WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:11.060 You may be seated, kids. You are excused to your King's Kids class if you would open up your Bible to Hebrews 13. 00:00:12.740 --> 00:00:16.899 We are coming in for a landing in the book of Hebrews. Two more sermons. 00:00:17.440 --> 00:00:23.140 So we are in Hebrews chapter 13 verses 7 through 19 this morning. 00:00:24.240 --> 00:00:28.400 And I'm going to read this. It's on page 1197 of your pew Bible. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:31.839 So hear God's Word. 00:00:34.579 --> 00:00:36.280 Remember your leaders. 00:00:38.140 --> 00:00:41.399 Those who spoke to you the Word of God. 00:00:43.140 --> 00:00:47.359 Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith. 00:00:48.840 --> 00:00:57.079 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. 00:00:57.079 --> 00:01:03.239 Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings. 00:01:03.500 --> 00:01:10.739 For it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods which have not benefited those devoted to them. 00:01:11.200 --> 00:01:14.900 We have an altar from which those who serve the tent have no right to eat. 00:01:14.900 --> 00:01:23.740 For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the holy places by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned outside the camp. 00:01:23.739 --> 00:01:31.419 So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood. 00:01:32.439 --> 00:01:37.659 Therefore, let us go to him outside the camp and bear the reproach he endured. 00:01:37.659 --> 00:01:43.599 For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come. 00:01:44.780 --> 00:01:52.780 Through him then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God that is the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name. 00:01:53.780 --> 00:01:57.900 Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have. 00:01:57.979 --> 00:02:00.179 For such sacrifices are pleasing to God. 00:02:00.180 --> 00:02:02.220 But obey your leaders and submit to them. 00:02:03.100 --> 00:02:06.800 For they are keeping watch over your souls as those who will have to give an account. 00:02:07.520 --> 00:02:12.040 Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you. 00:02:13.000 --> 00:02:18.900 Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience desiring to act honorably in all things. 00:02:19.000 --> 00:02:24.379 I urge you the more earnestly to do this in order that I may be restored to you the sooner. 00:02:25.040 --> 00:02:27.960 May God bless the reading of his word. 00:02:27.960 --> 00:02:35.159 We are living in an age of skepticism towards leaders. 00:02:35.420 --> 00:02:37.480 It's just kind of where we're at right now. 00:02:37.560 --> 00:02:47.780 Whether political leaders, local, national, whether business leaders, whether educational leaders, even church leaders. 00:02:48.900 --> 00:02:53.319 Church leaders have come into some rough times of late. 00:02:54.780 --> 00:02:55.900 Sexual scandals. 00:02:55.900 --> 00:03:00.000 Spiritual abuse scandals. 00:03:00.280 --> 00:03:01.900 Financial scandals. 00:03:01.980 --> 00:03:04.060 It seems like every week we got a new scandal. 00:03:05.659 --> 00:03:07.040 Couple that with the internet. 00:03:07.460 --> 00:03:13.360 And there's been a rise of skepticism to church leaders. 00:03:13.700 --> 00:03:15.200 In some degree, it's understandable. 00:03:15.199 --> 00:03:24.799 You may find yourself in this sanctuary skeptical of church leaders. 00:03:25.199 --> 00:03:28.560 Maybe even cynical of church leaders. 00:03:28.799 --> 00:03:33.239 Or maybe even you're done with church leaders. 00:03:33.899 --> 00:03:35.579 You're done with the church. 00:03:36.079 --> 00:03:37.919 I'm so glad that you're here this morning. 00:03:37.919 --> 00:03:48.560 Church leaders can be pointed to as the reason why people leave the church. 00:03:49.019 --> 00:03:51.719 And maybe you've lost faith in church leadership. 00:03:52.219 --> 00:03:55.439 Or maybe you're relatively new to the church and you're just kind of like, 00:03:55.500 --> 00:03:57.719 I've never heard anything on church leadership before. 00:03:57.719 --> 00:03:59.599 I'm glad you're here too. 00:04:00.599 --> 00:04:03.419 I'm going to ask you to give me a yes and amen on two questions. 00:04:04.419 --> 00:04:09.280 And I'm guessing it may be a resounding yes and amen. 00:04:09.620 --> 00:04:12.439 The foundations of this building may shake. 00:04:12.699 --> 00:04:13.079 You ready? 00:04:13.080 --> 00:04:17.319 I am an imperfect man. 00:04:21.220 --> 00:04:22.819 I am an imperfect leader. 00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:26.259 Yes and amen. 00:04:27.939 --> 00:04:28.840 That is true. 00:04:28.960 --> 00:04:30.280 So let me ask you, church. 00:04:31.620 --> 00:04:33.160 In light of verse 17, 00:04:33.160 --> 00:04:40.060 why would you ever obey and submit to your imperfect leaders? 00:04:40.060 --> 00:04:43.680 Well, here's the answer. 00:04:45.839 --> 00:04:59.399 God gives godly leaders for the good of his church. 00:05:00.060 --> 00:05:05.620 He calls up those men, those overseers, elders and pastors 00:05:05.620 --> 00:05:08.279 who are holding fast to Christ themselves 00:05:08.279 --> 00:05:12.639 so that they can help others hold fast to Christ as well. 00:05:13.139 --> 00:05:14.819 So three points this morning. 00:05:16.279 --> 00:05:17.539 Our past leaders. 00:05:19.099 --> 00:05:22.000 Second point, our present leaders. 00:05:22.899 --> 00:05:24.339 And our third point, 00:05:25.199 --> 00:05:29.339 our timeless and unchanging Christ. 00:05:30.639 --> 00:05:35.079 God gives godly leaders for the good of his church. 00:05:35.079 --> 00:05:36.919 And as they hold fast to Christ, 00:05:37.000 --> 00:05:40.759 they're going to help others hold fast to Christ. 00:05:40.759 --> 00:05:43.939 And there lies your confidence. 00:05:45.359 --> 00:05:45.899 Christ. 00:05:47.379 --> 00:05:49.899 So let's look at point one, 00:05:50.680 --> 00:05:52.139 our past leaders. 00:05:52.259 --> 00:05:54.799 Look at chapter 13, verse 7. 00:05:55.860 --> 00:05:57.360 Remember your leaders. 00:05:57.360 --> 00:05:59.980 Now this could be this reference to leadership. 00:06:00.160 --> 00:06:05.879 These influencers could be a reference to like Paul or Apollos or Timothy. 00:06:06.060 --> 00:06:06.840 But most likely, 00:06:07.520 --> 00:06:11.199 the writer of Hebrews is referring to local church leaders. 00:06:11.920 --> 00:06:16.759 Men who regularly spoke to you the word of God. 00:06:17.759 --> 00:06:21.939 What's being alluded to here is the primary teaching office of the church. 00:06:21.939 --> 00:06:23.420 It's the office of elder. 00:06:23.420 --> 00:06:26.639 It's the office of pastor, of overseer. 00:06:26.779 --> 00:06:28.600 If you just kind of fall, 00:06:28.819 --> 00:06:30.500 let your eyes fall to verse 17, 00:06:30.680 --> 00:06:32.759 you see the basic job description. 00:06:33.620 --> 00:06:37.699 Those who will keep watch over your souls. 00:06:38.860 --> 00:06:41.560 The focus here is on past leaders 00:06:41.560 --> 00:06:44.860 who in order to watch over souls, 00:06:45.659 --> 00:06:48.000 speak the word of God to them. 00:06:48.000 --> 00:06:50.259 And in their speaking of the word of God, 00:06:50.339 --> 00:06:52.420 they will have been proclaiming Christ. 00:06:52.759 --> 00:06:55.439 Because Christ, Hebrews 1, 1 and 2, 00:06:55.980 --> 00:06:58.379 is the final word of God. 00:06:59.420 --> 00:07:01.060 So the connection we have here 00:07:01.060 --> 00:07:03.800 is a connection between Christian leaders 00:07:03.800 --> 00:07:06.040 speaking God's word 00:07:06.040 --> 00:07:08.459 and the care of souls. 00:07:08.779 --> 00:07:09.839 And we're to remember them. 00:07:10.980 --> 00:07:12.579 Now I would be in agreement 00:07:12.579 --> 00:07:15.060 with a number of Christian scholars 00:07:15.060 --> 00:07:16.759 who believe this reference 00:07:16.759 --> 00:07:18.540 to remember your leaders 00:07:18.540 --> 00:07:21.660 is actually to leaders who have already died. 00:07:22.480 --> 00:07:23.139 Past leaders. 00:07:24.160 --> 00:07:26.300 Past leaders who are faithful to Jesus 00:07:26.300 --> 00:07:27.740 all the way to the end. 00:07:28.459 --> 00:07:30.519 And that's why we're called to remember them 00:07:30.519 --> 00:07:31.579 in verse 7, 00:07:31.740 --> 00:07:33.340 but we're not called to 00:07:33.340 --> 00:07:36.459 obey and submit to them. 00:07:37.340 --> 00:07:38.579 We're to remember them. 00:07:38.620 --> 00:07:40.759 And we're shown three ways we're to remember. 00:07:40.959 --> 00:07:43.480 They remember how they spoke the word of God to you. 00:07:43.480 --> 00:07:48.060 How they constantly spoke to you God's word. 00:07:48.259 --> 00:07:51.060 Pointing to you to Christ over and over again. 00:07:51.200 --> 00:07:52.500 When he wanted to hear it 00:07:52.500 --> 00:07:53.900 and when he didn't want to hear it. 00:07:54.140 --> 00:07:55.680 They spoke Christ to you. 00:07:56.180 --> 00:07:57.920 They led with God's word. 00:08:00.000 --> 00:08:03.080 We're also to consider the outcome of their faith. 00:08:04.819 --> 00:08:05.900 Their legacy. 00:08:07.400 --> 00:08:08.780 What they leave behind. 00:08:08.779 --> 00:08:16.139 The leaders that the writer of Hebrews has in mind 00:08:16.139 --> 00:08:17.659 left quite a legacy. 00:08:18.000 --> 00:08:19.879 If you would flip back into your Bible 00:08:19.879 --> 00:08:21.579 to chapter 10, Hebrews 10, 00:08:22.039 --> 00:08:24.679 verses 32 through 34. 00:08:25.039 --> 00:08:27.919 We've looked at this passage numerous times 00:08:27.919 --> 00:08:29.419 because this was a suffering church. 00:08:30.959 --> 00:08:31.859 The writer says, 00:08:31.860 --> 00:08:57.440 Do you know what is required 00:08:57.440 --> 00:09:02.520 for a church to go through a season of suffering 00:09:02.520 --> 00:09:05.180 rejoicing, enduring? 00:09:05.500 --> 00:09:08.620 They need leadership to do that. 00:09:09.240 --> 00:09:09.960 What a legacy. 00:09:11.220 --> 00:09:14.000 The leaders being spoken about here in verse 7 00:09:14.000 --> 00:09:17.500 are the men that led this church early on 00:09:17.500 --> 00:09:19.800 through a really hard season of suffering. 00:09:20.820 --> 00:09:22.640 Remember the outcome of their way of life. 00:09:23.280 --> 00:09:26.320 They endured to the end. 00:09:26.320 --> 00:09:28.740 They held fast to Christ all the way to the end. 00:09:29.180 --> 00:09:29.820 Remember that. 00:09:30.440 --> 00:09:31.240 Consider that. 00:09:31.540 --> 00:09:32.640 What did that require? 00:09:34.500 --> 00:09:35.540 They were faithful. 00:09:37.040 --> 00:09:40.120 We're also told to imitate their faith. 00:09:41.620 --> 00:09:43.500 A faith that endured to the end. 00:09:43.820 --> 00:09:45.940 We've been called to imitate quite a number of people 00:09:45.940 --> 00:09:46.980 here in the book of Hebrews. 00:09:47.440 --> 00:09:49.740 Chapter 11 is the whole kind of passage 00:09:49.740 --> 00:09:51.140 of the heroes of the faith. 00:09:51.260 --> 00:09:52.580 Over 20 people named. 00:09:52.580 --> 00:09:55.220 These saints of the Old Testament 00:09:55.220 --> 00:09:59.259 who by faith endured all the way to the end 00:09:59.259 --> 00:10:01.759 because they were looking forward to a better country, 00:10:01.860 --> 00:10:02.720 a heavenly homeland, 00:10:03.320 --> 00:10:06.020 a city whose architect and builder was God himself. 00:10:07.100 --> 00:10:09.860 We are to imitate that kind of faith. 00:10:10.280 --> 00:10:11.160 12, 1, and 3, 00:10:11.280 --> 00:10:13.759 the ultimate example of endurance, 00:10:14.040 --> 00:10:14.720 Jesus himself, 00:10:15.580 --> 00:10:17.060 who suffered the cross 00:10:17.059 --> 00:10:18.919 in order to accomplish our salvation 00:10:18.919 --> 00:10:22.279 and give us an example of endurance 00:10:22.279 --> 00:10:23.619 all in one shot. 00:10:24.899 --> 00:10:26.339 And here in 13.7, 00:10:26.399 --> 00:10:27.559 we have one more group 00:10:27.559 --> 00:10:31.019 whose faith we are to imitate 00:10:31.019 --> 00:10:34.479 Christian leaders who have died, 00:10:35.479 --> 00:10:37.459 who were faithful, 00:10:37.619 --> 00:10:39.339 who didn't stray from Christ, 00:10:39.679 --> 00:10:41.559 who were willing to suffer for Christ, 00:10:41.559 --> 00:10:44.479 who were constantly offering up 00:10:44.479 --> 00:10:47.599 the new covenant sacrifice of praise 00:10:47.599 --> 00:10:50.000 to God through Christ. 00:10:51.919 --> 00:10:54.479 God gives godly leaders 00:10:54.479 --> 00:10:57.779 for the good of his church. 00:10:57.959 --> 00:10:59.199 He gives godly leaders 00:10:59.199 --> 00:11:00.659 who hold fast to Christ 00:11:00.659 --> 00:11:02.839 in order to help the church 00:11:02.839 --> 00:11:04.159 hold fast to Christ. 00:11:04.619 --> 00:11:07.000 Do you have past leaders 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:08.559 who you can look to, 00:11:08.659 --> 00:11:09.539 who you can remember 00:11:09.539 --> 00:11:11.459 and consider the outcome of their faith 00:11:11.459 --> 00:11:13.059 and you can imitate, 00:11:13.259 --> 00:11:14.079 do you have them? 00:11:15.480 --> 00:11:16.439 Thank God for them. 00:11:18.199 --> 00:11:19.659 Thank God for those models 00:11:19.659 --> 00:11:21.019 of faithfulness. 00:11:21.120 --> 00:11:21.419 Perfect? 00:11:21.659 --> 00:11:21.980 No. 00:11:22.980 --> 00:11:23.419 Faithful? 00:11:23.519 --> 00:11:23.860 Yes. 00:11:25.839 --> 00:11:27.620 Maybe when you look back 00:11:27.620 --> 00:11:29.120 and think about 00:11:29.120 --> 00:11:31.699 men who've given leadership 00:11:31.699 --> 00:11:33.079 to churches you've been part of, 00:11:33.079 --> 00:11:34.339 that ended with scandal. 00:11:36.719 --> 00:11:39.259 Consider the outcome of their faith. 00:11:39.539 --> 00:11:41.339 But don't imitate it. 00:11:43.099 --> 00:11:44.279 Or maybe you're saying like, 00:11:44.379 --> 00:11:45.419 hey, I'm pretty new 00:11:45.419 --> 00:11:46.719 to this whole Christianity thing. 00:11:47.219 --> 00:11:50.019 It's not like I've got examples. 00:11:50.199 --> 00:11:50.599 I'm new. 00:11:52.939 --> 00:11:54.559 Read Christian biographies. 00:11:56.139 --> 00:11:58.480 There are some great missionary biographies 00:11:59.079 --> 00:12:03.379 that point to men and women, 00:12:03.519 --> 00:12:05.159 but the three I'm going to give you 00:12:05.159 --> 00:12:07.480 are excellent stories of men 00:12:07.480 --> 00:12:08.100 who are faithful. 00:12:08.300 --> 00:12:10.139 Adoniram Judson to the Golden Shore. 00:12:10.700 --> 00:12:11.320 Hudson Taylor, 00:12:11.480 --> 00:12:12.259 Spiritual Secret. 00:12:13.259 --> 00:12:14.420 John Patton, 00:12:14.519 --> 00:12:14.960 the missionary 00:12:14.960 --> 00:12:15.960 to the New Hebrides. 00:12:16.480 --> 00:12:16.700 These, 00:12:16.920 --> 00:12:18.159 you read these stories 00:12:18.159 --> 00:12:19.080 and they're stories 00:12:19.080 --> 00:12:20.180 of men 00:12:20.180 --> 00:12:22.399 who have endured so much. 00:12:22.539 --> 00:12:22.800 It's, 00:12:22.920 --> 00:12:24.680 it's really quite encouraging. 00:12:26.039 --> 00:12:26.960 But I would say 00:12:26.960 --> 00:12:27.279 one, 00:12:27.399 --> 00:12:28.080 one other thing. 00:12:28.600 --> 00:12:29.539 I'm going to make a transition 00:12:29.539 --> 00:12:30.379 from point one, 00:12:30.460 --> 00:12:31.240 our past leaders, 00:12:31.740 --> 00:12:33.420 to point two. 00:12:33.419 --> 00:12:36.000 you have present leaders 00:12:36.000 --> 00:12:38.879 that you can look to 00:12:38.879 --> 00:12:41.360 who are imperfect, 00:12:41.539 --> 00:12:42.240 yes and amen, 00:12:43.240 --> 00:12:44.500 but faithful. 00:12:46.019 --> 00:12:48.319 God gives godly leaders 00:12:48.319 --> 00:12:49.879 for the good of His church. 00:12:50.000 --> 00:12:50.639 Let's move to, 00:12:50.979 --> 00:12:51.639 point two, 00:12:52.079 --> 00:12:53.479 our present leaders. 00:12:54.000 --> 00:12:55.360 We move from leaders 00:12:55.360 --> 00:12:55.879 who have died, 00:12:55.979 --> 00:12:56.360 verse seven, 00:12:56.479 --> 00:12:58.679 to leaders who are alive, 00:12:58.819 --> 00:12:59.579 in verse 17. 00:12:59.580 --> 00:13:01.940 And look at the job description. 00:13:04.940 --> 00:13:06.360 We're told to obey your leaders 00:13:06.360 --> 00:13:07.100 and submit to them. 00:13:07.180 --> 00:13:08.420 Here's the job description. 00:13:08.620 --> 00:13:09.920 For they are keeping watch 00:13:09.920 --> 00:13:11.680 over your souls. 00:13:12.240 --> 00:13:13.300 In the original language 00:13:13.300 --> 00:13:13.960 of the New Testament 00:13:13.960 --> 00:13:14.500 in Greek, 00:13:14.680 --> 00:13:15.300 Koine Greek, 00:13:15.879 --> 00:13:17.300 that word keep watch over, 00:13:17.560 --> 00:13:18.220 keep watch, 00:13:19.100 --> 00:13:20.120 it literally means 00:13:20.120 --> 00:13:21.240 to go without sleep. 00:13:23.480 --> 00:13:25.100 Like a night watchman 00:13:25.100 --> 00:13:28.720 who works the third shift 00:13:28.720 --> 00:13:30.720 he's on guard, 00:13:31.660 --> 00:13:33.360 making sure the property 00:13:33.360 --> 00:13:34.759 he isn't taken advantage of. 00:13:35.740 --> 00:13:36.800 Like a shepherd, 00:13:38.000 --> 00:13:39.279 keeping watch over his sheep 00:13:39.279 --> 00:13:40.420 by day and by night, 00:13:41.480 --> 00:13:43.639 making sure no wolves come in. 00:13:45.500 --> 00:13:48.899 This idea of keeping watch over 00:13:48.899 --> 00:13:52.040 carries this sense of vigilance. 00:13:53.759 --> 00:13:55.800 A leader, an overseer, 00:13:56.000 --> 00:13:58.279 a pastor or an elder 00:13:58.279 --> 00:14:02.959 prayerfully keeps his eye 00:14:02.959 --> 00:14:05.860 on those God has entrusted 00:14:05.860 --> 00:14:07.360 to his care. 00:14:08.759 --> 00:14:11.779 To protect from wolves 00:14:11.779 --> 00:14:12.679 and false teaching, 00:14:12.919 --> 00:14:15.139 to provide healthy doctrine 00:14:15.139 --> 00:14:17.579 and intervene when sheep are hurting. 00:14:20.019 --> 00:14:21.579 Christian overseers, 00:14:21.919 --> 00:14:25.740 watch over that part of you 00:14:25.740 --> 00:14:27.700 that matters most, 00:14:28.299 --> 00:14:29.240 your soul. 00:14:30.419 --> 00:14:31.620 That part of you 00:14:31.620 --> 00:14:32.480 that is eternal, 00:14:33.080 --> 00:14:33.980 that part of you, 00:14:34.120 --> 00:14:35.220 your inner being, 00:14:36.159 --> 00:14:37.620 that worships God. 00:14:38.620 --> 00:14:40.039 It all starts there. 00:14:41.139 --> 00:14:44.419 We're to watch over your souls. 00:14:46.820 --> 00:14:48.120 First and foremost, 00:14:49.560 --> 00:14:50.539 a Christian leader, 00:14:51.180 --> 00:14:52.139 elders, pastors, 00:14:52.139 --> 00:14:52.980 overseers, 00:14:52.980 --> 00:14:53.960 are entrusted 00:14:53.960 --> 00:14:57.360 with a sacred responsibility 00:14:57.360 --> 00:14:58.819 by God himself 00:14:58.819 --> 00:15:02.220 to see to the well-being 00:15:02.220 --> 00:15:03.279 of the Christians 00:15:03.279 --> 00:15:05.639 entrusted to their care 00:15:05.639 --> 00:15:06.240 in their church. 00:15:07.480 --> 00:15:08.840 It is weighty. 00:15:11.120 --> 00:15:12.360 In Acts chapter 20, 00:15:13.220 --> 00:15:14.620 if you want to turn there with me, 00:15:14.620 --> 00:15:18.460 it's on page 1105 00:15:18.460 --> 00:15:19.600 of your pew Bible. 00:15:19.980 --> 00:15:20.899 In Acts chapter 20, 00:15:21.799 --> 00:15:22.960 the apostle Paul, 00:15:23.039 --> 00:15:23.860 in verse 17, 00:15:24.100 --> 00:15:25.700 sends for the elders 00:15:25.700 --> 00:15:27.220 of the Ephesian church. 00:15:27.940 --> 00:15:28.519 And he says, 00:15:28.580 --> 00:15:29.600 hey, meet me in my latest. 00:15:29.679 --> 00:15:30.340 It's a poor city. 00:15:30.419 --> 00:15:31.139 He was on his way back 00:15:31.139 --> 00:15:31.720 to Jerusalem. 00:15:32.759 --> 00:15:33.899 And it's there, 00:15:34.539 --> 00:15:35.179 in my latest, 00:15:35.279 --> 00:15:36.159 that he meets them. 00:15:36.220 --> 00:15:37.159 And in verse 25, 00:15:37.299 --> 00:15:38.060 we read this. 00:15:38.419 --> 00:15:39.480 And this is Paul speaking, 00:15:39.539 --> 00:15:40.080 and now behold, 00:15:40.180 --> 00:15:41.220 I know that none of you 00:15:41.220 --> 00:15:42.860 among whom I have gone about 00:15:42.860 --> 00:15:43.680 proclaiming the kingdom 00:15:43.680 --> 00:15:45.139 will see my face again. 00:15:45.220 --> 00:15:45.899 So in other words, 00:15:46.560 --> 00:15:47.060 he's like, 00:15:47.120 --> 00:15:48.659 this is the last time, guys, 00:15:48.659 --> 00:15:50.639 I am going to see your face 00:15:50.639 --> 00:15:51.720 as long as I live. 00:15:52.019 --> 00:15:52.840 So immediately, 00:15:53.039 --> 00:15:53.259 you know, 00:15:53.320 --> 00:15:54.159 this is serious, 00:15:54.320 --> 00:15:55.279 a serious moment. 00:15:56.000 --> 00:15:56.840 The apostle Paul 00:15:56.840 --> 00:15:58.159 is about to charge 00:15:58.159 --> 00:15:59.220 these elders 00:15:59.220 --> 00:16:01.100 with something weighty. 00:16:02.980 --> 00:16:04.279 In verse 26, 00:16:04.480 --> 00:16:05.620 therefore I testify to you 00:16:05.620 --> 00:16:06.120 to this day 00:16:06.120 --> 00:16:07.080 that I am innocent 00:16:07.080 --> 00:16:08.399 of the blood of all. 00:16:08.500 --> 00:16:09.779 He has a clear conscience. 00:16:09.779 --> 00:16:13.039 For I did not shrink 00:16:13.039 --> 00:16:13.839 from declaring to you 00:16:13.839 --> 00:16:14.600 the whole counsel 00:16:14.600 --> 00:16:15.139 of scripture. 00:16:15.480 --> 00:16:17.139 He spoke to them 00:16:17.139 --> 00:16:18.100 the word of God, 00:16:18.240 --> 00:16:18.740 Christ. 00:16:19.240 --> 00:16:20.240 And then in verse 28, 00:16:20.319 --> 00:16:20.579 he says, 00:16:20.720 --> 00:16:21.600 pay careful attention 00:16:21.600 --> 00:16:22.339 to yourselves 00:16:22.339 --> 00:16:23.799 and to all the flock. 00:16:23.959 --> 00:16:24.819 So to elders, 00:16:25.120 --> 00:16:25.860 he's saying, 00:16:26.220 --> 00:16:27.000 pay careful attention 00:16:27.000 --> 00:16:27.620 to yourselves 00:16:27.620 --> 00:16:28.519 and all the flock. 00:16:28.799 --> 00:16:29.779 Flock, shepherd. 00:16:31.000 --> 00:16:31.759 He's calling them 00:16:31.759 --> 00:16:32.959 to a shepherding task. 00:16:34.259 --> 00:16:34.980 And not only are they 00:16:34.980 --> 00:16:35.559 going to pay attention 00:16:35.559 --> 00:16:36.519 to the flock, 00:16:37.059 --> 00:16:38.459 to themselves. 00:16:40.139 --> 00:16:41.240 Our elder team, 00:16:41.919 --> 00:16:43.519 we have Les Martin, 00:16:43.720 --> 00:16:44.339 Steve Bickle, 00:16:44.779 --> 00:16:45.360 John Tippin, 00:16:45.439 --> 00:16:45.740 myself, 00:16:46.039 --> 00:16:46.959 and Zach Melgren 00:16:46.959 --> 00:16:48.459 is going to be put in, 00:16:48.539 --> 00:16:48.919 Lord willing, 00:16:48.980 --> 00:16:50.159 as an elder this January. 00:16:50.879 --> 00:16:52.759 We care for each other. 00:16:52.839 --> 00:16:54.139 We look out for one another. 00:16:56.039 --> 00:16:57.059 This isn't a good old 00:16:57.059 --> 00:16:57.600 boys club. 00:17:01.179 --> 00:17:02.199 We pay attention 00:17:02.199 --> 00:17:03.000 to ourselves 00:17:03.000 --> 00:17:05.220 and to the church, 00:17:06.220 --> 00:17:07.319 his flock, 00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:08.740 in which the Holy Spirit 00:17:08.740 --> 00:17:10.599 has made you overseers. 00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:12.519 The Holy Spirit 00:17:12.519 --> 00:17:16.279 has made you overseers. 00:17:16.399 --> 00:17:17.919 And so this chapter 20, 00:17:18.019 --> 00:17:19.000 we have elders 00:17:19.000 --> 00:17:21.799 pastoring as overseers. 00:17:21.919 --> 00:17:23.960 It's all one group of words 00:17:23.960 --> 00:17:25.339 describing one office. 00:17:25.339 --> 00:17:30.480 It's a weighty call 00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:32.339 to care for the church 00:17:32.339 --> 00:17:33.039 of God 00:17:33.039 --> 00:17:34.679 which he obtained 00:17:34.679 --> 00:17:37.439 with his own blood. 00:17:38.079 --> 00:17:40.819 The blood-bought flock 00:17:40.819 --> 00:17:42.139 of God. 00:17:42.879 --> 00:17:43.839 And Christian leaders 00:17:43.839 --> 00:17:46.079 were under shepherds 00:17:46.079 --> 00:17:48.220 of the chief shepherd, 00:17:48.359 --> 00:17:49.220 1 Peter 5. 00:17:49.220 --> 00:17:51.180 And so this responsibility 00:17:51.180 --> 00:17:52.480 given to us by God 00:17:52.480 --> 00:17:53.420 carries an authority 00:17:53.420 --> 00:17:55.460 but it's a derived authority. 00:17:55.900 --> 00:17:56.799 It's not our own. 00:17:57.720 --> 00:17:58.440 It's God-given. 00:17:58.900 --> 00:18:00.000 We exercise it 00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:01.079 with God's word. 00:18:01.880 --> 00:18:03.620 It's a word authority. 00:18:04.120 --> 00:18:05.279 And we call people 00:18:05.279 --> 00:18:07.220 to obey God 00:18:07.220 --> 00:18:08.539 from his word. 00:18:10.420 --> 00:18:11.559 God has given 00:18:11.559 --> 00:18:12.519 his under shepherds 00:18:12.519 --> 00:18:13.759 the right to intervene 00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:14.920 in Christians' lives 00:18:14.920 --> 00:18:16.860 out of care 00:18:16.860 --> 00:18:18.019 for his flock. 00:18:18.019 --> 00:18:22.619 In verse 17, 00:18:23.180 --> 00:18:24.339 in the middle of it, 00:18:25.420 --> 00:18:27.220 there is a phrase 00:18:27.220 --> 00:18:30.920 that any church leader 00:18:30.920 --> 00:18:34.119 finds very sobering. 00:18:35.460 --> 00:18:36.980 As those who will have 00:18:36.980 --> 00:18:37.799 to give an account, 00:18:39.940 --> 00:18:42.619 according to 2 Corinthians 5, 00:18:43.519 --> 00:18:44.460 all of us will have 00:18:44.460 --> 00:18:45.019 to stand before 00:18:45.019 --> 00:18:46.220 the judgment seat of Christ 00:18:46.220 --> 00:18:47.019 and give an account. 00:18:48.019 --> 00:18:49.900 But Christian leaders 00:18:49.900 --> 00:18:51.579 uniquely will need 00:18:51.579 --> 00:18:52.619 to stand before Jesus 00:18:52.619 --> 00:18:53.599 and give account 00:18:53.599 --> 00:18:54.940 for all of their teaching, 00:18:55.339 --> 00:18:56.180 all of their leading, 00:18:56.559 --> 00:18:57.819 how they led, 00:18:58.940 --> 00:19:00.619 cared for the flock of God. 00:19:01.079 --> 00:19:03.660 It is a weighty thought. 00:19:06.299 --> 00:19:08.259 How we shepherd 00:19:08.259 --> 00:19:10.980 matters to Jesus. 00:19:10.980 --> 00:19:13.360 and it's sobering 00:19:13.360 --> 00:19:15.319 and motivating. 00:19:15.319 --> 00:19:17.599 We want to do it well. 00:19:19.000 --> 00:19:20.839 Do you know why leaders lead? 00:19:21.960 --> 00:19:24.259 We lead for the name of Jesus. 00:19:25.620 --> 00:19:27.819 We lead God's people 00:19:27.819 --> 00:19:28.839 unto Jesus 00:19:28.839 --> 00:19:31.279 for the glory of God 00:19:31.279 --> 00:19:33.799 that you would hold fast to Christ. 00:19:34.140 --> 00:19:35.220 And you know what it begins with? 00:19:35.440 --> 00:19:36.900 It begins with us 00:19:36.900 --> 00:19:38.759 not straying from Christ. 00:19:38.759 --> 00:19:40.220 It begins with us 00:19:40.220 --> 00:19:41.660 being willing to suffer for Christ. 00:19:41.720 --> 00:19:43.059 It begins with us 00:19:43.059 --> 00:19:45.559 offering worship to God 00:19:45.559 --> 00:19:46.460 through Christ. 00:19:46.720 --> 00:19:48.000 It's called integrity. 00:19:49.640 --> 00:19:51.140 It's a clear conscience. 00:19:52.799 --> 00:19:54.359 And this is why God 00:19:54.359 --> 00:19:58.539 insists on certain qualifications 00:19:58.539 --> 00:20:00.960 being met by the men 00:20:00.960 --> 00:20:03.519 who serve as elders 00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:04.640 and overseers 00:20:04.640 --> 00:20:05.759 and pastors. 00:20:07.100 --> 00:20:09.040 I want you to see something. 00:20:10.460 --> 00:20:12.000 If you turn in your Bibles 00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:13.640 to 1 Timothy 3, 00:20:16.060 --> 00:20:17.780 this is on page 1178 00:20:17.780 --> 00:20:18.759 of your Pew Bible. 00:20:22.560 --> 00:20:24.160 These are the qualifications 00:20:24.160 --> 00:20:26.200 for an elder, 00:20:26.780 --> 00:20:27.360 a pastor, 00:20:27.660 --> 00:20:28.460 an overseer. 00:20:28.960 --> 00:20:30.240 I'm just going to read it through. 00:20:30.240 --> 00:20:35.859 This saying is trustworthy. 00:20:37.700 --> 00:20:39.200 If anyone aspires 00:20:39.200 --> 00:20:41.079 to the office of overseer, 00:20:41.640 --> 00:20:44.079 he desires a noble task. 00:20:44.180 --> 00:20:45.000 It is a good thing. 00:20:46.819 --> 00:20:47.900 Therefore, an overseer 00:20:47.900 --> 00:20:49.319 must be above reproach, 00:20:49.400 --> 00:20:50.500 the husband of one wife, 00:20:50.660 --> 00:20:51.259 sober-minded, 00:20:52.259 --> 00:20:53.000 self-controlled, 00:20:53.519 --> 00:20:54.019 respectable, 00:20:54.640 --> 00:20:55.160 hospitable, 00:20:56.039 --> 00:20:56.779 able to teach, 00:20:56.980 --> 00:20:57.740 not a drunkard, 00:20:58.140 --> 00:20:58.819 not violent, 00:20:58.819 --> 00:20:59.319 but gentle, 00:20:59.839 --> 00:21:00.740 not quarrelsome, 00:21:01.000 --> 00:21:01.939 not a lover of money. 00:21:02.639 --> 00:21:03.379 He must manage 00:21:03.379 --> 00:21:04.379 his own household well 00:21:04.379 --> 00:21:05.139 with all dignity 00:21:05.139 --> 00:21:06.720 keeping his children submissive. 00:21:07.599 --> 00:21:08.500 If someone does not know 00:21:08.500 --> 00:21:09.119 how to manage 00:21:09.119 --> 00:21:09.839 his own household, 00:21:10.019 --> 00:21:11.339 how will he care 00:21:11.339 --> 00:21:12.799 for God's church? 00:21:13.519 --> 00:21:14.240 He must not be 00:21:14.240 --> 00:21:15.139 a recent convert 00:21:15.139 --> 00:21:16.279 where he may become 00:21:16.279 --> 00:21:17.899 puffed up with conceit 00:21:17.899 --> 00:21:19.059 and fall into the condemnation 00:21:19.059 --> 00:21:19.599 of the devil. 00:21:20.259 --> 00:21:20.559 Moreover, 00:21:20.740 --> 00:21:22.220 he must be well thought of 00:21:22.220 --> 00:21:23.079 by outsiders 00:21:23.079 --> 00:21:24.480 so that he may not 00:21:24.480 --> 00:21:25.720 fall into disgrace, 00:21:25.819 --> 00:21:26.539 into a snare 00:21:26.539 --> 00:21:27.139 of the devil. 00:21:27.140 --> 00:21:29.720 we are entering 00:21:29.720 --> 00:21:30.960 into the fall 00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:32.220 and we've moved 00:21:32.220 --> 00:21:33.640 our nomination process 00:21:33.640 --> 00:21:35.140 for elders and deacons 00:21:35.140 --> 00:21:36.080 into the fall now 00:21:36.080 --> 00:21:37.259 and I just want to get 00:21:37.259 --> 00:21:38.200 this in front of you 00:21:38.200 --> 00:21:40.220 because this matters 00:21:40.220 --> 00:21:41.460 in terms of 00:21:41.460 --> 00:21:42.420 who leads our church. 00:21:43.780 --> 00:21:44.720 Man of character, 00:21:45.960 --> 00:21:46.420 perfect, 00:21:46.640 --> 00:21:46.940 no, 00:21:47.240 --> 00:21:47.759 trustworthy, 00:21:48.700 --> 00:21:49.259 yes. 00:21:50.580 --> 00:21:51.259 Do you know why 00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:51.920 these qualifications 00:21:51.920 --> 00:21:52.640 are in place? 00:21:52.640 --> 00:21:55.560 because the Lord Jesus 00:21:55.560 --> 00:21:56.520 loves his church. 00:21:57.600 --> 00:21:58.580 He's not just going 00:21:58.580 --> 00:21:59.259 to hand his church 00:21:59.259 --> 00:21:59.940 over to anybody. 00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:02.640 But men who are 00:22:02.640 --> 00:22:04.120 proven characters, 00:22:04.840 --> 00:22:05.220 perfect, 00:22:05.420 --> 00:22:05.680 no, 00:22:06.400 --> 00:22:06.960 faithful, 00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:08.460 yes. 00:22:09.720 --> 00:22:10.860 So let me ask you, 00:22:11.860 --> 00:22:14.100 knowing this 00:22:14.100 --> 00:22:16.759 about a New Testament 00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:17.240 leader, 00:22:18.420 --> 00:22:18.920 a pastor, 00:22:18.920 --> 00:22:22.180 how do you respond 00:22:22.180 --> 00:22:22.660 to them? 00:22:24.680 --> 00:22:26.720 What's your response 00:22:26.720 --> 00:22:29.300 to an elder, 00:22:29.420 --> 00:22:30.200 an overseer? 00:22:32.259 --> 00:22:32.759 Well, 00:22:32.800 --> 00:22:33.500 in verse 17, 00:22:33.620 --> 00:22:34.100 we're shown, 00:22:34.880 --> 00:22:35.580 we're told, 00:22:37.580 --> 00:22:38.960 obey your leaders 00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:39.900 and submit to them 00:22:39.900 --> 00:22:41.740 for they're keeping 00:22:41.740 --> 00:22:42.940 watch over your souls. 00:22:42.940 --> 00:22:45.360 That word obey 00:22:45.360 --> 00:22:47.000 means to do 00:22:47.000 --> 00:22:47.740 what they say 00:22:47.740 --> 00:22:49.200 insofar as it's 00:22:49.200 --> 00:22:49.880 God's word. 00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:51.759 We lead with God's word. 00:22:51.840 --> 00:22:53.019 Our authority is derived. 00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:54.539 We're going to call you 00:22:54.539 --> 00:22:55.160 to things 00:22:55.160 --> 00:22:56.680 from God's word 00:22:56.680 --> 00:22:57.860 for the glory of Christ. 00:22:59.279 --> 00:23:00.059 What's interesting 00:23:00.059 --> 00:23:01.019 is that word obey, 00:23:01.140 --> 00:23:01.539 there's a couple 00:23:01.539 --> 00:23:02.160 different words 00:23:02.160 --> 00:23:03.000 in the original language 00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:03.440 for obey. 00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:04.019 This one 00:23:04.019 --> 00:23:05.380 carries a nuance 00:23:05.380 --> 00:23:06.220 of trust. 00:23:07.420 --> 00:23:08.380 To trust 00:23:08.380 --> 00:23:09.400 your leaders. 00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:12.019 To be confident 00:23:12.019 --> 00:23:12.580 in them. 00:23:13.900 --> 00:23:14.240 That they're not 00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:14.920 going to mislead you 00:23:14.920 --> 00:23:15.559 or take advantage 00:23:15.559 --> 00:23:15.860 of you. 00:23:15.920 --> 00:23:16.880 They're not in it 00:23:16.880 --> 00:23:17.580 for themselves. 00:23:18.920 --> 00:23:19.220 They're in it 00:23:19.220 --> 00:23:19.720 for Christ 00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:22.140 and for your welfare. 00:23:23.100 --> 00:23:24.200 You are to obey 00:23:24.200 --> 00:23:25.059 to your leaders 00:23:25.059 --> 00:23:26.000 and remember, 00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:26.259 we, 00:23:27.140 --> 00:23:28.820 our leadership team, 00:23:28.880 --> 00:23:29.340 our elders, 00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:30.519 we're looking 00:23:30.519 --> 00:23:31.580 to care for each other 00:23:31.580 --> 00:23:34.340 and just as we 00:23:34.340 --> 00:23:35.600 are giving oversight 00:23:35.600 --> 00:23:36.720 to the church, 00:23:37.180 --> 00:23:37.720 the church 00:23:37.720 --> 00:23:38.720 submits 00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:40.440 to the oversight 00:23:40.440 --> 00:23:42.080 of its elders. 00:23:42.079 --> 00:23:42.579 do you see 00:23:42.579 --> 00:23:43.460 the correspondence? 00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:46.519 Oversight is responded 00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:47.639 to through submission. 00:23:50.259 --> 00:23:51.199 You're essentially 00:23:51.199 --> 00:23:53.460 allowing your elders, 00:23:53.619 --> 00:23:54.419 your overseers 00:23:54.419 --> 00:23:55.859 to watch over your soul. 00:23:56.859 --> 00:23:59.000 It is not a forced 00:23:59.000 --> 00:23:59.500 submission. 00:24:01.079 --> 00:24:02.199 This is voluntary. 00:24:03.659 --> 00:24:04.439 This is something 00:24:04.439 --> 00:24:05.240 where you're opening 00:24:05.240 --> 00:24:06.099 yourself and say, 00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:06.419 okay, 00:24:07.419 --> 00:24:08.939 love me to Jesus. 00:24:08.940 --> 00:24:11.380 Help me to hold fast 00:24:11.380 --> 00:24:11.820 to Christ 00:24:11.820 --> 00:24:12.840 all the way through. 00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:13.960 And we know 00:24:13.960 --> 00:24:15.320 from last week 00:24:15.320 --> 00:24:16.360 in 1228, 00:24:17.120 --> 00:24:17.700 therefore let us 00:24:17.700 --> 00:24:18.160 be grateful 00:24:18.160 --> 00:24:19.059 receiving a kingdom 00:24:19.059 --> 00:24:20.059 that cannot be shaken 00:24:20.059 --> 00:24:21.799 and thus let us 00:24:21.799 --> 00:24:22.559 offer to God 00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:23.640 acceptable worship 00:24:23.640 --> 00:24:24.320 with reverence 00:24:24.320 --> 00:24:24.559 and awe. 00:24:24.620 --> 00:24:25.279 This is a way 00:24:25.279 --> 00:24:26.680 we worship God 00:24:26.680 --> 00:24:29.160 and how we 00:24:29.160 --> 00:24:30.180 respond to 00:24:30.180 --> 00:24:30.779 our leaders. 00:24:30.779 --> 00:24:35.899 this isn't blind 00:24:35.899 --> 00:24:36.379 obedience 00:24:36.379 --> 00:24:37.079 or submission. 00:24:38.639 --> 00:24:39.500 In so far 00:24:39.500 --> 00:24:41.559 as your overseers 00:24:41.559 --> 00:24:42.220 call you 00:24:42.220 --> 00:24:43.119 to hold fast, 00:24:43.399 --> 00:24:44.839 to trust Christ, 00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:45.839 follow them, 00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:46.720 obey them. 00:24:47.220 --> 00:24:49.220 But if your overseers 00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:50.099 are requiring 00:24:50.099 --> 00:24:50.980 something of you 00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:52.139 that obviously 00:24:52.139 --> 00:24:53.180 grieves God, 00:24:53.440 --> 00:24:54.639 it is your 00:24:54.639 --> 00:24:56.240 responsibility 00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:58.240 to not obey, 00:24:58.339 --> 00:24:59.200 to not submit. 00:24:59.200 --> 00:25:00.120 it's a worship 00:25:00.120 --> 00:25:00.620 of God. 00:25:03.120 --> 00:25:03.880 But man, 00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:05.900 that's not 00:25:05.900 --> 00:25:06.539 what any of us 00:25:06.539 --> 00:25:06.880 want. 00:25:09.799 --> 00:25:10.480 There's that 00:25:10.480 --> 00:25:11.059 little phrase, 00:25:11.180 --> 00:25:11.860 let them do this 00:25:11.860 --> 00:25:13.220 with joy 00:25:13.220 --> 00:25:14.840 and not 00:25:14.840 --> 00:25:15.539 with groaning. 00:25:18.140 --> 00:25:18.660 By the way, 00:25:18.660 --> 00:25:18.980 let me just 00:25:18.980 --> 00:25:20.039 let them, 00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:22.039 your overseers, 00:25:22.180 --> 00:25:22.640 your leaders, 00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:23.620 do this, 00:25:24.019 --> 00:25:24.640 keep watch over 00:25:24.640 --> 00:25:25.340 your souls 00:25:25.340 --> 00:25:26.519 with joy 00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:27.319 and not 00:25:27.319 --> 00:25:28.019 with groaning. 00:25:28.019 --> 00:25:29.720 maybe you're 00:25:29.720 --> 00:25:29.859 thinking, 00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:30.019 well, 00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:30.579 here it comes. 00:25:33.099 --> 00:25:33.839 Let me just 00:25:33.839 --> 00:25:35.480 help you understand 00:25:35.480 --> 00:25:35.920 what is being 00:25:35.920 --> 00:25:36.420 said here. 00:25:37.940 --> 00:25:38.559 Don't think 00:25:38.559 --> 00:25:39.279 of this as 00:25:39.279 --> 00:25:40.680 your leaders 00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:41.379 taking something 00:25:41.379 --> 00:25:42.039 personally. 00:25:43.619 --> 00:25:43.819 No, 00:25:43.879 --> 00:25:44.579 here's the joy. 00:25:45.079 --> 00:25:45.799 This is the context 00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:46.440 of the book. 00:25:47.879 --> 00:25:48.839 The joy 00:25:48.839 --> 00:25:49.680 of leaders 00:25:49.680 --> 00:25:51.240 of a church 00:25:51.240 --> 00:25:52.639 is when they 00:25:52.639 --> 00:25:53.480 are watching 00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:54.859 their church 00:25:54.859 --> 00:25:56.439 hold fast 00:25:56.439 --> 00:25:57.199 to Christ 00:25:57.199 --> 00:25:58.359 all the way 00:25:58.359 --> 00:25:59.000 to the end. 00:25:59.959 --> 00:26:00.479 That's where 00:26:00.479 --> 00:26:01.240 the joy is. 00:26:02.319 --> 00:26:03.139 1 Thessalonians 00:26:03.139 --> 00:26:03.639 3.8, 00:26:03.719 --> 00:26:04.479 Paul says to 00:26:04.479 --> 00:26:05.799 this Thessalonian 00:26:05.799 --> 00:26:06.299 church, 00:26:07.639 --> 00:26:07.819 he says, 00:26:07.899 --> 00:26:08.319 and now we 00:26:08.319 --> 00:26:08.899 live 00:26:08.899 --> 00:26:10.819 when you are 00:26:10.819 --> 00:26:11.219 standing 00:26:11.219 --> 00:26:12.039 steadfast 00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:12.759 in the Lord. 00:26:13.459 --> 00:26:13.759 Joy. 00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:16.259 1 John 3.4, 00:26:16.379 --> 00:26:16.799 maybe you're 00:26:16.799 --> 00:26:17.579 familiar with it. 00:26:18.939 --> 00:26:19.639 John says it 00:26:19.639 --> 00:26:20.139 this way, 00:26:20.139 --> 00:26:21.579 I have no 00:26:21.579 --> 00:26:22.179 greater joy 00:26:22.179 --> 00:26:22.740 than to hear 00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:23.459 that my children 00:26:23.460 --> 00:26:24.039 are walking 00:26:24.039 --> 00:26:24.700 in the truth. 00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:26.340 It is a huge 00:26:26.340 --> 00:26:26.960 joy 00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:28.640 when your 00:26:28.640 --> 00:26:29.400 overseers, 00:26:29.539 --> 00:26:29.819 pastors, 00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:30.400 and elders 00:26:30.400 --> 00:26:31.180 hear of 00:26:31.180 --> 00:26:32.500 bold steps 00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:33.140 of obedience, 00:26:33.940 --> 00:26:34.700 of owning 00:26:34.700 --> 00:26:35.319 sin, 00:26:35.440 --> 00:26:35.920 of seeking 00:26:35.920 --> 00:26:36.700 Christ, 00:26:36.819 --> 00:26:38.000 of worshiping 00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:38.279 him. 00:26:38.360 --> 00:26:38.680 That is 00:26:38.680 --> 00:26:39.900 huge joy. 00:26:40.039 --> 00:26:40.220 And the 00:26:40.220 --> 00:26:40.799 back side, 00:26:40.880 --> 00:26:41.360 the flip side 00:26:41.360 --> 00:26:42.000 of that is also 00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:42.259 true. 00:26:42.579 --> 00:26:43.160 The groaning. 00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:45.000 The groaning 00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:45.579 is when 00:26:45.579 --> 00:26:46.660 you are trying 00:26:46.660 --> 00:26:47.319 again and again 00:26:47.319 --> 00:26:47.920 to help 00:26:47.920 --> 00:26:48.620 a brother, 00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:49.000 sister, 00:26:49.100 --> 00:26:49.559 and the Lord 00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:50.759 to follow 00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.680 the Lord, 00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:52.700 but they 00:26:52.700 --> 00:26:53.500 arch. 00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:55.640 They resist. 00:26:56.680 --> 00:26:57.240 They get 00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:57.779 defensive. 00:26:59.400 --> 00:27:00.220 They make 00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:00.539 it very 00:27:00.539 --> 00:27:01.080 difficult. 00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:02.620 And 00:27:02.620 --> 00:27:03.620 often times 00:27:03.620 --> 00:27:03.940 you can 00:27:03.940 --> 00:27:05.060 watch them 00:27:05.060 --> 00:27:06.460 walk away 00:27:06.460 --> 00:27:07.259 from the 00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:07.519 Lord. 00:27:10.100 --> 00:27:11.420 This task 00:27:11.420 --> 00:27:11.940 of leadership 00:27:11.940 --> 00:27:12.880 is full 00:27:12.880 --> 00:27:13.500 of heartache, 00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:15.519 but it's 00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:16.320 full of joy 00:27:16.320 --> 00:27:17.900 as well. 00:27:17.900 --> 00:27:19.960 it's no 00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:20.400 advantage 00:27:20.400 --> 00:27:21.120 to you 00:27:21.120 --> 00:27:22.580 if you 00:27:22.580 --> 00:27:23.700 are arching 00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:24.480 under the 00:27:24.480 --> 00:27:24.820 leadership 00:27:24.820 --> 00:27:25.280 of your 00:27:25.280 --> 00:27:25.880 church, 00:27:25.880 --> 00:27:27.000 because what 00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:27.660 that means 00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:28.440 is you're 00:27:28.440 --> 00:27:29.040 arching 00:27:29.040 --> 00:27:29.519 under 00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:30.040 Jesus. 00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:32.840 It's no 00:27:32.840 --> 00:27:33.180 advantage 00:27:33.180 --> 00:27:33.620 to you. 00:27:35.340 --> 00:27:36.340 The best 00:27:36.340 --> 00:27:37.000 thing that 00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:37.800 your leaders 00:27:37.800 --> 00:27:38.380 can do 00:27:38.380 --> 00:27:39.040 for you 00:27:39.040 --> 00:27:40.259 is for 00:27:40.259 --> 00:27:40.720 themselves 00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:41.160 to hold 00:27:41.160 --> 00:27:41.660 fast to 00:27:41.660 --> 00:27:42.000 Christ. 00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:44.500 to 00:27:44.500 --> 00:27:44.720 not 00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:45.200 straight, 00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:45.619 to 00:27:45.619 --> 00:27:46.000 draw 00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:46.359 near, 00:27:46.980 --> 00:27:47.180 to 00:27:47.180 --> 00:27:48.039 be 00:27:48.039 --> 00:27:48.359 willing 00:27:48.359 --> 00:27:48.779 to 00:27:48.779 --> 00:27:49.160 suffer, 00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:49.759 to 00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:50.799 offer 00:27:50.799 --> 00:27:51.559 sacrifice 00:27:51.559 --> 00:27:52.240 of praise 00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:52.480 through 00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:52.859 Christ. 00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:53.319 That's 00:27:53.319 --> 00:27:53.900 the best 00:27:53.900 --> 00:27:54.319 thing that 00:27:54.319 --> 00:27:54.640 we can 00:27:54.640 --> 00:27:54.900 do. 00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:56.440 Your 00:27:56.440 --> 00:27:56.759 present 00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:57.240 leaders, 00:27:58.140 --> 00:27:58.380 God 00:27:58.380 --> 00:27:58.759 gives 00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:59.200 godly 00:27:59.200 --> 00:27:59.579 leaders 00:27:59.579 --> 00:28:00.940 for the 00:28:00.940 --> 00:28:01.220 good of 00:28:01.220 --> 00:28:01.359 his 00:28:01.359 --> 00:28:01.759 church. 00:28:03.420 --> 00:28:04.079 Last 00:28:04.079 --> 00:28:04.400 point, 00:28:06.900 --> 00:28:07.079 our 00:28:07.079 --> 00:28:07.839 timeless 00:28:07.839 --> 00:28:08.799 and unchanging 00:28:08.799 --> 00:28:09.339 Christ. 00:28:09.339 --> 00:28:12.959 when you 00:28:12.959 --> 00:28:13.259 have a 00:28:13.259 --> 00:28:13.740 church 00:28:13.740 --> 00:28:14.899 whose 00:28:14.899 --> 00:28:15.299 leaders 00:28:15.299 --> 00:28:15.519 are 00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:15.779 holding 00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:16.139 fast 00:28:16.139 --> 00:28:16.319 to 00:28:16.319 --> 00:28:16.720 Christ 00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:17.240 and 00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:17.419 the 00:28:17.419 --> 00:28:17.720 church 00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:17.899 is 00:28:17.899 --> 00:28:18.139 holding 00:28:18.139 --> 00:28:18.519 fast 00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:18.699 to 00:28:18.699 --> 00:28:19.000 Christ, 00:28:19.139 --> 00:28:19.279 do you 00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:19.439 know what 00:28:19.439 --> 00:28:19.879 that means? 00:28:20.339 --> 00:28:20.720 Jesus 00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:21.199 Christ 00:28:21.199 --> 00:28:21.639 is the 00:28:21.639 --> 00:28:22.039 controlling 00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:22.500 center 00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:23.039 of that 00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:23.319 church. 00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:23.699 He's 00:28:23.699 --> 00:28:23.939 the 00:28:23.939 --> 00:28:24.480 sun 00:28:24.480 --> 00:28:25.199 and 00:28:25.199 --> 00:28:25.579 everything 00:28:25.579 --> 00:28:25.819 is 00:28:25.819 --> 00:28:26.220 orbiting 00:28:26.220 --> 00:28:26.579 him. 00:28:27.439 --> 00:28:27.679 It's 00:28:27.679 --> 00:28:27.819 a 00:28:27.819 --> 00:28:28.159 beautiful 00:28:28.159 --> 00:28:28.579 thing. 00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:31.179 What I 00:28:31.179 --> 00:28:31.559 love about 00:28:31.559 --> 00:28:31.819 this 00:28:31.819 --> 00:28:32.339 passage 00:28:32.339 --> 00:28:34.179 is that 00:28:34.179 --> 00:28:35.939 it's 00:28:35.939 --> 00:28:36.619 book-ended 00:28:36.619 --> 00:28:37.220 with 00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:38.379 leaders 00:28:38.380 --> 00:28:39.740 past 00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.100 leaders 00:28:40.100 --> 00:28:40.280 who 00:28:40.280 --> 00:28:40.380 have 00:28:40.380 --> 00:28:40.780 died 00:28:40.780 --> 00:28:41.120 verse 00:28:41.120 --> 00:28:41.480 7 00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:42.120 and 00:28:42.120 --> 00:28:42.340 then 00:28:42.340 --> 00:28:42.840 present 00:28:42.840 --> 00:28:43.240 leaders 00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:43.460 who 00:28:43.460 --> 00:28:43.580 are 00:28:43.580 --> 00:28:43.940 living 00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:44.400 verse 00:28:44.400 --> 00:28:44.880 17 00:28:44.880 --> 00:28:45.700 and 00:28:45.700 --> 00:28:45.840 what 00:28:45.840 --> 00:28:45.960 you 00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:46.140 have 00:28:46.140 --> 00:28:46.280 in 00:28:46.280 --> 00:28:46.740 between 00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:47.040 in 00:28:47.040 --> 00:28:47.280 8 00:28:47.280 --> 00:28:47.480 through 00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:47.920 16 00:28:47.920 --> 00:28:49.340 is 00:28:49.340 --> 00:28:49.580 the 00:28:49.580 --> 00:28:50.100 timeless 00:28:50.100 --> 00:28:50.500 and 00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:51.040 unchanging 00:28:51.040 --> 00:28:51.760 Christ. 00:28:52.360 --> 00:28:52.920 The 00:28:52.920 --> 00:28:53.240 one 00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:53.580 who 00:28:53.580 --> 00:28:54.500 connects 00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:55.360 past 00:28:55.360 --> 00:28:56.080 leaders 00:28:56.080 --> 00:28:56.320 and 00:28:56.320 --> 00:28:56.720 present 00:28:56.720 --> 00:28:57.100 leaders 00:28:57.100 --> 00:28:57.340 and 00:28:57.340 --> 00:28:57.740 future 00:28:57.740 --> 00:28:58.160 leaders. 00:28:59.460 --> 00:29:00.020 It's 00:29:00.020 --> 00:29:00.480 all about 00:29:00.480 --> 00:29:00.720 him. 00:29:00.880 --> 00:29:01.060 Verse 00:29:01.060 --> 00:29:01.440 8 00:29:01.440 --> 00:29:01.840 is 00:29:01.840 --> 00:29:02.040 one 00:29:02.040 --> 00:29:02.140 of 00:29:02.140 --> 00:29:02.320 my 00:29:02.320 --> 00:29:02.600 favorite 00:29:02.600 --> 00:29:02.900 verses 00:29:02.900 --> 00:29:03.100 in 00:29:03.100 --> 00:29:03.220 the 00:29:03.220 --> 00:29:03.540 Bible. 00:29:04.260 --> 00:29:04.520 Jesus 00:29:04.520 --> 00:29:04.960 Christ 00:29:04.960 --> 00:29:05.140 is 00:29:05.140 --> 00:29:05.320 the 00:29:05.320 --> 00:29:05.740 same 00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:06.620 yesterday 00:29:06.620 --> 00:29:07.000 today 00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:07.200 and 00:29:07.200 --> 00:29:07.420 forever. 00:29:07.420 --> 00:29:08.560 I'm going to have you say that with me. 00:29:08.600 --> 00:29:08.800 You ready? 00:29:09.880 --> 00:29:10.940 Jesus Christ 00:29:10.940 --> 00:29:12.340 is the same 00:29:12.340 --> 00:29:13.440 yesterday 00:29:13.440 --> 00:29:14.440 today 00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:15.539 and forever. 00:29:17.380 --> 00:29:19.180 He's the one that never changes. 00:29:20.779 --> 00:29:23.180 Christ is the last and final word of God. 00:29:23.560 --> 00:29:24.160 Hebrews 1. 00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:27.380 Christ is the creator and upholder of the universe. 00:29:27.500 --> 00:29:28.180 Hebrews 1. 00:29:28.620 --> 00:29:30.660 Christ after making purification for sins 00:29:30.660 --> 00:29:32.940 he sat down at the right hand of God 00:29:32.940 --> 00:29:34.059 in glory. 00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:35.340 He's on the throne. 00:29:35.460 --> 00:29:36.519 He's a giver of grace 00:29:36.519 --> 00:29:37.640 right now. 00:29:39.259 --> 00:29:40.900 Christ is greater than the angels. 00:29:41.100 --> 00:29:42.320 Christ is greater than Moses. 00:29:42.620 --> 00:29:44.980 Christ is greater than the little biblical priesthood 00:29:44.980 --> 00:29:46.759 because he's from the line of Melchizedek. 00:29:47.600 --> 00:29:51.039 Christ through his once for all sacrifice 00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:52.259 shedding his blood 00:29:52.259 --> 00:29:54.980 he inaugurated the new covenant 00:29:54.980 --> 00:29:57.320 which is better than the old. 00:29:58.320 --> 00:30:00.539 He's made it obsolete in passing away. 00:30:00.539 --> 00:30:03.480 Christ is built on better promises. 00:30:05.159 --> 00:30:06.059 There's no changing 00:30:06.059 --> 00:30:07.639 in the eternally existent 00:30:07.639 --> 00:30:08.920 second person of the Trinity 00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:10.319 from everlasting 00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:11.180 to everlasting. 00:30:11.859 --> 00:30:12.839 He is God. 00:30:13.159 --> 00:30:13.799 Totally God. 00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:14.720 Totally man. 00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:15.720 He is 00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:16.639 our great 00:30:16.639 --> 00:30:17.500 salvation. 00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:20.339 Timeless and unchanging. 00:30:21.779 --> 00:30:22.500 He's at the center 00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:23.039 of it all. 00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:24.500 salvation is found 00:30:24.500 --> 00:30:25.319 in no one else 00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:28.099 and we must not neglect 00:30:28.099 --> 00:30:29.440 this great salvation. 00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:31.339 That's why Christian leaders 00:30:31.339 --> 00:30:32.980 must hold fast to Christ 00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:34.480 because he's at the center 00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:34.940 of it all 00:30:34.940 --> 00:30:36.639 and when we're holding fast 00:30:36.639 --> 00:30:37.019 to Christ 00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:37.899 we can help others 00:30:37.899 --> 00:30:38.879 hold fast to Christ. 00:30:40.039 --> 00:30:41.180 So he's at the center 00:30:41.180 --> 00:30:41.720 of it all. 00:30:43.920 --> 00:30:45.960 So in light of who Jesus is 00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:48.759 he's at the center 00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:49.299 of it all. 00:30:49.299 --> 00:30:51.720 Let me just point you 00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:52.579 to a few ways 00:30:52.579 --> 00:30:54.859 we keep Christ central 00:30:54.859 --> 00:30:56.099 together. 00:30:57.299 --> 00:30:58.680 How we hold fast 00:30:58.680 --> 00:30:59.220 to Christ. 00:31:00.639 --> 00:31:01.960 The first is in verses 00:31:01.960 --> 00:31:02.700 9 and 10. 00:31:04.619 --> 00:31:05.559 Godly leaders 00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:06.859 keep their church 00:31:06.859 --> 00:31:09.659 from being led astray 00:31:09.659 --> 00:31:11.059 from Christ. 00:31:12.180 --> 00:31:12.859 Verse 9 00:31:12.859 --> 00:31:15.000 Do not be led away 00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:16.019 by diverse and strange 00:31:16.019 --> 00:31:16.539 teachings 00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:18.220 by false teachings 00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:19.220 and false teachers 00:31:19.220 --> 00:31:20.440 leaders 00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:22.140 stand in the gap. 00:31:22.400 --> 00:31:22.940 We say no 00:31:22.940 --> 00:31:24.019 you don't want to go that way. 00:31:24.640 --> 00:31:25.779 You don't want to follow that. 00:31:25.900 --> 00:31:27.279 You don't want to digest 00:31:27.279 --> 00:31:29.200 that bad stuff. 00:31:30.799 --> 00:31:31.960 In this context 00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:33.319 it had to do with 00:31:33.319 --> 00:31:34.460 the teaching 00:31:34.460 --> 00:31:36.039 under the old covenant 00:31:36.039 --> 00:31:37.600 on food 00:31:37.600 --> 00:31:39.720 and former altars 00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:40.940 and sacrifices 00:31:40.940 --> 00:31:41.700 of animals 00:31:41.700 --> 00:31:44.100 and the writer of Hebrews 00:31:44.100 --> 00:31:44.480 is saying 00:31:44.480 --> 00:31:44.759 no no 00:31:44.759 --> 00:31:45.940 that's all gone. 00:31:45.940 --> 00:31:47.500 it has no benefit 00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:48.200 for your heart 00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:49.320 only God's grace does. 00:31:51.840 --> 00:31:52.720 And so your leaders 00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:53.500 what we're aiming 00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:54.480 to do is this 00:31:54.480 --> 00:31:57.400 we're aiming 00:31:57.400 --> 00:31:57.860 to 00:31:57.860 --> 00:32:00.820 lead you to Christ 00:32:00.820 --> 00:32:01.840 through his word 00:32:01.840 --> 00:32:03.500 again and again. 00:32:03.779 --> 00:32:03.880 Not 00:32:03.880 --> 00:32:05.759 get in the way 00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:06.539 of people leading you 00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:07.500 away from Christ. 00:32:07.500 --> 00:32:08.500 Christ 00:32:08.500 --> 00:32:10.599 we want you 00:32:10.599 --> 00:32:11.640 to hold fast 00:32:11.640 --> 00:32:12.119 to him 00:32:12.119 --> 00:32:15.140 all the way 00:32:15.140 --> 00:32:16.240 to the end. 00:32:17.799 --> 00:32:18.799 So we're going to 00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:19.799 tell you 00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:20.460 don't go down 00:32:20.460 --> 00:32:21.720 the way of legalism 00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:22.359 don't go down 00:32:22.359 --> 00:32:23.640 the way of licentiousness 00:32:23.640 --> 00:32:24.599 worldliness 00:32:24.599 --> 00:32:25.920 has no benefit 00:32:25.920 --> 00:32:26.799 long term benefit 00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:27.660 for your soul 00:32:27.660 --> 00:32:29.380 only God's grace 00:32:29.380 --> 00:32:30.559 from the throne does. 00:32:33.920 --> 00:32:34.839 Godly leaders 00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:36.319 keep their church 00:32:36.319 --> 00:32:38.799 from being led 00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:39.700 away from Christ 00:32:39.700 --> 00:32:41.059 into false teaching. 00:32:42.579 --> 00:32:43.339 Godly leaders 00:32:43.339 --> 00:32:44.240 the second thing 00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:48.019 help their church 00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:49.139 suffer for Christ. 00:32:50.159 --> 00:32:51.000 In 11 and 12 00:32:51.000 --> 00:32:51.379 we read 00:32:51.379 --> 00:32:51.919 for the bodies 00:32:51.919 --> 00:32:52.599 of those animals 00:32:52.599 --> 00:32:53.139 whose blood 00:32:53.139 --> 00:32:53.539 is brought 00:32:53.539 --> 00:32:54.460 into the holy places 00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:55.299 by the high priest 00:32:55.299 --> 00:32:56.019 as a sacrifice 00:32:56.019 --> 00:32:56.579 for sin 00:32:56.579 --> 00:32:56.939 are burned 00:32:56.939 --> 00:32:57.759 outside the camp. 00:32:58.419 --> 00:32:58.960 It's being talked 00:32:58.960 --> 00:32:59.480 about as the day 00:32:59.480 --> 00:33:00.079 of atonement 00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:01.679 when the high priest 00:33:01.679 --> 00:33:02.899 would slaughter 00:33:02.899 --> 00:33:03.319 an animal 00:33:03.319 --> 00:33:04.079 on an altar 00:33:04.079 --> 00:33:05.439 outside the tabernacle 00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:06.320 and he would 00:33:06.320 --> 00:33:06.960 bring the blood 00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:08.160 into the holy of holies 00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:08.700 sprinkle it 00:33:08.700 --> 00:33:09.600 on the mercy seat 00:33:09.600 --> 00:33:11.539 and then the body 00:33:11.539 --> 00:33:12.600 of that animal 00:33:12.600 --> 00:33:13.240 sacrifice 00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:14.059 would be brought 00:33:14.059 --> 00:33:14.920 outside the gate. 00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:15.680 It wouldn't be eaten 00:33:15.680 --> 00:33:16.220 by the priest 00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:17.039 it would be brought 00:33:17.039 --> 00:33:17.820 outside the gate 00:33:17.820 --> 00:33:18.759 because it was seen 00:33:18.759 --> 00:33:19.500 as unclean 00:33:19.500 --> 00:33:20.200 and burned. 00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:22.480 Outside the gate 00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:23.420 outside the camp 00:33:23.420 --> 00:33:24.080 means something 00:33:24.080 --> 00:33:26.120 that is defiled. 00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:30.660 And if you look 00:33:30.660 --> 00:33:31.700 at verse 12 00:33:31.700 --> 00:33:32.779 so Jesus 00:33:32.779 --> 00:33:33.960 also suffered 00:33:33.960 --> 00:33:34.819 outside the gate 00:33:34.819 --> 00:33:35.779 the once and for all 00:33:35.779 --> 00:33:36.380 sacrifice 00:33:36.380 --> 00:33:37.600 for our sins 00:33:37.600 --> 00:33:38.360 for salvation 00:33:38.360 --> 00:33:41.279 he was seen 00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:43.539 as being 00:33:43.539 --> 00:33:44.860 outside the camp. 00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:46.840 It's a picture 00:33:46.840 --> 00:33:47.660 of suffering 00:33:47.660 --> 00:33:48.380 it's a picture 00:33:48.380 --> 00:33:49.080 of being 00:33:49.080 --> 00:33:49.920 kind of like 00:33:49.920 --> 00:33:51.200 made an outsider 00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:55.640 outside the gate 00:33:55.640 --> 00:33:56.480 of Jerusalem 00:33:56.480 --> 00:33:57.340 on Calvary. 00:33:57.339 --> 00:34:01.019 Christ's death 00:34:01.019 --> 00:34:02.419 the death 00:34:02.419 --> 00:34:03.019 of the Messiah 00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:03.799 on the cross 00:34:03.799 --> 00:34:05.359 is scandalous. 00:34:06.399 --> 00:34:07.419 To the Jews 00:34:07.419 --> 00:34:08.340 it was 00:34:08.340 --> 00:34:09.259 it was just 00:34:09.259 --> 00:34:10.179 utter weakness 00:34:10.179 --> 00:34:11.599 to Greeks 00:34:11.599 --> 00:34:12.259 it was just 00:34:12.259 --> 00:34:13.279 foolishness 00:34:13.279 --> 00:34:15.139 but for those 00:34:15.139 --> 00:34:16.460 who are being 00:34:16.460 --> 00:34:17.199 saved 00:34:17.199 --> 00:34:18.659 it's the power 00:34:18.659 --> 00:34:19.259 of God. 00:34:21.739 --> 00:34:22.860 God the leaders 00:34:22.860 --> 00:34:24.360 help their church 00:34:24.360 --> 00:34:25.960 go outside 00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:26.619 the gate 00:34:26.619 --> 00:34:28.480 to where 00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:29.279 Jesus is 00:34:29.279 --> 00:34:30.719 to bear 00:34:30.719 --> 00:34:31.539 his reproach 00:34:31.539 --> 00:34:33.500 to suffer 00:34:33.500 --> 00:34:34.039 with him 00:34:34.039 --> 00:34:35.579 and you know 00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:36.239 the one of the ways 00:34:36.239 --> 00:34:36.659 we do it 00:34:36.659 --> 00:34:37.619 look at verse 14 00:34:37.619 --> 00:34:40.019 for here we have 00:34:40.019 --> 00:34:40.980 no lasting city 00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:41.619 but we seek 00:34:41.619 --> 00:34:42.079 the city 00:34:42.079 --> 00:34:42.839 that is to come. 00:34:44.039 --> 00:34:44.779 Our job 00:34:44.779 --> 00:34:45.259 is to keep 00:34:45.259 --> 00:34:46.159 reminding you 00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:46.940 again and again 00:34:46.940 --> 00:34:47.480 hey 00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:49.019 life isn't here 00:34:49.019 --> 00:34:50.799 it's not here 00:34:50.799 --> 00:34:52.339 we're passing 00:34:52.339 --> 00:34:52.739 through 00:34:52.739 --> 00:34:53.579 we're aliens 00:34:53.579 --> 00:34:54.179 and strangers 00:34:54.179 --> 00:34:56.339 we're on our 00:34:56.339 --> 00:34:56.779 way 00:34:56.779 --> 00:34:57.839 we're Zion 00:34:57.839 --> 00:34:58.639 bound 00:34:58.639 --> 00:35:02.759 godly leaders 00:35:02.759 --> 00:35:03.579 help their churches 00:35:03.579 --> 00:35:05.480 go outside 00:35:05.480 --> 00:35:06.079 the gate 00:35:06.079 --> 00:35:09.819 finally 00:35:09.819 --> 00:35:10.639 godly leaders 00:35:10.639 --> 00:35:11.179 help their 00:35:11.179 --> 00:35:12.039 churches 00:35:12.039 --> 00:35:13.440 offer 00:35:13.440 --> 00:35:14.639 new covenant 00:35:14.639 --> 00:35:15.519 sacrifices 00:35:15.519 --> 00:35:15.980 to God 00:35:15.980 --> 00:35:16.519 through Christ 00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:20.860 we read here 00:35:20.860 --> 00:35:22.840 in verse 15 00:35:22.840 --> 00:35:23.840 through him 00:35:23.840 --> 00:35:24.320 Christ 00:35:24.320 --> 00:35:24.860 and let us 00:35:24.860 --> 00:35:25.239 continually 00:35:25.239 --> 00:35:25.860 offer up 00:35:25.860 --> 00:35:26.480 a sacrifice 00:35:26.480 --> 00:35:26.900 of praise 00:35:26.900 --> 00:35:27.320 to God 00:35:27.320 --> 00:35:28.840 not food 00:35:28.840 --> 00:35:31.159 not animals 00:35:31.159 --> 00:35:33.139 no Christ 00:35:33.139 --> 00:35:33.739 is our once 00:35:33.739 --> 00:35:34.759 for all sacrifice 00:35:34.759 --> 00:35:35.239 do you know 00:35:35.239 --> 00:35:35.679 what we offer 00:35:35.679 --> 00:35:36.059 up 00:35:36.059 --> 00:35:37.900 praise 00:35:37.900 --> 00:35:40.900 lips 00:35:40.900 --> 00:35:42.000 that acknowledge 00:35:42.000 --> 00:35:43.559 God's name 00:35:43.559 --> 00:35:45.599 Zach 00:35:45.599 --> 00:35:46.279 Melgren 00:35:46.279 --> 00:35:47.159 keep giving 00:35:47.159 --> 00:35:47.440 us 00:35:47.440 --> 00:35:48.500 great songs 00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:50.960 that we 00:35:50.960 --> 00:35:51.480 would be able 00:35:51.480 --> 00:35:52.059 to offer 00:35:52.059 --> 00:35:52.759 up to 00:35:52.759 --> 00:35:53.539 our God 00:35:53.539 --> 00:35:54.299 Sunday 00:35:54.299 --> 00:35:55.219 after Sunday 00:35:55.219 --> 00:35:55.840 just 00:35:55.840 --> 00:35:57.639 sacrifices 00:35:57.639 --> 00:35:58.340 of praise 00:35:58.340 --> 00:35:58.980 with our lips 00:35:58.980 --> 00:35:59.440 together 00:35:59.440 --> 00:36:01.340 to give him 00:36:01.340 --> 00:36:01.799 the glory 00:36:01.799 --> 00:36:02.539 that's a new 00:36:02.539 --> 00:36:02.940 covenant 00:36:02.940 --> 00:36:03.779 sacrifice 00:36:03.779 --> 00:36:04.420 brothers and 00:36:04.420 --> 00:36:04.679 sisters 00:36:04.679 --> 00:36:05.519 that's the 00:36:05.519 --> 00:36:06.259 result of 00:36:06.259 --> 00:36:06.920 Christ's 00:36:06.920 --> 00:36:07.659 sacrifice 00:36:07.659 --> 00:36:08.940 but there's 00:36:08.940 --> 00:36:09.259 another 00:36:09.259 --> 00:36:10.059 sacrifice 00:36:10.059 --> 00:36:10.420 here 00:36:10.420 --> 00:36:10.759 do not 00:36:10.759 --> 00:36:11.079 neglect 00:36:11.079 --> 00:36:11.400 to do 00:36:11.400 --> 00:36:11.779 good 00:36:11.779 --> 00:36:12.480 and to 00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:12.739 share 00:36:12.739 --> 00:36:13.259 what you 00:36:13.259 --> 00:36:13.659 have 00:36:13.659 --> 00:36:14.119 for such 00:36:14.119 --> 00:36:14.719 sacrifices 00:36:14.719 --> 00:36:15.259 are pleasing 00:36:15.259 --> 00:36:16.019 there is a 00:36:16.019 --> 00:36:17.000 horizontal way 00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:18.299 of offering 00:36:18.299 --> 00:36:18.979 praise to 00:36:18.979 --> 00:36:19.279 God 00:36:19.279 --> 00:36:20.279 of acceptable 00:36:20.279 --> 00:36:20.699 worship 00:36:20.699 --> 00:36:21.439 and that is 00:36:21.439 --> 00:36:22.599 not neglecting 00:36:22.599 --> 00:36:23.259 to do good 00:36:23.259 --> 00:36:23.739 and to share 00:36:23.739 --> 00:36:24.639 what you have 00:36:24.639 --> 00:36:25.579 and given 00:36:25.579 --> 00:36:26.419 that this is a 00:36:26.419 --> 00:36:26.859 passage 00:36:26.859 --> 00:36:28.199 about leaders 00:36:28.199 --> 00:36:30.000 there's probably 00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:30.919 some dimension 00:36:30.919 --> 00:36:31.379 of this 00:36:31.379 --> 00:36:32.639 is don't neglect 00:36:32.639 --> 00:36:33.239 to do good 00:36:33.239 --> 00:36:34.079 to your leaders 00:36:34.079 --> 00:36:36.399 to share 00:36:36.399 --> 00:36:38.199 what you have 00:36:38.199 --> 00:36:38.619 with them 00:36:38.619 --> 00:36:42.079 these are 00:36:42.079 --> 00:36:42.920 ways that we 00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:43.819 are keeping 00:36:43.819 --> 00:36:44.500 the timeless 00:36:44.500 --> 00:36:45.619 and unchanging 00:36:45.619 --> 00:36:46.380 Christ 00:36:46.380 --> 00:36:48.099 center to 00:36:48.099 --> 00:36:48.699 our life 00:36:48.699 --> 00:36:49.299 together as 00:36:49.299 --> 00:36:49.779 a church 00:36:49.779 --> 00:36:52.799 by not being 00:36:52.799 --> 00:36:53.480 led astray 00:36:53.480 --> 00:36:54.319 from him 00:36:54.319 --> 00:36:54.619 but rather 00:36:54.619 --> 00:36:55.319 we draw near 00:36:55.319 --> 00:36:57.559 by be willing 00:36:57.559 --> 00:36:58.359 to suffer for 00:36:58.359 --> 00:36:59.000 him outside 00:36:59.000 --> 00:36:59.500 the gate 00:36:59.500 --> 00:37:00.199 by offering 00:37:00.199 --> 00:37:01.000 sacrifices 00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:01.699 to God 00:37:01.699 --> 00:37:02.000 through 00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:03.039 Christ 00:37:03.039 --> 00:37:03.699 we together 00:37:03.699 --> 00:37:04.359 hold fast 00:37:04.359 --> 00:37:04.900 to him 00:37:04.900 --> 00:37:07.059 God 00:37:07.059 --> 00:37:08.280 gives 00:37:08.280 --> 00:37:09.440 godly 00:37:09.440 --> 00:37:10.220 leaders 00:37:10.220 --> 00:37:11.099 for the 00:37:11.099 --> 00:37:11.500 good 00:37:11.500 --> 00:37:12.619 of his 00:37:12.619 --> 00:37:13.240 church 00:37:13.240 --> 00:37:15.320 let me 00:37:15.320 --> 00:37:15.740 wrap up 00:37:15.740 --> 00:37:16.139 by saying 00:37:16.139 --> 00:37:16.539 this 00:37:16.539 --> 00:37:19.240 we are 00:37:19.240 --> 00:37:19.740 to remember 00:37:19.740 --> 00:37:20.380 our past 00:37:20.380 --> 00:37:20.740 leaders 00:37:20.740 --> 00:37:21.460 who held 00:37:21.460 --> 00:37:21.940 fast to 00:37:21.940 --> 00:37:22.240 Christ 00:37:22.240 --> 00:37:23.720 I've got 00:37:23.720 --> 00:37:23.980 some 00:37:23.980 --> 00:37:26.800 we obey 00:37:26.800 --> 00:37:27.340 and submit 00:37:27.340 --> 00:37:28.059 to our present 00:37:28.059 --> 00:37:28.400 leaders 00:37:28.400 --> 00:37:28.860 who are 00:37:28.860 --> 00:37:29.639 holding fast 00:37:29.639 --> 00:37:30.119 to Christ 00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:30.880 so that they 00:37:30.880 --> 00:37:31.280 can help 00:37:31.280 --> 00:37:32.260 us hold 00:37:32.260 --> 00:37:32.860 fast to 00:37:32.860 --> 00:37:33.139 Christ 00:37:33.139 --> 00:37:34.460 and we 00:37:34.460 --> 00:37:35.000 keep the 00:37:35.000 --> 00:37:35.500 timeless 00:37:35.500 --> 00:37:36.440 and unchanging 00:37:36.440 --> 00:37:37.159 Christ 00:37:37.159 --> 00:37:38.359 central 00:37:38.359 --> 00:37:39.659 together 00:37:39.659 --> 00:37:43.079 not being 00:37:43.079 --> 00:37:43.639 led astray 00:37:43.639 --> 00:37:45.859 being willing 00:37:45.859 --> 00:37:46.420 to suffer 00:37:46.420 --> 00:37:48.519 giving him 00:37:48.519 --> 00:37:48.980 praise 00:37:48.980 --> 00:37:50.960 we live 00:37:50.960 --> 00:37:51.659 at a time 00:37:51.659 --> 00:37:52.199 when 00:37:52.199 --> 00:37:53.980 there is 00:37:53.980 --> 00:37:54.500 growing 00:37:54.500 --> 00:37:55.400 skepticism 00:37:55.400 --> 00:37:57.159 over leaders 00:37:57.159 --> 00:37:58.199 even church 00:37:58.199 --> 00:37:58.679 leaders 00:37:58.679 --> 00:38:00.559 but church 00:38:00.559 --> 00:38:02.480 that doesn't 00:38:02.480 --> 00:38:03.679 need to be 00:38:03.679 --> 00:38:04.139 true of 00:38:04.139 --> 00:38:04.579 us 00:38:04.579 --> 00:38:06.000 of Christ 00:38:06.000 --> 00:38:06.360 the King 00:38:06.360 --> 00:38:06.860 church 00:38:06.860 --> 00:38:08.800 God 00:38:08.800 --> 00:38:09.699 God gives 00:38:09.699 --> 00:38:10.139 godly 00:38:10.139 --> 00:38:10.579 leaders 00:38:10.579 --> 00:38:11.900 for the 00:38:11.900 --> 00:38:12.219 good of 00:38:12.219 --> 00:38:12.780 his church 00:38:12.780 --> 00:38:13.980 would you 00:38:13.980 --> 00:38:14.240 repeat 00:38:14.240 --> 00:38:14.780 after me 00:38:14.780 --> 00:38:17.039 Christ 00:38:17.039 --> 00:38:17.559 is my 00:38:17.559 --> 00:38:20.619 risen 00:38:20.619 --> 00:38:21.159 and reigning 00:38:21.159 --> 00:38:23.960 priest 00:38:23.960 --> 00:38:24.559 and king 00:38:24.559 --> 00:38:27.000 the anchor 00:38:27.000 --> 00:38:27.699 of my soul 00:38:27.699 --> 00:38:30.460 the same 00:38:30.460 --> 00:38:31.019 yesterday 00:38:31.019 --> 00:38:31.960 today 00:38:31.960 --> 00:38:32.559 and forever 00:38:32.559 --> 00:38:35.819 that's 00:38:35.819 --> 00:38:36.000 kind of 00:38:36.000 --> 00:38:36.239 like in 00:38:36.239 --> 00:38:36.759 those moments 00:38:36.759 --> 00:38:38.179 when you're 00:38:38.179 --> 00:38:38.639 marrying a 00:38:38.639 --> 00:38:38.879 couple 00:38:38.879 --> 00:38:39.339 and you're 00:38:39.339 --> 00:38:39.819 walking through 00:38:39.819 --> 00:38:40.219 the vows 00:38:40.219 --> 00:38:40.460 and they 00:38:40.460 --> 00:38:40.679 kind of 00:38:40.679 --> 00:38:41.099 jump in 00:38:41.099 --> 00:38:42.179 let's try 00:38:42.179 --> 00:38:42.460 that again 00:38:42.460 --> 00:38:42.980 the same 00:38:42.980 --> 00:38:43.359 yesterday 00:38:43.359 --> 00:38:43.699 today 00:38:43.699 --> 00:38:44.219 and forever 00:38:44.219 --> 00:38:48.599 to whom 00:38:48.599 --> 00:38:49.179 we hold 00:38:49.179 --> 00:38:49.819 fast 00:38:49.819 --> 00:38:50.460 together 00:38:50.460 --> 00:38:54.059 hey 00:38:54.059 --> 00:38:56.039 why would 00:38:56.039 --> 00:38:56.199 you 00:38:56.199 --> 00:38:56.579 obey 00:38:56.579 --> 00:38:56.880 and 00:38:56.880 --> 00:38:57.280 submit 00:38:57.280 --> 00:38:58.619 to the 00:38:58.619 --> 00:38:58.840 leaders 00:38:58.840 --> 00:38:59.019 of 00:38:59.019 --> 00:38:59.260 Christ 00:38:59.260 --> 00:38:59.420 the 00:38:59.420 --> 00:38:59.559 King 00:38:59.559 --> 00:38:59.960 church 00:38:59.960 --> 00:39:01.760 here's 00:39:01.760 --> 00:39:02.079 why 00:39:02.079 --> 00:39:04.199 God 00:39:04.199 --> 00:39:04.440 gives 00:39:04.440 --> 00:39:04.800 godly 00:39:04.800 --> 00:39:05.199 leaders 00:39:05.199 --> 00:39:06.179 for the 00:39:06.179 --> 00:39:06.420 good of 00:39:06.420 --> 00:39:06.559 his 00:39:06.559 --> 00:39:06.900 church 00:39:06.900 --> 00:39:07.220 not 00:39:07.220 --> 00:39:07.880 perfect 00:39:07.880 --> 00:39:08.860 but 00:39:08.860 --> 00:39:09.340 trustworthy 00:39:09.340 --> 00:39:11.199 in order 00:39:11.199 --> 00:39:11.679 to hold 00:39:11.679 --> 00:39:12.159 fast 00:39:12.159 --> 00:39:12.760 to Christ 00:39:12.760 --> 00:39:13.159 to the 00:39:13.159 --> 00:39:13.420 end 00:39:13.420 --> 00:39:14.800 let's 00:39:14.800 --> 00:39:15.000 pray 00:39:15.000 --> 00:39:16.139 God 00:39:16.139 --> 00:39:16.280 in 00:39:16.280 --> 00:39:16.539 heaven 00:39:16.539 --> 00:39:18.679 we 00:39:18.679 --> 00:39:19.179 thank you 00:39:19.179 --> 00:39:19.639 so much 00:39:19.639 --> 00:39:20.559 I thank 00:39:20.559 --> 00:39:20.859 you for 00:39:20.859 --> 00:39:21.299 Steve 00:39:21.299 --> 00:39:22.059 and for 00:39:22.059 --> 00:39:22.579 Les 00:39:22.579 --> 00:39:23.039 and for 00:39:23.039 --> 00:39:23.659 John 00:39:23.659 --> 00:39:24.480 I thank 00:39:24.480 --> 00:39:24.799 you for 00:39:24.799 --> 00:39:25.400 Zach 00:39:25.400 --> 00:39:26.400 and God 00:39:26.400 --> 00:39:26.719 as I 00:39:26.719 --> 00:39:27.139 thanked you 00:39:27.139 --> 00:39:27.779 this morning 00:39:27.779 --> 00:39:28.339 thank you 00:39:28.339 --> 00:39:28.719 for this 00:39:28.719 --> 00:39:29.179 calling 00:39:29.179 --> 00:39:31.259 this 00:39:31.259 --> 00:39:32.219 sacred 00:39:32.219 --> 00:39:33.000 responsibility 00:39:33.000 --> 00:39:33.759 of giving 00:39:33.759 --> 00:39:34.259 leadership 00:39:34.259 --> 00:39:35.819 to your 00:39:35.819 --> 00:39:36.299 people 00:39:36.299 --> 00:39:37.059 your blood 00:39:37.059 --> 00:39:37.299 bought 00:39:37.299 --> 00:39:37.799 people 00:39:37.799 --> 00:39:38.440 God 00:39:38.440 --> 00:39:38.759 thank you 00:39:38.759 --> 00:39:39.119 that we 00:39:39.119 --> 00:39:39.519 are in 00:39:39.519 --> 00:39:39.719 this 00:39:39.719 --> 00:39:40.259 together 00:39:40.259 --> 00:39:42.199 Zion 00:39:42.199 --> 00:39:42.659 bound 00:39:42.659 --> 00:39:44.500 God 00:39:44.500 --> 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