Sermon Tone Analysis

Worship Service

Welcome and Purpose — Derick

Silence

Prayer of Praise — led by Ric

Scriptural Call to Worship (Isaiah 55:1-3) — read by Derwin

Song: “O Come All You Unfaithful” — led by Music Team

Prayer of Confession — led by Aldrin

Scriptural Assurance of Pardon (Isaiah 55:6-7) — read by Aldrin

Song: “We are the Free” — led by Music Team

Song: “Living Hope” — led by Music Team

Prayer of Thanks — led by Vener

Giving of Offerings — served by ushers

Song: “I Surrender All” — led by Music Team

Pastoral Announcements — led by Marlon

Prayer of Petition — led by Marlon

Reading of Sermon Text (Hebrews 2:14-18) — read by Derick

SERMON — preached by Derick

Song: “His Mercy is More” — led by Music Team

Silence

Benediction & Doxology

Sermon

Introduction

Tapos na ang Pasko.

Pero bukod sa mga pagkaing hindi matapos-tapos, hindi rin matatapos ang pangangailangan natin kay Cristo.

Kaya hindi rin dapat matapos na pag-usapan, pag-aralan, kilalanin at tingnan si Cristo.

Naparito si Cristo dahil makasalanan tayo.

Matt.

1:21.

Jesus, he will save his people from their sins.

Ang pagdating ni Cristo ay nagpapatunay hindi ng halaga o value o worth natin, kundi ng laki ng kasalanan natin, ng laki ng pangangailangan natin, at ng katotohanang wala nang ibang makatutugon dun maliban kay Cristo.

Makasalanan tayo, banal ang Diyos, si Cristo na naparito at naging tao ay wala ring kasalanan.

Kaya siguro nag-aalinlangan tayong lumapit sa kanya.

Kapag may iniinvite tayo na kaibigan natin, nag-aalinlangan kasi baka mga banal lang daw ang pwede sa church natin.

E makasalanan din naman tayo!

E paano pa kung paglapit kay Cristo ang pag-uusapan?

Kahit nga tayo, alam nating pinatawad na tayo, nag-aalinlangan pa rin siguro.

Kasi akala natin hindi siya approachable, akala natin kailangang patunayan pa natin ang sarili natin na hindi na tayo nahuhulog sa tukso, na okay na ang maturity natin sa discipleship.

Nag-iistruggle tayo sa relasyon natin kay Cristo dahil mali ang pagkakilala natin sa kanya, o kaya ay deficient.

Naniniwala tayo na totoong Diyos siya, totoong banal at walang bahid kasalanan, pero di ba’t naniniwala tayong siya’y totoong tao rin na tulad natin?

Review sermon last Friday

The incarnation - ibig sabihin he is fully man.

Heb.

2:14, 17.

Christ is the help we need, ang tulong o saklolo na kailangan natin.

(v.

16)

Now, what help do we need?

And how does the incarnation of the Son of God ensures that we will get the help we need?

I. Christ helps us conquer death (vv.

14-15).

Last Friday.

II.

Christ helps us conquer sin (vv.

17-18).

Today.

The incarnation

Therefore.

Connects v. 17 with v. 16.

In order to help us he had to be made like us.

He had to be made like (homoioo) his brothers.

Necessity.

Like debt na kailangang bayaran, or obligasyon na kailangang gawin.

Of course, hindi obligado ang Diyos na iligtas tayo.

Pero dahil itinali niya ang kanyang sarili sa pamamagitan ng isang sumpa, ng pangako, at ito ang plano niya sa simula’t simula pa, kaya kinakailangan ang incarnation, no other way.

At kung no other way, at kailangang maging tao ang Anak ng Diyos, he must go all the way!

Hindi pwedeng kalahati lang.

In every respect.

Fully human.

Chalcedonian Definition: "the same perfect in Godhead and also perfect in manhood; truly God and truly man, of a reasonable [rational] soul and body; consubstantial [coessential] with us according to the manhood; in all things like unto us, without sin."

Fully human, without sin (Heb.

4:15).

Sin not essential to humanity, problem of humanity, need to be dealt with, taken away.

Kung may kasalanan siya, e di kailangan rin niya ng savior!

Unlike mga high priests sa OT (Heb.

5:3).

Without sin, but he experienced temptations and sufferings.

Connected, he himself has suffered when tempted (v.

18).

By the devil, the Tempter.

He suffered "all the time that he lived on earth, but especially at the end of his life" (HC Q37).

Not just by the devil.

But by his family nung hindi sila naniwala sa kanya.

Yung mga religious leaders.

Ng mga beneficiaries ng miracles niya.

Pati ng mga disciples niya.

To bypass God’s plan, to make shortcuts, to compromise, to doubt, lumihis sa kalooban ng Diyos.

Pero hindi siya nagkasala kahit isa.

Some object: paano niya masasabing naiintindihan niya ang kalagayan natin kung di naman niya naranasan ang kasalanan?

Because he is human, his temptations are real temptations.

His sufferings as a result of that are real sufferings.

Unlike us, parang marupok na rubber band, konting pressure lang, bumigay na agad.

His sufferings are more intense, more pressures caused by temptations without giving up, enduring everything, without failing, without sinning.

That qualifies him as our perfect mediator.

Fully human, tempted, suffered, without sin.

Three purposes of the incarnation related to sin:

Purpose 1: to become our high priest

In OT, priests to bring sinners to a holy God.

If he did not become human, he cannot be a high priest ("chosen from among men," 5:1), cannot be a mediator between us and God. 1 Tim.

2:5, "the man Jesus Christ."

4:15.

In the service of God, lit.

"for God."

To serve God’s purposes - bring sinners to him.

Merciful, in relation to us.

"Able to symphatize with our weakness" (Heb.

4:15).

See Gentle and Lowly, p. 46.

As a human high priest, "he can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since he himself is beset with weakness" (Heb.

5:2).

See Gentle and Lowly, pp.

54-55.

"One who lays all the miseries of his people to heart, so caring for them, to relieve them" (Owen, Hebrews).