♪ What lays within His hand ♪ ♪ What comes apart from His command ♪ ♪ And what will keep us to the end ♪ ♪ The love of Christ in which we stand ♪ ♪ Oh sing hallelujah ♪ ♪ Our hope springs eternal ♪ ♪ Oh sing hallelujah ♪ ♪ Now and ever we confess ♪ ♪ Christ our hope and life in heaven ♪ ♪ What truth can calm the troubled soul ♪ ♪ God is good, God is good ♪ ♪ Where is His grace and goodness known ♪ ♪ In our grave redeems blood ♪ ♪ Who holds our faith when fears arise ♪ ♪ Who stands above the stormy trial ♪ ♪ Who sends the waves that bring us nigh ♪ ♪ Unto the shore, the rock of Christ ♪ ♪ Oh sing hallelujah ♪ ♪ Our hope springs eternal ♪ ♪ Oh sing hallelujah ♪ ♪ Now and ever we confess ♪ ♪ Christ our hope and life in heaven ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ Unto the grave what will we sing ♪ ♪ Christ He lives, Christ He lives ♪ ♪ And what reward will heaven bring ♪ ♪ Everlasting life within ♪ ♪ There we will rise to meet the Lord ♪ ♪ When sin and death will be destroyed ♪ ♪ And we will feast in endless joy ♪ ♪ When Christ is ours forevermore ♪ ♪ Forevermore ♪ ♪ Oh sing hallelujah ♪ ♪ Our hope springs eternal ♪ ♪ Oh sing hallelujah ♪ ♪ Now and ever we confess ♪ ♪ Christ our hope and life in heaven ♪ Let's sing.
♪ Oh sing hallelujah ♪ ♪ Our hope springs eternal ♪ ♪ Oh sing hallelujah ♪ ♪ Now and ever we confess ♪ ♪ Christ our hope and life in heaven ♪ ♪ Now and ever we confess ♪ ♪ Christ our hope and life in heaven ♪ the Lord. (gentle music) (gentle music) ♪ Great are you Lord ♪ ♪ Mighty and strong ♪ ♪ You are faithful ♪ ♪ And you will ever be ♪ ♪ We will praise you ♪ ♪ All of our days ♪ ♪ For your glory ♪ ♪ We offer everything ♪ ♪ Raise your hands all you nations ♪ ♪ Shout to God all creation ♪ ♪ How awesome is the Lord you must be ♪ (gentle music) ♪ Will you send us ♪ ♪ God we will go ♪ ♪ You're the answer ♪ ♪ We want the world to know ♪ ♪ We will trust you ♪ ♪ When you call our name ♪ ♪ Will you lead us ♪ ♪ To follow all the way ♪ ♪ Raise your hands all you nations ♪ ♪ Shout to God all creation ♪ ♪ How awesome is the Lord most high ♪ ♪ We will praise you together ♪ ♪ For now and forever ♪ ♪ How awesome is the Lord most high ♪ ♪ Hallelujah hallelujah ♪ ♪ How awesome is the Lord most high ♪ ♪ Hallelujah hallelujah ♪ ♪ How awesome is the Lord most high ♪ ♪ Raise your hands all you nations ♪ ♪ Shout to God our creation ♪ ♪ How awesome is the Lord most high ♪ ♪ We will praise you together ♪ ♪ For now and forever ♪ ♪ How awesome is the Lord most high ♪ ♪ Raise your hands all you nations ♪ ♪ Shout to God our creation ♪ ♪ How awesome is the Lord most high ♪ ♪ We will praise you together ♪ ♪ For now and forever ♪ ♪ How awesome is the Lord most high ♪ ♪ The Lord most high ♪ ♪ How awesome is the Lord most high ♪ , (upbeat music) ♪ Precious Lord ♪ ♪ Take my hand ♪ ♪ Lead me on ♪ ♪ Set me still ♪ ♪ I am tired ♪ ♪ I am weak ♪ ♪ I am worn ♪ ♪ Through the storm ♪ ♪ And through the night ♪ ♪ Lead me home ♪ ♪ Into the light ♪ ♪ Take my hand ♪ ♪ Precious Lord ♪ ♪ Lead me home ♪ ♪ When my way ♪ ♪ Grows drear ♪ ♪ Precious Lord ♪ ♪ Bring me near ♪ ♪ When my life ♪ ♪ Oh my life ♪ ♪ Is almost gone ♪ ♪ Oh hear my cry ♪ ♪ Hear my call ♪ ♪ Hold my hand ♪ ♪ When I'm at my best I fall ♪ ♪ Take my hand ♪ ♪ Precious Lord ♪ ♪ Lead me home ♪ (upbeat music) (upbeat music) ♪ And he walks with me ♪ ♪ And he talks with me ♪ ♪ And he tells me that I am his own ♪ ♪ Oh the joy we share ♪ ♪ As we tear it apart ♪ ♪ None other has ever ♪ ♪ Has ever known ♪ ♪ Oh precious, precious, precious Lord ♪ ♪ At the river ♪ ♪ The river I stand ♪ ♪ Oh God my feet there ♪ ♪ Oh my hand ♪ ♪ Precious Lord ♪ ♪ Take my hand ♪ ♪ Lead me home ♪ ♪ I can't think of a prayer to heal alone ♪ ♪ Through the storm ♪ ♪ It gets so dark down here ♪ ♪ Through the night ♪ ♪ We need the light ♪ ♪ Lead me home ♪ ♪ Take my hand ♪ ♪ To the light ♪ ♪ So I can wait on ♪ ♪ Take my hand ♪ ♪ Take my hand ♪ ♪ Precious Lord ♪ ♪ Lead me home ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ Take my hand ♪ ♪ Take my hand ♪ ♪ Oh precious Lord ♪ ♪ Won't you lead me ♪ ♪ Won't you lead me home ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ (gentle music) ♪ There is no song we could sing ♪ ♪ To honor the weight of your glory ♪ ♪ There are no words we could speak ♪ ♪ To capture the depth of your beauty ♪ ♪ Jesus there's no one like you ♪ ♪ Jesus we love you ♪ ♪ Ever adore you ♪ ♪ There's no one like you ♪ ♪ Jesus we love you ♪ ♪ Ever adore you Lord ♪ ♪ We adore you ♪ ♪ There is no sinner beyond ♪ ♪ The infinite stretch of your mercy ♪ ♪ How can we thank you enough ♪ ♪ For how you have loved us completely ♪ ♪ Jesus there's no one like you ♪ ♪ Jesus we love you ♪ ♪ Ever adore you ♪ ♪ There's no one like you ♪ ♪ Jesus we love you ♪ ♪ Ever adore you ♪ ♪ There's no one like you ♪ ♪ Jesus we love you ♪ ♪ Ever adore you ♪ ♪ There's no one like you ♪ ♪ Jesus we love you ♪ ♪ Ever adore you ♪ - Good morning church family.
Let's all rise together. Obviously I'm not Pastor Peter who you normally see here, but we're gonna start an opening song before Pastor Peter comes up with announcements. (upbeat music) , From the brightness of his glory. ♪ From the brightness of his glory ♪ ♪ Jesus the son of God the Son ♪ ♪ Takes on the nature of a servant ♪ ♪ Jesus obedient to death ♪ ♪ The father will ♪ ♪ The father will to crush him ♪ ♪ As a sacrifice for sin ♪ ♪ He satisfied God's justice ♪ ♪ And a victory rose again ♪ ♪ You are highly exalted ♪ ♪ Name above all names ♪ ♪ Worthy of all praise ♪ ♪ You are reigning in glory ♪ ♪ Jesus you're the king ♪ ♪ Over everything ♪ ♪ Exalted to the highest place ♪ ♪ Given the name above all names ♪ ♪ The father name ♪ ♪ Now the tomb is empty ♪ ♪ The tomb is empty Christ is risen ♪ ♪ Jesus the lamb once crucified ♪ ♪ Angels never cease to worship ♪ ♪ Jesus in heaven glorified to him ♪ ♪ To him belongs the power ♪ ♪ The wisdom, might and strength ♪ ♪ All glory and dominion ♪ ♪ To the Lord of everything ♪ ♪ You are highly exalted ♪ ♪ Name above all names ♪ ♪ Worthy of all praise ♪ ♪ You are reigning in glory ♪ ♪ Jesus you're the king ♪ ♪ Over everything ♪ ♪ Exalted to the highest place ♪ ♪ Given the name above all other names ♪ ♪ Father name ♪ One more time, you are highly exalted.
♪ You are highly exalted ♪ ♪ Name above all names ♪ ♪ Worthy of all praise ♪ ♪ Name above all names ♪ (upbeat music) (soft music) (soft music) (soft music) (soft music) (soft music) (soft music) (soft music) (soft music) (soft music) (soft music) (soft music) (soft music) (soft music) (soft music) (soft music) (soft music) (soft music) (soft music) (soft music) - And 11.30, 12.30.
And so when you come, there's gonna be instructions, especially for the first couple of weeks, so we need to get used to how things are gonna be running. And so just, again, please come a little bit earlier. You're gonna have to go through the scanning. You have to wear your mask when you do come to church.
And so we wanna follow all the precautions that we need to take as our church slowly begins to open up and we hope that within the next month or so, the governor said that they're gonna revisit and to see maybe phase three may be open. And so he said that phase three actually includes Disneyland.
And so if Disneyland opens, obviously there's not gonna be any reason for the churches to have some kind of restriction. So again, we'll take all the precautions we need to, but we're thinking that at that time, we're gonna be able to meet in larger numbers, not like the way we met before, but maybe hopefully a little bit bigger than we are able to do now.
So again, we're waiting and watching for that. And I just kinda wanna give you just our thought process and what we've been praying over as our church opens up. We wanted to make sure. There are three things that we are considering carefully as we open up. And again, as you guys know, we took a little bit longer than most churches to close for a specific reason.
Because first and foremost, we said that our worship is God-centered and not man-centered. So we wanna make sure that not only the leadership of the church understands the high calling of corporate worship. That what we are experiencing online, I mean, as great as it is that we have this avenue to do that, because again, we have brothers all over the world who don't have that access.
But it cannot ever replace the corporate worship of the church. It is not a church sitting at home. Again, not the way that Christ called us to gather together. So we wanna make sure that we are honoring God first and foremost, that corporate worship is not something that we just simply fold because it's inconvenient.
We wanna make sure that again, that it is to us, whether the government or the world that we live in says it's not essential, to us it is always essential. And it is not just one of the essentials, it is the essential thing that we need to commit to.
And so because of that, we wanted to be careful. But secondly, we wanted to make sure that we're obedient to the local government. That we're not just simply gonna defy them. The Bible does tell us in Romans 13 to submit ourselves to the local government. And they have a job to do.
They're not specifically saying Christians cannot meet. So we wanna do our best, and that's why we've been patiently waiting. And so now that the government has released that and we are able to come together, and we're gonna try to do our best to follow the instructions that they give us until we are not able to do so.
That compromising our faith in God is required for us to submit to the government, then the Bible is clear on that as well. But third principle that we are being careful about, that we need to shepherd and protect our church. And so we wanna take this seriously. We wanna make sure that all the precautions that the government and the health officials are telling us that we are taking all the precautions that we need.
So there's gonna be a video that you're gonna be seeing online this week of what you should be expecting and how we are preparing. One, for peace of mind for those of you who are coming, that we're not just being cavalier about this and we're not taking, you know, we don't want you to be concerned that we're not taking this seriously.
We are going to do everything in our power. Every single person coming into the room is gonna be thermal scanned. Everyone has to bring their mask and keep it on during the time that they're here. Afterwards, people need to leave, you know, and again, minimum contact with social distancing.
And also, in between each service, we're gonna be sanitizing everything, the bathrooms, wherever people are, so that in between each service, we wanna make sure that the next group of people coming in are coming into a room that has been sanitized. And so, based upon those three principles, we've been carefully praying and having discussions, and we thought that, again, it was right timing because of all the things that are going on for us to open up.
So please be prayerful, and again, we're not exactly where we want to be. We're slowly getting there, but please be mindful of that. Along with that, we have a few quick announcements. Again, all the times currently are full, but there are a few people who are dropping out here and there, so if you guys want to be on a waiting list, whether that happens next week or maybe in the following weeks, sign up for which service that you would like to come if there is space, and then if somebody drops out or the government allows us to have more people in the room, we'll be able to add you to those services.
So even if we may be currently full, if you are hoping to do so as soon as we are able to, please go online and sign up for the service that you would like to go, maybe a couple of 'em, and then when we are open, we'll let you know that you can come that week, okay?
Next Sunday, we are planning to have communion with the people who are at the physical church. We're hoping that the next time we have it, that again, all of us will be able to gather together and have communion, but for those of you who are here, we just want you to prepare ahead of time, and again, the communions are gonna be done a little bit differently for the purpose of trying to respect the health purposes in the church, so again, when you come next week, you'll see what's going on with that.
And please, please review the safety outlines before you come to church next Sunday. Again, for India pastors, we are taking renewed sign up for monthly commitment, $50, and so it'll be going from June to June, and as I've mentioned to you guys before, I've been communicating with the Indian pastors regularly, and what's going on over there, not only for health reasons, but because of what's going on with the COVID, the local governments and local Hindus are making it even harder for Christians to access their food, and so we need to get the funds to them as soon as possible.
Right now, we don't even have an avenue to get there because they're not allowed to move around, but as soon as that opens up, we're gonna try to send it to them, and so if you are planning to sign up, please do so as soon as possible, and again, we'll try to get the funds to them as soon as we can.
Then I'll give you more updates when I get it from the pastors. All right, so we have a few good boys and girls today. Jade and Kim was a good boy last week. Alex Bae, I heard that you guys, you did a very good job last week. Chloe Lin, again, thank you for helping out with the parents and again, worshiping together in a great way.
We have a few birthdays. Thomas and Tony Lau is turning five today. Happy birthday. And then Serenity Lee is turning 12 today. Happy birthday. Okay, all right, so just like, even though when we get together, we're gonna have our service, we're gonna keep it the same way that we've been having it with the change of, we're gonna have the opening pray song to begin with, and then I'll come up and give the announcements, and then the offering time is going to be the same.
Because most of us are gonna be doing it electronically, for those of you who are able to come here and you want to use physical checks, we're gonna ask you, we're gonna have a offering basket or offering house set up in the back. So as you're coming in or going out, you wanna put your physical offering there.
Otherwise, we're gonna ask you to continue to do electronic offerings so that we don't have to pass around the offering baskets with people touching it, okay? So let me pray for us and we'll open up the service, and again, we'll give you about 30 seconds to give your offering, okay?
Gracious, loving Father, we thank you so much for being sovereign, that in the midst of so much chaos and turmoil in this world, and even today, we pray, Father God, that you would remind us where we find our peace. You truly are the King of righteousness and King of peace.
Help us, Lord God, that this is not simply our doctrines that we confess, but the thing that we cling to, especially now. I pray that the offering that we give to you may be cheerful, intentional, and may it be multiplied for your use. In Jesus' name we pray, amen.
(gentle piano music) (gentle piano music) Why don't we all stand together again, at least those of you in the room? (gentle piano music) ♪ Christ the sure and steady anchor ♪ ♪ In the fury of the storm ♪ ♪ When the winds of doubt blow through me ♪ ♪ And my sails have all been torn ♪ ♪ In the suffering, in the sorrow ♪ ♪ When my sinking hopes are few ♪ ♪ I will hold fast to the anchor ♪ ♪ It shall never be removed ♪ (gentle piano music) ♪ Christ the sure, Christ the sure and steady anchor ♪ ♪ While the tempest rages on ♪ ♪ When temptation claims the battle ♪ ♪ And it seems the night has won ♪ ♪ Deeper still than goes the anchor ♪ ♪ Though I justly stand accused ♪ ♪ I will hold fast to the anchor ♪ ♪ It shall never be removed ♪ (gentle piano music) ♪ Christ the sure and steady anchor ♪ ♪ To the floods of unbelief ♪ ♪ Hopeless somehow, O my soul now ♪ ♪ Lift your eyes to Calvary ♪ ♪ This my palace of assurance ♪ ♪ See His love forever proved ♪ ♪ All my hope will be at the anchor ♪ ♪ It shall never be removed ♪ (gentle piano music) ♪ Christ the sure, Christ the sure and steady anchor ♪ ♪ Once we face the wave of death ♪ ♪ And these trials give way to glory ♪ ♪ As we draw our final breath ♪ ♪ We will cross that great horizon ♪ ♪ Clouds behind and life secure ♪ ♪ And the calm will be the better ♪ ♪ For the storms that we've endured ♪ ♪ Christ the sure of our salvation ♪ ♪ Ever faithful, ever true ♪ ♪ We will hold fast to the anchor ♪ ♪ It shall never be removed ♪ Amen.
(upbeat music) ♪ Magnificent, marvelous, matchless love ♪ ♪ To us and astounding to town ♪ ♪ Forever existing in worlds above ♪ ♪ Now offered and given to all ♪ ♪ O fountain of beauty eternal ♪ ♪ The Father, the Spirit, the Son ♪ ♪ Sufficient and endlessly generous ♪ ♪ Magnificent, marvelous, matchless love ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ Creation is brimming with faithfulness ♪ ♪ The mountains exalted they stand ♪ ♪ The seas rejoice in your faithfulness ♪ ♪ All life is sustained by you ♪ ♪ And you crown love ♪ ♪ You crown every matter with color ♪ ♪ You paint every shade in the sky ♪ ♪ Each day the dawn wakes as an hour for love ♪ ♪ Magnificent, marvelous, matchless love ♪ ♪ How great, how sure ♪ ♪ His love endures ♪ ♪ Forevermore ♪ ♪ Magnificent, marvelous, matchless love ♪ ♪ What grace that you entered our brokenness ♪ ♪ You came in the fullness of time ♪ ♪ How far we had fallen from righteousness ♪ ♪ But not from the mercies that brought your cross forth ♪ ♪ Your cross is our door to redemption ♪ ♪ Your death is our fullness of life ♪ ♪ That day I'll forgive this Lord as a friend ♪ ♪ Magnificent, marvelous, matchless love ♪ ♪ How great, how sure ♪ ♪ His love endures ♪ ♪ Forevermore ♪ ♪ Magnificent, marvelous, matchless love ♪ ♪ How great, how sure ♪ ♪ His love endures ♪ ♪ Forevermore ♪ ♪ Magnificent, marvelous, matchless love ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ United in ♪ ♪ United in your resurrection ♪ ♪ You left us to imminent heights ♪ ♪ Could any place ever take us ♪ ♪ No ♪ ♪ Magnificent, marvelous, matchless love ♪ ♪ How great, how sure ♪ ♪ His love endures ♪ ♪ Forevermore ♪ ♪ Magnificent, marvelous, matchless love ♪ ♪ How great, how sure ♪ ♪ His love endures ♪ ♪ Forevermore ♪ ♪ Magnificent, marvelous, matchless love ♪ (upbeat music) - All right, you may be seated.
(papers rustling) All right, again, we're eagerly anticipating for the church to come back. And I think if there's any, you know, one good thing that came out of all of this or is coming out of all of this is a greater thought about the corporate gathering of the church.
And I know because of the internet, many of the churches have been wrestling with the idea of going online and how to minister to people and reach out to people online. But along with that came the challenge of the loss of the importance of the physical corporate gathering of the church.
And more and more people have been just kind of nonchalantly taking the corporate gathering. And I think this has at least caused the conversations to happen, to take a deeper look at to what the corporate worship really means. Why do we need to have to get together? What is the purpose of the Sabbath?
What is the difference between having service in your own living room versus the physical gathering of the church? And hopefully when we gather together, not only in our churches, but other churches, that that may be restored in a high view of God and high view of worship may be restored in the churches.
We're gonna be jumping into Hebrews chapter seven again. And I'm just gonna read the first verse before we jump in this morning. And I'm gonna take some time. Usually I don't talk about political things, but this morning I'm gonna jump into a bit before we get into the text itself.
Because of many things that are going on around the world right now. So let me read verse one. For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham as he was returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him. Let's pray. Father, we thank you so much for who you are.
None of us are worthy to call you Abba Father by our own merit. We are here, Lord God, as sinners who are forgiven. We are here unworthy, Lord God, to be in your presence. And yet we come to your throne with boldness because of the blood of Christ. I pray that that truth would convict us, renew our faith, renew our passion, renew our love, and whatever it is in our thoughts, our emotions, in our lives, Lord, that we have been entangled with.
I pray, Father God, that that truth may deliver us. May our focus be you and you alone. In Jesus' name we pray, amen. I think all of us know what's going on to a certain degree. Some of you guys may be following what's going on in the news probably more closely than other people and obviously we had the COVID-19 fear which we're not out of the woods yet.
It seems like it is getting better. But as a result of that, the churches have shut down. Many people who are in businesses, some of you have been furloughed. Maybe some people lost their jobs permanently. And so there's a lot of stuff that's going on behind the scenes. Politics, whose fault is it?
Who did what was wrong? Who is doing right? And every day we have, especially in this country, we have two parties who are eager to blame each other and point fingers, thinking that maybe the solution is in their party. We have financial crisis, international affairs. We have issues with what's going on in China, with Iran, with North Korea.
There's problems going on even between China and India. And so if you're watching the news carefully, it almost seems like it's just ready to blow. And then on top of all of that, you know very well what's been going on around us in Los Angeles. And even in Irvine today, I heard news that there's going to be a protest happening at the Civic Center.
And so again, we wanna caution you not to drive in that area because they have planned protests in that area. What happened this week with the racial tensions, the killing of Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd? I think we've all seen videos and I haven't talked to a single person who wasn't outraged of what they saw.
If what they are saying is true, it must stop. Protests are a good thing, again, within reason. You know, we're not talking about like burning down buildings, but again, to make sure that some of these things that are happening, that policies need to be changed, there needs to be accountability.
And I think we are all in agreement with that. But we must not conform to the pattern of this world. Romans chapter two, 12 verse two, it says, "Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed "by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove "what the will of God is, that which is good "and acceptable and perfect." So when he's talking about not to conform to the pattern of this world, he's not simply talking about pornography and murder and killing.
It's just the way, what we value, how we respond to things, how we react to things, that we don't react and think and implement things just like the world, because our values are different. What is important is different. Our answer, what we believe to be the answer to human problem is different.
Politics isn't gonna solve it. Just because you change laws, it doesn't change the heart of men. So this racial tension that has been simmering for years, probably decades, it's beginning to explode. Tinder has always been laying there, but what has happened in the last few weeks has basically put that into flames.
Let me make this very clear. There's a few things that I wanna say about racism, and this isn't completely disconnected with what we need to talk about this morning, about Melchizedek. Okay, racism is sickening, is sickening. You know, I think all of us, to some degree, no matter what national background you're from, may have experienced some of that, some more than others.
I remember when I first came to the United States, we were so excited because Korea was a third world country in the '70s. And so we barely ate meat. You know, I could remember a few times where we had candy, you know, at least that's what I remember. You know, eating fruit was a huge treat in the '70s.
And so coming to the United States basically meant that we thought we were coming to heaven on earth. We moved, my parents moved to Philadelphia, and my earliest memories of Philadelphia was my parents working their tail off, coming home at 10, 11 p.m. at night, and me and my brothers, basically, we were latchkey kids, you know, and my younger brother, Philip, coming home, walking home from school when he was five years old and losing him one day.
So, you know, all of these things are memories of my childhood. And we also moved to Kansas, and I remember being in Kansas, we were so weird in Kansas. And not only were we the only Asians, we were the only minorities, period. So we had three Asians in the school, me, my two brothers, and that was it.
And I remember back then, because she couldn't pronounce my Korean name, my teacher would actually call me China Boy. And so it wasn't weird, because it's like, oh, China Boy, I'm the only China Boy in the class, so she must be referring to me. And again, as a third grade student, didn't think much about it, you know, that's just the way it is.
And then we moved to Atlanta, Georgia. In Atlanta, Georgia, in the South, in the '70s, I mean, racism was blatantly out in the open, not just the teachers, but even the students. And I remember every single day, somebody calling me chink. And so, unlike my brothers, I didn't just absorb it.
So I got into fights, you know? And so every day I went to school, I thought maybe today I'm gonna lose it. So even to this day, I don't like wearing slippers outside. Because mentally, mentally, even though those are like decades and decades ago, mentally, I think maybe something's gonna happen today.
So I don't wanna be wearing slippers. Even though it's irrational. That's embedded, yes or no. I don't like wearing slippers outside, right? For that reason, just in case something goes down. When my parents decided to go back to Korea, I thought, okay, finally, we're gonna go back to my home country where I belong, because clearly I don't belong here.
And I was made very aware of that when I went back. But I realized that I didn't belong there either. That short time that I was here in the United States, about four or five years, I was Korean American. I wasn't Korean anymore. And so I remember being in Korea, constantly being told to go back to my country.
My country, where is my country? 'Cause I thought I was in my country. And that's when I realized that I didn't have one. I didn't belong there, and I didn't belong here. And right around that time, I was about 12, 13 years old, and going through an identity crisis.
And when my parents decided to come back to the United States, I came back kicking and screaming. 'Cause it wasn't going back to heaven on earth anymore. I knew exactly where I was going back to. I was going back to a place where I didn't belong, where I'm gonna have to fight just to be a part of a school wherever my parents went to.
So even to this day, when I see racism, it reminds me of all of that. And if there's one thing that I hate, one sin that I truly, truly hate, is racism. Because it scarred me deeply when I was young. But when I say that, I'm not talking about just anything.
Because sometimes the way that we call racism cheapens that sin of racism. There is a difference between people being insensitive. There is a huge difference between people being ignorant. They don't have evil intent. It's just that they haven't been around other people who are different than them. And so they say things that they would say with their race or the people that they're familiar with, and they don't realize that this may be offensive to somebody else.
And I don't consider that racism. That's just being ignorant. Oftentimes being very insensitive. Racism is sickening at the core when it is true racism. But racism is also universal. It is not local. Racism doesn't just exist in one group of people. Because at the core of it, it's prejudice.
And every single one of us is prejudiced. So if I say Chinese people are, or Koreans are, black people are, Mexicans are, we have certain thoughts. Some of us are careful not to express it, but we all have certain thoughts. People in Irvine are, people in Santa Ana are, people who are short are, people who are big are.
We all have certain prejudices that we have inwardly, and we know how to temper that because we know how it will be perceived. But at the core of prejudice, or racism, it's prejudice. And every single one of us is guilty of that because the sin of prejudice resides in all of us.
Because at the core of prejudice, we elevate ourselves above other people. And at the core of human rebellion is wanting to have glory. That's why we work hard to be better than other people, to get better jobs, to have better houses, a better career, better schools. And all of that innately feeds into, if we're not careful, at the core root of our rebellion.
And prejudice is a byproduct of every human being that is trying hard to be better than other people. It's just racism is just the fastest way to get there. And that is not isolated in certain people, certain parts of the country. It's everywhere, universal. All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
So I wanna ask you to be careful to not to react to racism as if we are completely exempt. That if we legislate and we get rid of those people, and if we isolate those people, that we will be free from prejudice. Racism is in us, and we have to be careful that in the way that we deal with racism, that we ourselves don't become racist.
That we don't just make blanket statements. When somebody says white people are racist, that's also racism. When those people are like this, that's also racism. So we need to be very careful and precise. You know, one of the things that I noticed, again, doing church ministry for so many years, is that people come to church, and if they have a bad experience with a few people, they will leave the church and they will say, Berean Community Church is like this.
And if you sit and talk to them, usually it's because they've had a bad experience with one or two people. But our tendency is when we're hurt, when something negative happens to us, we're not precise with our criticism. We usually throw bombs, just kind of like what's happening with the riots.
You know, why are they burning down buildings? Why are they looting people, especially in their own neighborhood? But we have a tendency, when we're angry about something, when we're hurt and we feel injustice, our tendency is to throw bombs. We don't have to participate in riots, physically, to be rioting in our hearts, because when we're hurt, our natural tendency is to, they're like this, even between husband and wives.
When we're angry, we don't say, why don't you help me with dishes? We say, how come you never help? How come you're always like this? Because that is our natural tendency. When we are upset and when we're hurt, we have a tendency to throw bombs. So we need to be careful that in the way that we deal with racism, that we ourselves don't do more damage than good.
But fourth and finally, racism, the answer to racism is always Jesus, is regeneration. Because at the root of racism is our human rebellion. At the root of racism is our sin. And so as much as we wanna cry out and say, we don't want what happened to that black brother, from what I heard, he was a Christian, to ever allow that to happen again, that in our protest, I pray that the Christians will see the proclamation of the gospel as more important.
That we don't just simply point out what is bad. That we don't just get outraged and say, if we just change the law, if we just lock up a few people, this would be a better society. You and I are here because we believe that that is not the case.
All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Police department, Asians, blacks, whites, Hispanics, all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Democrats, Republicans, all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Americans, Chinese, Korean, Indians, Mexicans, all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
So the only remedy to sin that you and I believe is a regeneration that happens by the blood of Christ. So before we pour so much energy into changing the politics, again, I think we live in a free country where they give us the right to vote, right to protest, and so when we see evil, we should point that out.
But in the process of pointing evil, that we make sure that we give the remedy along with pointing out the evil. That the remedy is Christ and Christ alone. You know, dealing with racism is very tricky, especially if you've faced racism before. I remember years ago, I had an African American friend who I was driving around town and I was in Buena Park.
And he was sitting to my right and I was driving around, we were trying to look for something and I got pulled over by the police. And when we got pulled over, I was like, I wasn't speeding, you know, and I, or at least I didn't think I was, so what did I do wrong this time?
So they pulled us over and they told my friend, his name was Michael, to get out of the car. And again, he was an African American brother. He went out and I was sitting in the car and a police officer came over to me and asked me, are you doing okay?
And I said, yeah. So what's this about? He's like, okay, we just have to ask some questions. So they had a list of questions that they asked him. Then I got out of the car, I said, 'cause I began to realize what was happening. And so I got out of the car and I said, officer, did I do something wrong?
He's like, no, no, no, no, no. We just wanted a double check. And I asked him, what are you double checking? I just wanted to make sure that you're okay. So I said, what do you mean? He said, don't worry about it. And then asked him a few questions.
Okay, you can go. And then we got back into the car. And so I realized the only reason that we were pulled over was because he was black and I was Asian and maybe it fits some profile. Maybe there was some report or they were looking for somebody. And I asked Michael, Michael, does that happen to you often?
And he said, I'm used to it. That's what he said. Now, again, I'm also a minority, right? But I don't experience that. So he just kind of blew it off as like, I'm just used to it. And he didn't make much of it. I was upset for him. And I was also very confused because the officers pulled us over for my protection.
They were doing their job. They pulled me over because their duty is to protect. And they thought maybe if this is not, maybe it fits some profile. And then they really was trying to protect me. So in one sense, I was thankful that they were doing their job, but I was also upset because of my friend.
Dealing with racism isn't black and white because it's not about policy. It's not about changing programs and getting rid of certain people. But all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. The answer is not that simple. At least in the eyes of the world. You think, oh, if we can get Republicans to run four more years, we'll have a great country.
If we can get the Democrats in office, that things will get so much better. That is the lie that Satan tells year after year after year after year. And if you live long enough, you know. Like the politicians that come and give all these promises, these are all promises.
And if you've been watching politics, following for any period of time, you know that the politicians are not as powerful as they think. Now, what does this have to do with the passage that we're looking at? The letter that is written to the Hebrews are drifting back to their old life because they took their eyes off of Christ and whatever problems that they were having in life, they thought it would be easier if they can just go back to the majority, if they went back to Judaism.
And they weren't outright doing it. They were just kind of drifting back because that was the easiest path to take. And so the author is reminding them to be anchored in Christ. Have you forgotten your confession? Have you forgotten why you come to worship? Have you forgotten that Christ and Christ alone is your refuge?
He's the only one who can change our hearts. No amount of hard work, no amount of discipline, no amount of discipleship is going to weed the sin that has corrupted our very being. That's why Jesus said to Nicodemus, "You must be born again." He didn't say, "You need to work harder.
"You need to go to the temple. "You need to memorize more of the Old Testament." He said, "No, everything that you've done "until you are born again is useless." Well, how can a man be born again? How do I do that? He said, "You can't. "It's the work of the Holy Spirit.
"Where he comes, where he goes, no one knows. "He's like the wind." In other words, we're completely helpless. We're completely helpless until Christ comes and saves us. And so that's the underlying tone of the whole book of Hebrews, to not to drift, to be anchored in Christ so that we would look to him and not to run to the world.
And that's why he says in Hebrews chapter seven, four, "Observe how great this man was "to whom Abraham the patriarch "gave a tenth of the choices spoils." Observe means to intently look. And obviously, he's not saying to look at Melchizedek. He's saying to look at Melchizedek because Christ comes in the order of Melchizedek.
Again, at the tail end of book of Hebrews chapter 12, you can say that summary of everything that he's been trying to say in chapter 12, verse two, he says, "Fix our eyes on Jesus, "the author and the perfecter of our faith." Not only is he the one who begins our faith, he's the one who's going to continue to sanctify us.
You don't just begin with Christ and end with hard work. You don't just begin by grace and then end with work. He says, "No, it is by grace you are saved. "It is by grace you are sanctified. "It is by grace that you will be glorified." So it humbles us that we are always desperate, whether you've been a Christian for one year, whether you've been a faithful Christian for 40 years.
Until the day we die, we meet Christ, we are all desperately in need of Christ. He says, "Christ is different than the other kings. "Christ is different than the other priests "because he is a king-priest." Now, king-priest doesn't sound like much, but if you know the Old Testament, it was prohibited for kings to be priests.
Malchus 6-7-1, it says, "Malchus is the king of Salem, "priest of the most high God." God prohibited the kings of Israel to be priests, and the priests were not able to be kings, and there's a specific reason for that. See, the kings of Israel had limited power. They're not like other kings.
So if you were the king of Egypt, if you were the king of Babylon, king basically meant that you created the law. In fact, if anybody is immune to the law, it would have been the king because the king creates it. If you broke the law, you can say, "Well, today that's the rule." King of Israel did not have that kind of authority because there was a king above that king, and God made that very clear to the nation of Israel.
Deuteronomy 17, verse 14-20, "God was preparing the nation of Israel "to get into the Promised Land, "and he foretold that when you get in, "one of your primary problems that you're gonna run into "is that you're gonna put your hopes on the kings." So he gives them restrictions. Verse 14-20, "When you enter the land "which the Lord your God gives you, "and you possess it and live in it, "and you say, 'I will set a king over me "'like all the nations who are around me.'" In other words, they were looking for leadership.
We want what they have, and he says, "You shall surely set king over you "whom the Lord your God chooses." Even the one you choose, he said, "No, I will choose him. "One from among your countrymen "who shall set as king over yourselves. "You may not put a foreigner over yourself "who is not your countryman." So even the selection of the king, God himself said he's going to do it.
In other words, there's a God above this king. Secondly, verse 16 and 17, "He shall not multiply horses for himself, "nor shall he cause the people to return to Egypt "to multiply horses, since the Lord has said to you, "You shall not again return that way. "He shall not multiply wives for himself, "or else his heart will turn away, "nor shall he greatly increase silver and gold for himself." Let me stop right there.
Well, what's the benefit of being a king? I mean, you would think that if you're the king of the world, king of the country, of course you're gonna have wealth beyond everybody else. But God says you will not multiply your wife. You will not multiply the horses. So this king was, in a sense, he was an under shepherds, because it didn't belong to him.
I mean, what king, what king has these kind of restrictions? If you're the king, you're the owner of the palace. If you're the king, you're the owner of every possession in that land. But he said to the king of Israel, "You shall not have many horses, or silver, or gold." So, you know, people often ask, you know, look at King Solomon.
He had many wives, and God was not pleased with him. You have to be careful that we don't extrapolate things that are happening in narratives and say, "Well, God is okay with it." No, God clearly spelled out he is not okay with it, and part of Solomon's sin was he went astray, and he disobeyed God.
He goes on in verse 18, "Now it shall come about when he sits on the throne of the kingdom, he shall write for himself a copy of this law on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests." So even the law itself, the king didn't create the laws.
God gave him the laws. So he couldn't, he couldn't be, he couldn't will himself, he had to be chosen. He couldn't get many wives, or he couldn't become wealthy for himself. And even the law, he couldn't create the laws. God would give him the laws. This doesn't even sound like a king.
But he said, "The nation of Israel, because you're asking for a king." He said, "I'm gonna give a king to you, but this king is going to be an under-shepherd." And then verse 20, "The reason for all of this is that his heart may not be lifted up above his countrymen." Think about that statement.
So that the king may remain humble like the rest of the subjects. The king, so that the king of Israel will not become proud and he thinks that he is somehow better than the subjects. Compare that to any other king, even the king of the smallest country in the world.
Even the most insignificant, a country that you've never heard of, if you say he's the king of that country, you would automatically assume he's the richest guy, he's the most powerful guy, he's the most honored guy. And yet the kingdom of Israel, he says, "So that your heart may not be lifted above his countrymen and that he may not turn aside from the commandments to the right or to the left, so that he and his sons may continue long in his kingdom in the midst of Israel." So Israelites' kingdom was unlike any other kingdom because there was only one true king.
And all the other kings in Israel's history were supposed to represent the true king. And God put limitations on them. And one of the limitations that he put is that the king could not be a priest. He is not, he wasn't allowed to occupy both offices. We see in 1 Samuel chapter 13, King Saul breaks that commandment and as a result of that, he loses his kingdom.
We also see that in 2 Chronicles chapter 26, King Uzziah, King Uzziah becomes a great king. And as a result of that, of all of his accomplishment, it says in chapter 26, verse 16, that he became powerful. And then when he became powerful, he became proud. And as a result of this pride, he said his kingdom was going to be lost.
Just like he said. In fact, we see a clear picture of what kind of king Israelites had in 2 Samuel chapter 12. Remember King David? He commits this horrendous sin. He commits adultery. He takes someone else's wife and in order to cover that up, he murders him. This is a man after God's own heart.
Now, in any other nation, any other king, that would have been perfectly fine. As outrageous as that may be, who's going to contest him? Who's going to call him out? He's the king. He could just come out and say, "You're my wife today," and that's it. Because he makes the laws.
All the wives are going to be my wives. Who's going to say anything? He's the king. He could take their land. He could take their wives. 'Cause he's the most powerful. But in the nation of Israel, the kings were not like the other nations. That's why when the prophet Nathan comes and confronts him about his sin in 2 Samuel chapter 12, David couldn't do anything other than repent.
'Cause he recognized his sin. And what's interesting about the way he repents is Psalm 51 verse 34 says, "For I know my transgressions "and my sin is ever before me." 'Cause he knew that there was a king above him. "Against you and you only I have sinned "and done what is evil in your sight." Now that seems like a completely immoral thing to say.
'Cause he committed adultery. He killed a man who was faithful to him. And yet when he repents, he says, "You only I have sinned and done what is evil." What are you talking about? You sinned against your kingdom. You sinned against Bathsheba. You sinned against her husband. What do you mean only you I have sinned?
Now he's not saying that I'm innocent of his blood and I'm innocent of adultery. He's not saying that. But as the king of Israel, the only law that he broke is God's law. Because he was the king. And that's why he was saying, "I've broken your law." As a king, I could do whatever I want.
But as the king of Israel, I've sinned against you. See, Israelites kings were not like any other kings. God establishes kingdom. God established kingship and authority, even in the secular world for the purpose of carrying out punishment for evil. That's what it says in Romans chapter 13. And that's why we are called to submit to those who are in authority.
See, the priesthood was given in order to reconcile sinners to God. So the kings were to carry out the law. They couldn't create the law, but they were to carry out the law that God gave them. The priest existed so that when they broke the law, that there would be a remedy.
And God said that these two offices cannot come together. Now, why is that? Why did God do that? Now I'm gonna get to that in a minute. But Jesus fulfills what he prohibited in the nation of Israel, because the kings were under shepherds and the priests were also under shepherds.
And he kept these two things separate because it was reserved for Jesus and Jesus alone. So when he says Jesus comes in the priesthood of Melchizedek, he's saying that Jesus is also king and priest, which was not allowed in the nation of Israel. When Jesus came and he said, "I did not come to abolish the law, "but I came to fulfill the law." To fulfill the law means two things.
One, he obeyed it completely. Whatever God told him to do, he did it completely. But secondly, what it means to fulfill is to take it to completion. That whatever God gave him the law, what his intent was, he said it pointed to him. And so he came to fulfill the prophecy that your Messiah is going to come as a king priest.
So Jesus came to fulfill that law. In Zechariah 6:13, "Yes, it is he who will build the temple of the Lord "and he who will bear the honor "and sit and rule on his throne." In other words, he's going to be the king. "Thus he will be a priest on his throne, "which other kings were punished for doing." But he said, "Your Messiah is going to come "as a priest on his throne." And the counsel of the peace will be between the two offices.
In other words, he says when the Messiah has come, he's going to bring those two offices together. The only other place Melchizedek is mentioned in Psalm 110, verse four, "The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, "you are a priest forever "according to the order of Melchizedek." Now why is this so significant?
Imagine. And I think hopefully this will help out. Imagine if Jesus was just king and his role is to carry out justice. Where would you and I be? We wouldn't be here. 'Cause we all broke the law. So if Jesus is king of kings and Lord of lords, you and I would be crushed.
We have no opportunity. It is not a throne of grace that we approach. It's just the throne. And when you approach the throne, a God who is holy, holy, holy, just like everything in the tabernacle said, if you come with any sin, if you're tainted in any way, if there's any disobedience in you, you will be consumed by my holy wrath.
If Jesus was only king, you and I have no hope. But he's not just king. He embraced priesthood. And the purpose of priesthood was to reconcile sinners to God. But if priests, priests never, they didn't carry out the punishment. Kings did that 'cause they were the ones who were in authority.
The priests were always receiving the gifts and to reconcile, we're all reconciled. Your sins are forgiven. Now, if Jesus was only priest, which many people forget that he is also king, and we only see him as a mediator who's always mediating for us, one saved, always saved, and our sins are always forgiven, it doesn't matter what we do because all we see him as is a priest.
And so because only see him as a priest, there is no lordship. It's not necessary because they don't know him as king. The Bible tells us that Jesus Christ came to fulfill that office that was reserved for him and him alone. He was king priest, and he was king priest perfectly.
In Psalm 110, verses one through four, the Lord says to my lord, sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet. The Lord will stretch forth your strong scepter from Zion, saying, rule in the midst of your enemies. In other words, you're going to be established as a king.
Your people will volunteer freely in the day of your power. In other words, your kingship, you're not gonna rule in fear. You're not gonna rule in judgment. You're not gonna carry out justice because you're going to slap them. He said, they're gonna come to you because you're also the priest.
And he said, they're gonna offer up worship to you freely. So his kingdom is unlike any other kingdom. He's not just a king, he's also the priest. And the way he reconciled us to himself, he's absorbed our sins upon him before he sat on his throne. You know, I heard a great illustration this week about what happens.
In order to make something clean, you have to make something unclean. Just like we're trying to sanitize everything, and in order to do that, we have to pick up a rag. And you don't use dirty rags if you want to clean things. You take a clean rag, and then you take the dirty surface, and then you wipe it down.
And so when you wipe it down, the surface becomes clean, but where's the dirt? It's on the rag. So the rag that was clean is made unclean in order to make the surface clean. The Bible describes our priest king. In order to make us righteous so that we may dwell in his kingdom, he absorbed our sins upon himself.
He who knew no sin became sin so that you and I may become the righteous in the face of God. That is his kingdom. Imagine why this king-priest office is so important. This may not be a perfect illustration, but imagine, imagine if you got into trouble, right? Genuinely got into trouble, and you got taken to jail, and the public defender comes, and he wants to have a conversation with you, and then somebody whispers in your ear, and he says, "Hey, he's also the DA." Now you're confused.
He's a public defender, 'cause public defender, I'm supposed to tell him what's going on so that he could defend me. DA is my enemy. If I tell him all my sins, I'm gonna go to jail for a long time. But the guy who's defending me is also the DA.
Now, they will never let that happen. They will never let that happen, because those two offices are contradicting, because no human being can carry out the public defense and DA at the same time, because we're gonna be prejudiced in one way or the other. Either you're not gonna do a good job as a DA, and say, "You know what, I'm gonna pretend "like I never heard your sin, "and I'm just gonna defend you, "and I'm gonna do a great job, I'm gonna let you go." Or you're a public defender, and I heard all your sins, you told me everything, but no human being is able to be a public defender and DA at the same time.
Only a being who has perfect judgment, who has perfect knowledge, who himself is not tainted with prejudice himself, who is able to carry out perfect justice and perfect grace at the same time, and there is no human being that can ever be in that role. That's why it was prohibited for kings and the priests to, that those two offices would mix, because no human being can carry that out.
Only Jesus, only Jesus can carry that out perfectly. A holy, holy, holy God who knows all things, who judges all things, loves us unconditionally, because of the love of his son, Jesus Christ, his blood covers us. That's the king that we worship. That's the mediator that stands before us.
Our DA, our public defender, is the same person. Where he doesn't sweep our sins under the rug, he doesn't allow chaos to happen, he doesn't tolerate the sin, the kingdom that we are headed to is not anarchy, where people do whatever they want. There is order, there is righteousness, but there's also peace, there's also grace, because we have a king who comes in the order of Melchizedek.
Why would we want to drift and replace him with anything else? Why would we want to go to any other kingdom? Why would we put our confidence in any other leader, in any other mediator? That's the point that he's trying to get to, and that's why this is the meat of Hebrews.
Let's pray. Father, what we know of you, we know, Father God, that we're like children, trying to understand this vast world, even a glimpse of your glory. And we know, Father God, we are so far from really understanding who you are. But we thank you for your patience as we wrestle through the deep things that you've given us.
I pray that this truth of who Christ is will not just remain with us with good thoughts and good feelings. Help us, Lord God, to be good subjects, to establish you as our king, Lord of lords and king of kings, that this throne that you've established, the throne of grace, that we may not observe it and point to it and just admire it from a distance, but that we may come in confidence, that we may find help in times of trouble, when we need answers, that you are the one that we turn to, where we want refuge, Lord God, that we do not give into our fleshy pleasures.
Teach us how to pray. Teach us how to come before you, that our love for you may grow as we see a greater and greater glimpse of your glory. In Jesus' name we pray, amen. (gentle piano music) - Why don't we go ahead and stand for our closing praise.
(gentle piano music) ♪ Should nothing of our efforts stand ♪ ♪ No legacy survive ♪ ♪ Unless the Lord does raise the house in vain ♪ ♪ Its builders strive ♪ ♪ To you, Lord, do morrows gain ♪ ♪ Tell me, what is your life ♪ ♪ A mist that vanishes at dawn ♪ ♪ All glory be to Christ ♪ ♪ All glory be to Christ our King ♪ ♪ All glory be to Christ ♪ ♪ His rule and reign we'll ever sing ♪ ♪ All glory be to Christ ♪ ♪ His will be done ♪ ♪ His kingdom come ♪ ♪ On earth as it is above ♪ ♪ Who is himself our daily bread ♪ ♪ Praise him, the Lord of love ♪ Let living water.
♪ Let living water satisfy ♪ ♪ The thirsty without price ♪ ♪ We'll take a cup of kindness yet ♪ ♪ All glory be to Christ ♪ ♪ All glory be to Christ our King ♪ ♪ All glory be to Christ ♪ ♪ His rule and reign we'll ever sing ♪ ♪ All glory be to Christ ♪ ♪ And all the day the great I am ♪ ♪ The faithful and the true ♪ ♪ The lamb who was for sinners slain ♪ ♪ Is made the newborn King ♪ ♪ Oh, thy God shall live with us ♪ ♪ And be our steadfast light ♪ ♪ And we shall ever be boldly ♪ ♪ All glory be to God ♪ ♪ All glory be to Christ our King ♪ ♪ All glory be to Christ ♪ ♪ His rule and reign we'll ever sing ♪ ♪ All glory be to Christ ♪ - Let's close our eyes for the benediction.
First Peter 2.9, "But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. May Christ's love overwhelm his people that we may be a light, especially now in this dark age.
May God's love be magnified. Amen. ♪ God sent his Son ♪ ♪ They called him Jesus ♪ ♪ He came to love ♪ ♪ He'll land for you ♪ ♪ He lived and died ♪ ♪ To buy my poverty ♪ ♪ An empty grave is there to put my Savior's name ♪ ♪ Because he lives ♪ ♪ I can face tomorrow ♪ ♪ Because he lives ♪ ♪ All fear is gone ♪ ♪ Because I know ♪ ♪ He holds the future ♪ ♪ And life is worth the living ♪ ♪ Just because he lives ♪ Amen.
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