Hold Fast Your Confession 19 Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, 21 and having a High Priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.
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zero zero one nine I want to speak to
you this morning about boldness to enter
God’s presence boldness to enter God’s
presence once you go to Hebrews a tenth
chapter if you will please amen
it’s raining outside but it’s well as
raining in here too but it’s raining a
different kind of rain thank God for his
presence
Hebrews the tenth chapter and I want you
to begin with me at the nineteenth verse
please Hebrews 10:19 having therefore
brethren boldness to enter into the
holiest by the blood of Jesus by new and
living way which is consecrated for us
through the veil that is to say his
flesh and having a high priest over the
house of God let us draw near with a
true heart in full assurance of faith
having our hearts sprinkled from an evil
conscience and our bodies washed with
pure water let us hold fast the
profession of our faith without wavering
for his faithful that has promised let
us hold fast the profession of our faith
without wavering for his faithful that
is promised and go back to verse 19
having therefore brethren boldness to
enter into the holiest by the blood of
Jesus
holy spirit’ you want to speak to us
this morning so I’m asking you to give
us ears to hear what the Spirit has to
say thank you Lord for truth that truly
sets us free Lord in this day of
darkness and bondage on all sides you
want a people that are living free not
just knowing but enjoying what God has
provided us now Holy Spirit come down
upon me and anoint the word that you’ve
given to me and make it meet to our
souls and make it strength to our bodies
and quicken our faith in Jesus name I
pray amen
I want to talk to you this morning about
the two benefits of the cross the one
benefit were well-acquainted with is
well preached it’s quite well understood
and that’s to our benefit that benefit
you know to be forgiveness of sins
victory and power over the Dominion
ascend the benefit of the cross of Jesus
Christ is eternal life its relief its
escape from hell and damnation and this
is well preached all over the world is
being preached on Sunday the benefit of
the Cross to humankind
but there’s another benefit to the Cross
that we know so little about and do not
fully understand if at all and that’s
the benefits to the Father the benefit
that the Heavenly Father resulting from
the death of His Son Jesus Christ on the
cross and until we understand that you
see forgiveness is never a problem with
the Heavenly Father but coming into the
fullness coming in to the delight of God
we understand very little about the
delight of the Heavenly Father when he
receives the prodigal into his house
have you thought about that have you
thought about the glory that is have you
thought about the power and
the incredibleness of the victory of the
cross of Jesus Christ and what it really
opened the door to in the father’s heart
that’s what I want to talk about today
we know this side of Christ’s sacrifice
the veil was rent in to remember the
rocks rent earthquake shaking because
the greatest event in mankind’s history
was taking place the veil was rent into
and it was not just that we may go into
the Holy of Holies but he who once dwelt
in darkness and deep darkness is now
able to come out of the Holy of Holies
he took the initiative God himself
unilaterally and that’s when one person
makes a decision two people at war two
parties at war and one party says that’s
enough I’m going to make peace I’m going
to tear down the wall of partition I’m
going to do it on my own initiative just
out of grace and out of grace alone
through no effort of mankind he tore
down the wall he ripped open
the curtain that blocked from his
presence there was no access to the
general public there was no access to
the prodigal only to a high priest and
now it’s open and God can come out God
can come out and embrace the sinner he
can come out and embrace the prodigal
because everything is settled there’s a
judgment made against sin and all we
have to do in fact he not only tore down
the wall he removed the remains you
don’t have to crawl over the ruins he
made a path into his own heart and into
his presence now this is an amazing
thing if you see it you see it in type
when Israel crossed the Red Sea they got
to the other side of the Red Sea and a
great praise meeting broke out praising
God thanking him they saw the enemy all
dead
at the sea cast up on the sea shores of
both sides you see that’s a type of
coming out of the bondage of sin and the
anti-type it the edge’ type is our
deliverance from the power of sin and we
know that our enemy has been slain but
you see that’s only half the victory
that’s only half of God’s purpose they
can’t camp there on the victory side I
preached the sermon years ago entitled
right song wrong side see they should
have been singing that on the other side
they should have trusted God enough to
the victor who can’t praise God after
the victory comes they’re on the other
side but you see if they camp there all
they do is have a testimony that they’re
saved that’s as far as it goes
I was once lost I was bound by sin I was
in bondage and now I’m free they can
stay there the rest of their lives
singing and shouting and saying I’m free
I’m free and they’re not in the eternal
purpose of God the eternal purpose of
God was to bring them out to bring them
in into his own heart into his love to
become wholly dependent that God would
be everything that they would need he
would take away and strip away
everything that man could depend on in
fact God said this I’m bringing you to
myself he wanted the people wholly
totally dependent on his love and His
mercy and His grace so these people are
camping there and and if you don’t move
on in fact they get to the first test
just a few days later and they’re
murmuring and they’re complaining you
see if you don’t really know the
father’s heart you’re going to end up
murmuring and complaining you’re going
to wind up totally dissatisfied and I’m
going to make a statement I want you to
hear it it’s a premise of the revelation
that God’s been speaking to my heart you
cannot fully come into joy and peace
until you see
gods delight in your deliverance until
you see the joy of his heart until you
see everything removed at the cross
until everything that’s been of the past
has been judged you see God says I want
you to move on now this can be best
explained in the parable that Jesus gave
of the prodigal son
this is christ’s own teaching parable
full of magnificent glorious truths if
we just take the time to dig them out
you know this story it’s a story of a
young man that rose because he left his
father’s house and you know the story he
wound up broken and ruined in health and
spirit and he decides to gap in the
scripture says in Luke 15 20 he arose
came to his father but when he was yet a
great way off his father saw him and had
compassion to rent and fell upon his
neck and kissed him you see there there
is nothing hindering his forgiveness
he has been reconciled the father
reconciled himself in fact the father
was never out of reconciliation with his
son see God has made it possible he
declared reconciliation with lost
mankind and we have to come and accept
that reconciliation we have to believe
in the provision of the cross of Jesus
Christ
to come in to the wreck of
reconciliation that he himself declared
this boy was there’s nothing he had to
do he did not have to compete at this
time confess his sins immediately the
father ran to him first
afar off and embraced him and kissed him
and said welcome you see
the problem of forgiveness is sin it is
never a problem with a Heavenly Father
when he sees a repentant son see
forgiveness is not the issue right now
thank God that we are forgiven I’m
talking to the believer now
thank God for the blood of Jesus Christ
thank God for the joy of salvation the
folks if we don’t move on if we don’t
get into the father’s house if we don’t
come to that place of rejoicing because
we begin to understand the father’s
heart until we get there we’re never
going to know peace we’re never going to
know how to serve we’re never going to
know the full joy of the Lord we were
never going to walk in peace the father
not only wants to see it didn’t forgive
this boy he didn’t embrace him they
could just go on his way and say my I am
forgiven and he goes out and does his
own thing goes his own way he says I’m
delivered from my past enough I’m free
father thank you for your forgiveness I
will come and visit you on occasion no
that is not the complete delight of
God’s heart he’s taking you out to take
you in get that in your mind and this
young man is not at ease in his father’s
prayer he’s forgiving but he is not at
ease there’s something in his heart of
the flesh that says well wait a minute
yeah you don’t know what I’ve done
father you don’t know the filth that
I’ve been in you don’t understand what I
have done I’ve sinned against your love
I’ve sinned against light you don’t
comprehend and you just forgive me and
you see the old man in him the old
nature in him is thinking it now I can’t
just come and accept it like this
you just hug me you kiss me you don’t
ask questions you don’t dig into my past
you just accept me with open arms
now he’s for this is a force shattering
of the cross of Jesus Christ but he says
you just received a father I want a a
payment schedule I don’t know what I owe
you it’s probably more than I can pay
but I’ve got to try and Lord I I just
don’t know how I am not worthy I’ve
sinned against the God and I’ve
sinned against you and you see he he has
a sense that it is humility to tell the
father how bad he’s been we get this
idea that that we are humble when we go
to prayer and said oh god I am I am
worthless I don’t know how to study I
don’t wanna pray I don’t know how to do
this I don’t know how to do that but you
know whatever father wouldn’t have any
part of it
he didn’t even listen to it because you
see in the father’s mind that old man
that left is not there anymore he’s dead
in the father’s mind his sins are gone
in the father’s mind he said look I
don’t hear about this he said that bore
that left is dead and he’s saying now to
this boy I you’re you’re a new man
well how did I become a new man that’s
my estimation of you that’s what I
declare you to be at the cross of Jesus
Christ the old man was dead crucified
and God said I’ll never deal with you
again I don’t want hear about it I don’t
want you coming into my presence and he
says this with of love and he does this
by simply ignoring what the boy said
just ignored it
and I’m telling you God’s ignoring every
time you go in his presence tell him how
bad you are heeding that’s that’s that
defaming the blood of Jesus Christ
and you see the cross that the Lord says
I have judged sinned all judgment was
based on my son everything you’ve ever
done all your past is gone and now in
the last days I’m going to deal with one
band one bands coming out of the grave
and I’m taking everyone if you into that
grave with him I’m taking everyone
that’s confessed their sins everyone who
believes that there is power in the
blood of Jesus Christ at the cross and
now you’ve gone and down into the grave
this is God’s estimation this is what
God is thinking this is what God
declares to be and there’s only one man
coming out of the grave folks you didn’t
come out of the grave unless you’re in
Jesus Christ and then out of the grave
came a body Christ the man and when he
went up to glory he became the head of a
body of people called the Church of
Jesus Christ and God says I will not
deal with the old flesh I’ll not deal
with the old man there’s only one man
I’ll deal with that’s Christ and when
you’re in Christ I’m dealing with you as
I did with my own son I look on you as
my own son because judge sin has been
judged it’s dead he’s dead
so God deals with us now only through
his son and you see the father said no
you don’t go in to my house as a beggar
you don’t go in with that kind of old
talk that you had before you see in the
father’s eye he’s new and he says bring
out the best robe you can find you’re
going into my house as a kingly royal
son so they bring out the the best robe
in the house that had to be the father’s
old robe couldn’t be any higher than
that this is the righteous robe of Jesus
Christ he put
ring on his finger which means union
with Christ and he sawed his feet with
the preparation of the gospel of peace
you see forgiveness is not enough there
has to be renewal of the mind and
renewal the thinking how do I come into
God’s presence how am I received you you
see God is the father Heavenly Father is
a type of this is type of any father
renewing the mind to remove thinking no
you’re not coming in with those old rags
and self-righteousness
you’re not going to dress up that old
man and come into my presence say please
have mercy I tried so hard see the flesh
doesn’t want to die we keep coming in
the presence of Jesus then we’ve done
something wrong or we fail God – the
weakness in our life and and we don’t
seem to be walking in the fullness of
the spirit and so we bring our sweat and
we bring our tears and we fast and we
pray and we’re driven by the flesh
because the flesh doesn’t want to die
the flesh has a hard time acknowledging
what God says I am are you getting any
of this Lord says no you’re not coming
in as a beggar you’re coming in as a
kingly son it’s not enough to be
forgiven in itself if you want to fool
us and if you want the joy you want the
peace and the assurance of who you are
in Christ there’s a renewing of the mind
he has already done his repentance but
you see he he still does not feel
qualified and a lot of us try to qualify
ourselves you know there is no way you
and I can be qualified by anything we do
in the
flesh to go into the house into his
presence and to be there peace because
you see the whole idea the real issue of
the particle parable it is not just the
coming home the son of the son but more
so the delight of the father I think
that’s the key to the whole thing
because until you know that until you
understand that until you know that
there’s no hindrances remove every
hindrance from you and I coming in and
he’s looking more at company at
fellowship and oneness with his child
with you and with me he wants the
company he enjoys the company our
company our our presence in his holy
place in the house is the joy it’s the
delight he said this is my beloved son
and whom I delight and whom I have great
pleasure because I’m in Christ he
delights in me just as he delights in
his son I delight in you do you have any
sense of that knowledge this morning in
the presence of God did you come to this
church this morning convinced in your
heart at peace because you see there’s
nothing between me and the father that
he is removed at all that you if you can
see that and you can’t see it unless
you’ll ask the Holy Spirit to open your
eyes open your eyes the fact that he has
qualified us let me give you the
scripture for that it having therefore
brethren boldness to enter into the
holiness by the blood of Jesus by a new
and living way consecrated for us
through the veil
that is to say the flat his flesh let us
draw near with a true heart in full
assurance of faith what is it to heart
and where is that full assurance at full
assurance is that when I believe on the
Lord Jesus Christ and I walked
my faith I walk by faith you see the new
man that the father is talking about is
one of faith this boy has to believe
that he is what God has dressed him as
and what the father is singing me he
sees the delight and joy of the Heavenly
Father and here is the qualification
Colossians 1:12 giving thanks to the
Father who has made us meet in the word
there is qualified who has qualified us
to be partakers of the inheritance of
the Saints in light who has delivered us
from the power of darkness and
translated us into the kingdom of his
dear son he’s forgiven he’s being
renewed in his mind
he’s not talking now about what he did
or how he can repay how he can reconcile
himself he’s now turning to the father
and his delight he’s understanding now
maybe he’s not mad at me after all maybe
I can trust this expression of love and
the Lord the father said it is me it’s
necessary that we go into the house and
be merry
he said it’s necessary folks this is so
necessary that at the cross we were
qualified we were made meat to go into
the very presence of God without fear
without condemnation without guilt this
boy that’s all he had the devil put
these thoughts in his mind you and the
thoughts well maybe I can’t make it
maybe I want to leave again the father
hears nothing about it right now right
now I want you to come into my presence
you see he’s made provision if any man
sin we have an advocate with the father
from my present sins I
I believed it went
I fall in love with the father and the
son when I really come to him that he is
all and all he’s all my provision he’s
on my strength
you see we tell people when they come to
the altar get when you get saved the
Holy Ghost is going to come and give you
strength you know how does he do that I
most of us can’t explain how the Holy
Spirit does that he takes us to the Word
of God he takes us into this book and
when I believed on Jesus Christ I was
immediately placed in him my life is I
am dead into this world but I am hidden
in him in Christ I’m hidden in him in
Christ Jesus you were taken into his
body and you are told that you sit in
heavenly places in Christ Jesus that
means that wherever Christ is that’s
where I am by faith it’s all by faith
nothing else it is by faith we enter in
to this delight of the heavenly Father
he goes into the house limit let me try
to explain it illustrate what I’m trying
to say I have a minister friend who was
delivered years ago from drugs and
recently he took a fall he started with
prescription drugs but he was exposed
recently for evidently for taking heart
drugs his reputation is in shambles and
he did he described the anguish of his
Christian life and the whole time since
he’s been saved he described his
insecurity always comparing himself with
others always feeling he didn’t measure
up has always had a hard time forgiving
himself and accepting God’s forgiveness
he continually condemns himself he’s all
he’s living in fear and then he tries to
work harder trying in some way to please
the Heavenly Father and you see he’s
come now to place of repentance and he
said I’m truly repentant I’ve lost my
reputation I’ve lost everything and I
know there’s no pride now because I have
nothing left to be proud about but did
he’s probably going to have a harder
time now than he’s ever had because his
friends and past advisers and others now
or or gathering around him like jobs
comforters and they’re giving him all
kinds of ideas and concepts of how to
get right again with God and make things
right suggesting to go into a program
and he can’t leave his children to do
that others are saying it’s pride until
you get rid of your pride and they have
all of these are coming at him all
places and everybody wants him to replay
his sin how did you get into it how did
why did you do this and he’s getting so
discouraged because every other guy that
comes along he they wants to hear the
whole filthy mess how tragic it is in
the Church of Jesus Christ how we treat
particles even in the Church of Jesus
Christ the lack of compassion because I
got a letter from somebody who knew the
situation then he had a whole list of
things half a page of things that he
believed the Holy Spirit told him to
tell that boy
so he could get back to God and I’m
saying now I’m going to do this in a
letter that that pressure is what my
heart started beating for him he’s a
dear loving man that’s just given his
life and and they keeping on him why do
we when people are going through it
especially if somebody either commits
adultery or fall back into drugs or
something those who’ve been forgiven the
most jump on them the worse
time’s come on some of those who have
been shown the greatest mercy become the
most merciless people of all I don’t
want that I don’t want to be forgiven a
great debt and then go jump on the neck
of somebody there was just a little bit
no no no no he that shows mercy will
receive mercy see none of those things
are going to bring it back to the
Father’s love he has got to come to the
place where he knows that he’s repented
I’ve sinned against God I’ve sinned
against my family and I know there are
consequences but until he knows that the
father is right there to embrace him and
kiss him say welcome home until he can
see that God is not mad at him that God
still delights in it because he’s come
to the victory of the Cross he’s come
now to the fact that God has never left
him God will chasten but he can come
back to this Living Word because if you
just lay hold of faith God will take him
right in here and we’ll lead him into
Christlikeness we learn to be like
Christ we learn it through the Word of
God it doesn’t come like some infusion
some sudden explosion of truth and
suddenly your Christ like no it’s going
in 2 Corinthians it’s reading about what
charity is as to what love is and
enduring one another and bearing with
one another and merciful to one another
you’re learning Christ no folks I know
you see it but I tell you that this this
is what brings joy and peace in my heart
that I know everything is settled with
God at the cross of Jesus Christ by
nothing I have done nothing I have said
nothing that I can do and I trust that
work I am a new man in Christ Jesus and
they go into the can you see this boy
arm-in-arm with the father’s singing
in my father’s house come and go with me
to my father’s house in my father’s
house is joy in my father’s house is
peace joy and peace of there in my
father’s house he is marching in without
guilt without condemnation because he
knows his father is at peace with him
there’s a difference between the peace
of God and peace with God peace of God
is out there something I want to attain
to something out there glorious but
folks is different when you have the
peace with God he has peace with the
father now and there’s dancing and
there’s worse there there’s joy breaks
out of the house but you see this is
another thing he how tragic would be and
how demeaning to the father’s grace and
love he gets in that house and he’s
about to rejoice and the enemy comes
into his heart and it says well this is
too good to be true that he may not he
may change his mind maybe tomorrow those
old thoughts were will come back again
you see he has to be has to rest right
now in the delight that he’s seen and
experienced of his Heavenly Father you
see when we we go into the presence of
the Lord there is Christ seated the
right hand and I’m at peace with him and
I have joy in my heart because you see
God it’s looking at me
through his son I’m in his body I’m one
of his it’s a many membered buddy you
understand you’re in the body you’re not
just in Time Square Church you’re a part
of a worldwide body of Jesus Christ and
he is the head and God deals with the
head he deals with
and he let me say one more time yes as
much and just like he delights in his
own son he likes in you he delights in
me because I’m in Christ and I am what
he says I am by faith Gloria I’m not
perfect you all know it and Gwen knows
it most of all but you see I go to my
father through the blood the devil the
accuser
he doesn’t accuse you and me he accuses
the Justice of God he said your law says
he see he doesn’t believe in the blood
the devil doesn’t believe in the but he
doesn’t believe that you’re safe and
secure in the blood he tries to accuse
you the Justice of God then all Justice
your present sins to judge you and keep
you out of his presence no you come to
him and say father the blood that saved
me is the blood that keeps me do you
remember that security you felt first
time you felt the blood wash over your
sins that’s available that’s the life
that me was live I’m going to close with
this there’s the Lord ties it up a
little more in two chapters down from
Luke 15 that Luke 17 there’s 10 lepers
that are crying out to him master have
mercy
and Jesus said go to the priest and be
healed and on the way to it I would call
ritualism I really believe that the Lord
had it in his heart that they would come
back because there he says were the nine
you see they were more concerned about
the reputation I had to go the priest to
get back the reputation and to be
restored into
Society and into the church body so the
nine go on the way to ritualism but one
man says know that all of that can wait
I got to know this man I have to be near
him
so he left the ten and ran to Jesus
cried out with a loud voice the praises
of Christ praises of the Lord and fell
at his feet you see that’s the power
keeping power of the Holy Spirit he
draws us to Christ he draws us to the
praises to the worship and he draws us
to the one who becomes our source our
resource everything so that that we know
that God invested in his own son
everything we need and folks in the days
ahead with this I close
Christ has to become everything becomes
your life help in time of pain I told
pastor Carter this morning ask how my
son Greg was he’s still in pain but I
talked to him yesterday and I was
flabbergasted I just had to I couldn’t
believe what I was hearing of the grace
of Christ and the things he’s learning
in his pain and in his suffering he said
that I could have never known this he
said you know I can’t get this from a
seminary or Bible School he is talking
depths that I have not discovered yet
you see Christ becomes all in all even
in our pain and our suffering and
everything we go through but the most
important thing of all right now Church
of Jesus Christ is to lift up your head
and don’t let the enemy lie to you
don’t let him rob you that because right
now when this church everyone here
that’s under the blood of Jesus Christ
God the Heavenly Father
our priest is right there right now
praising and worshipping the father and
bringing us to the Father and we’re
praising him through Christ and he
delights in you hallelujah that should
bring a shout in your heart that should
be praised will you stand please lift up
your hands and thank him thank him that
he delights in your heart and he
delights in his body he delights in the
church the Church of Jesus Christ
oh come on folks raise your hands raise
your hands Lord lord I thank you that
there’s now no condemnation because I am
in Christ I refuse the guilt I refuse
the guilt of the enemy I am in Christ
seated in a heavenly place in Christ
Jesus I am forgiven I believe in the
power of the blood of Jesus Christ and
I’m in my father’s house come and go
with me to my father’s house where
there’s joy and peace
I’ve got a whole series on this and
God’s going to open our hearts to the
glory of the cross how did of you if
you’re here this morning and you really
are not walking in union with Christ
maybe you’re that prodigal that drifted
away and he wondered how to get back and
now you’ve discovered this morning that
it that he’s already come to you he’s
come to youth by the spirit through the
word this morning and this is his
embrace to you this is the kiss on the
neck of the Father he said no come just
as you are I forgive you but come now
into my house come into the fullness and
that’s what this is but he said he’s
more ready to give the Nuart her to
forgive you than you are to receive
would you step out of your seat up in
the balcony go to the stairs on either
side or here in the main auditorium come
here if you’re in the Annex just go the
lobby the ushers will show you how to
get down here and meet me here right in
front of the church this is just a place
where we do what we’re talking about
right now when we come to accept the
love that he’s offered the forgiveness
the peace and the rest and the endowment
of the Holy Spirit while they’re singing
this step out of your seat can come if
you’ve been living under guilt and fear
in condemnation we open the altar area
here we can come and pray I’ll pray with
you we’ll pray together and believe the
Lord that you can walk out of this house
this morning with peace and joy like
you’ve never known or understood before
saying God is well pleased
God is well pleased say just where to
little things to you before he prayed
look this way if you will please do you
remember what I told you about that
particle son protocol means stray means
drifting all the things that take us
away from the Heavenly Father he’s he’s
back and he’s loaded down with
everything that may be loading down on
your mind right now what did he have to
do what did the boy have to do no
explanation no promises you just have to
accept the love that was offered him
will you accept the love quit thinking
about what you did he knows it and if
you come to Jesus and ask forgiveness
and repent I want you to repent right
now see it right now Jesus I repent of
all my sins and I look to you by faith
to receive your love you’re not mad at
me you love me and I accept that love
and I accept forgiveness or teach me how
to walk like Christ
give me a love for your word Holy Spirit
lead me to the Word of God and teach me
how to obey what I read make it life to
me now let me pray for the father this
was not a longing involved deliverance
this this was done as he just walked
toward the house as he just embraced
your love he brought him into the house
now Lord you bring us into the fullness
of Christ now bring us all Lord let us
lead down the heavy burden no there’s no
need to feel guilt you’re not asking us
to just pray more or read our Bible more
so
God would be pleased we do that now
because we want to learn how to be like
Christ we fast and we pray now because
we are so hungry we are so bad before
you and so grateful and thankful and so
blessed by your love in US and through
us that we begin to hunger and thirst
after your word and thereby become like
Christ look at one another look at the
one beside you okay
just shake hands with somebody next time
forgiving and I’m going to my father’s
house amen glory bid good can we sing
that come and go with me to my father’s
house
you
this is the conclusion of the message