WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.419 Faith is more than a feeling or a theory. It's 00:00:03.419 --> 00:00:06.059 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 --> 00:00:24.140 Order your copy of Faith Act today on Amazon. 00:00:25.550 --> 00:00:28.489 Welcome to week number nine. When we started 00:00:28.489 --> 00:00:32.130 this series, if anyone was here at the beginning, 00:00:32.229 --> 00:00:36.049 we said we're going for eight weeks. Well, we 00:00:36.049 --> 00:00:39.490 just couldn't stop. So welcome to week number 00:00:39.490 --> 00:00:42.590 nine in our series that I've entitled, we've 00:00:42.590 --> 00:00:47.450 entitled, I Have the Receipt. Everybody say that 00:00:47.450 --> 00:00:52.890 with me. I have the receipt. Now, has that impacted 00:00:52.890 --> 00:00:58.159 anyone's life? Have you gained more revelation 00:00:58.159 --> 00:01:03.539 through this series? Anyone? About three people. 00:01:03.640 --> 00:01:09.400 That's awesome. I'm glad we did. I have the receipt. 00:01:09.640 --> 00:01:12.180 Have any of you ever been to a wholesale shopping 00:01:12.180 --> 00:01:17.780 club? Costco, BJ's, something like that? I go 00:01:17.780 --> 00:01:20.659 to Costco every once in a while. I go to BJ's 00:01:20.659 --> 00:01:23.730 every week, just about. There's one just... down 00:01:23.730 --> 00:01:26.909 by my house and one thing's different in these 00:01:26.909 --> 00:01:31.790 wholesale shopping clubs and other stores when 00:01:31.790 --> 00:01:34.590 you leave the cash register you better keep your 00:01:34.590 --> 00:01:38.590 receipt in your hand don't stick it in your pocket 00:01:38.590 --> 00:01:42.790 or in your purse you know if you have a bag or 00:01:42.790 --> 00:01:45.489 a box don't put it in there because you're going 00:01:45.489 --> 00:01:49.310 to have to have it before you leave at our bjs 00:01:49.310 --> 00:01:53.299 at posner park davenport they might as well have 00:01:53.299 --> 00:01:56.920 checked me out. Because they look at every item 00:01:56.920 --> 00:01:59.540 on my receipt, and they match that item with 00:01:59.540 --> 00:02:03.319 every item in my shopping cart. And I've seen 00:02:03.319 --> 00:02:06.239 them catch people that maybe didn't have one 00:02:06.239 --> 00:02:10.280 item on the receipt, and it really messes up 00:02:10.280 --> 00:02:13.379 the line when that happens. Because they will 00:02:13.379 --> 00:02:15.840 not let that person leave until they figure out 00:02:15.840 --> 00:02:19.360 how they're going to pay for that one item. Okay? 00:02:20.300 --> 00:02:24.840 Your receipt is your proof of purchase. And I'll 00:02:24.840 --> 00:02:26.599 say it one more time. Has anyone ever walked 00:02:26.599 --> 00:02:31.240 out of a store and the alarm went off? You know, 00:02:31.280 --> 00:02:33.280 flashing lights, alarms. Sometimes there's a 00:02:33.280 --> 00:02:37.699 voice saying, you know, somebody's coming to 00:02:37.699 --> 00:02:44.520 get you. Isn't it wonderful to have the receipt 00:02:44.520 --> 00:02:48.900 at that point? You have a proof of purchase. 00:02:49.930 --> 00:02:52.610 You've paid for it. It's just that the cashier 00:02:52.610 --> 00:02:57.729 didn't deactivate the theft, RFID or whatever 00:02:57.729 --> 00:03:03.310 you call it. So, a receipt is your proof of purchase. 00:03:04.129 --> 00:03:08.050 We've entitled this series, I Have the Receipt, 00:03:08.229 --> 00:03:16.129 because we're looking at the receipt, what Jesus 00:03:16.129 --> 00:03:21.229 has already paid for with his blood. So we have 00:03:21.229 --> 00:03:25.870 a receipt in the Word of God to let us know what 00:03:25.870 --> 00:03:30.449 has been provided for us. And I have a feeling 00:03:30.449 --> 00:03:34.469 that most people don't realize everything that 00:03:34.469 --> 00:03:38.449 Jesus has provided by His blood. So this series 00:03:38.449 --> 00:03:40.710 is helping us be more established. Everybody 00:03:40.710 --> 00:03:44.530 say established. More established. Maybe we have 00:03:44.530 --> 00:03:47.409 some understanding or we've had some understanding. 00:03:48.300 --> 00:03:52.319 But the more we hear, faith comes by hearing 00:03:52.319 --> 00:03:55.219 and hearing by the word of God. The more we hear, 00:03:55.419 --> 00:04:00.979 the more established we become. So it's helping 00:04:00.979 --> 00:04:05.580 us become more established in the truth, one 00:04:05.580 --> 00:04:07.939 of the most central truths of the Christian faith. 00:04:08.159 --> 00:04:11.819 And that is what was purchased and what is provided 00:04:11.819 --> 00:04:17.779 through the blood of Jesus. So, like I've said, 00:04:17.819 --> 00:04:22.040 the Word contains a detailed receipt of what 00:04:22.040 --> 00:04:25.060 Jesus purchased with His blood. And we're going 00:04:25.060 --> 00:04:27.160 to end this series today, and it's been nine 00:04:27.160 --> 00:04:29.800 messages, but I want to tell you, this has not 00:04:29.800 --> 00:04:33.420 been an exhaustive study. We haven't uncovered 00:04:33.420 --> 00:04:37.459 everything that the blood of Jesus has purchased 00:04:37.459 --> 00:04:43.199 for us. We've uncovered a lot. And don't worry. 00:04:44.430 --> 00:04:46.209 If you haven't been here for the previous eight 00:04:46.209 --> 00:04:49.910 weeks, you're going to get it all. Just in small 00:04:49.910 --> 00:04:54.970 doses. Small doses. And if you hear something, 00:04:55.089 --> 00:04:57.009 if anybody hears something, if you missed a week 00:04:57.009 --> 00:05:01.970 and you're like, what? I didn't know that Jesus 00:05:01.970 --> 00:05:05.870 purchased that for me with his blood. All you 00:05:05.870 --> 00:05:07.910 have to do is go to our podcast, Elation Church 00:05:07.910 --> 00:05:09.949 on podcast. Anywhere you want to listen to podcasts, 00:05:10.110 --> 00:05:13.629 you can find our worship service. for the last 00:05:13.629 --> 00:05:18.430 eight weeks, and it will give you more detail 00:05:18.430 --> 00:05:20.910 on everything we're going to just bounce through 00:05:20.910 --> 00:05:25.269 very quickly. Hebrews 9 .22 says this, Without 00:05:25.269 --> 00:05:28.990 the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness. 00:05:30.930 --> 00:05:34.350 Now, we didn't preach on this. Probably should 00:05:34.350 --> 00:05:39.170 have had one week, but if I was to ask a general 00:05:39.170 --> 00:05:42.730 population of people who... go to church on somewhat 00:05:42.730 --> 00:05:45.829 of a regular basis. If I was to ask you what 00:05:45.829 --> 00:05:49.730 the blood of Jesus purchased, church people, 00:05:49.850 --> 00:05:52.470 if I ask church people that, they're going to 00:05:52.470 --> 00:05:54.629 say the blood of Jesus purchased my forgiveness. 00:05:55.670 --> 00:05:58.009 Because most people have been exposed to this 00:05:58.009 --> 00:06:00.149 verse that without the shedding of blood, there 00:06:00.149 --> 00:06:03.329 is no remission of sin. There is no forgiveness. 00:06:05.550 --> 00:06:10.490 So the blood of Jesus makes forgiveness possible. 00:06:12.139 --> 00:06:16.040 Without the blood, forgiveness would not be possible. 00:06:17.439 --> 00:06:19.699 Because forgiveness is possible, does that mean 00:06:19.699 --> 00:06:24.860 everyone is going to be forgiven? No. Only the 00:06:24.860 --> 00:06:29.439 people who come to Him in faith. Faith in His 00:06:29.439 --> 00:06:35.300 work on the cross. Faith in His blood. That's 00:06:35.300 --> 00:06:39.879 when forgiveness is applied. Just like every 00:06:39.879 --> 00:06:45.139 other promise of God. Supplied through faith. 00:06:46.459 --> 00:06:52.019 Through our trust, our confidence in Him. Colossians 00:06:52.019 --> 00:06:56.779 1, 13 through 14. For He has rescued us from 00:06:56.779 --> 00:07:00.779 the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into 00:07:00.779 --> 00:07:05.740 the kingdom of His dear Son who purchased our 00:07:05.740 --> 00:07:09.800 freedom. Everybody say redeemed. Who purchased 00:07:09.800 --> 00:07:16.379 our freedom. and forgave our sins. So in week 00:07:16.379 --> 00:07:19.860 number one, we found out that Jesus purchased 00:07:19.860 --> 00:07:25.439 us with his blood. We were all born in the kingdom 00:07:25.439 --> 00:07:31.439 of darkness. And a price had to be paid for us 00:07:31.439 --> 00:07:36.060 to escape or come out of the kingdom of darkness. 00:07:36.100 --> 00:07:40.879 And that price was either... Well, it couldn't 00:07:40.879 --> 00:07:44.959 have been our blood, right? Wages of sin is death. 00:07:45.120 --> 00:07:48.319 We just received the punishment for that. It 00:07:48.319 --> 00:07:51.220 had to be someone's blood who was not guilty 00:07:51.220 --> 00:07:56.899 could purchase us. That's Jesus. He purchased 00:07:56.899 --> 00:07:59.339 us. The Bible says in Corinthians, don't you 00:07:59.339 --> 00:08:01.500 know that you're not your own? You've been bought 00:08:01.500 --> 00:08:05.519 with a price. That price is the blood of Jesus. 00:08:06.680 --> 00:08:09.920 So he purchased us and he... Purchase us out 00:08:09.920 --> 00:08:14.839 of the kingdom of darkness. The kingdom of darkness 00:08:14.839 --> 00:08:17.920 has no more authority in your life because of 00:08:17.920 --> 00:08:21.879 the blood of Jesus. It has no authority unless 00:08:21.879 --> 00:08:28.939 you give it authority. By faith. In the blood 00:08:28.939 --> 00:08:32.559 of Jesus. The kingdom of darkness has no power 00:08:32.559 --> 00:08:36.419 over us anymore. Because we've been rescued from 00:08:36.419 --> 00:08:41.350 that kingdom. into the kingdom of His dear Son, 00:08:41.529 --> 00:08:45.129 in the kingdom of God, in Christ, because He 00:08:45.129 --> 00:08:50.029 purchased our freedom and forgave our sins. The 00:08:50.029 --> 00:08:53.210 blood of Jesus paid the price of our redemption. 00:08:53.830 --> 00:08:58.330 He bought us and brought us out of the kingdom 00:08:58.330 --> 00:09:02.269 of darkness. That was week number one. Week number 00:09:02.269 --> 00:09:06.799 two. Hebrews 9, 13 through 14. Under the old 00:09:06.799 --> 00:09:09.620 system, old covenant, old testament, under the 00:09:09.620 --> 00:09:12.179 old system, the blood of goats and bulls and 00:09:12.179 --> 00:09:15.399 the ashes of a heifer could cleanse people's 00:09:15.399 --> 00:09:21.200 bodies from ceremonial impurity. Under the old 00:09:21.200 --> 00:09:24.899 system. And then just think about something. 00:09:25.840 --> 00:09:31.779 I want you to think about this. Just think. How 00:09:31.779 --> 00:09:35.889 much more? Somebody say, how much more? Just 00:09:35.889 --> 00:09:40.669 think about how much more than the blood of calves 00:09:40.669 --> 00:09:43.269 and bulls and the ashes of heaven. Just think 00:09:43.269 --> 00:09:48.889 how much more the blood of Jesus will purify 00:09:48.889 --> 00:09:59.769 our consciences. We need this. The Bible even 00:09:59.769 --> 00:10:03.230 says that the blood of Jesus was sprinkled. on 00:10:03.230 --> 00:10:07.610 our conscience. Just think how much more the 00:10:07.610 --> 00:10:10.450 blood of Jesus, the blood of Christ will purify 00:10:10.450 --> 00:10:14.289 our consciences from sinful deeds so that we 00:10:14.289 --> 00:10:21.029 can worship the living God. In the Old Testament, 00:10:21.190 --> 00:10:25.429 God said, because of the blood, I will remember 00:10:25.429 --> 00:10:29.850 your sin no more. Because of the blood of Jesus, 00:10:31.240 --> 00:10:37.139 We're not supposed to remember it anymore. Yeah. 00:10:38.799 --> 00:10:44.299 The blood of Jesus purifies our conscience. Has 00:10:44.299 --> 00:10:47.519 anyone ever lived part of your life where your 00:10:47.519 --> 00:10:49.740 conscience was just beating you down and tearing 00:10:49.740 --> 00:10:55.899 you up? Anybody? Because of sin that you've committed 00:10:55.899 --> 00:10:58.659 and the enemy just keeps bringing it back up 00:10:58.659 --> 00:11:01.480 and you just... You just beat down and beat up 00:11:01.480 --> 00:11:05.480 with a guilty conscience. Beat down and beat 00:11:05.480 --> 00:11:08.940 up with shame and guilt and condemnation. Anybody? 00:11:12.360 --> 00:11:19.960 The blood of Jesus will cleanse that. Some of 00:11:19.960 --> 00:11:22.480 you may have lived under shame because of someone 00:11:22.480 --> 00:11:25.480 else's sin that someone you are connected with 00:11:25.480 --> 00:11:28.639 and their sin has caused shame to come upon you. 00:11:29.039 --> 00:11:31.700 this same blood will cleanse your conscience 00:11:31.700 --> 00:11:39.879 of that as well. Christ's blood deals with the 00:11:39.879 --> 00:11:48.419 effects and internal damage of sin. So Christ's 00:11:48.419 --> 00:11:50.419 blood can cleanse the conscience of all guilt 00:11:50.419 --> 00:11:55.539 and condemnation from past actions and from past 00:11:55.539 --> 00:12:03.210 experiences. But you have to let it. You have 00:12:03.210 --> 00:12:05.370 to believe it. You have to apply it. You have 00:12:05.370 --> 00:12:09.570 to let it. Because you can hold on to it if you 00:12:09.570 --> 00:12:18.110 want to. Why would you want to? Has anybody held 00:12:18.110 --> 00:12:20.149 on to it for years and then you come to the point 00:12:20.149 --> 00:12:21.649 where you've let it go and you're glad that you 00:12:21.649 --> 00:12:30.090 finally let it go? Let it go. Let it go. Had 00:12:30.090 --> 00:12:32.830 to do that because I live just outside of Orlando, 00:12:33.009 --> 00:12:39.090 right? Hebrews 10, 19. And so, dear brothers 00:12:39.090 --> 00:12:44.389 and sisters, we can boldly enter heaven's most 00:12:44.389 --> 00:12:54.289 holy place because of the blood of Jesus. Not 00:12:54.289 --> 00:12:58.509 based on our performance. But because of the 00:12:58.509 --> 00:13:06.450 blood of Jesus. Has anyone ever spent part of 00:13:06.450 --> 00:13:08.990 your life trying to come to God and say, Oh God, 00:13:09.230 --> 00:13:13.570 I'm just so bad. I've been so bad, God. I'm just 00:13:13.570 --> 00:13:16.830 a worm. I'm lower than a worm, God. I'm just... 00:13:16.830 --> 00:13:30.120 I'm below the worms. Even if you were the best 00:13:30.120 --> 00:13:34.000 performing person that you know, even if that 00:13:34.000 --> 00:13:37.240 was you, well, I got this Christian thing down 00:13:37.240 --> 00:13:39.740 pat. Well, that means that you're dealing with 00:13:39.740 --> 00:13:44.220 pride issues. But anyway, I got this thing down 00:13:44.220 --> 00:13:46.159 pat. All these people around me, they're a bunch 00:13:46.159 --> 00:13:55.720 of heathens. Even then, that would not gain access. 00:13:56.970 --> 00:14:02.789 to the Father. You can't earn it. You'll never 00:14:02.789 --> 00:14:07.309 deserve it. But the good news is, because of 00:14:07.309 --> 00:14:11.230 the blood of Jesus, you can boldly enter heaven's 00:14:11.230 --> 00:14:17.230 most holy place. We don't go ashamed. We go as 00:14:17.230 --> 00:14:22.350 blood -washed sons and daughters. The blood of 00:14:22.350 --> 00:14:27.750 Jesus grants us bold access to God. Hebrews 12, 00:14:27.850 --> 00:14:32.990 24. I don't know what week we're on now. To Jesus, 00:14:33.129 --> 00:14:38.570 the mediator of the new covenant, and to the 00:14:38.570 --> 00:14:43.169 blood of sprinkling that speaks better things 00:14:43.169 --> 00:14:48.129 than that of Abel. During this week, we learned 00:14:48.129 --> 00:14:52.830 that spilled blood speaks in the spirit realm. 00:14:53.580 --> 00:14:56.220 Because the blood of Abel cried out for vengeance, 00:14:56.259 --> 00:14:59.799 cried out for revenge, and God could hear his 00:14:59.799 --> 00:15:02.100 blood from the ground, is what the Bible says. 00:15:03.559 --> 00:15:12.539 So spilled blood cries out. And Jesus' blood, 00:15:12.740 --> 00:15:17.200 this verse tells us, it speaks better things. 00:15:18.820 --> 00:15:22.080 Somebody say better things. Here's some of the 00:15:22.080 --> 00:15:24.600 things that Jesus' blood speaks. It speaks mercy. 00:15:24.940 --> 00:15:29.360 It speaks pardon. It speaks acceptance. It speaks 00:15:29.360 --> 00:15:34.139 peace. It speaks reconciliation. It speaks covenant 00:15:34.139 --> 00:15:40.740 favor. Just a small list of what the blood of 00:15:40.740 --> 00:15:47.340 Jesus speaks. The blood of Jesus speaks better 00:15:47.340 --> 00:15:52.419 things over us. Then we go to 1 Corinthians 15, 00:15:52.480 --> 00:16:00.899 57. But thank God. Somebody say, thank God. Thank 00:16:00.899 --> 00:16:08.419 God. He gives us victory over sin and death through 00:16:08.419 --> 00:16:14.100 our Lord Jesus Christ. How is that accomplished 00:16:14.100 --> 00:16:17.740 through our Lord Jesus Christ? I'm glad you asked. 00:16:18.700 --> 00:16:21.019 Because now we'll go to Revelation 12 and 11. 00:16:21.639 --> 00:16:26.120 It says this. They overcame. I can put it this 00:16:26.120 --> 00:16:32.440 way. You, if you overcome, if you're going to 00:16:32.440 --> 00:16:35.080 live in the victory that Jesus purchased for 00:16:35.080 --> 00:16:39.860 you, here's how you're going to do it. They overcame 00:16:39.860 --> 00:16:46.019 him by the blood of the Lamb. That's where victory 00:16:46.019 --> 00:16:52.480 comes from. From the blood of the Lamb. And it's 00:16:52.480 --> 00:16:56.940 going to be applied in our lives when we continue 00:16:56.940 --> 00:16:59.639 reading this verse. It says they overcame by 00:16:59.639 --> 00:17:02.840 the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their 00:17:02.840 --> 00:17:07.480 testimony. You've got to start talking about 00:17:07.480 --> 00:17:09.779 what God is doing and has done in your life. 00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:11.759 If you're going to live in victory, you've got 00:17:11.759 --> 00:17:14.940 to talk about it. You've got to talk about what 00:17:14.940 --> 00:17:17.730 He's provided. Maybe even before you see it, 00:17:17.730 --> 00:17:21.289 you've got to talk about it. Before you see victory, 00:17:21.369 --> 00:17:24.630 you've got to speak victory based on the blood 00:17:24.630 --> 00:17:31.269 of Jesus. Hallelujah. I'm not supposed to preach 00:17:31.269 --> 00:17:34.289 the whole series, but I'm trying to hold back 00:17:34.289 --> 00:17:37.490 a little bit. The blood of Jesus secures our 00:17:37.490 --> 00:17:41.930 victory. And we are victorious over sin, over 00:17:41.930 --> 00:17:46.839 death, and over all demonic forces. We have the 00:17:46.839 --> 00:17:51.839 victory in Christ that he purchased with his 00:17:51.839 --> 00:17:59.460 blood. We have it. We have it. Now the enemy 00:17:59.460 --> 00:18:02.539 will try to tell you, I'm going to get you. And 00:18:02.539 --> 00:18:06.460 you just say, no. The blood of Jesus has already 00:18:06.460 --> 00:18:09.700 won this battle. And I'm going to stand in his 00:18:09.700 --> 00:18:14.119 victory. You're not going to get me. You're not 00:18:14.119 --> 00:18:16.809 going to bring me down. You're just a big, bold 00:18:16.809 --> 00:18:19.329 -faced liar is what you are. And I'm not going 00:18:19.329 --> 00:18:22.750 to believe your lies. I'm not going to fall for 00:18:22.750 --> 00:18:32.849 your lies. 1 Peter 2 .24 Who himself bore our 00:18:32.849 --> 00:18:40.589 sins in his own body on the tree, that we, having 00:18:40.589 --> 00:18:46.460 died to sins, Bible confirms this in Romans. 00:18:46.660 --> 00:18:50.440 We're dead to sin and alive to God. Dead to sin. 00:18:51.759 --> 00:18:54.660 So when temptation comes, we say, nope, I'm dead 00:18:54.660 --> 00:19:01.519 to that. Having died to sins, might live for 00:19:01.519 --> 00:19:07.720 righteousness. By whose stripes you were healed. 00:19:11.500 --> 00:19:15.279 So by the blood of Jesus, We did an in -depth 00:19:15.279 --> 00:19:18.700 word study and looked at this when we talked 00:19:18.700 --> 00:19:22.299 about this. But by the blood of Jesus, we are 00:19:22.299 --> 00:19:26.079 healed and made whole. And it's talking about 00:19:26.079 --> 00:19:31.660 all of us. Every part of us. The blood of Jesus 00:19:31.660 --> 00:19:34.160 purchased healing and wholeness for the whole 00:19:34.160 --> 00:19:43.000 person. Physical, mental, emotional. Jesus purchased 00:19:43.000 --> 00:19:47.210 it. For us, we have the receipt in His Word. 00:19:49.849 --> 00:19:52.289 But just like everything else, we have to receive 00:19:52.289 --> 00:20:00.890 it by faith. Hebrews 9, 11 through 15. That is 00:20:00.890 --> 00:20:04.029 why He is the one who mediates a new covenant 00:20:04.029 --> 00:20:09.269 between God and people so that all who are called, 00:20:09.609 --> 00:20:11.769 look to the person beside you and tell them, 00:20:11.789 --> 00:20:14.619 I'm a called out one. That word church means 00:20:14.619 --> 00:20:18.259 called out ones. When we're in Christ, we are 00:20:18.259 --> 00:20:22.500 called out ones. So that all who are called can 00:20:22.500 --> 00:20:27.079 receive the eternal inheritance. Look at the 00:20:27.079 --> 00:20:28.519 person beside you and say, I've got an inheritance. 00:20:29.519 --> 00:20:36.279 I've got an eternal inheritance. Hello? So that 00:20:36.279 --> 00:20:38.880 all who are called can receive the eternal inheritance 00:20:38.880 --> 00:20:44.779 God has provided for them. So the blood of Jesus, 00:20:44.880 --> 00:20:49.680 if you've received communion, you know that on 00:20:49.680 --> 00:20:52.500 the night before he was crucified, he says, this 00:20:52.500 --> 00:20:57.099 is the cup that represents my blood. The new 00:20:57.099 --> 00:21:03.160 covenant. The new covenant. The blood of Jesus 00:21:03.160 --> 00:21:08.119 establishes a new covenant between God and us. 00:21:08.819 --> 00:21:13.799 A covenant is an irrevocable agreement. that 00:21:13.799 --> 00:21:18.519 secures our inheritance and guarantees his promises. 00:21:19.240 --> 00:21:24.700 Promises of God are, somebody say yes and amen, 00:21:24.839 --> 00:21:27.900 is what the Bible says. His promises are yes 00:21:27.900 --> 00:21:34.680 and amen. And his blood secures a guarantee of 00:21:34.680 --> 00:21:41.490 his promises. Hebrews 13, 11 through 12. And 00:21:41.490 --> 00:21:48.970 so Jesus suffered outside the city gate to make 00:21:48.970 --> 00:21:58.450 the people holy through his own blood. This was 00:21:58.450 --> 00:22:02.789 last week. The blood of Jesus makes us holy. 00:22:05.309 --> 00:22:07.450 Everybody say this. If you're in Christ, say 00:22:07.450 --> 00:22:14.150 this with me. I am holy. I am righteous. Now 00:22:14.150 --> 00:22:15.809 if you have trouble saying that, you need to 00:22:15.809 --> 00:22:20.769 go back and listen to last week's podcast. Because 00:22:20.769 --> 00:22:23.829 it's the blood of Jesus who makes us holy. Immediately, 00:22:23.950 --> 00:22:26.990 when we come to Christ, you are a spirit, you 00:22:26.990 --> 00:22:29.789 have a soul, you live in a body. Immediately 00:22:29.789 --> 00:22:32.650 when you come to Christ, your spirit is made 00:22:32.650 --> 00:22:35.950 holy. Your spirit will not be any more holy in 00:22:35.950 --> 00:22:46.440 heaven than it is today. Now, the goal is for 00:22:46.440 --> 00:22:51.420 us to live more as spirit beings than we are 00:22:51.420 --> 00:22:56.000 as soulish beings and allow our spirit to have 00:22:56.000 --> 00:23:00.319 authority over our soul. Our soul is our mind, 00:23:00.319 --> 00:23:02.779 our will, and our emotions. Our thought life, 00:23:03.079 --> 00:23:11.119 our desires, and our emotions. That's why You 00:23:11.119 --> 00:23:13.220 might look in the mirror and say, well, you know, 00:23:13.319 --> 00:23:16.519 I know what you've been thinking, so you ain't 00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:21.980 holy. I know what you've been desiring, so you 00:23:21.980 --> 00:23:24.579 obviously ain't holy. I'm talking like looking 00:23:24.579 --> 00:23:27.880 at the mirror and talking to myself. You obviously 00:23:27.880 --> 00:23:39.680 are not holy because I live with you. This sanctification 00:23:39.680 --> 00:23:45.220 needs to work from our spirit through the word 00:23:45.220 --> 00:23:49.200 of God we saw last week. Washed us. He makes 00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:51.619 us holy by washing us with his word. It's talking 00:23:51.619 --> 00:23:55.660 about that holiness moving, not just being contained 00:23:55.660 --> 00:23:59.299 in our spirit, but the holiness begins to affect. 00:24:00.059 --> 00:24:03.720 If we will allow it, if we'll yield to it, he 00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:09.109 will begin to affect our thought life. our desires, 00:24:09.390 --> 00:24:19.769 our emotions. Hallelujah. The blood of Jesus 00:24:19.769 --> 00:24:25.450 makes us holy. And these are three good reasons. 00:24:26.430 --> 00:24:31.250 I call it the fruit of holiness. The blood of 00:24:31.250 --> 00:24:33.869 Jesus makes us holy so that we can be His temple. 00:24:36.880 --> 00:24:41.220 The Holy Spirit cannot live in an unholy temple. 00:24:42.819 --> 00:24:46.440 So the blood of Jesus makes us holy, and then 00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:51.400 the Holy Spirit moves in at salvation. The blood 00:24:51.400 --> 00:24:54.500 of Jesus makes us holy also, so that we will 00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:58.559 be carriers of His glory, carriers of His manifested 00:24:58.559 --> 00:25:03.400 presence. If you need more information on that, 00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:05.119 you've got to go to the series before this one 00:25:05.119 --> 00:25:07.220 where we talked about the glory for four weeks. 00:25:08.259 --> 00:25:13.660 And then, the blood of Jesus makes us holy. We 00:25:13.660 --> 00:25:16.099 saw it. We read verses to substantiate all of 00:25:16.099 --> 00:25:18.559 this. The blood of Jesus makes us holy so that 00:25:18.559 --> 00:25:25.759 we can display the goodness of God. People should 00:25:25.759 --> 00:25:30.920 be able to look at us. Just look at us and say, 00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:35.559 God's good. They shouldn't look at us and say, 00:25:35.700 --> 00:25:40.299 boy, you are successful. Boy, you got your head 00:25:40.299 --> 00:25:44.900 on straight. Boy, you got plans and purposes, 00:25:45.019 --> 00:25:50.099 and you are amazing. No. They need to look at 00:25:50.099 --> 00:25:54.579 us and say, God's good. Especially the people 00:25:54.579 --> 00:25:58.299 who knew us before. They should look at us and 00:25:58.299 --> 00:26:03.650 say, God's good. I'll tell you, if anybody knew 00:26:03.650 --> 00:26:06.150 me in high school, that'd be all they could say 00:26:06.150 --> 00:26:13.829 today is God's good. I was a mess. I just admitted 00:26:13.829 --> 00:26:20.549 to that. I was a mess. I wasn't displaying the 00:26:20.549 --> 00:26:22.690 goodness of God, I can tell you that. I wasn't 00:26:22.690 --> 00:26:32.420 carrying the glory of God. So here we go. The 00:26:32.420 --> 00:26:34.660 blood of Jesus not only makes forgiveness possible, 00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:42.519 not only purchases us out of the kingdom of darkness, 00:26:42.660 --> 00:26:45.240 not only cleanses our conscience from the effects 00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:48.180 of sin, not only grants us bold access to God, 00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:50.539 not only speaks better things over our lives, 00:26:50.619 --> 00:26:52.980 not only secures our victory, not only makes 00:26:52.980 --> 00:26:55.720 us whole, not only establishes a new covenant 00:26:55.720 --> 00:27:00.289 between us and God, not only makes us holy, But 00:27:00.289 --> 00:27:04.329 wait, there's more. The blood of Jesus gives 00:27:04.329 --> 00:27:09.349 us the right to heaven. The blood of Jesus prepares 00:27:09.349 --> 00:27:13.650 us for the life of heaven. And the blood of Jesus 00:27:13.650 --> 00:27:21.450 fills our hearts with the songs of heaven. Revelation 00:27:21.450 --> 00:27:28.019 7, 9. You've heard songs. Hopefully, if you've 00:27:28.019 --> 00:27:29.839 spent time in church, you've heard songs written 00:27:29.839 --> 00:27:34.839 on this text. Here you go. It says, I saw a vast 00:27:34.839 --> 00:27:41.960 crowd. God brought John, the beloved. He brought 00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:47.680 him up into heaven. He showed him things that 00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:52.180 were to come. This is his description. I saw 00:27:52.180 --> 00:27:54.930 a vast crowd. Too great to count? from every 00:27:54.930 --> 00:28:00.349 nation and tribe and people and language, standing 00:28:00.349 --> 00:28:06.509 in front of the throne and before the Lamb. They 00:28:06.509 --> 00:28:13.589 were clothed in white robes, and they held palm 00:28:13.589 --> 00:28:20.269 branches in their hands. This is how good God 00:28:20.269 --> 00:28:23.180 is. I didn't know I was going to be preaching 00:28:23.180 --> 00:28:26.859 on Palm Sunday today. I knew I was preaching 00:28:26.859 --> 00:28:33.619 about the blood. But this is Palm Sunday. And 00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:36.420 I've got a great message on Palm Sunday. Most 00:28:36.420 --> 00:28:39.619 of you have heard it more than once. About the 00:28:39.619 --> 00:28:43.140 word Hosanna. Everybody say Hosanna. I didn't 00:28:43.140 --> 00:28:47.460 want to preach the same sermon again today. Because 00:28:47.460 --> 00:28:50.089 I wanted... God really laid this on my heart 00:28:50.089 --> 00:28:53.269 to preach one more message about His blood. Listen, 00:28:53.569 --> 00:28:57.589 around the throne of heaven, they were clothed 00:28:57.589 --> 00:28:59.910 in white robes and held palm branches in their 00:28:59.910 --> 00:29:06.109 hands. And they were shouting something with 00:29:06.109 --> 00:29:11.690 these palm branches in their hands. With a great 00:29:11.690 --> 00:29:17.819 roar, countless people in white robes. are shouting 00:29:17.819 --> 00:29:22.559 with a great roar, salvation comes from our God 00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:27.519 who sits on the throne and from the Lamb. Everybody 00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:31.180 say Hosanna. Does anyone remember what Hosanna 00:29:31.180 --> 00:29:39.519 means? Gaynor remembers. Jeffrey remembers because 00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:41.119 they probably heard this message more than all 00:29:41.119 --> 00:29:43.960 of you put together. This Palm Sunday message. 00:29:46.119 --> 00:29:48.720 The word Hosanna is only in the New Testament 00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:54.200 surrounding Palm Sunday. It's the only time it 00:29:54.200 --> 00:29:56.279 appears in the New Testament. It appears one 00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:59.900 time in the Old Testament as a messianic prophecy. 00:30:02.160 --> 00:30:04.839 And the word in the New Testament is actually 00:30:04.839 --> 00:30:08.180 kind of, they just put the letters together to 00:30:08.180 --> 00:30:11.220 kind of make it sound the same as the Old Testament. 00:30:12.839 --> 00:30:18.240 Hosanna. Here's what it means. It means save 00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:28.380 now. Save now. And when Jesus was riding into 00:30:28.380 --> 00:30:31.940 the city, down to the city, they were shouting, 00:30:32.039 --> 00:30:40.660 save now! Save us now! Hosanna! They wanted rescue 00:30:40.660 --> 00:30:47.160 from the Romans. who were oppressing them. And 00:30:47.160 --> 00:30:51.059 by saying the word Hosanna, what they were doing 00:30:51.059 --> 00:30:53.420 was they were saying, Jesus, we believe you are 00:30:53.420 --> 00:30:57.339 the Messiah who has come to save us. Based on 00:30:57.339 --> 00:31:01.200 this Old Testament verse, we're going to say 00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:05.019 that word for you as you're coming to town. Hosanna. 00:31:06.339 --> 00:31:15.150 Jesus, save us. Save us now. Rescue us. After 00:31:15.150 --> 00:31:19.789 the fact, the word Hosanna has become a word 00:31:19.789 --> 00:31:23.109 of praise. Have any of you ever sang a song that 00:31:23.109 --> 00:31:26.769 was Hosanna? Hosanna. It's a song of praise. 00:31:27.450 --> 00:31:32.809 It's not saying save us now. It's like, here's 00:31:32.809 --> 00:31:35.950 the illustration in the other message. It's like 00:31:35.950 --> 00:31:38.130 going to the beach and you get out and you get 00:31:38.130 --> 00:31:41.430 caught in a riptide. And you think you're going 00:31:41.430 --> 00:31:43.309 to die. You think you're going under for the 00:31:43.309 --> 00:31:49.640 last time. So you're screaming, save me. Save 00:31:49.640 --> 00:31:55.359 now. And then the lifeguard comes out. That's 00:31:55.359 --> 00:31:58.200 my slow motion lifeguard. He's got this little 00:31:58.200 --> 00:32:01.759 buoy in his hand. A can is what they call it. 00:32:03.200 --> 00:32:10.200 And he comes out there. And it's like the people 00:32:10.200 --> 00:32:12.980 on the shore begin to cheer because the lifeguard 00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:18.319 is here. And the lifeguard saves and rescues 00:32:18.319 --> 00:32:22.660 and everybody's happy. So in the New Testament, 00:32:22.740 --> 00:32:25.059 that word Hosanna becoming praise, here's what 00:32:25.059 --> 00:32:31.039 you're saying. You're saying, salvation is here. 00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:38.920 Salvation has come. Salvation is in Jesus. Hosanna. 00:32:39.640 --> 00:32:42.940 We're not begging him to save us now. We're excited 00:32:42.940 --> 00:32:47.779 because He has saved us. Salvation is here. Salvation 00:32:47.779 --> 00:32:52.559 is now. So we can just as easily say that in 00:32:52.559 --> 00:32:54.400 heaven they're holding up these palm branches 00:32:54.400 --> 00:32:59.859 and what are they saying? Salvation comes from 00:32:59.859 --> 00:33:02.460 our God who sits on the throne and from the Lamb. 00:33:03.880 --> 00:33:07.680 The Lamb is Jesus. Everybody say Jesus. And we 00:33:07.680 --> 00:33:10.480 call Him a Lamb because He was the sacrifice. 00:33:14.089 --> 00:33:18.109 This is an image. It's saying he's the lamb that 00:33:18.109 --> 00:33:20.349 was slain before the foundation of the earth, 00:33:20.410 --> 00:33:23.109 is what it says. He's the one who shed his blood. 00:33:24.450 --> 00:33:28.490 Salvation, we could say, comes from the blood 00:33:28.490 --> 00:33:31.730 of Jesus. Salvation is here. And when we're in 00:33:31.730 --> 00:33:34.009 heaven, looking back over this time on earth 00:33:34.009 --> 00:33:36.230 that's already ended, we're going to keep saying, 00:33:36.369 --> 00:33:41.839 salvation, my salvation came from the lamb. My 00:33:41.839 --> 00:33:45.059 salvation came from God. We're not going to quit 00:33:45.059 --> 00:33:49.519 talking about the blood of Jesus. Getting ahead 00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:53.140 of myself. Palm Sunday. Hosanna. Save us now. 00:33:53.220 --> 00:33:55.519 Salvation is here. Let's continue reading verse 00:33:55.519 --> 00:33:58.900 11. And all the angels were standing around the 00:33:58.900 --> 00:34:00.779 throne and around the elders and the four living 00:34:00.779 --> 00:34:04.420 beings. And they fell before the throne with 00:34:04.420 --> 00:34:07.059 their faces to the ground and worshipped God. 00:34:10.670 --> 00:34:17.869 They sang, Amen. Blessing and glory and wisdom 00:34:17.869 --> 00:34:22.809 and thanksgiving and honor and power and strength 00:34:22.809 --> 00:34:30.369 belong to our God forever and ever. Amen. And 00:34:30.369 --> 00:34:34.710 one of the 24 elders asked me, Who are these 00:34:34.710 --> 00:34:38.269 who are clothed in white? Where did they come 00:34:38.269 --> 00:34:44.050 from? And I said to him, sir, you're the one 00:34:44.050 --> 00:34:48.590 who knows. I'm just visiting. You probably know 00:34:48.590 --> 00:34:50.510 who they are. Why are you asking me? It's basically 00:34:50.510 --> 00:34:55.690 what John's saying. Then he said to me, these 00:34:55.690 --> 00:34:59.889 are the ones who came out of great tribulation. 00:35:00.809 --> 00:35:02.750 NLT puts it this way. These are the ones who 00:35:02.750 --> 00:35:07.889 died in the great tribulation. And why are they 00:35:07.889 --> 00:35:14.530 there and why are they in white robes? They have 00:35:14.530 --> 00:35:19.210 washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb and 00:35:19.210 --> 00:35:25.250 made them white. Now if this is a specific group 00:35:25.250 --> 00:35:28.050 of people, guess what? You're going to be wearing 00:35:28.050 --> 00:35:34.070 a white robe too. And why is your robe going 00:35:34.070 --> 00:35:40.489 to be white? Same, same way. Look at the person 00:35:40.489 --> 00:35:46.789 beside you and say, same way. Same way. The robes 00:35:46.789 --> 00:35:52.989 in heaven are made white by being washed in the 00:35:52.989 --> 00:35:56.289 blood of the Lamb. Only those who've been washed 00:35:56.289 --> 00:35:59.050 in the blood of the Lamb can stand before the 00:35:59.050 --> 00:36:07.050 throne. Only blood washed. Without being washed 00:36:07.050 --> 00:36:10.409 in the blood of the Lamb, you have no right to 00:36:10.409 --> 00:36:16.230 stand before the throne. The great multitude 00:36:16.230 --> 00:36:18.829 is not before the throne because they tried hard. 00:36:19.829 --> 00:36:21.989 They're not standing before the throne because 00:36:21.989 --> 00:36:24.929 they meant well. They're not standing there because 00:36:24.929 --> 00:36:28.210 they hope for mercy in some kind of abstract, 00:36:28.409 --> 00:36:37.369 you know. That's not why they're there. You don't 00:36:37.369 --> 00:36:44.699 go to heaven and beg for mercy. Now mercy is 00:36:44.699 --> 00:36:48.179 involved, but nobody gets to heaven based on 00:36:48.179 --> 00:36:58.739 just the mercy of God. They're there for one 00:36:58.739 --> 00:37:02.400 stated reason. They wash their robes in the blood 00:37:02.400 --> 00:37:06.320 of the Lamb, and that is the distinguishing mark 00:37:06.320 --> 00:37:14.130 of the redeemed. To be washed in the blood. Of 00:37:14.130 --> 00:37:20.130 the Lamb. Romans 5, 21. So just as sin ruled 00:37:20.130 --> 00:37:27.190 over all people and brought them to death, now, 00:37:27.190 --> 00:37:34.590 listen, God's wonderful grace rules. Instead 00:37:34.590 --> 00:37:38.369 of giving, instead, God's wonderful grace rules 00:37:38.369 --> 00:37:46.489 instead of sin ruling. giving us right standing 00:37:46.489 --> 00:37:54.750 with God, and resulting in eternal life. And 00:37:54.750 --> 00:37:57.210 all this was paid for and accomplished through 00:37:57.210 --> 00:38:08.750 Jesus Christ our Lord. So grace. What is grace? 00:38:10.179 --> 00:38:13.360 Normal church response is unmerited favor. Everybody 00:38:13.360 --> 00:38:16.280 say unmerited favor. If you spent time in church, 00:38:16.500 --> 00:38:18.840 you ask somebody what grace is, they say, well, 00:38:18.920 --> 00:38:23.440 it's unmerited favor. Well, let's expand that 00:38:23.440 --> 00:38:28.119 a little bit. Because if you study the word grace, 00:38:28.199 --> 00:38:32.360 if you dig in deep, it means this. Unmerited 00:38:32.360 --> 00:38:36.360 favor is a good definition, but this expresses 00:38:36.360 --> 00:38:40.739 it more of what's actually taking place. Grace 00:38:40.739 --> 00:38:49.079 is God's acts of kindness and favor towards us. 00:38:52.239 --> 00:38:55.840 To just say that there's unmerited favor, I don't 00:38:55.840 --> 00:38:57.760 know that we can come up with some kind of connection, 00:38:57.980 --> 00:39:02.599 you know, that we can really take hold of. So 00:39:02.599 --> 00:39:07.099 the grace of God is his acts, the things that 00:39:07.099 --> 00:39:11.809 he's done. His acts of kindness and favor that 00:39:11.809 --> 00:39:15.510 he's done for you and for me. He's done a lot 00:39:15.510 --> 00:39:18.949 of wonderful things for you and for me that are 00:39:18.949 --> 00:39:25.789 unmerited, not based on our performance. God's 00:39:25.789 --> 00:39:29.929 greatest act, if you want to challenge me on 00:39:29.929 --> 00:39:32.730 this, you can, but I won't go for it. God's greatest 00:39:32.730 --> 00:39:37.550 act of kindness and favor towards you was the 00:39:37.550 --> 00:39:41.269 shedding of the blood of Jesus for you. That's 00:39:41.269 --> 00:39:45.869 the greatest act. The greatest act of grace for 00:39:45.869 --> 00:39:56.389 us. Greatest. See, the blood of Jesus is what 00:39:56.389 --> 00:40:02.110 establishes a legal claim of righteousness. God 00:40:02.110 --> 00:40:07.889 can't just say, Oh, that's alright. I'm just 00:40:07.889 --> 00:40:11.449 going to call you righteous. God can't do that. 00:40:13.389 --> 00:40:20.710 He can't. Because He's just. He can't just call 00:40:20.710 --> 00:40:25.590 you righteous. Even though He's God. Because 00:40:25.590 --> 00:40:28.489 if He just called you righteous without something 00:40:28.489 --> 00:40:32.909 to establish that righteousness, legally establish 00:40:32.909 --> 00:40:38.679 it, He couldn't just call you righteous. Because 00:40:38.679 --> 00:40:40.980 if he did, he wouldn't be God anymore because 00:40:40.980 --> 00:40:51.659 he wouldn't be just. So it's the blood that establishes 00:40:51.659 --> 00:40:55.159 this legal claim of righteousness. Because Jesus 00:40:55.159 --> 00:41:00.380 fully satisfied, on the cross, he fully satisfied 00:41:00.380 --> 00:41:08.250 what divine justice required. He did it. He satisfied 00:41:08.250 --> 00:41:18.869 it. See, the blood means sin has been judged. 00:41:19.550 --> 00:41:24.530 It's already been judged. Punishment has already 00:41:24.530 --> 00:41:27.530 been executed. It was executed on the cross. 00:41:30.550 --> 00:41:36.369 Righteousness has been satisfied. And now we... 00:41:36.840 --> 00:41:41.519 being in Christ, we can now be welcomed legally 00:41:41.519 --> 00:41:52.980 and lovingly. I got goosebumps. The blood not 00:41:52.980 --> 00:41:55.940 only makes heaven desirable, it makes heaven 00:41:55.940 --> 00:42:04.780 rightfully open to all who are in Christ. So 00:42:04.780 --> 00:42:07.699 here's the deal. We don't have to live with an 00:42:07.699 --> 00:42:12.099 uncertain hope. Have any of you ever asked someone 00:42:12.099 --> 00:42:15.119 if they're going to heaven and they say, well, 00:42:15.139 --> 00:42:20.619 I hope so. And they're using hope in the English 00:42:20.619 --> 00:42:23.739 understanding where it's like, I don't know, 00:42:23.800 --> 00:42:30.840 it's about 50 -50. Hope so. You know. I've asked 00:42:30.840 --> 00:42:32.380 people before if they were going to heaven, they 00:42:32.380 --> 00:42:38.690 say, well, I've been a good person. We did a 00:42:38.690 --> 00:42:41.730 Vietnamese camp in New Jersey just across the 00:42:41.730 --> 00:42:45.090 George Washington Bridge in New Jersey. And I 00:42:45.090 --> 00:42:49.769 tried to share this with these kids. And I kept 00:42:49.769 --> 00:42:52.010 asking them every session we had. And we had 00:42:52.010 --> 00:42:54.269 a lot of sessions because we thought we were 00:42:54.269 --> 00:42:56.090 doing vacation Bible school, but it turned into 00:42:56.090 --> 00:42:57.929 a camp. I mean, they were actually living there. 00:42:58.409 --> 00:43:01.829 So, I mean, it was like we had them for four 00:43:01.829 --> 00:43:07.369 days and it was all us. We were woefully underprepared. 00:43:09.289 --> 00:43:10.829 Because we didn't know we were going to do a 00:43:10.829 --> 00:43:16.090 camp. But I would ask those boys and girls, every 00:43:16.090 --> 00:43:21.070 session, I would say, who goes to heaven? And 00:43:21.070 --> 00:43:26.849 they would say, good people. And I would say, 00:43:26.909 --> 00:43:39.900 no! Good people do not go to heaven. They don't. 00:43:43.059 --> 00:43:46.059 There's none righteous. No, not one. Jesus is 00:43:46.059 --> 00:43:49.519 the only one. All God, all man who lived a perfect 00:43:49.519 --> 00:43:54.219 life. He's the only one. Nobody's perfect. Nobody's 00:43:54.219 --> 00:44:01.159 perfect. We've all messed up. Listen. We don't 00:44:01.159 --> 00:44:06.699 have to live with an uncertain hope. Because 00:44:06.699 --> 00:44:11.559 our hope. I think the hymn writer put it very 00:44:11.559 --> 00:44:15.159 good, and it just came to my mind. My hope is 00:44:15.159 --> 00:44:21.500 in nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness. 00:44:23.960 --> 00:44:27.820 My hope is in nothing less. It's not in my own 00:44:27.820 --> 00:44:32.780 works, in my own ways, in my own goodness. If 00:44:32.780 --> 00:44:39.610 so, I'm living with an uncertain hope. An unfounded 00:44:39.610 --> 00:44:43.809 hope. A never fulfilled hope. Let's just go ahead 00:44:43.809 --> 00:44:46.429 and put it that way. But because of the blood 00:44:46.429 --> 00:44:48.889 of Jesus, my sins are forgiven. My record is 00:44:48.889 --> 00:44:52.369 cleared. My robe is washed. My access is secured. 00:44:52.610 --> 00:44:56.389 My heavenly home is settled because of the blood 00:44:56.389 --> 00:45:01.030 of Jesus. The blood of Jesus not only gives us 00:45:01.030 --> 00:45:03.949 the right of heaven, it also makes us fit for 00:45:03.949 --> 00:45:07.610 the life in heaven. The life in heaven is this, 00:45:07.630 --> 00:45:13.670 nearness to God. It's delight in holiness separated 00:45:13.670 --> 00:45:19.510 for God and to God. Delight in holiness. Worship 00:45:19.510 --> 00:45:22.989 before the throne. Fellowship with the Lamb. 00:45:24.250 --> 00:45:27.010 Pleasure in the will of God. We're not just going 00:45:27.010 --> 00:45:28.610 to float around on clouds. We're going to be 00:45:28.610 --> 00:45:32.050 serving God. We're going to have pleasure in 00:45:32.050 --> 00:45:35.099 the will of God. But guess what? We don't have 00:45:35.099 --> 00:45:38.880 to wait until heaven to experience this because 00:45:38.880 --> 00:45:41.659 of the blood of Jesus. See, we've already established 00:45:41.659 --> 00:45:44.179 that the blood of Jesus gives us bold access. 00:45:44.300 --> 00:45:46.579 The blood of Jesus makes us holy. The blood of 00:45:46.579 --> 00:45:48.940 Jesus unites us with God through a new covenant. 00:45:50.159 --> 00:45:54.579 So it's the blood that's preparing us, making 00:45:54.579 --> 00:45:57.760 us fit for heaven. Not only the right to heaven, 00:45:57.960 --> 00:46:01.820 but to get us ready for heaven. See, when we 00:46:01.820 --> 00:46:04.539 get there, it shouldn't be like we've gone somewhere 00:46:04.539 --> 00:46:12.380 that we've never been before. Heaven is not an 00:46:12.380 --> 00:46:17.019 unknown foreign place to a blood -washed heart. 00:46:18.159 --> 00:46:26.699 It's home. It's home. Blood not only prepares 00:46:26.699 --> 00:46:31.670 a place for the believer, It prepares the believer 00:46:31.670 --> 00:46:36.369 for the place. It's a good way to look at it. 00:46:37.829 --> 00:46:40.070 I've already alluded to this, but you need to 00:46:40.070 --> 00:46:42.610 know something. Heaven will never outgrow the 00:46:42.610 --> 00:46:48.949 blood of Jesus. We're not going to go beyond 00:46:48.949 --> 00:46:52.269 the blood of Jesus and say, well, you know, thank 00:46:52.269 --> 00:46:54.349 you Jesus for doing that, but we're moving on 00:46:54.349 --> 00:47:02.670 now. The blood of Jesus will continue to be one 00:47:02.670 --> 00:47:05.309 of the focal points of singing and celebration 00:47:05.309 --> 00:47:12.550 throughout all eternity. It's going to continue. 00:47:13.849 --> 00:47:18.070 Revelation 7, 19. We just read this. Salvation 00:47:18.070 --> 00:47:20.969 comes from our God who sits on the throne and 00:47:20.969 --> 00:47:26.630 from the Lamb, the sacrificed Lamb, slain before 00:47:26.630 --> 00:47:29.090 the foundation of the earth. Every time we see 00:47:29.090 --> 00:47:31.829 the word lamb, we're talking about, basically 00:47:31.829 --> 00:47:33.469 we're talking about the blood of Jesus and the 00:47:33.469 --> 00:47:39.630 sacrifice of Jesus. Revelation 5, 9. We have 00:47:39.630 --> 00:47:42.389 been made right in God's sight by the blood of 00:47:42.389 --> 00:47:44.570 Christ. I mean, they're still talking about this 00:47:44.570 --> 00:47:52.889 in heaven. Not just to get in. It's a continual 00:47:52.889 --> 00:47:56.599 thing. Hey, I'm celebrating today. I'm in heaven. 00:47:56.699 --> 00:47:59.380 I was made right in God's sight by the blood 00:47:59.380 --> 00:48:03.360 of Jesus. And salvation came from His blood. 00:48:05.800 --> 00:48:10.900 Revelation 1, 5 and 6. All glory to Him who loves 00:48:10.900 --> 00:48:16.460 us and has freed us from our sins by shedding 00:48:16.460 --> 00:48:20.639 His own blood. These are the words and the songs 00:48:20.639 --> 00:48:23.559 of heaven. These are the praises of heaven. All 00:48:23.559 --> 00:48:25.940 glory to him who loves us and has freed us from 00:48:25.940 --> 00:48:29.199 our sins by shedding his blood. He has made us 00:48:29.199 --> 00:48:32.440 a kingdom of priests for our God, his Father. 00:48:32.500 --> 00:48:36.280 All glory and power to him forever and ever. 00:48:36.360 --> 00:48:44.719 Amen. And that verse points out something that 00:48:44.719 --> 00:48:49.579 should bless your heart today. The blood of Jesus. 00:48:52.079 --> 00:48:55.980 See, it's on the altar in the throne room of 00:48:55.980 --> 00:49:00.019 all eternity. The Bible says he took his blood 00:49:00.019 --> 00:49:05.760 to heaven, to the real altar. And it's still 00:49:05.760 --> 00:49:08.579 there today. It'll be there when we get there. 00:49:09.139 --> 00:49:13.000 And it'll be there 10 ,000 times 10 ,000 years. 00:49:14.239 --> 00:49:16.920 It'll still be there. The blood of Jesus is there 00:49:16.920 --> 00:49:21.179 in the throne room of eternity. But the blood 00:49:21.179 --> 00:49:25.639 of Jesus is the eternal testimony of the love 00:49:25.639 --> 00:49:31.579 of God, the love of Jesus for you. It's the eternal 00:49:31.579 --> 00:49:37.920 testimony of his love. Greater love is no man 00:49:37.920 --> 00:49:39.420 than this, and he laid down his life for his 00:49:39.420 --> 00:49:41.380 friends. Jesus willingly laid down his life. 00:49:41.460 --> 00:49:43.940 Nobody could take his life. He willingly laid 00:49:43.940 --> 00:49:47.760 it down and shed his blood for you and for me. 00:49:48.400 --> 00:49:53.340 And his blood, is the eternal testimony of His 00:49:53.340 --> 00:49:58.519 love. See, talk is cheap. People say that they 00:49:58.519 --> 00:50:00.400 love you and then they might stab you in the 00:50:00.400 --> 00:50:05.719 back the very next week. But Jesus didn't just 00:50:05.719 --> 00:50:11.280 say that He loves you. He shed His blood to show 00:50:11.280 --> 00:50:17.219 you that He loves you. The blood is the eternal 00:50:17.219 --> 00:50:20.659 testimony of His love. See, the blood forever 00:50:20.659 --> 00:50:29.039 declares He loves you. He loves you. He gave 00:50:29.039 --> 00:50:35.460 Himself for you. He purchased you. He brought 00:50:35.460 --> 00:50:41.119 you near. And He's the one who brought you home. 00:50:42.179 --> 00:50:44.019 He's the one who brought you home to heaven. 00:50:45.659 --> 00:50:50.489 And He did it with His blood. Made it possible. 00:50:50.570 --> 00:50:54.869 So how are we going to apply this truth? You 00:50:54.869 --> 00:50:56.869 need to settle your confidence in the blood now. 00:50:59.750 --> 00:51:05.349 Be confident. Don't be wishy -washy or hem -hawing 00:51:05.349 --> 00:51:07.230 around. That might not translate into Spanish. 00:51:07.389 --> 00:51:12.670 Wishy -washy. Hem -haw. That probably doesn't 00:51:12.670 --> 00:51:15.550 translate very well into French or Spanish either. 00:51:17.050 --> 00:51:20.269 Listen. You don't need to be back and forth. 00:51:22.530 --> 00:51:24.469 Back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. 00:51:24.789 --> 00:51:26.769 All those things that the blood purchased for 00:51:26.769 --> 00:51:28.309 you, you don't need to be back and forth and 00:51:28.309 --> 00:51:29.690 back and forth and back and forth all the time. 00:51:32.449 --> 00:51:37.010 Double -minded, unstable. No. We need to settle 00:51:37.010 --> 00:51:43.269 our confidence in the blood of Jesus. Biblical 00:51:43.269 --> 00:51:50.050 hope, right? Don't wait until death approaches 00:51:50.050 --> 00:51:58.510 to ask what gives you hope. Have you been washed? 00:51:59.750 --> 00:52:03.090 Are you trusting in the blood of Jesus? Is your 00:52:03.090 --> 00:52:09.570 confidence in Christ alone? See, our assurance, 00:52:09.590 --> 00:52:16.829 we don't live with hope, so our assurance rests. 00:52:17.869 --> 00:52:26.369 In the blood. Not in vague spirituality. Have 00:52:26.369 --> 00:52:28.650 you talked to somebody recently who said, you 00:52:28.650 --> 00:52:34.829 know, I'm a spiritual person. I have. I'm spiritual. 00:52:35.789 --> 00:52:37.909 I don't know that I'm a Christian, but I'm a 00:52:37.909 --> 00:52:48.139 spiritual person. That's useless. Being spiritual 00:52:48.139 --> 00:52:51.579 is not going to take you anywhere except to hell. 00:52:52.719 --> 00:52:56.719 Just go ahead and put it out there. The believer's 00:52:56.719 --> 00:53:01.760 assurance rests in the blood of Jesus, not in 00:53:01.760 --> 00:53:05.199 some vague spirituality. How else are we going 00:53:05.199 --> 00:53:08.960 to apply it? We need to let heaven shape our 00:53:08.960 --> 00:53:12.780 lives today. Our present lives need to be shaped 00:53:12.780 --> 00:53:20.059 by heaven. Because if you're a believer that's 00:53:20.059 --> 00:53:24.420 headed home, you should live like home is real. 00:53:30.159 --> 00:53:37.900 We shouldn't be so focused on the natural that 00:53:37.900 --> 00:53:47.179 we lose sight of the spiritual. We shouldn't... 00:53:47.400 --> 00:53:51.579 have our sights set so much on the temporal that 00:53:51.579 --> 00:53:59.260 we lose sight of the eternal. Because if we're 00:53:59.260 --> 00:54:01.579 really headed home, hey, this whole life down 00:54:01.579 --> 00:54:06.760 here is just like a puff of wind compared to 00:54:06.760 --> 00:54:16.079 eternity. It's over. I look in the mirror today 00:54:16.079 --> 00:54:18.639 and I'm 60 years old. It seems like I was just 00:54:18.639 --> 00:54:31.639 in middle school with my friends. If we're going 00:54:31.639 --> 00:54:36.280 to live like we're headed home, then we need 00:54:36.280 --> 00:54:40.239 to have a loose grip on the world. I mean, we 00:54:40.239 --> 00:54:41.920 still have to live here. Don't get me wrong. 00:54:41.960 --> 00:54:49.510 We still have to live here. For this time. But 00:54:49.510 --> 00:54:55.409 this time should not consume us. We need to have 00:54:55.409 --> 00:54:57.070 a loose grip on the world. We need to have a 00:54:57.070 --> 00:55:02.190 deep love for God's presence. To see and experience 00:55:02.190 --> 00:55:06.110 His glory, His manifest presence. We need to 00:55:06.110 --> 00:55:08.449 have a strong desire for holiness, that that 00:55:08.449 --> 00:55:11.050 holiness is going to work in our thought life 00:55:11.050 --> 00:55:14.670 and in our... in our desires and in our emotions, 00:55:14.829 --> 00:55:18.969 like God wants it to and has made available for 00:55:18.969 --> 00:55:21.329 it to through the washing of the water of His 00:55:21.329 --> 00:55:32.690 Word. We need to be steady worshiping God. And 00:55:32.690 --> 00:55:37.190 so many times, we're quick to worship God when 00:55:37.190 --> 00:55:39.550 everything's going great and everything's going 00:55:39.550 --> 00:55:46.940 our way. But this world is filled with some hardships 00:55:46.940 --> 00:55:52.880 that we all face. So do we spin out of control 00:55:52.880 --> 00:55:56.539 when we face hardship? If so, we're focusing 00:55:56.539 --> 00:56:02.739 on the temporal too much. We need to be steadily 00:56:02.739 --> 00:56:10.699 worshiping God. Even during the hard days. What 00:56:10.699 --> 00:56:15.869 else? How are we going to apply it? We need to 00:56:15.869 --> 00:56:18.210 participate in and learn the song of the redeemed 00:56:18.210 --> 00:56:27.010 before we arrive there. The only time we talk 00:56:27.010 --> 00:56:29.030 about the blood shouldn't be during a nine -week 00:56:29.030 --> 00:56:36.429 series. We need to be thanking Jesus for His 00:56:36.429 --> 00:56:39.630 blood, what His blood has done for us, made available 00:56:39.630 --> 00:56:42.590 to us. We need to worship the Lamb. We need to 00:56:42.590 --> 00:56:47.030 testify of redemption. of His purchasing us out 00:56:47.030 --> 00:56:49.849 of the kingdom of darkness and placing us in 00:56:49.849 --> 00:56:53.309 Christ into the kingdom of His dear Son. We need 00:56:53.309 --> 00:56:55.789 to be testifying of the goodness of God. We need 00:56:55.789 --> 00:57:03.050 to speak often of what Christ has done. That's 00:57:03.050 --> 00:57:05.610 the way we get ready. We don't need to get to 00:57:05.610 --> 00:57:13.260 heaven and say, Oh, what do I do now? Why? Maybe 00:57:13.260 --> 00:57:16.099 after a year or two, you can pick up on some 00:57:16.099 --> 00:57:18.159 of the language if you haven't had any of it 00:57:18.159 --> 00:57:25.840 before you got there. It'd be awesome to go through 00:57:25.840 --> 00:57:29.739 the gate and say, Thank you, Jesus, for your 00:57:29.739 --> 00:57:34.320 blood and what your blood has done for me. We're 00:57:34.320 --> 00:57:37.039 just ready to go when we get there. Just be ready 00:57:37.039 --> 00:57:42.860 to go when you get there. All right, everybody 00:57:42.860 --> 00:57:46.599 stand up. I'm sorry I woke some of you up when 00:57:46.599 --> 00:57:49.880 I did that. I'm glad the baby's still asleep. 00:57:50.719 --> 00:57:53.559 Didn't wake up the baby. We're going to put our 00:57:53.559 --> 00:57:55.659 words in agreement with the Word of God. Let's 00:57:55.659 --> 00:57:57.380 say this together just like we're in the third 00:57:57.380 --> 00:58:00.500 grade on three, except don't just say it all 00:58:00.500 --> 00:58:05.179 like monotone. Say it like you're saying it. 00:58:06.099 --> 00:58:07.980 Look to the person beside you and say, take ownership. 00:58:08.360 --> 00:58:14.510 Take ownership. You ready? One, two, three. I 00:58:14.510 --> 00:58:18.289 have been washed in the blood of the Lamb. The 00:58:18.289 --> 00:58:21.489 blood of Jesus has secured my heavenly home. 00:58:21.949 --> 00:58:26.050 I have boldness before God through the blood. 00:58:27.409 --> 00:58:32.170 The blood of Jesus is preparing me for the life 00:58:32.170 --> 00:58:38.030 of heaven. My song is salvation to our God and 00:58:38.030 --> 00:58:42.400 unto the Lamb. Everybody say, Hosanna. I belong 00:58:42.400 --> 00:58:47.320 to Jesus now, and I will be with him forever. 00:58:48.960 --> 00:58:50.920 Y 'all want to say it again? Let's say it again 00:58:50.920 --> 00:58:55.340 one more time. Ready? One, two, three. I have 00:58:55.340 --> 00:58:58.739 been washed in the blood of the Lamb. The blood 00:58:58.739 --> 00:59:02.539 of Jesus has secured my heavenly home. I have 00:59:02.539 --> 00:59:07.000 boldness before God through the blood. The blood 00:59:07.000 --> 00:59:10.679 of Jesus is preparing me for the life of heaven. 00:59:11.289 --> 00:59:15.929 My song is salvation to our God and to the Lamb. 00:59:16.449 --> 00:59:22.730 Hosanna! I belong to Jesus now, and I will be 00:59:22.730 --> 00:59:27.489 with Him forever. Somebody say praise the Lord. 00:59:28.389 --> 00:59:33.150 Maybe sit here just for another moment. The blood 00:59:33.150 --> 00:59:38.710 of Jesus secures your home before the throne. 00:59:40.489 --> 00:59:45.170 And the lamb who washed you is the lamb who will 00:59:45.170 --> 00:59:48.750 welcome you home. This online worship experience 00:59:48.750 --> 00:59:51.269 was brought to you by the friends and partners 00:59:51.269 --> 00:59:52.289 of Eulation Church.