With confidence in Christ’s work and with comfort and courage in the Father’s love and plan, we can straighten our posture and right our paths to help one another run faith’s race well. To do that, we need to work peaceably with each other and prioritize holiness.

This morning is the fourth installment of our verse-by-verse look at the book of Hebrews. Last week, we saw how Jesus is an amazing counselor for our sufferings because He became like us in every way. In every kind of suffering and every kind of temptation we can face, Jesus has faced it already, and…

When You hear His Voice When you hear God, do NOT be like a certain people… This passage is calling into view your response to God. However, not the immediate response as much as the heart level response. Talking about those “in this flock” If you are here today… this is talking about YOU . It is possible…

Introduction 9 So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, 10 for whoever has entered God’s rest has also rested from his works as God did from his. 11 Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience. The Proclamation 9 So then, there…

The author of Hebrews uses the negative example of the Exodus generation to exhort us to take care of ourselves and others in order that we do not fall into the unbelief of apostasy.

The Symptoms of Backsliding

Perseverance is necessary for salvation.

42 “Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea. 43 And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to…

It is possible for individuals to fall away from faith or turn against Jesus Christ. Scripture identifies this danger and warns against its negative consequences.

Individual believers can fall away from faith and be restored. Scripture gives examples of such falling away, and offers advice on how such people should be dealt with pastorally.

7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, “Today, if you hear his voice, 8 do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, on the day of testing in the wilderness, 9 where your fathers put me to the test and saw my works for forty years. 10 Therefore I was provoked with that generation, and said, ‘They always…

“Exemplary Apostasy” Jude 5-11 I’m not sure how many of you are familiar with the phrase “expository preaching.” And you may find it strange that I begin our sermon describing briefly what expository preaching is. But I was reminded of its importance again this week. And here’s why. If you have spent…

APOSTASY IS POSSIBLE[1] INTRODUCTION: 1. Read the text: 1 Corinthians 10:1-13. 2. Regarding the text: (1) Paul ended chapter nine indicating his realization that he could become apostate (9:27). Paul understood the need for control. (2) In our text, Paul illustrates such apostasy using the history of…

Truth & Error Introduction: Christians are not to accept everything they hear as the truth, even though what they hear may come from supposedly Christian sources (Test what I say)! 1. We are in a spiritual battle (Ephesians 6:12) 2. This is why we are to apply the proper spiritual test to the things…

18 Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour. 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, that it…

· Three Marks of the true Church and those marks are; the preaching of the Word of God, the right administration of the sacraments of baptism and the Lord’s Supper and church discipline. · Out of the first mark, comes the second and the third. · I would like to emphasize that over these next few weeks…

Big Idea Tension : What will happen if believers have truly come to share in Christ? Resolution : They will listen to God’s warning through Scripture, self-examination, and the exhortations of other believers. Exegetical Idea : Believers who have truly come to share in Christ will listen to God’s warning…

The danger of spiritually drifting is a very real danger. When subtle influences and the smallest of changes can lead to people falling away from the faith it is a matter that must be seriously examined in light of God's Word. This sermon is an encouragement for all believers to put down the anchor and cling to the anchor of their faith the Lord Jesus Christ.