Thank you for listening to our How about the
bride walking down the aisle? What happens when
the bride is unveiled? Now the groom has full
access. Into what? Intimacy. We have to remove
the veil. It's okay to celebrate guys It's okay
to get happy about the Word of God It's okay
to celebrate good news of Jesus There we go Thank
you friend Luke chapter 23 I want us to look
at the moments before Jesus's death on the cross.
Let's just look at the buildup here for a moment.
He's betrayed. He's abandoned. He's arrested.
He's denied. He's blasphemed. He's mocked. He's
beaten beyond the appearance of man. And he's
nailed to a cross. Now look at his last moments.
The word says, it was now about the sixth hour.
And there was darkness over the whole land until
the ninth hour. While the sun's light failed
And the curtain of the temple was torn in two
Somebody say then Jesus Calling out with a loud
voice Said father into your hands. I commit my
spirit And having said this he breathed his last
Jesus suffers through everything And finally
when the veil is torn, it's in that moment, it's
like he's saying on the cross, okay Father, my
work here is done. He was waiting for the veil
to be torn. The last thing that had to happen
for him to accomplish everything. Do you see
how much it matters about us being in the presence
of God? Do you see how much He desires to be
close to us? No longer does He want some high
priest coming in to represent you. Just once
a year, just to pay for your sins, just to atone
for your sins. No, no, no, He wants more. I want
to give it to Him. Hebrews chapter 6 verses 19
to 20 says this We have this as a sure and steadfast
anchor of the soul a hope that enters into the
inner place behind the curtain Where Jesus has
gone as a forerunner on our behalf? Having become
a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek
The only one, the only priest to enter through
the curtain In perfection was Jesus. Every priest
before him, they had to atone for their own sins
first. What happens when Jesus comes in with
no sins of his own? The perfect one, he tore
the veil. Why? So we can enter by his perfection.
and into his perfection. Y 'all ever wonder why
Jesus was baptized? Was there an old hymn that
he had to let down under the water? No, he said,
I must do this to fulfill all righteousness.
What's the reason for that? Now when we're baptized
we're baptized into his righteousness We get
to leave behind all unrighteousness All the dirty
stuff and we get to come up perfected This is
why the word says in Hebrews 10 This is for by
a single offering He has perfected for all time
those who are being sanctified You have already
been perfected Doesn't say He will perfect you.
We have been perfected, even as we're being sanctified.
That means when we look at ourselves in the mirror,
we see a process of sanctification. When Jesus
looks at us, He sees His perfected work. How
do you want to see you? Give me your eyes Jesus.
I want to see myself as you see me. I want to
see people as you see them. Show us Lord. Open
our eyes. You see how you enter his presence?
Is how you will see his face. And how you see
his face? Is how you know him. I can always tell
how somebody knows the Lord. By the way, they
read his word. You ever get a text message from
somebody? and you can't tell the tone of what
they're saying? Are they mad at me? Is this just
a joke? Are they actually saying it in a sweet
voice? When you don't know the person, you can't
tell. If I don't know the person who wrote this,
I can't tell the tone or the context of his words.
How you enter his presence matters. I don't want
to enter his presence and meet a false Jesus.
How can that happen? If I don't know him, I will
never know. How we enter matters. Let's go to
Hebrews chapter 10, verses 19 to 22. It says,
therefore, brothers, since we have confidence
to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus,
by the new and living way that he opened for
us through the curtain. Look. that is through
his flesh and Since we have a great priest over
the house of God Let us draw near with a true
heart in full assurance of faith look with our
hearts sprinkled clean From an evil conscience
and our bodies wash with pure water So brothers,
having the freedom to enter the holy place through
the blood of Jesus Christ, through the new way
that he opened us through the veil, this is of
his flesh, and having a great priest over the
house of God, let us approach with a sincere
heart, in full certainty of faith, purifying
the hearts of evil conscience and washing the
bodies with pure water. When I read this scripture
I pick up on one thing We can only enter his
presence on his terms. No longer my terms. No
longer my filter. No longer my veil. No, I only
enter through Jesus. The word says the curtain
is his flesh. Can you imagine this just for a
second? He says from now on you enter the holy
places through my flesh, through my blood. What
does it look like to enter the presence of God
by the blood of Jesus? The way I picture this
is like a waterfall coming down. You ever seen
the movies where there's like a little cave underneath
the waterfall? And you can like walk through
the waterfall into the cave? I pictured it like
this with Jesus. It's like He's inviting us in.
But before I can even get in, I have to go through
His blood. So what do I look like when I get
to Him? I look perfected. I look like Jesus.
I look like the fullness of who I was supposed
to be. Now what happens when I get there? I can
look at myself and see now I've been perfected
How does that help me see him now? It helps me
see him rightly No longer do I come in bound
by the spirit of slavery, that would cause me
to fall back into fear. No, this is why we enter
by confidence. This is why the word says we can
come to the throne with boldness. I can't do
that when I enter through my sin, my friends.
The only way I can do it is when I enter through
the blood. Brings a whole new meaning to John
14 When Jesus says I am the way the truth and
the life No one comes to the father except through
me. Well, if you want to get into the presence
of my Father, the only way you get in is when
you're perfected. The only way you're perfected
is through me. I want an untainted experience
with the Lord. I don't wanna bring my sin in.
Why bring in debt that he's already paid for?
Sometimes we just have a receipt of our debt.
And we bring it in with us waving it around.
What that thing does is it blocks our view of
a perfected version of him. If I can't see Him
rightly, I will never see myself rightly. And
I will walk this earth all the days of my life.
I struggle with my identity. I think the struggle
of identity has to come to an end in the church.
Is it okay that we're a work in progress? The
more I see you, Jesus, the more I'll look like
you. Enough of this stuff where it's like, I
just don't look like Jesus yet. You're good.
There's a perfected version coming. It's only
unlocked when you see Him rightly. What does
it look like for us to be with Jesus? With our
hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience.
You guys can, let's stand up all across this
room. Close your eyes please. Here's where intimacy
forms my identity. When I look at Jesus, I get
to see how he is looking at me. Ask God to give
you the spirit of wisdom and revelation. In the
knowledge of Jesus So that your eyes may be opened
And your heart be enlightened I want to see you
rightly Jesus Think about it When you come through
Jesus to get to Jesus, we finally get to hear
his thoughts. I finally get to know the right
tone of his voice. I can reject all of my own
thoughts. I can reject everybody else's thoughts
about me. And I can hear what he has to say about
me. Righteous. Holy. perfected, my child, my
beloved, my bride, my delight is in her. Jesus
open up our ears today. Let us hear your voice
now more than ever Lord. Remove the veil fully
Jesus. Let us enter in by your terms. Let us
enter through by your blood. I want to see you
perfectly Jesus. The day