What we believe matters…How we live it matters just as much. We live it BEST when we live it together.
Hebrews 10:19-25
1. WE HAVE CONFIDENCE IN CHRIST (vv19-22)
2. WE HAVE A CONFESSION FROM CHRIST (v 23)
3. WE HAVE A COMMUNITY ORDERED BY CHRIST (vv 24-25)
4. WE HAVE A CULMINATING WITH CHRIST (v25) “the Day drawing near”
A GOSPEL COMMUNITY EQUIPS ONE ANOTHER
Hebrews 10:24
Application:
- SEEK OUT ONE ANOTHER – find out what’s going on in the family.
- SPEAK TO ONE ANOTHER – in a way that encourages each other to be on mission for the LORD!]
2. A GOSPEL COMMUNITY ENGAGES ONE ANOTHER
Hebrews 10:25
Christianity is not a religion for solitude and solitary. The Bible knows nothing of solitary religion. – John Wesley
“Christianity is not a theory or speculation, but a life; not a philosophy of life, but a living presence.” – Samuel Coleridge
3. A GOSPEL COMMUNITY ENCOURAGES ONE ANOTHER
Hebrews 10:25
Application
- Dependent on prayer
- Gospel-Saturated
God has not designed us for independent, self-sufficient living. We were made for community, first with him, and then with his people. – Paul Tripp.
Summary:
WE WANT TO BE A HEALTHY CHURCH:
- THAT EQUIPS ONE ANOTHER TO LOVE WELL AND WORK WELL!
- BECAUSE GOD FIRST LOVED US – WE WANT TO LOVE HIM AND OTHERS.
- BECAUSE THERE IS JOY IN SERVING JESUS!
A CHURCH THAT ENGAGES WITH ONE ANOTHER IN MEANINGFUL WAYS –
- NOT SETTLING FOR SUPERFICIAL…BUT LONGING FOR THE SUPERNATURAL FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IN ONE ANOTHER
A CHURCH THAT ENCOURAGES ONE ANOTHER BECAUSE TIME IS SHORT!
- We live in the NOW and the NOT YET.
- Jesus saved us. He freed us. He called us into a family. He’s coming back soon. He will judge the whole earth!
- WE NEED EACH OTHER…WE’RE GOOD FOR EACH OTHER!
BY GOD’S DESIGN AND OUR JOYFUL OBEDIENCE, MISSION BIBLE CHURCH WILL BE THIS KIND OF GOSPEL COMMUNITY – A DREAM COME TRUE FOR MANY OF US – A WONDERFUL CHRIST-CENTERED FAMILY THAT WILL BE THE EVIDENCE OF THE GOSPEL TO OUR NEIGHBORS AND THE NATIONS!