if you grab your bibles and turn to the
book of hebrews chapter one
we'll do our responsive reading together
it won't be much as we're looking at the
first three verses we started it in our
introduction
to the book the last two times together
today we'll get uh deeper into it
hebrews chapter one
and uh verse one i'll read verse one if
you'll read verse two i'll end in verse
three
we're reading of the new king james
version
of the bible hebrews chapter 1 verse 1
god who at various times and in various
ways spoke in time past
to the fathers by the prophets
who being the brightness of his glory
and the expressed image of his person
and upholding all things by the word of
his power when he had by himself
purged our sins
sat down at the right hand of the
majesty on high
father we pray that you would speak to
us out of your word we have come as the
ancients did say to you
lord we have come
that we might see jesus we've come
tonight that we might see jesus
so father speak to us we pray in jesus
name and all god's people said
amen church you can be seated
and
as we get into hebrews the
the book of hebrews
aloft the amazing powerful work
of god expressing to us
the priestly ministry of jesus christ
you are going to hear throughout this
book
over and over again
from old testament references
that pertain to the hebrews absolutely
yes to the israelites certainly
but the book of hebrews is awesome
because it addresses not only the jew
that is now born again or the jew that
is thinking about jesus as messiah but
it
obviously being a new testament book
envelopes the gentile believer we come
out of this book
we will come out of this book having a
greater appreciation
for
jesus's ministry towards us
his priesthood towards us
we're going to come out of this
book of the bible with an a stronger
understanding of what it means to
confess
what is confession
to whom do we confess
why do it
repentance
offering
worship
giving
the word of god
and the eternal
person of the lord jesus christ you
cannot read the book of hebrews and come
to the end of it without having a clear
understanding that jesus christ is
literally
the god of all creation
that the
personification the flesh of jesus 2000
years ago
on this earth listen to this and we'll
hear it tonight
was the manifestation
of the godhead
see what does that mean
it means that when jesus walked and
jesus spoke
and you and i mankind related to him
tangibly 2000 years ago
they were looking watching seeing
hearing
experiencing
god the father attributes the holy
spirit attributes and the son of god
attributes personified in front of them
in other words when you read the gospels
and when you read the book of revelation
the first
two three chapters uh when you see
christ
relating
you're seeing jesus who is manifesting
what the holy spirit
would say
in circumstances when
someone is sick or the centurion's
servant is ill or dying you remember
this or when the woman is caught in the
act of adultery you remember what jesus
did
that's exactly what the father would
have done
does that i think that should excite you
what jesus said to them and to her
in that moment that's exactly what the
holy spirit
would have said you want to know why
because it was the holy spirit speaking
it was god the father speaking
because god the son was speaking
listen they're one
he's like that's what jesus did but what
would the father have done
exact
same thing
exact same thing god became flesh for us
that we might be able to relate
to god in his wonderful love of having
provided atonement for our sins
and salvation
by the blood of the cross
the book of hebrews will be teaching us
all of this so listen as we open it up
we're talking about the noble god and we
saw that he's personal we looked at that
that it's god who initiates the
conversation with us we are not somehow
having some epiphany and we decide to
become a christian because we all of a
sudden got smart oh no no it's god who
initiates the conversations in our lives
we saw that in hebrews 1 verse 1 when it
says god who and we developed that it is
god we saw that he enables our
conversations god initiates it he speaks
to you and then he enables it
he comes to us in that area of
personality that you and i can relate to
god in and on and through and then we
let we saw that he engages the
conversation the christian life is a
dynamic
it is a constant
emotion
the christian life is
oh i don't want to use the word busy
because that has negative connotations
how about this the christian life is a
constant active
at all times even when you and i are
praying
in in silence or isolation
it's inactive
christianity is absolutely dynamic and i
got to tell you if you're watching
tonight or if you're here right now and
your christianity is boring can i tell
you you're doing it wrong
just think about this the lord wants to
move in the earth and he's like he's
like okay let's do this let's go you
know like a good coach or somebody or
maybe parents from the sidelines come on
you can do it
god wants to so get things going in the
earth that he's it's as though he's
speaking to us and saying come on let's
go let's go ask me
pray to me
let me show you what i want to do with
you
and you take that approach
and watch what god does
he'll absolutely blow your mind
and then we also learn the second point
and this is where we left off by the way
was that the fact that it's he's so
dependable to do these things because he
is immutable it's a big word
immutable yeah it simply means that it
is impossible for god to change
ah that's a good feeling is there
something impossible for god yes there's
a lot of things impossible for god god
cannot be stupid
god god cannot sin
god cannot lie
god cannot change
god cannot tempt you with evil
god cannot do a lot of these things that
are wrong
it's a beautiful comfort he's immutable
and the fact that verse 1 went on to say
that who at various times and various
ways spoke in time past to the fathers
by the prophets we learned this that
it's god who appoints the times god in
this book the bible god is the one who
has set pre-appointed times
and he has done that based upon his
absolute knowledge it is god that's the
that's the opening throws of this book
is the book of hebrews is saying to you
that god is the one who's initiating all
these things he never changes and
regarding his ability or his inability i
should say uh to change he announces to
you that time is not whimsical it's not
chance god is not ruling cosmic dice
it says right here that he's the one who
over various times
and in various ways
and as i mentioned you guys before the
word times you ought to write in your
margins it actually means portions or
segments which is where we get the
argument in theology
as dispensations god has chosen to do
certain things at certain times listen
but with perfect continuity no
contradiction
he doesn't go back on himself
it's the unraveling or the unfolding
of time
what's amazing to me is that god has set
time
he's the governor of it we'll see this
in a moment
and
we see time unfolding and yet from god's
perspective
time has unfolded
and we're near the end of it
isn't that amazing we're approaching the
end
of time and we're not guessing on that
you can see how the world is showing
indicators of the last days
but he's unchanging in this person he
presides over time time changes god does
not
this is a fun verse
isaiah chapter 9 verse 6 isaiah 9 6
tells us this in fact we'll look at it
together it says for unto us a child is
born
no big deal there except you don't get a
capital c
when you're born
the the hebrew reference in this word is
deity but look
for unto us a child is born somebody
could say yeah yeah that happens every
day
let's keep reading unto us a son is
given
that is a wake-up call something's up
whatever child is born is unique because
he's a son given
this speaks of a unique arrival into the
world
and the government will be upon his
shoulder
that is from start to finish he's in
he's he's intimately involved with the
governments of the world but for this
reason his government is ultimately
coming
you see why does jesus have to come back
because when he comes back in the
millennial the thousand-year reign of
christ
jesus is going to establish his
governmental reign and he's going to
show
mankind
how government was supposed to be
and he's also going to show us how it
was to be for adam and eve
imagine if they wouldn't have fallen
what would it have been like
the millennium
in many many ways
governments will someday completely
totally be upon his shoulders
right now he presides he watches as ben
franklin said a nation cannot rise
without his aid that's a good statement
he's the counselor
and look at this he's the mighty god
our jehovah witness friends has have a
hard time with this
they don't believe he's the mighty god
and this is a fun one this is why i'm
bringing it up everlasting father you
see wait is jesus the father no
this is unfortunate in the english the
the word means the governor
the the governor or the one that
presides the authority the the the um
the ruler over time and eternity in
other words in in the trinity
who's gonna who's who's gonna govern
time i'll govern time jesus says
but it's not because he says it
it's because in his attributes and his
person
the godhead has given him jurisdiction
over time and eternity
excuse me listen let that settle in
jesus
the jesus we celebrate at christmas or
easter or every sunday or wednesday or
every moment for the believer
he is the eternal god and before there
was ever anything physically made
he was the one who held
time and eternity time and timelessness
in his possession he's the governor of
it that's why it says
everlasting father he is the father of
time
and that even everlasting
isn't that thrilling
about who he is
and think about it because again the
cults come to the door of your house
always undermining the deity of jesus
the bible knows nothing of that
and he's the prince of peace of course
remarkable next we move on to this as we
look who at various times and in various
ways we see this that it's it's he who
reaches the soul it's god in christ
jesus who reaches the soul of who we are
we saw that and we've touched on that uh
some more in the fact that uh the whole
presentation the book of hebrews this is
this is what led me to say
uh and i'm very
grateful for what i'm hearing from
people i i said to you guys not too long
ago and i mentioned it again and looking
at this uh portion here that if if you
know any catholic friends invite them to
wednesday nights
and i hope i said that lovingly and
tenderly because i mean it
i'm not saying leave your catholic
church
i'm not saying stop going to uh mass
i'm saying why don't you just add
wednesday nights here in the book of
hebrews just add it
and watch what happens
watch what happens i'll give you a sneak
peek
as god begins to speak to you about who
jesus is and his ministry to you in the
book of hebrews
you are going to be you're going to find
out all of a sudden that your soul is
being fed
and you won't quite know what to say
about that
you're going to experience things that
cause you to say something like i'm
going to come back
i'm going to you know i think i'm going
to start taking notes
you don't even have a clue what's going
on here's what's going on your soul
with its
longing taste buds
have tasted of the word of god
and you're saying i think i'm gonna i'm
gonna i like the way that that the taste
of this is and i'm thinking about it and
as i'm starting to see colors my bible
is starting to turn into colors
i'm starting to see
that jesus is not some distant far
removed entity
that he's actually in love with my soul
and he wants me in heaven with him
and and oh my goodness he's my high
priest and you're going to get hooked
your soul is going to start waking up
and he's going to pull you to himself
listen with all due respect he's not
going to pull you
into a church he's not going to pull you
into this church or any other church
he's going to pull you into himself
and that's where the believer lives
and that's what he does and you're going
to wake up to that
and so listen if if any of you who are
here know any catholics who are here
just leave them alone
wait there's a catholic go get them
no love on them no listen listen i think
it's safe to say it's
50 60 70 of this church
is probably people of the catholic faith
who wound up realizing that they can
study the bible verse by verse chapter
by chapter and enjoy the word of god and
the great thing about it is the bible
takes over your life just as it should
for every single one of us
the bible takes over our lives
it's absolutely the way god would have
us to live
thirdly look at verse two thirdly we're
looking at this a fact that he's the
normal noble god in the fact that he is
complete
we see in verse two that it begins to
end that portion of argumentation with
this with the fact that god has gifted
himself to us he says as in these last
days spoken to us by his son
this is an awesome and tremendous
statement because god is not sending
another prophet
mark listen mark your heart on this mark
your mind
the bible says listen the bible says
right here
he spoke to
the fathers of old
the patriarchs of old
through the prophets
and he's done this over various times
and in various ways
he has been speaking
but god in these last days
and for a final time has spoken to us by
his son
this is huge
paul will tell the believers in galatia
chapter 1
the gospel that we've preached to you
galatians
if i come back or anybody on this
ministry team or any christians come
back to you
and preach a different gospel
or
if anybody else tells you a different
gospel or if an angel came from heaven
and preached to you a different gospel
another gospel
let them let us let them be accursed the
word is maranatha and ethema
let them be forever damned
if someone and even an angel preaches
another gospel
this is important
and notice that the bible when paul
spoke to them
right here in hebrews is the foundation
that god's done speaking
he's not going to send a new revelation
and i'm apparently tonight i'm in a mood
to offend people apparently
i remember being in russia
with many of you we're preaching the
gospel on the streets and we're doing
all kinds of outreaches
and two
uh beautiful young american
uh
mormon men came out of the metro stop
and said oh my goodness americans
americans where are you guys from and
we're talking to them and
they saw that i was leading this group
they started talking to me
and um they said we can't get these
crowds we can't get crowds like this
and i said it's because our message is
different than your message
and he said what do you mean by that
what do you mean by that and i told him
i said listen you guys preach another
gospel do you even say it's another
gospel
he said it's another testament
galatians says this
no listen no no no no i know here's the
deal
you stay right here
i'm going to walk into the woods
and i'm going to pray listen and then
i'm going to come back
and i'm going to talk to you to the two
of you guys
because this is what's going to happen
to me i'm going to go out in the woods
and i'm going to pray and god's going to
show me
he's going to speak to me an angel is
going to talk to me and then i'm going
to come back and i'm going to tell the
two of you guys that an angel appeared
to me and said that your religion's
wrong
and they both told me that would never
happen
and i said that's exactly what your boss
your founder said he went he went into
the forest and he prayed
and came out and then said christianity
is wrong
i got a new one
so if i'm gonna go i can do that i'm
gonna go do that and then come back and
i'll meet you back here and i'm gonna
tell you
the angel told me yours is wrong
and he said that would never happen and
i said those words are your words
do you hear what i'm saying
god is done speaking oh if god would
just speak to me god speak to me
you're not going to hear a thing
god's going to well he might say read
the bible
or what would be better is the bible
would fall out of an airplane and hit
you on the head
that would be cool but listen oh i just
need a word from god i need a word from
god
open the book
and the word will come out
okay but listen
listen we need to love the people of the
cults we just know where their messages
came from okay
and then the other group says jesus is
not god
he cannot be god he's michael the
archangel he's got he's somebody big but
he's not god can't be can't be
well the bible says this the bible says
this the bible says this
they don't want to hear it
god speaks
through his son jesus
listen it's not just matthew mark luke
and john
jesus is the word of god
from genesis to revelation jesus is
revealed
him it's god speaking
that's why christ can be found from old
and new testament alike
it's a it's awesome and then listen we
see this the fact that he's complete and
that he's gifted himself to us
we also see that in verse 2 that we
learn about his humility and i love this
it says whom he has appointed heir of
all things that is god
and i like to look at it this way god
the father
god the holy spirit
god in unity of course
has appointed christ jesus to be the
heir of all things and you look at the
word air this is kind of cool check this
out we'll see it on the screen here
that
this word that's applied to jesus
as the heir of all things
follow along with me please you see jack
how can he be the heir
of all things when he's god in flesh
listen
you if you if you're thinking that
thought you actually have the answer in
total just just don't confuse it he is
god in flesh
no other religion on the planet has your
message
god came to this world
and he took upon himself humanity
it's hard for us to even hear this
jesus
at 13 years of age jesus at 33 jesus
right now
jesus in eternity past is the same jesus
god almighty but listen
the difference is this
that when he came into the world born in
bethlehem when he took on that human
skin
of his body
he took that on forever
for you and me
i could even put it this way
your salvation is as secured in heaven
so long as there's a man representing
you in heaven
thank god that man is not adam
or anybody else
that man is the man christ jesus
he's a hundred percent god and a hundred
percent man and that is theologically
accurate but that's exactly what you and
i needed to experience salvation and to
have a high priest
because he knows what it's like
to feel what you and i feel
so when the scripture says that he's the
heir of all things it's teaching us that
jesus
as now god man
he receives
as heir
what was duly given to adam
prior to the fall
he is the recipient the bible is going
to tell us that nations will become his
that that all that there is
become his
he's god he made it all but he became
man to inherit it all
he turns around
and now this one who has saved us is the
one who gives us
all things
in christ
the promise of ownership the word air
promise of ownership this is christ in
his humanity christ in his deity
authority possession jurisdiction or
rule over that which was given the
humble state of jesus christ becoming a
man and thereby becoming the last adam
you know jesus is taught or presented in
scripture as the last adam did are you
aware of that
if you know we'll come do it in
scripture
in times ahead
last adam as one who completes what was
promised listen the first adam was who
adam but he blew it
jesus came to not only pay for adam's
sin
and ours
but he's the last adam
scripture refers to christ as the last
adam and this is a thrilling thing
because
forever in the millennium and in
eternity and in heaven
christ represents all things that he's
created remember he's the creator of
them all we'll read it soon if i just
keep going
he created them
but then he gives them to us
that's why the bible tells us that we
are co-heirs
with christ do you ever think about that
now i got to be honest with you i don't
right now in my ignorant humanity i
don't really care about that
and it's probably because i don't
understand it if i understood it i'd
probably be freaking out about it
i just want to be up there
you know but listen i know that sounds
not so humble no it's pretty pathetic
actually
because god wants us to conduct
ourselves with much more greater joy
than just getting up there see what
makes you say that because the scripture
says that a broad or grand entrance will
be provided unto us
in that day
you're not going to squint you're not
going to go like this excuse me peter
can you move
michael michael can you move him trying
to get into heaven here
you're not going to squeak in
nobody squeaks in
if you're a born-again believer trusting
in what christ did at the cross
you are drenched coated
marked by his blood
and it's amazing because when billy
graham died and entered into heaven
don't you think oh billy graham boy the
angels must have been freaking out when
billy graham died
not any more than when you die
isn't that hard for you to believe
i agree it's hard for us to believe but
theology says
it's going to happen
first corinthians 15 42 begins listen to
this jesus our prototype the one who is
the heir
first corinthians 15 42 says so also is
the resurrection of the dead
the body is sown in corruption that is
we put a a body that has been ravaged by
cancer or pain or disease or accident
right
it is raised in incorruption
so listen when you put somebody in the
ground and you have a service for them
and their body over the years begins to
decay and become
reduced to dust that's not the person
that's that's not how they're going to
be resurrected
before they ever before that body ever
reaches the atmosphere in the in the day
of the resurrection that body
molecularly is reconstituted
that's why chris we're christians we
believe in resurrection do you know that
we don't believe in reincarnation that's
that's nuts
listen resurrection from the dead when
jesus rose from the dead
there wasn't any his foot wasn't done
over there left nothing was that fine
there was no dust no fingernail right
there all of it came up it has to listen
resurrection everything comes up out of
the grave
and for the believer we are raised
incorruptible
that means the body is no longer ever
again subject
to sin
wow
verse 43 says that it's sown and
dishonored it is raised in glory it is
sown in weakness it's raised in power it
has sown a natural body it is raised a
spiritual body there is a natural body
and there is a spiritual body
right now i'm looking at all natural
bodies
these natural bodies are housing right
now your soul and spirit
your mind and your born-again spirit
right when your body dies
you get the you're you're set free
remember that
you mean when my body dies why don't i
die no no just your body dies
right think of it
now some of you have a hard time with
that because you think your body is
really something then you want to hang
on to it
trust me the older you get
the bible gets sweeter
the older you get god's word is more
wonderful
oh man
my neck hurts my
my back hurts
and it's not not for long
no not for long because when the
believer dies we this carcass goes into
the ground
we're set free and on the day of
resurrection jesus fixes it brings it up
out of the ground the bible tells us
that we get that new body
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and will be in that body forever
forever
man
and so it is written the first adam
became a living being the last adam
became a life-giving spirit
however the spiritual is not first but
the natural and afterward the spiritual
the first man was of the earth
made of dust the second man
is or the last man second man is the
lord from heaven
as was the man of dust so also are those
who are made of dust that's us and as
the heavenly man so also are those who
are
heavenly i love the word heavenly
because it presents it in the in the
present tense so look at you look at you
right now you look at yourself
the bible sees you in the present tense
you see i see skin yeah okay just so
what
just don't you know okay use it
just don't get fixated on it because
heaven looks down and sees you
as a man or a woman
that is heavenly and i'm not saying
heavenly like hallmark heavenly i'm
talking about heavenly meaning your
citizenship your very existence your
spirit
is based
in heaven
man
verse
49. first corinthians 15 and as we have
borne the image of the man of the dust
we shall also bear the image of the
heavenly man now this i say brethren
that flesh and blood cannot
inherit the kingdom of god
nor does corruption inherit incorruption
behold
you can hear paul getting excited whoa
i tell you a mystery mysterion the word
means something that has always been but
is now being revealed it's not a mystery
like you can't figure it out
that's not the right word the word means
it's always been a truth
but now it's being revealed
we shall not all sleep look notice how
the bible speaks about the believer's
dead body
sleep
we shall not all sleep
but we shall all be changed
right
that's a great verse for children's
ministry
in a moment
in a twinkling of an eye
at the last trumpet
for the trumpet will sound and the dead
will be raised incorruptible and we
shall be changed for this corruption or
corruptable must put on incorruption and
this mortal
must put on immortality so when this
corruption has put on incorruption and
this mortal has put on immortality then
shall be brought to pass the saying that
is written death is swallowed up in
victory oh grave where is your sting oh
hades or hell where is your victory man
that's great news
oh man
oh
that's why i say jesus broke the grave
he busted it
listen to this hebrews chapter 2 verse
14.
and as much then as the children have
uh partaken of flesh and blood that's
all of us here and now he himself
likewise shared in the same
you guys all get that
just let's because you and i live in the
flesh god came
in christ jesus
to live in the flesh
that through death he might destroy him
this is going to be satan who had the
power of death that is the devil
that's good news
and release those who through fear of
death were all their lifetimes subject
to bondage or subject to the prison of
fear
and the grave
did you see that i'm going to read that
again verse 15 and release those who
through fear of death
were all their lifetime subject
to bondage
can i ask you i want to ask you a
personal question
i guess depending how you answer this
depends if you cut out verse 15
out of your bible or not
with the worldwide
covet thing ev over maybe maybe it's
never going to be over if you let the
politicians decide
but in a worldwide coveted
issue world in a post-covered world
maybe
what do we
just think from what have we learned
have we learned anything
i think i think you know most people say
we learned a lot
then i would ask what but what did we
learn
now we learned this week
and it's going to be coming out and it
may lead to a who knows if it doesn't
wind up leading to a trial in the world
court in belgium is it belgium where's
the hague
belgium
so it turns out that uh mr fauci
mr fauci didn't tell you the truth after
all huh
turns out he got caught huh
turns out there's some high-tech people
now who's been named
as being a co-conspirator with dr fauci
huh
what's up
let me ask you something
that's that one single man is
responsible for plunging the world into
fear
and his cohorts
but hey listen people do what people do
that's what they do
but did you as a believer i'm just
talking to the believers right now
did you as a believer were you were you
walking around biting your fingernails
and waiting to die
fauci had no control over my life
think about this for a moment
that apart from faith fear now rules in
the world of man
does it not you cannot listen you may
not like what i'm saying right now but
you can't prove me wrong
the whole globe learned how to fear
at the same time
that apart from faith fear has scared
the church
see my air quotes
we were confronted with the reality of
the bible do i trust god is even
trustworthy can god really save me if he
can't listen if if
if there's germs floating around
invisible right now
my goodness i just heard on the news
tonight 400 000 people die a year from
malaria nobody's crying about that
why are we not crying about malaria
it's who controls the narrative
and the narrative narrative is fearful
and fear listen
we gravitate to fear much more quicker
than we gravitate to faith
fear you can feel it i mean it's just
it's it's you can feel it it's in your
tongue
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you can feel it and you may not like it
but it's a sense of reality and i and i
can feel it
to trust god that's invisible
and it has nothing to do with feelings i
have to decide
where's the where's the church now
remember what i'm talking about hebrews
2 15
satan
holds people
in a grip of fear because he wants them
to think constantly about death in the
grave
and he jumps on things as fast as he
possibly can and he'll pimp them he'll
exploit them
think of it we don't like what we're
hearing right now it's either jesus or
fear
there's either
trusting in him or there's
fear-mongering
and listen when you're afraid
you're not happy until you make others
around you afraid just like you
this is human nature
nobody called me to tell me to say that
about you
i'm standing about us it's human nature
and that apart from faith fear has
deceived the masses
and it's strange to me and i've said
this before but why are we all of a
sudden so concerned about someone
getting sick and dying
where were where was all this love
before regarding all the other ailments
that fly about
why haven't we the same
applied this tenacity to the spread of
sexually transmitted diseases
listen you're not going to like me
this is pure truth
satan i'm not blaming any governmental
person anybody in the world no doctor
nobody this is fingerprints of satan i'm
not saying kobit wasn't real i'm saying
satan used it
how do you know because the result was
crippling fear in people's lives
and if we were honest then where's all
the intensity for sexually transmitted
diseases if we're honest
with this intensity and concern why are
we not showing the same incredible
commitment to drug abuse
or alcoholism
well i'm getting into that one
he said it so i'll say it it was lower
down on the list but
i think
what you mentioned is reveals the
greatest hypocrisy of all
illogic and that is
where's the outrage about abortion
come on let's be honest let's be honest
where's the outrage really about human
trafficking
listen we don't care
we don't care
we'd make noise if we cared
everything's about the mask
no no listen no about the
the mask
but
in the last few months we've opened up
our borders
and it's so dangerous that now you saw
the video tuesday night with a monday
night of that five-year-old child on the
border that lost in the dark holding
this teddy bear a little mexican kid or
guatemalan kid we don't know we don't
know whoever was bringing them over the
coyotes or whatever abandon him and he
was in the black dark crying out someone
help me someone help me in spanish
nobody care where's that did you see it
on cnn
i had to watch it on newsmax
why is it on the news
listen
something's up
people something's up
fear
jesus broke the grave jesus is in
control listen god listen eventually
think because of the world we're living
in nobody's nobody can die nobody can
die nobody can die
well people are going to die don't say
that don't say that people are going to
die prepare prepare think about prepare
you're going to die why do you wear seat
belts on an airplane
don't you prepare
tell the stewardess tomorrow when you
get on that flight tell the flight
attendant i'm not wearing my seat belt
i'm not going to do it
let's look like a lunatic
because they want you to be prepared in
case something happens
i'm just telling you this
in california you will pay taxes
and in the world
you will die those two things are going
to happen you're going to pay taxes and
you're going to die prepare
right think about prepare
but right now
because of the fear of death in the
grave
the world out there apart from god
is saying we're terrified
nobody's allowed to die
and so you ask your doctor doctor this
year how many last year 2020 how many
people died of emphysema how many people
died of diabetes how many people died of
no one's allowed to die listen
the reason why we're acting like this
and overreacting is because of fear
and the bible says jesus has crushed
and destroyed the powers of satan
because satan uses the fear of death to
keep people
bound
god wants you to live righteously holy
beautifully
reckless for him does i'm not saying
don't wash your hands wash your hands
stay home when you're sick and can i say
this
men
i know women women have got to wash
their hands in the women's bathroom
right i mean they've got to
but i think i'm going to start setting
up a hidden camera in men's bathrooms
come on guys
man wash your hands
and then women and then women wanted to
use the men's bathroom you should have
asked me i would have told you you do
not want to use the men's bathroom
ladies not a good idea whoever had that
idea it's a bad idea
co-ed co-ed bathrooms not a good idea
i'm hoping a woman's bathroom is way
cleaner than a guy's bathroom
but wash your hands be clean but listen
regarding your faith be reckless
god will sustain you step out let him
lead you let him guide you
you can be safe in all kinds of areas
but when it comes to following jesus
he's the one taking care of you
he he'll do that but i digress psalm
chapter 2 psalm 2 verse 7 and 8 says i
will declare the decree the lord has
said to me you are my son
today i have begotten you this is a
reference to christ coming into the
world ask of me and i will give you the
nations for your what is it inheritance
he's the heir and the ends of the earth
for your possession that's a reference
to the millennium and beyond isaiah 66
verse 1 isaiah 66 verse 1 says thus says
the lord heaven is my throne the earth
is my footstool where is the house that
you will build me
and where is the place of my rest for
all those things my hand has made and
all those things exist
i love this here we go
let me write these down we're going to
go quick philippians 2 verse 5.
now you just heard the god of the old
testament say that he's the creator and
he made them philippians 2 beginning in
verse 5. let this mind be in you which
was also in christ jesus who being in
the form of god
thought it not robbery to be equal with
god but made himself
this is the great kenosis the
that god would take birth into this
world amazing
made himself of no reputation and took
upon himself the form of a servant and
was made in the likeness of men or
mankind verse 8 being found in fashion
as a man is that an awesome statement
church listen
you and i are in the fashion of mankind
but the bible here is talking about
christ who it's miraculous that he would
took upon himself the form of a man
that's saying something
he humbled himself and became obedient
unto death even the death of the cross
wherefore god has highly exalted him and
given him a name which is above every
name
that at the name of who
one more time at the name of who
every knee should bow see the word
should bow
the word should bow the word should is
not suggested
like they have a choice
it means by the end when time is over
every knee will bow every knee who
every human that's ever lived will bow
every angel that has ever been will bow
including
guess who
yes he will bow
he's going to bow
of things in heaven and things in earth
and things under the earth the spirit
realm and that every tongue should
confess will confess that jesus christ
is lord to the glory of god the father
listen
notice the supremacy of jesus again mark
chapter 10 verse 45 for even the son of
man came not to be ministered unto but
to minister and to give his life a
ransom for for many notice this is the
incarnate god in flesh
showcasing his humility
second corinthians eight verse nine
for you know the grace of our lord jesus
christ that though he was rich yet for
our sakes he became poor
that you through his poverty might be
rich
the incarnate god
in humility look at matthew 11 29
matthew 11 29 take my yoke upon you and
learn of me for i am meek and lowly in
heart
and ye shall find rest for your souls
this is jesus speaking the eternal god
the creator
john 13 3 john 13 3 jesus knowing that
the father had given him all things into
his hands and that he had come from god
and was going to god rose from supper
and laid aside his garment and took a
towel and girded himself
after that he poured water into a basin
and began to wash the disciples feet can
you imagine god washing your feet
that's just beyond my ability to even
almost speak
and to wipe them with the towel with
which he was girded then he came to
simon peter and peter said to him lord
you
you are washing my feet and jesus
answered and said to him what i'm doing
you do not understand now but you will
know after this and that is a
declaration of his humility we're
supposed to be humble with each other
and we're supposed to be humble in
nature as christ incarnate god in
humility john 5 19 then jesus answered
and said to them most assuredly i say to
you
the son can do nothing of himself
but what he sees the father do
for whatever he does the son also does
in like manner by the way this is
awesome
because many scholars will point out
jesus is speaking in the third person
did you see that the trinity is
represented here linguistically did you
get it talking about the father talking
about the son and then it goes into the
third person the son's not speaking and
the father's not speaking another one is
speaking who is the other one the holy
spirit
the incarnate god humble or
uh
in his humility look at john 12 12.
we're almost done john 12 12 the next
day
a great multitude that had come to the
feast when they had heard that jesus was
coming to jerusalem took branches of
palm trees and went out to meet him and
cried out hosanna blessed is he who
comes in the name of the lord the king
of israel then jesus went
then jesus when he had found a young
donkey sat on it and as he as it is
written
fear not daughter of zion behold your
king is coming to you on a donkey's cult
verse 16. his disciples did not
understand these things at first but
when jesus was glorified then they
remembered that these things were
written about him and that they had done
these things to him all about god coming
in humility hebrews 4 15.
listen to this my friends some of you
need to hear this for we have not a high
priest which cannot be touched with the
feelings of our infirmities
but was in all points
tempted like as we are yet without sin
you don't have an earthly priest that
knows exactly how you feel you've got a
heavenly priest that knows exactly how
you feel all the time
depressed sad sick
disillusioned fearful hurting he knows
he's the only one we can go to
mark 6 34 and jesus when he came out saw
a great multitude and was moved with
compassion for them because they were
like sheep not having a shepherd so he
began to teach them many things i love
that by the way as a pastor that's one
of the goals of my life when i grow up i
want to do that
jesus saw a crowd of people
and
the first thought in his mind was they
need to be taught
is that awesome
he didn't say they need food
they need shade
well they need food and they need shade
they need water they need water
jesus said
look at all of them
they need to be taught
i think that's awesome
i think that is just so profound
that's just like him and finally we end
right here
and that is it says
that through whom
also he made the worlds
that is the godhead
the father the son the holy spirit
made the world see this is s on the on
the end of worlds
it's this i'm going to say it it's hard
to say
but you'll get it the word is actually
cosmoses
cosmoses you know cosmos
it's in the plural
what do we know i just read today
um
a statement by
um
who's the physicist he's now
he died
stephen
hawking
is that the guy stephen hawking
steven stephen hawking
is the one who revealed and supposedly
the greatest physicist since einstein
right
said that there
there is the the the universe is moving
is expanding and yet
there are
trillions of billions of millions
trillions and billions of millions he
said of galaxies and inside of them
trillions and billions of millions of
and inside of those trillions and
millions and billions of
and then he talked about how you reverse
that you go from the most distant place
that our hubble or whoever can
telescope out into and then reverse it
back and he pointed out that listen it
doesn't stop i thought this was almost a
religious i would have thought it would
have been like a religious experience
for him that if you go out to the ends
that we can imagine and do the math and
work backwards
and and look what the hubble telescope
has given us and keep doing the math
backwards
you go from these infinite numbers
seemingly infinite numbers they're not
infinite because they're physical they
have to come to an end but as you comes
back
he comes down to
our milky way
then dialing down more our solar system
you know our milk our solar system is
one of many within the milky way
come down to our solar system come down
to our planet
come down to the human
come down to what we're made of did you
know that what we're made of on the
atomic level us
did you know that we are a
an atom is a little tiny solar system
that's got it listen it has a nucleus
and it has rotation
it has little planets going around it
and that's right and look
pick up your hand look at it that's
happening right there
the same engineering that's happening
right here
is the same one that is a billion light
years from us here tonight you wanna
know why it's the same architect
it's the same it's the same designer
same same is true with animal life
you ever see it's i love it
you ever see a dolphin an embryonic
dolphin
well you ever seen an embryonic monkey
have you seen an embryonic human
have you seen an embryonic elephant
what do they have in common
they look the same
i mean i hate
blow your mind but
it looks the same microscope it looks
the same
well monkeys have monkeys have two eyes
in the front of the face like we do in
lips and ears like we do we evolved
that's your conclusion
from that you get an evolution
how about this it's the same designer
it's the same creator
these final verses really i'm not
kidding
john 1 verse 2. he was in the beginning
physical creation with god all things
were made through him and without him
nothing was made that was made boom
colossians 1 16 for by him that's jesus
all things were created that's the
physical creation that are in heaven
that is the atmospheric and that is on
earth visible and invisible whether uh
thrones now this is non-physical
creation these are spiritual entities
thrones oh dominion dominions or
principalities or powers all things were
created through him and for him this is
the jesus of the book of hebrews and
here's where we had last verse first
corinthians 8 6
yet for us there is one god the father
from whom are all things and for whom we
exist
i love that
and one lord jesus christ through whom
are all things
and through whom we exist
this is a perfect
listen we are going to segue now into
communion and that's a perfect verse for
it
jesus to the believer i speak to you
tonight church as we prepare our hearts
for communion believer know this when
jesus broke the bread that night and
passed it among the disciples
to them it means so much even to this
day
it should mean so much to us as well but
when you break bread in the middle east
especially israel and you pass it to
someone else
and they pull from the same loaf
and eat it
there is an understanding there
you want to solve the world's problems
in the middle east sit down and eat
there is just a thing about it where
what i'm eating is becoming
part of me but you're pulling from the
same source and so now it's part of you
and the same thing that was on the table
is now in us
and jesus said when you take of this
bread and you eat it
think of it we're becoming one do this
in remembrance of me
the god of all creation the god of your
salvation the god who is your high
priest
comes to you and says i not only
want to save you from your sins and give
you a meaningful life and to give you
purpose now so that you can actually fly
above depression and sadness and gloom
and fear and death and be situated in
the heavens even right now on this earth
but when it's all over i'm gonna take
you
scoop you up and pull you into my
presence in heaven and so much so i
communicate this that until i see you
again
i want you to partake of this bread that
reminds you i'm in you
and i want you to drink of this cup
which reminds you that my blood
washed you clean of your sins listen
christian we celebrate we rejoice in
this and honestly if you're not a
christian tonight
can you just can you just change that
right now
can you just stop it
and become a christian tonight
please listen listen we're going we're
going we're going to heaven with or
without you but we'd love to have you
come
we don't get anything out of this other
than sharing with you
the glorious news
we're going to pray now
and if you want to accept jesus christ
as your lord and savior do it
and when it comes time to partake of
communion tonight do it
do it we'll probably have to scoop you
up off the floor
because you'll be so moved
by what he does to your heart
but stop stop running from him
just stop it's time to give up
you guys remain seated the ushers are
going to pass out uh not pass out the
ushers are going to pass it out
the elements out to you in a moment just
remain seated if you would
uh during the entire time as worship
leads us in communion father we thank
you for this
for this amazing gift you've given us in
jesus
and father i pray lord god that tonight
that will be
a man or a woman a boy or a girl
that's either here maybe someone that's
watching tonight
that they can right now right where
they're at they can go grab any fluid
any
chip bread
cracker
milk water doesn't matter does it matter
that we would say tonight lord i thank
you for this cup and i thank you for
this bread that has been given
lord these are symbols these are types
of what you did for us 2000 years ago
and what's amazing is that these are
symbols of what's happening in heaven
right now your blood secures our
salvation and you the man christ jesus
is there
representing us tonight
friend if you're here this evening and
you want to accept christ jesus
tonight's your night
right where you're at
will you let him hear this from your
lips from your heart dear lord jesus i
believe you died on the cross
according to the scriptures for my sins
and i'm asking you to hear my testimony
lord of prayer now that i believe
the scriptures that say you rose from
the dead
and i put my trust in you now
and i ask you to wash me clean of my
sins and give me a new life and from
this moment forward lord i want to
dedicate my life to you and this is how
i want to do it i want to surrender to
you
i want to have you live your life
through me
jesus make me your follower
father tonight we praise and thank you
for the body of
your son our savior jesus who
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who not only came
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here
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but in eternity past
loved the idea
that he would be
our redemption that
it's one thing to be somewhere
it's quite another thing to long to be
there how is it almighty god that you
longed to be with us to come to us
broken lost
mean
people alienated from you
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and you came
to buy us back out of our
mess
is truly awesome
lord we can say these words i can i can
declare them now
i do so by faith because i don't get it
i cannot fathom such love
no wonder why forever is forever
it's going to take that long
for us to
experience your love
and lord thank you that your bible tells
us that the blood of jesus was presented
before the altar in heaven
i'm so grateful we are grateful lord
that it was not offered on some earthly
temple
someplace some shrine
on earth
thank you god that there's no fence
around it
guards laser protection
some iconic destination for tourists to
look
at where your blood was offered
thank you
that it's in heaven
thank you that no moth or rust or
thieves can break in and steal that
wow
we love you god we praise you
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and so church family with this bread and
cup
let us partake together in worship of
him in jesus name
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