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Would you take your Bibles then and open up to

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the New Testament book of Hebrews? Hebrews chapter

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3 verses 1 through 6. We're continuing our sermon

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series through this book. And I want to remind

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you, as you're turning there, as you're finding

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your seats of what the book of Hebrews does,

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it makes a lot of comparisons, a lot of contrasts.

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And we have seen thus far that Jesus is greater

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than all of his creation. And we are reminded

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that all things were made through Jesus. And

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this same sort of greater theme continues now

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into chapter three. Would you follow along with

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me? Verses one through six. Therefore, holy brothers,

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you who share in a heavenly calling, consider

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Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession,

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who is faithful to him who appointed him, just

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as Moses also was faithful in all God's house.

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For Jesus has been counted worthy of more glory

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than Moses, as much more glory as the builder

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of a house has more honor than the house itself.

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For every house is built by someone, but the

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builder of all things is God. Now Moses was faithful

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in all God's house as a servant to testify to

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the things that were to be spoken later. But

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Christ is faithful over God's house as a son,

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and we are his house if indeed We hold fast our

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confidence and our boasting and our hope. This

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is God's word. Let us pray. Father, we do thank

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you for the book of Hebrews. And as we dive into

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this text, certainly, Lord, we may have questions.

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And so I ask, Lord, that you would open up our

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hearts and our minds, that you would grant us

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understanding. and that we would rightly rejoice

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glory in the God man, Jesus Christ, in whose

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name we pray. Amen. Hypothetically speaking,

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let us say that you had to tell the story of

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the Bible to someone, but you could only do so

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using four biblical individuals. Could you do

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that? And whom would you use to tell the story

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of Scripture in what we might say is the Mount

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Rushmore of biblical individuals? Take a moment,

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think about it. Who do you believe is absolutely

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essential for telling the story of Holy Scripture?

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Your minds may be going to Abraham. You may be

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thinking about David. Perhaps you're thinking

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of Mary. And what about the Apostle Paul? Who

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is on your Mount Rushmore? Certainly we know

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Jesus is there and He is above the mountain.

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But within your list, did you have Moses? If

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you didn't, you're probably wondering how do

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I get Moses in there? Moses is great. Everybody

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loves Moses. Moses the one who got the Israelites

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out of Egypt as he followed the Lord's call upon

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his life. And he did those plagues and he got

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them across the Red Sea walking on dry ground

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with the Egyptians pursuing them. This is Moses

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in the Song of Moses in Exodus 15. This is Moses

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on Mount Sinai and the Ten Commandments and the

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Mosaic Covenant. This is Moses in the burning

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bush. This is Moses with Elijah at the Mount

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of Transfiguration. What's not to love about

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Moses? When it comes to first place in Scripture,

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we might be tempted to put Moses there, but what

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verses 1 through 6 do is to have us, yes, consider

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Moses, but the text says consider Christ. So

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remember how the book of Hebrews does things,

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how Jesus is said to be greater than the angels

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and Jesus is the greater prophet, priest and

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king. And here we have another comparison, this

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with Moses. Yes, Jesus is greater than Moses.

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After all, Moses is a type of Christ. Not the

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other way around. And so two points to consider

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today. One, Jesus is the builder of the house

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and Jesus is the son. Before we cover those two

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points, I just want to share some introductions

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and some comparisons that are here. First of

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all, notice the audience of verse one. Therefore,

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holy brothers, right, saints, K people have been

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redeemed. We must remember the main problem of

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this, that the writer of Hebrews is writing to

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some portion of people that are considering returning

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to the old covenant. They're considering turning

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their backs on Jesus. But notice what the writer

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does. He reminds them, he reminds true believers

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of their place in Christ. He reminds them of

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their heavenly calling. In verse one, he reminds

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them of their status, that if you are in Christ,

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you are made holy by Him. In this way, the writer

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of Hebrews acts as a good biblical counselor.

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He says, consider Jesus. This is a word for them

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because. What's going on? We've already talked

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about this as the writer of Hebrews is addressing

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a people who were, yes, considering going back

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to the old way. But the reason that they were

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considering going back was because of persecution,

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because of troubles brought on by their Christian

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faith. And so what does he tell them? Don't go

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backwards go forwards and that even when you

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are you are depressed You are downcast you are

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pursued at every angle by people who hate you

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because of your faith Remember the gospel The

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writer could have said remember that before the

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world hated you it hated Jesus and so consider

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again Jesus as the Apostle and the high priest

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of our confession, he's saying, and he's saying

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this to you too, lift your gaze above your current

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problems, above your current situation, and see

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that Jesus, he is at the right hand of the Father

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right now making intercession for you, and he

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is where your true home is. And you only have

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salvation in His name. And so do not turn your

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backs upon Jesus. I heard one other preacher

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saying it like this. If everybody in your environment

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everybody in your sphere, everybody within your

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friend group or your family, if they all turn

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their backs on Jesus, don't you do it. Don't

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do it. It is a terrible, horrific mistake because

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we must remember what Jesus has done and he has

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done something that Moses could not do and Abraham

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could not do and David could not do, the Apostle

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Paul could not do, Mary could not do. And you

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can't do it, and your neighbor can't do it, and

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your friend can't do it, and your mother can't

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do it. No one can do it. Jesus laid down His

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life so that you would have life. And in His

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name alone, there is everlasting life. And yet,

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as clear as that is, I know within our text there

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might be some things that maybe confuse us. And

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so I hope to be able to help look in verse 1,

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as Jesus is called the apostle. Now when we hear

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the word apostle, our minds naturally go to,

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well, you know, the apostles. So why is Jesus

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called an apostle here? What does the word apostle

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mean? It means one who is sent. And is it not

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true? that Jesus was sent by the Father. Isn't

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it true that Jesus comes to do all of the Father's

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will? Yes, it is. And so once again, we see the

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connection between the Father and the Son. As

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a matter of fact, verses three and four tell

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us very plainly that Jesus is God. Imagine hearing

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that. as somebody who is tempted to go back to

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the old covenant to abandon Jesus, to be reminded

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that Jesus is one with the Father, that Jesus

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is God. And he is the high priest of our confession.

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And really what the writer is doing then, he

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is laying the groundwork for what's to come.

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Because as we consider that Jesus is called an

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apostle and that Jesus is our great high priest,

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Was Moses a great high priest? Certainly Moses

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did much priestly activity and certainly we remember

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Aaron in this way too, but Aaron and Moses cannot

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cannot compare to Jesus and what he does as our

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great high priest and yet at the same time as

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I say this the writer of Hebrews does have a

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very high view of Moses he does the writer of

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Hebrews says that both are worthy of glory and

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both are faithful just as Moses is faithful in

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all God's house but Jesus is greater and at the

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same time this does not diminish the faithfulness

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of Moses actually it elevates it just because

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Jesus is worthy of more glory does not diminish

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the work that God did through Moses not at all

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I like to think of it like this. Have you ever

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heard of an athlete who accomplishes something

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great and it puts him in the conversation with

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other greats and someone will say, you know,

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no one else has done that since Mickey Mantle

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or Babe Ruth or Willie Mays. And sometimes the

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athlete will say something like it is just a

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privilege to be mentioned in the same conversation

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as those men. Moses is in the conversation. But

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how so? Well, look in verse five. Moses was faithful

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in all God's house as a servant to do what? To

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testify to the things that were to be spoken

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later. And so what are the things to be spoken

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later? What is this talking about? The ministry

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of Moses testifies to that of Jesus. And I can

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prove it to you. John 5, 46 says, for if you

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believed Moses, you would believe me, because

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he wrote about me. Rick Phillips says, Moses'

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ministry was not in conflict with Christ, but

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Moses was a servant whose labor was part of Christ's

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ultimate work. And so you see Moses' ministry

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points us ahead to Jesus. And so let's look at

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these two points now. One, that Jesus is the

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builder. And secondly, that Jesus is the son.

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It says that both are common in faithfulness,

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both are worthy of glory. But look in verse three,

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because verse three sets them apart. Because

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they're both faithful, but one's greater. How

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so? Well, It uses an analogy of a house, of a

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building, and Scripture actually does that quite

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often here. And so you see it again, and we should

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be reminded of the promise that was made to David.

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If you remember 2 Samuel chapter 7, the Davidic

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covenant, what does God promise to David? He

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promises one who's going to come and build his

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house. Now, the immediate fulfillment is certainly

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that God did provide David a son to build the

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house, the temple. He provided Solomon, right?

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But the Davidic covenant points beyond Solomon.

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The Davidic covenant points us all the way to

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the forever, eternal, promised King. And this

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is easy to see, that Jesus is worthy of more

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glory like a builder is worthy of more than the

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house itself. And so once again, Christ is the

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builder, Moses is the house. And as such, Christ

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is worthy of more glory and more honor for more

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reasons than we can possibly count, but specifically

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here for building his people. Because there's

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nobody else who could do it. Perhaps your minds

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are thinking of Psalm 127, how that Psalm begins,

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unless the Lord builds the house, those who build

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it labor in vain. Christ must be the builder

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of the house. And Jesus, you have a better house.

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Christ is the builder or the house collapses.

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Perhaps you remember what Jesus has to say about

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the house that's built on the rock versus the

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house that's built on the sand. And here we also

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may remember Jesus' promise to build. It's in

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Matthew 16. It happens at Caesarea Philippi.

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It is there that Jesus asks his disciples, Who

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do you say that I am? And what does Peter say?

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He says you are the Christ. What does Christ

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mean? It means the anointed one. This is getting

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at the promises of scripture. Peter is acknowledging

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that Jesus was is the promised one throughout

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redemptive history to save God's people from

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their sins and so Peter says you are the Christ

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but notice something special here as You look

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at verse 6 But Christ is faithful This is the

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first usage of the word Christ within the book

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of Hebrews and so maybe possibly The writer of

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Hebrews is reflecting on that confession by Peter.

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You are the Christ. One commentator says here,

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perhaps Christ is used for the first time here

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because of the contrast between the great figure

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of the old covenant, Moses, and the expected

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figure associated with the new covenant, the

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Messiah. And as such, as Jesus is the Christ,

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friends, he is still building his church. He

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is still building his church and he promised

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the gates of hell will not prevail. Perhaps you

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remember 1st Peter 2, 9 through 10. But you are

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a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation,

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a people for his own possession, that you may

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proclaim the excellencies of him who called you

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out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once

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you were not a people, but now you are God's

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people. Once you had not received mercy, but

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now you have received mercy. Christ is building

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his church. Christ is building his people. And

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you, believer, who are committed to the work

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and the worship of this church, you are living

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proof. This church is living proof and all of

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the churches that are being planted across the

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world are living proof Jesus is still building

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his church and the gates of hell will not prevail

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and Yet sadly Church membership has gone by the

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wayside these days We recognize Jesus is so committed

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to his church that he established the church

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and he died for the church. And yet there are

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so many who call themselves Christians who do

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not commit to the church at all. They won't commit

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to the work and the worship of the church. People

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won't commit to evangelism. People won't commit

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to Bible study together. People won't commit

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to tithing. People won't commit to worship. But

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friends, this is our chief end to glorify God.

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And we do so when we gather like this in worship.

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Because again, Christ is worthy. But not only

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is he worthy as the builder of the church, Christ

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Jesus is worthy as the Son. And so let's consider

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the second point. considering the place of Moses

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and Jesus in the household. What the writer of

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Hebrews is doing really is doing apologetics.

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And by apologetics I don't mean saying you're

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sorry. The writer is making a defense for Christ.

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and making a defense for the new covenant. And

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he gives us his reasoning that as Moses was faithful

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as a servant in God's household, Christ is faithful

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as a son. And so you see, both Moses and Jesus

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are faithful, but there is only one begotten

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and one beloved son. I already referred a couple

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of Sundays ago to Jesus. the Mount of Transfiguration,

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but I'm going to use it again because it illustrates

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this perfectly you remember Matthew 17 and Mark

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9 and Luke 9 Jesus takes his disciples three

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of them Peter James and John they're on this

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mountain and appearing before them is who else

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but Moses and Elijah right and Peter says Lord,

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it is good that we are here. If you wish, I will

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make three tents, three tabernacles here, one

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for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah. But

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friends, there are problems with Peter's wish,

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one of them being that he seems to place Jesus

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on the same level of glory as Elijah and Moses.

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But then he is interrupted. in his speech, because

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there is a voice coming from the cloud that says,

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this is my beloved son with whom I am well pleased,

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echoing the words of Jesus' baptism. Now on some

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level, I think we can understand why Peter went

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there. Because as Moses is on the Mount of Transfiguration,

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there is only one other time that an event remotely

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close to that has ever happened. yes it was with

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Moses on Mount Sinai as he was shining just like

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Jesus is shining on the Mount of Transfiguration

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and so you can see why Peter expresses his wish

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because Moses is there but friends that's that

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event is not chiefly about Moses and it's not

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about Elijah it's about Jesus Because that voice

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comes through saying this is my beloved son,

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but then the voice from Yahweh says Listen to

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him Not listen to Moses not listen to Elijah

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listen to him and To use the words from our passage

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today. We might say consider him But friends

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that is man's chief problem, isn't it? people

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who go through all of life Never considering

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Jesus, the problem be it idolatry, and that we

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place our trust elsewhere, we give our worship

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elsewhere, but again, verse four, Jesus is God,

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not Moses, and not Elijah, and not any other

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biblical individual, not any individual that

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you know today, not your best friend, not your

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boss, not your mom, not your dad, it is Christ

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alone. And Christ has been promised ever since

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the fall to be this Son. For you remember Genesis

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chapter 3, the promise of such a Son to bruise

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the head of the serpent. You see, yes, Moses

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did incredible things, not to diminish that at

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all. Moses was successful over Pharaoh, but Jesus

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is successful over the devil. You see Christ

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has a greater enemy and Christ promises a greater

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salvation and Christ promises a greater promised

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land. But how does he do it? How does he do it?

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Do you remember in John chapter two when Jesus

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is talking to the Jewish people and he said destroy

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this temple and in three days I will raise it

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up and the people are like Are you kidding me?

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It took 46 years for us to build this temple.

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And you're gonna raise it in three days, but

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friends, we of course know the answer. He was

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talking about the temple of his body. He was

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talking about resurrection. How is it possible

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that he brings us into the greater promised land?

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It's possible because of the death and the resurrection.

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You see the problem? If I can go back yet again

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to Peter on the Mount of Transfiguration, the

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problem, the real problem with Peter is when

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he says, hey, let's just stay right here and

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we'll make these tabernacles is that he was attempting

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to get to the glory without the cross. All glory,

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no cross. But Jesus was sent to lay down his

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life for us. But friends, he didn't stay there.

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because He arose on the third day and He atoned

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for all of your sins, all of them. And proving

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that He is greater, He was raised. And in Him

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we also will be raised. Death does not have the

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final say. And so in light of that fact, friends,

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we need to press on. Look at verse six. We need

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to hold fast. and we are his house, if indeed

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we hold fast our confidence and are boasting

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in our hope. We have already seen the writer

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of Hebrews laying out his defense, but now comes

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the instruction. As Christ is over the house,

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The writer tells these brothers and sisters,

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you belong to that house only if you hold on

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to the confidence and your hope in Christ Jesus.

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But notice, he's not just telling them that.

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He's not just pointing fingers at them. He's

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also pointing his fingers at himself. We are

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his house. If indeed we hold fast our confession

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and are boasting in our hope, he is preaching

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the gospel to himself. Friends, we got to do

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that too. We got to do that too. How shall we

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hold fast if we don't preach the gospel to ourselves?

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And if we don't have others speaking the gospel

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into our lives? He groups himself into this.

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He says we have to hold fast. We have to persevere.

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You see, when it comes down to it, what these

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people were thinking about doing is no longer

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trusting in Jesus, but trusting in Moses, attempting

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to avoid persecution. But friends, that doesn't

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guarantee very much. And it certainly does not

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guarantee a heavenly calling. There is no hope

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in that. And so let me ask you, where's your

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hope today? Where is your hope? Oftentimes we

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use the word hope rather nebulously or hopelessly.

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When we talk about hope today, we usually mean

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wishful thinking. I hope you have a great day.

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I hope Clemson wins the game. But friends, there's

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no guarantee in these things. But the hope that

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is offered in Christ is real gospel hope, and

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you can be sure of it. Because Christ is the

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son and Christ is the builder He is he is these

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things and because he is you can not only have

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hope you can boast in it according to verse 6

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And yet as I begin to close I understand how

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verse 6 may perplex us Because it's conditional

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isn't it if we hold fast If we hold fast I know

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how we feel about that. Sometimes we might wish

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the text to say, Jesus is holding fast to you.

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Like somehow, some way, the only way that we

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can keep from apostasy is to hold on by our fingertips.

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I was listening to a song just the other day

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that puts this in a way that I really like. You

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may have heard this song, When I Fear My Faith

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Will Fail. Christ will hold me fast. When the

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tempter would prevail, he will hold me fast.

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I could never keep my hold through life's fearful

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path, for my love is often cold. He must hold

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me fast, for my Savior loves me so. He will hold

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me fast. Friends we look at this verse 6 and

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we might say why couldn't the writer have given

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us a song like that? He will hold me fast And

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so why is this so conditional why is there that

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word if It sounds like the writer is not a very

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good Presbyterian But friends, that's not true

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Because holding fast is what we do by faith We

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are called to exhibit our faith and called to

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exhibit our faith at all times You are called

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to exhibit your faith when you face that diagnosis

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You are called to face that even when you lose

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a loved one You are called to faithful living

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when you don't get that promotion or when your

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kids don't like you You are called to faith at

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all times even should persecution come your way.

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But friends, as you wonder about that word if,

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am I holding on tight enough? Consider this,

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faith doesn't come from you. Faith is not generated

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by you. Faith comes from God, for it is by grace

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that you have been saved through faith. It is

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not from yourselves. It is the gift of God, and

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he has given you faith, And He has given you

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the means to grow in your faith. So do not neglect

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these things. And furthermore, within our passage,

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as we wonder about this word, if am I holding

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on? Haven't you seen so far the faithfulness

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of Christ? It is firstly about the faithfulness

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of Christ before it's ever about your faithfulness.

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And so, yes, friends, we can cling to Him in

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faith. as he holds on tight to us. And so maybe

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you are going through a difficult time. Maybe

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you do need this encouragement. Friends, remember

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the promises of scripture. Remember the covenants.

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Remember the promise of the son, the builder

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of the house who was crucified but also raised.

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Christ has kept his promises. God keeps his covenants.

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And this is enough. This is enough for us to

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continue hanging on knowing that he is hanging

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on to us remember the faithfulness of Christ

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in all things and how God has bestowed upon you

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faith and He will get you through let's pray