Don't Let Go! Maintain Your Grip on the Hope of Christ
October 8, 2024 • Jeremy Walker • Hebrews 10:23
My friends, have you ever watched a free climber hanging on the side of a cliff, hundreds of feet in the air, with nothing but his fingertips and toes keeping him from falling to his death? It's a terrifying sight, but it's also a powerful picture of what it means to hold fast to our hope in Christ.
In this sermon, we'll be looking at Hebrews 10:23, where the writer exhorts us to "hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering." We'll explore what it means to have a confession of hope, how to maintain an unwavering grip on it, and why the faithfulness of God is our ultimate foundation.
We'll also be looking at the many ways in which our hope can be challenged, both from within and from without. But we'll see that, by the grace of God, we can stand firm in the faith and hold fast to the confession of our hope, even in the midst of the storms of life.
God's Unbreakable Chain: The Love That Never Fails
October 1, 2024 • Stuart Olyott • Romans 8:28–30
Stuart Olyott | 2024 Fellowship Conference United Kingdom | This sermon explores the Christian life through the lens of God’s "unbreakable chain" as outlined in Romans 8:28-30. It vividly describes the five links in God's plan of salvation—foreknowledge, predestination, calling, justification, and glorification—showing how they secure the believer’s eternal destination.
Striving Faith: Few Pursue What Jesus Commands
October 22, 2024 • Tim Conway • Luke 13:24
Have you ever considered Luke 13:24? In response to someone asking if only a few are saved, Jesus says, "Strive to enter through the narrow door." What does that mean? And why does Jesus say only a few will do so? What does Hebrews also say? "Let us." How do you get in? By what? Striving. Now look at Hebrews 4:3: "We who have believed." Anybody feel better now? Here's the thing—apparently, the author of Hebrews believes that making every effort to labor to enter God's rest and believing to enter God's rest are not incompatible. Striving and believing go hand in hand.
