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Feb 19, 2025
Jesus is greater than Moses. For us, hearing those words don’t mean much because not one us understand the weight that the statement carries. Moses was probably the most respected Old Testament figure, for the law was delivered to Moses. With that said, welcome back to our study of the book of Hebrews. Last week we ended chapter two and looked at the reasons why the writer of the book is inviting us his readers to not neglect the salvation Jesus has wrought for mankind. We specifically looked at the importance of Jesus taking on a human nature in order to the be the perfect and adequate representative for humanity, in that He came to not only atone for the sins of those whom God had chosen out of the world, but also to live the perfect life that God desires. He was not only a faithful high priest in the service of God but also a merciful one to mankind because He understood the human experience, for He became one. Today we’re going to look at chapter 3 verses 1 through 6 and talk about the supremacy of Jesus over Moses and the implications.
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hello good morning and this is tahiba
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tabs.com
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and uh welcome back to our study of the
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book of hebrews we're gonna start
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chapter three today and then we're just
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gonna zero in on verses one through six
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now chapter three subheading is uh jesus
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is greater than moses
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now for people like me and you
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we don't really have like a knowledge of
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the old testament like they're a good
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jewish person those words may not mean
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too much now we know moses and we know
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how moses are led the people of israel
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through the wilderness we kind of know
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about the stories but we don't
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understand the weight that are carriers
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like moses is uh probably the most
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respected if not one of the most
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respected
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figures in the old testament because the
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law was delivered to moses by the angels
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so
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for the book of hebrews chapter 3 for
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the author to say that jesus is greater
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than moses is a heavy heavy thing
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now with that said um i want to kind of
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give you a quick synopsis of
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what we looked at
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last week and then we're going to get
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into looking at verses one through six
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of chapter three
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now we ended uh chapter two and looked
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at the reasons why uh the author is
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telling us not to neglect the salvation
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the salvation jesus has
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wrought
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for mankind and we specifically looked
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at the importance of jesus
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taking on the human nature in order to
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be the perfect and adequate
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representative for humanity in that he
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came to not only atone for our sins but
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also to uh
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live the perfect life that god desires
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he was not only faithful
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as a high priest to god but he also was
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merciful to god merciful to mankind i'm
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sorry merciful to mankind because he
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understands the human experience because
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he became one
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he became one in the in chapter 2
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chapter 2 ends with uh for he himself
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was tempted when um
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when suffered he is able to help those
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who are being tempted now jesus was
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tempted but he was sinless he did not
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sin he did not give in to temptation so
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because he took on the human nature he
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understands the human experience and he
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is the perfect sacrifice for mankind
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because he atoned for our sins and he
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also lived the perfect life that god
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desires so now chapter three is going to
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start with a series of verses and i just
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want to zero in on verses one through
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six uh this morning so let's go and i'm
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gonna read it
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and then once i read it uh we are going
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to uh analyze them one verse at a time
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now listen to the scripture you can look
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on the screen he says therefore holy
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brothers
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you who share in a heavenly calling
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consider jesus the apostle and high
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priest of our confession who was
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faithful to him who appointed him
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just as moses was also faithful in all
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god's house
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for jesus
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has been counted worthy of more glory
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than moses as much more glory as the
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builder of a house has more honor than
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the house itself
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for every house is built but by someone
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but the builder of all things is god
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now moses was faithful in all god's
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house as a servant to testify to the
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things that were to be spoken later
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but christ is faithful over god's house
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as a son and we are his house if indeed
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we hold fast our confidence and our
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boasting in our hope
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now this is the word of god
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and i'll invite you
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to pay attention to it now
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we are going to look at these verses one
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at a time so in verse 1 we are told
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therefore holy brothers you will share
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in a heavenly calling consider jesus
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the apostle and high priest of our
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confession
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what is he telling us here again
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the writer is saying to us in light of
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everything that i've been saying to you
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since the beginning
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and we looked at some of these things
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like uh jesus is greater than the
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prophets and angels jesus atoned for the
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sins and because of his work god has
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glorified his you his humanity by
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bestowing on the humanity the name that
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is above every name that's the name son
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and he's now seated at the right hand of
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god
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and waiting till all his enemies are put
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under his feet and he isn't ashamed to
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call humans his brothers and he became
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one so that he could be a faithful and
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merciful high priest in the service of
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god and he's not oblivious to on the
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suffering of man because he was made
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like humans in every respect and can
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identify with the infirmities of humans
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without being
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without sin he is sinless but he can
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identify with our sufferings okay and
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his sacrifice on the cross was pleasing
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to god and the resurrection
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authenticated that so because of all
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these reasons and more particularly
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because jesus understands the human
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experience
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the writer is telling
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he's about to declare some very
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important truths to us and to his
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readers okay and we need to know what
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they are and we need to know who those
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people are he calls them he says holy
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brothers
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okay he refers to the ones that he is
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writing to us holy brothers and
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why is he using that appellation
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specifically because
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those are the followers of christ who
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have been set apart by god holy brothers
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they've been set apart by god he's
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saying in light of everything that i've
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told you
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my brothers who are holy who have been
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set apart by god
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they are the ones that we share in the
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heavenly calling okay he's saying you
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will share in that heavenly calling we
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share in that heavenly calling those
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people that um the writer was writing to
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they share in the heavenly calling and
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ultimately us we also share in our
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heavenly calling so he's telling them
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listen to consider attentively and to
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fix their eyes on jesus and to fix our
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eyes on jesus and he defines jesus as
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god's chief messenger and his priest of
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what they and we confess okay
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and then that um i want to kind of
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explain that a little bit the apostle
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and higher peace of our confession and
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and the confession is that which we
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believe and that which we've put us
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trusting we've put our trust in jesus
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works on the cross we put us our trust
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in that and that's what we we talk about
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we preach the gospel the good news that
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he came to atone for the sins of the
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world so we've put our hope on christ
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and christ alone so so the writer is
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saying therefore you whom god are set
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apart
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because god himself is the one that
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initiated the call and you share in this
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heavenly calling the call of god now
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he's telling us and he's telling these
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readers at the time to fix their eyes on
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jesus
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okay the apostle
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and high priest of our confession the
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messenger of god and if you look
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at john 3 verse 17 to 34 john 5
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verse 36 to 38 verse 36 and 30th john 6
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29 and 57 it shows that jesus was sent
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by god and i want to look at some of
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these verses before we go any further
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we're going to look at john 3 17. listen
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to john 3 17.
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the scripture says for god did not send
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his son into the world to condemn the
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world but in order that the world might
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be saved through him the world those
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people of the world that god himself has
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chosen
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in verse 34 we read for he whom god has
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sent
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the words of god for he gives the spirit
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without
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measure and then we're going to look at
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john 5
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verse
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30
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john 5 verse
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36 and 38. listen to the scripture
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john 5 36 and 38
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the scripture says
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but the testimony that i have is greater
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than than that of john for the works
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that the father has given me to
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accomplish the very works that i'm doing
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bear witness about me that the father
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has sent me
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and verse 38 and you do not have his
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word abiding in you he's addressing the
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pharisees for you do not believe the one
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whom he has sent and then we're also
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going to look at john 6 uh 29
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listen to what the scripture says here
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john 6 verse 29
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jesus answered them this is the work of
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god that you believe in him whom he has
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sent
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and then we're going to finish that john
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6 verse 57
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as the living father has sent me and i
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live because of the father so whoever
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feeds on me he also will leave because
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of me now you can see that jesus again
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was sent by god is the apostle and high
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priest of that which we confess and the
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verses i just read to you give more
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weight to the declaration that we read
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in verse one and that leads me to the
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second verse
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now he's saying consider jesus
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and then he goes on to say who was
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faithful to him who appointed him just
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as moses also was faithful in all god's
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house okay this is not the writer had
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just told his readers to consider
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very carefully jesus he said fix your
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eyes on jesus really pay attention to
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jesus
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and then he begins with a light
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comparison between moses and jesus and
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we already talked about how moses is
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revered in the jewish religion moses was
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really seen as probably one of the top
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figures in the old testament because he
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represents the law
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so now he's going to give us more reason
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why um we should fix our eyes on jesus
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and ultimately us because he's primarily
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addressing the readers and and we are
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the readers now so this is what keeps
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saying us now jesus was as faithful as
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moses was in all god's house now god's
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house
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is pretty much the people of god the
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house of god is the people of god so
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the author is basically comparing jesus
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ministry to moses ministry and because
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the jews again held moses in the highest
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esteem
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well it's going to show later that jesus
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is greater than moses he made mention of
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it in general in chapter one when he say
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that back then on the prophet god used
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the prophet as his mouthpiece but now he
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has spoken spoken to us
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through his son so he he made a general
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statement now he's been specific and he
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uses moses because moses like i said is
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seen as the top one of the top three old
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testament figures so he's going to
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compare jesus to moses to to make a
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point there
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so well how faithful was moses to to
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understand that let's read numbers 12
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because he pretty much summarizes how
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god himself honored moses we're going to
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read numbers 12 verse 1 to 9. now this
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is what happened miriam and aaron they
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oppose moses now miriam is moses sister
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and aaron is his brother now listen to
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what they did now miriam and aaron spoke
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against moses because of the cruciate
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woman whom he had married so moses had
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an ethiopian wife
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and they kind of criticized him for it
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now listen again
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miriam miriam and aaron spoke against
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moses because of the cruciate woman whom
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he had married for he had married a
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crushed woman
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repeated twice and they said has the
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lord indeed spoke only through moses has
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he not spoken to us also
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and the lord heard it
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god was not pleased now the man moses
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was very meek you see the word moses was
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very meek
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more than all people who were on the
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face of the earth now did you hear that
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moses exuded meekness more than everyone
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that was on the face of the earth and
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suddenly the lord said to moses and to
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aaron and miriam come out you three to
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the 10 of meeting and the three of them
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came out and the lord came down in a
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pillar of cloud and stood at the
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entrance of the tent and called aaron
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and miriam and they both came forward
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and he said hear my words
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if there is a prophet among you i the
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lord make myself known to him in a
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vision i speak with him in a dream not
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so with my servant moses he
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is
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faithful in all my house
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with him i speak
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mouth to mouth clearly and not in
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riddles and he beholds the form of the
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lord
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why then were you not afraid to speak
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against my servant moses and the anger
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of the lord was kindled against them and
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he departed that we read later god
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disciplines aaron and miriam
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now you see that
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the passage shows us the kind of honor
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moses received from god you see god says
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when i speak to prophets i use riddles
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and dreams and stuff like that but not
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with moses with moses i speak
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mouth to mouth
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okay so moses received that kind of
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relationship with god because the
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scripture says he was meek more than all
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the men on the face of the earth
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so and he beheld the form of god this is
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how much moses was honored by god
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himself
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but the thing is this jesus
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doesn't just behold the form of god
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jesus is
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god incarnate
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now you see the weight that is carries
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if we neglect such a great salvation
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jesus is not just
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a prophet he's not just another figure
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that is important in the old testament
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jesus is god in the flesh
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god
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the god man okay
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and the writer is going to expand on
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that in verse on three we're going to
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read listen to what he says in verse 3
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for jesus he gives the reason why
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because jesus has been counted
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worthy of more glory than moses this is
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why we should consider jesus as much
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more glory as the builder of a house has
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more honor than the house itself
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why should you consider jesus why should
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we consider jesus
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because he has been counted
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worthy of more glory than moses in the
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sense that the builder of a house has
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more honor than the house itself see
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moses was part of the house of god he
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was a man of god but not sinless moses
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was not sinless okay
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he was commissioned by god and faithful
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in his ministry but he didn't die for
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the sins of the world and he couldn't
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atone for the sins of the world he just
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couldn't do that he couldn't fulfill
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that and as a matter of fact moses
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himself was commissioned by jesus as we
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see in exodus 3 the burning bush the
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scripture says the angel of the lord
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appeared to moses now whenever we read
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in the old testament the angel of the
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lord this is uh a theophany or a
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christophany where jesus appears the
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pre-incarnate jesus appears so he
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commissions means moses himself so moses
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was part of the house but jesus is the
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builder of the house as we will see in
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verse 4
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and we we established that jesus christ
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is the radiance of the glory of god
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that's in chapter one in other words
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god himself hence greater than moses
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jesus is the radiance of the glory of
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god okay so he is far
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greater
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than moses this is why we should
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consider him he's given us reasons after
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reasons after reasons and that leads me
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to verse four listen to what he says for
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every house is built by someone but the
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builder of all things is god
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now moses was faithful
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in all god's house as a servant to
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testify to the things that were to be
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spoken later now we established that
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jesus christ is the radiance of the
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glory of god in other words
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god himself hence greater than moses so
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if moses was faithful as a servant and
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he came to be a messenger
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of the things that were to come his job
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was to point to the coming messiah okay
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that's what jesus moses job was is to
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point to the coming messiah
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so and and and jesus is not just uh a
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man like we saw he said that he is not
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he's truly god and truly man
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so
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jesus
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is the builder of all things we see that
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in colossians chapter 1 verse 15 to 17
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for all things were made through him and
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without him was not anything made that
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was made that was john 1 but in
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colossians we also read that he is
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before all things because all things
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were made by him and for him
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okay so he is the builder of all things
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now moses is faithful as a man in the
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house is part of the house of god and
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among god's people he is faithful but
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jesus is god who built that house he
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built that house that's the difference
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so jesus has more glory
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than moses because moses is a servant
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jesus is the son
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and we're going to read that in in verse
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six listen but christ is faithful over
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god's house us a son and we are his
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house if indeed we hold fast our
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confidence and our boasting in our hope
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see jesus is faithful as a son not a
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servant he is the firstborn of all
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creation
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one with god in essence and he has
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infinitely
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greater
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glory than the angels and moses himself
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and the author finishes his verse by
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saying that those who hold fast and hang
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on to the teachings he is handing to
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them
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are considered part of the house of god
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as long as they hold on to the hope he's
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preaching to them
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now he's not suggesting that we are the
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ones in charge of our salvation that's
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not what he's saying but he's saying
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that holding on to these truths that
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he's speaking
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is an evidence that we were truly called
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by god and we're given new birth those
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who remain faithful are these are the
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ones that truly belong to the house
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those are the ones that god has called
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so he's saying he's not saying that you
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are in charge of your salvation he's
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saying by you holding on to those truths
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you are proving that god has truly
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chosen you
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and john ii john we read the same thing
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if you go to second john chapter 1
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verse
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9 and 10 listen to what he says here
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everyone who goes on ahead and does not
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abide in the teaching of christ does not
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have god whoever abides in the teaching
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has both the father and the son so john
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is pretty much saying the same thing the
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book of hebrews saying in chapter 3
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verse 6
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6 and the scripture says
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but christ is faithful is faithful over
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god's house as a son and we are his
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house if indeed we hold fast our
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confidence and our boasting in our hope
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so if you hold on to these truths if you
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hold on to what we've heard if you hold
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on to the end we prove by that that we
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were called by god indeed so again jesus
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is far
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greater than moses this is why we should
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keep our eyes on him we should consider
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him because he has done far greater
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things than moses because moses came
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to serve jesus to point to the coming
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messiah so jesus has greater glory and
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we've seen what we achieved for mankind
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his death on across his life that he
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lived and now seated at the right hand
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of god until all his enemies are put
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under his feet and then we shall reign
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with him and he understands
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the human experience to me this is the
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greatest thing
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because oftentimes i don't think i
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understand
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the gravity of
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him truly understanding the human
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experience
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so
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we can go to him
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because he had he can identify with our
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suffering he can identify with the
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things that we go through because he
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went through it all
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he hungered he was tired
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he was exhausted he was betrayed
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and and then
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he understands the human experience so
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we should consider him he truly
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understanding and he's able to help
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unlike the others
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didn't die for our sins
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they can identify but they're also just
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as sinful as we are jesus will sin less
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so he can give us victory over
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the things of life
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and i want to internalize these things
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because
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that helps me to go to him because when
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you face the greatest trials what does
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peter tell us
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you see
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uh um
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cast all your burdens upon him for he
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cares for you
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because he understands truly what you
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are going through he understands because
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he was also a man like us
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in every respect the scripture says
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so we should go to him
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and not being afraid
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in the sense that we should have
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reverence for god but not fear in the
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sense of being dreadful or if you're
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living in a sinful life then yes
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we drink
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dread yes because you're going to be
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disciplined and we're going to see that
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uh in verses 7 and and the rest of the
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in chapter 3. all right but today i just
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wanted to focus on
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the greatness of jesus over moses
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himself
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so have a wonderful day
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and i'll see you
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next time thank you
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