The closing chapter of our study in Hebrews features almost 20 straight ahead, practical exhortations that answer the question, If Jesus truly is the Incomparable Christ and that makes any difference at all in the lives of those who claim to follow in Him, what would that actually look like? Join Pastor Jim for this encouraging summary of the transforming impact Jesus Christ has on the life of the Christian community.
“A crowd of people in a building isn’t necessarily a community. Real community exists where we don’t need to wear masks, where true friends bear our burdens, and where we can confess our biggest sins and our church family still loves us.”
Burk Parsons
Because Jesus is the Incomparable Christ let us now…
“True faith, which springs into being from the love of God, must itself blossom out into love for our fellow men. Brotherly love is the hallmark of the genuine Christian.”
Philip E. Hughes
“By developing an appetite for what is good you’ll lose an appetite for what’s bad. You do what you do because you want to… you haven’t cultivated an appetite for what’s better than that. Change your appetite. Cultivate an appetite for what’s beautiful and what’s eternal and that’s what you will crave.”
Matt Chandler
“Christ is the person in whom God’s will is victoriously accomplished. The church is the community in which we know and are known by God. Worship is the action by which we practice and enjoy the presence of the creating and redeeming God.”
Eugene Peterson, Reversed Thunder
“Christ’s essential work for man has been effectively accomplished. Our part is to hear, believe, obey and share this word of abundant life.”
Raymond Brown, The Message of Hebrews
