 Okay, welcome back. All right, let's resume from where we left off So we concluded the last session with how we can approach God's presence We spoke about God's presence and importance of it and in detail So we can approach his presence through praise and worship, right? So let's go to PD in your notes to the chapter eight To in the PDF, it's page 28. I'm not sure what's the page number for you guys 1626. Okay Jesus Christ the perfect sacrifice, that's where we're at. Okay, Jesus Christ the perfect sacrifice So one of the one of the things that used to happen in the tabernacle is that people would Priests would perform sacrifices right sin offering this many offerings and whatnot But those were all a Covering for the sin, okay the blood of the animals So the priest would take the blood of the often innocent animal The high priest once a year would go into the holy of holies He would pour that blood on the mercy seat Right as a covering for their sins Until Jesus comes into the scene when John the Baptist looks at him and says behold the Lamb of God who? Takes away the sin of the world So it's no longer his sacrifices blood is no longer a covering Right, so on in the mercy seat arc of the covenant How many of you have heard of that word out words out of the covenant you heard Arc of the covenant what were some of the things that was inside the arc of the covenant inside the arc So arc of the covenant, I don't know how to say it in another language Hindi So in the tabernacle of Moses auto quotes inner quotes holy of holies There was the arc of the covenant right and so it's like a box kind of a thing It's like a treasure box inside that there were some things what were the that in commandments Addons staff the stick Manna, yeah, and so all of that it's just to remind You know saying People of Israel rejected God's commandments and commandments people of reject people of Israel They rejected the bird of life as in the bread that was provided for them from heaven. They say okay. What is this? We want meat Why addons staff? Because addons stuff symbolize leadership So people of Israel had rejected the leadership that was given to them by God and so looking at all of this God was angered Right looking because they had rejected all of this God wanted to destroy them And so that's why he put all of that inside the box and every time the blood was put on the mercy seat He would see the blood of an innocent lamb and not the sins of people Are you with me right and so all of this was there and that's why fast forward to the New Testament the New Covenant Behold the Lamb of God Jesus who takes away the sins of the world. It's no longer covering Okay, it's what we say whitewash You know what whitewash is no just paint something on top it be nice, but be it's horrible Why are you looking around? Okay, but that's why we come to this topic called Jesus Christ the perfect Sacrifice right in Hebrew chapter 9 verse 9 11 and 12 I'll read it for us It says it was symbolic for the present time in which both gifts and Sacrifices are offered which cannot make him who perform the service perfect in regard to this to the conscience But Christ came as high priest of the good things to come With the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands. That is not of this creation verse 12 not with the blood of goats and calves, but with his own blood He entered the most holy place with his Own blood he entered the most holy place once for all Having obtained eternal redemption Okay Guys, so I apologize because I keep talking about the tabernacle and I keep asking the questions, right? Once again talk about the sacrifice Okay, so let's say Vimal is my sacrifice. He's the lamb. Okay So and Rinn is the Priest high priest, right? Now I can't go to Rinn the priest priest Rinn priestess Rinn. Sorry and say Can you go do a sacrifice? because I sinned She'll be like I'll do it Give me the offering Yes, there'll be a question, isn't it? So give me the offering sure Right, so So Vimal let's say, okay, now you're a lamb. Okay, so Vimal is the offering. I Am the offerer Okay, Vimal is the offering. I am the offerer. I am offering Okay The offering will have a different perspective The offerer has a different perspective Okay, as an offering the goat the innocent lamb so to speak saying Why should I die for your sin? Yes or no Why should I give my life? I'm gonna be burnt. What? Do I deserve this? That's the perspective of the offering Right. What's the perspective of the offerer? If I don't I'm going to be up there. I Deserve to be up there But an innocent lamb is taking my place Yes, so offering offer a offering Right, then there's the priest Right who performs the sacrifice? Yes or no. So there are four things involved there offering offering priest sacrifice Yes Jesus Christ is the perfect sacrifice because Jesus was not only the offering He was also the offerer. Yes He was not only the sacrifice He was also the high priest Are you with me Jesus Christ was the offering the offerer the sacrifice and the high priest Right, so that's what Hebrews is talking about with his own blood He entered the most holy place once and for all having obtained eternal Redemption right Hebrews chapter 10. I'm just reading the scriptures of your notes Hebrews chapter 10 verse 11 and 12 and Every priest stands ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices Which can never take away since but this man After he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever sat down at the right hand of God Okay We need to have this revelation or we need to just come to this agreement saying Jesus Christ is our perfect sacrifice He's your perfect sacrifice The place that you were supposed to take on the cross He took Everything that you were supposed to endure and go through Jesus took in your place on your behalf Are you with me? right, so second point there is as a Royal priesthood because of the sacrifice and blood of Jesus Read that guys and listen to it very careful as the royal priesthood Because of the sacrifice and blood of Jesus, what does it say after that? We have Unlimited access to the holy of Holies the very presence of God Now we are the royal priesthood, isn't it? Let's go to Revelation chapter 1. It shouldn't be hard to find that book Right now I have to find which verse I wanted to say. Let's give me a second guess Okay, where is that verse six? Oh Yeah, there you go. Thank you Revelation 1 verse 6 Okay, let's read from verse 5. Okay, and from Jesus Christ who is the faithful witness the first Born from the dead and the ruler of the kings of the earth to him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood and has made us to be a kingdom and priest To serve his God and father to him be glory and power and forever and ever amen Right. So now with his blood He's purchased us and now we are royal priesthood. Okay, so then this goes on to say because we are royal priesthood Hebrews chapter 10 verse 19 and 22 Okay, Hebrews chapter 10 verse 19 and 22 it's in your notes. It says therefore brethren Having boldness to enter the holiest by the blood of Jesus. Okay, stop Boldness have what do you mean by bold? correcto Bold means what being How do I explain bold case you're very bold as in It's very dark. Can you go? It's like, yeah, I'll go into this dark room because I'm very bold. I mean you're very brave basically And right having the boldness. Okay, so the Hebrew writer is saying Having boldness to enter the holiest by the blood of Jesus It says come boldly to the throne of grace Okay, what does that mean the Bible is not just saying come Come to the throne of grace is not just saying that he's talking about the attitude and how you can come You can come boldly you can come with confidence You don't have to think twice. It's like, can I can I come? Am I gonna get killed? God is saying come but come boldly Come with confidence to me All right, verse 20 by a new and living way when he consecrated for us through the veil that is his flesh and Having a high priest over the house of God verse 22 Let us draw near with the true heart in Full assurance of faith having a heart sprinkled from an evil conscious and our bodies washed with pure water All right So that's that's another thing a point for us to remember is that because we are the royal priesthood because of the blood Jesus has paid for us on the cross We have unlimited access to his very presence and God is God invites us to come in boldly, right? Are you guys with me? Okay, third point we as believers are washed redeemed and made righteous By the blood of the Lord Jesus, okay, we are washed Redeemed and made righteous Because we fasted for 40 days For 21 days. I fasted without drinking water also. I am washed redeemed and made righteous Because I don't wear any gold because I Shave every day or grow long Is that what it says by the blood of the Lord Jesus Right, it's very important for us to remind ourselves that it is not what we it's not our doing that saves us, right? We are redeemed by the blood of Jesus to have access to enter the Holy of Holies any time all the time In the old covenant only the high priest could go to the Holy of Holies once a year Nobody else if anybody else entered Khattam to everybody understood that finish But here we have unlimited access, right? And so there's this invitation guys from God is Come Right We have as anybody received a wedding invitation or invitation to go to some event What do you do with that invitation? You have two choices when someone comes and gives you an invitation, right? She has getting married to the love of his life You have a love of your life here, you don't give me the innocent look is like what do you mean, sir? I don't know what this is sir Okay, so he's really class here's the invitation for my wedding Please come Now as class we have two choice now. What is it? We can go or not go No, maybe Yes or no So it's the same thing as in we have the invitation now Right. It says come come boldly to the throne of grace Come boldly to the Holy of Holies Are you with me? Right I really wish I had a whiteboard now To draw. Okay. So picture with me imagine with me. Okay, so there's the Auto courts in the Tabernacle of Moses, right? Auto courts. It's huge And then there's the inner courts and the Holy of Holies, right? So in the auto courts There are a lot of people like There's space for a lot of people to gather to perform sacrifice and whatnot, right? That's where the Bible says I will enter his gates with thanksgiving his courts with Praise right so you can praise him with a group of people like with a multitude of people 50 people 100 people whatnot you can praise him, right? And then you go into the holy place, which is the inner courts We call it in the inner courts. What are there? What is there? Table of showbread lampstand altar of incense So in the outside you can praise God with the multitude of people In the inner courts, it suddenly becomes small Isn't it you can't have 50 hundred people inside there This is space for say maximum 10 people Right and so priests will go and they'll make sure that the breads are replaced Right and there's always oil in the lampstand and the incense is always burning, right? So you can praise God with a group of people You can serve him with a team Of people But you can only worship him face to face One on one Are you with me? Yes, and that's the invitation we have is saying Come come don't just stand in the outer courts Come all the way into the holy of holy of holies because that's where I dwell When we talk or teach about tabernacle, right? We always start from the outer courts Isn't it Gates outer courts inner courts holy place when you read Exodus 25 onwards God starts from the holy of holies and then goes out He starts from the arc of the covenant and then goes out to the To the outer courts He doesn't come from outer courts inner courts holy of holies from for him It's always the inside part that is important Are you with me guys, right? And so some of the practical Guidelines for our personal worship and how we can draw near Individually to God to God is There are some pointers mentioned they draw near to God intentionally They draw near to him intentionally I What do you say for intentional? On purpose Wantonly yeah wantonly in the intentional Uh Because it's very important for you to understand draw near to him intentionally means Willingly you want to get close to him. So what do you say? Okay example is so I know nickel will feel bad if I say something hurtful I will say it anyways Get what I'm saying like I know if I say is like hey You're looking so bad. I know it and you'll feel bad But I will save it anyways because I'm doing it on purpose. Isn't it? So that's what intentional is all about being, you know, and so here I was saying draw near to him intentionally That means you must be willing You have to make that effort You have to initiate Are you with me, right? So draw near to God intentionally with the true heart In faith with a clear conscience Washed with the pure water the water of the word and with boldness Recognizing that we are righteousness of God through the cross. Okay With a true heart in sincerity and wholeheartedly with a true heart sincerity means what sincerity Truthful you're being very sincere How do you express being sincere? Okay, so when when when do you say someone is very sincere? They're being truthful. Okay, but when do you say that someone like Rin is a very sincere person? What will make you say that? She's always truthful. She doesn't lie. She shows up on time. She always keeps her word. Yes She does her assignments on time Okay submits everything on time. Yeah, whatever is whatever responsibility has been given to her. She will do it Yes or no, so that's what sincerity is all about. Isn't it so intentional is uh attitude. Yeah, thanks Nina and so Saying draw near to him intentionally that means sincerely wholeheartedly with a true heart Opposite of true heart is It's not complicated, isn't it? Opposite of true heart is false heart okay it's It's like one of those examples where Jesus says like don't be like one of these people who stands in the road and And cries is crying out and goes to everybody say I've asked for 40 days and pray. Why are you not fasting? Like self righteousness kind of a thing But instead just go before him like david says like sam 51 creating me a clean heart Yes, creating me a clean heart Uh That kind of prayer can only be birthed out of a true heart Sam 139 towards the end it says search me and know me And see if there is any wicked ways in me Prayers like that will not come of a false heart Right and so go before him and say look just as you are by all says come just as you are you don't have to wear a mask You you know what a mask is right not this mask what we wear during covid But you've seen one of those masks superhero masks batman masks all of that. So don't go before him with a mask Right so come with a true heart in faith with clear conscience Ask god for forgiveness if you have to repent if you have to Washed with pure water the water of the word God's word You know cleanses us purifies us and so read the word of god and come with boldness Express thanksgiving and praise in spoken words in song Express Thanksgiving and praise in spoken word in song right Worship with the word What does that mean worship with the word? There's something I want to teach you all right Thanks nina John bujkar, that's intentional. Is that right? Did I say that right nina? Do you understand what that is? John John bujkar, so that's intentional. Thanks nina You saved me Very quickly. Is it possible for me to get a guitar? Yeah, can I get an acoustic guitar? You don't mind is help me out. Yeah Um, I need Friends can you help me set up the mic stand, please? So one of the points there is worship with the word. Okay. I um, I want to kind of um Encourage you to do that is worship with the word. It simply means sing the word That's what it is. Okay Uh, let's go to sound 27 Hey, I don't need a the jack. It's just give me a strap or if there's no strap, that's fine. This is I just give me a mic stand. I'll keep the guitar on this table Sam 27 Hey, who are you guys doing online all okay, surya? Nina judge and Karen all fine Okay, just hold on It's fine. Just give me the guitar and give me a stand For the to keep for me to keep the mic I you don't need to learn to you know the mic stand and not get us done Um, you don't need to learn or know to play an instrument to do this I'm just using this to give an example Yeah, you don't get the tuned guitar on time The other one is tuned. This is who's guitar is this, huh? This is who's okay. Vijay. Thanks, Vijay. I'm gonna Is it okay, let's see how this sounds um There's nothing worse than a an out of tune guitar. Okay, so um simple exercise. Uh, what I what uh kind of show is uh Is worship with the word is the point isn't Check okay worship with the word is the point, isn't it? So um, so I'm I just open say sound 27 now and uh And I'll just start singing whatever is there, okay? Uh The lord is my life And my salvation Oh god, you shine You are my salvation Who shall I fear? Who shall I be? Afraid whom shall I fear? Whom shall I be? afraid The lord is The lord is my light Oh the lord the lord is my life. There is no shadow Of turning in you. There is no shadow Like the sun You shine like the sun Whom shall I fear and whom shall I be? Afraid whom shall I fear? And whom shall I be afraid Let's go to less four Oh one thing I ask of the lord That will I see That I may dwell That I may dwell In the house Of the lord To see you in the sanctuary To see you in your glory god She was so beautiful This is my desire Is one thing One thing have I desired of the lord That will I see Okay, so let's just an example there. You guys okay? All right. You thought I lost till there for a second. Okay, so worshiping with the word is you don't need to play No to play guitar or whatever it is even singing as in but it's just again worship Is that you just want to sing it whatever Comes to your heart just open the bible and go to the psalms or whichever Book that you want to open and just start Singing the word Right sing the word It's beautiful because this book right Right, this the word of god Uh, just think about this a lot of people have wanted to destroy it People have tried to Burn it Right So that you and I can't have but god has preserved this For you and me Are you with me? He preserved this so one day He knows okay On this day of 2022 my son roshan is going to be discouraged So to encourage him i'm going to preserve my word. So when he searched me when he seeks me he will Find me here in this psalm Right, so the same god who preserved this text The same god who preserved this book he could have also preserved the psalms the melody of it The tunes that david sang asaf and all sang yes or no But i think this is my thinking i think it was not preserved maybe so that you and i can sing our own song Are you with me? Right the same god who preserved this text could have also preserved the melodies I mean nothing is impossible with him And that's where I think every generation has a new sound every heart has a different song I think it's very important that you open your bible And sing Right, um, so that's the worshiping with the word there Praying and singing in tongues Um, it's an incredible way of getting closer to god Right guys still awake you with me? Yeah, awesome. Okay, let's move on point number four With our identity as priests each one of us have a responsibility to offer up spiritual sacrifices, right? First Peter 2 verse 5 you also as living stones are being built up a spiritual house A holy priesthood to offer up a spiritual sacrifices Acceptable to god through jesus christ, okay? So we learned about the responsibility of the priests what they do they offer up sacrifices They never went before god empty handed So we now as the kingdom of priests we have a responsibility To go before him not empty handed but sacrifices of praise and thanksgiving, right? Um The last point there point number five is one of the spiritual sacrifices that we are called to offer as we draw near to him is praise right hebrews 13 15 therefore by him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to god That is the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise be thankful to him and bless his name. Okay So praise thanksgiving. It's simple simple simple formula For you to get closer to god Okay, you don't know how to get closer to him. That's not how Uh, right a simple formula for you to get closer to god is be thankful. All right So, um in conclusion, let's just look at this last section before we close for today is what happens when we personally praise god What happens when we personally praise god first one God the king inhabits our praise His presence his power his kingdom rule and reign invades our circumstances and situations, okay Um of all the words there right in point number one My favorite word is invade Invade right, uh invasion hindi Help me out invasion for hindi nina. Can you help me out invasion invade? What do you say? Sorry Enter without permission. Yes, that's what invasion is right. So say china wants to invade india They're not going to ask like muriji Can we come into india and occupy? No invasion is coming without permission with force They come with force Yeah margin. Yeah, sorry Hamla Oh, yeah, this I understood that Right. Yeah And so when we praise him, right we We've we've there's so many times god is enthroned on our praises, isn't it when god is enthroned someone is dethroned Yeah, we we've learned about that his kingdom kingdom is two words okay king dominion king and Dominion so kingdom is two different words. Okay, so when the king comes A king he always comes with his dominion dominion is what his army his His power his reign everything right and so When we praise him he invades our situation That he comes he he makes himself known he manifests In the situation in the circumstances that we are him And he becomes a part of what we are going through, right? So that's that's the first thing When we personally praise god god is enthroned on our praises second praise causes divine deliverance Right. We looked at second chronicles chapter 20. I hope you remember jahosh afat story Right jahosh afat and his army Uh How they defeated by just praising him so praise causes divine Deliverance obviously when god's kingdom invades our situations and circumstances there is deliverance Praise stops the enemy Some eight verse two Uh out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants you have ordained strength And The word instead of praise used there is strength Look at that words, okay Out of the let's read from another translation. Um, some eight From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise. Can someone read that in hindi? Please Akraman, Nina. Yeah, thanks. That's what invasion is all about. Okay. Thank you All right, some eight verse two can someone read some eight verse two Thank you. Uh someone in hindi Thank you. Okay. Um Understood right some eight verse two so From the lips of children and infants our notes says you have Ordained strength Okay in our translation says praise now Look at me. Uh, can a can a child or a children Can they defend themselves? Can they defend themselves? They are not strong. Isn't it they are weak infants. They have no they can't defend They are dependent on us as adults to defend them. Yes If someone is coming to attack a child or children, what we do is we put ourselves in front of them, isn't it? We we push them behind us Because as adults we defend them, isn't it? God is saying It's like from the lips of children and infants. I have ordained strength praise In our most defenseless moments in life our praise is our strength Right because he is our strength right it defends us. So praise stops the enemy Um and jesus uses that in matthew chapter 21 verse 16 Um And praise prepares our hearts to receive from god Okay, that's the last point praise prepares our heart to receive from god Hosea chapter 10 verse 11 it simply says juda shall plow Judah means praise Right, what is plowing the field a farmer plows the field To put the seed and then rain to come right so praise Kind of plows your heart to hear from god right in ax chapter Acts chapter some chapter x chapter 16 or somewhere. Okay. It says as they were praising god God spoke to them and revealed what they should do next to paul and barnabas While they were worshiping god says to paul and barnabas now you go there Right So that's what praise does is on all of these things right praise. He god comes and he dwells among us He stops the enemy and more importantly as we praise and worship It prepares our hearts to hear from him Right amen, so with that we'll stop for today. We'll continue Next week in the remainder of the chapter All right, let's pray and we'll close so father. I pray Thank you for today's word. Thank you for teaching And opening our eyes father. I pray that these words will bear fruit in our lives lord Lord, I pray that in our in every situation of our lives in every circumstances I pray that we will choose to worship you. We will choose to honor you I pray that we will choose to fix our eyes on you god I pray that that one thing will be our only desire as you have desire to be with us I pray that we will also long and desire to be with you god In Jesus name I pray amen Okay, everybody online. Thanks for joining and I hope you are doing well. Take care. I will see you next week Bye. Bye