Hebrews Bible Study
Jesus Is Greater
Exercise And Endurance
February 14, 2018 • Pastor Chad Thompson
God will use discipline, both positive and negative, to help us grow our faith. A faith that endures grows a hope that endures. And we need both if we are to run the race of life. The author shares 5 things we can look to help us run with an enduring faith.
Triumph, Tragedy, And Faith To Endure
February 7, 2018 • Pastor Chad Thompson
In this fallen world, everyone experiences a mixture of both triumphs and tragedies. However, neither astonishing victories nor demoralizing defeats represent the end of the story. As the author closes out chapter 11, he summarizes this truth: And all these, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. We too can do as they did: look into the future by faith and live faithful lives in the present.
The Patriarchs Waited By Faith
January 31, 2018 • Pastor Chad Thompson
Sometimes we have to wait before God fulfills what He has promised. In the waiting we exercise our faith and grow it stronger. We don't give up in despair. We have to long for those things that are not of this world. Get our eyes on the spiritual, eternal, and heavenly. Like Abraham, we must look for a city whose building and maker is God.
Our Responsibility in Light of Jesus' Superiority
January 10, 2018 • Pastor Chad Thompson
Because of Jesus' superior sacrifice, a way has been opened for us to have a relationship with God. It also established Jesus as our Great High Priest. In light of Jesus superior sacrifice and ministry, we have a responsibility to draw near to God, hold fast our confession of hope, and stir one another up unto love and good works.
A Greater Sacrifice
December 20, 2017 • Pastor Chad Thompson
Because the OT sacrifices could never provide for cleansing and removal of guilt, there was a need for a greater sacrifice. Jesus is that greater sacrifice. He is the Lamb that taketh away the sins of the world. By His sacrifice, the OT ended and the NT began. The sacrifice of Jesus was a one for, once for all, and free for all sacrifice that brings the removal of guilt and the purging of the heart from sin.
The Mediator Of The New Covenant
December 13, 2017 • Pastor Chad Thompson
Jesus is the Mediator of the New Covenant which He has signed and sealed in His own blood. His sacrifices is a once for all time payment of sin. As a High Priest He only offered one sacrifice one time. He now appears in the heavenly tabernacle as our Great High Priest ministering the New Covenant benefits to all believers.
Cleansing The Heart
December 6, 2017 • Pastor Chad Thompson
The Old Covenant along with its priesthood and sacrifices could never clean a person's heart or remove sin guilt. It could only "cover" the sin. The New Covenant along with its Great High Priest and one time sacrifice cleanses internally and removes all sin guilt. Our faith must be in the finished redemptive work of Jesus on the cross.