WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.759 Please take your copy of God's Word and join me in Hebrews chapter 10. 00:00:07.339 --> 00:00:07.820 ! 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:31.500 Our study of Hebrews. 00:00:32.439 --> 00:00:42.100 In our study of Hebrews so far, we have seen that the theme of Hebrews is the supremacy and finality of Jesus Christ. 00:00:43.019 --> 00:00:49.980 That is, Christ is greater than fill in the blank for our age. 00:00:50.700 --> 00:00:55.539 In this letter, the author makes the case that Christ is greater than angels. 00:00:56.519 --> 00:00:59.640 Christ is greater than priests. 00:00:59.640 --> 00:01:05.040 That Levitical, Aaronic priesthood they were familiar with in their day. 00:01:05.920 --> 00:01:11.519 And that Christ is greater than the old covenant redemptive economy. 00:01:12.140 --> 00:01:15.140 He has brought a new covenant. 00:01:15.400 --> 00:01:18.319 And it is a superior covenant. 00:01:19.460 --> 00:01:23.980 And we have seen the theme that Christ is the final Word. 00:01:24.500 --> 00:01:27.939 We need no new revelation. 00:01:27.939 --> 00:01:34.579 God has revealed Himself fully in the person and the work of Jesus Christ. 00:01:34.579 --> 00:01:42.259 Now, the temptation that faced the believers, this letter was originally intended for, was the abandonment of their faith. 00:01:42.560 --> 00:01:47.560 And its author is concerned that they persevere to the end. 00:01:47.560 --> 00:01:55.740 We have seen in chapter 6 that this beleaguered church had experienced apostasy in their ranks. 00:01:56.260 --> 00:01:59.240 They had experienced persecution. 00:01:59.540 --> 00:02:03.500 And if the dating is correct, which I believe that it is on this letter, 00:02:04.140 --> 00:02:07.640 this has been going on now for some decade and a half. 00:02:07.640 --> 00:02:11.139 Many years of persecution. 00:02:11.139 --> 00:02:18.240 And in this time, some who had once claimed faith in Jesus Christ had abandoned said faith. 00:02:19.159 --> 00:02:22.860 And so the author of Hebrews is seeking to press them on. 00:02:23.199 --> 00:02:27.360 To encourage them to hang on and to hold up. 00:02:27.360 --> 00:02:32.520 To encourage them to do this even in the face of great adversity. 00:02:34.040 --> 00:02:41.000 And we decided to study this text because as followers of Christ, we will experience trials. 00:02:41.580 --> 00:02:45.400 And we must prepare ourselves to persevere. 00:02:45.400 --> 00:02:50.539 Paul wrote to Timothy in 2 Timothy chapter 3 and verse 12. 00:02:51.300 --> 00:02:59.280 Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. 00:03:00.099 --> 00:03:03.060 And that persecution takes many shapes, right? 00:03:03.120 --> 00:03:06.719 In many places and across the ages. 00:03:07.379 --> 00:03:11.020 The truth is, if we are walking righteously in this world, 00:03:11.020 --> 00:03:16.000 the world will hate us as it hated Christ. 00:03:16.820 --> 00:03:20.219 This is not the abnormal thing for the faithful follower of Jesus. 00:03:20.379 --> 00:03:23.200 This is the normal thing. 00:03:24.420 --> 00:03:26.180 Now, I am not an alarmist. 00:03:27.260 --> 00:03:31.400 But brothers and sisters, we need to be mindful of the day in which we live. 00:03:32.100 --> 00:03:34.719 We need to be found persevering now. 00:03:35.320 --> 00:03:39.920 And we need to prepare ourselves to persevere to the end. 00:03:39.919 --> 00:03:47.839 Now, to be abundantly clear, we do not save ourselves by our perseverance. 00:03:49.019 --> 00:03:54.259 But rather, because we have been saved, we persevere. 00:03:55.199 --> 00:04:02.319 It is of highest importance that we understand that God's loving kindness toward us in Jesus Christ. 00:04:02.979 --> 00:04:06.319 The salvation of our souls, right? 00:04:06.319 --> 00:04:11.859 Grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone is the cause. 00:04:13.400 --> 00:04:15.199 Perseverance is the effect. 00:04:15.680 --> 00:04:16.959 Not the other way around. 00:04:18.000 --> 00:04:24.300 The author of Hebrews speaks to this once again in the last half of chapter 10. 00:04:24.480 --> 00:04:27.439 This is a repetitive theme throughout this book. 00:04:27.439 --> 00:04:32.660 Last week, Clay preached on verses 26 through 31 of chapter 10, 00:04:33.040 --> 00:04:38.860 which contains within it the sternest warning against apostasy in this book. 00:04:39.319 --> 00:04:45.540 It is a stark and trembly passage. 00:04:47.040 --> 00:04:50.699 Today, we're going to look at verses 32 through 39, 00:04:51.180 --> 00:04:55.180 which is this pastor's following encouragement. 00:04:55.180 --> 00:04:59.639 In order to gain perspective and grasp the flow of the chapter, 00:05:00.139 --> 00:05:04.900 we're going to begin reading in verse 19 of chapter 10. 00:05:06.060 --> 00:05:08.300 Before I lead us in reading this together, 00:05:08.600 --> 00:05:12.060 we remind you, beloved, that this is God's word to us. 00:05:12.740 --> 00:05:15.319 It was written for his glory and our good. 00:05:16.120 --> 00:05:19.439 And we would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises 00:05:19.439 --> 00:05:21.899 and to obey its commands. 00:05:22.719 --> 00:05:25.339 Hebrews chapter 10, verse 19 and following. 00:05:25.339 --> 00:05:28.519 Therefore, brothers, 00:05:29.259 --> 00:05:32.979 since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, 00:05:33.459 --> 00:05:37.199 by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, 00:05:37.319 --> 00:05:38.919 that is, through his flesh, 00:05:39.339 --> 00:05:42.679 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 00:05:43.159 --> 00:05:47.639 let us draw near with a true heart and full assurance of faith, 00:05:47.979 --> 00:05:50.719 with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience 00:05:50.720 --> 00:05:53.160 and our bodies washed with pure water. 00:05:53.900 --> 00:05:57.400 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, 00:05:57.720 --> 00:06:00.140 for he who promised is faithful. 00:06:00.800 --> 00:06:05.120 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, 00:06:05.560 --> 00:06:08.420 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, 00:06:08.840 --> 00:06:10.280 but encouraging one another, 00:06:10.400 --> 00:06:13.900 and all the more as you see the day drawing near. 00:06:13.899 --> 00:06:19.319 For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, 00:06:19.779 --> 00:06:22.799 there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 00:06:23.299 --> 00:06:26.259 but a fearful expectation of judgment 00:06:26.259 --> 00:06:30.679 and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries. 00:06:31.620 --> 00:06:33.639 Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses 00:06:33.639 --> 00:06:36.459 dies without mercy on the evidence of two or three witnesses. 00:06:37.279 --> 00:06:40.079 How much worse punishment do you think 00:06:40.079 --> 00:06:43.919 will be deserved by the one who has trampled underfoot the Son of God 00:06:43.919 --> 00:06:47.579 and has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified 00:06:47.579 --> 00:06:50.779 and has outraged the Spirit of grace. 00:06:51.620 --> 00:06:53.579 For we know him who said, 00:06:54.240 --> 00:06:56.740 Vengeance is mine, I will repay. 00:06:57.519 --> 00:07:01.339 And again the Lord will judge his people. 00:07:01.860 --> 00:07:06.799 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. 00:07:06.800 --> 00:07:11.720 I believe that Clay helped us to see 00:07:11.720 --> 00:07:14.560 that the person that our author is speaking of 00:07:14.560 --> 00:07:17.000 in verses 26 through 31 00:07:17.000 --> 00:07:20.480 is the person who made a profession of faith in Jesus, 00:07:20.920 --> 00:07:23.340 but whose life was not altered. 00:07:23.740 --> 00:07:25.840 The effect was never shown, 00:07:26.379 --> 00:07:29.100 meaning the cause never happened. 00:07:29.939 --> 00:07:32.900 They showed themselves to not be regenerate, 00:07:33.540 --> 00:07:34.660 but apostate. 00:07:34.660 --> 00:07:39.920 And that's something we need to hear in our day. 00:07:40.620 --> 00:07:43.220 In a day that being Christian means that 00:07:43.220 --> 00:07:45.000 grandma and grandpa are Christian. 00:07:45.520 --> 00:07:48.360 They help put the parking lot in at the church building. 00:07:49.540 --> 00:07:51.500 In a day that being Christian means that 00:07:51.500 --> 00:07:54.320 I occasionally pop into church 00:07:54.320 --> 00:07:56.220 or that I vote Republican. 00:07:57.100 --> 00:07:58.760 We need to hear this. 00:07:59.680 --> 00:08:03.160 The cause produces something in us. 00:08:03.160 --> 00:08:07.460 There's an evidence of who we are in Christ. 00:08:07.980 --> 00:08:10.480 A good tree bears good fruit. 00:08:11.580 --> 00:08:15.080 And if we find that our lives are only bearing bad fruit, 00:08:15.280 --> 00:08:18.680 then we must question the state of our souls. 00:08:19.800 --> 00:08:21.660 So after this strong warning 00:08:21.660 --> 00:08:23.180 that the author of Hebrew gives, 00:08:23.500 --> 00:08:27.620 listen now to his pastoral kindness. 00:08:28.220 --> 00:08:30.879 Remember, this church is tired. 00:08:30.879 --> 00:08:33.500 Any of you feel tired this morning? 00:08:34.379 --> 00:08:37.139 You feel like following Christ is exhausting? 00:08:38.100 --> 00:08:40.659 That we have picked up trouble in the world 00:08:40.659 --> 00:08:44.139 because we are faithful Christ followers? 00:08:45.720 --> 00:08:48.220 Listen to the kindness of this pastor. 00:08:48.320 --> 00:08:50.740 But recall the former days 00:08:50.740 --> 00:08:52.519 when after you were enlightened, 00:08:52.659 --> 00:08:55.600 you endured a hard struggle with sufferings. 00:08:55.600 --> 00:08:59.620 Sometimes being publicly exposed to reproach and affliction 00:08:59.620 --> 00:09:03.379 and sometimes being partners with those so treated. 00:09:03.980 --> 00:09:06.480 For you had compassion on those in prison 00:09:06.480 --> 00:09:10.000 and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property 00:09:10.000 --> 00:09:12.040 since you knew that you yourselves 00:09:12.040 --> 00:09:15.240 had a better possession and an abiding one. 00:09:15.240 --> 00:09:18.019 Therefore, do not throw away your confidence, 00:09:18.019 --> 00:09:20.080 which has a great reward. 00:09:20.580 --> 00:09:22.480 For you have need of endurance 00:09:22.480 --> 00:09:24.299 so that when you have done the will of God, 00:09:24.360 --> 00:09:26.399 you may receive what is promised. 00:09:27.060 --> 00:09:28.440 For yet a little while 00:09:28.440 --> 00:09:30.139 and the coming one will come 00:09:30.139 --> 00:09:31.539 and will not delay. 00:09:32.019 --> 00:09:34.720 But my righteous one shall live by faith. 00:09:35.200 --> 00:09:36.480 And if he shrinks back, 00:09:36.560 --> 00:09:39.299 my soul has no pleasure in him. 00:09:40.240 --> 00:09:42.580 But we are not of those who shrink back 00:09:42.580 --> 00:09:43.700 and are destroyed, 00:09:43.700 --> 00:09:45.860 but of those who have faith 00:09:45.860 --> 00:09:48.759 and preserve their souls. 00:09:50.500 --> 00:09:52.300 The author of Hebrews 00:09:52.300 --> 00:09:54.580 begins instructing his readers 00:09:54.580 --> 00:09:57.160 how to persevere in the present 00:09:57.160 --> 00:09:59.660 by reminding them 00:09:59.660 --> 00:10:03.280 how they persevered in the past. 00:10:04.139 --> 00:10:05.460 He says to them, 00:10:05.580 --> 00:10:08.440 you will have the grace necessary to persevere now 00:10:08.440 --> 00:10:09.860 because look at the evidence 00:10:09.860 --> 00:10:11.840 that you have the grace necessary 00:10:11.840 --> 00:10:13.920 to persevere then. 00:10:14.560 --> 00:10:17.420 He exhorts them to recall 00:10:17.420 --> 00:10:19.860 the beginning of verse 32. 00:10:20.220 --> 00:10:21.700 But recall. 00:10:22.040 --> 00:10:23.019 He's making this case. 00:10:23.200 --> 00:10:24.840 We're not those people. 00:10:25.420 --> 00:10:27.940 We're not those who are going to abandon the faith 00:10:27.940 --> 00:10:30.740 even in the face of difficulty 00:10:30.740 --> 00:10:33.220 and struggle and persecution. 00:10:33.879 --> 00:10:36.700 We're those who are going to persevere 00:10:36.700 --> 00:10:38.720 to the end. 00:10:38.720 --> 00:10:41.200 So he reminds them 00:10:41.200 --> 00:10:43.720 of something that happened in their lives. 00:10:43.840 --> 00:10:45.160 And this happens again 00:10:45.160 --> 00:10:47.340 and again and again 00:10:47.340 --> 00:10:48.259 in the Scripture. 00:10:48.840 --> 00:10:50.440 We're over and over again 00:10:50.440 --> 00:10:52.560 instructed and commanded, 00:10:52.779 --> 00:10:53.279 exhorted, 00:10:53.480 --> 00:10:54.259 encouraged 00:10:54.259 --> 00:10:55.920 to remember. 00:10:56.899 --> 00:10:58.100 And this is massively important 00:10:58.100 --> 00:11:01.720 because we are such forgetful people. 00:11:02.500 --> 00:11:03.720 Let me give you an example 00:11:03.720 --> 00:11:04.960 from the Old Testament. 00:11:04.960 --> 00:11:06.879 In Joshua chapter 3, 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:08.360 we can read of Israel 00:11:08.360 --> 00:11:10.060 after sojourning in the wilderness 00:11:10.060 --> 00:11:11.060 for 40 years, 00:11:11.460 --> 00:11:13.580 crossing over the Jordan River. 00:11:13.680 --> 00:11:14.879 If you're familiar with the story, 00:11:14.960 --> 00:11:16.259 you'll recall that the priests 00:11:16.259 --> 00:11:17.639 held the Ark of the Covenant 00:11:17.639 --> 00:11:19.139 and the waters split. 00:11:19.300 --> 00:11:19.460 Right? 00:11:19.519 --> 00:11:20.680 Just like they had happened 00:11:20.680 --> 00:11:21.620 so many years 00:11:21.620 --> 00:11:22.700 and to a generation 00:11:22.700 --> 00:11:25.000 that had passed previously. 00:11:25.400 --> 00:11:26.120 Once again, 00:11:26.200 --> 00:11:27.360 God works this miracle 00:11:27.360 --> 00:11:28.420 and they walk across 00:11:28.420 --> 00:11:29.840 on dry ground. 00:11:29.940 --> 00:11:31.580 They walk into the place, 00:11:31.680 --> 00:11:32.980 the land of Gilgal. 00:11:32.980 --> 00:11:35.180 And in that place, 00:11:35.279 --> 00:11:37.060 we can read Joshua chapter 4, 00:11:37.159 --> 00:11:38.379 verse 19 and following. 00:11:38.840 --> 00:11:39.800 The people came up 00:11:39.800 --> 00:11:40.600 out of the Jordan 00:11:40.600 --> 00:11:41.620 on the tenth day 00:11:41.620 --> 00:11:42.960 of the first month 00:11:42.960 --> 00:11:44.500 and they camped at Gilgal 00:11:44.500 --> 00:11:45.800 on the east border 00:11:45.800 --> 00:11:46.920 of Jericho. 00:11:47.700 --> 00:11:49.220 And those twelve stones 00:11:49.220 --> 00:11:50.740 which they took out of the Jordan 00:11:50.740 --> 00:11:52.100 as they were crossing it 00:11:52.100 --> 00:11:53.120 on dry ground, 00:11:53.820 --> 00:11:55.920 Joshua set up at Gilgal. 00:11:56.519 --> 00:11:58.159 And he said to the people of Israel, 00:11:58.580 --> 00:12:00.519 when your children ask their fathers 00:12:00.519 --> 00:12:02.059 in times to come, 00:12:02.419 --> 00:12:04.819 what do these stones mean? 00:12:05.340 --> 00:12:06.079 This wouldn't have been 00:12:06.079 --> 00:12:07.340 twelve stones. 00:12:08.019 --> 00:12:08.539 Significant. 00:12:08.699 --> 00:12:09.639 It pictured something. 00:12:10.079 --> 00:12:11.000 But they carried them. 00:12:11.179 --> 00:12:11.799 I can't imagine 00:12:11.799 --> 00:12:13.259 they were too large. 00:12:13.779 --> 00:12:16.159 There's a pile of twelve stones. 00:12:17.159 --> 00:12:18.600 This doesn't happen naturally. 00:12:18.819 --> 00:12:20.279 So, in times to come, 00:12:21.240 --> 00:12:22.720 children are going to ask fathers, 00:12:22.860 --> 00:12:24.559 what do these stones mean? 00:12:25.399 --> 00:12:27.639 And here's the real significance of them. 00:12:28.639 --> 00:12:29.179 Verse 22, 00:12:29.179 --> 00:12:31.120 Then you shall let your children know. 00:12:32.159 --> 00:12:34.179 Israel passed over this Jordan 00:12:34.179 --> 00:12:35.959 on dry ground. 00:12:36.859 --> 00:12:37.899 For the Lord your God 00:12:37.899 --> 00:12:39.839 dried up the waters of the Jordan for you 00:12:39.839 --> 00:12:41.620 until you passed over, 00:12:41.739 --> 00:12:43.139 as the Lord your God did 00:12:43.139 --> 00:12:44.359 to the Red Sea, 00:12:44.659 --> 00:12:46.059 which He dried up for us 00:12:46.059 --> 00:12:47.679 until we passed over. 00:12:48.179 --> 00:12:50.079 So that all the peoples of the earth 00:12:50.079 --> 00:12:52.019 may know that the hand of the Lord 00:12:52.019 --> 00:12:52.759 is mighty, 00:12:53.099 --> 00:12:54.359 that you may fear 00:12:54.359 --> 00:12:55.879 the Lord your God 00:12:55.879 --> 00:12:57.000 forever. 00:12:57.000 --> 00:12:59.240 So they set up 00:12:59.240 --> 00:13:01.559 an altar of sorts, 00:13:01.740 --> 00:13:02.799 a memoriam, 00:13:03.519 --> 00:13:04.799 that when they saw it, 00:13:05.179 --> 00:13:06.159 they would remember 00:13:06.159 --> 00:13:07.480 the mighty things 00:13:07.480 --> 00:13:08.759 God had done. 00:13:08.860 --> 00:13:09.919 Not only had they passed 00:13:09.919 --> 00:13:10.559 over the Jordan 00:13:10.559 --> 00:13:11.200 into the promised land, 00:13:11.240 --> 00:13:11.960 but prior to that, 00:13:12.019 --> 00:13:13.700 they had passed out of slavery. 00:13:14.340 --> 00:13:16.620 It's meant to bring their minds back 00:13:16.620 --> 00:13:19.519 to the whole Exodus story. 00:13:19.519 --> 00:13:21.139 And notice that the emphasis 00:13:21.139 --> 00:13:22.199 is on, 00:13:22.439 --> 00:13:23.279 Joshua says, 00:13:23.460 --> 00:13:25.960 what God has done. 00:13:26.620 --> 00:13:27.939 We're to be reminded 00:13:27.939 --> 00:13:29.740 about what God 00:13:29.740 --> 00:13:31.679 has done. 00:13:32.519 --> 00:13:33.500 If you go on to read 00:13:33.500 --> 00:13:34.220 in the book of Joshua, 00:13:34.539 --> 00:13:36.559 Joshua many times 00:13:36.559 --> 00:13:39.519 retreats back to Gilgal. 00:13:39.919 --> 00:13:41.100 He goes back to this place 00:13:41.100 --> 00:13:42.939 to reunify forces 00:13:42.939 --> 00:13:45.220 as their conquest is going about 00:13:45.220 --> 00:13:46.639 in the promised land. 00:13:46.639 --> 00:13:49.179 He goes there to strategize. 00:13:49.899 --> 00:13:50.679 And I have to think, 00:13:50.799 --> 00:13:52.439 my theological imagination 00:13:52.439 --> 00:13:54.120 causes me to think 00:13:54.120 --> 00:13:55.159 that he was going back 00:13:55.159 --> 00:13:55.699 to a place 00:13:55.699 --> 00:13:56.980 that helped him remember 00:13:56.980 --> 00:13:58.879 the mighty hand of God. 00:13:59.199 --> 00:14:00.580 What God had done 00:14:00.580 --> 00:14:01.819 and that he was sure 00:14:01.819 --> 00:14:02.840 to keep the promises 00:14:02.840 --> 00:14:04.539 he had made. 00:14:05.600 --> 00:14:06.899 There is great power 00:14:06.899 --> 00:14:08.279 in remembering 00:14:08.279 --> 00:14:09.519 who God is 00:14:09.519 --> 00:14:11.179 and what God 00:14:11.179 --> 00:14:12.319 has done. 00:14:13.100 --> 00:14:13.480 Beloved, 00:14:13.559 --> 00:14:14.220 this book 00:14:14.220 --> 00:14:15.720 serves us so well 00:14:15.720 --> 00:14:17.139 in this way. 00:14:17.560 --> 00:14:18.759 We would take up 00:14:18.759 --> 00:14:19.519 these accounts 00:14:19.519 --> 00:14:21.460 and see who our Lord 00:14:21.460 --> 00:14:22.779 is. 00:14:23.899 --> 00:14:24.540 Remembering 00:14:24.540 --> 00:14:26.200 grants us 00:14:26.200 --> 00:14:26.980 the confidence 00:14:26.980 --> 00:14:28.620 we need 00:14:28.620 --> 00:14:29.800 to persevere. 00:14:30.779 --> 00:14:31.200 So, 00:14:31.960 --> 00:14:33.100 our outline for today 00:14:33.100 --> 00:14:33.899 is simply this. 00:14:34.680 --> 00:14:35.980 Preserving in the past 00:14:35.980 --> 00:14:37.279 and preserving 00:14:37.279 --> 00:14:39.019 in the present. 00:14:39.139 --> 00:14:39.820 And I want to show you 00:14:39.820 --> 00:14:40.379 how the one 00:14:40.379 --> 00:14:42.060 serves the other 00:14:42.059 --> 00:14:43.039 according to the author 00:14:43.039 --> 00:14:44.479 of Hebrews. 00:14:44.979 --> 00:14:45.159 So, 00:14:45.239 --> 00:14:46.079 let's look first 00:14:46.079 --> 00:14:47.259 persevering in 00:14:47.259 --> 00:14:50.399 the past. 00:14:50.479 --> 00:14:51.319 Verse 32 00:14:51.319 --> 00:14:53.279 through 34. 00:14:53.739 --> 00:14:54.859 We see a picture 00:14:54.859 --> 00:14:56.759 of a strange 00:14:56.759 --> 00:14:57.819 group of people. 00:14:59.299 --> 00:15:00.619 I hope in some measure 00:15:00.619 --> 00:15:01.379 we identify 00:15:01.379 --> 00:15:02.219 with these people 00:15:02.219 --> 00:15:03.379 that we would say 00:15:03.379 --> 00:15:04.519 rejoice with them 00:15:04.519 --> 00:15:05.239 and say yes, 00:15:05.299 --> 00:15:05.819 amen 00:15:05.819 --> 00:15:06.839 to the way 00:15:06.839 --> 00:15:07.539 that they lived 00:15:07.539 --> 00:15:08.399 their lives. 00:15:08.399 --> 00:15:09.059 That wouldn't seem 00:15:09.059 --> 00:15:11.039 so far off 00:15:11.039 --> 00:15:11.639 and obscure 00:15:11.639 --> 00:15:12.959 that our lives 00:15:12.959 --> 00:15:14.139 would look something, 00:15:14.399 --> 00:15:15.619 some semblance 00:15:15.619 --> 00:15:17.199 of this. 00:15:18.659 --> 00:15:18.919 He says, 00:15:19.019 --> 00:15:20.059 recall the former days 00:15:20.059 --> 00:15:20.939 when after 00:15:20.939 --> 00:15:22.299 you were enlightened. 00:15:22.399 --> 00:15:23.279 He's talking about them 00:15:23.279 --> 00:15:24.559 coming to faith 00:15:24.559 --> 00:15:25.459 in Christ. 00:15:25.699 --> 00:15:26.619 When the gospel 00:15:26.619 --> 00:15:27.519 of Jesus Christ 00:15:27.519 --> 00:15:28.639 was preached to them 00:15:28.639 --> 00:15:29.479 and embraced 00:15:29.479 --> 00:15:30.699 by them. 00:15:30.759 --> 00:15:31.719 What happened? 00:15:32.639 --> 00:15:33.579 A hard 00:15:33.579 --> 00:15:34.619 struggle 00:15:34.619 --> 00:15:36.319 with sufferings. 00:15:36.320 --> 00:15:37.080 And the author 00:15:37.080 --> 00:15:37.400 of Hebrews 00:15:37.400 --> 00:15:38.300 uses the word 00:15:38.300 --> 00:15:39.280 endured. 00:15:40.000 --> 00:15:40.840 It doesn't seem 00:15:40.840 --> 00:15:41.540 that this was a 00:15:41.540 --> 00:15:42.640 brief and passing 00:15:42.640 --> 00:15:43.060 thing, 00:15:43.160 --> 00:15:44.740 but an ongoing 00:15:44.740 --> 00:15:45.900 thing. 00:15:46.620 --> 00:15:47.400 And history 00:15:47.400 --> 00:15:48.080 shows us 00:15:48.080 --> 00:15:48.420 that there was 00:15:48.420 --> 00:15:49.660 a great deal 00:15:49.660 --> 00:15:50.720 of persecution 00:15:50.720 --> 00:15:51.460 in Rome 00:15:51.460 --> 00:15:52.780 in their day. 00:15:53.700 --> 00:15:54.300 And he gives us 00:15:54.300 --> 00:15:55.420 some detail of that 00:15:55.420 --> 00:15:56.080 going on in 00:15:56.080 --> 00:15:57.600 verse 33. 00:15:58.300 --> 00:15:59.360 Sometimes being 00:15:59.360 --> 00:16:01.160 publicly exposed 00:16:01.160 --> 00:16:02.660 to reproach 00:16:02.660 --> 00:16:04.120 and affliction 00:16:04.120 --> 00:16:05.539 and sometimes 00:16:05.539 --> 00:16:06.220 being partners 00:16:06.220 --> 00:16:06.960 with those 00:16:06.960 --> 00:16:08.259 so treated. 00:16:09.240 --> 00:16:09.980 So they were 00:16:09.980 --> 00:16:11.360 drug out 00:16:11.360 --> 00:16:12.120 into public 00:16:12.120 --> 00:16:12.740 places 00:16:12.740 --> 00:16:14.220 and mocked, 00:16:14.860 --> 00:16:15.560 ridiculed, 00:16:16.320 --> 00:16:17.039 and in some 00:16:17.039 --> 00:16:17.659 cases 00:16:17.659 --> 00:16:19.060 given physical 00:16:19.060 --> 00:16:19.460 injury. 00:16:19.840 --> 00:16:20.840 They were hurt 00:16:20.840 --> 00:16:21.600 as well. 00:16:22.220 --> 00:16:22.620 Beaten. 00:16:23.220 --> 00:16:24.060 Spat upon. 00:16:24.620 --> 00:16:25.519 Things thrown 00:16:25.519 --> 00:16:26.060 at them. 00:16:26.860 --> 00:16:27.580 And we find out 00:16:27.580 --> 00:16:28.240 in the next verse, 00:16:28.299 --> 00:16:28.860 verse 34, 00:16:29.120 --> 00:16:29.600 some of them 00:16:29.600 --> 00:16:31.120 were imprisoned. 00:16:31.120 --> 00:16:33.539 So, 00:16:33.840 --> 00:16:34.779 these people 00:16:34.779 --> 00:16:35.659 had suffered 00:16:35.659 --> 00:16:36.279 and they had 00:16:36.279 --> 00:16:36.879 endured 00:16:36.879 --> 00:16:38.179 a hard 00:16:38.179 --> 00:16:39.320 struggle. 00:16:40.560 --> 00:16:41.039 How did they 00:16:41.039 --> 00:16:41.799 partner with those 00:16:41.799 --> 00:16:42.360 being treated? 00:16:42.940 --> 00:16:44.060 They had compassion 00:16:44.060 --> 00:16:44.519 on them, 00:16:44.740 --> 00:16:45.139 those that were 00:16:45.139 --> 00:16:46.720 thrown in prison. 00:16:47.060 --> 00:16:47.720 In this day, 00:16:47.799 --> 00:16:48.500 if you didn't 00:16:48.500 --> 00:16:49.700 have family 00:16:49.700 --> 00:16:50.519 or friends 00:16:50.519 --> 00:16:51.259 that brought you 00:16:51.259 --> 00:16:52.600 provision in prison, 00:16:52.919 --> 00:16:53.820 you would die there. 00:16:54.340 --> 00:16:54.940 Your jailers 00:16:54.940 --> 00:16:55.899 did not take care 00:16:55.899 --> 00:16:57.299 of your physical need. 00:16:57.399 --> 00:16:58.019 You relied on 00:16:58.019 --> 00:16:58.960 those outside 00:16:58.960 --> 00:17:00.419 to do so. 00:17:01.120 --> 00:17:01.740 And this 00:17:01.740 --> 00:17:02.919 precious little 00:17:02.919 --> 00:17:03.419 church 00:17:03.419 --> 00:17:04.819 bore one 00:17:04.819 --> 00:17:05.579 another's burdens, 00:17:05.839 --> 00:17:06.819 took up that 00:17:06.819 --> 00:17:07.359 task, 00:17:07.599 --> 00:17:08.700 and in doing so, 00:17:09.059 --> 00:17:10.039 they proclaimed 00:17:10.039 --> 00:17:11.319 themselves to be 00:17:11.319 --> 00:17:12.019 Christians. 00:17:12.579 --> 00:17:13.299 They made it 00:17:13.299 --> 00:17:14.480 known to others, 00:17:15.279 --> 00:17:16.339 those in 00:17:16.339 --> 00:17:17.079 prison 00:17:17.079 --> 00:17:18.140 are church, 00:17:18.299 --> 00:17:18.920 they belong to 00:17:18.920 --> 00:17:19.359 Christ, 00:17:19.819 --> 00:17:20.500 and so 00:17:20.500 --> 00:17:21.759 do I. 00:17:22.960 --> 00:17:23.359 And what 00:17:23.359 --> 00:17:24.099 happened to them 00:17:24.099 --> 00:17:25.200 in their going 00:17:25.200 --> 00:17:25.920 to do this 00:17:25.920 --> 00:17:27.099 service to those 00:17:27.099 --> 00:17:28.380 is they had 00:17:28.380 --> 00:17:29.359 their property 00:17:29.359 --> 00:17:30.240 plundered. 00:17:30.240 --> 00:17:31.799 As they're 00:17:31.799 --> 00:17:33.099 going to serve 00:17:33.099 --> 00:17:33.700 their brothers 00:17:33.700 --> 00:17:34.380 and their sisters 00:17:34.380 --> 00:17:34.920 in prison, 00:17:35.579 --> 00:17:36.400 people came 00:17:36.400 --> 00:17:37.299 and stole 00:17:37.299 --> 00:17:38.039 their property, 00:17:38.400 --> 00:17:39.460 ransacked 00:17:39.460 --> 00:17:40.960 their homes. 00:17:41.660 --> 00:17:42.140 And here's the 00:17:42.140 --> 00:17:43.160 peculiar thing 00:17:43.160 --> 00:17:43.640 about this 00:17:43.640 --> 00:17:44.019 people, 00:17:44.640 --> 00:17:45.559 they did it 00:17:45.559 --> 00:17:46.740 joyfully. 00:17:47.240 --> 00:17:48.480 They joyfully 00:17:48.480 --> 00:17:49.720 accepted 00:17:49.720 --> 00:17:51.400 the plundering 00:17:51.400 --> 00:17:53.140 of their property. 00:17:53.140 --> 00:17:55.640 what an odd 00:17:55.640 --> 00:17:56.280 bunch. 00:17:58.160 --> 00:17:58.960 Why were they 00:17:58.960 --> 00:17:59.340 able to do 00:17:59.340 --> 00:17:59.620 this? 00:18:00.100 --> 00:18:00.980 How was it 00:18:00.980 --> 00:18:01.980 that they were 00:18:01.980 --> 00:18:03.020 able to endure 00:18:03.020 --> 00:18:04.660 hard struggle 00:18:04.660 --> 00:18:05.660 with sufferings, 00:18:05.820 --> 00:18:06.759 to be partnered 00:18:06.759 --> 00:18:07.440 with those 00:18:07.440 --> 00:18:07.759 that were 00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:08.200 enduring? 00:18:08.880 --> 00:18:09.540 It's because 00:18:09.540 --> 00:18:10.180 they knew 00:18:10.180 --> 00:18:11.160 that they had 00:18:11.160 --> 00:18:11.600 a better 00:18:11.600 --> 00:18:12.140 possession 00:18:12.140 --> 00:18:13.900 and an abiding 00:18:13.900 --> 00:18:14.140 one. 00:18:14.780 --> 00:18:15.580 They knew 00:18:15.580 --> 00:18:16.800 that the things 00:18:16.800 --> 00:18:17.360 of this world 00:18:17.360 --> 00:18:18.280 are fleeting, 00:18:18.960 --> 00:18:19.840 falling away, 00:18:20.340 --> 00:18:21.140 someday turning 00:18:21.140 --> 00:18:22.120 to dust. 00:18:22.560 --> 00:18:22.960 And they 00:18:22.960 --> 00:18:23.920 held loosely 00:18:23.920 --> 00:18:24.600 to those 00:18:24.600 --> 00:18:25.120 things in 00:18:25.120 --> 00:18:25.540 order that 00:18:25.540 --> 00:18:25.960 they might 00:18:25.960 --> 00:18:27.180 hold tightly 00:18:27.180 --> 00:18:28.560 to Christ. 00:18:29.280 --> 00:18:30.200 They knew 00:18:30.200 --> 00:18:30.520 that they 00:18:30.520 --> 00:18:31.220 had a better 00:18:31.220 --> 00:18:31.880 possession, 00:18:32.900 --> 00:18:33.900 Jesus himself, 00:18:34.520 --> 00:18:35.580 and an abiding 00:18:35.580 --> 00:18:36.100 one, 00:18:36.380 --> 00:18:37.580 the gift of 00:18:37.580 --> 00:18:38.100 the Spirit, 00:18:38.220 --> 00:18:38.780 the Spirit of 00:18:38.780 --> 00:18:39.700 Christ in 00:18:39.700 --> 00:18:40.380 them, 00:18:40.880 --> 00:18:41.740 one that could 00:18:41.740 --> 00:18:42.540 not be 00:18:42.540 --> 00:18:44.680 taken away. 00:18:45.740 --> 00:18:46.540 They understood 00:18:46.540 --> 00:18:47.860 that a student 00:18:47.860 --> 00:18:48.840 is not greater 00:18:48.840 --> 00:18:50.220 than his 00:18:50.220 --> 00:18:50.560 teacher. 00:18:51.140 --> 00:18:52.160 Christ 00:18:52.160 --> 00:18:53.220 suffered. 00:18:54.060 --> 00:18:54.500 Christ 00:18:54.500 --> 00:18:54.820 was 00:18:54.820 --> 00:18:55.900 persecuted. 00:18:56.540 --> 00:18:56.920 Why would 00:18:56.920 --> 00:18:57.560 we ever 00:18:57.560 --> 00:18:58.240 think that 00:18:58.240 --> 00:18:58.820 we wouldn't 00:18:58.820 --> 00:18:59.580 receive the 00:18:59.580 --> 00:19:00.700 same thing 00:19:00.700 --> 00:19:01.960 at the hands 00:19:01.960 --> 00:19:02.480 of the world? 00:19:03.060 --> 00:19:03.460 Paul wrote 00:19:03.460 --> 00:19:03.900 in Colossians 00:19:03.900 --> 00:19:04.180 1, 00:19:04.240 --> 00:19:04.820 verse 24, 00:19:04.920 --> 00:19:05.180 Now I 00:19:05.180 --> 00:19:06.120 rejoice in 00:19:06.120 --> 00:19:07.080 my sufferings 00:19:07.080 --> 00:19:07.840 for your 00:19:07.840 --> 00:19:08.300 sake, 00:19:08.560 --> 00:19:09.060 and in 00:19:09.060 --> 00:19:09.740 my flesh 00:19:09.740 --> 00:19:10.160 I am 00:19:10.160 --> 00:19:11.060 filling up 00:19:11.060 --> 00:19:11.460 what is 00:19:11.460 --> 00:19:11.960 lacking 00:19:11.960 --> 00:19:12.800 in Christ's 00:19:12.800 --> 00:19:13.420 afflictions 00:19:13.420 --> 00:19:14.300 for the 00:19:14.300 --> 00:19:14.580 sake of 00:19:14.580 --> 00:19:15.020 his body, 00:19:15.100 --> 00:19:15.680 that is, 00:19:16.400 --> 00:19:17.000 the church. 00:19:17.960 --> 00:19:18.340 Now is Paul 00:19:18.340 --> 00:19:18.920 there suggesting 00:19:18.920 --> 00:19:19.400 that Jesus' 00:19:19.400 --> 00:19:20.120 suffering was 00:19:20.120 --> 00:19:20.740 not sufficient 00:19:20.740 --> 00:19:21.099 for the 00:19:21.099 --> 00:19:21.640 salvation of 00:19:21.640 --> 00:19:22.039 his church? 00:19:22.259 --> 00:19:22.819 Absolutely 00:19:22.819 --> 00:19:24.160 not. 00:19:25.000 --> 00:19:25.480 What does 00:19:25.480 --> 00:19:26.359 he mean by 00:19:26.359 --> 00:19:27.660 lacking in 00:19:27.660 --> 00:19:28.559 that text? 00:19:28.660 --> 00:19:29.099 I think he 00:19:29.099 --> 00:19:30.039 means simply 00:19:30.039 --> 00:19:31.299 this. 00:19:31.940 --> 00:19:32.640 As we 00:19:32.640 --> 00:19:33.279 behold the 00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:33.839 suffering of 00:19:33.839 --> 00:19:34.700 Jesus Christ, 00:19:34.880 --> 00:19:35.720 this is part of 00:19:35.720 --> 00:19:36.480 our understanding 00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:37.240 of the gospel 00:19:37.240 --> 00:19:38.900 of Jesus Christ. 00:19:39.380 --> 00:19:39.900 And this is 00:19:39.900 --> 00:19:40.640 part of the 00:19:40.640 --> 00:19:41.359 way that God 00:19:41.359 --> 00:19:42.000 carries the 00:19:42.000 --> 00:19:42.440 gospel of 00:19:42.440 --> 00:19:43.039 Jesus Christ 00:19:43.039 --> 00:19:43.759 into the 00:19:43.759 --> 00:19:44.120 world. 00:19:44.700 --> 00:19:45.140 Is that 00:19:45.140 --> 00:19:45.579 Christians 00:19:45.579 --> 00:19:46.599 also 00:19:46.599 --> 00:19:47.039 suffer 00:19:47.039 --> 00:19:47.859 as 00:19:47.859 --> 00:19:48.259 Christ 00:19:48.259 --> 00:19:48.960 suffered? 00:19:49.460 --> 00:19:50.019 We're 00:19:50.019 --> 00:19:50.919 a peculiar 00:19:50.919 --> 00:19:52.119 people. 00:19:52.799 --> 00:19:53.359 People say, 00:19:53.480 --> 00:19:54.159 who are 00:19:54.159 --> 00:19:54.740 these people 00:19:54.740 --> 00:19:55.859 that joyfully 00:19:55.859 --> 00:19:56.519 accept 00:19:56.519 --> 00:19:57.359 suffering 00:19:57.359 --> 00:19:58.359 and hardship? 00:19:58.980 --> 00:19:59.740 What is it 00:19:59.740 --> 00:20:00.319 about them 00:20:00.319 --> 00:20:00.839 that makes 00:20:00.839 --> 00:20:01.639 them so 00:20:01.639 --> 00:20:03.199 strange? 00:20:04.039 --> 00:20:04.460 And we're 00:20:04.460 --> 00:20:04.679 to give 00:20:04.679 --> 00:20:04.919 them an 00:20:04.919 --> 00:20:05.299 answer. 00:20:05.839 --> 00:20:06.639 We have 00:20:06.639 --> 00:20:06.919 a better 00:20:06.919 --> 00:20:07.419 possession 00:20:07.419 --> 00:20:09.039 and an 00:20:09.039 --> 00:20:09.500 abiding 00:20:09.500 --> 00:20:09.819 one. 00:20:09.819 --> 00:20:11.619 We 00:20:11.619 --> 00:20:12.240 ought not 00:20:12.240 --> 00:20:13.480 think that 00:20:13.480 --> 00:20:13.700 we are 00:20:13.700 --> 00:20:14.059 greater 00:20:14.059 --> 00:20:15.240 than our 00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:15.579 master. 00:20:17.220 --> 00:20:17.740 They 00:20:17.740 --> 00:20:18.139 understood 00:20:18.139 --> 00:20:18.399 that 00:20:18.399 --> 00:20:19.000 persecution 00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:20.819 identified 00:20:20.819 --> 00:20:21.419 them 00:20:21.419 --> 00:20:22.220 with 00:20:22.220 --> 00:20:22.700 Jesus 00:20:22.700 --> 00:20:23.960 Christ. 00:20:24.899 --> 00:20:25.119 In Acts 00:20:25.119 --> 00:20:25.659 chapter 5 00:20:25.659 --> 00:20:25.939 and verse 00:20:25.939 --> 00:20:26.319 41, 00:20:26.559 --> 00:20:26.759 we see 00:20:26.759 --> 00:20:26.919 the 00:20:26.919 --> 00:20:27.379 apostles 00:20:27.379 --> 00:20:28.859 before the 00:20:28.859 --> 00:20:29.460 Sanhedrin 00:20:29.460 --> 00:20:30.419 and they 00:20:30.419 --> 00:20:30.919 are beaten 00:20:30.919 --> 00:20:32.019 and charged 00:20:32.019 --> 00:20:32.319 to not 00:20:32.319 --> 00:20:33.000 speak anymore 00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:33.240 in the 00:20:33.240 --> 00:20:33.720 name of 00:20:33.720 --> 00:20:34.139 Christ. 00:20:34.799 --> 00:20:34.980 Verse 00:20:34.980 --> 00:20:35.579 41 says, 00:20:35.679 --> 00:20:35.899 then they 00:20:35.899 --> 00:20:36.319 left the 00:20:36.319 --> 00:20:36.819 presence of 00:20:36.819 --> 00:20:37.359 the council 00:20:37.359 --> 00:20:38.500 rejoicing 00:20:38.500 --> 00:20:39.279 that they 00:20:39.279 --> 00:20:39.500 were 00:20:39.500 --> 00:20:39.940 counted 00:20:39.940 --> 00:20:40.539 worthy 00:20:40.539 --> 00:20:40.980 to 00:20:40.980 --> 00:20:41.559 suffer 00:20:41.559 --> 00:20:42.720 dishonor 00:20:42.720 --> 00:20:44.039 for the 00:20:44.039 --> 00:20:44.420 name. 00:20:45.680 --> 00:20:45.920 They 00:20:45.920 --> 00:20:46.180 found 00:20:46.180 --> 00:20:46.759 great 00:20:46.759 --> 00:20:47.339 joy 00:20:47.339 --> 00:20:47.799 because 00:20:47.799 --> 00:20:48.819 this 00:20:48.819 --> 00:20:49.319 beating 00:20:49.319 --> 00:20:49.579 was 00:20:49.579 --> 00:20:50.519 evidence 00:20:50.519 --> 00:20:51.319 that they 00:20:51.319 --> 00:20:51.740 were rightly 00:20:51.740 --> 00:20:52.180 preaching 00:20:52.180 --> 00:20:52.819 the gospel 00:20:52.819 --> 00:20:53.880 of Jesus 00:20:53.880 --> 00:20:54.299 Christ. 00:20:54.460 --> 00:20:54.900 And praise 00:20:54.900 --> 00:20:55.099 God, 00:20:55.160 --> 00:20:55.579 they weren't 00:20:55.579 --> 00:20:56.240 silenced 00:20:56.240 --> 00:20:56.819 by their 00:20:56.819 --> 00:20:57.200 suffering. 00:20:57.599 --> 00:20:57.680 They 00:20:57.680 --> 00:20:58.160 went forth 00:20:58.160 --> 00:20:59.319 and boldly 00:20:59.319 --> 00:21:00.420 proclaimed 00:21:00.420 --> 00:21:01.839 the gospel. 00:21:03.140 --> 00:21:03.579 Beloved, 00:21:03.720 --> 00:21:04.200 we look at 00:21:04.200 --> 00:21:04.619 the text, 00:21:04.700 --> 00:21:05.119 and the text 00:21:05.119 --> 00:21:05.759 is primary, 00:21:05.980 --> 00:21:06.200 and it is 00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:06.519 of such 00:21:06.519 --> 00:21:07.160 great importance, 00:21:07.279 --> 00:21:07.500 but this 00:21:07.500 --> 00:21:07.859 is also 00:21:07.859 --> 00:21:08.480 why I like 00:21:08.480 --> 00:21:08.859 to bring 00:21:08.859 --> 00:21:09.519 church history 00:21:09.519 --> 00:21:09.899 into the 00:21:09.899 --> 00:21:10.879 life of 00:21:10.879 --> 00:21:11.019 our 00:21:11.019 --> 00:21:11.379 fellowship 00:21:11.379 --> 00:21:11.819 and how 00:21:11.819 --> 00:21:12.339 it helps 00:21:12.339 --> 00:21:12.979 to serve 00:21:12.979 --> 00:21:13.419 us as 00:21:13.419 --> 00:21:13.919 we see 00:21:13.919 --> 00:21:15.000 generations 00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:15.459 of 00:21:15.459 --> 00:21:15.879 Christians 00:21:15.879 --> 00:21:16.619 who have 00:21:16.619 --> 00:21:16.939 walked 00:21:16.939 --> 00:21:17.459 faithfully 00:21:17.459 --> 00:21:18.219 and suffered 00:21:18.219 --> 00:21:19.599 for it. 00:21:20.439 --> 00:21:20.879 On your 00:21:20.879 --> 00:21:21.240 bulletin, 00:21:21.299 --> 00:21:21.699 there's a 00:21:21.699 --> 00:21:22.500 John Bunyan 00:21:22.500 --> 00:21:22.859 quote, 00:21:22.939 --> 00:21:23.219 and I tried 00:21:23.219 --> 00:21:23.679 to find the 00:21:23.679 --> 00:21:24.699 exact circumstance 00:21:24.699 --> 00:21:25.799 that he wrote 00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:26.500 this in response 00:21:26.500 --> 00:21:26.740 to, 00:21:27.179 --> 00:21:27.619 and I 00:21:27.619 --> 00:21:27.979 couldn't, 00:21:28.599 --> 00:21:29.099 but Bunyan 00:21:29.099 --> 00:21:30.699 was highly 00:21:30.699 --> 00:21:31.279 persecuted. 00:21:32.099 --> 00:21:32.219 Bunyan 00:21:32.219 --> 00:21:32.819 wasn't given 00:21:32.819 --> 00:21:34.819 an approval 00:21:34.819 --> 00:21:35.539 of the state 00:21:35.539 --> 00:21:36.179 to preach, 00:21:36.299 --> 00:21:36.559 but he 00:21:36.559 --> 00:21:37.200 did anyway, 00:21:38.039 --> 00:21:38.240 and he 00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:38.579 was thrown 00:21:38.579 --> 00:21:38.980 in 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