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Therefore is a great word for starting our Epistle reading this evening because it lets us know that what we are reading is based on what has just been said a chapter earlier. And the preceding chapter, the first chapter of Hebrews, starts, “Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our…

“Be Reconciled to God” Root of Fruit Sin addressed “Unbelief, Pride, Selfishness” Gathering Paint voting, Communication for October Hand Out-Catechism - Reading Plan Call to Worship 5 The Lord Jesus, by his perfect obedience and sacrifice of himself, which he through the eternal Spirit once offered up…

THE BIRTH OF THE CHURCH Acts 2 records the birthday of the church, when the Holy Spirit descended upon the 120 believers who were assembled in the Upper Room. It also records the growth process of the infant church. On the Day of Pentecost, about 3000 people believed the gospel, repented of their sins,…

Are You Listening? Oxford languages define listening as ‘giving one’s attention to a sound’, while the Oxford and Cambridge dictionaries both define listening as ‘to give attention to someone or something in order to hear him, her ’. I find this distinction really interesting and important. Listening…

Introduction 5 part series from the Book of Hebrews. - “The Five Warnings of Hebrews” Hebrews was written as call “ultimate certainty and ultimate commitment” - William Lane WBC 47A p. xii. We live in an insecure, anxiety-provoking society. We are in need of a fresh breath of new life. That makes us…

Intro Why do so many Christians become baristas? its cause We identify with Moses… and Hebrews. Continuing our study of the book of Hebrews, jumping in to chapter 2 and focusing on the first 4 verses. As we go through this book, we won’t study everything. We won’t be able to dig deeply into every possible…

Introduction The Theme of the Hawaii District Conference was Taking a Stand This can mean different things to different people. People take stands ++For cultural things ++For political things ++For personal convictions ++Because of experiences Our text Hebrews Chapter 2 1 Therefore we must pay much closer…

Introduction Rev. 2:1 ““To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: ‘The words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands.” Interpreted in the chapter before Rev. 1:20 “As for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand, and the seven…

What Does It Mean to be Human? The greatest thinkers are holding conferences to explore this question. Here’s one answer they give. “What does it mean to be human? I have no idea, and I’m very happy with that. And I feel deeply human, and I love it.” Jon Kabat-Zinn, professor of medicine, UMass Medical…

Hebrews 2 Good morning Church! Open you Bibles with me to Hebrews chapter 2. Quick reminder of where we have been in this study so far, and we won’t do that every week, but this week we must as if you take a glance at chapter two, verse one, it begins with the word Therefore... AND every bible student…

Scene 1/ Tide & wind can take you a long way from where you want to be, just as life can take you a long way from where you intended 2:1 A number of years ago on our holiday we decided to make use of the kayaks where we were staying and to paddle from Golden Beach to the northern tip of Bribie Island.…

Today, we enter the Present Work of Jesus Christ. Quickly, to help us remember the context of Hebrews, The author is writing to Hebrew Christians had heard this glorious gospel, and should have been pressing on, leaving the word of the beginning of Christ. A great title for the Book of Hebrews would…

Personal instructions; applicable to all Paul gives some personal instructions that are worthy of our consideration for personal application for all. Instructions given until Paul comes Have you at some point in your life been given instructions on something to do until someone comes or returns? Instructions…

Introduction A shift of mindset. Tired at the gym, remember the benefits. Rather watch another episode, benefits of rest. Rather not save, benefits of paying up front for something big. Rather not tithe… Today we will talk about the shift in mindset that leads to us being both a generous church and a…

I. WHAT KIND OF CONFIDENCE DO WE HAVE AND WHY DO WE HAVE IT? A. Hebrews 10:19–25 (ESV) — 19 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, 20 by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, 21 and since we…

Intro: Have you stopped to notice lately that everyone is trying to get our attention? And there are all sorts of ways people are trying to do this. There is a message people want us to hear. We see this through the billboards in our city to the commercials on T.V. to social media, political campaign…

Hebrews Context God has revealed himself in many ways throughout human history in these last days he has revealed himself most clearly through Jesus Christ He is the greatest of everything Who was present at creation and will be forevermore God himself The greatest of everything (Jesus) proclaimed a…

Introduction If you’ve ever been on a boat in a lake, you may have witnessed drifting. I can remember going out on a lake to fish and we stop in a certain place. I get work on casting and reeling and trying to catch something. I’m just working on my task and eventually when I look up, things look different.…

Christ said, “I came to this world to set a fire, and oh how I wish it were already kindled!” ( Luke 12:49 ) I don’t know about you, but I want to see that fire kindled too!!! I want to see that fire ignited… That fire that drives us to stand in the gap for our world! We will see that fire kindled when…

1 Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. 2 For since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable, and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution, 3 how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared…

The Last of the 33 things Chafer found and documented 33 things that the believer receives at salvation. He found these while studying the Scriptures. He leaves it to us to add to the list things that we discover. Things that happened and benefited us at our salvation. Positional Truth - the answer to…

PRAYER A - Oh God of Abraham you are true and in you there is no error. When you speak it will be done. When you act no one can stand in your way. You are faithful to your people even when they are faithless. C - God we are so often faithless, we claim your name and yet often live in opposition to your…

SERIES: Scripture — Christian Life — Sin — Grace — New Birth —Salvation Someone’s life story begining with, “When I got saved...” There was a time when they were engaging in self destructive or immoral behavior. Something happened that awakened them to the love of God, a spiritual conversion. They surrendered…

1 Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. 2 For since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable, and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution, 3 how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared…