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 Jesus is many things to us.

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 He's our Savior.

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 He's our Messiah, our King.

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 He's the Son of God.

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 He's the Son of Man.

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 We've been learning over the last little while through John's Gospel

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 about how He is our Good Shepherd

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 and the gate,

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 the way,

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 the truth,

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 the life,

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 the resurrection,

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 the light of the world.

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 God's provision from heaven,

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 the Word who became flesh and dwelt among us,

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 the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.

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 He is so precious

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 and He is many things to us.

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 But this morning as we come to the Lord's table,

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 we want to consider how Jesus is our High Priest.

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 The author of Hebrews is the one who in his letter to the Hebrews

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 has the most to say about this.

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 So we're going to be looking at a few different places in his letter to the Hebrews

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 to focus a little more on how Jesus is our High Priest.

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 The author of Hebrews first brings this up in Hebrews chapter 2,

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 verse 14 to 17.

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 He says this,

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 Since the children have flesh and blood,

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 he too shared in their humanity,

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 so that by his death,

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 he might break the power of him who holds the power of death,

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 that is, the devil,

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 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.

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 For surely it is not angels he helps,

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 but Abraham's descendants.

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 For this reason,

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 he had to be made like them,

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 fully human in every way,

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 in order that he might become a merciful

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 and faithful High Priest

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 in service to God,

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 and that he might make atonement for the sins

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 of the people.

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 The author of Hebrews has a way of saying a lot

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 about everything in very few words,

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 and he doesn't usually stick to just one topic at a time.

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 He weaves his topics all together

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 and expands upon all of them,

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 all the way through his letter.

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 So there'll be lots that we skip over today

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 in order to trace out this theme of Jesus is our High Priest.

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 The first thing that we learn

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 is that Jesus came to share in our humanity.

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 John said it at the beginning of his Gospel,

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 that the Word who was with God and was God

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 became flesh and dwelt among us.

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 This is the author of Hebrews saying the same thing in his own words.

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 He too shared in their humanity.

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 Just as the children have flesh and blood,

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 so he too, Jesus, came to have flesh and blood.

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 So Jesus, verse 17,

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 continues on with this thought.

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 For this reason, he had to be made like them,

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 fully human in every way.

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 So Jesus was not just partly,

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 not just outwardly human.

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 He was not just flesh and blood exterior or body

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 with divine insides.

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 No.

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 The author of Hebrews says that he had to be made

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 like us in every way,

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 like his brothers in every respect,

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 in all things,

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 fully human.

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 Why?

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 Well, there's multiple reasons given,

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 but the one we want to see this morning

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 is in verse 17.

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 For this reason,

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 he had to be made like them,

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 fully human in every way,

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 in order that he might become

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 a merciful and faithful high priest

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 in service to God,

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 and that he might make atonement

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 for the sins of the people.

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 The high priest in the Old Testament

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 was the go-between,

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 the one who would offer sacrifices

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 to atone for the sins of the people.

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 Our sin and our guilt is an awful thing.

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 It makes us unworthy

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 even to come near to God's presence.

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 It makes us unworthy

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 even to speak to God on our own.

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 And so God instituted a priesthood.

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 Men who were to live especially pure

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 and holy and righteous lives,

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 and who would stand in the gap

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 between God and people,

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 who would speak to God

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 on behalf of the people,

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 who would offer sacrifices

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 of atonement for the people.

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 The high priest was like a representative.

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 He represented the people to God.

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 And in order to do this job,

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 you have to be one of the people.

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 You might think of it like an ambassador

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 for foreign affairs.

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 How can you be an ambassador

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 for your country

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 if you're not even a citizen

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 of that country?

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 You can't.

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 It's a similar kind of thing here.

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 The only way to carry out

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 this needed service of priest

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 is to be one of the people

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 whom you serve.

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 And as the author of Hebrews

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 will tell us all throughout this book,

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 the priests who descended from Aaron

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 and Levi

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 could only do so much for the people.

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 There was need for a better,

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 a greater high priest

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 than could ever come

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 from Aaron or his sons.

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 And so God sent his son,

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 the word,

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 into our world

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 to take on flesh and blood,

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 to share in our humanity

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 in every respect

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 so that we could have

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 the high priest

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 that we most desperately needed.

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 One of us

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 who would serve us mercifully

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 with compassion

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 and one who would serve God

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 and see that what God desired

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 would be done for his people

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 and that he might make atonement

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 for the sins

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 of the people.

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 These are such humbling words.

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 Do you realize

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 that you cannot come to God

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 on your own behalf?

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 You cannot make atonement

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 for your own sins.

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 We have need of someone

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 to do it for us.

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 Someone who does not share

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 in our guilt

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 and yet is one of us

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 having flesh and blood

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 as we have.

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 chapter 3, verse 1.

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 Therefore, he says,

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 holy brothers and sisters

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 who share in the heavenly calling,

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 fix your thoughts on Jesus,

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 whom we acknowledge

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 as our apostle

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 and high priest.

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 We're not going to talk

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 about apostle today,

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 but high priest.

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 He says,

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 fix your thoughts

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 on Jesus.

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 Think about him.

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 consider him.

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 He's the one

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 who we confess.

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 He's the one

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 who we acknowledge

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 as our high priest.

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 Fix your thoughts

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 on him right now.

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 And then the author

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 of Hebrews goes on

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 to tell us about how

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 Jesus was faithful

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 to God.

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 God appointed him

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 and he was faithful

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 to the one

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 who appointed him.

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 He tells us that

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 Jesus was more faithful

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 more worthy of honor

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 than even Moses was.

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 And then he reminds us

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 of how God related

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 to the Israelites

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 long ago

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 in the days of Moses.

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 He reminds us of how

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 the Israelites

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 rebelled against God.

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 They tested God.

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 They tried God.

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 Their hearts

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 were always going astray.

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 They were often acting

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 like they didn't even know

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 God.

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 And so God punished them.

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 He forbid a whole

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 generation of them

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 from entering

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 the rest of the promised land.

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 These words make me tremble

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 because in many ways

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 we're more like

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 the Israelites

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 than unlike them.

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 Aren't we?

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 Prone to complaining,

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 grumbling,

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 hearts always going astray,

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 even at times

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 doing the things

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 that we know

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 are wrong

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 or choosing

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 not to do

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 the things

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 that we know

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 are good

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 and right.

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 The author of Hebrews

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 turns to his readers

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 and even to us

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 and he pleads

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 with us.

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 Don't be like them.

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 If you hear

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 God's voice

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 speaking to you,

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 he says,

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 do not harden

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 your hearts

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 like they did

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 in the wilderness.

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 He says,

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 see to it,

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 brothers

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 and sisters,

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 that none of you

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 has a sinful

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 and unbelieving heart

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 that turns away

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 from the living God.

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 But encourage

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 one another

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 daily,

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 as long as it is

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 called today,

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 so that none of you

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 may be hardened

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 by sin's

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 deceitfulness.

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 Sin is still

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 a big problem

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 even for us

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 who know the Lord.

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 It can deceive.

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 It can harden

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 our hearts.

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 It's constantly

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 there inviting us

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 to turn away

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 from God.

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 And it's not just

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 the bad things

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 that we do

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 or the good things

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 that we fail to do.

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 It's even the inward

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 thoughts

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 and attitudes

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 of our heart

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 where sin

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 continues to

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 hold sway

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 in our lives.

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 A little later

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 in chapter 4,

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 the author of Hebrews

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 says this to us,

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 verse 12.

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 He says,

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 the word of God

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 is alive

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 and active,

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 sharper than

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 any double-edged sword.

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 It penetrates

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 even to dividing

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 soul and spirit,

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 joints and marrow.

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 It judges

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 the thoughts

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 and attitudes

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 of the heart.

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 Nothing

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 in all creation

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 is hidden

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 from God's sight.

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 Everything

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 is uncovered

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 and laid bare

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 before the eyes

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 of Him

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 to whom

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 we must give

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 account.

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 Sin is a great

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 problem for us.

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 He tells us

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 that one day

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 we will all

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 have to give

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 an account

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 for everything

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 the Lord

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 has watched

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 us do.

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 Say

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 and even

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 think

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 and desire

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 the thoughts

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 and attitudes

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 of the heart.

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 And this is

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 why we need

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 an even

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 greater

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 high priest.

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 He goes on

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 in chapter 4,

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 verse 14.

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 He says,

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 therefore,

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 since we

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 have a great

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 high priest

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 who has

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 ascended

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 into heaven,

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 Jesus,

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 the Son of

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 God,

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 let us hold

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 firmly to the

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 faith we

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 profess.

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 For we do not

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 have a high priest

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 who is unable

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 to empathize

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 with our

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 weaknesses,

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 but we

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 have one

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 who has

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 been tempted

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 in every

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 way,

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 just as we

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 are,

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 yet

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 without sin.

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 Let us

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 then approach

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 God's

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 throne of

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 grace

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 with confidence

00:12:13.120 --> 00:12:15.060
 so that we

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 may receive

00:12:15.779 --> 00:12:16.240
 mercy

00:12:16.240 --> 00:12:17.700
 and find

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 grace

00:12:18.200 --> 00:12:19.500
 to help

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 us

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 in our

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 time of

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 need.

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 We have

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 a great

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 sin problem

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 just like

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 the Israelites

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 of long

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 ago,

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 yes,

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 but we

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 have an

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 even

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 greater

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 high priest

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 than the

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 Israelites

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 ever did

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 back then,

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 Jesus,

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 the Son

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 of God.

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 Listen to

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 what it says

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 about him.

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 It says,

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 because he

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 is a

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 high priest,

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 truly human

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 as we

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 are,

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 he is

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 able to

00:12:51.980 --> 00:12:52.820
 empathize

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 with our

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 weaknesses.

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 That's

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 precious,

00:12:57.720 --> 00:12:58.159
 isn't it?

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 Jesus

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 understands

00:13:00.980 --> 00:13:01.919
 the

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 feebleness

00:13:02.519 --> 00:13:03.360
 and the

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 fickleness

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 of our

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 human hearts,

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 how emotions

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 come and

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 emotions go,

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 how one

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 minute we're

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 eager to do

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 what is good

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 and the

00:13:12.840 --> 00:13:13.399
 next minute

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 we feel

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 the desire

00:13:16.039 --> 00:13:16.279
 of the

00:13:16.279 --> 00:13:16.740
 temptation

00:13:16.740 --> 00:13:17.379
 to do

00:13:17.379 --> 00:13:18.200
 what is

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 not.

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 And yet

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 amazingly,

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 Jesus never

00:13:21.960 --> 00:13:23.039
 once gave

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 in to

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 temptation.

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 He never

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 once sinned.

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 Sometimes as

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 we hear this,

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 we might think,

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 well, if Jesus

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 never sinned or

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 he never had

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 sin in his

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 heart,

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 how could he

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 possibly know

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 what it's like

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 to feel tempted

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 the way that I

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 do?

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 temptation,

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 it is true

00:13:40.480 --> 00:13:41.179
 that temptation

00:13:41.179 --> 00:13:42.659
 came to

00:13:42.659 --> 00:13:43.319
 Jesus in a

00:13:43.319 --> 00:13:43.879
 different sort

00:13:43.879 --> 00:13:44.340
 of way,

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 never out of

00:13:46.379 --> 00:13:46.819
 a sinful

00:13:46.819 --> 00:13:47.500
 heart because

00:13:47.500 --> 00:13:48.120
 his heart

00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:48.720
 was pure.

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 And yet,

00:13:51.699 --> 00:13:52.519
 just as the

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 author of

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 Hebrews tells

00:13:53.559 --> 00:13:53.980
 us, the

00:13:53.980 --> 00:13:54.579
 temptations

00:13:54.579 --> 00:13:55.019
 that he

00:13:55.019 --> 00:13:56.299
 felt were

00:13:56.299 --> 00:13:56.879
 just as

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 real,

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 just as

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 same strength

00:14:00.159 --> 00:14:00.539
 and the

00:14:00.539 --> 00:14:01.279
 same power.

00:14:02.059 --> 00:14:02.600
 He had the

00:14:02.600 --> 00:14:03.659
 same creaturely

00:14:03.659 --> 00:14:04.480
 weaknesses that

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 we have,

00:14:06.179 --> 00:14:06.620
 hunger,

00:14:06.620 --> 00:14:08.340
 fatigue,

00:14:09.560 --> 00:14:09.960
 thirst,

00:14:11.379 --> 00:14:11.620
 bodily

00:14:11.620 --> 00:14:12.259
 discomfort,

00:14:13.519 --> 00:14:15.399
 pain from

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 wounds,

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 itches that

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 call to be

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 scratched.

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 And he had a

00:14:21.840 --> 00:14:22.500
 whole other set

00:14:22.500 --> 00:14:23.179
 of temptations

00:14:23.179 --> 00:14:23.700
 that we do

00:14:23.700 --> 00:14:24.299
 not have,

00:14:25.220 --> 00:14:26.179
 the temptation

00:14:26.179 --> 00:14:27.860
 to take hold

00:14:27.860 --> 00:14:28.379
 of what was

00:14:28.379 --> 00:14:29.500
 rightfully his,

00:14:31.139 --> 00:14:32.919
 the temptation

00:14:32.919 --> 00:14:33.720
 not to lay

00:14:33.720 --> 00:14:34.240
 down his

00:14:34.240 --> 00:14:35.539
 life and

00:14:35.539 --> 00:14:36.600
 suffer and

00:14:36.600 --> 00:14:37.279
 go to the

00:14:37.279 --> 00:14:37.700
 cross.

00:14:39.899 --> 00:14:40.840
 Because Jesus

00:14:40.840 --> 00:14:41.500
 never gave

00:14:41.500 --> 00:14:41.800
 in to

00:14:41.800 --> 00:14:42.340
 temptation,

00:14:42.960 --> 00:14:43.379
 he knows

00:14:43.379 --> 00:14:44.139
 its strength,

00:14:45.000 --> 00:14:45.700
 its full

00:14:45.700 --> 00:14:46.340
 strength and

00:14:46.340 --> 00:14:47.159
 full power

00:14:47.159 --> 00:14:48.259
 even better

00:14:48.259 --> 00:14:48.860
 than we do.

00:14:51.460 --> 00:14:52.259
 And that's

00:14:52.259 --> 00:14:52.700
 the kind of

00:14:52.700 --> 00:14:53.240
 high priest

00:14:53.240 --> 00:14:53.620
 that we

00:14:53.620 --> 00:14:53.980
 need,

00:14:54.740 --> 00:14:55.279
 isn't it?

00:14:55.980 --> 00:14:56.720
 One who

00:14:56.720 --> 00:14:57.460
 understands

00:14:57.460 --> 00:14:59.040
 our weaknesses,

00:14:59.820 --> 00:15:00.440
 one who

00:15:00.440 --> 00:15:01.300
 understands just

00:15:01.300 --> 00:15:01.639
 what we're

00:15:01.639 --> 00:15:02.259
 going through,

00:15:03.500 --> 00:15:04.480
 one who

00:15:04.480 --> 00:15:05.540
 understands why

00:15:05.539 --> 00:15:06.240
 we are coming

00:15:06.240 --> 00:15:06.959
 back yet

00:15:06.959 --> 00:15:07.639
 again to

00:15:07.639 --> 00:15:08.459
 seek God's

00:15:08.459 --> 00:15:08.899
 forgiveness.

00:15:10.779 --> 00:15:11.559
 And notice

00:15:11.559 --> 00:15:12.079
 what it says

00:15:12.079 --> 00:15:12.379
 here.

00:15:13.899 --> 00:15:14.719
 He doesn't

00:15:14.719 --> 00:15:15.259
 say, because

00:15:15.259 --> 00:15:15.699
 we have

00:15:15.699 --> 00:15:16.719
 Jesus, a

00:15:16.719 --> 00:15:17.279
 great high

00:15:17.279 --> 00:15:17.740
 priest, we

00:15:17.740 --> 00:15:18.099
 can come

00:15:18.099 --> 00:15:18.639
 back to

00:15:18.639 --> 00:15:19.599
 God for

00:15:19.599 --> 00:15:20.639
 grace and

00:15:20.639 --> 00:15:21.839
 forgiveness an

00:15:21.839 --> 00:15:22.759
 extra 100

00:15:22.759 --> 00:15:23.559
 times in our

00:15:23.559 --> 00:15:25.039
 lives before

00:15:25.039 --> 00:15:25.599
 we are cut

00:15:25.599 --> 00:15:25.919
 off.

00:15:26.659 --> 00:15:27.459
 We almost

00:15:27.459 --> 00:15:28.299
 expect him to

00:15:28.299 --> 00:15:28.799
 say that

00:15:28.799 --> 00:15:29.299
 sometimes,

00:15:29.439 --> 00:15:29.799
 don't we?

00:15:29.799 --> 00:15:31.359
 me, but

00:15:31.359 --> 00:15:31.879
 he says the

00:15:31.879 --> 00:15:32.240
 opposite.

00:15:33.240 --> 00:15:33.899
 He says,

00:15:33.979 --> 00:15:34.379
 since we

00:15:34.379 --> 00:15:34.740
 have a

00:15:34.740 --> 00:15:35.579
 great high

00:15:35.579 --> 00:15:36.199
 priest,

00:15:37.240 --> 00:15:38.159
 Jesus, the

00:15:38.159 --> 00:15:38.879
 son of God,

00:15:39.059 --> 00:15:40.240
 let us hold

00:15:40.240 --> 00:15:42.219
 firmly to

00:15:42.219 --> 00:15:43.399
 the faith we

00:15:43.399 --> 00:15:43.979
 profess.

00:15:44.639 --> 00:15:45.459
 Let us

00:15:45.459 --> 00:15:46.799
 approach God's

00:15:46.799 --> 00:15:49.559
 throne with

00:15:49.559 --> 00:15:50.339
 confidence.

00:15:51.479 --> 00:15:51.919
 Do you hear

00:15:51.919 --> 00:15:52.219
 that?

00:15:53.639 --> 00:15:54.539
 This is the

00:15:54.539 --> 00:15:55.500
 same God who

00:15:55.500 --> 00:15:56.159
 struck people

00:15:56.159 --> 00:15:58.159
 dead in past

00:15:58.159 --> 00:15:58.939
 times for their

00:15:58.940 --> 00:15:59.260
 sin.

00:15:59.900 --> 00:16:00.560
 This is the

00:16:00.560 --> 00:16:01.320
 same God who

00:16:01.320 --> 00:16:02.040
 you did not

00:16:02.040 --> 00:16:03.180
 dare to set a

00:16:03.180 --> 00:16:03.980
 toe into the

00:16:03.980 --> 00:16:04.540
 most holy

00:16:04.540 --> 00:16:06.960
 place of his

00:16:06.960 --> 00:16:07.740
 temple unless

00:16:07.740 --> 00:16:08.220
 you were the

00:16:08.220 --> 00:16:08.800
 high priest,

00:16:08.900 --> 00:16:09.520
 and that only

00:16:09.520 --> 00:16:10.300
 once a year

00:16:10.300 --> 00:16:12.200
 with the

00:16:12.200 --> 00:16:12.660
 blood of a

00:16:12.660 --> 00:16:13.340
 sacrifice.

00:16:14.460 --> 00:16:15.440
 But now,

00:16:15.840 --> 00:16:17.160
 since we have

00:16:17.160 --> 00:16:19.200
 Jesus for our

00:16:19.200 --> 00:16:19.980
 high priest,

00:16:20.920 --> 00:16:21.720
 let us

00:16:21.720 --> 00:16:23.140
 approach God's

00:16:23.140 --> 00:16:23.820
 throne,

00:16:24.460 --> 00:16:26.440
 his throne,

00:16:27.020 --> 00:16:28.380
 with confidence,

00:16:28.379 --> 00:16:29.220
 like right

00:16:29.220 --> 00:16:29.919
 into his

00:16:29.919 --> 00:16:30.480
 presence.

00:16:33.840 --> 00:16:34.580
 Even the

00:16:34.580 --> 00:16:35.080
 mention of

00:16:35.080 --> 00:16:35.679
 God's throne

00:16:35.679 --> 00:16:36.860
 after reading

00:16:36.860 --> 00:16:37.279
 through the

00:16:37.279 --> 00:16:37.799
 Old Testament

00:16:37.799 --> 00:16:38.379
 again this

00:16:38.379 --> 00:16:38.679
 year,

00:16:39.759 --> 00:16:40.720
 strikes a

00:16:40.720 --> 00:16:41.059
 chord of

00:16:41.059 --> 00:16:41.439
 fear into

00:16:41.439 --> 00:16:41.980
 my heart.

00:16:43.360 --> 00:16:44.100
 It's from

00:16:44.100 --> 00:16:44.559
 there that

00:16:44.559 --> 00:16:45.259
 God rules.

00:16:46.279 --> 00:16:46.700
 It's from

00:16:46.700 --> 00:16:47.139
 there that

00:16:47.139 --> 00:16:47.899
 God gives

00:16:47.899 --> 00:16:48.559
 out his

00:16:48.559 --> 00:16:49.320
 righteous

00:16:49.320 --> 00:16:50.419
 judgments

00:16:50.419 --> 00:16:52.299
 upon sinners

00:16:52.299 --> 00:16:53.000
 like you and

00:16:53.000 --> 00:16:53.200
 me.

00:16:54.200 --> 00:16:55.159
 And yet,

00:16:55.399 --> 00:16:56.759
 because of

00:16:56.759 --> 00:16:57.179
 Jesus,

00:16:57.700 --> 00:16:59.100
 our high

00:16:59.100 --> 00:16:59.600
 priest,

00:17:00.399 --> 00:17:01.299
 God's throne

00:17:01.299 --> 00:17:02.100
 is now for

00:17:02.100 --> 00:17:03.580
 us a throne

00:17:03.580 --> 00:17:04.420
 of grace,

00:17:04.420 --> 00:17:06.720
 a place

00:17:06.720 --> 00:17:08.400
 where God

00:17:08.400 --> 00:17:09.700
 gives generously

00:17:09.700 --> 00:17:11.140
 to us,

00:17:11.960 --> 00:17:13.200
 gives blessing,

00:17:13.640 --> 00:17:14.380
 gives favor.

00:17:14.380 --> 00:17:18.140
 so long as

00:17:18.140 --> 00:17:18.520
 your heart

00:17:18.520 --> 00:17:19.040
 is firmly

00:17:19.040 --> 00:17:19.580
 set on

00:17:19.580 --> 00:17:19.980
 Jesus,

00:17:20.680 --> 00:17:21.260
 your high

00:17:21.260 --> 00:17:21.680
 priest,

00:17:21.820 --> 00:17:22.120
 the one

00:17:22.120 --> 00:17:22.500
 who has

00:17:22.500 --> 00:17:22.740
 made

00:17:22.740 --> 00:17:23.160
 atonement

00:17:23.160 --> 00:17:23.740
 for you,

00:17:25.040 --> 00:17:26.300
 walk right

00:17:26.300 --> 00:17:28.040
 in to

00:17:28.040 --> 00:17:28.600
 the presence

00:17:28.600 --> 00:17:29.200
 of God

00:17:29.200 --> 00:17:31.660
 and find

00:17:31.660 --> 00:17:32.080
 the gifts

00:17:32.080 --> 00:17:32.620
 of grace

00:17:32.620 --> 00:17:33.020
 that you

00:17:33.020 --> 00:17:33.460
 need,

00:17:34.140 --> 00:17:35.400
 the help

00:17:35.400 --> 00:17:35.780
 that you

00:17:35.780 --> 00:17:36.180
 need,

00:17:36.500 --> 00:17:37.000
 he says,

00:17:37.300 --> 00:17:38.840
 the mercy,

00:17:39.540 --> 00:17:40.400
 the forgiveness

00:17:40.400 --> 00:17:41.260
 that you need,

00:17:41.259 --> 00:17:43.059
 so that we

00:17:43.059 --> 00:17:43.680
 may receive

00:17:43.680 --> 00:17:44.160
 mercy

00:17:44.160 --> 00:17:45.599
 and grace

00:17:45.599 --> 00:17:47.960
 to help us

00:17:47.960 --> 00:17:48.460
 in our time

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 of need.

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 And I love

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 how general

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 that is.

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 In our time

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 of need,

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 what time

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 of need?

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 Any time

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 of need.

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 Are you in

00:18:00.879 --> 00:18:01.160
 need of

00:18:01.160 --> 00:18:01.519
 forgiveness

00:18:01.519 --> 00:18:02.200
 for sins

00:18:02.200 --> 00:18:02.640
 that you've

00:18:02.640 --> 00:18:02.980
 committed?

00:18:04.160 --> 00:18:04.819
 Come to

00:18:04.819 --> 00:18:05.319
 the throne

00:18:05.319 --> 00:18:05.960
 of grace.

00:18:06.920 --> 00:18:07.579
 Are you

00:18:07.579 --> 00:18:08.299
 feeling weary

00:18:08.299 --> 00:18:09.480
 and worn?

00:18:09.480 --> 00:18:11.539
 come to

00:18:11.539 --> 00:18:11.940
 the throne

00:18:11.940 --> 00:18:12.579
 of grace.

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 Are you

00:18:13.720 --> 00:18:14.740
 feeling lonely

00:18:14.740 --> 00:18:16.240
 and despairing?

00:18:16.980 --> 00:18:17.799
 Come to

00:18:17.799 --> 00:18:18.240
 the throne

00:18:18.240 --> 00:18:18.860
 of grace.

00:18:19.339 --> 00:18:20.000
 Feeling

00:18:20.000 --> 00:18:20.480
 anxious

00:18:20.480 --> 00:18:21.140
 or worried,

00:18:21.620 --> 00:18:22.019
 come to

00:18:22.019 --> 00:18:22.819
 God's throne

00:18:22.819 --> 00:18:23.700
 of grace.

00:18:24.240 --> 00:18:24.900
 Feeling

00:18:24.900 --> 00:18:25.500
 tempted to

00:18:25.500 --> 00:18:25.799
 sin,

00:18:26.299 --> 00:18:26.720
 come to

00:18:26.720 --> 00:18:27.440
 God's throne

00:18:27.440 --> 00:18:28.099
 of grace.

00:18:28.500 --> 00:18:28.860
 What's

00:18:28.860 --> 00:18:29.319
 your need

00:18:29.319 --> 00:18:29.920
 this morning?

00:18:32.440 --> 00:18:33.120
 Whatever

00:18:33.120 --> 00:18:33.759
 it is,

00:18:34.559 --> 00:18:35.779
 come to

00:18:35.779 --> 00:18:36.599
 God's throne

00:18:36.599 --> 00:18:37.400
 of grace

00:18:37.400 --> 00:18:39.900
 and find

00:18:39.900 --> 00:18:41.259
 grace

00:18:41.259 --> 00:18:42.080
 and help

00:18:42.080 --> 00:18:44.640
 in your

00:18:44.640 --> 00:18:45.040
 time of

00:18:45.040 --> 00:18:45.360
 need.

00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:50.960
 Because of

00:18:50.960 --> 00:18:51.300
 Jesus,

00:18:51.720 --> 00:18:52.080
 you are

00:18:52.080 --> 00:18:52.460
 welcome

00:18:52.460 --> 00:18:53.860
 in God's

00:18:53.860 --> 00:18:54.460
 presence.

00:18:55.180 --> 00:18:55.960
 More than

00:18:55.960 --> 00:18:56.300
 welcome,

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 you are

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 invited.

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 More than

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 invited,

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 you are

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 urged

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 strongly

00:19:02.440 --> 00:19:03.259
 to come

00:19:03.259 --> 00:19:03.600
 in.

00:19:03.599 --> 00:19:07.359
 Jesus,

00:19:07.859 --> 00:19:08.119
 our

00:19:08.119 --> 00:19:08.359
 high

00:19:08.359 --> 00:19:08.679
 priest,

00:19:08.740 --> 00:19:08.919
 has

00:19:08.919 --> 00:19:09.399
 secured

00:19:09.399 --> 00:19:09.799
 that

00:19:09.799 --> 00:19:10.539
 privilege

00:19:10.539 --> 00:19:11.259
 for us

00:19:11.259 --> 00:19:13.779
 on our

00:19:13.779 --> 00:19:14.259
 behalf.

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 The author

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 of Hebrews

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 then goes

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 on to

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 compare

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 Jesus

00:19:23.480 --> 00:19:23.919
 to the

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 priests

00:19:24.199 --> 00:19:24.419
 of

00:19:24.419 --> 00:19:24.699
 Levi.

00:19:26.839 --> 00:19:27.399
 Just

00:19:27.399 --> 00:19:28.000
 as the

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 priests

00:19:28.240 --> 00:19:28.779
 of Levi,

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 Jesus

00:19:29.419 --> 00:19:30.119
 too was

00:19:30.119 --> 00:19:30.500
 appointed

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 by God.

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 He was

00:19:32.660 --> 00:19:33.039
 called

00:19:33.039 --> 00:19:33.559
 by God

00:19:33.559 --> 00:19:33.920
 to the

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 special

00:19:34.279 --> 00:19:34.799
 role of

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 service

00:19:35.160 --> 00:19:35.519
 on our

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 behalf.

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 He

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 too is

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 able to

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 deal

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 gently

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 with

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 those

00:19:40.200 --> 00:19:40.380
 who

00:19:40.380 --> 00:19:40.519
 are

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 ignorant

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 and

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 are

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 going

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 astray

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 because

00:19:42.759 --> 00:19:43.039
 he

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 himself

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 has

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 been

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 subject

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 to

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 human

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 weakness.

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 He

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 too is

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 familiar

00:19:47.720 --> 00:19:48.000
 with

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 pain

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 and

00:19:49.019 --> 00:19:49.480
 suffering.

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 But,

00:19:51.400 --> 00:19:51.700
 says the

00:19:51.700 --> 00:19:52.120
 author of

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 Hebrews,

00:19:53.600 --> 00:19:54.059
 Jesus

00:19:54.059 --> 00:19:55.799
 is a

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 greater

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 high

00:19:56.620 --> 00:19:56.960
 priest

00:19:56.960 --> 00:19:57.200
 than

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 Aaron

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 or his

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 sons

00:19:58.200 --> 00:19:58.580
 ever

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 could

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 be.

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 He's

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 of a

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 different

00:20:01.199 --> 00:20:01.659
 and much

00:20:01.659 --> 00:20:02.099
 superior

00:20:02.099 --> 00:20:02.619
 order

00:20:02.619 --> 00:20:02.939
 of

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 priests

00:20:03.419 --> 00:20:04.159
 altogether.

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 And,

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 he's

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 not like

00:20:06.299 --> 00:20:06.479
 the

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 priests

00:20:06.759 --> 00:20:06.919
 of

00:20:06.919 --> 00:20:07.159
 Levi

00:20:07.159 --> 00:20:07.539
 who

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 lived

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 and

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 died

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 and

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 then

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 a

00:20:09.639 --> 00:20:09.759
 new

00:20:09.759 --> 00:20:09.879
 one

00:20:09.879 --> 00:20:10.019
 would

00:20:10.019 --> 00:20:10.139
 be

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 appointed

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 and

00:20:10.759 --> 00:20:10.899
 then

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 die

00:20:11.179 --> 00:20:11.399
 and

00:20:11.399 --> 00:20:11.519
 then

00:20:11.519 --> 00:20:11.639
 a

00:20:11.639 --> 00:20:11.739
 new

00:20:11.739 --> 00:20:11.859
 one

00:20:11.859 --> 00:20:12.000
 would

00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:12.099
 be

00:20:12.099 --> 00:20:12.479
 appointed

00:20:12.479 --> 00:20:12.699
 and

00:20:12.699 --> 00:20:12.859
 then

00:20:12.859 --> 00:20:13.239
 die.

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 No,

00:20:14.379 --> 00:20:14.519
 he

00:20:14.519 --> 00:20:14.819
 tells

00:20:14.819 --> 00:20:15.079
 us

00:20:15.079 --> 00:20:15.699
 Jesus

00:20:15.699 --> 00:20:16.059
 has

00:20:16.059 --> 00:20:16.359
 become

00:20:16.359 --> 00:20:16.519
 a

00:20:16.519 --> 00:20:16.739
 high

00:20:16.739 --> 00:20:17.039
 priest

00:20:17.039 --> 00:20:17.519
 forever.

00:20:18.899 --> 00:20:19.399
 Not

00:20:19.399 --> 00:20:19.659
 on the

00:20:19.659 --> 00:20:20.019
 basis

00:20:20.019 --> 00:20:20.279
 or

00:20:20.279 --> 00:20:20.839
 regulation

00:20:20.839 --> 00:20:21.139
 as

00:20:21.139 --> 00:20:21.259
 to

00:20:21.259 --> 00:20:21.439
 his

00:20:21.439 --> 00:20:22.019
 ancestry

00:20:22.019 --> 00:20:22.319
 but

00:20:22.319 --> 00:20:22.439
 on

00:20:22.439 --> 00:20:22.579
 the

00:20:22.579 --> 00:20:22.879
 basis

00:20:22.879 --> 00:20:23.139
 of

00:20:23.139 --> 00:20:23.279
 the

00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:23.639
 power

00:20:23.639 --> 00:20:23.919
 of

00:20:23.920 --> 00:20:24.140
 an

00:20:24.140 --> 00:20:25.100
 indestructible

00:20:25.100 --> 00:20:25.840
 life.

00:20:27.480 --> 00:20:28.220
 Chapter

00:20:28.220 --> 00:20:28.640
 6

00:20:28.640 --> 00:20:28.980
 verse

00:20:28.980 --> 00:20:30.080
 20

00:20:30.080 --> 00:20:32.340
 He

00:20:32.340 --> 00:20:32.560
 has

00:20:32.560 --> 00:20:33.039
 become

00:20:33.039 --> 00:20:33.560
 a

00:20:33.560 --> 00:20:33.860
 high

00:20:33.860 --> 00:20:34.380
 priest

00:20:34.380 --> 00:20:35.440
 forever.

00:20:38.279 --> 00:20:39.000
 The

00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:39.220
 Lord

00:20:39.220 --> 00:20:39.500
 has

00:20:39.500 --> 00:20:39.880
 sworn

00:20:39.880 --> 00:20:40.600
 and

00:20:40.600 --> 00:20:40.860
 will

00:20:40.860 --> 00:20:41.160
 not

00:20:41.160 --> 00:20:41.620
 change

00:20:41.620 --> 00:20:41.840
 his

00:20:41.840 --> 00:20:42.259
 mind

00:20:42.259 --> 00:20:43.500
 you

00:20:43.500 --> 00:20:43.980
 are

00:20:43.980 --> 00:20:44.160
 a

00:20:44.160 --> 00:20:44.539
 priest

00:20:44.539 --> 00:20:45.420
 forever.

00:20:49.240 --> 00:20:49.960
 Chapter

00:20:49.960 --> 00:20:50.360
 7

00:20:50.360 --> 00:20:50.600
 verse

00:20:50.600 --> 00:20:51.140
 23

00:20:51.140 --> 00:20:53.019
 Now

00:20:53.019 --> 00:20:53.180
 there

00:20:53.180 --> 00:20:53.340
 have

00:20:53.340 --> 00:20:53.460
 been

00:20:53.460 --> 00:20:53.720
 many

00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:53.900
 of

00:20:53.900 --> 00:20:54.120
 those

00:20:54.120 --> 00:20:54.660
 priests

00:20:54.660 --> 00:20:55.519
 since

00:20:55.519 --> 00:20:55.860
 death

00:20:55.860 --> 00:20:56.299
 prevented

00:20:56.299 --> 00:20:56.519
 them

00:20:56.519 --> 00:20:56.720
 from

00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:57.200
 continuing

00:20:57.200 --> 00:20:57.460
 in

00:20:57.460 --> 00:20:57.860
 office.

00:20:58.160 --> 00:20:58.740
 That's

00:20:58.740 --> 00:20:58.860
 the

00:20:58.860 --> 00:20:59.140
 priests

00:20:59.140 --> 00:20:59.319
 of

00:20:59.319 --> 00:20:59.579
 Levi.

00:21:00.519 --> 00:21:01.039
 But

00:21:01.039 --> 00:21:01.339
 because

00:21:01.339 --> 00:21:01.759
 Jesus

00:21:01.759 --> 00:21:02.240
 lives

00:21:02.240 --> 00:21:02.700
 forever

00:21:02.700 --> 00:21:03.279
 he

00:21:03.279 --> 00:21:03.480
 has

00:21:03.480 --> 00:21:03.640
 a

00:21:03.640 --> 00:21:04.000
 permanent

00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:04.660
 priesthood.

00:21:05.420 --> 00:21:05.759
 Therefore

00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:06.000
 he

00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:06.200
 is

00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:06.519
 able

00:21:06.519 --> 00:21:06.759
 to

00:21:06.759 --> 00:21:07.039
 save

00:21:07.039 --> 00:21:07.839
 completely

00:21:07.839 --> 00:21:08.740
 those

00:21:08.740 --> 00:21:09.200
 who

00:21:09.200 --> 00:21:09.440
 come

00:21:09.440 --> 00:21:09.620
 to

00:21:09.620 --> 00:21:09.900
 God

00:21:09.900 --> 00:21:10.160
 through

00:21:10.160 --> 00:21:10.460
 him

00:21:10.460 --> 00:21:10.839
 because

00:21:10.839 --> 00:21:11.120
 he

00:21:11.120 --> 00:21:11.720
 always

00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:12.180
 lives

00:21:12.180 --> 00:21:13.140
 to

00:21:13.140 --> 00:21:13.799
 intercede

00:21:13.799 --> 00:21:14.319
 for

00:21:14.319 --> 00:21:14.620
 them.

00:21:15.400 --> 00:21:16.140
 Such

00:21:16.140 --> 00:21:16.420
 a

00:21:16.420 --> 00:21:16.720
 high

00:21:16.720 --> 00:21:17.220
 priest

00:21:17.220 --> 00:21:18.160
 truly

00:21:18.160 --> 00:21:19.000
 meets

00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:19.279
 our

00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:19.680
 need.

00:21:20.319 --> 00:21:21.000
 One

00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:21.180
 who

00:21:21.180 --> 00:21:21.380
 is

00:21:21.380 --> 00:21:21.880
 holy,

00:21:21.880 --> 00:21:23.940
 blameless,

00:21:25.240 --> 00:21:25.660
 pure,

00:21:26.880 --> 00:21:27.040
 set

00:21:27.040 --> 00:21:27.420
 apart

00:21:27.420 --> 00:21:27.700
 from

00:21:27.700 --> 00:21:28.180
 sinners,

00:21:29.400 --> 00:21:29.960
 exalted

00:21:29.960 --> 00:21:30.500
 above

00:21:30.500 --> 00:21:30.820
 the

00:21:30.820 --> 00:21:31.320
 heavens.

00:21:32.660 --> 00:21:32.980
 Unlike

00:21:32.980 --> 00:21:33.420
 the other

00:21:33.420 --> 00:21:33.700
 high

00:21:33.700 --> 00:21:34.180
 priests,

00:21:34.560 --> 00:21:35.020
 he does

00:21:35.020 --> 00:21:35.460
 not need

00:21:35.460 --> 00:21:35.900
 to offer

00:21:35.900 --> 00:21:36.660
 sacrifices

00:21:36.660 --> 00:21:37.160
 day

00:21:37.160 --> 00:21:37.920
 after day,

00:21:38.340 --> 00:21:38.720
 first for

00:21:38.720 --> 00:21:39.120
 his own

00:21:39.120 --> 00:21:39.500
 sins and

00:21:39.500 --> 00:21:39.800
 then for

00:21:39.800 --> 00:21:40.160
 the sins

00:21:40.160 --> 00:21:40.420
 of the

00:21:40.420 --> 00:21:40.800
 people.

00:21:41.900 --> 00:21:42.560
 He

00:21:42.560 --> 00:21:43.080
 sacrificed

00:21:43.080 --> 00:21:43.720
 for their

00:21:43.720 --> 00:21:44.160
 sins

00:21:44.160 --> 00:21:44.980
 once

00:21:44.980 --> 00:21:46.060
 for all

00:21:46.060 --> 00:21:47.440
 when he

00:21:47.440 --> 00:21:47.880
 offered

00:21:47.880 --> 00:21:49.160
 himself.

00:21:49.160 --> 00:21:52.279
 I love

00:21:52.279 --> 00:21:52.720
 these words

00:21:52.720 --> 00:21:53.300
 so much.

00:21:54.300 --> 00:21:54.840
 This

00:21:54.840 --> 00:21:55.279
 arrangement

00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:55.680
 that we

00:21:55.680 --> 00:21:56.120
 have with

00:21:56.120 --> 00:21:56.460
 Jesus

00:21:56.460 --> 00:21:57.060
 as our

00:21:57.060 --> 00:21:57.880
 great

00:21:57.880 --> 00:21:58.460
 and better

00:21:58.460 --> 00:21:58.800
 high

00:21:58.800 --> 00:21:59.200
 priest,

00:21:59.420 --> 00:21:59.880
 this

00:21:59.880 --> 00:22:00.340
 arrangement

00:22:00.340 --> 00:22:00.680
 is

00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:01.240
 permanent.

00:22:02.560 --> 00:22:02.779
 Jesus

00:22:02.779 --> 00:22:03.080
 will

00:22:03.080 --> 00:22:03.519
 always

00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:03.980
 be there

00:22:03.980 --> 00:22:04.580
 for us.

00:22:04.840 --> 00:22:04.960
 You

00:22:04.960 --> 00:22:05.279
 are a

00:22:05.279 --> 00:22:05.600
 priest

00:22:05.600 --> 00:22:06.220
 forever.

00:22:07.300 --> 00:22:07.960
 Not

00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:08.259
 just

00:22:08.259 --> 00:22:08.920
 standing

00:22:08.920 --> 00:22:09.240
 in the

00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:09.460
 gap

00:22:09.460 --> 00:22:09.820
 between

00:22:09.820 --> 00:22:10.160
 God

00:22:10.160 --> 00:22:10.320
 and

00:22:10.320 --> 00:22:10.640
 us,

00:22:10.980 --> 00:22:11.400
 but

00:22:11.400 --> 00:22:12.140
 permanently

00:22:12.140 --> 00:22:12.900
 bridging

00:22:12.900 --> 00:22:13.340
 the

00:22:13.340 --> 00:22:13.740
 gap

00:22:13.740 --> 00:22:15.100
 forever.

00:22:16.380 --> 00:22:17.019
 Such

00:22:17.019 --> 00:22:17.400
 that there

00:22:17.400 --> 00:22:18.180
 really is

00:22:18.180 --> 00:22:18.680
 in a

00:22:18.680 --> 00:22:19.060
 sense,

00:22:19.380 --> 00:22:20.080
 now no

00:22:20.080 --> 00:22:20.480
 gap.

00:22:22.320 --> 00:22:23.000
 We

00:22:23.000 --> 00:22:23.420
 may come

00:22:23.420 --> 00:22:23.980
 to Jesus

00:22:23.980 --> 00:22:24.720
 and there

00:22:24.720 --> 00:22:25.299
 is nothing

00:22:25.299 --> 00:22:25.820
 to prevent

00:22:25.820 --> 00:22:26.279
 us from

00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:26.759
 coming

00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:27.860
 right to

00:22:27.860 --> 00:22:28.220
 God,

00:22:28.580 --> 00:22:29.060
 right into

00:22:29.060 --> 00:22:29.279
 his

00:22:29.279 --> 00:22:29.779
 presence.

00:22:30.660 --> 00:22:31.340
 The

00:22:31.340 --> 00:22:31.680
 curtain

00:22:31.680 --> 00:22:32.360
 separating

00:22:32.360 --> 00:22:33.000
 the most

00:22:33.000 --> 00:22:33.380
 holy

00:22:33.380 --> 00:22:33.920
 place

00:22:33.920 --> 00:22:34.900
 was torn

00:22:34.900 --> 00:22:36.160
 from

00:22:36.160 --> 00:22:36.640
 top to

00:22:36.640 --> 00:22:36.940
 bottom

00:22:36.940 --> 00:22:38.580
 when

00:22:38.580 --> 00:22:38.900
 Jesus

00:22:38.900 --> 00:22:39.320
 offered

00:22:39.320 --> 00:22:39.560
 his

00:22:39.560 --> 00:22:40.160
 sacrifice

00:22:40.160 --> 00:22:40.519
 on our

00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:40.980
 behalf.

00:22:41.600 --> 00:22:41.799
 The

00:22:41.799 --> 00:22:42.160
 way is

00:22:42.160 --> 00:22:42.500
 open

00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:43.080
 to

00:22:43.080 --> 00:22:43.440
 God

00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:44.660
 forever.

00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:46.100
 And

00:22:46.100 --> 00:22:46.500
 Jesus,

00:22:46.759 --> 00:22:47.480
 he says,

00:22:47.700 --> 00:22:48.039
 will

00:22:48.039 --> 00:22:48.680
 always be

00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:49.559
 there to

00:22:49.559 --> 00:22:50.059
 intercede

00:22:50.059 --> 00:22:50.599
 for us.

00:22:53.680 --> 00:22:54.319
 And

00:22:54.319 --> 00:22:54.519
 what's

00:22:54.519 --> 00:22:54.940
 surprising,

00:22:55.099 --> 00:22:55.319
 at least

00:22:55.319 --> 00:22:55.639
 from the

00:22:55.639 --> 00:22:56.059
 perspective

00:22:56.059 --> 00:22:56.539
 of the

00:22:56.539 --> 00:22:56.759
 Old

00:22:56.759 --> 00:22:57.200
 Testament,

00:22:57.619 --> 00:22:58.460
 is the

00:22:58.460 --> 00:22:58.940
 sacrifice

00:22:58.940 --> 00:22:59.460
 that

00:22:59.460 --> 00:23:00.299
 Jesus,

00:23:00.500 --> 00:23:00.700
 our

00:23:00.700 --> 00:23:00.980
 high

00:23:00.980 --> 00:23:01.299
 priest,

00:23:01.399 --> 00:23:01.759
 offered.

00:23:03.220 --> 00:23:03.859
 He

00:23:03.859 --> 00:23:04.359
 sacrificed

00:23:04.359 --> 00:23:04.940
 for their

00:23:04.940 --> 00:23:05.379
 sins

00:23:05.379 --> 00:23:06.159
 once for

00:23:06.159 --> 00:23:06.440
 all

00:23:06.440 --> 00:23:07.920
 when he

00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:08.379
 offered

00:23:08.379 --> 00:23:09.159
 himself.

00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:10.960
 It's

00:23:10.960 --> 00:23:11.339
 not the

00:23:11.339 --> 00:23:11.819
 body and

00:23:11.819 --> 00:23:12.139
 blood of

00:23:12.139 --> 00:23:12.659
 an animal

00:23:12.659 --> 00:23:13.619
 slain that

00:23:13.619 --> 00:23:14.379
 atones for

00:23:14.379 --> 00:23:14.920
 our sins,

00:23:14.920 --> 00:23:15.640
 but the

00:23:15.640 --> 00:23:16.560
 body and

00:23:16.560 --> 00:23:17.120
 blood of

00:23:17.120 --> 00:23:17.580
 the priest

00:23:17.580 --> 00:23:18.160
 himself.

00:23:19.360 --> 00:23:19.920
 Jesus

00:23:19.920 --> 00:23:20.620
 offered

00:23:20.620 --> 00:23:21.500
 himself,

00:23:22.960 --> 00:23:23.360
 priest

00:23:23.360 --> 00:23:24.420
 and

00:23:24.420 --> 00:23:25.279
 sacrifice.

00:23:27.120 --> 00:23:27.680
 Chapter

00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:28.160
 9,

00:23:28.380 --> 00:23:29.300
 verse 11.

00:23:30.300 --> 00:23:30.700
 But when

00:23:30.700 --> 00:23:31.519
 Christ came

00:23:31.519 --> 00:23:32.080
 as high

00:23:32.080 --> 00:23:32.620
 priest of

00:23:32.620 --> 00:23:32.960
 the good

00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:34.320
 things that

00:23:34.320 --> 00:23:34.600
 are now

00:23:34.600 --> 00:23:35.259
 already here,

00:23:35.380 --> 00:23:35.720
 he went

00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:36.100
 through the

00:23:36.100 --> 00:23:36.580
 greater and

00:23:36.580 --> 00:23:37.220
 more perfect

00:23:37.220 --> 00:23:38.140
 tabernacle that

00:23:38.140 --> 00:23:38.820
 is not made

00:23:38.820 --> 00:23:39.259
 with human

00:23:39.259 --> 00:23:39.720
 hands,

00:23:40.019 --> 00:23:40.480
 that is to

00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:40.720
 say,

00:23:40.940 --> 00:23:41.480
 is not a

00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:41.840
 part of

00:23:41.840 --> 00:23:42.740
 this creation.

00:23:42.740 --> 00:23:43.920
 He did

00:23:43.920 --> 00:23:44.480
 not enter

00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:45.160
 by means

00:23:45.160 --> 00:23:45.400
 of the

00:23:45.400 --> 00:23:45.740
 blood of

00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:46.599
 goats and

00:23:46.599 --> 00:23:47.099
 calves,

00:23:47.400 --> 00:23:48.039
 but he

00:23:48.039 --> 00:23:48.559
 entered the

00:23:48.559 --> 00:23:49.299
 most holy

00:23:49.299 --> 00:23:50.539
 place once

00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:51.779
 for all by

00:23:51.779 --> 00:23:52.460
 his own

00:23:52.460 --> 00:23:53.099
 blood,

00:23:54.180 --> 00:23:54.900
 thus obtaining

00:23:54.900 --> 00:23:56.079
 eternal

00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:56.900
 redemption.

00:24:08.120 --> 00:24:08.779
 The

00:24:08.779 --> 00:24:09.220
 sacrifice

00:24:09.220 --> 00:24:09.819
 that Jesus

00:24:09.819 --> 00:24:10.519
 offered was

00:24:10.519 --> 00:24:11.039
 himself,

00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:12.519
 his own

00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:13.059
 body and

00:24:13.059 --> 00:24:13.399
 blood,

00:24:13.960 --> 00:24:15.480
 broken and

00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:16.019
 shed to

00:24:16.019 --> 00:24:16.539
 atone for

00:24:16.539 --> 00:24:17.139
 our sins.

00:24:18.059 --> 00:24:18.799
 And not

00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:19.119
 just to

00:24:19.119 --> 00:24:19.619
 atone for

00:24:19.619 --> 00:24:20.339
 them temporarily

00:24:20.339 --> 00:24:21.299
 or until

00:24:21.299 --> 00:24:21.759
 the next

00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:22.240
 time that

00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:22.700
 we sin,

00:24:23.180 --> 00:24:23.639
 but to

00:24:23.639 --> 00:24:24.279
 atone for

00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:25.319
 them once

00:24:25.319 --> 00:24:26.000
 for all,

00:24:27.019 --> 00:24:27.480
 obtaining

00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:28.019
 for us

00:24:28.019 --> 00:24:28.799
 eternal

00:24:28.799 --> 00:24:29.539
 redemption,

00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:31.220
 case closed,

00:24:31.819 --> 00:24:32.359
 it is

00:24:32.359 --> 00:24:32.899
 finished,

00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:34.379
 saved

00:24:34.379 --> 00:24:35.059
 forever.

00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:38.220
 A little

00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:38.799
 further down

00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:39.359
 in that same

00:24:39.359 --> 00:24:39.759
 chapter,

00:24:39.899 --> 00:24:40.659
 verse 25

00:24:40.660 --> 00:24:41.180
 of chapter

00:24:41.180 --> 00:24:41.600
 9.

00:24:42.540 --> 00:24:42.940
 Nor did

00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:43.400
 he enter

00:24:43.400 --> 00:24:43.880
 heaven to

00:24:43.880 --> 00:24:44.540
 offer himself

00:24:44.540 --> 00:24:45.320
 again and

00:24:45.320 --> 00:24:45.800
 again the

00:24:45.800 --> 00:24:46.080
 way the

00:24:46.080 --> 00:24:46.620
 high priest

00:24:46.620 --> 00:24:47.600
 enters the

00:24:47.600 --> 00:24:48.120
 most holy

00:24:48.120 --> 00:24:49.160
 place every

00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:49.640
 year with

00:24:49.640 --> 00:24:50.019
 blood that

00:24:50.019 --> 00:24:50.500
 is not his

00:24:50.500 --> 00:24:50.779
 own.

00:24:51.640 --> 00:24:51.940
 Otherwise,

00:24:52.140 --> 00:24:52.560
 Christ would

00:24:52.560 --> 00:24:52.960
 have had to

00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:53.440
 suffer many

00:24:53.440 --> 00:24:54.120
 times since

00:24:54.120 --> 00:24:54.660
 the creation

00:24:54.660 --> 00:24:54.980
 of the

00:24:54.980 --> 00:24:55.300
 world.

00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:56.720
 But he,

00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:57.300
 Christ,

00:24:57.400 --> 00:24:58.040
 has appeared

00:24:58.040 --> 00:24:59.019
 once for

00:24:59.019 --> 00:25:00.040
 all at the

00:25:00.040 --> 00:25:00.800
 culmination of

00:25:00.800 --> 00:25:02.000
 the ages to

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.800
 do away with

00:25:02.800 --> 00:25:04.779
 sin by the

00:25:04.779 --> 00:25:06.040
 sacrifice of

00:25:06.040 --> 00:25:06.580
 himself.

00:25:07.640 --> 00:25:08.320
 Once for

00:25:08.320 --> 00:25:08.560
 all.

00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:09.759
 Do you

00:25:09.759 --> 00:25:10.220
 hear that?

00:25:11.339 --> 00:25:12.000
 If you

00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:12.419
 have come

00:25:12.419 --> 00:25:12.960
 to Jesus

00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:13.460
 and have

00:25:13.460 --> 00:25:14.059
 Christ as

00:25:14.059 --> 00:25:14.500
 your high

00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:14.960
 priest,

00:25:15.379 --> 00:25:16.019
 he has

00:25:16.019 --> 00:25:16.639
 done away

00:25:16.639 --> 00:25:17.039
 with your

00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:18.419
 sin once

00:25:18.419 --> 00:25:19.119
 for all,

00:25:19.399 --> 00:25:20.139
 for all

00:25:20.139 --> 00:25:20.579
 time,

00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:22.500
 by the

00:25:22.500 --> 00:25:23.240
 sacrifice of

00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:23.740
 himself.

00:25:25.659 --> 00:25:26.559
 Chapter 10,

00:25:26.639 --> 00:25:27.200
 verse 11.

00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:30.619
 Day after

00:25:30.619 --> 00:25:30.940
 day,

00:25:31.079 --> 00:25:31.740
 every priest

00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:32.480
 stands and

00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:33.220
 performs his

00:25:33.220 --> 00:25:34.099
 religious duties.

00:25:34.299 --> 00:25:34.720
 Again and

00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:35.000
 again,

00:25:35.119 --> 00:25:35.779
 he offers the

00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:36.779
 same sacrifices

00:25:36.779 --> 00:25:37.319
 which can

00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:37.879
 never take

00:25:37.879 --> 00:25:38.559
 away sins.

00:25:39.139 --> 00:25:39.819
 But when

00:25:39.819 --> 00:25:40.759
 this priest,

00:25:41.160 --> 00:25:41.720
 referring to

00:25:41.720 --> 00:25:42.099
 Jesus,

00:25:42.940 --> 00:25:43.579
 had offered

00:25:43.579 --> 00:25:44.180
 for all

00:25:44.180 --> 00:25:44.920
 time one

00:25:44.920 --> 00:25:45.799
 sacrifice for

00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:46.099
 sins,

00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:46.680
 he sat

00:25:46.680 --> 00:25:47.740
 down at

00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:48.119
 the right

00:25:48.119 --> 00:25:49.139
 hand of

00:25:49.139 --> 00:25:49.480
 God.

00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:51.220
 And since

00:25:51.220 --> 00:25:51.879
 that time,

00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:52.920
 he waits

00:25:52.920 --> 00:25:53.240
 for his

00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:53.740
 enemies to

00:25:53.740 --> 00:25:54.180
 be made

00:25:54.180 --> 00:25:55.480
 his footstool.

00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:56.799
 For by one

00:25:56.799 --> 00:25:57.440
 sacrifice,

00:25:57.700 --> 00:25:58.420
 he has made

00:25:58.420 --> 00:25:59.639
 perfect forever

00:25:59.639 --> 00:26:01.279
 those who

00:26:01.279 --> 00:26:01.639
 are being

00:26:01.639 --> 00:26:02.240
 made holy.

00:26:03.119 --> 00:26:03.920
 I know I've

00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:04.559
 skipped over so

00:26:04.559 --> 00:26:05.000
 much here.

00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:05.440
 we don't have

00:26:05.440 --> 00:26:05.960
 time to look

00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:06.319
 at all of

00:26:06.319 --> 00:26:06.440
 it,

00:26:06.539 --> 00:26:07.799
 but we

00:26:07.799 --> 00:26:08.180
 have a

00:26:08.180 --> 00:26:08.759
 better high

00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:09.599
 priest than

00:26:09.599 --> 00:26:10.460
 any of the

00:26:10.460 --> 00:26:11.759
 Levites ever

00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:12.099
 could have

00:26:12.099 --> 00:26:12.319
 been.

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:13.420
 He has

00:26:13.420 --> 00:26:13.839
 offered a

00:26:13.839 --> 00:26:14.759
 better sacrifice

00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:16.039
 than they

00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:16.420
 could ever

00:26:16.420 --> 00:26:16.759
 offer.

00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:17.900
 He offered

00:26:17.900 --> 00:26:18.619
 that sacrifice

00:26:18.619 --> 00:26:19.079
 in the

00:26:19.079 --> 00:26:19.599
 greater and

00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:20.240
 more perfect

00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:21.720
 tabernacle in

00:26:21.720 --> 00:26:22.059
 heaven,

00:26:22.059 --> 00:26:23.640
 and by doing

00:26:23.640 --> 00:26:23.920
 this,

00:26:24.059 --> 00:26:24.799
 Jesus secured

00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:25.480
 for us a

00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:26.279
 better covenant,

00:26:27.019 --> 00:26:28.299
 a better

00:26:28.299 --> 00:26:29.279
 arrangement with

00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:30.859
 God for the

00:26:30.859 --> 00:26:31.259
 rest of

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:31.720
 eternity.

00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:35.220
 again, the

00:26:35.220 --> 00:26:35.660
 author of

00:26:35.660 --> 00:26:36.240
 Hebrews now

00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:37.220
 turns to

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:37.779
 his readers,

00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:38.680
 to us,

00:26:38.920 --> 00:26:40.180
 and pleads

00:26:40.180 --> 00:26:40.759
 with us.

00:26:42.299 --> 00:26:42.860
 Therefore,

00:26:43.079 --> 00:26:43.620
 brothers and

00:26:43.620 --> 00:26:44.000
 sisters,

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:46.240
 since we have

00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:47.279
 confidence to

00:26:47.279 --> 00:26:47.960
 enter the most

00:26:47.960 --> 00:26:49.200
 holy place by

00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:49.839
 the blood of

00:26:49.839 --> 00:26:51.620
 Jesus, by a

00:26:51.620 --> 00:26:52.620
 new and

00:26:52.620 --> 00:26:53.380
 living way

00:26:53.380 --> 00:26:54.279
 open for us

00:26:54.279 --> 00:26:54.640
 through the

00:26:54.640 --> 00:26:56.120
 curtain, that

00:26:56.120 --> 00:26:57.339
 is his body,

00:26:57.339 --> 00:26:58.919
 and since we

00:26:58.919 --> 00:26:59.619
 have a great

00:26:59.619 --> 00:27:00.959
 priest over

00:27:00.959 --> 00:27:01.599
 the house of

00:27:01.599 --> 00:27:03.339
 God, let us

00:27:03.339 --> 00:27:04.519
 draw near to

00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:05.319
 God with a

00:27:05.319 --> 00:27:06.179
 sincere heart

00:27:06.179 --> 00:27:07.720
 and with the

00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:08.679
 full assurance

00:27:08.679 --> 00:27:09.740
 that faith

00:27:09.740 --> 00:27:10.279
 brings.

00:27:11.459 --> 00:27:12.539
 I love these

00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:12.899
 words.

00:27:13.579 --> 00:27:14.199
 Since we have

00:27:14.199 --> 00:27:16.339
 all this, a

00:27:16.339 --> 00:27:17.019
 great high

00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:17.919
 priest, and

00:27:17.919 --> 00:27:18.480
 all that he

00:27:18.480 --> 00:27:19.179
 has done for

00:27:19.179 --> 00:27:20.799
 us, what

00:27:20.799 --> 00:27:21.399
 should we do?

00:27:22.619 --> 00:27:23.779
 Let us draw

00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:24.759
 near to God

00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:27.099
 with a

00:27:27.099 --> 00:27:27.900
 sincere heart

00:27:27.900 --> 00:27:30.379
 and with

00:27:30.379 --> 00:27:31.900
 full assurance

00:27:31.900 --> 00:27:33.599
 by faith.

00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:35.819
 Let me ask

00:27:35.819 --> 00:27:36.279
 you this.

00:27:37.119 --> 00:27:37.900
 Do you want

00:27:37.900 --> 00:27:38.539
 to be close

00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:39.039
 to God?

00:27:43.140 --> 00:27:44.140
 Do you want

00:27:44.140 --> 00:27:45.099
 to have a

00:27:45.099 --> 00:27:46.599
 close friendship

00:27:46.599 --> 00:27:48.720
 relationship

00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:49.480
 with God?

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 You can.

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 we can

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 because of

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 what Jesus,

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 our high

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 priest, has

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 done in

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 service of

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 us.

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 And so

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 draw near.

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 Come to

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 him.

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 As we come

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 to the Lord's

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 table this

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 morning, we

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 come not

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 only to

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 remember a

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 perfect lamb

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 who was

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 slain, but

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 also a great

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 high priest who

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 went to work

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 on our behalf.

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 a great high

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 priest who

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 had flesh and

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 blood just

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 as we do

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 and who

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 offered that

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 flesh and

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 blood in

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 sacrifice for

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 our sins so

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 that we would

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 be redeemed

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 forever.

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 The juice that

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 we are about to

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 drink represents

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 Jesus' blood.

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 The bread,

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 his body.

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 in just a few

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 moments, Charles

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 and Rod are

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 going to come

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 forward and

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 they're going to

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 serve the bread

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 and the cup.

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 And if you've

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 put your trust

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 in Jesus as

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 your great

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 high priest,

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 then please

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 partake with

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 us.

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 Celebrate with

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 us.

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 We'll wait until

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 everybody who

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 wishes to

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 partake has been

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 served and then

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 we'll eat and

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 drink all together

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 in unison.

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 But in these

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 next few moments

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 of quiet

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 reflection,

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 before we serve

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 the elements,

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 I just want to

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 invite you,

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 whether for the

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 first time or

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 for the

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 thousandth time,

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 to draw near

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 to God and

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 put your trust

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 in Jesus,

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 our great

00:29:32.320 --> 00:29:32.960
 high priest

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 again.

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 Maybe there's

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 sins that you

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 need to confess

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 and ask

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 forgiveness for.

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 Maybe there's a

00:29:40.940 --> 00:29:42.220
 particular weakness

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:43.880
 or failing in your

00:29:43.880 --> 00:29:44.440
 life that you

00:29:44.440 --> 00:29:44.960
 need to ask

00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:45.700
 God for help

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 with.

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 Maybe there's

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 some kind of

00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:48.820
 other need,

00:29:49.580 --> 00:29:50.600
 totally different

00:29:50.600 --> 00:29:51.320
 that you have.

00:29:52.900 --> 00:29:53.700
 Maybe you just

00:29:53.700 --> 00:29:54.280
 want to express

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 your love and

00:29:55.580 --> 00:29:56.480
 thanksgiving and

00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:57.280
 praise to God.

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 The way is

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 open.

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 Draw near with

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 a sincere heart.

00:30:03.740 --> 00:30:04.320
 Come to the

00:30:04.320 --> 00:30:05.520
 throne of grace

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 in these next

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 moments in quiet

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 prayer.

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 Jesus, our

00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:10.860
 high priest,

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 has made that

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 possible.

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 study with

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 young people,

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 a

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 break from

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 socks.

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 After

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 keeping

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iti published

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