Tag: Hebrews

One gateway God has provided to tell you about Christ

September 11, 2024

Pastor Steven Cole begins and concludes a sermon on Hebrews 7:1-10 with these comments: Most of you would probably admit that you’re not highly motivated to learn about Melchizedek. You’ve got marriage problems, problems with your kids, financial problems, personal problems, and other practical needs. Why in the world would you be interested in learning … More One gateway God has provided to tell you about Christ

You are not left to yourself to hold on the storms of life.

September 10, 2024

This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil,  where Jesus has entered as a forerunner for us, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek. John Piper, in a sermon,”Hope Anchored in Heaven,” on Hebrews 6:19-20: … More You are not left to yourself to hold on the storms of life.

A falling away

September 5, 2024

John Piper comments in a sermon, “Eternal Security is a Community Project” from Hebrews 3: Now this raises several questions. One is: Well, if our failure to hold fast our hope and confidence means we never were really partakers of Christ, what are we falling away from in verse 12? Take care, brethren, lest there … More A falling away

Perfect through suffering

September 4, 2024

For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering.—Hebrews 2:10  I find it interesting that the passage from Luke today speaks of Jesus’ perfect knowledge (see J.C. Ryle’s comment) and this passage in Hebrews … More Perfect through suffering

What do you listen to?

September 3, 2024

Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. —Hebrews 2:1 ESV John Piper, in  “The Danger of Drifting from the Word” But in chapter 2 the first thing is a command or a duty—something we must do. And the connection with chapter 1 is very … More What do you listen to?

He is the same

September 24, 2023

Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. John Piper comments, in a sermon “Jesus Christ is the Same Yesterday and Today and Forever” Why does it matter that the Jesus Christ of today be the same as the Jesus Christ of yesterday and tomorrow? Let me try to put the significance … More He is the same