Every time after we remember our Lord and
report Him this way, I feel that I
should not say anything.
I often feel this is a very difficult
thing to do.
We have already come before our Lord.
We can only be quiet, be still, bow
down and worship Him.
May the words that we are going to
release will not bring us outside of Him.
Let's turn to the book of Hebrews chapter
3.
Hebrews chapter 3.
We just read verse 1.
Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly call,
consider the apostle and high priest of our
confession, Jesus.
Chapter 10.
We read from verse 19 until 25.
Chapter 10, verse 19.
Brethren, we have entered
into the holy of holies by the blood
of Jesus.
The new and living way which He has
dedicated for us through the veil, that is
His flesh.
And having a great priest over the house
of God.
Let us approach with a true heart in
full assurance of faith, sprinkled as to our
hearts from a wicked conscience and washed as
to our bodies with pure water.
Let us hold fast the confession of the
hope unwavering for He is faithful who has
promised.
And let us consider one another for provoking
to love and good works.
If you cannot hold a gathering of love
and good works, it is as if those
who are accustomed to love and good works
are forcing each other to abstain from love
and good works.
Knowing that the day is near, let us
do so.
Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together as
the custom is with some, but encourage one
another and be so much the more as
ye see the day drawing near.
And these are all the scriptures we are
reading for now.
This time every morning we share together that
we see Jesus.
May God has already have mercy on us.
And in our hearts we see only our
Lord Jesus.
We see how majestic is this person.
He is the Son of God.
The One who created all.
And He is inheritor of all things.
He is the radiance of the glory of
God.
The expression of the substance of God.
All things are established through Him.
And for Him He has bled and cleansed
our sin.
Our Lord is also the Son of Man.
How He has emptied Himself.
Put on the form of a bound slave.
And with the form of a man.
And He made Himself to be obedient to
the death and even the death of the
cross.
Because He came down to be a man.
Because He has been our substitute.
And for those who have no hope.
And today we can be even called sons
and daughters of God.
And He is going to lead us into
glory.
Our Lord is so majestic.
And His ministry is so great.
And only He is real our soul of
God.
He has completely represented God.
When we see Him, we see God.
When we hear Him, we hear God.
And He has completely accomplished the will with
which God has sent Him.
And on the cross He says finished.
The work of redemption is finished.
Not only He is the apostle of God.
He is also our great high priest.
Not only He has accomplished salvation on earth
for us.
And in heaven today He continues to minister
to us.
And He will save us to the end.
And therefore we see that His position is
supreme.
It is incomparable.
And because of His position and ministry.
And He has such a position.
And we have to bow down really before
Him.
And we have to put Him at a
position which He deserves.
And we should also stand where we stand.
And this is worship.
And worship does not have other meaning.
To worship Him is to put Him at
a position which He deserves.
And we stand at the position where we
should.
And this is the true worship before God.
And this morning we would like to share
the fourth thing.
And which is the calling of Jesus.
And when we see His person.
We have seen His ministry.
And we have seen His position.
And from His person, ministry and position.
And it comes out the calling.
And we know that calling is not according
to us.
The calling is according to Him who calls.
Because the one who calls us is the
Son of God.
He is the Son of Man.
He is the beginning of a new race.
Because the one who calls us.
He has such complete work.
Such incomparable
position.
And here we see that His calling must
be a glorious calling.
The Bible tells us.
God has called us with His calling of
grace.
Holy calling.
It is not according to our deeds.
But according to His will and His grace.
And this grace has been predestined for us
before the ages.
And the calling that we have today.
Or to say that the Lord today calls
us.
It is not according to our works.
It is not according to our conditions.
But according to the eternal will of God.
And also according to the grace which He
has given to us.
So this calling is not an ordinary calling.
And this calling is not for us just.
And this calling must correspond to His person.
His ministry and His position.
And this calling is so that He can
be satisfied.
So dear brothers and sisters.
Today we who have been saved by grace.
Here the Bible tells us that we are
the holy brethren.
The receiver of a heavenly calling.
We are holy brothers.
What does it mean by holy brothers?
And that is to say we are a
group that are separated.
We have been separated from all the man,
the marriage and things.
And we are separated to
be holy.
And this calling that we have received is
a heavenly calling.
So the book of Hebrews tells us.
Because we are partakers of the heavenly calling.
The heavens is calling us.
Being called heavenward.
Although to heaven.
Today because of the person of our Lord.
And our identification are the heavenly citizens.
And we remember Philippians chapter 3 tells us.
Our citizens are in heaven.
And we are the citizens of heaven.
We are all the sojourners.
Because our Lord.
And we are today kingly priests.
And we all today can rise up to
do the function of God and his will.
And because of the incomparable position of our
Lord Jesus.
He has also given us a position.
What is our position today?
Our position is king.
Dear brothers and sisters.
Do not despise yourself.
And do not admire those positions of the
world.
Because the position of our Lord is king.
We are all king.
And this is our position.
Now that we have such identification.
And therefore we should respond to the calling
of our Lord Jesus.
Today the calling our Lord Jesus has given
us is a heavenly calling.
And he wants us to separate from all
things that belong to the world.
So that we can go fully heavenward.
You know at the time the Hebrew believers.
Because they were not clear about their person.
Or their identification.
So not only they did not know the
person of our Lord.
If you do not know the identification of
your Lord.
For this reason.
They were not clear about the calling of
Jesus.
So they were still bounded by the things
of the world.
You know Judaism.
Although at the beginning it was revelation.
It was what God had told them through
the prophets.
And it is God who sent the angels
to reveal to them.
It is God who sent Moses to lead
them.
It is God who set up Aaron to
help them.
It is God who specified the Sabbath.
It is God who taught them.
These things originally came.
It was a shadow of things to come.
All this is but a shadow of the
things to come.
And when would the shadow last?
Until the real thing comes.
And this shadow will pass away.
And now Christ has come.
The more excellent sacrifice.
And these things will stay until the day
of revival.
The image of the true thing has come.
So you have to see that although the
prophets were sent.
Although angels were used by God.
Who rules
the house of God is the Son.
The tabernacle
has passed away.
And these things became the earth that constrained
us.
That we cannot answer the heavenly calling.
Therefore we see the wise man's following.
And today many people are just chasing vanity.
And outside of the Lord Jesus.
All are just the wind and shadow empty.
But today man loves the shadow.
And man rejects the real substance.
Today it is the same with us.
And we esteem the prophets.
But we have ignored the one that the
prophets have prophesied to.
And we put aside the tabernacle that the
angels have worshipped.
And yesterday after I shared.
A brother came to remind me.
He said even in the United States today.
In Kansas there was something.
And there was one that was being esteemed
as the highest prophet.
And he got into trouble.
When people thought him to be the highest
prophet.
Because everyday there was angel coming to speak
to him.
No wonder there was a problem.
Because Satan disguised himself as a bright angel
to tempt man.
Dear brothers and sisters.
Let us today not chase the wind and
shadow.
Not only these things should pass away in
the wind and shadow.
We shall pass away from the earth.
And our whole life on this earth is
become just emptiness of emptiness.
We have to see our Lord Jesus.
He is the true substance.
We thank God.
Because He has sent the prophets.
Even He has given man the law.
Because the law is the teacher of man.
But brothers and sisters.
Let us not make a mistake here.
And let the shadow pass away.
The shadow is empty.
When the true substance comes.
And that is our Lord Jesus Christ.
Dear brothers and sisters.
We have to see.
God is calling us today.
So that we can be separated from all
things of this world and earth.
And even things from God.
If that has surpassed the will that God
has destined.
Nothing but shadow.
Although this shadow looks good.
But what God has said is this must
pass away.
If we do not let these things pass
away.
If we want to treat these things.
And these things become earthbound.
So Judaism becomes an earthbound thing.
Today the same with Christianity.
Christianity is chasing wind and showers.
And therefore we see this becomes a worldly
earthly religion.
And we need a chapel on earth.
As if we do not have this chapel
we cannot worship.
And outside of the chapel we cannot worship.
And we have to have rules.
And otherwise we do not know.
And otherwise we think we are more pitiful
than the people of the world.
Isn't Christianity today has become an earthly organization.
And a worldly organization.
And bounded on this earth.
So that we cannot answer the heavenly calling.
Dear brothers and sisters.
Paul told us.
And he sees all things but done.
And consider it excellent.
The knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Today the same we have been.
Let us separate us from all these things
of the earth.
Because today God not only is going to
shake the earth.
He is going to shake heaven.
Here in heaven is all these so called
spiritual things.
Not only these men and matters and things
of the world.
But even the men and matters in the
religious world.
They have to be shaken.
All that can be shaken will be shaken
away.
So that we can have the unshakable kingdom.
We thank God.
Because He is here doing the shaking work.
Dear brothers and sisters.
Have we been shaken?
Are we still laying hold on these things
that can be shaken?
Let these things go away.
It is sufficient to have the Lord.
Dear brothers and sisters.
Not have God given us such position.
Such ministry.
Have such position.
How shall we live on this earth?
Simply put.
The book of Hebrews tells us two things.
One is.
We have to enter the veil.
We have to live a life inside the
veil.
We all know.
Between the holy place and the holy of
holies.
There is a veil.
Not only men cannot see the throne inside
the holy of holies.
From the altar core.
Even in the holy place.
You cannot see the glory.
Not only the people in the world cannot
see God.
These priests who serve in the holy place.
They cannot see the glory of God either.
The high priest once a year.
He has to bring blood and incense to
behind the veil.
The blood is to take away sin.
The smoke of the incense is to cover.
Because nobody is worthy to see God.
No one can come before God.
If one dares to come before God.
He will be stricken to death.
So when a high priest.
When he enters the holy of holies.
He will be in fear and tremble.
Because other people do not know.
Whether he will come out alive.
But we thank God.
He went in bringing blood and incense.
But he could only stay in the holy
of holies.
In a short period.
And he had to retreat.
Therefore he sees.
He can not see the glory of God.
The book of Hebrews says.
The way to the holy of holies.
Man cannot live a life outside of the
veil.
Man cannot live a life inside the veil.
Man can only worship God at a distance.
Because he is the grace and dreadful God.
You can only worship him from a distance.
But brothers and sisters.
Today the calling we have.
Is that God calls us.
So that we can enter the holy of
holies.
And we can enter the holy of holies
with boldness.
Why?
Because the veil has rent.
When our Lord was outside the city of
Jerusalem.
And on the mountain of Calvary.
Then before he had the last breath on
the cross.
He cried out loud.
Now inside the city.
In the temple.
The thick and heavy veil.
Split in two.
From the top to the bottom.
And that veil is the body of Jesus.
When the body of our Lord Jesus is
rent.
The veil is just in the house.
And now the way to the holy of
holies is dedicated.
The Lord calls us.
To enter into the holy of holies.
To not live in the outer part anymore.
To not live even in the holy place.
You should live in the holy of holies.
Do not live in the outer part.
What is the outer part?
There was an altar.
In another word.
God is telling us.
We who have been saved by grace.
Do not just still walk around on the
foundation.
The Hebrew believers.
They do not grow forward.
They circle around the base.
The one who wrote the Hebrews.
The base is already found.
The foundation was already made.
You cannot lay again the foundation.
You have to move forward.
Today many sons and daughters of God.
And he is circling around.
And he stays within the experience of merely
being saved.
The cross.
The cross of the cross.
His blood.
And there are saints.
This is a tremendous thing.
The brothers and sisters.
Now according to the glory of God.
This is but the beginning.
And he wants us to leave the beginning
of doctrine.
Enter into the fullness of Christ.
Many God's children.
They do not know others.
They do not know other things about the
Lord.
They do not know what the Lord has
done other than this.
Dear brothers and sisters.
The Lord said come to the Holy of
Holies.
Of course you have to pass through the
altar.
Then you can come to the Holy of
Holies.
But do not just stay there.
Dear brothers and sisters.
Sons are like priests.
His life is in the Holy Place.
Not only he has been saved.
And he has some guilt.
And he wants to serve the Lord.
We often heard people telling us.
If you have not been saved you need
to be saved.
Now that you are saved.
To be zealous serving the Lord.
And that is to live in the Holy
Place.
But brothers and sisters.
The Lord is calling us to go into
Heaven.
To enter into the Holy of Holies.
Because the veil is split.
He is calling us.
Come into the Holy of Holies.
This is where you just dwell.
Do not dwell in the altar core.
Do not dwell in the Holy Place.
Dwell in the Holy of Holies.
We can serve in the Holy Place.
But we cannot live there.
We can work and preach gospel in the
altar core.
But we cannot live there.
We have to live in the Holy of
Holies.
We have to live behind the veil.
What does it mean?
It means.
Let me tell you today.
You have a home.
You are not homeless.
God is your home.
God is your dwelling place.
Your life is hidden with Christ in God.
With that His grace on us.
God is our home.
We dwell in the home.
Daily we live in the home.
We daily receive the face of heaven and
hell.
We see the glory of God expressed in
the face of Lord Jesus.
We can draw nigh to Him every day.
We can worship Him every day.
We can stand before Him every day.
Daily we can hear Him.
Because God is on the throne.
Of the Holy of Holies.
It is the eternal life.
Why can't we hear the word of God?
Because we have not lived in the Holy
of Holies.
Dear brothers and sisters.
We have a heavenly calling.
Daily we have to live inside the Holy
of Holies.
Behind the veil.
That we can draw near to God.
That we can communicate with God.
That we can hear His voice.
We can worship Him there.
This is our heavenly calling.
Brothers and sisters.
There is another aspect of this heavenly calling.
That is to go out of the camp.
In Hebrew chapter 13 we are told.
We have to go out of the camp
to get near to our God.
Because we have a sin operation.
And His blood is shed on the altar.
But the body of the beast was brought
outside of the camp to be burned.
Likewise our Lord Jesus.
He has been brought outside of Jerusalem.
He was crucified on Gargabshan.
Today what is our heavenly calling?
Our heavenly calling is we have to go
out of the camp and to our Lord
Jesus.
What does this camp refer to?
To the Hebrew sense.
The camp is Judaism.
The Judaism is like a camp.
If you are inside a camp you are
protected.
If you are not there.
You are rejected outside a camp.
And we can say that He has gone
inside a camp.
And they have ministering inside a camp.
And they can be close together inside a
camp.
They say the same thing inside a camp.
They say the same thing.
And everything uniform.
Because this is a camp.
You cannot have a different thought inside a
camp.
You cannot have different words inside a camp.
Then otherwise you will be chased out.
Brothers and sisters.
Judaism is a camp.
If you want to be in that camp.
You have to receive the tradition of the
fathers of Judaism.
If you are not willing to receive, to
taste this tradition.
You have to be chased out of the
temple.
And to be excommunicated is a tremendous thing.
Because there is no priest.
A priest cannot give offerings.
If you are chased out of the temple.
He cannot live.
He cannot even die.
So you have to see.
The Jews at the time.
The thing they are most afraid of is
being excommunicated outside of the temple.
But our Lord Jesus is being cast out
of the camp.
He was rejected.
He was crucified.
Those who follow the Lord.
You have to go outside the camp.
It is not possible for you to stay
in the camp.
You have to go out of the camp
to suffer with them.
For that they are in shame.
Many Jews.
Because they are afraid of being excommunicated.
They dare not confess the Lord.
They cannot answer the heavenly calling.
Today what is the camp?
Our camp is not the world.
Our camp is this religious world.
When did Christianity turn into a religion?
Turned into a system.
Turned into an organization.
Turned into a camp.
It is easy to be in the camp.
You can have all the supplies inside the
camp.
And you are protected in the camp.
But.
You have to follow.
If you want to fully follow.
You have to fully obey the rules of
the camp.
Otherwise even if you do not want to.
You will be chased out.
Now it is better to just go out.
Where is the Lord today?
And this is our question today.
Where is the Lord?
If the Lord is inside the camp.
You stay in the camp.
If the Lord is not inside the camp.
Why do you stay in the camp?
If the Lord is outside the camp.
Whether you choose the camp.
Or you choose the Lord.
Dear brothers and sisters.
Indeed inside the camp.
There is the glory of man.
But outside the camp.
There is shame.
The shame of the Lord.
Dear brothers and sisters.
Today we have to go outside of the
camp.
To suffer the shame of Christ.
The Lord is there.
And there shall we be.
Wherever is the land.
There we should follow his footsteps.
Then you can answer this heavenly calling.
So dear brothers and sisters.
We thank and praise our God.
Because of our Lord.
He has given us such an identification.
He has given us such a great ministry.
He has given us such an exalted position.
We cannot just waste away ourselves.
We have to rise up.
To answer his call.
When we answer this call.
In our daily life.
There are three things.
And this is what we were told.
From Hebrews chapter 10 verse 19 on.
Because we see Jesus.
It is not a theoretical thing.
And this is not just for us to
think about.
But we see the Lord.
It is going to have real effect in
our lives.
How do we prove that we have answered
his call?
Here it tells us three things.
This is Hebrews chapter 10.
Verse 22.
Verse 11.
Let us approach with a true heart.
And full assurance of faith to God.
This is the first thing.
The one who answers his heavenly calling.
From now on.
He lives a life of faith.
And by assurance of faith.
He will come before God.
Number two.
Verse 23.
Let us hold fast the confession of the
whole.
And lay with wavering.
For he is faithful who has promised.
Number two.
The one who has answered the heavenly calling.
From every day he lives a life of
hope.
Because God is faithful.
Number three.
Verse 24.
And let us consider one another.
For talking to love and good works.
For not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together.
As the custom is with some.
But encourage one another.
And be so much more.
As you see the day drawing near.
The one who answers the heavenly calling.
He lives daily a life of love.
So you see that the day was remaining
continually of three things.
Faith, hope and love.
In chapter 11 it talks about faith.
Chapter 12, hope.
Chapter 13, love.
And let's just mention them briefly.
Because you are anxious to go home.
So I have to conclude earlier.
If I have borrowed your time in the
past.
I'll return to you the one.
Today we have been called by the heavenly
calling.
Our life is a life of faith.
Often times we are not clear.
And sometimes we feel that only those who
are so-called full-time workers.
And I do not like this term full
-time.
Because we are all full-time.
But let's just put it this way.
We think those full-time workers.
They live a life by faith.
And they live by faith.
They do not live by God.
As if faith is one thing and God
is another thing.
And those of us who are not full
-time workers.
We do not live by faith.
We live by our hands.
We live by our head.
We do not live by God.
Do you think this is logical?
Therefore I do not like this term.
Every believer.
We have called by the heavenly calling.
And we live our faith.
I am not saying that I live by
faith.
I live by faith.
I am saying to live a life of
faith.
Because the faith itself.
It is not a thing for us to
depend on.
The anchor of faith is set at God
who can be trusted.
How can we live before God?
We live before God with a full faith.
Because man lives by touch.
Man lives by feelings.
Visible things.
Touchable things.
Things you can grab.
And these things we depend upon in our
life.
But when you talk about spiritual things.
Talking about things of God.
We feel they are not touchable.
You can not see it.
You can not touch it.
It is not touchable.
It seems there is something you can not
depend upon.
So here we see we need a life
of faith.
Dear brothers and sisters.
Every one of us has to live a
life of faith.
Not by sight.
Not by feelings.
We see that invisible God with our faith.
Moses can despise all the riches of Egypt.
And he can esteem the shame of Christ.
Why?
Because he has seen that unseen God.
Who can see that unseen God?
By the eyes of the flesh we can
never see Him.
But the eyes of faith can see Him.
Dear brothers and sisters.
Today we trust our God.
The eyes of our faith have already seen
Him.
The ears of our faith have already cleared
Him.
We have seen, we have known that all
the material things are just false.
All the visible things are nothing but transient.
The invisible is forever.
Brothers and sisters.
In faith we have seen we believe that
God is.
We believe that He is all and all
to us.
We have Him that's sufficient.
We trust that He will reward all those
who seek Him.
In chapter 11 we
see that faith is the substantiating of things
hoped for.
So the Holy Bible says that faith
substantiates
what we hope for.
What we hope for is something substantial.
That is forever.
Although we cannot see with our eyes but
God and all things of God are real.
But how can you substantiate how can you
let this be your real experience inside?
God is there in Heaven.
How can you make it real so that
He becomes the God living in you?
Faith is this instrument.
When we believe God becomes the one closest
to us.
Everything else is false.
Only God is real.
Because we believe all the promises of God
they become true they become amen in Christ.
Although 2,000 years ago our Lord Jesus
shed the blood on the cross but because
we believe this blood today sprinkled our conscience.
Although our Lord Jesus was crucified and died
2,000 years ago and in faith by
faith we die with Him bearing with Him
and risen with Him and sat in Heaven
with Him dear brothers and sisters the Fathers
in the past they have done many things
they have obeyed the will of God they
have got the proof today God calls us
to live a life of faith.
Number two that we have a life of
hope dear brothers and sisters if we the
believers now we only can have something of
this life now we have no portion in
the coming ages then we are more pitiful
than people of this world people of this
world they can enjoy the pleasure of sin
we cannot when we sin there is no
joy in our heart if you are not
no joy why do you sin if you
see that if Christians do not have hope
we are more pitiful than men of the
world but we thank God the one who
has promise is faithful dear brothers and sisters
in Ephesians chapter 12 we are told all
these saints in the past they surround us
like clouds they surround us we today we
race every believer from the day you were
saved God put you on a course He
wants you to run the course what is
the goal the goal is our Lord to
gain our Lord dear brothers and sisters in
the grief of the past because they want
to have a cross and they want to
put themselves in exorcism they rejected many illegal
or legal so that they can gain this
majestic crown this is the crown of flower
but that crown of flower fade away dear
brothers and sisters today we are running on
this course what we are to obtain is
the crown forever not only that we are
gaining the Lord that gives us the crown
for this reason we have to
cast away the sins that entangle us we
have to cast away the weight this may
not be sin but this is a weight
we have to look steadfastly the Lord Jesus
who is our leader and completer of our
faith do not look here and there do
not look at men do not look behind
do not even look at yourself look all
to Jesus then you press forward press toward
the ghost indeed on the course there are
many hurdles and this is a hurdle race
obstacle race there are many obstacles there but
God uses this suffering to train us so
that we can grow up from being a
child to a grown man so that we
can be transformed from glory to glory as
the glorious Lord and this is the word
of that Holy Spirit when the glory fills
inside then we enter into glory this is
our hope dear brothers and sisters we are
people of great hope this world is going
to pass away but we have an unshakable
kingdom and we want to be even more
godly to serve our Lord those who enter
the heavenly home we have to live a
life of love dear brothers and sisters what
is our heavenly calling?
in heaven who else do I have outside
of you?
on earth I have nothing to love the
Lord wants us to live this life of
love love the Lord your God with whole
heart whole soul and whole strength who is
more lovable than God?
what is more lovable than our Lord?
may His love encourage us so that we
do not lose the first love do not
let the man and the thing of this
world occupy our hearts these are nothing but
God let us consider it excellent the knowledge
of Lord Jesus let us love Him with
whole heart if we love Him we love
brothers and sisters we love each other dear
brothers and sisters the church is the house
of God it is not a legal court
the church is the house of God it
is not a debate place the church is
the house of God in the household the
air is love no love, no home brothers
and sisters therefore the Lord says you love
each other how I love you you love
each other Lord gave Himself for us we
have to lay down our lives for our
brothers we have to care for each other
and to promote love to encourage good work
why do we have to gather why we
cannot stop meeting because when you are alone
nobody can encourage you love is mutual therefore
we need to meet that we can encourage
one another prepare our hearts to receive, to
welcome our Lord dear brothers and sisters the
day of Lord's coming is near and with
only a little while left the one who
is to come will come the righteous shall
live by faith let not be those who
withdraw let us be the ones who accelerate
to earth it coming I love you we
see only Jesus may we when we go
home we only see Jesus if you only
see Lord Jesus the Holy Spirit can transform
you that you are conformed to the image
of the Son of God the only
begotten of God He is the firstborn He
will lead many sons to glory may God
have grace on us and bow down and
pray our
Lord, our God what can we say before
you you so love us and for our
sake you came to this earth you pay
the highest price even your own blood your
body you gave for us oh you have
redeemed us today you are on the right
hand side of the great God interceding for
us you are still ministering to us what
else can we say we belong to you
we do not want to exit we want
to stay your bond slave of love of
you and our whole life we serve you
our Lord, have mercy on us so that
when we go home this time we do
not see prophet angel Moses Aaron no
more sacrifice no more wall no longer seeing
ten to ten let us be only few
fill our eyes fill our heart in the
name of our Lord