Participants: Jim Reinking
Series Code: LDS
Program Code: LDS000011
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00:34 And I'm going to begin
00:35 with the couple of questions this evening. 00:37 How, how were people in the Old Testament saved? 00:42 Were they saved any differently 00:43 than individuals under the New Testament? 00:46 You know, some people want us to believe 00:48 that there're going to be 2 groups of people 00:50 in the kingdom of heaven. 00:52 In the first group will be men and women 00:54 like Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David 00:57 and you know, you can put quite a list 00:59 together from the Old Testament. 01:01 Who are there because of their obedience to the law? 01:05 Somehow they were good enough to make it. 01:08 They were really who looked at the Old Testament 01:10 where that being a legalistic system. 01:12 But if you were good enough, 01:14 you're gonna make it, 01:15 you're gonna be there in heaven. 01:17 Well, in the second group will be those 01:20 who were saved by faith in Jesus Christ. 01:25 And in this view the scriptures and of the covenants, 01:29 the old covenants seen as a covenant of works, 01:31 while the new covenant is seen as a covenant of faith 01:34 without reference to works. 01:37 But I'm here to tell you this evening 01:40 that there will be no one in heaven, 01:42 no one in heaven who has not found 01:44 Jesus as their personal savior. 01:48 Now how can I make such a bold assertion, 01:52 while there's a biblical reason's 01:53 why I can make that assertion? 01:55 Beginning within Acts 4:12, where it says, 01:59 "And there is salvation in no one else, 02:02 for there is no other name under heaven 02:04 that has been given among men, 02:06 by which we must be saved." 02:09 There simply is no other way 02:12 and I would add to that text this one 02:14 as we find it in 1 John 5:12, where it says, 02:19 "He who has the Son has the life, 02:23 he who does not have the Son of God 02:24 does not have the life." 02:26 And my friend, very simply 02:28 put Jesus is the dividing line between life and death. 02:33 Without that relationship 02:35 that saving relationship with Jesus Christ, 02:38 my friend, we will not be saved. 02:41 And I--I'm going to add one other text, 02:44 Romans 6:10. 02:46 Where it says, of Jesus, 02:47 "For the death that He died, He died to sin," 02:53 What's the next phrase? 02:55 "Once for all." 02:59 Jesus didn't died just for those who follow the cross. 03:03 He didn't die just for those 03:05 who are under the new covenant. 03:08 My friend, He died for them all. 03:12 In fact as you imagine 03:13 Jesus hanging on the Cross of Cavalry 03:15 with those outstretched hands. 03:17 Imagine on one side he is embracing those 03:20 that lived before the cross and on the other 03:22 He is embracing those who lived after the cross. 03:26 Jesus died once for all 03:30 that includes every last one of us. 03:32 From the very inception of sin down to the end of it all. 03:37 Jesus said and yet I can hear "something be saved." 03:40 But Jesus didn't die down in 31AD. 03:42 How can anyone believe in Him before they, 03:45 you know, before He'd actually come. 03:47 Well, let me take you to another text 03:50 that is Luke 24, 03:52 Luke 24, take your Bibles and open them up. 03:55 Luke 24:25-27, it's right after the resurrection 04:01 and there are two disciples unaware 04:03 that Jesus has been resurrected. 04:05 They are on the road to Emmaus. 04:08 And this stranger begins to walk with them 04:11 its Jesus but they don't recognize him 04:15 and they begin to share with Him. 04:18 There are really horrible things 04:20 that just happened in Jerusalem, 04:21 the death of their Master, 04:23 they thought it was, 04:24 you know, it was the Messiah. 04:25 They thought it was 04:27 you know, their Lord, their Savior. 04:29 And notice how Jesus responded, verse 25. 04:32 "And he said to them, 04:33 'Oh, foolish, oh, foolish man 04:36 and slow of heart to believe in all 04:38 that the prophets have spoken, 04:40 was it not necessary, 04:43 not necessary for the Christ 04:45 has suffered these things, 04:46 and to enter into his glory?' 04:49 Then beginning with Moses 04:50 and with all of the prophets, 04:52 he explained to them 04:53 the things concerning Himself in all the scriptures." 04:57 And so Jesus was reasoning with them from the Scriptures. 05:01 Wasn't it not necessary for the Christ to suffer? 05:06 And then what, he referred to the Scriptures, 05:08 in the Scriptures all the things 05:10 in reference to Himself. 05:12 What scriptures did they have at this period of time, 05:14 this point of time? 05:17 The Old Testament Scriptures. 05:20 The first book of the New Testament 05:21 wouldn't be written for another 10 years. 05:24 And so Jesus opened up 05:25 the Old Testament to explain the things 05:28 that were written there by Himself, 05:30 we call these messianic prophecies. 05:34 And then I'm going to tell you there 05:35 those who look at the Old Testament 05:36 and they think it has, 05:38 oh, from little of anything 05:40 he said to us about our savior, about Jesus Christ. 05:43 We're gonna discover there's a lot 05:44 that is embedded in the Old Testament 05:46 about in regards to Jesus. 05:49 But you see, my friend, 05:50 Jesus is revealed in the Old Testament 05:53 in types and symbols through which an individual 05:56 was to find a saving experience. 05:59 Jesus revealed in both covenants 06:01 as the only possible means 06:03 by which an individual could possibly be saved. 06:06 And tonight, we're going to discover 06:07 there was primarily through the temple system, 06:10 the temple system that Jesus was revealed 06:13 to God's people under the Old Testament period. 06:17 Our study tonight is a vital part 06:19 of the old covenant that is little understood 06:23 and frankly often misunderstood. 06:26 Now when we talk about the temple, 06:28 there are several terms 06:29 we will find in the Old and New Testament 06:32 that are used synonymously to talk about the temples. 06:36 Sometimes it's referred to as the sanctuary, 06:39 same system or the tabernacle 06:42 or the tent of meeting 06:44 that is the portable temple. 06:47 The tent of meeting that they carried with them 06:49 as they were traveling from Mount Sinai, 06:52 the 40 years and they wonderings 06:54 through the wilderness as they were making 06:57 their way to the Promise Land 06:58 and tell, Solomon was entrusted 07:02 with a task of building an actual, 07:04 you know, largely stone structure, 07:07 the temple there in Jerusalem. 07:09 As we continue on in Psalm 77:13, it says, 07:13 "Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary." 07:17 In the temple. 07:18 What does it mean, god way is in the sanctuary temple. 07:21 My friend, God's way in reference to what? 07:24 In reference to how he relates to us as sinners. 07:28 How he relates to us 07:31 in regards to the Plan of Salvation 07:34 is what we will discover 07:35 as we look at the sanctuary or temple system. 07:39 God's way is revealed there. 07:42 The temple you see was a living illustration 07:45 of how a sinner was to find forgiveness 07:49 and how an individual was to find acceptance before God. 07:53 And through the use of prophetic symbolisms 07:57 God's people were instructed 07:59 in the Plan of Salvation is what we find. 08:03 Now let's--let me take you to Hebrews 9, 08:06 the New Testament page 173. 08:11 Hebrews is a vital book in our study tonight. 08:14 And I want you to notice 08:15 it is a New Testament book, okay. 08:19 But as you look in up Hebrews 9, 08:21 if you look at the illustration on screen, 08:24 we have what we call the tent of meeting 08:26 or it's called the Sanctuary Tabernacle 08:28 as I've already mentioned. 08:30 And as again there were wandering 08:32 through the wilderness. 08:34 You know, it was right 08:35 in the middle of their encampment, 08:38 all the tribes of Israel had their appointed place 08:41 where they were to pitch their tents 08:44 and the sanctuary was right in the middle of it. 08:47 And when--and I'm gonna share with you 08:50 through this embosses what they to do 08:52 when they were guilty of sin. 08:54 Now let me tell you this is not just a nuts 08:57 and bolt subject tonight. 08:58 There is some of that 09:00 but it has such practical application to us 09:05 as New Testament believers. 09:08 I've got to get this all together 09:10 on what this system in the Old Testament 09:12 really-- was really about. 09:14 The first thing if a individual sin 09:16 the first thing they would do 09:17 as they made their way to the sanctuary 09:19 is they will make their way to the place of sacrifice, 09:22 the Altar Of Sacrifice. 09:23 And in Hebrews 9:22, this is what we find. 09:27 It says "And according to the Law, 09:29 one may almost say, 09:30 all things are cleansed with blood, 09:32 and without shedding of blood there is no forgiveness." 09:36 No one is talking about the law 09:38 it's not talking about the Ten Commandments. 09:41 There is the Ten Commandment, the moral code 09:44 we've already that a week ago, 09:46 we were into that subject. 09:47 But there is the law we usually refer to it 09:51 as the Levitical Code or the Ceremonial Law 09:55 that related to the sanctuary and its system, 09:59 the whole book of the Leviticus lays down the specifics 10:03 and the particulars about the rituals 10:06 and the things that were to be done in reference 10:09 to the sanctuary service. Okay. 10:13 And what he is saying here 10:14 and I don't think it's probably 10:15 Paul that wrote the book of Hebrews. 10:18 "That without the cleansing of blood 10:20 there is no forgiveness." 10:23 Why would that be? 10:26 Without shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. 10:29 Why can't God just say, 10:31 "It's all right, I know you're sorry. 10:34 I know that you're--you know, 10:36 you feel horrible about the sins in your life. 10:40 It's forgiven." 10:42 Why is the shedding of blood necessary? 10:47 Oh, remember what the Bible says 10:48 in Romans 6, "the wages of sin." 10:50 Is what? 10:52 "Death." 10:53 Now is God being obituary 10:54 when He says the wages of sin is death? 10:56 My friend, God is never arbitrary. 10:59 But in the final analysis in the universe 11:01 there is no place for sin. 11:04 God is going to eradicate sin. 11:07 And my friend that all comes 11:09 forth from the Cross of Cavalry. 11:12 That is where God in the person of Jesus 11:14 is dealing with our sins. 11:19 And my friend, we can't just you know, 11:21 take our sins as insignificant, 11:23 it required the death of Jesus on the Cross of Cavalry, 11:27 to us stoned for our sins 11:29 so that we might find forgiveness 11:31 and so that we might find cleansing. 11:35 And let me take you to Leviticus 1 on the screen. 11:39 Now verses 3, 4, 11:40 this is what an individual who was guilty of sin, 11:43 what they were required to do when they sinned. 11:46 It says, "If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, 11:50 he shall offer it, a male without defect, 11:53 he shall offer it at the doorway of the tent of meeting," 11:56 at the entrance of the tent of meeting. 11:58 "That he may be accepted before the Lord." 12:02 So the offering, the offering was an animal, 12:04 usually it was a lamb, it had to be a male, 12:06 it had be a year old 12:08 according to the Levitical Code. 12:10 Though they were other animals 12:12 that were used on occasion 12:14 and depending on the circumstances 12:17 and the rituals that were involved. 12:19 And notice it was to be offered, 12:21 the animals would be offered 12:22 so that they might be accepted before the Lord. 12:26 To be accepted 12:27 in the New Testament terms is to be justified. 12:30 That's what, what it means, 12:32 justified means to be accepted. 12:34 We who had been tainted by this knowledge of evil, 12:38 this knowledge of sin 12:41 and therefore in a strange relationship to God, 12:47 this Goth of sin has interposes up between us and God. 12:52 And through the offering of this animal 12:55 an individual can find acceptance. 12:57 It goes on to say, 12:58 "And he shall lay his hand 12:59 on the head of the burnt offering." 13:01 And so doing they were confessing 13:03 their sins over the head of this animal. 13:08 And then it goes on to say, 13:09 "That it--" that is the sacrifice, 13:12 the sacrifice to be of that animal. 13:14 "That it may be accepted for him," 13:19 in New Testament terms 13:20 we call this substitution. 13:22 The animal was a substitute 13:24 for the individual who had sin, 13:26 and the wages of sin is death. 13:28 And so the animal died in the place of the individual 13:32 in the Old Testament sanctuary system. 13:35 "So that maybe accepted for Him 13:37 to make atonement on his behalf." 13:40 Now there's one of those terms 13:41 that you at least have to spend a year 13:43 or two at seminary to really understand 13:45 that's the word atonement. 13:48 Not actually, just break it down. 13:51 Look at the two words that are in the word, atonement. 13:56 The word is at-one-ment. 14:01 At one, remember what sin has done. 14:05 Sin has it interposed itself between us and God. 14:08 It has separated us from the life giver. 14:12 But by the sacrifice of this animal 14:14 that was you know, accepted on His behalf 14:18 that is a sinner, one found atonement, 14:21 one was made one. 14:23 Oneness between God and the sinner was attained 14:28 through the offering of the sacrifice 14:31 of that animal that substitution 14:34 that we're talking about. 14:37 And so, and we have a picture too on the screen again 14:40 when an individual sin, they brought this animal. 14:42 Priest would be there to officiate 14:45 and they will lay their hand 14:47 as we already took note in Leviticus 1. 14:49 They would lay their hand on the head of that animal, 14:51 they confess their sins 14:54 and then were required 14:56 with their own hand to take a knife 14:58 and slit the throat of the animal. 15:01 The priest would be there with a bowl 15:03 to catch some of the blood, 15:06 the blood was necessary for forgiveness. 15:08 We just read that in Hebrews 9:25 didn't we? 15:11 There is no forgiveness without the blood, 15:13 the shedding of blood. 15:15 And the priest does something with the blood, 15:17 we will come to that in just a moment. 15:19 But let me tell you, 15:22 let me tell you this place of sacrifice, 15:25 the Altar of Sacrifice was not a pleasant place. 15:31 The stench of death hung in the air at this place. 15:37 As individual, after individual would bring their animal 15:41 and they will sacrifice. 15:43 You know probably the closest thing 15:45 that we could get to it 15:46 is that we went to a slaughter house. 15:50 I mean the temple system as built by Solomon, 15:54 you know, from the Altar of Sacrifice, 15:57 they actually have this tells 15:58 that were underground 15:59 that would take the blood away. 16:01 Or else it would be pulling 16:02 all around the Altar of Sacrifice. 16:06 So it just plain stuck, 16:08 there was this smell of death 16:10 that was in the air. 16:12 Now we're gonna discover 16:13 what this was all symbolic of. 16:16 And by the way do you think 16:19 an individual thought twice before they sinned, 16:23 when they knew that this is 16:25 what was gonna be required of them? 16:28 That they were gonna have to bring an animal 16:30 and they were gonna have to kill it themselves. 16:34 I think they thought twice about it. 16:37 And then let's go on to Hebrews 10, 16:39 the New Testament page 173. 16:42 You see the book of Hebrews 16:44 was written to explain to us 16:46 as New Testament believers the significance 16:49 of the Old Testament temple system. 16:53 And my friend it only makes sense 16:55 if there's a whole book in the New Testament, 16:57 the book that is to explaining 16:58 what this all means to us. 17:01 Then we really ought to understand it, right? 17:04 We need to really comprehend 17:06 what is-- was being taught here. 17:07 But in Hebrews 10, beginning with verse 4, 17:10 it's talking about the sacrificial system 17:12 in reference to the coming of Jesus. 17:14 It says, "For it is impossible for the blood of bulls 17:18 and goats to take away sin." 17:21 Oh, my friend if that was possible 17:23 by the sacrifice of those animals 17:26 to take away sin and to find forgiveness, 17:29 Jesus Christ need not come to this planet, 17:32 He need not have to died. 17:34 All we would do is what they did before. 17:37 We would just bring an animal 17:39 and we would sacrifice 17:40 when we're guilty of sin 17:41 and it would take care of that. 17:43 The blood would be shed. 17:46 But it says here it is impossible 17:48 for the blood of these animals to take away sin. 17:51 Verse 5, "Therefore when He comes," 17:53 speaking of Jesus into the world, 17:55 he says, "Sacrifice and offering, 17:57 you have not desired 17:58 but a body you have prepared for me. 18:01 In both offerings and sacrifices for sin 18:05 you have taken no pleasure." 18:07 Again the sacrifices of these animals could not really, 18:10 truly satisfy the requirements of God 18:14 that justice be done, justice required death. 18:20 We come on down to verses 9 and 10. 18:22 Verse 9, "Then he said, 18:23 'Behold, I have come to do your will, 18:26 he takes away the first 18:29 in order to establish the second." 18:31 What does that mean? 18:32 He took away the first to establish the second? 18:36 That is He took away the first earthly system 18:39 that was based upon the sacrifices of those animals, 18:44 He did away with the first to establish the second. 18:48 What will be the establishment of the second? 18:52 What would be the second that would take its place? 18:55 The true sacrifice and what is the true sacrifice? 19:03 Yes, the sacrifice of Jesus, you got it. 19:06 Those--those sacrifices of those animals 19:10 prophetically and symbolically 19:13 we're pointing forward to the sacrifice of Jesus 19:16 on the Cross of Cavalry. 19:18 And so when He came to do 19:19 the will of God to die in our place, 19:23 He did away with the whole earthly system 19:26 that was built on sacrifice. 19:28 That makes a lot of sense, doesn't it? 19:31 Because the true sacrifice had come. 19:33 And in first, in fact in verse 10 it says, 19:35 "By this will we have been sanctified 19:37 through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ." 19:40 And notice the phrase again, "Once for all." 19:46 So it's the offering of the sacrifice of Jesus. 19:50 It is the shedding of the blood of Jesus Christ 19:55 that brings forgiveness 19:57 that brings therefore salvation to every one of us. 20:02 And again on the Old Testament, 20:03 all of those animals that they were sacrificing 20:07 were pointing forward to the true sacrifice, 20:10 they had it in the Old Testament 20:12 symbolically, prophetically they had it. 20:15 And so, "Takes away the first to establish the second." 20:22 We will bring this up on the screen 20:23 and I want you to remember this phrase, 20:25 "He takes away the first to establish the second." 20:29 Because this also has some deep, 20:32 some deep prophetic implications 20:35 because there are some who are predicting 20:38 a restoration of the temple in the end time. 20:40 I'm gonna come to that little bit, 20:42 it's not you know, central to my subject tonight 20:45 but it has implications on this whole thing 20:47 as we talk about it again the fact 20:49 that he takes the first one to establish the second. 20:53 Remember when Jesus came to the River Jordan 20:55 to be baptized by John. 20:57 And when John saw Him, 20:59 remember what he said, 21:00 what he declared here. 21:01 It is found in John 1:29 21:04 where he declared, "Behold, the Lamb of God 21:06 who takes away the sin of the world." 21:10 Why did John refer to Jesus as the Lamb of God? 21:16 Because John understood 21:19 that Jesus was a fulfillment 21:21 of the whole sacrificial system under the Old Testament. 21:27 He was the Lamb that would be sacrificed, you see? 21:34 He was the lamb that would be sacrificed. 21:37 Years ago on the west coast 21:39 somewhere here in the west coast, 21:40 Pastor W.D. Frazee was called upon to officiate 21:43 at a particularly sad funeral. 21:45 I know every few funeral is sad. 21:47 The funeral was being held at the church 21:50 and the family was in the--occupying 21:52 the first few rows of the church. 21:55 There's a little casket up there 21:57 and the father was weeping aloud unashamedly, 22:02 just crushed with grief. 22:05 It had been just a few days 22:07 as he had gone on so many other occasions, 22:11 he was backing his car down to driveway 22:13 not realizing that his little son 22:15 evidently had followed him up to the car, 22:18 he didn't know it. 22:19 And when he saw backing down the driveway, 22:21 he couldn't see him 22:23 and he ran over his son 22:26 and crushed the life out of him. 22:30 That's pretty horrible, isn't it? 22:32 I don't know how one lives with that. 22:36 And I know that happens every year, 22:38 those kinds of tragic things happen to too many families. 22:43 Just crushed with grief knowing that as his father 22:48 he was responsible for the death of that boy. 22:52 You know, my friend, it in a very similar fashion 22:54 when we realize it's because of our sins 22:57 that Jesus was crushed there 22:58 on the Cross of Cavalry. 23:00 That we're responsible for the death of Jesus Christ 23:03 because we are sinners. 23:06 My friend, we just can't stand back just, 23:08 you know, disconnected to what that really means to us. 23:14 And what it cost the Son of God 23:17 to offer Himself up on the Cross of Cavalry. 23:20 I say it, we say this so glibly, 23:23 Jesus died for my sins. 23:27 And we need to stop to consider 23:29 what Jesus did when He hanged on the cross bearing our sins. 23:34 We're gonna get into that as we move on to Isaiah 53, 23:38 the Old Testament page 525-525. 23:45 Isaiah 53 and beginning with verse 3, 23:47 I can well imagine as Jesus was on the road 23:50 to Emmaus talking to those disciples 23:52 and sharing from the Old Testament 23:54 the things written there 23:55 considering Himself that most likely. 23:59 I don't know the--you know, 24:00 the particular passages 24:02 that Jesus referred to but I would guess 24:05 that this would be one of the passages 24:08 that he shared with him about himself 24:10 and showing that it was necessary 24:12 for the Messiah to come and to suffer as He did. 24:16 And to die on the Cross of Cavalry 24:18 and remember this was crushing to the disciples, 24:21 I mean, they had up 24:23 they're following Jesus for three-and-half years. 24:26 They certainly had an understanding 24:28 of what Jesus teachings were all about. 24:30 But they had with in common with much, 24:34 with many of their own people 24:36 they had a miscomprehension 24:39 of the prophecies in the Old Testament. 24:42 As it related to the coming of Jesus 24:45 and when He came what He would be, 24:47 what He would do. 24:50 You know, there's important lessons in that. 24:53 You and I as New Testament believers 24:57 cannot afford to miscomprehend 25:01 the prophecies as they did. 25:06 And do not understand 25:07 what they really are about. 25:09 If--you know, the world's gonna 25:10 come to an end, it just makes sense 25:12 that by means of the Holy Spirit 25:14 as we study the Bible we ought to have 25:15 some understanding about these things. 25:17 They miscomprehended it, 25:19 they didn't understand it 25:21 even after three-and-half years of Jesus' ministry. 25:23 They still didn't get it when He finally died 25:25 on the Cross of Cavalry. 25:27 But let me tell you they started to get it 25:29 in the aftermath of the tragedy 25:33 what represented tragedy to them, 25:35 when Jesus died on the cross. 25:36 So here's the verse, let me read verse 3. 25:39 It's a messianic passage. 25:41 It says of Him, 25:43 "he was the despised and forsaken of men. 25:46 A man in sorrows and acquainted with grief 25:49 and like one from whom men hid their face. 25:52 He was despised and we do not esteem Him." 25:56 Verse 4, "surely." 25:58 Notice this verse, "Surely, our grieves, 26:01 He Himself bore and our sorrows He carried." 26:07 What is that really about? 26:10 Oh, we sing the song sometimes, 26:12 no one understands like Jesus. 26:17 But I don't know that 26:18 we really can fully comprehend, 26:19 we ought to comprehend more than we do. 26:22 Now you see when Jesus bore our sins 26:24 on the Cross of Cavalry 26:25 and again, how glibly we can refer to the fact 26:28 that Jesus bore our sins there. 26:31 Now realizing it really 26:32 what that really meant for Jesus. 26:34 In the innocence of his heart and of his soul, 26:37 they enter into the darkness of evil as a divine substitute. 26:42 So that he could save us and redeem us. 26:47 You know, the sins of our whole world 26:51 were pressing upon His heart and upon His mind. 26:57 The grief and the sorrow 27:00 that sin has brought to this planet 27:02 this the grief and the sorrow 27:04 that sin has brought into your life and my life 27:07 because of sin Jesus experienced 27:10 it all the totality of it all was right upon Him. 27:15 And my friend this is what crushed Him, 27:17 this is what killed Him. 27:19 It was not the nails that were driven 27:21 through His hands and His feet. 27:23 It was our sins that brought about the death of Jesus. 27:29 Jesus died of a broken heart 27:30 you know that, don't you? 27:33 We live with it. 27:36 And I tell you sin was particularly 27:37 painful to the Son of God. 27:40 And so let me tell you, 27:41 this even it gets even more personal than you know, 27:44 He bore our sorrows and grieves 27:45 because of what sin has brought into our lives 27:47 that means your life that brings my life. 27:50 Whatever sorrow, whatever grief 27:53 sin has brought into your life, brought into my life. 27:56 Jesus bore at the Cross of Cavalry, 27:59 He's been through that experience already. 28:01 Since we live after the cross 28:03 He has already been through that experience. 28:09 I share a little bit with you the tragic circumstances 28:12 that my family had to go through the-- 28:14 you know, it's been two years ago. 28:17 Ah, I mean it was horrible 28:19 the hate, the anger, the threatening, 28:23 the determination to destroy. 28:27 It was painful, there was a lot of sorrow, 28:30 there were tears, there was grief. 28:33 Jesus understood it all because Jesus bore it all. 28:39 He went through all of that. 28:43 When he died for me at the Cross of Cavalry. 28:47 And he understands whatever grief and sorrow 28:50 you have experienced in your life because of sin. 28:53 Maybe you're going right through it, right now. 28:57 And my friends just think of it all the sorrow 29:00 and pain and suffering 29:02 that's going on in this planet right now 29:05 in this moment and time. 29:07 Among those heart that is broken 29:09 because she's lost a son or daughter, 29:12 murdered, maybe horribly abused 29:16 and it will go on and on. 29:18 My friend, that all touched the heart of Jesus 29:22 in a very real in a very specific way. 29:27 Lot of part of verse 4, 29:29 "Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken, 29:31 Smitten of God, and afflicted. 29:33 But He was pierced through for our transgressions, 29:37 He was crushed for our iniquities. 29:38 The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, 29:41 And by His scourging we are healed. 29:44 All of us like sheep have gone astray, 29:48 Each of us has turned to his own way." 29:51 What a commentary of the human condition. 29:55 But the Lord has caused 29:58 the iniquity of us all To fall on Him. 30:00 He was oppressed and He was afflicted, 30:03 Yet He did not open His mouth. 30:05 Like a lamb that is led to slaughter, 30:08 And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers, 30:11 So He did not open His mouth. 30:14 By oppression and judgment He was taken away. 30:18 And as for His generation, who considered. 30:20 That He was cut off out of the land of the living. 30:23 For the transgression of my people, 30:25 to whom the stroke was due?" 30:28 The stroke, what is that talking about? 30:32 For my people to whom the stroke was to do-- 30:34 what was that stroke? 30:36 My friend, it is the stroke of death. 30:40 The wages of our sins 30:42 and what Jesus did for us 30:44 as he hung upon the Cross of Cavalry 30:46 was to interject Himself 30:48 between us and the death stroke. 30:51 He took it upon himself in our place. 30:56 So that we can have life eternal 30:59 and there's an pretty deep stuff here 31:03 in the Old Testament. 31:06 I tell you this is one of the clearest passages 31:09 in both Old and New Testaments 31:11 in regards to what Jesus would have accomplish verse 31:13 on the Cross of Cavalry. 31:14 Will you agree? 31:16 It just you know, 31:18 and I've been missing this, somehow they-- 31:20 have missed the whole point of Isaiah 53. 31:24 And the point is so telling. 31:28 Oh, it's been not quite two years ago, 31:30 probably 10 months ago 31:31 I was in the Modesto holding a series of meetings 31:33 and James was attending those meetings 31:37 coming night after night. 31:39 I remember initially first few couple of weeks 31:42 at the meetings he said, "I'm not sure, 31:43 I'm really comforted of being here." 31:46 There were some issues going on in his life. 31:50 He had a pretty tough life as it turned out. 31:53 And I remember several weeks in this series 31:56 probably about a month in this series 31:57 visiting with James in his studio apartment, 32:02 he didn't have a lot of the things of this life 32:05 but he had a place to sleep 32:06 and you know, to survive. 32:09 And as we were visiting, 32:11 you know, he was telling us about his life, 32:13 telling us about his childhood. 32:15 And he began to tell us this story about you know, 32:19 this tragic thing that happened 32:20 between he and his brother. 32:23 And I think it was his older brother, 32:25 two years separated them. 32:26 They were just kids. 32:29 And he said, you know, 32:32 and he pulled up his shirt at this point 32:36 and there was the ugliest scar 32:38 I think I've ever seen on anybody. 32:41 And for me the story of how as kids, 32:45 his brother has a rifle in his hand raised it up 32:49 and pulled the trigger straight at him. 32:53 And here these many, many years later 32:56 this big old ugly scar that was left, 33:00 he said this was for, 33:02 you know, thereafter in the family 33:04 it was called the accident. 33:09 He said that it was some bitterness, the accident. 33:13 Because he was there, 33:14 he knew for whatever is the reason 33:17 his brother pulled the trigger. 33:21 James made his decision, 33:24 to commit his life to Jesus Christ. 33:26 And I remember as he was in the class 33:28 preparing for his baptism, 33:30 one evening it was just the last week of our meetings, 33:34 the baptism was the final night of the meetings. 33:38 He was sitting there, he begin to talk 33:41 and he begin to tell us 33:43 just spontaneously began to tell us 33:45 how two or three days earlier 33:49 the Lord had taken away all of the grief 33:53 and all of the pain of that experience 33:57 that he had been carrying for all of these years. 34:01 He was at last free of this burden 34:05 that oppressed him, it really have oppressed him 34:08 that his brother shot him. 34:10 He'd felt released from it. 34:12 And my friend, the same thing happens to us 34:15 when in response to the claims of Jesus Christ 34:19 as we experience these love, there is healing 34:23 that takes place in a person's life. 34:27 Healing that throws 34:28 from the Cross of Cavalry for us. 34:30 Let me take you to Zechariah 13:1. 34:34 For there is--there's something else, 34:36 there's a place of sacrifice 34:37 we spend a longtime talking about this place of sacrifice 34:40 but it is foundational to the whole system you see. 34:44 And the priest was there 34:45 and he would catch some of the blood 34:46 in that bowl, remember. 34:47 And then he will make his way 34:49 to the temple to the sanctuary 34:51 and before entering the temple 34:53 there he would pause, 34:55 there was a large brass bowl of water, 34:59 it was called the labor. 35:01 Our word laboratory comes from it. 35:02 And there he would ritualistically cleanse himself. 35:05 So we got blood and we got water. 35:07 Ritualistically cleanse himself 35:09 and what did that represent? 35:11 Well, we will see as we turn to Zechariah 13, 35:14 you're already there, aren't you? 35:16 Zechariah 13 and looking at verse 1. 35:21 Zechariah, well, that's almost 35:23 at the end of the Old Testament, isn't it? 35:25 And listen what he says, 35:27 "In that day a fountain will be opened 35:28 for the house of David 35:30 and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, 35:32 for sin and for impurity." 35:33 A fountain. 35:35 You see water, I mean, water represents, 35:38 you know, there's something, 35:39 it something that is so every day to us. 35:43 Because we use it everyday for the purpose 35:46 of physical cleansing, right? 35:49 Ever tried a shower without water? 35:53 Ever trying throw some clothes 35:54 into a washing machine without water? 35:57 And there's a word very well. 36:00 And so biblically and spiritually 36:03 the Bible takes something 36:04 that is so common and uses this matter 36:07 of water to represent the spiritual cleansing 36:10 that comes to us through Jesus Christ. 36:13 And as such represents, in New Testament terms 36:17 the cleansing that comes as by faith 36:19 we embrace Jesus through the act of baptism 36:23 as we go through the waters of baptism. 36:25 It represents the cleansing that takes place. 36:28 And Acts 22:16, 36:30 I'm reminded of the words of scripture 36:33 where it says, "And now why do you delay? 36:35 Arise, and be baptized, 36:36 and wash away your sins, calling on His name." 36:40 I want you to know it's the movement 36:41 as we continue following this priest 36:43 with this blood as he makes his way into the temple itself. 36:48 In fact I have an illustration right up here on the screen, 36:51 there were two rooms that comprised the temple, 36:54 the two compartments if you please. 36:58 The first was called the holy place, 36:59 you'll see it illustrated right here. 37:02 And then beyond that veil 37:03 if you just see to the left side there 37:06 the veil separates the two rooms 37:07 and beyond it was called the most holy place. 37:10 And you could see there's a number of items there, 37:12 there's the Seven-Branched Candlestick 37:14 that provided light to the interior of the temple. 37:17 On the far side was a Shewbread, 37:20 it was called the bread of the presence 37:23 which is an interesting, fascinating term to me. 37:27 It also was vital 37:29 and then just before the veil there was Burning Incense 37:33 that provided this beautiful fragrance throughout the temple. 37:38 I wonder if that somehow was covering the stench 37:41 that was coming from the place of sacrifice outside. 37:45 I think so, I think there's a correlation to there. 37:48 But those three items 37:49 and each of them is the work of the temple system 37:52 illustrating some important aspects 37:54 in regards to the life in ministry of Jesus. 37:58 So let's focusing on the table 38:00 where Shewbread is, we turn to John 6, 38:02 the New Testament page 77. 38:06 Page 77, John 6 and looking at verse 51. 38:10 And I want you to notice the declaration of Jesus here. 38:13 John 6:51, where He said, 38:18 where He said, well, let me turn 38:20 one more page and I'll be there, verse 51. 38:23 Where he says, "I am the living bread 38:25 that came down out of heaven. 38:27 If anyone eats of this bread he will live forever. 38:31 And the bread also which I will give 38:33 for the life of the world is my flesh." 38:35 My friend, the bread, 38:37 the bread of the presence there in the holy place 38:42 represented Jesus as the bread of life. 38:45 It means that if any of us hunger 38:47 for that which this world cannot possibly satisfy 38:50 Jesus alone will, right? 38:53 He's the bread of life, 38:54 He satisfied those heart longings, desires of our hearts. 38:58 Take a look at John 8 39:00 as we look at the Seven-Branched Candlestick. 39:03 New Testament page 78, 39:05 just a page or two over from where we're at. 39:08 As we're looking at the Seven-Branched Candlestick. 39:10 Notice what Jesus said here in John 8:12, 39:13 "Then Jesus again spoke to them saying, 39:15 'I am the light of the world, 39:16 he who follows me will not walk in the darkness 39:19 but will have the light of life.'" 39:21 So who is the light? 39:23 My friend, Jesus is the light. 39:26 That the world is engulfed in darkness because of sin. 39:32 And my friend, if you've been walking in darkness, 39:35 Jesus alone will bring light into your life. 39:41 He will enlighten us and He will show us the way. 39:48 And then we come to the Altar of Incense. 39:52 So what did that represent, 39:54 we'll take a look at Revelation 8, 39:55 the New Testament page 193, 193. 39:59 Revelation 8 we're looking at verses 3 and 4. 40:05 Yeah, imagery more than just imagery 40:08 actually here in the book of Revelation 40:11 in regards to the Altar of Incense, 40:13 it says here, Revelation 8:3, 40:15 "Another angel came and stood at the altar, 40:19 holding a golden censer; 40:21 and much incense was given to him, 40:24 so that he might add it to the prayers of all the saints 40:27 on the golden altar which was before the throne. 40:30 And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, 40:34 went up before God out of the angel's hand." 40:37 Notice the location of the Altar of Incense here. 40:40 It was located before the throne, 40:43 just before the Throne of God. 40:45 And the incensing part represented 40:48 the prayers of God's people ascending before God, 40:52 if you have ever wondered 40:55 whether your prayers were getting through. 40:58 My friend, this gives us assurance. 41:00 If you've ever been through that experience 41:01 maybe you might be going through it now. 41:03 Where it seems like your prayers 41:05 are just bouncing off of the ceiling. 41:08 My friend, there is a God in heaven 41:12 who is interested in our welfare, 41:15 fantastic as that may seem. 41:18 In the vastness of the universe 41:20 the all powerful one, the all knowing one, 41:23 the one who has inhabited and will inhabit eternity. 41:27 He is interested in me. 41:29 He is interested in what is in my heart. 41:32 And entrusted when I get on my knees 41:34 and when I let my voice in prayer to Him. 41:37 My friend, immediately He gives us attention. 41:41 Is that pretty fantastic when you think of it? 41:43 Amen. 41:44 Like God will be interested in me 41:46 among the billions that are on this planet. 41:47 And this planet a little spec 41:50 way out there in the universe. 41:54 Who would think he would have so many other things, 41:57 bigger things to consider themselves, wouldn't you? 42:02 And my friend, this is the most important thing 42:03 I'm doing right now. 42:05 You and me are just, it was just strictest term, 42:12 it just sometimes just kind of blows me away 42:15 to think that God looks at me so intimately 42:20 interested in my life and what's going on. 42:25 But He would take to time to hear me. 42:28 But that's what it telling me. 42:29 Aren't you just great for have a God, aren't you? 42:32 That-- that hears our prayers. 42:36 And my friend, we ought to be praying 42:38 but we must, we must move on 42:39 because you know, the Seven-Branched Candlestick 42:42 we mentioned, the incense 42:44 we representing the prayers of God's people. 42:46 But beyond the veil, 42:48 in the most holy place where it's just one item 42:50 it was called the Ark of the Covenant 42:53 that knows Ark now. 42:54 The Ark of the covenant and it was highly significant to 42:58 as we will see the Ark of the Covenant. 43:02 In fact I have a little bit video clip right here of it. 43:05 You know, two golden angels 43:06 that was chastened overlaid with gold. 43:09 And within the Ark of the Covenant 43:11 while we're coming to it 43:12 the Ten Commandments was placed among other things. 43:16 But what did that represent? 43:19 Well, I'm gonna take you 43:20 to the Old Testament, to 1 Chronicles 13:6, 43:23 "And the Israelites foolishly had taken the Ark into battle." 43:28 I think they believed that somehow miraculously 43:30 God will give to them the victory. 43:32 But they lost it to the philistines 43:34 who rejoiced until they discover what a crucial it was to them. 43:38 Plagues were falling in their midst 43:41 apparently they got the message and they sent it back 43:43 and David went up to claim it, the Ark. 43:46 It says, "And David went up, 43:47 and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjathjearim, 43:50 which belonged to Judah, 43:51 to bring up thence the ark of God, 43:56 the Lord, that dwelleth between the cherubims." 43:59 Remember those two golden cherubims on top of the ark? 44:04 And between the Ark in the earthly sanctuary 44:07 God's presence was revealed right there. 44:10 It was called the Shekinah glory. 44:13 The Ark represents the throne of God. 44:17 That's what it represents the throne of God. 44:20 And as I mentioned in the Ark, 44:23 ever wondered what happened to those tablets written on, 44:26 you know, written by the finger of God on stone. 44:28 Well, they were placed into the Ark 44:31 and because this was His throne represented His throne. 44:34 It represented His justice 44:36 and the standard of His righteousness 44:39 which is foundational to the divine government. 44:42 But the lid was called the mercy seat. 44:46 And it was positioned in a place of ascendancy 44:49 the two major attributes of God, 44:52 His righteous character and His tremendous love and mercy. 44:58 And blood was essential in all of us. 45:03 As we've already taken note, Okay, 45:07 so let's pick that up as we go on the Hebrews 8, 45:09 the New Testament page 172, 172. 45:13 Hebrews 8:5. 45:18 Okay, Hebrews 8 and moving to verse 5. 45:22 The temple what did it represent? 45:25 Remember the priest was making his way 45:27 into the temple with that blood. 45:29 And when he went into the temple itself, 45:32 remember that veil, the Altar of Incense was just before it. 45:36 The priest would intercede on behalf of the sinner 45:40 and he would sprinkle some of the blood on the veil. 45:45 That's what he would do. 45:46 And again some of the rituals are gonna be very foreign to us 45:49 but in his role as a priest he would bear 45:53 the sin and guilt of the individual 45:56 into the sanctuary into the temple 45:59 and ritualistically the sanctuary the temple was tainted 46:06 because of the sins of God's people. 46:08 I've brought you to verse 4 and 5. 46:10 It says and speaking of Jesus now, 46:12 "Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest at all, 46:15 since there are those who offer the gifts according to the Law. 46:20 Who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, 46:23 just as Moses was warned by God 46:25 when he was about to erect the tabernacle; 46:27 for, "See," He says, 46:28 "that you make all things according to the pattern 46:31 which was shown you on the mountain." 46:34 That is the earthly temple was a copy, 46:37 it was a pattern that was given to Moses. 46:43 Oh, you know what? April's coming up. 46:47 April, taxes, taxes. 46:50 Oh, oh, my wife, bless her heart. 46:53 She started early with this when we were first married. 46:56 Somehow she began preparing our tax returns 47:00 and she's been doing it. 47:01 Now we have a friend who helps, he's becomes a friend. 47:06 I tell you it's good to have somebody that knows 47:08 how to prepare your taxes and he's your friend, you know. 47:12 So you know, when he comes over we got everything ready, 47:15 we got to have copies of all the receipts, you know. 47:18 We have a copy machine in our home. 47:20 And the copies are good enough for the RAS 47:22 that will accept them 47:23 even though they are not the originals, 47:25 have you noticed that? 47:27 And the earthly system is a copy 47:30 of that similarly of the heavenly system. 47:34 Are you catching this at verse 5? 47:37 That is the earthly temple 47:39 is a copy of the heavenly temple. 47:44 Let's look at in Revelation 11:19. 47:46 Where it says, "And the temple of God which is," where? 47:50 "Which is in heaven was opened, and the Ark--" 47:53 oh, this one has the ark too, but where's the ark? 47:57 The throne of God. 47:58 So we're appearing 47:59 into the inner recesses of the temple. 48:01 Into the throne room of God, 48:03 "And the Ark of His covenant appeared in His temple, 48:06 and there were flashes of lightning 48:09 and peals of thunder 48:11 and earthquake and a great hailstorm." 48:15 So the earthly temple system served a limited function, 48:20 it was symbolic of the heavenly temple 48:22 which is now the focus of God's people. 48:28 Okay. 48:30 So both covenants have in temple, 48:32 the old covenants had an earthly temple, 48:35 the new covenant has a heavenly temple. 48:39 Earthly system had sacrifices, 48:42 the heavenly system is based upon the sacrifice of Jesus. 48:49 See the parallelisms as we look at it 48:52 and there's even more as we go further into this. 48:56 I am going to take you on to Leviticus 4:6, 48:59 the Old Testament page 75. 49:02 Page 75, Leviticus 4:6. 49:05 Remember we're talking about the priest 49:06 how he go in with that blood 49:09 and how, you know, he bore the sin and guilt 49:11 of the individual into the temple. 49:14 And the-- you know, again, 49:16 the temple, the sanctuary would be polluted in a sense 49:19 by the sins of God's people. 49:21 Now we're being dealt with there 49:22 within the rituals of the temple. 49:24 Verse 6 says here, Leviticus 4, 49:26 "And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood 49:28 and sprinkle some of the blood 7 times before the Lord, 49:31 in front of the veil of the sanctuary." 49:37 And then ritualistically once a year 49:40 the temple had to be cleansed 49:43 of the guilt than the sins of God's people. 49:46 But the priest himself was prophetic 49:49 and symbolic of somebody significant to us. 49:53 Notice as again which it refer 49:55 to Hebrews 9 on the screen beginning with verse 11. 49:57 It says "But Christ being come a," What? 50:02 Becoming a high priest, Jesus was a sacrifice 50:06 but he is also our priest. 50:08 "By his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, 50:12 having obtained eternal redemption or us." 50:14 Just as in the earthly system one the blood will shed 50:17 the priest will go into the temple, 50:18 to intercede on behalf of the sinner. 50:20 So to is that once Jesus sacrificed himself 50:23 and shed his blood 50:25 he then ascended having gained victory over the powers of death 50:28 ascended into the presence of God 50:30 into the heavenly temple to intercede for us. 50:34 The parallels are so clear and it goes on to say 50:37 "For Christ is not entered 50:38 into the holy place made with hands," 50:41 of a human creation, 50:42 "which are the figures, symbols of the true, 50:44 but into heaven itself, now to appear 50:47 in the presence of God for us." 50:51 Jesus is sacrificed but He is our high priest. 50:59 Kindergarten-- oh, I remember kindergarten. 51:01 I was living as Moses Lake, Washington 51:03 any of you know Moses Lake Washington. 51:06 And I was a part of the baby boomer generation 51:10 and I was as mischievous kid I've already admitted it. 51:13 I've confessed it, I've made this all right with the Lord 51:17 but I got into trouble one day 51:19 and I knew my teacher was upset 51:20 because she said you're going to the principal. 51:23 And I knew when you went to the principal 51:24 you were in trouble, 51:25 I don't know what I did, and what I said 51:27 but I will never forget this. 51:29 In 86' I was doing a series of meetings there on Moses lake 51:32 and I went looking for that school 51:35 remembering this experience, 51:37 it in made an imprint of my thinking. 51:40 And it was still there vacated those doors leading up to the, 51:44 were the offices of the principal were, 51:46 were still there. 51:47 They looked big to me even as an adult back in '86. 51:51 But I remember making this long trip sobering trip 51:56 to the other side of the campus as a 16 year old. 52:00 I never met the principal but I knew you were in trouble, 52:03 I remember wish somebody big and strong 52:06 who would go in there with me. 52:07 And who would say "yes, he blew it 52:10 but give him another chance. 52:12 He's not really a bad of a boy." 52:14 And if I'd had somebody who would do that for me, 52:17 they would have interceded for me. 52:19 See that's what Jesus is doing for us in the presence of God, 52:24 This is not that he has to convince God, 52:26 it's because God loved us 52:28 that he sent Jesus to die as our sacrifice. 52:31 Take a look at Hebrews 8 the New Testament page 172. 52:36 Back in the Hebrews, I know who he been 52:38 a lot into the book of Hebrews. 52:40 But do you want to know what Hebrews is all about this, 52:43 this says at right here these two verses, 52:47 Hebrews 8:1-2, it says, "Now the main point, 52:51 and what is being said is this. 52:53 "We have such a high priest, 52:55 who is taken a seat at the right hand of the throne 52:57 of the majesty in the heavens. 52:59 A minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle 53:02 which the Lord pitched and not man." 53:04 That's the whole point of it, 53:06 And my friend it gives us great insights 53:08 into what Jesus has been doing, 53:11 since he left this planet. 53:14 He's not just up there building mansions for us. 53:17 He is intimately and intricately 53:20 rapped up in everything that affects us. 53:25 He represents us bearing 53:27 our human form before God the Father. 53:30 And yet there are those who are predicting, 53:31 'there is going to be a restoration 53:34 of an earthly temple in the end time.' 53:36 Think of what that means a restoration of sacrifice, 53:38 the restoration of priesthood. 53:42 My friend why would there be a restoration of sacrifices 53:45 which is foundational to the temple the end time. 53:48 When, we've already seen in Hebrews 10:9 it says, 53:51 "He takes away the first to establish the second." 53:54 The whole earthly system is obsolete 53:58 to us as New Testament believers 54:02 and that's why we're not in any temple, this is a church, 54:06 Gale and I were not priests we're ministers of the gospel 54:12 because the earthly priest have passed away 54:15 when Jesus ascended to be our high priest. 54:20 Okay? That's what it says. 54:23 And then I want to take you to Hebrews 10:19-22, 54:27 Lets draw some conclusions from this, 54:30 "since therefore, brethren, 54:32 we have confidence to enter the holy place," 54:35 By faith now by reality in the future, 54:40 "By the blood of Jesus" we enter, 54:42 "By new and living way which he inaugurated for us 54:46 through the veil that is his flesh, 54:48 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 54:52 let us draw near with a sincere heart 54:54 in the full assurance of faith 54:56 having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience 55:00 and our bodies washed with pure water." 55:03 My friend, the way had been obstructed 55:05 because of sin of rebellion. 55:08 But through the death of Jesus 55:10 and his intercession for us inaugurated. 55:12 That's the word that was used. 55:14 A newer living way into the presence of God. 55:20 He did this for us 55:21 through the shedding of His blood. 55:24 Take a look at Hebrews 4:14-16 55:30 the New Testament page 170. 55:34 "Therefore, since we have a great high priest 55:37 who has passed through the heavens 55:38 Jesus the Son of God, 55:41 let us hold fast our confession. 55:44 For we do not have a high priest 55:46 who cannot sympathize with us in our weaknesses." 55:48 And remember in English a double negative 55:51 is actually a positive assertion. 55:54 In other words we do have a high priest 55:56 who sympathizes with what? 55:59 Our weaknesses. 56:02 My friend, the heart of Jesus is tender, 56:07 He's approachable because He loves us, 56:10 paid the price of it, He proved it. 56:12 Didn't just say it? He acted on it, didn't He? 56:17 And then He says, "The one who has been tainted 56:19 in all things is we are yet without sin." 56:21 He is victorious. 56:23 Led the perfect life and a complete sacrifice 56:28 on the Cross of Cavalry for us. 56:30 Therefore let us draw near with confidence 56:33 through the throne of grace, 56:35 so that we may receive mercy 56:36 and find grace to help in time of need. 56:38 You see before the death of Jesus in a real sense, 56:41 the throne was a place of certain retribution 56:43 and judgment for the sinner 56:45 but because of His sacrifice and His intersession 56:47 it has become the headwaters for grace and for mercy. 56:54 Anybody knew a little bit of mercy tonight. 56:57 My friend let me tell you 56:59 there is mercy aplenty of all of us 57:03 at the throne of God and we would go come boldly 57:06 not in some insufficiency not because we're deserving 57:10 but because God has provided a way for us. 57:15 And there's grace of plenty in our time of need. 57:21 And so my friend we do in the Old Testament 57:24 the declaration He's coming and in the New Testament 57:27 He has come and He will come again 57:30 we must not forget that. 57:34 He's the center of that all. 57:36 And in Hebrews 7:25 57:38 it says "Wherefore He is able also to save them 57:41 to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, 57:46 seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them." 57:49 He can save us to the uttermost. 57:53 There's nothing going on in your life too big for him. 57:58 You may feel that you the devil has got you in his cross house 58:03 he's the tracking you he's got you under you his power. 58:07 But my friend, he is all sufficient 58:10 and he will save us to the uttermost. |
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