Intro Hook - Weirdness of priests? Isn’t that a catholic thing? Recap Hebrews So far. Main theme: Jesus is our High Priest, draw near to God through Him! Jesus - Sympathetic High Priest (4:14-16) Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us…

Exegetical Purpose: To remind the Corinthians about the centrality of the Resurrection. Homiletic Purpose: To remind the Church about the centrality of the Resurrection. IntroductionEaster If you asked any old person on the street: “What is the most important part of Christianity?” What answer do you…

Intro Dense passage. I thought about dividing it up, but it is all one extended argument. Let’s look at it in 6 Sections. Where did we leave off? Jesus is like Moses (who lead the exodus, who gave the Law, who was faithful). Moses was a faithful Servant, but Jesus is greater! Moses is a servant in the…

Intro Recap: Jesus Is Supreme - the heir of all things and the final Word of God. He made atonement for sins and is seated at the right hand of the Father. Jesus is greater than Angels, he is the Son prophesied by Scripture. Jesus is the founder and High Priest of our Faith - he has become a man to free…

Intro One of the most defining elements of each of our lives is our relationships. So much of our identity is built around who we are connected to. You cannot define who I am without reference to my parents (and other linage), my wife, my children. Even as a pastor, I cannot be a pastor at large, in…

Intro When do you pay more attention? When there a greater stakes! I pay much more attention to the location of my children when I’m moving a vehicle around the yard, because the stakes are higher. You pay much closer attention to the words coming out of your mouth when you’re having a hard conversation…

Some of us love a good argument. And I don’t mean a shouting match and hurt feelings, I mean some of us love some good argumentation, where you present your premise or argument, and then you support that idea with various proofs or logical deduction. Then your opposite will argue where they think you’re…

Intro What is Hebrews? A Letter? A Sermon? Both? - Letter bits, rehetorical bits. No author named - Paul? Apollos? When written? Probably before 70 AD (What critical things happened in 70 ad?) It was probably written before, because it focuses on the way the sacrificial system and the temptation to go…