WEBVTT 00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:13.679 And if y'all would open up your Bibles to Hebrews chapter 2, verses 5 through 18, it's on page 1188 of your Pew Bible. 00:00:15.500 --> 00:00:27.160 If you're new to Christ the King Church, we typically preach expositional sermons, which means we are preaching through books at a time, and we've just started preaching through the book of Hebrews. 00:00:27.160 --> 00:00:28.899 Hear God's Word. 00:00:31.199 --> 00:00:32.619 Verse 5, chapter 2, 00:00:32.719 --> 00:00:38.380 For it was not to angels that God subjected the world to come, of which we are speaking. 00:00:38.920 --> 00:00:40.579 It has been testified somewhere, 00:00:41.299 --> 00:00:45.200 What is man that you are mindful of him, or the son of man that you care for him? 00:00:45.780 --> 00:00:48.420 You made him for a little while lower than the angels. 00:00:48.600 --> 00:00:52.939 You have crowned him with glory and honor, putting everything in subjection under his feet. 00:00:52.939 --> 00:01:00.899 Now, in putting everything in subjection to him, he left nothing outside his control. 00:01:01.899 --> 00:01:14.140 At present, we do not yet see everything in subjection to him, but we see him, who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, 00:01:14.140 --> 00:01:19.060 so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone. 00:01:19.060 --> 00:01:28.939 For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering. 00:01:28.939 --> 00:01:36.159 For he who sanctifies, and those who are being sanctified, those who are sanctified, all have one source. 00:01:36.739 --> 00:01:40.579 That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers, saying, 00:01:41.539 --> 00:01:43.560 I will tell of your name to my brothers. 00:01:44.500 --> 00:01:47.180 In the midst of the congregation, I will sing your praise. 00:01:47.299 --> 00:01:49.439 And again, I will put my trust in him. 00:01:49.560 --> 00:01:52.979 And again, behold, I and the children God has given me. 00:01:52.980 --> 00:01:59.520 Since, therefore, the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, 00:01:59.840 --> 00:02:04.659 that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is the devil, 00:02:05.620 --> 00:02:10.860 and deliver all those who, through fear of death, were subject to lifelong slavery. 00:02:11.259 --> 00:02:17.340 For surely it is not angels that he helps, but he helps the offspring of Abraham. 00:02:17.340 --> 00:02:26.080 Therefore, he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, 00:02:26.640 --> 00:02:29.080 to make propitiation for the sins of the people. 00:02:29.900 --> 00:02:36.259 For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted. 00:02:37.539 --> 00:02:37.879 Amen. 00:02:40.520 --> 00:02:41.840 Has anybody been to London? 00:02:43.180 --> 00:02:44.439 I see those hands. 00:02:44.560 --> 00:02:45.060 I have not. 00:02:45.060 --> 00:02:45.980 I want to be there. 00:02:45.979 --> 00:02:49.699 There is a lot of people in the tube, the subway system of London. 00:02:50.619 --> 00:02:54.679 There is tiled into the platform on the subway stations three words. 00:02:56.379 --> 00:02:57.039 Mind the gap. 00:02:59.599 --> 00:03:07.019 There's this gap between the platform station and the train that comes in. 00:03:08.120 --> 00:03:12.319 And it says mind the gap because you don't want to fall into the gap. 00:03:12.319 --> 00:03:16.019 You want to step onto the train. 00:03:17.219 --> 00:03:19.400 And so you have mind the gap. 00:03:19.639 --> 00:03:20.699 So say the Brits. 00:03:21.280 --> 00:03:23.719 I think Americans would say don't fall in. 00:03:23.719 --> 00:03:32.379 When it comes to the book of Hebrews, mind the gap means don't fall away. 00:03:34.180 --> 00:03:38.400 The book of Hebrews is one long exhortation to hold fast to Jesus. 00:03:38.400 --> 00:03:43.099 And we've got a gap to mind. 00:03:43.099 --> 00:03:49.299 It's not the gap in London subway stations. 00:03:49.300 --> 00:03:53.320 A little distance between a platform and a train. 00:03:54.200 --> 00:03:59.860 It's the gap of time between Christ's first coming and his second coming. 00:04:00.660 --> 00:04:04.000 His first coming, Jesus lived a sinless, perfect life. 00:04:04.260 --> 00:04:05.380 He died on the cross for our sins. 00:04:05.480 --> 00:04:07.000 He was raised from the dead, ascended on high. 00:04:07.280 --> 00:04:11.580 And now he is exalted at the right hand of God, seated on his throne, carrying out his purposes. 00:04:11.580 --> 00:04:13.560 That is his first coming. 00:04:13.960 --> 00:04:18.720 And his second coming is when he returns to make all things right as the judge of all. 00:04:21.000 --> 00:04:24.980 So we're living in between his first coming and his second coming. 00:04:25.180 --> 00:04:26.040 We're in a gap. 00:04:26.660 --> 00:04:28.560 We're living in the already but not yet. 00:04:28.560 --> 00:04:38.459 And when you're living in the gap, you can lose sight of things. 00:04:41.439 --> 00:04:50.379 Up until this point in the book of Hebrews, the author of Hebrews has been emphasizing that Jesus is totally God. 00:04:50.819 --> 00:04:52.139 His divine nature. 00:04:52.720 --> 00:04:54.639 He is the radiance of the glory of God. 00:04:54.720 --> 00:04:56.699 He is the exact imprint of his nature. 00:04:56.699 --> 00:05:03.180 And not only is he emphasizing the deity of Jesus, the Son, but he also aims us. 00:05:03.240 --> 00:05:04.620 He shows us where he is right now. 00:05:04.719 --> 00:05:11.240 He is, in verse chapter 1, verse 3, he sat down at the right hand of the majesty on high. 00:05:12.180 --> 00:05:17.139 In verse 8, but of the Son, he says, your throne, O God, is forever and ever in heaven. 00:05:17.539 --> 00:05:22.740 Verse 13, surely at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet. 00:05:22.740 --> 00:05:29.920 Not only is he God, he is exalted, reigning on high. 00:05:29.920 --> 00:05:33.300 But here we are. 00:05:34.879 --> 00:05:38.680 In between his first coming and his second coming. 00:05:38.680 --> 00:05:42.639 And even though he's on high and we know that. 00:05:46.639 --> 00:05:49.280 It doesn't feel like it sometimes, does it? 00:05:51.600 --> 00:06:00.800 When you're looking at this world and you're like, that's not subjected to his reign right now. 00:06:01.160 --> 00:06:03.360 That's not subjected to his reign right now. 00:06:03.600 --> 00:06:05.600 This world can be such an utter mess. 00:06:05.600 --> 00:06:08.920 And so here we are, living in the gap. 00:06:09.760 --> 00:06:13.560 We know he's on high, but things don't look like it. 00:06:15.080 --> 00:06:18.060 And that can give rise to some discouragement. 00:06:19.920 --> 00:06:22.939 Even start to subtly question, like, is this true? 00:06:24.420 --> 00:06:25.860 Is this worth it? 00:06:28.860 --> 00:06:30.439 Do we press on? 00:06:32.060 --> 00:06:33.500 How do we mind the gap? 00:06:33.500 --> 00:06:41.579 And this morning, in Hebrews 2, 5 through 18, we're given three ways to mind the gap. 00:06:42.500 --> 00:06:46.560 So that we don't drift, but draw near. 00:06:47.959 --> 00:06:49.540 We draw near to Jesus. 00:06:49.779 --> 00:06:52.519 We, first, we remember his cross and crown. 00:06:53.220 --> 00:06:57.279 Second, we remember that his suffering has made us his siblings. 00:06:57.279 --> 00:07:03.859 And third, we remember he helps us as our high priest. 00:07:05.059 --> 00:07:10.479 And when we mind these things, when we remember these things, we're minding the gap. 00:07:11.399 --> 00:07:17.899 And it protects us from drift and helps us to draw near to the one who tasted death for us. 00:07:17.899 --> 00:07:24.439 So let's look at these three ways we are to mind the gap. 00:07:24.899 --> 00:07:26.219 We're all living in the gap. 00:07:26.220 --> 00:07:30.800 In between his first coming and second coming. 00:07:30.980 --> 00:07:34.240 So we remember his cross and his crown. 00:07:34.240 --> 00:07:42.480 Up until this point, as I've mentioned, the emphasis has been on the divine nature of Jesus. 00:07:42.660 --> 00:07:44.620 That he's fully, fully God. 00:07:45.460 --> 00:07:48.960 And as totally God, he's enthroned on high right now. 00:07:49.120 --> 00:07:51.560 Exalted, surrounded by myriads of angels. 00:07:52.220 --> 00:07:55.840 Our brothers and sisters in the faith are with him in his presence. 00:07:55.839 --> 00:08:05.099 And the writer of Hebrews has been making the point that Jesus is God and exalted by comparing him to angels. 00:08:06.339 --> 00:08:08.979 And to showing us that he's superior to angels. 00:08:09.539 --> 00:08:14.519 And these extended quotations from the Old Testament, chapter 1. 00:08:14.599 --> 00:08:16.339 We're going to see more here in chapter 2. 00:08:16.719 --> 00:08:18.799 They're to show us that Jesus is greater. 00:08:18.800 --> 00:08:32.039 But in this chapter, the author not only helps us to see the divine nature of Jesus and his exaltation. 00:08:32.860 --> 00:08:35.659 He shows us the humanity of the Son. 00:08:37.080 --> 00:08:38.580 That he was fully man. 00:08:39.720 --> 00:08:42.200 And that he was humiliated. 00:08:42.299 --> 00:08:43.240 His humiliation. 00:08:43.519 --> 00:08:44.460 He suffered. 00:08:44.680 --> 00:08:45.980 He endured the cross. 00:08:45.980 --> 00:08:49.100 He died as a man. 00:08:50.420 --> 00:08:54.759 Who experienced everything that we experienced for 33 years, yet without sin. 00:08:58.580 --> 00:09:04.899 In verses 5 through 9, what we have is a quoting of Psalm 8. 00:09:06.279 --> 00:09:11.019 And then in verses, at the second half of 8 and into 9, 00:09:11.019 --> 00:09:17.360 you have the writer of Hebrews showing how Jesus has fulfilled Psalm 8. 00:09:20.259 --> 00:09:26.100 And what we're going to see is his cross and his crown. 00:09:26.100 --> 00:09:36.480 Psalm 8 is a psalm about God giving dominion to mankind in order for mankind to represent God on earth. 00:09:37.080 --> 00:09:39.519 To be fruitful and multiply. 00:09:40.100 --> 00:09:42.139 To be his vice regents. 00:09:42.300 --> 00:09:43.399 But we blew it. 00:09:46.700 --> 00:09:51.100 Instead of making it about God, we make it about ourselves. 00:09:51.100 --> 00:09:57.720 And so in steps Jesus as the perfect man. 00:09:58.360 --> 00:10:02.620 The ultimate representative of humanity. 00:10:02.620 --> 00:10:04.600 Because he's totally God and totally man. 00:10:04.600 --> 00:10:15.480 And so what we see in verse 7 from Psalm 8, we read this. 00:10:16.519 --> 00:10:21.500 You, God, made him for a little while lower than the angels. 00:10:22.040 --> 00:10:22.420 Psalm 8. 00:10:23.519 --> 00:10:25.019 Would you now look at verse 9? 00:10:26.300 --> 00:10:31.220 But we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus. 00:10:31.500 --> 00:10:32.300 Do you see what's going on there? 00:10:32.299 --> 00:10:35.899 Psalm 8 fulfilled in Jesus. 00:10:37.319 --> 00:10:39.479 How did Jesus fulfill that? 00:10:40.019 --> 00:10:43.019 How was he for a little while made lower than the angels? 00:10:43.639 --> 00:10:46.240 Jesus walked the earth for 33 years. 00:10:46.639 --> 00:10:49.579 The son of God took on human flesh. 00:10:49.959 --> 00:10:50.679 Merry Christmas. 00:10:51.059 --> 00:10:51.740 Happy incarnation. 00:10:52.419 --> 00:10:55.199 And he walked this planet for 33 years. 00:10:55.279 --> 00:10:56.059 Just a little while. 00:10:57.120 --> 00:10:58.799 Made lower than the angels. 00:10:58.799 --> 00:11:04.579 We're getting at the humanity of Jesus. 00:11:04.579 --> 00:11:10.620 His humiliation in the Philippians 2, 3 through 11 cents. 00:11:11.379 --> 00:11:12.259 He became a servant. 00:11:13.399 --> 00:11:14.659 He took on flesh. 00:11:17.139 --> 00:11:18.319 And he died. 00:11:20.579 --> 00:11:22.179 He suffered death. 00:11:22.179 --> 00:11:25.799 Because he was a human being. 00:11:27.319 --> 00:11:30.659 And his death isn't like our deaths. 00:11:30.979 --> 00:11:33.459 His death accomplished something. 00:11:34.299 --> 00:11:36.239 He tasted death for us. 00:11:39.239 --> 00:11:42.239 For everyone who's living in the gap who would believe. 00:11:42.240 --> 00:11:47.500 The death is a way of talking about the cross. 00:11:48.700 --> 00:11:51.120 Jesus endured the cross. 00:11:51.580 --> 00:11:52.220 Totally God. 00:11:52.560 --> 00:11:53.180 Totally man. 00:11:53.500 --> 00:11:58.779 Tasting death for us as fulfillment of Psalm 8 as our representative. 00:11:58.779 --> 00:12:08.559 The second half of verse 7 says, 00:12:08.699 --> 00:12:10.240 You have crowned him with glory and honor. 00:12:12.179 --> 00:12:14.379 And if you look at the rest of verse 9, it says, 00:12:14.759 --> 00:12:19.379 Namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death. 00:12:19.500 --> 00:12:22.740 So that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone. 00:12:22.740 --> 00:12:28.560 So not only was Jesus humiliated, became a man, suffered death, cross. 00:12:29.440 --> 00:12:34.220 He also, following the cross, was exalted. 00:12:35.799 --> 00:12:37.220 Raised to the right hand. 00:12:38.480 --> 00:12:44.460 Crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death for us. 00:12:44.460 --> 00:12:53.759 He had to experience his cross in order for him to be crowned king on high. 00:12:59.220 --> 00:13:00.540 It's his exaltation. 00:13:01.580 --> 00:13:07.139 So in this passage, in Psalm 8, we're seeing both his cross, humiliation, and his crown. 00:13:07.280 --> 00:13:08.540 His exaltation. 00:13:08.660 --> 00:13:10.780 He is totally God and totally man. 00:13:10.840 --> 00:13:11.540 It's necessary. 00:13:11.540 --> 00:13:13.060 He tasted death for us. 00:13:13.059 --> 00:13:14.979 And then comes the gap. 00:13:18.059 --> 00:13:19.719 Verse 8, we're Psalm 8. 00:13:20.119 --> 00:13:22.339 Putting everything in subjection under his feet. 00:13:22.799 --> 00:13:25.459 We now go into the explanation. 00:13:26.659 --> 00:13:27.359 The writer says, 00:13:27.539 --> 00:13:29.539 Now in putting everything in subjection to him, 00:13:29.799 --> 00:13:33.459 and I believe the him is Jesus in this passage, in this verse. 00:13:33.979 --> 00:13:37.639 He, God, the Father, left nothing outside his, the Son's, control. 00:13:38.699 --> 00:13:41.899 And at present, we do not yet see everything in subjection to him. 00:13:41.899 --> 00:13:42.759 We're living in the gap. 00:13:44.059 --> 00:13:51.279 We're living in between his death, resurrection, ascension, and exalted crowning, and his return. 00:13:51.500 --> 00:13:55.179 It doesn't look like everything is subjection to him because it's not. 00:13:55.339 --> 00:13:56.519 But he is on high. 00:13:56.519 --> 00:14:01.059 So what do you do? 00:14:01.059 --> 00:14:10.299 When you're looking at this world and you just want to despair? 00:14:10.299 --> 00:14:16.740 Look at the end of verse 8. 00:14:16.899 --> 00:14:19.759 We do not yet see everything in subjection to him. 00:14:20.399 --> 00:14:25.059 When we see everything not in subjection to him, what do we do? 00:14:25.819 --> 00:14:26.859 Look at verse 9. 00:14:27.919 --> 00:14:29.079 We see him. 00:14:29.080 --> 00:14:33.300 We set our eyes on Jesus. 00:14:33.300 --> 00:14:40.060 We set our eyes on the cross and the crown of our king. 00:14:40.059 --> 00:14:48.619 And we realize that, hey, even though it may not feel like things are subjected to him, yet he is raining on high. 00:14:48.819 --> 00:14:53.799 And we are one day closer to when all things will be subjected to him. 00:14:53.799 --> 00:15:00.519 When his inaugurated reign culminates in fullness of peace on a new heavens and a new earth. 00:15:00.519 --> 00:15:05.059 So when we're living in the gap, you know how you mind the gap? 00:15:06.240 --> 00:15:07.919 You remember his cross and his crown. 00:15:09.799 --> 00:15:15.360 You see things for the way they are, but you remember he's exalted on high. 00:15:17.179 --> 00:15:22.179 Cross, suffer death, crown, exalted on high. 00:15:23.419 --> 00:15:25.379 Enthroned on high. 00:15:25.379 --> 00:15:31.779 Which brings us to the second way we mind the gap. 00:15:34.299 --> 00:15:42.700 We remember his suffering made us his siblings. 00:15:45.299 --> 00:15:47.620 This is an extraordinary passage. 00:15:47.620 --> 00:15:56.220 When you woke up this morning, were you thinking about what Jesus is speaking over you? 00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:05.200 You may not know it if you're watching CNN or Fox on a regular basis. 00:16:06.560 --> 00:16:08.919 But Jesus is at work right now in the gap. 00:16:10.899 --> 00:16:11.960 He's on his throne. 00:16:12.080 --> 00:16:15.080 He's carrying out his father's purposes and will. 00:16:15.080 --> 00:16:20.920 And when you are living in the gap and you're discouraged by what you see, 00:16:21.100 --> 00:16:26.960 you need to remember he suffered to make you his brother and his sister. 00:16:28.680 --> 00:16:30.160 In verse 10 we read this. 00:16:30.820 --> 00:16:32.460 This is verses 10 through 13. 00:16:33.460 --> 00:16:37.540 For it was fitting that he, God the Father, for whom and by whom all things exist, 00:16:37.639 --> 00:16:42.220 in bringing many sons to glory, bringing many sinners into salvation, 00:16:42.220 --> 00:16:47.060 should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering. 00:16:47.160 --> 00:16:54.080 It was God's Father's will that God the Son would suffer to make us sons and daughters. 00:16:58.080 --> 00:16:59.000 It's extraordinary. 00:17:01.180 --> 00:17:03.200 Now you might be reading that and you're like, 00:17:03.279 --> 00:17:04.480 hold on a second, Pastor Mike. 00:17:04.480 --> 00:17:11.339 Should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering. 00:17:11.440 --> 00:17:12.180 Time out. 00:17:13.799 --> 00:17:14.880 Time out. 00:17:15.059 --> 00:17:16.900 I thought Jesus was perfect. 00:17:18.120 --> 00:17:24.339 I thought that Jesus was morally perfect in character and conduct 24-7, 00:17:24.680 --> 00:17:28.339 365 days a year for his 33 years. 00:17:28.579 --> 00:17:32.019 That little while he lived lower than the angels. 00:17:32.019 --> 00:17:33.460 I thought he was perfect. 00:17:33.879 --> 00:17:37.460 I thought he satisfied God's commands fully in the life he lived. 00:17:37.539 --> 00:17:38.139 And he did. 00:17:39.980 --> 00:17:40.740 He did. 00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:45.920 Every thought, every word, every feeling, every act, 00:17:46.240 --> 00:17:48.759 fully pleasing to God all the time. 00:17:48.940 --> 00:17:49.839 He was on the planet. 00:17:50.160 --> 00:17:50.819 Still is now. 00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:54.180 So what is being talked about here? 00:17:54.400 --> 00:17:56.539 If it's not his character, what are we talking about? 00:17:59.099 --> 00:18:00.759 We're talking about his mission. 00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:06.779 We're talking about his founding of salvation. 00:18:07.420 --> 00:18:09.980 His accomplishing of our salvation. 00:18:10.220 --> 00:18:12.319 In order for him to accomplish our salvation, 00:18:12.879 --> 00:18:14.700 as the founder of our salvation, 00:18:15.019 --> 00:18:16.680 he needed to suffer. 00:18:17.519 --> 00:18:18.960 In order for him to suffer, 00:18:19.200 --> 00:18:20.980 he needed to be fully human. 00:18:23.339 --> 00:18:25.859 He had to die. 00:18:25.859 --> 00:18:28.740 He had to suffer death. 00:18:28.740 --> 00:18:33.779 He had to taste death for everyone who would believe in him. 00:18:35.639 --> 00:18:39.419 It was only through the suffering of the Son 00:18:39.419 --> 00:18:42.599 that God would bring many sons to glory. 00:18:43.199 --> 00:18:44.759 He would bring many sons. 00:18:45.119 --> 00:18:46.979 He would gather many sinners 00:18:46.979 --> 00:18:50.679 and adopt them into the family of faith. 00:18:50.680 --> 00:18:52.880 Jesus had to suffer. 00:18:54.880 --> 00:18:56.900 That's why in verse 11 we read, 00:18:56.900 --> 00:19:01.900 for he who sanctifies, 00:19:02.560 --> 00:19:02.860 Jesus, 00:19:03.420 --> 00:19:05.060 and those who are sanctified, 00:19:05.780 --> 00:19:06.180 us, 00:19:06.580 --> 00:19:08.080 all have one source, 00:19:09.259 --> 00:19:10.140 God the Father. 00:19:11.460 --> 00:19:12.540 It's his will. 00:19:13.560 --> 00:19:16.800 We all share one heavenly Father. 00:19:17.280 --> 00:19:18.820 We are one family. 00:19:19.319 --> 00:19:22.639 Jesus suffered to make us his siblings. 00:19:24.839 --> 00:19:26.299 And so when Jesus says this, 00:19:26.960 --> 00:19:27.539 verse 11, 00:19:28.939 --> 00:19:32.059 that's why he's not ashamed to call them brothers. 00:19:32.960 --> 00:19:35.279 The author of Hebrews is talking about Jesus 00:19:35.279 --> 00:19:38.119 and the way he thinks about you and me. 00:19:38.519 --> 00:19:42.220 He's not ashamed to call you brother and sister. 00:19:42.960 --> 00:19:43.859 It's amazing. 00:19:46.039 --> 00:19:47.319 It's an understatement. 00:19:48.200 --> 00:19:48.720 Intentionally. 00:19:48.819 --> 00:19:54.519 He delights in calling you brother and sister 00:19:54.519 --> 00:19:57.220 because of what he's done for you 00:19:57.220 --> 00:19:59.859 to make you his brother and sister. 00:20:01.099 --> 00:20:03.220 For the joy set before him, 00:20:03.319 --> 00:20:04.879 he endured the cross 00:20:04.879 --> 00:20:08.139 and that joy being gathering 00:20:08.139 --> 00:20:11.059 and bringing in the sons of glory 00:20:11.059 --> 00:20:13.579 in restoration and reconciliation 00:20:13.579 --> 00:20:14.639 to the Father, 00:20:15.139 --> 00:20:15.799 our salvation. 00:20:15.799 --> 00:20:22.879 He delights in what his death has accomplished. 00:20:24.779 --> 00:20:26.139 I don't know what you were thinking 00:20:26.139 --> 00:20:27.119 when he woke up this morning. 00:20:28.119 --> 00:20:29.359 I don't know what you were thinking. 00:20:30.579 --> 00:20:32.359 What happens if you wake up tomorrow morning 00:20:32.359 --> 00:20:37.259 and the first thought that comes to your mind 00:20:37.259 --> 00:20:43.259 is that the son who suffered cross 00:20:43.259 --> 00:20:45.339 and was exalted crown, 00:20:46.500 --> 00:20:47.699 he's not ashamed of you. 00:20:47.700 --> 00:20:52.240 He delights in you. 00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:56.180 In order to make that point, 00:20:56.819 --> 00:20:58.680 the writer of Hebrews then quotes 00:20:58.680 --> 00:21:00.620 two Old Testament passages. 00:21:01.340 --> 00:21:03.660 And what's extraordinary about these two 00:21:03.660 --> 00:21:04.880 Old Testament passages 00:21:04.880 --> 00:21:07.240 is that the writer of Hebrews, 00:21:07.400 --> 00:21:09.220 he puts them in the mouth of Jesus. 00:21:09.220 --> 00:21:11.620 speaking of you and me. 00:21:13.980 --> 00:21:15.180 Look at verse 11 again. 00:21:15.559 --> 00:21:16.740 That is why he's not ashamed 00:21:16.740 --> 00:21:17.700 to call them brothers, 00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:18.880 saying, 00:21:20.079 --> 00:21:21.960 so the author of Hebrews is saying, 00:21:22.299 --> 00:21:24.019 it's like what he's about to say 00:21:24.019 --> 00:21:26.539 is Jesus speaking of you and me. 00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:30.420 And the first thing he says 00:21:30.420 --> 00:21:33.200 is a quote from Psalm 22, 22. 00:21:33.360 --> 00:21:34.680 And you know Psalm 22 00:21:34.680 --> 00:21:36.700 because when Jesus was on the cross 00:21:36.700 --> 00:21:37.900 and when he cried out, 00:21:38.519 --> 00:21:39.160 my God, my God, 00:21:39.200 --> 00:21:40.960 why have you forsaken me? 00:21:41.060 --> 00:21:42.759 That's Psalm 22, 1. 00:21:44.019 --> 00:21:46.460 And Psalm 22, 1 through 21 00:21:46.460 --> 00:21:51.039 is a psalm about a righteous man 00:21:51.039 --> 00:21:53.400 suffering for God. 00:21:55.000 --> 00:21:56.220 And then in verse 22, 00:21:56.420 --> 00:21:57.380 the psalm pivots 00:21:57.380 --> 00:21:59.340 and it goes from humiliation 00:21:59.340 --> 00:22:01.580 to exaltation and vindication. 00:22:01.579 --> 00:22:05.299 And it's in verse 22 00:22:05.299 --> 00:22:07.039 that the writer of Hebrews 00:22:07.039 --> 00:22:08.559 puts it in the mouth of Jesus 00:22:08.559 --> 00:22:09.720 about you and me. 00:22:12.179 --> 00:22:13.759 Jesus is the I. 00:22:14.960 --> 00:22:17.159 I will tell of your, 00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:17.960 God the Father, 00:22:18.379 --> 00:22:19.960 your name to my brothers, 00:22:20.259 --> 00:22:20.740 us. 00:22:21.619 --> 00:22:22.879 In the midst of the congregation, 00:22:23.059 --> 00:22:24.079 I will sing your praise. 00:22:24.559 --> 00:22:26.500 The congregation is the heavenly gathering 00:22:26.500 --> 00:22:28.679 of God's blood bought. 00:22:28.680 --> 00:22:32.400 But it's Hebrews 12, 22 through 24. 00:22:32.820 --> 00:22:35.259 Right now, Jesus is in heaven 00:22:35.259 --> 00:22:38.460 and he's boasting of what he's done 00:22:38.460 --> 00:22:39.240 and saying, 00:22:39.360 --> 00:22:40.160 God the Father, 00:22:40.240 --> 00:22:42.400 I told your name to my brothers and sisters 00:22:42.400 --> 00:22:44.380 who are all around our throne right now. 00:22:45.620 --> 00:22:46.279 It's delight. 00:22:46.440 --> 00:22:47.039 It's joy. 00:22:48.799 --> 00:22:51.080 It's not ashamed of you. 00:22:51.079 --> 00:22:54.939 It's amazing that he's saying this. 00:22:55.859 --> 00:22:57.159 I was convinced that 00:22:57.159 --> 00:23:00.559 many of you needed to hear that this morning. 00:23:01.679 --> 00:23:03.139 He's not ashamed of you. 00:23:04.839 --> 00:23:06.679 In the heavenly congregation, 00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:09.439 he's delighting in you. 00:23:11.039 --> 00:23:12.439 What he's done for you 00:23:12.439 --> 00:23:14.539 to bring you to glory. 00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:19.139 It doesn't stop there. 00:23:21.379 --> 00:23:23.079 Because then we have another quote 00:23:23.079 --> 00:23:24.920 from Isaiah chapter 8, 00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:28.559 17 and 18. 00:23:30.180 --> 00:23:32.700 Again, the writer of Hebrews 00:23:32.700 --> 00:23:34.720 is putting these words in the mouth of Jesus. 00:23:34.920 --> 00:23:36.180 Jesus is fulfilling these. 00:23:37.399 --> 00:23:38.039 And he says, 00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:41.079 I, Jesus, will put my trust in him. 00:23:41.779 --> 00:23:42.879 Isaiah 8, 00:23:42.880 --> 00:23:44.980 Isaiah's been experiencing some hardship 00:23:44.980 --> 00:23:46.220 and he is saying, 00:23:46.320 --> 00:23:47.460 I will put my trust in him 00:23:47.460 --> 00:23:48.940 and all these children that you've given me. 00:23:49.080 --> 00:23:51.060 We're going to put our trust in you too. 00:23:51.740 --> 00:23:52.680 And now, 00:23:52.900 --> 00:23:53.760 the writer of Hebrews 00:23:53.760 --> 00:23:54.540 is saying, 00:23:54.740 --> 00:23:56.420 Jesus is speaking that 00:23:56.420 --> 00:23:58.300 in fulfillment regarding us. 00:24:01.500 --> 00:24:02.400 Remember when Jesus 00:24:02.400 --> 00:24:03.860 was in the Garden of Gethsemane 00:24:03.860 --> 00:24:05.920 and he says, 00:24:06.520 --> 00:24:07.160 not my will, 00:24:07.400 --> 00:24:08.380 but your will be done. 00:24:08.460 --> 00:24:09.520 In the midst of suffering, 00:24:09.660 --> 00:24:11.260 he put his trust in his Father. 00:24:12.880 --> 00:24:13.940 That's what he's saying. 00:24:14.020 --> 00:24:14.760 That's what he's getting at. 00:24:16.840 --> 00:24:20.580 Jesus suffered faithfully 00:24:20.580 --> 00:24:25.060 to make you sons and daughters unto glory. 00:24:26.020 --> 00:24:26.700 And then again, 00:24:26.780 --> 00:24:27.240 he says, 00:24:27.380 --> 00:24:28.460 behold, I and the children 00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:30.100 God has given me. 00:24:30.520 --> 00:24:33.060 He's saying that of us. 00:24:33.340 --> 00:24:34.200 He's saying, 00:24:34.760 --> 00:24:35.800 I trust God 00:24:35.800 --> 00:24:38.520 and these brothers and sisters 00:24:38.519 --> 00:24:40.940 that I tasted death for, 00:24:41.299 --> 00:24:42.980 they are going to trust you too. 00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:45.039 We're all going to trust you. 00:24:45.099 --> 00:24:46.099 Do you know this is a picture of 00:24:46.099 --> 00:24:47.119 solidarity. 00:24:48.119 --> 00:24:49.599 His suffering has made us 00:24:49.599 --> 00:24:50.420 his siblings 00:24:50.420 --> 00:24:51.960 and we're not going to drift away 00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:52.420 in the gap. 00:24:52.639 --> 00:24:53.779 We're going to draw near 00:24:53.779 --> 00:24:54.759 and hold fast 00:24:54.759 --> 00:24:56.339 and stand firm in the gap. 00:24:56.339 --> 00:25:05.659 at the risk of diminishing 00:25:05.659 --> 00:25:06.919 the significance of this. 00:25:11.419 --> 00:25:12.439 Remember that movie, 00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:13.220 High School Musical? 00:25:15.819 --> 00:25:17.119 Zac Efron at the end 00:25:17.119 --> 00:25:18.980 with his dynamic white outfit. 00:25:21.039 --> 00:25:22.279 We're all in this together. 00:25:22.279 --> 00:25:26.379 That's what this is getting at. 00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:27.879 We're all in this together 00:25:27.879 --> 00:25:30.299 because Christ's suffering 00:25:30.299 --> 00:25:31.559 as a man 00:25:31.559 --> 00:25:34.460 has made us his siblings. 00:25:36.039 --> 00:25:37.399 He's not ashamed of you. 00:25:39.460 --> 00:25:40.279 Not ashamed. 00:25:44.920 --> 00:25:46.139 So when you're in the gap 00:25:46.139 --> 00:25:50.579 and you're seeing this world 00:25:50.579 --> 00:25:53.079 yet to be subjected to him 00:25:53.079 --> 00:25:56.319 and you may just start thinking 00:25:56.319 --> 00:25:58.659 maybe it's time to check out. 00:25:59.799 --> 00:26:02.099 Maybe just to find an easier way. 00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:04.559 Nobody really needs to know 00:26:04.559 --> 00:26:05.879 that I'm a follower of Jesus. 00:26:08.619 --> 00:26:09.179 Remember, 00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:11.240 his suffering has made you his siblings. 00:26:12.859 --> 00:26:15.059 He was faithful in his sufferings 00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:17.519 and so we must be faithful 00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:18.839 in our sufferings 00:26:18.839 --> 00:26:20.220 for him in the gap. 00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:23.299 We're all in this together. 00:26:28.439 --> 00:26:29.659 He's not ashamed of you. 00:26:32.619 --> 00:26:33.959 He shed his blood 00:26:33.959 --> 00:26:38.480 to unite you to himself 00:26:38.480 --> 00:26:40.939 under God. 00:26:42.839 --> 00:26:44.659 Now imagine waking up tomorrow morning 00:26:44.660 --> 00:26:45.380 and the first thought 00:26:45.380 --> 00:26:46.540 that comes into your mind 00:26:46.540 --> 00:26:50.900 is that Jesus is not ashamed 00:26:50.900 --> 00:26:51.880 to call you brother, 00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:53.759 sister. 00:26:54.580 --> 00:26:56.000 It's just another way of saying 00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:58.060 I am for you 00:26:58.060 --> 00:26:59.860 all the way to the end. 00:27:02.040 --> 00:27:03.000 The third way 00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:05.519 in which we mind the gap 00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:11.019 is that verses 14 through 18 00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:12.940 we remember his help 00:27:12.940 --> 00:27:14.200 as our high priest. 00:27:18.299 --> 00:27:19.480 He's willing to help. 00:27:21.019 --> 00:27:21.960 Living in the gap 00:27:21.960 --> 00:27:23.059 in between his first coming 00:27:23.059 --> 00:27:23.720 and his second coming, 00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:24.400 that's not easy. 00:27:26.019 --> 00:27:27.160 We have a lot of needs. 00:27:27.440 --> 00:27:28.359 He's got a lot of help. 00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:30.500 He's able to help. 00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:32.799 He is willing to help. 00:27:32.900 --> 00:27:33.579 Look at all the help. 00:27:33.940 --> 00:27:34.480 Verse 16, 00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:35.859 for surely it's not angels 00:27:35.859 --> 00:27:36.480 that he helps 00:27:36.480 --> 00:27:37.559 but he helps the offspring 00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:38.079 of Abraham. 00:27:38.420 --> 00:27:39.220 Look at verse 18. 00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:39.940 At the end, 00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:40.940 he is able to help 00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:42.039 those who are being tempted. 00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:44.299 He offers help. 00:27:46.019 --> 00:27:46.860 There's two ways 00:27:46.860 --> 00:27:47.500 in this passage 00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:47.980 in which 00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:51.400 he helps us. 00:27:52.660 --> 00:27:54.000 In the face of death 00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:56.380 and in the face of temptation. 00:27:58.160 --> 00:27:59.299 He is our help 00:27:59.299 --> 00:28:00.460 in the face of death. 00:28:00.700 --> 00:28:01.960 Verses 14 through 16. 00:28:03.559 --> 00:28:04.460 In verse 14, 00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:05.720 we have again 00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:07.380 this teaching 00:28:07.380 --> 00:28:09.620 that the son 00:28:09.620 --> 00:28:11.980 was completely human 00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:13.000 in all that he was 00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:13.819 yet without sin. 00:28:14.620 --> 00:28:15.180 Verse 14, 00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:15.779 since therefore 00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:16.620 the children share 00:28:16.620 --> 00:28:17.539 in the flesh and blood, 00:28:18.420 --> 00:28:19.740 he himself likewise 00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:21.180 partook of the same things. 00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:22.680 Jesus took on flesh 00:28:22.680 --> 00:28:23.180 and blood 00:28:23.180 --> 00:28:24.460 because the people 00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:25.279 he needed to bring 00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:26.259 to God in glory 00:28:26.259 --> 00:28:27.240 were made of flesh 00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:27.620 and blood. 00:28:27.619 --> 00:28:34.679 But we get afraid 00:28:34.679 --> 00:28:35.159 of death. 00:28:36.539 --> 00:28:37.159 We're afraid 00:28:37.159 --> 00:28:37.879 of our deaths. 00:28:38.119 --> 00:28:38.459 We're afraid 00:28:38.459 --> 00:28:39.559 of other people's deaths. 00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:40.699 Part of living 00:28:40.699 --> 00:28:41.239 in the gap 00:28:41.239 --> 00:28:41.759 in between 00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:42.779 his first coming 00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:43.579 and second coming 00:28:43.579 --> 00:28:45.000 is all this death. 00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:50.539 It can wreak havoc 00:28:50.539 --> 00:28:51.439 in people's lives. 00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:56.000 And Jesus 00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:57.380 tasted death 00:28:57.380 --> 00:28:58.100 for us. 00:28:58.180 --> 00:28:58.660 In fact, 00:29:00.160 --> 00:29:01.360 the death he died 00:29:01.360 --> 00:29:03.559 puts death 00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:04.420 to death. 00:29:07.200 --> 00:29:08.279 Let me help you 00:29:08.279 --> 00:29:08.920 see that. 00:29:11.420 --> 00:29:12.640 That through death, 00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:13.460 verse 14, 00:29:14.140 --> 00:29:15.420 he might destroy, 00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:16.120 better yet, 00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:17.019 dethrone 00:29:17.019 --> 00:29:18.740 the one who has 00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:19.600 the power of death 00:29:19.600 --> 00:29:20.420 that is the devil. 00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:22.240 The devil, 00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:22.860 the enemy 00:29:22.860 --> 00:29:24.000 of our souls, 00:29:24.900 --> 00:29:26.279 who is not 00:29:26.279 --> 00:29:28.220 God's equal. 00:29:31.279 --> 00:29:31.799 Well, 00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:33.360 he exercises 00:29:33.360 --> 00:29:34.660 his power 00:29:34.660 --> 00:29:35.180 over death 00:29:35.180 --> 00:29:36.000 through deception 00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:37.180 and lies. 00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:40.660 The condemning 00:29:40.660 --> 00:29:41.880 power of death 00:29:41.880 --> 00:29:43.160 is sin. 00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:44.620 It's the sting 00:29:44.620 --> 00:29:45.220 of death, 00:29:45.580 --> 00:29:46.600 1 Corinthians 15, 00:29:46.700 --> 00:29:47.200 56. 00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:48.120 And so what 00:29:48.120 --> 00:29:48.820 the devil loves 00:29:48.820 --> 00:29:49.299 to do 00:29:49.299 --> 00:29:50.759 is to accuse 00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:51.500 people 00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:52.319 of their 00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:52.879 sinfulness 00:29:52.879 --> 00:29:53.759 in order 00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:54.299 to rub 00:29:54.299 --> 00:29:54.980 your face 00:29:54.980 --> 00:29:56.160 in your death. 00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:00.900 But the death 00:30:00.900 --> 00:30:01.759 that Jesus died 00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:05.480 killed sin. 00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:08.940 It removes 00:30:08.940 --> 00:30:09.660 sin. 00:30:09.779 --> 00:30:10.680 He dethrones 00:30:10.680 --> 00:30:11.700 the devil 00:30:11.700 --> 00:30:13.000 and the devil's 00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:13.480 power 00:30:13.480 --> 00:30:14.200 to make 00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:15.379 false accusations 00:30:15.379 --> 00:30:17.099 about your sin 00:30:17.099 --> 00:30:18.720 freeing you 00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:19.860 from death. 00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:22.640 Jesus dethroned 00:30:22.640 --> 00:30:23.180 the devil 00:30:23.180 --> 00:30:25.059 by removing 00:30:25.059 --> 00:30:25.480 sin. 00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:26.779 His death 00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:28.559 was propitious. 00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:30.860 The death 00:30:30.860 --> 00:30:31.500 that Jesus died, 00:30:31.620 --> 00:30:32.100 the death 00:30:32.100 --> 00:30:32.519 that Jesus 00:30:32.519 --> 00:30:33.259 tasted for 00:30:33.259 --> 00:30:33.759 everyone who 00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:34.220 believed, 00:30:35.019 --> 00:30:35.779 bore all of 00:30:35.779 --> 00:30:36.500 God's wrath, 00:30:36.900 --> 00:30:37.640 all of it, 00:30:38.100 --> 00:30:38.960 for all of your 00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:39.220 sin, 00:30:39.460 --> 00:30:40.000 so that there 00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:40.680 was no more 00:30:40.680 --> 00:30:41.440 wrath and you're 00:30:41.440 --> 00:30:42.160 completely forgiven 00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:42.620 of your sin. 00:30:42.619 --> 00:30:43.699 So Jesus, 00:30:43.959 --> 00:30:44.519 through his death, 00:30:44.639 --> 00:30:45.559 removes this 00:30:45.559 --> 00:30:46.199 thing of death 00:30:46.199 --> 00:30:46.899 which is sin 00:30:46.899 --> 00:30:48.939 and he totally 00:30:48.939 --> 00:30:50.459 dethrones the 00:30:50.459 --> 00:30:51.079 devil in doing 00:30:51.079 --> 00:30:51.359 so. 00:30:53.859 --> 00:30:54.859 We learn in Mark 00:30:54.859 --> 00:30:55.659 3 as well 00:30:55.659 --> 00:30:56.679 that Jesus, 00:30:56.879 --> 00:30:57.599 speaking of the 00:30:57.599 --> 00:30:57.899 devil, 00:30:59.199 --> 00:31:00.239 Jesus describes 00:31:00.239 --> 00:31:01.019 him as a 00:31:01.019 --> 00:31:01.799 strong man 00:31:01.799 --> 00:31:03.799 and he has 00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:05.159 come to bind 00:31:05.159 --> 00:31:06.179 the strong man 00:31:06.180 --> 00:31:08.600 and plunder 00:31:08.600 --> 00:31:09.279 his house. 00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:12.039 Jesus is the 00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:13.120 great redemptive 00:31:13.120 --> 00:31:13.940 plunderer, 00:31:14.060 --> 00:31:14.600 you and me, 00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:15.860 bringing sons to 00:31:15.860 --> 00:31:16.240 glory. 00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:17.980 He came for us. 00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:19.680 Revelation 13, 00:31:20.240 --> 00:31:21.060 the devil is 00:31:21.060 --> 00:31:21.960 kicked out of 00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:22.539 heaven, 00:31:23.160 --> 00:31:23.960 down to the 00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:24.320 earth, 00:31:24.820 --> 00:31:25.400 where he is 00:31:25.400 --> 00:31:25.940 now, 00:31:26.640 --> 00:31:27.820 awaiting the 00:31:27.820 --> 00:31:28.640 second death. 00:31:28.640 --> 00:31:28.759 death, 00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:30.680 we know the 00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:31.920 truth of the 00:31:31.920 --> 00:31:32.160 devil. 00:31:33.820 --> 00:31:34.460 He's been 00:31:34.460 --> 00:31:35.200 dethroned by 00:31:35.200 --> 00:31:35.759 the death of 00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:37.920 Jesus and 00:31:37.920 --> 00:31:39.240 therefore we've 00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:39.860 been delivered 00:31:39.860 --> 00:31:40.560 from the fear 00:31:40.560 --> 00:31:41.060 of death. 00:31:41.840 --> 00:31:42.640 We no longer 00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:43.100 live, 00:31:43.220 --> 00:31:43.560 Christian, 00:31:43.700 --> 00:31:44.020 Christian, 00:31:44.140 --> 00:31:44.720 you no longer 00:31:44.720 --> 00:31:45.940 need to live in 00:31:45.940 --> 00:31:46.720 fear of death. 00:31:47.060 --> 00:31:47.600 The sting has 00:31:47.600 --> 00:31:48.380 been removed. 00:31:50.380 --> 00:31:50.880 John Bunyan 00:31:50.880 --> 00:31:51.640 talks about 00:31:51.640 --> 00:31:52.300 death, 00:31:52.440 --> 00:31:53.120 pictures it in 00:31:53.120 --> 00:31:53.640 the pilgrim's 00:31:53.640 --> 00:31:54.700 progress as a 00:31:54.700 --> 00:31:55.480 final river that 00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:56.259 must be crossed 00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:57.320 and you will feel 00:31:57.320 --> 00:31:58.140 it go up above 00:31:58.140 --> 00:31:58.620 your head. 00:31:58.640 --> 00:31:59.440 and then 00:31:59.440 --> 00:32:00.360 instantaneously 00:32:00.360 --> 00:32:01.740 you will be at 00:32:01.740 --> 00:32:02.440 the gates of 00:32:02.440 --> 00:32:02.920 glory. 00:32:05.180 --> 00:32:06.140 Death doesn't 00:32:06.140 --> 00:32:06.720 have the final 00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:07.000 say. 00:32:08.720 --> 00:32:09.720 Jesus does. 00:32:11.540 --> 00:32:12.360 He holds the 00:32:12.360 --> 00:32:14.200 keys to death, 00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:15.380 Revelation 1. 00:32:16.620 --> 00:32:17.259 He's the one who 00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:17.440 said, 00:32:17.620 --> 00:32:17.860 I am the 00:32:17.860 --> 00:32:18.500 resurrection and 00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:18.840 life. 00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:20.280 Whoever dies, 00:32:20.580 --> 00:32:21.340 yet shall he 00:32:21.340 --> 00:32:22.220 live if he 00:32:22.220 --> 00:32:23.020 believes in me. 00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:28.440 He's dethroned 00:32:28.440 --> 00:32:28.820 the devil. 00:32:28.820 --> 00:32:29.740 He's delivered us 00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:30.320 from the fear 00:32:30.320 --> 00:32:30.820 of death. 00:32:33.600 --> 00:32:34.500 Christ's death 00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:35.039 has defeated 00:32:35.039 --> 00:32:35.539 death. 00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:36.860 Can I have an 00:32:36.860 --> 00:32:36.980 amen? 00:32:40.980 --> 00:32:41.580 Well, there's 00:32:41.580 --> 00:32:42.100 another way he 00:32:42.100 --> 00:32:42.360 helps. 00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:46.680 He helps us in 00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:47.180 the face of 00:32:47.180 --> 00:32:47.720 temptation, 00:32:48.340 --> 00:32:49.039 verses 17 00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:49.700 through 18. 00:32:49.700 --> 00:32:52.460 He's able to 00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:53.380 help those who 00:32:53.380 --> 00:32:53.799 are being 00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:54.180 tempted, 00:32:54.319 --> 00:32:54.860 verse 18. 00:32:54.860 --> 00:32:55.840 And it begs 00:32:55.840 --> 00:32:56.460 the question, 00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:59.039 tempted to 00:32:59.039 --> 00:32:59.340 what? 00:33:01.920 --> 00:33:02.840 What kind of 00:33:02.840 --> 00:33:03.380 temptation? 00:33:03.860 --> 00:33:04.480 It could be the 00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:05.500 temptation to fear 00:33:05.500 --> 00:33:06.019 death, 00:33:06.779 --> 00:33:07.620 but I think the 00:33:07.620 --> 00:33:08.319 better explanation 00:33:08.319 --> 00:33:09.140 is something that 00:33:09.140 --> 00:33:10.080 he's just talked to 00:33:10.080 --> 00:33:11.340 us about in 00:33:11.340 --> 00:33:11.960 Hebrews 2, 00:33:12.019 --> 00:33:12.600 1 through 4. 00:33:12.599 --> 00:33:15.179 to not drift. 00:33:17.679 --> 00:33:18.599 The temptation 00:33:18.599 --> 00:33:19.399 is to drift, 00:33:21.139 --> 00:33:22.179 to fall into 00:33:22.179 --> 00:33:22.699 the gap, 00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:25.819 to be 00:33:25.819 --> 00:33:26.899 kind of 00:33:26.899 --> 00:33:29.039 as an 00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:29.740 exercise of 00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:31.000 unbelief in 00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:31.339 Jesus, 00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:32.459 just to check 00:33:32.459 --> 00:33:33.259 out and fall 00:33:33.259 --> 00:33:33.599 away. 00:33:35.359 --> 00:33:36.119 That's the 00:33:36.119 --> 00:33:36.500 temptation. 00:33:36.500 --> 00:33:36.579 temptation. 00:33:38.700 --> 00:33:39.599 And he can 00:33:39.599 --> 00:33:41.339 help us when 00:33:41.339 --> 00:33:42.859 tempted that 00:33:42.859 --> 00:33:43.339 way. 00:33:43.619 --> 00:33:43.900 And I'm 00:33:43.900 --> 00:33:44.400 guessing everyone 00:33:44.400 --> 00:33:45.000 in the room, 00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:46.460 when you look at 00:33:46.460 --> 00:33:47.400 this messed up 00:33:47.400 --> 00:33:48.200 world, despite 00:33:48.200 --> 00:33:49.059 all of its beauty 00:33:49.059 --> 00:33:49.579 from time to 00:33:49.579 --> 00:33:51.500 time, you can 00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:52.140 be discouraged. 00:33:55.000 --> 00:33:56.000 We have help 00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:56.759 in time of 00:33:56.759 --> 00:33:57.180 need. 00:33:59.180 --> 00:34:00.240 In verse 17, 00:34:00.339 --> 00:34:00.700 again, we have 00:34:00.700 --> 00:34:01.440 another reference 00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:03.039 to the Jesus 00:34:03.039 --> 00:34:03.880 taking on 00:34:03.880 --> 00:34:04.400 humanity. 00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:05.940 Therefore, he 00:34:05.940 --> 00:34:06.580 had to be made 00:34:06.580 --> 00:34:06.940 like his 00:34:06.940 --> 00:34:07.500 brothers in 00:34:07.500 --> 00:34:08.460 every respect, 00:34:09.300 --> 00:34:10.260 every respect, 00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:11.099 yet without sin. 00:34:11.920 --> 00:34:12.659 Fully human. 00:34:12.780 --> 00:34:13.320 Totally God, 00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:14.200 totally man, 00:34:14.400 --> 00:34:15.200 in one person. 00:34:16.920 --> 00:34:18.159 And that 00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:19.920 uniquely qualifies 00:34:19.920 --> 00:34:21.320 him to be our 00:34:21.320 --> 00:34:21.980 high priest. 00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:23.179 This is the 00:34:23.179 --> 00:34:23.800 first time in 00:34:23.800 --> 00:34:24.159 the book of 00:34:24.159 --> 00:34:25.460 Hebrews that 00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:26.059 the writer of 00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:27.240 Hebrews drops 00:34:27.240 --> 00:34:28.139 high priest 00:34:28.139 --> 00:34:28.700 language. 00:34:28.860 --> 00:34:29.119 It's going to 00:34:29.119 --> 00:34:29.740 show up 17 00:34:29.740 --> 00:34:30.340 times in the 00:34:30.340 --> 00:34:30.500 book. 00:34:30.940 --> 00:34:31.619 It is the 00:34:31.619 --> 00:34:33.280 unique contribution 00:34:33.280 --> 00:34:35.260 of this book 00:34:35.260 --> 00:34:35.800 of Hebrews 00:34:35.800 --> 00:34:36.960 to the entire 00:34:36.960 --> 00:34:37.840 New Testament 00:34:37.840 --> 00:34:38.460 canon. 00:34:39.300 --> 00:34:39.940 No other 00:34:39.940 --> 00:34:40.640 writer in the 00:34:40.640 --> 00:34:41.100 New Testament 00:34:41.100 --> 00:34:41.700 talks about 00:34:41.700 --> 00:34:42.340 Jesus as our 00:34:42.340 --> 00:34:42.780 high priest. 00:34:43.080 --> 00:34:43.920 It's only the 00:34:43.920 --> 00:34:44.680 writer of Hebrews 00:34:44.680 --> 00:34:45.240 and it is 00:34:45.240 --> 00:34:45.940 glorious. 00:34:47.280 --> 00:34:47.840 A high priest 00:34:47.840 --> 00:34:48.580 is a go-between. 00:34:49.840 --> 00:34:51.100 A go-between God 00:34:51.100 --> 00:34:52.120 and a go-between 00:34:52.120 --> 00:34:52.720 man. 00:34:53.240 --> 00:34:53.820 And the high 00:34:53.820 --> 00:34:54.720 priests of old 00:34:54.720 --> 00:34:55.680 were sinners. 00:34:56.940 --> 00:34:57.320 And so they 00:34:57.320 --> 00:34:57.640 had to make 00:34:57.640 --> 00:34:58.280 sacrifice for 00:34:58.280 --> 00:34:58.980 themselves before 00:34:58.980 --> 00:34:59.440 they could make 00:34:59.440 --> 00:35:00.180 sacrifice for 00:35:00.180 --> 00:35:00.400 men. 00:35:00.640 --> 00:35:01.460 Not Jesus, 00:35:01.660 --> 00:35:02.300 not the Son, 00:35:02.660 --> 00:35:03.120 who's totally 00:35:03.120 --> 00:35:03.660 God and totally 00:35:03.660 --> 00:35:03.900 man. 00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:04.500 He is the 00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:05.179 perfect high 00:35:05.179 --> 00:35:06.059 priest because 00:35:06.059 --> 00:35:06.800 he's totally 00:35:06.800 --> 00:35:08.239 God and 00:35:08.239 --> 00:35:09.780 totally man. 00:35:10.820 --> 00:35:11.880 It's amazing. 00:35:14.340 --> 00:35:15.059 He's our 00:35:15.059 --> 00:35:15.619 great high 00:35:15.619 --> 00:35:16.019 priest. 00:35:18.719 --> 00:35:19.639 And because 00:35:19.639 --> 00:35:20.239 he's our 00:35:20.239 --> 00:35:20.880 great high 00:35:20.880 --> 00:35:21.539 priest, he 00:35:21.539 --> 00:35:23.420 made propitiation 00:35:23.420 --> 00:35:24.280 for the sins 00:35:24.280 --> 00:35:25.000 of us as 00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:25.440 people. 00:35:26.539 --> 00:35:27.460 Not only is 00:35:27.460 --> 00:35:28.039 he the 00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:28.739 living, 00:35:29.239 --> 00:35:29.880 exalted 00:35:29.880 --> 00:35:31.159 high priest, 00:35:31.159 --> 00:35:33.039 he himself 00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:34.239 was also 00:35:34.239 --> 00:35:35.279 the once 00:35:35.279 --> 00:35:36.139 and for 00:35:36.139 --> 00:35:36.779 all 00:35:36.779 --> 00:35:37.940 sacrifice 00:35:37.940 --> 00:35:39.319 for our 00:35:39.319 --> 00:35:39.839 sins. 00:35:40.960 --> 00:35:41.519 Cross, 00:35:42.519 --> 00:35:42.899 crown. 00:35:47.219 --> 00:35:48.179 That one-time 00:35:48.179 --> 00:35:49.039 sacrifice that 00:35:49.039 --> 00:35:49.399 our high 00:35:49.399 --> 00:35:50.239 priest made 00:35:50.239 --> 00:35:52.480 satisfied all 00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:52.920 of God's 00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:53.339 wrath for 00:35:53.339 --> 00:35:53.759 your sin. 00:35:55.039 --> 00:35:55.879 So that there 00:35:55.879 --> 00:35:56.639 was no more 00:35:56.639 --> 00:35:58.639 been forgiven 00:35:58.639 --> 00:35:59.039 in full. 00:35:59.039 --> 00:36:01.659 he's not 00:36:01.659 --> 00:36:02.119 ashamed to 00:36:02.119 --> 00:36:02.400 call you 00:36:02.400 --> 00:36:02.820 brothers, 00:36:03.960 --> 00:36:04.279 sisters. 00:36:05.480 --> 00:36:06.239 He gave his 00:36:06.239 --> 00:36:06.779 life for you. 00:36:08.820 --> 00:36:09.420 And you know 00:36:09.420 --> 00:36:09.679 what? 00:36:11.300 --> 00:36:12.340 He gets us. 00:36:14.779 --> 00:36:15.460 We have a 00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:17.059 high priest who 00:36:17.059 --> 00:36:17.679 gets us. 00:36:17.779 --> 00:36:18.400 Verse 18, 00:36:18.920 --> 00:36:19.539 for because he 00:36:19.539 --> 00:36:20.199 himself has 00:36:20.199 --> 00:36:20.739 suffered when 00:36:20.739 --> 00:36:21.079 tempted. 00:36:21.340 --> 00:36:22.779 He gets us. 00:36:23.179 --> 00:36:24.079 For 33 years, 00:36:24.139 --> 00:36:24.699 he lived on this 00:36:24.699 --> 00:36:25.380 planet and 00:36:25.380 --> 00:36:26.199 experienced everything 00:36:26.199 --> 00:36:27.099 that we experience 00:36:27.099 --> 00:36:27.840 yet without sin. 00:36:27.840 --> 00:36:29.140 He gets us. 00:36:30.220 --> 00:36:31.300 He gets us. 00:36:31.460 --> 00:36:32.460 And that's why 00:36:32.460 --> 00:36:33.820 he's so effective 00:36:33.820 --> 00:36:34.940 at helping us 00:36:34.940 --> 00:36:36.400 even when we're 00:36:36.400 --> 00:36:37.180 being tempted 00:36:37.180 --> 00:36:38.620 to drift 00:36:38.620 --> 00:36:40.000 in the gap. 00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:44.139 what do we do? 00:36:47.300 --> 00:36:48.179 What do you do 00:36:48.179 --> 00:36:49.199 when you realize 00:36:49.199 --> 00:36:51.800 I'm being tempted 00:36:51.800 --> 00:36:52.420 right now? 00:36:52.659 --> 00:36:53.960 Either I'm 00:36:53.960 --> 00:36:54.719 living in fear 00:36:54.719 --> 00:36:55.559 of my own death 00:36:55.559 --> 00:36:56.039 or the death 00:36:56.039 --> 00:36:56.940 of somebody else 00:36:56.940 --> 00:36:58.320 or I'm just 00:36:58.320 --> 00:36:58.820 wondering if this 00:36:58.820 --> 00:36:59.340 whole thing is 00:36:59.340 --> 00:36:59.699 worth it. 00:36:59.760 --> 00:37:00.380 What do you do? 00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:02.340 You go to the 00:37:02.340 --> 00:37:02.719 one who can 00:37:02.719 --> 00:37:03.019 help. 00:37:03.019 --> 00:37:08.920 You don't 00:37:08.920 --> 00:37:09.780 turn from 00:37:09.780 --> 00:37:10.480 Jesus in 00:37:10.480 --> 00:37:11.099 those moments. 00:37:11.380 --> 00:37:11.699 You don't 00:37:11.699 --> 00:37:12.500 drift from 00:37:12.500 --> 00:37:12.800 him. 00:37:13.139 --> 00:37:13.940 You turn 00:37:13.940 --> 00:37:14.780 to Jesus 00:37:14.780 --> 00:37:15.300 in those 00:37:15.300 --> 00:37:15.659 moments 00:37:15.659 --> 00:37:16.280 and you 00:37:16.280 --> 00:37:16.980 draw near 00:37:16.980 --> 00:37:17.460 to him 00:37:17.460 --> 00:37:18.219 in those 00:37:18.219 --> 00:37:18.679 moments. 00:37:21.599 --> 00:37:22.199 That's 00:37:22.199 --> 00:37:23.139 where you 00:37:23.139 --> 00:37:23.599 will find 00:37:23.599 --> 00:37:23.980 help. 00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:24.659 In the 00:37:24.659 --> 00:37:25.340 very one 00:37:25.340 --> 00:37:25.900 that you're 00:37:25.900 --> 00:37:26.639 wondering 00:37:26.639 --> 00:37:27.280 is worth 00:37:27.280 --> 00:37:27.460 it, 00:37:28.199 --> 00:37:28.659 you turn 00:37:28.659 --> 00:37:29.019 to him 00:37:29.019 --> 00:37:30.179 and you're 00:37:30.179 --> 00:37:31.019 just honest. 00:37:31.019 --> 00:37:32.759 Oh God, 00:37:32.840 --> 00:37:32.980 I'm 00:37:32.980 --> 00:37:33.519 fearing my 00:37:33.519 --> 00:37:34.099 death today. 00:37:35.679 --> 00:37:36.400 Oh God, 00:37:36.519 --> 00:37:36.719 I'm 00:37:36.719 --> 00:37:38.579 wondering if 00:37:38.579 --> 00:37:40.119 I should 00:37:40.119 --> 00:37:40.639 just operate 00:37:40.639 --> 00:37:41.259 an excavator 00:37:41.259 --> 00:37:41.679 for the rest 00:37:41.679 --> 00:37:41.940 of my 00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:42.239 life. 00:37:45.800 --> 00:37:46.360 He 00:37:46.360 --> 00:37:46.599 turned 00:37:46.599 --> 00:37:47.179 to Jesus. 00:37:48.440 --> 00:37:48.860 If you 00:37:48.860 --> 00:37:49.199 would just 00:37:49.199 --> 00:37:49.780 let your 00:37:49.780 --> 00:37:50.639 eyes scroll 00:37:50.639 --> 00:37:51.320 over to 00:37:51.320 --> 00:37:52.099 chapter 4 00:37:52.099 --> 00:37:52.880 verses 15 00:37:52.880 --> 00:37:53.460 and 16. 00:37:56.280 --> 00:37:57.019 For we 00:37:57.019 --> 00:37:57.300 do not 00:37:57.300 --> 00:37:57.599 have a 00:37:57.599 --> 00:37:58.179 high priest 00:37:58.179 --> 00:37:58.480 who is 00:37:58.480 --> 00:37:59.059 unable to 00:37:59.059 --> 00:37:59.599 sympathize 00:37:59.599 --> 00:37:59.940 with our 00:37:59.940 --> 00:38:00.380 weaknesses 00:38:00.380 --> 00:38:01.460 but one 00:38:01.460 --> 00:38:01.780 who in 00:38:01.780 --> 00:38:02.039 every 00:38:02.039 --> 00:38:02.500 respect 00:38:02.500 --> 00:38:03.740 has been 00:38:03.740 --> 00:38:04.000 tempted 00:38:04.000 --> 00:38:04.660 as we 00:38:04.660 --> 00:38:04.840 are 00:38:04.840 --> 00:38:05.059 yet 00:38:05.059 --> 00:38:05.420 without 00:38:05.420 --> 00:38:05.840 sin 00:38:05.840 --> 00:38:07.280 let us 00:38:07.280 --> 00:38:07.800 then 00:38:07.800 --> 00:38:08.380 with 00:38:08.380 --> 00:38:09.220 confidence 00:38:09.220 --> 00:38:10.480 propitiation 00:38:10.480 --> 00:38:11.700 draw near 00:38:11.700 --> 00:38:12.039 to the 00:38:12.039 --> 00:38:12.240 throne 00:38:12.240 --> 00:38:12.840 of grace 00:38:12.840 --> 00:38:13.559 that we 00:38:13.559 --> 00:38:14.119 may receive 00:38:14.119 --> 00:38:14.519 mercy 00:38:14.519 --> 00:38:15.000 and find 00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:15.460 grace 00:38:15.460 --> 00:38:15.940 to help 00:38:15.940 --> 00:38:16.720 in time 00:38:16.720 --> 00:38:17.300 between 00:38:17.300 --> 00:38:18.280 his first 00:38:18.280 --> 00:38:18.559 coming 00:38:18.559 --> 00:38:18.820 and his 00:38:18.820 --> 00:38:19.059 second 00:38:19.059 --> 00:38:19.380 coming 00:38:19.380 --> 00:38:21.440 when things 00:38:21.440 --> 00:38:21.840 don't look 00:38:21.840 --> 00:38:22.240 subjected 00:38:22.240 --> 00:38:22.680 to him. 00:38:23.960 --> 00:38:24.619 Time of 00:38:24.619 --> 00:38:24.880 need. 00:38:26.380 --> 00:38:27.140 Be honest 00:38:27.140 --> 00:38:27.460 with him 00:38:27.460 --> 00:38:27.680 brother. 00:38:28.559 --> 00:38:29.019 Be honest 00:38:29.019 --> 00:38:29.340 with him 00:38:29.340 --> 00:38:29.660 sister. 00:38:30.380 --> 00:38:31.380 He's not 00:38:31.380 --> 00:38:31.660 ashamed 00:38:31.660 --> 00:38:32.039 of you. 00:38:34.220 --> 00:38:34.760 We're 00:38:34.760 --> 00:38:35.160 living in 00:38:35.160 --> 00:38:35.599 between the 00:38:35.599 --> 00:38:36.119 first coming 00:38:36.119 --> 00:38:36.380 and the 00:38:36.380 --> 00:38:36.940 second coming 00:38:36.940 --> 00:38:37.440 of Jesus. 00:38:39.000 --> 00:38:40.180 We know 00:38:40.180 --> 00:38:41.180 all things 00:38:41.180 --> 00:38:41.539 have been 00:38:41.539 --> 00:38:41.980 subjected 00:38:41.980 --> 00:38:42.599 to him 00:38:42.599 --> 00:38:45.000 but it 00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:45.480 doesn't look 00:38:45.480 --> 00:38:45.960 like it. 00:38:47.539 --> 00:38:48.300 It doesn't 00:38:48.300 --> 00:38:48.900 feel like 00:38:48.900 --> 00:38:49.079 it. 00:38:51.780 --> 00:38:52.460 We've got 00:38:52.460 --> 00:38:52.920 to mind 00:38:52.920 --> 00:38:53.500 the gap. 00:38:53.500 --> 00:38:56.059 in order 00:38:56.059 --> 00:38:56.400 to 00:38:56.400 --> 00:38:57.880 mind 00:38:57.880 --> 00:38:58.420 the gap 00:38:58.420 --> 00:38:58.940 and avoid 00:38:58.940 --> 00:38:59.539 drift 00:38:59.539 --> 00:39:00.159 and avoid 00:39:00.159 --> 00:39:01.199 falling 00:39:01.199 --> 00:39:01.639 away 00:39:01.639 --> 00:39:02.199 into 00:39:02.199 --> 00:39:02.760 the gap 00:39:02.760 --> 00:39:05.179 we look 00:39:05.179 --> 00:39:05.599 to Jesus. 00:39:06.820 --> 00:39:07.699 We remember 00:39:07.699 --> 00:39:08.260 his cross 00:39:08.260 --> 00:39:08.860 and his crown 00:39:08.860 --> 00:39:09.980 we remember 00:39:09.980 --> 00:39:10.920 his suffering 00:39:10.920 --> 00:39:11.340 made us 00:39:11.340 --> 00:39:11.860 his siblings 00:39:11.860 --> 00:39:12.579 and we 00:39:12.579 --> 00:39:13.039 remember 00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:14.099 his help 00:39:14.099 --> 00:39:14.800 as our 00:39:14.800 --> 00:39:15.760 high priest 00:39:15.760 --> 00:39:16.639 all throughout 00:39:16.639 --> 00:39:17.320 this passage 00:39:17.320 --> 00:39:18.119 in each section 00:39:18.119 --> 00:39:18.659 there's a 00:39:18.659 --> 00:39:19.059 suffering 00:39:19.059 --> 00:39:19.619 reference. 00:39:19.619 --> 00:39:22.339 death. 00:39:26.139 --> 00:39:26.880 And the 00:39:26.880 --> 00:39:27.219 only way 00:39:27.219 --> 00:39:27.460 he could 00:39:27.460 --> 00:39:27.940 suffer death 00:39:27.940 --> 00:39:28.319 was by 00:39:28.319 --> 00:39:28.839 being fully 00:39:28.839 --> 00:39:29.159 human. 00:39:31.099 --> 00:39:31.880 And so 00:39:31.880 --> 00:39:32.480 we mind 00:39:32.480 --> 00:39:33.039 the gap 00:39:33.039 --> 00:39:34.659 by remembering 00:39:34.659 --> 00:39:35.960 that Jesus 00:39:35.960 --> 00:39:36.619 is totally 00:39:36.619 --> 00:39:37.159 God 00:39:37.159 --> 00:39:38.500 totally man 00:39:38.500 --> 00:39:39.259 he is 00:39:39.259 --> 00:39:39.900 on his 00:39:39.900 --> 00:39:40.359 throne 00:39:40.359 --> 00:39:41.299 and we 00:39:41.299 --> 00:39:41.900 are one 00:39:41.900 --> 00:39:42.679 day closer 00:39:42.679 --> 00:39:43.639 to him 00:39:43.639 --> 00:39:44.359 bringing 00:39:44.359 --> 00:39:45.319 all things 00:39:45.319 --> 00:39:45.799 together. 00:39:45.800 --> 00:39:50.539 what a 00:39:50.539 --> 00:39:50.800 savior 00:39:50.800 --> 00:39:53.200 what a 00:39:53.200 --> 00:39:53.480 king 00:39:53.480 --> 00:39:55.340 what a 00:39:55.340 --> 00:39:55.539 high 00:39:55.539 --> 00:39:56.060 priest 00:39:56.060 --> 00:39:58.340 what a 00:39:58.340 --> 00:39:58.680 hope 00:39:58.680 --> 00:40:00.820 let's 00:40:00.820 --> 00:40:01.080 pray. 00:40:07.800 --> 00:40:08.740 Thank you 00:40:08.740 --> 00:40:09.039 Jesus 00:40:09.039 --> 00:40:09.860 for becoming 00:40:09.860 --> 00:40:10.360 a man 00:40:10.360 --> 00:40:15.160 for 00:40:15.160 --> 00:40:15.740 suffering 00:40:15.739 --> 00:40:16.259 the way 00:40:16.259 --> 00:40:16.719 you did 00:40:16.719 --> 00:40:18.399 for us. 00:40:24.719 --> 00:40:25.339 Thank you 00:40:25.339 --> 00:40:25.859 for enduring 00:40:25.859 --> 00:40:26.559 the cross 00:40:26.559 --> 00:40:28.899 to make 00:40:28.899 --> 00:40:29.219 us your 00:40:29.219 --> 00:40:29.779 brothers and 00:40:29.779 --> 00:40:30.119 sisters 00:40:30.119 --> 00:40:32.719 to bring 00:40:32.719 --> 00:40:34.199 many sons 00:40:34.199 --> 00:40:34.639 and daughters 00:40:34.639 --> 00:40:35.159 to glory. 00:40:37.739 --> 00:40:38.359 Thank you 00:40:38.359 --> 00:40:38.839 God that 00:40:38.839 --> 00:40:39.239 you have 00:40:39.239 --> 00:40:39.839 not left 00:40:39.839 --> 00:40:40.259 us in the 00:40:40.259 --> 00:40:40.719 gap by 00:40:40.719 --> 00:40:41.419 ourselves 00:40:41.419 --> 00:40:43.599 but the 00:40:43.599 --> 00:40:44.319 Holy Spirit 00:40:44.319 --> 00:40:45.159 is with us 00:40:45.159 --> 00:40:47.039 drawing our 00:40:47.039 --> 00:40:47.519 gaze to 00:40:47.519 --> 00:40:48.139 Jesus again 00:40:48.139 --> 00:40:48.639 and again. 00:40:52.420 --> 00:40:53.159 Lord Jesus 00:40:53.159 --> 00:40:53.799 thank you so 00:40:53.799 --> 00:40:54.199 much for 00:40:54.199 --> 00:40:54.779 being our 00:40:54.779 --> 00:40:55.839 living help 00:40:55.839 --> 00:40:59.699 in time of 00:40:59.699 --> 00:41:00.219 need and we 00:41:00.219 --> 00:41:00.779 know it. 00:41:04.259 --> 00:41:04.739 God 00:41:04.739 --> 00:41:05.819 would you 00:41:05.819 --> 00:41:07.079 unite us? 00:41:07.079 --> 00:41:08.659 would you 00:41:08.659 --> 00:41:09.599 bring solidarity 00:41:09.599 --> 00:41:11.360 to us 00:41:11.360 --> 00:41:12.400 among us 00:41:12.400 --> 00:41:13.159 around 00:41:13.159 --> 00:41:14.179 our 00:41:14.179 --> 00:41:15.460 crucified 00:41:15.460 --> 00:41:16.259 and 00:41:16.259 --> 00:41:16.779 exalted 00:41:16.779 --> 00:41:17.239 king 00:41:17.239 --> 00:41:17.699 Jesus 00:41:17.699 --> 00:41:19.420 and that 00:41:19.420 --> 00:41:19.679 we would 00:41:19.679 --> 00:41:20.139 hold fast 00:41:20.139 --> 00:41:20.579 to him 00:41:20.579 --> 00:41:22.679 all the way 00:41:22.679 --> 00:41:22.980 to the 00:41:22.980 --> 00:41:23.299 end 00:41:23.299 --> 00:41:25.779 because you 00:41:25.779 --> 00:41:26.239 are so 00:41:26.239 --> 00:41:26.719 worthy. 00:41:26.719 --> 00:41:29.539 it's in 00:41:29.539 --> 00:41:29.919 your name 00:41:29.919 --> 00:41:30.259 we pray 00:41:30.259 --> 00:41:30.759 Jesus 00:41:30.759 --> 00:41:31.699 amen. 00:41:31.699 --> 00:41:31.799 Amen.