 world does a movie clip like this have anything to do with this study of the Bible? Well, a lot. Have you ever watched a movie or had someone come in while you're watching a movie and they try to piece it together and try to figure out what's going on in the middle and they ask you questions or if they start watching or if you start watching a movie in the middle you've got a lot of information but you don't get the full story? Well that's kind of the way you ought to avoid handling the Bible. Let me give you two movies. Two movies that many of you might know of. One, The Karate Kid. How many of you all saw The Karate Kid? In The Karate Kid, Danielson wants to learn karate. Mr. Miyagi is teaching him. However, Daniel didn't know how to really do karate. He didn't know what Mr. Miyagi is up to. He thinks Mr. Miyagi is just teaching him how to fix his pants and to garden and to build stuff, how to wax his car and so forth. And when Daniel decides that he's about had it, he's ready to quit. Miyagi shows him that he does know karate. He says, show me paint the fence. Show me wax on, wax off. All of that stuff. Well, it's a good movie and it's kind of interesting. Unfortunately, that's how many people learn the Bible. What do I mean by that? Well, they piecemeal certain parts of the Bible together. They have this part and they've got that part and they've got that part and that part and they put it all together. Sometimes are right. Sometimes are wrong. However, if you look at it and I found myself, don't judge me, but I started watching the Game of Thrones and you cannot watch something like that from the middle. You have to know what's happening and they put piece together and in that part right there, the video that I showed was this guy, one of the main characters, John Snow, the people finding out that who he's actually. He's actually a Targaryen. It's a whole other thing, but the crowd is coming together because they know the whole story. It's been put together and put together and put together and all the pieces make sense even as you go forward. Well, guess what? The Bible is really the same way. I know it's a little goofy way of me putting together, but I want to show you this. I keep showing you guys this and it's important. The Bible is like what you see on the screen. The Bible is not a hodgepodge, a collection of stuff that just put here, here, here. There's an order to it. Look at how it flows. We've got these books, the chronological books that we have in order from the beginning all the way up until the last prophet, which is about 400 years prior to Christ. We've got the prophets. We've got the complementary books and so forth. The reason why that's important and the reason why I'm bringing this out is because I put up a little comment on the commentary portion and I said, speaking from the standpoint of God, that everyone who has the Spirit of God, I will never turn away from and they will never turn away from me. And then I signed it as God. Why is that important? Because some people will say, well, that's just for Israel. Well, it's not just for Israel and there's a particular person. I won't say the person's name because I don't want to be about that person. Also, he's kind of reminiscent of a lot of the people. He embodies what a few other people think as well. Matter of fact, he actually goes too far. There are those people who will tell you, well, first of all, there are people like him who don't understand how the Bible is supposed to give them. Let me read it. Let me read a statement from him. A few statements and then again, I'm not going to say his name, but I want you to see what he's saying because other people said, the insult aside, he said, this is evidence that Brother Cory does not know how to rightly divide the scriptures. Okay, fine. Jeremiah, the prophet, was talking to the nation of Israel and we do and we do know and understand that Israel rejected their king and their Messiah. Jeremiah was written for our learning, Romans 15, 4, not for us to practice. Brother Cory, please sit down and allow the apostle Paul to teach you now. Here's a person, I want to say his name, but a person who believes that Paul's gospel is different than the other gospel and that what was written by Peter or by John or by any of the other apostles to the to the Jews has no bearing on us. A lot of them will find themselves in what's called the mid-axe dispensation list. Anyone that will tell you that there are two gospels reject that person. As a matter of fact, don't even ask that person for the time of day. Don't ask for directions, don't ask for anything. If he wants, if he wants to tell you something, close your ears, scream loud and walk away. That person can add nothing beneficial to your life other than maybe, I don't know, avoid that kind of person. This is a person who has done what the Danielson way of doing things, taking a piece here, a piece here, a piece here, a piece there. There are no two gospels. Paul's gospel is not different than Peter's gospel or John's or James or anyone else. There are no two people who are, there are no two different tracks to salvation. Amen. Now there are those who might think that that's what, let's say my hermeneute leads to, my hermeneute leads to the exact same hermeneute. There's only one way of salvation, one way without question, one way. Everybody, be they Jew or Gentile, has to place their faith in Christ. Now let's back up a little bit and let's start from the beginning. I made the statement. I put the scripture on this, I'll put it on the screen as well. Jeremiah 32 39. I understand why some people will say, well, Corey, that's only for Israel. God is speaking to Israel. The prophet Jeremiah is speaking only to Israel at that time. Well, here's the question. Was Jeremiah speaking only to Israel? Well, the answer is yes. He's speaking only to Israel. That doesn't mean that what God is going to do is only for Israel. Now with that passage, you might be inclined to believe. Let's put on the screen. With that passage, you might be inclined to believe that this applies to Israel. How do we know if this passage applies not just to Israel, but for others? That's the issue. And this is where we have to go from the beginning and work our way to the end. But let's start with this particular passage. This is where God is telling through the prophet Jeremiah, he says that, and I will give them one heart and one way that they may fear me always for their own good, for the good of their children after them. I will make an everlasting covenant with them that I will not turn away from them to do them good and I will put the fear of me in their hearts so that they will not turn away from me. So in this case, he is not going to turn away from them and they won't turn away from him. Now, he says, just like others have said, that's for Israel. Now, I've told him, I said, I've covered this in the past. You must have missed it. And I was being nice. And so his response was, my point is, Brother Corey, you do not know how to write the divine scriptures, your mixing scriptures, so on and so forth. He goes on to say at the very end, what does he say? He's, let me expand this. He says, I don't watch your scripture. I mean, I don't watch your videos, but then don't comment. Then don't comment if I give you this passage, which by the way, which by the way, this person, if I were to tell you who he is, he's been in the chats numerous times. He's heard it over and over before, but again, he's the kind of person where these are folks, if anyone wants to tell you that this gospel, and that's what he believes, that this gospel, that's the only gospel that applies to us, well, that he's wrong. Now, and there are people on all different sides of the isle that go too far this way, go too far that way, go too far this way, go too far that way. They're just are. But what we want to do is be able to, as he says that I don't do, write the divine. And now he's going to watch this video because I know he's going to watch this video because I know he does watch the videos. People will say things like that. I don't watch your videos. Well, then how did you see this? Because two things happened. YouTube either recommends it because you are subscribed or you don't have to be subscribed to get a recognition from the YouTube. If you have watched a channel and do not, have you ever done that? Clicked on someone's channel and you just want to see a particular video and then they keep sending you videos of that person. I'm not interested in this person. So he's going to watch the video because he keeps watching the video, but I want him and more importantly, other people to understand. Let's go back to this passage, Jeremiah 32, 39, and 40. How do we know this is not just about Israel? Well, if all we had was this passage, we would know or we would think that it's just Israel. There's no way to come from this passage and this passage alone. As a matter of fact, there's really not a lot to get from the Prophet Jeremiah. There's not a lot to get from him and glean that any of this is going to apply to the Gentiles. Let's put it back on the screen and I want to go back to this Old Testament timeline. This Old Testament timeline shows who Jeremiah is a prophet to. Jeremiah, if you look, Jeremiah is a prophet to the Southern Kingdom. He's a prophet to Judah. By the way, this is where we get the name of the term Judah. Now, if I am correct, if my hermeneutics is correct, remember, I employ, and as a matter of fact, you do too when you're not thinking about it, I employ a literal grammatical historical hermeneuty. The literal comes in in this place as well as the historical. If we go back to the passage again, and we're going to do a lot of tracking, guys. You guys make sure that you keep track of which scripts we're going through. In Jeremiah 32, God is telling him what he is going to do and he's speaking about his people. It's clear in this case what he's speaking of. He's speaking about them, about Israel. He says previously, 37, behold, I will gather them out of all the lands to which I have driven them in my anger. Who is he speaking of? Ladies and gentlemen, he's only speaking of Israel here because who would he be gathering out of all the lands which he has driven? He hasn't driven Gentiles to other lands and is going to bring them back to what land? What land has he brought back? And we'll be bringing us back to, he's speaking of Israel. In my anger, in my wrath and in my indignation, I will bring them back to this place and make them dwell in safety. What place? Bring them back to what place? There's a little part, bring them back to what place? Bring them back to the land of Israel that Jeremiah is telling them, you guys are getting ready to get kicked out of. Why are you getting kicked out of this land? Because again, you have disobeyed me, you have played the harlot, you have gone after other gods, important, we're going to cover that, gone after other gods and you have disobeyed me, my commandments, defiled my name to profane me and my Sabbaths. And so therefore, you will be put out. As a matter of fact, you even defiled the land Sabbath, which is why you did it 70 times, which is why you're going to be put out for 70 years. And so this is the whole point that's come, okay? Now he says, And they shall be my people and I will be their God. Who is the there and who is my people? He's speaking of Israel. Okay? Now, before we get there though, notice what he says before we go to the main point. He says, I will give them one heart and one way that they may fear me always. Well, what is he speaking of? Well, we don't get enough from that passage to understand exactly what he's speaking of about giving them one heart, but in other Old Testament passages, especially to those in Judah, especially to all of Israel, as a matter of fact, all of the Old Testament, we see where he's speaking of, how he's going to give them one heart. Remember, we won't look at it, but in Deuteronomy, he tells them to circumcise their heart. Then he later tells them that I will do it. I told you, you won't do it. I'll put you out of the land. And then he says, I will circumcise your heart. Now, someone saying eschatology is not about eschatology because we've seen that Jews have had their hearts, some of their hearts at the beginning, circumcised. Their hearts have been changed. Is that an in times issue? No, it could not be an in times issue because we're still here after the first people ever to have their hearts circumcised, had them circumcised. The very first people to receive the spirit, that was not an in times event. That was the beginning of the church. And so the title of this whole thing is, is this for Israel or the church? Well, the answer is the church with an asterisk also to include Israel. However, what does God want for everybody to be? Be they Israel or Gentile? God wants everybody to be a part of the church. Israel being Israel in and of itself, if you are a Jew, that doesn't do anything for you. Most Jews are going to perish and go to hell. God has promised to save, or here's a word, He has promised to choose to elect some Jews of that nation to be in. Why? To fulfill the promise. We'll talk about the promise again, but how do we know that this is speaking about their hearts being changed? How do we know? Because it comes up again in other places, namely Ezekiel 36. In Ezekiel 36, we've come before, I know a lot of this stuff is is just repeating. But again, I think it bears repeating. He says, then I will sprinkle clean water on you and you will be clean and I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. Moreover, I will give you a new heart. We've been talking about giving them a new heart. Give who a new heart? We'll give Israel a new heart. Well, Cory, that's not helping your point. It couldn't be helping your point to be speaking about how a person receives the Holy Spirit and will never walk away from God, nor will God turn his back on him. Because we're speaking about Israel in both cases in Jeremiah and Ezekiel. How could that help to prove your point? Just hold on, Danielson will go back to it. He says, moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh and I will put my spirit within you and cause you to walk in my statutes and you will be careful to observe my ordinances. You will live. Here it is. You will live in the land that I gave to your forefathers so you will be my people and I will be your God. What was he speaking of? Well, he's speaking of Israel. He is speaking of Israel. Question is, is that only going to apply to Israel? Well, quickly, think about it this way. And this is one of the questions, one response that I gave to the questions. If he is speaking about just Israel, if, and by the way, if you have any questions, I'll answer your questions towards them. If he is speaking about just Israel, the implication of that would be that only Israel will have the Holy Spirit in them and the Holy Spirit working them that way. So that would be to say that Jewish believers who have the Holy Spirit will never turn away. But Gentile believers, they can. We're going to have two different types of Christians by that understanding. Well, we don't have two different types of Christians. How do we know? Because Jesus says in John 10, he says, speaking of these sheep. Now, obviously he's speaking to an audience of Jews, but then he says, I have sheep of another fold, another flock. And I will go with them and they will follow me. And the two basically says the two will become one and I will be the shepherd one flock out of these two people and I will be their shepherd. So Jesus makes it clear that both sheep, Jew and Gentile sheep, there's only two types of sheep as far as the Bible's concerned, those that are Jewish and those that are not Jewish. He says we'll have of both. Obviously, the larger number will be the Gentiles, but both will come together and they will have one shepherd, one flock will they be. And so this flock, we call it the church. It's what God has been after. This one body, this one family that is identified by the Holy Spirit. We'll come back to that just a little bit, but all throughout the Scriptures, the Bible has been telling us that he wants to fix people's hearts. The question is, is he just doing so for just the Jews? Well, no, he's not doing it for just the Jews. As a matter of fact, let me find this passage. Here it is. Due to Runomy 32, God is bothered with Israel, because Israel is like us. The one thing we should never do is to kind of look our noses, look down our noses at Israel, at the Jews, look at how these people are. They are so disobedient. Well, you would be exactly the same way, if not worse, if it weren't for the Lord and the Holy Spirit. I think it's a bit disingenuous and it might even speak to some people's lack of salvation when they point to Israel, because what does Paul say? If you're going to have that level of arrogance towards them, you're not saved. That was Paul's warning. Why? Jesus says, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and the Pharisees, you will in no way be saved. What does that mean? Your arrogance. You think that you've got something coming just because it's you. Those are the folks in many cases who think that they have done something to merit salvation. No, just like the Jews did. You cannot make it into heaven that way. I don't care if you're George Intel. I don't care what church you go to. I don't care what confession you hold to, what doctrine bench you have, who your pastor is, how much money your grandmother gave to church, how much you are forties or against time. Doesn't matter. If you are in the body, you are there because of what Christ did through your faith. Amen. The problem is, Jews didn't do so and way back before, think about this guys, before the Lord leads them into the Promised Land. He's telling them, I'm going to put you into this Promised Land. We'll talk about why they're going to this Promised Land. But before, and let's go back to the timeline, that's why that's important because we are, we're not, we're not Crotty Kid the Elosions. We want to look at the whole big picture and not just put pieces together. When did he make this statement? He makes this statement. Remember, this is them coming out of Exodus and the complimentary books to Exodus are what? They are Deuteronomy and Leviticus. So prior to them entering into the land, some nearly 5,000 years ago, 4,000, 5,000 years ago, 5,000 years ago. What do we have? God telling him, I'm going to put you in the land, but before they get in the land he tells them, I'm going to take you out. I'm going to kick you out because you are, you already have gone after the gods and you're going to do so and I'm telling you to fix your heart but I will fix your heart for you. So now look what he says in Deuteronomy 32. This is important and he's speaking of how many people can you notice and we're going to do this by the way if you guys haven't gone to Patreon make sure you go there this weekend because we're going to have different lessons for you to kind of help help us with our how we read the scriptures. But notice this, I want us to make a few observations here. In Deuteronomy 32, as a matter of fact the whole the whole book, but specifically here 32, he says they have made me jealous. Who is the they that the Lord is speaking of? That's the first question. Ladies and gentlemen, would love to know who do you think the they are that he's that he's speaking of in Deuteronomy? Well clearly he's speaking of Israel, the Jews. He says they have made me jealous. They've made God jealous with what is not God. They've gone after other gods already before they even have gotten into the land. So we're speaking about Jews who have angered God. He says they have provoked me to anger with their idols. So I will make them jealous. Who will make them jealous? God will. Who's the them that will be jealous? Israel. That part is clear. But who will he make them jealous with? Those who are not people. Who do you all think when he says in this part those who, let me highlight it, those who are not people. Who are the those who are not people that God is referring to? This can't, it's not that difficult. The those who are not a people, he's speaking obviously of Gentiles. Who would that be? Us, me and you, you and me. Imagine me and you and you and me. So happy together? That's us. So those who will make Israel jealous is us. Let's go back to it. I will provoke them to anger with the fullest nation. We'll provoke who to anger. Who will God provoke to anger? The them is Israel. The fullest nation is us. Are you with me? So that's what he is doing. Now the question is, here's the question, ladies and gentlemen, because here we've got two different people identified. We've got, do we not? Y'all tell me in the chat if you disagree and those of you who watch later. We've got two different people identified. We have the Jews identified and we've got this, these other people, the non-Jews. Only two people ever, Jews and non-Jews and both are in play here. He is going to use the Gentiles to make the Jews jealous. Does he have a plan for both Jew and Gentile? Sure. We see it right here in this passage. So we've got both people at play and what he's going to do with both. He's going to use one to bring back the other to him. How do we know so? Well let's go to the Bible. Let's go back. Let's go to Amos 9 and look at a passage in Amos 9. Amos 9 says this, in that day I will raise up the fallen booth of David and a wall of his breaches. I will also raise up his ruins and rebuild it as in the days of old. Speaking of who? Israel. That they may possess the remit of Edom and all the nations who are called by my name declares the Lord. Who does this? Who are, ladies and gentlemen, questioned? Who is Amos speaking of? All the nations who are called by my name. Now this word right here, this is where the literal grammatical historical harmony that comes in. This is the historical and the grammatical. Here is the goyim. Goyim is the plural of Goi. Goi means people of nation. It's the plural nations. So not just one nation. So if there's more than one nation it has to necessarily mean more than just Israel. So he's going to do this for somebody else. Let's go back to the to the map. I'm sorry to the timeline and let's look on here and find Amos. Who is Amos a prophet to? Amos is a prophet to the northern kingdom. The northern kingdom is taken into captivity before the southern kingdom but even to the north and to the south we've got prophets telling us what is going to happen not with just them but with also Gentiles. Now let's go back to this Old Testament timeline and I want you to find on here another particular prophet. We need to find Hosea. Hosea is the next person up who we're going to speak to. Why is that? Hosea is also a prophet in the northern kingdom. Look what he says in Hosea 2. This, by the way, we turn to Acts chapter 2. Is anybody familiar with what happens in Acts 2? Is anybody familiar with what happens in Acts 2? Well in Acts 2 the Holy Spirit is poured out. It is a fulfillment of the promise and in Acts 2 there is a quotation by Peter as he stands up. Who is he quoting? He is quoting none other than Hosea. I'm sorry yeah I'm sorry Joel. In Joel though, if we go to Joel 2, Joel 2 is speaking the same thing about, I won't go to it, but Joel is speaking about Israel being hurt, being not destroyed but being punished and then then being brought back up but at the same time another other nations are going to be brought in and in this case the spirit is being poured out. Let me put this back on the screen. We may, I'm sorry, we may ask, excuse me, we may actually go to Joel later on but who is Joel a prophet to? Joel is a prophet to the southern kingdom. The whole point is is that all of Israel is going to hear about this. Let's go to Hosea real quick. Hosea speaks about this now. We we covered this before about Hosea what he's doing. Hosea is a prophet of God who is told to marry Gomer. We don't know if Gomer was a lady of the of the night of the day of the streets prior to them being married but she certainly was after and he is doing something showing something with Hosea that he wants to show to Israel and so what does he say to Hosea and to tell his people that he is going to punish Israel but he's also we won't spend time on this but also in Hosea he speaks about another group of people another nation making Israel jealous. He's going to bring Israel back. Guys this is important. If you don't think that God in Hosea is saying that he's going to bring whole Israel back to him the nation Israel you got a lot of explaining to do because that's the only way it makes sense but also he brings up these Gentiles in Hosea. So let's go to Hosea 2 23 he says I will sow her for myself in the land. I will also have compassion on her who had not obtained compassion. Now who's the her who have not obtained compassion? Let that play around in your mind a little bit and I will say to those who are not my people you are my people and they will say you are my God so here we've got an example of him saying this to two people to the Jews and to the Gentiles. How do we now we should already know who the people who are not his people that he will call to be because he said that also in Deuteronomy. Well where have we heard this before where he says put it back on the screen and I will say to those who are not my people you are my people question who are the people that he's speaking of let's go back to this little observation I will say to those who are not my people you are my people who is that that's the Gentiles not the Jews. However what will he do for the Jews? Does not Hosea say that he's going to do something for the Jews? So in the whole point of this Jeremiah passage is to say that he's not just doing it with the Jews he's doing it with the Gentiles. Are you guys with me so far? Let me know if you're tracking because this is vitally important and this ladies and gentlemen is how you read your Bible. Take your doctrinal statements take your confessions take your theological bit put it over to the side put it over there with the stuff that you don't really need you know what your old 10-speak bicycle with your skating board with the golf clubs that you never learned how to go put it all over there with that and then let's run through the scriptures what it says. He's literally speaking of two people two types of peoples but he's only talking about one track he's only speaking about one way and then ultimately what's going to keep that one way he said it with Israel is his spirit being in their heart because the same problem that Israel had is the same problem that we have it's the same problem people that we've had prior to there even being in Israel what was the problem the problem was sin that's been the problem how do we know the problem was not just Israel because prior to there being in Israel there was this same problem the problem was there with in the garden the problem was there to cause a flood the problem was there immediately after the flood now by the way this isn't just in in the Old Testament speaking about what Jesus I mean what what salvation is going to be for how it's going to be this is not just the Old Testament because it's one thing to hear from the prophets but what if we actually heard from the chief prophet the chief apostle what if we heard from the from the high priest what if we heard from the Lord himself Jesus what does Jesus say in Luke 2 he says in Luke 2 20 I'm sorry wrong passage Luke 2 29 he says now Lord you are releasing your bond servant to depart in peace according to your word for my eyes have seen your salvation look what he says which you have prepared in the presence of all people here it is a light of revelation to the Gentiles and the glory of your people Israel who are the two people that are named here this is Jesus y'all do know Jesus right I hope you know who he is he is God what does God say right here he says or he talks about two people look at verse 20 I'm sorry let's go back first 30 for my eyes have seen your salvation which you have prepared in the presence of all people Ponton Laon which is all of the people not just one people but for all the people he says a light of salvation to the Gentiles and a glory of your hope your people your people Israel who are the two people's name do you all see that Israel is named distinctly from the Gentiles sure you do but though the the light of the Gentiles that can't be taken any other way and then your people Israel that can't be taken any other way other than Israel we have two different groups of people named here and so we can never even assume that he's speaking of the Gentiles who will even become a spiritual Israel no he says the glory of your people Israel a light of revelation to the Gentiles just basic observation on the text now you can you can add interpretation to the text if you want to to come up with whatever you want to but here Jesus speaking of salvation not just for Jews not just for the Israelites but for the Gentiles this is remember we're still we're still tracking with this passage here in Jeremiah 32 Jeremiah 32 says that and they shall I'll be my people speaking of Israel and he says I will give them one heart and one way now the whole point of me bringing this up is that when he says that his spirit being in Israel will cause them to never turn from him nor he will turn from them the question is does that only apply to Israel I want to make sure we don't forget the the first point that we're talking about that is does this passage about what God is going to do his spirit in someone's heart it does it also work the same way as it does with Israel yes it does Jesus makes this statement about how he there's a plan for salvation not just for the Jews but for Israel and going back to this passage he's speaking of the same way the same people coming through the same path now it's just like if we all are going to the same direction at some point in time we might all get on the highway the exact same highway to get there and end up in the exact same destination but that does not mean that does not mean we got on the ramp or the highway at the same time in the same place we may if here in Dallas if I want to drive to oh I don't know if I want to drive to Oklahoma and I get on 75 there might be some folks that get on 30 east and get on it 30 west some that come up for 45 some just jump on from the street different ways my point is we all have to get on the exact same road and arrive at the same destination but that should not ever negate anyone to think that you have the exact same path to salvation is has got or you come to Christ the same way the the Jewish history of their salvation is not like the Gentile history of salvation are you guys with me that part is clear doesn't mean there's two salvation's or two different peoples in Christ no there's only one as Jesus says in John 10 as a matter of fact let's go to John 10 I want to make I don't want to quote that and then not actually use let's go to John 10 and let's go to verse 16 he's already spoken of sheep he told us what his sheep are going to do obviously or clearly he's speaking about Gentile sheeps I mean Jewish sheep because he's speaking to the Jewish audience but in verse 16 he says I have other sheep and the word ha la prophetile which is other sheep which are not of this fold I must bring them also and they will hear my voice and they will become one flock with one shepherd so who is the they well both flocks the one that the the sheep that he has now the Jews and the Gentile and they will become one flock with one shepherd the two shall be one we already understand this part right so now how again does all of this relate to what Jeremiah says I'm getting there going to what Jesus also says he asks a question of his disciples who do men say that I am not me Corey but Jesus who do they say they am well they say you're this they say you're that all right fine but who do you guys say that I am and what does Peter say he says you are the Christ or for my uh King James version people I like it better that the King James version way thou art the Christ I just it's almost like there's some power when he says that thou art the Christ the Son of the Living God and Jesus said to him blessed are you Simon bar Jonah why because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you but my father who is in heaven notice what Jesus says though here's what he's saying I also say to you Peter uh the you are Peter and upon this rock which rock will that declaration declaration that Jesus is the Christ the Son of the Living God who's he speaking to and about about Jews but not just Jews look what he's about to say upon that declaration upon that profession I will build my church so who is Jeremiah for for those that will be in the church based upon that declaration about what he's going to do that he will come and save some we won't go back to it but if we go back to Deuteronomy 16 and Deuteronomy 17 there's atonement that's given for the people and in this atonement and this is the part that I think more folks ought to spend time with understanding the the atonement the atonement was given it was made for all of those that wanted to come anyone that want to take part in the atonement whether you were a Jew whether you were a Gentile whether you were whether you were part of the people whether whether you were a sojourner doesn't matter if you were if you want to take part in all you had to do was attend to what was commanded which was afflict yourself humble yourself afflict your soul no working fasting so forth in the meantime your sins and everyone else's will be confessed on the head of the scapegoat all the sins on the scapegoat will be taken away from that lamb just like john said about Jesus the lamb which takes away this in the world and then the the offering of sacrifice the blood is shown on the altar for those who have what for those who have afflicted themselves afflicted themselves their souls humbled themselves and those that have faith in that they would be saved whether they be Jew or Gentile because there were certainly Gentiles who were saved how do we know which who's the most famous non-Jew that was there in the camp ladies and gentlemen can anyone tell me who is the most famous non-Jewish person that is in the camp of Israel at the time that the law was given at the time that the day of atonement was given we've covered this before and folks were sick they were kind of scratching their head wait wait a second is that true yes this is true who is that one person that we can point to and say yeah this wasn't not this wasn't just for Jews although it was given to the Jews but it wasn't only for Jews thank you James James got it correct Caleb Caleb remember his name means dog Caleb is from the um he's a kinesite was a kinesite no i said it wrong oh lord it just it escapes me right now but Caleb now he he lived with with Judah but his natural family his ethnicity is not Israel this proves that the day of atonement was not just for Israel though it was given in anybody that's why Rahab finds her way in Rahab finds her way in not like Ruth who because of misfortune in her marriage and so forth and her love for Naomi finds her way in the family Rahab finds her way in the family even with her bad horrible past she finds her way in because what did she do she recognized not just what everyone else recognized because everyone else recognized that the God of Israel was God they all recognized that they just had a hard-headed heart a hard a stubborn heart Rahab recognized that they were of God but at the same time what did she do she wanted to be part of that family she wanted to be part of the faithful so therefore it was not just for Israel anyone could guess what ladies and gentlemen the same can be said now anybody who wants to now we won't deal with the want to and can to but anyone who wants to be atoned for can be atoned for and Jesus makes the statement going back to the past he says upon this rock this declaration what he's going to do and why do we say that Jesus that how do we know that he's building that Jesus the one that upon this declaration he is the Christ is building let's go back because it wouldn't it wouldn't be right to do so it wouldn't be right not to cover this remember Deuteronomy tells not Deuteronomy but Leviticus tells us how I can type this in Leviticus tells us how that we are to keep the day of atonement and that there's a priest a high priest that mediates for mankind to God but he himself first has to have himself atoned for and then he confesses all the sins on the head of the scapegoat and then he also shares the blood of the sacrificial offering now we leap forward we know that Jesus is going to do that but Jesus expects them to know what's happening and so we've come as before let's do it again because I well I just I just I just love this passage when I say I love this I love this passage why because it speaks to the links that our God goes to for us who don't deserve it he says for the life of the flesh is in the blood and I have given it we've come as before you guys can repeat it better than I can or like I could you've heard enough times this why I need not to team this and I I have given this I have given stands by itself not the team I have given all by itself but right before it has a I need he says I I have given why did he say that because he's saying this is God saying I myself will supply the blood I will do this I won't send somebody else to do it I will do this and so when we get to this start this should be making sense again guys again we're not Danielson we're not Mr. Miyagi it's not Cratica we're not taking a piece here piece here piece here and putting together we're looking at it how this unfolds historically we have the benefit to have the whole book to look at this thing and see how it's unfolding stop starting in the middle of the story and piece milling your doctrine and your understanding the Bible together you've got time read the whole Bible start from the beginning work your way through well Cory I may not have time I might die well if you die we'll find you need to but if you live another 10 years you got time to read the Bible you should why that way you can understand him again we don't we're not saved by what we know we're saved by who we know but knowing more of who we know gets us closer to him and so therefore we can see when Jesus makes this statement upon this rock shall I build my church how so well this church is going to be governed and moved by what his holy spirit I I also say to you that you are peed upon this rock upon this declaration I will build my church and the gates of hell will never never come against now I want to go something that Paul says Paul makes a statement and this how we know that this is also because I'm again we're going back to the original question or the original verse the original verse was does Jeremiah 32 39 and 40 apply to Gentile believers as well as just Jewish believers is this just for Israel even though Jeremiah is speaking to Israel yes it does remember I will give them one heart well go to Deuteronomy 30 and 6 he says what he's gonna do with their heart in Jeremiah he's speaking about their heart in Ezekiel chapter 11 and 36 he's speaking about their heart in Hosea in Amos he's speaking about their heart in Joel he's speaking about their heart and so what does he say when we get to John 3 he says that unless your heart is born from above unless you are born again Gannethianotha and the question is isn't he still though in in John 3 speaking about or to the Jews about someone being born again their heart being born and then Titus brings this up about about we're saved by the regeneration of our heart and so the heart being changed is a must you cannot see the kingdom of God the kingdom of heaven without first being born again unless you have not been born if you have not been born from above born of the spirit born of the water and spirit born of spirit born of heaven if you if that hadn't happened you will you cannot be saved so how do we know that that in John 3 applies to not just Jews but it applies to the Gentiles because before John 3 in John 1 Jesus makes a statement he says but as many as received him to them he gave the right to become children of God I'm sorry actually not Jesus but John is making a statement even to those who believe in his name so now here's the question because now this is where the the grammatical portion comes in and the little as well but as many this word Hosea this is all folks or whoever whoever it happens to be that is inclusive ladies and gentlemen that's inclusive of Jews as well as Gentiles now these Jews and Gentiles whoever it may be that has received him he gave the right to become children if you don't have the spirit of God you are not his child let's park right there for one second and I want to go to another passage I want to go to Romans just to make this point Romans 8 9 and he says however you are not in the flesh but in the spirit if indeed the spirit of God dwells in you if anyone does not have the spirit of Christ he does not belong to him so you must have the spirit of Christ going back to John so whoever is born of the spirit here it is he says all of those he gave the right to become children even to those who believe so our faith is what he's talking about those that are believing in his name all of those who are believing his name look where he says you got that from whoever it is why the word Hosea means something he says who were born not a flesh I'm sorry who were born not a blood nor of the will of flesh so not on your own accord or the will of man but and notice what it says which is right here he says or from God being born so you were born from God the will I'm sorry you were born out of the will of God his will because of him so those of us that are saved we're born from him that includes who the word Hosea means something every single person that is born again that is born of the spirit whether they be Jew or Gentile they are part of what part of the church the declaration that Jesus says based on that me coming to shed my blood as was said in in Leviticus because of that everybody becomes part of the church and then notice what Paul says Paul says Paul says for by one spirit all are baptized in the body by one spirit all were baptized into the body Jew or Greek whoever it is be it Jew be it Greek if you have been baptized into the body you are saved if you are saved you have been baptized remember John says I baptized you with water but one coming after me who was before me he's prefer before me that's Jesus what will he do baptize you in the Holy Spirit why is that important that is the identifying marker of a Christian if you don't have the spirit like Paul says you are not saved now the question is when he's speaking of what he's speaking about in Jeremiah and Ezekiel is it also going to be the same with us well yes remember what we read earlier in Deuteronomy and also in Hosea Paul brings this up Paul in Romans 9 is speaking about how he would wish that the Jews would be saved that his that he would be a curse for the sake of his people Israel why because they're not coming to Christ like they were initially the first people to come to Christ the first people to be saved the first people to be baptized in the Holy Spirit were Jews but what happened after that this outpouring starts going to the Gentiles and they become the larger group and the number of Jews has slowed so much so that Paul is bothered saying that I wish that I could be a curse even for my countrymen in the flesh my kinsman in the flesh who's he's speaking of he's speaking of Israel and then notice what he says he says matter of fact let's let's let's start up what if God although you know let's go 23 24 I'm sorry even us whom he also called not from among the Jews only but also from among the Gentiles so here you have he's speaking of two different people Jews and Gentiles what is he saying he's called people to be in Christ out of those that are Jews and those that are not Jews again biblically there's only two folks that we care about Jews and non-Jews right that's how God divides people Jews and non-Jews and so he says not from among the Jews only but also from among the Gentiles as he says here's Hosea we read this earlier I will call those who are not my people my people and her who was not beloved beloved and it shall be in the place where it was said to them you are not my people but their should they should be called sons of the living God so here we've got both people becoming one like Jesus said both are going to be in the body both the part of the church the ticket to in heaven is being part of the church won't cover that part that much today but because we've covered before and we understand that this having your heart changed having the spirit in your heart that's for both Jews and Gentiles the issue is what did Paul say to matter of fact we kind of wrap this up he says uh speaking about this mystery in Colossians 1 25 and those what Paul says of this church I was made minister according to the stewardship it's where this word dispensation comes in what kind of me and the word dispensation is is what this word is some of your version might even say minister according to the dispensation from God bestowed on me for your benefit speaking to the Gentiles so that I might fully carry out the preaching of God's of the word of God that is the mystery which has been hidden from the past age and generations but has now been manifested to his saints to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of his glory of this mystery among the Gentiles which is Christ in you the hope of glory wait a second have we seen that before yet we have again this is what Jesus was saying earlier about this revelation coming to the Gentiles there's this mystery the Jews weren't paying attention now he said it many of their eyes were blinded either either of the spirit or of God not going there right now but it's not like that that the Bible didn't speak about Gentiles coming he spoke about the Gentiles coming in the Jews were so focused on whatever they were focused on sinning what have you but it was there and so for them it in essence became a mystery and so he revealed it even to Paul that this is who I'm bringing in imagine Paul he is a Jew of Jew and so when he becomes an apostle yeah you won't be an apostle the Jews you'll be an apostle to the Gentiles now why is this all that important and how do we know because I really could have given you the the ending at the beginning but I wanted to spend some time with you I wanted to spend a little bit of time with you to cover the main point how do we know let's go back to it that Jeremiah 32 39 and 40 refers to not just the Jews or well I'm sorry it refers to Israel but it will be applied to Jew and Gentile life that I will give them one heart and and and one way that they may fear me always for their own good and for the good of their own children after them and I will make an everlasting covenant with them that I will not turn away from them to do them good and I will put the fear of me in their hearts so that they will not turn away from me where could we go to to figure out to show that this and what God is trying to do in terms of salvation how do we know that God is going to do something similar with with the Gentiles now in terms of how he punishes Israel he's not doing that he's not taking us out of the land because there is no land but how how do we know well this doesn't just come up out of thin air where does this come from this comes from an original promise told you before there's two passages in the Old Testament that we need to always go back to we need to always remember 1 Genesis 3 15 where he's speaking about what he's going to do with we we know we find out that it's Jesus and that he is going to ultimately in the end the end of 3 15 has not happened yet where he is going to crush the serpent's head crush the devil's head at the very end where he destroys and he throws him into into the lake of fire as well as death and all of God's enemies are defeated but before that the next great passage is this passage Genesis 12 2 and 3 and I will make you a great nation and I will bless you and your name and and make your name great now let's stop here for a second this great nation that's singular okay I get that I will make you a great nation so who's the great nation he's speaking of he's speaking of Israel and I will bless you and make your name great and you shall be a blessing and I will bless those who bless you and I will curse and though and the one who cursed you I will curse here it is and in you all the families now let's stop for a second this is where our literal grammatical historical harmony comes in matter of fact all three are you guys listening all three are going to be applied to this passage right here and in you in what do you mean well we know it cannot be physically or could it be physically hmm could it be physically well he is going to have one child that that we know is going to be um the that we're going to send from or that these people that he's speaking of going to send from that being uh Isaac and then Jacob and so forth but in you in you all the families of the earth now this word in you let's see let me go to this this word right here is word in you in you um with you if you want to even take by the way it would be proper to say because of you but in you all of the families how many families will be blessed cold and then this word Mishpico this word Mishpico is the plural of families so not just one family but many a plurality of families of the earth the Ha Adama all of the land now this what we have what we call the the Hebrew construct there's no word for of in Hebrew but in you all of the family called Mishpico Haadama which is all of the people of the planet of the land shall be blessed not everybody all what eight billion now in the six or seven billion that lived before then no no not everybody but each of that's the word for cold each all every so every different person every people group every family shall be blessed how so through him how was that now we're told later how this happens through Jesus he is drawing that what he spoke of here and what he spoke of in Genesis three that Jesus is the one that saves all of the people and we know that him doing so and shedding his blood saves us and him putting his spirit in everyone because all of us are baptized that's how we know that anyone that has a spirit will do just what he says in Jeremiah 32 by the way if you want more passages in the New Testament we can just simply go to first John five that tells us that we who have believed we were caused to overcome I mean caused to be born again and those of us who have been born again he says will overcome so anyone that's born again which is born of the spirit will overcome yeah I think Jeremiah is correct as it applies to Israel as well as us amen