The Bible Chapel Sermons

Jesus is Absolutely Supreme! 1. Be encouraged by others who have finished. 2. Drop the baggage. 3. Deal with clinging sin. 4. Keep your focus on Jesus. 5. Embrace God’s training program. 1. A healthy community provides healing. Evangelicals • Bible highest authority • Personal evangelism important • Jesus is only way to salvation Faith he [found] in “mega-type churches” is a “Bible-less,” “alterna...

Faith: An active trust and belief displayed through obedience.

Jesus is Absolutely Supreme! Faith: An active trust demonstrated by obedience Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us Endurance—perseverence-- ὑπομονῆς –meno—remain, stay Race— ἀγῶνα—we get the word «agony» from it. (pain face) 1. Be encouraged by others who have finished. 2. Drop the baggage. 3. Deal with clinging sin. 4. Focus. Refocus. Focus. Refocus. 5. Embrace God’s training...

Fresh Faith is Tested.

Assurance—confidence, substance Hoped for—certain expectation of the future anchored in the past. Conviction—proof by test, demonstration Things—(pragma) a thing done, accomplished fact. Faith: A Working Definition Faith is an active trust displayed by obedience. 1. Fresh Faith is fed by giving God my best. THE FOUR PILLARS OF GIVING God owns all things (Ps. 24:1-2; 50:10-12) All things are a gift...

God is El Shaddai ! Nothing is impossible with him.

Sanctified! • Positionally—“we have been sanctified” (10:10) • Progressively—“those who are being sanctified” (10:14) Perfected! • “For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified” (10:14” • Our relationship with God is complete and accomplished. Forgiven! • “I will remember their sins . . . no more” (10:17) Therefore—Sanctified. Perfected. Forgiven. Confidenc...

Noah was Righteous - Noah was blameless - Noah walked with God -

Perfected. Sanctified. Forgiven. “good things to come” “true form of these realities” “It can never” Hebrews 10:3-4 But in these sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. Moral defilement cannot be removed by material means. -F. F. Bruce Why the animal sacrifices in the first place? 1. Sin deserved death. 2. But anim...

Definition of Faith: An active trust and belief displayed through obedience.

Redeem: To free by means of a price paid “from the transgressions committed under the first covenant” Salvation in the OT and NT is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. The basis of salvation is always grace. The means of salvation is always faith. The object of salvation is always Jesus. By His death, Jesus established the new covenant (9:16-18) By His death, Christ provided full...

Biblical faith is directed to the Person of Jesus. Our active trust and belief displayed through obedience is in Him alone.

Growing in Christ (Just getting started…learning the ropes) Close to Christ         (Beginning to experience the difference Jesus makes) Christ-Centered         (Mature, grounded believer) Jesus is Absolutely Supreme! Seven Excellencies of Christ Heir of all things Created the world Radiance of God’s glory Exact imprint of God’s nature Uphold the universe Made purification for sins Sat down at rig...

• He is the “merciful and faithful High Priest” (2:17). • He is the “high priest of our confession” (3:1). • He is the “great high priest who has passed through the heavens” (4:14). • He is the high priest who is able to “sympathize with our weakness” (4:15). • He holds the “priesthood permanently, because he continues forever” (7:24). 1. The work of Jesus is completed (8:1a) 2. The work of Jesus...

Justice—the penalty of sin is death. Mercy—a substitute died instead of the believer. 1. Melchizedek was a priest of the Most High God (El Elyon). 2. Melchizedek was the king of Salem. 3. Melchizedek’s priesthood was uninterrupted. 4. Melchizedek’s priesthood was superior to the priesthood of Aaron. Civil Law: Laws for the nation of Israel. Moral Law: Represented in Ten Commandments—based on chara...

Can a true believer be in God’s family one day and because of sin be removed the next? Proof of Genuine Salvation: • Salvation Produced Works • Love Demonstrated by Serving • Preserved by God • Faith Saving Faith (One time for all time): Trust in Jesus as the Atonement for our sins. Daily Faith (Ongoing): Trusting in God for through the joys and challenges of life. The true believer is eternally s...

Proof of Genuine Salvation: • Salvation Produced Works • Love Demonstrated by Serving • Preserved by God • Faith Saving Faith: Trust in Jesus as the Atonement for our sins. One time for all time Daily Faith: Trusting in God for through the joys and challenges of life. Ongoing. The true believer is eternally secure. The true believer can have assurance of salvation. Basis for Eternal Security The P...

Five Essentials for Spiritual Growth Word. Worship. Connect. Serve. Share. Repentance from dead works Faith toward God Instructions about washings Laying on of hands Resurrection of the dead Final Judgment “…who have once been enlightened…” “…who have tasted the heavenly gift…” “…shared in the Holy Spirit…” “…tasted the goodness of the Word of God and the powers of the age to come…”

The Theme of Hebrews JESUS IS GREATER THAN! JESUS IS ABSOLUTELY SUPREME! Our minds will not consider the things our hearts do not desire. Are you sitting with the group in Thessalonica? Or Are you sitting with the groups in Hebrews? When you fail to grasp the basics of the faith you fall to a base level living of the world. When you fail to embrace the foundational principles of God’s Word you liv...

JESUS IS ABSOLUTELY SUPREME His Authority is Supreme His Effectiveness is Supreme His Intimacy is Supreme SEVEN EXCELLENCIES (Hebrews 1:1-3) • Heir of all things • Creator of all things • Radiance of God’s glory • Exact imprint of God’s nature • Conductor of the Universe • Made purification for sin • Sat down at God’s right hand Hebrews 5:1-4 Qualifications for a High Priest Hebrews 5:5-10 How Jes...

Jesus is the heir of all things • Jesus is the Creator • Jesus is the radiance of the glory of God • Jesus is the exact imprint of God’s nature • Jesus upholds the universe by the word of his power • Jesus is the perfect and complete sacrifice for sin • Jesus was exalted for his completed work Jesus is The Creator JESUS IS ABSOLUTELY SUPREME! His Authority is Supreme His Intimacy is Supreme His Ef...

JESUS IS ABSOLUTELY SUPREME! His Authority is Supreme His Effectiveness is Supreme His Intimacy is Supreme Jesus is the heir of all things Jesus is the Creator Jesus is the heir of all things because • He is the Eternal Son of God • He is in control of all things • He is the Savior As a fellow heir with Jesus you’re • Significant • Secure • Accepted • Forgiven • Empowered

Through Jesus we have free and open access to God. Have you trusted in Jesus alone as the only way to have a relationship with the living God? Whatever you are going through…Jesus understands. Do you know what it is like to be physically exhausted? Jesus understands. Do you know what it’s like to be pressured to give in? Jesus understands. Have you ever experienced the indescribable pain of losing...

Jesus, the Son of God. The Son—fully man, fully God is made perfect forever. Jesus did not offer a sacrifice; he became the sacrifice. Because of everything that Jesus has done, let us hold fast to our confession.

231 million (71%) Christians in the United States 91 million Evangelical Christians (29%): • Bible to be God’s Word—Inspired and Inerrant. • Jesus fully God, fully man. • Salvation only through Jesus. • Security of Salvation • Eternal Life in Heaven The Center for Bible Engagement POWER OF 4 EFFECT • Shares faith with others +228% • Disciples Others +231% • Memorizes Scripture +407% • Gives financ...