Am I Hezekiah Or Am I Everyone Else? | Pastor Tyler Johnson | 02.15.26

We have communion this morning. And what communion represents is that we have a better Hezekiah that leads us. And his name is Jesus. And he says he tore the veil. Religion, sin, everything blocked the door to the gateway and access to our king. But when Jesus died on the cross and he went to the blood, he opened the door so every believer in here could bring any report, a job layoff, a health issue, cancer, sickness, your kids, whatever you're stressed about. And you don't have to just bring it anywhere. You can bring it to the temple and lay it at your your savior's feet and say, God, I cannot do this in my own strength, but I bring it to the altar today. [01:13:17] (43 seconds)  #BringItToTheAltar

And he goes, you don't need a hundred and twenty six hours under the blood, just a second under the blood, and wash you cleaner than that shower. And I wanna encourage you today, one sip from that cup and reminder of the blood, it will wash you clean again. It will say to your past, it's it's the past. It will say to your future, I am signed, sealed, and delivered. And so God, we declare today that we are blood blood bought sons and daughters of the king. [01:15:03] (23 seconds)  #BloodWashed

We always wonder how the the thing happened at the end of the temple. You gotta hear this real quick. If Hezekiah wouldn't have cleared the temple, when the report came, he would have had nowhere to go. The doors would have been locked. The junk would have been there. But he cleared the temple so the blood could flow, so he could bring the report to the place where the blood could protect. [01:12:58] (19 seconds)  #MakeSpaceForGod

And so what Hezekiah is saying, if I could use a modern term for all of us, he's having a renewing of the vow ceremony. They were married, but they weren't living together anymore. They were married, but the the couples were sleeping with other people, if I could put it that way. And he goes, I want the people to know I'm renewing my vows. I am his and he is mine. I'm not bowing down to the world anymore. We're going back to the covenant that God promised us in Genesis 15. We're going back to the blood. [00:53:28] (32 seconds)  #BackToTheCovenant

I'm here to ask you today, have you been faithful to the assignment God called you to live? Because when you're not faithful to live the way God called you to live, you're you are now the temple of the Holy Spirit. This thing gets cluttered and becomes a juncture for the world instead of actually a place for the king to sit. Oh, bitterness, compromise, selfishness, anger, all the worries of the world start to fill up the temple instead of the peace of God in the presence of God. [00:50:37] (26 seconds)  #ProtectYourTemple

Eighty six years I've served him, Polycarp goes on to say, and he has done me no wrong. How can I blaspheme my king who saved me? He declared in front of all of Rome, Jesus is Lord. Because he declared Jesus as Lord, they are gonna tie him to a stake and set him on fire. The guards would come up to Polycarp, and he says, you do not need to tie me to the stake. I will not run. It is an honor to die for my God. [00:39:15] (26 seconds)  #FaithTillDeath

The story goes that the fire is set, and it surrounds him, but does not burn him. All of Rome is astonished. They're witnessing a miracle. And one of the Roman soldiers in the middle of this miracle goes and stabs Polycarp, and he dies. And the word spreads throughout Rome that there was a man that would not bow or compromise, and his name was Polycarp. [00:39:57] (20 seconds)  #UnbowedUnburned

And I was praying this morning for our church, and the Lord just I I just started thinking about my grandma, and and the reason why is my grandma was the Hezekiah of our family. You get one person sold out for Jesus in your family, affects the whole family. One father that catches on fire, it affects the whole family. One mother who just falls in love with Jesus, it affects the whole family. One son, one daughter, it will affect the whole family. My grandma got saved, and she was driving us nuts on Christmas and Easter. She'd make us read the story, open up eggs to show the resurrection. None of us were saved. But she got saved, and she just couldn't stop talking about Jesus. [00:34:57] (34 seconds)  #FaithChangesFamilies