01 "Hold Fast to God’s Son" Hebrews 4:14 | Thursday, August 6, 2026

then go to Hebrews chapter 4. We're

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going to begin a new series tonight

through the book of Hebrews. And it felt

for a long time uh that this is the

direction the Lord would take us in our

midweek as we've gone through Genesis,

Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers. Now,

we've studied much about the Old

Testament, the Old Covenant, the

sacrifices, and all of those things. And

um Hebrews will show us that Christ is

the complete fulfillment of all of those

things. And so I think it's going to be

a very helpful study on the heels of

being in these uh books about the

priesthood and the law. But I also want

you to understand that there's a purpose

to this book that's very significant to

your life. And I I have been excited for

the last several months to get into this

study. and and I'm so excited for it.

Well, as we begin a new series, we're

not starting in chapter 1, verse one, uh

because what I want to do tonight is to

give us really an introductory

uh message about what the entire book is

about because it will really help set

the direction for every text that we

study if we realize the overall aim of

the book. And so, that's what we're

going to do tonight. And I think that

chapter 4:14

is going to give us a very succinct

summary of what that purpose is. Have

your Bibles ready tonight because we are

going to flip a lot through the book of

Hebrews because I want you to understand

that what we preach here does not just

come from the mind of your pastor, but

it comes from the scripture. And so I

encourage you to have your Bible each

service and to read along and study

along as we go. So let's read in Hebrews

Hebrews 4:14

chapter 4 verse 14.

It says, "Seeing then that we have a

great high priest that is passed into

the heavens, Jesus the son of God. Let

us hold fast our profession." Let us

hold fast our profession. And so the

title of this first message and of our

entire series is hold fast to God's son.

Hold fast to God's son. You may remember

on June 24th that two massive

earthquakes rocked the foundation of two

cities in Venezuela. I remember the

videos went viral online and was uh

looking through and seeing that there

are crowds in the streets that are just

scrambling as as skyscrapers and

apartments are rocking back and forth.

And there were videos of people in

underground garage and the dust is going

and everybody's ducking and they're

trying to find something to get a hold

of and and as they're, you know,

stumbling around, they're about to fall

over. And there were videos of people

that were swimming in their their pools

and the waves are just going back and

forth and they're trying to get out of

the middle of the pool and get to the

edge. And what you notice is that when

the foundations of the earth are shaking

back and forth, you're either going to

grab a hold of something that's solid

and sure or you're going to stumble and

fall. Can I ask you when it comes to

your life? What do you hold on to when

life gets rocky?

What do you hold on to when your world

gets shaken? When danger is imminent?

When doubt sets in and fear overwhelms

you? What do you hold on to to find

security and stability?

Well, let's think about it for a moment.

When the economy gets shaky,

what are some things I'm going to be a

little more interactive here tonight.

What are some things that you cling to

when your finances are going bad? What

do you look to for security, for shelter

and stability?

[snorts]

Your parents. Yeah. If your if your

parents got money and you're out, you

ask them, right? What else?

Door Dash. Yeah. Get another job. Add on

to that. What else?

Prayer. Yeah, that's a good place to

turn.

People might turn to their 401k,

withdraw a little bit early there, or

look to that and just say, "Man,

everything's falling apart. I've got to

withdraw my 401k, invested in something

else." And you start scrambling in that

way. When marriage gets rocky and you're

struggling, you might turn to a friend.

You might turn to a confidant or there

might be a need that to go to a

therapist or something like that. When

the uh world around you is in chaos,

when your country is in decline, and

when your state seems to be falling

apart, what do you look to to be the

hope to get things turned around?

[snorts]

What do we look to?

November,

right? Let's have another election.

Let's try to get somebody else in

office. Let's try to impeach or get them

out of office. And so we can look to

politicians to try to turn things around

when our entire system gets uh shaky.

What about when your faith gets shaky?

[snorts] What about when the world rises

against your faith? You might retreat to

the safety of silence. just be quiet

about your faith. Just go silent.

Or what about when the word of God

confronts you with something different

than you always thought? That you always

believed one thing, but then you come to

study the scripture on your own and

you're you're thinking, did I have that

right or is there something else that

God is saying in this text? Sometimes

that can be shaky in your life and

you're wondering is what I've always

believed is it still true?

Or when churches change or when core

doctrines of the Bible are forsaken and

online influencers are gaining massive

followings that seem to be leading

others astray. And sometimes you can be

concerned that you'll be sucked up into

something that isn't true, something

that deviates from God's word.

See, it's in those moments that we seek

shelter,

safety, and stability.

But I want to challenge you tonight that

you want to be sure that what you're

holding on to is not something that is

flimsy, something that is fragile, or

something brittle, but rather that what

you are holding on to, what you are

clinging to is something that is a

solid, sure foundation.

one that can truly give you the

stability and security that you're

looking for. The author of Hebrews would

like to tell you that what you need to

grab on to, what you need to cling to,

what you need to uh hold fast to is the

son of God, Jesus Christ.

[snorts] See, Hebrews, we're going to

see is much more than a letter. As we

look at the New Testament epistles,

that's what the word epistle is, is it's

a formal letter written by one author to

a particular audience or group of

people. But what we're going to find is

that Hebrews is much more than a letter.

It's really a sermon. It's a sermon.

It's a sermon written to a certain group

of people whose faith was on shaky

ground. And at the end of his letter, he

called them to bear with his word of

exhortation.

The word exhortation, it it means to to

coach up. It means to to strengthen, to

shore up or to uh to encourage.

And so what it means is that this letter

was written as a sermon to encourage

these Christians in their faith in

Christ.

This is a written sermon meant to be

read aloud is what you can tell from it.

And what it does is it carefully uses

Old Testament scripture to make

arguments about Jesus Christ. And all

along the way it's giving applications

to those arguments. What we must do with

what we've learned and what we must do

according to the author of Hebrews is to

hold fast to Jesus Christ to cling to

him when life gets shaky. Thus, the

title of our series is hold fast to

God's son.

The author argues here that every

believer

must hold fast when life gets shaky. And

my prayer during this series on Thursday

nights is really twofold. Number one is

that you would come to know and value

Jesus more than ever before.

This book teaches us more about the

person and ministry of Jesus Christ than

any other book of the Bible. It is all

about Jesus.

But then number two is that knowing him

more

when when your life goes into turmoil

that you would cling wholeheartedly to

Jesus. That's our goal in this

particular series. And so in this

introductory message, I want to give you

what I believe is the sermon of Hebrews

in one sentence, but we're going to

unfold it in three movements. First,

we're going to consider this call to

hold fast to God's son. And then we're

going to see two reasons why you should

do that. And these are coming directly

from this letter to the Hebrews. And so

let's first consider the fact that

Hebrews is a call to hold fast to the

son of God. To best understand this

letter, we need to understand why the

original audience needed to hold fast to

Jesus. Let's just consider this as you

go into a new book. Who is the author of

Hebrews? Now, in my Bible, and and yours

may say this as well. In my Bible, if I

go back to the beginning, it says the

epistle of Paul, the Apostle to the

Hebrews, there's one problem with that.

Paul doesn't identify himself in this

letter like he does in every other

letter that he wrote. And so, early

tradition came to accept that the author

was Paul. But what you find in in

chapter 2 and verse two is that the

author claims that they had heard that

himself included had heard about Jesus

from those who heard him. The apostle

Paul and all the other apostles heard

directly from Jesus. And so that pretty

much eliminates anyone who had personal

encounter with Jesus, including Paul

himself. And so the answer that we're

going to take is rather simple. We don't

know who the author is cuz he never

identifies himself.

And the reality is there can be all

kinds of discussion about it. But it

really doesn't matter because if it did,

the Holy Spirit would have inspired him

to identify himself.

And so what we can gather about this

author though is number one, he had a

masterful understanding of the Old

Testament scriptures. Masterful

understanding. He knew about all of the

old covenant practices, the priesthood,

the sacrifices. He knew very intricate

details involved in the book of Exodus

that many of us would not know or would

glance over if we were just reading it

on our own. And so he had a masterful

understanding of the Old Testament. But

even better was he had a unique gift

from God to be able to see how they

directly related to the person and

ministry of Jesus Christ. We gather that

about him through this letter. We also

gather that he has a pastor's heart.

That what he sees is a particular group

of Christians that are beginning to fade

in their faith. They're beginning to

grow weary. They're beginning to turn

aside and his shepherd's heart is coming

to them uh to with the staff to correct

them and to lead them back in the way

that they need to go. He has a pastor's

heart.

But who is this particular group of

people that he's addressing? The most

obvious answer is that they were Jewish

Christians. After all, the letter is

called to the Hebrews. And so that tells

us that these are Jewish people. But it

because of the Jewish nature of this

letter, even the special attention to

the priesthood of Jesus, some have come

to believe that he's actually addressing

a group of Jewish priests who had

converted to Christianity just as we saw

in Acts 6:7 where it says, "A great

Acts 6:7

company of the priests in Jerusalem

became obedient to the faith." And so

it's very possible that these are a

group of priests who are now beginning

to shrink back from their faith in

Jesus. Well, why would they do that?

They have a lot to lose. Because being a

priest would garner you great wealth,

great status and prosperity as well as

uh protection. Because once you come

under the people of Christ, you become a

part of people that your people, your

peers vehemently persecuted.

They had a lot to lose.

What we do know is that they were Jewish

Christians who suffered immensely

shortly after their conversions. Would

you turn to Hebrews chapter 10 over just

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a few pages to chapter 10 and verse 32?

[snorts]

Chapter 10:32 he said listen to what the

author says to them but call to

remembrance the former days in which

after ye were illuminated that's a word

way of talking about they came to see

the light of Jesus so they they've

become Christians now he says after that

ye endured a great fight [snorts] of

afflictions partly whilst ye were made a

gazing stock both by reproaches and

afflictions and partly

whilst ye became companions of them that

were so used. For ye had compassion of

me and my bonds, and took joyfully the

spoiling of your goods, knowing in

yourselves that you have in heaven a

better and an enduring substance. So,

you can tell that early on they suffered

for Jesus immensely. And not only that,

but they partnered with those, they

identified with those who were suffering

for Jesus. And so they were people who

knew something about suffering. We also

know that they've been saved for a good

while because if you go back to Hebrews

uh chapter 5

and verse 13

or verse 12, excuse me, he says this,

for when for the time ye ought to be

teachers, you have need that one teach

you again, which be the first principles

of the oracles of God. He says, 'You've

reached a time in your Christian life

where you should be teaching others, but

you still have to be schooled in some of

these elementary principles of Jesus.

And so, we know they've been saved for a

good while.

But we also know that as time went on

and more persecution uh came and as life

got rocky, they began to weaken and they

were on the verge of stumbling in their

faith. Go back over to chapter 12. Now,

I told you we're going to bounce around

a lot. So, have your Bibles ready. Go to

chapter 12. I want you to see who this

audience is.

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Chapter 12, verse number 12. Look at

this encouragement he gives him after

all of this fleshing out who Jesus is.

He says, "Wherefore, lift up the hands

which hang down and the feeble knees."

You get that picture that it's like

someone who is just downtrodden and

they're shaky. They're wobbly. And he

says, "No, no, let's lift up the hands

that hang down, and let's strengthen the

feeble knees." In verse 13, he says,

"And make straight paths for your feet,

lest that which is lame be turned out of

the way, and let it rather be healed."

He's calling them back to Christ,

because Christ is where they will find

the strength for their weak knees and

their broken feet, and where they'll

find healing from the persecution that

they have endured.

We could say that they were experiencing

similar struggles that you go through

your life when it gets shaky. That we're

when you're you're in financial ruins

and you can't find a job and the car

breaks down again. How do you feel when

that's going on? Your hands are probably

hanging low. Your feet are probably

getting wobbly in that moment. Or when

you're going through some serious family

problems. When it seems like your spouse

is your enemy or like your parents are a

train wreck or or or like your kids

won't have anything to do with you,

that's how you can feel weakened. Or

when your faith is shaken by the moral

failure of a mentor in your life or the

changing winds of of doctrine or or or

perhaps when persecution is on the rise.

See, in those moments, we are tempted to

doubt. We're tempted to draw back, to go

quiet, to shrink back from our faith, to

deconstruct at times, we might say. And

we often seek safety and security. Think

about this for a second. We often seek

safety and security in other places

because our faith hasn't seemed to

provide it. That's what can happen. And

that's where these believers were at.

They're on the verge of turning away

from Christ and seeking safety under the

shelter and protection of the old

covenant system

because there under the old covenant

they were protected from Rome. Under the

old covenant they were protected from

persecution.

Under the old covenant they had mental,

financial and physical stability in

their lives. But the author is careful

to remind them that apart from Christ,

there is nothing but danger. Would you

look over at chapter 10 again?

Chapter 10 and verse 26.

He says this, "For if we sin willfully,

after that we have received the

knowledge of the truth, there remainth

no more sacrifice for sins, but a

certain fearful looking for of judgment

and fiery indignation, which shall

devour the adversaries. He that despised

Moses's law died without mercy under two

or three witnesses. Of how much sarer

punishment suppose ye shall he be

thought worthy who hath trottened

underfoot the son of God and hath

counted the blood of the covenant

wherewith he was sanctified an unholy

thing and hath done despite under the

spirit of grace. Do you catch what he's

saying here? that when you come to the

knowledge of who Jesus is and you have

seen what he has done for you and you

have come so close to the new covenant,

when you turn away from him, all that's

left for you is fiery indignation.

Now, one of the things that we're going

to wrestle with in the book of Hebrews

is this. Can a believer lose their

salvation if they turn away from Jesus

Christ?

Because what you're going to find is

there are very real warnings about it in

this book. Warnings that cause countless

scholars to wrestle and grapple with it.

But what I've come to find in studying

this is that following each warning

comes an affirmation

that they are secure if they are

genuinely in Christ. Would you look at

verse 38 here of chapter 10? He says,

'Now the just shall live by faith, but

if any man draw back, my soul shall have

no pleasure in him. You see the warning

there that God is not going to have any

pleasure in somebody who turns back from

his son. But notice what he says. But we

are not of them who draw back under

predition, but of them that believe to

the saving of the soul. Chapter 6 is is

one of the famous passages where he he

he warns them that if you have come and

you have tasted of the heavenly gift and

you have partaken of the Holy Ghost that

if you fall away it's impossible he says

to renew them again under repentance but

then at the very end of that chapter he

says but we're persuaded of better

things of you. So what he's

communicating is that apart from Christ,

there is great danger.

But if you are in Christ, you are going

to stay faithful to him and you have no

danger to face.

And so what we can tell is that they

were struggling. They were drawing back

from from Christ.

And the only thing apart from Christ is

danger. So let me summarize here. This

audience is made up of Jewish Christians

who are wavering in their faith because

their foundations have been shaken by

the things they've experienced in life.

That's who they are. And now they are

seeking shelter, stability, and security

apart from Christ in an old system that

only leaves them in the danger of

judgment if they are not really in

Christ.

And so that's the audience. Well, what

is the author's solution for these

people?

It's very simple.

Hold fast

to God's son. Hold fast to God's son.

Yes, life is shaky,

but don't stop clinging to Christ.

Yes, you're experiencing pain and

suffering, but cling to Christ. Yes,

there's persecution mounting against

you, but cling to Christ. Yes, there may

be safety in those other things, but

cling to Christ. That is his message to

them. Let's let's see it though from the

text. The refrain to hold fast to Christ

is the repeated application to every

argument presented about Christ's

identity and his ministry. Go back to

chapter 2 verse one. This time we'll

make our way through through the the

book here. If you look at chapter 2

verse one, he says this. Therefore, we

ought to give the more earnest heed to

the things which we have heard, lest at

any time we should let them slip. What

does that sound like? Lest at any time

what you were holding to should slip out

of your hands. He's calling to hold

fast. Look over at chapter 3 verse

number six. But Christ as a son over his

own house, whose house are we if we hold

fast the confidence and the rejoicing of

the hope firm unto the end. Look down at

verse 14. For we [snorts] are made

partakers of Christ if we what does that

say? Hold the beginning of our

confidence. What does that say?

Steadfast unto the end. The idea of hold

fast means grab on and don't let go.

That's the idea here. hold and steadfast

there. Look at chapter 4:14 that we read

at the beginning of our message tonight.

Seeing then that we have a great high

priest that is passed into the heavens,

Jesus the son of God, let us, what does

that say? Hold fast our profession.

Look over at chapter 6 verse 18. Chapter

6 18. that by two immutable things in

which it was impossible for God to lie,

we might have strong consolation, who

have fled for refuge to what?

>> Lay hold upon the hope set before us.

That hope in Christ. Look over at

chapter 10 now. Verse 23.

Chapter 10 verse 23.

[snorts]

He says, "Let us what? Hold fast the

profession of our faith without

wavering, for he is faithful that

promise. Look down at verse 35.

What does those first three words say?

Cast not away. Let me ask you this. If

something is in your hand

and you cast it away, is it still in

your hand? So, you see this repeated

application over and over and over

again? What we're going to see is is

that the author's structure to this

sermon is this. Here's who Jesus is.

Here's what Jesus did. So, hold on to

him. That's what you see time and time

again. And so, I want to say to you that

no matter what you're going through, the

shelter and the stability and the

security that you need the most is found

only in Jesus Christ.

Because when everything is falling apart

and and when everything isn't going the

way that you thought it would and when

everything seems against you and it's

just pain and suffering and weakness and

people turn their backs on you, you know

who's still there? Jesus Christ. He's

unmovable. He's eternal. So in those

moments, do not draw back. Do not shy

away. Do not drift in your faith because

the most stabilizing and securing force

in the entire universe, I submit to you,

is the one who made it. The one who made

it, and that's Jesus Christ.

Now, why is that?

What is it about Jesus that makes him

the stabilizing force that you need to

cling to? The author of Hebrews is going

to make two primary arguments.

Number one is that Jesus is God's

greater word to mankind. Jesus is God's

greater word to mankind. At this time, I

want to draw your attention to our our

title slide here and explain the

intentionality

behind this. The setting here is the

first century uh temple in Jerusalem.

But I want to point out that it's

looking into the Holy of Holies, which

represents the earthly dwelling place of

God. But I want you to remember the

words that Jesus said, "Destroy this

temple and I will raise it up again in

three days." The temple of which he

spake, it says, was his body.

See, I want you to go back to Hebrews

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chapter 1 verse one.

Excuse me. Chapter 1 verse uh three

speaking of Jesus, it says this, who

being the brightness of his glory and

the express image of his person. Do you

know what that means? Jesus is the

dwelling place of almighty God. The

fullness of who God is dwells in the

body and person of Jesus Christ. He is

the temple of God. In fact, that's a

point that will be made uh later on in

chapter 8, that he's the greater

tabernacle.

Now, I want you to notice the cross

there. The cross represents the identity

and the finished work of Jesus Christ,

what he accomplished through his death

on the cross. And I want you to notice

how the cross is positioned above these

Old Testament relics. there on the left

side you have the angels.

Hebrews 1 and two uh says that Jesus is

proven to be greater than the angels.

And then in chapters chapter 3, he's the

greater Moses represented by the two

tablets of stone, the ten commandments

there. In Hebrews 4, Jesus is greater

than a greater captain than Joshua, who

leads us to a greater rest than Canaan

represented by the grapes there. He's

better. He's greater than Joshua. and

his rest is greater than Canaan. Then

chapters 5-8 show that Jesus is a

greater priest than Aaron ministering in

a greater tabernacle in heaven mediating

a greater covenant in the new covenant

and which is represented by the

candlestick and the priestly

breastplate. And then in Hebrews uh nine

Jesus is the greater sacrifice than all

the sacrificial animals represented

there by the lamb. Hebrews 10 reveals

Jesus to be the better, newer, and

living way into God's presence.

And so here you have the cross. Jesus

ranks above the old covenant relics.

Notice the the temple veil seated at the

foot of the cross. What happened when

Jesus cried out, "It was it is

finished," and he gave up the ghost. He

breathed his last breath. What

immediately happened at the temple?

Do we remember

the veil was torn in two from the top to

the bottom? You know what nature does?

It would weigh down and tear from the

bottom to the top. You know why it tore

from the top to the bottom? God tore it.

signifying Hebrews is the only book in

the Bible that gives us this

understanding and analogy that when God

tore the temple veil into through the

death of c of of the cross he made a new

and living way into God's presence and

that is through Jesus Christ

through Jesus Christ and so now we enter

God's presence by faith in him and so

what we can see is that [snorts] the

primary very reason the author argues as

to why uh uh we should hold fast to the

son of god is because he's the greater

word that he's the the message that god

has given in the gospel of Jesus Christ

it provides for you a greater minister a

greater leader a greater priest a

greater atonement a greater forgiveness

and not only a greater way to god but

the only way to go that is what Jesus

has provided

See, the son of God provides you with a

greater stability, a greater shelter, a

greater security, and a greater

salvation, not only than Judaism, but

over everything else. That he's greater

than money. He's greater than your job.

He's greater than your boss. He's

greater than your problems. He's greater

than your bank account. And many of you

would say, "Amen." It's not that hard.

But he's greater than all of that. He's

greater than your health problems. He's

greater than your family problems. He's

greater than any political power or

governors or or presidents or kings.

He's greater than any podcaster, false

prophet or fallen mentor.

See, people and material things, they

all come and go. But as the author of

Hebrews says, Jesus Christ is the same

yesterday and today and forever. Amen.

>> In Hebrews chapter 2, he says that they

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shall all change like a garment, but you

remain the same.

Jesus

is the one that you should cling to.

He's the greater word from God. [snorts]

That's why you should hold fast. But

then there's a second argument in the

book of Hebrews,

and that is that Jesus is not only God's

greater word, but he is God's final

word. is God's final word. Would you

look at chapter 1 verse one? And this is

where we'll start here in a couple of

weeks. Chapter 1 verse one. God who at

sunundry times and in diverse manners

spake in time past unto the fathers by

the prophets. Question. Do the prophets

have some good words from God?

Absolutely.

God used the prophets to speak to Israel

in tremendous ways. He gave them signs.

He gave them wonders. They they did like

what seems to us goofy little skits to

illustrate God's word to him of God. God

God rained uh fire from heaven to

consume an altar through a prophet to

prove that he is greater than the

prophets of Baal and then their gods. He

He's a God who stopped the rain for

three years to make a point here of how

desperately Israel needs him. God also

prophesied of his son and of the

crucifixion and of the resurrection and

of a kingdom to come throughout. There's

a lot of good words from the prophets.

But look at verse number two.

God hath in these last days spoken unto

us by his son.

By his son.

God hasn't spoken to you through any

ordinary person.

He has spoken to you through his very

son.

We're talking about the message of the

gospel. The message that Jesus came to

bring redemption by grace alone through

faith alone in Jesus alone.

A a good a good word that through faith

in Christ you can have that everlasting

kingdom that is to come. You can have

that everlasting inheritance. Your sins

can be forgiven. You can be declared

righteous before God. That's what God

has spoken through Jesus Christ. But

notice it says he hath in these last

days spoken unto us by his son. You know

what that indicates? He's the last word

from God. You know what that means? It

means that Joseph Smith's another

testament of Jesus Christ is a false

testament because God did not say his

last word would be through Joseph Smith.

It also tells us that God did not speak

through Muhammad because his final word

came through his son Jesus.

[snorts]

The call of Hebrews then is to hear and

heed what God sent through Jesus.

The word spoken through Jesus.

Go to Hebrews chapter 2:1. Let's do

another quick walk through here of

Hebrews chapter 2 vers1. Notice this. It

Hebrews 2 · chapter mention

says, "Therefore, we ought to give the

more earnest heed to the things which we

have heard." You catch that? God starts

off by saying he has spoken through his

son. And then right off the bat in

chapter 2, therefore, we need to give

heed. Do you know what that means? To

hear and do what we have heard from him.

Look at chapter 3:7.

Wherefore, as the Holy Ghost saith,

today if you will hear his voice, harden

not your hearts. This is actually

repeated again in verse 15. While it is

said, today if you will hear his voice,

harden not your hearts. And then again

in chapter number four, it says the same

thing. I'm trying to remember what verse

it was. I didn't uh write it down. Uh

but it says it again. Verse seven. again

he limitth a certain day saying in David

today after so long a time as it is said

today if you will hear his voice harden

not your hearts and so very early on

he's getting this across to them because

Jesus is the final word you need to hear

his voice and do what he says cling to

him hold fast to him let's go all the

way forward to Hebrews chapter 12 okay

Hebrews 12 · chapter mention

so Hebrews 1 started with God has spoken

to us in these last days by his son.

Now, Hebrews is coming to a close of the

main theological section before some uh

further uh final exhortations. And if

you look at chapter 12, verse number 24,

look what he says that you've come to

Jesus, the mediator of the new covenant,

and to the blood of sprinkling that

speaketh better things than that of

Abel. See that ye refuse not him that

speaketh. For if they escaped not, who

refused him that spake on earth,

speaking of Moses, much more shall not

we escape, if we turn away from him that

speaketh from heaven.

Do you see the clarity here? God spoken

by his son. You need to hear him. See

that you don't refuse him. If you

ignore, if you reject, if you set aside

God's final word, what is there left for

you to turn to? That's his point.

And so the book begins by saying, "God

spoke to us by his son." And it closes

with a command not to turn away from him

that speaks from heaven. You know what

this reminds me of? When the crowd went

away from Jesus and Jesus turned to his

disciples and asked them, "Will you go

away also?" Do you remember Peter's

response there?

He said, "Lord, to whom shall we go? for

thou hast the words of life.

That's the call that the author is

making to these believers who are shaky

in their faith and they're beginning to

draw back and to shrink away from and

turn away from Jesus Christ. He's

saying, "No, if you if you turn away

from God's final word, you have no other

word to turn to. There's no other

sacrifice to to run to that can be

greater than the sacrifice that the son

of God made on the cross."

Hebrews plainly states that if you walk

away from the son of God who is his

final word, you have nowhere else to

turn. Thus, the message of Hebrews

becomes clear. Hold fast to God's son

because he is God's greater and final

word. That's Hebrews in a nutshell. Hold

fast to God's son because he is God's

greater and final word.

[snorts] And so when your accounts are

running low,

hold fast to God's son.

And as you go through the struggles of

your marriage, hold fast to God's son.

When your parents are a train wreck,

hold fast to God's son. When your kids

want nothing to do with you and have

turned their backs on you, hold fast to

God's son.

When a when a tremendous mentor in your

life falls in immorality, hold fast to

God's son.

When when the church that you went to

changed completely, hold fast to God's

son. As you study God's word and you you

begin to think, maybe what I always

thought isn't what God has said, just

hold fast to God's son.

Because sometimes in that moment you can

feel shaky. You may not know where to

go. But what you know is this. What is

Chris? There there are so many things in

the scripture that we can get bogged

down and worried about if we don't have

the interpretation right. But let's just

stop for a second and consider

everything that is clear. And that is

this. You need God's son. He did

everything necessary for you to be

saved. So cling first and foremost to

him. Trust in him. Depend on him to lead

you into the future. Hey church, when

our country goes off the rails, hold

fast to God's son. If we get a building,

hold fast to God's son. If we don't get

a building, hold fast to God's son.

Times will change. People will come and

go, but Jesus Christ is the same

yesterday and today and forever. So hold

fast to God's son. He's the greater and

final word from God.

[snorts] You ever seen those tall I

think they're called like guide

communication towers? Those they're I

mean it it looks like they're like as

big as this pulpit, but they go up like

a thousand feet. We have one of those

that's for K Denver TV that broadcast

digitally to this whole uh Boulder

County, Weld County area. And it's

[snorts] out there in Frederick. And as

I drive to take my dog to the kennel out

there, I go right by and I look at that

thing and I'm like, "How in the world

does that thing stand

through through the craziest windstorms

that we have and through every blizzard

and lightning strikes that somehow this

huge tower continues to stand there, 158

ft tall and really not bigger than this

square probably? How in the world does

it do that? It's got all these thick

gauge wires coming off it on every side

going all the way up to the top and they

are they [snorts] are anchored to a 15t

deep block of concrete and it perfectly

in tension form uh keeps that thing

standing still through every storm that

comes. Can I read one more verse to you?

Let's go to Hebrews chapter 6.

Hebrews 6 · chapter mention

Go to chapter 6

verse 18. We read verse 18 earlier but I

want you to see what follows.

It says that by two immutable things.

You know what that word immutable means?

Unchangeable.

By two unchangeable things in which it

was impossible for God to lie. We might

have a strong consolation who have fled

for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set

before us. Watch this. Verse 19. Which

hope we have as a what does that say?

Anchor of the soul. Both what?

Sure and steadfast.

That hope he's talking about is the hope

you have in Jesus Christ.

that when your soul is anchored

completely to Jesus,

it doesn't matter what storm comes into

your life, you're going to stand firm.

It doesn't matter when the cancer comes.

It doesn't matter when someone you love

dies.

It doesn't matter when when the winds of

change are going through Christianity or

as we go from election to election and

from power to power or job to job. It

doesn't matter what's going on in your

life. When your soul is anchored to

Jesus Christ, none of those things can

move you. Why? He is both sure and

steadfast.

So my prayer once again is [snorts] as

we go through this study that you will

come to know and value Jesus more than

you ever have before.

And then that knowing him,

you would hold fast

that no matter what comes, you stand

firm in Jesus Christ.

Let's pray. Our heavenly father, I'm so

thankful for this precious book and I'm

so looking forward in my personal life

of growing in my knowledge of Jesus

Christ, my understanding of what he's

done for us and of who he is.

And I pray that all of us would grow in

our knowledge of your son. But I pray

that knowledge would not just remain in

our head, but that it would make it to

our hearts and [music] into our lives.

That we would see that because he is

sure and steadfast, [music] he is the

place we need to go to for shelter,

for safety,

security, [music] and stability

for whatever is coming in our lives. May

we [music] depend wholly on him. In

Jesus name I pray.