The Fire That Never Goes Out Tribe 2025-04-07 Automatically transcribed. Where this and the recording disagree, the recording is the record. ---- Good morning, everyone. So good to have you here. If you can stand, let's stand together. Let's just start before we even worship with just a big thank you. A big thank you to the Lord for allowing us to be here today. Thank you to the Lord for allowing us to come and worship together. Thank you for your hope. Thank him for your health this morning, For your ability to move, to dance, to gather lives for you. Just thank him. Just right where you are. Just thank him this Lord, we just declare to you today that we lay down everything to meet you fresh today. We remove the ashes of yesterday, even this morning, and we just come before you fresh today. Holy Spirit, we welcome you to come and speak to each of us today. The fragrance of heaven. Pour your spirit out. Pour your spirit out. Holy anointing. Holy anointing. Midst going rises up and of it just needs to be crucified and we ask holy spirit today that you would come and just refine us so that we can look more like you. We will see you face to face And your word says that when we see you, we will be like you. So refine us because you will not be unequally yoked with your bride. And it's only by your spirit. It's only by your spirit that we can even come to you. So by your spirit today, would you make us ready? Make us ready. Make us be the bride that you long for us to be through our surrender. Sing this girl like a brat. Like a brat on her wedding day. Jesus, we're longing, Far be it from us to come here to sing and to say that that we'll burn through every storm to see your name lifted high. We do that through obedience, by surrender, that hearing the things that you call us to and being obedient. Whether they're internal things, thoughts, actions that nobody else sees, or big big things. Lord, we surrender it all to you. That's how we lift your name on high. That's how we look more like you. Surrender in obedience. Your word says that if we love you, we will obey you. So, Lord, today we just lay aside everything. We come afresh before you today, saying here we are, Lord. We are a vessel. Come speak to us through your word today. Thank you. Thank you that you always come, that your presence is always with us as we gather and not even just as we gather lord, but that we can access you anytime. You're such a good good father. I pray right now for anyone who's coming in here with some really big big burdens. I pray that they wouldn't leave here without bringing them to you and bringing them for others to circle up around them and pray. It's why we gather to lift your name and to encourage one another. There's nothing that brings you more glory than when your people seek to be set free, to live free for you. So come and speak to us through your word today. In Jesus' name, everybody said, amen. I'll tell you what I love about the TMC. I can hear everybody singing even on the back row. I love it. I love it. Fill up your coffee, grab a donut. Nancy's back with us. Everything is right in the world again. Yes. Oliver. Yes. Who loves Oliver's new toy? Is it hard not to just watch him? I love it. Welcome back from spring break. I know that while you were gone, wherever you were traveling hither and thither across Europe, for some of you, I have good news for you. We're still in the book of Leviticus. But today is our last day in the book of Leviticus, I think. I'm pretty sure. It's bittersweet. It's bittersweet. It's It's bittersweet. Last sun I'm pretty sure. I'm pretty sure. He doesn't like tell me too far out. He's like, just you stay close. Do what I tell you. But I'm pretty sure this is our last week in the book of Leviticus. And there it is. So just to recap, we're not gonna go through all of the weeks, but what I want to do is recap just the last couple of weeks to help frame the conversation that we're going to have today. And if you remember, three weeks ago, we said that we were going to two weeks ago, we said that we were going look at two specific types of offerings. And they're very different, and they each have beauty in their own way. And as an overarching umbrella, we talked about how we are looking to see the beauty of the book of Leviticus, the great links that God goes through in order to have provide a way for us to have with him. And then we got to dive into the nitty gritty details of two different specific types of offerings. And we looked really closely at what's done with the sacrifice. Can anybody remember some of the details yeah, the details of what we would call a free free will offering. What was the what was the special thing about the free will offering? Jonathan, would you take a moment and just seal us in? I like to have the just close the door. I like to have the tent zipped up so that we're all in here cozy together. The free will offering. What's really cool about the free will offering? You've got to eat it all. And when you bring a cow from your herd to make as a sacrifice. And what would an occasion be, Brian? Birth of baby. The birth of a baby. I always look to you because you had that. Something a vow fulfilled, Lord, thank you so much for being so good to me. You bring a free will offering. The specific requirement of that offering is what? You've got to eat the whole thing in one day. Unless you don't eat the whole thing in one day, and then you get day two. You get a second day. But the third day is right out. And so how do you eat a whole cow in one day? Everybody comes together. It is. It's a big block party where you invite all of your family, your extended family, your neighbors, all of your relatives, and it's a huge party. That's one of the specific offerings that we looked at. The takeaway from that is not just like, all right, I'll remember that as just something nice to think of, but what does God have for us from that offering? What does he want us to see about that offering that we can apply to our lives today? What? Fellowship. The idea is that the goodness of God is intended to be celebrated in the context of community. Then we talked about let the redeemed of the lord say so as god shout it out and dance it out and let those around you know through your life about the goodness of the Lord. Has God done something good in your life? Wow. We get to partake in that meal of God's goodness. That was one specific sacrifice that we looked at. Then last week, we looked at a different type of sacrifice, and it's called the Olah offering. Everybody say Olah. Olah. Yes. Olah. What is unique about that sacrifice? The whole thing has to be burned. The very best from your herd is brought to the priest. Your hands are laid on it. It is killed right there at the altar. And the entire animal is laid on the altar to burn as a sacrifice. Why and what's interesting or remarkable about burning an entire animal? If what if you like it medium rare, not gonna happen. Wouldn't. There you go. From the world's perspective, it looks like a total waste, especially with the Olah offering where we get to eat all of it. Tenderloin, backstrap, short ribs, rib eye. This offering this offering, the entire thing The entire thing is burned up. From the world's perspective, it seems foolish. Okay. What does god have for us from that offering? What are what's our takeaway? God invites us to lay down our whole lives. Listen. It is never a waste to give God your very best. And I don't know. Maybe this sounds juvenile to you. Maybe you learn this in, as we would say, in the South, Sunday school. Sunday school. But how many of us like sickness and, you know, just like calamities and different things that are happening, like, to take people out of the work that they're trying to do for the Lord. And I'm seeing it a lot, but I also think that, like, I think that we can tend at least for me, I can tend to think that, like, okay, if I'm gonna give the Lord my best, it has to look like first thing in the morning, like, you know, that I am, you know, fully embodied in the holy spirit, that I'm really feeling it, that I'm, like, you know, singing at the top of my or it has to look this certain way. And, like, yeah, that's my ideal. But if I am in a season of, like, I'm taking someone to treatments and I'm take like, coordinating meals and surgeries or, like, doing whatever, then god knows what my best is. And my best might be that I am just saying, thank you, god, that you are still good as I'm driving to my treatment. Or, like, you know, it doesn't have to be it doesn't always have to look a certain way every single time. Yes. And what hyperlink comes to your mind of a New Testament story that illustrates that beautifully? The woman with the perfume. Woman with the perfume, that that's a that that's a good one, but that was very expensive perfume. The whole jar was pouring out. They're poured out. There was a there was a there was a story that I'm thinking of where there was a contrast. Martha's Miracle. Oh. Oh, I love them. Martha's Miracle, the Alvester jar. That's not the one that I'm thinking of, but that's also a beautiful contrast of that prodigal son. It's an observation that Jesus makes. Is it the donation? There you go. There you go. The town widow's mic. Yes. The the woman with the widow's mic. So Jesus himself confirms what you just said. Let us be under the yoke of Jesus and not the yoke of the world or the church or anything that that dirty devil would try to twist my words into you hearing. Right? Jesus himself said after the person threw in the big, like, heavy gold bar, like, And he's like And then he sees the the woman who gives, like, 0.5 a penny. And he's like, did you guys see that? That was an offer. She gave everything she had in that moment. Really cool. So I guess what you're saying is what seems to be a a distraction really is an opportunity as well, like, with the time going to I don't recall having time to pray and to, you know, to open up to to god and and, you know, what what have you sow. Is that is that Certainly. Yeah. I think the Lord will show us what he wants from us. The Lord will show us. He he likes to he likes to test our commitment and loyalty to him, not because he wants to know himself, but he tests us so that we can see what is already in our own heart that we might not. And what he does is he'll just put a finger on something. Ping. How about that? And you can respond honestly as a human. That? That work? Help me. Help me. Me. The bible says in the book of Ephesians, for God is working in you, giving you the power to obey him and the will to do what pleases him. Mhmm. Help me a lot. That's good. Ready to land the plane on a series of conversations? Yes. Yeah. If you have your bible with you this morning, would you turn to Leviticus chapter six? And while you're turning there, would you go to that slide, Trent, with the podcast? Yes. Thank you. I don't know. How many of you have have dived, dived, dived? Dove. Doved it. Thank you. Let's go with divin. Dived. How many you dived into this podcast? It's on that bible project. It's 10 short episodes. And if you have the app, you can there is annotated. And so whenever the two guys doing the podcast, whenever they have a little side quest or something, it'll give the scripture reference or give the note or give the link to the book that they referenced. And so this podcast series from the bible project bible project, Leviticus World, is so good. Rich. Rich. Rich. Okay. Leviticus. Now we can go to Leviticus 20. Leviticus chapter six. And for some of you who've been with us on our journey at tribe For a while, you'll be like, oh, yeah. This passage. But it is just so, so, so good. We find ourselves in this passage one more time. Leviticus chapter six, and would somebody please read eight through 13. Further instructions for the burnt offering. Then the Lord said to Moses, give Aaron and his sons the following instructions regarding the burnt offering. The burnt offering must be left on top of the altar until the next morning, and the fire on the altar must be kept burning all night. In the morning, after the priest on duty has put on his official linen clothing and linen undergarments, he must clean out the ashes of the burnt offering and put them beside the altar. Then he must take off these garments, change back into his regular clothes, and carry the ashes outside the camp to a place that is ceremonially clean. Meanwhile, the fire on the altar must be kept burning. It must never go up. Each morning, the priest will add fresh wood to the fire and arrange the burnt offering on it. You will then burn the fat of the peace offerings on it. Remember that fire must be kept burning on the altar at all times. It must never go out. For how many of you that passage is new? Like, oh, I don't think I've come across that before. Oh, okay. Cool. Lots of hands raised. If you're taking notes this morning, at the top of your notes for our conversation today, you can write the title of our conversation. Keep the fire burning. Keep the fire burning. Now, we don't need to get into anything deep in spiritual just yet, but what are some preliminary observations that you notice about this text? There's holy underwear. Holy underwear. You mean Jesus too? And not the Mormon kind. So I have read this passage lots and lots and lots of times. And I've always just kind of skipped over that because I haven't really understood, but listening to that podcast series, the the the time that I've spent with the Lord in this book and during this series of conversations, I I have a little more insight into that. And so here's what it looks like. So the priest wakes up in the morning and he gets dressed in his uniform. And underneath his uniform, he's got the linen undergarments. Okay? And it's pretty cool, as a side note. The garments the undergarments are intended to be He said make garment undergarments out of linen. Linen is more breathable than cotton or silk, and those fabrics were available in those days. Linen were to was to keep the priest cool during the day. And in the podcast, they say it's just one more little taste of the garden the garden in the land of Eden. Just like perfect temperature, everything is good in the Garden of Eden. And when the priest is on duty and he looks at the embroidered tapestries and things, there are pomegranates, there's a tree of life, there are seraphim. There are animals on the and it's supposed to be like going into Eden. So the priest wakes up in the morning, puts on his linen undergarments, then he gets dressed uniform. He goes to the altar, and then he has to undress and get into kind of like clothes that can get sooty and and dirty and and soiled. Scrape, scrape, scrape, collect, collect, collect in a bucket or whatever. Go outside the no. No. No. Change back into his royal robes or his uniform, and then take those ashes outside of the camp. So I've always thought, what's he doing? But it has to do with the undergarments and then his uniform. You don't wanna get your uniform dirty while you're, like, cleaning out the campfire. So that's what's happening there. That's a great observation. What else or what other little details stand out to you? Oh, the fire can't go out. And how often does the Lord tell Moses some version of that specific instruction? Like, in this passage, how many times does he say it? Three at least. You're you're looking. You're counting. I love this. I love this. Three times. Four times. Why am I? Five? So we know that one of the ways that the Holy Spirit through by inspiring the writers to emphasize to us it's really important and you're seeing that. And we're gonna talk about what that means more in a moment but any other observations that you see just from the text as you're reading through what stands what stands out to you? Add firewood. Every morning. Yes. Okay. So now we're now now we're we're really getting into some some interesting details that were written to Levites and to ancient Israelites, but is for us today. And so why don't we dive right in of these bullet points one at a time up on the screen for you to keep track of and to keep mindful of. But I remember being a youth pastor years ago, and we would come back from a mission trip, and we led New Orleans, hurricane Katrina, Haiti after the earthquake there, Dominican Republic, each we've been and we would bring students back from these mission trips and they were so on fire and they just wouldn't stop talking about the amazing things that happened and you know, they were like every every time we would get together. I mean, they were like heaping hola offerings on the barbecue grill like, everything, lord, everything and the trip, memories of the trip faded for many of them, so did their passion or zeal or closeness of relationship with the lord Until next summer when we go on another mission trip and they'd come drag it in. You know, they'd sign up. They'd barely get their of you. You don't need to raise your hand but how many to like like a a conference or something and you just get so stirred up for the lord and then, you come back and you're like, yeah, you know, you're an ice cube and then over a period of time, you know, things change and but, you know, you kinda and then you look back like, man, somebody different. I was really came back from that conference or that event or that weekend or that whatever, that retreat. But, like, what's happened to me? Or we can just go down to, like, weekly. You ever come like dragging your sorry butt into church on a Sunday morning after having had one heck of a week and you're like, and something happens in your church, I can ride this all the way to next week. You don't need to raise your of those. Coaster. Oh, life happens. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yeah. Life is waiting for you. Sign over the door out of the church. It says, you're now entering your mission field. It should says, warning, life is waiting for you. We could add that sign over the door. Warning, life is waiting for you. But for for most of us in our walk with the lord, it's by these big not necessarily peaks and valleys because that's just part of life, but these, like, in this dry place almost seemingly, like, without, like, how did I end up here? There is something from Chris in the back. And then we look for the next conference, the next book, the next amazing life changing sermon from the book of Leviticus spoon fed to you by your pastor to, like, pump us up and then what were you gonna say, Chris? Can I connect two dots I'm seeing? Yes. So they he directed the priest to bring the ashes to a special holy place. And if we're using this analogy that you're kinda going through with what Janice said, if you have the burnt offering and you bring it to that holy place and you just stay in that place looking at the ashes and don't go back to the altar and put the firewood to keep the fire burning, then the fire's gonna go out. 100%. Don't drop the mic, but drop the mic, walk away. Alright. Let's let's look at this. Verse nine. Let's look at verse nine. Give Aaron and his sons the following instructions regarding the burnt offering. The burnt offering must be left on top of the altar until the next morning, and the fire on the altar must be kept burning all night. Question. Whose job is it to keep the fire burning? Ours. We're gonna translate this as we go. How many of you in your backyard have an actual altar made of uncut stone that you regularly roast animals on? Kimberly. She said just kidding, by the way, for the record. None of us do. But here's how we translate this. This has to do with maintaining our relationship with God. And this is where Chris was going, and where all of you are already starting to run ahead to think about. This passage, verses eight through 12, has to do with maintaining our relationship with God. Whose job is it to maintain that relationship with the Lord? Multiple choice. Is it your mom's job? Is it your dad's job? Is it your friend's job? Is it your pastor's job? No. How many pastors love you so much that they try to make it their job to maintain that relationship with you. They mean well, and they end up spoon feeding you, and you just turn into a big fat baby. No offense to all the healthy babies in here. Is it your wife's job? No. Is it your husband's job? No. Is it the lord's job? No. No. That is huge. It is not the lord's job to maintain your fire, to keep that passionate relationship with him. It is not his job. Whose job is it? Okay. Question. How does the fire initially get started? Whose job is that? Turn to Leviticus chapter 10. Chapter 10. 10. It's twenty three and twenty four. Watch. Wait. You don't have Leviticus chapter ten? Twenty three. Ends it ends in 28 chapter nine. Yes. Of course. Yes. Chapter nine. Yeah. The pastor's version. It comes with the, undergarments, the Jesus jammies. Oh, yeah. There we go. Yeah. There we go. Yeah. Yeah. Nine. Alright. So to set the scene really quick, and then we'll put the verse up on the screen. So God had given Moses all of these instructions, and here's here's how to make the stuff. Here's how the priests are to dress. Here's how you're to do the sacrifices. Here's and and now it's time. The garments are made. The tabernacle is made. The altar is built. Everything is ready. The animal has been sacrificed. All the nation of Israel is gathered. The animal gets placed on the altar, and then verse twenty three and twenty four play out. And we'll put it up here on the screen. Then Moses when do I have that verse? Oh. And here it comes. Chapter nine of Leviticus verse twenty three and twenty four. Then Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle. And when they came out, they blessed the people again, and the glory of the lord appeared to the whole community. Verse 24. What happens? Fire blazed forth from the lord's presence and consumed the burnt offering and the fat on the altar. When the people saw this, they shouted with joy and fell face down on the ground. Who will send the fire of a passionate love relationship with the Lord? Who does that? The Lord. Lord. Think of when you were at that FCA camp. Think when you were when when when you first got saved. Tent revival meeting. Tent revivals. Mine was in a hotel big hotel conference room, and Benny Hinn was speaking. Oh, I have this analogy creeping in. I keep imagining when the difference between when Matt and I are camping, we're very particular where we put the sticks and, you know, we we have this normal fire. Right? However, when we camp with friends, with kids, they'll come in, and they'll just start whipping sticks on the fire. And what happens to the fire when these kids are whipping sticks on the fire? This thing gets raging. Right? And I feel like it's a difference between, you know, maintaining relationship with the lord And whipping sticks. And whipping sticks. Right? So these tent revival meetings, these big gatherings, these music things that we go to or whatever, that's kids just whipping sticks on the fire. Like, we're gathering together, and we're all bringing part of the spirit or bringing the spirit with us. And when we gather together, it provides more opportunity for a bigger flame. Renee, thank you for racing ahead. Oh, sorry. It's good. Hold on to it. Whose job is it to ignite the fire? God's job. God's job. God will send the fire. It's important to know who does what. God will send the fire. Whose job is it to maintain the fire? Ours. For just a moment, think consider students. Students. Put the other student that I'm talking to. Students. How many students do you know that come to Ascent or FCA camp or Young Life camp, and they get all on fire for God? Whoo. God will send the fire. It's great. But then a week later, three months later, it's like, they've just petered out. Like, I literally saw you weeping at the altar as the band was playing. And now look at you. What happened? They were never taught that God will send the fire, but it is our job to maintain the fire. God was very specific. Do not let the fire go out. The fire must be kept burning how long? All night. All night. Our job is to keep the fire going. Alright. Let's look at the next one. Verse 10. What happens in verse 10? Oh, now we're back in Leviticus six. Go back. Yeah. We're back. We're back to Leviticus six. Keep you on your toes. So chapter six verse 10. In the morning, after the priest on duty has put on his official linen clothing and linen undergarments, he must clean out the ashes of the burnt offering and put them beside the altar. Very important. Every day, we have to take out the ashes of yesterday. We have to take out the ashes of yesterday. Somebody, I think, maybe even said this about a campfire, like trying to build the next morning's fire without scooping out those ashes, pushing them aside from the campfire. How well does that campfire weight work when maybe there's a little smoldering ember or coals in there, but there's a lot of ashes, and you just go, like, drop fresh wood in there, what happens? Just it's just smoking. It gets buried because of all of the ashes there. This is so key and important. Every morning, we have to take out yesterday's ashes. So things that you messed up on, areas that you fell short, failures, disappointments, heartbreaks, where maybe you started the day trying to avoid the puddles, but by the end of the day, you're looking for them and jumping in with both feet. Well, I'm already muddy. Here we go. And just getting muddier and muddier. In the morning, the prescription is to take out the ashes of yesterday's burning of the wood, how you've messed up and how you've blown it. The bible says the mercies of the lord are new every morning. We are instructed to take out the ashes of yesterday. Ugh. I messed up. I blew it yesterday. Lord, forgive me. Let's let's try fresh again today. And he's like, alright. Let's do it. People a lot of people can kind of get that, but that's only half. There's on the other side of the coin. Not only are we to take out the ashes of yesterday's sin, failure, mess up, whatever, but what's the other side of the coin? The good stuff. The good The stuff. So here's what happens, students. You're learning. I know you were. So you come back from the camp, and you get back, you know, late Sunday night from camp. And you're like, wow. Mom and dad are sitting with you at the kitchen table. How was that? And you're like, well, this happened, and this happened, and they got baptized. And that was that was so amazing. And then you wake up Monday morning, and you text your friends like, wow. Wasn't this past week awesome and, oh, so incredible. We should get together and do a bible or something. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And then Tuesday goes along and Wednesday and week two and week three and week four, but you're still trying to hold on to the fire from that camp or that conference or that book or whatever, and it was never intended to last that long. Now hold on. There can be indelible things done in your life that are transformational. But when it comes to feeding your fire today, yesterday's ashes have no capacity to fuel today's fire. I just have a question. Can you please for the hardheaded people in the room. Can you, pointing to myself. Can you tease out? Because we are called to remember. That's a command a lot throughout the bible. So we are called to remember. So, like, what is the difference between remembering but not holding on to yesterday's ashes? That is a great question for you to take to the lord and wrestle out. And I don't mean that tritely. I don't mean that tritely. But you have to take it to him. We celebrate pecky day every year, a special day when we remember God's victories in the past, it arms us with strength for today's battles. We remember, but we don't rely on, remain in, trust in, count on trying to build today's fire on that. Lord, what you did back then was amazing. Your ways are incredible. I'm looking to you fresh today. There's an instance where David goes into battle. King David, he goes into battle. And he says, Lord, how do you want me to attack the bad guys? Well, Philistines, we'll call them. And God's like, full frontal assault. Like, lower the cannons to deck level, load for buckshot, and just blow them off like full frontal attack. And they win. And then the very next thing that happens, getting into a battle again with the Philistines. Here's what David says. After a great military victory against the Philistines with the full frontal assault, David says, but, Lord, how about this time? Will you give us the victory, and how do you want to win this battle? And he says, ah, hide in the trees and wait. And when you hear the sound of the angel armies of heaven marching in the trees, then you wrap around the side, and you outflank them. So David was not relying. He remembered God's victory, but he was not relying on yesterday's battle tactics for today's engagement. And it was different. Spoiler alert, he got the victory again that day too. Oh, all right. Now I was waiting for somebody to bring this up. Go ahead, Janet. Fresh manna. Every day is a new day. Every day. Now could he have made that manna appear in their bellies? I mean, could he could he have fed them supernaturally without having them needing sustenance for forty years? Yes. Because Jesus fasted forty days and and he was hungry, but he didn't he didn't croak. Elijah was fed by ravens. There's another instance where I can't remember which Elisha or Elijah where he's like, here, eat this meal, and then he outruns a a horse. Like like, god could do it. But they couldn't eat yesterday's manna. They couldn't eat yesterday's manna. To be fresh every day. It it would spoil. How many of you remember the Disney cartoon Aladdin? Where Genie is, like, selling, and he's like, oh, Ditzy Tupperware. Mhmm. Still fresh. It always comes to my mind. I think about the why, and I'm thinking about, like, going to a conference and you your god's taking care of all this stuff, and he's making he's cleaning out stuff, and he's bringing in new, and he's sorting that out. And in a good and bad way, I think about in Matthew six thirty four, it says, so don't worry about tomorrow for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Yeah. Like, knows today exactly how we need to press in because tomorrow's gonna look different, And tomorrow's stuff might not have been an issue for us before the conference or before the camp. Mhmm. Like, we've dealt with that now, he's like, don't stay there because there's other things we need to handle. Like, does that make sense? That's all good. Mhmm. Store that up, but you can't live on it for tomorrow because there's new stuff coming your way. The enemy doesn't stop just because you went to an awesome camp. Mhmm. You know? That was just my thought. Yeah. No. That's great. Unmute it when it gets to you. I have a maybe a mild hump that I'm trying to make connections of. What we're reading in Leviticus is under the Mosaic law. So at the end of it, you said we're in charge of the fire, but in the scripture, it says the priests were the Aeonic priests are in charge of the fire. So question one is, are we making the illustration that we are like the priests within the like, under Jesus? Is that the connection that we're making? And then two, just as a interesting point of reference later on, those same priests, their offering wasn't received because they were naughty in in submitting it to the lord, and he burned them all up. So just kind of like, how are we making these connections into the New Testament from this old mosaic law into the New Testament? Great. I'm looking up a verse. In the Bible, says bible. In the bible, it says bible? Yeah. Well, I'm telling you yes. Yes. Yes. In the bible. So I tell you how I'm telling you how I Google things to, like, help me, like, bring together bible kingdom of priests. First Peter, new covenant. You don't need to turn there. Let me just read it to you. Okay. In the Bible, the concept of kingdom of priests, which is first Exodus 19, refers to Israelites being called to serve as mediators between God and other nations, a role that is later extended to all believers in the New Testament as seen in First Peter two:nine. And so he says that you are a in first Peter two nine, you're a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation. So in that regard, we are priests. We are ambassadors. We are emissaries. We are heralds of the good news, the gospel. And in the Old Testament, when Aaron's two sons, Nadab and Abihu, did not follow the prescribed order for offering a sacrifice, they experienced significant lost. Loss moment, but it's coming, when we are to get to each morning's sacrifice. But the two things are, number one, Aaron, and then number two, that we are a kingdom of priests, that we're invited to make sacrifices. And what does it say? We read this in Romans twelve one or two. Therefore, let's offer our bodies as a living sacrifice. Does that help, Corey? Yeah. I have to speak about it. Yeah. That's good. No. That's great. That making sacrifices carries through the cross into the new covenant. There are different types, though. Alright. The next thing. We see in verse 12, and some of you are already talking about this. We have to add wood to the fire every day. As we translate this into our own context, what could that wood be? Oh. Oh, yeah. It can be disciplines. That's great. Communication with the lord. Oh, be wow. Yes. Yes. Yes. All of these. All of these. How about adding god's word as fresh wood. Spending time with him as a discipline, communicating with him, responding in obedience to what you're reading, cultivating that relationship with the Lord, that is adding fresh wood to the fire. Back to you students. So at camp, you gotta take all of it. At camp at camp, you you know, you're having a quiet time. You're in your small groups. You're reading. It's awesome, it's amazing. That's what's happening. You come home from camp Sunday evening, and then Monday morning, you're like, wow, that was amazing. And you never crack open your Bible. Tuesday, wow. That last week at camp was so great, and you never crack open your bible. And then, like, before you know it, you're drive because the fire has gone out because there's nothing but ashes. Ashes. We say that on our leadership team when we kinda have, like, maybe not a an event that bombs, but not a great event. It was strenuous and difficult for us. When we're all done, we look at each other and we say, ashes. We have an amazing event. We clean up from Easter, and we're on this glow and this high. From Easter service, we look at each other and we say, ashes. It's done. It's in the past Right. Already. Ceremonally takes his notes, crumples them up, and throws them in the trash. Ashes. Yesterday's ashes. Today's fire must be built with fresh wood each and every day. Adding fresh wood to the fire is so vitally important. That's why, we we spend so long in in these camping out on these different topics so that you can really marinate and not just have me tell you about it, but I often say, what do you see? What are you pulling out? That is me inviting you to dig into god's word yourself. Consider these things for yourself. Wrestle with them yourself. Study them yourself. You see me. I'll I'll I'll give you supplemental things on the screen at times. Bible project podcast. Look at this book. Watch this video. Listen to this song. All of these things help you. I'm equipping you. I can't put wood on your fire for you. That's really important. I can't put wood on your fire for you. It says that each morning, the priest on duty needs to add wood to the fire. And I would add for people who think that it is the conference's job or the pastor's job, it's a huge bummer because then they wonder why they keep falling and why they keep falling. Well, I'm I'm going to church on Sunday. I'm doing that thing. You know, it's like they're being tricked. Mhmm. Mhmm. You have to add fresh wood. Oh, okay. Last one. Consuming god's word every day. Last one, verse 12. Now what's interesting about verse 12? Yes. Again, he says, meanwhile, the fire on the altar must be kept burning. It must never go out. Each morning, the priest will add fresh wood to the fire, arrange the burnt offering on it. Oh, back to Corey's question, what is that burnt offering? What is what is the offering that we lay on the altar every day? Us. I offer myself to you again fresh today, Lord. But then, the last sentence of verse 12, very interesting. What does it say? Here's the last part. You gotta let the fat drip. You gotta let the fat drip. What happen well, you'll get it. You'll get it. You'll get it. What happens when you're cooking a hamburger on the grill and you smash it down with a spatula? Yes? What what is the yes? And what happens to the flame? Oh. Oh. Oh, people. Oh, denominations that have sat under wrong teaching that quench the person in ministry of the Holy Spirit. Oh, pastors that mean well because they don't want their kids to get off into a ditch of doing or engaging in something weird that is not of the holy spirit, but then throw the baby out with the bathwater by saying and teaching that the person in the ministry of the Holy Spirit is not active today and they refuse and they preach against letting the fat drip. Oh. Far be it from us that we would prevent the fat, the oil of of of what god is doing in our life to be produced to when the holy spirit drips on the flame how it flares up into a conflagration. Let the fat drip. And then he reminds us one more time, do not let the fire go out. If we were if I were teaching as a youth pastor, I would say, this is a great recipe for having a daily quiet time. Number one, you gotta remember, it's your job to maintain the fire. God will send the fire, but it's your job to maintain the fire. My responsibility, responsibility. Not my parents, not my youth pastors, not that camp, not that speaker, not that book, not that podcast, my responsibility. Number one. Number two, I gotta take out the ashes of yesterday. I had an amazing experience. I had an incredible time. Let it go. Number three, I have to add wood to the fire every day. Part of adding wood can be remembering what he did yesterday. That was amazing. Let's do it again today. And then finally, inviting the person in the ministry of the Holy Spirit. Into your life, into your heart, into your quiet time, into your job. All of that was contained in just these few little verses in the most tedious, laborious, boring book of the whole Bible, Leviticus. What other treasures will you find in this Old Testament book? From here, I point you down the trail to continue continue your own quest for digging up god's amazing treasures in his word, especially in the book of Leviticus. Lord, help us. Help us. Help us. Father, I pray for my tribe family, our tribe family in here morning. If anybody would say, that sounds awesome and amazing, but I think maybe I've let my fire go out. It's just buried under so much ashes. Lord, their job is to take out those ashes. Forgive me for I let go of, and then I ask as I lay myself back on the altar, will you send your fire? Just let the holy spirit minister to you for a moment, and we'll worship the Lord in just one other way. As we stay in this attitude of worship just a moment longer, then we'll get you out of here. One of the most freeing things from what we talked about today is that our best is gonna look different. Every day sometimes, whether your best is extravagant and maybe grand in the world size or maybe your best is literally the tears that are sloshing on your pillow. Right? Or even a groan, the bible talks about. The holy spirit takes that and translates it to the lord. Sometimes, that's literally our best. So, that is so freeing to me and it's like, okay, all I have to do is give my best, whatever that looks like, I can do that. And it keeps our hearts calibrated and like we've talked about before, it keeps Jesus in the driver's seat of our life. When we do things like we're about to do, bring our tithe and our offering to him. Keeps him in the driver's seat. When we bring our absolute best, when we did all the things on the list, keeping firewood onto the flame. It keeps him in the driver's seat of our life and of our heart, and that's where he longs to be. Even if you love him dearly, but you just add him, and like Cain, you just bring some, It's good, but it's not what he wants. It's not the best. And he and he won't be a passenger. He'll be the driver or nothing. I know that sounds harsh, but that's such a he's so brilliant in that way. We want him to be the driver. We don't want him to be a passenger. So as we bring our tithe and our offering to him today, whatever that is for you, that is between you and the Lord. Money is one of those wild things in life that has the ability to grip our hearts. How we spend our time, our money, our efforts, our thoughts, all of those things have the potential to grip our heart in a positive or negative way. And so in his brilliance, brilliance, God said, give some of that. Give some of your time. Give some of your money. And the bonus is that actual money does the work of the local ministry. That's it's good to give and be generous anywhere, but specifically to the local church because it goes to do the work of the ministry. If you call tribe home, do that here. If you don't, don't. Whatever you want to do. But let's pray together as we bring our tithe and then above and beyond that our offering to him today. It's putting wood under the fire. Heavenly father, thank you so much for the opportunity we have to be a tribe family. This little local church in this Western Wyoming town. Lord, may everything we do and how money is spent, how our imagination goes, let it all bring glory to you. Every penny that comes into tribe, father, help our leadership team to be excellent stewards and be led by you, Holy Spirit, to know exactly what it is and where you want that to go to and to whom. We thank you so much for just tenderizing our hearts as we do different disciplines like bringing our tithe or waking up early or spending time with you as we bring all that wood to the fire as we have all those disciplines and all that obedience. Thank you that you honor that and that keeps you in the driver's seat. If there's anything in our lives today that you're maybe even bringing to our memory right now that is in the way or that is blocking you from being in the driver's seat, just holy spirit, if you'd speak that to our heart now, even if it's uncomfortable, let us just know what that is so we can eliminate that, father, and just keep you first. That's where you long to be, and that's where we want you to be. When life and busyness and distractions get in the way, we're sorry for that, father. Help us every single day to renew our mind like the Bible says and recalibrate our hearts to yours and be good stewards of the day. We thank you so much for who you are and how you love. In Jesus name, amen. Amen. Speaking practically, giving here at tribe looks like not passing buckets, but we do have two physical drop boxes if you have cash or check. One is right here by the door. One is outside the front door, a little black lockbox. Our website, tribejh.com, you can always give, and then you guys know what's the phone number to to the smartphone. 84321. And you just text the amount that you wanna give there. Probably. Oh, like you're texting a friend, Brian. I love you when you get there. Did you know 84321 is all all the churches, and you just have to put in tribe? Oh. Side note. Yeah. It's like the planning center's giving week. Oh. So make sure well, make sure it's drives or if it's not if drive isn't your church, give it whoever you want, but it's 84321. Three quick announcements, and we'll get you guys out of here. Trinity, is there a slide for the for the fella tonight? Fella and Gail? Yep. So, this this gentleman is here this evening. The our Jewish friend, brothers and sisters, Rabbi Zelman and friends are hosting him tonight and this is a Muslim man. His story is very unique. He's not a born again Christian. He's a Muslim, but he wants Muslims, Christians, and Jews to be united and in peace. So his his thoughts are very interesting, and so he's here to Jackson today at 06:00. If you have the ability and the time, it is a ticketed event. So hop online. It's at the work tonight. Hop online and see. You or you could pay at the door. If you have time tonight at six, go see him. See see what the lord might wanna do in him and through him. How we how we might wanna be a part. The the second one is this Easter is coming up. And the Friday before, you know, we call Good Friday. We did this last year, and it was amazing. So we're gonna do it again this year. Here, right here where you're sitting at the TMC, we're gonna have a Good Friday service. It's just gonna be at 06:00, Friday the eighteenth. Come just with an attitude of worship. We're not doing a meal. We're not doing a sermon. It's just we're going to take communion together. We're going to worship together and it's just a beautiful time to think about our lord and what he did and how he died on the cross and was risen again And then a couple days later, we're gonna have Easter, but not here. Easter is going to be at the conference center at the Virginian. One service, 10AM. Bring your church clothes, your fat pants, and your no, not spike ball, your cornhole clothes. Three outfits that day. We're gonna have a wonderful Easter church service. We're gonna have lunch together right there in the same room. Pants. For for all your lunch. Your stretchies. Your stretchies. I thought it was like pH fat. Yeah. It's biblical. And then if you are able to, just as a tribe family, it's fun to play and to be together. So we're gonna have some games after And Collin doesn't know yet, but he's gonna help us do that. Collin let's give Collin a hand for being in charge of it this year. Good job, being ball and told in this very moment. 10:00, one service, 10AM at the Virginian. Last thing is this before Brian prays for us. If you I know these are so common. You know, think when things come to familiar, you kind of forget about them. Don't let these ever be too familiar where you ignore it. I know, like, 14 fell off of Andy's lap. She keeps moving. But these are connect cards. One, if you don't get tribe's messages, put your information here if you want to. But on the back, this is a very, we don't take ourselves seriously, but we take our faith very seriously. And if you have something you want prayer for today, please write it on the back. We can pray in person with you, of course. But we, as a staff on Mondays, we take the stack of these cards and we pray over them as a group and then individually, and we just spend time warring in the spirit for you. We wanna be together with you. Nothing is too big. Nothing is too small. If it's on your heart, it's on your mind. Let's we're a family. As brothers and sisters in Christ, let's pray together and join our faith and believe for whatever you need. Thank you, Amanda. This is the first Sunday of the month, and we are steadfast in with endurance of continuing to support our Jewish friends as they continue over a year now to have monthly gatherings to call attention and raise awareness for the 50 plus unaccounted hostages that are still separated from their families, their friends, and their loved ones. And so at 5PM today on the town square, I'm inviting all of you as a tribe family to be to come to the town square to show support for Israel and our Jewish community. And then from there, we roll right over to the wart. Think of that speaker. If you're like, uh-uh. Don't get hung up or thrown off by that word coexistence in there. Like, it's okay. Think of it as a cultural experience. This guy has a lot of very intelligent things to say. So Lisa and I will be going to the town square, and then we'll roll right over to the wart. So please remember, and I invite you to attend both of those. How many of you have been to a Town Square gathering in support of Israel? Yeah. Wow. That's so many hands in here. Wow. That's great. Please come tonight to Town Square at five and then the the meeting, the presentation at six. Would you stand up? Lord, send the fire. Send the fire. Send the fire. The fire. Lord, send the fire. Send the fire. Send the fire. We understand it's our job. Help us, Lord, to maintain that fire. And right here and now, as we once again lay our lives on the altar as an allah offering, and our lives are consumed and laid down for your glory, would you use our lives to make your name famous here at Tribe, in Jackson Hole, the surrounding regions, and to the uttermost bounds of the earth. We pray these things in Jesus' name, and everybody said, amen. The lord bless you, give you a great week this week. And remember, life is waiting for you just outside the door. You better load that stone up in the sling and get it spinning because it's waiting for you. Have a great week. You got this.