WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.380 Well, a very good morning to you all. 00:00:02.379 --> 00:00:08.400 I'll ask that you take out your copy of God's Word and turn to Paul's letter to the Romans. 00:00:09.779 --> 00:00:14.240 ! We're going to continue our study today, beginning in chapter 9. 00:00:14.240 --> 00:00:25.060 And before I go further, I want to distract you for a moment from this in the hopes that you won't be distracted later. 00:00:25.060 --> 00:00:31.039 And I don't even know if you can really see it anymore, but I look like I got punched in the face. 00:00:31.719 --> 00:00:33.899 My nose is a bit bruised and swollen. 00:00:35.399 --> 00:00:40.359 I did, in fact, get in a fight with a deer stand, and it won. 00:00:40.359 --> 00:00:46.320 And I've noticed this morning that as the swelling has gone down, I think my nose is a little more crooked than it was before. 00:00:46.719 --> 00:00:49.240 And I'm told that beautiful people have symmetrical faces. 00:00:49.859 --> 00:00:52.480 I already wasn't a beautiful person, so I don't really care. 00:00:53.000 --> 00:00:57.480 I think my nose is a little off to this side after the fact. 00:00:57.519 --> 00:00:58.420 But that's what happened here. 00:00:59.260 --> 00:01:05.599 And now we can focus on what's going on in Paul's letter to the Romans, beginning in chapter 9. 00:01:06.000 --> 00:01:09.560 Before we read that together, the first five verses is what we're going to study today. 00:01:09.560 --> 00:01:13.480 I just want to remind you of where we've been in the book of Romans. 00:01:14.439 --> 00:01:18.280 Starting out with the theme, chapter 1, verse 17, Paul says, 00:01:18.740 --> 00:01:24.240 For in it, being the gospel, the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith. 00:01:24.799 --> 00:01:27.640 As it is written, the righteous shall live by faith. 00:01:27.700 --> 00:01:32.680 And he's been building a case in the first eight chapters that righteousness comes to us. 00:01:32.740 --> 00:01:37.520 A right standing with God comes to us by faith alone. 00:01:37.519 --> 00:01:41.099 There is nothing we can do to earn God's favor. 00:01:41.500 --> 00:01:44.840 It is given to us freely as a gift. 00:01:45.539 --> 00:01:46.299 And he works through. 00:01:46.599 --> 00:01:51.179 The believers here in Rome would have been both Gentile and Jewish believers. 00:01:51.399 --> 00:01:57.699 And so he deals with them, saying that the Gentiles have no excuse for their sin against God. 00:01:58.079 --> 00:02:01.459 And the Jews have no excuse for their sin against God. 00:02:01.459 --> 00:02:04.159 And chapter 3, none is righteous, no, not one. 00:02:04.839 --> 00:02:11.560 Every one alive has transgressed God's law and have sinned against Him. 00:02:12.039 --> 00:02:14.659 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. 00:02:14.719 --> 00:02:16.859 Chapter 3, verse 23. 00:02:17.959 --> 00:02:24.740 Then he goes on to talk about how we've been set free from the demands of the law to live by the Spirit. 00:02:24.740 --> 00:02:27.480 And we work through some of the logic of that. 00:02:27.860 --> 00:02:35.820 And he talks then in chapter 8 about what life in the Spirit looks like and how it's a struggle because we still carry around the burden of our flesh. 00:02:36.200 --> 00:02:41.439 Our old self, the sinful self, still corrupts us. 00:02:41.860 --> 00:02:43.420 But we have the Spirit of God in us now. 00:02:43.500 --> 00:02:48.400 And there's a conflict that happens as we endeavor to live the Christian life. 00:02:48.400 --> 00:02:52.379 And beyond that, we suffer externally as well. 00:02:52.480 --> 00:02:55.740 So both internally and externally, there's going to be suffering in this world for Christians. 00:02:55.879 --> 00:02:59.240 Life doesn't get easy when you place your faith in Christ. 00:02:59.900 --> 00:03:07.300 And he finishes chapter 8 with beautiful and precious words, beginning in verse 28. 00:03:07.300 --> 00:03:12.460 And we know that for those who love God, all things work together for good. 00:03:13.180 --> 00:03:14.900 For those who are called according to His purpose. 00:03:15.040 --> 00:03:18.140 For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined. 00:03:18.400 --> 00:03:23.420 To be conformed to the image of a Son in order that He might be the firstborn among many brothers. 00:03:23.860 --> 00:03:25.920 And those whom He predestined, He also called. 00:03:26.200 --> 00:03:28.240 And those whom He called, He also justified. 00:03:28.719 --> 00:03:32.000 And those whom He justified, He also glorified. 00:03:32.000 --> 00:03:38.900 God is sovereign over all things in our life from the beginning to the very end. 00:03:39.840 --> 00:03:40.980 He's written it out. 00:03:41.439 --> 00:03:43.420 And it will come to pass. 00:03:44.659 --> 00:03:45.099 Verse 31. 00:03:45.540 --> 00:03:47.200 What then shall we say to these things? 00:03:47.199 --> 00:03:49.599 If God is for us, who can be against us? 00:03:50.060 --> 00:03:56.039 He who did not spare His own Son, but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also with Him graciously give us all things? 00:03:56.639 --> 00:03:58.739 Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? 00:03:58.979 --> 00:04:00.179 It is God who justifies. 00:04:00.539 --> 00:04:01.280 Who is to condemn? 00:04:02.000 --> 00:04:03.299 Christ Jesus is the one who died. 00:04:03.379 --> 00:04:04.399 More than that, who was raised. 00:04:04.659 --> 00:04:05.659 Who is at the right hand of God. 00:04:05.699 --> 00:04:07.500 Who indeed is interceding for us. 00:04:08.219 --> 00:04:09.899 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? 00:04:10.379 --> 00:04:14.679 Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 00:04:14.680 --> 00:04:18.720 Lord, as it is written, for your sake we are being killed all the day long. 00:04:18.920 --> 00:04:20.680 We are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered. 00:04:21.840 --> 00:04:25.319 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 00:04:25.560 --> 00:04:30.319 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, 00:04:30.540 --> 00:04:34.780 nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, 00:04:35.139 --> 00:04:39.300 will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. 00:04:39.300 --> 00:04:44.280 Because He is sovereign over our salvation. 00:04:44.400 --> 00:04:45.540 Because we are His. 00:04:45.819 --> 00:04:48.079 Because He made us His. 00:04:48.900 --> 00:04:51.460 And therefore, that cannot change. 00:04:52.500 --> 00:04:54.060 What a thing to rejoice in. 00:04:54.819 --> 00:04:58.920 And then we come to the beginning of chapter 9. 00:04:59.199 --> 00:05:00.319 And as I said last week, 00:05:00.980 --> 00:05:05.220 I at times wish that He had just skipped to the beginning of 12. 00:05:05.220 --> 00:05:08.400 And just not talked about the next three chapters. 00:05:09.360 --> 00:05:10.560 It seems random. 00:05:10.680 --> 00:05:13.600 It seems like an insertion in His flow of logic. 00:05:13.980 --> 00:05:15.020 However, it's not. 00:05:16.380 --> 00:05:17.820 So let's read the first five verses. 00:05:19.980 --> 00:05:21.860 I am speaking the truth in Christ. 00:05:22.100 --> 00:05:23.320 I am not lying. 00:05:23.780 --> 00:05:26.000 My conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit 00:05:26.000 --> 00:05:29.620 that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. 00:05:29.620 --> 00:05:34.160 For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ 00:05:34.160 --> 00:05:37.579 for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen, according to the flesh. 00:05:38.120 --> 00:05:38.879 They are Israelites. 00:05:39.379 --> 00:05:42.540 And to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, 00:05:42.840 --> 00:05:45.199 the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises. 00:05:45.680 --> 00:05:47.300 To them belong the patriarchs. 00:05:47.379 --> 00:05:50.780 And from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ, 00:05:50.920 --> 00:05:53.560 who is God over all, blessed forever. 00:05:54.319 --> 00:05:54.660 Amen. 00:05:55.340 --> 00:05:56.780 Join me in a word of prayer. 00:05:56.779 --> 00:06:01.459 Father God, I thank you this morning that we can come to your word, 00:06:01.859 --> 00:06:07.239 that you have given us spiritual eyes to see it and hear it and apply it. 00:06:08.039 --> 00:06:11.019 But I pray, Father, that you will help us with that this morning. 00:06:12.239 --> 00:06:16.439 That you will find us coming humbly to be spoken to by you. 00:06:17.379 --> 00:06:19.539 We won't stand over the word judging you, 00:06:20.259 --> 00:06:23.459 but we will put ourselves underneath it and we will learn. 00:06:23.459 --> 00:06:28.839 And I pray that our learning will lead to different living this day. 00:06:29.519 --> 00:06:30.779 And I pray this in Christ's name. 00:06:31.680 --> 00:06:32.019 Amen. 00:06:33.039 --> 00:06:36.479 So Paul suddenly turns to speak of the Jews. 00:06:36.639 --> 00:06:41.859 And he does so because he's anticipating the questions. 00:06:42.859 --> 00:06:46.719 He's built this case all throughout Romans so far. 00:06:47.219 --> 00:06:49.139 Justification by faith alone. 00:06:49.139 --> 00:06:52.319 And he hammers it home at the end of eight. 00:06:53.360 --> 00:06:56.259 Our salvation is God's doing. 00:06:56.439 --> 00:06:59.079 And because of that, we are secure in him. 00:06:59.459 --> 00:07:01.860 We are saved for future glory. 00:07:02.639 --> 00:07:04.479 That is joy for life. 00:07:04.659 --> 00:07:08.300 We can endure anything because we're gods. 00:07:08.300 --> 00:07:11.720 But then people will say, 00:07:12.360 --> 00:07:14.139 Paul himself, a Jew, would say, 00:07:14.560 --> 00:07:16.220 But what about Israel? 00:07:16.960 --> 00:07:18.240 What about the Jews? 00:07:18.340 --> 00:07:19.840 Aren't they God's special people? 00:07:20.840 --> 00:07:24.740 And we see that many of them are not receiving Christ. 00:07:25.439 --> 00:07:28.699 Many of them are hardened and turning away. 00:07:29.639 --> 00:07:35.220 Many of them still are practicing the old Jewish rites. 00:07:35.220 --> 00:07:37.640 What about them? 00:07:39.060 --> 00:07:40.340 And he laments that. 00:07:41.140 --> 00:07:42.300 Verses 1 through 3. 00:07:43.200 --> 00:07:45.900 Paul is burdened by it. 00:07:46.340 --> 00:07:53.160 He has great sorrow and unceasing anguish on behalf of the Israelites. 00:07:54.560 --> 00:07:57.200 He says that he's speaking the truth in Christ. 00:07:57.460 --> 00:07:58.300 He's not lying. 00:07:58.380 --> 00:08:03.440 His conscience bears witness in the Holy Spirit that this is how he feels. 00:08:03.439 --> 00:08:07.719 And he knows that he can't give away his salvation. 00:08:08.120 --> 00:08:11.100 But that if he could, he's saying, honestly, I would. 00:08:12.439 --> 00:08:17.040 If I could trade myself for the sake of the nation of Israel, I would do it. 00:08:17.860 --> 00:08:26.100 He says, for I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers. 00:08:27.560 --> 00:08:28.600 He means that. 00:08:28.600 --> 00:08:31.720 That's a guttural thing he's saying to us. 00:08:32.120 --> 00:08:40.200 I would consider myself accursed, separated forever from Christ for the sake of the Israelites. 00:08:40.200 --> 00:08:45.520 To the Jewish readers of this letter, those hearing it, read to them. 00:08:46.200 --> 00:08:50.259 This would have been striking to them, Paul's opinion. 00:08:50.480 --> 00:08:55.900 Paul's desire for them to come to Christ. 00:08:56.940 --> 00:08:59.800 Because Paul reflected the heart of Moses. 00:09:01.140 --> 00:09:03.740 The Jewish believers would have known their Old Testament. 00:09:03.740 --> 00:09:11.980 And in Exodus 32, 31, this is after the golden calf has been created and worshipped in the valley. 00:09:12.620 --> 00:09:16.240 Moses is up meeting with God on Mount Sinai, receiving the Ten Commandments. 00:09:16.320 --> 00:09:21.899 You'll remember he comes down off the mountain, is so angered that he breaks the tablets. 00:09:23.100 --> 00:09:31.680 He then gets a group of men that go through the people, slaying people, setting that right. 00:09:31.680 --> 00:09:33.480 He goes back up on the mountain to meet with God. 00:09:33.740 --> 00:09:35.340 He goes back to God's presence. 00:09:35.820 --> 00:09:37.759 And he pleads for the people. 00:09:38.220 --> 00:09:39.860 In Exodus 32, 31, it says, 00:09:39.940 --> 00:09:41.440 So Moses returned to the Lord and said, 00:09:41.820 --> 00:09:45.320 Alas, this people has sinned a great sin. 00:09:45.620 --> 00:09:47.480 They have made for themselves gods of gold. 00:09:47.580 --> 00:09:49.600 But now, if you will forgive their sin. 00:09:49.860 --> 00:09:53.899 But if not, please blot me out of your book that you have written. 00:09:54.360 --> 00:09:55.480 He says the same thing. 00:09:56.019 --> 00:10:00.860 You can blot me out of your book for the sake of your people. 00:10:00.860 --> 00:10:04.680 It's also the heart of Christ. 00:10:04.680 --> 00:10:08.019 Matthew 23, 37, Jesus says, 00:10:08.340 --> 00:10:14.019 Oh Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it. 00:10:14.460 --> 00:10:19.500 How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings? 00:10:19.680 --> 00:10:21.560 And you were not willing. 00:10:21.559 --> 00:10:26.819 So Paul properly cares for Israel. 00:10:27.619 --> 00:10:29.919 They were God's special people. 00:10:30.859 --> 00:10:33.179 And he goes on to tell us how it is that they were. 00:10:33.319 --> 00:10:40.699 We see in verses 4 and 5 that Israel was uniquely blessed with eight privileges. 00:10:41.699 --> 00:10:43.559 Uniquely blessed with eight privileges. 00:10:43.559 --> 00:10:49.079 These were all privileges ultimately designed to show them Christ. 00:10:50.439 --> 00:10:56.259 Paul is heartbroken because according to the flesh, by all human understanding, 00:10:56.739 --> 00:11:02.099 if any people should have understood who Jesus was, it should have been the Israelites. 00:11:02.759 --> 00:11:08.839 They had a picture constantly being painted before them of their great need of a savior. 00:11:08.839 --> 00:11:13.339 And he came and so many missed it. 00:11:14.539 --> 00:11:19.579 So from purely human understanding, they should have all followed Christ. 00:11:20.299 --> 00:11:21.439 And yet so few did. 00:11:23.000 --> 00:11:26.479 And he's going to work that out in further degree in the coming chapters 00:11:26.479 --> 00:11:31.859 as he talks about God's sovereignty over the salvation of all of his people, 00:11:32.500 --> 00:11:34.079 including those of us who are not Jewish. 00:11:34.179 --> 00:11:36.339 I don't think anybody in here is probably of Jewish descent. 00:11:36.339 --> 00:11:37.119 That's okay if you are. 00:11:37.519 --> 00:11:38.679 I'm actually happy if you are. 00:11:38.719 --> 00:11:39.299 That's fantastic. 00:11:39.879 --> 00:11:40.559 I'm not. 00:11:41.199 --> 00:11:41.939 I'm a Gentile. 00:11:41.940 --> 00:11:45.400 The other category of people that the gospel has been carried to. 00:11:45.540 --> 00:11:49.540 And you have here even Paul who has been given a special mission to the Gentiles, 00:11:49.680 --> 00:11:53.900 but yet has this great love and concern for the Israelites. 00:11:54.540 --> 00:11:56.960 So let's look at these eight privileges together. 00:11:57.900 --> 00:12:02.380 As Israelites, they have received, number one, the adoption. 00:12:02.379 --> 00:12:04.799 As God's people. 00:12:05.980 --> 00:12:08.340 Isaiah 46, verses 3 and 4. 00:12:09.340 --> 00:12:09.580 It says, 00:12:09.659 --> 00:12:12.639 Listen to me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, 00:12:12.720 --> 00:12:15.740 who have been born by me from before your birth, 00:12:16.080 --> 00:12:17.000 carried from the womb. 00:12:17.340 --> 00:12:19.559 Even to your old age I am he, 00:12:19.799 --> 00:12:22.220 and to gray hairs I will carry you. 00:12:22.320 --> 00:12:23.919 I have made and I will bear. 00:12:24.139 --> 00:12:26.159 I will carry and will save. 00:12:26.159 --> 00:12:28.779 There's lots of language in the Old Testament, 00:12:29.139 --> 00:12:32.120 speaking of Israel being the children of God. 00:12:32.120 --> 00:12:38.219 And yet they missed that in him was the adoption that came through Christ. 00:12:38.799 --> 00:12:39.559 Romans chapter 8. 00:12:39.719 --> 00:12:41.279 We see in verse 15, 00:12:41.439 --> 00:12:43.459 For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, 00:12:43.740 --> 00:12:46.719 but you have received the spirit of adoption as sons, 00:12:46.860 --> 00:12:49.339 by whom we cry, Abba, Father. 00:12:49.919 --> 00:12:50.480 Verse 16, 00:12:50.480 --> 00:12:55.220 The spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God. 00:12:56.220 --> 00:12:57.740 And they missed that. 00:12:58.580 --> 00:12:59.879 Secondly, the glory. 00:13:00.620 --> 00:13:05.680 I had so much fun studying this little phrase. 00:13:05.960 --> 00:13:07.680 To Israel belongs the glory. 00:13:08.440 --> 00:13:12.580 What Paul is referring to is the visible presence of God. 00:13:13.220 --> 00:13:13.879 The glory. 00:13:14.000 --> 00:13:15.399 The visible presence. 00:13:16.320 --> 00:13:17.580 It's not in the Bible anywhere, 00:13:17.580 --> 00:13:21.840 but later on Jewish scholars have called this Shekinah. 00:13:21.940 --> 00:13:22.860 So if you ever hear that phrase, 00:13:22.960 --> 00:13:23.820 Shekinah glory. 00:13:24.560 --> 00:13:26.139 Shekinah means the glory. 00:13:26.420 --> 00:13:29.740 It's that visible thing that the Israelites could see 00:13:29.740 --> 00:13:32.740 that represented God's magnificence. 00:13:32.940 --> 00:13:35.460 And the first mention of it is in Exodus 13, 00:13:36.080 --> 00:13:38.879 when the Israelites are led out of Egypt. 00:13:39.200 --> 00:13:42.759 They were led by a pillar of cloud during the day 00:13:42.759 --> 00:13:45.400 and a pillar of fire by night. 00:13:45.399 --> 00:13:49.980 These are the best explanations we get of what these things looked like. 00:13:50.079 --> 00:13:53.179 I do not know if it was actually billowy, 00:13:53.579 --> 00:13:55.039 cumulus kind of cloud. 00:13:55.159 --> 00:13:56.159 I highly doubt it. 00:13:56.259 --> 00:13:57.980 But that was the words that they had to say. 00:13:58.079 --> 00:14:00.659 It looked like a pillar of cloud by day 00:14:00.659 --> 00:14:02.539 and a pillar of fire by night. 00:14:02.659 --> 00:14:04.039 But what we tend to forget 00:14:04.039 --> 00:14:05.860 is that for 40 years, 00:14:05.939 --> 00:14:08.079 the Israelites wandered in the wilderness 00:14:08.079 --> 00:14:11.460 and it was with them all that time. 00:14:11.460 --> 00:14:16.120 The Sinai Desert is a really, really phenomenal place. 00:14:16.460 --> 00:14:20.300 One of the most difficult places to survive on Earth. 00:14:21.200 --> 00:14:23.580 The mean temperature throughout the year 00:14:23.580 --> 00:14:25.300 in the Sinai Desert during the day 00:14:25.300 --> 00:14:26.780 is 150 degrees Fahrenheit. 00:14:27.680 --> 00:14:28.019 You know that? 00:14:28.139 --> 00:14:28.780 I had no idea. 00:14:29.259 --> 00:14:29.740 150 degrees. 00:14:29.740 --> 00:14:32.800 The mean temperature at night in the Sinai Desert 00:14:32.800 --> 00:14:35.860 is 35 degrees Fahrenheit. 00:14:35.860 --> 00:14:38.259 So on an average day in the Sinai Desert, 00:14:38.500 --> 00:14:41.100 the temperature change is 115 degrees. 00:14:41.680 --> 00:14:42.600 Can you believe that? 00:14:43.659 --> 00:14:45.240 God led his people, 00:14:45.500 --> 00:14:49.340 which is estimated to be 2.5 to 3 million people, 00:14:49.720 --> 00:14:52.580 into a place that we would have to be 00:14:52.580 --> 00:14:55.620 so equipped to survive. 00:14:56.200 --> 00:14:58.039 There have been a number of expeditions, 00:14:58.379 --> 00:15:00.220 successful ones and not. 00:15:00.220 --> 00:15:04.300 The ones that survived were very well equipped 00:15:04.300 --> 00:15:07.320 to survive exploring the Sinai Desert 00:15:07.320 --> 00:15:11.620 and yet God protected with a cover during the day 00:15:11.620 --> 00:15:14.259 that cloud that spread out over the people 00:15:14.259 --> 00:15:15.200 and shaded them, 00:15:15.860 --> 00:15:17.160 2.5 to 3 million people, 00:15:17.560 --> 00:15:18.220 during the day 00:15:18.220 --> 00:15:20.379 and by night was as fire 00:15:20.379 --> 00:15:22.080 and it kept them warm. 00:15:23.259 --> 00:15:24.060 Isn't that phenomenal? 00:15:24.820 --> 00:15:26.600 When Moses erected the tent of meeting, 00:15:26.600 --> 00:15:29.600 there would be a funnel 00:15:29.600 --> 00:15:30.840 that would come down from the cloud 00:15:30.840 --> 00:15:32.440 and would rest over the tent of meeting. 00:15:33.220 --> 00:15:34.779 And God used that to show them 00:15:34.779 --> 00:15:37.019 when it was time for them to pick up and move 00:15:37.019 --> 00:15:38.860 and when he wanted them to encamp. 00:15:39.259 --> 00:15:41.040 So when that lifted, 00:15:41.420 --> 00:15:42.560 they would pack everything up 00:15:42.560 --> 00:15:43.600 and the cloud would move 00:15:43.600 --> 00:15:44.460 and they would go with it. 00:15:44.800 --> 00:15:45.879 And when it rested down, 00:15:45.960 --> 00:15:46.940 that's where they would stop. 00:15:47.279 --> 00:15:49.340 For 40 years, 00:15:50.220 --> 00:15:54.379 God's glory dwelt with the people in this way. 00:15:54.879 --> 00:15:56.399 That's one of the great miracles of the Bible. 00:15:56.600 --> 00:15:58.940 Ask somebody to list off the miracles of the Bible. 00:15:59.500 --> 00:16:01.440 Most people would totally miss that. 00:16:01.800 --> 00:16:02.720 But for 40 years, 00:16:03.100 --> 00:16:06.879 God cared for his people with his glory. 00:16:09.019 --> 00:16:12.100 Sometime after they go into the promised land, 00:16:12.200 --> 00:16:13.540 there's not a mention of it any longer. 00:16:13.800 --> 00:16:14.540 But we do know 00:16:14.540 --> 00:16:17.879 that God's glory dwelt in the Holy of Holies 00:16:17.879 --> 00:16:19.379 when the tabernacle existed 00:16:19.379 --> 00:16:20.639 and then when the temple was built. 00:16:21.000 --> 00:16:22.460 Actually dwelt physically. 00:16:22.840 --> 00:16:23.860 The priest, the high priest, 00:16:23.860 --> 00:16:24.399 would go in there 00:16:24.399 --> 00:16:26.759 and actually see this glory. 00:16:27.759 --> 00:16:28.320 The cloud. 00:16:28.820 --> 00:16:30.620 Not exactly sure what it looked like, 00:16:30.740 --> 00:16:31.899 but would actually go 00:16:31.899 --> 00:16:35.100 and see the physical glory of God. 00:16:35.580 --> 00:16:38.019 And then we see in Ezekiel chapter 11 00:16:38.019 --> 00:16:40.200 as a punishment to the people of Israel. 00:16:40.720 --> 00:16:42.180 It finally leaves. 00:16:43.180 --> 00:16:43.740 It's carried. 00:16:43.860 --> 00:16:45.860 Ezekiel sees in a vision 00:16:45.860 --> 00:16:46.919 the cherubim, 00:16:47.620 --> 00:16:49.279 carry it to the Mount of Olives, 00:16:49.279 --> 00:16:51.600 which interestingly is where Jesus also ascended, 00:16:52.079 --> 00:16:53.439 carry it to the Mount of Olives, 00:16:53.620 --> 00:16:54.659 and then the glory leaves. 00:16:54.959 --> 00:16:55.699 It goes back to heaven. 00:16:57.279 --> 00:16:58.500 Isn't that awesome? 00:16:59.600 --> 00:17:00.720 When do we see it again? 00:17:01.879 --> 00:17:03.199 When does it come back? 00:17:04.220 --> 00:17:06.299 I hope your mind's running right now. 00:17:06.639 --> 00:17:08.119 When does the glory of God, 00:17:08.180 --> 00:17:10.680 the physical picture of who he is, 00:17:10.960 --> 00:17:12.619 come back to his people? 00:17:12.619 --> 00:17:15.659 The birth of Jesus Christ. 00:17:17.179 --> 00:17:18.579 At the birth of Jesus Christ. 00:17:19.099 --> 00:17:20.259 The shepherds sitting in the field, 00:17:20.479 --> 00:17:22.759 and they were surrounded by glory, 00:17:22.959 --> 00:17:23.919 not language. 00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:27.159 That's when it comes back 00:17:27.159 --> 00:17:30.079 and then manifests in Jesus himself. 00:17:30.579 --> 00:17:31.819 2 Corinthians 4, 6 says, 00:17:31.899 --> 00:17:32.779 For God who said, 00:17:33.239 --> 00:17:34.500 Let light shine out of darkness, 00:17:34.819 --> 00:17:35.899 has shone in our hearts 00:17:35.899 --> 00:17:37.579 to give the light of the knowledge 00:17:37.579 --> 00:17:39.119 of the glory of God 00:17:39.119 --> 00:17:41.939 in the face of Jesus Christ. 00:17:43.199 --> 00:17:44.159 Isn't that phenomenal? 00:17:44.959 --> 00:17:46.000 So the Israelites, 00:17:46.679 --> 00:17:49.239 those who Paul is lamenting over here, 00:17:49.519 --> 00:17:50.619 had this picture 00:17:50.619 --> 00:17:55.819 that finally was realized in Christ. 00:17:56.000 --> 00:17:58.479 He came and he walked amongst them. 00:17:59.219 --> 00:18:00.399 And then he ascended 00:18:00.399 --> 00:18:01.539 from the Mount of Olives. 00:18:02.179 --> 00:18:02.679 And guess what? 00:18:02.939 --> 00:18:04.779 He's coming back. 00:18:05.239 --> 00:18:07.139 1 Thessalonians 4, 17 says, 00:18:07.140 --> 00:18:08.400 Then we who are alive, 00:18:08.520 --> 00:18:09.140 who are left, 00:18:09.460 --> 00:18:10.560 will be caught up together 00:18:10.560 --> 00:18:12.280 with them in the clouds 00:18:12.280 --> 00:18:13.380 to meet the Lord in the air. 00:18:13.460 --> 00:18:16.060 And so we will always be with the Lord. 00:18:16.800 --> 00:18:18.000 And this would be read or rendered 00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:20.200 with them in the cloud. 00:18:20.880 --> 00:18:22.120 The Greek term used here 00:18:22.120 --> 00:18:23.640 is the same Greek term used 00:18:23.640 --> 00:18:24.440 in the Septuagint, 00:18:24.540 --> 00:18:25.180 which the Septuagint 00:18:25.180 --> 00:18:26.360 is the Greek translation 00:18:26.360 --> 00:18:27.780 of the Hebrew Old Testament. 00:18:28.520 --> 00:18:30.020 It's the same word used 00:18:30.020 --> 00:18:31.980 of the glory. 00:18:32.759 --> 00:18:33.520 The cloud, 00:18:33.740 --> 00:18:35.180 the fire that led 00:18:35.180 --> 00:18:35.800 the Israelites, 00:18:35.960 --> 00:18:36.580 that covered them, 00:18:36.579 --> 00:18:38.839 it's the same word used. 00:18:39.039 --> 00:18:39.240 So, 00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:40.759 for Thessalonians, 00:18:40.839 --> 00:18:41.339 Paul's not saying 00:18:41.339 --> 00:18:41.899 that we're going to be 00:18:41.899 --> 00:18:42.879 all sopping wet 00:18:42.879 --> 00:18:43.500 because we're going to be 00:18:43.500 --> 00:18:44.119 in the clouds, 00:18:44.679 --> 00:18:44.899 right? 00:18:44.939 --> 00:18:45.599 But we're going to be 00:18:45.599 --> 00:18:48.359 enveloped by God. 00:18:48.379 --> 00:18:49.439 I don't know what it's going to look like, 00:18:50.039 --> 00:18:51.839 but by the glory 00:18:51.839 --> 00:18:53.279 of the Lord. 00:18:53.659 --> 00:18:54.720 That's phenomenal. 00:18:54.879 --> 00:18:55.699 And they had this picture. 00:18:55.899 --> 00:18:57.159 And those who were alive 00:18:57.159 --> 00:18:57.779 in this day 00:18:57.779 --> 00:18:58.799 knew this. 00:18:58.899 --> 00:19:00.740 They had a history 00:19:00.740 --> 00:19:01.779 told to them 00:19:01.779 --> 00:19:03.240 of how God had dealt with them. 00:19:03.240 --> 00:19:04.839 And they missed the fact 00:19:04.839 --> 00:19:05.539 that it was 00:19:05.539 --> 00:19:06.720 the Christ. 00:19:08.279 --> 00:19:08.960 Number three, 00:19:09.620 --> 00:19:11.319 they had the covenants. 00:19:12.059 --> 00:19:13.200 God made many promises 00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:14.680 to the people of Israel 00:19:14.680 --> 00:19:15.599 throughout the Old Testament. 00:19:16.480 --> 00:19:17.579 The three major ones 00:19:17.579 --> 00:19:18.960 are the Abrahamic covenant, 00:19:19.339 --> 00:19:19.859 the Mosaic, 00:19:20.079 --> 00:19:20.779 and the Davidic. 00:19:21.279 --> 00:19:21.460 Right? 00:19:21.460 --> 00:19:22.340 So to Abraham, 00:19:22.680 --> 00:19:23.720 he gave the covenant of blessing, 00:19:23.840 --> 00:19:24.920 which is found in Genesis 12, 00:19:25.140 --> 00:19:25.920 2 and 3. 00:19:26.579 --> 00:19:27.220 To Moses, 00:19:27.420 --> 00:19:28.420 the covenant of the law, 00:19:28.700 --> 00:19:30.940 Exodus chapters 19 through 21. 00:19:31.220 --> 00:19:31.819 To David, 00:19:31.960 --> 00:19:32.740 the covenant 00:19:32.740 --> 00:19:34.140 of an eternal kingdom, 00:19:34.900 --> 00:19:36.000 2 Samuel 7, 00:19:36.100 --> 00:19:36.779 8 through 16. 00:19:38.460 --> 00:19:39.700 These were the promises 00:19:39.700 --> 00:19:41.640 given to the people. 00:19:42.420 --> 00:19:44.299 Acts 3, 25 and 26 00:19:44.299 --> 00:19:45.779 is when Peter's preaching 00:19:45.779 --> 00:19:47.480 on the day of Pentecost. 00:19:47.559 --> 00:19:47.900 And he says, 00:19:48.019 --> 00:19:49.259 You are the sons of the prophets 00:19:49.259 --> 00:19:50.119 and of the covenant 00:19:50.119 --> 00:19:51.680 that God made with your fathers, 00:19:52.180 --> 00:19:52.940 saying to Abraham, 00:19:53.099 --> 00:19:53.980 And in your offspring 00:19:53.980 --> 00:19:55.099 shall all the families 00:19:55.099 --> 00:19:56.059 of the earth be blessed. 00:19:56.559 --> 00:19:56.859 God, 00:19:56.980 --> 00:19:58.279 having raised up his servant, 00:19:58.759 --> 00:20:00.119 sent him to you first 00:20:00.119 --> 00:20:00.940 to bless you 00:20:00.940 --> 00:20:02.680 by turning every one of you 00:20:02.680 --> 00:20:03.980 from your wickedness. 00:20:04.940 --> 00:20:05.700 The covenants 00:20:05.700 --> 00:20:06.400 were given 00:20:06.400 --> 00:20:07.240 as a picture 00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:09.720 of what was to be fulfilled 00:20:09.720 --> 00:20:11.039 in Christ. 00:20:12.619 --> 00:20:13.539 Chapter 9, 00:20:13.859 --> 00:20:14.460 verse 6. 00:20:15.500 --> 00:20:16.140 Drawing beyond 00:20:16.140 --> 00:20:16.819 where we are today, 00:20:16.960 --> 00:20:18.119 but Paul says, 00:20:18.119 --> 00:20:19.159 It is not as though 00:20:19.159 --> 00:20:20.039 the word of God 00:20:20.039 --> 00:20:21.119 has failed, 00:20:21.239 --> 00:20:21.979 for not all who are 00:20:21.979 --> 00:20:22.819 descended from Israel 00:20:22.819 --> 00:20:24.139 belong to Israel. 00:20:24.239 --> 00:20:25.099 The covenant promises 00:20:25.099 --> 00:20:25.659 of God 00:20:25.659 --> 00:20:27.000 have extended beyond 00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:28.119 just the nation of Israel 00:20:28.119 --> 00:20:29.359 as they understood it 00:20:29.359 --> 00:20:32.179 to the true Israel, 00:20:32.459 --> 00:20:32.879 the church. 00:20:33.839 --> 00:20:34.679 We get to get into 00:20:34.679 --> 00:20:35.259 all of that 00:20:35.259 --> 00:20:37.179 in a greater degree later. 00:20:37.859 --> 00:20:38.839 But the covenants 00:20:38.839 --> 00:20:39.519 were meant 00:20:39.519 --> 00:20:40.699 to show us 00:20:40.699 --> 00:20:41.559 that these promises 00:20:41.559 --> 00:20:42.239 that God made 00:20:42.239 --> 00:20:43.319 would not fail, 00:20:43.419 --> 00:20:44.079 but they just 00:20:44.079 --> 00:20:45.579 looked different 00:20:45.579 --> 00:20:47.479 than the Israelites thought. 00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:48.360 the fulfillment 00:20:48.360 --> 00:20:48.960 of them 00:20:48.960 --> 00:20:49.920 was not 00:20:49.920 --> 00:20:50.700 what they 00:20:50.700 --> 00:20:51.480 expected. 00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:53.779 Number four, 00:20:55.019 --> 00:20:56.000 the giving of the law, 00:20:56.339 --> 00:20:56.740 which was 00:20:56.740 --> 00:20:57.880 God's standard 00:20:57.880 --> 00:20:58.460 of righteousness. 00:20:58.460 --> 00:20:59.319 This came 00:20:59.319 --> 00:21:00.079 to the Israelites 00:21:00.079 --> 00:21:01.120 and told them, 00:21:01.299 --> 00:21:02.860 this is how you must live 00:21:02.860 --> 00:21:03.759 to be found right 00:21:03.759 --> 00:21:04.620 in me, 00:21:05.140 --> 00:21:05.920 and was meant 00:21:05.920 --> 00:21:06.880 to teach them 00:21:06.880 --> 00:21:08.079 that there was no way 00:21:08.079 --> 00:21:09.099 they could possibly 00:21:09.099 --> 00:21:10.000 fulfill the law. 00:21:10.960 --> 00:21:11.579 That's where 00:21:11.579 --> 00:21:12.640 the sacrificial system 00:21:12.640 --> 00:21:13.099 came in, 00:21:13.180 --> 00:21:14.480 all as a shadow 00:21:14.480 --> 00:21:15.960 of what was to come 00:21:15.960 --> 00:21:16.900 in Jesus Christ, 00:21:17.220 --> 00:21:18.099 the spotless land, 00:21:18.200 --> 00:21:19.519 the perfect sacrifice 00:21:19.519 --> 00:21:20.700 for sins. 00:21:22.339 --> 00:21:23.039 Galatians 3, 00:21:23.160 --> 00:21:23.740 10-14, 00:21:24.039 --> 00:21:24.180 it says, 00:21:24.259 --> 00:21:24.900 For all who rely 00:21:24.900 --> 00:21:25.539 on works of the law 00:21:25.539 --> 00:21:26.500 are under a curse. 00:21:26.980 --> 00:21:27.640 For it is written, 00:21:27.799 --> 00:21:28.539 Cursed be everyone 00:21:28.539 --> 00:21:29.319 who does not abide 00:21:29.319 --> 00:21:30.160 by all things 00:21:30.160 --> 00:21:30.680 written in the book 00:21:30.680 --> 00:21:31.079 of the law 00:21:31.079 --> 00:21:32.039 and do them. 00:21:32.640 --> 00:21:33.240 Now it is evident 00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:34.140 that no one justified 00:21:34.140 --> 00:21:34.740 before God 00:21:34.740 --> 00:21:35.339 by the law, 00:21:35.539 --> 00:21:36.240 for the righteous 00:21:36.240 --> 00:21:36.819 shall live 00:21:36.819 --> 00:21:37.920 by faith. 00:21:38.500 --> 00:21:38.980 But the law 00:21:38.980 --> 00:21:39.620 is not of faith, 00:21:39.700 --> 00:21:40.259 rather the one 00:21:40.259 --> 00:21:40.839 who does them 00:21:40.839 --> 00:21:41.819 shall live by faith. 00:21:42.360 --> 00:21:43.259 Christ redeemed us 00:21:43.259 --> 00:21:43.940 from the curse of the law 00:21:43.940 --> 00:21:44.900 by becoming a curse 00:21:44.900 --> 00:21:45.460 for us. 00:21:45.740 --> 00:21:46.240 For it is written, 00:21:46.400 --> 00:21:47.220 Cursed is everyone 00:21:47.220 --> 00:21:48.500 who hanged on a tree, 00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:50.379 so that in Christ Jesus 00:21:50.379 --> 00:21:51.559 the blessing of Abraham 00:21:51.559 --> 00:21:52.859 might come to the Gentiles 00:21:52.859 --> 00:21:54.299 so that we might receive 00:21:54.299 --> 00:21:55.359 the promised spirit 00:21:55.359 --> 00:21:56.440 through faith. 00:21:57.539 --> 00:21:59.059 The law was meant 00:21:59.059 --> 00:21:59.900 to point 00:21:59.900 --> 00:22:02.000 to the coming 00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:03.019 of Christ. 00:22:04.240 --> 00:22:05.480 Now in the West here, 00:22:05.579 --> 00:22:06.140 we think, 00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:08.079 in our logic, 00:22:08.079 --> 00:22:09.720 we think very linearly. 00:22:10.980 --> 00:22:11.400 So, 00:22:11.400 --> 00:22:12.880 A plus B 00:22:12.880 --> 00:22:14.420 equals C. 00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:16.540 It's a very linear logic. 00:22:16.960 --> 00:22:17.940 If this is true, 00:22:18.100 --> 00:22:19.320 then this must be true. 00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:20.780 That's how we think. 00:22:22.140 --> 00:22:23.200 Eastern logic 00:22:23.200 --> 00:22:23.880 does not work 00:22:23.880 --> 00:22:24.380 in that way. 00:22:25.680 --> 00:22:26.620 Eastern logic 00:22:26.620 --> 00:22:27.240 says, 00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:28.920 not this, 00:22:29.259 --> 00:22:30.120 or this, 00:22:30.300 --> 00:22:31.400 or this, 00:22:31.860 --> 00:22:32.700 or this, 00:22:33.019 --> 00:22:33.900 but this. 00:22:34.500 --> 00:22:35.280 Eastern logic 00:22:35.280 --> 00:22:35.759 tells you 00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:36.420 all the things 00:22:36.420 --> 00:22:37.259 that can't be 00:22:37.259 --> 00:22:38.140 so that it can show you 00:22:38.140 --> 00:22:39.460 what can be. 00:22:39.460 --> 00:22:42.079 That's what the Old Testament 00:22:42.079 --> 00:22:42.960 does for us. 00:22:43.579 --> 00:22:45.220 Gives us all these pictures 00:22:45.220 --> 00:22:47.420 of what can't be 00:22:47.420 --> 00:22:48.640 so that we see 00:22:48.640 --> 00:22:50.819 when the can be 00:22:50.819 --> 00:22:51.640 arrives 00:22:51.640 --> 00:22:52.640 in 00:22:52.640 --> 00:22:54.059 Jesus Christ. 00:22:54.819 --> 00:22:55.819 That's what the law 00:22:55.819 --> 00:22:57.440 was meant to do. 00:22:58.840 --> 00:23:00.140 Which leads us to the next one. 00:23:00.980 --> 00:23:01.579 The worship. 00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:02.340 Some translations 00:23:02.340 --> 00:23:04.600 might render that 00:23:04.600 --> 00:23:05.819 or the temple service. 00:23:05.819 --> 00:23:08.899 What Paul's referring to here 00:23:08.899 --> 00:23:10.899 is the sacrificial system. 00:23:11.700 --> 00:23:12.659 That was given 00:23:12.659 --> 00:23:13.779 to the Israelites 00:23:13.779 --> 00:23:15.139 to again show them 00:23:15.139 --> 00:23:16.079 that when they 00:23:16.079 --> 00:23:16.960 transgressed the law, 00:23:17.299 --> 00:23:18.299 blood was required 00:23:18.299 --> 00:23:19.819 and there were 00:23:19.819 --> 00:23:21.619 so many 00:23:21.619 --> 00:23:23.279 different sacrifices 00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:24.220 that had to take place. 00:23:24.460 --> 00:23:24.819 There's actually 00:23:24.819 --> 00:23:26.359 five different types 00:23:26.359 --> 00:23:27.179 of offering. 00:23:27.359 --> 00:23:28.559 For the sake of time, 00:23:28.980 --> 00:23:29.919 I won't get into them, 00:23:29.960 --> 00:23:30.480 but these things 00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:31.980 happened continually. 00:23:32.980 --> 00:23:33.279 Those of you 00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:33.899 who have been here a while 00:23:33.899 --> 00:23:34.619 probably are tired 00:23:34.619 --> 00:23:35.539 of hearing me say this, 00:23:36.159 --> 00:23:36.699 but the temple 00:23:36.699 --> 00:23:37.519 was an incredibly 00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:38.259 busy place 00:23:38.259 --> 00:23:39.559 and you have to understand 00:23:39.559 --> 00:23:40.879 what was going on there. 00:23:41.639 --> 00:23:42.779 Constant sacrifice 00:23:42.779 --> 00:23:43.259 happening 00:23:43.259 --> 00:23:44.679 day in and day out. 00:23:45.899 --> 00:23:47.439 There's a whole tribe, 00:23:47.559 --> 00:23:48.199 the Levites, 00:23:48.299 --> 00:23:49.019 their job 00:23:49.019 --> 00:23:50.000 was to carry out 00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:50.659 this process. 00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:51.139 They didn't do 00:23:51.139 --> 00:23:51.759 any other work. 00:23:52.079 --> 00:23:52.819 They didn't have time. 00:23:53.179 --> 00:23:53.879 All they did 00:23:53.879 --> 00:23:55.019 was make sacrifice 00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:55.879 for Israel 00:23:55.879 --> 00:23:57.819 day in and day out. 00:23:57.899 --> 00:23:58.979 The blood flowed 00:23:58.979 --> 00:24:00.079 constantly. 00:24:01.599 --> 00:24:02.519 A special day 00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:03.019 of the year 00:24:03.019 --> 00:24:04.299 was the day 00:24:04.299 --> 00:24:04.879 of atonement. 00:24:05.579 --> 00:24:06.440 The day when 00:24:06.440 --> 00:24:07.259 the high priest 00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:07.799 went into the 00:24:07.799 --> 00:24:08.440 holy of holies 00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:09.259 and made a special 00:24:09.259 --> 00:24:10.000 sacrifice. 00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:12.579 Many of these 00:24:12.579 --> 00:24:13.160 sacrifices 00:24:13.160 --> 00:24:14.660 were meant to 00:24:14.660 --> 00:24:15.639 cover unintentional 00:24:15.639 --> 00:24:16.059 sins. 00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:16.960 Sins that 00:24:16.960 --> 00:24:17.879 the Jewish people 00:24:17.879 --> 00:24:18.680 didn't even know 00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:19.440 they had committed. 00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:20.420 Unknown 00:24:20.420 --> 00:24:21.720 sins. 00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:23.220 It was a 00:24:23.220 --> 00:24:24.920 phenomenal system. 00:24:25.319 --> 00:24:25.879 You would have to be 00:24:25.879 --> 00:24:26.639 highly trained 00:24:26.639 --> 00:24:27.299 to be a priest 00:24:27.299 --> 00:24:28.799 because the processes 00:24:28.799 --> 00:24:29.559 that you had to go 00:24:29.559 --> 00:24:30.680 through to carry out 00:24:30.680 --> 00:24:31.259 the sacrifices 00:24:31.259 --> 00:24:33.220 properly were 00:24:33.220 --> 00:24:33.640 amazing. 00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:36.440 Ephesians 5.2 00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:36.860 says, 00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:38.019 Christ loved us 00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:39.200 and gave himself 00:24:39.200 --> 00:24:39.860 up for us 00:24:39.860 --> 00:24:40.820 a fragrant 00:24:40.820 --> 00:24:41.880 offering and 00:24:41.880 --> 00:24:43.200 sacrifice to God. 00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:45.759 Hebrews 7.27-28 00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:48.380 Writer of Hebrews 00:24:48.380 --> 00:24:48.660 says, 00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:49.700 He has no need 00:24:49.700 --> 00:24:50.620 like those high 00:24:50.620 --> 00:24:51.860 priests to offer 00:24:51.860 --> 00:24:53.019 sacrifices daily, 00:24:53.320 --> 00:24:54.160 first for his own 00:24:54.160 --> 00:24:54.779 sins and then for 00:24:54.779 --> 00:24:55.360 those of the people, 00:24:55.620 --> 00:24:56.680 since he did this 00:24:56.680 --> 00:24:58.039 once for all 00:24:58.039 --> 00:24:58.899 when he offered 00:24:58.899 --> 00:24:59.700 up himself. 00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:00.899 For the law 00:25:00.899 --> 00:25:01.519 appoints men 00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:02.039 in their weakness 00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:02.759 as high priests, 00:25:02.839 --> 00:25:03.379 but the word 00:25:03.379 --> 00:25:04.159 of the oath, 00:25:04.639 --> 00:25:05.180 that's speaking 00:25:05.180 --> 00:25:06.619 of Psalm 110.4, 00:25:06.899 --> 00:25:07.859 which came later 00:25:07.859 --> 00:25:08.500 than the law, 00:25:08.839 --> 00:25:09.819 appoints a son 00:25:09.819 --> 00:25:10.619 who has been 00:25:10.619 --> 00:25:11.500 made perfect 00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:12.639 forever. 00:25:13.399 --> 00:25:14.960 That whole system 00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:16.440 was meant 00:25:16.440 --> 00:25:17.539 to show them 00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:18.240 that they needed 00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:19.440 a perfect 00:25:19.440 --> 00:25:20.319 sacrifice, 00:25:20.799 --> 00:25:21.460 which 00:25:21.460 --> 00:25:22.899 was Christ. 00:25:23.899 --> 00:25:24.559 The spotless 00:25:24.559 --> 00:25:24.920 lamb. 00:25:25.500 --> 00:25:26.159 He's seated 00:25:26.159 --> 00:25:26.980 at the right hand 00:25:26.980 --> 00:25:27.539 of the Father. 00:25:28.039 --> 00:25:28.940 He has done 00:25:28.940 --> 00:25:29.799 his work. 00:25:30.159 --> 00:25:30.759 The significance 00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:31.159 of Jesus' 00:25:31.339 --> 00:25:31.519 works, 00:25:31.659 --> 00:25:32.500 it is 00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:33.720 finished. 00:25:34.700 --> 00:25:35.339 That's what 00:25:35.339 --> 00:25:35.819 he's talking 00:25:35.819 --> 00:25:36.200 about. 00:25:36.460 --> 00:25:37.559 There's no longer 00:25:37.559 --> 00:25:38.399 that sacrifice 00:25:38.399 --> 00:25:38.879 needed. 00:25:39.519 --> 00:25:39.960 The temple 00:25:39.960 --> 00:25:40.759 curtain was 00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:41.819 torn in two, 00:25:42.460 --> 00:25:43.460 allowing access 00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:44.200 to the presence 00:25:44.200 --> 00:25:44.879 of God. 00:25:46.879 --> 00:25:47.700 With me? 00:25:47.859 --> 00:25:48.960 It's amazing. 00:25:49.859 --> 00:25:50.200 And the Jews 00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:50.659 missed it, 00:25:50.779 --> 00:25:51.539 in large part. 00:25:52.279 --> 00:25:52.879 They missed 00:25:52.879 --> 00:25:54.480 what was happening, 00:25:55.200 --> 00:25:56.519 why the temple 00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:57.420 service was given 00:25:57.420 --> 00:25:58.320 to them. 00:26:00.140 --> 00:26:01.080 Number six. 00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:03.600 Sixth privilege. 00:26:04.440 --> 00:26:04.900 The promises. 00:26:05.480 --> 00:26:05.620 Now, 00:26:05.660 --> 00:26:06.660 I don't know 00:26:06.660 --> 00:26:07.519 all the promises 00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:08.600 that Paul's 00:26:08.600 --> 00:26:09.259 referring to here, 00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:10.759 but I do know 00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:11.519 he's at least 00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:12.180 referring to 00:26:12.180 --> 00:26:13.100 the promises 00:26:13.100 --> 00:26:14.680 of the coming 00:26:14.680 --> 00:26:15.100 king, 00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:15.980 the eternally 00:26:15.980 --> 00:26:17.160 perfect king. 00:26:17.820 --> 00:26:18.220 Turn with me 00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:18.519 real quick 00:26:18.519 --> 00:26:18.880 to Acts 00:26:18.880 --> 00:26:19.600 chapter 13. 00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:21.340 There's a little 00:26:21.340 --> 00:26:22.700 text heavy for you 00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:23.320 not to look at it 00:26:23.319 --> 00:26:23.659 with me. 00:26:37.659 --> 00:26:38.399 This is Paul 00:26:38.399 --> 00:26:39.059 preaching in 00:26:39.059 --> 00:26:39.700 Antioch, 00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:41.379 Acts 13, 00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:41.899 beginning in 00:26:41.899 --> 00:26:42.559 verse 32. 00:26:42.559 --> 00:26:48.940 And we bring 00:26:48.940 --> 00:26:49.480 you the good 00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:50.480 news that what 00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:51.379 God promised 00:26:51.379 --> 00:26:52.139 to the fathers, 00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:53.659 this he has 00:26:53.659 --> 00:26:54.539 fulfilled to us, 00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:55.259 their children, 00:26:55.399 --> 00:26:56.559 by raising Jesus. 00:26:56.960 --> 00:26:57.639 As also it is 00:26:57.639 --> 00:26:58.299 written in the 00:26:58.299 --> 00:26:59.000 second psalm, 00:26:59.319 --> 00:27:00.119 you are my son, 00:27:00.379 --> 00:27:01.379 today I have 00:27:01.379 --> 00:27:02.000 begotten you. 00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:03.079 And as for the 00:27:03.079 --> 00:27:03.460 fact that he 00:27:03.460 --> 00:27:04.000 raised him from 00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:04.359 the dead, 00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:05.279 no more to 00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:05.679 return to 00:27:05.679 --> 00:27:06.019 corruption, 00:27:06.159 --> 00:27:06.639 he has spoken 00:27:06.639 --> 00:27:07.299 in this way, 00:27:07.579 --> 00:27:08.319 I will give you 00:27:08.319 --> 00:27:09.119 the holy and 00:27:09.119 --> 00:27:09.879 sure blessings 00:27:09.879 --> 00:27:10.419 of David. 00:27:10.420 --> 00:27:11.480 Therefore he 00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:12.300 says also in 00:27:12.300 --> 00:27:12.900 another psalm, 00:27:13.180 --> 00:27:13.660 you will not 00:27:13.660 --> 00:27:14.200 let your 00:27:14.200 --> 00:27:14.759 holy one 00:27:14.759 --> 00:27:15.660 see corruption. 00:27:16.380 --> 00:27:16.779 For David, 00:27:16.880 --> 00:27:17.240 after he had 00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:17.519 served the 00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:17.900 purpose of 00:27:17.900 --> 00:27:18.200 God in 00:27:18.200 --> 00:27:18.500 his own 00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:18.960 generation, 00:27:19.200 --> 00:27:19.820 fell asleep 00:27:19.820 --> 00:27:20.160 and was 00:27:20.160 --> 00:27:20.500 laid with 00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:21.019 his fathers 00:27:21.019 --> 00:27:21.519 and saw 00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:22.000 corruption. 00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:22.820 But he 00:27:22.820 --> 00:27:23.220 whom God 00:27:23.220 --> 00:27:23.840 raised up 00:27:23.840 --> 00:27:24.400 did not 00:27:24.400 --> 00:27:25.039 see corruption, 00:27:25.160 --> 00:27:25.560 speaking of 00:27:25.560 --> 00:27:25.860 Christ. 00:27:26.220 --> 00:27:26.600 Let it be 00:27:26.600 --> 00:27:27.019 known to 00:27:27.019 --> 00:27:27.160 you, 00:27:27.259 --> 00:27:27.380 therefore, 00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:27.779 brothers, 00:27:28.120 --> 00:27:29.539 that through 00:27:29.539 --> 00:27:30.039 this man 00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:30.400 forgiveness 00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:30.840 of sins 00:27:30.840 --> 00:27:31.259 is proclaimed 00:27:31.259 --> 00:27:31.680 to you, 00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:32.039 and by 00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:32.539 him everyone 00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:33.120 who believes 00:27:33.120 --> 00:27:33.660 is freed 00:27:33.660 --> 00:27:34.279 from everything 00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:34.820 from which 00:27:34.820 --> 00:27:35.380 you could 00:27:35.380 --> 00:27:35.779 not be 00:27:35.779 --> 00:27:36.440 freed by 00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:36.860 the law 00:27:36.860 --> 00:27:37.660 of Moses. 00:27:38.180 --> 00:27:38.500 Beware 00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:38.860 therefore, 00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:39.300 lest what 00:27:39.299 --> 00:27:39.680 is said 00:27:39.680 --> 00:27:39.859 in the 00:27:39.859 --> 00:27:40.139 prophets 00:27:40.139 --> 00:27:40.339 should 00:27:40.339 --> 00:27:40.519 come 00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:40.879 about. 00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:41.559 Look, 00:27:41.639 --> 00:27:42.200 you scoffers, 00:27:42.319 --> 00:27:43.039 be astounded 00:27:43.039 --> 00:27:43.740 and perish, 00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:44.779 for I am 00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:45.359 doing a work 00:27:45.359 --> 00:27:45.839 in your days, 00:27:45.899 --> 00:27:46.359 a work that 00:27:46.359 --> 00:27:46.819 you will not 00:27:46.819 --> 00:27:47.559 believe even 00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:48.079 if one 00:27:48.079 --> 00:27:48.819 tells it 00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:49.279 to you. 00:27:50.440 --> 00:27:50.779 So, 00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:51.960 the promises 00:27:51.960 --> 00:27:53.039 to bring 00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:53.980 about an 00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:54.539 eternally 00:27:54.539 --> 00:27:55.919 perfect king 00:27:55.919 --> 00:27:57.000 were also 00:27:57.000 --> 00:27:59.019 given to 00:27:59.019 --> 00:27:59.579 the Israelites. 00:28:02.059 --> 00:28:02.659 The 00:28:02.659 --> 00:28:03.059 privilege of 00:28:03.059 --> 00:28:03.899 the patriarchs, 00:28:04.059 --> 00:28:04.619 number seven. 00:28:05.460 --> 00:28:05.740 In Exodus 00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:06.379 3, 6, 00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:07.740 when Moses 00:28:07.740 --> 00:28:08.559 first encounters 00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:08.960 God, 00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:10.180 God introduces 00:28:10.180 --> 00:28:10.960 himself as 00:28:10.960 --> 00:28:11.259 the God 00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:11.779 of Abraham, 00:28:12.079 --> 00:28:12.299 the God 00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:12.859 of Isaac, 00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:13.700 and the 00:28:13.700 --> 00:28:13.940 God of 00:28:13.940 --> 00:28:14.220 Jacob. 00:28:15.119 --> 00:28:15.480 That's 00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:16.819 quoted by 00:28:16.819 --> 00:28:17.220 Peter in 00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:17.659 Acts 3 00:28:17.659 --> 00:28:18.000 and by 00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:18.399 Stephen in 00:28:18.399 --> 00:28:18.899 Acts 7. 00:28:19.099 --> 00:28:19.339 They're 00:28:19.339 --> 00:28:20.240 phenomenal 00:28:20.240 --> 00:28:20.680 sermons. 00:28:21.940 --> 00:28:22.460 It's the 00:28:22.460 --> 00:28:23.159 only time 00:28:23.159 --> 00:28:23.680 that God 00:28:23.680 --> 00:28:24.460 connects 00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:25.639 himself by 00:28:25.639 --> 00:28:26.379 name to 00:28:26.379 --> 00:28:26.980 any man, 00:28:27.159 --> 00:28:27.480 the God 00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:27.899 of Abraham, 00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:28.220 the God 00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:28.720 of Isaac, 00:28:29.059 --> 00:28:29.319 and the 00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:29.559 God of 00:28:29.559 --> 00:28:29.779 Jacob, 00:28:29.859 --> 00:28:29.960 to 00:28:29.960 --> 00:28:30.500 distinguish 00:28:30.500 --> 00:28:31.519 who he 00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:31.960 is. 00:28:32.819 --> 00:28:33.139 He has 00:28:33.139 --> 00:28:33.700 never said 00:28:33.700 --> 00:28:34.200 the God 00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:34.579 of Nathan. 00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:35.759 Is he my 00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.000 God? 00:28:36.079 --> 00:28:36.559 Absolutely, 00:28:36.799 --> 00:28:37.240 he is. 00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:38.180 But that's 00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:38.460 not the 00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:38.960 title that 00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:39.279 he's given 00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:39.700 himself. 00:28:40.579 --> 00:28:40.880 He's the 00:28:40.880 --> 00:28:41.140 God of 00:28:41.140 --> 00:28:41.460 Abraham, 00:28:41.620 --> 00:28:41.980 and Isaac, 00:28:42.140 --> 00:28:42.839 and Jacob. 00:28:43.400 --> 00:28:43.660 And he 00:28:43.660 --> 00:28:44.059 speaks of 00:28:44.059 --> 00:28:44.500 them in 00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:45.180 Hebrews 11, 00:28:46.079 --> 00:28:46.720 verse 16, 00:28:46.779 --> 00:28:46.960 he says, 00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:47.839 but as it 00:28:47.839 --> 00:28:48.140 is, 00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:49.180 they desire a 00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:49.640 better country, 00:28:49.680 --> 00:28:50.140 that is a 00:28:50.140 --> 00:28:50.680 heavenly one. 00:28:51.059 --> 00:28:51.240 Therefore, 00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:52.140 God is not 00:28:52.140 --> 00:28:52.940 ashamed to be 00:28:52.940 --> 00:28:53.960 called their 00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:54.380 God, 00:28:54.779 --> 00:28:55.140 for he's 00:28:55.140 --> 00:28:55.680 prepared for 00:28:55.680 --> 00:28:56.940 them a 00:28:56.940 --> 00:28:57.140 city. 00:28:58.099 --> 00:28:59.140 They had 00:28:59.140 --> 00:29:00.559 the patriarchs. 00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:01.399 they had 00:29:01.399 --> 00:29:02.059 those who 00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:02.179 have 00:29:02.179 --> 00:29:02.639 believed 00:29:02.639 --> 00:29:03.559 by faith 00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:05.379 in God 00:29:05.379 --> 00:29:05.819 for their 00:29:05.819 --> 00:29:06.279 salvation 00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:07.159 as an 00:29:07.159 --> 00:29:08.000 example to 00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:08.299 them, 00:29:08.639 --> 00:29:09.359 and they 00:29:09.359 --> 00:29:09.759 missed it. 00:29:12.059 --> 00:29:13.119 And finally, 00:29:13.619 --> 00:29:14.319 and most 00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:14.799 importantly, 00:29:16.579 --> 00:29:17.740 they had 00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:18.399 the privilege 00:29:18.399 --> 00:29:20.000 of being 00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:20.539 the people 00:29:20.539 --> 00:29:21.399 from whom 00:29:21.399 --> 00:29:22.079 Jesus 00:29:22.079 --> 00:29:23.200 came. 00:29:25.240 --> 00:29:25.839 Jesus 00:29:25.839 --> 00:29:26.359 Christ, 00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:27.480 not a 00:29:27.480 --> 00:29:28.019 white man, 00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:29.500 not a 00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:30.119 black man, 00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:32.159 a Jew. 00:29:33.119 --> 00:29:33.659 He was 00:29:33.659 --> 00:29:34.519 Middle 00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:34.879 Eastern 00:29:34.879 --> 00:29:35.859 in descent. 00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:37.039 He was 00:29:37.039 --> 00:29:37.859 an 00:29:37.859 --> 00:29:38.599 Israelite. 00:29:40.079 --> 00:29:41.379 Verse 5, 00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:42.619 he is 00:29:42.619 --> 00:29:43.099 called 00:29:43.099 --> 00:29:44.059 the 00:29:44.059 --> 00:29:44.619 Christ. 00:29:45.879 --> 00:29:46.359 We believe 00:29:46.359 --> 00:29:47.240 that Paul 00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:47.619 was carried 00:29:47.619 --> 00:29:48.019 along by 00:29:48.019 --> 00:29:48.359 the Spirit, 00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:49.000 that the 00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:49.299 Word of 00:29:49.299 --> 00:29:49.659 God is 00:29:49.659 --> 00:29:50.019 the Word 00:29:50.019 --> 00:29:50.599 of God. 00:29:50.879 --> 00:29:51.220 Paul 00:29:51.220 --> 00:29:51.799 penned it. 00:29:52.259 --> 00:29:52.500 God 00:29:52.500 --> 00:29:53.000 gave it 00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:53.440 to him 00:29:53.440 --> 00:29:54.159 to speak. 00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:54.419 It's 00:29:54.419 --> 00:29:55.039 significant 00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:55.980 that he 00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:56.299 uses 00:29:56.299 --> 00:29:57.659 this term. 00:29:58.599 --> 00:29:59.099 Christ. 00:29:59.359 --> 00:29:59.619 It's the 00:29:59.619 --> 00:30:00.419 Greek for 00:30:00.420 --> 00:30:00.759 the Hebrew 00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:01.019 word 00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:01.640 Messiah. 00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:02.340 It means 00:30:02.340 --> 00:30:03.560 Savior or 00:30:03.560 --> 00:30:04.180 Liberator. 00:30:05.779 --> 00:30:06.600 We have 00:30:06.600 --> 00:30:07.120 picked up 00:30:07.120 --> 00:30:07.800 that language 00:30:07.800 --> 00:30:09.519 for Jesus, 00:30:09.900 --> 00:30:10.220 Yeshua. 00:30:10.380 --> 00:30:10.660 That's what 00:30:10.660 --> 00:30:10.880 he was 00:30:10.880 --> 00:30:11.420 known as 00:30:11.420 --> 00:30:11.800 in his 00:30:11.800 --> 00:30:12.120 day. 00:30:13.560 --> 00:30:14.300 But we 00:30:14.300 --> 00:30:14.840 have called 00:30:14.840 --> 00:30:15.940 him the 00:30:15.940 --> 00:30:16.759 Christ because 00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:17.560 we know 00:30:17.560 --> 00:30:18.640 who he 00:30:18.640 --> 00:30:19.600 is. 00:30:20.100 --> 00:30:20.860 He is our 00:30:20.860 --> 00:30:21.220 Savior. 00:30:21.420 --> 00:30:22.240 He is our 00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:23.300 Liberator. 00:30:24.200 --> 00:30:25.000 And he is 00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:25.880 God. 00:30:25.880 --> 00:30:25.940 God. 00:30:26.740 --> 00:30:27.260 Chapter 00:30:27.260 --> 00:30:27.680 9, 00:30:27.820 --> 00:30:28.600 verse 5, 00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:29.240 who is 00:30:29.240 --> 00:30:30.620 God over 00:30:30.620 --> 00:30:31.020 all, 00:30:31.360 --> 00:30:31.760 blessed 00:30:31.760 --> 00:30:32.440 forever. 00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:33.320 Amen. 00:30:33.920 --> 00:30:34.500 Paul never 00:30:34.500 --> 00:30:34.920 misses an 00:30:34.920 --> 00:30:36.080 opportunity to 00:30:36.080 --> 00:30:37.400 establish Jesus 00:30:37.400 --> 00:30:38.080 Christ's 00:30:38.080 --> 00:30:38.320 deity. 00:30:39.320 --> 00:30:40.140 Read any 00:30:40.140 --> 00:30:40.400 of his 00:30:40.400 --> 00:30:40.680 writing. 00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:41.520 Anytime he 00:30:41.520 --> 00:30:41.780 gets a 00:30:41.780 --> 00:30:42.200 chance, he 00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:42.660 slips in 00:30:42.660 --> 00:30:42.880 there, 00:30:43.140 --> 00:30:43.800 help us to 00:30:43.800 --> 00:30:45.080 understand that 00:30:45.080 --> 00:30:45.780 the man who 00:30:45.780 --> 00:30:46.160 came and 00:30:46.160 --> 00:30:47.420 dwelt amongst 00:30:47.420 --> 00:30:48.500 people was 00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:49.540 God himself. 00:30:49.539 --> 00:30:52.659 and he 00:30:52.659 --> 00:30:53.159 was one of 00:30:53.159 --> 00:30:53.460 them. 00:30:56.440 --> 00:30:57.000 And they 00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:57.420 missed it. 00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:02.079 So what 00:31:02.079 --> 00:31:02.420 does all this 00:31:02.420 --> 00:31:03.000 mean for us? 00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:05.019 Paul's lament 00:31:05.019 --> 00:31:05.659 as he has 00:31:05.659 --> 00:31:07.420 this anguish 00:31:07.420 --> 00:31:08.460 continually in 00:31:08.460 --> 00:31:09.759 him for the 00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:10.319 Jewish people 00:31:10.319 --> 00:31:12.220 because in all 00:31:12.220 --> 00:31:12.700 respects, all 00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:13.559 human logic, 00:31:13.659 --> 00:31:14.000 they should have 00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:14.359 gotten it. 00:31:14.420 --> 00:31:14.819 Before anybody 00:31:14.819 --> 00:31:15.319 else, they 00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:15.539 should have 00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:15.899 gotten it. 00:31:16.960 --> 00:31:17.399 What does 00:31:17.399 --> 00:31:18.000 that mean for 00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:18.220 us? 00:31:18.299 --> 00:31:18.759 What's the 00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:19.119 point? 00:31:19.539 --> 00:31:19.960 What's the 00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:20.259 value? 00:31:20.339 --> 00:31:20.639 What can we 00:31:20.639 --> 00:31:21.139 wring out of 00:31:21.139 --> 00:31:21.680 it for us 00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:22.480 today? 00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:24.539 Three things. 00:31:26.180 --> 00:31:27.659 Firstly, we 00:31:27.659 --> 00:31:28.379 should share 00:31:28.379 --> 00:31:29.639 in Paul's 00:31:29.639 --> 00:31:30.259 lament for 00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:30.539 the Jewish 00:31:30.539 --> 00:31:30.879 people. 00:31:32.859 --> 00:31:33.720 God has 00:31:33.720 --> 00:31:34.440 not turned 00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:35.180 his back 00:31:35.180 --> 00:31:36.240 on the 00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:36.619 Jews. 00:31:37.859 --> 00:31:38.480 Again, we'll 00:31:38.480 --> 00:31:39.099 talk about that 00:31:39.099 --> 00:31:40.019 more in the 00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:40.619 coming chapters. 00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:42.119 God has 00:31:42.119 --> 00:31:42.559 not turned 00:31:42.559 --> 00:31:43.039 his back 00:31:43.039 --> 00:31:43.779 on the 00:31:43.779 --> 00:31:44.119 Jews. 00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:45.579 There has 00:31:45.579 --> 00:31:46.539 been much 00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:47.879 anti-Semitism 00:31:47.879 --> 00:31:49.339 that has risen 00:31:49.339 --> 00:31:49.879 out of 00:31:49.879 --> 00:31:50.419 Christianity. 00:31:51.619 --> 00:31:52.259 Kind of 00:31:52.259 --> 00:31:52.799 seems easy 00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:53.439 to hate 00:31:53.439 --> 00:31:53.779 the Jews, 00:31:53.879 --> 00:31:54.079 right? 00:31:54.399 --> 00:31:55.419 They rejected 00:31:55.419 --> 00:31:55.919 our Savior. 00:31:57.399 --> 00:31:57.980 They 00:31:57.980 --> 00:31:59.319 crucified him. 00:32:00.179 --> 00:32:00.659 It's their 00:32:00.659 --> 00:32:01.959 fault, right? 00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:04.519 It's not. 00:32:04.599 --> 00:32:05.559 It's by God's 00:32:05.559 --> 00:32:06.659 foreordained plan 00:32:06.659 --> 00:32:07.019 that that 00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:07.419 happened. 00:32:07.939 --> 00:32:08.579 And he has 00:32:08.579 --> 00:32:09.939 not quit 00:32:09.939 --> 00:32:10.720 on them. 00:32:11.079 --> 00:32:11.480 And neither 00:32:11.480 --> 00:32:11.859 should we. 00:32:11.859 --> 00:32:14.119 we should 00:32:14.119 --> 00:32:15.059 be actively 00:32:15.059 --> 00:32:16.099 carrying the 00:32:16.099 --> 00:32:17.279 gospel to 00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:17.679 the Jews. 00:32:17.939 --> 00:32:18.339 In fact, 00:32:18.479 --> 00:32:19.240 later on, 00:32:19.500 --> 00:32:20.079 I believe in 00:32:20.079 --> 00:32:20.779 chapter 11, 00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:21.639 Paul says 00:32:21.639 --> 00:32:22.099 that many 00:32:22.099 --> 00:32:22.479 Jews are 00:32:22.479 --> 00:32:22.639 going to 00:32:22.639 --> 00:32:22.919 come to 00:32:22.919 --> 00:32:23.319 salvation 00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:23.979 because of 00:32:23.979 --> 00:32:24.679 their jealousy 00:32:24.679 --> 00:32:25.539 of us. 00:32:26.399 --> 00:32:26.839 They're going 00:32:26.839 --> 00:32:27.319 to recognize 00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:27.979 that we have 00:32:27.979 --> 00:32:28.599 a true 00:32:28.599 --> 00:32:29.139 relationship 00:32:29.139 --> 00:32:29.459 with the 00:32:29.459 --> 00:32:30.019 God they 00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:30.759 think they're 00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:31.299 worshiping 00:32:31.299 --> 00:32:32.079 by all their 00:32:32.079 --> 00:32:32.879 old Jewish 00:32:32.879 --> 00:32:33.959 rite and 00:32:33.959 --> 00:32:34.479 passage, 00:32:34.779 --> 00:32:35.659 and see 00:32:35.659 --> 00:32:36.240 that we 00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:38.019 have the 00:32:38.019 --> 00:32:38.359 true 00:32:38.359 --> 00:32:38.919 relationship 00:32:38.920 --> 00:32:39.779 through 00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:40.060 Jesus 00:32:40.060 --> 00:32:40.519 Christ. 00:32:41.360 --> 00:32:42.140 We should 00:32:42.140 --> 00:32:42.900 actively 00:32:42.900 --> 00:32:44.460 seek the 00:32:44.460 --> 00:32:45.120 Jew and 00:32:45.120 --> 00:32:45.240 their 00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:45.620 salvation. 00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:47.779 Secondly, 00:32:48.180 --> 00:32:49.200 we should 00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:49.680 lament for 00:32:49.680 --> 00:32:50.440 all peoples. 00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:52.740 Do you 00:32:52.740 --> 00:32:53.259 have the 00:32:53.259 --> 00:32:54.100 same heart 00:32:54.100 --> 00:32:54.779 of Paul 00:32:54.779 --> 00:32:55.860 for the 00:32:55.860 --> 00:32:56.380 people around 00:32:56.380 --> 00:32:56.620 you? 00:32:57.539 --> 00:32:58.160 Could you 00:32:58.160 --> 00:32:59.279 honestly say, 00:32:59.660 --> 00:33:00.340 were it 00:33:00.340 --> 00:33:00.840 possible, 00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:01.320 which of 00:33:01.320 --> 00:33:01.620 course is 00:33:01.620 --> 00:33:02.019 not, 00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:02.580 that we 00:33:02.580 --> 00:33:03.519 could ask 00:33:03.519 --> 00:33:03.860 God to 00:33:03.860 --> 00:33:04.140 cut us 00:33:04.140 --> 00:33:04.440 off. 00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:05.779 He would 00:33:05.779 --> 00:33:06.140 never do 00:33:06.140 --> 00:33:06.420 that. 00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:07.340 But if it 00:33:07.340 --> 00:33:07.920 were possible, 00:33:08.140 --> 00:33:08.759 would you 00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:10.700 offer 00:33:10.700 --> 00:33:11.400 yourself 00:33:11.400 --> 00:33:12.480 up for 00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:12.779 the sake 00:33:12.779 --> 00:33:13.180 of others? 00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.319 I don't 00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:16.819 watch a lot 00:33:16.819 --> 00:33:17.259 of reality 00:33:17.259 --> 00:33:17.720 television, 00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:18.579 but Sam's 00:33:18.579 --> 00:33:18.859 kind of got 00:33:18.859 --> 00:33:19.200 me hooked 00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:19.799 on Master 00:33:19.799 --> 00:33:20.200 Chef. 00:33:22.119 --> 00:33:22.980 And there 00:33:22.980 --> 00:33:24.160 were some 00:33:24.160 --> 00:33:24.559 characters, 00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:24.980 and one 00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:25.160 of them 00:33:25.160 --> 00:33:25.599 had won 00:33:25.599 --> 00:33:26.140 a challenge 00:33:26.140 --> 00:33:26.920 thing, 00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:28.599 and they 00:33:28.599 --> 00:33:29.240 asked him 00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:29.640 if he had 00:33:29.640 --> 00:33:30.259 the opportunity 00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:30.920 to save 00:33:30.920 --> 00:33:31.619 somebody from 00:33:31.619 --> 00:33:32.059 going into 00:33:32.059 --> 00:33:32.640 this elimination 00:33:32.640 --> 00:33:33.519 challenge deal, 00:33:33.980 --> 00:33:34.759 who he 00:33:34.759 --> 00:33:35.200 would save. 00:33:36.440 --> 00:33:37.000 Who would 00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:37.259 you save, 00:33:37.359 --> 00:33:37.599 Frank? 00:33:37.839 --> 00:33:38.160 Who would 00:33:38.160 --> 00:33:38.420 it be? 00:33:38.779 --> 00:33:38.980 And he 00:33:38.980 --> 00:33:39.259 picked 00:33:39.259 --> 00:33:40.440 some 00:33:40.440 --> 00:33:40.720 guy, 00:33:41.100 --> 00:33:41.380 Josh, 00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:41.680 I think, 00:33:41.840 --> 00:33:42.060 got him 00:33:42.060 --> 00:33:42.300 Josh. 00:33:42.860 --> 00:33:43.300 I'd pick 00:33:43.300 --> 00:33:43.640 Josh, 00:33:43.820 --> 00:33:44.220 great cook, 00:33:44.279 --> 00:33:44.539 I'd pick 00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:44.740 him. 00:33:46.300 --> 00:33:46.620 Awesome. 00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:46.900 Yay, 00:33:47.019 --> 00:33:47.279 Frank, 00:33:47.360 --> 00:33:47.519 man, 00:33:47.560 --> 00:33:47.840 you're so 00:33:47.840 --> 00:33:48.340 sacrificial, 00:33:48.460 --> 00:33:48.720 good for 00:33:48.720 --> 00:33:48.940 you. 00:33:49.320 --> 00:33:49.600 And they 00:33:49.600 --> 00:33:49.720 said, 00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:49.920 okay, 00:33:49.980 --> 00:33:50.080 well, 00:33:50.100 --> 00:33:50.400 guess what, 00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:50.680 you do 00:33:50.680 --> 00:33:51.120 actually have 00:33:51.120 --> 00:33:51.480 the option 00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:52.060 to save 00:33:52.060 --> 00:33:52.320 somebody. 00:33:52.400 --> 00:33:52.539 Who are 00:33:52.539 --> 00:33:52.680 you going 00:33:52.680 --> 00:33:52.900 to save? 00:33:53.759 --> 00:33:54.100 He saved 00:33:54.100 --> 00:33:54.360 himself. 00:33:56.480 --> 00:33:57.000 That's not 00:33:57.000 --> 00:33:57.400 what Paul's 00:33:57.400 --> 00:33:57.660 doing, 00:33:57.940 --> 00:33:58.160 right? 00:33:58.620 --> 00:33:59.400 He's speaking 00:33:59.400 --> 00:33:59.820 the truth in 00:33:59.820 --> 00:34:00.060 Christ. 00:34:00.140 --> 00:34:00.420 He's not 00:34:00.420 --> 00:34:00.740 lying, 00:34:00.800 --> 00:34:01.259 his conscience 00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:01.920 bears witness. 00:34:02.740 --> 00:34:03.560 He would 00:34:03.560 --> 00:34:05.320 actually give 00:34:05.320 --> 00:34:05.980 himself up. 00:34:05.980 --> 00:34:06.620 Do we have 00:34:06.620 --> 00:34:07.660 that kind 00:34:07.660 --> 00:34:08.119 of heart 00:34:08.119 --> 00:34:09.059 for people? 00:34:09.260 --> 00:34:09.619 Do we just 00:34:09.619 --> 00:34:10.119 give lip 00:34:10.119 --> 00:34:10.440 service? 00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:10.679 Yeah, 00:34:10.719 --> 00:34:10.940 I love 00:34:10.940 --> 00:34:11.260 people. 00:34:11.760 --> 00:34:12.119 Or do we 00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:12.840 actually have 00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:14.380 anguish in 00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:15.280 our hearts for 00:34:15.280 --> 00:34:15.639 the people 00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:16.380 around us 00:34:16.380 --> 00:34:17.000 that they 00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:17.579 might come 00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:18.579 to Christ? 00:34:19.579 --> 00:34:20.240 The evidences 00:34:20.240 --> 00:34:21.059 are all around. 00:34:21.219 --> 00:34:21.340 Now, 00:34:21.719 --> 00:34:22.260 Gentile people 00:34:22.260 --> 00:34:22.880 don't have all 00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:23.760 these privileges. 00:34:24.480 --> 00:34:25.059 It's not been 00:34:25.059 --> 00:34:25.960 a history that's 00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:26.480 been given to 00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:26.740 them. 00:34:26.739 --> 00:34:28.000 but the 00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:28.919 evidences are 00:34:28.919 --> 00:34:30.199 all around 00:34:30.199 --> 00:34:30.739 them and we 00:34:30.739 --> 00:34:31.779 ought to 00:34:31.779 --> 00:34:33.239 lament for 00:34:33.239 --> 00:34:33.979 them as 00:34:33.979 --> 00:34:34.259 well. 00:34:36.259 --> 00:34:36.819 Thirdly, 00:34:37.579 --> 00:34:40.399 we as 00:34:40.399 --> 00:34:42.019 humans should 00:34:42.019 --> 00:34:42.919 make no 00:34:42.919 --> 00:34:45.179 excuse for 00:34:45.179 --> 00:34:45.599 seeing that 00:34:45.599 --> 00:34:46.319 Jesus is 00:34:46.319 --> 00:34:46.779 the Christ. 00:34:47.759 --> 00:34:48.339 He is the 00:34:48.339 --> 00:34:48.979 one that has 00:34:48.979 --> 00:34:49.459 been sent for 00:34:49.459 --> 00:34:49.799 the remission 00:34:49.799 --> 00:34:50.239 of sin. 00:34:50.679 --> 00:34:51.379 The one in 00:34:51.379 --> 00:34:52.099 whom we 00:34:52.099 --> 00:34:53.699 must believe 00:34:53.699 --> 00:34:54.659 to be saved. 00:34:55.239 --> 00:34:55.579 You notice 00:34:55.579 --> 00:34:56.500 the article in 00:34:56.500 --> 00:34:57.000 verse 5? 00:34:58.099 --> 00:34:58.619 That he is 00:34:58.619 --> 00:35:00.119 the Christ? 00:35:00.980 --> 00:35:01.900 Not a 00:35:01.900 --> 00:35:02.900 Christ, 00:35:03.000 --> 00:35:03.780 not a way, 00:35:04.280 --> 00:35:04.820 one of the 00:35:04.820 --> 00:35:05.539 many ways, 00:35:05.840 --> 00:35:06.500 the path of 00:35:06.500 --> 00:35:07.019 goodness. 00:35:07.980 --> 00:35:09.099 He is the 00:35:09.099 --> 00:35:10.099 Christ. 00:35:11.239 --> 00:35:12.159 The only 00:35:12.159 --> 00:35:12.539 way, 00:35:13.860 --> 00:35:14.380 if you don't 00:35:14.380 --> 00:35:15.900 know him 00:35:15.900 --> 00:35:16.280 today, 00:35:16.400 --> 00:35:16.679 if you don't 00:35:16.679 --> 00:35:17.719 have saving 00:35:17.719 --> 00:35:18.320 faith, 00:35:18.619 --> 00:35:19.119 that he is 00:35:19.119 --> 00:35:20.840 the Christ. 00:35:21.599 --> 00:35:22.380 That all of 00:35:22.380 --> 00:35:23.179 these things 00:35:23.179 --> 00:35:23.460 we've been 00:35:23.460 --> 00:35:24.079 talking about, 00:35:24.159 --> 00:35:24.519 all this 00:35:24.519 --> 00:35:25.719 religious activity 00:35:25.719 --> 00:35:27.039 was meant 00:35:27.039 --> 00:35:27.519 to show us 00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:27.819 that we 00:35:27.819 --> 00:35:28.579 needed him, 00:35:29.659 --> 00:35:29.919 you have 00:35:29.919 --> 00:35:30.699 no excuse. 00:35:31.559 --> 00:35:31.719 You're 00:35:31.719 --> 00:35:32.000 sitting in 00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:32.279 this room 00:35:32.279 --> 00:35:32.759 right now, 00:35:33.259 --> 00:35:33.919 none 00:35:33.919 --> 00:35:34.939 whatsoever. 00:35:35.579 --> 00:35:35.819 You will 00:35:35.819 --> 00:35:36.259 be judged 00:35:36.259 --> 00:35:36.819 one day. 00:35:37.319 --> 00:35:37.619 If you're 00:35:37.619 --> 00:35:37.939 found in 00:35:37.939 --> 00:35:38.419 Christ, 00:35:39.059 --> 00:35:39.219 it will 00:35:39.219 --> 00:35:39.659 be said of 00:35:39.659 --> 00:35:39.899 you, 00:35:40.099 --> 00:35:40.379 well done 00:35:40.379 --> 00:35:40.619 my good 00:35:40.619 --> 00:35:40.919 and faithful 00:35:40.919 --> 00:35:41.279 servant, 00:35:41.859 --> 00:35:42.239 you'll enter 00:35:42.239 --> 00:35:42.859 into eternal 00:35:42.859 --> 00:35:43.939 joy and 00:35:43.939 --> 00:35:44.639 blessing with 00:35:44.639 --> 00:35:44.959 God. 00:35:46.559 --> 00:35:47.219 If you 00:35:47.219 --> 00:35:47.639 don't, 00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:48.919 eternal 00:35:48.919 --> 00:35:49.659 damnation, 00:35:50.099 --> 00:35:50.759 hell and 00:35:50.759 --> 00:35:51.159 misery, 00:35:51.819 --> 00:35:52.579 separation from 00:35:52.579 --> 00:35:53.299 God is 00:35:53.299 --> 00:35:53.679 what awaits 00:35:53.679 --> 00:35:53.920 you. 00:35:54.840 --> 00:35:55.279 So you 00:35:55.279 --> 00:35:56.559 have no 00:35:56.559 --> 00:35:58.159 excuse. 00:35:58.940 --> 00:35:59.480 Join me in 00:35:59.480 --> 00:35:59.619 prayer.