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Hebrews 3 Homiletics

Divisions:

1.The letter to the Hebrews says: Jesus is the faithful Son (Hebrews 3:1-6)

Principle:  Jesus’ people are called to be faithful, fixing their thoughts on Jesus.

2.The letter to the Hebrews says: Do not harden your hearts, but encourage one another (Hebrews 3:7-13)

Principle:  Jesus’ people encourage each other to prevent hard hearts.

3.The letter to the Hebrews says: Hold your original conviction firmly and don’t harden your hearts (Hebrews 3:14-19)

Principle:  Unbelief leads to hard hearts, rebellion, sin and disobedience.

 

Subject Sentence:

Hebrews says: think on Jesus, encourage others, don’t harden hearts.

 

Aim:

The root problem of a hardened heart is unbelief, and we fight unbelief by fixing our thoughts on Jesus and encouraging each other.

 

Application:

1.How will you refocus your thoughts on Jesus when they stray?  What do you need to let go of to keep your thoughts from straying?

2.What have you learned from brothers and sisters in Christ about how to encourage others?  Where could you benefit from some encouragement?

3.Where do you struggle with unbelief and how do you combat it?  How might you encourage others to prevent unbelief in them?  What alerts you to the presence of unbelief in your life?

 

The Big Idea:  #encouragement, #Jesus thoughts, #hard heart, #unbelief

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