1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,480 like so many in Hebrews, has the power, 2 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:09,480 if we will hear it and receive it and believe it 3 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:13,600 and apply it, it has the power, 4 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:18,360 he has the power to do incredible things with it in our life. 5 00:00:19,460 --> 00:00:23,560 I wanna paint a picture for you this morning 6 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:26,440 that I hope will raise the stakes 7 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:29,000 for your understanding of what I believe 8 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:30,760 and what the scripture is teaching to us today. 9 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:33,640 And what I mean by raising the stakes is that 10 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:35,360 here's what I'm always looking for. 11 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:38,080 I'm looking for people leaning forward 12 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:40,360 with a pen in their hand. 13 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:41,360 I know I'm wishing. 14 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:48,280 Ready to hear, not what I say, but what God's word says, right? 15 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:52,840 And listening and hearing to this particular passage 16 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:55,080 and obeying it is a huge deal. 17 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:58,480 Most people do not understand 18 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:01,720 how much we need God 19 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:07,400 and how much we depend on God, saved and unsaved, 20 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:10,160 every single moment of our lives. 21 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:15,560 God designed the world, God created us. 22 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:17,400 He put us on the planet. 23 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:19,680 He thought this thing called life up. 24 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:25,480 Acts 17, 24, Paul says to a bunch of Greek people 25 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:28,200 and Athens at Mars Hill, he said, 26 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:31,200 God that made the world and all things therein, 27 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:34,480 seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, 28 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:36,640 dwells not in temples made with hands, 29 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:38,680 neither is worship with men's hands 30 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:40,040 as though he needed anything. 31 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:44,080 Seeing he giveth, here it is, seeing he giveth to, how many? 32 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:46,880 Seeing he giveth to who? 33 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:51,880 He gives to everybody, life and breath and all things. 34 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:57,440 And hath made of one blood all nations of men 35 00:01:57,440 --> 00:01:59,240 afforded dwell on the face of the earth. 36 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:02,080 And hath determined the times before appointed 37 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:04,040 and the bounds of their habitation 38 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:05,800 that they should seek the Lord. 39 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:10,280 God set up when you would live and where you would live 40 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:12,400 to give you the best chance to seek him. 41 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:15,520 That they should seek the Lord 42 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:16,960 as happily they might feel after him 43 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:19,520 and find him though he be not far from every one of us. 44 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:23,360 For in him, here it is, saved and unsaved, 45 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:28,360 Christian and not, Jew, Buddhist, Muslim, secular, 46 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:31,400 put any category you want on a person, 47 00:02:32,920 --> 00:02:34,360 this is true of them. 48 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:38,120 In him, we live and move and have our being. 49 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:41,400 If you're breathing today, 50 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:43,880 it's because Jesus is giving that to you. 51 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:48,760 And certain of also of your opponents have said 52 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:50,920 for we are also his offspring. 53 00:02:50,920 --> 00:02:55,440 Everything good that you have or have ever experienced, 54 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:57,040 you have because of God. 55 00:02:58,120 --> 00:02:59,920 James said in James 1, 17, 56 00:02:59,920 --> 00:03:03,600 every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, 57 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:06,160 from the Father of lights with whom is no very wellness, 58 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:07,720 neither shadow of turning. 59 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:09,520 Everything good you have comes from a God 60 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:11,240 who does not change. 61 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:15,840 Matthew 5, 45 says that you may be the children 62 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:16,800 of your Father which is in heaven, 63 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:20,640 for he maketh his son to rise on the evil 64 00:03:20,640 --> 00:03:25,640 and the good and sendeth rain on the just and the unjust. 65 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:32,320 When someone who hates God has their little girl 66 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:35,360 come crawling their lap and hug him on the neck 67 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:38,560 and kiss him on the cheek, that is a good gift from God. 68 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:44,040 That's pretty cool in it. 69 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:45,800 Is God merciful? 70 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:47,000 He is merciful. 71 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,800 He is not willing that any should perish 72 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:52,640 but that all should come to repentance. 73 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:57,080 Everything that you have you have because of God. 74 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:58,800 But here's a problem, we've sinned. 75 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:04,320 We've sinned against this God that is the only source 76 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:06,040 of the good in our lives. 77 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:11,760 Romans 2, 5 says, but after thy hardness 78 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:14,200 and impenitent heart treasures up unto thyself, 79 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:17,280 wrath against the day of wrath and revelation 80 00:04:17,280 --> 00:04:20,240 of the righteous judgment of God who will render 81 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:24,000 to every man according to his deeds. 82 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:29,080 Outside of Christ, and we're gonna talk about that today, 83 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:34,080 outside of Christ, although God does give good, common grace, 84 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:35,920 everybody breathe in, ready? 85 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:39,480 Right? 86 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:40,480 Gift from God. 87 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:42,320 Who here likes chocolate? 88 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:45,320 Gift from God. 89 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:49,160 Who here likes cats? 90 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:51,160 That's debatable. 91 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:55,000 Right? 92 00:04:57,320 --> 00:04:59,200 They give me allergies, right? 93 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:02,480 But everything good we have comes from God 94 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:05,840 but also we sin against God and when we sin against God, 95 00:05:05,840 --> 00:05:08,880 the Bible says our sin does not come from God. 96 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:11,800 The Bible says our sin, just because God doesn't judge today 97 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:13,520 doesn't mean he's not gonna judge. 98 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:19,480 So the law couldn't save us. 99 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:23,920 God gave his law, we fall in short of God's law, 100 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:26,080 trying to keep God's law is impossible. 101 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:27,760 Anybody here broken God's law? 102 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:29,880 We've all broken it. 103 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:32,440 If we break in one apart, we've offended in all, 104 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:33,360 the Bible says. 105 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:37,800 And so we needed atonement. 106 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:39,760 We need our sins forgiven. 107 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:44,760 And for us to get to this God who is everything good, 108 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:46,960 for us to have a relationship with him, 109 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:49,680 this creator of the universe, 110 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:51,720 in whom we live and move and have our being, 111 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:54,040 for us to have a shot with the God 112 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:56,280 who is storing up wrath against sin 113 00:05:56,280 --> 00:05:58,120 because he's holy and just, 114 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:01,560 we needed someone to take care of our sin. 115 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:06,240 We needed our sin debt to be paid. 116 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:08,800 And then once it was paid, we need someone 117 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:11,240 by whom we have access to the Father. 118 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:15,000 And that's what this passage talks about. 119 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:20,000 A mediator named Jesus Christ, a high priest. 120 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:23,280 A high priest. 121 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:28,080 This has been, the law couldn't save us, 122 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:30,840 so we needed atonement and we needed a mediator. 123 00:06:30,840 --> 00:06:32,440 And the argument that has been made 124 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:35,720 over the last couple of sermons is that, 125 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:38,720 it was summed up in the last sermon 126 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:41,000 in the previous passage, not last Sunday. 127 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:44,040 Corey did a great job last Sunday, I'm so grateful for him. 128 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:47,640 But two weeks ago in Hebrews chapter seven, verse 19, 129 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:50,780 where it says, for the law made nothing perfect. 130 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:53,880 The law made nothing perfect. 131 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:58,360 The law revealed our imperfection because we break it. 132 00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:04,160 But the bringing in, man, you better amen this. 133 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:06,520 The bringing in of a better hope did. 134 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:11,080 Do you feel like obligated, because I said that, yeah. 135 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:12,600 Who's the better hope? 136 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:14,300 Jesus Christ. 137 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:20,200 By the witch, by Jesus, we draw nigh unto God. 138 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:23,160 The hope that we have is that there's a way 139 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:24,720 to draw near to God. 140 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:28,640 There is a means by which we can be made right with God. 141 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:31,600 Our sin is forgiven and we are made righteous 142 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:35,440 so that we can be in the very presence of God. 143 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:38,480 And this is the whole aim and the whole substance 144 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:39,640 of the Christian life. 145 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:43,200 Not just so that we could be safe from sin, 146 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:45,520 not just so that we can know Christ, 147 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:48,880 but also so that we can enter again 148 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:52,600 into God's very presence. 149 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:59,520 He is everything that is good and He is able, 150 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:04,520 and to be able to enter into His presence for all eternity 151 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:06,720 would mean that we have hope. 152 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:09,280 That's how we have hope. 153 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:11,760 Not only for our sins forgiven, but now we have access 154 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:12,680 to God. 155 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:15,920 We can go to God today. 156 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:17,920 Right now, you can go to God. 157 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:23,680 In fact, that's exactly what Jesus commanded us to do. 158 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:26,920 Yesterday in our men's prayer meeting, 159 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:30,960 Brother Randy Burke gave the devotion 160 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:34,240 and he pointed to two passages of scripture 161 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:35,400 which are really encouraging, 162 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:38,240 and I'm completely ripping this off of him, amen. 163 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:41,960 He pointed and they relate so well 164 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:43,600 to what I want you to know today. 165 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:46,280 When Jesus was on the earth, his disciples came to him 166 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:47,840 after he was in a time of prayer 167 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:50,360 and they asked him for an incredible request. 168 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:52,400 In Luke 11, one, they said this, 169 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:53,920 and it came to pass that as he was praying 170 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:55,640 in a certain place, when he ceased, 171 00:08:55,640 --> 00:08:57,440 one of his disciples came and said unto him, 172 00:08:57,440 --> 00:09:01,920 Lord, teach us to pray, 173 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:04,080 as John also taught his disciples. 174 00:09:05,640 --> 00:09:07,520 And so, man, that's pretty cool. 175 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:09,040 What is prayer? 176 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:11,440 Prayer is talking to God. 177 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:14,520 Prayer is going to God and talking to Him 178 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:16,080 and communing with Him. 179 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:17,920 So what follows in verses two through four 180 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:20,000 is what we call the Lord's Prayer, 181 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:23,000 our Father which art in heaven, how will it be thy name. 182 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:25,640 That gave them some of the categories to pray in 183 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:28,920 or what to pray, but He also taught them how to pray. 184 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:30,480 I want you to listen to this verse, 185 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:32,000 and then I've got another passage 186 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:34,080 that Brother Randy brought up and I think it's so cool, 187 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:36,280 and it completely relates to what we're talking about. 188 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:40,520 And in that same chapter, Luke 11, in verse five, 189 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:42,120 after he teaches them what to pray, 190 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:45,320 he gives them this instruction on how to pray. 191 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:46,360 This is so instructive. 192 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:48,800 Here's what he says, and he said unto them, 193 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:50,440 which of you shall have a friend 194 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:51,960 and shall go unto him at midnight 195 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:55,360 and say to him, friend lend me three loaves. 196 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:58,920 For a friend of mine in his journey has come to me 197 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:00,840 and I have nothing to set before him. 198 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:03,240 So here's this analogy. 199 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:05,160 Back in those days hospitality was a big deal. 200 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:08,920 They didn't have the Motel 6 and the local McDonald's, right? 201 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:12,400 So people just show up and they've come a long way 202 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:13,760 and to get to where they're going, 203 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:15,840 they need somebody to be hospitable. 204 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:17,320 So they show up and it's late at, 205 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:18,920 what time is it in the passage? 206 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:20,720 You see it? 207 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:21,560 What time is it? 208 00:10:21,560 --> 00:10:22,400 Five? 209 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:25,600 Midnight, even back then that was late. 210 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:27,680 Okay, shows up at midnight. 211 00:10:27,680 --> 00:10:29,880 I need to feed these people, they're famous, 212 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:31,160 but I don't have anything. 213 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:33,560 So he goes over to the other, the next guy, 214 00:10:33,560 --> 00:10:35,760 and says, hey, give me some food. 215 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:36,680 I got a problem. 216 00:10:36,680 --> 00:10:38,160 I need a cup of sugar. 217 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:41,120 I need a little bit of cream, help me out. 218 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:44,400 Verse five, yeah, because, sorry, sorry. 219 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:47,720 Verse seven, and he from within shall answer and say, 220 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:51,760 trouble me not, the door is now shut 221 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:54,160 and my children are with me in bed. 222 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:55,680 The modern version of that is you see him 223 00:10:55,680 --> 00:10:59,040 on the ring doorbell and you don't even go to the door. 224 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:00,120 Anybody got a ring doorbell? 225 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:00,960 Okay, you know what I'm talking about? 226 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:01,800 Okay. 227 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:04,880 I'm in bed, I cannot rise and give thee. 228 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:07,400 Verse eight, I say to thee thou will rise, 229 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:09,920 though he will not rise and give him because he is his friend, 230 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:12,920 yet because of his importunity. 231 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:13,760 What a great word. 232 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:17,600 Importunity, he will rise and give him as many as he needed. 233 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:19,640 You know what importunity means? 234 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:22,120 It means persistence. 235 00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:24,800 It means I'm gonna keep knocking. 236 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:27,040 I'm gonna keep knocking. 237 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:30,480 I'm gonna keep asking till you get up and give me some bread. 238 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:35,400 And I say unto you, here's the message. 239 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:39,240 Verse nine, I say unto you, ask and it shall be given you. 240 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:44,760 Seek and ye shall find, knock and it shall be open to you 241 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:46,600 for everyone that asketh receiveeth. 242 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:50,040 And he that seeketh findeth, and to him that knocketh, 243 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:51,080 it shall be open. 244 00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:52,760 You know what God's saying? 245 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:56,640 Ask me, come to me. 246 00:11:58,280 --> 00:12:01,440 Ask me, keep knocking. 247 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:05,280 Next verse, Luke 18, verse one. 248 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:06,960 And he's speaking to them to this end, 249 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:09,840 that men ought to always pray and not to faint. 250 00:12:09,840 --> 00:12:13,200 Saying, there was in a city a judge which feared not God, 251 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:14,720 neither regarded man. 252 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:17,480 And there was a widow in that city and she came unto him, 253 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:19,280 saying, avenge me of my adversary. 254 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:21,520 And he would not for a while. 255 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:23,480 But afterward he said within himself, 256 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:26,200 though I fear not God nor regard man, 257 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:31,200 yet because this widow is so stinking stubborn. 258 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:35,240 That's the Ben version, right? 259 00:12:36,720 --> 00:12:38,960 Trouble with me, I will avenge her, 260 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:43,960 lest by her continual coming she weary me. 261 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:47,640 I regret saying this maybe, 262 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:51,280 but anybody know some really persistent old women? 263 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:55,000 Don't point, stop pointing. 264 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:02,040 And the Lord said, hear what the unjust judge sayeth, 265 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:03,840 and shall not God avenge his own elect, 266 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:07,320 when which cry day and night unto him, 267 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:08,520 though he bear along with them, 268 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:11,120 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily, 269 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:13,880 nevertheless when the Son of Man comes, shall he find, 270 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:17,880 here's the question, shall he find faith, 271 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:21,720 this kind of faith, on the earth? 272 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:25,880 I prayed for that thing that one time 273 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:27,580 and I didn't get it, so I stopped. 274 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:30,080 What is God saying? 275 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:36,440 Keep praying, keep praying, you have not because ye, 276 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:41,440 God is not a genie, and we don't use our prayers 277 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:46,440 to satisfy the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes 278 00:13:47,880 --> 00:13:52,880 and the pride of life, but we pray in Jesus' name, 279 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:57,840 if it be possible, Jesus said, as much, 280 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:00,720 if it be possible, if it's your will, 281 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:03,320 let this cut past from me, nevertheless not my will, 282 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:05,400 but thy be done. 283 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:06,920 When we pray in Jesus' name, we're saying, 284 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:09,400 God, I'm praying for this, but if you don't want me to have it, 285 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:12,480 I agree with you, I agree with you. 286 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:15,040 That's what I mean when I say in Jesus' name. 287 00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:18,520 It's not some rabbit foot I put at the end of a prayer, 288 00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:22,800 it's saying, not my will, but yours be done. 289 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:26,280 When Jesus taught his disciples to pray, 290 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:28,780 he taught them to be persistent in prayer, 291 00:14:28,780 --> 00:14:32,640 he taught them to be bold, he taught them to pray 292 00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:36,480 in Jesus' name, according to the will of God. 293 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:39,280 So what does this have to do with Hebrews chapter seven, 294 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:43,040 verses 20 to 28, which is my text for this morning. 295 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:46,000 The writer of Hebrews has been making the case 296 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:48,440 that we have a better high priest 297 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:52,940 from a better priesthood in a better place. 298 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:56,200 The argument is continuing in today's text, 299 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:58,600 and I wanna make it really, really practical 300 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:00,200 for you this morning. 301 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:03,320 God made the world, everything good we have 302 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:06,120 can only come from him, we sinned against him 303 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:09,960 and became his enemies, so he sent Jesus to die for us, 304 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:13,280 and then resurrect and go to be with God 305 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:17,700 to become our mediator, to become our access 306 00:15:17,700 --> 00:15:20,020 back to the God that we sinned against. 307 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:24,520 He did not spare his only son, and when his son came, 308 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:27,360 he told us to pray for what we need, 309 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:30,920 he told us to go to God for forgiveness of sin in him, 310 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:34,000 but he also told us to go to God for everything else 311 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:36,320 that we need, and like the Old Testament priest 312 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:39,640 went to God on our behalf, now the son of God 313 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:41,640 goes to the father on our behalf. 314 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:46,880 And when the writer of Hebrews introduced this idea 315 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:49,600 of the idea of Jesus Christ priesthood to us in Hebrews, 316 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:52,080 listen to what he said, I preached on this a few weeks ago, 317 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:56,440 he said in Hebrews 4, 14, seeing then, here it is, 318 00:15:56,440 --> 00:15:59,240 man, this should inform your prayer life this week. 319 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:03,680 Anybody ever get anxious about anything this week? 320 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:08,160 Here's how you know you're anxious, 321 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:11,200 who here asked themselves, don't raise your hand, 322 00:16:11,200 --> 00:16:15,680 just think about it, who asked at some level this week, 323 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:17,200 man, what if that happens? 324 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:19,800 What if that happens? 325 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:26,800 What if, what if, what if, what if, you know what that's called? 326 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:28,600 Potentially it's called worry. 327 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:32,760 Jesus said, if Philippians be anxious for nothing, 328 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:34,320 but in everything my parents' application, 329 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:36,760 let your requests be made known to God. 330 00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:38,880 Here's what he said, seeing then we have a great high priest 331 00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:40,880 that has passed into the heavens, 332 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:44,280 Jesus the son of God, let us hold fast to our profession, 333 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:46,600 for we have not a high priest which cannot be touched 334 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:48,400 with the feelings of our infirmities, 335 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:50,760 but was in all points tempted like as we are, 336 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:53,320 yet with us without sin, here it is, 337 00:16:53,320 --> 00:16:57,760 let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace. 338 00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:03,320 You guys did, this is really good news, come on. 339 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:07,320 Come boldly to the throne of grace. 340 00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:14,600 Knock, be like that stubborn old woman, keep going. 341 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:17,240 That's what Jesus said, 342 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:19,920 when I come back will the Father find that kind of faith 343 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:20,760 on the earth? 344 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:25,080 Hey, go boldly unto the throne of grace 345 00:17:25,080 --> 00:17:28,120 that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help. 346 00:17:28,120 --> 00:17:30,320 Anybody here need help? 347 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:32,480 He's our defender, our deliverer. 348 00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:36,960 Find grace to help in time of need. 349 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:41,600 Here's my point today, saved and unsaved, you need him. 350 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:46,600 He's offering himself to you on his terms, 351 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:50,600 which are good for you, 352 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:54,120 and that should bring you all kinds of hope. 353 00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:57,800 Listen, they probably wouldn't do any of us good 354 00:17:57,800 --> 00:17:59,440 to have access to the president. 355 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:10,440 We got access to God, and we have an advocate with God, 356 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:12,000 his son Jesus Christ. 357 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:15,840 So, does that give you hope? 358 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:16,880 That's my introduction. 359 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:22,200 Here it is, we can have hope in Jesus Christ 360 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:24,960 as our great high priest by understanding three aspects 361 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:25,800 of his priesthood. 362 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:28,440 First thing, I want you to have all kinds of hope today, 363 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:31,560 and I hope this hope informs your prayer life this week. 364 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:33,960 You're like, I don't have a prayer life, get one. 365 00:18:35,680 --> 00:18:36,400 Get one. 366 00:18:37,720 --> 00:18:39,560 I'm not praying enough. 367 00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:41,480 Be stubborn, go, pray. 368 00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:43,920 In Jesus' name, pray. 369 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:47,200 We can have hope in Jesus Christ as our great high priest 370 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:48,800 by understanding three aspects of his priesthood. 371 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:51,360 Number one, the source of his priesthood. 372 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:54,920 Verse 20 is where we're gonna be. 373 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:57,360 Now, if you have a problem, 374 00:18:57,360 --> 00:18:59,000 we're talking about the source of his priesthood, 375 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:00,240 this is the passage that's gonna tell us 376 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:02,040 what the source of his priesthood is. 377 00:19:03,280 --> 00:19:06,080 If you have a problem or something that you need fixed 378 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:09,880 and someone comes to you saying, I'm gonna help you out, 379 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:12,440 one thing you may wonder about is what authority 380 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:14,240 or what skill do they have to help me? 381 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:18,200 If you've got a bill, you owe a hundred grand, let's say, 382 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:21,560 and your broke brother-in-law comes to you 383 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:26,200 and says, a hundred thousand, do Friday, I got your back. 384 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:29,400 Who here has not helped? 385 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:31,080 Right. 386 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:35,280 But if it's the broke brother-in-law, 387 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:36,360 the sentiment doesn't help you, 388 00:19:36,360 --> 00:19:38,840 but if you're hearing that from a musk 389 00:19:38,840 --> 00:19:41,000 or a Rockefeller or a Gates, 390 00:19:42,560 --> 00:19:44,960 you may start to feel a little bit better, right? 391 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:50,880 If the person making the promise to represent me before God, 392 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:52,880 where are they getting their authority from? 393 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:55,920 Are they getting from authority in a place I can trust? 394 00:19:55,920 --> 00:19:59,400 What is the source of Jesus' priesthood? 395 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:02,760 Well, we find that the source of his priesthood 396 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:06,760 was found, first of all, in an oath, in an oath. 397 00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:08,160 It was by an oath. 398 00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:11,040 We can find hope in the priesthood of Jesus 399 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:13,520 by looking into the source of his priesthood. 400 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:16,200 Look at verse number 20. 401 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:21,200 And in as much as not without an oath, he was made priest. 402 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:24,320 If it's not without, this is a double negative, 403 00:20:24,320 --> 00:20:27,320 then it was with an oath, it was by an oath. 404 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:30,440 Verse 21, for those priests were made without an oath, 405 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:32,480 those priests, what is he talking about? 406 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:35,480 The Old Testament priests that served in the Old Testament, 407 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:38,360 the Aaronic Levitical Law, those priests, 408 00:20:38,360 --> 00:20:41,440 they didn't serve because they were made promise to be priests. 409 00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:42,720 They served by the law. 410 00:20:42,720 --> 00:20:44,760 We're gonna see that in a second. 411 00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:46,560 Those priests were made with an oath, 412 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:48,720 but were made without an oath. 413 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:49,880 They didn't have an oath. 414 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:53,840 But this, talking about Jesus, with an oath, 415 00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:57,880 with a promise by him that said unto him, 416 00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:01,760 the Lord, who made the oath? 417 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:03,600 Who made the oath? 418 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:06,560 Just said it, the Lord. 419 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:11,560 The Lord swear I will not repent. 420 00:21:12,840 --> 00:21:14,480 You know what that means? 421 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:16,840 Once God says it, he doesn't change it. 422 00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:20,200 Anybody have a person ever make you a promise 423 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:21,360 and then go back on it? 424 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:23,960 God doesn't do that. 425 00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:26,840 God doesn't do that. 426 00:21:26,840 --> 00:21:27,880 The Lord swear I will not repent. 427 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:32,880 Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. 428 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:35,560 What's the source of Jesus' priesthood? 429 00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:37,200 It was a promise that was made. 430 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:38,880 It was an oath. 431 00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:42,080 B, it was an oath made by God. 432 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:47,840 Jesus Christ was made a priest out of the order of Melchizedek 433 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:51,480 by an oath or a promise made to him by God the Father. 434 00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:55,200 This promise that's quoted here was made to Jesus 435 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:57,400 by God the Father in Psalm 1104, 436 00:21:57,400 --> 00:22:01,120 which says, the Lord hath sworn and will not repent. 437 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:04,640 Thou art a priest forever. 438 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:05,480 How long? 439 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:09,320 Forever after the order of Melchizedek. 440 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:15,200 When God ordained the Levitical line, he did it by fiat. 441 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:19,640 He didn't make any Levitical promise or covenant 442 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:21,800 that the line would go on forever. 443 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:24,520 He just stated that the priests of the Old Testament, 444 00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:28,240 this Levitical line would be where the priests would come 445 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:31,280 from as long as that priesthood remained. 446 00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:36,280 That old, ironic, Levitical priesthood mediated an old covenant. 447 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:41,760 Now, if you remember, we were talking about Melchizedek. 448 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:44,760 He was a priest and a king that we can learn about 449 00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:46,320 from Genesis. 450 00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:48,280 Melchizedek is the figure that we talked about 451 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:49,920 in the last two messages in this series. 452 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:53,160 He was a king priest of Salem to which Abraham died 453 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:55,360 and who Abraham was blessed by. 454 00:22:55,360 --> 00:22:58,400 He had no accounted for mother or father. 455 00:22:58,400 --> 00:22:59,760 He had no children. 456 00:22:59,760 --> 00:23:02,400 The author of Hebrews makes these points about Melchizedek 457 00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:04,480 that we learned in the last couple of weeks. 458 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:05,320 What did we learn? 459 00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:08,200 That he was royal, that he was peaceful. 460 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:10,080 This Melchizedek was righteous. 461 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:11,320 He was universal. 462 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:13,600 He was not an errands line. 463 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:16,600 So therefore, not just for the Jews, 464 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:18,880 and he was unending, he was a priest 465 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:21,000 that abided continually. 466 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:24,600 Here's the slide that shows you this. 467 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:26,840 Abraham had Isaac, Isaac had Jacob. 468 00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:29,520 Jacob had a bunch of sons, one of them Levi. 469 00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:34,520 Levi, the most famous of his kinfolk was Moses 470 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:36,760 and Moses' brother Aaron. 471 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:40,480 And when the children of Israel went into the promise, 472 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:43,280 into the wilderness on their way to the promised land, 473 00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:45,280 God gave the law to Moses. 474 00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:47,560 And when he did, part of the law that he gave, 475 00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:51,600 we find in the book of Leviticus, Levi to Cus. 476 00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:52,680 Are you with me? 477 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:55,200 And out of Levi's line was Aaron. 478 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:57,120 Aaron was the first high priest. 479 00:23:57,120 --> 00:24:01,160 And every other high priest that came, came after, 480 00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:04,560 like we've told you, came after Aaron as one of his kids. 481 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:07,320 They all came out of the tribe of Levi. 482 00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:09,600 Are you with me? 483 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:13,200 Well, we've learned so far, and I'm just repeating 484 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:16,640 because there's different people here, different weeks. 485 00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:20,280 What we learned about Melchizedek was Melchizedek 486 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:22,600 was a contemporary of Abraham. 487 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:24,600 He's not of Abraham's line. 488 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:26,440 We don't know who his mother or father was. 489 00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:27,920 We don't know who his kids were. 490 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:30,600 He shows up in Genesis chapter 14. 491 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:35,600 He comes, Abraham ties to him, Abraham is blessed by him. 492 00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:39,640 And so it seems to be the case that who's superior? 493 00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:41,080 Melchizedek over Abraham? 494 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:43,400 Melchizedek is superior. 495 00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:46,120 And that Jesus then, that's the last time we hear about 496 00:24:46,120 --> 00:24:49,760 Melchizedek until Psalms, where God the Father makes a note 497 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:51,880 to Jesus, who we don't know is Jesus yet, 498 00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:53,680 because he's a Messiah that's coming. 499 00:24:53,680 --> 00:24:55,680 But when he does, we find out from the book of Hebrews, 500 00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:57,280 that promise was made to Jesus. 501 00:24:57,280 --> 00:24:59,040 And he says, I'm gonna make you a priest, 502 00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:02,800 but you're not gonna be a priest after the order of Levi. 503 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:06,040 You're gonna be a priest after the order of Melchizedek, 504 00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:08,120 who was a king and a priest. 505 00:25:09,360 --> 00:25:10,720 Who was royal and righteous. 506 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:12,280 He wasn't even Jewish. 507 00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:15,900 He's a priest for everybody. 508 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:18,680 Now Jesus is a priest for everyone. 509 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:20,040 You get it? 510 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:20,880 Okay. 511 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:26,000 God revealed that there is this new priesthood coming. 512 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:27,680 That priesthood would not have its source 513 00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:29,480 in the old covenant or old law. 514 00:25:29,480 --> 00:25:32,880 These people are Aaron and his sons after him 515 00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:34,560 were priests because of the law. 516 00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:36,480 Jesus is not a priest because the law, 517 00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:38,640 Jesus is a priest that fulfilled the law. 518 00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:40,760 He's out of a totally different line. 519 00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:42,080 He's from the tribe of Judah. 520 00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:45,840 He never had to mediate some other sacrifice. 521 00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:50,840 His source for being a priest was the promise made of God. 522 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:55,000 You're gonna be a priest forever after the order 523 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:56,360 of Melchizedek. 524 00:25:56,360 --> 00:25:58,640 And that's why he says in verse 22, 525 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:03,640 by so much was Jesus made surety of a better covenant. 526 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:08,640 When Jesus was with his disciples in that upper room 527 00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:12,480 and they were eating that Lord's supper, 528 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:16,160 he said, this cup is the new testament in my blood 529 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:17,480 that was shed for you. 530 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:19,400 What does that mean? 531 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:24,360 You don't have to keep making sacrifices of goats and sheep. 532 00:26:24,360 --> 00:26:27,240 I'm gonna lay down my life as a sacrifice. 533 00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:29,480 Once, 534 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:32,600 for all, never to be done again. 535 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:34,800 I don't preach. 536 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:37,960 That's what he did. 537 00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:39,640 And then because he did that, 538 00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:42,440 now we can be sure we have a better promise. 539 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:43,880 What's our promise? 540 00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:46,240 I can get to heaven because of what Jesus did. 541 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:47,880 I don't have to do the law. 542 00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:50,400 Not to get to heaven. 543 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:54,040 It's by the oath that Jesus made 544 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:56,320 to guarantee you a better covenant. 545 00:26:56,320 --> 00:26:59,520 It's by the oath that Jesus made the guarantee 546 00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:00,840 of this better covenant. 547 00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:03,640 He himself guarantees a better covenant. 548 00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:08,640 If God gave Jesus to us as the sacrifice and the priest, 549 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:13,560 then we know that the covenant will never, ever, ever, 550 00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:18,480 ever, ever, ever, ever be broken. 551 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:21,000 Because God keeps his promises 552 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:23,080 and he keeps his promises to his son. 553 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:28,320 I can trust the promises of God made to Jesus. 554 00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:30,600 I can trust the promises of God 555 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:33,000 in making me right with him through Jesus. 556 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:36,360 He is my hope. 557 00:27:36,360 --> 00:27:37,800 He is your hope. 558 00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:40,480 And you should trust him today. 559 00:27:41,720 --> 00:27:44,080 Secondly, why should you have hope? 560 00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:46,160 In Jesus' priesthood. 561 00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:49,720 Number two, because of the extent of his priesthood. 562 00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:50,800 Extent, what do I mean? 563 00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:53,520 Extent means the area covered by something. 564 00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:56,480 It means the degree to which something has spread 565 00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:59,920 or the size and the scale of something. 566 00:27:59,920 --> 00:28:03,960 What is the extent of Jesus' priesthood? 567 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:06,600 What was the extent, well, here's a way of answering that. 568 00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:08,520 What was the extent of the earthly Levitical 569 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:10,200 erotic priesthood? 570 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:11,040 Verse 23. 571 00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:14,880 And they truly were many priests 572 00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:17,040 because they were not suffered to continue 573 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:21,040 by a reason of what? 574 00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:22,280 Death. 575 00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:26,120 The earthly priesthood was mediated by men. 576 00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:29,760 By men over time and they were subject to death. 577 00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:30,800 Why? 578 00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:33,120 Because they were sinners themselves. 579 00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:40,080 The soul that sins, it shall die. 580 00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:44,120 The wages of sin is death. 581 00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:45,680 But the gift of God is eternal life 582 00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:47,000 through Jesus Christ our Lord. 583 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:49,600 The writer of Hebrews has already made the case 584 00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:52,640 that the extent of the erotic Levitical priesthood 585 00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:54,560 wasn't enough. 586 00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:56,400 He said that back in verse 11. 587 00:28:56,400 --> 00:28:57,440 Look it back in verse 11. 588 00:28:57,440 --> 00:29:00,240 Not part of our text, but it was what we saw before. 589 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:04,040 If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood 590 00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:06,480 for under it that people received the law, 591 00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:09,000 which further needs was there another priest should be, 592 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:10,600 should rise after the order of Melchizedek 593 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:13,160 and not be called after the order of Aaron? 594 00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:14,520 What's he saying? 595 00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:17,120 If the law was enough and that priesthood was enough, 596 00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:20,400 why is God promising another covenant 597 00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:22,840 and another priesthood? 598 00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:25,240 You make sense? 599 00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:27,040 It wasn't enough. 600 00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:29,560 The law could not ultimately save. 601 00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:34,440 Church family and those who are with us today 602 00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:37,280 for the first time or maybe first time a long time, 603 00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:40,480 I want you to understand a lie 604 00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:42,000 that is purported by sometimes 605 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:44,760 so-called Christian organizations. 606 00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:48,440 If there is anyone that tells you 607 00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:51,000 that the way to be right with God and go to heaven 608 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:54,040 is to do something, to do some work, 609 00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:56,560 to be good, to keep the rules, 610 00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:01,760 they're teaching you a damnable heresy. 611 00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:03,520 It will damn you to hell. 612 00:30:05,280 --> 00:30:07,120 We are not saved by works. 613 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:10,040 Not ours. 614 00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:13,960 You can't do enough good to outweigh your bad. 615 00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:15,360 Are you with me? 616 00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:18,360 We're not saved by works. 617 00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:19,200 Not ours. 618 00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:21,040 We're saved by Jesus' works. 619 00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:23,640 And so when they say, yeah, you're saved by Jesus, 620 00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:26,160 but you're also saved by Jesus plus, 621 00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:29,280 it's Jesus plus nothing. 622 00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:33,000 It's Jesus plus nothing. 623 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:36,280 If you're trusting in something other than Jesus alone, 624 00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:39,160 by grace alone, through faith alone, 625 00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:42,000 you're not trusting in Christ 626 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:45,840 and you're not trusting in something that will save. 627 00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:50,600 The priesthood could not endure forever. 628 00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:54,600 It could only point to and depend on a better priesthood 629 00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:56,920 that was foretold by that oath. 630 00:30:56,920 --> 00:30:59,400 That old earthly priesthood came to an end 631 00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:01,440 because it was subject to death. 632 00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:03,920 Here's the fun part, verse 24. 633 00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:06,760 But this man, who's he talking about? 634 00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:08,640 Who's he talking about? 635 00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:09,720 Jesus. 636 00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:14,720 But this man, because he continued with how long? 637 00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:16,160 Forever. 638 00:31:17,320 --> 00:31:19,680 Hath an unchangeable priesthood. 639 00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:23,320 There's not another priesthood coming. 640 00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:25,240 We already got the priesthood we need. 641 00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:29,400 We need Jesus to intercede for us. 642 00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:31,160 We could not save ourselves. 643 00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:34,120 We could not intercede for ourselves. 644 00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:37,280 We don't need Mary or anybody else to intercede for us. 645 00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:38,400 We got Jesus. 646 00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:42,520 What is the extent of his priesthood? 647 00:31:42,520 --> 00:31:45,000 Letter A, it's unchangeable. 648 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:46,440 It's unchangeable. 649 00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:48,280 There is no need for another order of priesthood 650 00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:49,600 after Jesus Christ. 651 00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:53,880 The Aaronic priesthood necessitated another priesthood 652 00:31:53,880 --> 00:31:56,720 but Jesus' priesthood will never need to be changed. 653 00:31:56,720 --> 00:31:58,920 It is, do you see it in the text? 654 00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:01,520 It is unchangeable. 655 00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:03,000 Why is it unchangeable? 656 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:05,960 Because letter B, it is unending. 657 00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:08,120 It's unending. 658 00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:09,520 He's eternal. 659 00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:12,080 He had no beginning. 660 00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:15,800 You're like, what about Christmas? 661 00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:17,200 That wasn't his beginning. 662 00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:23,440 That's when he became flesh, but it was not his beginning. 663 00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:26,720 He's a lamp slain before the foundation of the world. 664 00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:31,880 His priestly ministry will never end. 665 00:32:31,880 --> 00:32:36,000 He will never not live up to the task of interceding for us. 666 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:36,840 Why? 667 00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:40,680 Because he continued with forever. 668 00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:41,520 What continues? 669 00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:46,400 Both his life and his priesthood, his priestly ministry. 670 00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:49,960 What does the extent of his priesthood mean for us? 671 00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:53,040 Letter C, it saves completely. 672 00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:56,360 It saves completely. 673 00:32:56,360 --> 00:32:58,200 And don't get confused at this. 674 00:32:58,200 --> 00:32:59,920 Look at verse 25. 675 00:32:59,920 --> 00:33:03,360 Wherefore, he is able. 676 00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:08,000 Because his priesthood is unchanging, 677 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:10,000 because it is unending, 678 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:13,120 because he ever lives to intercede for us, 679 00:33:13,120 --> 00:33:16,880 he is able to save them to the uttermost 680 00:33:16,880 --> 00:33:19,120 that come to God by him. 681 00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:26,120 God can save you, not because of your works, 682 00:33:26,120 --> 00:33:27,880 but because you came to him. 683 00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:29,880 He's able to save them to the uttermost 684 00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:30,760 that come to God by him, 685 00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:34,960 seeing that he ever liveth to make intercession for them. 686 00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:36,320 Who can be saved? 687 00:33:36,320 --> 00:33:38,520 Those who come to God by him. 688 00:33:38,520 --> 00:33:39,920 That's who can be saved. 689 00:33:39,920 --> 00:33:41,600 Anybody? 690 00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:43,680 Yes, anybody. 691 00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:45,280 Seriously, anybody? 692 00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:47,000 Yes, anybody. 693 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:48,680 What about the bad people? 694 00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:51,360 Bad question. 695 00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:52,800 Why? 696 00:33:52,800 --> 00:33:54,720 There's no such thing as good people. 697 00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:56,480 We're all bad. 698 00:33:56,480 --> 00:33:57,800 We're all bad. 699 00:33:57,800 --> 00:33:59,120 There's none good but God. 700 00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:00,440 How saved am I? 701 00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:02,640 If you came to God by faith, 702 00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:07,640 those who come to him by faith are completely saved. 703 00:34:07,640 --> 00:34:12,640 He is able to save them to the uttermost. 704 00:34:13,400 --> 00:34:15,360 When you get saved, it's only by Christ. 705 00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:17,200 When you get saved, he forgives you 706 00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:19,160 of that sin that you did in the past. 707 00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:21,360 When you get saved, he forgives you of the sin 708 00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:22,520 that you did in the past. 709 00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:24,800 When you get saved, he forgives you of the sin 710 00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:26,040 that you will do in the future. 711 00:34:26,040 --> 00:34:28,160 He gives only one kind of spiritual life 712 00:34:28,160 --> 00:34:29,560 and that's eternal life. 713 00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:32,200 And at the moment you place your trust in Christ, 714 00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:33,600 you are saved. 715 00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:36,560 Right now because of Christ, I am kept in him. 716 00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:38,520 I am being saved. 717 00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:41,200 And one day when I leave this life, 718 00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:45,520 I will be saved when I go to be with him. 719 00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:51,360 I don't know how it works, but my granny went to heaven. 720 00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:53,320 What I mean by how it works is I don't know exactly 721 00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:55,520 what she experienced when she got there, 722 00:34:55,520 --> 00:34:57,040 but to be absent from the bodies, 723 00:34:57,040 --> 00:34:59,200 to be present with the Lord. 724 00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:02,280 Brother Bob is doing a lot better today 725 00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:03,680 than he was last week. 726 00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:08,640 Cause Jesus is safe. 727 00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:14,160 And now he ever lives to make center session for us. 728 00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:17,840 Now I can go to God, not just about my salvation 729 00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:21,120 in my sin, but about my marriage and my kids. 730 00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:24,560 I can go to him about my car. 731 00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:26,840 I can go to him about Tuesday afternoon. 732 00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:30,120 I can trust him with my future next week, next month, 733 00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:32,240 next year and a million years from now 734 00:35:32,240 --> 00:35:37,000 because he ever liveth to make intercession for me. 735 00:35:38,240 --> 00:35:40,720 He can save me to the uttermost 736 00:35:40,720 --> 00:35:44,560 from every sin to life everlasting. 737 00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:46,320 Are you guys excited? 738 00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:47,240 Is it warm in here? 739 00:35:47,240 --> 00:35:48,560 Are you falling asleep? 740 00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:50,640 This is good news. 741 00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:52,380 This is incredible news. 742 00:35:55,240 --> 00:35:56,960 So Paul said in Romans 8, 743 00:35:56,960 --> 00:36:00,680 who can lay anything against to the charge of God's elect? 744 00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:01,880 It's God that justifies. 745 00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:03,240 Who is he that condemneth? 746 00:36:03,240 --> 00:36:06,200 It's Christ that died, ye rather, that is risen again. 747 00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:08,040 Who is even, here it is, 748 00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:10,240 who is even at the right hand of God. 749 00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:16,120 Who also maketh intercession for us. 750 00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:18,980 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? 751 00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:23,080 Shall tribulation answer the question? 752 00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:26,040 Or distress? 753 00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:29,080 Or persecution? 754 00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:30,120 Or famine? 755 00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:31,520 Or nakedness? 756 00:36:32,580 --> 00:36:34,560 Or peril or sword? 757 00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:37,040 No, as it is written, for thy sake, 758 00:36:37,040 --> 00:36:38,520 we are all killed all the day long. 759 00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:40,040 We are accounted for sheep, 760 00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:41,000 as sheep for the slaughter. 761 00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:43,960 Nay, in all things, we are more than conquerors 762 00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:45,200 through him that loved us. 763 00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:49,320 For I am persuaded, here it is, this is a great list. 764 00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:53,000 I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, 765 00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:55,880 nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, 766 00:36:55,880 --> 00:36:58,040 nor things present, nor things to come, 767 00:36:58,040 --> 00:37:00,680 nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature 768 00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:03,920 shall be able to separate us from the love of God, 769 00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:06,640 which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. 770 00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:07,480 Why? 771 00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:10,160 Because he can save to the uttermost. 772 00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:14,520 Because he ever lives to make intercession for us. 773 00:37:14,520 --> 00:37:17,160 Let's just make that, let's just 774 00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:21,440 take that out of these Bible theological terms 775 00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:26,000 and say this, Jesus is waiting and ready 776 00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:28,080 and able to receive your prayers. 777 00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:32,040 And he wants to work out his will, 778 00:37:32,040 --> 00:37:33,800 which is better for you than your will. 779 00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:36,960 He is ready to make your will his will. 780 00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:40,680 He wants you to abide in him and to change you 781 00:37:40,680 --> 00:37:42,960 so that you will ask for the things that you need 782 00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:46,920 and the things that you need, he wants to give you. 783 00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:52,560 He's for you in Christ. 784 00:37:56,320 --> 00:37:59,080 And I can't think of any better news for this week. 785 00:38:01,080 --> 00:38:05,240 Like, what an incredible resource. 786 00:38:05,240 --> 00:38:07,200 The God who gives all gifts, who saved me, 787 00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:12,200 who gave me his son, wants to work in my life. 788 00:38:12,200 --> 00:38:15,200 Not just for my salvation, but for my sanctification. 789 00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:17,960 Are you getting any hope here? 790 00:38:19,320 --> 00:38:21,960 The source of his priesthood is an oath made by God, 791 00:38:21,960 --> 00:38:23,600 the Father who cannot lie. 792 00:38:26,480 --> 00:38:31,200 The nature of his priesthood is what we see next. 793 00:38:33,960 --> 00:38:38,160 Verse 26, for such a high priest became us, 794 00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:39,800 what does it mean he became us? 795 00:38:39,800 --> 00:38:42,640 He's like us in that he is human. 796 00:38:43,880 --> 00:38:45,560 He is human. 797 00:38:45,560 --> 00:38:47,880 Jesus literally became a man. 798 00:38:47,880 --> 00:38:50,120 His beginning was not at his birth, 799 00:38:50,120 --> 00:38:52,480 but he had no beginning. 800 00:38:52,480 --> 00:38:54,320 But he's unlike us, even though he's a man, 801 00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:57,000 he's unlike us in that he is perfect. 802 00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:58,920 He was not born with the sin nature, 803 00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:02,200 he was born to Mary who did have a sin nature 804 00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:04,200 and needed Jesus to save her from her sins, 805 00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:06,320 but Jesus was born of the Holy Spirit 806 00:39:06,320 --> 00:39:08,160 and had no capacity to sin. 807 00:39:08,160 --> 00:39:12,440 He could not sin, which is why verse 26 says, 808 00:39:12,440 --> 00:39:15,760 for such a high priest this Jesus became us, 809 00:39:15,760 --> 00:39:20,760 who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners. 810 00:39:24,240 --> 00:39:25,160 It's pretty cool. 811 00:39:26,760 --> 00:39:28,680 He never did anything wrong. 812 00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:30,680 He cannot do anything wrong. 813 00:39:30,680 --> 00:39:33,320 He humbled himself to be made like us. 814 00:39:33,320 --> 00:39:35,360 He took on the form of a servant, 815 00:39:35,360 --> 00:39:37,040 being found in fashion as a man. 816 00:39:37,040 --> 00:39:41,280 He became obedient unto death, even the death on the cross. 817 00:39:41,280 --> 00:39:44,600 And verse 26 says, now, what does it say? 818 00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:49,040 He's made higher than the heavens. 819 00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:50,480 Is he exalted today? 820 00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:53,000 He is exalted today. 821 00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:56,560 This is the kind of high priest we have. 822 00:39:56,560 --> 00:39:59,840 God hath highly exalted him and give him a name 823 00:39:59,840 --> 00:40:01,360 that is above every name. 824 00:40:01,360 --> 00:40:04,360 Let me now say that Jesus is of infinite value. 825 00:40:04,360 --> 00:40:07,680 He is exalted higher than the place where he resides. 826 00:40:07,680 --> 00:40:10,440 One day every knee will bow to that name 827 00:40:10,440 --> 00:40:13,600 and every tongue will confess to the glory of God the Father. 828 00:40:13,600 --> 00:40:15,640 This is the kind of priest that we have. 829 00:40:15,640 --> 00:40:17,840 He humbled himself and became a man. 830 00:40:17,840 --> 00:40:20,680 He was sinless and now he's exalted. 831 00:40:20,680 --> 00:40:23,000 He was different than the other high priest. 832 00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:24,800 He's exalted. 833 00:40:24,800 --> 00:40:26,000 He's sinless. 834 00:40:27,440 --> 00:40:30,160 Verse 27, what did that mean? 835 00:40:30,160 --> 00:40:32,680 He didn't need daily, verse 27, 836 00:40:32,680 --> 00:40:34,520 who needed not daily as those high priests 837 00:40:34,520 --> 00:40:36,600 to offer up sacrifice first for his own sins 838 00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:37,680 and then for the people's. 839 00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:41,160 Those ironic priests I talk about 840 00:40:41,160 --> 00:40:44,080 that would mediate on behalf of the people, 841 00:40:45,680 --> 00:40:49,080 they would only do that after they offered up sacrifices 842 00:40:49,080 --> 00:40:51,400 for themselves. 843 00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:53,360 They were not holy and harmless. 844 00:40:54,360 --> 00:40:56,080 How do we know those priests weren't harmless? 845 00:40:56,080 --> 00:41:03,080 They killed Jesus. 846 00:41:04,200 --> 00:41:07,880 People can go bad no matter what title they have. 847 00:41:10,080 --> 00:41:13,560 Not everybody that calls himself a Christian is one. 848 00:41:13,560 --> 00:41:16,720 Not everybody that calls themselves a pastor is one. 849 00:41:18,280 --> 00:41:19,120 Are you with me? 850 00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:23,080 I'm not saying that they were all bad. 851 00:41:23,080 --> 00:41:26,080 Not every priest was bad, but none of them were sinless. 852 00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:29,560 They were not holy and harmless. 853 00:41:29,560 --> 00:41:33,280 They had to consecrate themselves by sacrifice 854 00:41:33,280 --> 00:41:35,080 on a regular basis. 855 00:41:35,080 --> 00:41:38,400 Then once they did that, once they were consecrated, 856 00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:40,560 then they could sacrifice for the people. 857 00:41:40,560 --> 00:41:43,800 You know that in the tabernacle and in the temple, 858 00:41:43,800 --> 00:41:45,360 there were no chairs. 859 00:41:48,120 --> 00:41:50,160 The only seat was the mercy seat 860 00:41:50,160 --> 00:41:51,920 where the blood of the spotless land 861 00:41:51,920 --> 00:41:54,360 was sprinkled on at once a year on the day of Atonement. 862 00:41:54,360 --> 00:41:56,280 Those human priests needed their sins 863 00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:57,720 to be forgiven as well. 864 00:41:57,720 --> 00:42:00,320 And so they offered up animal sacrifice. 865 00:42:00,320 --> 00:42:03,000 And Jesus, it says, let's go back to the verse. 866 00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:03,840 Are you with me? 867 00:42:03,840 --> 00:42:05,160 Look at verse 27. 868 00:42:06,320 --> 00:42:08,040 Who needed not daily as those priests 869 00:42:08,040 --> 00:42:11,040 to offer up sacrifice first for his own sins 870 00:42:11,040 --> 00:42:13,160 and then for others. 871 00:42:13,160 --> 00:42:20,160 For this, he, Jesus, did once. 872 00:42:21,920 --> 00:42:24,320 How often did the priest do it? 873 00:42:24,320 --> 00:42:26,440 Daily, how often did he do it? 874 00:42:26,440 --> 00:42:28,440 Once, when? 875 00:42:28,440 --> 00:42:31,840 When he offered up himself. 876 00:42:33,280 --> 00:42:35,360 He's the sacrifice. 877 00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:38,120 He's the sacrifice. 878 00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:39,840 Not only is he the priest that mediates 879 00:42:39,840 --> 00:42:40,840 between God and man, 880 00:42:40,840 --> 00:42:44,720 he's the sacrifice that atones for sin. 881 00:42:44,720 --> 00:42:46,240 John the Baptist said of Jesus, 882 00:42:46,240 --> 00:42:50,920 behold the Lamb of God that takes away 883 00:42:50,920 --> 00:42:52,680 the sin of the world. 884 00:42:52,680 --> 00:42:55,800 First John says something about Jesus' intercessory ministry 885 00:42:55,800 --> 00:42:57,520 as priests and sacrifice. 886 00:42:57,520 --> 00:42:59,240 Look at first John 2, 1. 887 00:42:59,240 --> 00:43:01,480 My little children, these things, 888 00:43:01,480 --> 00:43:06,480 write I unto you that ye sin not, and if any man sin. 889 00:43:07,720 --> 00:43:09,240 Hey, let me ask you a question. 890 00:43:09,240 --> 00:43:10,960 Did you sin this past week? 891 00:43:13,680 --> 00:43:14,680 Will you sin this next week? 892 00:43:14,680 --> 00:43:15,800 I hope you don't want to. 893 00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:19,800 But if you do, here's what it says. 894 00:43:19,800 --> 00:43:23,000 We have an, what is it? 895 00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:27,040 Advocate, an intercessor. 896 00:43:27,040 --> 00:43:32,040 Someone representing us with the Father. 897 00:43:32,200 --> 00:43:36,440 Jesus Christ, the what? 898 00:43:36,440 --> 00:43:38,040 Righteous. 899 00:43:38,040 --> 00:43:39,840 There's nothing between him and God. 900 00:43:43,160 --> 00:43:47,560 And he is Jesus, the propitiation for our sins. 901 00:43:47,560 --> 00:43:50,080 And not for all, it's only but for the sins of the whole world. 902 00:43:50,080 --> 00:43:52,040 The word propitiation is a term that means 903 00:43:52,040 --> 00:43:54,520 wrath bearing sacrifice. 904 00:43:54,520 --> 00:43:56,720 You and I deserve God's wrath. 905 00:43:56,720 --> 00:44:00,760 And Jesus took God's wrath for us. 906 00:44:00,760 --> 00:44:02,960 2 Corinthians 521. 907 00:44:02,960 --> 00:44:06,080 For he hath made him to be sin for us 908 00:44:06,080 --> 00:44:09,920 who knew no sin, that we might be made 909 00:44:09,920 --> 00:44:12,880 the righteousness of God in him. 910 00:44:13,840 --> 00:44:17,040 He took my sin, he took God's wrath, 911 00:44:17,040 --> 00:44:19,160 he gave me his righteousness, 912 00:44:20,080 --> 00:44:23,600 and then he lived the life I could not live. 913 00:44:23,600 --> 00:44:27,840 Live, he says, now because I live, you may live also. 914 00:44:27,840 --> 00:44:31,000 He gives me resurrection life, and he went to heaven 915 00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:33,200 and now is made above the heavens, 916 00:44:33,200 --> 00:44:36,160 and he's with the Father, and he's ever lived 917 00:44:36,160 --> 00:44:38,800 to make intercession for us, and to save us 918 00:44:38,800 --> 00:44:43,480 to the unermost, those of us who come to God by him. 919 00:44:43,480 --> 00:44:45,880 That's what Jesus did. 920 00:44:45,880 --> 00:44:49,120 He is human, he is sinless, he is the sacrifice, 921 00:44:49,120 --> 00:44:51,280 and last thing, he's consecrated. 922 00:44:52,040 --> 00:44:53,200 He's consecrated. 923 00:44:54,360 --> 00:44:56,760 Verse 28, for the law maketh men high priests 924 00:44:56,760 --> 00:44:58,240 which have infirmity. 925 00:44:58,240 --> 00:44:59,960 The law was a source of the earthly, 926 00:44:59,960 --> 00:45:03,440 the ironic priesthood, those priests broke that law 927 00:45:03,440 --> 00:45:04,280 that made them priests. 928 00:45:04,280 --> 00:45:07,840 They had to be consecrated through sacrifices 929 00:45:07,840 --> 00:45:10,400 to do their priestly duties over and over 930 00:45:10,400 --> 00:45:11,880 and over and over. 931 00:45:11,880 --> 00:45:15,200 Basically, the priests back then were butchers. 932 00:45:15,200 --> 00:45:17,040 That's what they did. 933 00:45:17,040 --> 00:45:19,920 Sacrificing animals and animals and never sitting down 934 00:45:19,920 --> 00:45:23,720 because sin kept happening and more sacrifice for sin 935 00:45:23,720 --> 00:45:25,640 and never ended, it never ended 936 00:45:25,640 --> 00:45:30,160 until Jesus, our high priest, came and became that once 937 00:45:30,160 --> 00:45:31,920 for all sacrifice. 938 00:45:31,920 --> 00:45:35,560 And what does Hebrews say happened when he got to heaven? 939 00:45:35,560 --> 00:45:37,880 He sat down. 940 00:45:39,360 --> 00:45:42,720 He sat down at the right hand of the majesty on high. 941 00:45:42,720 --> 00:45:47,720 But Jesus, it says in verse, the end there, verse 28, 942 00:45:47,720 --> 00:45:50,600 but the word of an oath, whose oath? 943 00:45:51,760 --> 00:45:53,400 Whose oath? 944 00:45:53,400 --> 00:45:54,280 God's oath. 945 00:45:54,280 --> 00:45:57,480 Which was since the law, make it the son 946 00:45:57,480 --> 00:46:02,480 who is consecrated forevermore. 947 00:46:03,320 --> 00:46:05,280 The nature of Jesus' priesthood is this, 948 00:46:05,280 --> 00:46:08,000 he's like us and that he's a man. 949 00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:11,280 But he's not like us and that he's sinless. 950 00:46:12,280 --> 00:46:15,000 He only had to sacrifice himself once for all 951 00:46:15,000 --> 00:46:17,760 and now he lives to make intercession for us, 952 00:46:17,760 --> 00:46:19,480 saving us to the uttermost. 953 00:46:19,480 --> 00:46:21,880 He is consecrated, he will never sin. 954 00:46:21,880 --> 00:46:25,120 His priesthood will never change and if you're not saved, 955 00:46:25,120 --> 00:46:27,800 he's ready and willing to save you today. 956 00:46:27,800 --> 00:46:29,520 How do you say, how do you get saved? 957 00:46:29,520 --> 00:46:31,320 You come to him, that's what it said. 958 00:46:32,320 --> 00:46:34,360 If you've never repented of your sin 959 00:46:34,360 --> 00:46:37,000 and turned to him by faith, you are yet in your sins 960 00:46:37,000 --> 00:46:38,840 and you will be the object of his wrath. 961 00:46:38,840 --> 00:46:41,440 But if you repent and trust in Jesus today, 962 00:46:41,440 --> 00:46:44,600 he can be your savior, he can be your advocate, 963 00:46:44,600 --> 00:46:47,800 he can be your eternal, sinless, loving 964 00:46:47,800 --> 00:46:49,880 and saving high priest today. 965 00:46:49,880 --> 00:46:53,440 And if you're saved, if you know Christ as your savior, 966 00:46:53,440 --> 00:46:57,720 you have an advocate with the Father right now. 967 00:46:58,720 --> 00:47:00,480 He'll help you conquer sin in your life, 968 00:47:00,480 --> 00:47:02,240 he'll help you parent your kids, 969 00:47:02,240 --> 00:47:05,000 he'll help you have peace in the midst of grief. 970 00:47:06,320 --> 00:47:09,400 He will help you to effectively live for him 971 00:47:09,400 --> 00:47:13,240 and have purpose and meaning and life. 972 00:47:13,240 --> 00:47:14,880 Do you get it? 973 00:47:14,880 --> 00:47:19,880 We can be saved to the uttermost. 974 00:47:22,360 --> 00:47:24,640 What is our hope in life and death? 975 00:47:24,640 --> 00:47:29,080 Christ alone, Christ alone. 976 00:47:29,080 --> 00:47:30,440 Would you stand with me?