WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.339 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama. 00:00:06.799 --> 00:00:10.519 ! Our passion is to experience and express grace. Join us. 00:00:10.519 --> 00:00:23.400 That is what we want to do all the time, every time we're together, to turn our eyes upon Jesus. 00:00:23.399 --> 00:00:33.259 That's why our very first commitment as a church is that we're committed to being Christ-centered. 00:00:34.039 --> 00:00:43.799 Always to be depending upon Him, honoring Him, keeping Him central to our lives. 00:00:44.619 --> 00:00:51.980 And so as we start a new year, of course, we want to keep the main thing, the main thing. 00:00:51.979 --> 00:01:04.000 And the main thing, I hope this is not a surprise to you at this point, the main thing is Jesus and our relationship with Him. 00:01:05.060 --> 00:01:08.659 He is worthy of our attention, of our affection. 00:01:10.140 --> 00:01:15.819 Even more than that, though, He's the one that we desperately need, isn't He? 00:01:15.920 --> 00:01:18.299 Even when we're not sure that's true. 00:01:18.299 --> 00:01:26.719 And that's what Paul, or another early church leader, wants to say to the Hebrews. 00:01:27.560 --> 00:01:33.140 These Christians in the first century who were starting to get really discouraged. 00:01:33.659 --> 00:01:37.959 Perhaps because persecution of Christ followers was ramping up. 00:01:39.659 --> 00:01:46.599 Perhaps because following Jesus hadn't made their lives easier or more successful all of a sudden. 00:01:46.599 --> 00:01:52.879 Perhaps because they never really grasped the centrality of Jesus. 00:01:54.379 --> 00:01:59.159 Whatever the case, the writer sends to them a sermon. 00:01:59.399 --> 00:02:02.859 That's really the form that this letter takes. 00:02:03.099 --> 00:02:07.799 It's a sermon to say, stick with Jesus. 00:02:08.340 --> 00:02:10.259 He is the one that you need. 00:02:10.479 --> 00:02:13.599 He is greater than anything else. 00:02:13.599 --> 00:02:17.180 Anything you might consider. 00:02:17.299 --> 00:02:19.560 Don't consider self-reliance. 00:02:20.560 --> 00:02:22.900 Even if you're considering other gods. 00:02:23.379 --> 00:02:25.799 Even if you're considering giving up. 00:02:26.599 --> 00:02:28.680 No, Jesus is greater. 00:02:29.900 --> 00:02:33.900 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, He says. 00:02:34.299 --> 00:02:35.759 Let's do that. 00:02:35.859 --> 00:02:39.599 Not just turn them for a glance at Christmastime. 00:02:40.680 --> 00:02:42.180 We enjoy doing that. 00:02:42.180 --> 00:02:45.280 But let's keep them on Him. 00:02:46.319 --> 00:02:48.780 Yes, yes, again, in case you're wondering. 00:02:48.960 --> 00:02:50.879 Yes, another one of those sermons. 00:02:51.200 --> 00:02:51.520 Yes. 00:02:52.980 --> 00:02:54.700 Keep your eyes fixed on Him. 00:02:54.760 --> 00:02:58.580 Like a little child not wanting to lose sight of his mother. 00:02:59.879 --> 00:03:02.659 Jesus, Jesus, keeping my eyes fixed on Him. 00:03:02.659 --> 00:03:16.419 Pastor Andrew Murray says that the writer of Hebrews unceasingly placed their weakness and Christ's person side by side. 00:03:17.099 --> 00:03:22.379 He was sure that if they knew Christ, all would be well. 00:03:22.379 --> 00:03:30.539 Man, I would love that if someone felt that way about my sermons. 00:03:30.539 --> 00:03:35.479 My whole life and ministry for that matter. 00:03:35.479 --> 00:03:39.340 Our need and Christ's provision. 00:03:39.840 --> 00:03:48.060 Our insufficiency and Christ's sufficiency side by side all the time in every moment. 00:03:48.060 --> 00:03:55.400 Because if we have Jesus, no matter what happens, all will be well. 00:03:55.400 --> 00:04:01.439 These next few months, we're going to be looking at the book of Hebrews. 00:04:01.719 --> 00:04:02.760 Yes, I said months. 00:04:03.939 --> 00:04:04.960 It takes a while. 00:04:06.500 --> 00:04:11.659 We're going to be looking at how Jesus is greater than anything else. 00:04:11.659 --> 00:04:18.139 I really love creative people who can picture so well for us. 00:04:18.699 --> 00:04:26.839 This message, even that alligator mouth that you might remember from math class that's right there beside Jesus. 00:04:27.040 --> 00:04:30.240 It means greater than for those of you who've been out of math for a while. 00:04:32.699 --> 00:04:40.560 This is going to be in front of us so that we see, even as you see all sorts of things on this right side that Jesus is greater than, 00:04:40.560 --> 00:04:44.040 and maybe you'll see some things in your own heart that you can put over there. 00:04:44.740 --> 00:04:47.480 It's going to be a reminder for us visually. 00:04:48.680 --> 00:04:55.480 I'm going to seek to keep that reality in front of us with spoken words as I preach. 00:04:56.340 --> 00:05:07.340 But let's especially ask God to write the truth of the greatness of Jesus on each of our hearts as we listen to his word in Hebrews. 00:05:07.339 --> 00:05:10.619 Let's pray together before we open God's word. 00:05:13.259 --> 00:05:17.560 Father, we are people who've heard of Jesus. 00:05:18.759 --> 00:05:24.259 Many who've loved Jesus, who've even this morning sung to Jesus. 00:05:25.559 --> 00:05:31.239 But you know we have hearts that are so prone to wander, to sleeping. 00:05:31.919 --> 00:05:35.299 We have eyes distracted by many things. 00:05:35.300 --> 00:05:42.280 We have minds that are prone to look for life and all sorts of things in this world. 00:05:44.280 --> 00:05:50.720 Father, we have an enemy, you know this, who wants us to believe that Jesus is not enough. 00:05:50.720 --> 00:06:01.140 And so would you open our minds, our eyes, our hearts afresh, turn our eyes upon Jesus. 00:06:03.000 --> 00:06:11.880 Even today, even in these moments, even as we open your word, would it show us your written word, show us your living word. 00:06:12.820 --> 00:06:14.420 We ask it in his name. 00:06:15.500 --> 00:06:15.800 Amen. 00:06:15.800 --> 00:06:15.940 Amen. 00:06:15.939 --> 00:06:16.019 Amen. 00:06:19.459 --> 00:06:22.399 The introduction to the sermon to the Hebrews. 00:06:23.219 --> 00:06:32.639 Right here immediately, the theme and some of the most wonderful realities in all of the Bible, in all the world. 00:06:33.399 --> 00:06:33.980 Hebrews 1. 00:06:33.980 --> 00:06:41.640 Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets. 00:06:41.639 --> 00:06:53.019 But in these last days, he has spoken to us by his son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. 00:06:53.560 --> 00:06:58.659 He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature. 00:06:59.000 --> 00:07:02.680 And he upholds the universe by the word of his power. 00:07:02.680 --> 00:07:11.340 After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the majesty on high. 00:07:12.439 --> 00:07:17.660 Don't miss the wonder of these opening words. 00:07:18.180 --> 00:07:24.500 It's that the God of the universe speaks to us. 00:07:25.360 --> 00:07:26.379 He speaks. 00:07:26.379 --> 00:07:29.259 He's not hiding himself from you. 00:07:29.439 --> 00:07:35.560 Even if you feel that way this morning or you've felt that way before, he is communicating. 00:07:36.300 --> 00:07:38.379 He is revealing himself. 00:07:38.939 --> 00:07:40.420 He is speaking. 00:07:40.680 --> 00:07:44.740 He's initiating relationship with you. 00:07:44.740 --> 00:08:03.160 If that's something that you think you might want here at the beginning of a new year for the first time or in a way you've kind of lost sight of for a while, just know you're not in competition with him for that. 00:08:03.400 --> 00:08:05.000 He wants that too. 00:08:05.120 --> 00:08:07.639 He speaks to us. 00:08:07.680 --> 00:08:10.600 He wants relationship with you. 00:08:10.600 --> 00:08:35.519 But up to the point in history of the first Christmas, he has spoken in a variety of ways through creation, through human messengers, all offering these little bits and pieces, glimpses of who God is, of how to relate to him, of what the good life is about. 00:08:35.519 --> 00:08:40.679 I mean, Yahweh's Old Testament people could certainly know him, okay? 00:08:41.079 --> 00:08:44.759 But only from a limited perspective. 00:08:46.879 --> 00:08:55.600 Many of you like me have already made it to the gym in the past few days or maybe you're thinking, this is the week I'm going to do it. 00:08:55.639 --> 00:09:00.899 I'm going to start a new workout program or a new diet or whatever it is. 00:09:01.159 --> 00:09:04.740 Maybe there's a fitness or nutrition expert that you follow. 00:09:04.740 --> 00:09:10.100 And you have her program for a new you. 00:09:11.320 --> 00:09:26.639 Perhaps you've even adopted her philosophy of life, whatever it is, you know, that the good life is eating green stuff and waking up early and walking backwards and that will make you who you want to be. 00:09:26.720 --> 00:09:29.960 Whatever it is, you've got that philosophy. 00:09:30.740 --> 00:09:35.200 But if a program or a philosophy is all you have, 00:09:36.379 --> 00:09:39.860 you don't really have all you need to know that person, do you? 00:09:40.360 --> 00:09:45.139 To be like that person that you'd like to be like. 00:09:45.139 --> 00:09:49.240 You don't know how they adjust when they work your job 00:09:49.240 --> 00:09:51.600 or when they strain a muscle. 00:09:52.840 --> 00:09:56.860 You don't have someone there with you to drag you out of bed 00:09:56.860 --> 00:10:00.200 when your alarm goes off and you hit snooze again 00:10:00.200 --> 00:10:04.000 or to spot you when you can't lift all the weight. 00:10:05.440 --> 00:10:09.220 You don't understand how they deal with the emotions of feeling 00:10:09.220 --> 00:10:12.759 like all of the effort you're putting in to become a new person 00:10:12.759 --> 00:10:15.300 just isn't really making any difference. 00:10:16.639 --> 00:10:18.259 How would she respond? 00:10:18.360 --> 00:10:20.060 What would she say? 00:10:20.259 --> 00:10:21.639 How would she do it? 00:10:21.659 --> 00:10:22.639 You don't know. 00:10:22.639 --> 00:10:30.899 Unless that person shows up and starts living with you. 00:10:31.600 --> 00:10:35.360 You know, moves in as a roommate sort of situation in your world. 00:10:35.500 --> 00:10:38.840 Unless that happens, you're going to remain limited, right? 00:10:39.639 --> 00:10:43.199 Imagine the difference if she moved in with you, 00:10:43.259 --> 00:10:44.580 if she worked with you, 00:10:45.039 --> 00:10:47.379 if she worked out with you, 00:10:47.379 --> 00:10:51.340 if she worked through emotions with you. 00:10:51.740 --> 00:10:54.039 You really got to know the real her, 00:10:54.139 --> 00:10:56.340 not just the Instagram version. 00:10:57.779 --> 00:10:58.879 Wouldn't that make a difference? 00:10:59.799 --> 00:11:02.639 A relationship with a person 00:11:02.639 --> 00:11:08.179 takes you well beyond a mere program or philosophy, right? 00:11:10.279 --> 00:11:13.220 The writer means something very similar to that 00:11:13.220 --> 00:11:15.720 here at the beginning of Hebrews. 00:11:15.720 --> 00:11:18.440 He's saying, look, God through the prophets 00:11:18.440 --> 00:11:20.820 has given us the program, 00:11:21.160 --> 00:11:23.180 the philosophy for life, 00:11:23.259 --> 00:11:24.660 for the good life with him, 00:11:25.040 --> 00:11:29.279 but pieces here and there of what Yahweh is like, 00:11:29.379 --> 00:11:31.160 of how we relate to him. 00:11:31.340 --> 00:11:35.040 But it's like staring at the half-finished puzzle 00:11:35.040 --> 00:11:36.620 maybe you did over the holidays. 00:11:36.940 --> 00:11:40.019 And you're just not sure where all the pieces fit together. 00:11:40.019 --> 00:11:43.559 Until Jesus, 00:11:44.579 --> 00:11:46.699 until the Son of God, 00:11:46.919 --> 00:11:50.299 God shows up in a person. 00:11:50.720 --> 00:11:52.220 Now this is it. 00:11:52.379 --> 00:11:54.980 Not merely the last piece in the puzzle, 00:11:55.179 --> 00:11:59.159 but truly the puzzle box top, right? 00:11:59.319 --> 00:12:00.639 That's what's happening. 00:12:00.879 --> 00:12:02.259 He moves in with us. 00:12:02.600 --> 00:12:04.500 And God repeatedly says, 00:12:04.500 --> 00:12:08.100 listen to him. 00:12:08.580 --> 00:12:10.039 I am speaking, 00:12:10.419 --> 00:12:10.860 God says, 00:12:10.980 --> 00:12:13.440 the word made flesh. 00:12:14.159 --> 00:12:14.740 Here it is in, 00:12:15.019 --> 00:12:16.879 we're in the last days, 00:12:17.159 --> 00:12:19.559 the dividing line of human history. 00:12:20.019 --> 00:12:20.860 They've come. 00:12:21.220 --> 00:12:22.539 It's when God himself 00:12:22.539 --> 00:12:24.919 enters into the world that he's made. 00:12:25.039 --> 00:12:26.419 Isn't this beautiful? 00:12:27.019 --> 00:12:28.600 Aren't we so thankful 00:12:28.600 --> 00:12:30.519 that now we have a person 00:12:30.519 --> 00:12:33.720 to reveal God to us, 00:12:33.860 --> 00:12:35.360 to show us who he is, 00:12:35.600 --> 00:12:36.879 how he responds, 00:12:37.180 --> 00:12:39.440 what it's like to relate to him. 00:12:40.340 --> 00:12:44.980 Jesus is God's best word to us. 00:12:45.100 --> 00:12:48.000 The ultimate way that he shows us who he is, 00:12:48.279 --> 00:12:49.580 how we know him. 00:12:50.420 --> 00:12:53.779 He is everything God wanted to say to the world 00:12:53.779 --> 00:12:55.759 wrapped up in a person. 00:12:56.600 --> 00:12:58.040 Glenn Scrivener says. 00:12:59.279 --> 00:13:01.300 We get a person, right? 00:13:01.480 --> 00:13:02.960 We get a relationship. 00:13:05.040 --> 00:13:07.120 Now that's a wonderful reality. 00:13:09.040 --> 00:13:11.680 And it's a hard reality. 00:13:12.060 --> 00:13:12.180 See, 00:13:12.759 --> 00:13:15.399 see that personal revelation 00:13:15.399 --> 00:13:17.879 means that we don't get to make up 00:13:17.879 --> 00:13:19.100 who God is, 00:13:19.540 --> 00:13:19.980 do we? 00:13:21.620 --> 00:13:23.980 We don't get to say what he's like. 00:13:24.800 --> 00:13:26.340 He is who he is 00:13:26.340 --> 00:13:27.600 and who he tells us 00:13:27.600 --> 00:13:28.740 and shows us 00:13:28.740 --> 00:13:30.060 in Jesus. 00:13:30.460 --> 00:13:32.160 And we have to adapt 00:13:32.160 --> 00:13:33.720 our understanding 00:13:33.720 --> 00:13:35.180 and our lives 00:13:35.180 --> 00:13:37.120 to that reality, 00:13:37.800 --> 00:13:40.259 that personal reality 00:13:40.259 --> 00:13:43.019 in order to have a relationship 00:13:43.019 --> 00:13:43.600 with him, 00:13:43.639 --> 00:13:44.080 a person. 00:13:45.960 --> 00:13:46.160 See, 00:13:46.220 --> 00:13:47.280 once the fitness expert 00:13:47.280 --> 00:13:48.399 moves in with you 00:13:48.399 --> 00:13:50.160 and sleeps through the alarm 00:13:50.160 --> 00:13:51.100 twice a week, 00:13:51.100 --> 00:13:53.100 you can't say, 00:13:53.240 --> 00:13:53.259 well, 00:13:53.379 --> 00:13:54.740 I like to think of her 00:13:54.740 --> 00:13:56.180 as someone who never sleeps 00:13:56.180 --> 00:13:57.080 through her alarm. 00:13:59.360 --> 00:14:00.620 You wouldn't be relating 00:14:00.620 --> 00:14:02.040 to the real her, 00:14:02.940 --> 00:14:03.320 would you? 00:14:03.320 --> 00:14:06.740 We can't have a relationship 00:14:06.740 --> 00:14:08.020 with the real, 00:14:08.379 --> 00:14:08.820 just, 00:14:08.980 --> 00:14:10.780 and holy God 00:14:10.780 --> 00:14:11.840 if we say, 00:14:12.040 --> 00:14:12.160 well, 00:14:12.200 --> 00:14:13.280 I like to think of him 00:14:13.280 --> 00:14:14.480 as just loving. 00:14:16.180 --> 00:14:17.520 We have to deal 00:14:17.520 --> 00:14:19.120 with who he really is, 00:14:19.300 --> 00:14:21.740 who Jesus has shown him 00:14:21.740 --> 00:14:22.420 to be. 00:14:23.940 --> 00:14:24.200 See, 00:14:24.280 --> 00:14:25.060 God's saying here 00:14:25.060 --> 00:14:25.940 in Hebrews 1 00:14:25.940 --> 00:14:27.800 that not only is no further 00:14:27.800 --> 00:14:29.300 revelation of him 00:14:29.300 --> 00:14:29.960 needed, 00:14:29.960 --> 00:14:32.780 no further revelation 00:14:32.780 --> 00:14:33.960 of him is helpful, 00:14:35.060 --> 00:14:35.680 is allowed. 00:14:37.700 --> 00:14:38.860 It's not a vision 00:14:38.860 --> 00:14:40.560 of Muhammad 00:14:40.560 --> 00:14:43.220 or of Joseph Smith 00:14:43.220 --> 00:14:45.340 or your friend. 00:14:47.000 --> 00:14:48.440 That's not the last word. 00:14:49.800 --> 00:14:50.620 It's not a way 00:14:50.620 --> 00:14:52.480 that you like to think of him. 00:14:52.740 --> 00:14:54.100 That's not the last word 00:14:54.100 --> 00:14:54.740 about God. 00:14:55.700 --> 00:14:56.920 It's not a conclusion 00:14:56.920 --> 00:14:57.740 that you draw 00:14:57.740 --> 00:14:59.620 from decades of life experience 00:14:59.620 --> 00:15:01.120 about what God's like. 00:15:01.259 --> 00:15:01.399 No, 00:15:01.440 --> 00:15:02.779 that's not the last word 00:15:02.779 --> 00:15:04.060 about God. 00:15:04.360 --> 00:15:05.820 The eternal God 00:15:05.820 --> 00:15:07.820 enters into time 00:15:07.820 --> 00:15:08.740 and space 00:15:08.740 --> 00:15:10.679 to speak to us 00:15:10.679 --> 00:15:11.799 finally 00:15:11.799 --> 00:15:13.259 and fully 00:15:13.259 --> 00:15:14.580 who he is 00:15:14.580 --> 00:15:16.000 and how we relate 00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:16.460 to him. 00:15:17.879 --> 00:15:18.399 So now, 00:15:18.500 --> 00:15:19.039 in order to have 00:15:19.039 --> 00:15:20.179 relationship with him, 00:15:20.399 --> 00:15:21.980 we have to adapt 00:15:21.980 --> 00:15:24.060 to that personal reality, 00:15:24.419 --> 00:15:26.120 that ultimate truth 00:15:26.120 --> 00:15:27.480 to shape our lives 00:15:27.480 --> 00:15:28.920 based on him, 00:15:29.039 --> 00:15:29.820 on Jesus, 00:15:30.019 --> 00:15:31.860 not on our own ideas. 00:15:32.779 --> 00:15:34.580 In these last days, 00:15:34.680 --> 00:15:35.659 he has spoken 00:15:35.659 --> 00:15:37.159 to us 00:15:37.159 --> 00:15:39.659 by his son, 00:15:39.759 --> 00:15:41.820 this unique person 00:15:41.820 --> 00:15:43.180 who alone 00:15:43.180 --> 00:15:45.000 reveals God 00:15:45.000 --> 00:15:45.680 to us. 00:15:45.980 --> 00:15:46.399 Listen 00:15:46.399 --> 00:15:48.220 to him. 00:15:50.220 --> 00:15:50.779 Okay, 00:15:50.860 --> 00:15:51.480 you see where he's 00:15:51.480 --> 00:15:52.500 pointing us? 00:15:53.039 --> 00:15:53.840 This sermon 00:15:53.840 --> 00:15:55.000 points us 00:15:55.000 --> 00:15:56.460 to Jesus, 00:15:57.200 --> 00:15:58.460 God's best word 00:15:58.460 --> 00:15:59.220 to the Hebrews. 00:16:00.440 --> 00:16:01.519 Right here at the outset, 00:16:01.700 --> 00:16:03.420 he holds Jesus up 00:16:03.420 --> 00:16:05.000 in just a couple 00:16:05.000 --> 00:16:05.780 of verses. 00:16:06.320 --> 00:16:07.100 He helps us 00:16:07.100 --> 00:16:07.940 to marvel 00:16:07.940 --> 00:16:09.340 at his unique 00:16:09.340 --> 00:16:10.200 greatness. 00:16:11.660 --> 00:16:12.500 The preacher 00:16:12.500 --> 00:16:13.320 gives us 00:16:13.320 --> 00:16:14.360 six, 00:16:14.759 --> 00:16:15.180 seven 00:16:15.180 --> 00:16:16.440 brilliant facets 00:16:16.440 --> 00:16:17.980 of who Jesus is. 00:16:18.060 --> 00:16:18.519 Thank you, 00:16:18.639 --> 00:16:19.019 kids. 00:16:19.240 --> 00:16:19.720 Yes. 00:16:20.220 --> 00:16:20.960 Come on. 00:16:20.960 --> 00:16:21.440 I couldn't 00:16:21.440 --> 00:16:21.940 help it. 00:16:22.060 --> 00:16:22.320 I mean, 00:16:23.320 --> 00:16:24.259 I really honestly 00:16:24.259 --> 00:16:25.100 couldn't decide 00:16:25.100 --> 00:16:25.740 whether to group 00:16:25.740 --> 00:16:26.460 it as six 00:16:26.460 --> 00:16:27.060 or seven 00:16:27.060 --> 00:16:27.780 and most sermons 00:16:27.780 --> 00:16:28.639 only have three 00:16:28.639 --> 00:16:29.139 points, 00:16:29.240 --> 00:16:29.920 so how often 00:16:29.920 --> 00:16:30.500 do you get 00:16:30.500 --> 00:16:32.400 to bring it up? 00:16:34.040 --> 00:16:34.519 Sorry, 00:16:34.720 --> 00:16:35.100 kids. 00:16:37.060 --> 00:16:37.540 Kids, 00:16:37.620 --> 00:16:38.000 that's meant 00:16:38.000 --> 00:16:38.639 to make you 00:16:38.639 --> 00:16:39.300 laugh, 00:16:39.560 --> 00:16:39.879 right? 00:16:40.040 --> 00:16:40.820 You understand 00:16:40.820 --> 00:16:41.480 the intent 00:16:41.480 --> 00:16:41.980 of that? 00:16:42.800 --> 00:16:43.300 I want you 00:16:43.300 --> 00:16:43.800 to understand 00:16:43.800 --> 00:16:44.580 the intent 00:16:44.580 --> 00:16:45.180 of the verses 00:16:45.180 --> 00:16:45.740 we're about 00:16:45.740 --> 00:16:46.340 to read. 00:16:46.800 --> 00:16:47.400 What we're 00:16:47.400 --> 00:16:48.519 about to read 00:16:48.519 --> 00:16:49.400 is meant 00:16:49.400 --> 00:16:50.180 to make you 00:16:50.179 --> 00:16:50.599 go, 00:16:51.620 --> 00:16:52.419 wow, 00:16:53.799 --> 00:16:55.779 to marvel, 00:16:56.719 --> 00:16:58.500 to wonder 00:16:58.500 --> 00:16:59.419 at who Jesus 00:16:59.419 --> 00:16:59.879 is, 00:17:00.419 --> 00:17:01.779 to worship 00:17:01.779 --> 00:17:02.419 him, 00:17:02.679 --> 00:17:02.919 okay? 00:17:03.899 --> 00:17:04.659 Don't miss 00:17:04.659 --> 00:17:05.500 these things. 00:17:06.539 --> 00:17:07.039 Stay with me 00:17:07.039 --> 00:17:07.619 for a few minutes. 00:17:07.700 --> 00:17:07.980 I want you 00:17:07.980 --> 00:17:08.460 to fill in 00:17:08.460 --> 00:17:08.960 these seven 00:17:08.960 --> 00:17:09.419 blanks, 00:17:09.500 --> 00:17:09.659 okay? 00:17:10.019 --> 00:17:10.639 Six if you 00:17:10.639 --> 00:17:10.919 prefer, 00:17:11.039 --> 00:17:11.399 but there's 00:17:11.399 --> 00:17:12.339 seven in your 00:17:12.339 --> 00:17:12.740 outline, 00:17:12.879 --> 00:17:13.399 and I want 00:17:13.399 --> 00:17:13.980 you to write 00:17:13.980 --> 00:17:14.879 beside each 00:17:14.879 --> 00:17:15.779 one of them 00:17:15.779 --> 00:17:17.059 something to 00:17:17.059 --> 00:17:17.379 help you 00:17:17.379 --> 00:17:17.960 remember what 00:17:17.960 --> 00:17:18.720 it means. 00:17:18.720 --> 00:17:20.440 pay attention, 00:17:20.660 --> 00:17:21.740 don't miss 00:17:21.740 --> 00:17:22.200 these things. 00:17:22.279 --> 00:17:22.799 Let's turn 00:17:22.799 --> 00:17:23.259 our eyes 00:17:23.259 --> 00:17:24.259 upon Jesus. 00:17:24.700 --> 00:17:25.539 Why is it 00:17:25.539 --> 00:17:26.079 that he is 00:17:26.079 --> 00:17:27.360 so worthy 00:17:27.360 --> 00:17:28.460 of our attention 00:17:28.460 --> 00:17:29.559 as God's 00:17:29.559 --> 00:17:31.100 best word? 00:17:32.779 --> 00:17:33.519 In these 00:17:33.519 --> 00:17:34.400 last days, 00:17:34.940 --> 00:17:35.600 he has 00:17:35.600 --> 00:17:36.100 spoken 00:17:36.100 --> 00:17:38.559 to us. 00:17:39.420 --> 00:17:40.100 Amazing. 00:17:41.100 --> 00:17:41.640 He's spoken 00:17:41.640 --> 00:17:41.900 to us. 00:17:41.900 --> 00:17:42.200 Listen, 00:17:42.680 --> 00:17:43.240 he's speaking 00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:43.720 to you 00:17:43.720 --> 00:17:44.799 by his 00:17:44.799 --> 00:17:45.759 son, 00:17:46.960 --> 00:17:47.579 whom he 00:17:47.579 --> 00:17:48.140 appointed 00:17:48.140 --> 00:17:49.579 the heir 00:17:49.579 --> 00:17:50.880 of all 00:17:50.880 --> 00:17:51.539 things. 00:17:52.539 --> 00:17:53.759 The heir 00:17:53.759 --> 00:17:54.279 is the one 00:17:54.279 --> 00:17:55.059 who owns, 00:17:55.940 --> 00:17:57.120 for whom 00:17:57.120 --> 00:17:57.960 the things 00:17:57.960 --> 00:17:59.039 exist, 00:17:59.319 --> 00:17:59.579 right? 00:18:00.680 --> 00:18:01.500 In this 00:18:01.500 --> 00:18:01.819 case, 00:18:01.940 --> 00:18:02.160 which 00:18:02.160 --> 00:18:02.759 things? 00:18:05.400 --> 00:18:06.279 All 00:18:06.279 --> 00:18:07.779 things. 00:18:08.819 --> 00:18:10.079 The nations, 00:18:10.740 --> 00:18:11.740 the ends 00:18:11.740 --> 00:18:12.359 of the 00:18:12.359 --> 00:18:12.819 earth, 00:18:13.140 --> 00:18:14.440 the galaxies, 00:18:15.400 --> 00:18:16.259 the plants 00:18:16.259 --> 00:18:17.339 and animals, 00:18:17.859 --> 00:18:18.599 you and 00:18:18.599 --> 00:18:19.279 me. 00:18:20.460 --> 00:18:21.039 Jesus 00:18:21.039 --> 00:18:22.440 holds the 00:18:22.440 --> 00:18:23.200 right to 00:18:23.200 --> 00:18:24.559 control and 00:18:24.559 --> 00:18:25.500 to use for 00:18:25.500 --> 00:18:26.539 his purposes 00:18:26.539 --> 00:18:27.880 all human 00:18:27.880 --> 00:18:28.660 intelligence, 00:18:29.400 --> 00:18:30.640 all governmental 00:18:30.640 --> 00:18:31.839 power, 00:18:32.339 --> 00:18:33.960 even all evil 00:18:33.960 --> 00:18:35.019 forces in the 00:18:35.019 --> 00:18:36.039 whole universe. 00:18:36.039 --> 00:18:37.500 for from 00:18:37.500 --> 00:18:38.399 him and 00:18:38.399 --> 00:18:39.180 through him 00:18:39.180 --> 00:18:40.379 and to 00:18:40.379 --> 00:18:41.899 him are 00:18:41.899 --> 00:18:43.119 all things, 00:18:43.220 --> 00:18:43.819 Romans 11. 00:18:45.379 --> 00:18:46.339 All things 00:18:46.339 --> 00:18:47.200 created by 00:18:47.200 --> 00:18:47.639 him and 00:18:47.639 --> 00:18:48.639 for 00:18:48.639 --> 00:18:49.759 him. 00:18:50.319 --> 00:18:50.879 Jesus, 00:18:51.200 --> 00:18:51.379 y'all, 00:18:51.460 --> 00:18:52.500 is why we 00:18:52.500 --> 00:18:53.480 exist. 00:18:54.379 --> 00:18:55.420 It's for 00:18:55.420 --> 00:18:55.799 him. 00:18:56.039 --> 00:18:56.659 That's how 00:18:56.659 --> 00:18:57.279 worthy he 00:18:57.279 --> 00:18:58.159 is of 00:18:58.159 --> 00:18:59.720 all things, 00:18:59.859 --> 00:19:00.619 so certainly 00:19:00.619 --> 00:19:01.779 of my 00:19:01.779 --> 00:19:02.299 worship, 00:19:03.059 --> 00:19:03.759 of my 00:19:03.759 --> 00:19:04.319 time, 00:19:04.440 --> 00:19:05.180 of my 00:19:05.180 --> 00:19:05.759 obedience, 00:19:05.759 --> 00:19:06.720 of my 00:19:06.720 --> 00:19:08.019 love. 00:19:10.319 --> 00:19:10.980 Jesus is 00:19:10.980 --> 00:19:12.500 also the 00:19:12.500 --> 00:19:12.980 creator 00:19:12.980 --> 00:19:14.980 through whom 00:19:14.980 --> 00:19:16.059 he created 00:19:16.059 --> 00:19:17.799 the world. 00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:18.799 Not only 00:19:18.799 --> 00:19:19.519 for him, 00:19:20.079 --> 00:19:21.200 but by 00:19:21.200 --> 00:19:22.299 him all 00:19:22.299 --> 00:19:23.599 things created, 00:19:23.759 --> 00:19:24.619 Colossians 1. 00:19:24.839 --> 00:19:25.640 Without him, 00:19:25.960 --> 00:19:26.680 nothing was 00:19:26.680 --> 00:19:27.940 made that 00:19:27.940 --> 00:19:28.700 has been 00:19:28.700 --> 00:19:29.039 made. 00:19:29.180 --> 00:19:29.980 That's John 00:19:29.980 --> 00:19:30.440 1, right? 00:19:30.500 --> 00:19:31.200 He made 00:19:31.200 --> 00:19:31.819 all of it. 00:19:32.259 --> 00:19:32.799 You may 00:19:32.799 --> 00:19:33.379 have thought 00:19:33.379 --> 00:19:34.359 more often 00:19:34.359 --> 00:19:34.939 of Jesus 00:19:34.939 --> 00:19:35.479 as a 00:19:35.479 --> 00:19:36.319 baby in 00:19:36.319 --> 00:19:36.779 a manger, 00:19:36.979 --> 00:19:37.359 especially 00:19:37.359 --> 00:19:38.179 recently. 00:19:38.579 --> 00:19:39.699 But long 00:19:39.699 --> 00:19:40.919 before Jesus 00:19:40.919 --> 00:19:41.759 became 00:19:41.759 --> 00:19:42.679 flesh, 00:19:43.240 --> 00:19:44.719 he created 00:19:44.719 --> 00:19:46.539 all flesh. 00:19:46.919 --> 00:19:48.079 He spoke 00:19:48.079 --> 00:19:49.559 life and 00:19:49.559 --> 00:19:50.819 time and 00:19:50.819 --> 00:19:52.379 space into 00:19:52.379 --> 00:19:53.359 existence. 00:19:53.919 --> 00:19:54.740 He made 00:19:54.740 --> 00:19:56.039 galaxies 00:19:56.039 --> 00:19:56.839 appear where 00:19:56.839 --> 00:19:57.399 there were no 00:19:57.399 --> 00:19:57.899 galaxies. 00:19:57.900 --> 00:20:00.700 he spoke 00:20:00.700 --> 00:20:01.540 them and 00:20:01.540 --> 00:20:02.019 they were. 00:20:03.820 --> 00:20:04.480 But that's 00:20:04.480 --> 00:20:04.920 something only 00:20:04.920 --> 00:20:05.420 God can 00:20:05.420 --> 00:20:05.980 do, right? 00:20:07.120 --> 00:20:07.840 You're 00:20:07.840 --> 00:20:08.380 exactly 00:20:08.380 --> 00:20:09.320 right. 00:20:09.860 --> 00:20:10.480 These next 00:20:10.480 --> 00:20:11.300 two facets 00:20:11.300 --> 00:20:12.580 are connected 00:20:12.580 --> 00:20:13.280 as they help 00:20:13.280 --> 00:20:14.240 us gaze at 00:20:14.240 --> 00:20:14.900 Jesus' 00:20:15.259 --> 00:20:15.980 divinity. 00:20:16.600 --> 00:20:17.240 He is the 00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:18.480 radiance of 00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:19.540 God's glory 00:20:19.540 --> 00:20:20.759 and the 00:20:20.759 --> 00:20:22.120 exact imprint 00:20:22.119 --> 00:20:23.579 of his 00:20:23.579 --> 00:20:24.139 nature. 00:20:25.039 --> 00:20:26.059 The radiance 00:20:26.059 --> 00:20:26.739 of God's 00:20:26.739 --> 00:20:27.559 glory like 00:20:27.559 --> 00:20:28.759 the rays 00:20:28.759 --> 00:20:29.639 of the 00:20:29.639 --> 00:20:30.239 sun. 00:20:30.539 --> 00:20:31.059 The same 00:20:31.059 --> 00:20:31.759 substance, 00:20:32.119 --> 00:20:32.659 the same 00:20:32.659 --> 00:20:33.279 essence, 00:20:33.559 --> 00:20:33.899 but the 00:20:33.899 --> 00:20:34.459 way that 00:20:34.459 --> 00:20:35.919 we experience 00:20:35.919 --> 00:20:37.239 and feel 00:20:37.239 --> 00:20:38.199 and see 00:20:38.199 --> 00:20:40.299 sun is 00:20:40.299 --> 00:20:41.179 through the 00:20:41.179 --> 00:20:41.799 rays, 00:20:41.899 --> 00:20:42.139 right? 00:20:42.579 --> 00:20:43.279 Jesus is 00:20:43.279 --> 00:20:43.939 the same 00:20:43.939 --> 00:20:45.319 essence of 00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:45.579 God, 00:20:45.859 --> 00:20:47.379 fully God, 00:20:47.639 --> 00:20:48.379 the way 00:20:48.379 --> 00:20:49.979 we experience 00:20:49.979 --> 00:20:50.699 his 00:20:50.700 --> 00:20:51.660 Godness, 00:20:51.900 --> 00:20:53.200 his glory. 00:20:55.299 --> 00:20:55.860 Now hold 00:20:55.860 --> 00:20:56.240 on. 00:20:57.840 --> 00:20:58.759 This is 00:20:58.759 --> 00:20:59.660 frightening, 00:21:00.640 --> 00:21:02.100 especially to 00:21:02.100 --> 00:21:02.900 a Jewish 00:21:02.900 --> 00:21:04.460 person reading 00:21:04.460 --> 00:21:05.700 this letter. 00:21:06.500 --> 00:21:07.539 This is the 00:21:07.539 --> 00:21:09.080 glory that 00:21:09.080 --> 00:21:09.819 was the most 00:21:09.819 --> 00:21:10.700 intimidating 00:21:10.700 --> 00:21:12.640 force in the 00:21:12.640 --> 00:21:13.160 whole Old 00:21:13.160 --> 00:21:13.620 Testament, 00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:14.720 expressed in 00:21:14.720 --> 00:21:15.059 the Old 00:21:15.059 --> 00:21:15.680 Testament only 00:21:15.680 --> 00:21:16.600 partially, 00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:17.680 but burning 00:21:17.680 --> 00:21:19.100 in a fiery 00:21:19.100 --> 00:21:20.059 cloud, 00:21:20.299 --> 00:21:20.519 right? 00:21:20.700 --> 00:21:21.759 stopping 00:21:21.759 --> 00:21:23.000 whole armies 00:21:23.000 --> 00:21:23.960 in their 00:21:23.960 --> 00:21:24.700 tracks, 00:21:25.019 --> 00:21:26.000 entering the 00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:26.860 temple and 00:21:26.860 --> 00:21:28.039 literally knocking 00:21:28.039 --> 00:21:29.460 people onto 00:21:29.460 --> 00:21:30.720 the ground, 00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:31.880 utterly 00:21:31.880 --> 00:21:33.000 overwhelming 00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:33.779 them, 00:21:33.900 --> 00:21:34.620 even with 00:21:34.620 --> 00:21:35.559 the partial 00:21:35.559 --> 00:21:36.160 glory. 00:21:37.600 --> 00:21:38.240 The most 00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:39.259 inescapable, 00:21:39.740 --> 00:21:40.759 unavoidable, 00:21:41.120 --> 00:21:42.299 insurmountable 00:21:42.299 --> 00:21:43.900 reality in the 00:21:43.900 --> 00:21:44.420 universe, 00:21:44.580 --> 00:21:45.960 God's glory. 00:21:47.299 --> 00:21:47.799 When John 00:21:47.799 --> 00:21:48.359 gets even a 00:21:48.359 --> 00:21:49.019 vision in 00:21:49.019 --> 00:21:49.559 revelation, 00:21:50.119 --> 00:21:51.440 Jesus is like 00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:52.159 the sun 00:21:52.159 --> 00:21:53.039 shining at 00:21:53.039 --> 00:21:54.000 full strength. 00:21:54.139 --> 00:21:54.940 Can't look 00:21:54.940 --> 00:21:56.139 to the point 00:21:56.139 --> 00:21:56.799 that John 00:21:56.799 --> 00:21:57.759 falls down 00:21:57.759 --> 00:21:58.539 as though 00:21:58.539 --> 00:21:59.599 dead. 00:22:02.139 --> 00:22:02.879 And now, 00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:04.440 the radiance 00:22:04.440 --> 00:22:05.740 of God's 00:22:05.740 --> 00:22:06.500 glory. 00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:07.539 We have 00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:09.000 seen his 00:22:09.000 --> 00:22:09.740 glory, 00:22:09.859 --> 00:22:10.039 right? 00:22:10.099 --> 00:22:10.359 When the 00:22:10.359 --> 00:22:11.379 word became 00:22:11.379 --> 00:22:11.940 flesh, 00:22:12.079 --> 00:22:13.079 we felt the 00:22:13.079 --> 00:22:13.899 fullness of it 00:22:13.899 --> 00:22:15.019 in the face of 00:22:15.019 --> 00:22:16.059 Jesus Christ, 00:22:16.359 --> 00:22:17.460 this inescapable 00:22:17.460 --> 00:22:18.019 reality. 00:22:18.339 --> 00:22:18.960 Don't get away 00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:19.460 from it. 00:22:19.940 --> 00:22:20.559 You don't need 00:22:20.559 --> 00:22:20.859 to. 00:22:21.779 --> 00:22:22.500 Don't want 00:22:22.500 --> 00:22:22.799 to. 00:22:24.460 --> 00:22:25.180 He's the way 00:22:25.180 --> 00:22:25.940 we experience 00:22:25.940 --> 00:22:26.500 the full 00:22:26.500 --> 00:22:27.299 reality of 00:22:27.299 --> 00:22:27.740 God. 00:22:28.819 --> 00:22:29.500 And he's 00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:30.940 the representation 00:22:30.940 --> 00:22:33.420 as well as 00:22:33.420 --> 00:22:34.079 the radiance. 00:22:35.539 --> 00:22:36.119 He's the 00:22:36.119 --> 00:22:37.319 perfect image 00:22:37.319 --> 00:22:37.740 of the 00:22:37.740 --> 00:22:38.279 invisible 00:22:38.279 --> 00:22:39.160 God, 00:22:39.619 --> 00:22:40.480 Colossians 1. 00:22:40.879 --> 00:22:41.440 The way you 00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:42.039 see what you 00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:42.779 otherwise can't 00:22:42.779 --> 00:22:43.059 see. 00:22:43.059 --> 00:22:44.579 The word 00:22:44.579 --> 00:22:44.859 here in 00:22:44.859 --> 00:22:46.099 Hebrews is 00:22:46.099 --> 00:22:47.379 character. 00:22:48.440 --> 00:22:48.879 It's the 00:22:48.879 --> 00:22:50.240 character like 00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:50.879 a coin 00:22:50.879 --> 00:22:51.619 impression, 00:22:52.139 --> 00:22:52.440 right, 00:22:52.480 --> 00:22:53.179 of a face. 00:22:53.480 --> 00:22:54.119 It is the 00:22:54.119 --> 00:22:56.240 actual face 00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:57.119 like a wax 00:22:57.119 --> 00:22:57.759 seal. 00:22:59.240 --> 00:23:00.000 It's exactly 00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:00.460 what's there. 00:23:00.559 --> 00:23:01.019 It can't be 00:23:01.019 --> 00:23:01.919 different in 00:23:01.919 --> 00:23:02.839 any way from 00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:03.259 the thing 00:23:03.259 --> 00:23:04.019 making the 00:23:04.019 --> 00:23:04.399 impression. 00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:04.819 It's an 00:23:04.819 --> 00:23:06.519 exact imprint, 00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:08.099 a perfect 00:23:08.099 --> 00:23:09.159 representation. 00:23:09.799 --> 00:23:10.379 God is not 00:23:10.379 --> 00:23:11.339 revealing himself 00:23:11.339 --> 00:23:11.940 through Jesus 00:23:11.940 --> 00:23:12.440 halfway. 00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:14.160 Or with 00:23:14.160 --> 00:23:14.799 any misleading 00:23:14.799 --> 00:23:15.860 confusion or 00:23:15.860 --> 00:23:16.820 any magic 00:23:16.820 --> 00:23:17.380 tricks. 00:23:17.559 --> 00:23:17.900 No. 00:23:18.340 --> 00:23:19.400 Jesus is the 00:23:19.400 --> 00:23:21.000 incomprehensibly 00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:22.259 divine 00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:23.360 other 00:23:23.360 --> 00:23:25.220 made 00:23:25.220 --> 00:23:26.700 knowable, 00:23:27.820 --> 00:23:29.019 visible, 00:23:30.160 --> 00:23:30.640 tangible 00:23:30.640 --> 00:23:31.980 to us. 00:23:32.640 --> 00:23:33.019 Why? 00:23:34.279 --> 00:23:35.080 So that we 00:23:35.080 --> 00:23:35.860 can somehow 00:23:35.860 --> 00:23:37.279 have relationship 00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:38.359 with someone 00:23:38.359 --> 00:23:40.099 otherwise utterly 00:23:40.099 --> 00:23:41.559 beyond and 00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:42.619 above and 00:23:42.619 --> 00:23:43.799 apart from and 00:23:43.799 --> 00:23:45.099 different from 00:23:45.099 --> 00:23:46.099 us. 00:23:47.639 --> 00:23:48.299 Jesus says, 00:23:48.420 --> 00:23:48.940 if you've seen 00:23:48.940 --> 00:23:49.379 me, 00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:52.579 you've seen the 00:23:52.579 --> 00:23:52.980 Father. 00:23:55.399 --> 00:23:56.200 Wow. 00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:56.259 Wow. 00:23:57.759 --> 00:23:58.440 Wow. 00:23:58.559 --> 00:23:59.700 Then show us 00:23:59.700 --> 00:24:01.119 more of Jesus, 00:24:01.420 --> 00:24:01.740 right? 00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:01.839 right? 00:24:02.559 --> 00:24:02.900 Okay. 00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:05.359 He upholds the 00:24:05.359 --> 00:24:06.039 universe 00:24:06.039 --> 00:24:08.500 by the word 00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:08.940 of his 00:24:08.940 --> 00:24:09.940 power. 00:24:11.640 --> 00:24:12.720 I hope you're 00:24:12.720 --> 00:24:13.559 beginning to feel 00:24:13.559 --> 00:24:14.279 some sense of 00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:14.880 amazement. 00:24:15.539 --> 00:24:16.140 I don't know 00:24:16.140 --> 00:24:16.640 which one of 00:24:16.640 --> 00:24:17.319 these is more 00:24:17.319 --> 00:24:18.000 amazing. 00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:19.759 That he once 00:24:19.759 --> 00:24:20.740 upon a time 00:24:20.740 --> 00:24:22.319 created it all. 00:24:24.059 --> 00:24:24.960 That's amazing. 00:24:24.960 --> 00:24:26.840 or that now 00:24:26.840 --> 00:24:27.799 he for 00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:28.660 millennia 00:24:28.660 --> 00:24:30.380 has held 00:24:30.380 --> 00:24:31.200 it all 00:24:31.200 --> 00:24:32.240 together. 00:24:33.019 --> 00:24:34.460 Every molecule, 00:24:35.079 --> 00:24:36.200 every atom, 00:24:36.420 --> 00:24:37.720 every cell, 00:24:38.039 --> 00:24:39.360 every body 00:24:39.360 --> 00:24:41.100 held together 00:24:41.100 --> 00:24:42.620 by the word 00:24:42.620 --> 00:24:43.660 of his 00:24:43.660 --> 00:24:44.640 power. 00:24:44.819 --> 00:24:45.100 He's the 00:24:45.100 --> 00:24:46.000 sustainer. 00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:48.460 He's constantly 00:24:48.460 --> 00:24:49.940 speaking things 00:24:49.940 --> 00:24:51.259 into continuing 00:24:51.259 --> 00:24:51.960 existence. 00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:53.799 Actively 00:24:53.799 --> 00:24:54.840 engaged 00:24:54.839 --> 00:24:55.579 with this 00:24:55.579 --> 00:24:56.039 world 00:24:56.039 --> 00:24:56.679 or it 00:24:56.679 --> 00:24:57.859 would crumble 00:24:57.859 --> 00:24:58.579 in an 00:24:58.579 --> 00:24:59.079 instant. 00:24:59.779 --> 00:25:00.679 Mountains 00:25:00.679 --> 00:25:01.579 would 00:25:01.579 --> 00:25:02.619 disintegrate. 00:25:03.599 --> 00:25:04.179 Stars 00:25:04.179 --> 00:25:04.720 would 00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:05.740 disappear. 00:25:06.619 --> 00:25:07.240 Oceans 00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:07.799 would 00:25:07.799 --> 00:25:09.379 evaporate. 00:25:10.019 --> 00:25:10.599 Gravity 00:25:10.599 --> 00:25:11.019 would 00:25:11.019 --> 00:25:11.959 cease. 00:25:13.659 --> 00:25:13.919 And yet 00:25:13.919 --> 00:25:14.619 in Jesus 00:25:14.619 --> 00:25:15.799 all 00:25:15.799 --> 00:25:16.759 things 00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:17.399 hold 00:25:17.399 --> 00:25:18.139 together. 00:25:18.919 --> 00:25:19.579 Isn't it 00:25:19.579 --> 00:25:20.539 good news 00:25:20.539 --> 00:25:22.279 that there's 00:25:22.279 --> 00:25:22.679 more than 00:25:22.679 --> 00:25:23.859 random chance, 00:25:23.859 --> 00:25:24.539 more 00:25:24.539 --> 00:25:24.879 even 00:25:24.879 --> 00:25:25.339 than a 00:25:25.339 --> 00:25:25.959 powerful 00:25:25.959 --> 00:25:26.759 force 00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:27.299 that keeps 00:25:27.299 --> 00:25:27.759 things 00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:28.699 spinning, 00:25:29.379 --> 00:25:30.519 that holding 00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:31.119 things 00:25:31.119 --> 00:25:31.759 together 00:25:31.759 --> 00:25:32.740 toward a 00:25:32.740 --> 00:25:33.879 purposeful 00:25:33.879 --> 00:25:34.319 end 00:25:34.319 --> 00:25:34.679 is a 00:25:34.679 --> 00:25:35.419 person. 00:25:36.479 --> 00:25:37.619 A person 00:25:37.619 --> 00:25:38.119 actively 00:25:38.119 --> 00:25:38.699 involved 00:25:38.699 --> 00:25:39.979 in shaping 00:25:39.979 --> 00:25:40.459 it all. 00:25:40.719 --> 00:25:41.199 Even the 00:25:41.199 --> 00:25:41.779 parts of 00:25:41.779 --> 00:25:42.319 your life 00:25:42.319 --> 00:25:43.459 that seem 00:25:43.459 --> 00:25:44.459 absolutely 00:25:44.459 --> 00:25:44.879 to be 00:25:44.879 --> 00:25:45.740 spinning out 00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:46.299 of control. 00:25:47.699 --> 00:25:48.439 We all 00:25:48.439 --> 00:25:49.099 have parts 00:25:49.099 --> 00:25:49.719 of our life 00:25:49.719 --> 00:25:50.419 like that. 00:25:50.420 --> 00:25:51.700 they may 00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:52.080 be 00:25:52.080 --> 00:25:52.800 beyond 00:25:52.800 --> 00:25:53.060 your 00:25:53.060 --> 00:25:53.519 control. 00:25:54.720 --> 00:25:55.259 They're 00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:55.539 not 00:25:55.539 --> 00:25:55.980 beyond 00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:56.420 His. 00:25:57.820 --> 00:25:58.100 Don't 00:25:58.100 --> 00:25:58.360 we need 00:25:58.360 --> 00:25:58.700 to know 00:25:58.700 --> 00:25:59.080 that? 00:25:59.840 --> 00:26:00.259 Can you 00:26:00.259 --> 00:26:00.720 process 00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:01.220 that with 00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:01.740 that place 00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:02.000 in your 00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:02.519 life right 00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:02.800 now? 00:26:03.320 --> 00:26:04.120 That He 00:26:04.120 --> 00:26:05.000 upholds 00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:05.400 the 00:26:05.400 --> 00:26:06.120 universe 00:26:06.120 --> 00:26:07.279 and 00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:07.920 our 00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:08.220 little 00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:08.759 corner 00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:10.480 of His 00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:10.900 world 00:26:10.900 --> 00:26:12.720 by the 00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:13.039 word of 00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:13.180 His 00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:13.580 power. 00:26:14.360 --> 00:26:14.500 He's 00:26:14.500 --> 00:26:14.900 holding it 00:26:14.900 --> 00:26:15.240 together. 00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:18.620 the next 00:26:18.620 --> 00:26:19.059 sentence. 00:26:20.819 --> 00:26:21.160 After 00:26:21.160 --> 00:26:21.720 making 00:26:21.720 --> 00:26:22.920 purification 00:26:22.920 --> 00:26:24.599 for sins. 00:26:25.920 --> 00:26:27.059 Just stop 00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:27.480 right there. 00:26:27.859 --> 00:26:28.319 It's almost 00:26:28.319 --> 00:26:29.019 mentioned in 00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:30.319 passing what 00:26:30.319 --> 00:26:31.059 He does 00:26:31.059 --> 00:26:31.960 with all 00:26:31.960 --> 00:26:32.960 His glory, 00:26:33.180 --> 00:26:33.519 divinity, 00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:34.279 perfection, 00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:35.400 and power. 00:26:35.620 --> 00:26:36.279 He makes 00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:37.539 purification 00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:39.579 for sins. 00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:40.099 Y'all, 00:26:40.180 --> 00:26:40.720 that is a 00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:41.680 huge 00:26:41.680 --> 00:26:42.500 statement. 00:26:43.099 --> 00:26:43.440 Don't 00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:44.440 miss this. 00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:45.120 He is 00:26:45.120 --> 00:26:45.320 the 00:26:45.320 --> 00:26:45.860 Savior. 00:26:47.440 --> 00:26:47.660 Okay? 00:26:47.840 --> 00:26:48.019 That's 00:26:48.019 --> 00:26:48.160 number 00:26:48.160 --> 00:26:48.519 six. 00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:49.180 Savior. 00:26:49.779 --> 00:26:50.140 Or to 00:26:50.140 --> 00:26:50.460 be more 00:26:50.460 --> 00:26:51.220 specific to 00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:51.820 this text, 00:26:51.940 --> 00:26:52.240 He's the 00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:52.620 cleaner. 00:26:55.320 --> 00:26:55.960 This 00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:56.700 past week, 00:26:56.860 --> 00:26:57.980 I cleaned 00:26:57.980 --> 00:26:58.600 a kitchen 00:26:58.600 --> 00:26:59.180 floor. 00:26:59.860 --> 00:27:00.259 Don't 00:27:00.259 --> 00:27:01.059 get too 00:27:01.059 --> 00:27:01.480 excited. 00:27:01.600 --> 00:27:01.880 I'm not 00:27:01.880 --> 00:27:02.400 great at 00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:02.700 cleaning. 00:27:03.500 --> 00:27:03.860 But 00:27:03.860 --> 00:27:04.259 occasionally, 00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:04.860 I help. 00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:06.680 A floor 00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:07.100 that has 00:27:07.100 --> 00:27:07.860 been subject 00:27:07.860 --> 00:27:09.259 recently to 00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:11.000 extra foot 00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:12.240 traffic through 00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:12.880 the holidays. 00:27:12.880 --> 00:27:12.940 things, 00:27:14.220 --> 00:27:14.860 especially 00:27:14.860 --> 00:27:15.740 from little 00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:16.020 kids. 00:27:16.940 --> 00:27:17.340 Extra 00:27:17.340 --> 00:27:18.340 baking in 00:27:18.340 --> 00:27:18.740 the kitchen, 00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:20.100 extra coffee 00:27:20.100 --> 00:27:21.220 spilled and 00:27:21.220 --> 00:27:22.180 animal hair 00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:23.020 shed and 00:27:23.020 --> 00:27:24.380 dust blown 00:27:24.380 --> 00:27:24.680 in. 00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:24.960 You know 00:27:24.960 --> 00:27:25.360 the stuff 00:27:25.360 --> 00:27:25.680 that gets 00:27:25.680 --> 00:27:26.260 on floors. 00:27:26.760 --> 00:27:27.280 You should 00:27:27.280 --> 00:27:27.960 have seen 00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:29.440 the rag 00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:30.520 that I 00:27:30.520 --> 00:27:31.160 wrung out 00:27:31.160 --> 00:27:31.980 afterwards. 00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:32.700 Oh, 00:27:33.640 --> 00:27:34.720 filthy, 00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:37.140 disgusting. 00:27:37.140 --> 00:27:38.660 part of 00:27:38.660 --> 00:27:39.500 it was so 00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:39.880 nasty, 00:27:40.020 --> 00:27:40.420 I just 00:27:40.420 --> 00:27:40.860 threw the 00:27:40.860 --> 00:27:41.700 rag away 00:27:41.700 --> 00:27:43.220 rather than 00:27:43.220 --> 00:27:43.600 trying to 00:27:43.600 --> 00:27:43.860 get it 00:27:43.860 --> 00:27:44.340 clean to 00:27:44.340 --> 00:27:44.820 use again. 00:27:47.880 --> 00:27:48.440 See, 00:27:48.520 --> 00:27:48.759 in order 00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:49.460 for one 00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:50.040 thing to 00:27:50.040 --> 00:27:50.500 become 00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:51.200 clean, 00:27:52.780 --> 00:27:53.860 something 00:27:53.860 --> 00:27:54.400 else has 00:27:54.400 --> 00:27:54.720 to get 00:27:54.720 --> 00:27:55.100 dirty, 00:27:55.940 --> 00:27:56.580 doesn't 00:27:56.580 --> 00:27:56.780 it? 00:27:58.280 --> 00:27:59.080 For the 00:27:59.080 --> 00:27:59.860 floor to 00:27:59.860 --> 00:28:01.520 be purified, 00:28:02.340 --> 00:28:03.380 the rag 00:28:03.380 --> 00:28:03.820 had to 00:28:03.820 --> 00:28:04.440 take all 00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:04.740 of the 00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:05.540 impurities 00:28:05.539 --> 00:28:07.619 onto it. 00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:11.159 Transfer to 00:28:11.159 --> 00:28:11.619 spiritual 00:28:11.619 --> 00:28:12.180 reality, 00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:14.440 sin is 00:28:14.440 --> 00:28:15.759 cosmic 00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:16.399 level 00:28:16.399 --> 00:28:17.420 filth. 00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:19.059 Yes? 00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:20.920 Devastating 00:28:20.920 --> 00:28:22.619 dirt beyond 00:28:22.619 --> 00:28:23.500 what we can 00:28:23.500 --> 00:28:23.759 handle, 00:28:23.899 --> 00:28:24.639 beyond anything 00:28:24.639 --> 00:28:25.339 we've seen 00:28:25.339 --> 00:28:26.220 on a rag. 00:28:26.339 --> 00:28:27.119 It makes a 00:28:27.119 --> 00:28:27.859 mess of 00:28:27.859 --> 00:28:28.980 every person 00:28:28.980 --> 00:28:29.700 and of 00:28:29.700 --> 00:28:30.379 all of 00:28:30.379 --> 00:28:31.000 creation 00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:34.819 until 00:28:34.819 --> 00:28:36.139 Jesus 00:28:36.139 --> 00:28:36.639 makes 00:28:36.639 --> 00:28:37.460 purification 00:28:37.460 --> 00:28:38.379 for sins. 00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:39.079 The pure 00:28:39.079 --> 00:28:39.500 one, 00:28:39.819 --> 00:28:40.519 the righteous 00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:41.240 one, 00:28:41.399 --> 00:28:42.019 is the 00:28:42.019 --> 00:28:43.379 propitiation, 00:28:43.879 --> 00:28:44.919 1 John 2, 00:28:45.119 --> 00:28:46.279 the atonement, 00:28:46.659 --> 00:28:47.119 the one 00:28:47.119 --> 00:28:47.980 to take 00:28:47.980 --> 00:28:48.980 the dirt, 00:28:49.399 --> 00:28:50.220 the sacrifice 00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:51.119 to cover 00:28:51.119 --> 00:28:52.000 and wipe 00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:52.619 away the 00:28:52.619 --> 00:28:53.379 filth of 00:28:53.379 --> 00:28:54.200 all 00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:55.079 our 00:28:55.079 --> 00:28:56.439 sins. 00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:57.379 Y'all, 00:28:57.419 --> 00:28:57.700 that's a 00:28:57.700 --> 00:28:58.579 massive 00:28:58.579 --> 00:28:59.679 undertaking. 00:29:00.159 --> 00:29:01.259 For all 00:29:01.259 --> 00:29:01.799 have 00:29:01.799 --> 00:29:02.659 sinned, 00:29:02.919 --> 00:29:03.819 Romans 3, 00:29:03.819 --> 00:29:06.259 fallen far 00:29:06.259 --> 00:29:07.240 short of 00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:07.779 God's 00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:08.639 glory and 00:29:08.639 --> 00:29:09.379 purity, 00:29:09.700 --> 00:29:10.659 and yet 00:29:10.659 --> 00:29:11.500 there's a 00:29:11.500 --> 00:29:12.000 savior, 00:29:12.599 --> 00:29:13.579 a redeemer, 00:29:13.859 --> 00:29:15.000 a justifier 00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:16.079 who becomes 00:29:16.079 --> 00:29:16.839 sin, 00:29:17.079 --> 00:29:17.619 who takes 00:29:17.619 --> 00:29:18.319 the dirt 00:29:18.319 --> 00:29:18.879 of our 00:29:18.879 --> 00:29:19.779 sin in 00:29:19.779 --> 00:29:20.439 his own 00:29:20.439 --> 00:29:21.139 body on 00:29:21.139 --> 00:29:21.879 the cross 00:29:21.879 --> 00:29:22.659 so that 00:29:22.659 --> 00:29:23.519 the impure 00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:24.519 becomes 00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:25.859 purified. 00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:27.679 Listen, 00:29:28.559 --> 00:29:29.859 please know 00:29:29.859 --> 00:29:30.079 this, 00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:31.179 don't go into 00:29:31.179 --> 00:29:31.559 this year 00:29:31.559 --> 00:29:32.500 thinking wrongly. 00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:33.599 you're not 00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:34.640 left this 00:29:34.640 --> 00:29:35.299 year with 00:29:35.299 --> 00:29:35.980 a cleaning 00:29:35.980 --> 00:29:37.559 program to 00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:38.339 fix your 00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:38.700 life. 00:29:38.900 --> 00:29:39.480 You're not 00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:40.420 being left 00:29:40.420 --> 00:29:40.960 with a 00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:42.460 philosophy on 00:29:42.460 --> 00:29:43.279 how to shine 00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:44.279 brighter in 00:29:44.279 --> 00:29:45.200 2026. 00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:46.339 Please know 00:29:46.339 --> 00:29:47.059 that is not 00:29:47.059 --> 00:29:47.599 what Jesus 00:29:47.599 --> 00:29:48.220 gives you. 00:29:48.579 --> 00:29:49.200 You have 00:29:49.200 --> 00:29:50.079 a person, 00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:51.720 a savior, 00:29:52.140 --> 00:29:53.019 who comes to 00:29:53.019 --> 00:29:53.420 make you 00:29:53.420 --> 00:29:53.819 clean. 00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:54.920 He's come. 00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:56.099 He's made 00:29:56.099 --> 00:29:57.720 purification for 00:29:57.720 --> 00:29:58.299 sins. 00:29:59.000 --> 00:29:59.720 Praise 00:29:59.720 --> 00:30:00.519 Jesus. 00:30:00.839 --> 00:30:01.059 Amen. 00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:04.440 Finally, 00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:10.980 after doing 00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:11.700 all of that 00:30:11.700 --> 00:30:12.759 life-changing, 00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:14.460 eternity-changing 00:30:14.460 --> 00:30:15.920 work on our 00:30:15.920 --> 00:30:16.360 behalf, 00:30:17.440 --> 00:30:19.640 he sat down 00:30:19.640 --> 00:30:21.559 at the right 00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:23.019 hand of the 00:30:23.019 --> 00:30:23.980 majesty on 00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:24.339 high. 00:30:24.339 --> 00:30:24.379 high. 00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:25.740 In other 00:30:25.740 --> 00:30:26.039 words, 00:30:26.619 --> 00:30:28.019 he's resting 00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:30.220 and he's 00:30:30.220 --> 00:30:30.639 ruling. 00:30:31.199 --> 00:30:31.639 Your heads 00:30:31.639 --> 00:30:32.359 all go down 00:30:32.359 --> 00:30:32.899 when the last 00:30:32.899 --> 00:30:33.480 blank comes 00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:33.699 up. 00:30:34.599 --> 00:30:35.259 Got it. 00:30:35.359 --> 00:30:35.639 Check. 00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:36.079 All right. 00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:36.720 Sermon over. 00:30:36.899 --> 00:30:37.179 No. 00:30:37.399 --> 00:30:37.559 No, 00:30:37.619 --> 00:30:37.879 listen. 00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:40.419 He's seated. 00:30:41.220 --> 00:30:41.939 It's not far 00:30:41.939 --> 00:30:42.419 from over. 00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:42.879 It's just not 00:30:42.879 --> 00:30:43.579 quite over. 00:30:45.339 --> 00:30:46.079 It is 00:30:46.079 --> 00:30:47.039 finished, 00:30:47.199 --> 00:30:47.799 is what that 00:30:47.799 --> 00:30:48.279 means. 00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:49.539 The work of 00:30:49.539 --> 00:30:50.679 making purification 00:30:50.679 --> 00:30:51.699 for sins is 00:30:51.699 --> 00:30:54.079 finally complete. 00:30:54.339 --> 00:30:55.079 See, 00:30:55.220 --> 00:30:56.119 there were no 00:30:56.119 --> 00:30:57.379 seats anywhere 00:30:57.379 --> 00:30:58.159 in the Old 00:30:58.159 --> 00:30:59.279 Testament temple 00:30:59.279 --> 00:31:00.519 because the 00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:01.220 work of the 00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:02.559 priests was 00:31:02.559 --> 00:31:03.279 never done. 00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:04.439 The sacrifices 00:31:04.439 --> 00:31:05.459 were ongoing, 00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:06.459 never finished, 00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:07.419 never enough 00:31:07.419 --> 00:31:08.299 in themselves. 00:31:08.679 --> 00:31:09.559 But Jesus 00:31:09.559 --> 00:31:10.539 offers his 00:31:10.539 --> 00:31:11.519 sacrifice for 00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:12.559 sins and he 00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:13.459 sits down 00:31:13.459 --> 00:31:14.659 to rest. 00:31:15.959 --> 00:31:17.159 But not off 00:31:17.159 --> 00:31:18.659 on a cushy 00:31:18.659 --> 00:31:19.019 sofa 00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:20.279 somewhere. 00:31:21.599 --> 00:31:22.019 Where's he 00:31:22.019 --> 00:31:22.279 sitting? 00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:25.160 on the 00:31:25.160 --> 00:31:25.680 throne of 00:31:25.680 --> 00:31:26.259 heaven, 00:31:26.859 --> 00:31:27.319 at the 00:31:27.319 --> 00:31:28.259 right hand 00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:29.259 of God 00:31:29.259 --> 00:31:30.160 himself in 00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:30.579 all his 00:31:30.579 --> 00:31:31.420 glory so 00:31:31.420 --> 00:31:31.779 that we 00:31:31.779 --> 00:31:32.240 will know 00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:33.339 he's ruling 00:31:33.339 --> 00:31:35.259 actively over 00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:35.980 everything. 00:31:36.399 --> 00:31:36.639 Yes, 00:31:36.700 --> 00:31:37.559 he's holding it 00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:38.039 all together, 00:31:38.180 --> 00:31:38.559 but it's not 00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:39.619 merely keeping 00:31:39.619 --> 00:31:40.700 things spinning. 00:31:41.019 --> 00:31:41.740 Now we realize 00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.500 in his greatness 00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:43.180 and glory, 00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:44.099 he is the 00:31:44.099 --> 00:31:44.639 king. 00:31:45.160 --> 00:31:45.680 As we see 00:31:45.680 --> 00:31:46.279 in Revelation, 00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:47.240 the kingdom 00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:48.119 of this world 00:31:48.119 --> 00:31:48.879 has become 00:31:48.880 --> 00:31:49.700 the kingdom 00:31:49.700 --> 00:31:50.400 of our 00:31:50.400 --> 00:31:51.140 Lord and 00:31:51.140 --> 00:31:51.780 of his 00:31:51.780 --> 00:31:52.620 Christ 00:31:52.620 --> 00:31:53.380 and he 00:31:53.380 --> 00:31:54.200 shall reign 00:31:54.200 --> 00:31:55.020 forever 00:31:55.020 --> 00:31:56.360 and ever. 00:31:57.360 --> 00:31:57.740 Jesus, 00:31:59.000 --> 00:31:59.980 the radiance 00:31:59.980 --> 00:32:00.520 of God 00:32:00.520 --> 00:32:01.220 himself is 00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:02.460 not only 00:32:02.460 --> 00:32:03.260 the prophet 00:32:03.260 --> 00:32:04.480 that we need 00:32:04.480 --> 00:32:05.460 to show 00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:06.300 and tell us 00:32:06.300 --> 00:32:06.920 the truth 00:32:06.920 --> 00:32:07.700 about God. 00:32:08.400 --> 00:32:09.120 He's not 00:32:09.120 --> 00:32:10.100 only the 00:32:10.100 --> 00:32:11.140 priest we 00:32:11.140 --> 00:32:12.140 need to 00:32:12.140 --> 00:32:12.700 make the 00:32:12.700 --> 00:32:13.800 perfect 00:32:13.800 --> 00:32:14.760 sacrifice 00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:15.599 for our 00:32:15.599 --> 00:32:16.119 sins, 00:32:17.059 --> 00:32:18.200 but he's 00:32:18.200 --> 00:32:18.779 also the 00:32:18.779 --> 00:32:20.140 king that 00:32:20.140 --> 00:32:20.819 we need 00:32:20.819 --> 00:32:21.400 to make 00:32:21.400 --> 00:32:22.980 protection, 00:32:23.359 --> 00:32:24.500 defense for 00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:24.819 us, 00:32:24.920 --> 00:32:25.519 to lead 00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:26.740 and reign 00:32:26.740 --> 00:32:27.420 over us 00:32:27.420 --> 00:32:27.879 so that we 00:32:27.879 --> 00:32:28.619 can depend 00:32:28.619 --> 00:32:29.359 upon and 00:32:29.359 --> 00:32:30.720 follow and 00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:31.900 trust someone 00:32:31.900 --> 00:32:32.379 who really 00:32:32.379 --> 00:32:32.940 does have 00:32:32.940 --> 00:32:33.579 the glory, 00:32:33.960 --> 00:32:34.440 the worth, 00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:35.420 the power 00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:36.299 to be counted 00:32:36.299 --> 00:32:37.119 on in any 00:32:37.119 --> 00:32:37.740 and every 00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:38.700 circumstance. 00:32:41.400 --> 00:32:42.279 Turn your 00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:43.440 eyes upon 00:32:43.440 --> 00:32:44.460 Jesus. 00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:44.859 Jesus, 00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:47.220 he is more 00:32:47.220 --> 00:32:47.920 than any 00:32:47.920 --> 00:32:48.440 of us can 00:32:48.440 --> 00:32:49.000 take in, 00:32:49.319 --> 00:32:49.759 isn't he? 00:32:50.879 --> 00:32:51.299 That was a 00:32:51.299 --> 00:32:52.019 really quick 00:32:52.019 --> 00:32:52.480 run through, 00:32:53.259 --> 00:32:54.059 just several 00:32:54.059 --> 00:32:54.839 pieces of 00:32:54.839 --> 00:32:55.759 who he is. 00:32:55.900 --> 00:32:56.980 Every one 00:32:56.980 --> 00:32:57.440 of those 00:32:57.440 --> 00:32:58.059 alone 00:32:58.059 --> 00:32:59.299 boggles 00:32:59.299 --> 00:33:00.039 our minds, 00:33:00.160 --> 00:33:00.359 right? 00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:01.480 The heir, 00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:02.700 the creator, 00:33:03.099 --> 00:33:03.900 the radiance, 00:33:04.379 --> 00:33:05.099 the representation, 00:33:05.660 --> 00:33:06.640 the sustainer, 00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:08.000 the savior, 00:33:08.799 --> 00:33:09.480 the ruler, 00:33:11.599 --> 00:33:12.579 all of them 00:33:12.579 --> 00:33:13.279 together 00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:14.819 in one 00:33:14.819 --> 00:33:15.399 person, 00:33:15.559 --> 00:33:16.200 and that 00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:17.119 one person 00:33:17.119 --> 00:33:17.819 has come 00:33:17.819 --> 00:33:18.460 to us 00:33:18.460 --> 00:33:19.160 so that we 00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:19.859 might know 00:33:19.859 --> 00:33:20.500 and love 00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:21.139 and live 00:33:21.139 --> 00:33:21.819 with him. 00:33:22.139 --> 00:33:22.319 Y'all, 00:33:22.359 --> 00:33:22.700 it's too 00:33:22.700 --> 00:33:23.500 much to 00:33:23.500 --> 00:33:24.139 take in. 00:33:24.440 --> 00:33:25.019 It's too 00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:25.779 good to be 00:33:25.779 --> 00:33:26.119 true. 00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:26.740 It's too 00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:28.279 wonderful to 00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:28.920 express. 00:33:28.920 --> 00:33:29.320 yes. 00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:32.660 But don't 00:33:32.660 --> 00:33:33.160 because of 00:33:33.160 --> 00:33:33.580 that turn 00:33:33.580 --> 00:33:33.900 away. 00:33:35.420 --> 00:33:35.779 Don't 00:33:35.779 --> 00:33:37.300 think, 00:33:37.480 --> 00:33:37.620 wow, 00:33:37.740 --> 00:33:38.220 that's a 00:33:38.220 --> 00:33:38.420 lot, 00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:38.759 Jesus, 00:33:39.019 --> 00:33:39.759 and turn 00:33:39.759 --> 00:33:40.240 away and 00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:40.960 settle for 00:33:40.960 --> 00:33:42.380 dabbling in 00:33:42.380 --> 00:33:43.360 football 00:33:43.360 --> 00:33:45.840 or fitness, 00:33:47.060 --> 00:33:48.100 finance, 00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:48.960 fashion. 00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:51.800 God's going 00:33:51.800 --> 00:33:52.060 to keep 00:33:52.060 --> 00:33:52.580 telling us, 00:33:52.680 --> 00:33:53.580 fix your 00:33:53.580 --> 00:33:54.880 eyes on 00:33:54.880 --> 00:33:55.500 Jesus. 00:33:56.259 --> 00:33:56.640 Today, 00:33:56.640 --> 00:33:57.400 this year, 00:33:57.980 --> 00:33:58.540 always. 00:34:00.600 --> 00:34:01.520 As we get 00:34:01.520 --> 00:34:02.100 started in 00:34:02.100 --> 00:34:02.640 Hebrews, 00:34:03.600 --> 00:34:04.060 I want each 00:34:04.060 --> 00:34:04.520 of us to 00:34:04.520 --> 00:34:05.180 consider our 00:34:05.180 --> 00:34:05.759 own hearts 00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:06.440 and lives 00:34:06.440 --> 00:34:07.980 before such 00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:08.579 a Jesus 00:34:08.579 --> 00:34:10.460 as is revealed 00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:10.880 here. 00:34:11.340 --> 00:34:11.980 Bigger 00:34:11.980 --> 00:34:13.579 than what 00:34:13.579 --> 00:34:13.980 you may have 00:34:13.980 --> 00:34:14.400 considered 00:34:14.400 --> 00:34:14.920 before. 00:34:16.180 --> 00:34:17.059 Is he not 00:34:17.059 --> 00:34:17.860 too mighty 00:34:17.860 --> 00:34:19.360 to relegate 00:34:19.360 --> 00:34:19.980 to a 00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:20.599 personal 00:34:20.599 --> 00:34:21.320 assistant 00:34:21.320 --> 00:34:22.500 who just 00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:22.920 kind of 00:34:22.920 --> 00:34:23.599 runs and 00:34:23.599 --> 00:34:24.220 coordinates 00:34:24.220 --> 00:34:25.119 your agenda 00:34:25.119 --> 00:34:25.619 for your 00:34:25.619 --> 00:34:26.000 life? 00:34:26.639 --> 00:34:29.859 is he not 00:34:29.859 --> 00:34:30.279 too 00:34:30.279 --> 00:34:31.519 magnificent 00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:32.639 to relegate 00:34:32.639 --> 00:34:33.059 to an 00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:34.079 afterthought 00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:34.659 in your 00:34:34.659 --> 00:34:35.719 busy days? 00:34:36.259 --> 00:34:36.719 Everything 00:34:36.719 --> 00:34:37.199 else we 00:34:37.199 --> 00:34:38.099 obsess over, 00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:38.799 pursue 00:34:38.799 --> 00:34:39.500 passionately, 00:34:39.839 --> 00:34:40.819 prioritize in 00:34:40.819 --> 00:34:41.579 our lives is 00:34:41.579 --> 00:34:42.739 less glorious, 00:34:43.759 --> 00:34:44.539 less worthy, 00:34:44.940 --> 00:34:46.319 less wonderful. 00:34:46.320 --> 00:34:50.200 is he not 00:34:50.200 --> 00:34:51.100 too expansive 00:34:51.100 --> 00:34:52.160 to relegate 00:34:52.160 --> 00:34:52.820 to some 00:34:52.820 --> 00:34:54.800 side dish 00:34:54.800 --> 00:34:56.160 that you 00:34:56.160 --> 00:34:56.460 get to 00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:56.860 taste 00:34:56.860 --> 00:34:57.980 some days 00:34:57.980 --> 00:34:58.680 or some 00:34:58.680 --> 00:34:59.220 weeks 00:34:59.220 --> 00:34:59.620 or in 00:34:59.620 --> 00:34:59.920 some 00:34:59.920 --> 00:35:00.920 situations 00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:01.380 when you 00:35:01.380 --> 00:35:01.880 feel like 00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:02.240 it? 00:35:03.380 --> 00:35:04.380 You can't 00:35:04.380 --> 00:35:05.380 live without 00:35:05.380 --> 00:35:05.700 him. 00:35:05.840 --> 00:35:06.360 You weren't 00:35:06.360 --> 00:35:07.300 made to 00:35:07.300 --> 00:35:08.180 live without 00:35:08.180 --> 00:35:08.820 him. 00:35:09.860 --> 00:35:10.420 He won't 00:35:10.420 --> 00:35:10.840 have you 00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:11.240 living 00:35:11.240 --> 00:35:12.160 without 00:35:12.160 --> 00:35:12.680 him. 00:35:12.679 --> 00:35:15.759 I've 00:35:15.759 --> 00:35:16.019 realized 00:35:16.019 --> 00:35:16.480 lately in 00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:16.779 my own 00:35:16.779 --> 00:35:17.379 life and 00:35:17.379 --> 00:35:18.199 in talking 00:35:18.199 --> 00:35:19.359 with some 00:35:19.359 --> 00:35:19.759 of you 00:35:19.759 --> 00:35:21.259 that there's 00:35:21.259 --> 00:35:21.719 a common 00:35:21.719 --> 00:35:23.619 reason that 00:35:23.619 --> 00:35:24.019 we get 00:35:24.019 --> 00:35:24.399 weary, 00:35:25.259 --> 00:35:25.919 that we 00:35:25.919 --> 00:35:26.419 consider 00:35:26.419 --> 00:35:27.419 giving up, 00:35:28.759 --> 00:35:29.619 that we 00:35:29.619 --> 00:35:30.419 conclude that 00:35:30.419 --> 00:35:30.759 we're 00:35:30.759 --> 00:35:32.019 disappointed 00:35:32.019 --> 00:35:32.679 or we're 00:35:32.679 --> 00:35:33.699 disenchanted 00:35:33.699 --> 00:35:35.000 with life 00:35:35.000 --> 00:35:35.839 or with the 00:35:35.839 --> 00:35:36.859 Christian life, 00:35:37.179 --> 00:35:37.359 just, 00:35:37.360 --> 00:35:40.960 and it's 00:35:40.960 --> 00:35:41.440 not, 00:35:41.519 --> 00:35:41.780 as you 00:35:41.780 --> 00:35:42.400 might think, 00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:42.840 that we 00:35:42.840 --> 00:35:43.660 strive for 00:35:43.660 --> 00:35:44.340 too much. 00:35:47.220 --> 00:35:48.059 It's that 00:35:48.059 --> 00:35:48.660 we settle 00:35:48.660 --> 00:35:49.599 for too 00:35:49.599 --> 00:35:49.900 little. 00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:53.599 Many days 00:35:53.599 --> 00:35:54.300 we settle 00:35:54.300 --> 00:35:55.960 for less 00:35:55.960 --> 00:35:56.599 than Jesus 00:35:56.599 --> 00:35:58.599 as a result 00:35:58.599 --> 00:35:59.320 less than 00:35:59.320 --> 00:36:01.099 full glory, 00:36:01.539 --> 00:36:03.280 full radiance, 00:36:03.559 --> 00:36:04.980 full rest 00:36:04.980 --> 00:36:05.920 that he 00:36:05.920 --> 00:36:06.920 provides 00:36:06.920 --> 00:36:07.880 and is 00:36:07.880 --> 00:36:08.860 to us. 00:36:09.840 --> 00:36:10.300 There's 00:36:10.300 --> 00:36:10.880 good news 00:36:10.880 --> 00:36:12.219 for people 00:36:12.219 --> 00:36:12.900 like us. 00:36:13.240 --> 00:36:13.900 Just like 00:36:13.900 --> 00:36:14.380 for the 00:36:14.380 --> 00:36:14.740 Hebrews, 00:36:15.960 --> 00:36:16.519 there's 00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:16.820 something 00:36:16.820 --> 00:36:17.179 better. 00:36:19.300 --> 00:36:19.719 See, 00:36:19.840 --> 00:36:20.380 this God 00:36:20.380 --> 00:36:21.740 who demands 00:36:21.740 --> 00:36:22.240 that we 00:36:22.240 --> 00:36:23.340 adapt to 00:36:23.340 --> 00:36:23.719 him, 00:36:23.860 --> 00:36:24.159 to who 00:36:24.159 --> 00:36:24.920 he reveals 00:36:24.920 --> 00:36:25.920 himself to 00:36:25.920 --> 00:36:26.219 be, 00:36:26.320 --> 00:36:27.099 in order to 00:36:27.099 --> 00:36:28.000 have relationship 00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:28.679 with the real 00:36:28.679 --> 00:36:29.039 God, 00:36:29.119 --> 00:36:29.400 remember? 00:36:29.760 --> 00:36:30.300 We have to 00:36:30.300 --> 00:36:30.679 take him 00:36:30.679 --> 00:36:31.199 for who he 00:36:31.199 --> 00:36:32.280 is personally 00:36:32.280 --> 00:36:33.199 to relate 00:36:33.199 --> 00:36:33.840 to him. 00:36:34.980 --> 00:36:36.679 he's also 00:36:36.679 --> 00:36:37.480 adapted to 00:36:37.480 --> 00:36:37.900 us. 00:36:39.800 --> 00:36:40.559 In order 00:36:40.559 --> 00:36:41.079 to have 00:36:41.079 --> 00:36:41.920 relationship 00:36:41.920 --> 00:36:43.099 with real 00:36:43.099 --> 00:36:43.760 sinners, 00:36:44.820 --> 00:36:48.099 the holy 00:36:48.099 --> 00:36:48.679 God 00:36:48.679 --> 00:36:50.780 adapted 00:36:50.780 --> 00:36:51.519 himself 00:36:51.519 --> 00:36:53.139 to sinners, 00:36:53.320 --> 00:36:53.860 if you will. 00:36:55.139 --> 00:36:56.000 Not by 00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:56.639 demanding we 00:36:56.639 --> 00:36:56.900 get it 00:36:56.900 --> 00:36:57.260 together, 00:36:57.820 --> 00:36:58.240 y'all fix 00:36:58.240 --> 00:36:58.420 it. 00:36:59.559 --> 00:37:00.119 Not by 00:37:00.119 --> 00:37:00.820 demanding we 00:37:00.820 --> 00:37:01.820 become something 00:37:01.820 --> 00:37:02.300 else, 00:37:02.579 --> 00:37:03.440 but by sending 00:37:03.440 --> 00:37:04.619 his son to 00:37:04.619 --> 00:37:05.380 earth and 00:37:05.380 --> 00:37:05.679 to the 00:37:05.679 --> 00:37:06.639 cross to 00:37:06.639 --> 00:37:07.400 make us 00:37:07.400 --> 00:37:08.500 holy and 00:37:08.500 --> 00:37:09.259 make us 00:37:09.259 --> 00:37:09.960 his, 00:37:10.159 --> 00:37:10.880 to invite 00:37:10.880 --> 00:37:11.440 us into 00:37:11.440 --> 00:37:12.559 the meaningful 00:37:12.559 --> 00:37:13.579 life that 00:37:13.579 --> 00:37:14.299 we're made 00:37:14.299 --> 00:37:15.799 to enjoy. 00:37:16.460 --> 00:37:17.359 That's what 00:37:17.359 --> 00:37:18.000 he's done. 00:37:18.440 --> 00:37:19.259 He's adapted 00:37:19.259 --> 00:37:21.579 to us that 00:37:21.579 --> 00:37:22.460 we might know 00:37:22.460 --> 00:37:22.900 and have 00:37:22.900 --> 00:37:23.940 relationship with 00:37:23.940 --> 00:37:24.199 him. 00:37:24.659 --> 00:37:25.239 Wherever you 00:37:25.239 --> 00:37:25.880 are today, 00:37:27.359 --> 00:37:27.960 Jesus is 00:37:27.960 --> 00:37:28.299 greater. 00:37:28.300 --> 00:37:28.340 greater. 00:37:30.180 --> 00:37:30.720 He's 00:37:30.720 --> 00:37:31.260 greater than 00:37:31.260 --> 00:37:31.980 exhausting 00:37:31.980 --> 00:37:32.840 yourself in 00:37:32.840 --> 00:37:33.260 religious 00:37:33.260 --> 00:37:33.960 performance, 00:37:34.560 --> 00:37:35.080 hoping to 00:37:35.080 --> 00:37:35.960 attract God's 00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:36.420 attention. 00:37:36.740 --> 00:37:36.980 No. 00:37:37.539 --> 00:37:38.000 He's 00:37:38.000 --> 00:37:38.480 greater than 00:37:38.480 --> 00:37:38.900 desperately 00:37:38.900 --> 00:37:39.580 trying to 00:37:39.580 --> 00:37:40.760 find life 00:37:40.760 --> 00:37:41.260 in the 00:37:41.260 --> 00:37:42.039 possessions 00:37:42.039 --> 00:37:42.960 and experiences 00:37:42.960 --> 00:37:43.420 of this 00:37:43.420 --> 00:37:43.740 world. 00:37:44.680 --> 00:37:45.019 He's 00:37:45.019 --> 00:37:45.440 greater than 00:37:45.440 --> 00:37:46.100 dabbling in 00:37:46.100 --> 00:37:46.700 Christianity 00:37:46.700 --> 00:37:47.519 while assuming 00:37:47.519 --> 00:37:48.500 real intellectual 00:37:48.500 --> 00:37:49.260 meat is 00:37:49.260 --> 00:37:50.420 outside the 00:37:50.420 --> 00:37:50.940 things of 00:37:50.940 --> 00:37:51.320 God. 00:37:51.580 --> 00:37:51.960 He's 00:37:51.960 --> 00:37:52.420 greater than 00:37:52.420 --> 00:37:53.100 drifting through 00:37:53.100 --> 00:37:54.080 life aimlessly 00:37:54.080 --> 00:37:55.000 with God as 00:37:55.000 --> 00:37:55.840 some distant 00:37:55.840 --> 00:37:57.360 unknown concept. 00:37:57.360 --> 00:37:59.460 he's 00:37:59.460 --> 00:37:59.940 greater than 00:37:59.940 --> 00:38:01.120 seeking to 00:38:01.120 --> 00:38:01.539 avoid 00:38:01.539 --> 00:38:02.720 insignificance 00:38:02.720 --> 00:38:04.599 or aging 00:38:04.599 --> 00:38:06.579 or limitations, 00:38:06.940 --> 00:38:07.340 ultimately 00:38:07.340 --> 00:38:08.099 death. 00:38:09.579 --> 00:38:09.920 He's 00:38:09.920 --> 00:38:10.380 greater than 00:38:10.380 --> 00:38:11.360 routines and 00:38:11.360 --> 00:38:12.120 rituals that 00:38:12.120 --> 00:38:13.160 seem disconnected 00:38:13.160 --> 00:38:14.280 from your 00:38:14.280 --> 00:38:15.400 daily realities. 00:38:16.000 --> 00:38:16.380 He's more 00:38:16.380 --> 00:38:16.820 than that. 00:38:17.039 --> 00:38:17.599 He's greater 00:38:17.599 --> 00:38:18.180 than a 00:38:18.180 --> 00:38:19.260 reservation or 00:38:19.260 --> 00:38:20.300 fire insurance 00:38:20.300 --> 00:38:21.059 for one day 00:38:21.059 --> 00:38:21.519 someday. 00:38:21.680 --> 00:38:22.220 Oh, he's more 00:38:22.220 --> 00:38:22.700 than that. 00:38:23.240 --> 00:38:23.960 He's greater 00:38:23.960 --> 00:38:24.740 than a bullet 00:38:24.740 --> 00:38:25.700 on your resume 00:38:25.700 --> 00:38:26.760 as you navigate 00:38:26.760 --> 00:38:27.300 life. 00:38:27.360 --> 00:38:28.019 looking for 00:38:28.019 --> 00:38:28.660 significance 00:38:28.660 --> 00:38:29.420 somewhere else. 00:38:29.700 --> 00:38:30.280 He's greater 00:38:30.280 --> 00:38:30.980 than living 00:38:30.980 --> 00:38:32.180 overwhelmed by 00:38:32.180 --> 00:38:33.039 guilt and 00:38:33.039 --> 00:38:33.980 shame and 00:38:33.980 --> 00:38:34.539 just seeking 00:38:34.539 --> 00:38:35.740 to numb or 00:38:35.740 --> 00:38:36.820 cover or 00:38:36.820 --> 00:38:37.780 ignore those 00:38:37.780 --> 00:38:38.400 feelings. 00:38:39.039 --> 00:38:39.440 He's 00:38:39.440 --> 00:38:40.120 greater. 00:38:42.880 --> 00:38:43.700 Jesus is 00:38:43.700 --> 00:38:45.260 the heir of 00:38:45.260 --> 00:38:46.120 all things, 00:38:47.059 --> 00:38:48.079 the creator of 00:38:48.079 --> 00:38:48.539 the world. 00:38:48.900 --> 00:38:49.320 He is the 00:38:49.320 --> 00:38:50.380 radiance of 00:38:50.380 --> 00:38:51.200 the glory of 00:38:51.200 --> 00:38:52.320 God and the 00:38:52.320 --> 00:38:53.559 exact imprint 00:38:53.559 --> 00:38:54.920 of his nature. 00:38:55.539 --> 00:38:56.519 He upholds the 00:38:56.519 --> 00:38:58.420 universe by the 00:38:58.420 --> 00:38:58.980 word of his 00:38:58.980 --> 00:38:59.500 power. 00:39:00.639 --> 00:39:01.500 After making 00:39:01.500 --> 00:39:02.780 purification for 00:39:02.780 --> 00:39:04.679 sins, he sat 00:39:04.679 --> 00:39:05.820 down at the 00:39:05.820 --> 00:39:07.259 right hand of 00:39:07.259 --> 00:39:08.519 the majesty on 00:39:08.519 --> 00:39:08.880 high. 00:39:10.139 --> 00:39:11.000 Let's pray. 00:39:11.000 --> 00:39:15.519 Jesus, you are 00:39:15.519 --> 00:39:17.699 greater, more 00:39:17.699 --> 00:39:18.800 glorious, more 00:39:18.800 --> 00:39:20.440 wonderful than we 00:39:20.440 --> 00:39:21.539 can comprehend and 00:39:21.539 --> 00:39:22.639 certainly than I 00:39:22.639 --> 00:39:24.159 could explain or 00:39:24.159 --> 00:39:25.119 articulate this 00:39:25.119 --> 00:39:25.440 morning. 00:39:29.440 --> 00:39:30.340 But as we 00:39:30.340 --> 00:39:31.280 glimpse you, we 00:39:31.280 --> 00:39:32.139 worship you. 00:39:33.139 --> 00:39:34.699 As we see just 00:39:34.699 --> 00:39:36.559 the edges of your 00:39:36.559 --> 00:39:38.119 garment, we grasp 00:39:38.119 --> 00:39:38.659 for them. 00:39:38.659 --> 00:39:39.319 We want to 00:39:39.319 --> 00:39:39.819 know you. 00:39:39.920 --> 00:39:40.500 We want to 00:39:40.500 --> 00:39:41.920 live with you. 00:39:42.219 --> 00:39:43.839 We want not to 00:39:43.839 --> 00:39:44.819 lose sight of you 00:39:44.819 --> 00:39:45.119 ever. 00:39:45.279 --> 00:39:46.259 We need you. 00:39:47.359 --> 00:39:49.460 We find life and 00:39:49.460 --> 00:39:51.819 hope and joy in 00:39:51.819 --> 00:39:52.079 you. 00:39:53.319 --> 00:39:53.859 Thanks for 00:39:53.859 --> 00:39:54.379 meeting us. 00:39:54.519 --> 00:39:55.099 Thanks for giving 00:39:55.099 --> 00:39:56.379 us your word to 00:39:56.379 --> 00:39:56.980 show us. 00:39:58.239 --> 00:39:59.500 Thanks for loving 00:39:59.500 --> 00:40:01.440 us and becoming 00:40:01.440 --> 00:40:02.839 like us that we 00:40:02.839 --> 00:40:04.619 might become like 00:40:04.619 --> 00:40:04.960 you. 00:40:04.960 --> 00:40:08.300 work in us even 00:40:08.300 --> 00:40:08.720 this year. 00:40:08.840 --> 00:40:09.960 Keep our eyes and 00:40:09.960 --> 00:40:10.599 our minds and our 00:40:10.599 --> 00:40:11.860 hearts set on you, 00:40:11.940 --> 00:40:12.599 we ask in your 00:40:12.599 --> 00:40:12.880 name. 00:40:13.659 --> 00:40:13.940 Amen. 00:40:15.260 --> 00:40:15.980 For more 00:40:15.980 --> 00:40:17.099 information, visit 00:40:17.099 --> 00:40:18.039 us online at 00:40:18.039 --> 00:40:18.800 southwood.org. 00:40:18.800 --> 00:40:21.200 Thank you. 00:40:21.200 --> 00:40:21.200 00:40:21.200 --> 00:40:21.200 00:40:21.200 --> 00:40:21.200 00:40:21.200 --> 00:40:21.200 00:40:21.200 --> 00:40:21.200 00:40:21.200 --> 00:40:21.200 00:40:21.200 --> 00:40:21.200 00:40:21.200 --> 00:40:21.200 00:40:21.200 --> 00:40:21.200 00:40:21.200 --> 00:40:21.200 00:40:21.200 --> 00:40:21.200 00:40:21.200 --> 00:40:21.200 00:40:21.200 --> 00:40:21.200 00:40:21.200 --> 00:40:21.200 00:40:21.200 --> 00:40:21.200 00:40:21.200 --> 00:40:21.200 00:40:21.200 --> 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