WEBVTT 1 00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:09.119 Welcome Just hand Away Tagalog Sermon podcast, your daily Joseph 2 00:00:09.199 --> 00:00:13.439 inspiring from heartfelt taglog sermons from different pastors and speakers 3 00:00:13.480 --> 00:00:16.480 all over the Philippines. We hope that this podcast finds 4 00:00:16.480 --> 00:00:22.559 you in good shape. And now here's your message. 5 00:00:22.719 --> 00:00:25.920 Are going to wrap up our series Amazing Grace and 6 00:00:27.079 --> 00:00:31.440 this year and we really deliberately talked about grace because 7 00:00:31.480 --> 00:00:34.479 we believe, with so many things happening and with a 8 00:00:34.520 --> 00:00:38.719 new decade up ahead, we need to approach it not 9 00:00:38.840 --> 00:00:41.479 in our own strengths, but by the grace of God. 10 00:00:42.439 --> 00:00:45.240 And that's what we've been looking at and we've been 11 00:00:45.280 --> 00:00:48.359 studying at, and hopefully by this time you would say 12 00:00:48.560 --> 00:00:52.039 that grace is indeed amazing. Now let's jump straight to 13 00:00:52.079 --> 00:00:56.399 the word in Hebrews three onwards. It says here Hebrews 14 00:00:56.399 --> 00:00:59.520 three versus eighteen, It says here and to whom they 15 00:00:59.679 --> 00:01:02.320 swear that they would not enter his rest, but to 16 00:01:02.359 --> 00:01:05.640 those who are disobedient. So we see that they were 17 00:01:05.719 --> 00:01:09.760 unable to enter because of unbelief. Therefore, while the promise 18 00:01:09.799 --> 00:01:13.159 of entering his rest still stands the us fear lest 19 00:01:13.239 --> 00:01:15.760 any of you should seem to have failed to reach it. 20 00:01:16.120 --> 00:01:18.280 And then let me jump to verse seven to eleven, 21 00:01:18.640 --> 00:01:22.439 it says here again he appoints a certain day today, 22 00:01:22.879 --> 00:01:26.040 saying through David, so long afterward in the words already 23 00:01:26.079 --> 00:01:29.760 coated today. And I believe this is God's word for 24 00:01:29.840 --> 00:01:34.719 us today. If you hear his voice, harden your hearts. 25 00:01:34.959 --> 00:01:37.480 And in verse eleven, it says here, let us therefore 26 00:01:37.519 --> 00:01:40.120 strive to enter that rest, so that no one may 27 00:01:40.120 --> 00:01:43.280 fail by the same sort of disobedience that's about on 28 00:01:43.319 --> 00:01:46.319 our heads. And let's pray, God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, 29 00:01:46.480 --> 00:01:50.000 being known today that you are our God, and Lord, 30 00:01:50.040 --> 00:01:53.439 I pray that you would show that you are supreme 31 00:01:53.560 --> 00:01:56.200 in every part of our lives. Let fire come down 32 00:01:56.640 --> 00:01:59.040 and remove the things that does not belong to you, 33 00:01:59.480 --> 00:02:02.159 so that the things that are eternal will remain in 34 00:02:02.280 --> 00:02:02.959 Jesus name. 35 00:02:03.239 --> 00:02:03.599 Amen. 36 00:02:04.200 --> 00:02:06.959 Tapping up our series today, we are looking at the 37 00:02:06.959 --> 00:02:10.080 Book of Hebrews. And just to give you a background 38 00:02:10.120 --> 00:02:12.960 with this book, we've already seen this, we've used this text, 39 00:02:13.199 --> 00:02:15.759 we've used this book rather in one of our previous messages. 40 00:02:16.000 --> 00:02:19.159 But just to remind every one of us, the context 41 00:02:19.240 --> 00:02:21.840 here is that if you are receiving this letter, or 42 00:02:21.840 --> 00:02:24.080 if you are the Hebrew during the time that you 43 00:02:24.120 --> 00:02:28.000 receive this letter. On context Lahattam Binasenat in verse Karina 44 00:02:28.319 --> 00:02:32.639 was that the nation of Israel. Remember, Israel was enslaved 45 00:02:32.680 --> 00:02:36.199 by Egypt, but God delivered them. That's the book of 46 00:02:36.240 --> 00:02:40.080 Exodus through Moses, and God promised something for them. 47 00:02:40.479 --> 00:02:43.080 God promised a promised land for them. 48 00:02:43.639 --> 00:02:46.800 And in this text that rest and promised land a 49 00:02:47.719 --> 00:02:51.479 sort of used synonymously. So they were supposed to go 50 00:02:51.599 --> 00:02:55.240 inside the promised land. But because of their constant rebellion 51 00:02:55.360 --> 00:02:58.759 and this obedience to God and they're unbelieved to him, 52 00:02:59.080 --> 00:03:00.240 they were unable. 53 00:02:59.840 --> 00:03:00.280 To do so. 54 00:03:01.800 --> 00:03:09.080 Yum Egypt sabinila Lord Lord Egypt, mahapa gayance am I 55 00:03:09.159 --> 00:03:13.319 too big to big. And then God provided and Moses 56 00:03:13.400 --> 00:03:15.039 was the one leading the Israelites. 57 00:03:15.080 --> 00:03:18.599 But even Moses failed. Now that's the problem. 58 00:03:18.919 --> 00:03:22.080 Moses, the leader of the Israelites, also failed in the 59 00:03:22.159 --> 00:03:31.599 same case the gret Lord I promised desert, and then 60 00:03:31.680 --> 00:03:35.000 Moses got so impatient. Instead of speaking to the rock, 61 00:03:35.159 --> 00:03:39.360 he hit the rock. And then Moses also was disqualified 62 00:03:39.400 --> 00:03:43.280 from entering the promised lad because also like the Israelites, 63 00:03:43.360 --> 00:03:47.400 Moses was this obegent and did not believe God. So 64 00:03:47.680 --> 00:03:50.759 that's what that's the background of everything we just read. 65 00:03:51.159 --> 00:03:55.520 God promised something good for them, the promised land, the blessings, 66 00:03:55.960 --> 00:03:59.120 the land flowing of milk and honey, and his people 67 00:03:59.240 --> 00:04:03.280 and his leader Moses. We're supposed to enter that, trust 68 00:04:03.439 --> 00:04:08.120 God and obey him. But instead they disobeyed, and they 69 00:04:08.159 --> 00:04:12.520 did not believe God. So now that is what the Hebrews, 70 00:04:12.560 --> 00:04:18.120 the one receiving this letter knows. Uman Hebrews letter. Not 71 00:04:18.199 --> 00:04:22.079 all they are Jews who became Christians. Most probably they 72 00:04:22.079 --> 00:04:25.800 are Jews who became Christians, and they are undergoing intense 73 00:04:26.680 --> 00:04:30.439 challenges and problems in their lives, some even to the 74 00:04:30.480 --> 00:04:37.040 point again Christian Nohai sounds alike. 75 00:04:37.240 --> 00:04:38.680 The Israelites right, and. 76 00:04:40.199 --> 00:04:47.240 Egypt and some of the Hebrews were thinking, Mama, India, persecute. 77 00:04:47.399 --> 00:04:51.279 You're not being chased, you're not being oppressed. And then 78 00:04:51.439 --> 00:04:55.399 here was the writer of Hebrews saying these things. 79 00:04:56.399 --> 00:04:57.839 And he mentioned. 80 00:04:57.399 --> 00:05:02.480 There that before God said you're going to enter this land, 81 00:05:02.959 --> 00:05:05.879 but they did not because of their disobedience. And then 82 00:05:05.959 --> 00:05:12.120 he God said another day on on today, during the 83 00:05:12.120 --> 00:05:12.920 time of David. 84 00:05:13.160 --> 00:05:17.079 But even there the Israelites did not enter the promised land. 85 00:05:17.639 --> 00:05:20.480 And then here's the good news for the Hebrews during 86 00:05:20.519 --> 00:05:22.120 their time, which I believe. 87 00:05:21.879 --> 00:05:23.800 Is also a good news for us. 88 00:05:25.040 --> 00:05:29.399 That today still stands until now. What I'm trying to 89 00:05:29.439 --> 00:05:33.240 say is that rest that God promised for the Israelites 90 00:05:33.319 --> 00:05:38.439 then to his people his church then, and that rest 91 00:05:38.639 --> 00:05:44.040 is still also available to us. That rest is still 92 00:05:44.079 --> 00:05:48.199 available to us. So I don't get this, like, what's 93 00:05:48.279 --> 00:05:49.639 up with rest? 94 00:05:50.000 --> 00:05:51.680 I don't problem as a rest. You know, I was 95 00:05:51.720 --> 00:05:52.279 studying this. 96 00:05:53.319 --> 00:06:04.279 I came across this National Sleep Foundation, Sabin sabi Jan. Now, 97 00:06:04.439 --> 00:06:09.079 average age tuna is a teenagers fourteen to seventeen years old. 98 00:06:09.160 --> 00:06:11.639 That but now at least my eight to ten are 99 00:06:11.720 --> 00:06:15.079 sleep young adults eighteen to twenty five years old. My 100 00:06:15.240 --> 00:06:20.160 seven to nine are sleep aft gang adults and other adults. Now, 101 00:06:20.279 --> 00:06:26.079 just to show of hands, sino tito, you have consistently 102 00:06:26.160 --> 00:06:29.120 in a majority of the week less than seven hours 103 00:06:29.120 --> 00:06:33.959 of sleep seven hours an fatitle, yes, less than seven 104 00:06:34.000 --> 00:06:37.319 hours of sleep, less than less done? 105 00:06:37.399 --> 00:06:45.879 Yeah? But ours wow, less than seven hours of sleep? Wow? 106 00:06:45.920 --> 00:06:49.240 When you look at that, we already missed out the 107 00:06:49.480 --> 00:06:50.879 prescribed average of that. 108 00:06:52.319 --> 00:06:54.480 Now, for there are lots of studies about that. 109 00:06:54.560 --> 00:07:03.240 When sometimes we say, and then there's so many reasons 110 00:07:03.279 --> 00:07:04.680 why you know you're. 111 00:07:04.480 --> 00:07:06.800 Not able to sleep properly. Maybe for some of it 112 00:07:06.800 --> 00:07:09.439 it's just you know, you think you're so busy, but 113 00:07:09.480 --> 00:07:11.600 we're just browsing through phone. Now don't raise your hand, 114 00:07:11.720 --> 00:07:12.240 but sin. 115 00:07:12.639 --> 00:07:19.639 Dito gilty look and a more sat minutes now on 116 00:07:19.879 --> 00:07:26.120 enough arsena. Now not only that, you see other studies 117 00:07:26.160 --> 00:07:30.360 he share here lack of sleep linked to poorer mental 118 00:07:30.399 --> 00:07:33.839 health in college students, among teams, sleep deprivation is an 119 00:07:33.879 --> 00:07:40.240 epidemic strong word, epidemic sleep and disease risk for those 120 00:07:40.319 --> 00:07:43.560 health boffs almn man. If you want to be healthier 121 00:07:43.680 --> 00:07:50.120 diet for diet, exercise and rest, then a recent more 122 00:07:50.160 --> 00:07:53.720 recent one, gotta say. Some studies abdito technology take over 123 00:07:54.040 --> 00:07:55.639 impacting our brain and body. 124 00:07:56.000 --> 00:07:58.800 Body. Sometimes that's one of the reasons why it's half 125 00:07:59.360 --> 00:08:02.879 such a hard time to rest. Or. There's this hustled. 126 00:08:02.519 --> 00:08:07.319 Culture, and we see this prominent from high school to 127 00:08:07.480 --> 00:08:11.839 senior high school, to college to working to parents wherein 128 00:08:11.879 --> 00:08:12.360 we need. 129 00:08:12.199 --> 00:08:13.079 To hustle hard. 130 00:08:13.319 --> 00:08:15.120 Goes to Joan tak a hustle hard because in my 131 00:08:15.199 --> 00:08:18.560 expectation in Paris, go to talk about a hustle heart 132 00:08:18.600 --> 00:08:21.560 because I want to I want to have this amount 133 00:08:21.600 --> 00:08:24.199 by thirty years old, and then hustle hard because I 134 00:08:24.199 --> 00:08:27.199 have so many things to do, money, worries. 135 00:08:27.040 --> 00:08:27.720 Coming to age. 136 00:08:27.720 --> 00:08:29.399 Well, this is in the context of the States, But 137 00:08:29.439 --> 00:08:32.320 I believe Filipinas mad and I put money where isa. 138 00:08:33.720 --> 00:08:36.120 And then a poorer, a poorer, coping. 139 00:08:35.799 --> 00:08:39.519 Behavior, a complication of stress, all of these things. And 140 00:08:39.600 --> 00:08:43.639 sometimes we're not careful with this. But our souls and 141 00:08:43.759 --> 00:08:48.480 bodies are so linked together that sometimes and in fact, 142 00:08:48.480 --> 00:08:50.639 maybe I would say even most of the time. Most 143 00:08:50.639 --> 00:08:54.360 of the times, an unrested body also produces an unrested 144 00:08:54.440 --> 00:09:00.600 soul comes upon I bagstand. 145 00:09:00.240 --> 00:09:11.879 Yeah, picture and my filterbags. 146 00:09:11.960 --> 00:09:16.919 Know what is in the middle of the persecution among 147 00:09:17.000 --> 00:09:22.799 the Hebrews, What was the author telling Sabio today you 148 00:09:22.919 --> 00:09:25.720 thought you missed out the grace of God God is 149 00:09:25.799 --> 00:09:30.720 telling today it's still available. We don't know what happened 150 00:09:30.759 --> 00:09:34.600 to the church in Hebrew, the author or the recipients 151 00:09:34.679 --> 00:09:38.600 rather of that letter, But I believe even today it's 152 00:09:38.639 --> 00:09:43.759 still made available to us. Rest is still made available 153 00:09:43.919 --> 00:09:47.840 to us. And sometimes we put a delay in entering 154 00:09:48.080 --> 00:09:53.960 God's promised rest in and it's understandable. And I hope 155 00:09:53.960 --> 00:09:59.200 you don't hear the message. Now, that's not what it means, 156 00:10:00.120 --> 00:10:02.200 you know what I mean, especially if those people who 157 00:10:02.240 --> 00:10:05.080 have experienced the grace of God, that there's an aspect 158 00:10:05.080 --> 00:10:10.679 of hustling heart, but internal rest. You see, a quiet 159 00:10:10.720 --> 00:10:15.399 soul does not necessarily mean that there's no noise. It's 160 00:10:15.440 --> 00:10:18.919 just having this security that you know who is in 161 00:10:18.960 --> 00:10:24.559 control that rest. And I believe the same message in 162 00:10:24.600 --> 00:10:29.000 the Israelites thousands of years ago to the recipient of 163 00:10:29.039 --> 00:10:33.000 the Letter of Hebrews, and until today, rest is still 164 00:10:33.080 --> 00:10:34.440 available to us. 165 00:10:35.039 --> 00:10:38.440 But the problem is we don't enter that rest. There's stopped. 166 00:10:38.559 --> 00:10:42.480 There's something that's stopping us from entering that rest. Sometimes 167 00:10:42.480 --> 00:10:46.840 it's external, may pressure long telegasake. 168 00:10:48.200 --> 00:10:51.360 Have you ever felt that twenty four hours is not enough? 169 00:10:53.039 --> 00:10:59.840 And Dammpasan and Gustan go in, Gus Bassa, Jim Maglaro 170 00:11:00.000 --> 00:11:01.080 spend on times a wife more. 171 00:11:01.240 --> 00:11:03.159 Someone will spend the times anamo. 172 00:11:03.639 --> 00:11:07.799 Times three, okay, so, and it feels like twenty four 173 00:11:07.799 --> 00:11:11.679 hours is not enough external reasons, but there are also 174 00:11:11.720 --> 00:11:16.720 sometimes there's an internal reason. And that's just similarly to 175 00:11:16.759 --> 00:11:30.080 the early Israelites, this obedience and unbelief Sabini Lord. 176 00:11:28.080 --> 00:11:29.000 Sabini Lord. 177 00:11:30.600 --> 00:11:33.159 Hat And it looks hard, and sometimes we may need 178 00:11:33.200 --> 00:11:39.320 to hustle hard. But when we disobey in fire, when 179 00:11:39.360 --> 00:11:43.159 we don't step into the path that he said that 180 00:11:43.200 --> 00:11:44.639 he wants us to take. 181 00:11:46.480 --> 00:11:50.080 Grace. But when we don't do that, there's we don't 182 00:11:50.159 --> 00:11:52.320 we have being us striving and a hard time. 183 00:11:53.320 --> 00:11:56.720 So there are external reasons why we're not entering the 184 00:11:56.759 --> 00:12:00.919 rest of God. But I believe more than the eternal reasons, 185 00:12:00.960 --> 00:12:06.399 it's the internal reasons, the disobedience and the unbelief. When 186 00:12:06.440 --> 00:12:10.480 God says something, it does something in our hearts may 187 00:12:10.639 --> 00:12:15.919 choice style lage or obey banatinsha oh Hindi. And when 188 00:12:15.960 --> 00:12:21.000 we don't choose to obey him, we are deliberately avoiding 189 00:12:21.480 --> 00:12:26.799 entering that rest. That's why I used to think. I 190 00:12:26.960 --> 00:12:30.919 used to not understand this verse. It's like smack in 191 00:12:30.960 --> 00:12:33.759 the middle of Hebrews four. But it says here, for 192 00:12:33.879 --> 00:12:36.879 the Word of God is living in active sharper than 193 00:12:36.879 --> 00:12:41.120 any double edged sword, penetrating even the bones and the marrows, 194 00:12:41.240 --> 00:12:44.159 spirited joints and the marrows, and discerning the thoughts and 195 00:12:44.240 --> 00:12:45.360 intentions of the heart. 196 00:12:45.639 --> 00:12:47.840 And no creature is hidden from his side. 197 00:12:47.960 --> 00:12:50.399 But all are naked and exposed to the eyes of 198 00:12:50.519 --> 00:12:54.440 Him to whom we must give account. Sabijano, you wording God, 199 00:12:54.679 --> 00:12:58.279 but may see abishah. It does not stay, it's not static. 200 00:12:58.919 --> 00:13:01.720 It does something. And what are the things that the 201 00:13:01.799 --> 00:13:08.000 word of God does? It reveals our hearts. NEVERI revillion nothing. 202 00:13:11.679 --> 00:13:14.080 And then we have a choice to obey him or 203 00:13:14.120 --> 00:13:16.879 to not obey him. But it does something in our hearts. 204 00:13:19.080 --> 00:13:27.879 Fear nothing, nakikita You pride nothing, Nakikita jung insecurity is nothing, 205 00:13:28.679 --> 00:13:34.360 Nakikita jung unbelief to trust him with the things to 206 00:13:34.480 --> 00:13:38.519 do and the things to come. Discerning the thoughts and 207 00:13:38.600 --> 00:13:41.600 intention of the art, have you ever have you ever 208 00:13:41.639 --> 00:13:42.639 said this about yourself? 209 00:13:45.600 --> 00:13:48.039 Maybe what you need is the word of God. It 210 00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:51.440 says here the Word of God is able to navigate 211 00:13:51.759 --> 00:13:53.360 all those intentions. 212 00:13:53.399 --> 00:14:03.519 Your intentions mean son Sahara will rested no problema external, 213 00:14:04.039 --> 00:14:08.000 but internally you know that God is already telling you 214 00:14:08.120 --> 00:14:08.919 to do something. 215 00:14:09.240 --> 00:14:13.120 That's the power of the word. That's how powerful the 216 00:14:13.159 --> 00:14:13.960 word of God is. 217 00:14:15.399 --> 00:14:20.639 It reveals our intentions, it reveals our sinfulness, it exposes 218 00:14:21.360 --> 00:14:26.039 them before God. Now, during the time of the Israelites, 219 00:14:26.320 --> 00:14:30.240 when when they know that they have sin, what they 220 00:14:30.320 --> 00:14:33.879 do is that they have this ritual, the day of Atonement, 221 00:14:34.279 --> 00:14:39.200 wherein a high priest would come before God and would 222 00:14:39.200 --> 00:14:43.360 represent the people of Israel and would make the sacrifice. 223 00:14:43.399 --> 00:14:46.720 That's already a picture that this is what happens to 224 00:14:46.840 --> 00:14:50.360 our sin. Something needs to be sacrificed once a year, 225 00:14:52.240 --> 00:14:58.080 is the high priest. So that's how the people of 226 00:14:58.159 --> 00:15:02.720 Israel deal with their sin. Someone goes in a high priest, 227 00:15:02.840 --> 00:15:08.159 taking out representing them, confessing their sin and having that 228 00:15:08.240 --> 00:15:12.759 sacrifice an animal, a lamb, and then they are cleansed. 229 00:15:12.759 --> 00:15:13.519 They are clean. 230 00:15:14.480 --> 00:15:16.840 Now during the time of the Israels, also it was 231 00:15:17.000 --> 00:15:20.399 Moses who was supposed to who was supposed to represent 232 00:15:20.519 --> 00:15:25.440 them before God. But even Moses sinned. Now the high priest, 233 00:15:25.440 --> 00:15:38.960 imagine he is next year Paramaliniska before God. And that's 234 00:15:39.000 --> 00:15:42.559 the whole thing. Before during their time, the sin inside 235 00:15:42.600 --> 00:15:47.519 our hearts is not dealt with. And then here's the 236 00:15:47.559 --> 00:15:51.519 good news sabiito Hebbes four fourteen to fifteen. Since then, 237 00:15:53.320 --> 00:15:56.120 pertaining to a past event that has happened, we have 238 00:15:56.240 --> 00:16:00.000 a great high priest. Now this high priest is different 239 00:16:00.080 --> 00:16:03.440 friend from the high priest in the Old Testament. The 240 00:16:04.159 --> 00:16:07.360 Old Testament, high priest goes inside at a bernacle to 241 00:16:07.399 --> 00:16:10.600 represent the people of God. We have a great high 242 00:16:10.600 --> 00:16:14.120 priest who passed through the heavens, went straight to the 243 00:16:14.120 --> 00:16:15.639 Holy of holies. 244 00:16:15.679 --> 00:16:18.080 In the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God. 245 00:16:18.240 --> 00:16:20.679 Let us hold fast our confession, for we do not 246 00:16:20.840 --> 00:16:23.600 have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with 247 00:16:23.679 --> 00:16:27.159 our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been 248 00:16:27.240 --> 00:16:29.240 tempted as we are, yet without sin. 249 00:16:29.480 --> 00:16:32.320 It was God reaching down to us. It was God 250 00:16:32.759 --> 00:16:40.879 breaking the Barriersani Jesus, Jesus, the great High priest ungin 251 00:16:40.960 --> 00:16:45.279 know Wani Jesus shining and represent parasatin to God. 252 00:16:45.679 --> 00:16:47.879 And he took away our sins when he died on 253 00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:52.080 the cross, and he gave us a new life. And 254 00:16:52.200 --> 00:16:57.879 sometimes we say Abamanian Lord, feeling, if only Lord you 255 00:16:57.879 --> 00:17:00.600 can give me the reason why, if if only you 256 00:17:00.600 --> 00:17:01.639 could understand. 257 00:17:02.080 --> 00:17:03.360 And then we see here. 258 00:17:03.919 --> 00:17:08.400 That this great high priest has been tempted as we are, 259 00:17:08.440 --> 00:17:15.759 who is able to sympathize with us. Al Amponi jesusatina 260 00:17:16.039 --> 00:17:25.400 trin friend Novegan, have you ever felt injustice wrongfully accused 261 00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:28.839 someone that you're trusting, but then all of a sudden 262 00:17:29.200 --> 00:17:35.880 left you in the air. Twelve disciples. Jesus knows what 263 00:17:35.960 --> 00:17:39.720 we're going through. He understands the pain. In fact, one 264 00:17:39.759 --> 00:17:42.039 of he understands the sorrow. In fact, one of his 265 00:17:42.200 --> 00:17:44.559 name is a man of sorrows. And I say, yeah, 266 00:17:45.279 --> 00:17:49.319 he is able to understand us. He's able to sympathize 267 00:17:49.319 --> 00:17:53.440 with us. And having all those things, he went there 268 00:17:54.920 --> 00:17:58.359 straight to the heavens when he took away our sins. 269 00:17:58.640 --> 00:18:01.640 He died on the cross. And before there used to 270 00:18:01.720 --> 00:18:04.319 be lots of rituals and all those things. 271 00:18:04.519 --> 00:18:07.079 Jesus broke all of those things because he's the great 272 00:18:07.160 --> 00:18:12.119 High Priest. Sacrifice Shanna young Priest, Champayo sacrifice grab. 273 00:18:13.559 --> 00:18:16.039 It used to be different. There's a different sacrifice, and 274 00:18:16.079 --> 00:18:18.839 then there's the High Priest. Now it's just one. The 275 00:18:18.960 --> 00:18:22.559 High Priest is the sacrifice who took away the sense 276 00:18:22.640 --> 00:18:23.480 of the world. 277 00:18:23.960 --> 00:18:28.319 Why so that you and I can now not wait 278 00:18:28.559 --> 00:18:31.319 for another year before our sins are dealt with. 279 00:18:32.480 --> 00:18:34.880 But Jesus gives us access to this rest. 280 00:18:36.319 --> 00:18:43.599 You can get a money lord paramhimta a holy week. 281 00:18:46.240 --> 00:18:50.599 We don't even have to have other people do this 282 00:18:50.759 --> 00:18:55.720 for us. You yourself. Kayoo, my access potaio my. 283 00:18:55.720 --> 00:19:01.599 God ms malami access must be ip access amnapastor. 284 00:19:03.880 --> 00:19:08.200 It's not like that. We all have equal access before God. 285 00:19:09.079 --> 00:19:12.720 Whether you are years in the faith, maybe you are 286 00:19:12.759 --> 00:19:16.799 the first second third generation in your family who's a Christian, 287 00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:19.960 or you're just new less than a year, we all 288 00:19:20.000 --> 00:19:23.839 have equal access to Him. What Jesus did is he 289 00:19:24.039 --> 00:19:28.880 may the way. Now here's the amazing thing about the 290 00:19:28.880 --> 00:19:33.039 book of Hebrews. And when I was studying this, so 291 00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:36.519 where do we find this rest? Okay, Jesus made a 292 00:19:36.559 --> 00:19:42.920 way straight up. Look at this in Hebrews four, verse sixteen. Sabidito, 293 00:19:43.640 --> 00:19:46.519 Now that the sin inside of us are taken care of, 294 00:19:48.200 --> 00:19:51.799 Now that we don't have to think of our good 295 00:19:51.880 --> 00:19:55.799 works to make us write before God. Now that we 296 00:19:55.920 --> 00:19:58.559 are made or righteous because of what Christ has done 297 00:19:58.559 --> 00:20:01.880 in Puma topic that in p these weeks, let us, then, 298 00:20:03.680 --> 00:20:06.920 with confidence, drawn near to the throne of grace, that 299 00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:11.240 we may receive mercy and find grace to help in 300 00:20:11.359 --> 00:20:16.440 time of need. Confidence you put your confidence not in 301 00:20:16.759 --> 00:20:20.279 Let me ask you now and sometimes when I when 302 00:20:20.279 --> 00:20:28.920 we talk to people, sabinila, are you sing? And when 303 00:20:28.960 --> 00:20:32.319 we say that we forget that our What we're saying 304 00:20:32.480 --> 00:20:39.079 is our confidence is our good works, in good works. 305 00:20:39.799 --> 00:20:42.920 But when we see our confidence is in what Christ 306 00:20:42.920 --> 00:20:43.440 has done. 307 00:20:44.079 --> 00:20:48.720 What we're saying is, Lord, I'm broken. Lord, would you 308 00:20:48.839 --> 00:20:55.759 accept everything about me? My brokenness, my pain, my sin, everything. 309 00:20:57.240 --> 00:21:01.480 I'm gonna give it to you. And my trust and confidence. 310 00:21:00.920 --> 00:21:05.440 Is this he said, It is finished. This confidence that 311 00:21:05.480 --> 00:21:09.960 is that we have. We can approach him boldly. It 312 00:21:10.039 --> 00:21:14.920 has been dealt with and then drawn near to the 313 00:21:14.960 --> 00:21:19.640 throne of grace. Now this is where we find the 314 00:21:19.680 --> 00:21:26.680 rest in front of the throne. Whoa than gala rest, 315 00:21:27.160 --> 00:21:32.720 high priests and throne. That's where we find rest before 316 00:21:33.079 --> 00:21:35.440 the throne. No, I did a bit of a study 317 00:21:35.440 --> 00:21:39.559 about the word throne. When you look at it, what 318 00:21:39.640 --> 00:21:43.799 does the throne represent? Now, I'm going to consolidate everything now, madam. 319 00:21:43.839 --> 00:21:46.519 In words tonal, but the throne. 320 00:21:46.440 --> 00:21:50.480 Usually means it's a place or a seat of possession. 321 00:21:50.960 --> 00:21:56.279 It represents power, it represents authority. The Bible says that 322 00:21:56.319 --> 00:21:59.519 the throne of God, the foundation of that is justice 323 00:21:59.519 --> 00:22:00.400 and righteousiousness. 324 00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:03.160 But at the same time, in the throne or on 325 00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:04.319 the throne. 326 00:22:04.200 --> 00:22:09.079 That's where also decisions are made that's where someone says, 327 00:22:10.480 --> 00:22:14.440 and because it may make king hear, it also means power. 328 00:22:14.799 --> 00:22:18.400 It also means if you need favor and you approach 329 00:22:18.519 --> 00:22:19.079 the king. 330 00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:23.079 During their time, whether you get it or not. It's 331 00:22:23.119 --> 00:22:24.359 also a pace of judgment. 332 00:22:26.079 --> 00:22:28.160 There's so many things that I won't be able to 333 00:22:28.240 --> 00:22:33.279 go through it. But whatever all those things mean is 334 00:22:33.359 --> 00:22:38.200 available now to you and me, Lord. 335 00:22:40.160 --> 00:22:42.720 And then when we stand before the throne, you are 336 00:22:42.799 --> 00:22:43.400 in control. 337 00:22:44.960 --> 00:22:49.000 Oh and sometimes for some of us, Lord, there's an 338 00:22:49.079 --> 00:22:52.759 injustice done before me magin Masamasa, and it seems like 339 00:22:52.839 --> 00:22:53.920 no one's fighting for me. 340 00:22:53.960 --> 00:22:56.240 And then we come up before the throne. You are 341 00:22:56.359 --> 00:23:00.640 a judge. Lord. We don't know where we gonna get this. 342 00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:02.799 I don't know. We've tried all our best. 343 00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:04.799 And then when you approach the throne, the king, the 344 00:23:04.839 --> 00:23:08.359 source of all profession, you would say you are a 345 00:23:08.400 --> 00:23:13.920 loving provider. It does something different in us. Whatever the 346 00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:20.119 throne represents is available to us. It means control, it 347 00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:25.680 means power, it means authority. Another interesting about Jesus. When 348 00:23:25.680 --> 00:23:28.039 he died on the cross, he resurrected from the dead. 349 00:23:28.160 --> 00:23:31.000 He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right 350 00:23:31.079 --> 00:23:36.960 hand of the throne meaning tapusna whatever the war, it 351 00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:37.799 needs to be done. 352 00:23:37.839 --> 00:23:40.559 It's finished. That's what we were singing a while ago. 353 00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:44.559 It's over. We're victorious. 354 00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:48.759 Have you ever felt feeling inadvocate? When you look at 355 00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:54.319 the throne, you would see, Wow, Lord, what are your 356 00:23:54.759 --> 00:23:57.599 What's making your souls restless? 357 00:23:58.880 --> 00:24:02.160 Is it a lack? Is it injustice? Is it pain? 358 00:24:03.400 --> 00:24:06.559 Is it people who doesn't who don't understand you? 359 00:24:07.319 --> 00:24:12.480 Is it fear? Is it feeling overwhelmed? Is it feeling alone? 360 00:24:12.880 --> 00:24:16.319 I want to invite you bring all of those things before. 361 00:24:16.079 --> 00:24:20.319 The throne of God. And what do we get there? 362 00:24:20.440 --> 00:24:24.359 Do we get judgment? No, it's already been done dealt 363 00:24:24.400 --> 00:24:28.599 with on the cross? What do we get receive mercy 364 00:24:29.400 --> 00:24:36.240 and find grace? When when in time of need? What 365 00:24:36.359 --> 00:24:41.960 does it mean? Ibisa behin hind problem? Next week? Lord? 366 00:24:43.920 --> 00:24:48.200 That doesn't happen, right, problemat I next week? That would 367 00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:52.039 have been perfect, But that doesn't happen. In reality, it 368 00:24:52.119 --> 00:24:56.759 comes sometimes unplanned, or I would say always comes unplanned. 369 00:24:57.440 --> 00:25:00.359 And when that happens, you have an option. You go 370 00:25:00.440 --> 00:25:03.319 to him or do you not? And when you come 371 00:25:03.359 --> 00:25:07.359 to him, the promise the command is drawn near to 372 00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:12.079 him and the promise is you will receive You may 373 00:25:12.160 --> 00:25:16.559 receive mercy and find grace in your time of need. 374 00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:27.920 I'm comin, Sr. Safa, but I'm telling you we will 375 00:25:27.960 --> 00:25:30.359 find mercy and grace in the time of our need. 376 00:25:31.119 --> 00:25:36.119 Whatever is making our souls unrested, bring it to the Throne, 377 00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:41.240 bring it before the authority of God. Transfer the control 378 00:25:41.400 --> 00:25:45.359 from you to him. 379 00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:49.480 It's going to make our souls lighter. You know. Pastor 380 00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:52.160 Dennis mentioned this, and this is our direction for this 381 00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:53.680 year and maybe a little bit. 382 00:25:53.599 --> 00:25:57.079 Earlier next year. We want our church to make space 383 00:25:57.160 --> 00:25:59.920 for God to move. We want us to be able 384 00:25:59.920 --> 00:26:03.160 to experience the rest from God so that we will 385 00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:06.160 be able to do the work of God around us. 386 00:26:06.559 --> 00:26:09.839 One thing that we have been working on and practicing 387 00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:13.559 is this. I'm going to tell you the spiritual discipline 388 00:26:13.640 --> 00:26:19.000 nah now natangala christian factor neto that it's actually a 389 00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:23.400 very Christian discipline and that's the discipline of solitude. 390 00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:24.960 The Christian Oh. 391 00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:28.960 Sorry, the non Christian way of saying this is meditation 392 00:26:31.240 --> 00:26:40.160 bagopanelina is if your meditation Christianity peralma christiano nimarum solitude, 393 00:26:41.400 --> 00:26:44.920 what is solitude? It's setting aside time, so that you 394 00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:51.119 can spend you and your soul in quietness and aloneness 395 00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:52.759 before the throne of God. 396 00:26:53.920 --> 00:26:55.640 Sa mundo sobran connected. 397 00:26:55.920 --> 00:26:58.920 In fact, if I just opened my internet now, more 398 00:26:58.920 --> 00:27:02.880 than ten to fifteen notifications would come, probably more than 399 00:27:03.039 --> 00:27:12.880 five or message. But by point here is this, it's 400 00:27:12.880 --> 00:27:15.839 so in our world, we're in it. We're just one 401 00:27:15.920 --> 00:27:21.400