Living as Pilgrims: Our Eternal Focus in Christ

"Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp bearing his reproach and we shall look in an expository way this morning at these verses there is so much to learn from them so much encouragement and exhortation let us go forth sounds like a suggestion but it isn't a suggestion it's a command let us go forth it's one word in the Greek let us go forth." [00:30:59]

"This is a command for all believers let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp there is something we are to act on we are to leave the world to dissociate from it to forsake its aims and its values and it's rebellion against God we do not leave it physically of course we endeavor to be good citizens we endeavor to pay our dues and to do everything we can to make this world better." [00:57:00]

"Now that is not the biblical concept of Christ's purpose and his work rather it's the opposite that this is in fact a doomed world and a doomed Society and it's under the judgment of God there will be a restoration there will be a renovation of all things there will be the beautification the transformation the rejuvenation of this physical world and there will be a glory of society but that all comes after the day of judgment." [05:19:76]

"The work of God is by his great grace together out of the world undeserving sinners and to save them by His grace and to build them up and to use them employ them in his service to bring others also to inhabit the eternal heavens as the people of Christ but it's only after the coming of Christ and after the endtime events and after the judgment of the world that comes the restoration of all things by the power of God." [05:54:53]

"Compassion is one thing it isn't restoration it isn't proudly imagining that somehow we can be instruments for the rest of iteration and the moral upgrading of the whole world these things in history have often come on a very large scale as the result of Christian activity and many Christians being around but take the present day you could say well because of the great works of compassion of the churches down the centuries." [06:39:48]

"Let us go forth therefore out of the world why the people of God went out of the synagogue's out of the temple into the Church of Jesus Christ the converted Gentiles went out of the idol temples into the Church of Jesus Christ Abraham so long ago went out of ur of the chaldeans this going out being gathered out of the world for we do for it and our works of compassion and our soul saving activities we are in our Allegiance out of the world going to Christ." [10:05:25]

"Let us go forth therefore unto him without or outside the camp the general population the world in this case is the idea he is not in the world Calvary's cross was outside the city that's been pointed out he suffered without the gate and where to go forth unto him to praise him to learn of him to serve him his kingdom is not this world or of this world he is outside that means we make a clear profession of faith in him wherever we are we are known to belong to him." [02:20:16]

"By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually that is the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name this is about our role here and so is verse 16 and there are two sides to our role while on earth in verse 15 it is the work of praise and in verse 16 it is service for Christ and gospel service in particular we'll see this but look then at verse 15 by him therefore by Christ that is let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually." [21:12:19]

"Now this certainly refers to direct praise to him in worship in hymns in daily praise and thanksgiving and prayer because it's the fruit of our lips so we need not confine that to what is said or sung what is thought also our private prayers but it's all about praise is offered to God and this is our great role there'll be many contrasts in this epistle about the Old Testament order and the new there were priests in the Old Testament for now we're priesthood of all believers." [21:30:04]

"Let us go forth therefore unto Him outside without the camp bearing his reproach for here we have no continuing City but seek one to come it is a short life a temporary life a lodging place for us to do all we can for him and we cannot establish good in this passing world that will endure we have no continuing City so works of compassion yes and maintenance of good things but not restoration and reformation of society don't praise it don't encourage the world can be drawn aside by it don't adapt it for spiritual purposes." [19:57:67]

"By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually giving thanks to his name adoration not just in the time of morning prayer or evening prayer but through the day to pray off and through the day sometimes just for a few seconds you cannot close your eyes you're in the middle of various things but you adore him and you thank him and you express your love to him and you offer prayers of acclamation that is to say you thank him for some doctrine for some blessing for some deliverance you commit everything you're doing to him and every potentially dangerous thing especially you express your joy and your trust and your anticipation of future blessing and glory you dedicate your life to him to do it through the day." [23:20:00]

"Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp bearing his reproach we preach the gospel and people get offended it's the offense of the gospel nowadays the style is changing there are people when they preach the gospel they play down sin we don't want to offend people they say they play down repentance we don't want to offend people where they have a name for it and they're proud of it we're seeker-sensitive people we don't want to cause offence they emphasize apologetics well apologetics can be very good and very useful but they emphasize this different interesting arguments to prove there is a God and he is there and so on to get in to Calvary don't get into the fall of man and sinfulness a need for forgiveness that we'll drive people away this is what's coming in and they talk as I've been saying about restoring the world making Christianity respectable and reasonable but no the call of Scripture is lets us go forth therefore to where he is outside the world and there is the offense of the cross and while we're going to be as winsome and appealing as we can be we've got a talk about sin and Calvary and repentance and conversion it's not popular Christ was put out of the city and so we will be disapproved off and looked down upon but this sister can haunt us and this is where Christ is and this is where his presences for Christian people outside the camp." [41:11:01]