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Now I want you to pay attention it wasn't anything in Israel wasn't their military.
Pastor Josiah as I Come to the conclusion of my sermon I would appreciate it if you could grab some men and make these two tables go back that way. At the end not now at the end at the end besides selfish people.
We're going to be in Hebrews chapter 10. Hebrews chapter 10 and besides selfish people. There is another kind of folk that I just can't personally stand to be around. And I try and I'm not talking about Alabama fans.
They're in the top 10. I'm talking about another type of person that's a Negative person, you know what? I mean? It's like it's a great day to be alive. Drama Queens fit into this really good, you know, oh my whole life is over, you know, blah blah blah blah blah.
Or. You sit there and you're so but I'll never forget this. We had a worship service in here and the Lord was moving. We had like six seven people Converted and come to the Lord man. Our invitation time lasted about 20 minutes because people were just doing business with God and this old bat That was sitting out in the hallway.
I walk out there and I mean, I'm on fire, man. I mean, it's just like Tennessee won the national championship. Sorry. And I walk out there and she went it cold in here. I don't like it when it's cold.
And I almost lost all my pastors juiced and punched her dead in the teeth, you know. Just negative just oh. Can't stand it. But you know Negatives are not inherently bad. In fact, we could get philosophical in here and talk about what is good?
What is bad but in the context of Scripture negative is negative and positive is positive in its absolutes. But that doesn't necessarily mean that the negatives are not beneficial to the people of God and I want to go over five Negatives today out of Hebrews chapter 10 verses 1 through 18 five Negatives that are really stinking good five negatives that are really really good.
Read with me here Hebrews chapter 10. Hebrews chapter 10 starting in verse 1. First since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of those Realities it can never by the same sacrifices that are continually offered year after year.
Make perfect those who draw near otherwise. Would that not have ceased to be offered since the worshipers have once been cleansed will no longer have any consciousness of sin. But in these sacrifice there is a remainder of sins every year.
It can never. It can never now. What are we talking about here? We're talking about the law. How many of you? Judge your salvation. Based upon how well you keep the law of God. How many of you do it? Something y 'all are liars in here dumb.
I don't know. Yeah, that's a problem. Listen to me. I know everybody just said no, that's a problem see if you Try to judge where you're at with God. By how well you show up on a Sunday morning some of y 'all looking at me like I'm crazy.
Hang with me. It's okay Pastor hadn't lost his mind yet if you experienced the joy of the Lord or you're seeking the peace of God and that is directly Correlated to you keeping the law of God. You are going to be a big fat stupid loser 24 hours a day seven days a week you are.
I Don't know about you, but I tried that one time as a pastor and there ended up Having a mental breakdown and going but it for about three weeks. Because let me let you in on a secret. You will never ever ever Keep the law of God.
It's not going to happen. Then God. Why did you give it to us to show us the need of something great? You see the law was but a shadow of things to come. Understand this that when Jesus the law came first Jesus was behind it and we could see by the power of the eminent light of Christ the shadow of what the law cast on us and we were Absolutely incapable of keeping it but praise God in this new covenant Christ has circumvented the law he had kept the law defeated the law and he upheld the law so that Vicariously we could be justified way for it by the blood of Christ.
Your Spiritual strength is by faith in Christ. Now obedience to God obedience to his word is an effect of the causality of your Conversion, but it's never where you're going to find peace. How many of y 'all ever felt like you've lost your salvation.
Raise your hand. Go ahead. Yeah. You're judging yourself Based upon the inadequacies that God already knew you had when he sent his son to die at Calvary. I Cannot live by that kind of perfection. You see you're letting the negativity that's meant for a positive for you Walk away for you to try to live a perfect life that you're never going to be able to live.
What is the doctrine of sanctification? You're not in Bellevue. Let's try that again. What is the doctrine of? Sanctification. To be set apart. We were sanctified. When were we set apart? Before the world began.
Before you could do right or wrong. Before you had a choice to not have tattoos to not smoke. To go to church every Sunday to wear a suit and tie. Before you had to make all those choices. God chose you.
You see Romans tells us that Christ died for us in it while we were what? Still sinners. But you're trying to uphold the law rather than live by faith. And that is a miserable place to be. You'll end up in one of two places.
You'll be that old curmudgeon who is angry at Everybody and negative about everything. You'll be one of those judgmental people. You'll be so wrapped up and whether it's okay to Have a carpet in the sanctuary.
Whether it's okay to all drink out of different cups on communion or by God. We all got to have one because that's what Jesus did. I Always ask people do you wear sandals a toga and don't have air conditioning your house.
Well Jesus didn't right? You see you try to feel a certain way rather than have faith. Guys you're gonna be a weak Christian for the rest of your life because you're going by feelings of your Accomplishment rather than the finished work of Jesus Christ.
Say guys Negatives sometimes can be good. Listen to this number two starting in verse four for it is impossible. For the blood of bulls and goats to take away sin. Then he added behold now He's quoting Psalms here behold I have come to do your will.
He does away with the first in order to establish the second and by that Will have been sanctified Through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ as long as you are perfect in every way. I'm sorry. I was reading in the Greek.
I'm sorry. Oh, I misread it body of Jesus Christ once for all and every priest notice the sarcasm. It's okay. Notice the sarcasm and every priest Stands daily at his service offering repeatedly the same sacrifice.
Which can never? Take away sin. Impossible and never are very very strong Words. Now I want you to note something and this is important. When it says the blood of bulls and goats can never take away sin.
I want you to understand is that is not limiting the will and the sovereignty of God it is limiting the effectiveness of creation. Ladies and gentlemen that which is created Will never have superiority over something that is created.
In other words all things created are Subordinate to that of the Creator. This is why I love talking to atheists and if you're one of those keyboard warrior atheists. You know and in your family. You're the black sheep and the non-christian and you can argue with everybody because you know the Bible real.
Well, do me a favor. Do me a favor. First of all, you're an idiot. Number two, you're not as smart as you think you are because you're believing in lies and by default. You're dumb, but number three I have a $1 ,000 in cash In cash that I will hand to you if you can prove your point and I'll give you all day.
And it's not because I'm smart. It's because I'm relying something other than the brain matter and the philosophical deceit that our culture is feeding your little brains. Go to your college and spend $50 ,000 on lesbian poetry of medieval times.
And then wonder why you can't get a job. The reason why you idiot is because you're listening to the wisdom and intelligence of this world. Romans 122 says this professing themselves to be wise man became.
Mm-hmm you fisheye fool. Some of y 'all didn't grow up in the great time of TV Sanford's son and Esther, but Great philosopher of our time to be sure. Number three just keep reading with me in verse 5.
Consequently when Christ came into the world. If he came into the world by default and logic and implication of the verse that means he had to pre-exist things that make you go hmm. Consequently when Christ came into the world he said Sacrifices and offerings have you have not desired.
But a body have you prepared for me in burnt offerings and sin offerings? You have taken no pleasure. Then I said behold I have come to do your will O God. As it is written of me in the scrolls of the book when he said above.
You have neither desired nor taken pleasure and sacrifice offerings burnt offerings and sin offerings. Now guys. This is a little bit convoluted. If you've sat in a Baptist Church your whole life knotted your head put your tithe in the offering plate and left in.
Other words you still have the spiritual maturity of a one-year-old. Well, I've been. I have my letter at this church for 30 years. Do us all a favor take you your letter and gone. Seriously I ain't joking.
I don't need you around all these young Christians. We got. I need them to see what a maturing growing believer in Christ is. Okay, and it's not a Republican. It's not a Democrat. It's not someone who doesn't do this or doesn't do this.
You want to know what I know a true maturing believer is. It's not what they're against. It's what's there for it's not what they don't do. It's what they do do say say. Cuz apathy whips us all sometimes don't it.
But a person Who is so dedicated to Christ? The thing that they sacrifice the things that are most dear your time and your treasures your heart. You ain't worried about it. But back to this. What is this passage saying once again taking from Psalms?
It's talking. Jesus is sitting here talking and I want you to pull away notice that all four. All four of the Hebraic Offerings are mentioned all four of them all four of them. And I'm not going to go into depth on all four of those now.
But they're all mentioned and how did God see those? Is God pleased with your worship this morning? Once again, I know we on the struggle bus with talent. Was God pleased with our worship today? I know what wouldn't please God more.
Let's get one of them smoke machines. You know. Let's be like the metro sexual, you know. Let's all run around and jump up and down and wave our coats and fall out on the ground. Personally if you're one of them kind of folk listen to me listen to me your faith is a mile wide and an inch deep.
You got a great show, but you ain't got no death. What does God say about all of our sacrifices in our worship? He takes no delight in them. Oh Pastor we have a piano and drums man I didn't guitar or we don't have that or we have this or we need new songs or we need this or we met you.
What you need is a humble and contrite heart to God because God inhabits the praise of his humble people. Who are repentance? Who the last time did you were at the altar was 19 something? I always love when I hear mature Christians speak and one of the questions I ask them is when they can't figure out why I'm not feeling close to God.
What's the last time you were at the altar publicly repenting? Well walk down the aisle and accept the Jesus Christ my heart and Lord and Savior. Praise God, even though that's not found in Scripture.
That's what I was told to do. Has anything changed your life? No, not really you ain't saved. We preach this here all the time and some of y 'all still don't get it because I know you. You think attending a church Steadfastly is going to get you into heaven and the shock value of the words depart for me you worker of iniquity.
For I never knew you it is the arrogance of you. That's going to be shocked. And it's the same arrogance that's bringing you to hell right now. I Walked down and I I got baptized. I did this. I did this if you notice you are the centricity of all of that which saves.
Which is the problem? Religion don't care what you call it. It's all stupid including Baptist. God don't have a checklist in heaven going where they charismatic or Baptist. What he has is the Lamb's Book of Life and the Word of God says unless your name is written in that Lamb's Book of Life.
You will not inherit the kingdom of heaven. Well, how do I get my name in there? Well, I'm gonna tell you right now. Worshiping in church don't cut it. You see you're looking for a causality when that is an effect.
Okay for Arkansas people. Let me get this a little bit clear. Me obeying God. Me worshiping in truth me doing what God asked me to do are all effects of a changed life. Those are effects. What people try to do and what religion tries to do is put the effects in front of the causality.
Which is the same thing Satan has tried to do for about six thousand years. Because it's got to be something other than God or he'll get all the glory. It's got to be something other than the atoning blood of Jesus.
When God said that's all I need you sit there and you don't understand scriptures because it's never been real to you. Negatives can be some stinking positives. Look at this. It says Those let me keep reading.
Let's go to the contrast. Remember God loves big butts. Verse 12. Verse 12. Verse 12. What's first word? And what have you learned? Hermeneutically. What have you learned hermeneutically when you see that word?
That's right. But but God commended his love towards us and the way over moon. Well, if you say the but go before it's right. For there is therefore now no confident go before it. It's a comparison and contrast.
So we've read one now we get to verse 12 and it says but. When Christ and the preachers had oh, I'm sorry. But when Christ and the Baptist no when Christ in your good work. No, when Christ in your attendant, no when Christ in your time, no Christ stands alone, but when Christ had offered for all time a single Sacrifice for sin he sat down at the right hand of God.
Yesterday was Saturday. I Usually get four days off a month. Four days off. Let me rephrase. I'm supposed to get four days off a month. I usually only get two. Because somebody will call me. And you know, I gotta go Thursday Thursday, I get home and I have to do my chores.
Miss Quinn gives me chores. Y 'all y 'all line. I am NOT joking. I had Be silent woman to wash the sheets on our bed. To scrub them toilets. Not just pour the stuff in there and swirl it around. But she inspects it the countertops and the dust.
The labor was intensive. Saturday Saturday. My wife I love her so much made me an eye doctor appointment at 9 o 'clock on a Saturday morning. Ladies a little marriage advice if your husband has time off.
That's not a clue for you to find something for him to do. So Saturday After I went to the doctor's appointment after the horrendous work schedule that I had I started do this. Let's see Memphis is coming on at 230.
God's team UT Falls coming on 630. Oh, here we go. Oh and my chair was right here. And I mean my jeans just brushed the fabric and Gwen said are you gonna do the yard? Yes, baby I'm gonna do the yard and so as I walked out to the front yard I Got my edger out because she likes a clean line.
I edged everything mowed everything weeded everything and She helps she helps. I have to start the blower because she can't start it, but then she does this. It's funny the same leaf I will watch blow back and forth and not move.
But that's okay. She's helping kind of like Ava would so I did all that. I am glistening testosterone. I Go back in the house. I Get me a glass of ice-cold limewater because I'm still trying to pass this kidney stone and I do this.
And I hit that chair. I was there I know once I make it to my chair She'll look at me and say can and I will go be silent in the name of the Lord get up out of here. Go make me turkey pot pie. Get out of here.
Go to kitchen. I Sat down, you know why I sat down the work Was done. Let's read again. Shall we? When Christ had offered for all time a Single sacrifice for sins. He sat down at the right hand of God.
Waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet. Well, what would Jesus do he gonna make his enemies a footstool for his feet, right? It says this and for a single offering notice a theme here.
He has perfected for all those who are being sanctified now once again. For those of you that have grown up in a Baptist Church. And you're still as ignorant about the Word of God as you were 30 years ago.
Although you've memorized scripture look at the verb tenses and look at the logic of that verse. Watch what it says again. It says for by a single offering. He is perfected for all time. Those who are being sanctified.
Perfected all time those who are being now. I only got through the 11th grade. Okay, I'm gonna try. What is our being. Look the grammar Nazis over here, it's a progressive. All I need is past present future.
It's a progressive. Ah. It's present tense. Mississippi folk present means now, okay. Now, how can it be justified? That's what tense? Say it together with me right past tense coinciding with perfection in the present tense.
It's funny. Most of the people in this building did not grow up in church. Most of the people in this building. This is your first real church experience. So I give you a pass. You other people that were in our A's camper ease.
That went in Sunday school and had a little gold star and made the little stupid pictures for your mama to hang on the what? mirror or the refrigerator. Just let you know. Yes, they were ugly and everyone hated them, but she loved you.
It is I. They send them to Gwen. I make her put them on the other side because I like clean on my refrigerator, but anyways. Here's what that means. Wait a minute. Baptist. What faith always fight? Can you prove that.
No, but my preacher who care what your preacher says? Well, I believe who cares what you believe. Well, my church ain't nobody care what your church teaches because there's not thousand four hundred to teach something different.
What does this say? You know why I can sleep good at night. You know why even in my failures? I still have the ability to come boldly before the throne of God. It's not what I have failed to do or what I am doing.
It's what Jesus Christ has perfected. Justifying me in the past sake to find me now and praise God will glorify my glorify me in the future. That ain't religion. That ain't theology, that's the Word of Living God.
All but pastor, you know, I heard the jet go over my house last night and I was like, oh dear Lord. I feel like I'm gonna get left behind quit reading Jerry Jenkins start reading the Word of God. Oh. But pastor my old preacher told me my mama was rubbing my head as I was sitting in the pew.
And he said if anybody wants to be saved come on down right here and I'll save you man. Man can't save Jack. Can't save just same spirit of God's in me. The same spirit of God's in you ain't got nothing special.
I can't do nothing for you, but show you where to find grace. Where you at this morning. Have you been justified? It's always past tense and it's either or. Well on youth camp, I invite Jesus in my heart you idiot.
Do you really think something not found in Scripture? Based in your religious upbringing is going to save you. Well, I took the Eucharist. So did I and I was smoking crack cocaine like it was going out of style.
Well, I forget what religion has taught you. Because it's gonna send you to hell. But what's worse than that? You're never going to have peace. And that stinks for you. I do 30-something counseling appointments every week.
We now have six ministers and pastors that we counsel. Who went to seminary and her are destroyed? Because they keep looking in the implode of men and the affirmation of Christian culture for success and peace.
Some of you codependent little losers in here. Are depending upon that significant other to give you peace. That's why some of you women be crazy always angry at your man and men. That's why some of you are stupid and play on your phone and ignore your wife.
Because it don't work and you just quit and give up. May I say this to you? The one man Who has offered? One sacrifice. For all sin, wait a minute for all time. It's calling you to repentance and repentance is not a dirty word.
Take the word repentance and put the word hope because both of them walk hand in hand for you this morning that are tired of religion and Exhausted and you don't know what to do anymore what to believe.
Can I tell you if you'll just let go of all the religious crap and Put your hope through repentance in Jesus Christ. Well pastor. I don't know what repentance is. Well, that's why God made fat bald pastors.
I'm not one but I stand in as one. I'm kind of spelt to be honest with you guys. Repentance is this. I can do two actions. With one I can have two effects with one causality. I am now walking. Let's see.
What are you people? Yeah, I am now walking, right? Right now watch. I'm now gonna walk left by default. I did two things. I ceased walking right and started walking left. That's what repentance is. It's not turning from your sins.
That's the after effect. The initial is turning to God. Then all these things will be added unto you last thing and I'm done. There is verse 18. Read it with me. Where there is forgiveness of these? There is no longer any offering for sin.
I just I'm gonna be honest with you for a second. Hi, my name is Jeff. No one said you glad you're here. God y 'all I'm quitting leaving going back to the bottle I sometimes. Now I'm a licensed ordained Senior Pastor, I mean we have four other lesser pastors here, but I'm the senior pastor Heretic.
I don't feel like a Christian. I always love the awkwardness in public speaking. I just left feet off of it, you know, I don't sometimes you ever been on a motorcycle with your wife going down Germantown Road and Traffic on a Saturday when you just want to sit down, but no she wanted to go to lolly store and look at girl stuff.
Don't feel like a Christian not lolly store is awesome. Don't get me wrong, but it's a girl store. You know shotgun. No, I got it. Now they do have some camouflage stuff in there and it smells really good and lolly's really cool and whatever her husband's name is but I Don't want to do that.
I'm driving down Germantown Road dude cut right in front of me on my bike in my mind. I said dear Lord Bless this individual. No, man, I had visions. And if I need to get some help with this I will. I had a vision of pulling up beside him and taking my boot and just Bashing his door and so he'll pull over and I can break the window pull him out and just beat him till his head sounded hollow.
Y 'all ever had them feelings. I Was getting worried there for a minute cuz people like really? Yeah, I mean, you know, I swallow a lot of aggression along with a lot of pizza, but I Felt that way. I felt that way.
That's right, my girl. Do you ever feel like you've out sinned the grace of God me too? Do you ever feel like God's kind of done with you? You just you've reached that place where you've just hit big fat stupid loser and God just like Where there is forgiveness of sin where there is forgiveness of these there is no longer any offering for sin.
You know what it says that? Because Jesus came one time and it's not Jesus plus plus plus. You see it says right here once God forgives. That's it. When I became a Christian. When I be let me do the Baptist testimony.
Well, I was into drugs and I was I was a sinner. I was smooching on a farm animal up certain told that one. I was doing bad things. I noticed when people give their testimonial. It's always like 10 years ago.
What about yesterday? You know. What about this morning? Right get your relationship with Jesus stop when you ask Jesus Christ your heart Lord Savior. You see what's happened is you think God forgave you for the sins from that prayer backers?
That ain't Scripture. Scripture says he came. One time for how many sin I forget all in the Greek it says all pastor. The word is Pass all sin all sin. Guys, I'm free. I choose to live in that freedom and that freedom gives me the power to shun sin and turn Towards God.
How powerful is it? It's this powerful verse 9 the will of God verse 12 by the work of Christ. Verse 15 by the witness of the Holy Spirit to try you nature of God. Evident on every page of the Bible has been working since before time began to make sure That my soul is paid for redeemed atoned for sanctified Justified and one day praise God be home and glorified.
And if that ain't where yet. If you've never experienced what I'm talking about. Let me help you out. I am NOT interested in your stupid money. Don't care about it. I ain't caring about growing a bigger church.
This is all the people I can handle at this time. Okay, we in a couple more won't hurt it'll help if you have hunting land, but I Ain't interested in that. I don't care if I ever see you again, okay. And I know that sounds weird, but there's nothing you have that I want or need.
I got a motorcycle a wife. Five kids part-time. I never see my grandkids, but I get everything I want or need. Here's what I'm offering you. Just listen hunter come do you think? Here's what I'm offering you.
I'm trying to give you the peace that I found through the Holy Scripture. If you don't know that peace. There's nothing Matt. Don't come up to me and expect me to put my hand on your head and go somebody stole my Honda and you're like Oh, I'm falling here.
I don't do that. I didn't I didn't get in line long enough to get that power. Okay, but I can show you I can show you this where it says faith comes by hearing and hearing the Word of God. That if any man coming to me I will know why it's cast out for if anyone be in Christ he is a new creature.
Old things are passed away. Behold all. Become new that's what I'm offering you today I'm gonna ask you to stand with me you people move this table back make a hole here for.