WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.500 --> 00:00:05.900 Grace mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father and our Lord and 2 00:00:05.900 --> 00:00:09.800 Savior Jesus Christ. Which we can say. Amen. 3 00:00:13.800 --> 00:00:15.700 Our text is from Jeremiah. 4 00:00:17.000 --> 00:00:20.200 Behold, the days are coming declares the Lord, that I will sow the 5 00:00:20.200 --> 00:00:24.200 house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man seed of 6 00:00:24.200 --> 00:00:28.300 beast. And it shall come to pass that as I have watched over them to 7 00:00:28.300 --> 00:00:32.000 pluck up and break down to overthrow destroy and bring harm. 8 00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:35.700 So I will watch over them to build and to plant declares the Lord. In 9 00:00:35.700 --> 00:00:36.100 those days 10 00:00:36.100 --> 00:00:40.100 they will no longer say the fathers have eaten sour grapes and the 11 00:00:40.100 --> 00:00:41.500 children's teeth are set on edge. 12 00:00:43.000 --> 00:00:45.900 Behold the days are coming clears the Lord when I will make a New 13 00:00:45.900 --> 00:00:47.900 Covenant with the house of Israel and the house 14 00:00:47.900 --> 00:00:51.300 Judah. Not like the Covenant I made with their fathers on the day 15 00:00:51.300 --> 00:00:53.700 I took bought them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt. 16 00:00:53.700 --> 00:00:57.300 My Covenant that they broke their why was their husband declares the 17 00:00:57.300 --> 00:00:59.400 Lord. For this is the Covenant 18 00:00:59.400 --> 00:01:02.500 I will make with the house of Israel after those days declares the 19 00:01:02.500 --> 00:01:02.700 Lord. 20 00:01:02.700 --> 00:01:07.000 I will put my law within them and I will write it on their hearts and 21 00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:09.300 I will be their God and they shall be my people. 22 00:01:11.600 --> 00:01:12.700 This is the word of the Lord. 23 00:01:18.300 --> 00:01:23.400 So sometimes I wish I could just talk to the almighty and hear him talk 24 00:01:23.400 --> 00:01:23.800 back. 25 00:01:23.800 --> 00:01:27.500 I know some people claim to be able to do that, but I have not found 26 00:01:27.500 --> 00:01:29.100 it to be usually true. 27 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:31.900 Usually when I wanted to talk back 28 00:01:31.900 --> 00:01:32.700 I have to read my Bible. 29 00:01:33.700 --> 00:01:36.900 When I read my Bible I get to hear what God has to say. 30 00:01:40.200 --> 00:01:42.200 When I was preparing for this text 31 00:01:43.400 --> 00:01:46.400 some questions arose and I didn't know how to answer them. 32 00:01:49.100 --> 00:01:50.100 First of all, though 33 00:01:50.100 --> 00:01:52.400 let me ask a couple of questions of you. 34 00:01:54.400 --> 00:01:57.400 Do you know your sinners in need of God salvation? 35 00:01:57.400 --> 00:01:59.000 How many of you know that? 36 00:02:00.900 --> 00:02:01.700 I thought so. 37 00:02:03.700 --> 00:02:06.700 And how many of you know that Jesus Christ has paid for you and your 38 00:02:06.700 --> 00:02:07.100 sins 39 00:02:08.400 --> 00:02:10.000 and that they're forgiving completely? 40 00:02:11.600 --> 00:02:13.600 Good fantastic. 41 00:02:15.200 --> 00:02:17.200 Well, this text is very much about that. 42 00:02:18.200 --> 00:02:24.100 Very very much about the law about not standing up not having the 43 00:02:24.100 --> 00:02:28.600 right attitude not having the right position with regard to God's 44 00:02:28.600 --> 00:02:29.200 Commandments. 45 00:02:30.200 --> 00:02:31.700 But it's also very much 46 00:02:33.400 --> 00:02:34.200 about the Gospel. 47 00:02:35.900 --> 00:02:39.200 It's about the fact that God has written on our hearts 48 00:02:40.900 --> 00:02:42.300 a new covenant. 49 00:02:43.800 --> 00:02:48.200 It's about the fact that we will know the Lord from the least to the 50 00:02:48.200 --> 00:02:48.300 greatest. 51 00:02:50.100 --> 00:02:56.500 And so yes in this Old Testament acts we have abundant sin and Grace 52 00:02:56.500 --> 00:02:59.400 in terms of what God is teaching us. 53 00:03:02.000 --> 00:03:05.200 But I was wondering about the question they will all know. 54 00:03:07.600 --> 00:03:08.700 They will all know. 55 00:03:10.400 --> 00:03:12.000 What does all mean here? 56 00:03:14.200 --> 00:03:15.400 Is it the people of Israel? 57 00:03:17.900 --> 00:03:18.500 Is it 58 00:03:19.900 --> 00:03:22.200 the Gentiles of the time as well? 59 00:03:24.600 --> 00:03:26.000 Is it the new Israel 60 00:03:27.300 --> 00:03:29.200 such as Paul would talked about in the New Testament? 61 00:03:31.200 --> 00:03:37.400 Is all everyone who is renewed in Christ Jesus and so in fact is a new 62 00:03:37.400 --> 00:03:37.700 creation 63 00:03:38.900 --> 00:03:41.200 and not simply a husk of a sinful nature, 64 00:03:42.700 --> 00:03:44.000 human form. 65 00:03:46.700 --> 00:03:48.900 Is all 66 00:03:50.200 --> 00:03:51.300 everybody 67 00:03:52.300 --> 00:03:54.100 in all times and places 68 00:03:56.200 --> 00:03:56.700 that 69 00:03:57.900 --> 00:03:59.800 would also be an interesting thing. 70 00:04:03.300 --> 00:04:07.700 I think there are a number of ways of looking at this. The one way is 71 00:04:09.100 --> 00:04:14.700 that all is all those who have been redeemed and in fact are new. 72 00:04:17.500 --> 00:04:19.399 That would be one way of looking at it. 73 00:04:22.000 --> 00:04:25.000 And that way is the way of the Gospel. 74 00:04:26.800 --> 00:04:32.000 But there is another way of looking at it in that all on the last day 75 00:04:32.000 --> 00:04:38.200 whether they are in Christ or not in Christ will know the message. 76 00:04:38.200 --> 00:04:41.400 They will know the one whom they have pierced. 77 00:04:43.000 --> 00:04:44.700 They will know what they have done. 78 00:04:46.700 --> 00:04:51.500 So this all does not necessarily have to be a message of Grace 79 00:04:51.500 --> 00:04:53.400 received for all. 80 00:04:54.800 --> 00:04:57.600 It could be a message of Grace offered 81 00:04:59.200 --> 00:05:03.300 with some receiving and some not receiving this grace. 82 00:05:03.300 --> 00:05:07.800 And of course the reception is up to God and his work as well. 83 00:05:11.400 --> 00:05:13.200 And so there is good news here. 84 00:05:17.500 --> 00:05:20.600 What does it mean to know in this verse? 85 00:05:20.600 --> 00:05:24.700 This would be another interesting question to ask? 86 00:05:26.000 --> 00:05:28.500 At the Seminary we like to know facts. 87 00:05:30.000 --> 00:05:32.400 We like to know things that are going to be on the quiz. 88 00:05:34.200 --> 00:05:36.600 It's important that we have our facts, right. 89 00:05:37.800 --> 00:05:41.500 We have to understand correctly dogmatic categories. 90 00:05:41.500 --> 00:05:46.000 We have to understand issues and practical theology correctly. 91 00:05:47.000 --> 00:05:49.700 We have to have sound exegesis 92 00:05:49.700 --> 00:05:53.800 and yes historical context can also be useful. 93 00:05:56.300 --> 00:06:01.100 And in English speaking countries knowing facts seems to be the main 94 00:06:01.100 --> 00:06:01.500 way 95 00:06:01.500 --> 00:06:03.200 we knows things quite often. 96 00:06:05.300 --> 00:06:11.800 But if you go to countries that have Latin-based languages, English is 97 00:06:11.800 --> 00:06:16.700 partially latin-based, but more fully latin-based languages you find 98 00:06:16.700 --> 00:06:18.700 out there are two different ways of knowing. 99 00:06:20.900 --> 00:06:24.600 One is the knowing of facts and the other is familiarity. 100 00:06:26.700 --> 00:06:30.100 So if I were to say to you, I know St. 101 00:06:30.100 --> 00:06:34.000 Louis this does not mean I know the population of St. 102 00:06:34.000 --> 00:06:38.500 Louis or I know exactly where things are in St. 103 00:06:38.500 --> 00:06:40.700 Louis, but it means I am familiar 104 00:06:42.400 --> 00:06:48.400 with the best places to eat where the best places to sleep or the most 105 00:06:48.400 --> 00:06:49.300 fun places to go 106 00:06:50.900 --> 00:06:52.400 or the nicest parks. 107 00:06:55.000 --> 00:07:01.100 It means I have a kind of an intimate familiarity with the city that 108 00:07:01.100 --> 00:07:03.000 is not given by the facts. 109 00:07:05.000 --> 00:07:08.400 And in many languages we have this we actually have this in Greek 110 00:07:08.400 --> 00:07:10.000 between Ido and genosko. 111 00:07:12.000 --> 00:07:15.800 The difference between factual knowing and familiarity. 112 00:07:18.100 --> 00:07:20.800 In Spanish, it's sera, conosera. 113 00:07:24.200 --> 00:07:27.600 Sera is about ontological issues what you are, 114 00:07:29.400 --> 00:07:31.100 facts data. 115 00:07:32.600 --> 00:07:37.400 Conoceras about knowing more intimately and being more familiar with 116 00:07:37.400 --> 00:07:37.800 something. 117 00:07:39.100 --> 00:07:44.300 I would suggest to you that the knowing here is not about knowing 118 00:07:44.300 --> 00:07:45.600 facts about Jesus. 119 00:07:47.000 --> 00:07:49.100 The devil knows facts about Jesus. 120 00:07:50.500 --> 00:07:54.900 The knowing is rather a knowing Jesus intimately 121 00:07:56.200 --> 00:08:00.800 as a person we have relationships with 122 00:08:02.100 --> 00:08:08.900 that we are able to talk to at times of trouble and times are goodness 123 00:08:08.900 --> 00:08:12.200 times of joy and times of hardship. 124 00:08:13.800 --> 00:08:17.900 Someone who is a really really good friend. 125 00:08:18.900 --> 00:08:22.200 Along with being a mighty and fearful Lord. 126 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:27.300 It's always nice to have the mighty and fearful Lord as your good 127 00:08:27.300 --> 00:08:27.800 friend. 128 00:08:28.800 --> 00:08:30.200 That's a good place to be. 129 00:08:32.500 --> 00:08:34.100 We have scripture on this. 130 00:08:36.600 --> 00:08:40.100 Then I will pour out on the House of David on the people of Jerusalem 131 00:08:40.100 --> 00:08:44.400 a spirit of Grace and prayer and they will look on me the one they 132 00:08:44.400 --> 00:08:45.200 have pierced. 133 00:08:45.200 --> 00:08:49.000 They will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child grieve 134 00:08:49.000 --> 00:08:50.000 bitterly 135 00:08:51.200 --> 00:08:56.200 to the one who grieves for a first born or as one read for first born 136 00:08:56.200 --> 00:08:56.600 son. 137 00:08:58.700 --> 00:09:04.300 More grace and peace to you from Him who is, who was, who is to come. From 138 00:09:04.300 --> 00:09:08.400 the seven spirits before the throne from Jesus Christ the faithful 139 00:09:08.400 --> 00:09:12.100 witness the firstborn from the dead and the ruler of the kings of the 140 00:09:12.100 --> 00:09:16.400 earth to him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood. 141 00:09:16.400 --> 00:09:22.100 And has made us a kingdom of priests to serve his God and Father to 142 00:09:22.100 --> 00:09:24.200 him be glory and power forever and ever amen. 143 00:09:26.700 --> 00:09:30.600 Look, he is coming with the clouds and every eye shall see him even 144 00:09:30.600 --> 00:09:34.200 those who pierced him and all the peoples of Earth will mourn because 145 00:09:34.200 --> 00:09:34.800 of him. 146 00:09:34.800 --> 00:09:37.000 So shall it be. Amen. 147 00:09:38.200 --> 00:09:40.000 We will know the Lord. 148 00:09:40.900 --> 00:09:46.900 Not know just about the Lord but no the Lord and this gives us great 149 00:09:46.900 --> 00:09:48.600 comfort in Salvation. 150 00:09:51.100 --> 00:09:53.700 What is meant by all? 151 00:09:53.700 --> 00:09:57.800 Well, there's also this business of being something. 152 00:09:57.800 --> 00:10:00.100 You have to have its attributes. 153 00:10:00.100 --> 00:10:02.900 We will be saved. 154 00:10:05.400 --> 00:10:06.700 The attributes of Christ 155 00:10:08.100 --> 00:10:11.100 are newly created nature. 156 00:10:12.900 --> 00:10:19.400 We have within us as Christians the old nature with its sin and 157 00:10:19.400 --> 00:10:19.600 degradation. 158 00:10:21.400 --> 00:10:25.000 But we also have within us a new nature. 159 00:10:25.900 --> 00:10:28.100 This nature is created in Christ 160 00:10:28.100 --> 00:10:30.200 Jesus to do good works. 161 00:10:31.900 --> 00:10:40.300 And so we have the business of being part of the all because we got to 162 00:10:40.300 --> 00:10:43.400 be a little bit of Christ to the neighbor. 163 00:10:45.000 --> 00:10:49.100 All men have been saved. My dear children 164 00:10:49.100 --> 00:10:53.400 I write this to you so that you will not send but if anybody does sin, 165 00:10:53.400 --> 00:10:57.500 we have an advocate with the Father Jesus Christ, the righteous one he 166 00:10:57.500 --> 00:11:02.300 is the atoning sacrifice for our sins and not only for ours but also 167 00:11:02.300 --> 00:11:06.800 for the sins of the whole world. For God so loved the world that he 168 00:11:06.800 --> 00:11:10.800 gave his only begotten son that whoever believes in him should not 169 00:11:10.800 --> 00:11:13.200 perish but have eternal life. 170 00:11:15.100 --> 00:11:17.300 God has redeemed all 171 00:11:19.200 --> 00:11:23.500 but tragically people refused the gift. 172 00:11:26.700 --> 00:11:32.200 The final thing I would like to talk to God about in this is how does 173 00:11:32.200 --> 00:11:32.800 this happen? 174 00:11:36.200 --> 00:11:36.800 Well 175 00:11:38.600 --> 00:11:43.000 it is through the redemption of Jesus at the Cross and his 176 00:11:43.000 --> 00:11:49.000 resurrection from the dead that we know that his cross is the full 177 00:11:49.000 --> 00:11:49.400 payment. 178 00:11:51.100 --> 00:11:57.500 Through the sacraments we tie ourselves to Christ in various ways. 179 00:11:57.500 --> 00:12:04.600 We are buried with him through baptism with Jesus Christ into death and raised 180 00:12:04.600 --> 00:12:05.700 with him to newness of life. 181 00:12:06.900 --> 00:12:10.900 We receive relationship with him in Holy Communion. 182 00:12:10.900 --> 00:12:20.000 We converse with him in the confession of our sins and are honest with 183 00:12:20.000 --> 00:12:22.200 him about our need for his salvation. 184 00:12:24.100 --> 00:12:26.500 And although not a sacrament 185 00:12:26.500 --> 00:12:33.000 we also find great comfort in prayer bringing our petitions before a 186 00:12:33.000 --> 00:12:37.100 reliable God who absolutely cares about us. 187 00:12:41.200 --> 00:12:43.000 So what is the result? 188 00:12:45.300 --> 00:12:50.300 As 2nd Corinthians tells us we get to do a little suffering with 189 00:12:50.300 --> 00:12:51.300 Christ in the world. 190 00:12:52.900 --> 00:12:57.500 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ the father of 191 00:12:57.500 --> 00:13:02.500 compassion and the God of all Comfort. Who comforts Us in all our 192 00:13:02.500 --> 00:13:06.200 troubles so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort 193 00:13:06.200 --> 00:13:11.200 we ourselves received from God. For just as we share abundantly in the 194 00:13:11.200 --> 00:13:12.100 sufferings of Christ. 195 00:13:12.100 --> 00:13:17.500 So also are comfort abounds through Christ. If we are distressed it 196 00:13:17.500 --> 00:13:21.800 is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted it is for your 197 00:13:21.800 --> 00:13:22.400 comfort. 198 00:13:23.500 --> 00:13:27.800 Which produces in your patient endurance of the same suffering as we 199 00:13:27.800 --> 00:13:32.700 suffer and our hope for you is firm because we know that just as you 200 00:13:32.700 --> 00:13:36.800 share in our sufferings, so also are you share in our comfort. 201 00:13:41.400 --> 00:13:46.200 So we are new in Christ Jesus and therefore part of us knows this mind 202 00:13:46.200 --> 00:13:46.500 of Christ. 203 00:13:46.500 --> 00:13:55.300 We find it in his word and his word helps us to understand his will 204 00:13:55.300 --> 00:13:58.100 and his ways for our lives. 205 00:13:59.600 --> 00:14:04.600 And you know if we run off the rails somehow we can always come back 206 00:14:04.600 --> 00:14:12.000 through confession because God does not abandon his sinful people. 207 00:14:14.300 --> 00:14:21.400 And sometimes even when we're off the rails we can check to see that 208 00:14:21.400 --> 00:14:24.700 we are in the wrong place even through that law 209 00:14:24.700 --> 00:14:26.000 He has given us. 210 00:14:27.000 --> 00:14:28.400 Which Luther says. 211 00:14:29.300 --> 00:14:31.500 Is the next best thing to the gospel. 212 00:14:35.100 --> 00:14:36.600 And so we have comfort 213 00:14:37.700 --> 00:14:39.700 knowing that we are God's people. 214 00:14:40.900 --> 00:14:44.600 And knowing that God has chosen us to be part of all. 215 00:14:45.800 --> 00:14:48.100 And knowing that God has forgiven us. 216 00:14:49.400 --> 00:14:53.000 And knowing God has prepared great things for us to do. 217 00:14:54.300 --> 00:14:58.100 In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. 218 00:14:59.400 --> 00:15:00.100 Amen. 219 00:15:01.900 --> 00:15:05.600 Now May the peace of God that passes all understanding keep your 220 00:15:05.600 --> 00:15:07.200 hearts and Minds in Christ Jesus. 221 00:15:07.200 --> 00:15:08.500 Amen.