Hebrews 3:1-6 Jesus - Consider HIM

The speaker starts by thanking the Lord for the study in Hebrews and the power of His word. They pray for understanding and guidance. Then, they discuss the importance of careful examination when making decisions, such as buying a house or making investments. The author of Hebrews wants the audience to see the superiority of Jesus over Moses and to not revert back to old beliefs. They emphasize the courage needed to stay true to Jesus. Dear Lord, thank you so much again for this evening. We thank you for this study in Hebrews, which is such a great study, and to study the superiority of Jesus Christ is just a wonderful adventure. Thank you for your word. Thank you that your word is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, divides to the soul and the spirit, joins to the marrow, it's a discerner of the motives and intents of the heart. And thank you that this study helps us to re-examine our hearts deeply and intimately. So dear Lord, we pray that you'd ultimately teach us to take your word to heart and to use your word as a guide to life. We pray these things to Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. So David is going to give us this lesson today and then I'll give the exam at the end of our session. Thanks. Okay. You've got the exam, we're going to make sure to cover all the points. Is it going to be an open book? Well, it's an open book test, so everybody gets an A+. Okay. It matters how many A's you get. Will there be a curve? No curve. No curve. A+, or not? Or but? Okay. So we finally made it to Chapter 3 today. So here we go, Chapter 3. So I thought we'd start off by just to kind of set the scene for where we're going to go tonight. Just have a conversation and some feedback. You know, what's the most significant purchase you've ever made? Your house, right? Most everybody would say, yeah, the house is the most significant. When you went looking for a house, right? Did you look at more than one or did you land on, did you find one right to start with? You know, everybody, we looked, right? We examined. What did you look for? What were you looking at? And in real estate, they say that the number one thing is location, location, location, right? So number one, it had to be in the right location, right? You want to make sure it was where you wanted to live. Another thing is you take into consideration is what the size of your family, right? How big is it? Will it meet the needs? Those are practical things. Those are practical things. There are other things that you look at too, right? Ladies, what would that be? Do we like it? And like it meaning, is it my style? Is it got good bones? Is it, you know, is it my color scheme or my favorite? You know, all those types of things, right? Or does it have potential, right? Does it have potential? In our case, we bought a house that had potential. There's not one thing we liked about it, almost, when we bought it, other than the fact the price was right. Right? It is. Location. Yeah, location. Right, location. It has morphed over the years. It has morphed. Yeah, it has morphed over the years. So, you know, you take these things into consideration when you go make a major purchase, right? It's not something you do just off the cuff. You don't just go in haphazardly and say, I'm going to buy that one right there. It's just sight unseen. Now, however, there's some of that going on, right? Back to this last couple of years when the market was so wild, people wanted to move here, but they saw anything that looked close to what might be right for them. They put a bid in quickly because otherwise they don't get to play, right? No bid, no play. And who knows what kind of purchases were made like that. That's not the ideal thing. The ideal thing is you're going to dive in. You're going to look. You're going to examine. You're going to carefully make a decision. Same thing like with an investment, right? What's the best investment you guys have ever made? I can tell you the one I hadn't made I wish I'd made, right? I mean, I'm just saying. Who wouldn't have wanted to buy Microsoft in its infancy, right? Or Apple or Pickett, right? You can think of a bunch of them like that. Oh, man, I'd have loved to have been on the front end of those, right? But who knew? Who knew what was going to happen? With investments, you don't know for sure. But you look at who's running the company. You look at what the objectives of the company are. Are they achieving their objectives? You look at their track record. You look at the market in which they play. You want to make sure that they're a leader, right? Or they've got the potential to be the leader. You examine carefully all these things before you say, I'm going to put my money there, right? Well, tonight, the author of Hebrews is telling us, we've got to carefully examine something. Now, he was doing that to his audience who were, as we've talked about before, they were Jewish. So, who of all the Jews that ever existed, which Jew stood out the most of them that they revered the most? Who would that be? Moses. Who said that? Golden Star Bill? A+. A+. Right off the bat? Moses. Moses. So, what the author's going to do tonight, he's going to say, okay, I want you to put your glasses on and I want you to carefully examine and compare Moses to Jesus. And the reason is because these Jews had a tendency to go back to what they grew up with. When things got tough, it's basically in their DNA. If y'all remember when they came out of Egypt, right, you remember that? They crossed the Red Sea, they get into, they just walked across the Red Sea on dry ground. And three days later, what do they say? Why did you bring us out here to die of thirst? I mean, three days, guys. Why'd you bring us out here to die of thirst? And it wasn't long after that, God goes ahead and, you know, Moses takes this bush and throws it into the lake there and sure enough, the bitter water becomes sweet and they're able to drink it and they're satisfied. But not long after that, they're walking in the desert together and now they're running out of food. Now what do they complain about? What'd you bring us out of Egypt for? To die of hunger? Oh, they think back. Remember when we were in Egypt? You remember what it was like there in Egypt? We had all those leeks and those fish and all the produce we could eat and the bread and, you know, all of that that we had back in Egypt. What'd you bring us out here for? So, to be fair, that's what they grew up with. There's a history of it in their DNA. And so here they are. They've accepted Jesus as their Savior. They have begun to follow a new leader. Things get tough. The persecution that comes because of it. And the tendency is to look back. Why did we leave Judaism? Why did we walk away from Moses? This is what he's doing now. He's going to say, here's his argument. I want you to take a close look. I want you to examine Moses and Jesus. Now I want you to decide which one is better. Now, Ron continuously is telling you the superiority of Jesus. So he's taking away my punchline to start with. Right? He's right. But these guys didn't get it yet. So that's why the author's writing this. But we need to be careful that we understand it as well. Okay? So there's where we're going tonight. I'm going to read this out of Wiest to give you a flavor of... Have I told you about Wiest before? I think I have. Wiest is a... This guy named Wiest. Kenneth Wiest. He wrote a translation of the Bible. It's called an expanded translation. It's the New Testament. Years ago, I asked Dr. Bell, what translation is nearest to the original Greek? And he said Kenneth Wiest. What Kenneth Wiest does is he takes all the tenses into consideration and all the nuances of the Greek language and he expands it to where you have a good grasp of it. So listen to what he says, how he does this, all right? Wherefore, brethren, set apart ones for God and his service, participants in the effectual summons from heaven into salvation. Here's the word. Consider attentively and thoughtfully the ambassador and high priest of our confession, Jesus, who is faithful to the one who appointed him, as also Moses was in his whole house. Now, nothing's wrong with Moses, right? There's nothing wrong with Moses. We're not degrading Moses here. All right? Nothing wrong with him. But what we're going to show is that we need to consider someone else to take his place because he's better. All right? For this one was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, by so much as he who built it has more honor than the house. For every house is built and completely furnished by someone. But the one who built and completely furnished all things is God. And Moses verily was faithful in all his house as a ministering servant, holding a position of dignity and confidence for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after his time. But Messiah, as son over his house, whose house are we if we hold fast to courageous, fearless confidence and rejoicing of the hope firm to the end? I love the way that Wiest uses that word courageous in his translation. When we get there in a minute, we're going to look at that again. Courageous. Because it takes courage, said he sometimes. It takes courage to stay true to Jesus. It does. So, I don't even have my hand out. I forgot my hand out. This is great. Here we go. I got up here so anxious to get going with this part of it, I forgot the rest of it. Okay, here we go. So, Jesus, consider him. First of all, consider him because his office is superior. Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession. Now, that context we've already talked about. The context is Moses. So, what do you think of, as you look at the fill in the blanks here, and we answer these, think about how the Jews viewed Moses. Alright? And why they highly esteemed him. So, I'm going to give you the first one. First of all, miraculous protection when? When he was put into a little basket. Right? With tar on it. And shoved into the Nile. Right? Miraculous protection at birth. Right? Right off the bat. That's one of the earliest stories you ever heard when you were in Sunday school, right? Those of you who were in church early on in life. Right? You never forget that one, right? Yeah. Miraculous protection at birth. Alright, so, he has this face-to-face event in the desert. You all remember that? It's some bush that is burning, but it doesn't get consumed. There's no other story like it. I mean, I've sensed God's calling in my life before to various things. I've never had a burning bush experience. No. I've never audibly heard God speak. I've sensed His Spirit speaking to me, but not audibly. And not out of a burning bush. Right? Face-to-face meetings with God. A miraculous deliverance from Egypt. Right? From Egypt. What happened in Egypt? My goodness. Can you name all ten of them? All those plagues, right? And those of us that have studied those before, those ten plagues represented the ten primary gods of Egypt. Every god that Egypt threw up as being, here's the one you should consider, that the Jews at that time actually were living with on an ongoing basis, who actually brought some amount with them into the desert. Right? All those gods, the gods defeated. Then, of course, the ultimate one was what we call Passover. The Passover. When the death angel passed over, there's crying throughout the land. Can you imagine how much wailing was going on that night? And what are the Jews doing? They're eating a lamb completely. They can't leave any left over. And they got themselves already prepared for a journey. They've already got instructions on how they're going to go. They've been told to get rid of the yeast. Don't bring any of the junk with you. Think about all that. And soon as the day breaks and they are then released to go, the people of Egypt shower them with goods for their journey. Right? All the stuff that they took out with them. Amazing. And that's all under Moses' leadership. I talked to you about miraculous provision in the desert, right? We talked about the miraculous provision of water. Just at one time, right off the beginning, but later on, there was a couple of times when water comes out of a rock. Right? And the miraculous provision of what was known as manna. And then, of course, quail up to the waist. You think about all the miraculous provision in the desert. Then there came that point where they get over to Mount Sinai. And God calls them up. And for 40 days, God meets with them. And what's God doing in those 40 days? He's delivering what to them? The Ten Commandments. The Ten Commandments. The law. And so you've got the provision of the law. The Ten Commandments. Not only that, God's Spirit motivates Moses and He writes the first five books of what we call the Old Testament. What they call the Pentateuch. And after He blows it, God allows him to go up one time or at the end and look at the promised land He's not going to get to walk into. Now every time I think about how He blew it, that reminds me of how mad I too ought to be. Right? Wow. Don't you dare take His glory. It's a dangerous thing to take God's glory. And Moses allowed his frustration and his anger and his emotions to take control and he did something stupid. And it cost him. So all he gets to do is look at the promised land. Then he breathes his last, but something miraculous happens then. What was that? What could they not find? His body. God buried Him Himself. Now you think about all those things, no wonder the Jews looked at Moses and this guy was the man of men. Right? The man of men. Whatever. He's the ultimate. So that's why the Jews thought so highly of Moses. Well, the author says, therefore... So what the author is doing, he's calling us to look back at what he previously stated about Jesus. He said, I've just given you his whole list of things about Jesus. I want you to consider his humiliation in becoming our substitute. The fact that he's the restorer of God's plan for man, which we've already studied. The fact that he's the author of our salvation. You go to Hebrews 2.11. Somebody read that, please. For both he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one Father, for which reason he is not ashamed to call them brethren. He's our sanctifier. He's the one who sets us apart and makes us holy. He's the Satan conqueror. We talked about that last week. He's the death defeater. We talked about that last week. In Hebrews 2.18. Somebody read that, please. For since he himself was tempted, in that which he has suffered, he is able to come to the aid of those who are tempted. He is our sympathizer. He understands to the max what it's like for us to go through temptation. And he comes to our aid when we're going there, if we'll just ask him to help us. He's our sympathizer. So, there you have it. You have Moses in his list, and you have Jesus in his list. Which are you going to choose? That's what the author is asking us to consider. Holy brethren refers to fellow Christians. So, what do all holy brethren have in common? Let's look at Hebrews 11.16. But as it is, they desire a better country, that is a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared it to be for them. So, we all have a heavenly country, right? Hebrews 12.22. Keep going, Terry, please. That's fine? But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, to heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels. So, there is a heavenly Jerusalem. Where were the Jews focused? They were focused on which Jerusalem? The earthly Jerusalem. See, believers have a heavenly Jerusalem. Alright? Philippians 3.20, someone. For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. So, we have what kind of citizenship? A heavenly citizenship. Whereas the Jews focus on Moses, we are focused on what citizenship? An earthly citizenship. And we have a heavenly calling. A heavenly calling. So, how is this citizenship superior to being a Jew? Well, it's spiritual versus earthly. Or spiritual and heavenly versus earthly, right? It's a spiritual and heavenly calling with a spiritually and heavenly inheritance versus an earthly calling with an earthly inheritance. Which are you going to choose? So, now we get to that word, consider. Consider translates katana'o, which means to consider attentively, fix one's eyes or mind upon, implying continuous observation to understand. In other words, you're going to look at it because you want to understand it. It's like buying that house. You're going to keep looking and looking and looking and looking to make sure you understand what you're buying, right? You're looking. It's not a glance. It's not casual. It's intense. So, it's an intense observation to understand Jesus, who He is and what He desires. Let's look at what Paul says. I love Paul, you know. In Philippians 3, 10-14, Paul is arguably one of the greatest Christians that ever lived. Would you all agree with that? Now, let's look at what Paul says about this. Who hasn't read yet? Ed? I'll be glad to. Okay. That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, in order that I may attain to the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already obtained it or have already become perfect, but I press on so that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus. Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet, but one thing I do, forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. That's what I call a careful consideration, right? He has made a determination. He is going to know Jesus to the max. Even so much that he says, this is now, remember, this Paul we're talking about, originally he was a guy named Saul, right? He's the Saul that did what when Stephen was stoned? Stood by and watched, but what were they doing? He says, bring your coats here, boys. I'll hold on to your coats. I'll make sure they're taken care of. Yeah. Throw one in there for me now. Wear it back and let it rip. That's the Saul we're talking about. Saul who was educated under Gamaliel, one of the greatest minds that ever had existed in the Jewish realm. This is Saul. And one day he's going to Damascus, right, to persecute some Christians himself, and God gets a hold of him. What a miraculous conversion. Unreal what God did. Now, instead of persecuting believers, he's out trying to win Gentiles to be believers. That's where his primary focus is. But, of course, he's always thinking about his brethren, Jews. That's the Paul we're talking about. He says, I don't know enough about him yet, and I don't want to stop until I know him to the max. That's what we're to be doing. What did Jesus say in Matthew 11, 29? Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. So, I saw several things there, but the focus is that word learn. Learn from me. How do you learn from Jesus if you don't go and examine? Right? If you don't consider carefully? If you don't dig in? How are you going to learn? Now, what's interesting to me, as I was parsing that a little bit, I thought, wow, look what happens when you learn. What do you learn? You learn, number one, he's gentle. You learn, number two, he's humble. The King of kings and Lord of lords, the God Creator of this universe, is humble. And you learn how to be humble. And what you discover is that when you really tether up to him, that yoke, you know what that was, right? The yoke that went on a pair of oxen. And it was used to put two pair of oxen in tandem so they'd pull together. It makes them that much more effective, right? So, if you yoke yourself up to Jesus, I can't think of a better one to be yoked to. Right? As you walk with him, he teaches you how to be humble. He teaches you gentleness. He teaches you a whole lot of things about how to live in lockstep with him. And the end result is rest for your souls. Isn't that good? Why would we want to be tethered to anybody else? I mean, I'm just asking a rhetorical question. Why would you want to be? He doesn't say that about Moses, does he? That's what Jesus said. Learn from me. How can we be successful in living for Jesus? Hebrews 12, 1 and 2. Ron, quote it by memory. I'm not sure if I've heard that one before. Yeah. Well, you know, I think that this is one where we get to fix our eyes on Jesus before our cloud of witnesses, which is us. And now we get to get into some really, really important things. And that's we have a changed life because we're sharing that which we're learning from Jesus. Yeah. So, I'll read it. Okay, go ahead. Wow. Wow. Yeah. So, first of all, you know when you run a race, right? When you run a race, you've got to make sure you haven't got anything on you that's going to trip you up. Right? Our son was a very gifted athlete. He still is. He was fast. He was fast. We went to some really cold track meets. Really cold. I mean, blowing smoke cold. Alright? I'll never forget this one. We're sitting in Birdville Stadium over there in Austin City. And we're on these metal bleachers because they didn't have anything but metal. And we put all these blankets down. So, you know what? Metal is a heat sink, right? I mean, metal just drains the heat out of you. And we're sitting there trying to protect us as much as we can. Because we're going to watch our son run the 100. And his turn comes. Well, he'd been bundled up. But before the race, down there on the infield, you know what they start doing, right? They start warming up. He starts doing his exercises and doing his jogging and high-stepping it and other things they do to get loose and get ready. You know, stretching, touching his toes, all those things. He does all those things. But when it comes time for the race and they've got time to take your mark, what has to come off? Everything warm. Because if he leaves anything on that's superfluous or that's heavier or that's going to be wind-resistant, right? He's not going to be able to run as fast as you. So sure enough, it all comes off. And I'm watching not just him, but all eight of those guys take off their sweats, take off their hoodies. Remember that, right? I can still visualize it. We were freezing with our hot chocolate. Yeah. There he was, right? So he takes off all this stuff, right? And he gets down and on your marks, gets set, the gun goes off, and here he goes flying down the track. And he wins. And we'd expected him to win. He was favored to win. He did win. But let me tell you what he doesn't do. As he's running down the track, you do not see his eyes go left or right. His eyes are perfectly focused on that finish line and that tape. Because the first one to get to the tape is the one that wins. That's what the author is saying here. When you run the race of life, you want to make sure there's nothing that keeps you from running, that's going to trip you up. And he even defines that for us, the sin that so easily entangles us. Right? But life is not a sprint, right? Life's a marathon. Thank you, Ed. Life's a marathon. But even in a marathon, it's not good for you to be looking around while you're running. No. You need to be visualizing where that finish line is. And you need to be running with endurance the race that's set before you. And that's what the Hebrew authors are saying there. I'm already teaching that passage, aren't I? We get to 12 next semester. But I'm telling you, that's what you want to do. You want to have your eyes focused on the finish. Well, who's that finish line urging you on? Fix your eyes on who? Jesus. Jesus. He's the one that got you in the race to begin with. He's the one that enables you to run. And He's the one that's got the prize when you finish. Put your eyes on Jesus. Okay. Let's consider. Notice I didn't say Moses. I said Jesus. Consider His office as Apostle. So now the author's saying to his audience here, consider Jesus the Apostle. The Apostle is the sent one from God. Apostolos, which means sent one. Or Apostolos. I think I said it wrong. Apostolos, which means sent one. A title often used for ambassadors. One who has the right, power, and authority of the ruler who sent him and speaks completely on behalf of that ruler. That's what an Apostle does. Same thing as an ambassador. In the case of an Apostle, though, an Apostle was sent with a message. Ambassadors are sent to represent. But what message do they deliver? They deliver the message they're told to deliver, right? They don't deliver their own message. They deliver the message they're told to deliver. So, in what way was Moses God's Apostle? What does he bring from God to the people? You can argue without any question that even though the word Apostle is not tied to his name, he still had an office like an Apostle. Because what does he bring? Say it again, Joyce. The message. The message. But what message from God? The Ten Commandments. The Ten Commandments, right. He brings the Law and the Ten Commandments and the Law to the people. He's God's messenger with the Law and the Covenant. Now I ask the question, in what way was Jesus God's Apostle? What did he bring from God to the people? He brings the New Covenant, right? The New Covenant. How did that New Covenant differ from the Old Covenant? Let's just talk through that for half a second. What are some of the characteristics of the New Covenant? It's by grace, not law, right? That you're saved through faith, not works. Right? Which one's better? Give me grace. Right? Give me grace. Give me grace. Give me grace. Oh, give me grace. Yeah. Listen to that. Give me grace. A better covenant. And he actually not only has a better covenant, he actually made the ultimate sacrifice for it to take effect. See, Moses didn't make any sacrifice. He instituted the sacrificial system, which we're going to get to in a minute, that looked forward to what was going to happen at the cross. But Jesus was the cross. He's the one that made the sacrifice to make the New Covenant effective. So how did Jesus perfectly fulfill the definition of apostle or ambassador? John 12, 49. Someone read that? For I cannot speak on my own initiative, but the Father himself has given me a commandment as to what to say and what to speak. What is he saying there? He's saying right... What's he saying? He's saying he doesn't speak anything unless the Father gives him what to speak. He said that in multiple places in the Gospels, right? I don't speak on my own accord. I'm listening to the Father, and I'm just repeating what the Father tells me to say. He's the perfect ambassador. He's bringing the message from the ultimate authority. He's bringing the message from the ultimate authority to the people. So, he only spoke what the Father told him to say. So consider his office as apostle. Consider his office as high priest, the supreme mediator between God and man. What I found interesting is that the Latin word for priest is pontifex, which means bridge builder. Isn't that good? Do you see Jesus as a bridge builder? What did his bridge allow us to do? To get to heaven, right? A perfect bridge. Couldn't ask for better. So, how does Jesus appear in his office as high priest over Moses? Well, Moses brings the Old Covenant to the people. Notice the people never went to God, right? They went to God through Moses, but Moses was their representative. But what does Jesus do? He brings God to people, and he brings people to God. He is the perfect mediator between God and man, and he facilitates a relationship that could not exist otherwise. Jesus brought man and God together. So, what do you all think if you're considering Jesus' offices versus Moses to this point? Is Jesus a better apostle? Is Jesus a better high priest? Right? Moses wasn't even called a priest. He wasn't even in the priestly line. Ron's already said previously that we're going to talk about Jesus' priestly line with a guy named Melchizedek. That's what he tells us anyway. I won't let him teach that lesson. Anyway, so there's one last way in which Jesus is superior in his offices over Moses in his office. What is it? I gave a hint there. Plural offices. Singular office. Jesus has more offices than Moses. He's got two. Just identify it here. Moses has one. So, Jesus is superior in his office over Moses. So, reflection, do I consider Jesus with the same passion as Paul expressed in Philippians 3, 10-14? When I look at what Paul said again that I may know Him, do you get up in the morning, is that what you're saying? I just want to know You more. And the power of His resurrection. I want to know what it's like to live in Your power. And the fellowship of His sufferings that I might be counted worthy to suffer for Your name's sake. Being conformed to His death in order that I may attain to the resurrection of the dead. Is that what I do when I get up in the morning? Do I press on that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ? Do I forget what's behind and look forward to what's lying ahead? And reaching forward to what lies ahead, press on toward the goal for the prize of the upper call of God in Christ Jesus? Is that me? Is that me? That's the reflection you need to do. If it's not, what do I need to do to fix that? Okay. Luke page. Consider Him, His office is superior. Consider Him, His glory is superior. He was faithful to Him. We just did one verse, by the way. His glory is superior. He was faithful to Him He was faithful to Him who appointed Him as Moses also was in all His house for He has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses by just so much as the builder of the house has more honor than the house. For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God. Jesus and Moses were similar in their faithfulness to carry out God's plan. They both did that. What did God say about Moses? Let's see what Numbers 12, 7-8 says. Not so with my servant Moses. He is faithful in all my household. With him I speak mouth to mouth. Even openly and not in dark things. And he beholds the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant against Moses? Yeah. The context of that is after Aaron and Miriam have asked the question in so many words as to why they're not considered just as important as Moses. You know. And y'all might remember how God handled that. Miriam all of a sudden had a case of leprosy. What are you guys thinking? Listen, Moses is important. Don't get me wrong. He was important to the Jews. Moses was an important figure in the plan of God. And he faithfully carried out what God told him to do. He was faithful. In some ways, he proved his faithfulness. Well, he proved his faithfulness to his call. He gets called from the burning bush. Even though he protested a little bit, he went, didn't he? He's faithful to bring them out of Egypt. Do exactly what God said. He's faithful in crossing the Red Sea. They're up against it, guys. You've got the Egyptians coming from one side and a sea blocking your way. What do you do? God says, raise up your staff. Yes, sir. Staff raises up. Waters part. People cross. He's faithful. He's faithful. What did Jesus say about Moses? Let's look at John 7, 14-18. I'm sorry, about himself. I said Moses, about himself. Sorry. 7, 14-18. Yeah. For when it was now the midst of the feast, Jesus went up to the temple and began to teach. The Jews then were astonished, saying, how has this man become learned having never been educated? So Jesus answered them and said, my teaching is not mine, but it is who sent me. If anyone is wounded in his will, he will know who is teaching him, whether it is of God or whether I speak of myself. He who speaks from himself speaks his own glory, but he who is speaking from the glory of the one who sent him, he is true, and there is no unrighteousness against him. So he displays his faithfulness, again, by teaching and declaring what God the Father tells him to do. He does it for God's glory and not his own. He accomplished the work given by the Father. So Jesus and Moses were both similar in their faithfulness. Now the word house translates oikos, which means household, and it refers to people, not a building or dwelling. So which house was Moses a faithful manager? The people of what? The Jews, right? The people of Jews. The Jewish people. The Israelites. And whatever proselytes or whatever believers that had joined their group at the time. How was he faithful to them? What was he responsible for? Well, he was responsible for giving them the truth, the requirements, the commandments, the promises of God. Jesus, on the other hand, was a faithful manager of what house? Which house? I want you to take your hands. I want you to take your hand. Get a finger. Point here. I'm a part of his house. He's faithful over the church. That would be you and me. Last time I checked. That's who he's faithful over. He's faithful over. What's he responsible for? Ephesians 2.19. Oh, it tells us who we are. You're no longer strangers and aliens, but you're fellow citizens of the saints and of God's household. We're of God's household, right? And then Ephesians 1 Peter 2, 4, and 5. And come to him as a living stone, which has been rejected by men, but is choice and precious in the sight of God. You also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices except with God through Jesus Christ. So, we are the house. And what's he responsible for? Everything that the Father told him to say and do for us. And that's exactly what he did when he was here. So, Jesus and Moses were different concerning the relationship of the house in one way. Well, Moses was part of the house. John 1, 3 says what? Who has that? All things come into being through Him. And apart from Him, nothing came into being without Him. So, relative to the house, what is Jesus? He's the creator. He's the builder of the house. Moses was part of the house. Jesus is the builder of the house. He's the creator of it. Since God created all things, Jesus is God. So, how is Jesus continuing to build His house today? There's a man that's been sitting next to Brant. McCamey back there. About three months ago, is that about right? When Chad made his decision? I don't know, I don't know. Six months? I've lost track already. He walked up to me one day after the service in the decision booth. It was that day that the pastor preached the sermon about the paralytic being let down through the roof. And Chad walks up to me at the decision station. And he says, David, we met Chad and Marcella that morning for the first time. They sit in front of us. And we spent some time getting to know them. Then service is over. I'm at the decision station. And I'm thinking he's just coming up to say bye and it's good to meet you type thing. But he walked up onto the platform. He says, David, I'm the paralytic. I said, you are? He said, I am. You ready to do something about that? I said, I am. So right then and there, I shared the Gospel with him. And he received Jesus as his Savior. The house was enlarged again. Is that good or what? How's his life changed, Brent? I don't know if you agree. It's amazing what God's done. Brent works with him. That's how he knows. Man, he's still building the house. Still building the house. So, what is greater and has more glory? The tool used by the builder or the builder who uses the tool. We don't look at the house and say, man, that hammer did a good job. We don't, do we? We look at the house and say, man, look at what that builder did. If I told you who it was that remodeled our 1980s interior into a 2018 interior, a transformation that's beyond belief, you know, until you see the pictures, you go, wow, it looked like that and now it looks like that? Yeah. I can tell you we don't talk about the tools that were used. We talk about the man who orchestrated it, who was in charge of it, who made it happen. And I've referred him to several people who have used his services. Because he's a good builder. Right? You talk about the builder, not the tool. Well, the question I ask then, why is the glory of Jesus greater than the glory of Moses? Because at the end of the day, guys, Moses was a tool and Jesus is the builder. So you get how the author is comparing the two? And he's telling his audience, consider, carefully consider now as you encounter these challenges of life, and you think about turning back to Moses, to where you came from, I want you to consider what you're doing, what you'd be walking away from, and why you shouldn't do that. So, reflection. Just as Moses was faithful in fulfilling his assignment by allowing God to use him as a tool to accomplish his plan, can the same be said of me? Am I faithful? Am I surrendered? Am I presenting myself to be used as he chooses? When God calls, do I say yes? Now, he doesn't call, you don't say yes, right? But when he calls, do I say yes? Am I looking for what my next assignment is? Guys, what a great comparison and what a great thought. His position is glorious superior. His position is superior. Now, Moses was faithful in all his house as a servant for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken later. But Christ was faithful as a son over his house, whose house we are. We hold fast our confidence and the boast of our hope firm until the end. Moses had the position of servant, which translates thereupon, a term of dignity and freedom, not of servility, implying having the highest rank and respect. In other words, he was the highest ranking servant in the household. Can you help me? I can't think of what they would call themselves. Is it the butler? Is it the cupbearer? No, I'm not talking about the king. I was trying to think Downton Abbey. That's what I'm trying to think of. I was trying to think of Downton Abbey and who. Yeah, chief of staff. There you go, chief of staff. He's chief of staff. Moses had a high... He was highly esteemed. He wasn't just a servant. He was a highly esteemed servant. Rightfully so. Again, what God gave him to do, he did willingly and obediently. Reluctantly. And reluctantly. Oh, but there are times, right? I mean, we haven't got time to get into all this, but I'm getting there anyway. You know, you think about it. How many times... I can think of two or three times when God says, I'm done with these guys. Right? I'm done with them. I'm going to wipe them out and we're going to start fresh with you, Moses. Y'all remember that part? What does Moses say? He goes, now stop for just a second. Let's think through this. All right? Let's think through this now. If you do that, you're telling the world that you're not capable of delivering them to where you said you were going to take them. I've heard that argument before and I thought, man, what a great argument. But what guts it took to make that argument. Right? I'm not sure I... Man, my knees have been knocking big time as I'm approaching that one. And what's crazy is that God listens. He says, you're right. You know, okay, yeah, okay. I relent. But they're not going in. Hey, they're not going in. Well, here's the position of a servant. A high-ranking servant. What makes a servant faithful? Obedience and managing the owner's house well. How is Moses' faithfulness as a servant proven? Well, I gave you Exodus 41-16. Ron, how much time do you want me to take here? You want me to cut it off now? No? Okay. I didn't want to cut too much into yours. So Exodus 41-16. If you just start reading through this right quick. I'm going to read through it right quick. The Lord spoke to Moses saying, On the first day of the first month, you shall set up a tabernacle and tent of meeting. You shall place the ark of the testimony there. You shall screen the ark with the veil. Are you all keeping up? That's three. You shall bring in the table and arrange what belongs on it. Four. You shall bring in the lampstand and mount its lamps. Five. Moreover, you shall set the golden altar of incense before the ark of the testimony. Six. Set up the veil for the doorway and the tabernacle. Seven. You shall set the altar of burnt offering in front of the doorway of the tabernacle and tent of meeting. Eight. You shall set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it. Nine. You shall set up a tabernacle. Ten. Right? Then you shall take the anointing oil, anoint the tabernacle, and all that's in it. Eleven. You shall consecrate it with all its furnishings, and it shall be holy. You shall anoint the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils. Twelve. Consecrate the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils. Thirteen. Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the doorway of the tent of meeting. Fourteen. You shall consecrate the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils. Fifteen. You shall consecrate the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils. Sixteen. You shall consecrate the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils. Seventeen. You shall consecrate the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils. Eighteen. You shall consecrate the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils. Nineteen. You shall consecrate the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils. Eleven. You shall consecrate the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils. Twelve. You shall consecrate the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils. Thirteen. You shall consecrate the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils. Fourteen. You shall consecrate the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils. Fifteen. You shall consecrate the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils. Sixteen. You shall consecrate the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils. Sixteen. You shall consecrate the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils. You shall consecrate the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils. Sixteen. You shall consecrate the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils. Sixteen. You shall consecrate the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils. Sixteen. You shall consecrate the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils. Sixteen. You shall consecrate the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils. Sixteen. You shall consecrate the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils. Sixteen. You shall consecrate the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils. Sixteen. You shall consecrate the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils. Sixteen. You shall consecrate the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils. Thus I've done. Even as the Lord has commanded me. Thus I've done. No, I think we don't need to have that conversation. I think we're all going, okay. I'm not sure I could add up to that. I just don't think I can get there. Much as I'd like to say I've been faithful to be obedient and everything He's ever told me, I can tell you that's not true. But thus Moses did. Thus I've done. Even as the Lord has commanded me. Thus I've done. No, I think we don't need to have that conversation. I think we're all going, okay. I'm not sure I can add up to that. I just don't think I can get there. Much as I'd like to say I've been faithful to be obedient and everything He's ever told me, I can tell you that's not true. But thus Moses did. He was faithful. He was faithful. All that the Lord commanded, He was faithful. God's purpose and the assignments He gave to Moses to complete was for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken later. Moses didn't understand that. He didn't understand that. He didn't understand that. He didn't understand that. He didn't understand that. He didn't understand that. He didn't understand that. He didn't understand that. He didn't understand that. He didn't understand that. He didn't understand that. He didn't understand that. He didn't understand that. He didn't understand that. He didn't understand that. He didn't understand that. He didn't understand that. He didn't understand that. He didn't understand all there was to that. But he had a decent understanding because God had showed him the pattern when he was on Mount Sinai that was in the heavenlies. So he knew it was a shadow of something to come. What is that? When we all get to where? Heaven. Right? When we all get to heaven. And how are we going to get there? Only one way. By grace through faith. Only one way. So, a testimony of those things that were to be spoken of are things yet to come in Christ. Let's look at Hebrews 10, 1-10. And this explains it. For the law, since it has only a shadow of the good things to come and not the very form of things, can never by the same sacrifices which they offer continually year by year make perfect those who draw near. Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered? Because the worshipers having once been cleansed would no longer have had consciousness of sins. But no sacrifice is a reminder of sins year by year, for it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. Therefore, when he comes to the world, he says, Sacrifice an offering you have not desired, but a body you have prepared for me. This is Jesus talking now. And whole-born offerings and sacrifices for sins you have taken no pleasure. Then I said, Behold, I have come, and the scroll of the book is written of me to do your will, O God. After saying above, Sacrifices and offerings and whole-born offerings and sacrifices for sins you have not desired, nor have you taken pleasure in them, which are offered according to the law. Then he said, Behold, I have come to do your will. He takes away the first in order to establish the second. By this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. It was a system that was a shadow of what Christ was going to do. Someday, if I get a chance, I'll teach you a teaching about the Pharisee and the tax collector. And in that, I'll tell you about the extensive elements of worship that the Jews had as they came into the presence of God on a routine basis every day at nine and at three. I ain't got time tonight. I'm waiting on your appetite. I'll get back to it. Alright, so, Jesus has the position of son. Moses has the position of what? Servant? Jesus has the position of son. What makes the position of son superior to the position of servant? Well, duh, right? Let's look at John 8.35. The slave does not remain in the house forever. The son does remain forever. So, right off the bat, we're seeing the servant doesn't have a permanent place in the house, whereas the son does. So, how is Christ's faithfulness as a son proven in Ephesians 2, 19-22? Somebody read that. I'm getting tired of reading. I'll read. So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints in our God's household, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together into the dwelling of God in the Spirit. So, Christ's faithfulness as a son, His sacrifice established the foundation on which the house is being built. What is the cornerstone? Do you all know what the cornerstone is? The cornerstone is the first stone that's laid in a foundation. It's at the corner. And it's the one from which everything else is lined up with. The foundation, the walls, everything, lines up with the cornerstone. His sacrifice is the cornerstone on which the house, you and me, are being built. Okay? That's how faithful he was. How can we have confidence that we're part of this house? Darien is that phrase again, I'm going to bring it back up. It says, "...whose house we are if we hold fast our confidence and then boast of our hope for Him until the end." So, let me go back and read this again out of Weiss, because I think it's so significant. He's saying to those Jews, consider Jesus, consider Him, right? It says, "...the Messiah is sent over this house whose house are we if we hold fast the courageous, fearless confidence." The courageous, fearless confidence. So again, he's saying to his audience, when the challenges come, and they're going to come, right? Anybody here ever been challenged about your faith? Or had your faith challenged? We've all had it, right? We've had things that happen that cause us to ask questions. There's nothing wrong with the questions. That's just as being honest. But it takes courage and fearlessness to stay the course in the midst of it. And that's what he's saying to them. If you have that courage, and if you're fearless in the face of the conflict that comes, that's evidence that you're part of the house. That you're His. The continuance is the proof of reality. Is there evidence in my life that I'm part of this house? Am I persevering no matter what comes my way? Consider Him. He's superior in office. He's superior in glory. He's superior in position. He's superior to Moses. You ready? You can keep going. You're on a roll. I'm done. Isn't that enough? Actually, we're about one-fifth of the way through our study. We're chapter three, so we have a few more chapters to go. This is the part of the examination that I was talking to you about. And the examination is an examination of the heart. And we have gone through really, really, A plus to infinity way of David's teaching. And so, David, thank you. And I think that the main reason why we want to discuss these questions, because now we have formation happening. Formation, biblically, is up here. And that's information that we have here. But what God wants is transformation that's here. So now we have to ask the heart questions. Am I? Are we? Those kinds of questions are really important. Why should we look at God's word with consideration of the heart? Why is the heart so important? Why feed our hearts with the word of God? So now we have an opportunity to take the information that we're taking in here, because the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword. It divides the soul and the spirit, joints and marrow. It's a discerner of the motives and intents of the heart. So why start thinking with our heart? Hard question. So we're thinking now backwards. We know that God has given us information in the past, which David covered already really well. And that's why Jesus is superior to Moses, to angels, to priests. And why is that so important for us to consider? So as we're thinking, as a person thinks in their heart, who's the real person? Yeah, amen. See, as one thinks in their heart, so are they. So when we think this way, we realize this is the real us. Because when we start thinking, not pointing out here, but thinking this way, then we realize, hmm, is there a log in my eye? Do I have the right to criticize someone's speck in their eye while I have a log in mine? So to live comparatively and competitively is a problem, isn't it? So when we take that word and look at us, when we look at the speck in someone else's eye, what is happening? What is the reason behind or the motive by which we do that? Because we want to feel good about ourselves, so we start thinking things better of ourselves than we do of others. What's wrong with that kind of thinking? It's not godly, for sure. It's not of God to think highly of yourself more than somebody else. So we're not fixing our eyes on Him. We're thinking our eyes on us. Amen. A plus. Okay, we're on a roll now. Where else should we go with this, though? If Jesus is superior, and He's number one in our lives, how then shall we live? Why should we live that way, fixing our eyes on Jesus and not on ourselves? What happens? What is that dynamic that happens? When we focus on Jesus, who is superior to angels, to priests, to everything? Our government. Now, we're not supposed to politicize our lesson here. But you know, isn't it joyful knowing that we know? Like Plato says, he says, He who knows not that he knows not is a fool, shun him. He who knows not that he knows is asleep, wake him. So the thing is, he who knows that he does not know is a learner, teach him. But he who knows what he knows that he knows is wise, follow him. See, now we realize that we're to follow Jesus, right? Like Micah 6.8 says, you know, what does God require of us? To live justly, to love His merciful kindness or His grace, and to walk humbly with the Lord. Him, who is superior. Now, we've been talking about, well, why would we want to do that in the first place? What's on the other end of that process? If we walk humbly with the Lord? What does God give to the humble? Grace. A plus to infinity. Very good. What else does He give? Salvation. A plus to infinity again. Now, we want to go beyond this, okay? Love. Yes, okay. Okay. Everybody agree with that one? What kind of love? Agape love. Okay, what is agape love? Sacrificial love. Okay, well, there's a few points to that one. Like, David gave 16 points that we had to do by law. Guess how many points there are to agape love? Unlimited? Well, there are 16 points, actually. You know, in other words, there are 8 positives and there are 8 negatives. That's 1 Corinthians 13, 4 through 8. Now, I know the women know what the positives are. But, so we'll go over them real quickly. How does it start? Love is? God. Okay, that's number 2. Salvation. Okay, a plus. Now, you see, we're going to a plus and to infinity and beyond now. See, because that kind of love is immeasurable. Now, are we willing to share that? See, that's a question that comes back here to a heart. Now, see, now we're thinking in terms of what God wants us to think. Not information, but he wants us to think in terms of conformity to his will. So, transformation. And this is where it changes, doesn't it? A life changed. I mean, that's a miracle. So, the changes that we have in life are miraculous. So, it starts off, 1 Corinthians 13, 4 starts with, Love is patient and kind. First 2 positives. And then he gives 8 negatives. Not envious, not boastful, not proud, not rude, not self-seeking, not easily angered, keeps no records of wrongs, but does not delight in evil, but rejoices in the? Truth. A plus to infinity and now beyond. Now we realize that there is absolute moral truth. Life is not here on earth is a negative thing, because it's called a cancel culture. The cancel culture now says evil is good and good is evil. Now, there's a problem with that, isn't there? See, because if truth is relative and it's not, then what happens is exactly Judges 21, 25. In those days, they wanted a man king, okay? They wanted a king. So, since there was no king, no God, they did what was right in their own eyes. Spiritual apostasy leads to more lawfulness, more lawfulness leads to political anarchy. That's what we have today in our society. Now, we have a problem, because every time you turn on the TV set, within just one minute, there'll be some negative news, okay? So, therefore, you know, we realize that we're headed for a thinking in terms of negativity. It's your fault. My problems are your fault. Is that really true? See, it's not really, is it? What really is true is God's Word. So, now we realize that Hebrews 4, 12 really does make sense. It's living and active. So, therefore, we go to 2 Timothy 3, 16, which says, See, now we realize that the good work that's done is not in and of ourself. It's done through God, through His Spirit, in our lives, that will change us to be who He wants us to be. So, now we realize that love is at the very core of this whole system, because if we do realize that what God is saying and His Word and what love is, agape is, it always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres, and this kind of love never fails. See? We realize that there is something that does not have any failure associated with it, and that's God's love, compassion. So, we realize that the only thing that God is saying is that the only way that we can have the compassion that's necessary for us to live a life that is honoring to God, glorifying to God, is to have that love. And who is it that loves that way? Jesus Christ, who's superior. See, now we see that this is fitting in as we're going through this story. That's why Jesus is superior, because He's giving us something that we dreadfully need. We need Him. And when we live with Him, then what happens is it transforms our lives and changes us into His image. So, like we were saying earlier, you know, in Philippians 3.10, we want to know Him, Jesus, the power of His resurrection, the fellowship of His suffering, and the conformity to Him, His death, burial, and resurrection. So, now the thing is, the challenge is to think, do I really want to? Am I willing to do this? Jesus does the will of God. Why would He want to do the will of His Father? It would be the same as His will. But why would He submit Himself to do God the Father's will? Now we realize that what is happening is when He's totally submitted to God His Father, now we realize that the triune God is really three in one. God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit. And together, they move together. So, what does? As Christians, we have mean Christians among us. People that would throw us under the bus. Christians that would do that. They would say bad things about us, behind our back, you know, because of the cancel culture is taking its toll. And the victim be us, as Christians. Now, as Christians, this is not a guilt trip now, because we have a positive aspect to that. Because God says in His Word, okay, this is John 14, 21, He that has my commandments and keeps them, He is that loves me, agape me. And He that loves me will be loved by the Father and I will love Him and will manifest myself to Him. The manifestation of love is not in us. The thing is that we don't do this because we're trying to be good and godly. God says, now, what you have to realize is like Paul says in Colossians 1, 27, he says, the secret and mystery of life is Christ in us, the hope of glory. The moment where we trust in Jesus Christ, He enters into our heart. Inclusive of the Holy Spirit, God the Son, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, enters our heart immediately. If we believe in our heart that Jesus is Lord and confess with our mouth that He's raised from the dead, we will be saved. Romans 10, 9. Because it's with our heart that we believe and are made perfect with God, it's with our mouth we confess and we're saved. The moment we trust in Jesus, all three enter our hearts. Now with it, He brings us His love, agape. 1 Corinthians 13, 4-8. He brings into us the fruit of the Spirit. He brings into us wisdom from above. James 3, 17. All of those wonderful qualities are ours. All 31 of them. Now He says, I want you to be diligent. The only way you can receive it is by grace through faith. Like we were talking about earlier. Ephesians 2, 8, 9. But now, Peter is the guy that denied Jesus three times. And Jesus told him that. Now as we finish our talk, we have to realize that there's one way in which we can make a reality, a transformation, taking God's Word from here to here and transforming our heart to want to do that and willing to do what God asks us to do. Because He says in Matthew 16, 24, if any man will, let him deny himself, take up his cross, follow me. Now following Jesus requires courage. Like David was saying. The courage to excel. I'm going to give you the verses and you can think about it during this week. The verses, 1 Peter 5, 5-10. God mocks proud mockers, but gives grace to the humble. Humble yourselves therefore into the mighty hand of God, that He may lift us up in due time, casting all our care upon Him, because He cares for us. But be alert, because the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion seeking whom he devours. But resist him. Stand firm in your faith in Jesus Christ, because this is a struggle that all believers have, that it is dispersed in the world. So now He's saying, OK, now, after that you have suffered a while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory, that after you've suffered a while, He'll restore you, perfect and complete you, and make you firm, strong, and steadfast in Him. Jesus is superior. And to make this a reality, when you humble yourself into His mighty hand, God says, through Peter, 2 Peter 1, 5-10, He says, now, therefore, since you have all these resources, be diligent to add to your faith virtue, which is the courage to excel, to virtue knowledge, headwise, to knowledge, self-control, the last of the fruit of the Spirit, to self-control, perseverance, to perseverance, godliness, to godliness, brotherly kindness, phileo, and to phileo, agape. For if you do these things in increasing measure, your life will be neither unfruitful nor unproductive in the Lord. But if you don't do those things, we're nearsighted and blind, and we've forgotten that we've been forgiven of our many past sins of unbelief. So, therefore, be all the more diligent to add to your faith, so you'll not stumble, you'll not fall, and you'll have a rich reward in the kingdom of heaven, because it's more Jesus. Because Jesus is superior. Focus your eyes on Jesus. Tell us in our hearts to do. So, let's pray that we'll do this. And so, to consider that Jesus is the answer to our dilemmas. And because of Jesus, we have a newly shown life. So, that's why he says, Colossians 127 says, that the secret mystery of life is Christ, and that's the hope of glory. So, now, therefore, we can proclaim him, teaching and admonishing everyone with all wisdom, so that we would be able to present everyone that we meet, greet, and serve to be perfect and complete in Christ Jesus. You get to share this with other people. It's great news. This story is great, that Jesus made my day. Now, that's an A plus to infinity and beyond, because this is the beginning of a wonderful journey with Christ Jesus. Let's pray. Dear Lord, thank you so much for this time together. Help us to consider you as superior to everything and anything, because you are the creator of everything in this universe. Because for you, to you, through you are all things. So, to you be the glory forever and ever. And just like Jeremiah 9.23 says, let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, nor the rich man glory in his riches, nor the strong man glory in his strength. But let him who glories glory in this, that he knows you and understands that you are the Lord who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness. So, dear Lord, we thank you that this is what you delight in. Help us to delight in you and through you and in you, because all things are from you and for you and through you. So, to you be the glory forever and ever. Amen. Pray these things to Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. To be continued next week. Thank you so much.