Homerton Baptist Church
Morning Service (241215)
  • Hymn 344 - Come, O Long-expected Jesus

      • Psalms 71.17-19NKJV

      • Psalms 71.20-21NKJV

  • Hymn 362 - IT CAME UPON THE MIDNIGHT CLEAR

      • Deuteronomy 13NKJV

      • Matthew 2:1–12NKJV

      • Hebrews 2:14–15NKJV

  • Hymn 364 - LET EARTH AND HEAVEN COMBINE

      • Hebrews 8.1-2NKJV

      • Hebrews 8.3-4NKJV

      • Hebrews 8.5NKJV

      • Hebrews 8.6NKJV

  • Psalm 71:17–21 ESV
    17 O God, from my youth you have taught me, and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds. 18 So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, until I proclaim your might to another generation, your power to all those to come. 19 Your righteousness, O God, reaches the high heavens. You who have done great things, O God, who is like you? 20 You who have made me see many troubles and calamities will revive me again; from the depths of the earth you will bring me up again. 21 You will increase my greatness and comfort me again.
    Hebrews 8:1–6 ESV
    1 Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, 2 a minister in the holy places, in the true tent that the Lord set up, not man. 3 For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; thus it is necessary for this priest also to have something to offer. 4 Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, since there are priests who offer gifts according to the law. 5 They serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things. For when Moses was about to erect the tent, he was instructed by God, saying, “See that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown you on the mountain.” 6 But as it is, Christ has obtained a ministry that is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises.
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    Hebrews 8:5 ESV
    5 They serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things. For when Moses was about to erect the tent, he was instructed by God, saying, “See that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown you on the mountain.”
    One of the main points of the book of Hebrews is that the old-covenant system of worship is a shadow replaced by Christ. So Christmas is the replacement of shadows with reality. (You can see this in Hebrews 8:5, where it says that the priests “serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things.”) Consider six such shadows that the coming of Christ replaces with reality.
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    1. The Shadow of the Old Covenant Priesthood

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    Hebrews 7:23–25 (ESV)
    23 The former priests were many in number, because they were prevented by death from continuing in office, 24 but he holds his priesthood permanently, because he continues forever. 25 Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.
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    a. Not Permanent v23

    Hebrews 7:23 ESV
    23 The former priests were many in number, because they were prevented by death from continuing in office,
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    b. Permanent v24

    Hebrews 7:24 ESV
    24 but he holds his priesthood permanently, because he continues forever.
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    c. Powerful v25

    Hebrews 7:25 ESV
    25 Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.
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    2. The Shadow of the Passover Sacrifice

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    1 Corinthians 5:7 ESV
    7 Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
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    John 1:29 ESV
    29 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
    Ephesians 1:7 ESV
    7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
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    Romans 5:9 ESV
    9 Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God.
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    3. The Shadow of the Tabernacle and Temple

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    Hebrews 8:1–2 ESV
    1 Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, 2 a minister in the holy places, in the true tent that the Lord set up, not man.
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    John 2:19–22 ESV
    19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” 20 The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?” 21 But he was speaking about the temple of his body. 22 When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.
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    Matthew 27:51 ESV
    51 And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And the earth shook, and the rocks were split.
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    Revelation 5:11–13 ESV
    11 Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, 12 saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!” 13 And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying, “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!”
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    4. The Shadow of Circumcision

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    1 Corinthians 7:19 ESV
    19 For neither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision, but keeping the commandments of God.
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    Colossians 2:11–14 ESV
    11 In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12 having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead. 13 And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, 14 by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.
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    Matthew 28:19–20 ESV
    19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
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    5. The Shadow of Dietary Laws

    Mark 7:20–23 ESV
    20 And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him. 21 For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, 22 coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. 23 All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”
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    6. The Shadow of Feast Days

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    Colossians 2:16–17 ESV
    16 Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. 17 These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.
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    Colossians 2:18–23 ESV
    18 Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind, 19 and not holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God. 20 If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world, why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations— 21 “Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch” 22 (referring to things that all perish as they are used)—according to human precepts and teachings? 23 These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting self-made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh.
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    Conclusion
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    The meaning of Christmas is that the substance belongs to Christ. That is, religious ritual is like a shadow of a great and glorious person. Let us turn from the shadow and look the person in the face (2 Corinthians 4:6). My little children, keep yourselves from (religious) idols (1 John 5:21).
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    2 Corinthians 4:6 ESV
    6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
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    1 John 5:21 ESV
    21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols.
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    So the meaning of Christmas is not only that God replaces shadows with reality, but also that he takes the reality and makes it real to his people. He writes it on our hearts. John Piper

      • Psalm 71:17–21NKJV

      • Hebrews 8:5NKJV

      • 1 Corinthians 5:7NKJV

      • John 1:29NKJV

      • Ephesians 1:7NKJV

      • Romans 5:9NKJV

      • Hebrews 8:1–2NKJV

      • John 2:19–22NKJV

      • Matthew 27:51NKJV

      • Revelation 5:11–13NKJV

      • 1 Corinthians 7:19NKJV

      • Colossians 2:11–14NKJV

      • Matthew 28:19–20NKJV

      • Mark 7:20–23NKJV

      • Colossians 2:16–17NKJV

      • Colossians 2:18–23NKJV

      • 2 Corinthians 4:6NKJV

      • 1 John 5:21NKJV

  • Hymn 1275 - WHAT GIFT OF GRACE IS JESUS, MY REDEEMER
  • Doxology 151 v3

      • 2 Peter 3:18ESV

  • JMP 410 - Jesus Loves Me This I Know

      • Luke 18.16-17NKJV

  • Hymn MP59 - BLESSED ASSURANCE

      • 2 Peter 3:18ESV

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