1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:02,733 actually pick up where we left off. 2 00:00:02,766 --> 00:00:05,766 It's been a minute since we've been in Hebrews, but we're going to deal 3 00:00:05,766 --> 00:00:09,500 a little bit more with verse 4 00:00:09,500 --> 00:00:11,833 9 because of the total context. 5 00:00:12,300 --> 00:00:16,300 And as I said earlier, we're going to work our way all the way through verse 18. 6 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:21,000 Also, as I said, because this text is 7 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:24,166 describing the kind of 8 00:00:24,199 --> 00:00:28,500 savior that Jesus is, what 9 00:00:28,500 --> 00:00:31,933 we're going to do is we're not going to dive into each 10 00:00:31,933 --> 00:00:34,933 concept that I'm going to give you in this text in great 11 00:00:34,933 --> 00:00:36,200 detail, each one. 12 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:39,666 Instead, we're going to be impacted 13 00:00:39,666 --> 00:00:44,000 in a greater way, as I have in my preparation, by 14 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:47,133 looking at all of these points in verses 15 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:50,133 9 to 18 in one message. 16 00:00:50,700 --> 00:00:54,799 Now, there have been many, many men, 17 00:00:54,799 --> 00:00:58,700 all down through the history of this world, who 18 00:00:58,700 --> 00:01:02,299 have declared themselves to be God, or 19 00:01:02,299 --> 00:01:05,733 Son of God, or Messiah. 20 00:01:06,500 --> 00:01:09,599 And some have acquired many 21 00:01:09,599 --> 00:01:11,266 followers for themselves. 22 00:01:11,900 --> 00:01:15,433 If you scan the internet, you will find out 23 00:01:15,433 --> 00:01:18,599 there in the world today, especially in third world countries, 24 00:01:18,599 --> 00:01:21,766 there's people, men who 25 00:01:21,799 --> 00:01:24,966 claim to be God, or claim to be Jesus even, 26 00:01:24,966 --> 00:01:28,033 and they have small to very 27 00:01:28,033 --> 00:01:29,299 large followings. 28 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:31,333 There's a huge one down in Mexico right now. 29 00:01:32,766 --> 00:01:35,833 John MacArthur said, Simon Magus tried to prove 30 00:01:35,833 --> 00:01:38,966 himself the Son of God by flying from a building. 31 00:01:40,599 --> 00:01:41,599 The flying was okay. 32 00:01:42,966 --> 00:01:44,233 The landing was miserable. 33 00:01:46,566 --> 00:01:50,466 All of them have been proven to 34 00:01:50,466 --> 00:01:51,533 be frauds. 35 00:01:53,099 --> 00:01:53,766 That won. 36 00:01:55,166 --> 00:01:56,200 There's only one savior. 37 00:01:57,866 --> 00:02:00,266 And he is a perfect savior. 38 00:02:02,533 --> 00:02:06,133 There is and always will be only one 39 00:02:06,133 --> 00:02:09,366 Son of God, one Messiah. 40 00:02:10,300 --> 00:02:13,400 And that's exactly why Peter said this in 41 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:16,466 Acts chapter 4 and verse number 12, 42 00:02:16,466 --> 00:02:19,699 and there is salvation in no 43 00:02:19,699 --> 00:02:21,266 one else. 44 00:02:22,699 --> 00:02:25,866 Well, there is no other name, under heaven, 45 00:02:25,866 --> 00:02:29,000 that has been given among men, by 46 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:32,300 which we must be saved, 47 00:02:32,300 --> 00:02:33,800 and that name is Jesus. 48 00:02:36,433 --> 00:02:39,666 That's why the weighty reality, whether 49 00:02:39,666 --> 00:02:43,033 people like it or not, it doesn't really matter. 50 00:02:44,066 --> 00:02:47,433 weighty reality is that every other so 51 00:02:47,433 --> 00:02:52,033 called Son of God, Messiah, 52 00:02:52,033 --> 00:02:56,699 in the past, in the present, or in the future, 53 00:02:56,699 --> 00:03:01,333 is false, which also means, 54 00:03:01,333 --> 00:03:05,366 another very inconvenient reality in 55 00:03:05,366 --> 00:03:08,533 our modern day, that every other religion 56 00:03:08,533 --> 00:03:09,566 in the world, 57 00:03:10,933 --> 00:03:14,366 besides biblical Christianity is false. 58 00:03:15,733 --> 00:03:16,400 Can't escape it. 59 00:03:17,833 --> 00:03:21,133 Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, 60 00:03:21,133 --> 00:03:24,266 and Hinduism, if you add those religions 61 00:03:24,266 --> 00:03:28,033 together, they make up approximately 3.5 62 00:03:28,033 --> 00:03:31,633 billion people alive on Earth right 63 00:03:31,633 --> 00:03:35,366 now that hold to one of those religions. 64 00:03:36,199 --> 00:03:37,866 And every one of those people. 65 00:03:39,366 --> 00:03:43,733 who believe in the teaching of those religions 66 00:03:43,733 --> 00:03:46,766 are absolutely totally and completely 67 00:03:46,766 --> 00:03:48,333 wrong about who God is. 68 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:53,166 absolutely, totally, completely wrong about how 69 00:03:53,166 --> 00:03:56,166 God operates in 70 00:03:56,166 --> 00:03:59,699 saving people from his holy justice. 71 00:03:59,966 --> 00:04:03,699 People don't like to hear that, but that's the Bible truths. 72 00:04:05,666 --> 00:04:09,966 All false religions will put a person straight 73 00:04:09,966 --> 00:04:12,966 into hell when they died, the very hell that we read about in 74 00:04:12,966 --> 00:04:16,199 Revelation 20 this morning, If they meet that 75 00:04:16,199 --> 00:04:20,166 moment of death, not having come to 76 00:04:20,166 --> 00:04:21,500 the only savior there is. 77 00:04:22,399 --> 00:04:24,633 The Lord Jesus Christ on his terms. 78 00:04:26,100 --> 00:04:29,466 not yours, of Bible repentance, and 79 00:04:29,466 --> 00:04:30,600 saving faith. 80 00:04:30,866 --> 00:04:35,000 Now, before we dig in here, got 81 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:38,066 to remember and review a couple of important facts to keep in 82 00:04:38,066 --> 00:04:40,300 your thinking before we get into this text. 83 00:04:40,466 --> 00:04:43,633 We don't know the human author of Hebrews, but 84 00:04:43,633 --> 00:04:46,633 we know for sure, ultimately, the Holy Spirit is 85 00:04:46,633 --> 00:04:48,500 the author of the Book of Hebrews. 86 00:04:49,766 --> 00:04:53,000 The original audience is that congregation of Jews that 87 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:56,066 we've talked about, and again, it's very important 88 00:04:56,066 --> 00:04:59,066 to keep this in mind, that the writer 89 00:04:59,066 --> 00:05:02,199 is trying to prove to this group 90 00:05:02,199 --> 00:05:05,300 of Jews that Jesus, not only 91 00:05:05,300 --> 00:05:08,300 is he the Son of God and the Messiah, but 92 00:05:08,300 --> 00:05:11,366 that he is also the mediator of a 93 00:05:11,366 --> 00:05:13,899 better covenant than the Old Covenant. 94 00:05:14,833 --> 00:05:18,133 He's saying to these Jews, Let go of all 95 00:05:18,133 --> 00:05:21,300 of the rituals and trappings of the old covenant 96 00:05:21,300 --> 00:05:24,433 because the new covenant replaces and 97 00:05:24,433 --> 00:05:27,300 fulfills, most importantly, it all. 98 00:05:29,333 --> 00:05:32,366 And at the same time, that's happening in the 99 00:05:32,366 --> 00:05:35,699 original audience, this is all massively 100 00:05:35,699 --> 00:05:38,699 instructive for all of the church for all of 101 00:05:38,699 --> 00:05:41,233 human history going forward until Jesus returns. 102 00:05:42,533 --> 00:05:45,800 And remember, to prove that Jesus 103 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:49,100 is better than every aspect of 104 00:05:49,100 --> 00:05:53,300 anything attached to the Old Covenant, the 105 00:05:53,300 --> 00:05:56,699 writer is brilliant, of course, because 106 00:05:56,699 --> 00:05:59,866 he starts by proving, from the Old Testament 107 00:05:59,899 --> 00:06:03,133 to these Jews, that Jesus is 108 00:06:03,133 --> 00:06:05,833 far superior to all angels. 109 00:06:06,300 --> 00:06:09,433 And if you remember, I taught you about how high regard the Jews had for the angels. 110 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:14,233 But even after this tremendous presentation that 111 00:06:14,233 --> 00:06:17,233 the writer has made in chapter 1, and then starting into chapter 112 00:06:17,233 --> 00:06:20,766 2, the writer knows that 113 00:06:20,766 --> 00:06:24,199 the Jews will still have a problem in their thinking. 114 00:06:25,399 --> 00:06:26,600 And we can understand this. 115 00:06:28,933 --> 00:06:32,000 How could Jesus, be 116 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:36,633 better than angels, if 117 00:06:36,633 --> 00:06:41,100 not only was Jesus just a man, but 118 00:06:41,100 --> 00:06:44,466 he was also a man, who died. 119 00:06:45,699 --> 00:06:47,366 You can understand them having that question. 120 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:49,633 Angels never die. 121 00:06:51,633 --> 00:06:54,800 And they certainly are higher than men in the 122 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:56,166 way that we saw in the previous message. 123 00:06:57,333 --> 00:06:58,199 And you know what that does? 124 00:06:58,266 --> 00:07:00,433 That brings us right back to where we left off in verse 9. 125 00:07:00,500 --> 00:07:00,966 Take a look at it. 126 00:07:03,133 --> 00:07:04,766 But we do see him. 127 00:07:06,366 --> 00:07:09,966 who was made for a little while, lower 128 00:07:09,966 --> 00:07:13,100 than the angels, namely, Jesus. 129 00:07:13,199 --> 00:07:16,266 And remember, his nature is not lower than 130 00:07:16,266 --> 00:07:17,899 the angels, he's God. 131 00:07:18,899 --> 00:07:19,966 But for a little while. 132 00:07:21,500 --> 00:07:24,566 In his incarnation, as a man, 133 00:07:24,566 --> 00:07:27,866 from that perspective, he became less than 134 00:07:27,866 --> 00:07:31,166 angels, only for a little while, for 33 135 00:07:31,166 --> 00:07:34,166 years or so, to accomplish God 136 00:07:34,166 --> 00:07:36,566 ordained specific purposes. 137 00:07:37,533 --> 00:07:41,000 That gave a direct answer to this original 138 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:45,366 audience, but the verses we're going to look at today, they're 139 00:07:45,366 --> 00:07:47,899 going to expand this answer greatly. 140 00:07:49,100 --> 00:07:50,466 Remember the issues, OK? 141 00:07:51,366 --> 00:07:54,199 How could Jesus be greater than angels if he was a man? 142 00:07:54,500 --> 00:07:56,833 And on top of that, a man who died? 143 00:07:57,366 --> 00:07:59,300 Angels never died, and he did. 144 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:00,666 That's what they're thinking. 145 00:08:01,566 --> 00:08:03,300 So verse 9 is quite a verse. 146 00:08:04,633 --> 00:08:08,000 And getting us started in answering these questions. 147 00:08:08,066 --> 00:08:09,199 Look, again, at verse 9. 148 00:08:09,266 --> 00:08:12,266 But we do see him, who 149 00:08:12,266 --> 00:08:15,399 was made a little while lower than the angels, 150 00:08:15,399 --> 00:08:19,033 namely Jesus, because of 151 00:08:20,733 --> 00:08:23,300 the suffering of death. 152 00:08:24,300 --> 00:08:25,100 Now, stop right there. 153 00:08:26,333 --> 00:08:30,366 Very clearly, this is saying that Jesus was 154 00:08:30,366 --> 00:08:33,966 made lower than the angels in 155 00:08:33,966 --> 00:08:38,766 order to die, suffering of death. 156 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:43,266 His death was the reason that he 157 00:08:43,266 --> 00:08:46,633 was made lower than the angels for what it accomplished. 158 00:08:47,833 --> 00:08:51,366 Jesus was born to 159 00:08:51,366 --> 00:08:54,899 die in exactly the way that he did. 160 00:08:56,533 --> 00:08:57,799 in every aspect. 161 00:08:58,533 --> 00:08:59,666 His death was no accident. 162 00:09:01,133 --> 00:09:04,399 It was God's preordained plan from 163 00:09:04,399 --> 00:09:05,733 before the foundation of the world. 164 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:10,633 Now, in this text, I'm going to show you five 165 00:09:10,633 --> 00:09:14,066 perfections, if you're taking notes, that 166 00:09:14,066 --> 00:09:17,233 humanity, perfections, 167 00:09:17,233 --> 00:09:20,466 that the humanity and the death of Jesus, 168 00:09:20,466 --> 00:09:21,666 brought about. 169 00:09:22,033 --> 00:09:26,000 In his incarnation, number one, Jesus became our substitute. 170 00:09:27,733 --> 00:09:31,166 Number two, he became our salvation captain. 171 00:09:32,399 --> 00:09:35,266 Number three, he became our sanctifier. 172 00:09:36,299 --> 00:09:40,433 Number four, he became our Satan conqueror, 173 00:09:40,433 --> 00:09:43,933 and number five, our sympathizer, 174 00:09:43,933 --> 00:09:44,966 and that's going to be our outline. 175 00:09:45,566 --> 00:09:47,500 Can y'all handle all that in one sermon? 176 00:09:47,966 --> 00:09:50,233 Okay, you better, you ain't have a choice anyway. 177 00:09:50,933 --> 00:09:53,066 Let's begin with our substitute, verse 9. 178 00:09:54,799 --> 00:09:56,000 Keep going in verse 9. 179 00:09:56,533 --> 00:10:01,033 Because of the suffering of death, crowned 180 00:10:01,033 --> 00:10:04,200 with glory and honor, so that by 181 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:07,366 the grace of God, he might taste death 182 00:10:07,399 --> 00:10:08,766 for everyone. 183 00:10:09,633 --> 00:10:13,100 Now, that is describing the great doctrine 184 00:10:13,100 --> 00:10:15,366 of the substitutionary death of Christ. 185 00:10:16,733 --> 00:10:19,566 If you're a believer, he died in your place. 186 00:10:20,466 --> 00:10:23,600 He died in my place, and every person in 187 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:26,133 human history that believes. 188 00:10:26,533 --> 00:10:30,266 Ezekiel said, the soul that sins shall die. 189 00:10:31,399 --> 00:10:35,299 And that principle is laid down again in the New Testament, with, The 190 00:10:35,299 --> 00:10:38,066 wages of sin is death. 191 00:10:39,266 --> 00:10:41,500 Sin brings death. 192 00:10:41,666 --> 00:10:44,833 Sin is the reason there is death, 193 00:10:44,833 --> 00:10:48,200 and God would be perfectly 194 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:51,600 just, if right after the fall, 195 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:52,966 in the garden. 196 00:10:53,899 --> 00:10:57,166 He just let every man die in human history and pay for his own sin. 197 00:10:57,933 --> 00:10:58,933 He'd be perfectly just. 198 00:10:59,399 --> 00:11:03,433 He has under no obligation whatsoever to 199 00:11:03,433 --> 00:11:05,533 step in and save anyone. 200 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:07,166 That's the bigger question. 201 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:08,833 People say, Well, why don't he save everybody? 202 00:11:08,899 --> 00:11:10,033 That's not the question to ask. 203 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:11,166 Why did he save anybody? 204 00:11:11,533 --> 00:11:12,666 That's the question to ask. 205 00:11:14,299 --> 00:11:15,133 Because of his love? 206 00:11:16,299 --> 00:11:19,966 and his grace, and his mercy that he has for man. 207 00:11:21,066 --> 00:11:24,666 He allows, for a man, to 208 00:11:24,666 --> 00:11:27,733 take the punishment, for sin 209 00:11:27,733 --> 00:11:31,866 that man deserves to die in 210 00:11:31,866 --> 00:11:33,366 his place, and not just any man. 211 00:11:34,833 --> 00:11:35,666 But the god man. 212 00:11:36,866 --> 00:11:39,966 That was God's whole design, and 213 00:11:39,966 --> 00:11:42,899 sending the second person of the Trinity to this world. 214 00:11:43,933 --> 00:11:47,299 God humbled himself came 215 00:11:47,299 --> 00:11:50,299 to earth to die in the 216 00:11:50,299 --> 00:11:54,566 place of every believer, a substitutionary death. 217 00:11:55,299 --> 00:11:58,299 Don't get anything out of this, get that. 218 00:11:59,066 --> 00:12:01,299 He didn't die to be an example for others. 219 00:12:02,366 --> 00:12:04,166 He didn't die for a cause. 220 00:12:05,100 --> 00:12:10,066 He died as a substitute for all who believe. 221 00:12:10,933 --> 00:12:15,600 God himself became what man is to 222 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:19,166 substitute for the believing 223 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:22,399 man's death, which frees the believing man to 224 00:12:22,399 --> 00:12:24,433 eternal life, with God? 225 00:12:26,500 --> 00:12:27,100 Think about this. 226 00:12:27,500 --> 00:12:30,566 This is a stunning, mind 227 00:12:30,566 --> 00:12:34,233 staggering concept that 228 00:12:34,233 --> 00:12:37,933 is completely foreign to every other religious 229 00:12:37,933 --> 00:12:40,933 thought outside of Christianity, in the 230 00:12:40,933 --> 00:12:42,133 history of the world that there is. 231 00:12:42,299 --> 00:12:43,366 There's nothing like this. 232 00:12:44,700 --> 00:12:47,633 In any other religion ever invented by man. 233 00:12:48,433 --> 00:12:51,566 To realize that the creator of the universe, the 234 00:12:51,566 --> 00:12:54,600 creator of angels, the one worshipped by 235 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:57,633 angels, should, for our sakes, for 236 00:12:58,299 --> 00:13:00,166 a little while, become lower than angels. 237 00:13:01,700 --> 00:13:02,133 Just that. 238 00:13:03,966 --> 00:13:07,433 Just that alone is a humility that 239 00:13:07,466 --> 00:13:08,666 we can't fully comprehend. 240 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:13,333 And then that he would die, and 241 00:13:13,333 --> 00:13:16,633 pay the penalty for sin that we deserve 242 00:13:16,633 --> 00:13:19,033 is a reality, like no other reality. 243 00:13:20,299 --> 00:13:23,766 And notice it says in verse 9, for the suffering of death. 244 00:13:25,633 --> 00:13:28,766 And always, always, it's important to point out 245 00:13:28,766 --> 00:13:32,100 that the three hours of darkness, while the full theory 246 00:13:32,100 --> 00:13:35,333 of the wrath of God was being poured out upon 247 00:13:35,366 --> 00:13:38,366 sinless Jesus for the sins of all believers for 248 00:13:38,366 --> 00:13:41,600 all time, it was infinitely that 249 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:45,966 experience was infinitely worse than the physical sufferings 250 00:13:45,966 --> 00:13:47,533 that Jesus experienced. 251 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:49,133 We know that, right? 252 00:13:50,533 --> 00:13:53,899 But do not pass over the 253 00:13:53,899 --> 00:13:57,000 extreme agony of the 254 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:58,666 physical sufferings of Jesus. 255 00:13:59,933 --> 00:14:03,433 Don't pass those by, quite literally. 256 00:14:05,066 --> 00:14:08,433 Jesus Christ was tortured to death on Good Friday. 257 00:14:08,766 --> 00:14:12,433 In every sense of the word torture, and what it means, from 258 00:14:12,433 --> 00:14:16,266 the scourgings that ripped his back open, to 259 00:14:16,266 --> 00:14:19,433 the carrying of the cross on the bat that was ripped open. 260 00:14:20,766 --> 00:14:24,133 To the nails, and the thorns, 261 00:14:24,133 --> 00:14:27,266 and the sheer agony of having nails 262 00:14:27,266 --> 00:14:30,600 in your wrist, as we know now from history, 263 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:33,666 and having to pull up on those nails, 264 00:14:33,666 --> 00:14:37,033 and push up on your feet with 265 00:14:37,033 --> 00:14:39,966 nails in them to catch each breath. 266 00:14:41,700 --> 00:14:45,733 Each breath until you couldn't do it anymore, and 267 00:14:45,733 --> 00:14:46,933 you suffocated to death. 268 00:14:48,133 --> 00:14:51,600 Jesus was tortured to death on Calvary's tree. 269 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:55,666 So don't pass by the immense physical 270 00:14:55,666 --> 00:14:58,766 sufferings that he endured for those 271 00:14:58,766 --> 00:15:00,399 he came to save. 272 00:15:01,700 --> 00:15:04,933 And this was the absolutely sinless Son of God. 273 00:15:06,566 --> 00:15:11,100 the uncreated one through whom the world was made, 274 00:15:11,100 --> 00:15:14,600 and the purpose of this humiliation into verse 9. 275 00:15:14,666 --> 00:15:16,899 Look at it, that he might taste death. 276 00:15:18,299 --> 00:15:18,766 for everyone. 277 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:23,166 Don't let that everyone throw you off in your thinking. 278 00:15:24,266 --> 00:15:28,033 As for every single person in the world, a history 279 00:15:28,033 --> 00:15:31,266 from Adam to the last person born 280 00:15:31,266 --> 00:15:33,899 on the Earth, is that who the everyone is right here? 281 00:15:34,166 --> 00:15:36,033 No, clearly, this is everyone who believes. 282 00:15:37,833 --> 00:15:40,866 That word taste is strong in the Greek. 283 00:15:41,766 --> 00:15:42,899 Strong, very intense. 284 00:15:44,700 --> 00:15:47,766 The way to convey it is the Bible says, 285 00:15:47,766 --> 00:15:51,066 he tasted death, and he drank 286 00:15:51,066 --> 00:15:55,333 the bitter cup of it down to the dregs, 287 00:15:55,333 --> 00:15:58,633 the complete bottom, every bit of it. 288 00:15:59,666 --> 00:16:01,833 That's the idea behind the word taste. 289 00:16:02,166 --> 00:16:05,466 Every bit of it, he bore for those who believe, 290 00:16:05,466 --> 00:16:07,399 not for those who reject him. 291 00:16:09,733 --> 00:16:11,166 How could it possibly be true? 292 00:16:13,166 --> 00:16:16,399 That he endured all the agony of the cross as 293 00:16:16,399 --> 00:16:19,466 an actual substitute for those 294 00:16:19,466 --> 00:16:23,233 who have to pay their own penalty in hell forever. 295 00:16:23,299 --> 00:16:23,966 It can't be true. 296 00:16:25,833 --> 00:16:29,100 If the Bible teaches, and it does, that his death was 297 00:16:29,100 --> 00:16:32,633 an actual substitutionary death, then 298 00:16:32,666 --> 00:16:35,966 the only way that makes sense is that the substitution 299 00:16:35,966 --> 00:16:37,633 was only for those who believe. 300 00:16:39,733 --> 00:16:42,600 If he paid the penalty, in my place, 301 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:47,766 And then I go to hell for not believing, where 302 00:16:47,766 --> 00:16:48,966 is the substitution in that? 303 00:16:50,033 --> 00:16:50,666 Can you find it? 304 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:55,266 If he made actual propitiation 305 00:16:55,266 --> 00:16:58,266 for my sins, which means 306 00:16:58,266 --> 00:17:01,633 God's wrath was appeased for my sins, 307 00:17:01,633 --> 00:17:05,000 and then I reject Christ, and I go to hell when I die, how 308 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:08,766 does it make sense that he died a substitutionary, 309 00:17:08,766 --> 00:17:11,099 atoning, propitiatory death for me? 310 00:17:12,599 --> 00:17:13,633 It doesn't make sense. 311 00:17:14,933 --> 00:17:18,066 That's why, when it says that he might taste death 312 00:17:18,066 --> 00:17:21,500 for everyone, it means, for everyone who 313 00:17:21,500 --> 00:17:24,799 believes, and we're also going to see in a minute, the context 314 00:17:24,799 --> 00:17:27,799 makes that clear as we go along in this passage. 315 00:17:28,266 --> 00:17:31,400 And then also, not only do we see the extent 316 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:34,700 and purpose of this humiliation in verse 9, look, also the motive. 317 00:17:36,599 --> 00:17:40,333 We're still under 0.1 of the substitute, but these are some sub points. 318 00:17:41,500 --> 00:17:43,400 Look at the previous phrase in verse 9. 319 00:17:44,133 --> 00:17:47,700 And I know we're going backwards in the verse, but sometimes you got to put it in reverse, 320 00:17:47,700 --> 00:17:48,833 just to make it come out just right. 321 00:17:48,900 --> 00:17:49,266 Okay. 322 00:17:50,233 --> 00:17:52,799 So that by the grace of God. 323 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:55,766 He might taste death for everyone. 324 00:17:56,700 --> 00:17:57,400 What a statement. 325 00:17:59,000 --> 00:17:59,966 What moved Jesus? 326 00:18:01,633 --> 00:18:02,166 To suffer. 327 00:18:03,133 --> 00:18:03,799 and to die. 328 00:18:04,166 --> 00:18:05,966 If you just use one word. 329 00:18:06,666 --> 00:18:07,700 What motivated him? 330 00:18:08,733 --> 00:18:09,866 That one word is grace. 331 00:18:11,533 --> 00:18:13,166 Is there a greater word than grace? 332 00:18:15,299 --> 00:18:16,566 Unmerited favor. 333 00:18:17,166 --> 00:18:20,333 The unmerited favor of God, the 334 00:18:20,366 --> 00:18:23,733 free loving kindness of God, by 335 00:18:23,733 --> 00:18:27,266 God's grace, all who believe, 336 00:18:27,266 --> 00:18:30,966 get what we don't deserve, and 337 00:18:30,966 --> 00:18:32,833 we don't get what we do deserve. 338 00:18:35,966 --> 00:18:36,633 We get salvation. 339 00:18:38,033 --> 00:18:38,833 We don't deserve it. 340 00:18:40,533 --> 00:18:43,466 It's all solely based upon the good pleasure. 341 00:18:45,133 --> 00:18:46,166 of his sovereign will. 342 00:18:47,700 --> 00:18:50,700 Jesus did not die a substitutionary 343 00:18:50,700 --> 00:18:56,366 death for sinners at the hands of men alone, 344 00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:59,433 or by the working of Satan alone, 345 00:18:59,433 --> 00:19:03,833 even though those were used by God, in the biggest picture. 346 00:19:05,133 --> 00:19:08,533 Church, it's the predeterminate counsel 347 00:19:08,533 --> 00:19:11,900 and foreknowledge of a sovereign God, whose plan was 348 00:19:11,900 --> 00:19:15,266 to glorify the Son, through his display of 349 00:19:15,266 --> 00:19:16,333 the greatest act of love 350 00:19:16,933 --> 00:19:18,133 grace in existence. 351 00:19:20,166 --> 00:19:23,166 Jesus made it clear, in John 10, no 352 00:19:23,166 --> 00:19:24,533 man takes my life from me. 353 00:19:26,833 --> 00:19:29,366 I lay it down myself, he said. 354 00:19:30,700 --> 00:19:34,099 There's still one more thing in this verse, going backward still, verse 9. 355 00:19:35,299 --> 00:19:38,299 The result of all this, because of the suffering of death. 356 00:19:38,366 --> 00:19:38,799 Look at this. 357 00:19:39,299 --> 00:19:43,133 Because of the suffering and death crowned with glory and honor. 358 00:19:45,599 --> 00:19:48,633 Don't you know in that 1st Good Friday, Satan wanted to humiliate him. 359 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:53,533 His work on the tree did just 360 00:19:53,533 --> 00:19:55,200 the opposite in the big picture. 361 00:19:56,700 --> 00:19:59,799 As a result of his toning work, he was raised from 362 00:19:59,799 --> 00:20:03,200 the dead, as proof that 363 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:06,733 the work was complete, and he was exalted in 364 00:20:06,733 --> 00:20:10,099 that moment to the right hand of the Father, and he was crowned, 365 00:20:10,099 --> 00:20:13,166 this verse says, with glory and honor, and he 366 00:20:13,166 --> 00:20:16,166 sits on the throne now reigning, and will 367 00:20:16,166 --> 00:20:17,900 continue to reign forever and ever. 368 00:20:19,433 --> 00:20:20,599 There would be no other way. 369 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:25,400 Church, for us to know the grace of God. 370 00:20:26,066 --> 00:20:29,066 There would be no other way to know his saving power 371 00:20:29,066 --> 00:20:32,233 if Jesus Christ did not die a 372 00:20:32,233 --> 00:20:34,700 substitutionary death for us. 373 00:20:35,533 --> 00:20:36,200 No other way. 374 00:20:38,233 --> 00:20:40,166 Now, let's move to point two. 375 00:20:40,566 --> 00:20:43,799 If we're going to get to verse 18, you're going to have to listen way faster than this. 376 00:20:45,099 --> 00:20:45,500 Number 2 377 00:20:46,700 --> 00:20:48,366 Our salvation, Captain. 378 00:20:48,500 --> 00:20:49,400 I love that phrase. 379 00:20:50,333 --> 00:20:51,133 Look at verse 10. 380 00:20:52,799 --> 00:20:55,966 For it was fitting for him, For whom are 381 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:59,133 all things, and through whom are all things, and 382 00:20:59,133 --> 00:21:02,233 bringing many sons to glory? 383 00:21:02,833 --> 00:21:03,966 Remember the everyone? 384 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:06,133 This is many sons to God. 385 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:09,500 This is not all people who have ever lived, to perfect the author 386 00:21:09,500 --> 00:21:12,066 of their salvation through sufferings. 387 00:21:13,766 --> 00:21:17,766 For it was fitting for him, it 388 00:21:17,766 --> 00:21:20,933 agreed with his nature, for whom 389 00:21:20,966 --> 00:21:24,500 all things, and through whom are all things. 390 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:28,700 Well, that's God, but that's Jesus as 391 00:21:28,700 --> 00:21:30,666 well, because Jesus is God, right? 392 00:21:32,066 --> 00:21:34,900 In bringing men, men, he sons to glory. 393 00:21:34,933 --> 00:21:38,166 That's God's design and his plan to bring many people to 394 00:21:38,166 --> 00:21:41,933 himself in a salvation that results in glory. 395 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:45,233 And in order to do that, look, he had to do this next, 396 00:21:45,266 --> 00:21:48,433 perfect the author of their salvation through 397 00:21:48,433 --> 00:21:49,466 suffering. 398 00:21:50,799 --> 00:21:56,000 The King James version says the captain of our salvation. 399 00:21:58,500 --> 00:22:01,566 So the cross, Crosschurch 400 00:22:01,566 --> 00:22:05,466 is the absolute masterpiece of God's infinite wisdom. 401 00:22:07,633 --> 00:22:11,833 God had a problem to solve what no 402 00:22:11,833 --> 00:22:13,633 human brain could solve this problem. 403 00:22:15,066 --> 00:22:18,233 How does a sinful man get right 404 00:22:18,266 --> 00:22:21,366 with holy God and be 405 00:22:21,366 --> 00:22:23,900 brought to glory when he die? 406 00:22:24,299 --> 00:22:25,066 How can this happen? 407 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:29,433 Clearly, no man can earn his way to glory 408 00:22:29,433 --> 00:22:32,700 by his works because nobody can stop sinning. 409 00:22:35,766 --> 00:22:37,400 So how can the works earn it? 410 00:22:38,833 --> 00:22:42,666 What possible way could you earn your way to be right with a holy God? 411 00:22:43,166 --> 00:22:44,133 You cannot. 412 00:22:44,166 --> 00:22:47,466 And from this verse, let's 413 00:22:47,466 --> 00:22:50,533 consider first this phrase, the author of salvation, the 414 00:22:50,533 --> 00:22:53,833 word author in the Greek is archagos. 415 00:22:54,733 --> 00:22:57,000 It means somebody who begins something. 416 00:22:58,466 --> 00:23:01,533 You know how it can also be translated pioneer? 417 00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:05,400 Think of the pioneers in early America, like 418 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:09,000 somebody who opens up a new territory, or 419 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:13,033 it could also be translated trailblazer, like 420 00:23:13,033 --> 00:23:16,266 somebody who blazes a trail for other people to follow. 421 00:23:16,766 --> 00:23:19,099 Jesus is the archagoths of our salvation. 422 00:23:19,500 --> 00:23:21,833 Jesus alone authored our salvation. 423 00:23:21,900 --> 00:23:26,166 He's the trailblazer who opened the trail to God for us. 424 00:23:26,299 --> 00:23:27,966 He's the captain of our salvation. 425 00:23:28,633 --> 00:23:29,599 That's who he is. 426 00:23:30,866 --> 00:23:34,166 And in order to be the trailblazer, and the captain, 427 00:23:34,166 --> 00:23:35,500 the archagoths, 428 00:23:35,533 --> 00:23:40,033 This verse is telling us, it was necessary for 429 00:23:40,033 --> 00:23:44,233 God to perfect the 430 00:23:44,233 --> 00:23:48,133 author of our salvation, through sufferings. 431 00:23:48,266 --> 00:23:49,533 Now, isn't that interesting? 432 00:23:51,133 --> 00:23:54,500 Now, let's get our theological 433 00:23:54,500 --> 00:23:57,599 ducks in a row here, in his divine nature, 434 00:23:57,599 --> 00:24:00,066 Christ, of course, is perfect, right, as God. 435 00:24:01,233 --> 00:24:01,866 But guess what? 436 00:24:02,900 --> 00:24:06,200 In his human nature, though he was sinless, the 437 00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:09,666 Bible teaches us that he was perfected through 438 00:24:09,666 --> 00:24:12,833 obedience, and 439 00:24:12,866 --> 00:24:16,099 including in that obedience, was a lot of suffering. 440 00:24:17,099 --> 00:24:19,500 Man of sorrows, acquainted with grief, right? 441 00:24:21,133 --> 00:24:26,533 That he might be an understanding high priest, and an example. 442 00:24:26,666 --> 00:24:29,733 That's the right way to look at Jesus' death as an example. 443 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:31,966 Look at Hebrews 5. 444 00:24:33,900 --> 00:24:35,033 8 through 9. 445 00:24:35,833 --> 00:24:38,666 Although he was a son, son of God. 446 00:24:39,666 --> 00:24:42,133 He learned obedience. 447 00:24:43,566 --> 00:24:45,433 From the things which he suffered. 448 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:50,166 Look at this, verse 9, and having been made 449 00:24:50,166 --> 00:24:53,933 perfect in his humanity, 450 00:24:53,966 --> 00:24:57,799 he became, to all those who obey him, 451 00:24:57,799 --> 00:25:00,566 the source of eternal salvation. 452 00:25:00,733 --> 00:25:03,900 So not only was he made perfect through obedience through 453 00:25:03,900 --> 00:25:07,133 suffering, in order to be an understanding high priest, 454 00:25:07,166 --> 00:25:10,466 not only to blaze the trail of obedience that 455 00:25:10,466 --> 00:25:13,633 is an example to us, but also, listen carefully, 456 00:25:13,633 --> 00:25:16,700 through his lived experience as a man, to 457 00:25:16,700 --> 00:25:19,933 establish that perfect righteousness. 458 00:25:21,266 --> 00:25:24,400 that is the very righteousness that is imputed to all believers. 459 00:25:26,299 --> 00:25:28,233 Only God could come up with all this stuff at once. 460 00:25:29,133 --> 00:25:29,900 You understand that? 461 00:25:32,166 --> 00:25:35,333 Now, I could just park right here on this for a sermon 462 00:25:35,366 --> 00:25:38,466 series, but I'm trying to get you to see the whole picture 463 00:25:38,466 --> 00:25:40,433 in these verses, so we got to keep going, number three. 464 00:25:41,466 --> 00:25:43,133 Jesus became our sanctifier. 465 00:25:44,799 --> 00:25:45,333 Verse 11. 466 00:25:47,466 --> 00:25:51,366 For both, he who sanctifies, that's Jesus, and 467 00:25:51,366 --> 00:25:54,533 those who are sanctified, that's us, the 468 00:25:54,566 --> 00:25:57,733 ones Jesus came to die for, are all from 469 00:25:57,733 --> 00:26:00,966 one father, for which reason, look 470 00:26:00,966 --> 00:26:03,533 at this, he is not ashamed to call them brethren. 471 00:26:04,299 --> 00:26:04,666 Huh? 472 00:26:06,133 --> 00:26:09,000 Now, again, this is just a stunning statement. 473 00:26:10,833 --> 00:26:14,066 Here is the theological reality, in salvation. 474 00:26:14,966 --> 00:26:17,900 We are not just forgiven all of our sins. 475 00:26:18,900 --> 00:26:22,799 We are also, this verse says, sanctify, 476 00:26:22,799 --> 00:26:26,333 which means, set apart, separated. 477 00:26:27,599 --> 00:26:31,766 But in its fullest theological sense in this verse, it 478 00:26:31,766 --> 00:26:36,633 means that we are counted as righteous. 479 00:26:38,833 --> 00:26:39,666 But in what sense? 480 00:26:40,900 --> 00:26:42,766 Christian, you have to get this. 481 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:47,200 You have to get this down in your bloodstream where you can explain this to somebody. 482 00:26:49,099 --> 00:26:52,099 He literally counts us, Christians 483 00:26:52,099 --> 00:26:54,033 ask holy, how? 484 00:26:57,299 --> 00:27:01,933 Well, as we've learned, by being our substitute, 485 00:27:01,933 --> 00:27:05,233 and paying our penalty in his depth on the cross, 486 00:27:05,233 --> 00:27:08,366 and also 487 00:27:08,366 --> 00:27:11,666 equally as important, he lived a perfectly 488 00:27:11,666 --> 00:27:15,700 righteous life as a man also as our substitute. 489 00:27:18,133 --> 00:27:21,900 Understand, the righteousness that you're imputed is 490 00:27:21,900 --> 00:27:26,166 the righteousness that he acquired when he was here as your substitute as the god man. 491 00:27:27,433 --> 00:27:30,799 And then God, when we believe, takes that very righteousness 492 00:27:30,799 --> 00:27:35,299 that Jesus acquired when he was here on earth, and he imputes it to us. 493 00:27:35,366 --> 00:27:37,933 That means he puts it on our account. 494 00:27:39,700 --> 00:27:40,366 When we believe. 495 00:27:43,299 --> 00:27:44,866 That's how he sanctified us. 496 00:27:44,900 --> 00:27:47,066 That's what this means in this verse. 497 00:27:48,433 --> 00:27:50,533 It does not mean that we are sinless now. 498 00:27:51,599 --> 00:27:52,933 Understand that at the same time. 499 00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:57,966 It simply means, God 500 00:27:57,966 --> 00:27:59,099 treats us as if we are. 501 00:28:01,166 --> 00:28:02,233 What in the world? 502 00:28:02,366 --> 00:28:02,599 Huh? 503 00:28:04,900 --> 00:28:05,733 Because guess what? 504 00:28:06,733 --> 00:28:08,299 All of our sins have been forgiven. 505 00:28:08,599 --> 00:28:11,599 That's present and future when we come to faith in Christ, and the 506 00:28:11,599 --> 00:28:15,333 very righteousness of Jesus is credit to our account. 507 00:28:15,666 --> 00:28:20,466 As brother, at least he used to say, God treated Jesus 508 00:28:20,500 --> 00:28:23,900 as if he had lived my sinful life, 509 00:28:23,900 --> 00:28:27,299 so that he could treat me as 510 00:28:27,299 --> 00:28:30,666 if I had lived Jesus' perfectly righteous life. 511 00:28:31,433 --> 00:28:32,000 That's what it is. 512 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:37,366 So it's Jesus, perfect righteousness applied to us, 513 00:28:37,366 --> 00:28:41,000 that makes him the sanctifier, and 514 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:42,200 us the sanctified. 515 00:28:43,900 --> 00:28:45,266 Look at Hebrews 10.10. 516 00:28:47,466 --> 00:28:50,766 By this will we have been sanctified, 517 00:28:50,766 --> 00:28:54,366 through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ, 518 00:28:54,366 --> 00:28:57,500 once for all, verse 14, for 519 00:28:57,500 --> 00:29:00,566 by one offering, he has perfected 520 00:29:00,566 --> 00:29:01,766 for all time. 521 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:03,033 Those who are what? 522 00:29:03,299 --> 00:29:04,033 sanctified. 523 00:29:04,500 --> 00:29:05,200 And there it is. 524 00:29:07,166 --> 00:29:08,900 So just to drill this home. 525 00:29:11,099 --> 00:29:12,066 I want you to get this. 526 00:29:12,299 --> 00:29:13,433 We use two words. 527 00:29:14,833 --> 00:29:18,266 Two words to describe our condition as 528 00:29:18,266 --> 00:29:22,000 Christian people as we're living out the rest of our short time here on this earth. 529 00:29:22,566 --> 00:29:25,333 First, positionally. 530 00:29:26,500 --> 00:29:27,400 Don't forget that word. 531 00:29:27,900 --> 00:29:30,766 Positionally, before God, we are righteous. 532 00:29:31,166 --> 00:29:31,933 We are holy. 533 00:29:32,799 --> 00:29:33,766 We are sanctified. 534 00:29:35,599 --> 00:29:41,933 But we are not right now in 535 00:29:41,933 --> 00:29:46,200 practice, in our daily living, what we are in position. 536 00:29:46,766 --> 00:29:47,533 You hit me? 537 00:29:49,466 --> 00:29:52,633 The whole Christian life is our 538 00:29:52,633 --> 00:29:57,000 struggle every day in practice, to guess what? 539 00:29:57,200 --> 00:29:58,766 Be what we already are in position. 540 00:29:59,599 --> 00:30:00,200 You get me? 541 00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:04,500 We are not made perfectly righteous 542 00:30:04,500 --> 00:30:07,433 in practice down here, but we are declared. 543 00:30:07,500 --> 00:30:10,566 That's a big distinction, perfectly righteous, with the 544 00:30:10,566 --> 00:30:12,799 perfect righteousness of Jesus put on our account. 545 00:30:12,866 --> 00:30:15,900 I'm repeating myself because I want you to get this to where you can 546 00:30:15,900 --> 00:30:16,933 explain it to people. 547 00:30:18,133 --> 00:30:19,933 You can't explain the gospel without this. 548 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:24,266 It's the wonder of all wonders that, all 549 00:30:24,266 --> 00:30:27,599 Christians, in position, are 550 00:30:27,599 --> 00:30:29,099 as righteous as Jesus Christ. 551 00:30:30,299 --> 00:30:31,533 That should blow your mind. 552 00:30:33,299 --> 00:30:34,066 It does mine. 553 00:30:34,266 --> 00:30:35,233 I mean, is that grace? 554 00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:36,933 Or what? 555 00:30:38,333 --> 00:30:41,400 We cannot even grasp how thankful we should be 556 00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:43,733 for God's sovereign saving grace. 557 00:30:43,866 --> 00:30:45,200 Now, back to Hebrews. 558 00:30:46,099 --> 00:30:47,533 Look at 2:11. 559 00:30:50,066 --> 00:30:53,200 Arthur says that both he who sanctifies, and those who 560 00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:57,233 are sanctified, are all from one father, 561 00:30:57,266 --> 00:31:00,633 literally in the Greek, are all out of one. 562 00:31:02,500 --> 00:31:03,266 Out of one father. 563 00:31:04,933 --> 00:31:05,599 That's extraordinary. 564 00:31:07,033 --> 00:31:10,333 This is something that would definitely need some extra explaining 565 00:31:10,333 --> 00:31:12,000 to that original Jewish audience, by the way. 566 00:31:13,033 --> 00:31:16,200 I mean, the Messiah, the Son of God, 567 00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:19,200 and the ones that he sanctifies are 568 00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:22,433 all out of the same source, God, the Father? 569 00:31:22,933 --> 00:31:25,400 I mean, they wouldn't even say the name of God out loud. 570 00:31:27,733 --> 00:31:28,466 But here's the truth. 571 00:31:29,166 --> 00:31:32,233 It's true for them, true for us, true for everybody, because of the 572 00:31:32,233 --> 00:31:35,233 righteousness of God, with Christ, we are 573 00:31:35,233 --> 00:31:38,233 with him all from one Father, all out of one 574 00:31:38,233 --> 00:31:41,366 God, all adopted by grace into the family of 575 00:31:41,366 --> 00:31:44,833 God, and to make it even more impactful. 576 00:31:44,900 --> 00:31:48,000 Look next in verse 11, for which reason 577 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:51,066 he, Christ, is not ashamed 578 00:31:51,066 --> 00:31:52,799 to call them brethren. 579 00:31:54,599 --> 00:31:57,733 We are called brethren, because 580 00:31:57,733 --> 00:31:58,933 we share his righteousness. 581 00:32:00,433 --> 00:32:04,200 We are called brothers, because we are joint heirs with him. 582 00:32:06,133 --> 00:32:09,133 And he would absolutely have every reason to be 583 00:32:09,133 --> 00:32:12,266 ashamed of us if he were only looking at the 584 00:32:12,266 --> 00:32:15,599 practical aspect of our being on the Romans 585 00:32:15,599 --> 00:32:18,133 seven struggle bus every day of our Christian lives. 586 00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:21,033 He'd have every reason to be ashamed of that, right? 587 00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:23,066 But he's not ashamed. 588 00:32:25,099 --> 00:32:28,166 to call us brothers, because in position we have been 589 00:32:28,166 --> 00:32:31,400 declared righteous with his perfect righteousness. 590 00:32:31,466 --> 00:32:33,200 There's nothing better than Christianity, folks. 591 00:32:33,266 --> 00:32:36,266 There's absolutely nothing better that could possibly happen to you in 592 00:32:36,266 --> 00:32:38,200 this world than to become a Christian. 593 00:32:40,099 --> 00:32:43,266 Now, because the writer 594 00:32:43,266 --> 00:32:46,733 knows that the original audience of Jews would struggle with this. 595 00:32:47,666 --> 00:32:51,633 One of the things they would say is, What you talking about, Willis? 596 00:32:52,233 --> 00:32:53,700 Where is that in the Old Testament? 597 00:32:54,599 --> 00:32:56,299 And again, what does he do? 598 00:32:56,933 --> 00:32:59,900 He takes them straight to the Old Testament to address the issues. 599 00:33:00,299 --> 00:33:01,733 In verses 12 and 13. 600 00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:05,566 These are direct quotes from Psalm 22, 22, 601 00:33:05,599 --> 00:33:08,599 and Isaiah, chapter 8, verses 17 and 602 00:33:08,599 --> 00:33:12,066 18 to show them that even in the Old Testament, 603 00:33:12,066 --> 00:33:15,733 centuries before the Messiah, anticipated 604 00:33:15,733 --> 00:33:19,200 the brotherhood that 605 00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:21,466 he has for his people, proclaimed in verse 11. 606 00:33:21,733 --> 00:33:22,500 Look at the end of verse 11. 607 00:33:23,533 --> 00:33:27,500 He is not ashamed to call them brethren, then verse 12. 608 00:33:28,799 --> 00:33:31,833 Look at this, saying, I 609 00:33:31,833 --> 00:33:35,666 will proclaim your name to my brethren, 610 00:33:35,700 --> 00:33:39,099 in the midst of the congregation, I will sing your praise. 611 00:33:39,133 --> 00:33:40,500 That is from Psalm 22. 612 00:33:41,799 --> 00:33:42,766 A direct quote. 613 00:33:42,966 --> 00:33:44,233 The Jews knew well. 614 00:33:44,299 --> 00:33:48,366 Psalm 22 is about the most messianic section of the whole Old Testament. 615 00:33:48,799 --> 00:33:51,933 This is Messiah, the second person of the Trinity, talking 616 00:33:51,933 --> 00:33:55,933 to God, the Father, and he says, Father, I'm going to proclaim your name to my brothers. 617 00:33:56,833 --> 00:33:57,799 Out of the Old Testament. 618 00:33:59,233 --> 00:34:00,799 And here's an interesting tidbit. 619 00:34:03,066 --> 00:34:06,200 Before the cross, Jesus 620 00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:09,733 never called any of his followers, brothers. 621 00:34:10,466 --> 00:34:11,199 Never not one time. 622 00:34:11,933 --> 00:34:13,033 He called on disciples. 623 00:34:13,333 --> 00:34:14,533 He called them friends. 624 00:34:14,666 --> 00:34:17,733 He called them sheep, but before the cross, never 625 00:34:18,500 --> 00:34:21,266 brothers, but when he came out of that grave. 626 00:34:23,966 --> 00:34:27,066 And the first thing he said when he came out of that grave 627 00:34:27,066 --> 00:34:28,133 to Mary was what? 628 00:34:28,766 --> 00:34:30,199 Go to my brother. 629 00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:33,633 Hmm? 630 00:34:35,099 --> 00:34:38,366 That was because it was only possible to be a brother when holy 631 00:34:38,366 --> 00:34:39,566 justice have been satisfied. 632 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:44,066 When your sins had been forgiven, and Christ's righteousness had been 633 00:34:44,066 --> 00:34:47,099 imputed to you, and credit to your account, then you 634 00:34:47,099 --> 00:34:48,366 could be called his brother. 635 00:34:49,300 --> 00:34:52,366 His brethren, Spirit of God, inspired 636 00:34:52,366 --> 00:34:56,099 the psalmist to see this brotherhood centuries 637 00:34:56,099 --> 00:34:57,833 before he came to this earth. 638 00:34:58,099 --> 00:35:01,099 I will proclaim your name to my brethren in 639 00:35:01,099 --> 00:35:02,233 the midst of the congregation. 640 00:35:02,233 --> 00:35:04,933 I will see your praise. 641 00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:08,366 Just picture what this foresees in eternity, 642 00:35:08,366 --> 00:35:11,966 future, Messiah, taking his place amongst his brethren, 643 00:35:11,966 --> 00:35:15,000 before God the Father, singing praise to God the Father 644 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:16,800 in the midst of his brethren, incredible. 645 00:35:18,500 --> 00:35:19,233 What a scene. 646 00:35:19,266 --> 00:35:20,400 You're going to be there, Christian. 647 00:35:21,433 --> 00:35:22,699 You're going to be there at that scene. 648 00:35:24,266 --> 00:35:28,099 And he's not ashamed to call us brothers. 649 00:35:28,199 --> 00:35:31,033 We are in no way worthy of that. 650 00:35:33,099 --> 00:35:34,066 But that's what grace does. 651 00:35:35,300 --> 00:35:36,433 And then he's not done. 652 00:35:38,133 --> 00:35:40,033 He goes to another book in the Old Testament. 653 00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:43,933 He pulls from Isaiah, hey, look at verse 13, direct 654 00:35:43,933 --> 00:35:47,000 quo, and again, I will put my 655 00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:50,666 trust in him, and again, behold, I and 656 00:35:50,666 --> 00:35:53,966 the children whom God has given me. 657 00:35:54,133 --> 00:35:57,666 That's the Messiah in the Old Testament, saying, I will put my trust in him. 658 00:35:57,733 --> 00:36:00,266 Jesus trusted his father during the time of the incarnation. 659 00:36:00,366 --> 00:36:04,866 And then next, behold, I and the children whom 660 00:36:04,866 --> 00:36:06,233 God has given me. 661 00:36:07,199 --> 00:36:10,333 And as his brothers, we are to trust God 662 00:36:10,333 --> 00:36:11,900 during our time of sanctification. 663 00:36:11,966 --> 00:36:13,033 And this is Messiah. 664 00:36:14,099 --> 00:36:17,266 declaring that God would be giving him 665 00:36:17,300 --> 00:36:20,533 children, identified as 666 00:36:20,533 --> 00:36:22,466 brothers in Psalm 22, 667 00:36:22,766 --> 00:36:25,766 Now, fast forward sixth centuries in my time machine 668 00:36:25,766 --> 00:36:27,199 with me just for a second, okay? 669 00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:30,333 And let's go to the high priestly prayer. 670 00:36:31,166 --> 00:36:34,233 In John 17, verse 6, pray to the Father, 671 00:36:34,233 --> 00:36:37,266 Jesus says, I have manifested your name to the men whom 672 00:36:37,266 --> 00:36:39,800 you gave me out of the world. 673 00:36:40,266 --> 00:36:43,433 They were yours, and you gave them to me, just 674 00:36:43,466 --> 00:36:46,000 like he says in the Old Testament, in Isaiah 8. 675 00:36:46,033 --> 00:36:47,000 There's no book like this book. 676 00:36:48,933 --> 00:36:49,800 No book like this book. 677 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:50,533 comes close. 678 00:36:52,699 --> 00:36:56,699 God's children, Jesus' brothers, 679 00:36:56,699 --> 00:36:59,766 our love gifts from the Father, to 680 00:36:59,766 --> 00:37:02,599 the Son, prophesied in the Old Testament. 681 00:37:04,199 --> 00:37:05,633 He is our perfect savior. 682 00:37:06,066 --> 00:37:07,800 Now, think about where we've been. 683 00:37:07,866 --> 00:37:09,066 We've seen him as our substitute. 684 00:37:10,533 --> 00:37:12,566 He's our salvation captain. 685 00:37:13,733 --> 00:37:16,866 He's our sanctifier, but we're not done. 686 00:37:17,833 --> 00:37:18,900 Let's keep going. 687 00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:22,133 Verse 14, he's our Satan conqueror. 688 00:37:23,433 --> 00:37:24,266 14 and 15. 689 00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:28,933 Therefore, based on all that was just previously said, 690 00:37:28,933 --> 00:37:32,400 since the children share in flesh and blood, he himself, 691 00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:35,866 likewise, also partook of the same, that through death, 692 00:37:35,900 --> 00:37:39,033 he might render powerless him who had the 693 00:37:39,033 --> 00:37:42,133 power of death, that is, the devil, and might free 694 00:37:42,133 --> 00:37:46,033 those who, through fear of death, were subject to slavery all their lives. 695 00:37:48,433 --> 00:37:49,766 Wow, that's a powerful two verses. 696 00:37:49,866 --> 00:37:53,033 The writer starts out in verse 14 by saying, Therefore, 697 00:37:53,066 --> 00:37:56,300 since the children share in flesh and blood, he himself, likewise, 698 00:37:56,300 --> 00:37:57,633 also partook of this thing. 699 00:37:57,733 --> 00:37:58,500 This is so... 700 00:37:59,233 --> 00:38:00,599 The Bible can get so specific. 701 00:38:00,900 --> 00:38:01,866 with these Greek words. 702 00:38:02,466 --> 00:38:06,233 The word for share, in the Greek means 703 00:38:06,266 --> 00:38:07,833 to have fellowship. 704 00:38:08,666 --> 00:38:09,633 or communion with. 705 00:38:10,800 --> 00:38:14,233 All human beings have flesh and blood. 706 00:38:14,533 --> 00:38:17,833 We share in flesh and blood together. 707 00:38:17,966 --> 00:38:18,733 We all have that right. 708 00:38:18,866 --> 00:38:19,400 But guess what? 709 00:38:19,866 --> 00:38:21,199 See, that word partook? 710 00:38:22,266 --> 00:38:25,433 Likewise, also, he himself, Jesus, partook, 711 00:38:25,466 --> 00:38:26,833 oh, the word partook is very different. 712 00:38:28,033 --> 00:38:30,666 It has, it's a totally different word. 713 00:38:31,766 --> 00:38:35,166 It has to do with something that is not naturally 714 00:38:35,166 --> 00:38:36,300 one's own kind. 715 00:38:37,400 --> 00:38:38,000 Amen. 716 00:38:38,466 --> 00:38:41,699 All of us by nature, we are flesh and blood, not Jesus. 717 00:38:42,733 --> 00:38:45,900 He willingly took hold of something which did not naturally 718 00:38:45,900 --> 00:38:47,833 belong to him in his incarnation. 719 00:38:48,066 --> 00:38:49,033 And why did he do it? 720 00:38:49,099 --> 00:38:52,166 Well, in addition to all that we've ever covered in this verse so far, 721 00:38:52,166 --> 00:38:53,233 this whole message. 722 00:38:53,533 --> 00:38:55,166 This next verse gives us another reason. 723 00:38:55,266 --> 00:38:58,333 Look at it, that through death, he might render powerless 724 00:38:58,333 --> 00:39:01,800 him who had the power of death, that is, the devil. 725 00:39:02,300 --> 00:39:05,833 Now, I have to admit to you, I have struggled with understanding the full meaning of this. 726 00:39:07,933 --> 00:39:09,599 How does Satan have the power of death? 727 00:39:09,666 --> 00:39:10,400 What does that mean? 728 00:39:12,566 --> 00:39:14,966 Well, I think I'm getting closer to grasping it. 729 00:39:15,199 --> 00:39:18,433 I don't think I fully yet completely understand it as 730 00:39:18,433 --> 00:39:21,800 well as I want to, but I think I'm getting closer through my study this week. 731 00:39:22,699 --> 00:39:24,366 Let me give you a try for you. 732 00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:29,233 Satan's primary power over 733 00:39:29,233 --> 00:39:34,199 man and supreme weapon against us is death. 734 00:39:35,033 --> 00:39:35,366 Okay? 735 00:39:35,900 --> 00:39:39,000 Now, sin is a part of it, but death 736 00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:40,333 is the ultimate weapon. 737 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:43,699 And so think of it this way. 738 00:39:44,666 --> 00:39:47,699 Satan's power over us, this weapon 739 00:39:47,699 --> 00:39:50,099 of death, and I'm going to explain a little bit more than that in a minute. 740 00:39:51,199 --> 00:39:54,433 It had to be broken in 741 00:39:54,433 --> 00:39:55,699 order for us to be brought to God. 742 00:39:57,133 --> 00:39:58,266 Think about this. 743 00:39:59,233 --> 00:40:02,533 Satan has always known, since the garden, that God required 744 00:40:02,533 --> 00:40:04,400 death because of sin, right? 745 00:40:04,466 --> 00:40:05,133 Because he was right there. 746 00:40:05,166 --> 00:40:07,266 I mean, he was part of the cause for it. 747 00:40:08,533 --> 00:40:09,733 And he's always known. 748 00:40:11,199 --> 00:40:14,433 That if men remain in sin, 749 00:40:14,433 --> 00:40:18,766 all their life, when they die, immediately they go to hell. 750 00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:24,166 And he always wants to hold on to, as 751 00:40:24,166 --> 00:40:28,033 many as he can until they die, because at that point, salvation is not possible. 752 00:40:29,233 --> 00:40:30,433 You understand what I'm saying? 753 00:40:31,500 --> 00:40:36,233 So he does all the evil stuff he does in the world system to distract men away from the word. 754 00:40:36,500 --> 00:40:39,800 The little G god of this world has blinded the minds of those who believe 755 00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:41,166 not the glorious gospel. 756 00:40:41,366 --> 00:40:44,900 And so Satan's hold on men, in 757 00:40:44,900 --> 00:40:47,366 this sense, is death, and nobody escapes it. 758 00:40:47,699 --> 00:40:48,900 Nobody escapes death. 759 00:40:49,466 --> 00:40:52,633 And in that sense, since the fall, Satan 760 00:40:52,633 --> 00:40:55,099 has wielded the power of death in that way. 761 00:40:55,333 --> 00:40:56,366 You understand what I'm saying? 762 00:40:57,800 --> 00:40:59,599 And this verse gives us another reason. 763 00:41:01,333 --> 00:41:05,433 For why Jesus came, that reality had to be conquered. 764 00:41:06,199 --> 00:41:07,166 And that's what Jesus did. 765 00:41:08,433 --> 00:41:11,599 What this verse is saying is that Jesus became a 766 00:41:11,599 --> 00:41:14,000 man to me, Satan, on his own ground. 767 00:41:16,300 --> 00:41:20,199 He had to face death as man, 768 00:41:20,199 --> 00:41:23,900 and he had to conquer death as man in 769 00:41:23,900 --> 00:41:25,633 his incarnation, and guess what? 770 00:41:25,933 --> 00:41:29,000 He has a weapon way more powerful than death. 771 00:41:29,066 --> 00:41:30,199 It's called life. 772 00:41:32,066 --> 00:41:32,800 Eternal life. 773 00:41:34,199 --> 00:41:37,500 He went into an experienced 774 00:41:37,500 --> 00:41:39,066 death, and guess what? 775 00:41:39,433 --> 00:41:42,500 He came out on the other side, and he showed he 776 00:41:42,500 --> 00:41:45,933 could conquer death when he came out of the other side, because he rose from the dead. 777 00:41:47,166 --> 00:41:48,000 That proves it. 778 00:41:49,533 --> 00:41:51,666 And that's how he can say to us, because I live. 779 00:41:52,633 --> 00:41:54,733 Christian, you shall live also. 780 00:41:56,699 --> 00:41:59,266 The resurrection provides us with eternal life. 781 00:41:59,366 --> 00:42:02,066 It's the only thing that could have been done. 782 00:42:03,099 --> 00:42:05,866 The proof that Jesus conquered death. 783 00:42:06,133 --> 00:42:07,199 Now, next, verse 15. 784 00:42:09,733 --> 00:42:13,266 And might free those who, 785 00:42:13,266 --> 00:42:16,800 through the fear of death, were subject to slavery, 786 00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:18,466 all their lives. 787 00:42:18,566 --> 00:42:19,233 It's incredible. 788 00:42:20,733 --> 00:42:23,833 Can you say with me that once you came to Christ, 789 00:42:24,733 --> 00:42:27,433 how incredibly different you'd view death now? 790 00:42:28,900 --> 00:42:29,266 Huh? 791 00:42:30,199 --> 00:42:33,800 I mean, I look at it a thousand percent differently. 792 00:42:34,099 --> 00:42:36,333 I don't mind thinking about death all day. 793 00:42:37,800 --> 00:42:38,500 I really don't. 794 00:42:39,033 --> 00:42:39,433 Why? 795 00:42:39,500 --> 00:42:40,833 Because we don't fear death anymore. 796 00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:45,500 Death is simply the entrance into heaven. 797 00:42:46,833 --> 00:42:47,833 We understand. 798 00:42:49,033 --> 00:42:52,333 Why, Paul said, for me to live is Christ, 799 00:42:52,333 --> 00:42:54,566 and to die is getting, right? 800 00:42:56,333 --> 00:42:57,733 Oh, death, where is your victory? 801 00:42:57,800 --> 00:42:58,466 Oh, death? 802 00:42:58,500 --> 00:42:59,833 where is your sting, he said. 803 00:43:00,400 --> 00:43:02,566 He understood it too, and he really understands it now. 804 00:43:03,699 --> 00:43:04,966 We don't fear death. 805 00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:08,366 We've been placed when you place your 806 00:43:08,366 --> 00:43:11,000 faith in the conqueror of death. 807 00:43:13,133 --> 00:43:16,266 You believe with saving faith 808 00:43:16,266 --> 00:43:20,233 that he's going to lead you into one side of that graven, right outside the other. 809 00:43:22,099 --> 00:43:23,233 into the presence of Christ. 810 00:43:24,500 --> 00:43:26,300 Have them from the body, present, with the Lord. 811 00:43:27,866 --> 00:43:29,533 Lastly, I got one more for you. 812 00:43:29,599 --> 00:43:30,266 Number six. 813 00:43:33,400 --> 00:43:34,833 Jesus is our sympathizer. 814 00:43:35,699 --> 00:43:38,266 And this is going to complete the total picture here for today. 815 00:43:38,966 --> 00:43:42,300 Verse 16, for assuredly, he 816 00:43:42,300 --> 00:43:43,433 does not give help to angels. 817 00:43:45,366 --> 00:43:48,666 But he gives help to the descendant of Abraham. 818 00:43:50,166 --> 00:43:52,266 Now, he doesn't give help to angels. 819 00:43:52,333 --> 00:43:54,866 That's pretty easy to understand, they don't need help. 820 00:43:56,333 --> 00:43:58,566 We learned about the angels, a couple of sermons back. 821 00:43:58,633 --> 00:44:02,466 They're sinless, they're holy, they're spiritual beings, but we? 822 00:44:02,766 --> 00:44:03,599 We are another story. 823 00:44:04,933 --> 00:44:08,699 As we learn, even though we are sanctified, 824 00:44:08,699 --> 00:44:11,733 positionally, right now, down 825 00:44:11,733 --> 00:44:15,366 here in responsibility land, we are weak, we are frail. 826 00:44:16,033 --> 00:44:19,099 And I said, as I said earlier, every day we are on the 827 00:44:19,099 --> 00:44:20,966 Romans 7 struggle bus. 828 00:44:21,433 --> 00:44:25,166 We do what we don't want to do, what we don't want to do, we find ourselves doing all the time. 829 00:44:25,900 --> 00:44:26,433 And we need help. 830 00:44:28,133 --> 00:44:32,233 And that's why this verse says, but he gives help, to 831 00:44:32,233 --> 00:44:33,500 the descendants of Abraham. 832 00:44:34,800 --> 00:44:37,000 And listen, there's no debate here. 833 00:44:37,099 --> 00:44:38,133 We don't have to debate this. 834 00:44:38,166 --> 00:44:41,233 I don't care whether you're an ethnic Jew, a Mexican, a 835 00:44:41,233 --> 00:44:42,366 Gentile of any sort. 836 00:44:42,866 --> 00:44:46,199 In either case, no matter your ethnicity, the 837 00:44:46,199 --> 00:44:49,333 only descendants of Abraham's He 838 00:44:49,333 --> 00:44:52,199 helps are the spiritual descendants of Abraham. 839 00:44:53,400 --> 00:44:55,066 And guess what that means, only believers. 840 00:44:55,699 --> 00:44:59,000 I don't care how much melanin you have or don't have in your skin. 841 00:44:59,099 --> 00:44:59,866 It doesn't matter. 842 00:45:00,866 --> 00:45:03,699 All the ground is completely level at the foot of across. 843 00:45:05,633 --> 00:45:06,599 And how could he help us? 844 00:45:08,233 --> 00:45:10,466 How could he possibly help us if he didn't understand this? 845 00:45:12,199 --> 00:45:14,599 And how is it that he could understand us best? 846 00:45:14,699 --> 00:45:17,400 Well, I'm glad you asked that, because verse 17 tells us. 847 00:45:18,800 --> 00:45:22,033 Therefore, he had to be made 848 00:45:22,033 --> 00:45:25,466 like his brethren in all things, 849 00:45:25,466 --> 00:45:28,533 so that he might become a 850 00:45:28,533 --> 00:45:31,866 merciful and faithful high priest 851 00:45:31,866 --> 00:45:36,233 in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation, 852 00:45:36,266 --> 00:45:38,966 wrath, appeasement for the sins of his people. 853 00:45:41,333 --> 00:45:44,366 I'm telling you, it was necessary for him to get in our skin. 854 00:45:45,966 --> 00:45:49,133 and feel what we feel and suffer what 855 00:45:49,166 --> 00:45:51,699 we suffer, including temptation. 856 00:45:52,800 --> 00:45:53,800 Look at verse 18. 857 00:45:54,966 --> 00:45:58,033 For since he himself was tempted in that which 858 00:45:58,033 --> 00:46:01,166 he suffered, he is able to come 859 00:46:01,166 --> 00:46:05,000 to the aid of those who are tempted. 860 00:46:05,900 --> 00:46:09,199 Folks, he went all through the same temptations that we had as children. 861 00:46:09,733 --> 00:46:13,166 He went through all the same temptations that we had as young adults. 862 00:46:14,099 --> 00:46:17,333 And as adults, especially during his ministry, especially 863 00:46:17,366 --> 00:46:20,766 the 40 days with Satan 864 00:46:20,766 --> 00:46:23,466 in the wilderness, and finally, and most severely. 865 00:46:25,733 --> 00:46:27,000 in that last week of his life. 866 00:46:28,300 --> 00:46:31,866 He's in the Garden of Gethsemane, contemplating, 867 00:46:31,866 --> 00:46:35,300 absorbing the wrath of God for all the sins of all believers who 868 00:46:35,300 --> 00:46:38,599 will ever believe, as he sweat, great 869 00:46:38,599 --> 00:46:39,966 drops of blood in the garden. 870 00:46:40,566 --> 00:46:41,533 He was so overcome. 871 00:46:43,500 --> 00:46:46,099 And you say, well, he was God, he couldn't sin. 872 00:46:46,166 --> 00:46:46,633 That's right. 873 00:46:47,000 --> 00:46:50,000 He couldn't sin, but that doesn't mean he couldn't feel the temptation. 874 00:46:52,400 --> 00:46:55,699 In fact, He 875 00:46:55,699 --> 00:46:58,466 felt it to a degree that we couldn't possibly experience. 876 00:47:00,366 --> 00:47:03,666 The fact that he never gave in to temptation means that he 877 00:47:03,666 --> 00:47:06,666 took all the fuel fury of every 878 00:47:06,666 --> 00:47:09,000 temptation every time he was tempted. 879 00:47:09,366 --> 00:47:10,800 We give in regularly. 880 00:47:11,000 --> 00:47:12,366 He never gave in, not once. 881 00:47:13,333 --> 00:47:14,533 So we never got to that point. 882 00:47:14,699 --> 00:47:15,433 We never will. 883 00:47:17,766 --> 00:47:21,199 This church is how he became a 884 00:47:21,199 --> 00:47:24,066 merciful and faithful high priest. 885 00:47:24,266 --> 00:47:25,000 He was hungry. 886 00:47:26,699 --> 00:47:27,566 Like I am right now. 887 00:47:28,699 --> 00:47:29,766 He was thirsty. 888 00:47:30,300 --> 00:47:32,366 He loved, he was glad, he was tired. 889 00:47:32,599 --> 00:47:35,599 He was righteously angry, he was troubled, he 890 00:47:35,599 --> 00:47:37,933 was righteously sarcastic, he grieved. 891 00:47:38,099 --> 00:47:39,533 We saw it just a couple of weeks ago. 892 00:47:39,599 --> 00:47:40,566 He wept. 893 00:47:41,133 --> 00:47:41,533 Right? 894 00:47:41,599 --> 00:47:43,400 At the grave of Lazarus. 895 00:47:44,400 --> 00:47:46,400 He prayed all night, he read the scripture. 896 00:47:46,566 --> 00:47:49,699 He felt all the things that we feel, and 897 00:47:49,699 --> 00:47:53,733 he felt them to the nth degree as the god man in a way that we never could. 898 00:47:55,400 --> 00:47:58,400 And notice verse 18 focuses in on, he 899 00:47:58,400 --> 00:48:00,966 was tempted in that which he suffered. 900 00:48:02,733 --> 00:48:04,033 I don't care what you're going through. 901 00:48:05,500 --> 00:48:06,933 You ain't never suffered like Jesus. 902 00:48:07,933 --> 00:48:10,933 All of us put together, and he never suffered like Jesus did when he 903 00:48:10,933 --> 00:48:12,000 was here as our substitute. 904 00:48:12,733 --> 00:48:13,266 And why? 905 00:48:13,766 --> 00:48:14,199 Why? 906 00:48:14,699 --> 00:48:17,833 So that, into verse 18, he is 907 00:48:17,833 --> 00:48:20,966 able to come to the aid of 908 00:48:20,966 --> 00:48:24,666 those who are tempted, that 909 00:48:24,666 --> 00:48:27,733 we might have a merciful and faithful high 910 00:48:27,733 --> 00:48:30,900 priest who can be touched with the feelings of our 911 00:48:30,900 --> 00:48:32,033 infirmities. 912 00:48:32,099 --> 00:48:32,533 That's why. 913 00:48:34,566 --> 00:48:38,833 He knows our frame from experience, and that great? 914 00:48:39,699 --> 00:48:42,933 This is our perfect savior, our substitute, 915 00:48:42,933 --> 00:48:46,266 our salvation captain, our sanctifier, 916 00:48:46,266 --> 00:48:48,900 our Satan conqueror, our sympathizer. 917 00:48:49,266 --> 00:48:52,500 There is no other savior like this one, because 918 00:48:52,500 --> 00:48:53,766 he's the only one there is. 919 00:48:55,466 --> 00:48:57,433 Most important question that you have to answer. 920 00:48:59,433 --> 00:49:01,933 is he, your savior. 921 00:49:02,766 --> 00:49:03,366 Let's pray. 922 00:49:03,866 --> 00:49:07,566 By the way, thank you for the book of Hebrews and the magnitude 923 00:49:07,566 --> 00:49:09,533 of the exaltation of Christ. 924 00:49:09,599 --> 00:49:13,366 I can't even possibly... get 925 00:49:13,400 --> 00:49:15,433 to the tip of the iceberg of what it deserves. 926 00:49:16,766 --> 00:49:18,433 But you gotta have somebody to attempt it. 927 00:49:19,400 --> 00:49:22,400 And I thank you that you've allowed me the great privilege to be able to preach 928 00:49:23,300 --> 00:49:25,166 this tremendous text to your people today. 929 00:49:25,266 --> 00:49:28,566 I pray, Lord, that every person would leave out of here with 930 00:49:28,566 --> 00:49:31,633 a greater and deeper understanding of Jesus, a greater and deeper 931 00:49:31,633 --> 00:49:33,733 appreciation for who he is and what he's done. 932 00:49:35,300 --> 00:49:38,533 And I pray if any are here who have not bowed the knee to his kingship 933 00:49:38,533 --> 00:49:40,333 and lordship and saving faith. 934 00:49:40,400 --> 00:49:43,933 I pray you'd use this message preach to draw them to yourself. 935 00:49:44,000 --> 00:49:47,000 I pray that all that we've done in this place today has brought you 936 00:49:47,000 --> 00:49:48,866 all of the glory. 937 00:49:49,033 --> 00:49:50,699 In Jesus' name, we pray, amen.