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Apr 28, 2024

Hebrews: Peace and Purity

Passage: Hebrews 12:12-17

Speaker: Brian Land

Series: Hebrews: Fulfilled in Christ

Category: Grace Brevard

Keywords: faith, race, endurance, looking to jesus

In our running with Jesus we all get exhausted, faced with being tired and afraid of what is next. Jesus, who went through true pain and an exhausting race, understands our weaknesses and invites us to lean on him, the author and perfecter of our faith.

CENTRAL PASSAGE:

Hebrews 12:12-17

Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, 13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed. 14 Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. 15 See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled; 16 that no one is sexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal. 17 For you know that afterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no chance to repent, though he sought it with tears.

 

SERMON DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

  • Read the passage all together.
  • Owning Our Weaknesses
    • What is “spiritual exhaustion” like for you?
    • What causes it for you? What does it look like?
    • Does the HALT (Hungry, Angry, Lonely and Tired) ring true for you?
    • The path ahead of us has dangers and pitfalls....
      • Pitfall #1: Peace
        • What causes peacelessness for you?
        • How can unforgiveness be a root for this?
        • What do you think about the chalkboard ghosting illustration?
        • Why do we “keep score”?
        • How do we NOT?
      • Pitfall #2: Purity
        • How is “unholiness” = to “taking a shortcut”
          • Why are we so prone to do this?
  • Healing Our Weaknesses
    • How is this passage not just “stop it and be better”?
    • Read Matt 11:28-30 together...how is this our hope in this arena?