Starting and Finishing Well

<p>Hebrews</p> <p>“Jesus Is Greater”</p> <p>Sermon Series</p> <p>Part 9</p> <p>Finishing Well</p> <p>Hebrews 3:7–19</p> <p>A Spiritual Warning Against Unbelief (7-11)</p> <p>Psalm 95, Numbers 13–14, Matthew 13:20, 21</p> <p>A Personal Warning Against Unbelief (12-19)</p> <p>Protect Your Heart</p> <p>Hebrews 10:31</p> <p>Help Each Other</p> <p>Persevere</p> <p>1 John 2:19</p> <p>So What?</p> <ul><li>Have we experienced a spiritual exodus in Christ?</li> <li>Do we claim Christ as our true passover—our lamb without blemish and without spot who gave his life for us?</li> <li>Do we claim a baptism in Christ, the antitype of Israel’s passage through the Red Sea (1 Corinthians 10:1ff.)?</li> <li>Do we claim to spiritually feed on him by faith, as Israel was fed by manna from Heaven and water from the rock (1 Corinthians 10:3ff.)?</li> <li>Do we claim to look for a heavenly rest, the ultimate spiritual counterpart of the Promised Land?</li> </ul> <p>If so, we will persevere in faith and obedience—holding “firmly till the end the confidence we had at first.”</p>