Sermon Notes from Sunday, 12.22.13, on Hebrews 2.14-17

Here are the sermon notes from Sunday, 12.22.13, the last Sunday of Advent.  You can get these notes in PDF and the sermon audio at sermons.heritagepark.org.  You can also download the audio via our podcast on iTunes.

Love at Christmas

Hebrews 2.14-18

Christmas shows God’s love.

·      You cannot separate the incarnation and crucifixion of Jesus

·      God’s love gets focused at the cross

·      The cross is God’s permanent answer to the ongoing question

Christmas means the fear of death is destroyed (v.14-15).

·      Because of the cross, we can live forever

·      Death is no longer a curse – it is release

·      The cross is God’s permanent answer to the unknown of death

Christmas means the distance is spanned (v.17).

·      The high priest mediated the relationship between God and His people

·      Propitiation:  turning away God’s wrath by just destruction of the offense

·      The cross is God’s permanent answer to the question of forgiveness

Christmas means help is certain (v.16,18).

·      There is nothing you go through that Jesus doesn’t know

·      The cross is God’s permanent answer to the question of care

He loved us so much that He…

Destroyed our greatest fear

Dealt with our greatest problem

Decided never to leave us alone