Participants: Bill Santos
Series Code: IIWC
Program Code: IIWC200905
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00:01 >>Bill: ON TODAY'S IT IS WRITTEN PROGRAM, EXPLORING
00:02 THE BOOK OF HEBREWS WITH DR. GEORGE KNIGHT. I HOPE 00:05 YOU WILL JOIN US. WE WILL BE BACK IN JUST A MOMENT. 00:22 >>Announcer: IT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME. 00:25 GOD'S BOOK THE BIBLE 00:28 STILL RELEVANT IN TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD 00:33 IT IS WRITTEN. 00:35 SPREADING MESSAGES OF HOPE AROUND THE WORLD. 00:51 (MUSIC) 00:53 WELL, LET ME WELCOME OUR VIEWERS TO THIS IT IS 00:54 WRITTEN CANADA TELECAST AND LET ME WELCOME OUR 00:56 SPECIAL GUEST, DR. KNIGHT. 00:57 >>Dr. Knight: GOOD TO BE HERE, BILL. >>Bill: I'M 01:00 GLAD YOU'RE HERE. YOU KNOW YOU'VE BEEN TAKING US ON 01:02 THIS JOURNEY THROUGH THE BOOK OF HEBREWS AND I HAVE 01:03 TO CONFESS, YOU HAVE GIVEN ME A NEW APPRECIATION FOR 01:07 THE BOOK OF HEBREWS. I'M SURE THAT FOR MANY OF OUR 01:11 VIEWERS THAT HAVE ACCOMPANIED US ON THIS 01:12 JOURNEY, FOR THEM TOO. I THINK YOU'VE BROUGHT OUT 01:15 A WHOLE NEW MEANING AND VIBRANCY HERE IN THE BOOK 01:20 OF HEBREWS. AND SO, THANK YOU FOR THAT. BUT, WE 01:21 PROBABLY HAVE SOME FOLKS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN WITH 01:26 US FOR THE LAST NUMBER OF WEEKS AND HAVEN'T 01:29 FOLLOWED; MAYBE WE COULD START, IF YOU DON'T MIND, 01:30 WITH A QUICK OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THOSE THEMES THAT 01:34 YOU HAVE BEEN POINTING OUT. AND THEN WE CAN 01:38 FINISH THE LAST COUPLE CHAPTERS IN THE BOOK AND 01:39 THEN GO ON TO BRAND NEW STUFF. >>Dr. Knight: 01:44 OKAY. WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE 01:48 THIS FAIRLY LARGE BOOK RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 01:50 NEW TESTAMENT. AND YET, I BET YOU, MOST PEOPLE DON'T 01:53 SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN THE BOOK OF HEBREWS. YOU KNOW, 01:57 I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT IT, WELL MAYBE, YOU KNOW, 01:58 KILLING SHEEPS AND GOATS IS NOT OUR STUFF TODAY 02:00 OR EVEN HIGH PRIESTS IN HEAVEN. WHAT'S THAT GOT TO 02:06 DO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S STUFF FOR OLD, YOU KNOW, 02:07 IT'S ALL RIGHT FOR THOSE GUYS BACK THERE. THEY 02:10 DEALT WITH THAT KIND OF STUFF. BUT WHAT ABOUT US 02:12 TODAY? DOES IT HAVE ANY MEANING FOR ME? WELL, I 02:13 THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, WE 02:17 NEED TO ASK WHY THE BOOK WAS WRITTEN. AND THE BOOK 02:21 WAS WRITTEN BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME HEBREW 02:22 CHRISTIANS WHO WERE LOOKING AT THE TEMPLE 02:26 AND THEY SAID WOW, THAT'S BEAUTIFUL BUT WHAT DO WE 02:32 HAVE? WE GO TO THIS LITTLE HOUSE CHURCH OVER HERE 02:33 AND THERE'S NO PAGENTRY, THERE'S NO BEAUTY. YOU 02:35 KNOW, MAYBE WE MADE A MISTAKE. ESPECIALLY WHEN 02:39 TIMES GOT TOUGH, THEY'RE ASKING THESE KINDS OF 02:40 QUESTIONS. AND SO, HEBREWS SAYS WAIT A MINUTE. 02:44 YOU HAVE SOMETHING BETTER THAN THE TEMPLE. YOU HAVE 02:52 SOMETHING BETTER THAN THE BLOOD OF SHEEPS AND GOATS 02:53 YOU HAVE SOMETHING BETTER THAN AN EARTHLY 02:58 HIGH PRIEST WHO WILL DIE HIMSELF AND IN THAT CASE, 03:04 THE AUTHOR OF HEBREWS PUTS RIGHT UP FRONT, JESUS. AND 03:05 HE ARGUES JESUS FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER. JESUS 03:14 IS BETTER THAN THE ANGELS THAT'S THE FIRST TWO 03:19 CHAPTERS. HOW IS HE BETTER? NUMBER ONE, HE'S 03:20 GOD. HEY, JESUS HAS ALL POWER, BUT NUMBER TWO HE'S 03:26 ALSO A HUMAN BEING WHO CAN SYMPATHIZE WITH THOSE WHO 03:33 HAVE PAIN. HEY, HE CAN SYMPATHIZE WITH ME. HE CAN 03:34 SYMPATHIZE WITH THOSE WHO SUFFER. AND THEN IT MOVES 03:39 INTO, HE'S BETTER THAN MOSES. AND THAT'S PRETTY 03:45 HARD FOR A JEW.I MEAN MOSES; WE GOT THE LAW 03:47 THROUGH HIM. YES, BUT MOSES DIDN'T LEAD YOU INTO 03:50 HEAVEN, THE EVERLASTING REST. JESUS PROVIDES REST 03:56 ON TWO LEVELS. NUMBER ONE, SAVED BY GRACE. YOU DON'T 03:57 STRUGGLE AND STRIVE AND NUMBER TWO, HE CAN LEAD 04:04 US INTO THE FINAL KINGDOM JESUS IS BETTER THAN MOSES 04:10 AND HE'S ALSO BETTER THAN AARON. AARON IS MOSES' 04:11 BROTHER AND HE'S THE HIGH PRIEST, EARLY ON. JESUS 04:16 HAS A BETTER PRIESTHOOD AND THEN IT GOES ON AND 04:22 SAYS WE HAVE A SANCTUARY, A TEMPLE IN HEAVEN AND 04:23 IT'S A BETTER TEMPLE WITH A BETTER CONVENANT BASED 04:29 ON BETTER PROMISES. HEY, YOU JEWISH CHRISTIANS, YOU 04:35 HAVEN'T LEFT ANYTHING BEHIND. >>Bill: THAT'S 04:36 RIGHT. >>Dr. Knight: .THAT GOD HASN'T GIVEN YOU 04:39 SOMETHING BETTER. AND IT'S A BETTER SACRIFICE. THESE 04:43 SACRIFICES ON EARTH WERE ONLY A SHADOW POINTING 04:44 TO JESUS. THAT GOATS AND SHEEP HAD TO BE SACRIFICED 04:51 EVERY DAY. HOW MANY TIMES DID JESUS DIE? >>Bill: 04:55 ONCE .>>Dr. Knight: ONCE FOR ALL. THAT'S HOW COME 04:56 WE DON'T HAVE A SACRIFICE, THAT'S HOW COME WE DON'T 04:59 HAVE A PRIESTHOOD, WE HAVE A PRIEST.WE DO HAVE A 05:01 PRIESTHOOD, DON'T WE? 05:02 >>Bill: YES. JESUS >>Dr. 05:03 Knight: WE HAVE A PRIEST IN HEAVEN. BUT YOU KNOW 05:05 BILL, I CAN SEE THE TEMPLE, I CAN SEE THOSE 05:09 SHEEP. >>Bill: YES. 05:10 I CAN SEE THOSE PRIESTS, I CAN.>>Dr. Knight: YEAH AND 05:13 THAT'S WHERE THE GREAT FAITH CHAPTER COMES IN 05:14 NOW FAITH, CHAPTER ELEVEN VERSE ONE, IS THE 05:19 ASSURANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR, THE CONVICTION OF 05:22 THINGS NOT SEEN AND THEN HE GIVES A HISTORY OF THE 05:23 JEWISH PEOPLE. ALL THE WAY FROM ABEL, UP THROUGH 05:26 ABRAHAM AND MOSES. HEY, THEY LIVED BY FAITH. JUST 05:37 BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE IT DON'T THINK IT DOESN'T 05:38 EXIST. >>Dr. Knight: THAT'S RIGHT. >>Bill: AND 05:40 WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO IN BELIEVING IT BY NOT 05:42 SEEING IT. THAT'S THE SAME THING THAT ALL THESE 05:43 PATRIARCHS WERE ASKED TO DO. >>Dr. Knight: THAT'S 05:45 RIGHT. >>Bill: THAT'S WHAT THEY DID. >>Dr. Knight: 05:47 THEY SOUGHT AFTER A KINGDOM WHO'S BUILDER AND 05:48 MAKER WAS GOD. AND THAT'S WHERE JESUS IS LEADING US. 05:52 AND THAT REALLY BRINGS US OVER TO CHAPTER THIRTEEN 05:55 WHICH IS ONLY. CHAPTERS TWELVE AND THIRTEEN. LET'S 05:56 TAKE A LOOK AT VERSES ONE AND TWO OF CHAPTER TWELVE, 06:02 "THEREFORE, SINCE WE ARE SURROUNDED BY SO GREAT A 06:08 CLOUD OF WITNESSES", THAT'S ALL THOSE HEBREW 06:09 WORTHY'S, ALL THOSE WHO LIVED FOR GOD ALL DOWN 06:15 THROUGH HISTORY BY FAITH, "LET US ALSO SET ASIDE 06:19 EVERY WEIGHT AND SIN WHICH CLINGS SO CLOSE. AND LET 06:20 US RUN WITH PERSERVERANCE THE RACE THAT IS SET 06:23 BEFORE US. LOOKING TO JESUS, THE PIONEER AND 06:30 PERFECTOR OF OUR FAITH." 06:31 HERE WE HAVE A BETTER PATTERN. JESUS IS THE 06:37 PIONEER. HE SHOWS US HOW TO LIVE. FINISH THE VERSE, 06:38 "WHO FOR THE JOY THAT WAS SENT BEFORE HIM ENDURED 06:45 THE CROSS, DESPISING THE SAME AND IS SEATED AT THE 06:51 RIGHT HAND OF THE THRONE OF GOD". WE HAVE A 06:52 VICTORIOUS LORD. HE'S NOT ONLY OUR SAVIOUR BUT HE'S 06:55 ALSO THE ONE WHO SHOWS US HOW TO LIVE DAY BY DAY. 07:06 AND, ACTUALLY, CHAPTERS TWELVE AND THIRTEEN PICK 07:07 UP THERE. AND IT'S VERY FRANK. IT SAYS THAT YOUR 07:11 LIFE WILL NOT NECESSARILY GO WELL. >>Bill: THAT'S 07:16 RIGHT. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A BED OF ROSES. >>Dr. 07:17 Knight: NO, GOD HAS A PURPOSE IN EVEN THE 07:18 TROUBLES. HE CAN MAKE GOOD COME OUT OF BAD THINGS. IN 07:22 VERSE SIX, FOR EXAMPLE, "THE LORD DISCIPLINES 07:23 HIM WHOM HE LOVES". I'M TELLING YOU BILL, WHEN 07:26 I GET UP AND I HAVE A PROBLEM GOD USES THAT IN 07:31 MY LIFE TO ROUND OFF SOME OF THE ROUGH EDGES. THIS 07:32 LAST TWO CHAPTERS, THESE LAST TWO CHAPTERS ARE 07:40 REALLY GOD SHOWING US HOW TO LIVE. AT THE END OF 07:46 VERSE TEN IT SAYS, "HE DISCIPLINES US FOR A GOOD 07:47 THAT WE MAY SHARE HIS HOLINESS". YOU SEE, OUR 07:50 HEAVENLY PRIEST IN HEAVEN, WHEN WE GET UP IN THE 07:55 MORNING, WE BOW ON OUR KNEES AND WE SAY, LORD 07:56 GUIDE ME THE WAY I SHOULD GO THIS DAY. I WANT TO 08:02 BE MORE LIKE YOU. HE IS THE PIONEER; WE ARE THE 08:07 FOLLOWERS IN OUR DAILY LIVES. IN THE LAST TWO 08:08 CHAPTERS REALLY HELP US MOVE IN THE RIGHT 08:14 DIRECTION. WE MIGHT CALL THEM THE WAY OF FAITH. 08:22 >>Bill: OK. >>Dr. Knight: . OR LIVING THE LIFE OF 08:23 FAITH. AND AT THE END OF THIS WHOLE BOOK, HE TELLS 08:28 US ITS IDENTITY, VERSE 22, "I APPEAL TO YOU BRETHREN, 08:34 BEAR WITH MY WORD OF EXORTATION". THAT, THOSE 08:35 THREE WORDS "WORD OF EXORTATION" TELLS US 08:43 THAT THE BOOK OF HEBREWS WAS ACTUALLY A SERMON. A 08:49 SERMON PREACHED AND, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T START OUT 08:50 LIKE A LETTER, IT DOESN'T END LIKE A LETTER EXCEPT 08:54 THESE LAST FEW VERSES SEEM TO BE, IT'S LIKE YOU 08:57 PREACH A SERMON AND YOU WROTE DOWN A FEW WORDS, 08:58 AND THIS IS HIS PURPOSE. 09:01 IT'S A SERMONIC BOOK. 09:02 >>Bill: VERY INTERESTING. 09:03 >>Dr. Knight: NOW, WE WERE GOING TO LOOK AT 09:09 INTERCESSION BUT I'D LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT TWO 09:11 THINGS FIRST. >>Bill: OKAY. >>Dr. Knight: TO 09:12 HELP US UNDERSTAND THE BOOK A LITTLE BETTER. AND 09:14 THAT IS THAT THE BOOK OF HEBREWS, FOR SOME PEOPLE, 09:19 IS PROBLEMATIC. PARTLY BECAUSE IT'S A BOOK ABOUT 09:20 THEOLOGY AND SO YOU FIND THE THEOLOGY SECTIONS BUT 09:26 THEY KEEP GETTING SKIPPED OVER WITH PRACTICAL 09:31 APPLICATIONS. AND WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT THESE FOUR 09:32 OR FIVE VERSES IN THE CENTER OF THE BOOK, IT 09:36 WILL HELP US UNDERSTAND, BASICALLY, WHAT THE BOOKS 09:41 ALL ABOUT. >>Bill: OKAY. 09:42 LET'S DO IT. >>Dr. Knight: SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT 09:45 THE TWO CENTERS. WE'LL TAKE A LOOK, FIRST, AT 09:46 THE THEOLOGICAL CENTER AND THAT'S HEBREWS EIGHT. 09:48 HEBREWS EIGHT VERSES ONE AND TWO, "NOW THE POINT IN 09:57 WHAT WE ARE SAYING IS THIS, WE HAVE SUCH A HIGH 09:58 PRIEST, ONE WHO IS SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE 10:01 THRONE OF THE MAJESTY IN HEAVEN, A MINISTER OF THE 10:06 SANCTUARY, AND THE TRUE TENT WHICH IS SET UP, NOT 10:07 BY MAN, BUT BY THE LORD". 10:11 THIS IS THE CENTER THAT JESUS IS IN HEAVEN 10:12 MINISTERING FOR US. AND THE WHOLE THEOLOGICAL 10:20 DISCUSSION OF THE BOOK IS LEADING UP TO THIS POINT 10:23 AND TAKING OFF FROM IT. 10:24 LEADING UP TO IT YOU HAVE THOSE CHAPTERS THAT TALK 10:27 ABOUT JESUS AS PRIEST, GOING AWAY FROM IT YOU 10:28 HAVE JESUS AS THE ONCE FOR ONLY TOTALLY SATISFACTORY 10:32 SALVATION THAT SEALS OUR ETERNAL DESTINY. 10:39 BUT.>>Bill: WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR ME? >>Dr. Knight 10:40 WHAT DO YOU DO WITH IT? 10:45 >>Bill: YEAH. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR ME? >>Dr. 10:46 Knight: YOU'VE ONLY GOT TWO CHOICES BILL, YOU 10:48 CAN ACCEPT IT OR YOU CAN REJECT IT. AND THAT'S 10:50 WHERE THE OTHER THEOLOGICAL CENTER COMES 10:51 IN. HE PICKS UP WITH THOSE WHO REJECT. CHAPTER SIX 10:57 VERSE FOUR, "FOR IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO RESTORE 11:00 AGAIN TO REPENTANCE THOSE WHO HAVE ONCE BEEN 11:02 ENLIGHTENED", THAT IS THOSE WHO TRULY WHO CHRIST 11:07 IS, "WHO HAVE TASTED THE HEAVENLY GIFT AND HAVE 11:11 BECOME PARTAKERS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT". VERSE SIX, 11:12 "IF THEY COMMIT APOSTISEE, SINCE THEY CRUCIFIED 11:19 THE SON OF GOD ON THEIR ON ACCOUNT AND HOLD HIM UP TO 11:22 CONTEMPT". WHAT'S THIS SAYING? THEY'RE SAYING IF 11:23 YOU REALLY UNDERSTAND THE CHRISTIAN MESSAGE AND YOU 11:28 SAY TO JESUS, GET OUT OF MY LIFE AND STAY OUT, AND 11:34 YOU KEEP THAT ATTITUDE THERE'S REALLY NO HOPE 11:35 >>Bill: THERE'S NO HOPE. 11:37 >>Dr. Knight: BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THE BOOK'S AFTER 11:38 IT'S TRYING TO WAKE PEOPLE UP. DON'T HAVE THAT 11:44 ATTITUDE. BUT RATHER HAVE THE ATTITUDE OF SAYING, 11:49 YES, MAN; I REALLY SEE WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT 11:50 THANK YOU, LORD. I WAS GETTING OFF ON THE WRONG 11:57 TRACK; I WAS STARTING TO DOUBT. BUT I'M NOT GOING 12:00 TO THROW THIS STUFF OUT, I'M NOT GOING TO.LIKE 12:01 HEBREWS 10:25, I'M NOT GOING TO MOVE AWAY FROM 12:03 THE FELLOWSHIP, I WANT TO BE WITH GOD'S PEOPLE, I 12:05 WANT TO LIVE HIS TRUTH. 12:06 AND THEN.>>Bill: YOU'VE GOT TWO CHOICES. YOU CAN 12:09 EITHER ACCEPT THIS OR YOU CAN'T BUT LET ME MAKE IT 12:10 PERFECTLY CLEAR, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CHOOSE NOT 12:12 TO ACCEPT IT WHAT YOU'RE DOING, WHAT'S HAPPENING. 12:16 >>Dr. Knight: YES. THIS IS NOT A CONDEMNATION. 12:17 SOME PEOPLE SAY OH, I'VE COMMITTED THE UNPARDONABLE 12:19 SIN. NO. ONCE THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT THAT, 12:22 THEY'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. AND THEY'RE SAYING, 12:23 THEY HAVE SENSITIVITY TO THE HOLY SPIRIT BUT LET'S 12:28 TAKE A LOOK FOR THOSE WHO SAY YES AND THIS IS WHERE 12:33 WE WILL GO OFF INTO INTERCESSION. >>Bill 12:34 OKAY. >>Dr. Knight: OKAY, BECAUSE THE NEGATIVE 12:37 IS ONLY THERE TO GET A POSITIVE RESPONSE. YOU 12:40 SEE, LIKE WHEN YOU DISCIPLINE YOUR CHILDREN, 12:41 YOU DON'T MEAN TO CRUSH THEM, YOU MEAN TO SAY. I 12:45 DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR BOYS NAME IS.>>Bill: JOSHUA. 12:47 >>Dr. Knight: JOSHUA. 12:48 JOSHUA, YOU KNOW, YOU REALLY MESSED UP AND IF 12:53 YOU KEEP GOING THIS WAY, YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO 12:54 HAPPEN. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN A FATHER HAS TO SAY 12:58 THAT KIND OF STUFF, RIGHT >>Bill: ABSOLUTELY. >>Dr. 13:01 Knight: IF YOU LOVE YOUR KID YOU SAY THAT KIND OF 13:03 STUFF. THAT'S WHAT THE AUTHOR OF HEBREWS 13:04 IS DOING. WAKE UP BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. IT'S NOT A 13:06 CONDEMNATION, IT'S A.>>Bill: WAKE UP CALL. 13:07 >>Dr. Knight: .WAKE UP CALL. AND GOD LOVES TO 13:09 GIVE US WAKE UP CALLS WHEN WE ARE SLEEPING. BUT THAT 13:11 BRINGS US TO VERSE 25, "THOSE WHO SAY YES." 13:12 >>Bill: SORRY, WHICH CHAPTER? >>Dr. Knight: 13:17 7:25, EXCUSE ME, EXCUSE ME. >>Bill: NO PROBLEM. 13:21 >>Dr. Knight: "CONSEQUENTLY, HE IS ABLE 13:22 FOR ALL TIME TO SAVE THOSE WHO DRAW NEAR TO GOD 13:29 THROUGH HIM SINCE HE ALWAYS LIVES TO MAKE 13:33 INTERCESSION FOR THEM". 13:34 NOW, THAT'S .>>Bill: WOW, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL VERSE. 13:40 >>Dr. Knight: ALL TIME, HE ALWAYS LIVES, WE HAVE 13:41 SOMEBODY IN HEAVEN WHO NOT ONLY CARES BUT HAS THE 13:47 POWER TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW, I 13:52 DON'T KNOW HOW IT WAS WHEN YOU WERE GROWING UP, BUT 13:53 SOMETIMES I'D GET IN A JAM AND MY MOTHER WOULD WANT 13:55 TO HELP ME BUT SHE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE THAT KIND OF 13:59 POWER. WE'RE DEALING WITH SOMEBODY WHO'S GOT THE 14:00 POWER. >>Bill: NOT ONLY DOES HE WANT TO, HE CAN 14:04 DO IT AND HE'S DOING IT 24 /7. >>Dr. Knight: THAT'S 14:08 RIGHT. IN FACT, THAT WORD "SEVEN" IS PRETTY 14:09 IMPORTANT. YOU REMEMBER, WHEN JESUS, EXCUSE ME, 14:10 PETER CAME UP TO JESUS AND SAID HOW MANY TIMES SHOULD 14:13 I FORGIVE MY NEIGHBOUR? 14:15 SEVEN TIMES. MAN, THAT'S A LOT OF TIMES AND IT IS. 14:16 JESUS SAID, SEVENTY TIMES SEVEN. WE HAVE SOMEBODY 14:17 WHO CARES FOR US IN HEAVEN, BUT NOT ONLY CARES 14:25 FOR US BUT HAS POWER TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. AND 14:31 THAT WORD "INTERCESSION" HELPS US UNDERSTAND A 14:32 WHOLE LOT OF WHAT JESUS HAS BEEN DOING THE LAST 14:38 2000 YEARS. AND, THIS IS NOT JUST SOMETHING TO 14:44 HEBREWS, WHAT JESUS.HEBREWS HELPS US 14:45 UNDERSTAND WHAT JESUS IS DOING BETTER BUT IT'S 14:49 REFLECTED OTHER PLACES LET'S GO TO 1 JOHN. 14:53 >>Bill: OKAY. >>Dr. 14:54 Knight: FIRST EPISTLE OF JOHN. THIS IS A BOOK THAT 15:06 I LOVE. CHAPTER TWO VERSE ONE, "MY LITTLE CHILDREN, 15:07 I'M WRITING THIS TO YOU SO THAT YOU MAY NOT SIN". 15:14 WOW. THAT'S PRETTY GOOD, ISN'T IT? I MEAN, GOD 15:24 DOESN'T WANT US TO SIN BUT HE PROBABLY KNOWS WE'RE 15:25 GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE DIFFICULTY. >>Bill: WE'RE 15:33 GOING TO DO IT. >>Dr. 15:34 Knight: OKAY. THE PROBLEM WAS JOHN WAS DEALING 15:42 WITH SOME PEOPLE WHO WERE SAYING, HEY, WE ARE 15:44 PERFECT, WE DON'T SIN AND HE TALKS ABOUT THEM 15:45 IN VERSE EIGHT OF CHAPTER ONE. "IF WE SAY WE HAVE NO 15:49 SIN, WE DECEIVE OURSELVES AND THE TRUTH IS NOT IN 15:52 US." HEY, PAUL NAILED IT DOWN IN ROMANS TWO AND 15:53 THREE THAT ALL HAVE SINNED AND COME SHORT OF THE 16:01 GLORY OF GOD. BUT IT'S GOD'S WILL THAT WE DON'T. 16:04 CHAPTER TWO VERSE ONE AGAIN, IN THE MIDDLE OF 16:05 THE VERSE, "BUT IF ANYONE DOES SIN, WE HAVE 16:09 AN ADVOCATE WITH THE FATHER, JESUS CHRIST THE 16:16 RIGHTEOUS". NOW THIS WORD "ADVOCATE" IN THE GREEK 16:17 THE WORD IS PARACLEET. 16:23 THAT'S THE SAME ROLE AS THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS IN 16:24 JOHN, JESUS TELLS US THAT IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN, 16:29 JESUS TELLS US THAT HE WILL SEND ANOTHER 16:32 PARACLEET. PARACLEET MEANS COMFORTER, IT MEANS ONE 16:33 WHO ARGUES ON YOUR BEHALF, THAT'S THE WORD ADVOCATE 16:38 HERE. IN CANADA, WHAT'S A LAWYER CALLED? IS IT AN 16:42 ADVOCATE OR.>>Bill: LAWYER. IN PORTUGUESE 16:43 THIS IS THE ACTUAL TERM FOR.>>Dr. Knight: OKAY. 16:46 IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, THEY'RE OFTEN CALLED 16:49 ADVOCATES. >>Bill: YES, SURE. OF COURSE. >>Dr. 16:50 Knight: THAT'S SOMEBODY WHO TAKES OUR SIDE. WE 16:53 HAVE AN ADVOCATE, THAT'S JESUS CHRIST. "WE HAVE AN 16:58 ADVOCATE WITH THE FATHER, JESUS CHRIST THE RIGHTEOUS 17:00 AND HE IS AN EXPEATION FOR OUR SINS." SOME BIBLES 17:05 WILL SAY PROPITUATION WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT 17:08 MEANS ATTONING SACRIFICE. 17:09 THAT JESUS DIED FOR US AND BECAUSE OF THAT HE HAS THE 17:17 RIGHT TO BE OUR ADVOCATE IN HEAVEN. NOW WHAT DOES 17:18 THAT MEAN? LET'S GO UP TO CHAPTER ONE VERSE NINE, 17:24 "IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST AND 17:30 WILL FORGIVE OUR SINS AND CLEANSE US FROM ALL 17:31 UNRIGHTEOUSNES". JESUS IN HEAVEN AS OUR HIGH PRIEST 17:39 IS OUR ADVOCATE. HE'S OUR INTERCESSOR AND WHEN WE GO 17:47 TO HIM WE HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT BECAUSE HIS 17:48 ONCE FOR ALL SACRIFICE, ACCORDING TO THE BOOK 17:56 OF HEBREWS, SEALED OUR ETERNAL SALVATION. THAT'S 18:00 HOW COME, WHEN WE HAVE A PROBLEM LET'S NOT TRY TO 18:01 HIDE IT FROM OURSELVES. 18:06 LET'S JUST GET ON OUR KNEES AND GO TO GOD, SAY 18:07 LOOK IT GOD, I MADE A MISTAKE. I'M GONNA MAKE 18:14 IT RIGHT WITH THE PERSON I HURT AND I'M GONNA MAKE IT 18:19 RIGHT WITH YOU. AND WE ASK FOR FORGIVENESS AND JESUS 18:20 SAYS IN HEBREWS 7:25, INTERCEEDS FOR US 18:27 AND HE CAN SAVE US TO THE UTTERMOST. THAT'S PART OF 18:33 THE MINISTRY OF RECONCILLIATION. PART OF 18:34 THE MINISTRY THAT CHRIST HAS BEEN CARRYING ON AS 18:37 OUR HIGH PRIEST FOR THE LAST 2000 YEARS IN THE 18:43 HEAVENLY SANCTUARY. HE IS OUR INTERCESSOR. THAT'S 18:44 POWERFUL STUFF. >>Bill: SURE IS. >>Dr. Knight: 18:52 AND ALL THE APOSTLES WERE PLUGGED INTO THIS, THEY 18:55 MAY NOT HAVE SPELLED IT OUT LIKE THE BOOK OF 18:56 HEBREWS DOES. 1 JOHN IS CLEAR ON IT. ANOTHER 18:59 PASSAGE THAT'S VERY GOOD IS ROMANS THE EIGHTH 19:03 CHAPTER. >>Bill: OKAY. 19:04 >>Dr. Knight: IN ROMANS EIGHT, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR 19:11 AT ALL WITH ROMANS OUT THERE IN THE AUDIENCE 19:12 ROMANS EIGHT IS A POWERFUL CHAPTER ABOUT THE 19:15 ASSURANCE OF SALVATION AND I'M GOING TO START 19:19 WITH VERSE 31, "WHAT THEN SHALL WE SAY TO THIS IF 19:20 GOD IS FOR US THEN WHO IS AGAINST US?" WELL, I LOVE 19:28 THAT. I MEAN, GOD SENT JESUS. THAT'S POWERFUL 19:36 STUFF. "HE WHO DID NOT SPARE HIS OWN SON BUT GAVE 19:38 HIM UP FOR US ALL, WILL HE NOT ALSO GIVE ALL THINGS 19:39 WITH HIM. WHO SHALL BRING ANY CHARGE AGAINST GOD'S 19:48 ELECT?" THAT'S THE CHRISTIANS. "IT IS GOD WHO 19:49 JUSTIFIES, WHO IS IT THAT CONDEMNS? IT IS JESUS 19:54 CHRIST. IS IT JESUS CHRIST WHO DIED? YES, WAS RAISED 19:59 FROM THE DEAD, WAS AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD, WHO 20:00 INDEED INTERCEEDS FOR US." 20:05 YOU SEE, THERE IS THIS WHOLE MINISTRY OF 20:06 INTERCESSION AGAIN. SO WHEN YOU READ HEBREWS 7:25 20:11 ABOUT HAVING A POWERFUL INTERCESSOR IN HEAVEN THIS 20:17 AFFECTS US EVERY DAY OF OUR LIVES. BECAUSE SIN IS 20:18 REBELLION AGAINST GOD, SIN DOES SEPARATE US FROM GOD. 20:25 >>Bill: ABSOLUTELY. >>Dr. 20:26 Knight: AND WHAT HEALS THE SEPARATION, DAY BY DAY, 20:30 AS WE GET ON OUR KNEES, WE ASK THE INTERCESSOR, OUR 20:37 ADVOCATE, THE PARACLEET, IF WE PRAY IN HIS NAME 20:38 FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF OUR SINS AND HE CAN SAVE TO 20:45 THE UTTERMOST BECAUSE OF WHAT HE DID ON CALVARY. 20:51 >>Bill: WELL THAT IMAGE OF JESUS PLEADING HIS BLOOD, 20:52 INTERCEEDING ON MY BEHALF HAS GOT TO BE ONE OF 20:56 THE MOST COMPASSIONATE PICTURES OF JESUS IN ALL 20:58 OF SCRIPTURE. >>Dr. 21:00 Knight: YES. IT'S NOT THAT HE HAS TO CONVINCE GOD. 21:01 GOD LOVES US SO MUCH THAT HE SENT THE SON BUT GOD 21:02 FORGIVES AND HE FORGIVES JUSTLY. THAT IS, ALL 21:08 OF US ARE UNDER A DEATH SENTENCE, THE BLOOD OF 21:12 CHRIST CLEANSES US FROM THE DEATH SENTENCE AND 21:13 SO GOD STANDS JUSTIFIED BEFORE THE UNIVERSE. 21:19 HE DID THE RIGHT THING BECAUSE OF WHAT JESUS DID. 21:25 AND BECAUSE, WE'RE WILLING TO PARTAKE OF THAT WHOLE 21:26 EXPERIENCE. WHEN I GET ON MY KNEES AND PRAY TO THE 21:29 CHRIST WHO DIED ON THE CROSS, I'M JOINING WITH 21:33 GOD THE FATHER AND GOD THE SON AND GOD THE HOLY 21:34 SPIRIT IN THE PLAN OF REDEMPTION. I'M SAYING 21:41 YES, I BELIEVE IN THOSE THINGS WHICH I CANNOT SEE. 21:48 THAT'S FAITH. >>Bill: THAT'S FABULOUS. WHAT 21:49 A, WHAT AN INTERESTING, VALUABLE PERSPECTIVE. 21:53 YOU KNOW, MANY CHRISTIANS DON'T HAVE THAT VIEW, OR 21:57 THAT BELIEF, OR THAT TEACHING OF THIS HEAVENLY 21:58 SANCTUARY IN JESUS' INTERCEEDING IN IT. AND AS 22:03 A RESULT, I MEAN, YOU MISS THE CORE OF THE GOSPEL 22:10 MESSAGE. I MEAN, DON'T YOU? >>Dr. Knight: I THINK 22:11 SOME OF THEM UNDERSTAND, I THINK MANY PEOPLE 22:14 UNDERSTAND THAT YOU NEED TO CONFESS YOUR SINS BUT 22:16 THEY DON'T HAVE MUCH OF AN IDEA OF THE RICHNESS OF 22:17 WHAT'S HAPPENING UP THERE AND HOW IT ALL FITS 22:21 TOGETHER. AND HOW IT FITS TOGETHER WITH SO MUCH OF 22:24 THE OLD TESTAMENT BECAUSE IF YOU TAKE A LOOK 22:25 AT THE OLD TESTAMENT, THE SACRIFICIAL SERVICE WHICH 22:27 POINTED FORWARD TO JESUS, STARTED OFF RIGHT AS SOON 22:33 AS SIN ENTERS. >>Bill: RIGHT. >>Dr. Knight: YOU 22:34 FIND THE STORY OF CANE AND ABEL. AND WHY WAS ABEL'S 22:39 SACRIFICE ACCEPTABLE BECAUSE IT REPRESENTED THE 22:47 BLOOD OF THE LAMB. ALL THE WAY THROUGH SCRIPTURE WE 22:48 HAVE THIS SACRIFICE. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? HOW COME WE 22:54 HAVE A WHOLE, WELL WE HAVE A HALF A BOOK ON HOW TO 22:58 BUILD A SANCTUARY. YOU KNOW, I'VE NEVER BUILT ONE 22:59 BUT THAT'S A LOT OF SPACE. 23:03 YOU'VE GOT EXODUS 25 THROUGH 40 ON HOW TO 23:04 BUILD A SANCTUARY AND THEN YOU'VE GOT LEVITICUS ABOUT 23:09 30-SOMETHING CHAPTERS ON HOW TO KILL A GOAT. WHY 23:15 ALL THIS SPACE IN SCRIPTURE? BECAUSE IT'S 23:16 ALL POINTING FORWARD TO THAT CHRIST WHO WILL COME 23:22 AND DIE AS THE LAMB OF GOD. NOW, WHEN SOON AS WE 23:29 REALIZE THE BOOK OF HEBREWS, THEN IT OPENS UP 23:30 MUCH OF THE OLD TESTAMENT TO US AND IT ALSO OPENS 23:34 UP THE APOCALYPSE OF JOHN THAT IS THE BOOK OF 23:39 REVELATION. BECAUSE AS WE NOTED A COUPLE OF 23:40 PROGRAMS BACK, THE BOOK OF REVELATION, ALL THE 23:44 SCENES, EVERY OPENING OF EVERY SCENE, EVERY OPENING 23:49 OF EVERY REVELATION TAKES PLACE IN THE HEAVENLY 23:50 SANCTUARY. >>Bill: SANCTUARY. SO MUCH 23:53 SANCTUARY IMAGERY IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION. >>Dr. 23:55 Knight: YEAH. AND IN DANIEL, TOO. IN DANIEL 7 23:56 ABOUT VERSE 10, IT SAYS THE JUDGEMENT WAS SET AND 24:02 THE BOOKS WERE OPENED AND TEN THOUSAND TIMES TEN 24:06 THOUSANDS OF ANGELS, THAT'S A JUDGEMENT SCENE 24:07 IN THE HEAVENLY SANCTUARY. 24:13 EVERY PLACE IN SCRIPTURE IS SANCTUARY. >>Bill: YES. 24:14 WE HAVE ABOUT TWO MINUTES LEFT. YOU KNOW, FOR ME, 24:17 WHAT THIS, FOR ME IT PUTS THE JUDGEMENT IN A WHOLE 24:21 DIFFERENT CONTEXT. I MEAN, WE TEND TO SHY AWAY FROM 24:22 JUDGEMENT, COMING BEFORE THE JUDGEMENT SEAT OF 24:29 GOD, OH, WHOA IS ME. >>Dr. 24:30 Knight: WE'VE DONE SOME BAD THINGS WITH THAT. WE 24:33 HAVE DONE, THE BIBLE SAYS CHRISTIANS HAVE NOTHING TO 24:35 FEAR OF THE JUDGEMENT BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE 24:36 LAMB. BECAUSE JESUS IS THEIR HIGH PRIEST AND OVER 24:40 AND OVER IN SCRIPTURE, THE TEACHING IS ALWAYS, 24:44 JUDGEMENT IS FOR THE SINS. 24:45 >>Bill: IN FAVOR. >>Dr. 24:46 Knight: IN FAVOR OF. THAT QUOTATION ACTUALLY 24:52 CAME FROM DANIEL 7:22, JUDGEMENT IS FOR THE 24:54 SAINTS. SAME THING IN REVELATION 18 AND EARLIER 24:55 ON IN REVELATION YOU HAVE THE SAINTS CRYING OUT 25:01 FROM UNDER THE ALTAR, HOW LONG, HOW LONG BEFORE THE 25:04 JUDGEMENT BECAUSE THEY CAN HARDLY WAIT. BECAUSE 25:05 JESUS, ACCORDING TO JOHN 5, JESUS IS ALSO OUR 25:10 JUDGE. IT'S AN INTERESTING ROLE BUT THE JUDGEMENT IS 25:14 REALLY GOD SAYING YES, YOU'VE ACCEPTED JESUS, 25:15 YOUR NAME IS WRITTEN IN THE COMPUTER OF LIFE, 25:24 IT DOESN'T SAY, BOOK, WHATEVER, YOUR NAME IS 25:28 THERE, YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO COME IN. YOU'VE ACCEPTED 25:29 JESUS AS NOT ONLY YOUR SAVIOUR BUT AS YOUR FRIEND 25:34 AND YOUR LORD. >>Bill: I HEARD A PREACHER ONCE SAY, 25:37 YOU KNOW, JUDGEMENT IS NOT ABOUT GOD KEEPING YOU 25:38 OUT OF HEAVEN, IT'S GOD PULLING OUT ALL THE STOPS 25:42 TO GET YOU INTO HEAVEN. 25:43 I THINK WHAT A WONDERFUL THOUGHT TO END OUR PROGRAM 25:46 ON. DR. KNIGHT WOULD YOU BE SO KIND AS TO PRAY WITH 25:50 OUR VIEWERS AT THIS TIME. 25:51 >>Dr. Knight: YES, I WILL. 25:52 OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN, LORD WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR 25:54 GOODNESS, WE THANK YOU FOR JESUS, WHO MEANS 25:58 EVERYTHING TO US. WE THANK YOU, LORD, FOR THE BOOK OF 25:59 HEBREWS. LORD, HELP US TO STUDY THAT BOOK, TO 26:04 UNDERSTAND IT MORE AND TO UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR HIGH 26:09 PRIEST, TODAY, IS DOING IN HEAVEN FOR EACH OF 26:10 US. IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. 26:15 (MUSIC) 27:02 >>Bill: AMEN. AS A SPECIAL GIFT TO OUR VIEWERS THIS 27:03 WEEK, WE'D LIKE TO OFFER YOU SHAWN BOONSTRA'S BOOK 27:07 "OH, JERUSALEM, JERUSALEM" AND IT COVERS MANY OF THE 27:11 THEMES WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IN THIS SERIES. 27:12 IT IS A GIFT TO YOU, OUR VIEWERS, FROM IT 27:15 IS WRITTEN. HERE IS THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO 27:18 ASK FOR YOUR COPY. 27:48 WELL, WE'VE COME TO THE END OF ANOTHER PROGRAM AND 27:49 TO THE END OF THIS SERIES ON EXPLORING HEBREWS. AND 27:52 I WANTED TO THANK YOU, DR. 27:53 KNIGHT, FOR ENLIGHTENING US ON THE RELEVANCE AND 27:55 THE MESSAGE CONTAINED IN THIS WONDERFUL BOOK. >>Dr. 28:00 Knight: MY PLEASURE. YOU KNOW, IF OUR VIEWERS ARE 28:01 INTERESTED IN PICKING UP DR. KNIGHT'S COMMENTARY 28:04 ON HEBREWS OR ANY OF THE OTHER SIX COMMENTARIES HE 28:07 HAS OR ANY OF HIS BOOKS, YOU CAN SEE A 28:08 LINK ON OUR WEBSITE, ITISWRITTENCANADA.CA. 28:11 WELL, WE HOPE TO BE BACK NEXT WEEK; WE HOPE YOU 28:17 JOIN US ALSO. UNTIL THEN, REMEMBER, IT IS WRITTEN; 28:18 MAN SHALL NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE BUT BY 28:23 EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD. 28:31 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ 28:32 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ |
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