 --> 00:28:22.819 We desire to serve God. 00:28:22.859 --> 00:28:23.399 Rather than rebel. 00:28:23.479 --> 00:28:23.919 Against him. 00:28:28.219 --> 00:28:29.519 We are brought into. 00:28:30.959 --> 00:28:31.739 And experience. 00:28:31.819 --> 00:28:32.299 The benefits. 00:28:33.059 --> 00:28:34.139 Of Christ's. 00:28:34.139 --> 00:28:34.559 Eternal. 00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:35.199 Redemption. 00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:39.860 These good things. 00:28:40.220 --> 00:28:40.740 Are God's. 00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.140 One. 00:28:41.660 --> 00:28:42.559 Salvation plan. 00:28:42.700 --> 00:28:43.640 From one end of the Bible. 00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:44.019 To the other. 00:28:44.140 --> 00:28:45.220 God's rescue plan. 00:28:46.539 --> 00:28:47.759 That's what he's intended. 00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:48.920 Right from. 00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:49.660 Eternity. 00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:50.140 We're told. 00:28:51.680 --> 00:28:52.660 Now delivered. 00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:53.640 In Jesus. 00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:56.680 Now. 00:28:56.880 --> 00:28:57.240 How can. 00:28:57.500 --> 00:28:58.299 Jesus blood. 00:28:58.460 --> 00:28:58.940 Do that. 00:28:59.120 --> 00:28:59.240 When. 00:28:59.700 --> 00:29:00.140 Thousands. 00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:01.000 Upon thousands. 00:29:01.080 --> 00:29:01.559 Of animals. 00:29:01.819 --> 00:29:02.319 Prior to him. 00:29:02.400 --> 00:29:03.259 Had been sacrificed. 00:29:03.259 --> 00:29:07.259 Having. 00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:09.119 Come into our world. 00:29:09.119 --> 00:29:10.039 As a true. 00:29:10.680 --> 00:29:11.079 Human. 00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:13.879 Therefore. 00:29:14.119 --> 00:29:14.720 A perfect. 00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:15.220 Human. 00:29:15.819 --> 00:29:16.740 As intended. 00:29:16.879 --> 00:29:17.400 By God. 00:29:18.900 --> 00:29:19.240 Jesus. 00:29:19.420 --> 00:29:19.680 Then. 00:29:19.799 --> 00:29:20.079 Lived. 00:29:20.160 --> 00:29:20.740 A perfect. 00:29:21.059 --> 00:29:21.400 Sinless. 00:29:21.400 --> 00:29:21.799 Life. 00:29:25.240 --> 00:29:25.879 That. 00:29:25.960 --> 00:29:26.180 Means. 00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:26.619 That being. 00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:26.980 Without. 00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:27.819 Blemish. 00:29:29.579 --> 00:29:30.259 Brackets. 00:29:30.339 --> 00:29:30.599 Sin. 00:29:30.599 --> 00:29:33.339 He was qualified. 00:29:33.339 --> 00:29:34.899 To offer himself. 00:29:35.399 --> 00:29:36.519 As a sacrifice. 00:29:37.419 --> 00:29:38.119 That is. 00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:38.819 Fully. 00:29:38.959 --> 00:29:39.279 Able. 00:29:39.639 --> 00:29:40.299 To substitute. 00:29:41.359 --> 00:29:42.000 For the crimes. 00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:42.779 Of another person. 00:29:44.759 --> 00:29:45.859 There's an equivalence. 00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:51.679 Loughlin. 00:29:51.799 --> 00:29:52.119 Couldn't. 00:29:52.219 --> 00:29:52.899 Be a sacrifice. 00:29:52.899 --> 00:29:53.639 For me. 00:29:53.719 --> 00:29:54.359 Because Loughlin. 00:29:54.439 --> 00:29:55.199 Has got the same problem. 00:29:55.199 --> 00:29:55.559 As me. 00:29:57.500 --> 00:29:58.480 Maybe not as bad. 00:29:58.639 --> 00:29:58.779 But. 00:29:58.980 --> 00:29:59.259 Essentially. 00:29:59.359 --> 00:29:59.819 The same thing. 00:30:00.599 --> 00:30:02.059 Jesus. 00:30:02.059 --> 00:30:02.959 Was blameless. 00:30:03.959 --> 00:30:04.199 And so. 00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:05.079 His sacrifice. 00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:06.259 Was acceptable. 00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:09.679 Substitutionary. 00:30:09.959 --> 00:30:10.500 Sacrifice. 00:30:10.619 --> 00:30:11.279 Of atonement. 00:30:14.819 --> 00:30:16.399 In his death. 00:30:17.699 --> 00:30:18.000 Jesus. 00:30:18.179 --> 00:30:19.099 Took upon himself. 00:30:20.219 --> 00:30:21.019 The full. 00:30:21.359 --> 00:30:21.819 Fury. 00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:23.139 Of God's wrath. 00:30:23.339 --> 00:30:23.939 And offense. 00:30:25.179 --> 00:30:25.879 At the rebellion. 00:30:25.879 --> 00:30:26.419 Of his people. 00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:29.159 That's the violence. 00:30:29.419 --> 00:30:30.179 Of the cross. 00:30:30.599 --> 00:30:31.159 When that. 00:30:31.159 --> 00:30:32.099 Just crashed. 00:30:32.099 --> 00:30:31.159 And that. 00:30:31.159 --> 00:30:32.099 Just crashed. 00:30:32.099 --> 00:30:32.779 Under Jesus. 00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:33.740 And crushed. 00:30:33.740 --> 00:30:33.959 Him. 00:30:34.579 --> 00:30:35.139 Smashed. 00:30:35.139 --> 00:30:35.379 Him. 00:30:37.079 --> 00:30:38.500 But he also. 00:30:40.079 --> 00:30:41.919 In giving up his life. 00:30:42.879 --> 00:30:44.559 Paid the supreme penalty. 00:30:44.699 --> 00:30:45.459 That sin. 00:30:46.459 --> 00:30:47.299 Attracted. 00:30:47.599 --> 00:30:47.980 Death. 00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:49.879 The shedding of blood. 00:30:50.559 --> 00:30:51.199 Is confirmation. 00:30:51.740 --> 00:30:52.339 Of death. 00:30:52.779 --> 00:30:53.500 Confirmation. 00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:55.059 That the penalty. 00:30:55.219 --> 00:30:55.959 Has been paid. 00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:58.720 And that guilt. 00:30:58.720 --> 00:30:58.720 00:30:58.720 --> 00:30:59.600 And sin. 00:30:59.600 --> 00:31:00.880 Has finally. 00:31:01.620 --> 00:31:02.200 And completely. 00:31:02.200 --> 00:31:03.019 Been dealt with. 00:31:04.880 --> 00:31:05.940 Verse 13. 00:31:06.059 --> 00:31:06.720 Through to 22. 00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:08.680 Jesus. 00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:09.640 Cleansed. 00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:10.519 Our conscience. 00:31:11.460 --> 00:31:12.480 Now that's a tricky one. 00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:13.039 To understand. 00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:14.539 But I've settled on the fact. 00:31:14.640 --> 00:31:14.960 That just. 00:31:15.100 --> 00:31:15.940 It's another way of sin. 00:31:16.480 --> 00:31:17.880 He's renewed us. 00:31:17.880 --> 00:31:19.299 From the inside out. 00:31:19.299 --> 00:31:21.399 By the power of his Holy Spirit. 00:31:21.399 --> 00:31:22.259 Living within us. 00:31:23.119 --> 00:31:23.919 And we're told in there. 00:31:23.980 --> 00:31:25.079 That that phrase us. 00:31:25.079 --> 00:31:26.099 From dead works. 00:31:27.460 --> 00:31:27.779 Now again. 00:31:27.859 --> 00:31:28.819 It's hard to know exactly. 00:31:28.919 --> 00:31:29.419 What that means. 00:31:29.799 --> 00:31:30.339 But I think. 00:31:30.539 --> 00:31:32.519 In terms of contractual relationship. 00:31:32.659 --> 00:31:33.639 I think what it means is this. 00:31:34.119 --> 00:31:35.440 It phrase us. 00:31:37.419 --> 00:31:39.000 From contractual things. 00:31:39.119 --> 00:31:40.019 Done for God. 00:31:40.119 --> 00:31:41.559 But driven by fear. 00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:43.940 Of ongoing guilt. 00:31:43.940 --> 00:31:44.559 Before him. 00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:48.460 Rather than things done. 00:31:48.460 --> 00:31:49.340 Before the Lord. 00:31:49.700 --> 00:31:50.799 Out of thankfulness. 00:31:50.900 --> 00:31:51.460 And delight. 00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:53.360 And joy. 00:31:54.360 --> 00:31:55.420 In the context. 00:31:55.559 --> 00:31:56.500 Of total forgiveness. 00:31:57.299 --> 00:31:58.420 And renewed relationship. 00:32:02.539 --> 00:32:03.660 That was his death. 00:32:04.480 --> 00:32:05.240 After this. 00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:06.559 Jesus was resurrected. 00:32:07.160 --> 00:32:07.940 And returned. 00:32:08.100 --> 00:32:08.480 To heaven. 00:32:08.539 --> 00:32:09.100 Or ascended. 00:32:09.100 --> 00:32:10.100 To the Father. 00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:12.460 To receive. 00:32:13.319 --> 00:32:14.160 Total approval. 00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:15.759 And total acceptance. 00:32:16.900 --> 00:32:18.100 Total welcome back. 00:32:18.099 --> 00:32:18.480 By the Father. 00:32:18.539 --> 00:32:19.119 He sat down. 00:32:19.179 --> 00:32:19.699 At the right hand. 00:32:19.699 --> 00:32:20.139 Of the Father. 00:32:20.699 --> 00:32:21.279 To rule. 00:32:21.699 --> 00:32:22.439 The world forever. 00:32:26.299 --> 00:32:27.039 And we're told. 00:32:27.139 --> 00:32:27.659 He entered. 00:32:28.059 --> 00:32:28.359 Heaven. 00:32:29.240 --> 00:32:30.099 With his own blood. 00:32:32.980 --> 00:32:33.879 And the marks. 00:32:33.939 --> 00:32:34.459 Of death. 00:32:36.059 --> 00:32:36.959 In other words. 00:32:38.679 --> 00:32:39.679 The proof. 00:32:40.119 --> 00:32:41.099 Of sacrifice. 00:32:41.719 --> 00:32:42.519 The proof. 00:32:42.859 --> 00:32:43.740 Of justice. 00:32:44.139 --> 00:32:44.740 Satisfied. 00:32:44.740 --> 00:32:45.700 The proof. 00:32:45.700 --> 00:32:47.099 Of God's anger. 00:32:47.539 --> 00:32:48.099 Satiated. 00:32:48.839 --> 00:32:49.160 In. 00:32:49.700 --> 00:32:50.620 The death of Jesus. 00:32:51.579 --> 00:32:52.180 The proof. 00:32:52.599 --> 00:32:54.120 That all the barriers. 00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:56.120 That previously. 00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:57.099 Had been a block. 00:32:57.839 --> 00:32:59.700 To unrestricted. 00:33:00.700 --> 00:33:01.299 Limited. 00:33:01.839 --> 00:33:02.720 Relationship with God. 00:33:02.779 --> 00:33:03.559 Has now been moved. 00:33:04.059 --> 00:33:04.500 Removed. 00:33:05.620 --> 00:33:06.680 And relationship. 00:33:06.940 --> 00:33:07.680 Can be resumed. 00:33:07.900 --> 00:33:08.240 Forever. 00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:08.319 Forever. 00:33:11.359 --> 00:33:11.940 I said. 00:33:12.059 --> 00:33:12.680 That the blood. 00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:13.359 Was everywhere. 00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:14.059 And on everything. 00:33:14.779 --> 00:33:15.599 In the tabernacle. 00:33:16.059 --> 00:33:16.880 If I can use. 00:33:16.940 --> 00:33:17.620 The same imagery. 00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:18.160 And hopefully. 00:33:18.279 --> 00:33:19.160 You don't misuse this. 00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:19.880 Or abuse this. 00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:20.880 I want to say. 00:33:20.940 --> 00:33:21.420 The same thing. 00:33:21.420 --> 00:33:21.799 About heaven. 00:33:21.880 --> 00:33:22.799 When Jesus went to heaven. 00:33:23.019 --> 00:33:23.680 It was as if. 00:33:23.680 --> 00:33:24.519 His blood. 00:33:24.680 --> 00:33:25.200 Went everywhere. 00:33:25.759 --> 00:33:26.880 It was so visible. 00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:27.940 So dominant. 00:33:29.079 --> 00:33:30.640 That it couldn't be missed. 00:33:30.640 --> 00:33:32.240 That he has. 00:33:33.280 --> 00:33:33.960 Done what. 00:33:34.120 --> 00:33:35.100 Was needed to be done. 00:33:37.060 --> 00:33:37.900 He did what. 00:33:39.040 --> 00:33:39.720 I'm stuck. 00:33:39.880 --> 00:33:40.340 He did what. 00:33:40.440 --> 00:33:41.140 Needed to be done. 00:33:41.420 --> 00:33:41.540 Yep. 00:33:41.560 --> 00:33:42.400 I got my English finally. 00:33:43.020 --> 00:33:43.120 He. 00:33:45.280 --> 00:33:46.700 He did what needed to be done. 00:33:47.300 --> 00:33:48.100 I'll just move on. 00:33:51.880 --> 00:33:53.240 To restore relationship. 00:33:53.240 --> 00:34:01.920 And as Jesus in heaven. 00:34:02.920 --> 00:34:04.140 The son. 00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:05.539 The perfect son. 00:34:06.319 --> 00:34:07.359 The lamb of God. 00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:09.079 Returned in triumph. 00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:11.440 As he enjoys by right. 00:34:12.719 --> 00:34:14.699 Access all areas. 00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:16.079 In heaven. 00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:17.460 That's his authority. 00:34:17.659 --> 00:34:18.280 That's his freedom. 00:34:19.519 --> 00:34:20.059 So. 00:34:21.320 --> 00:34:22.340 His people. 00:34:22.340 --> 00:34:23.380 Have that. 00:34:23.600 --> 00:34:24.700 Access all areas. 00:34:24.940 --> 00:34:25.980 Unlimited access. 00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:27.760 Because total cleansing. 00:34:28.019 --> 00:34:28.640 Total pardon. 00:34:32.300 --> 00:34:33.160 Second thing. 00:34:33.620 --> 00:34:35.440 Jesus delivers God's promised. 00:34:35.600 --> 00:34:36.160 Eternal. 00:34:36.840 --> 00:34:37.220 Forever. 00:34:37.420 --> 00:34:37.980 Inheritance. 00:34:38.180 --> 00:34:39.180 You see that phrase. 00:34:39.460 --> 00:34:40.840 In verse 15. 00:34:42.680 --> 00:34:43.620 This is where the. 00:34:43.620 --> 00:34:45.059 The English gets a bit tricky. 00:34:45.059 --> 00:34:45.519 In. 00:34:46.220 --> 00:34:47.039 Chapter 9. 00:34:47.140 --> 00:34:48.019 Verse 15. 00:34:49.980 --> 00:34:50.740 I think. 00:34:50.900 --> 00:34:51.240 Again. 00:34:51.239 --> 00:34:52.179 I think. 00:34:52.179 --> 00:34:53.019 What's happening here. 00:34:53.019 --> 00:34:53.479 Is that. 00:34:53.479 --> 00:34:55.219 The writer is using a play on word. 00:34:55.339 --> 00:34:56.079 The word covenant. 00:34:56.579 --> 00:34:58.059 Can also be used. 00:34:58.159 --> 00:34:59.099 In certain circumstances. 00:34:59.099 --> 00:35:00.399 To refer to the last. 00:35:00.599 --> 00:35:01.219 Will and testament. 00:35:01.479 --> 00:35:02.399 The two things are very. 00:35:02.479 --> 00:35:02.879 Very similar. 00:35:02.979 --> 00:35:03.539 Very related. 00:35:06.119 --> 00:35:07.079 Now when you think about. 00:35:07.199 --> 00:35:08.239 The last will and testament. 00:35:08.379 --> 00:35:09.339 That's what the writer uses. 00:35:09.459 --> 00:35:10.239 As an illustration here. 00:35:10.319 --> 00:35:10.979 For a few verses. 00:35:11.659 --> 00:35:13.079 The last will and testament. 00:35:13.079 --> 00:35:13.659 Of a person. 00:35:13.759 --> 00:35:15.019 Is a legal document. 00:35:15.019 --> 00:35:16.019 Connecting. 00:35:16.019 --> 00:35:17.019 The benefactor. 00:35:17.019 --> 00:35:17.019 00:35:17.019 --> 00:35:17.619 Connecting. 00:35:17.619 --> 00:35:18.019 The benefactor. 00:35:18.019 --> 00:35:18.559 The benefactor. 00:35:18.559 --> 00:35:20.780 With his beneficiaries. 00:35:23.280 --> 00:35:24.500 And the beneficiaries. 00:35:24.500 --> 00:35:25.940 Are those who receive. 00:35:26.059 --> 00:35:26.880 The rewards. 00:35:27.219 --> 00:35:28.380 Of the labors. 00:35:28.380 --> 00:35:29.480 Of the benefactor. 00:35:29.960 --> 00:35:31.019 After he dies. 00:35:33.219 --> 00:35:33.820 All right. 00:35:33.880 --> 00:35:34.920 That's just the ordinary thing. 00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:35.199 That you. 00:35:35.320 --> 00:35:35.759 You'd have. 00:35:35.940 --> 00:35:36.500 The executor. 00:35:36.559 --> 00:35:37.340 Will tell you. 00:35:37.340 --> 00:35:41.380 Since Jesus has died. 00:35:42.460 --> 00:35:43.059 Then his. 00:35:43.180 --> 00:35:43.519 As it were. 00:35:43.600 --> 00:35:45.260 His last will and testament. 00:35:45.800 --> 00:35:46.660 Has been enacted. 00:35:51.579 --> 00:35:52.059 Guaranteeing. 00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:52.760 Therefore. 00:35:52.900 --> 00:35:53.820 That as beneficiaries. 00:35:54.559 --> 00:35:55.800 Those he died for. 00:35:57.019 --> 00:35:57.760 Will get. 00:35:58.100 --> 00:35:58.840 Every bit. 00:35:58.840 --> 00:35:59.700 Of what he died. 00:35:59.820 --> 00:36:00.700 To secure for them. 00:36:01.920 --> 00:36:02.740 Every bit. 00:36:02.960 --> 00:36:03.660 Of their inheritance. 00:36:05.519 --> 00:36:06.660 And when we think of it. 00:36:06.720 --> 00:36:07.320 In those terms. 00:36:07.340 --> 00:36:07.980 Then we see. 00:36:08.200 --> 00:36:08.500 Wow. 00:36:09.240 --> 00:36:10.180 What a generous. 00:36:10.420 --> 00:36:11.019 Benefactor. 00:36:12.120 --> 00:36:12.980 Jesus has done. 00:36:14.059 --> 00:36:14.660 Jesus has been. 00:36:15.240 --> 00:36:15.800 Jesus is. 00:36:22.039 --> 00:36:23.180 He leaves. 00:36:23.320 --> 00:36:23.960 In his will. 00:36:25.160 --> 00:36:26.220 An absolute. 00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:27.039 Guarantee. 00:36:27.960 --> 00:36:28.860 That since he. 00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:29.559 Has paid. 00:36:30.300 --> 00:36:31.260 The full penalty. 00:36:31.380 --> 00:36:32.380 For every sin. 00:36:32.460 --> 00:36:33.039 Of his people. 00:36:33.720 --> 00:36:34.180 Past. 00:36:34.620 --> 00:36:34.900 Present. 00:36:35.019 --> 00:36:35.519 And future. 00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:37.820 He leaves. 00:36:37.820 --> 00:36:38.679 The ironclad. 00:36:38.679 --> 00:36:39.320 Guarantee. 00:36:39.519 --> 00:36:39.880 That God. 00:36:39.980 --> 00:36:40.519 Will never. 00:36:40.840 --> 00:36:41.119 Ever. 00:36:42.400 --> 00:36:42.960 Again. 00:36:43.099 --> 00:36:43.759 Count our sin. 00:36:43.840 --> 00:36:44.440 Against us. 00:36:46.440 --> 00:36:46.960 Remember. 00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:47.500 Last week. 00:36:48.099 --> 00:36:48.639 Jeremiah. 00:36:49.639 --> 00:36:50.219 He will. 00:36:50.340 --> 00:36:50.719 Remember. 00:36:50.880 --> 00:36:51.380 Our sins. 00:36:51.599 --> 00:36:52.179 No more. 00:36:56.179 --> 00:36:56.719 That's. 00:36:56.800 --> 00:36:57.340 Your inheritance. 00:36:57.340 --> 00:36:57.820 As a. 00:36:57.860 --> 00:36:58.280 Died for. 00:36:58.380 --> 00:36:58.599 People. 00:36:58.980 --> 00:36:59.219 Person. 00:36:59.219 --> 00:37:01.859 But there's more. 00:37:03.079 --> 00:37:03.859 Verse 28. 00:37:05.079 --> 00:37:05.559 He leaves us. 00:37:05.599 --> 00:37:06.379 The absolute. 00:37:06.619 --> 00:37:07.099 Guarantee. 00:37:08.139 --> 00:37:08.879 That the best. 00:37:09.039 --> 00:37:09.859 Is yet to come. 00:37:10.539 --> 00:37:11.059 For us. 00:37:11.139 --> 00:37:11.500 Has died. 00:37:11.559 --> 00:37:12.019 For people. 00:37:14.739 --> 00:37:15.299 Already. 00:37:15.439 --> 00:37:15.839 Forgiven. 00:37:17.299 --> 00:37:17.899 Already. 00:37:18.239 --> 00:37:18.799 Renewed. 00:37:19.139 --> 00:37:19.459 Already. 00:37:19.679 --> 00:37:19.939 Safe. 00:37:20.000 --> 00:37:20.579 And secure. 00:37:20.579 --> 00:37:24.219 There's more. 00:37:24.219 --> 00:37:24.659 To come. 00:37:25.500 --> 00:37:25.860 Jesus. 00:37:25.860 --> 00:37:26.719 Will return. 00:37:27.119 --> 00:37:27.940 As our. 00:37:28.139 --> 00:37:28.860 Trailblazer. 00:37:29.019 --> 00:37:29.619 And champion. 00:37:30.420 --> 00:37:31.199 To take us home. 00:37:31.259 --> 00:37:31.679 To glory. 00:37:31.799 --> 00:37:32.340 Or rest. 00:37:33.159 --> 00:37:33.940 Which is the. 00:37:34.139 --> 00:37:34.619 Complete. 00:37:34.739 --> 00:37:35.380 Enjoyment. 00:37:35.500 --> 00:37:36.219 Of God's. 00:37:36.619 --> 00:37:37.059 Unconditional. 00:37:37.219 --> 00:37:37.460 Love. 00:37:37.599 --> 00:37:38.079 And blessing. 00:37:38.199 --> 00:37:38.460 Forever. 00:37:39.139 --> 00:37:39.699 Complete. 00:37:39.819 --> 00:37:40.259 Renewal. 00:37:40.759 --> 00:37:41.319 Complete. 00:37:41.480 --> 00:37:41.799 Freedom. 00:37:42.000 --> 00:37:42.340 To be the. 00:37:42.400 --> 00:37:43.119 Worshipping people. 00:37:43.239 --> 00:37:43.779 God always. 00:37:43.840 --> 00:37:44.519 Wanted us to be. 00:37:45.900 --> 00:37:46.360 Now that's. 00:37:46.659 --> 00:37:47.000 Scarcely. 00:37:47.199 --> 00:37:47.639 Imaginable. 00:37:47.739 --> 00:37:47.960 Is it? 00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:50.179 Every single day. 00:37:50.300 --> 00:37:51.220 I just wish. 00:37:51.740 --> 00:37:52.980 I could have a couple of minutes. 00:37:53.139 --> 00:37:53.559 Where I had. 00:37:54.619 --> 00:37:54.940 Worship. 00:37:55.159 --> 00:37:55.740 Of the Lord. 00:37:56.059 --> 00:37:56.860 Without some. 00:37:59.099 --> 00:37:59.539 Ridiculous. 00:37:59.679 --> 00:37:59.920 Thought. 00:38:00.019 --> 00:38:00.760 Popping into my head. 00:38:00.820 --> 00:38:01.320 To spoil it. 00:38:04.420 --> 00:38:05.780 Well that day is coming. 00:38:07.039 --> 00:38:07.820 When there will be. 00:38:07.880 --> 00:38:08.460 A forever. 00:38:08.840 --> 00:38:09.199 Time. 00:38:10.340 --> 00:38:11.220 We will just. 00:38:11.740 --> 00:38:12.440 Be full. 00:38:12.599 --> 00:38:13.539 Of the praise of Jesus. 00:38:17.960 --> 00:38:20.139 At that time. 00:38:20.860 --> 00:38:21.579 We will know. 00:38:21.579 --> 00:38:22.659 Something more. 00:38:22.980 --> 00:38:24.240 Of what his blood. 00:38:24.559 --> 00:38:25.500 Achieved for us. 00:38:32.679 --> 00:38:33.119 Now. 00:38:33.300 --> 00:38:33.599 The problem. 00:38:33.679 --> 00:38:33.820 We owe. 00:38:33.880 --> 00:38:34.340 Last will. 00:38:34.400 --> 00:38:35.179 And testament is. 00:38:35.720 --> 00:38:36.720 That we're very familiar. 00:38:36.860 --> 00:38:37.780 With it being challenged. 00:38:38.760 --> 00:38:39.780 And if you watch TV. 00:38:40.099 --> 00:38:40.559 And you'll know. 00:38:40.699 --> 00:38:41.599 This next little phrase. 00:38:42.480 --> 00:38:42.920 Thanks. 00:38:43.119 --> 00:38:43.360 Bill. 00:38:43.360 --> 00:38:43.960 Bosheth. 00:38:47.660 --> 00:38:48.420 My TV. 00:38:48.420 --> 00:38:49.700 Is in mortal danger. 00:38:49.820 --> 00:38:50.780 Every time that comes up. 00:38:50.880 --> 00:38:51.539 I hate these. 00:38:51.700 --> 00:38:52.400 Legal ads. 00:38:52.640 --> 00:38:52.900 But anyway. 00:38:52.980 --> 00:38:53.200 That's. 00:38:53.400 --> 00:38:54.019 I won't start. 00:38:54.140 --> 00:38:54.539 With my. 00:38:55.700 --> 00:38:56.140 Idiosyncrasies. 00:38:56.139 --> 00:38:56.599 But. 00:38:58.639 --> 00:38:59.159 Jesus. 00:38:59.159 --> 00:39:00.079 Last will. 00:39:00.159 --> 00:39:00.639 And testament. 00:39:01.319 --> 00:39:01.859 Cannot. 00:39:02.079 --> 00:39:02.779 And will not. 00:39:03.099 --> 00:39:03.639 Be challenged. 00:39:07.659 --> 00:39:08.219 Because. 00:39:09.299 --> 00:39:10.079 Those who. 00:39:10.460 --> 00:39:11.099 To whom you would go. 00:39:11.159 --> 00:39:11.819 To challenge it. 00:39:12.000 --> 00:39:12.279 Father. 00:39:12.460 --> 00:39:12.599 Son. 00:39:12.639 --> 00:39:13.079 And spirit. 00:39:13.500 --> 00:39:14.659 Are in complete agreement. 00:39:16.599 --> 00:39:17.420 With both. 00:39:17.539 --> 00:39:18.379 What has been done. 00:39:18.699 --> 00:39:19.500 By Jesus. 00:39:20.759 --> 00:39:21.940 And the effectiveness. 00:39:22.339 --> 00:39:23.139 Or the outcomes. 00:39:23.960 --> 00:39:24.799 Of what he has done. 00:39:24.940 --> 00:39:25.319 For us. 00:39:26.139 --> 00:39:27.179 What he has delivered. 00:39:27.359 --> 00:39:28.059 Through his protection. 00:39:32.859 --> 00:39:33.299 So. 00:39:33.400 --> 00:39:33.839 Our inheritance. 00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:35.059 Is a forever inheritance. 00:39:38.319 --> 00:39:38.759 So. 00:39:38.879 --> 00:39:39.420 Three points. 00:39:39.619 --> 00:39:40.139 Of takeaway. 00:39:41.920 --> 00:39:43.059 Why would you even. 00:39:43.059 --> 00:39:44.279 Consider walking away. 00:39:44.279 --> 00:39:44.960 From Jesus. 00:39:46.420 --> 00:39:47.279 That's the background. 00:39:47.420 --> 00:39:48.039 Context here. 00:39:48.159 --> 00:39:48.679 But we can have. 00:39:48.759 --> 00:39:49.400 A same background. 00:39:49.559 --> 00:39:49.920 Context. 00:39:50.039 --> 00:39:50.679 In our culture. 00:39:51.059 --> 00:39:51.579 There's all sorts. 00:39:51.599 --> 00:39:52.119 Of pressures. 00:39:52.420 --> 00:39:53.980 And allurements. 00:39:54.339 --> 00:39:55.319 That might suggest. 00:39:55.320 --> 00:39:56.160 We should walk away. 00:39:56.160 --> 00:39:56.580 From Jesus. 00:39:56.580 --> 00:39:57.720 Why would you walk away. 00:39:57.720 --> 00:39:58.320 From Jesus. 00:39:58.320 --> 00:39:59.960 Into some new form. 00:40:00.500 --> 00:40:02.519 Of transactional religion. 00:40:03.580 --> 00:40:05.280 Hoping that you can manipulate. 00:40:05.680 --> 00:40:06.700 Relationship with God. 00:40:06.780 --> 00:40:07.820 To deliver the peace. 00:40:07.920 --> 00:40:08.420 And rest. 00:40:08.500 --> 00:40:09.000 And security. 00:40:09.160 --> 00:40:09.539 And hope. 00:40:10.260 --> 00:40:10.900 That we need. 00:40:12.240 --> 00:40:12.780 That we do. 00:40:12.780 --> 00:40:17.900 Why would you do that. 00:40:17.960 --> 00:40:19.120 On a transactional basis. 00:40:19.740 --> 00:40:20.660 When all of it. 00:40:21.440 --> 00:40:22.240 Is there. 00:40:23.240 --> 00:40:23.780 On offer. 00:40:23.900 --> 00:40:24.460 For free. 00:40:25.000 --> 00:40:25.840 From Jesus. 00:40:26.880 --> 00:40:27.600 A done deal. 00:40:30.100 --> 00:40:30.880 Perhaps more. 00:40:31.560 --> 00:40:31.940 Personally. 00:40:32.320 --> 00:40:33.560 In terms of our assurance. 00:40:33.559 --> 00:40:35.820 And this speaks. 00:40:35.820 --> 00:40:36.380 A lot for me. 00:40:36.460 --> 00:40:36.719 This is. 00:40:36.779 --> 00:40:37.360 This is sometimes. 00:40:37.500 --> 00:40:37.900 My night. 00:40:37.980 --> 00:40:38.460 Nighttime. 00:40:39.199 --> 00:40:39.619 Fears. 00:40:39.779 --> 00:40:40.539 Why would you allow. 00:40:41.299 --> 00:40:41.739 Remembrance. 00:40:41.820 --> 00:40:42.159 Of those. 00:40:42.380 --> 00:40:43.380 Secret sins. 00:40:43.719 --> 00:40:44.699 Which pop up. 00:40:44.779 --> 00:40:45.340 In the night. 00:40:46.059 --> 00:40:47.000 To haunt you. 00:40:50.299 --> 00:40:51.199 Maybe it's just me. 00:40:51.259 --> 00:40:51.799 But I'm assuming. 00:40:51.920 --> 00:40:52.460 It's not just me. 00:40:52.519 --> 00:40:52.960 Those things. 00:40:53.000 --> 00:40:53.759 That just leave. 00:40:53.840 --> 00:40:55.199 Your heart racing. 00:40:57.139 --> 00:40:57.739 Leave your. 00:40:57.840 --> 00:40:58.619 Your breathing. 00:40:58.860 --> 00:40:59.239 Struggling. 00:41:00.559 --> 00:41:00.960 Why? 00:41:01.559 --> 00:41:01.960 You think. 00:41:02.860 --> 00:41:03.780 I understand. 00:41:03.940 --> 00:41:04.340 The concept. 00:41:04.460 --> 00:41:05.119 Of God's forgiveness. 00:41:05.300 --> 00:41:05.980 But could that. 00:41:06.059 --> 00:41:06.480 Be forgiven. 00:41:07.000 --> 00:41:07.579 Could this. 00:41:07.659 --> 00:41:08.099 Be forgiven. 00:41:09.199 --> 00:41:09.940 Nobody knows. 00:41:10.019 --> 00:41:10.240 About it. 00:41:10.260 --> 00:41:10.679 But could it. 00:41:10.720 --> 00:41:11.179 Be forgiven. 00:41:11.840 --> 00:41:12.159 Perhaps. 00:41:12.240 --> 00:41:12.860 It's not forgiven. 00:41:19.539 --> 00:41:20.340 These things. 00:41:21.119 --> 00:41:21.960 Rob us. 00:41:22.340 --> 00:41:23.000 And drain us. 00:41:23.000 --> 00:41:23.760 Of confidence. 00:41:26.599 --> 00:41:27.900 In the Lord's salvation. 00:41:28.400 --> 00:41:29.199 They make us. 00:41:29.440 --> 00:41:29.860 Fearful. 00:41:29.940 --> 00:41:30.579 Of losing. 00:41:30.960 --> 00:41:31.860 The Lord's. 00:41:32.240 --> 00:41:32.679 Unconditional. 00:41:32.880 --> 00:41:33.220 Love. 00:41:33.400 --> 00:41:34.019 Which he has promised. 00:41:34.139 --> 00:41:34.500 To us. 00:41:37.539 --> 00:41:38.420 So we shouldn't. 00:41:38.500 --> 00:41:39.260 Let those things. 00:41:39.740 --> 00:41:40.380 Do that to us. 00:41:40.639 --> 00:41:41.079 Because. 00:41:42.039 --> 00:41:43.000 God knows. 00:41:43.079 --> 00:41:43.840 Our dirtiness. 00:41:44.800 --> 00:41:45.059 Far. 00:41:45.139 --> 00:41:45.360 Know. 00:41:45.760 --> 00:41:46.280 Far better. 00:41:46.360 --> 00:41:46.980 Than even I know. 00:41:47.059 --> 00:41:47.880 My own dirtiness. 00:41:48.920 --> 00:41:49.659 Before him. 00:41:51.240 --> 00:41:52.059 And Jesus. 00:41:52.059 --> 00:41:52.720 Has dealt. 00:41:52.820 --> 00:41:53.579 With that dirtiness. 00:41:53.740 --> 00:41:54.559 Once and for all. 00:41:54.559 --> 00:41:58.940 Again. 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:58.940 00:41:58.940 --> 00:42:03.480 So he knows my dirtiness far more than I can ever possibly know it. 00:42:04.559 --> 00:42:05.240 And he's promised it. 00:42:05.360 --> 00:42:07.820 That too has been covered. 00:42:07.940 --> 00:42:09.079 That too has been removed. 00:42:09.519 --> 00:42:13.460 Every sin, even the ones that nobody else knows about, 00:42:13.460 --> 00:42:19.460 every sin has been dealt with and totally removed from your record 00:42:19.460 --> 00:42:21.440 by the death of the Lord Jesus. 00:42:23.119 --> 00:42:26.119 Of course, lingering feelings of guilt are one thing. 00:42:26.119 --> 00:42:32.559 Now, feelings are real and we've got to deal with them. 00:42:33.219 --> 00:42:35.259 But when you're feeling guilty, 00:42:35.659 --> 00:42:41.039 what we need to do is remember that the guilt Jesus died for is objective guilt. 00:42:41.440 --> 00:42:45.359 That is real guilt because you're a real rebel against God. 00:42:45.559 --> 00:42:46.839 And he has dealt with all of that. 00:42:49.539 --> 00:42:53.099 Now, Satan will attempt to convince you 00:42:53.099 --> 00:42:57.159 that God will never love you unconditionally, 00:42:57.480 --> 00:43:00.299 never bless you because of your ongoing sinfulness. 00:43:04.380 --> 00:43:05.960 And here's the final sentence. 00:43:06.739 --> 00:43:08.880 Your feeling of guilt, 00:43:09.880 --> 00:43:11.920 your sense of unworthiness, 00:43:12.380 --> 00:43:13.199 will soar 00:43:13.199 --> 00:43:18.059 if you believe Satan's lies 00:43:18.059 --> 00:43:22.179 rather than the promise of Jesus. 00:43:23.980 --> 00:43:26.139 That through the death and resurrection of Jesus, 00:43:26.259 --> 00:43:27.419 you have eternal redemption 00:43:27.419 --> 00:43:29.980 and eternal inheritance. 00:43:29.980 --> 00:43:30.199 Amen. 00:43:30.199 --> 00:43:30.299 Amen. 00:43:30.299 --> 00:43:30.299 00:43:30.299 --> 00:43:30.299 00:43:30.299 --> 00:43:30.299 00:43:30.299 --> 00:43:30.299 00:43:30.299 --> 00:43:30.299