>> There is pleased to bring you
something better. from the Book
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of Hebrews. ¤ >> Good evening.
We just want to welcome you once
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again to 3 bands fall homecoming
2000. 21, what an incredible
blessing can't mean has been
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already. My name is Jill
Morricone and my great privilege
to introduce our featured
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speaker for this entire weekend.
That's pastor James Rafferty. We
heard from him last night
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Hebrews chapters one and 2 love
languages. Tonight's message is
heart transplant or from here is
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for keepers. 8 and Hebrews 12.
We have long loved pastor James
Rafferty and his wife received
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it in part to the Ministry of
3ABN kind of parallel for many,
many years. But just a couple
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months ago they join the 3ABN
team officially pastor James, of
course, has 3ABN is director
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of disciple ship. We're so
blessed by his knowledge of the
word his love for God and
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his heart for other people. So
it is my great privilege to
introduce him. I know that the
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Holy spirit will use the message
that he presents to bring
conviction and conversion
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to your heart. But first, we
have our very own Tim part plain
and singing tonight
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bringing the message in
song o praise the name. ¤
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>> his feet. >> That >> curse is
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>> men. Thank you, Tim. That
was powerful. And thank you.
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Do you know an Cheryl and sell
us teen and fairer and and of
course, our very own the
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Shelton's. This is the first
time I've ever met Ronnie
Shelton. He's always been in
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the background and you know,
they hide the best. I guess the
best of the shelves. As always,
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hidden. Then just a warm welcome
to everyone. Our viewing
audience this evening.
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We are in the Book of Hebrews
were in the Book of Hebrews
because it is something better.
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But before we get to the Book of
Hebrews. We want to remember
that song is a weapon that we
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can always use against
discouragement. Powerful
powerful. How song is, you
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know, God's people all through
the Old Testament were always
encouraged to sing hymns of
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praise for the deliverance that
God brought to them over and
over again. God has given us
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song as a weapon in times of
discouragement last night we
talked about. We started with
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the love languages and we talked
about how God communicates to
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us. 2 languages of love so that
we can love him so that we can
be transformed so that we can
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love him and love one another.
Tonight we're going to be
talking about how that love
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actually changes sauce. We'll be
talking about heart transplant
or how God's love comes into our
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hearts and that love transforms
OS and then through asset flows
out to Blass, others. Heart
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transplant or and it's so
important nowadays to recognize
the him. The power of God's
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love because are all around us.
Our heavy hearts hearts today
are filled with fear and
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heaviness and sorrow hearts are
sailing all around us and we
have fear of health and
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economic fear and racial fear
and social fear and political
fear. There's a lot of fear in
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this world today. You know, the
Bible says in first John, 4 and
verse 18. I want to read it for
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you tonight. There is no love in
fear but perfect love casts out
fear. I love that it casts
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out fear because for years
meant. He that fears is not made
perfect in love. God
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doesn't want us to be tormented
with fear friends. God is not
one us to be fearful of
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anything. And so in his love
comes in, it casts out fear and
that's what we want
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tonight. That's what we're going
to pray for tonight. So let's as
we open the word of
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God tonight. Let's just pause
and ask the Holy spirit to be
with us. Father having want to
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thank yous evening because you
are a god of love and you are a
God. The transplants, our
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hearts and takes out the fear,
the social fear the economic
fear the health year, the
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political fear. Father. You take
out all of the racial fear,
every aspect of fear that
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we have in our hearts that
causes us to be less than
loving. You take it out because
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all of that has tormented and
according to your word,
according to promises of your
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words, you place in our hearts.
Your love so that can transform
us that our hearts can be
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transplanted us. You can love
others. And tonight we want that
love to come in. We want
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to make room for it. We want to
ask you to come in. We want to
ask you to send your spirit,
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your holy spirit, the Holy
spirit to be with us. You want
to ask that you will do for us.
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What we cannot do for ourselves.
We want to give you permission
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to step into our lives. There
are a lot of viewers out there.
This evening that are struggling
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there. They're facing trials,
they're facing situations that
are very difficult, very
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fearful. I'm asking that you
will step into their lives into
their hearts and make a
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difference tonight with your
love speak to us through your
words show us what your love is
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what it does, what it can do,
what it will do for we ask in
the precious and where the name
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of Jesus Christ a man. So we're
we have been looking at the Book
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of Hebrews because the Book of
Hebrews has a message for us of
something better that word
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better is use all through the
Book of Hebrews over and over
again. Some 13 times. And last
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night we did kind of an outline
of that. And we talked about in
the context of God's love. We
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want to have God's heart of love
and God wants to give us that
love. You wants to give us that
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same heart of love that he has.
He wants to fill us with his
love. That is void of fear.
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>> He wants to give us a heart
transplant. God is the heavenly
physician. He's the head of the
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physician and he's a great heart
transplant or so. Let's just
review a little bit
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because we didn't finish up our
love languages. And and by the
way, we want. I wasn't planning
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that we finish our love
languages are actually going to
weave the languages of love
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all the way through our series.
And this is the second part of
our four-part series.
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>> On something better in the
Book of Hebrews. We did talk,
though, last night about the
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gift of love, God's gift of love
love gives gifts. That's how it
communicates itself to
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us and we saw that and he was
chapter one where God is giving
the gift of himself for our
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sins. So God's love is
manifested to us. According he
was chapter one in this
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revelation of his gift of love,
the gift of himself and then in
season, revelation said
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revelation chapter one. There
you go. I'm a revelation got
Hebrews chapter want. Keep us
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tonight. Will you in. He was
chapter 2. We talked about how
that love was manifested in the
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person of Jesus Christ. Jesus
Christ became a man he
physically connected with the
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human race and that physical
connection has never ended. It
didn't end after 33 years
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when Jesus was resurrected Jesus
became a man who became the
second Adam so that he
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could legally justly righteously
ethically take upon himself the
consequences of man
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sense. And so he became the in
the head. A second head of the
human race and he is physically
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connected with us. This is God's
love. God gives gifts and God
touches us physically
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those with the 2 love languages
that we emphasize last night in
the Book of papers that we
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noticed. We noted last night we
learned last night. If you
didn't know many of you did
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some said to me, hey, I remember
reading that book the 5 love
languages. In fact, one
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sister said to me, I read that
book and I tried to get my would
be has been to read that
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book who is now her husband, but
he wouldn't read it. So I
reminded him after your
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meeting. Did you ever read that
the 5 love languages gifts.
Physical touch. We looked at
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so far and then we have acts
of service and quality time. And
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finally words of affirmation all
of those love languages in the
book, the languages of love, the
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5 love languages are also found
in the book if he was, of course
they are because the fevers is a
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relation. A book and indeed
there found all through the
Bible and we'll see a little
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bit of that tonight. So we
touched on the first 2. And I
shared with you about my own
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experience, my wife and I
learning the love languages and
realizing that I was
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speaking French while she was
speaking English. Other words.
Our love languages were
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communicating love because I was
speaking acts of service and my
wife was a quality time
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woman. And still is. And so it's
so important for us to to
communicate in the language
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is of love to people so that
they can hear they can except
they can understand that they
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are loved. They are appreciated
and they are accepted and that
made a huge difference in the
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relationship. The marriage of my
wife and I, we just celebrated
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our 32nd. What an anniversary
recently of course, Greg angel
to celebrate their 19th wedding
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anniversary God is in the
keeping marriage is keeping
people together and keep
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marriages together. He doesn't
to love and love is practical.
It's not just some emotional
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feeling love has languages to
communicate to us in languages.
So acts of service was another
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love language. And I just want
to give you a Scripture S
reference for that. We may
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touch on it more later. He was
7.25. in Hebrews chapter 7 in
verse 25. And we'll just
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actually look at that verse.
It's speaking about the Ministry
of Jesus Christ for us
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in the heavily sanctuary and is
he was chapter 7 in verse 25 it
says where 4 he Jesus Christ
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is able to save them. That come
to him and save them to the
autumn. Most that come to got
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by him. See, he ever lives to
make intercession for them.
Friends. Jesus Christ is
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continually intercede in our
behalf he's continually working
as mediator so that we can come
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to God through him because
sometimes we feel overwhelmed
with our guilt and shame.
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We feel like we can't come
together, not worthy to come.
The got what Jesus is worth
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and Jesus says you can come in
my name. That's why we pray in
the name of Jesus Christ.
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You can come the got in my name.
And when you come in my name.
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>> You are worried because of my
worthiness. You become my
beloved some my beloved
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daughter because my writing
since my goodness, my marriage
that is what is happening right
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now in heavily century. Jesus is
king. She knew Lee inner city.
That's a revelation of
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acts of service that's a
revelation of the love of God
for us in this also words of
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affirmation will spend a lot
more time on this later on words
of affirmation will
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spend. >> Hold meeting focusing
on words of affirmation. We talk
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about the gift of faith. But
right now words of affirmation
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would be Hebrews Chapter 11. And
I'm just going to be a little CE
sneak preview into that session.
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He was Chapter 11. I want to
challenge you to read. He was
11. You probably read it many
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times. The face chapter. But I
want you as you read that to try
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to find. >> Anything negative
you can find in there about
God's people. Anything at all.
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>> See, God is speaking words of
affirmation to his people in
Hebrews Chapter 11 over and
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over again. Got us communicated
communicating words of
affirmation trying to infer
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the from us in Christ, in
Hebrews Chapter 11. And that's
because words of one of the
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love languages. So you've got
gifts, you've got quality time.
You've got physical touch and
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you've got acts of service. And
then you've got words of
affirmation now those are the
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5 love languages. But there are
more than those 5 in fact, as I
started reading this book, I
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thought, you know, I'm a Bible
got I like to be established in
the word of God. And so I want
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to find these love languages in
God's word. I don't want them
just to be in this book
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that I that I read from someone
I want these Loveland just to be
something that is there in
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the word of God and so as I
started reading through the Book
of Hebrews. I started
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looking for these languages and
sure enough, they were there,
but there was more than just
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the 5. There were 2 more that I
believe are significant as the
other 5. they were in the book
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and sometimes we leave them out
of our relationships. Our
community community
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relationships and out of our
relationships in the world. Now,
this that the one that I
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want to look at right now is
found and he purrs chapter 12.
He just want to turn their
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open. Your Bibles this year. If
you have your Bibles with you or
on your computer, on
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your phone, turn there open
their 2 Hebrews chapter 12. And
we're going to look at
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versus 5, 6, of Hebrews chapter
12. Here's what it says he was
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Jeff to 12th. If I can find it
here beginning with verse 6. I
say 5, 6, I meant to say 6, 7,
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he was 12 67. Okay. Here we go.
>> For whom the Lord loves. So
stop right there. This is
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talking about a lot of language,
Love language. >> Whom the Lord
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loves. >> He Chasen's any
scourges. Whom the Lord loves he
Chasen's any scourges every son
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who he receives now this is love
language. Number 6. And it's
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clearly a Loveland was from God
because it says who he loves.
He's Chasen's and scourges.
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Well, I think all that's
terrible. Why would God do
that's not love it all. >> Well,
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actually, we need to think about
this and we look at it from a
biblical perspective, the war
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chasen actually needs to
educate, you know, education can
be easier. Education can be
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hard. You know, you hear this
phrase. I had to learn it the
hard way and many times fallen
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human nature has to learn it.
The hard way. So God and
educates us God ship scourges us
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and for 7 says if he in your a
chastening God deals with you as
with Suns for Watson's. Is he
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whom the father Chasen's not.
God deals with us. As with sons.
If we're a son of God for
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a daughter of God for children
of God. God will actually
chases. He'll educate us to
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discipline that seals courage us
why you may ask why does he do
as well. Because he loves
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us. Is it easy. I remember when
my kids were younger and we
started the discipline, you
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know, and discipline is
different. You know that the
Bible says spare the rod and
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hate the child. So, you know, we
think will that's, you know,
something that's physical and
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you have to have physical. But I
don't think that's necessarily
all encompassing of
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discipline for example, our
daughter, our daughter, she
would just stiffen up if she
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got a spanking, she was just
stiffen up and we realized this
isn't going to work. This isn't
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going. What we have to think of
something else. One daughter was
to communicate. You know, I
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would call home to check in if I
was traveling somewhere would
call him. And I would talk to
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my wife for a while and then I
would talk to my side. I would
say his son how's it going?
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He was a good dad how you do?
And I say. >> How is your day.
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He would say it was good. What
you do today. All nothing. The
conversation was very
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short. Then I would get on the
phone with my daughter, I say is
we are you doing. She said
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good debt, you'll never guess
what happened AT and T J. >> And
she would just talk,
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talk, talk, talk, talk, talk,
talk. For our daughter. The most
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successful mode of discipline.
>> When she was out of line was
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a time out. And, you know, God
uses time outs. They're in the
Bible. Time now to biblical
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Nebuchadnezzar went on a
seven-year time out. Yeah. Yeah.
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That's in the Old Testament in
the New Testament. You have the
father of John the Baptist who
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question Gabriel when he was
telling him, you know about this
son being born to his wife
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Elizabeth. And he went on a 9
month time out. It worked with
our daughter, but it took a few
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times we would start out with a
five-minute time out. She
couldn't help it to a top 10
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minutes. She had 20 minutes
to 30 minutes by the time we got
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about 30 minutes. She got
the message that it was hard. >>
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Hard for her. >> God disciplines
us because we're his children
and he loves us. He wants OSS so
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much to be filled with his love.
And so he disciplines us to help
us to educate us to grow us to
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mature us to bring us to the
place. He wants us to be wants
to be with him. Have it. And we
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see this all through the Bible
us so powerful. In fact, I want
you to look at a story it's
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found second Kings chapter 21
saying he's chapter 21 we're
look there in second Kings
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chapter 20. We're going to start
with verse 10 risk and look at a
few verses here and
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second Kings chapter 21, we'll
start with first hand. This is a
story about and NASA NASA was
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a wicked King. He was the son of
Hezekiah. He was a wicked King.
Yeah. It started here
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in second key step to 21 the
first and the Lord speak by
servants, M profit. Same NASA
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verse 11 King of jute or shoot a
has done bama nations and have
done wickedly about all
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rights to what all the Emirates
did, which would be for him. And
it made you to also to send
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with his idols. Therefore that
sent the Lord God of Israel,
behold, I am bringing such evil
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of Andras them and Judah that
whosoever hears of it. Their
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ears will T know. For 16, and
NASA shed innocent blood very
much to the field to roost them
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from one end to the other beside
his son were with due to dissent
in doing that, which was evil in
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the side of the Lord for 17. Now
the rest of the acts of an a**
and all all that he did in
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his sandwich. He send. Are they
net written in the Book of the
chronicles of the Kings of
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Judah massive or say teens that
with his father's he was buried
in the garden. His own house in
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the garden of a set and am and
his son reign in his stead. You
can basically conclude a
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NASA was a wicked King. He was
the wicket as violence King and
he basically died and he's a
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lost. But then there's this
little, you know, suggestion
that the rest of what NASA did
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is written, you know, later on
and we pick that up in second.
Chronicles chapter 33.
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Second chronicles chapter 33
gives us more of the story of
the NASA. It's really
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interesting what it says here.
Let's start in sync rocco's 23
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33 with verse one. NASA was 12
years old when he began to rain
and the rain 50 in 5 years and
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years since he was a young kid.
He was. He was probably
influenced by others around him
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as a young age to do evil it
says the first 2, but he did
that, which was evil in the side
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of the Lord like kind of the in
bama nations at the Heat in whom
the Lord to cast out before the
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show that Israel for a bill to
give the high places. It has a
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kind. His father broken down and
hear it up. The altars for
Baylor manmade groves and
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worshiped, all the host of
heaven and serve them. He also
verse 4 built altars in the
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House of the Lord where with the
Lord said in Jerusalem shot by
name my name be forever. He
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built altars for all the host of
heaven in the 2 courts of the
House of the Lord. He was
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worshiping the host of haven't
use worshiping the sign he was
where should be all of these
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pagan deities. And he should
know better. And then it says in
verse 6 and he caused his
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children to pass through the
fire in the Valley of the Suns
of him out. Also he observed
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times and used a and and
champions in witchcraft and
dealt with familiar spirits with
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Wizards in Iraq. Much evil in
the side of the Lord to provoke
him to anger. Set up card images
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of idols for $0.7. And God is
chacin S in fact, it's really
interesting the way they got
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deals with the mask. It says in
verse 10 and the Lord spoke to
an asset and to his people. But
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they would not Harkin. You know,
God speaks to us. He communicate
with us. And we talked about in
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the Book of Hebrews got as a
communicator and he speaks to
us. But sometimes when he
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speaks to us. We don't Park and
I remember when I was a young
man, I was probably about it
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was probably a couple years
before actually gave my heart to
the Lord. I was 18 or 19
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years old. And I had a party
House. I-2 roommates and we just
party all the time,
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especially on the weekends. I
remember one night at this party
is this young lady came
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to me and she was completely
drunk. I mean, she was just
under the influence and she
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said the weirdest thing to me.
She said she said, Jim, that's
why went by then Jim, she said
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I believe if you gave your heart
to the Lord and you became a
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Christian, you can have a great
influence among these people.
That was about 2 years before I
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became a Christian. I thought
she was crazy. I have no idea
what she was talking about is
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thought. Why did she say that to
me. I didn't realize and I
remember after I gave my heart
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to the Lord some 2 years later.
That God was speaking to be
through that to that young lady
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that God was sowing a seed and
that seed was going to be
planted in my heart it was
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going to its influence as time
went on. I remember I look back
and I said, you know, God was
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trying to reach me just like I
right. God is trying to reach
him, but he wouldn't listen
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and so goes on. It's and it
talks about how God had to to to
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to take the NASA into captivity.
It says that he went into
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captivity. And it says in verse
17 over us 18 now the rest of
the acts of the NASA and his
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prayer which he praised his many
going too far down. Where are
you okay? First 11, where for
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the Lord brought upon them. The
captains of the host of the King
of a Syria which a NASA among
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the thorns bound him with
Fetters carried him to Babylon
and when he was in affliction,
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HEPA sought the Lord, his guy.
You see it took me 2 years
friends of affliction deeper
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and deeper affliction deeper and
deeper bondage in 2 trucks.
Alcohol. I was drinking alcohol
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was on my way. I was having
blackouts was on way to becoming
an alcoholic was in
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my family on my mom's side of my
dad's side. I was raised in our
team. So I was good
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going deeper and deeper into
affliction lower and low. I
could have listened the got 2
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years earlier. But I did. I went
deeper and deeper into
affliction. That's what
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happened is happening with NASA.
He's going deeper and deeper
into affliction and and
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he goes so far down to the that
he saw he he reached out to the
Lord. That's what I did.
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I reached out to the Lord, keep
us off the Lord. In verse. 12
says he humbled himself
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greatly before the God of his
father's any Creighton to him
versus 13 and he wasn't treated
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of him and he heard a
supplication and he brought in
again to do some into his King
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of and then the NASA knew that
the Lord he was God. What a
powerful story. What a powerful
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story. And after this he built
versus 14 says he built a wall
without the city of David on
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the West side of the hot in the
valley and even to the entering
of the fish gate anika the
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compass fell and he raised up to
a very great Heidi put captains
avoid all the fence
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cities of June took away the
strange gods was 15 and the
items out of the House of his
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God and the altars, which he had
built and in and in the Mount of
the House of the Lord
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in Jerusalem. The cast of the C
I remember my sister came of one
day and she said she I had
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just become a Christian. She
said she said James, she said
you still listing rock and
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roll music at all. My cassette
tapes you on day myself. Now, my
cassette tapes there in
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my living room. I jump sat there
and I said it doesn't matter
what you listen to.
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You know, it doesn't matter what
music I listen to because I love
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the Lord. I go to church. Now
they don't go to bars. I don't
drink. I don't do any of that
00:27:23.14\00:27:28.11
kind of stuff that I used to do.
In time as I spent more and more
time in the word of God.
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Remember, coming home one day
and I grabbed a cassette tape it
was Van Halen mixes going to
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play the drums with that
cassette tape and I grab a
cassette tape. I was looking
00:27:35.92\00:27:39.35
because cassette tapes, you have
to decide what side you're going
to play. You can just
00:27:39.35\00:27:41.72
play through the whole thing.
Like with season center. So I
put in the side that have
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this. I looked at the side that
had the song running with the
devil running with the devil.
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I thought in my mind I'm not
running with the devil and I
took those cassette tapes.
00:27:51.40\00:27:57.47
Those 100 rock'n'roll favorites.
I took him outside and threw in
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the garbage can just NASA. Not
because I had to not because the
00:28:02.18\00:28:05.95
church told me to not because my
sister told me to I did it
because of the words of that him
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turn your eyes upon Jesus. Look
along his wonderful face and the
things of this world will grow
00:28:10.92\00:28:15.26
strangely dam in the light of
his glory grace. In NASA is
going to be in the kingdom of
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heaven, even though he did
wickedly it says here because
the rest of the story see the
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rest of the story is that men,
NASA turn to the Lord. Why did
he turn the look to the Lord
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because he was chasing it
because he was scourge in God's
Providence. He was scourge by
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the assyrians. And so this is
one of God's languages of love.
It's it's not a language that
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we necessarily. Focus on in the
Christian. Sure. Sometimes you
just want to focus on God's
00:28:48.16\00:28:53.13
love in a very emotional feely
way and we don't want to
recognize tough love. But the
00:28:53.13\00:28:58.27
Bible here in he was chapter 12
describe Scott having tough love
00:28:58.27\00:29:05.64
and chasing us and scourge in us
because he that love wants us to
be saved and sometimes that's
00:29:05.64\00:29:08.88
what it takes. That's when it
hit with massive, that's what it
took and never can as are. And
00:29:08.88\00:29:11.65
sometimes that's what's going to
take with us. And so this is
another one of God's love
00:29:11.65\00:29:21.09
languages. The person experience
of many of us on planet Earth
00:29:21.09\00:29:24.46
today is literally h***. That's
what I was going through. I
didn't realize that. I didn't
00:29:24.46\00:29:28.73
know it because I was Medicaid
and I was medicating with drugs.
I indicating you know, with
00:29:28.73\00:29:34.80
music. And so I didn't really
understand. The h*** that I was
living in until I gave the law a
00:29:34.80\00:29:42.71
chance I accept the Lord is my
saying I just asked him to come
into my heart to give you $0.5
00:29:42.71\00:29:45.98
and I told him, you know, if you
want me to be a Christian.
You're going to have to do that
00:29:45.98\00:29:50.69
in the because I can't. And from
that day forward, I started
walking with the Lord and he
00:29:50.69\00:29:56.09
started doing to me when I was
not able to do. I gave my heart
to Jesus and that. That giving.
00:29:56.09\00:30:04.27
Was returned with him filling me
with his love. I was filled with
love of God. And I began
00:30:04.27\00:30:08.40
to do something different with
my life. In that context. God is
telling us that his love
00:30:08.40\00:30:19.78
is powerful. It transplants our
heart. He takes out the old
heart, the stony heart, the
00:30:19.78\00:30:23.85
world, the heart, the carnal
heart and he gives us a new
heart, a heart that is still
00:30:23.85\00:30:29.79
with his love. Heart. That is
filled with his goodness, with
his grace. God is committed to
00:30:29.79\00:30:37.63
us. By the way, that's the 7th
love language. So we've got
gifts physical touch acts of
00:30:37.63\00:30:42.17
service. We've got. Quality
time. We've got words of
affirmation. We've got.
00:30:42.17\00:30:50.38
Correction or chasing here,
Shep, to 12. And now we've got
the last one that is commitment
00:30:50.38\00:30:53.72
got is committed to us. He was
13 years 5 says I will never
leave you or forsake. You.
00:30:53.72\00:31:00.66
God is committed to us. You
know, those last 2 that chasing
a correction and that
00:31:00.66\00:31:05.53
commitment are strangely absent
in our world today. You know,
we're not able to correct our
00:31:05.53\00:31:09.70
children anymore. You know, he
get in trouble. We're not able
to to tell people things that
00:31:09.70\00:31:14.94
they really probably need to
hear because we need to be
politically correct and people
00:31:14.94\00:31:19.61
are committing to each other.
They're getting in these
relationships. They're hooking
00:31:19.61\00:31:22.21
up. They're living together, but
they're not making any
commitment to each other and
00:31:22.21\00:31:27.88
that is a lack of lof, a lack of
correction and lack of
commitment in our society today
00:31:27.88\00:31:33.79
is a lack of love and it's a
lack of the presence of the Holy
spirit because God is love
00:31:33.79\00:31:36.29
and holy spirit of God and the
Holy spirit comes in to our
hearts and makes his presence
00:31:36.29\00:31:44.77
presence known and week in that
presence. We find ourselves able
to commit to people were
00:31:44.77\00:31:46.87
afraid to come in. We're afraid
to correct. And God says no, I
want your love my left feeling
00:31:46.87\00:31:53.48
your heart so you can love
people the way I want you to
love people the way that I love
00:31:53.48\00:31:56.68
people for their good. And
that's what got us all about
tonight is all about helping us
00:31:56.68\00:32:01.62
to love people for their good.
But how do we do that. How do we
have that experience with
00:32:01.62\00:32:05.95
government tell you all I had
I'm gonna tell you I how I had
that experience in relation
00:32:05.95\00:32:13.80
to Hebrews chapter 4. He was
captive for is what we're going
to break open right now.
00:32:13.80\00:32:15.76
We look at he was 4 verses one
through 11 and we're going to
look at it in the context of
00:32:15.76\00:32:22.20
quality time. We're going to
focus on this because this is my
wife's favorite love
00:32:22.20\00:32:24.47
language. So of course, we've
got to focus on this. I learned
a lot about quality time in the
00:32:24.47\00:32:29.88
importance of quality time and
the impact of quality time. It's
00:32:29.88\00:32:36.65
powerful. Quality time is well,
I started spending with God.
When I first became a Christian
00:32:36.65\00:32:41.02
and a vacuum to fill a party
vacuum. You know, a vacuum with
friends that wanted to just you
00:32:41.02\00:32:46.06
hang out and do nothing
basically. And in that vacuum,
when all that stuff went out
00:32:46.06\00:32:49.40
with the drums, went out the
Rock and roll went out and all
the party went out in came the
00:32:49.40\00:32:54.94
word of God and I began to read
the word of God begin to read
the Bible. I began to read other
00:32:54.94\00:32:59.01
books commentary on the Bible. I
began to saturate my mind and
heart with the Bible. I spent a
00:32:59.01\00:33:02.84
lot of time with Jesus quality
time with Jesus now in Hebrews
chapter 4. We have this this
00:33:02.84\00:33:12.69
description. If you will, the
turtle rest. But we also have a
description. He was chapter 4
00:33:12.69\00:33:15.86
of Saturn's rest eternal rest
and Sabbath rest. You see the
sadness commandment is so
00:33:15.86\00:33:24.97
relation. Lee focused that many
feel Lachance Philo just today
don't even believe that it's in
00:33:24.97\00:33:28.60
the New Testament that it's in
any of the New Testament,
especially. And he purrs
00:33:28.60\00:33:33.98
chapter for a lot of theologians
believe that he was chapter for
00:33:33.98\00:33:36.78
just talking about our spiritual
salvation rest in Jesus Christ
and sometimes we like to say the
00:33:36.78\00:33:42.18
Sabbath is just a spiritual
salvation rest. But the status
is a door into spiritual
00:33:42.18\00:33:48.42
salvation rest. And that's what
he does for actually
communicate. It's really
00:33:48.42\00:33:53.80
powerful. Let let's look here.
First of all. And the context of
having something on needing
00:33:53.80\00:33:57.23
something better. Let's take a
look at. He was chapter 4 verses
one through 11. First of all,
00:33:57.23\00:34:01.30
with a look at the Gospel
invitation here he was chapter
4. And that's just read verses
00:34:01.30\00:34:08.91
one to it says let us therefore
fear that's a promise being left
us and entering into his rest.
00:34:08.91\00:34:14.22
Any of you seem to come short of
it for an to us was the Gospel
priest as well as on them.
00:34:14.22\00:34:19.89
But the word preached did not
profit them not be mixed with
faith in them. That heard it.
00:34:19.89\00:34:26.36
So what we have right here is we
have a call, a gospel call into
spiritual rest. That's
00:34:26.36\00:34:32.50
what verses one to talk about.
The talking about spirit arrest.
00:34:32.50\00:34:38.34
It's really clear because here
we see the Gospel mentioned in
this in this context, we see the
00:34:38.34\00:34:43.01
word preach. The gospel
mentioned and we see this
promise of entering into rest.
00:34:43.01\00:34:48.52
Now let's look at verse 3. For
we which have believed you enter
into his arrest as he
00:34:48.52\00:34:54.06
said, as I swung my wrath
official I rest, although his
works were finished from the
00:34:54.06\00:35:00.33
foundation of the world. So now
we have a distinction being made
00:35:00.33\00:35:05.13
between the rest of God and the
works that got finished or the
rest. The got took when he
00:35:05.13\00:35:09.57
finished his works at the
creation of the world. That's
actually referring to the
00:35:09.57\00:35:13.34
Sabbath. We have a distinction
be made. In other words, there's
a spiritual salvation recipe
00:35:13.34\00:35:18.28
talked about in Hebrews chapter
4. And then there's the Sabbath
rest and the spiritual salvation
00:35:18.28\00:35:22.15
rest is not the Sabbath rest.
He's making a distinction here
between the 2. Now let's go
00:35:22.15\00:35:26.39
on and look at versus 4, 5, For
his bacon. A certain place of
the 7th day on this wise and
00:35:26.39\00:35:34.73
got addressed from the 7 day
from all this works that's
clearly talking about 70 staff
00:35:34.73\00:35:39.00
right. And in this place again,
if they show I rest that's
talking about the spiritual
00:35:39.00\00:35:43.41
salvation rest. In 4, 5,
You see a distinction being
00:35:43.41\00:35:49.51
made between the Sabbath, the
77th and the spiritual rest that
God is calling us into in
00:35:49.51\00:35:54.38
Jesus Christ. Now let's reverse
a 6 to 10. Seen, therefore
00:35:54.38\00:36:01.69
remains that some must enter
there in that is into the
spiritual rest and they to whom
00:36:01.69\00:36:04.66
it was first priest. Entered not
in because of a belief. Again,
the limits. A certain
00:36:04.66\00:36:10.63
day saying, David today after so
long a time and as it is set
today, if you will hear his
00:36:10.63\00:36:14.74
voice harden, not your heart.
God is calling us into the
spirit arrest and you know,
00:36:14.74\00:36:20.08
friends today is the day that
God is calling us into that
spirit arrest wherever you are
00:36:20.08\00:36:26.11
right now in your life, whatever
a crisis. You're facing whatever
00:36:26.11\00:36:28.92
situation you're in, God is
calling you into his spiritual
rest. That is the Gospel call.
00:36:28.92\00:36:32.19
It is not a call to keep the 7th
ASAP. This spiritual call is
completely different
00:36:32.19\00:36:40.93
separate from the 77th. But the
7th a Sabbath is a key part of
how we entered into that
00:36:40.93\00:36:45.97
rest as we're going to see as we
continue reading. So he was
chapter stuff for continuing
00:36:45.97\00:36:53.81
here in verse 8. For if
Jesus. And you know, that should
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actually say Joshua, because
talk about the Old Testament
rest that they brought. Brought
00:36:56.98\00:37:01.08
came into an in Cannes. And if
Joshua Jesus given them rest,
then would he not after would
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have spoken of another day. Now
we know Jesus was leading Joshua
so you could read that Jesus.
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That's why it's transmitted that
way because Jesus was the one
was calling him into that rest
00:37:11.16\00:37:15.93
and they never entered that
rest. So then he spoke of
another day and every day we
00:37:15.93\00:37:20.97
fail to enter into got spiritual
rest except the Gospel got sets
apart another day and another
00:37:20.97\00:37:26.17
day and another they just like
he did with the NASA just like
he did with me in my life God is
00:37:26.17\00:37:31.05
committed to us. And God will do
whatever we can to save us. And
he he wants to speak.
00:37:31.05\00:37:34.48
He wants to whisper into our
ears. He wants to draw last
through the conviction. The
00:37:34.48\00:37:37.55
Holy spirit. But if we don't, we
don't listen to that and we go
on our way to continue to
00:37:37.55\00:37:42.99
work with us. Remember Hall was
so convicted when he was saw he
was persecuted church. He was
00:37:42.99\00:37:49.93
so convicted but he but he
stifle that conviction when
Stephen now there and prayed
00:37:49.93\00:37:54.10
Lord laid out the sun to their
charge. Paul was saw was
convicted. The cipher that
00:37:54.10\00:37:58.04
conviction. And so finally on
the road to Damascus persecuting
00:37:58.04\00:38:03.28
the Christians really
persecuting Christ. Jesus comes
appears in bright light knocks
00:38:03.28\00:38:05.98
him off his horse but lines him.
And finally Saul wakes up. He
becomes Paul eventually the
00:38:05.98\00:38:12.45
apostles to the gentiles. Now
God doesn't want to knock us off
a horse. He does want to blind
00:38:12.45\00:38:15.06
us, but he will he's committed
to doing everything you can are
pretty nice to be this friends.
00:38:15.06\00:38:22.73
Lord save me. And if you can't
save me. Do whatever it takes.
00:38:22.73\00:38:31.51
Save me and make it easy, but he
can't make it easy. Do whatever
it takes. And that's exactly the
00:38:31.51\00:38:39.05
prayer that God is going to as
he's going to do whatever it
takes to save us. He wants to
00:38:39.05\00:38:43.62
make it easy. He whispers to us.
He encourages us because he
wants to make it easy. But.
00:38:43.62\00:38:49.79
If we refused to let him do it
the easy way. He's going to do
it whatever way he has to do it
00:38:49.79\00:38:54.20
because he's committed to saving
us no matter what. Of course we
00:38:54.20\00:38:59.10
can always choose to resist his
chased him. But I'm so thankful
that NASA didn't resist, but
00:38:59.10\00:39:03.77
eventually he surrendered to
God. I'm so thankful that that
we can as are eventually
00:39:03.77\00:39:07.21
surrendered to God. I'm so
thankful the Sol eventually
surrendered to God. And I pray
00:39:07.21\00:39:12.81
tonight that you. Well
eventually surrendered to the
love of God even if it's the
00:39:12.81\00:39:18.25
chase, the love of God. It's
changed my life. I've never been
the same. And I'm so thankful
00:39:18.25\00:39:21.19
for the years that I've had. I
wish I would have accepted
Christ as my personal savior.
00:39:21.19\00:39:25.63
Long before I was 21 years of
age. I'm thankful. Even now. So
let's look at this now. Again,
00:39:25.63\00:39:32.77
as we continue on in here is
chapter 4 verse 9. First night.
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They remain if therefore arrest
to the people of God. First 10
for he that is entered into his
00:39:37.77\00:39:45.78
rested. His spirit, us salvation
rest remains a Some people he
descended into his rest.
00:39:45.78\00:39:49.85
His salvation rest. He also has
seized from is all works that
would cease means to take a
00:39:49.85\00:39:58.09
Sabbath to cease and desist as
God. It from his pouted got
cease from his works. We got
00:39:58.09\00:40:03.93
sees from his works as noted in
the early averse. First we got
sees from his works on the 7th
00:40:03.93\00:40:09.57
day. Paul is very clear about
that in Hebrews chapter 4. He's
very clear about that in
00:40:09.57\00:40:16.24
verse 4. And so what Paul is
actually saying here. per family
saying here is that the
00:40:16.24\00:40:21.88
spiritual rest that God is
calling us into actually comes
through the Sabbath. Rest.
00:40:21.88\00:40:28.16
The Sabbath rest is how we get
into the spirit us because the
Sabbath rest is a time to
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remember. I like that word.
Remember is the only commander
of the 10 that starts with the
00:40:33.29\00:40:38.23
word. Remember see God's law is
a transcript of his character.
Gaza was a lot of love with
00:40:38.23\00:40:41.70
Jesus was asked by the lawyer.
What's the greatest commandment,
00:40:41.70\00:40:45.81
Matthew chapter. 22 verse 3.
What's the greatest amount of
launches that this is the first
00:40:45.81\00:40:49.38
commander that would love the
Lord thy God with all the heart
mine sold. The second is like
00:40:49.38\00:40:54.85
unto love your neighbor as
yourself love is the fulfilling
of the law. Matthew 20 to 30, 60
00:40:54.85\00:41:01.69
40. In excuse me, revelation in
he for years. Tell him a
revelation guy in Hebrews Paul
00:41:01.69\00:41:10.50
is telling us that this 4th
commandment is actually the way
to an arrest, if we will
00:41:10.50\00:41:17.51
remember. Remember what remember
here it is. So you're ready for
00:41:17.51\00:41:20.78
this. I know I was ready for
this here is if you remember to
spend quality time with me. Last
00:41:20.78\00:41:28.55
side. Your business last side.
You cares last side to work list
side your phone calls last side.
00:41:28.55\00:41:33.52
Your sex secular interests lay
aside all of the plans to list
all of the worldly influences
00:41:33.52\00:41:38.56
on this day. >> Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy 6
00:41:38.56\00:41:42.40
days. You can labor do all your
work. But the 7th day is the
Sabbath of the Lord. Your God
00:41:42.40\00:41:48.37
Jesus Christ, the Lord of the
Sabbath, the 7th day 7 Saturday
is the Lord's day and I want
00:41:48.37\00:41:51.31
you to remember that because.
And the way the truth and the
life. Jesus Christ says when
00:41:51.31\00:41:58.81
you enter into the Sabbath and
you spend quality time with me.
You become changed. That's what
00:41:58.81\00:42:04.39
happened to me. I became
changed. You become changed by
the holding me second
00:42:04.39\00:42:09.66
Corinthians 3 verse 18 says we
all with open-faced beholden is
and isn't a glass. The glory of
00:42:09.66\00:42:16.40
the Lord are changed from glory
to glory even as by the spirit
of the Lord. It's a law of our
00:42:16.40\00:42:20.54
physical and spiritual nature
and it works in a detrimental
way. It works in a positive
00:42:20.54\00:42:27.34
way. It works either way that we
are transformed by the holding
so Jesus Christ wants
00:42:27.34\00:42:32.41
us to enter into this quality
time with him. This rest with
him because in entering into
00:42:32.41\00:42:35.35
this rest in spending time with
Jesus we are transformed into
00:42:35.35\00:42:41.59
his image. And that quality time
through that relational time.
That time we spend with him. We
00:42:41.59\00:42:47.23
find ourselves entry into his
spiritual salvation rest. It's
really powerful. If you
00:42:47.23\00:42:51.27
think about it, the Sabbath is
an indication, I should say, an
indication I should say the
00:42:51.27\00:42:57.11
Sabbath is a sign. It's a
representation of salvation
number when God created the
00:42:57.11\00:43:04.15
world he create a wall in 6 days
on this 6th day on the last day.
00:43:04.15\00:43:07.32
He created me and you, Adam and
Eve. He created human life. And
the very first thing that he
00:43:07.32\00:43:13.92
asked us to do when he created
us. Was to rest. To rest on the
7th day, the 7th that was our
00:43:13.92\00:43:22.13
first obligation, if you will.
That was the first experience
with God. It was an experience
00:43:22.13\00:43:26.63
of resting, not just resting and
sitting around doing nothing but
00:43:26.63\00:43:30.17
resting in engagement. Resting
and spending quality time with
God he didn't send us out to
00:43:30.17\00:43:33.31
tend the garden. He told us
about tending the garden told us
about the animal. He told us
00:43:33.31\00:43:38.78
about creation. But he brought
us in to arrest a quality time
with him. That was the first
00:43:38.78\00:43:44.05
thing we did and in that call
the time God showed us all of
his creation. He showed us his
00:43:44.05\00:43:47.92
love. He revealed to us more.
More of himself. And all that
creation. The got showed us.
00:43:47.92\00:43:54.73
There was nothing we could point
to and say you see that. Gotten.
I did that together.
00:43:54.73\00:44:02.10
He did the Trump. I did the
branches. He did the leaves. I
put the food on. There was
00:44:02.10\00:44:05.81
nothing in creation that we help
got to do. God did everything by
00:44:05.81\00:44:12.38
himself he did everything.
Without us for us. That's what
the Sabbath was all it was a
00:44:12.38\00:44:16.99
reminder. Of everything got had
done for us without us. Now. You
00:44:16.99\00:44:21.99
fast forward. 4,000 years. Jesus
Christ has come to this Earth.
We have, of course, forfeited
00:44:21.99\00:44:28.56
everything God gave us but Jesus
crisis come to save us from the
consequences of our sent his
00:44:28.56\00:44:35.64
calm to recreate us. He created
the world and Austin the
beginning and he's going to
00:44:35.64\00:44:39.71
recreate us. That's why it says
it's a great chapter 5.17. If
any man is in Christ.
00:44:39.71\00:44:44.88
He is a new creation. God
created us a new and Jesus did
that in himself. He recreated
00:44:44.88\00:44:47.18
the human race in himself. He
becomes the second Adam. He
picks up Adam failed.
00:44:47.18\00:44:53.79
He surrender says, well, the guy
that's a perfect life of
obedience and he walks through
00:44:53.79\00:44:58.89
life and finally take our place
and receives the full weight of
our punishment. He would
00:44:58.89\00:45:03.16
games us completely and fully
and he does it by himself. In
the garden after 6 days.
00:45:03.16\00:45:14.08
God says the words it is
finished on the cross after a
life of perfect obedience and
00:45:14.08\00:45:21.02
taking our sons upon himself
Jesus Christ says the words it
00:45:21.02\00:45:28.19
is finished. Jesus Christ
accomplish the work of re
creation for us without us. And
00:45:28.19\00:45:37.07
he rested on the Sabbath and we
enter into the Sabbath. We are
entering into everything. A
00:45:37.07\00:45:40.77
crisis done for us without us.
And we're accepting arresting
it. We're taking it in. We're
00:45:40.77\00:45:47.41
focusing on it and it transforms
us. It gives us a heart
transplant. When I first came to
00:45:47.41\00:45:53.42
Jesus. And I realized he had
forgiven all of my sense. I was
overwhelmed with gratitude and
00:45:53.42\00:45:57.92
I remember sometime down the
road. Being confronted with the
idea that the 7 day is the
00:45:57.92\00:46:05.26
Sabbath not Sunday. I told my.
My Bible instructor, there's no
way that Sunday is.
00:46:05.26\00:46:13.00
Not the day we should worship
the Sabbath isn't in the Bible.
That's how much I knew about
00:46:13.00\00:46:16.17
the Bible. But as I started
studying this, I realized wow,
this is amazing. I can't
00:46:16.17\00:46:21.78
believe this. Why do so many
Christians? Why so many people
believe that Sunday is the 7
00:46:21.78\00:46:24.78
day. Of course I did a lot of
research on this. But finally it
came down to this one verse
00:46:24.78\00:46:31.29
in John chapter, 14 verse 15
where Jesus says if you love me.
Keep my commandments.
00:46:31.29\00:46:38.26
And my heart had been
transplanted. I had a new heart.
I heart that love Jesus
00:46:38.26\00:46:42.80
and he was telling me to keep
his commandments. My love for
him was going to say yes.
00:46:42.80\00:46:48.97
My love for him could not say
no. We lose this love basically
00:46:48.97\00:46:55.08
we're left to legal as and when
we lose this lovely may act like
Christians sometimes.
00:46:55.08\00:47:00.55
And that like the devil of a
time he ever seen that. We may
be hot and sometimes and then a
00:47:00.55\00:47:03.69
cold. And of course, when you
take hot, we take called and you
put them together what you
00:47:03.69\00:47:06.86
have Luke warm. And that's what
a lot of Christians are in our
world today. In fact,
00:47:06.86\00:47:13.29
revelation talks about the
lukewarm state of the 7th
church. That's the Church of
00:47:13.29\00:47:17.80
our time. The Church of our day.
So this quality time points to
00:47:17.80\00:47:25.47
the law of God. It reminds us of
the fact that God wants us to
enter into rest with him every
00:47:25.47\00:47:31.65
single week. He wants us to have
quality time with him. We can be
hold him. We can let go of the
00:47:31.65\00:47:34.48
things of this world because you
Babylon is is inundating us. The
world is inundating us
00:47:34.48\00:47:40.06
and God wants us to be in the
world. The U.S. wants to be of
00:47:40.06\00:47:45.99
the world. He encourages us to
get away every week of vacation
with him every week while these
00:47:45.99\00:47:50.73
I'm with him every week for 24
hours. And of course. It's
important for us to do this for
00:47:50.73\00:47:58.07
another reason. I mean, have you
ever met somebody that you
weren't sure you're going to
00:47:58.07\00:48:02.11
like. Until you got to know
them. Might like I don't often
like that person. The first
00:48:02.11\00:48:07.92
impression wasn't so great. You
know, some people have that
experience with me. Maybe quite
00:48:07.92\00:48:12.52
often. But when you get to know
them. You say hey, this person
isn't that bad. After all, my
00:48:12.52\00:48:18.36
wife first Yes. Her teacher, her
Bible teacher and she thought I
00:48:18.36\00:48:22.96
was quite serious. Didn't think
that I had a sense of humor and
2, we started spending more time
00:48:22.96\00:48:28.10
together and she realized, oh,
yes, I I like I like to laugh. I
like to be a happy Christian as
00:48:28.10\00:48:37.85
stand. He said, and it's the
same with God are many people
who see God in a wrong way. They
00:48:37.85\00:48:43.12
don't see God as he really is.
And they need to get to know
him. And that's what the 7th
00:48:43.12\00:48:48.12
reminds us minds us to get to
know. Got to get to to know him
and to love him and realize we
00:48:48.12\00:48:53.23
do that, that it's not about
rules. When you love someone is
not about the rules. I love
00:48:53.23\00:48:59.23
my wife. And there's a lot of
things that I naturally do
because not because ice, I'm
00:48:59.23\00:49:04.57
told to do it now because there
are rules and regulations
change. You need to do this for
00:49:04.57\00:49:09.58
your wife, you that for you. I
tease anything for right now
because I love her and I care
00:49:09.58\00:49:13.42
for her and I want out of that
love to do things for her. And
that's the same way it is
00:49:13.42\00:49:16.02
with Scott. Our relationship
with God based on love cars.
Oz's OS to live in a way.
00:49:16.02\00:49:24.69
That is pleasing to him not only
in our relationship with him but
also in a relationship
00:49:24.69\00:49:27.36
with others. And that's what
God does when he transplants our
00:49:27.36\00:49:33.60
heart. We have what is called a
new covenant experience. Now
let's just look at that quickly
00:49:33.60\00:49:40.21
as we wind down Hebrews chapter
10 is where we find a new come.
Actually, he was and Tim will
00:49:40.21\00:49:45.21
look at chapter 8. 1st he was
chapter 8 begin with for 6 years
when it says it says.
00:49:45.21\00:49:50.55
But now he has obtained the more
excellent ministry talking about
Christ by the much also,
00:49:50.55\00:49:55.39
he is the mediator of a better
covenants which was established
on better promises, not our
00:49:55.39\00:49:59.73
promises to got. That's what we
have in the Old Testament.
covenant is not about a time.
00:49:59.73\00:50:05.87
It's about an experience. All
the war has said we will do said
the people that's the
00:50:05.87\00:50:09.50
experience they had relations
for tells us covenant its Hagar.
00:50:09.50\00:50:15.68
It's not Abraham. But common is
not about the Old Testament. Yo
coming is about how we relate to
00:50:15.68\00:50:18.68
got. You can be in the new test.
The NBA covenant if you depend
upon yourself and your promises
00:50:18.68\00:50:23.92
instead of the promises of God.
So the promises were bad. But
the new company is based on
00:50:23.92\00:50:28.89
better promises want to hear
those promises are. For finding
fault with them. He said
00:50:28.89\00:50:35.86
behold, the day's comes as the
Lord. When I will make a new
covenant House that is wrong
00:50:35.86\00:50:39.83
with the House of Judah the new
covenants with the House of
Israel Judy, because we are
00:50:39.83\00:50:44.37
spiritual Jews spiritual Israel
spiritual due to we are in
crisis in their week 4. We are
00:50:44.37\00:50:47.74
Abraham seeded areas according
to the to the promise. Not
according to cover of but their
00:50:47.74\00:50:54.48
fathers and that day when I took
them by the hand to lead them
out of the land of Egypt
00:50:54.48\00:50:56.55
because they continue not to my
covenant. And I regard the not
said the law. The reason
00:50:56.55\00:51:00.69
they didn't continue is coming
is because they made the promise
00:51:00.69\00:51:05.59
is based upon themselves and
their power. They didn't make
promises based upon God when he
00:51:05.59\00:51:11.07
was going to do for this is the
covenant I'm going make with
House of Israel after those
00:51:11.07\00:51:15.07
tests. If the Lord I'm going to
put my line to their minds. I'm
going to write them in their
00:51:15.07\00:51:19.97
hearts. I'm going to be them a
God. And this will be a people
and they shall not teach every
00:51:19.97\00:51:23.88
man is a neighbor and every man.
His brother say no. The Lord for
all will know me from the least
00:51:23.88\00:51:27.65
to the greatest and I will be
merciful to their own
righteousness and their sins and
00:51:27.65\00:51:32.42
their iniquities I will remember
no more 5 promises of new
covenant. >> 5 promises of the
00:51:32.42\00:51:39.86
new covenant number one. God.
It's going to write his law in
our minds and in our hearts.
00:51:39.86\00:51:43.47
That's what we've seen. The text
God's going to do that.
Forgiveness of sin is promised
00:51:43.47\00:51:48.94
in the new company to be our
sins. And our iniquities to be
remembered no more.
00:51:48.94\00:51:58.61
God is going to anoint OS with
his holy spirit in the context
of this says. Going down to
00:51:58.61\00:52:04.95
verse. 11. They should not teach
him and his neighbor and every
00:52:04.95\00:52:09.09
managed by the same know the
Lord for all I know is released
to the greatest in first, John
00:52:09.09\00:52:13.46
chapter one 20, we're told that
the reason why we don't need
anyone to teach us is because
00:52:13.46\00:52:17.37
we have the anointing of the
Holy spirit and the Holy spirit
teaches all things. Now, does
00:52:17.37\00:52:20.44
that mean you should be
listening to me or anyone any
other past or anyone else know.
00:52:20.44\00:52:26.27
We listen. You listen to me. We
listen the pastor's because
pastors bring us the word of
00:52:26.27\00:52:30.58
God. And the word of God is
inspired by the Holy spirit. I'm
not teaching use. The word
00:52:30.58\00:52:35.82
of God is teach. I'm just I'm
just a vessel that God is using
to communicate the truth of his
00:52:35.82\00:52:40.12
words. You don't need me to
teach you the Holy spirit
teaches you through his work.
00:52:40.12\00:52:44.19
And if the Holy spirit isn't let
me put it this way. If the word
isn't being priest, that
00:52:44.19\00:52:48.30
mean the Holy spirit is an
inefficient man's words. That's
not the Holy spirit
00:52:48.30\00:52:51.27
teach you. You don't need a new
mandate. Each. You don't need a
mandate. You need the Holy
00:52:51.27\00:52:55.90
spirit to teach you. You have an
option and many times you're
going to find when you listen
00:52:55.90\00:52:59.84
to the word of God. That is
being can bring conviction you
through the Holy spirit.
00:52:59.84\00:53:04.58
You listen to things that God
has already convicted you of is
already taught. You was already
00:53:04.58\00:53:07.52
been teaching. You say that's
exactly how the law has been
leading me. That's part of the
00:53:07.52\00:53:13.59
new company experience. God does
not want to rely upon man. A
man's teaches immense
00:53:13.59\00:53:16.76
traditions because many of the
major stray, they going to tell
you things that are in the
00:53:16.76\00:53:19.69
Bible. That's what I was raised.
I was raised believing Sunday
was this was the last
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day was the Sabbath day. That's
not what the Bible teaches. You
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need to listen to the Holy
spirit. You have an option from
the Holy spirit and then the
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other thing is we're going to
have restored relationships with
God. He says I'm going to be
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their God. They're going to my
people that quality time
relationship. That's entering
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into that salvation set that
salvation rest to the Sabbath.
>> The Sabbath is the key to
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all of this because the savage
reminds us to rest in Jesus. The
Sabbath is if you will,
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to conduct the doorway into got
salvation rest. And then the 5th
one. We've got. Number
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one. Golfer tees lot of minds
and hearts number 2, the
forgiveness of sins. Number 3,
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you know, into the Holy spirit.
So no one has to teach us. We
are taught from the word of
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God. Number 4, restore
relationships got a number 5.
The most important one, it's
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all through these verses. I I I
I got to say I will do this. I
will put my all forgive
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this incident was I will be
there. Got will be my people. I
will teach them. They don't
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need a man to teach them. In
other words, these new covenant
promises are not based
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on what man does that based on
what God does the not based on
our promises that based on
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God's promises and we have
arrested those promises and the
only way we can truly rest of
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those promises. Is to let got
communicate is love to us in a
relationship with him. That's
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why the Sabbath so important and
that's why we're so glad you
joined us for this camp
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meeting and you've entered into
this time of Sabbath. Rest. You
lay aside your secular
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affairs, everything secular. And
you enter into that quality time
with God, you let him
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communicate to you. Let him
teach you. You let him direct
you. If we miss relationship
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with God, we miss everything. So
the Sabbath is a sign of are
resting in Christ. The Sabbath
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is a sign of our trusting in
Christ. The Sabbath is a sign of
are looking to Christ.
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God is eager to transform our
transform our hearts and we are
to have been transformed
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God is a heart transplant or and
that's what he did in my life.
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37 years ago. God. Does this
operation by the power of his
love and his love synonymous
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with his law. His love is not
just a fun emotional feeling his
love is a strong principle that
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works and communicate to us
through gifts through physical
touch 2 acts of service to
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quality time. 2 words of
affirmation to chase even
correction. And he's committed
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to us all of that is a
revelation of got 11. Of course,
God wants us not only to
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experience that lofted to have
that love come to us from him.
But he wants it. He wants to
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saturate our hearts with that
love. He wants to transfer
planned our hearts with that
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law. So that new us, we can be a
conduit to love others to speak
GAZ languages of love to those
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around us to those we come in
contact with to those who are so
filled with fear. Who is so
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field. With worry and and care.
And concern was so anxious and
fearful about what's going on
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in our world today. God says in
some one 19 1.65 great piece.
Have they that love by
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law and nothing shall offend
them. And God wants us to give
that peace to others and
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friends. I'm inviting you to
accept that piece tonight. I'm
inviting you to let God be
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a heart transplant or tonight.
It's not difficult. 37 years ago
I got on my knees and I
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said Lord please come into my
heart. Forgive me for my sense
lift this burden of guilt from
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me. If you want me to be a
Christian. Please do that to me
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because I can't do it in myself.
It's a very simple prayer and
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you can pray that prayer tonight
once you pray that prayer right
now as we pray together.
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Father in heaven. Thank you so
much tonight for each viewer.
Thank you for those who want a
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heart transplant. Thank you for
those who are listening to your
word and the senior spirit.
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Thank you for those. Whose lives
can be completely turned around
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right now because they're going
to open that door and enter into
that quality time with you,
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which is the way into that
spiritual rest that spiritual
salvation you've given each one
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of us. The Gospel. Father police
tonight. Listen to the words.
The heartfelt cries.
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The please of you people all
over the world, people. We're
tired of people, overwhelmed
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people who are done. With all of
that impact the pain and sorrow
people who want you,
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people who want cheese us to be
their Lord and savior. Listen,
an answer we pray in the name
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of Jesus. Christ. ¤ ¤
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