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He is glorious.

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Behold the one who has come to life.

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Welcome to Hub City Vineyard.

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To get connected or to give online,

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you can go to connect.hcv.church

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or give.hcv.church.

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If at any time during this message

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you feel called to make a change in your life,

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text changeme to 970-00.

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Thank you and enjoy the message.

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Hey, good morning everyone.

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So good to see you.

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I just walked by the windows and saw that it was snowing

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and you're all here.

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So don't get up and run out.

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Okay, it's not going to be a lot.

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You'll make it home.

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And if you're watching and joining us online,

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thank you for welcoming us into your space.

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So before I jump into our talk this morning,

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I just need to discuss a few things.

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First, our year-end giving letters were sent out,

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emailed out Saturday.

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So be sure to check your email for your online giving

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statements from this past year.

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Okay, if you do not receive it or did not receive it

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or have questions, please see Tracy at the Welcome Hub today

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and she will answer them for you and be able to point you

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in the right direction so you get your year-end

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giving statements.

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First all, thank you for giving to our community of faith.

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Okay, everyone, thank you.

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Thank you for committing to it.

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And I tell you what, I literally was in tears typing up

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our year-end giving letter.

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I always send out just kind of highlights from this past year

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and it just blew my mind all that God did through us,

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through our community of faith and how we just made

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an impact in this tri-state area.

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So thank you for giving to our church.

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Second, there are no slides today.

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Okay, somehow our computer got corrupted

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and there will be no slides on your screen, unfortunately.

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So please, if you could really use your outlines

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and dive into them, because I may or may not be discussing

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what is the hardest book in the Bible for many of you.

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Okay, so as I'm discussing this and reading the scriptures,

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be sure to pay attention and listen because I don't want

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anything to go over your head because I feel like God's

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really got something special for you this morning, amen?

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And before we move on and really start,

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is Katie Willems here?

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Katie, Katie, oh there's Katie.

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Katie's coming up here.

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Hey Katie, could you come up here up front,

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down here somewhere, appreciate it.

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Katie is leaving for Africa tomorrow, right?

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Today, she's actually leaving for Africa today.

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She is going to serve in an orphanage, right?

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In schools and orphanages in Africa

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on a short-term's missing trip.

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And I just wanna pray over her as she goes

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and makes a difference in Africa.

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Is it okay if we do that?

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Could I have a few ladies join around her

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and lay hands on her if you don't mind?

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You can do it, come on, I appreciate it.

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Anybody that feels led, thank you.

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Holy Spirit, come.

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God, we're just thankful that Katie is committed

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and desiring to make a difference all around the world.

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would go before her, God, protect her,

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provide for her as she's just serving the needs

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of those less fortunate in Africa, God.

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May her words, may her example,

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may her wisdom just be downloaded into those young people.

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that signs, wonders, and miracles would come out of her

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when she's praying for others and just sharing

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the good news that you've placed in her heart.

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Bless her, God, and fill her with your presence now.

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In Jesus' name we pray.

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And we all say together, amen, amen.

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God bless you, Katie.

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Thank you for your willingness to go

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and serve all around the world.

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Now, for the last two weeks, many of you know

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I've been sharing with everyone gathered here

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and online, of course, what God placed in my heart

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for our community to face this year.

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I felt him challenge us to go deeper

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in our relationship with him.

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To go deeper simply means to become more intimate,

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to become more connected, to become more passionate

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about Jesus.

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at different areas of our lives that God wants us

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to focus on and change based on Jesus' life

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that we read about in Luke chapter two, verse 52,

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when we read Jesus grew in wisdom, in stature,

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in favor with God and all the people.

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He grew emotionally, he grew physically,

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he grew in his relationship with God

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and his relationship with others.

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And we are gonna be looking at series throughout the year

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that challenge us to do the same.

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Last week we kicked off our 21 days of prayer

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and fasting and I challenged all of you

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to get out of the crowd and to focus on one aspect

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of your life this month, right, for 21 days

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and then join us as you heard Tasha say

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at our freedom night on February 2nd

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and experience what we believe God is gonna set you free

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from whether it be a struggle, a sin, a habit, whatever,

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on that very night.

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And I also asked many of you, in fact all of us,

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to fast, right, to give up something,

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whether it be social media or food or a dessert or whatever,

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to draw you closer to God and then not only fast

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but read throughout the entire Bible in one year, right?

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And I just wanna ask by a show of hands,

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how many of you started with a fast

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and a reading plan this year?

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That's awesome, that's awesome.

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Now that's your deeper, right?

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That's you moving deeper in your relationship with Jesus.

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Now another show of hands, just humor me,

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how many of you have been here

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for both of our gatherings in 2024?

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Right, perfect attendance, you're getting deeper, right?

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Maybe your goal should be that you make every gathering

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all throughout the year.

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Now don't forget our 6 a.m. prayer time is happening.

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We've had excellent attendance this week

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and it will continue for the next three weeks

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with different leaders leading a devotional

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as we pray for our church, our area, our nation,

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and the world.

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So as we continue this focus today,

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I would like to share the scripture

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that God put on my heart for this morning

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as we look at walking away from shame and guilt.

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But before I read that scripture, let's open in prayer.

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Holy Spirit come, God quicken our spirits,

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quicken our minds that we can receive from you today.

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It doesn't matter if there's slides or no slides

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or scriptures on this screen, God,

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penetrate our hearts, challenge us to change,

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and make us more like your son Jesus.

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And we're thankful for all that you do in our lives

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in Jesus' name, amen.

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So Matthew chapter eight, verses one through four,

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large crowds followed Jesus

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as he came down the mountainside.

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Suddenly a man with leprosy approached him

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and knelt before him.

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Lord, the man said, if you are willing,

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you can heal me and make me clean.

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Jesus reached out and touched him.

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I am willing, he said, be healed.

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And instantly the leprosy disappeared.

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Then Jesus said to him, don't tell anyone about this.

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Instead, go to the priest and let him examine you.

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Take along the offering required in the law of Moses

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for those who have been healed of leprosy.

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This will be a public testimony that you have been cleansed.

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So we're going to be opening this morning

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by simply taking part in a three question survey,

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and I need your participation in it, okay?

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I want you all in, in order for this to be successful.

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And before we begin, let me remind you,

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we're gathered as the church in a church,

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so that means you can't lie, okay?

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You can't lie.

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So everyone be honest, every hand participating,

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question number one.

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How many of you, by show of hands,

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whenever you have an issue or problem with your car,

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that your first and initial response

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is to take it to the shop?

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Show of hands.

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Take it to the mechanic.

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Come on, hands up.

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Let me see them, all right.

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Not very many, very impressive, very impressive.

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Don't panic, take it to the mechanic, right?

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Just chill out, let them figure it out

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so that you don't have to deal with it.

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All right, question number two.

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By show of hands, how many of you,

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whenever you have an issue with your car,

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your initial response is to go straight to YouTube.

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Go straight to YouTube, YouTube University, right?

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You don't need a mechanic.

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You're gonna get on YouTube,

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you're gonna push some buttons,

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you're gonna shake some hoses, right?

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You're gonna move things around.

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You're gonna do everything in your power

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not to take it to the mechanic, true or false, right?

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And listen, if you're here this morning and you're a mechanic,

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first, hear me out, I love you, I love you.

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But there's some mechanics out there

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that you simply cannot trust.

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And quite often, that mechanic or those shops

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deal with oil changes, right?

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Why is it you go and you get your oil changed

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and suddenly there's 62 other things wrong with your car?

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Right, you pull up, you wanna get your car serviced, right?

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Hey, just get me what I asked for, right?

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Charge me the price that is advertised.

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Don't come back around the corner, right?

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Smiling, oh, oh, Mr. Schlatterback,

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you know, my car's not even back together yet.

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You need a transmission.

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And we can fix that for $2,000.

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It's like, look, your sign says 39.95.

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That's what I'm gonna pay, okay?

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So you can see where I land, right?

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I'm in YouTube too.

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Third, and probably the most critical group this morning,

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how many of you, now many of you haven't participated yet,

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so I'm very confused.

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We must have a lot of mechanics.

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How many of you, when there's an issue with your car,

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your initial and first response is to go to your glove box

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that has no gloves and pull out the owner's manual?

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Show of hands.

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Really?

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That's pretty impressive, about eight of you, right?

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Not very many.

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All of you other people that did not participate

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and I did not see your hands raised,

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you must be mechanics so you can come look at my Jeep

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directly after the service,

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because it's making a weird noise in the front left wheel,

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and I can't quite figure it out,

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and YouTube is just not working, okay?

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So this is an intriguing group.

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Now hear me out, because it was the least amount of hands

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that said you actually read your owner's manual for your car

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and it's crazy because did you know

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that your owner's manual is absolutely powerful, right?

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There is power in your owner's manual.

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Every button, every fuse, every plug,

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how it all works is listed in your owner's manual

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and we don't even read it.

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We don't even open it.

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We don't even open it, we keep it locked away

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in our glove box with no gloves.

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And it's intriguing because according to one survey

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from Motor Trend, 75%, that's a lot of people,

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of car owners have never opened the pages

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of their owner's manual.

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Now think about that, a book that has power.

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It has pertinent and prescriptive information

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for your vehicle that takes you to and from

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your destinations and it stays locked, unused,

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and unread in your glove box.

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And I share that with you today because let's be honest,

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if there was a book in the Bible that stays in the glove box

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locked and unread, it's the book of Leviticus, right?

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There are not too many of you that pull your life verses

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from the book of Leviticus.

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In fact, this is the book that is most often skipped

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or at best, skim read because nobody reads the book

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of Leviticus.

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Where does it stay?

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It stays locked in your glove box with no gloves.

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So Leviticus, if we're honest, and I'm warning some of you,

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is the book that will mess up your read through the year

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in the Bible reading plan.

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It will mess you up, it will jack you up, right?

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Some of you have tried it before.

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This is the year I'm gonna get through the Bible.

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I'm starting it and you start off hot in Genesis.

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You're full of excitement, you're getting the stories,

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you're getting the names, right?

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You get all the way to Exodus, you literally can smell

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the Red Sea and you can see it partying.

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And you're like, God is setting his people free.

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Everything is moving in the right direction.

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You're excited, you're passionate about the Bible

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and then you get smacked in the face

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with the book of Leviticus, right?

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I mean, you've been there, the list, the regulations,

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the restrictions, the grain offering, the guilt offering,

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the burn offering, the trespass offering, right?

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All these different rules and regulations

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that make absolutely, positively no sense.

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And you begin to ask God, God, why is this in the Bible?

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What does this have to do with me?

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How does it apply to my life?

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And in reality, it has so much to do with you and me.

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See, if you just skim the surface of the book

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and you never go deeper to why God put this book

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in the Bible, you're never gonna step into the fullness

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of God and all that he has for your life.

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And I get it, it's much easier to read Genesis and Exodus,

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but we all need some Leviticus because for much

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of humanity, this sums up their lives, right?

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For much of humanity, we like beginnings,

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we like fresh starts, it's a new year, it's a new me,

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and new beginnings are found where?

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In the book of Genesis.

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Exodus means to exit.

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Humanity, what?

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We like to be on the go, we like our schedules,

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we like moving from one place to the other.

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God is calling me to move on, I'm not being fed there,

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it's time for me to run to something new.

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But we don't like Leviticus because this is a place

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where God gives us instructions with specificity.

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Leviticus is the place of sacrifices.

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Leviticus is the place where we don't get to offer up

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what we think is good, we have to offer up

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what God prescribes for us to follow.

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But Chris, Leviticus is boring, I agree.

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But sometimes we have to embrace the boring

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because the boring is best for us.

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Phoenix, he just turned four this past December

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and he is enamored with TV.

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You turn the TV on and he's watching a show

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and he is dialed in, and I mean dialed in,

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to the point where he's so zoned in,

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if I yell, hey, Phoenix, it's time to read a book,

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if he's dialed into that TV, he's gonna look at me and go,

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no, that's boring, and he's back to the TV.

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See, quite often what we have to realize is

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when God takes us deeper, it's boring

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because he calls us to fast from our comfort,

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from our comfort foods, from our comfort shows,

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from our comfort music, from what makes us feel good.

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And sometimes we have to embrace the boring

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and the lists and the instructions

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because God is more committed to your depth

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than your entertainment.

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Did everyone hear that?

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God is more committed to your depth in your relationship

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than your entertainment, and there is power in this book

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if you take the time to read it.

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Because see, when you dig deeper,

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you realize every phrase, every sacrifice,

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every regulation was put there for a reason

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because God is trying to give us a picture

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of what our relationship with him is supposed to look like

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and we can't keep Leviticus locked in the glove box

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that has no gloves.

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Did you ever think why is it called a glove box

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when we never put gloves in it?

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Well, it's called a glove box

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because when cars were originally created,

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there was not enough insulation.

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In fact, for many, there was no roof, there was no windows.

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So when you're driving the car,

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you have that cold air blowing against your hands,

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your hands go numb, your fingers go numb,

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you can't even feel the steering wheel.

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So you bought driving gloves

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and you would drive with your gloves.

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And then when you were done driving and you parked your car,

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where did you put your driving gloves?

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In the glove box, right?

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But now fast forward to today,

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many of us think that the glove box

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is just a place that we keep our insurance, right?

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Or if you're from West Virginia, you're protection.

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But you know, that's not all of us.

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But if we really dig into Leviticus, right?

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Every ritual, every sacrifice in the book of Leviticus

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points to a soon coming king that we just met

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when I read about our miracle in Matthew chapter eight.

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For us to truly understand what happened

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in that miracle that God led me to for all of you today,

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that miracle that this man was healed of leprosy,

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we have to start in the book of Leviticus.

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Are you ready?

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Are you ready?

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I feel like some of you are already bored

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or you're afraid to dive into this book.

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Are you ready to go into this book?

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All right, here we go.

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Our first thought this morning, God is holy.

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Leviticus chapter 11, verse 45.

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For I the Lord am the one who brought you up

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from the land of Egypt that I might be your God,

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therefore you must be holy because I am holy.

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See friends, we have to realize the closer we get

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to the holy God, the more we become aware

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of our brokenness and our need for a savior, right?

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Getting close to God is like getting closer to the sun.

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We can lay out in June here in Maryland

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on the beautiful summer day and be fine.

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We may not even need sunblock,

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but if we begin to move south,

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getting closer and closer to the equator,

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the more intense the sun becomes.

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And if we don't protect ourselves, what happens?

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We get burned, right?

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God is holy.

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He is set apart.

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And we, if we're honest, we're sinful people.

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So Leviticus begins to show us and explain to us

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that God is holy.

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Leviticus chapter 19 verses one through two,

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the Lord also said to Moses,

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give the following instructions

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to the entire community of Israel.

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You must be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy.

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Okay, what does it, to say God is holy, what does it mean?

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What does that mean Chris?

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It means to be set apart, right?

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God is distinct.

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He is the one and only.

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He's kind of like a toothbrush, okay?

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Think about it.

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Your toothbrush is holy.

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There is no one else using your toothbrush, right?

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Not even your spouse, okay?

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When it comes to our bathroom in our house,

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there is stuff, if I'm gonna be honest,

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that is Jessica's that I had to borrow before, right?

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For example, I've used her deodorant

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just a couple of times, right?

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It's strong enough for a man.

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I tested it.

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Couple of times, I ran out, so I had to test it.

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It worked, right?

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I've used her scented spray before.

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I've used it because I was smelling rat

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and had to run out to a meeting,

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grabbed what I could find

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and just started squirting it all over my body

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because I'm gonna smell fresh, right?

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I'm gonna smell fresh.

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But listen, one thing I have never used

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in our 26 years of marriage is her toothbrush.

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You know why?

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Because it's holy.

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Her toothbrush is her toothbrush.

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My toothbrush is my toothbrush.

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And hear me out, I will kiss her at any time during the day,

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but I'm not using her toothbrush.

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It's holy and it's set apart for her use only, right?

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Do married couples agree with that statement?

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Thank you, if not, you're just weird, right?

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Just being honest here this morning, come on.

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God says, I am holy.

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I am set apart.

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And this is the challenge we find in the book of Leviticus.

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How do we get close to God?

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And not only get close to God,

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how do we remain close to him

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once we're in that relationship, Leviticus 20?

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You must be holy because I, the Lord, am holy.

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I have set you apart, there it is,

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from all the other people to be my very own.

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See, God calls his church to be set apart.

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And to be set apart means we have to what?

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We have to get close to God.

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And to get close to God requires a sacrifice,

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which leads us to our next thought.

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See, this is amazing because it's all gonna come together.

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A mediator is needed to make a sacrifice.

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See, we have to realize that sacrifice

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is an event that happens in a moment.

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And in order to make a sacrifice, we need a mediator

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because we're not worthy to make a sacrifice on our own.

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Let's read Leviticus 4, 13 to 16, 22 to 23, 27 to 28.

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If the entire Israelite community sins

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by violating one of the Lord's commands,

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but the people don't realize it, they are still guilty.

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When they become aware of their sin,

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the people must bring a young bull

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as an offering for their sin

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and present it before the tabernacle.

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The elders of the community must then lay their hands

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on the bull's head, slaughter it before the Lord.

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The high priest will then take some of the bull's blood

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into the tabernacle.

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If one of Israel's leaders sins by violating

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one of the commands of the Lord, his God,

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but doesn't realize it, he is guilty.

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When he becomes aware of his sin,

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they must bring as an offering a male goat with no defects.

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If any of the common people sin

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by violating one of the Lord's commands,

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but they don't realize it, they are still guilty.

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When they become aware of their sin,

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they must bring an offering for their sin,

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a female goat with no defects.

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Now notice, in all the instances,

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a high priest was needed

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in order to bring a sacrifice to God.

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Leviticus outlines for us

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that we needed someone ordained and called

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to handle the sacrifice.

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That is why it's called Leviticus,

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from the tribe of Levi.

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And you couldn't just pick to be a Levite.

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You had to be born into it.

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It had to be in your jeans, you know, Levi jeans,

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form-fitting, the original blue jean.

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And I'm just kidding.

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The high priest is always born into the role

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of making sacrifices for the people

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because we need a high priest to make a sacrifice

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to give me proximity to God,

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which means to bring us close to God.

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Fast forward to today.

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We come into proximity or closeness with God

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through our one and only mediator named Jesus.

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First Timothy two, five through six, we read this.

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For there is one God and one mediator

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who can reconcile God and humanity,

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the man Christ Jesus.

519
00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:34,320
He gave his life to purchase freedom for everyone.

520
00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:36,360
This is the message God gave to the world

521
00:24:36,360 --> 00:24:38,760
at just the right time.

522
00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:42,620
We needed a mediator, which leads us to our next doll.

523
00:24:42,620 --> 00:24:47,640
Sanctification then is the process of becoming different.

524
00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:52,300
See, you need the sacrifice and the sanctification.

525
00:24:52,300 --> 00:24:53,300
It's a both and.

526
00:24:53,300 --> 00:24:54,580
What is sanctification?

527
00:24:54,580 --> 00:24:57,680
It's the process of staying close to God.

528
00:24:57,680 --> 00:25:01,720
Remember the sacrifice was an event, a one time thing.

529
00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:04,160
Sanctification is a process that we walk through.

530
00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:06,160
It will take place in our lives

531
00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:08,180
as long as we're living on this earth.

532
00:25:08,180 --> 00:25:09,680
As long as we're walking,

533
00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:13,020
we're always going to experience sanctification or change.

534
00:25:13,020 --> 00:25:16,060
And it doesn't matter how spiritual you are.

535
00:25:16,060 --> 00:25:18,780
Maybe some of you had communion for breakfast.

536
00:25:18,780 --> 00:25:20,640
God bless you.

537
00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:22,520
That is awesome that you did that.

538
00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:24,840
Maybe you entered into the holy of holies

539
00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:27,420
as you were worshiping in this place this morning.

540
00:25:27,420 --> 00:25:30,040
God can still do a work in your life.

541
00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:32,800
It doesn't matter how holy you think you are.

542
00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:36,280
Here's the reality, there's always gonna be spots.

543
00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:38,320
There are thoughts that come into our mind

544
00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:40,440
during the normal day when we look in the mirror

545
00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:43,200
and think where did that come from?

546
00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:45,080
Because it was not pretty.

547
00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:46,320
Others of you cut someone off

548
00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:49,000
on your way to Hub City this morning.

549
00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:50,160
And not only did you cut them off

550
00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:51,960
when they blew their horn at you,

551
00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:57,200
you may have turned around and used a finger.

552
00:25:57,200 --> 00:25:58,840
Some of you on your way to church this morning

553
00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:01,520
got in a fight with your spouse, right?

554
00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:06,280
The point, the point, God is not done with you.

555
00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:09,080
All of us are in the sanctification process

556
00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:11,920
and this is why we will never arrive.

557
00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:13,740
We'll never be Jesus.

558
00:26:13,740 --> 00:26:17,200
There was only one perfect spotless individual

559
00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:21,800
and his name was, wow, how about some participation?

560
00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:24,540
Can I please get a round of coffee for everyone

561
00:26:24,540 --> 00:26:29,540
for first service?

562
00:26:29,540 --> 00:26:33,800
Every new day is an invitation to go deeper

563
00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:36,840
and to continue taking steps, getting closer to God.

564
00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:39,160
Sometimes, of course, we fall down

565
00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:41,080
but I wanna encourage you, don't stay down,

566
00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:43,720
get back up and keep moving forward

567
00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:46,920
because we are in a relationship with Jesus.

568
00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:51,000
He desires that we pursue purity, right?

569
00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:53,120
This is how we become different.

570
00:26:53,120 --> 00:26:57,040
The process of becoming pure means that God

571
00:26:57,040 --> 00:26:59,280
has to outline it for us.

572
00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:00,660
What is clean?

573
00:27:00,660 --> 00:27:02,440
What is unclean?

574
00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:03,560
What do you eat?

575
00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:05,240
What shouldn't you eat?

576
00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:06,320
Where do you go?

577
00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:07,960
Where can't you go?

578
00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:11,040
Leviticus 11, two through four, nine through 10,

579
00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:13,640
13 and 20.

580
00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:16,320
Give the following instructions to the people of Israel.

581
00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:17,600
Of all the land animals,

582
00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:20,240
these are the ones you may use for food.

583
00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:23,160
You may eat any animal that is completely split hooves

584
00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:24,480
and chews the cud.

585
00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:26,640
You may not, however, eat the following animals

586
00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:29,520
that have split hooves or that chew the cud,

587
00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:30,600
but not both.

588
00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:33,200
The camel chews the cud but does not have split hooves

589
00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:36,340
so it is ceremonially unclean for you to eat.

590
00:27:36,340 --> 00:27:39,000
I've never eaten a camel, thank God, I don't want to.

591
00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:42,040
Of all the marine animals,

592
00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:44,020
these are the ones you may use for food.

593
00:27:44,020 --> 00:27:45,540
You may eat anything from the water

594
00:27:45,540 --> 00:27:47,800
if it has both fins and scales.

595
00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:51,320
Never taken from salt water or from streams.

596
00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:53,720
But you must never eat animals from the sea

597
00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:56,520
or from rivers that do not have both fins and scales.

598
00:27:56,520 --> 00:27:58,740
They are detestable to you.

599
00:27:58,740 --> 00:28:01,120
These are the birds that are detestable to you.

600
00:28:01,120 --> 00:28:03,840
You must not eat winged insects

601
00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:07,040
that walk along the ground, they are detestable.

602
00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:09,520
And then Leviticus 11, 24 to 25,

603
00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:11,960
the following creatures will make you ceremonially unclean,

604
00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:13,300
which means don't touch.

605
00:28:13,300 --> 00:28:14,960
If any of you touch their carcasses,

606
00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:17,200
you will be defiled until evening.

607
00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:20,040
If you pick up their carcasses, you must wash your clothes

608
00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:22,320
and you remain defiled until evening.

609
00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:25,320
God doesn't call us to go deeper

610
00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:27,120
and then look like everyone else

611
00:28:27,120 --> 00:28:29,200
because if you look like everyone else,

612
00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:30,760
that just means you're shallow.

613
00:28:31,980 --> 00:28:33,440
If you're gonna go deeper,

614
00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:35,240
it means that your life will look different

615
00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:36,480
than other people.

616
00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:39,000
Shallow people are all the same.

617
00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:43,400
Did you see what she was wearing, sister?

618
00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:48,400
Did you read what they posted?

619
00:28:48,580 --> 00:28:51,020
Can you believe they posted that?

620
00:28:51,020 --> 00:28:54,440
Did you watch that TikTok on how to live your best life?

621
00:28:54,440 --> 00:28:56,980
Did you read that news report?

622
00:28:56,980 --> 00:28:58,940
Now I'm not saying we should not be aware

623
00:28:58,940 --> 00:29:01,460
of what is happening in the news or in our culture,

624
00:29:01,460 --> 00:29:03,100
but if we're gonna go deeper with God,

625
00:29:03,100 --> 00:29:06,380
we need to see things from a spiritual perspective,

626
00:29:06,380 --> 00:29:08,660
from a kingdom of God mindset.

627
00:29:08,660 --> 00:29:11,200
We have to be aware that we have an adversary

628
00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:13,540
that tries to cause division in our families,

629
00:29:13,540 --> 00:29:16,980
division in the church, and division amongst people.

630
00:29:16,980 --> 00:29:18,980
Thus the reason the political circus

631
00:29:18,980 --> 00:29:20,980
is about to begin this year.

632
00:29:20,980 --> 00:29:25,980
Division, because when division happens, who wins?

633
00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:30,180
The enemy, the enemy wins.

634
00:29:30,180 --> 00:29:34,140
We have to realize deeper looks different.

635
00:29:34,140 --> 00:29:37,700
God says, I am holy and I want my people to be holy.

636
00:29:37,700 --> 00:29:39,780
Therefore your life will look different

637
00:29:39,780 --> 00:29:40,980
than anybody else's.

638
00:29:40,980 --> 00:29:43,540
So he starts hitting them with different instructions,

639
00:29:43,540 --> 00:29:45,460
what you can eat, what you can't eat.

640
00:29:45,460 --> 00:29:48,660
God cares about what you put into your body, right?

641
00:29:48,660 --> 00:29:50,820
What you can touch, what you can't touch,

642
00:29:50,820 --> 00:29:53,220
because God knows about germs

643
00:29:53,220 --> 00:29:55,660
and what they will do to a community.

644
00:29:55,660 --> 00:29:59,180
Many of us are experiencing the power of germs this winter.

645
00:29:59,180 --> 00:30:01,140
It's a negative aspect.

646
00:30:01,140 --> 00:30:04,360
He even gives details to them about childbirth

647
00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:06,860
because God cares about his creation

648
00:30:06,860 --> 00:30:08,860
and how humanity is born

649
00:30:08,860 --> 00:30:10,540
and what we produce on this earth.

650
00:30:10,540 --> 00:30:12,820
In chapter 15 of Leviticus,

651
00:30:12,820 --> 00:30:15,100
it gets a little nasty just being honest with you

652
00:30:15,100 --> 00:30:18,060
because it begins discussing the bodily fluids

653
00:30:18,060 --> 00:30:20,020
that come out of our bodies

654
00:30:20,020 --> 00:30:22,220
because there's some negative things

655
00:30:22,220 --> 00:30:23,940
that can impact different people.

656
00:30:23,940 --> 00:30:27,040
And all these different details and regulations

657
00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:31,220
that calls us, right, to look up to God and say,

658
00:30:31,220 --> 00:30:34,360
God, why am I reading this?

659
00:30:34,360 --> 00:30:37,100
Why do you care about this stuff?

660
00:30:37,100 --> 00:30:39,660
God is teaching us this principle.

661
00:30:39,660 --> 00:30:42,780
You can't compartmentalize God.

662
00:30:43,700 --> 00:30:47,260
God refuses to be regulated to a Sunday morning gathering.

663
00:30:47,260 --> 00:30:51,100
He wants every single part of us.

664
00:30:51,100 --> 00:30:52,900
But for so many Americans,

665
00:30:52,900 --> 00:30:56,660
they regulate God to a Sunday morning experience

666
00:30:56,660 --> 00:30:58,340
when in reality he says,

667
00:30:58,340 --> 00:31:01,340
you can't live off that Sunday morning experience

668
00:31:01,340 --> 00:31:03,640
for the six days to follow.

669
00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:07,500
You need me every single day.

670
00:31:07,500 --> 00:31:09,800
That is consumerism.

671
00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:12,420
Don't be a consumer.

672
00:31:12,420 --> 00:31:14,860
I want all of your life.

673
00:31:14,860 --> 00:31:17,940
I want every aspect and every detail.

674
00:31:17,940 --> 00:31:20,780
And what's intriguing about our scripture this morning

675
00:31:20,780 --> 00:31:23,540
is that to understand what the healing

676
00:31:23,540 --> 00:31:25,020
of the leper really meant

677
00:31:25,020 --> 00:31:27,820
is to understand what leprosy is

678
00:31:27,820 --> 00:31:30,320
and this is discovered in the book of what?

679
00:31:30,320 --> 00:31:31,860
Leviticus.

680
00:31:31,860 --> 00:31:36,620
In fact, we find two chapters dedicated to skin.

681
00:31:36,620 --> 00:31:40,100
Two chapters where God speaks to Moses and Aaron

682
00:31:40,100 --> 00:31:43,100
about what to do when someone has a defilement

683
00:31:43,100 --> 00:31:46,180
in their skin, Leviticus 13, one through three.

684
00:31:46,180 --> 00:31:47,660
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

685
00:31:47,660 --> 00:31:50,820
if anyone has a swelling or a rash or discolored skin

686
00:31:50,820 --> 00:31:53,100
that might develop into a serious skin disease,

687
00:31:53,100 --> 00:31:56,220
that person must be brought to Aaron the priest

688
00:31:56,220 --> 00:31:57,380
or one of his sons.

689
00:31:57,380 --> 00:32:00,460
The priest will examine the affected area of the skin.

690
00:32:00,460 --> 00:32:03,100
If the hair in the affected area is turned white,

691
00:32:03,100 --> 00:32:06,540
ooh, and the problem appears to be more

692
00:32:06,540 --> 00:32:07,660
than skin deep.

693
00:32:07,660 --> 00:32:10,780
It is a serious skin disease and the priest who examines it

694
00:32:10,780 --> 00:32:14,260
must pronounce the person's sermenly unclean.

695
00:32:14,260 --> 00:32:16,340
More than skin deep.

696
00:32:16,340 --> 00:32:19,180
Now I know this has nothing to do with you,

697
00:32:19,180 --> 00:32:21,320
but I know that Rudy and I are thankful

698
00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:24,620
that we're no longer living under the old covenant.

699
00:32:24,620 --> 00:32:26,500
See, during this time period,

700
00:32:26,500 --> 00:32:28,180
there was no medical community,

701
00:32:28,180 --> 00:32:31,060
therefore the high priest had the responsibility

702
00:32:31,060 --> 00:32:35,620
of checking any pimple, blemish, spot, or rash

703
00:32:35,620 --> 00:32:40,180
that was protruding with pus, okay?

704
00:32:40,180 --> 00:32:42,900
Listen, I thought my job was tough,

705
00:32:43,780 --> 00:32:48,540
but if I was responsible for making all these sacrifices,

706
00:32:48,540 --> 00:32:50,100
killing all these animals,

707
00:32:50,100 --> 00:32:53,300
and then I'm responsible for checking your rashes,

708
00:32:53,300 --> 00:32:54,740
no thank you, I'm outta here.

709
00:32:54,740 --> 00:32:59,380
Thank you Jesus for making another way.

710
00:32:59,380 --> 00:33:01,420
That's all I gotta say.

711
00:33:01,420 --> 00:33:04,580
Because the last thing I wanna do is examine your skin.

712
00:33:04,580 --> 00:33:07,900
In fact, I really don't wanna examine anything on your body.

713
00:33:09,420 --> 00:33:10,880
And the next time you get injured,

714
00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:13,360
side note, okay, but a little truth to it,

715
00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:15,060
the next time you get injured

716
00:33:15,060 --> 00:33:17,420
or you're struggling physically with an injury,

717
00:33:17,420 --> 00:33:22,420
simply communicate with words your need of prayer, okay?

718
00:33:22,500 --> 00:33:26,420
I don't need to see a picture of your infected rash,

719
00:33:26,420 --> 00:33:31,420
of the hole that is bleeding profusely from your forearm

720
00:33:31,420 --> 00:33:36,420
and showing me this white pus infected blemish.

721
00:33:37,620 --> 00:33:42,620
Listen, if you speak it, I will trust your words, okay?

722
00:33:42,900 --> 00:33:47,300
I don't need to see an image and I will pray for you

723
00:33:47,300 --> 00:33:50,580
by your words being communicated to me, amen?

724
00:33:50,580 --> 00:33:52,620
I don't need to see it.

725
00:33:52,620 --> 00:33:57,620
The point, we need others to assist us

726
00:33:58,280 --> 00:33:59,680
in our relationship with God,

727
00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:01,460
which leads us to our next thought.

728
00:34:01,460 --> 00:34:03,580
See humanity, you and I,

729
00:34:03,580 --> 00:34:06,380
we're not qualified to examine ourselves.

730
00:34:06,380 --> 00:34:07,980
Leviticus 13, three through four,

731
00:34:07,980 --> 00:34:10,060
the priest will examine the affected area of the skin

732
00:34:10,060 --> 00:34:12,260
if the hair in the affected area is turned white

733
00:34:12,260 --> 00:34:14,580
and the problem appears to be more than skin deep,

734
00:34:14,580 --> 00:34:15,780
it's serious.

735
00:34:15,780 --> 00:34:17,460
And the priest who examines

736
00:34:17,460 --> 00:34:19,740
must pronounce that person unclean.

737
00:34:19,740 --> 00:34:23,860
The priest will quarantine that person for seven days.

738
00:34:23,860 --> 00:34:26,980
See the principle we discover in the book Leviticus

739
00:34:26,980 --> 00:34:30,380
is that we often skip over it

740
00:34:30,380 --> 00:34:34,020
and we avoid it because none of us are qualified

741
00:34:34,020 --> 00:34:36,340
to do a thorough examination of ourselves.

742
00:34:36,340 --> 00:34:39,180
Because if we examine ourselves, you know what?

743
00:34:39,180 --> 00:34:41,880
We're always gonna give ourselves a pass.

744
00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:43,580
Oh, we're good.

745
00:34:43,580 --> 00:34:46,480
All of us are gonna say, it's not that big of a deal.

746
00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:47,780
I don't need advice.

747
00:34:47,780 --> 00:34:49,340
I don't need to see a doctor.

748
00:34:49,340 --> 00:34:51,260
I don't need to change.

749
00:34:51,260 --> 00:34:54,420
Listen, I know myself, okay?

750
00:34:54,420 --> 00:34:55,840
We don't have the wisdom.

751
00:34:55,840 --> 00:34:59,260
We don't have the intellect to know what is a big deal

752
00:34:59,260 --> 00:35:02,540
and what is not a big deal on our own.

753
00:35:02,540 --> 00:35:07,000
We have to humble ourselves and go and see the priest, okay?

754
00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:09,580
Communicate with God to examine

755
00:35:09,580 --> 00:35:11,460
whether this is a major issue or not.

756
00:35:11,460 --> 00:35:12,880
And that's why I always encourage you

757
00:35:12,880 --> 00:35:14,660
to go to God in prayer.

758
00:35:14,660 --> 00:35:18,220
And this is why so many people don't like the church

759
00:35:18,220 --> 00:35:20,300
or they run from community.

760
00:35:20,300 --> 00:35:24,460
Anytime someone calls out a spot, a wrinkle, or a blemish,

761
00:35:24,460 --> 00:35:28,220
discusses an issue, even when it's done in love,

762
00:35:28,220 --> 00:35:31,220
people act all church hurt when in reality,

763
00:35:31,220 --> 00:35:34,220
they don't want anyone dealing with their spots.

764
00:35:35,100 --> 00:35:38,540
Because we like our spots.

765
00:35:38,540 --> 00:35:41,840
And the beauty of this text is that it's telling us

766
00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:44,860
that we're not qualified to examine ourselves

767
00:35:44,860 --> 00:35:46,580
because we're always gonna blow it off

768
00:35:46,580 --> 00:35:49,080
because we like to compare ourselves to others

769
00:35:49,080 --> 00:35:53,340
as a means of lessening our own sin and our struggles, right?

770
00:35:53,340 --> 00:35:55,580
I cheated on my taxes last year,

771
00:35:55,580 --> 00:35:57,180
but at least I didn't rob a bank.

772
00:35:59,740 --> 00:36:01,340
I'm not an addict.

773
00:36:01,340 --> 00:36:03,780
You know, I just need to smoke a joint at night

774
00:36:03,780 --> 00:36:05,180
to take the edge off.

775
00:36:05,180 --> 00:36:07,620
It just brings me down, right?

776
00:36:07,620 --> 00:36:12,300
We always are going to give ourselves a pass.

777
00:36:12,300 --> 00:36:16,100
There's always a reason that we do the things we do.

778
00:36:16,100 --> 00:36:17,900
And have you ever noticed that whenever we have

779
00:36:17,900 --> 00:36:19,500
a health issue, right?

780
00:36:19,500 --> 00:36:21,420
Whenever something's going on, the first thing we do,

781
00:36:21,420 --> 00:36:23,100
for many of you, is you go to WebMD

782
00:36:23,100 --> 00:36:24,780
and then you get all freaked out

783
00:36:24,780 --> 00:36:26,780
because it says could lead to cancer.

784
00:36:26,780 --> 00:36:28,900
So immediately you call your doctor

785
00:36:28,900 --> 00:36:30,380
and you schedule an appointment.

786
00:36:30,380 --> 00:36:32,780
Now here's the crazy thing about going to the doctor.

787
00:36:32,780 --> 00:36:34,780
When you roll into the doctor's office,

788
00:36:34,780 --> 00:36:37,180
you'll straight up strip down bare naked

789
00:36:37,180 --> 00:36:39,620
and be like, hey, check this out, I got an issue.

790
00:36:40,780 --> 00:36:43,540
Can you please look at this and tell me what's going on?

791
00:36:43,540 --> 00:36:46,100
And then we have the audacity to just say

792
00:36:46,100 --> 00:36:48,620
we don't trust God when in reality,

793
00:36:48,620 --> 00:36:50,940
we can put our faith in the medical community.

794
00:36:50,940 --> 00:36:53,260
God bless the medical community, I love them.

795
00:36:53,260 --> 00:36:55,700
But how many of you have actually paused

796
00:36:55,700 --> 00:36:59,460
and asked your doctor, hey, where'd you go to school?

797
00:36:59,460 --> 00:37:01,460
What kind of grades did you get?

798
00:37:01,460 --> 00:37:05,060
What exactly did you study, right?

799
00:37:05,060 --> 00:37:06,620
How many of us have ever done that?

800
00:37:06,620 --> 00:37:08,500
I've never done that before.

801
00:37:08,500 --> 00:37:10,900
I just put my faith in the doctor

802
00:37:10,900 --> 00:37:12,580
that they're gonna look at my blemish

803
00:37:12,580 --> 00:37:14,780
and tell me, oh, it's just a little rash,

804
00:37:14,780 --> 00:37:18,340
put a little cream on it and you'll be fine, right?

805
00:37:18,340 --> 00:37:20,300
When in reality, our doctors could have walked

806
00:37:20,300 --> 00:37:22,220
right off the street, put a white lab coat on

807
00:37:22,220 --> 00:37:24,540
and said, oh, you're good.

808
00:37:24,540 --> 00:37:28,180
But yet we won't trust God.

809
00:37:28,180 --> 00:37:30,980
We won't put our faith in God.

810
00:37:33,020 --> 00:37:34,820
I wanna encourage you this morning.

811
00:37:34,820 --> 00:37:36,460
It's time to let go of your pride

812
00:37:36,460 --> 00:37:38,780
and receive an examination.

813
00:37:38,780 --> 00:37:41,620
It's time to let go of your attitude

814
00:37:41,620 --> 00:37:43,020
that you got it all together

815
00:37:43,020 --> 00:37:46,860
and allow God to really search your heart.

816
00:37:46,860 --> 00:37:48,820
And this is what would happen when a person

817
00:37:48,820 --> 00:37:51,340
would go and see the priest regarding a skin issue.

818
00:37:51,340 --> 00:37:53,380
The priest would examine the spot

819
00:37:53,380 --> 00:37:56,460
and then that person would have to go into isolation

820
00:37:56,460 --> 00:38:00,060
for seven days to determine how deep and severe

821
00:38:00,060 --> 00:38:01,500
that skin issue was.

822
00:38:01,500 --> 00:38:04,860
Now imagine those seven days of isolation.

823
00:38:04,860 --> 00:38:06,340
You're separated from your family,

824
00:38:06,340 --> 00:38:07,940
you're separated from your community,

825
00:38:07,940 --> 00:38:10,780
you can't talk to anyone and you're wondering

826
00:38:10,780 --> 00:38:13,420
how deep is this rash?

827
00:38:13,420 --> 00:38:15,260
I don't know about you, but I thought,

828
00:38:15,260 --> 00:38:17,020
man, I would be praying real hard.

829
00:38:17,020 --> 00:38:22,020
I would be desperately asking God to move in my life.

830
00:38:22,020 --> 00:38:25,100
One thing I know about those seven days, right,

831
00:38:25,100 --> 00:38:29,060
is I would not care about anyone else and their issues.

832
00:38:29,060 --> 00:38:31,980
In those seven days, you're not gonna be worried

833
00:38:31,980 --> 00:38:33,980
about someone else's skin.

834
00:38:33,980 --> 00:38:36,460
During those seven days of isolation,

835
00:38:36,460 --> 00:38:38,780
you're not gonna be worried about the gossip online

836
00:38:38,780 --> 00:38:43,140
or the new news line, right, or the drama in your family.

837
00:38:43,140 --> 00:38:45,580
And God is trying to highlight for us

838
00:38:45,580 --> 00:38:49,420
that we need to be focused on our own skin.

839
00:38:49,420 --> 00:38:51,420
We need to look in the mirror and be honest

840
00:38:51,420 --> 00:38:54,940
about our relationship with Him, not everybody else's.

841
00:38:54,940 --> 00:38:56,700
It's not about where everybody else is

842
00:38:56,700 --> 00:38:58,940
because we're all in different places.

843
00:38:58,940 --> 00:39:01,180
The point is, are we moving forward

844
00:39:01,180 --> 00:39:03,820
in our relationship with Jesus?

845
00:39:03,820 --> 00:39:07,740
See, shallow people worry about everybody else's issues

846
00:39:07,740 --> 00:39:09,740
and are not worried about their own.

847
00:39:09,740 --> 00:39:12,020
And God is calling our community of faith to what?

848
00:39:12,020 --> 00:39:13,420
Go deeper.

849
00:39:13,420 --> 00:39:16,220
And see, after seven days, the person with the skin issue

850
00:39:16,220 --> 00:39:18,780
would return to the high priest for examination.

851
00:39:18,780 --> 00:39:22,140
And if it was just a rash, they would be cleansed.

852
00:39:22,140 --> 00:39:24,060
But if they say it's more in skin deep,

853
00:39:24,060 --> 00:39:26,780
that means they had leprosy.

854
00:39:26,780 --> 00:39:27,900
And ladies and gentlemen,

855
00:39:27,900 --> 00:39:30,460
that would be the darkest day of your life

856
00:39:30,460 --> 00:39:34,140
because leprosy was the greatest defilement of the skin.

857
00:39:34,140 --> 00:39:36,140
Leviticus 13, 45 to 46.

858
00:39:36,140 --> 00:39:38,700
Those who suffer from a serious skin disease,

859
00:39:38,700 --> 00:39:41,180
listen to this, must tear their clothing

860
00:39:41,180 --> 00:39:43,580
and leave their hair uncombed.

861
00:39:43,580 --> 00:39:45,100
Sorry, ladies.

862
00:39:45,100 --> 00:39:47,420
They must cover their mouth and call out,

863
00:39:47,420 --> 00:39:51,340
unclean, unclean, as long as the serious disease lasts,

864
00:39:51,340 --> 00:39:53,420
they will be ceremonially unclean

865
00:39:53,420 --> 00:39:55,100
and they must live in isolation

866
00:39:55,100 --> 00:39:57,420
in their place outside the camp.

867
00:39:57,420 --> 00:40:01,100
We have to realize that in the Old Testament, leprosy,

868
00:40:01,100 --> 00:40:03,100
leading to our final thought, number five,

869
00:40:03,100 --> 00:40:05,260
leprosy was a metaphor for sin.

870
00:40:06,300 --> 00:40:09,500
Leprosy was a metaphor for sin.

871
00:40:09,500 --> 00:40:12,700
Leviticus 14, 19 through 20, then the priest,

872
00:40:12,700 --> 00:40:16,860
listen to this, this is for the leprosy.

873
00:40:16,860 --> 00:40:21,020
Then the priest must present the sin offering

874
00:40:21,020 --> 00:40:23,980
to purify the person who was cured of the skin disease.

875
00:40:23,980 --> 00:40:26,940
After that, the priest will slaughter the burnt offering

876
00:40:26,940 --> 00:40:29,260
and offer it on the altar along with the grain offering.

877
00:40:29,260 --> 00:40:30,460
And through this process,

878
00:40:30,460 --> 00:40:33,020
the priest will purify the person who was healed

879
00:40:33,020 --> 00:40:35,820
and the person will then be ceremonially unclean.

880
00:40:35,820 --> 00:40:40,060
The point is, leprosy was a metaphor for sin

881
00:40:40,060 --> 00:40:41,660
because of the way it works.

882
00:40:41,660 --> 00:40:42,380
Now think about it.

883
00:40:42,380 --> 00:40:44,140
Let me share with you about leprosy a little bit.

884
00:40:44,140 --> 00:40:48,700
Leprosy is something that starts absolutely insignificant.

885
00:40:48,700 --> 00:40:49,900
But then all of a sudden,

886
00:40:50,460 --> 00:40:52,940
it works deceptively into your body

887
00:40:52,940 --> 00:40:56,140
and then it spreads before it devastates you completely.

888
00:40:56,140 --> 00:40:58,940
And that's the way sin works in our lives, right?

889
00:40:58,940 --> 00:41:02,300
It always starts out, oh, it's not a big deal.

890
00:41:02,300 --> 00:41:05,340
It's never a big deal when we sin.

891
00:41:05,820 --> 00:41:08,540
And we have to realize, friends, the enemy is not stupid.

892
00:41:08,540 --> 00:41:13,020
He is always going to make it seem like it's not a big deal.

893
00:41:13,020 --> 00:41:13,340
Why?

894
00:41:13,340 --> 00:41:15,340
1 Peter 5, 8, stay alert.

895
00:41:15,340 --> 00:41:17,180
Watch out for your great enemy, the devil.

896
00:41:17,180 --> 00:41:20,540
He prowls around like a rurulon looking for someone to what?

897
00:41:20,540 --> 00:41:21,340
Devour.

898
00:41:21,980 --> 00:41:25,100
It's not a big deal, right?

899
00:41:25,100 --> 00:41:27,500
It could start out as a thought that lingers too long.

900
00:41:27,500 --> 00:41:28,700
Where did that come from?

901
00:41:28,700 --> 00:41:34,220
It could be that you're scrolling on a page and you look at a picture too long, right?

902
00:41:34,220 --> 00:41:39,420
It will start small and then it will leak or break into your integrity.

903
00:41:39,420 --> 00:41:40,940
It always starts small.

904
00:41:40,940 --> 00:41:46,540
We think we can handle it and then it starts working deceptively into our hearts,

905
00:41:46,540 --> 00:41:51,340
into our minds, and we don't even realize how deep it is coiling up inside of us.

906
00:41:51,340 --> 00:41:56,220
Leprosy was so debilitating that it would attack a person's central nervous system.

907
00:41:56,220 --> 00:41:58,780
And it would go deep inside of that person.

908
00:41:58,780 --> 00:42:05,340
As a matter of fact, leprosy can lay dormant from anywhere from four to eight years before

909
00:42:05,340 --> 00:42:11,420
anyone saw a symptom, not even realize what it was doing in their very body.

910
00:42:11,420 --> 00:42:16,060
It works deceptively and then it spreads suddenly quickly.

911
00:42:16,060 --> 00:42:21,020
It spreads faster than you realize and suddenly leprosy is over the entire body.

912
00:42:21,020 --> 00:42:25,820
Now I always heard and I was one of them that have taught you that you can't do it.

913
00:42:25,820 --> 00:42:32,620
I've taught you, right, from different teachers and preachers that leprosy causes people's

914
00:42:32,620 --> 00:42:34,140
limbs to fall off.

915
00:42:34,140 --> 00:42:35,180
But we never know why.

916
00:42:35,180 --> 00:42:37,980
We just see this person with one arm walking around, right?

917
00:42:37,980 --> 00:42:39,100
We never know why.

918
00:42:39,100 --> 00:42:41,820
It's because what did leprosy attack?

919
00:42:41,820 --> 00:42:43,660
The central nervous system.

920
00:42:43,660 --> 00:42:50,700
And people infected with this disease literally could not feel their limbs.

921
00:42:50,700 --> 00:42:56,140
As it started to spread, a person literally could have their hand in a fire and have their

922
00:42:56,140 --> 00:43:02,540
hand melted off and they wouldn't even feel it because they lost all sensitivity in that

923
00:43:02,540 --> 00:43:03,740
hand.

924
00:43:03,740 --> 00:43:07,900
And that is how we know it's gotten deep.

925
00:43:07,900 --> 00:43:11,500
That is how we know when sin is deep in our lives.

926
00:43:11,500 --> 00:43:12,500
You know when?

927
00:43:12,500 --> 00:43:14,700
When we don't feel convicted anymore.

928
00:43:14,700 --> 00:43:20,540
When we are not convicted of sin anymore, that means it's suddenly gone down deep inside

929
00:43:20,540 --> 00:43:21,540
of your heart.

930
00:43:21,540 --> 00:43:22,940
At one point you used to weep.

931
00:43:22,940 --> 00:43:27,660
At one point you used to be up front on your knees asking for forgiveness and now suddenly

932
00:43:27,660 --> 00:43:32,740
there's a sin inside of you that doesn't even cause you to change.

933
00:43:32,740 --> 00:43:36,420
There's no more conviction.

934
00:43:36,420 --> 00:43:39,940
But the more we remain in our sin, right, what happens?

935
00:43:39,940 --> 00:43:42,460
The less sensitivity we have towards it.

936
00:43:42,460 --> 00:43:46,020
And then suddenly we find ourselves devastated by the results.

937
00:43:46,020 --> 00:43:48,340
Destroyed marriages, right?

938
00:43:48,340 --> 00:43:55,420
Sicknesses, disease, bad choices, bankruptcy, you name it.

939
00:43:55,420 --> 00:43:59,260
Leprosy was to be alive but dead.

940
00:43:59,260 --> 00:44:03,760
And at the same time this is the picture that God has given us of what sin does to our lives.

941
00:44:03,760 --> 00:44:07,260
It starts out insignificant, no big deal.

942
00:44:07,260 --> 00:44:10,540
It works deceptively inside of us so that we ignore it.

943
00:44:10,540 --> 00:44:16,660
It spreads quickly and it devastates completely as Isaiah 59 2 says, but your iniquities have

944
00:44:16,660 --> 00:44:18,900
separated you from your God.

945
00:44:18,900 --> 00:44:23,780
Your sins have hidden his face from you so that he will not hear.

946
00:44:23,780 --> 00:44:27,940
And this doesn't even include the social ramifications a person would experience.

947
00:44:27,940 --> 00:44:28,940
Think about it.

948
00:44:28,940 --> 00:44:31,140
They're completely isolated from the community.

949
00:44:31,140 --> 00:44:36,300
They're completely isolated from their families and then they hang out with other lepers.

950
00:44:36,300 --> 00:44:41,820
Any time a leper got close to another person that was clean, they would have to cover their

951
00:44:41,820 --> 00:44:51,260
mouth, they have to put on their mask, rip their clothes and shout out, unclean, unclean.

952
00:44:51,260 --> 00:44:53,100
Imagine now hear me out.

953
00:44:53,100 --> 00:45:00,060
Imagine the shame of shouting out your issues everywhere you walked.

954
00:45:00,060 --> 00:45:04,380
Everywhere you went, if someone got close to you, you would have to shout out what you're

955
00:45:04,380 --> 00:45:06,700
struggling with.

956
00:45:06,700 --> 00:45:07,700
Imagine that.

957
00:45:07,700 --> 00:45:12,180
I mean, the enemy has already been beating you up over this secret sin of your life.

958
00:45:12,180 --> 00:45:18,500
Could you imagine having to walk down the street, walk in the HCV and shout, right?

959
00:45:18,500 --> 00:45:21,180
I'm addicted to porn.

960
00:45:21,180 --> 00:45:24,540
I cheated on my wife.

961
00:45:24,540 --> 00:45:25,540
Imagine that.

962
00:45:25,540 --> 00:45:31,060
And we can't laugh because it's not funny.

963
00:45:31,060 --> 00:45:33,580
It's serious.

964
00:45:33,580 --> 00:45:37,860
This was a picture of what leprosy and sin do to our lives.

965
00:45:37,860 --> 00:45:39,860
And think about it.

966
00:45:39,860 --> 00:45:43,620
Our skin, our mind and our bodies, they're all connected.

967
00:45:43,620 --> 00:45:46,740
There's a reason you get a pimple when you're stressed out.

968
00:45:46,740 --> 00:45:48,180
Why?

969
00:45:48,180 --> 00:45:50,620
They're all connected.

970
00:45:50,620 --> 00:45:55,380
Our skin is connected to our emotions and it's connected to our mind and how we feel.

971
00:45:55,380 --> 00:46:01,220
And God is the greatest psychologist and dermatologist because he goes deeper than the skin and deals

972
00:46:01,220 --> 00:46:03,740
with our what?

973
00:46:03,740 --> 00:46:04,740
Our hearts.

974
00:46:04,740 --> 00:46:06,500
And the shame we deal with started out in the book of Genesis.

975
00:46:06,500 --> 00:46:07,580
It's going to blow your mind.

976
00:46:07,580 --> 00:46:08,700
We're putting this all together.

977
00:46:08,700 --> 00:46:14,700
We're literally going from Genesis all the way to the New Testament in one sermon.

978
00:46:14,700 --> 00:46:18,060
Think about the ramifications of sin when Adam and Eve first disobeyed.

979
00:46:18,060 --> 00:46:19,220
What happened?

980
00:46:19,220 --> 00:46:25,380
The first time humanity did not feel comfortable in their own skin, what did they do?

981
00:46:25,380 --> 00:46:26,480
They hid.

982
00:46:26,480 --> 00:46:27,740
And they did what?

983
00:46:27,740 --> 00:46:29,800
Covered themselves with fig leaves.

984
00:46:29,800 --> 00:46:33,500
At that moment, their eyes were open and suddenly they felt shame at their nakedness so they

985
00:46:33,500 --> 00:46:35,940
sewed fig leaves together to cover themselves.

986
00:46:35,940 --> 00:46:36,940
Right?

987
00:46:36,940 --> 00:46:37,940
Fast forward to today.

988
00:46:37,940 --> 00:46:43,580
They cover themselves with social media posts and images that I'm living the best life ever.

989
00:46:43,580 --> 00:46:48,180
We cover ourselves with designer clothes because we're not comfortable in the value of our

990
00:46:48,180 --> 00:46:50,900
own name and our own identities.

991
00:46:50,900 --> 00:46:54,460
They cover themselves with leaves and they hid.

992
00:46:54,460 --> 00:46:59,760
And then in verse 21 we read, and the Lord God made clothing from animal skins for Adam

993
00:46:59,760 --> 00:47:01,740
and his wife.

994
00:47:01,740 --> 00:47:07,860
After they made fig leaves to cover themselves, God made them garments of skin or clothes.

995
00:47:07,860 --> 00:47:12,180
And if you read past that too fast, you miss the understanding.

996
00:47:12,180 --> 00:47:15,460
Where did God get the skins to cover Adam and Eve?

997
00:47:15,460 --> 00:47:21,580
I mean, he did not just suddenly make skins out of nothing.

998
00:47:21,580 --> 00:47:23,300
He didn't just grab them out of the sky.

999
00:47:23,300 --> 00:47:26,500
Oh, I just grabbed them from Jupiter and put them on Adam and Eve.

1000
00:47:26,500 --> 00:47:27,600
He had to, what?

1001
00:47:27,600 --> 00:47:29,900
He had to kill an animal.

1002
00:47:29,900 --> 00:47:34,300
He told Adam and Eve that the day they ate the fruit of the knowledge and good and evil

1003
00:47:34,300 --> 00:47:35,780
that they would what?

1004
00:47:35,780 --> 00:47:37,140
Die.

1005
00:47:37,140 --> 00:47:40,820
And he meant what he said because that connected to his word.

1006
00:47:40,820 --> 00:47:42,560
He meant it.

1007
00:47:42,560 --> 00:47:44,540
Someone had to pay the price.

1008
00:47:44,540 --> 00:47:50,100
There had to be a sacrifice for the proximity but because God loved Adam and Eve enough,

1009
00:47:50,100 --> 00:47:56,380
he didn't want them to die, the first murder in Genesis was not Cain killing Abel.

1010
00:47:56,380 --> 00:47:59,660
It was God who killed an animal.

1011
00:47:59,660 --> 00:48:04,580
And we read past it so quick that we don't even catch it.

1012
00:48:04,580 --> 00:48:10,660
Adam and Eve had to watch that animal die, then watch God cover them with its skin because

1013
00:48:10,660 --> 00:48:16,460
it was a picture of what he was going to do when Jesus died on that cross.

1014
00:48:16,460 --> 00:48:18,540
And it's all coming together.

1015
00:48:18,540 --> 00:48:24,340
Jesus died naked and ashamed to cover you and me and that is why we can lift our heads

1016
00:48:24,340 --> 00:48:29,380
to God and praise him for what Jesus did on the cross for us.

1017
00:48:29,380 --> 00:48:34,740
Every lamb, every bull, every turtle dove that was sacrificed in the book of Leviticus

1018
00:48:34,740 --> 00:48:39,560
was just a picture of the foreshadowing of the lamb of God that was coming to take away

1019
00:48:39,560 --> 00:48:41,100
the sins of the world.

1020
00:48:41,100 --> 00:48:47,900
And if you feel like you can't bring your issues to Jesus, then you haven't fully realized

1021
00:48:47,900 --> 00:48:52,220
that Jesus died for those issues.

1022
00:48:52,220 --> 00:48:55,300
He doesn't want us to deal with it on the surface.

1023
00:48:55,300 --> 00:48:59,780
He wants you to go deeper and to deal with the shame and guilt that's in our lives.

1024
00:48:59,780 --> 00:49:03,980
And it's interesting whenever you read about leprosy in the scriptures, you never read

1025
00:49:03,980 --> 00:49:06,460
about someone that was healed from it.

1026
00:49:06,460 --> 00:49:11,780
You read they were cleansed, which means when we feel dirty, when we're struggling in our

1027
00:49:11,780 --> 00:49:14,580
sin, Jesus makes us feel what?

1028
00:49:14,580 --> 00:49:15,580
Clean.

1029
00:49:15,580 --> 00:49:17,660
And in the Old Testament it's going to blow your mind, you ready?

1030
00:49:17,660 --> 00:49:22,560
In the Old Testament, you'll never see anybody get to do what was prescribed in the book

1031
00:49:22,560 --> 00:49:25,520
of Leviticus regarding leprosy, right?

1032
00:49:25,520 --> 00:49:30,620
Only Naaman and Miriam were healed of leprosy, but they didn't follow the prescriptions because

1033
00:49:30,620 --> 00:49:32,220
it came before.

1034
00:49:32,220 --> 00:49:36,580
But in the Old Testament, you never read about a priest offering a sacrifice for someone

1035
00:49:36,580 --> 00:49:37,820
cleansed of leprosy.

1036
00:49:37,820 --> 00:49:41,920
So you got all the Old Testament after Leviticus, right?

1037
00:49:41,920 --> 00:49:45,380
And then you got the 400 years of silence.

1038
00:49:45,380 --> 00:49:48,060
And God, why is this regulation in the Bible?

1039
00:49:48,060 --> 00:49:49,580
It never happened.

1040
00:49:49,580 --> 00:49:56,980
It seems like there was no hope, no meaning, no cleansing for all these hundreds of years

1041
00:49:56,980 --> 00:50:02,220
until you read Matthew chapter eight, and it all comes together.

1042
00:50:02,220 --> 00:50:03,900
Large crowds follow Jesus.

1043
00:50:03,900 --> 00:50:07,440
A man with leprosy comes and approaches him, kneels down.

1044
00:50:07,440 --> 00:50:09,780
And think about it, that man couldn't even come to Jesus.

1045
00:50:09,780 --> 00:50:11,980
He was supposed to be separated.

1046
00:50:11,980 --> 00:50:16,940
Lord, the man said, if you're willing, you can heal me and make me clean.

1047
00:50:16,940 --> 00:50:18,220
Jesus reached out, touched him.

1048
00:50:18,220 --> 00:50:19,900
He says, I'm willing.

1049
00:50:19,900 --> 00:50:21,780
Be healed.

1050
00:50:21,780 --> 00:50:25,020
And instantly the leprosy wipe disappeared.

1051
00:50:25,020 --> 00:50:27,460
Now notice what Jesus says.

1052
00:50:27,460 --> 00:50:31,300
Don't let anyone, don't tell anyone about this.

1053
00:50:31,300 --> 00:50:34,660
Instead, go to the priest and let him examine you.

1054
00:50:34,660 --> 00:50:37,900
Take along the offering required in the law of Moses for those who have been healed of

1055
00:50:37,900 --> 00:50:38,980
leprosy.

1056
00:50:38,980 --> 00:50:42,260
This will be a public testimony that you have been cleansed.

1057
00:50:42,260 --> 00:50:47,780
Jesus is more than willing to heal you of all your hurts, hangups, and addictions.

1058
00:50:47,780 --> 00:50:49,260
Hear me out, friends.

1059
00:50:49,260 --> 00:50:54,420
Don't allow a damaged church person to lead you to believe that Jesus is not compassionate

1060
00:50:54,420 --> 00:50:58,980
and willing and loving and wants to set you free.

1061
00:50:58,980 --> 00:51:01,420
Then Jesus tells the man with leprosy to what?

1062
00:51:01,420 --> 00:51:02,420
Go to the priest.

1063
00:51:02,420 --> 00:51:03,420
Why?

1064
00:51:03,420 --> 00:51:05,820
Go to the priest, make the offerings necessary.

1065
00:51:05,820 --> 00:51:06,820
Why?

1066
00:51:06,820 --> 00:51:13,740
Because everything prescribed in the book of Leviticus that we never read or never understand

1067
00:51:13,740 --> 00:51:20,580
was written for this encounter in Matthew chapter eight so that Jesus could be, I'm

1068
00:51:20,580 --> 00:51:21,580
the one.

1069
00:51:21,580 --> 00:51:28,780
I'm the one that came to set you free, which leads us to our action steps.

1070
00:51:28,780 --> 00:51:30,220
Walking free of shame and guilt.

1071
00:51:30,220 --> 00:51:33,860
Number one, real simple, these are gonna go quick.

1072
00:51:33,860 --> 00:51:35,180
Confess you're wrong.

1073
00:51:35,180 --> 00:51:38,820
If we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse

1074
00:51:38,820 --> 00:51:40,340
us from all wickedness.

1075
00:51:40,340 --> 00:51:44,260
If we claim we have not sinned, we are calling God a liar and showing that his word has no

1076
00:51:44,260 --> 00:51:45,260
place in our hearts.

1077
00:51:45,260 --> 00:51:47,900
We gotta go to God, right?

1078
00:51:47,900 --> 00:51:52,460
Jesus is inviting us to submit to him and go all in.

1079
00:51:52,460 --> 00:51:53,460
Now hear me out.

1080
00:51:53,460 --> 00:51:58,100
If the shame you are experiencing is due to the wrongs committed to you by someone else,

1081
00:51:58,100 --> 00:52:04,860
forgive that person and then ask God to lift that burden from your heart and minister hope

1082
00:52:04,860 --> 00:52:06,060
healing and restoration.

1083
00:52:06,060 --> 00:52:07,060
It's one or the other.

1084
00:52:07,060 --> 00:52:10,620
Leading us to our next step.

1085
00:52:10,620 --> 00:52:11,620
Counter lies with truth.

1086
00:52:11,620 --> 00:52:15,260
Listen to the power found in these scriptures.

1087
00:52:15,260 --> 00:52:19,340
Colossians two, he canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by

1088
00:52:19,340 --> 00:52:21,220
nailing it to the cross.

1089
00:52:21,220 --> 00:52:24,340
In this way, he disarmed the spiritual rulers and authorities.

1090
00:52:24,340 --> 00:52:27,960
He shamed them publicly by his victory over them on the cross.

1091
00:52:27,960 --> 00:52:30,500
The enemy has no right to lie to you.

1092
00:52:30,500 --> 00:52:35,180
Romans 10, for it is with your heart that you believe and are justified and it is with

1093
00:52:35,180 --> 00:52:37,620
your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.

1094
00:52:37,620 --> 00:52:41,380
As scripture says, anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.

1095
00:52:41,380 --> 00:52:47,220
Isaiah 61, instead of shame and dishonor, listen to this, you will enjoy a double share

1096
00:52:47,220 --> 00:52:48,220
of honor.

1097
00:52:48,220 --> 00:52:53,460
You will possess a double portion of prosperity in your land and everlasting joy will be yours.

1098
00:52:53,460 --> 00:52:54,620
How many of you want a double portion?

1099
00:52:54,620 --> 00:52:56,980
I want a double portion this morning.

1100
00:52:56,980 --> 00:53:01,780
That's what I want because our world needs more joy.

1101
00:53:01,780 --> 00:53:05,980
Number three, memorize Romans 8 one.

1102
00:53:05,980 --> 00:53:06,980
Dang it.

1103
00:53:06,980 --> 00:53:10,860
I wish I had this one on the screen so we could read it together.

1104
00:53:10,860 --> 00:53:12,460
Oh, we do?

1105
00:53:12,460 --> 00:53:15,020
Let's go guys.

1106
00:53:15,020 --> 00:53:16,020
You ready?

1107
00:53:16,020 --> 00:53:19,380
Sky Bible, we're all going to read it together and read it with authority.

1108
00:53:19,380 --> 00:53:20,660
Can we do that?

1109
00:53:20,660 --> 00:53:21,660
Here we go.

1110
00:53:21,660 --> 00:53:28,580
So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus.

1111
00:53:28,580 --> 00:53:34,940
And because you belong to him, the power of the life-giving spirit has freed you from

1112
00:53:34,940 --> 00:53:45,060
the power of sin that leads you to death.

1113
00:53:45,060 --> 00:53:49,380
See quite often what happens though is we feel shame because we worry about what other

1114
00:53:49,380 --> 00:53:52,100
people think about us.

1115
00:53:52,100 --> 00:53:54,980
Don't worry about what other people think about you.

1116
00:53:54,980 --> 00:53:57,920
Focus on what God says about you.

1117
00:53:57,920 --> 00:54:02,980
And there is no condemnation and you are free.

1118
00:54:02,980 --> 00:54:07,940
Memorize that verse this week, which leads us to our last step, make amends when possible.

1119
00:54:07,940 --> 00:54:11,380
So if you're presenting a sacrifice at the altar in the temple and you suddenly remember

1120
00:54:11,380 --> 00:54:17,640
that someone has something against you, leave your sacrifice, go and be reconciled to that

1121
00:54:17,640 --> 00:54:21,000
person and then come and offer your sacrifice to God.

1122
00:54:21,000 --> 00:54:22,000
And this is challenging.

1123
00:54:22,000 --> 00:54:23,000
I get it.

1124
00:54:23,000 --> 00:54:28,580
But it opens the door for God to change the lives of others through you seeking forgiveness

1125
00:54:28,580 --> 00:54:30,020
from them.

1126
00:54:30,020 --> 00:54:35,380
James 5, confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so you may be healed.

1127
00:54:35,380 --> 00:54:42,180
The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.

1128
00:54:42,180 --> 00:54:48,820
You know, I just, as we close, two things.

1129
00:54:48,820 --> 00:54:50,140
Read your owner's manual.

1130
00:54:50,140 --> 00:54:59,780
It's important.

1131
00:54:59,780 --> 00:55:03,940
I just sensed that there would be people here this morning that struggle with shame and

1132
00:55:03,940 --> 00:55:04,940
guilt.

1133
00:55:04,940 --> 00:55:08,380
And you just, you do.

1134
00:55:08,380 --> 00:55:10,820
It's just a part of your life.

1135
00:55:10,820 --> 00:55:14,660
And here's the reality, you don't have to stay there.

1136
00:55:14,660 --> 00:55:17,800
God is inviting you to walk away from it.

1137
00:55:17,800 --> 00:55:20,740
Just like that man with leprosy, he walked away from Jesus.

1138
00:55:20,740 --> 00:55:23,140
He went and presented himself to the priest.

1139
00:55:23,140 --> 00:55:26,620
And imagine that priest, they haven't seen anybody healed.

1140
00:55:26,620 --> 00:55:29,900
And suddenly there's someone healed.

1141
00:55:29,900 --> 00:55:32,980
Will you stand with me?

1142
00:55:32,980 --> 00:55:37,300
Holy Spirit come.

1143
00:55:37,300 --> 00:55:44,820
So two things first, if you haven't prayed the prayer and you're not in a relationship

1144
00:55:44,820 --> 00:55:47,100
with Jesus, let's do it.

1145
00:55:47,100 --> 00:55:48,100
Let's do it right now.

1146
00:55:48,100 --> 00:55:49,100
Okay?

1147
00:55:49,100 --> 00:55:50,100
We do it every week.

1148
00:55:50,100 --> 00:55:53,100
It's just a part of our community of faith, part of our gathering, and we will continue

1149
00:55:53,100 --> 00:55:57,500
to do it as long as I'm pastoring here.

1150
00:55:57,500 --> 00:56:00,260
Because it's your means to start your relationship with Jesus.

1151
00:56:00,260 --> 00:56:01,260
Let's pray.

1152
00:56:01,260 --> 00:56:02,980
Jesus, I'm broken.

1153
00:56:02,980 --> 00:56:05,100
I'm full of doubt.

1154
00:56:05,100 --> 00:56:06,100
Shame.

1155
00:56:06,100 --> 00:56:07,100
Regret.

1156
00:56:07,100 --> 00:56:08,100
I'm sinned.

1157
00:56:08,100 --> 00:56:09,420
Change me.

1158
00:56:09,420 --> 00:56:11,940
I believe you're God's son.

1159
00:56:11,940 --> 00:56:14,820
I believe you died for me.

1160
00:56:14,820 --> 00:56:16,180
Make me new.

1161
00:56:16,180 --> 00:56:17,580
Set me free.

1162
00:56:17,580 --> 00:56:19,900
Fill me with your Spirit.

1163
00:56:19,900 --> 00:56:37,740
Help me to serve others in Jesus name.