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Pastor Jeff Schwarzentraub serves as president of Pastor Jeff Ministries, a national and global ministry designed to equip believers and challenge them to take
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The Need for an Advocate 0:02 Not what you know. We say that a lot. And what we mean by that is if you know somebody in a certain environment, they can help you in a certain situation where you wouldn't have otherwise been.0:41 He's like, you don't know him. I'm like, no, no, you need to go get him. And he wouldn't do anything I was asking. And all of a sudden, the coach noticed me after the game, and he came over. And he said to the usher,0:50 he's with me. So I looked at the usher and was like, see? Told you. He walked me down on the on the court. We went into the locker room. As a sixth grade kid, I got all the autographs I wanted. And every time1:02 I went to a game from then on, if he saw me, he always welcomed me to do that. It wasn't what I knew. It was who I knew. Certain venues that have1:14 come and been our advocate or come to a rescue at some point in time or they've taken up for us when nobody else was listening and they say Oh, I1:21 know her. Oh, I know her. Oh, I know him.1:21 You need to you need to listen to what they're saying. And they vouch for us and they help us. When it comes to our life with God, we need an advocate. We1:33 need 1 who can speak on our behalf, who1:34 can vouch for us, who can1:34 be our mediator. He vouch for us, who can be our mediator because he knows us. And this is so important for us when it comes to the the gospel of Jesus Christ. When Jesus said, I am1:46 the way, the truth, and the life. And no 1 comes to the father except through me.Understanding the High Priest 2:19 At how he is. Greatest. Hi, Priests. Here's been the challenges I've been reading and studying this passage and this is the greatest high priest. For most of us here, we'd be like,2:31 yes, so And then, the and then, the2:51 in his role of high praise. -JESUS: Yeah.2:52 -JESUS: -JESUS: -JESUS: -JESUS: -JESUS: -JESUS: -JESUS: -JESUS: -JESUS: -JESUS:2:52 -JESUS: -JESUS: -JESUS: -JESUS: -JESUS: -JESUS: -JESUS: -JESUS: -JESUS: -JESUS: -JESUS, the3:26 about their good works, or so many people think it's about religious ritual, or so many people have hardened their heart, and Jesus Christ is really not the lord of their life. So,4:03 so that we may receive mercy and find grace to draw. -Yeah. -Priest taken from among men as appointed on behalf of them in things pertaining to God in order to offer both and4:15 sacrifices, for and because of it, he is obligated to offer sacrifices for4:27 as for the people, so also for himself. When he is called by God, even as erroneous. So also, Christ did not4:39 glorify himself so as to become a high priest. But he who said to son. Today, I have begotten you. Just as he says also in another passage, you are a priest forever4:50 according to the order of Melchizedek. In the days of his flesh, he offered up both prayers and supplications with loud crying and tears to the 1 who was able to save him from death. And he was heard because of his5:02 pride. Although he was a son, he learned obedience from the things which he suffered. And having been made perfect, he became to all those who obey him5:14 designated by God as high priest according to the order of Melchizedek. And here in this text, we're going to ask and answer those 3 questions.5:55 Whole understanding of our need for Jesus Christ to be our Lord? That's where we're going to end. But let's start first with what is a high priest. And it's a it's a it's a it's a it's a it's a it's6:13 both and sacrifices for and and sacrifices for and and every Jew knew who the high priest was. So6:28 a pointed a priest and a high priest. All the priests in the old testament. Women and men. They are both created in the image of God. Male and female. He created them. But6:40 you need to understand if you study the priesthood line, the Levitical priesthood, the Aeonic priesthood, you will find that every single priest and high priest is6:53 question of what makes Jesus Christ our great high priest. Because in order to be the high priest, you had to be a you had to be a and notice what else and to be a and7:03 notice what else and to be a and notice what else and to be a and notice what else and to be a and to be a and to be a and notice what else and to be a7:26 point. And so the Old Testament, there's several scriptures in the Pentateuch, the first 5 books of the Bible, which and you can look up It's It's It's It's It's It's It's7:39 It's It's It's It's It's It's It's It's It's It's It's It's It's It's It's It's It's It's It's It's they needed to be without physical and they needed7:50 to have and they needed to have and they needed to have and they needed7:51 to have and they needed to have and they needed to have and they needed to have and they needed to have and they8:32 you can be whatever8:32 you want to be. Don't let anybody stop you. And for the most part, that's a that's a pretty good Now you really can't be anything you want to be no matter what. But you'll learn that8:44 as you age. But the point is we think we can. But if you weren't from the Levitical line and you weren't appointed by God from among men, you couldn't be that high priest. God was the 1 who called people8:56 to it. God is the 1 who appointed them to it. And notice what else we learn9:17 man and God. Notice what it's He was on behalf of men, the things pertaining to God, in order to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins, which we'll talk about in a minute. He can deal gently with the ignorant and9:29 misguided since he himself is also beset with weakness. He ministered as an intermediary. Prophets speak to men for God. Priests9:41 minister unto God for men. It's a different role. And says, Thus saith the Lord, he's saying, Here's what God said, and you need to hear it9:53 as if he's speaking it exactly through me. That was a A priest was 1 who ministered on behalf of the people to God, interceded for, prayed for,10:05 taught them, you know, lived in such a way where they could model what it looked like to be set apart. That's what the priest role was and we'll see his major role here in just a minute.10:18 Else. If he's gonna minister as an intermediary between man and God, it means that his acts on Earth had significance in heaven. I mean, is what he did as a form10:35 of force. And then, it's he genuinely sympathized with the weakness of humanity. God wanted the high priest to genuinely sympathize with the weakness of humanity. God wanted the high priest to genuinely sympathize with10:41 the weakness of humanity. God wanted the high priest to genuinely sympathize with the weakness of humanity. God wanted the high priest to genuinely sympathize with to genuinely sympathize with the weakness of humanity.10:45 And I know it's it can deal with the ignorant. Those are people that don't have the knowledge of God and the misguided since he himself also is beset with God wanted10:55 the high priest to have compassion10:55 for God wanted the high priest to have compassion for and then fact that some11:07 people just don't have a knowledge of God and that some people, even though they do, are misguided in how they do.11:49 It's a God's priests were designed so they could lead people into the knowledge of God and tell people the right things to do, but do it with a sense of compassion and grace, understanding that people won't always do12:01 that. It's important for pastors to understand that. I I understand that. I understand that not every single person that comes to Brave Church is 100 percent of the time always gonna hear God correctly and do exactly12:13 what he says. And the reason I know that is because I don't always do that either. He goes, we'll be set with some of the same weaknesses. And so here's what he wants us to do. He12:25 wants us he wants as priests to minister unto God, to intercede for people, to get the knowledge of God, to model for God, what it looks like to walk it out. That was the priest's job. Now let's talk about the12:37 high priest, specifically. You have your final sacrifices on behalf of sin.12:54 Or should I say, when you sinned. Tone to be So all the way back in13:05 the garden, when Adam and Eve sinned, and they played hide and go seek with God, and they put coverings on themselves, what was the first thing? The the the the the the the13:17 the the the the the the the the the the the blood, there is no forgiveness of sin. So if you read through the Old13:29 Testament, you see this extensive treatment on why animal blood needed to be shed in order to cover the sins of the people.13:45 Imagine living in a world where sin separates you from God? See, the Israelites knew that their sin condition kept them from being around a perfect from being around a perfect rightist and Righteous.13:58 God is righteous. God is holy. God is nothing like you. That's what God told us. And there's nothing that you can do to get right with me.14:12 Offer sacrifices on behalf of your sin so that I can cover over your sin and not have to14:18 and not have to14:25 What did they have to do? They had to paint blood on the doorpost so that the angel of death could see blood and pass over.14:41 Roar, a draw, a draw, a draw,14:43 a draw, a draw, a draw, a draw, a draw, and a draw,14:43 and there's nothing you can do to get right with God. Did you know that15:01 people. That's always been the way. And so for Israel, what he did, and covered over their sins. And And And and and and was and and was and and was and15:13 used those gallons upon gallons upon oceans of blood to cover over all the sins of the people until Messiah. A Prius was the only 1 of15:24 the15:39 that only the high priest could go and only the high priest could go once a year. Jewish tradition tells us there was a curtain that separated the holy of holies from where other people could be and other priests could15:49 be. Jewish tradition tells us it was about a16:07 with him to sprinkle it on the mercy seat, which was where the presence of God was, to atone for or cover for the Because throughout the year, people would send over16:19 and over and over and over and over just like in every generation sense. Like, 1 thing you'll never see on the news. I'm always surprised at what I'm going to see on the news. But 1 thing you'll never see on the news,16:29 this generation doesn't send anymore. Never going to happen. Right? And so the Had great job Yeah.16:41 That people could relate to God is if their sin was And the only 1 that could cover sin was a16:54 1 that who genuinely sympathize with the people's and he offered sacrifices. It says he17:06 offered gifts and sacrifices. And we know the grain offering was a gift. We know everything else was a blood sacrifice. He offered everything that God required so that the sin17:19 could be. And now, it is to know that your sins Oh, how great it is that you know that you can have a relationship with God because he's not holding your sins against you.17:33 Designated instrument of divine appointment to make sure that the nation's sins could be covered when they It's an important because for most of us, we're like, I don't need a high priest.17:45 Never had a high priest. Never even thought about having a high priest. Well, you should. Because if that's what a high priest is, then why is Jesus the greatest high priest of all time?Jesus' Intercession and Mission 18:07 2 in verse 2 in verse 2, you are my son, today I have been, and another passage, which is Psalm 110 verse 4. You are a priest18:19 forever, according to the order of and there And there's and you need to understand about the great high First of all, he's a man.18:42 Exist. In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God. He spoke the world into existence. And what we18:54 learned in the new and he made his and if you ever wondered, what's God what's God what How would God respond to this? What would19:06 God do in this situation? Study the person and life of Jesus, and you're seeing God live in a body. That's who our God is. And, and19:26 high priest. It was submitted to God's designated appointment from eternity. He said, you are my son.20:02 About? And20:15 a pain of righteousness. A team of righteousness. A team of righteousness. A team of righteousness. A team of righteousness. That order of priesthood, the Melchizedekian priesthood was a priesthood that was different20:26 than the place. This is Melkisadeck priesthood was somebody who had always been and will always be. And we're20:38 going to discover who that is. And now that Jesus Christ has always been He's always been the 1 who is going to fulfill everything that a priest was supposed to do, and he's gonna do it. Perfect. I20:49 mean, we read in Philippians 2. Jesus, and even death on a cross. Therefore, God gave him the name that's above every name.21:02 The name of Jesus, every knee will bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. So I went he was here. He says, I only do what I see my father doing. The father and I are 1. It's really interesting because at21:14 the end of Jesus Christ's life, what really set the crucifixion in the moment was Jesus having to talk with the current high priest. Did you know that?21:33 It's saying, are you the Christ,21:51 could only do so much for them. They could atone for the sins in order to cover them, but they couldn't There was a promise that there was a high priest that would cleanse them and wash away all their22:11 Do you think you can tone for the sins of the world? Do you think you're the promised Messiah? The 1 the whole Old Testament scriptures testifies.22:32 The position of power, and I'll be coming to judge you and all of those like you who never came to me to be22:44 your high priest. Now, how do you think he responded22:47 to22:47 that? He rips his robe, calls him a blasphemer, and the whole crucifixion series begins. Why? Because Jesus Christ claimed he was the great high priest. Jesus22:59 Christ claimed he was the 1 that could atone for the sins of the world. That's why. We see this, yes, I am the Christ. That's why when Jesus' ministry, when they were talking to him and they said, well, Abraham's our23:11 father. What do you what do you know about Abraham? You know, you're only you don't know Abraham. You're you're not even 50 years old yet. What does Jesus say in John? Before, Abraham was I am. I've23:22 always been here. I will always be here. You know why? Because I'm God in flesh. Amen? It was God's designated appointment from eternity23:34 past. This is love. First John 4 says, not that we love God, but that he loved us and gave his son as an atoning sacrifice for our sin. God the father sent the son to be the savior of the23:46 world. Amen? Notice what else. Jesus Christ ministered as an intermediary between men and God reverently. Jesus Christ ministered on behalf of people23:58 reverently. Didn't he? No, it's what it says. It says, in the days of his flesh, he offered up both prayers and supplications24:10 with loud crying and tears to the 1 able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his piety. What was 1 of the ministries of Giuse? What did he do? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.24:21 Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah24:44 pray I think it didn't take him long to hear from his dad as to who they were. I think once you got the message, it was them. He stayed up all night, pray25:03 and if all other men fall away on account of you, I never will. I'll even die for you. What is Jisay. Satan's desire to sift you like wheat. But I prayed for you.25:16 And I'm praying that when you're restored, you'll help your brothers. Where Gia's perspective? Yeah. Yeah. They've always been effective. I mean, we see Jesus praying all the time from the time he's 12 when he heads back25:27 to Jerusalem on the way to Galilee and his parents find him in the temple. He said, did you not know I had to be in my father's house? The only time we ever see him get ticked off royally in the whole New Testament is25:37 twice prayer, but you've turned it into a den of25:49 robbers and a den of thieves. You've made it into a marketplace You've made it into a marketplace for yourself. This place is to be for God's people, his chosen, to seek his face and to hear from26:01 and just It was reverent in his prayer. I mean, you read this. You said, well, it seems like 1 of them didn't get answered because he prayed to the 1 who was able to save him from death, and he was hurt because of his26:11 pride. Well, it doesn't sound like he was hurt because Jesus prayed to the 1 who was able to deliver him from death or save him from death, but he died. Instant prayer? Let me ask you a26:23 question. Is Jesus Christ still dead? No. What was he praying for? He wasn't praying that he wouldn't die. He came to Earth on very purpose that he would die in our place for all our sins. What was he praying to?26:35 He was praying to his father saying, don't let me stay dead. Me back up out of the grave once it's been prayed. And because of his reverence, his piety. Was he hurt?27:32 To you and these things I speak in the world so that they may have my joy made full in themselves. He just wanted us to have joy The joy of He says in verse27:43 14, I have given them your word and the world has hated them because they are not of the world even as I am not of the world. He says, for those who are truly his disciples who claim him as Lord, this is not your home.27:58 World. You're a temporary visitor here. You're a sojourner here. Your life here is but a vapor. You're on mission here. That's why you're here. And that's what he was28:10 praying. He was saying, Dad, they're no more part of this world than I was. And the world hates them because they're not really part of the world. And the world hates them because they're not going to get tied up in all28:21 the world systems. And they're not going to care about everything that the world cares about. Right? What's he going to say? I love this verse. Sometimes. I do not ask28:33 that you take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil 1. Laura, I look at the news, I look at what I see. Just get us out of28:45 here. Yeah. Just Dad, don't get them out. Just protect them while they're there. They're gonna go through hard things, but protect him from the evil 1. Don't let the evil 128:56 be the 1 that takes him out. Protect him from his evil. But don't take him out of the world. We need them in the world. We're gonna find out why here in just a second. As I am not29:08 of the world. He says, sanctify them in the truth. Your word is truth. What was 1 of Jesus' prayers for his disciples? Make them holy. Set them apart.29:30 He says, Denys, It was Jesus Christ here on Divine Mission. Guess what? So are you. In the same way29:42 God sent Jesus, so he's sending you. That's why Jesus says at the end of Matthew's gospel, all authority in heaven and earth has been given to them. They're the same appointment that the son of God had29:54 when he was here. You have the same type of purpose. Jesus' purpose was greater. He died for all of our sins. You're not going to do that for anybody else. But in terms of mission, your all and your and your But in terms30:01 of mission, your all and your and your and your and your and your30:06 and your and your and your and your and your and your and your and your and30:07 your and your and your and your and your and your and your and your and your and your and your and your and That's not mission.30:19 If you're a Christian, you're on mission. You may work in different places. You may have different vocation, but you're all on mission to love the Lord Jesus Christ, to serve him only, and to be a witness for him here on30:31 the planet, no matter who you are or where you are. A mission.30:35 Well, how30:35 do you know that? Because she has prayed to his dad that you would And then he commissioned all of us, not some of us to draw. He didn't say all authority in heaven and earth has been given to30:47 service and you can't find anything else to do with your life and you're miserable and you're poor, ask people in church to support you to go overseas and do something fun for 2 weeks.30:56 I'm not putting down short term mission trips. I'm for them. I've been on31:00 I'm not putting down short term mission trips. I'm for them. I've been on them. What I am against is people that don't think they're on mission when they're in the kingdom of draw. All of you are on mission. Amen? He wasShow more In this video 0:00 The Need for an Advocate1:50 Understanding the High Priest17:54 Jesus' Intercession and Mission31:10 The Power of Mercy and Grace
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