Leroy Community Chapel Podcast

Passage: Luke 2:8-20

Passage: Isaiah 9:6

Passage: Genesis 3:15

Passage: Hebrews 5:11-6:3

The way something begins is important, but the way it finishes is even more important! In construction, when the foundation is finished, there is no need to continue to build more foundation. The builder moves on to building the rest of the structure. In redemptive history, God set a good foundation in Judaism, but in Christ the whole structure has been made complete. Don’t be “dull of hearing”! Take this opportunity to commit to finishing well!

* Can you identify ways you are spiritually immature? Do you want to grow? What will that require?

* What is the difference between childishness and childlikeness? What would it look like for you to be both childlike and mature?

* What should the process of discipleship look like? Are you currently discipling a younger believer? Why or why not?

Passage: Hebrews 4:14-16

Chapter four of Hebrews culminates with the author discussing Jesus and His role as not only the Great High Priest, but the better High Priest. Jesus is the better High Priest because He is the Son of God. Jesus’ sinless life allows Him to offer mercy, grace, and salvation to a rather undeserving humankind. Simply, these three verses are easily glossed over, yet they are saturated with the gospel and the loving character of our Savior. This passage works through three of Jesus’ divine attributes that sanction His role as the better High Priest. He is superior in every way! He is sympathetic toward our every need! He is our sanctuary and safe harbor in every trial! Jesus is the better High Priest!

* Does your faith and relationship with Jesus exude certainty and confidence?

* How may an understanding of these three attributes of Jesus’ divine character and role as our Great High Priest assist us in maintaining certainty and confidence in our faith?

* How does understanding the truth in this passage allow us to catch a glimpse of the magnitude of the Gospel?

Passage: Hebrews 4:1-13

We all long for rest, some of us don’t like it, but once we get there it feels so good. Rest from work. Rest from running. Rest from turmoil. Rest from the long day. The rhythm of life, work and rest, is God’s way of creating a longing in our heart for a better rest; spiritual rest. What the writer of Hebrews is going to tell us is that the better rest is not a particular place or time, but a person, Jesus.

* How is the rest we experience on a day off, or vacation, or a nap on a sunny Fall day like the rest God is calling us to in Hebrews 4:1? How is it different?

* How can your biblical understanding of rest enhance your times of earthly rest?

* In what ways does God’s grace and rest intersect?

Passage: Hebrews: 3-7-19

* What are the hard places in your heart that you are holding onto, that cause you to forget who Jesus is, or that make you feel like you are owed something other than what Jesus has for you?

* Where are you fighting for victory instead of fighting from victory?

* (In preparation for next week) What is robbing you of resting in Jesus?

Passage: Hebrews 3: 1-6