Exodus 4

How Friendships Help Draw Us Near to Christ

Exodus 3

Exodus 2

Exodus 1

2 Timothy 4:1-8

Intro to Exodus

Hebrews Benediction

The Hebrews Benediction

A Better Community Part 3

2 Timothy 3

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Jesus–Centered Friendships

Passage: Hebrews 6:4-8The writer of Hebrews has already said that these Jewish believers were dull of hearing, ought to be teachers, build on the fundamentals and move on to maturity. In just a few sentences it feels like he lays them flat on their back. But there is good reason why. This pastor doesn’t want his dear ones to give up and walk away from their faith. The next few verses are not hyperbole or hypothetical. This is a sobering reason why the solid food of Hebrews was written. Friends, listen carefully to God’s word!* How can believers be confident that their salvation is secure? List a few of the ways that you can explain that you have been born again and that your salvation is secure.* Can you identify the four soils of Matthew 13? How is it helpful in your gospel conversations?* Read ahead to next week’s text, Hebrews 6:9-12. Why is this text so important?

Passage: Hebrews 6:4-8 The writer of Hebrews has already said that these Jewish believers were dull of hearing, ought to be teachers, build on the fundamentals and move on to maturity. In just a few sentences it feels like he lays them flat on their back. But there is good reason why. This pastor doesn’t want his dear ones to give up and walk away from their faith. The next few verses are not hyperbole or hypothetical. This is a sobering reason why the solid food of Hebrews was written. Friends, listen carefully to God’s word! * How can believers be confident that their salvation is secure? List a few of the ways that you can explain that you have been born again and that your salvation is secure. * Can you identify the four soils of Matthew 13? How is it helpful in your gospel conversations? * Read ahead to next week’s text, Hebrews 6:9-12. Why is this text so important?

Not Finishing Well

Don't Drift

Jesus-Centered Prayer

Better Than Angels

Jonah: Chapter One

Passage: Hebrews 4:1-13We all long for rest, some of us don’t like it, but once we get there it feels so good. Rest from work. Rest from running. Rest from turmoil. Rest from the long day. The rhythm of life, work and rest, is God’s way of creating a longing in our heart for a better rest; spiritual rest. What the writer of Hebrews is going to tell us is that the better rest is not a particular place or time, but a person, Jesus.* How is the rest we experience on a day off, or vacation, or a nap on a sunny Fall day like the rest God is calling us to in Hebrews 4:1? How is it different?* How can your biblical understanding of rest enhance your times of earthly rest?* In what ways does God’s grace and rest intersect?

Passage: Hebrews 4:1-13 We all long for rest, some of us don’t like it, but once we get there it feels so good. Rest from work. Rest from running. Rest from turmoil. Rest from the long day. The rhythm of life, work and rest, is God’s way of creating a longing in our heart for a better rest; spiritual rest. What the writer of Hebrews is going to tell us is that the better rest is not a particular place or time, but a person, Jesus. * How is the rest we experience on a day off, or vacation, or a nap on a sunny Fall day like the rest God is calling us to in Hebrews 4:1? How is it different? * How can your biblical understanding of rest enhance your times of earthly rest? * In what ways does God’s grace and rest intersect?

Better Than Rest

The Greatest Gift Promised

Passage: Hebrews 5:11-6:3The way something begins is important, but the way it finishes is even more important! In construction, when the foundation is finished, there is no need to continue to build more foundation. The builder moves on to building the rest of the structure. In redemptive history, God set a good foundation in Judaism, but in Christ the whole structure has been made complete. Don’t be “dull of hearing”! Take this opportunity to commit to finishing well!* Can you identify ways you are spiritually immature? Do you want to grow? What will that require?* What is the difference between childishness and childlikeness? What would it look like for you to be both childlike and mature?* What should the process of discipleship look like? Are you currently discipling a younger believer? Why or why not?

Passage: Hebrews 5:11-6:3 The way something begins is important, but the way it finishes is even more important! In construction, when the foundation is finished, there is no need to continue to build more foundation. The builder moves on to building the rest of the structure. In redemptive history, God set a good foundation in Judaism, but in Christ the whole structure has been made complete. Don’t be “dull of hearing”! Take this opportunity to commit to finishing well! * Can you identify ways you are spiritually immature? Do you want to grow? What will that require? * What is the difference between childishness and childlikeness? What would it look like for you to be both childlike and mature? * What should the process of discipleship look like? Are you currently discipling a younger believer? Why or why not?

Finishing Well

Passage: Hebrews: 3-7-19* What are the hard places in your heart that you are holding onto, that cause you to forget who Jesus is, or that make you feel like you are owed something other than what Jesus has for you?* Where are you fighting for victory instead of fighting from victory?* (In preparation for next week) What is robbing you of resting in Jesus?

Passage: Hebrews: 3-7-19 * What are the hard places in your heart that you are holding onto, that cause you to forget who Jesus is, or that make you feel like you are owed something other than what Jesus has for you? * Where are you fighting for victory instead of fighting from victory? * (In preparation for next week) What is robbing you of resting in Jesus?

Better Than Me

The Appointed High Priest

The Greatest Giver

Solving the Profound Mystery of Marriage

Transformed Worship: Get to Know God’s Plan

Philemon: A Refreshing Story: Part One

Transformed Character

Jonah: Chapter Two

Passage: Hebrews 6:9-12Vince Lombardi did say that “a good offense is the best defense”. A good leader knows when to be firm and press in and when to encourage. The writer to the Hebrews desires his readers to always be on the move; to bear fruit that accompanies faith in a better Savior. So, immediately after the warning to not fall away as others have done, the writer contrasts falling away with “better things” that accompany salvation. And these better things are the stuff of running a better race.* Consider the contrast between the warning in 6:4-8 and the encouragement in 6:9-12.  What is the basis of the writers confidence and encouragement?* How does the “Root and Fruit” principle show up in this passage?  What other bible passages can you remember that talk about the truth of this principle?* How are you doing?  In what ways are we doing well as a church?  In what ways can you improve your walking in the fruit of your salvation?

Passage: Hebrews 6:9-12 Vince Lombardi did say that “a good offense is the best defense”. A good leader knows when to be firm and press in and when to encourage. The writer to the Hebrews desires his readers to always be on the move; to bear fruit that accompanies faith in a better Savior. So, immediately after the warning to not fall away as others have done, the writer contrasts falling away with “better things” that accompany salvation. And these better things are the stuff of running a better race. * Consider the contrast between the warning in 6:4-8 and the encouragement in 6:9-12. What is the basis of the writers confidence and encouragement? * How does the “Root and Fruit” principle show up in this passage? What other bible passages can you remember that talk about the truth of this principle? * How are you doing? In what ways are we doing well as a church? In what ways can you improve your walking in the fruit of your salvation?

A Better Race

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