Hebrews

If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Hebrews chapter 13.  We’re going to be looking at verses 15 and 16 today.  As we have worked our way through the book of Hebrews together, we have seen the theme repeated that we should continue to trust in Jesus.  William Hendriksen says that the exhortation and argument of the whole book can be summarized this way:  “Jesus is worthy of your faith.  Have faith in Him and do not fall away.”  Now the way we’ve been putting it is this way:  “Jesus is better.”  Don’t put your ultimate trust in anything or anyone else but Him.  And as we get to chapter 13, we meet a series of exhortations, and though they may look random to you, they in fact all are exhortations about how to live the Christian life.  So allow…

The Lord's Day Morning October 15, 2006 Hebrews 13:17 “What It Means to Be a Member of FPC: The Five Questions of Membership (5)”“Do you submit yourself to the government and discipline of the Church, and promise to study its purity and peace?” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Hebrews 13. We’ll look at two verses in Hebrews today to show the truths underlying this fifth question of membership. We've been working through the five questions of membership over the last month or so. Last week we were looking at that fourth question of membership, which you just heard asked and answered in the service today: “Do you promise to support the church in its worship and work to the best of your ability?” And we said as…

The Lord's Day Morning March 11, 2007 Hebrews 13:17; Matthew 28:19; Acts 2:42 Biblical Priorities for Church Life What's So Important About Church Membership? Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Let me ask you to open your Bibles to the Book of Hebrews. For a number of months we have been working through what we have said are the Bible's priorities for healthy church life. And very frankly, one of the reasons that I have wanted to do this with you is we are in a transitional time in the life of…