1 00:00:14,060 --> 00:00:17,320 Welcome to the Lansdale Life Church Podcast. 2 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:24,059 If you're seeking a closer relationship with Jesus Christ, this podcast is for you. 3 00:00:24,059 --> 00:00:26,579 Thank you for joining us today. 4 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:41,179 I just think it's funny we're talking about the bread right and the bread of 5 00:00:41,179 --> 00:00:45,460 life tonight Jesus and I come downstairs before I leave and there's my 6 00:00:45,460 --> 00:00:50,719 son Van who is I called Doe Ball because he's like just so stocky and thick 7 00:00:50,719 --> 00:00:56,159 he's 13 months old but he's in 2T clothing where he's 25 pounds and he's 8 00:00:56,159 --> 00:01:00,500 covered in flour and I was like this is so funny the Doe Ball is covered in 9 00:01:00,500 --> 00:01:04,760 flour because he's whipping it around and bowed through flour in his face of 10 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:07,920 course but I just think it's so funny and you know I was like is there a 11 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:11,079 metaphor here I didn't want to make it too to spiritual so we'll just leave 12 00:01:11,079 --> 00:01:15,719 it as a funny story and you know but hey I want to be covered in Jesus 13 00:01:15,719 --> 00:01:21,519 right the flower so we'll stop there but thank you Jesus so let's just open it 14 00:01:21,519 --> 00:01:28,879 up in prayer and we will be in Leviticus 21 so Jesus I thank you so much 15 00:01:28,879 --> 00:01:36,000 Lord that you are God the bread of life and I we just we need you Lord we 16 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:40,540 need you every day God and we thank you Lord that you feed us Lord our 17 00:01:40,540 --> 00:01:45,459 souls our spirit in ways that no one else can God you have the words of 18 00:01:45,459 --> 00:01:51,159 life Lord you are the word incarnate God and you feed us Lord every single day 19 00:01:51,159 --> 00:01:55,640 when we're in your presence Lord you set us apart we are set apart because of 20 00:01:55,640 --> 00:02:00,879 you God to be used by you to glorify you God and I pray that tonight in my 21 00:02:00,879 --> 00:02:04,659 craziness of notes Lord that you would make it make sense Lord and that you 22 00:02:04,659 --> 00:02:09,879 would just bring your power into tonight Lord we lift you up Lord you 23 00:02:09,879 --> 00:02:13,699 are King Lord you're seated on the throne and we worship you in Jesus 24 00:02:13,699 --> 00:02:23,000 name and man so the whole chapter hangs on this verse 8 so we'll read up to verse 8 25 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:31,560 and pause there so 21 Leviticus verse 1 and the Lord said to Moses speak to the 26 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:36,180 priests the sons of Aaron and say to them none shall defile himself for the 27 00:02:36,180 --> 00:02:40,280 dead among his people except for his relatives who are nearest to him 28 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:44,780 his mother his father his son his daughter his brother also his virgin 29 00:02:44,780 --> 00:02:51,099 sister who is near him who has no husband for her he may defile himself and this 30 00:02:51,099 --> 00:02:56,139 is ceremonial defilement there's no moral reason that you can't be near a 31 00:02:56,139 --> 00:03:01,360 dead body but this is for the priests ceremonially otherwise he shall not 32 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:06,020 defile himself being a chief man among his people to profane himself they 33 00:03:06,020 --> 00:03:11,219 shall not make any bald place on their heads nor shall they shave the edges of 34 00:03:11,219 --> 00:03:15,740 their beards nor make any cuttings in their flesh they shall be holy to their 35 00:03:15,740 --> 00:03:20,319 God and not profane the name of their Lord for they offer the offerings of the 36 00:03:20,319 --> 00:03:24,520 Lord made by fire and the bread of their God therefore they shall be holy 37 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:29,379 they shall not take a wife who is a harlot or a defiled woman nor they 38 00:03:29,379 --> 00:03:33,919 take a woman divorced from her husband for the priest is holy to his God 39 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:38,180 therefore you shall consecrate him and this is the verse here therefore you 40 00:03:38,180 --> 00:03:43,800 shall consecrate him for he offers the bread of your God he shall be holy to 41 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:52,699 you for I the Lord who sanctify you and holy so if you guys remember in what was 42 00:03:52,699 --> 00:03:56,840 that chapter 18 the sexual morality one that was a lot of fun that we went 43 00:03:56,840 --> 00:04:02,460 through that but remember he says to the Israelites six times I am the Lord 44 00:04:02,460 --> 00:04:08,900 your God right I am the Lord your God six times and we theorize that possibly we 45 00:04:08,900 --> 00:04:12,740 don't know why but the reason he may have said it six times is because on the 46 00:04:12,740 --> 00:04:18,199 sixth day he made mankind and he's saying that I formed you I made you your 47 00:04:18,199 --> 00:04:23,720 identity rests in me and the people of Israel are holy right the people of 48 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:30,399 God are holy and holy means purity yes 100% purity but it also means set 49 00:04:30,399 --> 00:04:36,060 apart it's different right it's it's set apart to be used by God to honor him 50 00:04:36,060 --> 00:04:41,839 and to live a certain way for him so yes it is purity but no one's perfect it's 51 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:47,519 impossible but it speaks of availability right it is like the the people of 52 00:04:47,519 --> 00:04:52,259 Israel were set apart different from the world to be in relationship with God 53 00:04:52,259 --> 00:05:00,180 and to be available to him to use them for his glory and for the priests he 54 00:05:00,180 --> 00:05:06,639 goes a step further and beyond just the identity of he is their God he says in 55 00:05:06,639 --> 00:05:13,819 verse 8 that they are holy because he offers the bread of your God and it is 56 00:05:13,819 --> 00:05:20,699 I who sanctify you and I am holy so there is something tied some level of 57 00:05:20,699 --> 00:05:25,759 holiness that is given to them because they cons they're consecrated and 58 00:05:25,759 --> 00:05:31,360 offered the bread of their God so what's different they're they're not they're not 59 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:34,899 extra special they're still just people right they're just like the normal 60 00:05:34,899 --> 00:05:40,220 Israelite but they've been given something really powerful and that is 61 00:05:40,220 --> 00:05:44,740 they get to go into the presence of God right like the people walked in the 62 00:05:44,740 --> 00:05:48,519 desert they saw the glory of God the presence of God but these priests 63 00:05:48,519 --> 00:05:53,959 actually minister to him are in his presence in the temple and even on 64 00:05:53,959 --> 00:05:59,680 the the day of atonement the high priest goes directly into the shekinah glory in 65 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:05,680 in the cloud and it's in his presence so this is why they are set apart extra 66 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:11,579 holy there their holiness is tied to his presence the proximity they have to his 67 00:06:11,579 --> 00:06:16,500 presence and that means there's a higher responsibility and a higher calling 68 00:06:16,500 --> 00:06:23,379 they are called to live holy right but never forget that it is God himself who 69 00:06:23,379 --> 00:06:37,579 makes them holy and we see in John we can I'll turn there real quick John 6 or no 70 00:06:37,579 --> 00:06:44,220 Luke this is really interesting this passage always kind of stuck out to me in 71 00:06:44,220 --> 00:06:50,360 Luke 9 verse 57 now it happened as they journeyed on the road that someone said 72 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:55,860 to him to Jesus Lord I will follow you wherever you go and Jesus said to him 73 00:06:56,759 --> 00:07:01,000 foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests but the Son of man has no 74 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:06,379 where to lay his head then he said to another follow me but he said Lord let 75 00:07:06,379 --> 00:07:11,920 me first go and bury my father Jesus said to him let the dead bury their own 76 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:19,899 dead but you go and preach the kingdom of God so Jesus had a purpose here of one 77 00:07:21,060 --> 00:07:26,079 saying I come first even before earthly responsibilities like he's not saying we 78 00:07:26,079 --> 00:07:30,259 can't bury our father like it's not like verbatim to us but he was conveying a 79 00:07:30,259 --> 00:07:34,980 message that I come first but I also think the Jewish people knowing the 80 00:07:34,980 --> 00:07:40,339 law that the priests were not allowed to bury the dead would their ears would 81 00:07:40,339 --> 00:07:44,579 turn on be like wait a second he can't bury the dead that's only for the priests 82 00:07:44,579 --> 00:07:49,120 right only the priests are required to not touch the dead or bury the dead at a 83 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:53,480 funeral but Jesus is telling just a common person it don't bury the dead 84 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:58,600 follow me and preach the kingdom of God and what that tells me is maybe 85 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:02,639 Jesus was also speaking another message that will be confirmed later in the 86 00:08:02,639 --> 00:08:08,279 New Testament that all people are called to be priests right that his 87 00:08:08,279 --> 00:08:12,959 presence that is with the priests and the Old Testament the temple would now be 88 00:08:12,959 --> 00:08:17,420 made available to every single human and it wouldn't be in a temple that they'd 89 00:08:17,420 --> 00:08:22,540 experience God anymore but inside that's why it says that they are that we are 90 00:08:22,540 --> 00:08:26,939 the temples of the Holy Spirit he would fill us so this is not a mandate you 91 00:08:26,939 --> 00:08:31,939 can never bury anyone obviously right but it's a it's a second message I 92 00:08:31,939 --> 00:08:35,919 believe he was saying I call all people to follow me all people to 93 00:08:35,919 --> 00:08:40,000 preach the kingdom of God and all people are called holy because they're in my 94 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:48,940 presence just like the priest so the other day I was on the phone with a 95 00:08:48,940 --> 00:08:54,139 friend of mine and you know he's going through some rough times he's actually 96 00:08:54,139 --> 00:08:57,700 coming out of it but like crazy financial stuff he was taken advantage of by 97 00:08:57,700 --> 00:09:02,539 this massive scammer who scammed like literally there's 50 felonies against 98 00:09:02,539 --> 00:09:08,919 him and even impersonated a CIA officer like all the stuff so he's probably going 99 00:09:08,919 --> 00:09:15,200 bankrupt anyway he said you know like I only really pray to God when I need 100 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:18,779 something that's how I was raised like you know technically I guess you could 101 00:09:18,779 --> 00:09:22,700 say we're Christians but we never live that way or really think that way but 102 00:09:22,700 --> 00:09:26,440 when we need something we'll pray you know and but I feel like I've been 103 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:30,019 praying to God a little bit more in the season like obviously you really need 104 00:09:30,019 --> 00:09:34,940 something right and you know I just like that's common right number one that is 105 00:09:34,940 --> 00:09:41,100 common for the world to do that right but also the Bible speaks of holy and 106 00:09:41,100 --> 00:09:45,860 unholy things is really set apart in common right commons like everyday stuff 107 00:09:45,860 --> 00:09:50,679 that doesn't have depth or significant value holy is set apart to be used by 108 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:55,379 God that way of living of just coming to God when you need something but not 109 00:09:55,379 --> 00:10:01,740 really caring about him that's common and I encouraged him like hey like he is 110 00:10:01,740 --> 00:10:05,379 real and it's good that you're at least calling on him but there's more right 111 00:10:05,379 --> 00:10:12,139 that's common this is holy he's calling to holiness and I shared that my 112 00:10:12,139 --> 00:10:15,919 relationship and it was a moment that honestly like when you're doing 113 00:10:15,919 --> 00:10:20,000 evangelism I'm no expert at all but I feel like you can kind of go down to 114 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:24,840 track sometimes one is like all logical like defending the gospel and it's 115 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:28,620 like you can have a reason anybody into salvation right the other side's all 116 00:10:28,620 --> 00:10:32,860 feelings and it's like someone poses a question and you're just like what I 117 00:10:32,860 --> 00:10:36,279 don't know how to answer that but I feel good with God it's like we need to be 118 00:10:36,279 --> 00:10:39,940 like Christians like we're in the middle we should be for a purpose we 119 00:10:39,940 --> 00:10:44,100 have theology we have ways of defending the gospel but we also need to 120 00:10:44,100 --> 00:10:48,500 share the testimony of what God's done in our lives right and I feel like a 121 00:10:48,500 --> 00:10:54,299 huge part of that is honestly speaking of your love for God like that that hits 122 00:10:54,299 --> 00:10:58,360 somebody different it's kind of weird when you're like man I just love Jesus 123 00:10:58,360 --> 00:11:02,080 and like you know I just want to be with him all the time people are like hey but 124 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:05,700 I thought he wasn't real that's like you know I don't have to make it make sense 125 00:11:05,700 --> 00:11:09,720 to you but you can tell my heart is like honest right now and how I'm 126 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:15,919 speaking about it so in this moment I said something I just felt it come 127 00:11:15,919 --> 00:11:20,279 from my heart that I said like look I used to just call on God when I needed 128 00:11:20,279 --> 00:11:26,360 things and stuff but I realized now as I walked with him and I've grown closer to 129 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:32,159 him how much I just need to be with him all the time right and he is the defining 130 00:11:32,159 --> 00:11:38,340 thing about who I am like I wouldn't be myself without Jesus like and you know if 131 00:11:38,340 --> 00:11:43,600 you boil my life down the one thing that has never changed is him right 132 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:48,679 like he is the foundation of who we are when you trust in Jesus that's 133 00:11:48,679 --> 00:11:54,019 why he says when when those who hear his words and do them is like a master 134 00:11:54,019 --> 00:11:58,659 builder who builds on the rock he becomes your foundation right and for the 135 00:11:58,659 --> 00:12:04,039 priest back then the foundation of who they are was being in his presence was 136 00:12:04,039 --> 00:12:10,279 offering the bread it was being in worship in the temple with him and 137 00:12:10,279 --> 00:12:14,480 because of that they're holy and they're called to a higher level of 138 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:23,399 holiness so this don't bury the dead thing I shared you know how Jesus said like 139 00:12:23,399 --> 00:12:26,960 don't bear the dead and that's kind of a picture how we're all priests but many 140 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:31,700 pagan religions back then were obsessed with death like they were death cults 141 00:12:31,700 --> 00:12:36,139 they would kill people it for worship they would have funerals to cut 142 00:12:36,139 --> 00:12:38,960 themselves shave themselves all the things that they just talked about and 143 00:12:39,779 --> 00:12:43,879 they worship the dead and the people who passed away before but God's 144 00:12:43,879 --> 00:12:48,139 saying I want you to have nothing to do with this like stay as far away priests 145 00:12:48,139 --> 00:12:54,419 from death as you possibly can because God is life and sin is death right Romans 146 00:12:54,419 --> 00:12:58,460 512 therefore just a sin came into the world through one man and death through 147 00:12:58,460 --> 00:13:04,159 sin so death spread to all men because all have sinned sin has always been a 148 00:13:04,159 --> 00:13:08,139 pick or death has always been a picture of the end result of sin if 149 00:13:08,139 --> 00:13:12,059 you sin there's death that's what he said to Adam and Eve and then in John 150 00:13:12,059 --> 00:13:17,360 10 the God being life he says the thief does not come except to kill steal and 151 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:22,559 destroy but I have come that you may have life and have it more abundantly so even 152 00:13:22,559 --> 00:13:27,379 back then in the Old Testament God wants everyone to know who he truly is he's 153 00:13:27,379 --> 00:13:31,620 the God of life not the God of death he's saying run away from all the 154 00:13:31,620 --> 00:13:35,419 perverse ways of worshiping these fake Gods because you're worshiping me the 155 00:13:35,419 --> 00:13:39,659 one true God who is holy and separate and I'm the God of life I give you 156 00:13:39,659 --> 00:13:44,740 life he doesn't want his representatives in any way to be associated with this 157 00:13:44,740 --> 00:13:51,500 death so honestly like why why does that matter well when Jesus called us 158 00:13:51,500 --> 00:13:56,200 priests right there's a death that we need to stay away from like not physical 159 00:13:56,200 --> 00:14:00,639 death we're allowed to go to funerals but in 1st Peter 2 it says you are a 160 00:14:00,639 --> 00:14:05,299 chosen generation of royal priesthood a holy nation he has called you his 161 00:14:05,299 --> 00:14:08,899 own special people that you may proclaim the praises of him who called 162 00:14:08,899 --> 00:14:12,899 you out of darkness into his marvelous light right we're chosen we're anointed 163 00:14:12,899 --> 00:14:20,360 like the priests so what is the death now well in Hebrews 9 it says how much 164 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:24,539 more shall the blood of Christ who through the eternal spirit offered 165 00:14:24,539 --> 00:14:30,059 himself without spot to God cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve 166 00:14:30,059 --> 00:14:36,360 the living God so the death that we should run away from as Christians is 167 00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:42,120 sin the dead works right the old self the Bible says when you come to Jesus 168 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:49,299 your old self is crucified dead you're raised to life with Christ so yeah we 169 00:14:49,299 --> 00:14:53,039 can go to funerals but don't ever associate and go back to your old dead 170 00:14:53,039 --> 00:14:59,759 way of living because you serve a living God right and then he also says in 171 00:14:59,759 --> 00:15:04,440 Hebrews 12 I urge you brothers and sisters in view of God's mercy to 172 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:10,419 offer your bodies as a living sacrifice not a dead one a living one holy and 173 00:15:10,419 --> 00:15:15,500 pleasing to God this is your true and proper worship do not be conformed to the 174 00:15:15,500 --> 00:15:19,500 pattern of this world which is death but be transformed by the renewing of your 175 00:15:19,500 --> 00:15:26,500 mind he calls us to be a living sacrifice and honestly like this is 176 00:15:26,500 --> 00:15:32,419 something that I feel I'm kind of experiencing more lately is just you 177 00:15:32,419 --> 00:15:37,019 know walking in holiness and I'm like I don't mean like perfection I don't mean 178 00:15:37,019 --> 00:15:42,179 that I mean just being set apart for him right like so many people have painted 179 00:15:42,179 --> 00:15:47,740 holiness as religion right it's like oh religion oh you're a holy roller like 180 00:15:47,740 --> 00:15:53,899 you're doing works to be like pleasing to God and in reality pursuing 181 00:15:53,899 --> 00:15:59,940 holiness is a really Godly thing and what religion is is tolerating your sin 182 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:05,019 right like that's what the Pharisees did they tolerated their sin and went through 183 00:16:05,019 --> 00:16:10,100 the motions just to look good so pursuing true holiness in your life is 184 00:16:10,100 --> 00:16:16,659 actually like it says here is pleasing to God it's your acceptable like gift to 185 00:16:16,659 --> 00:16:22,000 God is hey I want to give my life to you to be set apart and to be holy and I 186 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:27,000 just feel like over the last year or so maybe maybe even shorter I've just been 187 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:32,539 having a renewed desire just to like anywhere the Holy Spirit points out I'm 188 00:16:32,539 --> 00:16:36,919 gonna I want to get it out of my life I just want to like in my actions worship 189 00:16:36,919 --> 00:16:42,000 him and in the way I think worship him that's why Jesus says love the Lord your 190 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:47,179 God with all of your heart all of your soul all of your mind and all of your 191 00:16:47,179 --> 00:16:53,340 strength and honestly like that's really been a game changer for me like 192 00:16:53,340 --> 00:16:58,039 even just simple things like God I'm going to give you my time like God I'm 193 00:16:58,039 --> 00:17:01,200 gonna give you my praise I'm just gonna tell you how much I love you right now 194 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:07,400 and I feel his presence right and we're marked by his presence where we are 195 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:11,579 different from the world not because we're good in ourselves but because we 196 00:17:11,579 --> 00:17:18,440 have his presence inside of us so this bread thing there is so much in the 197 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:23,519 bread that I'm really excited to go through everybody with me still sometimes 198 00:17:23,519 --> 00:17:32,579 when I'm talking too much I hope everybody yeah thanks thanks all right so the 199 00:17:32,579 --> 00:17:38,619 bread let's read Leviticus 24 5 9 which I actually think I'm gonna have in a 200 00:17:38,619 --> 00:17:46,539 couple weeks 24 verses 5 through 9 and you shall take fine flour and bake 12 201 00:17:46,539 --> 00:17:51,539 cakes with it two tenths of an ifa shall be in each cake you shall set them into 202 00:17:51,539 --> 00:17:57,799 rows six in a row on the pure gold table before the Lord and you shall put pure 203 00:17:57,799 --> 00:18:02,579 frankincense on each row that it may be on the on the bread for a memorial and 204 00:18:02,579 --> 00:18:07,359 offering made by fire to the Lord every Sabbath he shall set it in order 205 00:18:07,359 --> 00:18:12,099 before the Lord continually being taken from the children of Israel by an 206 00:18:12,099 --> 00:18:15,940 everlasting covenant and it shall be for Aaron and his sons that they shall 207 00:18:15,940 --> 00:18:20,400 eat it in a holy place for it is most holy to him from the offerings of the 208 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:29,480 Lord made by fire so this bread Jesus says he's the bread of life in John 6 and 209 00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:35,859 he gives the manna as an example but also so many theologians and people all 210 00:18:35,859 --> 00:18:40,620 point to this bread which is called the bread of the presence is also a 211 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:47,500 picture of Jesus and also in Romans I think it is or you know Hebrews it says 212 00:18:47,500 --> 00:18:51,279 that all these things this temple all these articles all the stuff is just a 213 00:18:51,279 --> 00:18:55,440 picture of heavenly things so there's deep significance to what these things 214 00:18:55,440 --> 00:18:59,599 mean so while I'm reading it the bread obviously Jesus is the bread of life my 215 00:18:59,599 --> 00:19:04,559 mind goes there immediately but then I see some crazy things in there that 216 00:19:04,559 --> 00:19:12,680 you could just like can unpack forever I feel like so on it is frankincense I'm 217 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:17,339 like okay frankincense the bread is covered in frankincense the bread is put 218 00:19:17,339 --> 00:19:23,940 on gold okay gold and frankincense like wait where's the murder then like what 219 00:19:23,940 --> 00:19:29,519 so the gold table is anointed with the anointing oil so I go and find out 220 00:19:29,519 --> 00:19:33,740 what's in the anointing oil the major component beyond olive oil in the 221 00:19:33,740 --> 00:19:39,359 anointing oil is myrrh that is a major major component of it so here the bread 222 00:19:39,359 --> 00:19:46,059 of the presence of God that sits in his presence is on gold covered in 223 00:19:46,059 --> 00:19:52,119 frankincense on a table covered in myrrh Jesus when he was born the wise men 224 00:19:52,119 --> 00:19:56,359 prophetically brought these gifts to him maybe they knew why maybe it was 225 00:19:56,359 --> 00:20:00,119 just the Holy Spirit and they had no idea why but Jesus being the bread 226 00:20:00,119 --> 00:20:05,059 of life is given the gifts of gold frankincense and myrrh which was active 227 00:20:05,059 --> 00:20:10,660 in this ritual here in the ceremony but it doesn't stop there because he's 228 00:20:10,660 --> 00:20:18,819 born in Bethlehem Bethlehem the meaning of the word is the house of bread he's 229 00:20:18,819 --> 00:20:27,079 born into a feeding trough which gives food to animals to eat like he is the 230 00:20:27,079 --> 00:20:33,359 bread of life and every single aspect of his birth is portraying the truth that he 231 00:20:33,359 --> 00:20:39,680 came into the world to feed us for everlasting life right and it even goes 232 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:46,140 further because the day before the Sabbath Friday is the day of preparation 233 00:20:46,140 --> 00:20:53,039 the bread is prepared well on Friday Jesus we're coming up on Good Friday 234 00:20:53,039 --> 00:20:57,559 was preparing himself for the ultimate sacrifice that his body would be broken 235 00:20:57,559 --> 00:21:02,720 like the bread would be broken he says he was preparing to be crucified and on 236 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:10,339 Friday he was crucified the Sabbath the bread is presented to God and Jesus is 237 00:21:10,339 --> 00:21:15,180 and it's presents and rests in the temple Jesus his body rests in the 238 00:21:15,180 --> 00:21:21,079 grave and he gave his life to God right and while his body rests he 239 00:21:21,079 --> 00:21:25,720 also declares his victory over sin death principalities powers and the spirits 240 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:32,059 and Hades his body is resting and there's his soul declaring victory right and the 241 00:21:32,059 --> 00:21:37,119 priests on the Sabbath take of the bread and eat it the day of rest in a holy 242 00:21:37,119 --> 00:21:41,359 place in rest they're eating of the bread of the presence and we eat the 243 00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:46,240 bread of life right in rest it says we enter his rest because of the labor of 244 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:50,640 Jesus of giving his life for us now we have rest now and we have peace with 245 00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:56,660 God and then on Sunday he rises again and now we can partake not of the bread of 246 00:21:56,660 --> 00:22:01,559 death but the bread of life because he's living and it says we proclaim his death 247 00:22:01,559 --> 00:22:06,339 until he comes we're proclaiming his death yes but it's until he comes 248 00:22:06,339 --> 00:22:10,660 because he's alive he's the bread of life he gives life and he's died and 249 00:22:10,660 --> 00:22:16,700 is living again and Jesus says like I said in John 6 I am the bread of 250 00:22:16,700 --> 00:22:21,240 life he who comes to me shall never hunger and he who believes in me shall 251 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:27,579 never thirst and in that chapter he also says which is interesting says do not 252 00:22:27,579 --> 00:22:32,480 labor for the food that perishes but for the food that endures to eternal life 253 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:38,759 which the Son of Man will give to you so I was thinking about this the natural 254 00:22:38,759 --> 00:22:43,580 food that perishes that we labor for and then the spiritual food which the 255 00:22:43,619 --> 00:22:49,740 Holy with which it says the Son of Man gives you physical bread we labor for 256 00:22:49,740 --> 00:22:56,039 spiritual bread we receive the very first reference to bread ever in the 257 00:22:56,039 --> 00:23:02,599 Bible is in Genesis 3 19 it says in the sweat of your face this is God 258 00:23:02,599 --> 00:23:09,700 telling Jesus telling Adam like what happens now because you sinned in the 259 00:23:09,700 --> 00:23:14,900 sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground for out of 260 00:23:14,900 --> 00:23:20,039 it you were taken for dust you are and to dust you shall return so the first one 261 00:23:20,039 --> 00:23:28,940 occurs sweat right to just get enough to live now Jesus right who is the bread 262 00:23:28,940 --> 00:23:34,819 of life he comes in the day before he's going to give his life for us he's 263 00:23:34,819 --> 00:23:43,140 in the garden of Eden he's sweating drops of blood to the dust knowing that he would 264 00:23:43,140 --> 00:23:50,559 have his body broken and to become a curse for us in Galatians 3 13 it says he 265 00:23:50,559 --> 00:23:54,539 become it became a curse for us because curses everyone who hangs on the 266 00:23:54,539 --> 00:23:59,480 tree the first mention of bread was a curse of labor and Jesus is saying 267 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:04,140 don't labor anymore for food that perishes but receive what I have for 268 00:24:04,140 --> 00:24:11,700 you which is eternal life the second reference to food to bread is a blessing 269 00:24:11,700 --> 00:24:19,039 so the first is a curse the second one is a blessing Melchizedek Genesis 14 then 270 00:24:19,039 --> 00:24:25,220 Melchizedek King of Salem brought out bread and wine he was the priest of God 271 00:24:25,220 --> 00:24:31,039 most high and he blessed him and said Abraham who is the father of faith 272 00:24:31,039 --> 00:24:35,980 right he just had a great victory that came by the hand of God blessed be 273 00:24:35,980 --> 00:24:40,240 Abram of God most high possessor of heaven and earth and blessed be God most 274 00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:44,019 high who has delivered your enemies into your hand and he gave him a tithe of 275 00:24:44,019 --> 00:24:51,559 all so here the second mention is a blessing from a high priest who we 276 00:24:51,559 --> 00:24:56,539 barely know anything about who Jesus has mentioned to resemble in the New 277 00:24:56,539 --> 00:25:01,160 Testament that he Jesus is a high priest in the order Melchizedek he's the most 278 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:06,460 mysterious person in the Bible you should read about him and here's the 279 00:25:06,460 --> 00:25:12,259 father of faith now coming into relationship and communion with this 280 00:25:12,259 --> 00:25:18,599 high priest and receiving bread and wine and receiving a blessing and I can't 281 00:25:18,599 --> 00:25:23,660 help but think the first covenant right the curse of sin and death and 282 00:25:23,660 --> 00:25:28,900 the law you have to labor to have acceptance by God now through faith like 283 00:25:28,900 --> 00:25:33,779 Abraham the father of faith we can come into communion with Jesus and the first 284 00:25:33,779 --> 00:25:40,880 time bread and wine is offered is in this blessing from a high priest Jesus is 285 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:45,819 our high priest right he has given us his body and his blood so that we 286 00:25:45,819 --> 00:25:50,900 through faith are completely forgiven Ephesians 2 8 through 9 for it is by 287 00:25:50,900 --> 00:25:54,980 grace you have been saved through faith and this is not from yourselves it is the 288 00:25:54,980 --> 00:26:00,819 gift of God not by work so that no one should brose boast so here is the first 289 00:26:00,819 --> 00:26:07,400 one a curse striving the second one a blessing through faith eternal life 290 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:12,519 and that's what Jesus said in John 6 don't labor for food that perishes but 291 00:26:12,519 --> 00:26:15,480 for the food that endures to eternal life which the Son of man will give 292 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:26,400 you just like Melchizedek gave Abraham and today this is why communion is so 293 00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:33,259 important like it's not just like a snack right and it's like you can't eat a 294 00:26:33,259 --> 00:26:37,059 hoagie and soda and be like yeah this is communion like there's something 295 00:26:37,059 --> 00:26:43,200 significant about it right and we we hear a lot of times like it is an 296 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:48,059 outward expression of an inward truth like baptism and it's just a way to 297 00:26:48,059 --> 00:26:53,660 remember and I do agree with that totally like it is a way to remember and it is an 298 00:26:53,660 --> 00:26:57,680 outward display of an inward truth all those things but it's something also 299 00:26:57,680 --> 00:27:02,039 super super spiritual about it like anyone relate like when you're taking 300 00:27:02,039 --> 00:27:06,180 communion and you're actually in the right headspace to think about what 301 00:27:06,180 --> 00:27:13,720 this means don't you just experience him in like a special way and Paul talks 302 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:19,000 about people were getting drunk and eating too much of communion at the 303 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:23,599 church and they're getting sick and dying so like if this has so much 304 00:27:23,599 --> 00:27:27,400 significance that you can get sick and die how much more significance if you 305 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:32,059 take it in the right way right there's something deeply spiritual and just 306 00:27:32,059 --> 00:27:38,480 like the the priests were marked and set apart by his presence and had the bread 307 00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:44,480 as a picture of that so we are marked and set apart by the presence inside of us 308 00:27:44,480 --> 00:28:02,039 and we have this gift of communion that we can take whenever right I'm just 309 00:28:02,039 --> 00:28:08,819 Luke 22 17 it says after taking the cup he gave banks and said take this and 310 00:28:08,819 --> 00:28:12,599 divided among you for I tell you I will not drink again from the fruit of the 311 00:28:12,599 --> 00:28:17,380 vine until the kingdom of God comes and he took bread gave banks and broke it 312 00:28:17,380 --> 00:28:22,440 and gave it to them saying this is my body given for you do this in 313 00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:26,220 remembrance of me in the same way after the supper he took the cup 314 00:28:26,220 --> 00:28:34,160 saying this cup is the new covenant in my blood which is poured out for you thank 315 00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:44,619 you Jesus that you did that thank you Lord that through faith through faith in 316 00:28:44,619 --> 00:28:48,480 you Lord the bread of life that was broken for us God and your blood poured 317 00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:54,779 out we can actually be made holy God and then we can actually be filled with 318 00:28:54,779 --> 00:29:03,380 your Holy Spirit and thank you Jesus that Lord even when we feel weak and we 319 00:29:03,380 --> 00:29:09,140 feel like we failed you God we can look at the holes in your hands and the side 320 00:29:09,140 --> 00:29:13,880 and feet God that you still hold in heaven Lord your body still shows the 321 00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:18,539 scar of saying look I forgiven you and I just thank you so much Lord that we 322 00:29:18,539 --> 00:29:23,000 can commune with you got that we can just talk to you and be close to you 323 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:34,920 Lord and that you set us apart to be used by you we love you Jesus so there's a 324 00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:42,400 couple of other topics on this I'll do the wife thing and then we can go to the 325 00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:52,819 verse 9 which is pretty crazy so it talks about how the wife should be you 326 00:29:52,819 --> 00:29:59,960 know holy essentially like not prostitute not this and that now this is pretty 327 00:29:59,960 --> 00:30:04,700 amazing too because like Jesus is the true high priest right he's called us 328 00:30:04,700 --> 00:30:09,259 priests but he's the high priest and we only were made priests because of him and 329 00:30:09,980 --> 00:30:15,039 he's perfect and holy and just like the priest has meant to marry a holy 330 00:30:15,039 --> 00:30:20,380 woman right that's undefiled Jesus wants to marry a holy church that is 331 00:30:20,380 --> 00:30:29,160 undefiled and Adam before sin God opened up his side and removed the rib and made 332 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:36,960 us someone who is suitable for him a spouse Eve and Jesus on the cross is 333 00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:40,819 pierced in his side and went into the deep sleep of the grave just like Adam 334 00:30:40,819 --> 00:30:47,039 did and out of his side and out of his death comes a holy bride a holy spouse 335 00:30:47,039 --> 00:30:53,599 the church and we might be messed up right but it's like we read above it is 336 00:30:53,599 --> 00:30:59,279 God who makes us holy and so he's coming back for a holy church not like we're 337 00:30:59,279 --> 00:31:03,759 gonna be perfect in and of ourselves right but he sets us apart and he's made 338 00:31:03,759 --> 00:31:15,000 us holy because of his death for us and his resurrection okay let's talk about 339 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:26,740 verse 9 21 verse 9 the daughter of any priest if she profanes herself by playing 340 00:31:26,740 --> 00:31:32,880 the harlot she profanes her father she shall be burned with fire now this is 341 00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:38,619 crazy we don't read anywhere that this ever happened now there's three reasons 342 00:31:38,619 --> 00:31:43,440 why that might have might be the case maybe no priest's daughter ever became 343 00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:49,519 a harlot I pray that was the case Lord the second could be it was just never 344 00:31:49,519 --> 00:31:54,019 written about and it happened I hope that wasn't the case but God could still 345 00:31:54,019 --> 00:32:00,220 do that the third could be that maybe it happened but God showed mercy and when 346 00:32:00,220 --> 00:32:06,500 I read the Bible I see tons and tons of stories constantly about people not 347 00:32:06,500 --> 00:32:12,039 getting what they deserve right constantly like David right doing awful 348 00:32:12,039 --> 00:32:17,079 things like adultery and murder like he should have been killed by the law if 349 00:32:17,079 --> 00:32:20,819 you kill someone you are killed that's what the Bible says he wasn't and God 350 00:32:20,819 --> 00:32:26,480 still called him a man after his own heart right so I believe that even if it 351 00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:30,799 did happen I I'm sure maybe not all the time but many times God shows mercy 352 00:32:30,799 --> 00:32:36,180 because he's quick he is slow to anger abounding love right he shows 353 00:32:36,180 --> 00:32:41,220 mercy and faithfulness to generations and generations but there's one scenario 354 00:32:41,220 --> 00:32:50,079 where burning with fire for this adultery actually was threatened and this shoot I 355 00:32:50,079 --> 00:32:57,299 didn't write down the reference but I remember the story so Judah and Tamar 356 00:32:57,299 --> 00:33:04,279 you remember this Judah a tribe of God one of the tribes of Jacob where yeah 357 00:33:04,279 --> 00:33:10,920 Israel so one of the tribes of Israel he has a daughter-in-law and his son is 358 00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:15,140 evil God kills him so the next son comes up is supposed to give her children 359 00:33:15,140 --> 00:33:18,680 he's evil does something evil on on you can read about it I don't feel like 360 00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:24,079 talking about it he gets killed so now Judas like okay you can have my third 361 00:33:24,079 --> 00:33:28,039 son when he gets old enough he's too young right now then he gets old enough 362 00:33:28,039 --> 00:33:33,880 he doesn't give him her that him as wife and back then like if you don't 363 00:33:33,880 --> 00:33:37,640 have kids and you're a woman and you're you know a widow or divorce 364 00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:41,319 whatever like you didn't have like any power in society you weren't taking care 365 00:33:41,319 --> 00:33:47,000 of so it was like a necessity that they were taken care of so she does this 366 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:52,339 crazy thing pretends to be a prostitute Judah sleeps with her not knowing it's 367 00:33:52,339 --> 00:33:56,819 his daughter-in-law and then gives her like his signet ring and staff and 368 00:33:56,819 --> 00:34:01,299 stuff and she then goes home and they don't see each other for three months 369 00:34:01,299 --> 00:34:05,480 and then he finds out she's pregnant and he says come out here let me burn 370 00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:09,420 her she should be burned a fire she committed adultery and then she pulls 371 00:34:09,420 --> 00:34:15,179 out his staff his signet ring and said you judge who these belong to and he 372 00:34:15,179 --> 00:34:19,380 realizes it's his and he's like you've been more righteous than I have like he 373 00:34:19,380 --> 00:34:24,860 was aware of his sin and he didn't kill her there was no fire tomorrow I believe 374 00:34:24,860 --> 00:34:29,820 had Perez but if you read the genealogy of Jesus and Matthew 1 tomorrow is 375 00:34:29,820 --> 00:34:35,280 mentioned in the genealogy Jesus came from her a woman who committed an 376 00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:40,440 adultery and should have been burned with fire and wasn't so what does that tell 377 00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:45,719 me like God is at work in sinners lives to protect them even from what they 378 00:34:45,719 --> 00:34:52,099 deserve from him right he shows grace he shows mercy Jesus New Testament story 379 00:34:52,099 --> 00:34:57,800 he a woman's commit caught an adultery and what does he say much like the 380 00:34:57,800 --> 00:35:03,079 Tamar story he says he who is without sin cast the first stone neither do I 381 00:35:03,079 --> 00:35:08,179 condemn you go and sin no more everyone was aware of their own sin just like 382 00:35:08,179 --> 00:35:13,199 Judah was and realized we're all sinners like she doesn't even deserve this and 383 00:35:13,199 --> 00:35:18,199 Jesus forgives Jesus is the same God of the Old Testament and the new right he 384 00:35:18,199 --> 00:35:24,800 was in both so what I see is God is merciful he forgives a repentant 385 00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:29,440 heart and we have no idea what happened here but we know he's loving and he 386 00:35:30,360 --> 00:35:37,039 probably most likely forgave many of these women amen now let's the high 387 00:35:37,039 --> 00:35:40,039 priest basically says the same thing but instead of being able to go to their 388 00:35:40,039 --> 00:35:44,360 dad's funeral they can't even go to their dad's funeral so we can hop over 389 00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:54,000 that verse 16 speak to Aaron saying no man of your descendants and 390 00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:57,599 succeeding generations who has any defect may approach to offer the bread 391 00:35:57,599 --> 00:36:03,079 of his God for any man who has a defect shall not approach a man blind or lame 392 00:36:03,079 --> 00:36:09,280 who has a marred face or any limb too long a man who has a broken foot or 393 00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:13,739 broken hand or a hunchback or a dwarf or a man who has a defect in his eye or 394 00:36:13,739 --> 00:36:19,739 eczema or a scab or as a eunuch no man of the descendants of Aaron I feel 395 00:36:19,739 --> 00:36:23,760 bad for the scab guy like how long does that scab lasting and is he 396 00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:29,019 disqualified for life we don't know no man of the descendants of Aaron the 397 00:36:29,019 --> 00:36:33,760 priest who has a defect shall come near to offer the offerings made by fire to 398 00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:38,000 the Lord he has a defect he shall not come near to offer the bread but here's 399 00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:42,519 the good news he may eat the bread of his God both the most holy and the 400 00:36:42,519 --> 00:36:46,820 holy only he shall not go near the veil or approach the altar because he 401 00:36:46,820 --> 00:36:50,840 has a defect lest he profane my sanctuaries for I the Lord sanctify 402 00:36:50,840 --> 00:36:55,239 them and Moses told it to Aaron and his sons and to all the children of Israel 403 00:36:57,880 --> 00:37:00,960 so to be in the presence of God you have to be holy 404 00:37:02,699 --> 00:37:06,659 and to go into the most holy a place was only for the high priest right 405 00:37:07,519 --> 00:37:14,519 but we know like it says I can read it but I'll just summarize it that 406 00:37:14,519 --> 00:37:19,820 these are all shadow of heavenly things right these were taking physical 407 00:37:19,820 --> 00:37:25,139 stuff there's nothing morally wrong with having a scab but there's a symbolic 408 00:37:25,139 --> 00:37:28,300 picture that if there's something wrong with you you can't be in the presence 409 00:37:28,300 --> 00:37:34,159 of a holy God but we have Jesus right the forerunner who passed through the 410 00:37:34,159 --> 00:37:39,679 heavens into the true holy of holies after he died and the veil which was 411 00:37:39,679 --> 00:37:46,619 in the temple tore in half and we know if the temple is a picture of the 412 00:37:46,619 --> 00:37:51,840 heavenlies and the heavenlies change the temple has to change to reflect the 413 00:37:51,840 --> 00:37:57,000 heavenlies so the separation between God and man and the necessity to be 414 00:37:57,000 --> 00:38:03,400 perfect is now broken because Jesus was broken for us so now the veil had to 415 00:38:03,400 --> 00:38:09,219 tear and it says that we can go into the holy of holies and in addition 416 00:38:09,219 --> 00:38:14,059 to that this holy holy God comes out and fills us right 417 00:38:17,199 --> 00:38:21,420 we're not we're not imperfect anymore right it says we've been crucified with 418 00:38:21,420 --> 00:38:26,360 Christ right is no longer I who live but Christ who lives in me it's faith to say 419 00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:29,980 that because we know sometimes we're not perfect like we're not we don't feel 420 00:38:29,980 --> 00:38:34,539 like Jesus right but it takes faith and it takes obedience and walking in a 421 00:38:34,539 --> 00:38:38,480 spirit right if you walk in the spirit you will not gratify the lust of the 422 00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:43,400 flesh but these people in the Old Testament couldn't go because they 423 00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:48,519 were imperfect and I love Hebrews 4 because it speaks to it while we're 424 00:38:48,519 --> 00:38:54,539 still we're actually perfect in God's eyes but on this side of eternity we 425 00:38:54,539 --> 00:39:01,480 can still struggle with things that's why Jesus is the best Hebrews 4 seeing 426 00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:06,840 then that we have a high priest a great high priest who has passed through the 427 00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:12,360 heavens Jesus the Son of God let us hold fast our confession for we do 428 00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:16,860 not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weakness but was in all 429 00:39:16,860 --> 00:39:23,480 points tempted as we are yet without sin let us therefore come boldly to the throne 430 00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:31,400 of grace that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need so here 431 00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:37,000 he's saying just like in it for the Levites the priest who had defects you 432 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:40,019 might not be able to go in the holy of holies one day you will with Jesus 433 00:39:40,019 --> 00:39:45,380 but even back then he's that he was saying you can eat the most holy bread the 434 00:39:45,380 --> 00:39:51,280 bread of the presence and even us in our weaknesses we have a high priest the 435 00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:55,960 bread of life who can sympathize with us that while we're struggling we can still 436 00:39:55,960 --> 00:40:00,599 go into the throne of grace and find help and partake of the holy of 437 00:40:00,599 --> 00:40:08,280 holy bread Jesus himself amen so I don't really have a closing for this 438 00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:15,059 but I just you know it does Hebrews 4 speaks for itself and I can end there 439 00:40:15,059 --> 00:40:23,059 let's just pray Lord just thank you so much I thank you God that you understand 440 00:40:23,059 --> 00:40:31,300 us Lord that you became one of us God yet without sin yet still 100% you and I 441 00:40:31,300 --> 00:40:37,300 pray God yeah that we would realize were set apart by your presence God 442 00:40:37,300 --> 00:40:40,659 that you fill us that's why we're different we're not common we're holy 443 00:40:40,659 --> 00:40:45,679 God and in that Lord we can walk in holiness you call us to walk in 444 00:40:45,679 --> 00:40:49,820 holiness and that's actually a beautiful act of worship Lord is the 445 00:40:49,820 --> 00:40:54,280 greatest thing we can do for you is to be a living sacrifice and it makes you 446 00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:59,539 happy it makes you joyful Lord and even when we sin and we fall and we're 447 00:40:59,539 --> 00:41:03,659 tempted and we give in Lord you still see us like you see your son you 448 00:41:03,659 --> 00:41:08,679 still see us wrapped in the righteousness of Jesus and that we can boldly 449 00:41:08,679 --> 00:41:14,239 still come to you to the throne of grace which speaks of power the power of the 450 00:41:14,239 --> 00:41:19,699 Holy Spirit to be able to do what you've called us to do Lord and I thank you 451 00:41:19,699 --> 00:41:22,739 for your mercy I thank you for your grace I thank you for your sacrifice 452 00:41:23,199 --> 00:41:28,599 and we thank you Lord to that we can just partake of you God we can like 453 00:41:28,599 --> 00:41:32,840 you say in John 6 in your presence we're actually eating nourishment to 454 00:41:32,840 --> 00:41:38,139 our souls and I pray that this week even tonight Lord in our discussion time I 455 00:41:38,139 --> 00:41:42,960 pray that people would feel what it feels like to be eating Lord the truth of 456 00:41:42,960 --> 00:41:48,199 you who you are that nourishes and feeds our soul we love you in Jesus name and 457 00:41:48,199 --> 00:41:57,300 men thanks for joining us at Lansdale Life Church as we praise God and 458 00:41:57,300 --> 00:42:01,619 discuss his word don't forget to join us for worship live Sunday 459 00:42:01,619 --> 00:42:07,860 mornings at 10 a.m. Eastern on YouTube be blessed and have a great day