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 Our reading this morning is from Hebrews chapter 3, verses 1 through 6.

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 Therefore, holy brothers, you who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle

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 and high priest of our confession, who was faithful to him who appointed him, just as

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 Moses also was faithful in all God's house.

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 For Jesus has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, as much more glory as the

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 builder of a house has more honour than the house itself.

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 For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.

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 Now Moses was faithful in all God's house as a servant, to testify to the things that

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 were to be spoken later.

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 But Christ is faithful over God's house as a son, and we are his house, if indeed we hold

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 fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope.

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 The word of the Lord.

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 Well, good morning, everyone.

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 For those who don't know me, my name's David, and I'm a sort of part-timer here.

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 Well, I am.

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 Sort of.

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 Yeah.

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 I'm actually not sure how to introduce myself these days.

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 All right.

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 Into God's word.

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 It's really common, I think, for people in tough circumstances.

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 That is, when life's confusing, when life's hard, sometimes when life's out of control,

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 really far removed from what we'd consider normal.

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 It's common for people in those sort of circumstances to look back to familiar people and things.

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 Things that, in their mind, were lodged in there, but actually come to the surface in tough times and

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 remind them or become the indicators that, well, life was secure.

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 Life was normal.

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 Everything was well in the world back then.

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 And so they sort of come to the surface.

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 It's a little bit like, in computer terms, returning to default settings.

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 Things that, as I say, buried in our hearts and minds, oftentimes we don't even know they exist

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 until tough circumstances trigger the reset.

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 For example, a child, a lump of a child, struck down by illness or some other trauma

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 might actually go back to sucking their thumb or cuddling a soft toy that they haven't done for years

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 because it's an indication that, you know, life is okay.

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 We saw during the COVID pandemic some of the random things adults did.

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 Toilet paper, for goodness sake.

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 Somehow or other, for so many people, that became the indicator that life was going to be okay.

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 It was random, but it was worth fighting over, apparently.

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 But even other things, like some people would go and do religious things that hadn't done since childhood,

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 maybe offer a prayer or actually go and sit in a church building somewhere.

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 Again, where does that come from?

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 The other big thing during the COVID pandemic was just that demand to be able to see family members,

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 visit them freely.

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 And that from people who often would have been careless about those same family members.

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 Prior to COVID.

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 It's that sort of thing, I think, that helps us understand what's going on behind the scenes here in this letter to the Hebrew.

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 It seems like many Christians to whom the letter to the Hebrews was addressed were doing the same sort of thing.

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 When they first encountered Jesus, they identified really strongly with him.

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 They were totally thankful for what he had done for them.

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 They were excited for the fresh start they had in him based on grace alone.

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 And with total conviction, they turned away from their old Jewish religion and Jewish religious practices,

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 which was all about priests and sacrifices and celebrating special religious days and special religious holidays.

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 They had gladly turned away from that saying something far, far better in Jesus.

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 But it seems like when commitment to Jesus got really tough,

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 and as their daily lives felt more and more out of control,

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 they found themselves excluded from their family.

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 They found themselves excluded from the local synagogue and oftentimes from the local community even.

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 And then on top of that, they were starting to experience in very real terms persecution from the Roman Empire, the Roman authorities.

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 And there's all these things built up on them and unsettled them.

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 It seems like they were tempted to default back to the old, familiar, comforting Jewish religious practices.

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 It feels normal again.

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 And as they did that, then they also had to convince themselves that the Jewish religion,

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 which after all had served their ancestors well for centuries,

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 and after all there was a lot of overlap with Christianity,

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 they had to convince themselves that there wasn't really that much difference.

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 It was a difference of emphasis, perhaps.

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 And on top of that, they would have the added bonus of renewed acceptance with family in the synagogue,

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 their local community.

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 And they would be tolerated once again.

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 They'd be free from persecution because the Roman Empire tolerated the Jewish religion at that stage.

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 So all of that means the main challenge of the letter to the Hebrews is this.

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 Don't allow yourself to drift away from Jesus because serving him in a hostile world is really hard.

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 It's too hard.

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 And repeatedly, we've seen it several times already, and we're only in chapter 3.

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 Repeatedly, the writer is saying, think deeply and carefully about Jesus.

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 Pay attention to what he says.

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 Consider him.

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 Reflect upon him.

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 Meditate on who Jesus is and what he has done.

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 Think about what drew you to Jesus in the first place.

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 Put serious time into, and this isn't superannuation ad, comparing the two.

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 What the old Jewish religious practices offer you and what Jesus offers you.

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 Both offered a pathway to salvation and heaven.

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 But when you look at it, the writer's saying, you'll see that the pathways, the differences, are neither minor nor cosmetic, but they're fundamental.

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 So consider Jesus.

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 Fill your mind with who he is.

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 Fill your mind with what he has done uniquely to make you acceptable before God and qualify you for a place in heaven.

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 And if you do that, the writer's saying, if you do that constantly, then you'll find you've got a whole new perspective in any time of suffering.

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 In any short term of suffering.

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 Because, and this is the first main point I want to make, moving us into the chapter today.

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 Because it's only as we understand who Jesus is, that we understand who we are in him.

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 So this is really, the first point is just all verse 1, and then the second point is verse 2 through to 6.

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 You look at verse 1, it's introduced by a connecting word, therefore.

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 That tells us that the writer is now summing up the argument in chapter 1 and 2.

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 And we've seen so far in the three sermons we've had so far that every encouragement by the writer here for people to persevere with Jesus,

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 every encouragement is focused on who Jesus is.

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 And then the direct consequences for believers, those who are united to him.

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 Because Jesus is this, then we're that as we're united to him.

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 Now here in verse 1, Jesus is described in an unusual term called the apostle of our confession.

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 It's the only place where Jesus in the Bible is described as an apostle.

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 And the word itself isn't too fancy.

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 It's just one who's been commissioned, called and commissioned, or set apart for a unique task.

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 In this case, we've seen in chapter 1 and 2, that Jesus was called and commissioned, set apart,

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 come into the world for the unique task for which he was uniquely equipped or credentialed,

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 that of effecting or implementing God's salvation plan in history.

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 And so, like the prophets before him, Jesus comes into our world speaking God's word to God's people.

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 Similarity.

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 But, when you consider Jesus, you realize that he quickly redefines the category of prophet.

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 Being God, we're told in chapter 1, Jesus spoke with a unique clarity.

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 Who else knows God's mind better than God himself?

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 And he spoke, Jesus spoke with a unique authority.

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 And we saw in chapter 2, since he came in, since he is God, come into the world in true human form like us,

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 he also models or demonstrates how image bearers should live.

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 He demonstrates the good life of obedience and worship, which God's image bearers were designed to live.

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 And so, when you consider Jesus, yes, he's like the Old Testament prophets, but then you realize he's in a category by himself.

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 He speaks with clarity and he speaks with authority, but even more important, his life was totally consistent with what he said.

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 Unlike any other prophet before him.

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 Jesus is also described in verse 1 as the high priest of our confession.

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 Now, remember I said last week the priest has two main responsibilities.

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 On the one hand, he has to offer appropriate sacrifices to deal with God's anger because his creatures had rebelled against him.

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 And also then to deal with the guilt that comes as a natural consequence of that rebellion, the guilt of sin.

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 So the priest had to offer sacrifices to deal with that.

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 But he also had another important responsibility, as we talked about last week.

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 He had to pray for God's people.

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 And he had to pray for God's people because he, above all else, as a priest, would know, because he's in constant rubbing of it,

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 people's natural inclination to continue rebelling against God,

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 even when they're experiencing God's grace and forgiveness through sacrifice and restoration.

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 The priest was meant to see how broken God's people were,

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 and not just blandly offer a sacrifice, but actually pray for them.

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 Priests were notorious for not doing either very well.

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 Things haven't changed over the generations, have they?

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 But again, you see, Jesus refines or redefines the category of priest

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 because he perfectly fulfills both responsibilities.

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 And he achieves, we're told in chapter 1,

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 he achieves what not even the angels,

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 with all their involvement over the generations in implementing God's plan in the world,

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 Jesus achieves what they couldn't have done ever and didn't do ever.

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 And so we got last week that Jesus is our trailblazer, our champion.

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 And he cuts a nice, neat pathway through God's wrath,

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 through the penalty of our sin and the guilt that comes with it,

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 through our broken humanity,

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 praying for us in our weaknesses and struggles.

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 And he leads us down that pathway, as it says last week,

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 that beautiful little phrase,

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 taking many sons and daughters to glory,

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 which is heaven, a place of blessing.

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 Amen.

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 For every relationship with God.

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 So that's the summary.

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 And the consequences out of that, verse 1,

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 are just incredible.

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 We have been reunited to God's forever family.

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 That's where we were created to be, image bearers, Genesis 1 and 2.

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 Pushed away by God because of rebellion.

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 Now in Jesus, reunited.

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 We're holy brothers and sisters of Jesus and of one another.

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 Reunited to God's forever family and to every other believer.

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 Reformatted.

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 Holiness.

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 We're reformatted for a life of obedience,

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 as we were originally created to be but couldn't be.

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 Now we can be in Jesus.

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 Restored to the enjoyment of all God's blessings and privileges,

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 which Jesus enjoys.

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 fellow heirs.

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 And not only that, but redirected to our heavenly calling.

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 In other words,

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 our orientation

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 to life is so completely different now.

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 Our motivation for living is so completely different now.

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 We look ahead

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 to that moment of glory.

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 And that

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 is what gives us the perspective

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 and the confidence

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 and the courage

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 and the hope

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 to live well now.

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 No matter

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 the cost.

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 Here,

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 we're part of the world

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 that said in chapter 1

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 that will be rolled up eventually.

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 In other words,

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 it's just temporary.

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 Looks very permanent,

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 but it's just temporary.

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 But in Jesus,

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 we're part of that world

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 that will be forever.

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 Forever.

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 Hang in

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 with what is lasting

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 and hang in

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 with the one

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 who's leading you

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 home to glory.

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 So,

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 the point's so clear.

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 Jesus has done for you.

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 He said to these guys

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 that come out of the Jewish religious practices,

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 he said,

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 Jesus has actually done for you

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 that which the Jewish religious system

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 could never have done for you.

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 And he's done all that

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 at such huge cost to himself

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 and you get it

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 as a free gift

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 of God's grace and mercy.

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 So,

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 no wonder,

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 he says,

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 for goodness sake,

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 if only you would consider Jesus,

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 that is,

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 if only you would just stop

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 and think carefully about Jesus,

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 think deeply about who he is,

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 think expansively

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 about what he has done for you,

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 just savor

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 the privileges

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 and the benefits

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 that have come to you

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 through Jesus.

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 Then he's saying,

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 I think you will realize

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 just how insulting

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 and offensive it would be

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 to Jesus

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 and to God

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 to say,

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 well,

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 actually,

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 sorry,

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 Jesus,

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 I'm just going to put you back on the shelf.

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 I'm not ignoring you completely,

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 but I'm going to just play you down

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 because it's going to make my life

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 a bit easier.

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 And isn't that what we do

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 when the push comes to shove?

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 That's the decision we make.

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 If I identify with Jesus here,

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 my life in the next two minutes

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 might just be a bit tough.

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 So many of us

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 struggle with assurance,

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 struggle with just knowing,

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 are we safe in Jesus?

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 Are we in Jesus?

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 Are we totally safe?

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 Well,

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 I would say to you,

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 and I don't want this

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 just to be a sort of platitude

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 or a cheap shot,

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 but I think it's something we miss.

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 I'd say to you,

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 genuinely spend time

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 filling your mind

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 with who Jesus is.

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 Filling your mind

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 with what Jesus has done for you.

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 Filling your mind

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 with who you are in Jesus

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 from Jesus' own words.

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 Fill your mind with that

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 because we struggle with assurance

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 so often

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 because we allow our mind

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 to be filled

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 with our own imperfections.

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 with our own failures.

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 Sometimes our mind

00:19:20.939 --> 00:19:21.759
 is not filled with anything

00:19:21.759 --> 00:19:23.379
 other than the last argument

00:19:23.379 --> 00:19:24.699
 we had with our wife

00:19:24.699 --> 00:19:25.259
 or our husband

00:19:25.259 --> 00:19:25.939
 or our children

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 or whatever.

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 Consider Jesus.

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 That's not going to be

00:19:37.679 --> 00:19:38.559
 a be-all and end-all.

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 It'll sure help.

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 I went to the,

00:19:44.040 --> 00:19:44.820
 for those who are following

00:19:44.820 --> 00:19:45.259
 the script,

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 I'm off script at the minute,

00:19:46.840 --> 00:19:47.920
 went to the dentist this week

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 and it just occurred to me

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 that there on the ceiling

00:19:50.560 --> 00:19:51.300
 randomly

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 is a TV screen.

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 I think,

00:19:54.560 --> 00:19:55.360
 why on earth

00:19:55.360 --> 00:19:56.380
 would you have a TV screen

00:19:56.380 --> 00:19:56.980
 on the ceiling

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 in the dentist surgery?

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 And of course,

00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:01.060
 when I ask,

00:20:01.480 --> 00:20:02.060
 like a fool,

00:20:02.140 --> 00:20:02.740
 I had to ask,

00:20:03.740 --> 00:20:04.019
 he said,

00:20:04.060 --> 00:20:04.220
 well,

00:20:04.340 --> 00:20:05.560
 it's to distract people

00:20:05.560 --> 00:20:06.460
 who are fearful.

00:20:06.460 --> 00:20:07.460
 Now,

00:20:09.660 --> 00:20:10.220
 I wanted to say,

00:20:10.440 --> 00:20:10.660
 listen,

00:20:10.779 --> 00:20:11.240
 you're going to have to

00:20:11.240 --> 00:20:12.039
 find a different channel

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 because it wasn't distracting me,

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 it was annoying me.

00:20:14.079 --> 00:20:14.360
 But anyway,

00:20:14.880 --> 00:20:16.600
 some people might have

00:20:16.600 --> 00:20:17.100
 been distracted,

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 but that's the purpose.

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 So,

00:20:19.900 --> 00:20:21.059
 if you're filling your mind

00:20:21.059 --> 00:20:24.019
 with that,

00:20:24.140 --> 00:20:24.680
 you're not thinking

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 about what the dentist

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 is doing to you.

00:20:29.740 --> 00:20:30.400
 Second point,

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 as we understand

00:20:31.340 --> 00:20:32.420
 who Moses is,

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 we understand more

00:20:34.539 --> 00:20:35.799
 of why we need Jesus

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 and that's verses 2-6.

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 So,

00:20:37.839 --> 00:20:38.460
 we're moving into

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 new territory now.

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 So,

00:20:42.119 --> 00:20:42.659
 there is a connection

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 because the faithfulness

00:20:43.980 --> 00:20:44.680
 of Jesus

00:20:44.680 --> 00:20:45.519
 in his mission

00:20:45.519 --> 00:20:46.740
 connects

00:20:46.740 --> 00:20:47.379
 into

00:20:47.379 --> 00:20:48.759
 the next phase

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 of the writer's argument.

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 So,

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 verse 1

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 is actually

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 both a summary

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 and also a segue

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 into his next

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 line of argument.

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 So,

00:20:56.599 --> 00:20:57.139
 he's now going to

00:20:57.139 --> 00:20:57.779
 compare Jesus

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 and Moses.

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 Now,

00:21:01.019 --> 00:21:01.559
 who was Moses?

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 Well,

00:21:01.819 --> 00:21:02.799
 Moses was the most

00:21:02.799 --> 00:21:04.079
 significant figure

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 in Jewish history.

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 he was really

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 considered to be

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 the architect

00:21:09.839 --> 00:21:12.019
 of the Jewish nation

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 under God,

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 that is.

00:21:14.919 --> 00:21:16.059
 He rescued

00:21:16.059 --> 00:21:17.419
 God's people

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 from Israel

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 in the event

00:21:19.259 --> 00:21:20.139
 we call Exodus.

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 Go back and have a look

00:21:20.980 --> 00:21:21.919
 at Exodus chapter 3.

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 It actually uses

00:21:22.599 --> 00:21:24.059
 the word rescue

00:21:24.059 --> 00:21:25.079
 and redemption there.

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 God's people

00:21:27.180 --> 00:21:28.319
 were in a terrible

00:21:28.319 --> 00:21:29.200
 predicament

00:21:29.200 --> 00:21:31.519
 and they cried out

00:21:31.519 --> 00:21:31.859
 to God

00:21:31.859 --> 00:21:32.539
 for rescue

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 and God

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 responded

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 and sent

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 a rescuer,

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 a redeemer.

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 And that

00:21:37.500 --> 00:21:38.359
 was Moses

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 in the event

00:21:39.839 --> 00:21:40.599
 we call the Exodus.

00:21:41.399 --> 00:21:41.680
 And Exodus

00:21:41.680 --> 00:21:42.339
 was leading

00:21:42.339 --> 00:21:42.940
 God's people

00:21:42.940 --> 00:21:44.039
 out of Egypt

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 to Mount Sinai,

00:21:46.799 --> 00:21:47.639
 God's place.

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 And at Mount Sinai,

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 God reaffirmed

00:21:54.920 --> 00:21:56.920
 his relationship

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 to his people.

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 Here you are

00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:01.100
 gathered

00:22:01.100 --> 00:22:01.720
 and the word

00:22:01.720 --> 00:22:02.600
 in Exodus

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 is oikos,

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 which is a house.

00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:05.440
 Here you are

00:22:05.440 --> 00:22:05.920
 churched.

00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:07.940
 Ecclesia,

00:22:08.060 --> 00:22:08.220
 sorry,

00:22:08.340 --> 00:22:08.800
 not oikos.

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 Ecclesia,

00:22:09.940 --> 00:22:10.519
 churched.

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 You're gathered

00:22:11.240 --> 00:22:11.860
 in front of me.

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 You're my household.

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 You're my community,

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 my family.

00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:15.680
 All those words

00:22:15.680 --> 00:22:16.420
 sort of overlap.

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 And you're

00:22:19.140 --> 00:22:19.519
 governed

00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:20.740
 by my law,

00:22:20.900 --> 00:22:21.500
 which I'm about

00:22:21.500 --> 00:22:22.400
 to deliver to you

00:22:22.400 --> 00:22:23.019
 through Moses.

00:22:26.740 --> 00:22:27.800
 Moses led

00:22:27.800 --> 00:22:28.940
 God's people

00:22:28.940 --> 00:22:30.519
 through the 40-year

00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:31.480
 period of punishment

00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:32.320
 for the rebellion,

00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:33.980
 rebellion against

00:22:33.980 --> 00:22:34.660
 God's grace

00:22:34.660 --> 00:22:35.180
 and mercy

00:22:35.180 --> 00:22:35.980
 and the rejection

00:22:35.980 --> 00:22:36.420
 of God

00:22:36.420 --> 00:22:36.940
 even after

00:22:36.940 --> 00:22:37.800
 experiencing

00:22:37.800 --> 00:22:38.560
 his grace

00:22:38.560 --> 00:22:39.019
 and mercy.

00:22:40.080 --> 00:22:41.440
 Moses supervised

00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:42.039
 the construction

00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:42.820
 of the tabernacle,

00:22:43.279 --> 00:22:43.860
 which was the place

00:22:43.860 --> 00:22:44.660
 to deal with sin

00:22:44.660 --> 00:22:45.560
 and meet with God.

00:22:46.420 --> 00:22:47.480
 He led

00:22:47.480 --> 00:22:48.300
 the vast nation

00:22:48.300 --> 00:22:48.779
 of Israel

00:22:48.779 --> 00:22:50.240
 to the very edge

00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:51.220
 of the promised land.

00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:55.320
 Moses was a huge,

00:22:55.480 --> 00:22:56.340
 huge character

00:22:56.340 --> 00:23:00.039
 in Jewish history

00:23:00.039 --> 00:23:01.039
 and in the Old Testament.

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 And I think

00:23:06.840 --> 00:23:07.920
 the writer again

00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:09.140
 is anticipating

00:23:09.140 --> 00:23:10.220
 the response

00:23:10.220 --> 00:23:10.880
 of his readers.

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 It might go

00:23:13.900 --> 00:23:14.420
 something like this

00:23:14.420 --> 00:23:15.200
 and this is my

00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:16.300
 spin on it.

00:23:16.299 --> 00:23:16.980
 So, you know,

00:23:17.099 --> 00:23:17.659
 dismiss it

00:23:17.659 --> 00:23:18.019
 if you think

00:23:18.019 --> 00:23:19.240
 it's just weird.

00:23:20.460 --> 00:23:21.299
 I can sort of

00:23:21.299 --> 00:23:22.419
 imagine the writer

00:23:22.419 --> 00:23:22.940
 thinking,

00:23:23.119 --> 00:23:23.259
 okay,

00:23:23.379 --> 00:23:23.940
 these guys

00:23:23.940 --> 00:23:24.299
 are going to

00:23:24.299 --> 00:23:25.980
 agree wholeheartedly

00:23:25.980 --> 00:23:27.259
 that Jesus

00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:28.639
 was a great rescuer,

00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:30.960
 that Jesus

00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:32.180
 was a great

00:23:32.180 --> 00:23:32.720
 achiever

00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:33.240
 of God's

00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:34.279
 salvation plan,

00:23:35.119 --> 00:23:37.059
 that he was

00:23:37.059 --> 00:23:38.139
 a great trailblazer

00:23:38.139 --> 00:23:39.299
 leading people

00:23:39.299 --> 00:23:40.139
 back to God

00:23:40.139 --> 00:23:41.000
 and God's place

00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:41.960
 of forever blessing,

00:23:42.519 --> 00:23:42.940
 that he was

00:23:42.940 --> 00:23:43.940
 a personal champion

00:23:43.940 --> 00:23:44.860
 who identified

00:23:44.860 --> 00:23:45.980
 with and sacrificed

00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:46.640
 himself for the

00:23:46.640 --> 00:23:47.519
 good of God's people

00:23:47.519 --> 00:23:48.920
 at great cost

00:23:48.920 --> 00:23:49.360
 to himself.

00:23:49.779 --> 00:23:49.980
 Yes,

00:23:50.200 --> 00:23:51.600
 we can see all that

00:23:51.600 --> 00:23:53.019
 and that's lovely.

00:23:53.160 --> 00:23:54.080
 We appreciate all that

00:23:54.080 --> 00:23:54.519
 about Jesus,

00:23:54.660 --> 00:23:54.880
 but

00:23:54.880 --> 00:23:58.380
 wouldn't it be true

00:23:58.380 --> 00:23:59.000
 to say that

00:23:59.000 --> 00:24:00.380
 all that same stuff

00:24:00.380 --> 00:24:01.380
 was said about Moses?

00:24:01.380 --> 00:24:09.540
 And if following

00:24:09.540 --> 00:24:10.160
 the model of

00:24:10.160 --> 00:24:11.100
 obedience and

00:24:11.100 --> 00:24:11.520
 worship

00:24:11.520 --> 00:24:13.020
 demonstrated by

00:24:13.020 --> 00:24:13.460
 Moses

00:24:13.460 --> 00:24:14.780
 was the designated

00:24:14.780 --> 00:24:15.940
 pathway to life

00:24:15.940 --> 00:24:16.520
 and relationship

00:24:16.520 --> 00:24:17.100
 with God

00:24:17.100 --> 00:24:18.320
 for generations,

00:24:18.640 --> 00:24:19.600
 then surely

00:24:19.600 --> 00:24:22.020
 it'll be good

00:24:22.020 --> 00:24:22.740
 enough for us.

00:24:26.740 --> 00:24:27.500
 Surely it'll be

00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:28.060
 an acceptable

00:24:28.060 --> 00:24:29.060
 pathway to heaven

00:24:29.060 --> 00:24:29.920
 for us too.

00:24:29.920 --> 00:24:33.360
 perhaps they were

00:24:33.360 --> 00:24:34.019
 saying even more

00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:34.440
 than that.

00:24:35.360 --> 00:24:35.600
 You know,

00:24:36.360 --> 00:24:36.960
 now that we

00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:37.980
 were in this

00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:38.460
 position,

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:39.519
 we're starting

00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:40.279
 to realize

00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:40.880
 how much

00:24:40.880 --> 00:24:41.580
 we miss

00:24:41.580 --> 00:24:42.880
 some of the

00:24:42.880 --> 00:24:43.980
 practical aspects

00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:44.700
 of our old

00:24:44.700 --> 00:24:46.000
 Jewish religion.

00:24:46.360 --> 00:24:46.900
 Things that were

00:24:46.900 --> 00:24:47.360
 visible,

00:24:47.580 --> 00:24:48.019
 things that were

00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:48.560
 tangible,

00:24:49.259 --> 00:24:49.680
 things that were

00:24:49.680 --> 00:24:50.080
 familiar,

00:24:50.400 --> 00:24:50.820
 things that were

00:24:50.820 --> 00:24:51.720
 grounded in history,

00:24:52.039 --> 00:24:52.440
 things that made

00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:53.320
 us feel comfortable,

00:24:53.820 --> 00:24:54.539
 things that made

00:24:54.539 --> 00:24:55.460
 us feel safe,

00:24:56.460 --> 00:24:57.160
 things that gave

00:24:57.160 --> 00:24:57.920
 us a really

00:24:57.920 --> 00:24:59.340
 nice rhythm

00:24:59.339 --> 00:25:01.279
 in life,

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:05.980
 within which we

00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:06.319
 could say,

00:25:06.439 --> 00:25:06.599
 yes,

00:25:06.679 --> 00:25:07.159
 everything is

00:25:07.159 --> 00:25:07.720
 well in our

00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:08.079
 world.

00:25:10.819 --> 00:25:11.959
 In contrast

00:25:11.959 --> 00:25:13.319
 to what we're

00:25:13.319 --> 00:25:14.119
 now experiencing

00:25:14.119 --> 00:25:14.659
 with this

00:25:14.659 --> 00:25:16.059
 perhaps over

00:25:16.059 --> 00:25:16.579
 identification

00:25:16.579 --> 00:25:17.339
 with Jesus.

00:25:17.339 --> 00:25:17.459
 Jesus.

00:25:19.980 --> 00:25:20.720
 And so the

00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:21.419
 writer launches

00:25:21.419 --> 00:25:22.119
 into a

00:25:22.119 --> 00:25:22.899
 comparison of

00:25:22.899 --> 00:25:23.459
 Jesus and

00:25:23.459 --> 00:25:23.879
 Moses,

00:25:24.779 --> 00:25:27.019
 and he

00:25:27.019 --> 00:25:27.439
 concedes

00:25:27.439 --> 00:25:28.539
 that Jesus

00:25:28.539 --> 00:25:29.159
 and Moses

00:25:29.159 --> 00:25:29.839
 are alike

00:25:29.839 --> 00:25:30.480
 at key

00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:30.919
 points.

00:25:33.099 --> 00:25:34.119
 Each was

00:25:34.119 --> 00:25:35.139
 a specially

00:25:35.139 --> 00:25:35.919
 appointed

00:25:35.919 --> 00:25:37.199
 rescuer

00:25:37.199 --> 00:25:38.119
 or savior

00:25:38.119 --> 00:25:38.559
 figure.

00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:40.500
 Each

00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:41.919
 spoke God's

00:25:41.919 --> 00:25:42.720
 word clearly

00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:44.439
 and authoritatively

00:25:44.439 --> 00:25:45.279
 to God's

00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:45.839
 needy people.

00:25:45.839 --> 00:25:48.099
 And each

00:25:48.099 --> 00:25:48.659
 were described

00:25:48.659 --> 00:25:49.079
 here,

00:25:49.539 --> 00:25:50.159
 each were

00:25:50.159 --> 00:25:50.839
 told here,

00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:52.759
 was faithful

00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:54.679
 in carrying

00:25:54.679 --> 00:25:55.059
 out their

00:25:55.059 --> 00:25:55.399
 mission.

00:25:56.539 --> 00:25:57.119
 They cared

00:25:57.119 --> 00:25:57.639
 for God's

00:25:57.639 --> 00:25:57.859
 people.

00:25:58.399 --> 00:25:58.939
 They did

00:25:58.939 --> 00:25:59.779
 what they

00:25:59.779 --> 00:26:00.399
 were asked

00:26:00.399 --> 00:26:00.859
 to do

00:26:00.859 --> 00:26:01.220
 by the

00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:01.500
 Lord.

00:26:03.059 --> 00:26:03.720
 They were

00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:04.819
 serving

00:26:04.819 --> 00:26:05.679
 God's

00:26:05.679 --> 00:26:06.079
 house,

00:26:06.879 --> 00:26:07.619
 God's

00:26:07.619 --> 00:26:07.939
 household,

00:26:08.099 --> 00:26:08.339
 God's

00:26:08.339 --> 00:26:08.659
 nation,

00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:09.000
 God's

00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:09.339
 family,

00:26:09.599 --> 00:26:09.799
 God's

00:26:09.799 --> 00:26:10.059
 community.

00:26:10.359 --> 00:26:10.699
 I think

00:26:10.699 --> 00:26:11.000
 any of

00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:11.319
 those words

00:26:11.319 --> 00:26:11.619
 can just

00:26:11.619 --> 00:26:11.759
 be

00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:11.980
 plugged

00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:12.179
 in

00:26:12.179 --> 00:26:12.419
 here.

00:26:12.420 --> 00:26:15.560
 And as

00:26:15.560 --> 00:26:15.779
 I said

00:26:15.779 --> 00:26:16.039
 before,

00:26:16.160 --> 00:26:16.460
 check out

00:26:16.460 --> 00:26:17.039
 Exodus 2

00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:17.759
 for that

00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:18.100
 language.

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 But also

00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:19.519
 Numbers 12,

00:26:19.580 --> 00:26:19.880
 that's a

00:26:19.880 --> 00:26:20.320
 phenomenal

00:26:20.320 --> 00:26:20.740
 thing that

00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:21.019
 was pointed

00:26:21.019 --> 00:26:21.460
 out at our

00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:21.940
 small group.

00:26:22.019 --> 00:26:22.279
 I hadn't

00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:22.640
 picked that

00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:23.039
 verse up

00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:23.340
 before.

00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:24.620
 Numbers

00:26:24.620 --> 00:26:25.240
 chapter 12

00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:25.759
 verses 1

00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:26.180
 to 9.

00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:27.060
 There's

00:26:27.060 --> 00:26:28.620
 an incredibly

00:26:28.620 --> 00:26:30.380
 extravagant

00:26:30.380 --> 00:26:31.539
 description of

00:26:31.539 --> 00:26:32.039
 Moses by

00:26:32.039 --> 00:26:32.400
 the Lord

00:26:32.400 --> 00:26:34.160
 himself in

00:26:34.160 --> 00:26:34.720
 the context

00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:35.279
 when Aaron

00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:36.100
 and Miriam

00:26:36.100 --> 00:26:37.539
 got sick

00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:37.960
 of Moses

00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:38.400
 and were

00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:38.880
 trying to

00:26:38.880 --> 00:26:39.600
 sort of find

00:26:39.600 --> 00:26:39.940
 a way to

00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:40.360
 shove him to

00:26:40.360 --> 00:26:40.700
 the side

00:26:40.700 --> 00:26:40.940
 and get

00:26:40.940 --> 00:26:41.460
 around him.

00:26:42.080 --> 00:26:42.279
 And the

00:26:42.279 --> 00:26:42.740
 Lord appeared

00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:43.059
 to them and

00:26:43.059 --> 00:26:43.160
 said,

00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:45.080
 this is my

00:26:45.080 --> 00:26:45.400
 servant

00:26:45.400 --> 00:26:45.960
 Moses.

00:26:47.140 --> 00:26:47.680
 And it

00:26:47.680 --> 00:26:49.039
 was extravagant

00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:49.660
 terms he

00:26:49.660 --> 00:26:50.059
 described

00:26:50.059 --> 00:26:50.360
 Moses.

00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:56.059
 But,

00:26:56.299 --> 00:26:57.880
 equally

00:26:57.880 --> 00:26:58.420
 true,

00:26:59.539 --> 00:27:00.500
 Moses and

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:00.940
 Jesus

00:27:00.940 --> 00:27:02.759
 contrast at

00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:03.480
 key points.

00:27:04.340 --> 00:27:04.960
 In fact,

00:27:05.580 --> 00:27:06.180
 it's not

00:27:06.180 --> 00:27:07.220
 their similarities

00:27:07.220 --> 00:27:08.420
 but their

00:27:08.420 --> 00:27:09.100
 differences

00:27:09.100 --> 00:27:10.640
 which ultimately

00:27:10.640 --> 00:27:11.880
 form

00:27:11.880 --> 00:27:13.920
 final evaluation

00:27:13.920 --> 00:27:14.440
 of the two.

00:27:17.300 --> 00:27:17.900
 Jesus

00:27:17.900 --> 00:27:18.420
 is in a

00:27:18.420 --> 00:27:19.780
 category by

00:27:19.780 --> 00:27:20.600
 himself in

00:27:20.600 --> 00:27:21.060
 terms of

00:27:21.060 --> 00:27:22.540
 status before

00:27:22.540 --> 00:27:22.920
 God.

00:27:26.440 --> 00:27:27.540
 His part

00:27:27.540 --> 00:27:28.140
 in God's

00:27:28.140 --> 00:27:29.080
 salvation plan

00:27:29.080 --> 00:27:31.960
 is unique.

00:27:35.640 --> 00:27:36.280
 His

00:27:36.280 --> 00:27:37.020
 achievements

00:27:37.019 --> 00:27:39.599
 as a

00:27:39.599 --> 00:27:40.579
 savior figure

00:27:40.579 --> 00:27:41.940
 are unique

00:27:41.940 --> 00:27:42.720
 and complete.

00:27:44.559 --> 00:27:45.279
 And we're

00:27:45.279 --> 00:27:45.700
 told here

00:27:45.700 --> 00:27:46.079
 for that

00:27:46.079 --> 00:27:46.559
 reason,

00:27:47.119 --> 00:27:47.579
 at those

00:27:47.579 --> 00:27:48.619
 key points,

00:27:49.579 --> 00:27:50.139
 he is just

00:27:50.139 --> 00:27:50.980
 so totally

00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:51.680
 different from

00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:52.019
 Moses.

00:27:53.799 --> 00:27:54.680
 And for that

00:27:54.680 --> 00:27:54.960
 reason,

00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:55.440
 he deserves

00:27:55.440 --> 00:27:56.160
 far, far

00:27:56.160 --> 00:27:57.079
 greater glory

00:27:57.079 --> 00:27:58.960
 and honor

00:27:58.960 --> 00:27:59.599
 than Moses

00:27:59.599 --> 00:27:59.920
 does.

00:27:59.920 --> 00:28:00.019
 So,

00:28:00.019 --> 00:28:01.019
 God's

00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:01.019


00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:02.019
 community.

00:28:02.019 --> 00:28:04.319
 And here's

00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:04.799
 the point of

00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:05.680
 contrast.

00:28:06.639 --> 00:28:07.480
 Moses was

00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:08.519
 never able to

00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:09.079
 be more than

00:28:09.079 --> 00:28:09.740
 a servant

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:11.220
 to God's

00:28:11.220 --> 00:28:11.599
 community.

00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:13.500
 He was a

00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:14.240
 good servant,

00:28:14.819 --> 00:28:15.420
 but he was

00:28:15.420 --> 00:28:16.000
 never more

00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:16.299
 than a

00:28:16.299 --> 00:28:16.579
 servant.

00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:18.480
 Jesus

00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:19.740
 established

00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:20.259
 God's

00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:20.559
 community.

00:28:20.900 --> 00:28:21.039
 Jesus

00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:21.980
 owned God's

00:28:21.980 --> 00:28:22.339
 community.

00:28:24.740 --> 00:28:24.980
 Jesus

00:28:24.980 --> 00:28:25.599
 defined

00:28:25.599 --> 00:28:26.079
 God's

00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:26.400
 community.

00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:31.180
 Moses

00:28:31.180 --> 00:28:31.980
 was

00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:32.620
 used by

00:28:32.620 --> 00:28:33.160
 God to

00:28:33.160 --> 00:28:33.940
 establish a

00:28:33.940 --> 00:28:34.860
 clear pattern

00:28:34.860 --> 00:28:35.519
 of God's

00:28:35.519 --> 00:28:36.560
 rescue or

00:28:36.560 --> 00:28:36.900
 God's

00:28:36.900 --> 00:28:37.560
 redemption or

00:28:37.560 --> 00:28:37.820
 God's

00:28:37.820 --> 00:28:38.300
 salvation.

00:28:40.280 --> 00:28:41.080
 But in

00:28:41.080 --> 00:28:41.500
 the end,

00:28:41.700 --> 00:28:42.240
 Moses was

00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:43.000
 not able to

00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:43.940
 achieve anything

00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:44.600
 lasting.

00:28:46.960 --> 00:28:47.740
 He was

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.400
 not actually

00:28:48.400 --> 00:28:49.480
 able to

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:50.340
 deliver God's

00:28:50.340 --> 00:28:50.820
 people from

00:28:50.820 --> 00:28:51.340
 the very

00:28:51.340 --> 00:28:52.320
 basis of

00:28:52.320 --> 00:28:53.080
 the rebellion.

00:28:54.320 --> 00:28:54.580
 That is,

00:28:54.620 --> 00:28:55.259
 their bad

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:55.700
 hearts,

00:28:55.820 --> 00:28:56.160
 their bad

00:28:56.160 --> 00:28:56.860
 track record

00:28:56.860 --> 00:28:57.580
 against God.

00:28:59.019 --> 00:28:59.620
 He could

00:28:59.620 --> 00:29:00.519
 speak God's

00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:00.900
 word to

00:29:00.900 --> 00:29:01.140
 them and

00:29:01.140 --> 00:29:01.600
 he did so

00:29:01.600 --> 00:29:02.019
 faithfully,

00:29:02.320 --> 00:29:02.640
 but he

00:29:02.640 --> 00:29:03.180
 couldn't make

00:29:03.180 --> 00:29:03.519
 that word

00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:04.540
 penetrate to

00:29:04.540 --> 00:29:05.060
 their hearts

00:29:05.060 --> 00:29:05.620
 and change

00:29:05.620 --> 00:29:06.220
 their attitudes

00:29:06.220 --> 00:29:06.540
 and their

00:29:06.540 --> 00:29:07.019
 minds.

00:29:10.740 --> 00:29:11.220
 Which,

00:29:11.340 --> 00:29:11.519
 of course,

00:29:11.580 --> 00:29:12.340
 is exactly

00:29:12.340 --> 00:29:12.860
 what Jesus

00:29:12.860 --> 00:29:13.240
 does.

00:29:18.180 --> 00:29:19.380
 Moses was

00:29:19.380 --> 00:29:20.259
 unable to

00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:21.240
 lead God's

00:29:21.240 --> 00:29:21.440
 people

00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:22.340
 consistently.

00:29:24.580 --> 00:29:25.420
 He was a

00:29:25.420 --> 00:29:25.720
 brilliant

00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:26.100
 leader.

00:29:26.160 --> 00:29:27.300
 but he

00:29:27.300 --> 00:29:27.540
 wasn't

00:29:27.540 --> 00:29:27.980
 perfect.

00:29:28.940 --> 00:29:29.460
 He was

00:29:29.460 --> 00:29:29.880
 prone to

00:29:29.880 --> 00:29:31.800
 anger and

00:29:31.800 --> 00:29:33.019
 prejudice.

00:29:34.160 --> 00:29:34.680
 He just

00:29:34.680 --> 00:29:35.320
 got sick and

00:29:35.320 --> 00:29:36.360
 tired of

00:29:36.360 --> 00:29:36.880
 the whinging

00:29:36.880 --> 00:29:37.540
 about God's

00:29:37.540 --> 00:29:37.800
 people.

00:29:39.340 --> 00:29:39.600
 He would

00:29:39.600 --> 00:29:39.840
 have given

00:29:39.840 --> 00:29:40.380
 up on them

00:29:40.380 --> 00:29:41.860
 at times.

00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:45.320
 But not so

00:29:45.320 --> 00:29:45.660
 Jesus.

00:29:48.360 --> 00:29:49.120
 Even more

00:29:49.120 --> 00:29:49.500
 important,

00:29:50.040 --> 00:29:50.700
 Moses was not

00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:51.160
 a priest.

00:29:52.680 --> 00:29:53.360
 His brother

00:29:53.360 --> 00:29:54.000
 Aaron was a

00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:54.279
 priest.

00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:54.339
 priest.

00:29:55.920 --> 00:29:56.319
 So,

00:29:56.460 --> 00:29:56.859
 ultimately,

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:57.559
 Moses

00:29:57.559 --> 00:29:58.079
 wasn't

00:29:58.079 --> 00:29:58.680
 actually

00:29:58.680 --> 00:29:59.220
 able.

00:29:59.639 --> 00:29:59.779
 He

00:29:59.779 --> 00:30:00.059
 wasn't

00:30:00.059 --> 00:30:00.519
 qualified.

00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:01.139
 He

00:30:01.139 --> 00:30:01.660
 didn't have

00:30:01.660 --> 00:30:02.639
 the opportunity

00:30:02.639 --> 00:30:03.180
 to deal

00:30:03.180 --> 00:30:04.299
 with the

00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:04.680
 sins of

00:30:04.680 --> 00:30:04.960
 God's

00:30:04.960 --> 00:30:05.119
 people.

00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:05.259
 He

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:05.559
 didn't have

00:30:05.559 --> 00:30:05.680
 the

00:30:05.680 --> 00:30:06.059
 qualification

00:30:06.059 --> 00:30:06.720
 to deal

00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:06.940
 with the

00:30:06.940 --> 00:30:07.200
 sins of

00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:07.440
 God's

00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:07.680
 people.

00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:07.740
 people.

00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:09.440
 He could

00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:09.920
 point out

00:30:09.920 --> 00:30:10.519
 their sins.

00:30:12.600 --> 00:30:13.000
 He

00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:13.440
 himself,

00:30:13.620 --> 00:30:13.880
 of course,

00:30:14.700 --> 00:30:15.320
 not only was

00:30:15.320 --> 00:30:15.900
 another priest,

00:30:15.960 --> 00:30:16.180
 but he

00:30:16.180 --> 00:30:16.680
 needed a

00:30:16.680 --> 00:30:17.180
 priest for

00:30:17.180 --> 00:30:17.539
 his own

00:30:17.539 --> 00:30:17.920
 sins.

00:30:17.920 --> 00:30:18.000
 Jesus.

00:30:22.080 --> 00:30:22.779
 The point

00:30:22.779 --> 00:30:24.140
 of comparison,

00:30:24.320 --> 00:30:24.759
 contrast,

00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:28.200
 Moses set

00:30:28.200 --> 00:30:28.519
 up there

00:30:28.519 --> 00:30:28.680
 as a

00:30:28.680 --> 00:30:28.779
 way,

00:30:28.840 --> 00:30:28.960
 the

00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:29.600
 template

00:30:29.600 --> 00:30:31.320
 for God's

00:30:31.320 --> 00:30:31.900
 savior figure,

00:30:31.980 --> 00:30:32.380
 for God's

00:30:32.380 --> 00:30:32.820
 plan of

00:30:32.820 --> 00:30:33.160
 redemption,

00:30:33.740 --> 00:30:34.160
 but he

00:30:34.160 --> 00:30:34.460
 couldn't

00:30:34.460 --> 00:30:34.700
 actually

00:30:34.700 --> 00:30:35.500
 deliver it.

00:30:36.160 --> 00:30:36.300
 So,

00:30:36.360 --> 00:30:36.519
 as we

00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:37.160
 saw that

00:30:37.160 --> 00:30:38.039
 template in

00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:38.380
 Moses,

00:30:39.039 --> 00:30:39.300
 we thought,

00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:39.700
 ah,

00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:41.140
 we've got to

00:30:41.140 --> 00:30:41.880
 wait for

00:30:41.880 --> 00:30:42.460
 someone better.

00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:43.640
 And Moses

00:30:43.640 --> 00:30:44.700
 himself knew

00:30:44.700 --> 00:30:45.160
 that he was

00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:45.640
 waiting for

00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:46.240
 someone better.

00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:57.240
 Moses could

00:30:57.240 --> 00:30:57.799
 only point

00:30:57.799 --> 00:30:58.359
 to God's

00:30:58.359 --> 00:30:59.019
 real savior,

00:30:59.620 --> 00:31:00.019
 real

00:31:00.019 --> 00:31:00.880
 deliverer,

00:31:01.579 --> 00:31:02.180
 the real

00:31:02.180 --> 00:31:03.440
 crusher from

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:04.140
 Genesis chapter

00:31:04.140 --> 00:31:04.500
 three,

00:31:06.019 --> 00:31:06.759
 the salvation

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:07.620
 trailblazer,

00:31:07.819 --> 00:31:08.400
 the champion.

00:31:10.900 --> 00:31:12.019
 Moses loved

00:31:12.019 --> 00:31:12.980
 God,

00:31:13.660 --> 00:31:14.259
 and Moses

00:31:14.259 --> 00:31:15.400
 longed for

00:31:15.400 --> 00:31:16.180
 the deliverance

00:31:16.180 --> 00:31:16.560
 of his

00:31:16.560 --> 00:31:17.299
 people from

00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:18.200
 rebellion to

00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:18.539
 the good

00:31:18.539 --> 00:31:18.980
 life of

00:31:18.980 --> 00:31:19.259
 God's

00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:19.560
 blessing.

00:31:20.120 --> 00:31:20.720
 Of course

00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:21.220
 he did.

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:26.860
 But Jesus

00:31:26.860 --> 00:31:27.500
 loved God

00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:27.860
 and then

00:31:27.860 --> 00:31:28.940
 delivered that

00:31:28.940 --> 00:31:29.560
 which Moses

00:31:29.560 --> 00:31:29.960
 could only

00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:30.700
 long for.

00:31:34.700 --> 00:31:35.580
 Moses was

00:31:35.580 --> 00:31:36.880
 significant to

00:31:36.880 --> 00:31:37.440
 the people of

00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:37.880
 Israel and

00:31:37.880 --> 00:31:38.220
 the history

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:38.640
 of Israel.

00:31:39.640 --> 00:31:40.120
 No,

00:31:41.019 --> 00:31:41.440
 sorry,

00:31:41.620 --> 00:31:42.120
 Moses was

00:31:42.120 --> 00:31:42.820
 significant to

00:31:42.820 --> 00:31:43.220
 the people of

00:31:43.220 --> 00:31:43.560
 Israel and

00:31:43.560 --> 00:31:43.840
 the history

00:31:43.840 --> 00:31:44.080
 of Israel

00:31:44.079 --> 00:31:44.939
 because his

00:31:44.939 --> 00:31:45.599
 life and

00:31:45.599 --> 00:31:45.980
 ministry

00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:47.939
 shaped or

00:31:47.939 --> 00:31:48.460
 became the

00:31:48.460 --> 00:31:49.299
 model for

00:31:49.299 --> 00:31:49.699
 or the

00:31:49.699 --> 00:31:50.720
 type of

00:31:50.720 --> 00:31:52.179
 God's

00:31:52.179 --> 00:31:52.879
 rescue plan,

00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:54.619
 not because

00:31:54.619 --> 00:31:55.179
 he achieved

00:31:55.179 --> 00:31:55.399
 it.

00:32:01.399 --> 00:32:02.240
 And Jesus

00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:02.919
 affirms that

00:32:02.919 --> 00:32:04.240
 understanding in

00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:04.679
 his own

00:32:04.679 --> 00:32:05.379
 ministry.

00:32:05.779 --> 00:32:06.259
 If you read

00:32:06.259 --> 00:32:06.859
 the Gospels,

00:32:07.379 --> 00:32:08.159
 particularly in

00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:09.220
 Matthew 5,

00:32:09.279 --> 00:32:09.440
 6,

00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:09.759
 7,

00:32:09.860 --> 00:32:10.440
 the Sermon

00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:10.620
 on the

00:32:10.620 --> 00:32:10.800
 Mount,

00:32:11.380 --> 00:32:13.440
 Jesus casts

00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:13.920
 his own

00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:14.720
 ministry in

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:15.680
 terms of

00:32:15.680 --> 00:32:17.320
 being a

00:32:17.320 --> 00:32:18.040
 new and

00:32:18.040 --> 00:32:18.360
 better

00:32:18.360 --> 00:32:18.960
 Moses,

00:32:19.540 --> 00:32:22.140
 with a

00:32:22.140 --> 00:32:22.700
 new and

00:32:22.700 --> 00:32:23.000
 better

00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:23.779
 exodus or

00:32:23.779 --> 00:32:24.180
 a new and

00:32:24.180 --> 00:32:24.820
 better rescue

00:32:24.820 --> 00:32:25.279
 of God's

00:32:25.279 --> 00:32:26.440
 people to

00:32:26.440 --> 00:32:27.080
 a new and

00:32:27.080 --> 00:32:27.700
 better promised

00:32:27.700 --> 00:32:28.180
 land.

00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:32.940
 therefore,

00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:34.220
 the argument

00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:36.160
 is to

00:32:36.160 --> 00:32:37.299
 put Moses

00:32:37.299 --> 00:32:38.279
 and Jesus

00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:38.900
 on the

00:32:38.900 --> 00:32:39.759
 same page

00:32:39.759 --> 00:32:40.320
 in terms

00:32:40.320 --> 00:32:40.920
 of glory,

00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:42.660
 in terms

00:32:42.660 --> 00:32:43.519
 of confidence

00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:43.840
 you would

00:32:43.840 --> 00:32:45.600
 invest in

00:32:45.600 --> 00:32:45.960
 each for

00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:46.460
 salvation,

00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:47.980
 in terms

00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:48.580
 of praise

00:32:48.580 --> 00:32:49.299
 offered them,

00:32:50.400 --> 00:32:50.860
 to do

00:32:50.860 --> 00:32:52.759
 that is

00:32:52.759 --> 00:32:53.400
 to display

00:32:53.400 --> 00:32:54.360
 a shocking

00:32:54.360 --> 00:32:55.400
 lack of

00:32:55.400 --> 00:32:56.080
 understanding.

00:32:58.180 --> 00:32:58.900
 And

00:32:58.900 --> 00:32:59.259
 ultimately,

00:32:59.400 --> 00:32:59.660
 as I said

00:32:59.660 --> 00:32:59.940
 before,

00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:00.460
 to insult

00:33:00.460 --> 00:33:00.680
 the

00:33:00.680 --> 00:33:01.039
 achievements

00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:01.259
 of

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:01.539
 Jesus.

00:33:04.460 --> 00:33:05.600
 To drift

00:33:05.600 --> 00:33:06.100
 away,

00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:08.860
 or to

00:33:08.860 --> 00:33:09.380
 deliberately

00:33:09.380 --> 00:33:10.080
 abandon

00:33:10.080 --> 00:33:10.880
 the way

00:33:10.880 --> 00:33:11.580
 of Jesus

00:33:11.580 --> 00:33:12.480
 for the

00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:12.840
 way of

00:33:12.840 --> 00:33:13.360
 Moses,

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:15.799
 is silly,

00:33:16.759 --> 00:33:17.519
 according to

00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:17.840
 the writer,

00:33:18.380 --> 00:33:18.840
 because it

00:33:18.840 --> 00:33:19.299
 goes from

00:33:19.299 --> 00:33:21.100
 the superior

00:33:21.100 --> 00:33:21.779
 to the

00:33:21.779 --> 00:33:22.220
 inferior.

00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:25.920
 It goes

00:33:25.920 --> 00:33:26.740
 from reality

00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:28.799
 to incomplete.

00:33:32.079 --> 00:33:32.900
 It goes

00:33:32.900 --> 00:33:34.940
 from reality

00:33:34.940 --> 00:33:36.120
 delivered and

00:33:36.120 --> 00:33:38.200
 tangible to

00:33:38.200 --> 00:33:40.400
 the prototype

00:33:40.400 --> 00:33:41.160
 drawings.

00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:46.500
 And verse

00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:47.140
 six delivers

00:33:47.140 --> 00:33:47.620
 the logical

00:33:47.620 --> 00:33:48.359
 conclusion of

00:33:48.359 --> 00:33:48.799
 all this

00:33:48.799 --> 00:33:49.200
 argument.

00:33:50.019 --> 00:33:50.640
 Delivers it

00:33:50.640 --> 00:33:50.960
 as a

00:33:50.960 --> 00:33:51.240
 warning.

00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:54.000
 we are

00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:54.299
 his

00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:54.819
 household,

00:33:55.000 --> 00:33:55.160
 his

00:33:55.160 --> 00:33:55.599
 house,

00:33:55.920 --> 00:33:56.200
 his

00:33:56.200 --> 00:33:56.920
 family,

00:33:57.120 --> 00:33:57.279
 his

00:33:57.279 --> 00:33:57.900
 community,

00:33:58.700 --> 00:33:58.940
 his

00:33:58.940 --> 00:33:59.620
 died-for

00:33:59.620 --> 00:34:00.180
 resurrection

00:34:00.180 --> 00:34:00.680
 community,

00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:01.079
 the church.

00:34:01.180 --> 00:34:01.539
 We are

00:34:01.539 --> 00:34:01.799
 his

00:34:01.799 --> 00:34:02.180
 house,

00:34:02.940 --> 00:34:03.620
 if indeed

00:34:03.620 --> 00:34:04.180
 we hold

00:34:04.180 --> 00:34:04.920
 fast our

00:34:04.920 --> 00:34:05.559
 confidence

00:34:05.559 --> 00:34:06.640
 and are

00:34:06.640 --> 00:34:07.059
 boasting

00:34:07.059 --> 00:34:07.680
 in our

00:34:07.680 --> 00:34:07.940
 hope.

00:34:09.579 --> 00:34:10.059
 Very

00:34:10.059 --> 00:34:10.519
 simply as

00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:10.800
 this,

00:34:11.880 --> 00:34:12.400
 turn your

00:34:12.400 --> 00:34:12.840
 back on

00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:13.159
 Jesus,

00:34:14.300 --> 00:34:15.300
 and you've

00:34:15.300 --> 00:34:15.760
 really turned

00:34:15.760 --> 00:34:16.099
 your back

00:34:16.099 --> 00:34:16.719
 on salvation.

00:34:16.719 --> 00:34:30.119
 since

00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:30.839
 Jesus is

00:34:30.839 --> 00:34:31.299
 greater than

00:34:31.299 --> 00:34:31.719
 Moses,

00:34:32.239 --> 00:34:32.579
 then his

00:34:32.579 --> 00:34:33.119
 call to

00:34:33.119 --> 00:34:33.739
 hear God's

00:34:33.739 --> 00:34:34.619
 word and

00:34:34.619 --> 00:34:35.099
 follow him

00:34:35.099 --> 00:34:35.699
 to life and

00:34:35.699 --> 00:34:36.199
 blessing is

00:34:36.199 --> 00:34:36.839
 more important.

00:34:37.799 --> 00:34:38.099
 And therefore

00:34:38.099 --> 00:34:39.219
 failure to do

00:34:39.219 --> 00:34:39.799
 so will have

00:34:39.799 --> 00:34:40.459
 more severe

00:34:40.459 --> 00:34:41.299
 consequences,

00:34:42.059 --> 00:34:43.419
 even than

00:34:43.419 --> 00:34:44.319
 what God's

00:34:44.319 --> 00:34:45.359
 people experienced

00:34:45.359 --> 00:34:46.079
 under Moses.

00:34:46.719 --> 00:34:48.919
 we

00:34:48.919 --> 00:34:49.559
 demonstrate

00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:50.419
 the reality

00:34:50.419 --> 00:34:50.819
 of our

00:34:50.819 --> 00:34:51.179
 heavenly

00:34:51.179 --> 00:34:52.099
 calling in

00:34:52.099 --> 00:34:52.619
 verse 1.

00:34:53.819 --> 00:34:54.419
 We

00:34:54.419 --> 00:34:54.799
 demonstrate

00:34:54.799 --> 00:34:55.219
 that we're

00:34:55.219 --> 00:34:55.679
 the new

00:34:55.679 --> 00:34:56.219
 salvation

00:34:56.219 --> 00:34:56.919
 community of

00:34:56.919 --> 00:34:57.199
 Jesus.

00:34:58.119 --> 00:34:58.519
 We

00:34:58.519 --> 00:34:58.919
 demonstrate

00:34:58.919 --> 00:34:59.459
 that we've

00:34:59.459 --> 00:35:01.779
 been part

00:35:01.779 --> 00:35:02.159
 of this

00:35:02.159 --> 00:35:03.239
 knock-down

00:35:03.239 --> 00:35:03.939
 rebuild

00:35:03.939 --> 00:35:04.759
 project,

00:35:04.939 --> 00:35:05.539
 which Jesus

00:35:05.539 --> 00:35:05.980
 came into

00:35:05.980 --> 00:35:06.339
 our world

00:35:06.339 --> 00:35:06.779
 to do.

00:35:07.439 --> 00:35:07.819
 We

00:35:07.819 --> 00:35:08.179
 demonstrate

00:35:08.179 --> 00:35:08.639
 all of

00:35:08.639 --> 00:35:08.959
 that

00:35:08.959 --> 00:35:11.579
 very

00:35:11.579 --> 00:35:11.959
 simply

00:35:11.959 --> 00:35:12.939
 by being

00:35:12.939 --> 00:35:13.619
 faithful to

00:35:13.619 --> 00:35:13.899
 Jesus.

00:35:16.719 --> 00:35:20.699
 Jesus was

00:35:20.699 --> 00:35:21.219
 faithful to

00:35:21.219 --> 00:35:21.739
 his purpose.

00:35:23.419 --> 00:35:24.179
 The challenge

00:35:24.179 --> 00:35:24.539
 to you and

00:35:24.539 --> 00:35:24.919
 me is,

00:35:25.500 --> 00:35:26.199
 will we be

00:35:26.199 --> 00:35:26.719
 faithful to

00:35:26.719 --> 00:35:27.039
 Jesus?

00:35:32.599 --> 00:35:33.259
 I don't

00:35:33.259 --> 00:35:33.480
 know what

00:35:33.480 --> 00:35:33.819
 default

00:35:33.819 --> 00:35:34.559
 settings are

00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:34.939
 in your

00:35:34.939 --> 00:35:35.659
 central

00:35:35.659 --> 00:35:36.159
 processing

00:35:36.159 --> 00:35:36.519
 unit,

00:35:37.519 --> 00:35:38.819
 but they

00:35:38.819 --> 00:35:39.079
 will be

00:35:39.079 --> 00:35:39.339
 there.

00:35:39.339 --> 00:35:39.519
 They

00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:39.599
 will be

00:35:39.599 --> 00:35:39.399
 there.

00:35:41.919 --> 00:35:42.639
 They'll

00:35:42.639 --> 00:35:43.039
 come out

00:35:43.039 --> 00:35:43.539
 at random

00:35:43.539 --> 00:35:44.019
 times.

00:35:44.019 --> 00:36:04.039
 will

00:36:04.039 --> 00:36:04.039