Category: Hebrews
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New Sermon Series: Epistle to the Hebrews
This Sunday, May 7, we will be starting a new sermon series based on the Epistle to the Hebrews. Let us first examine the background of this epistle. First of all, who wrote this book? Unlike the letters of Paul and other New Testament writers, the author of Hebrews does not mention his name.…
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Oh Come, Let Us Worship the LORD
Scripture Readings: Psalm 95:1-11 (text); Exodus 17:1-7; Hebrews 3:7-11 * May 4, 2014 * Pasig and Trinity Covenant Reformed Church Download this sermon (PDF) Introduction Beloved Congregation of Christ: For many evangelicals, liturgy is one of those Roman Catholic leftovers in a few liberal churches, while “led by the Spirit” is their pride. They…
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“It Was the Will of the LORD to Crush Him” and “Prolong His Days”
Scripture Readings: Isaiah 52:13-15; 53:10-12 (text); Luke 24:1-12; Hebrews 7:15-16, 23-25 April 20, 2014 Easter Sunday (Imus and Pasig) ”¢ Download this sermon (PDF) Introduction Beloved Congregation of Christ: Our text is excerpted from the last of the four Servant Songs of Isaiah, a very well-known passage often quoted during the time of Good…
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Contrasting Those Who Have Fallen Away and Those Who Belong to Salvation
Hebrews 6:4-12 (text); Hebrews 3:12-4:2; Isaiah 5:1-7; Canons of Dort V Articles 3, 6, 7 © April 13, 2014 (Pasig and Trinity Covenant Reformed Church) • Download this sermon (PDF) Introduction Beloved congregation of Christ: Last week, we began the study of the Fifth (and last) Head of Doctrine of the Canons of Dort. We…
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The Day of Atonement
On the Day of Atonement, we see that no one is exempted from sin—the people, the priests, and everything that man touches are unclean. The whole tabernacle is stained by sin. And sin is what makes us and the whole creation groan with typhoons, earthquakes and other natural disasters.
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The Lord’s Day Worship as Our Sabbath Rest
We do not enter the eternal Sabbath based on our own faulty righteous works, but based on the perfect sacrifice and righteous works of Jesus our Great High Priest, through whom we “receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need” (Heb 4:14-16).
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Born to Be “Like His Brothers in Every Respect”
Notwithstanding images of a “super baby†at his birth, Jesus was like any other baby born in this world by a woman. We hear cute little children in Christmas pageants singing, “The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes, but little Lord Jesus, no crying he makes.†No, the baby Jesus did cry.