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Hebrews 6-7 Main Text. Exordium. Bill kuretich lived in a double wide up in the mountains of colorado. Not like the ski towns you pass by on the interstate. HE lived way out in the middle of nowhere His backyard butted right up against about 200,000 acres of wilderness. He was an avid hunter. Every year…

Torah Portion : Numbers 4:21-7:89 Haftarah : Judges 13:2-25 Road Map Review Map of the Journey in the Picture of the Priesthood of Zadok We explained Zadok comes from the word Zaddik - righteous this is the High Priest in the Order of Melchizedek Introduction Torah Portion : Numbers 4:21-7:89 Haftarah…

Teach God’s Character and Work. (The Word) So that the people may turn from a rebellious Heart (Root) Sins of “Unbelief, Pride, Selfishness” (Repentance) and “Be Reconciled to God” (Justification) Resulting in Transformation - behavioral change of the work of the HS (Sanctification) Which is obedience…

What is a priesthood? What is a priest? Who do you want as a representative for you? What kind of character qualities would you look for? We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, where our forerunner, Jesus, has entered on our behalf.…

Whenever we’re reading our Bibles, it’s not uncommon to come across a name or a place that is not only difficult to pronounce, but might even seem unknown to us. As we’re making our way through the book of Hebrews we keep coming across references that to us may feel unfamiliar. Why is that? As 21st century…

Genesis 21:1-34 Genesis 22:1-24 Shanah Tovah u’Metuka! (May you have a good and sweet new year) REVIEW We have been studying from Devarim, and are making a stop to celebrate the Feasts of the Lord elle-ha deverim = these are the words Picture of Journey Reason why the journeys -opportunities to learn…

Hebrews 6:7-7:28 Good morning Church! We are resuming our study this morning in the book of Hebrews. I personally am so thankful for the tradition Pastor Chuck Smith passed down to us of going through the Word of God verse by verse, precept upon precept, all the way through the Bible. I don’t know if…

1 Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. 3 He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature,…

11 Now if perfection had been attainable through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need would there have been for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, rather than one named after the order of Aaron? 12 For when there is a change in the…

This Torah Portion: Gen 44:18 - 47:27 Introduction In the previous Torah portions we talked about how Jacob finally settled and had children - among who Joseph became the first born of promise We heard how Joseph had a first dream -regarding ruling over his brothers and that seem to have made him overconfident…

1 Therefore, leaving the discussion of the elementary principles of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, 2 of the doctrine of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. 3…

This is our 3rd week in the teaching portion of our EMPTY acronym, our flyover of the New Testament. It’s a 40,000 foot flyover, but its giving us a sense of the overarching message of redemption and seeing the connections of the New Testament back to the Old, and the flow of the story from Genesis on.…

Introduction Shapes Video You see a shape and you think you know what it means, if you just look at the surface. But, if you look at events and people throughout the OT from different angles, you might find a familiar shape that it fits in. What we call “typology.” 14 Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses,…

Opening: Over the years there has been a lot of confusion about perfection. We can describe people as being perfect. Watching sports people say that this was the perfect routine and so we hand out gold medals, or that pitcher threw a perfect game. We talk about cars being flawless or impeccable. We have…

Hebrews 7:11-28 Introduction Good morning. Go ahead and open your bibles or devices to Hebrews 7:11-28 . When I say the word "perfect", what comes to mind? What is the definition of that word when you think about using it in a sentence? What are the thoughts that come to mind when you hear me say that…

Welcome/Opening Prayer We are gathered here today on this seventh Sunday after Easter A day we celebrate as Pentecost This is the day that the Holy Spirit came into the church This is the actual beginning of the church as we know it The whole story is in Acts 2:2-4 2 And suddenly there came from heaven…

NOTE: This is a manuscript, and not a transcript of this message. The actual presentation of the message differed from the manuscript through the leading of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, it is possible, and even likely that there is material in this manuscript that was not included in the live presentation…

26 For it was indeed fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, innocent, unstained, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens. 27 He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this once…

What is the ‘order of Melchizedek’ and why is that so important for the author of Hebrews to connect Melchizedek to Jesus?

Introduction We are concluding a very important portion of the book of Hebrews. We opened up the book with a series of comparisons. Jesus compared to the angels Jesus compared to Moses Jesus compared to us as human beings Conclusion: Jesus is superior to any and everything in creation This Jesus became…

Priest King When Adam and Eve where in the Garden, God gave them some jobs to do. They were to be fruitful and multiply. They were to subdue the earth. They were to have dominion over the earth. They were to be the original royal priests. They were to mediate in between God and his creation. They were…

Romans 1

High Priestly Prayer in previous sermons we have discussed most of the subject matter in this chapter we this morning are going to look at the person praying this prayer Here we have the privileged of listening to God talking to God read John 17 , V 1-5 Jesus prays for Himself V 6-19 Jesus prays for…

The honor of God rests on the proper worship of the Lord by His priests who are called to His service. If we are called a nation of priests how much more should we teach the proper worship of the Lord? The command of the Lord is to guard yourself in your Spirit and to not be faithless

We are comfortable with the known . This is a fact of life. What we know is typically better than what we do not know; at least in our heads. Sometimes we need a paradigm shift . This happens not because what we are doing is “bad” but that something “better” is on the scene. We have seen this when Henry…