Inviting Grace and Coming Home to the Mercy of God

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Are going to wrap up our series Amazing Grace and

this year and we really deliberately talked about grace because

we believe, with so many things happening and with a

new decade up ahead, we need to approach it not

in our own strengths, but by the grace of God.

And that's what we've been looking at and we've been

studying at, and hopefully by this time you would say

that grace is indeed amazing. Now let's jump straight to

the word in Hebrews three onwards. It says here Hebrews

three versus eighteen, It says here and to whom they

swear that they would not enter his rest, but to

those who are disobedient. So we see that they were

unable to enter because of unbelief. Therefore, while the promise

of entering his rest still stands the us fear lest

any of you should seem to have failed to reach it.

And then let me jump to verse seven to eleven,

it says here again he appoints a certain day today,

saying through David, so long afterward in the words already

coated today. And I believe this is God's word for

us today. If you hear his voice, harden your hearts.

And in verse eleven, it says here, let us therefore

strive to enter that rest, so that no one may

fail by the same sort of disobedience that's about on

our heads. And let's pray, God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel,

being known today that you are our God, and Lord,

I pray that you would show that you are supreme

in every part of our lives. Let fire come down

and remove the things that does not belong to you,

so that the things that are eternal will remain in

Jesus name.

Amen.

Tapping up our series today, we are looking at the

Book of Hebrews. And just to give you a background

with this book, we've already seen this, we've used this text,

we've used this book rather in one of our previous messages.

But just to remind every one of us, the context

here is that if you are receiving this letter, or

if you are the Hebrew during the time that you

receive this letter. On context Lahattam Binasenat in verse Karina

was that the nation of Israel. Remember, Israel was enslaved

by Egypt, but God delivered them. That's the book of

Exodus through Moses, and God promised something for them.

God promised a promised land for them.

And in this text that rest and promised land a

sort of used synonymously. So they were supposed to go

inside the promised land. But because of their constant rebellion

and this obedience to God and they're unbelieved to him,

they were unable.

To do so.

Yum Egypt sabinila Lord Lord Egypt, mahapa gayance am I

too big to big. And then God provided and Moses

was the one leading the Israelites.

But even Moses failed. Now that's the problem.

Moses, the leader of the Israelites, also failed in the

same case the gret Lord I promised desert, and then

Moses got so impatient. Instead of speaking to the rock,

he hit the rock. And then Moses also was disqualified

from entering the promised lad because also like the Israelites,

Moses was this obegent and did not believe God. So

that's what that's the background of everything we just read.

God promised something good for them, the promised land, the blessings,

the land flowing of milk and honey, and his people

and his leader Moses. We're supposed to enter that, trust

God and obey him. But instead they disobeyed, and they

did not believe God. So now that is what the Hebrews,

the one receiving this letter knows. Uman Hebrews letter. Not

all they are Jews who became Christians. Most probably they

are Jews who became Christians, and they are undergoing intense

challenges and problems in their lives, some even to the

point again Christian Nohai sounds alike.

The Israelites right, and.

Egypt and some of the Hebrews were thinking, Mama, India, persecute.

You're not being chased, you're not being oppressed. And then

here was the writer of Hebrews saying these things.

And he mentioned.

There that before God said you're going to enter this land,

but they did not because of their disobedience. And then

he God said another day on on today, during the

time of David.

But even there the Israelites did not enter the promised land.

And then here's the good news for the Hebrews during

their time, which I believe.

Is also a good news for us.

That today still stands until now. What I'm trying to

say is that rest that God promised for the Israelites

then to his people his church then, and that rest

is still also available to us. That rest is still

available to us. So I don't get this, like, what's

up with rest?

I don't problem as a rest. You know, I was

studying this.

I came across this National Sleep Foundation, Sabin sabi Jan. Now,

average age tuna is a teenagers fourteen to seventeen years old.

That but now at least my eight to ten are

sleep young adults eighteen to twenty five years old. My

seven to nine are sleep aft gang adults and other adults. Now,

just to show of hands, sino tito, you have consistently

in a majority of the week less than seven hours

of sleep seven hours an fatitle, yes, less than seven

hours of sleep, less than less done?

Yeah? But ours wow, less than seven hours of sleep? Wow?

When you look at that, we already missed out the

prescribed average of that.

Now, for there are lots of studies about that.

When sometimes we say, and then there's so many reasons

why you know you're.

Not able to sleep properly. Maybe for some of it

it's just you know, you think you're so busy, but

we're just browsing through phone. Now don't raise your hand,

but sin.

Dito gilty look and a more sat minutes now on

enough arsena. Now not only that, you see other studies

he share here lack of sleep linked to poorer mental

health in college students, among teams, sleep deprivation is an

epidemic strong word, epidemic sleep and disease risk for those

health boffs almn man. If you want to be healthier

diet for diet, exercise and rest, then a recent more

recent one, gotta say. Some studies abdito technology take over

impacting our brain and body.

Body. Sometimes that's one of the reasons why it's half

such a hard time to rest. Or. There's this hustled.

Culture, and we see this prominent from high school to

senior high school, to college to working to parents wherein

we need.

To hustle hard.

Goes to Joan tak a hustle hard because in my

expectation in Paris, go to talk about a hustle heart

because I want to I want to have this amount

by thirty years old, and then hustle hard because I

have so many things to do, money, worries.

Coming to age.

Well, this is in the context of the States, But

I believe Filipinas mad and I put money where isa.

And then a poorer, a poorer, coping.

Behavior, a complication of stress, all of these things. And

sometimes we're not careful with this. But our souls and

bodies are so linked together that sometimes and in fact,

maybe I would say even most of the time. Most

of the times, an unrested body also produces an unrested

soul comes upon I bagstand.

Yeah, picture and my filterbags.

Know what is in the middle of the persecution among

the Hebrews, What was the author telling Sabio today you

thought you missed out the grace of God God is

telling today it's still available. We don't know what happened

to the church in Hebrew, the author or the recipients

rather of that letter, But I believe even today it's

still made available to us. Rest is still made available

to us. And sometimes we put a delay in entering

God's promised rest in and it's understandable. And I hope

you don't hear the message. Now, that's not what it means,

you know what I mean, especially if those people who

have experienced the grace of God, that there's an aspect

of hustling heart, but internal rest. You see, a quiet

soul does not necessarily mean that there's no noise. It's

just having this security that you know who is in

control that rest. And I believe the same message in

the Israelites thousands of years ago to the recipient of

the Letter of Hebrews, and until today, rest is still

available to us.

But the problem is we don't enter that rest. There's stopped.

There's something that's stopping us from entering that rest. Sometimes

it's external, may pressure long telegasake.

Have you ever felt that twenty four hours is not enough?

And Dammpasan and Gustan go in, Gus Bassa, Jim Maglaro

spend on times a wife more.

Someone will spend the times anamo.

Times three, okay, so, and it feels like twenty four

hours is not enough external reasons, but there are also

sometimes there's an internal reason. And that's just similarly to

the early Israelites, this obedience and unbelief Sabini Lord.

Sabini Lord.

Hat And it looks hard, and sometimes we may need

to hustle hard. But when we disobey in fire, when

we don't step into the path that he said that

he wants us to take.

Grace. But when we don't do that, there's we don't

we have being us striving and a hard time.

So there are external reasons why we're not entering the

rest of God. But I believe more than the eternal reasons,

it's the internal reasons, the disobedience and the unbelief. When

God says something, it does something in our hearts may

choice style lage or obey banatinsha oh Hindi. And when

we don't choose to obey him, we are deliberately avoiding

entering that rest. That's why I used to think. I

used to not understand this verse. It's like smack in

the middle of Hebrews four. But it says here, for

the Word of God is living in active sharper than

any double edged sword, penetrating even the bones and the marrows,

spirited joints and the marrows, and discerning the thoughts and

intentions of the heart.

And no creature is hidden from his side.

But all are naked and exposed to the eyes of

Him to whom we must give account. Sabijano, you wording God,

but may see abishah. It does not stay, it's not static.

It does something. And what are the things that the

word of God does? It reveals our hearts. NEVERI revillion nothing.

And then we have a choice to obey him or

to not obey him. But it does something in our hearts.

Fear nothing, nakikita You pride nothing, Nakikita jung insecurity is nothing,

Nakikita jung unbelief to trust him with the things to

do and the things to come. Discerning the thoughts and

intention of the art, have you ever have you ever

said this about yourself?

Maybe what you need is the word of God. It

says here the Word of God is able to navigate

all those intentions.

Your intentions mean son Sahara will rested no problema external,

but internally you know that God is already telling you

to do something.

That's the power of the word. That's how powerful the

word of God is.

It reveals our intentions, it reveals our sinfulness, it exposes

them before God. Now, during the time of the Israelites,

when when they know that they have sin, what they

do is that they have this ritual, the day of Atonement,

wherein a high priest would come before God and would

represent the people of Israel and would make the sacrifice.

That's already a picture that this is what happens to

our sin. Something needs to be sacrificed once a year,

is the high priest. So that's how the people of

Israel deal with their sin. Someone goes in a high priest,

taking out representing them, confessing their sin and having that

sacrifice an animal, a lamb, and then they are cleansed.

They are clean.

Now during the time of the Israels, also it was

Moses who was supposed to who was supposed to represent

them before God. But even Moses sinned. Now the high priest,

imagine he is next year Paramaliniska before God. And that's

the whole thing. Before during their time, the sin inside

our hearts is not dealt with. And then here's the

good news sabiito Hebbes four fourteen to fifteen. Since then,

pertaining to a past event that has happened, we have

a great high priest. Now this high priest is different

friend from the high priest in the Old Testament. The

Old Testament, high priest goes inside at a bernacle to

represent the people of God. We have a great high

priest who passed through the heavens, went straight to the

Holy of holies.

In the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God.

Let us hold fast our confession, for we do not

have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with

our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been

tempted as we are, yet without sin.

It was God reaching down to us. It was God

breaking the Barriersani Jesus, Jesus, the great High priest ungin

know Wani Jesus shining and represent parasatin to God.

And he took away our sins when he died on

the cross, and he gave us a new life. And

sometimes we say Abamanian Lord, feeling, if only Lord you

can give me the reason why, if if only you

could understand.

And then we see here.

That this great high priest has been tempted as we are,

who is able to sympathize with us. Al Amponi jesusatina

trin friend Novegan, have you ever felt injustice wrongfully accused

someone that you're trusting, but then all of a sudden

left you in the air. Twelve disciples. Jesus knows what

we're going through. He understands the pain. In fact, one

of he understands the sorrow. In fact, one of his

name is a man of sorrows. And I say, yeah,

he is able to understand us. He's able to sympathize

with us. And having all those things, he went there

straight to the heavens when he took away our sins.

He died on the cross. And before there used to

be lots of rituals and all those things.

Jesus broke all of those things because he's the great

High Priest. Sacrifice Shanna young Priest, Champayo sacrifice grab.

It used to be different. There's a different sacrifice, and

then there's the High Priest. Now it's just one. The

High Priest is the sacrifice who took away the sense

of the world.

Why so that you and I can now not wait

for another year before our sins are dealt with.

But Jesus gives us access to this rest.

You can get a money lord paramhimta a holy week.

We don't even have to have other people do this

for us. You yourself. Kayoo, my access potaio my.

God ms malami access must be ip access amnapastor.

It's not like that. We all have equal access before God.

Whether you are years in the faith, maybe you are

the first second third generation in your family who's a Christian,

or you're just new less than a year, we all

have equal access to Him. What Jesus did is he

may the way. Now here's the amazing thing about the

book of Hebrews. And when I was studying this, so

where do we find this rest? Okay, Jesus made a

way straight up. Look at this in Hebrews four, verse sixteen. Sabidito,

Now that the sin inside of us are taken care of,

Now that we don't have to think of our good

works to make us write before God. Now that we

are made or righteous because of what Christ has done

in Puma topic that in p these weeks, let us, then,

with confidence, drawn near to the throne of grace, that

we may receive mercy and find grace to help in

time of need. Confidence you put your confidence not in

Let me ask you now and sometimes when I when

we talk to people, sabinila, are you sing? And when

we say that we forget that our What we're saying

is our confidence is our good works, in good works.

But when we see our confidence is in what Christ

has done.

What we're saying is, Lord, I'm broken. Lord, would you

accept everything about me? My brokenness, my pain, my sin, everything.

I'm gonna give it to you. And my trust and confidence.

Is this he said, It is finished. This confidence that

is that we have. We can approach him boldly. It

has been dealt with and then drawn near to the

throne of grace. Now this is where we find the

rest in front of the throne. Whoa than gala rest,

high priests and throne. That's where we find rest before

the throne. No, I did a bit of a study

about the word throne. When you look at it, what

does the throne represent? Now, I'm going to consolidate everything now, madam.

In words tonal, but the throne.

Usually means it's a place or a seat of possession.

It represents power, it represents authority. The Bible says that

the throne of God, the foundation of that is justice

and righteousiousness.

But at the same time, in the throne or on

the throne.

That's where also decisions are made that's where someone says,

and because it may make king hear, it also means power.

It also means if you need favor and you approach

the king.

During their time, whether you get it or not. It's

also a pace of judgment.

There's so many things that I won't be able to

go through it. But whatever all those things mean is

available now to you and me, Lord.

And then when we stand before the throne, you are

in control.

Oh and sometimes for some of us, Lord, there's an

injustice done before me magin Masamasa, and it seems like

no one's fighting for me.

And then we come up before the throne. You are

a judge. Lord. We don't know where we gonna get this.

I don't know. We've tried all our best.

And then when you approach the throne, the king, the

source of all profession, you would say you are a

loving provider. It does something different in us. Whatever the

throne represents is available to us. It means control, it

means power, it means authority. Another interesting about Jesus. When

he died on the cross, he resurrected from the dead.

He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right

hand of the throne meaning tapusna whatever the war, it

needs to be done.

It's finished. That's what we were singing a while ago.

It's over. We're victorious.

Have you ever felt feeling inadvocate? When you look at

the throne, you would see, Wow, Lord, what are your

What's making your souls restless?

Is it a lack? Is it injustice? Is it pain?

Is it people who doesn't who don't understand you?

Is it fear? Is it feeling overwhelmed? Is it feeling alone?

I want to invite you bring all of those things before.

The throne of God. And what do we get there?

Do we get judgment? No, it's already been done dealt

with on the cross? What do we get receive mercy

and find grace? When when in time of need? What

does it mean? Ibisa behin hind problem? Next week? Lord?

That doesn't happen, right, problemat I next week? That would

have been perfect, But that doesn't happen. In reality, it

comes sometimes unplanned, or I would say always comes unplanned.

And when that happens, you have an option. You go

to him or do you not? And when you come

to him, the promise the command is drawn near to

him and the promise is you will receive You may

receive mercy and find grace in your time of need.

I'm comin, Sr. Safa, but I'm telling you we will

find mercy and grace in the time of our need.

Whatever is making our souls unrested, bring it to the Throne,

bring it before the authority of God. Transfer the control

from you to him.

It's going to make our souls lighter. You know. Pastor

Dennis mentioned this, and this is our direction for this

year and maybe a little bit.

Earlier next year. We want our church to make space

for God to move. We want us to be able

to experience the rest from God so that we will

be able to do the work of God around us.

One thing that we have been working on and practicing

is this. I'm going to tell you the spiritual discipline

nah now natangala christian factor neto that it's actually a

very Christian discipline and that's the discipline of solitude.

The Christian Oh.

Sorry, the non Christian way of saying this is meditation

bagopanelina is if your meditation Christianity peralma christiano nimarum solitude,

what is solitude? It's setting aside time, so that you

can spend you and your soul in quietness and aloneness

before the throne of God.

Sa mundo sobran connected.

In fact, if I just opened my internet now, more

than ten to fifteen notifications would come, probably more than

five or message. But by point here is this, it's

so in our world, we're in it. We're just one

click away from being connected. We have failed to see.

To build our connection between the one who is seated

on the throne. So that's a discipline of solitude. How

do you how do we do solitude? Very short cash

on time not all.

If you want to know more about this, we have

prayer and worship night every Thursday seven eight pm mahaba

on time. No solitude is then is that time when

you want to be alone, no distractions, no phones, no music, yes, patio,

but it worships Uncle holy Spirit, and just spend the

time with God and rested. And then just spend that

time and in that time.

You can be just who you are.

You want to cry out, you want to be angry,

you want to feel insecure, Bring it before the throne, Lord, Adam,

Lord insecure, Lord, It's okay, pour it out all out

to him. Why Because what's the promise we will receive?

What mercy and grace?

Don't you want that in our life? Then why don't

we go to the throne? Because that's the promise of God.

So that's solitude setting aside time. Sometimes we do it

every day.

Now I'm trying to do this, but I would usually

do before I read my Bible. It depends now what

I'm a way to do this, But at least for me,

this is what I do. I read my Bible and

then I just set it aside, just close my eyes

and just have a moment of silence. I try to

do it at least ten minutes means an in the kaya,

three minutes means and my big lang could go in

five minutes. But my point is is that one set

aside time, maybe when you're driving, or maybe when you

are in the restroom.

Just take that. Have you ever.

Experienced thinking creative things and thinking deep thoughts when you

are in the restroom?

Have kay set aside that time?

I'm telling you, at least for me, it has made

me more aware of my soul. I insecure, Insecure, insecure

p has been revealed before the throne. Insecure help me

help me solitude. It does wonders. You can do it

every day, maybe when you're driving, when and you're doing

quiet time. I want to challenge you, may be set

aside the timeline ten minutes.

Ten minutes, no scroll that in the phone, after you

read the Bible.

Just set aside ten minutes silence, just close your eyes

and you would I promise you, this is what's going

to happen. Pig up on Lily too, Yuma to do list.

That's how unrested our souls are. I'm only gonna prepare

to ten minutes, not ten minutes long.

Google Mu casin in control. Have that to our trust.

Trust trust pushes some pizza two minutes, two minutes, and

it would show how unrested our souls are. You could

do it every day, or you could do it maybe

once a week. We have that in our prayer and

worship life, that we do that corporately.

Individually. Now us as a family.

What we did this year is that we actually set

aside a half day. We just went to one mountain

to pray, so tim dimension.

And solitude the whole.

And then it has done wonder, It has set direction

for me. It has revealed something in my heart. Afterwards,

when me and my wife are discussing the things that

we believe God revealed in our hearts, it has brought

a fresher or more fresh perspective not just in our life,

but in our ministry and our marriage and our parenting.

Friends.

Now about coming point of solitude the day. Those are

some of our friends and we just went there. The

job didn't put it. We're just making fun of them

and just having fun together at the same time, spending

time and pero may time coming during that time Nkayan's

schedule half day.

I set aside theamin.

But for some of us, we're going to have a

holy week, We're going to do vacation. Find somewhere there

maybe a good solid three uninterrupted ours between you and

the Throne of God.

I don't know how it looks like for you and

your family.

But if we want to unburden the things that has

brought us down and bring it before the Throne, there

is no other way but to come before him. Set

aside time and say Lord, I want to find the

rest to you. Now, let me end by this by

going back to what I said earlier today. If you

hear God's voice of inviting you to come to him.

Do not harden your hearts.

Do not say bisio, do not say well at home time,

do not say do not say today.

If you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts. Today.

Find rest for you, your very souls. Today, find the

grace and the mercy that you have been longing for

in your time of need. Today is the day that

what I'm in viraled of us here to respond and

bring ourselves to the throne of God. Spatter on our

healths and spray nor even today, quiet our unrested souls,

Holy Spirit, come, even as that word says, today, if

you hear God's voice, do not harden your hearts.

For some of us here the Lord and.

Gigging calio it has calloused our hearts. I believe today

God is making our hearts tender once again. Father, I

brave in right now you would create a craving in

our hearts.

To long for you.

To expose ourselves to you. We're going to do this

right now. Everyone look up here. I'm going to ask

a question, and then we're going to spend a couple

of minutes in silence.

Let's try it. My bit Islam ten minutes. Don't worry,

Maga pan Amantya.

And then I'm going to ask the Holy Spirit to

reveal something in our hearts. Maybe that's something that you

need to bring before God before he's thrown.

That spat on our heads. Holy Spirit, we asked.

Right now, reveal to us the things of our hearts.

You said in your word that the Word of God

is living in active, sharp than any double edged sword,

penetrating even the soul in spirit, exposing the bones and marrows.

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