1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,900 Hebrews chapter 13. It takes us a little while to 2 00:00:03,900 --> 00:00:06,900 get through what it is. We need to cover. 3 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:11,400 I really want to preach to the book of Isaiah but that's 66 4 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:14,900 chapters, I'm not sure I'm going to live long enough to do that 5 00:00:14,900 --> 00:00:16,800 one. So I'm going to choose smaller 6 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:22,900 books in the meantime. But what we try to do is prepare 7 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:28,500 way in advance. I've made it through out the 8 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:31,800 time here at Christ Community Church, 28 years to be exact, 9 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:35,500 almost 29 that we always prepare in advance. 10 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:39,100 So, my sermons are always written eight months to a year 11 00:00:39,100 --> 00:00:43,200 or more. For the time I preach him. 12 00:00:44,500 --> 00:00:47,100 In other words, I know that we're doing first Thessalonians. 13 00:00:47,100 --> 00:00:50,000 Next, that's already been written and done. 14 00:00:50,900 --> 00:00:52,600 I know after that. The next series that will take 15 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:54,400 us into the new year. That's already been written and 16 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:57,400 done. I know that in the fall, we're 17 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:01,200 going to begin our series, after job on the building blocks, for 18 00:01:01,300 --> 00:01:04,300 the best marriage and family possible, that will take us 19 00:01:04,300 --> 00:01:06,900 through the fall into next year. All the way to next May. 20 00:01:08,100 --> 00:01:12,300 Those are done. We do it in advance, I do it 21 00:01:12,300 --> 00:01:17,100 Advanced simply because I think it's important, never one to be 22 00:01:17,100 --> 00:01:20,000 prepared because I never know what's going to happen during 23 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:22,700 the week, right? So I always try to be prepared 24 00:01:23,500 --> 00:01:27,700 get it done, but also I do an advance. 25 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:31,400 So when I preach it you don't think I'm picking on you. 26 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:37,200 Because what I'm preaching on is, what was written eight 27 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:43,400 months to a year earlier. And so, if you come to church on 28 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:45,500 a particular day and I'm preaching on a particular 29 00:01:45,500 --> 00:01:49,000 subject or topic reverse, and it kind of hits you between the 30 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:52,000 eyes. Know that that's the sovereignty 31 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:56,400 of God. And you coming on that day, to 32 00:01:56,400 --> 00:02:00,900 hear that sermon. Because I think it's important 33 00:02:00,900 --> 00:02:03,600 for you to realize that the word of God speaks to us, no matter 34 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:05,700 where we're at, no matter what, we're going through, no matter 35 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:09,900 what we're doing. So we started the book of 36 00:02:09,900 --> 00:02:12,600 Hebrews 6 years ago, this week and it was all about the 37 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:18,100 supremacy and sufficiency of Jesus Christ Our Lord we wanted 38 00:02:18,100 --> 00:02:22,800 you to see how Supreme and sufficient Christ is so much so 39 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:26,500 that you, you are completely committed to following him no 40 00:02:26,500 --> 00:02:32,900 matter what The writer of Hebrews spends all this time. 41 00:02:34,300 --> 00:02:39,000 Twelve chapters talking to us about why Christ is sufficient, 42 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:42,200 why Christ is supreme and why you need the, leave the old 43 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:44,400 Covenant, and come to the New Covenant, why you need to 44 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:46,500 embrace him? For who he is, for what he's 45 00:02:46,500 --> 00:02:48,700 done? Because everything about Christ 46 00:02:48,700 --> 00:02:51,800 centers around, the identity of the Christ and the ministry of 47 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:56,700 the Christ, And then he comes to chapter 13. 48 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:01,700 And now wants to talk to you about your responsibilities to 49 00:03:01,700 --> 00:03:03,600 the identity and Ministry of Christ. 50 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:09,100 Paul does the same thing, the book of Romans, he spends 11 51 00:03:09,100 --> 00:03:13,600 chapters talking to us about Doctrine helping us understand 52 00:03:13,900 --> 00:03:17,700 who Christ is, and what Christ did the identity and Ministry of 53 00:03:17,700 --> 00:03:22,500 the Christ. Then from chapter 12 onward, he 54 00:03:22,500 --> 00:03:26,100 beseeches them to present their bodies, a Living Sacrifice. 55 00:03:26,500 --> 00:03:28,900 Now, here is your responsibility in light of that. 56 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:31,900 He does the same thing in the in the book of Ephesians. 57 00:03:31,900 --> 00:03:35,100 The first three chapters are all about Doctrine and and who God 58 00:03:35,100 --> 00:03:38,100 is, and what he's done. And then in light of that, the 59 00:03:38,100 --> 00:03:41,600 last three chapters talking about our responsibility to 60 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:48,700 follow, what God has done. And so that that permeates the 61 00:03:48,700 --> 00:03:52,400 scriptures. That's all throughout the Bible. 62 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:58,300 Once we know who Christ is in the Bible is all about the 63 00:03:58,300 --> 00:04:01,600 Christ. We then know what our 64 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:05,000 responsibility is. But you really don't know your 65 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:07,500 responsibility until you understand the identity of the 66 00:04:07,500 --> 00:04:13,900 ministry of the Messiah himself. And so the word of the Lord 67 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:17,399 speaks to us in such a way to help us understand. 68 00:04:18,500 --> 00:04:25,800 Who he is and what we are to do. now, in light of that, It's 69 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:28,500 important for us to realize that when we speak about our 70 00:04:28,500 --> 00:04:32,100 responsibility and we will in Chapter 13 because we're going 71 00:04:32,100 --> 00:04:38,200 to tackle 10 Timeless truths out of chapter 13, those ten 72 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:44,200 Timeless truths that we need to tackle are going to hit some of 73 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:50,800 us very hard. And yet, it's imperative that we 74 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:55,400 understand our responsibility in light of the identity and 75 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:57,900 Ministry of the Messiah, who is all-sufficient and all Supreme? 76 00:05:00,500 --> 00:05:03,000 This way, the Bible always gives the expectation. 77 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:09,400 Be careful how you here. Take heed to what you hear. 78 00:05:10,700 --> 00:05:13,000 Why? Because how you hear is 79 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:16,300 important? How you listens important? 80 00:05:17,700 --> 00:05:22,300 In fact, in the Book of Proverbs the 13th chapter, it says in the 81 00:05:22,300 --> 00:05:28,900 13th verse these words, the one who despises the word will be in 82 00:05:28,900 --> 00:05:32,500 debt to it. But the one who fears the 83 00:05:32,500 --> 00:05:38,600 commitment will be rewarded. In other words, when you when 84 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:41,700 you hear the word of God, do you despise? 85 00:05:41,700 --> 00:05:45,700 What you hear? Do you look down upon what you 86 00:05:45,700 --> 00:05:51,000 hear? Do you or are you disgusted with 87 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:56,400 what you hear? Are you the kind of person that 88 00:05:57,300 --> 00:06:03,600 Delights in what you hear? Or do you have disdain for what 89 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:06,900 you hear? Solomon warns. 90 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:12,300 And quite aptly. The one who. 91 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:17,500 Despises the word. We'll be in debt to it. 92 00:06:17,500 --> 00:06:21,900 In other words, you will suffer the consequences if you despise 93 00:06:21,900 --> 00:06:24,400 the word of God. In other words, if you despise 94 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:30,700 it, you will be destroyed by it. They says, but the one who fears 95 00:06:30,700 --> 00:06:37,700 a commandment will be rewarded. So, you have a choice to Revere 96 00:06:37,700 --> 00:06:41,000 the word and be rewarded or despise the word and be 97 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:43,300 destroyed. Those are your two choices when 98 00:06:43,300 --> 00:06:47,400 you come to church on Sunday? There's no in-between choice. 99 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:52,500 That's your choice. You can Revere it because you 100 00:06:52,500 --> 00:06:55,400 fear the word of the Lord, you understand the word of the Lord 101 00:06:55,500 --> 00:06:58,400 and therefore you will be rewarded by it or you will 102 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:01,600 despise what you here. You'll be disgusted with what 103 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:06,700 you hear, you will. Turn away from what you hear and 104 00:07:06,700 --> 00:07:08,900 your heart be calloused and Harden. 105 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:19,400 How does that manifest itself? Well, that's easily said and are 106 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:22,200 easily understood in the book of second Chronicles chapter 36. 107 00:07:22,700 --> 00:07:25,400 Which by the way, is the last chapter of the Hebrew Bible. 108 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:28,800 The last chapter of our Bible is the Book of Malachi. 109 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:31,100 That's the last book, but in the Hebrew Bible, it second 110 00:07:31,100 --> 00:07:34,500 chronicles could because the Hebrew Bible ends with the 111 00:07:34,500 --> 00:07:36,800 destruction of the temple, on the Temple mount. 112 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:44,900 Second Chronicles chapter 36. And with that comes, The 113 00:07:44,900 --> 00:07:47,900 destruction. Of the people. 114 00:07:49,100 --> 00:07:52,600 Who despised? What they heard? 115 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:57,400 It says in verse number 15, the Lord, the god of our fathers, or 116 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:01,200 their fathers, sent word to them again, and again, by his 117 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:04,800 Messengers because he had compassion on his people. 118 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:09,100 And on his Dwelling Place, why did God keep sending Messengers? 119 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:12,700 Keep sending prophets? Keep sending those. 120 00:08:12,700 --> 00:08:15,500 Who would deliver the word of God to his people because he had 121 00:08:15,500 --> 00:08:19,300 compassion on his people. The Lord knew that the only way 122 00:08:19,300 --> 00:08:23,500 they can respond. In a way that would honor him 123 00:08:23,500 --> 00:08:25,600 was to be submissive to the word of God. 124 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:29,900 He knows that. So you just keep setting 125 00:08:29,900 --> 00:08:33,600 messenger after messenger after messenger after messenger for 126 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:39,200 16, but they continually mocked The Messengers of God. 127 00:08:40,299 --> 00:08:46,100 Despised his words saying word. Use a proper 13, verse number 128 00:08:46,100 --> 00:08:50,700 13. Despised his words and scoffed 129 00:08:50,700 --> 00:08:55,300 At His prophets, until the Wrath of the Lord arose against his 130 00:08:55,300 --> 00:09:01,300 people, until there was no remedy. 131 00:09:03,300 --> 00:09:07,400 That's just heartening. God will send the messenger 132 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:10,200 after messenger after messenger and they would say you know what 133 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:11,900 that doesn't mean anything to me. 134 00:09:12,500 --> 00:09:13,900 I don't care what you have to say. 135 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:23,000 Or or in today's vernacular that messenger, doesn't speak to me 136 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:25,600 anymore. I don't understand what they're 137 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:30,500 saying, I don't get it. In the beginning to despise the 138 00:09:30,500 --> 00:09:32,900 word of God become disgusted with the word of God. 139 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:36,600 And that's what happened with Israel. 140 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:41,500 And of course, you know that the Babylonian captivity took place 141 00:09:41,500 --> 00:09:46,100 over three deportations of the nation of Israel into Babylon. 142 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:50,200 And they were there for 70 years, began a 605 BC. 143 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:54,100 And God had to get us people's attention. 144 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:57,100 Because he just would not listen. 145 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:07,100 So back in the Book of Proverbs the 13th chapter, it says the 146 00:10:07,100 --> 00:10:10,900 one who despises the word will be in debt to it. 147 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:16,200 Otherwise you can't afford to be disgusted with What God Says. 148 00:10:18,100 --> 00:10:22,300 You can't afford to disregard What God Says. 149 00:10:24,100 --> 00:10:29,400 You cannot afford. You cannot afford. 150 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:36,400 To disdain What God Says. If so you'll be in debt to it. 151 00:10:37,500 --> 00:10:43,200 You'll suffer the consequences. But the one who fears, the 152 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:48,700 Commandment that was rewarded. You Revere me, you? 153 00:10:48,700 --> 00:10:52,900 Revere my name. You'll be rewarded. 154 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:59,600 Verse 14, the law of the wise, which is the word of God is a 155 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:04,100 Fountain of Life. In other words, God's law is 156 00:11:04,100 --> 00:11:06,700 like a fountain. It fills you. 157 00:11:07,500 --> 00:11:10,600 It's like it's like drinking running water when you're you're 158 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:15,300 dying of thirst. The the law of the wise, at each 159 00:11:15,300 --> 00:11:18,800 of the wise, is a Fountain of Life to turn aside from the 160 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:22,400 snares of death. It protects you and watches 161 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:24,100 over. You turns you away from the 162 00:11:24,300 --> 00:11:28,100 snares of death. Good understanding produces 163 00:11:28,100 --> 00:11:31,600 favor. But the way of the treacherous 164 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:36,400 is hard. The way the treacherous is this 165 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:41,100 callus, it's cold. It's hard. 166 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:47,000 Every prudent or wise man acts with knowledge. 167 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:55,400 But a fool displays folly. Every wise man acts according to 168 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:57,600 the knowledge given to him through the word of God. 169 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:01,000 In other words, he hears the word of God doesn't disregard 170 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:04,600 the word doesn't despise the word, right? 171 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:07,800 Is not disgusted with what he hears. 172 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:12,000 Instead, he Delights and what he hears Because he gives him 173 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:14,100 knowledge about his God and who he is. 174 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:18,700 And what is responsibility is to his God, the fool. 175 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:26,000 Displays folly. That's why earlier Solomon. 176 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:29,200 Say these words, Proverbs 1 verse number 22. 177 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:31,900 How long o naive Ones? Will you love being 178 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:36,100 simple-minded and scoffers Delight themselves and scoffing 179 00:12:36,100 --> 00:12:42,100 and fools hate knowledge? Turn to my reproof behold. 180 00:12:42,100 --> 00:12:43,600 I will pour out my spirit on you. 181 00:12:43,700 --> 00:12:48,100 I will make my words known to you because I called you and you 182 00:12:48,100 --> 00:12:50,500 refused. I stretched out my hand, and no 183 00:12:50,500 --> 00:12:54,100 one paid attention. And you neglected all my counsel 184 00:12:54,100 --> 00:12:57,400 and did not want my reproof. I will also laugh at your 185 00:12:57,400 --> 00:12:59,800 Calamity. I will mock when your dread 186 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:01,800 comes. When your dread comes like a 187 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:05,500 storm and your Calamity comes like a whirlwind when distress 188 00:13:05,500 --> 00:13:08,800 and anguish come upon you, then they will call upon me, but I 189 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:11,300 will not answer, they will seek me diligently, but they will not 190 00:13:11,300 --> 00:13:14,400 find me why? Because he didn't knowledge. 191 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:17,600 They hated the understanding of who I am. 192 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:22,200 They despise me, they were disgusted with me. 193 00:13:23,700 --> 00:13:26,900 It did not choose. The fear of the Lord. 194 00:13:30,300 --> 00:13:31,900 They would not accept my counsel. 195 00:13:32,100 --> 00:13:36,000 They spurned all my reproof. So they should eat of the fruit 196 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:40,000 of their own way and be seated with their own devices, for the 197 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:42,400 waywardness of the naive will kill them and the complacency of 198 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:46,600 fools will destroy them. But he listens to me, shall live 199 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:48,800 securely in BT's from The Dread of evil. 200 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:56,400 He listens to me. He listens to me will be at ease 201 00:13:56,500 --> 00:14:00,100 from The Dread of evil, they will live securely, they will be 202 00:14:00,100 --> 00:14:04,900 rewarded. That's why it's so important to 203 00:14:04,900 --> 00:14:09,200 understand that when you come and you hear the word of God or 204 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:12,300 when you open your Bible and you read the word of God that you 205 00:14:12,300 --> 00:14:15,200 understand that God is specifically speaking to you at 206 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:20,400 that time. We like to think that God is 207 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:24,000 speaking to my neighbor at that time, or to my wife or to my 208 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:27,700 children, right order the guy in the other aisle. 209 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:31,900 He couldn't possibly be speaking to me at that time, but he is 210 00:14:32,700 --> 00:14:35,900 see. In the moment, you think that 211 00:14:35,900 --> 00:14:39,400 he's speaking to somebody else? He's really speaking to you. 212 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:45,900 That's so important. And God wants you to hear his 213 00:14:45,900 --> 00:14:49,200 word. And understand his word. 214 00:14:51,900 --> 00:14:56,600 Everything is based on who Christ is from, who he is, in 215 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:59,900 terms what we do. So when you come to Hebrews 216 00:14:59,900 --> 00:15:02,900 chapter 13, it's all about what we are to do in response to who 217 00:15:02,900 --> 00:15:06,500 he is. He is all Supreme, he is all 218 00:15:06,500 --> 00:15:10,100 sufficient. He is the king of the earth. 219 00:15:10,100 --> 00:15:15,600 He is the Messiah of Israel. And he has fulfilled the law and 220 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:19,400 the prophets. You come to him? 221 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:27,600 By faith, you Embrace him. When you do, this is how you 222 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:31,800 live that out. That's Hebrews chapter 13. 223 00:15:33,900 --> 00:15:37,400 Now. To believer the point, a little 224 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:43,300 longer. It's important to understand 225 00:15:43,300 --> 00:15:45,100 that this is the way God always does it. 226 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:48,400 It's all throughout the scriptures. 227 00:15:50,500 --> 00:15:52,400 So, because we just talked about Mount Sinai. 228 00:15:53,700 --> 00:15:57,500 Go back with me to if you were to Exodus chapter 20, for a 229 00:15:57,500 --> 00:16:03,800 brief moment. remember Mount Sinai the Earth began to shake 230 00:16:04,900 --> 00:16:11,800 The mountain trembled, fire and smoke and God's voice thundered. 231 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:15,000 And that's it. Chapter 20. 232 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:19,700 The people say we don't want God to speak to us any longer Moses, 233 00:16:19,700 --> 00:16:23,200 you talk to us don't let God speak to us. 234 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:27,500 Because they were absolutely terrified. 235 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:33,400 Because on that mountain, God, gave the Ten Commandments, 236 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:38,000 right? But I'm sure if you could, if 237 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:40,600 you could quote The Ten Commandments, you could probably 238 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:43,800 quote them, pretty much verbatim, which is probably a 239 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:47,400 good thing. But everything about the Ten 240 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:51,100 Commandments was Central to the teaching in the Messiah. 241 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:56,600 Because everything centers around what, loving God? 242 00:16:57,500 --> 00:17:01,900 And loving your fellow, man. First four Commandments deal 243 00:17:01,900 --> 00:17:04,800 with God and your relationship to who God is. 244 00:17:06,099 --> 00:17:07,599 You shouldn't have any other gods before me. 245 00:17:09,099 --> 00:17:11,200 Shouldn't carve-out. Any other Idols? 246 00:17:11,700 --> 00:17:15,000 Idolatries wrong on the priority worship? 247 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:18,900 Own only me. Make sure you keep the Sabbath. 248 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:23,700 The first four Commandments deal with our relationship with the 249 00:17:23,700 --> 00:17:28,000 Living, God. And what I shared with you on 250 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:30,200 Wednesday nights, very important, God never just puts 251 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:34,600 Pages stuff on a page haphazardly. 252 00:17:35,700 --> 00:17:37,900 Everything has specific order to it. 253 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:43,800 Everything has a specific reason for it when it's spoken when it 254 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:48,700 said where it said, how it said, this is the inspired 255 00:17:48,700 --> 00:17:52,500 authoritative word of God, that is relevant in everything. 256 00:17:52,500 --> 00:17:56,600 It says, so the way God says it is important. 257 00:17:56,800 --> 00:18:00,700 First understand. And so when you look at the Ten 258 00:18:00,700 --> 00:18:03,000 Commandments, you realize that God gave these commands to his 259 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:05,700 children, Israel, that they would understand who God is, 260 00:18:05,700 --> 00:18:09,200 because the Commandments himself embody the personality, the 261 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:13,500 character, the nature of the Living, God, and he wants them 262 00:18:13,500 --> 00:18:18,300 to only worship him, only serve him, only honor him and then he 263 00:18:18,300 --> 00:18:21,900 gives the Letter, six Commandments. 264 00:18:23,500 --> 00:18:26,800 Verse 12, honor your father, and your mother that your days may 265 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:29,500 be prolonged in the land which the Lord your God gives you 266 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:31,700 don't murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not 267 00:18:31,700 --> 00:18:34,200 bear false, witness against your neighbor, don't cover your 268 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:42,000 neighbor's house. Yada, yada, yada yada yada Why 269 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:48,200 does God do it that way? If the order is significant, And 270 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:50,900 it's important. What is got do it that way? 271 00:18:52,300 --> 00:18:58,100 Why is it if I love God? And I want to serve God and not 272 00:18:58,108 --> 00:19:00,200 have got the very first commandment when it comes to my 273 00:19:00,208 --> 00:19:03,200 relation. With man is not don't covet or 274 00:19:03,300 --> 00:19:07,800 don't murder or don't steal or don't commit adultery. 275 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:13,100 It's not there there, but not first. 276 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:19,000 What's first? Honor your father and your 277 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:21,900 mother. Why? 278 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:27,200 Why does God do that? I'm going to tell you the same 279 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:28,300 thing. I've been telling you for 30 280 00:19:28,300 --> 00:19:33,900 years. It's this, if your Christianity 281 00:19:33,900 --> 00:19:36,300 doesn't work at home, it doesn't work at all. 282 00:19:38,300 --> 00:19:40,900 You're a hypocrite. God knows that. 283 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:47,600 How do we know you love God? How do we know you're not an 284 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:51,500 idolater? How do we know you want to serve 285 00:19:51,500 --> 00:19:54,600 the true and living God? How do you know that God is your 286 00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:59,100 priority and nothing else is It's evidence to wear. 287 00:20:00,100 --> 00:20:02,800 At home. At home. 288 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:08,400 It's not evidence to church. You all look like, Christians, 289 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:10,900 the church. You all talk, like, Christians 290 00:20:10,900 --> 00:20:13,300 to church. You can smell like, Christians, 291 00:20:13,300 --> 00:20:19,300 the church. but at home, That's where the rubber meets the road. 292 00:20:19,300 --> 00:20:22,100 That's where the real you shines, right? 293 00:20:23,300 --> 00:20:27,800 The real, you shines at home and the Lord makes it very clear for 294 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:29,900 the very beginning when he gives the Commandments Israel. 295 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:34,100 He says, look everything is about me but the way I know 296 00:20:34,100 --> 00:20:36,200 you're really into me. And the way I know you're really 297 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:39,000 committed to me and the way I know you really love me. 298 00:20:40,700 --> 00:20:44,900 Is you honour your father? And your mother. 299 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:51,200 Now, this is replete throughout the scriptures. 300 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:57,700 Listen to The Book of Leviticus 19 chapter. 301 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:01,800 God, says to Moses speak to all the congregation of the sons of 302 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:03,700 Israel and say to them, you shall be holy for. 303 00:21:03,700 --> 00:21:05,900 I the Lord your God am Holy Book of Leviticus is all about the 304 00:21:05,900 --> 00:21:11,800 Holiness of God, right? I want my people to be as holy 305 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:14,100 as I am Holy. I want them to be a stet apart 306 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:18,700 from corruption and set apart from creation, as I am set apart 307 00:21:18,700 --> 00:21:23,400 from corruption and creation. Because to be holy is to be set 308 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:25,400 apart. I want my people completely set 309 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:31,300 apart from everybody else. And how do I know you are 310 00:21:31,300 --> 00:21:34,400 committed to being as holy as God is Holy how will I ever know 311 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:39,400 that Nick's words? Every one of you shall Revere 312 00:21:39,900 --> 00:21:44,200 his mother and his father. Again. 313 00:21:45,900 --> 00:21:50,600 Your love for me is demonstrated primarily in your relationship 314 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:53,500 with those closest to you in your home. 315 00:21:53,900 --> 00:21:58,900 Exodus chapter 20 Your commitment to Holiness and 316 00:21:58,900 --> 00:22:00,700 wanting to be as holy as I am. Holy. 317 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:06,500 Where is that seen the most? When you Revere your mother and 318 00:22:06,500 --> 00:22:10,900 your father See, then he goes on and says this. 319 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:13,900 He says, and you shall keep my sabbaths. 320 00:22:13,900 --> 00:22:16,400 I am the Lord, your God, do not turn to Idols or make for 321 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:17,600 yourselves. Molten Gods. 322 00:22:17,700 --> 00:22:20,000 I am the Lord your God. How can we can put that first? 323 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:24,000 Why do you put it reviewing your mother and father first before 324 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:29,300 those because the way you demonstrate how holy you are, is 325 00:22:29,300 --> 00:22:31,800 in the relationship with those closest to you. 326 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:40,300 That's why It's so important. See because people tend to think 327 00:22:40,300 --> 00:22:44,200 they're holy. Tend to think they love God. 328 00:22:45,900 --> 00:22:48,700 But those closest to them, they treat the worst. 329 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:56,100 And the Lord knows that. So what does he do? 330 00:22:58,500 --> 00:23:04,100 He uses the same example with the people that are the most 331 00:23:04,100 --> 00:23:10,100 religious people on the planet. When he was here. 332 00:23:11,100 --> 00:23:14,300 The Pharisees. The scribes. 333 00:23:15,900 --> 00:23:17,800 The religious establishment believed that they were the 334 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:21,300 holiest of the holies, right? They were the most righteous 335 00:23:21,300 --> 00:23:24,000 people when they prayed they prayed. 336 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:27,800 So, all could hear when they fasted, they made. 337 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:31,400 Sure, you knew they were fasting when they gave they blew 338 00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:33,900 trumpet. So you knew they were giving and 339 00:23:33,900 --> 00:23:36,000 everybody to, oh, man, those guys are holy. 340 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:37,400 Look at them. Give look at them. 341 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:40,600 Pray, look at them fast. Everything was external. 342 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:48,500 In the Lord, has the most scathing indictments against 343 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:52,400 religious people. The religious establishment 344 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:57,300 Thursday. So in Mark's gospel. 345 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:01,100 The Pharisees are upset because his disciples don't keep the 346 00:24:01,100 --> 00:24:07,400 traditions of man. so, the word addresses that Now, listen 347 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:11,400 carefully. Verse 6 of Mark, 7, Riley did 348 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:14,300 Isaiah prophesy of you Hypocrites, as it is written. 349 00:24:14,300 --> 00:24:17,300 This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far 350 00:24:17,300 --> 00:24:20,900 from me, but in vain in emptiness in uselessness, do 351 00:24:20,900 --> 00:24:23,000 they worship me? Teaching as doctrines the 352 00:24:23,008 --> 00:24:26,800 precepts of men? Your worship of me is useless. 353 00:24:26,900 --> 00:24:28,700 It's worthless. Why? 354 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:32,700 Because the doctrines of men the way you want it to be, is more 355 00:24:32,700 --> 00:24:34,300 important than the way I told you. 356 00:24:34,300 --> 00:24:37,500 It should be. That's why your worship is in 357 00:24:37,500 --> 00:24:41,200 vain. That is this. 358 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:44,300 Neglecting the Commandment of God. 359 00:24:44,300 --> 00:24:46,600 You hold to the truth to the tradition of men. 360 00:24:47,300 --> 00:24:50,600 He was also saying to them, you are experts that steadiness 361 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:54,100 aside, the Commandment of God in order to keep your tradition. 362 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:57,800 In other words, you are so good at what you do, you can take the 363 00:24:57,800 --> 00:25:02,000 Commandment of God, you can set it aside because you despise it, 364 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,700 you disregard it. You don't think it nearly as 365 00:25:04,700 --> 00:25:08,500 high as you and your tradition and your opinion is. 366 00:25:08,700 --> 00:25:11,200 So you take the law of God, you set it aside. 367 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:16,500 Lift your opinion, your tradition above what the word of 368 00:25:16,500 --> 00:25:19,700 God says, and hold it in higher Steam. 369 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:28,800 So what is he saying? From Moses says, what? 370 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:38,000 Honor your father and your mother why these guys are 371 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:41,600 adults? These guys are old. 372 00:25:42,900 --> 00:25:47,100 There Pharisees, their scribes there. 373 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:53,900 Sadducees their Levites. These guys are older men. 374 00:25:55,500 --> 00:26:02,700 It says, honor your father and your mother, he speaks evil of 375 00:26:02,700 --> 00:26:07,500 father. Or mother is to be put to death. 376 00:26:10,100 --> 00:26:16,800 Is that just for kids, oh no. He's talking to adults, not 377 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:20,900 talking to kids, he's talking to adults our age. 378 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:27,500 This is this. But you say if a man says his 379 00:26:27,500 --> 00:26:31,400 father or his mother, whatever I have that would help you is 380 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:36,200 Corbin or devoted to God, you no longer permit him to do anything 381 00:26:36,300 --> 00:26:39,800 for his father or his mother. Thus invalidating the word of 382 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:44,100 God by your tradition which you have handed down and you do many 383 00:26:44,100 --> 00:26:48,400 things such as that. In other words, you want to say 384 00:26:48,500 --> 00:26:51,000 you're religious people, but yet you dishonor your father and 385 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:54,200 mother, let me show you how to do that, you take your money. 386 00:26:55,500 --> 00:26:57,400 And you refused to help those who are in. 387 00:26:57,400 --> 00:27:00,400 Need your mother, father, who raised you, who changed your 388 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:03,300 diapers, who fed you, who clothes you, who made? 389 00:27:03,300 --> 00:27:05,300 Sure, you got your education to care of you. 390 00:27:05,300 --> 00:27:07,400 Bought you your first car or your first cheerleader. 391 00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:09,900 First horse or first donkey, whatever the case may be, and 392 00:27:09,900 --> 00:27:12,000 they got it for you. They did all this for you but 393 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:15,200 now they're older. Now, they're in need now you 394 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:17,300 won't give them any Aid. Why? 395 00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:22,300 Because Corbin I've devoted everything I have to God, it's 396 00:27:22,300 --> 00:27:25,600 all gods and you think you're so religious and so pure. 397 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:29,500 And and so holy because you've devoted this amount of money to 398 00:27:29,500 --> 00:27:34,400 God, you cannot honor, your father and mother any longer. 399 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:38,300 You just invalidated the authority of God's word in your 400 00:27:38,300 --> 00:27:40,300 life. You despise it. 401 00:27:40,300 --> 00:27:44,100 You disregard it. And you will be in debt to it. 402 00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:49,600 God, does this all throughout the scriptures? 403 00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:53,800 Why? Because you love me. 404 00:27:54,900 --> 00:27:58,300 And you honor me and I'm a priority in your life. 405 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:02,100 Everything I tell you to do, You like yes, Lord. 406 00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:06,800 I'll Follow You, Lord. I will do what you say. 407 00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:09,400 Lord. I want to serve you Lord. 408 00:28:11,500 --> 00:28:12,900 But they would take the law of God. 409 00:28:12,900 --> 00:28:15,300 Set aside lifter tradition of men because they wanted to keep 410 00:28:15,300 --> 00:28:18,100 their money. They won't get their money from 411 00:28:18,100 --> 00:28:21,000 Mom and Dad. They want to do that. 412 00:28:23,300 --> 00:28:26,600 And that's, they disrespected. They Dishonored. 413 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:31,800 They did not Revere. Those closest to them. 414 00:28:33,700 --> 00:28:37,000 And what did he do? He put it out very clearly. 415 00:28:37,900 --> 00:28:43,000 That the way I know you love me is demonstrated. 416 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:48,300 In your family. The way I know you're committed 417 00:28:48,300 --> 00:28:51,500 to holiness. Is that it's demonstrated in 418 00:28:51,500 --> 00:28:57,200 your family, those closest to you because if your Christianity 419 00:28:57,200 --> 00:29:01,800 doesn't work at home, it's simply just doesn't work at all. 420 00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:07,700 That simple. because he know you We don't know you. 421 00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:11,900 We don't live with you. We don't see. 422 00:29:11,900 --> 00:29:15,600 You get upset, throw pots, and pans and yell and scream and 423 00:29:15,700 --> 00:29:18,600 kick and do all this thing and get in your car and drive off. 424 00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:21,000 We don't see that. That part of you. 425 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:26,800 Which family does? if you want to be as holy as I 426 00:29:26,808 --> 00:29:29,700 am, Holy Those closest to you will see it. 427 00:29:30,700 --> 00:29:34,600 More than anybody else to see it. because if they don't see 428 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:39,200 it, guess what? You're not nearly as holy as you 429 00:29:39,208 --> 00:29:42,500 thought you were. And you don't love me near him 430 00:29:42,500 --> 00:29:47,900 as much as you thought you did. So why do I tell you all that? 431 00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:54,700 Because it's replete throughout the New Testament over and over 432 00:29:54,700 --> 00:29:58,800 again, who I am my identity and my ministry will always 433 00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:02,800 determine your responsibility. so, when you hear about, who I 434 00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:06,900 am, and what I've done, Don't disregard it, don't despise it. 435 00:30:06,900 --> 00:30:09,400 Don't do ride it to the light in it. 436 00:30:10,900 --> 00:30:15,700 Embrace it and follow it. Why? 437 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:21,800 Because it manifests itself in those closest to you, So when 438 00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:24,500 you come to the book of Hebrews long introduction to Hebrews, 439 00:30:24,500 --> 00:30:29,300 chapter 13, verse number 1. He wants you to know. 440 00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:33,200 That now this is the out working. 441 00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:39,300 Of your belief that God is all sufficient in all Supreme. 442 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:45,000 And what does he say? Hebrews 13 verse number one. 443 00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:51,500 Let love of the brethren. Continue. 444 00:30:54,400 --> 00:31:00,000 Let love of the brethren. Continue. 445 00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:03,800 He doesn't say, start loving the brethren. 446 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:07,900 He says, let love for the brethren. 447 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:13,500 Continue. The only way something can 448 00:31:13,500 --> 00:31:18,100 continue, is this already made available to you? 449 00:31:20,100 --> 00:31:22,400 Is it not true that Romans? 5:5 says that the love of God 450 00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:24,200 has been she'd abroad in our hearts. 451 00:31:25,900 --> 00:31:28,300 Doesn't Galatians, 5:2 lasat. The fruit of the spirit is the 452 00:31:28,308 --> 00:31:34,200 first thing love. The actual out work in the 453 00:31:34,208 --> 00:31:36,200 spirit of God demonstrates his self in love. 454 00:31:39,100 --> 00:31:45,900 The very fact that that God is in us, his love is shed abroad. 455 00:31:47,100 --> 00:31:50,300 Within us. In fact, over in Hebrews chapter 456 00:31:50,300 --> 00:31:55,600 6, he already said this, Hebrews 6 verse number 10. 457 00:31:57,500 --> 00:32:02,100 He said for God is Not unjust. So, as to forget your work and 458 00:32:02,100 --> 00:32:05,800 the love, which you have shown toward his name in having 459 00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:09,700 ministered and instill, ministering to the Saints. 460 00:32:09,700 --> 00:32:13,500 In other words, you've already shown your love to the Saints. 461 00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:19,300 This is what you do. Now, continue your love for the 462 00:32:19,300 --> 00:32:24,600 brethren. There are ten truths that must 463 00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:27,300 be tackled. That are all timeless. 464 00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:32,000 And of great necessity. And the first one, is this 465 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:36,600 respond with love to the needs of others. 466 00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:41,600 Respond with love to the needs of others. 467 00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:47,700 Paul said that this way, Romans chapter 12. 468 00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:54,400 Let love be without hypocrisy. In other words, your love should 469 00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:59,300 be undone hypocritical. He says app or what is evil 470 00:32:59,300 --> 00:33:01,200 cling to what is good, be devoted to one another in 471 00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:04,600 Brotherly Love, be devoted to one another in Brotherly Love. 472 00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:08,800 Well how am I going to do that? Tells you giving preference to 473 00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:14,500 one another in honor How do I know I'm devoted to you? 474 00:33:14,500 --> 00:33:16,800 And brother in love, I'm going to give preference to you in 475 00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:18,400 honor. Other words, I'm going to give 476 00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:25,600 preference to you over, who me? How does Brotherly Love 477 00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:27,500 continue? It continues because I prefer 478 00:33:27,500 --> 00:33:30,600 you over me. Why does the church have such a 479 00:33:30,608 --> 00:33:32,400 hard time? Loving one another because I 480 00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:35,300 prefer me over you. It's just that simple. 481 00:33:36,500 --> 00:33:40,200 I always prefer me over you. But brother lives. 482 00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:43,700 Can we continue if I prefer you over me I got to be devoted to 483 00:33:43,700 --> 00:33:47,700 one another in brotherly. Love how he tells you give 484 00:33:47,700 --> 00:33:50,400 preference to one another and honor not lagging behind and 485 00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:52,900 diligence. In other words, don't lag behind 486 00:33:52,900 --> 00:33:55,400 in this. You got to be very diligent do 487 00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:57,000 this because you don't want to do this. 488 00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:01,500 You got to be very energetic and doing this because you don't 489 00:34:01,500 --> 00:34:05,800 tend to want to do it by Nature, simply because you love yourself 490 00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:09,699 so much, but you got to prefer them other than yourself, and 491 00:34:09,699 --> 00:34:10,800 you got to be diligent in doing it. 492 00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:16,100 And they says, this fervent in spirit serving the lord, don't 493 00:34:16,100 --> 00:34:20,500 lag behind it delicious, but be fervent in spirit zealous of 494 00:34:20,500 --> 00:34:22,800 spirit. Why, because who you serve him? 495 00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:28,000 You serving the lord. None primarily serving them. 496 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:33,199 You're serving the lord. Going to put God on display, you 497 00:34:33,207 --> 00:34:36,900 want to honor the Lord? That's what you want to do. and 498 00:34:36,900 --> 00:34:42,000 so let Brotherly Love continue be devoted to one, another give 499 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:48,000 preference to one another Self-love is always the 500 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:51,100 deterrent. To brotherly. 501 00:34:51,100 --> 00:34:55,900 Love. Self loves comes because of my 502 00:34:55,900 --> 00:34:59,700 pride in my arrogance. I love me more than you. 503 00:35:01,700 --> 00:35:06,900 And yet in the church, the body. Weirder give preference to to 504 00:35:06,900 --> 00:35:09,700 others. Peter says that this way First 505 00:35:09,700 --> 00:35:18,200 Peter chapter Chapter one. He says verse 22 since you have 506 00:35:18,200 --> 00:35:21,300 in obedience to the truth purified your souls for a 507 00:35:21,300 --> 00:35:24,400 sincere or a genuine love for the Brethren. 508 00:35:24,700 --> 00:35:28,100 Fervently one, another love one another from the heart. 509 00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:33,400 You have this love for the brethren. 510 00:35:35,100 --> 00:35:39,000 Do it from the heart. In fact, he later says in 511 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:42,700 chapter 4 verse number 7 of Rhythm rate, above all keep 512 00:35:42,700 --> 00:35:46,500 fervent in your love for one another because love covers a 513 00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:51,100 multitude of sins. Be so committed. 514 00:35:51,100 --> 00:35:54,300 So firm, it's weird that when you when you when you go to work 515 00:35:54,300 --> 00:35:56,400 out, you stretch your muscles and your you want to do as much 516 00:35:56,400 --> 00:35:59,300 as you possibly can. Extend them as far as you can 517 00:35:59,300 --> 00:36:02,000 for as long as you can. As hard as you can. 518 00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:07,500 That's what you do for the brother or sister in the body. 519 00:36:07,900 --> 00:36:09,600 You are. Fervent your love for them. 520 00:36:10,900 --> 00:36:13,900 Why? Because love covers a multitude 521 00:36:13,900 --> 00:36:15,600 of sins. It is the glory of a man to 522 00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:17,900 overlook a transgression. Right? 523 00:36:19,300 --> 00:36:23,000 What his men at his best. When he refuses to bring up a 524 00:36:23,008 --> 00:36:27,000 transgression. Just let it go, it's okay. 525 00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:31,500 Promise today, we wear our feelings in our sleeves. 526 00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:35,900 And he's had some assistant, they gets it for like get still 527 00:36:35,900 --> 00:36:39,000 distraught. Become bitter. 528 00:36:39,100 --> 00:36:43,400 Hold a grudge. But we're not fervent our love 529 00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:47,400 for one another. This is what? 530 00:36:48,700 --> 00:36:52,400 Is evidenced. In the body of Christ. 531 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:56,600 Once you understand the identity and Ministry of the Messiah, 532 00:36:57,000 --> 00:36:58,900 this is your responsibility to man. 533 00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:07,000 That brotherly love. Continue. 534 00:37:11,500 --> 00:37:24,500 You know, the Bible. Is so clear. when the Rich, 535 00:37:24,500 --> 00:37:29,200 Young Ruler came to the Lord. He said, good teacher. 536 00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:31,100 What shall I do to inherit eternal life? 537 00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:35,500 And Jesus said, why do you call me good? 538 00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:37,800 No one is good. Except God. 539 00:37:39,100 --> 00:37:41,300 So you must recognize that I'm God if you're calling me good 540 00:37:41,300 --> 00:37:46,200 because only God is good. He says, you know, the 541 00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:48,900 Commandments, do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not 542 00:37:48,908 --> 00:37:51,200 steal, do not bear false, witness, don't defraud honor, 543 00:37:51,200 --> 00:37:53,600 your father and mother, he gives the latter half of the 544 00:37:53,800 --> 00:37:58,000 decalogue, right? He said, um, teacher, I have 545 00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:00,400 kept all these things from my youth up. 546 00:38:01,700 --> 00:38:04,500 I've done that. I've honored my mother and 547 00:38:04,500 --> 00:38:06,400 father, I'm a committed adultery. 548 00:38:06,700 --> 00:38:09,100 I don't like I haven't stolen anything. 549 00:38:09,400 --> 00:38:10,600 I don't covet my neighbor's wife. 550 00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:13,600 Don't covet my neighbor's horse. Is donkey his belongings. 551 00:38:13,600 --> 00:38:16,600 Anything And Lord felt love for him. 552 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:21,500 She's one thing, you lack go and sell all your possessions and 553 00:38:21,500 --> 00:38:24,300 give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven and come 554 00:38:24,300 --> 00:38:27,900 and follow me. But these words he was saddened 555 00:38:28,500 --> 00:38:32,100 and he went away grieving for he was one who owed much property. 556 00:38:33,700 --> 00:38:36,900 He thought he could keep the Commandments. 557 00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:43,900 When it came to dealing with. His fellow man. but then when 558 00:38:43,900 --> 00:38:50,100 God questioned his commitment to him, What he realizes that he 559 00:38:50,100 --> 00:38:52,800 was an idolater. There was something more 560 00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:57,400 important to him than God. It was, his money couldn't sell, 561 00:38:57,400 --> 00:39:00,200 it couldn't get rid of it. Couldn't come follow Christ, 562 00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:05,300 because that was his God. Because that was his God. 563 00:39:05,300 --> 00:39:07,800 Loving God can only be seen in your love for man. 564 00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:12,700 So he lied about loving man because you didn't love God. 565 00:39:14,400 --> 00:39:19,200 And later on, in Mark's gospel. Our story in Luke's gospel. 566 00:39:21,100 --> 00:39:24,100 A lawyer stood up and put it to the test saying, teacher, what 567 00:39:24,100 --> 00:39:25,400 shall I do to inherit eternal life. 568 00:39:26,300 --> 00:39:28,000 He said to him what is written in the law? 569 00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:30,800 How do you read it? And he answered, you shall love 570 00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:32,800 the Lord, your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with 571 00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:35,300 all your strength, with all your mind, and your neighbor as 572 00:39:35,300 --> 00:39:37,000 yourself. He said to him, you have 573 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:40,300 answered correctly, do this. You will live in other words, he 574 00:39:40,300 --> 00:39:41,800 summed up the law of the prophets. 575 00:39:41,900 --> 00:39:44,300 He summed up the decalogue. You should love God with all 576 00:39:44,300 --> 00:39:46,300 your heart, all your soul, all your mind, all your strength. 577 00:39:46,300 --> 00:39:48,100 All you have, you're going to love God, and then you going to 578 00:39:48,107 --> 00:39:50,400 let your fellow man so much. You won't commit adultery, you 579 00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:53,000 won't steal. I won't lie, you won't covet 580 00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:54,100 your honor your father and mother. 581 00:39:54,100 --> 00:39:57,100 You do all those things. Chris has yet to correctly. 582 00:39:58,500 --> 00:40:02,800 But wishing to justify himself. He said that Jesus, who is my 583 00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:06,400 neighbor? Just for clarification purposes. 584 00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:14,400 Who, who is my neighbor? Because if my neighbor is my 585 00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:16,700 best friend, I'm good, I can do that. 586 00:40:18,200 --> 00:40:22,600 If my, if my neighbor is, is the guy I work with, I'm good with 587 00:40:22,600 --> 00:40:25,800 that. So just clarify for me, Jesus, 588 00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:31,100 who is my neighbor in? Jesus gives them a parable, you 589 00:40:31,100 --> 00:40:35,200 know, the parable pair with a good samaritan. and the priest 590 00:40:35,200 --> 00:40:39,500 walked by the levite went by That's a man have been beaten 591 00:40:39,500 --> 00:40:43,700 but even bloody and bruised on his way from Jericho or 592 00:40:43,700 --> 00:40:48,300 Jerusalem to Jericho. But a Samaritan who despised one 593 00:40:48,300 --> 00:40:52,500 saw his need bound. His wounds took him to an inn 594 00:40:52,900 --> 00:40:56,800 paid for his room in the end right. 595 00:40:57,800 --> 00:41:02,200 In Christ asked this question, which of these three. 596 00:41:02,700 --> 00:41:06,300 Do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell 597 00:41:06,500 --> 00:41:12,000 into the robbers hands? He said, The one who showed 598 00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:18,200 Mercy to him. He couldn't even say the 599 00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:21,600 Samaritan. Just the one who showed Mercy to 600 00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:25,400 him. Then Jesus said to him, go and 601 00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:32,300 do the same. Who is my neighbor answer? 602 00:41:32,600 --> 00:41:36,200 Anyone who has a need is your neighbor. 603 00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:41,600 That's your neighbor. That's the one you love. 604 00:41:42,700 --> 00:41:46,600 That's the one you help. So, when the writer of Hebrews 605 00:41:46,600 --> 00:41:50,600 says, let love for the Brethren continue to not neglect to show 606 00:41:50,600 --> 00:41:56,900 Hospitality to strangers. Neighbors that might not be from 607 00:41:56,900 --> 00:42:00,400 across the street or somebody you work with the go to church 608 00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:05,000 with. But a stranger for by this, some 609 00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:07,000 have entertained angels without knowing. 610 00:42:07,100 --> 00:42:12,000 Remember the prisoners as though in prison with them and those 611 00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:18,100 who are ill treated, since you yourselves also are in The body. 612 00:42:20,600 --> 00:42:25,700 Respond. In love, or with love to those 613 00:42:25,700 --> 00:42:30,200 who are in need. That's truth. 614 00:42:30,200 --> 00:42:36,100 Number one. Now, let me just add this to 615 00:42:36,100 --> 00:42:38,800 you. So, you understand this? 616 00:42:40,400 --> 00:42:46,700 Because this is very important. We misunderstand what loving my 617 00:42:46,700 --> 00:42:50,700 brother really looks like? But there's a verse in the Old 618 00:42:50,700 --> 00:42:53,200 Testament that makes it very clear to us. 619 00:42:55,200 --> 00:42:58,200 It's found in that same chapter of The Book of Leviticus 19th 620 00:42:58,200 --> 00:43:02,800 Chapter. And says in verse number 17 621 00:43:03,700 --> 00:43:07,900 because I know that none of you in a room will say I hate my 622 00:43:08,500 --> 00:43:12,900 brother. Let's see if you do or you 623 00:43:12,900 --> 00:43:17,300 don't. You shall not hate your fellow 624 00:43:17,300 --> 00:43:24,200 countrymen in your heart. You must surely. 625 00:43:26,100 --> 00:43:33,100 Rebuke him. But shall not incur sin. 626 00:43:34,700 --> 00:43:41,900 Because of him. Do you love your brother enough 627 00:43:41,900 --> 00:43:47,800 to rebuke him to reprove him? Because you see, if you don't 628 00:43:47,800 --> 00:43:50,300 love him enough to reprove him, you really don't love him. 629 00:43:50,300 --> 00:43:55,500 You hate him. If he's in the wrong or she's in 630 00:43:55,500 --> 00:43:57,900 the wrong, you need to go to that and reprove them. 631 00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:02,900 And tell them this is wrong. You can't go down this path. 632 00:44:04,100 --> 00:44:07,700 This is not how Christians operate, this is not what we do. 633 00:44:11,000 --> 00:44:14,600 But instead, what are we doing? Well, tell somebody else about 634 00:44:14,600 --> 00:44:19,300 my friends problem. But won't go to my friend. 635 00:44:20,200 --> 00:44:22,200 The one I say I love but in reality I really do hate because 636 00:44:22,200 --> 00:44:25,200 that's what God says. You can say you love somebody 637 00:44:25,200 --> 00:44:28,900 but what you say, Doesn't Matter What God Says, doesn't matter, 638 00:44:28,900 --> 00:44:32,300 right? Well, thank you and at 18 men of 639 00:44:32,300 --> 00:44:35,500 Helen What God Says, matters. What you think doesn't matter? 640 00:44:37,500 --> 00:44:41,300 You approve your brother. Or what happens? 641 00:44:43,400 --> 00:44:50,700 You participate in their sin. Now. 642 00:44:53,300 --> 00:44:58,100 Now, what do you do? See if you love your brother. 643 00:44:59,400 --> 00:45:02,700 You will rebuke your brother. When they're in sin. 644 00:45:04,100 --> 00:45:05,500 When they done that, which is wrong. 645 00:45:06,900 --> 00:45:11,100 Because you love himself. And you want to know, walk with 646 00:45:11,100 --> 00:45:13,700 the Lord, yet their spiritual. Welfare is more important to you 647 00:45:13,700 --> 00:45:17,800 than anything else. That's why truth above 648 00:45:18,100 --> 00:45:23,400 relationship matters. Because if your relationship 649 00:45:23,400 --> 00:45:27,000 with this person is so valuable. That you'll compromise the 650 00:45:27,000 --> 00:45:31,200 truth. Even curd their sin. 651 00:45:32,200 --> 00:45:33,800 But not rebuking them when they've sent. 652 00:45:37,000 --> 00:45:41,100 Let Brotherly Love continue. How about you? 653 00:45:42,700 --> 00:45:46,700 Would that be said of you would be said of me US individually as 654 00:45:46,700 --> 00:45:48,400 well as corporately, would that be us? 655 00:45:50,300 --> 00:45:53,700 If Christ is all sufficient in all Supreme, he rules and Reigns 656 00:45:53,700 --> 00:45:58,700 above all, he's everything. He says he is and he is The 657 00:45:58,700 --> 00:46:02,400 identity and Ministry, the Messiah, dictates the 658 00:46:02,400 --> 00:46:05,800 responsibility of the people who fall that Messiah. 659 00:46:07,700 --> 00:46:11,300 Therefore we let Brotherly Love continue. 660 00:46:12,600 --> 00:46:16,200 That's pretty good. Father, we thank you, Lord, for 661 00:46:16,200 --> 00:46:18,600 today, in the opportunity to give us study the word. 662 00:46:19,200 --> 00:46:21,300 Thank you, Lord. Jesus that your words. 663 00:46:21,300 --> 00:46:27,800 Very clear. May we as your children follow 664 00:46:28,500 --> 00:46:31,600 specifically, What you have said. 665 00:46:32,800 --> 00:46:36,600 And may we lured live for the glory of your name? 666 00:46:37,800 --> 00:46:44,000 They not ourselves. but your name, In Jesus name we pray. 667 00:46:44,100 --> 00:46:44,600 Amen.