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 Listen up!
Dr. John Piper, in a sermon from Hebrews 1, “Jesus Christ: Infinitely Superior to Angels” He returns to where he started in verse 3—Christ sat down at the right hand of Majesty as King of the universe and as Son of God in power and as Heir of all things and as God—remember verse 8, … More Jesus Christ is infinitely superior to angels
John Piper, in a sermon “The God of Peace Brought from the Dead the Good Shepherd” And what will that mean for you? Our text mentions two things. Hebrews 13:20-21: “Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of … More The God of peace does two things for us through our Great Shepherd.
John Piper, in a sermon from Hebrew 12 “A Kingdom That Cannot Be Shaken” Before the end of this age, God is giving to everyone who believes in his Son a kingdom that cannot be shaken and will never end. This is the message of the whole Bible. But to see it we should look … More An Unshakable King and an Unshakable Kingdom
John Piper, on Hebrews 12 One more illustration: in Hebrews 12:12-13 the writer says, “Strengthen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble, and make straight paths for your feet, so that the limb which is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather be healed.” He is talking in … More Piper: look at your life, think hard about what you are doing, and get ruthless about what stays and what goes.
Hebrews 11:39-40 And all these, though commended through their faith, did not receive what was promised, since God had provided something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect. John Piper, in a sermon “Running With the Witnesses” I take verse 39 to mean that when the believers in the … More Piper: all those who have lived by faith crowd the marathon route to urge you on
John Piper, in a sermon on Hebrews 11:29-38, “Faith to Be Strong and Faith to Be Weak” God does not always work miracles and acts of providence for our deliverance from suffering; sometimes by faith God sustains his people through sufferings. That’s the point of verses 35b-38. Or another way to put it would be … More Piper: Having true faith in God is no guarantee of comfort and security in this life.
Hebrews 10:14 For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified. We come to yet another passage of Scripture where we see the work of Christ in our lives as “already/not yet” He HAS perfected those who are being perfected…. He HAS sanctified those who are being sanctified… … More Already/Not Yet
Thus it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. For Christ has entered, not into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence … More If you love the mercy of God and admit the misery of your own condition, you will love this.
John Piper on Hebrews 9: So here we are in the modern age, the age of science, space travel—E-mail, heart transplants, instant replays, beepers, 911—and our problem is fundamentally the same as always: our consciences condemn us and make us feel unacceptable to God. We are alienated from God. We don’t feel good enough to … More When your conscience rises up and condemns you, where will you turn?
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