Sermons on Hebrews
Better Promises
Welcome to Chapel City Church! What a joy to be guided by the author of Hebrews through the better work of Jesus as the mediator of a better covenant. This week, as we celebrate communion, we are invited once again to consider how precious those New Covenant promises are. The Old Covenant provided a temporary covering for sin, but it always anticipated a sacrifice that…
Contrasting Covenants
Welcome to Chapel City Church! Last week the author of Hebrews gave us a summary in the middle of the book. He pointed us backwards to where he’s been, and gave us a preview of where he’s going. And where he’s going for the next couple of chapters is a wonderfully encouraging look at the blessings of a better covenant. The Old Covenant had value. It…
The Main Point
This week we turn the page and work our way through Hebrews, Chapter 8. After 7 chapters full of encouragement, warnings, and some nuanced arguments for how Jesus is the better high priest, perhaps you feel a bit overwhelmed. Even lots of good information can feel like information overload! Wouldn’t it be helpful to have a summary of where we’ve been and where…
The Better High Priest
This week we will look at the closing verses of Hebrews Chapter 7. We have seen the picture of the priesthood of Melchizedek, and been called to understand that he served as a type that Jesus would later fulfill. Last week we looked at the better ministry of Jesus, and saw how he accomplished things that the Old Covenant priests never could. This week we close the chapter…
The Better Ministry
We are working through the Book of Hebrews, and the author is reminding us of how much better Jesus is. Better than what? Better than anything! And last week he started to open up the reasons that Jesus is a better priest than anyone who served under the law. That priesthood was based on your family line, and only lasted as long as you did. But Jesus is a better high…
The Model of a Better Ministry
Welcome to Chapel City Church! After a severe warning that covered most of chapter 5 and all of chapter 6, the author of Hebrews picks up where he left off. He was concerned that they weren’t equipped to deal with some of the weighty arguments that he needed to make to show them the greatness of Jesus as our high priest. But he trusts that they will press on toward…
The Full Assurance of Hope
This week we will finish the third warning passage in the Book of Hebrews. And after some difficult passages and serious words, our author reminds his beloved audience of the hope that he has for them. They needed the reminder even if it was hard to hear, and so do we. There are eternal consequences for falling away from Jesus Christ. But it was never the author’s…
The Final Fall
Welcome to Chapel City Church! This week we will continue working through the warning that our author began last week. He has many things to say to these precious people; things that would uplift and encourage them as they face trials. But there is a problem. They are not ready to hear what he has to say. They are mired in immaturity, and must grow up in their faith.…
Milk or Meat
Welcome to Chapel City Church! This week we will jump back into the Book of Hebrews after our Advent break. Although we don’t know who wrote the book, we can sum up the theme in a single sentence: Jesus is better. He is the better word who is better than angels, better than Moses, and better than Joshua. He is a better high priest because he is a different kind of…
The Wondrous Mystery
This is the first week of advent, the time when we prepare our hearts to rejoice in the birth of Jesus Christ. Our lives are pressed and packed. Rest is hard to come by in any season, let alone around the holidays. That’s one reason that these times of worship together are so precious. They are places where we can pause and rejoice in what God has done. Truths that…
Hope in Our Great High Priest
Welcome to Chapel City Church! Last week we finished the second major warning passage in the Book of Hebrews. The author reminds us that there was a generation that God led out of Egypt that had every proof of his power and love. And yet, they didn’t really know him at all. We were reminded that the same tendency toward unbelief lies in us, and that we should take…
Chasing Rest
Welcome to Chapel City Church! Last week we began to work through the second warning passage of the book. The author loves the people that he writes to, and wants to make sure that they don’t miss out on the precious promises of God. The generation that left slavery in Egypt headed toward a land of promise, but died in the wilderness because of their hardened,…