A House of Representatives

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Deut. 34:1-6 - Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. And the LORD showed him all the land, Gilead as far as Dan, all Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the western sea, the Negeb, and the Plain, that is, the Valley of Jericho the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar. And the LORD said to him, “This is the land of which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, ‘I will give it to your offspring.’ I have let you see it with your eyes, but you shall not go over there.”
So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD, and he buried him in the valley in the land of Moab opposite Beth-peor; but no one knows the place of his burial to this day.

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Strike 1- Sin

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-Sin has consequences.
Always for the sinner.
Sometimes for the bystander. (Aaron)
-Details Matter.
They matter to the Lord
They matter to the World that is watching you

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Strike 2- Pride

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He operates by his own power and He takes credit.
-When we find ourselves working by our own power, we are striving for our own glory.

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Strike 3: A lack of understanding


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Hebrews 10:1- For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near.

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Hebrews 10:11- And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God,

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1 Cor 10:1-4 Moreover, brothers, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea, all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, all ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.

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Moses messed up this Old Testament picture of Jesus.

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Hurdles for our representation:
-Sin
-Pride
-Lack of Understanding

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A main purpose of the Holy Spirit in us, is to empower us to Glorify Christ!

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John 15:5 -‘ I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.’


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Stay aware of your dependence.

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-Let your striving be a warning
-Abide
-Be unreasonably obedient.

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Luke 9:28-32 About eight days after Jesus said this, he took Peter, John and James with him and went up onto a mountain to pray. As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became as bright as a flash of lightning. Two men, Moses and Elijah, appeared in glorious splendor, talking with Jesus. They spoke about his departure, which he was about to bring to fulfillment at Jerusalem.