PREPARED FOR A NEW LIFE IN CHRIST
Hebrews 12:14-16,
18-29
GODLY ATTITUDE
14 Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be
holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.
15 See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no
bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many.
A. Two of the prerequisites to enter heaven are peace and
holiness.
1. To live in
peace take considerable effort on our part.
2. We are by
nature in opposition to rules and authority.
3. We have the
power of the Holy Spirit that enables us to submit to
authority of
the Word of God.
4. We can submit to
those who submit to The Word of God and we
can avoid those
who oppose God.
5. I think we have
to recognize that we cannot associate with some people
because they
are persistence trouble makers.
B. We should make an effort to pursue the holiness of God.
1. We first must
have an attitude of doing the right thing.
2. We can treat
others with kindness and respect regardless of how we
are treated.
THE END OF THE OLD COVENENT
18 You have not come to a mountain that can be touched and
that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom and storm;
19 to a trumpet blast or to such a voice speaking words that
those who heard it begged that no further word be spoken to them,
20 because they could not bear what was commanded: "If
even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned."
21 The sight was so terrifying that Moses said, "I am
trembling with fear."
A. The Jews were under the Law God gave Moses at Mount
Horeb
1.While God
visited with Moses on the mountain, no one was to touch
it unless
they die.
2. The sound of
God was so frighten that the people did not want Him to
talk to them
directly.
3. They requested
that Moses give them the Word from God.
4. The law could
not save, but pointed to their unrighteousness and judgment.
B. Having being freed from slavery in Egypt ,
they brought slavery with them to
desert in the form of idol gods.
1. They could not
make peace with God because of their desire to hold on to the
past.
2. They spent 40
years wondering in desert because of their disobedience
and unbelief.
THE NEW COVENANT IN JESUS
22 But you have come to Mount
Zion Jerusalem ,
the city of the living God. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels
in joyful assembly,
23 to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written
in heaven. You have come to God, the judge of all men, to the spirits of
righteous men made perfect,
24 to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the
sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
A. All of the requirements of the Law given to Moses were
fulfilled by the
death of Jesus on the cross. Matt 5:17
1. A New covenant
of grace was ratified with the blood of Jesus on the cross.
2. Under the Law,
Moses was the mediator between God and Israel .
3. Under the New
Covenant of Grace, Jesus is the mediator between the Church and
God.
B. Under the Old
Covenant, the blood of animals was required as a sacrifice for the
the atonement of
the sins of Israel .
1. The blood of
animals could not save but was a type of the sacrifice of the blood
Christ shed on the cross which atoned for
sins of all men for all times.
2. Angels
rejoiced when Christ was born.
3. Angels also
rejoice every time a person excepts Christ as his/her personal savior.
Luke 15:10
C. Our Faith in Jesus Christ make us perfect before the
Father in Heaven.
1. We were buried
with Jesus in His death and reborn in His resurrection
2. Any man in
Christ is a new creation.
D. Christ is the
first born of the New Creation in Him.
1. Christ is the
first born of the Church.
2. All believers
are members of the body of Christ.
3. We sons and
daughters of God through our faith in Jesus.
OBEDIENCE TO THE WORD
25 See to it that you do not refuse him who speaks. If they
did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less
will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven?
26 At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has
promised, "Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the
heavens."
27 The words "once more" indicate the removing of
what can be shaken — that is, created things — so that what cannot be shaken
may remain.
A. Unlike the Israelites
in the desert, we have a complete copy of the Bible,
God's Holy Word.
1. We have all the
instructions God gave Israel
under the Law and all the instructions
Jesus gave
under Grace.
2. The Israelites
could not keep the Law and many perished because of their
disobedience.
B. We have the
advantage of having the Word of God in print and the power of the
Holy Spirit to
interpret the Word for us.
1. It is the
indwelling of the Holy Spirit that reminds us of God's Words and gives
us the will
and the spirit to obey the Word.
2. Proverbs 9:10 states; "The fear of the Lord is the
beginning of wisdom, and
knowledge of
the Holy One is understanding."
3. If anyone lacks
wisdom, let him ask the Lord and it will be given to him.
C. Because of sin that enter in to God perfect creation, in
the Garden of Eden,
this current
heaven and earth will be destroyed after the second coming of Christ.
1. God will make
a new heaven and new earth in which all
believers have
membership.
2. We have been
chosen before the foundation of the world to be in this new heaven
and new earth. Eph 1:4
3. We owe it to
God the Father and Jesus the author of our salvation to be obedient to
the Word of
God.
4. We are the
Church that world should see and be drawn to Christ.
THE KINGDOM
OF GOD
28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot
be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and
awe,
29 for our "God is a consuming fire."
A. We have to develop an attitude of gratefulness.
1. We have grown
up in world of unbelief and selfishness.
2. We learned to
complain about out our situations.
3. Our hearts
were harden by the world we live in.
B. But by the grace of God we were drawn to Christ.
1. Armed with the
Word of God we are taught to be grateful and thankful.
2. It is not by
our works that we are saved, but by the grace of our Lord and
Savior Jesus
Christ.
C. Everything that has breath should praise the Lord.
1. If God chose
some for heaven, then there are some God did not choose.
2. If God called
some out of the world to Himself, then there are some who He
left in their
sinful state,
3. We were not
chosen because we are good, but because of God's love.
THANK GOD FOR CHOSING US
Rev M. Mitchell
Asst Pastor Of Greater Macedonia
Baptist Church
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