1 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:12,960 Welcome to the podcast of the White Church in Adelaide, South 2 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:19,640 Australia. And prepping for this morning, I 3 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:23,760 have kind of 11 thought it aligns very well with some of 4 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:25,080 the songs we were singing this morning. 5 00:00:25,080 --> 00:00:30,840 And that's just this idea that when we leave today, we would be 6 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:39,120 more in love, more amazed, more enamoured, more in wonder of who 7 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:41,720 Jesus is. Like we've been, we've been 8 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:45,320 talking over the last couple of months just this how we build 9 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:49,400 God's church and how we build our lives God's way. 10 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:53,920 And we were talking that actually all of that stems from 11 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:57,480 our revelation who Jesus is. Like all of it comes to there. 12 00:00:57,480 --> 00:01:02,480 Because if I have a picture of Jesus as he truly is, then any 13 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:06,840 adjustment he asked me to make is incomparable to how glorious 14 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:10,160 he is and the rewards that he has for me. 15 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:14,280 And when we, when we see him for all he is, man, anything he 16 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:17,920 tells us to do, any, any adjustment, any decision he 17 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:20,640 wants us to make, any direction he wants us to go, we're going. 18 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:24,840 I'm all yours because man, you are so worthy of everything. 19 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:30,320 You are the centre of it all. And so this morning, that's my 20 00:01:30,320 --> 00:01:33,280 prayer. I hope you guys can join with me 21 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:36,920 in your hearts that hey, I want to leave this place more in love 22 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:40,400 with Jesus than when I came in. Because when I leave in love 23 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:42,880 with Jesus, I'm like, yes, Lord, whatever you have me to do, I'm 24 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:46,760 going to do it because, man, you're so worthy of my entire 25 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:52,560 life, of every single thing. Yeah, Amen. 26 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:56,360 Father, as we gather around your word this morning, may that be 27 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:59,320 our hearts cry every single one of us. 28 00:01:59,880 --> 00:02:04,920 We want to leave just more in love with you, more amazed by 29 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:08,880 you, and just more willing to lay our lives down for you and 30 00:02:09,479 --> 00:02:15,280 for your glory, for your Kingdom in Jesus name, Amen. 31 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:19,360 Amen. Why don't you open your Bibles, 32 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:22,640 physical or digital, to the book of Hebrews? 33 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:25,360 I trust you guys can hear this. OK. 34 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:33,120 It's a bit different being this side the book of Hebrews, 35 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:42,880 chapter 6 and verse 9. This is the writer of Hebrews. 36 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:44,400 We're not sure who wrote the book of Hebrews. 37 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:49,560 Some say Paul, some say one of the other apostles, but either 38 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:54,520 way, it's written to the Hebrews, the Jewish people, but 39 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:57,000 it's also written to us. And this is what he writes, or 40 00:02:57,240 --> 00:03:02,240 he, she, whoever wrote the book. Though we speak in this way, yet 41 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:07,520 in your case, beloved, speaking to us, yet in your case, we feel 42 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:14,960 sure of better things, things belonging to salvation. 43 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:22,680 Let's let that sink in. In your case, in my case, this 44 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:27,760 writer feels sure certain of better things, things that 45 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:33,880 belong to salvation, things that belong to my union with Christ. 46 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:40,240 Flick over a few chapters to the end of Hebrews Chapter 11. 47 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:46,000 Trust you'll see a bit of a theme when we read this verse 48 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:54,000 Hebrews 11 verse 39 it said in all these it talks about Hebrews 49 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:58,240 11 is this great chapter of Heroes of the Faith starting way 50 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:03,320 back in the beginning, journeying through Abel and 51 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:05,120 journeying through Abraham and Moses. 52 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:08,040 It journeys right through to David all the way through the 53 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:10,680 Old Testament. It says in all these, though 54 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:14,800 commended through their faith did not received what was 55 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:18,760 promised. Verse 40 since God had provided 56 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:24,960 something better for us that apart from us, they should not 57 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:32,440 be made perfect since God had provided something better for 58 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:39,280 us. My title this morning of two 59 00:04:39,280 --> 00:04:46,280 titles if you can pick whichever 1 you like is Jesus is better, 60 00:04:47,840 --> 00:04:51,320 Jesus is better, or the alternative is the better 61 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:54,800 things. I'll probably lean towards the 62 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:57,160 first one. Jesus is better. 63 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,040 And see, I think that's really important when we're talking 64 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:04,800 about living our lives God's way because as Dave shared last 65 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:08,440 week, the the prophet Isaiah said spoke on God's behalf, 66 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:10,840 saying my ways are not your ways, declares the Lord, my 67 00:05:10,840 --> 00:05:14,000 thoughts, not your thoughts. And we need to always remember 68 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:16,880 that his ways, they're not only higher than my ways, but they're 69 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:19,840 better than my ways. His thoughts aren't just higher 70 00:05:19,840 --> 00:05:22,360 than my thoughts, they're better than my thoughts. 71 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:25,520 What God wants to do in and through his church is better 72 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:27,760 than what I think he wants to do in and through his church. 73 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:31,080 What he wants to do in and through my life and through my 74 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:35,400 family's life and through your life is better than you think. 75 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:37,640 What he wants to do in and through your life like this is 76 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:41,600 this is the glorious God that we serve is the fact that Jesus is 77 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:44,480 better. And the writer of Hebrews, he's 78 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:47,480 writing to Jewish people and say whatever you've known, whatever 79 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:50,520 you can see, whatever you experience, just remember this, 80 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:58,520 Jesus is better. As we said, the more you see 81 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:01,440 that Jesus is better, the more you're like, yes, toward 82 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:03,320 whatever you ask. Why? 83 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:06,280 Because you're so much better than what I think you're asking 84 00:06:06,280 --> 00:06:08,240 me to do this. Well, it's got to be so much 85 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:11,360 better than what I can see because and what how I'm living 86 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:14,600 because hey, you're Jesus, you're God, like whatever you 87 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:19,360 say is always better. And so when I understand that he 88 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:22,280 is always better, then I'm just saying, yes, whatever you, 89 00:06:22,280 --> 00:06:25,520 whatever you want, you can have whatever you need me to do, you 90 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:27,360 can have it because you're always better. 91 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:29,240 Your ways are better, your thoughts are better, your dreams 92 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:33,920 are better, you're better. Jesus is always better. 93 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:37,440 And so we're going to dive. We're actually going to do a 94 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:39,640 sweep all the way through the book of Hebrews. 95 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:45,040 And we're going to look at every area that Jesus is better. 96 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:47,920 And I hope that even just one or two of these would just grip 97 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:50,040 your heart. The fact that hey, Jesus is 98 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:54,440 better and what you've known what you've experienced or maybe 99 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:57,240 something of this you've you've placed your trust in something 100 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:01,480 and I'm just I'm just here just how you walk out cutting a man. 101 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:03,840 Jesus is better. Jesus is better than nothing. 102 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:07,440 Jesus has better plans for our life than even we've dreamt up 103 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:12,520 of and then start in Hebrews chapter 1. 104 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:17,680 I'll try and give you the references. 105 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:23,240 We won't read the all of these. The Hebrews chapter 1 verse 4 106 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:26,080 speaks of angels and it compares Jesus to angels and it says 107 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:30,560 having become as much superior to the angels as the name he has 108 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:33,320 inherited is more excellent than theirs. 109 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:40,000 Jesus has a better name. Jesus has a better name. 110 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:44,840 Yeah, I think this can be just incredibly powerful. 111 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:49,080 The Scripture and Philippians, Paul writes, he says, and God 112 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:53,560 exalted Jesus to the highest place, that at the mention of 113 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:59,560 his name, it's not even a shout, it's not even like a storming 114 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:01,440 army or anything. It's just just at the very 115 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:10,280 mention, at the mention of his name, every single knee will bow 116 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:18,040 and every tongue confess that he is Lord in heaven, on earth and 117 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:21,000 under the earth. That is the power of the name of 118 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:24,640 Jesus. You consider this in the book of 119 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:28,640 Acts in the early church when they came and Peter and John are 120 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:32,159 walking towards this the temple at the time of prayer and they 121 00:08:32,159 --> 00:08:33,679 said, hey, we don't have any silver and gold. 122 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:34,799 Like that's what you're asking for. 123 00:08:34,799 --> 00:08:38,320 We've got something better in the name of Jesus. 124 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:41,440 Get up and walk. And just at this very mention of 125 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:45,400 the name that the lame man is able to walk, just the very 126 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:49,640 mention of the name, I think we need to remember that no matter 127 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:55,320 what name has been spoken over us or spoken over circumstances, 128 00:08:55,320 --> 00:08:58,960 whatever name has been given to any kind of disease or any kind 129 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:03,800 of legacy or curse of the enemy, Jesus has a better name. 130 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:08,680 Jesus has a better name. He has a more powerful name, a 131 00:09:08,680 --> 00:09:11,920 more supreme name than any other name you could ever face. 132 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:20,360 Jesus has a better name. Hebrews chapter 3 verse one to 133 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:33,200 six compares Jesus to Moses and it says this, Yeah, let me try 134 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:37,160 and find it. It says therefore, holy brothers 135 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:40,560 verse one, you who share an heavily calling consider Jesus 136 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:45,480 the apostle and high priest of our confession who is faithful 137 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:49,480 to him who appointed him just as Moses also was faithful in all 138 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:54,560 God's house. Jesus is a better apostle. 139 00:09:55,320 --> 00:10:00,360 Now the apostle means the same one of God, but in the 140 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:02,960 scriptures we see that the apostle is somebody who also 141 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:05,920 helps build the church like he he's a foundation layer. 142 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:08,520 They're building the church and I just this is what I just 143 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:11,520 wanted to draw out of this is it talks it goes on. 144 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:15,160 It talks about how Moses was faithful as a servant in God's 145 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:18,200 house. We're all faithful servants 146 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:22,560 inside God's house, but this actually speaks of Jesus as a 147 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:29,920 faithful son over God's house. Jesus is a better apostle. 148 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:33,560 And then what I mean by that is the fact that we we, we kind of 149 00:10:33,560 --> 00:10:35,520 have an idea of how we want to build this church. 150 00:10:36,680 --> 00:10:41,640 He's got a better idea. Jesus way of building his church 151 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:46,800 is always better his his way of building the his church. 152 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:48,480 He knows exactly what he's doing here. 153 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:50,800 We are trying to figure it out as we go along. 154 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:54,600 He knows exactly from the beginning that he instituted the 155 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:57,160 church. He was the great apostle kind of 156 00:10:57,160 --> 00:10:58,920 going. I know exactly what I want this 157 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:01,480 thing to look like. I know exactly what it's going 158 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:03,920 to be in the end of time in the Book of Revelation. 159 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:07,160 It's going to be a bride spotless without wrinkle or 160 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:08,600 blemish. It's going to be a glorious 161 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:11,000 wedding day. I know exactly what I'm doing. 162 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:15,200 I think we can rest in pure confidence that Jesus is a 163 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:18,040 better apostle. You know, so often we can look 164 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:20,200 at the church potentially. I know I have. 165 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:21,800 And I've looked at the church and like, well, why isn't this 166 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:23,560 happening and why isn't it like that? 167 00:11:23,560 --> 00:11:24,840 Why is it like that? Guess what? 168 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:27,920 Jesus is a better apostle. He knows more about what he's 169 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:29,320 doing than we know what we're doing. 170 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:32,360 He knows more about what we're doing in the church than I know 171 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:34,240 what we're doing. And we're just trying to figure 172 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:36,560 out what he's doing and do what he's doing. 173 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:39,440 But we need to remember Jesus is the better apostle. 174 00:11:40,120 --> 00:11:43,920 We put our trust in Jesus to build his church, not in men to 175 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:46,920 build the church. We God has gifted people with 176 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:49,520 gifts and abilities, but they're faithful servants in God's 177 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:51,000 house. He's a faithful apostle, 178 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:54,960 faithful son over God's house. He's got it all under control. 179 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:59,680 The church is in God's hands, not in men, Not in man's hands. 180 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:02,880 This thing will last because it's birthed by Him. 181 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:07,920 He is the great apostle, right? Hebrews 3. 182 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:10,920 It also speaks in Hebrews 5. It talks about Jesus being a 183 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:15,760 better high priest. He has a better high priest. 184 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:18,320 The high priest in the Old Testament was the one who went 185 00:12:18,560 --> 00:12:22,720 into the Holy of Holies, representing all of the people, 186 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:26,440 all of the nation of Israel. He's entering the holy of Holies 187 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:30,440 once a year to offer a sacrifice to redeem and pay penance. 188 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:32,880 And Jesus is a better high priest. 189 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:38,960 There's so many cultures today say that you still have to go to 190 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:43,560 a priest to be represented before God, and yet the 191 00:12:43,560 --> 00:12:45,880 Scripture tells us Jesus is a better high priest. 192 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:51,120 Man, you don't need to come to a leader or a priest or a 193 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:53,200 confessional. Jesus is your better high 194 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:56,080 priest. Jesus is your better high 195 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:59,040 priest. You go through Jesus, he he is 196 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:01,440 greater talks of these high priests could only enter once a 197 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:04,440 year and they'd still have to do a sacrifice for themselves as 198 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:06,720 well because they they weren't worthy. 199 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:11,280 But Jesus is always worthy to always go before the Father. 200 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:14,720 It says he's he's there every single day interceding for us. 201 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:18,360 It's not once a year. It's not like you've you've come 202 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:20,960 to Jesus today and you've now got to wait a whole year or a 203 00:13:20,960 --> 00:13:23,960 whole week for Jesus to, you know, go intercede on your 204 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:26,320 behalf again. He is constantly there in the 205 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:30,840 presence of God. He is a better high priest. 206 00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:37,640 He is our better representative. And I am not your I'm really, 207 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:40,160 I'm really glad I'm not your representative before God. 208 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:45,840 He is, He's my representative before God. 209 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:48,760 And I don't have to stand there on my own feet and say, hey, 210 00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:52,280 look like, you know, I've done mostly stuff, known that Jesus 211 00:13:52,280 --> 00:13:55,440 is my better high priest, Say hey, he's my representative. 212 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:57,920 Who do I pick? I pick Jesus every single time. 213 00:13:58,680 --> 00:14:00,480 Every single time. He's my high priest. 214 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:04,040 He's a better high priest. Hebrews 719. 215 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:10,600 Jesus is our better hope. And there's nothing like 216 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:15,880 misplaced hope. Nothing like misplaced hope. 217 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:19,280 When we put our hope and our trust in different things, 218 00:14:19,280 --> 00:14:23,560 people put their hope and trust in leaders, in leaders in the 219 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:26,160 church and leaders in the world. People put their trust in 220 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:29,920 economies, in housing markets, in education. 221 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:36,360 Jesus is our better hope. He is a hope that never 222 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:38,840 disappoints. The Bible talks about hope 223 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:43,360 deferred, making the heart sick. Jesus hope is never deferred. 224 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:48,600 Jesus is a better hope. He's our anchor of hope. 225 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:52,440 Like when everything is going wrong, you look to Jesus because 226 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:59,480 he is the better hope. He is our better hope, Amen. 227 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:03,160 Like no matter what is going on, we can look at the world, we can 228 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:07,040 turn on the news and we can say, man, there is so much war and 229 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:10,880 disease and everything, but Jesus is our better hope. 230 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:17,240 Jesus is our better hope. So we could walk in confidence, 231 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:19,680 in full view of everything and kind of going, yeah, but I know 232 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:25,240 a better hope, I know a better hope, and I know who's going to 233 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:27,480 carry me through. And his name is Jesus. 234 00:15:28,680 --> 00:15:33,600 His name is Jesus. Jesus is our better hope. 235 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:41,080 Hebrews 8, verse 6, it talks about a better ministry, a 236 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:45,080 better ministry. Jesus has a better ministry. 237 00:15:46,840 --> 00:16:00,120 You know, we can often chase ministry like you can come and 238 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:03,400 you know a leader can pray for you and that's good and we 239 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:05,040 should be doing that. The Bible tells us to do that. 240 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:07,480 But you know what? Me preaching here or me praying 241 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:10,720 for you, or Dave praying for you is a good ministry. 242 00:16:11,640 --> 00:16:13,120 But you know who has a better ministry? 243 00:16:14,760 --> 00:16:17,440 Jesus. And that's why I'm trusting 244 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:19,840 today as much as I'm ministering, that Jesus is 245 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:22,600 ministering to you. Because if it's just me 246 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:25,240 ministering, it might be OK, but it's not going to be his 247 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:28,280 ministry. Jesus has a better ministry. 248 00:16:28,960 --> 00:16:31,680 And you know, that's why when we're at home on our own and 249 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:34,880 we're seeking God in the secret place, we don't need to say, you 250 00:16:34,880 --> 00:16:38,040 know, pastor or somebody, hey, could you please do this for me 251 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:40,920 Because I can go to Jesus and Jesus carries a better ministry. 252 00:16:42,400 --> 00:16:44,720 Jesus has the ability to reconcile families. 253 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:47,040 Jesus has the ability to heal the sick. 254 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:51,360 Jesus has the ability to bring hope and, and peace into your 255 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:53,960 life. We can counsel, we can provide 256 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:57,040 advice. We have some very wise people in 257 00:16:57,040 --> 00:16:59,320 this room. But man, you know, who's got a 258 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:01,320 better ministry, who's got better wisdom? 259 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:08,400 Jesus every single time, every single time. 260 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:11,440 And that's why whenever we gather together, whenever we 261 00:17:11,599 --> 00:17:15,599 seek to to gather and and encourage each other, we want to 262 00:17:15,599 --> 00:17:17,599 make sure, hey, this is Jesus ministry. 263 00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:20,960 This isn't me trying to make a platform a minister on my 264 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:23,280 behalf. This is hopefully this is Jesus 265 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:25,599 ministering to your heart because he has a better ministry 266 00:17:25,599 --> 00:17:28,280 than I could ever offer you. He has a better ministry than 267 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:31,520 Dave could ever offer you better ministry than Bianca or Hilary 268 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:34,880 could ever lead us in. He has a better ministry. 269 00:17:35,360 --> 00:17:40,200 And so our desire as a people is whenever we gather together, we 270 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:45,320 we have Him ministering through His Spirit to us, to our hearts. 271 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:50,000 Amen. Jesus has a better ministry. 272 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:57,200 In Hebrews 7 and Hebrews 8 it talks about a better covenant, a 273 00:17:57,280 --> 00:18:02,120 better covenant. Jesus introduces a better 274 00:18:02,120 --> 00:18:06,120 covenant in the Old Testament. We see different ways that 275 00:18:06,120 --> 00:18:10,280 people covenant is, is this way that we relate to God, right? 276 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:12,800 We the anchor in a marriage covenant. 277 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:16,200 It's it's kind of defining the way that we relate to each 278 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:17,680 other. It's it's not a contract, It's 279 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:19,280 not based on terms and conditions. 280 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:21,080 We're in a covenant relationship. 281 00:18:21,560 --> 00:18:24,280 And throughout the the Old Testament, there was different 282 00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:26,640 covenants. There was the the covenant of 283 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:28,760 Abraham. You had to be born in Abraham's 284 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:30,520 line. That's how you related to God. 285 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:33,480 That's how you knew you were God's people because you were 286 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:36,480 part of the line of Abraham. That's what distinguished the 287 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:39,040 Israelites from everyone else. Hey, we, we, we belong to 288 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:41,720 Abraham. And then along comes Moses and 289 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:44,400 there's a new covenant, what we refer to generally as the old 290 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:47,240 covenant. It's now based on as long as you 291 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:50,400 do the right thing, now you relate to God. 292 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:52,360 God blesses you because you do the right thing. 293 00:18:53,320 --> 00:18:55,480 And there's various other covenants that are through 294 00:18:55,480 --> 00:18:57,680 there. There's a Davidic covenant about 295 00:18:57,680 --> 00:19:01,240 how God related to David. But then Jesus comes along and 296 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:04,880 he's going, now you no longer relate to me based on the fact 297 00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:08,200 that you belong to Abraham or based on the fact of how well 298 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:11,080 you do that. If you do well, God blesses you. 299 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:14,400 Now I introduce a better covenant. 300 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:18,280 Jesus, when he took the cup and he gave it to his disciples of 301 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:21,840 the Last Supper, says, Hey, this is my blood of a new covenant. 302 00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:24,440 This is this is going to completely change the way that 303 00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:27,640 you relate to God because it's no longer based on you. 304 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:35,440 My relationship with God, thankfully, it's no longer 305 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:39,280 dependent on me. Thank goodness. 306 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:45,600 Thank goodness. Because if it was up to me, I'm 307 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:47,240 sure I'd blown it way too many times. 308 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:54,160 Jesus has a better covenant. He introduces us to a way better 309 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:58,280 way of relating to God, and that's through him. 310 00:19:59,840 --> 00:20:02,200 But I don't have to try and earn my way. 311 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:04,480 I don't have to make sure that I do the right things from the 312 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:07,000 right family. Like we, all of us, no matter 313 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:12,480 where we come from, have exactly the same covenant with God, and 314 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:16,480 that's through Jesus. If we put our faith and trust in 315 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:21,280 him, we all have exactly the same relationship with God, and 316 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:25,560 that's through a better covenant, a covenant through 317 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:29,520 Jesus, through the cross. Through the resurrection, that's 318 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:33,400 how we relate to relate to God. Amen. 319 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:39,600 He is he has a better covenant and tied very much into that is 320 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:43,480 Hebrews 8 verse 6 where it talks about better promises. 321 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:47,000 See a better covenant comes with better promises. 322 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:52,600 Second Corinthians tells us that all God's promises, no matter 323 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:57,600 how many promises God has made, no matter how many, all of them 324 00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:03,360 find their yes, not in what I do, not in where I'm from, all 325 00:21:03,360 --> 00:21:09,720 of them find their yes in Jesus. And through us we say Amen to 326 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:13,480 the glory of God, right? This, this new covenant has 327 00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:18,840 better promises. Jesus is the qualifier for the 328 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:22,760 promise, right? He introduces a better covenant 329 00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:25,640 with better promises. I can now lay claim to the 330 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:30,280 promises of God because of him. And there there are some stuff 331 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:33,160 that we can do to make sure the promises actually flow into our 332 00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:36,520 life, but ultimately the promise is not dependent. 333 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:38,120 I didn't qualify for the promise. 334 00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:42,240 I can. I can allow the promise to flow 335 00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:44,000 in my life, but I didn't qualify for it. 336 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:47,840 Jesus, this new covenant carries better promises. 337 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:50,120 It doesn't even just carry the promises of the old. 338 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:52,520 It carries better promises into the future. 339 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:58,320 Jesus comes with a better covenant and better promises. 340 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:05,240 Amen. So Jesus is a better name, he's 341 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:09,880 a better apostle, he's a better high priest, a better hope, a 342 00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:15,280 better ministry, a better covenant, better promises. 343 00:22:17,120 --> 00:22:23,520 Hebrews 9 talks about a better tent and this word tent refers 344 00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:28,400 to the Old Testament Tabernacle back in back in Moses day. 345 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:32,080 Again we get my timelines. They had a Tabernacle, a tent 346 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:34,160 that was where you went to meet with God. 347 00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:38,800 You went to a physical location. That's where God, God's presence 348 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:43,560 was in this physical location. And then you come along Solomon, 349 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:46,240 he builds a temple. You still have to go to a 350 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:52,560 physical place, a physical tent. But when Jesus comes, he says I, 351 00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:56,160 I didn't go to a physical tent. I went to a better tent. 352 00:22:56,840 --> 00:22:59,320 Which tent did I go to? I went to the spiritual tent. 353 00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:04,360 When we would come to Jesus, we have access to a better tent. 354 00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:09,240 It's not about whether I come here on a Sunday or whether I go 355 00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:12,800 to a building on a Sunday. I have access to a better tent. 356 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:15,800 The tent represents the presence of God. 357 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:21,560 It's where God dwelt. And when I come to Jesus, I have 358 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:24,240 access not to a physical tent anymore. 359 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:25,880 It's not like he's a security guard. 360 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:27,760 Security guard for the doors here. 361 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:32,040 He gives me access to a spiritual tent, the presence of 362 00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:33,880 God. Wherever I am, through the 363 00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:37,800 Spirit of God, I have access to a better tent. 364 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:43,960 Wherever I am, the presence of God is there. 365 00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:47,520 I can access wherever I am because of the Spirit of God 366 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:49,280 that's inside of me, because of Jesus. 367 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:54,520 Jesus gives me access to a better tent, right? 368 00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:57,040 He allows me access into the spiritual tent. 369 00:23:57,400 --> 00:23:59,120 He went in. He cleansed that tent. 370 00:23:59,120 --> 00:24:03,280 He made a way for me to now access that whenever I need it. 371 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:14,040 Jesus has a better tent. In Hebrews 914 it speaks of 372 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:18,880 better blood, better blood. It talks about the blood of 373 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:23,160 bulls and goats that could redeem sin and cover sin. 374 00:24:23,360 --> 00:24:25,000 But they could never wash away sin. 375 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:33,760 They could cover it for a time. But aren't you thankful for the 376 00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:38,720 better blood of Jesus? The better blood of Jesus that 377 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:44,320 doesn't just cover our sin, it washes our sin away. 378 00:24:45,120 --> 00:24:51,560 It makes us white as snow, the better blood of Jesus. 379 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:56,680 Aren't you thankful for the better blood of Jesus? 380 00:24:57,920 --> 00:25:00,880 Then when we come and we take communion, we must remember this 381 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:07,280 blood is a better blood. This blood now makes me white as 382 00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:14,560 snow, past, present and future. It has paid for all my sin for 383 00:25:14,560 --> 00:25:16,800 all time. It's a better blood. 384 00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:21,080 It's a more powerful blood than the blood of bulls and goats 385 00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:23,800 that was offered in the Old Testament. 386 00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:30,520 This blood makes me whitest. And this blood is so powerful. 387 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:34,520 We must remember this blood is a better blood. 388 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:46,440 Hebrews 9 verse 25 ish through to chapter 1014 talks about 389 00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:52,000 Jesus being a better sacrifice. You know, so often we come and 390 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:54,240 we talk about what we can do for God. 391 00:25:56,840 --> 00:26:02,000 You know, I can sacrifice a lot for God and I can say, man, you 392 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:09,000 know, I'm sacrificing so much trying to earn or trying to make 393 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:12,560 something of myself before God. And I need to remember, hey, you 394 00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:16,760 know, Jesus is a better sacrifice than I could ever be 395 00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:21,400 then if even if I gave absolutely everything for the 396 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:24,360 King and the Kingdom and laid everything down and that is our 397 00:26:24,360 --> 00:26:26,600 desire. I looked to him and said this, 398 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:29,960 that's a better sacrifice. And as we were talking earlier, 399 00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:34,120 like the more that I see that his sacrifice was so great, 400 00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:37,480 unlike man, I could sacrifice everything. 401 00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:41,560 I can sacrifice everything because the sacrifice he made 402 00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:45,760 for me was far beyond anything I could ever comprehend. 403 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:52,080 The sacrifice he made for me was huge in comparison to the 404 00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:58,200 sacrifice I'm making for him. I come here on a Sunday morning 405 00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:01,000 or I'm getting up early, you know, with putting time aside to 406 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:03,600 pray and be in his presence and all of that kind of stuff. 407 00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:08,880 And whenever I get tired and I'm like, man, you know, is this 408 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:09,760 worth it? Is this? 409 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:14,160 And I really want to get up. Do I really want to put time 410 00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:16,960 aside to read my Bible? And I just look back and say, 411 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:20,520 man, Jesus had a better sacrifice. 412 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:28,280 Man, when it comes to just like looking at Jesus and kind of any 413 00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:33,480 sacrifice, Ioffer is like totally worth it because of what 414 00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:38,520 his sacrifice for me, anything I could do, anything he calls me 415 00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:42,360 to do is absolutely worth it because of the sacrifice he made 416 00:27:42,360 --> 00:27:46,080 for me. You know, we need to have this 417 00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:50,520 wonder of our salvation every single day to look at and kind 418 00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:54,520 of going, man, what you've done for me, Jesus is far beyond 419 00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:56,440 anything I could ever do for you. 420 00:27:56,720 --> 00:28:01,080 And so I give you everything. And even that would be a drop in 421 00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:03,760 the ocean for what you've done for me. 422 00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:09,440 And we just stand there and we just kind of go, wow, wow. 423 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:15,560 Look at what the Lord has done. Look at what the Lord has done. 424 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:18,560 And it makes every sacrifice worth it. 425 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:24,120 It makes every sacrifice. We have 4 kids, young kids. 426 00:28:24,120 --> 00:28:26,080 It makes every sacrifice worth it. 427 00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:31,200 When I realized the sacrifice he made, I'm sure some of the guys 428 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:33,600 in this room they would talk about travelling to different 429 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:37,040 countries and spending countless months overseas. 430 00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:39,800 You guys could correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure you 431 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:42,880 would say it is worth it because of the sacrifice that he made. 432 00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:48,440 Like all of it is worth it because of he offered a better 433 00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:52,560 sacrifice. It is all worth it. 434 00:28:55,440 --> 00:29:03,080 Hebrews 11/16 and 12/14 speaks that Jesus is leading us to a 435 00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:07,480 better country. Hebrews 11 is again that chapter 436 00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:11,920 on great faith and it talks about these people who were not 437 00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:15,560 settling and even though when they when God told them to go to 438 00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:18,560 a different country, it says that they weren't actually fixed 439 00:29:18,560 --> 00:29:21,120 on the country because they knew that God had prepared something 440 00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:29,240 better for them. And that's Hebrews 11/16 as it 441 00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:32,880 is. They desire a better country, 442 00:29:33,560 --> 00:29:37,480 that is a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to 443 00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:41,440 be called their God, for He has prepared for them a city. 444 00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:46,200 Jesus has a better country for us. 445 00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:54,600 We are pilgrims on this earth we are journeying through and this 446 00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:56,720 to me just helps me keep my eyes up. 447 00:29:57,760 --> 00:29:59,480 So man, Jesus has a better country. 448 00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:03,760 He has an eternal country. For me. 449 00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:08,120 When I, when I drop my gaze and I start looking at the world and 450 00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:13,040 start trying to do things to maybe leave a legacy here and 451 00:30:14,120 --> 00:30:18,200 focus on setting things up here, I must remember Jesus has a 452 00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:21,880 better country. Like this is not my home. 453 00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:26,160 This is not where I will live out all of my eternity. 454 00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:30,520 Jesus has a better country. And when we talk to people who 455 00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:33,400 don't know Jesus, we're going, hey, Jesus has a better country. 456 00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:37,560 It's not the when you die, that is not the end. 457 00:30:38,640 --> 00:30:42,040 There is a better country on the other side because of Jesus. 458 00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:45,880 And through Jesus there is access to a better country, any 459 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:51,520 a heavenly country. And that's what that's what it's 460 00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:53,240 talking about. All of these people, it talks 461 00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:56,320 about them journeying through different lands and different 462 00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:59,680 nations, but their eyes were always up saying, hey, Jesus has 463 00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:02,720 a better country for us. God has a better thing for us. 464 00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:04,320 On the other side of our obedience. 465 00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:09,600 God has a better country. Through Jesus we have access to 466 00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:11,240 a better country. It's the eternal hope that we 467 00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:14,360 have. So it's our view of eternity. 468 00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:19,560 And it says Jesus has a better country, a four more. 469 00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:28,480 Jesus is our better reward. Jesus is our better reward. 470 00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:37,600 It's from Hebrews 11 verse 26. You know, when God comes to 471 00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:41,920 Abraham, he says I am your very great reward. 472 00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:48,880 I am your very great reward. And when he, when Jesus calls 473 00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:52,480 the Levites, one of the tribes of Israel out, he says all you 474 00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:54,480 other tribes, you will get an inheritance. 475 00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:58,000 You get the blessing, you get the blessing of the promised 476 00:31:58,000 --> 00:31:59,600 land. You're going to have houses and 477 00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:02,880 cities and fields and all that. But he calls the Levites out. 478 00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:04,760 He says, you guys don't get anything. 479 00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:11,240 That seems really unfair, right? You're the priest of God and you 480 00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:15,560 don't get anything. But he says, but I will be 481 00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:18,560 theirs. I will be their reward. 482 00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:24,760 You know, we can, we can do so much to get the blessing of God, 483 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:27,880 and I think we do. And that's fine. 484 00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:33,680 Like we can seek God's hands. You know, he has something way 485 00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:36,720 better than his hands. And that's him himself. 486 00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:40,600 You know, we can say, Jesus, if I do this, then I get the 487 00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:42,240 blessing of God. I'm telling you, there's a 488 00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:44,880 greater blessing and that is God himself. 489 00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:52,440 He is our reward, not just the stuff he does, not just the 490 00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:59,360 blessings him, he is the better reward. 491 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:03,400 But we, this, this puts obedience right, right into 492 00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:06,680 perspective, right? It's like if we kind of go, you 493 00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:10,760 know, if I obey, then God will do XYZ, right? 494 00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:13,720 And if XYZ doesn't happen, what happened with my obedience? 495 00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:17,040 But you know, you put that into perspective. 496 00:33:17,040 --> 00:33:20,160 You say, if I obey, I get Jesus as my reward. 497 00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:24,560 XYZ is a bonus. But ultimately my obedience 498 00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:28,720 leads me to him as my reward, Not the stuff. 499 00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:33,280 I think when we do that, man, we just, we're willing to say yes 500 00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:35,040 to anything. He's going to. 501 00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:38,400 I'm, I'm living for a better reward here because people like, 502 00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:39,720 well, yeah, but God didn't come through. 503 00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:41,480 And you're like, yeah, yeah, but I've got a better reward. 504 00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:44,440 And that's Jesus himself. That's God himself. 505 00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:50,920 I obey so that I get to meet him, so that on that day I get 506 00:33:50,920 --> 00:33:52,800 to, I don't care about all the stuff. 507 00:33:53,800 --> 00:33:57,200 I care about him saying, hey, well done, good and faithful 508 00:33:57,200 --> 00:34:01,800 servant. Jesus is our better reward. 509 00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:06,120 He leads us to a better mountain. 510 00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:14,080 In Hebrews 12, he leads us to a better mountain, compares it to 511 00:34:14,080 --> 00:34:20,520 Mount Sinai, which was it talks about dark clouds and lightning 512 00:34:20,520 --> 00:34:23,360 and Thunder. Mount Sinai. 513 00:34:23,679 --> 00:34:27,239 It talks about the Israelites being so afraid of Mount Sinai 514 00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:29,480 that they didn't even go anywhere near it. 515 00:34:30,199 --> 00:34:34,440 So Moses you go, God, God invited them all up and said, 516 00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:36,560 all of you come near. And they went, no, no, no, no, 517 00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:38,159 we're not going. We're not going near that thing. 518 00:34:38,719 --> 00:34:45,880 We are so filled with fear and yet Jesus has a better mountain 519 00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:49,440 for us. Not a mountain of fear anymore, 520 00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:54,520 not Mount Sinai. We come to Mount Zion. 521 00:34:56,800 --> 00:34:58,520 It's a completely different mountain. 522 00:34:59,520 --> 00:35:03,040 We don't come and approach this mountain now with fear, with 523 00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:05,840 like and, and coming with an afraid spirit. 524 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:12,680 No, no, we come, come to Mount Zion, a mountain of rejoicing, a 525 00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:17,040 mountain of singing. We come to a better mountain. 526 00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:22,080 So Jesus leads us to a better mountain. 527 00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:29,880 Hebrews 12/24 speaks of a better word. 528 00:35:36,630 --> 00:35:41,350 It says we come to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, the 529 00:35:41,350 --> 00:35:44,030 better covenant, and to the sprinkled blood, better blood 530 00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:50,120 that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel. 531 00:35:51,560 --> 00:35:56,480 Jesus speaks a better word. Yeah. 532 00:35:56,480 --> 00:36:00,760 It doesn't matter. The words of people. 533 00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:04,280 Yeah. I think the words of people can 534 00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:09,440 often trap us or cause us to live a particular way because we 535 00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:11,760 become so conscious of what people think. 536 00:36:14,080 --> 00:36:17,520 It becomes so like all of us, all of us included. 537 00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:23,040 The words of people, the words of circumstance, the words of 538 00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:27,600 what how people describe us can become something that traps us 539 00:36:27,600 --> 00:36:31,520 so well. And yet Jesus speaks a better 540 00:36:31,520 --> 00:36:35,800 word. Jesus speaks a better word. 541 00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:38,840 Yeah. The marvellous thing about this 542 00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:42,400 word here, when it speaks of Abel, Abel's blood spoke of 543 00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:47,160 vengeance. Yeah, Jesus. 544 00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:53,520 Blood speaks of mercy and grace, speaks of forgiveness. 545 00:36:55,400 --> 00:37:00,600 Jesus speaks a better word. When I think about the words 546 00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:04,320 that potentially have been spoken over me or to me, 547 00:37:04,320 --> 00:37:07,320 negative or otherwise, I kind of say, man, Jesus, you speak a 548 00:37:07,320 --> 00:37:10,600 better word. You speak a better word. 549 00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:14,440 But I think about all the stuff that maybe people have tried to 550 00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:18,600 put on me, then I seek him and say, yeah, but what's your word? 551 00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:20,000 Because your word is a better word. 552 00:37:20,640 --> 00:37:24,520 Your word is a better word. You know, even even the 553 00:37:24,520 --> 00:37:26,760 prophetic words of people speaking to our life, they are 554 00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:28,840 great things and they encourage us in God. 555 00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:32,440 And I say, hey, God, this is a better word. 556 00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:34,680 This. I'm going to cling to this 557 00:37:34,680 --> 00:37:38,320 because this is a better word, because Jesus speaks a better 558 00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:41,120 word over my life than even I think my life is going to look 559 00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:52,880 like Jesus speaks a better word. And Hebrews 1225 verse 29, 560 00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:59,280 Actually we will skip down to 28. 561 00:37:59,280 --> 00:38:06,680 We'll just read 28. It says, therefore let us be 562 00:38:06,680 --> 00:38:13,400 grateful for receiving a Kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus 563 00:38:13,400 --> 00:38:17,560 let us offer to God acceptable worship with reverence and awe, 564 00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:25,040 for our God is a consuming fire. We have a better Kingdom. 565 00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:30,360 The Bible speaks of us being rescued from a Kingdom of 566 00:38:30,360 --> 00:38:35,240 darkness and brought into the Kingdom of light. 567 00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:39,040 And this which spoke about the better country being on the 568 00:38:39,040 --> 00:38:43,360 other side of eternity. But this better Kingdom, it says 569 00:38:43,360 --> 00:38:46,680 here we are receiving a better Kingdom. 570 00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:51,760 This isn't a one day Kingdom that we experience on the other 571 00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:56,240 side of death. It says we are receiving now a 572 00:38:56,280 --> 00:39:00,120 Kingdom that can never be shaken. 573 00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:08,160 Jesus brings a better Kingdom. He spoke all the way through his 574 00:39:08,160 --> 00:39:11,160 ministry. His, his title, or if you like, 575 00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:14,000 his emphasis was the Kingdom of God is at hand. 576 00:39:15,200 --> 00:39:17,080 And he started doing incredible things. 577 00:39:17,080 --> 00:39:18,320 He's going, here's a better Kingdom. 578 00:39:18,560 --> 00:39:21,320 Let me show you a better Kingdom, the Kingdom that you're 579 00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:22,280 thinking. And they had all these 580 00:39:22,280 --> 00:39:23,800 perceptions. It was funny because they were 581 00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:26,880 like, we believe in the Messiah coming back as a king. 582 00:39:27,880 --> 00:39:30,520 We believe, but we've got our idea of what that kingdom's 583 00:39:30,520 --> 00:39:33,600 going to look like. And Jesus comes here and goes, 584 00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:36,720 Hey, I've got a better Kingdom. I've got a Kingdom that's better 585 00:39:36,720 --> 00:39:38,440 than what you think my Kingdom looks like. 586 00:39:39,400 --> 00:39:42,400 I've got a way that's better than what you think my way is 587 00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:52,560 like Jesus has a better Kingdom. And so Jesus has a better name 588 00:39:52,840 --> 00:39:55,960 in Hebrews one. He's our better apostle in 589 00:39:55,960 --> 00:40:02,600 Hebrews 3A, better high priest in Hebrews 5, our better hope in 590 00:40:02,600 --> 00:40:06,040 Hebrews 7. He brings a better ministry in 591 00:40:06,040 --> 00:40:10,880 Hebrews 8A, better covenant with better promises in Hebrews 8. 592 00:40:12,360 --> 00:40:16,920 He brings us to a better tent in Hebrews 9 with better blood. 593 00:40:18,240 --> 00:40:23,440 He offers a better sacrifice that leads us to a better 594 00:40:23,440 --> 00:40:26,680 country. He has a better reward. 595 00:40:28,680 --> 00:40:32,880 He leads us to a better mountain, speaks a better word. 596 00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:43,400 It brings a better Kingdom. Jesus is better. 597 00:40:43,480 --> 00:40:50,200 Jesus is better. Thank you for joining us for 598 00:40:50,200 --> 00:40:52,600 today's message. For more information about The 599 00:40:52,600 --> 00:40:56,800 Way Church, please visit ourwebsite@thewaychurch.com dot 600 00:40:56,840 --> 00:40:58,200 AU. Have a blessed day.