Welcome to Hope for Today Bible teaching ministry of David hockey is here you get the Bible the whole Bible and nothing but the Bible or maybe you've noticed the same thing I and as we continue through our study of Exodus which is the Bible's clarity on the person of our large issue of Jesus Christ as David pointed out at the beginning of the program Jesus and His work on the cross can even be seen in the materials and specifications of the tabernacle It's almost like God doesn't want to leave any doubt that everything in his word points to his son it's so vital that we don't skip even a single word of the Bible because if we do we would miss out on exactly what God wants us to know now David has more about this he's heading into the final day of his message coverings and the court stick around and before we head into the word David's here in studio. I hope to get our newsletter h.f. T. Newsletter comes every month free all you need to do is give us a call give us your name and address where you want this mail to your home or office whatever and we'll come every month and that number is 1875 bible or if you're in Canada it's 188875 but I. Love France thanks for listening to our studies in Exodus we've been going into details with Chapter 26 and Chapter 27 My what a blessing. And I hope that. The holidays are going to be a blessing for you my wife and I and our family have already celebrated Hanukkah but we have friends also and neighbors and people we're trying to reach for the Lord and that we give a little touch on Christmas as well well let's get started for starting today. And we're just starting with the 1st 6 verses or point 3 in our discussion about the tabernacle which is simply the curtains the curtains that were in the tabernacle now taking a look at this these curtains I'd like you to see at least 6 things here real quickly not taking along with it but to give you some insight that might bless your heart as it reveals the glory and majesty of our Lord Jesus Christ 1st of all the size of the key of the curtain notice please there are $28.00 Cubans which means about 42 feet long now notice the saneness of each curtain it says in verse 2 they shall have one measure or the same measurements God is very exact in this so that it is beautifully fitted together remember it's going to be transported it's portable Now notice the substance that was used in making these curtains in verse one. Watch it carefully the basic substance is called fine twined or woven linen we're told that in the 4th place there was skill needed to make them in verse one it says they were cherubims were of cunning work a new international says by a skilled craftsman New American Standard says a skillful workman the New King James says artistic designs Another thing I'd have you notice in verse 3 is the split in the Kurds 5 curtains or couple together join together in the other 5 we've already explained that these are coverings of both the holy place of the Holy of Holies one set for the Holy Place the other set for the Holy of Holies but the final thing I want you to see we look at the size the same as of the curtains the substance used in making them and the skill needed to make them the split in the curtains between the holy place of the Holy of Holies but the last thing I want to see about the curtains is the sight of those curtains . That you know the beauty of these linen curtains when the tabernacle was covered could only be seen from the inside now come to verse 7 and let's take a look at the coverings which would be the 4th area in outline the coverings exactly what we have here so here we have goats here the goat is the sin offering and then the 2 goats of the Day of Atonement and then the ram skin dyed red couldn't help but remind people of the wonderful substitutionary sacrifice of the Lord himself but then we got Badger skins on the top. Or sea cows or whatever in the world they are and the 5th thing we want to look at in our study of the tabernacle is the connections of these boards and bars I'm going to go out on a limb here and I'm going to follow my Jewish friends you see the meaning of the word board is kind of interesting the Hebrew word carriage literally means a frame but let me just in addition to the meaning of the of the word bored but talk about the majesty of that gold it overlaid all aboard you get gold everywhere the 2 elements that make up the tabernacle more than anything else is one what's called the should team wood which is just a word in Hebrew meaning acacia but the gold by friends always a symbol of the deity of our Lord and so the very 2 things that are used more than anything else the occasion would and the gold here you have the person of the Lord Jesus Christ and his humanity and his Deity being beautifully illustrated all the way to the Tabernacle Let's come to a 6th thing in verse 31 of chapter $26.00 and that's the completion of the holy place we know that when the temple was built the veil was even thicker and more luxurious and they said it could never be torn yet on in fact when Jesus died on the cross you remember those that they saw all the veil of the temple was rent into and tore from the top down to the bottom and he talked about miraculous the fact that they could see that by the way means they probably crucified Christ somewhere on the Mount of Olives. Now and looking at the completion of this holy place on the veils I just want you to see 2 things one God clearly made a division with his veil no one but the high priest could go behind that veil. And the design of all the furniture the way it was laid out again if you saw an aerial shot of this looking down all the furniture from the Ark of the covenant to the altar of incense with the table to show bread the menorah candlestick the laver in front of the Holy Place the brazen altar on the courtyard what you would see is a cross I don't want to make more of that but I think it's interesting. But the division of the veil is very important that veil that 2nd veil behind that the high priest could go only once a year. Turn to Hebrews Chapter 10 begin a verse 19 Hebrews Can 1000 by the way I believe the Book of Hebrews it divided into 2 parts and the division is between verse 18 in 1000 in chapter 10. For over 10 chapters he talks about the personal work of our Christ being better than the Old Testament system in every way he's greater than angels greater than Abraham greater than Moses greater than the Levitical priesthood as in the tabernacle greater than all the sacrifices and now he brings the punch line verse 19 having therefore brethren boldness to enter into the holiest. By the blood of Jesus by a new and living way which he hath consecrated for us through the veil that is to say his flesh the 2nd veil represents the body of our Lord Jesus Christ it was torn he bore ours sins in His own body and because of it being torn We now have access into the holy of holies into the very presence of God we have a High Priest over the house of God here's the punch line let us draw nearer with the true heart in full assurance of faith having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience that our bodies washed with pure water let us hold fast the profession or the con fashion of our faith without wavering or he's faithful that promise and let's consider one another to provoke him to love in a good works not for seeking the assembling of ourselves together as a matter of some is but exhorting or encouraging one another and so much the more as you see the day approaching in a beautiful thing the veil has been torn and we have access into the holy of holies what a wonderful passage was turned back to Exodus Chapter 27 and take a look at the send tragedy of the brazen altar for a moment that's point number 7 in your outline this and Tragedy of the brazen altar in Exodus 27 in those opening verses. It says Thou shall make an altar of shit team or acacia wood 5 Cuban salons about 7 a half foot square. But the height of it is 3 cubits or about 4 and a half feet high it's a it's a square and thus will make the horns of it upon the 4 corners as horns will be of the same or one piece of overly it with brass interestingly bronze not gold and Thou shall make it spans to receive his ashes of the animal his shovels his basins flesh books these are forks you put into them animal and fire pans all of vessels everything you need and utensils you make it all of bronze or brass make fort a great of network by the way we do not believe this is a solid box we believe it was hollowed out as verse 8 indicates hollow with board shield I'll make it and they'd fill it with dirt why because you're a member of Mount Sinai God told him the altars they built should be made of dirt and not constructed so we don't have any carved images before God So in symbolism they probably fill that up with dirt on the top as a great to hold the animal that was being sacrificed. You make staves verse 6 are poles for the altar and you overlay them again with brass and these days are put in the rings and they're on both sides of the altar so they could carry it and all of this is shown to him as he was on the mount with the Lord says as it was shown to be in the mount so shelled out make it in terms of the central of the of the brazen altar I simply remind you that the substance that overlay this wood and all the vessels that were used in the sacrifices on this altar that's out in the courtyard right out in the open it's all bronze. And bronze is the symbol of God's judgment in numbers 21 when they were bitten by snakes and God put up a bronze serpent he said look under me and be saved. John wrote in John $314.00 as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness even so must the Son of man being be lifted up the picture of that serpent subs that represents Christ by own personal opinion is that it represents Satan himself has been judged by God and we are to look at the judgment that God has put on sin and Satan and know that we have deliverance through our Lord as Moses lifted up the sort that even so must the Son of Man be lifted up and not save the Son of Man has the serpent he's saying a Son of Man will be lifted up on the cross but even that's probably a play on words for example in Philippians 28 and says he humbled himself and became obedient even to the death of a cross wherefore God hath highly exalted him given him a name that is above every name the word highly exalted are the exact same words in John 314 to lift up. The word you use when you lift up a person to put on a cross to crucify Him Isn't it ironic that God chooses they phrase to lift up on a cross as the very word to be next old Haitian God has highly exalted him don't you ever see him defeated all that cost no he try Him The Bible said overall principality in Tower he does fraud the power of the enemy had defeated all the works of the devil and the Bible says so that's how you tie and he died for us he finished it it's done and yes all the bronze over all the altar and all the instruments it had used a reminder that sin is being judged by God It's beautiful symbolism. And I remind you too that the sacrifice on that altar is used in the New Testament to speak of a believer who has decided to dedicate his all of the lore in Romans 121 he said I deceived you therefore brother and by the mercies of God that you present your body a living sacrifice holy and acceptable and to God which is your reasonable service and old song says you're all on the altar of sacrifice laid your all does the spirit control. What a question for all of us on that altar we sacrificed a burnt offering and everything was consumed. And the picture is of a believer who lays his all life on the altar of God service and says Lord all of me. Everything I am is yours. Is beautiful. But the significance of the Hebrew name of altar I can't run away from. Ms die out . The word for altar has 4 letters in it. Did you know that Jewish teachers when they see the word alter They often when they see. A name they see the letters as representing other words and it's interesting that those 4 letters immediately represent to a Jewish part key words. Much higher. Means to blot out to wipe away to erase How interesting that the 1st letter of the word in the word meaning altar means to erase blot out the Lord says I even I will blot out all of your transgressions from you. The 2nd word is a couth from Zuck means purity the only way anyone can be pure before God is through the sacrifice of that altar. Or God will blot out all of our civs the 3rd letter the basis. They think of the word Barracora or Barac as we sometimes say better Rick that means blessing the only way you can truly be blessed is through the sacrifice on that altar that brings purity and cleansing and washes away all of your sin and the final letter the car I. Am That is a word for life. The only way to have life to be truly blessed of the Lord to be pure and clean is to have your sins blotted out and washed away and every time we see the word for altar we see those 4 letters representing God's wonderful plan for us on that altar where horns for horns and the symbols of those horns in the Bible they're symbols of pallor of authority of glory and even of salvation in the Psalms it reminds me that God's power to protect those who come to his altar according to the Bible fugitives who are running away and trying to excrete those who are after them a tame safety when they came and grabbed hold of the horns of the altar. Israel wouldn't let anybody hurt them if they did that and the sign the symbolism that is powerful and your trust is totally in the Lord and His forgiveness and his cleansing. To all of us who are fugitives running away from something. Trying to hide our sin. I remind you that we must come to the altar it is only through the sacrifice of Christ we can never be forgiven or cleansed. What a beautiful place to stop. The altar of sacrifice. I don't know where you stand but all that was in the tabernacle is reminding us that Jesus is the only way he said I am the Way the Truth of the life and no man can come into the Father but through me you're not going to get there any other way but through the Lord Jesus He's the priest he's the sacrifice he's the furniture he's the coverings He's everything. Christ is all. And in all. Let's pray. Father How we thank you and praise you for your wonderful words. And Lord it seems like we're just scratching the surface of all that's here Help us Lord not to say we see things that we have no precedent for in your words but help us also not to be blind to the glory and beauty of this tabernacle you said the tabernacle of God is among men. Thank you that Jesus tabernacle among us. The glory of God came back. And you tell us when we become believers that the god to. Shine the light out of darkness and made the world the 1st place shines in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ and we have this wonderful treasure of the glory of Christ in earthen vessels and clay pots that the excellent sea of the power may be of God and not of us. Lord we need to see again the beauty and the majesty of yourself. You told us that we're priests just like those priests. And as we walk into that holy place we see beauty on the inside that we would not have seen if we stayed outside. And when we look at that tabernacle and see that. See cowskin or whatever it was it just looks so ordinary There is no beauty there. But what was underneath was so beautiful so attractive such a reminder of the glory of our Savior teaches floor that we must worship you in spirit and in truth and some of us may be far from that tonight. Because of our own sin and rebellion because we've not come to believe that Jesus died on the cross for our sins that he is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world and God I pray by your spirit you just draw us to put our faith and trust in him. And Lord for those of us have got something between us and the Savior. Perhaps some strained relationship some sin were hiding some bitterness some resentment some pride. Or a lie whatever it is. Lord help us to realize the veil was Rent it was torn we have access in your presence if we confess our sins you're faithful and just to forgive us and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. We enjoy the beauty and majesty of worshipping you I knowing you're cleansing in your forgiveness at the altar of sacrifice thank you that his death was once for all it's done it's finished and unlike the priests of old he said down. When he cleanse us from ours. We praise you Lord we love you Jesus Amen. You know one of our strong objectives shared hope for today has to proclaim the gospel to make it so clear that people listening to our broadcast want to know how do you get born again how do you get saved as we often hear it said. Well folks the 1st thing I would recommend is to repent of your sad confession of sin as a part of getting right with God and I don't know what's going on in your life but don't try to hide come clean with the Lord Secondly understand. That a church an organization doesn't save you hope for the day can't save you. Now we can tell you how to get saved but the only one who can save you is our Lord the Bible says I have the Way the Truth and the life and no man cometh unto the Father but by me. The one who paid for your sin and will deliver you from sin death and hell is our Lord issue our Lord Jesus Christ and right now might be a good time for you to just open your heart to Him Lord I know I'm a sinner and I need to could fess my sin to you and to trust what your son has done for me he's my Savior I receive him as my Lord and my king and thank you for loving me as you do and I give my heart to you and I want to see you in Heaven God bless your. Friend did you pray with David today are you ready to acknowledge and repent of your sins before God so that you can start a saving relationship with Him Let us know we've got free resources for you that will help you understand what it is to repent and will help you enter into that saving relationship with our Lord's issue of Jesus Christ ask for those resources when you call us at 1875 Bible 24 to 53 in Canada dial 18875 bible or send your email to info at David Hawking dot org and do it today. 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During his holiday season I really appreciate your cards your letters your little notices what a blessing I know sometimes or just ordering something but when you put a little note there to me Hey I read it and I rejoice in it thank you for encouraging me in the study of the Word of God I've been at this a long long time but I am excited about the study of Exodus I hope you are too in the last 2 chapters of 26 and 27 we've been talking about coverings and the cord and according to the Bible. Oh what God told them to do in setting all this up. Called the tabernacle of the congregation. It was to be a statue for ever under their generations on behalf of the children of Israel I hope this holiday season will be a time for you to worship the Lord. In every way possible to give in all the glory all the praise God bless you as you will and. Remember that you can connect Melissa you call 1875 bible in Canada 180875 bible or send your email to info to David Hawking. Special holiday programs and more from our exodus series is coming up next week right here on hold for today. Pledging to join us on this Friday morning for hope for today with Pastor David Hawking on the Mahdi 670 calle t.t. Colorado's Christian station and please stay with us for In Touch and Dr Charles Stanley as he continues to teach us about the trustworthiness of God then I want to make mention of some Christmas specials that we've got on coming up this weekend and on into next week to celebrate our Lord Jesus Christ 1st up it's where's Christmas with Pastor Carter Conlan of Times Square Church now you've heard Pastor con before and he's got a great program for your for Christmas Where's Christmas how did we lose touch with this incredible holiday that we want celebrated as a nation and this year's special pastor Condon will be teaching us from Psalm $22.00 about as a chill used to call us back to Christmas the way God intended it to be to once again celebrate the joy of God's gift to us and to never stop celebrating Christmas in our heart Where's Christmas for you will be on this Saturday December 22nd at 330 in the afternoon and as well on Christmas Day at. 12 30 pm then we'll have on from our good friends at the public square Christmas in America in 1981 their radio special will go back to that year in search of the major this year they'll focus on several lives that share something in common these are the lives of ordinary people to whom God gave extraordinary gifts and each of them used their gifts to bear witness to Jesus the light of the world this program will feature some great music of the Christmas season as well as music of that era in 1901 as well as some thought provoking devotions about our Lord on this great variety show from the public square and Christmas in America $981.00 will be on Sunday night from 10 until midnight the entire to our production and then Monday Christmas Eve at 11 pm We'll bring you the 1st hour followed up on Christmas Day at 11 pm the 2nd hour again from 11 until midnight that's Christmas in America among the many specials to honor our Lord Jesus Christ for you here on the body 670 calle t.t. Oh I said something yesterday on the public square that already at the front a light up hi this is Dave's and not a little more Christmas controversy about refugees and Jesus today on the public square. And with. No we're not trying to create more provocation Christmas for peace and goodwill to man and that by the way is what we believe the solution is for the immigration reform challenge peace on earth goodwill toward men. We happen to believe there's plenty of room in America for more people but we also believe America is a nation built upon the rule of law and that is a sacred covenant therefore whatever our solution is requires it being done according to the rule of law with the consent of the governed so when we say there's room yes there is room but we have to do the right thing and we have to do it the right way and what we said yesterday was that we could solve the immigration problem except that the politicians keep wanting to win the political issue what does that mean what that means is one group wants all the folks who are here illegally right now to be able to vote hoping they'll vote for them the other side doesn't want those people voting against them in other words it's the political parties that are driving the immigration and Tegan ism it's not people of goodwill it's people who want to win the debate for political power not for the good well for me that's what's got to change and that's something that we'll be praying for over this holiday season that common sense and good will can prevail it doesn't matter that the political parties gain or lose what matters is that we honor all people as created by God and we do so within the context of the rule of law and the consent of the governed that's what makes America America we have to do the right thing the right way this is Dave's not on a public square. Salt and light like my He's 670 k. L. D. . You think about this do you know how you live every day no you don't think about it probably but this is how we live every day we live under that 3 fold umbrella of God's perfect love his infinite wisdom and his absolute control while in the world that we want to be fretting about it think about that we live in a 3 full on brother. And his perfect love his infinite wisdom and his sovereign control I don't know about you but I will live in a way would you. Welcome to in touch with Dr Charles Stanley believers move under the umbrella of God's perfect love and His infinite wisdom so even when bad things happen we can choose to believe and trust that the Lord is in control resting in his sovereignty Here's the final lesson in Dr Stanley series growing strong in faith. Do you believe God is able to perform every single thing he's promised Do you believe that he not only is able do you believe that he will perform that he will complete that he will fulfill every single promise that he's made now I cannot tell you how important it is for you to get this message in your heart because and all these messages on faith that we have been preaching here is the one that I want you to be able to grasp simply plainly and applied to your heart on a daily basis I want to plead with you please write down these 3 statements I'm going to give you a lot of on a piece of paper right I'm on your hand rather when you're cut off by the one you Colorado one your wife dress whatever is necessary to get it down it is that important because the whole issue of the basis of f.a. This is what I want to be talking about here. There are 3 essential truths about God 3 essential truths about God that are absolutely essential absolutely necessary for you. And myself to be able to trust God in those difficult trying times when I don't understand I don't like a circumstance I want to change it I can't fix it I can't fathom how God would allow such a thing to happen and yet there is the basis upon which I am to trust all mighty God and no matter what you believe and what you think and how strong you think your faith is here is the bottom line here are the 3 basic essential truths necessary for you need to be able to believe God I don't know when things are going well but when things are going at their very worst I want to give them to in 3 short phrases and then I want to give you a sentence that sort of explains that and then I want to discuss each one of these in the 1st what is this and that is God is perfect in His Love write it down God is perfect in His love. Which simply means this that God in love always does what is best for us that God in His Love always does what is best for us not sometimes not most of the time but always God in His Love always does what is best for us if you cannot doubt the love of God we will not trust him if we doubt that he loves as we will not trust him we will reason we will figure out some way to rationalize Al doubt and God will Lord if you done so and so if you done this but if you and I love him genuine love him and you not recognize his love for us if we really believe that His love is perfect we will indeed trust him in the most difficult times now the 2nd thing I want you to notice is this we said 1st of all God is perfect in His Love 2nd language and jotted down God is infinite in his wisdom that is in his wisdom he always knows what is best for us in His infinite wisdom he always knows what is best for us is the if God loves me and he's only going to do the right thing then he must know what the right thing is every time he is infinite in his wisdom that is God makes judgments that are absolutely perfect they're never imperfect but always perfect and if you think about it God doesn't have to ask anybody there's no committee there's no council there's no question he determines every single thing by his absolute total perfect and been in wisdom God always knows listen he always knows what is best for us in every circumstance now. God is willing to give us direction and you see when God gives you direction you must abide by what the Lord says Now here's what happens when we ask the Lord to show us something and the Lord gives us some sense of direction and then because we don't understand it and because we can't quite figure it out we oftentimes want to choose to do something that appears to be the better it's always wrong it is always wrong you can improve on the infinite wisdom of God He says I will guide you with manna I will teach in the way which thou shall go and he says the entrance of the word given the light that is the Word of God is what gives us light that is gives us a sense of God's direction for our life and if I really want the truth and to listen to him get in his word and then when he makes a promise I am to be willing to abide by what he says not by what I feel and while it's not understandable those oftentimes it's understandable to God Now here's the thing that we have to remember that nowhere in the Bible does we get into explanations where God says that here's what I'm going to do and these are the reasons I'm going to do it God is not in the business of explaining why. Now the way I know that's because I don't ban them in the Bible The 2nd reason is because I have gotten him to tell me and it was now sometimes under I can understand what he's up to but I don't always understand why and you see God's in the no obligation to explain anything to you and me and if you think about the Bob The Bible says In the beginning God created heavens and there are what you may actually nation about that know he does States what he did and you go all the way to the scriptures for example he didn't explain the Joseph why let him live 13 years in a prison unjustly The thought he had made him the absolute supreme except for Pharaoh that the prime minister of all of Egypt he could have gone the part of his house policy could have seen what a great job he did part of a could have mentioned him to Pharaoh but no 13 years in prison forgotten by the Butler whose dream he interpreted and when the time was right God in His infinite wisdom raised him out of prison made him the prime minister of Egypt and so we say well you know why well but the can always answer the question why why would he allow those Hebrews to live 400 years then in the Egyptian bondage and then rescue them and then make them a nation why would he bring them across the Red Sea in the miraculous feat. No explanations for these things I mean there's nothing that says I have to understand what God is up to and how we use the word gets frustrated anxious fearful and doubting God is we can explain what he's doing and you think about this if you could explain God then friend you have a reason to doubt it but is in his infinite wisdom and his perfect love we cannot explain in we have no legitimate reason for doubting because he is an infant all was God who always knows the right thing and the best thing to do in your life and man every single solitary time with absolutely no exception whatsoever if he is a God of goodness and only operates in your life in my life according to his goodness and his love and he's in for than in his wisdom than Imus. I believe that it is infinitely wires and good for me that I don't understand and can explain all the things that God is up to listen he is in for that is wisdom and we are finite so we can only see certain things that God allows us to see we are going to be equal with God There is no way for us to be equal in our understanding and he is Paul the man who had the greatest revelation of who Jesus is in the whole Christian life of anybody who has ever existed in the face of his or apart from the Lord Jesus Himself and the man who best interpret it for all of us said when I examine the deep things of God What I have to conclude is oh how unsearchable are his ways and absolutely fabulous of the judgments of God There's some things I will not understand the reason why I may understand the ways in which God is bringing about all the ways that happen all the ways he operates in situations and circumstances and I may be able to understand some of the whys that it appears to me that God may allow certain things but ultimately he has reserved that final judgment for himself now so we said 1st of all are the 1st also true that you not need to understand about the very nature of our Lord and the fact of these 3 basic essential truths the 1st one is one. He God is perfect in His Love Secondly he is infinite in his wisdom now the 3rd one is this listen he is completely sovereign in his control he is in absolute total control of every single solitary thing on the face of this earth now I want you to remember this carefully if a single event can happen in God's universe outside of his power you and I can no longer trust God. If a single solitary event can happen beyond his control we can no longer trust him. Because we know what's going to happen if he is not an absolute control we don't know what's going to happen the reason you and I can can trust him is he is sovereign he is not only perfect his love told us infinite in there was about us but he is absolutely in perfect and complete control over every single solitary thing now a lot of folks who don't believe that and the problem with them not believing that is this they're the ones who are the losers and they're wrong they're wrong if somebody says we're gonna not control everything was God interested in these things he is absolutely interested in every single thing because every single event falls under the category of Almighty God let me give an example. If you read for example let's turn they'll turn to the 10th chapter of Matthew for a moment that this is how absolutely is sovereignly and control God ears and the fact that he knows every single solitary thing you say well my God doesn't have time for that my friend God is not limited or affected by time like this verse 10 chapter of Matthew 29th verse. Are not to spare as soul for assent and yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your father let me say what he didn't say he did not say. 2 robins 2 blue birds 2 Blue Jays he said the most insignificant of all birds and here's what he said he says God knows all about every single sparrow that falls he says it falls under his control . Their friend think about this if your god in mind is so absolutely sovereign in control of everything that he also allows every single Sparrow to fold and that's what Jesus said that is not some as what Jesus said then what is it in your life as important as we are as human beings that he is not absolutely totally concerned about and in control of let's move to something far more. Important than that would go over to John Chapter 19. Look at verse 8 when pilot therefore heard this statement he was the more afraid and inner into the proximity him again and said to Jesus Who are you from. But Jesus gave him no answer power therefore said to him You do not speak to me Do you not know that I have authority to release you and I have authority to crucify you listen Jesus answer Jesus answered You would have no authority over me unless it had been given you from above. Now would you think about that. Watch this. Look at this we've gone from a little oh Sparrow. To the crucifixion of Jesus and the Bible says that our sovereign God. Allows the sparrow to fall and his son to be crucified. There friend don't you ever doubt that God is an absolute control so what about these plane crashes and what about these slides that cover villages and what about these atrocities what about all these things where is God in all that right in absolute total control I don't understand that neither do I. So what do you do when you don't understand it you trust him. Because he didn't say you not understand we live in a wicked central bile evil world and sin with all of its consequences and you say what you know I don't know is this we don't know the long term consequences of these things that the tragic and absolutely totally inexplainable and harsh we don't understand so what do we do that we throw God away do we doubt him because something happens we don't understand No we accept the fact that he's an absolute sovereign control he's still good he's still doing his thing and his infinite wisdom he allows these things and what are we to do with his surrender our life to Him to him and acknowledge the fact that he's an absolute control whether on the stand or not you see when I think about men and great authority making all these decrees and making these decisions and they take the credit forward and they think there's something they've done they've done only what a sovereign omnipotent all. All powerful God has allowed and not one thing more I mean how in the world can anybody have any proud of it being a big shot when every single one of us he said look he took as he said we would like drybones we were under the dominion of Satan we were under his control we were living in sin we were separated from God and out of his grace he saved us and it was a choice that God made he's the one who made it possible for you to hear the Gospel he's the one who gave you the faith to believe he's the one who's strengthened you he's the one who's taught you he's the one who's given you the faith to believe that he is that is all that he says he is it is all of God and none of us he's the big Loratadine magnified and we all to be shouting hallelujah and praise the Lord God for what he is and who he is not just for what he does when I understand who he is I don't have to worry about what he does when I understand who he is I don't have to worry about what I'm going to have because I know that this God who is all perfectly law who is infinite in his wisdom an absolute in his power he loves me enough to give me what he knows is good to me he loves me enough to give me what he knows is wise for me and he has the power to do it all in his own perfect timing and if I'm going to trust him these 3 great truths have got to be an essential part of my life now he has prepared a plan for all of our lives as nobody here by accident some others as well as an accident to my parents no you aren't my goodness listen we're in the world we get that idea you on accident God is a his province allowed you to be born now so you're not an accident you're a part of God's sovereign will his permissive will his plan and you see oftentimes what we think are some of these things that just sort of happen and I think about this mark where a Christian the very idea of a Christian using the word luck of fate or chance there's no such thing as luck they are chance in the mind of a child of God How can they be look faith in chains where is the love of God The infinite wisdom of God the servant of God Look they in chains is not there and. So goes the word should even be in your category as some others as well but let me tell you about my job all my job mob boss and he can fire me he can ruin my life he can do this no he can't he's a yes he can though he can not if your boss as wicked as he may be can perform one single act outside of the sovereignty of God then we are all some. He cannot you may be in the Army in and you still but not commanding general your commanding general is under the authority of Almighty God He says all the key is all people majority on the his divine authority not only on the his started but on the his sovereign rule and power. Asset a long time ago your life and my life belongs to God only what a sovereign good an impotent all knowing God allows in our life then that's what will go with what I like and I may go through some difficulty hardships trials suffering all kinds of stuff it is only one almighty God allowed if you think your life your job your home all these things are subject of what someone else is going to do they may do something that is absolutely horrible and simple it may be some kind of abuse of some sort under the sovereign will of God in His infinite wisdom and knowledge he said How in the world could that be good humanly speaking I cannot see how they could be good how can God make a good many people who've been through difficult and hardship and trial in their life look back and say you know I hated it when it happened I thought God left me I thought God deserted me but now you know somehow on this I can see what God is up to sometimes we do sometimes we don't they'll be some things that you and I will only understand when we get to glory and in the presence of our God who he's going to. Doubt he's going to take well it's the do when in those days they go the truth is they won't make any difference anymore because we are in their all some eternity future and we're going to live with God and see him as he is unhindered by a finite man. And so I want to study in our friend if you're not a Christian. And you're wondering who is this God I want to tell you what he's like he's a good God who loves you unconditionally who knows you perfectly who's provided the best for you and what he wants you to do is to surrender your life to Him and trust Him is your absolute personal Savior and my friend you and I have no reason to doubt God and there are 3 basic essential truths that you and I need to really get into our mind aplomb of their life 1st of all was the 1st one. God is perfect in His Love Secondly he's one. God is infinite is wisdom and thirdly he is what. He is sovereign the end control completely sovereign in his control of all this universe now you think about this do you know how you live every day no you don't think about it probably but this is how we live every day we live under the 3 fold. Of God's perfect love his infinite wisdom and his absolute control why in the world that we want to be frightened about anything think about that we live on of the 3 fold. Of His perfect love his infinite wisdom and his sovereign control I don't know about you but I will live in a way with you on the no condition my friend if you've never trust the Lord Jesus as your Savior and got man on life at its very best I'm here to tell you that this is life at its best is there was you know about the trouble journal that I was either but I'll tell you something even in the deepest darkest valleys of life what we've just talked about is absolutely true and there's a way to have a sense of deep abiding inexplainable joy confidence and assurance in the darkest nights of your life your all loving all wise infinite omnipotent omnipresent omniscient sovereign God has you in the cradle of his loving hand and for all that we bless you praise you worship you in a door you. And we pray that the Holy Spirit will just say this message deep in the heart of every single person who hears it not just to listen not just the Write it down but get it in their heart get it in their thinking get it in their living get it in their conversation get it in their emotions that they're feeling your love feeling your wisdom and failing your sovereign control of their life but we ask it in Jesus' Name a bad. Thanks for listening to in touch with Dr Charles Stanley. God's instruction may not always make sense from our perspective but we can be sure that everything that comes from his hand is for His glory and our good we trust you've enjoyed the series and have been encouraged to grow ever stronger in your faith if you'd like to learn more about developing trust in God that will help you endure adversity check out our free resources at In Touch . And connect to our online bookstore to order a copy of the complete message can you trust. God or order the entire growing strong in faith teachings that again that's in Touched auto our gene or call 1800 and touch if you prefer to write our address is in touch post office box 7900 Atlanta Georgia 30357. We tend to compartmentalize our lives but believers need to be believers all the time today's moment with Charles Stanley is coming up becoming more like Jesus every day and reflecting his glory it's a life long adventure to receive We shall be like him a new free booklet from Dr Charles Stanley visit in touch dot o.-r. G.'s slash free the In Touch messenger lab is a family of solar powered audio devices containing biblical content and sermons from Dr Charles Stanley distributed for food around the world to learn more call 1800 get in touch life can be weary some of us are. Some of us are losing hope and at times it feels like our fate is sinking in. No matter where we are who we are or what we are experiencing Jesus is always our perfect home to order Dr Charles Stanley's new devotional Jesus our perfect hope call 1800 and touch or visit in touch not. The focus of your life on Sunday is it the same the other 6 days with a reminder for believers Here's a moment with Charles Stanley. When you look at Monday morning all the way through the next Sunday and you work at your schedule you know Kelly you know how much time you have to go to your particular vocation how much recreation time how much sleep eating time and all these things let me ask you question out of those 7 days how much of those 7 days does Almighty God get. He so I give him one day that's not sufficient you say well done the Bible say Remember the Sabbath day to keep the whole in listen if your life and my life is a living expression of God All 7 days that belongs to him every waking moment of our life we ought to be expressing his love and extension of his life exhibiting his power al whole life is an expression of the life of God we had to live to glorify God Anything less than that is some of normal living for the Christian. Learning more about the believers life of faith in touch. Would you like to review today's message you can replay it at our website you can also stream previous programs or download Podcasts find us online at In Touch. With Christmas just a few days away our last minute preparations tend to focus on the logistics of the secular side of the celebration to help you keep Christ in focus we hope you'll join us on Christmas Eve for an intimate look at the birth of Jesus That's Monday on in touch with Dr Charles Stanley. This program is a presentation of In Touch ministries Atlanta Georgia and remains on the station through the grace of God and your faithful present. Only on the town or on line this is your place for God's word calle 2 to come are sitting down in crystal clear h.d. Radio on the way at 670 calle t.t. Dot com. The modern verification of an ancient event and tangible evidence of an ancient person and once again Biblical history is verified by the close and center on Johnstone tree this is bringing our team of thinkers and writers at the close and center archaeology nerd seriously we get giddy whenever another archaeological discovery sheds light on Biblical narratives or confirms their historic. Accuracy even more fun seems to happen all the time these days keep in mind that Biblical faith is grounded in historical events events to which the Bible testifies this is one of the factors that sets the Bible apart from other religious text recently 2 announcements made illustrate the truthfulness of scripture one in a spectacular way the other more quietly the spectacular illustration was the subject of a recent presentation at the annual meeting of the American schools of Oriental research which was held here in Colorado at the meeting archaeologist Philip Silva of Trinity Southwest University reported on what his team found in Jordan just north of the Dead Sea samples from the site show that an extremely hot explosive event in all likelihood an exploding meteor or leveled an area of almost 200 square miles including the middle gor a circular plain to the north of the Dead Sea the blast not only destroyed 100 percent of the Middle Bronze Age cities and towns in the area it rendered the area unsuitable for agriculture for about 6 centuries now unless you dig things blowing up you might be wondering what's the big deal here after all in 1980 similar blast in Siberia leveled more than 500 square miles but what makes this extremely hot event extremely cool is the location and the date Sylvan and his team are convinced that the site of the explosive event is the Biblical Sodom and Gomorrah and that it occurred around 3700 years ago which is about the same time that Abraham and his nephew Lot were sojourning in the area while still this discovery can't tell us whether in Forbes words someone perhaps a deity ordered an asteroid hit on Saddam it's yet another reminder that the biblical writers were not making things up they purposely wrote of historical events that took place in the real world not in some mythical setting less spectacular but not less important was another discovery of a ring bearing the inscription of pilots in the ruin of her rhodium in the West Bank the ring was. Excavated in 1989 but only recently did advance photographic techniques enable researchers to read the inscription on it unlike Saddam pilot's existence was never in doubt the discovery of the pilot Stone in 1961 convince researchers that New Testament references to the Roman prefect to order Jesus' crucifixion weren't made up still apart from the New Testament and the writings of the 1st century Jewish historian Josephus we know very little about pilot so part of the significance of this discovery is where pilot's ring was found in the ruins of Harry's fortress hence the name Herodian And so we have physical evidence here of 2 biblical characters carrying on in the way that the New Testament tells us that they did another word for that history that both the Apostles Creed and the Nicene Creed assigned ponchos pilot a central role in the story of our salvation he's one of only 3 people named in the Creeds along with the Virgin Mary and our Lord it's obvious why the latter 2 are in there but why is pilot included because the reference the pilot anchors are confession in human history Jesus did not suffer die in undergo burial in some Gazi Once upon a time but in actual history on the orders of a real person even left evidence of his existence and unlike other religions our salvation is grounded in history and the restoration for which Jesus suffered under Pontius Pilot will also take place within history in other words Christianity the real deal for breakpoint Johnston. 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Welcome to classic Christianity radio with Bob George today we're pleased to present a special radio show featuring calling listeners from Bob's original people the people daily radio program that was on the air for over 30 years offering real answers for real life problems as he addresses common questions as well as the tough issues of today directing callers to the central of Christ your only hope of glory we want to remind our listeners that Bob George ministries need your financial support to continue to have classic Christianity radio on the air please visit Bob George dot net to find out how you can help support us financially Let's now join Bob as he presents practical biblical insights as he helps people experience a life of faith hope and love in Jesus Christ we're going to go to Brownsville Oregon and Holly you're on the air sorry I had a question I actually acting for my husband we've both been very legalistic in the past and like a now learning about Grace and reading a book. Coming out of the book Oh good. Lord brought me to the conclusion that I can't live and it is wonderful like a lot more that way but I have to he wondered if I would ask you what the path. That he wondered about becoming part of the Holy Spirit yes. That passage. Holly is talking to. Ben again the book of Hebrews is basically pointed toward the Hebrew people be had people like today who are professors of Christ but not yet pose essers of Christ These were people who were giving lip service to something but in their hearts there had never been repentance take place never been a change of mind and so you would have had people who would have given the lip service and said Well I believe in Jesus but a lot of it was looking for him as the political messiah. Are I believe Jesus died for my sins but I'm going back to the sacrificial system or I believe that Jesus was the political messiah but I don't think he had anything to do with this forgiveness bit that they still have to go back and go to the temple to get that done well you've got a half Jesus don't you and so you had people in all kinds of places in their understanding of this Jesus of Nazareth but the proof of the footing was in the fact that they were saying Jesus died for my sins but I'm going back to the sacrificial system so it be like saying to somebody. Where you're going well I'm going back to Jerusalem what for well I'm going to go to the day of atonement what for what to give my sins forgiven why I thought you said Jesus died for all your sins Well I do or where you going back to Jerusalem for get was sins forgiven what have I thought you said Jesus died for all your sins Well yeah I do. Back to Jerusalem go to David tome and get my sins forgiven we see that person has tasted. He's he's he's understood something but he's never repented never changed his mind that Jesus is the final sacrifice for sins which is covered in more detail in chapter 10 right after it announces the new covenant that we're in today whereby your sins and lawless acts I will remember no more and where these have been forgiven there's no longer any sacrifice for sins so these are people who have been enlightened Judas wasn't lightened tasted the heavenly gift Judas had tasted it never swallowed it but tasted it shared in the Holy Spirit never been and well by but shared and in the things of the Holy Spirit certainly saw the evidence of the Holy Spirit in the. Tasted the goodness of the Word of God certainly had done that and the powers of this coming age if they fall away to be brought back to repentance because to their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace Now what does that mean they are denying the finale at the obvious cross Oh well that's what your people that's what people teaching that you can lose salvation are doing you're denying the finality of Jesus cross now and the reason that you cannot be brought back to repentance is because you've never repented to begin with you've never changed your mind so you can't be you can't come back from where you haven't been. So so the reason as so people will use that people who teach that you can use our vacation they love this verse and they teach it is boy you're going to fall away and when you do it's too late you can never be brought back to repentance as well.