Hebrews 4

Draw Near. Hold On. Consider Others.

Draw Near. Hold On. Consider Others.

Dave Riddle - 4/28/2024

Key Passages: Hebrews 10:19-25

Let us draw near…

- Hebrews 10:22

- With clean consciences and bodies

- Made right with God

- Displaying the righteousness of Christ.

- 2 Corinthians 5:17

- The inward change produces outward changes.

- You are righteous, now be righteous

- You are holy, now be holy

- Why? So that we can serve the living God

- Hebrews 9:13-14

- See also: Hebrews 4:13

Let us hold on…

- Hebrews 10:23

- Hold on to the confession of our faith.

- Hold fast

- Hebrews 4:14

- Without wavering (10:23)

- Not leaning.

- Unmoved.

- Why do we hold on? It’s the only thing that gives us hope.

Let us be consider one another…

- Hebrews 10:24

- Here it shifts from something we do for ourselves to something we do for others.

- Philippians 2:3-4

- Why? In order to provoke love and good works in each other.

- paroxysmos: to incite

- Essentially “incite a riot of love and good works”

What are we doing when we gather together?

- Hebrews 10:25

- Coming alongside one another

- Encouraging one another

- Laughing, crying, praying, sharing together

Our Great High Priest

Our Great High Priest

Dave Riddle - 1/14/2024

Key Passage: Hebrews 4:14-5:10

The Great High Priest

- Hebrews 4:14

- Enthroned in Heaven

- The Son of God

Appointed by God

- Hebrews 5:1

- An act of God’s grace to restore broken relationships.

- Hebrews 5:6 (and 6 other places in Hebrews)

- A permanent priesthood

- A different kind of priest

- Hebrews 5:6

- A priest and a king.

Sympathetic to the People

- Hebrews 4:15-16

- A High Priest who understands our weakness

- Hebrews 5:2, 7-8

- Jesus did what the priests did not.

- Hebrews 3, 9

- He offered himself as a sacrifice

Hold Fast

- Hebrews 4:14

- Let us hold tightly to the confession of our faith. What Jesus did for us.

Approach the throne of grace

- Hebrews 4:16

- So that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us at the proper time.

The Promised Rest

Phil Woodman - 1/7/2024

Key Passage: Hebrews 4:1-13

They will not enter my rest…

- Hebrews 3:11, 4:3

- The Israelites wandered in the desert for 40 years.

- A loss of blessing, not a loss of connection.

Rest

- Hebrews 4:1-13: Rest is mentioned 11 times in 13 verses

Don’t make the same mistake as the ancient Israelites

- Hebrews 4

What is God’s Rest?

- Hebrews 4:3-4

- The author appeals back to creation.

- On the seventh day God rested.

- Eternal rest. No evening, no morning.

- God offers us this same rest.

Greater than Joshua’s rest

- Hebrews 4:8

- Joshua 22:4

- The work was done. They could go home and rest.

- That must have felt amazing after years of slavery, wandering, and fighting.

- It was incomplete and pales in comparison to the rest offered by Jesus.

- We are a tired and disconnected people.

- Rest.

God’s rest is available today

- Hebrews 4:7

- Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.

- Hebrews 4:9

- …a sabbath rest remains for God’s people.

How do we enter God’s rest?

- Hebrews 4:11-13

- Make every effort to enter that rest.

- Fight for sabbath. It’s ok to say no! Is ok to have free time.

- Rest in God’s Word.

The Bible - Know it. Love it. Live it.

House Rules - Bible

Dave Riddle - 9/25/2022

Key Passage: 2 Timothy 3:15-17

Bible Engagement

  • Learning to know, love, and follow the teaching of scripture.

Originates with God Himself

  • All scripture is inspired by God

    • 2 Timothy 3:16

    • “All scripture is God-breathed”

  • 2 Peter 1:20-21

God’s Word and Truth

  • John 17:17

    • God’s Word = Truth

The Design For Our Lives

  • Hebrews 4:12

    • God’s Word = Living, effective, able to judge our thoughts and intentions.

  • Psalm 119:7, 9, 33, 36-37, 104-105, 160

    • The impact of God’s Word on our lives.

The Way of Salvation

  • 2 Timothy 3:15

    • Scripture reveals the way of salvation.

Equips God’s People

  • 2 Timothy 3:16-17

    • …So that the righteous person may be proficient, equipped for every good work.

Know it so you can Share it

  • Matthew 28:19-20

  • Acts 17:11-12 - The Bereans

    • Eagerness

    • Examination

Know it. Love it. Live it.

  • James 1:22-25

    • Not just hearers, but doers.