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 Let's pray together. Will you join me as we come before our Father?

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 Heavenly Father, what an awesome, awesome privilege it is to come and to meet with you and to draw near to you again this morning.

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 To encounter you, the living God. You, the one who made all the galaxies and the cosmos and the entire universe, God, beyond what we've even discovered.

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 You, who, God, know the secrets at the depths of the bottom of the oceans, God.

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 Things we don't even know or haven't discovered. You, the creator, God, and you invite us to come and draw near and to encounter you.

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 God, it is an awesome privilege to come to you this morning.

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 Thank you for sending Christ, our atoning sacrifice, to die in our place that we can draw near to you, that we can know you and know your love for us.

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 Father, where could we find such a love as yours? Where could we find such a faithful God?

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 Where could we go to find a life like you give us?

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 You, God, are what our hearts truly need, and in you we find rest.

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 In you, God, we see the world correctly. In you, we see ourselves correctly.

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 Our fears and our concerns don't evaporate, but they're tempered, they're reduced, they are mitigated in the presence of your awesomeness.

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 God, we've come to find hope for tomorrow, even in the midst of the confusion of today.

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 And so we gather to be reminded of our unwavering hope that is in you.

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 Father, this morning we also confess our many sins to you.

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 Those that we are aware of, those, God, that we are unaware of,

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 we acknowledge, God, just how much of our lives are consumed with self,

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 living for our own glory rather than you, looking to ourselves rather than you.

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 Father, forgive us, we pray.

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 Thank you for communion.

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 What a beautiful act and demonstration it is of your amazing grace.

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 And God, as we come to your word this morning, we pray that you'll wash us in the gospel.

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 Open our eyes to see you freshly, to be in awe of you and to trust you.

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 Pray, God, for the next half an hour as we come to your word,

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 that you really will, Spirit of God, take the words on these pages and apply it to our hearts.

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 Father, we continue to pray for our city this morning and the unrest we're currently experiencing.

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 Oh, God, give us profound wisdom to know how to live as salt and light in the midst of this.

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 Father, we confess we don't know how to respond.

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 At times we feel angry.

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 At times we feel confused.

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 At times we feel frightened.

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 At times we feel boldened.

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 Father, forgive us where our hearts' attitudes have dishonored you.

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 God, where we've not glorified or worshipped your name,

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 whether with our words, with our thoughts, or what we have or haven't done.

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 Glorious God, we do ask you for a solution to the current situation,

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 for people to find each other, to be able to talk.

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 We pray for soft hearts.

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 We pray for humility.

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 We pray for peace to prevail in our city.

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 Come and do it, God.

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 Come, Lord Jesus, come.

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 God, we pray for every Hong Konger this morning.

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 Every foreigner.

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 Pray for everyone from across Asia.

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 Mainland Chinese, Singaporeans, Indonesians, Hong Kongers, Japanese.

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 Pray for everyone that calls the city home.

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 Come and wash our hearts in your peace, we pray, Lord.

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 Lord, we pray these things, Lord Jesus, in your majestic and your comforting name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Let's listen to God's word being read to us this morning.

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 Thanks, Karen and Pui.

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 The scripture reading comes from Hebrews chapter 10.

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 Please follow along in your bulletins or on the screen.

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 For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come,

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 instead of the true form of these realities,

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 it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year,

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 make perfect those who draw near.

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 Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered,

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 since the worshipers, having once been cleansed,

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 would no longer have any consciousness of sins.

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 But in these sacrifices, there is a reminder of sins every year.

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 For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

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 Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said,

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 Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired,

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 but a body you have prepared for me.

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 In burnt offerings and sin offerings you have taken no pleasure.

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 Then I said,

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 Behold, I have come to do your will, O God,

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 as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.

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 When he said above,

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 You have neither desired nor taken pleasure in sacrifices

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 and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings.

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 These are offered according to the law.

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 Then he added,

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 Behold, I have come to do your will.

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 He does away with the first in order to establish the second.

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 And by that will,

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 We have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

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 And every priest stands daily at his service,

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 offering repeatedly the same sacrifices,

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 which can never take away sins.

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 But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins,

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 he sat down at the right hand of God,

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 waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet.

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 For by a single offering,

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 he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.

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 And the Holy Spirit also bears witness to us,

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 for after saying,

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 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord.

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 I will put my laws on their hearts and write them on their minds.

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 Then he adds,

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 I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.

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 When there is forgiveness of these,

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 there is no longer any offering for sin.

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 Therefore, brothers,

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 since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus,

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 by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain,

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 that is, through his flesh,

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 and since we have a great priest over the house of God,

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 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith,

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 with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience,

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 and our bodies washed with pure water.

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 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering,

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 for he who promised is faithful.

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 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,

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 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some,

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 but encouraging one another,

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 and all the more as you see the day drawing near.

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 For if we go on sinning deliberately,

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 after receiving the knowledge of the truth,

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 there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,

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 but a fearful expectation of judgment,

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 and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries.

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 Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses

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 dies without mercy on the evidence of two or three witnesses.

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 How much worse punishment do you think

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 will be deserved by the one who has trampled underfoot the Son of God

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 and has profaned the blood of the covenant

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 by which he was sanctified

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 and has outraged the Spirit of grace?

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 For we know him who said,

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 Vengeance is mine, I will repay.

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 And again,

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 The Lord will judge his people.

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 It is a fearful thing

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 to fall into the hands of the living God.

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 But recall the former days

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 when after you were enlightened,

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 you endured a hard struggle with sufferings,

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 sometimes being publicly exposed to reproach and affliction,

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 and sometimes being partners with those so treated.

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 For you had compassion on those in prison,

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 and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property,

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 since you knew that you yourselves

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 had a better possession and an abiding one.

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 Therefore, do not throw away your confidence,

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 which has a great reward.

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 For you have need of endurance,

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 so that when you have done the will of God,

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 you may receive what is promised.

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 For

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 Yet a little while,

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 and the coming one will come,

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 and will not delay.

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 But my righteous one shall live by faith,

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 and if he shrinks back,

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 my soul has no pleasure in him.

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 This is the Word of God.

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 Is this on?

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 Great.

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 Thanks, Karen.

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 I know that was a long passage,

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 so thank you for reading it so well.

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 Okay, this morning,

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 we are starting a three-week preaching series

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 called Why Worship?

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 And we are looking at the question,

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 why it is that Christians gather on Sundays,

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 the first day of the week,

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 to sing songs,

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 and listen to a sermon,

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 and take communion together,

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 and listen to God's Word being read to us.

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 Why do Christians do this?

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 Why do we gather on Sundays?

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 I'm sure many of us have heard people say,

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 maybe you yourself have even said it,

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 maybe you currently would say,

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 that, you know,

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 I believe in Jesus,

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 I'm fine with Jesus,

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 but the church,

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 I don't see why I need to go to church.

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 Maybe as we think about that question,

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 why do we gather on Sundays,

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 week in and week out,

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 I wonder what answers come to your mind.

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 Why do you think we gather?

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 Maybe you think the reason we meet each week

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 is because we need to be inspired and motivated

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 to go out into the week

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 and live moral upstanding lives,

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 to be good citizens,

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 and church is a good place to do that,

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 to teach us the morals.

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 Maybe you think that the reason we gather

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 is to hear an interesting or entertaining talk,

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 something philosophical,

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 some psychology or spirituality,

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 something to entertain our minds

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 that are intellectually stimulating.

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 Maybe it's a moral prep talk

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 to encourage us to be better people.

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 For those of you that are on youth,

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 why do your parents drag you to church each Sunday?

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 Maybe that's a question you've been asking them recently.

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 So the next few weeks,

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 we're going to look at this question.

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 Why is it that for 2,000 years,

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 Christians of every culture,

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 every ethnicity,

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 in every corner of the globe,

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 have gathered week in and week out,

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 just as we're doing today,

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 and why it is that believers have seen this

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 as one of the great privileges

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 and great responsibilities

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 of being a follower of Jesus?

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 Now, in order to think about this question,

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 we need to actually think about

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 another question before that.

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 And we need to first answer the question,

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 what is the Christian faith all about?

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 What is the essence,

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 the most fundamental part

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 of the gospel and the Christian faith?

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 Because once we have clarity on that,

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 we can then understand

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 why it is that God instructs Christians

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 not to abandon this weekly practice

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 of gathering together.

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 And in our passage

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 that Karen and Pui read to us today,

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 the passage Hebrews 10

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 actually answers both of those questions

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 with real clarity.

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 In the first half,

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 it explains to us

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 what is the gospel?

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 What is the Christian message all about?

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 And then secondly,

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 it's going to say in light of that,

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 why we should gather as Christians

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 weekly on Sundays, okay?

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 So that's where we are going today.

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 Now, today I have three or four points

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 somewhere around there.

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 I had originally had three points,

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 but as I woke up this morning,

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 I'm actually going to make them four points.

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 And so this is a little bit out,

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 but I'm sure you can follow with me.

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 The first one is this,

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 Jesus, our only hope.

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 Secondly, the gospel for all of life.

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 Okay, that's kind of point one there.

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 Thirdly, a gospelizing community.

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 I know the word gospelizing

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 isn't a real word.

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 We kind of made it up here,

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 but anyway.

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 And then fourthly,

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 how to come to church, okay?

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 So Jesus, our only hope,

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 a gospel for all of life,

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 a gospelizing community,

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 how to come to church.

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 So let's dive in.

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 Firstly, Jesus, our only hope.

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 This morning,

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 we're looking at Hebrews chapter 10.

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 And the context of Hebrews is this.

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 The writer of this book of the Bible,

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 we actually don't know who it is.

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 Some writer,

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 we've never figured it out

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 who wrote this book,

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 but he's writing to a bunch

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 of Jewish Christians.

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 That's why it's called

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 the book of Hebrews.

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 And he's writing to explain

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 to these Jewish Christians

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 how Jesus Christ is the fulfillment

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 of everything that God did

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 and said and promised

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 to his covenant people,

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 the nation of Israel,

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 in the Old Testament.

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 And he's showing them

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 how all of the major stuff

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 in the Old Testament,

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 part of the Jewish Hebrew faith,

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 the narratives,

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 the law of Moses,

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 the pictures,

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 the signs,

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 the symbols,

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 the sacrifices,

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 all of that is actually

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 a foretaste

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 or a sample

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 or a sign

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 which is all pointing

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 towards Jesus.

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 Okay, so here's an example.

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 In our family,

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 we like to have people

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 around for dinner.

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 And Claire,

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 my wife,

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 is an amazing cook.

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 And so let's say

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 it's a Saturday evening

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 and some friends

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 are coming around for dinner.

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 I know Saturday afternoon

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 and evening,

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 Claire's going to be

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 in the kitchen

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 preparing a whole lot

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 of different dishes.

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 And so what do I love to do?

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 I love to go into the kitchen

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 and just sample

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 the various things, right?

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 Try a bit of this

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 and a bit of this

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 and nibble on that.

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 I love it.

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 Now in some ways,

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 that's what's happening here.

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 The author is saying,

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 don't you see

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 how everything,

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 the sacrifices

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 and the high priest

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 and the temple,

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 all these things

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 in the Old Testament

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 and especially

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 the law of Moses

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 are like a sample.

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 They're like a foretaste

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 of the real thing

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 that's to come,

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 which is Jesus.

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 They are all showing us

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 in sample form

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 what God is doing

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 in the world.

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 And what is God

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 doing in the world?

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 He's establishing

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 His rule

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 and His reign.

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 In other words,

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 His kingdom.

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 He is vanquishing

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 or destroying

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 His enemies,

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 including Satan

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 and sin,

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 and He's establishing

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 His kingdom

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 on the earth.

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 But all of that

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 ultimately happens

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 in Jesus.

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 You see,

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 the rites of Hebrews

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 isn't saying,

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 hey,

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 we once thought

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 Judaism was right,

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 but now we've seen

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 Christianity was right,

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 and so I'm asking you

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 to switch religions.

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 That's not what

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 He's asking you to do.

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 He's saying,

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 everything you've heard

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 and seen

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 and understood

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 as you've read

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 your Jewish Bible

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 is good

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 and true

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 and right,

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 but it's all pointing.

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 It's a signpost.

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 It's a foretaste

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 of the real thing,

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 which is Jesus.

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 And so for 10 chapters,

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 He has been making

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 this point.

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 And so let's see

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 how He gets there

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 as He climaxes

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 His arguments

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 in chapter 10.

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 Look at verse 1.

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 He says,

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 For since the law

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 of Moses

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 is but a shadow

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 of the good things

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 to come,

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 instead of the true

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 form of these realities,

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 they can never,

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 by the same sacrifices

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 that are continually

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 offered year in

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 and year out,

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 make perfect

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 those who draw near.

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 Verse 3.

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 For in these sacrifices

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 there is a reminder

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 of sins,

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 but it is impossible

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 for the blood

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 of bulls and goats

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 to take away sins.

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 So what is this thing

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 that the law

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 of Moses

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 in sample form

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 could tell us about,

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 could give us

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 a foretaste of,

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 but couldn't actually

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 deliver in substance?

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 Well,

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 He tells us here.

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 It could not

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 take away our sin.

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 It could show us

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 the problem of sin.

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 It could show us

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 how we need a solution

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 and we need a Savior,

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 but it could not

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 solve our problem.

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 It could not make us

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 righteous before God,

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 those who adhere

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 or obey the law.

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 You see, friends,

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 this is the heart

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 of the Bible's message.

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 At the heart

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 of the Bible

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 is this message

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 that as human beings

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 we have this problem.

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 And it's a problem

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 that we can't solve

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 on ourselves,

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 by ourselves.

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 And the problem

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 He describes here

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 in verse 4

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 is that we have

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 this debt of sin.

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 And the problem

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 with sin

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 is far-reaching.

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 It means the God

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 who made us

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 for relationship

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 with Him,

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 to know Him,

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 and to love Him,

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 and to walk with Him,

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 and to be close to Him,

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 and to find our hope

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 and our rest

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 and our peace in Him,

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 we now no longer

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 know Him,

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 but we're actually

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 under His judgment.

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 We're under His wrath.

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 And we are cut off

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 from His grace,

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 and cut off from

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 knowing Him

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 and knowing His relationship.

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 But not only that,

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 remember how Augustine

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 said,

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 the problem with sin

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 is that it disorders

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 the loves in our hearts.

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 And so when we were made

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 to know God

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 and love Him

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 and find our rest

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 and our confidence

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 in Him,

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 now suddenly we love

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 and trust

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 and find our confidence

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 in created things

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 and things around us,

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 our reputation,

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 our jobs,

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 our careers,

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 our children,

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 our bank accounts,

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 ultimately in ourselves.

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 Augustine said,

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 sin caused us

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 to be curved in

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 on ourselves,

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 to look inward

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 and to look to ourselves

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 for our hope.

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 And friends,

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 this is the problem

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 with the world

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 and this is the problem

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 with my world.

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 And I'm telling you,

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 chances are I think

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 it's the problem

00:17:59.960 --> 00:18:00.720
 with your world.

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 You see,

00:18:01.799 --> 00:18:02.659
 the problem with my world

00:18:02.659 --> 00:18:03.539
 isn't political

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 or economic

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 or family issues.

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 Those things are difficult.

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 That's true.

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 But the main problem

00:18:10.279 --> 00:18:11.079
 with my world

00:18:11.079 --> 00:18:12.539
 is that I'm so self-centered.

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 I'm self-orientated.

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 My heart is curved in

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 on myself.

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 My life,

00:18:18.479 --> 00:18:19.559
 my heart has been corrupted

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 by this cancer of sin.

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 And I now love

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 and serve

00:18:23.179 --> 00:18:23.519
 and hope

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 and trust in myself.

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 I saw this

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 a little while ago.

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 Claire and I

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 were having

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 a difficult,

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 I guess a difficulty

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 with a family member,

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 an extended family member.

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 And I felt like

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 this family member

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 was being very unreasonable

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 to us.

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 And they were accusing us

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 of things

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 that we thought

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 we hadn't done.

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 And it was a little bit

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 difficult and tense.

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 And the more unreasonable

00:18:46.980 --> 00:18:48.160
 this person was being

00:18:48.160 --> 00:18:48.820
 towards us,

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 the more frustrated

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 and irritated

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 and upset

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 and even angry

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 I was getting

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 towards this person.

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 And so I would,

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 when I was alone

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 at night,

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 I would think about

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 the conversation we had

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 and I'd play it over

00:19:01.900 --> 00:19:02.600
 in my mind.

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 And then I would

00:19:03.680 --> 00:19:04.800
 play an imaginary

00:19:04.800 --> 00:19:05.940
 conversation in my mind

00:19:05.940 --> 00:19:06.580
 what would happen

00:19:06.580 --> 00:19:07.680
 the next time I see them.

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 They're going to say this

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 and then I'm going to say this

00:19:10.019 --> 00:19:11.160
 and then they're going to say this

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 and then I'm going to

00:19:12.140 --> 00:19:14.019
 nail them with this.

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 Does that sound familiar?

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 Sounds like I'm not

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 the only one

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 that's done that.

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 And so I was in the midst

00:19:22.460 --> 00:19:23.139
 of all this

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 and the one day

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 I went for a prayer walk

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 and as I was praying

00:19:26.240 --> 00:19:26.720
 about it

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 I just realized

00:19:27.960 --> 00:19:30.539
 how my self-righteousness

00:19:30.539 --> 00:19:31.160
 and my sense

00:19:31.160 --> 00:19:32.099
 of superiority,

00:19:32.519 --> 00:19:34.299
 my sense of moral superiority

00:19:34.299 --> 00:19:36.019
 was actually exasperating

00:19:36.660 --> 00:19:37.400
 and contributing

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 towards the problem.

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 You see,

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 yeah,

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 sure there's difficulties

00:19:41.339 --> 00:19:42.379
 but it's my own

00:19:42.379 --> 00:19:43.259
 self-righteousness

00:19:43.259 --> 00:19:43.879
 that was actually

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 making things

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 even worse.

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 Remember how

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 Salman Rushdie

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 in one of his novels

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 said,

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 the barbarians

00:19:50.359 --> 00:19:51.660
 weren't just at the gates

00:19:51.660 --> 00:19:53.420
 they were in our skins.

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 The problem

00:19:55.220 --> 00:19:56.500
 isn't just out there

00:19:56.500 --> 00:19:57.500
 it's in here

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 it's in my life

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 and friends

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 it's in your life as well.

00:20:00.799 --> 00:20:01.279
 And so God

00:20:01.279 --> 00:20:01.920
 in the Old Testament

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 he gives his people

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 these signs

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 and these symbols

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 and these pictures

00:20:05.819 --> 00:20:07.079
 to show them

00:20:07.079 --> 00:20:08.240
 the problem of sin

00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:09.259
 and the need for forgiveness

00:20:09.259 --> 00:20:10.480
 but the problem

00:20:10.480 --> 00:20:11.119
 is the pictures

00:20:11.119 --> 00:20:11.720
 and the signs

00:20:11.720 --> 00:20:12.900
 can't actually do

00:20:12.900 --> 00:20:14.299
 what they need.

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 And so verse 3 says

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 these sacrifices

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 there's a reminder of sin

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 but it is impossible

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 for the blood

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 of bulls and goats

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 to actually take away sin.

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 And yet

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 this is where

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 the astonishingly good news

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 of the gospel comes in

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 because of God's

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 radical love for us.

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 He didn't leave us

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 to our own devices.

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 He didn't leave us

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 to ourselves

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 but he came to us

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 in the person of Jesus.

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 He died on the cross.

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 He took our sin

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 upon himself

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 so that we can be

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 washed free

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 so that we can be

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 set free

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 because of him.

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 But friends

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 Jesus didn't only die

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 to save us

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 from the penalty

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 of our sin

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 but also

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 from the power of sin.

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 Look at how

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 the writer says this

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 in verse 11

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 if you've got your

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 bulletin with you.

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 He says this

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 under the old covenant

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 every priest

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 would stand daily

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 at the service

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 offering repeated

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 the same sacrifices

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 which can never

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 take away sin.

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 There's our problem again.

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 But

00:21:11.179 --> 00:21:12.139
 verse 12

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 when God

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 when Christ

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 had offered

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 for all time

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 a single sacrifice

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 for sins

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 dying on the cross

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 rising again

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 ascending to the heavens

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 he sat down

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 at the right hand

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 of God the Father

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 until his enemies

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 should become

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 his footstools

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 for his feet.

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 See the author

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 here is giving us

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 this amazing picture

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 that Jesus dies

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 he ascends

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 to heaven

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 and then

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 what does he do?

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 He sits down

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 he's at rest

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 he's completed

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 his job.

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 You see friends

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 Jesus isn't in heaven

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 today

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 running around

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 scurrying

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 to and fro

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 trying to juggle

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 a billion prayer requests

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 and hoping

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 he doesn't drop

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 any balls

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 hoping like

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 mad

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 that things

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 in Hong Kong

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 work out

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 and in America

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 work out

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 and that

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 at the end of the day

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 his kingdom

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 will finally be established.

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 No friends

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 what did he do?

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 When he got to heaven

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 the author says

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 he sat down

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 job done

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 having accomplished

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 what he set out to do

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 having established

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 his kingdom

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 and destroyed

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 his enemies

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 he sat down

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 job done.

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 Remember

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 that song

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 we sometimes sing

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 in this church

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 when Satan

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 tempts me to despair

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 and tells me

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 of the guilt within

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 upward I look

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 and see him there

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 who made an end

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 to all my sin.

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 And so when Jesus

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 is on the cross

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 he cries out

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 it is finished

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 it is paid

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 in full

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 or as our verse

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 11 says here

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 when Christ

00:22:42.099 --> 00:22:42.619
 had offered

00:22:42.619 --> 00:22:43.699
 for all time

00:22:43.699 --> 00:22:45.079
 a single sacrifice

00:22:45.079 --> 00:22:45.799
 for sins

00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:47.659
 he sat down.

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 And so friends

00:22:48.899 --> 00:22:49.639
 what that means

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 is that

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 if you are in Christ

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 and you've surrendered

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 to him

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 and you've come to him

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 it means your sin

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 has been totally

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 dealt with

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 your record of sin

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 has been done away with

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 it is finished

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 your debt

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 is paid in full

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 your sins

00:23:03.739 --> 00:23:04.559
 have been removed

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 as far as the east

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 is from the west

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 or as Malachi says

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 they've been thrown

00:23:09.000 --> 00:23:09.899
 into the depths

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 of the sea

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 never to be recovered

00:23:11.819 --> 00:23:12.779
 again.

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 It means friends

00:23:14.379 --> 00:23:15.679
 that if you are in Christ

00:23:15.679 --> 00:23:17.379
 you have no reason

00:23:17.379 --> 00:23:18.559
 to ever feel

00:23:18.559 --> 00:23:19.239
 unworthy

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 unloved

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 unlovable

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 ever again

00:23:22.579 --> 00:23:23.819
 because Christ

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 has dealt

00:23:24.399 --> 00:23:25.399
 with your sins

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 totally and utterly

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 forever.

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 except

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 if you're anything

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 like me

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 when I look

00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:35.799
 at my life

00:23:35.799 --> 00:23:37.059
 something doesn't

00:23:37.059 --> 00:23:37.940
 feel quite right

00:23:37.940 --> 00:23:38.579
 about that

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 because on the one

00:23:40.220 --> 00:23:40.839
 hand the Bible

00:23:40.839 --> 00:23:41.799
 says Christ

00:23:41.799 --> 00:23:42.859
 deals with our sin

00:23:42.859 --> 00:23:43.660
 it's completely

00:23:43.660 --> 00:23:44.220
 done with

00:23:44.220 --> 00:23:45.559
 he is perfected

00:23:45.559 --> 00:23:46.359
 for all time

00:23:46.359 --> 00:23:47.160
 I stand before

00:23:47.160 --> 00:23:47.879
 God the Father

00:23:47.879 --> 00:23:48.460
 perfect

00:23:48.460 --> 00:23:49.680
 because of Jesus

00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:51.599
 but as I look

00:23:51.599 --> 00:23:52.779
 into my own heart

00:23:52.779 --> 00:23:53.759
 I see that I'm

00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:54.920
 very far from perfect

00:23:54.920 --> 00:23:56.240
 there's all sorts

00:23:56.240 --> 00:23:56.640
 of rubbish

00:23:56.640 --> 00:23:57.240
 in my heart

00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:58.640
 there's defensiveness

00:23:58.640 --> 00:24:00.380
 there's judgmentalism

00:24:00.380 --> 00:24:02.500
 there's self-moralism

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:03.220
 and superiority

00:24:03.220 --> 00:24:05.420
 and so what do we do

00:24:05.420 --> 00:24:06.440
 with this dichotomy

00:24:06.440 --> 00:24:07.520
 on one hand

00:24:07.520 --> 00:24:08.259
 the gospel says

00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:09.180
 you are washed

00:24:09.180 --> 00:24:10.020
 you are clean

00:24:10.020 --> 00:24:11.060
 you are sanctified

00:24:11.060 --> 00:24:12.480
 but on the other hand

00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:13.340
 the gospel says

00:24:13.340 --> 00:24:14.660
 you're still a work

00:24:14.660 --> 00:24:15.280
 in progress

00:24:15.280 --> 00:24:16.880
 how do we deal

00:24:16.880 --> 00:24:17.860
 with this dichotomy

00:24:17.860 --> 00:24:19.160
 and that leads us

00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:19.960
 to the second point

00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:20.420
 which is that

00:24:20.420 --> 00:24:21.040
 the gospel

00:24:21.040 --> 00:24:22.280
 doesn't just save us

00:24:22.280 --> 00:24:23.080
 for eternity

00:24:23.080 --> 00:24:24.120
 the gospel

00:24:24.120 --> 00:24:25.620
 is for all of life

00:24:25.619 --> 00:24:26.599
 look at how

00:24:26.599 --> 00:24:27.139
 the writer

00:24:27.139 --> 00:24:28.000
 says this

00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:28.919
 in verse 14

00:24:28.919 --> 00:24:30.379
 this is one of the

00:24:30.379 --> 00:24:31.579
 most important verses

00:24:31.579 --> 00:24:32.159
 to understand

00:24:32.159 --> 00:24:32.919
 the Christian life

00:24:32.919 --> 00:24:34.099
 look at what he says

00:24:34.099 --> 00:24:34.779
 he says

00:24:34.779 --> 00:24:36.299
 for by a single offering

00:24:36.299 --> 00:24:38.299
 God has perfected

00:24:38.299 --> 00:24:39.619
 or Christ has perfected

00:24:39.619 --> 00:24:40.759
 for all time

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:42.219
 those who are

00:24:42.219 --> 00:24:43.759
 busy being

00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:44.799
 sanctified

00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:46.159
 the word sanctified

00:24:46.159 --> 00:24:46.619
 means

00:24:46.619 --> 00:24:48.039
 to be made holy

00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:49.000
 to be made righteous

00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:49.899
 to be cleansed

00:24:49.899 --> 00:24:50.399
 to be made

00:24:50.399 --> 00:24:51.379
 like Jesus

00:24:51.379 --> 00:24:52.659
 so here we see

00:24:52.660 --> 00:24:54.300
 by a single offering

00:24:54.300 --> 00:24:55.759
 by a single sacrifice

00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:57.540
 Christ has perfected

00:24:57.540 --> 00:24:58.259
 for all time

00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:59.840
 holy in Christ's sight

00:24:59.840 --> 00:25:01.980
 those who are busy

00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:03.259
 being

00:25:03.259 --> 00:25:04.600
 sanctified

00:25:04.600 --> 00:25:05.580
 or another translation

00:25:05.580 --> 00:25:05.900
 says

00:25:05.900 --> 00:25:06.779
 those who are busy

00:25:06.779 --> 00:25:08.279
 being made perfect

00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:09.540
 you see that

00:25:09.540 --> 00:25:10.500
 on one hand

00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:11.360
 Christ's sacrifice

00:25:11.360 --> 00:25:12.400
 makes me righteous

00:25:12.400 --> 00:25:13.220
 before God

00:25:13.220 --> 00:25:14.500
 but on the other hand

00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:16.160
 God is still at work

00:25:16.160 --> 00:25:16.700
 in my heart

00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:17.560
 and making me

00:25:17.560 --> 00:25:18.800
 more like Jesus

00:25:18.800 --> 00:25:19.800
 and friends

00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:21.159
 this is the Christian life

00:25:21.159 --> 00:25:22.399
 this is the hope

00:25:22.399 --> 00:25:23.039
 of the gospel

00:25:23.039 --> 00:25:24.359
 that Jesus deals

00:25:24.359 --> 00:25:25.059
 with our status

00:25:25.059 --> 00:25:25.980
 before God

00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:26.919
 but he's also

00:25:26.919 --> 00:25:27.940
 at work in our hearts

00:25:27.940 --> 00:25:28.960
 that slowly

00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:31.559
 sometimes too slowly

00:25:31.559 --> 00:25:32.579
 in my own life

00:25:32.579 --> 00:25:35.220
 very slowly

00:25:35.220 --> 00:25:36.019
 over time

00:25:36.019 --> 00:25:36.940
 my heart starts

00:25:36.940 --> 00:25:37.759
 to look like him

00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:38.500
 and so look at how

00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:39.119
 he says this

00:25:39.119 --> 00:25:39.559
 in verse

00:25:39.559 --> 00:25:42.059
 15 and 16

00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:42.599
 he says

00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:44.259
 for by a single offering

00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:45.680
 he has perfected

00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:46.440
 for all time

00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:47.159
 those who are

00:25:47.159 --> 00:25:48.019
 being sanctified

00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:50.339
 this is as the Holy Spirit

00:25:50.339 --> 00:25:50.779
 said

00:25:50.779 --> 00:25:52.220
 this is the covenant

00:25:52.220 --> 00:25:53.200
 I will make with them

00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:54.539
 I will put my laws

00:25:54.539 --> 00:25:55.480
 into their hearts

00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:56.460
 and I will write them

00:25:56.460 --> 00:25:57.319
 on my minds

00:25:57.319 --> 00:25:58.440
 and remember

00:25:58.440 --> 00:25:59.160
 their sins

00:25:59.160 --> 00:25:59.799
 no more

00:25:59.799 --> 00:26:01.180
 now

00:26:01.180 --> 00:26:02.859
 here's the question

00:26:02.859 --> 00:26:04.379
 how does this

00:26:04.379 --> 00:26:05.299
 actually happen

00:26:05.299 --> 00:26:06.960
 how does God

00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:07.879
 do this

00:26:07.879 --> 00:26:09.220
 how does God

00:26:09.220 --> 00:26:09.940
 grow us

00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:10.879
 and mature us

00:26:10.879 --> 00:26:11.700
 and to make us

00:26:11.700 --> 00:26:12.480
 more like Jesus

00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:13.619
 because friends

00:26:13.619 --> 00:26:14.500
 you can be a follower

00:26:14.500 --> 00:26:14.960
 of Jesus

00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:15.960
 for 30 years

00:26:15.960 --> 00:26:16.960
 and still be a baby

00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:17.420
 Christian

00:26:17.420 --> 00:26:18.380
 just

00:26:18.380 --> 00:26:18.840
 you know

00:26:18.840 --> 00:26:19.700
 length of time

00:26:19.700 --> 00:26:20.700
 doesn't necessarily

00:26:20.700 --> 00:26:21.920
 equate to maturity

00:26:21.920 --> 00:26:23.400
 so how does God

00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:24.400
 actually grow us

00:26:24.400 --> 00:26:25.200
 and mature us

00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:26.440
 and to sanctify us

00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:26.980
 and to make us

00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:27.600
 more like Jesus

00:26:27.600 --> 00:26:28.900
 and the answer

00:26:28.900 --> 00:26:29.460
 is this

00:26:29.460 --> 00:26:30.660
 it happens

00:26:30.660 --> 00:26:31.820
 as we see

00:26:31.820 --> 00:26:32.660
 with the eyes

00:26:32.660 --> 00:26:33.220
 of our hearts

00:26:33.220 --> 00:26:34.340
 the glory

00:26:34.340 --> 00:26:35.420
 and the beauty

00:26:35.420 --> 00:26:36.580
 and the majesty

00:26:36.580 --> 00:26:37.220
 of Jesus

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:38.860
 as we are humbled

00:26:38.860 --> 00:26:40.220
 by his awesomeness

00:26:40.220 --> 00:26:41.700
 and as we turn

00:26:41.700 --> 00:26:42.180
 to him

00:26:42.180 --> 00:26:42.880
 in faith

00:26:42.880 --> 00:26:43.519
 and repentance

00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:44.820
 in other words

00:26:44.820 --> 00:26:46.080
 as we see

00:26:46.080 --> 00:26:47.220
 who Christ is

00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:48.180
 and the gospel

00:26:48.180 --> 00:26:48.980
 gets deeper

00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:49.860
 into our hearts

00:26:49.860 --> 00:26:50.940
 and in light

00:26:50.940 --> 00:26:51.380
 of God

00:26:51.380 --> 00:26:52.079
 we recognize

00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:52.740
 our sinfulness

00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:53.539
 and we turn

00:26:53.539 --> 00:26:53.920
 to him

00:26:53.920 --> 00:26:54.299
 in faith

00:26:54.299 --> 00:26:54.860
 and repentance

00:26:54.860 --> 00:26:56.240
 God actually

00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:57.559
 reorientates

00:26:57.559 --> 00:26:58.539
 the orders

00:26:58.539 --> 00:26:59.240
 of our hearts

00:26:59.240 --> 00:27:00.480
 and makes our hearts

00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:01.559
 to become more like Jesus

00:27:01.559 --> 00:27:03.380
 he sanctifies us

00:27:03.380 --> 00:27:04.000
 and grows us

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:04.839
 and works in us

00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:06.319
 so let me

00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:07.460
 give you an example

00:27:07.460 --> 00:27:09.700
 when we experience

00:27:09.700 --> 00:27:10.360
 a conflict

00:27:10.360 --> 00:27:11.039
 in our lives

00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:11.319
 okay

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:11.980
 so let's say

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.980
 you've got a family member

00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:14.319
 like a little while ago

00:27:14.319 --> 00:27:14.779
 I had

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:15.940
 and someone

00:27:15.940 --> 00:27:17.180
 who challenges you

00:27:17.180 --> 00:27:19.120
 and they accuse you

00:27:19.120 --> 00:27:19.700
 of things

00:27:19.700 --> 00:27:21.120
 and they

00:27:21.120 --> 00:27:23.059
 are unreasonable

00:27:23.059 --> 00:27:24.759
 what happens

00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:25.420
 in our lives

00:27:25.420 --> 00:27:27.180
 well if you're anything

00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:27.539
 like me

00:27:27.539 --> 00:27:28.519
 you feel defensive

00:27:28.519 --> 00:27:30.319
 you start to justify

00:27:30.319 --> 00:27:30.980
 ourselves

00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:32.420
 we start to

00:27:32.420 --> 00:27:33.559
 think about

00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:34.539
 what they've done wrong

00:27:34.539 --> 00:27:35.440
 we maximize

00:27:35.440 --> 00:27:36.360
 their wrongdoing

00:27:36.360 --> 00:27:36.980
 and we minimize

00:27:36.980 --> 00:27:37.900
 our own wrongdoing

00:27:37.900 --> 00:27:40.019
 now why do I do that

00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:41.200
 what's going on

00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:41.720
 in my heart

00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:42.740
 why do I do that

00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:44.840
 the reason I do that

00:27:44.840 --> 00:27:45.380
 and the reason

00:27:45.380 --> 00:27:46.120
 friends possibly

00:27:46.120 --> 00:27:47.080
 why most of us

00:27:47.080 --> 00:27:47.460
 do that

00:27:47.460 --> 00:27:49.039
 is because I'm trying

00:27:49.039 --> 00:27:50.539
 to find my justification

00:27:50.539 --> 00:27:51.580
 in the fact that

00:27:51.580 --> 00:27:53.100
 I'm not such a bad person

00:27:53.100 --> 00:27:55.299
 I'm trying to make myself

00:27:55.299 --> 00:27:56.360
 feel good about myself

00:27:56.360 --> 00:27:57.539
 because I'm not secure

00:27:57.539 --> 00:27:58.799
 in the love of Christ

00:27:58.799 --> 00:28:00.319
 I don't like the fact

00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:01.039
 that I'm a sinner

00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:02.259
 but that Christ's love

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:03.019
 is enough for me

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:04.160
 and so I'm trying to

00:28:04.160 --> 00:28:05.460
 feel good about myself

00:28:05.460 --> 00:28:06.700
 and find my justification

00:28:06.700 --> 00:28:07.600
 in the fact that

00:28:07.600 --> 00:28:08.880
 though I'm not perfect

00:28:08.880 --> 00:28:10.059
 at least I'm not as bad

00:28:10.059 --> 00:28:10.839
 as those people

00:28:10.839 --> 00:28:11.319
 down there

00:28:11.319 --> 00:28:12.659
 does that make sense

00:28:12.659 --> 00:28:14.319
 and so what do I need

00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:16.519
 I need to see Christ

00:28:16.519 --> 00:28:17.539
 I need to be humbled

00:28:17.539 --> 00:28:18.659
 by his awesomeness

00:28:18.659 --> 00:28:20.220
 and I need to come to him

00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:21.119
 in faith and repentance

00:28:21.119 --> 00:28:22.559
 and as I do that

00:28:22.559 --> 00:28:23.759
 Christ works

00:28:23.759 --> 00:28:25.079
 and softens my heart

00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:25.679
 so that actually

00:28:25.679 --> 00:28:26.919
 I approach that person

00:28:26.919 --> 00:28:28.019
 with a completely

00:28:28.019 --> 00:28:28.679
 different spirit

00:28:28.679 --> 00:28:30.099
 I see that actually

00:28:30.099 --> 00:28:31.200
 maybe they are not

00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:32.359
 the problem after all

00:28:32.359 --> 00:28:33.879
 maybe I'm the problem

00:28:33.879 --> 00:28:35.220
 and friends

00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:36.460
 we do this in a million ways

00:28:36.460 --> 00:28:37.639
 we do this with our kids

00:28:37.639 --> 00:28:39.039
 we do it with our career

00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:41.519
 we do it with finances

00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:42.700
 we look to all sorts

00:28:42.700 --> 00:28:44.099
 of things to justify us

00:28:44.099 --> 00:28:45.819
 but the hope of the gospel

00:28:45.819 --> 00:28:46.579
 is that Jesus

00:28:46.579 --> 00:28:48.139
 doesn't just wipe our state

00:28:48.139 --> 00:28:49.119
 clean and give us

00:28:49.119 --> 00:28:50.019
 a second chance

00:28:50.019 --> 00:28:51.240
 he's actually at work

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:51.960
 in our lives

00:28:51.960 --> 00:28:52.879
 and he's changing us

00:28:52.879 --> 00:28:54.019
 to make us more like him

00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:55.639
 friends the gospel

00:28:55.639 --> 00:28:56.839
 isn't just that Jesus says

00:28:56.839 --> 00:28:58.059
 I'll pay your debts

00:28:58.059 --> 00:28:59.059
 and now you pull yourself

00:28:59.059 --> 00:29:00.059
 back together again

00:29:00.059 --> 00:29:02.579
 the gospel is a power

00:29:02.579 --> 00:29:03.899
 that not only saves us

00:29:03.899 --> 00:29:05.359
 but it sanctifies us

00:29:05.359 --> 00:29:06.559
 believing in Christ

00:29:06.559 --> 00:29:07.039
 and the gospel

00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:08.319
 not only forgives us

00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:09.180
 of our debt

00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:10.500
 it changes our hearts

00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:11.659
 to become more like him

00:29:11.659 --> 00:29:13.139
 as we see the majesty

00:29:13.139 --> 00:29:13.700
 of Jesus

00:29:13.700 --> 00:29:14.539
 and believe in him

00:29:14.539 --> 00:29:15.759
 and that's why

00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:16.399
 friends

00:29:16.399 --> 00:29:17.659
 as a church

00:29:17.659 --> 00:29:19.220
 we make such a big deal

00:29:19.220 --> 00:29:19.859
 of the gospel

00:29:19.859 --> 00:29:21.779
 it's why everything we do

00:29:21.779 --> 00:29:23.319
 is centered on this

00:29:23.319 --> 00:29:24.659
 centered on the wonder

00:29:24.659 --> 00:29:25.259
 of the gospel

00:29:25.259 --> 00:29:26.659
 because loving

00:29:26.659 --> 00:29:27.259
 and trusting

00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:28.359
 and hoping in Jesus

00:29:28.359 --> 00:29:29.819
 is not only the way

00:29:29.819 --> 00:29:31.159
 into the kingdom of life

00:29:31.159 --> 00:29:31.879
 it's also the way

00:29:31.879 --> 00:29:32.940
 of the kingdom of life

00:29:32.940 --> 00:29:34.259
 it's not only the way

00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:35.240
 by which you become

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:35.720
 a Christian

00:29:35.720 --> 00:29:36.279
 it's the way

00:29:36.279 --> 00:29:37.099
 by which you grow

00:29:37.099 --> 00:29:37.680
 as a Christian

00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:38.960
 it's not just the way

00:29:38.960 --> 00:29:40.140
 that you get saved

00:29:40.140 --> 00:29:40.619
 it's the way

00:29:40.619 --> 00:29:41.599
 to be sanctified

00:29:41.599 --> 00:29:42.839
 learning to live

00:29:42.839 --> 00:29:43.859
 by faith in Jesus

00:29:43.859 --> 00:29:44.819
 and his gospel

00:29:44.819 --> 00:29:45.680
 the fact that you

00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:46.440
 and I are sinners

00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:47.420
 but we are loved

00:29:47.420 --> 00:29:48.180
 by God

00:29:48.180 --> 00:29:49.619
 and he joyfully

00:29:49.619 --> 00:29:50.559
 and willingly died

00:29:50.559 --> 00:29:51.019
 for us

00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:52.799
 that's the Christian life

00:29:52.799 --> 00:29:54.119
 that's what the whole

00:29:54.119 --> 00:29:55.119
 Bible is all about

00:29:55.119 --> 00:29:56.440
 that's what it means

00:29:56.440 --> 00:29:57.279
 to be a Christian

00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:58.700
 and so that's why

00:29:58.700 --> 00:30:00.039
 in the New Testament

00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:01.940
 Paul writes to the Romans

00:30:01.940 --> 00:30:03.140
 these bunch of people

00:30:03.140 --> 00:30:04.120
 that are Christians

00:30:04.120 --> 00:30:04.660
 and he says

00:30:04.660 --> 00:30:06.400
 I can't wait to come to you

00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:07.759
 so that I can preach

00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:08.680
 the gospel to you

00:30:08.680 --> 00:30:09.720
 why does he need

00:30:09.720 --> 00:30:10.480
 to preach the gospel

00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:10.800
 to them

00:30:10.800 --> 00:30:11.780
 they're already Christians

00:30:11.780 --> 00:30:13.280
 because as the gospel

00:30:13.280 --> 00:30:14.820
 gets deeper into our hearts

00:30:14.820 --> 00:30:16.320
 that's how we live out

00:30:16.320 --> 00:30:16.780
 the gospel

00:30:16.780 --> 00:30:17.700
 that's how we become

00:30:17.700 --> 00:30:19.100
 the people God's called us to be

00:30:19.100 --> 00:30:20.620
 that's why Paul writes

00:30:20.620 --> 00:30:21.300
 in 1 Corinthians

00:30:21.300 --> 00:30:21.840
 and he says

00:30:21.840 --> 00:30:23.600
 to this gospel community

00:30:23.600 --> 00:30:24.380
 he says

00:30:24.380 --> 00:30:25.680
 at the end of the letter

00:30:25.680 --> 00:30:27.000
 now brothers

00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:28.460
 I thought I'd just take

00:30:28.460 --> 00:30:29.040
 a few minutes

00:30:29.040 --> 00:30:30.180
 just to remind you

00:30:30.180 --> 00:30:30.960
 of the gospel

00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:32.080
 why does he need

00:30:32.080 --> 00:30:32.720
 to remind them

00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:33.900
 because if they're

00:30:33.900 --> 00:30:34.440
 going to become

00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:34.980
 the people

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:35.880
 that God's called

00:30:35.880 --> 00:30:36.480
 them to be

00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:37.400
 they need to be

00:30:37.400 --> 00:30:38.620
 reminded day in

00:30:38.620 --> 00:30:39.660
 day out

00:30:39.660 --> 00:30:40.759
 of the gospel

00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:43.019
 now

00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:45.299
 all that brings us

00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:46.019
 to the question

00:30:46.019 --> 00:30:47.680
 what does this have to do

00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:48.299
 with Christians

00:30:48.299 --> 00:30:49.799
 gathering on Sundays

00:30:49.799 --> 00:30:50.740
 okay

00:30:50.740 --> 00:30:52.140
 all that's by way

00:30:52.140 --> 00:30:52.900
 of introduction

00:30:52.900 --> 00:30:53.620
 now let's finally

00:30:53.620 --> 00:30:54.440
 start the sermon

00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:55.700
 okay not really

00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:57.059
 point three

00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:58.500
 why do we gather

00:30:58.500 --> 00:30:59.259
 on Sundays

00:30:59.259 --> 00:31:01.200
 the reason we gather

00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:02.140
 is because we are

00:31:02.140 --> 00:31:04.019
 a gospelizing community

00:31:04.019 --> 00:31:05.140
 in other words

00:31:05.140 --> 00:31:05.980
 the essence of what

00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:06.839
 the church does

00:31:06.839 --> 00:31:08.079
 is that we wash

00:31:08.079 --> 00:31:09.420
 each other with the gospel

00:31:09.420 --> 00:31:10.519
 week in

00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:11.599
 and week out

00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:12.680
 let's look at

00:31:12.680 --> 00:31:13.640
 verse 19

00:31:13.640 --> 00:31:14.440
 to 25

00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:15.000
 together

00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:16.279
 look at what

00:31:16.279 --> 00:31:17.259
 the writer's

00:31:17.259 --> 00:31:17.839
 going to say here

00:31:17.839 --> 00:31:19.039
 he's going to say

00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:19.879
 therefore

00:31:19.879 --> 00:31:21.059
 in light of

00:31:21.059 --> 00:31:22.379
 everything we've said

00:31:22.379 --> 00:31:23.500
 for ten and a half

00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:23.980
 chapters

00:31:23.980 --> 00:31:25.119
 in light of

00:31:25.119 --> 00:31:26.039
 who Jesus is

00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:26.859
 and how he died

00:31:26.859 --> 00:31:27.379
 on the cross

00:31:27.379 --> 00:31:28.179
 to save us

00:31:28.179 --> 00:31:29.000
 and to forgive us

00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:30.199
 in light of the fact

00:31:30.199 --> 00:31:30.879
 that he has

00:31:30.879 --> 00:31:32.879
 perfected for all time

00:31:32.879 --> 00:31:34.000
 those he is busy

00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:35.079
 perfecting

00:31:35.079 --> 00:31:36.240
 therefore

00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:37.500
 let us

00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:38.559
 xyz

00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:39.119
 okay

00:31:39.119 --> 00:31:40.179
 so as we read this

00:31:40.179 --> 00:31:41.419
 look out for where

00:31:41.419 --> 00:31:41.899
 he says

00:31:41.899 --> 00:31:43.240
 therefore let us

00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:43.619
 okay

00:31:43.619 --> 00:31:44.339
 let's read

00:31:44.339 --> 00:31:45.359
 verse 19

00:31:45.359 --> 00:31:45.819
 together

00:31:45.819 --> 00:31:47.259
 he says this

00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:48.299
 therefore brothers

00:31:48.299 --> 00:31:48.879
 and sisters

00:31:48.879 --> 00:31:50.219
 since we have

00:31:50.219 --> 00:31:51.159
 confidence to enter

00:31:51.159 --> 00:31:51.959
 the holy place

00:31:51.959 --> 00:31:52.719
 by the blood of

00:31:52.719 --> 00:31:53.039
 Jesus

00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:54.199
 verse 21

00:31:54.199 --> 00:31:55.579
 and since we have

00:31:55.579 --> 00:31:56.699
 a great high priest

00:31:56.700 --> 00:31:57.440
 over the house of

00:31:57.440 --> 00:31:57.740
 God

00:31:57.740 --> 00:31:58.519
 that's Jesus

00:31:58.519 --> 00:31:59.880
 let us

00:31:59.880 --> 00:32:01.559
 draw near to God

00:32:01.559 --> 00:32:03.059
 with a true heart

00:32:03.059 --> 00:32:04.039
 and full assurance

00:32:04.039 --> 00:32:04.539
 of faith

00:32:04.539 --> 00:32:05.620
 with our hearts

00:32:05.620 --> 00:32:06.539
 sprinkled clean

00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:07.600
 from an evil conscience

00:32:07.600 --> 00:32:08.220
 and our bodies

00:32:08.220 --> 00:32:09.460
 washed with pure water

00:32:09.460 --> 00:32:11.000
 let us secondly

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:12.059
 hold fast

00:32:12.059 --> 00:32:12.880
 to the confession

00:32:12.880 --> 00:32:13.519
 of our hope

00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:14.700
 without wavering

00:32:14.700 --> 00:32:16.059
 knowing that he

00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:16.740
 who promised

00:32:16.740 --> 00:32:17.460
 is faithful

00:32:17.460 --> 00:32:18.860
 and thirdly

00:32:18.860 --> 00:32:19.539
 let us

00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:21.000
 consider how to

00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:22.279
 stir up one another

00:32:22.279 --> 00:32:23.000
 to love

00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:23.700
 and good deeds

00:32:23.700 --> 00:32:25.440
 not neglecting

00:32:25.440 --> 00:32:26.580
 to meet together

00:32:26.580 --> 00:32:28.019
 as is the habit

00:32:28.019 --> 00:32:28.460
 of some

00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:29.799
 but encouraging

00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:30.460
 one another

00:32:30.460 --> 00:32:31.559
 and all the more

00:32:31.559 --> 00:32:32.160
 as you see

00:32:32.160 --> 00:32:33.420
 the day of Christ

00:32:33.420 --> 00:32:34.299
 approaching

00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:35.279
 okay

00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:36.059
 did you see that

00:32:36.059 --> 00:32:36.940
 he said

00:32:36.940 --> 00:32:37.380
 therefore

00:32:37.380 --> 00:32:38.299
 in light of the fact

00:32:38.299 --> 00:32:39.259
 that Christ

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:39.960
 is at work

00:32:39.960 --> 00:32:40.840
 he's busy

00:32:40.840 --> 00:32:41.920
 sanctifying us

00:32:41.920 --> 00:32:43.220
 Jesus has died

00:32:43.220 --> 00:32:43.779
 for our sins

00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:44.720
 but he's also died

00:32:44.720 --> 00:32:45.700
 to change our hearts

00:32:45.700 --> 00:32:46.460
 and he's making us

00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:47.100
 more like him

00:32:47.100 --> 00:32:47.940
 therefore

00:32:47.940 --> 00:32:48.900
 let us

00:32:48.900 --> 00:32:50.140
 draw near to God

00:32:50.140 --> 00:32:50.900
 let us

00:32:50.900 --> 00:32:51.660
 hold fast

00:32:51.660 --> 00:32:52.140
 to the hope

00:32:52.140 --> 00:32:52.680
 of the gospel

00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:53.580
 but thirdly

00:32:53.580 --> 00:32:54.880
 let us

00:32:54.880 --> 00:32:55.840
 stir up

00:32:55.840 --> 00:32:56.740
 and encourage

00:32:56.740 --> 00:32:57.420
 one another

00:32:57.420 --> 00:32:58.720
 how so

00:32:58.720 --> 00:32:59.920
 how should we

00:32:59.920 --> 00:33:00.400
 do that

00:33:00.400 --> 00:33:01.700
 verse 25

00:33:01.700 --> 00:33:02.980
 by not

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:04.140
 neglecting

00:33:04.140 --> 00:33:05.380
 to meet together

00:33:05.380 --> 00:33:06.799
 as some people

00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:07.100
 do

00:33:07.100 --> 00:33:08.960
 but to encourage

00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:09.580
 one another

00:33:09.580 --> 00:33:10.740
 and all the more

00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:11.200
 as we see

00:33:11.200 --> 00:33:12.060
 the day of Christ

00:33:12.060 --> 00:33:12.720
 approaching

00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:14.000
 you see friends

00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:14.920
 why do Christians

00:33:14.920 --> 00:33:16.180
 gather every single

00:33:16.180 --> 00:33:16.539
 week

00:33:16.539 --> 00:33:18.039
 yes we gather

00:33:18.039 --> 00:33:18.680
 to worship

00:33:18.680 --> 00:33:19.420
 that's true

00:33:19.420 --> 00:33:21.360
 but worship

00:33:21.360 --> 00:33:22.000
 isn't just

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:22.880
 singing songs

00:33:22.880 --> 00:33:25.140
 remember how

00:33:25.140 --> 00:33:25.580
 in Corinthians

00:33:25.580 --> 00:33:26.320
 Paul says

00:33:26.320 --> 00:33:27.300
 let everything

00:33:27.300 --> 00:33:27.840
 you do

00:33:27.840 --> 00:33:28.539
 be worship

00:33:28.539 --> 00:33:29.539
 whether you're

00:33:29.539 --> 00:33:30.700
 eating

00:33:30.700 --> 00:33:32.100
 dumplings

00:33:32.100 --> 00:33:33.160
 or drinking

00:33:33.160 --> 00:33:34.000
 bubble tea

00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:35.200
 or you're going

00:33:35.200 --> 00:33:35.860
 to work

00:33:35.860 --> 00:33:36.960
 or you are

00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:37.500
 proposing

00:33:37.500 --> 00:33:38.360
 to your girlfriend

00:33:38.360 --> 00:33:39.120
 let everything

00:33:39.120 --> 00:33:39.519
 you do

00:33:39.519 --> 00:33:40.140
 be an act

00:33:40.140 --> 00:33:40.660
 of worship

00:33:40.660 --> 00:33:41.920
 so we come

00:33:41.920 --> 00:33:42.420
 to church

00:33:42.420 --> 00:33:43.060
 to worship

00:33:43.060 --> 00:33:43.980
 but not just

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:45.080
 that's not the only

00:33:45.080 --> 00:33:45.800
 reason we come

00:33:45.800 --> 00:33:46.920
 we come

00:33:46.920 --> 00:33:47.980
 to be blown away

00:33:47.980 --> 00:33:48.820
 by the wonder

00:33:48.819 --> 00:33:49.599
 of the gospel

00:33:49.599 --> 00:33:50.279
 and who Christ

00:33:50.279 --> 00:33:50.519
 is

00:33:50.519 --> 00:33:51.480
 so that as we

00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:52.679
 go into the week

00:33:52.679 --> 00:33:53.659
 Monday to Friday

00:33:53.659 --> 00:33:54.559
 we can live

00:33:54.559 --> 00:33:55.399
 lives of worship

00:33:55.399 --> 00:33:56.700
 we can go to the

00:33:56.700 --> 00:33:57.539
 office as an act

00:33:57.539 --> 00:33:57.980
 of worship

00:33:57.980 --> 00:33:59.099
 we can engage

00:33:59.099 --> 00:33:59.740
 with our colleagues

00:33:59.740 --> 00:34:00.279
 as an act

00:34:00.279 --> 00:34:00.700
 of worship

00:34:00.700 --> 00:34:01.679
 we can serve

00:34:01.679 --> 00:34:02.200
 the poor

00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:03.319
 and help out

00:34:03.319 --> 00:34:04.319
 and love our

00:34:04.319 --> 00:34:04.980
 neighbors

00:34:04.980 --> 00:34:05.700
 as an act

00:34:05.700 --> 00:34:06.299
 of worship

00:34:06.299 --> 00:34:07.619
 you see friends

00:34:07.619 --> 00:34:08.599
 if you and I

00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:09.500
 are going to

00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:10.179
 become anything

00:34:10.179 --> 00:34:11.099
 like the men

00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:11.559
 or the women

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:11.940
 that God

00:34:11.940 --> 00:34:12.480
 has called us

00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:12.799
 to be

00:34:12.799 --> 00:34:13.960
 you and I

00:34:13.960 --> 00:34:14.400
 need to be

00:34:14.400 --> 00:34:14.960
 living from

00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:15.659
 the security

00:34:15.659 --> 00:34:16.460
 of the gospel

00:34:16.460 --> 00:34:17.079
 and we need

00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:17.659
 to be living

00:34:17.659 --> 00:34:18.420
 out the gospel

00:34:18.420 --> 00:34:19.500
 day by day

00:34:19.500 --> 00:34:21.000
 seven days a week

00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:21.980
 but you know

00:34:21.980 --> 00:34:22.280
 what

00:34:22.280 --> 00:34:23.519
 the gospel

00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:24.460
 leaks

00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:25.780
 it leaks

00:34:25.780 --> 00:34:26.659
 from our hearts

00:34:26.659 --> 00:34:28.280
 and so on Sunday

00:34:28.280 --> 00:34:29.300
 you come to church

00:34:29.300 --> 00:34:30.300
 and you're washed

00:34:30.300 --> 00:34:30.920
 in the gospel

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:32.000
 and you're secure

00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:32.960
 in who Christ is

00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:33.619
 and his love

00:34:33.619 --> 00:34:34.079
 for you

00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:35.159
 and then on Monday

00:34:35.159 --> 00:34:36.280
 morning you wake up

00:34:36.280 --> 00:34:37.139
 and you've got to get

00:34:37.139 --> 00:34:38.360
 the kids ready for school

00:34:38.360 --> 00:34:39.740
 and you're ready for work

00:34:39.740 --> 00:34:40.920
 or you've got an assignment

00:34:40.920 --> 00:34:41.680
 to hand in

00:34:41.680 --> 00:34:43.039
 and you go off

00:34:43.039 --> 00:34:43.960
 and by Monday

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:44.639
 lunchtime

00:34:44.639 --> 00:34:46.019
 your boss is shouting

00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:46.539
 at you

00:34:46.539 --> 00:34:48.320
 and a client

00:34:48.320 --> 00:34:49.380
 is upset with you

00:34:49.380 --> 00:34:50.219
 and suddenly

00:34:50.219 --> 00:34:51.000
 you're getting a little

00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:51.500
 bit worried

00:34:51.500 --> 00:34:52.139
 and anxious

00:34:52.139 --> 00:34:53.000
 that things aren't

00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:53.599
 as good as you

00:34:53.599 --> 00:34:54.199
 thought they were

00:34:54.199 --> 00:34:55.360
 and by Wednesday

00:34:55.360 --> 00:34:56.460
 the stock market

00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:57.019
 has crashed

00:34:57.019 --> 00:34:57.920
 and you're seeing

00:34:57.920 --> 00:34:58.900
 your wealth come down

00:34:58.900 --> 00:34:59.900
 and you're pulling

00:34:59.900 --> 00:35:00.599
 your hair out

00:35:00.599 --> 00:35:01.840
 and by Friday

00:35:01.840 --> 00:35:03.239
 you've done something

00:35:03.239 --> 00:35:03.519
 wrong

00:35:03.519 --> 00:35:04.259
 I don't have much

00:35:04.259 --> 00:35:04.920
 hair to pull out

00:35:04.920 --> 00:35:07.259
 but if you're a female

00:35:07.259 --> 00:35:08.059
 you're pulling your hair

00:35:08.059 --> 00:35:08.400
 out

00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:10.480
 and by Friday

00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:12.480
 you've said something

00:35:12.480 --> 00:35:13.360
 dumb to somebody

00:35:13.360 --> 00:35:14.159
 or you looked at

00:35:14.159 --> 00:35:14.940
 something you shouldn't

00:35:14.940 --> 00:35:15.539
 have looked at

00:35:15.539 --> 00:35:17.399
 or you lied to somebody

00:35:17.399 --> 00:35:18.079
 and you feel like

00:35:18.079 --> 00:35:18.899
 God hates you

00:35:18.899 --> 00:35:19.839
 and he could never

00:35:19.839 --> 00:35:20.500
 love you

00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:21.420
 friends

00:35:21.420 --> 00:35:22.420
 in that moment

00:35:22.420 --> 00:35:23.319
 what do you need

00:35:23.319 --> 00:35:24.199
 when you come to church

00:35:24.199 --> 00:35:24.679
 on Sunday

00:35:24.679 --> 00:35:26.159
 I'll tell you

00:35:26.159 --> 00:35:27.039
 what you don't need

00:35:27.039 --> 00:35:28.399
 you don't need

00:35:28.399 --> 00:35:29.279
 a pep talk

00:35:29.279 --> 00:35:30.420
 or a motivational

00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:31.899
 or inspiration talk

00:35:31.899 --> 00:35:32.739
 saying you can be

00:35:32.739 --> 00:35:33.559
 a better person

00:35:33.559 --> 00:35:35.019
 you don't need

00:35:35.019 --> 00:35:36.099
 some inspiration

00:35:36.099 --> 00:35:36.719
 telling you

00:35:36.719 --> 00:35:37.799
 how to look after yourself

00:35:37.799 --> 00:35:38.619
 or five ways

00:35:38.619 --> 00:35:39.279
 to make your life

00:35:39.279 --> 00:35:39.819
 successful

00:35:39.819 --> 00:35:41.500
 what you and I need

00:35:41.500 --> 00:35:41.819
 friends

00:35:41.819 --> 00:35:42.879
 is to be washed

00:35:42.880 --> 00:35:44.660
 by the incredible gospel

00:35:44.660 --> 00:35:45.860
 that yes we sinners

00:35:45.860 --> 00:35:48.059
 but Christ loves us

00:35:48.059 --> 00:35:49.240
 and he loves us so much

00:35:49.240 --> 00:35:50.119
 that he went to the cross

00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:50.480
 for us

00:35:50.480 --> 00:35:51.820
 and even this week

00:35:51.820 --> 00:35:52.440
 things are going to go

00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:53.140
 wrong again

00:35:53.140 --> 00:35:54.820
 but he still loves you

00:35:54.820 --> 00:35:56.200
 because his love for you

00:35:56.200 --> 00:35:57.099
 isn't based on what's

00:35:57.099 --> 00:35:57.880
 in your heart

00:35:57.880 --> 00:35:58.660
 it's based on what's

00:35:58.660 --> 00:35:59.460
 in his heart

00:35:59.460 --> 00:36:00.599
 for you

00:36:00.599 --> 00:36:02.500
 we need to be washed

00:36:02.500 --> 00:36:03.059
 in the gospel

00:36:03.059 --> 00:36:04.140
 friends

00:36:04.140 --> 00:36:04.920
 every week

00:36:04.920 --> 00:36:05.780
 we are washed

00:36:05.780 --> 00:36:07.619
 by an anti-gospel message

00:36:07.619 --> 00:36:08.860
 every week

00:36:08.860 --> 00:36:09.340
 in our city

00:36:09.340 --> 00:36:09.960
 we are told

00:36:09.960 --> 00:36:10.900
 that God helps

00:36:10.900 --> 00:36:11.960
 those who help themselves

00:36:11.960 --> 00:36:13.800
 we live in a

00:36:13.800 --> 00:36:15.679
 extreme meritocracy

00:36:15.679 --> 00:36:16.380
 don't we

00:36:16.380 --> 00:36:17.639
 in Hong Kong

00:36:17.639 --> 00:36:18.740
 you get ahead

00:36:18.740 --> 00:36:20.059
 by working hard

00:36:20.059 --> 00:36:21.380
 and being richly rewarded

00:36:21.380 --> 00:36:23.860
 and if you do the right things

00:36:23.860 --> 00:36:25.079
 and you don't mess up

00:36:25.079 --> 00:36:26.619
 Hong Kong says

00:36:26.619 --> 00:36:27.900
 your life will be a success

00:36:27.900 --> 00:36:28.940
 friends

00:36:28.940 --> 00:36:29.619
 every week

00:36:29.619 --> 00:36:30.179
 we are told

00:36:30.179 --> 00:36:31.420
 an anti-gospel message

00:36:31.420 --> 00:36:32.320
 that our hope

00:36:32.320 --> 00:36:33.199
 for the world

00:36:33.199 --> 00:36:34.860
 is found in political solutions

00:36:34.860 --> 00:36:35.980
 economic solutions

00:36:35.980 --> 00:36:37.940
 or academic grades

00:36:37.940 --> 00:36:38.940
 friends

00:36:38.940 --> 00:36:40.740
 that is a false gospel

00:36:40.739 --> 00:36:41.919
 it is a false hope

00:36:41.919 --> 00:36:43.799
 and unless you and I

00:36:43.799 --> 00:36:44.659
 are washed

00:36:44.659 --> 00:36:46.539
 in the true gospel

00:36:46.539 --> 00:36:48.699
 the cultural waters

00:36:48.699 --> 00:36:49.739
 in which we swim

00:36:49.739 --> 00:36:51.099
 are going to change

00:36:51.099 --> 00:36:51.599
 our thinking

00:36:51.599 --> 00:36:52.359
 and change the way

00:36:52.359 --> 00:36:53.359
 we approach life

00:36:53.359 --> 00:36:55.079
 friends

00:36:55.079 --> 00:36:55.779
 we need to come

00:36:55.779 --> 00:36:56.759
 and find our hope

00:36:56.759 --> 00:36:57.679
 in Jesus again

00:36:57.679 --> 00:36:59.179
 friends

00:36:59.179 --> 00:36:59.739
 what happens

00:36:59.739 --> 00:37:00.639
 when things go wrong

00:37:00.639 --> 00:37:01.219
 in our life

00:37:01.219 --> 00:37:02.759
 the child is diagnosed

00:37:02.759 --> 00:37:03.779
 with some disease

00:37:03.779 --> 00:37:04.979
 you lose your job

00:37:04.979 --> 00:37:07.079
 a spouse is unfaithful

00:37:07.079 --> 00:37:07.519
 to you

00:37:07.519 --> 00:37:08.880
 what happens

00:37:08.880 --> 00:37:09.739
 when things go right

00:37:09.739 --> 00:37:10.259
 in your life

00:37:10.259 --> 00:37:11.639
 you make a billion dollars

00:37:11.639 --> 00:37:12.480
 and you've got more money

00:37:12.480 --> 00:37:13.639
 than you know what to deal with

00:37:13.639 --> 00:37:14.980
 what happens

00:37:14.980 --> 00:37:16.179
 when your picture is

00:37:16.179 --> 00:37:16.920
 on the front cover

00:37:16.920 --> 00:37:18.739
 of all the business magazines

00:37:18.739 --> 00:37:19.900
 the front page

00:37:19.900 --> 00:37:20.539
 of the newspaper

00:37:20.539 --> 00:37:21.960
 and you're heralded

00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:22.599
 at a success

00:37:22.599 --> 00:37:24.000
 what's going to stop you

00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:24.940
 getting proud and arrogant

00:37:24.940 --> 00:37:26.420
 what's going to stop you

00:37:26.420 --> 00:37:27.219
 thinking that you're

00:37:27.219 --> 00:37:28.039
 better than others

00:37:28.039 --> 00:37:28.880
 friends

00:37:28.880 --> 00:37:29.719
 we need to be washed

00:37:29.719 --> 00:37:30.360
 in the gospel

00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:31.559
 week in

00:37:31.559 --> 00:37:32.579
 and week out

00:37:32.579 --> 00:37:33.300
 and so the writer

00:37:33.300 --> 00:37:33.860
 of the Hebrews

00:37:33.860 --> 00:37:34.639
 after spending

00:37:34.639 --> 00:37:35.559
 ten chapters

00:37:35.559 --> 00:37:37.119
 describing the length

00:37:37.119 --> 00:37:37.779
 and the breadth

00:37:37.779 --> 00:37:38.480
 and the fullness

00:37:38.480 --> 00:37:39.179
 and the height

00:37:39.179 --> 00:37:39.759
 and the wonder

00:37:39.759 --> 00:37:40.460
 of the glory

00:37:40.460 --> 00:37:41.219
 of the gospel

00:37:41.219 --> 00:37:42.639
 Jesus' death

00:37:42.639 --> 00:37:43.159
 on his cross

00:37:43.159 --> 00:37:43.719
 and our hope

00:37:43.719 --> 00:37:44.460
 in life and death

00:37:44.460 --> 00:37:45.059
 says this

00:37:45.059 --> 00:37:45.860
 therefore

00:37:45.860 --> 00:37:47.539
 do not neglect

00:37:47.539 --> 00:37:48.599
 to meet together

00:37:48.599 --> 00:37:50.079
 but gather

00:37:50.079 --> 00:37:50.840
 and encourage

00:37:50.840 --> 00:37:51.460
 one another

00:37:51.460 --> 00:37:52.820
 and all the more

00:37:52.820 --> 00:37:53.380
 as you see

00:37:53.380 --> 00:37:54.139
 the day of Christ

00:37:54.139 --> 00:37:54.759
 approaching

00:37:54.759 --> 00:37:57.159
 three or four weeks

00:37:57.159 --> 00:37:58.539
 five weeks ago

00:37:58.539 --> 00:38:00.039
 you might remember

00:38:00.039 --> 00:38:00.699
 we preached

00:38:00.699 --> 00:38:01.619
 the book of Habakkuk

00:38:01.619 --> 00:38:02.579
 and we got to Habakkuk

00:38:02.579 --> 00:38:03.320
 chapter three

00:38:03.320 --> 00:38:04.940
 and the final verses

00:38:04.940 --> 00:38:06.159
 of Habakkuk chapter three

00:38:06.159 --> 00:38:07.720
 are this incredible prayer

00:38:07.720 --> 00:38:10.019
 where Habakkuk says

00:38:10.019 --> 00:38:12.619
 God even if the fig tree fails

00:38:12.619 --> 00:38:14.460
 if the vines produce

00:38:14.460 --> 00:38:15.360
 no harvest

00:38:15.360 --> 00:38:17.340
 if the storehouses

00:38:17.340 --> 00:38:17.980
 are empty

00:38:17.980 --> 00:38:20.700
 if the trees are bare

00:38:20.700 --> 00:38:22.720
 if the cattle are lost

00:38:22.720 --> 00:38:24.340
 and everything is going wrong

00:38:24.340 --> 00:38:24.780
 in other words

00:38:24.780 --> 00:38:25.920
 if everything in my life

00:38:25.920 --> 00:38:26.960
 is stripped from me

00:38:26.960 --> 00:38:29.039
 I will still rejoice in you

00:38:29.039 --> 00:38:29.940
 I will take joy

00:38:29.940 --> 00:38:31.099
 in the God of my salvation

00:38:31.099 --> 00:38:34.260
 and we looked at that passage together

00:38:34.260 --> 00:38:35.620
 and that Sunday night

00:38:35.620 --> 00:38:36.840
 after we looked at that

00:38:36.840 --> 00:38:38.200
 I was alone

00:38:38.200 --> 00:38:39.420
 and I thought to myself

00:38:39.420 --> 00:38:41.720
 I don't know if I could say that

00:38:41.720 --> 00:38:43.480
 I know that's a bad thing

00:38:43.480 --> 00:38:44.420
 for a preacher to say

00:38:44.420 --> 00:38:44.680
 but

00:38:44.680 --> 00:38:46.500
 I thought to myself

00:38:46.500 --> 00:38:47.380
 I

00:38:47.380 --> 00:38:48.480
 I mean

00:38:48.480 --> 00:38:49.860
 I want to be able to say that

00:38:49.860 --> 00:38:51.300
 but if everything

00:38:51.300 --> 00:38:52.540
 was stripped from my life

00:38:52.540 --> 00:38:53.780
 man

00:38:53.780 --> 00:38:54.600
 I get grumpy

00:38:54.600 --> 00:38:55.220
 just when like

00:38:55.220 --> 00:38:55.820
 a little bit

00:38:55.820 --> 00:38:56.660
 gets stripped from me

00:38:56.660 --> 00:38:57.560
 never mind everything

00:38:57.560 --> 00:38:59.940
 but I want to be that person

00:38:59.940 --> 00:39:01.660
 I want to be able to say

00:39:01.659 --> 00:39:02.960
 God I'll trust you

00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:03.739
 no matter what

00:39:03.739 --> 00:39:05.839
 things happen to my family

00:39:05.839 --> 00:39:06.480
 I'll trust you

00:39:06.480 --> 00:39:07.619
 I want to be able to say that

00:39:07.619 --> 00:39:08.480
 but I'm not there

00:39:08.480 --> 00:39:10.299
 and that Sunday night

00:39:10.299 --> 00:39:11.199
 I realized

00:39:11.199 --> 00:39:12.279
 you know what

00:39:12.279 --> 00:39:14.039
 I need you

00:39:14.039 --> 00:39:15.219
 and friends

00:39:15.219 --> 00:39:16.059
 you need me

00:39:16.059 --> 00:39:17.859
 because the way we

00:39:17.859 --> 00:39:18.679
 get the gospel

00:39:18.679 --> 00:39:19.759
 deeper into our hearts

00:39:19.759 --> 00:39:20.799
 isn't just by living

00:39:20.799 --> 00:39:21.759
 individualistic

00:39:21.759 --> 00:39:22.779
 isolated lives

00:39:22.779 --> 00:39:24.940
 we get into a gospel community

00:39:24.940 --> 00:39:26.119
 that can wash us

00:39:26.119 --> 00:39:27.460
 week in and week out

00:39:27.460 --> 00:39:28.500
 with the gospel

00:39:28.500 --> 00:39:29.899
 and so that song

00:39:29.899 --> 00:39:30.940
 when Satan tempts me

00:39:30.940 --> 00:39:31.519
 to despair

00:39:31.519 --> 00:39:32.579
 and tells me

00:39:32.579 --> 00:39:33.300
 of the guilt within

00:39:33.300 --> 00:39:34.940
 I need someone else

00:39:34.940 --> 00:39:36.059
 I need you

00:39:36.059 --> 00:39:37.179
 to lift my eyes

00:39:37.179 --> 00:39:37.940
 to see him

00:39:37.940 --> 00:39:39.019
 who's seated on the throne

00:39:39.019 --> 00:39:40.260
 who has dealt with

00:39:40.260 --> 00:39:40.860
 all my sin

00:39:40.860 --> 00:39:42.380
 I need to be

00:39:42.380 --> 00:39:43.099
 washed in the gospel

00:39:43.099 --> 00:39:44.059
 and so do you and I

00:39:44.059 --> 00:39:45.440
 so practically

00:39:45.440 --> 00:39:46.460
 how do we do that

00:39:46.460 --> 00:39:46.880
 well

00:39:46.880 --> 00:39:47.960
 I'm so glad you asked

00:39:47.960 --> 00:39:48.480
 that question

00:39:48.480 --> 00:39:50.480
 if you

00:39:50.480 --> 00:39:51.320
 I want you to grab

00:39:51.320 --> 00:39:52.039
 your bulletin

00:39:52.039 --> 00:39:53.460
 we are almost done

00:39:53.460 --> 00:39:54.900
 grab your bulletin

00:39:54.900 --> 00:39:55.700
 and you'll see

00:39:55.700 --> 00:39:56.820
 as you open it up

00:39:56.820 --> 00:39:58.679
 on the top left hand corner

00:39:58.679 --> 00:40:01.019
 we've got an order of service

00:40:01.019 --> 00:40:01.619
 we've called it

00:40:01.619 --> 00:40:02.699
 the flow of worship

00:40:02.699 --> 00:40:04.000
 and you'll see

00:40:04.000 --> 00:40:05.339
 there are three main parts

00:40:05.339 --> 00:40:06.659
 to our Sunday worship service

00:40:06.659 --> 00:40:07.419
 the first is

00:40:07.419 --> 00:40:08.399
 adoring God

00:40:08.399 --> 00:40:09.639
 it's where we fix

00:40:09.639 --> 00:40:10.659
 our eyes on God

00:40:10.659 --> 00:40:12.019
 the second part

00:40:12.019 --> 00:40:13.079
 is being renewed

00:40:13.079 --> 00:40:13.839
 by the gospel

00:40:13.839 --> 00:40:14.679
 and then thirdly

00:40:14.679 --> 00:40:16.299
 response and commitment

00:40:16.299 --> 00:40:17.440
 and so the way

00:40:17.440 --> 00:40:18.419
 we've actually ordered

00:40:18.419 --> 00:40:19.899
 our Sunday worship service

00:40:19.899 --> 00:40:20.799
 is that we follow

00:40:20.799 --> 00:40:21.899
 the gospel narrative

00:40:21.899 --> 00:40:23.579
 we don't just come to church

00:40:23.579 --> 00:40:24.759
 and do three nice songs

00:40:24.759 --> 00:40:25.679
 and interesting talk

00:40:25.679 --> 00:40:26.940
 and then go home

00:40:26.940 --> 00:40:28.340
 we actually follow

00:40:28.340 --> 00:40:29.200
 the gospel narrative

00:40:29.200 --> 00:40:30.159
 we start off by

00:40:30.159 --> 00:40:31.820
 fixing our eyes on God

00:40:31.820 --> 00:40:32.700
 adoring Him

00:40:32.700 --> 00:40:33.500
 and so

00:40:33.500 --> 00:40:35.420
 the song leaders

00:40:35.420 --> 00:40:37.059
 actually choose songs

00:40:37.059 --> 00:40:38.179
 that start off with us

00:40:38.179 --> 00:40:39.340
 fixing our eyes

00:40:39.340 --> 00:40:40.320
 on the majesty

00:40:40.320 --> 00:40:41.360
 and the glory of God

00:40:41.360 --> 00:40:42.579
 remember this morning

00:40:42.579 --> 00:40:43.059
 we sang

00:40:43.059 --> 00:40:44.920
 how great thou art

00:40:44.920 --> 00:40:46.559
 this is who you are

00:40:46.559 --> 00:40:48.059
 we sang of the wonder

00:40:48.059 --> 00:40:48.940
 of who God is

00:40:48.940 --> 00:40:49.840
 and then

00:40:49.840 --> 00:40:51.159
 having seen God

00:40:51.159 --> 00:40:52.220
 we move into a time

00:40:52.220 --> 00:40:52.639
 of being

00:40:52.639 --> 00:40:54.320
 washed in the gospel

00:40:54.320 --> 00:40:55.159
 of acknowledging

00:40:55.159 --> 00:40:55.940
 our sinfulness

00:40:55.940 --> 00:40:56.900
 and we do that

00:40:56.900 --> 00:40:57.679
 through prayer

00:40:57.679 --> 00:40:58.159
 we do that

00:40:58.159 --> 00:40:58.840
 through communion

00:40:58.840 --> 00:40:59.960
 of acknowledging

00:40:59.960 --> 00:41:01.119
 the fact that

00:41:01.119 --> 00:41:01.740
 we don't have it

00:41:01.740 --> 00:41:02.200
 all together

00:41:02.200 --> 00:41:03.280
 and then we are

00:41:03.280 --> 00:41:04.260
 washed in the hope

00:41:04.260 --> 00:41:04.860
 of the gospel

00:41:04.860 --> 00:41:06.119
 that despite that

00:41:06.119 --> 00:41:07.059
 God loves us

00:41:07.059 --> 00:41:07.639
 and we do that

00:41:07.639 --> 00:41:08.380
 through listening

00:41:08.380 --> 00:41:09.079
 to the sermon

00:41:09.079 --> 00:41:09.579
 and listening

00:41:09.579 --> 00:41:10.599
 to the scripture reading

00:41:10.599 --> 00:41:11.579
 and sometimes

00:41:11.579 --> 00:41:12.300
 taking communion

00:41:12.300 --> 00:41:13.220
 after the sermon

00:41:13.220 --> 00:41:14.880
 and then after that

00:41:14.880 --> 00:41:16.800
 we sing response songs

00:41:16.800 --> 00:41:18.000
 and then we say

00:41:18.000 --> 00:41:18.639
 a benediction

00:41:18.639 --> 00:41:19.880
 which sends us out

00:41:19.880 --> 00:41:20.780
 to go and live out

00:41:20.780 --> 00:41:21.320
 the gospel

00:41:21.320 --> 00:41:22.559
 into our city

00:41:22.559 --> 00:41:23.639
 in the week

00:41:23.639 --> 00:41:24.980
 maybe one way

00:41:24.980 --> 00:41:25.519
 of saying it

00:41:25.519 --> 00:41:26.319
 is that each week

00:41:26.319 --> 00:41:26.879
 we gather

00:41:26.879 --> 00:41:27.920
 in order to sing

00:41:27.920 --> 00:41:28.460
 the gospel

00:41:28.460 --> 00:41:29.659
 and preach the gospel

00:41:29.659 --> 00:41:30.960
 and hear the gospel

00:41:30.960 --> 00:41:32.119
 and pray the gospel

00:41:32.119 --> 00:41:33.480
 and see the gospel

00:41:33.480 --> 00:41:34.319
 acted out

00:41:34.319 --> 00:41:35.400
 in communion

00:41:35.400 --> 00:41:36.639
 and so

00:41:36.639 --> 00:41:38.659
 one practical thing

00:41:38.659 --> 00:41:39.500
 in that regard

00:41:39.500 --> 00:41:39.739
 is

00:41:39.739 --> 00:41:40.699
 what it means is

00:41:40.699 --> 00:41:41.199
 if

00:41:41.199 --> 00:41:42.900
 if you do happen

00:41:42.900 --> 00:41:44.239
 to come late

00:41:44.239 --> 00:41:45.019
 to church

00:41:45.019 --> 00:41:45.480
 I know

00:41:45.480 --> 00:41:46.500
 that doesn't happen

00:41:46.500 --> 00:41:46.940
 in this church

00:41:46.940 --> 00:41:47.319
 I'm just saying

00:41:47.319 --> 00:41:48.319
 the church down the road

00:41:48.320 --> 00:41:51.420
 it means that

00:41:51.420 --> 00:41:52.200
 if we happen

00:41:52.200 --> 00:41:52.960
 to walk in here

00:41:52.960 --> 00:41:53.700
 at 1045

00:41:53.700 --> 00:41:55.680
 and we come straight

00:41:55.680 --> 00:41:56.240
 into a time

00:41:56.240 --> 00:41:56.940
 of communion

00:41:56.940 --> 00:41:57.960
 and we're acknowledging

00:41:57.960 --> 00:41:58.600
 our sin

00:41:58.600 --> 00:42:00.340
 we haven't first seen

00:42:00.340 --> 00:42:01.200
 the wonder of God

00:42:01.200 --> 00:42:01.860
 in a few years

00:42:01.860 --> 00:42:02.780
 and so we walk

00:42:02.780 --> 00:42:03.820
 straight into the service

00:42:03.820 --> 00:42:05.039
 saying yes God

00:42:05.039 --> 00:42:05.640
 I'm a sinner

00:42:05.640 --> 00:42:07.120
 but it's hard

00:42:07.120 --> 00:42:08.039
 to confess sin

00:42:08.039 --> 00:42:09.140
 without first having

00:42:09.140 --> 00:42:10.039
 seen the majesty

00:42:10.039 --> 00:42:10.600
 of God

00:42:10.600 --> 00:42:11.420
 and so actually

00:42:11.420 --> 00:42:12.220
 the way we order

00:42:12.220 --> 00:42:12.860
 our service

00:42:12.860 --> 00:42:14.400
 is with intentionality

00:42:14.400 --> 00:42:15.660
 it takes a gospel flow

00:42:15.660 --> 00:42:17.260
 finally

00:42:17.260 --> 00:42:18.280
 last point is this

00:42:18.280 --> 00:42:18.980
 how do we come

00:42:18.980 --> 00:42:19.519
 to church

00:42:19.519 --> 00:42:20.640
 how do we actually

00:42:20.640 --> 00:42:21.260
 come to church

00:42:21.260 --> 00:42:22.000
 well I want to just

00:42:22.000 --> 00:42:22.720
 tell us two

00:42:22.720 --> 00:42:23.960
 brief things

00:42:23.960 --> 00:42:25.540
 first thing is this

00:42:25.540 --> 00:42:26.620
 come to church

00:42:26.620 --> 00:42:27.320
 with your heart

00:42:27.320 --> 00:42:27.920
 prepared

00:42:27.920 --> 00:42:30.000
 I know that in Hong Kong

00:42:30.000 --> 00:42:30.780
 culturally

00:42:30.780 --> 00:42:32.500
 Sundays is a little bit

00:42:32.500 --> 00:42:33.320
 of a lazy day

00:42:33.320 --> 00:42:33.600
 right

00:42:33.600 --> 00:42:34.460
 it's the one day

00:42:34.460 --> 00:42:34.840
 of the week

00:42:34.840 --> 00:42:35.560
 some people get

00:42:35.560 --> 00:42:36.340
 to sleep in

00:42:36.340 --> 00:42:38.160
 traditionally people

00:42:38.160 --> 00:42:39.000
 go for breakfast

00:42:39.000 --> 00:42:40.000
 with families

00:42:40.000 --> 00:42:40.920
 and Sunday mornings

00:42:40.920 --> 00:42:42.720
 and I understand this

00:42:42.720 --> 00:42:43.780
 and so it's really easy

00:42:43.780 --> 00:42:44.840
 for us just to kind of

00:42:44.840 --> 00:42:46.400
 roll into church

00:42:46.400 --> 00:42:46.860
 like we

00:42:46.860 --> 00:42:48.120
 half on holiday

00:42:48.119 --> 00:42:49.139
 but I want to

00:42:49.139 --> 00:42:49.639
 encourage us

00:42:49.639 --> 00:42:50.599
 not to do that

00:42:50.599 --> 00:42:51.659
 and the reason is

00:42:51.659 --> 00:42:52.519
 because we're coming

00:42:52.519 --> 00:42:53.299
 to encounter

00:42:53.299 --> 00:42:54.739
 the living God

00:42:54.739 --> 00:42:56.059
 and so the best way

00:42:56.059 --> 00:42:56.519
 to do that

00:42:56.519 --> 00:42:57.539
 is actually to prepare

00:42:57.539 --> 00:42:58.319
 our hearts

00:42:58.319 --> 00:42:59.719
 to meet with God

00:42:59.719 --> 00:43:00.639
 you know

00:43:00.639 --> 00:43:02.440
 imagine you

00:43:02.440 --> 00:43:03.440
 invited by some

00:43:03.440 --> 00:43:04.400
 world dignitary

00:43:04.400 --> 00:43:05.579
 the queen of England

00:43:05.579 --> 00:43:06.039
 or some

00:43:06.039 --> 00:43:07.980
 president of a country

00:43:07.980 --> 00:43:09.420
 to meet with them

00:43:09.420 --> 00:43:11.380
 if that was me

00:43:11.380 --> 00:43:11.759
 friends

00:43:11.759 --> 00:43:12.639
 we probably wouldn't

00:43:12.639 --> 00:43:13.519
 roll into

00:43:13.519 --> 00:43:14.480
 Buckingham Palace

00:43:14.480 --> 00:43:15.480
 you know

00:43:15.480 --> 00:43:16.219
 a little bit late

00:43:16.219 --> 00:43:17.319
 sleep in our eyes

00:43:17.320 --> 00:43:17.740
 yawning

00:43:17.740 --> 00:43:19.160
 yo queen

00:43:19.160 --> 00:43:20.280
 sorry

00:43:20.280 --> 00:43:21.120
 just excuse me

00:43:21.120 --> 00:43:21.860
 I'm just getting

00:43:21.860 --> 00:43:22.420
 ready

00:43:22.420 --> 00:43:24.080
 if that was me

00:43:24.080 --> 00:43:25.019
 I would get there

00:43:25.019 --> 00:43:25.400
 early

00:43:25.400 --> 00:43:26.680
 I'd be ready

00:43:26.680 --> 00:43:27.860
 I'd be prepared

00:43:27.860 --> 00:43:28.760
 I would be thinking

00:43:28.760 --> 00:43:29.380
 about what I'm going

00:43:29.380 --> 00:43:30.120
 to say

00:43:30.120 --> 00:43:31.300
 friends

00:43:31.300 --> 00:43:31.920
 every Sunday

00:43:31.920 --> 00:43:32.580
 we come to

00:43:32.580 --> 00:43:33.539
 encounter the king

00:43:33.539 --> 00:43:34.220
 of the universe

00:43:34.220 --> 00:43:35.220
 the glorious

00:43:35.220 --> 00:43:36.240
 majestic God

00:43:36.240 --> 00:43:37.680
 and the best way

00:43:37.680 --> 00:43:38.300
 to come is our

00:43:38.300 --> 00:43:39.160
 hearts prepared

00:43:39.160 --> 00:43:40.380
 and one of the best

00:43:40.380 --> 00:43:41.019
 ways to do that

00:43:41.019 --> 00:43:41.539
 is to actually

00:43:41.539 --> 00:43:42.539
 spend time on Sunday

00:43:42.539 --> 00:43:42.900
 morning

00:43:42.900 --> 00:43:43.860
 in the scriptures

00:43:43.860 --> 00:43:44.500
 and in prayer

00:43:44.500 --> 00:43:45.699
 when I was younger

00:43:45.699 --> 00:43:46.320
 I used to think

00:43:46.320 --> 00:43:47.460
 Sunday is the one day

00:43:47.460 --> 00:43:48.320
 I don't need to have

00:43:48.320 --> 00:43:48.940
 a devotional

00:43:48.940 --> 00:43:49.840
 got like an hour

00:43:49.840 --> 00:43:50.679
 devotional here

00:43:50.679 --> 00:43:51.019
 right

00:43:51.019 --> 00:43:52.380
 but actually

00:43:52.380 --> 00:43:53.639
 I know somebody

00:43:53.639 --> 00:43:54.619
 that every Sunday

00:43:54.619 --> 00:43:55.599
 wakes up

00:43:55.599 --> 00:43:56.179
 and just spends

00:43:56.179 --> 00:43:56.699
 a few minutes

00:43:56.699 --> 00:43:57.639
 praying through the

00:43:57.639 --> 00:43:58.019
 Psalms

00:43:58.019 --> 00:43:58.780
 just one or two

00:43:58.780 --> 00:43:59.239
 Psalms

00:43:59.239 --> 00:43:59.780
 it's not deep

00:43:59.780 --> 00:44:00.440
 Bible study

00:44:00.440 --> 00:44:01.380
 it's not in depth

00:44:01.380 --> 00:44:01.719
 study

00:44:01.719 --> 00:44:03.000
 but it's preparing

00:44:03.000 --> 00:44:03.519
 our hearts

00:44:03.519 --> 00:44:04.219
 that when we come

00:44:04.219 --> 00:44:04.699
 to church

00:44:04.699 --> 00:44:05.340
 we're ready to

00:44:05.340 --> 00:44:06.079
 encounter God

00:44:06.079 --> 00:44:07.260
 from the get go

00:44:07.260 --> 00:44:08.480
 come with an

00:44:08.480 --> 00:44:09.079
 expectation

00:44:09.079 --> 00:44:10.079
 here's another

00:44:10.079 --> 00:44:10.900
 practical thing

00:44:10.900 --> 00:44:11.579
 as you come

00:44:11.579 --> 00:44:12.400
 down the ramp

00:44:12.400 --> 00:44:13.300
 into Ebenezer

00:44:13.300 --> 00:44:14.400
 as you leave

00:44:14.400 --> 00:44:15.180
 Pocfulum Road

00:44:15.180 --> 00:44:15.579
 whether you're

00:44:15.579 --> 00:44:16.220
 walking down the

00:44:16.220 --> 00:44:16.720
 ramp or you're

00:44:16.720 --> 00:44:17.139
 driving

00:44:17.139 --> 00:44:18.480
 just pray a prayer

00:44:18.480 --> 00:44:19.440
 say God

00:44:19.440 --> 00:44:20.579
 I need you today

00:44:20.579 --> 00:44:21.639
 I'm coming to

00:44:21.639 --> 00:44:22.340
 meet with you

00:44:22.340 --> 00:44:23.300
 God come and

00:44:23.300 --> 00:44:23.940
 wash me in the

00:44:23.940 --> 00:44:24.660
 gospel today

00:44:24.660 --> 00:44:26.079
 I pray I need you

00:44:26.079 --> 00:44:27.240
 really practical

00:44:27.240 --> 00:44:27.480
 way

00:44:27.480 --> 00:44:28.460
 here's a second

00:44:28.460 --> 00:44:29.220
 practical thing

00:44:29.220 --> 00:44:29.820
 so first thing

00:44:29.820 --> 00:44:30.960
 is come to church

00:44:30.960 --> 00:44:31.500
 with your heart

00:44:31.500 --> 00:44:31.920
 prepared

00:44:31.920 --> 00:44:32.880
 secondly

00:44:32.880 --> 00:44:34.079
 come to Sunday

00:44:34.079 --> 00:44:34.519
 worship

00:44:34.519 --> 00:44:36.039
 ready to encourage

00:44:36.039 --> 00:44:36.700
 and serve

00:44:36.700 --> 00:44:38.079
 remember how our

00:44:38.079 --> 00:44:38.539
 passage

00:44:38.539 --> 00:44:39.519
 it says this

00:44:39.519 --> 00:44:40.200
 because of the

00:44:40.200 --> 00:44:40.880
 richness of the

00:44:40.880 --> 00:44:41.320
 gospel

00:44:41.320 --> 00:44:42.800
 let us consider

00:44:42.800 --> 00:44:43.900
 how to stir up

00:44:43.900 --> 00:44:44.440
 one another

00:44:44.440 --> 00:44:45.340
 to love and good

00:44:45.340 --> 00:44:45.619
 deeds

00:44:45.619 --> 00:44:46.800
 not neglecting

00:44:46.800 --> 00:44:47.500
 to meet together

00:44:47.500 --> 00:44:48.320
 but rather

00:44:48.320 --> 00:44:49.260
 encouraging one

00:44:49.260 --> 00:44:49.579
 another

00:44:49.579 --> 00:44:50.760
 one of the

00:44:50.760 --> 00:44:51.360
 greatest things

00:44:51.360 --> 00:44:51.940
 that you can do

00:44:51.940 --> 00:44:52.619
 for your fellow

00:44:52.619 --> 00:44:53.579
 brother and sister

00:44:53.579 --> 00:44:54.680
 is to come to

00:44:54.680 --> 00:44:55.119
 church

00:44:55.119 --> 00:44:56.860
 ready to bless

00:44:56.860 --> 00:44:57.740
 them and love

00:44:57.740 --> 00:44:58.519
 them and serve

00:44:58.519 --> 00:44:59.460
 them

00:44:59.460 --> 00:45:01.500
 Colin Marshall

00:45:01.500 --> 00:45:02.180
 is an Australian

00:45:02.180 --> 00:45:03.240
 writer and he

00:45:03.240 --> 00:45:04.039
 writes this

00:45:04.039 --> 00:45:04.579
 he says

00:45:04.579 --> 00:45:05.480
 church

00:45:05.480 --> 00:45:06.660
 is a gathering

00:45:06.660 --> 00:45:07.619
 of God's people

00:45:07.619 --> 00:45:08.820
 to hear his

00:45:08.820 --> 00:45:09.880
 word and respond

00:45:09.880 --> 00:45:10.519
 in faith and

00:45:10.519 --> 00:45:10.860
 obedience

00:45:10.880 --> 00:45:12.059
 in this

00:45:12.059 --> 00:45:12.460
 gathering

00:45:12.460 --> 00:45:13.119
 we are a

00:45:13.119 --> 00:45:13.480
 fellowship

00:45:13.480 --> 00:45:13.960
 with each

00:45:13.960 --> 00:45:14.200
 other

00:45:14.200 --> 00:45:14.619
 through the

00:45:14.619 --> 00:45:14.960
 blood of

00:45:14.960 --> 00:45:15.240
 Jesus

00:45:15.240 --> 00:45:16.260
 and because

00:45:16.260 --> 00:45:16.640
 of our

00:45:16.640 --> 00:45:17.000
 fellowship

00:45:17.000 --> 00:45:17.840
 we seek

00:45:17.840 --> 00:45:18.340
 to serve

00:45:18.340 --> 00:45:18.800
 each other

00:45:18.800 --> 00:45:19.720
 we use

00:45:19.720 --> 00:45:20.200
 our gifts

00:45:20.200 --> 00:45:20.539
 and our

00:45:20.539 --> 00:45:20.940
 abilities

00:45:20.940 --> 00:45:21.740
 to strengthen

00:45:21.740 --> 00:45:22.320
 one another

00:45:22.320 --> 00:45:22.960
 and to build

00:45:22.960 --> 00:45:23.440
 Christ's

00:45:23.440 --> 00:45:23.760
 church

00:45:23.760 --> 00:45:25.079
 all believers

00:45:25.079 --> 00:45:25.640
 are involved

00:45:25.640 --> 00:45:26.079
 in building

00:45:26.079 --> 00:45:26.500
 the church

00:45:26.500 --> 00:45:27.099
 not just

00:45:27.099 --> 00:45:27.619
 the leaders

00:45:27.619 --> 00:45:28.559
 the new

00:45:28.559 --> 00:45:28.900
 testament

00:45:28.900 --> 00:45:29.720
 consistently

00:45:29.720 --> 00:45:30.240
 teaches

00:45:30.240 --> 00:45:30.640
 that in

00:45:30.640 --> 00:45:31.160
 the growth

00:45:31.160 --> 00:45:31.660
 of the body

00:45:31.660 --> 00:45:32.200
 of Christ

00:45:32.200 --> 00:45:33.220
 each part

00:45:33.220 --> 00:45:33.680
 must do

00:45:33.680 --> 00:45:34.180
 its work

00:45:34.179 --> 00:45:34.960
 because

00:45:34.960 --> 00:45:35.460
 of this

00:45:35.460 --> 00:45:36.159
 we aren't

00:45:36.159 --> 00:45:36.460
 to see

00:45:36.460 --> 00:45:36.819
 ourselves

00:45:36.819 --> 00:45:37.339
 merely as

00:45:37.339 --> 00:45:37.839
 a part

00:45:37.839 --> 00:45:38.099
 of an

00:45:38.099 --> 00:45:38.719
 organization

00:45:38.719 --> 00:45:39.159
 called

00:45:39.159 --> 00:45:39.599
 Watermark

00:45:39.599 --> 00:45:40.079
 Community

00:45:40.079 --> 00:45:40.460
 Church

00:45:40.460 --> 00:45:41.259
 but as

00:45:41.259 --> 00:45:41.619
 servants

00:45:41.619 --> 00:45:42.139
 of God's

00:45:42.139 --> 00:45:42.500
 people

00:45:42.500 --> 00:45:43.460
 eager to

00:45:43.460 --> 00:45:43.799
 meet the

00:45:43.799 --> 00:45:44.059
 needs

00:45:44.059 --> 00:45:44.579
 of others

00:45:44.579 --> 00:45:45.559
 even if

00:45:45.559 --> 00:45:45.899
 it means

00:45:45.899 --> 00:45:46.659
 sacrificing

00:45:46.659 --> 00:45:47.699
 our own

00:45:47.699 --> 00:45:49.259
 in many

00:45:49.259 --> 00:45:49.460
 ways

00:45:49.460 --> 00:45:49.739
 because

00:45:49.739 --> 00:45:50.000
 we're

00:45:50.000 --> 00:45:50.259
 part of

00:45:50.259 --> 00:45:50.679
 a family

00:45:50.679 --> 00:45:51.019
 I know

00:45:51.019 --> 00:45:51.500
 that most

00:45:51.500 --> 00:45:51.839
 of us

00:45:51.839 --> 00:45:52.379
 and actually

00:45:52.379 --> 00:45:52.879
 Watermark

00:45:52.879 --> 00:45:53.339
 is probably

00:45:53.339 --> 00:45:53.739
 one of the

00:45:53.739 --> 00:45:54.439
 best churches

00:45:54.439 --> 00:45:55.039
 I've ever

00:45:55.039 --> 00:45:55.559
 encountered

00:45:55.559 --> 00:45:56.599
 in terms of

00:45:56.599 --> 00:45:57.219
 numbers of

00:45:57.219 --> 00:45:57.879
 people serving

00:45:57.879 --> 00:45:58.899
 it's incredible

00:45:58.899 --> 00:45:59.559
 I think almost

00:45:59.559 --> 00:46:00.279
 everyone is

00:46:00.279 --> 00:46:00.579
 serving

00:46:00.579 --> 00:46:01.759
 but sometimes

00:46:01.759 --> 00:46:02.319
 we can think

00:46:02.319 --> 00:46:02.919
 that serving

00:46:02.919 --> 00:46:03.679
 means just

00:46:03.679 --> 00:46:04.439
 joining the

00:46:04.439 --> 00:46:05.000
 sound team

00:46:05.000 --> 00:46:05.439
 or joining

00:46:05.439 --> 00:46:06.279
 kids ministry

00:46:06.279 --> 00:46:07.000
 or the

00:46:07.000 --> 00:46:07.719
 pack up team

00:46:07.719 --> 00:46:08.139
 and those

00:46:08.139 --> 00:46:08.839
 things are good

00:46:08.839 --> 00:46:09.859
 but I want to

00:46:09.859 --> 00:46:10.259
 encourage us

00:46:10.259 --> 00:46:10.779
 that serving

00:46:10.779 --> 00:46:11.299
 means more

00:46:11.299 --> 00:46:11.759
 than just being

00:46:11.759 --> 00:46:12.279
 part of a

00:46:12.279 --> 00:46:12.679
 roster

00:46:12.679 --> 00:46:13.500
 or a

00:46:13.500 --> 00:46:14.279
 volunteer team

00:46:14.279 --> 00:46:15.000
 it actually

00:46:15.000 --> 00:46:15.460
 just means

00:46:15.460 --> 00:46:16.139
 showing up

00:46:16.139 --> 00:46:17.000
 and so I

00:46:17.000 --> 00:46:17.159
 want to

00:46:17.159 --> 00:46:17.480
 encourage you

00:46:17.480 --> 00:46:18.340
 every Sunday

00:46:18.340 --> 00:46:18.860
 come to

00:46:18.860 --> 00:46:19.119
 church

00:46:19.119 --> 00:46:19.460
 with this

00:46:19.460 --> 00:46:19.840
 attitude

00:46:19.840 --> 00:46:21.079
 today I'm

00:46:21.079 --> 00:46:21.360
 going to

00:46:21.360 --> 00:46:21.760
 bless

00:46:21.760 --> 00:46:22.559
 and strengthen

00:46:22.559 --> 00:46:23.179
 and encourage

00:46:23.179 --> 00:46:23.500
 someone

00:46:23.500 --> 00:46:24.380
 today I'm

00:46:24.380 --> 00:46:24.579
 going to

00:46:24.579 --> 00:46:25.000
 pray for

00:46:25.000 --> 00:46:25.340
 someone

00:46:25.340 --> 00:46:26.139
 today I'm

00:46:26.139 --> 00:46:26.340
 going to

00:46:26.340 --> 00:46:26.840
 help point

00:46:26.840 --> 00:46:27.260
 someone's

00:46:27.260 --> 00:46:27.719
 eyes to

00:46:27.719 --> 00:46:28.079
 Jesus

00:46:28.079 --> 00:46:28.920
 and wash

00:46:28.920 --> 00:46:29.300
 someone

00:46:29.300 --> 00:46:29.960
 in the

00:46:29.960 --> 00:46:30.320
 gospel

00:46:30.320 --> 00:46:31.440
 and so all

00:46:31.440 --> 00:46:32.079
 that requires

00:46:32.079 --> 00:46:32.619
 that we come

00:46:32.619 --> 00:46:33.079
 to church

00:46:33.079 --> 00:46:33.480
 ready

00:46:33.480 --> 00:46:34.460
 prepared

00:46:34.460 --> 00:46:35.360
 early

00:46:35.360 --> 00:46:36.119
 ready to

00:46:36.119 --> 00:46:36.659
 meet God

00:46:36.659 --> 00:46:37.659
 and encourage

00:46:37.659 --> 00:46:38.139
 each other

00:46:38.139 --> 00:46:39.599
 as we come

00:46:39.599 --> 00:46:40.340
 to a close

00:46:40.340 --> 00:46:40.840
 let me

00:46:40.840 --> 00:46:41.380
 close with

00:46:41.380 --> 00:46:41.619
 this

00:46:41.619 --> 00:46:42.539
 the final

00:46:42.539 --> 00:46:42.920
 section

00:46:42.920 --> 00:46:43.260
 Hebrews

00:46:43.260 --> 00:46:43.920
 chapter 10

00:46:43.920 --> 00:46:44.380
 we're not

00:46:44.380 --> 00:46:44.619
 going to

00:46:44.619 --> 00:46:45.039
 look at it

00:46:45.039 --> 00:46:45.480
 too much

00:46:45.480 --> 00:46:46.000
 but the

00:46:46.000 --> 00:46:46.559
 author goes

00:46:46.559 --> 00:46:46.940
 on to

00:46:46.940 --> 00:46:47.220
 say

00:46:47.220 --> 00:46:48.280
 he says

00:46:48.280 --> 00:46:48.780
 believers

00:46:48.780 --> 00:46:50.200
 don't you

00:46:50.200 --> 00:46:50.980
 realize that

00:46:50.980 --> 00:46:52.220
 as followers

00:46:52.220 --> 00:46:52.700
 of Jesus

00:46:52.700 --> 00:46:53.340
 it's almost

00:46:53.340 --> 00:46:53.980
 definite that

00:46:53.980 --> 00:46:54.340
 you're going to

00:46:54.340 --> 00:46:55.220
 encounter suffering

00:46:55.220 --> 00:46:56.000
 and persecution

00:46:56.000 --> 00:46:57.200
 and he says

00:46:57.200 --> 00:46:58.079
 remember the time

00:46:58.079 --> 00:46:58.679
 when you first

00:46:58.679 --> 00:46:59.519
 trusted in Jesus

00:46:59.519 --> 00:47:00.079
 you had your

00:47:00.079 --> 00:47:00.880
 property taken

00:47:00.880 --> 00:47:01.500
 away from you

00:47:01.500 --> 00:47:02.079
 and you

00:47:02.079 --> 00:47:02.579
 joyfully

00:47:02.579 --> 00:47:03.380
 accepted it

00:47:03.380 --> 00:47:04.360
 because you

00:47:04.360 --> 00:47:05.159
 realized you

00:47:05.159 --> 00:47:05.820
 had a better

00:47:05.820 --> 00:47:06.360
 inheritance

00:47:06.360 --> 00:47:07.280
 one that can

00:47:07.280 --> 00:47:08.119
 never be taken

00:47:08.119 --> 00:47:08.659
 from you

00:47:08.659 --> 00:47:09.420
 inheritance

00:47:09.420 --> 00:47:10.420
 in Christ

00:47:10.420 --> 00:47:12.039
 friends in this

00:47:12.039 --> 00:47:12.720
 city and in

00:47:12.720 --> 00:47:13.400
 our lifetime

00:47:13.400 --> 00:47:14.240
 there are going

00:47:14.240 --> 00:47:14.880
 to be troubles

00:47:14.880 --> 00:47:15.420
 and there are

00:47:15.420 --> 00:47:15.680
 going to be

00:47:15.680 --> 00:47:16.260
 reasons to

00:47:16.260 --> 00:47:16.780
 lose hope

00:47:16.780 --> 00:47:17.640
 there's going

00:47:17.640 --> 00:47:17.820
 to be

00:47:17.820 --> 00:47:18.300
 challenges

00:47:18.300 --> 00:47:18.840
 there's going

00:47:18.840 --> 00:47:19.019
 to be

00:47:19.019 --> 00:47:19.460
 suffering

00:47:19.460 --> 00:47:20.180
 there may

00:47:20.180 --> 00:47:20.619
 even be

00:47:20.619 --> 00:47:21.280
 persecution

00:47:21.280 --> 00:47:22.660
 friends what

00:47:22.660 --> 00:47:23.119
 you and I

00:47:23.119 --> 00:47:23.800
 don't need

00:47:23.800 --> 00:47:24.519
 is a

00:47:24.519 --> 00:47:25.079
 motivational

00:47:25.079 --> 00:47:25.579
 talk

00:47:25.579 --> 00:47:26.320
 what we

00:47:26.320 --> 00:47:26.900
 don't need

00:47:26.900 --> 00:47:27.260
 is a

00:47:27.260 --> 00:47:27.720
 pep talk

00:47:27.720 --> 00:47:28.539
 an inspiration

00:47:28.539 --> 00:47:29.559
 telling us

00:47:29.559 --> 00:47:29.800
 to be

00:47:29.800 --> 00:47:30.559
 nicer people

00:47:30.559 --> 00:47:31.619
 friends when

00:47:31.619 --> 00:47:32.160
 the furnace

00:47:32.160 --> 00:47:32.619
 of life

00:47:32.619 --> 00:47:33.059
 comes when

00:47:33.059 --> 00:47:33.640
 the storms

00:47:33.640 --> 00:47:34.039
 of life

00:47:34.039 --> 00:47:34.480
 come or

00:47:34.480 --> 00:47:35.260
 when abundance

00:47:35.260 --> 00:47:36.059
 and prosperity

00:47:36.059 --> 00:47:37.200
 comes what

00:47:37.200 --> 00:47:37.640
 you and I

00:47:37.640 --> 00:47:38.300
 need to know

00:47:38.300 --> 00:47:39.099
 is that the

00:47:39.099 --> 00:47:40.140
 God of heaven

00:47:40.140 --> 00:47:41.079
 is in control

00:47:41.079 --> 00:47:41.700
 of all things

00:47:41.700 --> 00:47:42.140
 and he has

00:47:42.140 --> 00:47:42.559
 our lives

00:47:42.559 --> 00:47:43.160
 in our hands

00:47:43.159 --> 00:47:44.059
 and that he

00:47:44.059 --> 00:47:44.759
 loves us

00:47:44.759 --> 00:47:45.420
 and he's for

00:47:45.420 --> 00:47:45.899
 us because

00:47:45.899 --> 00:47:46.719
 Jesus died

00:47:46.719 --> 00:47:47.179
 on the cross

00:47:47.179 --> 00:47:47.619
 for us

00:47:47.619 --> 00:47:48.559
 friends we need

00:47:48.559 --> 00:47:49.159
 to be humbled

00:47:49.159 --> 00:47:50.019
 by his awesomeness

00:47:50.019 --> 00:47:50.739
 and built up

00:47:50.739 --> 00:47:51.199
 in his love

00:47:51.199 --> 00:47:52.119
 we need to be

00:47:52.119 --> 00:47:53.000
 washed again

00:47:53.000 --> 00:47:53.980
 and again

00:47:53.980 --> 00:47:54.920
 and again

00:47:54.920 --> 00:47:55.739
 in the good

00:47:55.739 --> 00:47:56.219
 news of the

00:47:56.219 --> 00:47:56.519
 gospel

00:47:56.519 --> 00:47:57.960
 and that's

00:47:57.960 --> 00:47:58.960
 why we gather

00:47:58.960 --> 00:48:00.239
 on Sundays

00:48:00.239 --> 00:48:01.559
 let's pray

00:48:01.559 --> 00:48:02.239
 together

00:48:02.239 --> 00:48:04.019
 I want to

00:48:04.019 --> 00:48:04.679
 invite the band

00:48:04.679 --> 00:48:05.279
 up and

00:48:05.280 --> 00:48:11.040
 let me pray

00:48:11.040 --> 00:48:11.360
 for us

00:48:11.360 --> 00:48:11.660
 and then

00:48:11.660 --> 00:48:12.160
 I'll invite

00:48:12.160 --> 00:48:12.620
 anyone that

00:48:12.620 --> 00:48:13.080
 particularly

00:48:13.080 --> 00:48:13.660
 wants prayer

00:48:13.660 --> 00:48:14.220
 to come

00:48:14.220 --> 00:48:14.620
 and join

00:48:14.620 --> 00:48:15.040
 us

00:48:15.040 --> 00:48:17.280
 heavenly

00:48:17.280 --> 00:48:17.660
 father

00:48:17.660 --> 00:48:19.600
 we confess

00:48:19.600 --> 00:48:19.960
 god

00:48:19.960 --> 00:48:20.320
 that

00:48:20.320 --> 00:48:22.940
 the gospel

00:48:22.940 --> 00:48:23.420
 leaks from

00:48:23.420 --> 00:48:23.980
 our hearts

00:48:23.980 --> 00:48:26.440
 father we

00:48:26.440 --> 00:48:27.019
 confess there

00:48:27.019 --> 00:48:27.540
 are moments

00:48:27.540 --> 00:48:28.040
 when we are

00:48:28.040 --> 00:48:28.680
 so in awe

00:48:28.680 --> 00:48:28.980
 of you

00:48:28.980 --> 00:48:29.260
 and so

00:48:29.260 --> 00:48:29.940
 astounded

00:48:29.940 --> 00:48:30.540
 by you

00:48:30.540 --> 00:48:31.620
 that we

00:48:31.620 --> 00:48:32.760
 say things

00:48:32.760 --> 00:48:33.180
 like god

00:48:33.180 --> 00:48:33.500
 I'll do

00:48:33.500 --> 00:48:33.860
 anything

00:48:33.860 --> 00:48:34.280
 for you

00:48:34.280 --> 00:48:34.620
 I'll go

00:48:34.620 --> 00:48:35.180
 anywhere you

00:48:35.180 --> 00:48:35.500
 want

00:48:35.500 --> 00:48:36.640
 god you

00:48:36.640 --> 00:48:37.039
 have my

00:48:37.039 --> 00:48:37.400
 life

00:48:37.400 --> 00:48:37.760
 and yet

00:48:37.760 --> 00:48:38.200
 just a

00:48:38.200 --> 00:48:38.559
 couple of

00:48:38.559 --> 00:48:39.039
 days and

00:48:39.039 --> 00:48:39.620
 weeks later

00:48:39.620 --> 00:48:40.780
 god we

00:48:40.780 --> 00:48:41.579
 find ourselves

00:48:41.579 --> 00:48:42.440
 so consumed

00:48:42.440 --> 00:48:43.340
 with ourself

00:48:43.340 --> 00:48:44.620
 and our own

00:48:44.620 --> 00:48:45.099
 agendas

00:48:45.099 --> 00:48:47.420
 father we

00:48:47.420 --> 00:48:48.039
 need you

00:48:48.039 --> 00:48:50.000
 we find

00:48:50.000 --> 00:48:50.340
 ourselves

00:48:50.340 --> 00:48:50.760
 from time

00:48:50.760 --> 00:48:51.099
 to time

00:48:51.099 --> 00:48:51.840
 overwhelmed

00:48:51.840 --> 00:48:52.460
 god

00:48:52.460 --> 00:48:53.640
 by the

00:48:53.640 --> 00:48:54.539
 hopelessness

00:48:54.539 --> 00:48:56.320
 that seems

00:48:56.320 --> 00:48:56.860
 to pervade

00:48:56.860 --> 00:48:57.320
 us

00:48:57.320 --> 00:48:59.460
 father lift

00:48:59.460 --> 00:48:59.860
 our eyes

00:48:59.860 --> 00:49:00.320
 again we

00:49:00.320 --> 00:49:00.660
 pray

00:49:00.660 --> 00:49:02.700
 god as we

00:49:02.700 --> 00:49:03.180
 come to

00:49:03.179 --> 00:49:04.359
 you as

00:49:04.359 --> 00:49:04.719
 we draw

00:49:04.719 --> 00:49:05.159
 near to

00:49:05.159 --> 00:49:05.299
 you as

00:49:05.299 --> 00:49:05.659
 we sing

00:49:05.659 --> 00:49:06.199
 these songs

00:49:06.199 --> 00:49:06.759
 of worship

00:49:06.759 --> 00:49:07.500
 and adoration

00:49:07.500 --> 00:49:09.159
 god open

00:49:09.159 --> 00:49:09.519
 the eyes

00:49:09.519 --> 00:49:09.759
 of our

00:49:09.759 --> 00:49:10.059
 hearts

00:49:10.059 --> 00:49:10.619
 to see

00:49:10.619 --> 00:49:10.919
 you

00:49:10.919 --> 00:49:12.179
 open our

00:49:12.179 --> 00:49:12.579
 eyes to

00:49:12.579 --> 00:49:13.059
 see where

00:49:13.059 --> 00:49:13.559
 our true

00:49:13.559 --> 00:49:14.500
 hope lies

00:49:14.500 --> 00:49:18.759
 christ come

00:49:18.759 --> 00:49:19.239
 and wash

00:49:19.239 --> 00:49:19.679
 us in your

00:49:19.679 --> 00:49:20.079
 love we

00:49:20.079 --> 00:49:20.440
 pray

00:49:20.440 --> 00:49:24.339
 come and

00:49:24.339 --> 00:49:24.859
 humble us

00:49:24.859 --> 00:49:25.159
 with your

00:49:25.159 --> 00:49:25.639
 majesty

00:49:25.639 --> 00:49:26.819
 and build

00:49:26.819 --> 00:49:27.319
 us up in

00:49:27.319 --> 00:49:27.659
 your love

00:49:27.659 --> 00:49:28.219
 we pray

00:49:28.219 --> 00:49:31.000
 christ come

00:49:31.000 --> 00:49:31.259
 and have

00:49:31.259 --> 00:49:31.739
 your way

00:49:31.739 --> 00:49:33.799
 amen

00:49:34.260 --> 00:49:38.620
 doing

00:49:38.620 --> 00:49:38.880
 you

00:49:38.880 --> 00:49:39.200
 you

00:49:39.200 --> 00:49:39.440
 you

00:49:39.440 --> 00:49:43.180
 you

00:49:43.180 --> 00:49:44.480
 you

00:49:44.480 --> 00:49:50.820
 you