Greater Assurance
Ingredients for greater assurance are promise and oath
Designed effect of greater assurance is motivation to never give up
Guarantee of great assurance is the finished work of Jesus
Greater Maturity
You’ve got to let go of what’s primordial
You’ve got to go on to what’s final
You’ve got to keep going with the faithful
Greater Advocacy
Greater appointment makes advocacy rooted in God’s will
Greater solidarity makes advocacy available to anyone
Greater achievement makes advocacy never ending and wonderful
Of First Importance
Jesus must be proclaimed because He's news not advice
Jesus must be embraced because He's relational not informational
Jesus gives us security because He's real not a legend
We stay the course because He guarantees to save us
The Greater High Priest
Because of Jesus' great faithfulness we can stand firm in our faith
Because of Jesus’ great sympathy we can come to him boldly
A Greater Rest
A rest to believe towards
A rest you were made for
A rest that awaits you
A rest within your reach
A rest that will endure
Greater Exhortation
The pathology of hard heartedness shows a great danger
The prescription for a hard heart brings guaranteed healing
Because the gospel is supremely potent
Greater Deliverance
Set your gaze on Jesus as the epicenter of faith-life (1-2)
Jesus is the infinitely greater Deliverer (3-6a)
Stay the course with Jesus because the Son will get you home (6b)
Our Greater Help
Jesus’s help is greater than our greatest fear
Jesus came to rescue us by becoming like us
Application
Receive his help
Remember his work
Resist temptation with his rescue
The Greater Destiny
Our great destiny squandered (5-8)
A greater destiny secured (9-10)
That great destiny shared (11-13)
The Greater Salvation
The gospel requires greater attention
The gospel carries greater consequences
The gospel is established by a greater declaration
The Greater Word
What God spoke through Jesus makes him final
The superiority of Jesus makes him trustworthy
The effect of Jesus is life-changing
Elders: Servant Leaders
Elder work is noble and must be reached-for
Elder work is noble and therefore has strict restrictions
Elder work is noble because it is rooted in the work of Jesus
Deacons: Lead-Servants
The ORIGINS of the deacon role demonstrate their necessity for the church to work
The REQUIREMENTS of deacons display the priority for the church to work
The BEAUTY of the deacon role echoes the reason the church works
Membership Matters
Because the bible is full of it
Because we can’t fully be Christ’s church without it
Because Jesus declared we’re worth it
The Outcast
Being out cannot keep God away
God’s proclamation lets anyone in
Being in makes you forever changed
The Fearful
Our great fear is to be on our own
Jesus is the promise of God’s companionship
Belief in Jesus results in courageous faith
The Doubter
News too good to be true
A question too reasonable to avoid
An answer too amazing to anticipate
The response too liberating to withhold