sacrifice, but I'm glad that through Jesus Christ he died once and for all. Right? It's a better sacrifice, right? He had to sacrifice one time for all. Not just the sins of those that come after Him, or not just for the sins of those that lived with Him, but even for the sins of those who were before Him, He died for those sins. For all sins He died, once and for all. For then must He often have suffered since the foundation of the world. But now, once in the end of the world, He appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. Do you like that? That He's going to put away sin with the sacrifice of Himself. I'll tell you that as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this, the judgment. So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many, and unto them that look for Him shall He appear the second time without sin unto salvation. Listen, I'm telling you what I don't know, but says that I don't know how we. I don't know how we are more excited about this, but so Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many and unto them that look for him. Those that look to him. Those who trust in him. Those that believe on him. Those that have put their faith and trust in him. He says, those that look for Him shall He appear the second time without sin. Look, that's not just Him that's without sin. That's going to be us that's without sin. Because He's taken our sin. He's died for our sins. He's taken it away. He said we're going to look on Him the second time we look upon Him. We're going to be without sin. Praise the Lord. Right? It's because of Him. It's not because of no turtle doves. It's not because of no rams or no goats. It's not because of no bulls. It ain't because of Joss's chickens. It ain't because of anything but the Lord Jesus Christ. Right? It's all because of Him. I'm telling you, without sin, we can live a life now that is without sin. We are forgiven of our sins, past, present, and future. We have been forgiven. We have been atoned for. All because of the blood of Jesus Christ. The bulls and goats, they could not. cover my sins once and for all. The bulls and goats, I had to go back next year. The bulls and goats, I'm telling you, every year I had to come up with another sacrifice. But I go to Jesus Christ, and now every year my sins are covered with Jesus Christ, and I don't even have to go back to Him every year. Once I'm saved, I'm always saved. Once I put my faith and trust in Him, I've always got my faith and trust in Him. Look to the Lord. He's the better sacrifice. He's the better way. He is the way. He is the truth. He is the life. There's no man that goes unto the Father but by Him. I'm telling you, I don't get there by bulls and goats. I don't get there by any other animal. I get there through the Lord Jesus Christ. And He's the only way. Hebrews 10, verse 4, For it is not possible, it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins. It's not possible. It's not possible. What they were doing, what the Old Testament saints were doing, was what God commanded them to do. But what they were doing, they had to do every year. I ain't against what they were doing, because they were doing what they had to do. Because this is what God commanded them to do. God commanded them to make these sacrifices. And they made those sacrifices knowing that God had promised that there will be a Messiah that comes one day. Now, I do have a problem with those who are still trying to make those sacrifices today. Because Jesus has already come. He's done away with the sacrifices. No more need for the sacrifices. You know, you're fighting over the Temple Mount over there in Israel right now. I'm telling you, they're fighting with the Muslims trying to take that land back. They want that land back. They want it back so they can build them a new temple. I'm telling you what, the reason why they don't have that land is because God don't want them to have that land. Because they don't need to build a new temple. Jesus done away with the temple. They're going to build that temple one day. They will. They will finally get their way and build that temple. It might not be right there where they want to build it, but they're going to build it one day. But guess what? Those sacrifices they make in that temple are null and void. They don't mean a thing. Those sacrifices that they're trying to make right now don't mean a thing. They do not make them right with God. He has done away with those sacrifices. And I'm telling you, aren't you glad to know that you know Jesus Christ, the one who took away those sacrifices, that we don't no longer have to take part in those things. I'm glad. The blood of bulls and goats, they will not take away sins. They will not take away sins. So it doesn't matter if David has a hundred bulls and a hundred goats. It doesn't matter if he has a thousand turtle doves. It doesn't matter if he owns a zoo with all those things. Those things will not forgive him of his sins. They will not take away his sins. Because only Jesus Christ can take away our sins. Only the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. In Hebrews 10, verse 10, it says, By the witch will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. Listen, we're sanctified through the body of Jesus Christ once and for all. Covers it all. All to him I owe, right? It covers it all. And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices which can never take away sins. Listen, they're in there. Priests. They're wanting to build the temple so they can start sacrificing again. There's a lot of Jewish people today that think that they're living in sin because they can't make their sacrifices because the temple was torn down years ago and they don't have a place to sacrifice. So they think they're wrong with God. They think they're living in sin because they can't make their sacrifices. Well, listen, if they would just put their faith and trust in the Messiah, they would just put their faith and trust in Jesus Christ, they don't have to do those sacrifices no more. You're free and clear of the sacrifices because God did away with those through Jesus Christ. That make you happy? Makes me happy. says that those priests stand there daily. And sometimes they're doing the same sacrifices every day. Those same sacrifices that can never take away sin. Can never. But this man, Jesus, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God. Look at that. There ain't no bulls, there ain't no goats, turtle doves or pigeons sitting at the right hand of God. None. But Jesus sacrificed himself so that we could have a right relationship with God. And after he offered his sacrifice, he goes and sits at the right hand of God to make intercession for us. to be our intercessor, and to be our high priest. You talk about going back to the high priest, hey, the high priest offering his sacrifices for the people. Well, Jesus offered our sacrifice to God, and he sits right beside God, on the right hand of God. From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. For by one offering he hath perfected forever them that are sanctified. He's perfected us, Forever. Believers, you believers out there, you are perfected forever through Jesus Christ and his sacrifice. He said, for by one offering he hath perfected forever them that are sanctified, those that trust in the Lord, those that are growing in the Lord, those that are being followers of Jesus Christ. So this whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us. For after that he had said before, this is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord. I will put my law into their hearts and in their minds will I write them. And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. I got that underlined. Listen, because of Jesus Christ, my sins and iniquities will be remembered no more. What did it say? You go back to the first part of chapter 10. He says they have to come back every year. And those sins are being remembered every year. They have to come back every year to get forgiveness of their sins. And their sins are being brought up every year to be remembered, every year to be sacrificed for, every year they're having to do it over and over again. But Jesus, God says, and those people that have put their faith and trust in Jesus, their sins and inequities will I remember no more. Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin. So if we have forgiveness of our sins, there's no more offering for sins. Jesus is the only offering. He done it once and for all. Hey, I can't go right now. They're doing it wrong in Israel. They're doing it wrong. The Jewish people are doing it wrong. Hey, it says right here, it says right here, there is no more offering for sin. No more. There's no more offering of bulls. There's no more offering of goats. They're over there trying their best. They're trying their best to get to God. But what they really didn't realize is Jesus did His best so that we could get to God. It ain't what I can do. It's what Jesus did. It's not a sacrifice that I can make. It's what Jesus sacrificed on the cross. Lay down all the rituals, the religious rituals. These Jewish people, lay them down. Lay down all these religious rituals and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. And there's coming a day when he says he's going to pour out his spirit upon them and they will once again turn to him. Right. And there's some, I ain't saying all Jews. There's some Jews that believe in Jesus Christ as their Messiah. There are. There are a lot of them out there that believe in Jesus. But there's a lot of them that don't. And that's why they want their temple back so bad, because they feel like they need that to make their sacrifices. But Hebrews 10, 18, there is no more offering for sin. Aren't you glad? Does that make you happy to know that you put your faith and trust in the only one that can save? You put your faith and trust in the one that says you don't have to do those things. Hey, I know this about, I know this about salvation. It's like I already said, it's not what I can do. It's not man reaching up to try to help God. It's God reaching down trying to help man. It's not us. It's nothing that we can do. It's only what God can do. It's only what He can do. It's only what Jesus did on the cross. It's the only way. The only way. That's the reason why He's so clear. I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man cometh unto the Father but me. I am the good shepherd. I am the door of the sheep. Anybody who comes in has to go through me. That's the reason why He's so clear that, hey, for God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him, it's the only way. It's the only way to get there. The only way to get to heaven is through Him. It ain't through a chicken, it ain't through a rooster, it ain't through a cow, it ain't through a dog, it ain't through any other animal. It is only through and by Him. So if anybody tries to get in any other way, it's no better than a thief and a robber. He says, don't make my house a den of thieves. He says, don't do that. Listen, we're offering as a church, as Westside Baptist Church, we're offering a place for you to come and know the Lord. Right? Hey, we don't want your money. We ain't asking you for your money. God's saying, be obedient in giving. Be obedient. That is your, that is a way of worship. That is a way of being obedient to him. Give your 10%. I'm not telling you give your 10% because hey I want to put it in my pocket. That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying give your 10% because that is obedience to God. That is saying I put my faith and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. That's saying this is a way to worship Him. This is a way to honor Him. This is a way to appreciate what He's done for me. I'm telling you. But Don't think that we're out for your money, because we're not. We just want us all to be in a right relationship with God. I don't want to stand up here. Josh don't either. Don't want to stand up here and preach to a bunch of people that just robbed God of their money, of his money. The Bible says that pretty clear, that those that don't give, they're just robbing God. And like I said, God doesn't need your money. He doesn't. He just wants a relationship with you. He wants your obedience. He wants you to be closer to Him. And how are we closer to Him? By worshiping Him. And that's a way of worshiping, is tithing. But what we do offer more than anything, what we do want from you is for you to live your life for Jesus Christ, to follow Him, put your faith and trust in Him. That's what we want. Not out here wanting your money. We want you to know Jesus Christ is your Savior. As we get a song ready tonight, we want you to know the Lord Jesus Christ. We want you to know that there ain't nothing you can do. There's nothing that you can do. You cannot do anything to save yourself. It's only through Jesus Christ. He's the only one. He's already done everything that's needed. Everything that's required, He's already done. Just put your faith and trust in Him. Follow Him. Believe in Him. Believe. Repent and believe the gospel. Believe the gospel. I've had a, I started, I had a, just call it a lack of intelligence on my behalf. I ain't too proud to say. I just always thought, I always started thinking, I got hung up on this a little bit in my mind. If it's just as simple as believing, in the Lord Jesus Christ, then you can talk to a bunch of people that believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. But I believe, I said this at Mamaw Jean's funeral, it's a different kind of belief, I believe. I believe, like I can say, like I said, I used this as an example at the funeral for those of you that were there, I believe it's gonna rain tomorrow. If it don't, so what? You know what I'm saying? But believing in something, like I believe that when I go to work this week, come Friday I'm gonna get a paycheck. That's why I go, because I believe. And so far in the 24 years that I've worked there, every Friday I get a paycheck. So I believe I'm gonna get a paycheck. So that's why I go and work. I labor for the paycheck. Now, if you truly believe in something, you'll give your life to it. I've given my life to that company. 24 years I've worked there. I was thinking about it the other day. I spend more waking hours at that place than I do anywhere else. Waking hours. I'm not talking about sleeping hours. Waking hours. I've basically given my life to that company for 24 years. I'm spending a lot of time there. You know, foghorn leghorn, you're picking up what I'm putting down. You know, I'll use Josh's quote there. See, listen, with Jesus Christ, if you believe in Jesus Christ, you want to give your life to him. You want to. You'll want to invest in that. If you believe in something, you're going to invest your time and your efforts and your whatever. You're going to invest in that. I'm telling you, wouldn't you have liked to have went back and invested in Apple back when they were just making them big old bricks that they sat on the desk? Wouldn't you like to have invested in those? You've got $100 a share. We'd all be rich, wouldn't we? Right? But look who all did invest their time. Now they're billionaires and trillionaires, whatever. billionaires out there. But listen, with Jesus Christ, we need to invest our lives to him. Listen, the benefits of trusting in the Lord are far greater than anything I can invest my time in here. I've invested a lot of time in UT football. They let me down. I have. Have you? I have. Me and Josh, both of us. Josh says it more than I do, because he's closer to the Lord than I am. He said, I just wish I couldn't and didn't have to watch them. I can't pull myself away. I still watch it. I've invested a lot of time in that. But what's it got me? A lot of heartburn and heartaches. I had one good year. That was the best year of my life. I got married that year, too. So anyway, I love the Lord. I want to invest my time in him because I believe in him. You believe in something, you invest your time in it, right? I believed in a lot of things in my life that let me down. I have believed in it, invested time in it, right? But I believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and he's not going to let me down. not going to let me down. I guarantee he's not going to let me down. I might go, you know, I may go to work tomorrow and they say, you don't have a job no more. Then what? I put all that work in for them to let me down now. Right? It could happen. I don't think it's going to happen. Pray that it don't happen. Or pray that God opens up another door if it does happen. But I've invested all that time and it could be over tomorrow. But God will go with us even to the ends of the earth for all of eternity. Invest your time in Him. Believe in Him. You want something to believe in? Believe in Him. Believe in Him as we sing.