Boldly Approaching Heaven's Holy Place (Hebrews 10:19-25)

Hebrews 10:19-25 emphasizes the boldness and confidence believers have in approaching God, based on the sacrifice of Jesus. In verses 19-22, the writer encourages Christians to draw near to God with sincerity and full assurance, holding fast to the hope of salvation, because we have a final priest who has cleansed and opened the heavenly sanctuary. It is our priest who represents us in heaven, he stands over his church, but guarantees that we can draw near to God.

Verse 22 is the first of three exhortations that we draw near to God.  We are not distant from God even while we are on this earth.

Verse 23 urges believers to hold tightly to their confession of faith without wavering, we are exhorted to stand firm in the hope that God is faithful to fulfill His promises.

Verses 24-25 call the community to encourage one another toward love and good deeds, especially as the Day of Christ’s return draws near. The passage underscores that our confession of faith—declaring and affirming our hope in Christ—should be lived out through mutual support and active participation in the life of the church as a people joined to the one priestly redeemer.

The One Who Delivers us from Death (Hebrews 2:14-18)

We welcome Mr. Mackenzie Boudreaux to our pulpit. He exhorts us from Hebrews 2:14-18.

The Joy of our Master (Hebrews 12:1-2)

Roy Kim exhorts us this morning giving Pastor Paul a week off.

Go with God’s Blessing! (Hebrews 13:20-25)

We leave worship with God's blessing. Hebrews gives us a very rich blessing. We go in the confidence of the Lord's preserving mercy in Christ. This is a benediction that assures us of God's redemption, his grace, and his power. We conclude the letter to the Hebrews and show how the benediction wins us over to God's favor.

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Living in the Better Word (Hebrews 12:25-29)

We are called to embrace rather than refuse the Lord who is speaking. Our God speaks to us in His word. Hebrews tells us, "For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the hear" (Hebrews 4:12). This is the exhortation for us to see the power of God's word that is at work in us. So, we are told in Hebrews 12 not to refuse the Lord who is speaking. The reason is that through the power of God's word we have received a kingdom that transcends this age.

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Living by the Better Word (Hebrews 12:14-24)

The Lord assembles us before Mount Zion. We press forward in the confidence of Christ. We are warned not to allow the root of bitterness to spring up in us. The place and anchor point is Mount Zion.

Loved through Discipline (Hebrews 12:1-13)

When we face difficult times in life we are tempted to think that God is not present in the midst it. We think that when things do not go our way that God is not blessing us. Our problem is we want God to do our will rather than being trained to do his will. Hebrews reminds us how we can have our priorities reversed.

What About the Others? (Hebrews 11:32-40)

We conclude the catalogue of saints who have gone before us. Hebrews concludes the catalogue of saints with some who had to wait upon the Lord in extreme circumstance, and others who experienced the Lord's exceptional blessing. As we wrap up this catalogue of saints we marvel at the Lord's sustaining power throughout covenant history.

Moses’ Precedent (Hebrews 11:23-31

The author of Hebrews continues to lay out the significance of the Old Testament saints looking to the one Christ. We are tempted to elevate these heroes rather than seeing the power that is behind their actions.

Preached: Morning April 30, 2023

The Faithful Precedent (Hebrews 11:8 22)

It is common for Christians to see Hebrews 11 as a catalogue of the Heroes of the Faith. This is not necessarily wrong, as there is a precedent of people who walked by faith, but it is lacking completion. You see we assume that they are walk in the faith, but we do not always consider the power that is at work in their lives. We assume that it is faith, but we can miss the undying beam that upholds them in their Christian sojourn.

What is Faith? (Hebrews 11:1-7)

"Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen." This is true, but what is faith? What does faith really do? Hebrews teaches us that faith is the manifestation of the Lord's creative work. It is as we walk in faith that the power of the spirit is manifested.

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Why Suffer? (Hebrews 10:26-39)

The letter to the Hebrews gives us a very strong exhortation not to turn away from the Gospel. The truth is that we do not want to fall into the hands of our God. We do not want to sin deliberately. The mosaic order teaches us clearly that God is serious about his justice. The reminder is to see and cling to what we have in Christ Jesus.

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Living in Light of the Day (Heb. 10:19-25)

Hebrews is exhorting us to live in light of Christ's second coming. We are to conduct ourselves in the confidence that Christ is at work in us. We also have to be confident that the Lord will usher us into his eternal rest.

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God’s Promise Secured (Hebrews 10:1-18)

The assurance that we have is that Christ has truly overcome. The letter to Hebrews makes a very strong statement that even the law of God is the shadow of what is to come. If we take this as all the Lord's directives then we should not see Hebrews in Scripture. This would clearly contradict a significant point of doctrine. So the law being the shadow has to refer to the Levitical priesthood and those regulations that show our sinfulness.

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Worshipping in the True Tabernacle (Heb. 9:23-28)

We conclude the climatic chapter of Christ's priesthood in Hebrews. Christ does his work in the heavenly tabernacle. He makes intercession for us in heaven. We live in the power of Christ as his heavenly people. We see to understand what it means to live out the gospel in the power of Christ.

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The Blood of the New Covenant (Hebrews 9:11-22)

Christ enters through the tabernacle. He makes the definitive sacrifices and then he sits down at the right hand of God. He is the great priest king who has secured us once for all and establishing the new covenant.

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Serving the Greater Priest (Hebrews 7:1-10)

We might think that our Christian life has less meaning and less significance when we consider the visible religion. However, we forget the time of the patriarchs where they are looking to the promised Christ. They do not have the temple. So we might think that Israel has a greater experience. This is where Hebrews develops the argument showing that Melchizedek is superior to Levi because he is first, he is eternal, and Abraham paid a tithe from the spoils of war.

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God’s Glorious Oath (Hebrews 6:13-20)

When we take an oath we take the oath in the Lord's name. The reason for this is because we need a judge who can peer into the heart. The judge knows what is right and wrong and the judge will ultimately administer justice. Now, as Christians we know that we are to be people of our word as we live our lives before the face of God. However, Hebrews reminds us that the Lord swears by himself because there is no one greater to enforce the oath. So we consider the nature of the oath and the promise that God has made and fulfilled giving us an anchor for our souls.

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Warning Against Apostasy (Hebrews 5:11-6:12)

Hebrews is a letter that encourages us to see the sufficiency of Christ. This is a letter that also exhorts us not to fall away from Christ. If we are not careful we might miss the context of the exhortation in Hebrews 5-6. We might doubt whether or not we really have Christ. There is certainly a call for self-examination, but there is also a rich conclusion we reach in this self-examination: Christ is sufficient.

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Is Christ Able to Relate? (Hebrews 5:1-10)

Christ is God and man. Christ took on human flesh, lived a perfect life, and now is in glory. We are earthlings from the dirt, we are fallen, and we are by no means perfect. We are works in progress suffering and struggling through this world. In fact, Hebrews communicates that we are in the wilderness time of testing. This is all true, and somehow Christ is a priest who really knows our struggle. He knows this struggle without sin. How can Christ really know us when he is God and man joined together in one person? How can Christ be a credible priest when he resides in heaven? Hebrews affirms these truths, but also assures us that Christ is a superior priest.

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