back to indexBerean Community Church Sunday Service 12/5/2021
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♪ And you never change God you remain the holy one ♪ 00:07:52.980 |
♪ And you never change God you remain the holy one ♪ 00:08:32.980 |
♪ And you never change God you remain the holy one ♪ 00:09:00.980 |
♪ And you never change God you remain the holy one ♪ 00:14:04.980 |
♪ The glorious things that you have prepared ♪ 00:14:19.980 |
♪ You brought us near and you called us your own ♪ 00:15:23.980 |
♪ You are our treasure and our great reward ♪ 00:17:24.980 |
♪ Higher than I was, and farther than I had my mind ♪ 00:36:03.360 |
that we were scheduled to have communion this morning, 00:36:06.120 |
but we're gonna have to, at least for this service, 00:36:12.360 |
we miscalculated a number of the things that we have. 00:36:19.980 |
that we wanna keep the unity of what communion represents. 00:36:25.980 |
So we're gonna participate at least for this service. 00:36:29.380 |
Second service, we're gonna do that next week, okay? 00:36:36.060 |
in a couple weeks, not this Sunday, but Sunday after that. 00:36:41.760 |
we try to be deliberate about inviting non-Christian friends 00:36:45.960 |
or you may have friends that maybe kinda claim 00:36:52.560 |
And so people are usually more open to coming to church 00:36:55.520 |
during Christmas than any other time of the year. 00:37:09.120 |
So they can come and hear the clear presentation 00:37:19.760 |
So if you didn't get this, make sure that as you're going 00:37:22.540 |
out to grab a few of 'em, grab as much as you need. 00:37:28.180 |
with non-Christians just by asking them what Christmas is. 00:37:31.160 |
And even if they don't come, it's an opportunity 00:37:33.500 |
to share with them what the meaning of Christmas is. 00:37:44.780 |
And if we run out, we can always print some more. 00:37:46.720 |
But again, be mindful of this for both services, 9 and 11. 00:37:50.140 |
And also, after that, an announcement was made last week, 00:37:53.380 |
but there is going to be a table that's gonna be set up 00:37:59.520 |
And Pastor Mark is gonna give a brief presentation 00:38:05.140 |
answering any kind of questions that they may have. 00:38:10.300 |
as an opportunity to share the gospel with people. 00:38:14.420 |
all of these things will be available to you. 00:38:32.320 |
the reason I mentioned that is because some of you 00:38:34.040 |
could care less and some of you are more ping pong players 00:38:38.740 |
And there is a ping pong tournament that is coming up. 00:38:43.380 |
there is a ping pong doubles tournament that's happening. 00:38:48.380 |
so you know who the ping pong players are, okay? 00:38:51.580 |
So at the New Year's Eve, at 6 p.m. here in the sanctuary, 00:38:56.580 |
I think it's gonna be here, or most likely in the cafe, 00:39:09.940 |
And then at 11 p.m. we have New Year's Eve service 00:39:22.740 |
You guys are more than welcome to come and participate 00:39:26.360 |
and just to fellowship and hang out with people. 00:39:28.380 |
So it's a good opportunity to meet other people as well. 00:39:31.340 |
So please sign up for that as soon as you can. 00:39:33.660 |
And then right after I pray for our offering, 00:39:37.580 |
our offering basket, physical basket is in the back. 00:39:43.020 |
and you can drop off the physical offering there. 00:39:44.540 |
Otherwise you can prepare for the electronic offering. 00:39:50.140 |
our sister Mary Kim is going to come and give her testimony 00:39:55.280 |
So let me pray for us and I'll give you a minute 00:40:20.740 |
that we would not come out of it just tired and fatigued, 00:40:28.780 |
that we may give all our attention, all our hope, 00:40:36.340 |
may it be multiplied for your use and for your kingdom. 00:49:19.120 |
My name is Mary Kim and I'm a third year student at UCI 00:49:39.220 |
With a lack of personal faith and conviction, 00:49:44.480 |
because I never disagreed with what I was taught 00:49:50.820 |
I trusted that Christianity was true and right 00:49:56.840 |
For most of my life, my faith came secondhand. 00:50:05.360 |
but loving others and applying what I learned 00:50:07.340 |
out of a genuine love for God was frustratingly difficult. 00:50:14.780 |
with how I failed to prioritize and love him enough. 00:50:20.180 |
and spent time in prayer out of dedication and diligence 00:50:35.260 |
when I was faced with a mountain of burnout and doubt. 00:50:38.380 |
When I compared my faith with that of my mom and brothers, 00:50:41.000 |
there was a stark lack of genuinity and love. 00:50:46.380 |
from my self-perceived maturity and holiness, 00:50:57.380 |
and everything to do with him to the back of my mind 00:51:08.580 |
I felt helpless because I thought I had tried my hardest 00:51:13.460 |
but in reality, I saw God as someone I had to please 00:51:17.900 |
and didn't understand my own sinfulness and depravity. 00:51:23.000 |
to Berean Sunday service live streams in August 2020. 00:51:31.600 |
After growing up in a church that preached topically 00:51:36.200 |
I was shaken by the clarity of truth and boldness 00:51:44.040 |
by staying at Berean and absorbing the biblical truths 00:52:00.180 |
but not even knowing who God is to me personally. 00:52:02.940 |
I wasn't sure what to make of my life of bitterness 00:52:08.540 |
of learning more about God through his word at Berean. 00:52:15.380 |
as there was never a moment of true repentance in my life. 00:52:20.820 |
I met regularly with a Berean sister in my class 00:52:27.220 |
God revealed to me how I never knew him and lived for him, 00:52:38.380 |
were for my own glory, satisfaction, and kingdom. 00:52:41.740 |
He showed me how my heart rebelled against him 00:52:43.680 |
as I idolized myself, my relationships, and material things. 00:52:53.040 |
of living for myself in worship of my broken self. 00:53:03.140 |
she asked me what I thought I needed saving from. 00:53:10.620 |
of choosing between life as a better fulfilled person 00:53:17.940 |
results in eternal consequences of life or death, 00:53:27.880 |
and in my helpless state, as I understood my personality, 00:53:31.680 |
as I understood my personal identity as a sinner. 00:53:41.800 |
is the only one who could and did take my sins, 00:53:44.960 |
die for me, and grant me righteousness and freedom. 00:53:48.000 |
For the first time, God broke my heart over my sin, 00:53:50.840 |
compelling me to turn away from inherent dirtiness 00:53:55.700 |
He was already offering me the completed work of salvation 00:54:01.140 |
John 5, 24 says, "Truly, truly, I say to you, 00:54:12.260 |
I placed my faith in Jesus in late August, 2021, 00:54:20.880 |
I am living life ever in awe of the love and grace 00:54:33.980 |
"While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 00:54:44.820 |
"so that he would adopt me into his kingdom." 00:54:48.740 |
I am learning more about God's character and works 00:54:56.740 |
and continuously proves his faithfulness to me. 00:55:04.700 |
I want to live my life in full submission to God, 00:55:07.620 |
being sanctified and molded into his likeness 00:55:11.500 |
Galatians 2, 20 says, "I have been crucified with Christ, 00:56:08.400 |
- All right, thank you, Mary, for that great testimony. 00:56:18.800 |
If you can turn your Bibles with me to Hebrews 13, 00:56:23.480 |
and we're gonna be reading from verse 10 through 14. 00:56:33.720 |
And yes, we're gonna be covering all of it today. 00:56:36.760 |
Hebrews chapter 10, verse 13, verses 10 through 14. 00:56:49.360 |
We have an altar from which those who serve the tabernacle 00:56:56.420 |
is brought into the holy place by the high priest 00:56:58.680 |
as an offering for sin are burned outside the camp. 00:57:02.600 |
Therefore, Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people 00:57:05.720 |
through his own blood, suffered outside the gate. 00:57:11.080 |
bearing his reproach, for here we do not have a lasting city 00:57:14.840 |
but we are seeking the city which is to come. 00:57:18.100 |
Heavenly Father, we pray for deeper understanding. 00:57:33.240 |
We entrust this time to you, asking for your blessing 00:57:47.600 |
is whenever we travel, we've spent so many years 00:57:59.440 |
and they were never taught about Christianity. 00:58:24.040 |
to share the gospel because all we have to do 00:58:37.240 |
Thanksgiving, Christmas, and so whenever we teach that, 00:58:48.400 |
It's like, "Oh, we're just talking about Easter." 00:58:59.800 |
even though we may be moving away from it today, 00:59:05.120 |
And that's one of the benefits of being in a culture 00:59:09.120 |
where even around us today, we have so many people 00:59:13.880 |
practices Christmas, not really understanding 00:59:17.640 |
And that's why we wanna take advantage of that, 00:59:31.880 |
Right, and so the door kind of is open for us 00:59:45.000 |
that we make the biggest deal about Christmas. 01:00:06.800 |
So Day of Atonement was their biggest holiday. 01:00:12.160 |
and that Passover would bleed into the Passover 01:00:17.800 |
And so they would take sometimes weeks and weeks off, 01:00:26.120 |
so that every year they would share this with one another 01:00:29.720 |
and remind each other of the significance of this. 01:00:38.000 |
this Day of Atonement was embedded for a particular reason. 01:00:41.200 |
So here in Hebrews 13, 10 through 11, it says, 01:00:44.560 |
"We have an altar from which those who serve the tabernacle 01:00:51.400 |
If you studied with us the book of Leviticus, 01:00:54.520 |
that's where the priests actually got their food. 01:01:03.040 |
and that portion belonged to the priest to eat. 01:01:05.840 |
So when he says, "We have an altar from which 01:01:08.000 |
"those who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat," 01:01:17.400 |
Because that offering, they were not allowed to eat. 01:01:33.080 |
Again, any Jew who read that would right away understand 01:01:49.560 |
So if you can put up the chart for me, the next one. 01:01:58.840 |
So those of you who have bad eyes, that's what it says. 01:02:16.200 |
And so the tabernacle was right at the center. 01:02:18.880 |
So whenever they moved, they would march like military, 01:02:25.160 |
they would put the tabernacle, and everybody would settle. 01:02:27.680 |
So every time they settled in for any period of time, 01:02:36.200 |
In the 40 years while they were in the desert, 01:02:40.120 |
obviously God placed a tabernacle in the center for a reason, 01:02:43.680 |
because everyone had equal access to the tabernacle. 01:02:56.800 |
was to give instructions on how to give sacrifices 01:03:04.880 |
Those of you who studied with us in Leviticus. 01:03:19.600 |
So some of you who are A students may remember that. 01:03:25.600 |
this is basically the outline of the Book of Leviticus. 01:03:44.920 |
in understanding what's happening in the New Testament. 01:03:56.280 |
Those of you guys who are into music, which I am not, 01:03:58.640 |
but I know enough about to know what a crescendo is. 01:04:03.440 |
the music is playing and it's building up to a peak, right? 01:04:15.200 |
and at the peak of it, you get the cymbals go boom. 01:04:40.080 |
crescendo at chapter 16 at the Day of Atonement 01:04:46.580 |
the different laws pointing back to the Day of Atonement, 01:04:54.360 |
Because at the center of Israel was the tabernacle 01:04:57.800 |
and at the center of the tabernacle was the sacrifices 01:05:31.280 |
and atone for the sins of Israel where there was inaccess. 01:05:37.240 |
so that we can understand that blood had to be shed 01:05:43.520 |
The second goat, where we call the scapegoat, 01:05:46.820 |
where Aaron, the high priest, would put both hands on it, 01:06:02.920 |
So what it symbolized in the Day of Atonement was, 01:06:16.080 |
"We have an altar from which those who serve the tavern 01:06:20.600 |
the Israelites would have right away understood 01:06:41.740 |
it's not only at the center of the Day of Atonement, 01:07:07.600 |
And then after that, everything in the Old Testament 01:07:10.120 |
is the preparation for Christ's coming and his death. 01:07:12.900 |
Everything after the Gospels is pointing back to the cross 01:07:19.420 |
So all of this is being role-played to point to Christ. 01:07:24.040 |
And that's what he means by that those animals 01:07:29.800 |
and burned outside the camp, was taken outside the camp, 01:07:37.000 |
"that he might sanctify people through his own blood, 01:07:40.480 |
In other words, he's saying Jesus is the fulfillment 01:07:47.900 |
Everything that you've been learning about this 01:07:50.360 |
was about Christ being taken outside the camp. 01:07:53.700 |
But you know what's interesting about this is 01:08:01.540 |
but the end of the book of Leviticus in chapter 26 01:08:08.440 |
That if you obey, that here are the blessings 01:08:12.300 |
that will come to you, and if you disobey and break the law, 01:08:15.440 |
then here are the curses that will come to you. 01:08:21.260 |
there's about 13 verses that talk about God's blessing. 01:08:25.960 |
And there's over 50 some verses that talk about God's curse. 01:08:31.820 |
you see the similar breakdown where you'll see 01:08:40.340 |
It's almost like God already knew where they were headed. 01:08:43.700 |
Because everything that he's doing with the nation of Israel 01:08:48.320 |
it says it is a shadow of the reality to come. 01:08:52.220 |
And so we already know that God gave them the law 01:09:01.560 |
He said God gave the law so that you may understand 01:09:07.960 |
So everything that he's doing here is kind of a role playing 01:09:12.340 |
so that when Christ comes that people would understand 01:09:18.460 |
And Israel's whole history is to demonstrate that 01:09:23.360 |
so that it can point to the reality in Christ. 01:09:26.760 |
So what I want to do this morning is look at the text 01:09:29.560 |
that he's referring to, look at the blessings 01:09:55.640 |
God will grant them to be fruitful and to multiply 01:10:00.740 |
When you summarize the three points of God's blessing 01:10:06.300 |
Think for a second, critical thinking for a minute. 01:10:12.020 |
You're going to be fruitful, you're going to multiply, right? 01:10:28.900 |
that everything you do you're going to be fruitful, 01:10:30.700 |
you're going to multiply because the Lord is with you. 01:10:34.220 |
But then he turns immediately to verse 14 to 39 01:10:56.900 |
and so break my covenant, I in turn will do this to you. 01:11:05.180 |
that each one of these warnings, these curses, 01:11:08.920 |
emphasizes God saying, I will do this to you. 01:11:26.980 |
but in kind of like judgment kind of just happens. 01:11:30.460 |
So God's judgment is him just not blessing you. 01:11:34.740 |
He said, I will bless you if you obey my commandment 01:11:38.380 |
but he says, I will curse you if you disobey. 01:11:42.020 |
So I want you to notice that there's five separate phases 01:11:48.420 |
and each one of these curses, he emphasizes, I will do this. 01:12:04.540 |
consumption and fever that will waste away the eyes 01:12:17.260 |
so that you will be struck down before your enemies 01:12:22.300 |
and you will flee when no one is pursuing you. 01:12:36.380 |
As soon as Adam and Eve rebelled against God, 01:12:39.660 |
the Sabbath that God took them into was broken. 01:12:43.260 |
So from that day on, mankind is walking around, 01:12:47.420 |
we buy homes, we put money away in our bank accounts, 01:12:50.900 |
all of it in order so that we may have some peace. 01:12:54.500 |
We look for jobs, we pursue, we fight, we struggle 01:12:59.460 |
and at the core of it, we're trying to reestablish 01:13:05.300 |
your peace doesn't come from living in a peaceful country 01:13:07.900 |
or not being in war or having a nice home to stay. 01:13:11.900 |
He said the peace is disturbed because of sin. 01:13:18.620 |
So when he says, I will take away my presence, 01:13:21.900 |
he said even when the enemy is not pursuing you, 01:13:24.780 |
you will flee because your peace has been disturbed. 01:13:28.660 |
And he said that's the first thing that will happen. 01:13:37.360 |
there is a sense that something's gonna happen. 01:13:48.640 |
And so no matter what financial situation you're in, 01:13:58.460 |
and the curse comes upon you, peace will be disturbed. 01:14:05.020 |
but when that happens and you don't recognize that 01:14:24.720 |
but I really want you to know how serious this curse is. 01:14:29.780 |
Verse 19 and 20 says, I will break down your pride of power. 01:14:38.980 |
What he means by that, he's gonna dry up the sky 01:14:50.440 |
and the trees of the land will not yield their fruit. 01:14:58.420 |
he says to Adam that you will work the ground 01:15:04.300 |
and all it's going to produce is thorns and thistles. 01:15:07.500 |
And after that, you will go back to the ground 01:15:11.380 |
So he's describing exactly the warning that he gave. 01:15:20.100 |
and you're gonna feel like you're not making any progress. 01:15:26.000 |
It wasn't simply because you didn't buy the right stock. 01:15:29.260 |
He said, it's because you rebelled against me. 01:15:32.280 |
And then he says the third one, verse 21 to 22, 01:15:34.940 |
if you still will not repent, he says in verse 21, 01:15:40.000 |
these plagues sevenfold according to your sins. 01:15:43.560 |
Verse 22, I will let loose among you beasts of the field, 01:15:49.600 |
and destroy your cattle and reduce your numbers 01:16:14.960 |
Instead, these very creatures that God created 01:16:17.300 |
for our enjoyment in creation will turn against you, 01:16:21.280 |
he says, and they will reduce the number of people. 01:16:26.240 |
The very creation that God created for his glory 01:16:33.640 |
is after all of this, you still will not repent, 01:16:36.280 |
he says, God will act with hostility against them 01:16:39.000 |
and will strike them sevenfold for their sins. 01:16:42.440 |
Verse 25 to 26, I will also bring upon you a sword 01:16:45.880 |
which will execute vengeance for your covenant. 01:16:52.820 |
so that you shall be delivered into enemy hands. 01:17:00.840 |
and they will bring back your bread in rationed amounts 01:17:10.120 |
you don't recognize that this is a judgment coming from God, 01:17:21.640 |
And in that, it's going to lead to financial ruin 01:17:26.460 |
where you're not gonna be able to find bread to eat. 01:17:33.560 |
you don't recognize the curse that you're in. 01:17:42.500 |
if the previous judgment does not bring them to repentance 01:17:44.640 |
and God will act wrathfully and will punish them sevenfold. 01:17:48.960 |
So seven times seven times seven times seven times seven. 01:17:52.760 |
He says, I will bring it in order for you to repent. 01:17:59.840 |
and the flesh of your daughters you will eat. 01:18:06.140 |
People of God who saw miracles with their own hands, 01:18:17.360 |
they've seen the 10 plagues, God conquering the enemies, 01:18:20.960 |
that they are going to degenerate to the point 01:18:27.320 |
It's unbelievable that they would fall this far. 01:18:30.720 |
If you read anything about the Old Testament, 01:18:32.360 |
you know that this actually happened in Israel's history. 01:18:38.580 |
Further on, he says, anyone who's left in verse 39, 01:18:42.640 |
so those of you who may be left will rot away 01:18:45.680 |
because of their iniquity in the lands of the enemies 01:18:48.360 |
and also because of the iniquities of their forefathers, 01:18:57.320 |
does this remind you of anything else in the scripture? 01:19:01.760 |
Judgment sevenfold, sevenfold, sevenfold, sevenfold? 01:19:18.740 |
And after that, there's gonna be seven bowl judgments. 01:19:28.020 |
So all that he is warning them to the nation of Israel, 01:19:31.060 |
all that has happened to the nation of Israel, 01:19:35.140 |
shadow of the reality that's coming at the end. 01:19:45.560 |
But if you notice, every one of these warnings 01:19:52.920 |
If after you've seen this and you do not repent, 01:19:58.260 |
if after you experience hardship, you do not repent, 01:20:01.340 |
after you've gone all that and you still will not repent, 01:20:13.740 |
Because either you're in heaven or hell at that point. 01:20:27.080 |
Apostle Paul summarizes all of this and he says this, 01:20:38.100 |
"written in the book of the law to perform them. 01:20:48.320 |
"On the contrary, he who practices them shall live by them." 01:20:52.880 |
"Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, 01:21:21.820 |
so that we might become the righteousness of God. 01:21:28.660 |
in the Old Testament, speaking about their Messiah, 01:22:11.100 |
and he was there probably about 10 days recovering. 01:22:16.540 |
and I happened to live in Corona at that time. 01:22:20.020 |
so we kind of let my dad rest there in front of the pool, 01:22:23.980 |
just enjoying and just relaxing before he can go home. 01:22:27.060 |
And so by that time, our children were very young. 01:22:36.860 |
we all went inside to eat and only Jeremy, my oldest, 01:22:43.500 |
And as we're inside, we hear this large splash. 01:22:55.020 |
And we got out just in time to see my dad in the pool, 01:23:02.760 |
And again, he had a heart attack and he was coming, 01:23:06.140 |
he was just resting in our home and he was soaking wet. 01:23:09.020 |
And so we saw him grab him from the back of his shirt 01:23:20.620 |
He said he was in the water just floating like this 01:23:27.700 |
You know, it's like, oh my gosh, is Jeremy okay? 01:23:32.540 |
Jeremy comes out of the water and he shakes off the water. 01:23:44.980 |
If Harabuji wasn't sitting there, he would have drowned 01:23:52.740 |
And he just walked inside, just changed his clothes, 01:23:54.740 |
went out playing and ate and ran with the other kids. 01:23:57.340 |
And to this day, like we freaked out because of that. 01:24:23.620 |
And to this day, he doesn't have any traumatic experiences. 01:24:27.020 |
I asked him after the first service, do you remember that? 01:24:51.700 |
was to prepare for what he was doing at the cross 01:24:55.540 |
you know, God loved you, has a wonderful plan for your life 01:25:02.420 |
Part of the reason why the sacrifice of Christ 01:25:11.460 |
is because we don't fully understand the curse 01:25:23.420 |
and everything turning into thorns and thistles. 01:25:40.140 |
And he played this drama out in the nation of Israel 01:25:49.260 |
so that it would be so saturated in their psyche 01:25:59.020 |
So that at his death, there would be celebration and praise. 01:26:02.940 |
But because the nation of Israel did not understand, 01:26:09.060 |
but they abandoned him when he was at the cross 01:26:11.360 |
'cause they did not understand what was happening. 01:26:17.180 |
Do we understand that everything that was written here 01:26:25.280 |
So that we would respond to him by saying, "Hallelujah. 01:26:35.600 |
Do you remember what it was like before you knew Christ? 01:26:41.440 |
Maybe some of you just kinda grew up in the church 01:26:47.200 |
but I think most of us have some recollection 01:27:16.040 |
And that's the whole point of what he's been trying, 01:27:23.340 |
when all of that was to prepare you to bring you to Christ? 01:27:38.100 |
"Live up to the gospel that's been given to you. 01:27:47.120 |
That's why he says, "Because Christ has done this 01:27:49.320 |
"and he took the curse that you and I deserved," 01:28:01.740 |
"but we are seeking the city which is to come." 01:28:14.140 |
He took what anybody, every time in the Old Testament 01:28:21.560 |
that was the ultimate judgment to any Israelite. 01:28:28.800 |
but once they go outside the camp, there's no hope. 01:28:37.220 |
And it was not by accident that Jesus was dragged 01:29:06.120 |
that a Jewish rabbi would ask of his disciples. 01:29:09.880 |
And yet he says, "If you do not eat of my flesh 01:29:14.320 |
So he took one of the most sacrilegious things 01:29:36.200 |
and Jesus comes in, and he turns this rat race upside down. 01:29:41.200 |
And he who tries to be the greatest will be the least, 01:29:47.320 |
We try so hard to live and make something of ourselves, 01:29:51.340 |
and he says, "He who finds his life will lose it. 01:29:53.020 |
"He who loses his life for my sake will find it." 01:29:56.600 |
Only Christ has that power to change the curse of man 01:30:03.920 |
Those of you guys who are old enough remember 01:30:10.280 |
the disaster that happened in Chernobyl reactor. 01:30:16.680 |
Not that you were there, but you're old enough 01:30:20.680 |
In 1986, April 26th, one of the reactors blew up, 01:30:29.620 |
And out of that, over 31 people died directly, 01:30:37.820 |
but they said that over 20,000 people contracted cancer 01:30:48.440 |
They don't know how long this effect's going to be. 01:30:51.780 |
But to this day, they're not gonna plant there, 01:31:00.040 |
It affected the building, it affected the cattle, 01:31:02.240 |
it affected the roads, it affected the plants. 01:31:06.180 |
So even 40 years later, you would be out of your mind 01:31:39.980 |
We can understand why people would not move there. 01:31:44.280 |
We can understand why people would not invest there. 01:31:58.640 |
"and he invites us all to come outside the camp," 01:32:03.280 |
all of creation is under the condemnation of this sin. 01:32:20.120 |
That's exactly what it says in Romans 8, 20 to 24. 01:32:25.120 |
"not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, 01:32:27.980 |
"in hope that the creation itself also will be set free 01:32:32.740 |
"into the freedom of the glory of the children of God." 01:32:41.240 |
And he said, "God will restore it when man is restored." 01:33:19.320 |
are directly linked to us coveting this condemned world? 01:33:24.240 |
See, the Israelites, they prided themselves of Jerusalem. 01:33:39.320 |
Because they thought he was going to reconquer Jerusalem 01:34:00.500 |
And Jesus becomes a servant to the point of death. 01:34:10.440 |
was not the Roman government, but it's ourselves. 01:34:19.560 |
And the only answer to that is Christ crucified. 01:34:27.040 |
he says, "If we have hoped in Christ in this life only, 01:34:37.800 |
Even if you work hard, make the right investments, 01:34:43.960 |
put away enough money, and you become wildly successful, 01:35:03.580 |
we have been so saturated with temptation of this world, 01:35:09.900 |
that it's hard for us to muster up any emotions 01:35:24.400 |
And we're trying to pretend like we believe it. 01:35:29.120 |
So we're trying to pretend and go through the motions. 01:35:33.820 |
But if you really believe this, how can this not affect you? 01:35:45.600 |
How can we be so concerned about building on land 01:36:10.820 |
all these, all these men and women of faith have died 01:36:14.740 |
without receiving the promise, but having seen them, 01:36:19.340 |
and having confessed that they were strangers 01:36:21.540 |
and exiles on the earth, for those who say such things 01:36:24.340 |
make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own. 01:36:28.140 |
And indeed, if they had been thinking of that country 01:36:41.340 |
Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, 01:37:04.760 |
We sing songs, memorize scripture, we celebrate, 01:37:10.320 |
but non-Christians see right through our hypocrisy. 01:37:12.860 |
You don't really believe what you're trying to tell me. 01:37:16.840 |
'Cause if you're telling me to come outside the camp, 01:37:21.080 |
If you believe that blessing is outside the camp, 01:37:25.060 |
why are you fighting so hard to make it inside the camp? 01:37:40.600 |
But when He comes in glory, we will be glorified with Him. 01:37:47.320 |
let's redeem what God has implanted in our culture. 01:37:53.620 |
so when people ask us, "Why do you celebrate Christmas?" 01:37:56.120 |
that we can tell them the hope that we have in Christ. 01:38:00.680 |
we'll get together with our brothers and sisters 01:38:03.280 |
and family members, but in the midst of all of that, 01:38:22.720 |
make an impact in our hearts and in our lives. 01:38:48.960 |
that's squeezing out and quenching the Holy Spirit? 01:39:10.280 |
you can covet the past, you can covet the future. 01:39:32.960 |
So let's take some time to pray and to reflect 01:39:36.200 |
and to surrender as our worship team leads us. 01:47:02.440 |
and in our busy season during this Christmas, 01:47:09.740 |
That we might become the righteousness of God. 01:47:15.560 |
That we would run to you, Father God, for all things. 01:47:21.660 |
That this people who are living in this fallen world 01:48:08.080 |
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