WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.339 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama. 00:00:07.020 --> 00:00:09.359 Our passion is to experience and express grace. 00:00:10.060 --> 00:00:10.519 Join us. 00:00:12.380 --> 00:00:21.339 This morning, if you would turn with me into your Bibles to Hebrews chapter 10, verses 19 through 25. 00:00:22.980 --> 00:00:27.940 This morning, we are not part of a series, kind of a one-off. 00:00:27.940 --> 00:00:34.920 We'll be essentially helicoptering in or, you know, parachuting into a short passage out of the book of Hebrews. 00:00:36.579 --> 00:00:51.659 Let's take a look at it and remind ourselves about the greatness of Jesus and how that thing that drives us, that moves us, that motivates us, that changes us, that Jesus draws us to each other. 00:00:51.659 --> 00:01:01.219 And so this, just as a short reminder, the book of Hebrews is written, unknown author, written to Jewish converts. 00:01:02.039 --> 00:01:03.459 It's essentially sermonic. 00:01:03.579 --> 00:01:14.239 It's a sermon written so that people are encouraged in order to persevere, to be faithful to Christ in all the things that go on in their lives, whether good, bad or ugly, that they would remain faithful to Jesus. 00:01:14.239 --> 00:01:23.479 And they would see the greatness of Jesus above everything else, no matter what they see, no matter what they face, no matter what they're tempted to do, they would see Jesus as greater. 00:01:24.619 --> 00:01:28.879 But this morning, before we get started with our sermon, I'm going to ask you guys a question. 00:01:28.879 --> 00:01:33.259 How do you handle critique? 00:01:34.459 --> 00:01:35.899 How do you handle criticism? 00:01:37.799 --> 00:01:41.539 If you're like me, yeah, I grit my teeth almost immediately. 00:01:42.759 --> 00:01:44.179 I tense up a little bit. 00:01:44.379 --> 00:01:45.799 Thank you for that. 00:01:46.459 --> 00:01:47.319 It's so helpful. 00:01:50.159 --> 00:01:51.780 How about this? 00:01:51.859 --> 00:01:52.879 It's a necessity. 00:01:52.879 --> 00:02:00.739 Oftentimes, I need people to tell me if I'm doing something wrong. 00:02:01.859 --> 00:02:11.560 There's a saying that I had with my friends that friends tell each other when they have spinach in their teeth, enemies let it ride. 00:02:12.199 --> 00:02:19.419 You know, like if you've got a hot date and your friend is going on a hot date and they have spinach in your teeth, you want to help them because you love them. 00:02:19.500 --> 00:02:20.139 You're your friend. 00:02:20.139 --> 00:02:21.979 But that's like, hey, dude, something's wrong. 00:02:22.759 --> 00:02:32.679 And so any sort of critique or criticism, often we just get tense and we don't like it and we hate it and we don't want anybody to tell us what we're doing wrong. 00:02:33.859 --> 00:02:34.779 We don't like it. 00:02:34.899 --> 00:02:35.259 We just don't. 00:02:36.679 --> 00:02:38.379 What about encouragement? 00:02:38.879 --> 00:02:43.759 How many of us have ever felt awkward when someone has said, hey, man, you did a great job? 00:02:44.259 --> 00:02:48.139 Oh, that feeling of someone else seeing something good that you've done. 00:02:48.139 --> 00:02:50.899 For a lot of us, it's really helpful and good. 00:02:51.139 --> 00:02:53.959 But a lot of us feels really awkward at times. 00:02:54.519 --> 00:02:56.619 I don't know how to I don't know how to receive a compliment often. 00:02:58.459 --> 00:03:00.919 What about how do you handle helping someone? 00:03:01.759 --> 00:03:02.939 How do you approach them? 00:03:03.559 --> 00:03:04.379 How do you go to them? 00:03:05.979 --> 00:03:07.199 What about receiving help? 00:03:07.219 --> 00:03:08.219 How do you ask for help? 00:03:09.979 --> 00:03:11.719 Have you ever considered these things? 00:03:11.919 --> 00:03:12.060 Right. 00:03:12.060 --> 00:03:21.900 The idea is that there's this necessity for someone outside of ourselves to help us, for us to help someone else. 00:03:23.520 --> 00:03:23.939 Right. 00:03:24.479 --> 00:03:32.960 And as we look at this passage today, as we try and remember who we are and what we're here for and what we're called to do. 00:03:32.960 --> 00:03:41.560 I want us to think about what we are called to do as we serve one another, as we love one another, because we belong to something bigger. 00:03:42.780 --> 00:03:43.000 Right. 00:03:43.140 --> 00:03:46.900 The title of my sermon is A Family of Faith. 00:03:47.740 --> 00:03:48.400 We belong. 00:03:48.500 --> 00:03:51.200 And I've said it several times already in our worship service. 00:03:51.280 --> 00:03:52.379 We belong to a family. 00:03:52.500 --> 00:03:54.340 We belong to something bigger, a community. 00:03:54.719 --> 00:04:00.439 The church is something more than us just doing this Christian life by ourselves. 00:04:00.439 --> 00:04:03.359 And so we belong to something bigger. 00:04:04.479 --> 00:04:10.219 So let's pause there as you think about, think about the way you hear people speaking into your lives. 00:04:10.659 --> 00:04:16.439 Let's hear from the word of God so that we might think rightly about it. 00:04:17.459 --> 00:04:23.360 Let's, if you, in your Bibles, we're going to read Hebrews chapter 10, verses 19 to 25. 00:04:23.360 --> 00:04:35.699 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is through his flesh. 00:04:35.699 --> 00:04:49.379 And since we have a great high priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 00:04:49.719 --> 00:04:53.419 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering. 00:04:53.860 --> 00:04:55.860 For he who promised is faithful. 00:04:55.860 --> 00:05:05.340 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together as the habit of some, but encouraging one another. 00:05:05.939 --> 00:05:08.800 And all the more, as you see the day drawing near. 00:05:09.500 --> 00:05:10.420 This is God's word. 00:05:10.520 --> 00:05:10.939 Let's pray. 00:05:11.379 --> 00:05:15.560 Father, would you help us to see your word rightly? 00:05:15.699 --> 00:05:20.500 Help us to be changed and transformed and made more like Christ, to be sanctified, Lord. 00:05:20.500 --> 00:05:27.800 Would we find ourselves more and more in love with you, more and more changed by your word? 00:05:29.379 --> 00:05:33.220 Father, we thank you for all that you have done. 00:05:33.660 --> 00:05:38.560 We thank you that this is a reminder, that this is a summary of the good news of the gospel. 00:05:39.399 --> 00:05:41.420 And we pray that we would see it that way today. 00:05:42.360 --> 00:05:44.000 We love you and we pray this in Jesus' name. 00:05:44.699 --> 00:05:45.060 Amen. 00:05:45.060 --> 00:05:52.839 All right, this morning, I want us to take a moment and see that we are a family of faith. 00:05:53.879 --> 00:06:00.459 And immediately, if you read in chapter 10, right here in verse 19, I don't know if you've got a pew Bible. 00:06:02.379 --> 00:06:05.840 It says, therefore, brothers, and then there's a note. 00:06:06.519 --> 00:06:11.899 And if you look down and you have magnifying glass or you can see this, it says, or brothers and sisters. 00:06:11.899 --> 00:06:18.659 Right, there's this Greek word that tells us that this is not just to the men of the church, the Hebrew men. 00:06:18.719 --> 00:06:20.979 This is to God's people, all of God's people. 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:26.699 It's a reminder, in many ways, of us, the reality of family within the church. 00:06:28.000 --> 00:06:29.620 A lot of us don't want to think this way. 00:06:29.719 --> 00:06:30.279 I understand. 00:06:30.859 --> 00:06:37.379 A lot of us come from families with brokenness, with hurt, with baggage. 00:06:37.379 --> 00:06:43.259 And no one, we don't want to think about this as a family affair. 00:06:44.339 --> 00:06:45.659 We don't want to think about this. 00:06:45.839 --> 00:06:53.339 But in reality, even though there are hard and bad things that happen in families, there are tough realities to being in a family. 00:06:53.800 --> 00:06:55.060 There is good, bad, and ugly. 00:06:56.120 --> 00:07:00.500 Even though that's true, it doesn't mean we should throw it away. 00:07:00.500 --> 00:07:05.420 It means that it should help change us when we look at it and we see it in the Bible. 00:07:06.139 --> 00:07:13.759 When we see it in the scriptures, it's language of tenderness and care and love that we need, that we need to be reminded of too. 00:07:15.240 --> 00:07:23.879 And so we need to be reminded that this is not just something that we've come to attend on Sunday morning from 930 to 1045, maybe 1030 today since the youth pastor's preaching. 00:07:23.879 --> 00:07:30.159 You know, it's not something that we've, it's not just something we attend. 00:07:30.259 --> 00:07:31.740 It's not something that we just do. 00:07:31.959 --> 00:07:35.939 It's something we belong to because we belong to the God of the universe. 00:07:38.579 --> 00:07:41.899 And so this is something that has to help change us. 00:07:42.399 --> 00:07:43.819 And it doesn't just change us. 00:07:43.920 --> 00:07:46.219 It changes our posture. 00:07:46.379 --> 00:07:48.420 It changes how we relate to one another, right? 00:07:48.459 --> 00:07:51.019 It doesn't just change us in kind of practical ways. 00:07:51.019 --> 00:08:07.299 But even though we know families are complicated, even when we know families are broken, even when we know the goal of this communication is to influence us, influence me, influence the reader, the original audience to remember that we belong to each other. 00:08:08.399 --> 00:08:13.919 That there's this family element to following Jesus, to being a part of it. 00:08:13.920 --> 00:08:21.560 And look, we all have different family issues, but we want to focus on the ideals in this moment, right? 00:08:22.520 --> 00:08:32.860 In an ideal world, though we know of everything that goes on, a family is a place of love, care, nurture, unity, beauty. 00:08:33.580 --> 00:08:36.039 It's a good and wonderful place. 00:08:36.039 --> 00:08:44.779 A family as it's meant to be is this amazing place where mothers and fathers love each other. 00:08:44.860 --> 00:08:51.079 Children are raised in beautiful to become these adult, perfect, great versions of themselves. 00:08:51.399 --> 00:08:55.079 Though some of us here struggle with that, including myself. 00:08:57.579 --> 00:08:59.799 We're called to be a family of faith. 00:08:59.799 --> 00:09:09.519 And immediately as we read this passage, we see this reality that we're called to be family. 00:09:10.639 --> 00:09:12.699 It's not the only time in the Bible this is mentioned. 00:09:12.819 --> 00:09:14.659 So this is why we can trust it. 00:09:14.759 --> 00:09:18.559 We can trust this kind of language is because it's not in isolation. 00:09:19.539 --> 00:09:19.679 Right. 00:09:19.799 --> 00:09:22.039 The Apostle Paul talks about adoption as sons. 00:09:22.159 --> 00:09:28.139 The Apostle Paul tells us that we have a spirit given to us that we cry out, Abba, Father. 00:09:28.139 --> 00:09:31.860 We have this reality that God is our father. 00:09:33.100 --> 00:09:41.840 And then if you go back further into the Old Testament, you see this language from Jeremiah where the prophet's talking about the God of the universe. 00:09:41.980 --> 00:09:44.199 He says, for I'm a father to Israel. 00:09:44.960 --> 00:09:47.699 Isaiah says, O Lord, thou art our father. 00:09:48.980 --> 00:09:56.759 Throughout the Old Testament, even, there's this language of God as our father in this familial language. 00:09:58.139 --> 00:10:03.039 And so we are called to remember that. 00:10:03.139 --> 00:10:03.519 I am. 00:10:04.220 --> 00:10:05.100 I don't. 00:10:06.039 --> 00:10:07.220 I'm a human being. 00:10:07.620 --> 00:10:11.279 I view things much more transactional than I should. 00:10:11.279 --> 00:10:17.480 I don't look often enough at people and say, oh, this is like my family. 00:10:19.319 --> 00:10:26.199 I often look at, is this something someone can give me or get me or what do I have to give to someone to get what I need? 00:10:26.200 --> 00:10:37.120 And don't even ask about the sins of a pastor where you're like much more looking at the church in a transactional way than you could ever imagine. 00:10:37.680 --> 00:10:39.259 The struggle against that is real. 00:10:39.259 --> 00:10:48.620 And yet, as we pause today, we must remember that we belong to one another in a family. 00:10:49.279 --> 00:10:50.439 The family of God. 00:10:51.639 --> 00:10:56.200 And that family has definitive characteristics. 00:10:57.019 --> 00:10:59.840 It has beautiful characteristics. 00:10:59.840 --> 00:11:04.600 It's not a family that's just kind of randomly made up. 00:11:04.759 --> 00:11:09.379 It's hopefully as a church, we're a family that's been changed by Christ. 00:11:10.879 --> 00:11:12.879 A family that's been made new. 00:11:14.540 --> 00:11:18.980 See, in this passage in Hebrews, the writer, who we don't know, right? 00:11:19.139 --> 00:11:21.360 There's lots of assumptions, lots of things we can think about it. 00:11:21.660 --> 00:11:24.120 Lots of ways that we can point, but we don't know. 00:11:24.120 --> 00:11:26.560 He says this. 00:11:28.159 --> 00:11:28.440 He said, 00:11:28.620 --> 00:11:30.299 Let us draw near, in verse 22, 00:11:30.440 --> 00:11:38.940 Let us draw near with a true heart and full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. 00:11:39.360 --> 00:11:41.919 There is a previous state that we were in. 00:11:42.940 --> 00:11:44.299 We have been washed. 00:11:44.460 --> 00:11:45.419 We have been cleansed. 00:11:45.480 --> 00:11:46.440 We have been changed. 00:11:46.759 --> 00:11:49.519 We are no longer the people we were. 00:11:49.600 --> 00:11:50.500 We now belong. 00:11:50.500 --> 00:11:56.139 We are cleansed and made right by the work of Jesus, by the blood of Jesus, by the cross and his resurrection. 00:11:58.379 --> 00:12:04.480 We're a family that's marked by change and transformation by the power of the gospel. 00:12:07.299 --> 00:12:10.759 And we have to remember that we're all changed by Jesus. 00:12:10.759 --> 00:12:19.039 That those of us who are part of God's people is that we are cleansed and made holy by Jesus himself. 00:12:19.759 --> 00:12:21.039 Not something we've done. 00:12:21.139 --> 00:12:22.179 Not something we can do. 00:12:22.279 --> 00:12:24.200 Not something we can work to achieve. 00:12:24.399 --> 00:12:25.799 We can't level up as a Christian. 00:12:25.899 --> 00:12:27.919 We can't make this our next goal for next year. 00:12:28.259 --> 00:12:31.679 Is that I'll just be a better, just a better Christian than the person next to me. 00:12:31.679 --> 00:12:39.739 I'll just, I'll keep, our goal is that we would worship the Lord because we, he is the one who's changed us. 00:12:41.979 --> 00:12:44.059 And this identifies us. 00:12:44.120 --> 00:12:45.359 This gives us an identifying marker. 00:12:45.699 --> 00:12:54.559 One of the things that we talk about in our youth ministry, when I hire summer interns, when I hire full-time staff, 00:12:54.559 --> 00:13:01.059 is, I don't, I don't try and put a biblical spin on it, but it's true in a sense, in a lot of ways, 00:13:01.139 --> 00:13:06.519 there are scripture that remind us of this, is that we have to remember that we are all on the same team. 00:13:07.219 --> 00:13:08.339 As one of the things. 00:13:08.539 --> 00:13:12.299 So, so when I make you mad, when I, which I inevitably do because I'm a sinner. 00:13:12.779 --> 00:13:15.799 And also, I just know my personality and know who I am. 00:13:15.919 --> 00:13:17.579 I'm very aware, I think. 00:13:17.580 --> 00:13:25.400 The reality is I would, as I make you mad, remember that we're on the same team. 00:13:26.060 --> 00:13:30.420 And I try and remind all of our staff and all of our people that work with us. 00:13:31.060 --> 00:13:33.700 Hey, we all serve the same Jesus. 00:13:34.960 --> 00:13:37.700 We all belong to the same family. 00:13:38.900 --> 00:13:41.879 We belong to the same people. 00:13:43.340 --> 00:13:45.840 We've all been changed by Jesus. 00:13:45.840 --> 00:13:50.259 And this is the, one of the markers of this family we belong to. 00:13:52.120 --> 00:13:55.920 And, and, and the beauty of this is, is that it's not something that we've done, right? 00:13:55.960 --> 00:13:56.720 We haven't done this. 00:13:56.800 --> 00:13:58.399 I haven't made this happen, right? 00:13:58.440 --> 00:14:02.960 Because the Bible talks about how the, how people don't have this ability innately. 00:14:02.960 --> 00:14:06.300 We don't just make ourselves good and make ourselves right and make ourselves holy. 00:14:07.360 --> 00:14:07.800 Right? 00:14:08.240 --> 00:14:10.740 People are sinful since. 00:14:12.940 --> 00:14:13.340 Genesis. 00:14:15.840 --> 00:14:20.220 Jeremiah talks about how our hearts are deceitful above all things and desperately wicked. 00:14:21.100 --> 00:14:26.200 The Apostle Paul reminds us that in Romans chapter three, that all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. 00:14:27.759 --> 00:14:30.259 So something must have happened to change us. 00:14:31.720 --> 00:14:34.100 Something must have transformed us. 00:14:35.000 --> 00:14:38.560 Something has made us new creations in Christ. 00:14:38.559 --> 00:14:42.659 And it was Jesus. 00:14:43.739 --> 00:14:54.959 This, this whole portion of, of chapter 10 of Hebrews is, is, is we kind of end it in the later verses of chapters, verses 24 and 25. 00:14:55.399 --> 00:14:59.019 With like exhortation to do, to love one another, to care for one another. 00:14:59.019 --> 00:15:00.720 So to live as that family. 00:15:02.000 --> 00:15:09.220 But he doesn't leave the summary of, he doesn't leave the, this exhortation with no reminder of the beauty of the gospel. 00:15:10.579 --> 00:15:12.399 He's reminding us that we've been made clean. 00:15:13.139 --> 00:15:22.100 He's been reminding us that we, he's, he's taking his whole argument for the first nine plus chapters of Hebrews and saying, here's a little summary of what I've already said. 00:15:22.100 --> 00:15:24.279 Remember Jesus, our great high priest. 00:15:24.440 --> 00:15:25.899 Remember you've been cleansed by Jesus. 00:15:26.320 --> 00:15:27.560 Remember how good he is. 00:15:27.700 --> 00:15:35.980 Remember, cling to this goodness, this truth, so that you might love one another as Christ has loved us. 00:15:37.399 --> 00:15:39.899 And so we're a family of changed people. 00:15:40.460 --> 00:15:44.899 Not because of us, but because, as 2 Corinthians 5 verse 21 puts it, 00:15:45.779 --> 00:15:50.120 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us. 00:15:50.120 --> 00:15:55.120 So that in him, we might become the righteousness of God. 00:15:57.179 --> 00:16:01.100 And it's because of Jesus, this is why this is such a wild passage. 00:16:01.279 --> 00:16:03.100 Like this is a, this is truly a wild passage. 00:16:03.220 --> 00:16:08.639 Like, and again, like this, I don't know how engineers talk about certain things because it's an engine, 00:16:08.720 --> 00:16:10.740 but I know how like pastors talk about the Bible. 00:16:10.860 --> 00:16:11.539 Like this is wild. 00:16:11.759 --> 00:16:13.399 And y'all are like, it's a Bible passage. 00:16:13.399 --> 00:16:22.039 But the reality of what this means, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, 00:16:22.319 --> 00:16:25.459 something that we could not do, we could not enter the holy places. 00:16:25.819 --> 00:16:28.480 Only the priest, the great, the high priest could do it. 00:16:29.299 --> 00:16:33.019 By a new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is through his flesh, 00:16:33.240 --> 00:16:35.139 that his death achieved for us. 00:16:35.139 --> 00:16:42.080 His flesh, meaning that his death allows us this, this access to the God of the universe. 00:16:43.340 --> 00:16:46.819 And since we have a great high priest over the house of God, let us draw near. 00:16:47.259 --> 00:16:49.600 We get to draw near to the God of the universe. 00:16:51.340 --> 00:16:53.419 As God's people, we've been changed. 00:16:54.439 --> 00:16:56.980 And that change allows us access to God. 00:16:56.980 --> 00:17:06.360 It's a transformation that will trump anything we try and achieve this next year. 00:17:07.180 --> 00:17:10.019 As you wake up tomorrow and you look at your list of things you're going to do, 00:17:10.799 --> 00:17:14.779 there is no change greater than what Christ has done for his people. 00:17:16.500 --> 00:17:20.200 By giving them access to the very God of the universe. 00:17:21.559 --> 00:17:23.500 And so we're a family that's been changed, 00:17:24.019 --> 00:17:26.460 but we have to place our confidence in things. 00:17:26.460 --> 00:17:29.059 There are lots of things that we can place our confidence in. 00:17:29.920 --> 00:17:32.000 You know, we live in a world full of great things. 00:17:33.620 --> 00:17:36.759 Money, power, our reputation. 00:17:37.640 --> 00:17:42.759 I can put my confidence in anything in the world that I really want to. 00:17:42.799 --> 00:17:46.720 I can create my own little space where I'm living in with confidence. 00:17:47.640 --> 00:17:50.660 I could put it in my reputation of just being a pastor. 00:17:50.660 --> 00:17:58.759 But our confidence in what we do and how we live in this world, 00:17:59.779 --> 00:18:02.500 whether we are interacting with Christians or not, 00:18:03.340 --> 00:18:08.040 our confidence must be in Jesus and his sacrifice. 00:18:08.039 --> 00:18:14.420 I'm confident because he's the high priest over the house of God. 00:18:15.920 --> 00:18:20.079 See, he's been given a title that I could never achieve. 00:18:22.059 --> 00:18:24.059 And I can be confident in him. 00:18:24.139 --> 00:18:27.319 I can trust him because of what he has done. 00:18:27.319 --> 00:18:37.659 I can tell you that I would not walk into a lawyer's office and be confident in asking them to fix a sickness. 00:18:37.660 --> 00:18:44.980 And in the same way, I wouldn't walk into a doctor's office and be confident in their ability to handle my lawsuit. 00:18:45.740 --> 00:18:50.880 And in the same way, I wouldn't walk into an accountant's office and say, 00:18:51.000 --> 00:18:54.240 do you know how to translate Spanish really well? 00:18:54.580 --> 00:18:54.759 Okay. 00:18:54.759 --> 00:19:00.240 Like there are people who have these expertise and these titles and these realities. 00:19:00.799 --> 00:19:07.339 And what we see with Jesus is we can place all of our confidence in our interactions with one another as a family, 00:19:07.700 --> 00:19:08.879 good, bad, or ugly, 00:19:09.759 --> 00:19:13.180 because he is the great high priest. 00:19:14.279 --> 00:19:15.039 Not me. 00:19:15.900 --> 00:19:17.160 Not something I've done. 00:19:18.059 --> 00:19:19.180 But because of him. 00:19:19.180 --> 00:19:23.259 And not only that, 00:19:24.299 --> 00:19:27.840 we can see a little bit of his character as well. 00:19:29.519 --> 00:19:31.600 Though we know Jesus as the son of God, 00:19:31.720 --> 00:19:32.539 the lamb who was slain, 00:19:32.620 --> 00:19:33.259 the king of kings, 00:19:33.580 --> 00:19:34.100 lord of lords, 00:19:34.220 --> 00:19:35.340 the high priest of the new covenant, 00:19:35.660 --> 00:19:36.880 the one who changes people. 00:19:40.039 --> 00:19:41.140 We can remember 00:19:41.140 --> 00:19:43.360 that he is faithful. 00:19:45.060 --> 00:19:46.660 He is faithful to his people. 00:19:49.180 --> 00:19:53.740 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope. 00:19:53.820 --> 00:19:56.100 Let us hold fast to what we have spoken as truth, 00:19:56.220 --> 00:19:57.360 that Jesus is Lord. 00:19:58.259 --> 00:20:01.420 Without wavering for he who promised this, 00:20:01.560 --> 00:20:03.019 his work, 00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:04.299 he is faithful. 00:20:05.680 --> 00:20:07.400 If we were to sit here 00:20:07.400 --> 00:20:09.880 and I could list a million times where I have failed. 00:20:11.080 --> 00:20:12.400 I'm sure all of us could, 00:20:12.480 --> 00:20:13.180 to some degree, 00:20:13.259 --> 00:20:13.840 sit here and just, 00:20:14.160 --> 00:20:15.920 if we just wrote notes today and just said, 00:20:16.019 --> 00:20:17.380 these are the times that I have failed. 00:20:17.380 --> 00:20:21.120 But then we sat down and we wrote down, 00:20:21.300 --> 00:20:23.400 how has Jesus failed? 00:20:24.540 --> 00:20:25.240 We couldn't. 00:20:26.460 --> 00:20:26.880 Jesus, 00:20:27.140 --> 00:20:28.320 the perfect son of God. 00:20:28.780 --> 00:20:29.100 Jesus, 00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:30.700 without sin. 00:20:31.080 --> 00:20:31.340 Jesus, 00:20:32.220 --> 00:20:32.860 the one 00:20:32.860 --> 00:20:35.780 who we can put our confidence in. 00:20:36.300 --> 00:20:37.380 Not just because 00:20:37.380 --> 00:20:39.300 we see it in his sinless life, 00:20:39.340 --> 00:20:40.160 but because we see it 00:20:40.160 --> 00:20:41.800 by the power of his resurrection. 00:20:41.799 --> 00:20:47.359 His death 00:20:47.359 --> 00:20:49.519 changes us. 00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:51.599 And his resurrection 00:20:51.599 --> 00:20:53.339 is a reminder of the confidence we have 00:20:53.339 --> 00:20:54.359 in the life eternal. 00:20:56.940 --> 00:20:57.859 And so we are, 00:20:58.720 --> 00:20:59.639 we're seeing that, 00:20:59.759 --> 00:21:00.579 that we're a family, 00:21:00.659 --> 00:21:00.759 right? 00:21:00.779 --> 00:21:01.200 We're a family. 00:21:01.299 --> 00:21:02.460 We're defined by certain things. 00:21:03.139 --> 00:21:03.879 We're changed. 00:21:04.019 --> 00:21:04.299 We're, 00:21:04.299 --> 00:21:04.799 we're, 00:21:04.799 --> 00:21:07.919 we're changed by Christ. 00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:08.899 We're confident in Christ. 00:21:08.900 --> 00:21:08.980 Christ. 00:21:09.560 --> 00:21:12.560 But there's a reason for our confidence. 00:21:12.800 --> 00:21:12.840 And, 00:21:12.880 --> 00:21:16.000 and it's pretty much an overlapping point 00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:17.800 to some degree 00:21:17.800 --> 00:21:19.320 when you're trying to remember this, 00:21:19.900 --> 00:21:21.019 that we're confident in Christ, 00:21:21.080 --> 00:21:22.400 but we're anchored by Christ. 00:21:23.300 --> 00:21:24.680 And the reason why I want to do this, 00:21:24.740 --> 00:21:25.300 because there's just, 00:21:25.680 --> 00:21:25.840 again, 00:21:25.900 --> 00:21:27.560 this moment where you, 00:21:28.100 --> 00:21:29.100 when you study things 00:21:29.100 --> 00:21:29.560 and you read, 00:21:29.820 --> 00:21:29.840 and, 00:21:29.960 --> 00:21:32.380 and I want to point out in verse two, 00:21:32.620 --> 00:21:34.740 verse 20 of chapter 10, 00:21:34.740 --> 00:21:35.080 it says, 00:21:35.680 --> 00:21:37.740 I'll read the whole thing for just a second. 00:21:37.740 --> 00:21:38.019 Therefore, 00:21:38.180 --> 00:21:38.420 brothers, 00:21:38.500 --> 00:21:39.440 since we have confidence 00:21:39.440 --> 00:21:40.440 to enter the holy places 00:21:40.440 --> 00:21:41.339 by the blood of Jesus, 00:21:41.720 --> 00:21:43.259 by the new and living way 00:21:43.259 --> 00:21:44.779 that he opened us 00:21:44.779 --> 00:21:45.380 through the curtain, 00:21:45.680 --> 00:21:47.200 that Jesus has given us 00:21:47.200 --> 00:21:48.140 a new and living way, 00:21:48.220 --> 00:21:49.259 the access to God, 00:21:49.660 --> 00:21:51.140 ways to be in relationship 00:21:51.140 --> 00:21:51.779 and connection 00:21:51.779 --> 00:21:53.160 and contact with him. 00:21:54.099 --> 00:21:55.259 This new and living way 00:21:55.259 --> 00:21:57.000 is translated differently. 00:21:58.079 --> 00:21:58.500 Right? 00:21:58.559 --> 00:21:58.660 We, 00:21:58.779 --> 00:21:59.740 we see it 00:21:59.740 --> 00:22:02.059 here in our English versions 00:22:02.059 --> 00:22:02.339 as, 00:22:02.359 --> 00:22:03.099 as new and living, 00:22:03.140 --> 00:22:04.200 and we can kind of talk through that, 00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:04.380 but 00:22:04.380 --> 00:22:06.120 it means 00:22:06.120 --> 00:22:06.960 permanent. 00:22:07.740 --> 00:22:09.160 A permanent way. 00:22:10.220 --> 00:22:11.380 It's an open way 00:22:11.380 --> 00:22:12.740 that is never closed 00:22:12.740 --> 00:22:13.460 to his people. 00:22:14.819 --> 00:22:15.740 It's an ongoing, 00:22:16.079 --> 00:22:17.339 never ending access 00:22:17.339 --> 00:22:18.660 to the God 00:22:18.660 --> 00:22:19.539 of the universe. 00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:21.400 And if you just say, 00:22:21.519 --> 00:22:21.599 oh, 00:22:21.640 --> 00:22:22.079 it's a, 00:22:22.160 --> 00:22:22.480 you know, 00:22:22.500 --> 00:22:23.640 it's a living plant. 00:22:23.900 --> 00:22:24.740 We understand 00:22:24.740 --> 00:22:26.200 that the plant will die 00:22:26.200 --> 00:22:26.640 one day. 00:22:27.160 --> 00:22:28.160 And if we just kind of 00:22:28.160 --> 00:22:29.039 use our regular 00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:30.120 kind of way 00:22:30.120 --> 00:22:30.740 of talking about 00:22:30.740 --> 00:22:31.440 the word living, 00:22:31.799 --> 00:22:32.059 it's, 00:22:32.059 --> 00:22:32.700 it's alive. 00:22:32.700 --> 00:22:34.779 but the emphasis 00:22:34.779 --> 00:22:35.600 of these words 00:22:35.600 --> 00:22:36.160 in the Greek 00:22:36.160 --> 00:22:36.880 are meant 00:22:36.880 --> 00:22:37.880 to remind us 00:22:37.880 --> 00:22:38.340 that it's this 00:22:38.340 --> 00:22:40.019 never ending. 00:22:41.380 --> 00:22:42.880 You cannot stop. 00:22:43.140 --> 00:22:44.000 When you are in Christ, 00:22:44.080 --> 00:22:44.620 you have this 00:22:44.620 --> 00:22:46.340 ongoing forever access 00:22:46.340 --> 00:22:47.059 to the Father, 00:22:47.259 --> 00:22:48.019 access to God 00:22:48.019 --> 00:22:49.080 in a way that we had 00:22:49.080 --> 00:22:49.960 never had before. 00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:50.980 And the great high priest 00:22:50.980 --> 00:22:52.220 who has gone before us 00:22:52.220 --> 00:22:53.420 has made this possible. 00:22:53.880 --> 00:22:55.100 Jesus has opened this door 00:22:55.100 --> 00:22:55.980 and allowed us in 00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:56.940 and you forever 00:22:56.940 --> 00:22:57.840 have access. 00:22:58.480 --> 00:22:59.480 You have forever 00:22:59.480 --> 00:23:00.860 VIP access 00:23:00.859 --> 00:23:01.639 to the God 00:23:01.639 --> 00:23:02.379 of the universe. 00:23:04.099 --> 00:23:05.379 And there is no end 00:23:05.379 --> 00:23:06.139 to it in sight. 00:23:06.740 --> 00:23:07.719 Because one day 00:23:07.719 --> 00:23:08.759 when we do 00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:10.240 leave this world, 00:23:10.839 --> 00:23:11.699 when we pass away, 00:23:11.899 --> 00:23:12.819 we still 00:23:12.819 --> 00:23:14.119 have access. 00:23:16.179 --> 00:23:16.719 And so this is 00:23:16.719 --> 00:23:18.019 a great anchor to us 00:23:18.019 --> 00:23:18.899 is that it's 00:23:18.899 --> 00:23:19.839 ongoing forever 00:23:19.839 --> 00:23:20.779 and never ends. 00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:24.059 This Jesus 00:23:24.059 --> 00:23:25.019 who is faithful 00:23:25.019 --> 00:23:25.959 has given us 00:23:25.959 --> 00:23:26.799 this great anchor 00:23:26.799 --> 00:23:27.579 and it's a reminder 00:23:27.579 --> 00:23:28.119 even if you, 00:23:28.379 --> 00:23:29.259 I use this word 00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:29.899 simply because 00:23:29.900 --> 00:23:32.040 in chapter 6 00:23:32.040 --> 00:23:32.500 of Hebrews, 00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:33.620 he talks about Jesus 00:23:33.620 --> 00:23:34.400 and this promise 00:23:34.400 --> 00:23:35.000 of Jesus being 00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:36.120 the anchor to our soul. 00:23:38.100 --> 00:23:40.340 And this idea 00:23:40.340 --> 00:23:41.560 that Jesus is greater 00:23:41.560 --> 00:23:42.320 than anything, 00:23:42.519 --> 00:23:43.120 everything that you 00:23:43.120 --> 00:23:43.840 can imagine, 00:23:45.300 --> 00:23:46.300 whatever religion, 00:23:46.540 --> 00:23:46.780 idol, 00:23:46.860 --> 00:23:47.620 or whatever you 00:23:47.620 --> 00:23:48.320 could place, 00:23:49.380 --> 00:23:50.160 he is still greater. 00:23:52.120 --> 00:23:53.080 And so Jesus 00:23:53.080 --> 00:23:55.180 anchors us, 00:23:55.620 --> 00:23:56.519 he holds us, 00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:58.400 he allows us 00:23:58.400 --> 00:23:59.240 this opportunity 00:23:59.240 --> 00:24:01.019 that never ends. 00:24:02.019 --> 00:24:02.720 And it's 00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:04.160 more than just living, 00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:05.980 it's eternal. 00:24:08.299 --> 00:24:09.700 And so as people, 00:24:09.799 --> 00:24:10.819 as a family of God 00:24:10.819 --> 00:24:11.639 that we're called 00:24:11.639 --> 00:24:12.220 to one another, 00:24:13.119 --> 00:24:15.000 we're meant 00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:17.579 to be connected 00:24:17.579 --> 00:24:18.279 to one another. 00:24:18.420 --> 00:24:18.900 We're meant 00:24:18.900 --> 00:24:19.680 to be 00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:22.079 more than just 00:24:22.079 --> 00:24:23.980 passers-by 00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:24.680 in this room. 00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:27.660 So we've been 00:24:27.660 --> 00:24:29.180 changed by Christ, 00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:32.440 we've been 00:24:32.440 --> 00:24:35.360 anchored to Christ, 00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:36.160 we're called 00:24:36.160 --> 00:24:37.160 to point each other 00:24:37.160 --> 00:24:38.000 to Christ. 00:24:39.299 --> 00:24:40.079 And I want us 00:24:40.079 --> 00:24:40.579 to go back 00:24:40.579 --> 00:24:41.319 to this idea 00:24:41.319 --> 00:24:41.980 of family 00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:43.700 and the ideal 00:24:43.700 --> 00:24:45.480 that we're trying 00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:46.240 to hope for. 00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:47.180 And listen, 00:24:47.339 --> 00:24:47.920 I often 00:24:47.920 --> 00:24:49.120 fail 00:24:49.120 --> 00:24:50.259 miserably. 00:24:50.259 --> 00:24:51.879 I know 00:24:51.879 --> 00:24:52.539 my nature 00:24:52.539 --> 00:24:53.940 to a degree 00:24:53.940 --> 00:24:55.259 or at least 00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:55.579 I'm willing 00:24:55.579 --> 00:24:56.019 to admit 00:24:56.019 --> 00:24:56.480 this part 00:24:56.480 --> 00:24:56.980 of my nature. 00:24:58.099 --> 00:24:58.779 I really 00:24:58.779 --> 00:24:59.200 want to be 00:24:59.200 --> 00:25:00.200 right in an 00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:00.500 argument. 00:25:01.559 --> 00:25:02.460 I love it. 00:25:02.879 --> 00:25:03.879 I just do. 00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:04.980 I think a lot 00:25:04.980 --> 00:25:05.539 of us do. 00:25:06.839 --> 00:25:07.759 If not all 00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:08.140 of us. 00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:08.559 We really, 00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:09.119 when we're 00:25:09.119 --> 00:25:09.759 in a disagreement 00:25:09.759 --> 00:25:10.379 or in, 00:25:10.920 --> 00:25:11.519 whether it's 00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:12.599 deeply sinful 00:25:12.599 --> 00:25:13.319 or just 00:25:13.319 --> 00:25:14.259 trying to 00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:14.980 remind someone 00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:15.339 that, 00:25:16.200 --> 00:25:16.559 you know, 00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:18.420 someone played 00:25:18.420 --> 00:25:19.059 this character 00:25:19.059 --> 00:25:19.679 in a movie 00:25:19.679 --> 00:25:20.259 and you're 00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:20.419 like, 00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:21.000 I remember 00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:21.619 the actor 00:25:21.619 --> 00:25:22.019 was that, 00:25:22.099 --> 00:25:22.500 you just 00:25:22.500 --> 00:25:22.940 want to be 00:25:22.940 --> 00:25:23.319 right. 00:25:24.460 --> 00:25:25.119 Whatever it 00:25:25.119 --> 00:25:25.339 is, 00:25:25.399 --> 00:25:26.000 you love 00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:26.259 it. 00:25:28.039 --> 00:25:29.279 And we 00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:30.059 are called 00:25:30.059 --> 00:25:30.639 to point 00:25:30.639 --> 00:25:31.059 each other 00:25:31.059 --> 00:25:31.779 to Christ 00:25:31.779 --> 00:25:33.179 and it 00:25:33.179 --> 00:25:34.039 is rooted 00:25:34.039 --> 00:25:34.619 in this 00:25:34.619 --> 00:25:35.359 idea of 00:25:35.359 --> 00:25:35.720 family, 00:25:35.839 --> 00:25:36.000 right? 00:25:36.079 --> 00:25:36.440 In verses 00:25:36.440 --> 00:25:37.500 24 and 00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:37.859 25, 00:25:37.980 --> 00:25:38.220 let us 00:25:38.220 --> 00:25:38.720 consider how 00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:39.220 to stir 00:25:39.220 --> 00:25:39.619 up one 00:25:39.619 --> 00:25:39.960 another 00:25:39.960 --> 00:25:41.519 to love 00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:41.819 and good 00:25:41.819 --> 00:25:42.079 works, 00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:42.980 not neglecting 00:25:42.980 --> 00:25:43.200 to meet 00:25:43.200 --> 00:25:43.740 together as 00:25:43.740 --> 00:25:44.079 the habit 00:25:44.079 --> 00:25:44.480 of some, 00:25:44.879 --> 00:25:45.720 but encouraging 00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:46.200 one another 00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:46.759 and all the 00:25:46.759 --> 00:25:47.359 more as you 00:25:47.359 --> 00:25:47.940 see the day 00:25:47.940 --> 00:25:48.519 drawing near, 00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:49.539 the day 00:25:49.539 --> 00:25:50.259 of Jesus' 00:25:50.440 --> 00:25:50.859 return. 00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:52.279 And so we 00:25:52.279 --> 00:25:52.839 have an end 00:25:52.839 --> 00:25:53.220 date for 00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:54.900 this relationship, 00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:56.099 this thing we're 00:25:56.099 --> 00:25:56.700 supposed to do 00:25:56.700 --> 00:25:57.799 together as 00:25:57.799 --> 00:25:58.400 God's people. 00:25:58.660 --> 00:25:59.099 When Jesus 00:25:59.099 --> 00:25:59.740 returns, 00:26:00.220 --> 00:26:00.779 and so until 00:26:00.779 --> 00:26:01.019 then, 00:26:01.119 --> 00:26:01.500 so we've got 00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:01.660 this, 00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:02.319 because we 00:26:02.319 --> 00:26:02.759 don't know, 00:26:03.339 --> 00:26:03.720 we've got 00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:04.879 this vision 00:26:04.879 --> 00:26:06.019 for this day 00:26:06.019 --> 00:26:06.539 that we don't 00:26:06.539 --> 00:26:06.980 yet know. 00:26:08.639 --> 00:26:09.299 That we're 00:26:09.299 --> 00:26:10.879 called to 00:26:10.879 --> 00:26:11.440 meet together, 00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:12.720 to encourage 00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:13.180 one another, 00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:14.259 to point one 00:26:14.259 --> 00:26:14.740 another to 00:26:14.740 --> 00:26:15.139 Christ. 00:26:15.140 --> 00:26:15.259 Christ. 00:26:16.820 --> 00:26:17.660 But I 00:26:17.660 --> 00:26:18.340 often want 00:26:18.340 --> 00:26:18.580 to do 00:26:18.580 --> 00:26:20.240 that so 00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:20.540 I can 00:26:20.540 --> 00:26:21.420 tell you, 00:26:21.920 --> 00:26:22.700 it's not 00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:23.200 about pointing 00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:23.540 you to 00:26:23.540 --> 00:26:23.820 Christ, 00:26:23.880 --> 00:26:24.240 it's about 00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:24.840 telling you 00:26:24.840 --> 00:26:25.220 where you're 00:26:25.220 --> 00:26:25.460 wrong, 00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:26.900 where I've 00:26:26.900 --> 00:26:27.440 caught you, 00:26:27.560 --> 00:26:27.880 ha ha, 00:26:27.940 --> 00:26:28.400 I got you, 00:26:29.100 --> 00:26:29.620 you're wrong, 00:26:30.560 --> 00:26:31.180 because I like 00:26:31.180 --> 00:26:31.940 being right 00:26:31.940 --> 00:26:33.160 more than 00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:33.480 anything. 00:26:35.360 --> 00:26:36.540 But what the 00:26:36.540 --> 00:26:37.120 writer of Hebrews 00:26:37.120 --> 00:26:37.860 is trying to 00:26:37.860 --> 00:26:38.500 tell us is that 00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:39.220 our posture 00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:41.280 as a family 00:26:41.280 --> 00:26:41.900 of God is 00:26:41.900 --> 00:26:42.720 one that is 00:26:42.720 --> 00:26:43.320 called to 00:26:43.319 --> 00:26:44.200 encourage and 00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:44.859 love and 00:26:44.859 --> 00:26:45.559 care for 00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:46.019 one another. 00:26:47.119 --> 00:26:47.359 That we're 00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:47.700 called to 00:26:47.700 --> 00:26:48.539 lean in 00:26:48.539 --> 00:26:50.399 towards one 00:26:50.399 --> 00:26:50.659 another. 00:26:50.859 --> 00:26:51.639 What do we 00:26:51.639 --> 00:26:52.119 do with all 00:26:52.119 --> 00:26:52.659 this great 00:26:52.659 --> 00:26:54.079 information that 00:26:54.079 --> 00:26:54.419 we've been 00:26:54.419 --> 00:26:54.899 given about 00:26:54.899 --> 00:26:55.399 Jesus, that 00:26:55.399 --> 00:26:55.939 he is our 00:26:55.939 --> 00:26:57.039 savior, that 00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:57.500 he has 00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:58.879 cleansed us, 00:26:58.919 --> 00:26:59.240 that he has 00:26:59.240 --> 00:26:59.579 made us 00:26:59.579 --> 00:27:00.179 holy, that 00:27:00.179 --> 00:27:00.519 he has 00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:01.419 brought us 00:27:01.419 --> 00:27:02.759 out of 00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:03.399 darkness into 00:27:03.399 --> 00:27:03.859 light, out 00:27:03.859 --> 00:27:04.619 of death into 00:27:04.619 --> 00:27:05.019 life. 00:27:05.119 --> 00:27:05.399 What are we 00:27:05.399 --> 00:27:05.740 supposed to 00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:06.819 do with all 00:27:06.819 --> 00:27:07.299 this good 00:27:07.299 --> 00:27:08.039 information and 00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:09.000 it's supposed 00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:09.819 to draw us 00:27:09.819 --> 00:27:10.099 to one 00:27:10.099 --> 00:27:10.399 another? 00:27:11.879 --> 00:27:12.240 It's supposed 00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:13.000 to bring 00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:13.259 us 00:27:13.259 --> 00:27:13.740 together. 00:27:17.339 --> 00:27:17.859 Christianity 00:27:17.859 --> 00:27:19.539 is not a 00:27:19.539 --> 00:27:20.339 lone ranger 00:27:20.339 --> 00:27:21.039 game. 00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:22.099 The things 00:27:22.099 --> 00:27:22.980 we do, this 00:27:22.980 --> 00:27:24.019 is not about 00:27:24.019 --> 00:27:24.940 just you and 00:27:24.940 --> 00:27:25.140 Jesus. 00:27:25.319 --> 00:27:25.680 Yes, there 00:27:25.680 --> 00:27:26.539 is this 00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:27.059 individual 00:27:27.059 --> 00:27:27.599 relationship 00:27:27.599 --> 00:27:28.140 between you 00:27:28.140 --> 00:27:28.359 and the 00:27:28.359 --> 00:27:28.680 Lord, but 00:27:28.680 --> 00:27:29.019 there is 00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:30.059 this community 00:27:30.059 --> 00:27:30.519 that you 00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:31.079 are called 00:27:31.079 --> 00:27:31.380 to. 00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:32.759 And it 00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:33.440 is a 00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:34.200 delightfully 00:27:34.200 --> 00:27:35.799 weird and 00:27:35.799 --> 00:27:36.380 awesome, 00:27:36.900 --> 00:27:37.799 amazing, and 00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:38.660 broken community 00:27:38.660 --> 00:27:39.099 that we are 00:27:39.099 --> 00:27:39.839 called to. 00:27:39.839 --> 00:27:42.240 we are 00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:42.759 called to 00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:43.259 each other. 00:27:46.379 --> 00:27:47.159 And I 00:27:47.159 --> 00:27:48.679 love that 00:27:48.679 --> 00:27:49.599 we as a 00:27:49.599 --> 00:27:50.599 church are 00:27:50.599 --> 00:27:51.240 committed to 00:27:51.240 --> 00:27:51.799 things like 00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:52.799 grace groups 00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:53.299 and the 00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:53.819 things that 00:27:53.819 --> 00:27:54.539 small groups 00:27:54.539 --> 00:27:54.939 and in the 00:27:54.939 --> 00:27:55.419 youth ministry 00:27:55.419 --> 00:27:55.759 we have 00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.119 them and 00:27:56.119 --> 00:27:57.079 our adults 00:27:57.079 --> 00:27:57.419 have them 00:27:57.419 --> 00:27:57.679 and we're 00:27:57.679 --> 00:27:58.279 called to 00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:59.179 connect with 00:27:59.179 --> 00:27:59.559 one another 00:27:59.559 --> 00:28:00.659 and be a 00:28:00.659 --> 00:28:00.939 part of 00:28:00.939 --> 00:28:01.339 each other's 00:28:01.339 --> 00:28:01.799 lives. 00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:03.059 But we're 00:28:03.059 --> 00:28:03.599 called to 00:28:03.599 --> 00:28:05.139 do so in 00:28:05.139 --> 00:28:05.679 order that we 00:28:05.679 --> 00:28:07.179 might honor 00:28:07.180 --> 00:28:07.640 the one 00:28:07.640 --> 00:28:07.860 who's 00:28:07.860 --> 00:28:08.480 called us. 00:28:10.140 --> 00:28:10.560 We're 00:28:10.560 --> 00:28:11.140 called to 00:28:11.140 --> 00:28:11.660 each other 00:28:11.660 --> 00:28:15.180 to love. 00:28:15.320 --> 00:28:15.700 We're called 00:28:15.700 --> 00:28:16.140 to each other 00:28:16.140 --> 00:28:16.500 in order that 00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:17.160 we might love 00:28:17.160 --> 00:28:17.500 each other 00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:17.820 well. 00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:19.279 And listen, 00:28:19.420 --> 00:28:19.820 there are 00:28:19.820 --> 00:28:20.680 hard things 00:28:20.680 --> 00:28:21.000 that have 00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:21.519 to be said 00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:22.019 at times. 00:28:22.840 --> 00:28:23.140 There are 00:28:23.140 --> 00:28:24.180 hard words 00:28:24.180 --> 00:28:24.460 that have 00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:24.720 to be 00:28:24.720 --> 00:28:25.140 spoken. 00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:25.920 Hard, 00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:26.480 not meaning 00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:27.200 just mean 00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:28.620 but difficult 00:28:28.620 --> 00:28:31.180 and loving. 00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:33.660 Consider how 00:28:33.660 --> 00:28:34.140 to stir 00:28:34.140 --> 00:28:34.700 one another 00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:35.580 to love 00:28:35.580 --> 00:28:35.940 and good 00:28:35.940 --> 00:28:36.380 works. 00:28:37.180 --> 00:28:38.180 not 00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:38.720 neglecting 00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:38.960 to meet 00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:39.299 together 00:28:39.299 --> 00:28:39.980 that we 00:28:39.980 --> 00:28:40.380 are called 00:28:40.380 --> 00:28:41.500 to stir 00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:42.039 one another 00:28:42.039 --> 00:28:42.539 up to 00:28:42.539 --> 00:28:42.980 honor the 00:28:42.980 --> 00:28:43.259 Lord. 00:28:44.160 --> 00:28:44.460 Why? 00:28:44.700 --> 00:28:44.940 Why? 00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:46.019 Because this 00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:47.460 Jesus has 00:28:47.460 --> 00:28:48.140 made us new 00:28:48.140 --> 00:28:48.680 because this 00:28:48.680 --> 00:28:49.580 Jesus has 00:28:49.580 --> 00:28:50.240 transformed us 00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:50.700 because this 00:28:50.700 --> 00:28:51.600 Jesus has 00:28:51.600 --> 00:28:52.259 brought us 00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:53.060 into life 00:28:53.060 --> 00:28:54.500 with him. 00:28:57.080 --> 00:28:57.920 And so we 00:28:57.920 --> 00:28:58.620 do this until 00:28:58.620 --> 00:28:59.180 he returns. 00:29:01.140 --> 00:29:01.700 We're 00:29:01.700 --> 00:29:02.600 called 00:29:02.600 --> 00:29:04.019 to offer 00:29:04.019 --> 00:29:04.759 faithful 00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:05.900 scripture 00:29:05.900 --> 00:29:06.580 led 00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:07.939 sanctifying 00:29:07.939 --> 00:29:09.019 care 00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:09.859 for one 00:29:09.859 --> 00:29:10.179 another. 00:29:13.059 --> 00:29:13.500 And 00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:13.980 oftentimes 00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:14.779 because of 00:29:14.779 --> 00:29:14.919 this, 00:29:15.059 --> 00:29:15.460 this is why 00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:15.819 I ask 00:29:15.819 --> 00:29:16.220 this question 00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:16.519 when you 00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:16.980 like 00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:17.559 criticism, 00:29:18.139 --> 00:29:18.559 like we 00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:19.159 often 00:29:19.159 --> 00:29:20.339 interpret 00:29:20.339 --> 00:29:22.119 someone 00:29:22.119 --> 00:29:23.259 walking with 00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:23.720 us in our 00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:24.179 lives, 00:29:25.179 --> 00:29:25.720 walking with 00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:26.559 us with 00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:27.359 the sins 00:29:27.359 --> 00:29:27.639 that we 00:29:27.639 --> 00:29:28.279 struggle with, 00:29:28.419 --> 00:29:28.859 walking with 00:29:28.859 --> 00:29:29.759 us in the 00:29:29.759 --> 00:29:30.199 hardships, 00:29:30.460 --> 00:29:31.220 the brokenness, 00:29:31.559 --> 00:29:32.279 the hurt, 00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:33.220 the pain. 00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:34.279 we don't 00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:34.539 want to 00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:34.819 receive, 00:29:34.920 --> 00:29:35.180 we just, 00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:35.519 oh, 00:29:35.600 --> 00:29:35.819 it's your 00:29:35.819 --> 00:29:36.000 just, 00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:36.579 why are you 00:29:36.579 --> 00:29:36.980 being so 00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:37.279 critical? 00:29:37.920 --> 00:29:38.339 Why are you 00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:38.720 telling me 00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:39.059 what to do 00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:39.299 with my 00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:39.660 life? 00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:43.100 We get 00:29:43.100 --> 00:29:44.400 this place 00:29:44.400 --> 00:29:44.960 where we 00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:46.019 get more 00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:46.500 defensive. 00:29:48.700 --> 00:29:48.900 And so 00:29:48.900 --> 00:29:49.600 there's kind of 00:29:49.600 --> 00:29:50.259 two sides of the 00:29:50.259 --> 00:29:50.519 coin. 00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:51.319 It's not just 00:29:51.319 --> 00:29:51.779 that we 00:29:51.779 --> 00:29:53.759 need to be 00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:54.299 people who 00:29:54.299 --> 00:29:54.960 receive 00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:55.759 sanctification 00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:57.160 and the love 00:29:57.160 --> 00:29:57.500 of our 00:29:57.500 --> 00:29:57.900 brothers and 00:29:57.900 --> 00:29:58.380 sisters in 00:29:58.380 --> 00:29:58.759 Christ. 00:29:59.180 --> 00:29:59.579 It's not that 00:29:59.579 --> 00:30:00.299 we just 00:30:00.299 --> 00:30:01.200 receive that well. 00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:02.000 That's true, 00:30:02.120 --> 00:30:02.460 but we also 00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:02.960 need to give 00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:03.299 it well. 00:30:04.080 --> 00:30:04.779 Because there's 00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:06.180 also this call 00:30:06.180 --> 00:30:07.019 for us to 00:30:07.019 --> 00:30:07.580 love one 00:30:07.580 --> 00:30:08.240 another well. 00:30:09.420 --> 00:30:09.860 Love and 00:30:09.860 --> 00:30:10.000 good, 00:30:10.100 --> 00:30:10.920 to stir one 00:30:10.920 --> 00:30:11.519 another up to 00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:12.059 love and good 00:30:12.059 --> 00:30:12.440 works, 00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:14.360 encouraging one 00:30:14.360 --> 00:30:14.620 another. 00:30:14.980 --> 00:30:15.580 Our hearts 00:30:15.580 --> 00:30:16.519 have to be 00:30:16.519 --> 00:30:17.380 transformed by 00:30:17.380 --> 00:30:17.900 Jesus in order 00:30:17.900 --> 00:30:18.380 that we might 00:30:18.380 --> 00:30:19.680 pour out into 00:30:19.680 --> 00:30:20.400 other people. 00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:22.660 We cannot do 00:30:22.660 --> 00:30:23.299 this by 00:30:23.299 --> 00:30:23.580 ourselves. 00:30:23.720 --> 00:30:24.600 I'm not led 00:30:24.600 --> 00:30:25.840 to walk with 00:30:25.840 --> 00:30:26.200 someone in 00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:26.860 their life 00:30:26.860 --> 00:30:28.279 lovingly, 00:30:28.380 --> 00:30:29.299 with care, 00:30:29.720 --> 00:30:30.680 on my own. 00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:31.160 This is why 00:30:31.160 --> 00:30:31.620 we have to 00:30:31.620 --> 00:30:32.279 be a family 00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:32.980 rooted in 00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:33.680 the gospel. 00:30:33.840 --> 00:30:34.160 We have to 00:30:34.160 --> 00:30:34.540 be a family 00:30:34.540 --> 00:30:35.140 rooted in 00:30:35.140 --> 00:30:36.640 change that's 00:30:36.640 --> 00:30:37.080 done by 00:30:37.080 --> 00:30:37.380 Christ, 00:30:37.400 --> 00:30:37.860 because if 00:30:37.860 --> 00:30:38.480 we aren't, 00:30:38.800 --> 00:30:39.340 what we will 00:30:39.340 --> 00:30:40.220 be are people 00:30:40.220 --> 00:30:40.720 who just like 00:30:40.720 --> 00:30:41.300 to give really 00:30:41.300 --> 00:30:42.320 good advice 00:30:42.320 --> 00:30:42.920 about what it 00:30:42.920 --> 00:30:43.560 looks like to 00:30:43.560 --> 00:30:43.940 be holy. 00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:44.720 It might look 00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:45.060 like, oh, 00:30:45.080 --> 00:30:45.360 this looks 00:30:45.360 --> 00:30:45.600 good. 00:30:45.680 --> 00:30:47.440 You do that. 00:30:48.080 --> 00:30:48.600 But when our 00:30:48.600 --> 00:30:49.259 hearts are 00:30:49.259 --> 00:30:49.820 transformed, 00:30:49.900 --> 00:30:50.100 when we've 00:30:50.100 --> 00:30:50.779 been made 00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:51.340 new by Jesus, 00:30:51.540 --> 00:30:52.400 we are able 00:30:52.400 --> 00:30:53.160 to interact 00:30:53.160 --> 00:30:53.680 with people, 00:30:53.980 --> 00:30:54.400 interact with 00:30:54.400 --> 00:30:54.960 our brothers and 00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:55.340 sisters in 00:30:55.340 --> 00:30:56.080 Christ in a 00:30:56.080 --> 00:30:57.300 way that looks 00:30:57.300 --> 00:30:58.200 at them with 00:30:58.200 --> 00:30:59.100 care and 00:30:59.100 --> 00:31:00.060 compassion and 00:31:00.060 --> 00:31:00.540 humility, 00:31:00.539 --> 00:31:02.460 humility, so 00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:02.899 that we might 00:31:02.899 --> 00:31:03.420 love them 00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:04.779 well and 00:31:04.779 --> 00:31:05.319 point them to 00:31:05.319 --> 00:31:05.519 Jesus. 00:31:05.659 --> 00:31:06.619 We have this 00:31:06.619 --> 00:31:07.799 great Savior, 00:31:08.799 --> 00:31:09.399 and so we are 00:31:09.399 --> 00:31:10.220 motivated and 00:31:10.220 --> 00:31:11.279 moved to love 00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:12.259 one another by 00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:13.000 the love that 00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:13.500 he has poured 00:31:13.500 --> 00:31:14.200 out on us. 00:31:16.420 --> 00:31:17.839 Jesus has 00:31:17.839 --> 00:31:18.799 given us a 00:31:18.799 --> 00:31:20.180 living way, 00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:21.920 a way that we 00:31:21.920 --> 00:31:23.420 might know 00:31:23.420 --> 00:31:25.299 life and life 00:31:25.299 --> 00:31:25.899 eternally. 00:31:25.900 --> 00:31:26.900 love one 00:31:26.900 --> 00:31:27.920 and we are 00:31:27.920 --> 00:31:28.980 called to walk 00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:29.320 with one 00:31:29.320 --> 00:31:30.340 another and 00:31:30.340 --> 00:31:30.920 love one 00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:31.880 another and 00:31:31.880 --> 00:31:32.660 point them to 00:31:32.660 --> 00:31:33.259 that way. 00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:37.200 I know a lot 00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:37.519 of us, 00:31:37.620 --> 00:31:38.480 including myself, 00:31:39.560 --> 00:31:40.040 have had 00:31:40.040 --> 00:31:41.860 seasons of 00:31:41.860 --> 00:31:44.240 struggle and 00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:44.720 loneliness, 00:31:46.180 --> 00:31:47.540 times where we 00:31:47.540 --> 00:31:48.420 felt alone and 00:31:48.420 --> 00:31:48.940 isolated, 00:31:49.280 --> 00:31:49.860 unloved, 00:31:50.700 --> 00:31:50.980 hurt, 00:31:52.040 --> 00:31:52.720 uncared for. 00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:56.539 someone pointed 00:31:56.539 --> 00:31:57.299 out to me 00:31:57.299 --> 00:31:59.660 this couple 00:31:59.660 --> 00:32:00.360 of lines from 00:32:00.360 --> 00:32:00.680 the Harry 00:32:00.680 --> 00:32:01.339 Potter movies, 00:32:01.620 --> 00:32:01.759 which, 00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:02.480 sorry, 00:32:03.759 --> 00:32:04.400 there's a 00:32:04.400 --> 00:32:04.860 wonderful, 00:32:05.680 --> 00:32:06.100 one of my 00:32:06.100 --> 00:32:06.559 favorite things 00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:07.900 is that there's 00:32:07.900 --> 00:32:08.420 this article you 00:32:08.420 --> 00:32:09.140 can find online, 00:32:10.140 --> 00:32:10.460 if you go 00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:11.579 Google Jesus 00:32:11.579 --> 00:32:12.960 and Christianity 00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:13.579 and Harry 00:32:13.579 --> 00:32:13.799 Potter, 00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:14.640 there's an 00:32:14.640 --> 00:32:15.180 article where 00:32:15.180 --> 00:32:15.420 she, 00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:16.220 J.K. 00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:16.640 Rowling's 00:32:16.640 --> 00:32:17.220 interviewed about 00:32:17.220 --> 00:32:18.759 the themes of 00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:19.640 her books and 00:32:19.640 --> 00:32:21.059 how the boy who 00:32:21.059 --> 00:32:22.120 lived and the 00:32:22.119 --> 00:32:23.899 resurrection and 00:32:23.899 --> 00:32:24.839 all these things 00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:25.479 of redemption 00:32:25.479 --> 00:32:28.099 and evil being 00:32:28.099 --> 00:32:28.500 defeated, 00:32:29.319 --> 00:32:30.079 all these things 00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:30.739 are pointed out 00:32:30.739 --> 00:32:32.059 and she has a 00:32:32.059 --> 00:32:32.459 background, 00:32:32.739 --> 00:32:33.339 having grown up 00:32:33.339 --> 00:32:34.919 in church, 00:32:36.299 --> 00:32:37.139 I'm not saying 00:32:37.139 --> 00:32:37.899 I support 00:32:37.899 --> 00:32:38.339 everything she 00:32:38.339 --> 00:32:38.559 does, 00:32:38.639 --> 00:32:39.219 I just want to 00:32:39.219 --> 00:32:39.699 make sure I 00:32:39.699 --> 00:32:40.959 draw a line 00:32:40.959 --> 00:32:41.659 right there real 00:32:41.659 --> 00:32:41.899 quick, 00:32:42.259 --> 00:32:43.419 but there's a 00:32:43.419 --> 00:32:44.959 line in the 00:32:44.959 --> 00:32:46.119 movie where 00:32:46.119 --> 00:32:46.719 Harry is 00:32:46.719 --> 00:32:48.519 interacting with 00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:50.159 Luna Lovegood, 00:32:50.160 --> 00:32:51.940 listen, 00:32:52.100 --> 00:32:52.680 it would take 00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:53.080 me another 00:32:53.080 --> 00:32:53.640 half hour to 00:32:53.640 --> 00:32:54.259 try to explain 00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:54.600 who these 00:32:54.600 --> 00:32:55.279 characters are, 00:32:56.279 --> 00:32:57.759 thank you, 00:32:57.840 --> 00:32:58.040 yes, 00:32:58.259 --> 00:33:01.279 but there's 00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:01.820 just this 00:33:01.820 --> 00:33:02.640 beauty of what 00:33:02.640 --> 00:33:03.400 she's saying to 00:33:03.400 --> 00:33:03.680 Harry, 00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:06.220 Luna says, 00:33:06.340 --> 00:33:06.920 we believe you 00:33:06.920 --> 00:33:07.460 by the way, 00:33:07.680 --> 00:33:07.980 she's talking 00:33:07.980 --> 00:33:09.220 about how the 00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:09.880 main evil 00:33:09.880 --> 00:33:10.360 character is 00:33:10.360 --> 00:33:10.660 back, 00:33:11.360 --> 00:33:11.920 we believe you 00:33:11.920 --> 00:33:12.259 by the way 00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:12.880 that he who 00:33:12.880 --> 00:33:13.540 must not be 00:33:13.540 --> 00:33:14.200 named is 00:33:14.200 --> 00:33:15.500 back and you 00:33:15.500 --> 00:33:16.740 fought him and 00:33:16.740 --> 00:33:17.620 the ministry and 00:33:17.620 --> 00:33:19.320 the prophet are 00:33:19.319 --> 00:33:20.159 conspiring against 00:33:20.159 --> 00:33:20.460 you and 00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:20.939 Dumbledore, 00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:22.379 and so this is 00:33:22.379 --> 00:33:23.079 Harry interacting 00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:24.119 with someone who 00:33:24.119 --> 00:33:25.519 believes him that 00:33:25.519 --> 00:33:26.759 the main bad guy 00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:27.179 is back, 00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:28.379 thanks, 00:33:28.879 --> 00:33:29.939 seems you're about 00:33:29.939 --> 00:33:30.759 the only ones 00:33:30.759 --> 00:33:31.179 that do, 00:33:32.399 --> 00:33:32.939 and then Luna 00:33:32.939 --> 00:33:33.299 says, 00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:34.279 I don't think 00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:34.879 that's true, 00:33:35.879 --> 00:33:36.639 but I suppose 00:33:36.639 --> 00:33:37.960 that's how he, 00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:38.899 Voldemort, 00:33:39.399 --> 00:33:40.439 he wants you to 00:33:40.439 --> 00:33:40.740 feel, 00:33:41.319 --> 00:33:42.579 what do you 00:33:42.579 --> 00:33:42.899 mean? 00:33:44.119 --> 00:33:44.799 Says Harry, 00:33:45.579 --> 00:33:46.679 well if I were 00:33:46.679 --> 00:33:47.519 Voldemort, 00:33:47.519 --> 00:33:48.700 I'd want you 00:33:48.700 --> 00:33:49.539 to feel cut 00:33:49.539 --> 00:33:50.619 off from 00:33:50.619 --> 00:33:51.359 everyone else 00:33:51.359 --> 00:33:52.759 because if 00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:53.160 you're just 00:33:53.160 --> 00:33:53.660 alone, 00:33:54.279 --> 00:33:54.960 you're not as 00:33:54.960 --> 00:33:55.339 much of a 00:33:55.339 --> 00:33:55.619 threat. 00:33:58.259 --> 00:33:59.519 If I were 00:33:59.519 --> 00:34:00.000 you know who, 00:34:00.119 --> 00:34:00.759 if I were 00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:01.500 the devil, 00:34:01.639 --> 00:34:02.299 if I were 00:34:02.299 --> 00:34:03.200 the world, 00:34:03.319 --> 00:34:03.799 if I were 00:34:03.799 --> 00:34:04.259 sin, 00:34:04.379 --> 00:34:05.160 I'd want you 00:34:05.160 --> 00:34:05.960 to feel cut 00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:07.259 off from 00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:08.019 everyone else 00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:09.119 because if 00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:09.780 you're alone, 00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:12.579 you're not as 00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:12.940 much of a 00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:13.179 threat. 00:34:13.179 --> 00:34:13.280 But 00:34:13.280 --> 00:34:18.080 you are 00:34:18.080 --> 00:34:18.660 not alone. 00:34:21.420 --> 00:34:22.460 Christ has 00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:23.340 called you 00:34:23.340 --> 00:34:25.120 as his 00:34:25.120 --> 00:34:25.480 people 00:34:25.480 --> 00:34:27.000 to himself, 00:34:27.660 --> 00:34:28.400 but he has 00:34:28.400 --> 00:34:29.060 called you 00:34:29.060 --> 00:34:30.340 to a body 00:34:30.340 --> 00:34:30.920 of people 00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:32.720 who delight 00:34:32.720 --> 00:34:33.420 in the Lord 00:34:33.420 --> 00:34:33.820 Jesus 00:34:33.820 --> 00:34:35.300 and delight 00:34:35.300 --> 00:34:36.100 to walk 00:34:36.100 --> 00:34:36.840 together in 00:34:36.840 --> 00:34:37.519 this life 00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:38.760 in order 00:34:38.760 --> 00:34:39.120 that we 00:34:39.120 --> 00:34:40.140 might know 00:34:40.140 --> 00:34:40.620 Jesus 00:34:40.619 --> 00:34:42.199 and point 00:34:42.199 --> 00:34:42.799 each other 00:34:42.799 --> 00:34:44.000 to the 00:34:44.000 --> 00:34:44.420 Christ, 00:34:45.559 --> 00:34:46.299 to point 00:34:46.299 --> 00:34:46.639 each other 00:34:46.639 --> 00:34:47.179 to him, 00:34:47.420 --> 00:34:48.519 the one 00:34:48.519 --> 00:34:49.039 who changes 00:34:49.039 --> 00:34:49.480 us, 00:34:49.859 --> 00:34:50.059 the one 00:34:50.059 --> 00:34:50.480 who is our 00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:50.819 anchor, 00:34:51.380 --> 00:34:51.639 the one 00:34:51.639 --> 00:34:51.940 whom we 00:34:51.940 --> 00:34:52.480 can trust. 00:34:53.400 --> 00:34:54.059 Let's pray. 00:34:56.539 --> 00:34:57.019 Father, 00:34:57.099 --> 00:34:57.539 we're grateful 00:34:57.539 --> 00:34:58.139 for this 00:34:58.139 --> 00:34:58.519 time, 00:34:59.480 --> 00:35:00.139 this morning 00:35:00.139 --> 00:35:00.380 to be 00:35:00.380 --> 00:35:00.719 together. 00:35:01.599 --> 00:35:01.880 May we 00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:02.500 remember, 00:35:04.159 --> 00:35:04.339 Lord, 00:35:04.420 --> 00:35:05.319 that you 00:35:05.319 --> 00:35:05.799 are faithful 00:35:05.799 --> 00:35:06.339 to us, 00:35:07.099 --> 00:35:07.839 you are 00:35:07.839 --> 00:35:08.159 good to 00:35:08.159 --> 00:35:08.500 us, 00:35:08.500 --> 00:35:10.079 you care 00:35:10.079 --> 00:35:10.639 for us, 00:35:11.519 --> 00:35:12.340 you have 00:35:12.340 --> 00:35:12.659 us in 00:35:12.659 --> 00:35:13.199 mind even 00:35:13.199 --> 00:35:13.980 now as 00:35:13.980 --> 00:35:14.260 you, 00:35:15.860 --> 00:35:16.760 Jesus, 00:35:16.900 --> 00:35:17.119 as you 00:35:17.119 --> 00:35:17.559 sit on the 00:35:17.559 --> 00:35:17.960 right hand 00:35:17.960 --> 00:35:18.280 of God 00:35:18.280 --> 00:35:18.639 the Father, 00:35:18.760 --> 00:35:19.400 you are 00:35:19.400 --> 00:35:20.019 advocating 00:35:20.019 --> 00:35:20.900 even now 00:35:20.900 --> 00:35:22.119 for us. 00:35:24.199 --> 00:35:24.679 Father, 00:35:24.760 --> 00:35:25.199 help us to 00:35:25.199 --> 00:35:25.719 remember that 00:35:25.719 --> 00:35:26.159 we are not 00:35:26.159 --> 00:35:26.519 alone, 00:35:27.599 --> 00:35:28.219 that we 00:35:28.219 --> 00:35:28.900 have Jesus, 00:35:29.059 --> 00:35:29.320 that we 00:35:29.320 --> 00:35:29.800 have the 00:35:29.800 --> 00:35:30.199 Holy Spirit 00:35:30.199 --> 00:35:31.219 and he 00:35:31.219 --> 00:35:31.980 has given 00:35:31.980 --> 00:35:32.780 us his 00:35:32.780 --> 00:35:33.920 people so 00:35:33.920 --> 00:35:34.179 that we 00:35:34.179 --> 00:35:37.139 might be 00:35:37.139 --> 00:35:37.539 together, 00:35:37.679 --> 00:35:38.000 be a 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.480 community, 00:35:38.500 --> 00:35:39.639 that is 00:35:39.639 --> 00:35:40.860 called to 00:35:40.860 --> 00:35:41.079 you, 00:35:41.199 --> 00:35:41.460 that is 00:35:41.460 --> 00:35:42.099 worshiping 00:35:42.099 --> 00:35:43.139 you and 00:35:43.139 --> 00:35:43.579 will be 00:35:43.579 --> 00:35:44.179 with you 00:35:44.179 --> 00:35:45.219 both now 00:35:45.219 --> 00:35:46.019 and forever. 00:35:47.099 --> 00:35:47.539 I pray 00:35:47.539 --> 00:35:47.900 this in 00:35:47.900 --> 00:35:48.079 Jesus' 00:35:48.199 --> 00:35:48.380 name. 00:35:49.519 --> 00:35:49.800 Amen. 00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:53.159 For more 00:35:53.159 --> 00:35:53.679 information, 00:35:53.980 --> 00:35:54.519 visit us 00:35:54.519 --> 00:35:55.219 online at 00:35:55.219 --> 00:35:56.000 southwood.org.