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Morning, church. Open up your Bibles to Hebrews chapter 3.
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So I've had a lot of joy studying and preparing and getting ready for this morning
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! Because we're going to talk about one of my favorite Bible characters, Moses.
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And Scripture has a lot to say about Moses, both in the New Testament,
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and this is just a tiny little piece of that.
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But before we dive in, let's go to the Lord in prayer again.
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I just want to ask Him to help us.
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Father, we come before You this morning just very thankful for Your presence with us.
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Knowing that if it were not for Jesus, we would still be outcasts.
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We still would be far away.
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But You have drawn us near and made us Your people through the blood of Jesus.
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And thank You that He is, even now, standing on our behalf as our advocate.
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He's our great, eternal, sympathetic High Priest.
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And we can just give You thanks for that, Father.
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So Lord, I pray You would just be our teacher this morning.
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Help us to focus, to hear Your Word,
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and to honor it by taking it from this place and by Your Spirit being obedient.
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So we just give this time to You, Father.
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In Jesus' name, Amen.
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Alright, Hebrews chapter 3.
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And so you know, I'm sure most of you have been around long enough.
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Without giving you a long spiel, the book of Hebrews is written to a Jewish audience.
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And it's written to Jews who have left behind Judaism and are kind of being tempted and even persecuted to kind of come back to the old faith,
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kind of return because Jesus is a hoax, like what you're believing.
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All you have is a dead Messiah.
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We have a temple.
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We have a sacrificial system.
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We have all these traditions.
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What do you have other than a dead carpenter from Galilee?
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And the writer of Hebrews is refuting that by saying, by honoring the old covenant,
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but also saying Jesus is much better, far greater, far superior than anything in the old covenant.
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So you have some people who have crossed over into following Christ,
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some who are on the other side trying to get the Jews to come back.
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And some that are on the fence not knowing which way to jump.
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And so it's a helpful study tool when you're reading Hebrews to kind of figure out which group is he talking to,
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those who are kind of threatening to, you know, return, the ones who are standing firm in the faith.
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So just a little study tip there.
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But to reconnect, just rewind just a couple verses to chapter 2, verse 17, where Nathan preached last week.
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He says,
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He says,
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So Christ was obedient to the point of death and the death on the cross.
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And so we'll pick up in chapter 3 from there, because the therefore is connecting to what he just said.
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Chapter 3, verse 1.
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Therefore,
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Now Moses was faithful in all God's house as a servant to testify to the things that were to be spoken later.
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So, therefore, in light of Jesus being this great high priest, he says,
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Holy brothers,
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He said,
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So,
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That's when he's standing on the Red Sea and everybody's panicking and the chariots are closing in.
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He says,
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Such a great image.
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Such a great image in my head.
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So, he was definitely a true Bible.
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I found that I think I think I think I was a reluctant, he was a reluctant, hesitant leader.
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And I feel like I'm a Christian.
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He said,
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And later on, he's a Christian.
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And later on, he appointed elders to help rule over the nation of Israel.
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But I do wish at times, and I'm kind of content, and I'm kind of content, and I'm kind of content of myself with that.
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That's how God made us.
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That's how God made us.
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And I want to give you just a few bullet points here of why Moses is so important.
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Incredibly important.
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Incredibly important.
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Incredibly important.
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So why Moses?
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It's like, why is the writer kind of pointing this out?
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But, number one, Moses was graciously chosen by God to be his instrument for an epic task.
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We know that.
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Exodus chapter 2 talks about how he was divinely preserved from Pharaoh's edict
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and the slaughter of the male children,
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and how his mother and his sister placed him in a basket to float him down the Nile.
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And he was providentially led.
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Have you ever, like, watched videos about the Nile?
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Some of you may actually have even seen the Nile.
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It's a pretty crazy river.
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And the fact that it was led right to Pharaoh's daughter was completely by the hand of God.
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He was plucked right from the bulrushes, and he was given a noble upbringing.
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The name Moses is actually an Egyptian name, not a Hebrew name.
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And it means drawn out, rescued from the water, which is what happened to him.
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If I may, I'll nerd out just for a second.
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Can't help it.
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We know that in 1 Kings chapter 6, where Solomon built his temple.
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We know that Solomon built the temple in 967 B.C., a long time ago.
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But it says in 1 Kings 6,
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And if you pick up on that, what it's saying is,
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this many years ago from the building of Solomon's temple is when the nation came out of Egypt.
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And if you rewind, you land on the 18th dynasty of Egypt.
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Pretty cool.
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Most of the movies have it wrong.
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I don't think it was Ramesses.
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But here's what's cool about it.
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It's for, when you add that to 967 B.C., plus 480, you get 1446 B.C., a long time ago.
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Egypt's 18th dynasty.
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The ruler was Tutmosis III, a ruthless conqueror.
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And he had a stepmother named Hapshepsut, which was the daughter of Pharaoh.
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And more than likely, like she's written a lot about,
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she ruled for about 20 years until Tutmosis III became of age.
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And he was furious with her.
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He erased a lot of her images and did a lot of other things.
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But the fact that Egyptian history makes much out of this one queen, this one daughter of Pharaoh,
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I like to think it might have been her.
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That's my theory.
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Come talk to me later if you want to nerd out on that.
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But Moses was chosen for that task by God.
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Number two, Moses was used of God to be an incomparable deliverer of his people
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through an unparalleled display of power.
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He was a deliverer through using incredible power given to him or worked through him by God.
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Exodus 7 and 12 talks about how he delivered the Hebrews from bondage in Egypt,
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turned the Nile to blood,
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plagues,
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parting of the Red Sea,
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splitting of the rock and the wilderness,
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and making water gush out of it.
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Like, you don't see many more,
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I guess,
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powerful images of God's power than you do,
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sort of, in the life of Moses a lot of the time.
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Like, what imagery all that is.
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So, then he brought his people to the foot of Mount Sinai,
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which is in modern-day Saudi Arabia, again, in my opinion.
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And thirdly,
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Moses served as the greatest prophet of Israel.
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He spoke boldly to the people of God,
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through God.
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God said,
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Tell them this,
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and he did.
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And he gave the Ten Commandments,
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God's holy law,
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brought that down for the people.
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And even today,
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it serves as like a measuring rod of all other laws out there.
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Number four,
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Moses was the first writer of the Bible,
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known as the first historian of the Hebrews,
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and under divine inspiration,
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recorded the first five books of the Bible.
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That was Moses.
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Pretty cool.
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Then lastly,
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number five,
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Moses was marked.
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This is what I would want so bad,
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out of my life.
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Moses was marked
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as the humblest of all God's servants ever to walk the earth.
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And he was greatly privileged to speak with God,
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plainly and simply,
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as a friend does,
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face to face.
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Man,
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what a privilege.
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Now,
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keep your hand,
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or keep a mark in Hebrews,
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but just flip to Exodus 33 really quick.
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Exodus 33.
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And some of the points I just read to you,
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you'll see in some of these texts I'm about to read,
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but I just want you to flip to one of them,
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and I'll read you a couple of others.
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But Exodus chapter 33,
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where the nation is gathered at Mount Sinai,
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and Exodus 33 verse 8.
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It says,
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whenever Moses went out to the tent,
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the tabernacle,
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all the people would rise up,
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and each would stand at his tent door
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and watch Moses until he had gone into the tent.
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And when Moses entered the tent,
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the pillar of cloud would descend
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and stand at the entrance of the tent.
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And the Lord would speak with Moses.
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And when all the people saw the pillar of clouds
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standing at the entrance of the tent,
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all the people would rise up and worship,
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each at his tent door.
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Thus,
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the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face
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as a man speaks to his friend.
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Man,
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how can you not want that?
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And what a privilege that was.
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The whole nation stood away in fear
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that Moses was allowed to go in.
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And in Numbers 12,
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I'll read you some stuff from Numbers 12.
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When I was saying he was the most humblest of God's servants.
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It says,
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Now the man Moses was very meek,
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more than all the people who were on the face of the earth.
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And he said,
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the Lord said,
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Hear my words.
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If there is a prophet among you,
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I, the Lord,
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make myself known to him in a vision.
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I speak with him in a dream.
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But not so with my servant Moses.
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He is faithful in all my house.
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And with him,
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I speak mouth to mouth,
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clearly and not in riddles.
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And he beholds the form of the Lord.
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So in other words,
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God does speak through the other prophets,
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but he does so in a mysterious way,
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through dreams,
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visions.
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But he's like,
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not Moses.
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I speak plainly and clearly to him
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in a very intimate context.
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And then Deuteronomy 34,
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a couple of verses.
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But this was the last thing written of Moses.
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And I think Joshua probably actually picked up the pen
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and wrote this in my opinion.
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But Deuteronomy 34,
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verse 10 says,
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And there has not arisen a prophet since in Israel like Moses,
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whom the Lord knew face to face,
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none like him for all the signs and wonders
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that the Lord sent him to do in the land of Egypt,
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to Pharaoh and all his servants,
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and to all his land.
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Listen to this.
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And for all the mighty power
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and all the great deeds of terror
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that Moses did in the sight of Israel.
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So,
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Moses is a huge deal.
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Huge deal.
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And God honored him as such.
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So,
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our writer,
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getting back to Hebrews now,
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you can flip back over.
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Our writer,
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it's important to kind of understand this.
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He is not cutting down Moses.
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He's not trying to belittle Moses
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or take away from Moses at all.
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And he does so by first kind of comparing Moses,
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making comparison between Moses and Jesus.
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In verse 2,
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chapter 3,
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it shows that both Moses and Jesus
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were faithful
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and trustworthy
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in the work that God gave them to do.
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They both carried out
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the work God gave them.
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And they were faithful in God's house,
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which is a picture of God's people.
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And he does that by quoting what I just read to you
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out of Numbers 12,
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where it says,
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verse 2 there,
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it says,
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Jesus
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was faithful to him,
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who was God the Father,
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who appointed him
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just as he,
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just as Moses
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also was faithful
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in all of God's house.
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So he wanted that Jewish audience
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to understand that.
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I'm not taking anything away
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from Moses.
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Like,
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what an honored
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and incredible man
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Moses was.
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He was faithful
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in his work
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that God gave him to do.
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Both Jesus and Moses
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fulfilled their God-appointed roles.
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And so although Jesus
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is superior to Moses,
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Moses deserves tremendous respect,
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which actually makes Jesus
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look even better
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because Moses has such high respect.
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So he wishes to honor Moses
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by making a comparison,
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but then he makes a contrast
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in the next part of this.
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So Christ is superior to Moses.
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You see this in verse 3.
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Jesus has been accounted worthy
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of more glory than Moses.
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And a tremendous contrast.
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Moses was one of a kind
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in his day
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with more of an intimate relationship
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with God
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than anyone else.
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So he's just saying
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in the beginning of this,
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consider Jesus.
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The word consider.
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Like,
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stop doing what you're doing.
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Focus.
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Hone in on this.
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Think about it.
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Ponder it.
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Meditate on it.
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Consider why Jesus
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is more glorious
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than Moses.
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Right?
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So,
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in the end of this,
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why we need to do this,
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like why this is important,
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you'll see
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at the end of our text
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because it's going to give us
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great hope
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and confidence
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in our faith
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if we actually look
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and see this comparison
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or this contrast.
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If we hold fast
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our confidence
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in the boast
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of our hope
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firm until the end,
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which is what
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Hebrews 3.6 says.
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So let's look at
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two ways
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that the writer
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makes the contrast
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to say Jesus
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is superior to Moses.
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There's two ways.
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Number one,
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consider Jesus'
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superior vocation.
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Consider Jesus'
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superior vocation.
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See this in verse
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three and four.
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It says,
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as much more glory
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as the builder
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of a house
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has more honor
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than the house itself.
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For every house
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is built
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by someone
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but the builder
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of all things
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is God.
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So the first comparison
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is relationship
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to the house.
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Jesus is the builder
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of the house
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but Moses is just
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a part of the house.
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The spiritual household
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of God.
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And it was common
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and I don't know
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if this is still true
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but in the ancient world
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it was really common
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to equate
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the architect
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with more glory
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than what they actually built.
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which is kind of
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a foreign concept today.
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But like
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every artist,
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every architect
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would have great honor
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like more than
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what they actually have made.
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And so
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trying to think of
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an analogy
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but it's going to
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really fall short.
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Imagine three of the
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greatest athletes
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out there.
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Nolan Ryan,
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one of my favorite.
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5,714 strikeouts.
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Still holds the record.
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And he knocked out
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a guy one time
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and charged the mound too.
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So
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Michael Jordan,
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probably the best
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basketball player ever.
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I don't know why
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I threw Tom Brady
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in the air.
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It was just really late
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when I was figuring this out.
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Tom Brady,
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six Super Bowl rings.
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Ridiculous.
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And then
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throw in somebody else
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that you just
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thinks all that.
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Nolan Ryan,
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Michael Jordan,
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Tom Brady,
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and Jesus.
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Sitting around
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discussing
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how amazing
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their careers were
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and how great
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they were.
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Kind of acting
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humbly on the outside
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but inwardly thinking
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I'm better than
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these guys.
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like,
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I deserve
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much more
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glory
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than these guys.
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But acting
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humbly on the outside.
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And when they're
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done talking
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around their mouths
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they look over
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to Jesus and say,
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how about you Jesus?
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And in true
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humility,
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like inwardly
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and outwardly
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he just says to them,
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well,
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well fellows
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at some point
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in history
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you ceased
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to exist
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until I spoke
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you into being.
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I created
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and fashioned you.
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I made your minds,
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your hearts,
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your legs,
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your arms.
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I sustained you
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from your mother's womb
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and I still sustain you
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even now.
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And I gave you
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the skills
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that you have.
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So actually,
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boys,
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I'm the greatest.
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And he says that
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in like the truest
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humility.
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Like he
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made us.
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He made Moses.
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He created
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Moses.
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And he created
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us.
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So Jesus
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is to the people
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of God
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as the builder
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is to a house.
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Moses was just
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a part of
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God's house.
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So Moses
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is,
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let's see here,
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best way to phrase this,
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Jesus made Moses,
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he made us,
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and this
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gives us,
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like,
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look at verse 4
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real quick,
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gives us,
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for every house
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is built by someone,
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but the builder
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of all things
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is God.
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God.
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And then in verse 3
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it says that
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Jesus made
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the house
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of God.
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He's the maker
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of all things.
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Remember chapter 1
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how God
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created all things
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through him?
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Chapter 1,
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verse 2
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of Hebrews.
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He is the
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son of God.
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So they were
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both faithful,
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but
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Jesus
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actually built
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the house
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and he made
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Moses.
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Well,
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Moses is just
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a part of
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that house.
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So he is
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worthy of
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much more glory
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than Moses
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as the builder
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is
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to a house.
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So never be
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haughty about
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what you've
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accomplished
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or what you
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think you've
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done
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or how great
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you are.
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You don't
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come close
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to Moses.
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No one
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does.
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But Jesus
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made you
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and so
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when you
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boast,
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boast only
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in the Lord
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that he
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has given
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you every
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good thing
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that you
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have.
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to only
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boast in
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Christ.
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So that's
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the first
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one.
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Consider
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Jesus'
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superior
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vocation
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or his
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superior
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work
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that he
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did.
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And
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number
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two,
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you see
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this in
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verses 5
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and 6,
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consider
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Jesus,
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Jesus'
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superior
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person.
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Consider
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Jesus'
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superior
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person.
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Right?
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Verse 5,
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now Moses
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was faithful
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in all
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God's
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house as
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a servant
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to testify
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to the
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things that
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were to
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be spoken
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later.
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But Christ
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is faithful
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over God's
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house as
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a son.
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So,
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there's a
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really easy
26:40
comparison
26:41
there.
26:41
Moses
26:42
was incredible.
26:43
He was a
26:44
servant and
26:45
he served
26:46
faithfully as
26:46
a servant,
26:47
but Jesus
26:48
is a son
26:49
of that
26:50
house.
26:52
Huge
26:52
comparison,
26:53
huge
26:53
difference.
26:54
But again,
26:55
the writer is
26:55
not trying to
26:56
take away from
26:57
Moses at
26:57
all.
26:59
I actually
26:59
read about
27:00
this.
27:01
The word
27:01
servant here
27:02
that's used
27:02
for Moses
27:03
is the
27:05
only time
27:06
this word
27:06
is actually
27:07
used in
27:07
the New
27:07
Testament.
27:09
Servant.
27:11
But what
27:12
it means
27:12
is an
27:13
honored
27:14
servant
27:14
who is
27:15
far above
27:15
a slave,
27:16
but yet
27:17
still is a
27:17
servant.
27:19
Wow,
27:19
that's
27:20
singling
27:20
Moses out
27:21
and bringing
27:21
him up a
27:22
notch,
27:22
actually.
27:22
So he's
27:24
still honoring
27:24
Moses,
27:25
but in
27:28
the house
27:28
of God,
27:30
Moses showed
27:30
great trust
27:31
in him.
27:32
He refused
27:33
the privileges
27:33
and rights
27:34
of living
27:35
a wealthy
27:37
life in
27:37
Egypt as
27:38
Pharaoh's
27:39
son,
27:42
chose to
27:43
associate
27:43
with his
27:44
people in
27:44
slavery instead,
27:46
and he
27:46
showed fervent
27:47
obedience,
27:48
right?
27:48
Like he was
27:49
such a
27:49
humble guy.
27:50
He followed
27:51
the task
27:51
that the
27:52
Lord gave
27:52
him,
27:53
and he
27:53
was the
27:54
intercessor
27:54
of the
27:55
people.
27:55
Even though
27:56
Aaron was
27:56
the high
27:57
priest and
27:58
his family
27:59
kind of
28:00
followed him
28:00
that,
28:01
Aaron let
28:01
the people
28:01
down a
28:02
lot,
28:03
and Moses
28:03
was the
28:04
true
28:04
intercessor
28:05
of the
28:06
people.
28:07
He was
28:08
such a
28:09
humble and
28:10
faithful man.
28:12
But,
28:13
as we read,
28:14
it says,
28:15
Moses testified
28:16
to the things
28:17
that were to
28:17
be spoken
28:18
later.
28:18
meaning he
28:20
testified of
28:21
Christ.
28:21
He talked
28:22
about Jesus.
28:24
Hold your
28:25
hand, but
28:25
there's only
28:26
two places
28:26
for you to
28:27
look after
28:27
this, but
28:28
John 5,
28:29
this is
28:30
incredible.
28:32
John
28:32
chapter 5,
28:35
verse 39,
28:44
Jesus is
28:45
in a
28:47
holy argument
28:48
with religious
28:50
leaders,
28:50
and he's
28:50
putting them
28:51
in their
28:51
place,
28:52
but they
28:52
are rejecting
28:52
him,
28:53
they are
28:53
angry with
28:55
him,
28:57
and this
28:57
is what he
28:58
says to
28:58
them,
28:59
John 5,
28:59
verse 39,
29:01
he says,
29:02
you search
29:03
the scriptures
29:04
because you
29:04
think that in
29:05
them you have
29:07
eternal life,
29:08
and it is
29:09
they that bear
29:10
witness about
29:11
me,
29:12
yet you refuse
29:13
to come to
29:13
me that you
29:15
may have
29:15
life.
29:15
stop there,
29:17
like,
29:18
this is an
29:21
incredible gift
29:22
of God,
29:22
but just
29:23
knowing facts
29:24
about this
29:24
won't bring
29:25
you life.
29:26
It's about
29:26
knowing the
29:27
Savior that
29:28
this testifies
29:29
of.
29:30
Jesus says
29:31
that right
29:31
here,
29:32
these bear
29:33
witness about
29:34
me, but
29:35
you didn't
29:35
come to
29:35
me.
29:38
So,
29:38
sobering
29:39
warning,
29:39
so go to
29:40
Jesus,
29:42
the one that
29:42
this testifies
29:43
of.
29:44
Then he
29:44
says,
29:45
I do not
29:46
receive glory
29:47
from people,
29:48
but I know
29:49
that you do
29:50
not have the
29:51
love of God
29:51
within you.
29:53
I have come
29:54
in my
29:54
Father's name,
29:56
and you do
29:56
not receive
29:57
me.
29:58
If another
29:59
comes in his
29:59
own name,
30:00
you receive
30:00
him.
30:02
How can you
30:02
believe when
30:04
you receive
30:04
glory from
30:05
one another
30:05
and do not
30:07
seek the
30:07
glory that
30:08
comes from
30:08
the only
30:09
God?
30:11
Listen to
30:11
this,
30:11
do not
30:12
think that
30:13
I will
30:13
accuse you
30:14
to my
30:14
Father.
30:16
There is
30:16
one who
30:17
accuses you,
30:18
Moses,
30:19
on whom
30:20
you have
30:20
set your
30:21
hope.
30:22
For if
30:22
you had
30:22
believed
30:23
Moses,
30:24
you would
30:24
have
30:24
believed
30:25
me,
30:25
for he
30:26
wrote
30:26
about me.
30:27
But if
30:28
you do
30:28
not believe
30:29
his
30:29
writings,
30:30
how will
30:31
you believe
30:31
my words?
30:34
Man.
30:36
Jesus
30:36
was spoken
30:38
of by
30:39
Moses.
30:40
in
30:41
Deuteronomy
30:41
and other
30:42
places,
30:42
he says,
30:43
I will
30:43
raise up
30:43
a prophet
30:44
that will
30:45
speak the
30:45
words of
30:45
God,
30:46
and you
30:46
must listen
30:47
to him.
30:48
He is
30:48
to come
30:49
from this
30:49
people,
30:50
and he
30:50
is to
30:50
speak the
30:51
words of
30:51
God,
30:52
listen to
30:53
him.
30:55
And then
30:56
we also
30:56
know the
30:56
image of
30:57
Jesus,
30:58
and later
30:59
in John
31:00
3,
31:00
saying,
31:01
as Moses
31:01
raised up a
31:02
bronze serpent
31:03
in the
31:03
desert,
31:03
so the
31:04
all would
31:04
look upon
31:04
that bronze
31:06
serpent in
31:06
faith,
31:07
in faith,
31:08
and believe
31:09
they would be
31:09
saved,
31:10
they would
31:10
be spared
31:10
death.
31:12
And that
31:12
was a
31:13
picture,
31:13
an image
31:14
of Jesus,
31:16
us looking
31:17
to him
31:17
to be
31:18
saved.
31:20
So,
31:20
Jesus
31:21
is the
31:23
son of
31:24
the house
31:24
of God.
31:25
Moses is
31:25
the servant
31:26
of the house
31:27
of God.
31:28
And the
31:28
differences are
31:29
immense between
31:30
a servant
31:30
and a son.
31:31
The son
31:32
obtained
31:32
inheritance,
31:33
the inheritance.
31:34
He was the
31:35
Lord over
31:35
the house.
31:37
He provided
31:37
for all the
31:38
servants in
31:39
the house.
31:39
out of his
31:40
own wealth.
31:41
But servants
31:42
didn't own
31:43
anything in
31:43
the house.
31:45
They received
31:45
provision from
31:46
the master
31:46
and they
31:47
followed the
31:47
words of
31:48
the master.
31:50
Moses is
31:50
just that
31:51
servant.
31:51
He doesn't
31:52
own the
31:52
house.
31:53
He doesn't
31:54
provide for
31:54
anything in
31:55
the house.
31:56
He follows
31:57
the word
31:57
of the
31:58
master.
32:00
So,
32:00
Jesus is
32:01
the son,
32:01
the superior
32:02
to Moses.
32:03
Those three
32:04
ways,
32:04
Jesus owns
32:05
the house,
32:06
he rules
32:07
it,
32:07
and he
32:07
provides for
32:08
it.
32:08
So,
32:09
we have
32:09
to consider
32:10
Jesus as
32:11
the son
32:11
of God,
32:12
a privileged
32:13
place in
32:14
the household
32:15
of God,
32:16
while Moses
32:17
still honored,
32:18
yet remains a
32:19
servant in
32:20
that house.
32:22
But,
32:23
again,
32:25
I think
32:25
Jesus himself
32:26
honored Moses
32:28
more than we
32:29
could ever
32:29
imagine.
32:30
this is
32:32
the last
32:32
place I
32:33
want you
32:33
to turn,
32:33
but look
32:34
at Luke
32:34
9.
32:37
Luke
32:38
chapter
32:38
9,
32:39
verse
32:40
28.
32:43
The
32:44
transfiguration.
32:50
Alright?
32:51
And Luke
32:52
9,
32:53
verse 28.
32:54
Now,
32:55
about eight
32:55
days after
32:57
these sayings,
32:58
he took
32:58
with him
32:59
Peter,
33:00
John,
33:00
and James,
33:01
and went
33:02
up on the
33:02
mountain to
33:03
pray.
33:04
And as he
33:05
was praying,
33:06
the appearance
33:06
of his face
33:07
was altered,
33:09
and his
33:10
clothing became
33:11
dazzling white.
33:13
And behold,
33:14
two men were
33:15
talking with him,
33:16
Moses and
33:17
Elijah,
33:19
who appeared
33:19
in glory and
33:20
spoke of his
33:21
departure,
33:22
which he was
33:23
about to
33:23
accomplish at
33:24
Jerusalem.
33:26
Now,
33:26
Peter and those
33:27
who were with
33:27
him were
33:28
heavy with
33:29
sleep,
33:30
but when
33:30
they became
33:33
fully awake,
33:34
they saw
33:34
his glory
33:35
and the two
33:36
men who
33:36
stood with
33:37
him.
33:38
And as
33:39
the men
33:39
were parting
33:40
from him,
33:41
Peter,
33:41
of course
33:42
Peter,
33:42
said to
33:43
Jesus,
33:43
Master,
33:44
it is good
33:45
that we are
33:46
here.
33:46
Let us
33:46
make three
33:47
tents,
33:48
one for
33:48
you,
33:49
and one
33:49
for Moses,
33:50
and one
33:50
for Elijah,
33:52
not knowing
33:53
what he
33:53
said.
33:54
And he
33:55
said,
33:56
he was
33:56
saying these
33:57
things,
33:58
a cloud
33:59
came and
33:59
overshadowed
34:00
them,
34:01
and they
34:02
were afraid
34:03
as they
34:04
entered the
34:04
cloud.
34:05
And a
34:06
voice came
34:07
out of the
34:07
cloud,
34:08
saying,
34:09
this is
34:09
my son,
34:10
my chosen
34:11
one,
34:12
listen to
34:13
him.
34:14
And when
34:14
the voice
34:15
had spoken,
34:16
Jesus was
34:17
found alone,
34:19
and they
34:19
kept silent
34:20
and told no
34:21
one in those
34:22
days anything
34:22
of what
34:23
they had
34:23
seen.
34:26
Jesus'
34:27
face was
34:28
altered.
34:29
He was
34:30
illuminating
34:30
from within.
34:34
The
34:35
dazzling
34:36
white
34:36
phrase
34:38
that's used
34:38
there means
34:38
bright as a
34:39
flash of
34:40
lightning.
34:43
A glimpse
34:43
of the
34:44
glory of
34:44
Christ.
34:46
So this
34:46
isn't Moses
34:47
and Elijah
34:48
reincarnated,
34:48
this is
34:49
Moses and
34:49
Elijah
34:50
standing there
34:50
coming from
34:51
the presence
34:51
of God
34:52
to speak
34:53
with Christ.
34:56
And at
34:57
least in
34:57
the Old
34:58
Testament,
34:58
Moses
34:59
represents
34:59
the law,
35:00
Elijah
35:01
represents
35:01
the prophets,
35:03
how Jesus
35:03
is fulfilling
35:04
both of
35:05
those.
35:06
But do you
35:06
remember in
35:07
Exodus 34
35:08
when Moses
35:08
came down
35:09
off the
35:09
mountain and
35:10
his face
35:10
was radiant
35:12
because he
35:12
had been
35:14
deep in
35:14
the presence
35:15
of God?
35:17
He was
35:17
reflecting
35:18
the presence
35:20
of God
35:20
but Jesus
35:22
was radiating
35:23
it.
35:23
It was
35:24
coming out
35:24
of him
35:24
like it
35:25
was within
35:25
him not
35:26
without.
35:27
Jesus is
35:28
superior in
35:28
this person
35:29
because he
35:29
radiates the
35:30
glory of
35:31
God from
35:32
the inside
35:33
because he
35:34
is God.
35:36
But he
35:36
honored
35:37
Moses.
35:37
Moses got
35:38
to stand
35:38
there and
35:39
speak with
35:39
him.
35:41
How humbly
35:42
that must
35:43
have been.
35:45
What a
35:45
sight.
35:45
in
35:47
conclusion
35:48
go back
35:50
to Hebrews
35:50
verse 6
35:53
chapter 3
35:55
what is
35:57
some of
35:57
the meaning
35:58
for us
35:58
because the
36:01
writer wants
36:02
us to
36:03
immediately
36:03
apply this
36:04
to where
36:05
we are
36:06
in our
36:06
relationship
36:07
with Christ.
36:09
It says
36:10
and we
36:11
are his
36:11
house
36:12
if indeed
36:14
we hold
36:14
fast our
36:15
confidence
36:15
and our
36:16
boasting
36:16
and our
36:17
hope.
36:19
That means
36:20
this morning
36:21
not just
36:22
in Moses'
36:23
day but
36:24
this morning
36:24
Christ is
36:26
our creator
36:27
our maker
36:28
our provider
36:29
remember all
36:30
the things
36:31
that the
36:31
son does
36:32
in the
36:32
house
36:32
he rules
36:33
over the
36:33
house
36:33
he gives
36:34
us what
36:35
we need
36:36
and Moses
36:37
is a fellow
36:37
servant
36:38
along with
36:39
us even
36:39
though he
36:40
was singled
36:40
out to be
36:41
the greatest
36:42
of servants
36:43
we are
36:45
his house
36:45
we are
36:46
his people
36:46
we are
36:46
partakers
36:47
of the
36:48
divine
36:48
nature
36:49
and a
36:49
heavenly
36:49
calling
36:50
if we
36:52
hold fast
36:52
our
36:53
confidence
36:54
and boast
36:55
until the
36:56
end.
36:58
So we
36:58
need to
36:59
understand
37:00
that there
37:00
are
37:00
descriptions
37:01
like this
37:02
in the
37:02
Bible
37:02
that call
37:02
believers
37:03
to
37:03
persevere
37:04
if you
37:05
remain
37:06
if you
37:07
stay in
37:07
the
37:07
faith
37:08
if you
37:11
remain
37:11
steadfast
37:13
you have
37:14
reason for
37:15
great
37:15
confidence
37:15
because God
37:17
is at
37:18
work
37:18
within you
37:20
and we
37:21
can have
37:22
that great
37:23
trust and
37:24
confidence
37:24
because Jesus
37:25
is superior
37:27
to Moses
37:28
he is the
37:28
one that
37:29
we are
37:29
hanging all
37:30
our hope
37:30
on
37:30
this life
37:32
and
37:33
eternal
37:33
life
37:34
afterwards
37:34
all rest
37:35
on Jesus
37:36
so we
37:37
have to
37:38
consider him
37:39
as great
37:40
as Moses
37:40
was
37:41
he was
37:41
far
37:42
greater
37:42
so there's
37:43
a call
37:43
here
37:43
to persevere
37:44
to hang
37:45
on
37:46
to keep
37:46
the confidence
37:47
that you
37:47
have
37:48
as a
37:49
follower
37:50
of Jesus
37:50
so
37:52
think about
37:53
where your
37:53
hope is
37:54
think about
37:54
where your
37:54
confidence
37:55
is this
37:56
morning
37:56
and no
37:57
matter
37:58
where
37:58
to stop
37:59
and consider
37:59
Jesus
38:00
how
38:00
great
38:01
he was
38:01
he was
38:02
the builder
38:03
of the
38:03
house
38:04
he made
38:04
the house
38:05
he made
38:05
us
38:06
and he is
38:07
the son
38:08
of God
38:08
and not
38:09
just a
38:09
servant
38:10
so
38:11
that's our
38:13
text today
38:14
let's pray
38:16
together