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Jesus’ Greater Priesthood – Hebrews 7
Imagine arriving to your hotel, late at night, ready to check in and go to sleep, only to find that the lobby was shut and locked. What good is a hotel with a closed lobby, such that you can’t gain access to what you need? The priests of the Old Testament were mortal men who died, such that their priestly work was constantly being interrupted. But Jesus priesthood, by contrast, is continual, perpetual, and eternal, such that through him, we can…
Perseverance and Promise – Hebrews 6:4-20
Many Christians live their lives believing that their salvation is all up to them – and, that they can lose it. Instead of having security and confidence, we can live life like a tightrope walker in the circus, taking each step ever so slightly, thinking that if we take one wrong step, we are lost and gone and perish irredeemably. As a result, we can live out our relationship with God in tremendous insecurity and fear. The Bible affirms both that a person can fall away from a…
Maturity – Hebrews 5:11-6:3
There is a natural drive in us to want to mature – we want to grow up. But, it is possible to become content with immaturity. It is possible to become content with where we are, until we are confronted with our immaturity and awakened to our need of change. Unfortunately, in our culture today, immaturity is often met with embrace and acceptance, and even celebration. The greater tragedy is when spiritual immaturity is embraced in the church. The book of Hebrews encourages the believer…
Jesus’ Suffering and Ours – Hebrews 5:1-10
Jesus knows what it means to suffer. If you have suffered in this life, if you know what it’s like to cry, to shed tears, to experience pain and grief, and if you know what it means to obey God even when it is costly, then you can take comfort in knowing that Jesus, your great High Priest, knows, even more than we do, what it means to suffer. He knows what it means to experience grief, to cry, to…
Jesus’ Temptation and Ours – Hebrews 4:14-16
There’s a common, but false, idea out there which thinks that “Normal” in the Christian life is a life of ease – that it is a life of uninterrupted smooth sailing, such that if trials and difficulties comes, if failure or struggle comes, if hardship comes, then something’s wrong … “Normal” has been interrupted, and so we assume that we are defective and something is wrong. But the Bible paints a far different picture of the Christian life: it is a battle, where…
God’s Living Word – Hebrews 4:12-13
When someone is important to you, their words will be important to you. How you listen to somebody reveals in some degree how important that person is to you. The Bible is God’s Word. It is God speaking to you. How you respond to His Word, the Bible, is how you respond to God Himself.
The Need for Faithfulness – 2 Timothy 2:1-2
Charge for Dan Smith’s ordination as Elder. The Gospel is something entrusted to the Church. It is not of our own making. It’s not ours to tinker with. It is someone else’s. Therefore it must be faithfully guarded. It is the priceless treasure of the church.
Shepherds & Shepherding – 1 Peter 5:1-11
In his words of exhortation to the leaders of the Church, Peter is writing to people who are suffering and who will be suffering more in the future .. it will be like a fiery ordeal. Therefore it is necessary for elders to be good shepherds, exercising humility; being sober-minded and watchful, resisting the devil at every turn.
Bondage Breaker – Mark 5:1-20
In considering the event of Jesus healing a demon possessed man, we are faced with a question .. who is this story intended to speak to? Is there a message here only for those who are demon possessed, or is there a broader application? If there is Gospel here, good news, who is it for? Is it only for extreme cases, as in the demon possessed man, or is every man represented here?
Longing for Rest – Hebrews 4:1-11
Rebecca Pippert recounts the story of one individual coming to faith in Christ, where it required the individual to become homeless, to flee the environment she was currently in. To Pippert’s surprise, the next day she observed the woman, suitcase in hand, a smile on her face, and tears in her eyes. This is a picture of the Christian life: Christians have no home in this world, but are wilderness wanderers in this life. As they walk through a life of suffering,…
Life in the Desert – Hebrews 3
Chapters 3 and 4 of Hebrews are written to Christians who are experiencing the lows of life, who are profoundly experiencing what it is like to live in a fallen, broken, sin-filled world. These chapters teach us to not despair, even in the lows, because our ultimate hope is not in this life. It is also written to Christians experiencing the highs of life. It teaches us not to be ultimately satisfied with these highs because they are fleeting and…
Jesus’ Great Salvation – Hebrews 2:5-18
In the 19th century, a Catholic priest, Father Damien, was known as the apostle to the lepers. Leprosy was a problem in Hawaii at the time, and in order to prevent it’s spread, lepers were quarantined in a remote place, with little assistance from the outside world. Realizing it was a death sentence, the Catholic Church did not require priests to go minister to these people in need, but instead looked for volunteers, and Father Damien was the first to…