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This week we looked at some characters in the Old Testament who were openly flawed, and yet commended for their faith in the book of Hebrews. Yi Khen reminded us that flawed people are fearful people; yet it is not about how confident or fearless these people were, it is that they placed their faith …
We may travel across the world and have adventures in the most exciting places, but at the end of the day we long to go home. As Christians, we are journeying to a permanent home in heaven with our Lord Jesus. We continued in the theme of Faith in Hebrews 11:8–16, considering the Better Homeland …
Hello 2024! We are all entering the year with different emotions and expectations, but the Bible’s teaching on faith can speak to us all. Hebrews 11:1 says “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” Oh how all of us understand struggling with our faith when we are …
Happy new year from GCC! We said goodbye to 2023 as a church family. No better way to do so than by reflecting on the better possession we have in Jesus’ promises, abiding even as the years pass (Hebrews 11:26–39).
We celebrated Christmas together last Sunday, and what a joyous celebration it was! We comtinued the service with lunch and a fun time of games. Kyle talked about how some family gatherings are difficult for many of us because of some form of shame we carry or expectation towards us. But the wonderful news of …
When the priests of the Old Testament offered sacrifices of bulls and goats for the sins of the people, it had to be repeated over and over again. After Christ came to this earth and shed his blood for the sins of the world, no other sacrifice has to be made for sin ever again. …
The Old Testament priests had to appear again and again in the temple to deal with the people’s sin. This cycle is now broken. Jesus appeared once and for all to bear our sins. Soon he will appear again—not to bear sins—but to bring us salvation.
Hebrews 9:11-22. Patrick, one of our covenant partners preached. In the Old Covenant, animal sacrifices symbolized cleansing, but only superficially. Like a sanitizer that can’t reach all germs and only clean temporary and externally, our efforts fell short. Enter Jesus – the perfect, voluntary sacrifice, purifying not just outwardly but our conscience. The Old Covenant …
In Hebrews 9:1-10, we meditated on what worship will be like in the heavenly realms when we are face to face with God. Worship is, in fact, not something we thoughtlessly do, because God cares about how we worship him, that he provided the perfect sacrifice of Jesus so that we can have access to …
We continue on in our study of the book of Hebrews as we uncover more of the supremacy of Jesus in Hebrews 8 this week.