Please take with me your Bible and turn to Hebrews chapter 2.
! Yes, actually, Hebrews chapter 2.
If you're a guest this morning, you have no idea what I'm talking about.
! I've been purposing to preach this for the past two weeks,
and I've made last-minute changes of plan both of those weeks,
and so that's why I'm jesting a bit here.
We have, however, talked some in the past weeks about suffering,
and we're going to pick up the topic again this morning.
I'd first like to remind you that the way of the Christian is the way of suffering.
Jesus said in John chapter 15 and verse 20,
Remember the word that I said to you.
A servant is not greater than his master.
If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you.
If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.
There will be people who have an aversion from the word of Christ,
and they will not like us for sharing it with them.
Also, Paul stated in 2 Timothy chapter 3 and verse 12,
You should become familiar with this.
Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
And this is not a necessary call to world mission in dangerous places,
although it's a comfort to those going to such places.
This speaks to us here and today.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has kind of become the darling of the Democratic Party.
This is not political commentary I'm about to do.
She's commonly referred to as AOC, which I actually think is kind of cool.
She was recently elected Democrat from New York.
She's very young in Congress.
And in her campaign, she repeatedly criticized luxury real estate developers,
claiming that their buildings hiked up rent prices
and pushed low-income residents out of their neighborhoods.
And this is true.
Certainly, gentrification is a thing, and it happens,
and it should be carefully considered and looked at.
She says, and I quote,
We need to kick luxury real estate lobbyists to the curb
and defend working people's way of life.
She said this in March of 2018.
She goes on to say,
Skyrocketing cost of living is a national crisis that can be addressed.
It's not just a New York City issue.
It's happening in every U.S. metro area.
And this was a large platform that found her elected.
So she's now serving in Congress.
She's moved to Washington, D.C.,
and she's living in a brand-new luxury apartment.
In fact, it's a luxury apartment with security
that won't let poor people inside.
Now, we could find inconsistencies anywhere we would look.
So again, I'm not simply picking on her
for the sake of picking on the Democratic Party.
I'm not sharing this example with you
to make some kind of political point,
but only to show you
that our lives must be consistent with our messaging
to be found credible.
Who cares what she has to say
about luxury apartment development anymore?
If we say that we are followers of Jesus Christ
and our Lord suffered and died,
don't we appear uncredible
if our lives are lived in comfort and in ease?
Recall what Paul wrote to the believers in Colossae
in Colossians 1 and verse 24.
He said,
Paul here is happy.
He's rejoicing because for the sake of the church,
he is putting on display the suffering of Christ.
Christ certainly suffered.
We read about him as the suffering servant.
We can learn from the Scripture
that he had nowhere to lay his head,
that he was hated in his hometown.
We often think of him as rejected in his hometown.
They actually tried to kill him.
They tried to throw him off a cliff in his hometown.
At one point, his mother and brothers
thought he was a lunatic.
Thankfully, I didn't see it that way to the end,
but they at one point thought he had lost his mind.
Jesus suffered just with the state of the world.
He was deeply grieved by the brokenness
that he saw all around him.
You remember at the death of Lazarus
when he's told of what happened
and he's asked to come and raise Lazarus
and we know he does, he weeps.
The shortest verse in the Bible.
John 11, verse 35.
Jesus wept.
You can memorize that one.
I hope you already have.
Jesus wept.
The one who held power.
He had already done miraculous things
over the wind and the waves,
over illness, certainly over death.
He knew that he could go
and speak Lazarus back to life.
Why did he cry?
Why did he not just go,
it's cool, I got this,
and go raise him from the dead?
I think it's right to understand that he cried
because he saw his friends crying.
He saw what sin was doing in the world.
The kind of grief that it was bringing about.
And so he was weeping with those
who were weeping.
Another example of this
is found in Luke 19, verse 41.
It's the week we find ourselves in celebrating,
looking towards Resurrection Sunday.
Jesus journeying to Jerusalem.
Luke 19, verse 41 says,
And when he drew near and saw the city,
he wept over it.
And the text goes on to tell us why,
very specifically why.
It's because they did not,
and he knew they would not believe
that he was the Christ.
And he knew the judgment
that was coming upon them.
He knew about the Roman army
that was going to march on that city
and lay it to waste.
And he was grieved
that they didn't see the way of peace,
Luke 19 tells us.
That they wouldn't come to him
to have peace,
ultimate peace with God.
And then we know,
and then this week,
as we look towards Resurrection Sunday,
that Jesus was mocked.
He was beaten beyond recognition.
And he was finally killed
in the most gruesome way
ever invented by man.
Jesus suffered.
And beloved, he is our Lord.
Why do we think ourselves better than him?
We are meant to display
the suffering of Christ
in our suffering.
We are meant to bear the same discomfort
with this broken world.
If you have a proper biblical view
of the world,
all of the messiness that you see
goes back to the garden.
It all harkens back to that
at the beginning of death in the world.
It ought to break our hearts
when we see brokenness.
It ought to leave us longing
for a restored kingdom.
I'm grateful this day
that with no direction from myself
that Reese led us in a song of lament.
How long?
You read through the book of Psalms,
over a third of the songs given to us,
God's people to sing together,
over a third of them
are songs of lament,
crying out to God
and asking really honest
and painful questions.
Did any of you feel uncomfortable
singing a song?
It says,
how long?
And then we go,
but we should know the answer to this.
We should go quickly
to an anthem song.
I'm afraid that the American church
has removed the suffering
of the Christian life
and therefore also gives us
no room for lament
in our meetings together.
We've forgotten how to sing songs
in a minor key.
To come together to say,
there's this disconnect
in how I knew God is
and the way He's working in the world
and my experience today.
I'm in pain
and I'm hurting
and I'm longing for something else.
We don't have language for this
because we've removed suffering
from the life,
the normative life
of the Christian.
So when people are suffering,
they stay home.
You're welcome to be honest with me
on a Sunday morning.
If I say,
how are you doing?
You are allowed to say,
not good.
I probably won't be able
to get into the details
of that with you in the moment,
but you know what I will say?
Well, then I'm glad you're here.
It's the place we come
to be reminded,
to ask the question,
how long?
And then to be able to say,
soon.
We know it's coming soon.
We're supposed to long
for that restored kingdom.
We're supposed to suffer insult,
loss of relationship,
and yes,
even personal harm
for the sake of making
the suffering of Christ known.
Paul says that our afflictions
are Jesus' afflictions.
So let's look together
at Hebrews chapter 2.
I'm going to start in verse 10,
and we'll look through verse 16,
and then,
Lord willing,
verse 17 and 18
next Sunday.
Before I read it,
beloved,
let me remind you
that this is God's word to us,
written for His glory
and our good.
Our good,
our benefit.
We would all do well
to listen to it
in order to believe
its promises
and obey its commands.
Speaking here of Jesus Christ,
for it was fitting
that He,
for whom and by whom
all things exist,
in bringing many sons to glory,
should make the founder
of their salvation
perfect through suffering.
For He who sanctifies
and those who are sanctified
all have one source.
That is why He is not ashamed
to call them brothers,
saying,
I will tell of your name
to my brothers.
In the midst of the congregation,
I will sing your praise.
And again,
I will put my trust in Him.
And again,
behold,
I and the children
God has given me.
Since therefore the children
share in flesh and blood,
He Himself likewise
partook of the same things,
that through death
He might destroy the one
who has the power of death,
that is,
the devil,
and deliver all those
who through fear of death
were subject to lifelong slavery.
For surely it is not
the angels that He helps,
but He helps the offspring
of Abraham.
Now,
when you come to a text like this
and think,
as I have done over the past weeks,
this language is so complex,
you will do well
to join me in remembering
that the book of Hebrews
contains the most eloquent
of all New Testament Greek.
And none of us
are Greek speakers.
In fact,
we are a people
who are communicating
in shorter and shorter forms.
Some of you text me
deep questions.
We are now sharing video blitz
with each other
to communicate.
We've even reduced
much of our communication
to tiny pictures.
And just so you know,
when you tag emojis on stuff,
my eyes are too bad
to even see what the faces are.
I have no idea
what you're saying
to me.
We're like going back
to hieroglyphics.
It's interesting.
So,
we should not be surprised
that we have some work
to do
to rightly understand
what God would have us learn
from these precious verses.
We've got to put in
a little work
to wrap our minds
around what's being
communicated here.
And so,
to help us do that
this morning,
I'm going to frame
that work
around three points.
Number one,
the reality
of solidarity
with Jesus.
Number two,
the nature
of solidarity
with Jesus.
And number three,
the deliverance
of solidarity
with Jesus.
Before we consider
any of those specifics,
what do I mean
by solidarity?
Solidarity
is a unity
or agreement
of feeling
or action.
You'll see
sometimes
in a movie,
maybe,
you know somebody
who's had a cancer diagnosis
and in the process
of chemotherapy,
they begin to lose
their hair.
And so,
people in solidarity
with that person
will shave their heads
and cut their hair
off so very short
to say,
I'm with you.
I'm joining you
in this
in the way
that I can.
This is what we mean
by solidarity.
To say that we have
solidarity with Jesus
is to say
that He is in us
and that we are
in Him.
He is shared
in our experience
and therefore
brings us
into sharing
in His experience.
We're unified
with Christ.
This is an astounding
reality.
It is a thing
that we are going
to amuse about
for our entire lives
and I'm fairly convinced
for eternity
to consider
this union
with Christ,
our solidarity
with Him.
And as we take up
a study of the suffering
of the church,
it gives us opportunity
for careful application
today.
So let's do so together.
Number one,
the reality
of solidarity
with Jesus.
We have solidarity
with Christ
if we are in fact
in Him.
If we have placed
believing faith
in Him.
And we see this
in verse 10
and in verse 11.
Verse 10 says
a rather astounding thing
for it was fitting.
For it was fitting.
So it begs the question,
what is He referring to?
It was fitting
for whom
and by whom
all things exist.
To understand that,
we need to back up
a little bit
in the chapter.
Beginning in verse 5.
The writer of Hebrews says,
For it was not to angels
that God subjected
the world to come
of which we are speaking.
It has been testified
somewhere,
what is man
that you are mindful of him
or the son of man
that you care for him?
You made him
for a little while
lower than the angels.
You have crowned him
with glory
and honor,
putting everything
in subjection
under his feet.
Now in putting
everything in subjection
to him,
Christ,
he left nothing
outside his control.
At present,
we do not yet see
everything in subjection
to him,
but we see him
for a little while
was made lower
than the angels,
namely Jesus,
crowned with glory
and honor
because of the suffering
of death,
so that by the grace
of God
he might taste death
for everyone.
So it's this idea
that because Jesus suffered,
he has been exalted.
He is now crowned
with glory
and with honor.
The writer of Hebrews
is making the case
that he's more excellent
than angels up to this point
and this is kind of
the period he puts
on that, right?
He was made for a little while
lower than angels,
human,
so that he would be
exalted as
the Christ.
And it's from this idea
that the author says
for,
it was fitting.
It gives us this repetition
of this idea
for whom
and by whom
all things
exist.
Christ created the world
and the world exists
to serve
him.
And we see
in the way
he does that
is in bringing
many sons
to glory.
Now ladies,
I think we can rightly
say here,
sons and daughters,
the Bible uses
this language
to carry the weight
of inheritance.
So it's okay
to be a son
in Christ,
right?
To inherit
all that is yours
in him.
So it was the
purpose of Christ
as he's made
a little lower
than the angels,
right?
That he would suffer
so that he would be
crowned with glory
and he would bring
many to
glory.
And I hope
this morning
that you're a recipient
of that work
on your behalf.
That you have placed
believing faith
in Christ
that we could
say of you,
son of the
most high,
of the exalted
one.
The author
then goes on
this very
fascinating phrase
that in bringing
many sons
to glory
that he would
be made
the founder
of their salvation
perfect
through
suffering.
Now this idea
of Christ
being the founder
of our salvation
and you could
also put
in this place
the word
pioneer
or captain.
Think forerunner,
the one who's
out in front
and leading
the triumphal
procession.
Recall that the
original audience
of this book
is a storm-tossed
little church.
We see many
examples of that
throughout the text.
We know a little
bit about this
fellowship.
They had been
persecuted.
They were
suffering for
their faith
and they were
being tempted
to go back
to Judaism.
They were being
tempted to
forsake Christ
which is why
this pastoral
letter comes to
them to say
no.
He's better
than.
He's greater
than.
Don't leave
him.
And so
they're suffering.
And it's to
this group
that this author
writes.
This wonderful
thing that he
would be made
the founder
of their
salvation
perfect
through
suffering.
They had
suffered
and they
would suffer.
It's likely
to the point
of death.
The writer
says in
Hebrews 12
verse 4
in your
struggle
against sin
you have
not yet
resisted
to the
point
of shedding
your blood.
at the very
least implies
that they
would
someday
do that
very thing.
And they're
tempted to
believe that
the suffering
of Christ
was incompatible
with the
Christian belief
that he is
the sovereign
creator
of the
universe.
That the
one who is
crowned with
glory would
come to
suffer
and to
die.
They're
tempted to
go back to
the common
Jewish
understanding
that the
Messiah would
be a
conquering
king
in the
earthly
sense.
That he
would come
and he
would ride
on a
stallion
and lead
a grand
army
and drive
out
the
Romans.
And this
is not
the way
the kingdom
comes to
pass.
The writer
of Hebrews
speaks to
them and
to us
at this
point of
temptation
by
effectively
saying
stay on
the boat.
storm
toss
church
stay on
the boat
because
Jesus
is its
captain.
He is
the founder
of our
salvation.
The captain
of our
salvation.
And we
are safe
on the
boat.
And this
Jesus,
this founder
of our
salvation
was made
perfect
through
suffering.
And I
think there's
a dual
meaning here.
we know
that Jesus
was always
perfect.
So it
wasn't that
he was
corrupted
and had
to be
made
perfect,
but that
he did
in fact
grow in
his
faithfulness.
And he
did so
through
suffering.
He was
obedient
even to
the point
of
death.
But I
think the
larger
meaning,
and I
think the
more
important
meaning,
is that
this word
here
translated
perfect
could also
be
translated
consecrated.
It's a
way of
saying
set apart.
He was
set apart
to be
the
founder,
the
captain
of our
salvation
through
suffering.
It was
the way
in which
that he
was set
apart.
So that
he would
share
in our
suffering.
Those of
us living
in this
fallen
world
that will
suffer,
Christ
in every
way and
in higher
order
experienced
the very
same
thing.
He's
not
unable
to
sympathize
with
us
because
he
also
suffered.
And so
he can
be
then
the
captain
of our
salvation.
And then
verse 11
says,
for he
who
sanctifies
sets
apart
and
perfects
those
being
saved
and
those
who
are
sanctified
all
have
one
source.
And
here
it's
believed
that the
writer of
Hebrews
is
referring
to
the
humanity
of
these
believers
and
ours
and
the
humanity
of
Christ.
I'll
let you
wrestle
with that
one a
bit on
your
own
and
I'll
save
you
my
complicated
thought
process
on
it.
It's
believed
that's
what's
being
said
because
in
the
rest
of
verse
11
the
author
goes
on
to
say
that
is
why
he
is
not
ashamed
to
call
them
brothers.
He
is
unified
with
us
in
our
humanity.
And
what an
astounding
thing
that we
are
called
brothers.
He's
not ashamed
and the
positive
of that
is to
say
that
Christ
rejoices
to give
us
family
designation.
So if
you are
in
Christ
then
Christ
is
in
you
and
there's
a
reality
of
this
solidarity
that
you
have
with
Jesus
the
suffering
servant.
This
should
be
massively
encouraging
to us
that the
Catholic
of our
salvation
also
suffered
and
sympathizes
with us
in our
suffering.
Secondly
let's
look at
the
nature
of our
solidarity
with
Jesus.
And
there's
three
sub
points
at
this
point.
Intimacy
dependence
and
confidence.
The
nature
of
our
solidarity.
And
we see
this
in
these
three
Old
Testament
quotations.
I
don't
know
the
exact
nature
of
when
Jesus
said
these
things
but
I
believe
it's
right
to
say
that
he
said
these
things.
Some
commentators
have
suggested
that
the
writer
of
Hebrews
is
saying
because
the
Old
Testament
was
inspired
by
the
Spirit
often
referred
to
as
the
Spirit
of
Christ
this
was
Jesus
as
he
said
it
then
I
would
like
to
suggest
I
think
it's
more
probable
that
Jesus
said
it
during
his
ministry
and
that
the
author
of
Hebrews
had
either
first
hand
heard
this
or
he
had
heard
it
told
that
Jesus
said
these
things
either
during
his
pre-death
ministry
or his
post-resurrection
ministry
that he
cited
the
Old
Testament
in
this
way
so
I
think
it's
right
to
look
at
it
in
that
way
and
the
first
thing
the
author
of
Hebrews
says
Jesus
said
I
will
tell
of
your
name
to
my
brothers
in
the
midst
of
the
congregation
I
will
sing
your
praise
and
here
he
is
quoting
from
Psalm
chapter
22
and
verse
22
let
me
invite
you
to
keep
a
marker
your
finger
something
piece
of
paper
on
Hebrews
chapter
2
and
turn
with
me
to
Psalm
chapter
22
Jesus
takes
this
up
as
his
declaration
Jesus
says
I
Jesus
will
tell
of
God's
name
to
his
brothers
so
those
who
are
not
in
Christ
who
don't
share
this
intimacy
solidarity
with
Jesus
can
know
some
things
about
God
can
see
his
character
revealed
in
nature
but
can't
know
him
here
Jesus
says
he
will
speak
of
God
to
his
brothers
to
those
who
are
part
of
his
family
and
in
the
midst
of
the
congregation
those
who
are
called
together
by
Christ
the
church
he
will
sing
the
praise
!
of
God
this
is
all
incredibly
astounding
John
Calvin said
of this
text
this
teaching
is the
very
strongest
encouragement
to us
to bring
yet more
fervent
zeal
to the
praise
of God
when we
hear
that
Christ
leads
our
praise
and is
the
chief
conductor
of our
hymns
he's the
great
song
leader
as we
sing
songs
of
praise
to our
God
so we
get to
know
God
and
intimacy
with
the
king
of
all
the
world
because
of
the
work
that
Christ
has
done
and
us
being
found
in
him
now
we
are
often
far
too
unfamiliar
with
our
old
testament
and
so
I
would
like
to
believe
that
the
readers
the
original
readers
of
this
letter
immediately
went
on
to
think
about
the
rest
of
psalm
22
the
author
says
he
said
I
will
tell
of
your
name
to
my
brothers
in
the
congregation
I
will
sing
your
praise
and
the
song
kicks
off
in
their
head
many
of
us
do
that
think
in
songs
so you
give
a line
and
somebody
can
just
complete
it
for
you
I
would
imagine
that
they
were
doing
this
very
thing
so
look
at
verse
22
and
23
and
24
I
will
tell of
your
name
to
my
brothers
in
the
midst
of
the
congregation
I
will
praise
you
verse
23
you
who
fear
the
Lord
praise
him
all
you
offspring
of
Jacob
glorify
him
and
stand
in
awe
of
him
all
you
offspring
of
Israel
verse
24
for
he
has
not
despised
or
abhorred
the
affliction
of
the
affliction
and
he
has
not
hidden
his
face
from
him
but
he
has
heard
when
he
cried
to
him
so
in
the
midst
of
suffering
we
have
the
solidarity
with
Christ
in
our
intimacy
with
God
and
the
psalm
goes
on
to
say
he
has
not
turned
away
he
is
there
he
has
not
hidden
his
face
he
is
present
we
maintain
this
intimacy
in
the
midst
of
our
suffering
second
there's
a
solidarity
of
dependence
the
next
Old
Testament
quotation
found in
Hebrews
chapter
2
and
again
this
is
verse
13
I
will
put
my
trust
in
him
the
second
quotation
is
from
Isaiah
chapter
8
the
very
last
part
of
verse
17
it
might
benefit
you
to
be
there
you
don't
have
to
be
but
if
you'd
like
to
turn
to
Isaiah
chapter
8
it
could
be
a
help
to
you
Isaiah
chapter
8
is
a
rich
messianic
chapter
speaking
of
Christ
and
it's
placed
between
chapter
7
where
we
read
of
the
prophecy
of
the
Christ's
birth
Isaiah
chapter
7
verse
14
will
give
you
a
sign
behold
the
virgin
shall
conceive
and
bear
a
son
and
shall
call
his
name
Emmanuel
and
it's
bookended
by
chapter
9
where
we
learn
of
Christ's
names
these
things
are
likely
familiar
to
you
Isaiah
chapter
9
verse
6
for
to
us
a
child
is
born
to
us
a
son
is
given
and
the
government
shall
be
upon
his
shoulders
and
his
name
shall
be
called
wonderful
counselor
prince
of
peace
so
just
imagine
right
beleaguered
small
Hellenistic
Jewish
church
right
they've
got
these
scriptures
which
are
precious
to
them
and
the
writer
of
Hebrews
says
Jesus
quotes
from
Isaiah
chapter
8
this is
where
their
mind
goes
whoa
messianic
stuff
is
happening
in
Isaiah
7
8
and
in
to
9
but
interestingly
chapter
8
is
packed
full
of
messianic
language
and
it's
quoted
heavily
in
the
new
testament
to
speak
of
Jesus
Matthew
first
Peter
Romans
are
common
places
for
this
but
verse
17
does
not
specifically
refer
to
Christ
it's
a really
interesting
place
for
Jesus
to
quote
from
at
this
point
in
chapter
8
Isaiah's
prophecy
has
not
been
received
!
common
amongst
prophets
and
he
is
instructed
by
God
to
seal
it
in
verse
16
bind
it
up
and
then
Isaiah
states
in
verse
17
I
will
wait
for
the
Lord
who
is
hiding
his
face
from
the
house
of
Jacob
and
I
will
hope
in
him
this
is
the
interesting
thing
that
Jesus
quotes
Isaiah
saying
right
I
will
wait
till
the
time
when
God
no
longer
hides
his
face
and
begins
to
gather
his
people
and
I
will
hope
in
him
and
so
Jesus
depended
on
God
he
depended
on
God
in
the
same
way
that
we
need
to
depend
on
God
as
we
walk
in
this
world
when
Jesus
suffered
he
turned
in
faith
to
God
he
joins
us
in
that
we
have
solidarity
with
him
in
that
this
is what
the writer
of
Hebrews
is trying
to teach
us
yes
even
Jesus
who
was
God
incarnate
God
the
son
turned
to
God
the
father
in
dependence
as he
suffered
so we
have a
solidarity
of
dependence
third
we have
a
solidarity
of
confidence
solidarity
of
confidence
writer
of
Hebrews
says
this is
still
verse
13
and
again
behold
I
and the
children
God
has
given
me
this
final
quotation
is also
from
Isaiah
chapter
8
and
verse
18
that's
the very
next
verse
now
in
this
place
Isaiah
originally
said
behold
I
and
the
children
God
has
given
me
he's
referring
to
his
biological
sons
so he
says
behold
I
and
the
children
the
Lord
has
given
me
are
signs
and
portents
or you
could
think
of
that
as
warnings
so
signs
and
warnings
in
Israel
from
the
Lord
of
hosts
who
dwells
on
Mount
Zion
so
again
a
very
interesting
place
and
our
non
Jewish
likely
very
unfamiliar
minds
with
the
book
of
Isaiah
go
what
do
we
do
with
that
but
remember
this
original
audience
and
where
their
minds
I
believe
would
have
gone
so
Isaiah
is
talking
about
his
biological
children
he
had
two
sons
I'm
going
to
try
to
pronounce
their
names
for
you
those
of
you
who
lived
in
Israel
don't
make
fun
of
me
his
first
son
was
named
!
Meher
Shalah
Hashbaz
or
something
like
that
which
means
the
spoil
speeds
the
prey
hastes
about
that
for a
name
the
spoil
speeds
the
prey
haste
and
God
instructed
him
to
name
his
son
this
because
he
was
speaking
of
the
speedy
removal
of
Syria
and
Israel
as
enemies
of
Judah
it
was
meant
to
mean
something
as
he
was
prophesying
to
the
nation
that
there
would
be
a
removal
from
the
land
the
second
son
was
named
Shear
Jeshub
congratulate me
later if I
did it
right
which
means
a
remnant
shall
return
so
there's
going to
be a
removal
but
there's
going to
be
some
that
will
return
and
then
Isaiah's
name
means
Yahweh
is
salvation
so
imagine
if I
think
these
people
would
have
seen
in
their
minds
Isaiah
standing
between
his
two
sons
one
hand
on
one
hand
on
the
other
hand
on
the
other
son's
shoulder
stating
behold
I
and
the
children
God
has
given
me
right
I
Yahweh
is
salvation
and
the
spoil
speeds
the
prey
haste
and
a
remnant
shall
return
and
this
is
what
Jesus
quotes
Jesus
imagine
him
standing
between
us
placing
his
hands
on
our
shoulders
and
declaring
behold
I
and
the
children
God
has
given
me
we
are
going
to
be
okay
Isaiah
had
this
immovable
confidence
in who
God
is
he
had
promised
while
I'm
going
to
punish
I
will
return
I
will
restore
and
Jesus
picks
up
this
language
and
makes
it
his
for
us
today
we're
going
to
be
okay
we
will
weather
the
storm
of
this
life
because
we
have
a
confident
captain
of
our
salvation
he
stands
in the
midst
of
us
and
he
says
look
it's
all
going
to
be
okay
Samuel
Rutherford
Puritan
I like
once
said
your
heart
and I
think
he
means
your
feelings
your
inclinations
he
said
your
heart
is
not
the
compass
Christ
saileth
by
praise
God
so
in
the
midst
of
our
suffering
in
the
midst
of
the
way
we
feel
as
our
confidence
is
shaken
we
can
remember
Christ
and we
can
remember
his
confidence
and
remember
that
we're
unified
with
him
so
there's
a
reality
of
our
solidarity
with
Jesus
that's
a
bit
about
the
nature
of
our
solidarity
with
Jesus
lastly
let's
consider
the
deliverance
of
our
solidarity
with
Jesus
and
we'll
do
this
briefly
verse 14
down
through
16
since
therefore
the
children
share
in
flesh
and
blood
he
himself
likewise
partook
of the
same
things
right
he
became
flesh
and
blood
that
through
death
he
might
destroy
the
one
who
has
the
power
of
death
that
is
the
devil
right
that
in
his
death
he
put
death
to
death
right
he
put
it
away
from
those
who
are
in
him
and
deliver
all
those
who
through
fear
of
death
are
subject
to
lifelong
!
slavery
for
surely
it
is not
the
angels
that he
helps
but
he
helps
the
offspring
of
Abraham
humans
that's
what
he's
suggesting
here
all
of our
suffering
whatever
its
variety
or
shape
should
remind
us
of our
coming
death
I
think
it
reminds
us
of
it
whether
or
not
we
recognize
it
reminds
us
of
it
or
not
right
it
works
inside
of our
conscience
to say
someday
right
apart
from
Christ
your
eternal
state
is
death
this
happened
in the
fall
Genesis
chapter
3
right
after
Adam
eats
of the
fruit
God
says
to
Adam
because
you
have
listened
to
the
voice
of
your
wife
!
and
have
eaten
!
of
the
tree
which
I
commanded
you
shall
not
eat
of
it
curses
the
ground
because
of
you
in
pain
you
shall
eat
of
it
all
the
days
of
your
life
thorns
and
thistles
it
shall
bring
forth
for
you
and
you
shall
eat
the
plants
of
the
field
now
just
is
anybody
doing
yard work
right
now
this
ought
to
really
ring
for
us
it
is
so
!
hard
to
make
our
yards
look
pretty
pollen
is
a
great
curse
and
it's
because
of
sin
that
this
is
happening
ask
each
other
that
question
sometimes
you
know
why
you're
sneezing
somebody
says
pollen
nope
it's
because
of
sin
the
fall
the
fall
has
brought
this
upon
us
verse
19
by
the
sweat
of
your
face
you
shall
eat
bread
till
you
return
to
the
ground
for
out
of
it
you
were
taken
!
for
you
are
dust
and
to
dust
you
shall
return
death
dying
was
brought
into
the
world
by
the
fall
we
may
not
always
be
as
cognizant
of
this
as
we
should
be
but
at
our
core
too
many
of
us
are
gripped
by
death
the
writer
of
Hebrews
actually
says
enslaved
to
it
we're
gripped
by
death
but
Christians
beloved
are not
those
who
should
fear
death
because
we
have
been
liberated
from
it
by
Christ
our
suffering
speaks
not
to
death
but
to
eternal
!
Praise
God!
Our
suffering
now
and
the
way
in
which
we
suffer
speaks
to
the
way
we'll
be
rewarded
later
to
our
eternal
glory
Paul
wrote
in
1
Corinthians
chapter
15
beginning
in
verse
55
O
death
where
is
your
victory
O
death
where
is
your
sting
the
sting
of
death
is
sin
and
the
power
of
sin
is
the
law
but
thanks
be
to
God
who
gives
us
the
victory
through
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
Thomas
Watson
this is on
your
bulletin
so I have
to
reference
it
once
wrote
when
God
lays
men
upon
their
backs
then
they
look
up
to
heaven
and
so
we're
meant
to
be
turned
and
to
rejoice
in
our
Savior
to
recognize
we have
this
solidarity
with
Jesus
and
therefore
we have
a
deliverance
from
the
death
of this
world
I did
this with
you a
couple
of weeks
ago
but I
want to
do it
again
and
just
in
brief
but
this
quick
tour
through
the
book
of
Hebrews
as
this
writer
is
trying
to
make
this
case
to
his
audience
that
they
once
had
a
joy
unshakable
immovable
joy
in
Christ
that
Moses
did
and
that
Jesus
himself
had
this
unshakable
confidence
in the
deliverance
that
is
to
come
so
turn
with
me
if
you
will
to
Hebrews
chapter
10
and
verse
32
the
writer
of
Hebrews
says
but
recall
the
former
days
when
after
you
were
enlightened
came
to
faith
in
Christ
you
endured
a
hard
struggle
with
sufferings
sometimes
being
publicly
exposed
to
reproach
and
affliction
so
sometimes
you
suffered
and
sometimes
being
partners
with
those
so
treated
how
were
they
partners
with
them
for
they
had
compassion
on
those
in
prison
and
as
they're
having
compassion
on
them
as
they're
going
to
serve
them
as
they're
in
prison
for
their
faith
you
joyfully
!
What
strange
people
what
strange
anti-world
people
that in
the midst
of their
suffering
they invited
more
suffering
by going
and serving
the saints
being obedient
to the call
of Christ
to love
the family
of God
and then
they saw
the loss
of their
stuff
as gain
they said
this will
be for
eternal
reward
and they
joyfully
accepted
the plundering
of their
property
beloved
we are
meant
to be
weird
in this
way
Hebrews
chapter
11
verse
24
by faith
Moses
when he
was grown
up
refused
to be
called
the son
of
Pharaoh's
daughter
he was
an
Egyptian
prince
choosing
rather
to be
mistreated
with the
people
of God
than to
enjoy
the
fleeting
pleasures
of sin
fleeting
passing
dust
in the
wind
he
considered
the
reproach
of
Christ
and I
love that
the author
of Hebrews
does this
here
right
because
what
was
Moses
doing
even
back
then
he
was
sharing
in the
afflictions
of
Christ
the
reproach
of
Christ
greater
wealth
than the
treasures
of
Egypt
for
he
was
looking
to
the
reward
he
goes
on to
make
the
case
from
Jesus'
living
Hebrews
chapter
12
verse
1
and
2
therefore
since we
are
surrounded
by so
great
a
cloud
of
witnesses
all
these
people
of
faith
that
he
mentioned
in
chapter
11
let us
also
lay
aside
every
weight
and
sin
which
clings
so
closely
and
let
us
run
with
endurance
the
race
that
is
set
before
us
looking
to
Jesus
here's
the
language
again
the
founder
the
captain
and
perfecter
of
our
faith
who
for
the
joy
that
was
set
before
him
endured
so
for
greater
joy
for
greater
reward
Christ
himself
set
for
us
as
our
captain
as
the
example
for
us
suffered
for
something
greater
and
then
lastly
in
kind
of
the
call
to
us
the
author
of
Hebrews
makes
chapter
13
verse
12
through
14
so
Jesus
also
suffered
outside
the
gate
in order
to
sanctify
the
people
through
his
own
blood
therefore
let
us
go to
him
outside
the
camp
and
bear
the
reproach
he
endured
for
here
we
have
no
lasting
city
right
it's
a
fleeting
city
it said
we
have
no
lasting
city
but
we
seek
the
city
that
is
to
come
and
we
cry
how
long
do
we
see
our
home
come
down
from
the
sky
this
is
what
we
long
for
so
there's
a
reality
of
our
solidarity
with
Jesus
there's
a
precious
nature
of
our
solidarity
with
Jesus
and
there's
a
deliverance
now
and
forever
that
awaits
us
because
of
our
solidarity
with
Jesus
this
is
why
the
heidelberg
catechism
begins
what
is
what
is
your
only
comfort
in
life
and
death
what
is
your
only
comfort
in
life
and
death
and
this
is
the
answer
we're
teaching
right now
our
children
an
abbreviated
version
of
this
but
here's
the
full
answer
from
the
heidelberg
catechism
that
I
am
not
my
own
but
belong
body
and
soul
in
life
and
in
death
to
my
faithful
savior
jesus
christ
he
has
fully
paid
for
all
my
sins
with
his
precious
blood
and
has
set
me
free
from
the
tyranny
of
the
devil
he
also
watches
over
me
in
such
a
way
that
not
a
hair
can
fall
for
my
head
without
the
will
of
my
father
in
heaven
in
fact
all
things
must
work
together
for
my
salvation
because
I
belong
to
him
Christ
by
his
holy
spirit
assures
me
willing
and
ready
from
now
on
to
live
for
him
let's
pray
together