Calvary Chapel of San Antonio

RE: verse 15; Like many people today, this man has the wrong idea about the kingdom of God. The parable that follows is a long answer to his statement about being happy (blessed) by the promises of the Messianic banquet. Jesus is asking him—and you here today—this simple question: you are happy about the promised rewards but are you ready (personally, right now) to accept your invitation to it? It is a question we all need to answer in this study.

Remember that Isaiah is seeing this vision. He sees the victory and all he is asking the people to do is believe! He’s not asking them to train to fight harder. He is not asking that they have courage and go up against a vastly superior enemy. He is simply asking what I ask all the time, to really believe God’s promises here.

"In this chapter Jesus deals with all kinds of people, all of them having impure motives for wanting to be with Him. Because Jesus is hanging around with less than sincere-types throughout the entire chapter, let’s begin by honestly examining what Jesus knows of

our own hearts this; let’s try to be sure that we are sincere."

"Chapter 9 of Hebrews is a story of contrasts; 2 tabernacles, 2 covenants or wills, 2 types of sin offering, and 2 very different results. I am going to be going slowly through this chapter…"