Introduction: Friends, we live in a world full of uncertainty. Just think of some of the areas of our lives that can cause us worry and concern. Economic Uncertainly. Some days our economy seems red hot while others it seems bleak or unpredictable. Governmental Uncertainty. We just saw this as our government…

Appalling Apostasy

Introduction: Maturity. The process of reaching full development. We often use this word when describing the physical and intellectual development of young persons. As children grow, they begin to mature and develop. However, the author today wants to talk about a much more important form of maturity…

Introduction: Many people struggle with relating to God at times. They see Him as holy and set apart. They see Him as perfect and spotless. And these views of God are all completely true. God is perfect. God is without sin. Listen to a couple of the many verses in the Bible describing the perfection…

Introduction: Words have power. Growing up, I remember being told about the power of one’s words. The old adage that sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me has always been a blatant fallacy. Words do matter. They can either build one up or tear one down. However, as powerful…

Introduction: During the previous verses we went through, the author brought up this concept of rest. He compared those who failed to enter the Promised Land to those who fail to find salvation in Christ - those who are hardened by sin and continue in unbelief have no salvation in the Lord. This week,…

Introduction: The concept of rest goes all the way back to the book of Genesis. Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. So God blessed the…

Introduction: The first century Jewish converts who were receiving this letter had a very high view of Moses. In some Jewish traditions, Moses was considered even greater than the angels. There was good reason for them to respect Moses and hold him in high regard. Moses’s life was amazingly spared in…

Introduction: We mentioned last week how man was given dominion of everything in Genesis 1:26 . Listen to this beautiful verse: Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock…

Introduction: This was another difficult question asked by my congregation. They have really brought some good ones for me throughout this summer! I am sure that many of you can identify a certain group of people that would be most passionate about this question. The Churches of Christ have historically…