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 I invite you to take your copy of God's Word and turn to Hebrews chapter 1.

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 Our text for this morning will be Hebrews chapter 1, verses 2 and 3.

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 To an unknown and obscure group of Hellenistic Jewish Christians, most likely, probably living

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 on the edge of Rome, having been dispersed from Rome, but still living in an urban environment.

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 Likely a small group of people having been pressed out of the synagogues, huddled together

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 in a house.

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 This group of Christians had suffered, and they would suffer.

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 We don't know the exact nature of their suffering, but we know it was because of the name of Christ.

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 And we get a bit of a taste of it in Hebrews chapter 10, verses 32 and 33.

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 The writer of Hebrews says,

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 But recall the former days when after you were enlightened, you endured a hard struggle

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 with sufferings.

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 Sometimes being publicly exposed to reproach and affliction, and sometimes being partners

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 with those so treated.

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 We read later in Hebrews chapter 12 that none of them had suffered yet to the point of shedding

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 blood.

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 But the writer of Hebrews seems to be implying there that that day was coming.

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 And so the writer of Hebrews very pastorally sends to them a letter that is sermonic in

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 format.

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 He states a thesis, and he spends the letter defending it.

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 And he uses the Scripture to do so.

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 The reason we think that he's a Hellenistic Jew, Greek-speaking Jew, and that these Christians

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 are Hellenistic, Greek-speaking Jews, is that he cites only from the Septuagint, the Greek

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 translation of the Old Testament.

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 And he uses it in spades.

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 The book of Hebrews is full of the Old Testament texts.

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 And one of the reasons that we're studying the book of Hebrews is because the Old Testament,

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 the Bible in total, but the Old Testament particularly, is under quite a bit of attack in our day.

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 And so we want to talk about both the discontinuity and the continuity between the Old Testament

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 and the New.

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 This is an eloquent letter.

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 William Lane, the respected New Testament scholar, stated the language of Hebrews constitutes

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 the finest Greek in the New Testament.

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 And the thesis that the author defends is the supremacy and finality of Jesus Christ.

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 He states that thesis in the first four verses.

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 Last week, we looked at the first verse of chapter one and just a bit of the second verse and saw that the writer of Hebrews

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 employs his eloquence to speak of the eloquence of God in the past.

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 Verse one says,

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 Long ago at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets.

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 Many different ways he spoke by the prophets.

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 The prophets then in turn relayed the message of God in many ways.

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 And this is recorded in the Old Testament text.

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 The eloquence of the writer of Hebrews also spoke.

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 We saw last week to the eloquence of God in the present, he says at the beginning of verse two.

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 But in these last days, he has spoken.

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 Praise God.

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 In these last days.

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 And most think that he's referring to the age of the church.

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 And third, we saw the eloquence of God in the person of Christ.

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 In these last days, he has spoken to us by or in his son.

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 We have a God who speaks in order to make himself known.

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 Praise God.

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 He is not a silent God.

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 He is a speaking God that we might know him.

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 He wants to be known.

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 And he can be known as he has spoken to us by his son.

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 So imagine with me, if you will, once again, if you were here last week for the first time, if not.

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 A small, exhausted, suffering church.

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 Having been enlightened, having been converted to faith in Jesus Christ, and have found no earthly pleasure from doing so.

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 Nothing was going well for them by the standard of the world.

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 And they've gathered together.

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 They've heard this author has sent a letter to them.

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 And they've gathered together to hear its reading and to be encouraged by it.

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 Some of you may find this exercise of imagination difficult.

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 Because you've not suffered for your faith.

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 You've not pursued Christ in a way that makes you pleasant to those who are pursuing him and unpleasant to those who are not.

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 Your life looks like the life of the world.

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 No one has any need of rejecting you because you look just like them.

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 Paul wrote to Timothy in 2 Timothy 3.12.

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 Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

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 If it is difficult for you to imagine this, and you are in Christ, if you are resolute to follow him, you will suffer.

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 There will come a day, a very soon day, that you will suffer for proclaiming the name of Jesus.

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 Some of you, I think many of you, have no difficulty whatsoever imagining being this people, beat down and tired.

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 Because you've been faithfully pursuing this Christ.

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 You've been sharing him with others.

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 And people have not liked you for it.

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 You have felt the pressing back of the world as you try to press the light into it.

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 But be encouraged this morning by what the writer of Hebrews, God by his pen, would say to you.

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 To encourage you to be perseverers to the end.

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 So I'll read our text, Hebrews chapter 1, verse 2 and 3.

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 Before I do, let me remind you, beloved, that this is God's word to us.

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 It was written for his glory and our good.

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 And we would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises and obey his commands.

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 But in these last days, he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things,

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 through whom also he created the world.

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 He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature.

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 And he upholds the universe by the word of his power.

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 After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the majesty on high.

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 And there it is.

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 The supremacy and finality of Jesus Christ.

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 This is, in large, the thesis of this entire book.

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 The writer will go on to defend it.

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 He is more excellent than anything that you think is excellent.

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 Place Christ above that thing because he is supreme and he is final.

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 Kent Hughes, who's a contemporary pastor and wrote a really wonderful commentary on the book of Hebrews,

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 said this,

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 Christ is held up like a great jewel to the sunlight of God's revelation.

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 And as the light courses through it, seven facets flash with gleaming brilliance.

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 Christ's supremacy and finality is refracted for us to consider.

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 So think about this, right?

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 The writer of Hebrews is saying Christ is better.

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 He is greater.

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 He is above all things.

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 And he is the final word for how it is we are to know God.

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 And this text takes that reality and refracts it,

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 splits it into seven things for us to consider together this morning.

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 So let's give these seven refractions some titles to help us in our study.

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 I'm going to read them to you quickly.

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 And then, of course, I'll go through them each one by one with some expedience this morning.

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 Christ is number one, inheritor.

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 Number two, creator.

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 Number three, sustainer.

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 Number four, radiator.

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 Number five, representer.

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 Number six, purifier.

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 And number seven, ruler.

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 I know you'd stayed with me until representer.

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 Number five, representer.

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 Number six, purifier.

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 Number seven, ruler.

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 Number one, Christ is inheritor.

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 In these last days, he has spoken to us by his son.

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 In the middle there, verse two says, whom he, being God, appointed the heir of all things.

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 It follows that because Jesus is the son of God, then he is also the heir of God.

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 He will receive the inheritance of God.

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 The writer of Hebrews identifies for us Jesus Christ as the anointed and son of Psalm 2,

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 when he cites Psalm 2, 7 in verse 5 of chapter 1.

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 Here's if you look down just a little bit.

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 He's citing here from the Septuagint.

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 Psalm 2, 7.

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 You are my son.

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 Today, I have begotten you.

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 Going on in Psalm 2, the psalmist writes in verse 8,

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 Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage,

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 and the ends of the earth your possession.

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 So let me read that to you together.

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 Hebrews 1, 5, which is Psalm 2, 7, and into verse 8.

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 You are my son.

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 Today, I have begotten you.

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 Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, or inheritance,

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 and the ends of the earth your possession.

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 So Psalm 2 teaches us that the inheritance of Jesus Christ is the earth and its peoples.

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 But Colossians chapter 1 and verse 6 takes us a bit further, doesn't it?

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 Oh, verse 16, excuse me.

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 That all things, so the cosmos themselves were created for him.

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 That's not an accident that the children are learning Colossians 1, 15 through 20 right now.

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 But not only that, beloved, if you are in Christ Jesus, then you, specifically you, are his inheritance.

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 Through the sacrificial work of Jesus Christ on the cross, he has purchased you,

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 and he treasures you as his inheritance.

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 In Ephesians chapter 1 and verse 18, Paul tells the Ephesian believers that he always prays that they may know

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 what are the riches of his, Christ's, glorious inheritance in the saints.

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 Paul prays that the Ephesian believers would understand that they are Christ's inheritance,

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 that he treasures them as such.

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 What an astounding truth.

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 If you are in Christ, then you are treasured by him as in his inheritance.

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 But not only are we Christ's inheritance, we are also his co-heirs.

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 In Romans chapter 8 and verse 17, Paul calls us heirs, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ.

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 So if Christ is the heir of all things, if he's the heir of God, all things belong to him.

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 But as followers of Christ, we are found in Christ.

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 And so we are also heirs.

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 Amazing.

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 Paul writes in 1 Corinthians chapter 3 verse 21 and following,

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 For all things are yours.

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 Whether Paul or Apollos, Cephas or the world, or life or death, or the present, or the future,

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 all are yours and you are Christ and Christ is God's.

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 He makes the case in the opposite direction.

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 Because Christ is God's, then all things are Christ's, and therefore all things are ours.

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 Christ is the inheritor.

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 Secondly, Christ is the creator.

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 It makes sense that he inherits all things that he made.

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 The end of verse 2, through whom also he created the world.

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 God creating the world through Christ.

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 Not only does Christ inherit all things, but he also created them.

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 The Greek word here, translated world, is ionas.

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 Probably not pronouncing it correctly.

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 More literally, ages.

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 Ages.

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 More literally, ages.

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 This is a wonderful word because it includes all things.

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 Not only space, but also time.

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 It's a very elastic word.

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 It means more than just those things that we can see,

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 but everything outside of that as well.

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 Well, Brooke Foss Westcott, who's a 19th century British theologian,

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 defines this Greek word as the sum of the periods of time,

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 including all that is manifested in and through them,

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 an order which exists through time developed in successive stages.

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 He just says in a lot of words,

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 the space-time continuum is what he is saying.

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 This is what this word means.

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 Through Christ, God created the space-time continuum

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 and all that is contained within it.

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 Astounding.

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 An incredible reality.

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 People have been guessing for ages

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 at how it is that the universe came into existence.

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 And they are guesses at best.

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 All theories of knowledge have at their base some foundation.

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 And for most, they are guesses.

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 But for followers of Jesus Christ,

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 we know exactly what that foundation is.

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 It's Jesus himself.

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 He created all things.

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 Our universe is astounding.

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 I hope the little thing I did with the kids

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 was even a bit helpful to you.

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 Let's just talk in larger terms.

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 Our solar system is part of a galaxy called the Milky Way.

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 Our galaxy is an average-sized spiral galaxy

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 over 100,000 light-years across.

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 It contains thousands of millions of solar systems.

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 These numbers are staggering, right?

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 It's about 100,000 light-years across,

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 which is 600 trillion miles.

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 This is a crazy thing.

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 This is just our galaxy.

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 We can see with modern telescopes

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 about 100,000 million galaxies.

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 100,000 million galaxies.

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 This is just what we can see in the universe

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 with modern telescopes.

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 Each galaxy contains 100,000 million stars.

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 The average distance between these galaxies

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 is 3 million light-years.

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 It's an astounding reality

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 of how big the universe is.

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 And theoretic physicists say

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 that it's expanding as well.

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 This is included in this idea of ages.

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 It's ever-expanding.

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 What?

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 The universe is absolutely astounding.

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 And it was created by Christ,

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 and it was created for Christ.

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 If you have never seen images

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 from the Hubble Space Telescope,

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 I encourage you to go Google that this afternoon.

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 The astounding beauty

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 of the world in which we live.

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 And it is screaming, right?

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 Praise Jesus,

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 the maker of all these things.

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 The New Testament has quite a bit in it, right?

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 Saying this very reality.

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 John 1, verse 3.

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 All things were made through Him, Christ,

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 and without Him was not anything made.

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 That was made.

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 1 Corinthians 8, 6.

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 Yet for us there is one God, the Father,

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 from whom are all things,

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 and for whom we exist.

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 And one Lord, Jesus Christ,

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 through whom are all things,

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 and through whom we exist.

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 Colossians 1, 16 in its totality.

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 For by Him all things were created

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 in heaven and on earth,

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 visible and invisible,

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 whether thrones or dominions

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 or rulers or authorities,

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 all things were created

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 through Him and for Him.

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 And Romans 11, verse 36.

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 For from Him and through Him

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 and to Him are all things.

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 To Him be glory forever.

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 Amen.

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 The cosmos were created

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 that we might praise Christ.

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 Everything that has been made

00:20:41.920 --> 00:20:45.280
 was made for Him.

00:20:47.060 --> 00:20:50.460
 We, those of us who are in Christ,

00:20:50.460 --> 00:20:52.800
 are a new creation.

00:20:53.380 --> 00:20:56.000
 We have been made new.

00:20:56.620 --> 00:20:59.580
 Created and then recreated new

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 for the praise of Christ.

00:21:03.560 --> 00:21:06.140
 Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 5, 17.

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 For if anyone is in Christ,

00:21:07.500 --> 00:21:09.720
 he is a new creation.

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 The old has passed away.

00:21:12.300 --> 00:21:15.040
 Behold, the new has come.

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 So Christ is creator.

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 Third, Christ is sustainer.

00:21:22.119 --> 00:21:27.039
 Again, verse 3.

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 And He upholds the universe.

00:21:30.099 --> 00:21:31.259
 Upholds the universe

00:21:31.259 --> 00:21:34.639
 by the word of His power.

00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:37.879
 Jesus Christ created all things

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 and He sustains all things.

00:21:42.939 --> 00:21:44.419
 I love that the author of Hebrews

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 uses the word upholds.

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 Not like Atlas upholding a static globe of stone.

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 But He does it with His words.

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 And it's not just the earth,

00:21:57.259 --> 00:21:58.659
 it's the universe.

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 This great expanse that we have just considered.

00:22:02.679 --> 00:22:04.339
 He upholds all of this.

00:22:04.539 --> 00:22:06.699
 He sustains all of it

00:22:06.699 --> 00:22:09.279
 by the word of His power.

00:22:09.279 --> 00:22:12.279
 He actively sustains

00:22:12.279 --> 00:22:14.779
 by the word of His power.

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 This means that Jesus says

00:22:17.240 --> 00:22:18.519
 to the world,

00:22:18.920 --> 00:22:20.559
 move like this.

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 Behave like that.

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 Rain here, snow there,

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 and the world obeys.

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 This means that nothing will cease to do

00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:32.559
 exactly as it is told

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 until Jesus says

00:22:34.119 --> 00:22:35.579
 to do otherwise.

00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:37.859
 He says orbit,

00:22:38.259 --> 00:22:39.200
 and it orbits

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 until He says stop.

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 It continues to go

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 just the way

00:22:45.119 --> 00:22:47.480
 He commands it to go.

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 Now,

00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:50.980
 I want to go off point

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 just for a sec.

00:22:51.599 --> 00:22:52.200
 Well, it's on point,

00:22:52.440 --> 00:22:54.440
 but just to make your head

00:22:54.440 --> 00:22:55.319
 hurt a little bit.

00:22:57.079 --> 00:22:57.680
 Many of you know

00:22:57.680 --> 00:22:58.819
 that I really love

00:22:58.819 --> 00:22:59.360
 Jonathan Edwards.

00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:01.579
 Most will say

00:23:01.579 --> 00:23:02.759
 he's the greatest theological mind

00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:04.539
 that America has ever produced.

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 He was rather brilliant,

00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:07.460
 and he believed in a doctrine

00:23:07.460 --> 00:23:09.160
 called continuous creation.

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 And I'm just going to tell you

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 a little bit about it

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 and let your mind trip a little bit,

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 and then we're going to get back

00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:13.779
 to what we're talking about.

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 But essentially it's this,

00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:21.519
 that Jesus is continually

00:23:21.519 --> 00:23:24.200
 speaking the world into existence.

00:23:25.299 --> 00:23:26.920
 So even now,

00:23:27.139 --> 00:23:28.460
 the fact that I exist

00:23:28.460 --> 00:23:31.339
 is being sustained by the fact

00:23:31.339 --> 00:23:33.480
 that Jesus is causing me to exist

00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:34.599
 in successive moments.

00:23:36.819 --> 00:23:37.819
 He wrote this.

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 It is plain,

00:23:40.119 --> 00:23:41.180
 this won't be plain to you,

00:23:41.819 --> 00:23:42.759
 it's not to me.

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 He says,

00:23:43.960 --> 00:23:44.759
 this is Edwards for you,

00:23:44.839 --> 00:23:45.539
 it is plain,

00:23:46.379 --> 00:23:48.200
 nothing can exert itself

00:23:48.200 --> 00:23:49.119
 or operate

00:23:49.119 --> 00:23:50.000
 when and where

00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:51.039
 it is not existing

00:23:51.039 --> 00:23:52.220
 because

00:23:52.220 --> 00:23:53.700
 what is past

00:23:53.700 --> 00:23:54.619
 entirely ceases

00:23:54.619 --> 00:23:56.700
 when present existence begins.

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 It does no more

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 coexist with it

00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:01.240
 than it does

00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:02.160
 any other moment

00:24:02.160 --> 00:24:02.940
 that it ceased

00:24:02.940 --> 00:24:03.940
 20 years ago.

00:24:04.220 --> 00:24:04.960
 They don't coexist,

00:24:05.460 --> 00:24:05.680
 right?

00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:07.160
 And essentially

00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:07.779
 what he's saying is

00:24:07.779 --> 00:24:08.420
 the past

00:24:08.420 --> 00:24:09.779
 does not have the power

00:24:09.779 --> 00:24:10.639
 to sustain

00:24:10.639 --> 00:24:12.639
 that which is in the present

00:24:12.640 --> 00:24:14.060
 or in the future.

00:24:14.060 --> 00:24:15.900
 My present self

00:24:15.900 --> 00:24:17.160
 doesn't have the ability

00:24:17.160 --> 00:24:18.020
 to sustain

00:24:18.020 --> 00:24:18.880
 my future self.

00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:21.460
 He also said,

00:24:21.960 --> 00:24:23.180
 God's upholding

00:24:23.180 --> 00:24:24.980
 created substance

00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:26.100
 or causing

00:24:26.100 --> 00:24:26.820
 his existence

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 in each successive

00:24:27.900 --> 00:24:28.420
 moment

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 is altogether

00:24:30.120 --> 00:24:30.780
 equivalent

00:24:30.780 --> 00:24:31.800
 to an immediate

00:24:31.800 --> 00:24:32.480
 production

00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:33.820
 out of nothing.

00:24:34.080 --> 00:24:35.640
 He's speaking us

00:24:35.640 --> 00:24:36.380
 into existence

00:24:36.380 --> 00:24:37.020
 now

00:24:37.020 --> 00:24:37.840
 out of nothing

00:24:37.839 --> 00:24:38.419
 is what Edwards

00:24:38.419 --> 00:24:39.980
 is postulating.

00:24:40.659 --> 00:24:41.379
 At each moment

00:24:41.379 --> 00:24:42.379
 because its existence

00:24:42.379 --> 00:24:43.119
 at this moment

00:24:43.119 --> 00:24:43.720
 is not merely

00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:44.720
 in part from God

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 but wholly from him

00:24:46.179 --> 00:24:47.619
 and not in any part

00:24:47.619 --> 00:24:48.299
 or degree

00:24:48.299 --> 00:24:50.079
 from its antecedent existence.

00:24:50.199 --> 00:24:51.179
 So exactly what he's saying is

00:24:51.179 --> 00:24:53.639
 if Jesus were to stop speaking

00:24:53.639 --> 00:24:55.799
 we would also cease to exist.

00:24:58.740 --> 00:24:59.740
 That's hard to wrap

00:24:59.740 --> 00:25:00.480
 your mind around.

00:25:01.199 --> 00:25:01.899
 Edwards apparently

00:25:01.899 --> 00:25:03.119
 had.

00:25:04.119 --> 00:25:05.119
 That doesn't necessarily

00:25:05.119 --> 00:25:05.959
 make it true

00:25:05.959 --> 00:25:07.779
 but

00:25:07.779 --> 00:25:10.079
 isn't it incredible

00:25:10.079 --> 00:25:10.919
 to think

00:25:10.919 --> 00:25:12.799
 about the very nature

00:25:12.799 --> 00:25:13.559
 by which

00:25:13.559 --> 00:25:15.119
 Jesus sustains

00:25:15.119 --> 00:25:15.639
 the world

00:25:15.639 --> 00:25:16.899
 by the word

00:25:16.899 --> 00:25:17.799
 of his power.

00:25:18.199 --> 00:25:19.239
 Whether or not

00:25:19.239 --> 00:25:19.719
 this continuing

00:25:19.719 --> 00:25:20.479
 creation

00:25:20.479 --> 00:25:21.879
 thing is a reality

00:25:21.879 --> 00:25:23.919
 doesn't

00:25:23.919 --> 00:25:25.179
 minimize

00:25:25.179 --> 00:25:26.359
 the fact

00:25:26.359 --> 00:25:26.899
 that Jesus

00:25:26.899 --> 00:25:28.359
 is upholding

00:25:28.359 --> 00:25:29.839
 what is happening

00:25:29.839 --> 00:25:30.099
 now

00:25:30.099 --> 00:25:30.599
 is happening

00:25:30.599 --> 00:25:31.259
 because

00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:32.139
 of Jesus'

00:25:32.339 --> 00:25:33.500
 mighty word.

00:25:34.099 --> 00:25:34.779
 It's because

00:25:34.779 --> 00:25:35.940
 of his sustaining

00:25:35.940 --> 00:25:36.779
 work

00:25:36.779 --> 00:25:38.099
 that we have

00:25:38.099 --> 00:25:38.859
 our life

00:25:38.859 --> 00:25:41.119
 and our being.

00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:44.279
 If Jesus Christ

00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:45.420
 has the power

00:25:45.420 --> 00:25:47.019
 to sustain

00:25:47.019 --> 00:25:47.660
 the world

00:25:47.660 --> 00:25:48.819
 which he does

00:25:48.819 --> 00:25:50.379
 then he

00:25:50.379 --> 00:25:51.099
 also

00:25:51.099 --> 00:25:52.440
 has the power

00:25:52.440 --> 00:25:53.180
 to sustain

00:25:53.180 --> 00:25:54.440
 our faith.

00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:56.319
 Having made us

00:25:56.319 --> 00:25:57.440
 new creations

00:25:57.440 --> 00:25:59.500
 he has the power

00:25:59.500 --> 00:26:00.240
 to continue

00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:00.940
 in us

00:26:00.940 --> 00:26:01.319
 this

00:26:01.319 --> 00:26:02.180
 new

00:26:02.180 --> 00:26:03.500
 creation.

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 This is why

00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:05.259
 Paul was able

00:26:05.259 --> 00:26:05.619
 to say

00:26:05.619 --> 00:26:06.119
 with such

00:26:06.119 --> 00:26:06.880
 confidence

00:26:06.880 --> 00:26:08.039
 to the

00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:08.319
 Philippian

00:26:08.319 --> 00:26:08.759
 believers

00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:09.940
 in chapter 1

00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:11.039
 verse 6

00:26:11.039 --> 00:26:12.099
 of Philippians

00:26:12.099 --> 00:26:13.799
 I am sure

00:26:13.799 --> 00:26:14.920
 of this

00:26:14.920 --> 00:26:16.099
 that he who

00:26:16.099 --> 00:26:16.759
 began a good

00:26:16.759 --> 00:26:17.319
 work in you

00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:17.940
 will bring it

00:26:17.940 --> 00:26:18.940
 to completion

00:26:18.940 --> 00:26:20.319
 at the day

00:26:20.319 --> 00:26:20.940
 of Christ.

00:26:22.380 --> 00:26:22.980
 Nothing

00:26:22.980 --> 00:26:23.779
 escapes him

00:26:23.779 --> 00:26:24.680
 everything

00:26:24.680 --> 00:26:25.420
 is upheld

00:26:25.420 --> 00:26:26.980
 by the word

00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:27.779
 of his power

00:26:27.779 --> 00:26:28.960
 including

00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:31.120
 our faith.

00:26:32.120 --> 00:26:32.860
 What a confidence

00:26:32.860 --> 00:26:33.440
 we have

00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:34.700
 in our pursuit

00:26:34.700 --> 00:26:35.660
 of him.

00:26:36.900 --> 00:26:37.340
 Fourth

00:26:37.340 --> 00:26:38.799
 Christ is

00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:39.860
 radiator.

00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:43.420
 Christ is

00:26:43.420 --> 00:26:44.059
 radiator.

00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:46.640
 He is the

00:26:46.640 --> 00:26:47.319
 radiance

00:26:47.319 --> 00:26:48.539
 of the glory

00:26:48.539 --> 00:26:50.360
 of God.

00:26:50.360 --> 00:26:50.440
 And

00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:55.620
 he is the

00:26:55.620 --> 00:26:56.180
 radiance

00:26:56.180 --> 00:26:56.900
 of the glory

00:26:56.900 --> 00:26:57.860
 of God.

00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:00.140
 Radiance

00:27:00.140 --> 00:27:00.519
 here

00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:02.400
 in the

00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:02.980
 English Standard

00:27:02.980 --> 00:27:03.380
 Version

00:27:03.380 --> 00:27:04.340
 is a

00:27:04.340 --> 00:27:05.240
 better

00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:06.200
 translation

00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:07.360
 than the

00:27:07.360 --> 00:27:08.019
 oft-used

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:08.920
 reflection.

00:27:09.220 --> 00:27:09.960
 Some of you

00:27:09.960 --> 00:27:10.640
 may have a

00:27:10.640 --> 00:27:11.360
 Bible translation

00:27:11.360 --> 00:27:11.800
 that says

00:27:11.800 --> 00:27:12.120
 reflection

00:27:12.120 --> 00:27:12.380
 and that

00:27:12.380 --> 00:27:12.680
 doesn't make

00:27:12.680 --> 00:27:13.000
 it a bad

00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:13.440
 translation

00:27:13.440 --> 00:27:14.180
 necessarily

00:27:14.180 --> 00:27:15.180
 but in

00:27:15.180 --> 00:27:15.720
 this case

00:27:15.720 --> 00:27:16.759
 the word

00:27:16.759 --> 00:27:17.280
 radiance

00:27:17.280 --> 00:27:17.580
 is a

00:27:17.580 --> 00:27:18.680
 better word

00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:20.100
 for what's

00:27:20.100 --> 00:27:20.740
 trying to be

00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:21.420
 communicated

00:27:21.420 --> 00:27:22.120
 here

00:27:22.120 --> 00:27:23.640
 because the

00:27:23.640 --> 00:27:24.180
 moon

00:27:24.180 --> 00:27:25.360
 reflects the

00:27:25.360 --> 00:27:25.780
 light of

00:27:25.780 --> 00:27:26.200
 the sun

00:27:26.200 --> 00:27:27.960
 the sun

00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:29.120
 radiates

00:27:29.120 --> 00:27:29.700
 that

00:27:29.700 --> 00:27:30.940
 light.

00:27:32.080 --> 00:27:32.920
 Jesus does

00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:33.460
 not merely

00:27:33.460 --> 00:27:34.319
 reflect

00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:35.319
 God's

00:27:35.319 --> 00:27:35.720
 glory.

00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:36.799
 He is

00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:37.519
 part and

00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:37.960
 parcel

00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:38.640
 of

00:27:38.640 --> 00:27:39.539
 God's

00:27:39.539 --> 00:27:40.480
 glory.

00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:41.539
 This is

00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:42.240
 speaking to

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:42.720
 Jesus'

00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:43.860
 very being.

00:27:44.100 --> 00:27:45.039
 He is

00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:45.400
 the

00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:46.100
 radiance

00:27:46.100 --> 00:27:47.039
 of the

00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:47.360
 glory

00:27:47.360 --> 00:27:48.519
 of God.

00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:49.740
 We are

00:27:49.740 --> 00:27:50.259
 created

00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:50.880
 as

00:27:50.880 --> 00:27:51.799
 creation

00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:53.059
 to reflect

00:27:53.059 --> 00:27:53.779
 God's

00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:54.240
 glory.

00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:55.759
 But

00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.259
 Christ

00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:56.519
 as

00:27:56.519 --> 00:27:57.059
 creator

00:27:57.059 --> 00:27:57.539
 is

00:27:57.539 --> 00:27:58.139
 part

00:27:58.139 --> 00:27:58.440
 and

00:27:58.440 --> 00:27:58.759
 parcel

00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:59.379
 of

00:27:59.379 --> 00:28:00.440
 God's

00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:01.679
 glory.

00:28:02.559 --> 00:28:03.019
 John

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:03.399
 chapter 1

00:28:03.399 --> 00:28:04.039
 verse 18

00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:04.339
 no one

00:28:04.339 --> 00:28:04.599
 has ever

00:28:04.599 --> 00:28:04.980
 seen

00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:05.259
 God

00:28:05.259 --> 00:28:05.919
 the only

00:28:05.919 --> 00:28:06.460
 God

00:28:06.460 --> 00:28:06.899
 referring

00:28:06.899 --> 00:28:07.159
 to

00:28:07.159 --> 00:28:07.619
 Jesus

00:28:07.619 --> 00:28:08.539
 who is

00:28:08.539 --> 00:28:08.859
 at the

00:28:08.859 --> 00:28:09.319
 Father's

00:28:09.319 --> 00:28:09.599
 side.

00:28:09.819 --> 00:28:10.000
 He

00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:10.599
 has

00:28:10.599 --> 00:28:10.980
 made

00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:11.359
 him

00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:12.379
 known.

00:28:12.379 --> 00:28:12.899
 Right?

00:28:13.539 --> 00:28:14.179
 Radiated

00:28:14.179 --> 00:28:14.980
 him

00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:16.019
 out

00:28:16.019 --> 00:28:17.299
 to us.

00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:18.440
 Jesus

00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:19.680
 is

00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:21.240
 God.

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:22.320
 I'm

00:28:22.320 --> 00:28:22.460
 always

00:28:22.460 --> 00:28:22.700
 looking

00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:23.100
 with the

00:28:23.100 --> 00:28:23.279
 children

00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:23.580
 for the

00:28:23.580 --> 00:28:23.940
 specific

00:28:23.940 --> 00:28:24.500
 answer

00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:24.720
 of

00:28:24.720 --> 00:28:25.019
 Jesus

00:28:25.019 --> 00:28:25.200
 and

00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:25.279
 when

00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:25.380
 I

00:28:25.380 --> 00:28:25.500
 say

00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:25.759
 God

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:25.860
 I

00:28:25.860 --> 00:28:26.000
 go

00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:26.519
 yeah.

00:28:27.180 --> 00:28:27.240
 Right?

00:28:27.440 --> 00:28:27.880
 Yes.

00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:28.500
 Because

00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:28.860
 Jesus

00:28:28.860 --> 00:28:29.960
 is

00:28:29.960 --> 00:28:31.140
 God.

00:28:32.440 --> 00:28:32.640
 The

00:28:32.640 --> 00:28:33.000
 Nicene

00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:33.380
 Creed

00:28:33.380 --> 00:28:34.820
 325

00:28:34.820 --> 00:28:35.380
 AD

00:28:35.380 --> 00:28:35.840
 this is

00:28:35.840 --> 00:28:36.100
 on

00:28:36.100 --> 00:28:38.380
 your

00:28:38.380 --> 00:28:38.779
 bulletin

00:28:38.779 --> 00:28:39.299
 this little

00:28:39.299 --> 00:28:40.360
 excerpt

00:28:40.360 --> 00:28:40.820
 from it

00:28:40.820 --> 00:28:43.220
 says

00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:43.380
 we

00:28:43.380 --> 00:28:43.740
 believe

00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:43.980
 in

00:28:43.980 --> 00:28:44.299
 one

00:28:44.299 --> 00:28:44.779
 Lord

00:28:44.779 --> 00:28:45.180
 Jesus

00:28:45.180 --> 00:28:45.779
 Christ

00:28:45.779 --> 00:28:46.460
 the

00:28:46.460 --> 00:28:46.880
 only

00:28:46.880 --> 00:28:47.140
 Son

00:28:47.140 --> 00:28:47.279
 of

00:28:47.279 --> 00:28:47.539
 God

00:28:47.539 --> 00:28:48.000
 begotten

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.299
 from the

00:28:48.299 --> 00:28:48.519
 Father

00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:48.819
 before

00:28:48.819 --> 00:28:49.339
 all

00:28:49.339 --> 00:28:49.839
 ages

00:28:49.839 --> 00:28:50.980
 God

00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:51.700
 from

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 God

00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:53.180
 light

00:28:53.180 --> 00:28:53.920
 from

00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:54.759
 light

00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:55.720
 true

00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:56.259
 God

00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:56.859
 from

00:28:56.859 --> 00:28:57.660
 true

00:28:57.660 --> 00:28:58.180
 God

00:28:58.180 --> 00:28:58.859
 begotten

00:28:58.859 --> 00:28:59.140
 not

00:28:59.140 --> 00:28:59.599
 made

00:28:59.599 --> 00:29:00.180
 of

00:29:00.180 --> 00:29:00.359
 the

00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:00.660
 same

00:29:00.660 --> 00:29:01.740
 essence

00:29:01.740 --> 00:29:02.339
 as

00:29:02.339 --> 00:29:03.359
 the

00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:03.680
 Father

00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:04.160
 this

00:29:04.160 --> 00:29:04.299
 is

00:29:04.299 --> 00:29:04.500
 what

00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:04.940
 they're

00:29:04.940 --> 00:29:05.940
 communicating

00:29:05.940 --> 00:29:06.339
 right?

00:29:06.559 --> 00:29:06.819
 This

00:29:06.819 --> 00:29:06.980
 is

00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:07.579
 an

00:29:07.579 --> 00:29:08.500
 expansion

00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:08.940
 of

00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:09.079
 this

00:29:09.079 --> 00:29:09.519
 idea

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:09.779
 of

00:29:09.779 --> 00:29:10.019
 Jesus

00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:10.220
 being

00:29:10.220 --> 00:29:10.420
 the

00:29:10.420 --> 00:29:11.380
 radiance

00:29:11.380 --> 00:29:11.680
 of

00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:11.819
 the

00:29:11.819 --> 00:29:12.220
 glory

00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:12.980
 of

00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:13.359
 God

00:29:13.359 --> 00:29:13.619
 right?

00:29:13.779 --> 00:29:14.059
 He

00:29:14.059 --> 00:29:14.579
 is

00:29:14.579 --> 00:29:14.960
 God

00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:15.440
 himself

00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:15.880
 so

00:29:15.880 --> 00:29:16.099
 when

00:29:16.099 --> 00:29:16.319
 we

00:29:16.319 --> 00:29:16.819
 see

00:29:16.819 --> 00:29:17.539
 Jesus

00:29:17.539 --> 00:29:18.000
 we

00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:18.980
 see

00:29:18.980 --> 00:29:20.700
 God

00:29:20.700 --> 00:29:23.000
 Colossians

00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:23.240
 chapter

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:23.639
 1

00:29:23.639 --> 00:29:24.039
 beginning

00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:24.200
 of

00:29:24.200 --> 00:29:24.440
 verse

00:29:24.440 --> 00:29:25.519
 15

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:26.899
 Jesus

00:29:26.899 --> 00:29:27.420
 is

00:29:27.420 --> 00:29:27.759
 the

00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:28.539
 image

00:29:28.539 --> 00:29:29.599
 of

00:29:29.599 --> 00:29:29.720
 the

00:29:29.720 --> 00:29:30.220
 invisible

00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:31.819
 God

00:29:31.819 --> 00:29:33.000
 so

00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:33.220
 Christ

00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:33.359
 is

00:29:33.359 --> 00:29:33.940
 radiator

00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:34.359
 Christ

00:29:34.359 --> 00:29:34.539
 is

00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:35.539
 also

00:29:35.539 --> 00:29:36.980
 fifthly

00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:38.359
 representer

00:29:38.359 --> 00:29:41.779
 the

00:29:41.779 --> 00:29:41.980
 middle

00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:42.159
 there

00:29:42.159 --> 00:29:42.440
 verse

00:29:42.440 --> 00:29:42.819
 3

00:29:42.819 --> 00:29:43.180
 says

00:29:43.180 --> 00:29:43.399
 and

00:29:43.399 --> 00:29:43.579
 the

00:29:43.579 --> 00:29:44.200
 exact

00:29:44.200 --> 00:29:44.879
 imprint

00:29:44.880 --> 00:29:46.080
 of

00:29:46.080 --> 00:29:46.260
 his

00:29:46.260 --> 00:29:46.680
 nature

00:29:46.680 --> 00:29:48.000
 and

00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:48.220
 this

00:29:48.220 --> 00:29:48.780
 phrase

00:29:48.780 --> 00:29:49.920
 balances

00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:50.280
 out

00:29:50.280 --> 00:29:50.480
 the

00:29:50.480 --> 00:29:50.940
 previous

00:29:50.940 --> 00:29:52.280
 phrase

00:29:52.280 --> 00:29:53.500
 Christ

00:29:53.500 --> 00:29:53.720
 as

00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:54.320
 radiator

00:29:54.320 --> 00:29:54.840
 and

00:29:54.840 --> 00:29:55.920
 representer

00:29:55.920 --> 00:29:57.220
 Jesus

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:57.480
 is

00:29:57.480 --> 00:29:57.820
 God's

00:29:57.820 --> 00:29:58.360
 radiance

00:29:58.360 --> 00:29:58.740
 speaks

00:29:58.740 --> 00:29:58.900
 to

00:29:58.900 --> 00:29:59.040
 his

00:29:59.040 --> 00:29:59.700
 oneness

00:29:59.700 --> 00:29:59.960
 with

00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:00.180
 the

00:30:00.180 --> 00:30:00.480
 father

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:00.780
 Jesus

00:30:00.780 --> 00:30:01.200
 is

00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:01.560
 God

00:30:01.560 --> 00:30:02.440
 Jesus

00:30:02.440 --> 00:30:02.760
 as

00:30:02.760 --> 00:30:03.380
 God's

00:30:03.380 --> 00:30:04.260
 representer

00:30:04.260 --> 00:30:04.720
 or

00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:05.520
 imprint

00:30:05.520 --> 00:30:06.900
 speaks

00:30:06.900 --> 00:30:07.080
 to

00:30:07.080 --> 00:30:07.300
 his

00:30:07.300 --> 00:30:08.540
 distinctness

00:30:08.540 --> 00:30:09.320
 as

00:30:09.320 --> 00:30:09.520
 the

00:30:09.520 --> 00:30:09.840
 son

00:30:09.839 --> 00:30:11.699
 so

00:30:11.699 --> 00:30:11.839
 the

00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:12.079
 author

00:30:12.079 --> 00:30:12.220
 of

00:30:12.220 --> 00:30:12.619
 Hebrews

00:30:12.619 --> 00:30:13.019
 gives

00:30:13.019 --> 00:30:13.240
 us

00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:13.519
 a

00:30:13.519 --> 00:30:14.659
 taste

00:30:14.659 --> 00:30:14.859
 an

00:30:14.859 --> 00:30:15.439
 inkling

00:30:15.439 --> 00:30:15.759
 of

00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:15.959
 the

00:30:15.959 --> 00:30:16.679
 mystery

00:30:16.679 --> 00:30:16.939
 that

00:30:16.939 --> 00:30:17.059
 is

00:30:17.059 --> 00:30:17.179
 the

00:30:17.179 --> 00:30:18.299
 trinitarian

00:30:18.299 --> 00:30:18.959
 nature

00:30:18.959 --> 00:30:19.379
 of

00:30:19.379 --> 00:30:19.679
 God

00:30:19.679 --> 00:30:22.299
 it

00:30:22.299 --> 00:30:22.399
 is

00:30:22.399 --> 00:30:22.539
 a

00:30:22.539 --> 00:30:23.019
 confusing

00:30:23.019 --> 00:30:23.519
 thing

00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:23.799
 to

00:30:23.799 --> 00:30:23.959
 think

00:30:23.959 --> 00:30:24.220
 about

00:30:24.220 --> 00:30:24.559
 God

00:30:24.559 --> 00:30:24.819
 as

00:30:24.819 --> 00:30:25.379
 one

00:30:25.379 --> 00:30:25.679
 but

00:30:25.679 --> 00:30:26.259
 three

00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:26.439
 in

00:30:26.439 --> 00:30:26.779
 one

00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:27.859
 it

00:30:27.859 --> 00:30:27.959
 is

00:30:27.959 --> 00:30:28.099
 a

00:30:28.099 --> 00:30:28.259
 thing

00:30:28.259 --> 00:30:28.419
 that

00:30:28.419 --> 00:30:28.619
 we

00:30:28.619 --> 00:30:29.399
 cannot

00:30:29.399 --> 00:30:29.799
 in

00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:29.959
 our

00:30:29.959 --> 00:30:30.279
 fight

00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:30.839
 knightness

00:30:30.839 --> 00:30:31.439
 fully

00:30:31.439 --> 00:30:32.099
 understand

00:30:32.099 --> 00:30:32.899
 every

00:30:32.899 --> 00:30:33.399
 analogy

00:30:33.399 --> 00:30:33.619
 I

00:30:33.619 --> 00:30:33.759
 have

00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:34.019
 ever

00:30:34.019 --> 00:30:34.500
 heard

00:30:34.500 --> 00:30:35.019
 is

00:30:35.019 --> 00:30:35.699
 woefully

00:30:35.699 --> 00:30:36.199
 lacking

00:30:36.199 --> 00:30:36.859
 to

00:30:36.859 --> 00:30:37.159
 this

00:30:37.159 --> 00:30:37.699
 come

00:30:37.699 --> 00:30:37.839
 and

00:30:37.839 --> 00:30:37.980
 tell

00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:38.099
 me

00:30:38.099 --> 00:30:38.240
 your

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:38.759
 analogies

00:30:38.759 --> 00:30:39.079
 later

00:30:39.079 --> 00:30:39.319
 and

00:30:39.319 --> 00:30:39.439
 if

00:30:39.439 --> 00:30:39.519
 you

00:30:39.519 --> 00:30:39.679
 have

00:30:39.839 --> 00:30:40.000
 one

00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:40.119
 I

00:30:40.119 --> 00:30:40.379
 will

00:30:40.379 --> 00:30:40.740
 appreciate

00:30:40.740 --> 00:30:41.119
 it

00:30:41.119 --> 00:30:41.779
 likely

00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:42.139
 I

00:30:42.139 --> 00:30:42.279
 will

00:30:42.279 --> 00:30:42.480
 say

00:30:42.480 --> 00:30:42.740
 nope

00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:43.619
 and

00:30:43.619 --> 00:30:43.799
 here's

00:30:43.799 --> 00:30:44.019
 why

00:30:44.019 --> 00:30:44.519
 the

00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:44.740
 apple

00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:44.980
 doesn't

00:30:44.980 --> 00:30:45.319
 work

00:30:45.319 --> 00:30:46.279
 states

00:30:46.279 --> 00:30:46.419
 of

00:30:46.419 --> 00:30:46.679
 water

00:30:46.679 --> 00:30:47.000
 doesn't

00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:47.379
 work

00:30:47.379 --> 00:30:48.559
 he

00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:48.799
 is

00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:49.139
 always

00:30:49.139 --> 00:30:49.539
 existing

00:30:49.539 --> 00:30:49.720
 in

00:30:49.720 --> 00:30:50.000
 one

00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:50.179
 but

00:30:50.179 --> 00:30:50.299
 he

00:30:50.299 --> 00:30:50.419
 is

00:30:50.419 --> 00:30:50.720
 also

00:30:50.720 --> 00:30:51.039
 always

00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:51.399
 existing

00:30:51.399 --> 00:30:51.720
 as

00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:52.299
 three

00:30:52.299 --> 00:30:52.699
 in

00:30:52.699 --> 00:30:53.359
 one

00:30:53.359 --> 00:30:54.699
 but

00:30:54.699 --> 00:30:54.919
 beloved

00:30:54.919 --> 00:30:55.179
 this

00:30:55.179 --> 00:30:55.500
 should

00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:55.899
 move

00:30:55.899 --> 00:30:56.199
 us

00:30:56.199 --> 00:30:56.539
 toward

00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:57.679
 odd

00:30:57.679 --> 00:30:58.399
 speculation

00:30:58.399 --> 00:30:59.639
 some

00:30:59.639 --> 00:30:59.799
 kind

00:30:59.799 --> 00:30:59.919
 of

00:30:59.919 --> 00:31:00.439
 criticism

00:31:00.439 --> 00:31:00.939
 of

00:31:00.939 --> 00:31:01.099
 it

00:31:01.099 --> 00:31:02.019
 but

00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:03.199
 wow

00:31:03.199 --> 00:31:04.319
 who

00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:04.859
 is

00:31:04.859 --> 00:31:05.319
 this

00:31:05.319 --> 00:31:05.919
 God

00:31:05.919 --> 00:31:06.059
 a

00:31:06.059 --> 00:31:06.279
 God

00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:06.439
 who's

00:31:06.439 --> 00:31:06.659
 one

00:31:06.659 --> 00:31:06.779
 but

00:31:06.779 --> 00:31:06.899
 is

00:31:06.899 --> 00:31:07.359
 three

00:31:07.359 --> 00:31:07.519
 in

00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:07.759
 one

00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:07.759


00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:09.000
 this

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:09.220
 is a

00:31:09.220 --> 00:31:09.519
 mystery

00:31:09.519 --> 00:31:09.720
 that

00:31:09.720 --> 00:31:09.859
 I

00:31:09.859 --> 00:31:10.279
 hope

00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:10.420
 that

00:31:10.420 --> 00:31:10.599
 you

00:31:10.599 --> 00:31:10.759
 with

00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:10.940
 me

00:31:10.940 --> 00:31:11.160
 look

00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:11.460
 forward

00:31:11.460 --> 00:31:11.680
 to

00:31:11.680 --> 00:31:11.980
 having

00:31:11.980 --> 00:31:12.720
 unraveled

00:31:12.720 --> 00:31:13.180
 for us

00:31:13.180 --> 00:31:13.539
 in

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:14.460
 glory

00:31:14.460 --> 00:31:15.559
 fully

00:31:15.559 --> 00:31:16.500
 comprehending

00:31:16.500 --> 00:31:17.079
 the

00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:17.720
 trinitarian

00:31:17.720 --> 00:31:18.759
 nature

00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:20.039
 of God

00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:20.400
 what an

00:31:20.400 --> 00:31:21.039
 incredible

00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:21.940
 thing

00:31:21.940 --> 00:31:22.599
 to

00:31:22.599 --> 00:31:23.519
 understand

00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:24.319
 right

00:31:24.319 --> 00:31:24.960
 so

00:31:24.960 --> 00:31:25.519
 Christ

00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:25.879
 is

00:31:25.879 --> 00:31:26.240
 God

00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:26.379
 but

00:31:26.379 --> 00:31:26.480
 he

00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:26.579
 is

00:31:26.579 --> 00:31:26.839
 also

00:31:26.839 --> 00:31:27.660
 distinct

00:31:27.660 --> 00:31:28.440
 from

00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:29.200
 God

00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:29.379
 the

00:31:29.379 --> 00:31:29.740
 father

00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:30.140
 as

00:31:30.140 --> 00:31:30.700
 God

00:31:30.700 --> 00:31:31.579
 the

00:31:31.579 --> 00:31:32.019
 son

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:32.900
 he

00:31:32.900 --> 00:31:33.000
 is

00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:33.160
 an

00:31:33.160 --> 00:31:33.759
 imprint

00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:34.960
 and

00:31:34.960 --> 00:31:35.099
 this

00:31:35.099 --> 00:31:35.460
 refers

00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:35.680
 as

00:31:35.680 --> 00:31:36.059
 phrase

00:31:36.059 --> 00:31:36.200
 to

00:31:36.200 --> 00:31:36.319
 the

00:31:36.319 --> 00:31:36.700
 image

00:31:36.700 --> 00:31:36.900
 on

00:31:36.900 --> 00:31:37.099
 a

00:31:37.099 --> 00:31:37.639
 coin

00:31:37.639 --> 00:31:38.400
 made

00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:38.599
 by

00:31:38.599 --> 00:31:38.799
 a

00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:39.059
 die

00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:39.259
 a

00:31:39.259 --> 00:31:39.799
 stamp

00:31:39.799 --> 00:31:40.220
 right

00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:40.420
 the

00:31:40.420 --> 00:31:40.740
 image

00:31:40.740 --> 00:31:41.319
 stamped

00:31:41.319 --> 00:31:41.779
 onto

00:31:41.779 --> 00:31:42.879
 a

00:31:42.879 --> 00:31:43.119
 coin

00:31:43.119 --> 00:31:43.379
 once

00:31:43.379 --> 00:31:43.700
 again

00:31:43.700 --> 00:31:43.960
 when

00:31:43.960 --> 00:31:44.200
 we

00:31:44.200 --> 00:31:44.539
 see

00:31:44.539 --> 00:31:45.039
 Jesus

00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:45.460
 we

00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:46.339
 see

00:31:46.339 --> 00:31:47.180
 God

00:31:47.180 --> 00:31:48.160
 we

00:31:48.160 --> 00:31:48.339
 know

00:31:48.339 --> 00:31:48.519
 how

00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:48.799
 God

00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:49.259
 thinks

00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:49.440
 we

00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:49.599
 know

00:31:49.599 --> 00:31:49.859
 how

00:31:49.859 --> 00:31:50.319
 God

00:31:50.319 --> 00:31:50.799
 speaks

00:31:50.799 --> 00:31:51.000
 we

00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.180
 know

00:31:51.180 --> 00:31:51.420
 how

00:31:51.420 --> 00:31:51.859
 God

00:31:51.859 --> 00:31:52.799
 feels

00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:53.440
 we

00:31:53.440 --> 00:31:53.720
 know

00:31:53.720 --> 00:31:54.039
 how

00:31:54.039 --> 00:31:54.259
 he

00:31:54.259 --> 00:31:54.980
 relates

00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:55.000
!

00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:55.379
 to

00:31:55.379 --> 00:31:55.980
 mankind

00:31:55.980 --> 00:31:57.440
 God

00:31:57.440 --> 00:31:58.079
 has

00:31:58.079 --> 00:31:58.879
 spoken

00:31:58.879 --> 00:31:59.220
 to

00:31:59.220 --> 00:31:59.639
 us

00:31:59.639 --> 00:32:00.819
 by

00:32:00.819 --> 00:32:01.079
 his

00:32:01.079 --> 00:32:01.539
 son

00:32:01.539 --> 00:32:02.240
 in

00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:02.420
 these

00:32:02.420 --> 00:32:02.740
 last

00:32:02.740 --> 00:32:03.139
 days

00:32:03.139 --> 00:32:04.299
 Christ

00:32:04.299 --> 00:32:04.680
 is

00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:05.859
 representer

00:32:05.859 --> 00:32:07.319
 six

00:32:07.319 --> 00:32:08.000
 Christ

00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:08.359
 is

00:32:08.359 --> 00:32:09.899
 purifier

00:32:09.899 --> 00:32:14.079
 Christ

00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:14.259
 is

00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:14.779
 purifier

00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:16.500
 after

00:32:16.500 --> 00:32:17.240
 making

00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:18.079
 purification

00:32:18.079 --> 00:32:19.639
 for

00:32:19.639 --> 00:32:20.220
 sins

00:32:20.220 --> 00:32:20.980
 our text

00:32:20.980 --> 00:32:21.279
 says

00:32:21.279 --> 00:32:22.539
 Christ

00:32:22.539 --> 00:32:23.599
 made

00:32:23.599 --> 00:32:24.579
 purification

00:32:24.579 --> 00:32:25.980
 for

00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:26.539
 sins

00:32:26.539 --> 00:32:27.399
 Jesus

00:32:27.399 --> 00:32:27.960
 Christ

00:32:27.960 --> 00:32:28.779
 is

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:30.119
 the

00:32:30.119 --> 00:32:30.680
 supreme

00:32:30.680 --> 00:32:32.000
 priest

00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:33.820
 mediator

00:32:33.820 --> 00:32:34.140
 between

00:32:34.140 --> 00:32:34.580
 God

00:32:34.580 --> 00:32:35.019
 and

00:32:35.019 --> 00:32:36.160
 man

00:32:36.160 --> 00:32:37.120
 he

00:32:37.120 --> 00:32:37.299
 was

00:32:37.299 --> 00:32:37.480
 the

00:32:37.480 --> 00:32:38.000
 agent

00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:38.380
 of

00:32:38.380 --> 00:32:38.539
 the

00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:39.080
 purification

00:32:39.080 --> 00:32:39.620
 for

00:32:39.620 --> 00:32:39.820
 our

00:32:39.820 --> 00:32:40.160
 sins

00:32:40.160 --> 00:32:41.700
 and

00:32:41.700 --> 00:32:42.519
 he

00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:42.660
 was

00:32:42.660 --> 00:32:42.860
 the

00:32:42.860 --> 00:32:43.340
 sacrifice

00:32:43.340 --> 00:32:44.160
 necessary

00:32:44.160 --> 00:32:44.400
 for

00:32:44.400 --> 00:32:44.700
 that

00:32:44.700 --> 00:32:45.759
 purification

00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:46.039
 he

00:32:46.039 --> 00:32:46.580
 offered

00:32:46.580 --> 00:32:47.019
 up

00:32:47.019 --> 00:32:48.060
 himself

00:32:48.060 --> 00:32:49.840
 he

00:32:49.840 --> 00:32:50.000
 is

00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:50.180
 the

00:32:50.180 --> 00:32:50.820
 supreme

00:32:50.820 --> 00:32:51.519
 priest

00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:52.420
 and

00:32:52.420 --> 00:32:53.019
 the

00:32:53.019 --> 00:32:53.580
 final

00:32:53.580 --> 00:32:54.840
 priest

00:32:54.839 --> 00:32:56.119
 priest

00:32:56.119 --> 00:32:56.619
 the

00:32:56.619 --> 00:32:56.879
 author

00:32:56.879 --> 00:32:57.019
 of

00:32:57.019 --> 00:32:57.279
 Hebrews

00:32:57.279 --> 00:32:57.480
 will

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:57.659
 go

00:32:57.659 --> 00:32:57.899
 on

00:32:57.899 --> 00:32:58.019
 to

00:32:58.019 --> 00:32:58.699
 expand

00:32:58.699 --> 00:32:58.980
 on

00:32:58.980 --> 00:32:59.399
 both

00:32:59.399 --> 00:32:59.559
 of

00:32:59.559 --> 00:32:59.779
 those

00:32:59.779 --> 00:33:00.379
 realities

00:33:00.379 --> 00:33:00.720
 quite

00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:01.199
 extensively

00:33:01.199 --> 00:33:01.480
 we'll

00:33:01.480 --> 00:33:01.720
 get to

00:33:01.720 --> 00:33:01.959
 spend

00:33:01.959 --> 00:33:02.639
 a lot

00:33:02.639 --> 00:33:02.759
 of

00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:03.119
 time

00:33:03.119 --> 00:33:03.500
 thinking

00:33:03.500 --> 00:33:03.859
 about

00:33:03.859 --> 00:33:04.240
 this

00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:05.339
 together

00:33:05.339 --> 00:33:05.859
 in the

00:33:05.859 --> 00:33:06.119
 coming

00:33:06.119 --> 00:33:06.819
 months

00:33:06.819 --> 00:33:07.079
 but let

00:33:07.079 --> 00:33:07.359
 me read

00:33:07.359 --> 00:33:07.519
 to you

00:33:07.519 --> 00:33:07.659
 from

00:33:07.659 --> 00:33:07.919
 Hebrews

00:33:07.919 --> 00:33:08.220
 chapter

00:33:08.220 --> 00:33:08.559
 10

00:33:08.559 --> 00:33:08.879
 beginning

00:33:08.879 --> 00:33:09.079
 in

00:33:09.079 --> 00:33:09.500
 verse

00:33:09.500 --> 00:33:09.839
 11

00:33:09.839 --> 00:33:10.039
 and

00:33:10.039 --> 00:33:10.419
 following

00:33:10.420 --> 00:33:12.140
 the

00:33:12.140 --> 00:33:12.279
 author

00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:12.500
 says

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:12.600
 and

00:33:12.600 --> 00:33:12.900
 every

00:33:12.900 --> 00:33:13.460
 priest

00:33:13.460 --> 00:33:14.860
 stands

00:33:14.860 --> 00:33:16.039
 daily

00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:16.960
 at his

00:33:16.960 --> 00:33:17.420
 service

00:33:17.420 --> 00:33:18.660
 offering

00:33:18.660 --> 00:33:19.400
 repeatedly

00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:20.320
 the same

00:33:20.320 --> 00:33:21.259
 sacrifices

00:33:21.259 --> 00:33:22.360
 which can

00:33:22.360 --> 00:33:22.940
 never take

00:33:22.940 --> 00:33:23.279
 away

00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:24.120
 sins

00:33:24.120 --> 00:33:25.100
 they're

00:33:25.100 --> 00:33:25.800
 insufficient

00:33:25.800 --> 00:33:26.480
 for

00:33:26.480 --> 00:33:27.060
 that

00:33:27.060 --> 00:33:27.940
 task

00:33:27.940 --> 00:33:28.700
 and so

00:33:28.700 --> 00:33:29.420
 verse 11

00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:29.779
 says

00:33:29.779 --> 00:33:30.200
 the priest

00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:30.800
 is constantly

00:33:30.800 --> 00:33:31.340
 doing this

00:33:31.340 --> 00:33:31.779
 work

00:33:31.779 --> 00:33:32.820
 right

00:33:32.820 --> 00:33:33.600
 this work

00:33:33.600 --> 00:33:34.100
 that isn't

00:33:34.100 --> 00:33:34.519
 sufficient

00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:34.920
 to take

00:33:34.920 --> 00:33:35.380
 away

00:33:35.380 --> 00:33:35.860
 to be

00:33:35.860 --> 00:33:36.320
 a finished

00:33:36.320 --> 00:33:36.660
 work

00:33:36.660 --> 00:33:37.039
 it's not

00:33:37.039 --> 00:33:37.380
 sufficient

00:33:37.380 --> 00:33:37.740
 for that

00:33:37.740 --> 00:33:37.920
 so it

00:33:37.920 --> 00:33:38.140
 has to

00:33:38.140 --> 00:33:38.580
 go on

00:33:38.580 --> 00:33:39.279
 and on

00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:40.300
 and on

00:33:40.299 --> 00:33:40.599
 and in

00:33:40.599 --> 00:33:41.220
 verse 12

00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:42.200
 the author

00:33:42.200 --> 00:33:42.480
 says

00:33:42.480 --> 00:33:42.779
 but when

00:33:42.779 --> 00:33:43.259
 christ

00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:43.460
 had

00:33:43.460 --> 00:33:43.879
 offered

00:33:43.879 --> 00:33:45.319
 for all

00:33:45.319 --> 00:33:45.879
 time

00:33:45.879 --> 00:33:47.200
 a single

00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:48.159
 sacrifice

00:33:48.159 --> 00:33:49.119
 for sins

00:33:49.119 --> 00:33:50.259
 he sat

00:33:50.259 --> 00:33:50.720
 down

00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:51.259
 at the

00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:51.700
 right hand

00:33:51.700 --> 00:33:52.180
 of god

00:33:52.180 --> 00:33:53.240
 waiting

00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:53.680
 from that

00:33:53.680 --> 00:33:53.980
 time

00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:54.379
 until his

00:33:54.379 --> 00:33:54.659
 enemy

00:33:54.659 --> 00:33:55.000
 should be

00:33:55.000 --> 00:33:55.299
 made a

00:33:55.299 --> 00:33:55.839
 footstool

00:33:55.839 --> 00:33:56.579
 for his

00:33:56.579 --> 00:33:57.639
 feet

00:33:57.639 --> 00:33:58.759
 for by a

00:33:58.759 --> 00:33:59.119
 single

00:33:59.119 --> 00:33:59.619
 offering

00:33:59.619 --> 00:34:00.279
 he has

00:34:00.279 --> 00:34:00.859
 perfected

00:34:00.859 --> 00:34:01.379
 for all

00:34:01.379 --> 00:34:01.839
 time

00:34:01.839 --> 00:34:02.559
 those

00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:03.099
 who are

00:34:03.099 --> 00:34:03.500
 being

00:34:03.500 --> 00:34:04.659
 sanctified

00:34:04.659 --> 00:34:05.960
 his

00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:06.639
 sacrifice

00:34:06.639 --> 00:34:07.299
 was a

00:34:07.299 --> 00:34:07.759
 complete

00:34:07.759 --> 00:34:08.679
 and final

00:34:08.679 --> 00:34:09.480
 sacrifice

00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:11.059
 for god's

00:34:11.059 --> 00:34:11.320
 people

00:34:11.320 --> 00:34:12.460
 for all

00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:13.400
 time

00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:14.019
 this is an

00:34:14.019 --> 00:34:14.780
 astounding

00:34:14.780 --> 00:34:15.659
 reality

00:34:15.659 --> 00:34:16.159
 right

00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:17.139
 what the

00:34:17.139 --> 00:34:17.500
 author of

00:34:17.500 --> 00:34:17.880
 hebrews is

00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:18.280
 trying to

00:34:18.280 --> 00:34:18.960
 explain

00:34:18.960 --> 00:34:20.119
 to his

00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:20.440
 original

00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:20.860
 audience

00:34:20.860 --> 00:34:21.599
 and to

00:34:21.599 --> 00:34:21.940
 us

00:34:21.940 --> 00:34:22.699
 is all

00:34:22.699 --> 00:34:22.960
 that's

00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:24.240
 encapsulated

00:34:24.240 --> 00:34:25.159
 in jesus's

00:34:25.159 --> 00:34:26.099
 final word

00:34:26.099 --> 00:34:26.679
 recorded in

00:34:26.679 --> 00:34:26.960
 john

00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:27.619
 chapter

00:34:27.619 --> 00:34:28.480
 19

00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:29.119
 it

00:34:29.119 --> 00:34:30.099
 is

00:34:30.099 --> 00:34:31.460
 finished

00:34:31.460 --> 00:34:32.920
 the

00:34:32.920 --> 00:34:33.619
 sacrificial

00:34:33.619 --> 00:34:34.139
 work that

00:34:34.139 --> 00:34:34.820
 was necessary

00:34:34.820 --> 00:34:35.679
 to atone

00:34:35.679 --> 00:34:36.260
 for our

00:34:36.260 --> 00:34:36.519
 sins

00:34:36.519 --> 00:34:37.340
 to purify

00:34:37.340 --> 00:34:37.820
 us

00:34:37.820 --> 00:34:38.259
 that we

00:34:38.259 --> 00:34:38.579
 might be

00:34:38.579 --> 00:34:38.699
 in

00:34:38.699 --> 00:34:39.139
 relationship

00:34:39.139 --> 00:34:39.739
 with god

00:34:39.739 --> 00:34:40.639
 is

00:34:40.639 --> 00:34:41.719
 finished

00:34:41.719 --> 00:34:42.219
 when christ

00:34:42.219 --> 00:34:42.539
 died

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:42.980
 on the

00:34:42.980 --> 00:34:43.280
 cross

00:34:43.280 --> 00:34:43.500
 right

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:43.900
 he paid

00:34:43.900 --> 00:34:44.539
 the full

00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:45.119
 penalty

00:34:45.119 --> 00:34:46.119
 he was

00:34:46.119 --> 00:34:46.380
 the

00:34:46.380 --> 00:34:47.199
 sufficient

00:34:47.199 --> 00:34:48.860
 sacrifice

00:34:48.860 --> 00:34:51.320
 romans

00:34:51.320 --> 00:34:51.920
 6 10

00:34:51.920 --> 00:34:52.599
 paul says

00:34:52.599 --> 00:34:53.139
 for the

00:34:53.139 --> 00:34:53.440
 death

00:34:53.440 --> 00:34:54.619
 he died

00:34:54.619 --> 00:34:55.619
 he died

00:34:55.619 --> 00:34:56.539
 to sin

00:34:56.539 --> 00:34:57.699
 once

00:34:57.699 --> 00:34:59.519
 for all

00:34:59.519 --> 00:35:01.239
 a fully

00:35:01.239 --> 00:35:01.659
 sufficient

00:35:01.659 --> 00:35:02.179
 sacrifice

00:35:02.179 --> 00:35:02.840
 to accomplish

00:35:02.840 --> 00:35:03.480
 exactly

00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:04.280
 that which

00:35:04.280 --> 00:35:04.800
 it's intended

00:35:04.800 --> 00:35:05.740
 to accomplish

00:35:05.740 --> 00:35:06.019
 right

00:35:06.019 --> 00:35:06.580
 the salvation

00:35:06.580 --> 00:35:07.440
 of god's

00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:07.800
 church

00:35:07.800 --> 00:35:08.480
 for the

00:35:08.480 --> 00:35:08.680
 death

00:35:08.680 --> 00:35:08.980
 he died

00:35:08.980 --> 00:35:09.980
 to sin

00:35:09.980 --> 00:35:10.680
 once

00:35:10.680 --> 00:35:12.100
 for all

00:35:12.100 --> 00:35:13.800
 and then

00:35:13.800 --> 00:35:15.640
 paul in all

00:35:15.640 --> 00:35:16.280
 his inspired

00:35:16.280 --> 00:35:16.960
 brilliance

00:35:16.960 --> 00:35:17.600
 says but the

00:35:17.600 --> 00:35:18.640
 life he lives

00:35:18.640 --> 00:35:19.000
 right

00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:19.260
 he didn't

00:35:19.260 --> 00:35:19.820
 stay dead

00:35:19.820 --> 00:35:20.120
 but the

00:35:20.120 --> 00:35:20.820
 life he

00:35:20.820 --> 00:35:21.460
 lives

00:35:21.460 --> 00:35:22.620
 he lives

00:35:22.620 --> 00:35:24.019
 to god

00:35:24.019 --> 00:35:24.360
 right

00:35:24.360 --> 00:35:25.519
 toward god

00:35:25.519 --> 00:35:25.880
 for the

00:35:25.880 --> 00:35:26.720
 glory of

00:35:26.720 --> 00:35:27.780
 god

00:35:27.780 --> 00:35:28.680
 as he's

00:35:28.680 --> 00:35:29.000
 now

00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:30.000
 ascended

00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:31.080
 and seated

00:35:31.080 --> 00:35:32.400
 at his

00:35:32.400 --> 00:35:33.220
 right hand

00:35:33.219 --> 00:35:34.839
 so christ

00:35:34.839 --> 00:35:35.139
 is

00:35:35.139 --> 00:35:36.539
 purifier

00:35:36.539 --> 00:35:38.639
 this

00:35:38.639 --> 00:35:39.699
 speaks to

00:35:39.699 --> 00:35:39.939
 us

00:35:39.939 --> 00:35:40.179
 and it

00:35:40.179 --> 00:35:40.319
 should

00:35:40.319 --> 00:35:40.579
 speak

00:35:40.579 --> 00:35:41.139
 loudly

00:35:41.139 --> 00:35:41.759
 to us

00:35:41.759 --> 00:35:43.119
 about our

00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:43.699
 need of

00:35:43.699 --> 00:35:44.000
 him

00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:45.119
 if we're

00:35:45.119 --> 00:35:45.939
 ever to be

00:35:45.939 --> 00:35:46.519
 found right

00:35:46.519 --> 00:35:47.079
 with god

00:35:47.079 --> 00:35:48.059
 you've ever

00:35:48.059 --> 00:35:48.779
 felt the

00:35:48.779 --> 00:35:49.519
 weight of

00:35:49.519 --> 00:35:50.119
 your sin

00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:51.219
 carried the

00:35:51.219 --> 00:35:51.679
 guilt of

00:35:51.679 --> 00:35:52.119
 it as

00:35:52.119 --> 00:35:52.779
 you should

00:35:52.779 --> 00:35:53.339
 because you

00:35:53.339 --> 00:35:54.219
 are guilty

00:35:54.219 --> 00:35:54.879
 of your

00:35:54.879 --> 00:35:56.139
 sin

00:35:56.139 --> 00:35:57.699
 it should

00:35:57.699 --> 00:35:58.179
 cause us

00:35:58.179 --> 00:35:58.919
 to cry

00:35:58.919 --> 00:35:59.419
 out

00:35:59.420 --> 00:36:00.340
 for the

00:36:00.340 --> 00:36:00.840
 perfect

00:36:00.840 --> 00:36:01.760
 once for

00:36:01.760 --> 00:36:02.480
 all work

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:03.480
 of christ

00:36:03.480 --> 00:36:05.200
 this

00:36:05.200 --> 00:36:05.840
 should

00:36:05.840 --> 00:36:06.460
 if we

00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:06.940
 are the

00:36:06.940 --> 00:36:07.119
 new

00:36:07.119 --> 00:36:07.740
 creation

00:36:07.740 --> 00:36:10.039
 cause us

00:36:10.039 --> 00:36:10.780
 to love

00:36:10.780 --> 00:36:11.320
 god's

00:36:11.320 --> 00:36:11.880
 sustaining

00:36:11.880 --> 00:36:12.579
 grace to

00:36:12.579 --> 00:36:12.920
 us

00:36:12.920 --> 00:36:14.099
 in christ

00:36:14.099 --> 00:36:15.920
 if we've

00:36:15.920 --> 00:36:16.300
 yet to

00:36:16.300 --> 00:36:16.780
 receive

00:36:16.780 --> 00:36:17.320
 this

00:36:17.320 --> 00:36:17.900
 mercy

00:36:17.900 --> 00:36:19.780
 it should

00:36:19.780 --> 00:36:20.280
 cause us

00:36:20.280 --> 00:36:20.960
 to flee

00:36:20.960 --> 00:36:21.639
 to christ

00:36:21.639 --> 00:36:23.200
 the perfect

00:36:23.200 --> 00:36:24.740
 sacrifice

00:36:24.740 --> 00:36:26.639
 christ is

00:36:26.639 --> 00:36:28.240
 purifier

00:36:28.239 --> 00:36:30.519
 and lastly

00:36:30.519 --> 00:36:31.599
 christ is

00:36:31.599 --> 00:36:32.879
 ruler

00:36:32.879 --> 00:36:34.139
 christ is

00:36:34.139 --> 00:36:34.639
 ruler

00:36:34.639 --> 00:36:37.319
 having been

00:36:37.319 --> 00:36:37.739
 sacrificed

00:36:37.739 --> 00:36:38.359
 once for

00:36:38.359 --> 00:36:38.739
 all

00:36:38.739 --> 00:36:40.079
 raised on

00:36:40.079 --> 00:36:40.479
 the third

00:36:40.479 --> 00:36:40.919
 day

00:36:40.919 --> 00:36:42.099
 he ascended

00:36:42.099 --> 00:36:43.839
 and he

00:36:43.839 --> 00:36:45.059
 sat down

00:36:45.059 --> 00:36:45.500
 our text

00:36:45.500 --> 00:36:45.939
 says he

00:36:45.939 --> 00:36:47.119
 sat down

00:36:47.119 --> 00:36:47.879
 at the

00:36:47.879 --> 00:36:48.739
 right hand

00:36:48.739 --> 00:36:49.479
 of the

00:36:49.479 --> 00:36:49.979
 majesty

00:36:49.979 --> 00:36:51.519
 on high

00:36:51.519 --> 00:36:52.859
 jesus christ

00:36:52.859 --> 00:36:53.339
 does not

00:36:53.339 --> 00:36:53.719
 have to

00:36:53.719 --> 00:36:54.199
 work as

00:36:54.199 --> 00:36:54.299
 the

00:36:54.299 --> 00:36:54.619
 levitical

00:36:54.619 --> 00:36:55.019
 priests

00:36:55.019 --> 00:36:56.179
 work

00:36:56.179 --> 00:36:57.259
 as i

00:36:57.259 --> 00:36:57.619
 said they

00:36:57.619 --> 00:36:58.099
 never

00:36:58.099 --> 00:36:58.539
 sat

00:36:58.539 --> 00:36:59.039
 they

00:36:59.039 --> 00:36:59.199
 were

00:36:59.199 --> 00:36:59.920
 continually

00:36:59.920 --> 00:37:00.579
 making

00:37:00.579 --> 00:37:01.259
 sacrifice

00:37:01.259 --> 00:37:01.779
 for the

00:37:01.779 --> 00:37:02.139
 sins

00:37:02.139 --> 00:37:03.139
 of israel

00:37:03.139 --> 00:37:04.039
 and all

00:37:04.039 --> 00:37:04.259
 of the

00:37:04.259 --> 00:37:04.500
 careful

00:37:04.500 --> 00:37:05.019
 instruction

00:37:05.019 --> 00:37:05.980
 for the

00:37:05.980 --> 00:37:06.500
 tabernacle

00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:06.819
 and then

00:37:06.819 --> 00:37:07.279
 the temple

00:37:07.279 --> 00:37:07.599
 there were

00:37:07.599 --> 00:37:07.799
 never

00:37:07.799 --> 00:37:08.319
 seats

00:37:08.319 --> 00:37:08.839
 there's

00:37:08.839 --> 00:37:09.239
 no need

00:37:09.239 --> 00:37:09.839
 for seats

00:37:09.839 --> 00:37:10.619
 if you

00:37:10.619 --> 00:37:11.119
 were working

00:37:11.119 --> 00:37:11.519
 in the

00:37:11.519 --> 00:37:11.759
 temple

00:37:11.759 --> 00:37:12.059
 you were

00:37:12.059 --> 00:37:12.319
 making

00:37:12.319 --> 00:37:12.860
 sacrifice

00:37:12.860 --> 00:37:14.219
 when you

00:37:14.219 --> 00:37:14.699
 cocked out

00:37:14.699 --> 00:37:15.059
 you went

00:37:15.059 --> 00:37:15.559
 home

00:37:15.559 --> 00:37:16.480
 but when

00:37:16.480 --> 00:37:16.719
 you were

00:37:16.719 --> 00:37:17.099
 there

00:37:17.099 --> 00:37:17.759
 you were

00:37:17.759 --> 00:37:18.299
 constantly

00:37:18.299 --> 00:37:18.960
 making

00:37:18.960 --> 00:37:20.460
 sacrifice

00:37:20.460 --> 00:37:22.159
 the writer

00:37:22.159 --> 00:37:22.940
 of hebrews

00:37:22.940 --> 00:37:24.599
 words are

00:37:24.599 --> 00:37:25.460
 absolutely

00:37:25.460 --> 00:37:26.420
 astonishing

00:37:26.420 --> 00:37:26.840
 here

00:37:26.840 --> 00:37:27.800
 don't

00:37:27.800 --> 00:37:28.200
 let this

00:37:28.200 --> 00:37:28.760
 be lost

00:37:28.760 --> 00:37:29.900
 on you

00:37:29.900 --> 00:37:31.119
 21st century

00:37:31.119 --> 00:37:32.200
 american christians

00:37:32.200 --> 00:37:34.139
 his original

00:37:34.139 --> 00:37:35.260
 listeners would

00:37:35.260 --> 00:37:35.659
 have taken

00:37:35.659 --> 00:37:37.240
 such courage

00:37:37.240 --> 00:37:38.119
 from this

00:37:38.119 --> 00:37:38.500
 phrase

00:37:38.500 --> 00:37:39.260
 he sat

00:37:39.260 --> 00:37:40.420
 down at

00:37:40.420 --> 00:37:40.780
 the right

00:37:40.780 --> 00:37:41.700
 hand of

00:37:41.700 --> 00:37:42.300
 the majesty

00:37:42.300 --> 00:37:43.659
 on high

00:37:43.659 --> 00:37:44.860
 this is

00:37:44.860 --> 00:37:45.619
 massively

00:37:45.619 --> 00:37:47.280
 significant

00:37:47.280 --> 00:37:48.280
 they would

00:37:48.280 --> 00:37:49.159
 have remembered

00:37:49.159 --> 00:37:50.039
 at the

00:37:50.039 --> 00:37:50.720
 opening of

00:37:50.720 --> 00:37:51.240
 this letter

00:37:51.239 --> 00:37:52.479
 that jesus

00:37:52.479 --> 00:37:52.779
 is

00:37:52.779 --> 00:37:53.579
 sacrificial

00:37:53.579 --> 00:37:54.299
 work

00:37:54.299 --> 00:37:55.059
 is

00:37:55.059 --> 00:37:56.299
 finished

00:37:56.299 --> 00:37:57.959
 all that

00:37:57.959 --> 00:37:58.799
 it guarantees

00:37:58.799 --> 00:38:01.179
 will happen

00:38:01.179 --> 00:38:01.659
 because

00:38:01.659 --> 00:38:02.159
 it's

00:38:02.159 --> 00:38:03.039
 finished

00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:04.519
 all the

00:38:04.519 --> 00:38:05.019
 promises

00:38:05.019 --> 00:38:05.699
 of god

00:38:05.699 --> 00:38:06.659
 find their

00:38:06.659 --> 00:38:07.439
 yes

00:38:07.439 --> 00:38:09.099
 in christ

00:38:09.099 --> 00:38:10.139
 it

00:38:10.139 --> 00:38:11.179
 is

00:38:11.179 --> 00:38:12.899
 finished

00:38:12.899 --> 00:38:13.799
 this is

00:38:13.799 --> 00:38:14.759
 massively

00:38:14.759 --> 00:38:16.859
 significant

00:38:16.860 --> 00:38:18.960
 paul wrote

00:38:18.960 --> 00:38:19.480
 in romans

00:38:19.480 --> 00:38:20.160
 chapter 3

00:38:20.160 --> 00:38:20.760
 verse 21

00:38:20.760 --> 00:38:21.360
 and 22

00:38:21.360 --> 00:38:21.860
 but now

00:38:21.860 --> 00:38:22.460
 the righteousness

00:38:22.460 --> 00:38:23.140
 of god

00:38:23.140 --> 00:38:24.099
 has been

00:38:24.099 --> 00:38:24.800
 manifested

00:38:24.800 --> 00:38:25.480
 apart from

00:38:25.480 --> 00:38:25.860
 the law

00:38:25.860 --> 00:38:26.360
 although the

00:38:26.360 --> 00:38:26.740
 law

00:38:26.740 --> 00:38:27.260
 and the

00:38:27.260 --> 00:38:27.579
 prophets

00:38:27.579 --> 00:38:28.180
 bear witness

00:38:28.180 --> 00:38:28.740
 to it

00:38:28.740 --> 00:38:30.280
 there's the

00:38:30.280 --> 00:38:30.760
 continuity

00:38:30.760 --> 00:38:31.180
 of the

00:38:31.180 --> 00:38:31.720
 old testament

00:38:31.720 --> 00:38:32.440
 and the

00:38:32.440 --> 00:38:32.800
 reason we

00:38:32.800 --> 00:38:33.019
 should

00:38:33.019 --> 00:38:33.860
 still use

00:38:33.860 --> 00:38:34.079
 it

00:38:34.079 --> 00:38:36.000
 the righteousness

00:38:36.000 --> 00:38:36.640
 of god

00:38:36.640 --> 00:38:37.360
 through faith

00:38:37.360 --> 00:38:37.980
 in jesus

00:38:37.980 --> 00:38:38.539
 christ

00:38:38.539 --> 00:38:39.640
 for all

00:38:39.640 --> 00:38:41.620
 who believe

00:38:41.620 --> 00:38:43.039
 finished

00:38:43.039 --> 00:38:43.700
 work

00:38:43.699 --> 00:38:44.619
 and now

00:38:44.619 --> 00:38:45.419
 we believe

00:38:45.419 --> 00:38:46.159
 in this

00:38:46.159 --> 00:38:46.559
 finished

00:38:46.559 --> 00:38:47.219
 work

00:38:47.219 --> 00:38:47.559
 and we're

00:38:47.559 --> 00:38:48.019
 granted

00:38:48.019 --> 00:38:48.500
 the

00:38:48.500 --> 00:38:48.879
 righteousness

00:38:48.879 --> 00:38:50.779
 of christ

00:38:50.779 --> 00:38:52.259
 it is of

00:38:52.259 --> 00:38:52.960
 great significance

00:38:52.960 --> 00:38:53.539
 that jesus

00:38:53.539 --> 00:38:54.019
 is at the

00:38:54.019 --> 00:38:54.639
 right hand

00:38:54.639 --> 00:38:55.259
 of the

00:38:55.259 --> 00:38:55.679
 majesty

00:38:55.679 --> 00:38:56.679
 on high

00:38:56.679 --> 00:38:57.899
 the right

00:38:57.899 --> 00:38:58.299
 hand

00:38:58.299 --> 00:38:58.699
 was the

00:38:58.699 --> 00:38:59.059
 place

00:38:59.059 --> 00:38:59.939
 of highest

00:38:59.939 --> 00:39:00.759
 honor

00:39:00.759 --> 00:39:01.679
 and

00:39:01.679 --> 00:39:02.960
 power

00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:04.179
 paul writes

00:39:04.179 --> 00:39:04.639
 in ephesians

00:39:04.639 --> 00:39:05.299
 4 10

00:39:05.299 --> 00:39:06.199
 right as a

00:39:06.199 --> 00:39:06.519
 as a

00:39:06.519 --> 00:39:07.199
 parenthetical

00:39:07.199 --> 00:39:08.179
 he who

00:39:08.179 --> 00:39:08.779
 descended

00:39:08.779 --> 00:39:10.019
 being christ

00:39:10.019 --> 00:39:10.839
 is the one

00:39:10.839 --> 00:39:11.399
 who also

00:39:11.399 --> 00:39:12.059
 ascended

00:39:12.059 --> 00:39:12.919
 far above

00:39:12.920 --> 00:39:13.639
 all the

00:39:13.639 --> 00:39:14.059
 heavens

00:39:14.059 --> 00:39:15.000
 that he

00:39:15.000 --> 00:39:15.940
 might

00:39:15.940 --> 00:39:16.780
 fill

00:39:16.780 --> 00:39:17.659
 all

00:39:17.659 --> 00:39:18.680
 things

00:39:18.680 --> 00:39:19.240
 right

00:39:19.240 --> 00:39:20.680
 bring to

00:39:20.680 --> 00:39:21.300
 pass

00:39:21.300 --> 00:39:22.700
 everything

00:39:22.700 --> 00:39:23.940
 that his

00:39:23.940 --> 00:39:24.300
 death and

00:39:24.300 --> 00:39:24.740
 resurrection

00:39:24.740 --> 00:39:25.559
 guaranteed

00:39:25.559 --> 00:39:26.420
 would come

00:39:26.420 --> 00:39:27.280
 to pass

00:39:27.280 --> 00:39:28.200
 that he

00:39:28.200 --> 00:39:28.700
 would finish

00:39:28.700 --> 00:39:29.200
 the work

00:39:29.200 --> 00:39:30.240
 of the

00:39:30.240 --> 00:39:30.639
 church

00:39:30.639 --> 00:39:31.680
 and bring

00:39:31.680 --> 00:39:32.300
 heaven

00:39:32.300 --> 00:39:33.519
 down to

00:39:33.519 --> 00:39:33.900
 earth

00:39:33.900 --> 00:39:36.200
 in jesus's

00:39:36.200 --> 00:39:36.820
 session

00:39:36.820 --> 00:39:38.059
 sitting at

00:39:38.059 --> 00:39:38.420
 the right

00:39:38.420 --> 00:39:38.880
 hand

00:39:38.880 --> 00:39:40.639
 paul tells

00:39:40.639 --> 00:39:41.159
 us something

00:39:41.159 --> 00:39:41.880
 that he is

00:39:41.880 --> 00:39:42.159
 doing

00:39:42.159 --> 00:39:43.059
 specifically

00:39:43.059 --> 00:39:44.159
 for those

00:39:44.159 --> 00:39:45.139
 who believe

00:39:45.139 --> 00:39:46.019
 in him

00:39:46.019 --> 00:39:46.839
 so if you've

00:39:46.839 --> 00:39:47.500
 yet to be

00:39:47.500 --> 00:39:48.099
 encouraged

00:39:48.099 --> 00:39:49.940
 i hope you'll

00:39:49.940 --> 00:39:50.480
 find this of

00:39:50.480 --> 00:39:51.359
 great encouragement

00:39:51.359 --> 00:39:52.319
 to you

00:39:52.319 --> 00:39:53.420
 i know

00:39:53.420 --> 00:39:54.859
 that these

00:39:54.859 --> 00:39:55.699
 listeners of

00:39:55.699 --> 00:39:56.279
 this letter

00:39:56.279 --> 00:39:56.759
 would have

00:39:56.759 --> 00:39:57.440
 taken great

00:39:57.440 --> 00:39:58.399
 courage from

00:39:58.399 --> 00:39:58.619
 it they

00:39:58.619 --> 00:39:58.899
 would have

00:39:58.899 --> 00:39:59.519
 pressed on

00:39:59.519 --> 00:39:59.739
 they would

00:39:59.739 --> 00:39:59.920
 have

00:39:59.920 --> 00:40:00.659
 persevered to

00:40:00.659 --> 00:40:01.159
 the end

00:40:01.159 --> 00:40:01.639
 as they

00:40:01.639 --> 00:40:02.199
 heard just

00:40:02.199 --> 00:40:03.159
 these opening

00:40:03.159 --> 00:40:04.460
 comments

00:40:04.460 --> 00:40:05.759
 from the author

00:40:05.759 --> 00:40:06.599
 of this letter

00:40:06.599 --> 00:40:09.000
 paul tells

00:40:09.000 --> 00:40:09.539
 us romans

00:40:09.539 --> 00:40:10.659
 chapter 8

00:40:10.659 --> 00:40:11.519
 verse 31

00:40:11.519 --> 00:40:12.319
 and following

00:40:12.319 --> 00:40:13.559
 just after a

00:40:13.559 --> 00:40:14.619
 grand explanation

00:40:14.619 --> 00:40:15.759
 of god's

00:40:15.759 --> 00:40:16.420
 elective

00:40:16.420 --> 00:40:17.159
 purposes

00:40:17.159 --> 00:40:19.199
 what then

00:40:19.199 --> 00:40:19.639
 shall we

00:40:19.639 --> 00:40:20.219
 say to

00:40:20.219 --> 00:40:20.659
 these

00:40:20.659 --> 00:40:21.319
 things

00:40:21.319 --> 00:40:23.019
 if god

00:40:23.019 --> 00:40:23.500
 is for

00:40:23.500 --> 00:40:23.900
 us

00:40:23.900 --> 00:40:25.199
 who can

00:40:25.199 --> 00:40:25.759
 be against

00:40:25.759 --> 00:40:26.279
 us

00:40:26.279 --> 00:40:29.319
 he who

00:40:29.319 --> 00:40:29.539
 did not

00:40:29.539 --> 00:40:30.019
 spare his

00:40:30.019 --> 00:40:30.619
 own son

00:40:30.619 --> 00:40:31.079
 but gave

00:40:31.079 --> 00:40:31.480
 him up

00:40:31.480 --> 00:40:31.779
 for us

00:40:31.779 --> 00:40:32.079
 all

00:40:32.079 --> 00:40:32.960
 how will

00:40:32.960 --> 00:40:33.319
 he not

00:40:33.319 --> 00:40:33.799
 also

00:40:33.799 --> 00:40:34.699
 with him

00:40:34.699 --> 00:40:35.460
 graciously

00:40:35.460 --> 00:40:36.199
 give us

00:40:36.199 --> 00:40:36.940
 all

00:40:36.940 --> 00:40:38.059
 things

00:40:38.059 --> 00:40:39.340
 who can

00:40:39.340 --> 00:40:39.840
 bring any

00:40:39.840 --> 00:40:40.659
 charge against

00:40:40.659 --> 00:40:41.279
 god's

00:40:41.279 --> 00:40:41.759
 elect

00:40:41.759 --> 00:40:42.699
 it is

00:40:42.699 --> 00:40:43.179
 god who

00:40:43.179 --> 00:40:43.920
 justifies

00:40:43.920 --> 00:40:45.219
 who is

00:40:45.219 --> 00:40:45.880
 to condemn

00:40:45.880 --> 00:40:47.380
 christ jesus

00:40:47.380 --> 00:40:48.059
 is the one

00:40:48.059 --> 00:40:48.819
 who died

00:40:48.819 --> 00:40:49.759
 more than

00:40:49.759 --> 00:40:50.179
 that

00:40:50.179 --> 00:40:50.960
 who was

00:40:50.960 --> 00:40:51.539
 raised

00:40:51.539 --> 00:40:52.639
 who is at

00:40:52.639 --> 00:40:53.059
 the right

00:40:53.059 --> 00:40:53.599
 hand of

00:40:53.599 --> 00:40:53.900
 god

00:40:53.900 --> 00:40:54.219
 so here's

00:40:54.219 --> 00:40:54.679
 this language

00:40:54.679 --> 00:40:55.139
 again

00:40:55.139 --> 00:40:55.599
 right

00:40:55.599 --> 00:40:56.319
 seated

00:40:56.319 --> 00:40:57.239
 at the

00:40:57.239 --> 00:40:58.219
 right hand

00:40:58.219 --> 00:40:59.500
 of god

00:40:59.500 --> 00:41:00.860
 and then paul

00:41:00.860 --> 00:41:01.319
 says

00:41:01.319 --> 00:41:02.059
 who indeed

00:41:02.059 --> 00:41:03.940
 is interceding

00:41:03.940 --> 00:41:05.279
 for us

00:41:05.279 --> 00:41:07.079
 beloved he is

00:41:07.079 --> 00:41:07.739
 praying

00:41:07.739 --> 00:41:09.000
 for us

00:41:09.000 --> 00:41:09.380
 he is

00:41:09.380 --> 00:41:10.019
 speaking

00:41:10.019 --> 00:41:11.360
 on our

00:41:11.360 --> 00:41:11.880
 behalf

00:41:11.880 --> 00:41:13.239
 to god

00:41:13.239 --> 00:41:14.779
 this is

00:41:14.779 --> 00:41:15.619
 astounding

00:41:15.619 --> 00:41:16.739
 astounding

00:41:16.739 --> 00:41:18.099
 truth

00:41:18.099 --> 00:41:19.059
 as he is

00:41:19.059 --> 00:41:19.539
 the ruler

00:41:19.539 --> 00:41:19.980
 and bringing

00:41:19.980 --> 00:41:21.259
 all things

00:41:21.259 --> 00:41:21.960
 to pass

00:41:21.960 --> 00:41:22.920
 he's doing

00:41:22.920 --> 00:41:23.299
 so by the

00:41:23.299 --> 00:41:23.659
 power of

00:41:23.659 --> 00:41:23.980
 spirit in

00:41:23.980 --> 00:41:24.440
 his people

00:41:24.440 --> 00:41:24.840
 and he is

00:41:24.840 --> 00:41:25.400
 praying

00:41:25.400 --> 00:41:26.079
 for us

00:41:26.079 --> 00:41:28.860
 so christ

00:41:28.860 --> 00:41:29.380
 is

00:41:29.380 --> 00:41:31.619
 inheritor

00:41:31.619 --> 00:41:32.779
 creator

00:41:32.779 --> 00:41:33.699
 sustainer

00:41:33.699 --> 00:41:34.460
 radiator

00:41:34.460 --> 00:41:35.739
 representer

00:41:35.739 --> 00:41:36.579
 purifier

00:41:36.579 --> 00:41:38.880
 and ruler

00:41:38.880 --> 00:41:40.460
 i hope you're

00:41:40.460 --> 00:41:41.500
 seeing the

00:41:41.500 --> 00:41:42.299
 supremacy

00:41:42.299 --> 00:41:43.420
 and the

00:41:43.420 --> 00:41:44.179
 finality

00:41:44.179 --> 00:41:45.519
 of jesus

00:41:45.519 --> 00:41:46.000
 christ

00:41:46.000 --> 00:41:46.940
 right

00:41:46.940 --> 00:41:48.279
 this is the

00:41:48.279 --> 00:41:48.699
 theme

00:41:48.699 --> 00:41:49.219
 right

00:41:49.219 --> 00:41:50.099
 this is the

00:41:50.099 --> 00:41:50.460
 ark

00:41:50.460 --> 00:41:50.920
 that's going

00:41:50.920 --> 00:41:51.759
 to rest

00:41:51.759 --> 00:41:52.179
 over the

00:41:52.179 --> 00:41:52.639
 top of

00:41:52.639 --> 00:41:52.880
 this

00:41:52.880 --> 00:41:53.679
 entire

00:41:53.679 --> 00:41:54.000
 letter

00:41:54.000 --> 00:41:54.199
 we're

00:41:54.199 --> 00:41:54.380
 going to

00:41:54.380 --> 00:41:54.699
 continue

00:41:54.699 --> 00:41:55.440
 to develop

00:41:55.440 --> 00:41:56.199
 it out

00:41:56.199 --> 00:41:57.359
 further

00:41:57.359 --> 00:41:58.500
 in the

00:41:58.500 --> 00:41:58.719
 coming

00:41:58.719 --> 00:41:59.279
 month

00:41:59.279 --> 00:42:00.879
 in closing

00:42:00.879 --> 00:42:01.099
 let me

00:42:01.099 --> 00:42:01.519
 repeat to

00:42:01.519 --> 00:42:02.039
 you my

00:42:02.039 --> 00:42:02.679
 hope for

00:42:02.679 --> 00:42:03.179
 our study

00:42:03.179 --> 00:42:03.759
 of the

00:42:03.759 --> 00:42:04.000
 book of

00:42:04.000 --> 00:42:04.419
 hebrews

00:42:04.419 --> 00:42:06.099
 number one

00:42:06.099 --> 00:42:07.859
 that we

00:42:07.859 --> 00:42:08.399
 would greater

00:42:08.399 --> 00:42:09.119
 appreciate

00:42:09.119 --> 00:42:10.319
 both the

00:42:10.319 --> 00:42:10.879
 continuity

00:42:10.879 --> 00:42:11.539
 and the

00:42:11.539 --> 00:42:12.279
 discontinuity

00:42:12.279 --> 00:42:13.639
 of the

00:42:13.639 --> 00:42:14.379
 old and

00:42:14.379 --> 00:42:14.579
 new

00:42:14.579 --> 00:42:15.139
 covenants

00:42:15.139 --> 00:42:16.359
 and therefore

00:42:16.359 --> 00:42:17.859
 the old and

00:42:17.859 --> 00:42:18.419
 new testaments

00:42:18.419 --> 00:42:19.659
 that our

00:42:19.659 --> 00:42:20.159
 scripture

00:42:20.159 --> 00:42:21.139
 right

00:42:21.139 --> 00:42:21.799
 the canon

00:42:21.799 --> 00:42:22.579
 all 66

00:42:22.579 --> 00:42:23.099
 books of it

00:42:23.099 --> 00:42:23.439
 will become

00:42:23.439 --> 00:42:24.199
 more precious

00:42:24.199 --> 00:42:24.639
 to us

00:42:24.639 --> 00:42:25.239
 as we study

00:42:25.239 --> 00:42:25.639
 this book

00:42:25.639 --> 00:42:25.819
 of the

00:42:25.819 --> 00:42:26.039
 bible

00:42:26.039 --> 00:42:27.419
 together

00:42:27.419 --> 00:42:28.119
 that it

00:42:28.119 --> 00:42:28.500
 would be

00:42:28.500 --> 00:42:29.579
 greater

00:42:29.579 --> 00:42:30.519
 concreted

00:42:30.519 --> 00:42:30.979
 in our

00:42:30.979 --> 00:42:31.519
 hearts

00:42:31.519 --> 00:42:32.259
 right

00:42:32.259 --> 00:42:32.639
 that this

00:42:32.639 --> 00:42:33.539
 is god's

00:42:33.539 --> 00:42:34.219
 inspired

00:42:34.219 --> 00:42:35.259
 inerrant

00:42:35.259 --> 00:42:36.459
 authoritative

00:42:36.459 --> 00:42:37.659
 sufficient

00:42:37.659 --> 00:42:38.159
 word

00:42:38.159 --> 00:42:38.959
 to us

00:42:38.959 --> 00:42:40.739
 and second

00:42:40.739 --> 00:42:41.839
 that we

00:42:41.839 --> 00:42:42.479
 would greater

00:42:42.479 --> 00:42:43.359
 love the

00:42:43.359 --> 00:42:43.759
 risen

00:42:43.759 --> 00:42:44.799
 christ

00:42:44.799 --> 00:42:46.119
 that we

00:42:46.119 --> 00:42:46.579
 would so

00:42:46.579 --> 00:42:46.939
 love the

00:42:46.939 --> 00:42:47.479
 risen christ

00:42:47.479 --> 00:42:48.000
 that we

00:42:48.000 --> 00:42:48.519
 would worship

00:42:48.519 --> 00:42:48.859
 him with

00:42:48.859 --> 00:42:49.159
 greater

00:42:49.159 --> 00:42:49.799
 fervor

00:42:49.799 --> 00:42:50.619
 in the

00:42:50.619 --> 00:42:51.219
 face of

00:42:51.219 --> 00:42:51.679
 opposition

00:42:51.679 --> 00:42:52.659
 that we

00:42:52.659 --> 00:42:52.959
 would be

00:42:52.959 --> 00:42:53.500
 a people

00:42:53.500 --> 00:42:54.119
 who

00:42:54.119 --> 00:42:54.879
 persevere

00:42:54.880 --> 00:42:55.660
 to the

00:42:55.660 --> 00:42:56.360
 end

00:42:56.360 --> 00:42:57.119
 for the

00:42:57.119 --> 00:42:57.400
 glory

00:42:57.400 --> 00:42:58.440
 of god

00:42:58.440 --> 00:43:00.000
 let's pray

00:43:00.000 --> 00:43:00.320
 together