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Resolve to be Anchored Hebrew 6:13-20
As we go through the text, I want you to keep in mind a few things from this passage:
God made a promise to Abraham and he swore by Himself because no one was greater by whom to swear In the same way, in His desire to show to the heirs (US) of the promise, he has a promise and oath that is unchangeable- And He is God, He does not lieThis a hope for all Christians – a confident assurance, an anchor of our soul that cannot slip or break under ANY pressure Safe and steadfast hope that enters within the vail -The vail was torn and now because of Jesus we can go directly to GodEva praying in the morning - God showed the contrastJesus had entered as a forerunner – We get to follow
Today I want us to talk about the word Resolve
Settle or find a solution to (a problem, dispute, or contentious matter)Decide firmly on a course of actionFirm determination to do something
There is a war for your soul and a time has come to make a choice. The choice has to be made yesterday- but the next best day is today
Everything in life is a choice – Even the things that we have no control over, we have a choice of how to react More so when it comes to our spiritual walk. The vail was torn giving you and I access to the Father, no more excuses of going through someone else or waiting for someone to get their life together so they can intercede for you. We all have a choice and we have to resolve – Make a firm determination to stay anchored within the veilWhen it comes to Christian walk, we don’t make a resolve of where we stand based on our own justification, its only because of where we are planted /anchored and who is the anchor That does not give us an out because - Proverbs 16:1 – The plans of the mind and orderly thinking belong to man, but from the Lord comes the [wise] answer of the tongue.Man has to exercise his own reason in making his decisions but that he is dependent on the LordWe resolve to stay anchored and the Lord will give you the way to stay anchoredWhere are you anchored? – Truly if I may ask you to check your line to see where its tied to, what would you say- what if I asked your friends, family, Pastor, co-workers?I am sure if I took the time to hang out with you 24-7, I would know where your anchor rests
How are we anchored? In Christ alone, through Christ, and by Christ John 3:16 For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten ([a]unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life.Romans 5:1 Therefore, since we are justified ([a]acquitted, declared righteous, and given a right standing with God) through faith, let us [grasp the fact that we] have [the peace of reconciliation to hold and to [b]enjoy] peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One).Acts 4:12 - And there is salvation in and through no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by and in which we must be saved.We have an anchor that is Strong and immovable – God is the same yesterday today and foreverWhen I think of Anchor, I think of a chain- I am tied to the end and other end is tied in inside the altar and no matter what happens, am not movable beyond a certain perimeter. I also have a choice to where my chain is anchored Galatians 6:8 - For he who sows to his own flesh (lower nature, sensuality) will from the flesh reap decay and ruin and destruction, but he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.When we are anchored in Christ,We are steady in our walk - Bible – All other ground is s...