Greater Legacy
Cannot be hindered by our personal limitations
Cannot be lost by sacrificing to God
Cannot be ruined by deceitful scheming
Cannot be derailed by maverick methods
Cannot be toppled by systemic hostility
Greater Homeland
We find fulfillment by faithfully focusing on our future homeland
Focus on the faithful one
Fix your eyes on your future homeland
Find fulfillment today, because of tomorrow
Greater Reality
Essence of faith: believing God’s word more than what is seen
Promise of faith: receiving God’s gift to see the unseen
Foundation of faith: perceiving that God makes all things out of unseen things
Demonstrations of faith: watching it do its thing
Greater Grit
Reckon with the reality of God’s judgment
Recall the days of grit in action
Resolve to be one who believes in Jesus
“Greater Expectations”
WHAT WE HAVE
We have the loving welcome of Jesus.
We have the perfect leadership of Jesus.
WHAT WE SHOULD
We should draw near to God in faith
We should hold fast our confession of hope
We should lovingly spur each other towards holiness
Greater Offering
Insufficient offerings stir-up a deep desire (1-4)
The sufficient offering of Jesus satisfies God’s desires and ours (5-10)
The single offering of Jesus secures us for ongoing growth (11-14)
The absolving offering of Jesus sets us free to delightfully obey (15-18)
Greater Cost
The greater cost of Jesus life assures us…
Our inheritance is inaugurated
Our advocacy is unchangeable
Our sin-removal is final
Our reward is worth the wait
Greater Cleansing
Our best is never enough
Jesus' once is forever enough
Our freedom of worship is forever enjoyable
Greater Covenant
A faulty relationship must be replaced
A faultless relationship has been provided
A finished relationship cannot be undone
Greater Priesthood
Origin of undisputable authority (1-10)
Efficacy of unprecedented completion (11-19)
Guarantor of unblemished faithfulness (20-22)
Salvation of unending intercession (23-25)
Mediator of unmatched perfection (26-28)
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