From law to grace | Hebrews 12:18-24 | 02 December 2018 PM

The same thing we got to read Exodus chapter 20, and then we're going to turn it over to Hebrews chapter 12 and read some verses that from that. That's the text. We will be looking at that little bit in the service of all this chapter 19 EXO Exodus chapter 19, you'll see why we reading this passage to read the following passage in Hebrews.

Exodus chapter 19. Let's hear God's words. On the first day of the third month after the Israelites left Egypt everyday, they came to the desert of Sinai. After they sent out from Resident the end of the desert of Sonia. I need Trail camp in the desert in front of the mountain. And Moses went up to God and the Lord call to him from the mountain and said this is what you want to say to the descendants of Jacob and what you want to tell the people of Israel. You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt and how I carried You On Eagle's Wings on brought you to my cell now if you are by me fully and keep my confidence then as a whole Nations, you will be my treasured possession. What is the whole earth is mine, you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words you want to speak to the Israelites. So Moses went back and some of the Elders of the people and set before them all the words. The Lord had commanded him to speak the people or responded together. We will do everything. The Lord has said so Moses brought that answer back to the Lord. The Lord said to Moses. I am going to come to you in a dense Cloud so that the people will hear me speaking with you and will always put that trust in you. And Moses told the Lord what the people that said. And the Lord said to Moses go to the people who consecrate them today and tomorrow make them wash their clothes and be ready by the third day because I'm not day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people. Put limits for the people around the mountain and tell them be careful that you do not approach the mountain or touch the floor today. Whoever touches the mountain is to be put to death. They ought to be stoned or shot with arrows go to Highland these to be laid on that no person or animal shall be permitted to live. Only when the Rams Horn sounds a long blast made that approach the mountain. After Moses are going down the mountain to the people he consecrated them and they wash their clothes and he said to the people prepare yourself for the third day abstain from sexual relations. On the morning of the third day. There was thunder and lightning with a thick Cloud over the mountain on a very loud trumpet blast everyone in the camp tremble. And Moses let the people out to the camp to meet with God and they stood at the foot of the mountain. I'm sorry. I was covered with smoke because the Lord ascended on 18 fire the smoke billowed up from it like smoke from a furnace in the hole Mountain tremble violently. That's the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder Moses. Spoke and the voice of God answered him. Elote send it to the top of Mount Sinai eye and call Moses to the top of the mountain. So Moses went up from the Lord setting go down and warn the people so that they do not. Way through to see the Lord and many of them Parish. Even the priest to approach the Lord must consecrate themselves or the Lord will break out against them. Moses said to the Lord the people cannot come up the mountain because you yourself Wanda's put limits around the mountain and set it apart as holy. The Lord reply go down and bring the Aronoff with you, but the priest and the people was not. Way through to come up to the Lord or he will break out again. The Moses went down to the people and told them. And then over into Hebrews chapter 12.

I'm going to read from Verse 18 Hebrews 12 verse 18.

You have not come. To a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire. the darkness gloom and stole tell a trumpet blast. Your voice speaking words that those who heard it begged but no further would be spoken to them because they could not what was commanded even an animal that if an animal touches the mountain it must be stoned to death. The site was so terrifying. The Moses said I am trembling with fear.

But you have come to Mount Zion. To the city of the Living God the heavenly Jerusalem. He will come 2000 upon thousands of Angels in joyful assembly to the Church of the firstborn whose names are written in heaven. You come to God the judge overrule to the spirits of the righteous made perfect to Jesus the mediator of a New Covenant until the spring tool blocks that speaks a better words than the blood of Abel. I'm in. May God give us understanding because of that passage from Hebrews as we come to look at it a little bit later.

Now in a way, yes, we've seen from a previous studies on Hebrews chapter 12 / preceding weeks. This chapter was advice and wisdom about how we both us Christians then in Rome when the rest was written but also as Christians now in Highlights today it is she showing us. This is giving us wisdom and advice about how we are to live the Christian Life. Gibson's they serve ice in this wisdom by using the picture or the metaphor or the illustration of a long-distance race the following Jesus Christ involves as in the Nessa city of a lifelong spiritual Marathon. Samaritan Hebrews 12 verses 1 2 3 represent is with the basics of this race for what to throw off what hinders I'm going to run the race with perseverance and focus on Jesus Christ the Pioneer and Perfecter of faith. Prices for 211 take this advice a step further for these versus show us how to enjoy the hardships of the rice discipline. and how to make the most in All Eyez of these hardships and of this discipline and then versus 12-2-17 instructors on how to finish the race. Well Frozen What We Do And what we are to God against the Christian Life is Hard. It really is hard. It's tough. It's just like a marathon Race. Adidas Paul and Barnabas tells us he knocks 14 verse 22. We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God.

But those who have gone before us receive the very beginning of this chapter The Heroes of Faith. If you saw in the previous chapter, in fact, I encourage is on the way. You can do it if I say so the Christian life is like a long-distance race like a marathon. That's the picture within the chapter as Christians face in the running of the spiritual race is one thing which those involved Old Mill in physical races. Do not experience. What is it? It's the jeering. And it's the insult. So those who want to distract us and who want to prevent us from going on and finishing the race. if I this is exactly she was exactly the experience of those new Jewish converts, and we did not House Church in Rome that you who the author of this latter is particularly writing to But they were being taunted by former friends perhaps by synagogue officials property even by their own family members. They were being taunted why because they've given up that Judaism that follow Jesus Christ. So they were being told that they were on the wrong road. They were being told that they were heading the wrong way away from Sunny Ryan Jerusalem. They are being told that they were leaving behind the Heritage did Abraham and Moses. They were being told that they were forsaken their own Nation. And they were being told that they would never ever make it. discouragement that would be Well, do you want this letter answers? We did not text you this evening with the Hebrews 12 verse is 18 to 20 40. Oz. To him think I'm prevent us from finishing the race, but they're both of this latter within our tax contrast. They have already wear these new Jewish Home of come from The contrast start with where they are going to indeed where they have already come to see what he's doing. But in these vs. Mayweather going to wear the heading to either come to in fact that we running up to headings. I know you got nine headings, but most of those are subheadings don't worry about mistake or 10 minutes on each one, but we have. Just basically two headings for this evening first where we have come from we have come from Sonya's law and second where we have come to we have come to Zions Grace that's all subject to this evening from Laurel to Grace from Laurel to Grace. We have come from sinai's law. This is specifically future 21 within the chapter 19 of the giving of the law at Mount Sinai. That's what we were reading variance at least the beginning of it today or in The Exodus 19. It goes on until next few chapters. It was a giving of the Lord at Mount Sinai. I'm not giving of the law to the nation of Israel was truly an awesome physical display. Define fireworks as one commentator has colorful expressed it. That's what it was it was.

Actually eating before the law was given on my lasagna that people have to spend time in May kathle preparing themselves. They have to be ceremonially clean when she won't leave food preparations by the people in Exodus 19 verse is 10 to 15. But then then on the morning of the third day the people sort of thick cloud cover the top of Mount Sinai try to put yourself in their shoes and what it was like people sort of thick cloud cover the top of Mount Sinai Company by flashing lightning and thunder for 60 from where they come to them.

And then we read in verse 18 Mount Sinai. He was covered with smoke because the Lord ascended on it didn't fire the smoke billowed up front like smoke from a furnace and the whole Mountain tremble violently. You're not going to see in Kanye. wholesome the people of Israel were visibly physically tangibly assaulted Majesty of God. About to smoke and the lightning and the Thunder and the violent trembling of the whole Mountain. They would have spoken probably when they they would have spoken to the Holiness of the glory of God.

All the people would have known for certain. The Lord is truly a consuming fire.

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the most telling of all is that the mountain was so charged with the Holiness of God that even to me Lee touch it meant certain death. As we see you next is 19 verse 12 through the people of Israel wet truly and still with a proper fear of God. I don't even know that's what I told in Hebrews 12 verse 21. Even Moses himself was trembling with fear. We rate. Comes from a verse in Deuteronomy. That's how you will feel. The Hebrews knows that Moses himself was traveling.

despite all the Majesty all the glory and all the faithful Holiness of God, which were also

this giving of the Lord of Mount Sinai actually provided no real answer. for the people's gilts unsaid

and it also provides no power within that. For the people do I overcome all that sinfulness before God? Cuz you both of these latter we did not text you this evening. He's effectively telling us it was telling you all these for these new Jewish Converse as well as ours today not to go back to work on help them in that spiritual ranks. They were being told you they're being mocked by that friends and relatives. Tell me why if you change direction come back to Sonya come out to Jerusalem come back to the way of your father and son for Father's. But that it was no effective why I want it to be right before God. That's what you want for these letters telling them not to go back to walk on help them in that spiritual race was telling them not to listen to that. All friends was still in my purse cuz it was it an obsolete futile attempt to live out to the Lord of Mount Sinai for their acceptance Swiss guards. Asajj Ventress is just like Cristiano Misty legalities house and hide and fear for them full of danger. Taking this wrong route is named. Mr. Evangelist comes along doesn't mean he gets Christian back on the right path. to the cross that's precisely what the offer this latter is doing here. Just like mr. Evangelist seeking to get these new Jewish convert 18 tooth back on the right path. Stop the bean tempted to go back to the ways of Mount Sinai which are ineffective and futile.

Not today, very few Christians, especially Norton Jewish Christians are in danger like these new Jewish converts of Olaf you are in danger of turning back to the Lord of Mount Sinai the Old Testament sacrifices, but few are however be that as it may Christians do still make up. Sarah little Mount sorry eyes if I can put it in that way. They still make hot but I was little mount sinai's something of the morality of the ethics of the Bible. What's the problem the danger wisdom is that we treat these things in a legalistic way. We say if only I could do these things whether they would have us just six think things will 60 or 600 things. We said we could just do these things. We just do these things. And I can be golfing going to accept me legalistically that way.

For we think Latin doing these 6 or 60 or 600 things that we are actually better than others. I like little Mount Sinai. 36 Elise 60 only six hundred things. He's real Mount Sinai ice. They added $8,000 but no. Put just like these new Jewish convert syndrome to whom is the author of this letter is writing which was turn back and we must Embrace iki acceptance with God not by what we do. But why what Christ has done? But we have left. Sorry I slow behind them away.

tendency within our house isn't it to return to a self-righteousness, but now we must do that we've laughed so I know he's loyal Bobby Hines exactly that Imma spend a little bit longer on this final heading we come to Zions Grace. We've left Sunrise lore behind. It's not the way of Salvation being right with God. No, we come to Zions Grace. Let me see Satan Hebrews 12 verses 22 to 24 amazing.

Illegal to have a feel of an early confession of the church concerning the church. But Mayweather being the case, we don't know 7 wonderful realities which we as God's people which we have come to seven wonderful realities, which we've come to as we come from Sonya is no that's not the way we can go but to science Greg's the seven wonderful reality, but let's consider them into the seven wonderful realities first. We have come to the city of God to read the first off the bus 22 you have come to Mount Zion to the city of the Living God the heavenly Jerusalem. Amazon was the location of the old Jewish strong a jebusite stronghold with King David. That's so cleverly captured and made into his own political or religious capital. Eddie David brought the Ark of the Covenant which symbolize God's presence were these people into that Capital didn't say I liked your own King Solomon David's son. He built the temple that all of us with the dwelling place of God with his people. God's people today whether Jewish or non-jewish for that matter. We have come.

But to it's Heavenly counterparts. To the spiritual Jerusalem from a bow.

So it begins I know way more also running to Woodside. We have come to Mount Zion Hebrews 12 verse 22 looking for the city that is to come Hebrews 13 verse 14, but it's not even now even now it's God's people today even now we are citizens by faith alone in Jesus Christ. We are citizens of the Heavenly City.

Yes, we may be subjects of the queen in this country or maybe citizens of another country. I don't know. What is Christian's above old house of Paramount importance of importance to us is that we are citizens of the Heavenly City and we enjoy its privileges away Philippians 3 verse 20. All citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a savior from that Asians to use those. With Christ and see through this with him in the Heavenly Realms in Christ Jesus.

So we have even now we have come to the city of God. What a privilege that is for us as God's people but then and now

we've come to the angels little bit of a surprise today. We've come to the angels second off of those 22 you have come 2000 zappone thousands of Angels in joyful assembly. Little angels are truly awesome powerful being so we're eating in Revelation 5 verse 11 that they number thousands upon thousands and 10000 x 10000. Wow, in particular. They worship and praise God and the roads are God's Messengers and they serve God's people. However, the clear entrance is here. But in Hebrews 12:22 is not so much an angel serving us but in we joining with them in joyful assembly in joyful assembly. For the picture here about Mount Zion where we have come. It's actually it's actually a stop contrast a state with what happened.

But their report Mount Sinai it was almost sent me an angel Hebrew the very loud trumpet blast of Exodus 19 verse 16 or trumpet blast which caused everyone within the counter tremble with fear. No brother where worshipping God it or yes, but also side by side with those truly awesome and Powerful beings. I need surgery for a joyful assembly see the contrast. So we've come to the angels don't even fear and trembling but no to worship god with them and joyful assembly picture.

We've come to fellow Believers in Jesus Christ the beginning of verse 23, you have come to the Church of the firstborn whose names are written in heaven church here at the church militant. The church on us today is the church militant is described as the Church of the firstborn.

Jesus Christ himself that's called unique son is pre-eminently in supremely the first born but we also because it to him by face. We also offer spoil everyone of us. Pura believe in Jesus Christ this this evening if you place your trust in him alone for your acceptance with God, then you are one of God's firstborn. You are a phone Son of God male or female with male or female tonight. You are still at first born son of God and Son of God. You see there were truly no second or third or fourth Sons and Daughters within the church. Now, we're all everyone of us all the rights of inheritance come to us.

What color is with Christ? 1700s with Christ and his firstborn all names are written in heaven along with the firstborn who are already there.

That's what I spool. that means but we are guaranteed to get that. Over there was written in heaven on the angel red and having a storm Nate Nate Newton puts it in his head and glorious things of thee are spoken fading all the worldly. It's best pleasure's all it's posted Pumpkin Show solid Joys and Lasting Treasures number Zions children. So we have come. The fellow Believers in Jesus Christ to the Church of the firstborn amazing. Privileges we enjoy in Christ. We come from Zion and finalize law come to the science Grace. We have come to God for this at 23 continues. You have come to God the judge of all. no fish Heights You may think that this truth the God is the judge of all puts a complete dampener on the whole thing's been Gloria so far as match.

But nothing in all creation is hidden from God's side. Everything is uncovered and laid bad before the eyes of in to whom we must give account Hebrews 4 verse 13. I need is a Dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the Living God Hebrews 10 verse 31 show me Seasons truth a dampener to the whole proceedings Estates. Well, no, it isn't why because Jesus Christ savior has been a penalty under God's law in full. spring paid fully So now God's law he's on outside God is Judge of old boys on offsides Romans 8 verse 22 33 who will bring any charge it is God who justifies?

On the weather to talk lady Heyman. God will not twice the man. My dying saviours and then agade of mine. Cost to spay it all. So we come to go off a chargeable with confidence knowing that he's Lori's now on our side. We have come to not just the church militant as we saw rule sent to the church triumphant the end of US-23. You have come to the spirits of the righteous made facts. National Wholesale truly amazing Do we stand shoulder-to-shoulder with our Brothers and Sisters in Christ are with in this world? We also stands shoulder-to-shoulder with God's people throughout the centuries and throughout the middle and Eeyore this world. So we stand shoulder-to-shoulder then we with Abraham and with Moses. we stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Samuel and with David, we stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Daniel and weep or using and the very same spiritual life which course is 3 then course is through house to

We have all being saved and justified through faith in Jesus Christ Alone. Hebrews 10 verse 14 foot by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made. Holy.

That's what it is saying. Sorry. I've already mentioned something but then it says there's already in heaven and the spirits of the righteous made perfect. There are actually no more secure than we are.

Hey there, that Shakira what we are just as secure as then the Christ has paid it all in for your getting top lady puts it like this more happy but not more secure the glorified Spirits in heaven. I will come those to the church militant to the church triumphant Amazing Grace 60. We come to Jesus Christ. Getting of those 24 you have come to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant. I know this is particularly Jesus Christ human named Jesus, which is used here within this with us, but he is a human being just like we are. As well as the unique Son of God and said we come to him then we as a brother. Brother. Jesus Christ is specifically described to us as the mediator of a New Covenant. You see Moses was the mediator of the old Covenant. You don't know if you seen that I'm way but through Jesus Christ as mediator the New Covenant we can draw not we feel like Moses but with confidence and with joy, what a difference what contrast of the promises of the New Covenant. Scholl's inserts and they are in all media Utah Jesus Christ. He is done because we are united to him by face. He's the source and he's the provider of all that we need but he is in awesome. We are in head. So, it's John Newton puts its savior since of Zion City. I through Grace a member. I'm let the world a ride or pity. I will glory in your name. I would come to Jesus Christ. 73 finally we've come. To forgiveness to forgiveness, but how does West 24 end? You will come to the sprinkle blood that speaks a better words than the blood of Abel. You see the author of this letter is bringing to us yet another contrast. What does Abel's blood cry out for what is it crying for? What about the air in Genesis chapter 4? It cries out for vengeance Postmates it cries out for judgements. Adult show with the blood of Jesus Christ and the Jesus Christ blood cries out that we are forgiven. We are forgiven his blood spilt. Shane says to a shout-out was you are forgiven when are in him? Price of the we are forgiven Jesus Christ blood cries out that we have peace with God Jesus Christ blood cries out that we are truly happy for Glory and that we will see the king in his Beauty. The blood of Jesus Christ speaks up the words of the blood of Abel judgment Justice and Vengeance know so would have forgiveness. So we have come to forgiveness in Jesus Christ. Now do you see the stock difference? There is between the law of Mount Sinai on the grace. Go outside to the grace of Mount Zion on a difference for the guilty provides. No solution. But it also provides us with no power to overcome off end. For the grace of God in Jesus Christ gloriously provides us with both of those things.

Heels with a gill to the power of sin in all honesty this a thumbs-up this truth. Wonderfully. I'm sure some of you is not many of you heard it before but it goes like this. The run and work the law commands that gives me neither feat Johannes the better news the gospel brings. It makes me fly and gives me wings.

It'll be the dog already, but it's a great. It just comes out. Doesn't it. Wonderful truth between law and Grace? So praise God that we have come from sinai's Laurel designs Grace. May he have all the glory for he is worthy. Call Matt.