Lawson Perdue - Hebrews: The Better Covenant (Part 2)

May 13, 2025 | S25:E2003

Pastor Lawson Perdue from the Charis Christian Center outreach speaks to viewers across the globe about the practical message of Jesus Christ

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Grace for Today with Lawson Perdue | Lawson Perdue - Hebrews: The Better Covenant (Part 2) | May 13, 2025

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- praise god, friends, and welcome to the broadcast.
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I'm so glad that you've tuned in.
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We're sharing today on "hebrews: the better covenant."
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We're gonna talk about from hebrews chapter four,
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That there remains a rest to the people of god.
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And what is it? it's the rest of faith.
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We're resting in the finished work
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Of what jesus has already accomplished on the cross.
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So stay tuned.
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Friends, i'm so glad you're here today.
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We're continuing to teach today
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On "hebrews: the better covenant."
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We know what makes it better is jesus,
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And we have a better covenant
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Established on better promises.
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When we're talking about better promises,
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We're talking about what jesus has did.
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Jesus already finished the work.
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He already completed the work.
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You know, jesus said three beautiful words
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On the cross in john 19, verse 30.
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He said, "it is finished."
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And hebrews really focuses
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On this finished work of christ,
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This finished work of the gospel,
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Especially right here in chapter four.
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We found in chapter one
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That god has spoken to us by jesus
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And is speaking to us by jesus,
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Who is his son, the creator of the world.
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And jesus is better than angels.
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He said in chapter two, don't move away from jesus.
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And then he says basically in chapter three
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That jesus is the apostle and high priest of our confession.
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So keep believing him
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And don't harden your heart to what he's saying.
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- i love this fourth chapter of hebrews.
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It talks about this promise of rest,
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Which i think is actually
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One of the greatest promises throughout scripture.
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It's found in the old testament.
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He's bringing it out that there is still
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This promise of rest-
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- [lawson] amen. - for the believer today.
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And that is one of the greatest grace promises to us.
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- amen. - that it's not
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About your work.
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It's not about how hard you toil and spin
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And everything you try to do-
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- amen. - to perform.
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It's just trusting in jesus there is a rest.
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- amen.
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- and there is so much unrest in the world.
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- [lawson] amen. - you know,
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You see people that they don't really have true peace,
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True fulfillment,
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True,
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Just entering in that place of promise.
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But it comes through jesus.
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And that is such a profound promise that we have,
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A promise of rest.
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- amen. you know, it says right here in hebrews 4:10,
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"he that entered into his rest
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Has ceased from his own works,
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Even as god did from his."
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You know, thank god, it's not about our work,
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It's not about our performance,
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It's not about anything that we've done.
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We're not saved by our works.
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We're saved by the grace of jesus christ.
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- and you know, looking at the old testament too,
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That sabbath, you know, that command to rest,
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Even like, god rested
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After he created everything on the seventh day, you know.
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We have this promise of rest through jesus.
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He is our sabbath.
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And- - amen.
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- it's important for us to understand that.
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So right here in hebrews chapter four,
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I'll read the first three verses.
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It says, "therefore, since a promise remains
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Of entering his rest,
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Let us fear, lest, any of you seem to come short of it.
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For indeed the gospel is preached to us as well to them.
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But the word which they heard did not profit them,
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Not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.
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For we who have believed do enter that rest as he said.
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So i swore in my wrath, they shall not enter my rest."
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So it says here that the way we enter that promise of rest
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Is by believing and not by what you do.
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You just have to believe it.
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- amen. - even the the israelites,
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As they were, you know,
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Going through the wilderness to the promised land,
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The main issue,
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The main, you know, hardening of heart,
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The main rebellion at the root of it
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Was not trusting god, not believing.
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- unbelief. - unbelief.
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- yes.
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And notice he said there,
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"even though the works were finished
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From the foundation of the world."
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You know, revelation chapter 13, verse eight
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Says that jesus was "the lamb
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Slain from the foundation of the world."
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Again, we talked about that finished work
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When jesus said on the cross, "it is finished."
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- and he's saying the gospel was preached to them.
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You know, the gospel's not preached to us,
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But the gospel was preached in the old testament.
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- [lawson] right. - the gospel was preached
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To abraham.
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The gospel was preached to moses.
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The gospel was preached to, you know,
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All the israelites as they were going
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To the promise on their promised land
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Was the gospel.
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- you know, galatians 3 says this.
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It says that everybody who is under the law
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Is under the curse.
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But there were people in the old testament
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That were blessed.
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Now, why were they blessed?
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They weren't blessed because they kept the law.
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They were blessed because they believed.
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Abraham believed god,
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And it was imputed to him for righteousness.
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These different people that received blessing,
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It wasn't because of all the good things they did.
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They might've done good things as a result of their faith.
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But it ultimately wasn't their good deeds
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That brought them into right relationship with god.
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It was their faith.
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Faith is what pleases god.
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And he's talking about the rest of faith.
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So he says, "we who have believed do enter into rest
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As i swore in my wrath, if they will enter into my rest.
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Although the works were finished
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From the foundation of the world."
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God had a plan for our forgiveness, for our salvation,
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For our redemption before we ever sinned.
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- mhm. yeah, revelation 13, verse eight
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Says that jesus is "the lamb slain-"
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- [lawson] amen. - "from the
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Foundation of the world." - [lawson] amen.
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- so god's always had a promise.
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He's always had that heart for restoration,
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For redemption through jesus.
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- amen. so we jump into verse four.
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"he said he spoke in a certain place of the seventh day.
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In this way, god rested the seventh day
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From all of his works."
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So again, aaron, you brought this up,
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That jesus is our sabbath.
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And again, "if they enter into my rest,"
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If they'll just believe, if they'll trust me.
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"seeing therefore," in verse six,
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"that it remains that some must enter their end.
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And they, to whom it was first preached,
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Did not enter in because of their unbelief."
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Unbelief will keep you out of the things of god.
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Did you know, if you're a born again believer,
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You don't have a faith problem?
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What you have is an unbelief problem.
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And if you feed your faith the word of god
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And on the things of god,
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Did you know what?
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That'll help you overcome your unbelief.
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Dr. lester sumrall used to end every one of his programs,
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He was one of my mentors,
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With this, "feed your faith
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And starve your doubts to death."
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Unbelief is fed by focusing on circumstances,
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By focusing on religion, by focusing on your performance,
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By focusing on other things besides jesus.
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And what the writer of hebrews is telling the people is,
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Don't go back to other things.
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Keep your eyes fixed on jesus. amen.
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- amen.
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- and so he says he limits a certain day
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Saying in david, okay,
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So he goes to david and says today,
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So basically joshua lived, right,
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Abraham was about 2000 years before christ.
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David was about a thousand years before christ,
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But joshua was 400 years, about 1500, 1600,
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You know, in between those two.
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So about 500 years before david,
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Five to 600 years was joshua.
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He says, "david said today,
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After so long a time,
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As it is said today,
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If you will hear his voice and harden not your hearts."
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So he's saying, david came after joshua, right?
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500 years, five to 600 years,
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And said, if jesus had given them rest,
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Then they would,
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Or joshua, we could say joshua,
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David wouldn't come 500 to 600 years later
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And spoken of another day.
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"there remains therefore a rest to the people of god."
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There remains a rest of those of us who trust in jesus.
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He says, "for he that's entered into his rest,
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Into the rest of jesus,
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Has ceased from his own works,
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Even as god did from his."
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You know what?
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We've realized it's not about us, it's about him.
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It's about what jesus has already done.
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He goes on and says this in verse 11,
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"let us labor therefore
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To enter that rest
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Lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief."
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You know, he said they fell in the wilderness
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Because of their unbelief.
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They hardened their heart to the voice of god.
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They quit believing.
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"for the word of god is alive and powerful."
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Hebrews 4 verse 12,
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"sharper than a two-edged sword,
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Piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit
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And joints and marrow
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And is the discerner of the thoughts
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And the intents of the heart.
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Neither is there any creation-"
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He's talking about jesus is the living word.
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"that is not manifest in his sight,
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But all things are naked and opened unto the eyes with him
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Of whom we have to do."
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Amen.
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So stay in a relationship with jesus.
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Now, aaron, read those last three verses
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Of hebrews chapter four.
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- it says, "seeing then that we have a great high priest
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Who has passed through the heavens,
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Jesus, the son of god,
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Let us hold fast our confession
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For we do not have a high priest
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Who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses,
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But was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.
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Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace
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That we may obtain mercy
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And find grace to help in time of need."
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I love that this is all pointing to grace.
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- amen. - you know,
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That promise of rest, it's a great grace promise.
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- amen.
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- and it's not about what you do,
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It's not about your works, your performance, your goodness.
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It's about jesus. it's about trusting in him.
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- [lawson] amen. - and professing that.
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You know, faith is a profession.
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It's a confession. it speaks.
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- and what happens is when you put your faith in jesus,
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When you focus on jesus,
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When we boldly declare jesus and the grace of god,
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If people fall and we all fail, right?
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If we fail, we're gonna run to jesus
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Instead of run away from jesus.
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If we preach law, however,
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Law will drive people away from christ.
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I told a man, you know,
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Who was having a challenge in a relationship with his wife.
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I said, you need to quit focusing so much on her failures
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And you need to focus on the grace of god.
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God doesn't focus on our sin and our fault and failure.
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God focuses on what jesus has done.
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And that's what we need to do, is focus on jesus,
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Focus on the grace of god.
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And when you understand that,
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You're gonna run to jesus if you fall down,
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If you make a mistake,
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If you slip, right,
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But you're not gonna move away from him.
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So don't move away from jesus.
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Keep coming to jesus.
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Now, if we move into chapter five,
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I wanna just get into these first two verses,
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You know, really quickly.
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But he says, "every high priest," in the old covenant,
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"taken from among men is ordained for men
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In things pertaining to god
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That he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sin."
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Look at this.
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Who can have compassion on the ignorant?
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You know what,
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Jesus has compassion on the ignorant.
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He says he can have compassion
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In those who are out of the way.
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Sometimes we in the church forget
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To have compassion on the ignorant,
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On people that don't know any better, right?
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"in those who are out of the way."
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He can have compassion on unbelievers.
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Why?
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Because they're unbelievers.
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"for in that he himself is compassed with infirmity."
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Jesus understands our temptation.
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He's a merciful high priest.
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Why? because he was tempted like we are.
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Yeah, he's faithful. he never sinned.
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That's why we put our confidence in him.
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And by reason hereof, he ought as for the people
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So for himself to offer for sin."
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Jesus made an offering for sin.
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- [aaron] amen. - and because
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He's for once and for all,
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We'll see this later in hebrews chapter nine.
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He has completely paid for sin,
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Past, present, and future.
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And because he's paid for it, we don't have to pay for it.
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Amen. because he's forgiven us.
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Did you know what?
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We need to realize what he's done.
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Did you know, god got over your sin on the cross
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And you need to get over it.
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Praise god.
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You know, if you need prayer,
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We're gonna take a very short break.
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But you can call in and receive prayer
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During this break if you want to.
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And we're gonna be right back after this.
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So stay tuned, we're gonna be right back.
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I trust that you're enjoying this.
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Thank god for jesus.
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He's completed the work, he's finished it.
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And all we need to do is just trust it.
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(upbeat music)
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Friend, i want you to get my book
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On "hebrews: the better covenant."
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Do you know what makes the new covenant a better covenant?
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It's jesus.
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Jesus guarantees all of the promises of the covenant
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Are yours.
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He paid for it with his blood.
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And we have a better covenant
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Established on better promises.
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So go to our website and get this book.
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"hebrews: the better covenant."
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- i've been redeemed from the curse,
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So that means i'm redeemed from death.
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I'm redeemed from slavery.
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I'm redeemed from sickness
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And i'm redeemed from poverty.
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And i just am so thankful to be here,
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To learn these kind of things
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Because i've never been taught this before.
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(upbeat music)
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- friends, i'm so glad you stayed with us.
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We've been sharing in hebrews chapter four
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That jesus is our rest
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And there remains a rest of the people of god.
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Thank god there is a rest of faith.
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And you know, it took me a long time
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To get a revelation of grace.
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I got saved when i was eight years old,
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Got baptized in the holy spirit,
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Called to preach when i was just 16 years old
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In a bible study led by andrew wommack in lamar, colorado.
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But you know what?
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I began pastoring when i was just 23 years old.
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But it wasn't until i was 30 years old,
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And about six years into my ministry,
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I just started pastoring right before i turned 24.
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But six years into ministry,
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I got a revelation of grace
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And it revolutionized my life
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And it completely changed how i minister.
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And that's what hebrews 4 is talking about.
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This rest, that jesus has done the work,
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That jesus has finished the work.
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You know, the only way that you could be perfect
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Is trust jesus.
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Because he's done the work.
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And a lot of people look at different things
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And they think, man, i need to do more.
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No, it's not what we did, it's what he did.
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You need to rest more. you need to trust more.
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Amen.
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So aaron jumped in.
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We left off in hebrews chapter five, verse three,
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But jump in to hebrews chapter five, verse four
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And read on down through verse 10.
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- it says, "and no man takes this honor to himself,
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But he who is called by god, just as aaron was.
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So also christ did not glorify himself
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To become high priest,
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But it was he who said to him,
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"you are my son, today i have begotten you."
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As he also says in another place,
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"you are a priest forever
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According to the order of melchizedek,
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Who in the days of his flesh,
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When he had offered up prayers and supplications
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With vehement cries in tears to him
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Who was able to save him from death
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And was heard because of his godly fear.
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Though he was a son, yet he learned obedience
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By the things which he suffered.
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And having been perfected,
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He became the author of eternal salvation
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To all who obey him,
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Called by god as high priest
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According to the order of melchizedek."
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- amen. so aaron, you studied biblical hebrew.
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So what does melchizedek mean?
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- it means my righteous king.
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- [lawson] amen. - melech is king
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And zedek is righteousness.
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So melchizedek was a king, but he was also a priest.
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And in the old testament there was a clear division
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Between a priest and a king.
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- [lawson] right. - but melchizedek
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Was a person who was both king and priest of salem.
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- [lawson] right. - where jerusalem is now.
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Salem means,
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It's like, shalom, peace.
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- right. city of peace.
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- a city of peace.
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And it wasn't until david, king david,
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Where israel actually occupied jerusalem.
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The jebusites had it. jebu salem.
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- right. - so king david
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Took over jerusalem
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And established that as his capital city.
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And it's still the capital of israel today.
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- amen. so, the only way that you could be king and priest
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Is if god made you king and priest.
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And saul got in trouble because he was king,
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But he tried to offer the offering of a priest.
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- and jesus was made priest because god made him priest.
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You can't- - [lawson] amen.
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- you can't appoint yourself to be the priest,
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You have to be-
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- that's what he's saying- - born into it.
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- amen. - and jesus was born into it
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And he was appointed by the father.
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- right. so jesus is our king of righteousness.
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That's what he's talking about.
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Now i'm gonna read here in verse 11,
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Or you can read verse 11 through verse 14,
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And we really begin to see what he's talking about.
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- it says, "of whom we have much to say and hard to explain,
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Since you've become dull of hearing,
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For though by this time you ought to be teachers,
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You need someone to teach you again the first principles
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Of the oracles of god
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And you have come to need milk and not solid food,
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For everyone who partakes only of milk
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Is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe.
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But solid food belongs to those who are of full age.
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That is those who by reason of use,
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Have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil."
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- so he's talking about, you know,
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People who started out,
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But they're dull of hearing again.
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God is speaking, right?
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Hebrews 1:2, he's speaking through jesus, right?
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Don't move away from jesus.
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Don't harden your heart to jesus.
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Jesus is the fullness.
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He finished and completed the work.
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So don't move away from jesus.
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Don't get dull of hearing jesus.
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And he says, people that really have began
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To trust in something else or add something to jesus.
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You know, if you gotta add something to jesus,
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Like law keeping, it's like saying jesus isn't enough.
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And so he says they're dull of hearing and he said,
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"somebody's gotta teach you again
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The basic principles of the gospel.
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In your need,
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You've become those who have need of milk
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And not strong meat."
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What he's saying, when you get a revelation of the gospel,
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A revelation of grace,
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That is the meat, that is the heart.
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Jesus is the heart of the gospel.
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- and i like too that it says- - grace the heart
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Of the gospel.
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- you know, in verse 14, "by reasonable use,
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Have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil."
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- [lawson] amen. - you know,
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There's a lot of believers today that lack discernment.
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They'll just be like the world
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And not really discern that this is the spirit of the world.
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It's not the spirit of christ.
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- amen.
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I love in verse 13 right before that, he says,
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"everyone who uses milk
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Is unskillful in the word of righteousness,
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For he's a babe."
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This is the difference
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Between maturity and immaturity, right?
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Getting a revelation of the love of god.
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The bible says, put on charity the love of god,
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Which is the bond of maturity.
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He says right here, "one person translated this,
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Every spiritual infant has not been pierced
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By the revelation of righteousness."
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Meaning the revelation of the gospel
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Is the revelation of righteousness.
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Read romans chapter one, verse 16 and verse 17.
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They meant the gospel is the revelation of righteousness.
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I got a great book on the subject.
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I actually teach this at charis bible college.
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I've taught this for years and years,
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But it's "romans: the revelation of righteousness."
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And you can get that book off our web store,
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Or amazon, anywhere you want to get it.
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But it's a great book.
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- and i love what he says here in the next few verses
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In hebrews 6,
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And i actually used this once
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In a setting where i'm trying to train up people
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And point 'em in the right direction.
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- [lawson] yes. - i was worried that
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Someone was kind of getting off track,
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That they were being immature, lacking discernment,
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And kind of in a group setting.
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I brought up, you know,
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I was actually worried
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That they were going in a universalist type direction,
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Where some grace people,
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Some people kind of fall off in that direction
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Where they don't- - [lawson] it's terrible.
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- they don't believe in heaven and hell,
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They don't believe jesus only.
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So i just, i laid it out there.
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I said, hebrews 6,
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I read, you know, hebrews 6:1 and 2,
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And i said, this is elementary,
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This is basic.
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- right. - and if you don't
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Understand this, you know,
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This is what our church believes and preaches.
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We are not into deconstruction.
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We are into constructing people's lives through faith.
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And and i just said this is elementary
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And this isn't gonna change as long as i'm alive.
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- amen. praise god. - and i said,
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You know, if you're gonna be on this team,
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This is how we roll, period.
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(lawson laughing)
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- amen. - and so i read
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These verses here,
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Hebrews 6:1 and 2,
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"therefore, leaving the discussion,"
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So he says this isn't even to be discussed.
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- [lawson] amen.
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- and if people are discussing this,
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You should leave that discussion.
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- [lawson] amen. - you know,
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If people are universalist,
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If they don't believe in the lordship of jesus,
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They don't believe in eternal salvation,
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They don't believe in repentance,
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Just leave it, leave that discussion.
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- [lawson] yeah.
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- "these are the elementary principles of christ.
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Let us go onto perfection."
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And he mentions several
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Elementary, foundational doctrinal things here.
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- yeah. another word for perfection there, aaron,
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Is maturity.
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- maturity. - let's grow up.
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- [aaron] mhm.
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- grow up. don't be a bunch of milk fat babies.
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You know, you can drink shakes all the time,
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But you're just gonna be a fat baby.
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If you're gonna grow up,
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You're gonna have to eat some meat and potatoes.
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- so the first principle here is
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"repentance from dead works."
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So you have to repent from sin,
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You have to repent from dead works
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And have faith towards god.
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- now let's stop right there
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Because dead works,
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There's two types of it. - uh huh. yeah.
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- right? there's sin, there's rebellion,
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But there's also the dead works of religion and performance.
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So it's not our performance, it's not our works,
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It's not keeping the law that saves us,
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It's trust in jesus that saves us.
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So he says, "don't lay that foundation again
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Of repentance from dead works and faith from god."
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That's how we get saved.
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"of the doctrine of baptisms." right?
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- and that's plural. - right?
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There's three baptisms of believers.
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In the new testament,
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Number one, when you're saved,
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You're baptized by the spirit into the body of christ.
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Verse corinthians 12, verse 13.
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Number two, when you believe on jesus
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And you're baptized by another believer in the water,
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That's talking about identification,
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I'm dead to sin and i live to god.
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But number three,
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When you're baptized by jesus into the holy spirit,
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That is a second work separate from salvation.
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So he says, "in the laying on of hands-"
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- and this is a doctrinal thing as well, you know,
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In scripture, to lay hands on people
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So they can receive- - right.
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- the holy spirit,
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Lay hands on the sick so they can recover.
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Lay hands on people who are being ordained into ministry.
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- [lawson] yeah. - so
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This is a foundational thing
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Of the resurrection of the dead.
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This is a foundational-
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- [lawson] doctrine. - belief, doctrine,
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The resurrection of the dead and of eternal judgment.
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- [lawson] right.
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- every person will die and then the judgment.
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So there is eternal judgment.
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You're either gonna go to heaven or you're gonna go to hell.
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- [lawson] amen. - and it says
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"this we will do if god permits."
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- right.
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Now, in verse four to verse six,
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The writer of hebrews is talking about,
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Is it possible for someone to reject their faith?
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And he lists five different qualifications.
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Number one, you gotta be convicted by the holy spirit.
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Number two, you gotta be saved.
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Number three, you got taste of the good word of god.
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Number four, you gotta be baptized in the holy spirit.
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Number five, you have to operate
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In the gifts of the holy spirit
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And if you've come into
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A very mature relationship with jesus
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And reject jesus,
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It says right here
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That it's impossible to renew you to salvation,
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To repentance.
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Now that that is not a probability,
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But i personally believe that is a possibility.
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And that's talking about the sin of rejecting jesus.
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If you put this in context with hebrews chapter 10,
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Verse 26 through verse 29,
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And then he talks about if you're really a person of faith
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And if you've grown up,
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You're gonna begin to bring forth fruit.
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And the earth that drinks water
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And doesn't bring forth fruit is cursed.
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So your heart's like the ground.
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But when you get the reign of heaven
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And the holy spirit on your heart,
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You should be producing fruit.
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And when you keep living by faith,
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You're gonna be producing fruit.
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And that's what he says.
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He says in verse 11, verse 12 of hebrews chapter six,
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"we desire that every one of you
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Show the same diligence
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To the full assurance of hope to the end
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That you don't be lazy, don't be slothful,
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But follow those who through faith and patience,
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Inherit the promises."
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And what he's saying is,
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God gave us the word,
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Hold onto the word, keep believing jesus.
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Amen, and that god gave it and he swear by himself,
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The word's never gonna change.
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God's never gonna change.
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There's only one way to be saved.
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That's by believing jesus.
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And there's only one way to stay saved.
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And that's by continuing to believe jesus.
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Amen.
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So keep your hope in jesus.
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He says, "this hope we have as an anchor to our soul.
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Sure and steadfast," hebrews 6:19,
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"that enters into that which is within the veil,"
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What jesus has already done,
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"where the forerunner is entered."
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Even jesus who was made a high priest forever,
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He's an eternal high priest.
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After the order of melchizedek, my king of righteousness.
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Lawson Perdue - Hebrews: The Better Covenant (Part 2)

May 13, 2025 | S25:E2003

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