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“Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise.” (NLT)
“Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.” (ESV)
I love the way both of those translations talk about Hebrews 10:23…Holding fast to what we affirm - to our confession - and to do it without wavering. In what we discovered together last week, the Apostles’ Creed is a beautiful and inspiring summary of what we affirm. Even John Calvin said in his Institutes of the Christian Religion, the Creed “furnishes us with a full and every way complete summary of faith, containing nothing but what has been derived from the infallible word of God.” In other words, if we want to stand on a firm foundation in our faith, we need to stand on the Scriptures and how they are summarized in the Apostles' Creed.
We left off last week with Jesus' descent to the dead. It seemed like the enemy had won. But then we read, “On the 3rd day He rose again from the dead and ascended into heaven…” Those words remind us of something that is both wonderfully simple and astoundingly great: Jesus has gone bodily to be in the very presence of God!
But what does this mean? What is the significance of this belief? That Jesus, who rose from the dead after dying to pay for all our sin, now lives and rules with God the Father in heaven. And yet Jesus is also with us always— through the Spirit of God, who comes to live and work in our hearts. Jesus’ ascension made all of this possible.
This week we get to study the fact that Jesus was the ultimate “party crasher” who is the “life of the party.” His defeat of death, resurrection to eternal life, and giving of the Spirit assures us of so many heavenly blessings that a few minutes on a Sunday morning can’t do it justice; but we’ll certainly give it a try!
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“Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.” (ESV)
I love the way both of those translations talk about Hebrews 10:23…Holding fast to what we affirm - to our confession - and to do it without wavering. In what we discovered together last week, the Apostles’ Creed is a beautiful and inspiring summary of what we affirm. Even John Calvin said in his Institutes of the Christian Religion, the Creed “furnishes us with a full and every way complete summary of faith, containing nothing but what has been derived from the infallible word of God.” In other words, if we want to stand on a firm foundation in our faith, we need to stand on the Scriptures and how they are summarized in the Apostles' Creed.
We left off last week with Jesus' descent to the dead. It seemed like the enemy had won. But then we read, “On the 3rd day He rose again from the dead and ascended into heaven…” Those words remind us of something that is both wonderfully simple and astoundingly great: Jesus has gone bodily to be in the very presence of God!
But what does this mean? What is the significance of this belief? That Jesus, who rose from the dead after dying to pay for all our sin, now lives and rules with God the Father in heaven. And yet Jesus is also with us always— through the Spirit of God, who comes to live and work in our hearts. Jesus’ ascension made all of this possible.
This week we get to study the fact that Jesus was the ultimate “party crasher” who is the “life of the party.” His defeat of death, resurrection to eternal life, and giving of the Spirit assures us of so many heavenly blessings that a few minutes on a Sunday morning can’t do it justice; but we’ll certainly give it a try!