WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.339 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama. 00:00:06.799 --> 00:00:10.519 ! Our passion is to experience and express grace. Join us. 00:00:12.099 --> 00:00:12.640 ! 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:36.259 How Jesus is greater than anyone or anything else. 00:00:37.579 --> 00:00:44.320 And today we come to the powerful conclusion of the sermon. 00:00:45.259 --> 00:00:49.060 Yes, there's one more chapter next week and there is great stuff in there. 00:00:49.379 --> 00:00:56.100 But it is more of a P.S. than part of the main argument of the written sermon. 00:00:56.100 --> 00:01:00.560 And what you'll see this morning is that the writer gets a bit fired up. 00:01:01.760 --> 00:01:04.519 I'll be honest with you, I probably will too. 00:01:04.840 --> 00:01:11.079 I've been looking forward to this particular passage since sometime last year when I was planning this sermon series. 00:01:11.260 --> 00:01:14.560 And that's just fair warning to you that I'm pretty excited about it. 00:01:14.740 --> 00:01:16.579 I told you last week, I'm warning you again. 00:01:17.799 --> 00:01:21.180 Just reading it here in a moment should get your heart pumping, okay? 00:01:22.060 --> 00:01:23.180 Remember where we are. 00:01:23.180 --> 00:01:29.300 We're running by faith in things that we can't see with our eyes yet. 00:01:30.760 --> 00:01:34.400 But we're enduring because we're looking to Jesus. 00:01:36.000 --> 00:01:40.500 And then we pick up reading at verse 18 of chapter 12. 00:01:40.500 --> 00:02:07.840 Indeed, so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, 00:02:07.840 --> 00:02:10.200 And I tremble with fear. 00:02:11.620 --> 00:02:19.159 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, 00:02:19.580 --> 00:02:22.680 and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, 00:02:23.199 --> 00:02:26.400 and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, 00:02:26.699 --> 00:02:29.219 and to God, the judge of all, 00:02:29.500 --> 00:02:31.620 and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, 00:02:31.620 --> 00:02:35.620 and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, 00:02:36.259 --> 00:02:40.460 and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel. 00:02:42.060 --> 00:02:44.980 See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. 00:02:46.259 --> 00:02:50.319 For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, 00:02:50.740 --> 00:02:54.200 much less will we escape if we reject him who warns from heaven. 00:02:54.199 --> 00:02:57.439 At that time, his voice shook the earth. 00:02:57.939 --> 00:02:59.179 But now he has promised, 00:02:59.759 --> 00:03:03.519 Yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the heavens. 00:03:04.339 --> 00:03:08.839 This phrase, yet once more, indicates the removal of things that are shaken, 00:03:09.659 --> 00:03:11.919 that is, things that have been made, 00:03:12.939 --> 00:03:16.839 in order that the things that cannot be shaken may remain. 00:03:16.840 --> 00:03:24.240 Therefore, let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken. 00:03:24.740 --> 00:03:29.300 And thus, let us offer to God acceptable worship with reverence and awe, 00:03:29.840 --> 00:03:33.140 for our God is a consuming fire. 00:03:34.780 --> 00:03:36.060 This is the word of God. 00:03:36.420 --> 00:03:37.480 Let's ask for his help. 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:43.699 God, we do so need your help. 00:03:43.699 --> 00:03:50.439 God, we need you to open our eyes this morning that we would see wonderful things in your word. 00:03:52.199 --> 00:03:53.159 Not just that. 00:03:54.739 --> 00:03:59.219 God, you know that we need you to change us inside out. 00:04:00.379 --> 00:04:02.439 Don't just help us to see and know things. 00:04:02.560 --> 00:04:09.359 Help us to grasp with the depths of our being the wonders of who you are and how you love us. 00:04:10.239 --> 00:04:11.519 Make us new people. 00:04:11.520 --> 00:04:14.640 Bring us into new relationship with you today. 00:04:15.159 --> 00:04:16.920 By your word, by your spirit. 00:04:17.540 --> 00:04:19.040 We ask in Jesus' name. 00:04:19.920 --> 00:04:20.220 Amen. 00:04:25.720 --> 00:04:28.660 I brought an object lesson for us this morning. 00:04:28.960 --> 00:04:29.660 It's not real pretty. 00:04:30.680 --> 00:04:31.480 A lot of dirt. 00:04:31.879 --> 00:04:35.100 I also have a helper for us. 00:04:35.100 --> 00:04:38.660 Charlotte is going to come up and help me a little bit. 00:04:38.780 --> 00:04:42.160 Because you see, you get this ball of dirt. 00:04:43.520 --> 00:04:46.180 And, well, there's all sorts of things in there. 00:04:46.379 --> 00:04:48.040 But show us what happens when you shake it. 00:04:48.120 --> 00:04:49.040 Charlotte's really strong. 00:04:49.200 --> 00:04:51.760 So she's going to shake it up for us a little bit. 00:04:52.800 --> 00:04:53.040 Yeah? 00:04:53.560 --> 00:04:54.180 Shake it harder? 00:04:54.439 --> 00:04:55.200 Really, really hard? 00:04:55.320 --> 00:04:55.800 Oh, man. 00:04:55.820 --> 00:04:57.580 There's a lot of stuff coming off of that, isn't there? 00:04:58.220 --> 00:04:58.560 Okay. 00:04:58.640 --> 00:04:58.920 Hold on. 00:04:58.980 --> 00:04:59.920 Let me see. 00:05:00.060 --> 00:05:00.980 Let's get it out and see. 00:05:01.360 --> 00:05:01.580 Ooh. 00:05:01.660 --> 00:05:03.140 What's all that stuff that came off of it? 00:05:03.139 --> 00:05:03.839 What do you see in there? 00:05:04.560 --> 00:05:05.560 Dirt and leaves. 00:05:05.939 --> 00:05:09.579 Dirt and leaves and sticks just kind of hanging. 00:05:09.659 --> 00:05:10.259 What's that? 00:05:10.599 --> 00:05:11.000 Play-Doh. 00:05:11.379 --> 00:05:11.740 Ugh. 00:05:12.620 --> 00:05:15.500 Play-Doh just kind of chunking up. 00:05:15.519 --> 00:05:16.459 What color is the Play-Doh? 00:05:16.899 --> 00:05:17.779 Green and purple. 00:05:17.939 --> 00:05:19.319 Green and purple. 00:05:19.699 --> 00:05:20.000 Ugh. 00:05:20.639 --> 00:05:21.459 But you shake it. 00:05:21.500 --> 00:05:24.019 And the harder you shake it and you kind of beat it around a little bit, 00:05:24.060 --> 00:05:27.199 it just kind of breaks off all over the place, doesn't it? 00:05:27.620 --> 00:05:31.419 It's not really sticking together anymore. 00:05:32.339 --> 00:05:32.919 I tell you what. 00:05:32.920 --> 00:05:34.980 That's a lot of Play-Doh. 00:05:35.360 --> 00:05:37.720 Let me clean it up for you before I give it to you, okay? 00:05:39.680 --> 00:05:44.660 Brought this towel in here to finish the job because Play-Doh is kind of messy. 00:05:47.060 --> 00:05:48.379 But hold on. 00:05:48.420 --> 00:05:48.780 What's that? 00:05:49.420 --> 00:05:50.680 What's that under all the Play-Doh? 00:05:51.720 --> 00:05:52.540 A rock? 00:05:53.580 --> 00:05:54.200 A rock. 00:05:54.280 --> 00:05:54.500 Huh. 00:05:54.939 --> 00:05:57.879 There's all sorts of stuff in that big ball of dirt, wasn't there? 00:05:59.180 --> 00:05:59.560 Okay. 00:05:59.560 --> 00:06:00.139 I tell you what. 00:06:00.399 --> 00:06:05.100 I'm going to give you this rock to keep with you during the sermon, okay? 00:06:05.500 --> 00:06:10.759 And what I want you to do is I want you to keep shaking it while I'm preaching, okay? 00:06:10.920 --> 00:06:15.280 Because I think if you just keep shaking it enough, stuff will keep breaking off and falling all over. 00:06:15.279 --> 00:06:18.339 I want you to see if it disappears like all that other stuff, okay? 00:06:18.639 --> 00:06:19.779 Can you keep the rock for me? 00:06:20.039 --> 00:06:24.019 You keep the rock and just shake it for us and we'll check back in and see how it's going, okay? 00:06:24.879 --> 00:06:25.579 Thank you, Charlotte. 00:06:26.679 --> 00:06:27.939 She'll come back up in just a minute. 00:06:28.179 --> 00:06:29.139 We'll check in on the rock. 00:06:29.139 --> 00:06:47.819 I can still feel my hands shaking as I tried to grip a bat walking to the plate in the high school state championship baseball game. 00:06:48.240 --> 00:06:49.579 I was usually really confident. 00:06:50.199 --> 00:06:54.120 I played a lot of baseball and my whole life had been that. 00:06:54.279 --> 00:06:56.019 But all of a sudden, this was different. 00:06:56.019 --> 00:07:00.139 The guy was throwing like 90 miles an hour. 00:07:00.459 --> 00:07:01.500 Never seen that. 00:07:03.879 --> 00:07:06.039 I didn't know if I could keep up with that. 00:07:06.500 --> 00:07:08.099 To be honest, I'd never tried. 00:07:08.699 --> 00:07:11.659 And if I didn't, we might lose. 00:07:12.500 --> 00:07:14.979 And what would that say for me? 00:07:15.279 --> 00:07:18.180 I'd be exposed as not good enough. 00:07:18.180 --> 00:07:30.579 I can still remember those same hands shaking, sweating, nervous as I prepared to propose to my wife years later. 00:07:31.180 --> 00:07:33.819 I was pretty sure that she liked me. 00:07:35.259 --> 00:07:38.439 I mean, I'd been a pretty good boyfriend, I thought. 00:07:38.439 --> 00:07:42.019 But she was so amazing. 00:07:42.860 --> 00:07:50.879 I mean, what if she finally wised up in that moment and realized how far she was out of my league? 00:07:51.699 --> 00:07:57.540 And what if the person who knew me best, rather than pulling me in, pushed me away? 00:07:59.019 --> 00:08:00.300 That was still a possibility. 00:08:00.300 --> 00:08:03.540 That was scary. 00:08:06.540 --> 00:08:12.040 Many of us, many days, just kind of coast through life without shaking and trembling. 00:08:12.280 --> 00:08:14.439 Maybe you're used to living that way. 00:08:15.520 --> 00:08:19.340 But at the same time, we're in an unstable world, aren't we? 00:08:19.939 --> 00:08:25.860 Maybe there's some scary experiences that you're going through or that you see around you. 00:08:25.860 --> 00:08:32.399 Maybe it's the need to prove ourselves worthy that can all of a sudden make us shake when we don't see it coming. 00:08:33.539 --> 00:08:36.899 Or when the bar is suddenly set really high. 00:08:38.980 --> 00:08:47.220 We are especially shaken when all of a sudden we encounter the real God. 00:08:48.740 --> 00:08:55.620 This passage opens by contrasting two ways of relating to God. 00:08:55.860 --> 00:09:02.460 That's really what the verbs that say you have come or you have not come, that's what they mean. 00:09:02.700 --> 00:09:05.039 How do you relate to God? 00:09:07.039 --> 00:09:13.399 The first way is represented by the mountain you can touch, Mount Sinai, 00:09:14.159 --> 00:09:18.019 where the Ten Commandments were given to God's people. 00:09:18.139 --> 00:09:20.399 Let me read you just a bit of the background 00:09:20.399 --> 00:09:25.560 of this passage out of Exodus 19. 00:09:25.559 --> 00:09:31.579 This is right after God brings his people out of Egypt and across the Red Sea 00:09:31.579 --> 00:09:36.719 and they come to the foot of Mount Sinai where God tells Moses, 00:09:37.239 --> 00:09:38.879 I'm going to meet you there. 00:09:40.379 --> 00:09:42.259 Here's what it looks like when he does. 00:09:43.119 --> 00:09:48.339 There were thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud on the mountain 00:09:48.340 --> 00:09:55.500 and a very loud trumpet blast so that all the people in the camp trembled. 00:09:56.620 --> 00:10:00.960 Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God 00:10:00.960 --> 00:10:03.420 and they took their stand at the foot of the mountain. 00:10:04.460 --> 00:10:05.399 Now just get this picture. 00:10:05.780 --> 00:10:08.420 Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke 00:10:08.420 --> 00:10:12.460 because the Lord had descended on it in fire. 00:10:12.460 --> 00:10:15.379 The smoke of it went up like the smoke of a kiln 00:10:15.379 --> 00:10:18.580 and the whole mountain trembled greatly. 00:10:18.780 --> 00:10:21.220 The creation is shaking. 00:10:21.220 --> 00:10:28.460 As the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, 00:10:29.160 --> 00:10:34.200 Moses spoke and God answered him in thunder. 00:10:35.580 --> 00:10:36.639 Then in chapter 20, 00:10:36.899 --> 00:10:40.220 when all the people saw the thunder and the flashes of lightning 00:10:40.220 --> 00:10:43.360 and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking, 00:10:43.779 --> 00:10:45.220 the people were afraid. 00:10:45.440 --> 00:10:46.879 Yes, can you understand? 00:10:46.879 --> 00:10:52.139 And they trembled and they stood far off 00:10:52.139 --> 00:10:53.419 and said to Moses, 00:10:53.720 --> 00:10:56.279 you speak to us and we'll listen, 00:10:56.559 --> 00:11:00.580 but don't let God speak to us lest we die. 00:11:01.139 --> 00:11:03.299 The people stood far off 00:11:03.299 --> 00:11:09.220 while Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was. 00:11:10.200 --> 00:11:11.340 You see what was going on? 00:11:12.080 --> 00:11:15.940 Suddenly people who had felt pretty good about themselves most of the time 00:11:15.940 --> 00:11:19.720 a leader who had just stood toe to toe 00:11:19.720 --> 00:11:22.960 with the most powerful people in the world, 00:11:23.380 --> 00:11:26.040 performing signs and wonders before them. 00:11:26.200 --> 00:11:32.220 All of a sudden they are shaking and trembling in fear. 00:11:33.500 --> 00:11:36.080 Hebrews highlights seven aspects 00:11:36.080 --> 00:11:39.660 of this way of relating to or worshiping God 00:11:39.660 --> 00:11:41.080 right here really fast. 00:11:42.080 --> 00:11:45.780 The physical mountain that they were kept from touching. 00:11:45.940 --> 00:11:50.460 A blazing fire that keeps them back. 00:11:51.160 --> 00:11:55.300 Darkness that seems to weigh on them. 00:11:56.740 --> 00:11:57.380 Gloom. 00:11:57.680 --> 00:12:00.260 That's the spirit they feel. 00:12:00.540 --> 00:12:01.440 The storm. 00:12:01.680 --> 00:12:06.000 The thunder worse than you've heard in summers in Alabama, I'm sure. 00:12:06.320 --> 00:12:09.560 A trumpet blast that is loud and startling. 00:12:09.559 --> 00:12:11.239 A frightening voice. 00:12:11.239 --> 00:12:11.799 A frightening voice. 00:12:12.579 --> 00:12:17.439 So frightening it leads people to beg not to hear it again. 00:12:18.699 --> 00:12:20.459 Everyone is shaken. 00:12:21.759 --> 00:12:22.599 Terrified. 00:12:22.899 --> 00:12:26.919 Even their mediator, their leader, Moses. 00:12:28.359 --> 00:12:30.059 The emphasis as I read it, 00:12:30.139 --> 00:12:33.159 it's on the people being kept at a distance. 00:12:33.539 --> 00:12:34.619 Far off, right? 00:12:34.620 --> 00:12:39.060 Far off, out of fear and for their own protection. 00:12:42.440 --> 00:12:44.860 Now to be fair to Moses and the Israelites, 00:12:45.679 --> 00:12:51.299 they're not wrong about their distance from God's holiness, are they? 00:12:51.299 --> 00:12:55.120 God himself is the one who says, 00:12:55.620 --> 00:12:59.419 any man or beast who touches the mountain will be killed. 00:12:59.799 --> 00:13:00.859 Would you stay far off? 00:13:01.879 --> 00:13:03.579 Just to be safe. 00:13:06.000 --> 00:13:11.959 Further, being shaken to the core is what tends to happen to people in the Bible 00:13:11.959 --> 00:13:13.439 when they encounter God. 00:13:13.440 --> 00:13:16.920 I mean, even as righteous a guy as Job, 00:13:16.960 --> 00:13:18.420 he was a pretty holy guy, 00:13:18.740 --> 00:13:21.280 but he begins to see God for who he is 00:13:21.280 --> 00:13:25.100 and he feels small and despises himself 00:13:25.100 --> 00:13:27.440 and repents in dust and ashes. 00:13:28.740 --> 00:13:31.960 The great prophet Isaiah sees God high and lifted up 00:13:31.960 --> 00:13:33.000 and what does he say? 00:13:33.520 --> 00:13:34.660 Woe is me! 00:13:35.820 --> 00:13:36.380 Unclean! 00:13:36.520 --> 00:13:37.600 I'm unclean! 00:13:38.800 --> 00:13:40.280 What about the apostle Peter? 00:13:40.360 --> 00:13:41.040 Pretty great guy. 00:13:41.039 --> 00:13:45.579 He pleads in desperation. 00:13:46.179 --> 00:13:47.519 Depart from me. 00:13:47.719 --> 00:13:49.240 I'm a sinful man. 00:13:50.259 --> 00:13:53.279 That's what happens to even the best of us 00:13:53.279 --> 00:13:57.860 when we encounter a holy, holy, holy God. 00:13:58.740 --> 00:14:01.539 Someone has to intervene between us and him. 00:14:01.620 --> 00:14:02.439 Get him away. 00:14:02.899 --> 00:14:04.379 I can't be near him. 00:14:04.919 --> 00:14:07.019 In this case, it's Moses. 00:14:07.019 --> 00:14:11.199 And he's trembling himself, isn't he? 00:14:11.639 --> 00:14:12.799 He's the representative. 00:14:14.659 --> 00:14:16.799 See, many of us navigate life 00:14:16.799 --> 00:14:21.019 based on performing well enough to measure up. 00:14:21.019 --> 00:14:26.079 And then we encounter the holiness of God 00:14:26.079 --> 00:14:28.379 and we're shaken. 00:14:29.779 --> 00:14:35.480 There's no Play-Doh exterior that holds on in the shaking. 00:14:35.720 --> 00:14:39.379 The dirt and the sticks, they don't cling anymore. 00:14:39.379 --> 00:14:44.519 All of a sudden, the things that seemed pretty decent start falling off. 00:14:44.860 --> 00:14:49.139 And many of us hate that feeling so much. 00:14:49.480 --> 00:14:52.200 Either consciously or subconsciously, 00:14:52.340 --> 00:14:56.419 we start to relate to God the way these people did at Sinai. 00:14:57.439 --> 00:14:57.939 How's that? 00:14:57.940 --> 00:15:02.220 Keep your distance, right? 00:15:03.900 --> 00:15:09.280 It's safer, really, just to observe church every once in a while. 00:15:11.180 --> 00:15:15.140 It's safer, really, just to know some things about Jesus 00:15:15.140 --> 00:15:17.920 and to talk about praying. 00:15:18.960 --> 00:15:20.240 That feels safe. 00:15:20.240 --> 00:15:23.779 It's safer, isn't it, just to bring God up 00:15:23.779 --> 00:15:28.080 when we've been doing well or feeling spiritual lately. 00:15:28.820 --> 00:15:31.860 So, now maybe I can talk about God. 00:15:33.480 --> 00:15:37.580 After all, if it's based on my performance, 00:15:38.159 --> 00:15:41.299 deep down, I know that I don't measure up. 00:15:41.440 --> 00:15:44.320 I'm finally faced with something harder 00:15:44.320 --> 00:15:46.539 than a 90-mile-an-hour fastball. 00:15:46.539 --> 00:15:49.600 The majesty of the Creator. 00:15:50.240 --> 00:15:54.120 The holiness of the lawgiver. 00:15:54.519 --> 00:15:57.600 The justice of the judge. 00:15:58.279 --> 00:16:00.500 And I start to get the sense 00:16:00.500 --> 00:16:03.580 that the one who knows me best 00:16:03.580 --> 00:16:05.639 wants me to keep my distance. 00:16:06.500 --> 00:16:10.560 Mostly wants me to know that he's way out of my league. 00:16:11.539 --> 00:16:14.620 I'm unworthy of being with him. 00:16:16.100 --> 00:16:18.060 Yeah, I was afraid of that. 00:16:21.139 --> 00:16:22.299 Charlotte, you still shaking? 00:16:23.379 --> 00:16:23.539 Yeah. 00:16:24.779 --> 00:16:26.120 Okay, she's working on it. 00:16:28.940 --> 00:16:30.960 If you can relate to any of those feelings, 00:16:31.080 --> 00:16:34.060 a feeling like God might want you to stay far off, 00:16:34.180 --> 00:16:36.100 that you're so unworthy of him 00:16:36.100 --> 00:16:38.259 and he's so far beyond you, 00:16:38.399 --> 00:16:40.779 you may have even heard us say some of those things this morning 00:16:40.779 --> 00:16:44.039 because they're not untrue, are they? 00:16:46.439 --> 00:16:47.299 Not entirely. 00:16:48.659 --> 00:16:53.620 But God actually wants to change those feelings for you today. 00:16:54.519 --> 00:16:57.439 He wants you to experience him very differently. 00:16:57.439 --> 00:17:03.819 See, Hebrews says you have not come to that mountain. 00:17:03.820 --> 00:17:07.799 In other words, that is not the relationship 00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:11.180 that you have with God, 00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:15.660 that he desires for you to experience with him. 00:17:16.039 --> 00:17:18.759 The Greek says it actually emphasizes this. 00:17:19.120 --> 00:17:23.539 The very first word of this whole section is not you have come. 00:17:23.720 --> 00:17:26.480 Verse 18, not you have come. 00:17:27.200 --> 00:17:30.460 Verse 22, but on the contrary, 00:17:30.460 --> 00:17:33.039 you have come. 00:17:33.039 --> 00:17:33.640 Where? 00:17:34.799 --> 00:17:37.620 To Mount Zion. 00:17:39.620 --> 00:17:43.259 Now, maybe that in itself doesn't mean a lot to you. 00:17:44.920 --> 00:17:47.259 But we're going to get a seven-point description 00:17:47.259 --> 00:17:51.039 of this other way of relating to God 00:17:51.039 --> 00:17:54.000 that is entirely in contrast with the first. 00:17:54.000 --> 00:17:58.839 What is the feel, the atmosphere, 00:17:59.220 --> 00:18:03.299 the experience of coming to this mountain? 00:18:04.140 --> 00:18:07.319 Well, it is the heavenly city. 00:18:07.680 --> 00:18:11.740 Not merely the created earthly one you touch here, 00:18:11.859 --> 00:18:15.079 but the place that God made for his people 00:18:15.079 --> 00:18:18.900 to find peace and rest forever. 00:18:18.900 --> 00:18:23.259 However, countless angels are there 00:18:23.259 --> 00:18:25.360 in what can only be understood 00:18:25.360 --> 00:18:27.960 as the most exhilarating party 00:18:27.960 --> 00:18:30.080 that you have ever been to. 00:18:30.140 --> 00:18:32.140 That's what festal gathering means. 00:18:32.220 --> 00:18:33.160 We don't use those words. 00:18:33.420 --> 00:18:36.820 It means they are in joyful celebration 00:18:36.820 --> 00:18:38.580 all over this mountain 00:18:38.580 --> 00:18:40.620 with the assembly, 00:18:40.980 --> 00:18:45.600 the church of the firstborn enrolled in heaven. 00:18:45.599 --> 00:18:49.740 Now, Jesus is often referred to as the firstborn, 00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:51.980 the one who receives the inheritance, 00:18:52.459 --> 00:18:55.359 who leads the next generations. 00:18:56.059 --> 00:18:57.859 But now, on the mountain, 00:18:58.199 --> 00:19:01.319 it's the whole assembly of his people 00:19:01.319 --> 00:19:03.059 who get that treatment 00:19:03.059 --> 00:19:06.059 because their names are written in heaven. 00:19:06.419 --> 00:19:09.359 They're heirs to the kingdom, if you will. 00:19:09.859 --> 00:19:12.480 This is from earlier in the chapter, 00:19:12.480 --> 00:19:16.180 the cloud of witnesses that has gone before us, right? 00:19:17.079 --> 00:19:20.319 They are there rejoicing with the angels, 00:19:20.740 --> 00:19:22.539 celebrating all on the mountain. 00:19:23.680 --> 00:19:26.200 And then, and then incredibly, 00:19:26.519 --> 00:19:28.000 who else is at your party? 00:19:30.779 --> 00:19:32.519 There's God himself. 00:19:34.220 --> 00:19:36.339 God himself is there, 00:19:37.120 --> 00:19:39.380 the judge of all. 00:19:39.380 --> 00:19:43.000 Now, that's a turn, isn't it? 00:19:43.200 --> 00:19:45.780 How does that fit with all this good news 00:19:45.780 --> 00:19:47.720 and celebrating that's going on? 00:19:48.020 --> 00:19:51.160 The judge has shown up to ruin the whole thing. 00:19:51.840 --> 00:19:53.540 This is our great fear, right? 00:19:54.460 --> 00:19:54.940 Judgment. 00:19:56.020 --> 00:19:56.500 Shaking. 00:19:58.000 --> 00:19:59.440 I'm gonna fall apart. 00:19:59.700 --> 00:20:00.840 I'll be ruined. 00:20:02.880 --> 00:20:03.480 Except, 00:20:04.520 --> 00:20:06.480 except that in this case, 00:20:06.480 --> 00:20:08.880 God is here indeed as the judge 00:20:08.880 --> 00:20:11.059 who will set all things right 00:20:11.059 --> 00:20:12.299 and yet, 00:20:12.519 --> 00:20:14.200 we are safe 00:20:14.200 --> 00:20:16.360 because the people there 00:20:16.360 --> 00:20:18.799 are spirits of the righteous 00:20:18.799 --> 00:20:20.940 made perfect. 00:20:21.579 --> 00:20:22.980 So, there's nothing 00:20:22.980 --> 00:20:24.920 for the judge to hold against them, 00:20:25.120 --> 00:20:26.299 to hold against us. 00:20:26.799 --> 00:20:28.839 How can that possibly be? 00:20:28.980 --> 00:20:30.460 The holy judge is there. 00:20:30.779 --> 00:20:31.779 This must be the group 00:20:31.779 --> 00:20:33.200 that finally got it all right, 00:20:33.440 --> 00:20:34.259 got it together 00:20:34.259 --> 00:20:35.480 and performed well enough 00:20:35.480 --> 00:20:36.519 to impress the judge. 00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:37.279 Is that what happened? 00:20:39.619 --> 00:20:41.599 No, you know better than that. 00:20:42.000 --> 00:20:43.279 You've read Hebrews. 00:20:44.160 --> 00:20:45.400 That's not what's happened. 00:20:45.920 --> 00:20:48.140 But before we get to the next two things, 00:20:48.180 --> 00:20:50.420 I wanna recognize the tension here. 00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:54.920 This is the same God. 00:20:56.079 --> 00:20:57.460 He's there in judgment. 00:20:58.819 --> 00:20:59.339 Majestic. 00:21:00.440 --> 00:21:00.839 Holy. 00:21:02.099 --> 00:21:02.539 Just. 00:21:02.539 --> 00:21:04.379 There's on this mountain too 00:21:04.379 --> 00:21:04.920 fire, 00:21:05.379 --> 00:21:05.799 lightning, 00:21:06.420 --> 00:21:06.839 thunder. 00:21:08.460 --> 00:21:09.079 And yet, 00:21:09.139 --> 00:21:09.960 what's the atmosphere? 00:21:11.159 --> 00:21:11.980 The atmosphere, 00:21:12.200 --> 00:21:13.180 even in spite of that, 00:21:13.240 --> 00:21:14.799 there's joy over gloom. 00:21:15.039 --> 00:21:16.859 There is wild celebration 00:21:16.859 --> 00:21:18.359 instead of darkness. 00:21:18.859 --> 00:21:20.000 The people are actually 00:21:20.000 --> 00:21:20.859 right there 00:21:20.859 --> 00:21:21.819 with the judge, 00:21:21.859 --> 00:21:22.319 aren't they? 00:21:22.559 --> 00:21:24.279 Instead of far away from him. 00:21:24.579 --> 00:21:25.940 What is going on? 00:21:26.299 --> 00:21:28.019 How is that possible? 00:21:28.019 --> 00:21:32.960 There's a greater mediator here 00:21:32.960 --> 00:21:34.119 on this mountain. 00:21:34.819 --> 00:21:35.859 Verse 24. 00:21:38.400 --> 00:21:41.000 Jesus is there. 00:21:42.079 --> 00:21:45.420 The mediator of a new covenant. 00:21:46.359 --> 00:21:47.220 In other words, 00:21:47.740 --> 00:21:48.740 the representative 00:21:48.740 --> 00:21:51.339 who did not tremble 00:21:51.339 --> 00:21:52.619 or shake 00:21:52.619 --> 00:21:54.420 before the presence 00:21:54.420 --> 00:21:55.700 of the holy God, 00:21:55.700 --> 00:21:57.100 but walked, 00:21:57.580 --> 00:21:59.160 bearing our sin 00:21:59.160 --> 00:22:01.400 into the holy place 00:22:01.400 --> 00:22:03.420 to take God's wrath 00:22:03.420 --> 00:22:04.480 towards sin 00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:05.759 upon himself. 00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:06.920 Right? 00:22:07.140 --> 00:22:08.360 And then he rose 00:22:08.360 --> 00:22:10.480 to be our living representative 00:22:10.480 --> 00:22:12.000 in the holy place 00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:13.480 because he brings us 00:22:13.480 --> 00:22:14.980 into a new relationship 00:22:14.980 --> 00:22:16.120 with God. 00:22:16.120 --> 00:22:16.920 He, 00:22:17.120 --> 00:22:17.480 Jesus, 00:22:17.680 --> 00:22:18.620 has hushed 00:22:18.620 --> 00:22:20.759 the law's loud thunder. 00:22:21.080 --> 00:22:22.299 He has quenched 00:22:22.299 --> 00:22:24.899 Mount Sinai's flame 00:22:24.899 --> 00:22:26.559 toward us 00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:27.740 because he took 00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:28.599 that wrath 00:22:28.599 --> 00:22:30.740 in its fearsome fullness 00:22:30.740 --> 00:22:32.819 upon himself. 00:22:33.500 --> 00:22:35.240 He has washed us 00:22:35.240 --> 00:22:36.960 with his blood. 00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:38.779 He has brought us 00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:40.440 nigh to God. 00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:40.720 Amen? 00:22:41.559 --> 00:22:43.039 And he does that, 00:22:43.159 --> 00:22:44.180 of course, 00:22:45.180 --> 00:22:47.240 by his blood. 00:22:48.379 --> 00:22:49.740 His blood is there. 00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:52.299 The sprinkled blood 00:22:52.299 --> 00:22:53.259 that speaks 00:22:53.259 --> 00:22:54.319 a better word 00:22:54.319 --> 00:22:55.720 than the blood 00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:56.400 of Abel. 00:22:58.140 --> 00:22:58.759 Interesting. 00:23:01.200 --> 00:23:02.759 God told Cain 00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:05.599 when he killed 00:23:05.599 --> 00:23:06.579 his brother Abel 00:23:06.579 --> 00:23:08.359 that the blood 00:23:08.359 --> 00:23:09.519 of his brother 00:23:09.519 --> 00:23:11.519 cried out to God 00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:13.359 from the ground. 00:23:13.660 --> 00:23:14.960 It cried out 00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:16.359 for justice 00:23:16.359 --> 00:23:18.120 upon Cain. 00:23:18.119 --> 00:23:20.599 God told Cain 00:23:20.599 --> 00:23:21.279 that he would 00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:22.759 certainly be cursed 00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:24.919 for shedding 00:23:24.919 --> 00:23:26.439 his brother's blood. 00:23:28.939 --> 00:23:30.179 What word 00:23:30.179 --> 00:23:32.239 does the blood 00:23:32.239 --> 00:23:32.859 of Jesus 00:23:32.859 --> 00:23:34.059 speak? 00:23:36.459 --> 00:23:37.159 Father, 00:23:37.959 --> 00:23:38.579 forgive 00:23:38.579 --> 00:23:39.799 them. 00:23:41.079 --> 00:23:41.819 Mercy 00:23:41.819 --> 00:23:43.399 in place 00:23:43.399 --> 00:23:44.559 of judgment. 00:23:45.259 --> 00:23:45.699 Meaning 00:23:45.700 --> 00:23:47.240 that Jesus 00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:48.819 bears the curse 00:23:48.819 --> 00:23:49.940 so that not only 00:23:49.940 --> 00:23:50.880 the soldiers 00:23:50.880 --> 00:23:51.819 who nailed him 00:23:51.819 --> 00:23:52.500 to the cross 00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:53.480 but did not know 00:23:53.480 --> 00:23:54.519 what they were doing 00:23:54.519 --> 00:23:55.680 but also 00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:57.559 we whose sins 00:23:57.559 --> 00:23:58.680 held him there 00:23:58.680 --> 00:23:59.900 on the cross 00:23:59.900 --> 00:24:01.080 would get what? 00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:02.880 Blessing 00:24:02.880 --> 00:24:05.180 instead of curse. 00:24:05.460 --> 00:24:06.299 A better word? 00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:07.759 You like that one better? 00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:09.080 Amen? 00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:11.039 Blessing, 00:24:11.360 --> 00:24:11.819 mercy, 00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:12.759 forgiveness 00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:13.859 is what his blood 00:24:13.859 --> 00:24:15.299 speaks to us. 00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:16.339 Are you surprised 00:24:16.339 --> 00:24:16.960 at this point 00:24:16.960 --> 00:24:17.379 in Hebrews 00:24:17.379 --> 00:24:17.920 that Jesus 00:24:17.920 --> 00:24:19.160 is greater than? 00:24:19.640 --> 00:24:20.240 That Jesus 00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:20.879 is better? 00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:21.460 I hope 00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:22.099 you're not 00:24:22.099 --> 00:24:23.259 missing that message. 00:24:23.579 --> 00:24:24.460 Are you surprised 00:24:24.460 --> 00:24:25.519 that it is Jesus 00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:26.379 who makes 00:24:26.379 --> 00:24:27.759 all the difference 00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:29.079 at how we relate 00:24:29.079 --> 00:24:30.079 to God? 00:24:30.640 --> 00:24:30.859 See, 00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:31.720 that's what happens. 00:24:31.920 --> 00:24:33.160 The tenor of things 00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:33.920 on this mountain 00:24:33.920 --> 00:24:35.240 is not this fearful 00:24:35.240 --> 00:24:36.619 distance from God 00:24:36.619 --> 00:24:38.079 but this joyful 00:24:38.079 --> 00:24:38.799 nearness 00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:40.019 to him. 00:24:40.019 --> 00:24:41.139 you've come 00:24:41.139 --> 00:24:42.099 to the mountain 00:24:42.099 --> 00:24:43.440 into the city 00:24:43.440 --> 00:24:44.359 where God 00:24:44.359 --> 00:24:46.039 himself dwells 00:24:46.039 --> 00:24:47.019 and you've come 00:24:47.019 --> 00:24:48.039 there through the blood 00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:49.079 of the eternal 00:24:49.079 --> 00:24:50.480 son of God. 00:24:50.639 --> 00:24:51.480 No wonder 00:24:51.480 --> 00:24:52.119 there's a party 00:24:52.119 --> 00:24:52.779 going on, 00:24:52.940 --> 00:24:53.160 right? 00:24:53.740 --> 00:24:54.420 Who else 00:24:54.420 --> 00:24:54.879 would you want 00:24:54.879 --> 00:24:55.559 to be with? 00:24:55.859 --> 00:24:56.539 This is what 00:24:56.539 --> 00:24:57.879 you were made for. 00:24:58.319 --> 00:24:59.680 Joyful nearness 00:24:59.680 --> 00:25:00.700 to God 00:25:00.700 --> 00:25:01.359 and you're 00:25:01.359 --> 00:25:02.579 invited in. 00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:07.920 God issues 00:25:07.920 --> 00:25:08.839 that invitation 00:25:08.839 --> 00:25:09.919 to this party. 00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:13.379 But there's a warning. 00:25:14.859 --> 00:25:15.759 Verse 25. 00:25:17.919 --> 00:25:18.579 See that you 00:25:18.579 --> 00:25:19.799 do not refuse 00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:20.259 him 00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:22.220 who is speaking 00:25:22.220 --> 00:25:23.119 in Hebrews. 00:25:23.299 --> 00:25:24.319 God speaks. 00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:25.139 Remember the sermon 00:25:25.139 --> 00:25:25.740 started 00:25:25.740 --> 00:25:27.480 by reminding us 00:25:27.480 --> 00:25:28.779 that in these last days 00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:29.519 he has spoken 00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:30.359 to us how? 00:25:30.899 --> 00:25:32.259 By his son. 00:25:32.579 --> 00:25:34.179 That's his great word, 00:25:34.500 --> 00:25:36.000 his final invitation. 00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:38.420 See that you 00:25:38.420 --> 00:25:39.680 don't refuse it 00:25:39.680 --> 00:25:41.039 for if they 00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:42.579 did not escape 00:25:42.579 --> 00:25:43.839 when they refused 00:25:43.839 --> 00:25:44.660 him who warned 00:25:44.660 --> 00:25:45.579 them on earth 00:25:45.579 --> 00:25:46.660 much less 00:25:46.660 --> 00:25:47.839 will we escape 00:25:47.839 --> 00:25:48.960 if we reject 00:25:48.960 --> 00:25:50.299 him who warns 00:25:50.299 --> 00:25:51.220 from heaven. 00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:53.559 God then promises 00:25:53.559 --> 00:25:54.640 to shake 00:25:54.640 --> 00:25:55.980 not only the earth 00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:57.380 but also 00:25:57.380 --> 00:25:58.440 the heavens 00:25:58.440 --> 00:26:00.160 in that great day 00:26:00.160 --> 00:26:01.839 still to come. 00:26:01.839 --> 00:26:02.919 there's going 00:26:02.919 --> 00:26:03.720 to be a great 00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:04.419 shaking 00:26:04.419 --> 00:26:05.619 and only 00:26:05.619 --> 00:26:06.359 the things 00:26:06.359 --> 00:26:07.419 that can't 00:26:07.419 --> 00:26:08.259 be shaken 00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:09.639 will remain. 00:26:12.179 --> 00:26:13.039 You see 00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:13.819 what that means? 00:26:14.679 --> 00:26:15.159 It means 00:26:15.159 --> 00:26:15.480 friend 00:26:15.480 --> 00:26:16.019 if you have 00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:16.619 never 00:26:16.619 --> 00:26:17.619 trusted 00:26:17.619 --> 00:26:18.359 Jesus 00:26:18.359 --> 00:26:20.699 run today 00:26:20.699 --> 00:26:21.899 to the one 00:26:21.899 --> 00:26:22.459 who is 00:26:22.459 --> 00:26:24.119 unshakable 00:26:24.119 --> 00:26:25.419 and fix 00:26:25.419 --> 00:26:26.259 your hope 00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:27.179 to him. 00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:27.980 He is the 00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:29.379 only safe 00:26:29.379 --> 00:26:30.079 place. 00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:31.220 None of us 00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:32.159 measures up 00:26:32.159 --> 00:26:32.980 on our own 00:26:32.980 --> 00:26:33.480 and yet 00:26:33.480 --> 00:26:34.339 you don't have 00:26:34.339 --> 00:26:35.079 to run away 00:26:35.079 --> 00:26:35.919 from God 00:26:35.919 --> 00:26:36.779 you can run 00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:37.839 to Jesus 00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:39.240 and he brings 00:26:39.240 --> 00:26:39.819 you near 00:26:39.819 --> 00:26:40.480 to God 00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:41.000 safely 00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:41.579 so you just 00:26:41.579 --> 00:26:42.220 say Jesus 00:26:42.220 --> 00:26:43.779 rescue me 00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:45.379 Jesus 00:26:45.379 --> 00:26:46.939 anchor me 00:26:46.939 --> 00:26:47.500 Jesus 00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:48.799 hold me 00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:50.159 and he will 00:26:50.159 --> 00:26:51.279 he will. 00:26:54.579 --> 00:26:55.539 Maybe you've 00:26:55.539 --> 00:26:56.179 called yourself 00:26:56.179 --> 00:26:56.839 a Christian 00:26:56.839 --> 00:26:57.980 for a long 00:26:57.980 --> 00:26:58.599 time 00:26:58.599 --> 00:26:59.839 and you've 00:26:59.839 --> 00:27:00.399 been living 00:27:00.399 --> 00:27:00.980 distant 00:27:00.980 --> 00:27:01.759 from God 00:27:01.759 --> 00:27:02.740 for just 00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:03.319 as long. 00:27:05.019 --> 00:27:05.339 You've been 00:27:05.339 --> 00:27:05.839 right there 00:27:05.839 --> 00:27:06.599 kind of at the 00:27:06.599 --> 00:27:07.500 foot of Mount 00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:08.039 Sinai 00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:08.740 you know a lot 00:27:08.740 --> 00:27:09.319 of good 00:27:09.319 --> 00:27:10.039 things that 00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:10.879 God's people 00:27:10.879 --> 00:27:11.399 are supposed 00:27:11.399 --> 00:27:11.919 to do 00:27:11.919 --> 00:27:13.679 and you figure 00:27:13.679 --> 00:27:14.059 you'll just 00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:14.579 try to do 00:27:14.579 --> 00:27:15.259 most of them. 00:27:15.619 --> 00:27:16.159 You say 00:27:16.159 --> 00:27:16.919 you've trusted 00:27:16.919 --> 00:27:17.419 Jesus 00:27:17.419 --> 00:27:18.879 but you live 00:27:18.879 --> 00:27:19.159 as though 00:27:19.159 --> 00:27:19.740 you have to 00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:20.299 tiptoe 00:27:20.299 --> 00:27:21.639 around God 00:27:21.639 --> 00:27:24.259 to avoid 00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:25.079 his gaze 00:27:25.079 --> 00:27:25.799 most of the 00:27:25.799 --> 00:27:26.000 time 00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:27.019 only talk 00:27:27.019 --> 00:27:27.420 to him 00:27:27.420 --> 00:27:27.960 when you've 00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:28.240 been on 00:27:28.240 --> 00:27:28.640 your best 00:27:28.640 --> 00:27:29.140 behavior 00:27:29.140 --> 00:27:29.619 lately. 00:27:32.299 --> 00:27:32.900 Don't 00:27:32.900 --> 00:27:33.420 refuse 00:27:33.420 --> 00:27:34.160 him 00:27:34.160 --> 00:27:34.680 who is 00:27:34.680 --> 00:27:35.460 speaking 00:27:35.460 --> 00:27:36.799 don't 00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:37.539 stay at 00:27:37.539 --> 00:27:38.319 a distance 00:27:38.319 --> 00:27:39.079 when he 00:27:39.079 --> 00:27:39.880 is urging 00:27:39.880 --> 00:27:40.440 you 00:27:40.440 --> 00:27:41.339 to draw 00:27:41.339 --> 00:27:41.839 near. 00:27:42.900 --> 00:27:43.440 Perhaps 00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:43.920 it's because 00:27:43.920 --> 00:27:44.579 you're thinking 00:27:44.579 --> 00:27:45.140 that Jesus 00:27:45.140 --> 00:27:45.720 is for 00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:46.400 after you 00:27:46.400 --> 00:27:46.819 die 00:27:46.819 --> 00:27:48.799 when you 00:27:48.799 --> 00:27:49.420 actually need 00:27:49.420 --> 00:27:49.700 him while 00:27:49.700 --> 00:27:50.200 you live. 00:27:52.140 --> 00:27:52.660 Maybe 00:27:52.660 --> 00:27:52.880 you're 00:27:52.880 --> 00:27:53.200 realizing 00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:53.740 right now 00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:54.339 Jesus 00:27:54.339 --> 00:27:54.779 for you 00:27:54.779 --> 00:27:55.160 has been 00:27:55.160 --> 00:27:56.460 a moral 00:27:56.460 --> 00:27:57.160 example 00:27:57.160 --> 00:27:58.579 but that's 00:27:58.579 --> 00:27:59.900 really it 00:27:59.900 --> 00:28:01.039 and you realize 00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:02.059 that's actually 00:28:02.059 --> 00:28:02.660 not enough 00:28:02.660 --> 00:28:03.120 for me. 00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:04.039 Even with a 00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:04.640 great example 00:28:04.640 --> 00:28:05.200 I'm not 00:28:05.200 --> 00:28:05.960 holy enough 00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:06.859 and you realize 00:28:06.859 --> 00:28:07.759 that you need 00:28:07.759 --> 00:28:08.460 Jesus to be 00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:09.259 a bloodshed 00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:10.000 sacrifice 00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:11.339 for you. 00:28:12.680 --> 00:28:13.039 Let me be 00:28:13.039 --> 00:28:13.700 as clear as I 00:28:13.700 --> 00:28:14.519 can for all 00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:15.000 of us. 00:28:15.539 --> 00:28:16.599 It's sobering 00:28:16.599 --> 00:28:17.500 but you and 00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:17.900 I were 00:28:17.900 --> 00:28:18.700 created. 00:28:19.700 --> 00:28:20.319 We're things 00:28:20.319 --> 00:28:21.000 that have 00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:22.319 been made. 00:28:23.740 --> 00:28:25.039 which God 00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:25.759 promises 00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:27.039 will be 00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:27.500 shaken 00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:29.400 and removed 00:28:29.400 --> 00:28:31.000 along with 00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:31.400 the rest 00:28:31.400 --> 00:28:32.059 of the world 00:28:32.059 --> 00:28:32.740 as we 00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:33.299 know it 00:28:33.299 --> 00:28:33.819 leaving 00:28:33.819 --> 00:28:34.640 only 00:28:34.640 --> 00:28:35.839 the things 00:28:35.839 --> 00:28:36.900 that cannot 00:28:36.900 --> 00:28:37.960 be shaken. 00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:40.599 If that 00:28:40.599 --> 00:28:41.039 doesn't 00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:41.940 get your 00:28:41.940 --> 00:28:42.400 attention 00:28:42.400 --> 00:28:43.259 I don't 00:28:43.259 --> 00:28:43.640 know what 00:28:43.640 --> 00:28:44.000 else to 00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:44.660 tell you. 00:28:46.779 --> 00:28:47.799 We are 00:28:47.799 --> 00:28:48.500 things that 00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:48.940 have been 00:28:48.940 --> 00:28:49.339 made. 00:28:51.140 --> 00:28:51.460 Jesus 00:28:51.460 --> 00:28:53.259 was not 00:28:53.259 --> 00:28:53.680 made. 00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:55.700 He has 00:28:55.700 --> 00:28:56.440 always 00:28:56.440 --> 00:28:57.480 been. 00:28:59.420 --> 00:29:00.079 Therefore 00:29:00.079 --> 00:29:01.660 let us 00:29:01.660 --> 00:29:01.920 be 00:29:01.920 --> 00:29:02.819 grateful 00:29:02.819 --> 00:29:03.700 so 00:29:03.700 --> 00:29:04.279 grateful 00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:04.960 for 00:29:04.960 --> 00:29:05.660 receiving 00:29:05.660 --> 00:29:06.700 a kingdom 00:29:06.700 --> 00:29:08.099 that cannot 00:29:08.099 --> 00:29:09.519 be shaken. 00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:10.420 God 00:29:10.420 --> 00:29:11.079 sends 00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:11.880 Jesus 00:29:11.880 --> 00:29:12.420 and we 00:29:12.420 --> 00:29:12.960 attach 00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:13.519 ourselves 00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:14.440 by faith 00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:15.019 to the 00:29:15.019 --> 00:29:15.519 one who 00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:16.019 lives 00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:16.640 and will 00:29:16.640 --> 00:29:17.120 hold 00:29:17.120 --> 00:29:17.700 no matter 00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:18.579 what shaking 00:29:18.579 --> 00:29:19.200 happens 00:29:19.200 --> 00:29:19.880 we've 00:29:19.880 --> 00:29:20.160 got to 00:29:20.160 --> 00:29:20.420 be 00:29:20.420 --> 00:29:21.120 connected 00:29:21.119 --> 00:29:22.279 to him. 00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:23.399 Friends 00:29:23.399 --> 00:29:27.119 we 00:29:27.119 --> 00:29:27.959 must 00:29:27.959 --> 00:29:29.699 must 00:29:29.699 --> 00:29:31.179 cling 00:29:31.179 --> 00:29:31.419 to 00:29:31.419 --> 00:29:31.939 Jesus. 00:29:33.539 --> 00:29:34.299 Charlotte 00:29:34.299 --> 00:29:35.559 you've been 00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:36.199 shaking for 00:29:36.199 --> 00:29:36.559 us? 00:29:38.199 --> 00:29:38.539 You want to 00:29:38.539 --> 00:29:38.799 come on 00:29:38.799 --> 00:29:39.279 back up? 00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:42.639 Ooh 00:29:42.640 --> 00:29:44.040 that's 00:29:44.040 --> 00:29:44.220 really 00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:44.400 good. 00:29:44.420 --> 00:29:44.620 You did 00:29:44.620 --> 00:29:44.880 a lot 00:29:44.880 --> 00:29:45.040 of 00:29:45.040 --> 00:29:45.400 shaking. 00:29:47.120 --> 00:29:47.740 It looks 00:29:47.740 --> 00:29:48.140 just like 00:29:48.140 --> 00:29:48.440 I gave 00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:48.680 it to 00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:48.860 you. 00:29:49.300 --> 00:29:49.840 You didn't 00:29:49.840 --> 00:29:50.320 get anything 00:29:50.320 --> 00:29:50.820 else off 00:29:50.820 --> 00:29:51.259 of it? 00:29:51.640 --> 00:29:52.080 Even with 00:29:52.080 --> 00:29:52.360 all this 00:29:52.360 --> 00:29:52.680 did you 00:29:52.680 --> 00:29:53.100 shake it? 00:29:53.400 --> 00:29:53.780 Did you 00:29:53.780 --> 00:29:54.020 shake it 00:29:54.020 --> 00:29:54.220 hard? 00:29:56.259 --> 00:29:56.759 And what 00:29:56.759 --> 00:29:57.080 is it? 00:29:59.160 --> 00:29:59.620 That's the 00:29:59.620 --> 00:30:00.140 same rock I 00:30:00.140 --> 00:30:00.580 gave you. 00:30:01.520 --> 00:30:02.080 Just the 00:30:02.080 --> 00:30:02.540 same, huh? 00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:03.280 You know a 00:30:03.280 --> 00:30:03.720 little play-doh 00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:04.200 on the side 00:30:04.200 --> 00:30:06.720 but it's a 00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:06.980 rock. 00:30:07.940 --> 00:30:08.280 You did a 00:30:08.280 --> 00:30:08.700 great job. 00:30:08.700 --> 00:30:10.279 Thank you 00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:10.559 for your 00:30:10.559 --> 00:30:10.759 help. 00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:18.920 This is a 00:30:18.920 --> 00:30:21.500 picture of 00:30:21.500 --> 00:30:22.240 the solid 00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:24.100 rock of 00:30:24.100 --> 00:30:24.680 Christ. 00:30:24.960 --> 00:30:25.500 We have 00:30:25.500 --> 00:30:27.019 received this 00:30:27.019 --> 00:30:28.779 kingdom that 00:30:28.779 --> 00:30:30.559 cannot be 00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:31.259 shaken. 00:30:31.559 --> 00:30:31.960 Maybe you 00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:32.380 know from 00:30:32.380 --> 00:30:33.200 world history 00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:33.799 that even 00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:34.700 the greatest 00:30:34.700 --> 00:30:35.180 kingdoms 00:30:35.180 --> 00:30:35.819 eventually 00:30:35.819 --> 00:30:36.519 crumble and 00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:37.340 fall when 00:30:37.340 --> 00:30:38.000 shaken. 00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:38.960 The Roman 00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:39.740 Empire around 00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:40.400 the time of 00:30:40.400 --> 00:30:41.079 this written 00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:43.240 sermon fell. 00:30:44.799 --> 00:30:45.440 Perhaps 00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:47.059 during today's 00:30:47.059 --> 00:30:48.640 sermon some 00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:49.240 are feeling 00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:50.779 shaking in 00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:52.380 the USA in 00:30:52.380 --> 00:30:53.200 ways that we 00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:55.039 haven't before. 00:30:56.740 --> 00:30:58.700 Listen, if 00:30:58.700 --> 00:30:59.940 Christ tarries, 00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:01.500 it will fall 00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:01.859 too. 00:31:02.779 --> 00:31:03.299 There will 00:31:03.299 --> 00:31:03.960 be economic 00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:05.240 danger. 00:31:05.380 --> 00:31:05.559 There will 00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:06.339 be political 00:31:06.339 --> 00:31:06.960 danger. 00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:07.960 danger. 00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:08.000 There may 00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:08.420 even be 00:31:08.420 --> 00:31:09.120 physical 00:31:09.120 --> 00:31:10.039 danger. 00:31:12.840 --> 00:31:13.519 But the 00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:14.539 kingdom of 00:31:14.539 --> 00:31:15.539 Jesus, no 00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:15.880 matter what 00:31:15.880 --> 00:31:16.539 else comes, 00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:17.680 will never 00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:19.160 be shaken. 00:31:19.460 --> 00:31:19.860 You want to 00:31:19.860 --> 00:31:20.240 give your 00:31:20.240 --> 00:31:20.620 neighbors, 00:31:21.380 --> 00:31:22.220 your kids, 00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:22.840 the next 00:31:22.840 --> 00:31:23.440 generation, 00:31:23.840 --> 00:31:24.299 something that 00:31:24.299 --> 00:31:24.920 they can count 00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:25.819 on and hold 00:31:25.819 --> 00:31:26.579 on to and 00:31:26.579 --> 00:31:26.960 that you know 00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:27.840 life's going to 00:31:27.840 --> 00:31:28.400 be there for 00:31:28.400 --> 00:31:28.660 them? 00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:29.880 Give them 00:31:29.880 --> 00:31:30.640 Jesus. 00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:32.779 That's the one 00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:33.299 they can count 00:31:33.299 --> 00:31:33.620 on. 00:31:33.619 --> 00:31:33.719 God. 00:31:35.559 --> 00:31:36.459 Because listen, 00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:38.239 how does it 00:31:38.239 --> 00:31:38.479 end? 00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:43.159 Our God is a 00:31:43.159 --> 00:31:44.599 consuming fire. 00:31:44.739 --> 00:31:45.659 He still is. 00:31:45.839 --> 00:31:46.459 That hasn't 00:31:46.459 --> 00:31:47.179 changed. 00:31:47.459 --> 00:31:48.539 He will shake 00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:49.579 and consume. 00:31:50.319 --> 00:31:51.059 And so we 00:31:51.059 --> 00:31:52.359 worship him with 00:31:52.359 --> 00:31:53.239 reverence and 00:31:53.239 --> 00:31:54.559 awe because of 00:31:54.559 --> 00:31:55.539 his holy 00:31:55.539 --> 00:31:56.879 greatness and 00:31:56.879 --> 00:31:57.459 because of his 00:31:57.459 --> 00:31:58.839 great holiness. 00:31:58.839 --> 00:32:00.359 holiness, this 00:32:00.359 --> 00:32:02.019 fire of who our 00:32:02.019 --> 00:32:02.699 God is would 00:32:02.699 --> 00:32:04.159 certainly consume 00:32:04.159 --> 00:32:04.899 us on our 00:32:04.899 --> 00:32:05.199 own. 00:32:05.579 --> 00:32:06.720 But because of 00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:07.259 the Lord's 00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:08.619 great love, we 00:32:08.619 --> 00:32:09.559 are not 00:32:09.559 --> 00:32:11.139 consumed. 00:32:12.059 --> 00:32:13.019 Because Jesus 00:32:13.019 --> 00:32:14.359 is so perfectly 00:32:14.359 --> 00:32:16.159 holy himself and 00:32:16.159 --> 00:32:17.199 gives himself in 00:32:17.199 --> 00:32:18.240 our place, we 00:32:18.240 --> 00:32:19.179 can draw near 00:32:19.179 --> 00:32:19.980 without being 00:32:19.980 --> 00:32:21.480 shaken, without 00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:22.559 being burned. 00:32:22.819 --> 00:32:24.199 He makes all 00:32:24.199 --> 00:32:25.159 the difference. 00:32:25.399 --> 00:32:26.259 He is a sure 00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:27.439 and steadfast 00:32:27.439 --> 00:32:28.819 anchor for our 00:32:28.819 --> 00:32:29.980 souls, the 00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:31.519 greater rest, the 00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:32.579 greater sacrifice, 00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:33.439 the greater 00:32:33.439 --> 00:32:34.700 priest, the 00:32:34.700 --> 00:32:36.759 only man not 00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:37.659 made. 00:32:38.679 --> 00:32:39.419 So he can 00:32:39.419 --> 00:32:40.559 bring us to 00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:42.460 and keep us in 00:32:42.460 --> 00:32:43.679 the presence of 00:32:43.679 --> 00:32:44.919 God, on the 00:32:44.919 --> 00:32:46.119 joyful mountain of 00:32:46.119 --> 00:32:47.319 God, in the 00:32:47.319 --> 00:32:48.799 safety of God 00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:50.240 forever. 00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:50.380 forever. 00:32:51.579 --> 00:32:52.259 He can and 00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:53.019 will do that. 00:32:55.420 --> 00:32:56.220 And so that's 00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:56.680 something to look 00:32:56.680 --> 00:32:57.559 forward to, right? 00:32:58.559 --> 00:32:59.160 Absolutely. 00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:00.319 Forever. 00:33:03.240 --> 00:33:04.259 But according to 00:33:04.259 --> 00:33:05.519 this passage, it's 00:33:05.519 --> 00:33:06.319 actually something 00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:07.259 more than that. 00:33:07.700 --> 00:33:09.400 It is something to 00:33:09.400 --> 00:33:11.380 live in right 00:33:11.380 --> 00:33:11.759 now. 00:33:13.500 --> 00:33:14.920 It's this verb 00:33:14.920 --> 00:33:16.819 tense that 00:33:16.819 --> 00:33:17.759 means, yes, you'll 00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:18.960 be there forever, 00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:22.039 but you have 00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:24.000 come already 00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:25.879 to this 00:33:25.879 --> 00:33:27.159 mountain and 00:33:27.159 --> 00:33:27.559 the great 00:33:27.559 --> 00:33:29.179 celebration and 00:33:29.179 --> 00:33:30.019 the blood of your 00:33:30.019 --> 00:33:31.639 Savior cleansing 00:33:31.639 --> 00:33:33.779 you before God, 00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:34.659 the judge. 00:33:34.819 --> 00:33:36.759 You have an 00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:37.720 unshakable 00:33:37.720 --> 00:33:40.159 kingdom led 00:33:40.159 --> 00:33:41.200 by an unshaken 00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:43.079 king with an 00:33:43.079 --> 00:33:44.119 imperishable 00:33:44.119 --> 00:33:46.079 inheritance, an 00:33:46.079 --> 00:33:47.679 unfading crown 00:33:47.679 --> 00:33:49.399 of glory in an 00:33:49.399 --> 00:33:50.439 invulnerable 00:33:50.439 --> 00:33:52.199 place through 00:33:52.199 --> 00:33:53.339 his unfailing 00:33:53.339 --> 00:33:53.799 love. 00:33:54.019 --> 00:33:54.919 You have 00:33:54.919 --> 00:33:55.659 that. 00:33:55.980 --> 00:33:56.379 See, his 00:33:56.379 --> 00:33:57.480 kingdom that 00:33:57.480 --> 00:33:58.779 cannot be shaken 00:33:58.779 --> 00:34:00.319 means the 00:34:00.319 --> 00:34:01.519 life of heaven, 00:34:01.939 --> 00:34:02.599 the life of 00:34:02.599 --> 00:34:05.639 eternity is 00:34:05.639 --> 00:34:06.960 already alive 00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:08.420 in us. 00:34:08.779 --> 00:34:09.539 By our union 00:34:09.539 --> 00:34:10.400 with Christ, 00:34:10.759 --> 00:34:11.420 the kingdom, 00:34:11.639 --> 00:34:12.259 he says, is 00:34:12.259 --> 00:34:13.039 already in 00:34:13.039 --> 00:34:13.579 our midst 00:34:13.579 --> 00:34:14.559 its righteousness 00:34:14.559 --> 00:34:16.579 and joy 00:34:16.579 --> 00:34:18.840 and peace 00:34:18.840 --> 00:34:20.019 in the Holy 00:34:20.019 --> 00:34:20.619 Spirit. 00:34:21.579 --> 00:34:22.139 Mine are 00:34:22.139 --> 00:34:23.320 keys to 00:34:23.320 --> 00:34:24.860 Zion City 00:34:24.860 --> 00:34:26.139 where beside 00:34:26.139 --> 00:34:27.099 the king 00:34:27.099 --> 00:34:28.259 I walk 00:34:28.259 --> 00:34:29.039 today. 00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:30.679 So, 00:34:30.880 --> 00:34:32.779 so tell me 00:34:32.779 --> 00:34:33.420 practically, 00:34:33.619 --> 00:34:33.880 pastor, 00:34:34.239 --> 00:34:35.340 how, how do 00:34:35.340 --> 00:34:35.900 I live 00:34:35.900 --> 00:34:37.139 unshaken 00:34:37.139 --> 00:34:38.279 when everything 00:34:38.279 --> 00:34:39.099 I hold dear 00:34:39.099 --> 00:34:40.000 seems to be 00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:40.559 shaking? 00:34:43.039 --> 00:34:44.659 well, when 00:34:44.659 --> 00:34:46.000 diseases ravage 00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:46.519 me and 00:34:46.519 --> 00:34:46.960 those I 00:34:46.960 --> 00:34:47.440 love, 00:34:48.840 --> 00:34:50.380 the unshakable 00:34:50.380 --> 00:34:51.320 kingdom says 00:34:51.320 --> 00:34:52.279 my greatest 00:34:52.279 --> 00:34:53.380 disease, the 00:34:53.380 --> 00:34:54.800 sin of my 00:34:54.800 --> 00:34:55.420 soul that 00:34:55.420 --> 00:34:56.059 runs all 00:34:56.059 --> 00:34:56.559 through me 00:34:56.559 --> 00:34:57.139 has been 00:34:57.139 --> 00:34:58.279 forgiven and 00:34:58.279 --> 00:34:59.679 cured so that 00:34:59.679 --> 00:35:00.779 I will live 00:35:00.779 --> 00:35:01.659 forever no 00:35:01.659 --> 00:35:02.099 matter what 00:35:02.099 --> 00:35:02.800 happens. 00:35:02.800 --> 00:35:05.340 when financial 00:35:05.340 --> 00:35:06.300 disaster hits 00:35:06.300 --> 00:35:07.160 and I begin 00:35:07.160 --> 00:35:07.680 to wobble, 00:35:09.240 --> 00:35:10.539 the unshakable 00:35:10.539 --> 00:35:11.300 kingdom says 00:35:11.300 --> 00:35:12.060 my greatest 00:35:12.060 --> 00:35:13.200 debt has been 00:35:13.200 --> 00:35:14.360 paid once 00:35:14.360 --> 00:35:15.360 and for all 00:35:15.360 --> 00:35:16.260 so my good 00:35:16.260 --> 00:35:16.860 shepherd will 00:35:16.860 --> 00:35:17.500 make sure I 00:35:17.500 --> 00:35:18.240 have everything 00:35:18.240 --> 00:35:19.539 that I need. 00:35:20.820 --> 00:35:21.740 When I'm lonely 00:35:21.740 --> 00:35:22.500 or persecuted, 00:35:22.880 --> 00:35:23.760 I lean into the 00:35:23.760 --> 00:35:24.700 family of God 00:35:24.700 --> 00:35:25.200 that I've been 00:35:25.200 --> 00:35:26.340 welcomed into. 00:35:26.740 --> 00:35:27.539 When I'm weak 00:35:27.539 --> 00:35:28.160 and unable to 00:35:28.160 --> 00:35:29.000 handle the task 00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:29.620 before me, 00:35:29.619 --> 00:35:30.400 I draw on the 00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:31.039 power of the 00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:31.679 Holy Spirit 00:35:31.679 --> 00:35:32.960 already present 00:35:32.960 --> 00:35:33.539 in me. 00:35:35.420 --> 00:35:36.179 It happens 00:35:36.179 --> 00:35:36.799 over and over 00:35:36.799 --> 00:35:37.279 and over in 00:35:37.279 --> 00:35:37.679 all these 00:35:37.679 --> 00:35:38.259 situations. 00:35:38.559 --> 00:35:38.940 How do I 00:35:38.940 --> 00:35:40.059 live unshaken 00:35:40.059 --> 00:35:40.839 when I'm so 00:35:40.839 --> 00:35:42.079 fearful about 00:35:42.079 --> 00:35:43.079 life all 00:35:43.079 --> 00:35:44.079 around me? 00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:46.159 It's just 00:35:46.159 --> 00:35:46.739 been a few 00:35:46.739 --> 00:35:47.359 years, Will, 00:35:47.400 --> 00:35:47.739 there was a 00:35:47.739 --> 00:35:50.019 pandemic and 00:35:50.019 --> 00:35:50.339 then more 00:35:50.339 --> 00:35:51.519 terror attacks 00:35:51.519 --> 00:35:52.799 and then wars 00:35:52.799 --> 00:35:53.319 and then there's 00:35:53.319 --> 00:35:54.519 all this unrest 00:35:54.519 --> 00:35:55.779 and division. 00:35:55.920 --> 00:35:56.599 Are you kidding 00:35:56.599 --> 00:35:56.799 me? 00:35:56.839 --> 00:35:57.239 There's no 00:35:57.239 --> 00:35:58.440 stability anywhere. 00:35:59.619 --> 00:36:00.739 What's next? 00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:02.000 I'm worried. 00:36:05.039 --> 00:36:06.059 Friend, if God 00:36:06.059 --> 00:36:07.199 is for us, 00:36:07.699 --> 00:36:09.400 who can stand 00:36:09.400 --> 00:36:10.900 against us? 00:36:11.359 --> 00:36:12.339 You have come 00:36:12.339 --> 00:36:13.960 already to the 00:36:13.960 --> 00:36:15.239 mountain with 00:36:15.239 --> 00:36:16.539 Him and He 00:36:16.539 --> 00:36:17.359 won't let you 00:36:17.359 --> 00:36:17.739 go. 00:36:18.219 --> 00:36:18.819 When you're 00:36:18.819 --> 00:36:19.699 shaken to your 00:36:19.699 --> 00:36:21.599 core, and you 00:36:21.599 --> 00:36:22.339 will be. 00:36:23.579 --> 00:36:24.480 The loss of a 00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:25.279 loved one, 00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:28.599 professional 00:36:28.599 --> 00:36:29.259 failure, 00:36:29.619 --> 00:36:32.219 a child 00:36:32.219 --> 00:36:32.819 wandering, 00:36:35.619 --> 00:36:36.420 divorce, 00:36:37.339 --> 00:36:38.000 depression, 00:36:39.400 --> 00:36:39.859 dementia, 00:36:41.739 --> 00:36:42.400 you feel like 00:36:42.400 --> 00:36:43.019 you're drowning, 00:36:43.559 --> 00:36:44.239 you think you'll 00:36:44.239 --> 00:36:45.199 be utterly 00:36:45.199 --> 00:36:46.440 destroyed, 00:36:46.779 --> 00:36:47.059 and the 00:36:47.059 --> 00:36:47.880 unshakable 00:36:47.880 --> 00:36:49.059 kingdom says 00:36:49.059 --> 00:36:50.259 nothing can 00:36:50.259 --> 00:36:51.259 separate you 00:36:51.259 --> 00:36:52.000 from the love 00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:52.940 of God in 00:36:52.940 --> 00:36:53.799 Christ Jesus 00:36:53.799 --> 00:36:54.639 our Lord. 00:36:54.639 --> 00:36:55.059 Lord, you 00:36:55.059 --> 00:36:55.839 are more 00:36:55.839 --> 00:36:57.239 than conquerors. 00:36:57.239 --> 00:36:58.199 You possess 00:36:58.199 --> 00:36:59.000 a kingdom 00:36:59.000 --> 00:37:00.039 that cannot 00:37:00.039 --> 00:37:01.500 be shaken. 00:37:02.119 --> 00:37:02.519 That's why 00:37:02.519 --> 00:37:03.059 we say 00:37:03.059 --> 00:37:03.799 with Jim 00:37:03.799 --> 00:37:04.079 Elliot, 00:37:04.460 --> 00:37:04.980 he is no 00:37:04.980 --> 00:37:05.940 fool who 00:37:05.940 --> 00:37:06.460 gives what 00:37:06.460 --> 00:37:06.920 he cannot 00:37:06.920 --> 00:37:07.839 keep to 00:37:07.839 --> 00:37:08.739 gain what 00:37:08.739 --> 00:37:09.819 he cannot 00:37:09.819 --> 00:37:11.000 lose. 00:37:11.359 --> 00:37:12.099 When you've 00:37:12.099 --> 00:37:12.759 got the 00:37:12.759 --> 00:37:13.739 unshakable 00:37:13.739 --> 00:37:14.460 kingdom 00:37:14.460 --> 00:37:15.400 because of 00:37:15.400 --> 00:37:16.079 your trust 00:37:16.079 --> 00:37:16.539 in the 00:37:16.539 --> 00:37:17.259 unshakable 00:37:17.259 --> 00:37:17.759 king, 00:37:18.159 --> 00:37:18.739 no one 00:37:18.739 --> 00:37:19.639 and nothing 00:37:19.639 --> 00:37:20.420 can take 00:37:20.420 --> 00:37:20.879 that away, 00:37:21.019 --> 00:37:21.420 and you 00:37:21.420 --> 00:37:22.019 become more 00:37:22.019 --> 00:37:22.279 and more 00:37:22.279 --> 00:37:23.259 eager to live 00:37:23.260 --> 00:37:23.660 that way 00:37:23.660 --> 00:37:24.160 right now, 00:37:24.240 --> 00:37:24.740 to live 00:37:24.740 --> 00:37:25.020 in that 00:37:25.020 --> 00:37:25.460 joyful 00:37:25.460 --> 00:37:26.060 nearness 00:37:26.060 --> 00:37:26.820 to that 00:37:26.820 --> 00:37:27.120 God, 00:37:27.240 --> 00:37:27.820 to be with 00:37:27.820 --> 00:37:28.080 him as 00:37:28.080 --> 00:37:28.600 often as 00:37:28.600 --> 00:37:29.160 you possibly 00:37:29.160 --> 00:37:29.540 can, 00:37:29.920 --> 00:37:30.420 worshiping 00:37:30.420 --> 00:37:30.840 him with 00:37:30.840 --> 00:37:32.060 overflowing 00:37:32.060 --> 00:37:32.880 gratitude. 00:37:33.160 --> 00:37:33.320 I mean, 00:37:33.360 --> 00:37:33.820 there's got to 00:37:33.820 --> 00:37:34.780 be even 00:37:34.780 --> 00:37:35.340 more than 00:37:35.340 --> 00:37:35.580 that, 00:37:35.640 --> 00:37:35.760 right? 00:37:35.880 --> 00:37:36.320 You're not 00:37:36.320 --> 00:37:36.780 just a little 00:37:36.780 --> 00:37:37.340 thankful. 00:37:37.940 --> 00:37:38.420 It's like 00:37:38.420 --> 00:37:39.420 every part 00:37:39.420 --> 00:37:39.900 of me is 00:37:39.900 --> 00:37:40.480 grateful. 00:37:41.060 --> 00:37:41.600 How else 00:37:41.600 --> 00:37:41.900 could I 00:37:41.900 --> 00:37:42.180 worship? 00:37:42.260 --> 00:37:42.640 I don't have 00:37:42.640 --> 00:37:43.100 to come in 00:37:43.100 --> 00:37:43.620 here to do 00:37:43.620 --> 00:37:43.720 it. 00:37:43.860 --> 00:37:44.400 It flows 00:37:44.400 --> 00:37:44.760 for me 00:37:44.760 --> 00:37:45.580 every day, 00:37:46.020 --> 00:37:46.620 dancing in 00:37:46.620 --> 00:37:47.140 the aisles 00:37:47.140 --> 00:37:47.860 with holy 00:37:47.860 --> 00:37:48.580 awe. 00:37:49.420 --> 00:37:50.160 How is 00:37:50.160 --> 00:37:51.000 it that I 00:37:51.000 --> 00:37:51.440 can know 00:37:51.440 --> 00:37:52.140 this God? 00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:52.880 Praise 00:37:52.880 --> 00:37:53.740 Jesus. 00:37:56.039 --> 00:37:56.860 Brothers and 00:37:56.860 --> 00:37:57.140 sisters, 00:37:57.780 --> 00:37:58.480 we have 00:37:58.480 --> 00:37:59.059 come 00:37:59.059 --> 00:38:00.019 already 00:38:00.019 --> 00:38:01.700 to the 00:38:01.700 --> 00:38:02.039 kingdom 00:38:02.039 --> 00:38:03.920 that cannot 00:38:03.920 --> 00:38:04.640 be shaken, 00:38:05.039 --> 00:38:05.880 to Mount 00:38:05.880 --> 00:38:06.619 Zion, 00:38:07.500 --> 00:38:08.180 to the 00:38:08.180 --> 00:38:09.539 rock of 00:38:09.539 --> 00:38:10.160 Christ. 00:38:10.280 --> 00:38:10.539 On 00:38:10.539 --> 00:38:11.380 Christ, 00:38:11.760 --> 00:38:12.599 the solid 00:38:12.599 --> 00:38:13.140 rock, 00:38:13.340 --> 00:38:14.320 I stand. 00:38:14.640 --> 00:38:15.280 All other 00:38:15.280 --> 00:38:16.640 ground is 00:38:16.640 --> 00:38:17.480 sinking 00:38:17.480 --> 00:38:18.780 sand, 00:38:19.079 --> 00:38:19.519 and there 00:38:19.519 --> 00:38:19.740 will be 00:38:19.740 --> 00:38:20.140 plenty of 00:38:20.140 --> 00:38:20.720 chances to 00:38:20.720 --> 00:38:21.539 experience that, 00:38:21.539 --> 00:38:22.159 to be shaken 00:38:22.159 --> 00:38:23.279 in this 00:38:23.279 --> 00:38:23.679 world. 00:38:24.300 --> 00:38:24.800 The waves 00:38:24.800 --> 00:38:25.920 of persecution, 00:38:26.380 --> 00:38:27.159 of pain, 00:38:27.320 --> 00:38:28.219 of problems 00:38:28.219 --> 00:38:28.820 in life 00:38:28.820 --> 00:38:29.820 will threaten 00:38:29.820 --> 00:38:30.759 to wash 00:38:30.759 --> 00:38:31.300 you away, 00:38:31.480 --> 00:38:32.000 but listen 00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:32.500 to the good 00:38:32.500 --> 00:38:32.840 news. 00:38:33.159 --> 00:38:33.639 You are 00:38:33.639 --> 00:38:34.179 not there 00:38:34.179 --> 00:38:34.860 desperately 00:38:34.860 --> 00:38:35.920 trying to 00:38:35.920 --> 00:38:36.699 climb up 00:38:36.699 --> 00:38:37.239 to that 00:38:37.239 --> 00:38:37.759 rock to 00:38:37.759 --> 00:38:38.340 get to 00:38:38.340 --> 00:38:38.779 the top 00:38:38.779 --> 00:38:39.099 of that 00:38:39.099 --> 00:38:39.440 mountain. 00:38:39.440 --> 00:38:40.179 You're not 00:38:40.179 --> 00:38:40.779 scrambling 00:38:40.779 --> 00:38:41.199 as the 00:38:41.199 --> 00:38:41.820 waves wash 00:38:41.820 --> 00:38:42.239 over you 00:38:42.239 --> 00:38:42.739 to find 00:38:42.739 --> 00:38:43.900 footing for 00:38:43.900 --> 00:38:44.460 your feet, 00:38:44.619 --> 00:38:45.659 some solid 00:38:45.659 --> 00:38:46.659 ground that 00:38:46.659 --> 00:38:47.360 will hold 00:38:47.360 --> 00:38:47.599 you. 00:38:47.599 --> 00:38:48.119 No, 00:38:48.259 --> 00:38:48.799 we have 00:38:48.799 --> 00:38:49.860 come to 00:38:49.860 --> 00:38:50.799 Mount Zion. 00:38:51.259 --> 00:38:51.599 On 00:38:51.599 --> 00:38:52.219 Christ, 00:38:52.559 --> 00:38:53.279 the solid 00:38:53.279 --> 00:38:53.719 rock, 00:38:53.860 --> 00:38:54.920 we stand 00:38:54.920 --> 00:38:56.059 with innumerable 00:38:56.059 --> 00:38:56.559 angels, 00:38:57.039 --> 00:38:57.420 with the 00:38:57.420 --> 00:38:58.059 firstborn 00:38:58.059 --> 00:38:58.940 enrolled in 00:38:58.940 --> 00:38:59.239 heaven, 00:38:59.559 --> 00:39:00.239 with God, 00:39:00.480 --> 00:39:00.940 the judge 00:39:00.940 --> 00:39:01.279 of all, 00:39:01.339 --> 00:39:01.960 making all 00:39:01.960 --> 00:39:02.759 things right, 00:39:03.079 --> 00:39:03.860 including our 00:39:03.860 --> 00:39:04.940 struggling spirits 00:39:04.940 --> 00:39:05.599 that he has 00:39:05.599 --> 00:39:06.839 already made 00:39:06.839 --> 00:39:07.659 perfect. 00:39:07.779 --> 00:39:08.339 Thanks to 00:39:08.339 --> 00:39:09.279 Jesus and 00:39:09.279 --> 00:39:09.980 his blood 00:39:09.980 --> 00:39:11.139 speaking blessing 00:39:11.139 --> 00:39:12.039 to us, 00:39:12.079 --> 00:39:12.900 you're already 00:39:12.900 --> 00:39:14.219 there on 00:39:14.219 --> 00:39:14.920 that rock. 00:39:15.440 --> 00:39:15.579 Y'all, 00:39:15.719 --> 00:39:16.279 Jesus is 00:39:16.280 --> 00:39:17.240 greater than 00:39:17.240 --> 00:39:19.100 anything else 00:39:19.100 --> 00:39:20.340 that we 00:39:20.340 --> 00:39:21.080 might hope 00:39:21.080 --> 00:39:22.500 would hold 00:39:22.500 --> 00:39:22.940 us. 00:39:24.620 --> 00:39:25.400 The entire 00:39:25.400 --> 00:39:25.940 earth and 00:39:25.940 --> 00:39:28.040 heavens will 00:39:28.040 --> 00:39:28.760 shake one 00:39:28.760 --> 00:39:29.920 day, but 00:39:29.920 --> 00:39:30.340 you have 00:39:30.340 --> 00:39:31.780 already received 00:39:31.780 --> 00:39:32.840 the kingdom 00:39:32.840 --> 00:39:33.960 that cannot 00:39:33.960 --> 00:39:35.060 be shaken. 00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:36.260 God, 00:39:36.660 --> 00:39:37.519 praise you, 00:39:38.180 --> 00:39:39.260 thank you, 00:39:39.680 --> 00:39:40.400 you're holy 00:39:40.400 --> 00:39:41.260 and you're 00:39:41.260 --> 00:39:42.019 gracious. 00:39:43.140 --> 00:39:43.540 Everything 00:39:43.540 --> 00:39:44.420 else is 00:39:44.420 --> 00:39:45.140 sinking sand, 00:39:45.200 --> 00:39:45.700 be warned. 00:39:46.280 --> 00:39:47.440 Don't grab 00:39:47.440 --> 00:39:47.740 on to 00:39:47.740 --> 00:39:48.019 something 00:39:48.019 --> 00:39:48.560 else, 00:39:49.460 --> 00:39:50.040 but on 00:39:50.040 --> 00:39:50.540 Christ, 00:39:50.700 --> 00:39:51.240 the solid 00:39:51.240 --> 00:39:51.860 rock, 00:39:52.180 --> 00:39:53.280 you stand. 00:39:53.800 --> 00:39:54.180 You will 00:39:54.180 --> 00:39:54.740 not be 00:39:54.740 --> 00:39:55.180 shaken 00:39:55.180 --> 00:39:56.940 because he 00:39:56.940 --> 00:39:57.380 will not 00:39:57.380 --> 00:39:57.960 be shaken. 00:39:59.400 --> 00:40:00.220 Thank you, 00:40:00.360 --> 00:40:00.600 Jesus. 00:40:01.140 --> 00:40:01.920 Thank you, 00:40:02.940 --> 00:40:03.220 Jesus. 00:40:04.560 --> 00:40:05.260 We want 00:40:05.260 --> 00:40:05.640 to thank 00:40:05.640 --> 00:40:05.920 him 00:40:05.920 --> 00:40:08.540 together now. 00:40:08.660 --> 00:40:08.780 I want 00:40:08.780 --> 00:40:10.280 to give 00:40:10.280 --> 00:40:10.920 you a chance 00:40:10.920 --> 00:40:11.760 to draw 00:40:11.760 --> 00:40:12.360 near to 00:40:12.360 --> 00:40:12.600 him, 00:40:13.100 --> 00:40:14.040 even in 00:40:14.039 --> 00:40:14.420 this moment 00:40:14.420 --> 00:40:14.719 as you 00:40:14.719 --> 00:40:15.179 hear him 00:40:15.179 --> 00:40:15.559 saying, 00:40:15.920 --> 00:40:16.219 this is 00:40:16.219 --> 00:40:16.519 how you 00:40:16.519 --> 00:40:16.820 come. 00:40:17.420 --> 00:40:17.860 You come 00:40:17.860 --> 00:40:18.420 through me. 00:40:19.039 --> 00:40:19.579 As we 00:40:19.579 --> 00:40:20.480 have our 00:40:20.480 --> 00:40:21.119 worship team 00:40:21.119 --> 00:40:21.820 come back 00:40:21.820 --> 00:40:22.380 up and 00:40:22.380 --> 00:40:22.920 as we get 00:40:22.920 --> 00:40:23.279 ready to 00:40:23.279 --> 00:40:23.759 stand and 00:40:23.759 --> 00:40:24.199 sing this 00:40:24.199 --> 00:40:24.820 last song, 00:40:25.139 --> 00:40:25.519 we're also 00:40:25.519 --> 00:40:25.800 going to 00:40:25.800 --> 00:40:26.360 have some 00:40:26.360 --> 00:40:26.820 of our 00:40:26.820 --> 00:40:28.500 elders and 00:40:28.500 --> 00:40:28.920 men and 00:40:28.920 --> 00:40:29.320 women on 00:40:29.320 --> 00:40:30.279 our prayer 00:40:30.279 --> 00:40:30.659 team. 00:40:30.779 --> 00:40:30.940 They're going 00:40:30.940 --> 00:40:31.239 to come 00:40:31.239 --> 00:40:32.039 down front 00:40:32.039 --> 00:40:33.360 and they'll 00:40:33.360 --> 00:40:33.860 also be in 00:40:33.860 --> 00:40:34.559 the back if 00:40:34.559 --> 00:40:35.039 that's more 00:40:35.039 --> 00:40:35.880 comfortable for 00:40:35.880 --> 00:40:36.079 you. 00:40:36.619 --> 00:40:37.199 They'd love a 00:40:37.199 --> 00:40:37.759 chance to 00:40:37.759 --> 00:40:38.480 pray with 00:40:38.480 --> 00:40:40.199 you for 00:40:40.199 --> 00:40:40.820 just a minute. 00:40:40.820 --> 00:40:43.660 sing about 00:40:43.660 --> 00:40:44.260 Christ, 00:40:44.760 --> 00:40:45.300 the solid 00:40:45.300 --> 00:40:45.940 rock on 00:40:45.940 --> 00:40:46.380 whom we 00:40:46.380 --> 00:40:46.900 stand and 00:40:46.900 --> 00:40:47.640 maybe for 00:40:47.640 --> 00:40:48.019 the very 00:40:48.019 --> 00:40:48.760 first time 00:40:48.760 --> 00:40:49.100 in your 00:40:49.100 --> 00:40:49.640 life you're 00:40:49.640 --> 00:40:49.980 saying, 00:40:50.200 --> 00:40:51.680 that's the 00:40:51.680 --> 00:40:51.980 one I 00:40:51.980 --> 00:40:52.240 need. 00:40:52.559 --> 00:40:52.940 Please 00:40:52.940 --> 00:40:53.200 come, 00:40:53.260 --> 00:40:53.500 we'd love 00:40:53.500 --> 00:40:53.840 to pray 00:40:53.840 --> 00:40:54.320 with you. 00:40:55.400 --> 00:40:56.080 Or maybe 00:40:56.080 --> 00:40:57.220 you've been 00:40:57.220 --> 00:40:57.539 there and 00:40:57.539 --> 00:40:57.760 you've been 00:40:57.760 --> 00:40:58.340 standing on 00:40:58.340 --> 00:40:58.620 him and 00:40:58.620 --> 00:40:59.080 you realize 00:40:59.080 --> 00:40:59.519 you haven't 00:40:59.519 --> 00:40:59.900 been able to 00:40:59.900 --> 00:41:00.300 find him 00:41:00.300 --> 00:41:00.860 lately and 00:41:00.860 --> 00:41:01.840 life's hard 00:41:01.840 --> 00:41:02.240 and you felt 00:41:02.240 --> 00:41:02.559 like you're 00:41:02.559 --> 00:41:03.140 going under 00:41:03.140 --> 00:41:03.640 or you know 00:41:03.640 --> 00:41:04.240 something that's 00:41:04.240 --> 00:41:04.840 coming up and 00:41:04.840 --> 00:41:05.320 you'd like us 00:41:05.320 --> 00:41:06.100 to pray for 00:41:06.100 --> 00:41:06.559 you because 00:41:06.559 --> 00:41:07.660 it's coming 00:41:07.660 --> 00:41:08.280 in the future. 00:41:08.420 --> 00:41:08.700 We would 00:41:08.700 --> 00:41:09.519 love to be 00:41:09.519 --> 00:41:10.160 able to do 00:41:10.160 --> 00:41:10.460 that. 00:41:10.820 --> 00:41:12.380 Let's 00:41:12.380 --> 00:41:13.080 stand together 00:41:13.080 --> 00:41:13.860 and sing and 00:41:13.860 --> 00:41:14.400 I invite you 00:41:14.400 --> 00:41:15.180 to go ahead 00:41:15.180 --> 00:41:15.640 and start 00:41:15.640 --> 00:41:16.480 coming forward 00:41:16.480 --> 00:41:17.120 or back and 00:41:17.120 --> 00:41:17.660 we'll just 00:41:17.660 --> 00:41:18.180 take just a 00:41:18.180 --> 00:41:18.620 quick minute 00:41:18.620 --> 00:41:19.260 to pray with 00:41:19.260 --> 00:41:19.740 you even 00:41:19.740 --> 00:41:20.360 as we sing. 00:41:22.300 --> 00:41:23.019 For more 00:41:23.019 --> 00:41:23.539 information, 00:41:23.860 --> 00:41:24.380 visit us 00:41:24.380 --> 00:41:25.080 online at 00:41:25.080 --> 00:41:25.860 southwood.org.