Call to worship:
1 Praise the Lord!
Praise, O servants of the Lord,
praise the name of the Lord!2 Blessed be the name of the Lord
from this time forth and forevermore!
3 From the rising of the sun to its setting,
the name of the Lord is to be praised!Psalm 113:1-3
Gathering Video
Questions for reflection:
How is the idea of being “holy brothers” and having a “heavenly calling” brought about?
What does it look like to consider Christ?
In what ways can we tend to the soil of our lives?
Corporate Prayer:
Our Father in heaven,
We thank you for the presence of Christ and the peace He brings. We are grateful for this grand story that centers on Your Son and shapes the entirety of our lives. May Your Spirit send us from this place with boldness, kindness, compassion, and love.
In the name of Christ we pray,
Amen
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Notes//Quotes//Slides:
Hebrews 3:1-6 (Chris)
Title: Hold Fast
“doesn’t merely talk about where our calling originated or where our calling is taking us. It also describes the quality of our existence; the kind of person we are designed to be. Our lives now and forevermore are to be characterized by the values of heaven; energized by the power of heaven; shaped by the beauty of heaven. We are to live now, on earth, heavenly lives.” — Sam Storms
“Although Abraham and David and Isaiah and Daniel are critically important figures in the OT, none is greater than Moses. He was truly a national hero and “the architect of Israel’s corporate life” — R. T. France
“…If there is a prophet among you, I the Lord make myself known to him in a vision; I speak with him in a dream. 7 Not so with my servant Moses. He is faithful in all my house. 8 With him I speak mouth to mouth, clearly, and not in riddles, and he beholds the form of the Lord…” —Numbers 12:6-8
List:
(1) Whereas both Moses and Jesus were “faithful” to God, only Jesus was altogether obedient and never sinned or disobeyed.
(2) Moses was faithful in God’s house, whereas Jesus built it!
(3) Moses was faithful as a servant of God, but Jesus is the Son!
“He does not say that if you fail to hold fast your confidence this means you once had it but later lost it. Rather, if you fail to hold it, it means you never had it at all. If someone does not hold firmly to the end of this “faith” or “confidence” that he/she claims to have put in Christ, this reveals that they never truly and sincerely shared in Christ in the first place.” — Sam Storms