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Series: Jesus - Greatest Of All Time
Tim Badal
Hebrews 4:1-11
Please open your Bibles to the book of Hebrews. We're in a series entitled, ''Jesus: Greatest of All Time.'' The letter to the Hebrews was written 30 years after the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus. It was written to people who were oppressed and persecuted for their faith in Jesus Christ. It's a letter of both exhortation and encouragement, urging the readers to press on and not give up, to grow a muscular faith that would endure through the trials they were facing.
Last week in Hebrews 3, we read the story of a generation who had seen God's greatness daily as He provided for them in the wilderness. They had experienced God's miraculous rescue from their bondage as slaves in Egypt. We learned how God fed them with manna from heaven, how they were given water from a rock, how God guided them with a cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. He protected them from Pharaoh's army by parting the Red Sea. For years they experienced God's grace and mercy on their behalf. You would have thought they would have responded with praise and thanksgiving, lifting up the name of the God Who had done so much for them. But as we read, they ended up not receiving the promise He had given them because they rejected His blessings and rebelled against Him. This should be a warning to us as well.
The generation of people described in Hebrews 3 was honored by the Jews in the first century. The stories of the exodus were taught in the schools and the students often wished they could have experienced those days themselves. We might say things like that as well. ''If I had just lived in the days of Jesus, if I could have seen the miracles, then I would believe even more than I do now.''
I remember a particular baseball coach I had when I was seven or eight years old. I thought he was the coolest man I had ever met. He had a way with words; he was athletic; he drove a great car ...
Series: Jesus - Greatest Of All Time
Tim Badal
Hebrews 4:1-11
Please open your Bibles to the book of Hebrews. We're in a series entitled, ''Jesus: Greatest of All Time.'' The letter to the Hebrews was written 30 years after the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus. It was written to people who were oppressed and persecuted for their faith in Jesus Christ. It's a letter of both exhortation and encouragement, urging the readers to press on and not give up, to grow a muscular faith that would endure through the trials they were facing.
Last week in Hebrews 3, we read the story of a generation who had seen God's greatness daily as He provided for them in the wilderness. They had experienced God's miraculous rescue from their bondage as slaves in Egypt. We learned how God fed them with manna from heaven, how they were given water from a rock, how God guided them with a cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. He protected them from Pharaoh's army by parting the Red Sea. For years they experienced God's grace and mercy on their behalf. You would have thought they would have responded with praise and thanksgiving, lifting up the name of the God Who had done so much for them. But as we read, they ended up not receiving the promise He had given them because they rejected His blessings and rebelled against Him. This should be a warning to us as well.
The generation of people described in Hebrews 3 was honored by the Jews in the first century. The stories of the exodus were taught in the schools and the students often wished they could have experienced those days themselves. We might say things like that as well. ''If I had just lived in the days of Jesus, if I could have seen the miracles, then I would believe even more than I do now.''
I remember a particular baseball coach I had when I was seven or eight years old. I thought he was the coolest man I had ever met. He had a way with words; he was athletic; he drove a great car ...
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