Mission City Church w/ Pastor Josh Hershey

Chapter 3 of Hebrews shows us how Jesus is worthy of MORE GLORY than Moses. The theme of Jesus’s greatness as our Apostle and High Priest is touched on. Christ is calling us to enter his rest TODAY. He is still saying, “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” We don’t have to be like the Israelites in the wilderness who had evil hearts of unbelief. We don’t have to shrink back in fear. We too can be at rest with the One who is seated at the right hand of the Majesty and who has purified us from all our sins!

Chapter 2 of Hebrews continues with the theme of how Jesus is greater than the angels! His SPEECH is greater and we should diligently listen to it. For His speech is about the GREAT SALVATION He has brought. Not only is His speech greater than the angels, but His ACTIONS are greater. He came from heaven, became man, and reclaimed what man had lost. We can look to him in all the chaos we are going through. For he is reigning on high and we are one with Him! He was made perfect through His sufferings and by death He DEFEATED DEATH and was raised to become our GREAT HIGH PRIEST. We no longer need to fear death and we can go to Him as One who is merciful and understands everything we are going through. JESUS IS GREAT! Join us!

Join us as we begin our new series on the book of Hebrews! This is a book that has to deal with how JESUS IS GREATER than everything. This morning we will look at chapter one of Hebrews. The opening of Hebrews deals with how the revelation Jesus brings is greater than anything that has been brought before as well as how Jesus is much greater than the angels of heaven. Let us not shrink back from the good news of what God has done through His Son! For in the Son we have EVERYTHING we need!

In this teaching by Keith Hershey, learn the beautiful news that the Gospel is all about GIFT! IT is really true, that God gave Jesus as a GIFT to you! But did you also know that Jesus gave you as a GIFT to God? Enter the joy of whom God made you to be, and share your life and love with your world! It really is a big deal. Your life is important. Your presence is needed. And your love is to be shared!

We will be concluding our series this morning by looking at one of the greatest miracles recorded in Scripture! As Israel was making its way into the promised land it soon made a covenant of peace with one of the people groups that dwelled there, Gibeon. Soon after that covenant Gibeon was surrounding by five kings who came against them with a strong and vicious attack. What were they to do!? They called for Joshua—their new covenant partner. Joshua responded and when he came in their midst with a host of mighty men of valor, he did something astonishing to bring a decisive victory on Gibeon’s behalf. He commanded the sun and moon to stand still! And they listened! (Josh 10:12-14). Talk about speaking to mountains! God is at work in our battles and this story has much to teach us. Listen in.

We will be concluding our series this morning by looking at one of the greatest miracles recorded in Scripture! As Israel was making its way into the promised land it soon made a covenant of peace with one of the people groups that dwelled there, Gibeon. Soon after that covenant Gibeon was surrounding by five kings who came against them with a strong and vicious attack. What were they to do!? They called for Joshua—their new covenant partner. Joshua responded and when he came in their midst with a host of mighty men of valor, he did something astonishing to bring a decisive victory on Gibeon’s behalf. He commanded the sun and moon to stand still! And they listened! (Josh 10:12-14). Talk about speaking to mountains! God is at work in our battles and this story has much to teach us. Listen in.

Jesus is our Great Physician. He is the Healer of our souls and bodies. After preaching his most famous sermon, “The Sermon on the Mount,” in Matthew chapters 5 through 7, Jesus comes down from the mountain and immediately proceeds to heal ten different people throughout the course of Matthew chapters 8 and 9. Each of these miraculous stories teach us something about how Jesus administers healing in our midst. Join us as we catch a glimpse of the great love and grace that was displayed in the healing ministry of Jesus. May Christ open our hearts to His word and by His Spirit come in our midst to “bind up wounds,” “open eyes,” and make us whole.

Inserting Grace Into Life’s Momentous Problems

 

 

"When your life is filled with challenges, and the mountains of despair overwhelm you, remember; It takes Faith to speak grace to anything or to anyone!

 

As believers in Jesus, we are given the invitation to speak “Grace, Grace to our mountains!”  In this teaching, you will be encouraged and refreshed with the Gospel of the finished work of Jesus, and learn how to better yield your heart, and impart grace to any problem you face.  And when you do, your heart is at rest, and you can trust completely in the Savior who saves to the uttermost, and accomplishes great and mighty miracles in your midst.  Enjoy God’s word to you and begin inserting grace into your life’s most challenging problems."

Psalm 133 is a powerful Psalm concerning who we are collectively in Christ. We are those who have been engraved on Christ’s heart and have been anointed with the precious Holy Spirit who flows from the Father and through the Son. John tells us “you have an anointing from the Holy One” (1 John 2:20). The precious Spirit that is poured over the body of Christ brings beautiful unity in the church (Ps 133:1). For there is no strife in the Spirit but rather love. As we walk in our identity of who we are in our Great High Priest who is seated in heaven, and who we are as His anointed priests, we can speak and pray in confidence. We can expect signs to follow believers and miracles to manifest in our midst because all is from God. Visualizing our place in our Great High priest and being still before the precious Spirit helps us put our full confidence God and not ourselves.

This morning we will be looking at what it means to re-dig the wells of our fathers. What it means to “fan into flame the gift of God which is in us” (2 Tim 1:6). What it means to “not neglect the gift that is in us” (1 Tim 4:14). The enemy wants to stop of the rivers of living water from having an expression in our heart and life. The devil, the flesh, and sin, all want to make sure that our hearts are not flowing in the river of the love of God, the grace of our Lord Jesus, and the intimacy of the Holy Spirit. But we can make sure the well is open. We can trust God, dwell in His land, and feed on His faithfulness (Ps 37:3). We can dwell in the land of Gerar (“meditation”) and receive the promises and miracles God has in store for us. Isaac dwelled in the land instead of going to Egypt and reaped a hundredfold (Gen 26:1-3, 12). He stayed in the land and re-dug his fathers wells to experience God’s blessing for himself (Gen 26:18-19).