Hello, friends, and welcome
to 3ABN Sabbath School Panel.
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We are so glad
you have joined us.
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We are studying
the Book of Hebrews
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in these last days,
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and this week we're
going to be studying
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the message to
the Book of Hebrews.
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Well, we've got some
Bible students behind me
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and we're looking forward
to jumping into this lesson
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Hello, friends, and welcome
to 3ABN Sabbath School Panel.
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My name is James Rafferty,
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and we are so glad
that you have joined us.
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We are in week number two,
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and the title of
this week's lesson is
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The Message of Hebrews.
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I have some Bible
students with me today
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and I'd like to introduce them
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before we get
into our Bible study.
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To my immediate
left is John Dinzey.
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John, it's good
to have you with us.
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It's a blessing to be here
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and this is a
very powerful lesson.
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Amen.
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And following
John, we have Ryan Day.
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Amen.
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It's always a blessing
to be a part of this panel.
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Today, we're talking
about Jesus, our Champion.
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Amen.
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And right next to
Ryan, we have Jill Morikone.
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Jill? So glad to be here.
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I'm studying Jesus
is our High Priest.
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Amen. Amen.
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And next to Jill,
last but not least,
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is John Lomacang.
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And I'm covering Jesus
makes a better covenant.
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Amen. Amen.
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I noticed in the titles that
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a lot of the
focus is about Jesus.
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And that really is
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what the Book of
Hebrews is about.
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It's all about Jesus
and what He means to us
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and what He's
accomplished for us.
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So the message of
Hebrew Sabbath afternoon begins
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with a number of Bible verses,
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Hebrews 1:5-14, Luke 1:30-33,
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Psalm 132:1-5, Hebrews 2:14-16,
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Hebrews 5:1-4, 1
Peter 2:9, Hebrews 8:8-12,
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we're going to be diving
into all of these Bible verses
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looking at all of these themes.
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But before we do that,
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we're going to start
with a word of prayer.
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John, would you
like to pray for us?
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Sure. Let's go to
the Lord in prayer.
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Our loving Heavenly
Father, thank You so much, Lord,
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for the Book of Hebrews
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that helps us understand so much
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about the
ministry of Jesus Christ,
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His sacrifice for us,
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and the promises
that are there in
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give us hope and encouragement.
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We pray that Your Holy
Spirit will be upon us.
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Bless us that we
may speak Your words,
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and we pray for a
blessing upon all that tune in,
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that listen, we pray for
Your name to be glorified.
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In Jesus' name, amen.
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Amen.
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Thank you, John.
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So let's just
look at our memory text
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for Sabbath afternoon lesson.
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It's found in Hebrews 8:1.
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Hebrews 8:1, it reads,
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"This is the main point
of the things we are saying:
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We have such a High Priest,
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who is seated at the right hand
of the throne of the Majesty
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in the heavens."
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Hebrews 8:1.
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The main point,
Paul is summarizing here,
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the main point of
what we're talking about
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in the Book of Hebrews.
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And he's in Chapter 8,
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so he's more than
halfway through the book.
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So he himself,
the author of Hebrews
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summarizes the main point
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of this magnificent masterpiece,
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a proclamation in
the New Testament,
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the Book of
Hebrews, and he says,
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"The main point
is Jesus Christ."
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And the main point
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is that Jesus Christ is
seated at the right hand
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of the Majesty in heaven.
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In other words,
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the right hand
means the hand of power,
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the hand of favor.
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Jesus is at the
right hand meaning
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He has the power and the
favor of the Majesty in heaven.
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Jesus Christ, our Savior,
our Redeemer has gained for us
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power and has
gained for us the favor
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of the Majesty in heaven.
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This is one of the
most powerful themes
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that we find in
the Book of Hebrews.
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Now going back to this lesson,
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we want to look
just a little bit
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at what Paul is doing
in the Book of Hebrews
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in relationship to
his purpose or his motive.
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The lesson brings out
that Paul wrote to the Hebrews,
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to strengthen the
faith of the believers
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amid their trials.
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He reminded them and us
that the promises of God
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will be fulfilled through Jesus,
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who is seated at the
right hand of the Father,
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who will again take us home.
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But in the meantime,
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Jesus mediates the
Father's blessings to us.
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So we need to hold fast
to our faith unto the end.
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And that is why this book
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is such a powerful proclamation,
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such a powerful message,
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the message of
Hebrews to us today,
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because Jesus is still seated
at the right hand of power,
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and Jesus is still mediating
the blessings of God toward us,
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and we need them.
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Now Sunday's lesson begins
with a title Jesus as King.
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And it goes on to describe
that one of the main points
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of the Book of Hebrews
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is that Jesus
is still the ruler,
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Jesus is King.
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He is seated at
the right hand of God,
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meaning that He is the ruler,
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not only in
heaven, but also on earth,
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because Jesus is His human name.
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Jesus became a human being.
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Jesus is not only God,
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but Jesus is also
part of the human family.
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And really, in reality,
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Jesus has always been
the ruler of the universe.
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But when Adam and Eve sinned,
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we're told that
this particular planet
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in the universe of
God was in a sense...
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Well, I won't say hand it over,
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but it was contended
for by another power,
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the devil, Satan, the usurper.
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And Jesus even identifies him
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in several verses
in the New Testament
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as the prince of this world.
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John 14:30, John 12:31,
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and John 16:11.
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Jesus, however,
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came and defeated
Satan at the cross,
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maintaining the
right to rule those
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who accept Him as Savior.
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And that is clarified for us
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in Colossians 2:13-15.
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So the first two
chapters of the Book of Hebrews
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focus especially on
the inauguration of Christ,
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and what He has
accomplished for us as God man.
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And there's these
juxtapose between God and man,
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in the identity of Jesus Christ,
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He is divine, and He is human.
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And Paul goes back and
forth in Hebrews Chapter 1,
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identifying Christ in
these two ways to show us
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that He is the divine
human ruler of planet earth,
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that He has taken Adam's place,
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become the
second Adam in a sense,
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and yet He is
still God in human flesh.
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And in doing this,
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He has
accomplished our salvation.
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He has taken from the
claims of the devil this planet
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and given it to all those
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who will accept Him
as their personal Savior.
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So Jesus Christ is
identified as God man,
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man in verses,
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Hebrews 1:5 for
example, in verse 9.
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Let's just read
there in Hebrews 1:5.
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It says, "For unto
which of the angels said
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he at any time, Thou art my Son,
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this day have I begotten thee?
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And again, I will
be to him a Father,
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and he shall be to me a Son?"
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So Jesus Christ here incarnate,
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God's only begotten
Son coming to this earth,
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being a son, and
God being His Father,
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coming to planet
earth, as a human
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treading the same steps
that we as humans tread,
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being born of a
woman, born in a stable,
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born with the same weaknesses
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that we ourselves are born with,
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and yet overcoming our humanity,
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our fallen humanity,
and bringing us the victory,
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bringing us the
gift of salvation
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through His
victory for each one of us.
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And then in verses 6, and
8, and 10, and 11, and 13,
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there is this strong emphasis
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that Jesus Christ is indeed God.
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Let's read, for
example, verse 8,
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"But unto the Son he saith,
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Thy throne, O God,
is for ever and ever:
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a scepter of righteousness
is the scepter of thy kingdom."
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So in these verses,
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we see that Jesus
Christ is clearly God.
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And it's so
beautiful to recognize this
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as a principle truth
in the Book of Hebrews.
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The Book of
Hebrews is establishing
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the theme of something better.
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That word better
is used over 13 times
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in the Book of Hebrews.
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And in Hebrews Chapter 1,
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we could say that
Jesus Christ is representing
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or revealing to us a better God.
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God's name has been
misrepresented by the devil.
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We go all the way back
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to the beginning to
the inception of sin,
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and we find Satan
seeking to misrepresent God.
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God is withholder.
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God doesn't want you to
have the fruit of the tree
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of the knowledge
of good and evil,
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because He doesn't
want you to be like Him.
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You're not going
to die. God is a liar.
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God is misrepresented by
Satan over and over again
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at the inception of sin.
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And all through the centuries,
all through the years,
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down to the very
incarnation of Christ,
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people had a
misapprehension of God.
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They didn't
understand who He was.
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They didn't
understand what He was like.
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And so Jesus came to
this earth as God man.
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He didn't
completely obscure His divinity
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because He came
to reveal the Father.
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In fact, in John
14:9, Philip says,
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"Show us the
Father and suffices us."
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And Jesus says, "Haven't I
been so long with you, Philip,
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when you see me,
you've seen the Father."
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Jesus Christ came
to reveal, to disclose,
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to uncover the Father to show us
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who the Father really is,
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what the Father is really like,
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so that we could be not only
reclaimed from Satan's grasp,
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but that we could be
endeared to the Father's heart,
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so that our hearts
could be connected with Him,
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so that we could
give Him willing service
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so that our love,
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our loyalty could be
won back to the Father.
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And this is what we
see in the Book of Hebrews.
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We see this amazing proclamation
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not only of the enthronement
of Christ in heaven,
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not only the incarnation
of Christ in this earth,
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not only of the
reclaiming of this world,
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through Jesus
Christ for each one of us,
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but we see an
amazing dynamic revelation
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of who the Father
is in Jesus Christ.
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And Chapter 1 is key,
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because it tells
us that God the Father
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didn't send some lesser
created being to redeem us.
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Jesus Christ wasn't
less than the Father.
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In other words, the accusation
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that the Father in
heaven doesn't love us,
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doesn't have our
best interest at stake,
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and has no real love for us
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in the sense of self
denying and other centered
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was in completely
obliterated by Jesus,
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because Jesus was
the Father incarnate.
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He was God incarnate.
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And when He came to this earth,
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He came to reveal
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that the Father's heart
is filled with self-sacrifice
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that God Himself
came to this earth,
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not some third party.
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In other words, a lot
of the pagan religions
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were believing that the God
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whoever He is that
rules needs the sacrifices
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of some other person
to appease his rassle
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that He can be gracious to us.
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But Christianity
teaches that God Himself came,
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that God Himself
made the sacrifice,
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that God in the person
of Jesus Christ is the one
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who reconciles us to His heart.
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It's not some third
party, it's God and us.
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And so Hebrews Chapter 1
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establishes this
beautiful picture
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of who God is,
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and prepares us for
the something better
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that is found
all the way through
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the Book of Hebrews.
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The usurper initiated
that planet earth is his,
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and he did this by
misrepresenting God.
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And so Jesus Christ came
to destroy his trafficking.
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Ezekiel Chapter 28 tells us
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this was the
trafficking of Satan.
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Trafficking is merchandize
of misrepresentation.
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And, of course,
Genesis 3 confirms that.
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So Jesus has
restored planet earth to us,
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by properly
representing who God is
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and what He is like.
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And that character of God
is going to be the center part
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of the last message
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that is taken to
the entire world.
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And that character is
exposed and revealed here
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in the Book of Hebrews.
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And we're going to see
this over and over again,
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as we move through
the various chapters.
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Jesus Christ then
is the legitimate ruler
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of this earth.
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He is engaged in a
war with Satan the usurper
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for our allegiance,
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and that
allegiance is going to come,
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our allegiance is going to come
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when we see more and
more of the character of God,
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when we understand
what God is truly like.
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That's why Jesus
says in John 17:3,
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"This is life eternal,
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that they might
know me the only true God
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or know thee the only
true God, and Jesus Christ,
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whom He has sent."
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Jesus was sent by God to reveal
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what God is really like
so that we could know Him,
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and in knowing Him,
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enter back into
that life eternal.
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The Book of Hebrews
does an outstanding job
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at sharing this picture of
God in so many different ways,
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in so many different facets,
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and we're going to be looking
at a few of those facets here
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as we get into our
lesson in more detail.
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Week number two,
looking forward to it.
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John, what do we have?
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Well, in the Monday's lesson,
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we have Jesus as our mediator.
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And so for this lesson,
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you will notice that
the word mediator is used
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concerning Jesus Christ
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and how He becomes our mediator.
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And in 1 Timothy
2:5, the Bible tells us,
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"For there's one
God and one mediator
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between God and men,
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the Man, Christ Jesus."
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This is it.
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This is Jesus Christ,
who became a man, being God,
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He became a man
in order to fulfill
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what the Bible says
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concerning His
sacrifice to die for us,
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so that then He
could become our mediator
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and our high priest.
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And Jesus had to
live a perfect life
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as a man in this earth,
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and He endured the assaults
of Satan that at every step,
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the devil tried to
stop Him from fulfilling
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that which was
promised back in Eden.
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Because back in
Eden the promise was made
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that the Seed would come
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and give the crushing
blow on the serpent's head.
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And so Jesus
Christ is that mediator
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between God and man,
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there is no other mediator.
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There's one and I
like to stress that
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because there are
certain religious groups
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that stress that
there's another mediator,
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and this is not true.
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Jesus is the one mediator.
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John 14: 6,
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Jesus begins to
help us understand
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that He is the one,
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notice, Jesus said to him,
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"I am the way, the
truth, and the life.
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No one comes to the
Father except through Me."
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So you cannot
come through the Father
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except through Jesus Christ.
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And I'm telling you,
it's not the Apostle Paul,
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it's nobody on
earth, it's not Mary,
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it's Jesus Christ alone.
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He is our mediator.
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And this is why
we see in Acts 4:12,
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Jesus is identified again here
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as the only one that
can offer us salvation.
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And He's
bringing this to the Jews,
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who have begun to
consider the sacrifices
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as having
properties of salvation
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that the
sacrifices could save us.
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No, it is Jesus Christ
that sacrifice will save us.
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Acts 4:12, says,
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"Neither is there
salvation in any other.
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For there's none other name
under heaven given among men,
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whereby we must be saved."
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Salvation is only
through Jesus Christ.
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Now notice, here
in Hebrews 9:13-15,
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because for a period of time,
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the children of the Lord
were to offer sacrifices,
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as a symbol of the sacrifice
that Jesus would do for us.
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And these animals,
of course, they were,
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there's a difference,
these animals were selected,
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they had to be
without spot or blemish,
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or anything that
would disqualify them
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because Jesus Christ
had to live a perfect life
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and these animals had
to be in perfect condition
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to symbolize Jesus.
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Notice here beginning
of 13, Hebrews Chapter 9,
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"For if the blood
of bulls and goats,
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and the ashes of a heifer,
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sprinkling the unclean,
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sanctifies for the
purifying of the flesh,
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how much more
shall the blood of Christ
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who through the eternal Spirit,"
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notice how He calls this text,
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identifies the Holy
Spirit as the eternal Spirit,
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"offered Himself,"
notice, "without spot to God,
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cleanse your conscience
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from dead works to
serve the living God."
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And for this reason,
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and I highlight for this reason,
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He is the mediator
of the New Covenant
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by means of death,
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for the redemption
of the transgression
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under the first covenant.
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And when it says
under the first covenant,
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it's identifying
the earlier covenant
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that God made with
the people of Israel.
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That is the Mosaic
Covenant that those,
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the verse continues,
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that those who are
called may receive the promise
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of the eternal inheritance.
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My brothers and
sisters, friends,
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there's an eternal inheritance
00:18:32.74\00:18:35.14
that is made available
to us through Jesus Christ,
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the one sacrifice for all,
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the only way to heaven
is through Jesus Christ,
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the only way to the
Father is through Jesus Christ.
00:18:45.12\00:18:47.42
And please
understand that salvation
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is by grace through faith,
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by grace through faith.
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And there has only been
only one way to have salvation.
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From the beginning
of time since Adam,
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there's only been one way.
00:19:01.40\00:19:03.41
The animal
sacrifices were only a symbol
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of the Lamb of God
00:19:06.31\00:19:07.88
who takes away
the sin of the world.
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They were a
shadow, they were a symbol
00:19:11.45\00:19:13.78
that all
pointed to Jesus Christ,
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His atoning
sacrifice on the cross.
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And so there's an
interesting concept,
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the lesson brings out,
00:19:22.62\00:19:23.96
that in the Old
Testament theology
00:19:23.99\00:19:25.96
is that the
promised Davidic King
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would represent
the nation before God.
00:19:28.23\00:19:30.90
And let's go into
that rather quickly
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because my time is
speeding for some reason.
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Exodus 4:22-23 brings out this,
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"Then you shall say to Pharaoh,
00:19:41.58\00:19:43.18
'Thus says the Lord:
00:19:43.21\00:19:44.75
'Israel is My son, My firstborn.
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So I say to you, let My
son go that he may serve Me."
00:19:48.92\00:19:53.92
You see, God adopted the nation
of Israel as their firstborn,
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and they were to be
representatives of God on earth
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to help other nations understand
00:20:01.76\00:20:04.27
how God would bless those
that serve Him wholeheartedly.
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And so there is
covenant language there
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preeminence,
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the covenant
Son, the Son of God,
00:20:13.81\00:20:17.18
would be coming
through the nation of Israel.
00:20:17.21\00:20:20.75
And this is why you
see all those begets,
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you know, all those begets
are there only to identify
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the lineage of the Son of God,
00:20:27.72\00:20:29.86
and that is Jesus Christ,
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and that He was born
of the Seed of David.
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Now let's go to
2 Samuel 7:12-14,
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God's speaking to David says,
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"When your days are fulfilled,
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and you rest with your fathers,
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I will set up
your seat after you
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who will come from your body,
00:20:51.01\00:20:54.38
and I will
establish His kingdom,
00:20:54.42\00:20:57.02
He shall build a
house for my name,
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and I will establish the
throne of His kingdom forever.
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I will be His father
and He shall be my son."
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So there in John
Chapter 1, it says,
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"And the Word was with God,
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and the Word was God."
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But eventually the Word
that was God would become
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a Son of God would become flesh,
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and would be
adopted as God's Son."
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The Davidic Covenant
secured God's covenant
00:21:25.88\00:21:27.98
blessings upon Israel through
faithfulness of one person,
00:21:28.02\00:21:31.85
that is the
Davidic King, Jesus Christ.
00:21:31.89\00:21:35.69
Now the lesson brings out
some very interesting things.
00:21:35.72\00:21:39.16
It says, these
promises for Israel
00:21:39.19\00:21:41.20
will now be fulfilled,
00:21:41.23\00:21:43.20
through the
Promised Davidic King.
00:21:43.23\00:21:45.97
The people of Israel failed,
but Jesus Christ did not fail.
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He was victorious,
00:21:50.41\00:21:52.14
and He would be
adopted as God's Son,
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and God would give
Him rest from His enemies.
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And it says, and He would
build a temple for God in Zion,
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where God's name would dwell.
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This means that God
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would fulfill His
promises to Israel,
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through the
promised Davidic King.
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The Davidic King,
of course, is Jesus.
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The Davidic King would represent
00:22:12.43\00:22:13.86
Israel before God.
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And this is what
the lesson brings out,
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and is very, very interesting
00:22:16.93\00:22:19.03
to consider that
Jesus Christ is the Prophet,
00:22:19.07\00:22:24.04
Priest, King, He
is the sacrifice,
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He is the priest,
00:22:26.37\00:22:27.71
and He is the
mediator for God's people.
00:22:27.74\00:22:30.51
So our ultimate
salvation of hope
00:22:30.55\00:22:32.68
is found only in Jesus Christ,
00:22:32.71\00:22:35.85
and what He has done for us.
00:22:35.88\00:22:38.72
So I encourage you to do
as John the Baptist said,
00:22:38.75\00:22:42.86
"Behold, the Lamb
of God that takes away
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the sin of the world."
00:22:45.73\00:22:47.06
It is through Jesus Christ,
00:22:47.10\00:22:48.63
the mediator
between God and man,
00:22:48.66\00:22:50.73
that we have our salvation.
00:22:50.77\00:22:52.93
And so as we go
through the Book of Hebrews,
00:22:52.97\00:22:55.80
things will
unfold in a beautiful way
00:22:55.84\00:22:58.64
that I want to
encourage you to consider Jesus.
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Consider Him
because He is our Savior.
00:23:01.64\00:23:04.75
And I want to
bring out something here
00:23:04.78\00:23:07.22
because sometimes this
is confusing to people.
00:23:07.25\00:23:09.98
And in Jesus
Christ, the nature of God,
00:23:10.02\00:23:14.82
and the nature of man
was mysteriously blended.
00:23:14.86\00:23:18.36
He was God and He was man.
00:23:18.39\00:23:21.93
And this scripture
that I read earlier
00:23:21.96\00:23:25.53
brings out something powerful.
00:23:25.57\00:23:27.94
It says here,
again, and for this reason,
00:23:27.97\00:23:31.21
He is the mediator
of the New Covenant
00:23:31.24\00:23:32.71
that by means of death,
00:23:32.74\00:23:34.38
it is the death of Jesus
Christ and His resurrection
00:23:34.41\00:23:39.38
that makes it possible for
Him to become our mediator.
00:23:39.41\00:23:43.15
Had He not lived a perfect life,
00:23:43.18\00:23:46.02
had He not been a
perfect sacrifice,
00:23:46.05\00:23:49.16
He could not be our mediator.
00:23:49.19\00:23:50.96
But Jesus, the Book of Hebrews
00:23:50.99\00:23:52.86
brings this out
that Jesus Christ
00:23:52.89\00:23:55.10
became our mediator
00:23:55.13\00:23:56.93
because He was
the perfect sacrifice
00:23:56.97\00:23:59.17
for our sins.
00:23:59.20\00:24:00.54
And therefore, in
Hebrews Chapter 4,
00:24:00.57\00:24:02.00
it brings out let us therefore
00:24:02.04\00:24:03.81
boldly come before
His throne of grace.
00:24:03.84\00:24:07.54
Amen. Amen.
00:24:07.58\00:24:08.91
So we have one mediator,
and that is Jesus Christ,
00:24:08.94\00:24:13.18
and we have one God,
00:24:13.21\00:24:15.02
and that God was
manifested through Jesus Christ.
00:24:15.05\00:24:17.65
So that's the
message of Hebrews so far,
00:24:17.69\00:24:19.02
that's what we've learned.
00:24:19.05\00:24:20.39
Don't go away.
00:24:20.42\00:24:21.76
We're going to be
right back to discover more
00:24:21.79\00:24:23.12
about this beautiful message.
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Amen.
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Welcome back, friends,
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we are studying
Hebrews these last days.
00:25:01.10\00:25:03.57
And this week's
lesson is entitled
00:25:03.60\00:25:05.60
The Message of Hebrews.
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And we're now going to be moving
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to Tuesday's
lesson with Ryan Day.
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Amen.
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I'm Ryan Day, and I have
Tuesday's lesson entitled,
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I love this,
Jesus, our Champion.
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Oh, I could
just for some reason,
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I just hear some
music in the background.
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I don't know why
that famous orchestral,
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wan-wan-wan, wan-wan...
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I don't know I was,
I'm a musical person.
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So when I read this,
I just heard this music,
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Jesus, our Champion.
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And the message
actually starts out comparing
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1 Samuel Chapter 8
to Hebrews Chapter 2.
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And the question that is asked
at the first of this lesson
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is what did the
Israelites look for in a king?
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And how were these
wishes fulfilled in Jesus?
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So let's go back
to 1 Samuel 8:19-20.
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Those will be the verses
we read starting out here.
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But, of course, if
you've read the background
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of what's happening here,
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in 1 Samuel Chapter 8,
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the people come to
Samuel the prophet and say,
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"You know what?
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We want our own king.
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We don't want God to
be our king anymore."
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Previous to this,
God was their king,
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God was their ruler,
but they got to a point
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where their hearts
had become hardened,
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they were drifting
away from the Lord,
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and now they wanted to put a man
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in place for their king
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and, of course, you
know, a case can be made here
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that this is what attributed
to the spiritual decline
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and fall of Israel's
future in the future.
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But we see here
in the latter verses
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of 1 Samuel Chapter 8.
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We're going to
read verses 19 and 20.
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And notice what the
people are saying to Samuel,
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now that Samuel
has come to them,
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he's warned them,
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he shared with
them the message of God
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of what's going to happen
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if they go about
having a human king over them.
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But we see here that it
says, it says, "Nevertheless,
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the people refused to
obey the voice of Samuel,
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and they said, 'No,
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but we will have a king over us,
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that we also may be
like the other nations,
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and that our king may judge us
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and go out before us
and fight our battles."
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Okay.
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So you know,
there's nothing wrong
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with wanting to have a king
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that will be judge over you,
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and fight your battles.
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But hopefully, we want
God to be our king over us.
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Only God is the judge.
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And that is what
they were missing.
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They wanted a
man to be over them.
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But obviously the
writer of this lesson
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is comparing that
to Hebrews Chapter 2,
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in which Christ would
ultimately come along,
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and He would fulfill
that in the flesh as man
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and also as
king of the universe.
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Notice Hebrews 2:14-16.
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These are some famous verses
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talking about
how Christ came down.
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He was robed in flesh,
He became like one of us.
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Notice Hebrews 2:14-16.
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It says, "Inasmuch
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then as the
children have partaken
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of flesh and blood,
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He Himself
likewise shared in the same,
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that through death
He might destroy him
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who had the power of death,
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that is, the devil,
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and release those
who through fear of death
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were all their
lifetime subject to bondage."
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And then verse 16,
"For indeed He does not..."
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And this is the
New King James Version
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I'm reading here.
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"For indeed He does
not give aid to angels,
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but He does give aid
to the seed of Abraham."
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I like that in the sense
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that it's pointing out the fact
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that Christ humbled Himself
as Philippians Chapter 2 says,
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"He thought it not robbery
to be equal with God," right?
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"He did not want
to be equal to God
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but came down to rob
Himself in human flesh,
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that He might be one of us
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and might redeem us
from the works of sin."
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Now that was the
New King James Version.
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I also like to read
the King James Version,
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translation of verse 16,
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because notice, it
really puts in perspective.
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It says, "For
verily He took not on Him
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the nature of angels,
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but He took on Him
the seed of Abraham."
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How would Christ come
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to become our
champion of the world?
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How would He be our champion
to come to save us from sin?
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Notice, He's not
coming from heaven
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with all of the
unfallen perfect divine nature,
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of course, as we
mentioned earlier,
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was a blended nature.
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But at the end of
the day, my friends,
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Christ took fallen human flesh,
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He robed Himself,
He was robed in flesh,
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He grew up, He was tempted
in all ways, like we were.
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He became our champion,
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because we can
look to Him and say,
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"Yes, Jesus understands."
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I mean, history is
flooded with stories
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of religions from
all over the world,
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pagan false
religions all over the world
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that tells the story of
how man wanted to be God.
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But the beautiful thing
about the Christian story
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is we see that
Christianity is a story about
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how God became man so
that He could save His people.
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What a champion, right?
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Jesus, our
champion. It gets me excited.
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I used to be a
huge basketball fan
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back in the day.
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I still like to take
in a good basketball game
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every once in a while.
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But, I mean, I used to be,
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you know, completely
wrapped up in basketball.
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I was a huge Los
Angeles Lakers fan.
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And, you know,
there was a history,
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if you know anything
about the history of the NBA
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and the World
Championship Basketball,
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then you know that for years,
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the Boston Celtics
seemed to be the champions,
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the reigning
champions of the world.
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They always, seemed to
always find a way to win,
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and there's always the struggle.
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But back in the
days when I was younger
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before my Christian
devout days to Christ,
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you know, I was huge Lakers fan.
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And, you know, we
were looking for a man
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to step up to the
plate to help lead
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the Los Angeles Lakers
to the World Championship
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to defeat these Boston Celtics.
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Well, that happened in 2010.
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And our champion
that year was a man
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by the name of Kobe Bryant.
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Kobe Bryant
stepped up to the plate,
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he became the champion
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and I was just so
amazed by how he played,
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how great he was.
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I had Kobe hats and Kobe jerseys
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and Kobe shoes and my bedsheets
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were Los Angeles
Lakers and Kobe Bryant.
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I was such a
huge basketball fan.
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But my friends, you know,
all of us have our heroes,
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we have those
peoples we look forward to,
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whether it be a sports star,
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whatever it may be,
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that we see as
champions as heroes,
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as people we look up to.
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But at the end of the day,
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is anybody really going to
even come close to Jesus Christ?
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Kobe Bryant didn't
save me from my sins.
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And when Jesus Christ
grabbed a hold of my heart,
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and showed me who He really was,
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I changed my perspective,
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the world began to grow dimmer,
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and I begin to see
God for who He really was.
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David, like David was the hero
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and the champion
for Israel in the days
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that he slayed Goliath
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because Goliath
represented the enemy,
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he represented the
enemy's plans, the enemy's,
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you know, chains of
sin, and an oppression
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that he wanted to bring
upon the children of Israel.
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David stepped up as a
man after God's own heart,
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and he slayed Goliath.
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And Jesus is, of course,
David is a type of Christ,
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but Jesus
Christ is our champion.
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I love Isaiah 42:13, it says,
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"The Lord shall go
forth like a mighty man."
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I love that.
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"He shall stir up his
zeal, like a man of war,
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He shall cry
out, yes, shout aloud,
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He shall prevail
against His enemies."
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You know what?
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We may have our heroes
here and there that give us,
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you know, some excitement
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from whatever
ballgame might be playing
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or whatever
event we might be at.
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But at the end of the day,
Jesus Christ is the champion
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that saves the human race.
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At the end of the day,
when this world is passed away,
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we're going to be
looking to Him saying,
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"Thank you, oh, God,
for saving us from our sins,
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that we might have
eternal life in You."
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Another great
passage is Isaiah 59,
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which really
highlights the beautifulness
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of how God comes down
to bring us righteousness.
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And, of course, Isaiah 59:15-20,
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I'll read that quickly here.
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It says, so truth fails.
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And, of course,
when it says truth fails,
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it's talking in context
of the children of Israel,
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who had allowed oppression,
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who had
forsaken the ways of God,
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and they had basically
forsaken the truth of God.
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And so it goes on to say,
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"And he who departs from
evil makes himself a prey."
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And notice here, it
says, "Then the Lord saw it,
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and it displeased Him
that there was no justice."
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You see, we
serve a God of justice,
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our champion, Jesus
is a God of justice.
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And so it goes on
to say in verse 16,
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"He saw that there was no man,
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and wondered that
there was no intercessor,
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therefore His own arm
brought salvation for Him,
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and His own
righteousness, it sustained Him.
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For He put on
righteousness as a breastplate,
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and a helmet of
salvation on His head,
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He put on the garments
of vengeance for clothing,
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and was clad
with zeal as a cloak.
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According to their deeds,
accordingly He will repay, fury
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to His adversaries,
recompense to His enemies,
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the coastlands
He will fully repay.
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So shall they fear the
name of the Lord from the west,
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and His glory from
the rising of the sun,
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when the enemy
comes in like a flood,
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the Spirit of
the Lord will lift up
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a standard against him.
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The Redeemer will come to Zion,"
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I love this, "and to those
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who turn from transgression
in Jacob, says the Lord."
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My friends,
Jesus is our champion.
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At the end of the day,
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He is the champion of the world.
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The lesson brings this out
and I have to highlight this.
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It says, "As
Christians, we often think
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that we are engaged in
solo combat with Satan."
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I think all of us
have been in that sense.
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Yeah.
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But when we read
Ephesians 6:10-18,
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we see that, yes,
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we are in combat with the devil,
00:34:27.70\00:34:29.60
but God is our champion,
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and He goes to battle before us.
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We are part of His army.
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That is why we
have to use His armor,
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not our own armor, right?
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Also, we do not fight alone.
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That you in
Ephesians 6 is plural.
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We as a church take the
armor and fight together
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behind our champion,
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who is God Himself.
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My friends, you don't have
to fight your battles alone.
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Amen.
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In fact, you
cannot win the battles
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in and of
yourself and by yourself.
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Allow Jesus Christ
to be your champion.
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Jesus has already won the war.
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He's already
taken this world back.
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It is His.
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Allow Jesus Christ
today to be your champion,
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the champion of your life.
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Amen.
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Thank you so much,
Pastor Ryan, I love that.
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I love your
energy and enthusiasm
00:35:19.88\00:35:21.98
for the Word of God.
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I've been blessed by
what everyone shared.
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Jesus is our King.
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He is our
mediator. He is our champion.
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And I have Wednesday's lesson,
Jesus is Our High Priest.
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And to me, that's
the overarching theme
00:35:34.20\00:35:37.17
of the Book of Hebrews.
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We see, of
course, Jesus as King,
00:35:38.57\00:35:40.30
Jesus seated at the
right hand of the Father,
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Jesus as mediator,
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but Jesus as our High Priest.
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So I'm going to hopefully
we'll get through all this,
00:35:47.28\00:35:49.78
I want to look
at seven functions
00:35:49.81\00:35:52.68
of the Old Testament
Levitical priesthood.
00:35:52.71\00:35:56.08
Seven duties, seven obligations,
00:35:56.12\00:35:58.32
seven functions that
they were involved in,
00:35:58.35\00:36:00.89
and we're going to
compare them with seven ways
00:36:00.92\00:36:04.33
that Jesus
fulfilled that even better.
00:36:04.36\00:36:07.90
So let's take a look at
that Jesus as our High Priest.
00:36:07.93\00:36:10.97
This is the seven
functions or duties,
00:36:11.00\00:36:14.04
obligations of the
Levitical priesthood.
00:36:14.07\00:36:16.14
Now, I'm sure there's more,
00:36:16.17\00:36:17.51
we're just going to cover seven.
00:36:17.54\00:36:18.87
Number one, to
offer sacrifices to God
00:36:18.91\00:36:22.48
on behalf of sinful humanity.
00:36:22.51\00:36:26.08
Function number one,
offer sacrifices to God
00:36:26.11\00:36:29.45
on behalf of sinful humanity.
00:36:29.48\00:36:31.39
If you look at
Hebrews 5:1, we see this,
00:36:31.42\00:36:34.12
"For every high
priest taken from among men
00:36:34.16\00:36:37.19
is appointed for men in
things pertaining to God,
00:36:37.23\00:36:40.23
that He may offer both
gifts and sacrifices," why?
00:36:40.26\00:36:44.53
"For sins."
00:36:44.57\00:36:46.03
Offering those sacrifices
on behalf of sinful humanity.
00:36:46.07\00:36:50.31
If you look at
the Old Testament,
00:36:50.34\00:36:51.67
the Book of Leviticus we
see five major offerings.
00:36:51.71\00:36:55.68
Leviticus 1 is
the burnt offering.
00:36:55.71\00:36:58.08
And we see
Christ's fulfilling that,
00:36:58.11\00:37:00.85
His life being consumed.
00:37:00.88\00:37:02.75
Leviticus 2 is
the grain offering,
00:37:02.78\00:37:04.69
there's no death in that.
00:37:04.72\00:37:06.22
We see Christ
providing eternal life.
00:37:06.25\00:37:09.89
Leviticus 3 and 7, we
see the peace offering,
00:37:09.92\00:37:13.43
or the offer partook in
8 of the sacrifice as well.
00:37:13.46\00:37:18.73
This is where
you and I are called
00:37:18.77\00:37:20.24
to spiritually
partake of Christ.
00:37:20.27\00:37:23.14
In Leviticus 4 and 6,
we see the sin offering
00:37:23.17\00:37:25.61
or the purification offering,
00:37:25.64\00:37:27.91
and we see Christ given
as the ransom for our life.
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In Leviticus 5 and
7 we see the trespass,
00:37:32.35\00:37:35.42
the reparation offering,
00:37:35.45\00:37:37.42
and we see Christ's
pain, the debt of sin.
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Let's look at function
or obligation number two.
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The priests were to
intercede for the people.
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Leviticus 16:12-13.
00:37:48.26\00:37:52.27
Leviticus 16:12-13.
00:37:52.30\00:37:54.67
"He, this is Aaron
as the high priest,
00:37:54.70\00:37:57.44
shall take a censer
full of burning coals of fire
00:37:57.47\00:38:00.61
from the altar before the Lord,
00:38:00.64\00:38:02.31
with his hands full of
sweet incense beaten fine
00:38:02.34\00:38:05.01
and bring it inside the veil.
00:38:05.05\00:38:07.45
He shall put the incense
on the fire before the Lord
00:38:07.48\00:38:09.85
that the cloud of
incense may cover the mercy seat
00:38:09.88\00:38:13.52
that is on the
testimony, lest he die."
00:38:13.56\00:38:15.99
So the high
priest was to intercede
00:38:16.02\00:38:19.43
for the people.
00:38:19.46\00:38:21.03
Number three, the
high priest was to mediate
00:38:21.06\00:38:23.87
between God and sinful humanity.
00:38:23.90\00:38:26.23
Now this is very
similar to the intercession.
00:38:26.27\00:38:28.70
We're still in Leviticus
16, we see verses 16 and 17.
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"So he shall make
atonement for the Holy Place,
00:38:32.74\00:38:36.98
because of the uncleanness
of the children of Israel,
00:38:37.01\00:38:39.48
and because of
their transgressions
00:38:39.51\00:38:40.85
for all their sins,
00:38:40.88\00:38:42.22
he shall do so for
the tabernacle of meeting
00:38:42.25\00:38:44.22
which remains among them
00:38:44.25\00:38:45.59
in the midst of
their uncleanness.
00:38:45.62\00:38:47.99
There shall no man in
the tabernacle of meeting
00:38:48.02\00:38:50.43
when he goes in
00:38:50.46\00:38:51.79
to make atonement
in the Holy Place,
00:38:51.83\00:38:53.36
until he comes out,
00:38:53.40\00:38:55.26
that he may make
atonement for himself,
00:38:55.30\00:38:58.13
for his household,
00:38:58.17\00:38:59.50
and for all the
assembly of Israel."
00:38:59.53\00:39:02.40
We see this mediatorial
role between God and humanity.
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We also see number
four, that the priesthood,
00:39:07.51\00:39:09.71
the Levitical
priesthood was hereditary,
00:39:09.74\00:39:12.75
passed down from father to son.
00:39:12.78\00:39:15.92
We see this in
Deuteronomy Chapter 18.
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Number five, we see
that the Levitical priests
00:39:18.25\00:39:20.76
were to serve in holiness.
00:39:20.79\00:39:23.86
Leviticus 21: 6 says,
00:39:23.89\00:39:26.49
"The priest shall be
holy to the Lord their God."
00:39:26.53\00:39:30.40
Verse 7, "The
priest is holy to his God."
00:39:30.43\00:39:34.67
Verse 8, "He
shall be holy to you,
00:39:34.70\00:39:37.64
for I the Lord who
sanctify you I'm holy."
00:39:37.67\00:39:41.28
Number six, we see that
the Levitical priesthood
00:39:41.31\00:39:44.05
was to bless the people.
00:39:44.08\00:39:46.15
I love this
blessing in number six.
00:39:46.18\00:39:48.15
This is similar you could say
00:39:48.18\00:39:49.55
the Lord's Prayer
for the Old Testament.
00:39:49.58\00:39:51.82
Leviticus 6:23-27,
00:39:51.85\00:39:54.16
"Speak to Aaron
and his sons saying,
00:39:54.19\00:39:56.02
'This is the way you shall bless
00:39:56.06\00:39:58.03
the children of Israel."
00:39:58.06\00:39:59.69
Say to them and we know this,
00:39:59.73\00:40:01.10
the Lord bless you and keep you,
00:40:01.13\00:40:02.66
you could sing this, Ryan,
00:40:02.70\00:40:04.03
the Lord, make His
face shine upon you
00:40:04.07\00:40:05.93
and be gracious to you.
00:40:05.97\00:40:07.77
The Lord lift up
His countenance upon you
00:40:07.80\00:40:09.77
and give you peace.
00:40:09.80\00:40:11.47
Finally, number seven,
the Levitical priesthood
00:40:11.51\00:40:13.64
was called to teach the people.
00:40:13.68\00:40:16.91
We see this in Malachi 2:7,
00:40:16.95\00:40:18.98
"The lips of a priest
should keep knowledge,
00:40:19.01\00:40:22.18
and people should seek
the law from his mouth,
00:40:22.22\00:40:25.12
for he is the
messenger of the Lord of hosts."
00:40:25.15\00:40:28.99
Now we're going to look
at Jesus as our High Priest
00:40:29.02\00:40:32.76
and how He fulfilled
those seven functions,
00:40:32.79\00:40:36.83
you could say, of
the Levitical priesthood.
00:40:36.87\00:40:39.80
To offer sacrifices to God
on behalf of Aaron, humans,
00:40:39.83\00:40:42.60
to intercede for the people,
00:40:42.64\00:40:44.27
to mediate between
God and sinful humanity.
00:40:44.31\00:40:47.64
We understand the
priesthood was hereditary,
00:40:47.68\00:40:49.84
to serve in holiness,
00:40:49.88\00:40:51.21
to bless the people
and to teach the people.
00:40:51.25\00:40:53.62
Now also, Jesus not
only was the function
00:40:53.65\00:40:56.08
of the Levitical priesthood,
00:40:56.12\00:40:57.52
He offered the sacrifice
00:40:57.55\00:40:59.09
to satisfy the
demands of the law.
00:40:59.12\00:41:00.76
We also see He was a high priest
00:41:00.79\00:41:03.19
after the order of Melchizedek.
00:41:03.22\00:41:05.33
That's right.
00:41:05.36\00:41:06.70
We will study this
more in coming lessons.
00:41:06.73\00:41:08.80
So we really don't have
time to get into this now.
00:41:08.83\00:41:11.40
But we do see that Melchizedek
was a priest and a king.
00:41:11.43\00:41:15.24
He served in both
functions together.
00:41:15.27\00:41:18.67
And we also see that Jesus
was not of the tribe of Levi
00:41:18.71\00:41:23.68
like the Levitical priests.
00:41:23.71\00:41:25.38
In that sense He follows
00:41:25.41\00:41:26.78
after the order of
Melchizedek, as well.
00:41:26.82\00:41:29.52
So let's look
at this comparison.
00:41:29.55\00:41:30.95
Number one, Jesus
offers a better sacrifice
00:41:30.99\00:41:35.26
than the Levitical priests.
00:41:35.29\00:41:37.33
Why? He became the sacrifice.
00:41:37.36\00:41:40.06
Hebrews 7:26-27,
00:41:40.10\00:41:43.57
"For such a high
priest was fitting for us,
00:41:43.60\00:41:46.94
who is holy,
harmless, undefiled,
00:41:46.97\00:41:49.90
separate from sinners,
00:41:49.94\00:41:51.27
and has become
higher than the heavens,
00:41:51.31\00:41:53.51
who does not need daily
00:41:53.54\00:41:55.48
as those high priests
to offer up sacrifices,
00:41:55.51\00:41:58.68
first for his own sins,
00:41:58.71\00:42:00.05
and then for the
sins of the people.
00:42:00.08\00:42:01.82
For this He did once for
all when He offered up Himself."
00:42:01.85\00:42:06.86
You see, Jesus didn't need
00:42:06.89\00:42:08.22
to offer sacrifices for Himself.
00:42:08.26\00:42:09.89
He was the perfect sacrifice.
00:42:09.92\00:42:12.53
He didn't need to
offer daily sacrifices
00:42:12.56\00:42:14.16
for the people,
00:42:14.20\00:42:15.53
He died once and for all,
00:42:15.56\00:42:17.93
and that death
covered the sins of everyone,
00:42:17.97\00:42:21.47
He became the sacrifice.
00:42:21.50\00:42:23.10
Number two, Jesus
offers a better intercession
00:42:23.14\00:42:27.11
than the Levitical priesthood.
00:42:27.14\00:42:28.84
He became our intercessor.
00:42:28.88\00:42:32.25
Hebrews 7:25.
00:42:32.28\00:42:34.45
I love this verse.
00:42:34.48\00:42:36.22
He is also able to
save to the uttermost.
00:42:36.25\00:42:39.75
That word means He
can save completely,
00:42:39.79\00:42:41.99
He saves forever,
00:42:42.02\00:42:43.73
He saves entirely
perfectly and through all time,
00:42:43.76\00:42:48.23
He saves us those who
come to God through Him,
00:42:48.26\00:42:51.33
because He always lives
to make intercession for us.
00:42:51.37\00:42:56.34
That's right.
00:42:56.37\00:42:57.71
Number three, Jesus
offers a better mediation
00:42:57.74\00:43:00.81
than the Levitical priesthood,
00:43:00.84\00:43:02.41
because He became our mediator.
00:43:02.44\00:43:05.98
Pastor Johnny read
this, I believe earlier,
00:43:06.01\00:43:08.62
1 Timothy 2:5,
00:43:08.65\00:43:10.05
"There is one
God and one mediator
00:43:10.09\00:43:12.82
between God and men,
00:43:12.85\00:43:14.69
the Man Christ Jesus."
00:43:14.72\00:43:18.09
Number four, Jesus
comes from a better order,
00:43:18.13\00:43:21.06
not the Levitical,
but the Melchizedek.
00:43:21.10\00:43:24.23
And we covered this
briefly just before.
00:43:24.27\00:43:26.67
If you look at Hebrews 7:3,
00:43:26.70\00:43:29.50
it talks about Melchizedek
being without father,
00:43:29.54\00:43:33.48
without mother,
without genealogy,
00:43:33.51\00:43:36.88
having neither beginning
of days nor end of life,
00:43:36.91\00:43:39.68
but made like the Son of God,
00:43:39.71\00:43:42.08
he remains a priest continually.
00:43:42.12\00:43:45.42
Jesus was not of
the tribe of Levi,
00:43:45.45\00:43:48.49
Jesus is a priest forever.
00:43:48.52\00:43:51.59
Number five, Jesus
has a better position
00:43:51.63\00:43:53.90
than the Levitical priesthood
00:43:53.93\00:43:55.26
because Jesus was holy,
00:43:55.30\00:43:57.33
without any trace of sin.
00:43:57.37\00:43:59.80
Remember the
Levitical priesthood
00:43:59.83\00:44:01.20
were to be holy,
00:44:01.24\00:44:02.57
but Jesus actually was holy.
00:44:02.60\00:44:05.14
Hebrews 4:14-16,
00:44:05.17\00:44:08.58
"Seeing then that we
have a great High Priest
00:44:08.61\00:44:10.75
who has passed
through the heavens,
00:44:10.78\00:44:12.41
Jesus the Son of God,
00:44:12.45\00:44:14.48
let us hold fast our confession.
00:44:14.52\00:44:16.12
For we do not have a High Priest
00:44:16.15\00:44:17.49
who cannot
sympathize with our weaknesses,
00:44:17.52\00:44:19.72
but was in all
points tempted as we are,
00:44:19.75\00:44:21.96
yet without sin."
00:44:21.99\00:44:24.73
He was perfect.
00:44:24.76\00:44:26.09
He was without sin,
00:44:26.13\00:44:27.46
and yet He can identify
with me and my suffering,
00:44:27.50\00:44:31.87
erring sinful state.
00:44:31.90\00:44:34.30
Number six, Jesus
offers a better covenant,
00:44:34.34\00:44:37.44
which Pastor John
is going to touch on.
00:44:37.47\00:44:39.37
Hebrews 7:32,
00:44:39.41\00:44:41.38
Jesus became the
surety of a better covenant.
00:44:41.41\00:44:46.72
And finally, number seven,
00:44:46.75\00:44:48.75
Jesus offers a better sanctuary,
00:44:48.78\00:44:52.32
a heavenly sanctuary.
00:44:52.35\00:44:53.69
We see this in
Hebrews Chapter 9.
00:44:53.72\00:44:56.02
So the incredible thing
is that we can look to Jesus.
00:44:56.06\00:44:59.89
Jesus is our sacrifice.
00:44:59.93\00:45:02.50
Jesus was our substitute.
00:45:02.53\00:45:05.13
Jesus is our
High Priest right now,
00:45:05.17\00:45:08.24
even now,
interceding in heaven for us.
00:45:08.27\00:45:11.57
Amen.
00:45:11.61\00:45:12.94
I want to begin by
saying after all of you,
00:45:12.97\00:45:15.11
repetition is a good teacher,
00:45:15.14\00:45:17.35
because we're talking
about some of the same themes
00:45:17.38\00:45:19.98
all the way through
00:45:20.02\00:45:21.35
how efficacious Jesus is.
00:45:21.38\00:45:23.42
That's why I like the
title of mine on Thursday,
00:45:23.45\00:45:25.89
Jesus Mediates
a Better Covenant.
00:45:25.92\00:45:29.22
Now, we've
covered so much of this,
00:45:29.26\00:45:30.89
and I think that as I said,
repetition is a good teacher.
00:45:30.93\00:45:32.99
But let's focus
on Hebrews Chapter 8,
00:45:33.03\00:45:35.93
all the way to
Hebrews Chapter 10,
00:45:35.96\00:45:37.63
which are, the main
focus is the work of Jesus
00:45:37.67\00:45:41.64
as a mediator of a New Covenant.
00:45:41.67\00:45:44.77
The issues with the
Old Covenant was that
00:45:44.81\00:45:47.44
it was only a foreshadowing
of the good things to come.
00:45:47.48\00:45:50.85
All the articles of furniture,
00:45:50.88\00:45:52.28
all the sacrificial
system aspects of it,
00:45:52.31\00:45:54.45
the priesthood,
everything included in that
00:45:54.48\00:45:56.72
was simply a shadow
of good things to come.
00:45:56.75\00:45:59.09
Paul talks about
that in Ephesians,
00:45:59.12\00:46:00.49
and in the Book of Colossians.
00:46:00.52\00:46:02.26
Also, every aspect of it
was designed to illustrate
00:46:02.29\00:46:05.99
the work that Jesus would
do in His life in the future,
00:46:06.03\00:46:09.40
the water, the laver,
the water of life, Jesus,
00:46:09.43\00:46:12.00
the Lamb slain from the
foundation of the world,
00:46:12.03\00:46:14.27
Christ, the candelabra,
the light of the world,
00:46:14.30\00:46:16.64
all aspects of it, the
mediatorial work of Christ,
00:46:16.67\00:46:19.37
the altar of incense,
00:46:19.41\00:46:20.74
that He's receiving
the prayers of the saints,
00:46:20.78\00:46:23.51
and mediating in their behalf.
00:46:23.55\00:46:25.38
If anyone sins,
00:46:25.41\00:46:26.75
we have an
advocate with the Father,
00:46:26.78\00:46:28.32
we have a High
Priest, who is mediating,
00:46:28.35\00:46:31.45
He's able to
save to the uttermost.
00:46:31.49\00:46:32.99
All the aspects of
the sacrificial system
00:46:33.02\00:46:35.69
were a prefiguring,
00:46:35.72\00:46:37.26
an object lesson of
the ministry of Christ.
00:46:37.29\00:46:39.89
That's why today
we don't look forward
00:46:39.93\00:46:41.90
to the system
being reestablished.
00:46:41.93\00:46:44.33
We praise God
that it was removed
00:46:44.37\00:46:46.10
in favor of Jesus.
00:46:46.13\00:46:48.07
You also find
that the priesthood.
00:46:48.10\00:46:49.84
Let's go to Hebrews Chapter 7,
00:46:49.87\00:46:51.37
I'm going to
break down a few things
00:46:51.41\00:46:52.74
and try to do what Jill does.
00:46:52.77\00:46:54.34
She could cover 20
pages in 10 minutes.
00:46:54.38\00:46:56.28
I don't know how she does that.
00:46:56.31\00:46:57.75
But let's talk about the
weakness of the priesthood,
00:46:57.78\00:47:00.52
because the priesthood
00:47:00.55\00:47:02.12
of the Levitical
priesthood was just a shadow
00:47:02.15\00:47:04.89
of the faultless
priesthood of Jesus.
00:47:04.92\00:47:07.29
Hebrews 7:18-9,
for on the one hand,
00:47:07.32\00:47:11.29
talking about the
faultiness of the priesthood.
00:47:11.33\00:47:14.00
"For on the one hand
there is an annulling
00:47:14.03\00:47:16.30
of the former commandment
00:47:16.33\00:47:17.67
because of its
weakness and unprofitableness."
00:47:17.70\00:47:20.57
Verse 19,
00:47:20.60\00:47:21.94
"For the law
made nothing perfect,
00:47:21.97\00:47:23.91
on the other hand,
00:47:23.94\00:47:25.27
there is the
bringing in of a better hope,
00:47:25.31\00:47:27.31
through which we
draw near to God."
00:47:27.34\00:47:29.81
How do we draw near to God?
00:47:29.84\00:47:31.28
We draw near to God
through Christ Jesus.
00:47:31.31\00:47:33.38
Let's look at verse 20 to 24,
00:47:33.42\00:47:34.92
talking about the perfection
of Jesus as priesthood.
00:47:34.95\00:47:38.92
"And inasmuch as
He was not made priest
00:47:38.95\00:47:42.22
without an oath,
00:47:42.26\00:47:43.73
for they have become
priests without an oath,
00:47:43.76\00:47:46.56
but He with an oath
by Him who said to Him:
00:47:46.59\00:47:50.17
'The Lord has sworn
and will not relent,
00:47:50.20\00:47:53.13
You are a priest forever
00:47:53.17\00:47:54.87
according to the
order of Melchizedek.'"
00:47:54.90\00:47:56.91
Jill just brought that out.
00:47:56.94\00:47:58.27
Verse 22, "By so much more
00:47:58.31\00:48:00.88
Jesus has become a
surety of a better covenant."
00:48:00.91\00:48:04.55
Verse 23, "Also
there were many priests,
00:48:04.58\00:48:07.28
because they were prevented
by death from continuing.
00:48:07.32\00:48:10.92
But He, because
He continues forever,
00:48:10.95\00:48:13.99
has an unchangeable priesthood."
00:48:14.02\00:48:16.29
Praise God for that.
00:48:16.32\00:48:17.66
Today, we have a High Priest
00:48:17.69\00:48:19.03
who is still ministering
in our behalf, a mediator.
00:48:19.06\00:48:22.26
Also the New
Covenant accomplishes
00:48:22.30\00:48:24.23
what the Old Covenant could not.
00:48:24.27\00:48:25.90
Hebrews 8:4-5, "For
if He were on earth,
00:48:25.93\00:48:30.14
He would not be a priest,
00:48:30.17\00:48:31.61
since there are
priests who offer the gifts
00:48:31.64\00:48:33.64
according to the law."
00:48:33.68\00:48:35.48
Verse 5, "Who serve the copy
00:48:35.51\00:48:37.58
and shadow of
the heavenly things,
00:48:37.61\00:48:39.35
as Moses was divinely instructed
00:48:39.38\00:48:42.42
when he was about
to make the tabernacle.
00:48:42.45\00:48:44.65
For He said, 'See
that you make all things
00:48:44.69\00:48:46.99
according to the pattern
shown you on the mountain.'"
00:48:47.02\00:48:50.76
So Moses when he
was given directions
00:48:50.79\00:48:53.09
and instructions on how to
have that temple built on earth,
00:48:53.13\00:48:56.93
he was given a
picture, a representation,
00:48:56.97\00:48:59.07
a blueprint of the
perfect tabernacle.
00:48:59.10\00:49:01.94
Look at verse 6.
00:49:01.97\00:49:03.61
"But now He has obtained
a more excellent ministry,
00:49:03.64\00:49:07.04
inasmuch as He is also
mediator of a better covenant,
00:49:07.08\00:49:11.58
which was
established on better promises."
00:49:11.61\00:49:14.85
Do you see the earthly priest,
00:49:14.88\00:49:16.79
they had an expiration date,
00:49:16.82\00:49:18.15
is called death.
00:49:18.19\00:49:19.69
They were faulty
in every particular.
00:49:19.72\00:49:21.62
Let's look at Hebrews 8:7-9.
00:49:21.66\00:49:24.83
"For if that first
covenant had been faultless,
00:49:24.86\00:49:27.03
then no place would have
been sought for a second.
00:49:27.06\00:49:29.36
Because finding
fault with them, He says:
00:49:29.40\00:49:31.63
'Behold, the days are
coming, says the Lord,
00:49:31.67\00:49:33.74
when I will make a new covenant
with the house of Israel
00:49:33.77\00:49:36.04
and with the house of Judah,
00:49:36.07\00:49:37.41
not according to the covenant
that I made with their fathers
00:49:37.44\00:49:39.81
in the day when I
took them by the hand
00:49:39.84\00:49:41.41
to lead them out
of the land of Egypt,
00:49:41.44\00:49:42.78
because they did not
continue in My covenant,
00:49:42.81\00:49:45.61
and disregarded
them, says the Lord.'"
00:49:45.65\00:49:47.55
Now this is an amazing passage.
00:49:47.58\00:49:48.98
He talked about finding fault.
00:49:49.02\00:49:51.82
The fault was on two levels.
00:49:51.85\00:49:53.42
The faultiness of
the human character,
00:49:53.46\00:49:55.29
which is still continuing today,
00:49:55.32\00:49:58.09
but what's even deeper than that
00:49:58.13\00:50:00.96
the faultiness
of the priesthood,
00:50:01.00\00:50:03.87
and the deeper faultiness
of the sacrificial system.
00:50:03.90\00:50:07.67
So we find the
imperfection of the priest
00:50:07.70\00:50:10.07
and the
inefficacy of the sacrifices,
00:50:10.11\00:50:13.64
bulls, goats, lambs, doves,
00:50:13.68\00:50:16.71
those things were impossible
00:50:16.75\00:50:18.45
to take away the
sins of humanity,
00:50:18.48\00:50:20.42
but they were
foreshadowing the work
00:50:20.45\00:50:21.78
that Jesus
would do when He came.
00:50:21.82\00:50:23.39
Look at Hebrews 9:13-14.
00:50:23.42\00:50:26.55
"For if the blood
of bulls and goats
00:50:26.59\00:50:28.16
and the ashes of a heifer,
00:50:28.19\00:50:29.52
sprinkling the unclean,
00:50:29.56\00:50:31.63
sanctifies to the
purifying of the flesh,
00:50:31.66\00:50:33.66
how much more shall
the blood of Christ,
00:50:33.70\00:50:36.03
who through the eternal Spirit
00:50:36.06\00:50:37.73
offered Himself
without spot to God,
00:50:37.77\00:50:40.30
cleanse your
conscience from dead works
00:50:40.34\00:50:43.04
to serve the living God?"
00:50:43.07\00:50:44.41
So right away, you see,
00:50:44.44\00:50:45.77
you have a faulty
animal that's going to die,
00:50:45.81\00:50:48.24
you have a faulty
priest that's going to die,
00:50:48.28\00:50:50.85
trying to cover a faulty sins
00:50:50.88\00:50:52.25
that continue popping
up every week, every day.
00:50:52.28\00:50:55.25
How could a faulty
system bring perfection?
00:50:55.28\00:50:57.89
It could not.
00:50:57.92\00:50:59.25
Let's look at Hebrews 9:15.
00:50:59.29\00:51:01.72
"And for this reason
00:51:01.76\00:51:03.39
He is the Mediator
of the New Covenant,
00:51:03.43\00:51:06.16
by means of death,
00:51:06.19\00:51:07.53
for the redemption
of the transgressions
00:51:07.56\00:51:09.60
under the first covenant,
00:51:09.63\00:51:11.40
that those who are
called may receive the promise
00:51:11.43\00:51:13.97
of the eternal inheritance."
00:51:14.00\00:51:15.57
What is the writer saying here?
00:51:15.60\00:51:17.14
All those
sacrifices that were performed
00:51:17.17\00:51:19.94
for thousands of years
00:51:19.97\00:51:21.31
under the Old Covenant,
00:51:21.34\00:51:22.68
in the land of the
Jews in the Jewish system
00:51:22.71\00:51:25.91
would be of no value
00:51:25.95\00:51:27.35
if Jesus did not
die and rise again.
00:51:27.38\00:51:30.72
They couldn't be a substitute.
00:51:30.75\00:51:32.42
Just say, for
example, Jesus didn't rise,
00:51:32.45\00:51:34.49
all those sacrifices
that have been of no value,
00:51:34.52\00:51:36.99
because it was
His spotless blood
00:51:37.03\00:51:39.29
that ratified and made
all of those sacrifices valid.
00:51:39.33\00:51:43.63
It gave efficacy, it says,
I know that's a faulty lamb,
00:51:43.67\00:51:47.00
but it pointed
to the spotless Lamb
00:51:47.04\00:51:49.30
that taketh away
the sins of the world.
00:51:49.34\00:51:50.87
Look at verse 23 of Hebrews 9.
00:51:50.91\00:51:53.34
"Therefore, it was necessary
00:51:53.38\00:51:55.81
that the copies of
the things in the heavens
00:51:55.84\00:51:58.45
should be purged with these,
00:51:58.48\00:52:00.32
but the heavenly
things themselves
00:52:00.35\00:52:02.15
with better
sacrifices than these."
00:52:02.18\00:52:04.15
What is that saying?
00:52:04.19\00:52:05.52
The earthly priests
couldn't make it to heaven,
00:52:05.55\00:52:07.06
but Jesus did, His
own blood, He entered in.
00:52:07.09\00:52:10.26
That's why Revelation says,
00:52:10.29\00:52:11.63
we have overcome by
the blood of the Lamb.
00:52:11.66\00:52:14.86
When John has seen the picture,
00:52:14.90\00:52:16.40
and no one is found
worthy to open the scroll.
00:52:16.43\00:52:18.47
He says, "Look, I see a
Lamb as it had been slain."
00:52:18.50\00:52:22.30
That's the efficacious, sinless,
00:52:22.34\00:52:24.24
spotless Lamb, Christ Jesus.
00:52:24.27\00:52:26.04
You see only through Jesus
00:52:26.07\00:52:28.14
can we find the
purging of our sins
00:52:28.18\00:52:31.01
and the
blotting out of our sins.
00:52:31.05\00:52:32.61
Praise the Lord for that.
00:52:32.65\00:52:34.08
makes it clear,
00:52:34.12\00:52:35.58
what was the earthly
purpose of the sanctuary.
00:52:35.62\00:52:37.75
"For the law having a
shadow of good things to come."
00:52:37.79\00:52:40.26
You see, many people thinking
that the ceremonial system
00:52:40.29\00:52:43.59
and the
commandments were both shadows.
00:52:43.63\00:52:45.53
No, no, no.
00:52:45.56\00:52:46.90
One was the
gauge of the morality
00:52:46.93\00:52:48.43
or immorality of humanity
00:52:48.46\00:52:50.17
that shows us the need
for a system of sacrifices
00:52:50.20\00:52:53.13
that showed us the need
for the perfect Lamb of God
00:52:53.17\00:52:56.24
and His efficacious
blood that was spotless.
00:52:56.27\00:53:00.21
But if you get
rid of the mirror,
00:53:00.24\00:53:01.58
which is the Ten Commandments,
you find that you feel perfect,
00:53:01.61\00:53:04.65
then you don't need Christ.
00:53:04.68\00:53:06.01
That's why the
commandments still exist today.
00:53:06.05\00:53:08.35
Without the law, there
is no knowledge of sin.
00:53:08.38\00:53:11.39
Paul said, "I have not
known sin, but by the law."
00:53:11.42\00:53:14.19
He wasn't talking about
just the ceremonial system.
00:53:14.22\00:53:16.79
But that was temporary,
00:53:16.83\00:53:18.16
done away with
when Jesus Christ died.
00:53:18.19\00:53:19.79
But the commandments,
00:53:19.83\00:53:21.16
the Ten Commandments
that continue to exist,
00:53:21.20\00:53:23.10
show us today,
00:53:23.13\00:53:24.70
we don't need lambs
and bulls and goats,
00:53:24.73\00:53:27.17
we have the High Priest, Jesus.
00:53:27.20\00:53:29.77
He is the
priest, He is the judge,
00:53:29.80\00:53:32.14
and He's also the sacrifice.
00:53:32.17\00:53:33.54
Praise His name.
00:53:33.58\00:53:34.91
That's why we go down
00:53:34.94\00:53:36.28
to the Book of 2
Corinthians 5:17.
00:53:36.31\00:53:39.38
And this is what
the beautiful thing
00:53:39.41\00:53:41.32
of the message
of the New Covenant
00:53:41.35\00:53:43.05
of better sacrifice.
00:53:43.08\00:53:45.15
"Therefore, if
anyone is in Christ,
00:53:45.19\00:53:49.22
he is a new creation,
00:53:49.26\00:53:50.79
old things have passed away,
00:53:50.83\00:53:52.76
behold, all
things have become new."
00:53:52.79\00:53:55.06
What has the Lamb
Jesus have done for us?
00:53:55.10\00:53:57.97
Romans 5:6-10.
00:53:58.00\00:53:59.77
What has He done for us?
00:53:59.80\00:54:01.37
Here it is, "For when we
were still without strength,
00:54:01.40\00:54:05.44
in due time, Christ
died for the ungodly,
00:54:05.47\00:54:08.24
not lambs and bulls
and goats, but Jesus.
00:54:08.28\00:54:11.15
For scarcely for a righteous man
00:54:11.18\00:54:13.28
will one die yet
perhaps for a good man,
00:54:13.31\00:54:15.28
someone would even
dare to die, but God."
00:54:15.32\00:54:18.52
What two words?
00:54:18.55\00:54:19.89
The two words
between salvation and loss
00:54:19.92\00:54:21.59
are the word or
the phrase but God,
00:54:21.62\00:54:23.99
"But God demonstrates
His own love toward us,
00:54:24.03\00:54:26.49
in that while we
were yet sinners,
00:54:26.53\00:54:28.66
Christ died for us,"
the efficacious Lamb of God.
00:54:28.70\00:54:32.57
Now verse 9, "Much more than
00:54:32.60\00:54:35.60
having now been
justified by His blood,
00:54:35.64\00:54:39.34
a symbol of the Old Covenant,
00:54:39.37\00:54:41.11
we shall be saved
from wrath through Him.
00:54:41.14\00:54:43.98
For if, when we were enemies,
00:54:44.01\00:54:46.92
we were reconciled to God
00:54:46.95\00:54:48.45
through the death
of His Son much more,
00:54:48.48\00:54:51.72
having been reconciled, we
shall be saved by His life.
00:54:51.75\00:54:55.99
"And I end with the
declaration of John,
00:54:56.02\00:54:58.99
the eternal
declaration that covers
00:54:59.03\00:55:01.60
from the entrance of sin
to the eradication of sin.
00:55:01.63\00:55:05.07
Revelation 13:8,
00:55:05.10\00:55:06.90
"And all who dwell on
the earth will worship Him,
00:55:06.94\00:55:09.74
whose names have not been
written in the Book of life
00:55:09.77\00:55:13.01
of the Lamb slain
00:55:13.04\00:55:16.38
from the
foundation of the world."
00:55:16.41\00:55:18.41
Yes, friends,
Jesus is the mediator
00:55:18.45\00:55:21.58
of the better covenant.
00:55:21.62\00:55:23.05
Amen. Amen.
00:55:23.08\00:55:25.12
Great thoughts.
Thank you so much.
00:55:25.15\00:55:26.79
And we do have
00:55:26.82\00:55:28.16
just a couple of
minutes left over
00:55:28.19\00:55:29.52
for some closing thoughts.
00:55:29.56\00:55:30.93
John?
00:55:30.96\00:55:32.29
Yes, Jesus
Christ is our mediator.
00:55:32.33\00:55:35.53
And I am praising the
Lord because He was victorious
00:55:35.56\00:55:39.50
and because of His
victorious sacrifice
00:55:39.53\00:55:41.87
you and I have hope.
00:55:41.90\00:55:43.51
Amen. Amen.
00:55:43.54\00:55:44.87
Many years ago,
00:55:44.91\00:55:46.24
there was a popular song
called, We Are The Champions.
00:55:46.27\00:55:49.14
Well, you know, I
can say this for sure
00:55:49.18\00:55:51.41
that we cannot even dare
claim the victory for ourselves
00:55:51.45\00:55:54.72
'cause we are only overcomers
00:55:54.75\00:55:56.48
because of the
Eternal Champion of the world,
00:55:56.52\00:56:00.19
Jesus Christ.
00:56:00.22\00:56:01.56
My friends, please,
please allow Jesus Christ
00:56:01.59\00:56:03.89
to be the champion
of your life today.
00:56:03.93\00:56:06.63
Amen. Amen.
00:56:06.66\00:56:08.40
On those days, when I
might feel discouraged,
00:56:08.43\00:56:10.93
or I might wonder,
"God, where are You?
00:56:10.97\00:56:13.27
God, can You forgive me?
00:56:13.30\00:56:14.64
God, I'm
reaching out after You,"
00:56:14.67\00:56:16.30
I'm reminded of Hebrews 7:25.
00:56:16.34\00:56:19.44
"He, Jesus, the
spotless Lamb of God
00:56:19.47\00:56:22.81
is able to save
to the uttermost,
00:56:22.84\00:56:26.38
those who come
to God through Him
00:56:26.41\00:56:28.42
because He always lives to
make intercession for them."
00:56:28.45\00:56:31.72
So just hold on to that promise,
00:56:31.75\00:56:34.29
know that Jesus is
right now interceding for you,
00:56:34.32\00:56:37.73
He can wash you clean,
00:56:37.76\00:56:39.59
and make you His child
00:56:39.63\00:56:41.00
That's right.
00:56:41.03\00:56:42.36
Thank you.
Jill. Thank you, Ryan.
00:56:42.40\00:56:43.73
Thank you, John.
00:56:43.77\00:56:45.10
And when we think about
00:56:45.13\00:56:46.47
the beautiful ministry of Jesus,
00:56:46.50\00:56:47.84
we find these words
in the Book of Hebrews.
00:56:47.87\00:56:49.50
Hebrews 10:23.
00:56:49.54\00:56:51.47
He says, in light of all that
Jesus Christ has done for us,
00:56:51.51\00:56:54.28
in light of the provision
of sins being blotted out,
00:56:54.31\00:56:57.85
sins being
forgiven, lives being renewed.
00:56:57.88\00:57:00.62
The writer says these
words to us and I encourage you,
00:57:00.65\00:57:03.08
Hebrews 10:23,
00:57:03.12\00:57:04.75
"Let us hold fast to confession
of our hope without wavering,
00:57:04.79\00:57:09.32
for He who
promised is faithful."
00:57:09.36\00:57:12.49
Yes, we have a High
Priest, a faithful High Priest,
00:57:12.53\00:57:15.90
who is continuing to mediate,
00:57:15.93\00:57:18.53
that we may one
day be where He is.
00:57:18.57\00:57:21.60
Hold fast, that
day is not far away.
00:57:21.64\00:57:24.47
Amen. Amen.
00:57:24.51\00:57:25.84
Thank you, John,
for sharing with us
00:57:25.87\00:57:27.68
that Jesus is the
mediator of better covenant.
00:57:27.71\00:57:29.88
And thank you,
Jill, for sharing with us
00:57:29.91\00:57:31.81
that Jesus is our High Priest.
00:57:31.85\00:57:34.55
And thank you,
Ryan, for sharing with us
00:57:34.58\00:57:36.25
that Jesus is our champion.
00:57:36.28\00:57:38.42
Many men want to be gods,
00:57:38.45\00:57:39.79
but God is the only
one that became a man.
00:57:39.82\00:57:42.29
And thank you,
John, for sharing with us
00:57:42.32\00:57:44.39
that Jesus is our one mediator,
and Jesus is our one king.
00:57:44.43\00:57:50.37
Thank you for joining us
for this week's lesson study,
00:57:50.40\00:57:53.77
The Message of Hebrews.
00:57:53.80\00:57:55.44
It's a powerful message,
and it's a message of hope.
00:57:55.47\00:57:58.17
And we're just so
thankful that we have hope
00:57:58.21\00:58:01.11
in this world today.
00:58:01.14\00:58:02.48