Being a truth-teller in a time of great deception

Jesus is the same as when He first came to testify to the truth . Therefore, we must abide in Him . If strange, new ideas do not align with the truth in Jesus , then we should not only avoid them but alert others as well. We must stand together against the deceptive spirit of this age. Our strength to stand comes from the grace of God . Hebrews 13:4, “Marriage  is to be held  in honor  among all, ...

We continue our study of Hebrews today with Ch 12. Earlier chapters of Hebrews declare how Jesus gave us a new and living way to relate with the Father, Son and Holy Spirit through the New Covenant. Ch12 instructs us how to live our life of faith . It tells us how to respond to God’s discipline and warns us that a “whole lot of shaking is coming!”

Faith is the substance of things hoped for. The evidence of things not seen! How do we acquire and exercise faith? How did the heroes of faith believe God? How did they believe for unbelievable stuff? How did they respond when the 'stuff" didn't happen?

God’s will is for us to be made holy by the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ. Through His sacrifice, the blood of Jesus has made a new and life-giving way for us to go right into the presence of God and have fellowship! This gives us hope that is an anchor for our souls. If we receive the knowledge of the truth, then deliberately and willfully continue in sin, there will be certain judgment....

Christ entered into heaven itself to appear now before God on our behalf. He has appeared at the end of the age to remove sin by his own death as a sacrifice. T he blood of Christ will purify our consciences from sinful deeds so that we can worship the living God .

Jesus is our priest forever in the order of Melchizedek ! So, based on God’s oath and His resurrection, Jesus now guarantees the new covenant. This better hope enables us to come boldly before His throne of grace! Jesus’ perfect sacrifice gives Him a “perfect priesthood” which saves us once and for all, to the uttermost!

Hebrews 6 warns us about a hardness that may be unredeemable. But it also assures us that Jesus is our forerunner who has made the way for us to experience "eternal salvation." This offer of "His righteousness" gives us hope that is a firm and secure anchor for our soul!

Jesus through giving His life freely has provided for us eternal salvation. Original sin left man eternally separated from God. But Jesus was the Lamb of God slain from the foundation of the world. He became sin for us on the cross. His willing sacrifice paid the debt of death that we owed. Death could not hold Him because He had never sinned, so up from the grave He arose! Now He ever lives as ou...

Jesus has called us His friends! He even says that we didn't choose Him, that He chose us! He calls us to abide or stay in relationship with Him and allow His words to abide in us. As we do, He will work through us and we will bear much fruit!

Hebrews 4 declares there remains a rest 4 for the people of God. Today, God is speaking ! If we receive His word with faith , there is a special rest for us. Jesus has made the way for us to come into the very throne room of God our Father. We are invited to speak to Him with free, fearless confidence and cheerful courage!

In these last days, God is speaking to us through Jesus. So, as we hear His voice today, we must receive His word with faith. The truth is in Jesus. As we receive His word with faith, we will protect ourselves from deception and enter His rest.

Hebrews 2 we warns us not to neglect this great salvation that Jesus himself proclaimed, the disciples confirmed, and the Father verified by signs, wonders and gifts of the Holy Spirit. Jesus established this great salvation by becoming a man and then by conquering sin and death through his innocent death in our place.

This study of Hebrews chapter 1 reveals that God the Father so loved the world that He sent Jesus, God the only begotten Son, to reveal His love to us. Jesus' obedience to the Father established a Kingdom where grace abounds and right-standing with God is restored. The glory and wonder of Jesus as God the Son is revealed in this chapter!

Hebrews 1:1-4 tells us that God the Father has spoken to us most clearly in these last days by His Son Jesus. It goes on and magnifies the truth that Jesus is the way, the truth and the life through 7 eternal traits of Jesus. We come away with a glorious understanding of who Jesus truly is as God, the Son, the express image of God.

Scripture says of Israel that God says, "I will bless those who bless you." As Israel has been re-established as its own nation, God has amazing blessed. The tiny nation thrives despite being surrounded by hostile nations. On October 7th Israel was attacked by Hamas, whose stated goal is the total destruction of Israel. They beheaded, raped and burned babies, even. Yet protestors and the...

As Jesus began His ministry he declared the Kingdom is at hand or within your grasp. The Kingdom advanced as he did the works of the Father. He calls us to do the same works that he did. As the Kingdom advances, the enemy will counter. We resist by following Jesus, listening to the Father, and doing the works He gives us to do.

Jesus began His ministry at age 30 and announced the "time is fulfilled," repent and believe the gospel. Why was the time fulfilled at that point? Scripture clearly teaches that the time was fulfilled because the Holy Spirit had been poured out upon Him empowering Him to do the Father's will!

After the fall man had been oppressed by darkness and death through Satan's reign on earth. Jesus was sent by the Father as the light of the World. His sacrificial death has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of his dear Son.

How, practically speaking, did the Spirit of the Lord enable Jesus to heal the broken hearted and set captives free? Can He do the same thing for us?

Isaiah 59 warns of a time of darkness, and in which truth fails. Is that time upon us? Some who love the truth have been silenced. Some wonder if this attack on truth is ultimately a global movement of spiritual darkness.

Jesus said the Spirit of the Lord was upon Him to set the captives and oppressed free and to heal the broken-hearted. How many people around us are oppressed and broken-hearted? The Ignite Event is designed to equip us to do the works that Jesus did to bring freedom and healing.

As Jesus started His ministry he read Isaiah 61:1, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me and has anointed me to bring good news to the humble..." After the Holy Spirit anointed Him He went about doing amazing works to set captives free and heal the broken-hearted. The promise of the Father is that in these last days He will pour out His Spirit on all of us and anoint us. How will this happe...

As Jesus started His ministry in Nazareth, He announced the Spirit of the Lord is upon me for He has anointed me and sent me to preach good news, set captives free, open blind eyes, and give liberty to the oppressed. So, with that anointing He went about doing good and healing those oppressed by the devil. As He sent us to be His witnesses, He promised that the Holy Spirit would also come upon us...

At Christmas we celebrate our love for one another by giving gifts. The gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. We receive our gifts from each other at Christmas in faith that good things are inside. As we receive Christ Jesus as our Lord, the gift of God is eternal life!

Jesus says in John 10 and 14, if you can't believe that I am one with God the Father because of what I say, at least believe because of the works of the Father you have seen me do. Hebrews 2:4 says, " God confirmed the message by giving signs and wonders and various miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit..."