58:Hebrews 3: Preaching/Teaching
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· 9 viewsEOT the author illustrated a bad example of faith hoping his readers would be an empire of belief. The readers were in danger of not experiencing a grand homecoming EOS-A Grand Homecoming! What needs to change so you can experience a grand homecoming?
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A Grand Homecoming!
A Grand Homecoming!
Illustration:
I never wanted to move back home. Growing up in Houston is what I knew best and then I went to college in a ton of 10,000.
Then I met Heather whose dad is the biggest Nebraska Cornhusker fan I know. One thing I know about Cornhuskers is they are not fond of Texas. They may be thinking about UT but in reality it is the whole state. Her dad said do not marry a Texan he will move you to Texas.
For many years I was never going to have a homecoming back to Houston, I was never going to live there. But some things changed and my homecoming back to Houston became great adventure. Heather and I had never lived close to family. My kids have gotten to get closer to their grandparents, my brother lives her and my sister even almost moved back, [Harvey changed her mind on that]. But it has been great.
If a homecoming could be a big deal on this earth, should it not be an even bigger deal if we are going to live with God forever on the new heaven and new earth. God wants our relationship with him to be the precursor to a great homecoming in heaven.
Or
I could use Heather’s story about being homecoming queen. This was a big deal.
Share sarcastically about what people do not before homecoming.
Picture of Heather as the homecoming queen!
1. If we want to have a grand homecoming we must continue to believes Jesus is greater (1-6).
1. If we want to have a grand homecoming we must continue to believes Jesus is greater (1-6).
It is easy to acknowledge mentally Jesus is greater. But to do this for a lifetime is hard to do. It is why we will have time for hours on netflix, our phone or other activities but not spend time with God. Because even if we can say the right thing right here and now we allow other things to be greater in our lives.
Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest of our confession;
The author tells us what to do:
Hebrews–Revelation Comment
To “consider” (katanoeō) Jesus is to focus one’s vision and attention on him, since the verb not only refers to mental reflection (Heb. 10:24) but also can have visual overtones (Matt. 7:3; Luke 12:24, 27; Acts 7:31–32; 11:6; 27:39; James 1:23–24).
Audience are Jewish Christians who are in danger of not maturing in Jesus. Some will see them as people who can lose a relationship with God but we see that if you are a believer you cannot lose your standing with God.
He is reminding us who Jesus is, the high priest of our confession. He is the one who has allowed us to be connected to God.
He wants us to see that Jesus is greater!
He wants us to see that Jesus is greater!
What was great if you were Jewish. Moses was literally at the top of the list. This man delivered the people out of Egypt, he wrote the first five books of the Bible starting with Genesis, he was with Jesus at a story about the transfiguration. No one is bigger than Moses.
There is a comparison made.
He was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was in all His house.
Now we are going to see the author show a great to greater scenario!
Now the contrast!
Jesus is greater than all!
Jesus is greater than all!
For He has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, by just so much as the builder of the house has more honor than the house.
Why is the builder more worthy?
For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.
God did not just build the house, God made the person who built the house.
He was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was in all His house.
For He has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, by just so much as the builder of the house has more honor than the house.
For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.
Now Moses was faithful in all His house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken later;
but Christ was faithful as a Son over His house—whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the boast of our hope firm until the end.
2. If we want to have a grand homecoming we must build a track record of obeying God (7-15).
2. If we want to have a grand homecoming we must build a track record of obeying God (7-15).
How do we obey this track record
a. Listen to God
b. Community
The Bible Knowledge Commentary 3:12–13
The expression as long as it is called Today alludes to the “Today” in Psalm 95:7 and means something like “while you still have opportunity.”
3. If we want to have a grand homecoming we must learn from past failures (16-19).
3. If we want to have a grand homecoming we must learn from past failures (16-19).
History is bound to repeat itself. Isn’t this the story of history.
a. OT
b. Personal Failures
What not to do
the author wants them not to have an evil or unbelieving heart resulting in
A. Falling away from the living God
Contrasted on what to do
Exhort one another every day
Why
(Negative side) Sin is deceitful
(Positive side) we share in Christ
4. Thermostat Christianity knows the consequences (16-19).
4. Thermostat Christianity knows the consequences (16-19).