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0:16Good morning, church. If you're still
0:18outside in the foyer, please make your
0:20way on through. You do not want to miss
0:22what we've got planned for you this
0:23morning. No, you do not. Um, I just want
0:26to quickly share a word that's been on
0:28my heart this past week. has actually
0:30been the word joy. Joy. Um, happiness.
0:36Um, and it was so cool. On Friday night,
0:38we had a group of, um, um, a group from
0:42YWAM come and join us for youth on
0:44Friday night. And as they were leaving,
0:46they said to us, "Your guys joy is
0:49contagious."
0:51How cool is that? Our joy was
0:54contagious. And I just thought that this
0:57morning I wanted to pass that joy on to
1:01you guys because we could all use a
1:03little bit more in our lives no matter
1:05what. Um so if you could please stand um
1:10and just in your area or if you feel
1:12like walking around that's cool too but
1:14I would love for you to just find
1:16somebody this morning and just say to
1:18them hey I am so happy you are here.
1:55So the Bible says
1:58that David before the Lord with all his
2:02might. So we're going to do that this
2:04morning.
2:11my name until he called my name.
2:16I'm so glad he changed me.
2:20But Jesus pulled me out and I'm no
2:23longer bound.
2:25I'm so glad he changed me.
2:29Now
2:30creation.
2:38I live by my side.
2:45There is a new name written down in
2:48glory and it's mine.
2:52Yes, it's mine.
2:55I met the author of my story and he's
2:59mine.
3:01Yes, he's
3:03left me blind.
3:06But Jesus
3:08nowad
3:12He changed me. Now I'm walking free.
3:15I've got the victory.
3:18It's all over me.
3:20I'm so glad he changed me. See
3:24now
3:34I live by.
3:39>> Here we go. There is a new name down in
3:43glory and it's mine.
3:47Yes, he's mine.
3:50I met the author of my story and he's
3:54mine.
3:56Yes, he's mine.
3:58There is a new name in glory and he's
4:04mine.
4:05Yes, he's mine.
4:09I met the author of my story and he's
4:13mine.
4:14Yes, he's mine.
4:18I am who I am because the I am tells me
4:21who I am. I am who I am because the ams.
4:31I am who I am because the ams.
4:36I am who I am because the I am tells me
4:39who I am. I am who I am because the I am
4:43tells me who I am. I am who I am because
4:47I am tells me who I am. I am who I am
4:51because I am
4:58glor.
5:03>> You can go louder than that.
5:06I met the author of my story and it's
5:10mine.
5:13There is a new
5:17glor
5:25of my story and he's mine.
5:30Yes, he's mine.
5:32And he's mine.
5:34Yes, he's mine.
5:36And he's mine.
5:39Yes, he's mine.
5:41I'll praise cuz you're so praise cuz you
5:46praise cuz you rose and defeated the
5:49grave. Oh, praise cuz you're faithful.
5:53Praise cuz you're true. Praise cuz
5:55there's nobody greater than you.
6:01I'll praise in the valley.
6:04Praise the mountain.
6:09I'll praise when I'm
6:13praise when I'm doub
6:37I've got a reason to Praise
6:42the Lord, oh my soul.
6:47Praise
6:51the Lord, oh my soul. I'll praise when I
6:54feel it. I'll praise when I feel it. And
6:58I'll praise when I
7:05love.
7:06You're still in control.
7:12>> Praise
7:15as much as sound.
7:20My praise is a shout.
7:28>> As long as
7:31I got a reason to pray.
7:34Praise
7:36the Lord, oh my soul.
7:41Praise
7:45the Lord, oh my soul. I won't be quiet.
7:50I won't be quiet. My God is alive. How
7:54could I keep it inside?
7:58Praise
8:01the Lord of my soul.
8:14Praise your
8:17praise.
8:19Praise you and defeated the grave.
8:23Praise cuz you're faithful. Praise cuz
8:26you're true. Praise
8:31you. I praise. Oh, praise cuz you're
8:33sorry. Praise cuz you rise cuz you rose
8:38and defeated but great. Praise faithful.
8:43Praise cuz you're true. Praise
8:48you. Praise
8:53the Lord, oh my soul.
8:58Praise
9:02the Lord, oh my soul.
9:07Praise
9:11the Lord, oh my soul.
9:23soul.
9:23>> I won't be quiet.
9:26>> I won't be quiet. My God is alive.
9:31How could I keep it
9:35quiet?
9:36>> I won't be quiet. My God is alive.
9:41How could I keep it inside?
10:15with us. We give thanks that you provide
10:19ways to meet with us and which by which
10:22we might meet with you and talk with
10:25you.
10:27We give thanks that you are a God who is
10:30the same yesterday, today, and forever.
10:34That you have this eternal desire for to
10:38be with us and for us to be with you as
10:41you designed creation.
10:44And we acknowledge that while you desire
10:47to meet with us,
10:49sometimes their desire to be with you
10:53falls away.
10:55preferring to go our own way
10:59to be in control of our own destiny.
11:04We acknowledge that this leads us down
11:06paths that produce problems and
11:08difficulties in life both for us and for
11:11others.
11:14We say and do things we shouldn't.
11:17We fail to do the things we should.
11:21We do not listen to your word or the
11:24prompings of the Holy Spirit.
11:29Lord, we are sorry.
11:33We ask your forgiveness for all our
11:36failings
11:40and we give thanks that through Jesus
11:44you have provided for our forgiveness.
11:49and even in your holiness we are able to
11:52come to you.
11:57We pray today for the places around the
12:00world in special need at this time,
12:04particularly this week, remembering the
12:06people of Venezuela.
12:09With so much devastation from
12:11earthquakes, Lord,
12:14it is hard to know what to pray for
12:18except to pray for your presence
12:21and for the presence of your spirit.
12:24guiding those in leadership,
12:27bringing hope and comfort to those in
12:30need,
12:32and moving your people to provide for
12:34those in need.
12:37We pray that no one would feel alone, no
12:40one would feel without comfort, and
12:43without hope.
12:48We remember other places in the world in
12:50need.
12:52We pray for those suffering the extreme
12:54heat in Europe.
12:56For the ongoing fighting in the Middle
12:58East,
13:00for those suffering through the many,
13:02many years of war now in Ukraine.
13:10We pray also for those in need in our
13:12own country.
13:15Again, remembering this week places that
13:17have been impacted by extreme weather
13:19events.
13:21particularly the wind and the rain this
13:22week. We pray that immediate relief
13:25might be available to those who need it.
13:29And we pray for wisdom for those
13:31planning for the future to limit the
13:34impact of such events should they occur
13:37again.
13:41We pray for your church
13:43that it might truly be your body here on
13:47earth,
13:48revealing you to the world,
13:51providing hope and comfort and a word of
13:55salvation to all who turn to you.
14:01We pray for all those in leadership in
14:03the church seeking to draw others into
14:07your kingdom.
14:10And we especially play pray for those
14:12involved in church plants
14:15including particularly this week Alexis
14:18Nimuna and the Bethl Glory church plant
14:23that you might provide much
14:24encouragement for their work
14:27and bring growth to your kingdom.
14:35We also have particular prayers on each
14:38of our own hearts known to us. And in a
14:42moment of silence, we just bring these
14:44prayers to you.
15:00Lord, thank you for meeting with us this
15:03morning,
15:05hearing our prayers and providing
15:08answers for us in the name of your son,
15:11our savior Jesus Christ. Amen.
15:24Good morning church.
15:26>> Hi Jackie.
15:27>> I'm Jackie one of the staffs here. So my
15:30first time doing the connection. So
15:32spend more on me and my English.
15:36So
15:38uh we have new connection cards. So our
15:42new connection cards have arrived. So if
15:46you are just getting to know us, we
15:49really want to get you know better. So
15:52the connection the connection cards are
15:54in the connection desk in the foyer. So
15:57please get your card fill out and put in
16:01the letter box the white letter box.
16:04Okay. So anytime during the service if
16:07you would like to worship through
16:09offerings that is a offering box at the
16:12back. So you can place your physical
16:16gift and yeah your physical gift if you
16:22if you wish to give. So and we pray
16:25after service. So if you have prayer
16:29need at the back we have prayer
16:32cards. So in front of the crash window.
16:36So please we would like to pray for you
16:40the staff team and the prayer team. So
16:42just don't forget to go there, fill out
16:45your prayer paper, and we're going to
16:49pray for you. So June, it's a
16:52multiplicate. Yeah. Our new connection
16:54cards. So June, it's our multiplication
16:58month. And Wesley Yeah. And Wesley
17:02Methodist Church in New Zealand. So this
17:05this Tuesday now there is a zoom seminar
17:09around exploring a culture church
17:12planting. So please email office me and
17:16I can send to you the link h for you
17:19join the seminar. So, and if you are
17:22feeling to lead um lead to give to
17:26church plants across the nation in New
17:29Zealand, the n the national church bank
17:32details are in the expressing outlook
17:35and as well we put a envelopes
17:39together with the offering box if you
17:41would like to give. So, international
17:45food night coming.
17:50So, August 15, please sign up. We really
17:55want you enjoy
17:58different cultures and different foods.
18:02So, I love food. Please sign up the
18:06welcome desk and share your favorite
18:08dish from your culture. We are looking
18:11for people to lead the tables and to do
18:14the cooking. So help your table. Take
18:17the gold globe off of Brazil. Oh my
18:19gosh. Who put this phrase here? So
18:25So come and sign up. Really want you
18:28guys be part of the international food
18:31night. So we going to start sell the
18:34tickets next Sunday. Okay. So next
18:36Sunday the tickets going to be we're
18:39going to start sale in the foyer. So you
18:41can talk with me O Lee. Okay. So now
18:44gonna call Joey for alpha.
18:54>> Thank you. Yeah. Who put that phrase
18:56together for you? It's like they wanted
18:57to sabotage you or something. That was
18:59good. You did a great job. They did a
19:01great job. Um so as you will notice on
19:03your chairs, not every single chair, but
19:05every, you know, third or second chair,
19:06we have another round of invitations to
19:08Alpha. Last term's Alpha went
19:11wonderfully. There are so many good
19:13stories that were made and that were
19:15told and Brett alluded to it a couple
19:17times in his sermon the past couple
19:18weeks, but they're not my stories to
19:19tell. All I can say is we had some
19:21guests show up. They encountered Jesus
19:23and it was a wonderful time. And that's
19:25what Alpha is about. It's a chance for
19:26people to come together for a series of
19:28weeks who aren't Christian or you might
19:31be or you might not be sure of what the
19:33Christian faith is really all about and
19:34actually learn more about who is Jesus,
19:36what's the church, what's forgiveness of
19:38sins, why did Jesus have to die on a
19:40cross, what's the resurrection all
19:41about, walking you through a nine-week
19:44course. And so we're starting that
19:46again. And I know there are people who
19:48said they couldn't make term two, but
19:49they would love to come to term three.
19:51Here's term three alpha. I'm really
19:53excited and looking forward to this. If
19:54you turn the invitation around, all the
19:56details are back there with um date
19:59which is July 22nd. So that is in
20:02basically three weeks from this Sunday
20:04or the Wednesday. It's going to be a
20:06midweek offering at 6:30 on Wednesdays
20:09as opposed to last term which was
20:11Sundays at 6 p.m. because you get
20:13different people at different times of
20:14the week, right? And so we want to make
20:16the opportunity uh widely available for
20:18others. And so you're thinking, "Yeah,
20:20there was somebody I invited and they
20:22just couldn't make it this time around."
20:23Well, this is your chance to send
20:24another invitation through to say,
20:26"Would you like to learn more about
20:27Jesus, the church, and what faith is all
20:30about?" And you might be thinking,
20:31"Well, Joe, I have nobody I can invite.
20:33I have no clue who I can invite." This
20:35is what I would encourage you to do.
20:37Grab the invitation, take it home, and
20:41pray. God, please reveal to me somebody
20:44in my life who you want me to invite to
20:47Alpha because it could change their
20:49life. genuinely could change their life
20:52forever, eternity, forever for somebody.
20:54This is a beautiful gift to give, which
20:56is an invitation to know Jesus over a
20:59long course. And that is today's call to
21:03action. Next week, I'm going to have
21:04clipboards go around just for the prayer
21:07team. I was so encouraged this past term
21:09with all those who prayed whether at
21:10home or in person in the offices. Uh
21:13everything we do like the course is is a
21:15course like knowledge and information
21:16only get you so far. Transformation
21:19happens through the Holy Spirit. And so
21:20we always need to pray and always ask
21:22God to do the things that we can't do,
21:24which is stir the hearts of those in the
21:26world to draw near to him and to receive
21:29him. So what can you do? Grab this,
21:31pray, Lord, who can I invite to Alpha?
21:33And then next week, we'll do some uh
21:35invitations around how you can be
21:37involved. All right. Well, I believe we
21:40have our kids ministry that's going to
21:42be going upstairs. And so if your child
21:44is under the a is two to five years old
21:47under five there's a program upstairs
21:48for them. If they're in primary age
21:51program upstairs for them and if your
21:52child's a young one under two uh with
21:55parent supervision you can go in the
21:57cray if you would like the sermon is in
21:58there uh in the message and everything
22:00is in there through the speakers. Let's
22:02pray for our kids as we dismiss them.
22:05Lord Jesus Christ, you asked for the
22:07children to come to you. And Lord, we we
22:10need to come to you like children, full
22:12of trust, full of faith, full of relying
22:14on you and leaning on you, Lord. And so
22:17we just ask that you would um stir in
22:19the hearts of our children a dependence
22:21on you, not only now, but as they grow
22:23up and as they grow into adulthood,
22:25Lord, do what you can only do, which is
22:27draw those and people to yourself. and
22:30we ask that you bless their time
22:31upstairs and bless our time for the rest
22:33of the service. In Jesus name we pray.
22:35Amen.
22:45Our
22:59scripture reading for this morning is
23:02from Hebrews chapter 9 vers 11 to 15.
23:09But when Christ came as high priest of
23:14the good things that are now already
23:16here, he went through the greater and
23:20more perfect tabernacle
23:22that is not made with human hands. That
23:26is to say,
23:29is not part of this creation.
23:32He did not enter by means of the blood
23:34of goats and calves, but entered the
23:37most holy place once for all by his own
23:41blood, thus obtaining eternal
23:44redemption.
23:46The blood of goats and bulls, and the
23:49ashes of a hypher sprinkled on those who
23:54are ceremonially unclean, sanctify them,
23:59so that they are outwardly clean. How
24:03much more then will the blood of Christ
24:07who through the eternal spirit offer
24:10himself unblenmished
24:12to God cleanse our consciences from acts
24:17that lead to death so that we may serve
24:21the living God. For this reason, Christ
24:25is the mediator of a new covenant, that
24:29those who are called
24:32may receive the promised eternal
24:34inheritance, now that he has died as a
24:38ransom to set them free from the sins
24:42committed under the first covenant.
24:57So, we are in the third week of a
25:00four-week series looking at priests or
25:03the space between. And uh this has been
25:07a rather difficult technical sermon
25:10series to walk through because we're
25:11we're talking about a concept or a
25:13vocation if you will priest which is
25:17very foreign to our culture and context.
25:19Yet as you read the Old Testament, this
25:22idea of priesthood or priests making
25:24sacrifices in this tabernacle. What's a
25:26tabernacle? And then temple. Well, I
25:28visited temples in Europe and in other
25:30places in, you know, the Middle East,
25:31but I just I don't know what a temple
25:33actually does. There's a cultural bridge
25:36that needs to take place for us that a
25:39lot of western modernity, western
25:41culture is just really detached from
25:44this priesthood understanding. Yet, it's
25:46everywhere in scripture. And so, we need
25:49to do a little bit of extra work. And
25:52Brett did a wonderful job explaining how
25:54Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden,
25:56we're talking Genesis chapter 2 and
25:58Genesis chapter 3, these two first
26:02representatives of humanity, of humans,
26:04us, they had a job. They had a vocation
26:07to be priests.
26:10Okay? And then he fast forwarded quite a
26:12bit with an Israel story. And as they
26:14came out of Egyptian slavery in Egypt,
26:17they went towards Mount Si. God gave
26:19them the law, but he also dwelt with
26:21them in this thing called the
26:23tabernacle, which is basically a mobile
26:25tent, if you will, and he set up a
26:27priesthood through the family of Aaron
26:30to mediate or to basically represent the
26:33people before God. Okay, we're getting a
26:35bit of a clear picture as to what a
26:37priest actually is. And then today,
26:41we're talking about Jesus as the priest.
26:44But I want to back up a little bit. I
26:46want to I want to look at two metaphors.
26:48I think might be really helpful to
26:50understand what a priest is. The first
26:52is really easy for us to understand
26:54because we drive on them all the time. A
26:56bridge. I know whenever I go on uh
26:59online and the algorithm just gives me
27:02news articles, I think one of the top
27:03ones is the Oakuckland Bridge is
27:05failing. What are we going to do? That's
27:07always at the top. But what does a
27:09bridge do? A bridge is this place in the
27:12middle between two realms, two land
27:16masses for you to get across. You
27:18couldn't necessarily get across safely
27:20or easily or quickly without the bridge.
27:23The bridge is there for a reason. And so
27:25when it comes to this priest that a
27:27priest is a bridge in this biblical
27:30sense, a priest is this mediating gap
27:35between heaven and earth.
27:38this mediating gap between heaven and
27:41earth. They stand in the place of two
27:44realms. I like this metaphor a little
27:47bit, but I don't like it when it comes
27:49to Jesus because there's no struggle.
27:54There's no difficulty I find in in
27:56bridges in the modern world. We can
27:58pretty well build bridges. We have a
28:00template how to do it. Yeah, it might
28:01take time and billions of dollars, but
28:03it's not like an impossible thing. Like
28:06you get enough engineers in the room, we
28:09can reliably reliably build bridges.
28:11Bridges have been built for thousands of
28:13years. Actually, incredibly
28:14sophisticated bridges that still stand
28:16to this day have been built thousands of
28:18years ago. We know what we're doing. We
28:20have the technical knowhow to do this.
28:23So in a sense, oh, we we can be the
28:25bridges, right? We can do that. We're
28:27self-sufficient. We can be a bridge. No.
28:30So here's the second metaphor I want to
28:31use to understand what is a priest. A
28:34priest is like a strong man holding up
28:36two pillars.
28:39Has anyone watched any strong man
28:41competitions online or on TV or YouTube?
28:44It's all over the place uh growing up in
28:46Canada. And I always found this Hercules
28:48event, I think is what they call it,
28:49with these two columns, incredibly uh
28:52captivating because they basically just
28:54get the guy, the strongest guy, to hold
28:56these two pillars up as long as he
28:59possibly can before he lets go because
29:01of the weight and the force of them
29:03pulling away from him. And some people
29:04dislocate their shoulders because it's
29:06so they're so heavy and so strong. And I
29:09think this person up here, yes, he had
29:11the world record a few years ago. was
29:13like a minute and 55 seconds or 50
29:15seconds, which doesn't seem that long,
29:17but when these two things are just
29:18pulling at you and he's like just always
29:20tensed up, it's a struggle. And I like
29:23this as a metaphor for a priest because
29:25think of the two realms and the two land
29:27masses for a second. Okay? If a priest
29:29is somebody who bridges the gap between
29:31heaven and earth, it's almost like these
29:34two things that are pulling apart and
29:37the priest is in the middle bringing
29:39them together. But it's a struggle. This
29:42person's suffering. It's not easy. You
29:45can't do it. The strongest man in the
29:47world can't do it for longer than a
29:49minute and 55 seconds. But this morning,
29:51I want to use this image of of some of a
29:54priest pulling two pillars together to
29:57explain what Jesus actually does as our
30:02high priest.
30:04He's the only one
30:07only one in human history as the God man
30:12who can not only sustain the power and
30:15the weight of these two pillars of
30:17heaven and earth together. He's not just
30:19sustaining it. He pulls them in. He does
30:23not only the impossible of enduring for
30:25eternity. He does the impossible that no
30:28one thought was even possible. pulling
30:30them together in himself for the sake of
30:35the world. That's what a priest does. A
30:39priest pulls together the impossible
30:43and mediates between heaven and earth
30:45for the world's sake so that we can
30:48actually come to know God the Father as
30:52children of God because of what Jesus
30:54has done on the cross. If you want to
30:57just get your imagination going, imagine
30:58that's a cross up there and that's Jesus
31:01dying and the struggle. That's what's
31:03happening on the cross is pulling
31:06together two realms, two
31:10realities into himself for the sake of
31:14the world. This is why Jesus has changed
31:16history. This is why we measure time
31:19based on Jesus. This is why everything
31:22in the world has changed on that cross
31:25moment. the world materiality
31:28existence itself changed in Christ on
31:32the cross. It's not just a metaphor.
31:35It's not just an illustration. Not just
31:36a good thought. It's a radical shift in
31:39the human trajectory of the world. Why?
31:43Because you need a priest. I need a
31:45priest. I can't be that priest. You
31:48can't be that priest. Only one person
31:51can be that priest. And it was Jesus
31:532,000 years ago. Are you ready to work
31:56through some scripture? Trying to build
31:57the case. Okay, I'm gonna I'm gonna give
32:00you a heads up. This is also a technical
32:03sermon. This doesn't mean you get to
32:05lean back and be like, "All right, teach
32:07me, Joey." All right, this might this is
32:09a time for you to lean forward and look
32:11at your your Bible. So, I think at the
32:13back by the window right there in the
32:14cray there's about 15 20 Bibles. If you
32:17don't want to look at your phone because
32:18you're going to be too distracted as we
32:20go through passages and we are going to
32:22go through a lot. Warning, a lot of
32:25passages. I'll give you about five
32:26minutes to prepare for this, but a lot
32:28of passages.
32:30Grab a Bible. Physical Bible be super
32:32helpful. We got 15 back there. You can
32:34just walk back at any point while I'm
32:35talking and grab one. We're going to be
32:37stuck in the book of Hebrews. My
32:40favorite book. It wasn't my favorite
32:43book for a long time. Oh, wow. People
32:45are actually getting up and getting
32:46Bibles. That's you're warming my hearts.
32:48That's wonderful. All right. I did warn
32:51you. All right. So, the book of Hebrews
32:54is a phenomenal book. It is, in my
32:57opinion, Romans and Hebrews in the New
33:00Testament are like the two pinnacle New
33:02Testament books. Romans is more
33:05understandable for us because of just
33:07how how our church history has kind of
33:09played out. Hebrews is a lot more
33:11foreign. Why? Because central to the
33:14argument of the book of Hebrews that the
33:16author is making is entirely circulated
33:19around what is a priest? What's the Old
33:22Testament have to do with priests and
33:23tabernacles and temples and what does
33:26Jesus have to do with that? And if you
33:28can if you can learn a little bit about
33:31the Old Testament priesthood and then
33:33you read Hebrews, oh my goodness. But if
33:36you know nothing and you read Hebrews,
33:37you're like, "This is a foreign
33:38language." I'm hoping today that the
33:41language will become less foreign to
33:43you. All right. So, what's going on
33:46here?
33:51We love to create models,
33:54replicas. Who's ever made like a really
33:56large scale or like modest replica of
33:59something?
34:00Yeah. Haron, what did you make? Haron,
34:07that's pretty good. Anyone else? What
34:09was another one? Yeah, Richard.
34:15Actual flying air like it actually flew
34:17like but yay big kind of thing or this
34:20big. That's pretty good. That's pretty
34:21good. So, we love to make models and
34:23replicas of things, but we know we know
34:26that they're not actually the real
34:27thing, right? Like the plane can't
34:29really take passengers and Harland's a
34:31real person and the replica of Harland
34:34is not Harland, but it's a replica of
34:35him. And so in the Old Testament when it
34:39comes to the priesthood for Israel and
34:42for the tabernacle,
34:44it was only ever a replica.
34:48It was only ever a shadow of the real
34:51thing. When you went for the history of
34:54the Old Testament, when they were living
34:55that, they didn't think so. They thought
34:57that Aaron's priesthood and the function
34:59of priest in the temple, in the
35:01tabernacle, making these sacrifices and
35:03offerings, that was the real deal. But
35:06then Jesus comes along and he changes
35:08everything and he makes us realize, "Oh
35:11my goodness, that that's the model
35:13airplane.
35:15Where's the real airplane? Oh, that's
35:16the model train. Where's the real train?
35:20Christ is the real and the Old Testament
35:24uh priesthood and temple and tabernacle
35:27are the replicas."
35:29So Jesus is a lot more significant.
35:32So, the purpose of Adam and Eve way
35:34back, Genesis chapter 2, like Brett
35:36mentioned two weeks ago, was to be a
35:39priest
35:41to the world. Adam and Eve both. Because
35:44what's what's not clear in the text, but
35:46you can kind of intuit it is that
35:48there's wilderness everywhere else in
35:50the world, but one location, this Garden
35:53of Eden location. And this garden of
35:55Eden is like the hot spot of God's
35:57presence, where humanity is in perfect
35:59relationship with God, walking and
36:01talking and in fellowship with him. And
36:04that it's beautiful. It's it's where
36:06humans are meant to be, where they're
36:08meant to belong is in the presence of
36:11God. We were created for presence with
36:13God. And so it's assumed in the text
36:15because it's a very mysterious story.
36:17It's assumed in the text that when they
36:19were to go and spread the blessings of
36:22Eden, they were to spread it everywhere
36:24else. Function as priests to spread this
36:28heavenly presence everywhere else in the
36:31world in the wilderness. That was their
36:33job. That was that's the human project.
36:36And then what we learn in Genesis
36:37chapter 3 is they chose themselves to be
36:40God instead of God himself. and they
36:43rejected God and chose to not just be
36:45priests within God's border, but to be
36:48God himself. And as a result, God God
36:50exiled them out of the Garden of Eden,
36:52out of his presence. And it sent this
36:56long journey of human history of solving
36:59a problem, God solving a problem. How do
37:02I get humanity back into the garden? How
37:05do I get humanity back into my presence?
37:09If you want to extend it a bit further,
37:11how Does heaven and earth come together
37:15once again? Because they've forfeited
37:17their priesthood.
37:20They have done away with it. Then we
37:22move forward a long time throughout the
37:24scriptures. We see that God chose these
37:27people to be his people through this
37:28family of Abraham. Not just for
37:31themselves, but to be a blessing to the
37:34entire world and to the all the
37:36ethnicity groups and nations. Every
37:38single family under the earth will be
37:41blessed through this one people group,
37:43the Israelites. It was never just for
37:44them. It was for everybody, but started
37:46with somebody. So, it starts with them.
37:49God delivers them out of Egyptian
37:51slavery in Egypt and moves them towards
37:54this promised land. But before they get
37:57there, he makes a relational agreement
38:01or covenant with them and says, "I'm
38:03going to be your God no matter what, and
38:05I want you to be my people no matter
38:07what, and I'm going to dwell with you.
38:10I'm going to bring the Garden of Eden
38:12back into your presence, in this
38:15tabernacle, in this tent where everybody
38:17else is camped out around it, and God is
38:19in this tent." But there was a problem.
38:22Nobody could enter into the tent. Nobody
38:24could get into the garden. No one could
38:26do it. If they did, they would die
38:28because of God's holiness and God's
38:30greatness and then their sin. So there
38:32need there needed to be some type of way
38:34made for them to get into the garden,
38:36get back into the presence of God. So
38:38the priesthood was established through
38:41Aaron, which is Moses's brother.
38:44And even then, even though there's a
38:46bunch of sacrifices and offerings and
38:48sin offerings and all these different
38:49rules and regulations that yes, one
38:53person The high priest could get into
38:56the garden, could get into the presence
38:59of God, but only once a year for one
39:03moment to make a sin offering for the
39:06people. One time, once a year, one
39:09person.
39:10That seems a bit limiting, doesn't it?
39:13That seems like it's not the full thing.
39:15It feels like a replica. It's like,
39:17well, if humans, all of us are created
39:20for God's presence. were created to know
39:22God, to be in that garden with him. Then
39:24why one person at one time a year for
39:28one job? Shouldn't we be there all the
39:31time, forever, and always?
39:35Yes.
39:36And then we move forward throughout the
39:39scriptures all the way to Christ. We see
39:41that John chapter 1 verse 14, I think,
39:45or 17 says that Christ dwelt with us.
39:50What does that word actually dwell? If
39:52you if you uh translate it literally, it
39:55means Christ tabernacled with us.
40:00Christ, the God of the universe, the
40:03logos is what how John describes it.
40:05This this the being who created
40:07everything
40:09dwells with us. Oh, so the tent, the
40:14garden is now with the people and
40:17roaming around and a whole bunch of
40:20wonderful God stuff and healing the
40:22people, healing the land, forgiving
40:25sins, casting out demons, doing all
40:27these things you expect to happen when
40:29God shows up and God comes near and when
40:31heaven shows up and heaven comes near.
40:34And the book of Hebrews explains how
40:37this cross moment, this Jesus dying on
40:39the cross is so massively important
40:42because it basically parallels this Old
40:45Testament replica of the tabernacle and
40:48the priestly system as always ever
40:52pointing to Jesus. It was always meant
40:56for that. This Jesus isn't God's plan B.
41:00Jesus is God's plan A. The temple, the
41:04tabernacle, the priesthood was always
41:07always set up to lead the way to Jesus
41:12and for that cross moment and for him to
41:15be our high priest. So, I gave you some
41:19time. We're going to look at Hebrews
41:21chapter 8. So, please open up your
41:23Bibles to Hebrews chapter 8. And I've
41:27got one passage, uh, one big point, and
41:29this is it. We have access to the
41:32heavenly tabernacle, to the real thing,
41:36to the garden of Eden, to the presence
41:40of God, the real thing through Christ.
41:44This is what Hebrews is talking about.
41:47So, let's open up. I'll read if you
41:49start at uh chapter 8 and I'll start at
41:51chapter four and then we'll meet
41:53together. Okay? So, chapter 4 starts out
41:55like this. This is a thesis statement of
41:57Hebrews. I love it so much. Therefore,
41:59Since we have a great high priest,
42:02Jesus, who has ascended into heaven,
42:06Jesus the the son of God, let us hold
42:09firmly to the faith we profess. We do
42:13not have a high priest who is unable to
42:15empathize with our weakness. But we have
42:18one who has been tempted in every way
42:20just as we are. So he's he's just as
42:23human as you and I. Okay? Yet he did not
42:26sin.
42:28So what do you do? that he's a priest,
42:30high priest. He's our priest. So what
42:33does he actually allow us to do? This is
42:35the next bit. Therefore, let us then
42:38approach God's throne of grace. Let us
42:42get into the garden. We can get into the
42:45most holy place with confidence so that
42:50we may receive mercy and find grace to
42:53help us in our time of need. All right,
42:58we ready? Hebrews chapter 8. Here we go.
43:02Hebrews chapter 8. I'm literally just
43:04going to start reading and then just
43:06talk about it. We ready? I'm just going
43:07to read and talk. Here we go. So,
43:10Hebrews chapter 8 verse one. Now, the
43:12main point of what we are saying is
43:14this. Isn't it wonderful when someone
43:15writes something and they tell you this
43:16is what I'm really talking about? I love
43:18it. All right. Here we go. We do have
43:20such a high priest. This Jesus person
43:23who sat down at the right hand of the
43:25throne of the majesty in heaven who
43:27serves in the sanctuary, the true
43:30tabernacle set up by God, not by mere
43:33human hands. Okay. So, the author is
43:36saying there's a different tabernacle.
43:39There's a different most holy place that
43:41no one else has access to but Jesus.
43:45Oh, well, didn't didn't Aaron and all
43:47that stuff with, you know, earthly
43:49priesthood and temple and tabernacle,
43:51wasn't that all like is that the same
43:53thing? Hebrews is making a very
43:55different argument. So, this is what he
43:56says in verse three. He's going back to
43:59the Old Testament now, explaining things
44:00for us to understand in context. Every
44:03high priest is import is appointed to
44:06offer both gifts and sacrifices. Okay?
44:09So, the high priest does the offerings
44:11and sacrifices. And so it was necessary
44:13for this one also to have something to
44:16offer. This Jesus needs something to
44:18offer. If he were on earth, he would not
44:22be a priest. For there are already
44:24priests who offer the gifts prescribed
44:26by the law. Okay? So there's a
44:28priesthood already established on earth.
44:30They serve at a sanctuary. This is the
44:32big passage right here. They serve at a
44:35sanctuary that is a copy and shadow of
44:40what is in heaven. Okay. So, it's a
44:42replica. It's a model of what really is.
44:47This is why Moses was warned when he was
44:50to build the tabernacle. Moses was
44:52warned this when he was told how the
44:54tabernacle should be built. See to it
44:56that you make everything according to
44:58the pattern shown on the mountain. So,
45:00Moses on Mount Si receives the blueprint
45:03of the tabernacle.
45:05But in fact, the ministry Jesus has
45:07received is as superior to theirs as the
45:11covenant of which he is a mediator is
45:13superior to the old since the new
45:15covenant is established on better
45:17promises. So he's basically saying, no,
45:20what Jesus establishes is better than
45:23what the Old Testament priesthood had
45:25established.
45:27If there had been nothing wrong with the
45:29first covenant, the first priesthood,
45:30the first temple, no place would have
45:33been sought for another. But God found
45:36fault with the people and said, here's a
45:38long quote, "The days are coming,
45:40declares the Lord, when I will make a
45:42new covenant with the people of Israel
45:44and with the people of Judah. I will not
45:47be it will not be like the covenant I
45:49made with their ancestors when I took
45:51them by the hand to lead them out of
45:53Egypt because they did not remain
45:55faithful to my covenant. I turned away
45:57from them, declares the Lord. This is
45:59the covenant I will establish with the
46:01people of Israel after that time,
46:03declares the Lord. This is it. I will
46:05put my laws in their minds. I will write
46:08them on their hearts. I will be their
46:11God. They will be my people. No longer
46:13will they teach their neighbor or say to
46:15one another, "Know the Lord," because
46:17they will all know me. From the least of
46:20them to the greatest, but I will forgive
46:23their wickedness and will remember their
46:24sins no more. So this is Hebrews author
46:28talking right now. By calling this
46:30covenant new, he has made the first one
46:34obsolete. And what is obsolete and
46:37outdated will soon disappear. So what is
46:40he saying in chapter eight?
46:42that the first temple, the first
46:45tabernacle, the first priestly system
46:47according to Aaron is done. It's over.
46:51We They were insufficient. They were
46:54always insufficient. And they were
46:56always pointing to a new and greater
46:59relationship God wanted to have with his
47:01people. They were always pointing to it.
47:03Let's continue reading Romans uh Hebrews
47:06chapter uh 9 verse chap Hebrews 9 verse
47:09one. Now the first covenant old
47:12testament had regulations for worship
47:14and also an earthly sanctuary. A
47:16tabernacle was set up. In its first room
47:19were the lampstands and the table with
47:21it consecrated bread. So it's basically
47:22describing the furniture. This was
47:24called the holy place.
47:27So it's holy. But behind the second
47:29curtain behind in the next room further
47:32was a room called the most holy place
47:35which has the golden altar of incense
47:37and the golden ark of the covenant. And
47:38this ark contained gold, a jar of mana,
47:42Aaron's staff that had budded and the
47:44stone tablets of the covenant. All
47:45right, so it was really decked out with
47:47a bunch of important uh symbols. Above
47:49the ark were these cherubam, these
47:52heavenly figures. And so if you go back
47:54to Genesis chapter 3 and Adam and Eve
47:56are exiled from the Garden of Eden, who
47:59is holding and protecting the gate so
48:01Adam and Eve can't get back in cherubam.
48:04So the tabernacle is a reflection of the
48:07garden of Eden that this most holy place
48:10is a reflection of that first Genesis
48:13chapter 2 most holy place. All right.
48:17But we uh and above the ark were the
48:19cherubam of glory overshadowing the
48:22anointment cover. But we cannot discuss
48:23these things in detail. Now you're like,
48:25"Oh, you already did a good job
48:26discussing it in detail." No, there's a
48:28lot more detail. There's chapters of
48:29detail. So here he goes. When everything
48:32had been arranged like this, the priest
48:34entered regularly into the outer room to
48:36carry on their ministry, but only the
48:39high priest entered the inner room, and
48:41that only once a year, and never without
48:44blood or without sacrifice, which he
48:46offered for himself and for the sins of
48:49the people which they had committed in
48:51ignorance. And the Holy Spirit was
48:54showing by this. So God is showing by
48:56this the way into the most holy place
48:59had not yet been disclosed as long as
49:01the first tabernacle was still
49:04functioning.
49:06This is an illustration for the present
49:09time for Jesus time indicating that the
49:12gifts and sacrifices being offered were
49:15not able to clear the conscience of the
49:17worshippers. It it couldn't transform
49:19the heart. It couldn't change you. It
49:21couldn't it could only bandage work if
49:24you will. They couldn't transform the
49:26heart.
49:29They are only uh were not able to clear
49:31the conscious of work the worshipper.
49:33They are only a matter of food and drink
49:35and various ceremonial washings,
49:37external regulations applying until the
49:39time of this new order or this new
49:41covenant. Now here we get to the Jesus
49:43portion. But when Jesus Christ came as
49:47high priest of the good things that are
49:49now already here, he went through the
49:52greater and more perfect tabernacle.
49:55Okay. What other tabernacle was there?
49:57Jesus. There's only one, isn't there?
50:00No. Not that that is not made with human
50:03hands. That is not to say is not a part
50:05of this creation. He did not enter by
50:08means the blood of goats and calves or
50:10animals. No, he entered the most holy
50:13place. once for all by his own blood
50:19obtaining eternal redemption.
50:22The blood of goats and bulls and the
50:24ashes of hepher sprinkled on those who
50:26are ceremonial unclean sanctify them so
50:29they are outwardly clean. How much more
50:32then will the blood of Christ who
50:34through the eternal spirit offered
50:36himself unblenmished to God. the perfect
50:38sacrifice. Cleanse our conscience from
50:41acts that lead to death so that we may
50:43serve the living God. So what is he
50:46saying? Jesus is not only the priest who
50:48offers the lamb. He's the priest and the
50:52lamb and he's the tabernacle. He's
50:56everything wrapped up in one. For this
50:59reason, Christ is the mediator of a new
51:02covenant that those who are called may
51:04receive the promised eternal
51:06inheritance. Now that he has died as a
51:08ransom to set them free, set you free
51:11from the sins committed under the law,
51:14the first covenant.
51:17In the case of a will, it is necessary
51:19to prove the death of the one who made
51:21it. Because a will is enforced only when
51:24somebody has died. It never takes effect
51:26while the one who made it is living.
51:28This is why even the first covenant was
51:30not put into effect without blood. When
51:32Moses had proclaimed every command of
51:34the law to all the people, he took the
51:37blood of calves together with water,
51:38scarlet wool, and branches of hipup, and
51:40sprinkled the scroll in all the people.
51:42He said, "This is the blood of the
51:44covenant which God has commanded you to
51:46keep. In the same way, he sprinkled with
51:48the blood both the tabernacle and
51:49everything used in its ceremonies. In
51:51fact, the law requires that nearly
51:53everything be cleansed with blood, and
51:55without the shedding of blood, there is
51:57no forgiveness of sins." Okay? It was
52:00necessary then for the copies of the
52:03heavenly things to be purified with
52:06these sacrifices, but the heavenly
52:08things themselves with better sacrifices
52:10than these. For Christ, this is
52:12important. For Christ did not enter a
52:14sanctuary made with human hands that
52:16were only a copy of the true one. He
52:20entered heaven itself,
52:23not to appear uh now to appear for us in
52:27God's presence. Nor enter heaven to
52:30offer himself again and again. The high
52:33priest enters the most holy place once a
52:35year with blood that is his own.
52:37Otherwise, Christ would have not would
52:39have had to suffer many times since the
52:41creation of the world. But he has
52:43appeared once for all at the culmination
52:46of all things, the culmination at the
52:48right time in history to do away with
52:51sin by the sacrifice himself. Just as
52:54people are destined to die once and
52:56after that face judgment, so Christ was
52:58sacrificed once to take away the sins of
53:01many. And he will appear a second time,
53:03not to bear a sin, but to bring
53:04salvation to those who are waiting for
53:08him.
53:09We'll stop there. I could just keep
53:11reading the whole book and that could be
53:12the sermon, but we'll just stop there.
53:14So, what's going on here? I could I feel
53:16like I'm just saying the same thing a
53:17hundred times over, but here's the
53:19important bit.
53:22Every time we read the Old Testament,
53:24we're trying to think of we think of it
53:26as if as if it's like it's still
53:29contained within within the Old, oh
53:32well, there's still a priestly system.
53:33There's still a temple. But the New
53:36Testament interpretation in Christ
53:37through Christ of the Old Testament is
53:40so different
53:42that you can actually go back and read
53:44the Old Testament scriptures and see
53:47Christ all the way through. You're not
53:49putting Jesus in there as if he's
53:52foreign to it. Hebrews is making the
53:54argument that everything that was
53:57established in this first covenant, this
53:59first relationship that God had with
54:00Israel, everything that was established
54:03was there for a purpose. It was always
54:06there to reveal Christ. And now that
54:08Christ has come, the first covenant is
54:10no more. A new covenant in his blood.
54:13Him as the high priest, as the
54:15sacrificial lamb, and as the tabernacle
54:17itself.
54:19is established. So then this begs the
54:21question, and this is really the nexus
54:24of the Christian faith. What does it
54:26have to do with me? What does it have to
54:28do with me? We're talking about priests,
54:29Joey, and bridging, you know, strong
54:32men, and what the heck? No,
54:35it has to do with you because what does
54:39Christ actually give you access to as
54:43your high priest?
54:45He gives you access not to the shadow or
54:50the prototype or the replica of the
54:54throne room of God, of the very presence
54:57of God. He gives you access to the very
55:01presence of God. Hebrews then goes on to
55:03say, I don't think I have it up here. I
55:04really should have. You can continue on
55:06reading. I think it's maybe chapter five
55:08or six. um that Christ
55:12through the work on the cross which is
55:15that decisive moment of forgiveness of
55:17sins of him being our priest.
55:21He is our forerunner. He actually a
55:23forerunner or a pioneer is the first
55:26person to make a path to to make a trail
55:31into uncharted territory.
55:34He goes all the way into the throne room
55:37of God and doesn't just like whisper,
55:39"Hey, that person over there, their sins
55:41are forgiven." No. What he does, Hebrews
55:44says, is he anchors our souls to the
55:47most holy place of the altar
55:50to the very presence of God, but he
55:52anchors it in himself as if we are
55:56connected to God because of what Christ
55:59has done on the cross. So this is the
56:03Christian hope that we can say
56:05definitively that our sins are forgiven.
56:09Our offenses to God are imperfections
56:11that we do and we commit to each other
56:14and every time we commit something to
56:16each other a sin and offense or whatever
56:18it's ultimately to God that that has
56:21decisively been dealt with. It is not a
56:24bandage over your your behavior.
56:29It's actually a different standing in a
56:32different relationship that you have now
56:34with God. Not thanks to you. You're not
56:37the person holding up the pillars to
56:39make that work, do that work. You can't
56:41do it. You can't live a good enough life
56:43to be right with God. You can't do it.
56:46Those pillars are going to pull back and
56:48you I could maybe last five seconds,
56:50right? Holding them up. But because of
56:52Christ on the cross holding up these two
56:57realms, heaven on earth, they begin to
57:00overlap in himself. And then it allows
57:02as we accept him in faith and in trust
57:05and belief in him in Christ himself, he
57:08then anchors us into the very presence
57:11of God. And then as I think the end of
57:14Romans says that we are able through the
57:17spirit to testify, our spirit testifies
57:20that we can Call on God as father, as
57:24children. It's the Aramaic word aba,
57:28father. It's like saying daddy as a kid
57:30to your parent. It's like that kind of
57:32intimacy. It's it's getting us back, if
57:34you will, to Genesis 2, like that Garden
57:38of Eden moment, but in fact, way better
57:40because the garden was only ever
57:42pointing to Jesus in the first place.
57:44The tabernacle was only ever pointing to
57:45Jesus in the first place. It's all
57:47pointing to Jesus. And Jesus did that
57:50decisive work on the cross for you to
57:53have the confidence. This is what
57:54Hebrews says at the beginning of chapter
57:568 of chapter 4. To have the confidence
58:00to enter to the throne room of God. Not
58:03as somebody who's a foreigner, but as
58:06somebody who walk up to God himself,
58:08thanks to Christ, and say, "Dad,
58:13that's what the Christian life is
58:14inviting you into." That's what the
58:16heart of the gospel is. That's what
58:19every human heart, every human desire is
58:22wanting is waiting for. As St. Augustine
58:24says, um, we will not rest,
58:29our soul cannot rest until we find our
58:32rest in you. Every human is searching
58:37after a rest, searching after a home,
58:40searching after a place of belonging.
58:43And we find that in maybe money or
58:45possessions or other relationships or
58:49status, influence, um, significance, our
58:53intellect. If we can just get to this
58:55level or get to this point or have this
58:57many, uh, people who love us, then we'll
59:00feel rest. But the funny thing is that
59:02that game will not give you rest. Your
59:05soul will always be wanting more. You
59:07will always be wanting more. But what
59:09Christ does on the cross as our priest
59:11is he brings us into the presence of God
59:14that allows us to finally have that rest
59:17to feel in our being existentially not
59:21because of what we've done but purely
59:23because of what Christ has done for us
59:24on the cross that we can rest.
59:29The burden of life is lifted.
59:32We don't have to hold those pillars up
59:33anymore. We weren't really doing a good
59:35job anyway.
59:37Christ has held them up for us, pulled
59:40them together, and invites us into a new
59:42way of life that begins faith in him.
59:50So, I I don't know where where you're at
59:52in your life right now in your Christian
59:54walk. I'm sure I'm looking I know a lot
59:56of you. I know all of you, most of you
59:58um you know, you've been walking with
1:00:00Jesus for a long time, but I think it's
1:00:01it's so easy for us to to try and be our
1:00:05own priest.
1:00:07It's so it's so easy for us to try and
1:00:09and hold up our own life to do the work
1:00:12that we were never meant to do to to
1:00:14feel like our accomplishments and the
1:00:16things that that that life itself relies
1:00:18upon us. But what's so beautiful about
1:00:21Jesus is that we don't need to rely we
1:00:23don't need to be the one that holds
1:00:25everything together. That Christ's
1:00:27priesthood holds everything together,
1:00:29holds us together. So I I'm sure every
1:00:33every time, every week, sometimes every
1:00:35single day, I'm like, "Lord, I feel so
1:00:37sufficient in myself. I repent of that.
1:00:39Help me feel insufficient of myself so I
1:00:40can find my sufficiency in you. I you're
1:00:43my priest." So this is a chance today to
1:00:47kind of surrender a new Lord. I've been
1:00:49relying so much on my own strength,
1:00:50being my own priest for my own life. I
1:00:53can't do it.
1:00:55Jesus, I need to cling on to you as you
1:00:57bring me into the presence of God. And
1:01:00I'm sure some of us here today who have
1:01:02never ever heard anything of what I'm
1:01:05talking about and you might find this
1:01:08kind of attractive like you know I'm
1:01:11weary I'm this life is a burden I'm
1:01:16always searching for the next thing and
1:01:17it's never satisfying
1:01:19this Jesus thing sounds like I could
1:01:22find rest in him then I would invite you
1:01:25to receive Christ as well so the front
1:01:28is open for prayer for those two groups
1:01:31and we would love to pray for you myself
1:01:33or any of our servant leaders here or
1:01:36anybody else who uh sees himself as like
1:01:39an spiritual elder in this church.
1:01:41Please I invite you to come pray with
1:01:42people as well. Okay. So let's stand
1:01:44together as I pray and and as you feel
1:01:48led to receive prayer rather Jesus for
1:01:50the first time please come to the front
1:01:51just stand there. Someone will come pray
1:01:52with you and if you just need prayer to
1:01:54help let go just let go and cling on to
1:01:59Christ. then please come to the front.
1:02:00We would love to pray for you, too.
1:02:02There's power in prayer. Jesus wants to
1:02:03meet you here today. Let's pray. Lord
1:02:06Jesus Christ, you are phenomenal. You
1:02:08are amazing. What you've done on the
1:02:10cross far exceeds any of our
1:02:12imaginations. We know it's something
1:02:14significant. It's incredibly important
1:02:17and it's something decisive that you
1:02:18have given to the world. And Lord, as
1:02:21giving it to the world, you've given it
1:02:22to us. So in this moment, Lord, through
1:02:26your spirit, I ask you speak to our
1:02:27hearts. Speak to us at the deepest
1:02:30level. Call us closer to you.
1:02:34May we live a life that is fully reliant
1:02:38upon you and what you've done on the
1:02:40cross. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.
1:03:11And he is jealous.
1:03:20I am a tree.
1:03:34Allen
1:03:39worth the patience
1:03:43by glory.
1:03:46And I realize just how beautiful you
1:03:51are. How great your
1:03:56mess.
1:04:13how he loves us so
1:04:25he loves us so
1:04:33he loves us.
1:04:36How he loves us
1:04:40so
1:05:07Yeah, he loves
1:05:09us.
1:05:11Oh, how he loves
1:05:15us.
1:05:17Oh, how he loves
1:05:21us.
1:05:23Oh, how he loves
1:05:30Yeah, he loves us.
1:05:34Oh, how he loves
1:05:39us.
1:05:40Oh, how he loves
1:05:45us. Oh, how he loves
1:05:54and we are his portion. And he is our
1:05:59bride drawn to redemption by the grace
1:06:04in his eyes. If grace is an ocean, we're
1:06:11all
1:06:17and heaven meets earth like an unful
1:06:22kiss and my heart turns viret
1:06:34when I think
1:06:37the way
1:06:40he loves
1:06:41us.
1:06:43Oh, how he loves
1:06:47us.
1:06:49Oh, how he loves
1:06:53us. Oh, how he loves.
1:07:02Yeah, he loves us.
1:07:06Oh, how he loves
1:07:10us.
1:07:11Oh, how he loves
1:07:16us.
1:07:17Oh,
1:07:19he loves
1:07:33The space remains open.
1:07:37Just really want to pray for you guys.
1:07:45Father, you are here.
1:07:51We are so thankful
1:07:54for you.
1:08:02Thank you for holding things
1:08:05when we can't
1:08:09and thank you for never leaving
1:08:11ourselves.
1:08:18We want to know you.
1:08:32My hope is found.
1:08:35He is my light, my strength,
1:08:39my song.
1:08:41This corner stone,
1:08:44this solid ground
1:08:48firm through the fiercest
1:08:51and stos
1:08:58of peace.
1:09:00and fears are still
1:09:03with seas.
1:09:06My comforter,
1:09:09my all in all.
1:09:12Here in the love of Christ
1:09:16I
1:09:24Christ alone
1:09:26who flesh
1:09:31of God in
1:09:36this gift of love
1:09:39and rightousness
1:09:42Scored by the he
1:09:52died.
1:09:54The wrath of God
1:09:57was sisfied
1:10:00for every sin
1:10:03on him was laid
1:10:06here in the cross.
1:10:10I live
1:10:18in the ground
1:10:21his body lay.
1:10:30embersing forth
1:10:33in glorious day.
1:10:37Up from the grave he rose
1:10:40again.
1:10:42And as he stands
1:10:45in victory
1:10:48since
1:10:52his grip on me
1:10:55for I am his
1:10:58and he is mine.
1:11:02with the precious blood
1:11:05of Christ.
1:11:10No guilt in life,
1:11:13no fear in death.
1:11:16This is the power of Christ
1:11:20in me.
1:11:22From life's first cry to final bread,
1:11:29Jesus commands my destiny.
1:11:34No power
1:11:39man
1:11:46till he returns.
1:11:49Oh, calls me home.
1:11:53here in the power of Christ.
1:11:58No power of hell,
1:12:01no scheme of man
1:12:04can ever blend.
1:12:26Would
1:12:29you pray with me?
1:12:33Generous God, you went to great with us
1:12:38by sending Jesus to die on the cross for
1:12:41our sins.
1:12:43Generous God, you demonstrate that you
1:12:46are with us by providing forot.
1:13:40That was beautiful. But I want to just
1:13:42circle back to what I said at the start
1:13:46of the service today about how joy is
1:13:49contagious.
1:13:51We should be so happy that Jesus does
1:13:55that for us.
1:13:58So,
1:13:59we've done this song a few times and
1:14:03every time I go on the stage, you
1:14:04probably, oh my goodness, we're going to
1:14:05do the song again, Sarah. Come on. But
1:14:07it's fine. So, I'm going to quickly
1:14:09refresh your brain on the actions. Yes,
1:14:12actions. Yeah, you probably already know
1:14:13where I'm going with this. All right, so
1:14:17you guys help me, right? Guitar.
1:14:21You pick me up.
1:14:24You turn me around.
1:14:27You place my feet on solid ground.
1:14:31I thank the master.
1:14:34I thank the Savior.
1:14:36He healed my heart. He changed my name.
1:14:41Forever free.
1:14:44Not the same.
1:14:46I thank the Master.
1:14:48I think the savior.
1:14:51I thank God. I think you got it.
1:14:52Remember to smile while you're doing
1:14:55this. All right, let's do it.
1:15:13A place to hide this weary soul.
1:15:19This bag of bones.
1:15:24And I try with all my mind.
1:15:28I just can't
1:15:31slowly drift
1:15:35a bag of
1:15:41just when I
1:15:47did it alone. And he's told me that I
1:15:51was alone.
1:15:57Pick me up and turn me around. He placed
1:16:01my feet on solid ground. I think master
1:16:06I savior
1:16:08because he healed my heart. He changed
1:16:12my name forever. I am not the same. I
1:16:17think the message I savior. I thank God.
1:16:23>> You're looking good.
1:16:29I cannot deny what I've seen.
1:16:33Got no choice but to believe. My doubts
1:16:37are burning
1:16:40like ashes in the wind.
1:16:45So to my own,
1:16:51you can't just keep it moving.
1:16:56Now you invoke me
1:17:01now till I walk the streets to go. I
1:17:05sing of how you save my soul. This
1:17:09wayward
1:17:11is found. This way I go.
1:17:17Take me up. You turn me around. You
1:17:21place my feet on solar ground. I need a
1:17:25blesser. I need a savior because he my
1:17:30heart. He changed my name forever free.
1:17:35I am not the same. I thank the master. I
1:17:39am savior. Oh, I thank God.
1:17:50Tell us another one. I am free. I am
1:17:55free. I am free. Tell us another one. I
1:18:01am free. I am free. I am free. Tell us
1:18:07another one. I am free.
1:18:10I am free. I am free. Hell another one.
1:18:16I am free. I Let's just sing that again
1:18:20and believe it this morning. Hell
1:18:23another one. I am free. I am free. And I
1:18:29am free. Host another one. I am free. I
1:18:35am free.
1:18:38You picked me up. You turned me around.
1:18:43You placed my feet on solid ground. I
1:18:46thank the master. I thank the savior
1:18:50because he healed my heart. He changed
1:18:54my name forever.
1:18:57I am not the same. I think the master. I
1:19:01think the savior. I get up. Get up. Get
1:19:05up. Get up out of that grave. Get up.
1:19:08Get up. Get up. Get up out of that
1:19:11grave. Get up. Get up. Get up. Get up
1:19:14out of that grave. Get up. Get up. Get
1:19:17up. Get up out of that grave.
1:19:26Thank you. All right. I'll read uh from
1:19:28Hebrews chapter 10 verse 19 as our
1:19:30benediction this morning. It was so good
1:19:32to see each of you today. Therefore,
1:19:34brothers and sisters, since we have
1:19:36confidence to enter the most holy place
1:19:38by the blood of Jesus by a new and
1:19:39living way opened for us through the
1:19:41curtain that is his body, and since we
1:19:43have a great priest over the house of
1:19:45God, let us draw near to God with a
1:19:48sincere heart and with the full
1:19:50assurance of faith that brings. Amen.
1:19:53All right.
1:19:54As you can hear, there's a fire alarm
1:19:56sounding. Please leave by the exit to
1:19:59the left of the stage or the main
1:20:02entrance and assemble in the car park at
1:20:05the event center next door. Please
1:20:08assemble in the car park in the event
1:20:11center next door. Our Kids Connect fire
1:20:15wardens are taking care of your children
1:20:17and will meet you there. Your children
1:20:19will meet you outside.
1:20:22The fire alarm is sounding. Please leave
1:20:24by the exit to the left of the stage or
1:20:27the main entrance and assemble in the
1:20:29car park of the Monaco Event Center. Our
1:20:33Kids Connects fire wardens are taking
1:20:35care of your children at this time.
1:20:38Care, they will meet you outside.

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