1 00:00:14,059 --> 00:00:17,359 Welcome to the Lansdale Life Church podcast. 2 00:00:18,399 --> 00:00:24,100 If you're seeking a closer relationship with Jesus Christ, this podcast is for you. 3 00:00:24,900 --> 00:00:27,019 Thank you for joining us today. 4 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:43,560 So this message, the mercy seat of Jesus, and just really enjoyed really studying this and 5 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:50,479 marinating in it. And I know the Lord is going to speak to each one of us. We all need mercy, 6 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:57,899 don't we? His mercies are new every day. Praise the Lord for that. In fact, we're told to boldly 7 00:00:57,899 --> 00:01:07,099 approach the throne of grace where we will receive mercy and find grace. So we need mercies every 8 00:01:07,099 --> 00:01:13,819 single day and the Lord provides it. And so let's pray and we're going to invite the Lord to really 9 00:01:13,819 --> 00:01:21,500 speak to us today. And also we're going to have communion towards the end of the service, so just 10 00:01:21,500 --> 00:01:27,739 be prepared for that too. So Father God, we thank you Lord for what a great thing it is to be in the 11 00:01:27,739 --> 00:01:33,579 house of the Lord with our brothers and sisters to be sharing you. You know, we're the same body, 12 00:01:33,879 --> 00:01:39,379 Lord. God, we're the same family, Lord. We thank you for just a wonderful day yesterday where 13 00:01:39,379 --> 00:01:44,900 those who were baptized and even others just shared things about their faith. It was wonderful, 14 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:50,560 Lord. And Lord, we thank you for your mercy, Lord. And we ask you to speak to us today 15 00:01:51,260 --> 00:01:55,980 in your spirit, Lord, that each one of us will glean something that isn't even 16 00:01:55,980 --> 00:02:02,680 audibly said by me, but they've heard it in the depths of their soul from you in this spirit. 17 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:09,960 So Lord God, we ask you to speak to us through your word and your Holy Spirit. We invite you in, 18 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:15,800 Lord God. We ask your Holy Spirit to really just hit this place, Lord God, and just set us free of 19 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:21,819 guilt and condemnation and any things from the past that we still hold on to because you have 20 00:02:21,819 --> 00:02:29,480 released us from that, Lord God. And the sooner we grasp that, the more alive we will be in our 21 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:37,400 faith in you. We ask this in Jesus name. Amen. So if you can recall last week, we talked about the new 22 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:45,639 covenant, a better covenant with better promises and how, you know, the old covenant was about 23 00:02:46,359 --> 00:02:53,840 you serve and earn, you know, you get what you earned through service to God. You know, 24 00:02:53,840 --> 00:03:00,039 it's the, it was the covenant of law, but now we're in the covenant of grace, you know, 25 00:03:00,340 --> 00:03:07,539 we believe we receive God is giving to us, you know, in the, the old covenant, 26 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:17,520 the old Testament was all about doing for God. Now it's what God is doing through us, for us 27 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:23,340 and through us. So it's a great covenant. It's the new covenant, even as we eat the bread and drink 28 00:03:23,340 --> 00:03:27,580 the wine at the end of the service, we'll be remembering that. And it's a great covenant 29 00:03:27,580 --> 00:03:34,280 because he does it all. Amen. In fact, we read this verse last week, Hebrews 810, 30 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:41,460 for this is the covenant, the new covenant says, Lord, I will put my laws in their mind 31 00:03:42,140 --> 00:03:49,819 and I will write them on their hearts and I will be their God and they shall be my people. 32 00:03:49,819 --> 00:03:56,280 Did you ever notice the longer you walk with God and just really embrace him, 33 00:03:56,800 --> 00:04:02,400 the easier it is to do the right thing. Don't you believe that? You know, I've heard people say, 34 00:04:02,460 --> 00:04:07,860 Oh, we're on the edge of just falling into depravity. I haven't found that. I really 35 00:04:07,860 --> 00:04:14,479 haven't the longer I've fallen following with followed God, the more I've encountered it's, 36 00:04:14,500 --> 00:04:18,180 it's actually easier to do the right thing. If you can, you get an amen out there. 37 00:04:18,180 --> 00:04:23,319 Are you with me? I mean, it is because you start to repulse the things of your old life. 38 00:04:24,180 --> 00:04:28,980 And so we're going to dive in. And before we do, I wanted to show just one slide 39 00:04:28,980 --> 00:04:35,699 of what we're going to be reading here about the tabernacle. It's a side view of the tabernacle. 40 00:04:36,439 --> 00:04:43,899 And it's interesting because the, the old covenant had so many symbols of physical things that were 41 00:04:43,899 --> 00:04:51,459 all a picture of a heavenly truth. We won't go through every item article of the tabernacle today. 42 00:04:51,540 --> 00:04:59,160 We don't have time, but I encourage you to listen back. Okay. And listen to, uh, when, 43 00:04:59,300 --> 00:05:05,879 when John Kratz and Jamie Allabach and Danny and Danny and Jesse, when they're teaching 44 00:05:05,879 --> 00:05:12,079 through Wednesday nights, you can read during Exodus when the Lord set the stage with these, 45 00:05:12,079 --> 00:05:18,720 the tabernacle and all the symbolism. It's just amazing what all these symbols mean. 46 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:22,660 And so we're going to be showing that. And Tammy, if you wouldn't mind just showing that one 47 00:05:22,660 --> 00:05:29,100 slide that you just showed back and, you know, we're going to see the, these articles mentioned 48 00:05:29,100 --> 00:05:35,000 in what we're reading and the reason I'm showing you first, so you can kind of picture it as we 49 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:44,360 read. And so let's do it. You ready? I think I need some glasses. Okay. Chapter nine, verse one. 50 00:05:46,740 --> 00:05:54,319 Then indeed, even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service and earthly sanctuary 51 00:05:55,000 --> 00:06:02,160 for a tabernacle was prepared. The first part in which was the lampstand, the table, 52 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:08,199 and the showbread, which is called the sanctuary. And behind the second veil, 53 00:06:08,639 --> 00:06:13,980 the part of the tabernacle, which is called the holiest of all, or the holy of holies, 54 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:20,920 which had the golden sensor and the arc of the covenant overlaid in all sides with gold, 55 00:06:21,439 --> 00:06:27,759 in which were the golden pot that had the manna, Aaron's rod that budded, 56 00:06:27,759 --> 00:06:33,720 and the tablets of the covenant and above it were the cherubim of glory, 57 00:06:34,060 --> 00:06:41,459 overshadowing the mercy seat of these things. We cannot now speak in detail and verse six. 58 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:47,959 And now when these things had been thus prepared, the priest always went into the first part of the 59 00:06:47,959 --> 00:06:55,480 tabernacle performing the services, but into the second part of the, into the second part, 60 00:06:55,480 --> 00:07:03,480 the high priest went alone once a year. It was the day of atonement, not without blood. 61 00:07:03,839 --> 00:07:09,680 And that was of the sacrifices, which he offered for himself and for the people's sins, 62 00:07:10,300 --> 00:07:17,920 committed in ignorance, the Holy Spirit indicating this, that the way into the holiest of all 63 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:23,180 was not yet made manifest while the first tabernacle was still standing. 64 00:07:23,900 --> 00:07:30,800 It was symbolic for the present time in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered, 65 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:37,240 which cannot make him who performed the service perfect in regard to the conscience, 66 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:43,560 concerned only with the foods and drinks, various washings and freshly ordinances, 67 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:48,339 fleshly ordinances imposed until the time of reformation. 68 00:07:48,900 --> 00:07:56,379 Now we're almost finished. Verse 11, but Christ came as high priest of the good things to come 69 00:07:56,379 --> 00:08:03,720 with the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is not 70 00:08:04,500 --> 00:08:10,379 of this creation, not with the blood of goats and calves, but with his own blood, 71 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:17,439 he entered the most holy place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption. 72 00:08:17,439 --> 00:08:24,740 For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled the unclean, 73 00:08:24,860 --> 00:08:30,939 sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of Christ, 74 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:36,340 who through the eternal spirit offered himself without spot to God, 75 00:08:36,879 --> 00:08:41,039 cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? 76 00:08:41,919 --> 00:08:48,220 And for this reason, he is the mediator of the new covenant by means of death 77 00:08:48,220 --> 00:08:52,779 for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, 78 00:08:53,439 --> 00:08:59,840 that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance. 79 00:09:00,519 --> 00:09:03,720 Amen. So I know that's a lot, but we got through it. 80 00:09:03,820 --> 00:09:08,899 And now we're going to really look specifically at this tabernacle 81 00:09:09,699 --> 00:09:12,399 and some of the things that this all means. 82 00:09:13,700 --> 00:09:17,600 If you know the story of the tabernacle, okay, it was a tent that again, 83 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:21,639 Moses was given the blueprints of on Mount Sinai. 84 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:29,659 And the pillar of fire by night led Israel, okay, through the wilderness. 85 00:09:30,019 --> 00:09:33,779 And by day, it was like a pillar of a cloud, a glory cloud. 86 00:09:34,419 --> 00:09:41,779 And I picture it kind of more almost like a funnel cloud or some sort of like a twister, 87 00:09:42,059 --> 00:09:44,879 although it wasn't spinning and causing destruction, of course. 88 00:09:45,279 --> 00:09:48,240 But because the word also says that it was like a canopy. 89 00:09:48,460 --> 00:09:52,000 So it was probably kind of like a pillar with a canopy during the day 90 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:55,559 that shaded Israel from getting scorched by the sun. 91 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:57,259 So it was really God's provision. 92 00:09:57,259 --> 00:10:04,340 And he led them and what he would do is come down upon the tabernacle of meeting, 93 00:10:04,740 --> 00:10:11,759 the tabernacle, the house of the Lord and meet with Moses over the mercy seat. 94 00:10:12,039 --> 00:10:15,559 So he would come down in this pillar and meet with the Lord. 95 00:10:15,919 --> 00:10:18,240 And actually all of Israel would look and say, look, look, look, 96 00:10:18,460 --> 00:10:21,460 Moses is meeting with God, God's coming down. 97 00:10:21,559 --> 00:10:24,799 And they were just amazed at this special relationship 98 00:10:24,799 --> 00:10:28,679 that Moses had with the eternal one, God. 99 00:10:29,340 --> 00:10:31,940 And so let's go into the tabernacle now. 100 00:10:32,620 --> 00:10:34,580 And Tammy, if you could show that next slide. 101 00:10:34,779 --> 00:10:38,279 And this is a picture of inside, okay. 102 00:10:38,340 --> 00:10:42,019 And again, we saw the sideways view, but this is going in. 103 00:10:42,159 --> 00:10:45,840 And this is where the priests went daily, okay, to keep these lit, 104 00:10:46,399 --> 00:10:49,360 to offer up incense, okay, the golden sensor. 105 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:53,019 And then also the showbread, they would replace this regularly. 106 00:10:53,019 --> 00:10:56,620 But only once a year would they go in here. 107 00:10:56,960 --> 00:11:01,600 And this was the Holy of Holies, the Ark of the Covenant, okay. 108 00:11:02,139 --> 00:11:04,580 And you know, it's funny when I used to watch Indiana Jones, 109 00:11:04,740 --> 00:11:08,659 I never even understood what the Raider of the Lost Ark was. 110 00:11:08,779 --> 00:11:10,840 I was so Bible illiterate. 111 00:11:10,879 --> 00:11:13,940 I never knew they're trying to say this was the Ark, you know. 112 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:17,399 But anyway, and then we have another slide if we could show this. 113 00:11:17,799 --> 00:11:19,919 And this is, I don't know why I found a toy here. 114 00:11:20,479 --> 00:11:22,899 But anyway, but this is another picture. 115 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:28,039 And inside there again was the Ark, okay, 116 00:11:28,299 --> 00:11:33,679 where he would go in just once a year, the day of atonement. 117 00:11:34,379 --> 00:11:37,019 And also above this, you could see the cherubim. 118 00:11:38,039 --> 00:11:42,720 All of these things are symbolic. 119 00:11:43,059 --> 00:11:45,120 In fact, the first time you see the cherubim, 120 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:47,019 do you remember when it was when Adam and Eve 121 00:11:47,019 --> 00:11:48,960 were escorted out of the garden 122 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:50,539 when they already sinned? 123 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:53,100 And they're no longer going to have that relationship 124 00:11:53,100 --> 00:11:56,519 because they ate from the tree of good and evil, knowledge of good and evil. 125 00:11:56,960 --> 00:11:58,159 And as they left the cherubim, 126 00:11:58,460 --> 00:12:01,320 blocked their entrance into the garden from that point on. 127 00:12:01,820 --> 00:12:03,779 And then cherubims are brought up again and again. 128 00:12:03,940 --> 00:12:06,100 Ezekiel talks a lot in chapter 10, 129 00:12:06,179 --> 00:12:08,259 he talks a lot about these cherubim, 130 00:12:08,379 --> 00:12:11,679 these holy celestial beings in heaven. 131 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:14,940 And so the Lord wanted a picture of them here too, 132 00:12:15,340 --> 00:12:18,100 because, and you'll see why in a few minutes. 133 00:12:18,100 --> 00:12:21,659 So this is a whole picture of the tabernacle, 134 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:25,340 the holy place, and then the holy of holies. 135 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:29,320 And if you ever want to just, you know, pique your interest on this, 136 00:12:29,379 --> 00:12:31,860 that next slide shows you can find these things 137 00:12:31,860 --> 00:12:33,820 on the internet all over the place 138 00:12:33,820 --> 00:12:38,360 that really dissects what every single one of these things are for 139 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:40,019 and where they're located. 140 00:12:40,179 --> 00:12:41,379 But we're not going to do that today. 141 00:12:41,659 --> 00:12:42,759 You're saying thank God for that. 142 00:12:43,340 --> 00:12:46,200 But, and then the next thing, we have an overhead, okay. 143 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:49,360 You don't have to clap Jim, but you see the overhead. 144 00:12:50,039 --> 00:12:51,100 And this is an overhead, 145 00:12:51,159 --> 00:12:53,019 and there's a reason I'm showing you this, okay. 146 00:12:53,559 --> 00:12:55,799 And this again is the tabernacle, okay. 147 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:58,419 This is the outer court and then you go in, okay. 148 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:01,000 And that's the holy of holies right there, okay. 149 00:13:01,340 --> 00:13:02,759 But one thing I wanted to mention, 150 00:13:02,899 --> 00:13:06,840 do you notice something where the holy of holies is positioned, 151 00:13:07,299 --> 00:13:11,820 is on the west end of the tabernacle. 152 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:13,740 And you say, so who cares? 153 00:13:13,899 --> 00:13:14,519 What does that mean? 154 00:13:14,519 --> 00:13:17,379 Well, think about this, the west end. 155 00:13:17,679 --> 00:13:20,519 Now the holy of holies, okay. 156 00:13:20,639 --> 00:13:23,879 And then the Ark of the covenant was positioned 157 00:13:25,059 --> 00:13:30,279 facing east with its back to the west. 158 00:13:31,559 --> 00:13:33,379 And as I was thinking about what would that, 159 00:13:33,559 --> 00:13:34,259 why would that be? 160 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:35,220 Does that even matter? 161 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:36,679 Is that just an incidental thing? 162 00:13:36,779 --> 00:13:38,059 But the Bible mentions it. 163 00:13:38,399 --> 00:13:39,720 But then I started thinking, 164 00:13:40,500 --> 00:13:44,000 where is Egypt compared to where they were going, 165 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:45,620 which was the promised land. 166 00:13:46,700 --> 00:13:49,480 Egypt was at the west, right. 167 00:13:49,899 --> 00:13:53,299 Where they're going is to the east, right. 168 00:13:53,860 --> 00:13:56,799 And so they were leaving the past behind, 169 00:13:57,360 --> 00:14:01,620 the land of bondage, the land of slavery, right. 170 00:14:01,899 --> 00:14:04,299 They were leaving that to go to the promised land 171 00:14:04,299 --> 00:14:09,220 of freedom, abundance, a land flowing with milk and honey. 172 00:14:09,340 --> 00:14:10,980 So they were going somewhere good 173 00:14:10,980 --> 00:14:13,799 and they're leaving somewhere bad. 174 00:14:13,799 --> 00:14:15,960 In fact, we have a slide showing where Goshen, 175 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:18,440 which was that lush land they lived in, 176 00:14:19,100 --> 00:14:22,740 before they started serving like crazy, Pharaoh, 177 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:25,200 but they're heading here, okay. 178 00:14:25,559 --> 00:14:28,120 So no wonder every time they would position 179 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:31,200 along the way, the tabernacle, 180 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:36,320 the mercy seat had its back to the past 181 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:40,200 and its front to the land of promise. 182 00:14:41,039 --> 00:14:42,019 Because you know what? 183 00:14:42,019 --> 00:14:46,059 Every time Israel grumbled, complained, 184 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:48,740 and rebelled against God, you know what they did? 185 00:14:49,700 --> 00:14:54,240 Even though the Lord was leading them somewhere amazing, okay. 186 00:14:55,100 --> 00:14:59,960 They would complain and they would yearn for the past. 187 00:15:00,679 --> 00:15:05,919 If we could only go back to Egypt, the food was so good. 188 00:15:06,159 --> 00:15:08,139 They probably hardly were allowed to eat anything, 189 00:15:08,139 --> 00:15:11,960 but they had distorted memory, you know? 190 00:15:12,419 --> 00:15:14,559 Oh, it was such a great land. 191 00:15:14,740 --> 00:15:15,360 No, it wasn't. 192 00:15:15,519 --> 00:15:18,779 You were serving and you were slaves there. 193 00:15:19,820 --> 00:15:21,779 And so they would always grumble, say, 194 00:15:21,799 --> 00:15:22,679 we got to go back. 195 00:15:22,799 --> 00:15:24,200 Forget this Moses guy. 196 00:15:24,259 --> 00:15:25,759 He doesn't know where he's leading us. 197 00:15:26,240 --> 00:15:28,679 Let's go back to Egypt. 198 00:15:29,259 --> 00:15:30,679 And God's probably just scratched and said, 199 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:31,559 are you kidding me? 200 00:15:31,860 --> 00:15:33,840 I just delivered you from there. 201 00:15:34,379 --> 00:15:36,200 And as I was thinking about this, 202 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:40,340 how many times have perhaps we've done that 203 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:43,740 when the Lord delivered us out of our past 204 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:47,679 and suddenly things aren't going exactly the way we wanted 205 00:15:47,679 --> 00:15:51,259 and we start to long for the good old days. 206 00:15:51,940 --> 00:15:55,059 You know, the good old days when we could do whatever we wanted 207 00:15:55,059 --> 00:15:59,000 without any kind of conscience about what we were doing. 208 00:15:59,559 --> 00:16:02,000 You know, I remember that first year I got saved. 209 00:16:02,159 --> 00:16:05,399 It was so difficult because I was always saying, 210 00:16:05,399 --> 00:16:06,940 this seems like so much work. 211 00:16:07,100 --> 00:16:08,399 I still didn't get it yet 212 00:16:08,399 --> 00:16:12,059 until I finally was delivered from myself, you know? 213 00:16:12,399 --> 00:16:14,279 Because I kept looking back and saying, 214 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:17,399 you know, I liked it before I had a guilty conscience. 215 00:16:18,220 --> 00:16:20,299 You know, can you relate to that at all? 216 00:16:20,559 --> 00:16:23,200 I hate this feeling of knowing I'm doing bad. 217 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:25,080 I wish I could just not know, you know? 218 00:16:25,379 --> 00:16:26,620 But no, you don't. 219 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:29,220 You want to continue forward. 220 00:16:29,740 --> 00:16:32,460 And so every time that Israel was saying, 221 00:16:32,460 --> 00:16:34,559 you know, we should go back, 222 00:16:35,279 --> 00:16:37,179 Moses and Aaron, they would fall on their faces 223 00:16:37,179 --> 00:16:40,200 and beg for Lord, you know, have mercy on them. 224 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:45,200 Because the only place mercy is found is if they continue on. 225 00:16:46,059 --> 00:16:48,440 If you go back to the old place, 226 00:16:48,700 --> 00:16:50,279 there's no mercy in Pharaoh. 227 00:16:51,539 --> 00:16:54,659 You know, there's no mercy in turning away from God. 228 00:16:55,059 --> 00:16:59,399 We're just going to have more pain, suffering, bondage. 229 00:16:59,860 --> 00:17:00,399 Isn't that right? 230 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:03,019 And I really believe that's the whole purpose 231 00:17:03,019 --> 00:17:06,400 of this positioning of the mercy seat saying, 232 00:17:06,539 --> 00:17:08,839 no, no, no, you're going the wrong way. 233 00:17:09,019 --> 00:17:12,299 Like stopping, you know, we're going this way. 234 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:15,519 And then what else is in here? 235 00:17:16,019 --> 00:17:19,160 Well, we have the Ark of the Covenant, right? 236 00:17:19,839 --> 00:17:21,519 And what did we just read that was in there? 237 00:17:21,539 --> 00:17:23,079 If we could show that slide. 238 00:17:23,799 --> 00:17:25,079 There's the Ark of the Covenant. 239 00:17:26,599 --> 00:17:29,099 And inside the Ark of the Covenant 240 00:17:29,099 --> 00:17:31,019 were three things, okay? 241 00:17:31,480 --> 00:17:37,500 It was the bowl of manna that the Lord fed them for 40 years. 242 00:17:38,259 --> 00:17:38,980 Okay, imagine that. 243 00:17:39,099 --> 00:17:43,180 Like they provided their nourishment for 40 years. 244 00:17:43,319 --> 00:17:46,940 They didn't have to harvest anything. 245 00:17:47,319 --> 00:17:48,859 They didn't have to kill anything. 246 00:17:49,039 --> 00:17:53,880 They just were provided from heaven, the bread from heaven, 247 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:57,279 that the Lord just continued to feed them. 248 00:17:57,279 --> 00:18:04,160 This bread, these flakes that they said tasted like honey, okay? 249 00:18:04,579 --> 00:18:07,140 And whatever coriander seed tastes like, 250 00:18:07,220 --> 00:18:09,259 I don't know, you cooks might know what that means, 251 00:18:09,460 --> 00:18:10,799 but I don't know what that is. 252 00:18:10,900 --> 00:18:15,799 But it sounds tasty, kind of nutty, kind of almondy. 253 00:18:15,900 --> 00:18:17,599 You know, it was tasty, right? 254 00:18:18,079 --> 00:18:22,519 And the Lord provided that again and again and again 255 00:18:22,519 --> 00:18:24,200 throughout 40 years. 256 00:18:24,299 --> 00:18:27,059 It wasn't supposed to be 40 years, but it was 40 years. 257 00:18:27,059 --> 00:18:29,579 Okay, that would seem awesome. 258 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:32,000 Could you just imagine going outside your house 259 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:34,000 and you seeing an Instacart out there 260 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:36,980 and you're like, wow, look at this. 261 00:18:37,099 --> 00:18:38,299 This is awesome. 262 00:18:38,380 --> 00:18:40,420 Yeah, it's so funny, Instacart. 263 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:41,900 Like back in the day, 264 00:18:42,039 --> 00:18:45,279 Jill had to schlep four kids to the grocery store. 265 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:49,700 Morgan, like either in the pouch or on the hip 266 00:18:49,700 --> 00:18:52,240 and Jake, you know, in the cart 267 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:55,140 and Jesse and Zach fighting each other, 268 00:18:55,140 --> 00:18:57,640 getting into trouble, knocking things over, you know, 269 00:18:57,940 --> 00:18:59,839 and schlep them through the grocery store. 270 00:18:59,940 --> 00:19:01,980 But now you parents just have it made. 271 00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:06,460 You are just spoiled, Instacart, showing up at the door. 272 00:19:06,539 --> 00:19:07,579 I don't know if y'all do that, 273 00:19:07,660 --> 00:19:09,160 but a lot of parents do. 274 00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:12,000 I don't blame them, you know, but, you know, Instacart. 275 00:19:12,380 --> 00:19:14,099 And imagine every day you go out there and like, 276 00:19:14,140 --> 00:19:15,500 wow, look at this, look at this. 277 00:19:17,180 --> 00:19:21,500 It's great, but I'm getting tired of the same meal, 278 00:19:21,500 --> 00:19:25,779 but it's free, but I'm getting a little tired of it. 279 00:19:25,859 --> 00:19:26,779 And that's what happened. 280 00:19:27,019 --> 00:19:30,160 Israel started grumbling shortly into their trek 281 00:19:30,160 --> 00:19:31,259 across the wilderness. 282 00:19:31,940 --> 00:19:33,160 And remember when they said, you know what, 283 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:33,980 we need some meat. 284 00:19:34,099 --> 00:19:35,059 We need something good. 285 00:19:35,180 --> 00:19:37,900 And then the quail came and then the Lord, you know, 286 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:40,279 caused a plague to break out because of that. 287 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:44,640 And then even later on, they're almost in the promise. 288 00:19:44,819 --> 00:19:46,740 It's like the last year before they enter. 289 00:19:46,740 --> 00:19:47,279 Okay. 290 00:19:48,460 --> 00:19:52,440 And they start complaining about the manna again. 291 00:19:52,539 --> 00:19:53,839 You know what manna means by the way? 292 00:19:53,980 --> 00:19:54,599 Do you know that? 293 00:19:55,880 --> 00:19:56,579 What is it? 294 00:19:57,259 --> 00:19:58,220 That's what it means. 295 00:19:58,460 --> 00:19:58,900 What is it? 296 00:19:59,079 --> 00:20:00,839 Imagine the first time you go outside, you're like, 297 00:20:01,639 --> 00:20:02,960 what is it? 298 00:20:03,460 --> 00:20:04,319 What is that? 299 00:20:05,180 --> 00:20:07,259 And you know, it's funny, both Hebrew and Greek, 300 00:20:07,359 --> 00:20:08,740 it both means what is it? 301 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:09,299 It's funny. 302 00:20:09,680 --> 00:20:11,359 Anyway, God has a good sense of humor. 303 00:20:11,980 --> 00:20:13,519 But anyway, they go out and they see this. 304 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:15,799 In the beginning, it was amazing. 305 00:20:15,799 --> 00:20:17,859 They couldn't get enough of it, right? 306 00:20:18,559 --> 00:20:20,960 But by the end, they're like, we're so tired of this. 307 00:20:21,039 --> 00:20:23,539 And they grumbled and complained, okay. 308 00:20:23,839 --> 00:20:28,519 And we have a slide in Numbers when they complained 309 00:20:28,519 --> 00:20:33,339 about the manna in Numbers 21, 5, 6. 310 00:20:33,839 --> 00:20:36,920 And the people spoke against God and against Moses. 311 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:42,160 Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die 312 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:43,339 in the wilderness? 313 00:20:44,139 --> 00:20:46,519 For there is no food and no water. 314 00:20:46,579 --> 00:20:49,519 He provided water for them, right, from the rock, okay. 315 00:20:50,259 --> 00:20:55,119 And our soul loathes this worthless bread, 316 00:20:55,720 --> 00:20:56,960 this worthless manna. 317 00:20:57,019 --> 00:20:58,420 Imagine how God's feeling about this. 318 00:20:58,500 --> 00:21:01,480 I just fed you for 39 and a half years 319 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:03,400 with this worthless stuff. 320 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:06,500 Obviously, there's some nutritional value in it, right? 321 00:21:06,819 --> 00:21:08,160 You wouldn't still be here. 322 00:21:08,599 --> 00:21:10,700 But they're complaining of this worthless bread. 323 00:21:10,700 --> 00:21:14,440 So the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people 324 00:21:15,019 --> 00:21:20,140 and they bit the people and many of the people of Israel died. 325 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:21,960 Do you remember what happened next? 326 00:21:22,819 --> 00:21:27,680 And then Moses was told to get the fashion of bronze snake 327 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:29,200 and lift it up. 328 00:21:29,839 --> 00:21:31,960 And anyone who looked upon the bronze snake 329 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:38,539 was actually healed from the venom of these fiery serpents, 330 00:21:38,539 --> 00:21:40,460 probably venomous serpents. 331 00:21:41,099 --> 00:21:44,720 And Christ compares himself later in the Gospels 332 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:48,559 that he is like that bronze snake that was lifted up. 333 00:21:48,839 --> 00:21:50,539 Such a beautiful picture, right? 334 00:21:50,940 --> 00:21:55,539 So here we have manna in the Ark of the Covenant. 335 00:21:56,740 --> 00:21:59,220 Now, the manna is actually a wonderful thing 336 00:21:59,220 --> 00:22:00,519 because it's God's provision, 337 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:03,740 but it also represents something else, 338 00:22:04,500 --> 00:22:06,220 the rebellion of the people. 339 00:22:06,220 --> 00:22:10,279 It represents their ungratefulness, you know? 340 00:22:10,559 --> 00:22:12,299 It's like this worthless manna. 341 00:22:12,299 --> 00:22:14,700 Do you have to keep feeding us with this stuff? 342 00:22:15,460 --> 00:22:19,500 You know, many believers get bored with God. 343 00:22:20,259 --> 00:22:20,759 You know that? 344 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:22,519 I mean, maybe you've been in that place 345 00:22:22,519 --> 00:22:25,980 that it's like the same old manna, Lord. 346 00:22:26,119 --> 00:22:29,579 I mean, I want something more exciting, sizzly, different, you know? 347 00:22:30,140 --> 00:22:34,680 Lord, it's my walk is becoming boring, Lord. 348 00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:36,720 It's becoming stale. 349 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:41,980 There's nothing new and exciting about my walk in the Lord. 350 00:22:42,019 --> 00:22:43,960 I'm telling you, you're not really tasting 351 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:47,420 and seeing what the Lord has for you. 352 00:22:47,819 --> 00:22:50,500 I mean, when you really live in faith, 353 00:22:51,079 --> 00:22:53,420 Christianity is nothing like boring. 354 00:22:53,700 --> 00:22:54,400 It's thrilling. 355 00:22:55,079 --> 00:22:56,920 It's so exciting, you know? 356 00:22:57,420 --> 00:23:00,880 It was so cool on first Friday. 357 00:23:01,180 --> 00:23:02,700 I don't know if Leo Orlinski's in here, 358 00:23:03,799 --> 00:23:06,799 but we were walking along and it was so cool. 359 00:23:06,900 --> 00:23:07,920 You could just pray and say, 360 00:23:08,079 --> 00:23:10,519 Lord, what goodies do you have here tonight? 361 00:23:10,839 --> 00:23:14,960 What kind of divine appointments are we going to have here tonight, you know? 362 00:23:15,220 --> 00:23:17,339 And you're almost looking for that highlighter 363 00:23:17,339 --> 00:23:20,319 that the Lord is just going to highlight somebody, you know? 364 00:23:20,539 --> 00:23:21,440 And we're just praying. 365 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:22,519 And as we're walking along, 366 00:23:22,619 --> 00:23:25,680 suddenly these five kids go walking by us, right? 367 00:23:26,259 --> 00:23:28,519 And we're like, hey, hey, hey, wait a minute. 368 00:23:28,700 --> 00:23:29,319 Where are you going? 369 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:31,059 We start talking to them. 370 00:23:31,059 --> 00:23:32,960 Where are you going when you die? 371 00:23:33,940 --> 00:23:34,420 Okay. 372 00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:36,819 Don't you want to know where you're going? 373 00:23:37,079 --> 00:23:41,940 Don't you want to know the one who created you? 374 00:23:42,039 --> 00:23:44,420 I'm paraphrasing because I don't recall what we said. 375 00:23:44,519 --> 00:23:44,799 I don't know. 376 00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:45,720 Maybe you do, Leo. 377 00:23:46,319 --> 00:23:49,099 But anyway, they ended up praying and receiving Jesus, 378 00:23:49,359 --> 00:23:51,420 all five of them at once. 379 00:23:51,579 --> 00:23:52,200 Is that amazing? 380 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:53,559 Praise the Lord. 381 00:23:54,900 --> 00:23:57,759 I mean, is that stale manna? 382 00:23:58,160 --> 00:23:59,799 No, that's exciting. 383 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:05,160 That's so tasty to taste what the Lord has for us. 384 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:08,980 It is a thrilling life, walking in faith. 385 00:24:09,079 --> 00:24:10,119 It really is. 386 00:24:10,619 --> 00:24:12,660 And if somebody's getting bored with God, 387 00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:14,759 they're not fully tasting everything 388 00:24:14,759 --> 00:24:16,400 that the Lord has for them. 389 00:24:16,900 --> 00:24:19,059 And so that manna was there to remind them, 390 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:22,359 don't be ungrateful for what I've already given you. 391 00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:24,000 In fact, you know, Paul said to Timothy, 392 00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:28,160 Godliness with contentment is great gain 393 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:30,779 because we brought nothing into the world 394 00:24:30,779 --> 00:24:32,599 and we can carry nothing out. 395 00:24:33,059 --> 00:24:35,880 But with food and clothing, we should be content. 396 00:24:36,079 --> 00:24:38,660 You know, a lot of times we aren't content 397 00:24:38,660 --> 00:24:41,640 with what the Lord has already done for us, right? 398 00:24:42,019 --> 00:24:43,440 And we want more and more. 399 00:24:43,559 --> 00:24:46,660 Now there's nothing wrong with wanting more 400 00:24:47,519 --> 00:24:49,660 of what God wants for us. 401 00:24:50,119 --> 00:24:53,380 You know, I mean, when we want more 402 00:24:53,380 --> 00:24:56,619 at the expense of walking in faith, 403 00:24:57,180 --> 00:24:59,720 or serving God, that's when we get into trouble. 404 00:24:59,839 --> 00:25:01,000 It becomes an idol. 405 00:25:01,740 --> 00:25:04,279 But if you could say, Lord, if I want to prosper, 406 00:25:04,660 --> 00:25:07,640 if you want me to prosper, I want to thrive. 407 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:09,240 If you want me to thrive, you know, 408 00:25:09,559 --> 00:25:11,559 I want what you want, Lord. 409 00:25:12,039 --> 00:25:16,160 I believe that He will cause all of us to thrive. 410 00:25:16,319 --> 00:25:19,519 There may be times that we will be lacking a little bit, 411 00:25:19,579 --> 00:25:22,460 but that season will end, you know? 412 00:25:22,819 --> 00:25:25,880 Even Paul, who struggled so much, he said, 413 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:28,539 you know, I know what it means to abound, 414 00:25:29,380 --> 00:25:32,740 and I know what it means to be abated. 415 00:25:32,859 --> 00:25:33,960 In other words, lacking. 416 00:25:35,180 --> 00:25:35,839 But you know what? 417 00:25:36,039 --> 00:25:37,160 I thrive in all of it. 418 00:25:37,180 --> 00:25:40,299 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. 419 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:41,880 I mean, that's the truth. 420 00:25:42,099 --> 00:25:43,759 Like when you're thriving in the Lord, 421 00:25:43,819 --> 00:25:45,599 it doesn't really matter what you have. 422 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:46,359 It's exciting. 423 00:25:46,579 --> 00:25:50,240 It's wonderful to live in that kind of faith, you know? 424 00:25:50,599 --> 00:25:52,640 And so that manner was in there to remind them, 425 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:54,700 but also to remind us, 426 00:25:54,700 --> 00:25:57,619 don't be ungrateful for what you already have. 427 00:25:58,200 --> 00:25:59,279 Start walking. 428 00:25:59,940 --> 00:26:01,059 You know, David says, you know, 429 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:05,500 the boundary lines for where you've assigned me are great, 430 00:26:05,980 --> 00:26:07,359 and I can't outwalk them. 431 00:26:07,539 --> 00:26:09,440 I mean, the boundary lines have been set for me 432 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:11,200 in brilliant places. 433 00:26:11,660 --> 00:26:14,160 You know, you have not yet explored everything 434 00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:17,400 that God has already worked out for you. 435 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:18,660 Like Dan shared earlier, 436 00:26:19,019 --> 00:26:21,880 we are our His workmanship created in Christ Jesus 437 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:22,859 for good works, 438 00:26:22,859 --> 00:26:25,920 which God prepared in advance for us to do. 439 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:27,680 Why don't you test them out? 440 00:26:27,779 --> 00:26:30,000 Say, Lord, I want to try everything 441 00:26:30,620 --> 00:26:32,680 that you've put on that buffet table. 442 00:26:33,460 --> 00:26:34,700 I want to do it all, Lord. 443 00:26:35,019 --> 00:26:36,500 I want to explore you. 444 00:26:36,660 --> 00:26:37,880 Where are you taking me? 445 00:26:38,180 --> 00:26:40,579 What kind of things do you want for my life? 446 00:26:40,859 --> 00:26:42,500 Because I want all of it. 447 00:26:43,259 --> 00:26:44,420 I want more, Lord. 448 00:26:44,539 --> 00:26:45,960 I want more of you. 449 00:26:47,119 --> 00:26:48,619 And then the next thing that was in there, 450 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:49,259 if you can recall, 451 00:26:49,359 --> 00:26:52,480 was the budded staff of Aaron. 452 00:26:53,379 --> 00:26:56,180 And Jesse just toiled on that, actually, 453 00:26:56,759 --> 00:26:58,160 in Numbers recently. 454 00:26:58,819 --> 00:27:00,759 And that's a picture. 455 00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:04,759 And this was just after Cora, Dothan, and Abram 456 00:27:05,919 --> 00:27:09,440 rebelled against Moses and Aaron, 457 00:27:09,859 --> 00:27:12,119 and the Lord swallowed them up in the ground. 458 00:27:12,339 --> 00:27:13,200 You've read that. 459 00:27:13,599 --> 00:27:16,460 And then the other 250, he torched with fire. 460 00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:19,680 And if that wasn't bad enough, 461 00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:23,299 the Israelites started complaining again 462 00:27:23,299 --> 00:27:24,859 and saying, you know, 463 00:27:25,259 --> 00:27:26,960 I don't like the way this is going. 464 00:27:27,140 --> 00:27:28,319 I'm paraphrasing, obviously. 465 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:30,980 I don't know if they walked that way either. 466 00:27:31,279 --> 00:27:32,619 But anyway, but like, you know, 467 00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:33,500 this isn't right. 468 00:27:33,700 --> 00:27:34,839 You know, who are these guys? 469 00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:36,740 They started complaining again 470 00:27:37,539 --> 00:27:39,180 against Moses and Aaron 471 00:27:39,180 --> 00:27:43,539 after you just saw 250 of your friends torched 472 00:27:43,539 --> 00:27:46,740 and the others fall into the ground forever. 473 00:27:47,259 --> 00:27:48,559 And yet you're still going to complain. 474 00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:51,579 But so they started complaining. 475 00:27:51,740 --> 00:27:52,460 The Lord said, okay, 476 00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:54,619 before I completely torch this whole nation, 477 00:27:55,140 --> 00:27:57,680 bring a staff from each tribe 478 00:27:57,680 --> 00:28:00,579 and I'll show you who's the leader of this people. 479 00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:02,200 And you know the story. 480 00:28:02,759 --> 00:28:04,559 You know, they all brought their staffs 481 00:28:04,559 --> 00:28:05,559 into the tabernacle. 482 00:28:06,140 --> 00:28:07,359 And one came out, 483 00:28:07,579 --> 00:28:09,339 butted like an almond branch, 484 00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:11,140 which was Aaron's. 485 00:28:11,740 --> 00:28:12,700 And the Lord said, 486 00:28:12,740 --> 00:28:15,599 I want that staff in that arc, 487 00:28:16,299 --> 00:28:17,299 in that box. 488 00:28:17,299 --> 00:28:20,140 As a reminder to all of them, 489 00:28:20,599 --> 00:28:23,819 never rebel against my leadership. 490 00:28:24,539 --> 00:28:27,299 You know, this world is rebelling against God. 491 00:28:27,380 --> 00:28:29,359 I don't want what he wants for my life. 492 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:30,819 You're going to suffer. 493 00:28:31,599 --> 00:28:34,180 You're not going to experience good things 494 00:28:34,180 --> 00:28:37,819 if you don't want God's will in your life. 495 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:39,559 And this was the Lord saying, 496 00:28:39,619 --> 00:28:43,700 look, you can't strive 497 00:28:43,700 --> 00:28:47,279 if you don't want my leadership in your life. 498 00:28:47,299 --> 00:28:48,960 Sometimes that's people. 499 00:28:49,859 --> 00:28:52,319 Sometimes that's even governors 500 00:28:52,319 --> 00:28:53,480 and politicians, 501 00:28:53,779 --> 00:28:56,700 but really it's the Lord in your life 502 00:28:56,700 --> 00:28:58,160 through other people. 503 00:28:58,500 --> 00:29:00,140 You know, it's so easy 504 00:29:00,140 --> 00:29:03,740 to start rebelling against people with authority 505 00:29:03,740 --> 00:29:05,660 because in a way, it's pride. 506 00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:07,480 You know, I could do that better. 507 00:29:07,619 --> 00:29:08,559 They don't know what they're doing. 508 00:29:09,259 --> 00:29:12,160 They're, you know, they mess up. 509 00:29:12,680 --> 00:29:13,700 They're not doing the right thing. 510 00:29:13,759 --> 00:29:14,819 I could do this way better. 511 00:29:14,819 --> 00:29:17,559 That was the problem with Cora, 512 00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:20,099 with Dothan and with Abram. 513 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:22,640 We could do it better than Aaron and Moses. 514 00:29:23,500 --> 00:29:24,279 It's pride. 515 00:29:24,700 --> 00:29:27,279 You know, Ezekiel captured this. 516 00:29:27,619 --> 00:29:28,640 He captured this. 517 00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:32,700 He said, behold the day, behold it has come. 518 00:29:33,339 --> 00:29:34,579 Doom has gone out. 519 00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:35,940 And isn't it interesting? 520 00:29:36,500 --> 00:29:39,160 Ezekiel, who lived hundreds and hundreds of years 521 00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:40,460 after this whole event, 522 00:29:40,759 --> 00:29:43,359 said the rod has blossomed. 523 00:29:43,359 --> 00:29:44,720 Whose rod is he talking about? 524 00:29:45,900 --> 00:29:46,460 Aaron's. 525 00:29:46,759 --> 00:29:48,440 Pride has budded. 526 00:29:49,579 --> 00:29:50,420 So he's saying, look, 527 00:29:50,819 --> 00:29:52,619 this is all pride and arrogance. 528 00:29:53,180 --> 00:29:54,799 You know, pride month. 529 00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:57,079 Pretty soon there's going to be a pride year. 530 00:29:57,599 --> 00:29:57,660 Okay. 531 00:29:58,099 --> 00:29:58,819 It's like pride. 532 00:29:59,119 --> 00:30:01,220 It's not just one type of sin. 533 00:30:01,420 --> 00:30:02,359 It's all sin. 534 00:30:02,559 --> 00:30:04,359 It's pride saying, Lord, 535 00:30:05,119 --> 00:30:07,680 I don't want your will for my life. 536 00:30:08,259 --> 00:30:10,039 And the Lord wanted that budded staff 537 00:30:10,039 --> 00:30:11,319 to remind them, look, look, look, 538 00:30:11,380 --> 00:30:12,380 don't go back. 539 00:30:13,180 --> 00:30:15,779 Continue on in freedom. 540 00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:18,539 Accept my rulership over you. 541 00:30:18,619 --> 00:30:19,299 My leadership. 542 00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:21,680 I am the Lord your God. 543 00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:24,420 You want me to lead you. 544 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:26,660 And then the final thing, of course, 545 00:30:26,940 --> 00:30:28,359 was the 10 commandments, 546 00:30:28,619 --> 00:30:30,119 the two tablets of stone 547 00:30:30,860 --> 00:30:34,039 that the Lord personally engraved 548 00:30:34,039 --> 00:30:37,240 with his finger on Mount Sinai for Moses. 549 00:30:37,559 --> 00:30:38,740 He had to do it twice. 550 00:30:38,740 --> 00:30:40,339 You know the story, unfortunately. 551 00:30:40,900 --> 00:30:42,200 But the second time, 552 00:30:42,299 --> 00:30:44,180 and this was the second set of tablets. 553 00:30:45,059 --> 00:30:46,559 And he said, put them away, Moses, 554 00:30:46,740 --> 00:30:47,700 before you drop them again. 555 00:30:47,799 --> 00:30:48,559 No, he didn't see that. 556 00:30:48,819 --> 00:30:50,799 But he said, put them in the box 557 00:30:51,380 --> 00:30:54,279 as a reminder that you can never 558 00:30:54,900 --> 00:30:57,519 accomplish my rules without my help. 559 00:30:58,059 --> 00:30:58,400 Okay. 560 00:30:58,859 --> 00:31:00,759 And that's where we are now. 561 00:31:01,259 --> 00:31:04,839 The Lord says that I will put my laws 562 00:31:04,839 --> 00:31:09,559 in their mind and engrave them in our hearts. 563 00:31:10,339 --> 00:31:11,920 That's a reminder to all of us 564 00:31:11,920 --> 00:31:14,980 that we can have all these things. 565 00:31:15,519 --> 00:31:17,380 Israel failed at all of them. 566 00:31:17,599 --> 00:31:19,460 And so would any human nation. 567 00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:22,720 But a Godly nation, 568 00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:24,000 a royal priesthood, 569 00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:25,400 a holy nation, 570 00:31:25,599 --> 00:31:27,680 can accomplish all these things 571 00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:29,880 in the power of Christ. 572 00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:30,579 Amen. 573 00:31:31,460 --> 00:31:33,799 Because he provides all of it for us. 574 00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:36,440 He will do it for us. 575 00:31:37,259 --> 00:31:39,539 So as Israel was remembering, 576 00:31:39,539 --> 00:31:41,440 you know, it's in that box, okay? 577 00:31:41,579 --> 00:31:44,079 We don't want to go back there again, okay? 578 00:31:44,559 --> 00:31:47,660 When, you know, the ungratefulness 579 00:31:47,660 --> 00:31:49,480 for what he provides for us. 580 00:31:49,740 --> 00:31:51,839 You know, I don't want to be ungrateful for God. 581 00:31:51,940 --> 00:31:54,599 If I don't have enough in my mind, 582 00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:56,220 it's probably because the Lord 583 00:31:56,220 --> 00:31:57,440 doesn't want me to have it. 584 00:31:58,059 --> 00:32:00,339 It would mess me up, perhaps, you know? 585 00:32:01,180 --> 00:32:04,480 And perhaps he is showing me opportunities 586 00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:07,119 that I haven't actually gone after yet. 587 00:32:07,980 --> 00:32:08,799 You know, a lot of times, 588 00:32:08,799 --> 00:32:10,519 fear gets in the way, 589 00:32:10,940 --> 00:32:12,039 and we just think, 590 00:32:12,119 --> 00:32:13,440 oh, I don't deserve that. 591 00:32:13,599 --> 00:32:14,240 I don't, you know, 592 00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:15,480 I'm not good enough for that. 593 00:32:15,640 --> 00:32:16,380 Well, how do you know? 594 00:32:16,460 --> 00:32:17,460 Maybe the Lord wants you 595 00:32:17,460 --> 00:32:18,880 to take a step of faith 596 00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:21,440 and try it out, you know? 597 00:32:21,900 --> 00:32:22,960 I mean, even look at Moses. 598 00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:23,920 Oh, I can't do that. 599 00:32:24,039 --> 00:32:24,900 I can't talk right. 600 00:32:25,099 --> 00:32:25,619 I can't, you know. 601 00:32:26,019 --> 00:32:27,059 He's like, wait a minute, wait a minute. 602 00:32:27,799 --> 00:32:29,259 I am talking to you. 603 00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:31,259 I'm telling you, you can do it. 604 00:32:31,460 --> 00:32:32,799 I think he's talking to all of us. 605 00:32:33,079 --> 00:32:34,720 You can do it. 606 00:32:34,799 --> 00:32:36,920 If it's something I want you to do, 607 00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:38,960 I will provide a way. 608 00:32:39,259 --> 00:32:41,099 I will equip you to accomplish 609 00:32:41,099 --> 00:32:42,559 what I want to do 610 00:32:42,559 --> 00:32:43,859 because you're my workmanship. 611 00:32:44,299 --> 00:32:45,259 You're not yours. 612 00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:45,900 You're mine. 613 00:32:46,819 --> 00:32:47,859 And if I want you to do it, 614 00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:49,960 I will follow through. 615 00:32:50,519 --> 00:32:51,579 He who began a good work 616 00:32:51,579 --> 00:32:52,940 and you will finish it, 617 00:32:53,019 --> 00:32:55,339 will complete it in Jesus Christ, you know? 618 00:32:55,880 --> 00:32:57,559 And so all these things 619 00:32:57,559 --> 00:32:59,019 was a reminder to Israel, 620 00:32:59,039 --> 00:33:00,099 but really it was a reminder 621 00:33:00,099 --> 00:33:02,140 to all of us as well. 622 00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:04,880 Is, you know, don't go back. 623 00:33:05,180 --> 00:33:06,579 Don't go back to bondage. 624 00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:09,299 Don't go back to ungratefulness. 625 00:33:09,740 --> 00:33:14,460 Don't go back to pride and rebellion. 626 00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:17,160 Don't go back to trying 627 00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:18,200 to accomplish things 628 00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:19,400 on your own strength. 629 00:33:20,119 --> 00:33:20,819 You know, imagine that. 630 00:33:21,279 --> 00:33:23,339 The 10 commandments are given, right? 631 00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:25,779 And the Israelites said to Moses, 632 00:33:26,059 --> 00:33:27,940 everything the Lord says we will do, 633 00:33:28,420 --> 00:33:29,579 they broke all four 634 00:33:29,579 --> 00:33:30,599 of the first commandments. 635 00:33:31,279 --> 00:33:32,440 All four of them, you know, 636 00:33:32,740 --> 00:33:34,380 they had another God 637 00:33:34,380 --> 00:33:36,160 instead of Yahweh, okay? 638 00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:38,660 They said Aaron crafts them 639 00:33:38,660 --> 00:33:39,519 a molding image. 640 00:33:39,640 --> 00:33:40,880 He said, don't craft anything 641 00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:42,799 to represent me, okay? 642 00:33:43,660 --> 00:33:46,500 Do not blaspheme my name, 643 00:33:46,559 --> 00:33:47,420 use my name in vain. 644 00:33:47,519 --> 00:33:50,420 They called this golden calf God, okay? 645 00:33:50,779 --> 00:33:52,440 And then they made a special Sabbath 646 00:33:52,440 --> 00:33:53,839 for this golden calf. 647 00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:57,019 They broke all four of the commandments. 648 00:33:57,539 --> 00:33:59,099 First ones, the most important ones, 649 00:33:59,420 --> 00:34:00,259 boom, boom, boom. 650 00:34:00,380 --> 00:34:01,480 Just like that, right? 651 00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:04,779 Because no one can be righteous 652 00:34:04,779 --> 00:34:05,819 on their own. 653 00:34:06,319 --> 00:34:09,300 It's only God who can make us righteous. 654 00:34:09,699 --> 00:34:11,619 We are the righteousness of Christ 655 00:34:11,619 --> 00:34:14,260 because he is righteousness in us. 656 00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:15,940 We brought nothing into the deal. 657 00:34:16,159 --> 00:34:17,340 He brought everything. 658 00:34:17,780 --> 00:34:18,780 When he saved us, 659 00:34:18,780 --> 00:34:20,780 he got a raw end of the deal 660 00:34:20,780 --> 00:34:23,820 in worldly contracts. 661 00:34:24,219 --> 00:34:25,699 But it's because he wants 662 00:34:25,699 --> 00:34:27,260 to spend eternity with us. 663 00:34:27,500 --> 00:34:28,619 He gave it all 664 00:34:28,619 --> 00:34:30,280 so he can have us. 665 00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:32,440 He knew we brought nothing 666 00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:34,039 to the table. 667 00:34:34,780 --> 00:34:36,179 And he brings it all. 668 00:34:36,559 --> 00:34:37,280 Isn't that amazing? 669 00:34:37,659 --> 00:34:38,260 That's him. 670 00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:39,980 And so, amen. 671 00:34:40,980 --> 00:34:43,780 So this box is a representation to them, 672 00:34:44,019 --> 00:34:46,440 but it's also a representation to us 673 00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:48,699 to be grateful, be content 674 00:34:48,699 --> 00:34:50,179 with what the Lord has given us. 675 00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:51,579 And maybe he wants us 676 00:34:51,579 --> 00:34:55,159 to enjoy even more in him, right? 677 00:34:55,440 --> 00:34:58,159 His promises are always yes and amen 678 00:34:58,159 --> 00:34:59,519 in Christ, right? 679 00:34:59,900 --> 00:35:01,260 And maybe he's saying to us, 680 00:35:01,340 --> 00:35:03,880 listen, stop rebelling against me. 681 00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:08,079 Accept my rulership over you 682 00:35:08,079 --> 00:35:09,639 and you will thrive. 683 00:35:10,079 --> 00:35:10,619 And then finally, 684 00:35:10,719 --> 00:35:12,739 stop trying to be righteous on your own. 685 00:35:12,880 --> 00:35:15,360 Let me be your righteousness. 686 00:35:16,139 --> 00:35:17,360 But what's amazing too 687 00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:18,719 is on top of it all, 688 00:35:19,659 --> 00:35:21,699 what went on top of the Ark? 689 00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:24,000 The mercy seat. 690 00:35:24,300 --> 00:35:25,539 In fact, I think we have a picture 691 00:35:25,539 --> 00:35:26,579 of that, Tammy, do we? 692 00:35:29,659 --> 00:35:31,719 It's hard to find good illustrations 693 00:35:31,719 --> 00:35:33,139 on the internet, by the way, 694 00:35:33,159 --> 00:35:34,639 but I'm doing my best here. 695 00:35:34,639 --> 00:35:38,480 But so here's the mercy seat 696 00:35:38,480 --> 00:35:40,539 covering over what we just talked about, 697 00:35:40,539 --> 00:35:41,320 which was in here, 698 00:35:41,739 --> 00:35:43,500 the mercy seat, you know? 699 00:35:43,840 --> 00:35:46,460 We're all gonna fail in these areas, 700 00:35:46,860 --> 00:35:48,780 being ungrateful, dissatisfied 701 00:35:48,780 --> 00:35:51,000 with God from time to time. 702 00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:53,440 We're all gonna be rebellious 703 00:35:53,440 --> 00:35:55,820 and not want his will in our lives 704 00:35:55,820 --> 00:35:57,199 and say, Lord, you know, 705 00:35:57,260 --> 00:35:58,599 I could do better than you. 706 00:35:58,820 --> 00:35:59,639 I could do better 707 00:35:59,639 --> 00:36:00,900 than who you've assigned 708 00:36:02,179 --> 00:36:04,059 a far-e over me. 709 00:36:04,779 --> 00:36:06,280 Kids do this all the time. 710 00:36:06,699 --> 00:36:07,579 I don't wanna accept 711 00:36:07,579 --> 00:36:09,519 the authority of my parents, right? 712 00:36:10,179 --> 00:36:11,579 And so people rebel 713 00:36:11,579 --> 00:36:14,480 and we all do this from time to time 714 00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:16,079 and we all think 715 00:36:16,699 --> 00:36:18,599 we can accomplish righteousness 716 00:36:18,599 --> 00:36:19,519 on our own. 717 00:36:19,619 --> 00:36:21,139 We all think in some way 718 00:36:21,139 --> 00:36:24,139 we provide what we need, 719 00:36:24,159 --> 00:36:25,679 that we did God a favor. 720 00:36:26,239 --> 00:36:27,599 I don't have the scripture up there, 721 00:36:27,599 --> 00:36:28,820 but you know what Paul said, 722 00:36:29,380 --> 00:36:30,579 none of you were very wise 723 00:36:30,579 --> 00:36:31,739 when you came to the Lord. 724 00:36:31,880 --> 00:36:33,619 None of you were exceptionally talented. 725 00:36:33,619 --> 00:36:34,699 None of you were anything. 726 00:36:35,260 --> 00:36:36,760 God made you everything. 727 00:36:37,340 --> 00:36:39,400 And we brought nothing to the table. 728 00:36:39,460 --> 00:36:41,139 Just like Paul said to Timothy, 729 00:36:41,539 --> 00:36:43,219 we brought nothing into the world 730 00:36:43,219 --> 00:36:45,719 and certainly we can carry nothing with us. 731 00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:48,039 But Godliness with contentment 732 00:36:48,039 --> 00:36:49,260 is great gain. 733 00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:50,860 As the worship team comes up, 734 00:36:50,920 --> 00:36:52,260 we're gonna have communion together. 735 00:37:01,360 --> 00:37:04,920 And as we prepare for this 736 00:37:06,500 --> 00:37:07,540 and hand it out, 737 00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:11,820 you know, perhaps you're here now 738 00:37:12,740 --> 00:37:17,619 and you know, there's some guilt 739 00:37:19,700 --> 00:37:20,679 or condemnation. 740 00:37:20,679 --> 00:37:22,360 In fact, we just read in the word 741 00:37:22,360 --> 00:37:24,760 about a guilty conscience, you know. 742 00:37:26,699 --> 00:37:27,860 A guilty conscience 743 00:37:27,860 --> 00:37:30,820 and a guilty conscience is really even 744 00:37:33,420 --> 00:37:34,980 fueled by the fear 745 00:37:34,980 --> 00:37:36,780 that we're just gonna keep on doing it. 746 00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:38,219 You know, it's like 747 00:37:38,219 --> 00:37:40,320 I don't know that I have what I need 748 00:37:40,320 --> 00:37:43,260 to get freed from this issue 749 00:37:43,260 --> 00:37:44,699 that I have, this sin. 750 00:37:46,039 --> 00:37:49,320 But God, he can accomplish everything 751 00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:52,519 if we would just surrender to him. 752 00:37:53,039 --> 00:37:54,500 Give it all to him. 753 00:37:56,179 --> 00:37:57,980 And so perhaps as they hand out 754 00:37:58,820 --> 00:38:00,739 the bread and juice, 755 00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:03,079 let's just take a moment 756 00:38:03,079 --> 00:38:04,960 to really consider this. 757 00:38:06,199 --> 00:38:07,699 Is there something the Lord 758 00:38:07,699 --> 00:38:11,000 wants you to repent from 759 00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:15,039 and surrender to him? 760 00:38:15,420 --> 00:38:17,340 You know, stop trying to fix yourself. 761 00:38:17,659 --> 00:38:18,280 You're not gonna be able 762 00:38:18,280 --> 00:38:19,300 to fix yourself, 763 00:38:19,619 --> 00:38:21,240 but he can fix you. 764 00:38:24,199 --> 00:38:24,940 Maybe there's something 765 00:38:24,940 --> 00:38:27,659 that you can just consider 766 00:38:27,659 --> 00:38:29,079 right now and say, Lord, 767 00:38:31,199 --> 00:38:34,519 I keep falling into this pattern. 768 00:38:36,619 --> 00:38:38,440 This pattern of 769 00:38:42,119 --> 00:38:42,200 ungratefulness. 770 00:38:46,259 --> 00:38:49,099 You know, why was I born 771 00:38:49,099 --> 00:38:50,119 with this 772 00:38:52,739 --> 00:38:53,900 lust nature? 773 00:38:55,760 --> 00:38:58,199 Why was I born into a family 774 00:38:58,199 --> 00:39:02,019 that was loaded with 775 00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:04,960 dysfunctionality? 776 00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:20,539 Lord, why was I 777 00:39:23,579 --> 00:39:26,159 born not knowing my father? 778 00:39:31,579 --> 00:39:35,159 Why was I born with this addictive nature? 779 00:39:37,659 --> 00:39:38,719 This anger, 780 00:39:40,280 --> 00:39:41,000 this envy, 781 00:39:42,199 --> 00:39:42,480 this envy, 782 00:39:42,480 --> 00:39:43,199 insecurity. 783 00:39:44,860 --> 00:39:46,000 This isn't fair. 784 00:39:46,119 --> 00:39:47,500 Life isn't fair, Lord. 785 00:39:51,560 --> 00:39:53,320 I believe the Lord's saying, 786 00:39:53,380 --> 00:39:55,179 will you just come to me 787 00:39:56,420 --> 00:39:59,260 and receive mercy 788 00:40:00,240 --> 00:40:02,079 and find grace. 789 00:40:05,079 --> 00:40:05,900 Maybe you're here 790 00:40:05,900 --> 00:40:06,960 and you're just feeling 791 00:40:07,840 --> 00:40:09,539 like you've been so rebellious 792 00:40:09,539 --> 00:40:10,760 for so long. 793 00:40:10,840 --> 00:40:12,119 I wanna do my thing. 794 00:40:13,480 --> 00:40:15,639 I know there's gonna be consequences, 795 00:40:15,639 --> 00:40:18,119 but I've dealt with it in the past. 796 00:40:18,280 --> 00:40:19,519 I'm gonna deal with it again. 797 00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:26,260 Maybe it's time to really just give up 798 00:40:29,320 --> 00:40:30,679 and just die. 799 00:40:31,980 --> 00:40:34,420 Really just die with Jesus right now 800 00:40:34,420 --> 00:40:35,300 and just say, Lord, 801 00:40:36,199 --> 00:40:38,440 I wanna die with you on the cross. 802 00:40:40,220 --> 00:40:41,519 I wanna surrender. 803 00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:42,539 Yeah. 804 00:40:49,820 --> 00:40:51,639 Maybe you're a perfectionist, 805 00:40:51,800 --> 00:40:52,019 you know, 806 00:40:52,099 --> 00:40:54,119 and you just think you can 807 00:40:55,599 --> 00:40:56,480 do life 808 00:40:58,699 --> 00:41:00,280 in your own strength 809 00:41:01,579 --> 00:41:03,139 and yet you keep failing 810 00:41:07,699 --> 00:41:09,480 because there is no one righteous, 811 00:41:09,639 --> 00:41:10,519 no, not one. 812 00:41:10,519 --> 00:41:13,320 We have all fallen short of the glory of God 813 00:41:15,539 --> 00:41:18,500 and maybe you're just tired of trying. 814 00:41:20,579 --> 00:41:23,420 There was a word shared at the beginning 815 00:41:23,420 --> 00:41:26,679 of the service about rest. 816 00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:32,559 Maybe it's time to come to Jesus 817 00:41:35,420 --> 00:41:37,260 and receive rest 818 00:41:38,060 --> 00:41:40,619 from your weary souls of trying, 819 00:41:42,399 --> 00:41:44,239 trying to please God 820 00:41:44,239 --> 00:41:46,300 because you can't. 821 00:41:48,980 --> 00:41:52,300 Maybe it's time to just come to Him 822 00:41:53,020 --> 00:41:55,679 because He said His burden is easy 823 00:41:55,679 --> 00:41:57,000 and His yoke is light. 824 00:41:57,940 --> 00:41:59,420 Maybe it's time to just come 825 00:42:00,399 --> 00:42:01,739 and surrender. 826 00:42:02,860 --> 00:42:05,079 It's all about surrendering. 827 00:42:09,039 --> 00:42:11,300 Let's sing a measure or so of this song 828 00:42:11,300 --> 00:42:12,539 before we take communion. 829 00:42:15,079 --> 00:42:19,039 Let's just dedicate ourselves right now 830 00:42:19,039 --> 00:42:21,420 and say, Lord, I want a new start. 831 00:42:23,460 --> 00:42:33,360 God, I hear the Savior say, 832 00:42:34,460 --> 00:42:38,639 Thy strength indeed is small 833 00:42:39,900 --> 00:42:41,260 Child of week, 834 00:42:42,420 --> 00:42:44,059 miswatch and pray, 835 00:42:45,039 --> 00:42:46,619 find me in, 836 00:42:47,550 --> 00:42:49,390 I know and I know 837 00:42:50,889 --> 00:42:54,510 because Jesus paid it all 838 00:42:56,510 --> 00:42:59,950 and told to Him my own. 839 00:43:02,090 --> 00:43:06,190 To sing, I left a crimson stain, 840 00:43:06,889 --> 00:43:10,730 He washed it white as snow. 841 00:43:18,710 --> 00:43:24,030 Lord, now indeed I find 842 00:43:25,010 --> 00:43:29,809 Thy power in Thine alone 843 00:43:30,910 --> 00:43:35,230 Can't change the leper's spots 844 00:43:36,270 --> 00:43:40,389 and melt my heart of stone. 845 00:43:40,809 --> 00:43:46,030 Jesus, Jesus paid it all 846 00:43:47,550 --> 00:43:50,750 and told to Him my own. 847 00:43:52,730 --> 00:43:57,130 I sing, I left a crimson stain, 848 00:43:57,610 --> 00:44:01,670 He washed it white as snow. 849 00:44:03,449 --> 00:44:06,510 Jesus paid it all 850 00:44:08,510 --> 00:44:11,710 and told to Him my own. 851 00:44:13,269 --> 00:44:17,949 I sing, I left a crimson stain, 852 00:44:18,449 --> 00:44:22,010 He washed it white as snow. 853 00:44:27,030 --> 00:44:29,829 If the Lord's speaking to you now 854 00:44:29,829 --> 00:44:33,610 to just surrender, 855 00:44:34,730 --> 00:44:38,929 surrender that thing that you've been wrestling with. 856 00:44:42,450 --> 00:44:44,510 Just give it over to Him now. 857 00:44:44,769 --> 00:44:47,469 I just picture it like Jacob wrestling with God 858 00:44:47,469 --> 00:44:48,409 and finally it's like, 859 00:44:50,030 --> 00:44:52,170 I'm not going to let you go until you bless me. 860 00:44:52,250 --> 00:44:56,489 Maybe it's time to just ask the Lord 861 00:44:56,489 --> 00:44:58,550 to bless you and let go. 862 00:44:59,389 --> 00:45:04,530 Stop fighting Him and start receiving Him. 863 00:45:04,610 --> 00:45:05,769 Maybe that's you right now. 864 00:45:08,030 --> 00:45:11,789 Say to the Lord, I'm done fighting you. 865 00:45:14,570 --> 00:45:17,110 Today, I just want to surrender it all 866 00:45:17,110 --> 00:45:18,929 and just give it all to you. 867 00:45:21,789 --> 00:45:23,750 I have no life apart from you. 868 00:45:23,809 --> 00:45:25,690 You are my life. 869 00:45:29,409 --> 00:45:30,970 You are my very life. 870 00:45:36,750 --> 00:45:38,210 Lord God, we just, 871 00:45:39,410 --> 00:45:42,110 we just surrender again to you, Lord. 872 00:45:45,950 --> 00:45:49,110 We want a broken heart, Lord God, 873 00:45:49,429 --> 00:45:53,289 a broken spirit so you could just fill us with yours, Lord. 874 00:45:54,210 --> 00:45:57,989 We're just tired of wanting to live life our way. 875 00:45:58,050 --> 00:46:00,530 We want to live life your way. 876 00:46:01,870 --> 00:46:04,650 We want to go to where you're bringing us to 877 00:46:05,390 --> 00:46:08,210 and not fight to go back from where we came from. 878 00:46:11,430 --> 00:46:14,969 The Lord, you called us your friends. 879 00:46:17,530 --> 00:46:20,250 I've been a bad friend from time to time, Lord, 880 00:46:20,349 --> 00:46:23,309 but you still consider me your friend. 881 00:46:24,869 --> 00:46:27,409 You consider all of us your friend. 882 00:46:30,230 --> 00:46:32,309 We thank you for your faithfulness, 883 00:46:32,409 --> 00:46:34,030 even when we are faithless. 884 00:46:34,750 --> 00:46:37,869 You are faithful because you will not deny 885 00:46:38,970 --> 00:46:39,610 yourself. 886 00:46:43,130 --> 00:46:45,710 You see yourself in us, Lord God, 887 00:46:47,869 --> 00:46:51,030 even when we don't see you in ourselves, you see us. 888 00:46:55,909 --> 00:46:58,670 So, Lord, as we eat this bread 889 00:46:58,670 --> 00:47:01,429 and remember your broken body on the cross, 890 00:47:02,610 --> 00:47:04,849 becoming our very sin on the cross, 891 00:47:04,849 --> 00:47:08,849 where we eat this with gratefulness, Lord God, 892 00:47:08,969 --> 00:47:10,889 because you are the living bread 893 00:47:10,889 --> 00:47:12,429 that came down from heaven 894 00:47:13,009 --> 00:47:15,929 that isn't just some coriander seed. 895 00:47:16,150 --> 00:47:20,429 It's the life, the very life come down from heaven. 896 00:47:20,550 --> 00:47:21,769 You are the living bread. 897 00:47:22,610 --> 00:47:28,630 We eat this bread remembering that you came down to die for us. 898 00:47:30,150 --> 00:47:32,530 We thank you for this in Jesus' name. 899 00:47:32,530 --> 00:47:36,150 Let's eat. 900 00:47:49,809 --> 00:47:53,690 Lord, we thank you for this cup 901 00:47:57,010 --> 00:48:00,610 which represents your precious blood 902 00:48:00,610 --> 00:48:02,429 that not just covers over 903 00:48:04,230 --> 00:48:07,130 but takes away sins, Lord God. 904 00:48:08,909 --> 00:48:13,010 You shed your blood so that we can be sinless 905 00:48:13,010 --> 00:48:14,409 someday with you in heaven. 906 00:48:14,670 --> 00:48:18,090 So, Lord, we drink this cup, the cup of the new covenant, 907 00:48:18,309 --> 00:48:21,030 the new blood, because it's your blood 908 00:48:21,030 --> 00:48:25,050 that runs through our veins in righteousness. 909 00:48:27,530 --> 00:48:28,489 Let's drink. 910 00:48:35,690 --> 00:48:38,090 So, Lord, as we finish this song, Lord, 911 00:48:38,170 --> 00:48:40,210 just thank you for our brothers and sisters, 912 00:48:40,429 --> 00:48:43,409 Lord, thank you for a wonderful life that we have, 913 00:48:44,230 --> 00:48:47,170 a destiny, Lord, that is perfect, 914 00:48:47,849 --> 00:48:49,269 flowing with milk and honey. 915 00:48:50,869 --> 00:48:53,090 Even when things are tough down here, Lord, 916 00:48:53,530 --> 00:48:56,969 we know that you are taking us to a promised life 917 00:48:58,289 --> 00:49:02,670 and we want to lay hold of that which you've laid hold of us for. 918 00:49:03,130 --> 00:49:05,869 We want to lay hold of heaven right now, Lord God. 919 00:49:06,050 --> 00:49:06,690 So, thank you. 920 00:49:07,269 --> 00:49:08,989 We love you in Jesus' name. 921 00:49:09,849 --> 00:49:10,090 Amen. 922 00:49:10,369 --> 00:49:11,650 Let's all stand up. 923 00:49:15,550 --> 00:49:18,389 Thanks for joining us at Lansdale Life Church 924 00:49:18,389 --> 00:49:20,909 as we praise God and discuss His word. 925 00:49:21,590 --> 00:49:24,650 Don't forget to join us for Worship Live Sunday mornings 926 00:49:24,650 --> 00:49:27,070 at 10 a.m. Eastern on YouTube. 927 00:49:28,050 --> 00:49:30,170 Be blessed 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