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 Would you turn to your Bibles to Hebrews chapter 4.

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! I'm going to read 414 through 510.

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! It's on page of your pew Bible.

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 It's on page 1189, bottom right.

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 And on to page 1190.

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 Hear God's word.

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 Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens,

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 Jesus, the Son of God.

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 Let us hold fast our confession.

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 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses,

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 but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.

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 Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace

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 that we may receive and may find help, find grace to help in time of need.

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 For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act

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 on behalf of men in relationship to God.

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 To offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.

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 He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward,

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 since he himself is beset with weakness.

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 Because of this, he is obligated to offer sacrifice for his own sins,

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 just as he does for those of the people.

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 And no one takes this honor for himself, but only when called by God,

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 just as Aaron was.

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 So also Christ did not exalt himself to be made a high priest,

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 but was appointed by him who said to him,

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 You are my son today, I have begotten you.

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 As he says also in another place,

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 You were a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.

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 In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications

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 with loud cries and tears to him who was able to save him from death.

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 And he was heard because of his reverence.

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 Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered.

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 And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal life

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 to all who obey him.

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 Being designated by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.

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 May God bless the hearing of his word.

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 Let me ask you,

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 what do you have a weakness for?

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 I have a weakness for chocolate.

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 Milk chocolate.

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 Not any of the dark chocolate business.

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 I have a weakness for something else.

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 This is going to be difficult to say.

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 I have a weakness for 1970 and 1980 soft rock.

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 Also known as yacht rock.

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 I'm a huge fan.

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 Do I have an amen?

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 It's more than I thought.

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 Okay.

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 I have a serious weakness

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 weakness for petite, curly-haired blondes

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 who are in their second year of teaching kindergarten

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 and have recently become a grandmother of a boy named Hudson

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 who has a preference for dark chocolate.

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 I have a serious weakness for her.

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 When we talk about weakness,

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 we're talking about a soft spot, right?

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 You've got a soft spot for something.

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 A desire for something.

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 A wanting of something.

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 What do you have a weakness for?

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 We all have a weakness

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 that's described in Hebrews 4 and 5

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 that is not talking about an emotional weakness.

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 It's not talking about a weakness for chocolate,

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 a physical weakness, a mental weakness.

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 It's a moral weakness.

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 We all have a soft spot to sin.

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 We all have this want

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 for things that grieve God.

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 We have a weakness called a sinful nature.

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 We see this in verse 15 and 5 too

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 that the Levitical priests were beset with weaknesses.

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 Therefore, they are obligated

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 to offer sacrifices for themselves.

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 Because we have this weakness,

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 do you know what this means?

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 We are in constant need of a certain kind of help.

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 When you're tempted to sin,

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 when there's this external temptation

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 that hooks this internal want to sin in you,

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 where do you turn?

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 Maybe you give yourself to the sin.

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 Or maybe you turn to lesser helps

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 in that time of need.

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 You reach for a bottle.

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 Or you reach for some chemicals.

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 Or you reach for a TV remote.

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 Or things like that.

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 Those are just distractions.

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 They're not true help.

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 They're false hopes.

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 When you are tempted to sin,

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 don't give yourself to it.

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 Don't settle for lesser helps

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 as if you're your own high priest.

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 Don't turn to yourself.

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 Draw near to your great high priest, Jesus.

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 When you become aware of your sin weakness,

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 don't shrink back from him.

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 Draw near to him, Christian.

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 And this morning,

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 we are given two reasons

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 why we must near to Jesus,

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 our great high priest,

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 in our weakness.

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 And all of us are weak.

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 Reason number one,

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 our great high priest

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 is both willing and able to help us.

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 And reason number two,

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 our great high priest

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 is better qualified

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 than anybody else to help us.

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 When you're tempted to sin,

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 don't shrink from Jesus.

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 Draw near to him.

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 So let's look at this first reason

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 that comes from

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 what John read

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 at the beginning of the service,

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 chapter 4, 14 through 16.

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 We draw near to him

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 because he's willing and able to help.

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 Last week,

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 I closed the sermon

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 by pointing you to 4, 12, and 13.

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 And in verse 12,

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 God's word is able to pierce

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 an open heart

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 and expose our sin weakness.

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 It cuts us.

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 It flays us.

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 It judges, discerns the thoughts

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 and intentions of the heart.

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 And when you get exposed

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 and pierced by the word,

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 what do you do?

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 Verse 13,

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 we have this picture of judgment.

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 Nothing's hidden from his sight.

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 There's nothing in your heart and life

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 that is hidden from his sight.

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 And when you become aware

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 of that weakness,

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 what must you do?

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 God is lovingly showing you

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 your need for help.

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 Where are you going to turn?

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 At this point in the book of Hebrews,

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 at 4, 14,

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 the author turns his attention

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 in earnest

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 to the high priesthood

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 The book of Hebrews

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 is one long exhortation

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 to hold fast to Christ

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 to the end.

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 And what takes center stage

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 in this book

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 is the high priesthood of Jesus.

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 We're to hold fast to Jesus

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 by fixing our eyes

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 drawing near to Jesus.

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 In our passage,

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 the word priest

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 shows up

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 a number of times

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 in 4, 14,

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 in 4, 15,

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 in 5, 1,

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 in 5, 5,

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 in 5, 6,

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 and even in 5,

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 5, 10.

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 When you hear the word priest,

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 I'm guessing

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 some of you in the room

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 have a visceral reaction.

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 That word priest

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 has a bad connotation

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 to you.

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 Others of you

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 in the room

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 don't have

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 a bad connotation.

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 Maybe you have

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 a fond recollection

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 of a priest.

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 Or maybe some of you

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 are just kind of like,

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 you know what,

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 I grew up in a,

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 we just didn't really talk

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 about any kind of priests.

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 A priest is basically

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 a go-between

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 between God

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 and man.

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 And you can see it

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 in the passage

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 in chapter 5,

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 verse 1.

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 For every high priest

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 chosen from among men

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 is appointed to act

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 on behalf of men

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 in relationship to God.

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 A priest

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 is a mediator

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 between God

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 and man,

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 especially when it comes

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 to our sin.

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 If we were Jews

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 in the Old Testament times

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 living under

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 the Old Covenant,

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 if you were to sin

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 or I were to sin,

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 we would have to find

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 a priest.

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 And what we would

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 bring to the priest

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 is an animal

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 to be sacrificed

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 to God

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 for our sins.

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 And that priest

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 would kill the animal,

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 shed its blood

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 in order to cover

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 your sin,

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 cover my sin.

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 But that

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 that blood

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 of bulls and goats,

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 just temporary.

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 It doesn't have

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 the power

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 to change your heart.

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 It's just temporary.

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 It temporarily

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 atones.

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 The point is

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 you would have

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 needed a priest

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 in your weakness.

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 But all that

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 changed with Jesus.

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 In verse 14,

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 we read

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 that this

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 Jesus,

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 we see two titles.

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 And it's the first time

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 in the book of Hebrews

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 that the author

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 brings these two titles

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 together.

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 Since then,

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 we have a great high priest

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 who has passed

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 through the heavens,

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 Jesus,

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 the Son of God.

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 Great high priest

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 is getting at Jesus

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 as the greatest

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 mediator

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 between God

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 and man

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 that there is.

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 And what we're

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 going to see

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 as the book

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 of Hebrews

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 unfolds

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 is just

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 how wonderful

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 and great

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 of a priest

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 he is

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 for us.

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 In fact,

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 he is so great

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 a priest,

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 he makes

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 the priesthood

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 of the old

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 covenant

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 out of date

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 and obsolete.

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 complete.

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 That title,

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 Son of God,

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 in chapters 1 and 2,

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 the author

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 of Hebrews

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 wants you

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 to believe

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 that Jesus

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 is

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 the

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 Son of God,

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 which means

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 he's fully God.

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 He's the creator

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 of all,

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 the sustainer

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 of all.

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 Do you remember

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 that from chapter 1?

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 He's superior

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 to the angels

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 and he

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 is at the right

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 hand of God.

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 You see that

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 in verse 14,

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 this idea

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 of passing

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 through the heavens.

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 Jesus

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 died,

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 was raised,

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 and ascended,

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 passing

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 through the heavens

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 to God's

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 right hand,

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 exalted

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 and throned

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 on high.

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 That's the passing

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 through the heavens.

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 It locates him

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 for us.

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 This high,

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 great high priest,

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 this mediator,

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 is also

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 our exalted

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 king.

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 And he is eager

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 to help you

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 in time of weakness.

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 That little phrase,

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 hold fast

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 the confession.

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 Let us hold fast

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 our confession.

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 A confession

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 is a,

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 is a statement

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 of truth.

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 When you think

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 of confession,

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 you probably think

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 about confessing

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 sin,

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 and what you're

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 doing is

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 you're,

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 you're confessing

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 the truth

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 about your sin.

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 There's also

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 another kind

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 of confession

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 where you're

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 confessing the truth

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 about who God

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 is.

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 And right here,

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 we're being told

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 of a confession.

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 Hold fast

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 to the confession

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 about Jesus,

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 that he is

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 our great high priest

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 and our king,

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 our son of,

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 the son of God

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 who reigns on high.

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 So I want you

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 to speak a confession

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 back to me.

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 I'm going to,

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 I'm going to feed

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 you some lines

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 and I want you

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 to speak it back.

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 You ready?

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 Christ is my,

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 risen and reigning,

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 priest and king.

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 Christ is my,

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 risen and reigning,

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 priest and king.

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 Let's do it one more time.

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 Christ is my,

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 Christ is my,

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 risen and reigning,

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 priest and king.

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 Hold fast to that.

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 This week,

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 don't let go of that.

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 Hold fast to that truth.

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 It's true.

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 It's who he is.

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 Jesus,

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 speak that confession

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 to yourself.

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 Now you might be thinking,

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 okay,

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 that might be true,

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 but is Jesus

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 my priest and king?

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 Does he want to help me?

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 Is he willing to help me?

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 In verse 15,

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 we read,

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 for we do not have

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 a high priest

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 who is unable to

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 sympathize with our weakness,

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 weaknesses,

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 sin,

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 weaknesses,

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 but one who in every respect

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 has been tempted as we are,

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 yet without sin.

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 That word sympathize.

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 It's tenderhearted.

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 Even he has an affection

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 for us,

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 even in our sin weakness.

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 He's not fond of our sin.

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 He's fond of us

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 trying to deal with our sin.

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 He totally gets us.

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 He is both completely holy

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 and deeply compassionate

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 towards you.

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 Now you might be asking

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 this question,

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 well,

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 how can Jesus,

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 how can he sympathize

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 with our sin?

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 I mean,

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 did Jesus ever sin?

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 Well,

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 according to our New Testament

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 and the rest of the Bible,

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 the Christ never sinned once.

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 In fact,

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 in 2 Corinthians 5.21,

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 we read about this great thing

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 that God through Christ

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 has done for us.

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 And for us,

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 he made him.

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 God made Christ

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 who knew no sin

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 to be sin on our behalf

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 that we might become

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 the righteousness of God.

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 Jesus is utterly

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 without sin,

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 which raises another question.

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 Well,

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 then how does it work?

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 How can he be tempted

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 and yet without sin?

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 It's right there in the text.

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 Yet without sin.

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 How's that possible?

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 Well,

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 we in our weakness,

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 this internal sinful nature

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 that when there's

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 this external temptation,

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 our internal sinful desires

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 want it.

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 James 1 talks about

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 that we're carried away,

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 lured,

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 enticed

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 by the desires

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 inside of us.

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 Jesus

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 did not have

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 a sinful nature.

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 He didn't have

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 that internal craving

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 that we do

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 to grieve God.

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 It wasn't there.

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 He was fully God

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 and fully man,

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 sinless

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 to the core,

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 which means this.

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 Jesus experienced

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 external temptation.

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 Just think about him

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 in the wilderness

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 being tempted

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 by Satan

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 in Matthew chapter 4.

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 Those temptations

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 were real.

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 They affected him.

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 He was

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 yet he was

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 without sin

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 because there was

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 nothing in him

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 to grab hold of it.

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 What it means

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 is that

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 what he experienced,

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 this real

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 external temptation,

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 it makes him

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 sympathetic

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 to us

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 when we're

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 tempted.

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 And he's not

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 like this.

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 It's not like

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 that Jesus

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 is looking down

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 from his throne

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 on you

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 and say,

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 hey,

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 I handled

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 that temptation.

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 You gotta handle

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 it too.

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 It's more

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 like this.

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 I experienced

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 that temptation.

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 I know how hard

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 it is.

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 Let me help you.

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 Let me help you.

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 You've got a priest king

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 who's willing

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 to help you.

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 Sympathetic.

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 He's experienced

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 the full gamut

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 of temptation

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 yet without sin.

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 And his posture

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 towards you

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 is,

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 I'm here to help.

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 But is he able?

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 In verse 16,

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 we read,

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 let us then

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 with confidence

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 draw near

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 to the throne

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 of grace

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 that we may

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 receive mercy

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 and find grace

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 to help in time

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 of need.

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 Oh, he is able.

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 Totally God.

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 Totally man.

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 He's the creator

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 of the universe

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 and sustainer

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 of the universe.

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 He gave himself

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 for us

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 bearing God's

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 wrath in full.

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 2.17,

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 this high priest

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 was our propitiation.

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 Oh, he's able

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 to help.

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 We draw near

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 in our weakness

00:18:44.440 --> 00:18:46.599
 to his throne

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 of grace

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 and there's the power.

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 power.

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 When you read grace

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 in your Bibles,

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 think of both

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 his power

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 and his posture

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 towards you.

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 His power

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 to change you,

00:19:01.060 --> 00:19:01.920
 to help you,

00:19:01.980 --> 00:19:03.300
 to transform you,

00:19:03.900 --> 00:19:04.560
 to supply

00:19:04.560 --> 00:19:05.580
 what you need.

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 and his posture

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 behind that power

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 is love.

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 Oh, he wants it

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 for you.

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 He wants to give

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 you what you need.

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 He wants you

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 to thrive

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 in godliness.

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 Anybody see the show?

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 Who wants to be

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 a millionaire?

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 It's kind of dated.

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 And that show

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 contestants are asked

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 multiple choice questions

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 and if they can't

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 answer the question,

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 they are given

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 some options.

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 50-50,

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 where two of the four

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 multiple choice

00:19:47.899 --> 00:19:48.379
 are removed

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 or poll the audience,

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 where the audience

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 chimes in

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 on what they think

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 the answer is

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 and then there's

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 phone a friend.

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 You phone like

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 your expert

00:19:57.859 --> 00:19:58.740
 in the field

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 to help you

00:19:59.359 --> 00:20:00.619
 with that information.

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 A million dollars

00:20:11.079 --> 00:20:11.699
 is nothing

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 when compared

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 to holding fast

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 to Jesus Christ

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 to the end.

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 Who in the room

00:20:19.239 --> 00:20:20.739
 wants to hold fast

00:20:20.739 --> 00:20:22.039
 to Jesus Christ

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 to the end?

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 I do.

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 And do you know what?

00:20:27.579 --> 00:20:28.500
 We've got something

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 that's better

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 than phone a friend.

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 It's not a phone.

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 It's a throne.

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 Authority,

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 power,

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 overall.

00:20:38.220 --> 00:20:39.319
 And on that throne

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 sits

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 your great high priest

00:20:42.420 --> 00:20:43.860
 who is wanting,

00:20:44.100 --> 00:20:44.960
 eager to help

00:20:44.960 --> 00:20:46.279
 in pouring out

00:20:46.279 --> 00:20:47.799
 this grace

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 to you.

00:20:52.460 --> 00:20:53.559
 What's keeping you back?

00:20:54.640 --> 00:20:55.620
 What's holding you back?

00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:56.319
 What's holding you back

00:20:56.319 --> 00:20:57.279
 from just making

00:20:57.279 --> 00:20:58.259
 a beeline to his throne?

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 Is it shame?

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 Is it fear?

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 Oh, don't be afraid.

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 We are to draw near

00:21:04.099 --> 00:21:04.960
 with confidence

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 to the throne.

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 Do you know why?

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 Do you know

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 what's the source

00:21:07.639 --> 00:21:08.319
 of this boldness?

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 It's not your performance.

00:21:12.279 --> 00:21:13.200
 It's what Christ

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 has done.

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 If you flip

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 in your Bibles

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 back to Hebrews

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 chapter 10

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 verses 19

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 through 23,

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 to just

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 here is

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 your

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 confidence,

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 your boldness

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 to enter

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 the throne

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 of the risen

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 and reigning

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 priest king.

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 Therefore,

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 brothers,

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 since we have confidence

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 to enter the holy places

00:21:39.839 --> 00:21:40.660
 by the blood

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 of Jesus,

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 Jesus,

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 the throne

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 is in the heavenly

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 sanctuary

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 by the new

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 and living way

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 that he opened

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 for us

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 through the curtain

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 that is through his flesh.

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 And since we have

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 a great high priest

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 over the house of God,

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 let us draw near

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 with a true heart

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 and full assurance

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 of faith

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 with our hearts

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 sprinkled clean

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 from an evil conscience

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 and our bodies

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 washed with pure water.

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 Let us hold fast

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 the confession

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 of our hope

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 without wavering

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 for he who promised

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 is faithful.

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 We draw near

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 to the throne of grace

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 in our sin weakness

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 because Jesus

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 has paid for our sin.

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 He's the propitiation

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 and his posture

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 towards you is love

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 and he's eager to help.

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 Do you know what?

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 His throne room

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 is open to you

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 anytime,

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 anywhere.

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 Let's say that you are being,

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 you're like,

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 I'm going to be tempted

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 to sin later today

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 because I know

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 that situation.

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 Go to the throne of grace.

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 Maybe you're in a situation

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 and you're being tempted

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 in that moment.

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 Make a beeline

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 to the throne of grace.

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 Maybe you're on the backside

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 of when you've sinned

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 and you're feeling shame

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 and guilty.

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 Make a beeline

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 to the throne of grace

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 at any time.

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 Before,

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 during,

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 after.

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 Let me ask you this question.

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 When tempted,

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 where do you turn?

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 When you become aware

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 of your sin weakness,

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 to whom do you look?

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 Don't shrink back.

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 Don't turn to yourself.

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 Draw near to the throne.

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 Draw near to Jesus.

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 Your great high priest

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 is both willing

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 and able to help.

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 Do I have an amen?

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 Amen.

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 The second reason

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 why we draw near

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 to our great high priest

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 and our weakness

00:23:46.700 --> 00:23:50.160
 is that he is better

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 qualified to help.

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 We see this in chapter 5,

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 verses 1 through 10.

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 Let's just pretend

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 for a second.

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 Let's just pretend

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 that we were all members

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 of the original church

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 that received

00:24:05.099 --> 00:24:06.940
 the letter of Hebrews.

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 More likely than not,

00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:10.960
 you would have come

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 to faith in Jesus

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 out of Judaism.

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 You would have been

00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:17.140
 a Jewish background believer.

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 And we know

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 from chapter 10,

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 verses 32 through 34,

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 that we would have suffered

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 greatly for Jesus.

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 But we also know

00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:29.579
 from this book,

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 we're going to see

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 this next week,

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 that we had become

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 dull in our hearing

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 and sluggish.

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 And we've been tempted

00:24:39.220 --> 00:24:41.059
 to drift from our confession,

00:24:41.279 --> 00:24:42.799
 to let it go

00:24:42.799 --> 00:24:44.220
 instead of holding fast.

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 Our temptation

00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:48.460
 in those moments

00:24:48.460 --> 00:24:52.460
 would be to go back

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 to that old, familiar,

00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:59.240
 culturally acceptable way

00:24:59.240 --> 00:25:00.740
 of Judaism.

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 To go back

00:25:04.880 --> 00:25:07.799
 to the old priesthood,

00:25:08.079 --> 00:25:08.960
 to go back

00:25:08.960 --> 00:25:10.460
 to the old

00:25:10.460 --> 00:25:12.500
 sacrificial system

00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:13.980
 of the old covenant.

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 But you've got to understand,

00:25:16.779 --> 00:25:18.779
 to go back to that

00:25:18.779 --> 00:25:19.940
 means you'd have to

00:25:19.940 --> 00:25:21.680
 reject Christ.

00:25:22.460 --> 00:25:23.740
 You can't have both

00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:24.259
 and you can't have

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 but let's be honest.

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 If we're granted

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 to suffer

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 or if we grow

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 sluggish

00:25:36.680 --> 00:25:38.019
 or dull of hearing,

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 I'm guessing

00:25:39.940 --> 00:25:41.380
 we're not going

00:25:41.380 --> 00:25:41.740
 to go back

00:25:41.740 --> 00:25:42.259
 to Judaism.

00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:45.460
 We weren't saved

00:25:45.460 --> 00:25:46.160
 out of Judaism.

00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:48.200
 No,

00:25:48.400 --> 00:25:49.900
 I think we'd be tempted

00:25:49.900 --> 00:25:50.539
 to go back

00:25:50.539 --> 00:25:51.160
 to a

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 Christ-less

00:25:53.059 --> 00:25:54.240
 hedonism

00:25:54.240 --> 00:25:56.019
 or a

00:25:56.019 --> 00:25:57.700
 Christ-less

00:25:57.700 --> 00:25:59.519
 materialism

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 or a

00:26:00.900 --> 00:26:02.460
 Christ-less

00:26:02.460 --> 00:26:03.920
 conservatism

00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:05.240
 or a

00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:06.660
 Christ-less

00:26:06.660 --> 00:26:08.380
 individualism.

00:26:10.019 --> 00:26:10.980
 And do you know

00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:12.140
 who the high priest

00:26:12.140 --> 00:26:14.460
 of individualism is?

00:26:14.460 --> 00:26:17.940
 you appoint yourself

00:26:17.940 --> 00:26:18.480
 high priest.

00:26:20.279 --> 00:26:21.480
 You mediate

00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:23.539
 what you want

00:26:23.539 --> 00:26:26.660
 in a

00:26:26.660 --> 00:26:27.340
 Christ-less

00:26:27.340 --> 00:26:28.480
 individualism.

00:26:30.319 --> 00:26:31.519
 Brothers and sisters,

00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:33.079
 we are not

00:26:33.079 --> 00:26:34.259
 to go back

00:26:34.259 --> 00:26:34.819
 to that.

00:26:35.819 --> 00:26:36.460
 It's

00:26:36.460 --> 00:26:38.100
 Christ-less.

00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:43.640
 We've been called

00:26:43.640 --> 00:26:46.360
 out of a

00:26:46.360 --> 00:26:47.900
 Christ-less

00:26:47.900 --> 00:26:49.440
 way of

00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:49.940
 thinking

00:26:49.940 --> 00:26:51.000
 and

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:51.740
 living.

00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:57.200
 So if we're

00:26:57.200 --> 00:26:59.620
 called to share

00:26:59.620 --> 00:27:00.259
 in the suffering

00:27:00.259 --> 00:27:00.800
 of Jesus

00:27:00.800 --> 00:27:03.320
 and we find

00:27:03.320 --> 00:27:03.700
 ourselves

00:27:03.700 --> 00:27:04.259
 tempted

00:27:04.259 --> 00:27:04.900
 to become

00:27:04.900 --> 00:27:05.420
 dull and

00:27:05.420 --> 00:27:05.920
 sluggish,

00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:06.880
 we don't

00:27:06.880 --> 00:27:08.300
 go back

00:27:08.300 --> 00:27:09.520
 to individualism.

00:27:09.820 --> 00:27:10.620
 We draw

00:27:10.620 --> 00:27:11.280
 near to

00:27:11.280 --> 00:27:11.860
 Christ

00:27:11.859 --> 00:27:11.939
 Christ.

00:27:12.439 --> 00:27:13.259
 And there

00:27:13.259 --> 00:27:13.799
 are five

00:27:13.799 --> 00:27:14.199
 reasons

00:27:14.199 --> 00:27:14.899
 from

00:27:14.899 --> 00:27:15.539
 5.1

00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:16.119
 through 10

00:27:16.119 --> 00:27:16.879
 why

00:27:16.879 --> 00:27:17.740
 Jesus is

00:27:17.740 --> 00:27:17.939
 better

00:27:17.939 --> 00:27:18.439
 qualified.

00:27:18.879 --> 00:27:19.259
 It's like

00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:20.159
 the writer

00:27:20.159 --> 00:27:20.459
 saying,

00:27:20.799 --> 00:27:21.139
 don't

00:27:21.139 --> 00:27:22.000
 go back.

00:27:22.719 --> 00:27:23.099
 And here's

00:27:23.099 --> 00:27:23.399
 why.

00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:25.500
 Number one,

00:27:27.599 --> 00:27:28.099
 Jesus is

00:27:28.099 --> 00:27:28.899
 better qualified

00:27:28.899 --> 00:27:29.419
 in his

00:27:29.419 --> 00:27:30.019
 appointment.

00:27:32.359 --> 00:27:33.059
 5.1

00:27:33.059 --> 00:27:33.259
 says,

00:27:33.379 --> 00:27:33.659
 for every

00:27:33.659 --> 00:27:34.139
 high priest

00:27:34.139 --> 00:27:34.619
 chosen from

00:27:34.619 --> 00:27:35.039
 among men

00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:35.500
 is appointed

00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:35.899
 to act

00:27:35.899 --> 00:27:36.279
 on behalf

00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:36.659
 of men

00:27:36.659 --> 00:27:37.439
 in relationship

00:27:37.439 --> 00:27:37.799
 to God

00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:38.259
 to offer

00:27:38.259 --> 00:27:38.679
 gifts and

00:27:38.679 --> 00:27:39.179
 sacrifices

00:27:39.179 --> 00:27:39.719
 for sins.

00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:40.160
 4.

00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:40.819
 And no

00:27:40.819 --> 00:27:41.240
 one takes

00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:41.700
 this honor

00:27:41.700 --> 00:27:42.200
 for himself

00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:42.640
 but only

00:27:42.640 --> 00:27:43.000
 when called

00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:43.460
 by God

00:27:43.460 --> 00:27:44.279
 just as

00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:44.880
 Aaron was.

00:27:45.120 --> 00:27:45.660
 So the

00:27:45.660 --> 00:27:46.220
 similarities

00:27:46.220 --> 00:27:47.480
 between the

00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:48.000
 Levitical

00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:48.680
 priesthood,

00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:50.059
 the priesthood

00:27:50.059 --> 00:27:50.799
 that comes

00:27:50.799 --> 00:27:51.140
 from the

00:27:51.140 --> 00:27:51.480
 line of

00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:51.779
 Aaron,

00:27:52.079 --> 00:27:52.920
 and the

00:27:52.920 --> 00:27:53.279
 priesthood

00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:53.880
 of Jesus

00:27:53.880 --> 00:27:54.819
 who he

00:27:54.819 --> 00:27:55.140
 is in

00:27:55.140 --> 00:27:56.019
 line with

00:27:56.019 --> 00:27:56.700
 Melchizedek,

00:27:56.839 --> 00:27:57.880
 the similarity

00:27:57.880 --> 00:27:59.779
 is both

00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:00.960
 priests are

00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:01.759
 appointed by

00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:02.160
 God.

00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:06.880
 Verse 5,

00:28:06.880 --> 00:28:14.280
 Do you

00:28:14.280 --> 00:28:14.440
 know what

00:28:14.440 --> 00:28:14.840
 the difference

00:28:14.840 --> 00:28:15.200
 is?

00:28:16.580 --> 00:28:17.120
 The

00:28:17.120 --> 00:28:17.500
 difference

00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:18.860
 is that

00:28:18.860 --> 00:28:19.920
 the Levitical

00:28:19.920 --> 00:28:20.540
 priesthood,

00:28:21.700 --> 00:28:21.980
 well,

00:28:22.040 --> 00:28:22.440
 they were

00:28:22.440 --> 00:28:23.000
 appointed

00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:25.860
 according to

00:28:25.860 --> 00:28:26.420
 kind of

00:28:26.420 --> 00:28:27.760
 family lineage,

00:28:29.120 --> 00:28:29.740
 chosen from

00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:30.420
 among men,

00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:31.240
 one.

00:28:33.340 --> 00:28:33.820
 Jesus

00:28:33.819 --> 00:28:35.319
 was appointed

00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:36.839
 by prophetic

00:28:36.839 --> 00:28:38.079
 word of

00:28:38.079 --> 00:28:38.460
 God.

00:28:40.839 --> 00:28:41.759
 5.5,

00:28:42.359 --> 00:28:43.079
 quoting

00:28:43.079 --> 00:28:44.419
 Psalm 2.7,

00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:45.159
 we saw this

00:28:45.159 --> 00:28:45.480
 in chapter

00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:45.779
 one,

00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:46.500
 you are my

00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:46.740
 son,

00:28:46.799 --> 00:28:47.119
 this is

00:28:47.119 --> 00:28:48.019
 God the

00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:48.399
 father

00:28:48.399 --> 00:28:49.519
 speaking to

00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:49.919
 God the

00:28:49.919 --> 00:28:50.179
 son,

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:50.819
 you are

00:28:50.819 --> 00:28:51.339
 my son,

00:28:51.419 --> 00:28:51.839
 today I

00:28:51.839 --> 00:28:52.439
 have begotten

00:28:52.439 --> 00:28:52.619
 you,

00:28:52.879 --> 00:28:53.359
 and when we

00:28:53.359 --> 00:28:53.799
 saw this

00:28:53.799 --> 00:28:54.139
 in chapter

00:28:54.139 --> 00:28:54.399
 one,

00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:54.759
 this is

00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:55.200
 about his

00:28:55.200 --> 00:28:55.799
 kingship,

00:28:56.279 --> 00:28:56.700
 this is

00:28:56.700 --> 00:28:57.139
 about his

00:28:57.139 --> 00:28:57.619
 deity,

00:28:58.119 --> 00:28:58.439
 this is

00:28:58.439 --> 00:28:58.859
 about him

00:28:58.859 --> 00:28:59.099
 being

00:28:59.099 --> 00:28:59.659
 enthroned

00:28:59.659 --> 00:29:00.179
 on high.

00:29:00.180 --> 00:29:03.519
 But it's

00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:04.060
 not just

00:29:04.060 --> 00:29:05.080
 his being

00:29:05.080 --> 00:29:05.720
 an exalted

00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:06.259
 king,

00:29:07.160 --> 00:29:07.759
 for the

00:29:07.759 --> 00:29:08.259
 first time

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:08.720
 in Hebrews

00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:09.200
 we have

00:29:09.200 --> 00:29:09.600
 a quote

00:29:09.600 --> 00:29:10.160
 from Psalm

00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:10.620
 110,

00:29:11.820 --> 00:29:13.640
 verse 6,

00:29:13.700 --> 00:29:14.160
 as he says

00:29:14.160 --> 00:29:14.600
 also in

00:29:14.600 --> 00:29:15.120
 another place,

00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:15.680
 you are a

00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:16.500
 priest forever

00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:17.620
 after the

00:29:17.620 --> 00:29:18.160
 order of

00:29:18.160 --> 00:29:18.759
 Melchizedek,

00:29:18.840 --> 00:29:19.240
 this is

00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:20.340
 God speaking

00:29:20.340 --> 00:29:20.720
 to God

00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:21.200
 the son,

00:29:21.539 --> 00:29:21.980
 you are

00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:22.660
 a priest

00:29:22.660 --> 00:29:23.279
 forever

00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:24.560
 after the

00:29:24.560 --> 00:29:25.220
 order of

00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:26.000
 Melchizedek,

00:29:26.799 --> 00:29:28.680
 it's a

00:29:28.680 --> 00:29:29.120
 better

00:29:29.120 --> 00:29:29.680
 appointment,

00:29:30.180 --> 00:29:32.240
 prophetic

00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:32.620
 word

00:29:32.620 --> 00:29:33.120
 fulfilled

00:29:33.120 --> 00:29:33.720
 in Jesus

00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:34.259
 Christ,

00:29:34.799 --> 00:29:36.080
 because

00:29:36.080 --> 00:29:36.660
 Jesus is

00:29:36.660 --> 00:29:37.000
 at the

00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:37.420
 center

00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:37.880
 of God's

00:29:37.880 --> 00:29:38.299
 plan

00:29:38.299 --> 00:29:39.400
 of salvation,

00:29:39.580 --> 00:29:39.900
 in chapter

00:29:39.900 --> 00:29:40.500
 7 we're

00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:40.900
 going to

00:29:40.900 --> 00:29:41.980
 come back

00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:42.840
 to Melchizedek

00:29:42.840 --> 00:29:43.820
 where the

00:29:43.820 --> 00:29:44.360
 writer will

00:29:44.360 --> 00:29:45.740
 unpack more

00:29:45.740 --> 00:29:46.200
 of that

00:29:46.200 --> 00:29:47.039
 for us,

00:29:47.160 --> 00:29:47.580
 but let me

00:29:47.580 --> 00:29:47.960
 just tell you

00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:48.220
 this,

00:29:48.580 --> 00:29:49.019
 Melchizedek

00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:49.560
 first shows

00:29:49.560 --> 00:29:49.920
 up in

00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:50.220
 Genesis

00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:50.980
 chapter 14,

00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:52.259
 Abram has

00:29:52.259 --> 00:29:53.279
 just rescued

00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:53.620
 Lot,

00:29:53.860 --> 00:29:54.320
 he's coming

00:29:54.320 --> 00:29:54.840
 out with

00:29:54.840 --> 00:29:55.220
 all this

00:29:55.220 --> 00:29:55.519
 stuff,

00:29:55.840 --> 00:29:56.320
 Melchizedek

00:29:56.320 --> 00:29:56.840
 comes from

00:29:56.840 --> 00:29:57.240
 nowhere,

00:29:57.580 --> 00:29:57.900
 and what

00:29:57.900 --> 00:29:58.460
 his name

00:29:58.460 --> 00:29:59.640
 means is

00:29:59.640 --> 00:30:00.160
 king of

00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:00.600
 righteousness,

00:30:01.280 --> 00:30:02.080
 he's introduced

00:30:02.080 --> 00:30:02.800
 as both

00:30:02.800 --> 00:30:03.480
 the king

00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:04.040
 of Salem

00:30:04.040 --> 00:30:04.900
 and the

00:30:04.900 --> 00:30:05.400
 high priest

00:30:05.400 --> 00:30:05.759
 of God,

00:30:05.820 --> 00:30:06.520
 he's both

00:30:06.520 --> 00:30:07.540
 a high priest

00:30:07.540 --> 00:30:08.220
 and a

00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:08.460
 king,

00:30:09.460 --> 00:30:10.700
 and you

00:30:10.700 --> 00:30:11.080
 know what

00:30:11.080 --> 00:30:11.880
 Abram does?

00:30:13.480 --> 00:30:14.280
 He gives

00:30:14.280 --> 00:30:14.980
 him a tenth

00:30:14.980 --> 00:30:15.380
 of everything

00:30:15.380 --> 00:30:15.820
 he's got,

00:30:18.020 --> 00:30:19.220
 it's from

00:30:19.220 --> 00:30:21.200
 that priestly

00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:23.500
 order comes

00:30:23.500 --> 00:30:24.700
 Jesus,

00:30:24.700 --> 00:30:27.779
 the

00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:28.100
 appointment

00:30:28.100 --> 00:30:28.580
 of Jesus

00:30:28.580 --> 00:30:29.200
 as great

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:29.880
 high priest

00:30:29.880 --> 00:30:31.299
 is the

00:30:31.299 --> 00:30:31.840
 fulfillment

00:30:31.840 --> 00:30:33.480
 of scripture,

00:30:34.140 --> 00:30:34.500
 it's a

00:30:34.500 --> 00:30:34.680
 better

00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:35.140
 appointment,

00:30:36.340 --> 00:30:39.240
 the second

00:30:39.240 --> 00:30:39.640
 way that

00:30:39.640 --> 00:30:40.080
 Jesus is

00:30:40.080 --> 00:30:40.259
 better

00:30:40.259 --> 00:30:40.720
 qualified

00:30:40.720 --> 00:30:42.200
 is in

00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:42.360
 his

00:30:42.360 --> 00:30:42.759
 nature,

00:30:43.940 --> 00:30:47.279
 both the

00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:47.660
 Levitical

00:30:47.660 --> 00:30:48.220
 priests

00:30:48.220 --> 00:30:50.420
 and Jesus

00:30:50.420 --> 00:30:50.759
 the

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:51.759
 Melchizedekian

00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:52.220
 priest,

00:30:52.220 --> 00:30:56.019
 both

00:30:56.019 --> 00:30:56.600
 priests

00:30:56.600 --> 00:30:58.000
 are totally

00:30:58.000 --> 00:30:58.519
 human,

00:31:00.059 --> 00:31:02.620
 chosen from

00:31:02.620 --> 00:31:03.200
 among men,

00:31:03.400 --> 00:31:03.940
 5-1,

00:31:06.160 --> 00:31:07.120
 verse 7,

00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:07.539
 in the days

00:31:07.539 --> 00:31:08.220
 of his flesh,

00:31:08.500 --> 00:31:09.019
 speaking of

00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:09.440
 Jesus,

00:31:11.640 --> 00:31:12.700
 the difference

00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:14.180
 is that the

00:31:14.180 --> 00:31:14.839
 Aaronic

00:31:14.839 --> 00:31:15.299
 priesthood,

00:31:15.380 --> 00:31:15.880
 the Levitical

00:31:15.880 --> 00:31:16.519
 priesthood,

00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:18.620
 was in

00:31:18.620 --> 00:31:19.360
 verse 2,

00:31:19.539 --> 00:31:19.759
 they were

00:31:19.759 --> 00:31:20.259
 beset,

00:31:20.259 --> 00:31:23.759
 beset by

00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:24.440
 weakness,

00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:26.480
 the weakness

00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:27.140
 of indwelling

00:31:27.140 --> 00:31:27.700
 sin,

00:31:29.359 --> 00:31:29.920
 they were

00:31:29.920 --> 00:31:31.160
 sinful

00:31:31.160 --> 00:31:32.980
 human beings,

00:31:34.059 --> 00:31:35.140
 whereas in

00:31:35.140 --> 00:31:35.759
 5-5,

00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:37.079
 we read

00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:37.900
 about Jesus

00:31:37.900 --> 00:31:38.400
 being you

00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:38.400


00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:38.619
 are my

00:31:38.619 --> 00:31:38.859
 son,

00:31:38.900 --> 00:31:39.279
 today I

00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:39.779
 have begotten

00:31:39.779 --> 00:31:39.859
 you,

00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:41.059
 he's fully

00:31:41.059 --> 00:31:41.379
 God,

00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:41.819
 we saw in

00:31:41.819 --> 00:31:42.379
 4-15,

00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:43.039
 yet without

00:31:43.039 --> 00:31:43.420
 sin,

00:31:43.519 --> 00:31:44.519
 he is a

00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:45.400
 sinless

00:31:45.400 --> 00:31:46.359
 human being,

00:31:47.619 --> 00:31:48.579
 by nature,

00:31:48.579 --> 00:31:50.099
 Jesus is

00:31:50.099 --> 00:31:51.119
 better qualified

00:31:51.119 --> 00:31:52.240
 to be a

00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:52.919
 high priest

00:31:52.919 --> 00:31:54.179
 because he's

00:31:54.179 --> 00:31:55.460
 sinless in

00:31:55.460 --> 00:31:56.039
 his humanity,

00:31:57.039 --> 00:31:59.019
 better in

00:31:59.019 --> 00:31:59.319
 nature,

00:32:00.480 --> 00:32:01.359
 third,

00:32:01.720 --> 00:32:02.279
 he's better

00:32:02.279 --> 00:32:02.839
 in relating,

00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:04.939
 both

00:32:04.939 --> 00:32:05.679
 priests,

00:32:05.939 --> 00:32:06.659
 both Levitical

00:32:06.659 --> 00:32:07.720
 priests and

00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:08.259
 Jesus,

00:32:08.439 --> 00:32:08.740
 our great

00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:09.279
 high priest,

00:32:09.619 --> 00:32:10.240
 they were

00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:11.460
 tender-hearted

00:32:11.460 --> 00:32:12.559
 to those

00:32:12.559 --> 00:32:13.500
 they cared

00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:13.819
 for,

00:32:14.879 --> 00:32:15.539
 in 5-2,

00:32:15.679 --> 00:32:16.059
 we see,

00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:17.480
 speaking of the

00:32:17.480 --> 00:32:17.819
 Levitical

00:32:17.819 --> 00:32:18.099
 priest,

00:32:18.160 --> 00:32:18.400
 he can

00:32:18.400 --> 00:32:19.079
 deal gently

00:32:19.079 --> 00:32:19.799
 with the

00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:20.339
 ignorant and

00:32:20.339 --> 00:32:20.900
 wayward since

00:32:20.900 --> 00:32:21.620
 he himself is

00:32:21.620 --> 00:32:22.059
 beset with

00:32:22.059 --> 00:32:22.440
 weakness,

00:32:23.980 --> 00:32:24.400
 Jesus,

00:32:24.599 --> 00:32:25.000
 we saw in

00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:25.519
 4-15,

00:32:25.640 --> 00:32:25.940
 he is

00:32:25.940 --> 00:32:26.599
 sympathetic,

00:32:28.400 --> 00:32:29.779
 he's been

00:32:29.779 --> 00:32:30.240
 tempted in

00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:30.759
 every way,

00:32:32.039 --> 00:32:33.299
 the difference

00:32:33.299 --> 00:32:38.360
 is that

00:32:38.360 --> 00:32:38.779
 Jesus

00:32:38.779 --> 00:32:42.000
 is not a

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:42.440
 fellow

00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:44.259
 sinner,

00:32:44.259 --> 00:32:44.359
 sinner,

00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:47.379
 he's a

00:32:47.379 --> 00:32:47.799
 fellow

00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:49.119
 sufferer,

00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:51.579
 Jesus

00:32:51.579 --> 00:32:52.799
 relates to

00:32:52.799 --> 00:32:53.099
 us,

00:32:53.140 --> 00:32:53.879
 he understands

00:32:53.879 --> 00:32:55.059
 our being

00:32:55.059 --> 00:32:55.740
 tempted to

00:32:55.740 --> 00:32:55.859
 sin,

00:32:55.940 --> 00:32:56.240
 but he

00:32:56.240 --> 00:32:56.900
 also

00:32:56.900 --> 00:32:58.079
 suffered,

00:32:58.940 --> 00:32:59.460
 and for

00:32:59.460 --> 00:33:00.119
 a church

00:33:00.119 --> 00:33:01.099
 that was

00:33:01.099 --> 00:33:01.720
 suffering,

00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:03.200
 this is

00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:03.980
 really helpful,

00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:06.879
 we see in

00:33:06.879 --> 00:33:07.519
 verses 7 and

00:33:07.519 --> 00:33:08.119
 8 that in

00:33:08.119 --> 00:33:08.599
 the days of

00:33:08.599 --> 00:33:09.200
 his flesh,

00:33:11.240 --> 00:33:11.759
 Jesus offered

00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:12.400
 up prayers and

00:33:12.400 --> 00:33:13.000
 supplications

00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:13.680
 without cries

00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:14.619
 and tears to

00:33:14.619 --> 00:33:15.259
 him who was

00:33:15.259 --> 00:33:16.000
 able to save

00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:16.319
 him from

00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:16.619
 death,

00:33:16.779 --> 00:33:17.240
 and he was

00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:17.759
 heard because

00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:18.099
 of his

00:33:18.099 --> 00:33:18.440
 reverence,

00:33:18.720 --> 00:33:19.240
 although he

00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:19.759
 was a son,

00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:20.200
 he learned

00:33:20.200 --> 00:33:21.240
 obedience through

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:21.779
 what he

00:33:21.779 --> 00:33:23.240
 suffered,

00:33:27.180 --> 00:33:28.779
 Jesus learned

00:33:28.779 --> 00:33:29.380
 obedience,

00:33:29.579 --> 00:33:30.180
 not because he

00:33:30.180 --> 00:33:31.160
 was disobedient,

00:33:31.539 --> 00:33:33.039
 but he learned

00:33:33.039 --> 00:33:35.039
 true trust and

00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:36.019
 obeying of

00:33:36.019 --> 00:33:36.519
 God his

00:33:36.519 --> 00:33:37.559
 father through

00:33:37.559 --> 00:33:38.019
 hardship,

00:33:39.019 --> 00:33:40.119
 he learned

00:33:40.119 --> 00:33:42.539
 it as a

00:33:42.539 --> 00:33:43.079
 fellow human

00:33:43.079 --> 00:33:43.319
 being,

00:33:43.420 --> 00:33:43.859
 he went

00:33:43.859 --> 00:33:45.139
 before us,

00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:46.039
 and now he's

00:33:46.039 --> 00:33:46.980
 an example to

00:33:46.980 --> 00:33:48.159
 us of how

00:33:48.159 --> 00:33:49.119
 to endure

00:33:49.119 --> 00:33:50.079
 suffering,

00:33:50.579 --> 00:33:53.119
 he relates

00:33:53.119 --> 00:33:53.839
 to us that

00:33:53.839 --> 00:33:54.220
 way,

00:33:55.220 --> 00:33:58.119
 because he

00:33:58.119 --> 00:33:58.940
 himself suffered,

00:33:59.139 --> 00:34:00.139
 he relates

00:34:00.139 --> 00:34:01.099
 with us when

00:34:01.099 --> 00:34:01.819
 we suffer for

00:34:01.819 --> 00:34:02.079
 him,

00:34:02.299 --> 00:34:02.879
 he's tender

00:34:02.879 --> 00:34:03.700
 towards us,

00:34:04.159 --> 00:34:04.740
 he relates

00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:05.539
 to us better,

00:34:06.539 --> 00:34:07.500
 he understands

00:34:07.500 --> 00:34:08.079
 our temptation

00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:08.679
 to sin,

00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:09.440
 but he

00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:10.259
 absolutely

00:34:10.259 --> 00:34:11.840
 understands what

00:34:11.840 --> 00:34:12.340
 it's like to

00:34:12.340 --> 00:34:12.620
 suffer,

00:34:13.880 --> 00:34:17.320
 the Levitical

00:34:17.320 --> 00:34:17.740
 priesthood,

00:34:18.079 --> 00:34:18.860
 they didn't,

00:34:20.600 --> 00:34:25.380
 it's better in

00:34:25.380 --> 00:34:25.920
 his relating,

00:34:27.240 --> 00:34:28.079
 it's better in

00:34:28.079 --> 00:34:29.019
 his sacrifice,

00:34:30.380 --> 00:34:31.720
 this is the

00:34:31.720 --> 00:34:32.780
 fourth qualification

00:34:32.780 --> 00:34:33.960
 that separates

00:34:33.960 --> 00:34:34.680
 him from the

00:34:34.680 --> 00:34:35.019
 Levitical

00:34:35.019 --> 00:34:35.660
 priesthood,

00:34:36.300 --> 00:34:36.559
 you know

00:34:36.559 --> 00:34:37.079
 it's similar

00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:37.579
 between the

00:34:37.579 --> 00:34:37.800
 two,

00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:38.340
 Levitical

00:34:38.340 --> 00:34:39.220
 priests and

00:34:39.220 --> 00:34:39.559
 Jesus,

00:34:39.800 --> 00:34:40.140
 our great

00:34:40.140 --> 00:34:40.620
 high priest

00:34:40.619 --> 00:34:40.920
 from the

00:34:40.920 --> 00:34:41.219
 line of

00:34:41.219 --> 00:34:41.739
 Melchizedek,

00:34:42.380 --> 00:34:44.179
 both offered

00:34:44.179 --> 00:34:45.099
 sacrifices,

00:34:46.099 --> 00:34:47.699
 the difference

00:34:47.699 --> 00:34:48.639
 is that the

00:34:48.639 --> 00:34:49.799
 Levites had

00:34:49.799 --> 00:34:50.440
 to offer

00:34:50.440 --> 00:34:51.920
 animal sacrifices

00:34:51.920 --> 00:34:53.059
 for themselves

00:34:53.059 --> 00:34:53.819
 because they

00:34:53.819 --> 00:34:54.739
 themselves were

00:34:54.739 --> 00:34:55.539
 sinners and

00:34:55.539 --> 00:34:56.039
 that animal

00:34:56.039 --> 00:34:57.119
 sacrifice only

00:34:57.119 --> 00:34:57.739
 lasted for a

00:34:57.739 --> 00:34:58.420
 little while for

00:34:58.420 --> 00:34:58.799
 their sin,

00:34:59.099 --> 00:35:00.259
 just temporarily

00:35:00.259 --> 00:35:00.779
 atonement,

00:35:00.780 --> 00:35:05.380
 they had to

00:35:05.380 --> 00:35:07.519
 offer sacrifice

00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:08.140
 repeatedly

00:35:08.140 --> 00:35:09.640
 because they

00:35:09.640 --> 00:35:10.300
 were repeatedly

00:35:10.300 --> 00:35:10.960
 sinning,

00:35:11.680 --> 00:35:13.240
 Jesus who

00:35:13.240 --> 00:35:14.180
 learned obedience

00:35:14.180 --> 00:35:15.720
 through suffering

00:35:15.720 --> 00:35:18.019
 became the

00:35:18.019 --> 00:35:19.120
 source,

00:35:19.440 --> 00:35:19.940
 verse 9,

00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:20.500
 of eternal

00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:21.180
 life to all

00:35:21.180 --> 00:35:21.620
 who obey

00:35:21.620 --> 00:35:21.880
 him,

00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:22.860
 to all who

00:35:22.860 --> 00:35:23.820
 hold fast to

00:35:23.820 --> 00:35:24.480
 him to the

00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:24.940
 end,

00:35:25.800 --> 00:35:27.160
 he became the

00:35:27.160 --> 00:35:28.380
 source of our

00:35:28.380 --> 00:35:29.260
 eternal life,

00:35:29.260 --> 00:35:30.580
 he is the

00:35:30.580 --> 00:35:31.380
 greatest sacrifice

00:35:31.380 --> 00:35:32.260
 of all,

00:35:33.460 --> 00:35:35.240
 our high

00:35:35.240 --> 00:35:37.280
 priest is the

00:35:37.280 --> 00:35:39.620
 once and for

00:35:39.620 --> 00:35:41.320
 all sacrifice

00:35:41.320 --> 00:35:42.360
 for our sins,

00:35:42.860 --> 00:35:43.940
 and he sat

00:35:43.940 --> 00:35:44.640
 down at the

00:35:44.640 --> 00:35:45.060
 right hand of

00:35:45.060 --> 00:35:45.320
 God,

00:35:46.320 --> 00:35:49.840
 he's a better

00:35:49.840 --> 00:35:50.500
 sacrifice,

00:35:52.560 --> 00:35:53.660
 that in chapter

00:35:53.660 --> 00:35:53.900
 2,

00:35:53.940 --> 00:35:54.540
 verse 17,

00:35:54.539 --> 00:35:55.860
 the first time

00:35:55.860 --> 00:35:56.420
 high priest

00:35:56.420 --> 00:35:57.219
 shows up,

00:35:57.699 --> 00:35:58.259
 the author

00:35:58.259 --> 00:35:59.059
 connects him

00:35:59.059 --> 00:36:00.079
 as being our

00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:00.940
 propitiation,

00:36:01.800 --> 00:36:02.800
 the sacrifice

00:36:02.800 --> 00:36:04.279
 that satisfied

00:36:04.279 --> 00:36:05.099
 God's wrath

00:36:05.099 --> 00:36:06.360
 for our sins,

00:36:07.519 --> 00:36:10.800
 he paid it

00:36:10.800 --> 00:36:11.059
 all,

00:36:12.739 --> 00:36:14.000
 all of your

00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:14.239
 sin,

00:36:15.099 --> 00:36:15.559
 all of the

00:36:15.559 --> 00:36:16.279
 penalty of it,

00:36:17.279 --> 00:36:18.019
 paid in full

00:36:18.019 --> 00:36:19.619
 in that once

00:36:19.619 --> 00:36:20.159
 and for all

00:36:20.159 --> 00:36:22.219
 sacrifice by

00:36:22.219 --> 00:36:23.099
 your great

00:36:23.099 --> 00:36:23.980
 high priest

00:36:23.980 --> 00:36:24.519
 king,

00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:26.460
 he is

00:36:26.460 --> 00:36:28.019
 better qualified

00:36:28.019 --> 00:36:29.339
 because he

00:36:29.339 --> 00:36:30.000
 offers a

00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:31.420
 better sacrifice,

00:36:32.420 --> 00:36:35.259
 you need

00:36:35.259 --> 00:36:35.639
 help,

00:36:36.539 --> 00:36:38.440
 do you need

00:36:38.440 --> 00:36:38.900
 help,

00:36:40.339 --> 00:36:42.380
 he's addressed

00:36:42.380 --> 00:36:43.860
 your greatest

00:36:43.860 --> 00:36:44.319
 need,

00:36:45.319 --> 00:36:46.900
 what else

00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:47.980
 do you need

00:36:47.980 --> 00:36:49.099
 to see

00:36:49.099 --> 00:36:51.219
 that he

00:36:51.219 --> 00:36:51.579
 would give

00:36:51.579 --> 00:36:52.000
 his life

00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:52.400
 for you,

00:36:52.400 --> 00:36:54.820
 that he

00:36:54.820 --> 00:36:55.480
 would pay

00:36:55.480 --> 00:36:58.059
 the sin,

00:36:59.000 --> 00:36:59.840
 the wrath

00:36:59.840 --> 00:37:01.139
 your sin

00:37:01.139 --> 00:37:01.780
 deserved,

00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:02.360
 but I've

00:37:02.360 --> 00:37:02.700
 got one

00:37:02.700 --> 00:37:03.019
 more,

00:37:03.599 --> 00:37:03.960
 hang in

00:37:03.960 --> 00:37:04.300
 there with

00:37:04.300 --> 00:37:04.559
 me,

00:37:05.940 --> 00:37:08.360
 he's

00:37:08.360 --> 00:37:08.720
 better,

00:37:09.260 --> 00:37:09.740
 he's

00:37:09.740 --> 00:37:10.180
 better in

00:37:10.180 --> 00:37:10.820
 his living,

00:37:12.820 --> 00:37:14.200
 you know,

00:37:14.240 --> 00:37:14.780
 the similarities

00:37:14.780 --> 00:37:15.400
 between the

00:37:15.400 --> 00:37:15.800
 Levitical

00:37:15.800 --> 00:37:16.480
 priesthood and

00:37:16.480 --> 00:37:17.340
 the priesthood

00:37:17.340 --> 00:37:18.019
 of Jesus is

00:37:18.019 --> 00:37:19.579
 all of the

00:37:19.579 --> 00:37:20.039
 Levitical

00:37:20.039 --> 00:37:20.599
 priests,

00:37:20.700 --> 00:37:21.420
 as Jesus,

00:37:21.420 --> 00:37:22.820
 they lived

00:37:22.820 --> 00:37:24.099
 and they

00:37:24.099 --> 00:37:24.780
 died,

00:37:25.200 --> 00:37:26.519
 that's what

00:37:26.519 --> 00:37:26.860
 they have

00:37:26.860 --> 00:37:27.360
 in common,

00:37:28.360 --> 00:37:30.099
 the difference

00:37:30.099 --> 00:37:31.820
 is that

00:37:31.820 --> 00:37:32.380
 Jesus

00:37:32.380 --> 00:37:35.659
 was raised

00:37:35.659 --> 00:37:36.019
 from the

00:37:36.019 --> 00:37:36.280
 dead,

00:37:37.280 --> 00:37:39.539
 he's alive,

00:37:40.539 --> 00:37:42.579
 we have a

00:37:42.579 --> 00:37:43.240
 great high

00:37:43.240 --> 00:37:43.860
 priest and

00:37:43.860 --> 00:37:44.720
 king who

00:37:44.720 --> 00:37:45.480
 is exalted

00:37:45.480 --> 00:37:46.180
 at the right

00:37:46.180 --> 00:37:46.900
 hand of God

00:37:46.900 --> 00:37:47.900
 and he

00:37:47.900 --> 00:37:49.440
 is alive,

00:37:49.440 --> 00:37:53.539
 and that

00:37:53.539 --> 00:37:55.160
 quote in

00:37:55.160 --> 00:37:56.440
 verse 6,

00:37:56.559 --> 00:37:57.200
 as he also

00:37:57.200 --> 00:37:58.240
 says in

00:37:58.240 --> 00:37:58.900
 another place,

00:37:59.320 --> 00:37:59.920
 you are a

00:37:59.920 --> 00:38:00.519
 priest

00:38:00.519 --> 00:38:02.360
 forever

00:38:02.360 --> 00:38:05.059
 in the order

00:38:05.059 --> 00:38:05.820
 of Melchizedek,

00:38:05.820 --> 00:38:09.600
 did any

00:38:09.600 --> 00:38:09.960
 of you

00:38:09.960 --> 00:38:10.780
 get a little

00:38:10.780 --> 00:38:11.300
 confused

00:38:11.300 --> 00:38:13.280
 when you

00:38:13.280 --> 00:38:13.740
 were reading

00:38:13.740 --> 00:38:14.940
 verse 7,

00:38:15.460 --> 00:38:15.860
 in the days

00:38:15.860 --> 00:38:16.360
 of his flesh

00:38:16.360 --> 00:38:16.960
 Jesus offered

00:38:16.960 --> 00:38:17.320
 up prayers

00:38:17.320 --> 00:38:18.039
 and supplications

00:38:18.039 --> 00:38:18.740
 with loud

00:38:18.740 --> 00:38:19.220
 cries and

00:38:19.220 --> 00:38:19.920
 tears to

00:38:19.920 --> 00:38:20.340
 him who

00:38:20.340 --> 00:38:20.680
 was able

00:38:20.680 --> 00:38:21.080
 to save

00:38:21.080 --> 00:38:21.380
 him from

00:38:21.380 --> 00:38:21.640
 death,

00:38:22.320 --> 00:38:23.420
 and you're

00:38:23.420 --> 00:38:23.700
 thinking,

00:38:24.039 --> 00:38:24.340
 hold on a

00:38:24.340 --> 00:38:24.440
 second,

00:38:24.519 --> 00:38:24.700
 but he

00:38:24.700 --> 00:38:24.940
 died,

00:38:25.800 --> 00:38:26.400
 what do

00:38:26.400 --> 00:38:26.500
 you mean

00:38:26.500 --> 00:38:26.860
 saved from

00:38:26.860 --> 00:38:27.100
 death?

00:38:27.980 --> 00:38:28.500
 He died

00:38:28.500 --> 00:38:28.680
 on the

00:38:28.680 --> 00:38:28.960
 cross,

00:38:29.960 --> 00:38:30.860
 do you know

00:38:30.860 --> 00:38:31.180
 how God

00:38:31.180 --> 00:38:31.400
 answered

00:38:31.400 --> 00:38:31.740
 that prayer?

00:38:31.739 --> 00:38:35.839
 He raised

00:38:35.839 --> 00:38:36.159
 him from

00:38:36.159 --> 00:38:36.539
 the dead.

00:38:38.739 --> 00:38:39.579
 God heard

00:38:39.579 --> 00:38:40.099
 his prayer

00:38:40.099 --> 00:38:42.019
 and answered

00:38:42.019 --> 00:38:42.339
 it,

00:38:42.659 --> 00:38:43.179
 and so

00:38:43.179 --> 00:38:43.739
 now,

00:38:44.039 --> 00:38:44.399
 check it

00:38:44.399 --> 00:38:44.679
 out,

00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:45.500
 our great

00:38:45.500 --> 00:38:46.259
 high priest

00:38:46.259 --> 00:38:47.619
 and king

00:38:47.619 --> 00:38:48.739
 is victorious

00:38:48.739 --> 00:38:51.059
 over sin,

00:38:51.799 --> 00:38:52.219
 death,

00:38:52.599 --> 00:38:52.959
 and the

00:38:52.959 --> 00:38:53.259
 devil.

00:38:55.259 --> 00:38:55.779
 Oh,

00:38:55.819 --> 00:38:56.299
 he's better

00:38:56.299 --> 00:38:56.859
 qualified.

00:38:58.879 --> 00:38:59.659
 Draw near

00:38:59.659 --> 00:39:00.059
 to him,

00:39:00.119 --> 00:39:00.599
 he's better

00:39:00.599 --> 00:39:01.179
 qualified

00:39:01.179 --> 00:39:02.079
 than any

00:39:02.079 --> 00:39:02.480
 Levitical

00:39:02.480 --> 00:39:02.879
 priest,

00:39:03.159 --> 00:39:03.799
 even

00:39:03.799 --> 00:39:04.699
 yourself.

00:39:06.759 --> 00:39:07.199
 Stop

00:39:07.199 --> 00:39:07.699
 dealing

00:39:07.699 --> 00:39:08.159
 with your

00:39:08.159 --> 00:39:08.779
 own sin.

00:39:11.000 --> 00:39:11.599
 Go to

00:39:11.599 --> 00:39:12.000
 your great

00:39:12.000 --> 00:39:12.659
 high priest.

00:39:13.599 --> 00:39:13.819
 Now,

00:39:13.859 --> 00:39:14.119
 I don't know

00:39:14.119 --> 00:39:14.539
 about you,

00:39:14.639 --> 00:39:15.159
 but hey,

00:39:15.259 --> 00:39:16.440
 if I were

00:39:16.440 --> 00:39:17.039
 taking resumes

00:39:17.039 --> 00:39:18.259
 for who's

00:39:18.259 --> 00:39:18.500
 going to be

00:39:18.500 --> 00:39:18.759
 the great

00:39:18.759 --> 00:39:19.099
 high priest

00:39:19.099 --> 00:39:19.379
 of my

00:39:19.379 --> 00:39:19.699
 life,

00:39:20.000 --> 00:39:20.799
 and I'm

00:39:20.799 --> 00:39:21.159
 looking at

00:39:21.159 --> 00:39:21.460
 resumes

00:39:21.460 --> 00:39:21.759
 from

00:39:21.759 --> 00:39:22.219
 Levitical

00:39:22.219 --> 00:39:22.659
 priests,

00:39:22.879 --> 00:39:23.219
 and I'm

00:39:23.219 --> 00:39:23.460
 looking at

00:39:23.460 --> 00:39:23.859
 my own

00:39:23.859 --> 00:39:24.159
 resume,

00:39:24.419 --> 00:39:24.699
 and I'm

00:39:24.699 --> 00:39:25.059
 looking at

00:39:25.059 --> 00:39:25.500
 the resume

00:39:25.500 --> 00:39:26.299
 of Jesus,

00:39:27.179 --> 00:39:27.379
 do you

00:39:27.379 --> 00:39:27.599
 know who

00:39:27.599 --> 00:39:27.879
 I'm going

00:39:27.879 --> 00:39:28.139
 with?

00:39:29.419 --> 00:39:29.859
 Jesus.

00:39:31.179 --> 00:39:32.500
 Better

00:39:32.500 --> 00:39:33.159
 in his

00:39:33.159 --> 00:39:33.559
 appointment,

00:39:33.899 --> 00:39:34.359
 better in

00:39:34.359 --> 00:39:34.919
 his nature,

00:39:35.379 --> 00:39:35.779
 better in

00:39:35.779 --> 00:39:36.379
 his relating,

00:39:36.859 --> 00:39:37.319
 better in

00:39:37.319 --> 00:39:38.139
 his sacrifice,

00:39:38.639 --> 00:39:39.319
 better in

00:39:39.319 --> 00:39:39.859
 his living.

00:39:39.980 --> 00:39:40.379
 He is

00:39:40.379 --> 00:39:41.919
 alive today.

00:39:42.119 --> 00:39:42.460
 He is

00:39:42.460 --> 00:39:43.000
 uniquely

00:39:43.000 --> 00:39:44.839
 qualified to

00:39:44.839 --> 00:39:45.940
 help you

00:39:45.940 --> 00:39:46.919
 in your

00:39:46.919 --> 00:39:47.699
 weakness.

00:39:48.159 --> 00:39:48.639
 What's keeping

00:39:48.639 --> 00:39:48.940
 you from

00:39:48.940 --> 00:39:49.339
 his throne?

00:39:51.019 --> 00:39:51.659
 Is it

00:39:51.659 --> 00:39:52.199
 your shame?

00:39:55.779 --> 00:39:56.419
 Is it

00:39:56.419 --> 00:39:56.899
 you don't

00:39:56.899 --> 00:39:58.099
 want to

00:39:58.099 --> 00:39:58.519
 come to

00:39:58.519 --> 00:39:59.719
 terms with

00:39:59.719 --> 00:40:00.239
 your sin?

00:40:02.679 --> 00:40:03.339
 Are you

00:40:03.339 --> 00:40:03.699
 just trying

00:40:03.699 --> 00:40:04.159
 to avoid

00:40:04.159 --> 00:40:04.419
 him?

00:40:06.199 --> 00:40:06.879
 Are you

00:40:06.879 --> 00:40:07.480
 just trying

00:40:07.480 --> 00:40:08.039
 to handle

00:40:08.039 --> 00:40:08.879
 your sinfulness

00:40:08.879 --> 00:40:10.099
 on your

00:40:10.099 --> 00:40:10.639
 terms?

00:40:11.759 --> 00:40:12.559
 You make

00:40:12.559 --> 00:40:13.239
 for a

00:40:13.239 --> 00:40:13.719
 lousy

00:40:13.719 --> 00:40:14.279
 mediator.

00:40:18.699 --> 00:40:19.559
 He is

00:40:19.559 --> 00:40:19.939
 uniquely

00:40:19.939 --> 00:40:20.739
 qualified.

00:40:22.899 --> 00:40:23.500
 He's

00:40:23.500 --> 00:40:23.939
 willing and

00:40:23.939 --> 00:40:24.279
 able,

00:40:24.959 --> 00:40:25.699
 and he's

00:40:25.699 --> 00:40:26.459
 qualified like

00:40:26.459 --> 00:40:27.059
 no other.

00:40:27.059 --> 00:40:29.759
 draw near

00:40:29.759 --> 00:40:30.980
 to him.

00:40:31.500 --> 00:40:31.860
 Don't

00:40:31.860 --> 00:40:33.480
 shrink back.

00:40:34.219 --> 00:40:35.000
 Don't go

00:40:35.000 --> 00:40:35.880
 back to

00:40:35.880 --> 00:40:36.139
 your

00:40:36.139 --> 00:40:36.579
 Levitical

00:40:36.579 --> 00:40:37.039
 priests.

00:40:37.500 --> 00:40:38.259
 Don't go

00:40:38.259 --> 00:40:38.860
 back to

00:40:38.860 --> 00:40:39.099
 your

00:40:39.099 --> 00:40:39.980
 self-appointed

00:40:39.980 --> 00:40:40.599
 priesthood.

00:40:41.420 --> 00:40:42.380
 Draw near

00:40:42.380 --> 00:40:43.579
 to Jesus

00:40:43.579 --> 00:40:45.960
 in your

00:40:45.960 --> 00:40:46.500
 weakness

00:40:46.500 --> 00:40:49.860
 and you

00:40:49.860 --> 00:40:50.239
 will find

00:40:50.239 --> 00:40:50.539
 help.

00:40:50.539 --> 00:40:50.639
 God

00:40:50.639 --> 00:40:51.840
 will

00:40:51.840 --> 00:40:54.699
 we all

00:40:54.699 --> 00:40:54.960
 have a

00:40:54.960 --> 00:40:55.360
 weakness,

00:40:56.239 --> 00:40:56.759
 a soft

00:40:56.759 --> 00:40:57.460
 spot to

00:40:57.460 --> 00:40:57.820
 sin,

00:40:59.139 --> 00:41:00.279
 craving to

00:41:00.279 --> 00:41:00.639
 sin.

00:41:00.759 --> 00:41:00.920
 It's

00:41:00.920 --> 00:41:01.539
 internal.

00:41:03.099 --> 00:41:03.360
 You're

00:41:03.360 --> 00:41:03.519
 going to

00:41:03.519 --> 00:41:03.920
 face it

00:41:03.920 --> 00:41:04.099
 this

00:41:04.099 --> 00:41:04.519
 afternoon.

00:41:04.739 --> 00:41:04.860
 You're

00:41:04.860 --> 00:41:04.980
 going to

00:41:04.980 --> 00:41:05.279
 face it

00:41:05.279 --> 00:41:05.599
 tonight.

00:41:05.719 --> 00:41:05.860
 You're

00:41:05.860 --> 00:41:05.960
 going to

00:41:05.960 --> 00:41:06.279
 face it

00:41:06.279 --> 00:41:06.860
 this week.

00:41:07.079 --> 00:41:07.539
 All of

00:41:07.539 --> 00:41:07.800
 us in

00:41:07.800 --> 00:41:08.239
 the room,

00:41:08.739 --> 00:41:09.039
 our

00:41:09.039 --> 00:41:09.900
 internal

00:41:09.900 --> 00:41:10.239
 sinful

00:41:10.239 --> 00:41:10.599
 nature,

00:41:10.739 --> 00:41:10.860
 this

00:41:10.860 --> 00:41:11.199
 weakness

00:41:11.199 --> 00:41:11.559
 that we

00:41:11.559 --> 00:41:12.079
 carry around

00:41:12.079 --> 00:41:12.460
 with us,

00:41:12.579 --> 00:41:12.940
 it's

00:41:12.940 --> 00:41:13.099
 going to

00:41:13.099 --> 00:41:13.239
 get

00:41:13.239 --> 00:41:13.579
 tempted.

00:41:16.079 --> 00:41:16.519
 Where

00:41:16.519 --> 00:41:16.659
 are you

00:41:16.659 --> 00:41:16.840
 going to

00:41:16.840 --> 00:41:17.099
 turn?

00:41:17.099 --> 00:41:20.059
 don't

00:41:20.059 --> 00:41:20.699
 shrink back

00:41:20.699 --> 00:41:21.360
 from Christ

00:41:21.360 --> 00:41:21.980
 in your

00:41:21.980 --> 00:41:22.420
 weakness.

00:41:24.039 --> 00:41:24.319
 Draw

00:41:24.319 --> 00:41:24.960
 near.

00:41:26.259 --> 00:41:26.819
 Draw

00:41:26.819 --> 00:41:27.839
 near in

00:41:27.839 --> 00:41:28.360
 your

00:41:28.360 --> 00:41:29.480
 most

00:41:29.480 --> 00:41:30.239
 gross

00:41:30.239 --> 00:41:30.980
 weakness.

00:41:31.500 --> 00:41:31.699
 Draw

00:41:31.699 --> 00:41:32.159
 near to

00:41:32.159 --> 00:41:32.579
 him with

00:41:32.579 --> 00:41:33.019
 confidence.

00:41:35.500 --> 00:41:36.019
 And

00:41:36.019 --> 00:41:36.239
 he'll

00:41:36.239 --> 00:41:36.599
 give you

00:41:36.599 --> 00:41:37.159
 grace at

00:41:37.159 --> 00:41:37.579
 just the

00:41:37.579 --> 00:41:38.119
 right time.

00:41:40.199 --> 00:41:40.739
 He's

00:41:40.739 --> 00:41:41.079
 willing and

00:41:41.079 --> 00:41:41.400
 able to

00:41:41.400 --> 00:41:41.639
 help.

00:41:42.659 --> 00:41:43.179
 He's

00:41:43.179 --> 00:41:43.380
 better

00:41:43.380 --> 00:41:44.119
 qualified to

00:41:44.119 --> 00:41:44.339
 help.

00:41:44.699 --> 00:41:44.839
 Now

00:41:44.839 --> 00:41:45.099
 repeat

00:41:45.099 --> 00:41:45.639
 after me.

00:41:47.099 --> 00:41:47.519
 as you

00:41:47.519 --> 00:41:48.079
 get ready

00:41:48.079 --> 00:41:48.599
 to go,

00:41:49.380 --> 00:41:49.639
 repeat

00:41:49.639 --> 00:41:50.219
 after me.

00:41:51.039 --> 00:41:51.360
 I want

00:41:51.360 --> 00:41:51.480
 you

00:41:51.480 --> 00:41:51.920
 holding

00:41:51.920 --> 00:41:52.599
 fast to

00:41:52.599 --> 00:41:52.980
 this.

00:41:54.440 --> 00:41:54.839
 Christ

00:41:54.839 --> 00:41:55.319
 is

00:41:55.319 --> 00:41:55.920
 my

00:41:55.920 --> 00:41:59.599
 risen

00:41:59.599 --> 00:42:00.179
 and

00:42:00.179 --> 00:42:00.819
 reigning

00:42:00.819 --> 00:42:04.019
 priest

00:42:04.019 --> 00:42:04.659
 and

00:42:04.659 --> 00:42:05.279
 king.

00:42:07.940 --> 00:42:08.219
 Draw

00:42:08.219 --> 00:42:08.619
 near to

00:42:08.619 --> 00:42:08.819
 him

00:42:08.819 --> 00:42:09.079
 this

00:42:09.079 --> 00:42:09.360
 week.

00:42:10.360 --> 00:42:10.659
 Let's

00:42:10.659 --> 00:42:10.880
 pray.

00:42:10.880 --> 00:42:17.140
 Lord

00:42:17.140 --> 00:42:17.460
 Jesus,

00:42:17.980 --> 00:42:19.019
 we do

00:42:19.019 --> 00:42:19.320
 have a

00:42:19.320 --> 00:42:19.559
 soft

00:42:19.559 --> 00:42:19.920
 spot

00:42:19.920 --> 00:42:20.160
 for

00:42:20.160 --> 00:42:20.460
 sin,

00:42:21.460 --> 00:42:24.480
 but we

00:42:24.480 --> 00:42:24.840
 love

00:42:24.840 --> 00:42:25.200
 you.

00:42:30.519 --> 00:42:31.039
 I

00:42:31.039 --> 00:42:31.220
 pray,

00:42:31.380 --> 00:42:31.519
 Father,

00:42:31.599 --> 00:42:31.960
 that you'd

00:42:31.960 --> 00:42:32.240
 pour out

00:42:32.240 --> 00:42:32.380
 your

00:42:32.380 --> 00:42:32.720
 spirit

00:42:32.720 --> 00:42:33.280
 on this

00:42:33.280 --> 00:42:33.619
 people

00:42:33.619 --> 00:42:34.099
 in this

00:42:34.099 --> 00:42:34.460
 room

00:42:34.460 --> 00:42:35.079
 and that

00:42:35.079 --> 00:42:35.440
 you would

00:42:35.440 --> 00:42:35.860
 convince

00:42:35.860 --> 00:42:36.280
 them

00:42:36.280 --> 00:42:37.380
 that your

00:42:37.380 --> 00:42:37.940
 throne of

00:42:37.940 --> 00:42:38.340
 grace

00:42:38.340 --> 00:42:39.260
 is a

00:42:39.260 --> 00:42:39.760
 place

00:42:39.760 --> 00:42:40.200
 of

00:42:40.200 --> 00:42:40.700
 welcome

00:42:40.700 --> 00:42:43.900
 for the

00:42:43.900 --> 00:42:44.200
 weak,

00:42:45.200 --> 00:42:46.420
 for the

00:42:46.420 --> 00:42:46.760
 tempted,

00:42:47.600 --> 00:42:48.520
 for those

00:42:48.520 --> 00:42:48.840
 who blew

00:42:48.840 --> 00:42:49.120
 it,

00:42:50.180 --> 00:42:51.320
 that you

00:42:51.320 --> 00:42:51.800
 welcomed

00:42:51.800 --> 00:42:52.120
 them,

00:42:52.620 --> 00:42:53.200
 that you

00:42:53.200 --> 00:42:53.740
 have grace

00:42:53.740 --> 00:42:54.300
 for them,

00:42:54.760 --> 00:42:55.680
 that you

00:42:55.680 --> 00:42:56.020
 want to

00:42:56.020 --> 00:42:56.500
 strengthen

00:42:56.500 --> 00:42:56.980
 them,

00:42:57.520 --> 00:42:58.020
 that you

00:42:58.020 --> 00:42:58.300
 want to

00:42:58.300 --> 00:42:58.800
 help them

00:42:58.800 --> 00:42:59.460
 hold fast

00:42:59.460 --> 00:43:00.080
 to you

00:43:00.080 --> 00:43:00.940
 all the way

00:43:00.940 --> 00:43:01.240
 to the

00:43:01.240 --> 00:43:01.460
 end.

00:43:01.460 --> 00:43:04.199
 God,

00:43:04.240 --> 00:43:04.440
 I do

00:43:04.440 --> 00:43:04.860
 pray that

00:43:04.860 --> 00:43:05.179
 you would

00:43:05.179 --> 00:43:05.980
 help us

00:43:05.980 --> 00:43:07.619
 to

00:43:07.619 --> 00:43:08.179
 remember

00:43:08.179 --> 00:43:09.720
 our

00:43:09.720 --> 00:43:10.320
 priest and

00:43:10.320 --> 00:43:11.159
 king who's

00:43:11.159 --> 00:43:11.740
 gone through

00:43:11.740 --> 00:43:12.440
 the heavenlies

00:43:12.440 --> 00:43:12.880
 and is at

00:43:12.880 --> 00:43:14.079
 the right

00:43:14.079 --> 00:43:14.679
 hand of

00:43:14.679 --> 00:43:15.199
 you,

00:43:15.360 --> 00:43:16.059
 majesty on

00:43:16.059 --> 00:43:16.440
 high,

00:43:16.599 --> 00:43:17.019
 and that

00:43:17.019 --> 00:43:18.079
 you invite

00:43:18.079 --> 00:43:18.820
 us in

00:43:18.820 --> 00:43:22.119
 and it's

00:43:22.119 --> 00:43:22.579
 blood-bought.

00:43:24.260 --> 00:43:25.139
 We pray this

00:43:25.139 --> 00:43:25.420
 in the name

00:43:25.420 --> 00:43:25.840
 of Jesus.

00:43:26.720 --> 00:43:27.000
 Amen.

00:43:27.000 --> 00:43:27.139
 Amen.

00:43:27.139 --> 00:43:27.720
 Amen.

00:43:27.720 --> 00:43:28.000
 Amen.

00:43:28.000 --> 00:43:28.019
 Amen.

00:43:28.019 --> 00:43:28.079
 Amen.

00:43:28.079 --> 00:43:28.099
 Amen.

00:43:28.099 --> 00:43:28.139
 Amen.