Hebrew exhortation II by Dana Congdon at MWR may 2008

heb 6:4-10
heb 10:26-37

Holiness filled the book of the Hebrews
Exhortations

Hebrews speaks an important principle of the NT
- the problem of living in the shadows Heb 8:5, Heb 10:1
col 2:8
When we live in shadows we thought our knowledge is reality

Unless the Cross of the Lord works daily in our lives,
we tend to leave the reality into the shadows



Biggest problem in the US is idol worship - Mammon, health

Are our meetings living?
Do we have living faith? - faith is not just belief, but obey
The problem of the Hebrew believers at that time - believe in Angels/messengers

Is our God the living God?
speaking, holy, unpredicatable

AB. Simpson - teaching on the book of the Joshua - Caleb wanted the best: hebron

in Hebrews, Jesus is mentioned 13 times better
1:4, 6:9 7:19, 7:22, 8:6, 9:23, 10:34,11, 11:16, 11:40, 12:24
8:13



What does the best means?
1. move from outward things to a person - Jesus
2. once the best is taken God will not allow us to rest unless we stay with the best
3. we cannot set aside the good for the best
until the work of the Cross takes it away
4. we need the good, but the good must serve the best
- it's only a means to express the best
our forms need to be tested to make sure we are in the living way
the wine needs to determine the wine skin not the other way around
5. choosing the best is the way of alive