Discovering Jesus – unveiling His work in the book of Hebrews – week 5
This week Pastor Peter returns to Hebrews 2:5-9 and answers the question: How do we anchor our faith in God when so much of what the Bible says seems to contradict our experience? 5 For he has not subjected to angels the world to come that we are talking about. 6 But someone somewhere has testified: What is man that you remember him,or the son of man that you care for him?7 You made him lower than the angelsfor a short time;you crowned him…
Discovering Jesus – unveiling His work in the book of Hebrews – week 20
We all know what it’s like to be let down. How do we trust Jesus won’t fail us when everything and everyone else does? Pastor Peter walks us through Hebrews 7:20-28 and explains why we can cement our faith in Jesus. 20 None of this happened without an oath. For others became priests without an oath, 21 but he became a priest with an oath made by the one who said to him: The Lord has swornand will not change his mind,“You are…
Discovering Jesus – unveiling His work in the book of Hebrews – week 19
Have you ever asked one of these questions: How do we stop trying to earn God’s favor on our own? How do we embrace the grace of God and not fall into performance driven Christianity? Pastor Peter walks us through Hebrews 7:11-19 to help us answer those tough questions. 11 Now if perfection came through the Levitical priesthood (for on the basis of it the people received the law), what further need was there for another priest to appear, said to…
Discovering Jesus – unveiling His work in the book of Hebrews – week 18
This week Pastor Peter unpacks Hebrews 7:1-10 and answers the question: How do we overflow in heartfelt worship when our worship so easily slips into moral living? 7 For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, met Abraham and blessed him as he returned from defeating the kings, 2 and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything. First, his name means king of righteousness, then also, king of Salem, meaning king of peace. 3 Without father, mother, or genealogy, having neither beginning…
Discovering Jesus – unveiling His work in the book of Hebrews – week 17
This Sunday, Pastor Peter walks us through Hebrews 6:13-20 where the author describes a time of difficulty and encourages us to persevere. How do we keep hope and faith when we go through trials? “For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater to swear by, he swore by himself: I will indeed bless you, and I will greatly multiply you. And so, after waiting patiently, Abraham obtained the promise. For people swear by something…
Discovering Jesus – unveiling His work in the book of Hebrews – week 16
Last Sunday, we unpacked Hebrews 6:4-8 which included a warning that God provides out of His deep love for us. This week Pastor Peter walks us through Hebrews 6:9-12 which shows us the comfort that we can find in that warning. It is difficult to stay diligent in a hostile culture. But God sees us in our struggles and we can endure and persevere because of the promise of eternity with Christ through faith. 9 Even though we are speaking this…
Discovering Jesus – unveiling His work in the book of Hebrews – week 15
Hebrews 6:4-8 provides a helpful warning to ground our faith in Jesus Christ. Pastor Peter guides us through these verses and unveils Jesus’ work to save us and how much he loves us. “For it is impossible to renew to repentance those who were once enlightened, who tasted the heavenly gift, who shared in the Holy Spirit, who tasted God’s good word and the powers of the coming age, and who have fallen away. This is because, to their own…
Baptism Sunday
This Sunday we celebrated Baptism Sunday. Members of our church family declared publicly the faith and hope that they have in Jesus Christ. “Therefore we were buried with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too may walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with him in the likeness of his death, we will certainly also be in the…
Discovering Jesus – unveiling His work in the book of Hebrews – week 14
This week Pastor Peter unpacks the question: How do we persevere and grow deeper in our faith when Christian principles are counter cultural? It isn’t about following the rules or checking the boxes. We need to allow our lives to be transformed by Jesus and ground ourselves in Him. “We have a great deal to say about this, and it is difficult to explain, since you have become too lazy to understand. Although by this time you ought to be…
Discovering Jesus: unveiling His work in the book of Hebrews – week 13
Guest speaker, Roger Fruit unpacks the message of Hebrews 5: 7-10. Through His obedience even to death on the cross, Jesus became the source of eternal salvation. And He now stands designated by God as a high priest to intercede for us, that we might also learn obedience in all God has for us to learn. 7 During his earthly life, he offered prayers and appeals with loud cries and tears to the one who was able to save him from death, and…