Tag: Miller
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Hebrews 11:17-31 – Future Promises 11/19/2023
Faith is rooted in trust, not doubt. As Abraham shows us, the people of God are often called to trust him farther than they could understand.
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Hebrews 11:1-16 God’s Approval 11/12/2023
Faith that believes in God. Faith is how we respond to God’s promises. It is how we trust in what God has said even before we fully receive all that he has told us.
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November 5, 2023 Worship Service
The warning: don’t abandon so great a faith! As we have seen elsewhere in Hebrews, warnings are part of how the author wants his readers (and us!) to respond in faith. Here we see how deadly turning from Christ is: to know about Jesus and then to reject him is to reject the only one who can save your soul. Don’t turn from Christ!
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October 29, 2023 Worship Service
This passage takes the truths we have been learning about Christ and his priesthood and begins to answer the question “so what?”
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October 22, 2023 Worship Service
Christ’s covenant is forever enough. Unlike the Old Testament sacrifices – and unlike the practices of any other faith – Christ’s one sacrifice is enough for everyone who trusts in him, forever.
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October 15, 2023 Worship Service
Jesus made the sacrifice. Christ’s sacrifice is better and greater than any other because it actually purifies us and removes our guilt.
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September 24, 2023 Worship Service
The meaning. Ultimately, under the old covenant, the people were not able to regularly have direct access to the Lord. What’s more, their sacrifices – while important – were only temporary; they didn’t bring about the restoration from sin that the people ultimately needed.
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September 17, 2023 Worship Service
Better priest = better covenant. Christ’s priesthood benefits us because he has actually done the work to redeem us. His work ushers in a new covenant, a better one: a promise that rescues us from our sins.
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September 10, 2023 Worship Service
Why Jesus is better. Christ’s priesthood is better because it is secured by an oath from God, because Jesus has conquered death, and because our Lord is both fully man and fully God – like us, yet not like us, in every way that matters.
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September 3, 2023 Worship Service
Why Melchizedek matters. Far from being a random history lesson, the author of Hebrews makes a big deal out of Melchizedek because this king-priest points to a priesthood greater than anyone who would ever come from Abraham – a priesthood better than anything even Aaron or Levi could ever offer – and Jesus’ priesthood is what is highlighted.
