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Series B – Twenty-Fifth Sunday After Pentecost – Sunday, November 14, 2021 | Pr. Chris Rosebrough

Welcome to the Teaching Ministry of Kongsvinger Lutheran Church. Kongsvinger is a beacon for the Gospel of Jesus Christ and is located on the plains of Northwestern Minnesota. We proclaim Christ and Him crucified for our sins and salvation by grace through faith alone, and now, here’s a message from Pastor Chris Rosebrough:

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0:27	The holy gospel according
0:29	to saint mark the 13th chapter
0:32	[Music]
0:39	as Jesus came out of the temple one of
0:41	his disciples said to him look teacher
0:43	what wonderful stones and what wonderful
0:45	buildings and Jesus said to him do you
0:47	see these great buildings there will not
0:49	be left here one stone upon another that
0:51	will not be thrown down and as he sat on
0:53	the mount of olives opposite the temple
0:55	peter and james and john and andrew
0:57	asked him privately tell us when will
0:59	these things be and what will be the
1:01	sign when all these things are about to
1:02	be accomplished
1:04	and Jesus began to say to them see that
1:06	no one leads you astray many will come
1:08	in my name saying i am he and they will
1:10	lead many astray and when you hear of
1:12	wars and rumors of wars don’t be alarmed
1:15	this must take place but the end is not
1:17	yet for nation will rise against nation
1:19	kingdom against kingdom and there will
1:20	be earthquakes in various places there
1:22	will be famines but these are the
1:25	beginning of birth pains be on your
1:27	guard for they will deliver you over to
1:28	councils and you will be beaten in
1:30	synagogues you will stand before
1:32	governors and kings for my sake to bear
1:34	witness before them and the gospel must
1:37	first be proclaimed to all nations and
1:39	when they bring you to trial and deliver
1:40	you over do not be anxious beforehand
1:42	what you are to say but say whatever is
1:44	given you in that hour for it is not you
1:46	who speak but the holy spirit and
1:48	brother will deliver brother over to
1:49	death and father his child and children
1:52	will rise against parents and have them
1:54	put to death you will be hated by all
1:56	for my name’s sake but the one who
1:58	endures to the end will be saved this is
2:01	the gospel of the lord in the name of
2:03	Jesus amen amen all right we’re getting
2:06	towards the end of the world so to frame
2:08	our s our sermon today i’m going to take
2:11	you back in time at least for a little
2:13	bit of my life i want to grab something
2:15	from my past so when i was growing up my
2:18	parents divorced when i was three and
2:20	then in third grade when i was eight my
2:22	dad decided he didn’t want to pay child
2:24	support anymore and so he up and
2:26	disappeared he was gone for five years i
2:28	had no meaningful contact with my father
2:30	during that time and my grandparents
2:32	stepped in kind of filled in the gap at
2:34	that point my grandpa really understood
2:36	that i needed to have a male figure in
2:38	my life
2:39	that was also from my father’s side of
2:42	the family and so he stepped in to fill
2:43	in the role and as a result of that
2:45	during those five years i spent two
2:47	summers of my childhood in new hyde park
2:51	long island you have to say it like that
2:53	apparently this is an unwritten rule
2:55	it’s long
2:56	island all right this is where i stayed
2:59	and it was glorious i really enjoyed my
3:02	time there with my grandma and my
3:04	grandpa and one of the days
3:06	that we had there my brother and i
3:10	stands out in my memory is probably one
3:12	of the happiest days of my life it was
3:15	the day my my grandparents decided that
3:17	we were going to go visit my uncle bobby
3:19	and my aunt henny and we were off to
3:21	connecticut they had just had a baby and
3:24	on that particular day nothing special i
3:26	mean by way of special things happened i
3:28	mean there was a new baby she was
3:30	sleeping all the time
3:32	but
3:33	what happened as part of that day
3:36	my uncle bobby decided it was time to
3:39	play a game of pickle
3:41	all right if you you know pickle you got
3:43	two bases and the kids run back and
3:44	forth and my grandpa was on one base
3:47	hula hoops they had set up hula hoops as
3:49	the bases and my uncle bobby was on the
3:52	other base
3:53	and it was
3:54	just one of the most fun moments of my
3:57	life one that i didn’t want to end
4:01	however my uncle bobby and my grandpa
4:03	got tired after a while of playing
4:06	pickle and when they said i think it’s
4:09	time to uh to you know switch gears here
4:12	i i was well i was upset i thought no
4:15	can’t we play a little longer and my
4:17	uncle bobby said words that we’re all
4:18	familiar with well chris
4:21	all good things must come to an end
4:24	isn’t that how it works in our life all
4:26	good things must come to an end
4:29	but i would argue based upon our
4:31	biblical texts here and our study of the
4:33	end of the world i think we’ve got this
4:35	backwards
4:37	i think we’ve got this 180 degrees
4:39	backwards now granted our experience
4:42	under the curse because of sin
4:44	well we get to experience
4:45	good
4:46	and evil and they don’t always seem to
4:48	come in in even measurements you know
4:50	what i’m saying and so as a result of
4:52	that under the curse yeah presently all
4:54	good things do seem to come to an end
4:57	and then come the not so good things in
5:00	fact some of the evil things
5:01	but that being the case we should pay
5:04	careful attention to what is going on
5:07	in our text here i’m going to weave all
5:10	three of them together into the sermon
5:12	so starting with daniel chapter 12.
5:15	at that time shall arise michael the
5:17	great prince who is charge of your
5:18	people and there shall be a time of
5:20	trouble such as never has been since
5:23	there was a nation until that time
5:26	tribulation is coming
5:28	what should we do about it well i’ll
5:30	help you frame that in a second too yeah
5:32	it’s going to be tribulation like
5:34	unheard of like never before seen in
5:37	human history never to be repeated again
5:39	and at that time your people shall be
5:42	delivered
5:43	delivered
5:44	cool everyone whose name shall be found
5:47	written in the in the book
5:49	now this is where we have to note a few
5:52	things
5:53	we as Christians
5:54	are
5:55	given
5:56	information about the future how far off
6:00	is this into the future i couldn’t tell
6:02	you it’s beyond my pay grade to explain
6:04	that part of it because i just don’t
6:06	know is it next thursday maybe is it
6:09	five years from now could be is it a
6:11	hundred years or a thousand years from
6:13	now who knows
6:15	i have no idea when this is going to go
6:17	down but i can tell you this we’ve all
6:19	been given this information we know
6:21	exactly what is coming and so because of
6:24	that i would remind you of a few things
6:28	number one
6:29	Christ has bled and died for all of your
6:31	sins every
6:33	single one of them but more than that
6:36	even more than that you have been
6:38	regenerated by the powerful working of
6:40	god the holy spirit and in your baptism
6:43	you have been united with Jesus in his
6:45	death and in his resurrection and as
6:48	you’ve heard me say many times and i’ll
6:50	reiterate
6:51	you are already dead
6:54	and dead people have all kinds of
6:56	freedom all right so keeping that in
6:58	mind we must recognize that we have been
7:02	made holy we have been clothed with the
7:04	righteousness of Christ and when god
7:07	looks at us as a result of the merits of
7:10	Christ and his righteousness in which we
7:12	are clothed he doesn’t see evil he
7:15	doesn’t see bad
7:17	he sees righteousness
7:19	holiness
7:20	and good
7:22	in other words because of what Christ
7:24	has done everyone whose name is written
7:28	in the book that’s you that’s me
7:30	we who sleep in the dust even though
7:33	during that tribulation many Christians
7:35	will lose their earthly lives since
7:37	they’re already dead it really doesn’t
7:39	matter and scripture here describes the
7:41	sleep
7:42	that we will experience in death as just
7:45	that
7:46	sleep
7:47	and i’ve noticed that the older i get
7:49	the more skilled i am at sleep yeah have
7:53	you ever maybe it’s just me
7:57	i desire it more often is kind of how
8:00	that goes the afternoon nap is a thing
8:02	now but all of that being said
8:05	we need to by faith embrace what
8:08	scripture is telling us here because
8:09	what scripture is telling us is that we
8:11	do not need to fear
8:14	death
8:15	we do not need to fear the tribulation
8:17	that is coming when it shows up we can
8:19	actually kind of be nonchalant about it
8:21	you know you remember the movie titanic
8:23	there’s the ship it’s totally looking
8:25	like it’s going to be going down and
8:26	there’s a
8:28	orchestra playing you know they’re
8:30	they’re playing their music and doing
8:31	their thing and at the very end well
8:34	it’s been a pleasure it’s been an honor
8:35	to play with you and off they go into
8:37	their death
8:38	you know that’s kind of the idea that we
8:41	Christians should embrace
8:43	putting it a different way you’ll note
8:45	that we oftentimes fear death
8:49	you know i don’t exactly enjoy getting
8:51	old and i’m not looking forward to dying
8:53	i don’t want to physically die this is
8:55	most certainly true and this shows up
8:57	over and again in our different movies
8:59	in our television programs you guys
9:01	remember the black and white twilight
9:03	zones remember those
9:05	oh yeah and when i was a kid growing up
9:08	in southern california every
9:10	thanksgiving day on ktla channel 5 in
9:13	los angeles we would have a twilight
9:16	zone marathon 24 hours of nothing but
9:20	those classic old black and white
9:22	twilight zones and i remember as a kid
9:25	really being fascinated by those
9:26	twilight zone episodes but there was one
9:28	in particular that really stood out and
9:31	i liked the remake of it remember back
9:33	in the 80s they made a movie called the
9:35	twilight zone where they took four of
9:37	the episodes and kind of made them into
9:38	one big movie and the one that really
9:41	stands out in my mind was the one that
9:43	scat man cruthers was in you guys
9:45	remember scat man crothers
9:48	a great guy anyway scat man crothers and
9:51	the name of that episode was called kick
9:53	the can
9:54	and so he plays kind of this wise old
9:57	guy who somehow has tapped into some
10:00	kind of ancient power we don’t know what
10:03	it is but you know what while everybody
10:05	else in his nursing home he’s he’s
10:07	living in a nursing home with some other
10:09	people everyone else is getting old and
10:12	weak and complaining and oh and
10:14	complaining about their creaks and their
10:16	cracks and stuff like this he’s trying
10:18	to encourage them to take on a different
10:19	mindset and he reminds them of when they
10:22	were children it reminds them of when
10:24	they would go outside and play and he
10:26	asked them do you remember the game kick
10:28	the can i remember playing the game kick
10:30	the can and i didn’t even grow up you
10:32	know once gatman crothers did kick the
10:34	can yeah we played kick the cam with
10:36	joey in new wide park in long island and
10:38	his brother but that’s a whole other
10:41	story but what happens in the episode is
10:43	that there’s this one fellow who
10:44	basically says to scat man he says this
10:46	is ridiculous these people shouldn’t you
10:49	shouldn’t be filling their heads with
10:50	this nonsense and having them remember
10:52	when they were young and stuff like that
10:54	and already at this time scat man oh we
10:56	should go outside and play a game of
10:57	kick the can he said you have no
10:59	business taking these people what if
11:01	they fall what if they whatever but he
11:03	convinces them to go out and play this
11:06	game of kick the can with the exception
11:08	of the guy who said they shouldn’t and
11:10	to a person everyone who goes out and
11:12	plays the game
11:13	they’re no longer in their 80s or their
11:15	90s they’re no longer old they become
11:17	kids again
11:20	and that particular twilight zone kind
11:23	of taps into that yearning that we all
11:25	have but if you think about it and i
11:28	want you to think about this the
11:29	scriptures here regarding the end of the
11:31	world and the promises of the new life
11:34	that we have in the world to come are a
11:36	lot like Jesus as scat man crothers
11:38	telling us all come on outside let’s
11:40	play
11:41	because when you play
11:43	when you trust him believe his words the
11:46	thing he gives you and the thing that
11:47	will ultimately happen to all of us is
11:49	death will give way to life age will
11:52	give way to youth once again
11:55	and we will be restored and all of this
11:58	because of the great love and mercy
12:01	of Christ and so our text one of our
12:04	texts here our daniel text says many
12:06	then who sleep in the dust of the earth
12:08	for us who are Christians death is but
12:11	sleep it’s a nap
12:12	some will awake to everlasting life and
12:15	sadly some to shame in everlasting
12:17	contempt
12:18	you’ll note that even daniel teaches the
12:21	doctrine of hell but for us who are in
12:24	Christ awaking from sleep to everlasting
12:27	life this is what we yearn for and long
12:30	for those who are wise shall shine like
12:33	the brightness of the sky above those
12:35	who turn many to righteousness like the
12:37	stars forever and ever and what is
12:40	wisdom according to scripture well
12:41	scripture says the fear of the lord is
12:43	the beginning of wisdom and you’ll note
12:45	by hearing god’s word and being
12:48	terrorized rightly facing god’s judgment
12:50	because of our sin we have learned to
12:53	fear god but more importantly we’ve
12:55	learned to trust him
12:56	even though we have earned his wrath and
12:58	his judgment we are wise enough to
13:01	believe the promises that he has given
13:03	us that he intends to give us good not
13:06	evil
13:07	life rather than death
13:09	eternal life in a new earth rather than
13:11	the hell we deserve all because of
13:14	Christ and it’s so wonderful then if you
13:16	think about it
13:17	and mark then picks up on Jesus’s
13:21	prophecies regarding the close of the
13:23	age and i want you to consider again
13:25	what i’ve said here listen carefully to
13:28	Jesus he’s laying this all out ahead of
13:31	time and he’s telling us with his words
13:35	to not be anxious
13:38	the end of the world is the death throes
13:41	of this cursed creation they are the
13:44	birth pains of the world to come and yes
13:47	it’s going to be terrible and yes
13:51	actual Christians are truly going to die
13:54	and Jesus basically says it’s no big
13:57	deal
13:58	don’t sweat it
14:00	in fact he is encouraging us to take on
14:03	a mindset that seems so foreign kind of
14:07	like the mindset of getting outside and
14:08	kicking the can think of it this way so
14:11	as Jesus sat on the mount of olives
14:13	Jesus disciples came to him privately
14:15	and asked him about the things that he
14:16	had said regarding the temple being
14:18	destroyed tell us when will these things
14:20	be
14:21	what will be the sign when all these
14:22	things are about to be accomplished and
14:24	Jesus began to say to them all right see
14:27	that no one leads you astray so you want
14:29	to know what the end of the world is
14:30	going to be like well there’s going to
14:31	be a lot of deception but you you’ve
14:33	heard his words see that no one leads
14:35	you astray many will come in my name
14:37	saying i am he and they will lead many
14:39	astray so when you look at the state of
14:41	the church today have you noticed
14:42	there’s a lot of false prophets and
14:43	false teachers false apostles and a lot
14:46	of people being led astray by a bunch of
14:47	yehus who shouldn’t be preaching at all
14:50	right
14:51	don’t sweat it
14:53	Christ said that this is exactly what
14:55	would happen
14:56	so then you’ll hear of wars and rumors
14:59	of wars don’t be alarmed but wait what
15:02	if china attacks taiwan what what what
15:05	if what if
15:06	you get the idea right
15:08	what does Jesus say
15:10	don’t be alarmed don’t be alarmed you
15:12	don’t have to sit there and strategize
15:15	and figure out you know all right which
15:16	of the chinese officials are going to be
15:19	giving people the mark of the beast and
15:22	and attacking israel this is nonsense
15:24	just put it all away don’t just forget
15:25	it all right
15:27	the nation will rise against nation you
15:29	hear of wars and rumors of war
15:31	don’t be alarmed this must take place
15:34	the end is not yet nation will rise
15:36	against nation kingdom against kingdom
15:38	there’s going to be earthquakes in
15:40	various places there will be famines
15:43	these are but the beginning of
15:45	birth pains
15:48	have you noticed that usually couples
15:50	are pretty excited when the labor comes
15:52	right
15:53	nine months of expecting all of a sudden
15:56	the water breaks and now come the
15:58	contractions and it’s like ah
16:00	it’s time right
16:02	so take that attitude don’t be anxious
16:05	regarding the end of the world when all
16:07	of this starts going down sit there
16:09	going yeah we’re in labor and you know
16:11	what’s going to be giving birth to the
16:13	new earth
16:15	your new bodies
16:17	a new creation
16:19	so
16:20	Jesus says all right ready be on your
16:22	guard
16:23	they will deliver you over to councils
16:26	you will be beaten he doesn’t say you
16:28	might he says you will
16:30	okay so what’s the end of the world like
16:32	well Christians are kind of on the
16:35	they got the short end of the stick in
16:37	those last days so you’re going to be
16:38	beaten you’re going to be handed over to
16:40	councils you’re going to stand before
16:42	governors and kings for my sake and
16:44	you’ll bear witness before them by the
16:46	way the word for bear witness march oh
16:48	that’s where we get the word martyr from
16:50	and the gospel must be first proclaimed
16:52	to all nations and then when they bring
16:54	you to trial i want you to consider
16:57	Jesus’s ideas here all right this goes
17:00	completely against all sane
17:03	legal advice
17:04	right if you are arrested
17:07	you
17:08	don’t talk to anybody without an
17:11	attorney present right
17:13	and then if you can’t afford an attorney
17:15	they will assign you an attorney and
17:17	then you and your attorney will work out
17:19	your defense strategy and you don’t do
17:22	anything without your attorney’s advice
17:26	right
17:27	so there you are you’ve been arrested
17:30	for what crime believing in Jesus
17:34	that’s not a crime you guys are lost
17:36	your brains here what’s wrong with you
17:38	right and so they’re going to bring you
17:39	they’re going to put you on trial and
17:41	Jesus says all right so when they put
17:42	your own child and they deliver you over
17:44	don’t be anxious beforehand
17:46	what you are to say
17:49	what but whatever is given you in that
17:52	hour for it is not you who speak it is
17:54	the holy spirit
17:55	so during the great tribulation
17:58	we are the unanxious
18:00	where are the ones looking around going
18:01	yeah this is exactly what Jesus said
18:03	would happen it’s terrible isn’t it but
18:05	repent believe in him even now you can
18:08	be forgiven right and so there you are
18:10	you’re putting and put in prison you’re
18:12	put on trial and your attorney shows up
18:15	says all right we need to work out the
18:17	strategy what we are going to say when
18:19	you are on the stand and you say to your
18:22	attorney i appreciate your zeal and
18:24	defending me here but i can already tell
18:26	you how this is going to go down i’m a
18:28	dead man anyway so i’m not going to be
18:30	anxious about any of this i’m not going
18:32	to even worry about it so could you see
18:34	could you maybe get me another cup of
18:36	coffee and maybe a donut i’d like to
18:38	enjoy this moment and the attorney says
18:41	you’re out of your mind you’re out of
18:42	your mind you should be anxious you
18:44	should be worried about these things nah
18:47	nah i i’d go and get a massage but they
18:49	won’t let me out of prison so i’m just
18:51	gonna relax maybe do my nails or
18:53	something
18:57	have you noticed here
18:59	Christ is encouraging us because we know
19:00	what’s happening
19:02	to basically see this as a game we don’t
19:04	have to participate in
19:06	at least mentally not in faith
19:09	so and it’s going to how bad is it going
19:11	to be well
19:13	when
19:14	this is all going down
19:16	brother will deliver brother over to
19:17	death
19:18	father his children children will rise
19:20	against parents and have them put to
19:22	death you will be hated by all for my
19:25	name’s sake but the one who endures to
19:27	the end will be saved
19:29	and how does one endure just keep on
19:31	believing
19:32	that’s right
19:34	yeah yeah well i don’t care if my own
19:36	child has
19:37	turned me in to put me to death i’m
19:40	going to keep on believing in Jesus he’s
19:41	the one who rose from the dead he’s the
19:43	one who told his disciples there i’m
19:46	going to jerusalem they’re going to hand
19:49	me over they’re going to crucify me and
19:52	on the third day i’m going to rise from
19:54	the dead and you know what happened it
19:57	happened exactly the way Jesus said it
20:00	they he went to jerusalem they arrested
20:02	him handed him over to the to the romans
20:05	they crucified him and just like he said
20:09	on the third day he actually rose bodily
20:12	from the grave
20:13	so that same Jesus says to you don’t be
20:16	anxious don’t worry about don’t even
20:18	prepare your defense ahead of time the
20:20	holy spirit will speak through you and
20:22	oh yeah it’s going to be terrible and by
20:24	the way when you think about the holy
20:25	spirit giving words to you in that hour
20:28	when you make your defense have you guys
20:30	noticed the holy spirit seems to be
20:31	obsessed about telling everybody about
20:33	Jesus
20:35	have you noticed that
20:36	it almost makes me think that there’s
20:38	going to be Christians in that day when
20:40	they’re put on trial and the holy spirit
20:42	is now speaking through them the appeal
20:44	will be you know Jesus has bled and died
20:47	for your sins and he’ll even forgive you
20:49	for this kangaroo court and all this
20:50	wickedness that you’re engaging in you
20:52	should repent be forgiven and join me
20:55	be a great defense if you think about it
20:58	well that’s it we have everything we
21:00	need kill him kill him all right cool
21:03	right
21:05	i i needed to take a nap anyway
21:08	and then you can sit there and go you
21:09	know pastor rose it really sounds like
21:12	you’re not taking this end of the world
21:13	thing seriously
21:18	why should i
21:20	because the new world’s coming
21:22	Christ told us
21:25	just keep on believing and do it to the
21:26	end it’s not a big deal
21:28	and so you’ll note then in our epistle
21:32	text from from from hebrews
21:35	beautiful
21:36	beautiful reminder of what Christ has
21:38	done for us and how this then frames our
21:42	mindset and something that we are to
21:45	consider and think on and ponder and
21:48	have as the center of our faith and our
21:50	thinking all the way up to the end of
21:52	the world it reminds us again that Jesus
21:55	is the true sacrifice for all sins
21:58	hebrews 10 says every priest the old
22:00	levitical priest of the levitical
22:01	priesthood the mosaic covenant they
22:03	stood daily in service offering
22:05	repeatedly the same sacrifices which can
22:08	never take away
22:10	sins did any of those goats any of those
22:14	sheep any of those sacrifices take away
22:17	sins nope they were all types and
22:18	shadows pointing to Christ but when
22:20	Christ had offered for all time a single
22:23	sacrifice for sins he sat down at the
22:26	right hand of god waiting from that time
22:28	until his enemies should be made a
22:30	footstool for his feet ah that’s coming
22:33	by the way yeah there’s a day coming
22:35	when god god the father says you know
22:37	what son
22:38	i think it’s time that you had a new
22:40	footstool
22:41	all right
22:42	i’ve been looking at
22:43	things here and i think we can do a
22:45	little renovation here in the throne
22:46	room and so it’s time you had a
22:47	footstool i think i’ll make one out of
22:49	your enemies
22:51	and all the enemies of Christ in that
22:53	day we’ll be gathered up into the
22:55	probably the weirdest looking footstool
22:57	ever right that’s kind of the idea
23:02	four
23:03	by a single offering Christ has
23:06	perfected for all time those who are
23:10	being sanctified
23:12	say what
23:14	did you see that
23:17	by his sacrifice
23:19	you have been perfected for all time
23:21	you are being sanctified by Christ and
23:25	boy this is amazing because you know
23:27	over and again we hear that all good
23:29	things come to an end but the thing is
23:31	is that by grace through faith because
23:33	of what Christ has done for us we who
23:35	are sinners are now good we are
23:38	perfected we are being sanctified
23:42	and all good things
23:44	live forever
23:46	so the holy spirit now bears witness to
23:48	us for after saying this is the covenant
23:51	that i will make with them after those
23:52	days declares the lord i will put their
23:54	law my laws in their hearts and write
23:56	them in their minds and then he adds i
23:59	will remember their sins and their
24:02	lawless deeds no
24:04	more
24:06	what is the appropriate response for
24:07	that
24:09	god has promised to forget every one of
24:12	our sins and lawless deeds because of
24:14	Christ
24:15	hallelujah praise the lord and the
24:18	napoleon dynamite yes
24:21	all seem appropriate in this regard
24:23	so where there is forgiveness of these
24:26	there’s no longer any offering for sin
24:28	and because of this then we Christians
24:31	have full assurance listen to this what
24:34	this says therefore brothers since we
24:36	have
24:36	confidence to enter the holy places by
24:39	the blood of Jesus ah Jesus death on the
24:42	cross makes it so that even in the midst
24:44	of trial
24:45	persecution slander threats of death
24:48	beatings and things like this we can
24:50	still confidently enter into the holy
24:52	place
24:53	and make our petitions known to god
24:55	confident that we are forgiven confident
24:57	that we are children of god confident
25:00	that we have been perfected confident
25:02	that he is sanctifying us confident that
25:04	we have a new world given to us by grace
25:08	so by the new and living way that he
25:09	opened for us through the curtain that
25:11	is through his flesh and since we have
25:12	such a great high priest over the house
25:14	of god
25:15	let us then draw near with a true heart
25:18	in full assurance of faith with our
25:20	hearts sprinkled clean from an evil
25:22	conscience let our bodies be washed with
25:25	pure water referring back to baptism let
25:27	us hold fast then to the confession of
25:30	our hope without wavering for he who
25:32	promised is faithful has Jesus ever said
25:36	something and it didn’t turn out to be
25:38	true has he ever lied to you not even
25:41	once
25:42	he who promised is faithful
25:44	he’s going to bring us through all of
25:46	this so let us then in light of this our
25:49	forgiveness our confidence our mercy
25:51	having been purified perfected let us
25:54	consider then how to stir one another up
25:56	to love and to good works not neglecting
25:59	to meet together as is the habit of some
26:01	but instead encouraging one another
26:05	all the more as you see the day drawing
26:07	near you see Jesus said the one who
26:09	endures to the end will be saved and
26:11	here hebrews 10 tells us what that all
26:13	looks like
26:15	continuing with assurance
26:17	confidence the mercy and grace of Jesus
26:21	and the faithfulness of the one who
26:22	promised us that when he returns in
26:26	glory we will meet him in the air
26:29	we will be with him in a world without
26:31	end so let the devil rage
26:33	let the scoffers scoff let the deceivers
26:36	deceive
26:38	Jesus said it was going to be like this
26:42	as for me
26:44	i deny
26:45	that truth that we have all heard
26:47	that all good things must come to an end
26:50	it’s
26:50	baloney all good things
26:53	will continue
26:54	forever and ever in a world without end
26:57	as for me i’m gonna go play a game of
26:59	kick the can
27:00	in the name of Jesus amen

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