Faith And Faithfulness - [Hebrews 13]

Faithfulness Motivated by Christ, Not Mere Law

We all would agree as Christians that obedience is good to be faithful to the Lord. We have realized that disobedience is wrong unfaithfulness is a sin. But my question this morning is a simple one. What motivates the Christian to obey?

What motivates you to obey God? Some of the commands in Scripture seem easy some of them are harder, but how can we year in and year out? Obey how many people have been saved for more than 50 years. Can you raise your hand?

Several have been how do you how do you keep obeying? I mean when you first save you're excited and six months a year and all of a sudden the trials come the issues come in. Your life, how can you keep obeying.

10 years 20 years 30 years? How could Methuselah obey for how many years was he alive? 969 years. I always think what I want to live to be 969. What if you hurt your back when you were 20? Okay. What motivates obedience from the heart?

I'd like to honor God. I'd like to give him my heart soul mind and strength when there's difficulties and when year after year come along. What motivates? faithfulness. Is there a key. Is there a secret.

There are a bunch of passages in the scriptures. We should look at to see why we should obey and really how? There's commands to athletes or commands to soldiers commands to farmers. They work hard. We're to obey just like they work hard.

Certainly God's law is holy and good and just and right it reflects who he is. I'd like you to turn your Bibles to the book of Hebrews chapter 13, and I want to answer this question this morning. What motivates a Christian's obedience?

How can I sustain? Obedient. Holy living under the Lord not just a one-off not just at the beginning of the year. But what motivates obedience. And lots of times we forget this and so it's the good kind.

Type of year time of year rather that we talk about this early in 2023. What motivates obedience. I know you'd like to obey God. I know as Christians. That's a heart that you have to be faithful, but what should we do?

How should we go about it? I really think that what is easy. We'd like to obey. The why is easy to glorify the Lord. But how do we do it and here? We have in the book of Hebrews chapter 13 lots of commands to be holy and to be obedient.

And we're just going to walk through some of these there's a whole barrage of them a bunch of Commands from the book of Hebrews that tell its listeners, and then tell us to obey. These are important for every Christian to obey and and he just Opens with verse 1 let brotherly love.

Continue the first thing he tells these dear Christians is you ought to have Philadelphia kind of love. Brotherly love this isn't the kind of exotic love erotic love. It's not even a copy love. He's saying I want you to have a brotherly love.

For other Christians, and we are called of course in the Bible brothers and sisters in Christ. And even though we're not related to one another we're like brothers. We're like sisters and things get in the way, and there's bitterness and sin.

And he says I just want that love to keep going don't stop now. He gives another command do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers for thereby some have entertained angels. Unawares and of course you know the culture back in those days, and there's no motel sixes and no Sheraton's and no.

What's a nicer than a hotel six Ritz Carlton and? So you'd get to town you're a Christian. There's no place to stay if you stayed in one of those kind of hotels. It was more like a brothel and so Christians would open their door.

And so we're to do that. These recipients of this letter were to do it and so too were we. I went to California for a conference last week. That I wasn't teaching at but just receiving a conference and sitting there under the meat the word and I stayed with a couple.

I've stayed with them once before. I don't even know who they didn't know who they were. I knew they were members of the church. They said please come and stay and they lived on an avocado farm Overlooking the ocean and I thought maybe they do think I'm an angel all the trick.

I'm not but they just open their home and serve. Remember these listeners the recipients of this letter there's persecution there's issues going on and you might not even want to open your house because what if somebody's trying to infiltrate your house because they Were a Judaizer they were a Pharisee.

He says open your homes. He keeps going. Do you notice all these commands? These are good and right and holy. Verse 3. Remember those who are in prison as though in prison with them and Those who are mistreated since you are also in the body if you say to yourself, how would I treat prisoners?

Well, what would I like to have done for me if I was a prisoner because I opened my mouth and said Jesus is the Savior. He's the only way to heaven and he's the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies and they throw me in jail and When we're on the run Hebrews 10 says some of these people who get this letter are losing their houses.

It might be hard to remember people in prison. He goes on with another command. That's good and right and holy. Let marriage be held in honor among all of course. Our society doesn't do that at all. Do they the society might not do it?

The media might not do it the newspapers might not do it. But we in the local church are going to do that. We want to have it be held in honor among all that is between a man and a woman who were born both a man.

And a woman and let the marriage bed intimacy be undefiled outside of a marriage the bed is and is defiled for God will judge sexually immoral and adulterous and. So he's writing and Christians even sin.

They don't fall into sin. They sin and so he's writing to them saying it's good to obey God and light of who you are in Christ. And therefore if we here today need to deal with things like brotherly love continuing and showing hospitality and remembering those in prison and.

Also, if there are people here today who deal with sexual sin, they need to repent. It shouldn't even be named among us. He goes on verse 5. Do you see all these commands here tons of commands that are good and right?

We want to be faithful. We want to honor God keep your life free from the love of money and be content with what you have. He could have just left it there, but he gives us a wonderful reason why? For he has said I will never leave you nor forsake you.

Bitcoin might leave you. Stock market might forsake you. But he says I'll never leave you to forsake you so we can confidently say the Lord is my helper. I will not fear. What can man do to me? Here's more commands we want to obey these commands.

Remember your leaders who spoke the Word of God to you? Consider the outcome of their way of life. Imitate their faith. You want the ultimate leader he goes on to say in verse 8. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday today and forever.

While human leaders fail and falter and they're not perfect by a long shot the ultimate leader the Lord never wavers. He gives more commands. Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings for it is good for the heart.

I'm not talking about food here. We're not talking about dietary issues and nutrition gut health. Talk to my wife yesterday. We never had gut health until like the last 10 years of our lives. Now everything's gut health.

Can you pick a different name, please? For it is good for the heart to be strengthened by. Right proportions of carbs fats proteins. Know by grace. That's what we need to be strengthened by not by foods, which not have benefited those devoted to them.

And he keeps going on command after command after command. Don't go outside the camp. Excuse me. Let those excuse me. Therefore. Let us go to him outside the camp and bear the reproach. Don't don't worry about persecution.

Offer a sacrifice of praise verse 15. Keep doing good verse 16 and share. Obey your leaders and submit to them verse 17 and pray for us verse 18. Are those commands good and right and holy. The answer is yes.

Yes, and yes, because they reflect God in his nature and his character, but my question again today is what motivates you to do them? What's your motivation to obey the law? We talked about it here regularly at Bethlehem Bible Church because it's so important.

The law itself doesn't motivate These laws if you just had Romans 13 1 through 15 ish and you were given those laws with nothing else. How long do you think you'll obey them? How long do you think you can have sustained obedience because remember the law doesn't motivate the law doesn't animate.

It's like a steering wheel the law is and it steers us to godliness and to holiness and away from ungodliness and away from Trespasses and sins, but it only steers us if you buy a car without an engine.

And it has a really nice steering wheel. I remember when I was 16. My first car was a 1967 Chevy Nova 2. We had a deal back in those days. Chevy buyers were right and all the Ford people were wrong. We didn't know what a Hyundai was back in those days.

Or anything else and I had this Chevy and you know sometimes a steering wheel you could you can drive it for so long. Hands at ten and two. I didn't have one of those little knobs down there like the farmers had on their on their tractors.

But you kind of wear out your steering wheel after a while, and so you put a nice little Handle, what do they call the steering wheel covers steering wheel covers, and you put it on there. It's so nice.

But you have no engine you can steer and without power steering and my Chevy to do not have power steering. You really have to crank it. Here's how you'd have to steer those cars one hand one hand one hand one hand.

But you can do in that in the parking lot all you want and unless you have an engine unless you have something to get. You there some kind of propulsion. You're not going to do it and so think about the law dear Christian friends.

God's law is good. It reflects his nature. It's right for us to say we ought to be content. We all struggle with contentment. It's right for us to say we have to be sexually pure and we have to avoid Pornography and anything outside the marriage bed.

It's right for us to say we've had leaders in the past that taught us the Bible. They were not perfect, but they were telling us about the perfect one and we ought to do these things we have to have gratitude.

But just law alone doesn't motivate. It's like a steering wheel we need the engine. What's the engine to get you to obey? What's your motivation? How can you have sustained obedience? I mean we got commands in the Bible like husbands love your wives.

I mean for a day fine a month fine a year fine 30 years fine how many people have been married for over 50 years. 50 is the magic number today. Several how do you love your wife for 50 years like Christ loved the church.

Don't answer that he's laughing. She's laughing that's worse. Submit to your husband's. I mean that is such an awful word these days in our society. How do I submit to my husband? I don't even want to.

I don't want that in the Bible. Can you find me a Bible translation that doesn't have that so I could use it. And we know at this church that the motivation for obedience is Jesus. That he loved you. He gave his life for you.

And he knew every sin you'd ever committed. He said I'll die for you anyway. Charles Spurgeon said when I thought God was hard I Found it easy to sin. But when I found God so kind so good so overflowing with compassion I smote upon my breast to think I could have ever rebelled against one who loved me so and sought my good.

The motivation the long-term motivation for every Christian isn't law. It isn't fear of God of some kind of taskmaster. It isn't guilt. It isn't peer pressure. It's that God loved me. Listen to Paul.

Remember Jesus Christ risen from the dead the offspring of David as I preached in my gospel, which I'm suffering. Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect knowing who Jesus is and Scott prayed about it in his prayer even knowing what we deserve and what we get and we're so motivated.

We think I deserve hell, and I get heaven. I deserve to pay for my sins, and I get heaven. I would like to obey God not out of Keeping my salvation. If I obey I stay a child of God not to earn my salvation.

I'm not really one so if I obey enough God might adopt me, but since we're Christians we want to obey. And of course you know the paradigm there are paradigms in the Bible all over. Here's one. We were guilty in Christ.

Romans Early chapters we've been graced by the triune God. Guilt grace, and what's the final G? Gratitude who taught you that? Guilt grace gratitude, it's in the book of Romans Heidelberg catechism picks it up.

So how do we obey long term? How do we obey short term and the answer isn't try harder do more? How could you look at your failures in the past? It's gratitude for what God has done I? Just want you to think about it just for a second.

Is there anything you wouldn't do in response to God's grace? What if he called you to love your wife knowing what God has done for you in Christ wouldn't you say? It'd be my pleasure. It'd be my honor if you would do that for me.

I would gladly respond the motivation for the Christian is who Jesus is and our response of thanksgiving and Gratitude. I mentioned Heidelberg catechism earlier. What's your only comfort in life and death?

When we're on our deathbed, what's our comfort? I'll tell you you need comfort on your deathbed. What about in our life? Yes, that I with body and soul both in life and death am NOT my own you Christian.

You're not your own, but belong to my faithful Savior Jesus Christ. Did you know Christian? That's who you belong to he owns you who with his precious blood has fully satisfied all my sins. You know every sin you've ever committed Christian.

It's paid for Jesus said it is finished paid in full and Redeemed me from the power of the devil. Do you know the devil is real and he's after you and he's prowling and he wants people like you. But God has not let him.

That without the will of my father in heaven not a hair can fall from my head. Indeed all things must work together for my salvation. Wherefore by his Holy Spirit he assures me of eternal life and makes me heartily Willing and ready from now on to live for him.

You want to live for him? That's because in light of who Jesus is and gratitude and thanks for what he's done Jerry Bridges said have you ever thought about the wonderful truth that Christ lived his perfect life in your place and on your behalf.

Bethlehem Bible Church has it gripped you yet that God looks at you today and sees you clothed in the perfect sinless obedience of his son and When he says this is my son whom I love with him I'm well-pleased he includes you and that warm embrace.

And so when you hear that and when you think about it, then you say here I am send me Right like Isaiah. He wasn't a terrorist. He wasn't a bad guy. He was probably the most holy man in all of Israel and maybe the whole world.

And when he sees God's holiness, he sees his own sin and then here comes the death angel to kill him. But no, it was not coming to kill him unlike what Isaiah knew he deserved the angel comes and what does he do?

He cauterizes his lips. And he cleanses him and Isaiah said I'll go anywhere. Is there anything you wouldn't do for the Lord Jesus who not only has done this for you? But also empowers you because you don't get Jesus just to be saved you get him also for sanctification.

The Christian life is not. Oh Jesus got me into heaven. Now, just give me the rules. Yeah, yeah, there are rules, but they're guides and they're steering wheels. That's like a GPS. So this morning, I'd like you to turn to Hebrews 13 verse 22 for a moment and then we're going to go back to Hebrews 1.

I want you to realize what the book of Hebrews is, you know. It's that kind of I didn't trick you but I didn't say what I said turn to Hebrews 13. This is what Hebrews is all about because I wanted you to see those commands first.

Then I want you to understand what kind of letter this is. Then we're going to look at some of the book and you say why are we in Hebrews again? Because it'll change your life. Because you need to keep reading it over and over people say What's happened to you in the last 15 years?

That's kind of rocked your world know many wonderful things positive things, but here are two at the top I guess Hebrews. Hebrews Cancer. I don't change your life. But ten times more than cancer. It's Hebrews and Hebrews is what kind of letter?

It's a unique letter. Philemon's unique. That's true. Titus is unique Romans. They're all unique in certain ways, but especially unique. In this way verse 22. I appeal to you brothers bear with my word of exhortation.

For I have written to you Briefly boy, that's a pastor's heart right there 13 chapters. I just written to you briefly. By the way, it's a brief sermon today. Don't be concerned. Did you know Hebrews was a sermon?

I think you remember that. It's a sermon. That's what the word of exhortation means in verse 22. Yeah, it's written down like an epistle, but it was a sermon. You know what kind of sermon it was an expository sermon.

Exposing you to the truths of God found in the Old Testament. DJ Harrington called it arguably the greatest Christian sermon ever written down. Do you know it's the only Christian sermon written in all the Bible?

If there's one sermon in all the Bible that was a Christian sermon. I think it probably be good to study that to figure out how should you preach to Christians? You say well Paul preached the Areopagus.

Yes. He was talking to pagans right talking about God as creator judge and Savior. Peter preached To the men in Acts 2 that's true. But how about people that were listening to a sermon and an established local church?

Say Paul wrote to churches. Yes in the letter style. Paul wrote to Ephesus and Colossae and these other places. Yes in a letter style. But where's the one sermon in the New Testament that proclaims the truth of God?

That you could by the way get up and read Hebrews from this pulpit and would take how many minutes do you think? The perfect sermon time. 45 minutes. There's somebody here in the congregation often he comes up to me and says that was 47 minutes today.

So why I have this. I have no idea out of all the passages in the Bible. This is the Christian sermon. Is there law in the Christian sermon. Of course there is. Because God wants to guide us. What kind of dad never gives rules to his children.

Do this. Don't do that. Stay here. Don't do that. Let me give you wisdom. Every father guides his children. Every father gives law to his children. Every father with the mother right there gives rules and directions.

Of course we're not rudderless in this world. You're Christians now figure it out. No, but what's the dominating theme of the only sermon in the New Testament given to local Christians. That's the question of the hour and Guess what the answer is.

The answer is it's about the one who motivates you to obey obey those laws. We joke about it all the time if you like to hear about Jesus. This is a good church for you. But I mean it because that's all I have to offer is the Lord Jesus.

If you have a friend, and you say oh, please come to Bethlehem Bible Church, and let's say they're from Tibet. They've never been to a Christian service. They don't know anything about Christianity. They live far away, and they sat and listened to a sermon and you said to them afterwards.

What do you think Christianity is about? You know what I want them to say. Here's what I want them to say it was about Jesus. I Don't know about this man. They think he's alive somehow. He's 2 ,000 years ago.

He died, but he's alive. It's not about bare law. Only law. Law is included. Obviously I just read all those I believe those I'd like to obey those I repent when I don't. What I want you to see today going back to chapter one, please is.

That Jesus is the theme for all gospel ministry because gospel means good news about Jesus. That when you want people to obey as counterintuitive as it is you tell them about who Jesus is. This is also going to serve as a template for dads and moms who teach their children the Bible.

I'm glad when you sit down for family time and open up the Bible, but dear parents if you only give them law. By the way, we're good at that aren't we? I mean I could be such a great drill instructor a drill sergeant.

I'd be great at it, and I was so great at it being a dad for many years. Oh. Sit down don't you with your mouth full? After dinner. Say may I please be excused. Push the chair in after dinner. Say to mommy.

Thank you for dinner. Mommy. Take the plate over rinse it off and put it over here. Ask can you help. I mean over and over over are those wrong to say by the way? No elbows on the tables wrong because my father said it to me, so I would never say it to children.

Those things aren't wrong. But what's the context how do you cheat teach your children if God? Motivates by saying I'm such a gracious God by sending the Son and he's a gracious son by dying for you. And the Spirit is gracious by applying salvation to you and therefore in light of who God is out of thankfulness and gratitude.

And love I will obey if that's how God parents. How do we parent and left to ourselves it won't be this way because law is from the heart in the conscience given by God and Gospel and Jesus is outside of us.

Jesus Doesn't dwell in us in the sense that he's just there when you're born. You know all about Jesus. Oh, he dwells in us by the Spirit of God when we're saved. I understand that but that's not my point.

So here's what we're gonna do. 12 points for the outline today. Super simple you said you've already gone 23 minutes. Remember there's a guy here that keeps track of my introduction probably 25 minutes now.

It's not really an introduction. It's this there are 12 Reminders for you in the book of Hebrews to make sure when you're having a hard time dealing with sin. You're struggling you're fighting. Let's say you think you know what I struggle with anxiousness if you only read verses that say don't be anxious.

Don't do that. Philippians has a whole chapters 1 2 3 before it even gets to anxiousness. If you're having a hard time serving in a local body Romans 12. You should have a ministry if you're a Christian member here.

You're like well. I don't only have one. I'm new okay fine. But if you're not new you should be thinking yourself. I should do that remember. It's Romans 1 through 11 before we get to 12 to serve. There's no secret for the Christianity for Christian life.

Technically, but it's so not talked about these days. It seems like it is a secret. You say well give me 12 points. What are the 12 points? I'm gonna show you Jesus in chapters 1 through 12 every chapter.

Jesus Jesus Jesus Jesus Jesus Jesus Jesus. And therefore when your children come back from Sunday school. And you say what was Sunday school about today, and they look at you kind of cross-eyed and say Jesus.

You'll say amen. By the way, where's Cory what was Sunday school about today? Pardon me Psalms. Okay, it was about Jesus then. Right all right good you stay hired. By the way, I walked into the Secretary's office today.

Paddy's. I had my discipleship group, and I gave them a little five-minute assignment. So I slipped out whenever you want a coffee as the teacher all right guys. Here's your five-minute assignment. I just slip out have a coffee talk.

And I walked in there, and I heard a preacher preaching in the Sunday in the Secretary's office. And Tim Holm was there listening to Cory during Sunday school. Good job preacher. We're gonna just look at every chapter in Hebrews.

And I want to remind you that your motivation to obey is Jesus. I want to remind you that when you need comfort in life and death. It's the Lord Jesus. I want to remind you that every time you turn on the TV or the YouTube or somewhere else a Podcast and all they do is TED talk you think I need Jesus.

I've been to pulpits across the world that some of them that have up here. We would see Jesus if you don't want to talk about Jesus. It's time to sit down. I know you all know this. But reason why I'm preaching it again is because I need it and we need it because we are built as law people only.

Obey, but I want to remind you why to obey and Outline point number one is chapter number one it is about Jesus and in chapter chapter number one He starts off with a Genesis 1 1 kind of bang, and he then tells us about Jesus the divine son.

Long ago at many times in many ways God spoke to our fathers by the prophets. But in these last days he spoke unto us by his son whom he appointed the heir of all things. Through whom you know who created this world?

Jesus created the world. He is the radiance of the glory of God the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power after making purification for sins. No more work to be done.

Sat down at the right hand of the majesty on high look at verse 8 all these Old Testament Psalms Quoted here showing the deity of Jesus, but of the son. He says your throne Oh, God is forever and ever the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom.

The father calls the son God. I thought there's only one God. That's true one God three persons father son and Holy Spirit verse 13 to which of the angels has he ever said sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet and.

So this preacher starts off with chapter 1 saying Jesus is God. He doesn't even really address them and here you are and here's what you're doing. You say I think I can find some commands in chapter 10.

I think I can find five warnings laced throughout here of course you can but you can also find Jesus Christ in every one of these 12 chapters. Jesus is divine. Chapter 1 any guesses what chapter 2 would be.

Jesus is Truly human verse 10. Every chapter I want you to see Jesus. Jesus Jesus. And how what is the paradigm in your life for leading your wife. For leading your children. For teaching Sunday school for preaching at the rest home.

For your own personal Bible study it was fitting verse 10 of chapter 2 that he For whom and by whom all things exist in bringing many sons to glory that fits him. That's that's right. And he should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering.

Verse 14 since therefore the children share flesh and blood. I mean We're not angels. We don't have angelic nature. We have flesh and blood and if you're going to redeem those in flesh and blood. What do you have to do.

He himself likewise partook of the same things that through death his death? He might destroy the one who has the power of death loaned Sovereignly by God for a short time that is the devil. Ever been afraid of death and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong Slavery he had verse 17 to be made like his brothers in every respect that he might become a merciful and Faithful high priest in the service of God to make propitiation our assuagement.

Satisfaction for the sins of the people. For because he himself has suffered when tempted he's able to help those who are being tempted. Do you see what the writers doing you see what the preacher is doing?

Let me tell you more about Jesus and you say well, I kind of know these things well, maybe intellectually. But now in the middle of it you're thinking okay. I have to go to work tomorrow and obey my boss like he's God.

He's not God, but as if he were God. Until he tells me to do something that's wrong. Why would I ever do that who wants to do that? Chapter three is this point three or point two chapter three. Supposed to be funny.

Oh. It's almost like we've come to the center of a sermon chapter three guess what it's about. It's about Lord Jesus and fixing your attention on him. Yes, but I have trial troubles. I have circumstances.

I have trials. I have issues. What does he say? Therefore holy brothers who share in the heavenly calling consider Jesus the Apostle and high priest of our confession. What's the remedy for all spiritual ills?

What's the remedy for? For Lackluster, I don't really feel like obeying. I've kind of obeyed a lot. Nobody seems to notice. Nobody seems to care. I work behind the scenes. I never get any kudos. Here is the remedy the meditation carefully looking at the Lord Jesus.

This word means to fix to think to stare when we were children. We used to say things like what? I don't know if kids say this anymore or not. Take a picture at what? There you go. All the children in unison.

Thank you. That's what it means to stare at. No, no, but but you don't understand. I've got this this issue going on with family. And there's oh, yeah I know he's getting you to try to stop looking at your problems and look to the Lord.

Jesus. Consider attentively and since it's a sermon I ask you the question. It's the last time you attentively Thought about who Jesus is and what he's done. I mean if I got a problem, I Attentively Google if I've got a medical problem, I'm looking at when web MD.

I'm fixing my mind on all these issues and what could go wrong. Looking for the worst thing. Who am I. You do it too, though. Instead of okay. I need to reflect on those things fine. I have to live my life.

But I'm supposed to fix my eyes on the Lord Jesus and consider him. I Mean all the Bible talks about him that's true specifically you've got 89 chapters of Matthew Mark Luke and John. You've got 13 chapters about Jesus in Hebrews called the fifth gospel by some.

And what is he trying to do look down at verse 6? He's driving you to be faithful hear it from this pulpit. We want you to be faithful. We want you to obey. Lawlessness is a sin. But what's the motivation to obey but Christ is faithful over God's house his son and where his house if indeed.

We hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope. For people that are less than faithful. Look at the faithful one so that you can hold on by faith to the Lord Jesus. It means to put your head down and think about him to examine.

He doesn't say you know what if you're struggling. I want you to think about the temple once you think about the tabernacle. I want you to think about the sacrifices in the Old Testament. I want you to think about the Feast of Booths.

I want you to think about the land of Israel and its nation. No, no, no and no. You put your head down and you study. What's the last time you read a book about Jesus? See if we have an anxiety problem we get the book about no anxiety.

We have a contentment problem. We work on that, but thankfully the books that are written. Well, like Jeremiah Burroughs on the rare jewel of Christian contentment. It doesn't just talk about be content.

It talks about whom him Jesus. To examine to ponder like Paul said that I may know him in the power of his resurrection. It's the word that Jesus used. Consider the Ravens. It's the word that Jesus used.

Why do you look at the speck that's in your brother? I and not consider our notice or examine the log that's in your own eye. Do you know that the immaturity of these listeners the ones that were immature?

It's because they had a preoccupation and an unhealthy preoccupation with Themselves and their problems and they weren't considering who Jesus was. Because problems consume us and so since God knows we're consumed by these problems and we just get spiraled down like some kind of vortex.

We now are reminded. Oh, I shouldn't be doing that. There's a reason why we live by faith and not by sight. It's thinking it's considering. I love the song and when I Think that God his son not sparing sent him to die.

I can see her skin. What take it in that on that look cross my burden gladly bearing. He bled and died to take away my sin. Sin then sings my soul my Savior God to thee. How great I am how great I am.

Of course not. How great thou art. The response to God's Love in Christ Jesus is gratitude is praise. And it's a response to God's love in Christ. What does he call in chapter 3 verse 1 the apostle only time called here the apostle it just means sent one.

God the Father in eternity past agrees with the Son while the spirits there to be sent the Son is sent to go rescue us. And then to be the high priest to pray for us. To offer sacrifice of himself for us.

What does he call in chapter 3 verse 1 the apostle only time called here the apostle only time to be sent to go rescue us. Well that leads me to my fourth point which would be chapter 4. I'm simply walking through the passage saying.

With warning passages in the Bible certainly here, but most of the commands in 13. This is a book about Jesus. Excuse me. This is yet this book this this book of Hebrews Chapter 4 if you had a zero in on something great it could be really anywhere in this chapter.