First General Baptist

Message: The Letter to the Hebrews

Text: Hebrews 11:4

Your Journey…

Mother’s Day

Levels of caring…

Levels of love…

John 15:13

Judas, Peter, other apostles, John, Mary

Loving someone more than yourself.

Douglas John Hall, "God's problem is not that God is not able to do certain things. God's problem is that God loves. Love complicates the life of God as it complicates every life."

Message: The Letter to the Hebrews

Text: Hebrews 11:3

Your Journey…

By faith we understand…

Romans 1:19-20

Genesis 1:1,3

John 1:1-4

There is the Creator or the created. You can be one but you can’t be both.

You only need faith, when you need faith.

Are you overthinking it?

Leave the results with God.

Message: The Letter to the Hebrews

Text: Hebrews 11:1-2 (40)

Your Journey…

Part of faith is hope: Romans 5:4

Biblical hope is based on what God has done, what you have seen Him do.

Part of faith is what you have not seen God do yet

What is your purpose? Why did God make you?

What is your goal? Where are you going?

The journey to do what Jesus made you for and where He wants you to be requires faith, because faith is a journey.

40 years wandering around:

Life without faith—just killing time, filling time, no point.

Life of faith—Direction, a goal, doing things that really matter.

Message: Not in the Tomb

Text: John 20:3-9

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

Romans 10:9

John 1:12

Message: In the Garden

Text: Matthew 26:33-46

Look up. Now look over.

Look up:

You feel like no one understands…because they don’t.

1 Samuel 30:6

Look over:

Mark 15:31

2 Corinthians 12:9

Message: In the Upper Room

Text: Luke 22:15

Ministry like Jesus: John 13:34-35

Ministry like Jesus has disappointment built in: John 6:63-69

I love more people than there are people who love me.

Oswald Chambers, "…for we shall often meet with more ingratitude from men than we would from a dog; but if our motive is love to God, no ingratitude can hinder us from serving our fellow men."

Franklin Roosevelt, "Helping people is one of the hardest things you will ever do."

Focus on those you love and those who love you.

Too many people spend a lifetime stealing time from those who love them the most, trying to please the ones who care about them the least.

Message: The Letter to the Hebrews  

Text: Hebrews 10:32-39  

The End Game  

Do you believe in heaven…really believe?  

To us, faith is often about believing God for what we want.  

Instead of believing God can work thru us what He wants.  

Through your suffering, testing, and need of faith is where you will be used by God.

Message: The Letter to the Hebrews

Text: Hebrews 10:24-25

Why do you gather together for church?

Self-centeredness is the foundation of boredom.

Giving people are rarely bored. Why?

Ron Hutchcraft, "Me-centered Christianity is ultimately boring, unchallenging, and just not enough to satisfy our eternity-starved soul."

“The Day” when time comes to an end and eternity begins.

Are you paying enough attention to see that Day approaching?

Message: Communion

Text: John 14:1-3

Keep your head up!

“Let not your heart be troubled…Believe”

Jesus is working on a plan for you right now.

Mark 9: 22-24, 29

Levels of need lead to levels of belief.

Message: The Letter to the Hebrews  

Text: Hebrews 10:11-14  

Jesus, “You must be born again…”  

When is your birthday? Do you know the minute/hour you were born?  

Being born again is a one time, immediate salvation experience. Sanctification is a life long salvation experience.  

On the cross Jesus said, “It is finished.”  Not, “I am finished.”  

If you have been born again, that is finished. But you are not finished.  

John 15:1-5  

“I am not working to be saved. I am working because I am saved.”