Sunday Message: Tackling Ten Timeless Truths, Part 7

True with me, if you would to Hebrews chapter 13, as we seek

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to tackle and the treasure 10 Timeless truths.

If you've been with us, we began a few weeks ago.

Look at Hebrews 13, verse number one.

And there we learned that we need to respond with love to the

needs of others. That was verses 1 to 3.

Verse number 4, need to reaffirm your loyalty to marriage.

That was the second truth. You need to tackle and to

treasure number three was to resist.

The love of Of money. That's verses 5 and 6.

Verse number 7, you need to remember your leaders and follow

their example. Number five is found in verse

number 8 and that is to relish the unchangeable character of

our great God, Jesus Christ, Our Lord.

And then number six was last week and that was refused to

listen to wrong teaching. Today, is is number seven.

And that is, you need to realize the importance of separation

from the world. Realize the importance of

separation from the world and that's in verses 10 to 14.

Let me read them to you. It says verse number 10, we have

an altar from which those who serve the Tabernacle have no

right to eat for the bodies of those animals.

Whose blood is brought into the holy place, by the high priests,

as an offering for sin are burned, outside the camp.

Therefore Jesus also that he might sanctify the people

through his own blood suffered outside the gate.

So let us go out to him outside the camp.

Bearing, his reproach for here, we do not have a lasting City,

but we are seeking the city, which is To come.

Now, you read that. You think what on Earth is he

trying to say How do you get the principal realize the importance

of separation from the world out of those four verses?

Well, remember, we're not Jewish.

If we were we'd really have no problem understanding what he's

saying, but, because we're not, we need to kind of come to grips

with what he's trying to get across to this Hebrew audience.

What is he saying? Well one of the keys is the

phrase outside, the camp. Verse 11, verse 12 outside, the

gate verse number 13 outside the camp.

So whatever is on the outside is different from what's on the

inside and so there's a separation there.

And what is that separation? What does he want us to

understand? When you think about it?

And you And Jewish history. It's not that difficult.

The problem is, if you read different commentators on this,

you'll get a variety of different interpretations of it.

I'm not going to go through all those with you this morning.

We wouldn't have enough time to do that, but let me just give

you what I believe the writer is trying to say.

He gives us an illustration that he gives us an exhortation and

then it gives us the motivation. Okay?

So if you can just remember those three points when it comes

to realizing our need the importance of separation from

the world, there's an Tration, there's an exhortation and then

there's a motivation. What is the illustration?

Well, look at verse 10, we have an altar.

Who's we? The Jewish Nation?

We have an altar, they know the altar in the temple, the new of

the altar, in the, in the Tabernacle, they knew of the

altar, in the tent of meeting, we have an altar, from which

those who serve the Tabernacle have no right to eat.

Well, who's that? Well, read on for the bodies of

those animals, whose blood is brought into the holy place by

the high priest, as an offering for sin are burned outside.

The camp. So there is a an offering which

cannot be eating eaten and what is the only offering that the

priest could not eat? It was the offering offered on

the day of atonement the offering which once the animals

were sacrificed, the blood was sprinkled in the holy of holies

on The Mercy Seat. The carcasses of those animals

were taken outside the city outside the camp, and they were

burned. Why, why is it?

The high priest could partake of any other offering offered, but

on the day of atonement, he can partake of this offering.

Which was offered instead, it had to be taken outside the camp

and burned because it happened on the day of atonement the day

in which the high priest would go in and offer sacrifice for

the sins of the people anticipating their sins in the

new year and looking for forgiveness of sins from the

previous year. And the reason they took those

animals outside the city in the burned them was because it

symbolized a separation. There's our keyword from their

sin. In other words, I'm offering a

sacrifice on behalf of my family on behalf of the nation for

their sins. And there needs to be a

separation of my life from that sin.

So there was great, shame in great reproach upon those

carcasses that were burned because of symbolized me, truly,

repented of my sin. I want nothing else to do with

that sin, I'm going to separate myself from that sin.

The blood sacrifice has been offered.

My sins have been covered, therefore, I don't want to go

back into that sin. That's why the carcasses were

taken outside the city. And they were burned.

Then he says this. Therefore verse 12.

Jesus also. Jesus.

Also that he might sanctify the people through his own blood

suffered outside the gate. Now we know that Jesus suffered

outside the gate because outside the Damascus gate is Mount

Calvary, the place of the skull with crucifixion took place in

Christ was crucified outside the gate, but Christ also was

rejected like the sacrifice the carcasses that were burned were

rejected. So Christ to was rejected by

those of the Jewish Nation. And he was crucified outside the

gate, but the problem is Christ was the Fulfillment of

everything, the Old Testament offering pictured.

Christ was the Fulfillment because he was the one sacrifice

that once offered would not just cover the sins but remove all

their sins. So Christ was the Fulfillment of

what the day of atonement was pointing to so as they would

reject the carcasses and burn the carcasses to separate

themselves from their sin, Jesus himself was also crucified

outside the gate that's where he suffered and he did it very the

reproach of the people he did it bearing, the sins of the people

But yet, they not not only just removed themselves or rejected

the carcasses of those that were burned or that were sacrificed.

They rejected the one fulfillment of what all the Old

Testament pointed to and they wanted nothing to do with him.

So he tells them, therefore, Jesus also that he might

separate. If I make holy the people

through his own blood, he suffered outside the gate,

otherwise he's taking them back to the fact that this is a

fulfillment of New, Covenant promise that everything that the

old Covenant pointed to Christ fulfilled it.

But yet you rejected him they says this.

So let us go out to him outside. The camp.

Now, think about this in the book of Exodus, Exodus chapter

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33 33. Moses moved the tent of meeting

from inside the camp, Two outside the camp.

Okay, Israel had committed idolatry immorality.

Israel had said we will obey all that.

The law says, but Moses was taking too long to come down

from the mountain and so they they took their jewelry and they

made this molten calf as golden calf and began to worship the

golden calf and the Lord was incensed with them.

And so he took the tent of meeting and moved it outside the

camp of Israel. And so if you wanted to approach

God you couldn't approach him inside the camp.

He had approached him outside the camp.

It's what Moses was. Go outside the camp to the tent

of meeting and the glory of the Lord would come down and the

people would go outside their tents and stand.

And observe Moses was outside, Moses was separated from those

who are inside the camp and the only way to approach God was to

approach him outside the camp not inside the camp because

inside was a reminder of idolatry and immorality on the

outside is reminder of Holiness and purity.

So the writer of Hebrews is right, these people who know all

this. See they get it.

We don't know all this but they do.

They knew what happened on the day of atonement.

They knew why the carcasses were burned outside the city.

They knew they wanted nothing else to do with their sin,

although they would commit the same sins.

Again, it was symbolic of separate themselves from their

sin. They knew that Christ was

crucified outside the gate. They knew that the Jewish people

rejected him as their Messiah, okay?

Even though he was the Fulfillment as a right if he was

instead, Throughout the previous 12 chapters, he was the

Fulfillment of the New Covenant yet.

They rejected him as they rejected the carcasses.

And they wanted nothing to do with him, but he was the atoning

sacrifice for their sins. So now he says, listen you need

to go outside the camp. Need to approach this one Christ

need to go to him. Now, when you think about the

context of everything you realize that member last week,

he said these words in verse number 9, he says do not be

carried away by varied and strange doctrines or teachings

for his good for the heart. Art to be strengthened by Grace,

not by Foods. Look, it's not your dietary

laws. It's not your ceremonial laws,

they're going to strengthen you. He says through which those who

were so occupied were not benefited.

In other words, they don't benefit you anymore.

When Christ came, the ceremonial laws were done away, with all

those rituals were done away with the only law that stands is

the moral law of God. And Christ came to fulfill the

law of the prophets. And now just like those dietary

laws, don't benefit you but you need to be strengthened by his

grace. So to nothing inside the gate,

nothing inside the camp is going to benefit you.

You have to approach the one outside the camp.

The one that was crucified for your sins, the one who bore your

reproach in his body that you might be set free from your sin,

you are to approach him outside the camp.

And that's what he's trying to say.

It's an illustration, it's no stration of being separate from

the world system being separated from legalism being separated

from ceremonialism, being separated from your judicial,

Judy istic practices, and come all the way to Christ to worship

him, and to adore him. It's all about separation.

And then he says this. So let us go out to him outside

the camp bearing. His Reproach.

Bearing his reproach. There's something unique about

that separation. And that separation cause you to

Bear the reproach of Christ. Remember, Moses talked about him

months ago, he was 11. It says these words verse 26,

that Moses considering the reproach of Christ greater

riches than the treasures of Egypt.

Other words to Bear. The reproach of Christ was a

greater treasure than all the treasures in Egypt.

Moses recognize that. So here is the writer of Hebrews

going back to that helping you understand that when you go out

to Christ, when you approached him on his terms, his way his

time, the one who bore your sin, now you're able to go to him and

when you do You will suffer along with him.

Why? Because that's what Christianity

is. It's taking up your cross and

following Christ. It's bearing.

The reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of

anything else. So important to understand, so

he gives us exhortation. If you want to approach Christ,

you separate yourself from the world system, you separate

yourself from all. That's that's keeping you from

being totally committed to your God.

I thought about that and I thought to myself.

Wow. How many times do we let the

world take control of Our Lives? Over the years, I've told you.

Very simply. That you can't care about the

things of the world. Because once you begin to care

for the things of the world, you will soon become companioned

with the things of the world. James 4:4 he who is a friend of

James 4:4

the world is an enemy of God. So many times, we are so

concerned about the world, we're we care so much about the things

of the world. I'm not talking about the world.

In terms of its physicality, I'm talk about the world.

In terms of its its influence, And having it attitude of

worldliness. The Bible says that the world is

passing away and the lust thereof.

He doesn't will of God, abides forever Christ said in sync with

these chicks, come out from among them and be separate.

Crisis, always called us a separation.

He died to sanctify us. He died, two, separate us for

the world system. We are in the world, but we're

not to be of the world. Remember Lot's, wife.

In Luke's gospel, he tells us remember Lot's wife.

Why? Because you see a lot of this

family. They were.

They love Sodom. That's why they were there.

And the angel said, you got to go because the Lord's going to

story Sodom but but they weren't moving.

So the angel had to grab them and remove them from Sodom

physically remove them. From Sodom and we know from

Peters account that lot was a righteous man.

We would have never known that. Had Peter not told us that but

he was a righteous man and God removed him.

The angel remove them from Sodom and said to them, do not look

back. Don't look back.

Look straight ahead, move on, get out.

But Lot's wife, she couldn't resist the temptation.

She couldn't, she couldn't come to grips with the fact that

everything that she had in Sodom, she would have no more

her hairdresser. Her mole, her shoes.

Everything she ever wanted was all in Sodom, is she couldn't

bear the fact that it was all going to be destroyed.

And so even though I said Don't Look Back.

Lot's wife. She couldn't she just couldn't

resist. She turned and looked back with,

probably a tinge of of paying in her heart and tears, in her eyes

that she lost everything. She was immediately turned into

a pillar of salt. The Bible says remember Lot's

wife as she cared for the things of the world.

And when you care for the things of the world, you soon will be

companioned with the things in the people of the world.

And if you become companioned with the things of the world,

you will become contaminated by the things of the world.

You will James 1 verse number 27.

James makes it very clear that pure and undefiled religion in

the sight of God and Father, is this to visit orphans and widows

in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

Unstained by the world. But you see if you care for it.

You're gonna be companion with it.

You'll become a friend of the world. and if you become

companion with the world, you'll be contaminated.

By the world. If you're contaminated by the

world. You'll be conformed to the

world. What does Paul say in Romans

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chapter 12? And be not conformed to this

world? But be transformed by the

renewing of your mind. How many people that, you know?

Care so much about the things of the world that they dabble in

the things, the world and soon they become contaminated by

those things. Because they became a friend of

the world. And because they were

contaminated, all of a sudden, everything about them becomes

conformed to the world. The jokes they tell.

The words, they use the way they dress, the places they go.

To become so mold into the world's image instead of

Christ's image. And those who care.

For the world. And become companion by the

world. And become contaminated by the

world and conform to the world. Our soon controlled by the world

and we're Dimas 2nd, Timothy 4 verse number 10.

He has left me. Paul says why because of his

love for The world. His love for the world.

And he was controlled by it. So, if that's the case, If you

don't become convicted. You'll be condemned along with

the world. First Kings. 11:32 Paul says,

1 Kings 11:32

when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord are

disciplined by the Lord, that we should not be condemned along

with The world. But when the writer of Hebrews

says, listen. You know, we have an altar.

You know what took place on that altar?

On the day of atonement. And their priests were not

allowed to eat of that offering, because that offering was a sin

offering. And when that was taken care of

in the blood was sprinkled on The Mercy Seat, you took that

offering you took that carcass, you took it outside the camp and

you burned it because you want to nothing to do with you want

to separate yourself from that sin and likewise Christ.

He was the Fulfillment of all that the day of atonement

pointed to but she rejected him as well. and he went out

bearing, the reproach of the people Bearing the sins of the

people so that so that you will be separated Sanctified by his

blood. For without the shedding of

blood, there is no forgiveness of sins.

So here's your expectation. You want to approach him.

You need to approach him in a way that you are outside the

camp. Bearing, his reproach.

In other words outside the world system outside the legalists

system outside. All those things that are

tempting to control you and contaminate you that you might

be conformed to those things. Remove yourself from those

things and go to him. Refuse.

Refuse to engage in sinful behavior and realize the

importance of separation from the world. for, when you do,

You'll bear the reproach of Christ.

You will. Because Paul said those who

desire to live Godly in Christ, Jesus will suffer persecution

Christ. That if they persecuted me,

they're going to persecute you. Christ said, take up your cross

and follow me. Paul said, he wanted to learn

The Fellowship of the Lord's suffering.

In the motivation for all this verse 14. for here, we do not

have a lasting City, but we are seeking the city which is to

come What's the motivation to going to Christ?

What's the motivation to separate yourself from the

world? This world is passing away, but,

but you have a city, that's an eternal City and 12.

It was a, it was a kingdom. That was an unshakable Kingdom

right here. It's a city, same city that, and

he was 11, Abraham looked to then Abraham anticipated, whose

architect and Builder was God himself.

What motivated, Abraham that lasting City, what motivated?

Moses, it tells us, he was 11. He chose rather to endure Rio

treatment with the people of God, than to enjoy the passing

pleasures of sin, considering the reproach of Christ greater

riches than the treasures of Egypt for he was looking to the

reward. For by faith.

He left Egypt, not fearing the Wrath of the king for he endured

as seeing him who is unseen. You see, he was able to perceive

the invisible. Because he preferred the

imperishable. He preferred the reproach of

Christ as greater riches than the treasures of Egypt.

Therefore he can endure as seeing him who is unseen.

The right if he was comes back to that and says, listen, here's

your motivation. This is all passing away.

It's all going off the scene. It's not going to last. if you

keep seeking the city which is before you the Unseen city of

God, the heavenly Jerusalem, the opportunity to bring the

presence of God forever. That'll keep you.

Keep you motivated. It's always the motivation in

Scripture. Always motivation member the

clearer. You see the future?

The cleaner you stand in the presence.

That was all through the Book of Daniel.

Right. Daniel saw the future.

God gave him visions of the future.

You're hard-pressed to find anybody in the scriptures

cleaner than Daniel. Percy, clearly perceive the

future. He could stand clean in the

present, it's always the motivation.

Keep seeking those things which are above not below, right seek.

Ye first, the kingdom of God and all these things will be added

unto you. Everything is about searching

for that, which is imperishable that, which is eternal.

That, which is filled with the glory of the Lord.

So, A truth. You must tackle.

And you must treasure is to realize the importance of

separation from the world. That's number seven.

Let me give you a number eight. Two in one day.

Hold on there. And that is return all glory and

praise to the Lord. Return all glory and praise to

the Lord verse number 15 through him.

Then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God.

That is the fruit of lips that give thanks to his name and do

not neglect, doing good and sharing for with such

sacrifices, God is pleased. Now, listen carefully.

If you're a Jew. And you're converted to

Christianity. One of the questions you're

going to ask is. I've been offering sacrifices

all my life. What sacrifices now do I offer?

He tells me, first of all, you offer the sacrifice of yourself.

By not associated Association associated with the things of

the world. And then you, you offer

sacrifice of song. And then you offer a sacrifice

of substance. In other words, you offer

sacrifice of your person, right? I beseech, you, therefore

Brethren by the mercies of God, that you offer yourself a

sacrifice unto God, right? Well to do that.

You're going to Bear the reproach of Christ to do that.

You're going to separate yourself from the world.

He goes on to say and be not conformed to this world, but be

transformed by the renewing of your mind.

That's, that's Romans 12:1 and 2.

Romans 12:1

So there's the sacrifice of person, then the second Vice of

praise and then there's a sacrifice of your purse where

your money is. We are substance is see, he's

telling them, they're still a sacrifice.

Everything that Christ did fulfilled Old Testament,

promised everything Christ. Did he came to show you that?

He fulfilled. All of that.

Through his one. Sacrifice on calvary's Cross.

But yet there's still a sacrifice, you offer.

In the first sacrifices yourself.

You don't want to be conformed to the world.

You'll be transformed by the renewing of your mind.

You want to, you want to separate yourself from the world

and sacrifice of myself as unto God.

If you don't do that. You won't offer sacrifice of

praise and you certainly won't offer sacrifice of your purse.

You see people meeting, the needs of others is easy, when

they've already sacrificed themselves.

But sacrificing for the needs of others is very difficult if I'm

unwilling to sacrifice myself. For God's purposes for God's

glory. So, you return all glory and

praise to the Lord by offering a sacrifice of praise to his name.

Specific substrate wives, you don't know what circumstances,

you know, my situation, you know how bad things are for me?

No, I don't but God knows and you hear people say it all the

time, you know, I'm like I'm like job.

I'm going through all this Affliction and all this

difficulty and my answer to that is no no.

You haven't read the book of job.

If you think you're like job, you haven't read the book.

If you read the book, you can realize you're nothing like Joe,

because jobs the epitome of suffering and affliction.

Beyond anything we could ever imagine.

Yet, he honored and glorified his God, and praise His name.

And so, we too are to offer sacrifice of praise continually

says perpetually. Repeatedly.

Listen, if you are constantly offering a sacrifice of praise,

there is no room left. For you to grumble.

If you're continually offering a sacrifice of Thanksgiving to

God, there's no room for you to speak, bitterness and anger.

And Grumble and murmur and complain.

Because your mouth is filled with praise.

That's a sacrifice. because if you look at our lives, They're

not necessarily characterized by Praise.

The characterized by all sorts of things.

And yes, important that we realize.

That we offer a sacrifice of praise unto God.

Continually. Repeatedly.

All the time. We should do this on a regular

basis. We should praise him in the

midst of your Affliction as bad as it is.

You can say, Lord, I Thank you that I'm not like job.

And I haven't lost everything. I thank you that I'm not like

Joe but I can't sleep at night. I think about why I'm not like

Joe because I don't I have the Affliction but I don't have all

the loss associated with the Affliction Lord.

I Thank you that that I'm not like Joe because I don't have

friends like Joe had. I have good friends.

I have a church. I have a support system.

People that were pray for me people that will love on me,

people that were bringing meals. You've been had that But I think

it works for what you've done. To give praise to his name.

And he talks about offering. A substance to people.

Neglect, doing good and sharing for with such brats sacrifices.

God is pleased. The great to be able to, please

the Lord. Don't you want to please him?

When you sacrifice your person, your praise and your purse, he's

pleased. Because you're putting him Above

All Else. You're returning glory and

praise to his name. And that's what God wants us to

do. Isaiah 43, 21.

The people I have formed for myself.

They will declare my praise. It's not optional, it's going to

happen. The people I have formed for

myself, they will declare my praise.

That's just what they do. That's who they are.

Their people appraise, read the songs, right?

The song was over and over again.

It is good to give, thanks unto the Lord.

It is good to give praise to the Lord.

It is good to give. Thanks to the Lord over and over

and over, and over again. Effect.

Psalm 33 says this seeing for joy in the Lord O you righteous

ones for praise is becoming to the upright, it's fitting for

the upright. It is beautiful.

For the upright, what makes the person beautiful?

Their praise. You ever been around a

complainer? You're not very pretty.

Your medicine is bitter. They're not very beautiful.

But should be around someone who praises the Lord and glorify his

name and lifts his name up on high.

That's a beautiful person. You want to be around that

person. You want to hang out with that

person? Because they see God in every

situation and every circumstance.

Praise is befitting be coming. Is beautiful.

For the upright. As you think about this week in

passion week in the sacrifice of Christ outside the gate.

And how he would bear the sins of the people.

In his body. He did that.

So that his sacrifice would allow you to be able to receive

the beauty of his, his gift of salvation.

And she might be set free from your sin.

She might learn to praise him. And give yourself to him. and I

wonder how many of us today sitting here can actually say I

do want to be separate from the world.

I don't want the world to control my mind and my, my

actions. I don't want to be controlled by

a worldly system, that's narcissistic and is antagonistic

toward my God. I want to stand firm for him.

Remember what Peter says the first Peter 4?

Therefore, since Christ has suffered In the Flesh, which he

did arm yourselves also with the same purpose.

Because he who has suffered In the Flesh has ceased from sin.

So as to live the rest of the time in the flesh, no longer for

the lust of men, but for the will of God For the time already

past is sufficient for you to have carried out the desire of

the Gentiles. Having pursued past tense, a

course of sensuality lusts, drunkenness carousing drinking

parties and abominable idolatries and all this, they

are surprised. That you do not run with them in

the Saint excess of dissipation. And they malign you.

My testimony. What a testimony that the people

used to hang around with? The things you used to do with

them. You don't do anymore.

Why? Because of Christ's sacrifice on

the cross. And you gave your life to

Christ. And your friends malign you.

And rightly. So, Because you went outside the

gate. With outside the city outside

the camp. You left the worldly system.

You left a legalistic system? You left every human system in

went to the Living. God, And gave your life to him.

And now your life is filled with sacrifice.

Sacrifice of myself and all of my song and all of my substance

it's all about God, praising his name.

Glorify his name returning, all glory to him, because you're

consumed with his glory, not your own, your consumed, with

his sacrifice, your consumed, with his finished work on the

cross. You're consumed with his honor.

Now, your honor. It will cost you.

Maybe not right away. but if you stay true to the Lord, And love

him, unconditionally and serve him with a whole heart and a

ready mind. Those who are not into that.

Well, they're going to malign you.

Now, what happened? but the good thing is, there's a

city. A city in which you are a

citizen of. You're going to citizen of

America. Or California.

Or Los Angeles. You just live here.

You have another citizenship. Your sister ships in glory.

We are citizens of another country.

We are truly aliens and strangers in a foreign land.

Do you act as if America's foreign land to you?

You act as if the city you live in is a foreign city.

Because you don't speak the language of the people in the

city. You don't live the life of the

people in the city. You know, the Life of Christ.

when people see you like, they would see anybody from another

country in this land of ours, they would see you as completely

different Because the language you speak.

Not the language they speak. The life you live is not the

life, they live. Why?

Because you are a citizen of the great city of God, you're a

child of the Living. God, Over the years, I told you

umpteen times. My parents used to always say to

me, when I left the house, remember who you are?

And what you are. You're a child of the king?

Live like a child of the king. Dress like a child of the king

speak like a child of the king. Because the king is watching.

I pray that would be us today. Let's pray together.

Father, we thank you Lord, for all you do.

You are the king. The king of glory.

I pray for everyone in the room. The pull of the world is great.

It's so strong. Parents trying to raise their

children today. Realizing that their friends are

of the world. And they pulled her children in

different directions. I pray that you give us

strength. And the grace we need to stand

strong when the precepts of your word. to live for you and honor

you to instruct our children in the ways of God, that they might

perceive the city of God, Live with the motivation to honor and

glorify their God. I pray.

Father for those in the room were struggling.

With the things of the world. That Lord, they would treat them

as if they're burned carcasses and want to separate themselves

from any kind of reminder of their sin.

Separate them. Then I live unto Christ and your

glory. And Lord.

We always pray for those in our midst.

To do not know you. It could be any number of

people, we don't know. Only, you know that?

And we pray and work for them. They realize you're need to go

outside of the city of the camp of worldliness.

Embrace Christ as their savior. Their Messiah, the deliverer.

The true God, the true and living God.

Then I live for you. In Jesus name, amen.