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0:00services, and so please take notice of
0:02that. Let's welcome Pastor Lamb as he
0:04comes.
0:05>> [cheering and applause]
0:10>> Hallelujah.
0:12>> [applause]
0:15>> Thank you.
0:20Leviticus
0:22No, I'm sorry. Numbers. I don't even
0:23know what I'm preaching.
0:26Numbers 18
0:29Numbers 18
0:31I want to thank Pastor Greg for the
0:34privilege of preaching here this morning
0:36and giving me the
0:38first Tuesday slot so I can preach and
0:41then enjoy the conference.
0:43Hallelujah. It's always a blessing.
0:46And it is that privilege that I want to
0:48consider with you this morning, the
0:51privilege that we have of ministry and
0:54of preaching.
0:56We heard last night the conference theme
0:59burning the plow
1:01and how it refers to a completely
1:03irreversible and
1:06total response of surrender to a call
1:10leaving things behind, all of the
1:13far-reaching
1:15consequences and implications of giving
1:18your life
1:19to the service of God.
1:22And
1:24that that includes a massive
1:26responsibility that we bear to preach
1:28this gospel
1:30all over the world.
1:32Every possible venue, situation to bring
1:36Christ to men
1:38and to bring men to Christ.
1:41And that requires a a massive
1:44consecration. You have to surrender to
1:46that call, and it's that that we seem to
1:49balk at.
1:51That complete
1:54burning the plow, that complete
1:57surrender. And so, to get us to yield to
2:01that consecration
2:03requires an overarching
2:05uh motivation.
2:08And we all know that motivation comes in
2:10two forms,
2:11the carrot and the stick.
2:14And um
2:16if you're the guy wielding the stick,
2:18the stick is more fun.
2:22But the carrot is more efficacious, so I
2:25have chosen the carrot this morning
2:28with perhaps a small amount of stick
2:31mixed in
2:32for good measure.
2:35Billy Graham famously said, when asked
2:38if he would consider a run for the
2:40president of the United States,
2:42said, "I'm a preacher of the gospel.
2:45I would have to take a step down to
2:47become president."
2:51I don't think he was just saying that as
2:52a sound bite.
2:54I think he was saying that cuz he
2:56believed it.
2:57And I think he believed it cuz he'd been
2:59there. He knew
3:00what an incredible privilege we have to
3:04minister for God. And that's what I want
3:06to zero in on this morning. So, Numbers
3:0918:7,
3:12"But only you and your sons
3:16may serve as priests in connection with
3:19everything at the altar
3:21and inside the curtain.
3:25I am giving you the service of the
3:27priesthood as a gift.
3:32Anyone else who comes near the sanctuary
3:36is to be put to death."
3:38Phew.
3:39Incredible. Let's pray. Father, I thank
3:42you
3:43for this incredible gift. I thank you
3:45for your mercy, God, for a world that
3:49needs redemption. And we who you have
3:52chosen to bring that redemption, I pray
3:55that the weight of that and the joy of
3:56that and the glory of that fills every
3:59heart here this morning and we will have
4:01nothing before it. I ask if there's
4:04anyone here that isn't saved, touch them
4:07with grace in Jesus' name.
4:10We Homo sapiens have a profoundly
4:13misshapen
4:15set of priorities and values. We don't
4:18really get it. Back in 1972,
4:22shortly after they invented rock and
4:24roll,
4:25a a group named Steely Dan sang the song
4:28uh
4:30"Reeling in the Years" and one of the
4:31lyrics was, "You wouldn't know a diamond
4:33if you held it in your hands.
4:36The things you count as precious, I
4:38can't understand."
4:40I don't think anything has changed since
4:42the '70s.
4:44I think it hasn't gotten any better,
4:46it's actually gotten worse.
4:49We have no comprehension
4:51of what is truly valuable.
4:55And of course, the problem goes way back
4:57beyond the '70s.
4:59Goes all the way back to
5:00Adam and Eve.
5:03Given the option
5:04of dwelling forever
5:07in the physical presence of God in a
5:09paradise
5:11created specifically for them,
5:14or
5:16indulging in just a brief moment
5:20of carnal pleasure,
5:23they chose the carnal pleasure.
5:26They preferred
5:28the world to heaven.
5:32Things haven't changed much in the
5:34ensuing 6,000 years.
5:37Given the option
5:39of entering our divine call
5:42to make eternal impact with our
5:46mortal lives
5:49to touch the souls of men, to dwell
5:52in the rich fellowship that God offers
5:55us
5:57at the altar in the work of the ministry
5:59or
6:03gaining some insignificant measure of
6:05wealth by plotting along behind 12 yoke
6:09of oxen
6:11and everything that oxen leave behind
6:15we choose cow dung every time.
6:21We have a very broken misunderstanding
6:26of what the good life is.
6:29Amen.
6:31Can you imagine
6:33the condition of the inner landscape of
6:35the priests in Malachi?
6:38God comments on them through the prophet
6:40and says, "My name will be great
6:44among the nations from where the sun
6:47rises to where it sets. In every place
6:52incense and pure offerings will be
6:55brought to me.
6:56Which stretches the
6:59little
7:00locus of God's presence of the
7:02tabernacle into the entire world. From
7:06every place they'll make offering to me
7:08because my name will be great among the
7:10nations
7:12says the Lord Almighty. But you
7:14profane
7:16by saying the Lord's table is defiled
7:20and its food contemptible.
7:24And you say and you say
7:28"What a burden."
7:31"What a burden."
7:33And you sniff at it
7:35contemptuously
7:38says the Lord Almighty.
7:40And just to be clear, God is talking to
7:43those honored priests specifically. A
7:46few verses earlier, it is you priests
7:49who show contempt
7:51for my name.
7:53It is you priests
7:56who show contempt
7:58for my great name.
8:00Think about that.
8:02Our text says, "But only you
8:06and your sons may serve as priests
8:09in connection with everything at the
8:11altar and inside the curtain. I am
8:13giving you this service
8:16of a priest
8:18as a gift.
8:21As a gift, as a privilege.
8:24As an honor.
8:26As something that in no way do we
8:29deserve or merit.
8:32And these selfsame priests
8:35that have been selected by God
8:38look at the work of the altar
8:40and entering into the holy of holies,
8:43the most sacred place on earth,
8:46and they say, "What a burden.
8:49Ah, what a sacrifice.
8:51What a sacrifice it is to answer the
8:53call.
8:55What a sacrifice it is to serve God. Can
8:57you imagine?"
8:59Of course you can.
9:02Because we are all capable of the same
9:03distorted take
9:06on the work of the altar.
9:09We who John tells us in the book of
9:11Revelation have been chosen and made
9:14priests
9:15to serve God
9:18are not thrilled with the idea.
9:22The holy of holies
9:24holds no
9:26special place in our hearts. We're not
9:28attracted to prayer.
9:31It's a burden.
9:33Can you imagine?
9:37We balk at proclaiming the incredible
9:39love of God to souls that are on their
9:42way to hell
9:44because evangelism is intimidating.
9:47Can you imagine?
9:50We withhold money that we should be
9:52begging the church to take like the
9:54Macedonians.
9:56We withhold it
9:58because it's costly.
10:01Can you imagine?
10:04The praise that should erupt
10:07from our hearts,
10:10the worship that should be a
10:13a part of our breath,
10:16we withhold because church is so
10:18tiresome.
10:21Ah, I'll show up Sunday morning.
10:25Can you imagine?
10:27What a burden.
10:30And we sniff at our calling and the gift
10:32of God
10:34contemptuously.
10:38We cry sacrifice
10:41when we should be praising God for the
10:42privilege.
10:45Oh, what a burden.
10:48Oh, what a burden.
10:55I'm talking about a privilege. So,
10:56there's the stick.
10:59Let me give you the carrot.
11:03John Lennox writes, "In ancient Israel,
11:06only one tribe in 12
11:10was appointed to the priestly office to
11:12perform the ritual and sacrifices in the
11:15tabernacle and temple
11:17that mediated between the people and
11:20God. What a
11:22What a privilege.
11:24In ordinary life, people are often
11:26delighted to be chosen to play a special
11:29role
11:30or do a special task in society.
11:34God
11:36has selected us.
11:40We heard that last night.
11:42Pastor Greg
11:44God chose us the mantle of choosing.
11:48Here's a guy just working a field and
11:50the prophet shows up.
11:52Lays the mantle on him.
11:55Can you Can you get your head around
11:59what has just happened? I I I don't
12:00think he could.
12:02This incredible honor, this incredible
12:05calling.
12:08Didn't expect it in his lifetime.
12:11And here comes God and I have chosen you
12:13Elijah
12:15to fill the role of Elijah.
12:18It's incredible. 1 Peter 2:9-10, but you
12:21are a chosen
12:23race,
12:25a royal priesthood. How many of you feel
12:27royal this morning?
12:29Royal.
12:31Me and Charles, you know, royal.
12:35A royal priesthood.
12:41I mean, we come from
12:42hardscrabble parts of the world.
12:46There's not There's I don't think
12:47there's royal blood anywhere in here.
12:49Maybe Nigel has a little.
12:52But he hasn't found it yet and they
12:53haven't given him any of the crown
12:55jewels and so
12:57So what good's it doing him? Royal.
12:59Royal priesthood. Royal priesthood. Get
13:02your head around that. That's who you
13:04are. Chosen by God.
13:08Chosen.
13:09You couldn't get chosen for a little
13:11league softball team.
13:13Chosen by God.
13:16>> [applause]
13:18>> Chosen by God.
13:20A people for his own possession, that
13:23you may proclaim. Chosen, that you may
13:26proclaim the excellencies of him who
13:29called you out of the darkness into the
13:30marvelous light.
13:32Once you were not a people,
13:35now you're God's people.
13:38That's insane.
13:40I'm the child of a drunk.
13:44And now I'm God's people.
13:47>> [sighs]
13:48>> What are we doing here?
13:50Who invited us?
13:53I said
13:55I don't let anybody into this place.
13:59They let me stand behind this pulpit.
14:04Chosen.
14:06Chosen.
14:09We were nobody.
14:11Have you ever thought about the treasure
14:13we have in these earthen vessels?
14:16Have you ever thought what an honor it
14:18is to serve God in any capacity?
14:22A doorkeeper, which is an usher.
14:26Right?
14:28A musician.
14:32Prayer.
14:33Worship.
14:35Offering up the incense of praise and
14:38prayer.
14:40He called us out of the darkness to
14:42this.
14:44Into his marvelous light. We were
14:46nobody. We were not a people.
14:50Now we're a royal priesthood.
14:53I I
14:54You could just sit and marvel at that
14:56all day long.
14:59This incredible privilege I am giving
15:03you.
15:04I am giving you
15:06the service of the priesthood
15:08as a gift.
15:12As a gift. Anyone else who tries to do
15:15this, I'm going to kill them.
15:19But I'm giving you the honor
15:23to minister
15:24before the altar and behind the veil.
15:28The service of the priesthood.
15:31Paul gives us some perspective. Paul
15:33writes these words, 2
15:35Corinthians 11, we're all familiar with
15:37them.
15:38As are they servants of Christ?
15:41I know I sound like a madman, but I have
15:43served him far more.
15:46I've worked harder,
15:47been put in prison more often, been
15:49whipped times without number,
15:52and faced death again and again.
15:54Five different times the Jewish leaders
15:56gave me 39 lashes. Three times I was
15:59beaten with rods.
16:00Once I was stoned.
16:03Three times I was shipwrecked. Once I
16:05spent a whole night and a day adrift at
16:07sea.
16:08I have traveled on many long journeys. I
16:11have faced dangers from rivers and from
16:13robbers.
16:14I have faced danger from my own people,
16:16the Jews as well as from the Gentiles.
16:19I have faced danger in the cities, in
16:21the deserts, and on the seas.
16:23I have faced danger from men who claim
16:26to be believers, but are not.
16:28I have worked hard and long and during
16:30many sleepless nights. I haven't I have
16:32been hungry and thirsty, and have often
16:35gone without food.
16:37I have shivered in the cold without
16:39enough clothing to keep me warm.
16:42That doesn't sound
16:44appealing.
16:46In fact, it sounds much worse than most
16:48of us have endured
16:51in our callings and ministries.
16:53Amen, all that we've suffered
16:57for Jesus.
16:59In light of what I just read you,
17:02listen to what Paul says in Romans 1:5.
17:06Through Christ, God has given us the
17:09privilege
17:12to think about what he's talking about.
17:14This is This isn't make-believe. This is
17:16I know what's involved.
17:18It's a privilege
17:21and authority as apostles to tell
17:23Gentiles everywhere what God has done
17:26for them so that they will believe and
17:28obey him bringing glory to his name.
17:30It's a privilege
17:33to preach this gospel.
17:36It's a high honor
17:38to stand as God's spokesman
17:43to declare the riches of his kingdom. He
17:46says, "It's a privilege. It's a
17:47privilege to be stoned. It's a privilege
17:50to be beat. It's a privilege to be
17:52whipped. It's a privilege to be cold.
17:54It's a privilege to be hungry. It's a
17:56privilege to lose sweet sleep. It's a
17:58privilege."
18:06What a God we serve.
18:09He goes on. Philippians 2:17, "I will
18:12rejoice."
18:14You know, we hear rejoice and it has all
18:16these religious kind of overtones,
18:18right? I will rejoice, right? Rejoice.
18:21That's not a word we use very much. But
18:23when Paul used it, he's he's really
18:25talking about absolutely head-exploding
18:27rejoicing.
18:29I I am thrilled. I am so blessed
18:33even if I lose my life.
18:36Pouring it out like a liquid offering to
18:38God just like your faithful service is
18:41an offering to God.
18:43And I want all of you to share
18:46that
18:47joy.
18:50Not the burden, the joy.
18:53The privilege, the honor.
18:57He says in Romans 5, "The grace of God
19:01The grace God gave me to be a minister
19:04of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. He gave
19:07me the priestly duty
19:10of proclaiming the gospel of God so that
19:12the Gentiles might become an offering
19:15acceptable to God sanctified by the Holy
19:18Spirit. Therefore, I glory
19:21in Christ Jesus in my service
19:25to God.
19:27We're talking about a man whose service
19:29has cost him dearly. He doesn't regret a
19:32minute of it.
19:33He rejoices in it. He says, "This is the
19:36most incredible thing
19:38that a man could possibly do."
19:42Pastor Greg and I often part ways at the
19:44end of every conference, and he always
19:46looks at me with his big smile and he
19:48says, "Can you believe we get paid to do
19:50this?"
19:54What a privilege.
19:58What a privilege to do anything for God.
20:03In our text, but only you, only you.
20:07Only you
20:09and your sons.
20:11My service priests.
20:13It's a very select group.
20:17Not because we're good, as Pastor
20:19Mitchell said. Not Not because we earn
20:21it, deserve it, any of that.
20:23God has chosen.
20:25I am giving you this service as a gift.
20:29The almighty God
20:31has called us to such a high
20:34and elevated position
20:36that it seems impossible to me that any
20:39of us could possibly
20:40spurn this gift or neglect it or view it
20:44contemptuously.
20:47And yet numbers of Christians sniff at
20:49it.
20:51Say, "Nah, you know,
20:53I don't want to do that."
20:55And let me digress for just a moment cuz
20:57I've been speaking
20:59in very general terms, but
21:02I want to really drill down
21:05on those who have been called to preach
21:09as pastors and missionaries.
21:13And there are many who have yet to
21:14fulfill that calling.
21:18And and you're the you're the ones that
21:20I really want to speak earnestly to this
21:22morning because you're weighing things.
21:25Just as Pastor Mitchell said last night,
21:27you're weighing your options. You're
21:28weighing possibilities. Here is God
21:31saying, "I will give you what no one
21:34else can have."
21:37"I will honor you
21:40with this high calling."
21:43And you're thinking, "Nah."
21:46I don't know. I don't know if I want to
21:47do that.
21:49Why would you for a moment
21:52put anything that you could do with your
21:54life before this calling?
21:58What could possibly
22:01be of greater value
22:03than to serve the eternal God in this
22:05calling? Yeah.
22:06Listen, I understand the insecurity of
22:08it all.
22:09I understand, you know, my my
22:12my view when I when when I felt God
22:14leaning on me, and I'll tell you God
22:16lean on when God leans on you, it's like
22:17an elephant leaning on you.
22:19Right? It's it's this incredible weight,
22:21and it just keeps getting heavier and
22:23heavier, and God's leaning with me
22:25leaning on me, and I'm arguing with him,
22:27and I'm saying, "No, but it's not
22:28because I had a better plan. It's cuz I
22:31thought that's way too high a calling
22:33for me."
22:34I can't do that.
22:36That's way above my pay grade. There's
22:39no way in the world I can get up and and
22:42speak for you. We've all heard my story
22:43of passing out. And you know, the bottom
22:48line is I am not cut out for this kind
22:52of privilege.
22:54I don't think I could possibly do it.
22:57But then you have 1 Corinthians 1:26 and
23:0028, "Brothers and sisters, think of what
23:02you were when you were called.
23:05Not many of you were wise by human
23:07standards.
23:08Not many were influential.
23:10Not many were of noble birth.
23:13But God chose
23:17the foolish things of the world
23:19to shame the wise. God chose
23:23the weak things of the world to shame
23:25the strong. God chose
23:28the lowly things of this world and the
23:30despised things and the things that are
23:32not to nullify the things that are. And
23:35when I read that, I realized I fit right
23:37in.
23:39I am absolutely in the class of 1980.
23:44Include me.
23:46I realized
23:48it's God
23:50who has brought us into this place
23:53that he fills with his glory.
23:56And it it doesn't depend on me at per
23:59se. Yeah, yeah, I understand all of the
24:02issues of consecration and surrender and
24:04study and prayer and all of that. I I
24:06get all of that. But at the end of the
24:08day, when I get into a pulpit, I am
24:12begging God to say something smart.
24:19Because I know full well
24:24that God has brought me into a holy
24:26place.
24:29And what an honor.
24:32And what a privilege.
24:34Why would you
24:36say, "Uh, I don't want to do that." I I
24:38get the insecurity thing. So, I've
24:40already solved that for you. You're an
24:42idiot. Uh, so join the idiots.
24:45We got plenty of room for you
24:47in the class of 1980. We're
24:50That's when I I got sent out in '81.
24:55Are you thinking of income?
24:58Are you thinking of social acceptance?
25:02Are you thinking of prestige?
25:04Do you suffer from what many of this
25:07generation suffer from, the fear of
25:09missing out?
25:12What is it that would hold you back
25:16from answering this call, this
25:17privilege? I'm I'm only giving this to
25:19certain people.
25:21This isn't available for everybody.
25:23This is a choosing.
25:27What sort of
25:29misshapen thinking
25:32works in our heads to cause us to think,
25:35"Well, you know, that's it's
25:36it's a burden."
25:39C.S. Lewis wrote in his book The Weight
25:41of Glory, or I think it was an essay, he
25:43said, "We are half-hearted creatures
25:47fooling about with drink and sex and
25:49ambition when infinite joy
25:52is offered us.
25:54Like an ignorant child who wants to go
25:56on making mud pies in a slum
25:59because he cannot imagine what is meant
26:02by the offer of a holiday at the sea."
26:05He just plays in a puddle
26:08when he could be by the ocean.
26:11What could possibly keep you
26:14from burning your plow
26:16and following Elijah into the prophetic
26:19office?
26:22Why do you think
26:25of a gift
26:28as a sacrifice?
26:33Why do you think it's such a sacrifice
26:37for you to do what God's called you to
26:39do?
26:41The priestly privilege that Paul that
26:43Peter
26:45said that angels long to look into.
26:49Angels wish they could do what you're
26:51saying. I don't think so.
26:55To give your life
26:59to the service of God, and again, let me
27:01broaden it now beyond just those who
27:04fill pulpits.
27:06Whatever your service before the altar
27:08may be,
27:10to give your life to that calling and
27:13service
27:14is the highest possibility of your
27:16entire life.
27:18Nothing else you do with your life
27:20comes even close to this.
27:23Amen.
27:26So, let me close
27:28with one more enticement
27:31beyond the incredible privilege of it
27:33all.
27:34It is only you as a royal priest
27:40who can serve inside the curtain,
27:44which is a reference to the veil
27:46in first the tabernacle and then the
27:49temple that separated the holy place
27:52from the holy of holies.
27:54To To be offered
27:56the potential
27:58to serve inside the curtain,
28:03inside where the ark is, where the glory
28:06of God abides.
28:11He says that
28:12that only comes to those
28:15who will fulfill their priestly
28:17calling.
28:19And it's in giving yourself to God's
28:21purposes
28:24that you see God's power.
28:27And that you begin to encounter God
28:30in a very elevated way, and in a way
28:33that transcends
28:36you know, just coming to church. Listen
28:37to me. You You don't understand, and
28:39Pastor Mitchell used to say it all the
28:41time,
28:42that there are people all over the world
28:43that wish they could do what you do.
28:46They sit in churches.
28:48They're not even offered the possibility
28:50of serving at the altar.
28:53There's no opportunity afforded them.
28:55There is nothing There's no chance. They
28:57just sit. They come. They're an
28:59audience. They behold.
29:01And they live
29:03on a plane of experience with God
29:06that is profoundly limited.
29:11When you step inside the veil,
29:14when you step into actual ministry
29:17before God,
29:19that's when
29:21basic Christianity becomes
29:23breathtaking Christianity.
29:27That's when you have the privilege of
29:28praying for someone seeing them get
29:29healed.
29:32Most Christians wouldn't even think
29:33about praying for someone to get healed.
29:35You get to see it. Some of you seen it
29:37so often it's a yawn or for you.
29:39Oh,
29:40yeah, they got healed.
29:46You should be going,
29:47"They got healed!"
29:51Cuz you didn't heal them.
29:54It was God in his glory
29:56manifesting himself.
29:59You get up in a pulpit and you preach
30:01and someone comes up to you and says,
30:03"That really helped me." It's like,
30:08"You poor demented soul.
30:11You must really need help."
30:16It's God.
30:18It's God.
30:20And you experience God
30:23when you surrender to the work behind
30:24the veil.
30:26When you surrender to your priestly
30:28calling.
30:30When you Whatever that is. Speaking
30:32broad terms now. Not everybody here is
30:34going to go out and fill a pulpit.
30:35That's a high calling, but anything that
30:37you do for God
30:39is a high calling. And And when you
30:42enter into it, when you take it
30:44seriously, when you say yes, I will give
30:47myself to the service of God on a daily
30:50basis,
30:52that's when you start experiencing what
30:53goes on behind the veil.
30:56You start experiencing God in His glory.
31:00Exodus 34:29, when Moses came down from
31:03Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the
31:05covenant law in his hand, he was not
31:07aware
31:09that his face was radiant because he had
31:12spoken
31:14with the Lord.
31:15He'd been in the presence of God
31:17and that presence had inundated him and
31:21had overtaken him and he was so full of
31:24God and the Holy Ghost that he was
31:25glowing.
31:28He was glowing and that that glow hung
31:30with him for quite some time.
31:34Because he'd been in the presence of
31:36God, he'd had that opportunity. He was
31:38receiving from God instruction for
31:40Israel that he was going to take before
31:42the people.
31:44He was receiving from God the
31:45instruction of the tabernacle and how to
31:47build it where God would meet with His
31:49people. I mean, he's got this
31:50incredible, incredible gift that's been
31:54given to him. This is for my people.
31:56This is what redemption is all about and
31:58he comes down and he's glowing
32:01because he's living
32:03in the service of God.
32:061 Kings 8:10-11, when the priests
32:09withdrew from the holy place, the cloud
32:11filled the temple of the Lord and the
32:14priests could not perform their service
32:16because of the cloud for the glory of
32:19the Lord filled His temple.
32:212 Chronicles 5:13-14, the trumpeters and
32:25musicians joined in unison to give
32:27praise and thanks to the Lord
32:29accompanied by trumpets, cymbals and
32:32other instruments. The singers raised
32:35their voices in praise to the Lord and
32:37sang, "He is good. His love endures
32:41forever."
32:43Here's the entire body entering into the
32:46priestly work of offering up praise to
32:48God. Do not come to church and hubbub
32:51the ceiling.
32:54Do not come to your service and go,
32:56"Thank you, Lord. I'm My arms are tired.
32:58Can we sit down now?"
33:02Do not come to church and sniff
33:04contemptuously
33:06at this time that you're afforded to
33:08bring the sacrifice of praise into the
33:11presence of God.
33:13>> [applause]
33:16>> Do not pretend that you have done what
33:19is required of you because you sang a
33:21song. While they sang, they praised,
33:25they glorified, and listen to this,
33:29then the temple of the Lord was filled
33:32with the cloud.
33:33And the priests could not perform their
33:36service because of the cloud for the
33:38glory of the Lord
33:41filled the temple.
33:44You want church or you want to meet with
33:46God?
33:49You want to come sit in your cushy seat
33:52or do you want God to get hold of your
33:54face and rip it off?
33:58>> [screaming]
34:01>> I want God.
34:03I want God. How did they get God?
34:06They began to worship. They didn't just
34:07sing uh frothy ditties.
34:11They sang the glory of God.
34:14They sang the glory of God right into
34:16the place.
34:18We should do that every service.
34:20You should sing the glory of God into
34:22your service and then you should be
34:24gobsmacked by what's going on.
34:27And begin to lift your voice in praise
34:29and adoration and unrelenting worship.
34:32And who knows? maybe God will set the
34:34roof of your church on fire.
34:39Wouldn't you like that?
34:43Yeah, you would.
34:44Even if you haven't ever experienced it,
34:45you would.
34:48You're priests.
34:50And you're going to meet God
34:52when you start living as priests.
34:56When you start doing what priests are
34:57supposed to do.
34:59Can you imagine being the high priest?
35:02Once a year, Yom Kippur.
35:05You're going to go in
35:06to what's behind the veil.
35:08That's got to be freaky.
35:10You know, tradition tells us they tied a
35:11rope around his ankle.
35:14So that if he got in there and God
35:15killed him,
35:17they could drag his body out
35:20without having to go into that fearful,
35:22wonderful, glorious place.
35:25You're the priest.
35:27Once a year,
35:29you're able to come in.
35:31And there's the mercy seat.
35:34And there's the glory of God seated on
35:37the mercy seat.
35:39You step into that.
35:42You can't breathe.
35:45The weight of it. The sheer blinding
35:48glory of it.
35:51And you've been called to come into this
35:52place.
35:55And offer the blood.
35:57And bring cleansing
35:59to a people who desperately need
36:01cleansing.
36:04And it's all
36:06your privilege.
36:09Your privilege. It's a gift. I'm I'm
36:11giving you this gift
36:13to bring in the blood.
36:15I'm giving you the gift
36:19of the weight of this ministry.
36:21Can you imagine what a transcendent
36:24experience that would be?
36:27Can you imagine the awe?
36:30I have a vivid imagination.
36:34And I think about the glory of God
36:39and the ministry [snorts]
36:40before God, and I marvel.
36:43And when we embrace our priestly
36:45privilege,
36:47when we mere mortals
36:50step into our pulpits
36:53or step into our prayer closets
36:56or step into our church to worship him
36:59or step into our study,
37:02we are trafficking in holy things.
37:05When we gather with the ecclesia
37:08and we enthrone God on our praises,
37:12we are trafficking in holy things.
37:17When we stand between the souls of men
37:20and eternity
37:22and proclaim the excellencies
37:24of him who has called us
37:27out of darkness into marvelous light,
37:31we traffic in holy things.
37:34Holy things.
37:36Things angels wish they could get their
37:38head around.
37:40That's what we're doing.
37:42And so often we don't even know it.
37:45We don't even think about it.
37:47We're just going through the motions.
37:50Matthew 25:37-40:
37:53Then the righteous will answer him,
37:54"Lord, when did we see you hungry and
37:56feed you or thirsty and give you
37:58something to drink? When did we see you
38:00a stranger and invite you in or needing
38:02clothes and clothe you?
38:04When did we see you sick or in prison
38:06and go to visit you?"
38:08The king will reply, "Truly I tell you,
38:10whatever you did
38:12for one of the least of these brothers
38:15and sisters of mine,
38:17you did for me.
38:19You did
38:20for me."
38:24You will serving the almighty.
38:29You know, when we serve as priests
38:32in connection with everything at the
38:33altar and inside the curtain and the
38:35glory of God,
38:37we often mistake the miraculous
38:41for the mundane.
38:44We lose
38:47the wonder
38:49of what it is that we're doing.
38:52It becomes common.
38:54And when it becomes common, the next
38:56step is contemptuous.
38:59When what you're doing is just religious
39:01business as usual,
39:03little by little,
39:05that glory's going to fade.
39:08And you can become a religious creature.
39:12Don't ever
39:14make the mistake
39:17of viewing the miraculous as the
39:18mundane. Don't ever view
39:22the fact that you are able to bear
39:24witness to the resurrected Christ
39:27as mundane.
39:30Or you're able to come in with your
39:32brothers and sisters and worship and
39:34shake off the dust of the day and shake
39:37off the madness that you've been dealing
39:39with for the last
39:41week and come into the presence of God
39:46and lift your voice and be heard.
39:50Heard in heaven.
39:52Heard in heaven.
39:55Don't ever mistake coming to morning
39:57prayer
39:59as some burdensome thing, some mundane
40:02ritual.
40:04Your prayers are being captured in
40:06vials,
40:08saved in heavenly treasuries. What
40:11you're doing isn't a waste of time.
40:14It's not fulfilling a some pattern. It
40:18is getting before the almighty God.
40:22>> [applause]
40:28[applause]
40:29>> Revelation 21
40:32says I saw the holy city, the new
40:34Jerusalem coming down out of heaven
40:38from God, prepared as a bride,
40:42beautifully dressed
40:44for her husband. And I heard a loud
40:46voice
40:47from the throne saying,
40:50"Look,
40:52God's dwelling place
40:55is now
40:57among the people.
41:00And he will dwell
41:02with them. They will be his people,
41:06and God himself will be with them
41:09and be their God.
41:13That would be such a mind-blowing
41:15statement
41:17to any Jew
41:19who understood, "Oh, no, no, no. You
41:21You can't be in the place where God
41:24dwells.
41:25That's how you die."
41:27And God says, "No longer.
41:30I'm going to dwell
41:32amongst you.
41:33And you're going to dwell with me.
41:35And we are going to dwell together, and
41:38we're going to blow the lid off this
41:39planet."
41:42That's what the church is. That's what
41:43you are.
41:45God's dwelling place.
41:48Ministering behind the curtain
41:52in that sacred place of glory.
41:56Where we have a gift
41:59that's been given to us.
42:02A priestly privilege.
42:05You would have to step down
42:08to be the president
42:09of of United States.
42:12>> [applause]
42:23[applause]
42:27>> We are off to an incredible start. I
42:30want to just express my

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