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)
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
Our best is never enough
Jesus' once is forever enough
Our freedom of worship is forever enjoyable
A faulty relationship must be replaced
A faultless relationship has been provided
A finished relationship cannot be undone
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)
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
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 appointment makes advocacy rooted in God’s will
Greater solidarity makes advocacy available to anyone
Greater achievement makes advocacy never ending and wonderful
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
Because of Jesus' great faithfulness we can stand firm in our faith
Because of Jesus’ great sympathy we can come to him boldly
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
The pathology of hard heartedness shows a great danger
The prescription for a hard heart brings guaranteed healing
Because the gospel is supremely potent
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)
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
Our great destiny squandered (5-8)
A greater destiny secured (9-10)
That great destiny shared (11-13)
The gospel requires greater attention
The gospel carries greater consequences
The gospel is established by a greater declaration
What God spoke through Jesus makes him final
The superiority of Jesus makes him trustworthy
The effect of Jesus is life-changing
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
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
