1 00:00:00,300 --> 00:00:03,100 Good morning, everyone. It is a beautiful day. 2 00:00:03,100 --> 00:00:06,800 We have here today, not only to worship God, but he's given us a 3 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:09,700 beautiful day outside. This is when most beautiful days 4 00:00:09,700 --> 00:00:12,700 of the year I've seen. So we are blessed to have this 5 00:00:12,700 --> 00:00:14,700 day. And most importantly, though on 6 00:00:14,700 --> 00:00:18,300 this day to have our time together to worship God, I'm 7 00:00:18,300 --> 00:00:21,500 thankful to be able to be here with you today and especially as 8 00:00:21,500 --> 00:00:24,900 I get to choose what we study and Hebrews chapter 3 today. 9 00:00:25,100 --> 00:00:27,900 So we've been kind of slowly making our way through Hebrews. 10 00:00:28,100 --> 00:00:31,100 We're in the third chapter now and Today, I plan to cover the 11 00:00:31,100 --> 00:00:33,000 whole chapter. So if you'd like to turn to 12 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:36,400 Hebrews chapter 3, that's where we'll be spending pretty much 13 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:41,400 all of our time this morning and Hebrews chapter 3, kind of our 14 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:46,400 Arc or keynote verse is the first one that says, therefore, 15 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:50,700 holy Brethren partakers of the Heavenly calling consider the 16 00:00:50,700 --> 00:00:54,000 Apostle and high priest of our confession. 17 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:57,300 That's a simple sentence and today, I hope that you can take 18 00:00:57,300 --> 00:01:02,500 that and you can consider him because I can talk up here, I 19 00:01:02,500 --> 00:01:06,500 can get a presentation together, but ultimately, Our God has 20 00:01:06,500 --> 00:01:09,700 asked each one of us to consider him ourselves and to consider 21 00:01:09,700 --> 00:01:12,600 him individually. Let's go ahead and read the rest 22 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:15,200 of the chapter. Before we begin going on in 23 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:18,900 verse 2, it says this. So This Christ Jesus who was 24 00:01:18,900 --> 00:01:22,200 faithful to him who appointed him as Moses. 25 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:24,300 Also was faithful in all his house. 26 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:28,600 For this one has been counted worthy of more Glory than Moses 27 00:01:28,900 --> 00:01:32,400 and as much as he He who built the house, has more honor than 28 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:36,200 the house for every house is built by someone, but he who 29 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:40,000 built all things is God and Moses. 30 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:43,500 Indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant for a 31 00:01:43,508 --> 00:01:47,500 testimony of those things, which would be spoken afterward. 32 00:01:47,500 --> 00:01:52,800 But Christ has a son over his own house, whose house we are. 33 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:57,800 If We Hold Fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the Hope 34 00:01:57,900 --> 00:02:02,000 firm to the end verse 7. Therefore as the holy spirit 35 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:06,300 says, today if you will hear his voice, do not Harden your hearts 36 00:02:06,300 --> 00:02:09,600 as in the rebellion and the day of trial in the wilderness where 37 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:14,500 your father's tested me, tried me and saw my Works 40 years. 38 00:02:15,100 --> 00:02:18,500 Therefore, I was angry with that generation and said they always 39 00:02:18,500 --> 00:02:21,100 go astray in their heart and they have not known my ways. 40 00:02:21,500 --> 00:02:24,600 So, I swore in my wrath they shall not enter my rest. 41 00:02:25,300 --> 00:02:29,800 Beware Brethren lest there, be any of be in any of you, an evil 42 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:33,700 heart of unbelief unbelief in departing, from the Living God. 43 00:02:34,100 --> 00:02:37,700 But exhort one another daily while it's still called today. 44 00:02:38,300 --> 00:02:42,200 Lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin 45 00:02:42,700 --> 00:02:44,400 for? We have become partakers of 46 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:46,500 Christ. If we hold the beginning of our 47 00:02:46,500 --> 00:02:51,300 confidence, steadfast to the end while it is said today, if you 48 00:02:51,308 --> 00:02:54,900 will hear his voice, do not Harden your hearts as in there. 49 00:02:55,100 --> 00:02:57,900 A billion in the last couple verses for who having heard 50 00:02:57,900 --> 00:03:01,400 rebuild and D, wasn't not all who came out of Egypt led by 51 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:03,800 Moses. Now with whom was, he angry, 40 52 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:07,300 years, was it not with those who sinned whose corpses fell in the 53 00:03:07,300 --> 00:03:10,000 wilderness and to whom did he swear that they would not enter 54 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:12,900 his rest but to those who did not obey. 55 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:18,500 So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief. 56 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:20,800 So these are the verses we're going to consider today. 57 00:03:21,100 --> 00:03:24,200 And just reading this chapter and isolation, it looks a little 58 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:26,700 bit negative. But warning a little bit 59 00:03:27,700 --> 00:03:31,500 dangerous, but I think the context that it's immersed in in 60 00:03:31,500 --> 00:03:33,900 Hebrews is really a well-rounded one. 61 00:03:34,100 --> 00:03:36,800 And so let's back up for a minute to consider what he had 62 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:40,700 just said in Hebrews 2. So the first verse of Hebrews 3 63 00:03:40,700 --> 00:03:44,700 says, therefore, so it's very important that we see what we're 64 00:03:44,700 --> 00:03:48,200 leading into the therefore with from a Hebrews 2. 65 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:52,000 So this is a very important. I don't want to go back too far 66 00:03:52,100 --> 00:03:55,000 but the previous verses lead right into it, so let's talk. 67 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:58,800 Talk about Hebrews 2, verses beginning verse 10. 68 00:03:59,300 --> 00:04:03,200 So he said, therefore consider him and light of all these 69 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:05,000 things. And light of the fact that in 70 00:04:05,008 --> 00:04:09,300 verse 10, it was fitting for Jesus for whom are all things 71 00:04:09,500 --> 00:04:14,000 and by whom are all things in bringing many sons to glory to 72 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:15,800 make the captain of their salvation. 73 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:19,500 Perfect through sufferings and light of that, consider him for 74 00:04:19,500 --> 00:04:22,600 both, he who sanctifies and those who are being Sanctified 75 00:04:22,700 --> 00:04:26,600 are all of One. We're one with Jesus consider 76 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:30,700 him because of that for which reason he is not ashamed to call 77 00:04:30,700 --> 00:04:35,400 us Brethren saying here I am and the children whose got whom God 78 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:39,400 has given me in as much as the children have partaken of Flesh 79 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:41,800 and Blood. He himself likewise shared in 80 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:45,500 the same that through death, he might destroy him. 81 00:04:45,500 --> 00:04:48,600 Who had the power of death, Jesus destroyed, the devil who 82 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:51,700 had the power of death. He took away that power that he 83 00:04:51,700 --> 00:04:54,700 had over us. That is the devil and release. 84 00:04:54,900 --> 00:04:58,500 Those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject 85 00:04:58,500 --> 00:05:00,700 to bondage. The first verse in Hebrews 3 is 86 00:05:00,700 --> 00:05:03,600 going to say consider him because of all this because he 87 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:05,800 freed you from the fear of death. 88 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:08,600 For indeed. He does not give Aid to Angels 89 00:05:09,100 --> 00:05:11,300 but he does give Aid to the Seed of Abraham. 90 00:05:11,300 --> 00:05:15,600 We learned that to us through God's promises verse 17. 91 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:19,300 Therefore in all things, he had to be my made like his Brethren, 92 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:24,700 that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest. 93 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:28,800 East and things pertaining to God to make propitiation for the 94 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:31,700 sins of the people. For in that he himself, has 95 00:05:31,700 --> 00:05:35,200 suffered being tempted. He is also, he is able to Aid 96 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:38,800 those who are tempted. So, the first verse in Hebrews 97 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:42,800 3, we can't just take it from there and say, okay, we're going 98 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:46,600 to take it, starting there, we have to consider all these 99 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:48,700 wonderful blessings that God has given us. 100 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:52,000 We spent a lot of time the last time I spoke talking about 101 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:56,700 these, these promises and this freedom From death, and how 102 00:05:56,700 --> 00:06:00,400 Jesus is our high priest. And what that means, as the one 103 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:03,400 who intercedes for us and makes offering for sins. 104 00:06:03,700 --> 00:06:06,800 So, because of all of this awesome stuff, he said, in 105 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:12,200 Chapter 2, consider him Consider Jesus. 106 00:06:13,700 --> 00:06:17,400 This word consider. I'll get to that in just a 107 00:06:17,407 --> 00:06:19,600 second. So first before he talks about 108 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:22,000 what he's, what we're going to consider the first verse of 109 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:25,900 Hebrews chapter 3, says, therefore holy Brethren. 110 00:06:26,300 --> 00:06:28,600 So it's important that we remember who he is addressing, 111 00:06:28,700 --> 00:06:30,900 he's addressing Hebrew Christians now. 112 00:06:30,900 --> 00:06:34,200 Just Hebrews and not just Christians their Hebrew 113 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:37,200 Christians, so they are Brethren. 114 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:40,200 So they're not just people who he's addressing with the gospel 115 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:43,100 with the first time and this is all linked. 116 00:06:43,100 --> 00:06:45,800 Also linked back to chapter 2, when he calls him, holy 117 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:48,100 brethren. Because he said that Jesus is 118 00:06:48,100 --> 00:06:50,100 not afraid to call you his brother. 119 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:54,800 He's not afraid to call us his brothers and sisters, so he's 120 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:57,800 kind of harkening back to that. And then the second point about 121 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:01,700 this word, holy Brethren is that these Hebrew Christians need 122 00:07:01,700 --> 00:07:05,600 encouragement. They needed kind of a kick in 123 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:09,500 the backside, you know, to show them what was right to show them 124 00:07:09,500 --> 00:07:13,200 the reality that they were coming into as as new followers 125 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:16,600 of this New Covenant. They needed the encouragement 126 00:07:16,700 --> 00:07:19,900 and they weren't perfect, but they were still holy Brethren. 127 00:07:20,700 --> 00:07:22,800 He could have come into this letter and just beat them 128 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:24,500 upside. The head with the fact that men, 129 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:27,600 the Son of God just came and you guys are starting to slack in 130 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:29,400 your faith. How are the world? 131 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:32,200 Could you do that? But he does acknowledge that 132 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:35,300 their Brethren their holy Brethren and they're in the 133 00:07:35,300 --> 00:07:38,900 middle of a fight and that is a theme that we can all relate to. 134 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:44,300 We are all in the middle of this fight and even if we may have 135 00:07:44,300 --> 00:07:47,200 struggled, We Are Holy Brethren. So don't count yourself out if 136 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:49,600 you feel like, man, I'm my faith is weak. 137 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:52,200 He wrote this to them because their faith needed to be 138 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:55,600 strengthened. He goes on to say, holy Brethren 139 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:58,400 partakers of the Heavenly calling. 140 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:01,500 So we talked about the other day, how there is this? 141 00:08:01,500 --> 00:08:06,800 Great need that man has in life. There's there's this great need 142 00:08:06,900 --> 00:08:10,000 to get back to the Garden scenario where man. 143 00:08:10,100 --> 00:08:14,000 Was living in peace with God and complete exposure before God. 144 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:15,900 They were together. It was Paradise. 145 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:19,900 And this Narrative of Bible is once man gets kicked out of that 146 00:08:19,900 --> 00:08:24,100 Garden, how do we get back to a place where we are one with God? 147 00:08:24,100 --> 00:08:28,700 And not and not perfect place where there's no pain and where 148 00:08:28,700 --> 00:08:32,400 there's no suffering? And so, this, this sentence kind 149 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:36,600 of hits on that that God's taking care of the two great 150 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:38,900 needs. We need, we need to number one, 151 00:08:38,900 --> 00:08:41,700 we need to hear from God. We need to hear from God through 152 00:08:41,700 --> 00:08:44,500 his word and through the Heavenly calling, that he gave 153 00:08:44,500 --> 00:08:48,300 to us, but that calling implies that he wants us to do 154 00:08:48,300 --> 00:08:50,700 something. He wants us to come to him, he's 155 00:08:50,700 --> 00:08:52,800 calling toward us, not just to us. 156 00:08:53,100 --> 00:08:57,700 He's calling us to come to him. So this great Narrative of what 157 00:08:57,700 --> 00:08:59,400 do we do? Now that we're outside of the 158 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:03,100 garden separated from God, we need to hear him, we need to 159 00:09:03,100 --> 00:09:06,600 hear the calling, and we need to go to God. 160 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:10,300 And because God has made this calling, we are partakers Yes, 161 00:09:10,700 --> 00:09:12,800 and because we Are Holy Brethren. 162 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:16,400 Remember big to become holy Brethren, they're not just first 163 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:19,700 time, here's of the Gospel. They were converted Christians 164 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:23,100 who had been added to the church, okay? 165 00:09:23,100 --> 00:09:28,500 So then he goes in to say, consider this Apostle and high 166 00:09:28,500 --> 00:09:32,600 priest of our confession, this work consider means to fix your 167 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:36,600 attention on something to learn its inner meaning. 168 00:09:37,300 --> 00:09:40,600 This is a word that was also used by Jesus when he said to 169 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:44,700 consider the Ravens and Luke chapter 12 and it is an implies, 170 00:09:44,700 --> 00:09:47,700 a context of something that may be so simple and obvious. 171 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:52,500 But if we don't slow down to really think about it, we will 172 00:09:52,500 --> 00:09:56,900 miss it entirely. So, we need to consider it with 173 00:09:56,900 --> 00:09:59,800 contemplation and not necessarily to just find the 174 00:09:59,808 --> 00:10:03,500 answer and move on, but to let the process of considering 175 00:10:03,500 --> 00:10:07,900 habits work in our hearts. Now, an important note from this 176 00:10:08,100 --> 00:10:10,900 is that remember, let's say it again, they were already 177 00:10:10,900 --> 00:10:15,400 Christians, so it's implying that it's not automatic that. 178 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:18,100 If we're Christians, we just automatically, think about 179 00:10:18,100 --> 00:10:21,700 meditate on Jesus. It's not automatic, he's having 180 00:10:21,700 --> 00:10:24,600 to tell them. You have to take thoughtful 181 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:29,700 considerate. Time to consider this Jesus for 182 00:10:29,700 --> 00:10:31,400 us. It is not going to automatically 183 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:33,600 happen. It's hard to carve up time where 184 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:38,100 I had can slow down enough and make enough space in our day for 185 00:10:38,100 --> 00:10:41,800 Clear thoughtful. Time to consider Jesus. 186 00:10:42,100 --> 00:10:46,200 It's not automatic But I like this quote, I have I read on 187 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:49,700 this verse. Someone said every meditation on 188 00:10:49,700 --> 00:10:54,600 his person, speaking of Jesus, and his salvation will suggest 189 00:10:54,600 --> 00:11:00,200 more wisdom new motives to love confidence and obedience. 190 00:11:00,300 --> 00:11:03,700 And I think that's very true. There's not everything that can 191 00:11:03,700 --> 00:11:05,900 be explained with a step-by-step. 192 00:11:05,900 --> 00:11:08,700 Here's what you need to do. Step, ABC, and D. 193 00:11:08,700 --> 00:11:12,100 Then you'll be at this point, sometimes we need to take time 194 00:11:12,100 --> 00:11:16,100 to consider him and that was Of the prescription for the growth 195 00:11:16,100 --> 00:11:19,200 of their faith for the Hebrews. Okay. 196 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:24,400 So he says to consider this Apostle this word Apostle is, we 197 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:27,300 might think well well I thought the 12 apostles were the ones 198 00:11:27,300 --> 00:11:29,900 following Jesus, why does he call Jesus? 199 00:11:29,900 --> 00:11:32,700 An apostle? Well, this word Apostle simply 200 00:11:32,700 --> 00:11:35,600 means sent one. I think a lot of times we hear 201 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:39,400 the title of someone and we don't associate the real meaning 202 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:43,000 with it, that the Bible had behind it, Apostle means sent 203 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:47,800 one. So, Jesus is going to be God's 204 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:52,500 one he sent to us. So Jesus had 12 Apostles that 205 00:11:52,500 --> 00:11:57,200 were coming from Jesus to the rest of the world to share Jesus 206 00:11:57,200 --> 00:12:00,900 truth with the world. And similarly, like Jesus had 207 00:12:00,900 --> 00:12:04,600 his 12 Apostles that were sent to the world God. 208 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:08,700 And the beginning sent Jesus, the Apostle to us. 209 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:13,200 So these sent one for our salvation for our learning for a 210 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:15,800 teaching. Now and I it's easy to be 211 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:18,600 confused between Apostles and disciples. 212 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:22,700 Remember disciple is someone who just follows Jesus Apostle, is 213 00:12:22,700 --> 00:12:25,400 someone who specifically sent for a purpose. 214 00:12:25,500 --> 00:12:29,300 So these are both titles that people were specifically sent, 215 00:12:30,500 --> 00:12:34,000 very obviously speak. Speaking of Jesus here he was 216 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:38,200 the chosen sent one from God. Okay? 217 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:41,600 Then he's mentions him as the high priest. 218 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:45,100 We talked about that in Hebrews chapter 2, What that means. 219 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:50,100 But in summary, the high priest represented, the people before 220 00:12:50,100 --> 00:12:53,400 God and offered sacrifices for sins. 221 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:56,300 So, here in this verse, he's kind of setting up this. 222 00:12:56,600 --> 00:13:02,600 This picture Jesus is both the one who was sent down from God 223 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:06,100 to man. And once he was, man, he also 224 00:13:06,100 --> 00:13:09,100 made a way to get from man back to God. 225 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:13,600 He is everything in between, he is both the one that sent to 226 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:17,200 teach. And the one who sacrificed 227 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:22,200 himself and mediated for the people to go from man to God, 228 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:27,300 Jesus Is God to man, and man to God fascinating. 229 00:13:27,300 --> 00:13:31,000 Well-rounded Concepts Our Savior embodied. 230 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:35,600 Okay. So going into verse 2 and this 231 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:38,500 verse the writer of Hebrews, we don't know who wrote it. 232 00:13:38,500 --> 00:13:44,000 Remember the writer of Hebrews starts to compare Jesus to the 233 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:46,900 Old Testament greats. So this is going to be a theme 234 00:13:46,900 --> 00:13:49,100 throughout a big portion of the book of Hebrews. 235 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:52,900 So they would have known and appreciated and honored, their 236 00:13:52,900 --> 00:13:55,300 Heroes of Heroes of Faith in the past. 237 00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:59,800 And so, he's already earlier in the book of Hebrews, he's 238 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:02,100 already compared Jesus to Angels. 239 00:14:02,100 --> 00:14:05,100 Remember Angels, were these great, massive Mighty Powerful 240 00:14:05,100 --> 00:14:08,200 Beast, that they were terrified of and, and God. 241 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:11,400 And the writer of Hebrews says, Jesus is a way above that. 242 00:14:11,700 --> 00:14:15,400 And so now he's going to take the The Heroes of Faith in the 243 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:17,800 Old Testament and say Jesus as way above that. 244 00:14:18,100 --> 00:14:22,300 So here, we'll start with Moses verse to consider a Christ 245 00:14:22,300 --> 00:14:24,700 Jesus. Who is faithful to him. 246 00:14:24,900 --> 00:14:30,500 Who appointed him as Moses also was faithful and all his house, 247 00:14:30,900 --> 00:14:34,100 I read a someone was some sources were saying that the the 248 00:14:34,100 --> 00:14:37,700 Jews, consider Moses, maybe to be the greatest man who ever 249 00:14:37,700 --> 00:14:41,700 lived and that they even thought he was better than an angel. 250 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:46,600 So I don't know how much ground That holds in the Jews as a 251 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:50,200 whole or what? But they highly, highly regarded 252 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:52,800 Moses. And so the writer of Hebrews is 253 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:54,100 meeting them where they're at. Okay? 254 00:14:54,100 --> 00:14:57,000 You understand an angel, you understand Moses. 255 00:14:57,300 --> 00:15:01,900 Now Jesus is so far above that and I like how he keys on this 256 00:15:01,900 --> 00:15:06,500 idea of faithfulness. A huge part of Moses's credit 257 00:15:06,500 --> 00:15:09,500 for being Godly, was he was faithful through a lot of junk 258 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:13,600 leading, a million people who are ready to turn on you for 259 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:16,400 $40. Years and all the things he went 260 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:20,100 through in the Old Testament. It was his faithfulness that 261 00:15:20,100 --> 00:15:22,100 stood out. That's one of the lessons will 262 00:15:22,100 --> 00:15:24,900 learn. From today is the faithfulness 263 00:15:24,900 --> 00:15:30,500 that Jesus and Moses both shared and it says that he was faithful 264 00:15:30,500 --> 00:15:35,300 and all of God's house. So, verse 3, for this one, 265 00:15:35,300 --> 00:15:39,400 Speaking of Jesus has been counted worthy of more Glory 266 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:44,300 than Moses as teachers. One of the things weren't Acted 267 00:15:44,300 --> 00:15:46,100 to do. One of the key ideas were 268 00:15:46,100 --> 00:15:51,800 supposed to use in a classroom is to take your students from 269 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:54,600 where they're at and then move them forward. 270 00:15:54,700 --> 00:15:57,100 If you just try to teach everybody the same way or teach 271 00:15:57,100 --> 00:15:59,300 everybody, the same thing, you're going to lose most of the 272 00:15:59,300 --> 00:16:03,000 people. And so I like what the writer of 273 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:06,900 Hebrews does here, he understands his audience and 274 00:16:06,900 --> 00:16:10,200 this is kind of a side point for our own use of spreading the 275 00:16:10,208 --> 00:16:13,700 gospel and teaching others. About the truth is to remember 276 00:16:13,900 --> 00:16:17,600 to People wear their act, the writer of Hebrews used as Moses 277 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:21,800 and uses Angels, because in education they call it accessing 278 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:24,700 prior knowledge. If you can use a starting point 279 00:16:24,700 --> 00:16:26,800 for someone, what they do understand, they have a 280 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:29,300 reference point from where to go next. 281 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,900 And this writer of Hebrews understood his audience and he 282 00:16:32,900 --> 00:16:35,500 was ready to meet them where they are at, okay, that was kind 283 00:16:35,500 --> 00:16:39,300 of a side point. So Jesus is counted worthy of 284 00:16:39,300 --> 00:16:42,100 more Glory than Moses. We understand what the word 285 00:16:42,100 --> 00:16:44,000 Glory means. I think it's kind of hard to 286 00:16:44,100 --> 00:16:48,500 nail down the definition but Chris Taylor look a lot of 287 00:16:48,500 --> 00:16:51,600 Dodger fans he got that game-winning Home Run for the 288 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:54,600 Dodgers the other night he got a lot of Glory for that. 289 00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:57,200 Okay. So the the glory and athlete or 290 00:16:57,200 --> 00:17:00,300 someone great gets from doing something awesome. 291 00:17:00,500 --> 00:17:04,400 We understand that. So this is in a spiritual sense 292 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:09,300 and in an eternal sense, Jesus is countered of more Glory than 293 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:13,099 even Moses. Inasmuch, as he who built the 294 00:17:13,099 --> 00:17:16,599 house, has more honor than the house. 295 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:21,500 Okay. So he's saying that Moses was 296 00:17:21,599 --> 00:17:26,400 part of the house that God was building, but Jesus was the one 297 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:28,600 building the house. Okay. 298 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:33,800 So and he's comparing their honor because he's saying the 299 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:37,200 one who build something has more honor than the house itself. 300 00:17:37,300 --> 00:17:40,800 And we understand that. So, Michelangelo and assisting, 301 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:43,100 Chapel. He's the one who gets credit for 302 00:17:43,100 --> 00:17:44,600 all of the beautiful work he did there. 303 00:17:45,700 --> 00:17:47,700 So obviously we don't go, man, Sistine Chapel. 304 00:17:47,700 --> 00:17:49,400 You're so awesome on your own Merit. 305 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:51,600 You're so great for what you are, we say, wow. 306 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:53,200 He did an incredible piece of work. 307 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:56,200 And if you is there, everyone, we going over shaking his hand 308 00:17:56,300 --> 00:17:59,300 and saying how awesome, he did the Eiffel Tower. 309 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:01,900 The man who designed it? Alexandria, Eiffel. 310 00:18:02,300 --> 00:18:04,600 It is. Tied to his name and he's the 311 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:08,700 one who gets credit for that. The tower itself is inanimate. 312 00:18:08,900 --> 00:18:11,900 It is just what it is. It's the The building, the 313 00:18:11,900 --> 00:18:15,200 person who gets the glory and the honor for something, is the 314 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:18,600 one who built it. We understand that, and he's 315 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:22,400 saying that Jesus has. He's on a different level 316 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:25,900 because Moses is just the house. He's just part of the building. 317 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:30,500 Frank talked about that a lot and his lesson about how, and 318 00:18:30,500 --> 00:18:33,900 First Peter chapter 2, that we are being built up as a holy 319 00:18:33,900 --> 00:18:37,000 house, Well, we're just part of the house. 320 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:40,900 Jesus is the Builder. Our God is the Builder of this 321 00:18:40,900 --> 00:18:44,600 house verse 4 for every house is built by someone. 322 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:49,800 But he built all things is God my somehow my roof got a little 323 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:52,700 off-kilter there but the house is much better built than that. 324 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:58,100 Verse 44 every houses. So the point I was going to pull 325 00:18:58,100 --> 00:19:00,700 out here is that he's drawing this. 326 00:19:00,700 --> 00:19:04,800 This idea that that one has been counted worthy of more Glory 327 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:07,900 than Moses as he who built the house as more Glory than the 328 00:19:07,900 --> 00:19:11,000 house. And he's saying that every house 329 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:13,500 is built by someone who built all things is God. 330 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:15,900 So he's making the points drawing the conclusion, that 331 00:19:15,900 --> 00:19:19,300 Jesus is deity, he's not God the father but his deity. 332 00:19:19,500 --> 00:19:24,000 He is one of the Builders of our holy Virtual house. 333 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:27,800 Okay, he's continuing to lift Jesus up in their eyes so that 334 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:31,000 they Revere, Jesus and don't slip back to the Old Law. 335 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:36,700 Continuing on in verse 5 and Moses, indeed was faithful and 336 00:19:36,700 --> 00:19:41,800 all his house as a servant for a testimony of those things, which 337 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:47,000 would be spoken afterward. But Christ as a son over his own 338 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:49,400 house. So again, he could have said, a 339 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:51,800 lot of things about Moses. And when we read the Old 340 00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:53,900 Testament, Talk about that in a minute. 341 00:19:53,900 --> 00:19:57,200 There's a lot of things he could have said maybe to Moses credit 342 00:19:57,200 --> 00:20:00,600 to his detriment, but he talks about him in a positive light. 343 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:03,300 Here he is not at all. Trying to defame Moses or to 344 00:20:03,300 --> 00:20:06,400 bring Moses down. That's because his point is not 345 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:12,300 to, to tuber Aid, the humanity of Moses, he's trying to lift 346 00:20:12,300 --> 00:20:14,500 Jesus up. So he points out the, hey, he 347 00:20:14,500 --> 00:20:19,600 was faithful as a servant. He did a great job as a servant 348 00:20:20,100 --> 00:20:22,800 and it was a testimony of those things, which would be spoken. 349 00:20:22,900 --> 00:20:25,700 Afterward, but it's not even the same thing, it's apples, and 350 00:20:25,700 --> 00:20:29,500 oranges Jesus. It was, but Jesus was a son over 351 00:20:29,500 --> 00:20:32,200 the house. He wasn't a servant in God's 352 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:34,900 house Jesus as a son of the house of God. 353 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:36,500 So, there are apples, and oranges. 354 00:20:36,500 --> 00:20:41,200 They're not even close. Jesus is so far above Moses, and 355 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:46,000 it says he was a test. He was a servant as a testimony 356 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:49,200 of those things, which would be spoken afterward. 357 00:20:49,700 --> 00:20:53,500 I believe that Moses is a great example of the fact That you can 358 00:20:53,500 --> 00:20:58,200 be a servant in God's house and receive Glory and Honor from God 359 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:03,800 and praise and appreciation from God, the in the church age, 360 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:07,200 that's especially emphasized, that the things that would be 361 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:10,900 spoken of afterward, the new, the new law, and the New 362 00:21:10,900 --> 00:21:14,900 Covenant, how much you would emphasize service in the Lord's 363 00:21:14,900 --> 00:21:17,900 House. Moses was an example of that, 364 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:22,500 and he served as a testimony, that that's always been a value 365 00:21:22,500 --> 00:21:23,600 in God. His kingdom. 366 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:28,200 It's always been powerful in God's kingdom, to serve his 367 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:31,000 people. And that was a testimony even in 368 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:37,400 the Old Law, okay? So in verse verse 6, he goes on 369 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:41,800 to say whose house we are. If We Hold Fast the confidence 370 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:46,300 and the rejoicing of the Hope firm to the end, that is an 371 00:21:46,300 --> 00:21:47,900 awesome thought. He already said in the last 372 00:21:47,900 --> 00:21:51,200 chapter, that he's not ashamed to call us Brethren how awesome 373 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:55,300 that is that we are God. Sistine Chapel, so to speak, 374 00:21:55,400 --> 00:22:00,100 that we are his house. We are his special building of 375 00:22:00,100 --> 00:22:03,100 all the beautiful works that were out there, God's special 376 00:22:03,100 --> 00:22:09,300 work and his Is great. Joy in his work stems from us. 377 00:22:10,300 --> 00:22:13,100 Not just from his own beautiful creation that he made. 378 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:17,200 He cares about the people who can turn and praise him. 379 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:23,800 We are that house and that is a special awesome thought for us, 380 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:27,100 to consider our own importance in the grand scheme of the 381 00:22:27,100 --> 00:22:30,400 world. But there's a condition. 382 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:36,600 We are his house, if we hold fast the confidence and the 383 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:39,400 rejoicing of the Hope firm to the end. 384 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:41,000 It's interesting. The Bible says, a lot of 385 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:42,900 different things that you'll be saved. 386 00:22:42,900 --> 00:22:47,600 If you do this or or you you you're one of God's children if 387 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:49,800 you do this. And this is an interesting 388 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:54,200 point, you makes here that we are in his house if we hold fast 389 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:58,300 the confidence and the rejoicing of the Hope Philippians 4:4 390 00:22:58,300 --> 00:23:01,100 says, Rejoice in the lord always. 391 00:23:01,300 --> 00:23:04,500 And again I say rejoice that is a command to us. 392 00:23:04,900 --> 00:23:10,000 We are commanded to be confident and hold on to the rejoicing of 393 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:13,500 our hope. That's not optional, That's 394 00:23:13,500 --> 00:23:16,900 essential for our life. That is our oxygen. 395 00:23:17,700 --> 00:23:21,200 We must rejoice in the Lord, that is a sign of a healthy 396 00:23:21,300 --> 00:23:24,600 Christian and we can rejoice as part of this house. 397 00:23:26,100 --> 00:23:27,600 No, this was just a member of the House. 398 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:31,600 David was a member of the House. You and I are part of this house 399 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:35,000 that God is building up a royal priesthood. 400 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:40,000 We must rejoice and you might say, well, can I really control 401 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:41,700 what? I hope it can it. 402 00:23:41,700 --> 00:23:44,800 Can I really control what I'm excited for because I hope 403 00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:48,400 things that seem like I don't really control it. 404 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:51,700 It just kind of happens when I'm hoping for isn't always. 405 00:23:52,700 --> 00:23:55,600 I can't tell my mind with hope for is that true? 406 00:23:56,900 --> 00:23:59,800 I believe it is definitely true that we have control and what we 407 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:02,600 hope and I believe it's cyclical. 408 00:24:03,100 --> 00:24:06,500 This maybe this is a little rough but when you think about 409 00:24:06,500 --> 00:24:09,800 something a lot when you consider it a lot, like we've 410 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:12,800 been commanded to when we consider and think about our 411 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:16,200 savior and we live the way he wants us to live. 412 00:24:17,300 --> 00:24:20,500 We see it's fruits. We see what it brings in our 413 00:24:20,500 --> 00:24:23,600 life. We see the good that happens and 414 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:27,800 the terrible things we can avoid and we rejoice in that. 415 00:24:28,300 --> 00:24:29,600 And that's been, we've been commanded. 416 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:32,600 Maybe we're missing part of this puzzle and maybe if you feel 417 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:35,700 like you're not in control of what you're hoping in, maybe 418 00:24:35,700 --> 00:24:37,100 you're missing one of these pieces. 419 00:24:37,100 --> 00:24:38,900 Are you thinking about God's word? 420 00:24:39,900 --> 00:24:44,200 And everything I'm talking about today was a direct kick at me 421 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:47,600 and and it was a challenge for me so I'm not talking at you at 422 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:51,600 this. This was a huge challenge for me 423 00:24:51,700 --> 00:24:54,800 to step it up. Some are you living it? 424 00:24:55,900 --> 00:24:58,600 Are you seeing it's fruits? Are you taking time to look and 425 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:02,500 see what God is doing? And if you see that, are you 426 00:25:02,500 --> 00:25:05,400 rejoicing in that? Are you missing any of the 427 00:25:05,408 --> 00:25:09,400 pieces of this cycle that we can hope and God, and we can create 428 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:12,900 a cycle where our minds will continue to hope and build faith 429 00:25:13,100 --> 00:25:17,000 and trust in him through a cycle of changing, what we have 430 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:21,500 hoping, and we can do that. Okay. 431 00:25:22,100 --> 00:25:25,900 Now verse I mentioned from 1st, Peter chapter 2, it said you 432 00:25:25,900 --> 00:25:29,400 also as living stones are being built up a spiritual house, a 433 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:34,000 holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable 434 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:37,800 to God through Christ Jesus. Okay. 435 00:25:39,100 --> 00:25:41,800 Going on verse 7. It says, therefore as the holy 436 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:45,700 spirit says, today if you will hear his voice, do not Harden 437 00:25:45,700 --> 00:25:49,100 your hearts as in the rebellion and the trial of the Wilderness 438 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:53,200 where your father's tested me, tried me and saw my Works 40 439 00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:55,700 years. Therefore, I was angry with that 440 00:25:55,700 --> 00:25:59,000 generation and said they always go astray in their heart and 441 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:02,600 they have not known my ways. So, I swore, in my wrath, they 442 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:05,700 shall not enter my rest. This is where it starts to get a 443 00:26:05,700 --> 00:26:08,400 little harsh. But the rebellion in the trial 444 00:26:08,500 --> 00:26:10,900 are Around the Wilderness wanderings in the Book of 445 00:26:10,900 --> 00:26:14,500 Numbers where Israel complained against God. 446 00:26:15,300 --> 00:26:18,600 So in Numbers Chapter 13, there were spice and into the land, 447 00:26:18,700 --> 00:26:21,900 god commanded them to go into the land and take it and so they 448 00:26:21,900 --> 00:26:25,400 sent spies. And it says in the promised land 449 00:26:25,500 --> 00:26:29,000 that when they came to the valley of eskil and they're cut 450 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:31,200 down a branch with one cluster of grapes. 451 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:34,900 They carried it between two of them on a pole. 452 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:39,000 They also brought some of the pomegranates and figs the Place 453 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:42,100 was called the valley of eskil because of the cluster, which 454 00:26:42,100 --> 00:26:43,900 the men of Israel cut down there. 455 00:26:44,300 --> 00:26:48,900 So in the wilderness, when they were told to go in into the 456 00:26:48,900 --> 00:26:53,400 promised land, they went in and took these clusters of grapes. 457 00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:56,100 That's what that's what the word eskil means. 458 00:26:56,100 --> 00:26:59,500 It means cluster. They had to carry it, between 459 00:26:59,500 --> 00:27:03,300 two of them on a pole. I can't imagine seeing a cluster 460 00:27:03,300 --> 00:27:08,400 of grapes that big even though we're in California, What 461 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:10,400 happened? Next verse 27, then they told 462 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:14,000 him and said we went to the land where you sent us, it truly 463 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:16,500 flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit. 464 00:27:16,700 --> 00:27:20,500 And nevertheless, the people who dwell in the land are strong, 465 00:27:20,700 --> 00:27:23,000 the cities are fortified in very large. 466 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:25,700 Moreover, we saw than the descendants of anak there. 467 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:29,400 The amalekites dwell in the land of the South, the Hittites, the 468 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:32,900 jebusites, and the amorites, the wall in the mountains, and the 469 00:27:32,900 --> 00:27:36,500 Canaanites dwell by the Sea and along the banks of the Jordan. 470 00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:37,900 So they came in and they said, man. 471 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:40,400 This place has everything. You talked it up to me, it is 472 00:27:40,500 --> 00:27:45,800 unreal, it is awesome, but there's Giants, we're afraid of 473 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:47,700 them. But here's all the, here's all 474 00:27:47,700 --> 00:27:51,900 the reasons that were scared and we can't maybe trust God to go 475 00:27:51,900 --> 00:27:54,000 in. There's too many too many 476 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:58,200 dangers, too many risks. Going on in verse 30. 477 00:27:58,900 --> 00:28:01,900 It says then Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, 478 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,000 let us go up at once and take possession. 479 00:28:04,100 --> 00:28:06,800 There's a couple guys who like, no we got this, let's go. 480 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:10,100 But then the men who had gone up with him said, we're not able to 481 00:28:10,100 --> 00:28:12,500 go up against the people for they're stronger than we. 482 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:15,300 And they gave the children of Israel, a bad report of the 483 00:28:15,308 --> 00:28:18,500 land, which they had spied out saying the land through which we 484 00:28:18,500 --> 00:28:24,000 have gone has, as spies in Al and devours inhabitants, and all 485 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:26,800 the people, whom we saw in, it are men of great stature. 486 00:28:26,900 --> 00:28:28,800 Thatcher there, huge the big dudes. 487 00:28:29,100 --> 00:28:32,500 There we saw, the Giants, the descendants of anak came from 488 00:28:32,500 --> 00:28:36,300 the Giants and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight 489 00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:40,000 and so we were in their sight. They said we walked in and we 490 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:42,500 thought we were grasshoppers compared to them and they 491 00:28:42,500 --> 00:28:44,200 thought we were grasshoppers compared to them. 492 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:46,000 We were all in agreement. We were small. 493 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:50,000 We did not look good. It does not look good for us to 494 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:53,500 go up against them. So there's these positive and 495 00:28:53,500 --> 00:28:55,200 negative. Some people who want to go in 496 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:57,400 some people are are not faithful. 497 00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:01,600 And this is where all the wandering started, this is where 498 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:04,200 God saying, you frustrated me to no end. 499 00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:08,100 You were never faithful, you always went away from me and it 500 00:29:08,100 --> 00:29:10,200 started with this one lack of faith. 501 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:14,300 One of the lessons we can learn from this is that there will 502 00:29:14,300 --> 00:29:19,000 always be at least two ways to look at every situation now, 503 00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:23,800 will be the positive hopeful and full of faith in God's ability 504 00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:26,300 to act. There will be that position in 505 00:29:26,300 --> 00:29:31,900 every situation weren't There's also going to be the perceived 506 00:29:31,900 --> 00:29:36,900 risks worries and the if this then that we can come up with in 507 00:29:36,900 --> 00:29:39,800 our minds. We can apply this to a lot of 508 00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:43,700 different things. But whatever situation we get 509 00:29:43,700 --> 00:29:47,600 into in our individual lives in our church. 510 00:29:48,700 --> 00:29:50,400 There's always going to be both of these. 511 00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:53,700 They weren't wrong. That the Giants were huge and on 512 00:29:53,700 --> 00:29:55,200 their own. They could have been defeated 513 00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:58,300 very quickly and easily, they're huge, they would have gotten 514 00:29:58,300 --> 00:30:01,900 wiped out on their own. But the difference is God, 515 00:30:01,900 --> 00:30:06,800 wanted them to see him as greater than every concern and 516 00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:11,200 worthy of their faith, okay? So there may be things that are 517 00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:13,600 true. It may be true. 518 00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:16,200 That hey, this looks bad, this looks difficult, this looks 519 00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:18,000 hard, there's a lot of risks here. 520 00:30:19,500 --> 00:30:23,400 But there's always going to be risks God's people succeed when 521 00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:26,700 they, when they take the positive hope and fullness of 522 00:30:26,700 --> 00:30:29,400 faith and they're aware of the perceived risks. 523 00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:33,500 And they overcome that by an awareness of God's power and his 524 00:30:33,500 --> 00:30:36,900 ability to act. So, may we always look at God 525 00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:40,500 and let him develop a faith within us that responds. 526 00:30:41,300 --> 00:30:44,600 Okay, another side point. He talks about Moses 527 00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:49,600 faithfulness, Moses at age, 40, He mustered up the strength to 528 00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:53,700 choose God's people. So he decided to leave Egypt and 529 00:30:53,700 --> 00:30:55,300 say, you know, I'm going to support my people. 530 00:30:55,300 --> 00:30:58,600 He went out and defended one of his own people, the Israelites 531 00:30:59,500 --> 00:31:01,600 and it did not go well that was at 40 years old. 532 00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:05,900 He finally at 40 years old after a long time, almost twice my 533 00:31:05,900 --> 00:31:07,800 lifetime. He was finally like all right I 534 00:31:07,808 --> 00:31:10,500 got to do something. He got out and did something and 535 00:31:10,500 --> 00:31:14,300 it didn't go well and he was out in the wilderness, he went off 536 00:31:14,300 --> 00:31:18,700 on his own. At age, 80 was when the burning 537 00:31:18,700 --> 00:31:21,600 bush situation happened, where God called him back and said 538 00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:25,400 you're going to go now. And even when he was finally 539 00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:29,200 called to do that, man, Moses didn't look good. 540 00:31:29,300 --> 00:31:31,700 That's not the point of Hebrews chapter 3, but Moses did not 541 00:31:31,700 --> 00:31:33,800 look good. He was like, well, I can't 542 00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:36,200 because of this, I can't because of this that and there's this 543 00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:40,900 risk and that risk So Hebrews 3 is talking about the good things 544 00:31:40,900 --> 00:31:45,200 in Moses, but as a side point for us, look how long it took 545 00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:49,300 for Moses to get started, he was 80 before he really got started. 546 00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:54,200 But he started and that's a point that we need to remember. 547 00:31:54,300 --> 00:31:57,600 We are a lot of people in here and different points in life, no 548 00:31:57,600 --> 00:31:59,500 matter where you're at. You can get started today. 549 00:32:00,500 --> 00:32:03,900 We can get started wherever we're at and Moses is a great 550 00:32:03,900 --> 00:32:07,600 example of that because the testimony after that he was 551 00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:11,500 faithful and that's what he is remembered for even by the 552 00:32:11,500 --> 00:32:13,300 scriptures. Okay? 553 00:32:13,500 --> 00:32:17,300 Quickly go on verse 12, beware Brethren, lest there, be in any 554 00:32:17,300 --> 00:32:19,300 of you. An evil heart of unbelief in 555 00:32:19,300 --> 00:32:22,800 departing from the Living God, but exhort one another daily 556 00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:26,200 while it's called today. I like that we don't have 557 00:32:26,200 --> 00:32:28,300 tomorrow. We don't have the past but we do 558 00:32:28,300 --> 00:32:30,200 have today. Take what you got? 559 00:32:30,300 --> 00:32:33,900 Today, encourage and exhort one another, while it's still called 560 00:32:33,900 --> 00:32:36,500 today, the beauty of that is everyday is called today. 561 00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:39,400 When you get to tomorrow, it'll be called today then and we have 562 00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:42,800 a chance every day to make it what it can be to exhort one 563 00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:44,800 another. He says lest any of you be 564 00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:48,500 hardened through the deceitfulness of sin for we have 565 00:32:48,500 --> 00:32:52,200 become partakers of Christ. If we hold the beginning of our 566 00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:56,500 confidence steadfast to the end while it is said today, if you 567 00:32:56,508 --> 00:32:59,000 will hear his voice, do not Harden your hearts as in the 568 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:02,600 Rebellion he's saying Of the same thing, he's emphasizing. 569 00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:06,600 Don't let your hearts get hard and kind of antidote. 570 00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:09,500 He said, for being hardened through the deceitfulness of 571 00:33:09,500 --> 00:33:13,900 sin. It was what he just said, he 572 00:33:13,900 --> 00:33:17,800 said exhort one another daily. And I'm so thankful. 573 00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:22,700 God gave us a body, he gave us a church to be exhorted daily so 574 00:33:22,700 --> 00:33:25,300 that we don't get hardened because the reality is sin will 575 00:33:25,300 --> 00:33:28,400 deceive us to where we don't even see ourselves anymore to 576 00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:30,000 her. We don't don't even see 577 00:33:30,100 --> 00:33:32,500 ourselves changing. We have to talk to somebody else 578 00:33:33,100 --> 00:33:35,900 and somebody else can see the change in us and say, hey, come 579 00:33:35,900 --> 00:33:38,300 on, let's go get, get back on the right track or hey, you're 580 00:33:38,300 --> 00:33:39,500 doing a good job. Keep. 581 00:33:39,500 --> 00:33:41,800 Keep the faith you're doing. You're doing good work. 582 00:33:43,100 --> 00:33:47,100 God is brilliant, and in the design and his body for support 583 00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:49,200 for one. Another may we take advantage of 584 00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:51,900 that, may we exhort one another daily. 585 00:33:52,500 --> 00:33:54,100 That's something I need to be better about. 586 00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:56,400 I think the quarantine kind of kept us all a little bit 587 00:33:56,400 --> 00:34:00,200 separated, but we have ways. Maybe we exhort one another 588 00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:05,500 daily So we're coming really close to the end. 589 00:34:05,500 --> 00:34:13,400 I saw this, this little it is kind of a It is a it's a story 590 00:34:13,400 --> 00:34:16,900 basically from a demon's point of view on the Persistence of 591 00:34:16,900 --> 00:34:20,800 faith and in this someone wrote this it's a fictional 592 00:34:21,100 --> 00:34:25,000 perspective from a demon. Tempting, a person tip 593 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:28,300 attempting a Christian and so it's a demon either thinking to 594 00:34:28,300 --> 00:34:30,100 himself. We're talking to another demon, 595 00:34:30,699 --> 00:34:34,199 listen to this. It says the enemy has guarded 596 00:34:34,400 --> 00:34:37,600 him from you, so the Enemy being God has guarded him from you 597 00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:39,699 through the first Great Wave of Temptations. 598 00:34:40,500 --> 00:34:44,300 But if only he can be kept alive, you have time itself for 599 00:34:44,300 --> 00:34:49,100 your ally, the long dull, monotonous years of middle-aged 600 00:34:49,100 --> 00:34:53,699 Prosperity or middle-aged diversity are excellent 601 00:34:53,699 --> 00:34:57,000 campaigning whether you see it's so hard for these creatures to 602 00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:59,800 persevere. The routine of adversity, the 603 00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:03,600 gradual decay of youthful, loves and Youthful hopes, the quiet 604 00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:08,100 despair hardly felt his pain of ever overcoming The Chronic 605 00:35:08,100 --> 00:35:12,400 Temptations with which we Again and again defeated them the 606 00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:16,000 drabness which we create in their lives and inarticulate 607 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:20,800 resentment with which we teach them to respond to it all. 608 00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:24,000 This provides admirable opportunities of wearing out a 609 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:27,100 soul by attrition, attrition means you just break them down. 610 00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:30,200 Just solo, take away their food and water and a war of attrition 611 00:35:30,300 --> 00:35:31,900 you just cut off their resources. 612 00:35:33,500 --> 00:35:35,400 I'm wearing out a soul by attrition. 613 00:35:35,700 --> 00:35:39,900 If on the other hand, the middle years for from prosperous. 614 00:35:41,300 --> 00:35:44,700 Our position is even stronger. Prosperity. 615 00:35:44,700 --> 00:35:47,500 And it's a man to the world. He feels that he's finding his 616 00:35:47,500 --> 00:35:50,700 place in the, he's finding his place in it while really, it's 617 00:35:50,700 --> 00:35:55,500 finding its place in him. That is why we must often wish 618 00:35:55,500 --> 00:36:00,200 long life to our patients. 70 years is not a day, too much for 619 00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:03,100 the difficult task of, unraveling their souls from 620 00:36:03,100 --> 00:36:07,000 heaven and building up a firm attachment to the Earth. 621 00:36:07,700 --> 00:36:10,000 And sometimes, it's interesting to think about stuff like that. 622 00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:15,000 The demons perspective, maybe on a someone came up with this, but 623 00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:17,900 it's true, isn't it? Some of those words, the 624 00:36:17,900 --> 00:36:22,500 inarticulate resentment that we can build that Satan wants us to 625 00:36:22,500 --> 00:36:26,400 develop in our hearts. That's what the devil wants. 626 00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:31,100 That's what his helpers want the challenge for the Christian is 627 00:36:31,100 --> 00:36:35,800 to remain faithful and full of exhortation and encouragement 628 00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:40,000 for one another as we fight against him, faithfulness is a 629 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:43,000 heroic act and Hebrews chapter 2 verse 11. 630 00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:48,200 I think it's 11 verse 2, Maybe by faith, Jacob, when he was 631 00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:52,600 dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and worshipped leaning 632 00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:55,800 on the top of his staff. This study Made me think and 633 00:36:55,800 --> 00:36:59,200 really appreciate all the people in this audience who have 634 00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:00,800 continued to hold the face strong. 635 00:37:01,900 --> 00:37:04,800 That last thing we read about the difficulties of Life over 636 00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:09,200 time, wearing down, someone's faith and discouraging people, 637 00:37:09,500 --> 00:37:15,700 and trying to undermine The spiritual strength of God wants 638 00:37:15,700 --> 00:37:18,300 us to have. I have a renewed appreciation 639 00:37:18,300 --> 00:37:22,100 for the older folks and the Middle Ages as the, you know, 640 00:37:22,100 --> 00:37:25,500 the the demon was saying, we're continuing to fight and hold on 641 00:37:25,500 --> 00:37:28,900 to the faith. I appreciate you very much. 642 00:37:30,100 --> 00:37:35,500 Because faithfulness is a heroic act and I that picture of Joseph 643 00:37:35,500 --> 00:37:38,500 in the Old Testament worshipping leaning on the top of his staff 644 00:37:38,500 --> 00:37:41,900 is one of the coolest pictures of faithfulness in the Bible 645 00:37:41,900 --> 00:37:45,900 that I can read. There is value in faith. 646 00:37:46,900 --> 00:37:51,800 In faiths longevity because we are told to be steadfast to the 647 00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:55,500 end in our faithfulness, in our rejoicing, in Hope. 648 00:37:55,800 --> 00:37:59,100 And this passage shows. It's exemplified in both Moses, 649 00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:03,000 and Jesus, Jesus being so much better for so many reasons. 650 00:38:03,500 --> 00:38:08,000 Okay, finishing up verse 16 for who having heard rebelled and D, 651 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:10,700 wasn't not all who came out of Egypt led by Moses. 652 00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:13,100 Now with whom was he angry, 40 years was it? 653 00:38:13,100 --> 00:38:16,100 Not those who sinned whose corpses fell in the wilderness? 654 00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:19,400 And to whom, did he swear that they would not enter his rest 655 00:38:19,900 --> 00:38:23,600 but to those who did not obey. So we see that they could not 656 00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:29,300 enter in because of unbelief. So all the words, highlighted In 657 00:38:29,308 --> 00:38:31,500 this, passage are kind of connected. 658 00:38:32,300 --> 00:38:36,400 They have a common root. It says in Hebrews 3 of 659 00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:40,300 unbelief, these people did not have a belief inside that it was 660 00:38:40,300 --> 00:38:43,100 strong enough. Now people say see you just need 661 00:38:43,100 --> 00:38:45,500 to believe you don't have to obey and see this is the whole 662 00:38:45,500 --> 00:38:48,600 point is believing well, the point is they're all connected. 663 00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:50,200 You can't really have one without the other. 664 00:38:51,100 --> 00:38:54,600 He says they didn't obey and it was connected to their own 665 00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:58,100 belief, they sinned and it was connected to their unbelief. 666 00:38:59,100 --> 00:39:03,000 And it's interesting that they came out of Egypt, Egypt is a 667 00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:06,400 picture of leaving sin. They came out of Egypt but they 668 00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:10,000 still fell into unbelief. That's kind of a sobering 669 00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:13,100 thought for us. We can still fall into unbelief 670 00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:17,400 and we can be hardened. Now this is this is a lot of - 671 00:39:17,500 --> 00:39:20,100 chapter 3 ends right here. Chapter 4 is going to go on to 672 00:39:20,100 --> 00:39:21,600 talk about the rest that's coming. 673 00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:24,700 So it's I wish we could just keep going to get really get the 674 00:39:24,700 --> 00:39:27,900 whole picture, but this is where we're going to stop today and 675 00:39:27,900 --> 00:39:30,400 Hebrews chapter 3. Ending with kind of a warning. 676 00:39:31,500 --> 00:39:35,600 But it's also a reminder that we should consider how great Jesus 677 00:39:35,600 --> 00:39:39,000 is and that we don't want any part of that the unbelief in the 678 00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:42,500 consequences from it. So today we learned that Jesus 679 00:39:42,500 --> 00:39:47,200 was faithful and I asked you. And I ask myself to consider our 680 00:39:47,200 --> 00:39:51,100 own faithfulness, to him. Faithfulness is a heroic act 681 00:39:51,100 --> 00:39:55,700 that takes a lot of time. Ask you along with me to 682 00:39:55,700 --> 00:39:58,600 consider our own willingness to take a risk and grow. 683 00:39:58,600 --> 00:40:01,800 Because in that passage where their faithfulness was a 684 00:40:01,808 --> 00:40:05,200 problem, it had a lot to do with they weren't willing to take a 685 00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:07,400 risk and grow. So it's not just staying where 686 00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:10,900 they were staying faithful isn't just putting your feet in the 687 00:40:10,900 --> 00:40:14,600 ground and sit in their faithfulness implies willing to 688 00:40:14,600 --> 00:40:18,000 take risk and grow like Caleb. Did he was like, no, we can go 689 00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:19,400 in this land. We can get this. 690 00:40:19,400 --> 00:40:23,300 We got this. I ask you to consider both areas 691 00:40:23,300 --> 00:40:25,700 of these in your life. Maybe one of these is easier for 692 00:40:25,700 --> 00:40:29,500 you than the other. But a full round of faith will 693 00:40:29,500 --> 00:40:33,900 be faithful and willing to grow at the same time and ready to 694 00:40:33,908 --> 00:40:37,600 take on challenges. Jesus was similar to Moses in 695 00:40:37,600 --> 00:40:40,500 several ways but he was on a whole nother level. 696 00:40:41,100 --> 00:40:43,500 So these questions are you taking time out of your day to 697 00:40:43,500 --> 00:40:49,500 consider him to consider Jesus? Are you rejoicing in your hope? 698 00:40:50,700 --> 00:40:55,200 This is a strong command that he indicates will affect our own. 699 00:40:57,000 --> 00:41:00,400 Participation in the household of God if we're rejoicing him 700 00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:03,900 steadfast to the end and are you encouraging others? 701 00:41:04,100 --> 00:41:06,400 Daily. Please think about these things 702 00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:08,100 with me. 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