WEBVTT 00:00:04.280 --> 00:00:04.590 All right. 00:00:04.590 --> 00:00:05.246 Hey, guess what? 00:00:05.246 --> 00:00:06.236 We finished today, 00:00:06.238 --> 00:00:10.050 y'all. We have been in the book of Hebrews since January. 00:00:10.750 --> 00:00:15.038 The title of it has been the object of our faith and the idea. 00:00:15.038 --> 00:00:15.854 But y'all gonna stay. 00:00:15.854 --> 00:00:16.574 Y'all good? 00:00:16.702 --> 00:00:18.022 Hey, it's all right. 00:00:17.926 --> 00:00:18.998 A little support in the background. 00:00:18.998 --> 00:00:20.102 It's not a bad thing. 00:00:20.102 --> 00:00:20.446 All right. 00:00:20.446 --> 00:00:21.294 No, just kidding. 00:00:21.150 --> 00:00:21.542 All right, 00:00:21.542 --> 00:00:24.230 so, object of our faith, 00:00:24.270 --> 00:00:25.718 the priority of. 00:00:25.814 --> 00:00:26.854 Of our lives, 00:00:26.982 --> 00:00:29.198 the focus of our identity, 00:00:29.334 --> 00:00:33.142 and what it is that God has not only prepared, 00:00:33.206 --> 00:00:34.918 planned and provided for, 00:00:35.054 --> 00:00:37.254 but what we respond to in faith. 00:00:37.254 --> 00:00:40.046 Remember the idea from chapter eleven being the. 00:00:40.078 --> 00:00:40.738 In faith. 00:00:40.630 --> 00:00:41.262 By faith. 00:00:41.262 --> 00:00:41.870 By faith. 00:00:41.870 --> 00:00:42.530 By faith. 00:00:42.518 --> 00:00:45.230 The idea that we step out and. 00:00:45.270 --> 00:00:47.702 Receive the salvation that God has provided. 00:00:47.726 --> 00:00:48.966 And given to us. 00:00:48.750 --> 00:00:49.438 And by faith, 00:00:49.438 --> 00:00:50.210 we believe. 00:00:50.750 --> 00:00:52.526 So today we have the last. 00:00:52.526 --> 00:00:55.088 Just six verses, 00:00:55.264 --> 00:00:57.144 but it's just the very last section. 00:00:57.144 --> 00:00:57.804 Quite honestly, 00:00:57.816 --> 00:00:59.180 it's just farewell. 00:00:59.520 --> 00:01:00.424 It's kind of like. 00:01:00.280 --> 00:01:00.608 All right, 00:01:00.608 --> 00:01:01.432 see ya. 00:01:01.616 --> 00:01:02.120 All right, 00:01:02.120 --> 00:01:03.360 so let's read them. 00:01:02.976 --> 00:01:04.832 Verses 20 to 25 of Hebrews, 00:01:04.856 --> 00:01:05.536 chapter 13. 00:01:05.608 --> 00:01:06.288 It says, 00:01:06.424 --> 00:01:07.960 now may the God of peace, 00:01:07.960 --> 00:01:10.440 who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus, 00:01:10.440 --> 00:01:12.096 the great shepherd of the sheep, 00:01:12.096 --> 00:01:14.392 through the blood of the everlasting covenant, 00:01:14.392 --> 00:01:16.264 equip you with everything good, 00:01:16.312 --> 00:01:17.632 to do his will, 00:01:17.920 --> 00:01:20.680 working in us what is pleasing in his sight, 00:01:20.680 --> 00:01:21.858 through Jesus Christ, 00:01:21.984 --> 00:01:24.094 to whom be glory forever and ever. 00:01:24.094 --> 00:01:26.926 Amen. Brothers and sisters, 00:01:26.958 --> 00:01:29.878 I urge you to receive this message of exhortation. 00:01:29.878 --> 00:01:32.188 For I have written to you briefly. 00:01:32.430 --> 00:01:34.086 13 chapters is briefly. 00:01:34.118 --> 00:01:35.438 Just so y'all know, 00:01:35.550 --> 00:01:38.214 be aware that our brother Timothy's been released. 00:01:38.262 --> 00:01:39.942 And if he comes soon enough, 00:01:39.942 --> 00:01:41.782 he'll be with me when I see you. 00:01:41.782 --> 00:01:44.662 And greet all your leaders and all the saints. 00:01:44.662 --> 00:01:47.726 Those who are from Italy send you greetings and grace. 00:01:47.726 --> 00:01:49.046 Be with you all. 00:01:48.774 --> 00:01:50.094 So let's pray together. 00:01:50.206 --> 00:01:53.382 God, we thank you and praise you again that we get to celebrate your. 00:01:52.958 --> 00:01:53.948 Goodness, your mercy, 00:01:53.950 --> 00:01:54.966 your love this morning. 00:01:54.966 --> 00:01:55.646 And God, 00:01:55.678 --> 00:01:57.038 it's always a privilege. 00:01:57.214 --> 00:01:59.524 God, we want it to take it. 00:01:59.366 --> 00:02:04.398 As this opportunity to shut down and turn down the noise of the world 00:02:04.454 --> 00:02:04.974 around us, 00:02:04.974 --> 00:02:08.534 that we might focus our hearts and our minds and our attention on you. 00:02:08.086 --> 00:02:08.782 And, God, 00:02:08.806 --> 00:02:10.246 we want to hear you this morning. 00:02:10.054 --> 00:02:10.574 I thank you, 00:02:10.574 --> 00:02:14.094 God, for the things that you've allowed me to study over the last few 00:02:14.094 --> 00:02:15.198 weeks, and, 00:02:15.214 --> 00:02:16.598 God, that I might communicate. 00:02:16.598 --> 00:02:16.926 But, God, 00:02:16.926 --> 00:02:18.238 it's your voice we want to hear. 00:02:18.238 --> 00:02:19.366 We want to hear from you and know, 00:02:19.366 --> 00:02:22.454 God, that you have a purpose and plan for this hour. 00:02:22.454 --> 00:02:22.950 And that, 00:02:22.950 --> 00:02:26.014 God, we can focus our hearts on you, 00:02:26.062 --> 00:02:27.542 and we pray it in Jesus name. 00:02:27.542 --> 00:02:28.198 Amen. 00:02:28.334 --> 00:02:30.278 So, as this passage begins, 00:02:30.414 --> 00:02:33.358 I'm just going to go ahead and tell you that I'm going to actually be 00:02:33.358 --> 00:02:33.688 preaching. 00:02:33.718 --> 00:02:35.518 This for the next few weeks, 00:02:35.518 --> 00:02:39.134 because what we do after we finish the Book of Hebrews is we go back. 00:02:39.006 --> 00:02:40.656 To the Book of Hebrews. 00:02:41.600 --> 00:02:43.800 Now, just next week is outdoor worship. 00:02:43.800 --> 00:02:45.176 Was that on the announcement video? 00:02:45.176 --> 00:02:46.368 Because I skipped it. 00:02:46.368 --> 00:02:46.696 All right, 00:02:46.696 --> 00:02:48.968 so outdoor worship next week out in the parking lot. 00:02:48.968 --> 00:02:50.688 08:00 and 10:00 come on. 00:02:50.824 --> 00:02:52.296 If you're a family with children, 00:02:52.296 --> 00:02:52.624 you. 00:02:52.496 --> 00:02:53.912 Want to come at 10:00 because we're. 00:02:53.824 --> 00:02:56.816 Going to follow at 10:00 we start 1130. 00:02:56.848 --> 00:02:58.416 We have hamburgers and hot dogs. 00:02:58.256 --> 00:03:00.416 And sometime after the hamburgers and hot. 00:02:59.816 --> 00:03:02.126 Dogs, we blow up the bounce houses. 00:03:02.112 --> 00:03:05.056 And do the cotton candy and all that sort of Thing for Kids FeSt. 00:03:04.888 --> 00:03:08.306 So we invite you to come be a part of outdoor worship. 00:03:08.306 --> 00:03:09.430 If it rains, 00:03:09.890 --> 00:03:10.950 come inside. 00:03:12.410 --> 00:03:14.194 We were going to do baptism TodAy. 00:03:14.034 --> 00:03:17.186 We had lined up several to get baptized in the ocean TodAy. 00:03:17.186 --> 00:03:19.496 But I've been told the ocean's angry, 00:03:19.730 --> 00:03:21.058 so we're not going to do that. 00:03:21.058 --> 00:03:22.866 We've done it in angry ocean before. 00:03:22.866 --> 00:03:24.082 It's not pleasant. 00:03:24.266 --> 00:03:25.578 Just so you know. 00:03:25.578 --> 00:03:27.714 It gives cause to remember your baptism, 00:03:27.714 --> 00:03:28.704 to be honest. 00:03:29.970 --> 00:03:30.482 All right, 00:03:30.482 --> 00:03:32.210 now, may the God of peace. 00:03:32.210 --> 00:03:32.798 Now, see, 00:03:32.798 --> 00:03:34.038 I looked at this and I was like, 00:03:34.038 --> 00:03:35.028 wow. All right. 00:03:35.054 --> 00:03:38.330 So THESE Six verses are sort of the summation, 00:03:39.550 --> 00:03:40.582 the farewell, 00:03:40.646 --> 00:03:42.742 the benediction of. 00:03:42.766 --> 00:03:44.262 The book of hebrews. 00:03:44.446 --> 00:03:49.066 And so the writer of hebrews kind of wraps it all up into one, 00:03:49.102 --> 00:03:50.046 and basically, 00:03:50.118 --> 00:03:52.286 in just a few short verses, 00:03:52.478 --> 00:03:55.022 summarizes what he said, 00:03:55.086 --> 00:03:58.890 what God has provided for ThROUgHOut the book of hebrews. 00:03:59.360 --> 00:04:03.320 And what the book of hebrews starts with is God has spoken. 00:04:03.392 --> 00:04:04.136 What God? 00:04:04.208 --> 00:04:05.968 God, the God of peace. 00:04:06.024 --> 00:04:11.144 The God who has been working from the fall to restore the relationship 00:04:11.192 --> 00:04:15.480 that we can have with him because he wants peace with us. 00:04:15.520 --> 00:04:16.510 And guess what? 00:04:16.624 --> 00:04:18.300 We want peace with him. 00:04:18.680 --> 00:04:19.536 All right, 00:04:19.688 --> 00:04:20.944 so the fall, 00:04:21.112 --> 00:04:21.920 the sin, 00:04:22.000 --> 00:04:24.768 all of those things that corrupted the relationship. 00:04:24.904 --> 00:04:27.392 But between God's creation and God, 00:04:27.496 --> 00:04:31.952 God has worked and provided for peace between us and him. 00:04:32.056 --> 00:04:35.944 And so we want to know that peace and the book of Hebrews kind of lays it 00:04:35.944 --> 00:04:37.000 out for us because it says, 00:04:37.000 --> 00:04:39.592 who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus, 00:04:39.592 --> 00:04:41.232 the great shepherd of the sheep, 00:04:41.232 --> 00:04:43.720 through the blood of the everlasting covenant. 00:04:43.760 --> 00:04:45.408 So when we start to look at this, 00:04:45.408 --> 00:04:49.440 we start to realize that the book of Hebrews makes an excellent case for 00:04:49.440 --> 00:04:50.030 Christ. 00:04:50.200 --> 00:04:51.226 That's the title of a book. 00:04:51.226 --> 00:04:52.186 If y'all haven't seen it, 00:04:52.186 --> 00:04:54.166 I think Strobel wrote that thing. 00:04:53.978 --> 00:04:56.194 But the idea is that the case for Christ, 00:04:56.194 --> 00:04:59.594 the book the case for Christ was actually written a long time ago, 00:04:59.594 --> 00:05:01.186 probably before 70 ad. 00:05:01.298 --> 00:05:03.346 And we find it in the words. 00:05:03.122 --> 00:05:04.772 Of the book of Hebrews. 00:05:05.210 --> 00:05:11.890 So what we have here is that this case for Christ is the idea that this 00:05:11.970 --> 00:05:17.596 presents to us the supreme act of goddess to reconcile the world to 00:05:17.628 --> 00:05:23.332 himself. Jesus is unique as God's work for us. 00:05:23.516 --> 00:05:24.348 You know, 00:05:24.484 --> 00:05:25.076 what it is, 00:05:25.076 --> 00:05:25.736 is we. 00:05:25.468 --> 00:05:27.020 See in the book of Hebrews, 00:05:27.020 --> 00:05:32.212 we see Jesus as both God and man completely. 00:05:32.276 --> 00:05:34.324 We see him as king and priest. 00:05:34.324 --> 00:05:35.844 Two things that seemingly, 00:05:35.932 --> 00:05:37.788 to our finite minds, 00:05:37.884 --> 00:05:39.920 is difficult for us to understand. 00:05:40.820 --> 00:05:43.820 How can he be God and Mandev? 00:05:43.970 --> 00:05:44.630 The Bible, 00:05:44.656 --> 00:05:49.740 the law in the Bible tells us that no man can be king and priest. 00:05:50.080 --> 00:05:51.944 And yet Jesus is all those things. 00:05:51.944 --> 00:05:53.120 Christ is supreme. 00:05:53.200 --> 00:05:57.320 And what the book of Hebrews is telling us is that God has spoken. 00:05:57.320 --> 00:05:58.584 God has spoken. 00:05:58.712 --> 00:06:00.136 And when we start to go down the list, 00:06:00.136 --> 00:06:01.408 I'm going to give you the outline again. 00:06:01.408 --> 00:06:03.496 I've been giving it to you about every Sunday, 00:06:03.496 --> 00:06:08.056 because Hebrews is easy to understand if you follow this outline. 00:06:08.208 --> 00:06:09.858 God, the God of peace, 00:06:09.936 --> 00:06:12.236 has spoken in times past. 00:06:12.308 --> 00:06:14.288 He spoke through prophets and angels. 00:06:14.356 --> 00:06:15.628 In these last days, 00:06:15.628 --> 00:06:16.524 he has spoke. 00:06:16.524 --> 00:06:18.140 Spoken through his son, 00:06:18.300 --> 00:06:21.972 Jesus. Jesus is the son of God. 00:06:22.036 --> 00:06:25.012 He is the heir of all things. 00:06:25.196 --> 00:06:26.140 He is the. 00:06:26.140 --> 00:06:29.140 He is the creator of all the. 00:06:29.220 --> 00:06:30.540 All of God's creation, 00:06:30.596 --> 00:06:32.956 universe. However you like to refer to that, 00:06:32.956 --> 00:06:37.494 he actually is the sustainer of everything that God's created. 00:06:37.582 --> 00:06:39.126 So who's holding it all together? 00:06:39.126 --> 00:06:40.206 Jesus is. 00:06:40.358 --> 00:06:41.018 You see? 00:06:41.062 --> 00:06:42.286 So when you start to look at this, 00:06:42.286 --> 00:06:42.830 you start to go, 00:06:42.830 --> 00:06:43.814 wow. Okay. 00:06:43.862 --> 00:06:45.622 This is the case for Christ. 00:06:45.622 --> 00:06:50.650 This is the idea that God has presented and provided for our salvation. 00:06:51.630 --> 00:06:53.894 He is the radiance of God's glory. 00:06:53.894 --> 00:06:57.734 So when you see that thing that a lot of people like to zero in on, 00:06:57.734 --> 00:06:58.942 that shekinah thing. 00:06:59.046 --> 00:07:00.670 Shekinah, glory of God. 00:07:00.750 --> 00:07:01.350 Guess what? 00:07:01.350 --> 00:07:02.910 The radiance of God's glory, 00:07:02.910 --> 00:07:07.450 the shining forth of the glory of God is Jesus. 00:07:08.190 --> 00:07:13.326 Okay, so there's not something out there that just becomes this Shekinah 00:07:13.358 --> 00:07:13.726 thing. No, 00:07:13.726 --> 00:07:15.206 that's Jesus shining. 00:07:15.358 --> 00:07:17.970 Okay? Jesus was in the bush. 00:07:18.750 --> 00:07:19.558 Okay? 00:07:19.694 --> 00:07:20.590 So, see, 00:07:20.670 --> 00:07:21.958 when we start to look at this, 00:07:21.958 --> 00:07:26.950 everything from Genesis to revelation takes us from creation to kingdom, 00:07:27.030 --> 00:07:28.710 and it's all about Jesus. 00:07:28.830 --> 00:07:32.774 Jesus is the exact expression of the essence, 00:07:32.942 --> 00:07:35.038 the very nature of God. 00:07:35.094 --> 00:07:39.926 So all of these things speak to him, 00:07:39.998 --> 00:07:41.770 being God the son. 00:07:42.110 --> 00:07:42.694 All right? 00:07:42.694 --> 00:07:45.326 So there is an eternality in this thing. 00:07:45.326 --> 00:07:46.966 And so when we start to realize this, 00:07:46.966 --> 00:07:53.174 so then we see how Jesus is the only one who could be qualified to be 00:07:53.222 --> 00:07:55.150 king and priest over. 00:07:55.230 --> 00:07:57.158 All that God has established. 00:07:57.334 --> 00:07:57.994 So indeed, 00:07:58.030 --> 00:07:59.864 he's our king and priestley. 00:08:00.062 --> 00:08:02.372 So the point of today's message is, 00:08:02.476 --> 00:08:03.360 keep on. 00:08:03.940 --> 00:08:05.356 I've shared it a couple of times. 00:08:05.356 --> 00:08:06.016 Press on. 00:08:06.068 --> 00:08:06.728 Keep on. 00:08:06.788 --> 00:08:07.400 Continue. 00:08:08.380 --> 00:08:11.420 Be who God provided for you to be. 00:08:11.540 --> 00:08:13.716 Be who God called you to be. 00:08:13.716 --> 00:08:17.980 Do what God expects you to do. 00:08:18.140 --> 00:08:20.972 Don't make excuses for sin in your life. 00:08:21.156 --> 00:08:22.308 I've said that one time. 00:08:22.308 --> 00:08:23.428 That was one of the messages. 00:08:23.428 --> 00:08:24.196 One day, 00:08:24.348 --> 00:08:25.516 don't look at sin in. 00:08:25.364 --> 00:08:25.940 Your life and go, 00:08:25.940 --> 00:08:28.160 oh, God's forgiving and merciful. 00:08:28.640 --> 00:08:31.816 And that's not why he's forgiving and merciful. 00:08:31.888 --> 00:08:33.700 So you can make excuses, 00:08:34.400 --> 00:08:36.904 right? So what is our identity? 00:08:36.952 --> 00:08:38.602 See, our identity is Christ. 00:08:38.664 --> 00:08:40.992 Christ in us is the hope of glory. 00:08:40.992 --> 00:08:43.302 That's what Paul said in Colossians one, 00:08:43.960 --> 00:08:44.856 the riches. 00:08:44.888 --> 00:08:46.528 And he goes on when he says the hope of glory, 00:08:46.528 --> 00:08:50.260 he says the riches of the mystery of salvation. 00:08:51.240 --> 00:08:52.968 This redemption that God, 00:08:53.024 --> 00:08:54.460 God bought me back. 00:08:54.880 --> 00:08:56.530 Can I tell you what? 00:08:56.640 --> 00:08:58.620 He paid more than I'm worth, 00:08:59.680 --> 00:09:00.776 just so you know. 00:09:00.776 --> 00:09:03.600 But he thought I was worth more than I do. 00:09:03.600 --> 00:09:04.720 You see that? 00:09:04.880 --> 00:09:06.104 God bought us back. 00:09:06.104 --> 00:09:07.024 That's redemption. 00:09:07.072 --> 00:09:08.024 That's our identity. 00:09:08.024 --> 00:09:09.344 I belong to him. 00:09:09.960 --> 00:09:11.376 I can't go out here in the world and go, 00:09:11.376 --> 00:09:12.264 oh, I can pick. 00:09:12.128 --> 00:09:14.960 My own things and I can do my own stuff. 00:09:14.432 --> 00:09:16.420 No, I belong to God. 00:09:16.720 --> 00:09:17.624 He bought me. 00:09:17.624 --> 00:09:18.744 He paid for me. 00:09:18.560 --> 00:09:19.220 All right, 00:09:19.248 --> 00:09:22.700 so what does that compel in my life? 00:09:23.150 --> 00:09:26.120 What does that call me to in my life? 00:09:26.430 --> 00:09:32.370 How am I to respond to what God has done to what God has accomplished? 00:09:33.910 --> 00:09:34.930 Obedience. 00:09:36.270 --> 00:09:40.222 We see in the book of Hebrews also this warning system. 00:09:40.366 --> 00:09:41.734 There's forewarnings. 00:09:41.822 --> 00:09:43.022 It's almost like, 00:09:43.126 --> 00:09:43.590 you know, 00:09:43.590 --> 00:09:45.662 the hurricane. 00:09:45.726 --> 00:09:46.716 Warnings or something, 00:09:46.758 --> 00:09:48.726 right? You get the low grade warning. 00:09:48.726 --> 00:09:50.692 You might have the funnel on the map, 00:09:50.692 --> 00:09:53.436 right? And you might be in the yellow area or something. 00:09:53.436 --> 00:09:55.044 And then if you're in the red area, 00:09:55.044 --> 00:09:56.960 that means packed, 00:09:57.460 --> 00:09:58.228 right? 00:09:58.404 --> 00:10:02.596 Well, the warnings kind of step up in nature throughout the book of 00:10:02.596 --> 00:10:06.476 Hebrews. Don't drift in your belief. 00:10:06.548 --> 00:10:07.036 Don't, don't, 00:10:07.036 --> 00:10:11.652 don't start investigating crazy belief systems. 00:10:11.836 --> 00:10:16.770 Don't start running after things that stick to what's there. 00:10:17.750 --> 00:10:20.846 Don't move into unbelief. 00:10:21.038 --> 00:10:22.854 Now, I think this is kind of. 00:10:22.734 --> 00:10:23.222 A partial, 00:10:23.222 --> 00:10:24.872 well, I don't believe that. 00:10:25.110 --> 00:10:26.370 Somebody says something, 00:10:26.870 --> 00:10:28.286 take something from the Bible and say, 00:10:28.286 --> 00:10:29.566 well, this is what it says. 00:10:29.566 --> 00:10:31.102 Well, I don't believe that, 00:10:31.102 --> 00:10:31.810 really? 00:10:33.550 --> 00:10:36.174 Remember the whole year we spent going through the Bible? 00:10:36.022 --> 00:10:36.358 I said, 00:10:36.358 --> 00:10:37.414 God did not call us. 00:10:37.294 --> 00:10:39.410 To be editors or redactors. 00:10:40.110 --> 00:10:42.726 We don't get to cut out the parts of the Bible we don't like. 00:10:42.550 --> 00:10:43.990 Or that we don't think, 00:10:43.990 --> 00:10:46.300 say what we want them to say. 00:10:47.610 --> 00:10:49.670 Don't believe the wrong things. 00:10:50.690 --> 00:10:51.866 There's some wrong. 00:10:52.018 --> 00:10:52.386 All right, 00:10:52.386 --> 00:10:55.330 remember I told you there's some stinking thinking out there. 00:10:55.330 --> 00:10:57.640 Be careful of the wrong things and. 00:10:57.242 --> 00:10:59.154 Don'T ultimately reject God. 00:10:59.202 --> 00:10:59.754 What is it? 00:10:59.754 --> 00:11:01.074 What is our action? 00:11:01.146 --> 00:11:03.762 What is our response to what God has done? 00:11:03.402 --> 00:11:07.692 Supposed to be and look like we're supposed to grow in our faith. 00:11:07.810 --> 00:11:10.694 We're supposed to guard our faith, 00:11:10.862 --> 00:11:11.550 all right? 00:11:11.670 --> 00:11:16.102 God has given us his spirit in such a way to pour into us, 00:11:16.102 --> 00:11:16.838 not just to say, 00:11:16.838 --> 00:11:17.828 okay, all right. 00:11:17.710 --> 00:11:18.998 I'm gonna give you a little bit, 00:11:18.998 --> 00:11:21.382 and I'm gonna give you more than I give him. 00:11:20.926 --> 00:11:25.050 No, God pours into us his spirit all the time. 00:11:25.870 --> 00:11:27.520 If it gets blocked up, 00:11:27.526 --> 00:11:28.186 it's cause. 00:11:27.990 --> 00:11:29.450 We blocked it up. 00:11:29.790 --> 00:11:31.810 Okay, all right, 00:11:32.350 --> 00:11:34.660 so now we get to the end, 00:11:35.510 --> 00:11:37.606 and I told somebody this morning, 00:11:37.638 --> 00:11:38.502 this is all summary. 00:11:38.502 --> 00:11:40.630 We can be done here in a few minutes. 00:11:40.630 --> 00:11:42.670 But God knew what was going on today. 00:11:42.670 --> 00:11:43.966 Honestly, I didn't plan today. 00:11:43.966 --> 00:11:46.958 This was planned weeks and weeks and months ago. 00:11:47.134 --> 00:11:51.570 I didn't know Jennifer wanted to do five songs instead of four. 00:11:52.630 --> 00:11:55.158 See, she hadn't said anything to me about it, 00:11:55.158 --> 00:11:55.846 but they are. 00:11:55.846 --> 00:11:57.526 Everybody else already came back and said. 00:11:57.310 --> 00:11:57.686 You know, 00:11:57.686 --> 00:12:00.656 Jennifer picked five songs instead of four this morning. 00:12:00.960 --> 00:12:01.496 I was like, 00:12:01.496 --> 00:12:03.496 what, I should go reprimand her, 00:12:03.528 --> 00:12:04.248 right? No. 00:12:04.384 --> 00:12:06.088 Anyway, but I knew, 00:12:06.144 --> 00:12:06.480 all right, 00:12:06.480 --> 00:12:07.656 so God arranged it. 00:12:07.656 --> 00:12:08.736 God put it together. 00:12:08.736 --> 00:12:10.544 And then Lindsay Loanander comes up to me. 00:12:10.544 --> 00:12:10.848 She said, 00:12:10.848 --> 00:12:13.008 bobby, you think we have. 00:12:13.024 --> 00:12:16.324 Any time to share a little bit about young life? 00:12:16.600 --> 00:12:19.160 I used to be on the young life committee and young life. 00:12:19.160 --> 00:12:20.976 I love the young life mission statement. 00:12:20.976 --> 00:12:22.048 See, there's papers out there. 00:12:22.048 --> 00:12:23.698 You can grab your one. 00:12:24.320 --> 00:12:27.288 We exist to introduce adolescents to Jesus. 00:12:27.344 --> 00:12:29.984 Christ and help them grow in their faith. 00:12:30.360 --> 00:12:31.168 That's why. 00:12:31.304 --> 00:12:33.614 That's the mission statement for young life. 00:12:33.720 --> 00:12:34.848 That's what they want to do. 00:12:34.848 --> 00:12:37.616 So then I started looking at the end of the message. 00:12:37.616 --> 00:12:41.248 How do we move on from Hebrews? 00:12:41.304 --> 00:12:42.968 How do we get to the next. 00:12:42.968 --> 00:12:43.216 All right, 00:12:43.216 --> 00:12:44.560 so next week we're outside. 00:12:44.560 --> 00:12:45.088 We're going. 00:12:45.088 --> 00:12:46.800 The title of next week's message is, 00:12:46.800 --> 00:12:47.824 be the gathering. 00:12:47.912 --> 00:12:48.728 What does that come from? 00:12:48.728 --> 00:12:49.568 That comes from Hebrews, 00:12:49.568 --> 00:12:50.088 chapter ten, 00:12:50.088 --> 00:12:51.416 verses 19 to 25, 00:12:51.488 --> 00:12:52.064 where it says, 00:12:52.064 --> 00:12:55.660 do not forsake the gathering together of yourselves. 00:12:56.330 --> 00:12:59.990 As some habitually do. 00:13:01.010 --> 00:13:01.874 See that? 00:13:02.002 --> 00:13:02.410 All right, 00:13:02.410 --> 00:13:03.400 that's next week. 00:13:03.218 --> 00:13:03.922 So go ahead, 00:13:03.922 --> 00:13:05.572 study up and get ready. 00:13:06.690 --> 00:13:08.910 We are the body of Christ. 00:13:09.650 --> 00:13:10.914 Our fellowship, 00:13:11.042 --> 00:13:13.470 right? This gathering of people. 00:13:14.050 --> 00:13:14.914 You know, 00:13:15.042 --> 00:13:15.666 some of you, 00:13:15.666 --> 00:13:16.690 that have been around long enough. 00:13:16.690 --> 00:13:17.834 And this is going to, 00:13:17.834 --> 00:13:18.186 you know, 00:13:18.186 --> 00:13:19.650 the big word these days is trigger. 00:13:19.650 --> 00:13:21.354 This is going to trigger some of y'all. 00:13:21.354 --> 00:13:23.664 I don't often use the word church, 00:13:24.140 --> 00:13:26.292 right? I just don't. 00:13:26.356 --> 00:13:27.380 It's just one of those things. 00:13:27.380 --> 00:13:28.964 You go out to an unbeliever out. 00:13:28.844 --> 00:13:29.340 There and say, 00:13:29.340 --> 00:13:30.990 church, they're going to go. 00:13:31.820 --> 00:13:32.804 You go out there and tell them, 00:13:32.804 --> 00:13:33.636 say, guess what? 00:13:33.460 --> 00:13:40.276 We're a gathering of passionate people who want to love God with 00:13:40.308 --> 00:13:41.260 everything that we are. 00:13:41.260 --> 00:13:41.884 They go, 00:13:41.884 --> 00:13:43.836 well, I want to love God. 00:13:43.516 --> 00:13:44.156 Well, come on. 00:13:44.156 --> 00:13:45.806 Let me tell you how. 00:13:45.940 --> 00:13:49.532 Let me tell you what God's laid out for you to have this kind. 00:13:49.260 --> 00:13:52.396 Of peace and loving relationship with him. 00:13:52.588 --> 00:13:53.580 But quite honestly, 00:13:53.620 --> 00:13:55.444 you go out in this generation to go, 00:13:55.444 --> 00:13:56.764 come to church with me. 00:13:56.588 --> 00:13:57.780 They're going to go, 00:13:57.780 --> 00:13:59.160 not on your life. 00:14:00.300 --> 00:14:00.660 Right? 00:14:00.700 --> 00:14:02.548 I'm just giving it to you like that now. 00:14:02.356 --> 00:14:04.284 It doesn't mean that church isn't an. 00:14:03.876 --> 00:14:06.052 Operative word to describe who we are. 00:14:06.052 --> 00:14:07.300 I just don't use it. 00:14:07.300 --> 00:14:08.796 I use these phrases right here. 00:14:08.796 --> 00:14:10.740 We are the body of Christ. 00:14:10.740 --> 00:14:14.400 Because first corinthians 1227 says, 00:14:15.020 --> 00:14:17.000 we are the body of Christ. 00:14:17.790 --> 00:14:20.100 Each a different member of the body. 00:14:20.254 --> 00:14:21.270 There you go. 00:14:21.430 --> 00:14:26.014 Acts 242 talks about the fellowship of the believers. 00:14:26.182 --> 00:14:28.250 Anybody meet somebody new this morning? 00:14:28.630 --> 00:14:29.806 Can I just go ahead and tell y'all, 00:14:29.806 --> 00:14:31.726 we got new people in the room this morning. 00:14:31.726 --> 00:14:32.654 If you hadn't met them, 00:14:32.654 --> 00:14:34.398 then you fell down on a job. 00:14:34.398 --> 00:14:35.470 No, I'm just kidding. 00:14:35.078 --> 00:14:37.270 No, we want to meet new people. 00:14:37.270 --> 00:14:39.766 We want to meet people who are searching for Christ, 00:14:39.766 --> 00:14:40.702 that are reaching out, 00:14:40.702 --> 00:14:41.494 asking, seeking, 00:14:41.542 --> 00:14:44.470 knocking for the promises of goddess. 00:14:45.200 --> 00:14:46.016 The last one, 00:14:46.016 --> 00:14:46.928 and this is my favorite. 00:14:46.928 --> 00:14:48.672 It comes from one corinthians 16 one. 00:14:48.672 --> 00:14:51.260 We are the gathering of the saints. 00:14:51.800 --> 00:14:57.680 Right? I loved it when I was in high school and my friend Brad Hamilton, 00:14:57.760 --> 00:14:58.488 and, I don't know, 00:14:58.488 --> 00:15:00.528 Brad sometimes watches from Texas, 00:15:00.664 --> 00:15:02.264 watches our morning worship. 00:15:02.312 --> 00:15:06.392 But I remember when our choir youth director called him St. 00:15:06.456 --> 00:15:08.106 Brad and we all laughed. 00:15:08.720 --> 00:15:09.856 But that's what we are. 00:15:09.688 --> 00:15:10.456 We are saints. 00:15:10.456 --> 00:15:12.620 We are set apart unto God. 00:15:13.600 --> 00:15:14.576 So next week, 00:15:14.576 --> 00:15:16.992 when we start talking about don't forsake the gathering together, 00:15:16.992 --> 00:15:17.976 guess what? 00:15:18.168 --> 00:15:19.500 That's a command. 00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:21.320 So it's expected us. 00:15:21.320 --> 00:15:24.820 We are the fellowship of God's people. 00:15:25.520 --> 00:15:29.064 So kind of in that sort of vein, 00:15:29.112 --> 00:15:30.304 I want to introduce Hannah to you. 00:15:30.304 --> 00:15:31.400 Hannah, come on up here. 00:15:31.400 --> 00:15:34.256 I'm going to grab Kelly's mic over here, 00:15:34.368 --> 00:15:36.360 Chris. All righty. 00:15:36.440 --> 00:15:37.100 Come on. 00:15:37.208 --> 00:15:38.736 Walk out on the dock with me here, 00:15:38.736 --> 00:15:40.294 Hannah. All right. 00:15:40.342 --> 00:15:41.332 This is Hannah. 00:15:41.318 --> 00:15:42.638 What's your last name? 00:15:42.214 --> 00:15:42.718 Potts. 00:15:42.814 --> 00:15:43.590 Hannah Potts. 00:15:43.630 --> 00:15:44.934 I just met her, 00:15:44.934 --> 00:15:47.806 but she is the area director for young life up here. 00:15:47.806 --> 00:15:50.070 Cape fear north is what the website says. 00:15:50.070 --> 00:15:51.486 Is that what we're calling? 00:15:51.486 --> 00:15:52.198 Very cool. 00:15:52.254 --> 00:15:54.326 Well, I want you all to get to know Hannah. 00:15:54.118 --> 00:15:56.126 There's a table set up out in the welcome center. 00:15:56.126 --> 00:15:57.030 You can get some of, 00:15:57.030 --> 00:15:59.326 you can get this and all that sort of thing. 00:15:59.326 --> 00:16:02.526 Hannah's going to share with you about who we are. 00:16:02.222 --> 00:16:06.268 This guy's got more energy than any high school kid I've ever meth. 00:16:06.268 --> 00:16:07.310 That's amazing. 00:16:07.930 --> 00:16:08.618 Like he said, 00:16:08.618 --> 00:16:09.426 my name is Hannah Potts. 00:16:09.426 --> 00:16:11.810 I get to be the area director here for young life, 00:16:11.810 --> 00:16:13.658 and this is my second year doing that. 00:16:13.658 --> 00:16:16.298 And it is an absolute gift and pleasure. 00:16:16.690 --> 00:16:18.274 And he already read our mission statement, 00:16:18.274 --> 00:16:21.466 which is to introduce adolescents to Jesus and help them grow in their 00:16:21.466 --> 00:16:25.042 faith. A part of what young life does is we put on skin much like Jesus 00:16:25.042 --> 00:16:29.250 and move into the high school to find lost and disinterested high school 00:16:29.250 --> 00:16:33.832 students. And we get to tell them about Jesus and we get to show up like 00:16:33.832 --> 00:16:34.880 Jesus to them, 00:16:34.960 --> 00:16:36.768 hopefully. And so that's some of my hope this morning, 00:16:36.768 --> 00:16:39.320 is just to inform you a little bit about that, 00:16:39.320 --> 00:16:44.648 to be really clear that we're really grateful for churches like you guys 00:16:44.704 --> 00:16:45.464 in the community, 00:16:45.464 --> 00:16:48.840 that we get to send our high school friends as they come to know Jesus 00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:50.016 back into the church. 00:16:50.016 --> 00:16:54.296 And so grateful for churches that are rich in their theology and in 00:16:54.296 --> 00:16:55.960 community that we get to send them to. 00:16:55.960 --> 00:16:59.664 And then also to invite you into learning more. 00:16:59.712 --> 00:17:03.500 Maybe that's just asking questions and being able to communicate about 00:17:03.540 --> 00:17:05.284 young life and your spheres of influence. 00:17:05.284 --> 00:17:07.956 Maybe that's joining us in prayer. 00:17:08.028 --> 00:17:12.132 I think we're the most arrogant when we don't come to the Lord in prayer. 00:17:12.132 --> 00:17:15.460 And so we need a robust team of people who are committed to praying for 00:17:15.460 --> 00:17:19.748 us. And so maybe that looks like support in other ways with your time and 00:17:19.748 --> 00:17:23.092 talents, or maybe you're interested in joining our committee, 00:17:23.236 --> 00:17:25.148 which Lindsay can tell you all about. 00:17:25.148 --> 00:17:27.300 She has faithfully served on the committee. 00:17:27.300 --> 00:17:30.716 That is some of the hope here this morning is really just to say thank 00:17:30.716 --> 00:17:33.076 you and just to give you the opportunity to learn more. 00:17:33.076 --> 00:17:34.068 We're going to be out front, 00:17:34.068 --> 00:17:34.684 like he said, 00:17:34.684 --> 00:17:38.380 but I'm really grateful to be able to be with you all this morning, 00:17:38.380 --> 00:17:41.932 to worship the same God as you guys are worshiping. 00:17:41.996 --> 00:17:45.436 And so I pray that this church community would be growing in their 00:17:45.436 --> 00:17:46.828 affections for the Lord. 00:17:46.884 --> 00:17:47.556 And so thank you, 00:17:47.556 --> 00:17:48.948 Bobbie, for the opportunity to get to do that. 00:17:48.948 --> 00:17:50.316 That's all I've got to say. 00:17:50.316 --> 00:17:53.426 We'll be out front if you have more questions. 00:17:53.508 --> 00:17:54.498 There you go. 00:17:54.566 --> 00:17:56.102 Get acquainted with Hannah, 00:17:56.206 --> 00:17:58.410 because that's my little sister. 00:18:00.070 --> 00:18:00.670 That's right. 00:18:00.670 --> 00:18:01.734 That's my little sister. 00:18:01.574 --> 00:18:02.566 I always like to point out, 00:18:02.566 --> 00:18:06.086 when we start talking about the fellowship of believers and the gathering 00:18:06.086 --> 00:18:07.662 of the saints and all that sort of thing, 00:18:07.662 --> 00:18:09.254 we are the family of God. 00:18:09.254 --> 00:18:10.334 And so I'm glad she's here. 00:18:10.334 --> 00:18:11.790 I'm glad she could be here this morning. 00:18:11.790 --> 00:18:13.566 When Lindsey first asked me about this. 00:18:13.358 --> 00:18:13.726 She said, 00:18:13.726 --> 00:18:14.942 I'll see if Hannah can be there. 00:18:14.846 --> 00:18:15.278 And I was like, 00:18:15.278 --> 00:18:17.918 cool. And so she had to get up early to get up here. 00:18:17.918 --> 00:18:19.690 So we're glad she's here, 00:18:20.220 --> 00:18:23.640 folks. The summation of the book of Hebrews. 00:18:24.700 --> 00:18:27.800 Right. Conclusion of all things, 00:18:28.220 --> 00:18:29.800 it's all about Jesus. 00:18:30.260 --> 00:18:31.880 He is the priority. 00:18:32.220 --> 00:18:33.540 He is the focus. 00:18:34.340 --> 00:18:37.220 He is the center of our identity in Christ. 00:18:37.220 --> 00:18:38.908 Don't lose that emphasis. 00:18:39.084 --> 00:18:40.716 When you leave here this morning, 00:18:40.716 --> 00:18:41.220 guess what? 00:18:41.220 --> 00:18:42.964 Somebody's going to look at you. 00:18:42.964 --> 00:18:47.220 Okay, so I've had a lot of comments on my shirt this morning. 00:18:47.220 --> 00:18:49.180 The very first one came from my wife, 00:18:49.180 --> 00:18:52.116 Angie. I walked into the room and she went, 00:18:52.116 --> 00:18:54.360 something went splat on your shirt. 00:18:56.140 --> 00:18:59.428 The other side of that remark was Tony Morton, 00:18:59.484 --> 00:19:00.284 who said, 00:19:00.452 --> 00:19:03.280 the seventies called and want their shirt back. 00:19:04.100 --> 00:19:05.120 There you go. 00:19:08.220 --> 00:19:10.700 Folks, you're going to walk out into the world today and somebody's going 00:19:10.700 --> 00:19:14.410 to look at you and they're going to automatically make, 00:19:14.830 --> 00:19:15.318 you know, 00:19:15.318 --> 00:19:17.330 have ideas about who you are. 00:19:18.150 --> 00:19:21.120 If you get the chance to talk to them, 00:19:21.310 --> 00:19:23.530 let them know you're about Jesus. 00:19:24.510 --> 00:19:28.810 Let them know that that's what Hebrews is all about. 00:19:29.390 --> 00:19:30.570 By faith. 00:19:31.630 --> 00:19:32.798 Remember the gas pump? 00:19:32.798 --> 00:19:33.770 By faith. 00:19:34.550 --> 00:19:36.860 I talked to somebody about Jesus today, 00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:39.696 okay? It starts with Jesus. 00:19:39.728 --> 00:19:40.952 And if you don't know Jesus, 00:19:40.952 --> 00:19:43.176 we want you to know Jesus this morning. 00:19:43.176 --> 00:19:44.808 We want to introduce you. 00:19:44.808 --> 00:19:46.140 He's a best friend. 00:19:46.440 --> 00:19:47.100 All right? 00:19:47.120 --> 00:19:49.430 Friend that sticks closer than a brother. 00:19:49.640 --> 00:19:51.248 We want you to know Jesus. 00:19:51.248 --> 00:19:52.128 So we're going to sing. 00:19:52.128 --> 00:19:52.712 Well, actually, 00:19:52.712 --> 00:19:55.464 choir's going to come back up here because it's going to take a minute. 00:19:55.464 --> 00:19:56.296 So I'm going to pray. 00:19:56.296 --> 00:19:56.824 Y'all come on. 00:19:56.824 --> 00:19:58.528 Yeah. Start making your way up here. 00:19:58.528 --> 00:20:01.920 I'll wait till y'all kind of get sort of in the area before I start 00:20:01.920 --> 00:20:05.602 praying. Because we want y'all to sing as soon as I say amen. 00:20:05.602 --> 00:20:08.242 Right? Isn't that how y'all time that stuff? 00:20:10.330 --> 00:20:11.320 There you go. 00:20:11.074 --> 00:20:11.910 Good job. 00:20:12.410 --> 00:20:13.270 All right. 00:20:16.530 --> 00:20:17.594 All righty. 00:20:17.762 --> 00:20:20.962 It's kind of exciting to have the choir doing the takeover. 00:20:20.962 --> 00:20:22.938 I think the next one's scheduled in December, 00:20:22.938 --> 00:20:26.994 right? So they're gonna do Christmas takeover in December. 00:20:27.082 --> 00:20:29.562 So y'all be praying for them as they practice. 00:20:29.562 --> 00:20:31.282 And if you want to be a part of it, 00:20:31.282 --> 00:20:34.046 they can add a whole nother row up there if necessary. 00:20:34.046 --> 00:20:36.350 Alrighty. So if you'd like to sing in the choir, 00:20:36.350 --> 00:20:38.886 you come on Sunday afternoons at what, 00:20:38.918 --> 00:20:42.422 530? She ain't listening. 00:20:42.566 --> 00:20:44.902 Sunday afternoons at 535 o'clock. 00:20:44.966 --> 00:20:45.870 05:00. See? 00:20:45.910 --> 00:20:46.662 I'm wrong. 00:20:46.806 --> 00:20:48.238 Alrighty. Let's pray together. 00:20:48.294 --> 00:20:51.662 God, we thank you and we praise you again that your word is clear, 00:20:51.662 --> 00:20:53.190 your word is true. 00:20:53.350 --> 00:20:54.102 And, God, 00:20:54.206 --> 00:20:55.662 you are faithful. 00:20:55.846 --> 00:20:56.286 And so, 00:20:56.286 --> 00:20:59.566 God, I just thank you this morning as we've studied Hebrews, 00:20:59.566 --> 00:21:00.478 to understand God, 00:21:00.478 --> 00:21:05.390 that you have worked from just in the moment of the fall, 00:21:06.290 --> 00:21:10.418 God, to restore peace between you and your creation. 00:21:10.474 --> 00:21:11.258 And God, 00:21:11.434 --> 00:21:17.314 we are those who enjoy that peace by faith in Jesus. 00:21:17.482 --> 00:21:18.058 So, God, 00:21:18.058 --> 00:21:19.386 we pray that God, 00:21:19.418 --> 00:21:21.122 this morning we have grown, 00:21:21.306 --> 00:21:22.522 we have learned. 00:21:22.706 --> 00:21:23.146 And that, 00:21:23.146 --> 00:21:27.194 God, we can reflect better Jesus in our lives. 00:21:27.282 --> 00:21:29.306 And we pray it in Jesus name. 00:21:29.306 --> 00:21:29.650 Amen.