WEBVTT - Jeff Schreve - Oct 22 - 8:30 am

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<v Speaker 1>The following message is from Jeff Shreve, pastor of First

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<v Speaker 1>Baptist Church, Texarkana, Texas, and From His Heart Ministries.

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<v Speaker 2>If you have your Bible, please turn to Hebrews chapter 10.

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<v Speaker 2>Hebrews chapter 10. I want to talk to you tonight

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<v Speaker 2>about following in the footsteps of Judas, not something we

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<v Speaker 2>want to do. Now, You don't have to be in

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<v Speaker 2>church long or even in church at all to know

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<v Speaker 2>the name Judas. Judas Iscariot, the betrayer of Jesus. We

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes think that that was his last name, Iscariot, but

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<v Speaker 2>it wasn't. That just shows where he was from. He was,

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<v Speaker 2>as they call Jesus, Jesus of Nazareth. Well, he was

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<v Speaker 2>Judas of Kerioth. And in the Hebrew, they would call

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<v Speaker 2>him Ish Kerioth. Ish means man, man of Kerioth. which

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<v Speaker 2>is spoken in the Bible in Joshua 15, 25, the

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<v Speaker 2>southern part of Judea. And Judas was chosen as one

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<v Speaker 2>of the 12. And Jesus said in John chapter 6,

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<v Speaker 2>did I not choose you, the 12, yet one of

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<v Speaker 2>you is a devil. And that was Judas. Judas was

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<v Speaker 2>not a guy who is the poster child for losing

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<v Speaker 2>your salvation. Judas was a guy who never had salvation.

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<v Speaker 2>And Judas is, he is the poster child for being

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<v Speaker 2>an apostate. Somebody who falls away from the faith. Someone

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<v Speaker 2>who abandons and turns his back on the faith. And

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<v Speaker 2>Judas had so many privileges. He was there when Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>would preach. He heard all the sermons. He was there

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<v Speaker 2>when the Holy Spirit was working through the ministry of

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus and bringing people to faith in Christ. He saw

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<v Speaker 2>the healings. He saw salvation. the miracles of the feeding

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<v Speaker 2>of the 5,000 and the feeding of the 4,000. He

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<v Speaker 2>was there when Jesus walked on water. He was there

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<v Speaker 2>when Jesus calmed the storm. He saw all that, and

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<v Speaker 2>yet he didn't believe. And as I said Sunday, when

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<v Speaker 2>he realized that Jesus wasn't going to take over as

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<v Speaker 2>he thought the Messiah was supposed to do, Then he

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<v Speaker 2>figured he'd cut his losses, he'd get something out of

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<v Speaker 2>the deal, and he sold Jesus for 30 pieces of silver,

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<v Speaker 2>which is not a lot of money. He sold the

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<v Speaker 2>incomparable Christ, the creator of the universe, for about $ 405

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<v Speaker 2>in silver content and about $ 4, 000 in buying power. 30

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<v Speaker 2>pieces of silver was the price of a slave. And

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<v Speaker 2>Judas is, he is, like I said, the poster child

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<v Speaker 2>for apostasy and the poster child for what some people

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<v Speaker 2>in church do. They are around the work of the Lord.

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<v Speaker 2>They see and experience the workings of the Holy Spirit

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<v Speaker 2>and they hear the word of God preached and they

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<v Speaker 2>hear the praises sung and they're all around it, but

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<v Speaker 2>it doesn't ever penetrate. And they follow in the footsteps

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<v Speaker 2>of Judas. And they, as Jesus said of Judas, it

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<v Speaker 2>would be better for that man had he never been born. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>Hebrews chapter 10, we are in the middle of the

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<v Speaker 2>chapter in verse 26. And the writer of Hebrews, whoever

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<v Speaker 2>it is, has been making the case that Jesus is greater.

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<v Speaker 2>He's above all. He's greater than any prophet. He's greater

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<v Speaker 2>than any angel. He's greater than anything. And he's a

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<v Speaker 2>greater high priest. And his priesthood is according to the

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<v Speaker 2>order of Melchizedek. Not according to the order of Aaron.

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<v Speaker 2>And he ushers in a new covenant. Which is far,

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<v Speaker 2>far greater than the old covenant. And he's letting them

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<v Speaker 2>know that Jesus is the one who didn't bring the

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<v Speaker 2>blood of bulls and goats. He brought his own blood

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<v Speaker 2>into the holy of holies. He offered himself as a

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<v Speaker 2>sacrifice for the sins of all. One offering for the

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<v Speaker 2>sins of all. And then he sat down at the

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<v Speaker 2>right hand of the throne of God. And he's been

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<v Speaker 2>making this case chapter after chapter after chapter. And he's

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<v Speaker 2>talking to people just like in any setting. See, this

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<v Speaker 2>was probably a spoken sermon that was put into written words.

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<v Speaker 2>And in any setting, you come to church, I'm speaking

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<v Speaker 2>primarily to Christians, but there are also non-Christians there. And

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<v Speaker 2>there are also those who are really close to making

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<v Speaker 2>a decision. So you have unbelievers, you have near believers,

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<v Speaker 2>and you have believers. And so he's doing the same thing.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think in Hebrews chapter 10, 26 through 31,

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<v Speaker 2>he gives a stern warning to the unbelievers, to the

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<v Speaker 2>near believers. Now, some have said, well, this warning is

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<v Speaker 2>given to Christians. I don't see that, although that could

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<v Speaker 2>be true. I think it's to unbelievers. And it's definitely not.

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<v Speaker 2>As we read these scriptures, you're going to see some

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<v Speaker 2>people say, wow, that proves that you can lose your salvation.

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<v Speaker 2>But the Bible is very clear. You can't lose salvation.

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<v Speaker 2>Once you have salvation, it's yours forever. As I've told you,

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus brings the gift of eternal life. Eternal life is

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<v Speaker 2>not something you get when you die. Eternal life is

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<v Speaker 2>what you get when you believe. And if it's eternal life,

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<v Speaker 2>it doesn't ever end. And when Jesus gives eternal life,

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<v Speaker 2>he doesn't ever take it back. So Hebrews chapter 10,

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<v Speaker 2>verse 26, the writer says this, for if we go

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<v Speaker 2>on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth,

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<v Speaker 2>there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a

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<v Speaker 2>terrifying expectation of judgment and and the fury of a

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<v Speaker 2>fire which will consume the adversaries. Anyone who has set

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<v Speaker 2>aside the law of Moses dies without mercy on the

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<v Speaker 2>testimony of two or three witnesses. How much severe punishment

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<v Speaker 2>do you think he will deserve who has trampled underfoot

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<v Speaker 2>the Son of God and has regarded as unclean the

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<v Speaker 2>blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified and

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<v Speaker 2>has insulted the Spirit of grace? For we know him

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<v Speaker 2>who said, vengeance is mine. I will repay. And again,

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord will judge his people. It is a terrifying

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<v Speaker 2>thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

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<v Speaker 2>Question for you tonight. Could you be following in the

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<v Speaker 2>footsteps of Judas? The footsteps of Judas are the footsteps

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<v Speaker 2>of an apostate. And those who are in danger of

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<v Speaker 2>committing the sin of apostasy, of abandoning the truth of

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<v Speaker 2>the word of God, are people that are in church.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not people outside of church. They're not thinking about God.

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<v Speaker 2>They're not studying the Word. They're not around the things

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<v Speaker 2>of God. It's for those people who come real close,

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<v Speaker 2>but they don't fully believe. Now, as I said, three

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<v Speaker 2>interpretations of the verses we just read. First interpretation, I reject,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's saying, well, you can be a Christian and

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<v Speaker 2>then lose your salvation. I say, no, you can't. The

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<v Speaker 2>Bible is too clear That can't happen. Second interpretation. He

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<v Speaker 2>is speaking in those verses that we just read. He's

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<v Speaker 2>speaking about a person that never trusted Christ. And he's

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<v Speaker 2>saying this is what awaits you if you don't put

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<v Speaker 2>your faith and trust in Jesus. If you walk away

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<v Speaker 2>from the truth of which I'm telling you. And the

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<v Speaker 2>third possible interpretation is he's talking to Christians who are

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<v Speaker 2>going to experience severe judgment from God and because although

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<v Speaker 2>they put their faith and trust in Christ, they defected

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<v Speaker 2>from that. I have a hard time with that interpretation,

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<v Speaker 2>although there are those that believe it. David Allen, who's

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<v Speaker 2>a seminary professor, I talked to him today. He holds

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<v Speaker 2>to that view, and so we went back and forth,

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<v Speaker 2>and after we got done with the conversation, he said, Jeff,

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<v Speaker 2>you're so right. I'm going to rewrite my book. No,

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<v Speaker 2>he didn't. He didn't do that. He said, you can

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<v Speaker 2>believe that if you want. So three discoveries for tonight

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<v Speaker 2>to help us. Discovery number one, some people understand the

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<v Speaker 2>gospel of grace and they reject it. So he says

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<v Speaker 2>in verse 29, how much severe punishment do you think

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<v Speaker 2>he will deserve who has trampled underfoot the son of

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<v Speaker 2>God and is regarded as unclean the blood of the

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<v Speaker 2>covenant by which he was sanctified and has insulted the

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<v Speaker 2>spirit of grace? The old covenant is the covenant of law.

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<v Speaker 2>The new covenant is the covenant of grace in the

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<v Speaker 2>blood of Jesus. And the Spirit is the one who

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<v Speaker 2>is working to inaugurate through the ministry of Jesus to

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<v Speaker 2>inaugurate the new covenant. Well, he's saying if you don't

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<v Speaker 2>trust Christ, you've insulted the Spirit of grace. And so

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<v Speaker 2>these people, remember we said three groups, it's the unbelievers,

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<v Speaker 2>the near believers, and the believers. Now, being a believer,

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<v Speaker 2>during the time this was written, it's before the destruction

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<v Speaker 2>of the temple, probably about anywhere from 64 to 68 AD.

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<v Speaker 2>The temple was destroyed in 70 AD by Titus. And

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<v Speaker 2>The temple was destroyed. Everything was destroyed. No more sacrifices.

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<v Speaker 2>There have been no sacrifices under the Judaic system since

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<v Speaker 2>70 AD, since the destruction of the temple. And so

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<v Speaker 2>he's talking to these people. and the believers know it's

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<v Speaker 2>hard to be a believer during this time period. There's persecution.

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<v Speaker 2>Nero has persecution coming against the Christians. And the Jews,

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<v Speaker 2>the near believers know if I become a Christian... Then

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<v Speaker 2>it's going to be tough on me. I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>if I want to do that. And then this group

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<v Speaker 2>over here is kind of looking on and saying, hmm,

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<v Speaker 2>don't know for sure. And so he's talking to those

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<v Speaker 2>three groups. And this warning, I believe, is really toward

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<v Speaker 2>that middle group. It's toward this other group too, but

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<v Speaker 2>really toward the middle group. You haven't made a decision yet.

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<v Speaker 2>You need to, because if you don't, you're going to

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<v Speaker 2>follow in the footsteps of Judas. You're going to choose Judas.

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<v Speaker 2>understand the gospel of grace and reject it so look

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<v Speaker 2>at verse 26 for if we go on sinning willfully

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<v Speaker 2>after receiving the knowledge of the truth now he's not

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<v Speaker 2>talking about receiving christ so john one says he was

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<v Speaker 2>in the world and the world was made through him

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<v Speaker 2>and the world did not know him he came to

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<v Speaker 2>his own those who are his own did not receive

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<v Speaker 2>him but as many as received him to welcome him

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<v Speaker 2>into their lives. To them he gave the right to

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<v Speaker 2>become children of God, even to those who believe in

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<v Speaker 2>his name. Well, this is talking about those who have

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<v Speaker 2>received the knowledge of the truth. They've heard the truth

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<v Speaker 2>about who Jesus is. They know now that he is

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<v Speaker 2>greater than any prophet. He's greater than any angel. He

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<v Speaker 2>is the high priest of God. He's the one who

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<v Speaker 2>shed his blood so that the veil of the temple

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<v Speaker 2>could be torn in two from top to bottom and

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<v Speaker 2>they could have access to God. They have understood what...

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<v Speaker 2>has been said, but they turn from it. They reject it.

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<v Speaker 2>They say, well, I don't want to do that. And

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<v Speaker 2>he says, hey, that's a serious, serious deal. When you

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<v Speaker 2>hear the gospel of grace and it makes sense to

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<v Speaker 2>you and you still say no. Now the question comes,

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<v Speaker 2>why would someone do that? Now most of us on

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<v Speaker 2>a Wednesday night, Now, not all. God knows. I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>But most of us are believers in Jesus. We've done that.

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<v Speaker 2>And we scratch our head and say, why would someone

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<v Speaker 2>not receive the gospel of grace? Well, here is why.

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<v Speaker 2>Because they choose works over grace. And especially in Judaism.

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<v Speaker 2>You would choose works over grace. People today, they choose

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<v Speaker 2>works over grace. And one of the reasons why they

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<v Speaker 2>like that is because, as I've told you before, when

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<v Speaker 2>you have a works-based salvation, it's easy to keep score.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's easy to feel good about yourself. And it

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<v Speaker 2>really feeds human pride. I am better than you are.

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<v Speaker 2>Look what I did. And you're way down here, but

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<v Speaker 2>I'm way up here. That was the whole system for

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<v Speaker 2>the Pharisees. They were filled with rotten pride and they

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<v Speaker 2>thought they were better than everybody else. Luke 18, the

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<v Speaker 2>Pharisees who Jesus told that parable concerning the Pharisees who

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<v Speaker 2>trusted in themselves and viewed others with contempt. They were

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<v Speaker 2>so full of pride and they thought they were so

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<v Speaker 2>great and they looked down on other people. And they

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<v Speaker 2>chose works over grace. They didn't like the idea of

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<v Speaker 2>the gospel of grace. They don't like the idea of

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<v Speaker 2>having to say, I'm a sinner, and I can't save myself,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm helpless, and I'm hopeless. For a lot of people,

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<v Speaker 2>they're like, no, I don't want to go there. So

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<v Speaker 2>they choose works over grace. Secondly, they choose tradition and

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<v Speaker 2>familiarity over truth. They say, well, you know, my whole

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<v Speaker 2>family is Jewish. And if I become a Christian, that's

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<v Speaker 2>going to separate me from my family. And man, how

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<v Speaker 2>can I do that? How could I do that to

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<v Speaker 2>mom and dad? That would break their hearts. I can't

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<v Speaker 2>do that. I've had people tell me that, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>especially as it relates to baptism. And they'll say, well,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I grew up Catholic and my mom's 90

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<v Speaker 2>years old and I became a Christian and I need

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<v Speaker 2>to get baptized, but I got to wait till my

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<v Speaker 2>mom dies to Because if I get baptized and she's

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<v Speaker 2>still alive, it's going to kill her. And I said, well,

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<v Speaker 2>you can kill two birds there. You know, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>not really. Just a bad joke. But they think like that.

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<v Speaker 2>And I understand that because I grew up Catholic. And

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<v Speaker 2>when I told my parents I was going to get baptized,

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<v Speaker 2>you would have thought I shot their dog. They looked

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<v Speaker 2>at me like, well, what did we give you? Was

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<v Speaker 2>it not good enough? You know, we raised you up

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<v Speaker 2>in the Catholic church. And so they take that very personally.

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<v Speaker 2>And I understand that. But the bottom line is this,

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<v Speaker 2>you have to follow Jesus. And, you know, we sing

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<v Speaker 2>that song, I've decided to follow Jesus. No turning back,

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<v Speaker 2>no turning back. Well, the Jews, it was a big deal,

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<v Speaker 2>even a bigger deal to move from Judaism to Christianity.

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<v Speaker 2>Because then you're saying that Jesus is the Messiah. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>the religious leaders had said, no, he's not. He's a deceiver.

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<v Speaker 2>And he casts out demons by Beelzebul, the ruler of

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<v Speaker 2>the demons. You're going to trust him as Messiah. You're

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<v Speaker 2>going to say he's the Messiah after all the religious leaders.

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<v Speaker 2>I say all the majority of those guys in the Sanhedrin,

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<v Speaker 2>they have rejected him and they have condemned him. You're

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<v Speaker 2>going against all that. So it's very difficult. So they

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<v Speaker 2>chose tradition and familiarity over the truth. And thirdly, they

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<v Speaker 2>chose the old covenant over the new covenant. They said, no,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to stick with what I know. I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>to stick with the old covenant. And, you know, what

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<v Speaker 2>you say about Jesus and, you know, who knows if

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<v Speaker 2>that's true or not. They're like a lot of people today. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus rose from the dead. We're getting ready to celebrate Easter. Well, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>who really knows if he rose from the dead or not?

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<v Speaker 2>I've been going back and forth with this one guy

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<v Speaker 2>who listens on the radio all the time. And he

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<v Speaker 2>thinks it's his ministry to tell me all the things

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<v Speaker 2>that I say that are wrong. And so he just

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<v Speaker 2>emails me all the time. And I listened to your

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<v Speaker 2>show today. Let me, you got this wrong, this wrong,

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<v Speaker 2>this wrong, this wrong. And so I wrote him back

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<v Speaker 2>on Tuesday. I just said, okay. I mean, you know

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<v Speaker 2>what he's, he goes, well, I guess that means you

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<v Speaker 2>don't necessarily agree, but you've acknowledged. And I said, thumbs up.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I mean, I'm not going to spend hours

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<v Speaker 2>talking to this guy. He and I don't agree on things. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>he does. He doesn't believe in the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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<v Speaker 2>I said, that's a, Fact of history. If you do

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<v Speaker 2>the research, the only explanation for what happened after the

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<v Speaker 2>cross and the change in those guys' lives and the

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<v Speaker 2>willingness for all those guys that said they witnessed the

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<v Speaker 2>resurrection of Jesus to die for their faith is that

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus really did rise from the dead. As the old

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<v Speaker 2>argument goes that's so true, who would die for a lie?

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<v Speaker 2>Lots of people die for a lie thinking it's true.

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<v Speaker 2>Nobody dies for a lie knowing it's a lie. Once

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<v Speaker 2>you put the gun to somebody's head and they've been lying,

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<v Speaker 2>then when you're about ready to kill them, they say, whoa,

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<v Speaker 2>time out. Let's not get crazy here. Yeah, I just

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<v Speaker 2>made this up. But you know when someone says, no,

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<v Speaker 2>I saw him and John saw him and Peter saw

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<v Speaker 2>him and we ate with him and we were in

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<v Speaker 2>his presence. He rose from the dead. We were there

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<v Speaker 2>in Acts chapter 1 when he ascended to heaven. We

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<v Speaker 2>saw all that. We know it's true. The resurrection of

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus is a fact of history, but people reject it.

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<v Speaker 2>And they said, well, no, I think I'm just going

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<v Speaker 2>to stick with what I know. And that's what was

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<v Speaker 2>going on in the hearts of some of the listeners

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<v Speaker 2>here and some of these recipients. They hadn't gone all

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<v Speaker 2>the way with Jesus. They had heard the truth. They

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<v Speaker 2>understood the gospel of grace, but they insulted the spirit

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<v Speaker 2>of grace, and they said no. Second, discovery. Some regard

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<v Speaker 2>the blood of Jesus as unclean and ordinary. So he

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<v Speaker 2>says in verse 29 again, which is key here, how

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<v Speaker 2>much severe punishment, or verse 28, anyone who has set

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<v Speaker 2>aside the law of Moses dies without mercy on the

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<v Speaker 2>testimony of two or three witnesses. That's the law of Moses.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's talk about the new covenant of grace inaugurated in

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord's blood. How much severe punishment do you think

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<v Speaker 2>he will deserve who has trampled underfoot the son of

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<v Speaker 2>God and has regarded as unclean the blood of the

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<v Speaker 2>covenant by which he was sanctified and and has insulted

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<v Speaker 2>the spirit of grace. Well, if you mess with the

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<v Speaker 2>law of Moses and you set that aside, well, you're

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<v Speaker 2>going to die on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

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<v Speaker 2>But if you set aside the law of grace, well,

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<v Speaker 2>you die forever. You're going to face damnation and a

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<v Speaker 2>severe punishment. Why? Why? Because God so loved the world,

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<v Speaker 2>he so loved you that he gave his only begotten son,

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<v Speaker 2>and you basically spit on his son. You regard as unclean, common, everyday,

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<v Speaker 2>no big deal. It's just unimportant, the blood of his son. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>there is nothing more precious and more costly and more

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<v Speaker 2>valuable than the blood of Jesus. Nothing. Nothing. The Bible

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<v Speaker 2>says in 1 Peter chapter 1. Knowing. what does it say?

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<v Speaker 2>1 Peter chapter 1. It talks about the blood of Jesus.

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<v Speaker 2>I hit a slick spot. And so, yeah. And so

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<v Speaker 2>he's He says, knowing that you are not redeemed. Here

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<v Speaker 2>it goes. Knowing that you are not redeemed with perishable

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<v Speaker 2>things like silver or gold. Inherited from your forefathers. From

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<v Speaker 2>your futile way of life. But with precious blood. As

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<v Speaker 2>of a lamb unblemished and spotless. The blood of Christ.

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<v Speaker 2>Precious blood. Weighty, costly blood. Because it's the blood of

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord Jesus Christ. Nothing more precious than the blood

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<v Speaker 2>of Jesus. We sing that song today. What can wash

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<v Speaker 2>away my sins? Nothing but the blood of Jesus. That

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<v Speaker 2>is precious blood. You know, when we remember the Lord's death,

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<v Speaker 2>we proclaim the Lord's death until he comes at the

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<v Speaker 2>Lord's Supper. We're going to have the Lord's Supper on

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<v Speaker 2>Good Friday. And that's a special sacred time. It's a

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<v Speaker 2>special time that God has set up. And Jesus said,

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<v Speaker 2>do this in remembrance of me as often as you

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<v Speaker 2>eat this bread and drink this cup. You proclaim the

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<v Speaker 2>Lord's death until he comes. Now, if you partake of

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord's supper in an unworthy manner, it says in

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<v Speaker 2>1 Corinthians chapter 11, as they were in Corinth, they

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<v Speaker 2>were coming to the Lord's supper drunk. They were coming

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<v Speaker 2>with a heart full of sin, and they were regarding

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<v Speaker 2>the table as no big deal, the table of the Lord.

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<v Speaker 2>And he says, for this reason, some of you are weak,

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<v Speaker 2>and some of you are sick, and some of you

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<v Speaker 2>are dead. Because that is so special and so sacred

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<v Speaker 2>and so important to God. And you're treating it like

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<v Speaker 2>it's every day and like it's common. It's not. And

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<v Speaker 2>the things of God, when you start messing with the

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<v Speaker 2>things of God, there's judgment that comes. You know, Nadab

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<v Speaker 2>and Abihu, Leviticus chapter 10. They were the nephews of Moses,

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<v Speaker 2>the sons of Aaron. They got ordained into the priesthood.

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<v Speaker 2>and consecrated for the priesthood. And in the very next chapter,

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<v Speaker 2>they burned strange fire before the Lord, and fire came

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<v Speaker 2>out from the presence of the Lord and killed them.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't mess with the things of God. So there

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<v Speaker 2>is nothing more precious than the blood of Jesus, and

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<v Speaker 2>there's nothing more powerful than the blood of Jesus. Revelation

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<v Speaker 2>chapter 1, verse 5. It says, and from Jesus Christ,

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<v Speaker 2>the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the

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<v Speaker 2>ruler of the kings of the earth, to him who

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<v Speaker 2>loves us and released us from our sins by his blood.

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<v Speaker 2>How is anybody set free from sin? What paid the

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<v Speaker 2>price for our sins? It was the blood of Jesus. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>there was a preacher in the 1800s, early 1900s. He

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<v Speaker 2>died in 1969. Harry Emerson Fosdick. He was a very

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<v Speaker 2>smart guy, very eloquent guy, but he was a liberal.

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<v Speaker 2>And he did not like the idea of preachers preaching

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<v Speaker 2>the blood of Jesus. He called that slaughterhouse religion. He said,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, the cross is just God's example of love

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<v Speaker 2>to us. Let's not dwell on the gory things about

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<v Speaker 2>the cross. Let's not talk about the blood. He didn't

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<v Speaker 2>like to talk about the blood or hear people talk

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<v Speaker 2>about the blood. One pastor was trying to reach younger people,

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<v Speaker 2>and he told his minister of music, he said, listen,

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<v Speaker 2>let's not sing songs about the blood because it's people

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<v Speaker 2>who are not Christians don't understand that so let's just

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<v Speaker 2>sing songs that you know elevate God and and you

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<v Speaker 2>know we worship the king that kind of stuff but

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<v Speaker 2>we don't want to have songs about the blood well

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<v Speaker 2>you know who doesn't like songs about the blood the

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<v Speaker 2>devil because the devil knows that it's the blood of

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus that washes white as snow and he doesn't want

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<v Speaker 2>us to preach about the blood well Some people regard

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<v Speaker 2>the blood of Jesus as unclean and ordinary. And he

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<v Speaker 2>says that they would trample underfoot the blood of Jesus.

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<v Speaker 2>Verse 29 again, how much severe punishment do you think

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<v Speaker 2>he will deserve who has trampled underfoot the blood of Jesus?

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<v Speaker 2>That word trampled means to reject with disdain. Now, that's

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<v Speaker 2>one of the things that I have a hard time

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<v Speaker 2>thinking that he's talking about believers. Because a true believer

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<v Speaker 2>would never trample underfoot the blood of Jesus and regard

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<v Speaker 2>it as unholy. Now, my friend David Allen said to me,

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<v Speaker 2>he said, well, really, you could make the case anytime

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<v Speaker 2>we sin in the Christian life, we're disregarding the blood

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<v Speaker 2>of Jesus and the sovereignty of God in our lives.

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<v Speaker 2>We're doing our own thing. But he's just been talking

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<v Speaker 2>about the blood of Jesus in chapters 9 and 10.

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<v Speaker 2>And so this is more than just a regular sin,

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<v Speaker 2>some kind of disobedience. This is talking about willful disobedience

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<v Speaker 2>where you reject the cross. Now, if you remember, for Passover,

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<v Speaker 2>the Jews were instructed. Jesus is our Passover lamb. It

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<v Speaker 2>says in 1 Corinthians 5, verse 7, But the first

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<v Speaker 2>Passover came in Exodus 12. It was on the night

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<v Speaker 2>that the death angel came to kill the firstborn in Egypt,

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<v Speaker 2>the last plague, the plague that would break the back

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<v Speaker 2>of Pharaoh. And Jesus, or the Lord told Moses, is

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<v Speaker 2>what you do to tell the people. You take a lamb,

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<v Speaker 2>a one-year-old unblemished lamb, you kill that lamb, and you

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<v Speaker 2>take some hyssop, which is like a spongy type of

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<v Speaker 2>Of growth. And you take that. Use it like a paintbrush.

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<v Speaker 2>And put the blood on the door post. And on

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<v Speaker 2>the lintel. I think we have a picture of that. Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>So you see it on the sides of the door.

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<v Speaker 2>The door post and the lintel is at the top

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<v Speaker 2>of the door. And so when you look at that.

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<v Speaker 2>You can kind of see the outline of a bloody cross.

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<v Speaker 2>Now notice one thing. That the Lord didn't tell him

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<v Speaker 2>to do. Don't put any blood on the threshold. Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>You walk under the blood, you never walk over the blood.

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<v Speaker 2>Because the blood of Jesus, God's son, is so special

0:26:41.940 --> 0:26:46.570
<v Speaker 2>and so sacred and so precious and so powerful. And

0:26:46.609 --> 0:26:49.490
<v Speaker 2>we walk under the blood. Well, these people in verse

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<v Speaker 2>29 that were experiencing, would experience a severe punishment, they

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<v Speaker 2>were trampling underfoot the blood of the son of God.

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<v Speaker 2>And they regarded that as unclean. And discovery number three,

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<v Speaker 2>some people place themselves in the crosshairs of judgment. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>when you follow in the footsteps of Judas, you follow

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<v Speaker 2>in the footsteps of a guy whom Jesus said it

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<v Speaker 2>would be better for that man had he never been born.

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<v Speaker 2>A severe judgment for Judas. Now, We think about judgment.

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<v Speaker 2>You hear people say, well, you know, all sin is

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<v Speaker 2>the same. All sin's against God. No sin is different

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<v Speaker 2>from another sin. But that's not true. There's certain sins,

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<v Speaker 2>the sin of Nadab and Abihu when they burned strange

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<v Speaker 2>fire before the Lord, that brought instant judgment from God.

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<v Speaker 2>And so you say, well, all sins are the same. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>not all sin brings the fire of God to fry

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<v Speaker 2>you immediately. So the certain sins are different and the

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<v Speaker 2>worst of sins are the sins that you commit when

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<v Speaker 2>your eyes are wide open and the Holy Spirit, the

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<v Speaker 2>Spirit of grace has opened your mind to truth and

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<v Speaker 2>you say no. You know, Jesus said the one who

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<v Speaker 2>knew his master's will and didn't do it, he'll receive

0:28:17.710 --> 0:28:21.359
<v Speaker 2>many lashes. But the one who didn't know his master's will,

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<v Speaker 2>he'll receive but a few. He didn't have full knowledge.

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<v Speaker 2>The guy that has full knowledge and says no to

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<v Speaker 2>full knowledge, he is judged because to whom much has

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<v Speaker 2>been given shall much also be required. And there are

0:28:37.420 --> 0:28:42.040
<v Speaker 2>degrees of hell depending on how much, not only how

0:28:42.080 --> 0:28:45.120
<v Speaker 2>much sin you committed, but how much light you rejected.

0:28:45.820 --> 0:28:47.640
<v Speaker 2>So he says, look at again in verse 26, for

0:28:47.680 --> 0:28:51.210
<v Speaker 2>if we go on sinning willfully, That is not just

0:28:51.450 --> 0:28:53.470
<v Speaker 2>any old sin. That's the sin of saying, well, I'm

0:28:53.510 --> 0:28:56.100
<v Speaker 2>just blowing off the gospel of grace. If we go

0:28:56.200 --> 0:28:58.800
<v Speaker 2>on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth,

0:28:59.240 --> 0:29:03.650
<v Speaker 2>there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins. Because Jesus

0:29:03.730 --> 0:29:06.670
<v Speaker 2>is the sacrifice. If you reject him, then what are

0:29:06.690 --> 0:29:08.740
<v Speaker 2>you going to go back to? The blood of bulls

0:29:08.800 --> 0:29:10.820
<v Speaker 2>and goats? He said, well, the blood of bulls and

0:29:10.860 --> 0:29:13.940
<v Speaker 2>goats and calves, that can't take away sin. That was

0:29:13.980 --> 0:29:16.140
<v Speaker 2>just a picture of the Lamb of God who was

0:29:16.200 --> 0:29:19.680
<v Speaker 2>to come. So if you go back to the old covenant,

0:29:19.740 --> 0:29:21.180
<v Speaker 2>you say, well, I'm just going to go back to

0:29:21.220 --> 0:29:24.700
<v Speaker 2>what is comfortable. Well, that's obsolete. So that can't take

0:29:24.760 --> 0:29:28.330
<v Speaker 2>away sin. But this is what you can expect, verse 27,

0:29:28.330 --> 0:29:32.510
<v Speaker 2>a terrifying expectation of judgment and the fury of a

0:29:32.590 --> 0:29:36.920
<v Speaker 2>fire which will consume the adversaries. You become the Lord's

0:29:37.160 --> 0:29:41.970
<v Speaker 2>adversary when you reject Jesus. And some people place themselves

0:29:42.120 --> 0:29:45.900
<v Speaker 2>in the crosshairs of judgment. Now remember, there is no

0:29:46.040 --> 0:29:49.180
<v Speaker 2>forgiveness apart from the blood of Jesus, apart from the

0:29:49.220 --> 0:29:52.380
<v Speaker 2>cross of Christ. There is none. That is the forgiveness

0:29:52.500 --> 0:29:55.830
<v Speaker 2>for the world. And he himself is the propitiation for

0:29:55.870 --> 0:29:58.130
<v Speaker 2>our sins and not for ours only, but also for

0:29:58.170 --> 0:30:01.350
<v Speaker 2>those of the whole world. You can't come another way

0:30:01.890 --> 0:30:04.330
<v Speaker 2>except through Jesus. There's salvation in no one else for

0:30:04.350 --> 0:30:06.610
<v Speaker 2>there's no other name under heaven that has been given

0:30:06.670 --> 0:30:10.810
<v Speaker 2>among men by which we must be saved. And if

0:30:10.830 --> 0:30:13.530
<v Speaker 2>you're trying to come another way, you're not going to come.

0:30:14.550 --> 0:30:17.070
<v Speaker 2>And when it says in verse 27, but a terrifying

0:30:17.210 --> 0:30:24.290
<v Speaker 2>expectation of judgment, that word means condemnation, damnation. Well, I

0:30:24.530 --> 0:30:28.350
<v Speaker 2>don't take that to mean this is what's in store

0:30:28.410 --> 0:30:35.030
<v Speaker 2>for a Christian who neglects Christ and wanders away, but

0:30:35.090 --> 0:30:38.020
<v Speaker 2>is really saved, because once you're saved, you're saved forever. No,

0:30:38.080 --> 0:30:41.040
<v Speaker 2>because Romans 8.1 says, there is therefore now no condemnation

0:30:41.080 --> 0:30:43.340
<v Speaker 2>for those who are in Christ Jesus. I take this

0:30:43.380 --> 0:30:48.100
<v Speaker 2>to mean he's talking about that group that was nearly believers,

0:30:48.160 --> 0:30:52.960
<v Speaker 2>but they never made that decision. And they knew the truth,

0:30:53.140 --> 0:30:57.000
<v Speaker 2>but they didn't respond to the truth. Well, you can't

0:30:57.040 --> 0:31:01.070
<v Speaker 2>find forgiveness. There is no forgiveness apart from Christ. Now,

0:31:01.230 --> 0:31:04.710
<v Speaker 2>you remember in the gospel accounts where Jesus talked about

0:31:04.750 --> 0:31:10.710
<v Speaker 2>the unpardonable sin. Matthew chapter 12 records Jesus. They bring

0:31:10.750 --> 0:31:14.490
<v Speaker 2>a man to him. He was dumb and he was blind.

0:31:15.110 --> 0:31:18.990
<v Speaker 2>And he heals the man so that he spoke and

0:31:19.020 --> 0:31:21.650
<v Speaker 2>he saw well. And the people said, this must be

0:31:21.690 --> 0:31:24.310
<v Speaker 2>the son of David. Look what he has done. But

0:31:24.350 --> 0:31:27.810
<v Speaker 2>the religious leader says, this man cast out demons by Beelzebul,

0:31:27.830 --> 0:31:31.560
<v Speaker 2>the ruler of the demons. And Jesus responded to them.

0:31:32.640 --> 0:31:38.320
<v Speaker 2>And he said, any kingdom divided against itself cannot stand.

0:31:39.780 --> 0:31:43.120
<v Speaker 2>And a house divided can't stand. And he said, if

0:31:43.210 --> 0:31:46.450
<v Speaker 2>Satan casts out Satan, his house is divided. His kingdom

0:31:46.510 --> 0:31:50.370
<v Speaker 2>is divided. How is it going to stand? And if

0:31:50.450 --> 0:31:53.190
<v Speaker 2>I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your

0:31:53.230 --> 0:31:56.730
<v Speaker 2>sons cast them out? Consequently, they shall be your judges.

0:31:56.970 --> 0:31:59.450
<v Speaker 2>But if I cast out demons by the power of God,

0:32:00.190 --> 0:32:04.170
<v Speaker 2>then the kingdom of God has come upon you. And

0:32:04.210 --> 0:32:09.500
<v Speaker 2>then he tells them, every sin and blasphemy committed against

0:32:09.540 --> 0:32:14.800
<v Speaker 2>the Son of Man shall be forgiven. But whoever blasphemes

0:32:15.080 --> 0:32:18.120
<v Speaker 2>the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him either

0:32:18.180 --> 0:32:21.400
<v Speaker 2>in this age Or in the age to come. We

0:32:21.440 --> 0:32:24.280
<v Speaker 2>call that the unpardonable sin. And people have wondered. What

0:32:24.340 --> 0:32:27.220
<v Speaker 2>in the world is that? I mean I can say

0:32:27.280 --> 0:32:29.640
<v Speaker 2>bad things about Jesus. And that can be forgiven. But

0:32:29.680 --> 0:32:31.600
<v Speaker 2>if I say bad things about the Holy Spirit. That

0:32:31.640 --> 0:32:34.120
<v Speaker 2>can't be forgiven. I mean I can take the name

0:32:34.160 --> 0:32:38.969
<v Speaker 2>of Jesus. And use it as a cuss word. And

0:32:39.050 --> 0:32:41.010
<v Speaker 2>mix it in the muck and the mire. And the

0:32:41.050 --> 0:32:42.950
<v Speaker 2>slime of the sewer. But if I do that with

0:32:42.970 --> 0:32:46.290
<v Speaker 2>the Holy Spirit. Boy don't do that. Because if you

0:32:46.310 --> 0:32:49.040
<v Speaker 2>do that. then you can never be, that can never

0:32:49.080 --> 0:32:52.060
<v Speaker 2>be forgiven. That's not what that means. You know, I mean,

0:32:52.080 --> 0:32:54.190
<v Speaker 2>you can take God's name and put damn after it,

0:32:54.220 --> 0:32:56.400
<v Speaker 2>but you don't ever say the Holy Spirit's name and

0:32:56.440 --> 0:33:01.160
<v Speaker 2>put damn after it because, ooh, that would really change things. No,

0:33:01.180 --> 0:33:03.000
<v Speaker 2>you have to remember, what does the Holy Spirit do?

0:33:03.260 --> 0:33:06.520
<v Speaker 2>The Holy Spirit's work is to convict of sin and

0:33:06.580 --> 0:33:09.800
<v Speaker 2>righteousness and judgment. Jesus said that in John 16. When

0:33:09.820 --> 0:33:12.560
<v Speaker 2>the Holy Spirit comes, he will convict of sin and

0:33:12.640 --> 0:33:16.180
<v Speaker 2>righteousness and judgment. He convicts you that you're a sinner.

0:33:17.070 --> 0:33:20.860
<v Speaker 2>He convicts you that Jesus is righteous, and you, the

0:33:21.960 --> 0:33:25.620
<v Speaker 2>condemned sinner, are one day going to stand before a holy,

0:33:25.700 --> 0:33:29.400
<v Speaker 2>righteous God, and he is going to judge you. And

0:33:29.440 --> 0:33:33.090
<v Speaker 2>when you understand that, you think back to your salvation.

0:33:33.380 --> 0:33:35.210
<v Speaker 2>When you understand that, hey, I'm a sinner and I'm

0:33:35.250 --> 0:33:38.130
<v Speaker 2>in trouble because I have to stand before holy God

0:33:38.490 --> 0:33:41.570
<v Speaker 2>and I have nothing to commend myself to God. And

0:33:41.690 --> 0:33:44.450
<v Speaker 2>oh God, have mercy on me. I fall upon your

0:33:44.490 --> 0:33:47.710
<v Speaker 2>grace and your mercy. And then you receive Christ. That's

0:33:47.790 --> 0:33:50.710
<v Speaker 2>the work of the Holy Spirit. And so when the

0:33:50.770 --> 0:33:54.860
<v Speaker 2>Holy Spirit is at work and you insult him, the

0:33:54.900 --> 0:33:58.440
<v Speaker 2>spirit of grace, He's opening your eyes to truth and

0:33:58.480 --> 0:34:01.320
<v Speaker 2>you say, no, I'm not going to come. I'm not

0:34:01.380 --> 0:34:03.880
<v Speaker 2>going to give my life to Christ. I'm not going

0:34:03.900 --> 0:34:05.260
<v Speaker 2>to repent of my sin. I'm not going to let

0:34:05.280 --> 0:34:08.910
<v Speaker 2>go of my sin and come to Jesus. Well, then

0:34:09.190 --> 0:34:11.750
<v Speaker 2>you've committed the unpardonable sin. What else can he do?

0:34:12.390 --> 0:34:15.910
<v Speaker 2>He's already made it very abundantly clear that you're a

0:34:15.950 --> 0:34:18.469
<v Speaker 2>sinner and Jesus is the Savior. Those guys knew that.

0:34:18.510 --> 0:34:21.359
<v Speaker 2>That's why Jesus said to them, this doesn't make sense.

0:34:21.930 --> 0:34:24.500
<v Speaker 2>How does Satan cast out Satan? He wouldn't do that

0:34:24.760 --> 0:34:29.060
<v Speaker 2>because then he'd be fighting himself. So they couldn't deny

0:34:29.100 --> 0:34:34.240
<v Speaker 2>the miracle because everybody saw it. This guy was dumb

0:34:34.340 --> 0:34:36.420
<v Speaker 2>and he was blind. And now all of a sudden

0:34:36.700 --> 0:34:39.460
<v Speaker 2>he can speak and he can see. And so they

0:34:39.500 --> 0:34:41.420
<v Speaker 2>look to the religious leaders. Well, how do you, if

0:34:41.460 --> 0:34:46.910
<v Speaker 2>this isn't the son of David, how do you explain this? Satan. Satan.

0:34:48.270 --> 0:34:52.050
<v Speaker 2>He cast out demons by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons.

0:34:52.230 --> 0:34:55.950
<v Speaker 2>Because you have to have some miraculous power. And either

0:34:56.010 --> 0:34:59.630
<v Speaker 2>the miraculous power comes from God, which shows that Jesus

0:34:59.790 --> 0:35:01.850
<v Speaker 2>is the Christ, the son of the living God, or

0:35:01.890 --> 0:35:05.489
<v Speaker 2>the miraculous power comes from the devil. And they chose

0:35:05.739 --> 0:35:09.460
<v Speaker 2>the devil, which didn't make sense. And Jesus called him

0:35:09.560 --> 0:35:15.200
<v Speaker 2>out on it. He says, you guys are sinning against

0:35:15.360 --> 0:35:19.609
<v Speaker 2>the illumination of the Holy Spirit. And if God opens

0:35:19.650 --> 0:35:22.250
<v Speaker 2>your mind to truth and you still say no, there's

0:35:22.370 --> 0:35:25.469
<v Speaker 2>nothing else for him to be able to do. You're

0:35:25.510 --> 0:35:29.110
<v Speaker 2>not going to believe regardless of what he does. And

0:35:29.150 --> 0:35:33.760
<v Speaker 2>when you hit that point, then your fate is sealed.

0:35:34.820 --> 0:35:38.360
<v Speaker 2>And there is no forgiveness when you reject the forgiver.

0:35:39.020 --> 0:35:42.880
<v Speaker 2>And there is no mercy or hope when a person

0:35:42.940 --> 0:35:50.100
<v Speaker 2>chooses his sin over God's son. How much severe punishment

0:35:51.320 --> 0:35:54.319
<v Speaker 2>do you think he deserves? He will deserve. Who has

0:35:54.360 --> 0:35:57.180
<v Speaker 2>trampled underfoot the Son of God and has regarded as

0:35:57.260 --> 0:36:00.520
<v Speaker 2>unclean the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified. Now,

0:36:00.540 --> 0:36:03.390
<v Speaker 2>I don't think that's meaning that this person was sanctified,

0:36:03.700 --> 0:36:05.870
<v Speaker 2>that this person was saved, but the blood of the

0:36:05.930 --> 0:36:12.610
<v Speaker 2>covenant which sanctifies. And has insulted the spirit of grace.

0:36:12.650 --> 0:36:15.810
<v Speaker 2>For we know him who said, vengeance is mine, I

0:36:15.830 --> 0:36:18.960
<v Speaker 2>will repay you. And again, the Lord will judge his people.

0:36:19.480 --> 0:36:22.680
<v Speaker 2>It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands

0:36:23.800 --> 0:36:30.600
<v Speaker 2>of the living God. Well, that's a terrifying verse. There's

0:36:30.640 --> 0:36:36.120
<v Speaker 2>no mercy when one chooses his sin over the Son. Now,

0:36:36.219 --> 0:36:42.120
<v Speaker 2>in 2 Thessalonians 2, the Bible talks about the rise

0:36:42.160 --> 0:36:46.100
<v Speaker 2>of the Antichrist. And the Thessalonians, you know, 1 Thessalonians

0:36:46.120 --> 0:36:50.180
<v Speaker 2>chapter 4, we have all the information about the rapture

0:36:50.820 --> 0:36:54.340
<v Speaker 2>and the classic rapture passage in chapter 4. Well, he talks,

0:36:54.469 --> 0:36:56.810
<v Speaker 2>he talked a lot to the Thessalonians about the coming

0:36:56.830 --> 0:36:59.630
<v Speaker 2>of the Lord. They were waiting for the coming of

0:36:59.650 --> 0:37:03.609
<v Speaker 2>the Lord. God has not destined us for wrath, but

0:37:03.670 --> 0:37:08.080
<v Speaker 2>for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Thessalonians

0:37:08.120 --> 0:37:11.219
<v Speaker 2>chapter 5 verse 9. And in 2 Thessalonians, they thought

0:37:11.239 --> 0:37:13.240
<v Speaker 2>they might have missed the rapture. And he said, listen,

0:37:13.260 --> 0:37:17.859
<v Speaker 2>the rapture is not going to come. You know, you

0:37:17.900 --> 0:37:19.980
<v Speaker 2>haven't missed it. And they thought, well, we're in the

0:37:20.020 --> 0:37:21.960
<v Speaker 2>day of the Lord. We're in the time of tribulation.

0:37:21.980 --> 0:37:24.610
<v Speaker 2>He said, no, no, no, no, no. There's the rapture

0:37:24.660 --> 0:37:28.130
<v Speaker 2>of the church. And then there is the day of

0:37:28.170 --> 0:37:31.450
<v Speaker 2>the Lord, the tribulation period. And then when the Lord

0:37:31.590 --> 0:37:35.810
<v Speaker 2>raptures us out of here, then the Antichrist will be revealed.

0:37:36.469 --> 0:37:38.450
<v Speaker 2>People are all the time trying to figure out who

0:37:38.510 --> 0:37:41.259
<v Speaker 2>is the Antichrist. You're not going to know who the

0:37:41.300 --> 0:37:44.980
<v Speaker 2>Antichrist is because the Antichrist will not be revealed until

0:37:45.320 --> 0:37:50.290
<v Speaker 2>after the rapture of the church, after the restraint is removed,

0:37:50.390 --> 0:37:53.589
<v Speaker 2>as it says in 2 Thessalonians 2. But it talks

0:37:53.650 --> 0:37:56.470
<v Speaker 2>about the Antichrist and it says this, then that lawless

0:37:56.650 --> 0:37:59.750
<v Speaker 2>one will be revealed whom the Lord will slay with

0:37:59.790 --> 0:38:02.120
<v Speaker 2>the breath of his mouth and bring to an end

0:38:02.160 --> 0:38:04.360
<v Speaker 2>by the appearance of his coming. That is the one

0:38:04.420 --> 0:38:08.100
<v Speaker 2>whose coming is in accordance with the activity of Satan.

0:38:08.520 --> 0:38:11.180
<v Speaker 2>with all power and signs and false wonders and with

0:38:11.300 --> 0:38:15.060
<v Speaker 2>all the deception of wickedness for those who perish. Now,

0:38:15.100 --> 0:38:18.400
<v Speaker 2>why did they perish? Perish because they did not receive

0:38:18.420 --> 0:38:20.600
<v Speaker 2>the love of the truth so as to be saved.

0:38:21.700 --> 0:38:25.140
<v Speaker 2>For this reason, God will send upon them a deluding

0:38:25.200 --> 0:38:30.020
<v Speaker 2>influence so they will believe what is false in order

0:38:30.060 --> 0:38:32.779
<v Speaker 2>that they all may be judged. Why would God want

0:38:32.860 --> 0:38:34.970
<v Speaker 2>anyone to believe what is false? Why would he want

0:38:35.010 --> 0:38:39.570
<v Speaker 2>them to be judged? Because They did not believe the truth,

0:38:39.710 --> 0:38:44.150
<v Speaker 2>but took pleasure in wickedness. And when they were presented

0:38:44.230 --> 0:38:47.170
<v Speaker 2>with the truth, they knew that there was a choice

0:38:47.250 --> 0:38:50.549
<v Speaker 2>between their sin and the truth of God, between their

0:38:50.610 --> 0:38:54.370
<v Speaker 2>sin and the Son of God. And they said, I'd

0:38:54.390 --> 0:38:58.410
<v Speaker 2>rather have my sin. And when you choose your sin

0:38:58.690 --> 0:39:03.279
<v Speaker 2>over God's Son, that's it for you. When your eyes

0:39:03.340 --> 0:39:05.339
<v Speaker 2>are wide open. Now listen, a lot of us, we

0:39:05.360 --> 0:39:09.739
<v Speaker 2>didn't know. We didn't understand. But when you know, because

0:39:09.760 --> 0:39:12.100
<v Speaker 2>the Holy Spirit is convicting you and showing you this

0:39:12.320 --> 0:39:15.800
<v Speaker 2>is who Jesus is, you need him. And you fight

0:39:15.920 --> 0:39:17.670
<v Speaker 2>and fight and fight. I don't want to do it.

0:39:17.719 --> 0:39:19.070
<v Speaker 2>I don't want to do it. I don't want to

0:39:19.090 --> 0:39:21.890
<v Speaker 2>do it. Well, eventually you get to the place where

0:39:21.910 --> 0:39:25.009
<v Speaker 2>the Holy Spirit won't draw you anymore. Jesus said, no

0:39:25.110 --> 0:39:27.089
<v Speaker 2>one can come to me unless the Father who sent

0:39:27.110 --> 0:39:29.950
<v Speaker 2>me draws him. And if you resist the drawing of

0:39:29.960 --> 0:39:33.300
<v Speaker 2>the Holy Spirit, then eventually he doesn't draw anymore because

0:39:33.320 --> 0:39:36.550
<v Speaker 2>you're not coming. And when you choose your sin over

0:39:36.620 --> 0:39:43.330
<v Speaker 2>God's Son, all that's left for you is judgment. And

0:39:43.390 --> 0:39:47.750
<v Speaker 2>it's a terrifying thing. Terrifying to fall into the hands

0:39:47.790 --> 0:39:51.980
<v Speaker 2>of the living God. Revelation 6 talks about the opening

0:39:52.120 --> 0:39:56.000
<v Speaker 2>of the scrolls, the beginning of the tribulation period. You know,

0:39:56.020 --> 0:40:00.260
<v Speaker 2>this tribulation period is seven seal judgments and then seven

0:40:00.340 --> 0:40:03.960
<v Speaker 2>trumpet judgments and then seven bowl judgments. And it gets

0:40:04.980 --> 0:40:07.840
<v Speaker 2>more and more intense. And these judgments are worse and

0:40:07.880 --> 0:40:12.219
<v Speaker 2>worse and worse. Well, toward the end of chapter 6,

0:40:12.219 --> 0:40:15.200
<v Speaker 2>the people, the great and the small, the kings and

0:40:15.340 --> 0:40:17.719
<v Speaker 2>all the mighty men, they're hiding in the rocks and

0:40:18.010 --> 0:40:20.300
<v Speaker 2>and in the caves, and they're saying to the rocks,

0:40:20.380 --> 0:40:22.560
<v Speaker 2>fall on us and hide us from the presence of

0:40:22.620 --> 0:40:24.500
<v Speaker 2>him who sits on the throne and from the wrath

0:40:24.540 --> 0:40:27.500
<v Speaker 2>of the Lamb, for the day of their wrath has come,

0:40:27.739 --> 0:40:31.739
<v Speaker 2>and who is able to stand? They know. They know

0:40:31.800 --> 0:40:34.840
<v Speaker 2>deep down in their hearts this is coming from God,

0:40:35.239 --> 0:40:39.480
<v Speaker 2>and God is judging us for our sin, and yet

0:40:39.540 --> 0:40:44.140
<v Speaker 2>they still don't repent. This is a scary passage of Scripture.

0:40:44.219 --> 0:40:48.739
<v Speaker 2>It's one of One of five warnings in Hebrews, the

0:40:48.760 --> 0:40:50.920
<v Speaker 2>book of Hebrews is the fourth warning. We have one

0:40:50.960 --> 0:40:54.480
<v Speaker 2>more warning in chapter 12. But here's the thing, the

0:40:54.500 --> 0:40:59.700
<v Speaker 2>warning that you need to heed. So we have in Hebrews,

0:41:00.090 --> 0:41:03.989
<v Speaker 2>the unbelievers, the near believers, and the believers. We have

0:41:04.030 --> 0:41:06.970
<v Speaker 2>that in this room tonight. We have that with people

0:41:07.010 --> 0:41:13.750
<v Speaker 2>watching online. We'd like to think everybody's a believer. But

0:41:13.770 --> 0:41:16.670
<v Speaker 2>Jesus had 12 disciples and one of them was a devil.

0:41:18.530 --> 0:41:21.100
<v Speaker 2>So if you're in the category of I've never really

0:41:21.160 --> 0:41:24.600
<v Speaker 2>trusted Christ, but I'm leaning that way or I'm kind

0:41:24.640 --> 0:41:26.719
<v Speaker 2>of far from the kingdom, you just need to know

0:41:26.760 --> 0:41:29.899
<v Speaker 2>what's coming down the pike. And you have an opportunity

0:41:29.960 --> 0:41:32.960
<v Speaker 2>tonight if you've never trusted Christ to do that. and

0:41:32.980 --> 0:41:35.219
<v Speaker 2>to put your faith and trust in Jesus, and to

0:41:35.300 --> 0:41:38.460
<v Speaker 2>stop regarding as unclean the blood of the covenant, and

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<v Speaker 2>stop insulting the spirit of grace and the God of

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<v Speaker 2>the universe who sent his son to die on the

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<v Speaker 2>cross for your sins so that you could have eternal life.

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<v Speaker 2>You'll never get to heaven apart from Jesus. You can't

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<v Speaker 2>get there on your own. And as the song says,

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<v Speaker 2>if you'll take one step toward the Savior, my friend,

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<v Speaker 2>you'll find his arms open wide. He's not looking for

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<v Speaker 2>you to Earn your salvation. He's looking for you to

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<v Speaker 2>come to Him and cry out with blind Bartimaeus, Jesus,

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<v Speaker 2>Son of David, have mercy on me, and He will

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<v Speaker 2>have mercy on those who cry out to Him. And

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<v Speaker 2>that's the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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<v Speaker 1>You've been listening to Pastor Jeff Shreve of First Baptist

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<v Speaker 1>Church Texarkana and From His Heart Ministries. For a complete

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<v Speaker 1>listing of Pastor Jeff's messages, check out our website at fromhisheart.org.