1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,840 which comes with benefits and challenges. 2 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:09,780 One of the challenges of being a father and a husband 3 00:00:10,820 --> 00:00:14,420 is that I live with three women. 4 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:17,760 And a son. 5 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:21,560 And if you count the dog, there's four women. 6 00:00:23,860 --> 00:00:27,020 And that means I have an audience for when I do right, 7 00:00:27,020 --> 00:00:29,600 but I also have an audience for when I do. 8 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:34,040 It doesn't happen very often. 9 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:38,100 But it's when I do wrong. 10 00:00:39,780 --> 00:00:40,640 Dads, are you with me? 11 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:42,240 Is that a challenge in your house? 12 00:00:45,740 --> 00:00:47,220 I get it wrong a lot. 13 00:00:48,980 --> 00:00:52,080 A lot, a lot more than I'd like to admit. 14 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:56,120 I really believe that the Lord gives us family 15 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:58,220 in some ways to keep us humble. 16 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:04,320 Because I mess up all the time and my wife and kids 17 00:01:04,320 --> 00:01:06,300 sometimes let me know when I'm wrong. 18 00:01:07,900 --> 00:01:10,000 I don't always get it right. 19 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:13,600 I was, I'd written this earlier in the week 20 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:16,740 and last night when I was writing my sermon, 21 00:01:16,740 --> 00:01:18,940 I was reviewing my sermon for today 22 00:01:18,940 --> 00:01:22,540 and I read the sentence, I don't always get it right. 23 00:01:22,540 --> 00:01:26,040 And I had spelled right, W-R-I-T-E. 24 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:32,980 I misspelled the word, there's irony in that, right? 25 00:01:32,980 --> 00:01:34,760 I mess up. 26 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:38,520 I don't want to except sometimes I want to. 27 00:01:40,660 --> 00:01:41,660 It's complicated. 28 00:01:41,660 --> 00:01:44,960 Paul put it this way, the things I don't wanna do, 29 00:01:44,960 --> 00:01:47,700 sometimes I do, the sometimes the things I do, 30 00:01:47,700 --> 00:01:49,340 when I do, I don't do. 31 00:01:49,340 --> 00:01:50,940 Oh wretched man that I am, 32 00:01:50,940 --> 00:01:54,800 who can save me from the body of this death? 33 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:56,380 And I feel that sometimes. 34 00:01:56,380 --> 00:01:59,620 It's complicated and yet it's so very simple. 35 00:01:59,620 --> 00:02:03,880 There's right and there's wrong and I do wrong. 36 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:07,020 I sin. 37 00:02:10,300 --> 00:02:12,020 And I'm not the only one, right? 38 00:02:12,020 --> 00:02:20,200 I'm here to tell you that my wife is a sinner. 39 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:24,200 And my kids are sinners. 40 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:27,200 And you're a sinner. 41 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:31,200 And your kids are sinners. 42 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:38,220 And if you're honest, it's the same in your house. 43 00:02:38,220 --> 00:02:39,720 You sin too. 44 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:44,560 And it's not a very politically correct word, the word sin. 45 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:48,560 Outside of the church, you probably don't hear that word 46 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:49,560 very much. 47 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:54,360 When's the last time you heard the word sin on the news? 48 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:59,660 And not having the concept be mocked on television. 49 00:02:59,660 --> 00:03:06,840 Sin affects us relationally, financially, physically. 50 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:11,220 Sin ravages cultures and nations. 51 00:03:11,220 --> 00:03:15,120 I believe sin is destroying our country. 52 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:18,360 And I'm going to talk about that a little bit more next week. 53 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:20,360 I'm going to talk about the problem of sin in our country 54 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:21,520 and what the solution is. 55 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:24,700 The good news is there is a solution. 56 00:03:24,700 --> 00:03:26,060 And so I want you to come back. 57 00:03:26,060 --> 00:03:27,400 We're going to celebrate our freedom. 58 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:29,840 I'm excited about barbecue chicken and all the stuff you're 59 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:30,840 bringing. 60 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:33,000 That's going to be fun. 61 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:35,900 But sin is a big deal. 62 00:03:35,900 --> 00:03:39,280 Sin, sin is the deal. 63 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:42,120 Sin is the problem. 64 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:50,120 In today's text, we see a solution to the problem of sin. 65 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:55,560 And it shows up three times in the text talking about the 66 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:57,860 appearances of Jesus. 67 00:03:57,860 --> 00:04:02,840 You see the word appear or appeared happening three times 68 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:06,000 speaking of the Lord Jesus Christ. 69 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:10,880 In verse 24 it says, for Christ is entered, later on it says, 70 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:15,920 into heaven itself, now to appear. 71 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:18,880 It says in verse 26, now once in the end of the world, 72 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:21,880 he hath appeared. 73 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:23,880 Do you see that? 74 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:25,920 And then look down at verse 28. 75 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:31,900 And unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time. 76 00:04:31,900 --> 00:04:35,140 Who sees those three appearance in the verses? 77 00:04:35,140 --> 00:04:36,500 You see them? 78 00:04:36,500 --> 00:04:38,740 24 to 28. 79 00:04:38,740 --> 00:04:42,940 In these three appearance of the Lord that are mentioned in 80 00:04:42,940 --> 00:04:48,440 this text, we see how the Lord Jesus Christ has dealt with the 81 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:51,020 sin question. 82 00:04:51,020 --> 00:04:54,720 The great question of life is the question about sin. 83 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:58,800 What am I going to do with my sin? 84 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:00,620 What am I going to do about my sin? 85 00:05:00,620 --> 00:05:03,660 How can I cope with my sins? 86 00:05:03,660 --> 00:05:06,300 People really don't have but two problems in life. 87 00:05:06,300 --> 00:05:08,900 You might be saying, what do you mean? 88 00:05:08,900 --> 00:05:12,900 Ben, seriously, I got lots of problems. 89 00:05:12,900 --> 00:05:14,040 I've got a thousand problems. 90 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:16,040 You're saying there's only two problems? 91 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:18,540 I only got two problems? 92 00:05:18,540 --> 00:05:21,020 We have all kinds of problems but when you get to really down to 93 00:05:21,020 --> 00:05:23,120 the root and the core of life, there are really only two 94 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:25,480 problems that you have. 95 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:26,620 It's the problem of sin. 96 00:05:26,620 --> 00:05:28,560 What am I going to do with my sin? 97 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:31,520 And it's the problem of death. 98 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:34,960 How can I cope with the death of those I love and how can I face 99 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:40,460 my own inevitable death? 100 00:05:40,460 --> 00:05:42,640 Those are the two problems of life. 101 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:45,140 And the good news is that Jesus has dealt with the problem of 102 00:05:45,140 --> 00:05:47,640 sin. 103 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:52,380 He is dealing with the problem of sin and he will deal with the 104 00:05:52,380 --> 00:05:55,780 problem of sin. 105 00:05:55,780 --> 00:05:57,880 Did you catch what I said? 106 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:00,580 He has dealt with it. 107 00:06:00,580 --> 00:06:08,360 He is dealing with it and he will fully and finally deal with it. 108 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:11,000 And so today I want to examine how. 109 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:16,000 And I want to do it by looking at Hebrews chapter 9 verses 24-28. 110 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:21,040 We can see how Jesus Christ dealt with our sin by understanding 111 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:26,540 the three appearance of Jesus Christ spoken about in Hebrews 9-24-28. 112 00:06:26,540 --> 00:06:31,020 First we are going to see what is talked about in verse 24, which 113 00:06:31,020 --> 00:06:33,280 is his present and appearing. 114 00:06:33,280 --> 00:06:39,460 In his present appearing, he deals with sin's power. 115 00:06:39,460 --> 00:06:44,100 In his present appearing, he deals with sin's power. 116 00:06:44,100 --> 00:06:48,240 Now, where is Jesus now? 117 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:51,600 Jesus is alive. 118 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:53,240 Jesus is alive right now. 119 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:54,940 He is alive. 120 00:06:54,940 --> 00:06:56,580 He died on the cross. 121 00:06:56,580 --> 00:06:58,780 We sang that, didn't we? 122 00:06:58,780 --> 00:07:00,740 First song. 123 00:07:00,740 --> 00:07:03,320 Jesus came and loved me, took my sins to Calvary. 124 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:05,120 He has made a way for me. 125 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:07,620 He died on the cross for me at the cross. 126 00:07:07,620 --> 00:07:09,460 My Savior died. 127 00:07:09,460 --> 00:07:12,560 Shed His blood, was crucified just for me. 128 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:14,320 He gave His life at the cross. 129 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:16,160 He died. 130 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:17,260 But then He didn't stay dead. 131 00:07:17,260 --> 00:07:18,840 He rose again. 132 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:23,500 Because He lives, that's what we're saying, I can face tomorrow. 133 00:07:23,500 --> 00:07:24,600 Right? 134 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:26,880 That's what it's talked about here. 135 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:28,780 We know that He lived 2,000 years ago, 136 00:07:28,780 --> 00:07:31,740 that He walked on this earth, that He was born in Bethlehem, 137 00:07:31,740 --> 00:07:33,780 that He was brought up in Nazareth, 138 00:07:33,780 --> 00:07:37,080 that He conducted His ministry in Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem. 139 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:39,980 We know that He died outside the city gates of Jerusalem 140 00:07:39,980 --> 00:07:41,560 on a hill called Calvary. 141 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:43,360 We know that He was buried in the tomb, 142 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:46,460 and we know that three days later He rose again. 143 00:07:46,460 --> 00:07:48,560 So the question is, where is He now? 144 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:51,060 In verse 24, we're told. 145 00:07:51,060 --> 00:07:52,740 Would you read it with me? 146 00:07:52,740 --> 00:07:57,740 For Christ is not entered into the holy place made with hands. 147 00:07:58,400 --> 00:07:59,700 Let me pause there. 148 00:07:59,700 --> 00:08:01,640 We've been talking in the last few weeks 149 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:05,880 about the tabernacle and how that Jesus 150 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:10,740 enters now, not into an earthly tabernacle. 151 00:08:10,740 --> 00:08:12,180 There was that earthly tabernacle 152 00:08:12,180 --> 00:08:15,180 that had the holy place and the holy of holies. 153 00:08:15,180 --> 00:08:17,620 And the priests in the olden days, 154 00:08:17,620 --> 00:08:21,460 they would go into the holy of holies, that holy place. 155 00:08:21,460 --> 00:08:25,040 And that was a representative of the real place, 156 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:27,000 a real sanctuary not made with hands. 157 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:29,940 And what the writer of Hebrews, the preacher here, 158 00:08:29,940 --> 00:08:31,640 is telling us in verse 24, 159 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:34,540 Christ is an entered into the holy place is made with hands, 160 00:08:34,540 --> 00:08:38,520 which are the figures of the true, but into heaven itself. 161 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:41,780 That's the true sanctuary. 162 00:08:41,780 --> 00:08:43,680 That's the true holy of holies. 163 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:49,720 Now to appear in the presence of God for us. 164 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:54,720 This really is a summary statement of the whole chapter. 165 00:08:55,060 --> 00:08:57,900 Jesus did not go into his, 166 00:08:57,900 --> 00:09:00,400 did not go in his priestly ministry 167 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:03,640 to the tabernacle or temple to execute that ministry. 168 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:05,840 He did not stay on the earth. 169 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:07,600 He went to heaven itself. 170 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:08,800 Why? 171 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:11,120 The temple and the tabernacle were a picture 172 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:14,600 of the heavenly temple, the holy dwelling place of God, 173 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:16,680 not made with hands. 174 00:09:16,680 --> 00:09:23,020 Jesus is in the presence of God. 175 00:09:23,020 --> 00:09:25,860 They were pictures of that true tabernacle. 176 00:09:25,860 --> 00:09:28,320 The earthly ministry of the human priest 177 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:32,660 was a picture of the lasting, effective, eternal ministry, 178 00:09:32,660 --> 00:09:37,660 the ministry that Jesus now does in heaven for us. 179 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:42,440 The present place of his present ministry 180 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:46,100 is now to appear in the presence of God. 181 00:09:46,100 --> 00:09:48,780 And I love those last two little words, what? 182 00:09:48,780 --> 00:09:52,420 For us, for us. 183 00:09:52,420 --> 00:09:54,860 The point he's making is that Jesus did not appear 184 00:09:54,860 --> 00:09:56,960 in the earthly tabernacle or temple. 185 00:09:56,960 --> 00:09:59,380 All of that was just a figure of the true 186 00:09:59,380 --> 00:10:00,880 he's in heaven itself. 187 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:04,560 I love to preach about when Jesus Christ came back to heaven. 188 00:10:04,560 --> 00:10:08,100 In Psalm 24, we have a beautiful poetic description 189 00:10:08,100 --> 00:10:10,200 of the Lord Jesus going back to heaven. 190 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:13,240 It says in Psalm 24, verse seven, 191 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:16,600 lift up your heads, O ye gates, 192 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:20,280 ye everlasting, and ye lift up ye everlasting doors, 193 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:22,580 and the king of glory shall come in. 194 00:10:22,580 --> 00:10:23,940 Who is this king of glory? 195 00:10:23,940 --> 00:10:27,220 The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. 196 00:10:27,220 --> 00:10:29,780 Lift up your heads, O ye gates, even lift them up, 197 00:10:29,780 --> 00:10:32,980 ye everlasting doors, and the king of glory shall come in. 198 00:10:32,980 --> 00:10:34,820 Who is this king of glory? 199 00:10:34,820 --> 00:10:36,160 The Lord of hosts. 200 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:39,520 He is the king of glory. 201 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:41,000 Isn't that good? 202 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:42,700 When Christ ascended back to the right hand 203 00:10:42,700 --> 00:10:44,360 of the Father as our living Lord 204 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:48,000 and the captain of our salvation into heaven itself, 205 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:50,900 we're back in the first verse of chapter eight. 206 00:10:50,900 --> 00:10:53,740 The Bible says that he sat down at the right hand 207 00:10:53,740 --> 00:10:56,740 of the throne of the majesty in the heavens. 208 00:10:56,740 --> 00:10:58,920 He's appearing right up there. 209 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:01,880 In verse 24, it says that Christ is now appearing 210 00:11:01,880 --> 00:11:03,580 in the presence of God. 211 00:11:03,580 --> 00:11:07,480 Literally, that means face to face with God. 212 00:11:09,980 --> 00:11:12,160 It's a statement of the equality of Jesus. 213 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:14,960 Jesus Christ is the man, but he's also God. 214 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:18,760 He is co-existent, co-equal with God the Father. 215 00:11:18,760 --> 00:11:20,560 You know, the Bible teaches a trinity. 216 00:11:22,140 --> 00:11:24,200 The Bible teaches that God is one person 217 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:27,380 yet God manifests himself in three persons. 218 00:11:27,380 --> 00:11:28,880 Do I understand that? 219 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:30,680 No, I don't. 220 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:36,720 There's one God and he's three persons. 221 00:11:37,980 --> 00:11:39,920 And there's a lot of things I don't understand in the Bible. 222 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:40,920 I don't understand how it is that God is God 223 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:42,720 and he's God the Father, God the Son, 224 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:44,160 and God the Holy Spirit. 225 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:46,120 But I know that these three are one 226 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:48,060 and that they are equal one to another. 227 00:11:48,060 --> 00:11:51,000 Jesus Christ appeared at the right hand of the Father 228 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:53,960 face to face in the presence of God. 229 00:11:53,960 --> 00:11:55,140 And why did he do it? 230 00:11:55,140 --> 00:11:56,380 It says it right there at the end. 231 00:11:56,380 --> 00:12:00,740 He does it for us. 232 00:12:00,740 --> 00:12:02,320 We've already studied what he's doing 233 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:04,040 at the right hand of the God, the Father for us. 234 00:12:04,040 --> 00:12:08,120 He ascended to heaven and now he's our advocate. 235 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:10,180 He ascended as our high priest. 236 00:12:10,180 --> 00:12:11,920 And earthly priest in the Old Testament 237 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:13,680 represented the people to God. 238 00:12:13,680 --> 00:12:16,560 We know now that the teaching of the New Testament 239 00:12:16,560 --> 00:12:18,500 is that born again children of God 240 00:12:18,500 --> 00:12:20,400 don't need a priest here on earth. 241 00:12:21,300 --> 00:12:24,440 You don't need me to get to God. 242 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:26,640 You can get to God yourself if you're saved, 243 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:29,240 if you have the Holy Spirit living inside of you. 244 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:31,940 You don't have to come to a, 245 00:12:31,940 --> 00:12:33,800 Pastor Corey is a great pastor. 246 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:35,920 I'm so thankful for him. 247 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:37,740 Pastor Miles is a great pastor. 248 00:12:37,740 --> 00:12:40,320 He's doing a great job with our teenagers. 249 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:42,320 We are just dudes. 250 00:12:46,060 --> 00:12:47,260 We're just guys. 251 00:12:48,560 --> 00:12:51,300 God's called us to what we're doing, 252 00:12:51,300 --> 00:12:53,420 but I ain't special. 253 00:12:53,420 --> 00:12:55,200 I don't even speak good grammar. 254 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:58,300 I just said, ain't, right? 255 00:12:58,300 --> 00:13:01,080 You don't need us to get to God. 256 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:03,580 Jesus is your advocate. 257 00:13:03,580 --> 00:13:04,940 You don't need a priest. 258 00:13:04,940 --> 00:13:07,300 In heaven, we have a high priest. 259 00:13:07,300 --> 00:13:09,400 His name is the Lord Jesus. 260 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:11,640 He's in the presence of God face to face 261 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:14,680 with the Father for us. 262 00:13:14,680 --> 00:13:15,780 What's he doing up there? 263 00:13:15,780 --> 00:13:17,320 The Bible says he's praying for us. 264 00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:18,920 He's interceding for us. 265 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:20,780 He's praying on our behalf. 266 00:13:20,780 --> 00:13:24,020 What does this have to do with the sin problem? 267 00:13:24,020 --> 00:13:26,020 Well, sin's a powerful force. 268 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:30,900 James says when it's finished, 269 00:13:30,900 --> 00:13:33,060 sin when it's finished, it brings forth. 270 00:13:33,060 --> 00:13:36,860 When it's finished, it brings forth death. 271 00:13:36,860 --> 00:13:41,300 Paul wrote that the wages of sin is death. 272 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:46,740 Jesus deals with the power of sin and is present appearing. 273 00:13:46,740 --> 00:13:49,840 The majority of us here have received the Lord Jesus 274 00:13:49,840 --> 00:13:51,840 as our personal savior. 275 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:55,120 I'll show you in a minute what that did for us 276 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:57,380 in terms of our sin in our past. 277 00:13:57,380 --> 00:13:58,960 But what does that do for us right now 278 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:01,560 in terms of our present battle with sin? 279 00:14:01,560 --> 00:14:03,520 The present appearing of Jesus for us 280 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:07,260 before the Father deals with the matter of sin's power. 281 00:14:07,260 --> 00:14:08,860 And as the present appearing right now, 282 00:14:08,860 --> 00:14:11,540 he deals with sin's power. 283 00:14:12,460 --> 00:14:16,540 First John 2 1 says this, if you're God's child, 284 00:14:16,540 --> 00:14:19,380 you're in this verse in 1 John 2 1. 285 00:14:19,380 --> 00:14:22,180 My little children, these things write unto you 286 00:14:22,180 --> 00:14:24,420 that you sin not. 287 00:14:26,980 --> 00:14:29,760 Provision has been made for you to not sin. 288 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:31,120 You don't have to sin. 289 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:32,920 Now we all sin. 290 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:35,260 You're never gonna stop sinning completely. 291 00:14:35,260 --> 00:14:40,260 I'm not preaching that some kind of second sanctification 292 00:14:41,660 --> 00:14:43,100 that some teach that like, well one day I can make it where 293 00:14:43,100 --> 00:14:46,460 I can get so good, Jesus can so work in me 294 00:14:46,460 --> 00:14:47,660 that I'll stop sinning. 295 00:14:47,660 --> 00:14:48,840 You know what that happens? 296 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:50,880 That happens when we're absent from the body 297 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:52,180 and present with the Lord. 298 00:14:52,180 --> 00:14:53,240 That's when that happens. 299 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:54,940 Who's looking forward to not sinning anymore? 300 00:14:54,940 --> 00:14:57,280 That's gonna be awesome, right? 301 00:14:57,280 --> 00:14:58,620 But you know what? 302 00:14:58,620 --> 00:15:02,780 You can't grow in us and through us a growing and growing 303 00:15:02,780 --> 00:15:04,780 and growing power over sin. 304 00:15:06,620 --> 00:15:10,120 You can't be sinless, but you can sin less. 305 00:15:13,500 --> 00:15:15,000 I'm glad for that. 306 00:15:17,260 --> 00:15:19,340 Provision has been made and he goes on in verse one. 307 00:15:19,340 --> 00:15:24,080 And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the father, 308 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:27,380 Jesus Christ, the one who didn't sin, 309 00:15:27,380 --> 00:15:29,640 he's righteous, isn't that good? 310 00:15:31,540 --> 00:15:33,680 One of the reasons I know I'm saved is when I sin, 311 00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:34,880 I feel bad about it. 312 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:38,160 I'm not saying to everybody that feels bad about sin 313 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:41,160 is saved, but if you sin continually, 314 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:44,820 you never have any kind of guilt, probably aren't saved. 315 00:15:47,900 --> 00:15:51,400 This morning in Jeremiah 12, we were in that passage 316 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:54,040 and Jeremiah tells God, God, it seems like the wicked 317 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:56,400 are prospering and they're happy. 318 00:15:56,400 --> 00:15:58,000 Won't you do something about them? 319 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:01,200 I've thought that before. 320 00:16:02,180 --> 00:16:03,620 When we sin, if we're born again, 321 00:16:03,620 --> 00:16:04,940 the Holy Spirit troubles our heart. 322 00:16:04,940 --> 00:16:08,020 The Bible says the Holy Spirit convicts of sin. 323 00:16:08,020 --> 00:16:09,580 That's one of his ministries. 324 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:13,220 The Holy Spirit starts dealing with me down in my heart 325 00:16:13,220 --> 00:16:15,420 and I know I shouldn't have done what I did. 326 00:16:15,420 --> 00:16:16,760 I shouldn't have said what I said. 327 00:16:16,760 --> 00:16:18,160 I shouldn't have acted the way I have. 328 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:19,860 I shouldn't have blown up. 329 00:16:19,860 --> 00:16:23,000 I shouldn't have lost my temper. 330 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:25,700 The Holy Spirit starts dealing with us in 1 John 1.9 331 00:16:25,700 --> 00:16:28,340 where he says, if we confess our sins, he's faithful 332 00:16:28,340 --> 00:16:30,680 and just to forgive us our sins 333 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:32,980 and to cleanse us for all unrighteousness. 334 00:16:32,980 --> 00:16:35,820 That's how, that Christ helps us on a daily basis 335 00:16:35,820 --> 00:16:37,520 as part of how he deals with sin power. 336 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:41,660 After you're saved, you still don't have the ingredients 337 00:16:41,660 --> 00:16:43,520 in your own humanity, your own flesh, 338 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:45,520 to live a victorious Christian life. 339 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:47,520 A lot of Christians think that they have to trust 340 00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:50,920 Jesus Christ to save them and then they're on their own 341 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:54,300 to live the Christian life, but you don't have to do that. 342 00:16:54,300 --> 00:16:56,760 Not only do you need Jesus Christ to save you, 343 00:16:56,760 --> 00:16:59,200 you need Jesus Christ to give you power over your sins 344 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:01,100 on a daily basis. 345 00:17:01,100 --> 00:17:03,480 The gospel saves you, but also the gospel ought 346 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:04,880 to sanctify you. 347 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:05,920 You need Jesus. 348 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:08,780 You seen that T-shirt, y'all need Jesus? 349 00:17:08,780 --> 00:17:10,420 You do. 350 00:17:10,420 --> 00:17:12,160 We need him. 351 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:14,680 Students, you're gonna hang out with your friends this week 352 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:16,420 or you're gonna go online this week 353 00:17:16,420 --> 00:17:17,960 and you have to have God's power. 354 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:20,420 If you're gonna deal with the temptations that come 355 00:17:20,420 --> 00:17:24,760 when you get out into the world, you need Jesus. 356 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:27,860 You go through rough temptations on the job guys, 357 00:17:27,860 --> 00:17:29,740 you need God's power. 358 00:17:29,740 --> 00:17:31,140 We're weak in our flesh. 359 00:17:31,140 --> 00:17:32,640 The Bible says the spirit is willing, 360 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:35,840 but the flesh is weak. 361 00:17:35,840 --> 00:17:38,940 The same power that raised Jesus Christ from the dead 362 00:17:38,940 --> 00:17:40,940 now dwells in you. 363 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:44,640 And you can ask God to give you power over sin 364 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:47,780 and he can grant it to you because Jesus is in heaven 365 00:17:47,780 --> 00:17:50,820 advocating for us with the Father. 366 00:17:52,220 --> 00:17:53,060 Do you get it? 367 00:17:54,620 --> 00:17:58,120 In his present appearing right now, 368 00:17:58,120 --> 00:18:00,220 Jesus is face to face with God, 369 00:18:00,220 --> 00:18:03,560 helping us to deal with sin's power on a daily basis. 370 00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:06,900 So in his present appearing, he deals with sin's power. 371 00:18:06,900 --> 00:18:11,040 Number two, in his past appearing, 372 00:18:11,040 --> 00:18:13,600 he dealt with sin's penalty. 373 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:18,600 In his past appearing, he dealt with sin's penalty. 374 00:18:19,940 --> 00:18:22,140 In verse 24, the preacher in the text explains 375 00:18:22,140 --> 00:18:23,780 that God had entered into the presence of God 376 00:18:23,780 --> 00:18:26,180 and the real holy of holy is for us. 377 00:18:26,180 --> 00:18:28,620 Starting in verse 25 and into 26, 378 00:18:28,620 --> 00:18:30,740 the preacher, the author of Hebrews, 379 00:18:30,740 --> 00:18:33,980 refers to another appearing of Jesus. 380 00:18:33,980 --> 00:18:36,760 That of his appearing in the past, look at verse 25. 381 00:18:39,260 --> 00:18:42,420 Nor yet that he should offer himself often 382 00:18:42,420 --> 00:18:45,020 as the high priest entered into the holy place every year 383 00:18:45,020 --> 00:18:47,100 with the blood of others. 384 00:18:47,100 --> 00:18:50,020 So he's, again, what's the comparison? 385 00:18:50,020 --> 00:18:55,020 The priest, Jesus doesn't go to an earthly tabernacle. 386 00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:57,700 He's in a heavenly tabernacle appearing to God 387 00:18:57,700 --> 00:18:58,840 for us right now. 388 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:03,200 He didn't go, he didn't have to go 389 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:06,880 and does not have to go, offer himself often. 390 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:10,240 Right? 391 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:13,220 He didn't offer himself for sacrifice over and over 392 00:19:13,220 --> 00:19:14,880 and over and over again. 393 00:19:15,780 --> 00:19:18,120 He only had to go once. 394 00:19:19,120 --> 00:19:24,120 It says in the Old Testament, those earthly priests, 395 00:19:25,700 --> 00:19:27,020 they had to be sacrificing all the time, 396 00:19:27,020 --> 00:19:28,100 the blood of bulls and goats, the blood of sheep, 397 00:19:28,100 --> 00:19:29,640 all the time, every day. 398 00:19:30,740 --> 00:19:32,600 The earthly priests had to go over and over again 399 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:34,700 because the sacrifices they made 400 00:19:34,700 --> 00:19:38,180 didn't fully and finally deal with sin's penalty. 401 00:19:38,180 --> 00:19:40,580 Jesus' offering was of his own blood and body, 402 00:19:40,580 --> 00:19:42,340 not the blood and body of another. 403 00:19:42,340 --> 00:19:44,540 His offering was once for all. 404 00:19:44,540 --> 00:19:46,880 So that's why it says in verse 26, 405 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:49,320 for then must he have offered himself, 406 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:52,220 have suffered since the foundation of the world. 407 00:19:53,420 --> 00:19:54,780 If it had to happen all the time, 408 00:19:54,780 --> 00:19:56,660 he would have had to have been crucified 409 00:19:56,660 --> 00:19:58,660 from the very beginning over and over and over 410 00:19:58,660 --> 00:20:00,900 and over and over again because it didn't have it fully 411 00:20:00,900 --> 00:20:04,740 and finally one time, it had to happen since sin began. 412 00:20:04,740 --> 00:20:08,680 His offering was once for all. 413 00:20:10,300 --> 00:20:13,280 Let me be very clear with you about something. 414 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:18,280 Jesus died on the cross for everyone, for everyone. 415 00:20:19,220 --> 00:20:21,520 He didn't die for just a few. 416 00:20:24,220 --> 00:20:25,780 He died for everybody. 417 00:20:26,860 --> 00:20:29,900 All means all, that's all it means. 418 00:20:29,900 --> 00:20:34,000 Jesus died for everyone. 419 00:20:35,500 --> 00:20:38,760 And it says, now once in the end of the world, 420 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:43,760 he has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. 421 00:20:44,060 --> 00:20:47,360 Because he is the only acceptable sacrifice for sin, 422 00:20:47,360 --> 00:20:51,400 he had to be sacrificed only once and not repeatedly. 423 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:53,840 Here we see his past appearing. 424 00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:56,320 He appeared, you see that in the verse? 425 00:20:56,320 --> 00:21:01,320 In the past, why, to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. 426 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:05,120 If Christ was like that earthly high priest, 427 00:21:05,120 --> 00:21:08,360 then he would have to go to die on the cross all the time. 428 00:21:08,360 --> 00:21:11,100 But now, that's not what happened. 429 00:21:11,100 --> 00:21:14,880 Now once, you see before, they did it often. 430 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:17,360 Now once, when? 431 00:21:17,360 --> 00:21:18,960 In the end of the world. 432 00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:20,480 Christ died 2,000 years ago, 433 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:22,000 but that wasn't the end of the world. 434 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:25,880 The phrase, the end of the world was used in many ways 435 00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:28,280 in scripture and one sense of the word, 436 00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:30,160 from the coming of Christ until now, 437 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:32,000 we've been living at the end of the age. 438 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:35,240 The Bible calls this time period the last days. 439 00:21:36,540 --> 00:21:38,960 We're living in the last days. 440 00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:42,160 We're not saying that because it's like past 2,000. 441 00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:46,520 We're saying that in the way that history works, 442 00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:48,440 the way that God is telling his story, 443 00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:50,440 he says, Jesus says he's coming back. 444 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:53,920 I'm going to prepare a place for you. 445 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:56,240 And if I go to prepare a place for you, 446 00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:58,600 I'll come again to receive you to myself 447 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:02,200 that where I am there, you may be also, right? 448 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:03,240 He's coming back. 449 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:06,920 When Christ comes at the end of the world, 450 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:08,680 he's coming at the end of the age. 451 00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:11,240 He appeared to put away the sin by sacrifice himself. 452 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:12,840 That's the second appearing that these verses 453 00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:16,000 are talking about, but it's a past appearing, verse 27. 454 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:20,080 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, 455 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:25,080 but after this, the judgment. Now, he's comparing 456 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:32,400 the death of Jesus to how we deal with death. 457 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:37,400 The Bible says it's appointed unto man once to die, 458 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:40,360 but after this, the judgment. 459 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:44,160 And that kills reincarnation, doesn't it? 460 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:49,160 You die once, just one time. 461 00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:52,160 Eastern thought teaches that life is a cycle. 462 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:54,280 Everything goes around in circles. 463 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:56,240 The Bible teaches that life is linear, 464 00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:59,760 that it's moving forward, that it's going somewhere, 465 00:22:59,760 --> 00:23:01,800 that it has a destiny, that it has an aim, 466 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:04,160 that it has a purpose, who's glad for that? 467 00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:06,320 There is meaning to this life. 468 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:09,360 Life's not meaningless. 469 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:12,960 Some folks think you just keep recycling. 470 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:16,320 You come once around, you die, you come back again, 471 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:19,200 but this verse of scripture says you die once. 472 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:21,280 It's appointed unto man once to die. 473 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:26,200 One of the things that's really kind of concerning about 474 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:28,000 that verse is that word appointed. 475 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:30,520 It's an appointment you keep. 476 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:33,120 You can't like, oh, I'm gonna call in sick that day. 477 00:23:33,120 --> 00:23:41,120 You may be sick, but you'll keep that appointment. 478 00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:46,120 No, it's appointed unto man once to die. 479 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:50,320 What are you gonna do about when it comes to die? 480 00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:57,320 This is the subject that when I bring it up, 481 00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:00,720 everyone does what you guys are doing right now. 482 00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:02,320 Screaming. 483 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:09,120 We preachers are good at going for awkward topics. 484 00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:12,520 What are you gonna do about your death? 485 00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:15,520 You're going to die. 486 00:24:19,120 --> 00:24:22,320 It's appointed unto man once to die. 487 00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:25,920 And I've been at two different kinds of funerals. 488 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:28,120 I've been at funerals of people that knew what was gonna happen 489 00:24:28,120 --> 00:24:29,320 to them when they die. 490 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:34,320 And who had a confidence in the people that knew what was 491 00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:39,120 gonna happen to them when they met that appointment. 492 00:24:39,120 --> 00:24:41,720 And those funerals, although there's some grief, 493 00:24:43,120 --> 00:24:44,720 they're like celebrations. 494 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:48,520 You really can't laugh at a funeral and it's okay. 495 00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:53,120 I've done it at funerals of people I love 496 00:24:53,120 --> 00:24:56,020 because I know that out of all the people in the room, 497 00:24:56,020 --> 00:25:00,120 they're the one having the best day because they're 498 00:25:01,020 --> 00:25:02,820 with Jesus in heaven. 499 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:06,920 They can meet that appointment and you have to worry about it. 500 00:25:08,220 --> 00:25:10,320 But I've been to those other funerals too 501 00:25:12,820 --> 00:25:15,620 where all you can do is hope that because they lived in a 502 00:25:15,620 --> 00:25:18,720 country that had a lot of gospel, maybe they heard it 503 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:20,820 and responded to it and we didn't know. 504 00:25:22,020 --> 00:25:23,620 That's a tough one. 505 00:25:23,620 --> 00:25:26,020 What are you gonna do about your death? 506 00:25:31,620 --> 00:25:33,020 It's a pointer and a man wants to die 507 00:25:33,020 --> 00:25:34,520 and after this the judgment. 508 00:25:35,820 --> 00:25:36,820 He says in verse 26, 509 00:25:36,820 --> 00:25:39,820 once in the end of the world he has appeared to put away sin. 510 00:25:39,820 --> 00:25:42,620 The words put away means to abolish or to put aside sin 511 00:25:42,620 --> 00:25:44,320 by the sacrifice of himself. 512 00:25:45,120 --> 00:25:48,020 And just like it's appointed once for men to die 513 00:25:48,020 --> 00:25:50,620 and after this to judgment, verse 28, 514 00:25:50,620 --> 00:25:55,620 so Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many 515 00:25:55,620 --> 00:25:57,820 and unto them that look for him, 516 00:25:57,820 --> 00:26:02,820 shall he appear the second time without sin under salvation. 517 00:26:04,020 --> 00:26:06,020 To bear the sins of many means to take up 518 00:26:06,020 --> 00:26:07,420 and carry away the sins. 519 00:26:07,420 --> 00:26:10,520 Now he's talking about the penalty of sin. 520 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:12,920 The Bible says the wages of sin is death. 521 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:14,220 That's a penalty we all owe. 522 00:26:14,220 --> 00:26:17,920 But 2,000 years ago when Jesus Christ died on the cross, 523 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:21,820 he put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. 524 00:26:21,820 --> 00:26:24,720 2,000 years ago Christ bore the sin of many 525 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:26,320 on that old cross. 526 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:27,320 First John 3.5 says, 527 00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:30,420 and you know that he was manifested to take away our sins 528 00:26:30,420 --> 00:26:33,020 and in him is no sin. 529 00:26:33,020 --> 00:26:34,720 In the first chapter of John's gospel 530 00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:36,720 when the Lord Jesus Christ came down 531 00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:41,420 to the river of Jordan and John the Baptist saw him coming, 532 00:26:41,420 --> 00:26:42,220 John the Baptist said, 533 00:26:42,220 --> 00:26:46,820 behold the Lamb of God that taketh away 534 00:26:46,820 --> 00:26:48,220 the sin of the world. 535 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:52,720 As a lost sinner that burden and that weight 536 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:55,120 and that guilt, the penalty of sin, 537 00:26:55,120 --> 00:26:57,220 if you don't know Jesus Christ as your savior 538 00:26:57,220 --> 00:27:00,020 that penalty is on you. 539 00:27:00,020 --> 00:27:02,820 Jesus told Nicodemus in John chapter 3, 540 00:27:02,820 --> 00:27:07,820 he that does not believe is condemned already. 541 00:27:10,620 --> 00:27:13,820 But when Jesus Christ went to Calvary's cross 542 00:27:13,820 --> 00:27:16,020 he took that load of sin and lifted it up 543 00:27:16,020 --> 00:27:18,320 and boarded on his own body on the tree. 544 00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:21,220 In his past appearing, he put away sin 545 00:27:21,220 --> 00:27:22,720 by the sacrifice of himself. 546 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:24,820 He dealt with the penalty of sin. 547 00:27:24,820 --> 00:27:29,820 Your sin debt has been paid in full once for all. 548 00:27:31,220 --> 00:27:32,820 That's why those religious groups 549 00:27:32,820 --> 00:27:37,120 who teach a system where the death of Christ is repeated, 550 00:27:37,120 --> 00:27:39,520 they've totally missed the teachings of the New Testament. 551 00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:43,220 To teach that Christ that when you give a wafer 552 00:27:43,220 --> 00:27:45,020 or you give a juice that's the actual body 553 00:27:45,020 --> 00:27:47,820 and blood of Jesus is to make Jesus die every week. 554 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:52,320 Do you get what I'm talking about? 555 00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:55,360 He didn't have to die every week, he died once 556 00:27:55,360 --> 00:27:56,620 for all of our sin. 557 00:27:57,460 --> 00:27:59,720 To teach that every time people take the bread and wine 558 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:02,220 that literally becomes the body and blood of Jesus 559 00:28:02,220 --> 00:28:06,020 is as contradicting exactly these verses we're teaching. 560 00:28:06,020 --> 00:28:08,520 Christ Jesus has not continually sacrificed. 561 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:13,320 He made one sacrifice once for all forever. 562 00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:15,220 His body was once nailed to the cross, 563 00:28:15,220 --> 00:28:16,820 never to be repeated again. 564 00:28:16,820 --> 00:28:18,720 His blood was once shed on the cross, 565 00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:20,320 never to be repeated again. 566 00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:25,020 His past appearing was to deal with sin's penalty 567 00:28:25,020 --> 00:28:28,720 and his presence, present appearing, he's in heaven. 568 00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:31,520 For us, helping us deal with sin's power. 569 00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:35,120 In his past, he helped us deal with sin's penalty. 570 00:28:36,020 --> 00:28:38,620 Number three, his future appearing. 571 00:28:38,620 --> 00:28:42,220 He deals with sin's presence. 572 00:28:43,820 --> 00:28:45,720 He deals with sin's presence. 573 00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:46,820 Look at verse 28. 574 00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:52,720 And unto them that look for him shall he appear 575 00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:53,720 the second time. 576 00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:55,620 Who's looking for Jesus? 577 00:28:55,620 --> 00:28:57,620 Yeah, he's coming back. 578 00:28:58,820 --> 00:29:01,020 And when he comes, he's coming without sin. 579 00:29:01,020 --> 00:29:07,820 And look at those two little words, unto salvation. 580 00:29:10,020 --> 00:29:11,220 That's kind of weird. 581 00:29:11,220 --> 00:29:15,320 You're like, Ben, I thought that I already was saved. 582 00:29:16,220 --> 00:29:18,020 You are, you're saved. 583 00:29:19,020 --> 00:29:20,620 If you know Christ is your savior, 584 00:29:20,620 --> 00:29:23,820 if you've put your trust in Jesus Christ 585 00:29:24,820 --> 00:29:26,820 for the payment of your sins 586 00:29:26,820 --> 00:29:28,620 because of what he done on the cross, you're saved. 587 00:29:28,620 --> 00:29:29,820 You're already saved. 588 00:29:29,820 --> 00:29:30,820 You're saved. 589 00:29:32,420 --> 00:29:34,620 If you have done that, you're being saved. 590 00:29:37,820 --> 00:29:38,820 Isn't that cool? 591 00:29:38,820 --> 00:29:41,420 Right now, you're being saved. 592 00:29:41,420 --> 00:29:44,620 But here, what he tells us is one day we will be saved. 593 00:29:47,820 --> 00:29:52,720 Unto salvation means you're going to be saved. 594 00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:53,820 It's both. 595 00:29:53,820 --> 00:29:56,120 You were saved and you're going to be saved. 596 00:29:56,120 --> 00:29:59,820 In fact, if you want to just get just thoroughly, biblically 597 00:29:59,820 --> 00:30:01,520 about it, it's biblically correct to say, 598 00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:02,820 I have been saved. 599 00:30:02,820 --> 00:30:05,420 I am being saved and I shall be saved. 600 00:30:05,420 --> 00:30:08,820 I have been saved from sin's penalty. 601 00:30:08,820 --> 00:30:10,420 He appeared once at the end of the world 602 00:30:10,420 --> 00:30:13,120 to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. 603 00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:16,520 Day to day, I'm being saved by from sin's power. 604 00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:18,420 He appears now in the presence of God for us. 605 00:30:18,420 --> 00:30:21,820 He has given us his Holy Spirit to deal with sin. 606 00:30:21,820 --> 00:30:24,920 One of these days when Jesus comes back the second time 607 00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:28,220 without sin unto salvation, I shall be saved 608 00:30:28,220 --> 00:30:29,860 from sin's very presence. 609 00:30:31,220 --> 00:30:33,720 Saved to sin no more. 610 00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:35,820 Won't that be awesome? 611 00:30:35,820 --> 00:30:37,320 One day we're going to get taken out of here. 612 00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:38,620 We won't sin anymore. 613 00:30:42,520 --> 00:30:43,720 Let me conclude this way. 614 00:30:46,220 --> 00:30:50,320 Every year, the High Priest would go into the Holy of Holies. 615 00:30:51,620 --> 00:30:54,620 Before he would go in, he would take off that beautiful garment, 616 00:30:54,620 --> 00:30:56,820 the High Priest would war with all the colors 617 00:30:56,820 --> 00:30:59,420 and the breastplate with all the stones. 618 00:30:59,420 --> 00:31:01,620 On that robe that he wore around the fringes, 619 00:31:01,620 --> 00:31:05,620 there were pomegranates and bells all the way about the bottom. 620 00:31:05,620 --> 00:31:08,520 When the High Priest was walking around in the tabernacle 621 00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:10,920 and in the temple carrying on their duties, 622 00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:15,120 you could hear those things clanging and tinkling. 623 00:31:16,020 --> 00:31:17,120 But on the day of Atonement, 624 00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:19,020 when he got ready to go into the Holy of Holies, 625 00:31:19,020 --> 00:31:22,420 he would lay aside that robe and it would get really quiet. 626 00:31:22,420 --> 00:31:24,720 People on the outside were quiet. 627 00:31:26,020 --> 00:31:31,320 They knew that when he was going into the Holy of Holies 628 00:31:31,320 --> 00:31:33,120 with the blood of the lamb, 629 00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:35,020 if he made any mistake, 630 00:31:35,020 --> 00:31:37,520 the Bible promised that he would be a dead man. 631 00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:40,520 I've heard so many say, 632 00:31:42,820 --> 00:31:44,320 I believe it to be true, 633 00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:47,820 that they would tie a rope around the leg of the High Priest 634 00:31:47,820 --> 00:31:49,420 so that if he did make a mistake 635 00:31:49,420 --> 00:31:51,020 and he died in that Holy of Holies, 636 00:31:51,020 --> 00:31:53,420 no one would have to go in there 637 00:31:53,420 --> 00:31:55,620 and face the potential of being killed themselves. 638 00:31:55,620 --> 00:31:56,920 They would pull him out. 639 00:31:58,420 --> 00:32:00,620 Whenever the Old Head Testament High Priest entered 640 00:32:00,620 --> 00:32:02,520 into the Holy of Holies on the day of Atonement, 641 00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:07,420 the people waited with eager anticipation for his return 642 00:32:07,420 --> 00:32:09,420 so they could know that the sacrifices 643 00:32:09,420 --> 00:32:12,120 that he had offered were acceptable to God. 644 00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:15,620 They would be listening. 645 00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:18,220 And if everything had been done correctly, 646 00:32:18,220 --> 00:32:22,420 he would put those robes on and before they saw him, 647 00:32:22,420 --> 00:32:24,020 they would hear the tinkling of the bells. 648 00:32:24,020 --> 00:32:27,520 He would come out and the people would shout 649 00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:30,920 because the sacrifice had been accepted. 650 00:32:32,020 --> 00:32:33,220 One of these days, 651 00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:37,120 we're gonna hear a shout from heaven. 652 00:32:40,220 --> 00:32:43,320 Paul wrote that the Lord himself shall descend from heaven 653 00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:45,420 with a shout 654 00:32:45,420 --> 00:32:49,420 with the voice of the archangel and the trump of God. 655 00:32:49,420 --> 00:32:51,420 It's not the tinkling of the bells, 656 00:32:51,420 --> 00:32:55,320 it's the sound of a trumpet that we're listening for. 657 00:32:56,420 --> 00:32:57,820 When that happens, 658 00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:04,720 verse 28 says unto them that look for him shall he appear 659 00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:11,920 the second time without sin unto salvation. 660 00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:16,920 Likewise, we who believe in Jesus Christ eagerly wait 661 00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:19,920 for his return from the heavenly Holy of Holies. 662 00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:23,920 And when he comes for us, our redemption is fully accomplished. 663 00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:27,920 This is what the Bible calls a blessed hope. 664 00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:32,920 You say, Pastor Van, you believe Jesus is coming back? 665 00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:34,920 With all my heart. 666 00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:39,920 There were hundreds of prophecies 667 00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:46,920 about Jesus' first appearing and he fulfilled them all. 668 00:33:49,920 --> 00:33:50,920 Every single one. 669 00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:54,920 If you don't believe me, let's talk. 670 00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:57,920 I'll show you. 671 00:33:58,920 --> 00:34:00,920 He's promised to come again. 672 00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:05,920 And there's all kinds of prophecies about that second coming. 673 00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:09,920 And right now I know I'm saved 674 00:34:09,920 --> 00:34:12,920 because God sent His Holy Spirit inside of me 675 00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:16,920 and I know the penalty of sin was paid for by Jesus 676 00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:19,920 when he came 2,000 years ago and died on the cross for my sin. 677 00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:21,920 I know that the penalty of sin I'll never have to face. 678 00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:23,920 There is now therefore no condemnation 679 00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:25,920 to those who are in Christ Jesus. 680 00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:28,920 I don't have any condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus. 681 00:34:28,920 --> 00:34:30,920 I don't have to worry about it. 682 00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:31,920 I have to worry about hell. 683 00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:33,920 I don't. 684 00:34:33,920 --> 00:34:36,920 Not because I'm a good person, because he was a good person 685 00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:37,920 and he is a good person. 686 00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:39,920 So I know my penalty is dealt with 687 00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:41,920 and right now I'm fighting sin. 688 00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:42,920 Anybody like me? 689 00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:47,920 We're fighting sin and sometimes it's hard. 690 00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:51,920 But I know God's growing me. 691 00:34:52,920 --> 00:34:53,920 I know He is. 692 00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:58,920 I know He is, the things that used to thrill me, now disgust me. 693 00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:02,920 I'm growing in Him. 694 00:35:02,920 --> 00:35:03,920 I know some of you are too. 695 00:35:03,920 --> 00:35:05,920 I'm watching it happen in your lives. 696 00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:10,920 Things that you used to love, now you hate them. 697 00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:18,920 The things that you used to not even know existed, now you have an affection for those things. 698 00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:23,920 You have a love for things that you never thought was old and boring and dusty and stuffy. 699 00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:27,920 Now you can't wait to get into it, because God's growing you 700 00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:29,920 and He's helping you with sin right now. 701 00:35:29,920 --> 00:35:34,920 And I want to give you the good news that He didn't leave us here 702 00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:38,920 without giving us that promise. 703 00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:42,920 He's coming back to receive us unto Himself that where we are, 704 00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:45,920 He will be also and where He is, there's no sin. 705 00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:48,920 There's no death. There's no tears. 706 00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:50,920 There's no pain. 707 00:35:50,920 --> 00:35:52,920 There's no cancer. 708 00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:56,920 There's no corrupt politicians. 709 00:35:59,920 --> 00:36:05,920 There's none of that stuff will be saved, not only from the penalty of sin and the power of sin, 710 00:36:05,920 --> 00:36:08,920 will be saved from the very presence of sin, 711 00:36:08,920 --> 00:36:16,920 because Jesus Christ, our great high priest, is going to appear. 712 00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:39,920 Would you bow your heads and close your eyes with me?