1 00:00:14,059 --> 00:00:17,359 Welcome to the Lansdale Life Church podcast. 2 00:00:18,399 --> 00:00:24,079 If you're seeking a closer relationship with Jesus Christ, this podcast is for you. 3 00:00:24,639 --> 00:00:26,980 Thank you for joining us today. 4 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:42,619 You could turn to Hebrews chapter 12. Can you believe we're almost finished Hebrews? 5 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:45,240 I know some of you are. I sure can. 6 00:00:46,399 --> 00:00:49,280 But I mean such magnificent lessons in Hebrews. 7 00:00:49,340 --> 00:00:53,460 And so we're drawing near to the close and we'll be praying about where to go next. 8 00:00:53,460 --> 00:01:01,140 But it's just awesome to see the significance of the entire word of God wrapped into Hebrews, 9 00:01:01,140 --> 00:01:08,640 all pointing to Christ. Today's message is unshakable as you're turned into Hebrews chapter 12. 10 00:01:09,700 --> 00:01:15,299 And in this, I always see this as such an epic scene, you know, as it's described, you know, 11 00:01:15,579 --> 00:01:22,079 comparing Mount Sinai to Mount Zion and the significance of the word of God. 12 00:01:22,719 --> 00:01:27,180 And, you know, we know the word of God shapes all things, right? 13 00:01:27,500 --> 00:01:29,219 He shaped everything into existence. 14 00:01:29,799 --> 00:01:32,680 And he also has the power to shake all things. 15 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:33,900 And that's what we're going to be looking at. 16 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:41,680 The way the word of the Lord shapes and shakes all things because he is master over everything 17 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:44,120 and he holds all things together. 18 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:51,760 So let's pray and ask the Lord to really pierce thrill and speak to each one of us. 19 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:55,819 Father God, we thank you for your word and we thank you for your Holy Spirit. 20 00:01:55,959 --> 00:01:57,420 And we just want to rest in that. 21 00:01:57,519 --> 00:02:01,879 Right now, Lord, I want to rest in that. 22 00:02:02,079 --> 00:02:08,639 Lord, I ask you to do all the work here today that I could just be an observer and just 23 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:14,400 a student here, Lord, just watching you use your word to do 24 00:02:15,420 --> 00:02:19,460 miraculous surgery on each one of us, Lord God, because we want to walk out of here 25 00:02:20,020 --> 00:02:20,979 more like you. 26 00:02:21,599 --> 00:02:25,659 So we ask you to speak to us today in Jesus name. 27 00:02:25,939 --> 00:02:26,219 Amen. 28 00:02:27,599 --> 00:02:29,060 Excuse my occasion. 29 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:33,659 I'm not sick, I'm something, but I'm not sick, but we'll see. 30 00:02:34,580 --> 00:02:37,580 But I believe the Lord will carry me through this message. 31 00:02:39,500 --> 00:02:43,039 Unshakable, you know, as I was reading through this, we're going to read it in a second, 32 00:02:43,199 --> 00:02:47,139 but I was thinking about how, you know, the word of God certainly does have the power 33 00:02:47,139 --> 00:02:49,819 to shape all things and shake all things. 34 00:02:50,319 --> 00:02:56,120 And then I was thinking about different words that have been spoken, quotes throughout humanity 35 00:02:56,120 --> 00:03:02,560 that really have shaken the world, words that shake the world. 36 00:03:03,039 --> 00:03:06,199 And as the Lord brought me down this rabbit trail, I started to think about 37 00:03:06,199 --> 00:03:12,780 different words that just come to mind of famous people that they spoke different things. 38 00:03:13,340 --> 00:03:16,680 And some of these quotes that we're going to look at won't necessarily 39 00:03:17,399 --> 00:03:23,400 be familiar to you, probably most will, but a lot of times it's really just the messenger 40 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:24,939 because of what they said. 41 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:26,800 They said so many things. 42 00:03:26,900 --> 00:03:31,500 In fact, so many of these quotes, they had so many, I had to choose one out of hundreds, you know, 43 00:03:31,759 --> 00:03:32,520 of quotes. 44 00:03:33,139 --> 00:03:39,400 But these impactful words, these people spoke things that really did shake up the world, 45 00:03:39,620 --> 00:03:43,280 really changed the course of humanity in many cases. 46 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:45,659 So let's take a look at some of these. 47 00:03:45,659 --> 00:03:49,580 And the first one, I don't even remember this guy's name, but he was one of the founders of 48 00:03:49,580 --> 00:03:55,039 this country, and maybe you did, but I just remember the words like the back of my hand. 49 00:03:55,379 --> 00:03:57,479 If you could put that up, Pat, the first one. 50 00:03:58,719 --> 00:04:03,259 And this is Patrick Henry, give me liberty or give me death. 51 00:04:03,460 --> 00:04:04,879 You've heard of that one right before. 52 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:13,620 And this, of course, is the revolutionary war where our forefathers were forming America. 53 00:04:13,620 --> 00:04:16,740 And as a revolution against Great Britain. 54 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:20,279 And so they laid so much aside, they laid it all down. 55 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:25,240 Many of these were very wealthy people, and they said, I would rather be poor and stand 56 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:33,379 for what's right than be oppressed by a religious oppression and a kingship that isn't Godly, 57 00:04:33,379 --> 00:04:33,800 you know? 58 00:04:34,180 --> 00:04:35,720 And then how about the next one? 59 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:39,480 We have Abraham Lincoln. 60 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:44,459 I mean, you know, you look him up and there's so many quotes of his and many aren't really 61 00:04:44,459 --> 00:04:48,220 his or their paraphrases, but he did say this and let's face it. 62 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:52,759 His major claim to fame is the abolishment of slavery. 63 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:57,860 And here he says, those who deny freedom to others deserve it. 64 00:04:58,079 --> 00:05:03,199 Not something happened to themselves, but for themselves. 65 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:06,939 In other words, you can't be free if you want someone else to be enslaved. 66 00:05:06,939 --> 00:05:12,579 He had so many amazing quotes, but that was just one which isn't fully there. 67 00:05:12,839 --> 00:05:18,040 But you get the idea that he was all about, you know, abolishment of slavery. 68 00:05:18,519 --> 00:05:22,959 There's been a lot of critics that have come along and said, well, really, yeah, 69 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:25,500 he was all about the abolishment of slavery. 70 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:30,540 If you look him up, his family were all into this and he learned it from his mom and dad. 71 00:05:31,180 --> 00:05:32,319 So how about the next one? 72 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:33,379 Gandhi. 73 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:34,100 Okay. 74 00:05:34,100 --> 00:05:40,160 And interesting enough, of course, he was the he was in India and he was leading a peaceful 75 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:45,420 revolution against Great Britain, trying to free their country from oppression, imperialism. 76 00:05:46,399 --> 00:05:50,379 And he was a student of Christianity, of Islam and many things. 77 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:54,879 So but he had a lot of wisdom as a result of studying the word of God. 78 00:05:55,620 --> 00:05:59,319 And I'm not saying that it was spirit filled, but certainly it was truth. 79 00:05:59,920 --> 00:06:02,139 And he said, the week can never forgive. 80 00:06:03,079 --> 00:06:06,199 Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. 81 00:06:07,060 --> 00:06:09,980 I like another thing which coincides really with this message. 82 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:14,360 He says, in a gentle way, you can shake the world, you know. 83 00:06:14,779 --> 00:06:23,399 And so Gandhi certainly is an image to everyone of peaceful protest and also in prayer overturning 84 00:06:23,399 --> 00:06:25,360 the structures of society. 85 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:25,759 Right. 86 00:06:26,300 --> 00:06:27,139 How about another one? 87 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:28,360 Winston Churchill. 88 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:29,939 He was an orator. 89 00:06:29,939 --> 00:06:34,079 I mean, that guy had so many things he said and wrote were just phenomenal. 90 00:06:34,319 --> 00:06:39,720 Of course, he led he led Great Britain when they were being bombarded by Nazi Germany. 91 00:06:40,439 --> 00:06:42,339 Night after night, they were shelled. 92 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:47,920 And I don't know how London even remained after all the bombings they went through day 93 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:49,600 after day, night after night. 94 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:56,800 And yet he led England to stay stand against that evil dictatorship of Hitler. 95 00:06:56,800 --> 00:07:00,360 And he said, never, never, never give up. 96 00:07:00,439 --> 00:07:02,160 And of course, he said many other things. 97 00:07:02,639 --> 00:07:05,040 But really that again, it's not just the words. 98 00:07:05,139 --> 00:07:09,160 You might not know those words, but you can picture him of being this this 99 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:17,939 catalyst for his country to stand up against dictatorship and against being a victim of 100 00:07:17,939 --> 00:07:19,040 Nazi Germany. 101 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:21,279 Winston Churchill. 102 00:07:21,420 --> 00:07:22,019 I like another one. 103 00:07:22,139 --> 00:07:25,899 He always he said, if you're going through hell, keep on going. 104 00:07:25,899 --> 00:07:31,180 I love that because we all go through a taste of hell on Earth sometimes. 105 00:07:31,740 --> 00:07:34,800 But just keep going because God will bring you out of it. 106 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:43,879 How about this Neil Armstrong, one small step for man, one giant step for mankind. 107 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:46,019 I heard some giggling there. 108 00:07:46,540 --> 00:07:49,759 We're not getting into conspiracy theories to see the today. 109 00:07:50,999 --> 00:07:55,819 But certainly it made an impact on society, didn't it? 110 00:07:55,899 --> 00:07:58,339 Because wow, we landed on the moon. 111 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:03,060 I mean, it was phenomenal to think that mankind could actually do that. 112 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:03,540 Okay. 113 00:08:03,860 --> 00:08:05,000 Moving right along. 114 00:08:05,519 --> 00:08:06,959 JFK was another one. 115 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:10,360 I mean, I, you know, he spoke so many amazing things. 116 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:15,620 And the one, of course, is ask not what your country can do for you. 117 00:08:16,639 --> 00:08:19,420 Ask what you can do for your country. 118 00:08:20,079 --> 00:08:22,399 What a right wing thing to say. 119 00:08:24,959 --> 00:08:30,839 But anyway, I mean, really, I love those words because really it's a mindset that has been 120 00:08:30,839 --> 00:08:33,360 completely lost now for generations. 121 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:34,000 Isn't it? 122 00:08:34,379 --> 00:08:36,679 It's like all that gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme. 123 00:08:36,799 --> 00:08:38,860 But anyway, so that was JFK. 124 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:40,940 Again, he had many other things. 125 00:08:41,779 --> 00:08:44,059 And also, Dr. 126 00:08:44,259 --> 00:08:45,379 Martin Luther King, Jr. 127 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:47,440 His day is coming up next week. 128 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:52,059 And certainly his speeches are just so powerful. 129 00:08:52,659 --> 00:08:57,179 And so much passion there because of what he was standing for. 130 00:08:57,360 --> 00:09:04,179 The turning over of racial injustice in this country. 131 00:09:04,700 --> 00:09:05,500 And I have a dream. 132 00:09:05,919 --> 00:09:12,159 I really implore all of you, hey, all these people, by the way, have had their flaws. 133 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:15,600 Every single person we've looked at so far have all had flaws. 134 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:18,440 But when you get a chance, just watch some of his speeches. 135 00:09:18,759 --> 00:09:19,980 They're so emotional. 136 00:09:20,100 --> 00:09:26,120 I've cried watching that one that when he was saying, I may not get there with you. 137 00:09:26,259 --> 00:09:29,679 And can you imagine he would actually die that very night? 138 00:09:29,980 --> 00:09:30,980 It's just phenomenal. 139 00:09:31,340 --> 00:09:37,799 Some of his speeches were so drenched with emotion and raw zeal to see freedom. 140 00:09:38,799 --> 00:09:40,000 How about Ronald Reagan? 141 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:42,779 Now, he said a lot of amazing things. 142 00:09:42,779 --> 00:09:46,019 But I think this is certainly one of his most famous statements. 143 00:09:46,620 --> 00:09:50,059 Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall. 144 00:09:50,279 --> 00:09:53,820 And he was in Berlin saying, let's stop separating people. 145 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:56,720 Let's bring freedom here. 146 00:09:56,879 --> 00:10:03,440 And he was talking to, of course, the, I guess you call him a president of the Soviet Union. 147 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:06,320 And so the end of the Cold War. 148 00:10:06,820 --> 00:10:10,659 These are words that echo throughout human history. 149 00:10:11,219 --> 00:10:11,980 How about another? 150 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:14,240 We'll move more now into spiritual. 151 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:17,039 And you know, I never knew Billy Graham said this, 152 00:10:17,039 --> 00:10:21,159 but it's funny because I spiritually instinctively say this all the time. 153 00:10:21,539 --> 00:10:22,840 I never knew he said this. 154 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:29,039 He said, you will never understand who you are until you understand who God is. 155 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:34,940 I mean, really, if you don't know your creator, how can you know why you were created? 156 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:37,700 How can you know why you walked the face of the earth? 157 00:10:37,700 --> 00:10:40,720 How can you know the eternal you, right? 158 00:10:40,980 --> 00:10:42,799 If you don't know your creator. 159 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:44,340 And so Billy Graham. 160 00:10:44,879 --> 00:10:48,860 And of course, another one who just recently met his demise through assassination 161 00:10:49,460 --> 00:10:50,679 is Charlie Kirk. 162 00:10:51,259 --> 00:10:53,940 And again, so many quotes, but I love this one. 163 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:58,379 The future belongs to those who refuse to stay silent. 164 00:10:59,340 --> 00:11:03,759 How much has he motivated the next generation? 165 00:11:04,019 --> 00:11:05,600 I love his other quote underneath there. 166 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:09,460 God, family, country in that order. 167 00:11:09,899 --> 00:11:10,500 Isn't that awesome? 168 00:11:11,340 --> 00:11:17,340 And then of course, you know, God has the final word and there is no quote that echoes 169 00:11:17,340 --> 00:11:27,259 more throughout all of history is Jesus Christ on the cross saying it is finished. 170 00:11:28,539 --> 00:11:30,340 I mean, you can wrap everything. 171 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:37,559 It is finished. 172 00:11:38,460 --> 00:11:39,320 Hallelujah, man. 173 00:11:39,460 --> 00:11:45,860 We are just all of our sins were paid for right there on the cross by Jesus Christ. 174 00:11:46,580 --> 00:11:49,179 Whatever man says, God says it better. 175 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:51,779 He is the beginning and the end. 176 00:11:52,159 --> 00:11:58,480 And when he says it's finished, our sins die with him on the cross. 177 00:11:58,820 --> 00:12:04,120 Because his words not only shape humanity, they shake it. 178 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:08,500 What he says tears away everything that's meant to be torn away. 179 00:12:08,740 --> 00:12:11,320 And what remains is what belongs to him. 180 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:12,860 We're going to read that in a minute. 181 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:18,519 You know, as I was thinking about that, you know, God, Jesus said it is finished 182 00:12:18,519 --> 00:12:22,639 and he breathed his last and it was such a miraculous thing. 183 00:12:23,500 --> 00:12:29,840 And yet he says another word in revelation that is very similar, but very different. 184 00:12:30,399 --> 00:12:33,200 He says this in Revelation 21 six. 185 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:35,740 It is done. 186 00:12:36,759 --> 00:12:37,679 Wasn't that the same thing? 187 00:12:37,779 --> 00:12:38,340 It is done. 188 00:12:39,019 --> 00:12:39,639 It is finished. 189 00:12:39,820 --> 00:12:40,320 It is done. 190 00:12:40,980 --> 00:12:42,279 It's a different Greek word. 191 00:12:42,639 --> 00:12:46,000 See, it is finished means is teleo. 192 00:12:46,019 --> 00:12:51,399 It means it stops here, but it is done is is guinomai. 193 00:12:51,460 --> 00:12:54,639 And it actually means it has become it has begun. 194 00:12:55,279 --> 00:12:55,700 Okay. 195 00:12:55,940 --> 00:12:57,840 In other words, it's fully prepare. 196 00:12:58,340 --> 00:12:58,700 Okay. 197 00:12:58,700 --> 00:13:03,220 It's like when Jill is making a magnificent meal like she always does. 198 00:13:04,379 --> 00:13:04,419 Okay. 199 00:13:05,399 --> 00:13:06,980 And she's and everyone's coming over. 200 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:08,779 What do you make and mom and all this stuff. 201 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:10,899 And finally, she has it already. 202 00:13:11,279 --> 00:13:15,480 She has a little appetizers out there and and then how do you say that? 203 00:13:15,659 --> 00:13:21,559 The the charcuterie board and she has that all set up and it's just wonderful. 204 00:13:22,039 --> 00:13:23,759 And then she says, I'm done. 205 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:24,580 It's done. 206 00:13:24,919 --> 00:13:28,200 In other words, it's been prepared, but now it's time to eat it. 207 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:28,559 Right. 208 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:32,320 It's like when you graduate from college when I'm done. 209 00:13:33,460 --> 00:13:35,000 Well, really, it's just begun. 210 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:39,120 And so the Lord will say that someday. 211 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:42,539 Okay, it's finished, but now it has begun. 212 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:45,799 Do you know we are all on the way to it is done. 213 00:13:45,879 --> 00:13:50,840 In other words, we are all a work in progress, but God is preparing something 214 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:54,299 and he always finishes what he starts. 215 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:54,879 Amen. 216 00:13:54,879 --> 00:14:01,940 And that is our destiny being aligned with him, being glorious, just like him. 217 00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:03,879 So our future is so bright. 218 00:14:03,980 --> 00:14:04,100 Amen. 219 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:05,799 Amen. 220 00:14:06,299 --> 00:14:06,860 Hallelujah. 221 00:14:07,059 --> 00:14:08,179 Thank you, Frank, for that. 222 00:14:09,340 --> 00:14:10,639 So let's dive right in. 223 00:14:10,700 --> 00:14:13,240 We're going to be looking at Hebrews chapter 12. 224 00:14:15,220 --> 00:14:18,799 And before we start real quick, we're going to talk about Mount Sinai. 225 00:14:19,659 --> 00:14:24,200 And I love maps because it can get our brain around what was happening. 226 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:24,600 Okay. 227 00:14:25,039 --> 00:14:27,620 So Pat, if you don't mind just showing this first map. 228 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:28,559 Okay. 229 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:30,580 And this is the land of Goshen. 230 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:31,139 Okay. 231 00:14:31,759 --> 00:14:36,620 And here is after when Pharaoh says, okay, you can leave now, right? 232 00:14:37,500 --> 00:14:40,980 And so they leave the crossover a part of the Red Sea. 233 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:42,460 They're heading down. 234 00:14:42,759 --> 00:14:44,820 They finally get to Mount Sinai. 235 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:49,919 Now you'll look at different maps and some say, well, no, 236 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:50,860 actually they went over here. 237 00:14:51,059 --> 00:14:51,980 Oh, they're, you know, they want. 238 00:14:51,980 --> 00:14:55,860 I claim this place because it's the most logical. 239 00:14:56,179 --> 00:15:00,340 But, you know, they got to Mount Sinai because this whole thing is a ridge of 240 00:15:00,340 --> 00:15:04,500 mountains, as you could see, but they got to here and they get to Mount Sinai. 241 00:15:05,039 --> 00:15:11,340 And this journey took 45 days after the passover and then after they left, 242 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:12,820 after they left Egypt. 243 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:17,720 And then when they got there, okay, Moses went up to the mountain. 244 00:15:17,899 --> 00:15:18,899 He talks to God. 245 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:20,539 God tells them some things. 246 00:15:20,740 --> 00:15:21,500 He comes back down. 247 00:15:21,500 --> 00:15:22,340 He tells Israel. 248 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:23,580 Israel says some things. 249 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:24,500 He goes back up. 250 00:15:24,860 --> 00:15:28,259 And each time, by the way, it probably takes four to eight hours to get up this mountain. 251 00:15:29,059 --> 00:15:34,039 I mean, it's like 7,000 to 7,500 feet high, you know, so he's walking. 252 00:15:34,700 --> 00:15:36,840 And so he climbs back up, talks to God. 253 00:15:37,100 --> 00:15:38,779 He goes back down, talks to them. 254 00:15:38,940 --> 00:15:41,659 You know, there's a lot of, he went up and down, you know, like eight times, 255 00:15:42,039 --> 00:15:44,240 you know, Moses did. 256 00:15:44,860 --> 00:15:46,940 But anyway, this took a couple of days. 257 00:15:47,279 --> 00:15:49,379 Then the Lord said, all right, consecrate yourselves. 258 00:15:49,679 --> 00:15:50,120 Okay. 259 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:56,679 And on the third day, I'm going to come down to the mountain and speak to you. 260 00:15:57,059 --> 00:15:58,200 And so it was three more days. 261 00:15:58,399 --> 00:16:01,559 So the reason I'm going through this math is because Pentecost, 262 00:16:01,860 --> 00:16:06,200 when the word was given, is 50 days after Passover. 263 00:16:06,779 --> 00:16:11,940 And we still celebrate Pentecost because that's when grace was given, 264 00:16:12,039 --> 00:16:16,740 when the Spirit of God was poured out at Pentecost in Acts chapter two, 265 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:18,700 and it's 50 days after. 266 00:16:18,700 --> 00:16:22,179 So 45 plus five more of those things happening. 267 00:16:22,379 --> 00:16:23,639 It's 50 days. 268 00:16:24,100 --> 00:16:28,500 And you know, there's a Pentecost that the Jews also celebrate 269 00:16:28,500 --> 00:16:30,779 because that's when the law was given. 270 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:34,940 We have something even far greater than the law to celebrate, don't we? 271 00:16:35,559 --> 00:16:41,059 We have the Holy Spirit given to us, which is manifest in Acts chapter two. 272 00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:43,940 So anyway, so now here we are on Mount Sinai. 273 00:16:44,059 --> 00:16:45,700 That's what we're going to start reading about. 274 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:48,440 They're on their way to the Promised Land. 275 00:16:49,420 --> 00:16:51,600 But they're right here, okay? 276 00:16:52,139 --> 00:16:56,379 And so let's dive in to Hebrews 12. 277 00:16:57,500 --> 00:17:01,580 For you have not come to the mountain that may be touched 278 00:17:02,140 --> 00:17:07,539 and that burned with fire and to blackness and darkness and tempest 279 00:17:08,299 --> 00:17:12,240 and the sound of a trumpet and the voice of words 280 00:17:12,860 --> 00:17:18,200 so that those who heard it begged that the word should not be spoken to them anymore. 281 00:17:18,700 --> 00:17:22,740 For they could not endure what was commanded. 282 00:17:23,779 --> 00:17:26,960 And if so much as a beast touched the mountain, 283 00:17:27,359 --> 00:17:30,539 it shall be stoned or shot with an arrow. 284 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:35,779 And so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, 285 00:17:35,859 --> 00:17:40,099 I am exceedingly afraid and trembling. 286 00:17:41,319 --> 00:17:43,660 And so picture this scene. 287 00:17:43,940 --> 00:17:47,960 We have here a picture up there of Mount Sinai today. 288 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:51,539 And this is or at least within this modern generation, 289 00:17:51,539 --> 00:17:54,299 there's probably a road and it's higher than it looks. 290 00:17:54,539 --> 00:17:55,720 And this might be halfway up. 291 00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:58,980 I don't know, but it's a picture and it's basically rock and rubble. 292 00:17:59,420 --> 00:18:03,880 Okay, but we're talking about a scene when they first got there 293 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:08,559 that the Lord came down and this mountain was an inferno. 294 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:13,420 There was smoke billowing out the top of it. 295 00:18:13,839 --> 00:18:16,960 The ground was shaken beneath their feet. 296 00:18:17,519 --> 00:18:20,359 And there was a trumpet blast so loud. 297 00:18:20,599 --> 00:18:21,000 And guess what? 298 00:18:21,119 --> 00:18:24,799 It got louder and louder and louder and louder. 299 00:18:25,079 --> 00:18:28,460 I mean, just imagine you're there at the foot of this mountain 300 00:18:28,460 --> 00:18:30,779 and you're like, just make it stop. 301 00:18:31,059 --> 00:18:32,579 Like this is too scary. 302 00:18:33,079 --> 00:18:34,319 Like this has to stop. 303 00:18:34,759 --> 00:18:36,779 Like God is going to kill us. 304 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:38,279 He's going to kill us. 305 00:18:38,380 --> 00:18:41,160 Imagine like, could you imagine sitting at the bottom of a volcano 306 00:18:41,659 --> 00:18:42,839 and you could just see a little. 307 00:18:45,019 --> 00:18:47,740 It's getting bigger and bigger and you're like, 308 00:18:47,799 --> 00:18:49,259 what are we doing staying here? 309 00:18:49,559 --> 00:18:50,559 Like, let's get out of here. 310 00:18:50,660 --> 00:18:51,339 That's what they were saying. 311 00:18:51,660 --> 00:18:53,680 They're like, let's not stick around. 312 00:18:54,299 --> 00:18:55,500 And then what does Moses do? 313 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:57,299 He goes up into it. 314 00:18:58,099 --> 00:18:58,680 Isn't that amazing? 315 00:18:59,039 --> 00:19:04,240 He goes up into the mountain of billowing smoke and fire and everything. 316 00:19:04,779 --> 00:19:07,319 And so they were so fearful. 317 00:19:07,579 --> 00:19:12,420 You know, why did God come to Israel like this? 318 00:19:13,539 --> 00:19:18,900 Why did he come in such a spectacular bowl of fire 319 00:19:18,900 --> 00:19:23,220 and smoke and ground shaking and blasts of trumpets 320 00:19:23,220 --> 00:19:24,740 just to scare them? 321 00:19:24,900 --> 00:19:25,559 Well, yes. 322 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:28,420 Yes, that's why he did it. 323 00:19:28,779 --> 00:19:33,160 To scare them, to create fear in them. 324 00:19:33,539 --> 00:19:35,619 Well, they were already afraid of the Egyptians, weren't they? 325 00:19:36,039 --> 00:19:37,559 Well, this is a new kind of fear. 326 00:19:38,339 --> 00:19:40,980 See, because Moses stepped into the fear. 327 00:19:40,980 --> 00:19:44,279 They were at the outset and they were just so scared. 328 00:19:44,420 --> 00:19:45,059 After a while they're saying, 329 00:19:45,339 --> 00:19:46,440 we don't even want to hear from God. 330 00:19:46,599 --> 00:19:48,940 Moses, you just tell us what he said, okay? 331 00:19:49,339 --> 00:19:50,559 They were so afraid of him. 332 00:19:50,859 --> 00:19:54,200 You know, sometimes fear is the best tactic. 333 00:19:54,700 --> 00:19:55,339 You know that? 334 00:19:55,859 --> 00:19:59,079 I remember we were away a couple of weeks ago 335 00:19:59,079 --> 00:20:03,079 and we were with Tevin and Morgan and our grandkids, 336 00:20:03,819 --> 00:20:04,619 Kingston and Coast. 337 00:20:05,140 --> 00:20:07,599 And Coast, you know, he's been running around 338 00:20:07,599 --> 00:20:09,539 since he's been like 10 months, you know? 339 00:20:09,539 --> 00:20:12,980 But he can't do steps because they live in Florida 340 00:20:12,980 --> 00:20:15,720 in a one-story house, okay? 341 00:20:16,559 --> 00:20:18,900 And he goes nowhere where there's steps, okay? 342 00:20:19,180 --> 00:20:20,980 But he's fascinated by them. 343 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:23,259 And he thinks he could just walk down them 344 00:20:23,259 --> 00:20:24,839 like adults in Kingston, right? 345 00:20:25,220 --> 00:20:28,579 So every time we left the door open 346 00:20:28,579 --> 00:20:32,420 to the steps that led to the garage, okay? 347 00:20:32,980 --> 00:20:35,779 He would just start running over to the door. 348 00:20:36,019 --> 00:20:37,579 And we're like, now stop! 349 00:20:38,220 --> 00:20:41,079 Because we know he can't handle these steps 350 00:20:41,079 --> 00:20:42,859 and there's no side rails. 351 00:20:42,920 --> 00:20:43,720 I mean, there's a railing, 352 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:45,599 but he'll fall right through that, right? 353 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:49,559 So as soon as we stop, you have to yell and scare him. 354 00:20:50,319 --> 00:20:52,960 So he stops in his tracks. 355 00:20:53,619 --> 00:20:55,559 The other night we were over at Jesse's 356 00:20:55,559 --> 00:20:57,660 for a little birthday dinner with him 357 00:20:57,660 --> 00:21:00,299 and the kids were going nuts, okay? 358 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:03,220 And they're running around and they're freaking out. 359 00:21:03,759 --> 00:21:06,619 And suddenly, as they're running around 360 00:21:06,619 --> 00:21:08,059 the whole house, it's like, man, 361 00:21:08,819 --> 00:21:10,559 all of a sudden you hear, smash! 362 00:21:11,559 --> 00:21:14,519 And I mean glass, like an explosion. 363 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:17,440 And so here Van was running by him 364 00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:19,259 for some reason he either tried to grab 365 00:21:19,259 --> 00:21:22,720 or he just hit a glass mason jar full of water. 366 00:21:23,359 --> 00:21:27,180 And it hit the ceramic floor and just went, right? 367 00:21:27,559 --> 00:21:29,740 So meanwhile, he got past it 368 00:21:29,740 --> 00:21:31,319 because it smashed behind him. 369 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:33,500 But there's a whole train of other kids 370 00:21:33,500 --> 00:21:34,599 running behind him. 371 00:21:34,599 --> 00:21:37,000 And we know they're running right into that kitchen. 372 00:21:37,119 --> 00:21:39,500 We're like, stop, right? 373 00:21:39,900 --> 00:21:41,240 Because their feet are, you know, 374 00:21:41,279 --> 00:21:42,500 you can imagine what can happen. 375 00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:44,920 We're like this and I can always yell louder 376 00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:46,240 than everybody as you can hear. 377 00:21:46,339 --> 00:21:47,839 That's what happens to my voice all the time. 378 00:21:48,460 --> 00:21:50,619 So I'm yelling and all of a sudden 379 00:21:50,619 --> 00:21:52,319 Van's bawling his eyes out. 380 00:21:52,380 --> 00:21:59,000 But sometimes fear is necessary to scare people 381 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:02,079 out of the trajectory of their lives, right? 382 00:22:02,839 --> 00:22:04,000 Fear is necessary. 383 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:05,700 Imagine if you saw a kid 384 00:22:05,700 --> 00:22:07,819 that was running out to the street 385 00:22:07,819 --> 00:22:09,440 and you saw a car coming. 386 00:22:09,819 --> 00:22:11,799 Would you say, excuse me, little boy, 387 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:14,059 just stop, stop! 388 00:22:14,940 --> 00:22:16,140 And then if you could get to them fast, 389 00:22:16,259 --> 00:22:17,440 you would just grab them, right? 390 00:22:17,839 --> 00:22:21,539 Because fear sometimes is necessary. 391 00:22:21,980 --> 00:22:22,180 Amen. 392 00:22:22,859 --> 00:22:23,799 And a loud voice. 393 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:24,640 I remember one time, 394 00:22:24,779 --> 00:22:26,220 if I told you this before, sorry, 395 00:22:26,500 --> 00:22:29,039 but some examples are just so good 396 00:22:29,039 --> 00:22:31,039 to not say a couple of times. 397 00:22:31,039 --> 00:22:33,960 But so we used to go down the shore 398 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:35,680 at Harvey Cedars. 399 00:22:35,839 --> 00:22:37,440 My mom used to get a place 400 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:38,559 and we were right on the bay. 401 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:39,400 It was an old place 402 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:41,640 but had a lot of leaks when it rained 403 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:43,319 but it was still a great time. 404 00:22:43,460 --> 00:22:44,059 We were right on the bay. 405 00:22:44,539 --> 00:22:46,200 So one night I'm just talking with my brother. 406 00:22:46,319 --> 00:22:46,839 He went to bed. 407 00:22:46,940 --> 00:22:47,819 I was about to go to bed 408 00:22:48,300 --> 00:22:49,380 and it was pretty late. 409 00:22:49,480 --> 00:22:51,059 It's probably 11 at night or something. 410 00:22:51,599 --> 00:22:52,799 And I'm just sitting there. 411 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:53,960 I'm getting stuff together. 412 00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:57,079 All of a sudden I heard, help, help. 413 00:22:57,500 --> 00:22:59,240 I'm like, what is that? 414 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:02,500 Like, I just heard this screaming. 415 00:23:03,700 --> 00:23:04,859 And I'm like, how? 416 00:23:05,819 --> 00:23:07,119 And I was trying to figure out 417 00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:08,240 where is it coming from? 418 00:23:08,339 --> 00:23:08,940 And all of a sudden I realized 419 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:11,619 I'm looking at it at a pitch black bay. 420 00:23:12,660 --> 00:23:13,599 I think it sounds like it's coming 421 00:23:13,599 --> 00:23:14,559 from out there. 422 00:23:15,220 --> 00:23:16,240 But who's out there? 423 00:23:16,980 --> 00:23:18,339 And then I saw way out there 424 00:23:18,339 --> 00:23:19,759 this little green light 425 00:23:19,759 --> 00:23:21,859 on this pile of small boat. 426 00:23:23,220 --> 00:23:24,980 And I'm here, help me. 427 00:23:25,559 --> 00:23:27,779 And I'm like, who is that? 428 00:23:27,779 --> 00:23:29,000 And I'm like screaming out 429 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:30,039 into the pitch black. 430 00:23:31,279 --> 00:23:33,799 All I could hear is something, 431 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:35,720 something rape me. 432 00:23:37,259 --> 00:23:39,599 I'm like, why? 433 00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:41,519 Like, I want to do, you know? 434 00:23:41,619 --> 00:23:42,059 I'm like, yeah. 435 00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:43,359 And I'm like, stop. 436 00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:46,359 And I'm literally screaming my lungs. 437 00:23:46,519 --> 00:23:49,240 God gave me a loud vocal cords 438 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:50,839 and I'm just screaming, stop. 439 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:52,819 And then for some reason, 440 00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:55,640 the boat seemed like it was going past 441 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:57,500 the inlet and we were close 442 00:23:57,500 --> 00:23:59,720 to the entrance of the inlet. 443 00:24:00,099 --> 00:24:01,799 And I'm like screaming, stop. 444 00:24:02,299 --> 00:24:04,319 You know, and all of a sudden, 445 00:24:04,339 --> 00:24:07,859 I hear a man's voice saying something 446 00:24:08,359 --> 00:24:09,839 and I still couldn't make out 447 00:24:09,839 --> 00:24:10,779 what was happening. 448 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:12,279 But what was happening, 449 00:24:12,279 --> 00:24:13,480 which I realized later, 450 00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:15,420 is he was trying things. 451 00:24:15,660 --> 00:24:16,759 She was abandoned on a boat 452 00:24:16,759 --> 00:24:17,839 with this guy, okay? 453 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:19,700 Who knows what was leading up to this? 454 00:24:20,019 --> 00:24:21,680 But he was trying some things. 455 00:24:21,900 --> 00:24:22,960 She was freaking out. 456 00:24:23,079 --> 00:24:23,759 She was screaming. 457 00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:24,599 And then finally, 458 00:24:24,599 --> 00:24:26,240 when he heard other voices 459 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:27,180 on the edge, 460 00:24:27,460 --> 00:24:28,440 he started saying, 461 00:24:29,379 --> 00:24:31,000 I'm not doing anything to you. 462 00:24:31,039 --> 00:24:32,240 And he started backtracking, 463 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:33,619 which was awesome, right? 464 00:24:34,140 --> 00:24:35,359 So he's all of a sudden, 465 00:24:35,359 --> 00:24:37,140 we're okay out here 466 00:24:37,140 --> 00:24:38,480 because they're getting closer. 467 00:24:38,839 --> 00:24:40,039 He actually turned the boat 468 00:24:40,039 --> 00:24:41,500 and started coming towards land. 469 00:24:42,900 --> 00:24:43,720 And I was like, oh, yeah. 470 00:24:43,900 --> 00:24:44,579 Thanks, Jill. 471 00:24:44,759 --> 00:24:45,019 She remembered. 472 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:47,059 I'm like, come in here. 473 00:24:47,380 --> 00:24:49,240 I'm yelling at him to bring 474 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:50,839 the boat in, right? 475 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:52,640 Now, if you're really a bad guy, 476 00:24:52,859 --> 00:24:53,960 like, I'm surprised you didn't 477 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:55,319 just keep going like, yeah, right. 478 00:24:55,879 --> 00:24:58,279 But just a shouting voice 479 00:24:59,259 --> 00:25:01,380 of rebuke and fear 480 00:25:01,380 --> 00:25:02,660 actually probably made him 481 00:25:02,660 --> 00:25:03,740 start to think, you know what? 482 00:25:04,039 --> 00:25:05,079 If this gets reported, 483 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:06,140 these coast guards 484 00:25:06,140 --> 00:25:07,160 are gonna be out there looking around. 485 00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:08,259 I am really, 486 00:25:08,980 --> 00:25:10,420 I'm not gonna get through this. 487 00:25:10,740 --> 00:25:11,980 And so all of a sudden, 488 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:13,119 we're coming in. 489 00:25:13,539 --> 00:25:13,960 We're coming. 490 00:25:14,420 --> 00:25:15,119 And all of a sudden, 491 00:25:15,180 --> 00:25:16,079 when you know this boat 492 00:25:16,079 --> 00:25:17,619 just started pulling in, 493 00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:18,619 you saw the spotlight. 494 00:25:18,839 --> 00:25:19,640 He turned on the light. 495 00:25:19,980 --> 00:25:20,839 And he's coming in. 496 00:25:21,059 --> 00:25:21,500 And by then, 497 00:25:21,500 --> 00:25:22,900 we called the cops and everything. 498 00:25:23,180 --> 00:25:24,519 And as this boat pulled in, 499 00:25:24,519 --> 00:25:25,779 she was a mess. 500 00:25:25,980 --> 00:25:27,299 She was bawling her eyes out at all. 501 00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:29,180 And she ran off the boat 502 00:25:29,180 --> 00:25:30,619 and the police were there 503 00:25:30,619 --> 00:25:32,119 and they locked him up. 504 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:33,220 And it was just like, wow, 505 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:35,200 like all from a voice saying, 506 00:25:35,759 --> 00:25:37,759 stop, come in here. 507 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:38,700 Isn't it amazing? 508 00:25:39,539 --> 00:25:40,740 And who knows what would have happened? 509 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:41,359 I have a feeling 510 00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:42,259 what would have happened. 511 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:44,359 But the Lord delivered sometimes 512 00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:45,980 just a shouting voice. 513 00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:48,380 The Lord can use these things 514 00:25:48,380 --> 00:25:50,920 to shake up humanity, right? 515 00:25:51,259 --> 00:25:53,119 To say, stop what you're doing. 516 00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:54,339 So the Lord was trying 517 00:25:54,339 --> 00:25:55,980 to scare the Israelites 518 00:25:55,980 --> 00:25:58,579 into submitting now to him. 519 00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:00,680 They were already slaves in Egypt. 520 00:26:01,059 --> 00:26:03,000 Now they were going to be servants 521 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:04,539 of God most high. 522 00:26:05,019 --> 00:26:05,819 And when he leads, 523 00:26:05,980 --> 00:26:07,819 when you serve him, you benefit. 524 00:26:08,559 --> 00:26:09,240 That's what's amazing. 525 00:26:09,900 --> 00:26:10,660 When we serve him, 526 00:26:10,859 --> 00:26:12,359 we benefit so much 527 00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:14,160 because now we discover 528 00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:16,140 who we really are. 529 00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:17,720 And we serve with, 530 00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:19,259 that's what Godliness is. 531 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:20,359 You know, I don't want to get sidetracked. 532 00:26:20,579 --> 00:26:21,440 Godliness is actually 533 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:22,819 being a servant, 534 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:26,660 but be highly valued and rewarded. 535 00:26:27,039 --> 00:26:28,319 It's a rewarded servant. 536 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:29,579 That's what Godliness is 537 00:26:29,579 --> 00:26:30,740 if you dissect the word. 538 00:26:31,220 --> 00:26:31,480 But anyway, 539 00:26:32,359 --> 00:26:33,500 and so this is the idea. 540 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:35,299 So you think, yeah, but then 541 00:26:35,980 --> 00:26:37,240 who would, you know, 542 00:26:37,279 --> 00:26:38,259 that kind of fear, 543 00:26:38,999 --> 00:26:40,980 how wouldn't you submit to that? 544 00:26:41,140 --> 00:26:41,840 Well, they didn't. 545 00:26:42,819 --> 00:26:43,960 I mean, lest we forget 546 00:26:44,699 --> 00:26:46,119 40 days later, right? 547 00:26:46,839 --> 00:26:47,420 We need it. 548 00:26:47,559 --> 00:26:48,940 I don't know what happened to this, Moses. 549 00:26:49,220 --> 00:26:50,099 Maybe he's, you know, 550 00:26:50,740 --> 00:26:52,099 maybe he's ashes up there 551 00:26:52,099 --> 00:26:52,980 at the top of the mountain. 552 00:26:53,500 --> 00:26:55,539 We need a God we can see and follow 553 00:26:55,539 --> 00:26:57,160 and they make a golden calf. 554 00:26:57,480 --> 00:26:58,940 Isn't that what humanity does? 555 00:26:59,819 --> 00:27:01,160 They aren't really fearful 556 00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:02,759 of God's wrath. 557 00:27:03,559 --> 00:27:05,440 That's why the fear of the Lord 558 00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:06,980 is the beginning of understanding. 559 00:27:07,099 --> 00:27:09,279 When you finally have a healthy fear 560 00:27:09,279 --> 00:27:11,259 of what God can do, 561 00:27:11,740 --> 00:27:13,000 now you can understand. 562 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:13,859 But what's awesome 563 00:27:13,859 --> 00:27:15,579 is the more you fall in love with God, 564 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:17,759 it's no more a fear of wrath. 565 00:27:17,759 --> 00:27:19,799 It's a fear of missing out 566 00:27:19,799 --> 00:27:21,559 on what he has for us. 567 00:27:21,619 --> 00:27:22,039 Amen. 568 00:27:22,740 --> 00:27:23,460 It's like, you know, 569 00:27:23,519 --> 00:27:25,140 that's why Moses knew 570 00:27:25,140 --> 00:27:26,779 I can penetrate that fire 571 00:27:26,779 --> 00:27:27,720 and I won't be burned 572 00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:29,420 because I want what he, 573 00:27:29,539 --> 00:27:31,920 I want what he has for us 574 00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:32,940 because what he has 575 00:27:32,940 --> 00:27:34,400 is something good. 576 00:27:34,839 --> 00:27:34,940 Amen. 577 00:27:36,380 --> 00:27:37,119 So anyway, 578 00:27:37,259 --> 00:27:39,819 so the Lord definitely showed up 579 00:27:39,819 --> 00:27:42,900 and scared them quite a bit. 580 00:27:43,079 --> 00:27:44,279 You know, people aren't afraid 581 00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:46,720 of God in this world. 582 00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:49,440 And it would be good if they were, 583 00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:50,900 you know, you look at Lot 584 00:27:50,900 --> 00:27:52,599 living in Sodom and Gomorrah, 585 00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:54,079 you know, the word actually says 586 00:27:54,079 --> 00:27:55,799 that he was miserable living there. 587 00:27:56,579 --> 00:27:57,480 Well, you could just leave. 588 00:27:58,220 --> 00:27:59,680 But no, we get accustomed 589 00:28:01,919 --> 00:28:03,380 to darkness, don't we? 590 00:28:03,599 --> 00:28:04,039 You ever notice 591 00:28:04,039 --> 00:28:05,539 when you step into the darkness, 592 00:28:05,619 --> 00:28:06,400 the longer you're in it, 593 00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:07,259 you could start seeing 594 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:08,880 because darkness, 595 00:28:09,059 --> 00:28:10,140 you could start to see 596 00:28:10,140 --> 00:28:11,759 and be acclimated 597 00:28:11,759 --> 00:28:14,640 to spiritual darkness, right? 598 00:28:15,119 --> 00:28:16,359 And so this is the idea. 599 00:28:16,359 --> 00:28:18,880 We can really become acclimated 600 00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:21,519 to bad things. 601 00:28:21,980 --> 00:28:26,319 I love what Proverbs 14, 16 says about this. 602 00:28:26,779 --> 00:28:29,259 A wise man fears and departs from evil 603 00:28:29,259 --> 00:28:31,799 but a fool rages 604 00:28:32,360 --> 00:28:35,119 and is self-confident, you know? 605 00:28:35,559 --> 00:28:36,759 I mean, it's healthy 606 00:28:36,759 --> 00:28:39,339 to have a healthy fear of God. 607 00:28:39,779 --> 00:28:40,920 So let's read on 608 00:28:45,699 --> 00:28:47,059 verse 22. 609 00:28:47,900 --> 00:28:49,700 But you have come to Mount Zion 610 00:28:49,700 --> 00:28:52,759 and to the city of the living God, 611 00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:54,420 the heavenly Jerusalem, 612 00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:57,319 to an innumerable company of angels, 613 00:28:58,160 --> 00:28:59,759 to the general assembly 614 00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:02,359 and church of the firstborn 615 00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:04,579 who are registered in heaven 616 00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:06,740 to God, the judge of all, 617 00:29:07,180 --> 00:29:08,900 to the spirits of just men 618 00:29:08,900 --> 00:29:09,819 made perfect, 619 00:29:10,619 --> 00:29:12,519 to Jesus the mediator 620 00:29:12,519 --> 00:29:13,960 of the new covenant 621 00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:16,599 and to the blood of sprinkling 622 00:29:16,599 --> 00:29:19,180 that speaks better things 623 00:29:19,700 --> 00:29:20,559 than able. 624 00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:25,400 So here we're talking about 625 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:26,480 Mount Zion 626 00:29:27,300 --> 00:29:31,799 and Zion is the city of David. 627 00:29:31,920 --> 00:29:33,160 You've heard of that before, right? 628 00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:33,980 That's Jerusalem. 629 00:29:34,839 --> 00:29:36,720 Mount Zion is the ridge 630 00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:41,180 that the Temple Mount is actually built on. 631 00:29:41,359 --> 00:29:42,500 If you ever go to Israel, 632 00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:44,559 you'll see this ridge of mountains 633 00:29:44,559 --> 00:29:47,299 and that's considered Mount Zion 634 00:29:47,299 --> 00:29:49,680 in the physical form, okay? 635 00:29:50,779 --> 00:29:53,359 And this mountain has a lot of significance 636 00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:55,779 because of the things that took place. 637 00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:57,220 It's where Isaac offered up, 638 00:29:58,259 --> 00:30:01,019 I'm sorry, Abraham offered up Isaac, okay? 639 00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:03,680 That's where David saw the angel of the Lord 640 00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:06,019 seize from the wrath upon Israel 641 00:30:06,019 --> 00:30:08,440 and that's when David was given the revelation. 642 00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:11,660 We need to build a temple here, right here. 643 00:30:11,980 --> 00:30:13,740 And that's where Solomon built the temple. 644 00:30:13,900 --> 00:30:15,819 So this was a pivotal place 645 00:30:15,819 --> 00:30:18,519 in the history of Israel. 646 00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:20,299 So it was a physical mountain 647 00:30:20,299 --> 00:30:22,640 and a physical place, okay? 648 00:30:23,079 --> 00:30:25,460 In fact, we can read in the Old Testament 649 00:30:25,460 --> 00:30:29,579 Psalm 482 talks about Mount Zion. 650 00:30:29,779 --> 00:30:31,579 It says, beautiful in elevation, 651 00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:33,539 the joy of the whole earth 652 00:30:34,099 --> 00:30:35,319 is Mount Zion. 653 00:30:35,319 --> 00:30:37,420 On the sides of the north, 654 00:30:37,819 --> 00:30:39,680 the city of the great King. 655 00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:42,299 So this is where the temple was built. 656 00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:45,119 This is Jerusalem, the city of David. 657 00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:48,680 Another, whenever there was Psalms, 658 00:30:48,799 --> 00:30:51,059 15 Psalms of sense, 659 00:30:51,539 --> 00:30:54,240 that they used to read as they walked up the mountain 660 00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:57,640 because again, Jerusalem and the temple 661 00:30:57,640 --> 00:31:00,180 were built up on this mountain ridge 662 00:31:00,180 --> 00:31:03,119 about 2,500 feet in elevation. 663 00:31:03,840 --> 00:31:06,700 And this is one of the song of ascents. 664 00:31:07,019 --> 00:31:08,319 Those who trust in the Lord 665 00:31:08,319 --> 00:31:10,200 are like Mount Zion, 666 00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:12,299 which cannot be moved 667 00:31:12,299 --> 00:31:14,119 but abides forever 668 00:31:14,119 --> 00:31:16,140 as the mountains surround Jerusalem 669 00:31:16,140 --> 00:31:18,140 so the Lord surrounds his people 670 00:31:18,140 --> 00:31:21,099 from this time forth and forever. 671 00:31:21,460 --> 00:31:23,640 So Mount Zion was a literal place 672 00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:28,259 but it was also a symbolic allegory 673 00:31:28,259 --> 00:31:30,960 of a spiritual reality, you know? 674 00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:33,119 And a spiritual Jerusalem 675 00:31:33,119 --> 00:31:35,220 because someday there will be a new Jerusalem, 676 00:31:35,700 --> 00:31:37,339 a new heaven, new earth and all of that. 677 00:31:37,759 --> 00:31:40,420 And we see this actually in Revelation 14.1 678 00:31:40,420 --> 00:31:41,920 where it talks about, 679 00:31:42,339 --> 00:31:43,440 and then I looked and behold 680 00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:45,980 the Lamb standing on Mount Zion 681 00:31:45,980 --> 00:31:50,420 and with Him 144,000 having His Father's name 682 00:31:50,420 --> 00:31:51,920 written on their farheads. 683 00:31:51,980 --> 00:31:53,619 That's about the elect. 684 00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:55,220 But we see it's, 685 00:31:55,440 --> 00:31:57,839 Mount Zion is also symbolic. 686 00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:02,799 You know, things that we see in Scripture 687 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:05,259 are both physical 688 00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:08,019 but they're also allegorical. 689 00:32:08,319 --> 00:32:11,180 They're also symbolic, okay? 690 00:32:11,579 --> 00:32:12,940 And that's why many things 691 00:32:12,940 --> 00:32:14,200 that we see in Scriptures 692 00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:15,600 all throughout Hebrews 693 00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:19,519 are pointing to a spiritual heavenly reality 694 00:32:19,519 --> 00:32:22,779 but they're also a physical element 695 00:32:22,779 --> 00:32:23,720 here on earth. 696 00:32:24,059 --> 00:32:26,880 And this is spelled out in Colossians 2.17 697 00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:28,400 and Hebrews 10.1. 698 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:31,759 They are a shadow of things to come 699 00:32:31,759 --> 00:32:33,680 but the substances of Christ. 700 00:32:34,599 --> 00:32:36,220 And then another place it is for the law 701 00:32:36,220 --> 00:32:38,920 having a shadow of the good things to come 702 00:32:39,440 --> 00:32:42,940 and not the very image of the things. 703 00:32:43,099 --> 00:32:45,900 So you see, there's a spiritual symbolism 704 00:32:45,900 --> 00:32:47,160 of things on earth 705 00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:49,980 but there's also a physical element. 706 00:32:50,579 --> 00:32:55,339 So what the Lord is saying to the readers in Hebrews 707 00:32:55,339 --> 00:32:59,819 there is actually a heavenly Mount Zion 708 00:32:59,819 --> 00:33:02,599 and that's what we belong to. 709 00:33:03,059 --> 00:33:06,019 You know, we know that we are not citizens of earth. 710 00:33:06,279 --> 00:33:07,599 We might be a US citizen 711 00:33:08,140 --> 00:33:10,720 but we are citizens in heaven, right? 712 00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:13,619 That is who we belong to. 713 00:33:13,819 --> 00:33:16,200 We belong to eternity in heaven. 714 00:33:16,279 --> 00:33:18,980 All this will melt away and burn away someday 715 00:33:18,980 --> 00:33:21,799 but what remains is our identity 716 00:33:21,799 --> 00:33:23,700 with Christ in the heavenlies. 717 00:33:24,079 --> 00:33:24,279 Amen. 718 00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:28,079 And so let's read on from there 719 00:33:28,079 --> 00:33:30,099 but I just wanna mention one thing. 720 00:33:32,579 --> 00:33:36,240 It talks about a blood sprinkling 721 00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:38,180 speaking better things than Abel. 722 00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:42,400 So what did Abel speak? 723 00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:44,880 Now we mentioned last week or so 724 00:33:44,880 --> 00:33:46,420 about Cain and Abel 725 00:33:46,420 --> 00:33:49,779 and remember when Cain murdered his brother, 726 00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:51,400 Abel buried him in the ground. 727 00:33:51,819 --> 00:33:52,940 The Lord came and said, 728 00:33:52,940 --> 00:33:53,839 where's your brother Abel? 729 00:33:54,579 --> 00:33:56,579 And Cain said, I don't know. 730 00:33:56,700 --> 00:33:57,579 Am I my brother's keeper? 731 00:33:58,920 --> 00:34:00,700 And then the Lord said this 732 00:34:00,700 --> 00:34:05,079 and we see this in Genesis 4 verses 10 to 12. 733 00:34:06,599 --> 00:34:08,340 He said, what have you done? 734 00:34:09,219 --> 00:34:10,820 The voice of your brother's blood 735 00:34:10,820 --> 00:34:13,360 cries out to me from the ground. 736 00:34:13,639 --> 00:34:16,539 So now you are cursed from the earth 737 00:34:16,539 --> 00:34:18,500 which has opened its mouth 738 00:34:18,500 --> 00:34:21,739 to receive your brother's blood from your hand. 739 00:34:22,300 --> 00:34:23,780 When you till the ground 740 00:34:23,780 --> 00:34:27,480 it shall no longer yield its strength to you. 741 00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:31,679 A fugitive and vagabond you shall be on the earth. 742 00:34:32,039 --> 00:34:33,159 So think about this. 743 00:34:33,940 --> 00:34:37,820 The Lord heard Abel's blood crying out. 744 00:34:38,119 --> 00:34:39,360 Okay, we're not gonna get too into 745 00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:40,519 the spirituality of blood 746 00:34:40,519 --> 00:34:42,119 but you know the life is in the blood 747 00:34:42,119 --> 00:34:44,260 but here Abel was crying out. 748 00:34:44,340 --> 00:34:45,880 What was he crying out to the Lord? 749 00:34:45,980 --> 00:34:46,500 What do you think? 750 00:34:49,139 --> 00:34:50,840 Father, avenge me. 751 00:34:51,739 --> 00:34:56,039 Father, my brother, Cain, guilty, guilty. 752 00:34:56,340 --> 00:34:57,880 You know, yelling out guilt 753 00:34:58,659 --> 00:35:01,420 because Cain murdered him. 754 00:35:02,239 --> 00:35:05,440 And Abel was probably like, you know, help me. 755 00:35:05,639 --> 00:35:08,340 And it's too late for him in this physical realm. 756 00:35:08,780 --> 00:35:10,340 He's with the Lord now, I believe. 757 00:35:10,639 --> 00:35:14,440 But you know, he was pleading his case. 758 00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:18,219 Guilty, guilty, guilty. 759 00:35:18,599 --> 00:35:21,340 That's what the blood of Abel speaks. 760 00:35:21,739 --> 00:35:26,280 Because it's Old Testament pre-grace time, right? 761 00:35:26,739 --> 00:35:28,400 And we were all guilty 762 00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:31,719 before we were covered by the blood of Christ 763 00:35:31,719 --> 00:35:33,360 who speaks a better thing. 764 00:35:34,079 --> 00:35:38,420 He says, grace, grace, you are forgiven, right? 765 00:35:39,239 --> 00:35:43,059 Abel's blood shouts out guilty. 766 00:35:44,260 --> 00:35:50,860 Christ's blood shouts out grace, freedom, forgiven. 767 00:35:51,440 --> 00:35:53,320 That's when he speaks over you. 768 00:35:53,760 --> 00:35:57,440 His shed blood washes away your sins. 769 00:35:57,679 --> 00:36:00,360 That's the better blood that the word's talking about, 770 00:36:00,679 --> 00:36:02,239 the blood of Jesus Christ. 771 00:36:03,519 --> 00:36:04,300 Think about this. 772 00:36:04,780 --> 00:36:06,400 You know, Peter, okay? 773 00:36:07,900 --> 00:36:11,179 Prior to Christ's crucifixion and resurrection. 774 00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:13,800 You were with him, weren't you? 775 00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:15,280 No, I don't know him. 776 00:36:15,500 --> 00:36:16,260 What are you talking about? 777 00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:18,260 Three times, I don't know Jesus. 778 00:36:18,599 --> 00:36:19,460 I don't know, by the end of it, 779 00:36:19,460 --> 00:36:21,820 he's calling out curses on himself saying, 780 00:36:22,019 --> 00:36:25,900 may I be damned or whatever if I do know him. 781 00:36:25,980 --> 00:36:28,760 And he's like, you know, blaspheming God almost. 782 00:36:28,900 --> 00:36:30,099 Just saying, I don't know him. 783 00:36:30,420 --> 00:36:31,820 You know, all this. 784 00:36:32,900 --> 00:36:37,940 Now the Lord comes back and restores him, okay? 785 00:36:38,699 --> 00:36:40,619 But what do you think for a while, 786 00:36:40,699 --> 00:36:42,619 every time he heard a rooster crow, 787 00:36:44,719 --> 00:36:47,139 you know, like he's forgiven. 788 00:36:47,340 --> 00:36:48,639 He's got to remember he's forgiven. 789 00:36:49,460 --> 00:36:53,340 Because a rooster probably reminded him 790 00:36:54,260 --> 00:36:57,280 of when he denied he even knew Jesus. 791 00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:00,420 Or how about Paul? 792 00:37:01,699 --> 00:37:04,739 You know, we read it like it's a storybook, 793 00:37:04,980 --> 00:37:10,260 but Paul was literally dragging Stephen out, okay? 794 00:37:10,500 --> 00:37:11,179 With the others. 795 00:37:12,260 --> 00:37:14,119 And he says, yeah, kill him. 796 00:37:14,780 --> 00:37:15,820 Let me hold your coats. 797 00:37:16,539 --> 00:37:19,659 Now just imagine you're holding your friend's coats 798 00:37:19,659 --> 00:37:23,780 as they're dropping boulders on Stephen's head 799 00:37:23,780 --> 00:37:26,480 and just killing him with stones. 800 00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:29,579 You know, that reads like a book, 801 00:37:29,780 --> 00:37:32,480 but you know, I just can't imagine actually being there 802 00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:33,619 and observing that. 803 00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:36,940 Just the horrific PTSD that's going through your brain 804 00:37:36,940 --> 00:37:40,960 thinking that I actually authorize that 805 00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:42,500 and encourage them. 806 00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:43,760 Throw another one. 807 00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:47,539 Now imagine that now he gets saved. 808 00:37:48,559 --> 00:37:49,260 He's forgiven. 809 00:37:50,300 --> 00:37:54,380 But every time he walks by a pile of boulders 810 00:37:54,380 --> 00:37:59,099 or rocks like, oh man, I did that. 811 00:37:59,260 --> 00:37:59,860 I was there. 812 00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:03,840 But you know, the Lord told him you're forgiven. 813 00:38:05,019 --> 00:38:06,019 You know, even to the point, 814 00:38:06,119 --> 00:38:08,699 remember he actually was stoned, okay? 815 00:38:09,039 --> 00:38:12,119 He was literally dragged into the town and stoned. 816 00:38:12,119 --> 00:38:14,300 And I imagine that Paul was just saying, 817 00:38:15,099 --> 00:38:16,960 well, this is fitting for me 818 00:38:17,719 --> 00:38:19,840 because I did it to Stephen. 819 00:38:20,539 --> 00:38:22,059 But the Lord rose him up. 820 00:38:22,780 --> 00:38:27,280 See, the Lord, he will overcome all of your past 821 00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:31,019 and convert it and transform you because of it. 822 00:38:31,059 --> 00:38:31,900 That's what's amazing. 823 00:38:32,480 --> 00:38:35,780 Because the Lord wants to wipe away the blood, 824 00:38:35,980 --> 00:38:38,340 the calling of Abel's blood in your life 825 00:38:38,340 --> 00:38:41,219 like guilty, guilty, guilty. 826 00:38:41,219 --> 00:38:42,320 You did that. 827 00:38:43,300 --> 00:38:44,739 Yeah, but I got the blood of Christ 828 00:38:45,539 --> 00:38:49,599 saying grace, grace, freedom, forgiveness. 829 00:38:50,199 --> 00:38:50,380 Amen. 830 00:38:51,719 --> 00:38:52,039 Amen. 831 00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:53,880 This grace, grace. 832 00:38:54,079 --> 00:38:57,480 I remember reading a verse that talks about grace, grace. 833 00:38:57,980 --> 00:39:00,980 And you know, when Israel was finally permitted 834 00:39:00,980 --> 00:39:03,420 to go back to their homeland 835 00:39:04,180 --> 00:39:07,039 and they were sluggish to go. 836 00:39:07,480 --> 00:39:08,320 And when they did go, 837 00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:11,000 there was a lot of conflict there 838 00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:12,400 and like, yeah, I'll just stay here. 839 00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:14,739 But God was saying, go back. 840 00:39:15,099 --> 00:39:16,559 You need to get back there. 841 00:39:17,500 --> 00:39:18,599 Overcome your guilt. 842 00:39:18,780 --> 00:39:21,940 When you go back, don't remember how you lost the land. 843 00:39:24,300 --> 00:39:25,119 Dwell in the land. 844 00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:27,619 And he was telling him, go back, grace, grace. 845 00:39:27,980 --> 00:39:30,519 And I remember this verse from Zechariah 4-7. 846 00:39:31,880 --> 00:39:32,460 And I love it. 847 00:39:33,360 --> 00:39:35,280 Who are you, oh great mountain? 848 00:39:35,840 --> 00:39:38,659 Before Zerubbabel, you shall become a plain. 849 00:39:38,659 --> 00:39:41,420 And he shall bring forth the capstone. 850 00:39:41,539 --> 00:39:43,440 That's the cornerstone, Jesus Christ. 851 00:39:43,860 --> 00:39:46,480 With shouts of grace, grace to it. 852 00:39:47,159 --> 00:39:49,960 In other words, that land does belong to you. 853 00:39:50,199 --> 00:39:52,440 And God will restore it to you. 854 00:39:52,699 --> 00:39:55,360 And I think he's saying that to all of us in our lives. 855 00:39:55,679 --> 00:39:56,579 Yeah, but I failed. 856 00:39:57,099 --> 00:39:58,920 But I messed things up. 857 00:39:59,380 --> 00:40:02,360 I lost what God had once given me. 858 00:40:02,619 --> 00:40:03,900 He's saying, no, go back. 859 00:40:04,659 --> 00:40:05,280 Go back. 860 00:40:05,400 --> 00:40:06,739 I say grace, grace. 861 00:40:06,739 --> 00:40:10,480 When Abel says guilt, guilt, I say grace, grace. 862 00:40:11,340 --> 00:40:12,699 You are forgiven, amen? 863 00:40:13,400 --> 00:40:15,880 You are washed clean, thank the Lord. 864 00:40:16,320 --> 00:40:17,400 So let's finish up. 865 00:40:19,739 --> 00:40:20,639 Verse 25. 866 00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:24,320 See that you do not refuse him who speaks. 867 00:40:24,559 --> 00:40:29,860 For if they did not escape who refused him who spoke on earth. 868 00:40:30,159 --> 00:40:34,760 Much more shall we not escape if we turn away from him 869 00:40:34,760 --> 00:40:36,219 who speaks from heaven. 870 00:40:36,739 --> 00:40:39,179 Whose voice then shook the earth, 871 00:40:39,179 --> 00:40:43,420 but now he has promised saying, 872 00:40:43,420 --> 00:40:48,059 yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also heaven. 873 00:40:49,559 --> 00:40:54,420 Now this yet once more indicates the removal of things 874 00:40:54,420 --> 00:40:56,260 that are being shaken. 875 00:40:57,719 --> 00:40:59,659 As of things that are made. 876 00:41:00,619 --> 00:41:04,719 That the things which cannot be shaken may remain. 877 00:41:04,719 --> 00:41:07,900 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom 878 00:41:07,900 --> 00:41:12,900 which cannot be shaken, let us have grace 879 00:41:13,440 --> 00:41:16,199 by which we may serve God acceptably 880 00:41:16,199 --> 00:41:19,559 with reverence and Godly fear. 881 00:41:19,900 --> 00:41:24,280 For our God is a consuming fire. 882 00:41:25,440 --> 00:41:26,380 Consuming fire. 883 00:41:26,639 --> 00:41:31,159 You know, you've heard the analogies of refining of gold, 884 00:41:31,420 --> 00:41:33,460 refining of precious metals, 885 00:41:34,099 --> 00:41:38,000 and so forth, and how they burn off the materials 886 00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:41,619 that don't belong, and what's left is that pure gold, 887 00:41:41,780 --> 00:41:44,800 that purity of the metals, because it's burned off. 888 00:41:44,900 --> 00:41:48,519 There's so many examples of this refining fire. 889 00:41:49,059 --> 00:41:51,400 But one thing you notice throughout scripture 890 00:41:51,940 --> 00:41:56,199 that the Lord burns away what's meant to be burned away, 891 00:41:56,820 --> 00:42:01,239 but what's meant to be remains becomes more pure, 892 00:42:01,840 --> 00:42:02,940 more holy. 893 00:42:02,940 --> 00:42:05,480 You know, we could see that when Moses is called up 894 00:42:05,480 --> 00:42:07,239 onto Mount Horev or Mount Sinai, 895 00:42:07,539 --> 00:42:11,980 and he sees the bush burning, but it's not being consumed. 896 00:42:12,380 --> 00:42:12,619 Why? 897 00:42:13,280 --> 00:42:15,519 Because the Lord's speaking through the bush, 898 00:42:15,900 --> 00:42:16,539 in the bush. 899 00:42:16,820 --> 00:42:17,960 He's speaking to Moses. 900 00:42:18,340 --> 00:42:19,420 He doesn't want to burn the bush. 901 00:42:19,659 --> 00:42:21,139 He wants to use the bush. 902 00:42:21,500 --> 00:42:23,480 You know, he wants to use us, you know. 903 00:42:23,760 --> 00:42:26,340 We are not going to be subject to hellfire ever, 904 00:42:27,199 --> 00:42:30,760 because he uses us, and we see that refining fire. 905 00:42:30,760 --> 00:42:32,280 As the worship team comes up, 906 00:42:32,619 --> 00:42:35,400 we just have a few more comments about these things. 907 00:42:37,239 --> 00:42:41,019 You know, we see Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego 908 00:42:41,659 --> 00:42:46,719 in the fiery furnace, and then the Son of God, 909 00:42:47,019 --> 00:42:49,860 Son of Man, is in the furnace with them, 910 00:42:49,880 --> 00:42:52,159 and none of them are burning, right? 911 00:42:52,440 --> 00:42:53,139 Nobody's burning. 912 00:42:53,900 --> 00:42:55,900 But then as soon as they open up that oven 913 00:42:55,900 --> 00:42:57,500 to throw the accusers in there, 914 00:42:58,280 --> 00:43:00,860 even their clothes burn up, right? 915 00:43:01,199 --> 00:43:02,460 It's just torched. 916 00:43:02,940 --> 00:43:04,059 That's what the Lord does. 917 00:43:04,460 --> 00:43:06,800 He burns up what's meant to be burned, 918 00:43:07,539 --> 00:43:11,000 but what remains becomes more pure. 919 00:43:11,420 --> 00:43:13,500 The Lord is repurifying us, 920 00:43:13,699 --> 00:43:16,599 and he's also shaking things out. 921 00:43:17,079 --> 00:43:18,440 You know, when you look at earthquakes 922 00:43:18,440 --> 00:43:19,579 throughout scriptures, 923 00:43:21,440 --> 00:43:23,900 earthquakes aren't all bad when it comes to God. 924 00:43:24,280 --> 00:43:26,260 He uses earthquakes for many things. 925 00:43:26,260 --> 00:43:29,739 He uses earthquakes for fear, 926 00:43:30,019 --> 00:43:31,820 as we saw today in Mount Sinai. 927 00:43:32,420 --> 00:43:34,840 The ground shook and tremors, right? 928 00:43:35,300 --> 00:43:39,280 To cause fear, but that they would have righteous fear 929 00:43:39,280 --> 00:43:42,420 towards God, because he wants to bring fear. 930 00:43:42,739 --> 00:43:47,659 There was an earthquake when King Uzziah was the king, okay? 931 00:43:48,119 --> 00:43:50,960 And he was usurping priestly duty, 932 00:43:51,159 --> 00:43:54,179 and an earthquake came and ripped open 933 00:43:54,179 --> 00:43:59,260 the tabernacle, and he actually got leprosy on his head. 934 00:43:59,360 --> 00:44:00,179 I'm sorry, temple. 935 00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:02,260 He got leprosy on his head, like fear. 936 00:44:02,519 --> 00:44:07,420 God does use earthquakes in a physical form for fear, 937 00:44:07,739 --> 00:44:10,719 but how about when he uses it for good things? 938 00:44:10,840 --> 00:44:13,179 Like he used an earthquake, right, 939 00:44:13,780 --> 00:44:17,199 when to release, to open up, 940 00:44:17,760 --> 00:44:21,940 first of all, to tear open the veil upon his crucifixion. 941 00:44:21,940 --> 00:44:24,480 He tore open the veil of the temple, 942 00:44:24,880 --> 00:44:28,380 so that as a symbol of anyone can come to him now. 943 00:44:28,960 --> 00:44:32,320 Do you remember when the resurrection, the earthquake, 944 00:44:32,639 --> 00:44:34,239 and the tomb of the stone, 945 00:44:34,460 --> 00:44:38,199 the stone of the tomb was rolled away, 946 00:44:38,579 --> 00:44:40,599 and Christ came out, right? 947 00:44:41,079 --> 00:44:43,119 When Paul and Silas were in prison, 948 00:44:43,360 --> 00:44:45,440 and a great earthquake came, 949 00:44:46,099 --> 00:44:49,619 and as a result, the prison keeper and his family 950 00:44:49,619 --> 00:44:50,619 all got saved. 951 00:44:50,619 --> 00:44:55,199 The Lord uses shaking for his own purpose. 952 00:44:56,460 --> 00:44:58,179 Do you remember when in the book of Acts, 953 00:44:58,340 --> 00:45:01,039 when the church were all praying together, 954 00:45:01,059 --> 00:45:03,460 and the Lord shook the place, 955 00:45:04,000 --> 00:45:08,820 and as a result, the Holy Spirit came upon them, 956 00:45:09,159 --> 00:45:10,559 and they were fearless. 957 00:45:11,079 --> 00:45:15,579 The Lord shakes and shapes anything he wants to, 958 00:45:16,440 --> 00:45:21,300 because he wants to shake off the things 959 00:45:21,300 --> 00:45:23,599 that are meant to be shaken off, 960 00:45:23,780 --> 00:45:28,019 so that what remains is what's useful to him. 961 00:45:28,380 --> 00:45:29,639 Do you remember when he told the disciples, 962 00:45:29,820 --> 00:45:30,800 when you go into the town, 963 00:45:31,000 --> 00:45:32,260 and you speak to someone, 964 00:45:32,639 --> 00:45:34,320 if they're not receiving your word, 965 00:45:34,420 --> 00:45:34,860 what do you do? 966 00:45:36,940 --> 00:45:37,880 Shake it off. 967 00:45:38,260 --> 00:45:39,280 Shake off the dust. 968 00:45:39,659 --> 00:45:41,880 Like, you know, your mockery, 969 00:45:42,599 --> 00:45:48,059 okay, your unbelief is not going to stick to me. 970 00:45:49,260 --> 00:45:51,480 I'm just shaking it off, you know. 971 00:45:51,719 --> 00:45:54,780 In this world, there's been a lot of dirt thrown 972 00:45:55,400 --> 00:45:57,260 on Christians, and still it, 973 00:45:57,599 --> 00:46:00,360 and still there's a lot of dirt being thrown, 974 00:46:00,480 --> 00:46:02,380 and far worse, to Christians. 975 00:46:02,559 --> 00:46:06,780 But the Lord, just shake it off, man. 976 00:46:07,179 --> 00:46:08,880 Like, you know, move on. 977 00:46:09,179 --> 00:46:11,599 You're being used for my purpose. 978 00:46:11,880 --> 00:46:13,039 I just want to wonder, 979 00:46:13,500 --> 00:46:17,980 what is the Lord trying to shake off of you today? 980 00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:20,059 What is he saying to shake it off? 981 00:46:22,019 --> 00:46:24,440 Like, what do we need to shake off? 982 00:46:25,440 --> 00:46:26,340 Wrong thinking. 983 00:46:29,220 --> 00:46:36,059 Thinking that holds on to when I've been ridiculed or mocked. 984 00:46:37,659 --> 00:46:41,239 Remembering things when we were bullied in school. 985 00:46:41,239 --> 00:46:44,420 Remembering maybe abuse in our own home, 986 00:46:44,559 --> 00:46:45,519 whenever it might be. 987 00:46:45,760 --> 00:46:46,780 What does the Lord say? 988 00:46:46,920 --> 00:46:48,739 No, that's not you now. 989 00:46:49,800 --> 00:46:50,760 Shake it off. 990 00:46:51,860 --> 00:46:54,480 You must shake off the old. 991 00:46:55,159 --> 00:46:57,079 Don't take that with you. 992 00:46:58,139 --> 00:47:00,360 That's why the Lord washed his disciples' feet. 993 00:47:00,659 --> 00:47:03,739 You need to wash off that doubt of the world. 994 00:47:04,139 --> 00:47:06,519 Don't let the doubt stick to you. 995 00:47:07,480 --> 00:47:08,139 Wash it off. 996 00:47:08,840 --> 00:47:09,519 Shake it off. 997 00:47:09,739 --> 00:47:10,360 Get it off. 998 00:47:11,239 --> 00:47:13,320 So that you don't take it with you, 999 00:47:13,320 --> 00:47:18,039 because you are of a Godly, heavenly purpose. 1000 00:47:20,219 --> 00:47:23,079 And what does he want to shake off you? 1001 00:47:25,000 --> 00:47:28,679 You know, he wants to shake us up. 1002 00:47:30,280 --> 00:47:30,800 What's that? 1003 00:47:31,360 --> 00:47:32,000 Knock it off. 1004 00:47:33,560 --> 00:47:37,960 I was thinking, I remember when my kids would be 1005 00:47:40,079 --> 00:47:42,000 fighting upstairs in the room, 1006 00:47:42,159 --> 00:47:44,059 you hear smashing and things falling over. 1007 00:47:44,159 --> 00:47:45,760 Not really fighting, like kidding. 1008 00:47:46,480 --> 00:47:48,179 Playing around and be like, 1009 00:47:48,360 --> 00:47:49,179 what is that? 1010 00:47:49,360 --> 00:47:50,659 What is going on up there? 1011 00:47:51,000 --> 00:47:53,860 Things falling over, furniture toppling, 1012 00:47:54,239 --> 00:47:56,159 and you're like, knock it off. 1013 00:47:57,079 --> 00:47:59,320 And I'm just thinking, we just did. 1014 00:47:59,599 --> 00:48:00,559 We knocked it off. 1015 00:48:00,860 --> 00:48:03,840 Like, you know, they're literally knocking things off. 1016 00:48:03,940 --> 00:48:04,159 Right? 1017 00:48:04,820 --> 00:48:06,199 But you mean stop it. 1018 00:48:06,199 --> 00:48:08,760 The Lord wants us to knock off, 1019 00:48:08,960 --> 00:48:10,519 to shake off the things 1020 00:48:11,160 --> 00:48:14,280 that are not conducive to his use for our lives. 1021 00:48:14,780 --> 00:48:16,340 So whether that be habits 1022 00:48:16,340 --> 00:48:19,619 that you know are not God honoring, 1023 00:48:21,139 --> 00:48:21,980 shake it off. 1024 00:48:22,199 --> 00:48:24,239 It's not worth your time. 1025 00:48:24,880 --> 00:48:26,760 It's not worth your energy. 1026 00:48:29,820 --> 00:48:31,940 If there's things that, 1027 00:48:32,260 --> 00:48:34,480 like relationships that you know 1028 00:48:34,480 --> 00:48:36,099 are poisoning your well, 1029 00:48:38,239 --> 00:48:38,960 shake it off. 1030 00:48:39,199 --> 00:48:40,679 You have to shake it off. 1031 00:48:40,880 --> 00:48:42,920 There's some people that may not belong 1032 00:48:42,920 --> 00:48:45,039 in your inner circle any longer. 1033 00:48:46,219 --> 00:48:47,400 And I don't know who they are, 1034 00:48:47,400 --> 00:48:48,679 but if there's someone 1035 00:48:48,679 --> 00:48:51,880 that is contaminating your well, 1036 00:48:52,019 --> 00:48:54,699 it's time to shake them off. 1037 00:48:54,920 --> 00:48:56,739 Say, hey, I just can't handle you right now. 1038 00:48:57,579 --> 00:49:00,559 I have a walk in the Lord 1039 00:49:00,559 --> 00:49:04,519 and I can't, this dust can't stay on me any longer. 1040 00:49:05,880 --> 00:49:06,679 Let's pray. 1041 00:49:06,960 --> 00:49:07,380 Father God, 1042 00:49:09,639 --> 00:49:11,039 we thank you Lord 1043 00:49:11,039 --> 00:49:14,639 for what you've called us to great things, Lord. 1044 00:49:15,360 --> 00:49:17,480 And you want to shake off the things 1045 00:49:17,480 --> 00:49:19,860 that are meant to be left behind. 1046 00:49:21,320 --> 00:49:23,239 Lord, you want to shake off the things 1047 00:49:23,239 --> 00:49:26,519 that don't belong to our eternal identity. 1048 00:49:27,699 --> 00:49:29,260 The things that are temporal, 1049 00:49:30,559 --> 00:49:33,940 that need to go, Lord, help us see them 1050 00:49:33,940 --> 00:49:35,420 and shake them off. 1051 00:49:35,760 --> 00:49:38,019 You can shake them off of us, Lord God. 1052 00:49:38,519 --> 00:49:39,719 We want to be shaken, 1053 00:49:39,800 --> 00:49:42,079 just like the harvest, Lord God. 1054 00:49:42,139 --> 00:49:44,559 We want to be sifted, Lord, 1055 00:49:45,019 --> 00:49:48,619 and shaken so that all the dross is shaken off 1056 00:49:48,619 --> 00:49:53,420 and only what's meant to remain remains, Lord. 1057 00:49:54,300 --> 00:49:55,440 So we thank you, Lord. 1058 00:49:57,260 --> 00:49:59,480 We thank you in Jesus' name. 1059 00:50:00,559 --> 00:50:01,059 Amen. 1060 00:50:02,920 --> 00:50:06,219 You know, the Quakers got that nickname, 1061 00:50:06,539 --> 00:50:07,500 Quaker, you ever hear of this? 1062 00:50:08,500 --> 00:50:10,460 They got the nickname Quakers 1063 00:50:10,460 --> 00:50:13,039 because of the founder, 1064 00:50:13,980 --> 00:50:15,219 George Fox said, 1065 00:50:16,159 --> 00:50:17,420 when you hear the word of God, 1066 00:50:18,280 --> 00:50:21,260 you should be trembling and shaking. 1067 00:50:21,519 --> 00:50:22,260 And as a result, 1068 00:50:23,420 --> 00:50:25,039 unbelievers mocked them 1069 00:50:25,820 --> 00:50:27,300 and called them Quakers. 1070 00:50:27,579 --> 00:50:27,920 And you know what? 1071 00:50:27,920 --> 00:50:32,159 They accepted that name 1072 00:50:32,159 --> 00:50:34,420 because to them was a badge of honor. 1073 00:50:34,820 --> 00:50:38,699 I want to be a person who just trembles in, 1074 00:50:38,980 --> 00:50:39,860 not in fear, 1075 00:50:40,519 --> 00:50:43,199 but trembles at the reverence 1076 00:50:43,840 --> 00:50:45,320 and the privilege it is 1077 00:50:45,320 --> 00:50:47,260 to serve the King of Kings 1078 00:50:47,260 --> 00:50:48,199 and Lord of Lords. 1079 00:50:48,440 --> 00:50:48,539 Amen. 1080 00:50:49,559 --> 00:50:50,460 Why don't we all stand? 1081 00:50:50,639 --> 00:50:52,360 Let's give the Lord a round of applause. 1082 00:50:55,079 --> 00:50:55,380 Amen. 1083 00:50:55,960 --> 00:50:56,960 Let's worship the Lord. 1084 00:51:00,900 --> 00:51:02,460 Thanks for joining us 1085 00:51:02,460 --> 00:51:03,820 at Lansdale Life Church 1086 00:51:03,820 --> 00:51:04,980 as we praise God 1087 00:51:04,980 --> 00:51:06,360 and discuss His word. 1088 00:51:07,059 --> 00:51:08,280 Don't forget to join us 1089 00:51:08,280 --> 00:51:10,079 for Worship Lives Sunday mornings 1090 00:51:10,079 --> 00:51:12,500 at 10 a.m. Eastern on YouTube. 1091 00:51:13,539 --> 00:51:13,980 Be blessed 1092 00:51:13,980 --> 00:51:15,599 and have a great day!