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In the book of Hebrews, Jesus is compared to the different priestly roles in the Old Testament. The writer of Hebrews leads us to understand that Jesus is greater than even the High Priest. He is compared to an obscure priest/king character that Abraham met and paid homage to. This priest/king served as an example…
Sermon This is the last day in the book of Hebrews. Let me spend a few minutes telling you where we’ve been in the past seven months in the book of Hebrews. Some of the sermon titles have been: Jesus really is God, He is the King of the angels, He can really be trusted,…
Sermon We are almost finished with the book of Hebrews. Last week I shared with you the six traits of someone who has a living faith in Jesus. Today I want us to look at five traits of a strong faith. I saw this video that some of you may not have been able to…
Sermon One of my heroes of the faith, Dietrich Bonheoffer, once said in his book The Cost of Discipleship, “When Christ calls a man or a woman he bids them to come and die. Die to self, die to sin and to follow him.” Last week I told you to listen for the voice of…
Sermon Notes Last week Ricky was telling us how to live our life inside out. Today, I want us to examine how well we are listening for Jesus’ voice. I want you to start to examine right now if Jesus’ voice is being crowded out by other voices in your life. The voices that you…
Sermon Points 14 Work at living in peace with everyone, and work at living a holy life, for those who are not holy will not see the Lord. 15 Look after each other so that none of you fails to receive the grace of God. Watch out that no poisonous root of bitterness grows up to trouble you,…
Sermon Notes In 1988 the U.S. started a construction project on the Ohio River. The site is located between Pulaski County, Illinois and Ballard County, Kentucky. Early in the 19th century there was a difference in the water levels because of some rocks. They started a construction project and built a dam and two locks…
Sermon Today picks up the second half of Hebrews 11, one of my favorite chapters in the Bible. We are going to look at the idea of faith today. I want to tell you a story about Brad Pitt that will set the stage for what we are going to study of how not to…
Pre-Service Discussion Questions Define faith? What does it look like? How do you know if your faith in something is real? What is God looking for from people? What do you think pleases God? (Why ?) Do you come from a family of faith? Can someone have genuine faith and not take risks in life? …
Jesus is Greater than the Priests Hebrews 7:11-28 Pre-Service Discussion Questions What is your opinion- can religion get you into heaven? Explain your answer. Back in ancient Israel you had to go through a priest to get to heaven. What is the role of a priest or a pastor today? Read Ps 110:1-4. To…