Reconsidering How Hard We’re Willing to Fight
Most Christians could and should do a lot more to fight temptation’s draw and stand up for what is right in our daily lives.
Series: Hebrews
Verse by Verse
July 17, 2005
• Hebrews 1-13
Verse by verse exposition of the book of Hebrews
Recognizing and Responding to God’s Correction
Hebrews 12:5-11
We need to carefully discern God’s corrective discipline when it is taking place in our lives and respond quickly with sincere confession and repentance.
Breaking Recurring Patterns
Hebrews 12:12-13
We must take necessary steps to break the pattern of recurring sin so that we don’t thwart progress in our sanctification and incur greater discipline from our heavenly Father.
Recalling Why This is So Important
Hebrews 12:14-17
Serious effort in our sanctification bears witness to the reality of our justification; we must understand this relationship and give this fight with sin our all.
Motivated by Heaven’s Perspective
Hebrews 12:18-24
Our fight with sin is fueled when we adopt heaven?s perspective on the gravity of sin and the incredible cost of celebrated reconciliation.
Seeing Obedience as an Act of Worship
Hebrews 12:25-29
Obedient living is an act of genuine worship when it is motivated by a high view of God and a sober realization of his just response to sin.
Sacrifice Instead of Selfishness
Hebrews 13:1-3
God has called us to buck our culture’s propensity for self-interest and self-promotion and intentionally care for fellow Christians with a sacrificial and empathetic love.
Contentment Instead of Materialism
Hebrews 13:5-6
It makes no sense for us to restlessly chase after all the material things the world craves, because as God’s kids we have the promise of God’s presence and perpetual provision.
Purity Instead of Promiscuity
Hebrews 13:4
God has called us to be fundamentally distinct from the rest of the world by maintaining the highest view of marriage and striving for sexual purity.
Deference Instead of Autonomy
Hebrews 13:7, 17-19
God has called Christians to willfully and joyfully live under the authority and direction of biblically ordained spiritual leaders.
Realities Instead of Rituals
Hebrews 13:8-16
We must fight to maintain and uphold sound biblical doctrine, never allowing the forms of our Christian expression to become a brainless or lifeless experience.
Interdependence Instead of Independence
Hebrews 13:20-25
As dependent creatures we should willingly & consciously rely on God, his word and his people to effectively live the Christian life.