Teachings

hebrews 5:1-4

4/9/2017

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Hebrews 5:1-4
I. Call to Worship: Ps. 40:9,10
II. Offering: Ex. 25:1,2
III. Scripture-references:

Exodus 28:5 - ‘the sound of the bells will be heard when he enters the Holy Place before the LORD and when he comes out, so that he will not die’
John 1:14 – “And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
Exodus 28:1 - ‘then bring near to yourself Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the sons of Israel, to minister as priests to Me …’
Romans 12:1 – ‘Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.’

IV. Quotes:

John Calvin - ‘it was necessary for Christ to become a real man. For as we are very far from God, we stand in a manner before Him in the person of our priest, which could not be were He not one of us. Hence, that the Son of God has a nature in common with us, does not diminish His dignity, but commends it the more to us for He is fitted to reconcile us to God because He is a man’

V. Quotes:

Mishnah prayer of high priest - ‘O God, I have committed iniquity and transgressed and sinned before Thee, I and my house and the children of Aaron, Thy holy people. O God, forgive, I pray, the iniquities and transgressions and sins which I have committed and transgressed and sinned before Thee, I and my house’ (M Yoma 4:2)

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Hebrews 4:11-13

3/12/2017

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Points of Interest
Hebrews 4:11-13
“The Believers Rest – Part 3”
I. Call to Worship: Ps. 32:10,11
II. Offering: 2 Cor. 8:1-9
III. Scripture-references:

Eph. 2:19 – “So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God's household”
Is. 55:11 – “So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth; It will not return to Me empty, Without accomplishing what I desire, And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it.”
1 Cor. 4:5 - “…who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the motives of men’s hearts …”
Romans 3:19 - “…that every mouth may be closed and all the world may become accountable to God”
Prov. 15:3 – ‘the eyes of the LORD are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good’

IV. Quotes:

Spurgeon - ‘many and many a time have persons written to me or spoken with me and said, “did you intend in the sermon to make a personal allusion to me?” I have said “yes, I most certainly did. But I never saw you in my life and never knew anything about your case; only He that sent me commanded me to say this and that, and He knew who would be there to hear it, and He took care to guide my thoughts and words, so as to suit your case exactly, so that there could be no mistake about it”’
A.W. Tozer (‘Knowledge of the Holy’) - ‘God knows instantly and effortlessly all matter and all matters, all mind and every mind, all spirit and all spirits, all being and every being, all creaturehood and all creatures, every plurality and all pluralities, all law and every law, all relations, all causes, all thoughts, all mysteries, all enigmas, all feeling, all desires, every unuttered secret, all thrones, and dominions, all personalities, all things visible and invisible in heaven and in earth, motion, space, time, life, death, good, evil, heaven and hell’
Luther – ‘I am bound in conscience and hold fast to the Word of God’

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Hebrews 4:1-5 Pt. 2

3/5/2017

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Points of Interest
Hebrews 4:1-5
“The Believers Rest – Part 2”
I. Call to Worship: Ps. 22:22
II. Offering: Matthew 6:19-21, 24
III. Scripture-references:

Acts 18:9,10 - “Do not be afraid any longer, but go on speaking and do not be silent; for I am with you, and no man will attack you in order to harm you, for I have many people in this city.”
Matt. 7:14 - “For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.”
2 Cor. 6:2 – “…Behold, now is “THE ACCEPTABLE TIME,” behold, now is “THE DAY OF SALVATION”
Heb. 9:27 – “And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment”
Hebrews 12:1-2a - “Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith”

IV. Quotes:

Tim Keller - ‘All religions and philosophies say, "This is the way." Only Jesus says, "I AM the Way."

Michael Horton - ‘Paul’s legalist had misunderstood the true nature of the law: to lead us to Christ, not to lead us to self-salvation. The demand for faith does not turn faith into a work. On the contrary, it is a command to cease our labours and enter God’s rest. We are commanded to repent not only of our immoral life that we once approved but of self-trust, which is the greatest sin of all – the chief form of idolatry’
John Piper - ‘love is the overflow of joy in God that meets the needs of others’

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Hebrews 4:1-5 Pt. 1

2/19/2017

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Points of Interest
Hebrews 4:1-5
“The Believers Rest”
I. Call to Worship: Ps. 21:6,7
II. Offering: Proverbs 3:9
III. Scripture-references:

Eph. 2:8,9 – “For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.”
I Thess. 2:13 – “For this reason we also constantly thank God that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but for what it really is, the word of God, which also performs its work in you who believe.”
b2 Thess. 2:13 – “But we should always give thanks to God for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.”

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Hebrews 3:7-19

2/5/2017

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Points of Interest
Hebrews 3:7-19
I. Call to Worship: Ps. 18:30-32
II. Offering: II Cor. 9:7,8
III. Scripture-references:

I Peter 1:21 - ‘for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God’
Luke 16:31 - ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’
I John 2:19 – “they went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us”

IV. Cross-References:

Numbers 21:4-9
John 3:14-16
Gal. 3: 2-3; 6-9;14; 29
I Cor. 10:1-6

V. Quotes:

Kent Hughes - ‘faithlessness makes small mountains unclimbable and miniature seas uncrossable’
John MacArthur - ‘nothing is more illogical or unreasonable than unbelief. It refuses to accept the most overwhelming evidence – simply because unbelief does not want to believe’
Calvin - ‘we fall not immediately by the first assault into this madness of striving against God; but satan by degrees accosts us artfully by indirect means, until he holds us ensnared in his delusions’
John Piper -‘spend time with God-saturated people who help you see God and fight the fight’
Thomas Watson - ‘associate with sanctified persons … they may, by their counsel, prayers and holy example, be means to make you holy’
Spurgeon – ‘God has never taken an oath, that I know of, against any class of persons, except unbelievers’

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