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class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">Isaiah 50:4-10<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">Yom Kippur\u2014 Promised &amp; Fulfilled!<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoBodyText\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\">The Sovereign L<\/span>ORD<span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"> has given me an instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being taught.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>The Sovereign L<\/span>ORD<span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"> has opened my ears, and I have not been rebellious; I have not drawn back.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>I offered my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard; I did not hide my face from mocking and spitting.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Because the Sovereign L<\/span>ORD<span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"> helps me, I will not be disgraced.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Therefore have I set my face like flint, and I know I will not be put to shame.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>He who vindicates me is near.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Who then will bring charges against me?<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Let us face each other!<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Who is my accuser?<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Let him confront me!<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>It is the Sovereign L<\/span>ORD<span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"> who helps me.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Who is he that will condemn me?<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>They will all wear out like a garment; the moths will eat them up.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Who among you fears the L<\/span>ORD<span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"> and obeys the word of his servant!<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Let him who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the L<\/span>ORD<span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"> and rely on his God.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>(NIV1984)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">As I was reading last Sunday\u2019s newspaper I ran across something that caught my eye.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>At the end of the Dear Abby column I saw these words printed in bold:<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>\u201c<b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal\">To My Jewish Readers.\u201d<\/b><span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Then she went on to say:<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>\u201cAt sundown tonight, Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>At this time of solemn introspection I would like to wish you all, \u2018L\u2019shana tova tikatevu\u2019\u2014 may you be inscribed in the Book of Life and have a good year.\u201d<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>This reminded me of the fact that this coming Tuesday evening marks the beginning of the highest Holy Day in Judaism\u2014 Yom Kippur, or, Day of Atonement.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Ever since the days of Moses Yom Kippur had been considered to be the most solemn, the most powerful and perhaps the most important day on the Jewish calendar.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>It was a day that God\u2019s Old Testament people anxiously looked forward to celebrating!<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">Sadly, Yom Kippur has taken on a very different meaning in modern-day Judaism.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>This is what Yom Kippur has become now, \u201cAccording to Jewish tradition, God inscribes each person\u2019s fate for the coming year into a book, the Book of Life, on Rosh Hashanah, and waits until Yom Kippur to \u2018seal\u2019 the verdict.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>During the Days of Awe (the days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur), a Jew tries to amend his or her behavior and seek forgiveness for wrongs done against God and against other human beings.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>The evening and day of Yom Kippur are set aside for public and private petitions and confessions of guilt.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>At the end of Yom Kippur, one hopes that they have been forgiven by God.\u201d<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>In other words, Yom Kippur is now seen as the day on which God decides whether you will live or whether you will die during the course of the next year.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>This decision is based on what <b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal\">you <\/b>do!<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>According to Rabbi Karen Companez, \u201cThere\u2019s a great sense of relief that Yom Kippur is over, and hopefully we\u2019ve been granted another year of life and health.\u201d<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Hence the traditional greeting, \u201cL\u2019shana tova tikatevu\u2019\u2014 may you be inscribed in the Book of Life and have a good year.\u201d<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">The fact that we are now in what Judaism considers the \u201cDays of Awe\u201d led me to choose our Old Testament lesson for today as our sermon text.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>There is a picture and a promise here in Isaiah 50 that I think gives us a wonderful opportunity to review what Yom Kippur is all about.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>For that reason let\u2019s study our text for today under the theme:<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal\"><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\">Yom Kippur\u2014 Promised &amp; Fulfilled.<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">You may remember that Yom Kippur was the one day of the year when the high priest among God\u2019s people was allowed to go through the curtain and enter into the Holy of Holies in the Temple of the Lord.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>With a censer full of burning coals in his hand the high priest would put incense on the coals to create a fragrant cloud of smoke as he entered into the Holy of Holies.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Then he took his finger, dipped it into a bowl that was filled with the blood of a bull and he sprinkled some of that blood on both the top of the \u201catonement cover\u201d and then on the front of the Ark of the Covenant.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>That sacrificial blood was to atone for his own sins.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Then the high priest would repeat that same procedure using the blood of a goat.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>That sacrificial blood was to atone for the sins of God\u2019s people. For generation after generation Yom Kippur assured God\u2019s people of God\u2019s promise to them, the promise recorded in Leviticus 16:30, <i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\">\u201cOn this day atonement will be made for you, to cleanse you.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Then, before the L<\/i><\/span><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\"><span style=\"layout-grid-mode:line\">ORD<\/span><\/i><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">, you will be clean from all your sins.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">This powerful, solemn day provided God\u2019s people with untold comfort and assurance\u2014 comfort and assurance that was based solely on what the L<\/span><span style=\"layout-grid-mode:line\">ORD<\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\"> promised to do <b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal\">for <\/b>them!<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Yom Kippur reminded them in a very dramatic and a very graphic way that through the shedding of innocent blood <b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal\">all <\/b>of their sins were <b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal\">completely <\/b>forgiven!<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>At the same time, however, the simple fact that the high priest had to go into the Holy of Holies year after year after year emphasized to God\u2019s people that the blood of bulls and goats can not atone for the sins of human beings.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Both Yom Kippur and the sacrificial blood were designed to picture and promise an even greater Day of Atonement when an even greater sacrifice of innocent blood would <b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal\">completely<\/b> pay for <b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal\">all<\/b> the sins of <b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal\">all<\/b> people\u2014 once and for all!<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>(See Hebrews 7:23-27)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">With that in mind let\u2019s turn to our text.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Whenever we look at a portion of the Old Testament Scriptures such as our text, like the Ethiopian eunuch it would be good for us to ask ourselves, <i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\">\u201cWho is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?\u201d<\/i> (Acts 8:34)<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>While it is possible that these words of our text could find partial fulfillment in the prophet Isaiah himself, ultimately these words could only be completely fulfilled in Jesus Christ our Lord.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>For example, look at verse four, <i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\">\u201cThe Sovereign L<\/i><\/span><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\"><span style=\"layout-grid-mode:line\">ORD<\/span><\/i><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\"> has given me an instructed tongue, <b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal\">to know the word that sustains the weary<\/b>.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being taught.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">As a true prophet of the Lord Isaiah had indeed been <i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\">\u201cinstructed\u201d<\/i> by the Lord God Himself.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>As a true prophet of the Lord Isaiah had indeed been given the <i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\">\u201cword that sustains the weary.\u201d<\/i><span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>What this reminds us is that the comforting message of the Gospel is clearly seen throughout the book of the prophet Isaiah.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Think of Isaiah 1:8, <i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\">\u201cThough your sins are like scarlet, they shall be white as snow.\u201d<\/i><span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Think of Isaiah 7:14, <i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\">\u201cThe virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.\u201d<\/i><span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Think of Isaiah 40:1-2, <i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\">\u201cComfort, comfort my people says your God.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed, that her sin has been paid for, that she has received from the Lord\u2019s hand double for all her sins.\u201d<\/i><span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>There are indeed many many portions of the book of Isaiah which clearly proclaim the message of the Gospel\u2014 the <i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\">\u201cword that sustains the weary.\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">At the same, time, however, this opening portion of our text fits best with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Think about it.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>When Jesus was twelve years old we find Him in the Temple, <i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\">\u201csitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions\u201d<\/i> (Luke 2:46).<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>When Jesus visited His hometown of Nazareth He read from Isaiah 61, <i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\">\u201cThe Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor,\u201d<\/i> and then He told the people, <i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\">\u201cToday this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing\u201d<\/i> (Luke 4:18).<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>And in John 14:24 Jesus told His disciples, <i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\">\u201cThese words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.\u201d<\/i><span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>To me it seems pretty clear that while our text for today could be referring to the prophet Isaiah, these words fit best when see them in the context of our Savior\u2019s ministry here on this earth.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">Now let\u2019s turn to the \u201cheart\u201d of this text, shall we.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Look at verses five and six, <i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\">\u201cThe Sovereign L<\/i><\/span><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\"><span style=\"layout-grid-mode:line\">ORD<\/span><\/i><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\"> has opened my ears, and I have not been rebellious; I have not drawn back.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>I offered my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard; I did not hide my face from mocking and spitting.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>From our perspective as New Testament children of God it is all but impossible for us to read these words without remembering what our Lord Jesus Christ endured for us.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>From Jesus\u2019 willingness in the Garden of Gethsemane to carry out His heavenly Father\u2019s will to Jesus\u2019 willingness to allow Himself to be put on trial by His enemies, from Jesus\u2019 willingness to allow mortal sinful human beings to beat Him, mock Him, spit on Him and then whip Him within an inch of His life to Jesus\u2019 willingness to have mortal sinful human beings nail His hands and feet to a cross where He would suffer the depths of hell itself to pay for our sins (Pointing to the cross)\u2014 all of that comes flooding back into our hearts and minds when we read portions of Scripture such as our text for today.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">How does this tie in with Yom Kippur?<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>In other words, how does Good Friday tie in with the great Day of Atonement?<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>The New Testament letter to the Hebrews gives us a clear concise answer to that question.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>In Hebrews 9 we are told, <i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\">\u201cBut only the high priest entered the inner room, and that only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>The Holy Spirit was showing by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing\u2026When Christ came as high priest of the good things that are already here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not man-made, that is to say, not a part of this creation.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption\u201d <\/i>(Hebrews 9:7-8, 11-12).<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">What this means, my friends, is that the Old Testament Yom Kippur was a picture and a promise of what the Sovereign Lord Himself would do for mankind on the hill called Calvary.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>The eternal Son of God willingly sacrificed His own holy precious blood to atone for our sins.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>(See 1 Peter 1:18-19)<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>When Jesus therefore declares from the cross <i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\">\u201cIt is finished\u201d<\/i> (John 19:30) He was proclaiming to all the world <i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\">\u201cthe word that sustains the weary\u201d<\/i> as Isaiah describes the Gospel message here in our text.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>This assures <b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal\">you<\/b> that<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal\">your<\/b> sins <b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal\">are<\/b> forgiven\u2014 because of the sacrificial blood of the Lamb of God!<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">The fact that Yom Kippur has been fulfilled, the fact that the ultimate perfect sacrifice has now been made to atone for our sins enables us to both understand and to revel in the confidence that exudes from the closing verses of our text.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Look at verses 7-9.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Did Jesus ever doubt the victory that awaited Him on the other side of the cross?<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>(See Hebrews 12:2)<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Did Jesus ever fear that somehow His suffering and His death would be for naught and that in the end His enemies\u2014 our enemies\u2014 would win that epic battle for our souls?<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Never, my friends, never!<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>As we heard in our Gospel lesson for today (Mark 8:27-35) Jesus clearly and confidently told His disciples that just as certainly as He would be killed by His enemies so also He would most certainly victoriously rise from the dead <i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\">\u201cafter three days\u201d<\/i><span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>(Mark 7:31).<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">That, my friends, is the confidence that Yom Kippur promised and pictured for God\u2019s Old Testament children. That, my friends, is the confidence that you and I now have because of the fact that that Yom Kippur has been fulfilled.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Yes, it is true that every single last one of us can look back over our life and weep over things we have done in rebellion against our Savior God.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Yes, it is true that every single last one of us can look inside of ourselves and be shocked\u2014 shocked by both the level of pride, shocked by the depth of the depravity that lives within our old sinful nature.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>But don\u2019t you dare let Satan use your sins to overwhelm you with a burden of guilt!<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Don\u2019t you dare let Satan use your sins to try to convince you that you are so \u201chopeless\u201d that God could never love or forgive \u201csomeone like you\u201d!<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>The fulfillment of Yom Kippur on the cross of Calvary\u2019s hill guarantees that through faith in what Jesus has done <b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal\">for<\/b> you His victory is your victory and His confidence is your confidence!<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Through the atoning blood of the Lamb of God you have every right to lift up your eyes to the cross and confidently say with Isaiah, <i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\">\u201cIt is the Sovereign L<\/i><\/span><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\"><span style=\"layout-grid-mode:line\">ORD<\/span><\/i><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\"> who helps me.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Who is he that will condemn me?\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>(See also Romans 8:31-34)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">My prayer this morning, my friends, is very simple.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>I pray that as the sun sets on Tuesday night that you will take a moment to remember and reflect on Yom Kippur\u2014 the Great Day of Atonement.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>But, picture in your mind that the sun is setting behind the cross of your Savior and casting a shadow directly in front of you.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Then kneel in the shadow of the cross to thank and praise God for the atonement that He <b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal\"><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\">has<\/i><\/b> secured for you.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>And then on Wednesday when the setting sun marks the end of Yom Kippur instead of feeling \u201ca great sense of relief that Yom Kippur is over\u201d I pray that your heart and your life will overflow with the joy and the confidence of knowing that Yom Kippur fulfilled guarantees that <b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal\">your <\/b>sins <b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal\">are <\/b>forgiven!<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>(Pointing to the cross)<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>You <b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal\">are<\/b> a saved child of God!<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">To God be the glory!<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line\">Amen<\/span><\/div>\n<p> <\/font><\/p>\n<div class=\"postie-attachments\">Download sermon audio ::  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livingwordpetaluma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Pentecost-17-09-16-18.mp3\">Pentecost-17-09-16-18.MP3<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost September 16, 2018 Isaiah 50:4-10 Yom Kippur\u2014 Promised &amp; Fulfilled! 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