Good morning, everyone. It's always an honor to bring you God's Word, and I want to thank you for your patience. We've had some trouble with the broadcasting as far as the sermons, but I want to thank you again for your patience, for your faithfulness. Today is a comforting message, the message that we last preached was about God's judgment and people pushing things too far, especially those who call on God's name and then they're not faithful. But Paul switches his tone. We're going to see that today. And We're going to see that God loves us as his servants, as his children, and also those who are very faithful as his friends. And we're going to see this precedent in the Old Testament and in the New. So we'll be continuing our sermon series in the Book of Hebrews. It's been a while. This was supposed to be posted around June 11th. but it's getting posted, looks like it'll be up for the 30th, July 30th, Sunday. And to catch you up to speed, what we've been doing is, during these unprecedented times for the church, for God's people. First, we wanted to show that this is unprecedented for us because we've never gone through this type of downfall. It's been about 500 years since the church has been turned upside down this way. But we have a precedent in the book of Judges. We have the Hebrew people where they're completely out of control. They were given the promised land. God always keeps his promises, but they weren't mature enough to handle it. So the Book of Judges shows the meltdown of a nation, of a society, and what the symptoms are. So we have a case study, a socioeconomic, religious, political case study, on how people break down into anarchy because of their hatred for God's laws, for God's commands. Even pagans know better because God's law is still upon their hearts. They call it natural law. They know things like having sexual relations with animals or with children is wrong. But we see even in the so-called Christian church, the evangelical world, In America, that's not strange anymore. You can be called a conservative Christian and be a sodomite, and we see that. You can be considered a conservative presidential candidate like President Trump was, and he said that the transgender Bruce Jenner, now Caitlyn Jenner, could use any bathroom he or she wants in any one of his hotels. So this is how lost we become. So we're in the book of Judges. And now we went after Judges to the book of Ruth because we had the blessing of the book of Ruth, it shows us covenant survival, that you can be a small group within God's people that's trying to be faithful, and he'll help you. He'll help us make it through, and that's what Ruth is about, guiding Ruth to be the to be part of the covenant line, someone whose life looked like it was going to turn out to be a disaster, but through her faithfulness and clinging to God, she's remembered forever in the line of our Lord Jesus Christ. And now we came to the book of Hebrews called The Faithful Outcast. This is the title of this sermon series. And I said, for you and I, it's easy because when the Hebrews who would be the true Jews that believed in Moshiach, they believed in the Messiah, Jesus Christ, when they were cast out, most of their people had basic natural law correct, and they were being tossed out of a group that was still wicked, but they had many of the laws intact. For you and I, it's easy today. Our generation has gone completely insane, and we have to separate from these people, and it's easy to separate from them. It doesn't mean we don't love them and give witness to them, but as far as our personal holiness and sanctifying our family and our community, this is what I've been stressing. We need to have strength in our own communities. We need to cleanse our churches, and we do this through expulsion, through separation. As you see with some of the new, I have faithful friends in Tennessee, in Florida, in Colorado, in California that care about me and I'm grateful for that, care about the ministry. And they've been helping me out and I've taken the shekels here and the shekels there and put some things together. So we did a little bit of an upgrade where now when I sit and we deliver the sermons, you can actually see the scripture in the background. And many times the sermons were drawn out because I wanted to do social commentary and application for the day. But now we're going to do, we're going to break that apart. So we're going to do a covenant report. We're going to call it weekly along with posting the sermon. Both should run roughly around a half hour or so, but we're going to separate that. So things are more clarified. So for today's sermon, you could turn to Hebrews chapter six. And again, of course, I'm grateful to be back. It's an honor and a privilege to bring you God's word. We're going to read together. So the title of today's sermon is, You Never Waste Your Time. And I want you to remember that. And I want you to be encouraged today that some of you, especially those who are older and you've labored with the Lord for a while, I want you to always remember that none of your labor has been wasted at all, not at all. So God counts you as a friend. He appreciates your faithfulness, and He does care about you. And we see that when I left off, and we can show you the magic of this new intense technology. I'm actually gonna go to the Sermon Audio page, the last sermon that we did. Point of No Return, and that was part 15 in the sermon series. And the reason why we went through that is because the scripture that we were in basically the message we were giving was. In the Old and New Testament, God always destroys the people who have witnessed his power and rejected him. All the former Christian nations who have blasphemed God's name have fallen. Nations are not cursed for rejecting the nation of Israel, as some poor idiots teach today. And Israel worship and Zionism is big trouble. We're really hurting the Jewish people with that. They are cursed for rejecting the Lord Jesus Christ, who modern Israel hates. America will be broken up while holding her rainbow sodomite flag in her hand. God will raise a new generation in this land who will obey his commandments. So pretty rough language. But I wanted to explain that. Many of you have been paying attention to the news. And again, I'll be breaking up a broadcast. We'll be doing a report on that. Israel is in the middle of a potential civil war. Because not all Jews think the same. And many of the Jews that evangelicals are supporting are some of the worst groups in Israel. And I'll be getting into that. So now you have a civil war in Israel, which group do you support as you pledge allegiance to Israel? Some evangelicals, if you criticize Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, they go nuts as if he's some type of authority that Christians should respect. So what I wanted us to understand is that this is the book of judges. Everyone's doing right. whatever they feel is right in their own eyes. And we need to coalesce around a group that's mature. And that's how we're going to survive this. And God does appreciate that. And that's why the title of today's sermon is, You Never Waste Your Time. So you're 60, 70, 80 years old. Things might not have turned out the way you thought in the country. That's fine. That's none of your business, nor mine. You're a faithful servant to the Lord. Be encouraged by that. And continue to push forward. You don't know how much more time the Lord has given you. to influence, and to bless people, and you are blessed in the Lord's eyes. So even though I am a preacher of God's righteousness the way I'm supposed to be, that's part of the gospel, following the commands of the Lord Jesus Christ, after you are saved by grace through faith, We don't have this hard-nosed Christianity that's almost Islamic, where we don't have a relationship with God, this cold type of faith. We do have a relationship with God. And you can settle your mind and pray and speak to him any time of the day, and he'll answer your heart, and he'll comfort your mind. And you have to remember that. And I want you to be encouraged today. So as rough as we had to be with what Paul told us in Hebrews in the last couple of verses that we examined, I want you to be encouraged today. So what we spoke about last sermon to catch you up, we went through chapter six, verses one through eight, Hebrew six. And it spoke about being called to maturity, the danger of leaving God, leaving Jesus. And we're told by Paul, therefore, leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection. And I told you that word perfection in the King Jimmy English, just like in the Constitution, doesn't mean you could be perfect in every way that's blasphemous. No one could be perfect like God or the Lord Jesus Christ, but you are pushing towards maturity. Semper Reformanda, always reforming in your life. Okay, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. And this will we do, if God permit, for it is impossible for those who are once enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the world to come, if they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance, seeing they crucified to themselves, the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. For the earth which drinketh in the rain, that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet, for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God. But that which beareth thorns and briars is rejected. and is nigh unto cursing, whose end is to be burned." So the worst judgment is for those, and I'll enlarge this a little, let me show you the face only a mother could love. Yes, so what we have here is those in the church that claim to love God and then betray him. They're the ones in all types of trouble, serious, serious danger. And that's why we're being faithful by separating from those people, by holding them to the commands of Christ. As Paul said in 1 Corinthians chapter 5 with the gentleman who was sleeping with his mother, with his stepmother, The church thought they were being graceful and showing grace by leaving them in the church. And Paul said, you're crazy. Even pagan law, they would probably be put to death for such a shameful act because the man actually stole his stepbrother from his father. And Paul said, throw them out. Even if they do receive the death penalty, they might repent and their souls might be saved. Now you compare what Paul's saying to what the church is practicing today. And that's why we're in the type of shape that we're in in the church. Now getting to the verses for today, and we're going through verses nine through 11. And again, I'll read that with you. So let's take a look at that and we'll handle it verse by verse. This is good news. This is showing for those who are faithful, for those who are holding on to Christ, you have not wasted your time. So don't look at the results of evil and an unbelievably wicked generation. You did what you could. You gave the witness that you could. You planted the seeds. Be content in that. The same way God was pleased with Moses, God was pleased with the Son, Jesus Christ, in the middle of a wicked generation, in the midst of people that were going to be judged. God can be pleased with us, as imperfect as we are. So Paul switches the tone. So the Apostle Paul completely changes the condemning tone of his message in these verses, verses 9-12. After harshly warning of the terrible judgment upon those who betray God, he reassures his readers of their salvation. Christians must learn the principle of, if it doesn't apply, let it fly. And that's a saying we had in Brooklyn, in the neighborhood, and also at some of the jobs I worked with, you know, regular guys, blue-collar guys. And something would be said. It might have been about a group. This is when people knew better. You might make a a comment about white Americans, black Americans, whatever, Asian Americans, married people. And even if it was a criticism, you know, if it didn't apply to you, let it fly. Let it go over your head. Not everything applies to you. And we need to understand in the Bible, a lot of these condemning verses are for those outside the covenant. So don't be overly guilty. One of the traps, this morbid introspectivism that the Puritans used to fall into, some of them, it would drive them crazy, was this constant examining of oneself, but almost in an obsessive kind of way. God is pleased with your works. When you're in faith, when you're in him, he actually gets joy. from you. We're not robots. We're living beings, souls that the Lord created and now we're redeemed. So don't fall out of that relationship with God. He does love us. He does accept us with all our weaknesses, as long as we're trying to cling to him and pushing to be mature. So Paul totally changes his tone. And he says, but beloved, remember, this is a contrast. So he gives the condemnation. Now he's speaking to those who are faithful. But beloved, we are persuaded better things of you and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak, for God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labor of love, which you have showed towards his name and that you have ministered to the saints and do minister. We desire that every one of you do show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end, that ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises. So Paul is changing Tony, switching gears here. And we have to realize that, that not everything applies to us. And if you see our new high-tech layout, I have the scripture, highlight a few. I enjoy using BibleHub, biblehub.com. Want to give full credit to what I'm using. And it has different translations and some good stuff. So I appreciate it. So we see in this text things are changing. This is the message to you and to me. I'm far from perfect, obviously. I'm not always faithful. If God spoke to me face to face, I would probably start repenting right away out of fear. And that's natural. But he does love us. He does love us. And he does understand when you're trying to cling to him and do what he's asked you to do. So second point in our sermon as we're going to look at verse 10 and then compare some scripture. Paul then explains to us we are not wasting our time serving the Lord. God loves those who serve him and remembers and appreciates our loyalty. He does, especially when we live among a wicked generation. We need this encouragement. Boy, do we need this. And I'm going to flip to Exodus chapter 33, I already have it highlighted. We're going to see God's intimacy with Moses. Now, if you remember from the Bible, there was never meant to be a, as we would say, there was never meant to be a temple. but a tabernacle, the temple David wanted to build out of appreciation for the Lord. So we're going to see in this text that God is very intimate with his servants, and he does appreciate them. Listen to God speaking to Moses. And this is, you could turn with me if you want, Exodus 33, but I have it on the screen for you. verses 7 through 11. Listen to this narrative. And Moses took the tabernacle and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it in the tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass that everyone which sought the Lord went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp. And it came to pass when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, that all the people rose up and stood every man at his tent door and looked after Moses until he was gone into the tabernacle. And it came to pass as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the Lord talked with Moses. And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle door. And all the people rose up and worshipped every man in his tent door. And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. I'm not lying to you. We have this precedent in the Old Testament. And he turned again into the camp of his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man departed not out of the tabernacle. Now why did God speak to Moses thus? And we're told God speaking to Moses, and the Lord said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken, for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name. Amazing, right? How beautiful. So we have a God that loves us. and listens to our concerns and appreciates when we love him enough. and we do the things that we're supposed to for Him. And that's what we need to remember. So again, let's be encouraged. A lot of things we've had to say that aren't always encouraging, but they don't apply to us, especially the verses on judgment. So you can be confident in what you're doing, what you're doing in your life. Remember, first, it's God in your life, your relationship with Him, then it's your walk with him, and then your immediate family, and then your church, and then your community. So if you're working and you're maturing, you're working towards perfection, which means to work towards maturity, the Lord is happy with you. And be comforted in that. Be encouraged. So I'm not lying to you. This is what the Lord explains to us in his word. So we have that text in the Old Testament. And the last point we'll make in our sermon We are exhorted to be patient in our labor for God's kingdom. Those saints who live patiently in a wicked world are our examples. The living God will shelter us during the storm and give us our inheritance. That is a promise. And the scripture we will end with, we will go to the Lord Jesus. Look at the way Jesus speaks. Remember, When we have a precedent for something, a commandment, a law, a statute, a theological doctrine, when it's in the Old and then it appears again in the New, it's ironclad. That's the principle. When you can locate the principle in both the Old Testament and the New, that means it's something that will go on till the end of time. And we see Jesus acting with the disciples in a way that God the Father acted with Moses. And at times Jesus himself acted with Moses in his Christophany, his appearances in the Old Testament. So look at what Jesus says. We're in John chapter 15. Again, you could see it with me. Let me set this up so you could actually see the verses. So here we are. Again, shrink the face. Only a mother could love. So here we are. John chapter 15, verses 13 through 17. How beautiful are these words from the Lord Jesus. Greater love hath no man than this. that a man lay down his life for his friends. He are my friends. This is incredible. If ye do whatsoever, I command you. Henceforth, I call you not servants, for the servant knoweth not what his Lord doeth, but I have called you friends. For all things that I have heard of my Father, I have made known unto you. Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you and ordained you. that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you. These things I command you, that ye love one another. And again, this is the spirit of what Paul's saying. And we desire that every one of you do show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end. That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises. So as difficult as it is, we need to push forward. And it's very difficult today because we have an especially nasty and wicked group. We have a wicked group that's pretending like they're God's people, and they're going to get a lot of people hurt, and they're leading people astray. And judgment will come. And I told you it's simple. God gave them, these churches, a battle flag, that rainbow flag. Everything unhealthy, wicked, everything that's not fruitful for men to practice, women to practice, whether they're Christian or not, it completely betrays what we know as God's law and what the best of the pagan philosophers who acknowledge there was a God called natural law, they're breaking every command. So we live in an especially dangerous and traitorous time. So you need to be focused. Focus on those around you. How do I know what God's law is? Memorize the Ten Commandments. Memorize the Ten Commandments. Everything we're suffering today from the central bank that's able to pay off all political parties, Again, thou shalt not steal. They're based on usury. Usury is stealing. So it's against God's principles and against his word. You cannot charge someone 26% interest on a credit card. and think that you're following God's word. And that's one place where the reformers dropped the ball, is what made Europe unified, what helped strengthen the church, the Roman Catholic Church, was the ban on usury. And that's why Luther wrote some tracts. He wasn't being anti-Semitic. He was angry at the lending class in Germany, because Christians were banned from lending money and interest, but then Muslims and Germany Jews would be able to have the collect interest on loans and stuff. So we're breaking all these laws, the laws against blaspheming, the laws as far as adultery is concerned, every law, covetousness. So know the 10 commandments and the 10 commandments summarizes natural law, God's law, from the beginning of time. It was given to Adam and Eve. All men and women are responsible for this. That's why we can't back down. We need to teach it. So when you say sodomy is fine, well, all cultures that were successful acknowledged that that was wrong. Marriage is an institution that has been in all cultures before Jesus Christ physically walked the earth and came in the flesh because those are commandments that were given to Adam and Eve and their children. So let's remember that. So stay faithful. Be encouraged. And again, it's good to be back with you. It's an honor and a privilege to bring you the word. And I am grateful that the Lord may see me as his friend and that I have friends in the covenant. And thank you all for your prayers. And let's pray. And I pray that, again, this word will be a blessing to you. Almighty God, the great and living God, we thank you, Lord, the way you tolerate our weaknesses, the way you walk with us. We pray, Lord, you continue to push all of us, myself included, to maturity. I pray, Lord, you continue to guide us. Let us not speak careless things and blaspheme your name. Let us not teach the wrong things, say the wrong things, things that contradict your word. So we pray, Lord, you give us discernment during this time. And we ask this in the name of your Son, our only King, Jesus Christ. Amen. God be with you, and God bless you, till we meet again.