1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:03,799 Speaker: Welcome to the Crofton Park Baptist Church podcast. 2 00:00:03,799 --> 00:00:07,139 Speaker: You are listening to obedience, part of our sermon series, 3 00:00:07,139 --> 00:00:09,119 Speaker: Seeking God's Face. 4 00:00:09,119 --> 00:00:13,880 Speaker: In this message, Clement O. K, deacon and lay preacher at 5 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:18,679 Speaker: Crofton Park Baptist Church, reflects on First Samuel chapter 6 00:00:18,679 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker: fifteen, verses one to nine and verses fifteen to twenty three. 7 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:27,960 Speaker: Drawing on this passage, Clement explores the serious consequence 8 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:32,659 Speaker: of disobedience in our walk with God through Saul's failure to 9 00:00:32,659 --> 00:00:34,759 Speaker: fully obey the Lord's command. 10 00:00:34,759 --> 00:00:35,880 Speaker: We are reminded that 11 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:38,159 Speaker: disobedience creates separation 12 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:40,700 Speaker: from God and leaves us unable to 13 00:00:40,700 --> 00:00:42,759 Speaker: truly seek his face as we 14 00:00:42,759 --> 00:00:44,039 Speaker: should. 15 00:00:44,039 --> 00:00:46,119 Speaker: As you listen, may this message 16 00:00:46,119 --> 00:00:48,299 Speaker: challenge and encourage you to 17 00:00:48,299 --> 00:00:50,479 Speaker: pursue a life of wholehearted 18 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:53,259 Speaker: obedience, surrendering fully to 19 00:00:53,259 --> 00:00:55,679 Speaker: God so that nothing stands in 20 00:00:55,679 --> 00:00:57,520 Speaker: the way of deeper fellowship 21 00:00:57,520 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker: with him. 22 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:03,049 Speaker: Here is Clement okay with obedience? 23 00:01:06,010 --> 00:01:06,969 Speaker: Good morning church. 24 00:01:06,969 --> 00:01:07,650 Speaker: Good morning. 25 00:01:10,769 --> 00:01:11,250 Speaker: Hello. 26 00:01:11,250 --> 00:01:12,209 Speaker: Hi. 27 00:01:12,209 --> 00:01:12,849 Speaker: Okay. 28 00:01:12,849 --> 00:01:14,609 Speaker: I just wanted to say the title of that movie. 29 00:01:14,609 --> 00:01:15,849 Speaker: That's all. 30 00:01:15,849 --> 00:01:16,650 Speaker: Um. 31 00:01:16,650 --> 00:01:16,969 Speaker: So. 32 00:01:16,969 --> 00:01:18,329 Speaker: Yes. 33 00:01:18,329 --> 00:01:19,689 Speaker: Can you hear? 34 00:01:19,689 --> 00:01:23,609 Speaker: I heard you whisper on your shirt. 35 00:01:23,609 --> 00:01:24,290 Speaker: Yeah. 36 00:01:26,969 --> 00:01:28,290 Speaker: All right, so we put it in the 37 00:01:28,290 --> 00:01:30,530 Speaker: middle, and I don't have to do 38 00:01:30,530 --> 00:01:31,090 Speaker: that. 39 00:01:33,010 --> 00:01:34,090 Speaker: Every day. 40 00:01:34,090 --> 00:01:35,090 Speaker: So good morning, church. 41 00:01:35,090 --> 00:01:36,569 Speaker: It's great to see you all. 42 00:01:36,569 --> 00:01:41,129 Speaker: Um, I'd like to extend a warm welcome to you all. 43 00:01:41,129 --> 00:01:43,129 Speaker: Um, especially watching online. 44 00:01:43,129 --> 00:01:46,730 Speaker: I can't outdo what Pastor Christopher did because he's a 45 00:01:46,730 --> 00:01:48,489 Speaker: pro at this welcoming stuff. 46 00:01:48,489 --> 00:01:50,769 Speaker: But once again, welcome. 47 00:01:50,769 --> 00:01:52,329 Speaker: Um, my name is Clement. 48 00:01:52,329 --> 00:01:52,569 Speaker: Oké. 49 00:01:52,569 --> 00:01:54,530 Speaker: For those of you who don't know me. 50 00:01:55,810 --> 00:01:56,370 Speaker: I'm sorry. 51 00:01:56,370 --> 00:01:58,250 Speaker: Siri thinks I'm talking to him. 52 00:01:58,250 --> 00:01:59,859 Speaker: Um, my name is Clement Oké. 53 00:01:59,859 --> 00:02:02,299 Speaker: And I'm one of the leaders on the leadership team here at 54 00:02:02,299 --> 00:02:04,099 Speaker: Crofton Park Baptist Church. 55 00:02:04,099 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker: I've been coming to this church 56 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:07,819 Speaker: on and off for the past thirty 57 00:02:07,819 --> 00:02:08,580 Speaker: years. 58 00:02:08,580 --> 00:02:13,860 Speaker: Um, that might sound impressive, but back then I would come maybe 59 00:02:13,860 --> 00:02:17,939 Speaker: once a month, maybe if that. 60 00:02:17,939 --> 00:02:21,099 Speaker: And when I did show up, I'd be at the back over there. 61 00:02:21,099 --> 00:02:24,539 Speaker: Beat boxing with Phil Yates and James Haley and just trying to 62 00:02:24,539 --> 00:02:26,939 Speaker: make the service interesting. 63 00:02:26,939 --> 00:02:30,460 Speaker: Uh, for those of those who don't know about beat boxing, it's. 64 00:02:33,699 --> 00:02:36,060 Speaker: So add my flavor to the service. 65 00:02:36,060 --> 00:02:39,580 Speaker: Um, and we do that together and that's how we enjoy church. 66 00:02:39,580 --> 00:02:45,580 Speaker: So if I could be that person doing all that mischief thirty 67 00:02:45,580 --> 00:02:49,219 Speaker: years ago, and now I'm up here talking, being God's vessel, 68 00:02:49,219 --> 00:02:52,379 Speaker: then there's hope for us all. 69 00:02:52,379 --> 00:02:53,860 Speaker: It is a privilege and it's a 70 00:02:53,860 --> 00:02:55,300 Speaker: blessing to be here to share 71 00:02:55,300 --> 00:02:56,099 Speaker: God's Word with you this 72 00:02:56,099 --> 00:02:56,620 Speaker: morning. 73 00:02:56,620 --> 00:02:59,080 Speaker: I'm directly quoting my brother Rob, because he says it's when 74 00:02:59,080 --> 00:02:59,840 Speaker: he comes up. 75 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:01,639 Speaker: And those words are true. 76 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:04,319 Speaker: So I say in all sincerity, it is a privilege. 77 00:03:04,319 --> 00:03:07,759 Speaker: It's not something that anyone should take lightly. 78 00:03:07,759 --> 00:03:08,960 Speaker: The fact that we can actually be 79 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:11,039 Speaker: in this place and speak about 80 00:03:11,039 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker: God freely without being 81 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:14,919 Speaker: persecuted as a Nigerian, I 82 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker: understand exactly what that 83 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:17,280 Speaker: means. 84 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:20,780 Speaker: Um, over the past five weeks, we've been exploring the theme 85 00:03:20,780 --> 00:03:23,919 Speaker: of seeking God's face. 86 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:27,360 Speaker: And, uh, Pastor Christopher must not be Chris. 87 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:32,120 Speaker: Pastor Christopher has said he started us off with prayer. 88 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:34,199 Speaker: And then we had a look at the template for prayer. 89 00:03:34,199 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker: We looked at the Lord's Prayer, then we looked at fasting. 90 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker: We heard that well, about discernment. 91 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:46,599 Speaker: My brother Lovejoy brought us that message. 92 00:03:46,599 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker: And last week we spoke about vision. 93 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:51,560 Speaker: So this week, um, I've been 94 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:53,819 Speaker: given the task of talking to you 95 00:03:53,819 --> 00:03:56,530 Speaker: about obedience and all of these 96 00:03:56,530 --> 00:03:57,810 Speaker: things together. 97 00:03:57,810 --> 00:04:00,169 Speaker: So I hope you've been taking notes over the past five weeks. 98 00:04:00,169 --> 00:04:01,729 Speaker: And those of you who haven't. 99 00:04:01,729 --> 00:04:03,490 Speaker: Thank God we have a YouTube channel. 100 00:04:03,490 --> 00:04:05,530 Speaker: You can go back there and do your revision. 101 00:04:05,530 --> 00:04:07,770 Speaker: All of these things actually do come together, because what 102 00:04:07,770 --> 00:04:11,930 Speaker: we're trying to do is we want to be in God's presence. 103 00:04:11,930 --> 00:04:14,050 Speaker: The elements of the service you saw here today. 104 00:04:14,050 --> 00:04:15,530 Speaker: Sorry for ambushing you, Rob. 105 00:04:15,530 --> 00:04:19,730 Speaker: Um, communion is about being in God's presence. 106 00:04:19,730 --> 00:04:22,209 Speaker: It might feel like a strange ritual. 107 00:04:22,209 --> 00:04:24,449 Speaker: And when we get to the word today, you will be discovering 108 00:04:24,449 --> 00:04:27,290 Speaker: the strange way we were talking about strange rituals. 109 00:04:27,290 --> 00:04:28,689 Speaker: But the theme of all of these 110 00:04:28,689 --> 00:04:31,009 Speaker: things are all about being with 111 00:04:31,009 --> 00:04:31,170 Speaker: God. 112 00:04:31,170 --> 00:04:34,089 Speaker: Because that's what we desire. 113 00:04:34,089 --> 00:04:35,769 Speaker: That's what our spirit desires. 114 00:04:35,769 --> 00:04:38,410 Speaker: Because the opposite of that would be that. 115 00:04:39,569 --> 00:04:42,089 Speaker: So these things that we're 116 00:04:42,089 --> 00:04:42,970 Speaker: talking about, they're actually 117 00:04:42,970 --> 00:04:44,550 Speaker: meant to shape us and transform 118 00:04:44,550 --> 00:04:45,209 Speaker: us. 119 00:04:45,209 --> 00:04:46,329 Speaker: I'm not sure how many people 120 00:04:46,329 --> 00:04:49,449 Speaker: here, um, have over the past 121 00:04:49,449 --> 00:04:51,370 Speaker: four or five weeks notice the 122 00:04:51,370 --> 00:04:52,569 Speaker: transformation in their lives 123 00:04:52,569 --> 00:04:55,375 Speaker: from the words we've heard, from 124 00:04:55,375 --> 00:04:56,139 Speaker: the practices. 125 00:04:56,139 --> 00:04:59,180 Speaker: We're starting to see some notes. 126 00:04:59,180 --> 00:05:02,339 Speaker: Did anybody here take part in the fasting? 127 00:05:02,339 --> 00:05:03,060 Speaker: Yeah. 128 00:05:03,060 --> 00:05:05,379 Speaker: Could I ask if you want to share? 129 00:05:05,379 --> 00:05:09,699 Speaker: When you were going into the fast, what were you hoping to 130 00:05:09,699 --> 00:05:11,579 Speaker: get out of it? 131 00:05:11,579 --> 00:05:13,819 Speaker: You can shout it out if you want to share it. 132 00:05:16,459 --> 00:05:17,180 Speaker: Anybody? 133 00:05:18,379 --> 00:05:21,860 Speaker: Breakthrough hearing from God. 134 00:05:25,779 --> 00:05:27,819 Speaker: A change in your life. 135 00:05:27,819 --> 00:05:28,500 Speaker: Okay. 136 00:05:28,500 --> 00:05:30,579 Speaker: How did it work out for you? 137 00:05:30,579 --> 00:05:33,300 Speaker: Well, what happened was I get scriptures. 138 00:05:33,300 --> 00:05:37,300 Speaker: So scriptures to me. 139 00:05:37,300 --> 00:05:37,939 Speaker: Hallelujah. 140 00:05:37,939 --> 00:05:40,980 Speaker: So what is it again? 141 00:05:40,980 --> 00:05:44,660 Speaker: So I've been giving you scriptures through the fasting. 142 00:05:44,660 --> 00:05:45,740 Speaker: How about you, my dear? 143 00:05:47,500 --> 00:05:48,699 Speaker: Have you seen a change? 144 00:05:50,779 --> 00:05:53,139 Speaker: I feel, I feel a change. 145 00:05:53,139 --> 00:05:57,269 Speaker: I'm more calmer You're calmer than you used to be, bro. 146 00:05:57,269 --> 00:05:58,350 Speaker: Breakthrough. 147 00:05:58,350 --> 00:05:58,670 Speaker: Um. 148 00:05:58,670 --> 00:05:59,790 Speaker: Yeah. 149 00:05:59,790 --> 00:06:00,910 Speaker: Okay. 150 00:06:00,910 --> 00:06:03,350 Speaker: Um, I've been sharing people in 151 00:06:03,350 --> 00:06:04,149 Speaker: the church that I'm a lot 152 00:06:04,149 --> 00:06:05,029 Speaker: faster. 153 00:06:05,029 --> 00:06:07,350 Speaker: Rosemary's a faster in the family. 154 00:06:07,350 --> 00:06:08,949 Speaker: And I think one of the notices I 155 00:06:08,949 --> 00:06:12,189 Speaker: did mention as well that, um, 156 00:06:12,189 --> 00:06:13,949 Speaker: this thing can be a generational 157 00:06:13,949 --> 00:06:15,110 Speaker: thing because if you didn't grow 158 00:06:15,110 --> 00:06:16,310 Speaker: up in a fasting household, which 159 00:06:16,310 --> 00:06:18,529 Speaker: I didn't, I grew up in poverty, 160 00:06:18,529 --> 00:06:19,949 Speaker: but we were fasting already by 161 00:06:19,949 --> 00:06:21,470 Speaker: default. 162 00:06:21,470 --> 00:06:22,550 Speaker: If you grew up in a fast. 163 00:06:22,550 --> 00:06:22,829 Speaker: Oh, yeah. 164 00:06:22,829 --> 00:06:24,430 Speaker: Sorry, Colin. 165 00:06:26,310 --> 00:06:28,550 Speaker: Sorry to confine your 166 00:06:28,550 --> 00:06:29,709 Speaker: convictions, but how did that 167 00:06:29,709 --> 00:06:31,189 Speaker: work out? 168 00:06:31,189 --> 00:06:31,709 Speaker: Well. 169 00:06:34,389 --> 00:06:37,430 Speaker: If you live by your convictions. 170 00:06:37,430 --> 00:06:40,310 Speaker: Yes, you need to know what they really are. 171 00:06:42,350 --> 00:06:44,670 Speaker: So some of the things you said actually reflected in my 172 00:06:44,670 --> 00:06:47,629 Speaker: experience, because like I said, I'm not a pastor. 173 00:06:47,629 --> 00:06:50,750 Speaker: Um, and normally when I fast, I fast in symphony. 174 00:06:50,750 --> 00:06:53,310 Speaker: So if Rosemary says she's going too fast, then I say, said, 175 00:06:53,310 --> 00:06:54,670 Speaker: okay, well, I'll join you. 176 00:06:54,670 --> 00:06:56,910 Speaker: And I'm there and watching the clock. 177 00:06:56,910 --> 00:07:01,149 Speaker: And as soon as it's like seventeen fifty nine, I'm ready. 178 00:07:01,149 --> 00:07:02,029 Speaker: I'm making the food. 179 00:07:02,029 --> 00:07:02,750 Speaker: I'm just getting ready. 180 00:07:02,750 --> 00:07:05,149 Speaker: It's like six o'clock on the dot. 181 00:07:05,149 --> 00:07:08,350 Speaker: I start at this time actually Wednesday. 182 00:07:08,350 --> 00:07:10,750 Speaker: So all of you mature fasters. 183 00:07:10,750 --> 00:07:15,709 Speaker: I went in intentionally because I wanted to hear from God. 184 00:07:16,709 --> 00:07:18,470 Speaker: I wasn't looking for a transformation. 185 00:07:18,470 --> 00:07:19,990 Speaker: I wasn't looking for a breakthrough. 186 00:07:21,029 --> 00:07:23,029 Speaker: But funnily enough, those three things happened. 187 00:07:24,629 --> 00:07:27,470 Speaker: So when I was fasting, I fasted intentionally. 188 00:07:27,470 --> 00:07:29,470 Speaker: I wasn't, and I was taking some of the tips that Pastor 189 00:07:29,470 --> 00:07:30,829 Speaker: Christopher gave me. 190 00:07:30,829 --> 00:07:33,029 Speaker: Um, when I felt hungry, I'd read 191 00:07:33,029 --> 00:07:35,110 Speaker: the scripture and in the 192 00:07:35,110 --> 00:07:36,750 Speaker: background I had ECB two playing 193 00:07:36,750 --> 00:07:37,310 Speaker: all day. 194 00:07:37,310 --> 00:07:42,149 Speaker: So I was just replacing the flesh with the spirit and that 195 00:07:42,149 --> 00:07:44,389 Speaker: prepared me for today. 196 00:07:44,389 --> 00:07:47,209 Speaker: As far as I'm aware, the Holy Spirit has been speaking to me 197 00:07:47,209 --> 00:07:50,509 Speaker: through that time and has given me a message. 198 00:07:50,509 --> 00:07:53,040 Speaker: Um, Transformation. 199 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker: My driving has kind of calmed down a bit. 200 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:58,360 Speaker: Uh, you can ask Chris when he comes in. 201 00:07:58,360 --> 00:07:59,240 Speaker: He will tell you that the school 202 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:00,600 Speaker: run is not as hair raising as it 203 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:02,399 Speaker: usually is. 204 00:08:02,399 --> 00:08:07,279 Speaker: So, and, um, I noticed that kind of transformation. 205 00:08:07,279 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker: So for anyone who is thinking 206 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:11,500 Speaker: about dipping their toe into 207 00:08:11,500 --> 00:08:12,720 Speaker: some of these practices, whether 208 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker: it's prayer, whether it's 209 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:15,240 Speaker: fasting, whether it's coming to 210 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:16,160 Speaker: the Bible study, whether it's 211 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:18,439 Speaker: studying the word, I encourage 212 00:08:18,439 --> 00:08:20,240 Speaker: you to take it with all 213 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:21,439 Speaker: seriousness, but go into it 214 00:08:21,439 --> 00:08:23,160 Speaker: intentionally. 215 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:26,860 Speaker: Don't be a sympathetic foster like me do, because you want to 216 00:08:26,860 --> 00:08:27,639 Speaker: meet with God. 217 00:08:27,639 --> 00:08:29,720 Speaker: Because the whole purpose of what we're talking about is 218 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:30,920 Speaker: seeking God's face. 219 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:36,480 Speaker: So we need to be a transformed church. 220 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker: And the only way we can do that is if we are transformed. 221 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:42,799 Speaker: So today we're talking about obedience. 222 00:08:42,799 --> 00:08:45,960 Speaker: And I'm going to start with what the consequences, because we 223 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:46,960 Speaker: know all the stories. 224 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:48,080 Speaker: The Old Testament is full of 225 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:49,399 Speaker: stories about what happens when 226 00:08:49,399 --> 00:08:50,200 Speaker: we disobey. 227 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:52,490 Speaker: It starts with it. 228 00:08:52,490 --> 00:08:55,169 Speaker: Um, so let's look at the consequences of disobedience. 229 00:08:56,169 --> 00:09:01,690 Speaker: We're going to look at Genesis chapter two verses four to nine. 230 00:09:01,690 --> 00:09:06,169 Speaker: I'm going to be reading the NIV now. 231 00:09:08,370 --> 00:09:09,970 Speaker: Um, the funny thing about the 232 00:09:09,970 --> 00:09:10,809 Speaker: Bible, especially the Old 233 00:09:10,809 --> 00:09:12,330 Speaker: Testament, is you might think 234 00:09:12,330 --> 00:09:13,830 Speaker: there's a lot of repetition 235 00:09:13,830 --> 00:09:16,149 Speaker: because these verses come after 236 00:09:16,149 --> 00:09:17,450 Speaker: we've already heard about the 237 00:09:17,450 --> 00:09:19,450 Speaker: whole creation in seven days and 238 00:09:19,450 --> 00:09:20,450 Speaker: the rest. 239 00:09:20,450 --> 00:09:23,330 Speaker: But here he goes into a bit more detail. 240 00:09:23,330 --> 00:09:24,850 Speaker: This is the account of the 241 00:09:24,850 --> 00:09:26,649 Speaker: heavens and the earth when they 242 00:09:26,649 --> 00:09:28,970 Speaker: were created, when the Lord God 243 00:09:28,970 --> 00:09:30,610 Speaker: made the heaven, the earth, and 244 00:09:30,610 --> 00:09:32,330 Speaker: the heavens. 245 00:09:32,330 --> 00:09:34,330 Speaker: Now no shrub had yet appeared on 246 00:09:34,330 --> 00:09:36,450 Speaker: the earth, and no plant had yet 247 00:09:36,450 --> 00:09:37,570 Speaker: sprung up. 248 00:09:37,570 --> 00:09:41,570 Speaker: For the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth, and there was 249 00:09:41,570 --> 00:09:43,570 Speaker: no one to work the ground. 250 00:09:44,649 --> 00:09:47,169 Speaker: But streams came up from the earth and watered the whole 251 00:09:47,169 --> 00:09:48,970 Speaker: surface of the ground. 252 00:09:48,970 --> 00:09:53,460 Speaker: Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and 253 00:09:53,460 --> 00:09:56,860 Speaker: breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man 254 00:09:56,860 --> 00:09:59,139 Speaker: became a living being. 255 00:09:59,139 --> 00:10:00,500 Speaker: Now the Lord God had planted a 256 00:10:00,500 --> 00:10:02,620 Speaker: garden in the east in Eden, and 257 00:10:02,620 --> 00:10:03,899 Speaker: there he put the man he had 258 00:10:03,899 --> 00:10:04,899 Speaker: formed. 259 00:10:04,899 --> 00:10:08,299 Speaker: The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground, 260 00:10:08,299 --> 00:10:11,820 Speaker: trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. 261 00:10:11,820 --> 00:10:14,940 Speaker: In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of 262 00:10:14,940 --> 00:10:16,980 Speaker: the knowledge of good and evil. 263 00:10:19,340 --> 00:10:24,460 Speaker: So in these few verses, we see God as an architect. 264 00:10:24,460 --> 00:10:28,139 Speaker: Um, if you watch the matrix, you might actually see the parallels 265 00:10:28,139 --> 00:10:28,899 Speaker: in that reference. 266 00:10:28,899 --> 00:10:30,620 Speaker: Does anyone watch the Matrix here? 267 00:10:30,620 --> 00:10:31,740 Speaker: Matrix trilogy? 268 00:10:31,740 --> 00:10:32,059 Speaker: Yeah. 269 00:10:32,059 --> 00:10:33,139 Speaker: Some nods. 270 00:10:33,139 --> 00:10:34,059 Speaker: For those of you who don't know, 271 00:10:34,059 --> 00:10:35,620 Speaker: it's Keanu Reeves and Laurence 272 00:10:35,620 --> 00:10:36,419 Speaker: Fishburne. 273 00:10:36,419 --> 00:10:37,620 Speaker: And it came out in the nineties. 274 00:10:37,620 --> 00:10:39,139 Speaker: So before some of you were born. 275 00:10:39,139 --> 00:10:43,480 Speaker: Um, and it just talks about a parallel, parallel kind of 276 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:47,259 Speaker: universe where we're not really here, we're just batteries being 277 00:10:47,259 --> 00:10:51,299 Speaker: run by alien forces and but it talks about a. And it talks 278 00:10:51,299 --> 00:10:52,179 Speaker: about an architect. 279 00:10:52,179 --> 00:10:53,259 Speaker: And it was it was developed by 280 00:10:53,259 --> 00:10:55,940 Speaker: the brothers who had a Roman 281 00:10:55,940 --> 00:10:56,740 Speaker: Catholic upbringing. 282 00:10:56,740 --> 00:11:00,779 Speaker: So there's lots of biblical references and stuff like that. 283 00:11:00,779 --> 00:11:02,460 Speaker: The architects, the person who built it. 284 00:11:02,460 --> 00:11:05,019 Speaker: But he needs someone to look after it. 285 00:11:05,019 --> 00:11:09,019 Speaker: So in and this is something we read as well, when we were going 286 00:11:09,019 --> 00:11:11,539 Speaker: through some of the things that Pastor Christopher was sharing 287 00:11:11,539 --> 00:11:16,460 Speaker: with us last month, that God wants to partner with us. 288 00:11:17,500 --> 00:11:19,419 Speaker: The Garden of Eden wasn't just a 289 00:11:19,419 --> 00:11:21,019 Speaker: Paradise that you just go in 290 00:11:21,019 --> 00:11:22,779 Speaker: there and it's a spa every day, 291 00:11:22,779 --> 00:11:23,779 Speaker: he said. 292 00:11:23,779 --> 00:11:28,559 Speaker: The verse there said there was no one to work the ground, so 293 00:11:28,559 --> 00:11:30,179 Speaker: God formed man. 294 00:11:30,179 --> 00:11:32,419 Speaker: So our purpose was to work the ground. 295 00:11:32,419 --> 00:11:33,740 Speaker: Our purpose was to look after 296 00:11:33,740 --> 00:11:37,019 Speaker: creation in partnership with 297 00:11:37,019 --> 00:11:37,580 Speaker: God. 298 00:11:38,860 --> 00:11:41,340 Speaker: So we are joint partners with him in that we're bringing his 299 00:11:41,340 --> 00:11:41,980 Speaker: vision to life. 300 00:11:41,980 --> 00:11:44,019 Speaker: We're the landscape designers. 301 00:11:44,019 --> 00:11:45,700 Speaker: He's the architect. 302 00:11:45,700 --> 00:11:48,309 Speaker: So if you listen back to Christopher's preach on the 303 00:11:48,309 --> 00:11:49,870 Speaker: purpose of prayer. 304 00:11:49,870 --> 00:11:52,029 Speaker: That was, um, where he mentioned this. 305 00:11:52,029 --> 00:11:55,710 Speaker: If you scroll up to about one hour, four minutes into the 306 00:11:55,710 --> 00:11:58,669 Speaker: video, that's where I started looking for it. 307 00:11:59,950 --> 00:12:02,389 Speaker: So we know how the story ends, don't we? 308 00:12:02,389 --> 00:12:03,669 Speaker: There's no spoilers. 309 00:12:03,669 --> 00:12:05,990 Speaker: Disobedience led to the fall of man. 310 00:12:05,990 --> 00:12:07,789 Speaker: Or to put it better, separation 311 00:12:07,789 --> 00:12:10,230 Speaker: from God to the consequences of 312 00:12:10,230 --> 00:12:11,429 Speaker: disobedience. 313 00:12:11,429 --> 00:12:12,710 Speaker: Separation from God. 314 00:12:13,909 --> 00:12:15,269 Speaker: Um, when you think of that 315 00:12:15,269 --> 00:12:16,190 Speaker: story, when you think of that 316 00:12:16,190 --> 00:12:17,629 Speaker: passage, that verse in 317 00:12:17,629 --> 00:12:19,789 Speaker: particular, what tree pops up at 318 00:12:19,789 --> 00:12:20,149 Speaker: you? 319 00:12:20,149 --> 00:12:21,590 Speaker: What tree do you think about? 320 00:12:23,190 --> 00:12:25,590 Speaker: Well, you think about apples. 321 00:12:25,590 --> 00:12:27,669 Speaker: What's the name of the tree that comes to your mind? 322 00:12:32,309 --> 00:12:34,110 Speaker: Tree of life. 323 00:12:34,110 --> 00:12:35,230 Speaker: Knowledge of evil. 324 00:12:35,230 --> 00:12:35,830 Speaker: How many people. 325 00:12:35,830 --> 00:12:37,870 Speaker: How many people remember the knowledge of good and evil? 326 00:12:39,110 --> 00:12:40,029 Speaker: First off. 327 00:12:40,029 --> 00:12:40,830 Speaker: Yeah. 328 00:12:40,830 --> 00:12:41,750 Speaker: Tree of life. 329 00:12:44,470 --> 00:12:45,750 Speaker: Yeah. 330 00:12:45,750 --> 00:12:49,879 Speaker: I've read that passage so many times, and the Tree of life 331 00:12:49,879 --> 00:12:51,159 Speaker: always seemed to miss that one. 332 00:12:52,279 --> 00:12:54,259 Speaker: My mind always goes to the tree of knowledge of good and evil, 333 00:12:54,259 --> 00:12:55,519 Speaker: because that's how we felt. 334 00:12:56,639 --> 00:12:58,679 Speaker: I was like, I just dropped me. 335 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:00,440 Speaker: Actually, there were two main trees in the garden. 336 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:02,240 Speaker: I've been reading this over and over and over again. 337 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:03,279 Speaker: It never occurred to me. 338 00:13:03,279 --> 00:13:07,600 Speaker: So for those of you who said Tree of Life, thumbs up. 339 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:12,000 Speaker: Yeah, my brain kind of put the tree of life in my blind spot. 340 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:14,799 Speaker: So being cast out of Eden meant 341 00:13:14,799 --> 00:13:16,559 Speaker: no further access to the tree of 342 00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:17,480 Speaker: Life. 343 00:13:17,480 --> 00:13:18,720 Speaker: It wasn't the tree of the 344 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:20,120 Speaker: knowledge of good and evil that 345 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:21,159 Speaker: God said. 346 00:13:21,159 --> 00:13:23,120 Speaker: You know, I'm going to put a guard on this and they can't 347 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:24,600 Speaker: come here anymore. 348 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:27,159 Speaker: If we go to Genesis three twenty two to twenty four, you will 349 00:13:27,159 --> 00:13:27,720 Speaker: read it there. 350 00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:32,879 Speaker: It says, and the Lord God said, the man has now become like one 351 00:13:32,879 --> 00:13:34,519 Speaker: of us, knowing good and evil. 352 00:13:34,519 --> 00:13:36,240 Speaker: He must not be allowed to reach 353 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:38,200 Speaker: out his hand and also take from 354 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:39,960 Speaker: the tree of life and eat and 355 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:40,919 Speaker: live forever. 356 00:13:45,440 --> 00:13:48,370 Speaker: Separation from God meant separation from life. 357 00:13:48,370 --> 00:13:49,730 Speaker: Consequences of disobedience. 358 00:13:49,730 --> 00:13:51,450 Speaker: Just keep that one in there. 359 00:13:53,009 --> 00:13:55,850 Speaker: Um, let's look at another example. 360 00:13:55,850 --> 00:13:58,210 Speaker: Let's look at another example of disobedience in the Bible. 361 00:13:58,210 --> 00:14:00,009 Speaker: Yes, it's another passage. 362 00:14:00,009 --> 00:14:01,129 Speaker: It's a long one. 363 00:14:01,129 --> 00:14:01,690 Speaker: Buckle up. 364 00:14:01,690 --> 00:14:03,570 Speaker: Those of you who have been going to Bible study, you're going to 365 00:14:03,570 --> 00:14:05,529 Speaker: get everything today. 366 00:14:05,529 --> 00:14:08,649 Speaker: We're going to go to one Samuel chapter fifteen. 367 00:14:08,649 --> 00:14:11,570 Speaker: I'm going to read verses one through nine for context, and 368 00:14:11,570 --> 00:14:14,649 Speaker: then we'll look at fifteen to twenty three for the fallout. 369 00:14:16,850 --> 00:14:22,090 Speaker: Samuel said to Saul, I am the one the Lord has sent to anoint 370 00:14:22,090 --> 00:14:23,850 Speaker: you king over his people Israel. 371 00:14:23,850 --> 00:14:26,889 Speaker: So listen now to the message from the Lord. 372 00:14:26,889 --> 00:14:30,210 Speaker: This is what the Lord Almighty says. 373 00:14:30,210 --> 00:14:33,850 Speaker: I will punish the Amalekites for what they did to Israel when 374 00:14:33,850 --> 00:14:37,169 Speaker: they way laid them as they came up from Egypt. 375 00:14:37,169 --> 00:14:40,090 Speaker: Now go attack the Amalekites and 376 00:14:40,090 --> 00:14:43,370 Speaker: totally destroy all that belongs 377 00:14:43,370 --> 00:14:44,169 Speaker: to them. 378 00:14:44,169 --> 00:14:45,620 Speaker: Do not spare them. 379 00:14:45,620 --> 00:14:50,980 Speaker: Put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and 380 00:14:50,980 --> 00:14:53,539 Speaker: sheep, camels and donkeys. 381 00:14:54,539 --> 00:14:58,379 Speaker: So Saul summoned the men and mustered them at Tulane. 382 00:14:58,379 --> 00:14:59,700 Speaker: Two hundred thousand foot 383 00:14:59,700 --> 00:15:01,820 Speaker: soldiers, ten thousand from 384 00:15:01,820 --> 00:15:03,419 Speaker: Judah. 385 00:15:03,419 --> 00:15:07,620 Speaker: Saul went to the city of Amalek and set an ambush in the ravine. 386 00:15:07,620 --> 00:15:09,820 Speaker: Then he said to the Kenites, go away! 387 00:15:09,820 --> 00:15:11,620 Speaker: Leave the Amalekites, so that I 388 00:15:11,620 --> 00:15:13,139 Speaker: do not destroy you along with 389 00:15:13,139 --> 00:15:13,620 Speaker: them. 390 00:15:13,620 --> 00:15:16,539 Speaker: For you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came up 391 00:15:16,539 --> 00:15:18,179 Speaker: out of Egypt. 392 00:15:18,179 --> 00:15:21,700 Speaker: So the Kenites moved away from the Amalekites. 393 00:15:21,700 --> 00:15:24,580 Speaker: Then Saul attacked the Amalekites all the way from 394 00:15:24,580 --> 00:15:29,019 Speaker: Havilah to Shur, near the eastern border of Egypt. 395 00:15:29,019 --> 00:15:30,379 Speaker: He took Agag, king of the 396 00:15:30,379 --> 00:15:32,139 Speaker: Amalekites, alive and all his 397 00:15:32,139 --> 00:15:33,899 Speaker: people he totally destroyed with 398 00:15:33,899 --> 00:15:35,340 Speaker: the sword. 399 00:15:35,340 --> 00:15:38,500 Speaker: But Saul and the army spared Agag and the best of the sheep 400 00:15:38,500 --> 00:15:42,860 Speaker: and cattle, the fat calves and lambs, everything that was good. 401 00:15:42,860 --> 00:15:45,340 Speaker: These they were unwilling to destroy completely. 402 00:15:45,340 --> 00:15:48,100 Speaker: But everything that was despised and weak. 403 00:15:48,100 --> 00:15:49,460 Speaker: Totally destroyed. 404 00:15:53,220 --> 00:15:55,500 Speaker: Let's go on now to the fallout. 405 00:15:58,259 --> 00:15:58,980 Speaker: Okay. 406 00:15:58,980 --> 00:16:00,580 Speaker: There might be a little bit of context here. 407 00:16:00,580 --> 00:16:05,059 Speaker: So this is, um, so this is when he'd done that. 408 00:16:05,059 --> 00:16:07,220 Speaker: And Samuel Allen now heard that 409 00:16:07,220 --> 00:16:07,980 Speaker: he didn't follow his 410 00:16:07,980 --> 00:16:09,740 Speaker: instructions. 411 00:16:09,740 --> 00:16:11,700 Speaker: So I'm going to start from fifteen. 412 00:16:11,700 --> 00:16:12,220 Speaker: I've got here. 413 00:16:12,220 --> 00:16:16,059 Speaker: When Samuel reached him, Saul said, the Lord bless you. 414 00:16:16,059 --> 00:16:18,779 Speaker: I have carried out the Lord's instructions. 415 00:16:18,779 --> 00:16:20,419 Speaker: But Samuel said, what then is 416 00:16:20,419 --> 00:16:21,860 Speaker: this bleating of sheep in my 417 00:16:21,860 --> 00:16:22,779 Speaker: ears? 418 00:16:22,779 --> 00:16:25,340 Speaker: What is this lowing of cattle that I hear? 419 00:16:25,340 --> 00:16:27,539 Speaker: Saul answered, the soldiers 420 00:16:27,539 --> 00:16:28,220 Speaker: brought them from the 421 00:16:28,220 --> 00:16:28,860 Speaker: Amalekites. 422 00:16:28,860 --> 00:16:29,820 Speaker: They spared the best of the 423 00:16:29,820 --> 00:16:30,799 Speaker: sheep and the cattle to 424 00:16:30,799 --> 00:16:32,539 Speaker: sacrifice to the Lord your God, 425 00:16:32,539 --> 00:16:33,820 Speaker: but would totally destroy the 426 00:16:33,820 --> 00:16:34,299 Speaker: rest. 427 00:16:34,299 --> 00:16:38,259 Speaker: Enough, Samuel said to Saul, let me tell you what the Lord said 428 00:16:38,259 --> 00:16:40,100 Speaker: to me last night. 429 00:16:40,100 --> 00:16:43,909 Speaker: Tell me, Aurelied Samuel said, 430 00:16:43,909 --> 00:16:45,549 Speaker: although you were once small in 431 00:16:45,549 --> 00:16:47,669 Speaker: your own eyes, did you not 432 00:16:47,669 --> 00:16:48,950 Speaker: become the head of the tribes of 433 00:16:48,950 --> 00:16:49,950 Speaker: Israel? 434 00:16:49,950 --> 00:16:51,629 Speaker: The Lord anointed you king over 435 00:16:51,629 --> 00:16:53,429 Speaker: Israel, and he sent you on you 436 00:16:53,429 --> 00:16:55,389 Speaker: on a mission, saying, go and 437 00:16:55,389 --> 00:16:57,029 Speaker: completely destroy those wicked 438 00:16:57,029 --> 00:16:57,990 Speaker: people. 439 00:16:57,990 --> 00:17:00,070 Speaker: The Amalekites wage war against 440 00:17:00,070 --> 00:17:01,269 Speaker: them until you have wiped them 441 00:17:01,269 --> 00:17:02,629 Speaker: out. 442 00:17:02,629 --> 00:17:05,150 Speaker: Why did you not obey the Lord? 443 00:17:05,150 --> 00:17:08,390 Speaker: Why did you pounce on the plunder and do evil in the eyes 444 00:17:08,390 --> 00:17:09,789 Speaker: of the Lord? 445 00:17:09,789 --> 00:17:11,829 Speaker: But I did obey the Lord, Saul said. 446 00:17:11,829 --> 00:17:13,630 Speaker: I went on a mission, the Lord's IP. 447 00:17:13,630 --> 00:17:14,630 Speaker: I completely destroyed the 448 00:17:14,630 --> 00:17:16,549 Speaker: Amalekites and brought back Agag 449 00:17:16,549 --> 00:17:17,549 Speaker: the king. 450 00:17:17,549 --> 00:17:21,230 Speaker: The soldiers took the sheep and cattle from the plunder, the 451 00:17:21,230 --> 00:17:24,609 Speaker: best of what was devoted to God in order to sacrifice them to 452 00:17:24,609 --> 00:17:27,430 Speaker: the Lord your God at Gilgal. 453 00:17:27,430 --> 00:17:31,029 Speaker: But Samuel replied, does the Lord delight in burnt offerings 454 00:17:31,029 --> 00:17:34,950 Speaker: and sacrifices as much as in obeying the Lord? 455 00:17:34,950 --> 00:17:38,869 Speaker: To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better 456 00:17:38,869 --> 00:17:40,430 Speaker: than the fat of rams. 457 00:17:40,430 --> 00:17:43,240 Speaker: For rebellion is like the sin of 458 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:45,920 Speaker: divination and arrogance, like 459 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:48,200 Speaker: the evil of idolatry, because 460 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:49,519 Speaker: you have rejected the word of 461 00:17:49,519 --> 00:17:52,359 Speaker: the Lord, he has rejected you as 462 00:17:52,359 --> 00:17:53,000 Speaker: king. 463 00:17:54,599 --> 00:17:56,599 Speaker: I love that passage because. 464 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:00,559 Speaker: It just it just you can 465 00:18:00,559 --> 00:18:01,759 Speaker: sometimes see yourself in here 466 00:18:01,759 --> 00:18:02,559 Speaker: when you've done something 467 00:18:02,559 --> 00:18:03,960 Speaker: wrong, but you don't want to 468 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:04,839 Speaker: admit you've done something 469 00:18:04,839 --> 00:18:06,279 Speaker: wrong. 470 00:18:06,279 --> 00:18:07,039 Speaker: I find it interesting. 471 00:18:07,039 --> 00:18:08,920 Speaker: They said, the Lord your God, not the Lord our God. 472 00:18:08,920 --> 00:18:12,039 Speaker: First of all, that jumped out at me. 473 00:18:12,039 --> 00:18:15,440 Speaker: I also found it interesting that it wasn't him that brought back 474 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:16,359 Speaker: the fat of the land. 475 00:18:16,359 --> 00:18:17,720 Speaker: It was the soldiers. 476 00:18:19,599 --> 00:18:21,720 Speaker: He did everything he was supposed to do apart from 477 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:22,720 Speaker: bringing back the king. 478 00:18:23,839 --> 00:18:26,559 Speaker: But the fact of the matter was, he was disobedient. 479 00:18:26,559 --> 00:18:27,400 Speaker: And the consequence of 480 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:30,960 Speaker: disobedience is separation from 481 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:31,559 Speaker: God. 482 00:18:33,079 --> 00:18:35,880 Speaker: So yeah, a bit of a long read there, but we do need to get 483 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:38,400 Speaker: into the word to make sense of the world around us. 484 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:41,930 Speaker: So the bit that links these two cautionary tales, as I've just 485 00:18:41,930 --> 00:18:45,049 Speaker: said, is separation from God. 486 00:18:45,049 --> 00:18:47,490 Speaker: And our theme is about seeking God's face. 487 00:18:48,490 --> 00:18:51,589 Speaker: So that means it makes sense to 488 00:18:51,589 --> 00:18:52,950 Speaker: say that if we're looking to 489 00:18:52,950 --> 00:18:55,529 Speaker: seek God's face, we have to be 490 00:18:55,529 --> 00:18:56,490 Speaker: obedient. 491 00:18:57,529 --> 00:18:59,210 Speaker: And being obedient to God 492 00:18:59,210 --> 00:19:01,390 Speaker: sometimes might not be what you 493 00:19:01,390 --> 00:19:02,589 Speaker: consider wise or what you 494 00:19:02,589 --> 00:19:04,170 Speaker: consider sensible. 495 00:19:05,329 --> 00:19:10,730 Speaker: These guys were told to go and slaughter men, women, infants. 496 00:19:10,730 --> 00:19:12,329 Speaker: That's a hard ask. 497 00:19:14,250 --> 00:19:15,410 Speaker: That's genocide. 498 00:19:17,970 --> 00:19:19,369 Speaker: That's the Old Testament. 499 00:19:21,410 --> 00:19:24,329 Speaker: And that was probably necessary in those days because God 500 00:19:24,329 --> 00:19:25,890 Speaker: doesn't make mistakes. 501 00:19:25,890 --> 00:19:27,609 Speaker: We'll go into a bit more of that later. 502 00:19:28,890 --> 00:19:31,410 Speaker: Think about treatments. 503 00:19:31,410 --> 00:19:33,529 Speaker: What treatments were like in the Victorian times. 504 00:19:35,210 --> 00:19:36,410 Speaker: Most of the times it's cutting 505 00:19:36,410 --> 00:19:39,829 Speaker: things off because back then 506 00:19:39,829 --> 00:19:41,569 Speaker: That was what was needed to save 507 00:19:41,569 --> 00:19:42,289 Speaker: your life. 508 00:19:43,890 --> 00:19:46,289 Speaker: For leeches to drain your blood. 509 00:19:46,289 --> 00:19:48,809 Speaker: Not sure if that actually did work. 510 00:19:48,809 --> 00:19:49,809 Speaker: That was what was needed. 511 00:19:49,809 --> 00:19:51,730 Speaker: Even recently, cancer treatments 512 00:19:51,730 --> 00:19:54,690 Speaker: cut things out, but now they can 513 00:19:54,690 --> 00:19:56,609 Speaker: go in there with robots and tiny 514 00:19:56,609 --> 00:19:57,829 Speaker: little microscopic blades to 515 00:19:57,829 --> 00:19:58,809 Speaker: pull things out of need to pull 516 00:19:58,809 --> 00:20:00,769 Speaker: out now. 517 00:20:00,769 --> 00:20:05,410 Speaker: They even use shock waves, sound waves to break up cancer. 518 00:20:08,009 --> 00:20:11,049 Speaker: But back then, to save your life, this is what was needed 519 00:20:11,049 --> 00:20:14,769 Speaker: because these people were called to be separate from God. 520 00:20:25,369 --> 00:20:29,230 Speaker: So. What we need to understand 521 00:20:29,230 --> 00:20:30,890 Speaker: is, first of all, the nature of 522 00:20:30,890 --> 00:20:31,130 Speaker: God. 523 00:20:31,130 --> 00:20:32,930 Speaker: God is holy, right? 524 00:20:32,930 --> 00:20:34,049 Speaker: Yeah, yeah. 525 00:20:35,890 --> 00:20:36,970 Speaker: God is holy. 526 00:20:38,859 --> 00:20:42,740 Speaker: Garden of Eden was a place where man walked in step with God. 527 00:20:44,859 --> 00:20:48,819 Speaker: God had been walking around in the noonday sun, and Adam and 528 00:20:48,819 --> 00:20:51,180 Speaker: Eve were there with him. 529 00:20:51,180 --> 00:20:52,700 Speaker: They could be in his presence. 530 00:20:55,339 --> 00:20:58,140 Speaker: Until man fell. 531 00:21:03,259 --> 00:21:07,299 Speaker: So if you think about it, before they were exiled from Eden. 532 00:21:07,299 --> 00:21:09,859 Speaker: Adam was created from God's breath. 533 00:21:09,859 --> 00:21:13,980 Speaker: Dust breathed life into him, and he became man. 534 00:21:15,339 --> 00:21:17,259 Speaker: God's presence was in him. 535 00:21:19,180 --> 00:21:24,539 Speaker: What polluted that was sin was rebellion, was disobedience. 536 00:21:24,539 --> 00:21:28,099 Speaker: Remember what Helen read last week in Exodus? 537 00:21:28,099 --> 00:21:29,099 Speaker: Do not come any closer. 538 00:21:29,099 --> 00:21:31,619 Speaker: God says, take off your sandals, for the place where you are 539 00:21:31,619 --> 00:21:32,819 Speaker: standing is holy ground. 540 00:21:32,819 --> 00:21:34,579 Speaker: You all know that verse Exodus, right? 541 00:21:37,869 --> 00:21:39,750 Speaker: Why did God have to say that to Moses? 542 00:21:41,430 --> 00:21:42,470 Speaker: Let's make a bit more interactive. 543 00:21:42,470 --> 00:21:44,150 Speaker: I'll make sure nobody's falling asleep here. 544 00:21:44,150 --> 00:21:45,630 Speaker: Why did God has to say that to Moses? 545 00:21:45,630 --> 00:21:47,670 Speaker: Why didn't he tell him to take off his sandals? 546 00:21:50,430 --> 00:21:51,349 Speaker: Okay, it's holy ground. 547 00:21:51,349 --> 00:21:52,750 Speaker: But why take off your sandals? 548 00:21:55,230 --> 00:21:56,309 Speaker: There's been a bit about taking 549 00:21:56,309 --> 00:21:57,710 Speaker: it off, but God doesn't just 550 00:21:57,710 --> 00:21:58,589 Speaker: tell you to do things for no 551 00:21:58,589 --> 00:21:59,269 Speaker: good reason. 552 00:22:00,670 --> 00:22:03,829 Speaker: Because having a celebration, 553 00:22:03,829 --> 00:22:07,029 Speaker: recognizing the sanctity of this 554 00:22:07,029 --> 00:22:07,349 Speaker: place. 555 00:22:07,349 --> 00:22:07,990 Speaker: Okay. 556 00:22:13,710 --> 00:22:15,029 Speaker: Was it to kill somebody? 557 00:22:15,029 --> 00:22:15,589 Speaker: Yeah. 558 00:22:19,069 --> 00:22:20,990 Speaker: Oh, no. No, no. That's David. 559 00:22:20,990 --> 00:22:23,230 Speaker: That was David that killed Goliath. 560 00:22:23,230 --> 00:22:24,549 Speaker: Um. 561 00:22:24,549 --> 00:22:25,710 Speaker: Connection. 562 00:22:25,710 --> 00:22:26,829 Speaker: Connection. 563 00:22:26,829 --> 00:22:32,150 Speaker: Yeah, yeah, I see, this is why we need to read the Bible. 564 00:22:32,150 --> 00:22:33,750 Speaker: We need to read the boring parts 565 00:22:33,750 --> 00:22:35,150 Speaker: because I haven't got the 566 00:22:35,150 --> 00:22:35,829 Speaker: answers. 567 00:22:35,829 --> 00:22:39,359 Speaker: I wasn't reading theology, but I've got ideas as well. 568 00:22:39,359 --> 00:22:42,839 Speaker: Thinking in the Middle East is disrespectful to show your feet. 569 00:22:43,839 --> 00:22:46,000 Speaker: It's disrespectful to throw your sandals at people. 570 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:47,759 Speaker: Remember George Bush? 571 00:22:47,759 --> 00:22:48,759 Speaker: They threw their sandals. 572 00:22:50,359 --> 00:22:53,319 Speaker: These things have calmed down from tradition, from time. 573 00:22:53,319 --> 00:22:54,839 Speaker: It's like, okay. 574 00:22:54,839 --> 00:22:59,240 Speaker: My thought was, okay, was there something in that letter in the 575 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:03,559 Speaker: sentence that was making him unclean, that he couldn't come 576 00:23:03,559 --> 00:23:05,240 Speaker: into God's presence? 577 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:06,240 Speaker: It's just a thought. 578 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:09,200 Speaker: Could it be that? 579 00:23:10,799 --> 00:23:13,319 Speaker: And then again, what if it being disobedient and he just walked 580 00:23:13,319 --> 00:23:14,920 Speaker: onto that land with his sandals? 581 00:23:18,599 --> 00:23:20,799 Speaker: God is a refiner, so he would have purified him. 582 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:23,599 Speaker: Maybe he'd have burned the sandals off his feet. 583 00:23:23,599 --> 00:23:25,279 Speaker: Or maybe they'd gone up in flame with the sandals. 584 00:23:25,279 --> 00:23:25,920 Speaker: Who knows? 585 00:23:29,319 --> 00:23:32,079 Speaker: Imagine that if your, um. 586 00:23:32,079 --> 00:23:35,319 Speaker: Your mum tells you to take off your muddy boots when you come 587 00:23:35,319 --> 00:23:36,849 Speaker: into the house. 588 00:23:36,849 --> 00:23:38,369 Speaker: I'm not talking about molecular ones. 589 00:23:38,369 --> 00:23:42,769 Speaker: I'm talking about generation X baby boomer moms. 590 00:23:42,769 --> 00:23:44,490 Speaker: You come into the house, you've got muddy feet. 591 00:23:46,049 --> 00:23:50,329 Speaker: She'll purify you there, there, and then you won't even go past. 592 00:23:50,329 --> 00:23:50,609 Speaker: Whatever. 593 00:23:50,609 --> 00:23:52,609 Speaker: I'll take off your boots because the land you are walking on has 594 00:23:52,609 --> 00:23:53,329 Speaker: just been walked. 595 00:23:53,329 --> 00:23:54,529 Speaker: To purify you. 596 00:23:56,849 --> 00:23:57,970 Speaker: So obedience is good. 597 00:23:57,970 --> 00:23:58,890 Speaker: Obedience is good. 598 00:23:58,890 --> 00:24:02,589 Speaker: I think in my what I, what I was thinking is there is something 599 00:24:02,589 --> 00:24:03,250 Speaker: unclean about that. 600 00:24:03,250 --> 00:24:05,849 Speaker: And when I went read on into Leviticus and all the other 601 00:24:05,849 --> 00:24:10,130 Speaker: things that were necessary for people to come into God's 602 00:24:10,130 --> 00:24:12,769 Speaker: presence, some of these things started to make sense. 603 00:24:12,769 --> 00:24:14,130 Speaker: Leviticus is a part of the Bible 604 00:24:14,130 --> 00:24:15,529 Speaker: where you just like, can't deal 605 00:24:15,529 --> 00:24:16,089 Speaker: with this. 606 00:24:16,089 --> 00:24:19,089 Speaker: I can't see this. 607 00:24:23,890 --> 00:24:27,089 Speaker: If you, um, look at this verse 608 00:24:27,089 --> 00:24:28,609 Speaker: because this is these are in 609 00:24:28,609 --> 00:24:29,329 Speaker: Psalms. 610 00:24:31,490 --> 00:24:34,450 Speaker: When God wanted to be with the Israelites in the wilderness, he 611 00:24:34,450 --> 00:24:37,930 Speaker: gave them specific instructions on the structures that needed to 612 00:24:37,930 --> 00:24:42,250 Speaker: be built to contain his presence, and what must be done 613 00:24:42,250 --> 00:24:43,690 Speaker: to enter that presence. 614 00:24:44,890 --> 00:24:47,130 Speaker: So the materials to be used in 615 00:24:47,130 --> 00:24:49,049 Speaker: the construction, the priest's 616 00:24:49,049 --> 00:24:51,049 Speaker: attire, what the priests have to 617 00:24:51,049 --> 00:24:53,769 Speaker: go through before they can offer 618 00:24:53,769 --> 00:24:55,369 Speaker: sacrifices, the type of 619 00:24:55,369 --> 00:24:57,170 Speaker: sacrifices, the purification 620 00:24:57,170 --> 00:24:58,609 Speaker: rites, a lot of stuff that 621 00:24:58,609 --> 00:25:00,069 Speaker: needed to be done to come into 622 00:25:00,069 --> 00:25:01,650 Speaker: God's presence or required 623 00:25:01,650 --> 00:25:03,250 Speaker: obedience. 624 00:25:03,250 --> 00:25:05,809 Speaker: Does anyone know before we go into this verse, anyone know 625 00:25:05,809 --> 00:25:09,690 Speaker: like the metals that were used in, uh, construction, 626 00:25:09,690 --> 00:25:11,089 Speaker: constructing the tabernacle? 627 00:25:15,569 --> 00:25:18,009 Speaker: No, it was wood. 628 00:25:18,009 --> 00:25:19,170 Speaker: What about the metals? 629 00:25:20,890 --> 00:25:22,289 Speaker: Was it still in tabernacle? 630 00:25:24,650 --> 00:25:27,170 Speaker: Oh, gold. 631 00:25:27,170 --> 00:25:30,450 Speaker: Silver, bronze. 632 00:25:30,450 --> 00:25:31,170 Speaker: Thank you. 633 00:25:33,410 --> 00:25:35,220 Speaker: It was mine as well. 634 00:25:35,220 --> 00:25:36,339 Speaker: The ones that kind of jumped out 635 00:25:36,339 --> 00:25:38,259 Speaker: to me were those three, not just 636 00:25:38,259 --> 00:25:41,660 Speaker: because of their properties, but 637 00:25:41,660 --> 00:25:43,980 Speaker: because of where they were in 638 00:25:43,980 --> 00:25:44,740 Speaker: the construction of the 639 00:25:44,740 --> 00:25:46,539 Speaker: tabernacle. 640 00:25:46,539 --> 00:25:48,059 Speaker: So if you read Leviticus, if you 641 00:25:48,059 --> 00:25:49,380 Speaker: read the instructions that Moses 642 00:25:49,380 --> 00:25:50,660 Speaker: was given on how to build this 643 00:25:50,660 --> 00:25:51,779 Speaker: tent, how to build this 644 00:25:51,779 --> 00:25:53,539 Speaker: tabernacle, the bronze was the 645 00:25:53,539 --> 00:25:55,220 Speaker: outer rim. 646 00:25:55,220 --> 00:25:59,740 Speaker: Then came the silver and the Holy of Holies covering the ark. 647 00:25:59,740 --> 00:26:02,539 Speaker: And all the things that were used was pure gold. 648 00:26:05,299 --> 00:26:06,980 Speaker: I don't know my chemical engineering and stuff like that 649 00:26:06,980 --> 00:26:09,339 Speaker: for any chemical engineers in house, help me out. 650 00:26:09,339 --> 00:26:11,700 Speaker: But bronze, because it's an 651 00:26:11,700 --> 00:26:12,960 Speaker: alloy, it's difficult to 652 00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:13,980 Speaker: corrode. 653 00:26:13,980 --> 00:26:20,740 Speaker: So bronze is used for the, um, uh, the bases of the courtyard. 654 00:26:20,740 --> 00:26:24,380 Speaker: They had silver rings for the tent pegs. 655 00:26:24,380 --> 00:26:27,740 Speaker: They had the tent itself inside the courtyard. 656 00:26:27,740 --> 00:26:29,660 Speaker: The bases are made of silver. 657 00:26:29,660 --> 00:26:32,099 Speaker: Bronze is something that, um, is hard to corrode. 658 00:26:32,099 --> 00:26:33,269 Speaker: So it's going to be it's going 659 00:26:33,269 --> 00:26:35,309 Speaker: to be dealing with whatever 660 00:26:35,309 --> 00:26:36,190 Speaker: pollution is coming from the 661 00:26:36,190 --> 00:26:37,309 Speaker: outside. 662 00:26:37,309 --> 00:26:42,269 Speaker: Silver is almost like an antiseptic or disinfectant just 663 00:26:42,269 --> 00:26:43,549 Speaker: on the properties of it. 664 00:26:45,109 --> 00:26:48,670 Speaker: Um, I think it was probably used in medicines in Victorian times. 665 00:26:48,670 --> 00:26:49,990 Speaker: We advise it now. 666 00:26:49,990 --> 00:26:51,789 Speaker: Gold is almost incorruptible. 667 00:26:53,430 --> 00:26:56,690 Speaker: So they're kind of layers that you have to get through before 668 00:26:56,690 --> 00:26:59,950 Speaker: you can get into the purity of being in God's holy presence. 669 00:27:02,109 --> 00:27:05,549 Speaker: So as we said, though, it's not by accident that God instructed 670 00:27:05,549 --> 00:27:08,670 Speaker: Moses on what materials to use. 671 00:27:08,670 --> 00:27:11,390 Speaker: Um, and even after the tabernacle was built, if you 672 00:27:11,390 --> 00:27:16,970 Speaker: read about it, Moses himself couldn't enter into the presence 673 00:27:16,970 --> 00:27:18,670 Speaker: as friend of God. 674 00:27:18,670 --> 00:27:19,829 Speaker: Talking to God, ten 675 00:27:19,829 --> 00:27:21,069 Speaker: Commandments, all that kind of 676 00:27:21,069 --> 00:27:22,430 Speaker: stuff. 677 00:27:22,430 --> 00:27:25,630 Speaker: He wasn't pure enough to enter into God's presence. 678 00:27:27,190 --> 00:27:30,829 Speaker: God had given that job to Aaron and his sons and had to go 679 00:27:30,829 --> 00:27:32,279 Speaker: through the purification rites. 680 00:27:32,279 --> 00:27:34,519 Speaker: This might seem like a lot of old history and stuff. 681 00:27:34,519 --> 00:27:36,339 Speaker: It can really be like, oh, God, 682 00:27:36,339 --> 00:27:37,400 Speaker: do we need to really know about 683 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:38,400 Speaker: all this? 684 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:42,640 Speaker: But it can help you when you kind of template this and get to 685 00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:44,839 Speaker: that over your life. 686 00:27:44,839 --> 00:27:47,619 Speaker: When you want to be in God's presence, when you want God to 687 00:27:47,619 --> 00:27:49,119 Speaker: be in you. 688 00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:51,559 Speaker: So let's read that. 689 00:27:51,559 --> 00:27:53,119 Speaker: Leviticus ten one to three. 690 00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:57,740 Speaker: Aaron's sons, Nadab and Abihu 691 00:27:57,740 --> 00:28:01,680 Speaker: took their senses, put fire in 692 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:03,279 Speaker: them, and added incense, and 693 00:28:03,279 --> 00:28:04,960 Speaker: they offered unauthorized fire 694 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:07,000 Speaker: before the Lord, contrary to his 695 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:07,839 Speaker: command. 696 00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:11,839 Speaker: So fire came up from the presence of the Lord and 697 00:28:11,839 --> 00:28:15,240 Speaker: consumed them, and they died before the Lord. 698 00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:20,680 Speaker: Moses then said to Aaron, this is what the Lord spoke of. 699 00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:22,200 Speaker: And he said, among those who 700 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:23,799 Speaker: approach me, I will be proved 701 00:28:23,799 --> 00:28:26,359 Speaker: holy in the sight of all the 702 00:28:26,359 --> 00:28:26,839 Speaker: people. 703 00:28:26,839 --> 00:28:28,000 Speaker: I will be honored. 704 00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:30,799 Speaker: Aaron remained Silence. 705 00:28:30,799 --> 00:28:32,599 Speaker: There was nothing much he could say about that. 706 00:28:32,599 --> 00:28:34,200 Speaker: You can't answer that back. 707 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:37,660 Speaker: God is just simply saying, if you're going to approach me, I 708 00:28:37,660 --> 00:28:39,599 Speaker: will be proved holy. 709 00:28:39,599 --> 00:28:42,440 Speaker: Nothing can come near me and corrupt me. 710 00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:45,119 Speaker: Anything that comes near me interrupts me will be consumed. 711 00:28:47,119 --> 00:28:49,119 Speaker: According to that angry, fire breathing dragon. 712 00:28:49,119 --> 00:28:51,559 Speaker: He's simply saying nothing unholy could be in his presence 713 00:28:51,559 --> 00:28:52,799 Speaker: without being consumed. 714 00:28:52,799 --> 00:28:55,599 Speaker: He is a refiner. 715 00:28:55,599 --> 00:28:57,319 Speaker: So it follows that if we that we 716 00:28:57,319 --> 00:28:59,640 Speaker: need to be obedient to his will, 717 00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:00,759 Speaker: we need to be obedient to his 718 00:29:00,759 --> 00:29:02,359 Speaker: instructions. 719 00:29:02,359 --> 00:29:05,200 Speaker: So yes, Leviticus might feel like a difficult read, but it's 720 00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:06,799 Speaker: an insight into his holy nature. 721 00:29:06,799 --> 00:29:08,640 Speaker: Like so many practices that 722 00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:10,140 Speaker: cause controversy today where 723 00:29:10,140 --> 00:29:12,599 Speaker: necessary back then, and why 724 00:29:12,599 --> 00:29:13,599 Speaker: it's also important to read 725 00:29:13,599 --> 00:29:14,519 Speaker: these things because sometimes 726 00:29:14,519 --> 00:29:15,279 Speaker: when you go out into the world 727 00:29:15,279 --> 00:29:16,200 Speaker: and you start talking about 728 00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:17,480 Speaker: this, people will approach you 729 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:20,279 Speaker: with, you know, that's Old 730 00:29:20,279 --> 00:29:21,799 Speaker: Testament or that was back in 731 00:29:21,799 --> 00:29:24,759 Speaker: the day, back in the days right 732 00:29:24,759 --> 00:29:25,359 Speaker: now. 733 00:29:26,599 --> 00:29:32,490 Speaker: There's nothing that was happening in Ephesus, in 734 00:29:32,490 --> 00:29:35,049 Speaker: Antioch, in Mesopotamia. 735 00:29:35,049 --> 00:29:36,849 Speaker: That doesn't happen today. 736 00:29:36,849 --> 00:29:38,809 Speaker: You can think of them as depraved things. 737 00:29:38,809 --> 00:29:41,009 Speaker: Trust me, they'll do you. 738 00:29:41,009 --> 00:29:43,170 Speaker: All God was asking is that you be set apart if you want to be 739 00:29:43,170 --> 00:29:44,130 Speaker: in my presence. 740 00:29:44,130 --> 00:29:46,250 Speaker: You can't be in the world. 741 00:29:46,250 --> 00:29:48,529 Speaker: You can't do all the world's doing. 742 00:29:48,529 --> 00:29:51,130 Speaker: You have to be set apart. 743 00:29:51,130 --> 00:29:54,329 Speaker: First thing he told Abraham to do was leave his home. 744 00:29:57,329 --> 00:29:58,490 Speaker: It's the first thing he said. 745 00:29:59,769 --> 00:30:00,970 Speaker: I'm going to show you a land. 746 00:30:00,970 --> 00:30:03,970 Speaker: You need to pull yourself out of 747 00:30:03,970 --> 00:30:07,089 Speaker: your environment to be set apart 748 00:30:07,089 --> 00:30:07,690 Speaker: with me. 749 00:30:07,690 --> 00:30:12,089 Speaker: If you want to hang with me, that's how it works. 750 00:30:14,569 --> 00:30:16,809 Speaker: So let's look at some of those weird things. 751 00:30:16,809 --> 00:30:18,130 Speaker: Why were women on their period 752 00:30:18,130 --> 00:30:18,970 Speaker: not allowed to mix with the 753 00:30:18,970 --> 00:30:20,690 Speaker: general population? 754 00:30:20,690 --> 00:30:25,690 Speaker: Why was eating mushrooms, fungi, or pork a bad thing? 755 00:30:25,690 --> 00:30:28,434 Speaker: And for Jews today, still a bad thing because they are governed 756 00:30:28,434 --> 00:30:30,099 Speaker: by the law. 757 00:30:30,099 --> 00:30:31,740 Speaker: Why couldn't they meet with blood in it? 758 00:30:31,740 --> 00:30:33,660 Speaker: Why were seen as unclean? 759 00:30:35,380 --> 00:30:38,740 Speaker: What connects these things better, faster? 760 00:30:38,740 --> 00:30:40,660 Speaker: Can I make that clearer to me? 761 00:30:40,660 --> 00:30:43,180 Speaker: A lot of these things are connected by the two things 762 00:30:43,180 --> 00:30:44,180 Speaker: death and life. 763 00:30:48,059 --> 00:30:49,220 Speaker: When women go through that period. 764 00:30:49,220 --> 00:30:50,500 Speaker: And I'm not mansplaining here. 765 00:30:50,500 --> 00:30:51,420 Speaker: Sorry, ladies. 766 00:30:53,380 --> 00:30:54,859 Speaker: The the body breaks down the 767 00:30:54,859 --> 00:30:57,339 Speaker: lining of the uterus, and it 768 00:30:57,339 --> 00:30:58,740 Speaker: contains dead cells or dying 769 00:30:58,740 --> 00:30:59,740 Speaker: cells that no longer needed 770 00:30:59,740 --> 00:31:00,599 Speaker: because there's no egg being 771 00:31:00,599 --> 00:31:01,059 Speaker: fertilised. 772 00:31:01,059 --> 00:31:04,220 Speaker: There's no child coming, right? 773 00:31:04,220 --> 00:31:07,619 Speaker: Natural physical occurrence. 774 00:31:08,859 --> 00:31:12,019 Speaker: But in God's eyes, it's impure. 775 00:31:12,019 --> 00:31:14,700 Speaker: And take note, guys, if you read 776 00:31:14,700 --> 00:31:16,059 Speaker: Leviticus, it wasn't just the 777 00:31:16,059 --> 00:31:16,299 Speaker: women. 778 00:31:16,299 --> 00:31:17,420 Speaker: God was saying, don't approach me. 779 00:31:17,420 --> 00:31:19,420 Speaker: When you got discharged, it was men as well. 780 00:31:19,420 --> 00:31:20,940 Speaker: They don't talk about that 781 00:31:20,940 --> 00:31:22,599 Speaker: because probably men find it too 782 00:31:22,599 --> 00:31:23,140 Speaker: ick. 783 00:31:25,619 --> 00:31:28,630 Speaker: As far as I'm concerned, these things are impurities. 784 00:31:28,630 --> 00:31:31,150 Speaker: Impurities can't be where I am. 785 00:31:31,150 --> 00:31:32,349 Speaker: What about fungi? 786 00:31:32,349 --> 00:31:33,589 Speaker: What do they feed on? 787 00:31:33,589 --> 00:31:35,750 Speaker: And one O level biology, GCSE biology. 788 00:31:35,750 --> 00:31:37,230 Speaker: I don't know what fungi feed on. 789 00:31:39,069 --> 00:31:42,069 Speaker: Dead wood, dead leaves, dead stuff. 790 00:31:44,029 --> 00:31:47,430 Speaker: And oh, God was saying was like, don't eat this stuff because you 791 00:31:47,430 --> 00:31:48,190 Speaker: are what you eat. 792 00:31:48,190 --> 00:31:49,430 Speaker: You've heard that phrase, right? 793 00:31:50,470 --> 00:31:51,990 Speaker: You consume dead stuff. 794 00:31:53,309 --> 00:31:54,589 Speaker: It's unclean. 795 00:31:54,589 --> 00:31:56,910 Speaker: And it did give instructions as 796 00:31:56,910 --> 00:31:59,150 Speaker: to when you are unclean or 797 00:31:59,150 --> 00:32:00,670 Speaker: declared ceremony unclean by the 798 00:32:00,670 --> 00:32:01,309 Speaker: priests. 799 00:32:01,309 --> 00:32:02,990 Speaker: These are the things that need to happen. 800 00:32:02,990 --> 00:32:04,269 Speaker: And then after seven days, when 801 00:32:04,269 --> 00:32:06,069 Speaker: they examine you again and they 802 00:32:06,069 --> 00:32:08,630 Speaker: say, okay, there's no discharge, 803 00:32:08,630 --> 00:32:09,509 Speaker: there's no this, there's no 804 00:32:09,509 --> 00:32:10,029 Speaker: that. 805 00:32:10,029 --> 00:32:12,990 Speaker: You're clean, you're your sacrifices, then you can come 806 00:32:12,990 --> 00:32:14,109 Speaker: into my presence. 807 00:32:15,710 --> 00:32:16,869 Speaker: So yeah, long lecture about 808 00:32:16,869 --> 00:32:17,549 Speaker: what's going on in the Old 809 00:32:17,549 --> 00:32:21,349 Speaker: Testament, but pork and East End 810 00:32:21,349 --> 00:32:23,069 Speaker: gangster will tell you the pigs 811 00:32:23,069 --> 00:32:24,190 Speaker: are the best waste disposal 812 00:32:24,190 --> 00:32:24,670 Speaker: system. 813 00:32:24,670 --> 00:32:27,829 Speaker: If you watch those movies, Least they will eat anything. 814 00:32:29,630 --> 00:32:33,869 Speaker: And that was why I got to say, stay away from them shrimp. 815 00:32:33,869 --> 00:32:34,950 Speaker: The bottom feeders. 816 00:32:36,109 --> 00:32:37,690 Speaker: So they pick up all the stuff, 817 00:32:37,690 --> 00:32:39,210 Speaker: all the muck off the of the of 818 00:32:39,210 --> 00:32:40,529 Speaker: the river beds, off the sea 819 00:32:40,529 --> 00:32:41,150 Speaker: beds. 820 00:32:42,390 --> 00:32:44,029 Speaker: So it's making sense. 821 00:32:45,230 --> 00:32:47,509 Speaker: But luckily for us, we don't have to do that now. 822 00:32:48,910 --> 00:32:52,349 Speaker: Because if we look at what happened, the new priesthood. 823 00:32:52,349 --> 00:32:53,589 Speaker: So seeking God's face back then. 824 00:32:53,589 --> 00:32:56,809 Speaker: Yes, was requires strict instructions and high priests to 825 00:32:56,809 --> 00:33:00,309 Speaker: get into his presence, because God is pure and holy, and only 826 00:33:00,309 --> 00:33:03,190 Speaker: that which is pure and holy can come into his presence. 827 00:33:03,190 --> 00:33:04,349 Speaker: So you had to have priests 828 00:33:04,349 --> 00:33:06,849 Speaker: offering sacrifices daily to 829 00:33:06,849 --> 00:33:08,470 Speaker: atone for sin and for theirs 830 00:33:08,470 --> 00:33:09,950 Speaker: too. 831 00:33:09,950 --> 00:33:12,190 Speaker: And if you're still following the law, it still applies. 832 00:33:12,190 --> 00:33:14,950 Speaker: If you're not following Jesus, you have to live by that. 833 00:33:14,950 --> 00:33:16,990 Speaker: God help you literally. 834 00:33:16,990 --> 00:33:18,630 Speaker: God help you. 835 00:33:18,630 --> 00:33:19,670 Speaker: It might be why you walk. 836 00:33:19,670 --> 00:33:21,230 Speaker: You walk in or down the streets 837 00:33:21,230 --> 00:33:22,990 Speaker: and you might just move out of 838 00:33:22,990 --> 00:33:23,990 Speaker: your way so it doesn't touch 839 00:33:23,990 --> 00:33:24,349 Speaker: you. 840 00:33:24,349 --> 00:33:26,200 Speaker: It's not being rude. 841 00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:29,480 Speaker: it's following the practices because he wants to be pure and 842 00:33:29,480 --> 00:33:34,039 Speaker: in touch with God according to what they believe. 843 00:33:34,039 --> 00:33:35,160 Speaker: We know what we believe because 844 00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:36,660 Speaker: it's important to understand 845 00:33:36,660 --> 00:33:38,079 Speaker: that that old way explains the 846 00:33:38,079 --> 00:33:39,599 Speaker: new way. 847 00:33:39,599 --> 00:33:40,640 Speaker: Same principle applies. 848 00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:44,119 Speaker: We cannot see God, space or entrance to his presence unless 849 00:33:44,119 --> 00:33:46,720 Speaker: we are holy set apart for him. 850 00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:49,619 Speaker: If you look at Hebrews chapter seven, verses twenty three to 851 00:33:49,619 --> 00:33:54,000 Speaker: twenty eight, a lot of verses going on here. 852 00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:56,519 Speaker: Jesus shows his holiness through his healing. 853 00:33:59,079 --> 00:34:01,759 Speaker: So, um, what happens when the 854 00:34:01,759 --> 00:34:03,000 Speaker: unclean or impure comes in 855 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:03,960 Speaker: contact with this great high 856 00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:04,960 Speaker: priests? 857 00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:06,319 Speaker: Let's let's read this now. 858 00:34:06,319 --> 00:34:09,039 Speaker: There have been many of those priests since death prevented 859 00:34:09,039 --> 00:34:11,199 Speaker: them from continuing in office. 860 00:34:11,199 --> 00:34:15,840 Speaker: But because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood. 861 00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:19,039 Speaker: Therefore, he is able to save completely those who come to God 862 00:34:19,039 --> 00:34:23,039 Speaker: through him, because he always lives to intercede for them. 863 00:34:24,929 --> 00:34:27,369 Speaker: Such a high priest truly meets our need. 864 00:34:27,369 --> 00:34:31,969 Speaker: One who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, 865 00:34:31,969 --> 00:34:33,849 Speaker: exalted above the heavens. 866 00:34:34,889 --> 00:34:35,969 Speaker: Unlike the other high priests 867 00:34:35,969 --> 00:34:36,730 Speaker: that we've been talking about 868 00:34:36,730 --> 00:34:38,630 Speaker: all morning, he does not need to 869 00:34:38,630 --> 00:34:40,269 Speaker: offer sacrifices day after day, 870 00:34:40,269 --> 00:34:41,929 Speaker: first for his own sins and then 871 00:34:41,929 --> 00:34:43,449 Speaker: for the sins of the people, 872 00:34:43,449 --> 00:34:45,369 Speaker: because he sacrificed for their 873 00:34:45,369 --> 00:34:46,730 Speaker: sins once and for all when he 874 00:34:46,730 --> 00:34:48,730 Speaker: offered himself. 875 00:34:48,730 --> 00:34:50,130 Speaker: For the law appoints as high 876 00:34:50,130 --> 00:34:51,449 Speaker: priests men in all their 877 00:34:51,449 --> 00:34:52,250 Speaker: weakness. 878 00:34:52,250 --> 00:34:53,889 Speaker: For the oath the new covenant 879 00:34:53,889 --> 00:34:55,250 Speaker: which came to law, which came 880 00:34:55,250 --> 00:34:57,250 Speaker: after the law, appointed the son 881 00:34:57,250 --> 00:34:58,489 Speaker: who has been made perfect 882 00:34:58,489 --> 00:34:59,369 Speaker: forever. 883 00:35:02,210 --> 00:35:03,489 Speaker: This is the explanation. 884 00:35:03,489 --> 00:35:04,409 Speaker: This is the difference. 885 00:35:04,409 --> 00:35:05,329 Speaker: This is why. 886 00:35:08,610 --> 00:35:12,449 Speaker: I mushrooms, I love a bacon sandwich. 887 00:35:14,329 --> 00:35:17,130 Speaker: It's not to say that that still doesn't corrupt me. 888 00:35:17,130 --> 00:35:20,409 Speaker: Because you still what you eat, you still what you eat. 889 00:35:20,409 --> 00:35:21,929 Speaker: The more you eat stuff, the more 890 00:35:21,929 --> 00:35:23,579 Speaker: you feed the flesh, the when you 891 00:35:23,579 --> 00:35:24,460 Speaker: start experience. 892 00:35:24,460 --> 00:35:26,420 Speaker: We heard that some weeks ago. 893 00:35:26,420 --> 00:35:31,300 Speaker: Yeah, but the difference here is through the Holy Spirit. 894 00:35:33,460 --> 00:35:34,059 Speaker: God is in us. 895 00:35:34,059 --> 00:35:38,539 Speaker: So we have a direct channel through Jesus to God. 896 00:35:40,219 --> 00:35:42,139 Speaker: That is how it works now. 897 00:35:43,380 --> 00:35:46,500 Speaker: But we can still be corrupted. 898 00:35:47,579 --> 00:35:49,300 Speaker: What is now is our bodies are temple. 899 00:35:49,300 --> 00:35:51,219 Speaker: You know, that's another phrase we hear. 900 00:35:51,219 --> 00:35:53,019 Speaker: So this is this is the tabernacle. 901 00:35:56,179 --> 00:35:59,380 Speaker: Look at how Jesus healed in the 902 00:35:59,380 --> 00:36:00,699 Speaker: woman who touched the hem of his 903 00:36:00,699 --> 00:36:01,460 Speaker: garment. 904 00:36:01,460 --> 00:36:02,380 Speaker: What happened? 905 00:36:04,059 --> 00:36:05,619 Speaker: Through her faith, she was healed. 906 00:36:05,619 --> 00:36:06,260 Speaker: Yeah. 907 00:36:07,539 --> 00:36:09,260 Speaker: When I was looking at that, because Jesus didn't go around 908 00:36:09,260 --> 00:36:10,260 Speaker: and say, you're healed. 909 00:36:12,460 --> 00:36:13,900 Speaker: She touched purity. 910 00:36:13,900 --> 00:36:14,820 Speaker: Yeah. 911 00:36:14,820 --> 00:36:17,500 Speaker: And in the presence of God in purity cannot be there. 912 00:36:21,019 --> 00:36:22,949 Speaker: And an issue of blood stored. 913 00:36:25,269 --> 00:36:26,269 Speaker: There was a leper. 914 00:36:27,789 --> 00:36:29,590 Speaker: They touched. 915 00:36:29,590 --> 00:36:34,030 Speaker: Leprosy is bacteria that kind of invades, destroys your skin, 916 00:36:34,030 --> 00:36:34,869 Speaker: destroys your nerves. 917 00:36:34,869 --> 00:36:35,550 Speaker: Sorry. 918 00:36:35,550 --> 00:36:37,909 Speaker: And then things start to die off because you don't feel pain. 919 00:36:39,630 --> 00:36:41,550 Speaker: Touch the leper. 920 00:36:41,550 --> 00:36:45,429 Speaker: Instantly healed, refined the lepers flesh. 921 00:36:45,429 --> 00:36:47,630 Speaker: But everything that Jesus always does, he always tells you your 922 00:36:47,630 --> 00:36:48,750 Speaker: sins are forgiven. 923 00:36:50,829 --> 00:36:53,630 Speaker: And then you have the ten lepers where he didn't even touch them. 924 00:36:53,630 --> 00:36:55,349 Speaker: They were like, we get it. 925 00:36:55,349 --> 00:36:56,110 Speaker: We're unclean. 926 00:36:56,110 --> 00:36:57,269 Speaker: We can't come near you. 927 00:36:57,269 --> 00:37:01,590 Speaker: So please, Lord, have mercy on us, all ten of us over here. 928 00:37:01,590 --> 00:37:04,550 Speaker: And all he said was, go show yourselves to the priests. 929 00:37:05,590 --> 00:37:06,590 Speaker: Obedience. 930 00:37:08,110 --> 00:37:10,869 Speaker: As they started walking off, they were cleansed. 931 00:37:10,869 --> 00:37:11,829 Speaker: It's in the Bible. 932 00:37:13,030 --> 00:37:15,389 Speaker: As they started walking off, they were cleansed. 933 00:37:15,389 --> 00:37:17,949 Speaker: That's the power of obedience, because in the presence of the 934 00:37:17,949 --> 00:37:23,469 Speaker: Almighty who is pure and holy, your sicknesses, your illnesses. 935 00:37:23,469 --> 00:37:24,750 Speaker: They can't abide. 936 00:37:24,750 --> 00:37:26,030 Speaker: They can't be in the same place. 937 00:37:26,030 --> 00:37:27,670 Speaker: Something has to give. 938 00:37:27,670 --> 00:37:28,690 Speaker: And I know it's a struggle 939 00:37:28,690 --> 00:37:30,230 Speaker: because we're in a world right 940 00:37:30,230 --> 00:37:32,190 Speaker: now where we have sickness, we 941 00:37:32,190 --> 00:37:32,869 Speaker: have pain. 942 00:37:32,869 --> 00:37:36,590 Speaker: Even in this church, we have all sorts happening to us. 943 00:37:40,630 --> 00:37:43,349 Speaker: But we have hope that we can be 944 00:37:43,349 --> 00:37:44,590 Speaker: healed through the presence of 945 00:37:44,590 --> 00:37:45,670 Speaker: Jesus Christ. 946 00:37:47,150 --> 00:37:48,750 Speaker: For him interceding with us. 947 00:37:51,190 --> 00:37:52,070 Speaker: AM I doing for time? 948 00:37:52,070 --> 00:37:53,110 Speaker: AM I over? 949 00:37:53,110 --> 00:37:54,989 Speaker: Yeah, but I can't watch. 950 00:37:57,429 --> 00:37:58,030 Speaker: Five minutes. 951 00:37:58,030 --> 00:37:59,309 Speaker: Okay. 952 00:37:59,309 --> 00:38:01,909 Speaker: Run through this now. 953 00:38:03,110 --> 00:38:05,110 Speaker: It was interesting that actually, out of those ten 954 00:38:05,110 --> 00:38:06,949 Speaker: lepers, only one came back. 955 00:38:06,949 --> 00:38:08,469 Speaker: So, as I was saying, having 956 00:38:08,469 --> 00:38:09,909 Speaker: received the Holy Spirit, our 957 00:38:09,909 --> 00:38:10,710 Speaker: bodies are like God's 958 00:38:10,710 --> 00:38:11,510 Speaker: tabernacle. 959 00:38:11,510 --> 00:38:12,769 Speaker: We have the choice to keep it 960 00:38:12,769 --> 00:38:15,269 Speaker: holy by being obedient to God, 961 00:38:15,269 --> 00:38:17,389 Speaker: or we can divide it by 962 00:38:17,389 --> 00:38:18,230 Speaker: contaminating it through 963 00:38:18,230 --> 00:38:19,710 Speaker: disobedience to God, which is a 964 00:38:19,710 --> 00:38:20,360 Speaker: sin. 965 00:38:20,360 --> 00:38:21,519 Speaker: We've seen the examples. 966 00:38:21,519 --> 00:38:23,519 Speaker: So let's go over them again. 967 00:38:23,519 --> 00:38:25,199 Speaker: All right. 968 00:38:25,199 --> 00:38:26,840 Speaker: So we have the courtyard. 969 00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:29,960 Speaker: The courtyard is the environment around us. 970 00:38:31,199 --> 00:38:35,000 Speaker: And our first layer of defense is that bronze that comes up 971 00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:38,800 Speaker: against all of the elements, all of the things that corrode us 972 00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:40,039 Speaker: and break us down. 973 00:38:41,639 --> 00:38:45,920 Speaker: So our body is that bronze layer. 974 00:38:47,159 --> 00:38:51,320 Speaker: Next we've got our tentative meeting. 975 00:38:51,320 --> 00:38:52,719 Speaker: Go back to Leviticus or Exodus. 976 00:38:52,719 --> 00:38:54,480 Speaker: Read how the tabernacle is constructed. 977 00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:55,880 Speaker: That's your homework. 978 00:38:55,880 --> 00:38:58,239 Speaker: We have our tentative meeting. 979 00:38:58,239 --> 00:39:01,199 Speaker: That's our thoughts, our actions. 980 00:39:01,199 --> 00:39:02,800 Speaker: Let that be your silver. 981 00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:06,820 Speaker: Let that disinfect what's coming in to your that you're taking in 982 00:39:06,820 --> 00:39:08,440 Speaker: from the world. 983 00:39:08,440 --> 00:39:09,960 Speaker: If it's obscenities, if it's 984 00:39:09,960 --> 00:39:11,940 Speaker: immoral morality, if it's 985 00:39:11,940 --> 00:39:14,219 Speaker: rebellion, if it's not having 986 00:39:14,219 --> 00:39:17,880 Speaker: time for God, let your thoughts 987 00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:21,250 Speaker: and your actions disinfect what 988 00:39:21,250 --> 00:39:22,889 Speaker: you're receiving. 989 00:39:22,889 --> 00:39:26,090 Speaker: So when you get to the Holy of Holies, your heart. 990 00:39:26,090 --> 00:39:27,409 Speaker: I mean, how many songs are the heart of God? 991 00:39:27,409 --> 00:39:28,889 Speaker: Have you heard? 992 00:39:28,889 --> 00:39:30,489 Speaker: Let your heart be made of gold. 993 00:39:30,489 --> 00:39:31,489 Speaker: Incorruptible. 994 00:39:33,610 --> 00:39:35,090 Speaker: That's what you need to guard. 995 00:39:35,090 --> 00:39:35,650 Speaker: Guard your heart. 996 00:39:35,650 --> 00:39:37,210 Speaker: So many verses talk about it. 997 00:39:39,090 --> 00:39:40,809 Speaker: And how do you do that? 998 00:39:40,809 --> 00:39:42,090 Speaker: I believe that's my last. 999 00:39:42,090 --> 00:39:45,170 Speaker: Um, it's about obeying God. 1000 00:39:45,170 --> 00:39:48,889 Speaker: And the greatest commandment is church. 1001 00:39:51,210 --> 00:39:52,610 Speaker: Let's say all together. 1002 00:39:52,610 --> 00:39:53,929 Speaker: So I know you're awake again. 1003 00:40:02,289 --> 00:40:03,010 Speaker: I said. 1004 00:40:05,610 --> 00:40:07,769 Speaker: Feel simple and it is simple. 1005 00:40:07,769 --> 00:40:10,130 Speaker: If you abide in God. 1006 00:40:10,130 --> 00:40:15,849 Speaker: It gets difficult when you're serving two masters. 1007 00:40:17,289 --> 00:40:19,340 Speaker: So you need to follow that. 1008 00:40:19,340 --> 00:40:21,739 Speaker: If it goes on to say, love your neighbor as yourself, which is 1009 00:40:21,739 --> 00:40:24,019 Speaker: great for that. 1010 00:40:24,019 --> 00:40:26,739 Speaker: If you love God, you will do the rest. 1011 00:40:26,739 --> 00:40:30,900 Speaker: And if you love God with all your heart, the gold case part, 1012 00:40:30,900 --> 00:40:34,699 Speaker: the Holy of Holies, with your soul and your mind. 1013 00:40:36,539 --> 00:40:37,579 Speaker: You're being obedient to God. 1014 00:40:37,579 --> 00:40:40,699 Speaker: You will be in his presence and he will protect you. 1015 00:40:40,699 --> 00:40:43,420 Speaker: Like he protected the Israelites in the wilderness, the pillar of 1016 00:40:43,420 --> 00:40:45,420 Speaker: fire and the cloud. 1017 00:40:47,300 --> 00:40:51,159 Speaker: And then we can be the priests that we need to be for those who 1018 00:40:51,159 --> 00:40:52,860 Speaker: don't yet know God. 1019 00:40:52,860 --> 00:40:55,059 Speaker: For those of you who want to put in three seats. 1020 00:40:56,699 --> 00:41:01,539 Speaker: So we need to be transformed by the renewing of our mind. 1021 00:41:01,539 --> 00:41:02,780 Speaker: We need to renew our mind in 1022 00:41:02,780 --> 00:41:05,179 Speaker: prayer, fasting, and studying 1023 00:41:05,179 --> 00:41:06,739 Speaker: the Word of God, meditating on 1024 00:41:06,739 --> 00:41:07,460 Speaker: it daily. 1025 00:41:07,460 --> 00:41:10,139 Speaker: And if it feels like it's a boring thing, that's like going 1026 00:41:10,139 --> 00:41:12,900 Speaker: to the gym and trying to lose weight, eventually you'll get 1027 00:41:12,900 --> 00:41:16,820 Speaker: there, but you won't get there if you don't start a bit of a 1028 00:41:16,820 --> 00:41:19,099 Speaker: word of warning, right? 1029 00:41:19,099 --> 00:41:20,019 Speaker: When you're coming up against 1030 00:41:20,019 --> 00:41:22,340 Speaker: the world one Thessalonians, I 1031 00:41:22,340 --> 00:41:24,300 Speaker: think it is fifteen or something 1032 00:41:24,300 --> 00:41:24,619 Speaker: like that. 1033 00:41:24,619 --> 00:41:26,820 Speaker: I need to figure that one out. 1034 00:41:26,820 --> 00:41:31,780 Speaker: It says you should avoid the appearance of evil. 1035 00:41:31,780 --> 00:41:36,059 Speaker: This is just my sidebar warning to you avoid the appearance of 1036 00:41:36,059 --> 00:41:40,820 Speaker: evil because there are practices which we consider harmless. 1037 00:41:42,219 --> 00:41:43,820 Speaker: Where it's okay. 1038 00:41:43,820 --> 00:41:45,460 Speaker: I'm doing this to fit in. 1039 00:41:45,460 --> 00:41:50,460 Speaker: I'm doing this so I can be open, approachable, and accessible. 1040 00:41:51,900 --> 00:41:52,980 Speaker: But we want to be in God's 1041 00:41:52,980 --> 00:41:54,260 Speaker: presence, so we do need to be 1042 00:41:54,260 --> 00:41:55,539 Speaker: set apart. 1043 00:41:55,539 --> 00:41:58,619 Speaker: It might sound weird or whatever it is, but that's it. 1044 00:41:58,619 --> 00:42:00,820 Speaker: So we're not going to go into the basics today about Halloween 1045 00:42:00,820 --> 00:42:02,619 Speaker: or tattoos or whatever it is. 1046 00:42:02,619 --> 00:42:04,039 Speaker: The Holy Spirit will tell you 1047 00:42:04,039 --> 00:42:05,079 Speaker: what to do in those kind of 1048 00:42:05,079 --> 00:42:05,860 Speaker: things. 1049 00:42:05,860 --> 00:42:09,699 Speaker: But trust me, the appearance of evil is not a harmless pursuit. 1050 00:42:11,420 --> 00:42:12,900 Speaker: If you want to be set apart. 1051 00:42:14,980 --> 00:42:17,150 Speaker: So Let's pray. 1052 00:42:18,750 --> 00:42:20,469 Speaker: Father God, we thank you for 1053 00:42:20,469 --> 00:42:22,030 Speaker: finding a way where there is no 1054 00:42:22,030 --> 00:42:22,349 Speaker: way. 1055 00:42:22,349 --> 00:42:25,710 Speaker: The way back into your presence, through your desire to be in 1056 00:42:25,710 --> 00:42:27,869 Speaker: constant contact with us. 1057 00:42:27,869 --> 00:42:30,650 Speaker: For giving us a route back to Eden through the precious blood 1058 00:42:30,650 --> 00:42:32,949 Speaker: of your Son, Jesus Christ. 1059 00:42:32,949 --> 00:42:34,349 Speaker: Even when we are in constant 1060 00:42:34,349 --> 00:42:36,130 Speaker: rebellion, you patiently break 1061 00:42:36,130 --> 00:42:37,829 Speaker: us down so we can experience 1062 00:42:37,829 --> 00:42:39,349 Speaker: you. 1063 00:42:39,349 --> 00:42:43,869 Speaker: Lord, we are sorry for being a rebellious nut, for defiling our 1064 00:42:43,869 --> 00:42:47,269 Speaker: Holy of Holies and making our hearts an inhospitable place for 1065 00:42:47,269 --> 00:42:48,110 Speaker: you to stay. 1066 00:42:49,150 --> 00:42:52,989 Speaker: Please forgive us, refine us with Your Holy Spirit, fire and 1067 00:42:52,989 --> 00:42:55,869 Speaker: renew our minds through Your Word so we can carry out our 1068 00:42:55,869 --> 00:42:59,630 Speaker: priestly duties here on earth, interceding for those who don't 1069 00:42:59,630 --> 00:43:03,789 Speaker: yet know you so they can enter your holiness too. 1070 00:43:03,789 --> 00:43:05,590 Speaker: In Jesus Christ's name we pray. 1071 00:43:05,590 --> 00:43:06,269 Speaker: Amen.