WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.419 Faith is more than a feeling or a theory. It's 00:00:03.419 --> 00:00:06.080 a decision that moves your feet, opens your hands, 00:00:06.219 --> 00:00:09.019 and activates God's promises. In our brand new 00:00:09.019 --> 00:00:11.820 book, Faith Act, Jeffrey and I take you on a 00:00:11.820 --> 00:00:13.839 powerful journey through some of Scripture's 00:00:13.839 --> 00:00:16.800 most transforming moments where ordinary people 00:00:16.800 --> 00:00:20.699 dared to obey and saw heaven move on their behalf. 00:00:21.039 --> 00:00:24.179 Order your copy of Faith Act today on Amazon. 00:00:25.120 --> 00:00:28.260 Week number eight in our series that we've entitled, 00:00:28.500 --> 00:00:32.820 I Have Faith. The receipt. Everybody say, I have 00:00:32.820 --> 00:00:37.979 the receipt. Say it again. I have the receipt. 00:00:38.939 --> 00:00:41.240 How many of you have ever been to one of the 00:00:41.240 --> 00:00:44.380 shopping clubs like BJ's or Costco or something 00:00:44.380 --> 00:00:48.039 like that? Have you been to a place where you 00:00:48.039 --> 00:00:50.920 have to hold on to the receipt? You don't just 00:00:50.920 --> 00:00:53.840 head straight to the car. You have to hold on 00:00:53.840 --> 00:00:56.079 to the receipt. Especially if you go to the BJ's 00:00:56.079 --> 00:00:58.759 in Davenport, the one that I go to most of the 00:00:58.759 --> 00:01:02.009 time. Because before you can leave the building, 00:01:02.210 --> 00:01:05.730 there's someone standing there who is going to 00:01:05.730 --> 00:01:08.209 check, especially if you do self -checkout like 00:01:08.209 --> 00:01:11.069 I do, which is a yellow receipt. They're going 00:01:11.069 --> 00:01:13.189 to look. I mean, they might as well have checked 00:01:13.189 --> 00:01:16.109 me out because they're going to look at every 00:01:16.109 --> 00:01:20.469 item in my shopping cart and check it off. And 00:01:20.469 --> 00:01:22.709 then they're going to do a little squiggly mark, 00:01:22.810 --> 00:01:25.170 which might be their initials. I'm not sure. 00:01:26.829 --> 00:01:32.140 And you cannot leave. Until they check your shopping 00:01:32.140 --> 00:01:36.159 cart against your receipt. Now you can leave, 00:01:36.239 --> 00:01:39.000 but the things that you purchase can't leave 00:01:39.000 --> 00:01:42.659 until they're verified. See, the receipt is our 00:01:42.659 --> 00:01:45.560 proof of purchase. Everybody say proof of purchase. 00:01:46.260 --> 00:01:48.379 It's our proof of purchase. Have you ever gone 00:01:48.379 --> 00:01:50.939 out of a store and all of a sudden the security 00:01:50.939 --> 00:01:55.219 alarm went off? Weren't you glad you had your 00:01:55.219 --> 00:02:00.420 receipt? Right? because at least I hope you had 00:02:00.420 --> 00:02:01.980 the receipt. I hope you weren't shoplifting, 00:02:02.140 --> 00:02:05.459 but especially since you're at church on Sunday 00:02:05.459 --> 00:02:07.099 morning, that'd be bad if you were shoplifting. 00:02:08.120 --> 00:02:12.819 But you pull out that receipt to prove that you 00:02:12.819 --> 00:02:16.819 have purchased that item that the cashier forgot 00:02:16.819 --> 00:02:19.780 to take the tag off of or forgot to deactivate. 00:02:19.840 --> 00:02:23.639 So having a receipt is a proof of purchase, and 00:02:23.639 --> 00:02:27.139 we've entitled... This series, I have the receipt 00:02:27.139 --> 00:02:35.280 because we're looking at the Bible and we're 00:02:35.280 --> 00:02:39.000 looking at how it contains a detailed receipt. 00:02:39.219 --> 00:02:41.979 Everybody say a detailed receipt. A detailed 00:02:41.979 --> 00:02:48.180 receipt of what Jesus has purchased for us with 00:02:48.180 --> 00:02:55.370 his blood. And guess what? If we don't know that 00:02:55.370 --> 00:02:57.969 Jesus purchased it for us with his blood, and 00:02:57.969 --> 00:03:00.349 we don't know we have a receipt, that receipt 00:03:00.349 --> 00:03:03.770 according to his word that he purchased it for 00:03:03.770 --> 00:03:08.490 us, then it's probably not going to be evident 00:03:08.490 --> 00:03:14.469 in our lives. We have to know that it has been 00:03:14.469 --> 00:03:18.889 purchased. Are you with me? Look at the person 00:03:18.889 --> 00:03:21.189 beside you and tell them, quit thinking so hard 00:03:21.189 --> 00:03:26.629 and just smile. Quit thinking so hard. Because 00:03:26.629 --> 00:03:29.110 this series is helping each one of us be more 00:03:29.110 --> 00:03:33.129 established in one of the most central truths 00:03:33.129 --> 00:03:35.889 of the Christian faith. What was purchased and 00:03:35.889 --> 00:03:38.949 what is provided through the blood of Jesus. 00:03:41.370 --> 00:03:46.250 It's a lot. This is week number eight. I'm going 00:03:46.250 --> 00:03:49.099 to recap it real quick. If you haven't been here, 00:03:49.319 --> 00:03:50.879 you're still going to get it all. You're just 00:03:50.879 --> 00:03:54.360 going to get it in very small doses before we 00:03:54.360 --> 00:03:58.360 present the new material. So if you listen to 00:03:58.360 --> 00:04:00.520 something that I say that Jesus purchased for 00:04:00.520 --> 00:04:02.860 you with His blood, and you say, well, I've never 00:04:02.860 --> 00:04:04.840 heard that before, all you have to do is go on 00:04:04.840 --> 00:04:07.120 our podcast, the Elation Church podcast. You 00:04:07.120 --> 00:04:10.919 can get all seven messages before today if you 00:04:10.919 --> 00:04:15.580 need more evidence from the Word of God. Hebrews 00:04:15.580 --> 00:04:18.680 9 .22. It says this, without the shedding of 00:04:18.680 --> 00:04:22.579 blood, there is no forgiveness. Did you know 00:04:22.579 --> 00:04:26.399 that we could not be forgiven by God without 00:04:26.399 --> 00:04:29.800 Jesus shedding his blood to pay for our forgiveness? 00:04:30.199 --> 00:04:33.339 You could not be forgiven without the blood. 00:04:34.300 --> 00:04:36.319 Because without the shedding of blood, there 00:04:36.319 --> 00:04:41.180 is no forgiveness. There is no remission of sin 00:04:41.180 --> 00:04:46.360 apart from the blood of Jesus. So the blood of 00:04:46.360 --> 00:04:49.699 Jesus makes forgiveness possible. Jesus dying 00:04:49.699 --> 00:04:51.639 on the cross doesn't mean that everyone's going 00:04:51.639 --> 00:04:55.399 to be forgiven, but it does mean that those who 00:04:55.399 --> 00:05:00.040 come to him in faith, that his blood will provide 00:05:00.040 --> 00:05:02.939 the forgiveness that you reach out to him to 00:05:02.939 --> 00:05:10.199 receive by faith. Colossians 1, 13 and 14. Listen 00:05:10.199 --> 00:05:13.519 to the word. For he has rescued us. From the 00:05:13.519 --> 00:05:19.620 kingdom of darkness. Do you know that you've 00:05:19.620 --> 00:05:21.819 been rescued from the kingdom of darkness and 00:05:21.819 --> 00:05:27.120 it has no power over you anymore? Do you know 00:05:27.120 --> 00:05:30.860 that? Are you living in that? Are you standing 00:05:30.860 --> 00:05:34.339 in that? He has rescued us from the kingdom of 00:05:34.339 --> 00:05:38.660 darkness and transferred us into the kingdom 00:05:38.660 --> 00:05:44.649 of his dear son. So we're no longer, all of us 00:05:44.649 --> 00:05:49.850 were born in the kingdom of darkness. How did 00:05:49.850 --> 00:05:53.730 he move us from the kingdom of darkness and transfer 00:05:53.730 --> 00:05:56.750 us into the kingdom of his dear son? How did 00:05:56.750 --> 00:06:01.269 he do it? He did it by purchasing us. He purchased 00:06:01.269 --> 00:06:06.230 us and purchased our freedom and forgave our 00:06:06.230 --> 00:06:12.230 sins. Hallelujah. You're not your own. The Bible 00:06:12.230 --> 00:06:15.750 says you've been bought with a price, and that 00:06:15.750 --> 00:06:18.209 price is the blood of Jesus. We've been purchased 00:06:18.209 --> 00:06:23.430 by God, and our freedom has been purchased by 00:06:23.430 --> 00:06:26.430 the blood of Jesus. The blood of Jesus paid the 00:06:26.430 --> 00:06:29.949 price for our redemption. Redemption means that 00:06:29.949 --> 00:06:35.029 he bought us out. He bought us out and brought 00:06:35.029 --> 00:06:40.149 us out of the kingdom of darkness. Hebrews 9, 00:06:40.189 --> 00:06:46.500 13. And 14. Under the old system, everybody say 00:06:46.500 --> 00:06:52.279 Old Testament, Old Covenant, Mosaic Covenant 00:06:52.279 --> 00:06:54.980 is what this is talking about. Under the old 00:06:54.980 --> 00:06:58.899 system, the blood of goats and bulls and the 00:06:58.899 --> 00:07:02.279 ashes of a heifer could cleanse people's bodies 00:07:02.279 --> 00:07:07.399 from ceremonial impurity. Under the old system. 00:07:09.319 --> 00:07:13.819 But then it tells us this. Just think. How much 00:07:13.819 --> 00:07:19.399 more? God wants us to think about how much more 00:07:19.399 --> 00:07:26.860 the blood of Christ will purify, listen, our 00:07:26.860 --> 00:07:32.079 consciences. Did you know that the blood of Jesus 00:07:32.079 --> 00:07:37.100 can purify your conscience? Another verse says 00:07:37.100 --> 00:07:40.769 that his blood was sprinkled. On our conscience. 00:07:42.250 --> 00:07:45.110 The blood of Jesus will purify our consciences 00:07:45.110 --> 00:07:49.230 from sinful deeds so that we can worship the 00:07:49.230 --> 00:07:54.389 living God. Did you know the blood of Jesus did 00:07:54.389 --> 00:07:58.509 that for you? Christ's blood deals with the effects 00:07:58.509 --> 00:08:09.379 and the internal damage of sin. Before I found 00:08:09.379 --> 00:08:12.860 this out, I was living and dealing with the internal 00:08:12.860 --> 00:08:18.079 damage of sin and the effects of past sin in 00:08:18.079 --> 00:08:23.560 my life. Dealing with shame. Dealing with guilt. 00:08:25.459 --> 00:08:29.879 But the blood of Jesus, He shed His blood to 00:08:29.879 --> 00:08:34.419 cleanse your conscience. Under the Old Testament, 00:08:34.580 --> 00:08:37.720 He said He would remember your sin no more. Under 00:08:37.720 --> 00:08:41.080 the new covenant, he says, you shouldn't remember 00:08:41.080 --> 00:08:45.600 it anymore either. Because my blood can cleanse 00:08:45.600 --> 00:08:50.279 your conscience. Hallelujah. Christ's blood can 00:08:50.279 --> 00:08:53.539 cleanse the conscience of all guilt and condemnation. 00:08:53.559 --> 00:08:57.039 Here's what else it can do. Not just from your 00:08:57.039 --> 00:09:01.139 past actions, but from past experiences in your 00:09:01.139 --> 00:09:04.179 life that were the result of sin, even if it 00:09:04.179 --> 00:09:08.909 wasn't your sin. The blood of Jesus can cleanse 00:09:08.909 --> 00:09:12.590 your conscience. So you don't have to live under 00:09:12.590 --> 00:09:16.169 that shame anymore. Even though it wasn't a result 00:09:16.169 --> 00:09:19.529 of your sin. How many of you know what I'm talking 00:09:19.529 --> 00:09:25.509 about? Has anybody but me lived under that shame 00:09:25.509 --> 00:09:28.850 of even the sin of someone else that I was connected 00:09:28.850 --> 00:09:34.070 to? But the blood of Jesus can cleanse your conscience. 00:09:35.069 --> 00:09:37.330 If you don't know it, you can't receive it. But 00:09:37.330 --> 00:09:39.970 now I told you, so you just need to go ahead 00:09:39.970 --> 00:09:41.970 and receive it and be cleansed in the name of 00:09:41.970 --> 00:09:46.470 Jesus. Hebrews 10, 19. And so, dear brothers 00:09:46.470 --> 00:09:50.549 and sisters, we can boldly enter heaven's most 00:09:50.549 --> 00:09:56.509 holy place. Why? Because we're good enough? Does 00:09:56.509 --> 00:09:58.809 it say if you're good enough, you can boldly 00:09:58.809 --> 00:10:02.129 enter the most holy place? Is that what it says? 00:10:03.720 --> 00:10:07.360 Come on, somebody. So, dear brothers and sisters, 00:10:07.500 --> 00:10:09.840 we can boldly enter heaven's most holy place 00:10:09.840 --> 00:10:17.759 because of the blood of Jesus. Has anybody ever 00:10:17.759 --> 00:10:21.779 prayed to God and you started out by talking 00:10:21.779 --> 00:10:24.240 about how unworthy you were and how low you were 00:10:24.240 --> 00:10:31.139 and how much of a worm you are? Anybody? One 00:10:31.139 --> 00:10:37.860 person. I'm glad you can be free of that. I'm 00:10:37.860 --> 00:10:40.940 glad I can be free of that. Because of the blood 00:10:40.940 --> 00:10:45.960 of Jesus. Go boldly to the Father. The blood 00:10:45.960 --> 00:10:50.460 of Jesus grants us bold access to God. Hebrews 00:10:50.460 --> 00:10:57.820 12, 24. To Jesus, the mediator of the new covenant, 00:10:58.159 --> 00:11:04.129 and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks, Better 00:11:04.129 --> 00:11:11.669 things than that of Abel. And this week we looked 00:11:11.669 --> 00:11:14.909 at how the blood of Abel was crying out to God. 00:11:16.009 --> 00:11:21.490 Spilled blood speaks in the spirit realm. God 00:11:21.490 --> 00:11:26.029 could hear Abel's blood crying out to him for 00:11:26.029 --> 00:11:32.610 justice, for vengeance. And the Bible says, The 00:11:32.610 --> 00:11:35.730 blood of Jesus speaks some better things over 00:11:35.730 --> 00:11:41.190 us. Somebody say better things. Here's some of 00:11:41.190 --> 00:11:43.110 the things that the blood of Jesus speaks over 00:11:43.110 --> 00:11:46.629 you today. It speaks mercy. It speaks pardon. 00:11:47.129 --> 00:11:51.009 It speaks acceptance. The blood of Jesus speaks 00:11:51.009 --> 00:11:54.350 peace. The blood of Jesus speaks reconciliation. 00:11:55.690 --> 00:11:58.610 The blood of Jesus speaks covenant favor between 00:11:58.610 --> 00:12:03.120 you and God. The blood of Jesus. speaks better 00:12:03.120 --> 00:12:08.539 things over your life and over my life. Better 00:12:08.539 --> 00:12:15.539 things. 1 Corinthians 15, 57. But thank God. 00:12:16.860 --> 00:12:23.879 He gives us victory over sin and death through 00:12:23.879 --> 00:12:29.600 our Lord Jesus Christ. How does He give it to 00:12:29.600 --> 00:12:35.200 us? Because he purchased it. He purchased it 00:12:35.200 --> 00:12:40.919 for us. Victory over sin and death. Revelation 00:12:40.919 --> 00:12:45.139 12, 11. It says this. This is a future time, 00:12:45.340 --> 00:12:48.940 an eschatological future time, if you want to 00:12:48.940 --> 00:12:55.240 put that word on there. From John, the Spirit 00:12:55.240 --> 00:12:58.559 took John up into heaven and showed him these 00:12:58.559 --> 00:13:05.389 things. And looking back, he found out how the 00:13:05.389 --> 00:13:09.769 people in the church age, how they overcame. 00:13:12.830 --> 00:13:19.009 They overcame their spiritual enemy. They overcame 00:13:19.009 --> 00:13:24.929 all demonic forces. They overcame. How? How did 00:13:24.929 --> 00:13:29.740 they overcome? There's two things. By the blood 00:13:29.740 --> 00:13:32.000 of the Lamb. Everybody say the blood of the Lamb. 00:13:32.679 --> 00:13:37.080 The blood of the Lamb. And by the word of their 00:13:37.080 --> 00:13:44.440 testimony. What are we testifying about? What's 00:13:44.440 --> 00:13:47.240 the word of our testimony? The goodness of God. 00:13:49.860 --> 00:13:51.600 That's why you've got to open your mouth. If 00:13:51.600 --> 00:13:53.559 you want to live a victorious life, you're going 00:13:53.559 --> 00:13:56.039 to have to open your mouth and talk about what 00:13:56.039 --> 00:13:59.000 God has done. what Jesus has provided, what He 00:13:59.000 --> 00:14:01.399 purchased with His blood, what's available to 00:14:01.399 --> 00:14:03.460 you. And you know what? You've got to say, no, 00:14:03.600 --> 00:14:05.580 I'm not going to be under that shame and guilt 00:14:05.580 --> 00:14:08.399 anymore because I know that I have a receipt 00:14:08.399 --> 00:14:12.039 that my conscience is cleansed. So I reject that 00:14:12.039 --> 00:14:19.860 in the name of Jesus. It's my testimony. I've 00:14:19.860 --> 00:14:23.500 been washed by the blood of Christ. I've been 00:14:23.500 --> 00:14:25.960 sprinkled by the blood of Christ. I've been forgiven 00:14:25.960 --> 00:14:30.059 by the blood of Christ. That's my testimony. 00:14:31.899 --> 00:14:36.299 And that's how we overcome the deceiver, the 00:14:36.299 --> 00:14:41.600 liar. That's how we overcome. By the blood of 00:14:41.600 --> 00:14:45.100 the Lamb and by the word of our testimony. The 00:14:45.100 --> 00:14:47.419 blood of Jesus secures our victory over sin. 00:14:48.700 --> 00:14:51.419 The Bible says in Romans that sin is no longer 00:14:51.419 --> 00:14:57.059 your master. Why is that? Because of the blood 00:14:57.059 --> 00:14:59.960 of Jesus. The blood of Jesus secures our victory 00:14:59.960 --> 00:15:02.919 over sin. It secures our victory over death. 00:15:03.000 --> 00:15:08.080 Death, where is your sting? It secures our victory 00:15:08.080 --> 00:15:12.960 over all demonic forces. Some people just walk 00:15:12.960 --> 00:15:16.200 around scared of the enemy. The Bible says that 00:15:16.200 --> 00:15:19.360 Jesus defeated them and led captivity captive. 00:15:20.600 --> 00:15:24.840 And he leads us in a triumphal procession. Back 00:15:24.840 --> 00:15:26.899 in the old days, they would take the king and 00:15:26.899 --> 00:15:29.580 put him in a cage after they won, and they would 00:15:29.580 --> 00:15:32.440 have a parade going through town of the people 00:15:32.440 --> 00:15:38.360 that they conquered. And they were basically 00:15:38.360 --> 00:15:42.960 saying, we're in charge now. Here's your king. 00:15:44.480 --> 00:15:49.480 He's in a cage. We're celebrating because we're 00:15:49.480 --> 00:15:56.809 victorious. Can you get that picture? He leads 00:15:56.809 --> 00:16:01.990 us in triumphal procession, Jesus does. He says, 00:16:02.029 --> 00:16:07.610 here's your lying enemy. He's in a cage. Let's 00:16:07.610 --> 00:16:09.389 show all the rest of them that they're defeated 00:16:09.389 --> 00:16:21.029 too. Somebody should smile. 1 Peter 2 .24. who 00:16:21.029 --> 00:16:24.149 himself bore our sins in his own body on the 00:16:24.149 --> 00:16:29.250 tree, that we, having died to sins, might live 00:16:29.250 --> 00:16:34.690 for righteousness, by whose stripes you were 00:16:34.690 --> 00:16:41.490 healed. Everybody say this, if I was healed, 00:16:41.710 --> 00:16:47.590 then I am healed. And it's talking about the 00:16:47.590 --> 00:16:51.870 whole person. Looked up the Hebrew words that 00:16:51.870 --> 00:16:53.950 this is referring to and the Greek words it's 00:16:53.950 --> 00:16:57.429 talking. It's talking wholeness for the whole 00:16:57.429 --> 00:17:02.049 person. It's what the original language is bringing 00:17:02.049 --> 00:17:06.690 out. So the blood of Jesus purchased healing 00:17:06.690 --> 00:17:14.029 and wholeness for the whole person. I was waiting 00:17:14.029 --> 00:17:23.960 on an amen. Physical. Mental, emotional. Blood 00:17:23.960 --> 00:17:26.799 of Jesus has purchased it. You have a receipt 00:17:26.799 --> 00:17:33.220 in your Bible where God has purchased it. You 00:17:33.220 --> 00:17:42.119 have the receipt. Hebrews 9 .11 says this. That 00:17:42.119 --> 00:17:46.980 is why He is the one. who mediates a new covenant 00:17:46.980 --> 00:17:51.660 between God and people so that all who are called 00:17:51.660 --> 00:17:56.859 can receive the eternal inheritance God has promised 00:17:56.859 --> 00:18:00.099 them. This was last week. Does anybody remember 00:18:00.099 --> 00:18:03.900 during the communion and the Lord's Supper where 00:18:03.900 --> 00:18:11.000 Jesus said this when he held the cup? He says, 00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:15.730 this is my blood. And basically saying, I'm establishing 00:18:15.730 --> 00:18:19.430 a new covenant with my blood. A new covenant 00:18:19.430 --> 00:18:24.269 between you and God. I'm establishing this new 00:18:24.269 --> 00:18:27.109 covenant. And Jesus was, at that time, speaking 00:18:27.109 --> 00:18:29.349 prophetically because that was going to happen 00:18:29.349 --> 00:18:32.690 the next day when He died on the cross. And He 00:18:32.690 --> 00:18:34.670 was whipped overnight and He died on the cross 00:18:34.670 --> 00:18:40.390 and He shed His blood. His blood was shed to 00:18:40.390 --> 00:18:46.630 enact or establish A new covenant. New covenant. 00:18:49.250 --> 00:18:53.970 And what does that new covenant establish? Well, 00:18:54.009 --> 00:18:58.410 this says that all who are called, and if you're 00:18:58.410 --> 00:19:02.650 in Christ today, if you are part of the church 00:19:02.650 --> 00:19:06.470 today, that word church in the New Testament, 00:19:06.529 --> 00:19:08.930 ecclesia, it's a compound word. It's two words 00:19:08.930 --> 00:19:11.250 put together. Here's what it means. It means 00:19:11.250 --> 00:19:20.119 called out. We're called out. It's a description 00:19:20.119 --> 00:19:21.799 of what we've already talked about. We've been 00:19:21.799 --> 00:19:24.079 called out of the kingdom of darkness and we've 00:19:24.079 --> 00:19:28.000 been transferred into the kingdom of God. We're 00:19:28.000 --> 00:19:31.900 called out. We're called out from being immersed 00:19:31.900 --> 00:19:37.519 in sin to being immersed in Christ. Can't preach 00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:41.450 that message again. I could, but... You wouldn't 00:19:41.450 --> 00:19:43.990 want to stay here long enough to hear it. So 00:19:43.990 --> 00:19:48.549 I've got to keep going. He's the one who mediates 00:19:48.549 --> 00:19:50.769 a new covenant between God and people so that 00:19:50.769 --> 00:19:57.029 all who are called can receive something. The 00:19:57.029 --> 00:20:01.990 eternal inheritance God has promised. So the 00:20:01.990 --> 00:20:04.730 blood of Jesus establishes covenant between us 00:20:04.730 --> 00:20:07.970 and God. And a covenant, a blood covenant, is 00:20:07.970 --> 00:20:11.130 an irrevocable agreement that secures something. 00:20:11.349 --> 00:20:14.569 And the blood covenant that Jesus laid out for 00:20:14.569 --> 00:20:17.990 us in the new covenant, it secures our inheritance 00:20:17.990 --> 00:20:25.109 and guarantees the promises of God. Amen. I'll 00:20:25.109 --> 00:20:28.630 amen myself. So the blood of Jesus not only makes 00:20:28.630 --> 00:20:31.109 forgiveness possible, it not only purchases us 00:20:31.109 --> 00:20:33.750 out of the kingdom of darkness, it not only cleanses 00:20:33.750 --> 00:20:35.910 our conscience from the effects of sin, it not 00:20:35.910 --> 00:20:38.710 only grants us bold access to God, it not only 00:20:38.710 --> 00:20:41.390 speaks better things over our lives, it not only 00:20:41.390 --> 00:20:44.250 secures our victory, it not only makes us whole, 00:20:44.549 --> 00:20:49.549 it not only establishes a new covenant, it does 00:20:49.549 --> 00:20:52.589 something else. And at first today was going 00:20:52.589 --> 00:20:54.390 to be our last day, but guess what? We've got 00:20:54.390 --> 00:20:58.470 another receipt next week. Here's what we're 00:20:58.470 --> 00:21:01.849 looking at today. It's the blood of Jesus that 00:21:01.849 --> 00:21:10.589 makes us holy. The blood of Jesus makes us holy. 00:21:14.490 --> 00:21:17.769 And I've got to tell you, I didn't grow up... 00:21:17.769 --> 00:21:19.470 I mean, my dad was a preacher and I grew up in 00:21:19.470 --> 00:21:23.039 church, but I didn't grow up... understanding 00:21:23.039 --> 00:21:26.359 and recognizing all that Jesus' blood did for 00:21:26.359 --> 00:21:32.700 me and purchased for me. I don't know if I wasn't 00:21:32.700 --> 00:21:36.220 listening. I don't know if I wasn't hearing. 00:21:37.579 --> 00:21:40.920 Because we can listen without hearing. Or we 00:21:40.920 --> 00:21:42.720 can hear without listening. Maybe I got it backwards. 00:21:47.180 --> 00:21:49.519 I mean, we can sit in church and hear the Word. 00:21:51.660 --> 00:21:55.660 But really not receive it. Not receive revelation. 00:21:58.079 --> 00:22:04.359 We receive information, but not revelation. The 00:22:04.359 --> 00:22:07.740 blood of Jesus makes us holy. Now that may be 00:22:07.740 --> 00:22:11.819 foreign to your thinking. Let's talk about it. 00:22:11.839 --> 00:22:15.160 Hebrews 13, 11 through 12. Listen to the Word 00:22:15.160 --> 00:22:19.180 of God. I didn't write this. The high priest... 00:22:19.529 --> 00:22:22.470 carries the blood of animals into the most holy 00:22:22.470 --> 00:22:27.390 place as a sin offering. But the bodies of those 00:22:27.390 --> 00:22:33.990 animals are burned outside the camp. Everybody 00:22:33.990 --> 00:22:41.150 say Old Covenant. And so, Jesus also suffered 00:22:41.150 --> 00:22:48.500 outside the city gate. Because Golgotha, It was 00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:53.359 outside the city gate. Jesus also suffered outside 00:22:53.359 --> 00:22:59.660 the city gate. And why did He do it? To make 00:22:59.660 --> 00:23:08.400 the people holy through His own blood. To make 00:23:08.400 --> 00:23:13.119 the people holy. He shed His blood to make you 00:23:13.119 --> 00:23:21.269 holy. Some of you got some straining facial looks. 00:23:22.890 --> 00:23:26.230 It's just reading the Bible, but we can read 00:23:26.230 --> 00:23:31.670 the Bible and not see things. Jesus suffered 00:23:31.670 --> 00:23:34.589 outside the city gate to make the people holy 00:23:34.589 --> 00:23:39.369 through his own blood. To make holy is the Greek 00:23:39.369 --> 00:23:42.750 word, and I'm not a Greek scholar, but hey, you 00:23:42.750 --> 00:23:45.089 can be. All you have to do is look up a verse 00:23:45.089 --> 00:23:49.420 and... Go to Bible Hub and look up the verse, 00:23:49.500 --> 00:23:56.880 what was it, Hebrews 13, 12, interlinear, and 00:23:56.880 --> 00:23:59.859 you can look it up and see all the words. So 00:23:59.859 --> 00:24:06.819 the word here, to make holy, that verb is, I 00:24:06.819 --> 00:24:10.079 always have fun pronouncing these words. That's 00:24:10.079 --> 00:24:12.920 why I put the pronunciation. So, you know, I 00:24:12.920 --> 00:24:15.119 found out going to New York every year for 14 00:24:15.119 --> 00:24:21.970 years. we pronounce things differently. Again, 00:24:21.970 --> 00:24:24.569 I would be cooking in our friend's kitchen and 00:24:24.569 --> 00:24:35.089 say, do you have any foil? I need some oil. And 00:24:35.089 --> 00:24:38.289 we finally got to the point where Lois, who's 00:24:38.289 --> 00:24:42.690 in heaven now, would say, you mean foil. That's 00:24:42.690 --> 00:24:45.960 what she taught. She taught like, foil. Oil is 00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:50.339 not full at all. She was an English teacher. 00:24:52.700 --> 00:25:00.180 But this word is hagiadzo. And these are the 00:25:00.180 --> 00:25:04.220 four ways you can translate it. To sanctify. 00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:11.519 Jesus suffered to sanctify you with his blood. 00:25:12.789 --> 00:25:17.069 Jesus suffered to make you holy with His blood. 00:25:18.190 --> 00:25:22.549 Jesus suffered and shed His blood to consecrate 00:25:22.549 --> 00:25:27.869 you and to set you apart. That's what the Word 00:25:27.869 --> 00:25:33.250 says. That's what the Word says. Separated. We've 00:25:33.250 --> 00:25:36.450 been separated. That word holy, you know, most 00:25:36.450 --> 00:25:38.470 of the time it's so religious we don't understand 00:25:38.470 --> 00:25:42.339 what it means. It means to be set apart. To be 00:25:42.339 --> 00:25:46.059 separated. To be claimed by God. To be reserved 00:25:46.059 --> 00:25:50.480 for His use. That's what Jesus did for us with 00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:53.740 His blood. See, sanctification and holiness is 00:25:53.740 --> 00:26:01.059 not simply behavior modification. I have a feeling 00:26:01.059 --> 00:26:06.440 some people in the room have spent years of their 00:26:06.440 --> 00:26:08.240 life, even if you're not there right now, you 00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:10.880 think that sanctification and holiness... is 00:26:10.880 --> 00:26:15.500 a behavior modification. But what did we just 00:26:15.500 --> 00:26:21.619 read? It's not a behavior modification. It's 00:26:21.619 --> 00:26:26.759 divine participation. And we have to participate 00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:29.680 with it. We have to acknowledge it. We have to 00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:31.799 receive it just like everything else that Jesus 00:26:31.799 --> 00:26:37.980 purchased with his blood. But we have to participate 00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:41.970 in God's work. It doesn't just happen automatically. 00:26:43.369 --> 00:26:48.910 Just like all these other things. It doesn't 00:26:48.910 --> 00:26:54.049 just happen automatically. Holiness is not merely 00:26:54.049 --> 00:26:57.490 separation from sin. Some people think holiness 00:26:57.490 --> 00:27:00.990 just means that you're set apart from sin. But 00:27:00.990 --> 00:27:04.390 holiness is sharing in God's nature. He's holy. 00:27:04.650 --> 00:27:08.980 He says, be holy because I'm holy. Holiness is 00:27:08.980 --> 00:27:12.039 sharing in God's nature. It's aligning with God's 00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:17.599 will. It's choosing what God chooses. So it's 00:27:17.599 --> 00:27:21.640 not just separation from sin. Hebrews 10 .10 00:27:21.640 --> 00:27:29.480 For God's will was for us to be made holy by 00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:37.019 the sacrifice. Let this sink in. Receive God's 00:27:37.019 --> 00:27:46.019 Word today. God's will, His purpose in Jesus 00:27:46.019 --> 00:27:50.480 shedding His blood, God's will is for us to be 00:27:50.480 --> 00:27:55.140 made holy by that sacrifice. The sacrifice of 00:27:55.140 --> 00:28:01.599 the body of Jesus. Once and for all time. Look 00:28:01.599 --> 00:28:03.160 to the person beside you and say, it's a done 00:28:03.160 --> 00:28:05.849 deal. When Jesus died on the cross, is it done 00:28:05.849 --> 00:28:12.549 due? Is it done due? Once and for all? See, sanctification 00:28:12.549 --> 00:28:17.829 and holiness is union with God and participation 00:28:17.829 --> 00:28:22.609 in His holiness. I want you to think about something. 00:28:25.430 --> 00:28:32.670 God is three persons in one essence. It's the 00:28:32.670 --> 00:28:38.640 Trinity. God is Father, Son, Jesus, and the Holy 00:28:38.640 --> 00:28:44.220 Spirit. The Bible says and teaches that when 00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:49.319 we are in Christ, the Holy Spirit comes to dwell 00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:53.400 in us. Don't you know that your body is the temple 00:28:53.400 --> 00:28:55.980 of the Holy Spirit? Who's heard that verse in 00:28:55.980 --> 00:28:59.240 Corinthians? Don't you know that your body is 00:28:59.240 --> 00:29:03.869 a temple of the Holy Spirit? I want you to think 00:29:03.869 --> 00:29:09.690 about something. God is holy. The Spirit of God 00:29:09.690 --> 00:29:11.930 is holy. That's why we call Him the Holy Spirit. 00:29:13.750 --> 00:29:16.730 Do you think that the Holy Spirit could move 00:29:16.730 --> 00:29:26.009 into an unholy temple? I mean, I'm just... I 00:29:26.009 --> 00:29:28.009 know common sense isn't as common as it used 00:29:28.009 --> 00:29:30.829 to be, but I'm just trying to appeal to your 00:29:30.829 --> 00:29:35.470 common sense. Do you think the Holy Spirit could 00:29:35.470 --> 00:29:41.089 move into an unholy temple? That's why the blood 00:29:41.089 --> 00:29:47.609 of Jesus made us holy. Because if the blood of 00:29:47.609 --> 00:29:50.170 Jesus did not make us holy, then the Holy Spirit 00:29:50.170 --> 00:29:54.529 could not move in. Because we would be an unholy 00:29:54.529 --> 00:30:01.089 temple. Without the blood of Jesus making us 00:30:01.089 --> 00:30:06.779 holy. He wouldn't be able to dwell on us. He 00:30:06.779 --> 00:30:09.839 wouldn't be able to dwell on us. So our holiness 00:30:09.839 --> 00:30:17.079 is dependent on the blood of Jesus. So, I want 00:30:17.079 --> 00:30:18.839 to read three verses and talk about the fruit 00:30:18.839 --> 00:30:24.660 of holiness. The first thing we need to realize 00:30:24.660 --> 00:30:28.180 is the fruit of holiness. That means this happens 00:30:28.180 --> 00:30:32.630 because Jesus made us holy by His blood. is that 00:30:32.630 --> 00:30:36.990 God lives in us if we're in Christ. That's the 00:30:36.990 --> 00:30:39.349 fruit of holiness. God can live in us and He 00:30:39.349 --> 00:30:49.009 does dwell in us. Ephesians 5 .25 Christ loved 00:30:49.009 --> 00:30:56.069 the church. It's not talking about an organization. 00:30:56.450 --> 00:30:58.910 It's not talking about a building. It's talking 00:30:58.910 --> 00:31:03.839 about the called out ones. Christ loved the called 00:31:03.839 --> 00:31:11.819 out ones. He gave up his life for her, the called 00:31:11.819 --> 00:31:19.299 out ones. Why did he do it? What does the Bible 00:31:19.299 --> 00:31:26.960 say? To make her holy. Somebody smile. This ought 00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:30.740 to make you happy, happy, happy. Christ loved 00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:32.940 the church. He gave his life for her to make 00:31:32.940 --> 00:31:39.000 her holy and clean. Washed by the cleansing of 00:31:39.000 --> 00:31:45.920 God's word. So he shed his blood to make us holy. 00:31:47.640 --> 00:31:53.240 Make us clean. And then he washes us with the 00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:56.400 cleansing of his word. Being made holy was purchased 00:31:56.400 --> 00:32:00.599 by the blood of Jesus. Listen. We are a three 00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:02.880 -part being. You are a three -part being. You 00:32:02.880 --> 00:32:09.359 are a spirit. Everybody say, I'm a spirit. You 00:32:09.359 --> 00:32:17.619 are a spirit. You have a soul. And you live in 00:32:17.619 --> 00:32:23.220 a body. But you are a spirit. Because you were 00:32:23.220 --> 00:32:28.430 created in the image of God. And God is spirit. 00:32:28.609 --> 00:32:33.190 He's spirit being, spirit class. You are different 00:32:33.190 --> 00:32:36.029 than any other breathing thing on this earth 00:32:36.029 --> 00:32:42.869 because you are a spirit made in the image of 00:32:42.869 --> 00:32:48.849 God. You have a soul. So if you are a spirit, 00:32:48.990 --> 00:32:53.410 what is your soul? Your soul is your mind, your 00:32:53.410 --> 00:32:58.759 will, and your emotions. So we can even break 00:32:58.759 --> 00:33:01.279 it down further. Your soul is your thought life, 00:33:01.559 --> 00:33:06.740 your desires. I don't know if I can break down 00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:09.579 emotions. Everybody knows what emotions are. 00:33:10.400 --> 00:33:13.200 Your thought life, your desires, and your emotions. 00:33:14.059 --> 00:33:17.960 That's your soul. And you live in a physical 00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:25.880 body that you can pinch and go out. Okay? So 00:33:25.880 --> 00:33:31.640 at salvation, Your spirit was made completely 00:33:31.640 --> 00:33:39.640 holy because that's who you are. Some of us look 00:33:39.640 --> 00:33:43.619 at our thought life and we look at our desires 00:33:43.619 --> 00:33:47.160 and we look at our emotions and we come to the 00:33:47.160 --> 00:33:55.160 conclusion that we're not holy. But you are a 00:33:55.160 --> 00:34:02.049 spirit. You just have a soul. You're a spirit. 00:34:02.190 --> 00:34:05.549 You're a spirit being. So your spirit was made 00:34:05.549 --> 00:34:09.909 completely holy at the moment of salvation, declared 00:34:09.909 --> 00:34:17.329 holy by God, not based on your performance, based 00:34:17.329 --> 00:34:24.110 on Jesus' blood. But there's a work of sanctification 00:34:28.860 --> 00:34:32.300 hopefully, is progressing and happening in each 00:34:32.300 --> 00:34:35.219 one of our lives and we're all on that path, 00:34:35.380 --> 00:34:39.900 but we're all at different places. So in our 00:34:39.900 --> 00:34:42.079 home group in Romans, we've been studying, hey, 00:34:42.199 --> 00:34:45.440 don't get all messed up if somebody's not in 00:34:45.440 --> 00:34:47.500 the place you are or somebody's ahead of you 00:34:47.500 --> 00:34:49.780 or behind you. Don't get all messed up. Start 00:34:49.780 --> 00:34:52.199 comparing yourself to each other and judging 00:34:52.199 --> 00:34:58.800 each other. But the work of sanctification and 00:34:58.800 --> 00:35:01.860 holiness continues in our lives beyond salvation 00:35:01.860 --> 00:35:04.659 because we're getting sanctification and holiness 00:35:04.659 --> 00:35:11.760 in our souls, in our thought life, in our desires, 00:35:12.059 --> 00:35:17.639 in our emotions. Sanctification and holiness 00:35:17.639 --> 00:35:23.840 is the transformation of our souls. And how did 00:35:23.840 --> 00:35:33.170 the verse say it happened? Through the Word. 00:35:34.929 --> 00:35:42.570 The cleansing of God's Word. Let's continue. 00:35:43.889 --> 00:35:50.710 He did this, Jesus did this, to present her to 00:35:50.710 --> 00:35:55.630 Himself. He made the called out ones holy so 00:35:55.630 --> 00:35:58.530 that He could present the called out ones to 00:35:58.530 --> 00:36:10.119 Himself. as a glorious church. And I can't preach 00:36:10.119 --> 00:36:12.780 the series that we did right before this one 00:36:12.780 --> 00:36:18.380 on the glory. But I'm going to make some statements, 00:36:18.440 --> 00:36:21.900 and if you're not sure on that, you can back 00:36:21.900 --> 00:36:25.360 up further on the podcast. It's the joy of having 00:36:25.360 --> 00:36:31.139 visitors. I love it. He did this. Jesus shed 00:36:31.139 --> 00:36:35.019 His blood and suffered to make us holy, to present 00:36:35.019 --> 00:36:38.539 us to Himself as a glorious church without spot 00:36:38.539 --> 00:36:42.559 or wrinkle or any other blemish. Instead, the 00:36:42.559 --> 00:36:45.699 church that caught out once will be holy and 00:36:45.699 --> 00:36:52.900 without fault. So here's some more fruit of holiness. 00:36:55.980 --> 00:36:58.760 The fruit of holiness is that we can become a 00:36:58.760 --> 00:37:04.840 people of glory. The glory of God is the manifest 00:37:04.840 --> 00:37:11.019 presence of God. The glory, that word glory means 00:37:11.019 --> 00:37:18.440 weighty. So here's the deal. God wants to present 00:37:18.440 --> 00:37:21.820 to Himself a church who are a people of glory. 00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:25.960 A people who are carriers of the manifest presence. 00:37:25.710 --> 00:37:30.769 presence of God. Because God used to be on earth, 00:37:30.929 --> 00:37:33.110 his connection with people was through the Holy 00:37:33.110 --> 00:37:36.250 of Holies and the Ark of the Covenant. And now 00:37:36.250 --> 00:37:38.909 we are the temple of God when the... when the 00:37:38.909 --> 00:37:41.809 curtain was rent and split in two from the top 00:37:41.809 --> 00:37:45.250 of bottom, now we are the people of God. We are 00:37:45.250 --> 00:37:48.309 the temple of God. The Holy Spirit is tabernacled 00:37:48.309 --> 00:37:52.289 in us, so we are carriers of the manifested presence 00:37:52.289 --> 00:38:02.030 of God to make a difference in this world. It's 00:38:02.030 --> 00:38:04.030 a bad preacher that can't preach himself happy. 00:38:05.570 --> 00:38:12.929 1 Peter 2, 9. Now this is talking about you. 00:38:15.570 --> 00:38:18.150 God said the same thing about Israel, but in 00:38:18.150 --> 00:38:21.230 1 Peter 2 .9, He's talking about you and me. 00:38:22.449 --> 00:38:26.449 You are a chosen people. You've been called out. 00:38:27.230 --> 00:38:33.050 Right? You are royal priests. Not just the priests 00:38:33.050 --> 00:38:36.670 down the road at the Catholic Church. Listen, 00:38:36.789 --> 00:38:42.530 not just the pastor. You are royal priests. What 00:38:42.530 --> 00:38:47.510 does a priest do? A priest represents God to 00:38:47.510 --> 00:38:53.690 other people. He's the connection. You are a 00:38:53.690 --> 00:38:56.809 royal priest because you are the connection between 00:38:56.809 --> 00:39:00.829 God and the 100 ,000 people up and down Highway 00:39:00.829 --> 00:39:09.980 27. You are the connection. Some people think 00:39:09.980 --> 00:39:13.199 just the preachers is a connection. This isn't 00:39:13.199 --> 00:39:15.780 talking about preachers. You are a chosen people. 00:39:16.059 --> 00:39:18.760 You are royal priests. And guess what? You're 00:39:18.760 --> 00:39:25.360 also holy. You're a holy nation. Holy. You're 00:39:25.360 --> 00:39:28.820 God's very own possession. It's the same thing 00:39:28.820 --> 00:39:32.400 we're talking about. Jesus made us holy by His 00:39:32.400 --> 00:39:36.369 blood so that we would be a holy nation. Not 00:39:36.369 --> 00:39:39.989 just individually holy, but holy together. Connected 00:39:39.989 --> 00:39:46.309 together in family. In Christ. We're a holy nation. 00:39:50.230 --> 00:39:58.949 Caught out ones are a holy nation. Why? Look 00:39:58.949 --> 00:40:00.849 at the person beside you and say, why? Why are 00:40:00.849 --> 00:40:04.519 we a holy nation? One version even says we're 00:40:04.519 --> 00:40:08.820 peculiar too. We're peculiar people. We're a 00:40:08.820 --> 00:40:10.199 little different. We're supposed to be a little 00:40:10.199 --> 00:40:11.519 different. We're supposed to be a lot different 00:40:11.519 --> 00:40:17.239 actually. Peculiar. Why? Well, here's the result 00:40:17.239 --> 00:40:23.000 that God is after. As a result, you can show 00:40:23.000 --> 00:40:26.599 the others, you can show others the goodness 00:40:26.599 --> 00:40:30.760 of God. For He called you out of the darkness 00:40:30.760 --> 00:40:39.719 into His wonderful light. God's a good God. And 00:40:39.719 --> 00:40:44.360 His plan for us is that we will be so connected 00:40:44.360 --> 00:40:48.639 to His goodness that when other people see us, 00:40:48.760 --> 00:40:51.619 when they listen to us, when they look at our 00:40:51.619 --> 00:40:56.889 lives, they see the goodness of God. They don't 00:40:56.889 --> 00:41:03.369 see our ability, our influence. That's not what 00:41:03.369 --> 00:41:09.070 it's about. I want people, when they look at 00:41:09.070 --> 00:41:13.750 me, they can say, God's a good God. There's some 00:41:13.750 --> 00:41:16.230 people from my past that if they were watching 00:41:16.230 --> 00:41:18.349 me today, they'd say, God's a good God, because 00:41:18.349 --> 00:41:24.869 there's no way that boy, no way, no way. I used 00:41:24.869 --> 00:41:28.309 to be friends with him. No way. I went to college 00:41:28.309 --> 00:41:34.070 with him. I took speech class with him. And all 00:41:34.070 --> 00:41:36.230 of a sudden, he didn't show up. I mean, we were 00:41:36.230 --> 00:41:38.409 supposed to give our first speeches in speech 00:41:38.409 --> 00:41:41.989 class. And that boy, talking about myself, he 00:41:41.989 --> 00:41:47.630 dropped the class and quit coming. Because he 00:41:47.630 --> 00:41:51.199 was too intimidated. to stand up in front of 00:41:51.199 --> 00:41:53.880 20 people and give a speech that he had already 00:41:53.880 --> 00:41:55.800 prepared and made an A on it with the teacher. 00:41:56.880 --> 00:42:01.500 But I dropped the class. Now people are like, 00:42:01.579 --> 00:42:13.679 I wish he would shut up. People need to look 00:42:13.679 --> 00:42:18.900 at your life and listen to you talk. and see 00:42:18.900 --> 00:42:21.559 the blessings of God all over you in such a way 00:42:21.559 --> 00:42:29.539 that they say, God's a good God. That's a fruit 00:42:29.539 --> 00:42:33.679 of holiness. We become a people who display the 00:42:33.679 --> 00:42:36.300 goodness of God. We're displaying the goodness 00:42:36.300 --> 00:42:43.840 of God. So how do we apply this truth? How do 00:42:43.840 --> 00:42:45.719 we apply it? First of all, we have to acknowledge 00:42:45.719 --> 00:42:51.039 and accept. The identity of being holy and set 00:42:51.039 --> 00:42:55.039 apart. That may just shake up your thinking. 00:42:55.179 --> 00:42:57.480 It might shake your religion. It might be like 00:42:57.480 --> 00:43:00.280 kicking over a sacred cow, the way some people 00:43:00.280 --> 00:43:02.639 say it. But listen, we've got to acknowledge 00:43:02.639 --> 00:43:07.239 and accept the identity of being holy. We've 00:43:07.239 --> 00:43:13.360 been made holy by the blood of Jesus. Could you 00:43:13.360 --> 00:43:18.809 dare say, I am holy? Or does that shake you up 00:43:18.809 --> 00:43:20.349 on the inside? Does that kind of tear you on 00:43:20.349 --> 00:43:22.829 the inside? Well, you've got to come to the point 00:43:22.829 --> 00:43:24.650 where that doesn't tear you on the inside for 00:43:24.650 --> 00:43:27.489 you to say, I'm holy. I'm set apart for God. 00:43:29.309 --> 00:43:31.349 That's when you really acknowledge it and accept 00:43:31.349 --> 00:43:33.889 it. It's when you can say it and it don't just 00:43:33.889 --> 00:43:39.849 come out, ooh, I shouldn't be saying that. Participation 00:43:39.849 --> 00:43:42.010 is required. How are we going to apply this? 00:43:43.210 --> 00:43:46.880 For the sanctification of our souls. Participation 00:43:46.880 --> 00:43:50.440 is required for the continued work of sanctification 00:43:50.440 --> 00:43:53.320 in your soul. We've got to yield fully to God. 00:43:53.539 --> 00:43:56.400 Not just partially. We might be good at yielding 00:43:56.400 --> 00:43:58.440 partially, but we've got to yield fully to God. 00:43:59.280 --> 00:44:01.840 We're good at being hearers of the Word. We've 00:44:01.840 --> 00:44:04.440 got to be doers of the Word. Because His work 00:44:04.440 --> 00:44:09.659 in us is in direct proportion to His Word. We're 00:44:09.659 --> 00:44:14.619 good at being inspired. You know? That's most 00:44:14.619 --> 00:44:18.099 of what happens. I've been in over 800 churches 00:44:18.099 --> 00:44:21.320 in 31 states. Most of what happens is people 00:44:21.320 --> 00:44:25.539 are inspired. We've got to move from being inspired 00:44:25.539 --> 00:44:31.260 to being transformed. We've got to move from 00:44:31.260 --> 00:44:36.480 being inspired to being transformed. It's good 00:44:36.480 --> 00:44:38.219 when your wife is taking notes and wants you 00:44:38.219 --> 00:44:44.630 to say it again. What else do we need to do? 00:44:46.969 --> 00:44:51.710 We need to pursue God. Pursue God and pursue 00:44:51.710 --> 00:44:58.889 God's presence. Because I spent so many years 00:44:58.889 --> 00:45:02.230 of my Christian experience pursuing behavior 00:45:02.230 --> 00:45:07.889 change. Where I thought that was the most important 00:45:07.889 --> 00:45:11.980 thing for me to do. and be better and quit doing 00:45:11.980 --> 00:45:17.159 that and do this. And it had reduced down to 00:45:17.159 --> 00:45:23.539 just my performance. This whole thing is supposed 00:45:23.539 --> 00:45:27.119 to be bigger than that. We need to pursue God's 00:45:27.119 --> 00:45:32.219 presence, not just behavior change. I want you 00:45:32.219 --> 00:45:36.619 to stand up. We're going to make some bold proclamations 00:45:36.619 --> 00:45:40.289 together. according to what the Word of God has 00:45:40.289 --> 00:45:48.170 said. You ready? We're going back to third grade. 00:45:48.429 --> 00:45:50.210 Does anybody remember third grade when the teacher 00:45:50.210 --> 00:45:54.550 would say something and you'd repeat it? You 00:45:54.550 --> 00:45:56.989 want to read it? Let's just read it all together. 00:45:57.070 --> 00:45:58.789 Don't repeat it. Let's just read it. You ready? 00:45:58.909 --> 00:46:03.349 One, two, three. I have been made holy by the 00:46:03.349 --> 00:46:08.639 blood of Jesus. I partake of His holiness. I 00:46:08.639 --> 00:46:14.000 am set apart to God and for God. God dwells in 00:46:14.000 --> 00:46:20.079 me and works through me. I am holy and righteous. 00:46:21.199 --> 00:46:25.960 Let's say that one again. I am holy and righteous. 00:46:26.699 --> 00:46:31.119 I walk in holiness and unhindered fellowship 00:46:31.119 --> 00:46:40.050 with God because of the blood of Jesus. We've 00:46:40.050 --> 00:46:46.289 got to align our words with truth. We have to 00:46:46.289 --> 00:46:50.369 align our words with truth. Not just our thoughts, 00:46:50.449 --> 00:46:53.909 but our words with truth. Let's say it one more 00:46:53.909 --> 00:46:56.389 time. One, two, three. I have been made holy 00:46:56.389 --> 00:47:00.610 by the blood of Jesus. I partake of His holiness. 00:47:00.889 --> 00:47:05.849 I am set apart to God and for God. God dwells 00:47:05.849 --> 00:47:11.010 in me and works through me. I am holy and righteous. 00:47:11.170 --> 00:47:15.489 Say it again. I am holy and righteous. I walk 00:47:15.489 --> 00:47:18.989 in holiness and unhindered fellowship with God 00:47:18.989 --> 00:47:25.010 because of the blood of Jesus. That's what the 00:47:25.010 --> 00:47:27.889 Word says about you. That's what the Word says 00:47:27.889 --> 00:47:31.369 about you. You may be seated just for another 00:47:31.369 --> 00:47:33.570 moment. I know you thought we were leaving. We've 00:47:33.570 --> 00:47:38.090 got a few more things. The blood of Jesus makes 00:47:38.090 --> 00:47:42.710 us holy, separates us to God, and brings us into 00:47:42.710 --> 00:47:48.489 union. Union with his life. Union with his holiness. 00:47:49.389 --> 00:47:52.150 This online worship experience was brought to 00:47:52.150 --> 00:47:54.889 you by the friends and partners of Eulation Church.