Participants: Bill Santos
Series Code: IIWC
Program Code: IIWC200904
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00:01 >>Bill: DR. GEORGE KNIGHT IS BACK WITH US AGAIN THIS
00:02 WEEK AS WE CONTINUE OUR EXPLORATION OF THE BOOK 00:04 OF HEBREWS. WE WILL BE BACK IN JUST A MOMENT. 00:21 >>Announcer: IT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME. 00:24 GOD'S BOOK THE BIBLE 00:27 STILL RELEVANT IN TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD 00:32 IT IS WRITTEN. 00:34 SPREADING MESSAGES OF HOPE AROUND THE WORLD. 00:39 (MUSIC) 00:50 LET ME WELCOME OUR VIEWERS BACK THIS WEEK TO OUR IT 00:51 IS WRITTEN PROGRAM WHERE WE ARE CONTINUING OUR 00:55 EXPLORATION OF THE BOOK OF HEBREWS. DR. KNIGHT IS 00:57 BACK AGAIN. THANK YOU DR. KNIGHT FOR AGREEING 00:58 TO COME BACK ONCE AGAIN. 01:02 >>Dr. Knight: GOOD TO BE HERE, BILL. >>Bill: I'LL 01:03 TELL YOU, I LEARNED SO MUCH LAST WEEK WE LOOKED 01:07 AT THE BOOK OF HEBREWS, YOU KNOW, LET'S NOT WASTE 01:10 ANY TIME. LET'S GET RIGHT BACK INTO IT. I THINK WE 01:11 LEFT OFF LAST WEEK, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, WITH 01:14 THE IDEA OF THE JESUS INTERCESSION. YOU SAID, 01:19 MAYBE WE NEED TO RECAP THAT AND JUST EXPLAIN A 01:20 LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. 01:23 JESUS INTERCEEDING ON OUR BEHALF. >>Dr. Knight: 01:24 WELL, THAT'S A GOOD, THAT'S A GOOD THING. 01:27 >>Bill: IS THAT A GOOD. 01:28 >>Dr. Knight: THAT'S A THEME OF A LOT OF 01:30 SCRIPTURE. WE CAN DO THAT NOW OR WE CAN FINISH THE 01:33 OUTLINE, DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE TO ME. >>Bill: 01:34 OK, LET'S FINISH THE OUTLINE THEN. LET'S 01:35 CONTINUE WITH OUR OUTLINE >>Dr. Knight: IT MAY BE 01:37 MORE MEANINGFUL IF WE FINISH THE ENTIRE BOOK AND 01:38 THEN WE. >>Bill: AND THEN WE COME BACK. OK. >>Dr. 01:40 Knight: AND TAP INTO SOME OF THESE THINGS. >>Bill: 01:43 AFTER ALL, YOU ARE THE DOCTOR. >>Dr. Knight 01:44 WELL, LET'S PUT IT THIS WAY, I'M THE ONE WHO'S 01:45 TALKING. >>Bill: THAT'S RIGHT. EXCELLENT. >>Dr. 01:48 Knight: ANYWAY, I'M JUST GONNA RECAP REAL QUICKLY 01:49 >>Bill: OK. >>Dr. Knight: JESUS IS BETTER THAN THE 01:52 ANGELS. HOW? NUMBER ONE, HE IS GOD. HE HAS POWER. 01:58 NUMBER TWO, HE'S LIKE US. 01:59 HE UNDERSTANDS US. AND FOR A JEWISH AUDIENCE, 02:04 IMPORTANT TO KNOW, HE'S BETTER THAN MOSES, HE'S 02:05 BETTER THAN JOSHUA, AND THE NEXT SECTION, CHAPTER 02:10 5, HE IS BETTER THAN AARON. HE HAS A BETTER 02:17 PRIESTHOOD. AND THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT WE CLOSED ON 02:18 LAST TIME. WE HAVE A HIGH PRIEST IN HEAVEN AND 02:22 THEN WE MOVE INTO CHAPTER EIGHT. LET'S TAKE A LOOK 02:30 AT THE FIRST TWO VERSES OF CHAPTER EIGHT BECAUSE 02:31 HERE WE'RE GETTING INTO SOMETHING REALLY 02:37 IMPORTANT, THAT WE HAVE A BETTER SANCTUARY WITH A 02:40 BETTER CONVENANT. NOW, WE'LL GET INTO THAT WORD 02:41 "CONVENANT" IN A MINUTE. 02:45 VERSE EIGHT, CHAPTER EIGHT VERSE ONE, "NOT A POINT 02:46 IN WHAT WE ARE SAYING IS THIS, WE HAVE SUCH A HIGH 02:52 PRIEST, ONE WHO IS SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE 02:57 THRONE OF THE MAJESTY IN HEAVEN, A MINISTER IN THE 02:58 SANCTUARY AND THE TRUE TENT WHICH IS SET UP 03:03 NOT BY MAN BUT BY THE LORD. WE HAVE A BETTER 03:10 SANCTUARY. WHAT DOES IT MEAN HERE WHEN IT SAYS THE 03:11 "TRUE TENT"? IT'S POINTING BACKWARDS TO THE BOOK OF 03:17 EXODUS. GOD SET UP IN THE WILDERNESS, JOURNEYING OF 03:25 THE PEOPLE OF ISREAL, WHAT WE CALL THE DESERT 03:26 TABERNACLE. THE TABERNACLE OF MOSES. AND THAT 03:30 TABERNACLE WAS ACTUALLY AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE PLAN 03:35 OF SALVATION. THAT JESUS, AS THE LAMB OF GOD THAT 03:36 WAS ILLUSTRATION BY LAMBS THAT DIED EVERY DAY FOR 03:43 THE SINS OF THE PEOPLE AND THAT IT WAS A HIGH 03:48 PRIEST THAT MINISTERED THE BLOOD. A PRIEST IS ONE 03:49 THAT STANDS BETWEEN THE PEOPLE AND GOD. AND 03:53 THAT'S WHAT JESUS IS FOR US >>Bill: RIGHT. >>Dr. 03:58 Knight: WE'VE GOT TO REMEMBER, THOSE OTHER 03:59 PRIESTS WERE ONLY AN ILLUSTRATION OF WHAT WAS 04:00 TO COME. JESUS IS THE REAL THING AND HE SERVES IN THE 04:07 TRUE TABERNACLE. AND THIS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS 04:08 REALLY FASCINATING. THAT THE THRONE OF GOD 04:15 IN HEAVEN IS CALLED THE HEAVENLY SANCTUARY. THAT'S 04:21 THE REAL ONE AND THIS ONE WAS ONLY AN ILLUSTRATION 04:23 THAT'S THE ONE IN WHICH THE PLAN OF SALVATION IS 04:27 CARRIED OUT. THAT'S THE OPERATIONAL ROOM OF THE 04:33 ENTIRE UNIVERSE. THE BOOK OF DANIEL TELLS US IT'S 04:34 A BIG PLACE. IT'S GOT TEN THOUSAND TIMES TEN 04:38 THOUSAND OF ANGELS IN IT IT'S, IT'S. >>Bill: IT'S 04:41 INCONCEIVABLE TO US. >>Dr. 04:42 Knight: YEAH, THE BIBLE BRINGS IT DOWN TO OUR 04:44 LEVEL. IT GIVES US AN ILLUSTRATION. SO.>>Bill: 04:45 IT'S ALMOST LIKE THE AUTHOR IS SAYING, LISTEN, 04:50 YOU KNOW, DON'T BE WORRIED, YOU KNOW, THAT 04:54 YOU'RE NOT SACRIFICING IN THIS EARTHLY TEMPLE 04:55 AND THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING THROUGH THE RITUALS 04:59 HERE BECAUSE YOUR HIGH PRIEST, JESUS CHRIST, IS 05:02 INTERCEEDING ON YOUR BEHALF IN THE TRUE 05:03 TABERNACLE. >>Dr. Knight: NOW JUST REMEMBER, THESE 05:05 FIRST PEOPLE, THEY WERE A LITTLE WORRIED BECAUSE 05:07 THEY GOT THIS BIG ONE THERE THAT THEY'VE GIVEN 05:08 UP.>>Bill: AND WE'VE GOT NOTHING. >>Dr. Knight: 05:09 JESUS SAID, HEY WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A MINUTE, 05:13 YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING BETTER THAN THAT AND WE'RE 05:14 GOING TO GET TO HOW IT'S BETTER IN CHAPTERS NINE, 05:21 TEN, AND PARTICULARLY THIS BUSINESS OF NOT BEING ABLE 05:25 TO SEE IT COMES OUT IN CHAPTER ELEVEN. OK, SO 05:26 FIRST, IN THE FIRST FIVE VERSES HERE, FIRST SEVEN 05:33 VERSES, WE HAVE A HEAVENLY SANCTUARY, IN WHICH JESUS 05:40 FUNCTIONS. AND IS BASED UPON A BETTER CONVENANT 05:41 YOU HEAR PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THE NEW CONVENANT. 05:48 >>Bill: YES. >>Dr. Knight: WHAT'S THE NEW CONVENANT 05:50 ANYWAY? IT'S AN AGREEMENT.>>Bill: OK. 05:51 >>IT'S AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN MAN AND GOD. 05:53 BETWEEN HUMAN BEINGS AND GOD. AND SO WE GET DOWN 05:59 HERE TO VERSE EIGHT AND FROM VERSE EIGHT AND UP 06:00 THROUGH VERSE 12 WE HAVE THE LONGEST QUOTATION FROM 06:06 THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE OLD TESTAMENT. IT'S ABOUT 06:10 THE NEW CONVENANT, THE NEW AGREEMENT AND YOU COME 06:11 DOWN HERE TO VERSE TEN, " THIS IS THE CONVENANT THAT 06:15 I WILL MAKE WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL, AFTER THOSE 06:20 DAYS, SAYS THE LORD, I WILL PUT THE LAWS INTO 06:21 THEIR MINDS AND WRITE THEM ON THEIR HEARTS AND I WILL 06:24 BE THEIR GOD. GOD DOESN'T WANT US, JUST TO KEEP HIS 06:31 LAW BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING TO DO. JESUS SAYS THE LAW 06:32 IS LOVE AND AS WE OPERATE IN THE SPIRIT OF LOVE. 06:36 THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS WHEN GOD WRITES HIS LAW, BUT 06:40 THAT'S NOT ALL OF IT. 06:41 WE STILL HAVE THE PLAN OF SALVATION. TAKE A LOOK AT 06:44 VERSE 12, "FOR I WILL BE MERCIFUL TOWARD THEIR 06:45 INEQUITIES AND I WILL REMEMBER THEIR SINS NO 06:50 MORE". IT'S A CONVENANT OF GRACE AND THE WAY THAT 06:55 GRACE IS ILLUSTRATED IS IN THE HEAVENLY SANCTUARY 06:56 AND SO WE HAVE A BETTER CONVENANT, RELATED TO A 07:04 BETTER SANCTUARY, RELATED TO BETTER PROMISES. 07:11 BECAUSE, LET'S FACE IT, THE OLD TESTAMENT SYSTEM 07:12 WASN'T THE REAL THING. IT COULDN'T REALLY TAKE AWAY 07:23 SIN. THAT'S HOW COME THE BLOOD OF GOATS AND SHEEP 07:29 HAD TO BE REPEATED EVERY DAY. BUT, WE COME PRETTY 07:30 CLOSE NOW TO THE NEXT SECTION AND THAT IS IN 07:36 CHAPTERS NINE AND TEN, PARTICULARLY NINE ELEVEN 07:44 ON, WHEN JESUS IS A BETTER SACRIFICE. OVER AND OVER 07:45 IT SAYS HE DIED ONCE FOR ALL. LET'S JUST TAKE A 07:55 LOOK AT VERSE 11 AND 12, "BUT WHEN CHRIST APPEARED 07:58 AS A HIGH PRIEST, OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT HAVE COME 07:59 THROUGH THE GREATER AND MORE PERFECT TENT", 08:03 IN VERSE 12, "HE ENTERED ONCE FOR ALL INTO THE HOLY 08:10 PLACE TAKING NOT THE BLOOD OF GOATS AND CALVES, 08:11 BUT HIS OWN BLOOD THUS SECURING ETERNAL 08:15 REDEMPTION. WE ARE SAVED, AS PAUL TELLS US OVER AND 08:23 OVER AGAIN, BY THE BLOOD OF CHRIST. AND THAT 08:24 BECOMES THE THEME NOW OF THE BOOK OF HEBREWS. 08:30 >>Bill: SO YOU DON'T HAVE ANXIETY AS A NEW JEWISH 08:35 CHRISTIAN, THAT YOU'RE NOT HEADING TO THE TEMPLE 08:36 EVERYDAY AND SACRIFICING EVERY DAY BECAUSE JESUS 08:38 HAS DONE IT ONCE AND FOR ALL. IT'S DONE, IT'S 08:40 FINISHED, YOU DON'T NEED TO BE DOING THAT. >>Dr. 08:42 Knight: ONCE AND FOR ALL. 08:43 THAT'S HOW COME WE DON'T HAVE A PRIEST. WE DO HAVE 08:44 A PRIEST, DON'T WE? YOU ARE NOT A PRIEST. I AM NOT 08:48 A PRIEST. I WAS ORDAINED AS A PASTOR. WE HAVE A 08:55 HEAVENLY PRIEST IN HEAVEN AND THAT'S HOW COME 08:56 WE DON'T HAVE A SACRIFICE BECAUSE JESUS DID IT ONCE 08:59 FOR ALL. AND THAT SECURED ETERNAL REDEMPTION. THIS 09:08 HAS BEEN, REALLY, ONE OF THE GREAT POINTS OF 09:09 CHRISTIANITY. YOU KNOW, EVERY OTHER RELIGION IS A 09:13 RELIGION OF WORKS IN SOME WAY. YOU EARN YOUR WAY, 09:18 BUT CHRISTIANITY IS A RELIGION OF GRACE. JESUS 09:19 DIED ONCE FOR ALL AND I ACCEPT, NOT HIS DEATH, I 09:24 ACCEPT OF HIS MINISTRY IN HEAVEN. THAT'S, THAT IS AN 09:32 ABSOLUTELY KEY UNDERSTANDING IN THE BOOK 09:33 OF HEBREWS, OVER AND OVER. 09:37 LET'S GO DOWN, IT SAYS ONCE FOR ALL, VERSE 26 09:38 OF CHAPTER NINE, TALKING ABOUT JESUS' MINISTRY. 09:44 THE MIDDLE OF THE TEXT SAYS, "BUTAS IT IS, HE HAS 09:50 APPEARED ONCE FOR ALL AT THE END OF THE AGE TO PUT 09:52 AWAY SIN BY THE SACRIFICE OF HIMSELF." YOU SEE, HE'S 09:57 NOT ONLY THE PRIEST, HE'S THE, THE SACRIFICE. "AND 10:02 JUST AS IT IS APPOINTED, FOR MEN TO DIE ONCE AND 10:03 AFTER THAT COMES JUDGEMENT SO CHRIST HAVING BEEN 10:07 OFFERED ONCE TO BEAR THE SINS OF MANY, WILL APPEAR 10:12 A SECOND TIME, NOT TO DEAL WITH SIN BUT TO SAVE THOSE 10:13 WHO ARE EAGERLY WAITING FOR HIM." SEE, THIS IS THE 10:19 FULL GOSPEL HERE. >>Bill WOW. THIS IS INCREDIBLE. 10:23 >>Dr. Knight: JESUS CAME THE FIRST TIME, WHY? TO 10:24 DEAL WITH SIN. AND THAT'S WHAT THE ONCE FOR ALL 10:29 SACRIFICE WAS ALL ABOUT WHEN JOHN THE BAPTIST 10:31 FIRST SAW JESUS, WHAT DID HE SAY? >>Bill: BEHOLD 10:33 THE LAMB OF GOD THAT TAKES AWAY THE SINS OF 10:35 THE WORLD.>>Dr. Knight ABSOLUTELY CENTRAL TEXT, 10:38 JOHN 1:29, "BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD THAT TAKES 10:39 AWAY THE SINS OF THE WORLD". YOU KNOW, HOW 10:45 MANY CHRISTIANS READ THE BIBLE BUT NEVER REALLY 10:52 UNDERSTAND THE SACRIFICIAL SERVICE. NEVER UNDERSTAND 10:53 WHAT THE LAMB OF GOD IS. 10:58 HEY, THE LAMB OF GOD GOES RIGHT BACK TO THAT JEWISH 10:59 SANCTUARY. >>Bill: YES. 11:01 EVERY HEBREW MIND, THE LAMB, THE LAMB. THAT'S 11:02 WHAT THOSE LAMBS REPRESENTED. >>Dr. Knight: 11:04 THAT'S RIGHT. JESUS, HE CAME THE FIRST TIME TO 11:08 DEAL WITH SIN BUT THE SECOND TIME HE COMES TO 11:09 FULLY SAVE US. NOW, PAUL TELLS US IN THE BOOK OF 11:16 ROMANS THAT WE'RE ONLY PARTLY SAVED NOW. I HATE 11:19 TO TELL YOU BILL, YOU'RE GONNA DIE. IF 11:20 JESUS DOESN'T COME SOON ENOUGH.>>Bill: ABSOLUTELY. 11:24 >>Dr. Knight: YOU'RE UNDER A DEATH SENTENCE, MAN. THE 11:26 ONLY THING I DON'T KNOW IS WHETHER YOUR MIND WILL GO 11:27 BEFORE YOUR BODY. BUT I'M GONNA TELL YOU SOMETHING, 11:31 I'M A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN THE TRACK AND I'M 11:33 BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS DOESN'T GO ON 11:34 FOREVER. THAT, YES, I HAVE BEEN SAVED IN JESUS BUT 11:39 WHEN HE COMES AGAIN, THEN I WILL BE FULLY SAVED. 11:47 THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THE GOSPEL. NOW WE COME TO AN 11:48 INTERESTING WORD HERE IN CHAPTER TEN, VERSE 11:52 ONE, "FOR SINCE THE LAW", THAT IS THE LAW OF MOSES, 12:00 DEALING WITH THE SACRIFICES. "FOR SINCE THE 12:01 LAW WAS BUT A SHADOW OF THE GOOD THINGS TO COME". 12:04 YOU SEE, IS THE AUTHOR OF HEBREWS IS RIGHT AND HE 12:11 SAID HEY, YOU MAY BE WORRIED BECAUSE YOU DON'T 12:12 HAVE A VISUAL TEMPLE BUT I'M TELLING YOU SOMETHING. 12:17 YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING BETTER. THAT TEMPLE WITH 12:20 THE SLAYING OF SHEEPS AND GOATS EVERYDAY, THAT'S 12:21 NOT THE REAL THING. IT'S A SHADOW. NOW, YOU'RE 12:26 MARRIED, AREN'T YOU BILL? 12:27 >>Bill: YES, SIR. >>Dr. 12:29 Knight: WHICH DO YOU LIKE BEST? YOUR WIFE'S SHADOW 12:30 OR YOUR WIFE. >>Bill: MY WIFE, DEFINITELY. 12:33 SURE. >>Dr. Knight: YEAH. 12:34 SHADOWS ARE GOOD. YOU CAN TELL IT'S YOUR WIFE BY 12:37 LOOKING AT THE SHADOW BUT THERE'S SOMETHING MORE 12:42 THERE THAN A SHADOW. THAT SHADOW POINTS TO GOOD 12:43 THINGS TO COME. >>Bill: THAT'S RIGHT. >>Dr. 12:48 Knight: ANYWAY, THAT'S THE SAME WAY IT IS HERE AND IN 12:51 OTHER PLACES IS CALLED A PARABLE. WHAT WE HAVE 12:52 IS, WE HAVE AN EARTHLY SANCTUARY AND EVERY PART 12:56 OF THAT SANCTUARY POINTS TO JESUS. YOU'VE GOT THE 13:01 TABLE TO SHOW BREAD, JESUS IS THE BREAD OF LIFE 13:02 YOU'VE GOT THE LAMPSTAND, JESUS IS THE LIGHT. 13:06 EVERYTHING, IN FACT, EVEN WHEN YOU GO INTO THE MOST 13:11 HOLY PLACE, THE SECOND DEPARTMENT OF THE 13:12 SANCTUARY, YOU HAVE WHAT IS CALLED THE ARK OF 13:15 THE CONVENANT. YOU KNOW WHAT'S IN THE ARK OF THE 13:18 CONVENANT? >>Bill: TEN COMMANDMENTS. >>Dr. 13:19 Knight: THAT'S WHY GOD PUT IT THERE. WRITTEN WITH 13:21 HIS OWN FINGER. THAT'S HOW IMPORTANT IN JEWISH 13:24 CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY, IS THE ARK OF THE CONVENANT, IS 13:25 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, BUT WHAT'S ABOVE IT? >>Bill: 13:32 THE MERCY SEAT. >>Dr. 13:33 Knight: THE MERCY SEAT. 13:35 MERCY, GRACE ALWAYS GOES WITH LAW. THE LAW CAN'T 13:37 SAVE ANYBODY. THE LAW CAN SAY, BILL, YOU KNOW, 13:39 YOU'VE GOT SOME PROBLEMS >>Bill: YES. >>Dr. Knight: 13:44 BUT IT CAN'T SOLVE YOUR PROBLEMS. >>Bill: THAT'S 13:45 RIGHT. Dr. Knight: IT'S THE MERCY SEAT. AND ABOVE 13:46 THE MERCY SEAT WERE THE CHERUBUM, THE ANGELS, WHO 13:50 SERVED GOD DAY AND NIGHT. 13:51 THAT'S THE THRONE ROOM OF GOD, THE MOST HOLY PLACE. 13:57 EVERY PART OF THAT SANCTUARY HAS MEANING FOR 13:58 CHRISTIANS BECAUSE JESUS IS THE REAL HIGH PRIEST 14:04 AND HE SERVES IN THE REAL SANCTUARY. AND THAT 14:08 SANCTUARY IS NOT ONLY HERE, THE BOOK OF ROMANS, 14:09 EXCUSE ME, THE BOOK OF REVELATION IS BUILT UPON 14:14 IT. >>Bill: IT'S FILLED WITH SANCTUARY IMAGERY. 14:17 >>Dr. Knight: OH, EVERY VISION STARTS OUT WITH THE 14:18 SANCTUARY. WAS JESUS IN THE SEVEN CHURCHES, HE'S 14:22 WALKING AMONG THE SEVEN CANDLESTICKS. THAT'S 14:28 REFERRING BACK TO.>>Bill: THE SEVEN BRANCH 14:29 CANDLEBRA. >>Dr. Knight: THAT'S RIGHT. AND WHEN WE 14:30 GET TO THE SECOND HALF IT OPENS UP WITH 11:19, "AND 14:33 I SAW HEAVEN OPEN AND IN HEAVEN", THIS IS JOHN 14:34 SPEAKING, "I SAW THE ARK". 14:39 "THE TEMPLE IN HEAVEN OPENED AND I SAW THE ARK 14:40 OF THE COVENANT." NO. THAT IS STILL THERE, THERE IS A 14:48 TEMPLE IN HEAVEN, WE STILL HAVE A HIGH PRIEST, HE 14:52 DIDN'T DIE AS A LAMB EVERY DAY, HE DIED AS A LAMB 14:53 ONCE AND FOR ALL. SO, HEY, IF YOU'RE WORRIED IF YOUR 14:58 WORSHIP SERVICE DOESN'T LOOK AS GOOD AS THE JEWISH 15:02 TEMPLE, HEY, STOP WORRYING. >>Bill: THAT'S 15:03 THE SHADOW. >>Dr. Knight: THAT'S THE SHADOW. >>Bill: 15:08 YOU'VE GOT THE REAL THING. 15:09 >>Dr. Knight: YOU'VE GOT THE REAL THING. YOU HAVE 15:10 A BETTER HIGH PRIEST. YOU HAVE A BETTER SANCTUARY. 15:12 YOU HAVE A BETTER CONVENANT AND A BETTER 15:13 SACRIFICE. >>Bill: IF I COULD JUST OPEN A 15:18 PARENTHESIS HERE BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO CONTINUE WITH 15:21 THIS, BUT, I HAVE TO TELL YOU, I DON'T HEAR 15:22 MANY CHRISTIAN PREACHERS TALKING ABOUT THE HEAVENLY 15:28 SANCTUARY. >>Dr. Knight: AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE 15:30 OF THE THINGS THAT IS REALLY SURPRISING. BECAUSE 15:31 HOW CAN YOU REALLY TALK ABOUT THE GOSPEL, THAT 15:36 JESUS DIED FOR OUR SINS IT'S SO MUCH RICHER WHEN 15:45 YOU BEGIN TO REALIZE WHAT THAT MEANS AS IT'S 15:46 BROUGHT OUT IN THE BOOK OF HEBREWS. HEBREWS HAS NOT 15:53 BEEN A FAVORITE BOOK, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S RIGHT IN 15:57 THE MIDDLE OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. AND THIS 15:58 SANCTUARY SYMBOLISM IS NOT ONLY HERE, IT'S ACTUALLY 16:03 TOUCHED ON IN MANY OTHER BOOKS. WE'RE GOING BACK 16:10 TO, LATER ON, TO THIS BUSINESS OF INTERCESSION 16:11 >>Bill: YES. YES, ABSOLUTELY. >>Dr. Knight: 16:13 AND I'LL SHOW YOU WHERE THIS COMES OUT IN THE BOOK 16:15 OF 1 JOHN, OR IN THE BOOK OF ROMANS BECAUSE THIS 16:16 BOOK IS MUCH MORE CENTRAL TO OUR FAITH THAN MOST 16:20 PEOPLE REALIZE. >>Bill: I FEEL GUILTY BECAUSE A FEW 16:23 WEEKS AGO, I SAID I FOUND IT A LITTLE BIT BORING 16:24 BUT YOU'VE MADE IT, YOU'RE MAKING IT VERY EXCITING 16:27 THE BOOK OF HEBREWS. >>Dr. 16:28 Knight: OH, I'LL TELL YOU, YOU GET ME WOUND UP, 16:30 BILL. NOW WE'RE GONNA GO TO A BETTER FAITH. NOW THE 16:38 AUTHOR OF HEBREWS IS REALLY GETTING TO THE 16:39 POINT. HE'S BEEN MAKING MAJOR POINTS ALL ALONG 16:46 BUT HE'S GOT THESE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO ARE KIND OF 16:50 DISCOURAGED BECAUSE THEY CAN'T SEE THINGS. YOU EVER 16:51 WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND SAY "GOD, WHERE ARE YOU?" 16:57 >>Bill: YES. >>Dr. Knight: IT SEEMS LIKE I'M ALL 17:02 ALONE. I'M PRAYING, IS IT GOING ANYWHERE? >>Bill 17:03 YES. >>Dr. Knight: WELL, YOU'RE NOT THE FIRST ONE 17:08 TO FEEL THAT WAY. NOW, BEFORE WE GET TO CHAPTER 17:12 ELEVEN, WHICH IS THE GREAT FAITH CHAPTER, OKAY. WE'VE 17:13 GOT TO TAKE A LOOK AT ONE THING HERE. THAT SOME OF 17:19 THESE PEOPLE HERE WERE GETTING A LITTLE BIT 17:23 DISCOURAGED AND SOME OF THEM EVEN STOPPED GOING 17:25 TO THE FELLOWSHIP. CHAPTER TEN, VERSE 25, "NOT 17:32 NEGLECTING TO MEET TOGETHER", NO, NO. GOD 17:36 WANTS US TO MEET TOGETHER AND IT SAYS HERE AT THE 17:37 END OF THE VERSE, "ALL THE MORE AS YOU SEE THE DAY 17:43 DRAWING NEAR". AND IN MY BIBLE, THAT WORD "DAY" IS 17:48 CAPITALIZED. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? >>Bill: OH, 17:49 INTERESTING. >>Dr. Knight: IT MEANS THE COMING OF 17:54 JESUS. >>Bill: OKAY. >>Dr. 17:55 Knight: NO. >>Bill: SO AS WE GET CLOSER AND CLOSER 17:57 TO THE SECOND COMING IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAT YOU BE 17:59 COMING TOGETHER. >>Dr. 18:00 Knight: OH, YEAH, THIS BUSINESS. AND WHY WERE 18:01 THEY GETTING DISCOURAGED? 18:02 DOWN HERE IN VERSE 32, "BUT RECALL THE FORMER 18:04 DAYS AFTER YOU WERE ENLIGHTENED AND ENDURED 18:05 A HARD STRUGGLE WITH SUFFERING, SOMETIMES BEING 18:07 PUBLIC EXPOSED TO ABUSE AND AFFLICTION," IT GOES 18:11 ON. THAT PEOPLE WERE GETTING DISCOURAGED 18:12 BECAUSE OF TROUBLES THAT THEY HAD. NOW, I'M GONNA 18:17 TELL YOU BILL, THIS IS.I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE 18:21 TIME FOR TRUE CONFESSION OR NOT BUT NOT ALL MY DAYS 18:22 ARE EQUAL. SOME DAYS I GET UP, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S 18:26 ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BED, BUT CERTAINLY I GET 18:31 UP DISCOURAGED. AND I SAY, IS THIS LIFE REALLY WORTH 18:32 IT. AND THAT'S WHERE WE COME TO VERSE 38, WHERE 18:41 THE BOOK QUOTES "THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH". NOW, 18:49 IN THE BOOK OF ROMANS IT, THE EMPHASIS IS ON FAITH 18:50 YOU HAVE FAITH IN GOD'S SALVATION IS WHAT REALLY 18:57 LINKS US TO SALVATION BUT HERE IT'S WHAT YOU DO. HOW 19:02 DO WE KNOW? LET'S GO TO VERSE ELEVEN, CHAPTER 19:03 ELEVEN, VERSE ONE. NOW, THIS IS THE TEXT THAT MOST 19:07 PEOPLE HAVE HEARD A SERMON ON IN THE BOOK OF HEBREWS. 19:10 WE ALL LOVE THIS. BUT AFTER HAVING UNDERSTOOD 19:11 THE BOOK BETTER WE'LL UNDERSTAND THE TEXT 19:15 BETTER. NOW, "FAITH IS THE ASSURANCE OF THINGS HOPED 19:19 FOR AND THE CONVICTION OF THINGS NOT SEEN". WOW. 19:20 WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND IT IN ITS HEBREW'S CONTEXT, IT'S 19:28 THE CONVICTION THAT WE HAVE A HIGH PRIEST THAT WE 19:35 CANNOT SEE. >>Bill: YES. 19:36 CANNOT SEE. >>Dr. Knight: THAT'S WHAT FAITH IS ALL 19:39 ABOUT. NOT WHICH THINGS I CAN GRASP BUT THOSE THINGS 19:40 WHICH THE BIBLE TELLS ME AND I ACCEPT BECAUSE GOD 19:46 HAS SAID THAT WE ACCEPT THEM BY FAITH. VERSE TWO, 19:51 "FOR BY IT, THE MEN OF OLD RECEIVED DIVINE APPROVAL 19:52 BY FAITH WE UNDERSTAND", IT STARTS OUT 19:57 WITH CREATION AND THEN IT BEGINS TO GO DOWN THROUGH 20:01 THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH. 20:02 VERSE FOUR, "BY FAITH, ABEL OFFERED TO GOD A MORE 20:06 ACCEPTABLE SACRIFICE", AND IT GOES DOWN, "BY FAITH, 20:07 ABRAHAM OBEYED". YOU KNOW, IT MUST HAVE BEEN TOUGH, 20:12 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO THESE DESERT 20:16 COUNTRIES BUT JUST TO STRIKE OUT INTO THE DESERT 20:17 IS NO PARTY. BUT IT SAYS DOWN HERE VERSE TEN, "THEY 20:20 LOOKED FORWARD TO THE CITY WHICH HAS FOUNDATIONS 20:26 WHOSE BUILDER AND MAKER IS GOD". AND ALL DOWN THROUGH 20:27 HISTORY, PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS VISION, GOD HAS SAID 20:31 THIS IS THE WAY, WALK YOU IN IT AND THEY CAN'T SEE 20:37 VISUALLY. >>Bill: CAN'T SEE IT. >>Dr. Knight: BUT 20:38 THEY GO WITH THE EYES OF THEIR FAITH. WE HAVE A 20:41 HIGH PRIEST. I KNOW EVERY MORNING AS I PRAY TO HIM, 20:47 THAT HE'S UP THERE. 20:48 >>Bill: YES. >>Dr. Knight: BUT I'M GONNA TELL YOU, I 20:50 HAVEN'T SEEM HIM. THIS IS WHAT THIS CHAPTER IS ALL 20:51 ABOUT. HANG IN THERE GUYS. 20:54 I KNOW THAT IT'S TOUGH, I KNOW THAT THERE'S, YOU 20:55 KNOW, MORE SPECTACULAR THINGS THAT YOU CAN SEE 20:59 WITH YOUR EYES BUT THE MOST SPECTACULAR THING IS 21:04 JESUS. YOU CAN'T SEE HIM BUT ALL DOWN THROUGH 21:05 HISTORY AND THEN HE GOES DOWN.>>Bill: SO WHAT 21:12 YOU'RE BEING ASKED TO DO HERE IS EXACTLY WHAT 21:15 ABRAHAM DID, AND ABEL DID, AND ENOCH DID, AND 21:16 ALL THESE.THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE ASKED TO DO. >>Dr. 21:20 Knight: THAT'S RIGHT. 21:21 >>Bill: GO ON FAITH. >>Dr. 21:23 Knight: AND THEY WERE FAITHFUL. BUT YOU KNOW 21:24 THE REALLY GOOD NEWS HERE, THERE'S SOME REAL 21:29 STUDBALLS IN THIS CHAPTER I MEAN, YOU TAKE A LOOK AT 21:34 SOME OF THESE PEOPLE, THE FIRST ONES, ABEL, ABRAHAM, 21:35 YOU KNOW, ISSAC AND JACOB AND MOSES. YOU KNOW, 21:40 MOSES, SAYS RATHER "HE CHOSE", IN VERSE 25, "TO 21:45 SHARE ILL TREATMENT WITH THE PEOPLE OF GOD RATHER 21:46 ENJOY THE FLEETING PLEASURES OF SIN". HEY, 21:49 DOES THAT SPEAK TO ME YEAH, SURE DOES. THAT'S 21:54 WHERE I AM TODAY. WHICH CHOICE AM I GOING TO 21:55 MAKE HE CONSIDERED ABUSE SUFFERED FOR CHRIST 21:58 GREATER THAN THE WEALTH OF THE TREASURES OF EGYPT. 22:01 WOW, THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE. ANYWAY, IT GOES 22:02 ON, AND THEN DOWN HERE IN VERSE 31, YOU'VE GOT 22:07 RAHAB, THE HARLOT, OH MY, HOW DID SHE GET IN HERE. 22:12 SHE SHOWS UP IN A LOT OF STRANGE PLACES. SHE SHOWS 22:13 UP IN MATTHEW ONE AS THE GENEOLOGY OF JESUS, BUT 22:15 THEN YOU'VE GOT DAVID, EY YEY YEY, AND SAMPSON, WHAT 22:19 A TERRIBLE LIFE. WHAT ABOUT JEPTAH, KILLED HIS 22:20 OWN DAUGHTER. THAT'S NOT THE ENTIRE STORY. THESE 22:23 PEOPLE MADE SOME REAL MISTAKES. BUT THEY CAME TO 22:33 GOD AND THROUGH CHRIST, HE FORGAVE THEM. >>Bill 22:34 RIGHT. THAT'S GOOD NEWS. 22:38 >>Dr. Knight: BUT BY FAITH THEY HELD ON. I DON'T 22:39 CARE, BILL, HOW BAD YOUR LIFE HAS BEEN, GOD 22:41 CAN SAVE TO THE UTTERMOST THAT'S POWERFUL. SO WE NOT 22:49 ONLY HAVE BETTER THAN ANGELS, BETTER THAN MOSES, 22:50 BETTER THAN AARON, A BETTER PRIESTHOOD, A 23:00 BETTER SANCTUARY, A BETTER CONVENANT, BUT WE HAVE A 23:02 BETTER FAITH. A BETTER FAITH THAT GUIDES OUR 23:03 LIVES. VERSE 33, TALKING ABOUT SAMPSON AND DAVID, 23:11 "WHO THROUGH FAITH CONQUERED KINGDOMS, 23:14 ENFORCED JUSTICE, RECEIVED PROMISES", OH, SOME GOOD 23:15 THINGS HAPPENED. BUT, YOU KNOW WHAT, A LOT OF BAD 23:20 THINGS HAPPENED. THEN WHAT? VERSE 36, "OTHERS 23:27 SUFFERED MOCKING AND SCOURAGING AND EVEN CHAINS 23:28 AND IMPRISONMENT, THEY WERE STONED AND SAWN IN 23:34 TWO, THEY WERE KILLED WITH A SWORD, THEY WENT ABOUT 23:37 IN SKIN". HEY, THIS IS NOT, YOU PUT IN YOUR CARD 23:38 AND YOU COME OUT WITH A REWARD... >>Bill: EASY 23:45 STREET. YOU'RE NOT GOING, NOT NECESSARILY GOING DOWN 23:48 EASY STREET. >>Dr. 23:49 Knight: .WHEN YOU BECOME A CHRISTIAN. NO. NO. BUT 23:50 DOES THAT MEAN GOD HAS LEFT YOU. >>Bill: NO. 23:51 >>Dr. Knight: NO. SOME OF GOD'S GREAT HEROES DIED 23:53 FOR THE FAITH. THEY LOST THEIR PROPERTY, WERE 23:56 TREATED UNJUSTLY. IT SAYS HERE, "SAWN IN TWO", THE 23:57 TRADITION TELLS US THAT THE PROPHET, ISAIAH, WAS 24:02 PUT IN A HOLLOW LOG AND SAWED IN TWO. I DON'T 24:08 THINK I WANT TO GO THAT WAY, BUT GUESS WHAT? IF 24:09 MY FAITH IS IN CHRIST, THE CHRIST WHO DIED ON THE 24:16 CROSS, THEN I ALSO, HE'LL SUSTAIN ME BECAUSE I HAVE 24:24 A LIVING HIGH PRIEST TO GUIDE MY LIFE. SO, IT'S 24:25 NOT JUST WHEN THINGS ARE GOING GOOD. AND THAT'S 24:31 IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE 24:33 TODAY WHO ARE GOING THROUGH DIVORCE, THEY'RE 24:34 GOING THROUGH ALL KINDS OF UNJUST THINGS IN THEIR 24:37 LIVES. NO. WE HAVE FAITH. 24:38 AND IT CLIMAXES, VERSE 39 AND 40, I LOVE THIS 24:45 PASSAGE.>>Bill: WE'VE GOT ABOUT A MINUTE AND A HALF 24:49 LEFT. >>Dr. Knight: OH, BOY, I'M NOT EVEN FINISHED 24:50 WITH THE OUTLINE YET. 24:55 WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE, BILL. 24:56 "AND ALL THESE, THE WELL ATTESTED BY THEIR FAITH 24:57 DID NOT RECEIVE WHAT WAS PROMISED. SINCE GOD HAS 24:58 SEEN SOMETHING BETTER FOR US THAT APART FROM US 25:03 THEY SHOULD NOT BE MADE PERFECT." YOU KNOW WHAT, 25:08 WHEN JESUS COMES IN THE CLOUDS OF HEAVEN, THE DEAD 25:09 SHALL RISE, THOSE WHO ARE ALIVE CAUGHT UP IN THE 25:11 CLOUDS IN THE AIR, NOBODY GETS THEIR HEAVENLY REWARD 25:14 UNTIL JESUS COMES AGAIN. 25:15 WE ALL GET THE SAME REWARD, AT THE SAME TIME 25:19 AS DAVID AND MOSES. 25:20 HEY, IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT PARTY, BILL, AND I WANT TO 25:23 BE THERE. >>Bill: ABSOLUTELY. YOU AND 25:25 I BOTH. THIS HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE. WE'VE GOT 25:26 A COUPLE OF CHAPTERS LEFT MAYBE WE CAN PICK UP WITH 25:32 THOSE ON OUR NEXT BROADCAST AND THEN GO 25:33 BACK TO THIS THEME OF THE INTERCESSION. 25:38 >>Dr. Knight: THAT'S GOOD.>>Bill: WHICH I THINK 25:40 IS A GREAT.>>Dr. Knight: OH, WE WANT TO SPEND 25:41 SOME TIME ON INTERCESSION BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE 25:43 OUGHT TO BE, EVERYDAY, ON OUR KNEES WITH GOD. LET US 25:47 HAVE PRAYER. FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE THANK YOU FOR 25:48 THESE MOMENTS WE HAVE SPENT IN YOUR WORD. WE 25:51 THANK YOU FOR JESUS AND WHAT HE DOES FOR EACH AND 25:55 EVERY ONE OF US. WE PRAY FOR OUR VIEWERS AND WE 25:56 ASK THAT THEY MAY COMMIT THEMSELVES TO JESUS, 26:00 EXPERIENCE JESUS IN THEIR LIVES, NOW AND FOREVER 26:07 MORE WE PRAY IN HIS NAME. 26:08 AMEN >>Dr. Knight: AMEN. 26:12 (MUSIC) 26:54 >>Bill: WE HAVE A SPECIAL OFFER FOR YOU THIS WEEK. 26:55 FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE INTERESTED IN LEARNING 27:00 MORE ABOUT THE BOOK OF HEBREWS AND ALL OF THE 27:02 BOOKS OF THE BIBLE, AND GOD'S WILL FOR YOUR LIFE, 27:03 WE'D LIKE TO OFFER YOU A FREE BIBLE COURSE, IT'S BY 27:06 CRRESPONDENCE, IT COMES POSTAGE PAID, AND THEIR'S 27:12 NOT OBLIGATION ON YOUR PART WHATSOEVER. HERE'S 27:13 THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO GET STARTED ON YOUR 27:17 COURSE OF STUDY TODAY. 27:45 WELL, WE'VE COME TO THE END OF ANOTHER PROGRAM. 27:47 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND DR. KNIGHT WE THANK 27:49 YOU FOR OPENING UP THE BOOK OF HEBREWS TO US AND 27:52 WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOU BEING WITH US NEXT WEEK 27:53 >>Dr. Knight: ME, TOO, BILL. THANK YOU. AND I 27:55 HOPE, YOU WILL BE WITH US ALSO. REMEMBER TO VISIT 27:59 OUR WEBSITE, ITISWRITTENCANADA.CA, 28:00 THERE, THERE WILL BE A LINK TO ALL OF DR. 28:03 KNIGHT'S BOOKS INCLUDING THIS DEVOTIONAL COMMENTARY 28:08 SERIES OF WHICH EXPLORING HEBREWS IS BUT ONE. WELL, 28:09 REMEMBER THIS TIME AND THIS STATION AND BE THE 28:15 GOOD LORD WILLING, WE WILL BE BACK HERE AGAIN NEXT 28:18 WEEK. UNTIL THEN, REMEMBER, IT IS WRITTEN 28:19 THAT MAN SHALL NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE BUT BY 28:24 EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD. 28:33 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ |
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