Access to God: The Transformative Power of Jesus
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "And no matter what you've done, no matter who you think you are, God is granting you access to Him. He's granting you forgiveness, He's granting you, I would say, forgiveness and He's going to forget about it for everything you've done. He's going to remember your sin no more it said. And then, the final part If that's not enough, he offered to put his love in your heart. Alone, we don't have a chance. promised to write his law on our minds so that it will overshadow any self-centeredness we have left. Now granted, for some of us, that's going to take a little bit of time, right? But the process has started. That's why we've got to give each other grace." [01:09:04]
2. "Because of what Jesus has done, our life can truly change. Believe this. Embrace this. Accept the love and the promise of God. Because it's for you, it's for your friends and your family and your children. And now because of this access, we now have complete and total freedom to be bold in front of God. To be bold before God through Jesus Christ. You know, the God of heaven and earth, he has come. And he has given us a gift of his Holy Spirit. It's going to give us each the ability to love others completely. And to love the Lord our God with a whole new heart, a whole new mind, a whole new idea of strength." [01:10:02]
3. "Words matter, and so I encourage you to do that today. Let's go to the Lord in prayer, and then we will begin our conversation. So I'm gonna, one thing I did to my son whenever he was young, I'd say, you need to pay attention, okay? So you need to pay attention today, so I need to rub your ears, okay? So I'd have him rub his ears." [43:56]
4. "You never know how difficult of a week somebody has had. Words matter, and so I encourage you to do that today. Let's go to the Lord in prayer, and then we will begin our conversation." [43:56]
5. "Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the most holy place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way open for us through the curtain, that is his body, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with full assurance that faith brings. Having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water, let us hold unswervingly to the faith we profess. For he who promised is faithful. Amen." [01:16:21]
### Quotes for Members
1. "The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming, not the realities themselves. For this reason, it can never, by the same sacrifices, repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. Verse two, otherwise they would have not have stopped, otherwise would they not have stopped being offered." [01:00:19]
2. "The rituals had become a comfortable practice. It may have required them to invest their time and their energy and their resources, but it didn't really require them to change their hearts. I will tell you that's still sometimes an issue. We can go through the motions each and every Sunday, but if you're not really open to God, nothing we do here is going to change your heart." [01:01:48]
3. "Jesus showed us once and for all that the priests, they were just a shadow of things to come. The sacrifices were just a shadow, a glimpse into what awaits for us. Jesus showed us once and for all that he would willingly be the only remaining sacrifice, for sin, and it was one that he chose on our behalf. In Hebrews, these things, poverty, suffering, death, they didn't just happen to Jesus. He chose them for you." [01:06:39]
4. "The sacrifice is powerful enough to break down any barrier that would separate us from the love of God. It's exactly what it did." [01:07:06]
5. "He's going to be the one speaking to God on behalf of humanity, and he's going to be the one who's speaking to humanity on behalf of God. He's our mediator. He is the way to God. He is the truth of God, and he is the life of God. His blood is the life of God." [01:05:10]
6. "The preacher continues. He says day after day, verse 11, every priest stands and performs their religious duties again and again. He offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins, but when this priest, Jesus is what he's talking about, had offered for all time one sacrifice for sin, he sat down at the right hand of God, and since that time, he waits for his enemies to be made a footstool, for by one sacrifice, he has made perfect forever those who were being made holy." [01:05:38]
7. "The life of the animals would sacrifice for the sins the nation. And it had to be done every year without fail. Or else the people would risk separation from God. And if you're God's people, that's your one job. You can't be separated from God." [55:11]
8. "So in chapters 4 through 10 of Hebrews, the preacher, he reminds the reader, the listener, up to this point, humanity only had a certain level of access to God. But it wasn't full access. It wasn't complete. Because only one person was allowed to be in the presence of God. The rest of the people had to stay on this side of the curtain. Right? This side of the glass. could only look from afar. They had to rely on one person, a mediator, a priest, to ensure that they were going to be right with God." [55:39]
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1. "And no matter what you've done, no matter who you think you are, God is granting you access to Him. He's granting you forgiveness, He's granting you, I would say, forgiveness and He's going to forget about it for everything you've done. He's going to remember your sin no more it said. And then, the final part If that's not enough, he offered to put his love in your heart. Alone, we don't have a chance. promised to write his law on our minds so that it will overshadow any self-centeredness we have left. Now granted, for some of us, that's going to take a little bit of time, right? But the process has started. That's why we've got to give each other grace." [01:09:04]
2. "Because of what Jesus has done, our life can truly change. Believe this. Embrace this. Accept the love and the promise of God. Because it's for you, it's for your friends and your family and your children. And now because of this access, we now have complete and total freedom to be bold in front of God. To be bold before God through Jesus Christ. You know, the God of heaven and earth, he has come. And he has given us a gift of his Holy Spirit. It's going to give us each the ability to love others completely. And to love the Lord our God with a whole new heart, a whole new mind, a whole new idea of strength." [01:10:02]
3. "Words matter, and so I encourage you to do that today. Let's go to the Lord in prayer, and then we will begin our conversation. So I'm gonna, one thing I did to my son whenever he was young, I'd say, you need to pay attention, okay? So you need to pay attention today, so I need to rub your ears, okay? So I'd have him rub his ears." [43:56]
4. "You never know how difficult of a week somebody has had. Words matter, and so I encourage you to do that today. Let's go to the Lord in prayer, and then we will begin our conversation." [43:56]
5. "Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the most holy place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way open for us through the curtain, that is his body, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with full assurance that faith brings. Having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water, let us hold unswervingly to the faith we profess. For he who promised is faithful. Amen." [01:16:21]
### Quotes for Members
1. "The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming, not the realities themselves. For this reason, it can never, by the same sacrifices, repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. Verse two, otherwise they would have not have stopped, otherwise would they not have stopped being offered." [01:00:19]
2. "The rituals had become a comfortable practice. It may have required them to invest their time and their energy and their resources, but it didn't really require them to change their hearts. I will tell you that's still sometimes an issue. We can go through the motions each and every Sunday, but if you're not really open to God, nothing we do here is going to change your heart." [01:01:48]
3. "Jesus showed us once and for all that the priests, they were just a shadow of things to come. The sacrifices were just a shadow, a glimpse into what awaits for us. Jesus showed us once and for all that he would willingly be the only remaining sacrifice, for sin, and it was one that he chose on our behalf. In Hebrews, these things, poverty, suffering, death, they didn't just happen to Jesus. He chose them for you." [01:06:39]
4. "The sacrifice is powerful enough to break down any barrier that would separate us from the love of God. It's exactly what it did." [01:07:06]
5. "He's going to be the one speaking to God on behalf of humanity, and he's going to be the one who's speaking to humanity on behalf of God. He's our mediator. He is the way to God. He is the truth of God, and he is the life of God. His blood is the life of God." [01:05:10]
6. "The preacher continues. He says day after day, verse 11, every priest stands and performs their religious duties again and again. He offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins, but when this priest, Jesus is what he's talking about, had offered for all time one sacrifice for sin, he sat down at the right hand of God, and since that time, he waits for his enemies to be made a footstool, for by one sacrifice, he has made perfect forever those who were being made holy." [01:05:38]
7. "The life of the animals would sacrifice for the sins the nation. And it had to be done every year without fail. Or else the people would risk separation from God. And if you're God's people, that's your one job. You can't be separated from God." [55:11]
8. "So in chapters 4 through 10 of Hebrews, the preacher, he reminds the reader, the listener, up to this point, humanity only had a certain level of access to God. But it wasn't full access. It wasn't complete. Because only one person was allowed to be in the presence of God. The rest of the people had to stay on this side of the curtain. Right? This side of the glass. could only look from afar. They had to rely on one person, a mediator, a priest, to ensure that they were going to be right with God." [55:39]
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