Good evening, everyone. If you would open your Bibles with me, Hebrews chapter 2. We're going to read the first 12 verses of Hebrews chapter 2.

Therefore, we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward, how shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him? God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with diverse miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost according to his own will.

For under the angels he hath not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak, but one in a certain place testified, saying, what is man, that thou art mindful of him, or the son of man, that thou visitest him? Thou madest him a little lower than the angels. Thou crownest him with glory and honor, and didst set him over the works of thy hands. Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet, for in that he put all his objection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him.

But now, we see not yet all things put under him, but we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor, that he, by the grace of God, should taste death for every man. For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. For both he that sanctifyeth and they who are sanctified are all of one. For which cause? He is not ashamed to call them brethren, saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren. In the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.

I wanted to read that passage for that verse 11. This is gonna go right into the message tonight. For both he that sanctifyeth and they who are sanctified are all of one. They're the same, they're one. For which cause, he's not ashamed to call them brethren.

All right, Sean. Okay, if you would turn in your hymnal to song number 489, glory to his name. 489. Down at the cross where my Savior died. Down where for cleansing from sin I cried. There to my heart was the blood applied. Glory to His name. Glory to His name. Glory to His name. There to my heart was the blood applied. Glory to His name.

I am so wondrously saved from sin, Jesus so sweetly abides within, there at the cross where he took me in. Glory to His name. Glory to His name. Glory to His name. There to my heart was the blood applied. Glory to His name.

O precious fountain that saves from sin. I am so glad I have entered in. There Jesus saves me and keeps me clean. Glory to His name. Glory to His name. Glory to His name. There to my heart was the blood applied. Glory to His name.

Come to this fountain so rich and sweet. Cast thy poor soul at the Savior's feet. Plunge in today and be made complete. Glory to His name. Glory to His name. Glory to His name. There to my heart was the blood applied. Glory to His name.

OK. We will now turn to page 509, and we'll sing The Sands of Time Are Sinking.

The sands of time are sinking. The dawn of heaven breaks. The summer morn I've sighed for. The fair sweet morn awakes. Dark, dark hath been the midnight, but day spring is at hand, and glory re-dwelleth in Emmanuel's land.

O Christ, he is the fountain, the deep sweet well of love. The streams on earth I've tasted, more deep I'll drink above. There, too, an ocean fullness, His mercy doth expand, And glory, glory dwelleth In Emmanuel's land.

Oh, I am my Beloved's, and my Beloved's mine. He brings a poor vile sinner into his house of wine. I stand upon his meadow. I know no other stand, not in where glory dwelleth, in Emmanuel's land.

The bride eyes not her garment, but her dear bridegroom's face. I will not gaze at glory, but on my King of grace. Not at the crown he giveth, but on his pierced hand. The Lamb is all the glory of Emmanuel's land.

I've always loved the last verse of that song. I feel like it gives such a good message The bride eyes not her garment, but her dear bridegroom's face. To quit looking at even the blessings of God here on earth, and look to Christ himself. Look to Christ himself. I think we'd be a lot happier if we could learn to do that, wouldn't we?

All right, if you would, open your Bibles with me to Exodus chapter 29. Exodus chapter 29, we'll begin reading in verse 15. And thou shalt also take one ram, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram. And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood and sprinkle it round about upon the altar. And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces and wash the inwards of him and his legs and put them under his pieces unto the head, or upon his head. They put the head down first and all the other pieces down on top of that. And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar. It's a burnt offering unto the Lord. It is a sweet safer, an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

And thou shalt take the other ram, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram. And thou shalt kill the ram and take of his blood and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron. and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him, and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.

And thou shalt take of the ram the fat, and the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the call above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder, for it is a ram of consecration. We'll end our reading there.

Let's bow together in prayer. Our Father, we come into your courts this evening carefully, reverently, knowing, or at least having some sense of what an awesome thing it is to come into the presence of the thrice holy God. Father, we come reverently, we come in worship, and we dare only come before your throne of grace in the person of our Lord Jesus Christ. And we ask, Father, that when you see us, all you see is your son. As you accept us in him and his obedience, which is our only claim to righteousness. You see his wash and his precious blood. It's our only claim to the forgiveness of our sins and cleansing of our sin. Father, we're reverent. We're, we're worshipful in your, in your presence. And father, we're thankful people. Oh, how thankful we are for the Lord Jesus Christ. We're thankful father for a savior who completely saves his people from their sins. Thank you for your wisdom and sending your son who could be the sacrifice that would enable you to be both just and justifier of the ungodly, that your grace could flow freely to your people because of the Lord Jesus Christ and the work that he accomplished for us. Father, we're thankful.

And it is our plea this evening that by your spirit, you would enable us tonight to have an hour of true worship. That we might forget about the goings on of this life. And Father, that you might enable us to, from the heart, worship our Lord Jesus Christ.

As Christ our sacrifice is lifted up before our eyes, Father, let us worship. Let us fall down in the dust and and worship Him in awe and reverence and thanksgiving and joy and happiness. Father, let us, each of us here tonight, leave here seeing that Christ is our all and in all. He's our wisdom, our righteousness, our sanctification, and our redemption. He's all we need.

And Father, on top of every spiritual blessing that you have for sinners in your Son, You blessed this congregation materially, physically. Father, we're thankful, knowing everything we have has come from thy hand. Father, I pray your blessing would be upon each home, that you would lead and guide and direct each home and us together as a congregation, that you might lead us forward in the way that you'd have us to go.

All these things, Father, we ask, and we give thanks in that name which is above every name, the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

I've titled the message tonight, Christ, Our Burnt Offering. Last week, we looked at the sin offering, the offering of the sacrifice of the bullock. It's a picture of justification, taking away the sins of God's people.

Tonight, we'll look at the burnt offering, which pictures sanctification, how God's people are made holy, set apart for holy use. Remember, this is still part of that ceremony that they went through to consecrate Aaron and his sons, to make them fit to serve as priests before the Lord.

And these are things that Christ has done for his people, to consecrate us, to make us fit. to serve him, to worship him, to be in his house. And you see this sacrifice is very similar to the sacrifice of the bullock that gave us justification. There's a transfer of sin by the putting on of hands, there's a transfer of sin to the sacrifice, a transfer of righteousness to the worshiper.

That animal is killed, is sacrificed, is killed for sin, his blood is sprinkled and his body is burned with fire. just like they did with this ram. Those two sacrifices sound a whole lot alike, don't they? Well, it's because Christ is both of those sacrifices.

In his sacrifice, Christ is both our justifier and our sanctifier. He has justified his people and sanctified his people. Now, I don't wanna get real technical here, but justification and sanctification are two different things. But Christ is both of them.

Being justified has your sin taken away. Your sin is gone. You have no sin. You're made righteous. Sanctification is being made holy. And the salvation of a real sinner requires both, justification and sanctification. You know, they're two different things, but they're two sides of the same coin.

You can't have one without the other because Christ is both. And I'll tell you why both of those are required. I can't have my sin taken away from me and leave me like I am now because I'm going to sin again. I'm going to mess it up again. I'm going to require another sacrifice. And there is no more sacrifice for sin. So I can't have my sin taken away, but being left as I am, that's obvious. Salvation requires my sin be taken away from me. And then I'd be given a new nature, the holy nature that can't sin and mess it up again. And Christ is both of those things. He's our justification, and he's our sanctification. Let's see if we don't see this in this Christ our burnt offering. Now first, there's Christ taking away the sin of his people by a sacrifice. Verse 15 says, thou should also take one ram, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram. There's the transfer of sin, the transfer of righteousness. And thou shalt slay the ram, and shall take his blood and sprinkle it round about the altar. There's death for sin, the blood being sprinkled. Verse 17 says, and thou shalt cut the ram in pieces and wash the inwards of him and his legs and put them unto his pieces and unto his head or upon his head and thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar. It's a burnt offering unto the Lord. It's a sweet savor, an offering made by fire unto the Lord. Now, if you look in Hebrews chapter 10 for just one second, hold your place there, we'll come right back there, but here the writer to the Hebrews shows us how Christ is the fulfillment of this. Hebrews 10 verse 10, by the witch will we're sanctified. Now how? Through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. It just took one death of Christ, his one sacrifice. But when Christ was sacrificed, it's just like this rain, the whole ram was burned upon the altar. Christ offered himself, his whole self, body and soul on the altar before the father. And he suffered body and soul to put the sacrifice or put the sin of his people away. And I tell you why that sacrifice of Christ was accepted. Even though he was made sin, he was still holy. He was still the sinless sacrifice. You notice here in, let me find it, in verse 17, also cut the ram in pieces and wash the inwards of him. That's a picture of the inner holiness of Christ. It shows how even though he was made sin, he was still holy. And that's what made his sacrifice a sweet savor to the father. Now, the father didn't get some awful pleasure, like, you know, sick pleasure from hurting his son and punishing his son. The sacrifice of Christ is a sweet savor to the father, because it satisfied every attribute of God. Not only, I mean, we always think about this, the offering being made by fire, it satisfied God's justice, didn't it? The Christ bearing the fire, the wrath of his father is satisfied justice against the sin of his people. But don't forget this. It also glorified God's mercy. Now God can be merciful to his people and not damn them like they deserve because he condemned his son in their place. It glorified God's grace. Now God can be gracious to his people and give them what they don't deserve because his son deserves it. His son earned it by his life and by his death. his obedience, he earned it. The father can be gracious to his people. He can be loving to his people. He can accept his people because Christ took their sin away and the father can welcome them into his presence. The sacrifice of Christ is a sweet savor to God because it satisfies and glorifies every attribute of God. And in Christ, this is how believers are consecrated and made fit so that we can serve the Lord. because Christ took our sin away. And he washed us. He took our sin away and he washed us inwardly, just like they washed the innards of that ram. And God gives his people a new heart, a clean heart that can never sin again. And the only way that's possible is by being washed in the blood of Christ. Now that is such a blessing. People wanna argue about People in a religion like to argue about justification and sanctification and making two totally separate things. You're missing the point. You're missing the point. This is complete salvation in our Lord Jesus Christ because of his sacrifice for his people that justified and sanctified his people, made them holy. And this second ram shows us the same thing in a different way. Let's look at that, verse 19. And thou shalt take the other ram, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram. And thou shalt kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. And thou shalt take of the blood that's upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him, and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him. And also thou shalt take the ram, the fat, and the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the call above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder, for it is a ram of consecration. The sacrifice of this ram is a ram of consecration that consecrates Aaron and his sons. Now the big difference between these two sacrifices, the sin offering we looked at last week and the burnt offering this week, the big difference between the two is this. The priest ate the meat of the burnt offering. They didn't eat any of the meat of the sin offering. It was completely consumed with fire. But they eat the meat, the best parts of the meat, of the burn offering. And that's what that means in verse 21, but he says it clearly over here in verse 31, and thou shall take the Ram of the consecration and see his flesh in the holy place. And Aaron, his sons shall eat the flesh of the Ram and the bread that is in the basket by the door of the tabernacle of the congregations. They would eat those things. But Aaron and his sons being able to eat the meat of this sacrifice, It's not just a clever way for God to provide meat for the Levites. The Levites didn't have other jobs where they'd earn money and go to the market and buy meat. So this wasn't just a clever way for God to give them meat. It's a picture of believing Christ, of sustaining our life on Christ. Throughout scripture, eating is a picture of believing Christ, trusting Christ. It's a picture of union with Christ. And if you look over at John chapter six, let me show you this, John chapter six. Look first at verse 40. And this is the will of him that sent me, that everyone which seeth the son and believeth on him may have everlasting life and I'll raise him up at the last day. Look over at verse 47. Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on me hath everlasting life. So the subject that the Savior is talking about here is faith, isn't it? About believing on Christ. That's the subject. Verse 48. I am that bread of life. Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness and are dead. This is the bread which cometh down from heaven that a man may eat thereof and not die. I am the living bread, which came down from heaven. If any man eat of this bread, he shall live forever. And the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. The Jews therefore strove among themselves saying, how can this man give us his flesh to eat? And Jesus said unto them, verily, verily, I say unto you, except ye eat the flesh of the son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoso eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood dwelleth in me, and I in him. As the living Father has sent me, and I live by the Father, so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. This is the bread which came down from heaven. Not as your fathers did eat manna and are dead. He that eateth this bread shall live forever. You know, when our Lord said this, the Jews automatically thought he was talking about cannibalism. How are we going to eat his body? And Lord's not talking about cannibalism here at all. I did some thinking about this this week. You know, I know the Catholics say that their wafer and their wine literally turn into the body and blood of Christ. That is so gross. I mean, that's just gross. That's all you can say about it. But it's also so irreverent to God. We're talking about the body of Christ. His body is glorified. His body is not to be devoured. His body is to be glorified. He's to be worshiped. The subject is not eating his physical flesh. It's believing Christ. And this is what the Lord's saying, whoever believes on him. They have eternal life. Not they will have it someday. Right now, if you believe Christ, you have eternal life and you're one with Christ. You're one with him. You are what he is. And you live on him just like he lives on the father. You know, when you eat something, this thing of union with Christ is so vital. God can never accept me. Never. He can only accept me in Christ. He's got to be the head and I've got to be the body so that when the father looks at me, all he sees is his son. That's a union with Christ. The father sees one man, he sees his son. It's just like after we eat. We eat a nice meal. Brandon, those ribs, you're gonna eat them tonight. And for a while, you can tell the difference between those ribs and your body. But eventually what's gonna happen is this. That food is gonna get converted to be the blood and the cells and the skin and the bones of your body. So you can't tell the difference between that food that you ate and your body. It's one, you're one, you're just one. That's what the believer is with Christ. We're one with Christ. So I would say that the father doesn't tell the difference, but he only sees one man. He sees his son, that's union with Christ. And we experience that in this world. Christ in you. You're in him, and he's in you. Christ in you, the hope of glory. That's the new birth where Christ dwells within his people. And if Christ dwells in your heart, now it's gonna, like Brother Henry used to say, eventually it'll leak out on you. It'll leak out on you in your actions. Because there's a new sheriff in town. There's a new king on the throne, there's a new administration, and things are gonna change. Things are gonna be different. Now, you know I'm not saying that now, after we're born again, we're sanctified in Christ, suddenly our actions are gonna be holy. That we're gonna be able to do something holy, or do something to contribute to our holiness, or keep our holiness. Not at all. Not at all. All we are, is sin, and as long as we're in this world, that's all we ever will be, sin. Adam's nature is not removed in the new birth. There's a new man added too, so now you've got an old man and a new man, but Adam's nature, that sin nature is not removed, it's not weakened in any way. That's true, but don't use that as an excuse not to do good. Not to be kind, not to be forgiving, not to be loving. Because where Christ is in the heart, there absolutely has to be a changed life. Doesn't it? Let me show you that in 1 Corinthians chapter six. It's not perfect. Nobody's claiming perfection at all. But we will be changed. Look what Paul says here in 1 Corinthians chapter six. Verse nine. Know ye not that the unrighteous should not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived, neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners shall inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you, but not any more. Such were some of you, but now you're washed. You're sanctified, but you're justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the spirit of our God. Such were some of you, but not anymore. Because justification and sanctification both happen by the blood of Christ being shed and by his blood being applied to our hearts. Now let's go back in our text and look at verse 20 and see about this blood being applied and how it's a picture of the believer's life is gonna change now. Verse 20 says that they're to take of the blood of that ram and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron and his sons. Now, when the blood is applied in scripture, that's a picture of the new birth. And when the blood's applied, when the Holy Spirit applies that blood to our hearts and causes us to be born again, I can tell you one thing that changes that was not there before. Now you hear, now you hear. And you don't just hear sounds, you don't just hear words. I grew up hearing all the right sounds, all the right words of the gospel, but I didn't hear, I didn't hear. And God causes you to be born again, you hear and you believe. You believe. You don't just hear the doctrine of the reformers or the different doctrines of your favorite preachers. If you hear the gospel, you hear the message of the word, you know what you hear? You hear Christ. It's what's pointing you to Him. Him. If it's pointing you somewhere else, that's not the gospel. That's not hearing. But if you hear what you hear points you to Christ, that's because God's given you an ear to hear. You hear And you understand, you understand. Now, that's not, doesn't mean that we're gonna just understand everything there is to know about God and everything there is to know about the word and everything there is to know about the gospel. The gospel, as long as we're in this life, it's always gonna be a mystery to us, isn't it? I mean, it's a mystery. It's a mystery in that it's awe-inspiring. How and why God would do this. It's a mystery that why would God be so merciful to someone like me? It's awe-inspiring. That's true. But don't use that as an excuse for ignorance. Because there are some things the believer knows. I mean, I know this. I know this is true. It will never change. When God anoints your ear with that blood and you hear, you hear and you understand. how God saves sinners. I don't know everything there is to know about God, but I know how God saves sinners. I have absolutely no doubt about it. It's crystal clear in this book. If God's given you an ear to hear, it's crystal clear.

And even in glory, in glory there's gonna be things that we find out, well, I was wrong about that. I didn't know as much about that as I thought I did. But we're not gonna get to glory and find out God saves sinners a different way, he tells us in his book. It's not gonna happen. We know that. And I tell you what is a better thing to know. I hear and I understand how God can save a sinner like me. Like me. And still be holy and still be just. That's what I hear and I understand. And if I have an ear to hear, I'm gonna know when I'm not hearing Christ preach too. That's a change. But before God, before you're born again, maybe you can't tell the difference between a false prophet and someone preaching Christ. But after God gives you near to hear, you're gonna hear it. You hear it.

Next, they applied blood to the right thumb of the right hand. When God applies his blood to our hearts, our hands are gonna be used for different purposes than they were used before. They're gonna be used to serve the Lord. They're gonna be used to serve the Lord by helping one another. It's not gonna be just this tight-fisted thing Our hands are going to open in generosity and in love. Everything's going to change. We're not going to be fussing and fighting with each other anymore. Those hands weren't made to fuss and fight. They're made to serve. Now, we'll contend together for the gospel, won't we? That doesn't mean we're going to retreat and say, oh, well, whatever anybody does is OK. We'll contend for the gospel. But we're going to serve each other. We're going to serve each other. And you know why? Because now we want to. You know, you find out somebody, they're not quite so selfish. Now they want to serve. They're looking for ways, just looking for ways that I can jump in and help somebody and be of service to somebody. That's the blood of Christ applied to us. Gives us a whole new attitude, doesn't it? A whole new want to. And we do it for the glory of God. We do it out of thanksgiving for God's grace to us It's not so we can enhance our sanctification, because it's perfect in Christ. It's not so we can get glory and notice for ourselves. It's just purely, I'm thankful how God's blessed me. I want to help somebody else. It's the blood applied.

And then they applied the blood to the big toe of the right foot. That's a picture how the blood of Christ, when it's applied to our hearts, now it changes our walk. There's a different walk. There's a different manner of life. I thought about Zacchaeus before the Lord called him down from the tree. Zacchaeus lived a certain kind of life, didn't he? He was stingy. He was dishonest. He was greedy. And boy, all the Lord had to do is tell him, come down from that tree. I got to go to your house today. And that's all it took. And suddenly, Zachary, he's generous, and he's giving people back things, and he's changed walk. He's got a changed walk. And I can tell you why. It's because now our life and the direction that we go in our walk in this life, it's governed by love for Christ. People under the law are governed by fear. Fear of punishment. The believer is governed by love for Christ. We're motivated by being thankful for his grace. Under the law, you had to give 10%. Under grace, give as much as you want. There's a big difference when you're motivated by love. And your feet, now they're gonna carry you in a walk. In a walk that's consistent with God's grace. They'll carry you to the house of the Lord to worship Him. They'll carry you to where you can hear Him preached. They'll carry you to where you can gather together with His people and talk about Him. And your feet will carry you in a way to follow Christ. You're not going to follow the way of the world anymore. You're going to be just like old Zach is. You're not going to be that person anymore. You're going to live a life of honesty and integrity and compassion and forgiveness. And it won't be perfect at all. It will not be perfect at all. But you will follow after. Those feet will follow after Christ. See, because a believer's a changed person. And like I said earlier, when Christ is in the heart, there's got to be a change because there's a new king on the throne. There's got to be a new change. And I think every believer can say this. Now, I'm not what I want to be. I mean, oh, how I want to be different in so many ways. I am not what I want to be. And I know that I'm not what I will be. I can't even imagine what it will be like to be awake in Christ's likeness and be just like him. I'm not that now. There's nobody deluded enough that they'd think that. But by God's grace, I'm not what I once was. I'm not what I once, I'm not even what I was when I was a babe in Christ. I think I've learned something, grown in grace and knowledge of Christ. I'm not what I once was. I'm just as sinful as I ever was. Now that sin nature is not changed, but I have a new walk. I have a new walk, a new direction, because I'm following Christ. I'm looking to Him. If you're gonna follow somebody, you gotta look to Him. I'm looking to Christ. And I'm following Him. I'm changed because the blood of Christ has been applied to my heart. So now I believe. I believe what I once could not believe. I love what I once could not love. And I follow Christ because now I know what it means to look to Him and to follow Him. I'm following Him. It's because our walk has been changed. The blood has been applied. But then look here at something very special. Verse 21. And thou shalt take of the blood that's upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him, and he shall be hollowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him. Now we studied these garments that Aaron is wearing. The white, that pictures that perfect righteousness of Christ. The breastplate with the names of the 12 tribes of Isseron. That picture of Christ carrying his people over his heart in love. The ephod that had those two buttons that had six names of Isseron on this side and six on this side. A picture of Christ shouldering and carrying the burden of the salvation of his people. He carries them all the way by his strength. The curious girdle, I mean, what a spectacular garment that was made for Aaron to wear as a picture of Christ. And you almost want to revere it, you want to take very good care of it, don't you? You want to keep it clean, you want to keep it spotless, you want to keep this? I mean, the work that went into making this thing The Lord gave these women and men such special skill that they didn't have before to make this garment. Now let's just take such good care of it, you know, and when Aaron's not wearing it, why, we'll wash it and we'll keep it under glass and, you know, like they do the, the constitution of the United States, keep it under glass and we'll have the right amount of oxygen and nitrogen and we're going to preserve and protect this thing. And God said, as part of this, This ceremony where he's being consecrated, tell you what you do, you throw blood all over his garments. Just throw blood all over him. From head to toe, his entire garment is sprinkled with blood. It's not just our ear or our thumb or our big toe that's been, the blood has been applied to. It's been applied to the whole person, sanctifying the whole person. I like what Brother Fortner said about this. This thing's not perfect, but it is entire. It is entire, sanctifying the whole man. Let me show you that in 1 Peter 1. 1 Peter 1. Verse two. elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, and obedience and the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ, grace unto you, and peace be multiplied. If this happens through the sanctification of the Spirit. Now look at 1 Thessalonians chapter five. This whole person has been, has been sprinkled with the blood. And I just think that's such a shocking thing that had to, for the children of Israel didn't know what was coming to see Moses take that blood and just throwing it on his brother, just throwing it on Aaron and on those garments. But that's such an important picture. The whole person, the whole believer has been made holy and set apart for God's holy use, the whole person. 1 Thessalonians 5 verse 23. And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly. And I pray God, your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless under the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. It's the whole person. It's not just the body. It's not just the soul. The believer serves the Lord and worships the Lord with our body and soul, because all of us doesn't belong. Our whole being doesn't belong to us. We've been bought with the price. We're not our own. We've been bought with the blood of Christ, and his blood sprinkles, consecrates the whole person. So that the believer can say this, only a believer can say this, and only a believer can understand it, I am sinful. That's me. I am sinful. It's frank. It's not Adam's fault. It's not my parents' fault. It's not the fault of my environment. It's me. And this is equally true. I am holy. I'm holy because the blood of Christ has been applied. So that's a whole lot different, isn't it, than the way that religion talks about sanctification. The way religion talks about sanctification is like this. Well, Christ justified you. He saved you by his blood. But now you've got to sanctify your own self. You've got to do these certain things. You've got to follow our rules. You can't do this. You've got to do this. You've got to make people impressed with how you live and how little you sin. Anybody being honest has to say that message puts so much pressure and anxiety because I can't do it. I mean, for a short time, maybe I can fool you. Maybe, maybe. And if you didn't spend much time around me, maybe. Can't fool Janet, can't fool Jonathan. The message of Christ, this is what the Savior said. It takes the pressure off. He says, if you're weary, if you're burdened, come unto me, I'll give you rest. I won't give you more work to do. I'll give you rest. Rest from the law. Rest from worrying. I'm your justification. I'm your holiness. And you rest. And you follow me. You follow me. You follow me. You do what you do. Not because you're afraid somebody's going to get you. For no other reason other than this. because you love Christ, because you love Him. That's it, if you love Him, you're gonna love His people. It just satisfies everything that we need, doesn't it? To hear that this sanctification, this holiness is not something that I have to produce. I mean, that's the thing that gives you so much anxiety, is when you're required to do something that you can't do. that you can't do. I've had a project at home that's needed to be done for months. We had a leak back when we were in a roof. We were gone on vacation. There's a leak in the roof. And fortunately, Jonathan was over at the house and saw it and got the whole thing cleaned up. But we got the roof fixed. But there's been this hole in the ceiling. And I'll tell you why it's been there. Because I think, I don't know if I know how to do that or not. And it caused me such anxiety. If I would have known how to do it, there would have been no anxiety whatsoever. And for better or for worse, the other day, Jonathan and I slugged that out, and at least we're not all on the ceiling anymore. We got that. But you just use that as an example that if you don't know how to do something, or you know you can't do it, that's what causes anxiety. And I can't do that. To have somebody preach to you, you've got to make yourself holy or God's going to cast you out? Well, that just gives you so much anxiety and grief and worry. But to hear that my holiness is Christ himself. It's what he has produced. I don't have to trust him what I produce. That I'm thankful for. But I can trust in Christ because whatever he's done is perfect and I can trust him and he is our sanctification. I hope that'll be a blessing to you. Let's bow before our Lord together. Our Father, we thank you for this time that you've given us together to open and read and study your word. And Father, I pray to see Christ from it, to see that he is everything that we need. He's our justification. He's our sanctification. He's the one who will keep us He's the one that will call us. He's the one that will complete all of the salvation of all of His people and finish it in glory. And Father, we're thankful. We're thankful that it all depends on His doing and not on ours. But Father, we would also pray that while none of our works could contribute anything to our salvation or Your glory, that Father, You'd use us for your purpose, that we would walk circumspectly and walk in a way that honors and pleases thee, that we've been able to do it by your spirit by causing us to keep looking to Christ. Father, it's in his name, for his sake and his glory, we pray, amen. All right, Sean. If you would turn in your hymnal to song number 466 and stand as we sing Christ liveth in me. 466. Once far from God and dead in sin, no light my heart could see. But in God's Word, the light I found. Now Christ liveth in me. Christ liveth in me. Christ liveth in me. Oh, what a salvation this that Christ liveth in me. As rays of light from yonder sun, the flowers of earth set free. So life and life and love came forth from Christ living in me. Christ liveth in me. Christ liveth in me. Oh, what a salvation is that Christ liveth in me. As lives the flower within the seed, As in the cone the tree. So praise the God of truth and grace, His Spirit dwelleth in me. Christ liveth in me. Christ liveth in me. Oh, what a salvation is that Christ liveth in me. With longing all my heart is filled, that like him I may be. As on the wondrous thought I dwell, that Christ liveth in me. Christ liveth in me. Christ liveth in me. Oh, what a salvation is that Christ liveth in me.