Cross Of Grace

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The high priest of the Old Testament had to be holy enough to reflect the person of God to people. And at the same time, he had to be humble – a man of the people, who could relate to human weakness. No high priest ever did this perfectly. He would either fail on the part of representing God by being too sinful. Or, he would fail in representing man by being too distant, too separated, too out of touch with the common person...That is, until Jesus.

There’s a difference in believing in God, and truly trusting in God. When we don’t trust God, that’s when anxiety and fear increase. But for all who truly trust in Jesus, He gives us rest: Rest from our attempts to please God through our own efforts. Rest from carrying our burdens alone. And the promise of a future rest with Him when this life is over.

Trying times can encourage us to reach out to Christ and to others for help. Or we can be tempted to go inward, become bitter, and eventually find our hearts hardened toward God. Through trials and pain, and discouragement and fear, maybe your heart has become hard. That doesn’t mean you’re not a Christian. It means you need to be revived. Draw near to Jesus, to His throne of grace, knowing that He is the one who makes hearts of stone into hearts of flesh. He’s is the one who takes...

In Mark 11:1-11, we see that the crowd was celebrating a coronation, but Jesus was heading to his execution, He was humbly coming for a cross. Palm Sunday sermon.

For first century Jews, there was no man greater (in their eyes) than Moses. That was true for many Christians who converted from Judaism. So, Hebrews re-focuses their attention on the true source to strengthen their faith, to remind them of the importance of Jesus as greater than anything or anyone they could look to.

John 17 is known as Jesus’ “High Priestly prayer”. And in it, we get a window into how Jesus prays for His disciples, both for His followers back then, and how He prays for us today.

Jesus fought death to the death, and won. So that all who trust in Him are given the same victory over death, to know that the grave is not our final destination. That means death is not something to fear. For the Christian, death is the glorious moment that God says, “Your work here is done. Your purpose in this life has been fulfilled. Well done, good and faithful servant."

Jesus told His disciples “All power in heaven and earth has been given to me” (Matthew 28:18). But if Jesus has all power, why is there still so much evil in the world? Why do bad things happen to good people if God really is in control? For the persecuted Christians that the letter of Hebrews was first written to, that question was real. Maybe you’ve asked this as well. God’s word helps us with the answer...

Drifting from the truth doesn’t happen overnight. It happens slowly, little-by-little, when we’re not paying attention. And it can happen to the best of us. Especially in a gospel-centered church. We hear the gospel so often that we could be in danger of becoming deaf to it. So the writer of Hebrews not only gives us the warning against drifting from the truth, but he also gives us the remedy…

Because angels were used by God to deliver the law, Jews held angels in high regard, even to the point of seeing them as divine. Some even saw them as objects of worship and adoration. So for new Jewish Christians being persecuted, it was very tempting to just go along with that belief, to stop claiming that Jesus is the Son of God, and to deny His deity. So the writer of Hebrews points to different Old Testament passages to remind them, and us, of the total supremacy of Jesus over all things,...

Jesus is God’s Prophet, God’s Heir, Our Creator, God’s Radiance & Imprint, Our Sustainer, our Savior, and our King. How big is your trial? How big are your doubts and fears? How big is your need? Not nearly as big as your Jesus!

Maybe you’ve experienced low points in your life where you’ve even been tempted to walk away from the faith, as some have done. Whether you were weary or worried, discouraged or distracted, condemned or just confused, the Book of Hebrews has something to say to you. In this first sermon in the new series “Jesus is Better”, we look at the Book of Hebrews as a whole, seeing the supremacy of Christ over all things.

Baptism is a sign of that new covenant in Christ. When we go under the water, it is to symbolize the death of that person’s old way of life. We have died to sin. Paul uses the act of water baptism to remind the Romans, and to remind us, of the beautiful realities of the gospel that you and I should celebrate, realities that should change the way we live.

Pastor Nathan Treguboff uses Romans 1:18-32 on Sanctity of Life Sunday to show us “The Image of God and the Glory of Personhood.”

Your Heavenly Father wants to replenish and revive you. And He wants to revive you by drawing you to Himself. Prayer is communing with God in such a way that we are reminded of our need for Him and of His faithfulness to us.

God increases our longing for Him through our reading and meditating on Scripture. Through His Word, God gives us understanding to obey Him, the desire to treasure him, and the courage to live out His commands.