Draw Near. Hold On. Consider Others.
Dave Riddle - 4/28/2024
Key Passages: Hebrews 10:19-25
Let us draw near…
- Hebrews 10:22
- With clean consciences and bodies
- Made right with God
- Displaying the righteousness of Christ.
- 2 Corinthians 5:17
- The inward change produces outward changes.
- You are righteous, now be righteous
- You are holy, now be holy
- Why? So that we can serve the living God
- Hebrews 9:13-14
- See also: Hebrews 4:13
Let us hold on…
- Hebrews 10:23
- Hold on to the confession of our faith.
- Hold fast
- Hebrews 4:14
- Without wavering (10:23)
- Not leaning.
- Unmoved.
- Why do we hold on? It’s the only thing that gives us hope.
Let us be consider one another…
- Hebrews 10:24
- Here it shifts from something we do for ourselves to something we do for others.
- Philippians 2:3-4
- Why? In order to provoke love and good works in each other.
- paroxysmos: to incite
- Essentially “incite a riot of love and good works”
What are we doing when we gather together?
- Hebrews 10:25
- Coming alongside one another
- Encouraging one another
- Laughing, crying, praying, sharing together