Follow Christ in Community
Follow Christ in Community
Paul Trulock - 7/7/2024
Key Passages: Hebrews 13:7-9, 17, 24
Remember your past leaders
- Hebrews 13:7
- Remember those who led you in the past. Those who pointed you to Christ.
- Continue to learn from what they taught you
- Imitate their faith
- We gain perspective by looking back.
Be steadfast in following Christ
- There is only one who can lead us perfectly.
- Hebrews 13:8
- We have a propensity to either be overly enamored or overly critical of our leaders.
- All human leaders are imperfect… but not Christ
- Joshua 1:7-8
- Hebrews 13:9
- Don’t be distracted by the next new shiny thing.
Submit to your present leaders
- Hebrews 13:17
- Not blindly following
- Our leaders will be held accountable
How?
- Hebrews 13:24
- Be committed to a local church
- In community
- Serving
- 1 Thessalonians 5:12-13
- Be at peace among yourselves and with your leaders.
The Way of Love Lived Out
The Way of Love Lived Out
Dave Riddle - 6/30/2024
Key Passages: Hebrews 13:1-6
Recap: Hebrews is…
A book of Exhortation
- Let us…
A book of Anticipation
- Looking forward
A book of Exultation
- Jesus is greater
A book of Application
- Chapter 13 specifically
Let brotherly love continue
- Hebrews 13:1
- Let the love of the brothers and sisters of Christ (the Church) continue.
- We are called to live the way of love.
- Colossians 3:14 - wrap yourselves in unselfish love… the perfect love of unity.
- 1 Peter 1:22 - Love one another constantly.
- John 13 - Love one another, just as I have loved you… by this, all people will know that you are my disciples.
- Something that we can ONLY do by the power of the Spirit.
Hospitality
- Hebrews 13:2
- Starts with the family of God and extends to all people.
- Let love extend, even to those who are strangers.
- Angel = messenger.
- Possibly a spiritual being.
- Possibly someone bearing the gospel.
Show genuine concern for those who are struggling
- Hebrews 13:3
- Prisoners
- The mistreated
- Those who are suffering in the body.
- Romans 12:9-15
- We may not have the ability or words to make things better, but we CAN be present.
- What does this look like for us today?
- Certainly, it doesn’t mean we can do nothing.
- Matthew 25:34-36
Marriage is to be honored
- Hebrews 13:4
- Love your spouse
One thing we shouldn’t love
- Hebrews 13:5
- Free from the love of money
- 1 Timothy 6:10
- Luke 12:15
- Mark 10 (Rich Young Ruler)
- Be satisfied with what you have.
- Philippians 4:11-12
- Contentment
He will never leave or forsake us!
- Hebrews 13:5
- Deuteronomy 31:6
- Matthew 28:20
The Lord is our helper
- Hebrews 13:6
- Romans 8:38-39
Purpose / Surrender
Message Begins around 22:30
Purpose / Surrender
Dave Riddle • 04/10/2022
Key Passage: Matthew 26:38-39
“Not my will, but yours be done”
Matthew 26:38-39
His life was all about living out the Father’s will.
Philippians 2:5-6
He didn’t use his equality with God as an excuse.
Philippians 2:7-8
Exalted in his humiliation due to his willingness to surrender to his father’s will.
What about us?
Ephesians 6:6
Completely surrendered to the will of God.
Hebrews 13:20-22
Equipped with everything good to do the will of God.
1 John 2:17
Whoever does the will of God abides with him forever.
Psalm 143:19
“Teach me to do your will”…
May your Spirit lead me on level ground