Christ Community Church (Johnson City, TN)

SUNDAY COURSES | Heresies & Heretics: Discerning Truth from Error

"Spiritual Therapy" (v. 12-13)Prescription pt. 1- Pursue Peace (v. 14-15)Prescription pt. 2- Pursue Holiness (v. 14, 16-17)

Consider His struggle.Consider His Sonship.12.3-4 Consider your struggle.Consider your sonship.12.5-11 Comprehension. Sonship and the Lord's loving discipline. Comparison. Earthly and heavenly fathers. Confliction. The pain and the peace (of discipline).

Following the 10 Commandments, God reiterates the call to worship him in a way that pleases Him, according to His command.

SUNDAY COURSES | Westminster Confession of Faith, Ch 12: Of Adoption

We're not running alone.Run.Without hindrance.With endurance.Keep your eyes on Jesus.Who ran with perfect faith.Who is the foundation for your faith.

The CONQUERORS (of kingdoms). The CONQUERORS (of suffering and death).Of whom the world is not WORTHY.Something BETTER.

To a powerfully and graciously rescued people, God gives the ten commandments.

By faith… The fear of God.The identity of Christ.The protection of/from God.The preservation and power of God.

Finally, the people arrive at Sinai and meet the Lord.

SUNDAY COURSES | Creeds: Needed? Good? Useful?, Part 2

By faith we are called to go … and we OBEY. | 11.8-10By faith we receive power … and we TRUST. | 11.11-12 Inter-GENERATIONAL-lude | Faith and family 11.13-16, 20-22 By faith… we are tested … and we become RADICAL. | 11.17-19

Moses witnesses to and then gets some advice from his father-in-law.

SUNDAY COURSES | Creeds: Needed? Good? Useful?, Part 1

By Faith, You Worship GodBy Faith, You Please GodBy Faith, You Actively Heed GodBy Faith, You Receive from GodRewardWords of CommendationRighteousness

WHAT IS FAITH? Faith is dependence. Faith is assurance. Faith is conviction.   BY FAITH...   The church is commended. (11.2, 39)The world is comprehended. (11.3)The better reality will be forever consummated. (11.40)

More grumbling about water - and the Lord's presence and provision. And an attack from Amalek - and the Lord's presence to defeat - and promise to one day destroy - their enemy.

Is it worth it? Deliberate sinful indulgence and sabotage? (26-31) NO. Designed trial and suffering? (32-34) YES. Therefore, do not throw away your confidence – ENDURE in FAITH!! (35-39)

Grumbling and our sovereign provider & healer.

THEREFORE.WE HAVE CONFIDENCE… WE HAVE CHRIST. Let us draw near to Christ ... with FAITH.     Let us confess Christ ... in HOPE. Let us consider one another ... in LOVE.

The crossing of the sea. God gloriously delivers his people and defeats their enemies - provoking their worshipful singing!

SUNDAY COURSES | Scripture's Story in Hebrews, Part 2

10.1-4 | Over and over… reminder after reminder.The same sacrifices continually offered every year,[cannot] make perfect those who draw near. In these sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year.10.5-14, 18 | Once for all… for all time.By a single offering he has perfected for all timethose who are being sanctified. Past. Present. Forever. 10.15-18 | For each of us… for all of us (heart and mind).

In Exodus 13, God instructs his people to remember his strong deliverance with the annual Feast of Unleavened Bread, directing their worship. The chapter closes with God's manifest and visual presence with his people.

Scripture's Story in Hebrews: Considering Biblical Theological Themes in Hebrews, Part 1

Earthly ritual | over and over. “Copies” of the real and true. Repeated offerings. Heavenly reality | one and done. A single judgment for all mankind. A single sacrifice to bear the sins of many. A second coming to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.

We finish up talking about the Passover, emphasizing its ongoing and recurring celebration.

Pastor Jim Powell.The argument.Jesus is the mediator of the new covenant, having accomplished the required death for the promised inheritance to be activated.His death ratifies (activates) the inheritance. His blood inaugurates the covenant.The implications.

Pastor Bill Leuzinger1. The High Priest Who Truly Enters God's Presence (11)2. The High Priest Who Truly Offers The Perfect Sacrifice (12-13)3. The High Priest Who Truly Cleanses Our Conscience (14)

The earthly tent.The earthly priests.The earthly limit.The glory of the incarnation.

The occasion for change.The “fault” for the change.The nature of the change.

A better High Priest in the better location. (1-3)Where Jesus is.What he does.His location matters. (4-5)What is the point? (6)A better ministry.In a better location.Mediating a better covenant.Fulfilling better promises.

1. An "Oatherized" High Priest2. A Forever High Priest3. A Perfect High Priest

The final plague and the instruction about Passover, particularly the haste required.

The argument begged. 7.11-14 The precedent established. 7.15-17The argument confirmed. 7.18-19 Some applications considered. 1. I MUST … have a presently new and made-perfect heart, able to DRAW NEAR TO GOD.2. I AM … saved unto a forever, indestructible life that this life is but a precursor to.3. I CAN … necessity to see “the old” for what it is. 4. I WILL … honestly consider: Do I evidence a heart that longs to draw near to God… by his means and terms?

Plagues 7-9, cycle 3. And we end with discussing God hardening Pharaoh's heart as we look at Romans 9.

The REALITY of Melchizedek.The REAL Melchizedek.The REQUIRED Response.

WCF 10: Of Effectual Calling

WCF 9: Of Free Will | Q&A Session

WCF 9: Of Free Will

Plagues 4-6 today. God continues to pour out judgment on Pharaoh and Egypt, revealing who He is to them as well as to His distinct Israelites.

A HOPE WITHIN… MY INNER SOUL.A HOPE WITHIN… THE INNER PLACE.

We begin the plagues today, looking at the first 3. What do the plagues tell us? How should we apply these passages of Scripture today?

An illustration of faith and patience (13-15)The reason for faith and patience (16-18a)The purpose of faith and patience (18b)

Things WE feel sure of for ALL Y'ALL … and why.Y'all is a contraction of you-all and is the main 2nd person plural pronoun in Southern American English. The earliest attestations of y'all are found in the Southern Literary Messenger (Richmond, VA) in 1856 and 1858.Things WE desire for YOU'UNS … and why.Yinz is a derivation from the original Scots-Irish "Yin(s)” - meaning you ones, yous ones and ye 'uns, a form of the 2nd person plural that is commonly heard in Scotland, Ulster and parts of Ireland and Northern England.

The reality of IMMATURITY. Sluggish to hear.Useless to help.Untrained to discern.Recommit to MATURITY.The risk of APOSTASY.The makeup of the visible church. The mission of the church. The covenant children of the church. The warnings in the Word. The line of demarcation… at what point?The grace of pain.

God responds to Moses' complaint at the end of chapter 5, restating his covenant purposes.

The Pattern: Every High Priest (1-4)      Acting as Mediators Appointed by GodThe Perfect: The Priest-Son (5-10) Foretold & Forever (5-6) Supplication & Suffering (7-8) Complete & Consecrated (9-10)

Moses goes to Pharaoh on behalf of the Lord - but Pharaoh doesn't know the Lord and makes it all worse for Israel. How do the people respond? How does Moses respond?

Jesus, our Great High Priest with God with sympathy without sin So, let us Keep our confession, consistently Go to God, confidently

The Lord's Supper