scripture: hebrews 1:1-1:4

Living Way Community Church

1. How God used to speak (v. 1) 2. How he’s now spoken (v. 2a) 3. What’s at stake if you won’t listen (v. 2b-4)

Timberlake Baptist Ministries, located in Lynchburg, VA, has been a vital part of this central Virginia community for over 70 years. We exist to proclaim Christ and make His Word clear in Lynchburg and around the world. Whether you are just beginning to seek answers to life's questions or you're a mature Christian looking for a church family, we hope you will feel right at home with us.

Bishop Hannington

Is God's Word Enough? Do we, as Spurgeon said, bring our candle to show the Sun? Are we trying to supplement God's perfect revelation? Is God's Word sufficient for all faith and godliness?

(note: an artificial echo can be heard over the first 4:35 minutes)

Better Things! (A Study in the Book of Hebrews)

Better Things! (A Study in the Book of Hebrews)

We are invited into relationship with God, but how is tis possible and what does it really mean to be in a relationship with an invisible God? It is God’s heart and desire for us to know Him. What the prophets revealed was good, but God’s revelation in His Son is infinitely better. There are many reasons why this revelation is so much better, but most of all it because this revelation is personal. In Jesus, the person is the message. So, we want to answer a couple of questions - who is Jesus and how does He reveal God in His being - who He is as a person? And, how is this revelation more personal - how does Jesus bring God to us in a way we can know and relate to in a real and intimate way?

Something almost every human being shares in common is that people everywhere value being clean. If we run across a person who is not clean it is likely a sign of extreme poverty, or extreme laziness. Hebrews 1:3 speaks of Jesus work as our great HIgh Priest who makes purification for sins. It does not call Jesus a High Priest here, but the comparison is made later in the book. But, the language of making purification very much comes from the Old Testament and was something done by the priests. This OT language had to do with being ceremonially unclean which disqualified you from worship in the Temple. A person had to be clean in order to draw near to God’s presence. What is interesting, is that any number of things could make you unclean, or defiled (dirty). Touching any dead body, human or animal, made you unclean. Touching a leper (or being one) made you unclean. Of course, sin left a deep stain that made you unclean as well. The idea was that any contact with sin or its consequences (sickness and death), left a stain upon your life. This stain is not just on your clothing or skin, but goes much deeper into the very heart and soul of the person. Before you could come into God’s presence and worship Him, you had to be made pure. This involved very processes, depending on the cause of being made unclean. But, in every case, there was a sacrifice, the shedding of blood, and either the blood of the sacrifice, or the ashes of the animal mixed with water were sprinkled on the person to “wash” them and make them clean.

Chiangmai Christian Fellowship

Chiangmai Christian Fellowship

Dorrisville Baptist Church

Downloadable message series from Pastor Jamal Oliver and other teachings from White Street Baptist Church, Auburn,AL.

Kick off from our series in Hebrews!

We exist for the praise of the glory of God’s grace in Christ Jesus. Everything we do as a church must bring glory to God in the name of Christ Jesus. We are an intergenerational church. We strive to make a seamless journey of faith from birth to old age. We are overtly trinitarian. We are always looking for the work of the Father through the Son by the power of the Holy Spirit. We value people. We present the ideal of God’s plan while embracing the reality of life.

We exist for the praise of the glory of God’s grace in Christ Jesus. Everything we do as a church must bring glory to God in the name of Christ Jesus. We are an intergenerational church. We strive to make a seamless journey of faith from birth to old age. We are overtly trinitarian. We are always looking for the work of the Father through the Son by the power of the Holy Spirit. We value people. We present the ideal of God’s plan while embracing the reality of life.

First Baptist Church Pineville