God’s Presence and the Promised Rest

Context

Hebrews 13:5-6 NKJV - 5 [Let your] conduct [be] without covetousness; [be] content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” 6 So we may boldly say: “The LORD [is] my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?”

Deuteronomy 31:3-8 NKJV - 3 “The LORD your God Himself crosses over before you; He will destroy these nations from before you, and you shall dispossess them. Joshua himself crosses over before you, just as the LORD has said. 4 “And the LORD will do to them as He did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites and their land, when He destroyed them. 5 “The LORD will give them over to you, that you may do to them according to every commandment which I have commanded you. 6 “Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, He [is] the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you.” 7 Then Moses called Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, “Be strong and of good courage, for you must go with this people to the land which the LORD has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you shall cause them to inherit it. 8 “And the LORD, He [is] the One who goes before you. He will be with you, He will not leave you nor forsake you; do not fear nor be dismayed.”

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Psalm 2: Framing the Book of Hebrews

Context

Hebrews 1:2, 5 NKJV
2 has in these last days spoken to us by [His] Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; …
5 For to which of the angels did He ever say: “You are My Son, Today I have begotten You”? And again: “I will be to Him a Father, And He shall be to Me a Son”?

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The World-Tilting Gospel

Book by Dan Phillips Amazon Link

A Study Guide by Patrick Dudenhofer

Introduction

• How did the first century church “turn the world upside down?” (p. 14-15)

  • They had a different allegiance which changed how they viewed everything.

• What was Paul’s standard missionary operating procedure? (p. 16)

  • He found people and he preached Christ to them.

• Describe the change and growth of the Thessalonian believers. (p. 16)

  • The Thessalonians received the Gospel as the Word of God, abandoned their false gods, and became “conduits of the Gospel” in word and works.

• What divides early Christians from most “Christians” today? (p. 17)

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God hates divorce.

A few reminders before we begin…

All the words of my mouth [are] with righteousness;
Nothing crooked or perverse [is] in them.
They [are] all plain to him who understands,
And right to those who find knowledge.
(Proverbs 8:8-9 NKJV)

Do not add to His words,
Lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar.
(Proverbs 30:6 NKJV)

This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart; who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
(Ephesians 4:17-19 NKJV)

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10 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:
11 “Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned back My wrath from the children of Israel, because he was zealous with My zeal among them, so that I did not consume the children of Israel in My zeal.
12 “Therefore say, ‘Behold, I give to him My covenant of peace;
13 ‘and it shall be to him and his descendants after him a covenant of an everlasting priesthood, because he was zealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.’ "
–Numbers 25:10-13 NKJV

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Friends, the Creator of the universe has graciously revealed Himself to us in His Word and through His Son Jesus Christ. His revelation is a precious treasure that we must cherish and defend. God’s Word is truth (Jn. 17.17) and it is the truth we need. Scripture alone reveals God’s loving-kindness toward sinners in Christ. The Bible is sufficient to equip Christ’s sheep for every good work and believers need nothing else to know how they might please and serve Christ in this world (2 Tim. 2.16-17).

Introduction

“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.” ¹

The Old is New Again

There is no such thing as a new ethical system.

To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word it is because there is no light in them.

Isaiah 8:20 NKJV