If Jesus is actually your high priest— the one whom you appeal to on behalf of your sins— then you’ve got a decision to make:

You can—

1️⃣ Appeal to the Law and your self-righteousness

OR—

2️⃣ Appeal to Jesus and HIS righteousness on your behalf…

But…

You’ve got to make a choice.

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Here’s why:

Under the Old Testament Law, Jesus wasn’t qualified to be a priest. He’s of the tribe of Judah— not the tribe of Levi. And all of the priests (under the Law) come from the tribe of Levi (see Hebrews 7:11-8:4).

So…

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If you access Jesus, you can’t access the Law. It’s OUT.

But, His gift is enacted on better promises AND a more robust gift of radical, unbalanced grace.

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In this talk, we go through a bit of intro information…

… and then we bring my friend Brandon Ball in, who’s just written a book ALL ABOUT grace.

The book = Nailed It!

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Here’s the talk…

... where we talk about a FAR BETTER way that Jesus provides.

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Next best steps from here…

💙The free “grace basics” audio course = https://www.jenkins.tv/grace

📘 Brandon’s book, Nailed It! = on paperback = https://amzn.to/4nttpRc OR kindle = https://amzn.to/4me8Res

🛐 Church Unlimited, where Brandon pastors = https://www.mychurchunlimited.com = Weekly sermons from Brandon

⁉️ Grace Answers= www.graceanswers.com // Access to book purchase and Brandon's other grace-based resources.

📳 Church Unlimited App = search any app store for "Church Unlimited Alabama" to download for video content

In the New Testament era— just like today— people assumed they needed to choose “one leader” and follow them.

But Paul said something radical—

EVERY BIT OF INFO from any Christian leader is YOURS.

In other words, you don’t have to pick-and-choose, such that you “align” with one “STRIPE” or version of Christianity.

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And then he went further…

He said that EVERY BIT OF ANY TRUE INFO anywhere belongs to you as well…

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Because God is redeeming EVERYTHING and He intends to use ALL THINGS for His glory.

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Here’s what it means for each of us…

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Next best steps…

🎧 Learn more about grace with the free audio course at www.Jenkins.tv/grace

📗 Claim your free book and find + fulfill your purpose at www.Jenkins.tv/free

Paul says that Christ ascended to Heaven and then POURED out gifts to everyone in the “body of Christ” (read: all of His followers, past-present-and-future) so “build up” together into the full measure of Christ Himself (see Ephesians 4:11f.).

In other words…

1️⃣ We’re all gifted

2️⃣ We’re all called

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The problem is that we often create a false dichotomy between who is called and who isn’t— between who does SACRED work and who does secular work.

But…

… as Dan Miller reminds us (in his book 40 Days to the Work You Love)—

There is a Hebrew word, avodah, from which come both the words “work" and “worship." To the Hebrew man, his Thursday morning activities were just as much an expression of worship as being in the synagogue on the Sabbath.

Nothing in Scripture depicts the Christian life as divided into sacred and secular parts. Rather, it shows a unified life, one of wholeness, in which everything we do is service to God, including our daily work, whatever that may be.



This isn’t just a “spiritual concept,” this idea about work being connected to a deeper purpose. Webster’s dictionary (full disclosure: I looked this up online and not from an actual Webster’s book) defines work as "bodily or mental efforts exerted to do or make something; purposeful activity.”

Work is—

✅ Purposeful

✅ Meaningful

✅ Intentional

Work adds value to everything around us, because work places the touch of the Creator somewhere in our world, even as it uses human instruments to do so.

In fact…

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Colossians 3:17 tells us, “Whatever you do, do it as unto the Lord.” Whereas it’s easy to assume this simply applies to church or religious activities, this verse reminds us that any activity we do should be performed as unto the Lord. Paul, who also write this verse, clarifies the reason: “Because it is the Lord God you are serving.”

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Next best steps…

Access the LifeLift book and live your purpose everywhere you go— www.Jenkins.tv/free

Access the free “Grace Basics” audio course = www.Jenkins.tv/grace