Dont Stop Listening

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• Dont Stop Listening !
• Hebrews 1214-29

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Background

• Professing Jews encountered persecution
• weary discouraged
• in danger of turning back
• They needed enduring faith a heavenly
  perspective on their hardship

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CONFLICT !

• Wronged by others?
• Beware the way of the world !
• Its a spiritual battle ! (Ephesians 612)

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Pursue Peace (14-15)

• Peace holiness (14)
• Dont fall short of Gods grace (15)
• Beware of bitterness (15)
• causes trouble
• defiles

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Learn from Esau (16-17)

• Fleshs desires gt spiritual blessings
• Blamed others
• Lacked self-judgement repentance
• Jealousy, hatred revenge

(Genesis 25,27)
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Choose Your Mountain! (18-24)
Mount Sinai ?
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or Mount Zion ?
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Choose Your Mountain! (18-24)

• Sinai Law fear condemned sinners
• not the final destination
• Zion promised land of rest
• symbolic of Gods heavenly city
• The Church
• Christ Mediator of a better covenant

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RU Listening to God? (25-29)

• God speaks through His Son (Heb 1 1-3)
• Turn away from Christ?
• turn a deaf ear to God
• face Gods judgement

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Application

• see back of handout

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Behold, I make all things new (Revelation
211-5)